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  • 21 competidor

    adj.
    competitive, contending.
    m.
    competitor, back marker, rival, contender.
    * * *
    1 (que compite) competing
    2 (rival) rival
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (rival) competitor
    3 (participante) contestant, candidate
    * * *
    (f. - competidora)
    noun
    * * *
    competidor, -a
    1.
    ADJ [gen] competing, rival
    2. SM / F
    1) [gen] competitor; (Com) rival (a for)
    2) [en concurso] contestant
    * * *
    I
    - dora adjetivo rival (before n)
    II
    - dora masculino, femenino competitor, rival
    * * *
    = challenger, competitor.
    Ex. They simply must find new ways of storing and retrieving that information more rapidly and more concisely in ways that can compete with the commercial challengers.
    Ex. SLIS are rarely credited by their professional peers with the same degree of insight and analytical penetration as their potential competitors.
    * * *
    I
    - dora adjetivo rival (before n)
    II
    - dora masculino, femenino competitor, rival
    * * *
    = challenger, competitor.

    Ex: They simply must find new ways of storing and retrieving that information more rapidly and more concisely in ways that can compete with the commercial challengers.

    Ex: SLIS are rarely credited by their professional peers with the same degree of insight and analytical penetration as their potential competitors.

    * * *
    rival ( before n)
    masculine, feminine
    competitor, rival
    * * *

    competidor
    ◊ - dora sustantivo masculino, femenino

    competitor, rival
    competidor,-ora
    I sustantivo masculino y femenino
    1 Com Dep competitor
    2 (participante) contestant
    II adjetivo competing: los equipos competidores deben pagar una fianza, the competing teams must pay a deposit

    ' competidor' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    competidora
    - vencedor
    - vencedora
    - vencer
    English:
    competitor
    - dark horse
    - starter
    - outsider
    - rival
    * * *
    competidor, -ora
    ♦ adj
    rival, competing
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [en concurso] competitor
    2. Com [compañía] competitor, rival;
    [producto] competitor, rival (product)
    * * *
    I adj rival
    II m, competidora f competitor
    * * *
    rival: competing, rival
    rival: competitor, rival
    * * *
    competidor n competitor

    Spanish-English dictionary > competidor

  • 22 correcto

    adj.
    1 correct, accurate, precise.
    2 correct, proper, appropriate, right.
    3 correct, well-bred, polite, well-mannered.
    4 correct, suitable, appropriate, convenient.
    intj.
    1 right, correct, righto, just right.
    2 right, is that right.
    * * *
    1 (sin errores) correct, accurate
    2 (adecuado) suitable
    3 (educado) polite, courteous
    4 (conducta) proper
    * * *
    (f. - correcta)
    adj.
    correct, right
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [respuesta] correct, right

    ¡correcto! — right!

    2) (=educado) [persona] correct; [conducta, comportamiento] courteous; [vestido] proper, fitting
    3) [rasgos] regular, well-formed
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo
    1)
    a) ( educado) correct, polite
    b) ( honesto) correct
    2)
    a) <respuesta/solución> correct, right

    correcto! — (AmC, Méx) (that's) right

    b) <funcionamiento/procedimiento> correct
    * * *
    = correct, polite, right, decorous, seemly, alright [all right], all right [alright], well-mannered, gentlemanlike.
    Ex. If an entry with cross-references or notes must be corrected, add the correct form and then delete the incorrect form.
    Ex. Events are not named according to what it is polite or ideal to call them, but according to what they are actually called by authorities in the field.
    Ex. The last figure I saw was 828, but you're in the right realm.
    Ex. One might be forgiven for assuming that the question of class did not impinge upon the decorous and even tenor of the average librarian's working week.
    Ex. They were the first cloth bindings that were intended to compete with paper boards as seemly but inexpensive covers for ordinary books.
    Ex. The article 'The kids are alright?' presents some of the findings of the questionnaire study which had as its focus the qualitative impact of public libraries on children's reading.
    Ex. So the system apparently works all right and no one is suggesting that it needs a major overhaul.
    Ex. One should avoid giving less effort to the resolution of a problem presented by a calm, well-mannered individual than to those presented by loud, demanding, and persistent pests.
    Ex. Mr. Bingley was good-looking and gentlemanlike: he had a pleasant countenance, and easy, unaffected manners.
    ----
    * adoptar la postura moral correcta = take + the high ground, take + the high road.
    * camino correcto, el = way forward, the.
    * correcto políticamente = politically correct.
    * correcto y formal = prim and proper.
    * el camino correcto = the way to go.
    * el + Nombre + correcto al + Nombre + adecuado en el momento oportuno = the right + Nombre + to the right + Nombre + at the right time.
    * en posición correcta = the right way round.
    * estar correcto = be correct.
    * hacer lo correcto = do + the right thing.
    * la forma correcta de hacer las cosas = the way to go.
    * poco correcto = ungentlemanlike.
    * ser correcto = be all right, be correct, be right.
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo
    1)
    a) ( educado) correct, polite
    b) ( honesto) correct
    2)
    a) <respuesta/solución> correct, right

    correcto! — (AmC, Méx) (that's) right

    b) <funcionamiento/procedimiento> correct
    * * *
    = correct, polite, right, decorous, seemly, alright [all right], all right [alright], well-mannered, gentlemanlike.

    Ex: If an entry with cross-references or notes must be corrected, add the correct form and then delete the incorrect form.

