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  • 1 universo

    • universe

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > universo

  • 2 universo

    m.
    1 universe (astronomy).
    2 world (mundo).
    * * *
    1 universe
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=cosmos) universe
    2) (=conjunto) world
    * * *
    masculino universe
    * * *
    Ex. However, the study of the universe of knowledge is a very useful and valid background study to indexing.
    ----
    * universo de la información, el = information universe, the.
    * * *
    masculino universe
    * * *

    Ex: However, the study of the universe of knowledge is a very useful and valid background study to indexing.

    * universo de la información, el = information universe, the.

    * * *
    universe
    Compuesto:
    sample, sample group, sampling
    * * *

    universo sustantivo masculino
    universe
    universo m Astron universe, cosmos
    ' universo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    origen
    - tridimensional
    - universal
    - miss
    - mundo
    English:
    cosmos
    - universe
    * * *
    1. [cosmos] universe
    universo abierto open universe;
    universo cerrado closed universe;
    universo estacionario stationary universe;
    universo en expansión expanding universe
    2. [mundo] world;
    el universo literario de Proust Proust's literary universe
    * * *
    m universe
    * * *
    : universe
    * * *
    universo n universe

    Spanish-English dictionary > universo

  • 3 ombligo

    m.
    navel (anatomy).
    se cree el ombligo del mundo he thinks the world revolves around him
    * * *
    1 navel
    \
    el ombligo del mundo the centre of the world
    * * *
    SM navel, belly button *
    * * *
    masculino navel, belly button (colloq)

    el ombligo del mundo — the center* of the universe

    * * *
    = navel, tummy button, belly button.
    Ex. If you ask the average person considering the belly button rings or other navel jewelry, you will probably hear that it is just plain sexy.
    Ex. Your new baby's tummy button or umbilical can give you a lot of worry in the first few weeks after birth.
    Ex. If you ask the average person considering the belly button rings or other navel jewelry, you will probably hear that it is just plain sexy.
    ----
    * mirarse el ombligo = contemplate + navel, gaze at + Posesivo + navel.
    * pelusa del ombligo = navel fluff.
    * * *
    masculino navel, belly button (colloq)

    el ombligo del mundo — the center* of the universe

    * * *
    = navel, tummy button, belly button.

    Ex: If you ask the average person considering the belly button rings or other navel jewelry, you will probably hear that it is just plain sexy.

    Ex: Your new baby's tummy button or umbilical can give you a lot of worry in the first few weeks after birth.
    Ex: If you ask the average person considering the belly button rings or other navel jewelry, you will probably hear that it is just plain sexy.
    * mirarse el ombligo = contemplate + navel, gaze at + Posesivo + navel.
    * pelusa del ombligo = navel fluff.

    * * *
    navel, belly button ( colloq)
    el ombligo del mundo the center* of the universe
    se creen que París es el ombligo del mundo they think that Paris is the center of the universe o that the universe revolves around Paris
    mirarse el ombligo to be inward-looking, gaze at o contemplate one's navel ( hum)
    * * *

     

    ombligo sustantivo masculino
    navel, belly button (colloq)
    ombligo sustantivo masculino
    1 Anat navel
    2 fig (centro) centre: cree que es el ombligo del mundo, he thinks the world revolves around him
    ♦ Locuciones: mirarse el ombligo, to be an egocentric: ¡deja de mirarte el ombligo y comienza a pensar en los demás!, stop being so selfish and try thinking about others
    ' ombligo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    decirse
    English:
    belly button
    - cat
    - navel
    - belly
    * * *
    navel;
    se te ve el ombligo your belly button's showing;
    mirarse el propio ombligo to contemplate one's navel;
    deja de mirarte el ombligo stop navel-gazing, stop contemplating your navel
    se cree el ombligo del mundo he thinks the world revolves around him
    * * *
    m ANAT navel;
    el ombligo del mundo the center o Br centre of the universe;
    mirarse el ombligo fig contemplate one’s navel;
    * * *
    : navel, belly button
    * * *
    ombligo n navel

    Spanish-English dictionary > ombligo

  • 4 miss

    f.
    beauty queen.
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    1 miss
    * * *
    [mis]
    SF beauty queen
    * * *
    [mis]
    femenino beauty queen
    * * *
    Ex. The author reviews the main features of selected World Wide Web databases aimed at helping would-be beauty queens prepare for beauty pageants.
    ----
    * concurso de misses = beauty pageant.
    * * *
    [mis]
    femenino beauty queen
    * * *

    Ex: The author reviews the main features of selected World Wide Web databases aimed at helping would-be beauty queens prepare for beauty pageants.

