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21 a propósito
adj.to the point, pertinent, to the purpose.adv.on purpose, by design, intentionally, by choice.intj.by the way, BTW, come to it, by the by.* * *(por cierto) by the way 2 (adrede) on purpose* * *1) by the way2) on purpose, intentionally* * *= deliberate, for the record, incidentally, intentionally, by the way, in passing, anecdotally, purposely, by design, on purpose, wilfully [willfully, -USA], on a sidenote, studiously, by the way of (a) digression, by the by(e), speaking of which, designedlyEx. Deliberate mnemonics are devices which help the user to remember and recall the notation for given subjects.Ex. For the record, schools and libraries in the late 1960s recovered in excess of $10,000,000 from publishers and wholesalers as a result of unfair practices highlighted by Mr. Scilken.Ex. Incidentally, this book was about the invasion of Denmark.Ex. In the cases where there was no match, we intentionally created a dirty authority file.Ex. It is not wise, by the way, to approach the author by telephone for this puts him on the spot and he may refuse simply in self-defense and especially if you happen to butt in when he is struggling with an obstinate chapter in a new book.Ex. She also indicated in passing that in future authors would not automatically pass over the copyright of research results in papers to publishers.Ex. Anecdotally, it is often assumed that users preferring print are among the most senior in academic rank and/or years.Ex. I have purposely refrained from discussing the theory of comparative librarianship which has up to now characterized much of the writing on the subject.Ex. The victims had been herded onto a wooden landing craft by the captain of a Honduras-registered ship who then proceeded, by accident or design, to ram the craft, killing the majority of people aboard.Ex. Most consumers felt confident that once a letter is written and posted, no one will read it either accidently or on purpose except for the intended addressee.Ex. But we are not then acting quite so much out of blindness or inarticulateness; we are selfishly or fearfully or wilfully trying to short-circuit what we know underneath to be more nearly the true state of things.Ex. On a sidenote, this book almost didn't happen when the author showed her editor her proposal.Ex. Previous economic historians have, by and large, studiously ignored the British slave trade.Ex. That, I may say by way of a digression, has never been my main objection to socialism.Ex. Zenobia, by-the-by, as I suppose you know, is merely her public name.Ex. Speaking of which, Chertoff recently lifted restrictions that have confined airline passengers to their seats for a half hour after taking off and before landing.Ex. In respect of those defects, the seller may be held liable where he has designedly concealed their existence from the purchaser.* * *= deliberate, for the record, incidentally, intentionally, by the way, in passing, anecdotally, purposely, by design, on purpose, wilfully [willfully, -USA], on a sidenote, studiously, by the way of (a) digression, by the by(e), speaking of which, designedlyEx: Deliberate mnemonics are devices which help the user to remember and recall the notation for given subjects.
Ex: For the record, schools and libraries in the late 1960s recovered in excess of $10,000,000 from publishers and wholesalers as a result of unfair practices highlighted by Mr. Scilken.Ex: Incidentally, this book was about the invasion of Denmark.Ex: In the cases where there was no match, we intentionally created a dirty authority file.Ex: It is not wise, by the way, to approach the author by telephone for this puts him on the spot and he may refuse simply in self-defense and especially if you happen to butt in when he is struggling with an obstinate chapter in a new book.Ex: She also indicated in passing that in future authors would not automatically pass over the copyright of research results in papers to publishers.Ex: Anecdotally, it is often assumed that users preferring print are among the most senior in academic rank and/or years.Ex: I have purposely refrained from discussing the theory of comparative librarianship which has up to now characterized much of the writing on the subject.Ex: The victims had been herded onto a wooden landing craft by the captain of a Honduras-registered ship who then proceeded, by accident or design, to ram the craft, killing the majority of people aboard.Ex: Most consumers felt confident that once a letter is written and posted, no one will read it either accidently or on purpose except for the intended addressee.Ex: But we are not then acting quite so much out of blindness or inarticulateness; we are selfishly or fearfully or wilfully trying to short-circuit what we know underneath to be more nearly the true state of things.Ex: On a sidenote, this book almost didn't happen when the author showed her editor her proposal.Ex: Previous economic historians have, by and large, studiously ignored the British slave trade.Ex: That, I may say by way of a digression, has never been my main objection to socialism.Ex: Zenobia, by-the-by, as I suppose you know, is merely her public name.Ex: Speaking of which, Chertoff recently lifted restrictions that have confined airline passengers to their seats for a half hour after taking off and before landing.Ex: In respect of those defects, the seller may be held liable where he has designedly concealed their existence from the purchaser. -
22 a todos los efectos
= to all intents and purposes, to all intents, for all practical purposes, for all intents and purposesEx. To all intents and purposes he is unaware of its existence.Ex. Suppose, for example, that the indexer decides that the terms 'Great Britain' and 'United Kingdom' are to all intents synonyms.Ex. The superintendent stated that this was an area she herself was anxious to investigate, because for all practical purposes salary increases were automatic and equal 'across-the-board'.Ex. In the 20th century, the debate about weeding followed, for all intents and purposes, the contours of the controversy surrounding the Quincy Plan.* * *= to all intents and purposes, to all intents, for all practical purposes, for all intents and purposesEx: To all intents and purposes he is unaware of its existence.