    Ex: Events are not named according to what it is polite or ideal to call them, but according to what they are actually called by authorities in the field.
    Ex: The last figure I saw was 828, but you're in the right realm.
    Ex: One might be forgiven for assuming that the question of class did not impinge upon the decorous and even tenor of the average librarian's working week.
    Ex: They were the first cloth bindings that were intended to compete with paper boards as seemly but inexpensive covers for ordinary books.
    Ex: The article 'The kids are alright?' presents some of the findings of the questionnaire study which had as its focus the qualitative impact of public libraries on children's reading.
    Ex: So the system apparently works all right and no one is suggesting that it needs a major overhaul.
    Ex: One should avoid giving less effort to the resolution of a problem presented by a calm, well-mannered individual than to those presented by loud, demanding, and persistent pests.
    Ex: Mr. Bingley was good-looking and gentlemanlike: he had a pleasant countenance, and easy, unaffected manners.
    * adoptar la postura moral correcta = take + the high ground, take + the high road.
    * camino correcto, el = way forward, the.
    * correcto políticamente = politically correct.
    * correcto y formal = prim and proper.
    * el camino correcto = the way to go.
    * el + Nombre + correcto al + Nombre + adecuado en el momento oportuno = the right + Nombre + to the right + Nombre + at the right time.
    * en posición correcta = the right way round.
    * estar correcto = be correct.
    * hacer lo correcto = do + the right thing.
    * la forma correcta de hacer las cosas = the way to go.
    * poco correcto = ungentlemanlike.
    * ser correcto = be all right, be correct, be right.

    * * *
    A
    1 (educado, cortés) ‹comportamiento› correct, polite; ‹persona› correct, polite, well-mannered
    2 (honesto) correct
    B ‹respuesta/solución› correct, right
    lo dijo en un correcto alemán she said it in correct German
    ¿nos juntamos mañana? — ¡correcto, a las diez! ( AmC); so we're meeting tomorrow, then? — (that's) right, at ten
    C ‹funcionamiento/procedimiento› correct
    * * *

     

    Del verbo corregir: ( conjugate corregir)

    corregido, correcto es:

    el participio

    correcto
    ◊ -ta adjetivo


    ( honesto) honest
    b) ‹respuesta/solución› correct, right

    c) ‹funcionamiento/procedimiento› correct

    correcto,-a adjetivo
    1 (atento, educado) polite, courteous [con, to]
    (comportamiento) proper
    2 (sin fallos) correct
    ' correcto' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bonita
    - bonito
    - correcta
    - doña
    - infante
    - bien
    - bueno
    - valer
    English:
    accurate
    - correct
    - pc
    - politically correct
    - proper
    - right
    - right-thinking
    - grammatical
    - socially
    * * *
    correcto, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [resultado, texto, respuesta] correct;
    habla un correcto francés she speaks correct French
    2. [persona, conducta] courteous;
    el agente de policía fue muy correcto con nosotros the police officer treated us very correctly;
    estos niños son muy correctos en la mesa these children have very good table manners
    ♦ interj
    right!, ok!
    * * *
    adj
    1 correct;
    políticamente correcto politically correct
    2 ( educado) polite
    * * *
    correcto, -ta adj
    1) : correct, right
    2) : courteous, polite
    * * *
    1. (sin faltas) correct
    2. (educado) polite

    Spanish-English dictionary > correcto

  • 23 fuente de ingresos

    (n.) = revenue stream, source of revenue, source of income, revenue base, revenue earner
    Ex. Different publishers are exploring the marketplace to see what makes sense and how to protect their revenue streams from declining print sales.
    Ex. And, as one might expect, there are a variety of vendors offering e-book products, some of them clearly thinking about the library market as a potential source of revenue.
    Ex. Public libraries have to compete with other publicly funded services for funds, so the professional librarian has to look for additional sources of income.
    Ex. Therefore the city has been left with a very slowly growing revenue base.
    Ex. The largest revenue earners were those museums where money was assigned directly back to the service department to offset or recouped against costs.
    * * *
    (n.) = revenue stream, source of revenue, source of income, revenue base, revenue earner

    Ex: Different publishers are exploring the marketplace to see what makes sense and how to protect their revenue streams from declining print sales.

    Ex: And, as one might expect, there are a variety of vendors offering e-book products, some of them clearly thinking about the library market as a potential source of revenue.
    Ex: Public libraries have to compete with other publicly funded services for funds, so the professional librarian has to look for additional sources of income.
    Ex: Therefore the city has been left with a very slowly growing revenue base.
    Ex: The largest revenue earners were those museums where money was assigned directly back to the service department to offset or recouped against costs.