    * concurso de misses = beauty pageant.

    * * *
    /mis/
    Miss Mundo/Universo Miss World/Universe
    un concurso de misses a beauty contest o ( AmE) pageant
    * * *

     

    miss /mis/ sustantivo femenino
    beauty queen;

    miss sustantivo femenino beauty queen
    Miss Mundo, Miss World

    ' miss' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    añorar
    - aunque
    - cruzarse
    - desaprovechar
    - desperdiciar
    - destinada
    - destinado
    - echar
    - errar
    - espectáculo
    - extrañar
    - falta
    - pasar
    - perder
    - pérdida
    - saltarse
    - señorita
    - Srta.
    - tierra
    - comer
    - escapar
    - falla
    - fallar
    - faltar
    - ir
    - mundo
    - saltar
    - señor
    - tiro
    English:
    boat
    - footing
    - inch
    - miss
    - miss out
    - Miss World
    - point
    - so
    - afford
    - hit
    - Miss
    * * *
    miss nf
    beauty queen
    Miss Mundo Miss World;
    Miss Universo Miss Universe

    Spanish-English dictionary > miss

  • 5 absolutamente todo

    pron.
    absolutely everything, everything under the sun, everything, every little bit.
    * * *
    = anything and everything, the whole works, the whole shebang, everything and the kitchen sink, the whole enchilada, the whole (kit and) caboodle, the whole nine yards, the whole shooting match, the whole banana, lock, stock and barrel
    Ex. For instance, if children are doing a project work on dogs, they will hunt out anything and everything that so much as mentions them and the bits thus mined are assiduously transcribed into project folders.
    Ex. The jet ultimately shot up fully vertically -- at which point the wings snapped off and the whole works careened down into the ocean.
    Ex. Here the goal was to use classical and quantum physics along with particle physics to describe aspects of the astrophysical universe, i.e. the whole shebang.
    Ex. You have to remember that everything and the kitchen sink has been thrown at stimulating this economy and the jobs picture still remains weak.
    Ex. Many of the building blocks for this infrastructure are already in place, but the whole enchilada is far from finished.
    Ex. To get the whole kit and caboodle working required degrees in electrical engineering and computer science.
    Ex. They're going to have department stores, and restaurants, and movie theatres, and bowling alleys, the whole nine yards, and Heaven knows what else.
    Ex. Which means I'd give the whole shooting match just to be back where I was before I quit sleeping under the stars and come into the hen-coops.
    Ex. Finally, the big bang theory posits that our universe began from nothing, that the whole banana started from zero within what's called a true vacuum.
    Ex. They then moved out of London to a council house in Basingstoke and they still live in it, but they own it now, lock, stock and barrel.
    * * *
    = anything and everything, the whole works, the whole shebang, everything and the kitchen sink, the whole enchilada, the whole (kit and) caboodle, the whole nine yards, the whole shooting match, the whole banana, lock, stock and barrel

    Ex: For instance, if children are doing a project work on dogs, they will hunt out anything and everything that so much as mentions them and the bits thus mined are assiduously transcribed into project folders.

    Ex: The jet ultimately shot up fully vertically -- at which point the wings snapped off and the whole works careened down into the ocean.
    Ex: Here the goal was to use classical and quantum physics along with particle physics to describe aspects of the astrophysical universe, i.e. the whole shebang.
    Ex: You have to remember that everything and the kitchen sink has been thrown at stimulating this economy and the jobs picture still remains weak.
    Ex: Many of the building blocks for this infrastructure are already in place, but the whole enchilada is far from finished.
    Ex: To get the whole kit and caboodle working required degrees in electrical engineering and computer science.
    Ex: They're going to have department stores, and restaurants, and movie theatres, and bowling alleys, the whole nine yards, and Heaven knows what else.
    Ex: Which means I'd give the whole shooting match just to be back where I was before I quit sleeping under the stars and come into the hen-coops.
    Ex: Finally, the big bang theory posits that our universe began from nothing, that the whole banana started from zero within what's called a true vacuum.
    Ex: They then moved out of London to a council house in Basingstoke and they still live in it, but they own it now, lock, stock and barrel.

