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1 insostenible
adj.1 untenable.2 unsustainable, untenable, indefensible, unmaintainable.* * *► adjetivo1 untenable* * *ADJ untenable* * *a) <situación/gasto> unsustainableb) <posición/tesis> untenable* * *= untenable, unbearable.Ex. This was an untenable state of affairs and he made a gallant effort to secure librarians and library boards from the possibility of such suits.Ex. Books are the best friends a man can have because they are loyal at a time when a man is unbearable to himself and his fellow human beings.----* situación insostenible = unbearable situation.* * *a) <situación/gasto> unsustainableb) <posición/tesis> untenable* * *= untenable, unbearable.Ex: This was an untenable state of affairs and he made a gallant effort to secure librarians and library boards from the possibility of such suits.
Ex: Books are the best friends a man can have because they are loyal at a time when a man is unbearable to himself and his fellow human beings.* situación insostenible = unbearable situation.* * *1 ‹situación/gasto› unsustainable2 ‹posición/tesis› untenable* * *
insostenible adjetivo
insostenible adjetivo untenable
' insostenible' also found in these entries:
English:
indefensible
- unbearable
- untenable
* * *insostenible adj1. [situación] untenable2. [afirmación, tesis] untenable* * *adj1 situación unsustainable2 tesis untenable* * *insostenible adj: untenable -
2 límite
m.1 limit, boundary, border, borderline.2 breaking point.3 limit, cap.4 ora, edge.* * *1 (extremo) limit; (en un terreno) boundary2 (frontera) boundary\sin límites boundlesstodo tiene un límite there's a limit to everythinglímite de velocidad speed limit* * *noun m.1) limit2) border, boundary* * *1. SM1) [gen] limitpodrá presentarse cualquiera, sin límite de edad — anyone can apply, regardless o irrespective of age, anyone can apply, there's no age limit
eran exámenes larguísimos, sin límite de tiempo — the exams were very long, there was no time limit
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como o de límite, tenemos como o de límite el sábado para presentar el trabajo — the deadline for submitting our work is Saturday•
poner (un) límite a, han puesto un límite de participantes — they have put a limit o restriction on the number of participantsnos pusieron un límite de dinero para gastar — they put a restriction on o limited the amount of money we had to spend
pretenden poner límite a la investigación sobre embriones — they aim to put tighter controls on research into embryos, they aim to restrict o curb research into embryos
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sin límites — limitless•
no tener límites — to know no boundslímite de crédito — (Com) credit limit
2) (Geog, Pol) boundary, borderlímite forestal — tree line, timber line
3) (Inform)4) (=final) end2.ADJ INV extreme, maximum* * *1) (Geog, Pol) boundary2)a) ( cifra máxima) limitponer un límite a algo — to limit o restrict something
b) (tope, extremo) limitbondad sin límites — unlimited o boundless goodness
3) (como adj inv)* * *= bound, boundary, cut-off point, to what extent, borderline, frontier, confine, fringe, limit, cut off [cutoff], shore, breaking point, ceiling.Ex. A subject which is perceived as being entirely contained within the bounds of another will have its 'circle' totally within the boundaries of the domain for the broader subject.Ex. Note the different definitions, and the different boundaries for this one subject area.Ex. The names of Muslim authors throughout the classical period, for which the cut-off point is around the year 1800, were made up of the following elements.Ex. Clearly an index must permit access to a document by its central theme, but, to what extent should access be provided to secondary or subsidiary topics considered within a document?.Ex. Both approaches have in common, however, the problem of establishing a borderline between public interest and private initiative.Ex. Start afresh, think anew; the