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21 constreñir
v.to constrain, to constrict, to inhibit, to cramp.* * *1 (forzar) to constrain, compel, force2 (limitar) to limit, restrict* * *VT1) (=limitar) to restrict2) (=obligar)constreñir a algn a hacer algo — to compel o force o frm constrain sb to do sth
3) (Med) to constrict* * *1.verbo transitivo1) (frml) ( forzar) to constrain (frml), compel2) ( limitar) to restrict, limit3) (Med) to constrict2.constreñirse v pron to restrict oneself* * *= constrain, hem + Nombre + in.Ex. Model II sees the process in terms of the system forcing or constraining the user to deviate from the 'real' problem.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.* * *1.verbo transitivo1) (frml) ( forzar) to constrain (frml), compel2) ( limitar) to restrict, limit3) (Med) to constrict2.constreñirse v pron to restrict oneself* * *= constrain, hem + Nombre + in.Ex: Model II sees the process in terms of the system forcing or constraining the user to deviate from the 'real' problem.
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.* * *constreñir [ I15 ]vtme vi constreñido a aceptar I felt constrained o obliged o compelled to acceptactuó constreñido por las circunstancias circumstances forced o compelled o obliged him to act as he didB (limitar) to restrictvivo constreñido a un mísero presupuesto I live on a very limited budgetun ámbito de actuación muy constreñido a very restricted sphere of actioncomo el espacio nos constriñe as we don't have much space, as we're limited by spaceC ( Med) to constrictto restrict oneselfhe tenido que constreñirme en los gastos I've had to cut back on my spendingconstreñirse A algo to restrict oneself TO sth* * *
constreñir verbo transitivo
1 (obligar) to force [a, to]
2 (limitar) to limit, restrict: me encuentro constreñido por las nuevas normas, I feel limited by the new rules
3 Med to put pressure on, squeeze: el tumor constriñe una arteria principal, the tumor is constricting a main artery
* * *constreñir vtse ven constreñidos a vivir en condiciones miserables they are forced o obliged to live in wretched conditions2. [oprimir, limitar] to restrict;la nueva ley constriñe la libertad de asociación the new law restricts freedom of association3. Med to restrict* * *v/t1 constrain, oblige2 ( limitar) restrict* * *constreñir {67} vt1) forzar, obligar: to constrain, to oblige2) limitar: to restrict, to limit -
22 escatimar
v.1 to be sparing with, to skimp on (gastos, comida).no escatimar gastos to spare no expense2 to spare, to be sparing with, to eke, to hold back on.* * *1 (escasear) to stint, skimp on2 (ahorrar) to save, spare\no escatimar esfuerzos to spare no efforts* * *verb* * *VT (=dar poco) to skimp, be sparing with, stint; (=reducir) to curtail, cut downno escatimaba sus alabanzas de... — he was unstinting in his praise of..., he did not stint his praise of...
* * *verbo transitivo <comida/tela> to skimp on, be sparing with* * *= cut + corners, stint, begrudge, grudge.Ex. Consequently, we would probably often consider cutting corners and not effecting the change under all of the added entries.Ex. The answer to an inefficient system, however, is not to stint on care, but rather to restructure the system to remove the inflationary pressures.Ex. She did not begrudge the money spent on her children's education.Ex. He did not grudge them the money, but he grudged terribly the risk which the spending of that money might bring on them.----* no escatimar dinero = lavish + money.* no escatimar gastos = go to + town on, lash out (on).* sin escatimar = without stint, unstinting, unstintingly, unstintingly.* * *verbo transitivo <comida/tela> to skimp on, be sparing with* * *= cut + corners, stint, begrudge, grudge.Ex: Consequently, we would probably often consider cutting corners and not effecting the change under all of the added entries.
Ex: The answer to an inefficient system, however, is not to stint on care, but rather to restructure the system to remove the inflationary pressures.Ex: She did not begrudge the money spent on her children's education.Ex: He did not grudge them the money, but he grudged terribly the risk which the spending of that money might bring on them.* no escatimar dinero = lavish + money.* no escatimar gastos = go to + town on, lash out (on).* sin escatimar = without stint, unstinting, unstintingly, unstintingly.* * *escatimar [A1 ]vtno escatimaron esfuerzos para asegurar el éxito de la misión they spared no effort o they were unstinting in their efforts to ensure the success of the missionno le escatimes mantequilla don't skimp on o stint on the butter ( colloq)nos escatimaban los materiales they were being very sparing with the materialsempezó a escatimarles los fondos he began to cut back on their funds* * *
escatimar ( conjugate escatimar) verbo transitivo ‹comida/tela› to skimp on, be sparing with;
escatimar verbo transitivo to skimp on: no escatimaremos esfuerzos/gastos para..., we'll spare no effort/ expense to...
