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61 escombros
* * *SMPL (=basura) rubbish sing, garbage (EEUU) sing ; [de obra, edificio] debris sing, rubble sing ; (Min) slag sing* * *masculino plural rubble* * *= rubble, debris, wreckage, builders' rubble, construction debris, building debris.Ex. The article ' Rubble with a cause: earthquake preparedness in California' assesses the impact in academic libraries in California of 2 major earthquakes.Ex. Nothing is left except debris and there remains nothing to salvage: only to bulldoze, clear and throw into rubbish dumps.Ex. The wreckage of a Venetian galleon and its cargo were found on the seabed near the islet of Gnalic in Dalmatia.Ex. It was found that someone had dumped a load of builders' rubble down a manhole blocking the sewer and causing havoc.Ex. As part of his guilty plea, he admitted that he discharged the construction debris in the barrels and buckets overboard into San Diego Harbor.Ex. No person shall throw any waste, building debris or vehicle scrap into the public domain or defile the public domain.----* vertedero de escombros = landfill site, landfill.* * *masculino plural rubble* * *= rubble, debris, wreckage, builders' rubble, construction debris, building debris.Ex: The article ' Rubble with a cause: earthquake preparedness in California' assesses the impact in academic libraries in California of 2 major earthquakes.
Ex: Nothing is left except debris and there remains nothing to salvage: only to bulldoze, clear and throw into rubbish dumps.Ex: The wreckage of a Venetian galleon and its cargo were found on the seabed near the islet of Gnalic in Dalmatia.Ex: It was found that someone had dumped a load of builders' rubble down a manhole blocking the sewer and causing havoc.Ex: As part of his guilty plea, he admitted that he discharged the construction debris in the barrels and buckets overboard into San Diego Harbor.Ex: No person shall throw any waste, building debris or vehicle scrap into the public domain or defile the public domain.* vertedero de escombros = landfill site, landfill.* * *rubblelo encontraron entre los escombros they found him among the rubbletras el bombardeo la ciudad quedó reducida a escombros the bombing left the city in ruins o reduced the city to rubble* * *
escombros sustantivo masculino plural
rubble
escombros mpl rubble, debris sing
' escombros' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
contenedor
- verter
- remover
English:
debris
- rubble
- skip
- Dumpster
- pull
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62 finalizar repentinamente
(v.) = come to + an abrupt end, come to + a swift endEx. The demand for the old faces came to an abrupt end and the founders withdrew them from sale, some even destroying the old punches and matrices as so much scrap.Ex. But these heady days came to a swift end with the stock market crash on Black Tuesday, October 29, 1929, in New York, Toronto, Montreal and other financial centres in the world.* * *(v.) = come to + an abrupt end, come to + a swift endEx: The demand for the old faces came to an abrupt end and the founders withdrew them from sale, some even destroying the old punches and matrices as so much scrap.
Ex: But these heady days came to a swift end with the stock market crash on Black Tuesday, October 29, 1929, in New York, Toronto, Montreal and other financial centres in the world. -
63 fundidor
m.1 founder, melter, one who casts metals.2 foundry worker, caster, smith, foundry man.* * *1 smelter, caster* * *fundidor, -aSM / F (=persona) smelter, founder; [en fábrica] foundry worker* * *= founder.Ex. The demand for the old faces came to an abrupt end and the founders withdrew them from sale, some even destroying the old punches and matrices as so much scrap.----* fundidor de tipos = punch-cutter [punchcutter], type-founder [typefounder], cutter of type.* máquina fundidora de tipos = typecasting machine.* * *= founder.Ex: The demand for the old faces came to an abrupt end and the founders withdrew them from sale, some even destroying the old punches and matrices as so much scrap.
* fundidor de tipos = punch-cutter [punchcutter], type-founder [typefounder], cutter of type.* máquina fundidora de tipos = typecasting machine.* * *masculine, femininefoundry worker* * *fundidor, -ora♦ adjRP Fam shattering, exhausting♦ nm,ffoundry worker -
64 ministerio de transportes
(n.) = transport authoritiesEx. China's transport authorities plan to scrap dilapidated ships to enhance safety and improve the competitiveness of the industry.* * *(n.) = transport authoritiesEx: China's transport authorities plan to scrap dilapidated ships to enhance safety and improve the competitiveness of the industry.
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65 más bueno que un pan
Ex. It may look like junk, but to thieves scrap metal has become as good as gold.* * *Ex: It may look like junk, but to thieves scrap metal has become as good as gold.
