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to remove a barrier

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1 барьер

barrier; (преграда) bar

преодолевать барьеры — to overcome barriers

создавать барьеры — to raise barriers

устранять барьеры — to eliminate / to remove barriers

ведомственные барьеры — bureaucratic / departmental barriers

импортные барьеры — import curbs

устранять импортные барьеры — to remove import curbs

устранение импортных барьеров — removal of import curbs

искусственные барьеры — artificial barriers

нетарифные торговые барьеры — nontariff barriers to trade

протекционистские барьеры — protectionist barriers

расовые барьеры — racial barriers

социальные барьеры — social barriers

таможенные барьеры — customs'barriers

обходить таможенные барьеры — to sidestep customs barriers

тарифные барьеры — tariff barriers / walls

снижение тарифных барьеров — reduction of tariff barriers

торговые барьеры — trade barriers

языковой барьер — language barrier

барьер для доступа (потенциальных конкурентов в отрасль и т.п.) — barrier to entry

барьеры на пути новой технологии — barriers to new technology

Russian-english dctionary of diplomacy > барьер
2 снимет барьеры

remove barriers

газовый барьер — gas barrier

кожный барьер — skin barrier

тепловой барьер — heat barrier

барьер Шотки — Schottky barrier

звуковой барьер — sonic barrier

Бизнес, юриспруденция. Русско-английский словарь > снимет барьеры
3 устранять барьеры

remove barriers

газовый барьер — gas barrier

кожный барьер — skin barrier

тепловой барьер — heat barrier

барьер Шотки — Schottky barrier

звуковой барьер — sonic barrier

Бизнес, юриспруденция. Русско-английский словарь > устранять барьеры
4 снимать барьеры

remove barriers

создает искусственные барьеры — raising artificial barriers

прозрачность потенциального барьера — barrier penetrability

преодолевать тарифные барьеры — to overcome tariff barriers

контактный потенциальный барьер — contact-potential barrier

создасшь искусственные барьеры — raise artificial barriers

Бизнес, юриспруденция. Русско-английский словарь > снимать барьеры
5 снимлю барьеры

remove barriers

создает искусственные барьеры — raising artificial barriers

прозрачность потенциального барьера — barrier penetrability

преодолевать тарифные барьеры — to overcome tariff barriers

контактный потенциальный барьер — contact-potential barrier

создасшь искусственные барьеры — raise artificial barriers

Бизнес, юриспруденция. Русско-английский словарь > снимлю барьеры
6 obstáculo

m.

obstacle, drag, snag, balk.

* * *

obstáculo

► nombre masculino

1 (barrera) obstacle

■ las escaleras pueden ser un insuperable obstáculo para el minusválido stairs can be an unsurmountable obstacle for a disabled person

2 (inconveniente) objection

■ no vamos a avanzar si sigues poniendo obstáculos we won't get anywhere if you keep raising objections

3 (valla) fence, jump

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FRASEOLOGÍA

salvar un obstáculo to overcome an obstacle

carrera de obstáculos (para niños) obstacle race 2 (de caballos, atletas) steeplechase

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noun m.

obstacle

* * *

SM

1) [físico] obstacle
carrera 2)
2) (=dificultad) obstacle, hindrance

no es obstáculo para que yo lo haga — that does not prevent me (from) o stop me doing it

poner obstáculos a algo/algn — to hinder sth/sb

* * *

masculino obstacle

superar or salvar un obstáculo — to overcome an obstacle

no fue obstáculo para que ganara — it did not stop o prevent him (from) winning

* * *

= encumbrance, handicap, hurdle, impairment, impediment, rough spot, wall, barrier, bottleneck, hindrance, obstacle, inhibition, obstruction, stumbling block, bar, blockage, roadblock, block.

Ex. Meanwhile we are asked to accept encumbrances that will needlessly impair the effectiveness of our catalogs for an indefinite time to come.

Ex. A high exhaustivity of indexing, then, is beneficial where a thorough search is required, but may be a handicap when only a few highly relevant documents are sought.

Ex. Schoolchildren, students, and other whose native language is written in a non-Roman script may find alphabetical order according to Roman characters an almost insurmountable hurdle in the use of catalogues and indexes.

Ex. A well-designed multimodal application can be used by people with a wide variety of impairments.

Ex. It may be decided that the practical impediments to the distribution and assignment of such numbers outweigh their potential usefulness.

Ex. But despite the many catalog worlds, and herein lies the rub -- or at least a rough spot -- we have been proceeding on the assumption that the catalog exists in the form of the data distributed by the Library of Congress.

Ex. In the map library, the electronic medium is shaking the foundations of cartographic communication and threatening the bring the walls crashing down.

Ex. While the number of projects proposed was innumerable, 3 barriers remain: red tape; hard currency; and Western barriers to providing high technology to the Eastern bloc.

Ex. A number of research groups have investigated the use of knowledge-based systems as a means of avoiding this bottleneck.

Ex. The overall effect of the labels and signs is not so much help but hindrance through information overload.

Ex. Conversely, an unsympathetic principal can be the greatest obstacle to library development within a school.

Ex. This has been a major source of inhibition to the development of British efforts to create a bank of microcopy versions of theses accepted.

Ex. Harmonization of technical standards is one of the Community's principal goals in creating a common market devoid of obstructions to the free movement of goods.

Ex. These stumbling blocks can often be bypassed in the initial stages of OSI implementation by choosing applications that do not require close integration with existing library systems.

Ex. Publications describing or revealing an invention can be a bar to issuance of a patent.

Ex. The problem in relation to communication is probably the most difficult of them all, as the blockage lies in people rather than with the library.

Ex. The roadblock to increasing book translations into English is not that there is insufficient funding but that few publishers know about grant schemes that are available.

Ex. Emotional blocks to reading can be formed by an unsatisfactory relationship with a teacher.

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* ayudar a eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.

* carrera de obstáculos = steeplechase.

* constituir un obstáculo = constitute + an obstacle.

* creación de obstáculos = fence building.

* eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.

* eliminar un obstáculo = remove + barrier, sweep away + obstacle.

* encontrarse con un obstáculo = face + obstacle.

* enfrentarse a un obstáculo = address + barrier.

* obstáculo insalvable = insurmountable obstacle.

* obstáculos = logjam [log-jam].

* poner obstáculos = cramp.

* preparación del terreno eliminando todo tipo de obstáculos = land-clearing.

* presentar un obstáculo = pose + obstacle.

* que pone obstáculos = obstructive.

* reducir un obstáculo = lower + barrier.

* remover un obstáculo = remove + barrier.

* remover un obstáculo, eliminar un obstáculo = remove + obstacle.

* ser un obstáculo = stand in + the way (of).

* sin obstáculos = unchecked, unhindered, unimpeded.

* sin obstáculos de por medio = uncluttered.

* sin obstáculos, sin obstrucciones = unobstructed.

* superar un obstáculo = overcome + obstacle, jump over + hurdle, overcome + barrier, conquer + barrier.

* vencer un obstáculo = surmount + obstacle, conquer + barrier.

* * *

masculino obstacle

superar or salvar un obstáculo — to overcome an obstacle

no fue obstáculo para que ganara — it did not stop o prevent him (from) winning

* * *

= encumbrance, handicap, hurdle, impairment, impediment, rough spot, wall, barrier, bottleneck, hindrance, obstacle, inhibition, obstruction, stumbling block, bar, blockage, roadblock, block.

Ex: Meanwhile we are asked to accept encumbrances that will needlessly impair the effectiveness of our catalogs for an indefinite time to come.

Ex: A high exhaustivity of indexing, then, is beneficial where a thorough search is required, but may be a handicap when only a few highly relevant documents are sought.

Ex: Schoolchildren, students, and other whose native language is written in a non-Roman script may find alphabetical order according to Roman characters an almost insurmountable hurdle in the use of catalogues and indexes.

Ex: A well-designed multimodal application can be used by people with a wide variety of impairments.

Ex: It may be decided that the practical impediments to the distribution and assignment of such numbers outweigh their potential usefulness.

Ex: But despite the many catalog worlds, and herein lies the rub -- or at least a rough spot -- we have been proceeding on the assumption that the catalog exists in the form of the data distributed by the Library of Congress.

Ex: In the map library, the electronic medium is shaking the foundations of cartographic communication and threatening the bring the walls crashing down.

Ex: While the number of projects proposed was innumerable, 3 barriers remain: red tape; hard currency; and Western barriers to providing high technology to the Eastern bloc.

Ex: A number of research groups have investigated the use of knowledge-based systems as a means of avoiding this bottleneck.

Ex: The overall effect of the labels and signs is not so much help but hindrance through information overload.

Ex: Conversely, an unsympathetic principal can be the greatest obstacle to library development within a school.

Ex: This has been a major source of inhibition to the development of British efforts to create a bank of microcopy versions of theses accepted.

Ex: Harmonization of technical standards is one of the Community's principal goals in creating a common market devoid of obstructions to the free movement of goods.

Ex: These stumbling blocks can often be bypassed in the initial stages of OSI implementation by choosing applications that do not require close integration with existing library systems.

Ex: Publications describing or revealing an invention can be a bar to issuance of a patent.

Ex: The problem in relation to communication is probably the most difficult of them all, as the blockage lies in people rather than with the library.

Ex: The roadblock to increasing book translations into English is not that there is insufficient funding but that few publishers know about grant schemes that are available.

Ex: Emotional blocks to reading can be formed by an unsatisfactory relationship with a teacher.

* ayudar a eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.

* carrera de obstáculos = steeplechase.

* constituir un obstáculo = constitute + an obstacle.

* creación de obstáculos = fence building.

* eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.

* eliminar un obstáculo = remove + barrier, sweep away + obstacle.

* encontrarse con un obstáculo = face + obstacle.

* enfrentarse a un obstáculo = address + barrier.

* obstáculo insalvable = insurmountable obstacle.

* obstáculos = logjam [log-jam].

* poner obstáculos = cramp.

* preparación del terreno eliminando todo tipo de obstáculos = land-clearing.

* presentar un obstáculo = pose + obstacle.

* que pone obstáculos = obstructive.

* reducir un obstáculo = lower + barrier.

* remover un obstáculo = remove + barrier.

* remover un obstáculo, eliminar un obstáculo = remove + obstacle.

* ser un obstáculo = stand in + the way (of).

* sin obstáculos = unchecked, unhindered, unimpeded.

* sin obstáculos de por medio = uncluttered.

* sin obstáculos, sin obstrucciones = unobstructed.

* superar un obstáculo = overcome + obstacle, jump over + hurdle, overcome + barrier, conquer + barrier.

* vencer un obstáculo = surmount + obstacle, conquer + barrier.

