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  • 81 denunciación

    f.
    denunciation, delation, denouncement.
    * * *
    * * *
    = exposure, denouncement.
    Ex. This book is an uncompromising exposure of the ideological mist that envelops romantics and romanticists.
    Ex. The second document is a denouncement of slavery by Greenwich, who mobilizes the best tradition of scriptural exegesis to make his case.
    * * *
    = exposure, denouncement.

    Ex: This book is an uncompromising exposure of the ideological mist that envelops romantics and romanticists.

    Ex: The second document is a denouncement of slavery by Greenwich, who mobilizes the best tradition of scriptural exegesis to make his case.

    Spanish-English dictionary > denunciación

  • 82 desfasado

    adj.
    out of phase, out of place, off-time.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: desfasar.
    * * *
    1→ link=desfasar desfasar
    1 outdated, out of date (persona) old-fashioned, behind the times
    ■ ¡eres un desfasado! you're just not with it!
    * * *
    (f. - desfasada)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=anticuado) behind the times
    2) (Téc) out of phase
    3)

    estar desfasado — (Aer) to be suffering from jetlag

    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) (Fís) out of phase; <mecanismo/ritmo> out of sync; <planes/etapas> out of step
    b) <ideas/persona> old-fashioned
    * * *
    = out of date [out-of-date], outdated [out-dated], outmoded, superseded, outworn, musty [mustier -comp., mustiest -sup.], out of sync, overaged, out of touch with + reality, fossilised [fossilized, -USA], byzantine, moth-eaten, mothy [mothier -comp., mothiest -sup.], stale, long in the tooth.
    Ex. It is for this reason that many special libraries have constructed their own indexing language; they have avoided being tied to a possibly out of date published list.
    Ex. For example, the outdated subject heading 'Female emancipation' could be changed to the newer term 'Women's liberation' with this function.
    Ex. With computerization some libraries took the opportunity to replace outmoded abstracts bulletins with SDI services.
    Ex. Nonetheless, shelves fill up and eventually must be relieved of duplicated, superseded or obsolete books.
    Ex. This advertisement was part of a publicity campaign which was based on a presentation of Europe so outworn as to be almost meaningless.
    Ex. Only if we continuously redefine our goals in accordance with the developments in our societies will we remain dynamic libraries and not turn into musty institutions.
    Ex. The article 'Reading: an activity out of sync' emphasizes the need for the librarian and the teacher to work together to ensure that pupils are taught about a wide range of quality literature titles and authors.
    Ex. Bielefeld University is replacing its overaged mainframe data processing systems in the library.
    Ex. Some librarians seem to be out of touch with reality.
    Ex. The article deals with matters of image and status, professional associations, cultural policies, collections, censorship, outdated infrastructure and fossilised mentalities.
    Ex. Those elderly bureaucrats and their byzantine procedures are cherished by the customers, who tend to be uninterested in the arcane details of 'digital,' and so are relentlessly passé themselves.
    Ex. He said: 'The outer shell of democracy is, no doubt, intact but it appears to be moth-eaten from inside'.
    Ex. So, he cleaned the bird cage from top to bottom and threw out all the mothy bird seed.
    Ex. Does the library continue a stale tradition, or does it interpret social change?.
    Ex. Training would be needed for the reception staff, who all said they were a bit long in the tooth for learning how to use a computer.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) (Fís) out of phase; <mecanismo/ritmo> out of sync; <planes/etapas> out of step
    b) <ideas/persona> old-fashioned
    * * *
    = out of date [out-of-date], outdated [out-dated], outmoded, superseded, outworn, musty [mustier -comp., mustiest -sup.], out of sync, overaged, out of touch with + reality, fossilised [fossilized, -USA], byzantine, moth-eaten, mothy [mothier -comp., mothiest -sup.], stale, long in the tooth.

    Ex: It is for this reason that many special libraries have constructed their own indexing language; they have avoided being tied to a possibly out of date published list.

    Ex: For example, the outdated subject heading 'Female emancipation' could be changed to the newer term 'Women's liberation' with this function.
    Ex: With computerization some libraries took the opportunity to replace outmoded abstracts bulletins with SDI services.
    Ex: Nonetheless, shelves fill up and eventually must be relieved of duplicated, superseded or obsolete books.
    Ex: This advertisement was part of a publicity campaign which was based on a presentation of Europe so outworn as to be almost meaningless.
    Ex: Only if we continuously redefine our goals in accordance with the developments in our societies will we remain dynamic libraries and not turn into musty institutions.
    Ex: The article 'Reading: an activity out of sync' emphasizes the need for the librarian and the teacher to work together to ensure that pupils are taught about a wide range of quality literature titles and authors.
    Ex: Bielefeld University is replacing its overaged mainframe data processing systems in the library.
    Ex: Some librarians seem to be out of touch with reality.
    Ex: The article deals with matters of image and status, professional associations, cultural policies, collections, censorship, outdated infrastructure and fossilised mentalities.
    Ex: Those elderly bureaucrats and their byzantine procedures are cherished by the customers, who tend to be uninterested in the arcane details of 'digital,' and so are relentlessly passé themselves.
    Ex: He said: 'The outer shell of democracy is, no doubt, intact but it appears to be moth-eaten from inside'.
    Ex: So, he cleaned the bird cage from top to bottom and threw out all the mothy bird seed.
    Ex: Does the library continue a stale tradition, or does it interpret social change?.
    Ex: Training would be needed for the reception staff, who all said they were a bit long in the tooth for learning how to use a computer.

    * * *
    1 ( Fís) out of phase
    2 ‹mecanismo/ritmo› out of sync; ‹planes/etapas› out of step
    3 ‹ideas/persona› old-fashioned
    está algo desfasado it's a little behind the times o old-fashioned
    * * *

    Del verbo desfasarse: ( conjugate desfasarse)

    desfasado es:

    el participio

    desfasado
    ◊ -da adjetivo ‹ideas/persona› old-fashioned

    desfasado,-a adjetivo
    1 (objeto, moda, etc) outdated
    2 (persona) old-fashioned, behind the times
    3 Téc out of phase

    ' desfasado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    desfasada
    - atrasado
    English:
    time
    - out
    * * *
    desfasado, -a adj
    1. [desincronizado] out of synch o sync
    2. [persona] out of touch;
    [libro, moda] old-fashioned; [ideas] old-fashioned, out of date
    * * *
    adj fig
    old-fashioned
    * * *
    desfasado, -da adj
    1) : out of sync
    2) : out of step, behind the times
    * * *
    desfasado adj out of date

    Spanish-English dictionary > desfasado

  • 83 destacar

    v.
    1 to emphasize, to highlight (poner de relieve).
    cabe destacar que… it is important to point out that…
    hay que destacar el trabajo de los actores the acting deserves special mention
    Ella destaca sus logros She highlights his achievements.
    Ella destacó su importancia She emphasized its importance.
    2 to station (tropas).
    3 to stand out.
    destaca entre sus otras novelas por su humor it stands out among her other novels for o because of its humor
    Sus logros destacan His achievements stand out.
    4 to put on the front, to deploy, to detach, to put at the front line.
    Ricardo destacó al alumno Richard put the student on the front.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ SACAR], like link=sacar sacar
    1 (despuntar) to stand out
    1 MILITAR to detach
    2 (en pintura) to highlight, make stand out
    3 figurado (dar énfasis) to point out, emphasize
    1 to stand out
    * * *
    verb
    1) to highlight, emphasize
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=hacer resaltar) to emphasize

    quiero destacar que... — I wish to emphasize that...