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66 papel2
2 = paper, stationery, paper stock.Ex. Folders allow a set of papers to be kept together when a set on a given topic is removed from the file.Ex. Dual dictionaries are not card-based, but are computer produced post-co-ordinate indexes where usually two identical lists are printed on continuous computer stationery.Ex. As far as durability is concerned, comic books are now published on heavier, higher quality paper stock; the days of newsprint are largely gone = En lo que respecta a la durabilidad, los tebeos se publican ahora en papel de mayor grosor y calidad; los días del papel de "periódico" de baja calidad en general pertenecen al pasado.----* abanicar el papel = fan (out) + paper.* acidez del papel = paper acidity.* acolchado con papel = paper padded.* atasco de papel = paper jam.* bandeja de alimentación de papel = feed tray.* basado en el papel = paper-based.* bloque de papel = pad of paper.* bolsa de papel = paper carrier, paper bag.* caja de pañuelos de papel = box of tissue.* calidad del papel = paper quality.* cinta de papel continuo = web of paper.* clip para el papel = paper clip.* confección de papel = paper-making [papermaking].* con papel de calco intercalado = carbon interleaved paper.* copia de papel de calco = carbon copy.* copia en papel = hard copy [hardcopy].* cubierta de papel = paper cover.* dispensador de papel de cocina = kitchen roll holder.* dispensador de toallitas de papel = kitchen roll holder.* documento en papel = paper document.* edición en papel coloreado = coloured-paper issue.* encuadernación flexible en papel = limp paper binding.* en formato papel = in hard copy, paper-based.* en papel = in print, paper-based, in hard copy.* envoltorio de papel = paper wrapper.* existencias de papel = paper stock.* fabricación de papel = paper-making [papermaking], paper manufacturing.* fábrica de papel = paper mill, pulp and paper mill.* farolillo de papel = Chinese lantern.* fibra de papel = paper fibre.* forma de papel vitela = wove mould.* forma de un solo fondo para papel verjurado = single-faced laid mould.* forma para papel verjurado = laid mould.* formato de presentación en papel = hard copy format.* funda de papel = paper jacket.* hoja de papel = slip of paper, sheet of paper.* hoja de papel continuo = web of paper.* hoja de papel encerada = wax sheet.* impresión en papel = print on paper.* impreso en papel = paper-printed.* industria del papel = paper industry.* invasión del papel, la = paper storm, the.* letra cuya impresión en papel no está completa = broken letter.* mano de papel = quire.* máquina continua de papel = paper-making machine.* máquina de papel continuo = newsprint machine.* máquina de perforar papeles = desk punch.* máquina Fourdrinier de papel continuo = newsprint Fourdrinier.* mundo del papel impreso, el = paper world, the.* oficina sin papel = paperless office.* pañuelo de papel = tissue.* papel acídico = acidic paper.* papel ácido = acid paper, acidic paper.* papel adhesivo = contact paper.* papel Albal = tinfoil [tin foil], kitchen foil, aluminum foil, aluminium foil.* papel alcalino = alkaline paper.* papel a mano-máquina = mouldmade paper.* papel avitelado = wove paper.* papel comercial = commercial paper.* papel con membrete = letterhead.* papel continuo = web, continuous paper.* papel continuo de períodico = newsprint.* papel cuadriculado = graph paper.* papel cuché = art paper, coated paper.* papel de acidez neutralizada = deacidified paper.* papel de aluminio = aluminium foil, tinfoil [tin foil], kitchen foil, aluminum foil.* papel de arroz = rice paper, pith paper.* papel de biblia = Bible paper.* papel debilitado = brittle paper.* papel de calcar = tracing paper.* papel de calco = carbon paper, carbon, tracing paper.* papel de cera = greaseproof paper, waxed paper.* papel de China = rice paper, pith paper.* papel de cocina = paper towel, kitchen paper.* papel de colores = coloured paper.* papel de embalar = wrapping paper.* papel de empapelar = wallpaper.* papel de envolver = wrapping paper.* papel de envolver regalos = gift wrapping paper.* papel de escribir = writing paper.* papel de escritura = bond paper.* papel de esmeril = emery paper.* papel de esparto = esparto paper.* papel de imprenta = printing paper, copy paper.* papel de lija = sandpaper, emery paper.* papel de multicopista = run-off paper.* papel de pasta = paste paper.* papel de periódico = newsprint.* papel de plata = tinfoil [tin foil], kitchen foil, aluminum foil, aluminium foil.* papel desacidificado = deacidified paper.* papel de seda = tissue paper, tissue sheet.* papel de tela = rag paper.* papel de tornasol = litmus paper.* papel de trapo = rag paper.* papel de virutas = woodchip paper.* papel digital = digital paper.* papel dominante = alpha role.* papel durable = durable paper.* papel duradero = durable paper.* papel esmeril = emery paper.* papel estraza = brown paper.* papel estucado = art paper, coated paper.* papel hecho a mano = hand-made paper.* papel hecho a máquina = machine-made paper.