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  • 1 invent(aĵ)o

    вынаходзтва, вынаходка

    Esperanto-Belarusian dictionary > invent(aĵ)o

  • 2 invento

    invent

    Vocabulario Castellano-Catalán > invento

  • 3 inventar

    v.
    to invent.
    María inventó un nuevo secador Mary invented a new dryer.
    Ricardo inventó esa patraña Richard invented that tall story.
    * * *
    1 (crear) to invent
    2 (imaginar) to imagine
    3 (mentir) to make up, fabricate
    \
    inventar excusas to make up excuses
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1.
    VT [gen] to invent; [+ plan] to devise; [+ historia, excusa] to invent, make up, concoct
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) <aparato/sistema> to invent
    b) <juego/palabra> to make up, invent; <cuento/excusa/mentira> to make up
    2.
    inventarse v pron (enf) inventar
    * * *
    = invent, confabulate, fabricate, cook up, trump up.
    Ex. Frequently, but not always, this same process will have been attempted by the author when inventing the title, and this explains why the title is often a useful aid to indexing.
    Ex. His cognitive abilities were severely compromised, and he confabulated continuously and bizarrely.
    Ex. Both the researcher and the student practice of 'fudging' involves faking, fabricating, or stealing data.
    Ex. He believes that most political brouhahas are cooked up to divert the public's attention from the real terrorism.
    Ex. All summer long, the media have been trumping up stories that, while important, probably don't merit the attention they've been receiving.
    ----
    * inventarse = devise.
    * reinventar = reinvent [re-invent].
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) <aparato/sistema> to invent
    b) <juego/palabra> to make up, invent; <cuento/excusa/mentira> to make up
    2.
    inventarse v pron (enf) inventar
    * * *
    = invent, confabulate, fabricate, cook up, trump up.

    Ex: Frequently, but not always, this same process will have been attempted by the author when inventing the title, and this explains why the title is often a useful aid to indexing.

    Ex: His cognitive abilities were severely compromised, and he confabulated continuously and bizarrely.
    Ex: Both the researcher and the student practice of 'fudging' involves faking, fabricating, or stealing data.
    Ex: He believes that most political brouhahas are cooked up to divert the public's attention from the real terrorism.
    Ex: All summer long, the media have been trumping up stories that, while important, probably don't merit the attention they've been receiving.
    * inventarse = devise.
    * reinventar = reinvent [re-invent].

    * * *
    inventar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 ‹aparato/sistema› to invent pólvora
    2 ‹juego/palabra› to make up, invent; ‹cuento› to make up
    3 ‹excusa/mentira› to make up, invent, come up with
    ( enf) ‹pretexto/mentira› to invent, come up with, make up
    * * *

     

    inventar ( conjugate inventar) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹aparato/sistema› to invent

    b) ‹juego/palabra› to make up, invent;

    ‹cuento/excusa/mentira› to make up
    inventar verbo transitivo
    1 (un objeto, una técnica) to invent
    2 (excusa, mentira) to make up, concoct
    ' inventar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    concoct
    - contrive
    - fabricate
    - invent
    - justification
    - make up
    - devise
    - make
    - think
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [máquina, sistema] to invent
    2. [narración, falsedades] to make up
    * * *
    v/t invent
    * * *
    1) : to invent
    2) : to fabricate, to make up
    * * *
    1. (descubrir) to invent
    2. (idear) to make up
    ¡te lo estás inventando! you're making it up!

    Spanish-English dictionary > inventar

  • 4 crear

    v.
    1 to create.
    me crea muchos problemas it gives me a lot of trouble, it causes me a lot of problems
    Picasso creó escuela Picasso's works have had a seminal influence
    Ricardo crea obras de arte Richard creates works of art.
    Ellas crean criaturas raras They create weird creatures.
    2 to invent.
    3 to found.
    4 to make, to make up.
    * * *
    1 (gen) to create
    2 (fundar) to found, establish; (partido) to set up
    3 (inventar) to invent
    1 to make, make for oneself
    2 (imaginarse) to imagine
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    VT
    1) (=hacer, producir) [+ obra, objeto, empleo] to create
    2) (=establecer) [+ comisión, comité, fondo, negocio, sistema] to set up; [+ asociación, cooperativa] to form, set up; [+ cargo, puesto] to create; [+ movimiento, organización] to create, establish, found

    ¿qué se necesita para crear una empresa? — what do you need in order to set up o start a business?

    aspiraban a crear un estado independiente — they aimed to create o establish o found an independent state

    3) (=dar lugar a) [+ condiciones, clima, ambiente] to create; [+ problemas] to cause, create; [+ expectativas] to raise