    2) (Mil) to detach, detail
    3) (Inform) to highlight
    2.
    VI
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) (recalcar, subrayar) to emphasize, stress
    2) ( realzar) <belleza/figura> to enhance; <color/plano> to bring out
    3)
    a) (Mil) < tropas> to post

    destacar a alguien para + inf — to detail somebody to + inf

    b) <periodista/fotógrafo> to send
    2.
    destacar vi to stand out

    destacar en algo — to excel at o in something

    * * *
    = bring into + focus, emphasise [emphasize, -USA], give + prominence, give + emphasis, highlight, make + Posesivo + mark, single out, illuminate, heighten, stand out in + the text, play up, stand out, foreground, lay + emphasis on, be to the fore, bring to + the fore, come to + the fore, give + highlights, excel, spotlight, bring to + the forefront, place + great store on, create + a high profile for, give + a high profile, have + high profile, bring + attention to, stand + apart, shine, deploy, flag + Nombre + up, stand + proud.
    Ex. The current technological scene is reviewed to bring fee-related issues into sharper focus.
    Ex. Analytical cataloguing aims to emphasise the content of documents, rather than relying entirely upon cataloguing whole works.
    Ex. Provision should be on the basis of quality and originality, with classic works of the genre given prominence.
    Ex. Some are poorly written giving either too much or too little data, and giving undue emphasis to the author's priorities.
    Ex. In each case the object of the discussion will be to highlight what appear to be the significant aspects, particularly those concerning the background which affect the nature of the scheme.
    Ex. Prior to that date he had already begun to make his mark.
    Ex. Conference proceedings are singled out for special attention because they are an important category of material in relation to abstracting and indexing publications.
    Ex. This appraisal attempts to illuminate aspects of Irish library history omitted from international reference works.
    Ex. Automated support services have heightened the sense of interdependency between libraries and vendors.
    Ex. Both Dialog and Chemical Abstracts Service stand out in the text.
    Ex. A long-standing but unfortunate tradition plays up antagonism between those librarians who become catalogers and those who opt for reference or public service.
    Ex. Three national library catalogues stand out as highly important sources of general bibliography.
    Ex. His survey of how such poetry has been edited in recent years, however, shows that a single edition is still foregrounded while other editions are only obliquely indicated via footnotes.
    Ex. Her article lays emphasis on some of the concerns that are important to the continued development of effective information policies.
    Ex. Those countries which were already to the fore in science and technology certainly faced problems in the handling of information.
    Ex. Installation of new computer terminals may bring the problem to the fore.
    Ex. As this table shows, the age profile for all borrowers is very close to that of all adults in the country but when one looks at the more frequent users, the regular borrowers, the older people come more to the fore.
    Ex. This article gives highlights of a trade show on the applications of optical information systems in publishing organised by Learned Information and held in New York City, 15-17 Oct 86.
    Ex. Expert systems represent an attempt to harness, as an intellectual tool, those features of the computer where it excels in the handling of data.
    Ex. This article spotlights the role that authority files play in promoting uniformity of cataloguing practice.
    Ex. This theft of valuable letters and documents brings to the forefront, once again, the question of collection security in the nation's archives.
    Ex. The IFLA letter places great store on the number of FID members who are also IFLA members.
    Ex. This article pesents an interview with George Cunningham who sees his role as creating a high profile for the library profession and fostering a love of books.
    Ex. The course gives information technology a very high profile.
    Ex. Before the launch of Penguin Books India in 1987, trade publishing in English in India did not have the high profile in bookstores it has today..
    Ex. In crisp, economical prose, the journal calmly brought attention to the nooks and crannies, and absurdities of university life, concerning itself with both the idiosyncratic and the profound.
    Ex. There are many books published in the world and of many kinds, but one category stands apart: books that come under the heading of literature.
    Ex. A light box would be provided for this purpose so that the cards could be accurately stacked on top of each other to allow the light from the light box to shine through any holes that the three cards had in common.
    Ex. Any attack on Iran will require that military forces quickly deploy to Dubai to forestall the closing of the strait.
    Ex. If you spot an error then flag it up to your bank promptly and insist they take action to rectify it.
    Ex. Even now, hundreds of years after his death, his timepieces stand proud in historic buildings around the world.
    ----
    * destacar con mucho sobre = stand out + head and shoulders (above/over), be head and shoulder (above/over).
    * destacar en = pull off on.
    * destacar la importancia = underscore + importance.
    * destacar la importancia de = stress + the importance of, emphasise + the importance of, highlight + the importance of.
    * destacar por encima de los demás = stand out from + the rest, stand out above + the rest, stand out in + the crowd.
    * destacar sobre los demás = stand out above + the rest, stand out from + the rest, stand out in + the crowd.
    * es de destacar que = significantly.
    * es importante destacar = importantly.
    * hay que destacar = importantly.
    * sin acontecimientos que destacar = uneventful.
    * sin nada que destacar = uneventful.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) (recalcar, subrayar) to emphasize, stress
    2) ( realzar) <belleza/figura> to enhance; <color/plano> to bring out
    3)
    a) (Mil) < tropas> to post

    destacar a alguien para + inf — to detail somebody to + inf

    b) <periodista/fotógrafo> to send
    2.
    destacar vi to stand out

    destacar en algo — to excel at o in something

    * * *
    = bring into + focus, emphasise [emphasize, -USA], give + prominence, give + emphasis, highlight, make + Posesivo + mark, single out, illuminate, heighten, stand out in + the text, play up, stand out, foreground, lay + emphasis on, be to the fore, bring to + the fore, come to + the fore, give + highlights, excel, spotlight, bring to + the forefront, place + great store on, create + a high profile for, give + a high profile, have + high profile, bring + attention to, stand + apart, shine, deploy, flag + Nombre + up, stand + proud.

    Ex: The current technological scene is reviewed to bring fee-related issues into sharper focus.