    Spanish-English dictionary > fuente de ingresos

  • 24 obstaculizar

    v.
    1 to hinder, to hamper.
    2 to obstruct, to encumber, to balk, to block up.
    Su tamaño obstaculiza la vista His size obstructs the view.
    3 to obstruct the way to, to make it cumbersome to.
    María obstaculiza hacer la pared Mary makes it cumbersome to make the wall.
    4 to create an obstacle for, to obstruct.
    María obstaculiza a Ricardo Mary creates an obstacle for Richard.
    * * *
    1 to obstruct, hinder
    * * *
    VT [+ negociaciones, progreso] to hinder, hamper; [+ tráfico] to hold up
    * * *
    verbo transitivo <progreso/trabajo> to hinder, hamper; < tráfico> to hold up
    * * *
    = encumber, hamper, handicap, hinder, thwart, stand in + the way (of), obstruct, stymie, get in + the way (of), hem + Nombre + in, cramp.
    Ex. It is extremely difficult for SLIS to compete with other interests which are less encumbered on equal terms.
    Ex. Unfortunately, the inclusion of abstracts in most services tends to hamper currency.
    Ex. The database may, as a result of its parentage, be handicapped by features that are not suited to computerized retrieval.
    Ex. In practice the application of recall and precision in the evaluation of indexes is hindered by the difficulty of evaluating some of the components in the definition.
    Ex. A public library's design can go far in either reinforcing or thwarting the intimacy of reading and in determining its success -- functionally, aesthetically and financially.
    Ex. It may be objected that a direct experience of the country by visiting it does not ensure a true picture, in fact that it may even stand in the way.
    Ex. But the present revision, incorporating ISBD, will literally clutter the entries with obtrusive redundancies and esoterics that will only obscure the content of the entries and obstruct the use of the catalog.
    Ex. So, in a lot of cases the ability to take advantage of technologically sophisticated younger faculty is stymied by these conflicting interests.
    Ex. At the end of the day, librarians must 'produce the goods' and prove their worth -- professionalism could get in the way.
    Ex. The world of work is no longer constrained by the four physical dimensions of space and time that have hemmed us in for most of recorded history.
    Ex. They used schools as a buttress of a caste system designed to subordinate blacks socially, to cramp them economically under a rigid job ceiling.
    ----
    * no obstaculizar = be out of the way of.
    * obstaculizar el paso = block in.
    * obstaculizar la labor judicial = pervert + the course of justice.
    * sin estar obstaculizado por = untrammelled by.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo <progreso/trabajo> to hinder, hamper; < tráfico> to hold up
    * * *
    = encumber, hamper, handicap, hinder, thwart, stand in + the way (of), obstruct, stymie, get in + the way (of), hem + Nombre + in, cramp.

    Ex: It is extremely difficult for SLIS to compete with other interests which are less encumbered on equal terms.

    Ex: Unfortunately, the inclusion of abstracts in most services tends to hamper currency.
    Ex: The database may, as a result of its parentage, be handicapped by features that are not suited to computerized retrieval.
    Ex: In practice the application of recall and precision in the evaluation of indexes is hindered by the difficulty of evaluating some of the components in the definition.
    Ex: A public library's design can go far in either reinforcing or thwarting the intimacy of reading and in determining its success -- functionally, aesthetically and financially.
    Ex: It may be objected that a direct experience of the country by visiting it does not ensure a true picture, in fact that it may even stand in the way.
    Ex: But the present revision, incorporating ISBD, will literally clutter the entries with obtrusive redundancies and esoterics that will only obscure the content of the entries and obstruct the use of the catalog.
    Ex: So, in a lot of cases the ability to take advantage of technologically sophisticated younger faculty is stymied by these conflicting interests.
    Ex: At the end of the day, librarians must 'produce the goods' and prove their worth -- professionalism could get in the way.
    Ex: The world of work is no longer constrained by the four physical dimensions of space and time that have hemmed us in for most of recorded history.
    Ex: They used schools as a buttress of a caste system designed to subordinate blacks socially, to cramp them economically under a rigid job ceiling.
    * no obstaculizar = be out of the way of.
    * obstaculizar el paso = block in.
    * obstaculizar la labor judicial = pervert + the course of justice.
    * sin estar obstaculizado por = untrammelled by.

    * * *
    vt
    ‹progreso/trabajo› to hinder, hamper, impede; ‹tráfico› to hold up, obstruct
    no obstaculice el paso don't stand in the way
    * * *

    obstaculizar ( conjugate obstaculizar) verbo transitivo ‹progreso/trabajo› to hinder, hamper;
    ‹ tráfico› to hold up;

    obstaculizar verbo transitivo
    1 (un propósito, actividad) to hinder
    2 (el paso de una persona, animal, etc) to stand in the way of
    (de un fluido) to obstruct

    ' obstaculizar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    estorbar
    - interferir
    English:
    block
    - block in
    - hamper
    - obstruct
    * * *
    [proceso, relación] to block, to put obstacles in the way of; [salida] to block, to obstruct; [tráfico] to hold up, to obstruct;
    obstaculizar el paso to block the way
    * * *
    v/t hinder, hamper
    * * *
    obstaculizar {21} vt
    impedir: to obstruct, to hinder
    * * *
    obstaculizar vb to block

    Spanish-English dictionary > obstaculizar

  • 25 plataforma de perforación petrolífera

    (n.) = drilling rig, drill rig
    Ex. The worldwide oversupply of offshore drilling rigs has decreased rapidly in the past six years.
    Ex. Living with the Kaluli of Papua New Guinea, Steven Feld saw traditional life begin to die and the sounds of helicopters and drill rigs compete with birds and waterfalls.
    * * *
    (n.) = drilling rig, drill rig

    Ex: The worldwide oversupply of offshore drilling rigs has decreased rapidly in the past six years.

    Ex: Living with the Kaluli of Papua New Guinea, Steven Feld saw traditional life begin to die and the sounds of helicopters and drill rigs compete with birds and waterfalls.

    Spanish-English dictionary > plataforma de perforación petrolífera

  • 26 área

    f.
    1 area, surface, surface area.
    2 domain, area, field, realm.
    3 place, locality, region, area.
    4 area, room, space.
    * * *
    (Takes el in sing)
    1 (zona) area, zone
    2 (medida) are
    \
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=zona, superficie) area

    área de castigo — (Dep) penalty area

    área de descanso — (Aut) rest area

    área de gol, área de meta — goal area

    área de penalty — (Dep) penalty area

    área de servicio — (Aut) service area

    2) (Inform)
    3) (=campo)
    4) (=medida) area ( 100 square metres)
    5)

