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  • 101 divisorio

    adj.
    1 dividing, separatory.
    2 dividing, partitive.
    3 divisive.
    * * *
    1 dividing
    * * *
    ADJ [línea] dividing
    * * *
    - ria adjetivo dividing (before n)

    pared/línea divisoria — dividing wall/line

    * * *
    Ex. It is increasingly obvious that we are as a nation one and indivisible, that divisive tendencies are a thing of the past, but there are still too many inheritors of the old indifference, and who flinch at co-operation as at an evil.
    ----
    * línea divisoria = cut-off point, dividing line.
    * linea divisoria, la = great divide, the.
    * panel divisorio = dividing board, screening.
    * panel divisorio de escayola = plaster partition.
    * pared divisoria = partition wall.
    * * *
    - ria adjetivo dividing (before n)

    pared/línea divisoria — dividing wall/line

    * * *

    Ex: It is increasingly obvious that we are as a nation one and indivisible, that divisive tendencies are a thing of the past, but there are still too many inheritors of the old indifference, and who flinch at co-operation as at an evil.

    * línea divisoria = cut-off point, dividing line.
    * linea divisoria, la = great divide, the.
    * panel divisorio = dividing board, screening.
    * panel divisorio de escayola = plaster partition.
    * pared divisoria = partition wall.

    * * *
    dividing ( before n)
    pared/línea divisoria dividing wall/line
    * * *

    divisorio
    ◊ - ria adjetivo

    dividing ( before n)
    divisorio,-a adjetivo dividing

    ' divisorio' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    divisoria
    * * *
    divisorio, -a adj
    dividing;
    línea divisoria dividing line
    * * *
    adj dividing;
    línea divisoria dividing line
    * * *
    divisorio, - ria adj
    : dividing

    Spanish-English dictionary > divisorio

  • 102 drenaje

    m.
    1 drainage.
    2 pipe draining.
    3 tap.
    * * *
    1 drainage
    \
    tubo de drenaje drainpipe, drain
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    SM (Agr, Med) drainage
    * * *
    masculino drainage
    * * *
    = draining, drainage, drain.
    Ex. Again, in Agriculture there are divisions for general Operations (Irrigation, draining, Ploughing, Stock management, etc.).
    Ex. The benefits to be gained from using fund assistance to help with local authority capital projects on roads, drainage, industrial sites, etc., were obvious.
    Ex. The intravenous drip replaces the fluids lost by the constant drain of diarrhoea.
    ----
    * drenaje para inundaciones = flood drainage.
    * orificio de drenaje = drain hole.
    * sistema de drenaje = drainage system.
    * tubo de drenaje = grommet.
    * * *
    masculino drainage
    * * *
    = draining, drainage, drain.

    Ex: Again, in Agriculture there are divisions for general Operations (Irrigation, draining, Ploughing, Stock management, etc.).

    Ex: The benefits to be gained from using fund assistance to help with local authority capital projects on roads, drainage, industrial sites, etc., were obvious.
    Ex: The intravenous drip replaces the fluids lost by the constant drain of diarrhoea.
    * drenaje para inundaciones = flood drainage.
    * orificio de drenaje = drain hole.
    * sistema de drenaje = drainage system.
    * tubo de drenaje = grommet.

    * * *
    1 ( Agr) drainage, drain
    2 ( Med) drainage
    * * *
    1. [de terreno] drainage
    2. Med drainage
    * * *
    m drainage
    * * *
    : drainage

    Spanish-English dictionary > drenaje

  • 103 durar poco

    v.
    to last a short while, to last little.
    * * *
    Ex. The most obvious downside to having a fling is the fact that it is short term.
    * * *

    Ex: The most obvious downside to having a fling is the fact that it is short term.

    Spanish-English dictionary > durar poco

  • 104 déspota

    adj.
    despotical, dictatorial, tyrannic, tyrannical.
    f. & m.
    despot, tyrant.
    * * *
    1 despot, tyrant
    * * *
    SMF despot

    déspota ilustrado/a — enlightened despot

    * * *
    masculino y femenino (Pol) tyrant, despot
    * * *
    = autocrat, despotic, despot, tyrant, dictator, martinet.
    Ex. He might be classified as a benevolent autocrat.
    Ex. The manner in which procedures are determined, amended and used gives the key to the differing views; i.e. whether manuals are seen as instruments of progressive or despotic library management.
    Ex. Additionally, popular news magazines have characterized the Soviets as 'savages, dupes, despots, and barbarians,' prompting the United States to believe itself superior.
    Ex. In the sixth century B.C. the tyrant Pisistratus 'collected a large library of books and later gave it to the city of Athens, where it was opened to the public'.
    Ex. In the most obvious version of a hierarchical management scheme, the chief reference librarian may function virtually as a dictator.
    Ex. Prime Minister for twelve years, he was often called a martinet and is regarded as a brilliant, stubborn bureaucrat.
    * * *
    masculino y femenino (Pol) tyrant, despot
    * * *
    = autocrat, despotic, despot, tyrant, dictator, martinet.

