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1 chabolismo
m.substandard housing.* * ** * ** * *masculino (Esp)* * *masculino (Esp)* * *( Esp)para resolver la cuestión del chabolismo in order to find a solution to the shantytown problem* * *
chabolismosustantivo masculino (Esp):
chabolismo sustantivo masculino the existence o problem of shanty towns: es preciso erradicar el chabolismo, shanty towns must be eliminated
* * *chabolismo nmEsperradicar el chabolismo to deal with the shanty town problem;el crecimiento del chabolismo the growing number of people living in shanty towns* * *m shanty towns pl -
2 avaro
adj.avaricious, greedy, grasping, miserly.m.miser, moneygrubber, Scrooge, money-grubber.* * *► adjetivo1 (tacaño) avaricious, miserly, mean; (codicioso) greedy, avaricious► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 (tacaño) miser; (codicioso) greedy person* * *avaro, -a1.ADJ miserly, meanser avaro de o en alabanzas — to be sparing in one's praise
2.SM / F miser* * *I- ra adjetivo miserlyII- ra masculino, femenino miser* * *= miser, stingy [stingier -comp., stingies -sup.], tight-fisted, scrooge, skinflint, penny-pinching, tightwad, cheapskate.Ex. If one were to think of an analogue outside the library situation, one would conjure up the image of a miser cackling with delight as he counts and recounts his beloved coins.Ex. All subjects completed a four-page questionnaire in which they rated Americans on six bipolar adjective dimensions: friendly/unfriendly, polite/impolite, industrious/lazy, religious/anti-religious, generous/ stingy, and patriotic/not patriotic.Ex. The money for modernizing Indian towns will have to come out of the pockets of leading merchants, men stereotyped as tight-fisted scrooges.Ex. The money for modernizing Indian towns will have to come out of the pockets of leading merchants, men stereotyped as tight-fisted scrooges.Ex. He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.Ex. He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.Ex. He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.Ex. Most of these cheapskates will not come right out and tell you that they don't want to pay anything for your software.* * *I- ra adjetivo miserlyII- ra masculino, femenino miser* * *= miser, stingy [stingier -comp., stingies -sup.], tight-fisted, scrooge, skinflint, penny-pinching, tightwad, cheapskate.Ex: If one were to think of an analogue outside the library situation, one would conjure up the image of a miser cackling with delight as he counts and recounts his beloved coins.
Ex: All subjects completed a four-page questionnaire in which they rated Americans on six bipolar adjective dimensions: friendly/unfriendly, polite/impolite, industrious/lazy, religious/anti-religious, generous/ stingy, and patriotic/not patriotic.Ex: The money for modernizing Indian towns will have to come out of the pockets of leading merchants, men stereotyped as tight-fisted scrooges.Ex: The money for modernizing Indian towns will have to come out of the pockets of leading merchants, men stereotyped as tight-fisted scrooges.Ex: He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.Ex: He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.Ex: He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.Ex: Most of these cheapskates will not come right out and tell you that they don't want to pay anything for your software.* * *miserlymasculine, femininemiser* * *
avaro◊ -ra adjetivo
miserly
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
miser
avaro,-a
1 adjetivo avaricious, miserly
II sustantivo masculino y femenino miser
' avaro' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
avara
- rata
- miserable
- ruin
English:
miser
- miserly
* * *avaro, -a♦ adj[codicioso] greedy; [tacaño] miserly, stingy, Br mean♦ nm,f[codicioso] greedy person; [tacaño] miser* * *I adj miserly;ser avaro de algo be sparing with sth;es muy avaro de su vida personal he gives very little away about his private lifeII m, avara f miser* * *avaro, -ra adj: miserly, greedyavaro, -ra n: miser* * *avaro1 adj meanavaro2 n miser -
3 balneario
adj.beach.m.1 spa.2 seaside resort. ( Latin American Spanish)3 beach resort, seaside resort.4 bathing resort, bathhouse, bathing place, watering place.* * *► adjetivo1 spa1 spa, health resort————————1 spa, health resort* * *1.ADJ2. SM1) (Med) spa, health resort2) LAm seaside resort* * *1) ( de baños medicinales) spa2) ( en costa)a) ( establecimiento) private beach/clubb) (AmL) (pueblo, urbanización) seaside resort, (holiday) resort* * *= spa town, spa, health resort.Ex. This article discusses the work of the library of the spa town of Marianske Lazne which has a stock of 100,000 items.Ex. The study showed that seaside resorts, spas, retirement towns and administrative centres were more likely to have good bookshops than industrial towns.Ex. In November 1938, the SS built the Ravensbrück Women's Concentration Camp in the Prussian village of Ravensbrück near the former Mecklenburg health resort Fürstenberg.* * *1) ( de baños medicinales) spa2) ( en costa)a) ( establecimiento) private beach/clubb) (AmL) (pueblo, urbanización) seaside resort, (holiday) resort* * *= spa town, spa, health resort.Ex: This article discusses the work of the library of the spa town of Marianske Lazne which has a stock of 100,000 items.