    Spanish-English dictionary > absolutamente todo

  • 6 irreal

    adj.
    unreal.
    * * *
    1 unreal
    * * *
    ADJ unreal
    * * *
    adjetivo unreal
    * * *
    = unreal, surreal, dream-like [dreamlike], airy-fairy, fantastic, fantastical.
    Ex. Once an early proponent of cyberspace he now argues that computer networks offer an unreal universe luring people to waste their time on earth.
    Ex. Even studies that make qualitative allowances will still imply a surreal causal analysis that is mostly speculation.
    Ex. Classic examples of this technique are Jim Woodring's dream-like, wordless adventures of 'Frank,' the bucktoothed cat.
    Ex. Home Secretary David Blunkett says an ' airy fairy, libertarian' view of the world is no good for fighting terrorism.
    Ex. He builds up a picture of human anguish in the face of the mysteries of existence that is both dreamlike and concrete, fantastic and real at the same time.
    Ex. Filled with allegory and allusion, his paintings portray a fantastical universe inhabited by mysterious and fanciful creatures.
    * * *
    adjetivo unreal
    * * *
    = unreal, surreal, dream-like [dreamlike], airy-fairy, fantastic, fantastical.

    Ex: Once an early proponent of cyberspace he now argues that computer networks offer an unreal universe luring people to waste their time on earth.

    Ex: Even studies that make qualitative allowances will still imply a surreal causal analysis that is mostly speculation.
    Ex: Classic examples of this technique are Jim Woodring's dream-like, wordless adventures of 'Frank,' the bucktoothed cat.
    Ex: Home Secretary David Blunkett says an ' airy fairy, libertarian' view of the world is no good for fighting terrorism.
    Ex: He builds up a picture of human anguish in the face of the mysteries of existence that is both dreamlike and concrete, fantastic and real at the same time.
    Ex: Filled with allegory and allusion, his paintings portray a fantastical universe inhabited by mysterious and fanciful creatures.

    * * *
    ‹situación/ambiente› unreal
    vive encerrada en un mundo irreal she lives in a fantasy world
    * * *

    irreal adjetivo
    unreal
    irreal adjetivo unreal
    ' irreal' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    fantasma
    - vana
    - vano
    English:
    unreal
    * * *
    irreal adj
    1. [imaginario] imaginary;
    un mundo irreal a fantasy world;
    aquel lugar tenía un aire irreal there was something unreal about that place
    2. [excesivo] unrealistic
    * * *
    adj unreal
    * * *
    irreal adj
    : unreal
    * * *
    irreal adj unreal

    Spanish-English dictionary > irreal

  • 7 todo el cotarro

    = the whole works, the whole shebang, everything and the kitchen sink, the whole enchilada, the whole (kit and) caboodle, the whole nine yards, the whole shooting match, the whole banana, lock, stock and barrel
    Ex. The jet ultimately shot up fully vertically -- at which point the wings snapped off and the whole works careened down into the ocean.
    Ex. Here the goal was to use classical and quantum physics along with particle physics to describe aspects of the astrophysical universe, i.e. the whole shebang.
    Ex. You have to remember that everything and the kitchen sink has been thrown at stimulating this economy and the jobs picture still remains weak.
    Ex. Many of the building blocks for this infrastructure are already in place, but the whole enchilada is far from finished.
    Ex. To get the whole kit and caboodle working required degrees in electrical engineering and computer science.
    Ex. They're going to have department stores, and restaurants, and movie theatres, and bowling alleys, the whole nine yards, and Heaven knows what else.
    Ex. Which means I'd give the whole shooting match just to be back where I was before I quit sleeping under the stars and come into the hen-coops.
    Ex. Finally, the big bang theory posits that our universe began from nothing, that the whole banana started from zero within what's called a true vacuum.
    Ex. They then moved out of London to a council house in Basingstoke and they still live in it, but they own it now, lock, stock and barrel.
    * * *
    = the whole works, the whole shebang, everything and the kitchen sink, the whole enchilada, the whole (kit and) caboodle, the whole nine yards, the whole shooting match, the whole banana, lock, stock and barrel

    Ex: The jet ultimately shot up fully vertically -- at which point the wings snapped off and the whole works careened down into the ocean.