' escatimar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
regatear
English:
skimp
- sparing
- stint
- scrimp
- spare
* * *escatimar vt[comida, dinero, medios] to skimp on;no escatimar esfuerzos/gastos to spare no effort/expense;la prensa no escatimó elogios hacia ella the press was unstinting in its praise for o of her* * *v/t be mean with, be very sparing with;no escatimar esfuerzos be unstinting in one’s efforts, spare no effort* * *escatimar vt: to skimp on, to be sparing withno escatimar esfuerzos: to spare no effort -
23 recortar gastos
v.to cut back on expenses, to cut corners, to curtail on expenditures, to cut down on expenses.* * *(v.) = cut + expenditure, cut + expensesEx. Consequently, it came as no surprise when the new Conservative Government was elected in 1979 on a ticket to cut public expenditure and stop feather-bedding consumers.* * *(v.) = cut + expenditure, cut + expensesEx: Consequently, it came as no surprise when the new Conservative Government was elected in 1979 on a ticket to cut public expenditure and stop feather-bedding consumers.
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24 recortar
• clip off• curtail• cut away• cut back on• cut down• cut down on• cut on• cut out• dock from• lower• trim glass• trim one's beard -
25 restringir
v.1 to limit, to restrict.El general restringe las actividades The general restricts the activities.El detective restringe la información The detective restricts the data.2 to cause a reduction in, to bite into, to bite on.Esto restringe la disponibilidad This causes a reduction in availability.* * *1 (limitar) to restrict, limit2 (astringir) to contract1 (reducirse) to reduce* * *verbto limit, restrict* * *VT to restrict, limit (a to)* * *1. 2.restringirse v pron to restrict o limit oneself* * *= curtail, place + restriction, restrict, tie down, circumscribe, box in, constrict, narrow down, fetter, hem + Nombre + in, chill, cramp.Ex. The imposition of fee-based services may radically curtail the breadth of resources available to library users where historically information has been offered freely.Ex. This is an example of a classification which is restricted to a specific physical form, as it is used to classify maps and atlases.Ex. There are many able people still tied down with the routine 'running' of their libraries.Ex. Traditional theories of management circumscribe the extent of employee participation in decision making.Ex. What is important is that agencies face few barriers to disseminating information on the Web quickly rather than being boxed in by standardization requirements = Lo que es importante es que las agencias se encuentran pocas trabas para diseminar información en la web de una forma rápida más que verse restringidas por cuestiones de normalización.Ex. The gland was pale pink in colour with an hourglass shape that was constricted in the middle.Ex. By specifying the fields to be searched, the user can narrow down the search in a very convenient way.Ex. Faculty tenure is designed to allow the scholar to proceed with his investigation without being fettered with concerns arising from loss of job and salary.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. This would chill the freedom of inquiry that is central to the academic process and that is, moreover, privileged by the First Amendment.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.----* restringir una búsqueda = limit + selection, narrow + search, qualify + search, qualify + selection.* * *1. 2.restringirse v pron to restrict o limit oneself* * *= curtail, place + restriction, restrict, tie down, circumscribe, box in, constrict, narrow down, fetter, hem + Nombre + in, chill, cramp.Ex: The imposition of fee-based services may radically curtail the breadth of resources available to library users where historically information has been offered freely.
Ex: Is it necessary to place the same restrictions on research and nonresearch libraries?.Ex: This is an example of a classification which is restricted to a specific physical form, as it is used to classify maps and atlases.Ex: There are many able people still tied down with the routine 'running' of their libraries.Ex: Traditional theories of management circumscribe the extent of employee participation in decision making.Ex: What is important is that agencies face few barriers to disseminating information on the Web quickly rather than being boxed in by standardization requirements = Lo que es importante es que las agencias se encuentran pocas trabas para diseminar información en la web de una forma rápida más que verse restringidas por cuestiones de normalización.Ex: The gland was pale pink in colour with an hourglass shape that was constricted in the middle.Ex: By specifying the fields to be searched, the user can narrow down the search in a very convenient way.Ex: Faculty tenure is designed to allow the scholar to proceed with his investigation without being fettered with concerns arising from loss of job and salary.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: This would chill the freedom of inquiry that is central to the academic process and that is, moreover, privileged by the First Amendment.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.* restringir una búsqueda = limit + selection, narrow + search, qualify + search, qualify + selection.* * *restringir [I7 ]vt‹gastos› to restrict, cut, limit; ‹libertad› to restrictto restrict o limit oneself* * *
restringir ( conjugate restringir) verbo transitivo
to restrict
restringir vtr (el acceso a un lugar, derecho) to restrict, limit
(el consumo, distribución de algo) to cut back, restrict
' restringir' also found in these entries:
English:
circumscribe
- confine
- cut down
- limit
- restrict
- tie down
- curtail
- narrow
* * *restringir vtto limit, to restrict* * *v/t restrict, limit* * *restringir {35} vtlimitar: to restrict, to limit* * *restringir vb to restrict -
26 economizar en
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27 emanar
