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to chase the wild goose

  • 1 охотиться за химерами

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > охотиться за химерами

  • 2 искать вчерашний день

    1) General subject: go on a wild goose chase

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > искать вчерашний день

  • 3 охотиться

    1. hunt for
    2. hunt; chase

    охотиться; искать — hunt for

    3. chase

    охотиться за химерами; предаваться несбыточным мечтам — to chase the wild goose

    4. gun
    5. hunt (refl.)
    Синонимический ряд:
    бить (глаг.) бить; стрелять

    Русско-английский большой базовый словарь > охотиться

  • 4 предаваться несбыточным мечтам

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > предаваться несбыточным мечтам

  • 5 búsqueda en vano

    Ex. The article 'The Wild Goose Chase' is a review essay on Umberto Eco's book, The Search for the Perfect Language, tracing the evolution of the search for a perfect universal language from biblical times through the present.
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    Ex: The article 'The Wild Goose Chase' is a review essay on Umberto Eco's book, The Search for the Perfect Language, tracing the evolution of the search for a perfect universal language from biblical times through the present.

    Spanish-English dictionary > búsqueda en vano

  • 6 pérdida de tiempo

    = time wasting, wild goose chase, waste of time, time-consuming [time consuming], fool's errand
    Ex. The person seeking information needs to have all the necessary documentation before setting out, otherwise it could result in considerable expense and much time wasting.
    Ex. The article 'The Wild Goose Chase' is a review essay on Umberto Eco's book, The Search for the Perfect Language, tracing the evolution of the search for a perfect universal language from biblical times through the present.
    Ex. Jones (2002) pointed out that whereas many librarians may see these activities as a ' waste of time, nothing could be further from the truth' = Jones (2002) señaló que mientras que muchos bibliotecarios pueden ver estas actividades como una " pérdida de tiempo, nada estaba más lejos de la verdad".
    Ex. International consultation is bulky and time-consuming, and this makes revision a slow process.
    Ex. I'd like to explain that treating online poker as though it is a science based on mathematic principles is a fool's errand for most of us.
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    = time wasting, wild goose chase, waste of time, time-consuming [time consuming], fool's errand

    Ex: The person seeking information needs to have all the necessary documentation before setting out, otherwise it could result in considerable expense and much time wasting.

    Ex: The article 'The Wild Goose Chase' is a review essay on Umberto Eco's book, The Search for the Perfect Language, tracing the evolution of the search for a perfect universal language from biblical times through the present.
    Ex: Jones (2002) pointed out that whereas many librarians may see these activities as a ' waste of time, nothing could be further from the truth' = Jones (2002) señaló que mientras que muchos bibliotecarios pueden ver estas actividades como una " pérdida de tiempo, nada estaba más lejos de la verdad".
    Ex: International consultation is bulky and time-consuming, and this makes revision a slow process.
    Ex: I'd like to explain that treating online poker as though it is a science based on mathematic principles is a fool's errand for most of us.

    Spanish-English dictionary > pérdida de tiempo

  • 7 tarea imposible

    Ex. The article 'The Wild Goose Chase' is a review essay on Umberto Eco's book, The Search for the Perfect Language, tracing the evolution of the search for a perfect universal language from biblical times through the present.
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    Ex: The article 'The Wild Goose Chase' is a review essay on Umberto Eco's book, The Search for the Perfect Language, tracing the evolution of the search for a perfect universal language from biblical times through the present.

    Spanish-English dictionary > tarea imposible

  • 8 describir el desarrollo de

    (v.) = trace + the development of, trace + the evolution of
    Ex. It attempts to trace the development of the new rules, and to clarify their characteristics and problems by comparing them with the old rules.
    Ex. The article 'The Wild Goose Chase' is a review essay on Umberto Eco's book, The Search for the Perfect Language, tracing the evolution of the search for a perfect universal language from biblical times through the present.
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    (v.) = trace + the development of, trace + the evolution of

    Ex: It attempts to trace the development of the new rules, and to clarify their characteristics and problems by comparing them with the old rules.

    Ex: The article 'The Wild Goose Chase' is a review essay on Umberto Eco's book, The Search for the Perfect Language, tracing the evolution of the search for a perfect universal language from biblical times through the present.

    Spanish-English dictionary > describir el desarrollo de

  • 9 trazar la evolución de

    (v.) = trace + the development of, trace + the evolution of
    Ex. It attempts to trace the development of the new rules, and to clarify their characteristics and problems by comparing them with the old rules.
    Ex. The article 'The Wild Goose Chase' is a review essay on Umberto Eco's book, The Search for the Perfect Language, tracing the evolution of the search for a perfect universal language from biblical times through the present.
    * * *
    (v.) = trace + the development of, trace + the evolution of

    Ex: It attempts to trace the development of the new rules, and to clarify their characteristics and problems by comparing them with the old rules.

    Ex: The article 'The Wild Goose Chase' is a review essay on Umberto Eco's book, The Search for the Perfect Language, tracing the evolution of the search for a perfect universal language from biblical times through the present.

    Spanish-English dictionary > trazar la evolución de

  • 10 artículo de revisión

    (n.) = review article, review essay
    Ex. Bibliometric analyses confirmed that review articles on topics that are generating high levels of research activity tend to have relatively voluminous bibliographies made up of a disproportionate number of citations to source materials of very recent vintage.
    Ex. The article 'The Wild Goose Chase' is a review essay on Umberto Eco's book, The Search for the Perfect Language, tracing the evolution of the search for a perfect universal language from biblical times through the present.
    * * *
    (n.) = review article, review essay

    Ex: Bibliometric analyses confirmed that review articles on topics that are generating high levels of research activity tend to have relatively voluminous bibliographies made up of a disproportionate number of citations to source materials of very recent vintage.

    Ex: The article 'The Wild Goose Chase' is a review essay on Umberto Eco's book, The Search for the Perfect Language, tracing the evolution of the search for a perfect universal language from biblical times through the present.

    Spanish-English dictionary > artículo de revisión

  • 11 гоня

    1. chase, give chase to, pursue, be in pur-suit of, run/be after
    (гледам да настигна) hurry to catch up with
    гоня по петите be upon s.o.'s heels. pursue closely
    гоня дивеч chase/hunt game
    гоня неприятеля pursue the enemy
    гоним се chase each other/one another
    2. (преследвам) persecute, hound
    (имам зъб на) be down on, have a down on
    гоня до дупка run to earth
    прен. get o.'s knife into, hound to death
    3. (стремя се към) seek/strain after, strive for, be out for
    гоня печалби be out for profit
    гоня слава/богатство seek/hunt after glory, fame/fortune
    гоня цел aim at a goal, pursue a goal
    гоня лични цели seek private ends
    гоня разни цели have several aims in view
    гоня конете urge on the horses
    гоня път pursue o.'s journey
    гоня слънцето seek the sun
    влакът гони Пловдив the train is making for Plovdiv
    гоня седемдесетте be getting on for/be nearing/be hard on seventy
    гоня вятъра/Михаля be on a fool's errand, go on a wild-goose chase, beat the air, chase a will-o'-the-wisp, plough the sands, lash the waves
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    го̀ня,
    гл., мин. св. деят. прич. го̀нил 1. chase, give chase to, pursue, be in pursuit of, run/be after; ( гледам да настигна) hurry to catch up with; ( дивеч — за куче) course; гоним се chase each other/one another; \гоня дивеч chase/hunt game; \гоня неприятеля pursue the enemy; \гоня по петите be upon s.o.’s heels, pursue closely;
    2. ( преследвам) persecute, hound; (по полит. причини) victimize; ( имам зъб на) be down on, have a down on; \гоня до дупка run to earth; прен. get o.’s knife into, hound to death;
    3. ( стремя се към) seek/strain after, strive for, be out for; \гоня лични цели seek private ends; \гоня печалби be out for profit; \гоня разни цели have several aims in view; \гоня слава/богатство seek/hunt after glory, fame/fortune; \гоня цел aim at a goal, pursue a goal; • влакът гони Пловдив the train is making for Plovdiv; \гоня вятъра/Михаля be on a fool’s errand, go on a wild-goose chase, beat the air, chase a will-o’-the-wisp, plough the sands, lash the waves; \гоня конете urge on the horses; \гоня път pursue o.’s journey; \гоня седемдесетте be getting on for/be nearing/be hard on seventy; \гоня слънцето seek the sun; гонят се (за ветрове) dance; (за животни в период на чифтосване) rut.
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    chase: гоня game - гоня дивеч; feeze; follow; make after; push (длъжник){pXS}; victimize
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    1. (no политически причини) victimize 2. (гледам да настигна) hurry to catch up with 3. (дивеч - за куче) course 4. (за животни в раз-гонен период) rut 5. (имам зъб на) be down on, have a down on 6. (преследвам) persecute, hound 7. (стремя се към) seek/strain after, strive for, be out for 8. chase, give chase to, pursue, be in pur-suit of, run/be after 9. ГОНЯ вятъра/ Михаля be on a fool's errand, go on a wild-goose chase, beat the air, chase a will-o'-the-wisp, plough the sands, lash the waves 10. ГОНЯ дивеч chase/hunt game 11. ГОНЯ до дупка run to earth 12. ГОНЯ конете urge on the horses 13. ГОНЯ лични цели seek private ends 14. ГОНЯ неприятеля pursue the enemy 15. ГОНЯ печалби be out for profit 16. ГОНЯ по петите be upon s.o.'s heels. pursue closely 17. ГОНЯ път pursue o.'s journey 18. ГОНЯ разни цели have several aims in view 19. ГОНЯ седемдесетте be getting on for/ be nearing/be hard on seventy 20. ГОНЯ слава/богатство seek/hunt after glory, fame/fortune 21. ГОНЯ слънцето seek the sun 22. ГОНЯ цел aim at a goal, pursue a goal 23. влакът гони Пловдив the train is making for Plovdiv 24. гоним се chase each other/one another 25. гонят се (за ветрове) dance 26. прен. get o.'s knife into, hound to death