    Ex: Here the goal was to use classical and quantum physics along with particle physics to describe aspects of the astrophysical universe, i.e. the whole shebang.
    Ex: You have to remember that everything and the kitchen sink has been thrown at stimulating this economy and the jobs picture still remains weak.
    Ex: Many of the building blocks for this infrastructure are already in place, but the whole enchilada is far from finished.
    Ex: To get the whole kit and caboodle working required degrees in electrical engineering and computer science.
    Ex: They're going to have department stores, and restaurants, and movie theatres, and bowling alleys, the whole nine yards, and Heaven knows what else.
    Ex: Which means I'd give the whole shooting match just to be back where I was before I quit sleeping under the stars and come into the hen-coops.
    Ex: Finally, the big bang theory posits that our universe began from nothing, that the whole banana started from zero within what's called a true vacuum.
    Ex: They then moved out of London to a council house in Basingstoke and they still live in it, but they own it now, lock, stock and barrel.

    Spanish-English dictionary > todo el cotarro

  • 8 todo el tinglado

    = the whole works, the whole shebang, everything and the kitchen sink, the whole enchilada, the whole (kit and) caboodle, the whole nine yards, the whole shooting match, the whole banana, lock, stock and barrel
    Ex. The jet ultimately shot up fully vertically -- at which point the wings snapped off and the whole works careened down into the ocean.
    Ex. Here the goal was to use classical and quantum physics along with particle physics to describe aspects of the astrophysical universe, i.e. the whole shebang.
    Ex. You have to remember that everything and the kitchen sink has been thrown at stimulating this economy and the jobs picture still remains weak.
    Ex. Many of the building blocks for this infrastructure are already in place, but the whole enchilada is far from finished.
    Ex. To get the whole kit and caboodle working required degrees in electrical engineering and computer science.
    Ex. They're going to have department stores, and restaurants, and movie theatres, and bowling alleys, the whole nine yards, and Heaven knows what else.
    Ex. Which means I'd give the whole shooting match just to be back where I was before I quit sleeping under the stars and come into the hen-coops.
    Ex. Finally, the big bang theory posits that our universe began from nothing, that the whole banana started from zero within what's called a true vacuum.
    Ex. They then moved out of London to a council house in Basingstoke and they still live in it, but they own it now, lock, stock and barrel.
    * * *
    = the whole works, the whole shebang, everything and the kitchen sink, the whole enchilada, the whole (kit and) caboodle, the whole nine yards, the whole shooting match, the whole banana, lock, stock and barrel

    Ex: The jet ultimately shot up fully vertically -- at which point the wings snapped off and the whole works careened down into the ocean.

    Ex: Here the goal was to use classical and quantum physics along with particle physics to describe aspects of the astrophysical universe, i.e. the whole shebang.
    Ex: You have to remember that everything and the kitchen sink has been thrown at stimulating this economy and the jobs picture still remains weak.
    Ex: Many of the building blocks for this infrastructure are already in place, but the whole enchilada is far from finished.
    Ex: To get the whole kit and caboodle working required degrees in electrical engineering and computer science.
    Ex: They're going to have department stores, and restaurants, and movie theatres, and bowling alleys, the whole nine yards, and Heaven knows what else.
    Ex: Which means I'd give the whole shooting match just to be back where I was before I quit sleeping under the stars and come into the hen-coops.
    Ex: Finally, the big bang theory posits that our universe began from nothing, that the whole banana started from zero within what's called a true vacuum.
    Ex: They then moved out of London to a council house in Basingstoke and they still live in it, but they own it now, lock, stock and barrel.