v.1 to emanate, to give off (olor, humo).emanaba tristeza por todos los poros she exuded sadness from every pore2 to emit, to gush forth, to emanate, to issue.La fuente brotó agua muy limpia The fountain gushed out very clean water.* * *1 (olor etc) to emanate2 (derivar) to derive (de, from), come (de, from)* * *VIemanar de — to emanate from frm, come from
* * *1.verbo intransitivo (frml)2.emanar de algo — radiación/olor/gas to emanate from something (frml), to come from something; poder/decisión to emanate o derive from something (frml)
emanar vt to exude* * *= emanate, exude, vent, give off, flow, spout.Ex. Drawing lines to connect related documents may turn up patterns that look like stars with rays emanating in all directions, where a key study has been made.Ex. Customers choose an establishment and spend hard-earned money and they want employees to exude appreciation through the attitude that 'we aim to please, the customer is always right, service is our business, and quality is our middle name'.Ex. Mount Etna in Sicily is currently venting white steam clouds.Ex. Once the fronds have given off their spores, they die and can be cut back.Ex. At this disclosure, a flush flowed from Leforte's cheeks to her neck.Ex. The weather cleared enough that we could get in to the volcanic islands (still spouting plumes of smoke) by copter in safety.----* emanar de = flow from.* * *1.verbo intransitivo (frml)2.emanar de algo — radiación/olor/gas to emanate from something (frml), to come from something; poder/decisión to emanate o derive from something (frml)
emanar vt to exude* * *= emanate, exude, vent, give off, flow, spout.Ex: Drawing lines to connect related documents may turn up patterns that look like stars with rays emanating in all directions, where a key study has been made.
Ex: Customers choose an establishment and spend hard-earned money and they want employees to exude appreciation through the attitude that 'we aim to please, the customer is always right, service is our business, and quality is our middle name'.Ex: Mount Etna in Sicily is currently venting white steam clouds.Ex: Once the fronds have given off their spores, they die and can be cut back.Ex: At this disclosure, a flush flowed from Leforte's cheeks to her neck.Ex: The weather cleared enough that we could get in to the volcanic islands (still spouting plumes of smoke) by copter in safety.* emanar de = flow from.* * *emanar [A1 ]vi( frml)1 «radiación/olor/gas»: emanar DE algo; to emanate FROM sth ( frml), to come FROM sth2 «poder/decisión»: emanar DE algo; to emanate o derive FROM sth ( frml)las propuestas que emanan de las distintas comisiones the proposals put forward by o emanating from the various committees■ emanarvtto exude* * *
emanar verbo intransitivo
1 to emanate [de, from]
2 fig (tener origen) to stem o come [de, from]
' emanar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
desprender
- desprenderse
English:
emanate
- exude
* * *♦ vt1. [olor, humo, gas] to give off, to exude2. [hostilidad] to emanate;[alegría, confianza] to exude, to radiate;emanaba tristeza there was a tangible air of sadness about her♦ vi* * *I v/i fmlemanate (de from) fml ; figstem (de from), derive (de from)II v/t exude, emit* * *emanar viemanar de : to emanate fromemanar vt: to exude -
28 emitir
v.1 to emit (rayos, calor, sonidos).El aparato emite sonidos horribles The apparatus emits horrible sounds.2 to issue (moneda, sellos, bonos).3 to express (expresar) (juicio, opinión).4 to broadcast (radio & television).La estación emite las noticias The station broadcasts the news.* * *1 (sonido, luz) to emit; (olor) to give off2 (manifestar) to express3 (bonos, monedas, sellos) to issue4 RADIO TELEVISIÓN to broadcast, transmit1 RADIO TELEVISIÓN to transmit\emitir un fallo DERECHO to pronounce judgementemitir un juicio to express an opinionemitir una sentencia DERECHO to pass sentence* * *verb1) to emit2) broadcast3) issue* * *1. VT1) [+ sonido, olor] to emit, give off, give out2) (Econ) [+ dinero, sellos, bonos] to issue; [+ dinero falso] to circulate; [+ préstamo] to grant, give3) (=expresar) [+ opinión] to express; [+ veredicto] to return, issue, give; [+ voto] to cast4) (Radio, TV) to broadcast; [+ señal] to send out2.See:* * *verbo transitivo <sonido/luz/señal> to emit, give out; <acciones/sellos> to issue; < programa> to broadcast; < película> to show; < comunicado> to issue; < veredicto> to deliver, announce; < voto> to cast* * *= emit, give out, issue, air, vent, give off, billow out, spout.Ex. A girl stroked its keys and it emitted recognizable speech.Ex. Similarly, equipment such as this can often give out quite a lot of heat which has to be adequately dissipated.Ex. Once a user is registered, a password will be issued which provides access to all or most of the data bases offered by the host as and when the user wishes.Ex. Because TV had very few channels the value of TV was very high so only things of very broad interest could be aired on those few channels.Ex. Mount Etna in Sicily is currently venting white steam clouds.Ex. Once the fronds have given off their spores, they die and can be cut back.Ex. Nearly everyone has seen a factory's smokestack billowing out black sooty smoke that dirties the air and blackens buildings.Ex. The weather cleared enough that we could get in to the volcanic islands (still spouting plumes of smoke) by copter in safety.----* emitir fluorescencias = fluoresce, fluoresce.* emitir gases = gas.* emitir luz = emit + light.* emitir + Posesivo + voto = cast + Posesivo + vote.* emitir una señal = beam + signal, emit + signal.* emitir un informe = issue + statement.* emitir un juicio de valor = exercise + value judgment, pass + value judgement.* emitir un pitido = beep, bleep.* emitir un sonido = emit + sound.* emitir un voto = cast + ballot, take + vote.* gesticular palabras con la boca sin emitir sonido = mouth.* sin emitir humo = smokeless.* * *verbo transitivo <sonido/luz/señal> to emit, give out; <acciones/sellos> to issue; < programa> to broadcast; < película> to show; < comunicado> to issue; < veredicto> to deliver, announce; < voto> to cast* * *= emit, give out, issue, air, vent, give off, billow out, spout.Ex: A girl stroked its keys and it emitted recognizable speech.