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obstáculo

masculine

obstacle

quitaron los obstáculos del camino they cleared the obstacles from the road, they cleared the road of obstacles

superar or salvar un obstáculo to overcome an obstacle

no fue obstáculo para que ganara it did not stop o prevent him (from) winning

me puso muchos obstáculos he put many obstacles in my path

el único obstáculo entre nosotros y la victoria the only obstacle between us and victory, the only thing that stands/stood between us and victory

un obstáculo para el éxito del proyecto an obstacle to the success of the project

carrera

* * *

obstáculo sustantivo masculino
obstacle
obstáculo sustantivo masculino
1 (dificultad) handicap: no hay ningún obstáculo para que estudies Derecho, there's nothing stopping you from studying Law
2 (en un camino, etc) obstacle
una carrera de obstáculos, an obstacle race
' obstáculo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
escollo
- esquivar
- estorbo
- franquear
- insalvable
- remover
- salvar
- sortear
- vencer
- allanar
- apartar
- brincar
- chocar
- eliminar
- encontrar
- saltar
- subsanar
English:
bar
- barrier
- block
- chief
- clash
- clear
- get across
- get over
- get past
- hazard
- hurdle
- impassable
- impediment
- jump
- negotiate
- obstacle
- obstruction
- pitfall

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obstáculo nm

1. [impedimento] obstacle ( para to);
poner obstáculos a algo/alguien to put obstacles in the way of sth/sb

2. [en una carrera] hurdle

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obstáculo

m obstacle;

carrera de obstáculos obstacle race;

ponerle obstáculos a alguien make things difficult for s.o.;

ponerle obstáculos a algo make sth difficult

* * *

obstáculo nm

impedimento: obstacle

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obstáculo n obstacle

Spanish-English dictionary > obstáculo
7 eliminar

v.

to eliminate.

El líquido eliminó las manchas The liquid eliminated the stains.

El mafioso eliminó al testigo The mobster eliminated the witness.

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eliminar

► verbo transitivo

1 (gen) to eliminate, exclude

■ han eliminado el equipo del campeonato they've eliminated the team from the championship

2 (esperanzas, miedos, etc) to get rid of, cast aside

3 familiar (matar) to kill, eliminate

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verb

1) to eliminate

2) remove

3) kill

* * *

1. VT

1) (=hacer desaparecer) [+ mancha, obstáculo] to remove, get rid of; [+ residuos] to dispose of; [+ pobreza] to eliminate, eradicate; [+ posibilidad] to rule out

un detergente que elimina las manchas — a washing powder that removes the stains

debemos eliminar la desigualdad entre los sexos — we must eliminate sexual inequality

eliminar un directorio — (Inform) to remove o delete a directory

2) [+ concursante, deportista] to knock out, eliminate

fueron eliminados de la competición — they were knocked out of o eliminated from the competition

3) euf (=matar) to eliminate, do away with *

4) [+ incógnita] to eliminate

5) (Fisiol) to eliminate

2.

See:

eliminarse

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verbo transitivo

1)

a) < obstáculo> to remove; < párrafo> to delete, remove

b) < candidato> to eliminate; (Dep) to eliminate, knock out

c) (euf) ( matar) to eliminate (euph), to get rid of (euph)

d) < residuos> to dispose of

2) <toxinas/grasas> to eliminate

3) (Mat) < incógnita> to eliminate

* * *

= abort, cut off, delete, detach, disband, discard, dispose of, do away with, eliminate, eradicate, erase, erode, kill, obviate, purge, remove, rid, suppress, take out, withdraw, screen out, retire, squeeze out, decrement, dispel, weed out, axe [ax, -USA], abolish, pare out, chop off, excise, obliterate, scrap, take off, expunge, cut out, put to + rest, sweep away, root out, nix, drive out, deselect, strip away, roll back, efface, cashier, clear out, weed, sunset, stomp + Nombre + out, zap, take + Nombre + out.

Ex. It is important to know what police or fire responses are triggered by alarms and how that reaction can be aborted and the alarm silenced.

Ex. The only way to solve these problems is either to revise your catalog in its totality or to cut it off.

Ex. Expressive notation is generally easier to truncate, that is, delete final characters to create the notation for a more general subject.

Ex. The words from the deleted abstract in the abstract word file will be detached when DOBIS/LIBIS is not busy with other work.

Ex. With the completion of the draft in 1983, the Working Group on an International Authority System was officially disbanded.

Ex. The dates should be checked regularly and updated so that old dates are discarded and new ones entered.

Ex. List and describe the steps involved in withdrawing and disposing of books which are no longer required.

Ex. DOBIS/LIBIS does away with the multiplicity of files and catalogs.

Ex. Obviously, computers and the use of notation in computerised systems may place additional constraints upon the nature of the notation, or may eliminate the need to consider some of the characteristics below.

Ex. In this instance links would be insufficient to eradicate the false drop.

Ex. Pressing the delete key erases a characters without leaving a blank space.

Ex. These arrangements should also erode price differentials between Europe and the US, and permit each country to support its own online services.

Ex. He was looking for the book 'Flowers and Bullets and Freedom to kill' = Estaba buscando el libro "Flores, balas y libertad para matar".

Ex. The intercalation of (41-4) after 329 obviates this function.

Ex. The system requests the number of the borrower and then purges that borrower's name and number from its files.

Ex. Folders allow a set of papers to be kept together when a set on a given topic is removed from the file.

Ex. This function can be used to rid access-point files of unused entries.

Ex. It is possible to suppress references and to omit steps in a hierarchy.

Ex. A scheme should allow reduction, to take out subjects and their subdivisions which are no longer used.

Ex. Thus, all cards corresponding to documents covering 'Curricula' are withdrawn from the pack.

Ex. Most journals rely for a substantial part of their income on advertisements; how would advertisers view the prospect of being selectively screened out by readers?.

Ex. This article stresses the importance for libraries of making current informationav ailable on AIDS, and of retiring out-of-date information on the subject.

Ex. Subjects not in the core of major employment areas are likely to be squeezed out of the standard curriculum.

Ex. Document terms absent from the original query were decremented.

Ex. But years and experience do not always dispel the sense of unease.

Ex. Information services administrators expect library schools to uphold admission standards and weed out unsuitable candidates.

Ex. 'He's been trying to cover up his tracks; those engineers who got axed were his scapegoats'.

Ex. Who knows? If we can abolish the card catalogue and replace it with some form more acceptable to library users, they may even begin to use library catalogues!.

Ex. Because the assumption in this method is that none of the preceding years' operations are worth continuing unless they can be shown to be necessary, zero-based budgeting (ZZB) can be useful for paring out the deadwood of obsolete or uselessly extravagant programs.

Ex. Others chop off old records to remain within the limits of 680 MB.

Ex. Once a new digitized system has been introduced irrelevancies and redundant features can more easily be seen and excised.

Ex. Typing errors cannot be obliterated with a normal erasing fluid as this would print and appear as a blotch on the copies.

Ex. There have even been rumours of plans to scrap most of the industrial side of its work and disperse key elements, such as the work on regional and industrial aid, to the provinces.

Ex. Meek took her glasses off and twiddled them as her supervisor related the following incident.

Ex. This article examines the controversial issue about whether to expunge books about satanism from the library shelves.

Ex. In order to support a core acquistions programme of essential materials for its users, a library will more readily cut out material on the fringe of its needs if such material can be obtained by a good document supply system.

Ex. Careful investigation by the library board of the possibilities inherent in system membership usually puts to rest preconceived fears.

Ex. Librarians should ensure that the principles they stand for are not swept away on a tide of technological jingoism.

Ex. Libraries should root out unproductive and obsolete activities.

Ex. This play was nixed by school officials on the grounds that the subject of sweatshops was not appropriate for that age group.

Ex. The development of user-friendly interfaces to data bases may drive out the unspecialised information broker in the long run.

Ex. There is a need to provide public access to the Internet and to develop guidelines for selecting and deselecting appropriate resources.

Ex. Like its predecessor, it wants to strip away the sentimentality surrounding male-female relationships and reveal the ugly, unvarnished truth.

Ex. Some Russia specialists say President Putin is rolling back liberal economic and political reforms ushered in by his predecessor.

Ex. The beauty, the aliveness, the creativity, the passion that made her lovable and gave her life meaning has been effaced.

Ex. His case was referred to the next session, and in the following May he was cashiered.

Ex. Pockets of resistance still remain in Fallujah, but the vast majority of insurgents have been cleared out.

Ex. It seems to me that the electronic catalog provides the ability to build a file that can, in fact, be easily weeded.

Ex. It's instructive to remember just how passionately the media hyped the dangers of ' sunsetting' the ban.

Ex. Like I said, no wonder racism won't die, it takes BOTH sides to stomp it out, not just one!.

Ex. This electric fly swatter will zap any fly or mosquito with 1500 volts.

Ex. My lasting image of Omar is of him crouched in the rubble waiting for U.S. troops to get close enough so he could take one of them out.

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* ayudar a eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.

* eliminar al intermediario = cut out + the middleman.

* eliminar ambigüedades = disambiguate.

* eliminar barreras = flatten + barriers, tackle + barriers, erase + boundaries.

* eliminar de un golpe = eliminate + at a stroke.

* eliminar de un texto = redact out, redact.

* eliminar diferencias = flatten out + differences.

* eliminar el hielo = de-ice [deice].

* eliminar el sarro = descale.

* eliminar gases = pass + gas, break + wind, pass + wind.

* eliminar la necesidad de = remove + the need for.

* eliminar las barreras = break down + barriers.

* eliminar las diferencias = iron out + differences.

* eliminar los duplicados = deduplicate.

* eliminar + Nombre = clear of + Nombre.

* eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.

* eliminar por etapas = phase out.

* eliminar progresivamente = phase out.

* eliminar puestos de trabajo = shed + jobs, axe + jobs, cut + jobs.

* eliminar puliendo = buff out.

* eliminar una barrera = topple + barrier.

* eliminar una ecuación de búsqueda = clear + search.

* eliminar un error = remove + error.

* eliminar un obstáculo = remove + barrier, sweep away + obstacle.

* eliminar un problema = sweep away + problem, work out + kink.

* * *

verbo transitivo

1)

a) < obstáculo> to remove; < párrafo> to delete, remove

b) < candidato> to eliminate; (Dep) to eliminate, knock out

c) (euf) ( matar) to eliminate (euph), to get rid of (euph)

d) < residuos> to dispose of

2) <toxinas/grasas> to eliminate

3) (Mat) < incógnita> to eliminate

* * *

= abort, cut off, delete, detach, disband, discard, dispose of, do away with, eliminate, eradicate, erase, erode, kill, obviate, purge, remove, rid, suppress, take out, withdraw, screen out, retire, squeeze out, decrement, dispel, weed out, axe [ax, -USA], abolish, pare out, chop off, excise, obliterate, scrap, take off, expunge, cut out, put to + rest, sweep away, root out, nix, drive out, deselect, strip away, roll back, efface, cashier, clear out, weed, sunset, stomp + Nombre + out, zap, take + Nombre + out.

Ex: It is important to know what police or fire responses are triggered by alarms and how that reaction can be aborted and the alarm silenced.

Ex: The only way to solve these problems is either to revise your catalog in its totality or to cut it off.

Ex: Expressive notation is generally easier to truncate, that is, delete final characters to create the notation for a more general subject.

Ex: The words from the deleted abstract in the abstract word file will be detached when DOBIS/LIBIS is not busy with other work.