Ex: The study showed that seaside resorts, spas, retirement towns and administrative centres were more likely to have good bookshops than industrial towns.Ex: In November 1938, the SS built the Ravensbrück Women's Concentration Camp in the Prussian village of Ravensbrück near the former Mecklenburg health resort Fürstenberg.* * *1 (de aguas medicinales) spa ( before n)A (de baños medicinales) spa1 (establecimiento) private beach/club2 ( AmL) (pueblo, urbanización) seaside resort, holiday resort, resort* * *
balneario sustantivo masculino
1 ( de baños medicinales) spa
2 (AmL) ( núcleo residencial) seaside resort, (holiday) resort
balneario sustantivo masculino spa
' balneario' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
panacea
- agua
- ciudad
English:
spa
- resort
* * *balneario, -a♦ adjAmciudad balnearia seaside resort♦ nm1. [de baños medicinales] spa2. Am [centro turístico] seaside resort, spa town* * *m spa* * *balneario nm: spa, bathing resort* * *balneario n spa -
4 cementerio
m.cemetery.cementerio de automóviles o coches scrapyardcementerio nuclear o radiactivo nuclear dumping ground* * *1 cemetery, graveyard\cementerio de coches scrapyard* * *noun m.* * *SM [municipal] cemetery; [en iglesia] graveyardcementerio de coches — used-car dump, junkyard (EEUU)
* * *masculino cemetery; ( al lado de una iglesia) graveyard* * *= cemetery, graveyard, churchyard.Ex. When death certificates are unavailable due to cost, law, practice, legibility, time or proximity, the identification and availability of mortuary, cemetery and funeral home records becomes important to the family historian.Ex. Sections cover farms and ranches, towns, schools and churches, fisheries and canneries, railroads, mines and ghost towns, and graveyards.Ex. Visiting churches and churchyards is becoming increasingly popular among both local people and tourists.----* cementerio de automóviles = scrapyard.* cementerio de coches = junkyard, scrapyard.* * *masculino cemetery; ( al lado de una iglesia) graveyard* * *= cemetery, graveyard, churchyard.Ex: When death certificates are unavailable due to cost, law, practice, legibility, time or proximity, the identification and availability of mortuary, cemetery and funeral home records becomes important to the family historian.
Ex: Sections cover farms and ranches, towns, schools and churches, fisheries and canneries, railroads, mines and ghost towns, and graveyards.Ex: Visiting churches and churchyards is becoming increasingly popular among both local people and tourists.* cementerio de automóviles = scrapyard.* cementerio de coches = junkyard, scrapyard.* * *cemetery; (al lado de una iglesia) graveyardCompuesto:* * *
cementerio sustantivo masculino
cemetery;
( junto a una iglesia) graveyard;
cementerio sustantivo masculino
1 cemetery, graveyard
2 cementerio de automóviles, scrapyard
' cementerio' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
reposar
- nicho
- panteón
English:
bury
- cementery
- churchyard
- graveyard
- cemetery
- grave
- scrap
* * *cementerio nm1. [de muertos] cemeterycementerio de coches scrapyard, junkyard;cementerio nuclear nuclear dumping ground;cementerio radiactivo nuclear dumping ground* * *m cemetery* * *cementerio nm: cemetery* * *cementerio n cemetery [pl. cemeteries] -
5 centro administrativo
(n.) = administrative centreEx. The study showed that seaside resorts, spas, retirement towns and administrative centres were more likely to have good bookshop than industrial towns.* * *(n.) = administrative centreEx: The study showed that seaside resorts, spas, retirement towns and administrative centres were more likely to have good bookshop than industrial towns.
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6 centro de vacaciones costero
(n.) = coastal resort, seaside resort, seaside tourist resortEx. Once a small coastal resort perched above the coastline it's now just a mass of apartment blocks right up the hillside.Ex. The study showed that seaside resorts, spas, retirement towns and administrative centres were more likely to have good bookshop than industrial towns.Ex. It shows that tourist bed occupancy rates were highest during summer months, when the majority of tourists visit seaside tourist resorts.* * *(n.) = coastal resort, seaside resort, seaside tourist resortEx: Once a small coastal resort perched above the coastline it's now just a mass of apartment blocks right up the hillside.
Ex: The study showed that seaside resorts, spas, retirement towns and administrative centres were more likely to have good bookshop than industrial towns.Ex: It shows that tourist bed occupancy rates were highest during summer months, when the majority of tourists visit seaside tourist resorts. -
7 centro de veraneo costero
(n.) = seaside resort, coastal resortEx. The study showed that seaside resorts, spas, retirement towns and administrative centres were more likely to have good bookshop than industrial towns.Ex. Once a small coastal resort perched above the coastline it's now just a mass of apartment blocks right up the hillside.* * *(n.) = seaside resort, coastal resortEx: The study showed that seaside resorts, spas, retirement towns and administrative centres were more likely to have good bookshop than industrial towns.