    Ex: He might be classified as a benevolent autocrat.

    Ex: The manner in which procedures are determined, amended and used gives the key to the differing views; i.e. whether manuals are seen as instruments of progressive or despotic library management.
    Ex: Additionally, popular news magazines have characterized the Soviets as 'savages, dupes, despots, and barbarians,' prompting the United States to believe itself superior.
    Ex: In the sixth century B.C. the tyrant Pisistratus 'collected a large library of books and later gave it to the city of Athens, where it was opened to the public'.
    Ex: In the most obvious version of a hierarchical management scheme, the chief reference librarian may function virtually as a dictator.
    Ex: Prime Minister for twelve years, he was often called a martinet and is regarded as a brilliant, stubborn bureaucrat.

    * * *
    ( Pol) tyrant, despot
    su marido es un déspota her husband is a real tyrant
    * * *

    déspota sustantivo masculino y femenino
    tyrant, despot
    déspota mf despot
    ' déspota' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    acanallar
    English:
    despot
    * * *
    1. [gobernante] despot
    2. [persona autoritaria] tyrant;
    es un déspota con sus hijos he's a tyrant with his children
    * * *
    m/f despot
    * * *
    : despot, tyrant

    Spanish-English dictionary > déspota

  • 105 echarse una cana al aire

    (v.) = have + a fling
    Ex. The most obvious downside to having a fling is the fact that it is short term.
    * * *
    (v.) = have + a fling

    Ex: The most obvious downside to having a fling is the fact that it is short term.

    Spanish-English dictionary > echarse una cana al aire

  • 106 echarse una canita al aire

    (v.) = have + a fling
    Ex. The most obvious downside to having a fling is the fact that it is short term.
    * * *
    (v.) = have + a fling

    Ex: The most obvious downside to having a fling is the fact that it is short term.

    Spanish-English dictionary > echarse una canita al aire

  • 107 eludir

    v.
    1 to avoid.
    eludir a la prensa to avoid the press
    Elude sus responsabilidades a menudo He often avoids his responsibilities.
    2 to elude, to be out of the grasp of, to be out of someone's grasp, to get out of someone's grasp.
    El significado de esto elude a Ricardo The significance of this eludes Richard.
    * * *
    1 (responsabilidad, justicia, etc) to evade
    2 (pregunta) to avoid, evade; (persona) to avoid
    * * *
    VT
    1) (=evitar) [+ problema, responsabilidad] to evade; [+ control, vigilancia] to dodge; [+ pago, impuesto] to avoid

    no eludas mis preguntas — don't evade o avoid my questions

    2) [+ persona] to avoid
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) <problema/compromiso/pago> to evade, avoid
    b) < persona> to avoid
    * * *
    = bypass [by-pass], dodge, elude, escape, evade, deflect, parry, baulk [balk, -USA], fend off, steer + clear of, give + Nombre + a wide berth, duck out of, steer away from.
    Ex. She repeatedly bypassed the catalog because she was an inveterate fiction reader and approached the A section of the fiction shelf expecting to find Sholom Aleichem under ALEICHEM.
    Ex. But he was wiry and wily, too, and he could often out-run, track, back-track, double-back, and finally dodge unseen in the subway.
    Ex. The definition of a 'work' has eluded cataloguers for many years, and AACR2 has not found a solution.
    Ex. Other words may be included in a stop-wordlist for some applications, but escape inclusion in other circumstances.
    Ex. Wastage is sometimes defined as material which temporarily or permanently has evaded the usual lending procedures due to misplacement, damage, non-registration, theft or non-returns.
    Ex. Questions such as 'Can I help you?' on the part of the librarian are easily deflected by a hasty, perhaps automatic and ill-considered, 'Oh, no thanks' by the user.
    Ex. 'What if we got the other departments to pay for their own services and materials?' she parried, seeing a faint ray of hope in the idea.
    Ex. While many scholars concede that military interventions are sometimes permissible, they balk when it comes to deciding whether they are ever a moral duty.
    Ex. During the rutting season, they are used to fend off other males in an attempt to gather a harem of females to breed with.
    Ex. This entire target market has steered clear of the public library.
    Ex. Under the new law, motorists must give 'a wide berth' to stationary emergency vehicles displaying blue, red, or amber emergency warning lights.
    Ex. There's no polite way to duck out of a dinner party.
    Ex. This article gives guidance for steering away from some of the more obvious pitfalls when buying software.
    ----
    * agacharse para eludir = duck out of + harm's way.
    * eludir la necesidad de = bypass + the need (for).
    * eludir responsabilidad = pass + the buck.
    * eludirse = duck away.
    * eludir una cuestión = dodge + issue.
    * eludir una obligación = duck + an obligation.
    * eludir una oposición = negotiate + resistance.
    * eludir una responsabilidad = shirk + responsibility.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) <problema/compromiso/pago> to evade, avoid
    b) < persona> to avoid
    * * *
    = bypass [by-pass], dodge, elude, escape, evade, deflect, parry, baulk [balk, -USA], fend off, steer + clear of, give + Nombre + a wide berth, duck out of, steer away from.