    el vacío creado por su muerte — the gap left o created by her death

    4) liter (=nombrar) to make, appoint
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) <obra/modelo/tendencia> to create, < producto> to develop
    b) < sistema> to create, establish, set up; < institución> to set up, create; <comisión/fondo> to set up; < empleo> to create; < ciudad> to build
    2) <dificultades/problemas> to cause, create; <ambiente/clima> to create; <fama/prestigio> to bring; < reputación> to earn
    2.
    crearse v pron < problema> to create... for oneself
    * * *
    = design (for/to), construct, create, engender, establish, fashion, forge, form, invent, set up, compose, originate, bring into + being, mint, found, institute, come into + existence, mother, come up with.
    Ex. In lists designed for international use a symbolic notation instead of textual notes may be used.
    Ex. The objective in executing these three stages is to construct a document profile which reflects its subject = El propósito de llevar a cabo estas tres etapas es elaborar un perfil documental que refleje su materia.
    Ex. National agencies creating MARC records use national standards within their own country, and re-format records to UNIMARC for international exchange.
    Ex. In addition to problems with new subjects which lacked 'accepted' or established names, this guiding principle engendered inconsistency in the form of headings.
    Ex. The intention is to establish a general framework, and then to give exceptions or further explanation and examples for each area in turn.
    Ex. The preliminary discussions and proposals which led up to the AACR, did start out with an attempt to fashion an ideology, a philosophical context, for those rules.
    Ex. This article calls on libraries to forge a renewed national commitment to cooperate in the building of a national information network for scholarly communications.
    Ex. Formed in 1969, the first operational system was implemented in 1972-3.
    Ex. Frequently, but not always, this same process will have been attempted by the author when inventing the title, and this explains why the title is often a useful aid to indexing.
    Ex. By imposing a ban one is only likely to set up antagonism and frustration which will turn against the very thing we are trying to encourage.
    Ex. There have never been any attempts to compose a bibliography of US government documents relating to international law.
    Ex. In the 'office of the present', a document is usually produced by several people: someone, say an administrator or manager, who originates and checks it, a typist, who prepares the text, and a draughtsman or artist who prepares the diagrams.
    Ex. MARC was brought into being originally to facilitate the creation of LC catalogue cards.
    Ex. The article 'The newly minted MLS: what do we need to know today?' describes the skills which, ideally, every US library school graduate should possess at the end of the 1990s.
    Ex. The earliest community information service in Australia dates from as recently as 1958 when Citizens' Advice Bureaux, modelled on their British namesake, were founded in Perth = El primer servicio de información ciudadana de Australia es reciente y data de 1958 cuando se creó en Perth la Oficina de Información al Ciudadano, a imitación de su homónima británica.
    Ex. The librarians have instituted a series of campaigns, including displays and leaflets on specific issues, eg family income supplement, rent and rates rebates, and school grants.
    Ex. Some university libraries have been built up over the centuries; others have come into existence over the last 40 years.
    Ex. Necessity mothers invention, and certainly invention in the presentation of books mothers surprised interest.
    Ex. Derfer corroborated her: 'I'd be very proud of you if you could come up with the means to draft a model collection development policy'.
    ----
    * crear adicción = be addictive.
    * crear alianzas = form + alliances, make + alliances.
    * crear apoyo = build + support.
    * crear canales para = establish + channels for.
    * crear con gran destreza = craft.
    * crear consenso = forge + consensus.
    * crear demanda = make + demand.
    * crear de nuevo = recreate [re-create].
    * crear desconfianza = create + distrust.
    * crear desesperación = yield + despair.
    * crear falsas ilusiones = create + false illusions.
    * crear interés = build + interest.
    * crear la ilusión = generate + illusion.
    * crear lazos = build up + links.
    * crear lazos afectivos = bond.
    * crear posibilidades = open + window, create + possibilities.
    * crear problemas = make + waves, build up + problems, make + trouble.
    * crear prototipos = prototype.
    * crear relaciones = structure + relationships.
    * crearse = build up, hew.
    * crearse el prestigio de ser = establish + a record as.
    * crear servidor web = put up + web site.
    * crearse una identidad = forge + identity.
    * crearse una vida = build + life.
    * crear una alianza = forge + alliance.
    * crear una base = form + a basis.
    * crear una buena impresión en = make + a good impression on.
    * crear una coalición = forge + coalition.
    * crear una colección = build + collection.
    * crear un acuerdo = work out + agreement.
    * crear una familia = have + a family.
    * crear una ilusión = create + illusion.
    * crear una imagen = build + an image, create + image, summon up + image.
    * crear una injusticia = create + injustice.
    * crear una marca de identidad = branding.
    * crear una ocasión = create + opportunity.
    * crear una preocupación = create + concern.
    * crear una situación = create + a situation.
    * crear un clima = promote + climate.
    * crear un comité = set up + committee.
    * crear un entorno = create + an environment.
    * crear un equilibrio = establish + a balance.
    * crear un fondo común de conocimientos = pool + knowledge.
    * crear un fondo común de experiencias profesionales = pool + expertise.
    * crear un grupo = set up + group.
    * crear un índice = generate + index.
    * crear un mercado para = produce + a market for.
    * crear un perfil = compile + profile, formulate + profile.
    * crear un servidor web = open up + web site.
    * crear vínculos = build up + links.
    * crear vínculos afectivos = bond.
    * oposición + crear = opposition + line up.
    * que crea adicción = addictive.
    * que crea hábito = addictive.
    * volver a crear = recreate [re-create].
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) <obra/modelo/tendencia> to create, < producto> to develop
    b) < sistema> to create, establish, set up; < institución> to set up, create; <comisión/fondo> to set up; < empleo> to create; < ciudad> to build
    2) <dificultades/problemas> to cause, create; <ambiente/clima> to create; <fama/prestigio> to bring; < reputación> to earn
    2.
    crearse v pron < problema> to create... for oneself
    * * *
    = design (for/to), construct, create, engender, establish, fashion, forge, form, invent, set up, compose, originate, bring into + being, mint, found, institute, come into + existence, mother, come up with.

    Ex: In lists designed for international use a symbolic notation instead of textual notes may be used.

    Ex: The objective in executing these three stages is to construct a document profile which reflects its subject = El propósito de llevar a cabo estas tres etapas es elaborar un perfil documental que refleje su materia.
    Ex: National agencies creating MARC records use national standards within their own country, and re-format records to UNIMARC for international exchange.
    Ex: In addition to problems with new subjects which lacked 'accepted' or established names, this guiding principle engendered inconsistency in the form of headings.
    Ex: The intention is to establish a general framework, and then to give exceptions or further explanation and examples for each area in turn.
    Ex: The preliminary discussions and proposals which led up to the AACR, did start out with an attempt to fashion an ideology, a philosophical context, for those rules.
    Ex: This article calls on libraries to forge a renewed national commitment to cooperate in the building of a national information network for scholarly communications.
    Ex: Formed in 1969, the first operational system was implemented in 1972-3.
    Ex: Frequently, but not always, this same process will have been attempted by the author when inventing the title, and this explains why the title is often a useful aid to indexing.
    Ex: By imposing a ban one is only likely to set up antagonism and frustration which will turn against the very thing we are trying to encourage.
    Ex: There have never been any attempts to compose a bibliography of US government documents relating to international law.
    Ex: In the 'office of the present', a document is usually produced by several people: someone, say an administrator or manager, who originates and checks it, a typist, who prepares the text, and a draughtsman or artist who prepares the diagrams.
    Ex: MARC was brought into being originally to facilitate the creation of LC catalogue cards.
    Ex: The article 'The newly minted MLS: what do we need to know today?' describes the skills which, ideally, every US library school graduate should possess at the end of the 1990s.
    Ex: The earliest community information service in Australia dates from as recently as 1958 when Citizens' Advice Bureaux, modelled on their British namesake, were founded in Perth = El primer servicio de información ciudadana de Australia es reciente y data de 1958 cuando se creó en Perth la Oficina de Información al Ciudadano, a imitación de su homónima británica.
    Ex: The librarians have instituted a series of campaigns, including displays and leaflets on specific issues, eg family income supplement, rent and rates rebates, and school grants.
    Ex: Some university libraries have been built up over the centuries; others have come into existence over the last 40 years.
    Ex: Necessity mothers invention, and certainly invention in the presentation of books mothers surprised interest.
    Ex: Derfer corroborated her: 'I'd be very proud of you if you could come up with the means to draft a model collection development policy'.
    * crear adicción = be addictive.
    * crear alianzas = form + alliances, make + alliances.
    * crear apoyo = build + support.
    * crear canales para = establish + channels for.
    * crear con gran destreza = craft.
    * crear consenso = forge + consensus.
    * crear demanda = make + demand.
    * crear de nuevo = recreate [re-create].
    * crear desconfianza = create + distrust.
    * crear desesperación = yield + despair.
    * crear falsas ilusiones = create + false illusions.
    * crear interés = build + interest.
    * crear la ilusión = generate + illusion.
    * crear lazos = build up + links.
    * crear lazos afectivos = bond.
    * crear posibilidades = open + window, create + possibilities.
    * crear problemas = make + waves, build up + problems, make + trouble.
    * crear prototipos = prototype.
    * crear relaciones = structure + relationships.
    * crearse = build up, hew.
    * crearse el prestigio de ser = establish + a record as.
    * crear servidor web = put up + web site.
    * crearse una identidad = forge + identity.
    * crearse una vida = build + life.
    * crear una alianza = forge + alliance.
    * crear una base = form + a basis.
    * crear una buena impresión en = make + a good impression on.
    * crear una coalición = forge + coalition.
    * crear una colección = build + collection.
    * crear un acuerdo = work out + agreement.
    * crear una familia = have + a family.
    * crear una ilusión = create + illusion.
    * crear una imagen = build + an image, create + image, summon up + image.
    * crear una injusticia = create + injustice.
    * crear una marca de identidad = branding.
    * crear una ocasión = create + opportunity.
    * crear una preocupación = create + concern.
    * crear una situación = create + a situation.
    * crear un clima = promote + climate.
    * crear un comité = set up + committee.
    * crear un entorno = create + an environment.
    * crear un equilibrio = establish + a balance.
    * crear un fondo común de conocimientos = pool + knowledge.
    * crear un fondo común de experiencias profesionales = pool + expertise.
    * crear un grupo = set up + group.
    * crear un índice = generate + index.
    * crear un mercado para = produce + a market for.
    * crear un perfil = compile + profile, formulate + profile.
    * crear un servidor web = open up + web site.
    * crear vínculos = build up + links.
    * crear vínculos afectivos = bond.
    * oposición + crear = opposition + line up.
    * que crea adicción = addictive.
    * que crea hábito = addictive.
    * volver a crear = recreate [re-create].