Ex: Suppose, for example, that the indexer decides that the terms 'Great Britain' and 'United Kingdom' are to all intents synonyms.Ex: The superintendent stated that this was an area she herself was anxious to investigate, because for all practical purposes salary increases were automatic and equal 'across-the-board'.Ex: In the 20th century, the debate about weeding followed, for all intents and purposes, the contours of the controversy surrounding the Quincy Plan. -
23 anuario
m.yearbook.* * *1 yearbook* * *noun m.annual, yearbook* * *SM (=libro) yearbook, annual; (=guía) directory* * *masculino yearbook* * *= yearbook, annual.Nota: Nombre.Ex. Suppose you have to produce A/Z subject index entries by chain indexing procedure for the subject of the document 'A yearbook of civil engineering'.Ex. Yellow-backs were a largely English phenomenon, but the fashion for annuals -- generally anthologies, lavishly produced as gift-books -- came to Britain from France and Germany around 1820, and was immediately imitated by British publishers.----* Anuario de Obras de Referencia Americanas (ARBA) = ARBA (American Reference Books Annual).* * *masculino yearbook* * *= yearbook, annual.Nota: Nombre.Ex: Suppose you have to produce A/Z subject index entries by chain indexing procedure for the subject of the document 'A yearbook of civil engineering'.
Ex: Yellow-backs were a largely English phenomenon, but the fashion for annuals -- generally anthologies, lavishly produced as gift-books -- came to Britain from France and Germany around 1820, and was immediately imitated by British publishers.* Anuario de Obras de Referencia Americanas (ARBA) = ARBA (American Reference Books Annual).* * *1 (publicación) yearbook2 ( Educ) (AmC, Col) yearbook* * *
anuario sustantivo masculino
yearbook
anuario sustantivo masculino yearbook
' anuario' also found in these entries:
English:
annual
- almanac
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24 anécdota
f.anecdote, tale, story, account.* * *1 anecdote* * *SF anecdote, story* * *femenino anecdote* * *= yarn, anecdote.Ex. Every teacher, I suppose, has his own collection of favorite yarns based on personal experiences.Ex. For instance, if a person is working on building a radio program, the librarian should provide her with background information that helps to set the tone of the program, with facts and foibles of celebrities, with case histories of successful campaigns, with analogies, quotations, and anecdotes, and so on.----* contar una anécdota = tell + story.* persona que sabe contar anécdotas = raconteur.* * *femenino anecdote* * *= yarn, anecdote.Ex: Every teacher, I suppose, has his own collection of favorite yarns based on personal experiences.
Ex: For instance, if a person is working on building a radio program, the librarian should provide her with background information that helps to set the tone of the program, with facts and foibles of celebrities, with case histories of successful campaigns, with analogies, quotations, and anecdotes, and so on.* contar una anécdota = tell + story.* persona que sabe contar anécdotas = raconteur.* * *anecdote* * *
anécdota sustantivo femenino
anecdote
anécdota sustantivo femenino anecdote
' anécdota' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
sabrosa
- sabroso
- jugoso
- salado
English:
anecdote
- off-color
- off-colour
- story
* * *anécdota nf1. [historia] anecdote;nos contó una anécdota muy graciosa he told us a very amusing anecdote o story2. [suceso trivial] matter of little importance;el incidente fue una mera anécdota the incident was of no importance* * *f anecdote* * *anécdota nf: anecdote -
25 apartarse de los caminos principales
(v.) = go + off-roadEx. I suppose my biggest piece of advice for riding at night would be to practice a little before you actually go off-road.* * *(v.) = go + off-roadEx: I suppose my biggest piece of advice for riding at night would be to practice a little before you actually go off-road.