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8 centro turístico costero
(n.) = beachside resort, seaside resort, coastal resort, seaside tourist resortEx. The boom in beachside resorts in America begins in the 1820s.Ex. The study showed that seaside resorts, spas, retirement towns and administrative centres were more likely to have good bookshop than industrial towns.Ex. Once a small coastal resort perched above the coastline it's now just a mass of apartment blocks right up the hillside.Ex. It shows that tourist bed occupancy rates were highest during summer months, when the majority of tourists visit seaside tourist resorts.* * *(n.) = beachside resort, seaside resort, coastal resort, seaside tourist resortEx: The boom in beachside resorts in America begins in the 1820s.
Ex: The study showed that seaside resorts, spas, retirement towns and administrative centres were more likely to have good bookshop than industrial towns.Ex: Once a small coastal resort perched above the coastline it's now just a mass of apartment blocks right up the hillside.Ex: It shows that tourist bed occupancy rates were highest during summer months, when the majority of tourists visit seaside tourist resorts. -
9 ciudad
f.1 city (localidad) (grande).ciudad del Cabo Cape Townciudad catedralicia cathedral town/cityciudad dormitorio commuter townla ciudad Eterna the Eternal Cityciudad jardín garden cityciudad de México Mexico Cityciudad natal home townla ciudad Santa the Holy Cityciudad satélite satellite townciudad del Vaticano Vatican City2 complex (instalaciones).ciudad sanitaria hospital complexciudad universitaria university campus* * *1 city, town■ fuimos a la ciudad we went into town, we went to town\ciudad dormitorio dormitory suburb, dormitory town, commuter suburbciudad jardín garden cityciudad universitaria university campus* * *noun f.city, town* * *SF1) [de gran tamaño] city; [más pequeña] townla Ciudad Condal — name for the city of Barcelona
la Ciudad del Turia — name for the city of Valencia
ciudad dormitorio — dormitory town, bedroom community (EEUU)
ciudad natal — home town, native city, native town
ciudad perdida — Méx shanty town
2) (=instalaciones)* * *femenino town; ( de mayor tamaño) citycentro ciudad — town o city center
* * *= city, town, county borough, municipal borough, burg.Ex. PSS has nodes in many major cities: users pay ordinary call charges to the nearest node, plus a charge for the use of PSS.Ex. Rivers, erosion, towns and glaciers are all phenomena studied by geography.Ex. Barnsley itself, a county borough, had at the time of this survey a medium-sized bookshop which had been refitted in 1974 and was well spoken of.Ex. Nevertheless, two municipal boroughs, Batley and Castleford, were examples of genuine towns with no bookshops.Ex. Townie is in fact a derogatory reference to those who are born and raised in that type of burg or burb, and are assumed to be of inferior intellectual promise.----* al otro lado de la ciudad = cross-town.* barrio marginado de la ciudad = inner-city area.* barrios pobres del centro de la ciudad = inner city.* casco antiguo de la ciudad, el = oldest part of the city, the.* centro de la ciudad = central city, downtown, city centre.* ciudad amurallada = walled city.* ciudad costera = beach town, coastal city.* Ciudad del Cabo = Cape Town.* Ciudad del Pecado = Sin City.* Ciudad del Vaticano, la = Vatican City, the.* ciudad donde viven principalmente jubilados = retirement town.* ciudad dormitorio = dormitory.* ciudad en auge = boom town.* ciudad eterna, la = Eternal City, the.* ciudad famosa por el golf = golfing town.* ciudad fortificada = walled city, fortified town.* ciudad fronteriza = frontier municipality.* ciudad ideal = white picket fence.* ciudad industrial = industrial town, industrial city.* ciudad natal = birthplace, hometown [home town], back home.* ciudad portuaria = port city.* ciudad satélite = satellite city.* ciudad universitaria = university town.* convertirse en la ciudad de (uno) = become + the home-from-home of.* de fuera de la ciudad = out-of-town.* del otro lado de la ciudad = cross-town.* de otras ciudades = out-of-town.* de una punta de la ciudad a otra = cross-town.* de un extremo de la ciudad a otro = cross-town.* de un lado de la ciudad a otro = cross-town.* espectáculos de la ciudad = local attractions.* gas ciudad = city gas.* gente de la ciudad = townspeople.* habitante de la ciudad = city dweller, urban dweller, urban resident, urbanite.* hacia el centro de la ciudad = townward.* la ciudad que nunca duerme = the city that never sleeps.* plano de la ciudad = street plan, city map.* por toda la ciudad = citywide [city-wide].* puerta de la ciudad = city gate.* que atraviesa la ciudad = cross-town.* segunda vivienda en la ciudad = pied-à-terre.* ser la ciudad de = be home to.* vida de la ciudad = urban life, city life.* visita por la ciudad = city tour.* zona deprimida del centro de la ciudad = inner city.* * *femenino town; ( de mayor tamaño) citycentro ciudad — town o city center
* * *= city, town, county borough, municipal borough, burg.Ex: PSS has nodes in many major cities: users pay ordinary call charges to the nearest node, plus a charge for the use of PSS.