Ex: Similarly, equipment such as this can often give out quite a lot of heat which has to be adequately dissipated.Ex: Once a user is registered, a password will be issued which provides access to all or most of the data bases offered by the host as and when the user wishes.Ex: Because TV had very few channels the value of TV was very high so only things of very broad interest could be aired on those few channels.Ex: Mount Etna in Sicily is currently venting white steam clouds.Ex: Once the fronds have given off their spores, they die and can be cut back.Ex: Nearly everyone has seen a factory's smokestack billowing out black sooty smoke that dirties the air and blackens buildings.Ex: The weather cleared enough that we could get in to the volcanic islands (still spouting plumes of smoke) by copter in safety.* emitir fluorescencias = fluoresce, fluoresce.* emitir gases = gas.* emitir luz = emit + light.* emitir + Posesivo + voto = cast + Posesivo + vote.* emitir una señal = beam + signal, emit + signal.* emitir un informe = issue + statement.* emitir un juicio de valor = exercise + value judgment, pass + value judgement.* emitir un pitido = beep, bleep.* emitir un sonido = emit + sound.* emitir un voto = cast + ballot, take + vote.* gesticular palabras con la boca sin emitir sonido = mouth.* sin emitir humo = smokeless.* * *emitir [I1 ]vt1 ‹sonido/luz/señal› to emit, give out2 ‹acciones/bonos/sellos› to issue3 ( Telec) ‹película/programa› to broadcastemitir en abierto to broadcast free-to-air4 ‹comunicado› to issue; ‹veredicto› to deliver, announce, hand down ( AmE)5 ‹voto› to cast* * *
emitir ( conjugate emitir) verbo transitivo ‹sonido/luz/señal› to emit, give out;
‹acciones/sellos/comunicado› to issue;
‹ programa› to broadcast;
‹ película› to show;
‹ veredicto› to deliver, announce;
‹ voto› to cast
emitir verbo transitivo
1 to emit, send out
(un sonido inarticulado) to emit
(una señal sonora) to beep
2 (un parecer, una opinión) to express
(un veredicto) to bring in
3 (moneda, papel oficial) to issue
4 Rad TV to broadcast: emitirán en directo la final del campeonato, they'll broadcast the championship final live
' emitir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
brillar
- chillar
- parecer
English:
broadcast
- cast
- discharge
- emit
- float
- give off
- issue
- judgement
- judgment
- pass
- return
- send out
- shed
- air
- bleep
- deliver
- give
- poll
- screen
- send
* * *♦ vt1. [rayos, calor, sonido] to emit;[gases, humos, dioxinas] to emit, to give off2. [monedas, sellos, acciones] to issue3. [programa de radio o TV] to broadcast4. [juicio, opinión] to express;[veredicto] to return, to give; [sentencia] to pronounce; [comunicado, manifiesto] to issue; [voto] to cast;el fallo emitido por el jurado the jury's decision♦ vito broadcast* * *v/t2 moneda issue4 RAD, TV broadcast5 voto cast* * *emitir vt1) : to emit, to give off2) : to broadcast3) : to issue4) : to cast (a vote)* * *emitir vb2. (billetes, sellos) to issue -
29 en épocas de prosperidad económica
Ex. This worked well in affluent times, but as a result of inflation, Denmark, like all the Western nations, has had to cut back spendind.* * *Ex: This worked well in affluent times, but as a result of inflation, Denmark, like all the Western nations, has had to cut back spendind.