    Български-английски речник > гоня

  • 12 búsqueda

    f.
    1 search, quest, pursuit, research.
    2 chase, hunting.
    3 data search, lookup, look-up.
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    1 search
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    noun f.
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    SF search (de for)

    a o en búsqueda de algo — in search of sth

    búsqueda y sustitución — (Inform) find and replace

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    femenino search

    búsqueda de algo/alguien — search for something/somebody

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    = chase, look-up [lookup], search, search request, searching, hunt, hunting, reaching, trawl, querying.
    Ex. Enthusiasm in a searcher, of course, all are agreed on: 'he must delight in the chase for its own sake'.
    Ex. With online display, the alphabetical arrangement can become less significant, since all look-ups can be achieved with the computer, and there is less need for the scanning of alphabetical lists.
    Ex. Even a user who starts a search with a specific subject in mind, may be seeking a specific subject which does not quite match requirements.
    Ex. The search request is displayed on the screen and assigned a number in the extreme left column.
    Ex. Indexing and searching, then, are integral one to another, and so a few comments on searching are in order here = Por lo tanto, la indización y la búsqueda son complementarios y así pues es pertinente hacer algunos comentarios aquí sobre la búsqueda.
    Ex. If a search, manual or on-line, appears likely to last more than a few minutes, and should the librarian decide not to encourage the enquirer to join in the hunt, good practice requires that the visitor be given something to be going on with and invited to sit down.
    Ex. It was not until the 16th century that falconry and stag hunting gained the significance that it retained until 1789.
    Ex. 'Searching' or even 'ordering' would be better, so long as we didn't imply by either of them an 'irritable reaching after fact and reason'.
    Ex. 'Systematic review' is the process whereby similar studies, identified from a comprehensive trawl of numerous databases, are summarized in digestible form.
    Ex. The project consortium will complete a feasibility study into the automatic indexing of free text and the multilingual querying of text databases = El consorcio creado realizar el proyecto llevará a cabo un estudio de viabilidad sobre la indización automática de texto libre y la consulta en varios idiomas de bases de datos de texto.
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    * acotador de búsqueda = search qualifier.
    * acotar una búsqueda = narrow + search, qualify + search, refine + search.
    * agente de búsqueda = intelligent search agent, search agent.
    * ampliar una búsqueda = broaden + search, expand + Posesivo + search.
    * anterior a la búsqueda = pre-search.
    * árbol de búsqueda binario = binary search tree.
    * búsqueda a terceros = third party searching.
    * búsqueda a través de ficheros de identificación documental = signature-based search.
    * búsqueda automatizada = computer searching, computer search, automated searching.
    * búsqueda avanzada = advanced search.
    * búsqueda bibliográfica = literature searching, literature search, bibliographic search.
    * búsqueda booleana = Boolean searching.
    * búsqueda con anterioridad al pedido = preorder searching.
    * búsqueda contextual = contextual searching.
    * búsqueda cruzada = federated search.
    * búsqueda cruzada de ficheros = cross-file searching.
    * búsqueda de citas = citation search.
    * búsqueda de comida = foraging.
    * búsqueda de datos = fact-finding.
    * búsqueda de documento conocido = known-item search.
    * búsqueda de documentos concretos = item search.
    * búsqueda deductiva = heuristic search.
    * búsqueda de empleo = job searching, job hunting.
    * búsqueda de información = fact-finding, quest for + information, information seeking.
    * búsqueda de la verdad = truth-seeking.
    * búsqueda del conocimiento = quest for/of knowledge.
    * búsqueda del tesoro = treasure hunt, scavenger hunt.
    * búsqueda de nuevos genes = gene-harvesting.
    * búsqueda de oro = gold digging.
    * búsqueda de palabras clave = keyword search.
    * búsqueda de pareja = mate finding.
    * búsqueda de proximidad = proximity searching.
    * búsqueda de recursos = resource discovery.
    * búsqueda de secuencias de caracteres = string search, string searching.
    * búsqueda de tesoros = treasure-seeking.
    * búsqueda de texto libre = free text search, free-text searching.
    * búsqueda de títulos = title search.
    * búsqueda de varios ficheros a la vez = multi-file searching.
    * búsqueda difusa = fuzzy match, fuzzy matching.
    * búsqueda documental = document search.
    * búsqueda eficaz = savvy searching.
    * búsqueda en el índice = index searching.
    * búsqueda en lenguaje natural = natural language searching.
    * búsqueda en línea = online searching, online search.
    * búsqueda en múltiples bases de datos = cross database searching.
    * búsqueda en múltiples ficheros = cross-file searching.
    * búsqueda en serie = serial search, serial searching.
    * búsqueda en texto completo = full text search.
    * búsqueda en vano = wild goose chase.
    * búsqueda evolutiva = berrypicking.
    * búsqueda exacta = exact match.
    * búsqueda global = comprehensive search.
    * búsqueda inteligente = savvy searching.
    * búsqueda interactiva = interactive searching, interactive search.
    * búsqueda inversa = backtracking search.
    * búsqueda iterativa = iterative searching.
    * búsqueda lateral = lateral searching.
    * búsqueda manual = manual searching.
    * búsqueda mecánica = machine searching.
    * búsqueda parcial = partial match.
    * búsqueda personalizada de ejecutivos = headhunting, executive search.
    * búsqueda ponderada = weighted query.
    * búsqueda por autor = author searching.
    * búsqueda por autor/título = author/title search.
    * búsqueda por campos = field searching.
    * búsqueda por descriptores = descriptor searching.
    * búsqueda por el usuario final = end-user searching.
    * búsqueda por materia = subject searching, topical subject search.
    * búsqueda por materias = subject search, subject query, subject browsing.
    * búsqueda por máxima proximidad = nearest neighbour searching.
    * búsqueda por medio de menús = menu-assisted searching.
    * búsqueda por medio de órdenes = command search.
    * búsqueda por palabra del título = title word search.
    * búsqueda por rangos = range searching, ranged search.
    * búsqueda por secuencia de caracteres = character-string search.
    * búsqueda por términos ponderados = weighted term search.
    * búsqueda rápida = scanning.
    * búsqueda repetitiva = iterative search.
    * búsqueda retrospectiva = retrospective search, retrospective searching.
    * búsquedas de secuencias de caracteres = text-string searching.
    * búsqueda simple = simple search.
    * búsqueda simultánea en varios ficheros = cross-searching [cross searching].
    * búsqueda simultánea en varios sitios = cross-search [cross search].
    * Búsqueda Simultánea Remota (SRS) = Simultaneous Remote Searching (SRS).
    * búsqueda tabú = tabu search.
    * búsqueda truncada = truncated search.
    * búsqueda y rescate = search and rescue (SAR).
    * capacidad de búsqueda = searching power.
    * clave de búsqueda = search key.
    * clave de búsqueda derivado = derived search key.
    * clave de búsqueda por el título = title key.
    * clave de búsqueda por nombre de autor = author key.
    * clave de búsqueda truncada = truncated key.
    * clave de búsqueda truncada derivada = truncated derived search key.
    * código de búsqueda = searchable code, search code.
    * coincidencia de mayúsculas y minúsculas en la búsqueda = case sensitivity.
    * comportamiento de búsqueda de información = information-seeking behaviour.
    * condición de búsqueda = search requirement.
    * conocimientos básicos de búsqueda = information literacy.
    * construir una búsqueda = construct + search.
    * construir un enunciado de búsqueda = state + search topic.
    * criterios de búsqueda = search criteria.
    * cumplir la condición de la búsqueda = match + request specification.
    * cumplir un enunciado lógico de búsqueda = satisfy + logic statement.
    * de acuerdo con la búsqueda de cadenas de caracteres = on a string search basis.
    * delimitar una búsqueda = narrow + search, qualify + search, refine + search.
    * desconocimiento de las destrezas básicas en la búsqueda, rec = information illiteracy.
    * destreza en la búsqueda de información en una biblioteca = library research skills.
    * detener búsqueda = discontinue + search.
    * donde se pueden hacer búsquedas = queriable.
    * durante la búsqueda = at the search stage.
    * ecuación de búsqueda = search argument, search expression, search formulation.
    * elemento de búsqueda ficticio = rogue string.
    * eliminar una ecuación de búsqueda = clear + search.
    * empresa de búsqueda personalizada de ejecutivos = headhunter.
    * en búsqueda de = a quest for.
    * en la búsqueda de = in the quest for.
    * enseñanza en la búsqueda de información = information instruction.
    * enunciado de búsqueda = search prescription, search statement, search query, query statement.
    * enunciado de búsqueda de documentos multimedia = multimedia query.
    * enunciado de búsqueda en texto libre = free-text search statement.
    * equipo de búsqueda y rescate = search and rescue team.
    * estadísticas de búsqueda = searching statistics.
    * estrategia de búsqueda = search strategy, search process.
    * estrategia de búsqueda de información = information seeking pattern.
    * expansión de una búsqueda por medio del tesauro = thesaurus expansion.
    * explosión de las búsquedas = explosion of searches.
    * expresión de búsqueda = access vector, search expression.
    * facilidad de búsqueda = scannability, soughtness, searchability, findability.
    * formulación de una búsqueda = query formulation.
    * formular una ecuación de búsqueda = formulate + search strategy.
    * grado de coincidencia entre el tema de un documento y el tema de búsqueda = topicality.
    * guardar los resultados de una búsqueda en un fichero = store + search results + in disc file.
    * guardar una búsqueda en disco = save + Posesivo + search + to disc.
    * hábito de búsqueda de información = information-seeking habit.
    * hacer búsquedas en = search through.
    * hacer cambios en la búsqueda = renegotiate + search.
    * hacer una búsqueda = look up, submit + search, do + search.
    * hacer una búsqueda en Google = google.
    * hacer una búsqueda mediante el operador O = OR together.
    * hacer una búsqueda mediante el operador Y = AND together.
    * herramienta de búsqueda = search aid, finding aid, search tool.
    * herramientas de ayuda para la búsqueda = searching aid.
    * historial de búsqueda = search history.
    * impreso de perfil de búsqueda = profile search form.
    * incluir en la búsqueda los términos relacionados = explode.
    * interfaz de búsqueda = search interface.
    * juego de búsqueda bibliográfica = library scavenger hunt.
    * lenguaje de búsqueda = search language.
    * limitar búsqueda = limit + search.
    * línea de búsqueda = query line.
    * lista de búsqueda = finding list.
    * lógica de búsqueda = search logic.
    * lógica de búsqueda por ponderación = weighted-term search logic.
    * método de búsqueda = search paradigm.
    * misión de búsqueda y rescate = search and rescue mission.
    * motor de búsqueda = portal, search engine, crawler.
    * número de búsquedas fallidas = failure rate.
    * número de la búsqueda = set number.
    * opción de búsqueda = search option.
    * opciones de búsqueda = search capabilities.
    * operación de búsqueda y rescate = search and rescue operation, search and rescue mission.
    * ordenación jerárquica del resultado de la búsqueda = output ranking.
    * orden de ampliar la búsqueda a los términos relaci = explode command.
    * papeleta de petición de búsqueda en línea = online search request form.
    * paradigma de búsqueda = search paradigm.
    * perfil de búsqueda = search profile.
    * petición de búsqueda = search request.
    * ponderación de los términos de la ecuación de búsqueda = query term weighting.
    * posibilidades de búsqueda = searching capabilities, searchability, retrieval facilities, search facilities.
    * posterior a la búsqueda = post-search.
    * precisar una búsqueda = focus + Posesivo + search.
    * proceso de búsqueda = searching process, search process.
    * programa de búsqueda = search software, search software package.
    * proveedor de servicios de búsqueda en línea = online search service supplier.
    * realizar una búsqueda = conduct + search, execute + search, perform + search, run + search, undertake + search, carry out + search.
    * recuadro de búsqueda = search box.
    * reformulación de la búsqueda = query reformation.
    * restringir una búsqueda = limit + selection, narrow + search, qualify + search, qualify + selection.
    * resultado de la búsqueda = posting, search output, search result, searching result.
    * resultado de una búsqueda = set.
    * robot de búsqueda = portal, search engine, crawler, Web crawler.
    * servicio de búsqueda = search service.
    * sesión de búsqueda = search session.
    * sistema de búsqueda = paging system.
    * técnica de búsqueda automatizada = computer-searching technique.
    * tema de búsqueda = search topic.
    * término de búsqueda = search term, search word.
    * término de la búsqueda = query term.
    * tiempo de búsqueda = search time.
    * tipos de búsqueda = retrieval facilities, search facilities.
    * vector de búsqueda = query vector.
    * velocidad de búsqueda = search speed.
    * ventana de búsqueda = search box.
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    femenino search