Spanish-English dictionary > apartarse de los caminos principales
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26 arriesgarse a decir
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27 asiento secundario
(n.) = added entry, secondary entryEx. Added entries are made under any headings that 'some catalogue users might suppose that the description of an item would be found under rather than under the heading or title chosen for the main entry'.Ex. An added entry is an additional entry to the main entry, by which an item is represented in a catalogue; a secondary entry.* * *(n.) = added entry, secondary entryEx: Added entries are made under any headings that 'some catalogue users might suppose that the description of an item would be found under rather than under the heading or title chosen for the main entry'.
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28 aumento de cantidad
(n.) = increase in quantityEx. Suppose that a 2 percent decline in the price of coffee leads to only a 1 percent increase in quantity demanded.* * *(n.) = increase in quantityEx: Suppose that a 2 percent decline in the price of coffee leads to only a 1 percent increase in quantity demanded.
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29 bandido
adj.1 villain, outlaw.2 playfully mischievous, frolicsome.m.bandit, highwayman, crook, evildoer.* * *► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 bandit* * *SM1) (=delincuente) bandit, outlaw2) *¡bandido! — you rogue!, you beast!
* * ** * *= rapparee, bandit, highway robber, desperado, outlaw.Ex. In the early nineteenth century the various education societies were horrified to find that people were reading books such as 'the Seven Wonders of the World' and 'Irish Rogues and rapparees'.Ex. These works presents a picture of China filled with devastation, turbulence, bandits, beggars and poverty.Ex. Suppose you are abducted by a highway robber, who intends to ransom you and in return for your release you promise to deliver the ransom yourself; should you subsequently keep your promise?.Ex. Notorious outlaws, desperadoes, and gunslingers rustled up trouble in town after town but when the gold disappeared they all left.Ex. Some headings are vague and without scope notes to define them: ROBBERS AND outlaws; CRIME AND CRIMINALS; ROGUES AND VAGABONDS.* * ** * *= rapparee, bandit, highway robber, desperado, outlaw.Ex: In the early nineteenth century the various education societies were horrified to find that people were reading books such as 'the Seven Wonders of the World' and 'Irish Rogues and rapparees'.
Ex: These works presents a picture of China filled with devastation, turbulence, bandits, beggars and poverty.Ex: Suppose you are abducted by a highway robber, who intends to ransom you and in return for your release you promise to deliver the ransom yourself; should you subsequently keep your promise?.Ex: Notorious outlaws, desperadoes, and gunslingers rustled up trouble in town after town but when the gold disappeared they all left.Ex: Some headings are vague and without scope notes to define them: ROBBERS AND outlaws; CRIME AND CRIMINALS; ROGUES AND VAGABONDS.* * *bandido -damasculine, feminine1 (delincuente) bandit2 (estafador, granuja) swindler, crook* * *
bandido◊ -da sustantivo masculino, femenino ( delincuente) bandit;
( granuja) crook;
( pícaro) rascal
bandido,-a sustantivo masculino y femenino
1 fam (pícaro, travieso) rascal
2 (granuja) crook
3 (ladrón) bandit
' bandido' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bandida
English:
bandit
- crook
- outlaw
* * *bandido, -a nm,f1. [delincuente] bandit2. [granuja] rascal, rogue;el muy bandido se ha llevado mi paraguas that rascal has stolen my umbrella;ese tendero es un bandido that shopkeeper is a bit of a twister* * *m, bandida f bandit* * *bandido, -da nbandolero: bandit, outlaw* * *bandido n bandit -
30 bandolero
adj.brigandish.m.bandit, robber, crook, evildoer.* * *1 bandit* * *bandolero, -a1.SM / F bandit2.SM ( Hist) highwaymanbandolera* * *- ra masculino, femenino bandit* * *Ex. Suppose you are abducted by a highway robber, who intends to ransom you and in return for your release you promise to deliver the ransom yourself; should you subsequently keep your promise?.* * *- ra masculino, femenino bandit* * *Ex: Suppose you are abducted by a highway robber, who intends to ransom you and in return for your release you promise to deliver the ransom yourself; should you subsequently keep your promise?.