    * * *
    crear [A1 ]
    vt
    A
    1 ‹obra/modelo› to create; ‹tendencia› to create
    crear una nueva imagen para el producto to create a new image for the product
    crearon un producto revolucionario they developed o created a revolutionary product
    2 ‹sistema› to create, establish, set up; ‹institución› to set up, create; ‹comisión/fondo› to set up; ‹empleo› to create
    crearon una ciudad en pleno desierto they built a city in the middle of the desert
    B ‹dificultades/problemas› to cause, create; ‹ambiente/clima› to create; ‹fama/prestigio› to bring; ‹reputación› to earn
    su arrogancia le creó muchas enemistades his arrogance made him many enemies
    no quiero crear falsas expectativas en mis alumnos I don't want to raise false hopes among my students, I don't want to give my students false hopes
    se crea muchas dificultades he creates o makes a lot of problems for himself
    ¿para qué te creas más trabajo? why make more work for yourself?
    será difícil llenar el vacío creado con su desaparición it will be difficult to fill the gap left by his death
    * * *

     

    crear ( conjugate crear) verbo transitivo
    to create;
    ‹ producto› to develop;
    ‹institución/comisión/fondo› to set up;
    ‹fama/prestigio› to bring;
    ‹ reputación› to earn;
    ◊ crea muchos problemas it causes o creates a lot of problems;

    no quiero crear falsas expectativas I don't want to raise false hopes
    crearse verbo pronominal ‹ problema› to create … for oneself;

    ‹ enemigos› to make
    crear verbo transitivo to create
    ' crear' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    falsificar
    - hacer
    - ilusionar
    - infundio
    - rompecabezas
    - constituir
    - formar
    - meter
    English:
    boat
    - bonding
    - create
    - fashion
    - never-never land
    - rapport
    - stage
    - afoot
    - develop
    - devise
    - disrupt
    - establish
    - illusion
    - set
    - you
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [hacer, producir, originar] to create;
    crear empleo/riqueza to create jobs/wealth;
    han creado un nuevo ministerio para él they have created a new ministry for him;
    me crea muchos problemas it gives me a lot of trouble, it causes me a lot of problems;
    Picasso creó escuela Picasso's works have had a seminal influence
    2. [inventar] to invent;
    [poema, sinfonía] to compose, to write; [cuadro] to paint
    3. [fundar] to found
    * * *
    v/t create; empresa set up
    * * *
    crear vt
    1) : to create, to cause
    2) : to originate
    * * *
    crear vb
    1. (en general) to create
    2. (comité, empresa, etc) to set up

    Spanish-English dictionary > crear

  • 5 forjar

    v.
    1 to forge (metal).
    El herrero forjó mi baranda The blacksmith forged my banister.
    2 to create, to form.
    Ella forjó una filosofía nueva She created a new philosophy.
    las guerras forjan héroes wars create heroes
    3 to invent (mentira).
    Ricardo forjó buenas ideas Richard invented good ideas.
    4 to shape, to mold, to educate, to form.
    Ricardo forjó a su hijo Richard shaped his son.
    * * *
    1 (metales) to forge
    2 figurado (crear) to create, make
    3 figurado (imaginar) to imagine
    1 (crearse) to forge for oneself
    2 (imaginarse) to dream up
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    VT
    1) [+ hierro] to forge, shape
    2) (=crear) [gen] to forge, shape; [+ sueños, ilusiones] to build up
    3) [+ mentiras] to invent, concoct
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) <utensilio/pieza> to forge; < metal> to work
    b) < porvenir> to shape, forge; < plan> to make; <ilusiones/esperanzas> to build up
    c) <nación/bases> to create; <amistad/alianza> to forge
    2.
    forjarse v pron < porvenir> to shape, forge; < ilusiones> to build up
    * * *
    = fashion, forge, shape.
    Ex. The preliminary discussions and proposals which led up to the AACR, did start out with an attempt to fashion an ideology, a philosophical context, for those rules.
    Ex. This article calls on libraries to forge a renewed national commitment to cooperate in the building of a national information network for scholarly communications.
    Ex. A dynamic information centre has to satisfy 2 types of enquiry -- single requests for information and enquiries on standing order -- each contributing to and shaping the information network.
    ----
    * forjar el futuro = forge + the future, shape + the future.
    * forjar la identidad = shape + identity.
    * forjarse = take + shape.
    * forjarse una identidad = forge + identity.
    * idea + forjar = idea + shape.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) <utensilio/pieza> to forge; < metal> to work
    b) < porvenir> to shape, forge; < plan> to make; <ilusiones/esperanzas> to build up
    c) <nación/bases> to create; <amistad/alianza> to forge
    2.
    forjarse v pron < porvenir> to shape, forge; < ilusiones> to build up
    * * *
    = fashion, forge, shape.

    Ex: The preliminary discussions and proposals which led up to the AACR, did start out with an attempt to fashion an ideology, a philosophical context, for those rules.

    Ex: This article calls on libraries to forge a renewed national commitment to cooperate in the building of a national information network for scholarly communications.
    Ex: A dynamic information centre has to satisfy 2 types of enquiry -- single requests for information and enquiries on standing order -- each contributing to and shaping the information network.
    * forjar el futuro = forge + the future, shape + the future.
    * forjar la identidad = shape + identity.
    * forjarse = take + shape.
    * forjarse una identidad = forge + identity.
    * idea + forjar = idea + shape.