    área metropolitana — metropolitan area, urban district

    área verde — Caribe green area, park area

    * * *
    femenino‡ area
    * * *
    = area, area, field, front, sphere, domain, zone, bit, radius, area, programme area, service area.
    Ex. The area in which standards for bibliographic description have had the most impact is in catalogues and catalogue record data bases.
    Ex. An area is a major section of the entry, comprising data of a particular category or serving a particular function.
    Ex. An appreciation of alternative approaches is particularly important in this field where trends towards standardisation are the norm.
    Ex. Present auguries on the resource front are not good.
    Ex. I am not convinced that people become connoisseurs -- experts: educated and discriminating people in any sphere -- from limited knowledge and experience, no matter how rich in quality.
    Ex. The CRONOS data bank includes a FISH domain, with data on catches and fleet statistics, and the COMEXT data bank covers the external trade statistics of fisheries.
    Ex. But now the traditional industrial zone is declining and a new 'technopolis' is proposed for the area.
    Ex. The assistant in charge of a section will see that their bit is kept tidy and will keep an eye open for thieves.
    Ex. The fact that the library can only attract people within a relatively small radius means that it has no alternative but to serve whoever lives -- or works -- in that radius.
    Ex. Libraries usually arrange separate areas where current periodicals, maps, government publications, early printed books and manuscripts are housed.
    Ex. Now that financial stringencies were the order of the day, libraries had to compete with the more pressing needs of other programme areas, like education, social services, and housing, for dwindling resources.
    Ex. The study examined the relative use of different service areas of the library = El estudio analizó al uso relativo de las diferentes zonas de la biblioteca.
    ----
    * análisis de áreas del conocimiento = domain analysis.
    * área chica, el = six-yard box, the.
    * área clave = key area.
    * área de acción = remit.
    * área de actuación = area for action, area of policy, policy area.
    * área de aplicación comercial = niche.
    * área de aterrizaje = landing site, landing area.
    * área de comunicación = communications area.
    * área de conocimiento = area of study.
    * área de conservación del patrimonio = heritage field.
    * área de datos específicos de la clase de documento = material (or type of publication) specific details area.
    * área de datos matemáticos = mathematical data area.
    * área de descanso = rest area, rest stop, lay-by.
    * área de descripción = area of description.
    * área de descripción física = physical description area.
    * área de edición = edition area.
    * área de ejemplar = copy area.
    * área de encabezamiento = header area.
    * área de especialización = niche, area of competence.
    * área de estudio = study area, study area.
    * área de formación = teaching unit.
    * área de influencia = remit.
    * área de información = communications area.
    * área de interés = field of interest.
    * área de la biblioteconomía = library field.
    * área del conocimiento = area of knowledge, discipline, subject field, field of activity, knowledge domain, discipline of knowledge.
    * área de lectura = reading floor.
    * área del número normalizado y de las condiciones de adquisición = International Standard Book Number and terms of availability area, standard number and terms of availability area.
    * área de notas = note area.
    * área de numeración de la ficha = card counter area.
    * área de préstamo = checkout area.
    * área de publicación = publication, distribution etc. area.
    * area de publicación o distribución = imprint.
    * área de serie = series area, series statement area.
    * área de signatura topográfica = shelf list area.
    * área de título y de mención de responsabilidad = title and statement of responsibility area.
    * área en desarrollo = growth area.
    * área específica = niche.
    * área flotante del programa = transient program area (TPA).
    * área geográfica = geographical area.
    * área marginada = deprived area.
    * area menos favorecida = less favoured area.
    * área metropolitana = metropolitan area, metro area.
    * área metropolitana de Londres, el = Greater London.
    * área rural = rural region.
    * área temática = subject area, subject field, topic area.
    * area temática específica = narrow subject area.
    * área urbana = urban area.
    * área útil = floor area, floor space.
    * bibliógrafo especializado en un área temática = area bibliographer.
    * conocimiento de un área temática = area knowledge.
    * empleado de línea aérea = airline official.
    * en el área de + Lugar = Lugar + area.
    * en las áreas de = in the areas of.
    * especializado en un área temática = domain-specific.
    * examen de área = area scanning.
    * particular a un área = localised [localized, -USA].
    * trabajador en el área de cultura = cultural worker.
    * WAN (red de área amplia) = WAN (wide area network).
    * * *
    femenino‡ area
    * * *
    = area, area, field, front, sphere, domain, zone, bit, radius, area, programme area, service area.

    Ex: The area in which standards for bibliographic description have had the most impact is in catalogues and catalogue record data bases.