    Ex: She repeatedly bypassed the catalog because she was an inveterate fiction reader and approached the A section of the fiction shelf expecting to find Sholom Aleichem under ALEICHEM.

    Ex: But he was wiry and wily, too, and he could often out-run, track, back-track, double-back, and finally dodge unseen in the subway.
    Ex: The definition of a 'work' has eluded cataloguers for many years, and AACR2 has not found a solution.
    Ex: Other words may be included in a stop-wordlist for some applications, but escape inclusion in other circumstances.
    Ex: Wastage is sometimes defined as material which temporarily or permanently has evaded the usual lending procedures due to misplacement, damage, non-registration, theft or non-returns.
    Ex: Questions such as 'Can I help you?' on the part of the librarian are easily deflected by a hasty, perhaps automatic and ill-considered, 'Oh, no thanks' by the user.
    Ex: 'What if we got the other departments to pay for their own services and materials?' she parried, seeing a faint ray of hope in the idea.
    Ex: While many scholars concede that military interventions are sometimes permissible, they balk when it comes to deciding whether they are ever a moral duty.
    Ex: During the rutting season, they are used to fend off other males in an attempt to gather a harem of females to breed with.
    Ex: This entire target market has steered clear of the public library.
    Ex: Under the new law, motorists must give 'a wide berth' to stationary emergency vehicles displaying blue, red, or amber emergency warning lights.
    Ex: There's no polite way to duck out of a dinner party.
    Ex: This article gives guidance for steering away from some of the more obvious pitfalls when buying software.
    * agacharse para eludir = duck out of + harm's way.
    * eludir la necesidad de = bypass + the need (for).
    * eludir responsabilidad = pass + the buck.
    * eludirse = duck away.
    * eludir una cuestión = dodge + issue.
    * eludir una obligación = duck + an obligation.
    * eludir una oposición = negotiate + resistance.
    * eludir una responsabilidad = shirk + responsibility.

    * * *
    eludir [I1 ]
    vt
    1 ‹problema› to evade, avoid, dodge; ‹pago› to avoid, evade
    un compromiso que no puedes eludir an obligation which you can't evade o duck
    eludió la persecución de la policía she escaped from o she avoided capture by her police pursuers
    me eludió la mirada she avoided my gaze, she avoided looking me in the eye
    2 ‹persona› to avoid
    me ha estado eludiendo toda la semana she's been avoiding o dodging me all week
    consiguió eludir a los periodistas he managed to avoid o elude the reporters
    * * *

    eludir ( conjugate eludir) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹problema/compromiso/pago› to evade, avoid

    b) ‹ persona› to avoid

    eludir verbo transitivo to avoid
    ' eludir' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    capear
    - desentenderse
    - evitar
    English:
    avoid
    - dodge
    - duck
    - elude
    - evade
    - fend off
    - skirt
    - berth
    - bypass
    - divert
    - fend
    - get
    - parry
    - shirk
    - side
    * * *
    eludir vt
    1. [evitar] [compromiso, responsabilidad] to avoid, to evade;
    [problema, dificultad, tema] to avoid; [pregunta] to evade, to avoid, to dodge;
    eludir el pago de una deuda to avoid paying a debt;
    eludir al fisco to avoid paying taxes;
    eludir el servicio militar to avoid o get out of doing military service;
    eludió hacer declaraciones he avoided making any statement;
    eludió su mirada she avoided his eyes
    2. [perseguidores]
    eludir a to avoid, to evade;
    consiguió eludir a la policía he managed to avoid the police;
    Der
    * * *
    v/t evade, avoid
    * * *
    eludir vt
    evadir: to evade, to avoid, to elude
    * * *
    eludir vb to avoid