Ex: Rivers, erosion, towns and glaciers are all phenomena studied by geography.Ex: Barnsley itself, a county borough, had at the time of this survey a medium-sized bookshop which had been refitted in 1974 and was well spoken of.Ex: Nevertheless, two municipal boroughs, Batley and Castleford, were examples of genuine towns with no bookshops.Ex: Townie is in fact a derogatory reference to those who are born and raised in that type of burg or burb, and are assumed to be of inferior intellectual promise.* al otro lado de la ciudad = cross-town.* barrio marginado de la ciudad = inner-city area.* barrios pobres del centro de la ciudad = inner city.* casco antiguo de la ciudad, el = oldest part of the city, the.* centro de la ciudad = central city, downtown, city centre.* ciudad amurallada = walled city.* ciudad costera = beach town, coastal city.* Ciudad del Cabo = Cape Town.* Ciudad del Pecado = Sin City.* Ciudad del Vaticano, la = Vatican City, the.* ciudad donde viven principalmente jubilados = retirement town.* ciudad dormitorio = dormitory.* ciudad en auge = boom town.* ciudad eterna, la = Eternal City, the.* ciudad famosa por el golf = golfing town.* ciudad fortificada = walled city, fortified town.* ciudad fronteriza = frontier municipality.* ciudad ideal = white picket fence.* ciudad industrial = industrial town, industrial city.* ciudad natal = birthplace, hometown [home town], back home.* ciudad portuaria = port city.* ciudad satélite = satellite city.* ciudad universitaria = university town.* convertirse en la ciudad de (uno) = become + the home-from-home of.* de fuera de la ciudad = out-of-town.* del otro lado de la ciudad = cross-town.* de otras ciudades = out-of-town.* de una punta de la ciudad a otra = cross-town.* de un extremo de la ciudad a otro = cross-town.* de un lado de la ciudad a otro = cross-town.* espectáculos de la ciudad = local attractions.* gas ciudad = city gas.* gente de la ciudad = townspeople.* habitante de la ciudad = city dweller, urban dweller, urban resident, urbanite.* hacia el centro de la ciudad = townward.* la ciudad que nunca duerme = the city that never sleeps.* plano de la ciudad = street plan, city map.* por toda la ciudad = citywide [city-wide].* puerta de la ciudad = city gate.* que atraviesa la ciudad = cross-town.* segunda vivienda en la ciudad = pied-à-terre.* ser la ciudad de = be home to.* vida de la ciudad = urban life, city life.* visita por la ciudad = city tour.* zona deprimida del centro de la ciudad = inner city.* * *town; (de mayor tamaño) cityla gran ciudad the (big) cityciudad natal native town/cityes una ciudad sagrada a holy city[ S ] centro ciudad town o city center[ S ] mantenga limpia su ciudad keep your city cleanCompuestos:( AmL) coastal resortdigital citycity-statela Ciudad Eterna the Eternal City, Romegarden cityla Ciudad Luz the City of Light, Paris( Méx) shantytown● ciudad periférica or de la periferiadormitory town, suburbla Ciudad Prohibida the Forbidden Cityhospital complexla Ciudad Santa the Holy Citysatellite townuniversity campus* * *
ciudad sustantivo femenino
town;
( de mayor tamaño) city;
( on signs) centro ciudad town o city center;◊ ciudad balneario (AmL) coastal resort;
Cciudad del Vaticano/de México Vatican/Mexico City;
ciudad dormitorio bedroom community (AmE), dormitory town (BrE);
ciudad perdida (Méx) shantytown;
ciudad satélite satellite town;
ciudad universitaria university campus
ciudad sustantivo femenino (mediana o pequeña) town
(grande) city
ciudad deportiva, sport center
ciudad dormitorio, dormitory town
ciudad universitaria, university campus
En general, la palabra city se refiere a una ciudad grande o importante (por ejemplo, la capital de un país o de una provincia) y town se refiere a una ciudad más pequeña. Town también puede aplicarse a una zona urbana: I'm going to town, me voy a la ciudad (dicho por alguien que vive en el campo) o me voy al centro (dicho por alguien que vive en las afueras de una ciudad grande). La expresión mi ciudad se traduce por my home town.
' ciudad' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
apego
- apoderarse
- cabo
- callejera
- callejero
- casco
- centro
- cerco
- chalet
- costera
- costero
- deprimida
- deprimido
- envolver
- escaparate
- expandirse
- gas
- habitante
- hermana
- incomunicar
- judería
- lástima
- liberación
- ligar
- llegar
- localidad
- mayor
- mercader
- muerta
- muerto
- natal
- paso
- periferia
- petate
- plana
- plano
- población
- poblada
- poblado
- por
- provincia
- proximidad
- puerta
- retención
- saco
- satélite
- sector
- suburbio
- superpoblación
- superpoblada
English:
activity
- amenities
- area
- authority
- auxiliary
- back
- barrage
- black out
- bomb
- bombed-out
- boomtown
- bus
- bypass
- campus
- Cape Town
- centre
- city
- commercialize
- congested
- crawl
- density
- district
- downtown
- drainage
- drawback
- dude ranch
- dump
- edge
- establish
- expand
- expansion
- extend
- facility
- flat
- flatten
- fountain
- ghost town
- grassy
- grip
- growing
- hard-hit
- heart
- high-rise
- hub
- in
- inner city
- itself
- keep
- lay out
- layout
* * *ciudad nf1. [localidad] [grande] city;[pequeña] town;la emigración del campo a la ciudad migration from the countryside to the city;la gente de la ciudad people who live in cities, city folkAm ciudad balnearia [en la costa] seaside resort; [estación thermal] spa town;Ciudad del Cabo Cape Town;la Ciudad Condal Barcelona;ciudad dormitorio commuter town, dormitory town;la Ciudad Eterna the Eternal City;ciudad fantasma ghost town;Ciudad de Guatemala Guatemala City;ciudad jardín garden city;Ciudad de México Mexico City;ciudad natal home town;Méx ciudad perdida shanty town;la Ciudad Santa the Holy City;ciudad satélite satellite town o city;Ciudad del Vaticano Vatican City2. [instalaciones] complexciudad deportiva sports complex;ciudad sanitaria hospital complex;ciudad universitaria university campus* * ** * *ciudad nf1) : city, town2)ciudad universitaria : college or university campus3)* * *¿te gusta vivir en una gran ciudad? do you like living in a big city? -
10 ciudad donde viven principalmente jubilados
(n.) = retirement townEx. The study showed that seaside resorts, spas, retirement towns and administrative centres were more likely to have good bookshop than industrial towns.* * *(n.) = retirement townEx: The study showed that seaside resorts, spas, retirement towns and administrative centres were more likely to have good bookshop than industrial towns.