* * *bandolero -ramasculine, femininebandit* * *
bandolero◊ -ra sustantivo masculino, femenino
bandit
' bandolero' also found in these entries:
English:
bandit
- high
* * *bandolero, -a nm,fbandit* * *m bandit* * *bandolero, -ra nbandido: bandit, outlaw -
31 batalla naval
f.sea battle.* * *(Náut) naval battle* * *(n.) = war at sea, naval battleEx. Let us suppose that the customer is a man who has an interest in the war at sea during the Second World War.Ex. While many delimitations of scope might allow for this, it is obvious that a work that concentrated on naval battles would not be useful.* * *(Náut) naval battle* * *(n.) = war at sea, naval battleEx: Let us suppose that the customer is a man who has an interest in the war at sea during the Second World War.
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32 búsqueda de datos
(n.) = fact-findingEx. Because books are so often used as a means of instruction, of fact-finding and didacticism, children too often come to suppose that this is the sole nature and purpose of all books.* * *(n.) = fact-findingEx: Because books are so often used as a means of instruction, of fact-finding and didacticism, children too often come to suppose that this is the sole nature and purpose of all books.
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33 búsqueda de información
= fact-finding, quest for + information, information seekingEx. Because books are so often used as a means of instruction, of fact-finding and didacticism, children too often come to suppose that this is the sole nature and purpose of all books.Ex. Librarians must now act as a bridge between vital sources of primary material and users who need guidance in the difficult and time-consuming quest for information.Ex. Information seeking in electronic environments will become a collaboration among end user and various electronic systems such that users leverage their heuristic power and machines leverage algorithmic power.* * *= fact-finding, quest for + information, information seekingEx: Because books are so often used as a means of instruction, of fact-finding and didacticism, children too often come to suppose that this is the sole nature and purpose of all books.
Ex: Librarians must now act as a bridge between vital sources of primary material and users who need guidance in the difficult and time-consuming quest for information.Ex: Information seeking in electronic environments will become a collaboration among end user and various electronic systems such that users leverage their heuristic power and machines leverage algorithmic power. -
34 cabalgar
v.1 to ride.2 to ride a horse, to go on horseback, to ride, to ride horseback.* * *1 (sobre un animal) to ride (en/sobre, -)1 to ride2 (cubrir a una hembra) to cover, mount* * *1. VT1) [jinete] to ride2) [semental] to cover, serve2.VI to ride, go ridingcabalgar sin montura, cabalgar a pelo — to ride bareback
* * ** * *= ride, ride + a horse.Ex. I suppose my biggest piece of advice for riding at night would be to practice a little before you actually go off-road.Ex. Animals can be magical in children's play -- whether it be milking a cow, riding a horse or simply keeping caterpillars in a cage until they emerge as butterflies.----* desaparecer en el horizonte cabalgando al atardecer = ride off + into the sunset.* * ** * *= ride, ride + a horse.Ex: I suppose my biggest piece of advice for riding at night would be to practice a little before you actually go off-road.
Ex: Animals can be magical in children's play -- whether it be milking a cow, riding a horse or simply keeping caterpillars in a cage until they emerge as butterflies.* desaparecer en el horizonte cabalgando al atardecer = ride off + into the sunset.* * *cabalgar [A3 ]vi( liter); «jinete» to ride■ cabalgarvt«semental» to cover, mount* * *
cabalgar ( conjugate cabalgar) verbo intransitivo (liter) [ jinete] to ride
cabalgar verbo transitivo & verbo intransitivo to ride
* * *♦ vi[jinete] to ride♦ vt1. [caballo] to ride2. [semental] to cover, to mate with* * *v/i ride* * *cabalgar {52} vi: to ride (on horseback)* * * -
35 cambiar de cara
(v.) = arrange + countenanceEx. Then suddenly he extinguished his smile and arranged his countenance so that his listener should suppose him to be profoundly disturbed.* * *(v.) = arrange + countenanceEx: Then suddenly he extinguished his smile and arranged his countenance so that his listener should suppose him to be profoundly disturbed.
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36 clases de apoyo
(n.) = remedial teachingEx. Suppose we are searching for information about the subject 'The use of television in remedial teaching in primary schools'.* * *(n.) = remedial teachingEx: Suppose we are searching for information about the subject 'The use of television in remedial teaching in primary schools'.