    Spanish-English dictionary > eludir

  • 108 eléctrico

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

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

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

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

     

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


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

    Spanish-English dictionary > eléctrico

  • 109 en curso

    = in process, underway [under way], in progress, ongoing [on-going], afoot, current, under preparation
    Ex. An obvious example is the search to establish whether a particular book is on order, in process, on the shelves, or already loaned out.
    Ex. Experiments in improved document delivery systems, and the establishment of networks between libraries are under way.
    Ex. Replace the question mark in front of 'quit' with any character to indicate that you have decided not to make the file entry now in progress.
    Ex. This study has many implications for an ongoing COMARC effort beyond the present pilot project because it is evident that a very small number of libraries can furnish machine-readable records with full LC/MARC encoding.
    Ex. There is also a scheme afoot to help services create specialized data bases of their own using ECLAS norms.
    Ex. MEDLINE includes more than 9.2 million records from 3,900 current biomedial journals published in the U.S. and 70 other countries.
    Ex. There is a new improved system, now under preparation, which will eventually replace the current version.
    * * *
    = in process, underway [under way], in progress, ongoing [on-going], afoot, current, under preparation

    Ex: An obvious example is the search to establish whether a particular book is on order, in process, on the shelves, or already loaned out.

    Ex: Experiments in improved document delivery systems, and the establishment of networks between libraries are under way.
    Ex: Replace the question mark in front of 'quit' with any character to indicate that you have decided not to make the file entry now in progress.
    Ex: This study has many implications for an ongoing COMARC effort beyond the present pilot project because it is evident that a very small number of libraries can furnish machine-readable records with full LC/MARC encoding.
    Ex: There is also a scheme afoot to help services create specialized data bases of their own using ECLAS norms.
    Ex: MEDLINE includes more than 9.2 million records from 3,900 current biomedial journals published in the U.S. and 70 other countries.
    Ex: There is a new improved system, now under preparation, which will eventually replace the current version.

    Spanish-English dictionary > en curso

  • 110 en el futuro inmediato

    = in the offing, in the foreseeable future
    Ex. There would be obvious advantages in relating retrieval discussions to semantic issues to prepare for the more complex forms of information systems in the offing.
    Ex. The exhibit is still being populated with digitized images and documents, and will continue to have new content added in the forseeable future.
    * * *
    = in the offing, in the foreseeable future

    Ex: There would be obvious advantages in relating retrieval discussions to semantic issues to prepare for the more complex forms of information systems in the offing.

    Ex: The exhibit is still being populated with digitized images and documents, and will continue to have new content added in the forseeable future.

    Spanish-English dictionary > en el futuro inmediato

  • 111 en perspectiva

    Ex. There would be obvious advantages in relating retrieval discussions to semantic issues to prepare for the more complex forms of information systems in the offing.
    * * *

    Ex: There would be obvious advantages in relating retrieval discussions to semantic issues to prepare for the more complex forms of information systems in the offing.

    Spanish-English dictionary > en perspectiva

  • 112 encontrar una solución

    (v.) = find + solution, develop + solution
    Ex. This may be obvious but circumstances do arise that will test the patience of a saint; those are the times to keep plugging on until solution is found.
    Ex. This article discusses indexing principles, the problems of indexing and some of the solutions developed by indexers.
    * * *
    (v.) = find + solution, develop + solution

    Ex: This may be obvious but circumstances do arise that will test the patience of a saint; those are the times to keep plugging on until solution is found.

    Ex: This article discusses indexing principles, the problems of indexing and some of the solutions developed by indexers.