    Ex: Analytical cataloguing aims to emphasise the content of documents, rather than relying entirely upon cataloguing whole works.
    Ex: Provision should be on the basis of quality and originality, with classic works of the genre given prominence.
    Ex: Some are poorly written giving either too much or too little data, and giving undue emphasis to the author's priorities.
    Ex: In each case the object of the discussion will be to highlight what appear to be the significant aspects, particularly those concerning the background which affect the nature of the scheme.
    Ex: Prior to that date he had already begun to make his mark.
    Ex: Conference proceedings are singled out for special attention because they are an important category of material in relation to abstracting and indexing publications.
    Ex: This appraisal attempts to illuminate aspects of Irish library history omitted from international reference works.
    Ex: Automated support services have heightened the sense of interdependency between libraries and vendors.
    Ex: Both Dialog and Chemical Abstracts Service stand out in the text.
    Ex: A long-standing but unfortunate tradition plays up antagonism between those librarians who become catalogers and those who opt for reference or public service.
    Ex: Three national library catalogues stand out as highly important sources of general bibliography.
    Ex: His survey of how such poetry has been edited in recent years, however, shows that a single edition is still foregrounded while other editions are only obliquely indicated via footnotes.
    Ex: Her article lays emphasis on some of the concerns that are important to the continued development of effective information policies.
    Ex: Those countries which were already to the fore in science and technology certainly faced problems in the handling of information.
    Ex: Installation of new computer terminals may bring the problem to the fore.
    Ex: As this table shows, the age profile for all borrowers is very close to that of all adults in the country but when one looks at the more frequent users, the regular borrowers, the older people come more to the fore.
    Ex: This article gives highlights of a trade show on the applications of optical information systems in publishing organised by Learned Information and held in New York City, 15-17 Oct 86.
    Ex: Expert systems represent an attempt to harness, as an intellectual tool, those features of the computer where it excels in the handling of data.
    Ex: This article spotlights the role that authority files play in promoting uniformity of cataloguing practice.
    Ex: This theft of valuable letters and documents brings to the forefront, once again, the question of collection security in the nation's archives.
    Ex: The IFLA letter places great store on the number of FID members who are also IFLA members.
    Ex: This article pesents an interview with George Cunningham who sees his role as creating a high profile for the library profession and fostering a love of books.
    Ex: The course gives information technology a very high profile.
    Ex: Before the launch of Penguin Books India in 1987, trade publishing in English in India did not have the high profile in bookstores it has today..
    Ex: In crisp, economical prose, the journal calmly brought attention to the nooks and crannies, and absurdities of university life, concerning itself with both the idiosyncratic and the profound.
    Ex: There are many books published in the world and of many kinds, but one category stands apart: books that come under the heading of literature.
    Ex: A light box would be provided for this purpose so that the cards could be accurately stacked on top of each other to allow the light from the light box to shine through any holes that the three cards had in common.
    Ex: Any attack on Iran will require that military forces quickly deploy to Dubai to forestall the closing of the strait.
    Ex: If you spot an error then flag it up to your bank promptly and insist they take action to rectify it.
    Ex: Even now, hundreds of years after his death, his timepieces stand proud in historic buildings around the world.
    * destacar con mucho sobre = stand out + head and shoulders (above/over), be head and shoulder (above/over).
    * destacar en = pull off on.
    * destacar la importancia = underscore + importance.
    * destacar la importancia de = stress + the importance of, emphasise + the importance of, highlight + the importance of.
    * destacar por encima de los demás = stand out from + the rest, stand out above + the rest, stand out in + the crowd.
    * destacar sobre los demás = stand out above + the rest, stand out from + the rest, stand out in + the crowd.
    * es de destacar que = significantly.
    * es importante destacar = importantly.
    * hay que destacar = importantly.
    * sin acontecimientos que destacar = uneventful.
    * sin nada que destacar = uneventful.

    * * *
    destacar [A2 ]
    vt
    A (recalcar, subrayar) to emphasize, stress
    destacó la gravedad de la situación he underlined o stressed o emphasized the gravity of the situation
    B ( Art) to highlight, bring out
    C
    1 (enviar) ‹tropas› to post
    fueron destacados para defender el puente they were detailed to defend the bridge
    2 ‹periodista/fotógrafo› to send
    ■ destacar
    vi
    to stand out
    el trabajo destaca por su originalidad the work is remarkable for o stands out because of its originality
    el marco hace destacar aún más la belleza del cuadro the frame further enhances the beauty of the picture
    destacó como autor teatral he was an outstanding playwright
    a lo lejos destacaba el campanario de la iglesia the church tower stood out in the distance
    nunca destacó como estudiante he never excelled o shone as a student
    destaca entre los de su edad por su estatura he stands out from others of his age because of his height
    * * *

     

    destacar ( conjugate destacar) verbo transitivo
    1 (recalcar, subrayar) to emphasize, stress
    2 ( realzar) ‹belleza/figura› to enhance;
    ‹color/plano› to bring out
    3
    a) (Mil) ‹ tropas› to post

    b) ‹periodista/fotógrafo› to send

    verbo intransitivo
    to stand out;
    destacar en algo to excel at o in sth
    destacar vtr fig to emphasize, stress
    destacar(se) verbo intransitivo & verbo reflexivo to stand out
    ' destacar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    brillar
    - despuntar
    - destacarse
    - perfilarse
    - realzar
    - resaltar
    - sobresalir
    - subrayar
    English:
    angular
    - detail
    - highlight
    - shine
    - stand out
    - crowd
    - excel
    - heighten
    - stand
    - tower
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [poner de relieve] to emphasize, to highlight;
    debo destacar lo importante que es la operación I must stress o emphasize how important the operation is;
    cabe destacar que… it is important to point out that…;
    hay que destacar el trabajo de los actores the acting deserves special mention
    2. [tropas] to station;
    [corresponsales] to assign, to send
    ♦ vi
    [sobresalir] to stand out;
    tiene afán por destacar she is keen to excel;
    destacó como concertista de piano he was an outstanding concert pianist;
    hay una alumna que destaca de los demás/entre todos there is one student who stands out from the others/from all the others;
    destaca en sus estudios she is an outstanding student;
    destaca entre sus otras novelas por su humor it stands out from her other novels for o because of its humour;
    destaca mucho por su imponente físico he really stands out because of his impressive physique;
    un pueblo que no destaca por nada en particular a town that is not remarkable for anything in particular, a rather unremarkable town
    * * *
    I v/i stand out
    II v/t emphasize
    * * *
    destacar {72} vt
    1) enfatizar, subrayar: to emphasize, to highlight, to stress
    2) : to station, to post
    : to stand out
    * * *
    1. (resaltar) to point out / to emphasize
    2. (sobresalir) to stand out [pt. & pp. stood]

    Spanish-English dictionary > destacar

  • 84 desvincularse

    1 to cut oneself off (de, from), break away (de, from), dissociate oneself (de, from)
    * * *
    VPR
    1) (=aislarse) to be cut off
    2) (=alejarse) to cut o.s. off (de from)
    * * *
    (v.) = dissociate, distance, disassociate
    Ex. Further, the grand tradition still reflects the anxiety of the `free library' to dissociate itself from the proselytising clamour of Victorian sectaries of various kinds.
    Ex. They were to a much greater extent distanced from popula reading by the increasing gap between high and low culture.
    Ex. Schools that have dropped the word 'library' from their names are sending a clear signal that they want to disassociate themselves from the library profession.
    * * *
    (v.) = dissociate, distance, disassociate

    Ex: Further, the grand tradition still reflects the anxiety of the `free library' to dissociate itself from the proselytising clamour of Victorian sectaries of various kinds.

    Ex: They were to a much greater extent distanced from popula reading by the increasing gap between high and low culture.
    Ex: Schools that have dropped the word 'library' from their names are sending a clear signal that they want to disassociate themselves from the library profession.