* papel higiénico = toilet paper, loo paper.* papel hilo = bond paper.* papel inservible = scrap paper, scrap.* papel kraft = kraft.* papel lignario = ligneous paper.* papel moneda = banknote, paper money.* papel neutro = acid-free paper.* papel no ácido = acid-free paper.* papel perforado continuo = continuous computer stationery.* papel permanente = permanent paper, durable paper.* papel plastificado = laminated paper, plasticised paper.* papel reciclado = recycled paper.* papel satinado = glossy paper.* papel secante = blotting paper, blotter.* papel sin acidez = acid-free paper.* papel soporte para estucado = body paper.* papel verjurado = laid paper.* papel verjurado hecho a máquina = machine-made laid paper.* papel verjurado manual = laid hand-made paper.* papel vitela = wove paper.* pasta de papel = stuff.* plato de papel = paper plate.* poner papel en la impresora = load + printer.* publicación en papel = paper publication.* publicación sin papel = paperless publishing.* que no está en papel = non-paper [non paper].* recipiente de papel = paper container.* reproducción en papel = blowback.* reproductor de microformas en papel = reader/printer [reader-printer].* rollo de papel de cocina = kitchen roll.* rollo de papel higiénico = loo roll.* rollo de toallitas de papel = kitchen roll.* saco de papel = paper sack.* separación mediante papel = paper splitting.* sin papel = paperless.* sobre el papel = in intent, nominally.* sociedad del papel = paper society.* sociedad sin papel, la = paperless society, the.* sólo en papel = print-only.* toallita de papel = paper towel, kitchen paper.* trozo de papel = slip.* un mar de papel = a sea of + paper. -
67 por encima de todo
above all* * *= at all costs, at any cost, at any priceEx. This article presents a decalogue of a librarian's faults: a library for the benefit of librarians; a library for the benefit of the management; a drive to obtain new technology at all costs; egotism of departments; egotism of libraries; dictatorship instead of management; working 'in silence'; putting on blinkers; laissez-faire; and wasteful use of time, people and resources.Ex. Illegal work practices aimed at achieving economic success at any cost were widespread.Ex. The new law would scrap the existing anti-scalping law and allow tickets to be resold at any price.* * *= at all costs, at any cost, at any priceEx: This article presents a decalogue of a librarian's faults: a library for the benefit of librarians; a library for the benefit of the management; a drive to obtain new technology at all costs; egotism of departments; egotism of libraries; dictatorship instead of management; working 'in silence'; putting on blinkers; laissez-faire; and wasteful use of time, people and resources.
Ex: Illegal work practices aimed at achieving economic success at any cost were widespread.Ex: The new law would scrap the existing anti-scalping law and allow tickets to be resold at any price. -
68 profanar
v.1 to desecrate.2 to profane, to defile, to desecrate.* * *1 to desecrate, profane* * *VT [+ tumba, templo] to desecrate, defile* * *verbo transitivo <templo/sepultura> to desecrate, defile, profane (frml)profanar la memoria de alguien — to defile o profane somebody's memory
* * *= desecrate, defile.Ex. These are persons who go around under cover of night desecrating graves and also seizing unsuspecting colored people for the purpose of dissection.Ex. No person shall throw any waste, building debris or vehicle scrap into the public domain or defile the public domain.----* profanar una tumba = rob + grave.* * *verbo transitivo <templo/sepultura> to desecrate, defile, profane (frml)profanar la memoria de alguien — to defile o profane somebody's memory
* * *= desecrate, defile.Ex: These are persons who go around under cover of night desecrating graves and also seizing unsuspecting colored people for the purpose of dissection.
Ex: No person shall throw any waste, building debris or vehicle scrap into the public domain or defile the public domain.* profanar una tumba = rob + grave.* * *profanar [A1 ]vt‹templo/sepultura› to desecrate, defile, profane ( frml)están profanando la memoria de mi padre they are defiling o profaning my father's memory* * *
profanar ( conjugate profanar) verbo transitivo ‹templo/sepultura› to desecrate, defile
profanar verbo transitivo to desecrate
' profanar' also found in these entries:
English:
desecrate
- violate
* * *profanar vtto desecrate* * *v/t defile, desecrate* * *profanar vt: to profane, to desecrate♦ profanación nf -
69 retirar del mercado
(v.) = withdraw from + sale, take off + the marketEx. The demand for the old faces came to an abrupt end and the founders withdrew them from sale, some even destroying the old punches and matrices as so much scrap.Ex. Several slimming pills have been taken off the market because they have very serious side effects.* * *(v.) = withdraw from + sale, take off + the marketEx: The demand for the old faces came to an abrupt end and the founders withdrew them from sale, some even destroying the old punches and matrices as so much scrap.