    Spanish-English dictionary > todo el tinglado

  • 9 un conjunto de

    = a set of, a suite of, a pool of, an assembly of, a pattern of, a universe of, a harvest of, a complement of
    Ex. A bibliographic data base comprises a set of records which refer to documents.
    Ex. Read-only access to title, supplier, and patron and fund accounting information is provided by a suite of general enquiry functions.
    Ex. This article describes the simulation of a nearest neighbour searching algorithm for document retrieval using a pool of microprocessors.
    Ex. There is little modulation, whole steps of division being short-circuited and an odd assembly of terms being frequently found: e.g.: LAW see also JURY, JUDGES.
    Ex. A binary coded instruction would therefore appear as a pattern of 1s and 0s, eg: 0001 0000.
    Ex. Generally, we buy from an annual universe of perhaps 35,000 to 40,000 English-language, American-published trade titles.
    Ex. Any representative sample, any cross-section, any week's harvest of queries in a busy library is sure to include a residuum that does not fit into any of the categories so far outlined.
    Ex. Libraries will have to select shrewdly a complement of formats that address the varying uses library patrons have for information.
    * * *
    = a set of, a suite of, a pool of, an assembly of, a pattern of, a universe of, a harvest of, a complement of

    Ex: A bibliographic data base comprises a set of records which refer to documents.

    Ex: Read-only access to title, supplier, and patron and fund accounting information is provided by a suite of general enquiry functions.
    Ex: This article describes the simulation of a nearest neighbour searching algorithm for document retrieval using a pool of microprocessors.
    Ex: There is little modulation, whole steps of division being short-circuited and an odd assembly of terms being frequently found: e.g.: LAW see also JURY, JUDGES.
    Ex: A binary coded instruction would therefore appear as a pattern of 1s and 0s, eg: 0001 0000.
    Ex: Generally, we buy from an annual universe of perhaps 35,000 to 40,000 English-language, American-published trade titles.
    Ex: Any representative sample, any cross-section, any week's harvest of queries in a busy library is sure to include a residuum that does not fit into any of the categories so far outlined.
    Ex: Libraries will have to select shrewdly a complement of formats that address the varying uses library patrons have for information.

    Spanish-English dictionary > un conjunto de

  • 10 un total de

    = a universe of, a total of
    Ex. Generally, we buy from an annual universe of perhaps 35,000 to 40,000 English-language, American-published trade titles.
    Ex. A total of 87 non-library meetings were held in our hall by a variety of community organizations.
    * * *
    = a universe of, a total of

    Ex: Generally, we buy from an annual universe of perhaps 35,000 to 40,000 English-language, American-published trade titles.

    Ex: A total of 87 non-library meetings were held in our hall by a variety of community organizations.

    Spanish-English dictionary > un total de

  • 11 agobiado por las preocupaciones

    (adj.) = careworn
    Ex. Small wonder that, in the alternative universe, librarians are careworn and cataloguers neurotic.
    * * *
    (adj.) = careworn

    Ex: Small wonder that, in the alternative universe, librarians are careworn and cataloguers neurotic.

    Spanish-English dictionary > agobiado por las preocupaciones

  • 12 al instante

    adv.
    instantly, right away, at once, immediately.
    * * *
    instantly, immediately
    * * *
    immediately, at once
    * * *
    = on-the-fly, instantly, on the spot, straight away, on the double, in no time at all, in next to no time, in no time, while-you-wait [while-u-wait], right away, at once
    Ex. Command interpreters work in the same way as a simultaneous interpreter in a meeting, translating ' on-the-fly'.
    Ex. Union catalogues are an important element in interlibrary lending by locating instantly requested documents.
    Ex. Libraries should be the first point of contact for people in need and should be capable, like the General Practitioner in medicine, of dealing with 75% of cases on the spot.
    Ex. When he arrived back at the media center, Anthony Datto whisked straight away into his glass-enclosed office, to the right of the entrance.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Learning on the double'.
    Ex. In no time at all, the printing revolution also changed institutions, including the educational system.
    Ex. What we call the universe, in short, came from almost nowhere in next to no time.
    Ex. Follow each of these tips, and you'll be on the road to success in no time.
    Ex. While-you-wait copying facilities are available in a number of reading rooms.
    Ex. Forms that are required right away are printed immediately.
    Ex. You say that this A/Z index entry will direct him at once to the specific subject he is looking for.
    * * *
    = on-the-fly, instantly, on the spot, straight away, on the double, in no time at all, in next to no time, in no time, while-you-wait [while-u-wait], right away, at once

    Ex: Command interpreters work in the same way as a simultaneous interpreter in a meeting, translating ' on-the-fly'.