    * * *

    desvincularse ( conjugate desvincularse) verbo pronominal desvincularsese de algn/algo to dissociate oneself from sth/sb;

    ■desvincularse verbo reflexivo to cut oneself off, dissociate oneself [de, from]: me quiero desvincular de todos vuestros tejemanejes, I'd like to dissociate myself from all of your scheming

    ' desvincularse' also found in these entries:
    English:
    dissociate
    - distance
    * * *
    vpr
    to dissociate oneself (de from);
    me he desvinculado por completo del fútbol I no longer have any involvement in football;
    se desvinculó de sus amigos al acabar la universidad he lost touch with his friends after he left university
    * * *
    v/r dissociate o.s. (de from)
    * * *
    vr

    Spanish-English dictionary > desvincularse

  • 85 devoto

    adj.
    1 devoted, adoring, devotional, devout.
    2 dedicated, devoted, assiduous.
    m.
    1 devotee, worshiper, worshipper.
    2 member of a sect, sectary.
    3 churchgoer.
    * * *
    1 (piadoso) devout, pious
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 RELIGIÓN pious person, devout person
    2 figurado (seguidor) devoted follower, devotee, admirer
    * * *
    devoto, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) (Rel) [persona] devout; [obra] devotional
    2) (=apegado, fiel) devoted (de to)

    su devoto servidor — frm your devoted servant

    2. SM / F
    1) (Rel) devout person

    los devotos — the faithful; [en iglesia] the congregation sing

    2) (=aficionado) devotee
    * * *
    I
    - ta adjetivo < persona> devout; <lugar/obra> devotional
    II
    - ta masculino, femenino
    a) (Relig)
    * * *
    = devotee, devout, devotional, sectary, prayerful, devoted, loyal (to), pious, God-fearing.
    Ex. 'Punch' satirised the opponents more cruelly: 'Here is an institution doomed to scare the furious devotees of laissez faire'.
    Ex. His goal was to contribute to the 'uplift' of the masses and to make men sober, righteous, conservative, patient, and devout -- in short, to make others more like himself.
    Ex. With its riverfront orientation and steps leading down to the esplanade, the library evokes a Greek devotional temple.
    Ex. Further, the grand tradition still reflects the anxiety of the `free library' to dissociate itself from the proselytising clamour of Victorian sectaries of various kinds.
    Ex. The article 'Man proposes, God disposes' is reminder that all planning should take place in a spirit of prayerful reliance on God.
    Ex. Overprotective feelings occur mostly in very devoted, tender-hearted parents who are inclined to feel guilty.
    Ex. He was said to be 100% loyal to the library and perfectly satisfied with his position.
    Ex. This pious plantation owner wanted to teach Christianity to 12 of his slaves by inviting them to participate in a reenactment of the Last Supper.
    Ex. On this increasingly God-fearing globe, only Western Europe looks like the last bastion of secularism -- or are the faithful here too returning to the fold?.
    ----
    * judío devoto = devout Jew.
    * * *
    I
    - ta adjetivo < persona> devout; <lugar/obra> devotional
    II
    - ta masculino, femenino
    a) (Relig)
    * * *
    = devotee, devout, devotional, sectary, prayerful, devoted, loyal (to), pious, God-fearing.

    Ex: 'Punch' satirised the opponents more cruelly: 'Here is an institution doomed to scare the furious devotees of laissez faire'.

    Ex: His goal was to contribute to the 'uplift' of the masses and to make men sober, righteous, conservative, patient, and devout -- in short, to make others more like himself.
    Ex: With its riverfront orientation and steps leading down to the esplanade, the library evokes a Greek devotional temple.
    Ex: Further, the grand tradition still reflects the anxiety of the `free library' to dissociate itself from the proselytising clamour of Victorian sectaries of various kinds.
    Ex: The article 'Man proposes, God disposes' is reminder that all planning should take place in a spirit of prayerful reliance on God.
    Ex: Overprotective feelings occur mostly in very devoted, tender-hearted parents who are inclined to feel guilty.
    Ex: He was said to be 100% loyal to the library and perfectly satisfied with his position.
    Ex: This pious plantation owner wanted to teach Christianity to 12 of his slaves by inviting them to participate in a reenactment of the Last Supper.
    Ex: On this increasingly God-fearing globe, only Western Europe looks like the last bastion of secularism -- or are the faithful here too returning to the fold?.
    * judío devoto = devout Jew.

    * * *
    devoto1 -ta
    ‹persona› devout; ‹estampa/lugar/obra› devotional
    es muy devoto de la Virgen he's a devout follower of the Virgin
    devoto2 -ta
    masculine, feminine
    1 ( Relig) devoto DE algn devotee OF sb
    es un devoto de San Juan he is a devotee of Saint John
    2 (aficionado) devoto DE algo devotee OF sth
    los devotos de la música clásica devotees of classical music
    devoto DE algn admirer OF sb
    los devotos del famoso tenor admirers of the famous tenor
    * * *

    devoto
    ◊ -ta adjetivo ‹ persona› devout;


    ‹lugar/obra› devotional
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    a) (Relig) devoto de algn devotee of sb

    b) ( aficionado) devoto de algo/algn devotee of sth/admirer of sb

    devoto,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 Rel pious, devout
    2 (admirador) es un devoto lector de Dostoievski, he's an ardent reader of Dostoevski
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino
    1 Rel pious person
    2 (admirador) devotee
    ' devoto' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    devota
    - piadosa
    - piadoso
    English:
    devotee
    - devout
    - worshipper
    - devoted
    * * *
    devoto, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [piadoso] devout;
    ser devoto de to have a devotion for
    2. [admirador] devoted (de to)
    3. [imagen, templo, lugar] devotional
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [beato] devout person;
    es un devoto de San Antonio he has a special devotion to St Anthony;
    los devotos the faithful
    2. [admirador] devotee (de of);
    buenas noticias para los devotos del cine de ciencia ficción good news for fans of science fiction movies o Br films
    * * *
    I adj devout
    II m, devota f devotee (de of)
    * * *
    devoto, -ta adj
    : devout
    ♦ devotamente adv
    devoto, -ta n
    : devotee, admirer

    Spanish-English dictionary > devoto

  • 86 disociarse

    VPR to dissociate o.s. (de from)
    * * *
    (v.) = dissociate, disassociate
    Ex. Further, the grand tradition still reflects the anxiety of the `free library' to dissociate itself from the proselytising clamour of Victorian sectaries of various kinds.
    Ex. Schools that have dropped the word 'library' from their names are sending a clear signal that they want to disassociate themselves from the library profession.
    * * *
    (v.) = dissociate, disassociate

    Ex: Further, the grand tradition still reflects the anxiety of the `free library' to dissociate itself from the proselytising clamour of Victorian sectaries of various kinds.

    Ex: Schools that have dropped the word 'library' from their names are sending a clear signal that they want to disassociate themselves from the library profession.

    * * *
    vpr
    1. [desentenderse] to dissociate oneself (de from)
    2. Quím to dissociate
    * * *
    v/r fig
    :
    disociarse de alguien/algo dissociate o.s. from s.o./sth

    Spanish-English dictionary > disociarse

  • 87 distraer la atención

    (v.) = distract + attention
    Ex. We must not allow it to distract our attention from the more fundamental and intractable problems on which our grand tradition is floundering.
    * * *
    (v.) = distract + attention

    Ex: We must not allow it to distract our attention from the more fundamental and intractable problems on which our grand tradition is floundering.