    Ex: An area is a major section of the entry, comprising data of a particular category or serving a particular function.
    Ex: An appreciation of alternative approaches is particularly important in this field where trends towards standardisation are the norm.
    Ex: Present auguries on the resource front are not good.
    Ex: I am not convinced that people become connoisseurs -- experts: educated and discriminating people in any sphere -- from limited knowledge and experience, no matter how rich in quality.
    Ex: The CRONOS data bank includes a FISH domain, with data on catches and fleet statistics, and the COMEXT data bank covers the external trade statistics of fisheries.
    Ex: But now the traditional industrial zone is declining and a new 'technopolis' is proposed for the area.
    Ex: The assistant in charge of a section will see that their bit is kept tidy and will keep an eye open for thieves.
    Ex: The fact that the library can only attract people within a relatively small radius means that it has no alternative but to serve whoever lives -- or works -- in that radius.
    Ex: Libraries usually arrange separate areas where current periodicals, maps, government publications, early printed books and manuscripts are housed.
    Ex: Now that financial stringencies were the order of the day, libraries had to compete with the more pressing needs of other programme areas, like education, social services, and housing, for dwindling resources.
    Ex: The study examined the relative use of different service areas of the library = El estudio analizó al uso relativo de las diferentes zonas de la biblioteca.
    * análisis de áreas del conocimiento = domain analysis.
    * área chica, el = six-yard box, the.
    * área clave = key area.
    * área de acción = remit.
    * área de actuación = area for action, area of policy, policy area.
    * área de aplicación comercial = niche.
    * área de aterrizaje = landing site, landing area.
    * área de comunicación = communications area.
    * área de conocimiento = area of study.
    * área de conservación del patrimonio = heritage field.
    * área de datos específicos de la clase de documento = material (or type of publication) specific details area.
    * área de datos matemáticos = mathematical data area.
    * área de descanso = rest area, rest stop, lay-by.
    * área de descripción = area of description.
    * área de descripción física = physical description area.
    * área de edición = edition area.
    * área de ejemplar = copy area.
    * área de encabezamiento = header area.
    * área de especialización = niche, area of competence.
    * área de estudio = study area, study area.
    * área de formación = teaching unit.
    * área de influencia = remit.
    * área de información = communications area.
    * área de interés = field of interest.
    * área de la biblioteconomía = library field.
    * área del conocimiento = area of knowledge, discipline, subject field, field of activity, knowledge domain, discipline of knowledge.
    * área de lectura = reading floor.
    * área del número normalizado y de las condiciones de adquisición = International Standard Book Number and terms of availability area, standard number and terms of availability area.
    * área de notas = note area.
    * área de numeración de la ficha = card counter area.
    * área de préstamo = checkout area.
    * área de publicación = publication, distribution etc. area.
    * area de publicación o distribución = imprint.
    * área de serie = series area, series statement area.
    * área de signatura topográfica = shelf list area.
    * área de título y de mención de responsabilidad = title and statement of responsibility area.
    * área en desarrollo = growth area.
    * área específica = niche.
    * área flotante del programa = transient program area (TPA).
    * área geográfica = geographical area.
    * área marginada = deprived area.
    * area menos favorecida = less favoured area.
    * área metropolitana = metropolitan area, metro area.
    * área metropolitana de Londres, el = Greater London.
    * área rural = rural region.
    * área temática = subject area, subject field, topic area.
    * area temática específica = narrow subject area.
    * área urbana = urban area.
    * área útil = floor area, floor space.
    * bibliógrafo especializado en un área temática = area bibliographer.
    * conocimiento de un área temática = area knowledge.
    * empleado de línea aérea = airline official.
    * en el área de + Lugar = Lugar + area.
    * en las áreas de = in the areas of.
    * especializado en un área temática = domain-specific.
    * examen de área = area scanning.
    * particular a un área = localised [localized, -USA].
    * trabajador en el área de cultura = cultural worker.
    * WAN (red de área amplia) = WAN (wide area network).

    * * *
    f‡
    A
    1 ( Mat) area
    2 [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] (medida agraria) area, square dekameter* ( 100m2.)
    B
    1 (zona) area
    las áreas más afectadas por las inundaciones the areas worst affected by the flooding
    2 (campo, ámbito) area
    un área de las ciencias donde ha habido poca investigación an area of science where little research has been carried out
    3 ( Dep) tb
    área de castigo or penalty penalty area
    Compuestos:
    goal area
    rest area o stop ( AmE), lay-by ( BrE)
    service area, services (pl)
    penalty area
    metropolitan area, city
    goal area
    Single Euro Payments Area
    * * *

     

    área feminine noun taking masculine article in the singular
    area;
    área chica or pequeña goal area;

    área de servicio service area, services (pl)
    área sustantivo femenino
    1 (espacio delimitado) area
    área de servicio, service area
    2 (medida de superficie) hundred square metres
    3 (deportes) la falta se produjo dentro del área, the foul was committed inside the penalty area

    ' área' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    alrededor
    - anticiclón
    - antinuclear
    - arrabal
    - arrasar
    - barriada
    - barrio
    - borrasca
    - cabaña
    - capítulo
    - castigo
    - circunscribirse
    - comisionada
    - comisionado
    - concurrida
    - concurrido
    - construcción
    - cuenca
    - deprimida
    - deprimido
    - desarrollo
    - expandir
    - expolio
    - extensión
    - franca
    - franco
    - francófona
    - francófono
    - huerta
    - inmediaciones
    - interfluvio
    - latitud
    - milimétrica
    - milimétrico
    - órbita
    - parcela
    - poblada
    - poblado
    - polígono
    - prefijo
    - propia
    - propio
    - radio
    - rellano
    - sector
    - superficie
    - tendedero
    - trascender
    - triangular
    - vasta
    English:
    area
    - area code
    - belt
    - danger area
    - demonstrate
    - disaster area
    - enter
    - extent
    - grey area
    - industrial area
    - lay-by
    - mark out
    - metropolitan
    - penalty area
    - penalty box
    - province
    - restricted
    - service area
    - unemployment
    - well-known
    - bay
    - brief
    - built
    - canvass
    - catchment area
    - center
    - central
    - comb
    - constituency
    - country
    - cover
    - depot
    - depressed
    - develop
    - development
    - diverse
    - division
    - enclose
    - enlarge
    - extensive
    - field
    - fringe
    - incoming
    - living
    - moor
    - narrow
    - neighborhood
    - nice
    - out
    - over
    * * *
    1. [zona] area
    área de descanso [en carretera] Br lay-by, US rest area; Econ área (del) euro Euro zone; Econ área de libre comercio free trade area;
    área metropolitana metropolitan area;
    área protegida protected area;
    área de servicio [en carretera] service area
    2. [ámbito] area;
    la investigación en áreas como la inteligencia artificial research in areas such as artificial intelligence;
    una carrera del área de Ciencias a university course in a science subject;
    el responsable del área económica del partido the person in charge of the party's economic policy
    3. [medida] are, = 100 square metres
    4. Geom [superficie] area
    5. Dep
    área (de penalty o [m5] castigo) (penalty) area
    área grande eighteen-yard box, penalty area;
    área pequeña six-yard box
    * * *
    f area;
    área de influencia area of influence
    * * *
    área nf
    : area
    * * *
    1. (en general) area
    2. (en fútbol) penalty area