Spanish-English dictionary > ciudad donde viven principalmente jubilados
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11 ciudadano
adj.civic.m.citizen, countryman, member of the public, townsman.* * *► adjetivo1 civic► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 citizen1 townspeople, city dwellers* * *(f. - ciudadana)noun* * *ciudadano, -a1.ADJ civic, city antes de s2.SM / F citizen* * *I II- na masculino, femenino1) ( habitante) citizen2) (Ven frml) ( al dirigirse - a un hombre) sir; (- a una mujer) madam* * *= citizen, national, constituent, private citizen, burgess, member of the public, punter.Ex. This paper reports a conference on present and future possibilities for interstate cooperation in the effective delivery of community information to citizens.Ex. This collection includes also works about the Maltese Islands and those written by Maltese nationals but published abroad.Ex. This service was formed in 1792 to give constituents free information on the activity of their government.Ex. Except for civil laws, and the individual right of the private citizen etc., the king is bound to public law, constitutional law and divine law.Ex. They claimed that they and all of their ancestors as burgesses had held a market on these days from time out of mind, without interruption.Ex. As well as voting for candidates it is possible for a member of the public to decide to stand for election themselves.Ex. It could mean simply the ability of the punter to move between pieces of information in much the same way as he or she uses the remote controller to change channels on analogue television.----* centro de atención al ciudadano = advice centre.* Centro de Información al Ciudadano = Public Information Center (PIC).* centro de información ciudadana = community information centre.* ciudadano británico = Briton.* ciudadano de edad avanzada = elderly citizen.* ciudadano de la tercera edad = senior citizen.* ciudadano medio, el = average man, the.* ciudadano normal = ordinary citizen, member of the public.* ciudadano, particular = private citizen.* ciudadanos = citizenry, townspeople.* ciudadano soldado = citizen soldier.* conciudadano = fellow citizen.* defensor de los derechos de los ciudadanos = citizen activist.* defensor de los intereses del ciudadano = watchdog.* derechos del ciudadano = civil liberties.* el ciudadano de a pie = the average Joe.* el ciudadano medio = the average Joe.* grupo de acción ciudadana = citizen action group, community action group.* grupo de ciudadanos desatentido = unserved, the.* grupo de protección ciudadana = civic trust group.* inseguridad ciudadana = street crime.* instrucción sobre los derechos de los ciudadanos = community education.* la ciudadana de a pie = the average Jane.* la ciudadana media = the average Jane.* Oficina de Información al Ciudadano (CAB) = Citizens' Advice Bureau (CAB).* participación ciudadana = community involvement.* seguridad ciudadana = public safety.* servicio de información ciudadana = community information service.* simple ciudadano, el = man-on-the-street, man in the street, the.* * *I II- na masculino, femenino1) ( habitante) citizen2) (Ven frml) ( al dirigirse - a un hombre) sir; (- a una mujer) madam* * *= citizen, national, constituent, private citizen, burgess, member of the public, punter.Ex: This paper reports a conference on present and future possibilities for interstate cooperation in the effective delivery of community information to citizens.