    Spanish-English dictionary > distraer la atención

  • 88 eliminación

    f.
    1 elimination, removal, discard, disposal.
    2 put-out.
    3 elimination.
    * * *
    1 elimination
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=de posibilidades) elimination
    2) [de concursante, deportista] elimination
    3) (=desaparición) [de mancha, obstáculo] removal; [de residuos] disposal
    4) [de incógnita] elimination
    5) (Fisiol) elimination
    * * *
    femenino elimination
    * * *
    = clearance, cutoff, deletion, elimination, erasure, removal, removing, suppression, withdrawal, disposal, disbandment, eradication, excision, axing, disbanding, overturning, clearing, wiping out.
    Ex. Most of the larger cities have set up wholesale slum clearance programmes and rehousing in council housing and high-rise flats.
    Ex. This is very important to remember in assessing the true significance of the potential of the LC catalog cutoff, to which Mr. Welsh refers.
    Ex. The query number Q0001 is needed for deletion at a later date.
    Ex. Left hand truncation, which involves the neglect of prefixes or the elimination of characters from the beginning of a word, is also possible in many systems.
    Ex. This method has the advantage of simplicity and ease of erasure.
    Ex. Other references follow, with the progressive removal of terms.
    Ex. The activities assigned were the following: unpacking and drying wet books; cleaning and removing mould; and dry cleaning techniques for papers and books.
    Ex. The practice of modifying the citation order prescribed by chain procedure can be extended beyond the suppression of time and form concepts.
    Ex. This situation has been severely aggravated by the sudden withdrawal of nearly a decade of federal largesse toward education and education-related activities.
    Ex. The current agricultural research programme includes scientific and technical research to improve land use and effluent disposal.
    Ex. The methods employed and labour costs associated with the disbandment are detailed.
    Ex. The background papers on education prepared for the conference did not include the role of libraries in the eradication of illiterary.
    Ex. In the light of unpopular decisions about the financing of local government, public libraries have been prime candidates for excision.
    Ex. This article reports briefly on the axing of the Wilson Library Bulletin.
    Ex. Disbanding of serials departments may result from the integration into automated systems of serials processing.
    Ex. This fight has caused the overturning of the tradition ofprivate ownership of presidential records.
    Ex. This clearing of the terminological undergrowth is only half the battle.
    Ex. He promoted a program of racial persecution and racism involving the wiping out of the Jews.
    ----
    * eliminación de ambigüedades = disambiguation.
    * eliminación de basura = waste disposal.
    * eliminación de la cafeina = decaffeination.
    * eliminación del intermediario = disintermediation.
    * eliminación de los duplicados = deduplication.
    * eliminación del sarro = descaling.
    * eliminación de registros duplicados = duplicate elimination.
    * eliminación de virus = virus elimination.
    * * *
    femenino elimination
    * * *
    = clearance, cutoff, deletion, elimination, erasure, removal, removing, suppression, withdrawal, disposal, disbandment, eradication, excision, axing, disbanding, overturning, clearing, wiping out.

    Ex: Most of the larger cities have set up wholesale slum clearance programmes and rehousing in council housing and high-rise flats.

    Ex: This is very important to remember in assessing the true significance of the potential of the LC catalog cutoff, to which Mr. Welsh refers.
    Ex: The query number Q0001 is needed for deletion at a later date.
    Ex: Left hand truncation, which involves the neglect of prefixes or the elimination of characters from the beginning of a word, is also possible in many systems.
    Ex: This method has the advantage of simplicity and ease of erasure.
    Ex: Other references follow, with the progressive removal of terms.
    Ex: The activities assigned were the following: unpacking and drying wet books; cleaning and removing mould; and dry cleaning techniques for papers and books.
    Ex: The practice of modifying the citation order prescribed by chain procedure can be extended beyond the suppression of time and form concepts.
    Ex: This situation has been severely aggravated by the sudden withdrawal of nearly a decade of federal largesse toward education and education-related activities.
    Ex: The current agricultural research programme includes scientific and technical research to improve land use and effluent disposal.
    Ex: The methods employed and labour costs associated with the disbandment are detailed.
    Ex: The background papers on education prepared for the conference did not include the role of libraries in the eradication of illiterary.
    Ex: In the light of unpopular decisions about the financing of local government, public libraries have been prime candidates for excision.
    Ex: This article reports briefly on the axing of the Wilson Library Bulletin.
    Ex: Disbanding of serials departments may result from the integration into automated systems of serials processing.
    Ex: This fight has caused the overturning of the tradition ofprivate ownership of presidential records.
    Ex: This clearing of the terminological undergrowth is only half the battle.
    Ex: He promoted a program of racial persecution and racism involving the wiping out of the Jews.
    * eliminación de ambigüedades = disambiguation.
    * eliminación de basura = waste disposal.
    * eliminación de la cafeina = decaffeination.
    * eliminación del intermediario = disintermediation.
    * eliminación de los duplicados = deduplication.
    * eliminación del sarro = descaling.
    * eliminación de registros duplicados = duplicate elimination.
    * eliminación de virus = virus elimination.

    * * *
    1 (de posibilidades) elimination
    solucionaron el problema por eliminación they solved the problem by (a) process of elimination
    2 (de una competición) elimination
    3 (de grasas, toxinas) elimination
    4 (de una incógnita) elimination
    5 (de residuos) disposal
    la eliminación de los residuos the disposal of the waste products
    * * *

    eliminación sustantivo femenino
    elimination;
    ( de residuos) disposal
    eliminación sustantivo femenino elimination
    ' eliminación' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    residuo
    English:
    disposal
    - elimination
    - removal
    * * *
    1. [en juego, deporte, concurso] elimination
    2. [de contaminación, grasas, toxinas] elimination;
    [de residuos] disposal; [de fronteras, obstáculos] removal, elimination eliminación de residuos waste o garbage disposal
    3. Mat [de incógnita] elimination;
    Fig
    hallar algo por eliminación to work sth out by a process of elimination
    4. Euf [de persona] elimination
    * * *
    f
    1 elimination
    2 de desperdicios disposal
    3 INFOR deletion
    * * *
    eliminación nf, pl - ciones : elimination, removal
    * * *
    1. (en general) elimination
    2. (de una mancha) removal

    Spanish-English dictionary > eliminación

  • 89 en altamar

    = on the open sea, offshore, on the high seas
    Ex. In other words, Elian's real shipwreck was not on the open sea, but when he stepped on dry land in the United States.
    Ex. Terminological consistency is a must for achieving satisfactory information flow onboard an oil platform, and between offshore field centres and onshore administration.
    Ex. The tradition of lowering flags to half mast as a sign of remembrance is believed to have its origins on the high seas.
    * * *
    = on the open sea, offshore, on the high seas

    Ex: In other words, Elian's real shipwreck was not on the open sea, but when he stepped on dry land in the United States.

    Ex: Terminological consistency is a must for achieving satisfactory information flow onboard an oil platform, and between offshore field centres and onshore administration.
    Ex: The tradition of lowering flags to half mast as a sign of remembrance is believed to have its origins on the high seas.