    Ex: Union catalogues are an important element in interlibrary lending by locating instantly requested documents.
    Ex: Libraries should be the first point of contact for people in need and should be capable, like the General Practitioner in medicine, of dealing with 75% of cases on the spot.
    Ex: When he arrived back at the media center, Anthony Datto whisked straight away into his glass-enclosed office, to the right of the entrance.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Learning on the double'.
    Ex: In no time at all, the printing revolution also changed institutions, including the educational system.
    Ex: What we call the universe, in short, came from almost nowhere in next to no time.
    Ex: Follow each of these tips, and you'll be on the road to success in no time.
    Ex: While-you-wait copying facilities are available in a number of reading rooms.
    Ex: Forms that are required right away are printed immediately.
    Ex: You say that this A/Z index entry will direct him at once to the specific subject he is looking for.

    Spanish-English dictionary > al instante

  • 13 alcanzar a ver

    (v.) = glimpse
    Ex. The shape of space: have cosmologists glimpsed signs that the universe is bounded?.
    * * *
    (v.) = glimpse

    Ex: The shape of space: have cosmologists glimpsed signs that the universe is bounded?.

    Spanish-English dictionary > alcanzar a ver

  • 14 analizar una posibilidad

    (v.) = explore + idea
    Ex. Cosmologists have begun exploring the idea that the evolution of the universe is cyclic.
    * * *
    (v.) = explore + idea

    Ex: Cosmologists have begun exploring the idea that the evolution of the universe is cyclic.

    Spanish-English dictionary > analizar una posibilidad

  • 15 astrofísico

    m.
    astrophysicist.
    * * *
    1 astrophysical
    * * *
    astrofísico, -a
    SM / F astrophysicist
    * * *
    = astrophysicist, space scientist, space scientist, astrophysical.
    Ex. This CD-ROM has been produced by former Soviet space scientists and other world class astrophysicists.
    Ex. This CD-ROM has been produced by former Soviet space scientists and other world class astrophysicists.
    Ex. This CD-ROM has been produced by former Soviet space scientists and other world class astrophysicists.
    Ex. Here the goal was to use classical and quantum physics along with particle physics to describe aspects of the astrophysical universe, i.e. the whole shebang.
    * * *
    = astrophysicist, space scientist, space scientist, astrophysical.

    Ex: This CD-ROM has been produced by former Soviet space scientists and other world class astrophysicists.

    Ex: This CD-ROM has been produced by former Soviet space scientists and other world class astrophysicists.
    Ex: This CD-ROM has been produced by former Soviet space scientists and other world class astrophysicists.
    Ex: Here the goal was to use classical and quantum physics along with particle physics to describe aspects of the astrophysical universe, i.e. the whole shebang.

    * * *
    masculine, feminine
    astrophysicist
    * * *
    astrofísico, -a
    ♦ adj
    astrophysical
    ♦ nm,f
    astrophysicist
    * * *
    m, astrofísica f astrophysicist

    Spanish-English dictionary > astrofísico

  • 16 atisbar

    v.
    1 to make out.
    2 to observe, to spy on.
    3 to peek, to glance, to be on the lookout for, to eye.
    Ella vislumbró el valle She glimpsed the valley.
    * * *
    1 (observar) to spy on, observe, watch
    2 figurado (vislumbrar) to make out, discern
    * * *
    VT
    1) (=espiar) to spy on, watch; (=mirar) to peep at
    2) (=lograr ver) to see, make out, discern frm
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo

    atisbaron a lo lejos unas casas — (liter) they sighted o (liter) discerned a few houses in the distance

    se atisban indicios de mejoría — (period) we are beginning to detect signs of improvement

    b) ( espiar) to spy on, watch; ( mirar furtivamente) to peep at
    2.
    atisbar vi (liter) to look out
    * * *
    = glimpse, peep.
    Ex. The shape of space: have cosmologists glimpsed signs that the universe is bounded?.
    Ex. While peeping is an offense, it falls under 'disorderly conduct,' and therefore the possible punishments are very limited.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo

    atisbaron a lo lejos unas casas — (liter) they sighted o (liter) discerned a few houses in the distance

    se atisban indicios de mejoría — (period) we are beginning to detect signs of improvement

    b) ( espiar) to spy on, watch; ( mirar furtivamente) to peep at
    2.
    atisbar vi (liter) to look out
    * * *
    = glimpse, peep.