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37 clave de descodificación
(n.) = unscrambling keyEx. Suppose, for example, that A wants to send a message to B; he first scrambles it with hiw own unscrambling key.* * *(n.) = unscrambling keyEx: Suppose, for example, that A wants to send a message to B; he first scrambles it with hiw own unscrambling key.
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38 codificar
v.1 to codify (ley).2 to encode (un mensaje).3 to code (computing).* * *1 (leyes) to codify2 (mensajes) to encode3 INFORMÁTICA to code* * *verb1) to codify2) code* * *VT1) (Jur) to codify2) [+ mensaje, información] to encode, code; (TV) to encrypt, scramble* * *verbo transitivo1) <leyes/normas> to codify2)a) (Inf) < información> to codeb) (Ling) < mensaje> to encode* * *= code, codify, encode, scramble, encrypt.Ex. Fixed length fields the are economical on storage space, and records using fixed length fields are quick and easy to code.Ex. Any reliance on principles alone is rejected, and an attempt is made to codify experience.Ex. As used in an index each card acts as a surrogate for one document, and the index terms for that document are encoded around the edge of the card.Ex. Suppose, for example, that A wants to send a message to B; he first scrambles it with hiw own unscrambling key.Ex. This paper describes methods for obtaining and using PGP to encrypt and decrypt electronic mail messages.----* codificar a mano = hand-code.* codificar por medio de códigos de barras = barcode [bar-code].* codificar un documento = mark up + document.* * *verbo transitivo1) <leyes/normas> to codify2)a) (Inf) < información> to codeb) (Ling) < mensaje> to encode* * *= code, codify, encode, scramble, encrypt.Ex: Fixed length fields the are economical on storage space, and records using fixed length fields are quick and easy to code.
Ex: Any reliance on principles alone is rejected, and an attempt is made to codify experience.Ex: As used in an index each card acts as a surrogate for one document, and the index terms for that document are encoded around the edge of the card.Ex: Suppose, for example, that A wants to send a message to B; he first scrambles it with hiw own unscrambling key.Ex: This paper describes methods for obtaining and using PGP to encrypt and decrypt electronic mail messages.* codificar a mano = hand-code.* codificar por medio de códigos de barras = barcode [bar-code].* codificar un documento = mark up + document.* * *codificar [A2 ]vtA ‹leyes/normas› to codifyB1 ( Inf) ‹información› to code2 ( Ling) ‹mensaje› to encode* * *
codificar ( conjugate codificar) verbo transitivo
codificar verbo transitivo
1 (poner en clave) to encode, code
2 (contemplar en la ley) to codify
' codificar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cifrar
English:
code
- encode
- scramble
* * *codificar vt1. [ley] to codify2. [mensaje] to encode3. Informát to code* * *v/t1 JUR codify2 ( cifrar) encode; TV encrypt* * *codificar {72} vt1) : to codify2) : to code, to encode -
39 cosmética
1 cosmetics plural* * *f., (m. - cosmético)* * *SF cosmetics pl* * *femenino cosmetics (pl)* * *= cosmetics.Nota: Véanse bajo la entrada "-ics" otras palabras con la misma terminación y usadas en el singular.Ex. Suppose you have a document which has as one of this themes 'the television advertising of cosmetics' and, as another, 'the press advertising of furniture'.* * *femenino cosmetics (pl)* * *= cosmetics.Nota: Véanse bajo la entrada "-ics" otras palabras con la misma terminación y usadas en el singular.Ex: Suppose you have a document which has as one of this themes 'the television advertising of cosmetics' and, as another, 'the press advertising of furniture'.