    Spanish-English dictionary > en altamar

  • 90 enfrentamiento

    m.
    confrontation.
    * * *
    1 confrontation
    * * *
    noun m.
    clash, confrontation
    * * *
    SM (=conflicto) confrontation; (=encuentro) (face to face) encounter, (face to face) meeting; (Dep) encounter
    * * *
    masculino clash
    * * *
    = clash [clashes, -pl.], conflict, confrontation, contest, collision, showdown, fighting, collision course, rumble, match, standoff.
    Ex. A seminar was held on community information last year which brought sharp clashes between librarians and social workers over their respective roles.
    Ex. On that basis, I should like to suggest a possible solution to the conflict.
    Ex. A library should be organised to impose maximum confrontation between books and readers.
    Ex. Anyway, experience had taught him that a subordinate who attempts to subdue a superordinate is almost always lost; the superordinate has too many advantages in such a contest.
    Ex. Libraries now face the realities of the wired campus environment and the collision between library automation tradition and the new world of networks.
    Ex. The article 'Search engine showdown' reports the results of lab tests carried out on 7 major World Wide Web (WWW) search engines available free of charge on the Internet.
    Ex. The children were involved in manual labour, guard duty, front-line fighting, bomb manufacture, setting sea/land mines & radio & communication.
    Ex. A collision course can be avoided only if librarians work closely with the faculty in determining an appropriate policy.
    Ex. It is common practice for gang members to make sure that the police are informed of an impending rumble.
    Ex. That was one of the finest matches they ever played.
    Ex. A 12-hour standoff ended with a man lobbing Molotov cocktails at police before taking his own life rather than vacate a home he'd lost to foreclosure.
    ----
    * enfrentamiento armado = armed encounter.
    * enfrentamiento cara a cara = eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation.
    * enfrentamiento de valores = conflict of values.
    * enfrentamiento entre rivales = grudge fight, grudge match, local derby.
    * enfrentamiento racial = racial conflict, ethnic conflict.
    * enfrentamientos sobre preferencias = flame war.
    * evitar el enfrentamiento = avoid + confrontation.
    * llevar camino de enfrentamiento con = be on a collision course with.
    * reglas de enfrentamiento = rules of engagement.
    * * *
    masculino clash
    * * *
    = clash [clashes, -pl.], conflict, confrontation, contest, collision, showdown, fighting, collision course, rumble, match, standoff.

    Ex: A seminar was held on community information last year which brought sharp clashes between librarians and social workers over their respective roles.

    Ex: On that basis, I should like to suggest a possible solution to the conflict.
    Ex: A library should be organised to impose maximum confrontation between books and readers.
    Ex: Anyway, experience had taught him that a subordinate who attempts to subdue a superordinate is almost always lost; the superordinate has too many advantages in such a contest.
    Ex: Libraries now face the realities of the wired campus environment and the collision between library automation tradition and the new world of networks.
    Ex: The article 'Search engine showdown' reports the results of lab tests carried out on 7 major World Wide Web (WWW) search engines available free of charge on the Internet.
    Ex: The children were involved in manual labour, guard duty, front-line fighting, bomb manufacture, setting sea/land mines & radio & communication.
    Ex: A collision course can be avoided only if librarians work closely with the faculty in determining an appropriate policy.
    Ex: It is common practice for gang members to make sure that the police are informed of an impending rumble.
    Ex: That was one of the finest matches they ever played.
    Ex: A 12-hour standoff ended with a man lobbing Molotov cocktails at police before taking his own life rather than vacate a home he'd lost to foreclosure.
    * enfrentamiento armado = armed encounter.
    * enfrentamiento cara a cara = eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation.
    * enfrentamiento de valores = conflict of values.
    * enfrentamiento entre rivales = grudge fight, grudge match, local derby.
    * enfrentamiento racial = racial conflict, ethnic conflict.
    * enfrentamientos sobre preferencias = flame war.
    * evitar el enfrentamiento = avoid + confrontation.
    * llevar camino de enfrentamiento con = be on a collision course with.
    * reglas de enfrentamiento = rules of engagement.

    * * *
    clash
    se produjeron enfrentamientos entre los manifestantes y la policía there were clashes between demonstrators and police
    en el debate se produjo un enfrentamiento entre los dos dirigentes during the debate there was a confrontation o clash between the two leaders
    Compuestos:
    armed confrontation
    military confrontation
    * * *

    enfrentamiento sustantivo masculino
    clash;

    enfrentamiento sustantivo masculino confrontation

    ' enfrentamiento' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    conflictividad
    - contienda
    - disputa
    - duelo
    - oposición
    - parte
    - refriega
    - sangrienta
    - sangriento
    - choque
    - conflicto
    - confrontación
    English:
    clash
    - showdown
    - confrontation
    - show
    * * *
    confrontation;
    hubo enfrentamientos con la policía there were confrontations with the police;
    un enfrentamiento entre las dos alas del partido a confrontation between the two wings of the party
    enfrentamiento armado armed confrontation o clash
    * * *
    m clash, confrontation;
    enfrentamiento verbal heated argument
    * * *
    : clash, confrontation
    * * *
    enfrentamiento n clash [pl. clashes]

    Spanish-English dictionary > enfrentamiento

  • 91 enjuto

    adj.
    lean, skinny, thin, lank.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: enjutar.
    * * *
    1 thin, skinny, lean
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=flaco) lean, skinny
    2) [economía] lean, lean and fit
    3) (=seco) dry, dried
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo lean, gaunt
    * * *
    = emaciated, skinny [skinnier -comp., skinniest -sup.], lean [leaner -comp., leanest -sup.].
    Ex. The non-white anorexic subjects reported ealier menarche, were shorter in stature, less emaciated, and practiced veganism slightly more commonly.
    Ex. The writer discusses the fashion industry's obsession with skinny models.
    Ex. While Baskerville's italic was a lean, elegant letter, the most radical departure from tradition since the French academic italic of the 1690s.
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo lean, gaunt
    * * *
    = emaciated, skinny [skinnier -comp., skinniest -sup.], lean [leaner -comp., leanest -sup.].

    Ex: The non-white anorexic subjects reported ealier menarche, were shorter in stature, less emaciated, and practiced veganism slightly more commonly.

    Ex: The writer discusses the fashion industry's obsession with skinny models.
    Ex: While Baskerville's italic was a lean, elegant letter, the most radical departure from tradition since the French academic italic of the 1690s.

    * * *
    enjuto -ta
    lean, gaunt
    * * *

    enjuto,-a adjetivo skinny, lean
    ' enjuto' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    enjuta
    English:
    spare
    - wiry
    * * *
    enjuto, -a adj
    [rostro, cuerpo, persona] lean
    * * *
    adj lean, thin
    * * *
    enjuto, -ta adj
    : lean, gaunt

    Spanish-English dictionary > enjuto

  • 92 escindir

    v.
    1 to split.
    2 to excise, to exsect.
    * * *
    1 to split, divide
    1 to split (off) (en, into)
    * * *
    1.
    VT to split, divide
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    = hive off, sever, splinter.
    Ex. Non-fiction is normally shelved according to the Dewey decimal system with perhaps a major category such as autobiography and biography hived off as a completely separate ad hoc classification.
    Ex. This art is is mass produced, often mechanically, and thus severed from tradition.
    Ex. The computers in education movement has further splintered rather than integrated these communities.
    ----
    * escindirse (de) = secede (from).
    * * *
    = hive off, sever, splinter.