    * * *
    forjar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 ‹utensilio/pieza› to forge hierro
    2 ‹porvenir› to shape, forge; ‹plan› to make; ‹ilusiones/esperanzas› to build up
    3 ‹nación/bases› to create; ‹amistad/alianza› to forge
    ‹porvenir› to shape, forge; ‹ilusiones› to build up
    forjarse un camino to forge a way for oneself
    * * *

    forjar ( conjugate forjar) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹utensilio/pieza› to forge;

    ‹ metal› to work
    b) ‹ porvenir› to shape, forge;

    ‹ plan› to make;
    ‹ilusiones/esperanzas› to build up
    c) ‹nación/bases› to create;

    ‹amistad/alianza› to forge
    forjarse verbo pronominal ‹ porvenir› to shape, forge;
    ‹ ilusiones› to build up
    forjar verbo transitivo
    1 (un metal) to forge
    2 (una empresa, una ilusión) to create, make
    ' forjar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    forge
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [metal] to forge
    2. [persona, nación] to create, to form;
    las guerras forjan héroes wars create heroes
    3. [mentira] to invent;
    [plan] to form
    * * *
    v/t metal forge
    * * *
    forjar vt
    1) : to forge
    2) : to shape, to create
    forjar un compromiso: to hammer out a compromise
    3) : to invent, to concoct
    * * *
    forjar vb to forge

    Spanish-English dictionary > forjar

  • 6 idear

    v.
    1 to think up, to devise.
    Ricardo ideó un plan maestro Richard devised a master plan.
    2 to invent.
    3 to dream up, to imagine, to envision, to think out.
    María ideó un mundo ideal Mary dreamt up an ideal world.
    * * *
    1 (concebir) to conceive
    2 (inventar) to design
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    VT
    1) [+ proyecto, teoría] to devise, think up
    2) (=diseñar) [+ edificio] to design; [+ invento, máquina] to design, devise

    una bombilla ideada para... — a light bulb designed to...

    * * *
    verbo transitivo <proyecto/sistema> to devise
    * * *
    = design (for/to).
    Ex. In lists designed for international use a symbolic notation instead of textual notes may be used.
    ----
    * idear un plan = devise + a plan.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo <proyecto/sistema> to devise
    * * *
    = design (for/to).

    Ex: In lists designed for international use a symbolic notation instead of textual notes may be used.

    * idear un plan = devise + a plan.

    * * *
    idear [A1 ]
    vt
    ‹proyecto/sistema› to devise
    habían ideado un plan para deshacerse de él they had come up with o thought up o devised a plan to get rid of him
    tenemos que idear una manera de recaudar fondos we have to come up with o think up a way of raising some money
    * * *

    idear verbo transitivo
    1 (un invento, diseño) to devise, invent
    2 (una teoría, un plan) to think up, conceive
    ' idear' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    fraguar
    - ingenio
    - imaginar
    English:
    devise
    - elaborate
    - invent
    - think up
    - work out
    - come
    - contrive
    - dream
    - think
    - work
    * * *
    idear vt
    1. [planear] to think up, to devise;
    hemos ideado un plan para salir del aprieto we've devised o come up with a plan to get out of trouble
    2. [inventar] to invent
    * * *
    v/t think up, come up with
    * * *
    idear vt
    : to devise, to think up

    Spanish-English dictionary > idear

  • 7 ingeniar

    v.
    1 to invent, to devise.
    2 to engineer, to conceive, to invent, to contrive.
    * * *
    1 to devise
    1 to manage, find a way, contrive
    * * *
    1.
    VT to devise, think up
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    verbo transitivo <método/sistema> to devise, think up

    ingeniárselas — (fam)

    no sé cómo se las ingenia — I don't know how she does it

    * * *
    Ex. So, in telephone transmission the bandwidth of each speech circuit is engineered to be 4kHz.
    ----
    * cómo nos las ingeniamos para = how in the world....
    * ingeniarse = contrive, devise.
    * ingeniarse el modo de = dream up + ways to.
    * ingeniárselas = manage to, finesse, get by.
    * ingeniárselas para = figure out how.
    * ingeniárselas para escapar = contrive + an escape.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo <método/sistema> to devise, think up

    ingeniárselas — (fam)

    no sé cómo se las ingenia — I don't know how she does it

    * * *

    Ex: So, in telephone transmission the bandwidth of each speech circuit is engineered to be 4kHz.

    * cómo nos las ingeniamos para = how in the world....
    * ingeniarse = contrive, devise.
    * ingeniarse el modo de = dream up + ways to.
    * ingeniárselas = manage to, finesse, get by.
    * ingeniárselas para = figure out how.
    * ingeniárselas para escapar = contrive + an escape.

    * * *
    ingeniar [A1 ]
    vt
    ‹método/sistema› to devise, think up
    había ingeniado una manera de escaparse de clase he had worked out o thought up o devised a way of getting out of class
    ingeniárselas ( fam): no sé cómo se las ingenia para vivir con ese sueldo I don't know how he manages to survive on that salary
    se las ingenió para arreglarlo he worked out how to fix it, he found a way to fix it, he managed to fix it
    * * *

    ingeniar ( conjugate ingeniar) verbo transitivo ‹método/sistema› to devise, think up;
    ◊ ingeniárselas (fam): se las ingenió para arreglarlo he managed to fix it

    ingeniar verbo transitivo to invent, devise
    ♦ Locuciones: ingeniárselas para hacer algo, to manage to do sthg: me las voy a ingeniar para conocerle mejor, I'm going to figure out how to get to know him better

    ' ingeniar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    discurrir
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    to invent, to devise
    * * *
    : to devise, to think up
    * * *
    ingeniar vb to think up [pt. & pp. thought]

    Spanish-English dictionary > ingeniar

  • 8 invento

    m.
    invention.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: inventar.
    * * *
    1 invention
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    * * *
    masculino invention

    no le creas, son puros inventos — don't believe him, it's pure fabrication o invention

    * * *
    Ex. The patent abstract is a concise statement of the technical disclosure of the patent and must emphasize that which is new in the context of the invention.
    * * *
    masculino invention

    no le creas, son puros inventos — don't believe him, it's pure fabrication o invention

    * * *

    Ex: The patent abstract is a concise statement of the technical disclosure of the patent and must emphasize that which is new in the context of the invention.