    Spanish-English dictionary > área

  • 27 aislar

    v.
    1 to isolate (person).
    El doctor aisló al paciente The doctor isolated the patient.
    El científico aisló al virus The scientist isolated the virus.
    2 to insulate.
    Marcos aisló la casa para el invierno Mark insulated the house for winter.
    3 to cut off (place).
    la nevada aisló la comarca del resto del país the snow cut the area off from the rest of the country
    4 to isolate (virus).
    5 to keep off.
    6 to seclude, to isolate from the world, to sequester.
    * * *
    (stressed í in certain persons of certain tenses)
    Present Indicative
    aíslo, aíslas, aísla, aislamos, aisláis, aíslan.
    Present Subjunctive
    aísle, aísles, aísle, aislemos, aisléis, aíslen.
    Imperative
    aísla (tú), aísle (él/Vd.), aislemos (nos.), aislad (vos.), aíslen (ellos/Vds.).
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=dejar solo) to isolate; (=separar) to separate, detach
    2) [+ ciudad, fortaleza] to cut off
    3) (Elec) to insulate
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) (apartar, separar) < enfermo> to isolate, keep in isolation; < preso> to place... in solitary confinement; < virus> to isolate
    b) ( dejar sin communicación) < lugar> to cut off
    2) (Elec) to insulate
    2.
    aislarse v pron (refl) to cut oneself off
    * * *
    = cut off, isolate, lock out, seclude, quarantine.
    Ex. The question I have regards natural concerns about the computer going down, and the situation that may exist when the library is cut off for an extended period of time from the online catalog.
    Ex. How were such educational practicalities to be isolated and discussed?.
    Ex. This article examines the role of public library trustees who appear to live on the fringes of the library profession, locked out of the decision making mainstream.
    Ex. Can't you seclude yourself and do nothing but work on this topic for the week?.
    Ex. Australia cannot afford to quarantine itself from global trends and needs to compete with other countries for scarce global capital.
    ----
    * aislar de = insulate from.
    * aislarse de = cut + Reflexivo + off from.
    * protección para excluir o aislar = excluder.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) (apartar, separar) < enfermo> to isolate, keep in isolation; < preso> to place... in solitary confinement; < virus> to isolate
    b) ( dejar sin communicación) < lugar> to cut off
    2) (Elec) to insulate
    2.
    aislarse v pron (refl) to cut oneself off
    * * *
    = cut off, isolate, lock out, seclude, quarantine.

    Ex: The question I have regards natural concerns about the computer going down, and the situation that may exist when the library is cut off for an extended period of time from the online catalog.

    Ex: How were such educational practicalities to be isolated and discussed?.
    Ex: This article examines the role of public library trustees who appear to live on the fringes of the library profession, locked out of the decision making mainstream.
    Ex: Can't you seclude yourself and do nothing but work on this topic for the week?.
    Ex: Australia cannot afford to quarantine itself from global trends and needs to compete with other countries for scarce global capital.
    * aislar de = insulate from.
    * aislarse de = cut + Reflexivo + off from.
    * protección para excluir o aislar = excluder.

    * * *
    aislar [ A19 ]
    vt
    A
    1
    (apartar, separar): conviene aislar a los enfermos the patients should be isolated o kept in isolation
    las riadas aislaron el pueblo the village was cut off by the floods
    sus amigos los han aislado their friends have turned their backs on them o have cut themselves off from them
    2 ‹preso› to place … in solitary confinement
    3 ‹virus› to isolate
    B ( Elec) to insulate
    ( refl) to isolate oneself, cut oneself off
    * * *

    aislar ( conjugate aislar) verbo transitivo
    a) (apartar, separar) ‹ enfermo› to isolate, keep in isolation;

    ‹ preso› to place … in solitary confinement;
    ‹ virus› to isolate

    c) (Elec) to insulate

    aislarse verbo pronominal ( refl) to cut oneself off
    aislar verbo transitivo
    1 to isolate
    2 Téc to insulate
    ' aislar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    cut off
    - insulate
    - isolate
    - ostracize
    - shut off
    - shut out
    - cut
    - screen
    - shut
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [persona] to isolate
    2. [del frío, de la electricidad] to insulate;
    [del ruido] to soundproof
    3. [incomunicar] to cut off;
    la nevada aisló la comarca del resto del país the snow cut the area off from the rest of the country
    4. [virus] to isolate
    ♦ vi
    estas ventanas aíslan muy bien del frío/ruido these windows are very good at keeping the cold/noise out
    * * *
    v/t
    1 isolate
    2 EL insulate
    * * *
    aislar {5} vt
    1) : to isolate
    2) : to insulate
    * * *
    aislar vb
    1. (separar) to isolate
    2. (incomunicar) to cut off [pt. & pp. cut]

    Spanish-English dictionary > aislar

  • 28 base de datos en disco óptico

    Ex. Computerised information products, such as optical disc data bases and microforms, compete with traditional print resources for limited budgets in today's reference departments.
    * * *

    Ex: Computerised information products, such as optical disc data bases and microforms, compete with traditional print resources for limited budgets in today's reference departments.

    Spanish-English dictionary > base de datos en disco óptico

  • 29 contrincante

    f. & m.
    rival, opponent.
    * * *
    1 opponent, rival
    * * *
    noun mf.
    opponent, challenger
    * * *
    SMF opponent, rival
    * * *
    masculino y femenino opponent
    * * *
    = contesting, opponent, challenger.
    Ex. The duality of their role would make the contesting agents, the State and the professional library organisations, even greater enemies.
    Ex. 'Punch' satirised the opponents more cruelly: 'Here is an institution doomed to scare the furious devotees of laissez faire'.
    Ex. They simply must find new ways of storing and retrieving that information more rapidly and more concisely in ways that can compete with the commercial challengers.
    ----
    * ser el contrincante más débil = punch above + Posesivo + weight.
    * * *
    masculino y femenino opponent
    * * *
    = contesting, opponent, challenger.