    Spanish-English dictionary > encontrar una solución

  • 113 encubrir

    v.
    1 to conceal (delito).
    Ricardo encubre la verdad por protección Richard conceals the truth for protection
    2 to cover up for, to cover for.
    La madre encubre al ladronzuelo The mother covers up for the thief.
    * * *
    (pp encubierto,-a)
    1 (ocultar) to conceal, hide
    2 DERECHO (delito) to cover up; (criminal) to cover up for
    * * *
    VT
    1) [gen] (=ocultar) to hide
    2) (Jur) [+ delincuente] to harbour, harbor (EEUU); [+ delito] to cover up
    3) (=ayudar) to be an accomplice in
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) < delincuente> to harbor*
    b) < delito> to cover up
    c) <temor/verdad/problema> to mask
    * * *
    = cover, mask, dissimulate, whitewash, dissemble.
    Ex. Kitano burst out laughing to cover her obvious blushing embarrassment, and she was soon encircled with laughter.
    Ex. The categories available for classifying legal problems simply mask the incoherency and indeterminacy of legal doctrine, inhibit the growth of the law and create injustice by causing unequal situations to be treated as if they were equal.
    Ex. He highlights the fact that the amount of time spent lying, dissimulating, and conforming in matters of religious faith was a huge issue in the 16th century.
    Ex. A number of volumes whitewashing this fascist wartime state were published in 2001.
    Ex. On Sunday it was Vice President Cheney who dissembled about the impact of the tax cuts on the federal budget deficit and the relative size of the deficit.
    ----
    * encubrir a Alguien = cover up for + Nombre.
    * encubrir con = cloak in.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) < delincuente> to harbor*
    b) < delito> to cover up
    c) <temor/verdad/problema> to mask
    * * *
    = cover, mask, dissimulate, whitewash, dissemble.

    Ex: Kitano burst out laughing to cover her obvious blushing embarrassment, and she was soon encircled with laughter.

    Ex: The categories available for classifying legal problems simply mask the incoherency and indeterminacy of legal doctrine, inhibit the growth of the law and create injustice by causing unequal situations to be treated as if they were equal.
    Ex: He highlights the fact that the amount of time spent lying, dissimulating, and conforming in matters of religious faith was a huge issue in the 16th century.
    Ex: A number of volumes whitewashing this fascist wartime state were published in 2001.
    Ex: On Sunday it was Vice President Cheney who dissembled about the impact of the tax cuts on the federal budget deficit and the relative size of the deficit.
    * encubrir a Alguien = cover up for + Nombre.
    * encubrir con = cloak in.

    * * *
    vt
    1 ‹delincuente› to harbor*
    los padres no saben nada porque ella lo encubre his parents don't know anything about it because she covers up for him
    2 ‹delito› to cover up
    3 ‹verdad/problema› to mask
    a veces las estadísticas encubren la realidad sometimes statistics hide o mask o conceal the truth
    no está diciendo la verdad, está encubriendo algo he's not telling the truth, he's hiding something
    * * *

    encubrir ( conjugate encubrir) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹ delincuente› to harbor( conjugate harbor)

    b) ‹ delito› to cover up;


    c) ‹temor/verdad/problema› to mask

    encubrir verbo transitivo
    1 (un hecho, la verdad) to conceal
    2 Jur (a un delincuente) to cover up for: está encubriendo a su amigo, he's covering up for his friend
    ' encubrir' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    enmascarar
    - revestir
    - apañar
    English:
    cloak
    - cover up
    - gloss over
    - hush up
    - whitewash
    - cover
    * * *
    1. [delito] to conceal, to cover up
    2. [delincuente] to cover up for
    3. [hechos, sentimientos, intenciones] to conceal, to hide
    * * *
    <part encubierto> v/t delincuente harbor, Br
    harbour; delito cover up, conceal
    * * *
    encubrir {2} vt
    : to cover up, to conceal
    * * *
    encubrir vb to conceal / to cover up

    Spanish-English dictionary > encubrir

  • 114 enfatizar

    v.
    to emphasize, to stress.
    Ricardo acentúa las palabras cuando habla Richard stresses words when he talks.
    * * *
    1 to emphasize, stress
    * * *
    verb
    emphasize, stress
    * * *
    VT to emphasize, stress
    * * *
    verbo transitivo to emphasize, stress
    * * *
    = emphasise [emphasize, -USA], give + emphasis, lay + stress on, place + emphasis on, stress, accentuate, point up.
    Ex. Analytical cataloguing aims to emphasise the content of documents, rather than relying entirely upon cataloguing whole works.
    Ex. Some are poorly written giving either too much or too little data, and giving undue emphasis to the author's priorities.
    Ex. The Academy is always at the centre of every intellectual activity and lays stress on its interest in Virgilian studies.
    Ex. Particular emphasis is placed on establishing base line turnover rates and examining the relationship of gender to turnover behaviour.
    Ex. However, it must be stressed that these problems are still in the future.
    Ex. However, future trends may tend to accentuate this division.
    Ex. The obvious first line of defence is for librarians, agents and journal publishers to join forces to point up the decline in library provision.
    ----
    * enfatizar demasiado = overstress.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo to emphasize, stress
    * * *
    = emphasise [emphasize, -USA], give + emphasis, lay + stress on, place + emphasis on, stress, accentuate, point up.