frontiers are boundless.Ex. For a century we have been repeating inanities and keeping up this timid, non-committal retreat from society, but if we think of ourselves as communicating librarians we may see our inescapable involvement within the confines (but the illimitable confines) of our profession.Ex. The university is located 15 miles from the center of town on the southern fringe.Ex. The Catalogue Module has no limit on the length of a record, and a single field can be up to 200 characters in length.Ex. It is assumed that the sum of those units receiving top priority status is less than the current budgeted amount and that a cut off will occur at some point.Ex. People have employed this term to encompass programmes of study stretching from the furthest shores of technology-based activity to the vaguest and most nebulous-seeming courses of study in the arts/humanities areas.Ex. Every night thousands of illegal aliens cross into Arizona and the people there are truly at the breaking point.Ex. The Taiwan government is planning to lift the subsidy ceiling for solar equipment makers aiming to increase self-sufficiency to 80%.----* alcanzar el límite de = reach + the limits of.* alcanzar el límite de + Posesivo + capacidad = stretch + Nombre + beyond the breaking point, stretch + Nombre + to breaking point, stretch + Nombre + to the limit.* alcanzar el límite de + Posesivo + posibilidades = reach + the limits of + Posesivo + potential.* averiguar el límite de Algo = plumb + the depths of.* confudir los límites entre = blur + the lines between.* confundir los límites entre = blur + the boundaries between.* con límites impuestos por uno mismo = self-limiting.* dentro de los límites de = within the bounds of.* dentro de unos límites = within limits.* desaparición de los límites = blurring of boundaries.* desdibujar los límites = blur + the lines between.* establecer límites = draw + limits.* establecer un límite = set + limit.* exceder un límite = exceed + limit.* fecha límite = cut-off date, closing date, deadline.* fijar un límite = set + cut-off point.* hasta el límite de = to the limits of.* hasta el límite de las posibilidades de Algo = to + Posesivo + full potential.* la imaginación no tiene límites = your imagination is the limit.* límite de edad = age limit.* límite de las nieves perpetuas = snowline.* límite de tiempo = time limit.* límite de velocidad = speed limit.* límite fluctuante = moving wall.* límite inferior = lower bound.* límite máximo = upper limit.* límite, punto de ruptura = breaking point.* límites + desaparecer = boundaries + crumble.* límites de una propiedad = metes and bounds.* límite superior = upper limit, upper bound.* llegar al límite = reach + the breaking point.* llegar al límite de + Posesivo + capacidad = stretch + Nombre + beyond the breaking point, stretch + Nombre + to breaking point, stretch + Nombre + to the limit.* llevar a Alguien al límite = push + Alguien + over the edge, drive + Alguien + over the edge.* llevar al límite = stretch.* marcar los límites = mark out.* no existir límites = there + be + no limit.* no haber límites = there + be + no limit.* no hay límite(s) = the sky is the limit.* no tener límite = have + no limit.* no tener límites = be boundless.* pasarse del límite = overrun [over-run].* ser el límite = be the limit.* sin límite = without limit, without stint, interminably.* sin límite(s) = unbounded, unfettered, unstinting, unstintingly, the sky is the limit.* * *1) (Geog, Pol) boundary2)a) ( cifra máxima) limitponer un límite a algo — to limit o restrict something
b) (tope, extremo) limitbondad sin límites — unlimited o boundless goodness
3) (como adj inv)* * *= bound, boundary, cut-off point, to what extent, borderline, frontier, confine, fringe, limit, cut off [cutoff], shore, breaking point, ceiling.Ex: A subject which is perceived as being entirely contained within the bounds of another will have its 'circle' totally within the boundaries of the domain for the broader subject.