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70 reventa de entradas
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71 ruinoso
adj.ruinous, in ruins, tacky, shabby.* * *► adjetivo1 ruinous, disastrous2 figurado tumbledown, dilapidated* * *ADJ1) (Arquit) ruinous; (=destartalado) tumbledown2) (Econ) ruinous, disastrous* * *- sa adjetivo <edificio/vivienda> dilapidated, rundown; <economía/negocio> ruinous, disastrous* * *= ruinous, dilapidated, decayed, decaying, disintegrating, crumbling, nasty looking, shanky [shankier -comp., shankiest -sup.], ramshackle.Ex. Negative features are the water sprinkler fire extinguishing system, which, if activated, would be ruinous to the Library's holdings.Ex. China's transport authorities plan to scrap dilapidated ships to enhance safety and improve the competitiveness of the industry.Ex. The city was considered to be seedy ( decayed, littered, grimy, and dreary), crowded, busy, and strongly idiosyncratic (quaint, historic, colorful, and full of 'atmosphere').Ex. Following World War II, 'urban renewal' referred primarily to public efforts to revitalize aging and decaying inner cities.Ex. For all Havana's crumbling structures, its disintegrating roads and toxin-belching jalopies, it attracts over a million tourists each year.Ex. We must now look beyond crumbling books to determine the deeper significance of our stewardship obligations for the future = Debemos mirar más allá de los libros en deterioro para determinar cuál es el verdadero significado de nuestras obligaciones para el futuro.Ex. It's more advisable to have a cheap and skanky bike for pootling around town, the idea being that no-one would want to nick a nasty looking bike.Ex. It's more advisable to have a cheap and skanky bike for pootling around town, the idea being that no-one would want to nick a nasty looking bike.Ex. The ramshackle village clings like a limpet to the cliffs.----* de aspecto ruinoso = run-down.* * *- sa adjetivo <edificio/vivienda> dilapidated, rundown; <economía/negocio> ruinous, disastrous* * *= ruinous, dilapidated, decayed, decaying, disintegrating, crumbling, nasty looking, shanky [shankier -comp., shankiest -sup.], ramshackle.Ex: Negative features are the water sprinkler fire extinguishing system, which, if activated, would be ruinous to the Library's holdings.
Ex: China's transport authorities plan to scrap dilapidated ships to enhance safety and improve the competitiveness of the industry.Ex: The city was considered to be seedy ( decayed, littered, grimy, and dreary), crowded, busy, and strongly idiosyncratic (quaint, historic, colorful, and full of 'atmosphere').Ex: Following World War II, 'urban renewal' referred primarily to public efforts to revitalize aging and decaying inner cities.Ex: For all Havana's crumbling structures, its disintegrating roads and toxin-belching jalopies, it attracts over a million tourists each year.Ex: We must now look beyond crumbling books to determine the deeper significance of our stewardship obligations for the future = Debemos mirar más allá de los libros en deterioro para determinar cuál es el verdadero significado de nuestras obligaciones para el futuro.Ex: It's more advisable to have a cheap and skanky bike for pootling around town, the idea being that no-one would want to nick a nasty looking bike.Ex: It's more advisable to have a cheap and skanky bike for pootling around town, the idea being that no-one would want to nick a nasty looking bike.Ex: The ramshackle village clings like a limpet to the cliffs.* de aspecto ruinoso = run-down.* * *ruinoso -sa1 ‹edificio/vivienda› dilapidated, rundown2 ‹economía/negocio› ruinous, disastrouslos intereses resultaron ruinosos the interest was ruinous o crippling* * *
ruinoso,-a adjetivo
1 (un edificio) dilapidated, tumbledown
2 (un negocio) ruinous, disastrous
' ruinoso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ruinosa
English:
dilapidated
- ruinous
- condemn
* * *ruinoso, -a adj1. [poco rentable] ruinous;la situación del sector textil es ruinosa the textile industry is in a disastrous o ruinous state2. [edificio] ramshackle, dilapidated* * *adj in ruins;estado ruinoso dilapidated state* * *ruinoso, -sa adj1) : run-down, dilapidated2) : ruinous, disasterous -
72 rumor
m.1 murmur (ruido sordo).un rumor de voces the sound of voices2 rumor (chisme).corre un rumor there's a rumor going roundcorre el rumor de que va a dimitir it is rumored that he's going to resign3 noise, rumbling.* * *1 (murmullo) murmur2 (noticia, voz) rumour (US rumor)\corre el rumor de que... rumour (US rumor) has it that...* * *noun m.* * *SM1) (=noticia vaga) rumour, rumor (EEUU)circula o corre el rumor de que... — there's a rumour going round that...