    búsqueda de algo/alguien — search for something/somebody

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    = chase, look-up [lookup], search, search request, searching, hunt, hunting, reaching, trawl, querying.

    Ex: Enthusiasm in a searcher, of course, all are agreed on: 'he must delight in the chase for its own sake'.

    Ex: With online display, the alphabetical arrangement can become less significant, since all look-ups can be achieved with the computer, and there is less need for the scanning of alphabetical lists.
    Ex: Even a user who starts a search with a specific subject in mind, may be seeking a specific subject which does not quite match requirements.
    Ex: The search request is displayed on the screen and assigned a number in the extreme left column.
    Ex: Indexing and searching, then, are integral one to another, and so a few comments on searching are in order here = Por lo tanto, la indización y la búsqueda son complementarios y así pues es pertinente hacer algunos comentarios aquí sobre la búsqueda.
    Ex: If a search, manual or on-line, appears likely to last more than a few minutes, and should the librarian decide not to encourage the enquirer to join in the hunt, good practice requires that the visitor be given something to be going on with and invited to sit down.
    Ex: It was not until the 16th century that falconry and stag hunting gained the significance that it retained until 1789.
    Ex: 'Searching' or even 'ordering' would be better, so long as we didn't imply by either of them an 'irritable reaching after fact and reason'.
    Ex: 'Systematic review' is the process whereby similar studies, identified from a comprehensive trawl of numerous databases, are summarized in digestible form.
    Ex: The project consortium will complete a feasibility study into the automatic indexing of free text and the multilingual querying of text databases = El consorcio creado realizar el proyecto llevará a cabo un estudio de viabilidad sobre la indización automática de texto libre y la consulta en varios idiomas de bases de datos de texto.
    * acotador de búsqueda = search qualifier.
    * acotar una búsqueda = narrow + search, qualify + search, refine + search.
    * agente de búsqueda = intelligent search agent, search agent.
    * ampliar una búsqueda = broaden + search, expand + Posesivo + search.
    * anterior a la búsqueda = pre-search.
    * árbol de búsqueda binario = binary search tree.
    * búsqueda a terceros = third party searching.
    * búsqueda a través de ficheros de identificación documental = signature-based search.
    * búsqueda automatizada = computer searching, computer search, automated searching.
    * búsqueda avanzada = advanced search.
    * búsqueda bibliográfica = literature searching, literature search, bibliographic search.
    * búsqueda booleana = Boolean searching.
    * búsqueda con anterioridad al pedido = preorder searching.
    * búsqueda contextual = contextual searching.
    * búsqueda cruzada = federated search.
    * búsqueda cruzada de ficheros = cross-file searching.
    * búsqueda de citas = citation search.
    * búsqueda de comida = foraging.
    * búsqueda de datos = fact-finding.
    * búsqueda de documento conocido = known-item search.
    * búsqueda de documentos concretos = item search.
    * búsqueda deductiva = heuristic search.
    * búsqueda de empleo = job searching, job hunting.
    * búsqueda de información = fact-finding, quest for + information, information seeking.
    * búsqueda de la verdad = truth-seeking.
    * búsqueda del conocimiento = quest for/of knowledge.
    * búsqueda del tesoro = treasure hunt, scavenger hunt.
    * búsqueda de nuevos genes = gene-harvesting.
    * búsqueda de oro = gold digging.
    * búsqueda de palabras clave = keyword search.
    * búsqueda de pareja = mate finding.
    * búsqueda de proximidad = proximity searching.
    * búsqueda de recursos = resource discovery.
    * búsqueda de secuencias de caracteres = string search, string searching.
    * búsqueda de tesoros = treasure-seeking.
    * búsqueda de texto libre = free text search, free-text searching.
    * búsqueda de títulos = title search.
    * búsqueda de varios ficheros a la vez = multi-file searching.
    * búsqueda difusa = fuzzy match, fuzzy matching.
    * búsqueda documental = document search.
    * búsqueda eficaz = savvy searching.
    * búsqueda en el índice = index searching.
    * búsqueda en lenguaje natural = natural language searching.
    * búsqueda en línea = online searching, online search.
    * búsqueda en múltiples bases de datos = cross database searching.
    * búsqueda en múltiples ficheros = cross-file searching.
    * búsqueda en serie = serial search, serial searching.
    * búsqueda en texto completo = full text search.
    * búsqueda en vano = wild goose chase.
    * búsqueda evolutiva = berrypicking.
    * búsqueda exacta = exact match.
    * búsqueda global = comprehensive search.
    * búsqueda inteligente = savvy searching.
    * búsqueda interactiva = interactive searching, interactive search.
    * búsqueda inversa = backtracking search.
    * búsqueda iterativa = iterative searching.
    * búsqueda lateral = lateral searching.
    * búsqueda manual = manual searching.
    * búsqueda mecánica = machine searching.
    * búsqueda parcial = partial match.
    * búsqueda personalizada de ejecutivos = headhunting, executive search.
    * búsqueda ponderada = weighted query.
    * búsqueda por autor = author searching.
    * búsqueda por autor/título = author/title search.
    * búsqueda por campos = field searching.
    * búsqueda por descriptores = descriptor searching.
    * búsqueda por el usuario final = end-user searching.
    * búsqueda por materia = subject searching, topical subject search.
    * búsqueda por materias = subject search, subject query, subject browsing.
    * búsqueda por máxima proximidad = nearest neighbour searching.
    * búsqueda por medio de menús = menu-assisted searching.
    * búsqueda por medio de órdenes = command search.
    * búsqueda por palabra del título = title word search.
    * búsqueda por rangos = range searching, ranged search.
    * búsqueda por secuencia de caracteres = character-string search.
    * búsqueda por términos ponderados = weighted term search.
    * búsqueda rápida = scanning.
    * búsqueda repetitiva = iterative search.
    * búsqueda retrospectiva = retrospective search, retrospective searching.
    * búsquedas de secuencias de caracteres = text-string searching.
    * búsqueda simple = simple search.
    * búsqueda simultánea en varios ficheros = cross-searching [cross searching].
    * búsqueda simultánea en varios sitios = cross-search [cross search].
    * Búsqueda Simultánea Remota (SRS) = Simultaneous Remote Searching (SRS).
    * búsqueda tabú = tabu search.
    * búsqueda truncada = truncated search.
    * búsqueda y rescate = search and rescue (SAR).
    * capacidad de búsqueda = searching power.
    * clave de búsqueda = search key.
    * clave de búsqueda derivado = derived search key.
    * clave de búsqueda por el título = title key.
    * clave de búsqueda por nombre de autor = author key.
    * clave de búsqueda truncada = truncated key.
    * clave de búsqueda truncada derivada = truncated derived search key.
    * código de búsqueda = searchable code, search code.
    * coincidencia de mayúsculas y minúsculas en la búsqueda = case sensitivity.
    * comportamiento de búsqueda de información = information-seeking behaviour.
    * condición de búsqueda = search requirement.
    * conocimientos básicos de búsqueda = information literacy.
    * construir una búsqueda = construct + search.
    * construir un enunciado de búsqueda = state + search topic.
    * criterios de búsqueda = search criteria.
    * cumplir la condición de la búsqueda = match + request specification.
    * cumplir un enunciado lógico de búsqueda = satisfy + logic statement.
    * de acuerdo con la búsqueda de cadenas de caracteres = on a string search basis.
    * delimitar una búsqueda = narrow + search, qualify + search, refine + search.
    * desconocimiento de las destrezas básicas en la búsqueda, rec = information illiteracy.
    * destreza en la búsqueda de información en una biblioteca = library research skills.
    * detener búsqueda = discontinue + search.
    * donde se pueden hacer búsquedas = queriable.
    * durante la búsqueda = at the search stage.
    * ecuación de búsqueda = search argument, search expression, search formulation.
    * elemento de búsqueda ficticio = rogue string.
    * eliminar una ecuación de búsqueda = clear + search.
    * empresa de búsqueda personalizada de ejecutivos = headhunter.
    * en búsqueda de = a quest for.
    * en la búsqueda de = in the quest for.
    * enseñanza en la búsqueda de información = information instruction.
    * enunciado de búsqueda = search prescription, search statement, search query, query statement.
    * enunciado de búsqueda de documentos multimedia = multimedia query.
    * enunciado de búsqueda en texto libre = free-text search statement.
    * equipo de búsqueda y rescate = search and rescue team.