Ex: With the completion of the draft in 1983, the Working Group on an International Authority System was officially disbanded.

Ex: The dates should be checked regularly and updated so that old dates are discarded and new ones entered.

Ex: List and describe the steps involved in withdrawing and disposing of books which are no longer required.

Ex: DOBIS/LIBIS does away with the multiplicity of files and catalogs.

Ex: Obviously, computers and the use of notation in computerised systems may place additional constraints upon the nature of the notation, or may eliminate the need to consider some of the characteristics below.

Ex: In this instance links would be insufficient to eradicate the false drop.

Ex: Pressing the delete key erases a characters without leaving a blank space.

Ex: These arrangements should also erode price differentials between Europe and the US, and permit each country to support its own online services.

Ex: He was looking for the book 'Flowers and Bullets and Freedom to kill' = Estaba buscando el libro "Flores, balas y libertad para matar".

Ex: The intercalation of (41-4) after 329 obviates this function.

Ex: The system requests the number of the borrower and then purges that borrower's name and number from its files.

Ex: Folders allow a set of papers to be kept together when a set on a given topic is removed from the file.

Ex: This function can be used to rid access-point files of unused entries.

Ex: It is possible to suppress references and to omit steps in a hierarchy.

Ex: A scheme should allow reduction, to take out subjects and their subdivisions which are no longer used.

Ex: Thus, all cards corresponding to documents covering 'Curricula' are withdrawn from the pack.

Ex: Most journals rely for a substantial part of their income on advertisements; how would advertisers view the prospect of being selectively screened out by readers?.

Ex: This article stresses the importance for libraries of making current informationav ailable on AIDS, and of retiring out-of-date information on the subject.

Ex: Subjects not in the core of major employment areas are likely to be squeezed out of the standard curriculum.

Ex: Document terms absent from the original query were decremented.

Ex: But years and experience do not always dispel the sense of unease.

Ex: Information services administrators expect library schools to uphold admission standards and weed out unsuitable candidates.

Ex: 'He's been trying to cover up his tracks; those engineers who got axed were his scapegoats'.

Ex: Who knows? If we can abolish the card catalogue and replace it with some form more acceptable to library users, they may even begin to use library catalogues!.

Ex: Because the assumption in this method is that none of the preceding years' operations are worth continuing unless they can be shown to be necessary, zero-based budgeting (ZZB) can be useful for paring out the deadwood of obsolete or uselessly extravagant programs.

Ex: Others chop off old records to remain within the limits of 680 MB.

Ex: Once a new digitized system has been introduced irrelevancies and redundant features can more easily be seen and excised.

Ex: Typing errors cannot be obliterated with a normal erasing fluid as this would print and appear as a blotch on the copies.

Ex: There have even been rumours of plans to scrap most of the industrial side of its work and disperse key elements, such as the work on regional and industrial aid, to the provinces.

Ex: Meek took her glasses off and twiddled them as her supervisor related the following incident.

Ex: This article examines the controversial issue about whether to expunge books about satanism from the library shelves.

Ex: In order to support a core acquistions programme of essential materials for its users, a library will more readily cut out material on the fringe of its needs if such material can be obtained by a good document supply system.

Ex: Careful investigation by the library board of the possibilities inherent in system membership usually puts to rest preconceived fears.

Ex: Librarians should ensure that the principles they stand for are not swept away on a tide of technological jingoism.

Ex: Libraries should root out unproductive and obsolete activities.

Ex: This play was nixed by school officials on the grounds that the subject of sweatshops was not appropriate for that age group.

Ex: The development of user-friendly interfaces to data bases may drive out the unspecialised information broker in the long run.

Ex: There is a need to provide public access to the Internet and to develop guidelines for selecting and deselecting appropriate resources.

Ex: Like its predecessor, it wants to strip away the sentimentality surrounding male-female relationships and reveal the ugly, unvarnished truth.

Ex: Some Russia specialists say President Putin is rolling back liberal economic and political reforms ushered in by his predecessor.

Ex: The beauty, the aliveness, the creativity, the passion that made her lovable and gave her life meaning has been effaced.

Ex: His case was referred to the next session, and in the following May he was cashiered.

Ex: Pockets of resistance still remain in Fallujah, but the vast majority of insurgents have been cleared out.

Ex: It seems to me that the electronic catalog provides the ability to build a file that can, in fact, be easily weeded.

Ex: It's instructive to remember just how passionately the media hyped the dangers of ' sunsetting' the ban.

Ex: Like I said, no wonder racism won't die, it takes BOTH sides to stomp it out, not just one!.

Ex: This electric fly swatter will zap any fly or mosquito with 1500 volts.

Ex: My lasting image of Omar is of him crouched in the rubble waiting for U.S. troops to get close enough so he could take one of them out.

* ayudar a eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.

* eliminar al intermediario = cut out + the middleman.

* eliminar ambigüedades = disambiguate.

* eliminar barreras = flatten + barriers, tackle + barriers, erase + boundaries.

* eliminar de un golpe = eliminate + at a stroke.

* eliminar de un texto = redact out, redact.

* eliminar diferencias = flatten out + differences.

* eliminar el hielo = de-ice [deice].

* eliminar el sarro = descale.

* eliminar gases = pass + gas, break + wind, pass + wind.

* eliminar la necesidad de = remove + the need for.

* eliminar las barreras = break down + barriers.

* eliminar las diferencias = iron out + differences.

* eliminar los duplicados = deduplicate.

* eliminar + Nombre = clear of + Nombre.

* eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.

* eliminar por etapas = phase out.

* eliminar progresivamente = phase out.

* eliminar puestos de trabajo = shed + jobs, axe + jobs, cut + jobs.

* eliminar puliendo = buff out.

* eliminar una barrera = topple + barrier.

* eliminar una ecuación de búsqueda = clear + search.

* eliminar un error = remove + error.

* eliminar un obstáculo = remove + barrier, sweep away + obstacle.

* eliminar un problema = sweep away + problem, work out + kink.

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eliminar [A1 ]

vt

A

1 ‹obstáculo› to remove; ‹párrafo› to delete, remove

para eliminar las cucarachas to get rid of o exterminate o kill cockroaches

2 ‹equipo/candidato› to eliminate

fueron eliminados del torneo they were knocked out of o eliminated from the tournament

3 ( euf) (matar) to eliminate ( euph), to get rid of ( euph)

B ‹toxinas/grasas› to eliminate

C ( Mat) ‹incógnita› to eliminate

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eliminar ( conjugate eliminar) verbo transitivo
a) ‹ obstáculo› to remove;

‹ párrafo› to delete, remove
b) ‹ candidato› to eliminate;

(Dep) to eliminate, knock out
c) (euf) ( matar) to eliminate (euph), to get rid of (euph)

d) ‹ residuos› to dispose of

e) ‹toxinas/grasas› to eliminate

eliminar verbo transitivo to eliminate
' eliminar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acabar
- cortar
- descalificar
- michelín
- quitar
- sonda
- terminar
- tranquilizar
English:
cut out
- debug
- eliminate
- face
- hit list
- knock out
- liquidate
- obliterate
- remove
- weed
- cut
- delete
- do
- knock
- take
- zap

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eliminar vt

1. [en juego, deporte, concurso] to eliminate (de from);
el que menos puntos consiga queda eliminado the person who scores the lowest number of points is eliminated;

lo eliminaron en la segunda ronda he was eliminated o knocked out in the second round

2. [acabar con] [contaminación] to eliminate;
[grasas, toxinas] to eliminate, to get rid of; [residuos] to dispose of; [manchas] to remove, to get rid of; [fronteras, obstáculos] to remove, to eliminate;
eliminó algunos trozos de su discurso he cut out some parts of his speech

3. Mat [incógnita] to eliminate

4. Euf [matar] to eliminate, to get rid of

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eliminar

v/t

1 eliminate

2 desperdicios dispose of

3 INFOR delete

* * *

eliminar vt

1) : to eliminate, to remove

2) : to do in, to kill

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eliminar vb

1. (en general) to eliminate

la policía lo eliminó de la lista de sospechosos the police eliminated him from the list of suspects

2. (manchas) to remove

este detergente elimina todas las manchas this soap powder removes all stains

Spanish-English dictionary > eliminar
8 remover

v.

1 to stir (agitar) (sopa, café).

Ellos removieron los tragos They stirred the drinks.

2 to stir up, to rake up (recuerdos, pasado).

3 to dismiss, to sack. ( Latin American Spanish)

4 to remove, to discharge.

La empresa removió al empleado The company removed=discharged the employee

Ellos removieron las gavetas They removed the drawers.

Ellos removieron un pulmón They removed a lung.

5 to eliminate.

6 to move, to displace, to dislodge, to withdraw.

Ellos remueven las piedras They move the rocks.

7 to wash off, to remove.

El detergente remueve la mugre The detergent washes off dirt.

8 to turn over.

El mar removió el barco The sea turned over the boat.

9 to bring back to memory, to revive, to recall.

Ella removió recuerdos She revived memories.

10 to be removed from.

Se me removió un tumor A tumor was removed from me.

11 to absolve, to wash off, to wash away.

El cura remueve el pecado The priest absolves sin.

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remover

Conjugation model [ MOVER], like link=mover mover

► verbo transitivo

1 (trasladar) to move

2 (tierra) to turn over, dig up

3 (líquido) to stir

4 (comida) to stir; (ensalada) to toss

5 figurado (agitar) to get moving, stir up

■ lo ha removido todo hasta conseguirlo he stirred things up until he got his way

6 figurado (recuerdo) to stir up; (tema) to bring up

7 (destituir) to remove (from office), oust

► verbo pronominal removerse

1 to stir, shift

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verb

1) to stir

2) remove

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VT

1) [+ tierra] to turn over, dig up; [+ objetos] to move round; [+ fuego, brasas] to poke, stir; [+ sopa] to stir; [+ ensalada] to toss; [+ cóctel] to shake

remover el pasado — to stir up the past

remover un asunto — to go into a matter

remover un proyecto — to revive a scheme

- remover cielo y tierra

2) (=quitar) to remove; (Med) to remove

3) esp LAm (=cesar) to dismiss

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1.
verbo transitivo

1) <líquido/salsa> to stir; < ensalada> to toss; <tierra/piedras> to turn over; < escombros> to dig about in; < brasas> to poke, stir

2) < asunto> to bring... up again; <recuerdo/pasado> to revive, stir up

3) (frml)

a) <impedimento/obstáculo> to remove

b) (esp AmL) ( destituir)

remover A alguien DE algo — to remove somebody from something
2.
removerse v pron to shift, shift around

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= stir up, stir.

Ex. The stuff was diluted there with water to the appearance and consistency of liquid porridge; it was kept tepid with a small charcoal furnace let into the side of the vat, and it was stirred up occasionally with a paddle.

Ex. The article is entitled 'Take 25 branches and stir gently... a recipe for success'.

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* remover (el) cielo y (la) tierra = hunt + high and low, look + high and low, leave + no stone unturned, move + heaven and earth.

* remover Roma con Santiago = move + heaven and earth.

* remover un obstáculo = remove + obstacle, remove + barrier.