2) (=murmullo) murmur; [de voces] buzz* * *a) ( murmuración) rumor*circulan rumores de que... — rumors are circulating that..., rumor has it that...
b) ( sonido) murmur* * *= rumour [rumor, -USA], rumblings, whisper.Ex. There have even been rumours of plans to scrap most of the industrial side of its work and disperse key elements, such as the work on regional and industrial aid, to the provinces.Ex. The world was becoming smaller & more claustrophobic with the rumblings of war in Europe.Ex. Some of them were conversing together in soundless whispers.----* circulaba el rumor de que = rumour had it that.* circula el rumor de que = rumour has it that.* corre el rumor de que = rumour has it that.* corría el rumor de que = rumour had it that.* dar lugar a rumores = fuel + rumours, give + rise to rumours.* dar pábulo a rumores = fuel + rumours, give + rise to rumours.* desmentir un rumor = scoff at + the idea, dismiss + speculation.* difundir un rumor = spread + rumour.* difusión de rumores = rumour mongering.* enterarse por rumores = hear about it + via the grapevine, learn + it on/through the grapevine, hear it + on/through the grapevine.* negar un rumor = scoff at + the idea.* por rumores = grapevine.* rumor + circular = rumour + circulate.* rumores = grapevine, hearsay, scuttlebutt.* * *a) ( murmuración) rumor*circulan rumores de que... — rumors are circulating that..., rumor has it that...
b) ( sonido) murmur* * *= rumour [rumor, -USA], rumblings, whisper.Ex: There have even been rumours of plans to scrap most of the industrial side of its work and disperse key elements, such as the work on regional and industrial aid, to the provinces.
Ex: The world was becoming smaller & more claustrophobic with the rumblings of war in Europe.Ex: Some of them were conversing together in soundless whispers.* circulaba el rumor de que = rumour had it that.* circula el rumor de que = rumour has it that.* corre el rumor de que = rumour has it that.* corría el rumor de que = rumour had it that.* dar lugar a rumores = fuel + rumours, give + rise to rumours.* dar pábulo a rumores = fuel + rumours, give + rise to rumours.* desmentir un rumor = scoff at + the idea, dismiss + speculation.* difundir un rumor = spread + rumour.* difusión de rumores = rumour mongering.* enterarse por rumores = hear about it + via the grapevine, learn + it on/through the grapevine, hear it + on/through the grapevine.* negar un rumor = scoff at + the idea.* por rumores = grapevine.* rumor + circular = rumour + circulate.* rumores = grapevine, hearsay, scuttlebutt.* * *1 (murmuración) rumor*circulan rumores de que … rumors are circulating that …, rumor has it that …empiezan a correr rumores sobre su dimisión there are already rumors going around about his resignation2 (sonido) murmurel rumor del agua/viento the murmur of the water/winda lo lejos se oía un rumor de voces the murmur o low hum of conversation could be heard in the distance* * *
rumor sustantivo masculino
◊ circulan rumores de que … rumors are circulating that …, rumor has it that …
rumor sustantivo masculino
1 (noticia imprecisa) rumour: se extendió el rumor de que iban a asociarse, a rumor went around about their going into partnership
2 (sonido) murmur
' rumor' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
circular
- eco
- expandirse
- expansión
- extendida
- extendido
- habladuría
- sembrar
- atajar
- copucha
- correr
- crecer
- cundir
- desmentir
- difundir
- difusión
- esparcir
- levantar
- llegar
- malo
- negar
- rumorear
English:
buzz
- circulate
- foundation
- go about
- gossip
- murmur
- put about
- report
- rumor
- rumour
- run
- spread
- talk
- ugly
- unnamed
- whisper
- word
- feed
- get
- go
- put
- suggest
- swish
- vicious
* * *rumor nm1. [ruido sordo] murmur;el rumor de las olas the murmur of the waves;un rumor de voces the sound of voices2. [chisme] rumour;corre un rumor there's a rumour going round;corre el rumor de que va a dimitir it is rumoured that he's going to resign* * *m rumor, Brrumour* * *rumor nm1) : rumor2) : murmur* * *rumor n1. (noticia) rumour2. (ruido) murmur -
73 sea como sea
in any case* * *= be that as it may, at all costs, at any cost, at any price, come hell or high waterEx. Be that as it may, the fact is that there are tens of millions of MARC records in the world.Ex. This article presents a decalogue of a librarian's faults: a library for the benefit of librarians; a library for the benefit of the management; a drive to obtain new technology at all costs; egotism of departments; egotism of libraries; dictatorship instead of management; working 'in silence'; putting on blinkers; laissez-faire; and wasteful use of time, people and resources.Ex. Illegal work practices aimed at achieving economic success at any cost were widespread.Ex. The new law would scrap the existing anti-scalping law and allow tickets to be resold at any price.Ex. Come hell or high water, I'm going to stick to my guns and make this happen.* * *= be that as it may, at all costs, at any cost, at any price, come hell or high waterEx: Be that as it may, the fact is that there are tens of millions of MARC records in the world.