    * estadísticas de búsqueda = searching statistics.
    * estrategia de búsqueda = search strategy, search process.
    * estrategia de búsqueda de información = information seeking pattern.
    * expansión de una búsqueda por medio del tesauro = thesaurus expansion.
    * explosión de las búsquedas = explosion of searches.
    * expresión de búsqueda = access vector, search expression.
    * facilidad de búsqueda = scannability, soughtness, searchability, findability.
    * formulación de una búsqueda = query formulation.
    * formular una ecuación de búsqueda = formulate + search strategy.
    * grado de coincidencia entre el tema de un documento y el tema de búsqueda = topicality.
    * guardar los resultados de una búsqueda en un fichero = store + search results + in disc file.
    * guardar una búsqueda en disco = save + Posesivo + search + to disc.
    * hábito de búsqueda de información = information-seeking habit.
    * hacer búsquedas en = search through.
    * hacer cambios en la búsqueda = renegotiate + search.
    * hacer una búsqueda = look up, submit + search, do + search.
    * hacer una búsqueda en Google = google.
    * hacer una búsqueda mediante el operador O = OR together.
    * hacer una búsqueda mediante el operador Y = AND together.
    * herramienta de búsqueda = search aid, finding aid, search tool.
    * herramientas de ayuda para la búsqueda = searching aid.
    * historial de búsqueda = search history.
    * impreso de perfil de búsqueda = profile search form.
    * incluir en la búsqueda los términos relacionados = explode.
    * interfaz de búsqueda = search interface.
    * juego de búsqueda bibliográfica = library scavenger hunt.
    * lenguaje de búsqueda = search language.
    * limitar búsqueda = limit + search.
    * línea de búsqueda = query line.
    * lista de búsqueda = finding list.
    * lógica de búsqueda = search logic.
    * lógica de búsqueda por ponderación = weighted-term search logic.
    * método de búsqueda = search paradigm.
    * misión de búsqueda y rescate = search and rescue mission.
    * motor de búsqueda = portal, search engine, crawler.
    * número de búsquedas fallidas = failure rate.
    * número de la búsqueda = set number.
    * opción de búsqueda = search option.
    * opciones de búsqueda = search capabilities.
    * operación de búsqueda y rescate = search and rescue operation, search and rescue mission.
    * ordenación jerárquica del resultado de la búsqueda = output ranking.
    * orden de ampliar la búsqueda a los términos relaci = explode command.
    * papeleta de petición de búsqueda en línea = online search request form.
    * paradigma de búsqueda = search paradigm.
    * perfil de búsqueda = search profile.
    * petición de búsqueda = search request.
    * ponderación de los términos de la ecuación de búsqueda = query term weighting.
    * posibilidades de búsqueda = searching capabilities, searchability, retrieval facilities, search facilities.
    * posterior a la búsqueda = post-search.
    * precisar una búsqueda = focus + Posesivo + search.
    * proceso de búsqueda = searching process, search process.
    * programa de búsqueda = search software, search software package.
    * proveedor de servicios de búsqueda en línea = online search service supplier.
    * realizar una búsqueda = conduct + search, execute + search, perform + search, run + search, undertake + search, carry out + search.
    * recuadro de búsqueda = search box.
    * reformulación de la búsqueda = query reformation.
    * restringir una búsqueda = limit + selection, narrow + search, qualify + search, qualify + selection.
    * resultado de la búsqueda = posting, search output, search result, searching result.
    * resultado de una búsqueda = set.
    * robot de búsqueda = portal, search engine, crawler, Web crawler.
    * servicio de búsqueda = search service.
    * sesión de búsqueda = search session.
    * sistema de búsqueda = paging system.
    * técnica de búsqueda automatizada = computer-searching technique.
    * tema de búsqueda = search topic.
    * término de búsqueda = search term, search word.
    * término de la búsqueda = query term.
    * tiempo de búsqueda = search time.
    * tipos de búsqueda = retrieval facilities, search facilities.
    * vector de búsqueda = query vector.
    * velocidad de búsqueda = search speed.
    * ventana de búsqueda = search box.

    * * *
    search búsqueda DE algo/algn search FOR sth/sb
    Compuestos:
    treasure hunt
    ( Inf) wordsearch
    web search
    ( Inf) search and replace
    * * *

     

    búsqueda sustantivo femenino búsqueda (de algo/algn) search (for sth/sb)
    búsqueda sustantivo femenino search
    ' búsqueda' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    batida
    - consulta
    - busca
    - cuidadoso
    - minucioso
    English:
    for
    - fruitless
    - hunt
    - job hunting
    - look
    - pursuit
    - scouting
    - search
    - warrant
    - wild-goose chase
    - quest
    - treasure
    * * *
    search;
    a la búsqueda de algo in search of sth;
    Esp
    (ir) en búsqueda de (to go) in search of
    * * *
    f search;
    búsqueda en el texto INFOR search o find in the text
    * * *
    : search
    * * *
    búsqueda n search

    Spanish-English dictionary > búsqueda

  • 13 михал

    гоня михаля chase the wind, go on a wild goose chase
    имам да давам на михаля have bats in the belfry/rats in the attic, have a screw
    * * *
    Миха̀л,
    м. собств.: • гоня \Михаля chase the wind, go on a wild goose chase; go on a fool’s errand; имам да давам на \Михаля have bats in the belfry/rats in the attic, have a screw loose.
    * * *
    1. гоня МИХАЛя chase the wind, go on a wild goose chase 2. имам да давам на МИХАЛя have bats in the belfry/rats in the attic, have a screw

    Български-английски речник > михал

  • 14 зелен

    1. green
    поет. verdant
    бот. virescent, viridescent
    зелена трева green/verdant grass
    зелена поляна a green/verdant lawn
    зелени чушки green peppers
    зелени насаждения trees and shrubs
    2. (неузрял) freen, unripe; sour
    зелен лук spring onions
    зелен боб/фасул French/string beans, butter-beans
    зелен грах green peas
    зелен плод unripe/green fruit
    3. прен. (неопитен) green, raw; callow; unbaked
    зелени години (първа младост) salad days
    млад и зелен in the prime of o.'s youth
    зелен човек a callow youth, ( неопитен) greenhorn, a raw/green hand
    още е зелен за тази работа he is still green for this kind of work
    продавам на зелено sell a crop standing
    купувам на зелено прен. buy a pig in a poke
    гроздето е зелено прен. the grapes are sour! sour grapes! изпращам за зелен хайвер send s.o. on a wild-goose chase/on a fool's errand
    (давам) зелена улица (give) the green light
    на зелената маса at the conference table
    зелен камък хим. copperas, green vitriol
    зелен меден окис verdigris
    * * *
    зелѐн,
    прил.
    1. green; поет. verdant, verdurous; бот. virescent, viridescent; ( покрит със зелени листа) green, verdant; \зелени насаждения trees and shrubs;
    2. ( неузрял) green, unripe; sour; ( пресен) fresh; \зелен боб/фасул French/string beans, butterbeans; \зелен грах green peas; \зелен лук spring onions;
    3. прен. ( неопитен) green, raw; callow; unbaked; \зелен човек a callow youth, ( неопитен) greenhorn, a raw/green hand; \зелени години ( първа младост) salad days; млад и \зелен in the prime of o.’s youth;
    4. като същ. ср. прен. ( долари) greenback; • гроздето е \зелено прен. the grapes are sour! sour grapes! (давам) \зелена улица (give) the green light/the go-ahead; \зелен камък хим. copperas, green vitriol; \зелен меден окис хим. verdigris; изпращам за \зелен хайвер send s.o. on a wild-goose chase/on a fool’s errand; купувам на \зелено прен. buy a pig in a poke; на \зелената маса at the conference table; продавам на \зелено sell a crop standing.
    * * *
    green: зелен grass - зелена трева; unripe; virescent (бот.)
    * * *
    1. (давам) ЗЕЛЕНa улица (give) the green light 2. (неузрял) freen, unripe;sour 3. (покрит със зелени листа) green, verdant 4. (пресен) fresh 5. green 6. ЗЕЛЕН боб/фасул French/string beans, butter-beans 7. ЗЕЛЕН грах green peas 8. ЗЕЛЕН камък хим. copperas, green vitriol 9. ЗЕЛЕН лук spring onions 10. ЗЕЛЕН меден окис verdigris 11. ЗЕЛЕН плод unripe/green fruit 12. ЗЕЛЕН човек a callow youth, (неопитен) greenhorn, a raw/green hand 13. ЗЕЛЕНa поляна a green/verdant lawn 14. ЗЕЛЕНa трева green/verdant grass 15. ЗЕЛЕНи години (първа младост) salad days 16. ЗЕЛЕНи насаждения trees and shrubs 17. ЗЕЛЕНи чушки green peppers 18. бот. virescent, viridescent 19. гроздето е ЗЕЛЕНо прен. the grapes are sour! sour grapes! изпращам за ЗЕЛЕН хайвер send s.o. on a wild-goose chase/on a fool's errand 20. купувам на ЗЕЛЕНо прен. buy a pig in a poke 21. млад и ЗЕЛЕН in the prime of o.'s youth 22. на ЗЕЛЕНата маса at the conference table 23. още е ЗЕЛЕН за тази работа he is still green for this kind of work 24. поет. verdant 25. прен. (неопитен) green, raw;callow;unbaked 26. продавам на ЗЕЛЕНо sell a crop standing