    * * *
    invention
    son inventos tuyos you've made it all up
    no le creas, son puros inventos don't believe him, it's sheer fabrication o invention
    * * *

    Del verbo inventar: ( conjugate inventar)

    invento es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    inventó es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    inventar    
    invento
    inventar ( conjugate inventar) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹aparato/sistema› to invent

    b) ‹juego/palabra› to make up, invent;

    ‹cuento/excusa/mentira› to make up
    invento sustantivo masculino
    invention
    inventar verbo transitivo
    1 (un objeto, una técnica) to invent
    2 (excusa, mentira) to make up, concoct
    invento sustantivo masculino invention
    ' invento' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    idear
    - patente
    - patentado
    - patentar
    English:
    antiaging
    - brainchild
    - concoct
    - invention
    - neat
    - nifty
    * * *
    1. [invención] invention
    Esp Fam un invento del tebeo Br a Heath Robinson invention, US a Rube Goldberg invention
    2. [mentira] lie, fib
    3. Comp
    Esp Fam
    fastidiarse el invento: con esta lluvia se ha fastidiado el invento, ya no podemos salir de excursión this rain has really gone and messed things up, we can't go on that trip now
    * * *
    m invention
    * * *
    invención: invention
    * * *
    invento n invention

    Spanish-English dictionary > invento

  • 9 amordazar

    v.
    1 to gag (person).
    amordazar a la prensa to gag the press
    2 to muzzle, to put the muzzle on.
    Ricardo amordazó a su perro Richard muzzled his dog.
    Ellos amordazaron su opinión They muzzled their opinion.
    3 to silence.
    Elsa amordazó su conciencia Elsa silenced her conscience.
    * * *
    1 (persona) to gag; (perro) to muzzle
    * * *
    VT [+ persona] to gag; [+ perro] to muzzle; (fig) (=hacer callar) to gag, silence
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) ( con mordaza) < persona> to gag; < perro> to muzzle
    b) miedo/amenazas to silence
    * * *
    = gag, muzzle.
    Ex. Judges in many states have gagged the news media prohibiting them from reporting a criminal proceedings thus suggesting that a gag order is the preferred option rather than a last resort.
    Ex. The Government also continues to invent new rules to muzzle journalists, such as the anti-terrorist bill approved by Parliament.
    ----
    * amordazar, censurar = muzzle.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) ( con mordaza) < persona> to gag; < perro> to muzzle
    b) miedo/amenazas to silence
    * * *
    = gag, muzzle.

    Ex: Judges in many states have gagged the news media prohibiting them from reporting a criminal proceedings thus suggesting that a gag order is the preferred option rather than a last resort.

    Ex: The Government also continues to invent new rules to muzzle journalists, such as the anti-terrorist bill approved by Parliament.
    * amordazar, censurar = muzzle.

    * * *
    amordazar [A4 ]
    vt
    1 (con mordaza) ‹persona› to gag; ‹perro› to muzzle
    2 «miedo/amenazas» to silence
    * * *

    amordazar ( conjugate amordazar) verbo transitivo ‹ persona› to gag;
    ‹ perro› to muzzle
    amordazar verbo transitivo
    1 (tapar la boca a una persona con un objeto) to gag
    2 (coaccionar, silenciar) to silence
    ' amordazar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    gag
    - muzzle
    * * *
    1. [persona] to gag;
    [perro] to muzzle
    2. [hacer callar] to gag;
    amordazar a la prensa to gag the press
    * * *
    v/t gag; animal, prensa muzzle
    * * *
    amordazar {21} vt
    1) : to gag, to muzzle
    2) : to silence
    * * *
    amordazar vb to gag [pt. & pp. gagged]

    Spanish-English dictionary > amordazar

  • 10 amordazar, censurar

    (v.) = muzzle
    Ex. The Government also continues to invent new rules to muzzle journalists, such as the anti-terrorist bill approved by Parliament.
    * * *
    (v.) = muzzle

    Ex: The Government also continues to invent new rules to muzzle journalists, such as the anti-terrorist bill approved by Parliament.

    Spanish-English dictionary > amordazar, censurar

  • 11 antiterrorista

    adj.
    anti-terrorist.
    f. & m.
    anti-terrorist.
    * * *
    1 antiterrorist
    * * *
    ADJ antiterrorist, counterterrorist ( antes de s)

    Ley Antiterrorista — ≈ Prevention of Terrorism Act

    * * *
    adjetivo antiterrorist (before n)
    * * *
    = anti-terror, anti-terrorist.
    Ex. This year's report is focusing on the effects of anti-terror legislation.
    Ex. The Government also continues to invent new rules to muzzle journalists, such as the anti-terrorist bill approved by Parliament.
    ----
    * ley antiterrorista = terrorism act.
    * * *
    adjetivo antiterrorist (before n)
    * * *
    = anti-terror, anti-terrorist.

    Ex: This year's report is focusing on the effects of anti-terror legislation.

    Ex: The Government also continues to invent new rules to muzzle journalists, such as the anti-terrorist bill approved by Parliament.
    * ley antiterrorista = terrorism act.

    * * *
    antiterrorist ( before n)
    * * *

    antiterrorista adjetivo
    antiterrorist ( before n)
    antiterrorista adj inv antiterrorist: hubo grandes avances en la lucha antiterrorista, great strides have been made in combating terrorism
    * * *
    antiterrorist
    * * *
    adj brigada antiterrorist;
    la lucha antiterrorista the fight against terrorism
    * * *
    : antiterrorist

    Spanish-English dictionary > antiterrorista

  • 12 centro de información ciudadana

    = community information centre, neighbourhood information centre (NIC)
    Ex. To their shame, public libraries did not invent such services despite their claim for generations to be 'a community information centre'.
    Ex. The Kahn report saw NICs (neighbourhood information centers) as 'social utilities comparable to the general public utilities (gas, electric, phone) and public services (post office, water supply) which are recognized as vital to the adequate functioning of the individual, the family and the neighborhood in modern society' = El informa Kahn consideraba que los centros de información ciudadana son "empresas de servicio social comparables a las empresas de servicio público generales (el gas, la electricidad, el teléfono) y a los servicios públicos (correos, abastecimiento de agua) que se reconocen que son vitales para el funcionamiento adecuado del indivudo, la familia y la vecindad en la sociedad moderna".
    * * *
    = community information centre, neighbourhood information centre (NIC)

    Ex: To their shame, public libraries did not invent such services despite their claim for generations to be 'a community information centre'.

    Ex: The Kahn report saw NICs (neighbourhood information centers) as 'social utilities comparable to the general public utilities (gas, electric, phone) and public services (post office, water supply) which are recognized as vital to the adequate functioning of the individual, the family and the neighborhood in modern society' = El informa Kahn consideraba que los centros de información ciudadana son "empresas de servicio social comparables a las empresas de servicio público generales (el gas, la electricidad, el teléfono) y a los servicios públicos (correos, abastecimiento de agua) que se reconocen que son vitales para el funcionamiento adecuado del indivudo, la familia y la vecindad en la sociedad moderna".