    Ex: The duality of their role would make the contesting agents, the State and the professional library organisations, even greater enemies.

    Ex: 'Punch' satirised the opponents more cruelly: 'Here is an institution doomed to scare the furious devotees of laissez faire'.
    Ex: They simply must find new ways of storing and retrieving that information more rapidly and more concisely in ways that can compete with the commercial challengers.
    * ser el contrincante más débil = punch above + Posesivo + weight.

    * * *
    opponent
    * * *

    contrincante sustantivo masculino y femenino
    opponent
    contrincante mf opponent, rival
    ' contrincante' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    ganar
    - arrasar
    - derrotado
    - derrotar
    - implacable
    - machacar
    English:
    match
    - pow
    - rival
    - take on
    - competitor
    - laughing
    - opponent
    - walk
    * * *
    rival, opponent
    * * *
    m/f opponent
    * * *
    : rival, opponent
    * * *
    contrincante n opponent

    Spanish-English dictionary > contrincante

  • 30 cosas como

    Ex. But like all of us in the information business, they have been forced to compete with the likes of Yahoo, Altavista, and amazon.com.
    * * *

    Ex: But like all of us in the information business, they have been forced to compete with the likes of Yahoo, Altavista, and amazon.com.

    Spanish-English dictionary > cosas como

  • 31 del municipio

    (adj.) = municipal
    Ex. Public library budgets continue to be cut in the USA as they compete with other county and municipal services for shrinking fiscal resources.
    * * *
    (adj.) = municipal

    Ex: Public library budgets continue to be cut in the USA as they compete with other county and municipal services for shrinking fiscal resources.

    Spanish-English dictionary > del municipio

  • 32 demasiado recargado

    (adj.) = glaring
    Ex. Librarians have to compete with outside attractions such as glaring advertisements and screaming television!.
    * * *
    (adj.) = glaring

    Ex: Librarians have to compete with outside attractions such as glaring advertisements and screaming television!.

    Spanish-English dictionary > demasiado recargado

  • 33 encontrar el modo de

    (v.) = find + way of/to
    Ex. They simply must find new ways of storing and retrieving that information more rapidly and more concisely in ways that can compete with the commercial challengers.
    * * *
    (v.) = find + way of/to

    Ex: They simply must find new ways of storing and retrieving that information more rapidly and more concisely in ways that can compete with the commercial challengers.

    Spanish-English dictionary > encontrar el modo de

  • 34 estar a la orden del día

    Ex. Now that financial stringencies were the order of the day, libraries had to compete with the more pressing needs of other programme areas, like education, social services, and housing, for dwindling resources.
    * * *

    Ex: Now that financial stringencies were the order of the day, libraries had to compete with the more pressing needs of other programme areas, like education, social services, and housing, for dwindling resources.

    Spanish-English dictionary > estar a la orden del día

  • 35 municipal

    adj.
    town, municipal.
    las fiestas municipales local o town festival
    f. & m.
    (local) policeman, (f) policewoman (guardia). (peninsular Spanish)
    * * *
    1 (gobierno) town, municipal; (instalaciones) council
    1 (hombre) policeman; (mujer) policewoman
    1 local elections
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    1.
    ADJ [elección] municipal; [concejo] town antes de s, local; [empleado, oficina] council antes de s ; [impuesto] local, council antes de s ; [piscina] public
    2.
    SMF (=guardia) local policeman/policewoman
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo < impuestos> local; <elecciones/piscina/mercado> municipal
    II
    masculino y femenino (Esp) policía 2)
    * * *
    = civic, municipal.
    Ex. Like many other civic facilities in the town, the public library is used by only a minority of the population.
    Ex. Public library budgets continue to be cut in the USA as they compete with other county and municipal services for shrinking fiscal resources.
    ----
    * biblioteca municipal = town library, city library, community library.
    * bibliotecario municipal = city librarian.
    * centro municipal de información = local authority information outlet.
    * concejal municipal = city council-man.
    * concejo municipal = city council.
    * contribución municipal = council tax, local rates, real estate tax, real estate property tax.
    * devolución de la contribución municipal = rates rebate.
    * elecciones municipales = municipal elections.
    * impuesto municipal = city tax.
    * impuestos municipales = rates, local taxes.
    * ingeniería municipal = municipal engineering.
    * oficina municipal = council office.
    * perrera municipal = dog pound.
    * policía municipal = traffic warden.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo < impuestos> local; <elecciones/piscina/mercado> municipal
    II
    masculino y femenino (Esp) policía 2)
    * * *
    = civic, municipal.

    Ex: Like many other civic facilities in the town, the public library is used by only a minority of the population.

    Ex: Public library budgets continue to be cut in the USA as they compete with other county and municipal services for shrinking fiscal resources.
    * biblioteca municipal = town library, city library, community library.
    * bibliotecario municipal = city librarian.
    * centro municipal de información = local authority information outlet.
    * concejal municipal = city council-man.
    * concejo municipal = city council.
    * contribución municipal = council tax, local rates, real estate tax, real estate property tax.
    * devolución de la contribución municipal = rates rebate.
    * elecciones municipales = municipal elections.
    * impuesto municipal = city tax.
    * impuestos municipales = rates, local taxes.
    * ingeniería municipal = municipal engineering.
    * oficina municipal = council office.
    * perrera municipal = dog pound.
    * policía municipal = traffic warden.