    Български-английски речник > зелен

  • 15 мъгла

    1. mist
    има мъгла it is misty/foggy
    пада мъгла it is taming foggy
    мъглата се вдига/разнася the mist/fog is rising/lifting/clearing, the mist/fog is clearing away
    мъгла ми е пред очите have a mist before o.'s eyes
    задържан от мъгла (за кораб и пр.) fogbound
    2. прен. mist, fog, haze, confusion
    в мъгла съм be in a fog, be in the dark, o.'s mind is in a fog, be at a loss
    ясно като в мъгла as clear as mud, as clear as ditch water
    бъдещето е обвито в мъгла the future is uncertain, the future is wrapped in mystery
    гоня мъглите be on a wild goose chase
    * * *
    мъгла̀,
    ж., -ѝ 1. mist; ( гъста) fog, разг. peasouper; ( лека) haze; ( изпарения) vapour; (на облак) fogbank; ( смесена с дим) smog; задържан от \мъглаа (за кораб и пр.) fogbound; \мъглаата се вдига/разнася the mist/fog is rising/lifting/clearing away; пада \мъглаа it is turning foggy;
    2. прен. mist, fog, haze, confusion; в \мъглаа съм be in a fog, be in the dark, be at a loss; • бъдещето е обвито в \мъглаа the future is uncertain, the future is wrapped in mystery; гоня \мъглаите be on a wild goose chase; ясно като в \мъглаа as clear as mud, as clear as ditch water.
    * * *
    brume; fog: мъгла is rising - мъглата се вдига; smock; vapour
    * * *
    1. (гъста) fog 2. (лека) haze (изпарения) vapour 3. (смесена с дим) smog 4. mist 5. МЪГЛА ми е пред очите have a mist before o.'s eyes 6. МЪГЛАта се вдига/разнася the mist/fog is rising/lifting/clearing, the mist/fog is clearing away 7. бъдещето е обвито в МЪГЛА the future is uncertain, the future is wrapped in mystery 8. в МЪГЛА съм be in a fog, be in the dark, o.'s mind is in a fog, be at a loss 9. гоня мъглите be on a wild goose chase 10. загубвам се в МЪГЛАта (за гледка) mist over 11. задържан от МЪГЛА (за кораб и пр.) fogbound 12. има МЪГЛА it is misty/foggy 13. пада МЪГЛА it is taming foggy 14. прен. mist, fog, haze, confusion 15. ясно като в МЪГЛА as clear as mud, as clear as ditch water

    Български-английски речник > мъгла

  • 16 що

    1. мест. вьпр. мест. what
    що рече? what did you say?
    що думаш! you don't say so! що за what kind/sort of; what manner of; what... like
    що за човек е? what kind/sort/manner of man is he? what is he like?
    що за идея/въпрос! what an idea/a question! що за идиот of all the idiots! няма що it can't be helped
    що ли пък да what if
    2. относ. мест. what- (ever), that
    направи що можеш do what/whatever you can
    де що може wherever he can
    правя що правя whatever I do
    за тоя що духа in vain
    говоря за тоя що духа talk in vain/to the wind
    ще те прати за тоя що духа he'll send you on a wild goose chase
    било що било let bygones be bygones
    3. нар. защо
    що се отнася до мене as for me, as to me, as far as I am concerned, I for one
    вървял що вървял after he had gone some way
    що годе of a sort/kind; more or less; a little
    едва що hardly; no sooner... than
    едва що влязохме и той се развика we had hardly entered when he began to shout
    5. (във бьзклиц. изреч.) how, how much
    що ми е мило и драго how I rejoice
    що пари e спечелил you can't imagine how much money he has made; the money he has made
    що пари ми струва the money it has cost me
    * * *
    що,
    въпр. мест. what; няма \що it can’t be helped; \що думаш! you don’t say so! \що за what kind/sort of; what manner of; what … like; \що за идея/въпрос? what an idea/a question! \що за идиот of all the idiots! \що за човек е? what kind/sort/manner of man is he? what is he like? \що рече? what did you say?
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    относ. мест. what(ever), that; де \що може wherever he can; направи \що можеш do what/whatever you can; правя \що правя whatever I do; • било \що било let bygones be bygones; говоря за тоя \що духа talk in vain/to the wind; за тоя \що духа in vain; ще те прати за тоя \що духа he’ll send you on a wild goose chase.
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    въпр. нареч.
    1. защо̀;
    2. ( колкото) as; вървял \що вървял after he had gone some way; едва \що hardly; no sooner … than; едва \що влязохме и той се развика we had hardly entered when he began to shout; \що годе of a sort/kind; more or less; a little; \що се отнася до мене as for me, as to me, as far as I am concerned, I for one;
    3. ( във възклиц. изреч.) how, how much; \що ми е мило и драго how I rejoice; \що пари е спечелил you can’t imagine how much money he has made; the money he has made; \що пари ми струва the money it has cost me.
    * * *
    what: що kind of man is he? - Що за човек е той?; why (защо); as (колкото): що for me - що се отнася до мен
    * * *
    1. (във бьзклиц. изреч.) how, how much 2. (колкото) as 3. 1 мест. вьпр. мест. what 4. 3 нар. = защо 5. ЩО годе of a sort/kind;more or less;a little 6. ЩО думаш! you don't say so! ЩО за what kind/sort of;what manner of;what... like 7. ЩО за идея/ въпрос! what an idea/a question! ЩО за идиот of all the idiots! няма ЩО it can't be helped 8. ЩО за човек е? what kind/sort/manner of man is he?what is he like? 9. ЩО ли пък да what if 10. ЩО ми е мило и драго how I rejoice 11. ЩО пари e спечелил you can't imagine how much money he has made;the money he has made 12. ЩО пари ми струва the money it has cost me 13. ЩО рече? what did you say? 14. ЩО се отнася до мене as for me, as to me, as far as I am concerned, I for one 15. било ЩО било let bygones be bygones 16. вървял ЩО вървял after he had gone some way 17. говоря за тоя ЩО духа talk in vain/to the wind 18. де ЩО може wherever he can 19. едва ЩО hardly;no sooner... than 20. едва ЩО влязохме и той се развика we had hardly entered when he began to shout 21. за тоя ЩО духа in vain 22. направи ЩО можеш do what/ whatever you can 23. относ. мест. what-(ever), that 24. правя ЩО правя whatever I do 25. ще те прати за тоя ЩО духа he'll send you on a wild goose chase

    Български-английски речник > що

  • 17 безнадежден

    hopeless, past/beyond all hope
    безнадеждна работа a hopeless affair, washing a blackamoor white; a wild goose chase
    * * *
    безнадѐжден,
    прил., -на, -но, -ни hopeless, past/beyond all hope; forlorn of hope (предик.); \безнадежденна работа hopeless affair, washing a blackamoor white; wild goose chase; \безнадежденно болен desperately/mortally ill; в \безнадежденно положение past praying for; лекарят го смята за \безнадежденно болен the doctor has given him up.
    * * *
    ; irredeemable
    * * *
    1. hopeless, past/beyond all hope 2. безнадеждна работа a hopeless affair, washing a blackamoor white; a wild goose chase 3. в безнадеждно положение past praying for