    Ex: Analytical cataloguing aims to emphasise the content of documents, rather than relying entirely upon cataloguing whole works.

    Ex: Some are poorly written giving either too much or too little data, and giving undue emphasis to the author's priorities.
    Ex: The Academy is always at the centre of every intellectual activity and lays stress on its interest in Virgilian studies.
    Ex: Particular emphasis is placed on establishing base line turnover rates and examining the relationship of gender to turnover behaviour.
    Ex: However, it must be stressed that these problems are still in the future.
    Ex: However, future trends may tend to accentuate this division.
    Ex: The obvious first line of defence is for librarians, agents and journal publishers to join forces to point up the decline in library provision.
    * enfatizar demasiado = overstress.

    * * *
    enfatizar [A4 ]
    vt
    to emphasize, stress
    * * *

     

    enfatizar ( conjugate enfatizar) verbo transitivo
    to emphasize, stress
    enfatizar verbo transitivo to emphasize, stress
    ' enfatizar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    ir
    English:
    do
    - emphasize
    - stress
    * * *
    to emphasize, to stress
    * * *
    v/t emphasize
    * * *
    enfatizar {21} vt
    destacar, subrayar: to emphasize

    Spanish-English dictionary > enfatizar

  • 115 engañar al sistema

    (v.) = beat + the system, game + the system
    Ex. The passwords used should be chosen with some care, in order to avoid obvious words or numbers which could easily be deduced by those with a desire to ' beat the system'.
    Ex. Doctors often ' game the system' by manipulating the organ allocation system to favor patients of their choosing.
    * * *
    (v.) = beat + the system, game + the system

    Ex: The passwords used should be chosen with some care, in order to avoid obvious words or numbers which could easily be deduced by those with a desire to ' beat the system'.

    Ex: Doctors often ' game the system' by manipulating the organ allocation system to favor patients of their choosing.

    Spanish-English dictionary > engañar al sistema

  • 116 error gramatical

    Ex. The author's intentions might also have been misunderstood if his manuscript contained obvious lacunae or grammatical errors.
    * * *

    Ex: The author's intentions might also have been misunderstood if his manuscript contained obvious lacunae or grammatical errors.

    Spanish-English dictionary > error gramatical

  • 117 escasez

    f.
    1 shortage (insuficiencia).
    escasez de mano de obra labor shortage
    2 scarcity, meagerness, lack, shortage.
    * * *
    1 (carencia) scarcity, lack, shortage
    2 (mezquindad) meanness, stinginess
    * * *
    noun f.
    1) scarcity, lack, shortage
    2) want
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=insuficiencia) shortage, scarcity más frm

    escasez de agua — shortage o scarcity más frm of water

    hay escasez de medicamentos — there is a shortage of medicine, medicine is in short supply

    escasez de mano de obra/viviendas — labour/housing shortage

    2) (=pobreza) poverty
    3) pl escaseces (=apuros)
    4) †† (=tacañería) meanness, stinginess
    * * *
    femenino shortage
    * * *
    = poverty, scarcity, shortage, dearth, paucity, starvation, sparsity, sparseness.
    Ex. The economically told chronicle of Slake's adventures is an eloquent study of poverty, of fear, and finally of hope as circumstances converge to force Slake from his temporary limbo.
    Ex. The relative scarcity of music automated authority and bibliographic records likewise increases costs.
    Ex. Universities currently facing a shortage of space for books should consider sending a proportion of lesser used journals to the British Library now.
    Ex. One obvious implication of this situation for the humanities is the dearth of relevant databases.
    Ex. So we see extraordinary hardships cheerfully borne (indeed, apparently enjoyed) by zealous mountaineers, earnest single-handed yachtsmen floating round the world, and all-weather fishing-hobbyists sit patiently at the side of, and sometimes in, rivers, undeterred by the paucity of their catches.
    Ex. This approach let to the financial starvation of public libraries.
    Ex. The new and rapidly developing information technology systems can be used to overcome distance and sparsity of population.
    Ex. This problem is referred to as the data sparseness problem = A este problema se le conoce como el problema de la escasez de datos.
    ----
    * escasez de agua = water shortage.
    * escasez de alimentos = food scarcity.
    * escasez de crédito = credit crunch, credit squeeze.
    * escasez de información = information scarcity, information underload.
    * escasez de mano de obra = labour shortage.
    * haber escasez de = be in short supply, be at a premium.
    * una escasez de = a dearth of.
    * * *
    femenino shortage
    * * *
    = poverty, scarcity, shortage, dearth, paucity, starvation, sparsity, sparseness.