Ex: This article presents a decalogue of a librarian's faults: a library for the benefit of librarians; a library for the benefit of the management; a drive to obtain new technology at all costs; egotism of departments; egotism of libraries; dictatorship instead of management; working 'in silence'; putting on blinkers; laissez-faire; and wasteful use of time, people and resources.Ex: Illegal work practices aimed at achieving economic success at any cost were widespread.Ex: The new law would scrap the existing anti-scalping law and allow tickets to be resold at any price.Ex: Come hell or high water, I'm going to stick to my guns and make this happen. -
74 terminar repentinamente
(v.) = come to + a swift end, come to + an abrupt endEx. But these heady days came to a swift end with the stock market crash on Black Tuesday, October 29, 1929, in New York, Toronto, Montreal and other financial centres in the world.Ex. The demand for the old faces came to an abrupt end and the founders withdrew them from sale, some even destroying the old punches and matrices as so much scrap.* * *(v.) = come to + a swift end, come to + an abrupt endEx: But these heady days came to a swift end with the stock market crash on Black Tuesday, October 29, 1929, in New York, Toronto, Montreal and other financial centres in the world.
Ex: The demand for the old faces came to an abrupt end and the founders withdrew them from sale, some even destroying the old punches and matrices as so much scrap. -
75 trozo
m.piece (pedazo).hacer algo a trozos to do something bit by bitcortar algo en trozos to cut something into piecespres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: trozar.* * *1 piece, chunk* * *noun m.1) piece, bit, chunk2) fragment* * *SM1) (=pedazo) piece, bit2) (Literat, Mús) passagetrozos escogidos — selected passages, selections
* * *a) (de pan, pastel) piece, bit, slice; (de madera, papel, tela) piece, bit; (de vidrio, cerámica) piece, fragmentb) (Lit, Mús) passage* * *= chunk, length, piece, portion, shred, slice, gobbet, fragment, snippet, morsel, broken piece, hunk.Ex. So there is at least that big chunk of a file which is already a rather coherent catalog.Ex. A motion picture is a length of film, with or without recorded sound, bearing a sequence of images that create the illusion of movement when projected in rapid succession.Ex. Within one main class the same piece of notation may be used to signify different concepts.Ex. An extract is one o more portions of a document selected to represent the whole document.Ex. The article ' Shreds and patches: macrostatistics on libraries in the European Community' is a summary of the results of a study to compile economic and statistical data.Ex. A number of identical integrated circuits are usually made side by side on a single slice of silicon.Ex. This material includes case studies, games, and model making kits, each containing a pre-digested gobbet of information.Ex. During his stay in Laputa, Captain Gulliver was very impressed by a book-writing machine which produced fragments of sentences which were dictated to scribes and later pieced together.Ex. Automation in libraries can only provide snippets of information, not knowledge.Ex. The three monkeys used in this study chose the left arm as the leading arm to reach out and pull back a spring-loaded drawer containing a food morsel.Ex. Using charred bits of wood from campfires, broken pieces of clay pots, and stone spearpoints and arrowheads, the archaeologist investigates the past.Ex. This is especially good if you cut a turkey breast in hunks and marinade overnight then grill.----* a trozos = piecewise.* compuesto de trozos = piecewise.* con trozos = piecewise.* cortar en trozos = cut + Nombre + up.* dividir en trozos = split into + bits.* hecho de trozos = piecewise.* trozo de = scrap of.* trozo de carne = cut of meat.* trozo de césped arrancado = divot [divet].* trozo de información = tidbit [titbit, -USA], titbit [tidbit, -UK].* trozo de papel = slip.* trozo de piel = skin.* trozo de tela = strip of cloth.* trozo de vasija = potsherd, potsherd.* trozos = odds and ends, bits and pieces, bits and bobs.* un trozo de = a piece of, a snatch of, a stretch of.* * *a) (de pan, pastel) piece, bit, slice; (de madera, papel, tela) piece, bit; (de vidrio, cerámica) piece, fragmentb) (Lit, Mús) passage* * *= chunk, length, piece, portion, shred, slice, gobbet, fragment, snippet, morsel, broken piece, hunk.Ex: So there is at least that big chunk of a file which is already a rather coherent catalog.