* * *cosmetics (pl)* * *
cosmético,-a adjetivo & sustantivo masculino cosmetic
' cosmética' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
mascarilla
- pintura
- brocha
- crema
- leche
- polvo
- rubor
- tónico
English:
cream
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40 cuento
m.1 tale.cuento de hadas fairy talecuento popular folk tale2 short story.3 story, lie (informal) (mentira, exageración).cuento chino tall story, whopperpres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: contar.* * *1 (relato) story, tale2 LITERATURA short story\¿a cuento de qué? familiar why?, what for?dejarse de cuentos familiar (ir al grano) to get to the point 2 (decir mentiras) to stop telling fibsir con el cuento a alguien to go and tell somebodyno hagas como el cuento de la lechera figurado don't count your chickens before they are hatchedtener mucho cuento familiar to make a lot of fusstraer algo a cuento figurado to bring something upvenir a cuento to be pertinentcuento chino tall storycuento de hadas fairy tale* * *noun m.story, tale* * *ISM1) (=historia corta) short story; [para niños] story, taleel cuento de Blancanieves — the tale o story of Snow White
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de cuento, un héroe de cuento — a storybook o fairytale hero•
ir con el cuento, en seguida le fue con el cuento a la maestra — he went straight off and told the teacherel cuento de la lechera —
2) * (=mentira)no le duele nada, no es nada más que cuento — it doesn't hurt at all, he's just putting it on
todo eso es puro cuento para no ir al colegio — he just made it all up because he doesn't want to go to school
¡no me cuentes cuentos!, ¡no me vengas con cuentos!, ¡déjate de cuentos! — don't give me that! *
eso se me hace cuento — Cono Sur * I don't believe that for a minute, come off it! *
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tener cuento, tu hermanito tiene mucho cuento — your little brother is a big fibber *cuento chino — tall story, cock-and-bull story *
¡no me vengas con cuentos chinos! — don't give me that (rubbish)! *
el cuento del tío — And, Cono Sur confidence trick, confidence game ( EEUU)
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¿a cuento de qué?, ¿a cuento de qué sacas ese tema ahora? — what are you bringing that up for now?•
traer algo a cuento — to bring sth up•
venir a cuento, eso no viene a cuento — that's irrelevant, that doesn't come into it, that has nothing to do with ittodo esto viene a cuento de lo que acaba de pasar — this all has some bearing on what has just happened
4) frm (=cómputo)IISM [de bastón] point, tip* * *I1)a) ( narración corta) short story; ( para niños) story, taleel cuento de Cenicienta — the tale o story of Cinderella
aplícate el cuento — (fam) take note
cuento de nunca acabar: esto es el cuento de nunca acabar it just never ends, it just goes on and on; traer algo a cuento to bring something up; venir a cuento: eso no viene a cuento that doesn't come into it; sin venir a cuento — for no reason at all
b) ( chiste) joke, story2)a) (fam) ( chisme)comer cuentos — (Ven fam) to fall for anything
b) (fam) (mentira, excusa) story (colloq)hacerle al cuento — (Méx fam) to pretend
c) (fam) ( exageración)3) ( número)IIsin cuento — countless, innumerable
* * *= story, story book [storybook], tale, yarn, nursery story, storie.Nota: Forma arcaica de "story".Ex. There were lessons in this story which appear to have been ignored but remain valid for the future.Ex. These he bound up in three volumes, and on the fly leaf of the first volume wrote 'I have always retained a kind of affection for little story books, as they recall muy early days'.Ex. 'I only wanted to write an interesting tale,' he will say, ignoring that the interest of a story almost always comes from seeing the human will in action -- against chaos or against order.Ex. Every teacher, I suppose, has his own collection of favorite yarns based on personal experiences.Ex. The child who has the advantage of being brought up enriched by hearing stories and reading books will have the opportunity to air his knowledge about the characters in nursery stories.Ex. One of these collectors was a Captain Cox, stone mason of Coventry, a person with 'great oversight... in matters of storie'.----* aplicársele el cuento a Alguien = cap + fit.* contar un cuento = tell + story.* cuenta-cuentos = storyteller [story-teller], storytelling [story-telling].* cuento chino = tall tale, tall story.* cuento de hadas = fairy story, fairy tale [fairytale].* cuento de viejas = old wives' tale.* cuento escrito = written story.* cuento infantil = picture book.* cuento popular = folk tale, folktale [folk tale].* hora del cuento = story hour [storyhour], storytelling [story-telling], storytime [story time].* lectura de cuentos = story reading.* narración de cuentos = storytelling [story-telling].* narrador de cuentos = storyteller [story-teller], story teller.* que no viene a cuento = off-topic.* rincón del cuento, el = storycorner, the.* ¡se te acabó el cuento! = the jig's up!.* sin venir a cuento = out of the blue, like a bolt out of the blue, like a bolt from the blue, for no reason, for no specific reason, for no particular reason, for no good reason.* urdir un cuento = weave + a tale.* vivir del cuento = live off + the fat of the land.* * *I1)a) ( narración corta) short story; ( para niños) story, taleel cuento de Cenicienta — the tale o story of Cinderella
aplícate el cuento — (fam) take note
cuento de nunca acabar: esto es el cuento de nunca acabar it just never ends, it just goes on and on; traer algo a cuento to bring something up; venir a cuento: eso no viene a cuento that doesn't come into it; sin venir a cuento — for no reason at all
b) ( chiste) joke, story2)a) (fam) ( chisme)comer cuentos — (Ven fam) to fall for anything
b) (fam) (mentira, excusa) story (colloq)hacerle al cuento — (Méx fam) to pretend
c) (fam) ( exageración)3) ( número)IIsin cuento — countless, innumerable
* * *= story, story book [storybook], tale, yarn, nursery story, storie.Nota: Forma arcaica de "story".Ex: There were lessons in this story which appear to have been ignored but remain valid for the future.