    Ex: The economically told chronicle of Slake's adventures is an eloquent study of poverty, of fear, and finally of hope as circumstances converge to force Slake from his temporary limbo.

    Ex: The relative scarcity of music automated authority and bibliographic records likewise increases costs.
    Ex: Universities currently facing a shortage of space for books should consider sending a proportion of lesser used journals to the British Library now.
    Ex: One obvious implication of this situation for the humanities is the dearth of relevant databases.
    Ex: So we see extraordinary hardships cheerfully borne (indeed, apparently enjoyed) by zealous mountaineers, earnest single-handed yachtsmen floating round the world, and all-weather fishing-hobbyists sit patiently at the side of, and sometimes in, rivers, undeterred by the paucity of their catches.
    Ex: This approach let to the financial starvation of public libraries.
    Ex: The new and rapidly developing information technology systems can be used to overcome distance and sparsity of population.
    Ex: This problem is referred to as the data sparseness problem = A este problema se le conoce como el problema de la escasez de datos.
    * escasez de agua = water shortage.
    * escasez de alimentos = food scarcity.
    * escasez de crédito = credit crunch, credit squeeze.
    * escasez de información = information scarcity, information underload.
    * escasez de mano de obra = labour shortage.
    * haber escasez de = be in short supply, be at a premium.
    * una escasez de = a dearth of.

    * * *
    shortage
    la posguerra fue una época de escasez the postwar period was a time of shortages
    escasez DE algo:
    la escasez de medios hizo que fracasara el plan the lack of resources led to the failure of the plan
    ese verano hubo escasez de agua there was a water shortage that summer
    la escasez de recursos naturales es el problema principal del país the country's main problem is its lack o shortage of natural resources o is the scarcity of its natural resources
    * * *

     

    escasez sustantivo femenino
    shortage;

    por escasez de medios owing to a lack of resources
    escasez sustantivo femenino shortage

    ' escasez' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    carencia
    - concienciar
    - déficit
    - privación
    - insuficiencia
    - mal
    - penuria
    English:
    absence
    - basic
    - chronic
    - dearth
    - hoard
    - labour
    - lack
    - scarcity
    - shortage
    - undermanning
    * * *
    1. [insuficiencia] shortage;
    hay escasez de agua en esa región there a shortage of water in that region;
    la escasez de población es un problema en la zona the dearth of population is a problem in the area;
    montan espectáculos con gran escasez de medios they put on shows with very slender resources
    2. [pobreza] poverty;
    en tiempos de escasez in times of hardship
    * * *
    f shortage, scarcity
    * * *
    escasez nf, pl - seces : shortage, scarcity
    * * *
    escasez n shortage

    Spanish-English dictionary > escasez

  • 118 esquivar

    v.
    1 to avoid.
    2 to dodge, to evade, to duck, to fend off.
    Luis capeó el problema Louis dodged the problem.
    * * *
    1 (persona) to avoid, shun
    2 (golpe) to dodge, elude
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1.
    VT (=evitar) to avoid, shun; (=evadir) to dodge, side-step

    esquivar hacer algo — to avoid doing sth, be chary of doing sth

    2.
    See:
    * * *
    verbo transitivo < persona> to avoid; <golpe/pregunta> to dodge, evade; <problema/dificultad> to avoid; < responsabilidad> to avoid, evade
    * * *
    = dodge, eschew, skate over, parry, skirt, fend off, steer + clear of, give + Nombre + a wide berth, steer away from.
    Ex. But he was wiry and wily, too, and he could often out-run, track, back-track, double-back, and finally dodge unseen in the subway.
    Ex. However, most contributors to the debate about the future of SLIS have eschewed practicalities in favour of sweeping and dramatic generalizations.
    Ex. I'm sorry; I didn't wish to skate over that.
    Ex. 'What if we got the other departments to pay for their own services and materials?' she parried, seeing a faint ray of hope in the idea.
    Ex. Bridleways that cross arable land may be legally ploughed up, but not those that skirt a field.
    Ex. During the rutting season, they are used to fend off other males in an attempt to gather a harem of females to breed with.
    Ex. This entire target market has steered clear of the public library.
    Ex. Under the new law, motorists must give 'a wide berth' to stationary emergency vehicles displaying blue, red, or amber emergency warning lights.
    Ex. This article gives guidance for steering away from some of the more obvious pitfalls when buying software.
    ----
    * esquivar el problema = sidestep + the problem.
    * esquivar la cuestión = sidestep + the issue.
    * esquivar la mirada de Alguien = avert + Posesivo + eyes.
    * esquivar una cuestión = dodge + issue.
    * esquivar un problema = duck + issue.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo < persona> to avoid; <golpe/pregunta> to dodge, evade; <problema/dificultad> to avoid; < responsabilidad> to avoid, evade
    * * *
    = dodge, eschew, skate over, parry, skirt, fend off, steer + clear of, give + Nombre + a wide berth, steer away from.