    Spanish-English dictionary > centro de información ciudadana

  • 13 durante generaciones

    Ex. To their shame, public libraries did not invent such services despite their claim for generations to be 'a community information centre'.
    * * *

    Ex: To their shame, public libraries did not invent such services despite their claim for generations to be 'a community information centre'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > durante generaciones

  • 14 durante mucho tiempo

    = long [longer -comp., longest -sup.], for generations, long-time [longtime], for a long time to come, for long periods of time, for a long period of time, lastingly, for a very long time, for a very long time, for many long hours, for a long time, in ages (and ages and ages)
    Ex. Libraries have long recognised the benefits of co-operating in catalogue production.
    Ex. To their shame, public libraries did not invent such services despite their claim for generations to be 'a community information centre'.
    Ex. The late James Bennet Childs, one-time head of Descriptive Cataloging at LC and long-time documents specialist, has often pointed out how the quality of documents cataloging went downhill after the special cataloging unit was abolished.
    Ex. So we definitely intend to continue to produce catalog type card records for a long time to come, for as long as they're needed and it's a significant need.
    Ex. Government agencies are increasingly turning to document imaging to manage their large volumes of information that must be retained for long periods of time.
    Ex. High quality work is cited for a long period of time.
    Ex. These men critically and lastingly influenced the growth of the library.
    Ex. British exporters have been up against tariff and non-tariff barriers all over the world for a very long time.
    Ex. British exporters have been up against tariff and non-tariff barriers all over the world for a very long time.
    Ex. They work terribly, terribly, hard, for many long hours.
    Ex. I have been reading his post for a long time and I have been biting my fingers to keep from basting him.
    Ex. I don't have a set of bathroom scales in my flat and so I haven't had a chance to weigh myself in ages and ages.
    * * *
    = long [longer -comp., longest -sup.], for generations, long-time [longtime], for a long time to come, for long periods of time, for a long period of time, lastingly, for a very long time, for a very long time, for many long hours, for a long time, in ages (and ages and ages)

    Ex: Libraries have long recognised the benefits of co-operating in catalogue production.

    Ex: To their shame, public libraries did not invent such services despite their claim for generations to be 'a community information centre'.
    Ex: The late James Bennet Childs, one-time head of Descriptive Cataloging at LC and long-time documents specialist, has often pointed out how the quality of documents cataloging went downhill after the special cataloging unit was abolished.
    Ex: So we definitely intend to continue to produce catalog type card records for a long time to come, for as long as they're needed and it's a significant need.
    Ex: Government agencies are increasingly turning to document imaging to manage their large volumes of information that must be retained for long periods of time.
    Ex: High quality work is cited for a long period of time.
    Ex: These men critically and lastingly influenced the growth of the library.
    Ex: British exporters have been up against tariff and non-tariff barriers all over the world for a very long time.
    Ex: British exporters have been up against tariff and non-tariff barriers all over the world for a very long time.
    Ex: They work terribly, terribly, hard, for many long hours.
    Ex: I have been reading his post for a long time and I have been biting my fingers to keep from basting him.
    Ex: I don't have a set of bathroom scales in my flat and so I haven't had a chance to weigh myself in ages and ages.

    Spanish-English dictionary > durante mucho tiempo

  • 15 enfrentarse a un reto

    (v.) = face + challenge, meet + challenge, undertake + challenge, handle + challenge, confront + challenge
    Ex. While on-line systems possess the potential to fill a majority of Third World information gaps, they face tremendous practical challenges in these areas.
    Ex. They have to be reformed into organizations better fitted to meet the challenges of technology-dominated futures.
    Ex. When the students undertook the challenge of preparing cumulative author and subject indexes for the first ten volumes of the bulletin, they decided to invent procedures that would take advantage of the data base already available in the National Library of Medicine's MEDLINE.
    Ex. The author claims that by skirting the issue in the past with their video collections librarians have left themselves ill equipped to handle these new challenge.
    Ex. It is very important to establish information networks as a mechanism to confront the challenges presented by the 'information explosion'.
    * * *
    (v.) = face + challenge, meet + challenge, undertake + challenge, handle + challenge, confront + challenge

    Ex: While on-line systems possess the potential to fill a majority of Third World information gaps, they face tremendous practical challenges in these areas.

    Ex: They have to be reformed into organizations better fitted to meet the challenges of technology-dominated futures.
    Ex: When the students undertook the challenge of preparing cumulative author and subject indexes for the first ten volumes of the bulletin, they decided to invent procedures that would take advantage of the data base already available in the National Library of Medicine's MEDLINE.
    Ex: The author claims that by skirting the issue in the past with their video collections librarians have left themselves ill equipped to handle these new challenge.
    Ex: It is very important to establish information networks as a mechanism to confront the challenges presented by the 'information explosion'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > enfrentarse a un reto

  • 16 imaginar

    v.
    1 to imagine.
    imagino que te has enterado de la noticia I imagine o suppose you've heard the news
    no puedes imaginar cuánto me enfadé you can't imagine how angry I was
    2 to think up, to invent.
    3 to imagine to.
    * * *
    1 (gen) to imagine
    2 (pensar) to think, imagine
    ■ ¡imagina que todos estamos a su entera disposición! she thinks we're all at her beck and call!
    3 (idear) to devise, think up
    ■ imaginó una estrategia para despistar al vigilante he thought up a way to distract the guard's attention Table 1 NOTA The form imaginarse is also used in all senses, especially in colloquial speech /Table 1
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=suponer) to imagine

    imagino que necesitaréis unas vacaciones — I imagine o suppose o guess * that you'll need a holiday

    imagina que tuvieras mucho dinero, ¿qué harías? — suppose o imagine that you had a lot of money - what would you do?

    2) (=visualizar) to imagine
    3) (=inventar) [+ plan, método] to think up
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) (suponer, figurarse) to imagine
    c) ( idear) <plan/método> to think up, come up with
    2.
    imaginarse v pron
    a) (suponer, figurarse) to imagine

    me imagino que no querrá ir — I don't imagine o suppose he feels like going

    ¿sabes cuánto costó? - me imagino que un dineral — do you know how much it cost? - a fortune, I should imagine

    ¿quedó contento? - imagínate! — was he pleased? - what do you think!

    b) ( formar una imagen mental) to imagine
    * * *
    = envision, guess, imagine, visualise [visualize, -USA], dream, confabulate.
    Ex. Let me further specify the requirements of the catalog envisioned by the Paris Principles.
    Ex. Do not use your first name, last name, or initials as a password, since this information is easily guessed by an unauthorized person.
    Ex. I do not imagine, as a result, that public libraries will, for instance, begin establishing inappropriate and complex transliterated forms of names.
    Ex. Coates believed that in order to conceptualise an action it is necessary to visualise the thing on which the action is being performed.
    Ex. This has brought us nearer to UBC than anyone would have dreamed possible thirty years ago.
    Ex. His cognitive abilities were severely compromised, and he confabulated continuously and bizarrely.
    ----
    * hacer imaginar = conjure up + a vision of, conjure up + an image of.
    * imaginarse = picture.
    * imaginarse una situación = envision + situation.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) (suponer, figurarse) to imagine
    c) ( idear) <plan/método> to think up, come up with
    2.
    imaginarse v pron
    a) (suponer, figurarse) to imagine

    me imagino que no querrá ir — I don't imagine o suppose he feels like going

    ¿sabes cuánto costó? - me imagino que un dineral — do you know how much it cost? - a fortune, I should imagine

    ¿quedó contento? - imagínate! — was he pleased? - what do you think!

    b) ( formar una imagen mental) to imagine
    * * *
    = envision, guess, imagine, visualise [visualize, -USA], dream, confabulate.

    Ex: Let me further specify the requirements of the catalog envisioned by the Paris Principles.