Ex: These he bound up in three volumes, and on the fly leaf of the first volume wrote 'I have always retained a kind of affection for little story books, as they recall muy early days'.Ex: 'I only wanted to write an interesting tale,' he will say, ignoring that the interest of a story almost always comes from seeing the human will in action -- against chaos or against order.Ex: Every teacher, I suppose, has his own collection of favorite yarns based on personal experiences.Ex: The child who has the advantage of being brought up enriched by hearing stories and reading books will have the opportunity to air his knowledge about the characters in nursery stories.Ex: One of these collectors was a Captain Cox, stone mason of Coventry, a person with 'great oversight... in matters of storie'.* aplicársele el cuento a Alguien = cap + fit.* contar un cuento = tell + story.* cuenta-cuentos = storyteller [story-teller], storytelling [story-telling].* cuento chino = tall tale, tall story.* cuento de hadas = fairy story, fairy tale [fairytale].* cuento de viejas = old wives' tale.* cuento escrito = written story.* cuento infantil = picture book.* cuento popular = folk tale, folktale [folk tale].* hora del cuento = story hour [storyhour], storytelling [story-telling], storytime [story time].* lectura de cuentos = story reading.* narración de cuentos = storytelling [story-telling].* narrador de cuentos = storyteller [story-teller], story teller.* que no viene a cuento = off-topic.* rincón del cuento, el = storycorner, the.* ¡se te acabó el cuento! = the jig's up!.* sin venir a cuento = out of the blue, like a bolt out of the blue, like a bolt from the blue, for no reason, for no specific reason, for no particular reason, for no good reason.* urdir un cuento = weave + a tale.* vivir del cuento = live off + the fat of the land.* * *A1 (narración corta) short story; (para niños) story, taleescritor de cuentos a short-story writerlibro de cuentos book of short storiesel cuento de Caperucita Roja the tale o story of Little Red Riding Hoodcuéntame un cuento tell me a storyaplícate el cuento ( fam); take notecontar el cuento: un minuto más y no habría contado el cuento one minute more and I wouldn't have been here o have lived to tell the tale ( colloq)el cuento de nunca acabar: ¿otra vez nos vamos a mudar? esto es el cuento de nunca acabar we're going to move again? this is like a neverending story o there seems to be no end to thistraer algo a cuento to bring sth upvenir a cuento: no saques a relucir cosas que no vienen a cuento don't dredge up things that have nothing to do with this o which have no bearing on this o which are irrelevantsin venir a cuento for no reason at all2 (chiste) joke, story¿sabes el cuento del elefante que …? do you know the joke o ( colloq) the one about the elephant that …?Compuestos:short storyfairy story, fairy taleB1 ( fam)(chisme): se enteró y le fue con el cuento al profesor she found out and ran off to tell the teacher ( colloq)siempre anda con cuentos sobre todo el mundo she's always gossiping about everybodycomer cuentos ( Ven fam): ¡tú sí que comes cuentos! you're so gullible! o you'd believe anything! o ( colloq) you'd fall for anything!no me vengas con cuentos I'm not interested in excuses o stories3 ( fam)(exageración): todos esos lloros son puro cuento para que te perdone all that crying is just put on to get me to forgive you¡qué vas a estar enfermo!, ¡tú lo que tienes es mucho cuento! you're not sick, you're just putting it on! ( colloq), you're not sick, stop fibbing! ( colloq)Compuestos:( fam):eso de que se va a casar es un cuento chino all that stuff about getting married is a load of baloney o ( AmE) bull o ( BrE) rubbish ( colloq)yo no soy tan ingenuo, así que no me vengas con cuentos chinos I'm not as gullible as you think, so don't give me your cock-and-bull story ( colloq)me quiso hacer el cuento del tío y no me dejé he tried to con me o pull a fast one on me but I didn't fall for it ( colloq)( fam); old wives' taleC(número): sin cuento countless, innumerable* * *