Ex: This collection includes also works about the Maltese Islands and those written by Maltese nationals but published abroad.Ex: This service was formed in 1792 to give constituents free information on the activity of their government.Ex: Except for civil laws, and the individual right of the private citizen etc., the king is bound to public law, constitutional law and divine law.Ex: They claimed that they and all of their ancestors as burgesses had held a market on these days from time out of mind, without interruption.Ex: As well as voting for candidates it is possible for a member of the public to decide to stand for election themselves.Ex: It could mean simply the ability of the punter to move between pieces of information in much the same way as he or she uses the remote controller to change channels on analogue television.* centro de atención al ciudadano = advice centre.* Centro de Información al Ciudadano = Public Information Center (PIC).* centro de información ciudadana = community information centre.* ciudadano británico = Briton.* ciudadano de edad avanzada = elderly citizen.* ciudadano de la tercera edad = senior citizen.* ciudadano medio, el = average man, the.* ciudadano normal = ordinary citizen, member of the public.* ciudadano, particular = private citizen.* ciudadanos = citizenry, townspeople.* ciudadano soldado = citizen soldier.* conciudadano = fellow citizen.* defensor de los derechos de los ciudadanos = citizen activist.* defensor de los intereses del ciudadano = watchdog.* derechos del ciudadano = civil liberties.* el ciudadano de a pie = the average Joe.* el ciudadano medio = the average Joe.* grupo de acción ciudadana = citizen action group, community action group.* grupo de ciudadanos desatentido = unserved, the.* grupo de protección ciudadana = civic trust group.* inseguridad ciudadana = street crime.* instrucción sobre los derechos de los ciudadanos = community education.* la ciudadana de a pie = the average Jane.* la ciudadana media = the average Jane.* Oficina de Información al Ciudadano (CAB) = Citizens' Advice Bureau (CAB).* participación ciudadana = community involvement.* seguridad ciudadana = public safety.* servicio de información ciudadana = community information service.* simple ciudadano, el = man-on-the-street, man in the street, the.* * *la vida ciudadana town o city lifela inseguridad ciudadana the lack of safety in towns o citiesel deber ciudadano de acudir a las urnas the duty of every citizen to use his or her votela colaboración ciudadana the cooperation of the peoplemasculine, feminineA (habitante) citizenel alcalde ha pedido la colaboración de todos los ciudadanos the mayor has asked everyone in the town o all of the townspeople o all of the residents to helpla seguridad de todos los ciudadanos the security of all citizens o of the population as a wholeCompuesto:el ciudadano de a pie the man in the street, the ordinary o average personBciudadana, ¿me permite su licencia de conducir? could I see your license please, madam?todos los ciudadanos deben acudir a la taquilla all visitors o everyone should go to the ticket office* * *
ciudadano
la inseguridad ciudadana the lack of safety in towns o cities;
es un deber ciudadano it's the duty of every citizen
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino ( habitante) citizen
ciudadano,-a
I sustantivo masculino y femenino citizen
el ciudadano de a pie, the man in the street
II adjetivo civic
' ciudadano' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ciudadana
- súbdita
- súbdito
- citadino
- medio
- nacional
English:
citizen
- man
- model
- national
- Briton
* * *ciudadano, -a♦ adj[deberes, conciencia] civic; [urbano] city;seguridad ciudadana public safety;vida ciudadana city life♦ nm,fcitizen;un ciudadano de Buenos Aires a citizen of Buenos Aires;el ciudadano de a pie the man in the street* * *I adj civic;seguridad ciudadana public safetyII m, ciudadana f citizen;el ciudadano de a pie the man in the street* * *ciudadano, -na adj: civic, cityciudadano, -na n1) nacional: citizen2) habitante: resident, city dweller* * *ciudadano n citizen -
12 fábrica de conservas
cannery, canning factory* * *(n.) = canneryEx. Sections cover farms and ranches, towns, schools and churches, fisheries and canneries, railroads, mines and ghost towns, and graveyards.* * *(n.) = canneryEx: Sections cover farms and ranches, towns, schools and churches, fisheries and canneries, railroads, mines and ghost towns, and graveyards.
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13 pueblo fantasma
m.ghost town.* * *(n.) = ghost townEx. Sections cover farms and ranches, towns, schools and churches, fisheries and canneries, railroads, mines and ghost towns, and graveyards.* * *(n.) = ghost townEx: Sections cover farms and ranches, towns, schools and churches, fisheries and canneries, railroads, mines and ghost towns, and graveyards.
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14 spa
m.spa.* * *SM spaspaghetti* * *= spa.Ex. The study showed that seaside resorts, spas, retirement towns and administrative centres were more likely to have good bookshops than industrial towns.* * *= spa.Ex: The study showed that seaside resorts, spas, retirement towns and administrative centres were more likely to have good bookshops than industrial towns.
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15 tacaño
adj.mean, cheap, cheapskate, close-fisted.m.miser, tightwad, Scrooge.* * *► adjetivo1 mean, stingy► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 skinflint, miser* * *(f. - tacaña)adj.* * *ADJ1) (=avaro) mean, stingy2) (=astuto) crafty* * *I- ña adjetivo stingy, meanII- ña masculino, femenino miser, tightwad (AmE colloq)* * *= cheap, stingy [stingier -comp., stingies -sup.], parsimonious, tight-fisted, miser, scrooge, skinflint, penny-pinching, tightwad, cheapskate.Ex. The unregistered shareware version displays a message to anyone accessing the server that the owner is too cheap to pay the shareware fee.Ex. All subjects completed a four-page questionnaire in which they rated Americans on six bipolar adjective dimensions: friendly/unfriendly, polite/impolite, industrious/lazy, religious/anti-religious, generous/ stingy, and patriotic/not patriotic.Ex. He joked that he had to be 'very parsimonious, indeed very Scottish,' in his management of IFLA finances = Bromeó diciendo que tenía que ser "muy cuidadoso, de hecho muy escocés", en su administración de los fondos de la IFLA.Ex. The money for modernizing Indian towns will have to come out of the pockets of leading merchants, men stereotyped as tight-fisted scrooges.Ex. If one were to think of an analogue outside the library situation, one would conjure up the image of a miser cackling with delight as he counts and recounts his beloved coins.Ex. The money for modernizing Indian towns will have to come out of the pockets of leading merchants, men stereotyped as tight-fisted scrooges.Ex. He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.Ex. He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.Ex. He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.Ex. Most of these cheapskates will not come right out and tell you that they don't want to pay anything for your software.* * *I- ña adjetivo stingy, meanII- ña masculino, femenino miser, tightwad (AmE colloq)* * *= cheap, stingy [stingier -comp., stingies -sup.], parsimonious, tight-fisted, miser, scrooge, skinflint, penny-pinching, tightwad, cheapskate.Ex: The unregistered shareware version displays a message to anyone accessing the server that the owner is too cheap to pay the shareware fee.