    Ex: But he was wiry and wily, too, and he could often out-run, track, back-track, double-back, and finally dodge unseen in the subway.

    Ex: However, most contributors to the debate about the future of SLIS have eschewed practicalities in favour of sweeping and dramatic generalizations.
    Ex: I'm sorry; I didn't wish to skate over that.
    Ex: 'What if we got the other departments to pay for their own services and materials?' she parried, seeing a faint ray of hope in the idea.
    Ex: Bridleways that cross arable land may be legally ploughed up, but not those that skirt a field.
    Ex: During the rutting season, they are used to fend off other males in an attempt to gather a harem of females to breed with.
    Ex: This entire target market has steered clear of the public library.
    Ex: Under the new law, motorists must give 'a wide berth' to stationary emergency vehicles displaying blue, red, or amber emergency warning lights.
    Ex: This article gives guidance for steering away from some of the more obvious pitfalls when buying software.
    * esquivar el problema = sidestep + the problem.
    * esquivar la cuestión = sidestep + the issue.
    * esquivar la mirada de Alguien = avert + Posesivo + eyes.
    * esquivar una cuestión = dodge + issue.
    * esquivar un problema = duck + issue.

    * * *
    esquivar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 ‹persona› to avoid
    2 ‹golpe› to dodge, evade; ‹pregunta› to avoid, dodge, sidestep
    intentaron esquivar el tema they tried to dodge o evade the issue
    3 ‹problema/dificultad› to avoid; ‹responsabilidad› to avoid, evade
    * * *

    esquivar ( conjugate esquivar) verbo transitivo ‹persona/problema/dificultad› to avoid;
    ‹golpe/pregunta› to dodge, evade;
    ‹ responsabilidad› to avoid, evade
    esquivar verbo transitivo
    1 (un obstáculo, golpe) to dodge: menos mal que pudo esquivar el árbol que había caído en la carretera, luckily he was able to dodge the tree that had fallen across the road
    2 (a una persona) to avoid, dodge: me está esquivando, he's avoiding me
    ' esquivar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    burlar
    - cuneta
    - huir
    - esquinazo
    English:
    dodge
    - elude
    - fend off
    - sidestep
    - way
    - avoid
    - divert
    - duck
    - fend
    - fudge
    - side
    * * *
    1. [golpe] to dodge;
    [valla, obstáculo] to clear;
    trató de esquivar al perro para no atropellarlo he tried to avoid the dog so as not to knock it down
    2. [persona, discusión, tema] to avoid;
    [pregunta] to evade, to dodge; [compromiso, responsabilidad] to evade, to get out of; [problema, inconveniente] to avoid, to get round
    * * *
    v/t avoid, dodge fam
    * * *
    1) evadir: to dodge, to evade
    2) evitar: to avoid
    * * *
    1. (golpe) to dodge
    2. (persona) to avoid

    Spanish-English dictionary > esquivar

  • 119 estar enfrascado en Algo

    (v.) = have + Nombre + on the go
    Ex. For example, an obvious question is do most people only have one book on the go at the one time?.
    * * *
    (v.) = have + Nombre + on the go

    Ex: For example, an obvious question is do most people only have one book on the go at the one time?.

    Spanish-English dictionary > estar enfrascado en Algo

  • 120 estar haciendo Algo

    (v.) = have + Nombre + on the go
    Ex. For example, an obvious question is do most people only have one book on the go at the one time?.
    * * *
    (v.) = have + Nombre + on the go

    Ex: For example, an obvious question is do most people only have one book on the go at the one time?.

    Spanish-English dictionary > estar haciendo Algo

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