Spanish-English dictionary > en épocas de prosperidad económica
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30 exhalar
v.1 to exhale, to breathe out (aire).exhalar el último suspiro to breathe one's last (breath)El paciente expiró para el médico The patient exhaled for the doctor.2 to give off.* * *1 (gases, vapores, etc) to give off; (aire) to exhale, breathe out* * *1. VT1) (=arrojar) [+ aire] to exhale; [+ gas] to emit, give off2) [persona] [+ suspiro] to breathe; [+ gemido] to utter2.See:* * *verbo transitivo (liter)exhaló el último suspiro — (euf) she breathed her last (euph)
b) < olor> to give off* * *= vent, give off, billow out, spout.Ex. Mount Etna in Sicily is currently venting white steam clouds.Ex. Once the fronds have given off their spores, they die and can be cut back.Ex. Nearly everyone has seen a factory's smokestack billowing out black sooty smoke that dirties the air and blackens buildings.Ex. The weather cleared enough that we could get in to the volcanic islands (still spouting plumes of smoke) by copter in safety.----* exhalar humo = steam.* * *verbo transitivo (liter)exhaló el último suspiro — (euf) she breathed her last (euph)
b) < olor> to give off* * *= vent, give off, billow out, spout.Ex: Mount Etna in Sicily is currently venting white steam clouds.
Ex: Once the fronds have given off their spores, they die and can be cut back.Ex: Nearly everyone has seen a factory's smokestack billowing out black sooty smoke that dirties the air and blackens buildings.Ex: The weather cleared enough that we could get in to the volcanic islands (still spouting plumes of smoke) by copter in safety.* exhalar humo = steam.* * *exhalar [A1 ]vt( liter)1 ‹suspiro› to breathe, heave; ‹queja› to utter2 ‹olor› to give off* * *
exhalar verbo transitivo to exhale, breathe out
(un gas, perfume) to give off, emit
(un suspiro) to heave
' exhalar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
espíritu
English:
exhale
- breathe
* * *exhalar vt1. [aire] to exhale, to breathe out;[suspiros] to heave;exhalar el último suspiro to breathe one's last (breath)2. [olor, vapor] to give off* * *v/t1 olor give off2 suspiro heave, let out* * *exhalar vtespirar: to exhale, to give off -
31 fronda
f.1 foliage, frond.2 leaf.* * *1 foliage* * *SF1) (=hoja) frond* * ** * *= frond.Ex. Once the fronds have given off their spores, they die and can be cut back.* * ** * *= frond.Ex: Once the fronds have given off their spores, they die and can be cut back.
* * *la Fronda the Fronde* * *fronda nf1. [follaje] foliage, leaves2. [hoja] frond* * *f leaves pl, foliage; de helecho frond* * *fronda nf1) : frond2) frondas nfpl: foliage -
32 pagar el pato
familiar to carry the can* * **to carry the can** * *(v.) = carry + the can, take it on + the chinEx. It would be a gross injustice if the intelligence agencies were now to carry the can for a war built on such slender foundations.Ex. The people who take it on the chin are builders, who are forced to cut back on construction because they don't want to add more properties to an oversupplied market.* * *(v.) = carry + the can, take it on + the chinEx: It would be a gross injustice if the intelligence agencies were now to carry the can for a war built on such slender foundations.
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33 pagar las consecuencias
(v.) = pay + penalty, pay + toll, pay + the price, pay + the tab, pay + the penalty, take it on + the chinEx. The penalty to be paid for this is that the whole file is slightly more than twice the size of the data base.Ex. This is a kind of intellectual toll paid for the use of the discovery.Ex. The searcher, however, pays the price with less-accessible records and with loss of searching facilities.Ex. Unless more of us refuse to be content to coast along, living off the fat of the land and leaving others to pay the tab, there is no guarantee that America will be a better place for our children than it was for us.Ex. They will have to free themselves from the shackles of convention or else pay the penalty.Ex. The people who take it on the chin are builders, who are forced to cut back on construction because they don't want to add more properties to an oversupplied market.* * *(v.) = pay + penalty, pay + toll, pay + the price, pay + the tab, pay + the penalty, take it on + the chinEx: The penalty to be paid for this is that the whole file is slightly more than twice the size of the data base.