    Ex: Non-fiction is normally shelved according to the Dewey decimal system with perhaps a major category such as autobiography and biography hived off as a completely separate ad hoc classification.

    Ex: This art is is mass produced, often mechanically, and thus severed from tradition.
    Ex: The computers in education movement has further splintered rather than integrated these communities.
    * escindirse (de) = secede (from).

    * * *
    escindir [I1 ]
    vt
    A
    1 (dividir) ‹nación› to partition; ‹empresa› to split
    2 (separar) to disassociate
    para lograr escindir la medicina de sus prácticas religiosas to succeed in dissociating medicine from their religious practises*
    3 ( Fís) to split
    B ( Med) to remove
    C ( Fin) ‹activos/subsidiaria› to sell off, dispose of
    1 (dividirse) to split escindir EN algo to split INTO sth
    el partido se escindió en dos grupos the party split into two groups
    2 (separarse) escindir DE algo to break away FROM sth
    el grupo pro-europeo se escindió del partido the pro-European group broke away from the party
    3 ( Fís) to split
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [grupo] to split (en into)
    2. [átomo] to split (en into)
    * * *
    v/t split

    Spanish-English dictionary > escindir

  • 93 escueto

    adj.
    plain, bare, concise, unadorned.
    * * *
    1 (sin adornos) bare, plain, unadorned
    2 (conciso) concise, brief, succinct
    * * *
    (f. - escueta)
    adj.
    plain, simple, concise
    * * *
    ADJ [verdad] plain, naked; [estilo] simple; [explicación, presentación] concise, succinct
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo < explicación> succinct; <lenguaje/estilo> concise, plain
    * * *
    = stark, bald, lean [leaner -comp., leanest -sup.], terse.
    Ex. To be sure, it still has its congeries of mills and factories, its grimy huddle of frame dwellings and congested tenements, its stark, jagged skyline, but its old face is gradually changing.
    Ex. This text contains its share of irrelevant allusions included by authors 'to add artistic verisimilitude to a bald and otherwise unconvincing narrative', to quote another favourite source.
    Ex. While Baskerville's italic was a lean, elegant letter, the most radical departure from tradition since the French academic italic of the 1690s.
    Ex. This terse McLuhanesque turn of phrase is at the core of what I want to talk about today.
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo < explicación> succinct; <lenguaje/estilo> concise, plain
    * * *
    = stark, bald, lean [leaner -comp., leanest -sup.], terse.

    Ex: To be sure, it still has its congeries of mills and factories, its grimy huddle of frame dwellings and congested tenements, its stark, jagged skyline, but its old face is gradually changing.

    Ex: This text contains its share of irrelevant allusions included by authors 'to add artistic verisimilitude to a bald and otherwise unconvincing narrative', to quote another favourite source.
    Ex: While Baskerville's italic was a lean, elegant letter, the most radical departure from tradition since the French academic italic of the 1690s.
    Ex: This terse McLuhanesque turn of phrase is at the core of what I want to talk about today.

    * * *
    escueto -ta
    ‹explicación› succinct; ‹lenguaje/estilo› concise, plain
    no se extendió mucho, fue muy escueto al respecto he didn't go into great detail, he was very succinct
    su mensaje fue escueto his message was concise o brief
    * * *

    escueto
    ◊ -ta adjetivo ‹ explicación› succinct;


    ‹lenguaje/estilo› concise, plain;

    escueto,-a adjetivo plain
    (lenguaje) concise

    ' escueto' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    escueta
    English:
    bare
    - crisp
    - stark
    * * *
    escueto, -a adj
    [sucinto] concise; [sobrio] plain, unadorned;
    fue o [m5] estuvo muy escueto en la rueda de prensa he was rather unforthcoming at the press conference
    * * *
    adj succinct, concise
    * * *
    escueto, -ta adj
    1) : plain, simple
    2) : succinct, concise
    ♦ escuetamente adv

    Spanish-English dictionary > escueto

  • 94 esencia

    f.
    1 essence.
    quinta esencia quintessence
    2 extract, essence.
    3 ens.
    * * *
    1 essence
    2 (perfume) essence, perfume, scent
    \
    quinta esencia quintessence
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=base) [de teoría] essence; [de asunto, problema] heart

    en esencia — essentially, in essence

    2) [de perfume] essence
    * * *
    1) (fondo, base) essence

    en esencia — essentially, in essence

    2) (Coc, Quím, Fil) essence
    •
    * * *
    = essence, nature, substance, flavour [flavor, -USA], marrow, quid, crux.
    Ex. In simple terms, the essence of subject organisation is the division of literature (or references to literature) into manageable, or scannable categories, with each category being associated with an index term.
    Ex. In this chapter a review of the development of cataloguing codes is given in order to explain and place in context the nature of modern cataloguing codes.
    Ex. For whatever reason, Shera chose to disparage rather than to take seriously the substance of Briet's ideas.
    Ex. Plainly, in many documents sections that can be regarded as truly representative of the flavour of the original are absent or difficult to identify.
    Ex. The novel 'The Marrow of Tradition' analyzes and exposes the societal prejudices that alienate two marginalized groups from each other.
    Ex. The important moral crux at the heart of the novel 'The debt collector' is that the odds are stacked against the rehabilitation of violent criminals.
    Ex. The crux of the process is the development of multiple models.
    ----
    * aceite de esencias = essential oil.
    * en esencia = in essence, essentially.
    * en su esencia = in substance.
    * esencia de eucalipto = eucalyptus oil.
    * esencia de, la = pith and marrow of, the.
    * esencia irlandesa = Irishness.
    * * *
    1) (fondo, base) essence

    en esencia — essentially, in essence

    2) (Coc, Quím, Fil) essence
    •
    * * *
    = essence, nature, substance, flavour [flavor, -USA], marrow, quid, crux.

    Ex: In simple terms, the essence of subject organisation is the division of literature (or references to literature) into manageable, or scannable categories, with each category being associated with an index term.

    Ex: In this chapter a review of the development of cataloguing codes is given in order to explain and place in context the nature of modern cataloguing codes.
    Ex: For whatever reason, Shera chose to disparage rather than to take seriously the substance of Briet's ideas.
    Ex: Plainly, in many documents sections that can be regarded as truly representative of the flavour of the original are absent or difficult to identify.
    Ex: The novel 'The Marrow of Tradition' analyzes and exposes the societal prejudices that alienate two marginalized groups from each other.
    Ex: The important moral crux at the heart of the novel 'The debt collector' is that the odds are stacked against the rehabilitation of violent criminals.
    Ex: The crux of the process is the development of multiple models.
    * aceite de esencias = essential oil.
    * en esencia = in essence, essentially.
    * en su esencia = in substance.
    * esencia de eucalipto = eucalyptus oil.
    * esencia de, la = pith and marrow of, the.
    * esencia irlandesa = Irishness.