Ex: All subjects completed a four-page questionnaire in which they rated Americans on six bipolar adjective dimensions: friendly/unfriendly, polite/impolite, industrious/lazy, religious/anti-religious, generous/ stingy, and patriotic/not patriotic.Ex: He joked that he had to be 'very parsimonious, indeed very Scottish,' in his management of IFLA finances = Bromeó diciendo que tenía que ser "muy cuidadoso, de hecho muy escocés", en su administración de los fondos de la IFLA.Ex: The money for modernizing Indian towns will have to come out of the pockets of leading merchants, men stereotyped as tight-fisted scrooges.Ex: If one were to think of an analogue outside the library situation, one would conjure up the image of a miser cackling with delight as he counts and recounts his beloved coins.Ex: The money for modernizing Indian towns will have to come out of the pockets of leading merchants, men stereotyped as tight-fisted scrooges.Ex: He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.Ex: He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.Ex: He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.Ex: Most of these cheapskates will not come right out and tell you that they don't want to pay anything for your software.* * *miserly, stingy, meanmasculine, feminine* * *
tacaño◊ -ña adjetivo
stingy, mean
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
miser, tightwad (AmE colloq)
tacaño,-a
I adjetivo mean, stingy, miserly
II sustantivo masculino y femenino miser, scrooge
' tacaño' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cutre
- rata
- roñosa
- roñoso
- ruin
- tacaña
- agarrado
- apretado
- judío
- mezquindad
- mezquino
- mirar
- pinche
English:
cheap
- mean
- meanie
- miserly
- niggardly
- penny-pinching
- stingy
- tight
- tightfisted
* * *tacaño, -a♦ adjmean, miserly♦ nm,fmean o miserly person;ser un tacaño to be mean o miserly* * *I adj fammiserly, stingy famII m, tacaña f fammiser fam, tightwad fam* * *tacaño, -ña adjmezquino: stingy, miserlytacaño, -ña n: miser, tightwad* * *tacaño1 adj mean¡no seas tacaño! don't be mean!tacaño2 n skinflint -
16 terma
f.1 electric water heater.2 theater decoration.* * *= spa.Ex. The study showed that seaside resorts, spas, retirement towns and administrative centres were more likely to have good bookshops than industrial towns.* * *= spa.Ex: The study showed that seaside resorts, spas, retirement towns and administrative centres were more likely to have good bookshops than industrial towns.
* * *( Per)electric water heater* * *terma nmPerú water heater -
17 zona rural
f.back country, rural area.* * *(n.) = country, rural area, hinterland, countryside, rural regionEx. But in the country the processes of printing always provoke such lively curiosity that the customers preferred to go in by a glazed door set in the shop-front and giving onto the street.Ex. Attempts were made to reach beyond the larger cities through the use of mobile vans to visit outlying towns and rural areas.Ex. The overall picture gained from this area analysis was that the hinterlands of the industrial towns were not areas where one could hope to find much in the way of bookshops.Ex. Problems of community service seem to show up more clearly in the countryside.Ex. The article is entitled 'Avoiding the reefs and rips while riding a relevant technology wave into rural regions'.* * *(n.) = country, rural area, hinterland, countryside, rural regionEx: But in the country the processes of printing always provoke such lively curiosity that the customers preferred to go in by a glazed door set in the shop-front and giving onto the street.
Ex: Attempts were made to reach beyond the larger cities through the use of mobile vans to visit outlying towns and rural areas.Ex: The overall picture gained from this area analysis was that the hinterlands of the industrial towns were not areas where one could hope to find much in the way of bookshops.Ex: Problems of community service seem to show up more clearly in the countryside.Ex: The article is entitled 'Avoiding the reefs and rips while riding a relevant technology wave into rural regions'. -
18 asfixia
f.1 asphyxiation, suffocation.2 asphyxia, choking, suffocation, asphyxiation.pres.indicat.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: asfixiar.* * *1 asphyxia, suffocation, asphyxiation* * *noun f.asphyxia, suffocation* * *SF (=agobio) suffocation, asphyxiation; (Med) asphyxia* * *a) (Med) asphyxiamuerte por asfixia — death by asphyxia o suffocation
b) (fam) ( agobio) suffocation* * *= suffocation, asphyxia.Ex. Her article examines the problems of ' suffocation by the overproduction of information' and 'the withholding of information by new technologies'.Ex. The book recommends asphyxia by plastic bag combined with the ingestion of lethal doses of certain drugs.* * *a) (Med) asphyxiamuerte por asfixia — death by asphyxia o suffocation
b) (fam) ( agobio) suffocation* * *= suffocation, asphyxia.Ex: Her article examines the problems of ' suffocation by the overproduction of information' and 'the withholding of information by new technologies'.