    Ex: The shape of space: have cosmologists glimpsed signs that the universe is bounded?.

    Ex: While peeping is an offense, it falls under 'disorderly conduct,' and therefore the possible punishments are very limited.

    * * *
    atisbar [A1 ]
    vt
    1
    (vislumbrar): atisbaron a lo lejos las primeras casas del pueblo ( liter); they sighted o made out o ( liter) discerned the first houses of the town in the distance
    no se atisba ninguna posibilidad de mejora económica ( period); there does not appear to be any chance of an economic recovery
    se atisbaban los primeros indicios de distensión ( period); we were just beginning to detect o discern the first signs of a lessening of tension
    2 (espiar) to spy on, watch; (mirar furtivamente) to peep at
    ■ atisbar
    vi
    ( liter); to look out
    la vi atisbando desde detrás de las cortinas I caught sight of her peeping out o looking out from behind the curtains
    * * *

    atisbar verbo transitivo to make out
    ' atisbar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    entrever
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [vislumbrar] to make out;
    se atisbaba un castillo en el horizonte a castle could (just) be made out on the horizon;
    se atisba un principio de acuerdo the first signs of an agreement are becoming apparent;
    no atisbaban ninguna salida a la crisis they could not see any way out of the crisis
    2. [acechar] to watch, to spy on;
    atisbaba por un agujero lo que ocurría en la otra habitación he was spying on o watching what was happening in the other room through a hole
    ♦ vi
    to peep
    * * *
    v/t see, make out
    * * *
    1) : to spy on, to watch
    2) : to catch a glimpse of, to make out

    Spanish-English dictionary > atisbar

  • 17 avistar

    v.
    1 to sight, to make out.
    2 to catch sight of, to sight, to spot, to glimpse.
    Elsa presenció el accidente Elsa witnessed the accident.
    * * *
    1 to see, sight
    * * *
    1.
    VT to sight, catch sight of
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    verbo transitivo to sight
    * * *
    Ex. The shape of space: have cosmologists glimpsed signs that the universe is bounded?.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo to sight
    * * *

    Ex: The shape of space: have cosmologists glimpsed signs that the universe is bounded?.

    * * *
    avistar [A1 ]
    vt
    to sight
    * * *

    avistar verbo transitivo to see, catch sight of
    ' avistar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    sight
    * * *
    to sight, to make out
    * * *
    v/t sight, spot
    * * *
    : to sight, to catch sight of

    Spanish-English dictionary > avistar

  • 18 cosmólogo

    m.
    cosmologist.
    * * *
    cosmólogo, -a
    SM / F cosmologist
    * * *
    Ex. Cosmologists have begun exploring the idea that the evolution of the universe is cyclic.
    * * *

    Ex: Cosmologists have begun exploring the idea that the evolution of the universe is cyclic.

    * * *
    masculine, feminine
    cosmologist

    Spanish-English dictionary > cosmólogo

  • 19 de la nada

    = from nowhere, out of nowhere
    Ex. What we call the universe, in short, came from almost nowhere in next to no time.
    Ex. Mark has become a really good actor who kind of shot to stardom out of nowhere.
    * * *
    = from nowhere, out of nowhere

    Ex: What we call the universe, in short, came from almost nowhere in next to no time.

    Ex: Mark has become a really good actor who kind of shot to stardom out of nowhere.

    Spanish-English dictionary > de la nada

  • 20 de primer orden

    first-rate
    * * *
    (adj.) = world-class, blue chip [blue-chip], first-order [1st-order]
    Ex. The difference between success and failure in this environment can often be traced to the availability of world-class information.
    Ex. The model has been used extensively by blue chip companies in the UK.
    Ex. Ranganathan defines main class: 'any class enumerated in the first-order array of a scheme of classification of the universe of knowledge'.
    * * *
    (adj.) = world-class, blue chip [blue-chip], first-order [1st-order]

    Ex: The difference between success and failure in this environment can often be traced to the availability of world-class information.

    Ex: The model has been used extensively by blue chip companies in the UK.
    Ex: Ranganathan defines main class: 'any class enumerated in the first-order array of a scheme of classification of the universe of knowledge'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > de primer orden

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