    Български-английски речник > безнадежден

  • 18 pérdida

    adj.
    1 lost, strayed, misguided; profligate, dissolute.
    Gente perdida Vagrants, vagabonds
    2 idle (vago); down and out (pobre). (America)
    * * *
    1 (daño) loss
    ■ no hay que lamentar pérdidas humanas fortunately, nobody has been killed
    4 (escape) leak
    \
    llorar la pérdida de alguien to mourn for somebody
    no tiene pérdida you can't miss it
    ser una pérdida de tiempo to be a waste of time
    * * *
    f., (m. - perdido)
    * * *
    perdido
    * * *
    a) ( mujer inmoral) loose woman
    b) (Chi, Méx) ( prostituta) streetwalker
    * * *
    = disappearance, loss, forfeiture, drawdown.
    Ex. If the disappearance of these latter two media are a problem, use dummies on the shelf and store the item at the circulation desk.
    Ex. Some attempts have been made to use video tape, but the results have been poor, with data losses and corruption.
    Ex. Penalties that can be imposed range from seizure and forfeiture of the articles and the means by which they were produced to fines or imprisonment.
    Ex. Commanders in Iraq have decided to begin the drawdown of U.S. forces in volatile Diyala province, marking a turning point in the U.S. military mission.
    ----
    * compresión sin pérdida = lossless compression.
    * funcionar con pérdidas = run + at a loss.
    * no ser una gran pérdida = be no great loss.
    * pérdida auditiva = hearing loss, loss of hearing.
    * pérdida de audición = loss of hearing, hearing loss.
    * pérdida de autoridad = disempowerment.
    * pérdida de calor = heat loss.
    * pérdida de categoría laboral = demotion.
    * pérdida de concentración = lapse of concentration.
    * pérdida de confianza = sapping of confidence.
    * pérdida de consistencia = strength loss.
    * pérdida de contacto con la realidad = loss of touch with reality.
    * pérdida de credibilidad = loss of face.
    * pérdida de datos = data loss.
    * pérdida de dinero = cash drain.
    * pérdida de importancia = demise, swing away from.
    * pérdida de la presión = depressurisation [depressurization, -USA].
    * pérdida de las técnicas profesionales = de-skilling.
    * pérdida del cabello = loss of hair.
    * pérdida del conocimiento = unconsciousness, fainting, fainting fit, loss of consciousness.
    * pérdida del sentido = fainting, fainting fit.
    * pérdida de masa ósea = bone loss.
    * pérdida de nitidez = fading.
    * pérdida de pelo = hair loss.
    * pérdida de persona querida = emotional loss.
    * pérdida de peso = weight loss.
    * pérdida de poder = disempowerment.
    * pérdida de puestos de trabajo = squeeze on jobs.
    * pérdida de sangre = bleed.
    * pérdida de tiempo = time wasting, wild goose chase, waste of time, time-consuming [time consuming], fool's errand.
    * pérdida de un tiempo precioso = waste of precious time.
    * pérdida de valor = devaluation, loss of value.
    * pérdida de vidas = loss of life, toll on life.
    * pérdida de vigencia = demise.
    * pérdida humana = human loss.
    * pérdida neta = net loss.
    * pérdida ósea = bone loss.
    * pérdidas = wastage, losings.
    * pérdida trágica = tragic loss.
    * reducir pérdidas = cut down + losses, cut + losses.
    * seguro por pérdida de un miembro del cuerpo = dismemberment insurance.
    * ser una pérdida de dinero = be money and effort down the drain, throw + Posesivo + money down the drain, be money down the drain.
    * ser una pérdida de tiempo = be idle, beat + a dead horse, fart + in the wind.
    * ser un pérdida de tiempo = flog + a dead horse.
    * sin pérdida = lossless.
    * sufrir pérdidas = make + a loss.
    * sufrir una pérdida = suffer + loss.
    * tener pérdidas = make + a loss.
    * trágica pérdida = tragic loss.
    * una gran pérdida = a great loss.
    * una pérdida constante de = a haemorrhage of.
    * * *
    a) ( mujer inmoral) loose woman
    b) (Chi, Méx) ( prostituta) streetwalker
    * * *
    = disappearance, loss, forfeiture, drawdown.

    Ex: If the disappearance of these latter two media are a problem, use dummies on the shelf and store the item at the circulation desk.

    Ex: Some attempts have been made to use video tape, but the results have been poor, with data losses and corruption.
    Ex: Penalties that can be imposed range from seizure and forfeiture of the articles and the means by which they were produced to fines or imprisonment.
    Ex: Commanders in Iraq have decided to begin the drawdown of U.S. forces in volatile Diyala province, marking a turning point in the U.S. military mission.
    * compresión sin pérdida = lossless compression.
    * funcionar con pérdidas = run + at a loss.
    * no ser una gran pérdida = be no great loss.
    * pérdida auditiva = hearing loss, loss of hearing.
    * pérdida de audición = loss of hearing, hearing loss.
    * pérdida de autoridad = disempowerment.
    * pérdida de calor = heat loss.
    * pérdida de categoría laboral = demotion.
    * pérdida de concentración = lapse of concentration.
    * pérdida de confianza = sapping of confidence.
    * pérdida de consistencia = strength loss.
    * pérdida de contacto con la realidad = loss of touch with reality.
    * pérdida de credibilidad = loss of face.
    * pérdida de datos = data loss.
    * pérdida de dinero = cash drain.
    * pérdida de importancia = demise, swing away from.
    * pérdida de la presión = depressurisation [depressurization, -USA].
    * pérdida de las técnicas profesionales = de-skilling.
    * pérdida del cabello = loss of hair.
    * pérdida del conocimiento = unconsciousness, fainting, fainting fit, loss of consciousness.
    * pérdida del sentido = fainting, fainting fit.
    * pérdida de masa ósea = bone loss.
    * pérdida de nitidez = fading.
    * pérdida de pelo = hair loss.
    * pérdida de persona querida = emotional loss.
    * pérdida de peso = weight loss.
    * pérdida de poder = disempowerment.
    * pérdida de puestos de trabajo = squeeze on jobs.
    * pérdida de sangre = bleed.
    * pérdida de tiempo = time wasting, wild goose chase, waste of time, time-consuming [time consuming], fool's errand.
    * pérdida de un tiempo precioso = waste of precious time.
    * pérdida de valor = devaluation, loss of value.
    * pérdida de vidas = loss of life, toll on life.
    * pérdida de vigencia = demise.
    * pérdida humana = human loss.
    * pérdida neta = net loss.
    * pérdida ósea = bone loss.
    * pérdidas = wastage, losings.
    * pérdida trágica = tragic loss.
    * reducir pérdidas = cut down + losses, cut + losses.
    * seguro por pérdida de un miembro del cuerpo = dismemberment insurance.
    * ser una pérdida de dinero = be money and effort down the drain, throw + Posesivo + money down the drain, be money down the drain.
    * ser una pérdida de tiempo = be idle, beat + a dead horse, fart + in the wind.
    * ser un pérdida de tiempo = flog + a dead horse.
    * sin pérdida = lossless.
    * sufrir pérdidas = make + a loss.
    * sufrir una pérdida = suffer + loss.
    * tener pérdidas = make + a loss.
    * trágica pérdida = tragic loss.
    * una gran pérdida = a great loss.
    * una pérdida constante de = a haemorrhage of.

    * * *
    1 (mujer inmoral) loose woman
    2 (Chi, Méx) (prostituta) streetwalker
    * * *

     

    Multiple Entries:
    perdida    
    pérdida
    pérdida sustantivo femenino

    ◊ pérdida de calor/energía heat/energy loss;

    tuvo una pérdida de conocimiento he lost consciousness, he passed out;
    no tiene pérdida (Esp) you can't miss it
    b) (Fin) loss;


    pérdidas materiales damage;
    pérdidas y ganancias profit and loss


    d) (escape de gas, agua) leak

    perdido,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 lost
    2 (desorientado) confused
    3 (perro, bala) stray
    II adv fam (totalmente, rematadamente) es tonto perdido, he's completely stupid
    III mf (libertino) degenerate, vicious
    ♦ Locuciones: ponerse perdido, to get dirty
    pérdida sustantivo femenino
    1 loss: su muerte supone una gran pérdida para nosotros, his death is a great loss for us
    2 (de tiempo, etc) waste
    3 (escape de agua, de gas) leak
    4 (daños materiales) (usu pl) damage: las pérdidas ascienden a varios millones, losses totalled several million
    ♦ Locuciones: no tiene pérdida, you can't miss it
    ' pérdida' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bala
    - derrumbarse
    - desfallecimiento
    - desgracia
    - desvarío
    - rehacerse
    - reparar
    - severidad
    - causa
    - ciudad
    - compensar
    - deshonra
    - desprestigio
    - lamentable
    - mareado
    - marear
    - mareo
    - sensación
    - sensible
    - sentir
    - valorar
    English:
    battle
    - blackout
    - bleeding
    - book
    - compensate
    - depressed
    - deprivation
    - dropout
    - effective
    - experience
    - generation
    - get back
    - good
    - grievous
    - lament
    - loss
    - lost
    - make up
    - make up for
    - outflow
    - sense
    - stall
    - temporary
    - time-wasting
    - unconsciousness
    - vacantly
    - waste
    - miss
    - shantytown
    * * *
    1. [extravío] loss;
    en caso de pérdida, entregar en … in the event of loss, deliver to…;
    Esp
    no tiene pérdida you can't miss it
    2. [de vista, audición, peso] loss
    pérdida del conocimiento loss of consciousness
    3. [de tiempo, dinero] waste
    4. [escape] leak
    5. [muerte] loss;
    nunca se recuperó de la pérdida de su mujer he never got over losing his wife
    pérdidas humanas loss of life
    6. [en baloncesto] turnover
    7.
    pérdidas [financieras] losses
    pérdidas y ganancias profit and loss
    8.
    pérdidas (materiales) [daños] damage;
    las inundaciones han causado grandes pérdidas the floods have caused extensive damage
    9.
    pérdidas [de sangre] haemorrhage
    * * *
    f
    1 loss;
    no tiene pérdida you can’t miss it;
    pérdida de tiempo waste of time
    2 en baloncesto turnover
    * * *
    1) : loss
    2)
    pérdida de tiempo : waste of time
    * * *
    1. (en general) loss [pl. losses]
    2. (de tiempo) waste
    3. (de líquido, gas) leak