Ex: The book recommends asphyxia by plastic bag combined with the ingestion of lethal doses of certain drugs.* * *1 ( Med) asphyxiamuerte por asfixia death by asphyxia o asphyxiation o suffocationla asfixia de las pequeñas empresas the strangulation of small businesseslas ciudades pequeñas me producen una sensación de asfixia I find small towns suffocating o stifling* * *
Del verbo asfixiar: ( conjugate asfixiar)
asfixia es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo
Multiple Entries:
asfixia
asfixiar
asfixia sustantivo femenino
asfixiar ( conjugate asfixiar) verbo transitivo
◊ murió asfixiado he died of asphyxiation o suffocation
asfixiarse verbo pronominal
( por obstrucción de la tráquea) to choke to death;
asfixia sustantivo femenino asphyxiation, suffocation
asfixiar vtr, asfixiarse verbo reflexivo to asphyxiate, suffocate
' asfixia' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
agobiarse
- ahogada
- ahogado
- opresión
English:
asphyxiation
- suffocation
* * *asfixia nf1. [por falta de oxígeno] asphyxiation, suffocation;murió por asfixia she suffocated2. [agobio] suffocation;este calor me produce asfixia I'm suffocating in this heat3. [económica]la alta fiscalidad produce la asfixia de las empresas high taxes are crippling business* * *f asphyxiation, suffocation* * *asfixia nf: asphyxia, asphyxiation, suffocation -
19 jerez
m.sherry.jerez fino dry sherry* * *► nombre masculino (pl jereces)1 sherry* * *noun m.* * *SF* * *masculino sherry•• Cultural note:Sherry is produced in an area of chalky soil known as albariza lying between the towns of Puerto de Santa María, Sanlúcar de Barrameda, and Jerez de la Frontera in Cádiz province. It is from Jerez that sherry takes its English name. Sherries, made from grape varieties including Palomino and Pedro Ximénez, are drunk worldwide as an aperitif, and in Spain as an accompaniment to tapas. The styles of jerez vary from the pale fino and manzanilla to the darker aromatic oloroso and amontillado. See also solera* * *= sherry.Ex. Put the arrowroot into a tumbler, sweeten it with lump sugar, and flavour it with cinnamon, or a piece of lemon-peel, or 3 tablespoonfuls of port or sherry.----* vino de Jerez = sherry.* * *masculino sherry•• Cultural note:Sherry is produced in an area of chalky soil known as albariza lying between the towns of Puerto de Santa María, Sanlúcar de Barrameda, and Jerez de la Frontera in Cádiz province. It is from Jerez that sherry takes its English name. Sherries, made from grape varieties including Palomino and Pedro Ximénez, are drunk worldwide as an aperitif, and in Spain as an accompaniment to tapas. The styles of jerez vary from the pale fino and manzanilla to the darker aromatic oloroso and amontillado. See also solera* * *= sherry.Ex: Put the arrowroot into a tumbler, sweeten it with lump sugar, and flavour it with cinnamon, or a piece of lemon-peel, or 3 tablespoonfuls of port or sherry.
* vino de Jerez = sherry.* * *jerez (↑ jerez a1)sherryjerez dulce/seco sweet/dry sherrySherry is produced in an area of chalky soil known as albariza lying between the towns of Puerto de Santa María, Sanlúcar de Barrameda, and Jerez de la Frontera in Cádiz province. It is from Jerez that sherry takes its English name. Sherries, made from grape varieties including Palomino and Pedro Ximénez, are drunk worldwide as an aperitif, and in Spain as an accompaniment to tapas (↑ tapa a1). The styles of jerez vary from the pale fino and manzanilla to the darker aromatic oloroso and amontillado. See also solera (↑ solera a1)* * *
jerez sustantivo masculino
sherry
jerez sustantivo masculino sherry
' jerez' also found in these entries:
English:
sherry
- trifle
- taste
* * *jerez nmsherryjerez fino dry sherry* * *m sherry* * ** * *jerez n sherry -
20 Laponia
f.Lapland.* * *1 Lapland* * *SF Lapland* * *= Lapland.Ex. The article 'To the Polar Circle on exchange visit' describes a 3 week exchange visit to the Regional Library in Rovaniemi, the largest of Finnish Lapland's 4 towns.* * *= Lapland.Ex: The article 'To the Polar Circle on exchange visit' describes a 3 week exchange visit to the Regional Library in Rovaniemi, the largest of Finnish Lapland's 4 towns.
* * *Lapland* * *Laponia nLapland* * *f Lapland
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