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1.
verbo transitivo

1) <líquido/salsa> to stir; < ensalada> to toss; <tierra/piedras> to turn over; < escombros> to dig about in; < brasas> to poke, stir

2) < asunto> to bring... up again; <recuerdo/pasado> to revive, stir up

3) (frml)

a) <impedimento/obstáculo> to remove

b) (esp AmL) ( destituir)

remover A alguien DE algo — to remove somebody from something
2.
removerse v pron to shift, shift around

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= stir up, stir.

Ex: The stuff was diluted there with water to the appearance and consistency of liquid porridge; it was kept tepid with a small charcoal furnace let into the side of the vat, and it was stirred up occasionally with a paddle.

Ex: The article is entitled 'Take 25 branches and stir gently... a recipe for success'.

* remover (el) cielo y (la) tierra = hunt + high and low, look + high and low, leave + no stone unturned, move + heaven and earth.

* remover Roma con Santiago = move + heaven and earth.

* remover un obstáculo = remove + obstacle, remove + barrier.

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remover [E9 ]

vt

A

1 ‹líquido/salsa› to stir; ‹ensalada› to toss

2 ‹tierra/piedras› to turn over

removieron los escombros en busca de víctimas they dug about in the rubble looking for victims

remueve las brasas para avivar el fuego poke o stir the embers to get the fire going, give the fire a poke to get it going

B ‹asunto› to bring … up again; ‹recuerdo› to revive, stir up

C

1 ( frml); ‹impedimento/obstáculo› to remove

2 ( esp AmL frml) (destituir) remover A algn DE algo; to remove sb FROM sth

■ removerse

v pron

to shift, shift around

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remover ( conjugate remover) verbo transitivo
1
a) ‹líquido/salsa› to stir;

‹ ensalada› to toss;
‹tierra/piedras› to turn over;
‹ escombros› to dig about in;
‹ brasas› to poke, stir
b) ‹ asunto› to bring … up again;

‹ pasado› to revive, stir up
2 (frml)
a) ‹impedimento/obstáculo› to remove

b) (esp AmL) ( destituir) remover A algn DE algo to remove sb from sth

remover verbo transitivo
1 (objetos) to move round, change over
2 (la tierra) to turn over, dig up
3 (las brasas, cenizas) to poke, stir
4 (un líquido) to stir
5 (una ensalada) to toss
6 (un asunto) to bring up again, stir up
7 (un obstáculo) to remove
♦ Locuciones: remover Roma con Santiago, to move heaven and earth
' remover' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
consistir
- depilatoria
- depilatorio
- desmaquillador
- desmaquilladora
- escarbar
- quitaesmalte
- quitamanchas
- acetona
English:
dig
- hair-remover
- heaven
- paint-remover
- rake up
- remover
- stain remover
- stir
- stir up
- stone
- furniture
- high
- make
- stain
- turn

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remover

♦ vt

1. [agitar] [sopa, café] to stir;
[ensalada] to toss
2. [tierra] to turn over, to dig up;

Comp

remover Roma con Santiago to leave no stone unturned

3. [obstáculo] to remove

4. [recuerdos, pasado] to stir up, to rake up;

prefieren no remover el asunto they would rather not rake up the matter

5. esp Am [despedir] to dismiss, to fire, to sack

♦ See also the pronominal verb removerse

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remover

v/t

1 ( agitar) stir

2 L.Am. ( destituir) dismiss

3 C.Am., Méx ( quitar) remove

* * *

remover {47} vt

1) : to stir

2) : to move around, to turn over

3) : to stir up

4) : to remove

5) : to dismiss

* * *

remover vb

1. (líquido) to stir [pt. & pp. stirred]

remueve la salsa stir the sauce

2. (ensalada) to toss

3. (objeto) to move

removió todos los muebles de la sala he moved all the furniture in the room

4. (tierra) to turn over

5. (asunto) to bring up [pt. & pp. brought]

ha vuelto a remover el tema he's brought the subject up again

Spanish-English dictionary > remover
9 barrera lingüística

f.

language barrier.

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(n.) = language barrier, linguistic barrier

Ex. Abstract may also make a contribution to overcoming the language barrier for they make it easier to judge the necessity of translation, and may, on occasions, remove the need for a translation.

Ex. Our South American Colleagues will have the opportunity of a lifetime, to experience the vibrance of the meeting of minds, as well as the forging of communities of practice across time zones, distance and linguistic barriers = Nuestros colegas sudamericanos tendrán la oportunidad de su vida de experimentar la vitalidad de este encuentro de expertos así como la creación de lazos profesionales por encima de barreras lingüísticas, de espacio y de tiempo.

* * *

(n.) = language barrier, linguistic barrier

Ex: Abstract may also make a contribution to overcoming the language barrier for they make it easier to judge the necessity of translation, and may, on occasions, remove the need for a translation.

Ex: Our South American Colleagues will have the opportunity of a lifetime, to experience the vibrance of the meeting of minds, as well as the forging of communities of practice across time zones, distance and linguistic barriers = Nuestros colegas sudamericanos tendrán la oportunidad de su vida de experimentar la vitalidad de este encuentro de expertos así como la creación de lazos profesionales por encima de barreras lingüísticas, de espacio y de tiempo.

Spanish-English dictionary > barrera lingüística
10 barie|ra

f 1. (zapora, przegroda) barrier; (wzdłuż drogi) crash barrier GB, guard rail US
- ustawić a. postawić barierę to put up a barrier

- bariera odzielająca coś od czegoś a barrier separating sth from sth
2. (naturalna przeszkoda) barrier
- bariera naturalna/gór a natural/mountain barrier

- bariera lodowa an ice barrier
3. przen. barrier, obstruction
- bariera językowa a language barrier

- bariera wiekowa an age limit a. barrier

- bariery architektoniczne architectural barriers

- bariera na drodze postępu a barrier to progress

- znieść/obalić barierę to remove/break down a barrier

- przełamać bariery psychiczne to overcome a psychological barrier
4. Geol. (pas lądu) barrier
- □ bariera celna Ekon. tariff a. trade barrier

- bariera dźwięku Lotn. the sound barrier

- bariera immunologiczna Med. immunoreaction

The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > barie|ra
11 remover un obstáculo

(v.) = remove + obstacle, remove + barrier

Ex. I believe it is the duty of every politician to serve the people by removing the obstacles in the way of these ambitions.

Ex. 1992 will bring the Single European Market in which many of the existing barriers to European integration will be removed.

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(v.) = remove + obstacle, remove + barrier

Ex: I believe it is the duty of every politician to serve the people by removing the obstacles in the way of these ambitions.

Ex: 1992 will bring the Single European Market in which many of the existing barriers to European integration will be removed.

Spanish-English dictionary > remover un obstáculo
12 устранит барьеры

1. removing barriers

газовый барьер — gas barrier

кожный барьер — skin barrier

тепловой барьер — heat barrier

барьер Шотки — Schottky barrier

звуковой барьер — sonic barrier

2. remove barriers

паровой барьер — vapour barrier

стальной барьер — crush barrier

торговый барьер — trade barrier

ядерный барьер — atomic barrier

барьер Шоттки — Schottky barrier

Бизнес, юриспруденция. Русско-английский словарь > устранит барьеры
13 Beschränkung

Beschränkung f GEN curtailment, limitation, restriction; barrier, obstacle (Hindernis)
* * *

f < Geschäft> curtailment, limitation, restriction, Hindernis barrier, obstacle

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Beschränkung
limitation, restraining, restraint, restriction, curtailment;
• keinen Beschränkungen unterworfen without restrictions;
• ohne Beschränkung (Seeversicherung) with average;
• devisenrechtliche Beschränkungen foreign-exchange restrictions;
• finanzielle Beschränkungen financial restrictions;
• gesetzliche Beschränkungen legal constraints;
• mengenmäßige Beschränkungen quantitative restrictions;
• staatliche Beschränkung government restrictions;
• gegen das allgemeine Wohl verstoßende Beschränkung restrictions contrary to the public interest;
• vertragliche Beschränkungen legal constraints;
• wirtschaftliche Beschränkung restriction on business;
• Beschränkungen der Ausgabenpolitik der öffentlichen Hände cash limits on public spending;
• Beschränkung der Ausgabenwirtschaft restraint in spending;
• Beschränkung der Einwechslungsverpflichtung bank restriction;
• Beschränkung der Haftung limitation of liabiltiy;
• Beschränkungen des Handels[verkehrs] trade restrictions;
• Beschränkung der Konsumtivkreditgewährung restriction of consumer credits;
• spürbare Beschränkung des Marktwettbewerbs appreciable restriction of competition on the market;
• Beschränkung des Schadenersatzanspruchs abridgment of damages;
• Beschränkung des Schutzumfangs eines Patents reduction of the scope of a patent;
• Beschränkung des Verteilerkreises distribution classification;
• Beschränkung des Wettbewerbs restraint of trade;
• Beschränkungen abbauen to delimitize;
• Beschränkungen auferlegen to institute restrictions;
• sich in den Ausgaben Beschränkungen auferlegen to show spending forbearance;
• Beschränkungen aufheben to remove (abrogate, withdraw) restrictions, to remove controls, to lift a ban;
• industrielle Beschränkungen aufheben to scrap limitations on industry (US);
• Beschränkungen auf dem Abzahlungsgebiet aufheben to lift restrictions on instalment buying;
• Beschränkungen beseitigen to remove restrictions;
• Beschränkungen im Ostwesthandel lockern to be easing curbs on East-West trade;
• Beschränkungen verschärfen to intensify restrictions.

Business german-english dictionary > Beschränkung
14 romper

v.

1 to break.

romper algo en pedazos to break/smash/tear something to pieces

Eso rompe huesos That breaks bones.

Su voz rompe el silencio His voice breaks the silence.

2 to break.

3 to break (empezar) (día).

al romper el alba o día at daybreak

romper a hacer algo to suddenly start doing something

romper a llorar to burst into tears

romper a reír to burst out laughing

4 to break (olas).

5 to wear out.

6 to break (interrumpir) (monotonía, silencio, hábito).

7 to break off.

Su ira rompe nuestra amistad His anger breaks off our friendship.

8 to tear, to tear up.

Ellos rompieron los papeles They tore the papers.