Del verbo contar: ( conjugate contar)
cuento es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
Multiple Entries:
contar
cuento
contar ( conjugate contar) verbo transitivo
1 ‹dinero/votos/días› to count;
y eso sin cuento las horas extras and that's without including overtime;
lo cuento entre mis amigos I consider him (to be) one of my friends
2 ‹cuento/chiste/secreto› to tell;
es muy largo de cuento it's a long story;
¿qué cuentas (de nuevo)? (fam) how're things? (colloq)
verbo intransitivo
1 ( en general) to count;
¿este trabajo cuenta para la nota final? does this piece of work count toward(s) the final grade?;
ella no cuenta para nada what she says (o thinks etc) doesn't count for anything
2
◊ cuento contigo para la fiesta I'm counting o relying on you being at the party;
sin cuento con que … without taking into account that …
contarse verbo pronominala) (frml) ( estar incluido):
su novela se cuenta entre las mejores his novel is among the bestb)◊ ¿qué te cuentas? how's it going? (colloq)
cuento sustantivo masculino
( para niños) story, tale;
cuento de hadas fairy story, fairy tale;
venir a cuento: eso no viene a cuento that doesn't come into it;
sin venir a cuento for no reason at all
◊ no me vengas con cuentos I'm not interested in your excuses o storiesd) (fam) ( exageración):
eso es un cuento chino what a load of baloney;
el cuento del tío a con trick
contar
I verbo transitivo
1 (un suceso, una historia) to tell
2 (numerar) to count
II verbo intransitivo to count
♦ Locuciones: contar con, (confiar en) to count on
(constar de) to have
cuento sustantivo masculino
1 story
2 Lit short story
contar un cuento, to tell a story
cuento de hadas, fairy tale
3 (embuste) lie: ¡déjate de cuentos!, get on with it!
4 (cotilleo, acusación) ya le fue con el cuento a la suegra, she ran off to tell the tale to her mother-in-law
5 cuento chino, tall story
♦ Locuciones: figurado eso no viene a cuento, that's beside the point
vivir del cuento, to live off other people
' cuento' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
colorín
- gratuitamente
- historia
- historieta
- modular
- moraleja
- novela
- si
- tal
- alargar
- aquél
- chabacano
- chiste
- colar
- contar
- inventar
- relato
- tragar
- venir
English:
bank on
- cock and bull story
- expect
- fairy story
- fairy tale
- horror story
- lurid
- moral
- number
- racy
- relate
- run
- spin out
- story
- tale
- tall story
- tell
- unfold
- yarn
- act
- eye
- fairy
- old
- short
- tall
- way
- yet
* * *♦ nm1. [narración] short story;[fábula] tale;un libro de cuentos a storybook;contar un cuento to tell a story;venir a cuento to be relevant;sin venir a cuento for no reason at all;y eso, ¿a cuento de qué? what's all this in aid of?;aplicarse el cuento: ¿ves lo que le ha pasado? pues aplícate el cuento see what happened to him? well, you just have a good think about that;Famir con el cuento a alguien to go and tell sb;Famser el cuento de nunca acabar to be a never-ending story o an endless businesscuento de hadas fairy tale; Fam el cuento de la lechera:es el cuento de la lechera that's pie in the sky¡déjate de cuentos! stop making things up!, don't give me that!;ése tiene mucho cuento he's always putting it on;venir con cuentos to tell fibs o stories;CSurhacerle a alguien el cuento del tío to pull a scam on sb, to con sb;Esptener más cuento que Calleja to be a big fibber;vivir del cuento to live by one's witscuento chino:lo del final del mundo es cuento chino that stuff about the end of the world is a load of Br rubbish o US bull;* * *m1 (short) story;cuento de nunca acabar fig never-ending story;ir con el cuento a alguien tell s.o. tales2 ( pretexto) excuse;tener mucho cuento put it on fam ;vivir del cuento fam live off other people3:venir a cuento be relevant;eso no viene a cuento that’s irrelevant;traer a cuento bring up* * *cuento nm1) : story, tale2)cuento de hadas : fairy tale3)sin cuento : countless* * *cuento n2. (en literatura) short story
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