Ex: This is a kind of intellectual toll paid for the use of the discovery.Ex: The searcher, however, pays the price with less-accessible records and with loss of searching facilities.Ex: Unless more of us refuse to be content to coast along, living off the fat of the land and leaving others to pay the tab, there is no guarantee that America will be a better place for our children than it was for us.Ex: They will have to free themselves from the shackles of convention or else pay the penalty.Ex: The people who take it on the chin are builders, who are forced to cut back on construction because they don't want to add more properties to an oversupplied market. -
34 saturado
adj.saturated, full, glutted, saturate.past part.past participle of spanish verb: saturar.* * *1→ link=saturar saturar► adjetivo1 saturated2 figurado sick, tired* * *ADJ saturated* * *- da adjetivoa) (Fís, Quím) saturatedb) < mercado> saturated; < líneas telefónicas> busy, engaged (BrE)c) (fam) < persona>* * *= saturated, soggy [soggier -comp., soggiest -sup.], sated, oversupplied.Ex. Place a drop of a saturated solution of sugar in water on the paper and dab up the excess liquid with cotton wool.Ex. The snakes had been kept in the soggy bilges for forty days and forty nights and were in pretty sad shape.Ex. This article portrays archivists on the one hand as conscientious and orderly preservers of history, on the other as sated pragmatists who have lost their idealism.Ex. The people who take it on the chin are builders, who are forced to cut back on construction because they don't want to add more properties to an oversupplied market.----* ácido graso saturado = saturated fatty acid.* estar saturado de trabajo = work to + capacity.* grasas saturadas = saturated fat.* saturado de = oiled by/with.* * *- da adjetivoa) (Fís, Quím) saturatedb) < mercado> saturated; < líneas telefónicas> busy, engaged (BrE)c) (fam) < persona>* * *= saturated, soggy [soggier -comp., soggiest -sup.], sated, oversupplied.Ex: Place a drop of a saturated solution of sugar in water on the paper and dab up the excess liquid with cotton wool.
Ex: The snakes had been kept in the soggy bilges for forty days and forty nights and were in pretty sad shape.Ex: This article portrays archivists on the one hand as conscientious and orderly preservers of history, on the other as sated pragmatists who have lost their idealism.Ex: The people who take it on the chin are builders, who are forced to cut back on construction because they don't want to add more properties to an oversupplied market.* ácido graso saturado = saturated fatty acid.* estar saturado de trabajo = work to + capacity.* grasas saturadas = saturated fat.* saturado de = oiled by/with.* * *saturado -da2 ‹mercado› saturated; ‹líneas telefónicas› busy, engaged ( BrE)una semana saturada de compromisos urgentes a week full of urgent appointments3 ( fam) ‹persona›están saturados de trabajo they're up to their eyes in work ( colloq), they're snowed under with workllévate a los niños de paseo que me tienen saturado take the kids for a walk, I've had enough of them o I've had it up to here with them ( colloq)* * *
Del verbo saturar: ( conjugate saturar)
saturado es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
saturado
saturar
saturado◊ -da adjetivo ( en general) saturated;
‹ líneas telefónicas› busy, engaged (BrE)
saturar ( conjugate saturar) verbo transitivo
to saturate
saturar verbo transitivo to saturate, flood
Fís Quím to saturate
' saturado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cargada
- cargado
English:
saturated
* * *saturado, -a adjestoy saturado de comida I've had as much as I can to eat;estoy saturado de deporte en televisión I've had my fill of TV sport2. [mercado, espacio aéreo] saturated;las líneas telefónicas están saturadas the telephone lines are saturated;el mercado está saturado de imitaciones the market is saturated with imitations -
35 sufrir las consecuencias
(v.) = suffer + consequences, take it on + the chinEx. Reading literature allows us to experience all kinds of human possibilities, from murder to childbirth, without suffering the consequences of undergoing the experiences in real life.Ex. The people who take it on the chin are builders, who are forced to cut back on construction because they don't want to add more properties to an oversupplied market.* * *(v.) = suffer + consequences, take it on + the chinEx: Reading literature allows us to experience all kinds of human possibilities, from murder to childbirth, without suffering the consequences of undergoing the experiences in real life.
Ex: The people who take it on the chin are builders, who are forced to cut back on construction because they don't want to add more properties to an oversupplied market. -
36 despedir
v.1 to say goodbye to.nos despidió con la mano he waved goodbye to usfuimos a despedirle a la estación we went to see him off at the station2 to make redundant, to lay off (de un empleo) (por cierre, reducción de plantilla).3 to fling.salir despedido de/por/hacia algo to fly out of/through/toward something4 to give off.despide un olor insoportable it gives off an unbearable smell5 to emit, to cast, to send forth, to discharge.María despide buenas vibraciones Mary emits good vibrations.6 to fire, to boot, to kick out, to lay off.El jefe despidió a la secretaria The boss dismissed the secretary.7 to see off.* * *1 (lanzar) to shoot, fire2 (echar) to throw out3 (emitir) to emit, give off4 (del trabajo) to dismiss, fire, sack5 (decir adiós) to see off, say goodbye to1 (decirse adiós) to say goodbye (de, to)2 (de un empleo) to leave (de, -)3 figurado (olvidarse, renunciar) to forget (de, -), give up (de, -)\despedirse a la francesa to take French leavesalir despedido,-a to shoot off* * *verb1) to dismiss, fire2) give, emit3) see out•* * *1. VT1) (=decir adiós a) [gen] to say goodbye to; [+ visita] to see out; [+ cliente] to show out¿cómo vais a despedir el año? — how are you going to see the new year in?