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romper

(pp roto,-a)

► verbo transitivo

1 (gen) to break; (papel, tela) to tear; (cristal, loza) to smash, shatter

2 (rajar, reventar) to split

3 (gastar) to wear out

4 (relaciones) to break off

5 figurado (ley) to break, violate; (contrato) to break

6 figurado (cerca, límite) to break through, break down

7 (empezar) to initiate, begin

■ romper las hostilidades to initiate hostilities

8 figurado (interrumpir) to break, interrupt

■ romper el silencio to break the silence

9 (mar, aire) to cleave

► verbo intransitivo

1 (acabar - con algo) to break; (- con alguien) to split up, US break up

■ romper con el pasado to break with one's past

■ rompieron hace un mes they broke up a month ago

2 (olas, día) to break

■ al romper el día at daybreak

3 (flores) to bloom, blossom

4 romper a + inf figurado (empezar) to burst out

■ romper a reír to burst out laughing

5 romper en + sust figurado (prorrumpir) to burst into

■ romper en llanto to burst into tears

► verbo pronominal romperse

1 (gen) to break

■ se me ha roto esta uña I've broken this nail

2 (papel, tela) to tear, rip

■ se me han roto las medias I've ripped my stockings

3 (rajarse, reventarse) to split

■ la bolsa se ha roto the bag has split open

4 (desgastarse) to wear out

■ se me han roto los zapatos my shoes are worn out

5 (coche) to break down

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

de rompe y rasga familiar resolute, determined

romper con alguien to quarrel with somebody, fall out with somebody

romper el fuego MILITAR to open fire

romper el hielo figurado to break the ice

romper una lanza por alguien figurado to defend somebody

romperle la cara a alguien / romperle las narices a alguien familiar to smash somebody's face in

romperse la cabeza (pensar) to rack one's brains 2 (herirse) to split one's head open

romperse por la mitad to break in half, split in half

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verb

1) to break

2) smash, shatter

3) rip, tear

•

- romper a

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(pp roto)
1. VT

1) (=partir, destrozar)

a) [intencionadamente] [+ juguete, mueble, cuerda] to break; [+ rama] to break, break off; [+ vaso, jarrón, cristal] to break, smash

los ladrones entraron rompiendo la puerta a patadas — the burglars got in by kicking down the door

la onda expansiva rompió los cristales — the shock wave broke o smashed the windows

b) (=rasgar) [+ tela, vestido, papel] to tear, rip

¡cuidado, que vas a romper las cortinas! — careful, you'll tear o rip the curtains!

se disgustó tanto con la carta que la rompió en pedazos — he was so angry about the letter that he tore o ripped it up

c) [por el uso] [+ zapatos, ropa] to wear out

d) [+ barrera] (lit) to break down, break through; (fig) to break down

tratan de romper barreras en el campo de la informática — they are trying to break down barriers in the area of computing

romper la barrera del sonido — to break the sound barrier

e)

romper aguas —

todavía no ha roto aguas — her waters haven't broken yet

- romper la cara a algn

- romper el hielo

- romper una lanza en favor de algn/algo

no haber roto un plato —

se comporta como si no hubiera roto un plato en su vida — he behaves as if butter wouldn't melt in his mouth

de rompe y rasga —

es una mujer de rompe y rasga — she's not someone to mess with

- quien rompe paga
esquema, molde
2) (=terminar) [+ equilibrio, silencio, maleficio, contrato] to break; [+ relaciones, amistad] to break off

hagamos algo distinto que rompa la rutina — let's do something different to break the routine

la patronal ha roto el pacto con los sindicatos — employers have broken the agreement with the unions

romper la racha de algo — to break a run of sth

romper el servicio a algn — (Tenis) to break sb's service

3) (Mil) [+ línea, cerco] to break, break through

¡rompan filas! — fall out!

romper (el) fuego — to open fire

romper las hostilidades — to start hostilities

4) (Agr) [+ tierra] to break, break up

5) Arg, Uru *** (=molestar) to piss off ***

deja de romperme — stop pissing me off ***

2. VI

1) [olas] to break

2) (=salir) [diente] to come through; [capullo, flor] to come out

romper entre algo — to break through sth, burst through sth

los manifestantes rompieron entre el cordón de seguridad — the demonstrators broke o burst through the security cordon

3) [alba, día] to break

al romper el alba — at crack of dawn, at daybreak

4) (=empezar)

romper a hacer algo — to (suddenly) start doing sth, (suddenly) start to do sth

rompió a proferir insultos contra todo el mundo — he suddenly started hurling o to hurl insults at everyone

al verme rompió a llorar — when he saw me he burst into tears

romper en llanto — to break down in tears

cuando rompa el hervor — when it comes to the boil

5) (=separarse) [pareja, novios] to split up

hace algún tiempo que rompieron — they split up some time ago

romper con — [+ novio, amante] to split up with, break up with; [+ amigo, familia] to fall out with; [+ aliado] to break off relations with; [+ tradición, costumbre, pasado] to break with; [+ imagen, tópico, leyenda] to break away from

ha roto con su novio — she has broken o split up with her boyfriend

Albania rompió con China en 1978 — Albania broke off relations with China in 1978

han roto con una tradición de siglos — they have broken with a centuries-old tradition

3.

See:

romperse

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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) <loza/mueble> to break; < ventana> to break, smash; <lápiz/cuerda> to break, snap

b) < puerta> ( tirándola abajo) to break down; ( para que quede abierta) to break open

c) <hoja/póster> ( rasgar) to tear; ( en varios pedazos) to tear up

d) < camisa> to tear, split

2)

a) <silencio/monotonía> to break; < tranquilidad> to disturb

b) <promesa/pacto> to break; <relaciones/compromiso> to break off
2.
romper vi

1)

a) olas to break

b) (liter) alba to break; flores to open, burst open

al romper el día — at daybreak, at the crack of dawn

c) ( empezar)

romper A + INF — to begin o start to + inf

rompió a llorar/reír — she burst into tears/burst out laughing

romper en llanto — to burst into tears

2) novios to break up, split up

romper CON algn — con novio to split o break up with sb

romper CON algo — con el pasado to break with sth; con tradición to break away from sth

este verso rompe con la estructura del poema — this verse departs from the structure of the poem

de rompe y rasga — < decidir> suddenly

mujeres de rompe y rasga — strong-minded women
3.
romperse verbo pronominal

a) vaso/plato to break, smash, get broken o smashed; papel to tear, rip, get torn o ripped; televisor/ascensor (RPl) to break down

b) pantalones/zapatos to wear out

c) (refl) <brazo/pierna> to break

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= break, break down, rupture, rip off, fracture, rip.

Ex. The document arrangement adopted is often broken, in the sense that documents in libraries are rarely shelved in one single and self-evident sequence.

Ex. It describes our experience in combatting mould which grew as a result of high humidity and temperatures when the air conditioning system broke down for several days after several days of rain.

Ex. In conversing with her you hadn't got to tread lightly and warily, lest at any moment you might rupture the relationship, and tumble into eternal disgrace.

Ex. Within the social sciences psychology journals are the most ripped off.

Ex. He will miss a month after fracturing his hand in practice.

Ex. He punched her in the head and forced her to another room where he pinned her to the floor and ripped her shirt trying to remove it.

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* algo que rompe la armonía = a blot on the landscape.

* al romper el día = at the crack of dawn.

* día + romper = day + break.

* que no se rompe en mil pedazos = shatterproof.

* que rompe la armonía = eyesore.

* romper a carcajadas = break out with + laugh.

* romper Algo en pedazos = tear + Nombre + to bits.

* romper a reír = bubble over in + laugh, burst out + laughing, explode into + laughter.

* romper barreras = break down + boundaries, break down + borders.

* romper completamente = break off.

* romper completamente con = make + a clean break with.

* romper con = break out of, break through, step away from, break away from.

* romper con la tradición = make + break with tradition, break with + tradition.

* romper con una amenaza = slay + dragon.

* romper el equilibrio = tip + the scales.

* romper el hielo = break + the ice.

* romper el molde tradicional = break out of + the traditional mould.

* romper el silencio = break + the hush, break + silence, crack + the silence.

* romper filas = break + ranks.

* romper la barrera del sonido = break + the sound barrier.

* romper la huelga = cross + the picket line.

* romper la monotonía = relieve + monotony.

* romper las barreras = breach + boundaries, breach + barriers.

* romper las cadenas de la esclavitud = cast off + Posesivo + chains.

* romper las ilusiones = shatter + Posesivo + hopes.

* romper los esquemas = think out(side) + (of) the box.

* romper los lazos con = sever + Posesivo + links with, sever + Posesivo + ties with, break + ties with.

* romperse = snap off.

* romperse el cuello = break + Posesivo + neck.

* romperse la cabeza = puzzle + Reflexivo, scratch + Posesivo + head, rack + Posesivo + brains.

* romper tajantemente con = make + a clean break with.

* romper un acuerdo = sever + arrangement.

* romper una lanza en favor de = stick up for.

* romper una promesa = go back on, break + Posesivo + promise.

* romper una relación = break off + relationship, sever + connection.

* romper un lazo = sever + connection.

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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) <loza/mueble> to break; < ventana> to break, smash; <lápiz/cuerda> to break, snap

b) < puerta> ( tirándola abajo) to break down; ( para que quede abierta) to break open

c) <hoja/póster> ( rasgar) to tear; ( en varios pedazos) to tear up

d) < camisa> to tear, split

2)

a) <silencio/monotonía> to break; < tranquilidad> to disturb

b) <promesa/pacto> to break; <relaciones/compromiso> to break off
2.
romper vi

1)

a) olas to break

b) (liter) alba to break; flores to open, burst open

al romper el día — at daybreak, at the crack of dawn

c) ( empezar)

romper A + INF — to begin o start to + inf

rompió a llorar/reír — she burst into tears/burst out laughing

romper en llanto — to burst into tears

2) novios to break up, split up

romper CON algn — con novio to split o break up with sb

romper CON algo — con el pasado to break with sth; con tradición to break away from sth

este verso rompe con la estructura del poema — this verse departs from the structure of the poem

de rompe y rasga — < decidir> suddenly

mujeres de rompe y rasga — strong-minded women
3.
romperse verbo pronominal

a) vaso/plato to break, smash, get broken o smashed; papel to tear, rip, get torn o ripped; televisor/ascensor (RPl) to break down

b) pantalones/zapatos to wear out

c) (refl) <brazo/pierna> to break

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= break, break down, rupture, rip off, fracture, rip.

Ex: The document arrangement adopted is often broken, in the sense that documents in libraries are rarely shelved in one single and self-evident sequence.

Ex: It describes our experience in combatting mould which grew as a result of high humidity and temperatures when the air conditioning system broke down for several days after several days of rain.

Ex: In conversing with her you hadn't got to tread lightly and warily, lest at any moment you might rupture the relationship, and tumble into eternal disgrace.

Ex: Within the social sciences psychology journals are the most ripped off.

Ex: He will miss a month after fracturing his hand in practice.

Ex: He punched her in the head and forced her to another room where he pinned her to the floor and ripped her shirt trying to remove it.

* algo que rompe la armonía = a blot on the landscape.

* al romper el día = at the crack of dawn.

* día + romper = day + break.

* que no se rompe en mil pedazos = shatterproof.

* que rompe la armonía = eyesore.

* romper a carcajadas = break out with + laugh.

* romper Algo en pedazos = tear + Nombre + to bits.

* romper a reír = bubble over in + laugh, burst out + laughing, explode into + laughter.

* romper barreras = break down + boundaries, break down + borders.

* romper completamente = break off.

* romper completamente con = make + a clean break with.

* romper con = break out of, break through, step away from, break away from.

* romper con la tradición = make + break with tradition, break with + tradition.

* romper con una amenaza = slay + dragon.

* romper el equilibrio = tip + the scales.

* romper el hielo = break + the ice.

* romper el molde tradicional = break out of + the traditional mould.