    * * *
    A
    1 (fondo, base) essence
    la esencia de su teoría the essence of his theory
    en esencia essentially, in essence
    se trata, en esencia, de un problema político the problem is essentially a political one, the problem is, in essence, a political one
    2 ( Fil) essence
    esencia divina divine essence
    B ( Coc, Quím) essence
    Compuestos:
    coffee essence
    turpentine, turps ( BrE)
    vanilla essence
    * * *

    esencia sustantivo femenino
    essence
    esencia sustantivo femenino essence
    ♦ Locuciones: quinta esencia, quintessence
    ' esencia' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    ser
    - extracto
    English:
    essence
    * * *
    1. [lo principal, lo básico] essence;
    en esencia in essence, essentially;
    en esencia sus opiniones apenas difieren at bottom there's little difference between their views
    2. [extracto, concentrado] essence;
    esencia de lavanda lavender water;
    esencia de café/vainilla coffee/vanilla essence
    esencia mineral mineral oil;
    esencia de trementina oil of turpentine
    * * *
    f essence;
    en esencia essentially, in essence
    * * *
    : essence

    Spanish-English dictionary > esencia

  • 95 estructuralista

    adj.
    structuralist.
    f. & m.
    structuralist.
    * * *
    1 structuralist
    1 structuralist
    * * *
    * * *
    = structuralist, structuralist.
    Ex. As a structuralist, Weber, a German sociologist, gave a great deal of importance to the hierarchy of the decision- making process.
    Ex. Urban sociology has developed subjectivism from its structuralist perspectives, rooted in the Marxian intellectual tradition.
    * * *
    = structuralist, structuralist.

    Ex: As a structuralist, Weber, a German sociologist, gave a great deal of importance to the hierarchy of the decision- making process.

    Ex: Urban sociology has developed subjectivism from its structuralist perspectives, rooted in the Marxian intellectual tradition.

    * * *
    adj/m,f
    structuralist
    * * *

    estructuralista adjetivo & mf structuralist
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    structuralist
    ♦ nmf
    structuralist

    Spanish-English dictionary > estructuralista

  • 96 federalismo

    m.
    federalism.
    * * *
    1 federalism
    * * *
    * * *
    masculino federalism
    * * *
    Ex. This article attributes the Americans' accomplishments to political and cultural reasons such as the progressive tradition of service to the community; federalism that allowed for higher tax bases in certain localities; professional concerns such as status-anxieties.
    * * *
    masculino federalism
    * * *

    Ex: This article attributes the Americans' accomplishments to political and cultural reasons such as the progressive tradition of service to the community; federalism that allowed for higher tax bases in certain localities; professional concerns such as status-anxieties.

    * * *
    federalism
    * * *
    federalism
    federalismo asimétrico = form of federalism where the degree of autonomy allowed to each region is relative to its economic or cultural weight
    * * *
    m federalism
    * * *
    : federalism

    Spanish-English dictionary > federalismo

  • 97 fiesta de pijamas

    (n.) = slumber party, pyjamas party
    Ex. Junk food at slumber parties is a time-honored tradition.
    Ex. In this room we've had so many pillow fights and pyjamas parties, so many good times.
    * * *
    (n.) = slumber party, pyjamas party

    Ex: Junk food at slumber parties is a time-honored tradition.

    Ex: In this room we've had so many pillow fights and pyjamas parties, so many good times.

    Spanish-English dictionary > fiesta de pijamas

  • 98 filón

    m.
    1 vein, lode, seam, reef.
    2 large waiting line.
    3 Filón.
    * * *
    1 (mineral) seam, vein
    2 (buen negocio) gold mine
    * * *
    SM (Min) vein, lode, seam; (fig) gold mine
    * * *
    a) (Min) seam, vein
    b) (fam) ( negocio) gold mine (colloq)
    * * *
    = lode.
    Ex. Discovering these tales, looking out printed versions and comparing them with the oral tradition would have introduced us step by step into the rich lode of folklore.
    * * *
    a) (Min) seam, vein
    b) (fam) ( negocio) gold mine (colloq)
    * * *
    = lode.

    Ex: Discovering these tales, looking out printed versions and comparing them with the oral tradition would have introduced us step by step into the rich lode of folklore.

    * * *
    1 ( Min) seam, vein
    2 ( fam) (negocio) gold-mine ( colloq)
    * * *

    filón sustantivo masculino
    a) (Min) seam, vein

    b) (fam) ( negocio) gold mine (colloq)

    filón sustantivo masculino
    1 Min seam, vein
    2 fig (negocio provechoso, chollo) gold mine
    ' filón' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    veta
    English:
    lode
    - moneymaker
    - seam
    - bonanza
    - streak
    - vein
    * * *
    filón nm
    1. [de carbón, oro] seam, vein
    2. Fam [cosa provechosa] gold mine
    * * *
    m vein, seam; fig
    goldmine
    * * *
    filón nm, pl filones
    1) : seam, vein (of minerals)
    2) fam : successful business, gold mine

    Spanish-English dictionary > filón

  • 99 fosilizado

    adj.
    1 fossilized, rock-like.
    2 fossilized, archaic, atavic, fossil-like.
    3 fossilized, very ancient.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: fosilizar.
    * * *
    1 fossilized
    * * *
    * * *
    = fossilised [fossilized, -USA], stale.
    Ex. The article deals with matters of image and status, professional associations, cultural policies, collections, censorship, outdated infrastructure and fossilised mentalities.
    Ex. Does the library continue a stale tradition, or does it interpret social change?.
    ----
    * palabra fosilizada = fossil word.
    * * *
    = fossilised [fossilized, -USA], stale.

    Ex: The article deals with matters of image and status, professional associations, cultural policies, collections, censorship, outdated infrastructure and fossilised mentalities.

    Ex: Does the library continue a stale tradition, or does it interpret social change?.
    * palabra fosilizada = fossil word.

    * * *
    fosilizado, -a adj
    fossilized

    Spanish-English dictionary > fosilizado

  • 100 gesticular

    v.
    1 to gesticulate.
    2 to make gestures, to beckon, to gesticulate, to gesture.
    3 to make gestures at, to gesture at.
    Me gesticula Ricardo Ricardo makes gestures at me.
    * * *
    1 to gesticulate
    * * *
    VI [con ademanes] to gesticulate

    gesticular con las manos — to wave one's hands around, gesticulate with one's hands

    gesticular con los brazos — to wave one's arms around, gesticulate with one's arms

    siempre habla sin gesticular — (=sin ademanes) he never gesticulates when he speaks; (=sin gestos faciales) he's always expressionless when he speaks

    * * *
    verbo intransitivo to gesticulate
    * * *
    Ex. He gesticulates with an almost Latin frequency, but the range and direction of his movements are within the Anglo tradition.
    ----
    * gesticular palabras con la boca sin emitir sonido = mouth.
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo to gesticulate
    * * *

    Ex: He gesticulates with an almost Latin frequency, but the range and direction of his movements are within the Anglo tradition.

    * gesticular palabras con la boca sin emitir sonido = mouth.

    * * *
    gesticular [A1 ]
    vi
    to gesticulate
    * * *

    gesticular ( conjugate gesticular) verbo intransitivo
    to gesticulate
    gesticular verbo intransitivo to gesticulate
    ' gesticular' also found in these entries:
    English:
    gesticulate
    - gesture
    * * *
    [con manos, brazos] to gesticulate; [con la cara] to pull faces
    * * *
    v/i gesticulate
    * * *
    : to gesticulate, to gesture

    Spanish-English dictionary > gesticular

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