    Ex: Do not use your first name, last name, or initials as a password, since this information is easily guessed by an unauthorized person.
    Ex: I do not imagine, as a result, that public libraries will, for instance, begin establishing inappropriate and complex transliterated forms of names.
    Ex: Coates believed that in order to conceptualise an action it is necessary to visualise the thing on which the action is being performed.
    Ex: This has brought us nearer to UBC than anyone would have dreamed possible thirty years ago.
    Ex: His cognitive abilities were severely compromised, and he confabulated continuously and bizarrely.
    * hacer imaginar = conjure up + a vision of, conjure up + an image of.
    * imaginarse = picture.
    * imaginarse una situación = envision + situation.

    * * *
    imaginar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 (suponer, figurarse) to imagine
    imagino que seguirás con la misma empresa I suppose o imagine o expect you're still with the same company
    no puede usted imaginar cuánto se lo agradezco you can't imagine how grateful I am to you
    trata de imaginarlo pintado de blanco try to imagine o picture it painted white
    3 (idear) ‹plan/método/solución› to think up, come up with
    1 (suponer, figurarse) to imagine
    me imagino que no le habrán quedado ganas de repetir la experiencia I don't imagine o suppose he feels like repeating the experience
    no me imagino qué puede haber estado haciendo allí I can't imagine o think what he could have been doing there
    no te puedes imaginar lo mal que nos trató you've no idea how badly she treated us
    nunca me hubiera imaginado que nos iba a traicionar I'd never have dreamed o imagined that he would betray us
    ¿sabes cuánto les costó? — me imagino que un dineral do you know how much it cost them? — a fortune, I should imagine o think
    ¿quedó contento? — ¡imagínate! was he happy? — what do you think!
    ¿habrá que moverlo de ahí? — me imagino que sí do you think we'll have to move it — I suppose so o I imagine so o it looks like it
    no sabes cómo me dolió — ¡me (lo) imagino! it was unbelievably painful — I can imagine! o ( colloq) I bet it was!
    ¿te la imaginas con diez kilos menos? can you imagine o picture her ten kilos lighter?
    me lo imaginaba más alto I imagined him to be taller, I thought he would be taller
    imagínatelo sin barba imagine how he'd look without a beard
    * * *

     

    imaginar ( conjugate imaginar) verbo transitivo
    a) (suponer, figurarse) See Also→


    b) ( idear) ‹plan/método› to think up, come up with

    imaginarse verbo pronominal
    to imagine;
    ◊ me imagino que no querrá ir I don't imagine o suppose he feels like going;

    no te puedes imaginar lo mal que nos trató you've no idea how badly she treated us;
    ¿quedó contento? — ¡imagínate! was he pleased? — what do you think!;
    me imagino que sí I suppose so;
    me lo imaginaba más alto I imagined he'd be taller
    imaginar verbo transitivo
    1 to imagine: intenté imaginar algo agradable, I tried to think of something pleasant
    2 (creer, suponer) to expect, assume: imagino que vendrán enseguida, I expect they'll be here soon

    ' imaginar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    poner
    - saber
    - soñar
    - suponer
    - calcular
    - concebir
    - dónde
    English:
    see
    - think up
    - visualize
    - conceive
    - guess
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [suponer] to imagine;
    imagino que te has enterado de la noticia I imagine o suppose you've heard the news;
    imagina por un momento que eres millonario imagine for a moment that you are a millionaire;
    no puedes imaginar cuánto me enfadé you can't imagine how angry I was;
    imagina que llega y no estamos preparados imagine what would happen if she arrived and we weren't ready
    2. [visualizar] to imagine, to picture;
    imagina un mundo más justo imagine a fairer world
    3. [idear] to think up, to invent
    * * *
    v/t imagine
    * * *
    : to imagine
    * * *
    imaginar vb to imagine
    ¡imagínate! just imagine!

    Spanish-English dictionary > imaginar

  • 17 ingenioso

    adj.
    1 witty, ingenious, clever, gimmicky.
    2 ingenious, clever, sharp.
    * * *
    1 (inteligente) ingenious, clever; (con chispa) witty
    * * *
    (f. - ingeniosa)
    adj.
    witty, clever
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=mañoso) clever, resourceful; [invento, sistema] ingenious
    2) (=agudo) witty
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) ( lúcido) <persona/idea> clever, ingenious
    b) (con chispa, agudeza) <persona/dicho/chiste> witty
    c) <aparato/invención> ingenious
    * * *
    = inventive, ingenious, witty [wittier -comp., wittiest -sup.], resourceful, nifty [niftier -comp., nifitiest -sup.], artful.
    Ex. As time goes by, the modern inventive mind multiplies these media and the bibliographical picture becomes increasingly complicated.
    Ex. The article 'The grad versus the undergrad debate: a most ingenious paradox' suggests that opinion is divided as to whether to focus bibliographic instruction on the undergraduate or the graduate student.
    Ex. This book offers pithy and witty advice on how to write, defects in prose style, punctuation, and preparing a manuscript.
    Ex. Under a series of resourceful librarians, it rapidly achieved a high reputation for its collection of books, periodicals and prints.
    Ex. Another reason why this is nifty is because this site has plenty of resources available for your use, so you're not having to re-invent the wheel should you decide to adopt this assignment for your course.
    Ex. She is not just lissome and beautiful, but also cultured, artful, expressive, and energetic.
    ----
    * comentario ingenioso = witty remark.
    * dicho ingenioso = witticism, quip.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) ( lúcido) <persona/idea> clever, ingenious
    b) (con chispa, agudeza) <persona/dicho/chiste> witty
    c) <aparato/invención> ingenious
    * * *
    = inventive, ingenious, witty [wittier -comp., wittiest -sup.], resourceful, nifty [niftier -comp., nifitiest -sup.], artful.

    Ex: As time goes by, the modern inventive mind multiplies these media and the bibliographical picture becomes increasingly complicated.

    Ex: The article 'The grad versus the undergrad debate: a most ingenious paradox' suggests that opinion is divided as to whether to focus bibliographic instruction on the undergraduate or the graduate student.
    Ex: This book offers pithy and witty advice on how to write, defects in prose style, punctuation, and preparing a manuscript.
    Ex: Under a series of resourceful librarians, it rapidly achieved a high reputation for its collection of books, periodicals and prints.
    Ex: Another reason why this is nifty is because this site has plenty of resources available for your use, so you're not having to re-invent the wheel should you decide to adopt this assignment for your course.
    Ex: She is not just lissome and beautiful, but also cultured, artful, expressive, and energetic.
    * comentario ingenioso = witty remark.
    * dicho ingenioso = witticism, quip.