* romper el silencio = break + the hush, break + silence, crack + the silence.

* romper filas = break + ranks.

* romper la barrera del sonido = break + the sound barrier.

* romper la huelga = cross + the picket line.

* romper la monotonía = relieve + monotony.

* romper las barreras = breach + boundaries, breach + barriers.

* romper las cadenas de la esclavitud = cast off + Posesivo + chains.

* romper las ilusiones = shatter + Posesivo + hopes.

* romper los esquemas = think out(side) + (of) the box.

* romper los lazos con = sever + Posesivo + links with, sever + Posesivo + ties with, break + ties with.

* romperse = snap off.

* romperse el cuello = break + Posesivo + neck.

* romperse la cabeza = puzzle + Reflexivo, scratch + Posesivo + head, rack + Posesivo + brains.

* romper tajantemente con = make + a clean break with.

* romper un acuerdo = sever + arrangement.

* romper una lanza en favor de = stick up for.

* romper una promesa = go back on, break + Posesivo + promise.

* romper una relación = break off + relationship, sever + connection.

* romper un lazo = sever + connection.

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romper [ E30 ]

vt

A

1 ‹taza› to break; ‹ventana› to break, smash; ‹lápiz/cuerda› to break, snap; ‹juguete/radio/silla› to break

2 ‹puerta› (tirándola abajo) to break down; (para que quede abierta) to break open

3 ‹hoja/póster› (rasgar) to tear; (en varios pedazos) to tear up

4 ‹camisa› to tear, split

B

1 ‹silencio/monotonía› to break; ‹tranquilidad› to disturb

2 ‹promesa/pacto› to break; ‹relaciones/compromiso› to break off

C

1 ( fam) ‹servicio› (en tenis) to break

2 ( esp AmL) ‹récord› to break

■ romper

vi

A

1 «olas» to break

2 ( liter); «alba/día» to break; «flores» to open, burst open, come out

salimos al romper el día we left at daybreak o at the crack of dawn

3

(empezar): cuando rompa el hervor when it reaches boiling point, when it comes to the boil o starts to boil

romper A + INF to begin o start to + INF

rompió a llorar/reír she burst into tears/burst out laughing

romper EN algo:

romper en llanto to burst into tears

romper en sollozos to break into sobs, start sobbing

B «novios» to break up, split up romper CON algn ‹con un novio› to split o break up WITH sb; ‹con un amigo› to fall out WITH sb romper CON algo ‹con el pasado› to break WITH sth; ‹con una tradición› to break away FROM sth, break WITH sth

hay que romper con esas viejas creencias we have to break away from those old beliefs

este verso rompe con la estructura general del poema this verse departs from the general structure of the poem

de rompe y rasga: me lo dijo así, de rompe y rasga he told me like that, straight out ( colloq)

no se puede decidir así de rompe y rasga you can't just decide like that on the spur of the moment

mujeres de rompe y rasga strong-minded women

C ( RPl vulg) (molestar) to bug ( colloq)

■ romperse

v pron

1 «vaso/plato» to break, smash, get broken o smashed; «papel» to tear, rip, get torn o ripped; «televisor/lavadora/ascensor» ( RPl) to break down

2 «pantalones/zapatos» to wear out

se me rompieron los calcetines por el talón my socks have worn through o gone through at the heel

3 ‹brazo/pierna/muñeca› to break

se rompió el tobillo he broke his ankle

4

( RPl fam) (esforzarse): no te rompas demasiado don't kill yourself ( colloq)

no se rompieron mucho con el regalo they didn't go to much trouble o expense over the gift ( colloq)

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romper ( conjugate romper) verbo transitivo
1
a) ‹loza/mueble› to break;

‹ ventana› to break, smash;
‹lápiz/cuerda› to break, snap
b) ‹hoja/póster› ( rasgar) to tear;

( en varios pedazos) to tear up
c) ‹ camisa› to tear, split

2
a) ‹silencio/monotonía› to break;

‹ tranquilidad› to disturb
b) ‹promesa/pacto› to break;

‹relaciones/compromiso› to break off
verbo intransitivo
1
a) [ olas] to break

b) (liter) [ alba] to break;

◊ al romper el día at daybreak, at the crack of dawn

c) ( empezar):

◊ rompió a llorar/reír she burst into tears/burst out laughing

2 [ novios] to break up, split up;
romper CON algn ‹ con novio› to split o break up with sb;
romper CON algo ‹ con el pasado› to break with sth;
‹ con tradición› to break away from sth
romperse verbo pronominal
a) [vaso/plato] to break, smash, get broken o smashed;

[ papel] to tear, rip, get torn o ripped;
[televisor/ascensor] (RPl) to break down
b) [pantalones/zapatos] to wear out

c) ( refl) ‹brazo/pierna› to break

romper
I verbo transitivo
1 to break
(un cristal, una pieza de loza) to smash, shatter
(una tela, un papel) to tear (up): rompió el contrato en pedazos, he tore the contract into pieces
2 (relaciones, una negociación) to break off
3 (una norma) to fail to fulfil, break
(una promesa, un trato) to break
4 (el ritmo, sueño, silencio) to break
II verbo intransitivo
1 (empezar el día, etc) to break: al cabo de un rato rompió a hablar, after a while she started talking
rompió a llorar, he burst into tears
2 (poner un fin) to break [con, with]: he roto con el pasado, I've broken with the past
(relaciones de pareja) rompieron hace una semana, they broke up a week ago ➣ Ver nota en break
' romper' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acabar
- cascar
- congénere
- crisma
- dejar
- desligarse
- desordenar
- destrozar
- frágil
- hielo
- lanza
- partir
- regañar
- reñir
- echar
- espuma
- mameluco
- pacto
- promesa
- quebrar
English:
bash in
- break
- break into
- break off
- break up
- break with
- bust
- bust up
- crack
- dash
- fall out
- finish with
- ice
- monotony
- oath
- pound
- prompt
- rank
- relieve
- rupture
- sever
- smash
- snap
- snap off
- tear
- tear up
- chip
- fall
- half
- rip
- rompers
- shatter

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romper

♦ vt

1. [partir, fragmentar] to break;
[hacer añicos] to smash; [rasgar] to tear;
romper algo en pedazos to break/smash/tear sth to pieces;
Mil
¡rompan filas! fall out!;

Comp
Fam
romper la baraja to get annoyed;

Comp
Fam
o jugamos todos, o se rompe la baraja either we all play, or nobody does

2. [estropear] to break

3. [desgastar] to wear out

4. [interrumpir] [monotonía, silencio, hábito] to break;
[hilo del discurso] to break off; [tradición] to put an end to, to stop
5. [terminar] to break off

6. [incumplir] to break;

rompió su promesa de ayudarnos she broke her promise to help us

7.
romper el par [en golf] to break par

8.
romper el servicio de alguien [en tenis] to break sb's serve

9. RP Fam [fastidiar]
no me rompas give me a break;

no (me) rompas la paciencia you're trying my patience;
muy Fam
romper las pelotas o [m5] las bolas o [m5] los huevos a alguien to get on sb's tits;
muy Fam
dejá de romper las pelotas o [m5] las bolas o [m5] los huevos stop being such a pain in the Br arse o US ass

♦ vi

1. [terminar una relación]
romper (con alguien) to break up o split up (with sb);

rompió con su novia he broke up o split up with his girlfriend;

ha roto con su familia she has broken off contact with her family;

romper con la tradición to break with tradition;

rompió con el partido she broke with the party

2. [empezar] [día] to break;
[hostilidades] to break out;
al romper el alba o [m5] día at daybreak;

romper a hacer algo to suddenly start doing sth;

romper a llorar to burst into tears;

romper a reír to burst out laughing

3. [olas] to break

4. Fam [tener éxito] to be a hit;

un cantante que rompe a singer who's all the rage;

Comp

de rompe y rasga: es una mujer de rompe y rasga she's a woman who knows what she wants o knows her own mind

5. RP Fam [molestar] to be a pain;

¡no rompas! give me a break!

♦ See also the pronominal verb romperse

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romper

<part roto>

I v/t

1 break; ( hacer añicos) smash; tela, papel tear

2 relación break off

II v/i

1 break;

romper con alguien break up with s.o.

2

:

romper a hacer algo start doing sth, start to do sth;

romper a llorar burst into tears, start crying

3

:

hombre de rompe y rasga strong-minded man

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romper {70} vt

1) : to break, to smash

2) : to rip, to tear

3) : to break off (relations), to break (a contract)

4) : to break through, to break down

5) gastar: to wear out

romper vi

1) : to break

al romper del día: at the break of day

2)

romper a : to begin to, to burst out with

romper a llorar: to burst into tears

3)

romper con : to break off with

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romper vb

1. (en general) to break [pt. broke; pp. broken]

¿quién ha roto el cristal? who broke the window?

se rompió el brazo he broke his arm

2. (papel, tela) to tear [pt. tore; pp. torn]

he roto la sábana I've torn the sheet

rompió la carta she tore the letter up

3. (desgastar ropa, zapatos) to wear out [pt. wore; pp. worn]

vas a romper los zapatos you're going to wear your shoes out

4. (acabar una relación) to split up [pt. & pp. split]

rompieron hace un mes they split up a month ago

rompió con su novio she split up with her boyfriend

romper a llorar to burst into tears

romperse la cabeza to split your head open

Spanish-English dictionary > romper
15 eliminar un obstáculo

(v.) = remove + barrier, sweep away + obstacle

Ex. 1992 will bring the Single European Market in which many of the existing barriers to European integration will be removed.

Ex. The author surveys the Canadian political scene showing that freedom of information is a force but is not sweeping away all obstacles in its path.

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(v.) = remove + barrier, sweep away + obstacle

Ex: 1992 will bring the Single European Market in which many of the existing barriers to European integration will be removed.

Ex: The author surveys the Canadian political scene showing that freedom of information is a force but is not sweeping away all obstacles in its path.

Spanish-English dictionary > eliminar un obstáculo
16 necesidad

f.

1 need.

tenemos una urgente necesidad de espacio we are in urgent need of more space

de (primera) necesidad essential

no hay necesidad de algo there's no need for something

no hay necesidad de hacer algo there's no need to do something

tener necesidad de algo to need something

obedecer a la necesidad (de) to arise from the need (to)

2 necessity.

por necesidad out of necessity

una herida mortal de necesidad a fatal wound

3 hunger (hambre).

pasar necesidades to suffer hardship

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necesidad

► nombre femenino

1 necessity, need

2 (hambre) hunger

3 (pobreza) poverty, want

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FRASEOLOGÍA

de necesidad essential

hacer sus necesidades familiar to relieve oneself

no hay necesidad de... there's no need to...

pasar necesidades to be in need, suffer hardship

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noun f.