    Spanish-English dictionary > pérdida

  • 19 tarea

    f.
    1 task (trabajo).
    tareas domésticas household chores, housework
    2 homework, school work, schoolwork, school assignment.
    * * *
    1 task, job
    \
    las tareas de la casa the housework sing, the chores
    * * *
    noun f.
    job, task, work
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=trabajo) task, job

    tareas domésticas — housework sing, household chores

    2) [de colegial]
    3) (Inform) task
    * * *
    a) ( trabajo) task, job
    b) ( deberes escolares) homework
    * * *
    = assignment, duty [duties, -pl.], endeavour [endeavor, -USA], exercise, job, labour [labor, -USA], operation, routine, task, work, quest, undertaking, item of business.
    Ex. The problems and assignments presented are real problems and assignments, and the people involved are real people, all suitably disguised to protect their identity.
    Ex. Organisations often expect an information officer or librarian to prepare such abstracts as are necessary, in addition to performing various other information duties.
    Ex. Eventually, it came to be recognized that the Classification Research Group's endeavours might be pertinent to the problem of alphabetical indexing.
    Ex. As a concluding exercise, therefore, it would be helpful for you to try some examples of analysis and translation on your own.
    Ex. To ease the cataloguer's job and save him the trouble of counting characters, DOBIS/LIBIS uses a special function.
    Ex. An editor is a person who prepares for publication an item not his own and whose labour may be limited to the preparation of the item for the manufacturer.
    Ex. With the advent of micro-computers even much smaller cataloguing operations can effectively be computerised.
    Ex. Chain indexing is a simple mechanical routine for generating a limited number of index entries for a subject.
    Ex. Further, menu screens will be necessary until the user has specified the task that he wishes executed or the information that he wishes to retrieve sufficiently for execution or retrieval to be effected.
    Ex. The Classification Research Group (CRG) has been a major force in the development of classification theory, and has made a major contribution towards work on a new general classification scheme.
    Ex. It is a quest without a satisfactory conclusion - a holy grail of librarianship.
    Ex. Since the file from 1966-1975 contains some 2,500,000 references, a search of the complete data base is a fairly large-scale undertaking.
    Ex. The Midwinter Meeting of the American Library Association included various items of business such as: the ALA stand on UNESCO; a new dues schedule; grants; role of school librarians in ALA; new cataloguing tools; and standards.
    ----
    * aceptar una tarea = take on + task.
    * aplicación a tareas bibliotecarias = library application.
    * asignar una tarea = allot + task, set + task, give + task, assign + responsibility, task.
    * asumir una tarea = assume + duty.
    * con una tarea especial = mission-oriented.
    * cumplir una tarea = accomplish + task.
    * dedicarse a + Posesivo + tareas cotidianas = go about + Posesivo + everyday life.
    * dedicarse a + Posesivo + tareas diarias = go about + Posesivo + everyday life.
    * delegar una tarea = delegate + operation.
    * desempeñar una tarea = carry out + task, cope with + task, perform + task.
    * ejecutar una tarea = execute + task.
    * emprender una tarea = go on + expedition.
    * encargado de las tareas domésticas = housekeeper.
    * encargarse una tarea = undertake + task.
    * encomendar una tarea a Alguien = assign + task.
    * endosar una tarea a Alguien = foist + Nombre + on + Alguien + as a duty.
    * enfrentarse a una tarea = face + task.
    * en la tarea de = in the drive to.
    * fijarse una tarea = set + Reflexivo + task.
    * formación en diferentes tareas = cross-training [cross training], multiskilling [multi-skilling].
    * hacer una tarea = do + assignment.
    * imponerse una tarea = task + Reflexivo.
    * imponer una tarea = task.
    * imponer una tarea a Alguien = foist + Nombre + on + Alguien + as a duty.
    * liberar de una tarea = relieve of + task.
    * multitarea = multitasking [multi-tasking].
    * ponerse una tarea = set + Reflexivo + task.
    * programador automático de tareas = scheduler.
    * realización de varias tareas simultáneamente = concurrent tasking.
    * realizar una tarea = accomplish + task, carry out + duty, conduct + task, implement + task, undertake + task, perform + duty.
    * realizar una tarea paso a paso = go through.
    * tarea administrativa = administrative task.
    * tarea ardua = uphill struggle.
    * tarea asignada = appointed task.
    * tarea bibliotecaria = library operation, library task, library function, library duty, library process.
    * tarea complementaria = follow-up activity.
    * tarea de aprendizaje = learning activity, learning task.
    * tarea del hogar = domestic duty, domestic task.
    * tarea de tontos = fool's errand.
    * tarea difícil = hard task.
    * tarea educativa = learning activity.
    * tarea encomendada = assigned task.
    * tarea escolar = homework, homework assignment.
    * tarea falta de interés = chore.
    * tarea imposible = wild goose chase.
    * tarea inútil = exercise in futility.
    * tarea monumental = Herculean task, Herculanian task.
    * tarea muy difícil = uphill struggle.
    * tarea orientada hacia la gente = people-oriented task.
    * tarea orientada hacia una actividad = activity-oriented task.
    * tarea rutinaria = routine, mundane task, daily chore.
    * tareas bibliotecarias = library housekeeping routines, library housekeeping, library activities, library procedures.
    * tareas bibliotecarias complementarias = library support services.
    * tareas de extinción de incendios = fire-fighting.
    * tareas del personal = staff duties.
    * tareas domésticas = housework.
    * tareas escolares = school work [schoolwork].
    * tareas informáticas = computer work.
    * tareas relacionadas con la información = information operations.
    * tener tarea para rato = have + Posesivo + work cut out for + Pronombre, have + Posesivo + job cut out for + Pronombre.
    * * *
    a) ( trabajo) task, job
    b) ( deberes escolares) homework
    * * *
    = assignment, duty [duties, -pl.], endeavour [endeavor, -USA], exercise, job, labour [labor, -USA], operation, routine, task, work, quest, undertaking, item of business.

    Ex: The problems and assignments presented are real problems and assignments, and the people involved are real people, all suitably disguised to protect their identity.

    Ex: Organisations often expect an information officer or librarian to prepare such abstracts as are necessary, in addition to performing various other information duties.
    Ex: Eventually, it came to be recognized that the Classification Research Group's endeavours might be pertinent to the problem of alphabetical indexing.
    Ex: As a concluding exercise, therefore, it would be helpful for you to try some examples of analysis and translation on your own.
    Ex: To ease the cataloguer's job and save him the trouble of counting characters, DOBIS/LIBIS uses a special function.
    Ex: An editor is a person who prepares for publication an item not his own and whose labour may be limited to the preparation of the item for the manufacturer.
    Ex: With the advent of micro-computers even much smaller cataloguing operations can effectively be computerised.
    Ex: Chain indexing is a simple mechanical routine for generating a limited number of index entries for a subject.
    Ex: Further, menu screens will be necessary until the user has specified the task that he wishes executed or the information that he wishes to retrieve sufficiently for execution or retrieval to be effected.
    Ex: The Classification Research Group (CRG) has been a major force in the development of classification theory, and has made a major contribution towards work on a new general classification scheme.
    Ex: It is a quest without a satisfactory conclusion - a holy grail of librarianship.
    Ex: Since the file from 1966-1975 contains some 2,500,000 references, a search of the complete data base is a fairly large-scale undertaking.
    Ex: The Midwinter Meeting of the American Library Association included various items of business such as: the ALA stand on UNESCO; a new dues schedule; grants; role of school librarians in ALA; new cataloguing tools; and standards.
    * aceptar una tarea = take on + task.
    * aplicación a tareas bibliotecarias = library application.
    * asignar una tarea = allot + task, set + task, give + task, assign + responsibility, task.
    * asumir una tarea = assume + duty.
    * con una tarea especial = mission-oriented.
    * cumplir una tarea = accomplish + task.
    * dedicarse a + Posesivo + tareas cotidianas = go about + Posesivo + everyday life.
    * dedicarse a + Posesivo + tareas diarias = go about + Posesivo + everyday life.
    * delegar una tarea = delegate + operation.
    * desempeñar una tarea = carry out + task, cope with + task, perform + task.
    * ejecutar una tarea = execute + task.
    * emprender una tarea = go on + expedition.
    * encargado de las tareas domésticas = housekeeper.
    * encargarse una tarea = undertake + task.
    * encomendar una tarea a Alguien = assign + task.
    * endosar una tarea a Alguien = foist + Nombre + on + Alguien + as a duty.
    * enfrentarse a una tarea = face + task.
    * en la tarea de = in the drive to.
    * fijarse una tarea = set + Reflexivo + task.
    * formación en diferentes tareas = cross-training [cross training], multiskilling [multi-skilling].
    * hacer una tarea = do + assignment.
    * imponerse una tarea = task + Reflexivo.
    * imponer una tarea = task.
    * imponer una tarea a Alguien = foist + Nombre + on + Alguien + as a duty.
    * liberar de una tarea = relieve of + task.
    * multitarea = multitasking [multi-tasking].
    * ponerse una tarea = set + Reflexivo + task.
    * programador automático de tareas = scheduler.
    * realización de varias tareas simultáneamente = concurrent tasking.
    * realizar una tarea = accomplish + task, carry out + duty, conduct + task, implement + task, undertake + task, perform + duty.
    * realizar una tarea paso a paso = go through.
    * tarea administrativa = administrative task.
    * tarea ardua = uphill struggle.
    * tarea asignada = appointed task.
    * tarea bibliotecaria = library operation, library task, library function, library duty, library process.
    * tarea complementaria = follow-up activity.
    * tarea de aprendizaje = learning activity, learning task.
    * tarea del hogar = domestic duty, domestic task.
    * tarea de tontos = fool's errand.
    * tarea difícil = hard task.
    * tarea educativa = learning activity.
    * tarea encomendada = assigned task.
    * tarea escolar = homework, homework assignment.
    * tarea falta de interés = chore.
    * tarea imposible = wild goose chase.
    * tarea inútil = exercise in futility.
    * tarea monumental = Herculean task, Herculanian task.
    * tarea muy difícil = uphill struggle.
    * tarea orientada hacia la gente = people-oriented task.
    * tarea orientada hacia una actividad = activity-oriented task.
    * tarea rutinaria = routine, mundane task, daily chore.
    * tareas bibliotecarias = library housekeeping routines, library housekeeping, library activities, library procedures.
    * tareas bibliotecarias complementarias = library support services.
    * tareas de extinción de incendios = fire-fighting.
    * tareas del personal = staff duties.
    * tareas domésticas = housework.
    * tareas escolares = school work [schoolwork].
    * tareas informáticas = computer work.
    * tareas relacionadas con la información = information operations.
    * tener tarea para rato = have + Posesivo + work cut out for + Pronombre, have + Posesivo + job cut out for + Pronombre.

