to evolve

su estado evoluciona favorablemente — (frml) his condition is improving

su estado evoluciona favorablemente — (frml) his condition is improving

Ex: Virtually all software packages offer the purchaser the opportunity to evolve a record format which suits a specific application.

desarolló bien el problema pero no llegó a la solución — he applied the correct method o working but failed to find the solution, he worked through the problem correctly but failed to find the solution

Ex: Such familiarity can be cultivated with experience, and will consider the following features of data bases.

una derrota abultada — (period) a crushing defeat

una derrota abultada — (period) a crushing defeat

Ex: It is well-established practice to ignore initial articles when they occur as the initial word of a title or subject heading, so that unwieldy sequences do not evolve under such words.

Ex: However, it must be remembered that cataloguing and classification must change with the times.

Ex: Virtually all software packages offer the purchaser the opportunity to evolve a record format which suits a specific application.

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

tuvimos que alterar los planes por la huelga — we had to modify o alter our plans because of the strike

la noticia del accidente la alteró visiblemente — she was visibly shaken o upset by the news of the accident

el sentido de mis palabras fue alterado — what I said was misinterpreted o misrepresented

el sentido de mis palabras fue alterado — what I said was misinterpreted o misrepresented

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

Ex: Direct government support of artists has recently been phased out, and as a result artotheques no longer obtain works via the government and must evolve alternative methods of acquisition.

Ex: In this way, blogging could evolve into a form of journalism.

te cambio el rotulador verde por el rojo — I'll exchange my green pen for that red one, I'll swap you the green pen for the red one *

¿me cambias el sitio? — can we change places?, can we swap places? *

¿me lo puede cambiar por otra talla? — could I change o exchange this for another size?

tengo que cambiar 800 euros en o LAm a libras — I have to change 800 euros into pounds

• cambiar de — [+ actitud, canal, dirección] to change; [+ casa] to move

• cambiar de dueño — to change hands

• cambiar de idea u opinión — to change one's mind

• cambiar para mejor/peor — to change for the better/worse

si no le queda bien lo puede cambiar — if it doesn't fit, you can exchange o change it

cambiar algo por algo — <sellos/estampas> to swap o (esp AmE) trade something for something; < compra> to exchange o change something for something

te cambio este libro por tu pluma — I'll swap you o trade this book for your pen

cambiarle algo a alguien: ¿quieres que te cambie el lugar? — do you want me to swap o change places with you?

¿me puedes cambiar este billete? — can you change this bill (AmE) o (BrE) note for me?

cambiar algo a or (Esp) en algo — to change something into something

cambié 100 libras a or (Esp) en dólares — I changed 100 pounds into dollars

cambio y corto or fuera — over and out

cambiar de idea or opinión — to change one's mind

si no le queda bien lo puede cambiar — if it doesn't fit, you can exchange o change it

cambiar algo por algo — <sellos/estampas> to swap o (esp AmE) trade something for something; < compra> to exchange o change something for something

te cambio este libro por tu pluma — I'll swap you o trade this book for your pen

cambiarle algo a alguien: ¿quieres que te cambie el lugar? — do you want me to swap o change places with you?

¿me puedes cambiar este billete? — can you change this bill (AmE) o (BrE) note for me?

cambiar algo a or (Esp) en algo — to change something into something

cambié 100 libras a or (Esp) en dólares — I changed 100 pounds into dollars

cambio y corto or fuera — over and out

cambiar de idea or opinión — to change one's mind

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

está casi terminado — it's almost o nearly finished

son ya casi las tres — it's almost o nearly three o'clock

¡huy!, casi me caigo — oops! I almost o nearly fell over

despidieron a la casi totalidad de la plantilla — they sacked virtually o practically the entire staff

ocurre lo mismo en casi todos los países — the same thing happens in virtually o practically all countries

-¿habéis terminado? -casi, casi — "have you finished?" - "just about o very nearly"

• casi nada — almost o virtually nothing, hardly anything

no sabemos casi nada de lo que está ocurriendo — we know almost o virtually nothing about what's going on, we know hardly anything about what's going on

100 dólares..., ¡casi nada! — iró 100 dollars, a mere trifle!

• casi nunca — hardly ever, almost never

• casi siempre — almost always

es casi imposible — it's virtually o almost impossible

¿200? casi nada! — (iró) $200? is that all? (iro)

es casi imposible — it's virtually o almost impossible

¿200? casi nada! — (iró) $200? is that all? (iro)

Ex: Documents rarely exactly match a user's requirements because information can be packaged in almost as many different ways as there are participants in a subject area.

Ex: On occasions, I have begun my talk by issuing a caveat emptor, a legalistic phrase which one dictionary defines as 'sentence disclaiming responsibility for buyer's disappointment'.

un día de lluvia constante — a day of constant o persistent rain

el mar es una constante en su obra — the sea is a constant theme o an ever-present theme in his work

constantes vitales — vital signs (pl)