1) need, necessity

2) poverty, want

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SF

1) (=urgencia)

a)

• la necesidad de algo — the need for sth

la necesidad de que la OTAN cumpla su promesa — the need for NATO to carry out its promise

hay necesidad de discreción en este momento — there is a need for discretion at this moment

• la necesidad de hacer algo — the need to do sth

se habló de la necesidad de encontrar una nueva vía de diálogo — the need to find a new approach to the talks was discussed

no hay necesidad de hacerlo — there is no need to do it

• tener necesidad de algo — to need sth

tienen necesidad urgente de ayuda alimenticia — they urgently need food aid, they are in urgent need of food aid

con la nueva tarjeta bancaria no tendrá necesidad de llevar dinero — with the new bank card you won't need to carry money with you

y ¿qué necesidad tienes de irte a un hotel habiendo camas en casa? — why would you need to go to a hotel when there are spare beds at home?

- hacer de la necesidad virtud

- la necesidad aguza el ingenio

b)

• de necesidad, en caso de necesidad — in an emergency

una situación de necesidad — an emergency

una herida mortal de necesidad — a fatal wound

• artículos o productos de primera necesidad — basic essentials, staple items

c)

• por necesidad, tuve que aprenderlo por necesidad — I had to learn it out of necessity

el que se llame John no significa que tenga que ser inglés por necesidad — the fact that he is called John does not necessarily mean that he is English

d)

• sin necesidad, no corra riesgos sin necesidad — don't take unnecessary risks

sin necesidad de algo — without the need for sth

podemos llegar a un acuerdo sin necesidad de que intervenga el director — we can come to an agreement without any need for the director to intervene

ahora podemos ir de compras sin necesidad de movernos de casa — now we can go shopping without needing to leave the house

e) (=cosa necesaria) [personal] need; [objetiva] necessity

satisfacer las necesidades de algn — to satisfy sb's needs

para un representante un coche no es un lujo, es una necesidad — for a sales rep, a car is not a luxury, it's a necessity

2) (=pobreza) need

están en la mayor necesidad — they are in great need

3) (=apuro) tight spot

encontrarse en una necesidad — to be in a tight spot

4) pl necesidades

a) (=privaciones) hardships

• pasar necesidades — to suffer hardship o hardships

b)

- hacer sus necesidades

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femenino

1)

a) (urgencia, falta) need

en caso de necesidad — if necessary, if need be

una imperiosa necesidad — an urgent need

no hay necesidad de que se entere — there's no need for her to know

la necesidad tiene cara de hereje — beggars can't be choosers

la necesidad hace maestros or aguza el ingenio — necessity is the mother of invention

b) ( cosa necesaria) necessity, essential

2) ( pobreza) poverty, need

la necesidad lo impulsó a robar — he stole out of necessity o need

3) necesidades femenino plural

a) ( requerimientos) needs (pl), requirements (pl)

b) ( privaciones) hardship

pasaron muchas necesidades — they underwent great hardship

c)

hacer sus necesidades — (euf) to relieve oneself (euph)

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= necessity, need, requirement, want, exigency, urge, necessity.

Ex. The main inconveniences of item record indexes arise from the necessity of searching the entire file.

Ex. The need to become familiar with different command languages for different hosts is a considerable barrier to effective retrieval.

Ex. The most appropriate type of abstract must be chosen in accordance with the requirements of each individual application.

Ex. Several possible rules governing the reference interview are examined; one calls for inquiry into client's underlying wants, 'the face value rule', another for inquiry into underlying needs, 'the purpose rule'.

Ex. The LA dangles between short-term exigencies and long-term potentials, and a call for cuts in library school output is trying to cure symptoms rather than diseases.

Ex. The urge to mechanize paper-making came at first as much from the papermakers' desire to free themselves from dependence upon their skilled but rebellious workmen as from the pursuit of production economies.

Ex. Books may be useful to many people, but it is by no means common for them to be necessities.

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* adaptable a las necesidades del usuario = customisable [customizable, -USA].

* adaptar a las necesidades de = tailor to + the needs of, gear to + the needs of.

* adaptar a una necesidad = time to + need, suit + requirement.

* adaptarse a una necesidad = suit + need.

* adecuar a una necesidad = suit + purpose, tailor to + demand.

* ahorrarse la necesidad de = circumvent + the need to.

* amoldarse a las necesidades de = bend to + the needs of.

* análisis de necesidades = needs assessment, needs analysis.

* apoyar la necesidad de = endorse + the need (for/to).

* atender a una necesidad = meet + need, speak to + need.

* atender las necesidades = provide for + needs.

* atender una necesidad = address + need, cover + requirement, fulfil + requirement, serve + need.

* comprobación de las necesidades económicas = means-testing, means test.

* comprobar las necesidades económicas = means test.

* confirmar la necesidad de = endorse + the need (for/to).

* cuando le surja la necesidad = at + Posesivo + time of need.

* cubrir la mayoría de las necesidades = go + most of the way.

* cubrir las necesidades de = provide for.

* cubrir una necesidad = cover + need, meet + need, serve + need, fill + need, fulfil + need, speak to + need.

* defender la necesidad = articulate + the need.

* defender la necesidad de = support + the case for.

* diagnosticar las necesidades de = diagnose + needs.

* dispositivo de ayuda a usuarios con necesidades especiales = assistive device.

* eliminar la necesidad de = remove + the need for.

* eludir la necesidad de = bypass + the need (for).

* estrategia para enfrentarse a las necesidades diarias = coping strategy, coping skill.

* estudiar una necesidad = analyse + need.

* evaluación de las necesidades económicas = means-testing, means test.

* evaluación de necesidades = needs assessment.

* evaluar las necesidades económicas = means test.

* existir una necesidad de = there + be + call for.

* hacer frente a una necesidad = meet + need, serve + need.

* hacer + Posesivo + necesidades = relieve + Reflexivo, go + potty.

* hacer que Algo sea pertinente a las necesidades de Algo o Alguien = make + Nombre + relevant to.

* insistir en la necesidad de = insist on + the necessity of, insist on + the need for.

* justificar la necesidad de = justify + the case for.

* la necesidad agudiza el ingenio = necessity mothers invention, necessity is the mother of invention.

* librar de la necesidad de = relieve of + the necessity of, relieve of + the need to.

* necesidad apremiante = desperate need.

* necesidad corporal = bodily function.

* necesidad de información = information need.

* necesidad económica = economic necessity, economic need.

* necesidades de espacio = space requirements.

* necesidad extrema = dire need.

* necesidad humana = human need.

* necesidad imperiosa = desperate need.

* necesidad informativa = information need.

* necesidad urgente = desperate need, urgent need.

* necesidad visceral = visceral need.

* niño con necesidades especiales = special needs child.

* no tener la necesidad de usar Algo = have + no use for.

* orientado hacia unas necesidades = need oriented.

* plantear la necesidad = articulate + the need.

* por necesidad = of necessity, out of necessity.

* prever una necesidad = project + need.

* producto de la necesidad = born of necessity.

* provisiones de primera necesidad = basic provisions, basic goods.

* que se concede en función de las necesidades económicas = means-tested.

* quien no malgasta no pasa necesidades = waste not, want not.

* recalcar la necesidad = stress + the need.

* regla de la necesidad = purpose rule.

* resaltar la necesidad = stress + the need.

* resaltar la necesidad de = imprint + the need for.

* resolver una necesidad = address + requirement.

* responder a una necesidad = address + need.

* satisfacer las necesidades = provide for + needs.

* satisfacer las necesidades de = provide for.

* satisfacer una necesidad = match + need, match + requirement, meet + need, meet + requirement, satisfy + need, satisfy + requirement, accommodate + need, fulfil + need.

* sentir la necesidad de = feel + need for, feel + the need to, get + the urge to.

* sin necesidad de ello = gratuitous, gratuitously.

* sin necesidad de pensar = thought-free.

* surgir una necesidad = need + arise.

* tecnología adaptada a usuarios con necesidades especiales = assistive technology.

* una necesidad cada vez mayor = a growing need.

* verse en la necesidad = be constrained to.

* verse en la necesidad de = be left with the need to.

* verse en la necesidad urgente de = be hard pressed.

* * *

femenino

1)

a) (urgencia, falta) need

en caso de necesidad — if necessary, if need be

una imperiosa necesidad — an urgent need

no hay necesidad de que se entere — there's no need for her to know

la necesidad tiene cara de hereje — beggars can't be choosers

la necesidad hace maestros or aguza el ingenio — necessity is the mother of invention

b) ( cosa necesaria) necessity, essential

2) ( pobreza) poverty, need

la necesidad lo impulsó a robar — he stole out of necessity o need

3) necesidades femenino plural

a) ( requerimientos) needs (pl), requirements (pl)

b) ( privaciones) hardship

pasaron muchas necesidades — they underwent great hardship

c)

hacer sus necesidades — (euf) to relieve oneself (euph)

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= necessity, need, requirement, want, exigency, urge, necessity.

Ex: The main inconveniences of item record indexes arise from the necessity of searching the entire file.

Ex: The need to become familiar with different command languages for different hosts is a considerable barrier to effective retrieval.

Ex: The most appropriate type of abstract must be chosen in accordance with the requirements of each individual application.

Ex: Several possible rules governing the reference interview are examined; one calls for inquiry into client's underlying wants, 'the face value rule', another for inquiry into underlying needs, 'the purpose rule'.

Ex: The LA dangles between short-term exigencies and long-term potentials, and a call for cuts in library school output is trying to cure symptoms rather than diseases.

Ex: The urge to mechanize paper-making came at first as much from the papermakers' desire to free themselves from dependence upon their skilled but rebellious workmen as from the pursuit of production economies.

Ex: Books may be useful to many people, but it is by no means common for them to be necessities.

* adaptable a las necesidades del usuario = customisable [customizable, -USA].

* adaptar a las necesidades de = tailor to + the needs of, gear to + the needs of.

* adaptar a una necesidad = time to + need, suit + requirement.

* adaptarse a una necesidad = suit + need.

* adecuar a una necesidad = suit + purpose, tailor to + demand.

* ahorrarse la necesidad de = circumvent + the need to.

* amoldarse a las necesidades de = bend to + the needs of.

* análisis de necesidades = needs assessment, needs analysis.

* apoyar la necesidad de = endorse + the need (for/to).

* atender a una necesidad = meet + need, speak to + need.

* atender las necesidades = provide for + needs.

* atender una necesidad = address + need, cover + requirement, fulfil + requirement, serve + need.

* comprobación de las necesidades económicas = means-testing, means test.

* comprobar las necesidades económicas = means test.

* confirmar la necesidad de = endorse + the need (for/to).

* cuando le surja la necesidad = at + Posesivo + time of need.

* cubrir la mayoría de las necesidades = go + most of the way.

* cubrir las necesidades de = provide for.

* cubrir una necesidad = cover + need, meet + need, serve + need, fill + need, fulfil + need, speak to + need.

* defender la necesidad = articulate + the need.

* defender la necesidad de = support + the case for.

* diagnosticar las necesidades de = diagnose + needs.

* dispositivo de ayuda a usuarios con necesidades especiales = assistive device.

* eliminar la necesidad de = remove + the need for.

* eludir la necesidad de = bypass + the need (for).

* estrategia para enfrentarse a las necesidades diarias = coping strategy, coping skill.

* estudiar una necesidad = analyse + need.

* evaluación de las necesidades económicas = means-testing, means test.