2) (=librarse de) [+ empleado] to dismiss, sack *; [+ inquilino] to evict3) (=lanzar) [+ objeto] to hurl, fling; [+ flecha] to fire; [+ jinete] to throw4) (=desprender) [+ olor, calor] to give off2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo1) ( decir adiós)2) ( del trabajo) to dismiss, fire (colloq); ( por reducción de personal) to lay off3) < olor> to give off; <humo/vapor> to emit, give off2.salir despedido — corcho/pelota to shoot out
despedirse v pron1) ( decir adiós) to say goodbyese despide atentamente — (Corresp) sincerely yours (AmE), yours sincerely (BrE)
2) ( dar por perdido)despedirse de algo: si se lo prestate ya te puedes despedir de él if you lent it to him, you can kiss it goodbye; despídete de la idea — you can forget the whole idea
* * *1.verbo transitivo1) ( decir adiós)2) ( del trabajo) to dismiss, fire (colloq); ( por reducción de personal) to lay off3) < olor> to give off; <humo/vapor> to emit, give off2.salir despedido — corcho/pelota to shoot out
despedirse v pron1) ( decir adiós) to say goodbyese despide atentamente — (Corresp) sincerely yours (AmE), yours sincerely (BrE)
2) ( dar por perdido)despedirse de algo: si se lo prestate ya te puedes despedir de él if you lent it to him, you can kiss it goodbye; despídete de la idea — you can forget the whole idea
* * *despedir11 = kiss + Nombre + goodbye.Ex: The article 'Don't kiss Boolean goodbye' criticizes the recent trend away from Boolean searching and towards natural language searching in online systems.
* despedir (a) = say + goodbye (to).* despedirse = bid + Nombre + goodbye, part, bid + adieu, bid + farewell.* despedirse de Alguien deseándole que todo vaya bien = wish + well.despedir22 = fire, lay off, discharge, terminate, axe [ax, -USA], let + go, sack, make + redundant, give + Nombre + the boot, boot (out), give + Nombre + the sack, send + Nombre + packing, turf out, cashier.Ex: It began when Balzac and Pershing had an altercation (theirs was another of the 'running feuds' in the library), and Pershing was fired.
Ex: I've been sitting here wondering how best to select the people to be laid off.Ex: By the beginning of the nineteenth century many British printers had come to rely for most of their work on relays of apprentices, who were simply discharged at the end of their terms and replaced by new apprentices.Ex: At coffee yesterday Jeff Gordon had apprised her of the fact that three of his engineers had been summarily terminated.Ex: 'He's been trying to cover up his tracks; those engineers who got axed were his scapegoats'.Ex: Suddenly she piped triumphantly, almost getting to her feet: 'We could let the student assistants go!'.Ex: The author warns that shortsighted companies that believe all the information they need is on the Web may sack information professionals.Ex: Many people have been made redundant in the takeover and those who joined last were the first to go -- the principle of devil take the hindmost applied.Ex: He was given the boot for being discovered with a camera taking a photo of hula dancers.Ex: As Hartwick got older, the feds decided he was a major security risk and booted him out of the program.Ex: Justin pointed out that the government would not compromise and those found protecting illegal immigrants would be given the sack.Ex: Those who hold this view argued that the state government lacks the political will to send them packing for good.Ex: You will be disliked and turfed out as a sacrificial goat once your job is done but there will be many others queuing up for your services.Ex: His case was referred to the next session, and in the following May he was cashiered.* despedir a discreción = fire at + will.* despedir a un empleado = dismiss + employee.* despedir del trabajo = make + redundant.* despedir mano de obra = shed + jobs, axe + jobs, cut + jobs.* despedir obreros = shed + jobs, axe + jobs, cut + jobs.despedir33 = give off, spout.Ex: Once the fronds have given off their spores, they die and can be cut back.