Ex: A motion picture is a length of film, with or without recorded sound, bearing a sequence of images that create the illusion of movement when projected in rapid succession.Ex: Within one main class the same piece of notation may be used to signify different concepts.Ex: An extract is one o more portions of a document selected to represent the whole document.Ex: The article ' Shreds and patches: macrostatistics on libraries in the European Community' is a summary of the results of a study to compile economic and statistical data.Ex: A number of identical integrated circuits are usually made side by side on a single slice of silicon.Ex: This material includes case studies, games, and model making kits, each containing a pre-digested gobbet of information.Ex: During his stay in Laputa, Captain Gulliver was very impressed by a book-writing machine which produced fragments of sentences which were dictated to scribes and later pieced together.Ex: Automation in libraries can only provide snippets of information, not knowledge.Ex: The three monkeys used in this study chose the left arm as the leading arm to reach out and pull back a spring-loaded drawer containing a food morsel.Ex: Using charred bits of wood from campfires, broken pieces of clay pots, and stone spearpoints and arrowheads, the archaeologist investigates the past.Ex: This is especially good if you cut a turkey breast in hunks and marinade overnight then grill.* a trozos = piecewise.* compuesto de trozos = piecewise.* con trozos = piecewise.* cortar en trozos = cut + Nombre + up.* dividir en trozos = split into + bits.* hecho de trozos = piecewise.* trozo de = scrap of.* trozo de carne = cut of meat.* trozo de césped arrancado = divot [divet].* trozo de información = tidbit [titbit, -USA], titbit [tidbit, -UK].* trozo de papel = slip.* trozo de piel = skin.* trozo de tela = strip of cloth.* trozo de vasija = potsherd, potsherd.* trozos = odds and ends, bits and pieces, bits and bobs.* un trozo de = a piece of, a snatch of, a stretch of.* * *1 (de pan, pastel) piece, bit, slice; (de madera, papel, tela) piece, bit; (de vidrio, cerámica) piece, fragmentcortar la zanahoria en trocitos dice the carrot, chop the carrot into small piecesla pintura me quedó a trozos the paint dried all patchy* * *
trozo sustantivo masculino
(de madera, papel, tela) piece, bit;
(de vidrio, cerámica) piece, fragment;
b) (Lit, Mús) passage
trozo sustantivo masculino piece
' trozo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bloque
- bocado
- de
- hebra
- jirón
- papel
- parte
- tragar
- algodón
- cortar
- cristal
- fierro
- otro
- palo
- pedazo
- piedra
English:
bit
- cut
- fleck
- flint
- gob
- hunk
- joint
- length
- lump
- nugget
- piece
- slab
- slice
- take
- wedge
- chunk
- fall
- fish
- shred
- snippet
* * *trozo nm1. [de pan, tela, metal] piece;cortar algo en trozos to cut sth into pieces2. [de camino] stretch;hacer algo a trozos to do sth bit by bit3. [de obra] extract;[de película] snippet* * *m piece* * *trozo nm1) pedazo: piece, bit, chunk2) : passage, extract* * *trozo n piece -
76 miaja
f.1 tiny bit (informal).2 crumb.* * ** * *SF1) (=migaja) crumb2) (=poquito) tiny bit3) [como adv] a bit* * *femenino (fam)* * *femenino (fam)* * *( fam)no tiene ni miaja de sentido común she doesn't have a scrap o an ounce of common sense ( colloq)ponme una miaja más de vino give me a drop o a tiny bit more wine¡come un poco más, eso es una miaja! have a little more, that's a tiny portion* * *miaja nfFam1. [miga] crumb2. [pizca] tiny bit;dame una miaja de helado give me a tiny bit of ice cream;su casa está una miaja lejos her house is a tad far away* * *f crumb; -
77 rastro
m.1 trail (pista).seguir el rastro de alguien to trail somebodyperder el rastro de alguien to lose track of somebody2 trace (vestigio).sin dejar rastro without traceno hay o queda ni rastro de él there's no sign of himcuando llegamos no había ni rastro de cerveza when we got there there wasn't a drop of beer left3 flea market (mercado).4 slaughtering house.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: rastrar.* * *1 (instrumento) rake3 (vestigio) vestige4 (mercado) flea market\perder el rastro de alguien to lose somebody's trailseguir el rastro de alguien to follow somebody's trail* * *noun m.1) trace2) track, trail* * *SM1) (=pista) trail; (=olor) scentla policía ha seguido el rastro a o de los atracadores — the police have followed the robbers' trail
2) (=señal) traceni rastro: no ha quedado ni rastro del jamón — there isn't a scrap of ham left
3) (Agr) (=rastrillo) rake; (=grada) harrow4) (=mercadillo) fleamarketel Rastro — fleamarket in Madrid
5) † (=matadero) slaughterhouse* * *1) (pista, huella) trail; (señal, vestigio) trace, sign2) ( mercado) flea market* * *1) (pista, huella) trail; (señal, vestigio) trace, sign2) ( mercado) flea market* * *rastro11 = trace.Ex: But there was no trace of sinisterness in Balzac's manner.