* evaluación de necesidades = needs assessment.

* evaluar las necesidades económicas = means test.

* existir una necesidad de = there + be + call for.

* hacer frente a una necesidad = meet + need, serve + need.

* hacer + Posesivo + necesidades = relieve + Reflexivo, go + potty.

* hacer que Algo sea pertinente a las necesidades de Algo o Alguien = make + Nombre + relevant to.

* insistir en la necesidad de = insist on + the necessity of, insist on + the need for.

* justificar la necesidad de = justify + the case for.

* la necesidad agudiza el ingenio = necessity mothers invention, necessity is the mother of invention.

* librar de la necesidad de = relieve of + the necessity of, relieve of + the need to.

* necesidad apremiante = desperate need.

* necesidad corporal = bodily function.

* necesidad de información = information need.

* necesidad económica = economic necessity, economic need.

* necesidades de espacio = space requirements.

* necesidad extrema = dire need.

* necesidad humana = human need.

* necesidad imperiosa = desperate need.

* necesidad informativa = information need.

* necesidad urgente = desperate need, urgent need.

* necesidad visceral = visceral need.

* niño con necesidades especiales = special needs child.

* no tener la necesidad de usar Algo = have + no use for.

* orientado hacia unas necesidades = need oriented.

* plantear la necesidad = articulate + the need.

* por necesidad = of necessity, out of necessity.

* prever una necesidad = project + need.

* producto de la necesidad = born of necessity.

* provisiones de primera necesidad = basic provisions, basic goods.

* que se concede en función de las necesidades económicas = means-tested.

* quien no malgasta no pasa necesidades = waste not, want not.

* recalcar la necesidad = stress + the need.

* regla de la necesidad = purpose rule.

* resaltar la necesidad = stress + the need.

* resaltar la necesidad de = imprint + the need for.

* resolver una necesidad = address + requirement.

* responder a una necesidad = address + need.

* satisfacer las necesidades = provide for + needs.

* satisfacer las necesidades de = provide for.

* satisfacer una necesidad = match + need, match + requirement, meet + need, meet + requirement, satisfy + need, satisfy + requirement, accommodate + need, fulfil + need.

* sentir la necesidad de = feel + need for, feel + the need to, get + the urge to.

* sin necesidad de ello = gratuitous, gratuitously.

* sin necesidad de pensar = thought-free.

* surgir una necesidad = need + arise.

* tecnología adaptada a usuarios con necesidades especiales = assistive technology.

* una necesidad cada vez mayor = a growing need.

* verse en la necesidad = be constrained to.

* verse en la necesidad de = be left with the need to.

* verse en la necesidad urgente de = be hard pressed.

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necesidad

feminine

A

1 (urgencia, falta) need

en caso de necesidad me lo prestará she'll lend it to me if necessary o if need be

una imperiosa necesidad an urgent o a pressing need

tengo necesidad de unas vacaciones I'm in need of o I need a break

¿qué necesidad hay de decírselo? do we/you have to tell her?, is there any need to tell her?

no hay necesidad de que se entere there's no need for her to know

subrayó la necesidad de que permaneciera secreto he emphasized the need for it to remain secret

hacer de la necesidad virtud to make a virtue of necessity

la necesidad tiene cara de hereje beggars can't be choosers

la necesidad hace maestros or aguza el ingenio necessity is the mother of invention

2 (cosa necesaria) necessity, essential

no es un lujo sino una necesidad it is not a luxury but a necessity o an essential

B (pobreza) poverty, need

viven en la necesidad they live in poverty, they are very poor o needy

la necesidad lo impulsó a robar he stole out of necessity o need, poverty drove him to steal

su muerte los dejó en la más absoluta necesidad his death left them in extreme poverty

C

(inevitabilidad): tienen que hacer transbordo en Irún por necesidad you have no alternative but to change trains at Irún

una herida mortal de necesidad ( period); a fatal wound

D necesidades fpl

1 (requerimientos) needs (pl), requirements (pl)

no podremos satisfacer sus necesidades we will be unable to meet your requirements o needs

2 (privaciones) hardship

sufrieron or pasaron muchas necesidades they suffered a great deal of hardship

3

hacer sus necesidades ( euf); to relieve oneself ( euph)

saca al perro a hacer sus necesidades take the dog out to do his business ( euph)

se hace sus necesidades encima he dirties o soils himself ( euph)

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necesidad sustantivo femenino
1
a) (urgencia, falta) need;

◊ no hay necesidad de que se entere there's no need for her to know;

en caso de necesidad if necessary, if need be
b) ( cosa necesaria) necessity, essential

c) ( pobreza) poverty, need

2
◊ necesidades sustantivo femenino plural

a) ( requerimientos) needs (pl), requirements (pl)

b) ( privaciones) hardship;

◊ pasar necesidades to suffer hardship

c)

◊ hacer sus necesidades (euf) to relieve oneself (euph)

necesidad sustantivo femenino
1 necessity, need: sentí la necesidad de abrazarla, I felt the need to hug her
tengo necesidad de llorar, I need to cry
por necesidad, of necessity
2 (dificultad económica) hardship: pasan mucha necesidad, they suffer hardship
' necesidad' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acuciante
- caso
- haber
- primera
- primero
- remediar
- saciar
- satisfacer
- sueño
- apremiante
- artículo
- creciente
- cubrir
- por
- resaltar
- tener
English:
basic
- consuming
- crying
- demand
- desperate
- must
- necessity
- need
- neediness
- of
- overwhelming
- pinch
- requirement
- sore
- staple
- want

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necesidad nf

1. [en general] need;

discutieron la necesidad de detener la violencia they discussed the need to stop the violence;

en esta oficina tenemos una urgente necesidad de espacio we are in urgent need of more space in this office;

no veo la necesidad de darle un premio I don't see any reason to give him a prize;

nos recordaron la necesidad de ser discretos they reminded us of the need for discretion;

tener necesidad de algo to need sth;

no hay necesidad de que se lo digas there's no need for you to tell her;

obedecer a la necesidad (de) to arise from the need (to);

necesidad perentoria urgent need;

puedes hablarme, sin necesidad de gritar there's no need to shout;

se puede comer sin necesidad de calentarlo previamente can be eaten cold, needs no preheating;

de (primera) necesidad essential;

un artículo de primera necesidad a basic commodity

2. [obligación] necessity;

por necesidad out of necessity;

una herida mortal de necesidad a fatal wound

3. [hambre] hunger;
[pobreza] poverty, need;
pasar necesidades to suffer hardship;

la necesidad la obligó a mendigar poverty forced her to beg

4. Euf
tengo que hacer mis necesidades I have to answer a call of nature;

ya estoy harto de que los perros de los vecinos se hagan sus necesidades en la escalera I'm fed up of neighbours' dogs doing their business on the stairs

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necesidad

f

1 need;

en caso de necesidad if necessary;

por necesidad out of necessity;

hacer de la necesidad virtud make a virtue out of a necessity

2 ( cosa esencial) necessity;

de primera necesidad essential

3

:

hacer sus necesidades fam relieve o.s.

4

:

pasar necesidades suffer hardship

* * *

necesidad nf

1) : need, necessity

2) : poverty, want

3) necesidades nfpl

: hardships

4)

hacer sus necesidades : to relieve oneself

* * *

necesidad n

1. (falta) need

la necesidad de afecto de los niños children's need for affection

la necesidad de encontrar una solución the need to find a solution

2. (cosa esencial) necessity [pl. necessities]

para mucha gente un coche es una necesidad a car is a necessity for a lot of people

3. (pobreza) poverty

de primera necesidad essential

pasar necesidades to suffer hardship

por necesidad out of necessity

Spanish-English dictionary > necesidad
17 препятствие препятстви·е

(помеха) obstacle, barrier, backset, clog, difficulty, handicap, hedge, hindrance, hitch, impediment, objection, obstruction, drawback

встречать препятствия — to face / to meet with / to run into difficulties / obstacles

не чинить препятствий — to make no difficulties

представлять собой препятствие — to constitute an obstacle

преодолевать препятствия — to overcome / to surmount obstacles / difficulties

устранить препятствия — to remove / to brush aside obstacles / impediments

чинить препятствия — to breed impediments, to create / to put / to raise / to throw obstacles, to make / to raise difficulties

чинитьпрепятствия кому-л. — to put obstacles in smb.'s way

являться препятствием для кого-л. — to be a hindrance to smb.

запретительные препятствия юр. — prohibition impediments

искусственное препятствие — artificial barrier

неожиданное препятствие — snag

натолкнуться на неожиданное препятствие — to strike / to come on / to run against a snag

возникло неожиданное препятствие — snag developed

непреодолимое препятствие — insurmountable barrier / obstacle, insuperable obstacle

новое препятствие — fresh obstacle

основное препятствие — main obstacle

постоянное препятствие — perpetual clog (to)

преодолимые препятствия — surmountable obstacles

самые изощрённые бюрократическиепрепятствия — the most refined bureaucratic obstacles

серьёзное препятствие — great obstacle

тарифные препятствия — tariff restrictions

снизить тарифные препятствия — to lower tariff restrictions

торговые препятствия — trade barriers / obstructions

трудноустраняемое препятствие — albatross

препятствие в проведении в жизнь договора — hitch / obstacle in the execution of a treaty

препятствие в проведении переговоров — hitch / obstactle / snag in the negotiations

препятствие к достижению конструктивных результатов — obstacle to constructive results

препятствие на пути нормализации международной обстановки — hindrance to a normal international situation

препятствие на пути (общественного) прогресса — obstacle to (social) progress

Russian-english dctionary of diplomacy > препятствие препятстви·е
18 барьер

м.
(прям. и перен.) barrier; (перен. тж.) bar; ( на скачках) hurdle

взять барьер — clear a hurdle

устранить барьеры (перен.) — eliminate / remove barriers

звуковой барьер — sound / sonic barrier

Русско-английский словарь Смирнитского > барьер
19 boom

boom

1 [gewas] tree

2 [voorwerp] 〈bezaans/laad/havenboom〉 boom; 〈afsluit/slagboom〉 bar, barrier, gate; 〈 spoorboom〉 gate; 〈 vaarboom〉 pole

3 [tekening, diagram] tree

♦voorbeelden:

1   de boom des levens • the tree of life

     een boom van een vent • a strapping fellow

     ze zien door de bomen het bos niet • they can't see the wood for the trees

     〈 figuurlijk〉 je kunt me de boom in • 〈 hoepel op〉 (you can) get lost; 〈 daar komt niets van〉 forget it

     〈 spreekwoord〉 hoge bomen vangen veel wind • a great tree attracts the wind

     〈 spreekwoord〉 oude bomen verplant men niet • remove an old tree and it will wither to death

2   een boom sluiten/openen • lower/raise a barrier

¶   een boom opzetten over iets • have a good long talk about something

Van Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > boom
20 барьер

сущ.

barrier

нетарифные \барьеры — nontariff barriers

преодолевать (устранять) \барьеры — to overcome (remove) barriers

таможенные \барьеры — customs barriers

тарифные \барьеры — tariff barriers

торговые \барьеры — trade barriers

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