    * * *
    1 (trabajo) task, job
    no le gustan nada las tareas de la casa he hates doing household chores o the housework
    no es tarea fácil it is not easy, it is no easy task
    tengo que hacer la(s) tarea(s) I have to do my homework o ( AmE) assignments
    * * *

     

    tarea sustantivo femenino
    a) ( trabajo) task, job;



    tarea sustantivo femenino
    1 (labor) job, task
    tarea escolar, homework, US assignments pl 2 tareas domésticas, housework sing
    ' tarea' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    A
    - absorbente
    - acometer
    - afanosa
    - afanoso
    - apresurada
    - apresurado
    - asignación
    - cometido
    - corresponder
    - cumplir
    - desagradecida
    - desagradecido
    - emprender
    - empresa
    - encargo
    - ensimismarse
    - evadir
    - fijarse
    - función
    - gratificar
    - hacer
    - hueso
    - imponerse
    - imposición
    - lanzarse
    - marrón
    - muerta
    - muerto
    - terminar
    - trabajo
    - ultimar
    - zafarse
    - abrumador
    - acabar
    - alcanzar
    - antipático
    - asignar
    - asumir
    - atrancar
    - cargo
    - colaborador
    - colaborar
    - costoso
    - deber
    - dejadez
    - dejado
    - despachar
    - diario
    - empezar
    English:
    accomplish
    - accomplishment
    - allocation
    - arduous
    - assign
    - assignment
    - begin
    - challenging
    - chore
    - cinch
    - delegate
    - distasteful
    - do over
    - embark
    - execute
    - execution
    - finish
    - finished
    - get off
    - get over
    - go about
    - job
    - labour
    - massive
    - mission
    - rush
    - set
    - task
    - thankless
    - uphill
    - work
    - admittedly
    - home
    - labor
    - throw
    - under
    * * *
    tarea nf
    1. [trabajo] task;
    fue una ardua tarea it was a hard task;
    mantener limpia la ciudad es tarea de todos keeping the city clean is everyone's responsibility;
    las tareas del campo agricultural o farm work
    tareas domésticas household chores, housework
    2. [escolar] homework;
    hace la tarea she's doing her homework
    3. Informát task
    * * *
    f task, job
    * * *
    tarea nf
    1) : task, job
    2) : homework
    * * *
    1. (en general) task / job
    2. (deberes) homework
    tareas del hogar / tareas domésticas housework

    Spanish-English dictionary > tarea

  • 20 vano

    adj.
    1 vain, vainglorious, bloated, chuff.
    2 vain, useless, unavailing, inane.
    3 vain.
    m.
    opening.
    * * *
    1 (inútil) vain, useless
    2 (ilusorio) illusory, futile
    3 (frívolo) frivolous
    4 (arrogante) vain, conceited
    5 (infundado) unfounded, groundless
    1 opening, bay
    \
    en vano in vain
    * * *
    (f. - vana)
    adj.
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (=infundado) [ilusión, esperanza] empty, vain; [temor, sospecha] groundless; [superstición] foolish
    2) (=inútil) [intento] vain, futile

    vanos esfuerzos — vain o futile efforts

    3) (=vacío) [promesa, excusa] empty
    4) [persona] (=superficial) shallow; (=vanidoso) vain
    5) [cáscara] empty, hollow
    2.
    SM (Arquit) space, opening
    * * *
    I
    - na adjetivo
    a) ( ineficaz) <discusión/intento> vain, futile; < amenazas> idle; < esfuerzo> futile; < excusa> pointless
    c) <palabra/promesa> empty
    II
    masculino opening, space
    * * *
    = futile, fatuous, vain [vainer -comp., vainest -sup.], useless.
    Ex. To describe discursively all that an imaginatively successful scene in fiction or drama or poem says, means and is would be futile.
    Ex. We can choose to turn our backs on these principles with fatuous arguments which posit their anachronism and the nonexistent intelligence of computing machinery.
    Ex. Some users hope that market forces will force some of the smaller hosts out of the marketplace, but with cheaper telecommunications and computing technology this seems something of a vain hope.
    Ex. Numerous titles which have to be entered under the title, as you prescribed are completely useless.
    ----
    * aunque en vano = but (all) to no avail.
    * búsqueda en vano = wild goose chase.
    * en vano = vainly, in vain, uselessly, helplessly, to no avail, futilely, without any avail, of no avail.
    * luchar en vano = fight + a losing battle.
    * protestar en vano = bay at + the moon, bark at + the moon.
    * quejarse en vano = bay at + the moon, bark at + the moon.
    * ser en vano = be of no avail, be to no avail.
    * * *
    I
    - na adjetivo
    a) ( ineficaz) <discusión/intento> vain, futile; < amenazas> idle; < esfuerzo> futile; < excusa> pointless
    c) <palabra/promesa> empty
    II
    masculino opening, space
    * * *
    = futile, fatuous, vain [vainer -comp., vainest -sup.], useless.

    Ex: To describe discursively all that an imaginatively successful scene in fiction or drama or poem says, means and is would be futile.

    Ex: We can choose to turn our backs on these principles with fatuous arguments which posit their anachronism and the nonexistent intelligence of computing machinery.
    Ex: Some users hope that market forces will force some of the smaller hosts out of the marketplace, but with cheaper telecommunications and computing technology this seems something of a vain hope.
    Ex: Numerous titles which have to be entered under the title, as you prescribed are completely useless.
    * aunque en vano = but (all) to no avail.
    * búsqueda en vano = wild goose chase.
    * en vano = vainly, in vain, uselessly, helplessly, to no avail, futilely, without any avail, of no avail.
    * luchar en vano = fight + a losing battle.
    * protestar en vano = bay at + the moon, bark at + the moon.
    * quejarse en vano = bay at + the moon, bark at + the moon.
    * ser en vano = be of no avail, be to no avail.

    * * *
    vano1 -na
    A
    1 (inútil, ineficaz) ‹discusiones› vain, futile, useless; ‹amenazas› idle
    mis esfuerzos por ayudarlo fueron vanos my efforts to help him were futile o in vain
    en un vano intento por ayudarla in a vain o futile attempt to help her
    son excusas vanas, no servirán para nada they're pointless excuses, they won't help at all
    en vano in vain
    trató en vano de convencerme she tried in vain to convince me, she tried to convince me, but to no avail o but in vain
    abandona esas vanas esperanzas abandon those vain hopes ( frmlor liter)
    creyó que le iban a dar el puesto, pero no fueron más que vanas ilusiones she thought they were going to give her the job, but it was just wishful thinking
    3 ‹palabras/promesas› empty, hollow, vain ( frml)
    B ‹cáscara/fruta› empty
    opening, space
    * * *

    vano
    ◊ -na adjetivo

    a) ( ineficaz) ‹discusión/intento› vain, futile;

    ‹ esfuerzo› futile;



    c) ‹palabra/promesa› empty

    vano,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 (sin resultado, inútil) futile, vain: son vanos tus esfuerzos por convencerme, your efforts to convince me are futile
    2 (sin fundamento, irreal) vain, unreal
    3 (vacuo, insustancial) empty
    4 (vanidoso) vain, conceited
    II m Arquit opening
    ♦ Locuciones: en vano, in vain
    ' vano' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    balde
    - jurar
    - vana
    - vanamente
    English:
    empty
    - flog
    - fruitless
    - futile
    - helplessly
    - idle
    - nothing
    - unsuccessful
    - unsuccessfully
    - uselessly
    - vain
    - avail
    - hollow
    - pointless
    - vainly
    * * *
    vano, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [inútil] [intento, ilusiones] vain;
    hubiera sido una pretensión vana por mi parte it would have been a vain hope on my part;
    vanas esperanzas empty hopes;
    todos nuestros esfuerzos fueron vanos all our efforts were in vain
    2. [vacío] [palabras, promesas] empty
    3. [persona] vain, conceited
    ♦ nm
    [de puerta] doorway
    ♦ en vano loc adv
    in vain;
    intenté consolarle, pero fue en vano I tried to console him but it was in vain;
    no en vano: han de pasar por unas pruebas durísimas, no en vano son un cuerpo de élite they have to pass some very tough exams, they're not an elite corps for nothing
    * * *
    I adj futile, vain;
    en vano in vain
    II m ARQUI space, opening
    * * *
    vano, -na adj
    1) inútil: vain, useless
    2) : vain, worthless
    vanas promesas: empty promises
    3)
    en vano : in vain, of no avail

    Spanish-English dictionary > vano

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