* dejar rastro = leave + a trace.* desaparecer sin dejar rastro = evaporate into + thin air, vanish into + thin air, disappear into + thin air, disappear without + a trace, disappear into + the blue, vanish into + the blue.* sin dejar rastro = into thin air.rastro22 = flea market.Ex: Libraries should think carefully before rejecting 'the literature of the flea-market', for which there may be popular demand and without which serious study will be handicapped.
* * *rastro (↑ rastro a1)A1 (pista, huella) trailseguimos el rastro del ladrón we are following o we are on the thief's trail2 (señal, vestigio) trace, signdel dinero no quedó ni rastro there was no sign of the moneyno dejaron ni rastro de la comida they ate every last bit of the food, they didn't leave a single scrap of foodno demostró el menor rastro de egoísmo she displayed no trace of selfishnessno le quedaba ni rastro de maquillaje en el rostro not a trace of makeup was left on her facedesapareció sin dejar rastro she disappeared without (a) traceB (mercado) flea marketC ( Méx) slaughter houseIn some parts of Spain, the name given to a weekly open-air flea market, where all kinds of items are sold. The name El Rastro as such refers to a very big market of this type held in Madrid at weekends.* * *
rastro sustantivo masculino
1 (pista, huella) trail;
(señal, vestigio) trace, sign;
2 ( mercado) flea market
rastro sustantivo masculino
1 (de un animal, etc) trail, track
2 (vestigio) trace, sign
sin dejar rastro, without a trace
3 (mercado callejero) flea market
' rastro' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
huella
- olfatear
- parar
- pista
- reguero
- regusto
- resabio
- seguir
English:
cold
- flea market
- market
- self-pity
- sign
- trace
- track
- trail
- vanish
- flea
- scent
* * *rastro nm1. [pista] trail;seguir el rastro de alguien to trail sb;perder el rastro de alguien to lose track of sb2. [vestigio] trace;desapareció sin dejar rastro he vanished without trace;cuando llegamos no había ni rastro de cerveza when we got there there wasn't a drop of beer left3. [mercado] flea market* * *m1 street market2 ( huella) trace;desaparecer sin dejar rastro vanish without trace;seguir el rastro a alguien follow s.o.’s trail* * *rastro nm1) pista: trail, track2) vestigio: trace, sign* * *rastro n1. (pista) trail2. (señal, vestigio) trace / sign3. (mercadillo) flea market -
78 guindarse
1 to let oneself down (de/por, -), slide down (de/por, -)* * *VPR1) (=descolgarse) to hang (down)2) * (=ahorcarse) to hang o.s.; (=morirse) to kick the bucket ** * *vpr1. CAm, Méx, Ven [colgarse] to hangguindarse con alguien to get into a scrap with sb -
79 tepetate
m.1 a layer of soil used for building houses in Mexico.2 all mining ground which holds no ore.3 limestone, cement rock.4 caliche, chip of whitewash.5 slag, scrap iron, scrap metal, scoria.* * *SM CAm, Méx1) (=residuo) slag2) (=caliza) limestone* * *( Méx)1 (roca) limestone2 (arcilla) caliche3 (escoria) slag* * *tepetate nmMéx1. [roca] limestone2. [arcilla] caliche -
80 yonque *
SM Méx scrap metal
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