    * * *
    1 (lúcido) ‹persona/idea› clever, ingenious, inventive
    2 (con chispa, agudeza) ‹persona› witty; ‹dicho/chiste› witty
    3 ‹aparato/invención› ingenious
    * * *

    ingenioso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    a) ( lúcido) ‹persona/idea› clever, ingenious

    b) (con chispa, agudeza) ‹persona/dicho/chiste› witty

    c) ‹aparato/invención› ingenious

    ingenioso,-a adjetivo
    1 ingenious, clever
    2 (gracioso, agudo) witty: lo pasamos en grande con Luis porque es muy ingenioso, we had a great time with Luis as he's so witty
    ' ingenioso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    aguda
    - agudeza
    - agudo
    - espabilada
    - espabilado
    - hábil
    - ingeniosa
    - ocurrencia
    - replicar
    - tramoya
    - ocurrente
    - puntada
    English:
    clever
    - ingenious
    - neat
    - nifty
    - quick-witted
    - resourceful
    - sharp-witted
    - wit
    - witty
    - cunning
    - ingenuity
    - inventive
    - slick
    * * *
    ingenioso, -a adj
    1. [inteligente] ingenious, clever
    2. [agudo] witty
    * * *
    adj ingenious
    * * *
    ingenioso, -sa adj
    1) : ingenious
    2) : clever, witty
    * * *
    1. (inteligente) ingenious
    2. (agudo) witty [comp. wittier; superl. wittiest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > ingenioso

  • 18 para vergüenza + Pronombre Posesivo

    = to + Posesivo + shame
    Ex. To their shame, public libraries did not invent such services despite their claim for generations to be 'a community information centre'.
    * * *
    = to + Posesivo + shame

    Ex: To their shame, public libraries did not invent such services despite their claim for generations to be 'a community information centre'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > para vergüenza + Pronombre Posesivo

  • 19 reinventar

    v.
    to reinvent.
    * * *
    * * *
    = reinvent [re-invent].
    Ex. Schools of library and information science are once again intellectually impoverished, and the Graduate Library School ought to be reinvented or re-created.
    ----
    * reinventar la rueda = reinvent + the wheel.
    * * *
    = reinvent [re-invent].

    Ex: Schools of library and information science are once again intellectually impoverished, and the Graduate Library School ought to be reinvented or re-created.

    * reinventar la rueda = reinvent + the wheel.

    * * *
    reinventar [A1 ]
    vt
    to reinvent
    reinventarse a sí mismo to reinvent oneself
    * * *
    to reinvent

    Spanish-English dictionary > reinventar

  • 20 remodelar

    v.
    1 to redesign.
    remodelar algo para convertirlo en to convert something into
    2 to remodel, to make over, to renew, to perk up.
    * * *
    1 (modificar) to reshape
    2 (transformar) to transform
    3 (mejorar) to improve
    4 (reorganizar) to reorganize
    5 (ministerio) to reshuffle
    * * *
    VT (Arquit) to remodel; (Aut) to restyle; (Pol) to reshuffle; [+ organización] to restructure
    * * *
    verbo transitivo <plaza/barrio> to remodel, redesign; < organización> to reorganize, restructure
    * * *
    = redesign [re-design], refurbish, reinvent [re-invent], reshape [re-shape], rethink [re-think], rework, retool, remodel, revamp, reengineer [re-engineer], repurpose [re-purpose], refashion, refit, reshuffle.
    Ex. The University of Bielefeld has to redesign all data processing systems of the library because of ageing of present systems.
    Ex. In 1978, funds became available to refurbish the library.
    Ex. Schools of library and information science are once again intellectually impoverished, and the Graduate Library School ought to be reinvented or re-created.
    Ex. I do not think I am alone in believing there is a need for significant change, for reshaping our educational programs as well as our institutional goals and philosophies.
    Ex. Citation indexing would need to be carefully rethought in order to cater for the electronic journal.
    Ex. In this age of financial restriction we have to see ourselves, even at the smallest unit, as an international library resource network, and unless we can deal with this concept we can't rework the ISBD into a viable tool.
    Ex. Library automation vendors must be prepared to retool to continue to be effective in the present decade.
    Ex. This article outlines the reasons leading to a decision to remodel rather than to construct a new building.
    Ex. Library schools must revamp their curricula and librarianship should become a respected profession.
    Ex. Libraries in general, and the corporate library in particular, must reengineer to take their rightful place in the new age.
    Ex. This software application will take computer files and help the user to store, tag, find, manage and reuse or even repurpose those files for publication or for sale.
    Ex. The basic thesis of the book under review is that throughout his career Rembrandt restlessly fashioned and refashioned his self.
    Ex. Barnsley itself, a county borough, had at the time of this survey a medium-sized bookshop which had been refitted in 1974 and was well spoken of.
    Ex. Librarians cooperated with us and as long as we did their work and went in and reshuffled their shelving and things, they were very happy.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo <plaza/barrio> to remodel, redesign; < organización> to reorganize, restructure
    * * *
    = redesign [re-design], refurbish, reinvent [re-invent], reshape [re-shape], rethink [re-think], rework, retool, remodel, revamp, reengineer [re-engineer], repurpose [re-purpose], refashion, refit, reshuffle.

    Ex: The University of Bielefeld has to redesign all data processing systems of the library because of ageing of present systems.

    Ex: In 1978, funds became available to refurbish the library.
    Ex: Schools of library and information science are once again intellectually impoverished, and the Graduate Library School ought to be reinvented or re-created.
    Ex: I do not think I am alone in believing there is a need for significant change, for reshaping our educational programs as well as our institutional goals and philosophies.
    Ex: Citation indexing would need to be carefully rethought in order to cater for the electronic journal.
    Ex: In this age of financial restriction we have to see ourselves, even at the smallest unit, as an international library resource network, and unless we can deal with this concept we can't rework the ISBD into a viable tool.
    Ex: Library automation vendors must be prepared to retool to continue to be effective in the present decade.
    Ex: This article outlines the reasons leading to a decision to remodel rather than to construct a new building.
    Ex: Library schools must revamp their curricula and librarianship should become a respected profession.
    Ex: Libraries in general, and the corporate library in particular, must reengineer to take their rightful place in the new age.
    Ex: This software application will take computer files and help the user to store, tag, find, manage and reuse or even repurpose those files for publication or for sale.
    Ex: The basic thesis of the book under review is that throughout his career Rembrandt restlessly fashioned and refashioned his self.
    Ex: Barnsley itself, a county borough, had at the time of this survey a medium-sized bookshop which had been refitted in 1974 and was well spoken of.
    Ex: Librarians cooperated with us and as long as we did their work and went in and reshuffled their shelving and things, they were very happy.

    * * *
    remodelar [A1 ]
    vt
    A ‹plaza/barrio› to remodel, redesign
    B
    1 ‹organización› to reorganize, restructure
    2 ( Pol) ‹gabinete› to reshuffle
    * * *

    remodelar ( conjugate remodelar) verbo transitivo ‹plaza/barrio› to remodel, redesign;
    ‹ organización› to reorganize;
    ‹ gabinete› to reshuffle
    remodelar verbo transitivo
    1 Arquit to remodel, redesign
    2 (un organismo) to reorganize, restructure
    3 Pol to reshuffle
    ' remodelar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    convert
    * * *
    1. [edificio, plaza] to renovate;
    2. [gobierno, organización] to reshuffle
    * * *
    v/t remodel
    * * *
    1) : to remodel
    2) : to restructure

    Spanish-English dictionary > remodelar

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