    * * *
    ‹impuestos› local; ‹elecciones/piscina/mercado› municipal
    ( Esp)
    1 policía f B. (↑ policía)
    2 municipales fpl local elections, municipal elections
    * * *

    municipal adjetivo ‹ impuesto› local;
    ‹elecciones/piscina/mercado› municipal
    municipal
    I adjetivo municipal
    II m (policía) policeman
    ' municipal' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    archivo
    - comerciante
    - donar
    - exhibir
    - policía
    - término
    - asistencia
    - comunal
    - guardia
    - intendencia
    - presidencia
    English:
    borough
    - by-law
    - civic
    - municipal
    - rate
    - by
    - council
    - impound
    - local
    - mayor
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    [cementerio, polideportivo] municipal; [policía, elecciones] local; [instalaciones] public;
    trabajadores municipales council o municipal workers;
    las fiestas municipales the local o town o city festival
    ♦ nmf
    Esp [guardia] (local) policeman, f policewoman
    * * *
    adj municipal
    * * *
    : municipal
    * * *
    municipal adj town
    guardia municipal / policía municipal (individuo) policeman [pl. policemen / policewoman [pl. policewomen (cuerpo) local police force

    Spanish-English dictionary > municipal

  • 36 personas como

    Ex. But like all of us in the information business, they have been forced to compete with the likes of Yahoo, Altavista, and amazon.com.
    * * *

    Ex: But like all of us in the information business, they have been forced to compete with the likes of Yahoo, Altavista, and amazon.com.

    Spanish-English dictionary > personas como

  • 37 poner en cuarentena

    (v.) = quarantine
    Ex. Australia cannot afford to quarantine itself from global trends and needs to compete with other countries for scarce global capital.
    * * *
    (v.) = quarantine

    Ex: Australia cannot afford to quarantine itself from global trends and needs to compete with other countries for scarce global capital.

    Spanish-English dictionary > poner en cuarentena

  • 38 rival

    adj.
    rival.
    f. & m.
    rival, challenger, contender, competitor.
    * * *
    1 rival
    1 rival
    * * *
    noun adj.
    * * *
    1.
    ADJ rival, competing
    2.
    SMF rival, competitor
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo rival (before n)
    II
    masculino y femenino rival
    * * *
    = challenger, rival, rivalrous, rival, competing.
    Ex. They simply must find new ways of storing and retrieving that information more rapidly and more concisely in ways that can compete with the commercial challengers.
    Ex. The published abstracting and indexing journal probably still retains its prominence, despite competition from its more fashionable rivals.
    Ex. Deregulation compelled the energy utility business to restructure its inwardly directed culture and its overgrown and rivalrous internal services function.
    Ex. For any concept of human rights to be universally accepted, equal respect and mutual comprehension between rival cultures is demanded.
    Ex. This article identifies predominant worldview and competing schools of thought regarding the teaching of reference work.
    ----
    * enfrentamiento entre rivales = grudge fight, grudge match, local derby.
    * no tener rival = be second to none.
    * partido entre equipos rivales = local derby.
    * rival acérrimo = arch-rival [archrival].
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo rival (before n)
    II
    masculino y femenino rival
    * * *
    = challenger, rival, rivalrous, rival, competing.

    Ex: They simply must find new ways of storing and retrieving that information more rapidly and more concisely in ways that can compete with the commercial challengers.

    Ex: The published abstracting and indexing journal probably still retains its prominence, despite competition from its more fashionable rivals.
    Ex: Deregulation compelled the energy utility business to restructure its inwardly directed culture and its overgrown and rivalrous internal services function.
    Ex: For any concept of human rights to be universally accepted, equal respect and mutual comprehension between rival cultures is demanded.
    Ex: This article identifies predominant worldview and competing schools of thought regarding the teaching of reference work.
    * enfrentamiento entre rivales = grudge fight, grudge match, local derby.
    * no tener rival = be second to none.
    * partido entre equipos rivales = local derby.
    * rival acérrimo = arch-rival [archrival].

    * * *
    rival ( before n)
    rival
    tiene un estilo sin rival his style is unrivaled
    * * *

    rival adjetivo
    rival ( before n)
    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino
    rival;

    rival adjetivo & mf rival: contando cuentos no tiene rival, she's unrivaled in the art of storytelling

    ' rival' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    altura
    - contraria
    - contrario
    - contrincante
    - rivalizar
    - submarina
    - submarino
    - aplastar
    - barrer
    - batir
    - competidor
    - competir
    - enfrentar
    - vencer
    English:
    rival
    - scoop
    - scuffle
    - unrivaled
    - unrivalled
    - challenger
    - competitor
    - dispose of
    - great
    - hold
    - muscle
    - opponent
    - oust
    - segregate
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    rival
    ♦ nmf
    rival
    * * *
    m/f rival;
    no tener rival be unrivaled o Br unrivalled
    * * *
    rival adj & nmf
    competidor: rival
    * * *
    rival adj n rival

    Spanish-English dictionary > rival

  • 39 ser lo normal

    Ex. Now that financial stringencies were the order of the day, libraries had to compete with the more pressing needs of other programme areas, like education, social services, and housing, for dwindling resources.
    * * *

    Ex: Now that financial stringencies were the order of the day, libraries had to compete with the more pressing needs of other programme areas, like education, social services, and housing, for dwindling resources.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ser lo normal

  • 40 tienda de juguetes

    (n.) = toy shop
    Ex. These toy shops may be small, but they compete with the biggest retailers every holiday season and thrive.
    * * *
    (n.) = toy shop

    Ex: These toy shops may be small, but they compete with the biggest retailers every holiday season and thrive.

    Spanish-English dictionary > tienda de juguetes

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