Ex: The weather cleared enough that we could get in to the volcanic islands (still spouting plumes of smoke) by copter in safety.* * *vtA(decir adiós): vinieron a despedirme al aeropuerto they came to see me off at the airportdespidió a su hijo con lágrimas en los ojos she saw her son off o said goodbye to her son with tears in her eyesorganizaron una fiesta para despedir el año they organized a party to see in the New Year, they organized a New Year's partydespedir los restos de algn to pay one's last respects to sbB (del trabajo) to dismiss, fire ( colloq)no estaba a la altura del trabajo y lo despidieron he wasn't up to the job and he was dismissed o ( colloq) firedcerraron dos departamentos y despidieron a 300 trabajadores they closed two departments and laid off 300 workers o made 300 workers redundant o ( euph) let 300 workers goC1 ‹olor› to give off; ‹humo/vapor› to emit, give off2 (arrojar) ‹flecha/bola› to fireel corcho salió despedido con fuerza the cork shot outel conductor salió despedido de su asiento the driver was thrown out of his seatA (decir adiós) to say goodbyese despidieron en el aeropuerto they said goodbye (to each other) at the airportse despide atentamente ( Corresp) sincerely yours ( AmE), yours sincerely ( BrE), yours faithfully ( BrE)B (dar por perdido) despedirse DE algo:¿se lo prestaste? ya te puedes ir despidiendo de él did you lend it to him? well you can say o ( colloq) kiss goodbye to thatdespídete de la idea, no quedan entradas you can forget the whole idea, there are no tickets left* * *
despedir ( conjugate despedir) verbo transitivo
1 ( decir adiós):
2 ( del trabajo) to dismiss, fire (colloq);
( por reducción de personal) to lay off
3 ‹ olor› to give off;
‹humo/vapor› to emit, give off;
el conductor salió despedido del asiento the driver was thrown out of his seat
despedirse verbo pronominal ( decir adiós) to say goodbye;
despedirse de algn to say goodbye to sb
despedir verbo transitivo
1 (a un empleado) to sack, fire
2 (a alguien que se va) to see off
3 to say goodbye to
4 (aroma, humo, etc) to give off
' despedir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
atufar
- botar
- despedirse
- echar
- largar
- soltar
- tranquilidad
- desahuciar
- despida
- destituir
- oler
English:
ax
- axe
- chop
- discharge
- dismiss
- emit
- fire
- give off
- keep on
- lay off
- must
- push
- redundant
- release
- remove
- sack
- see off
- send away
- terminate
- fume
- give
- keep
- lay
- see
- send
* * *♦ vt1. [decir adiós a] to say goodbye to;fuimos a despedirle a la estación we went to see him off at the station;nos despidió con la mano he waved goodbye to us;despídeme de tus padres say goodbye to your parents for me;despedimos así nuestra serie de documentales sobre la India this will be the last in our series of documentaries on India;muchos acudieron a despedir el féretro al paso del cortejo fúnebre many came to see the coffin off as the funeral procession passed;¡vaya manera de despedir el año! what a way to see the New Year in!2. [de un empleo] [por cierre, reducción de plantilla] to lay off, Br to make redundant;[por razones disciplinarias] to fire, to sack3. [lanzar, arrojar] to fling;la manguera despedía un chorro enorme the hose sent out o shot out a huge jet of water;el volcán dejó de despedir lava the volcano stopped spewing out lava;salir despedido de/por/hacia algo to fly out of/through/towards sth;el copiloto salió despedido the copilot shot out of his seat4. [desprender] to give off;despide un olor insoportable it gives off an unbearable smell* * *v/t1 see off2 empleado dismiss3 perfume give off4 de jinete throw;salir despedido del coche be thrown out of the car* * *despedir {54} vt1) : to see off, to show out2) : to dismiss, to fire3) emitir: to give off, to emitdespedir un olor: to give off an odor* * *despedir vb3. (echar del trabajo) to fire / to sack -
37 retacear
1 (recortar) to cut out* * *VT And, Cono Sur to give grudgingly* * *verbo transitivo (RPl)* * *verbo transitivo (RPl)* * *retacear [A1 ]vt( RPl): nos retacearon los recursos they kept a tight hold on the purse strings* * *retacear vtRP1. [recortar] [presupuesto] to cut;[recursos] to cut back on2. [escatimar] to skimp on -
38 regresar a casa
• come back home• come home• cut back home• go back again• go back in• return game• return item -
39 economizar dinero
v.to cut back on expenses, to cut on expenses, to cut corners. -
40 capar
v.to castrate, to geld (animal).* * *1 to geld, castrate* * *VT1) [+ animal] to castrate, geld2) (fig) to reduce, cut down, curtail3) Caribe, Méx (Agr) to cut back, prune* * *verbo transitivo1) ( castrar) to castrate2) (Col fam) (esp AmE colloq)capar clase — to play hooky (esp AmE colloq), to skive off (school) (BrE colloq)
* * *= castrate.Ex. Seven control and seven treated animals were castrated 56 days after the start of the experiment and the testes were examined histologically.* * *verbo transitivo1) ( castrar) to castrate2) (Col fam) (esp AmE colloq)capar clase — to play hooky (esp AmE colloq), to skive off (school) (BrE colloq)
* * *= castrate.Ex: Seven control and seven treated animals were castrated 56 days after the start of the experiment and the testes were examined histologically.
* * *capar [A1 ]vtA (castrar) to castratelos cogieron capando clase they were caught playing hooky ( esp AmE) o ( BrE) skiving off (school) ( colloq)* * *
capar ( conjugate capar) verbo transitivo
1 ( castrar) to castrate
2 (Col fam)
capar verbo transitivo to castrate
' capar' also found in these entries:
English:
hooky
- skive off
- truant
* * *capar vt1. [animal] to castrate, to geld;muy Famsi se enteran, me capan if they find out, they'll skin me alive o Br have my guts for garters2. Andes, Carib [podar] to prune* * *v/t castrate
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