Ex: Note the different definitions, and the different boundaries for this one subject area.Ex: The names of Muslim authors throughout the classical period, for which the cut-off point is around the year 1800, were made up of the following elements.Ex: Clearly an index must permit access to a document by its central theme, but, to what extent should access be provided to secondary or subsidiary topics considered within a document?.Ex: Both approaches have in common, however, the problem of establishing a borderline between public interest and private initiative.Ex: Start afresh, think anew; the frontiers are boundless.Ex: For a century we have been repeating inanities and keeping up this timid, non-committal retreat from society, but if we think of ourselves as communicating librarians we may see our inescapable involvement within the confines (but the illimitable confines) of our profession.Ex: The university is located 15 miles from the center of town on the southern fringe.Ex: The Catalogue Module has no limit on the length of a record, and a single field can be up to 200 characters in length.Ex: It is assumed that the sum of those units receiving top priority status is less than the current budgeted amount and that a cut off will occur at some point.Ex: People have employed this term to encompass programmes of study stretching from the furthest shores of technology-based activity to the vaguest and most nebulous-seeming courses of study in the arts/humanities areas.Ex: Every night thousands of illegal aliens cross into Arizona and the people there are truly at the breaking point.Ex: The Taiwan government is planning to lift the subsidy ceiling for solar equipment makers aiming to increase self-sufficiency to 80%.* alcanzar el límite de = reach + the limits of.* alcanzar el límite de + Posesivo + capacidad = stretch + Nombre + beyond the breaking point, stretch + Nombre + to breaking point, stretch + Nombre + to the limit.* alcanzar el límite de + Posesivo + posibilidades = reach + the limits of + Posesivo + potential.* averiguar el límite de Algo = plumb + the depths of.* confudir los límites entre = blur + the lines between.* confundir los límites entre = blur + the boundaries between.* con límites impuestos por uno mismo = self-limiting.* dentro de los límites de = within the bounds of.* dentro de unos límites = within limits.* desaparición de los límites = blurring of boundaries.* desdibujar los límites = blur + the lines between.* establecer límites = draw + limits.* establecer un límite = set + limit.* exceder un límite = exceed + limit.* fecha límite = cut-off date, closing date, deadline.* fijar un límite = set + cut-off point.* hasta el límite de = to the limits of.* hasta el límite de las posibilidades de Algo = to + Posesivo + full potential.* la imaginación no tiene límites = your imagination is the limit.* límite de edad = age limit.* límite de las nieves perpetuas = snowline.* límite de tiempo = time limit.* límite de velocidad = speed limit.* límite fluctuante = moving wall.* límite inferior = lower bound.* límite máximo = upper limit.* límite, punto de ruptura = breaking point.* límites + desaparecer = boundaries + crumble.* límites de una propiedad = metes and bounds.* límite superior = upper limit, upper bound.* llegar al límite = reach + the breaking point.* llegar al límite de + Posesivo + capacidad = stretch + Nombre + beyond the breaking point, stretch + Nombre + to breaking point, stretch + Nombre + to the limit.* llevar a Alguien al límite = push + Alguien + over the edge, drive + Alguien + over the edge.* llevar al límite = stretch.* marcar los límites = mark out.* no existir límites = there + be + no limit.* no haber límites = there + be + no limit.* no hay límite(s) = the sky is the limit.* no tener límite = have + no limit.* no tener límites = be boundless.* pasarse del límite = overrun [over-run].* ser el límite = be the limit.* sin límite = without limit, without stint, interminably.* sin límite(s) = unbounded, unfettered, unstinting, unstintingly, the sky is the limit.* * *el límite norte del país the country's northern border o boundarylos límites de la propiedad the boundaries of the propertyB1 (cifra máxima) limitel límite de edad es de 25 años the age limit is 25no hay límite de tiempo there is no time limitel límite de velocidad the speed limitno puede gastar lo que quiera, tiene un límite she can't spend what she likes, she has to keep within a limitpusieron un límite al número de llamadas they limited o restricted the number of calls2 (tope, extremo) limitmi paciencia ha llegado a su límite I've reached the limit of my patiencesu generosidad no conoce límites his generosity knows no limits o boundsbondad sin límites unlimited o boundless goodnessla situación está llegando a límites insostenibles the situation is becoming untenableno te lo consiento, todo tiene un límite I won't allow it, enough is enough o there are limitsCompuestos:credit limitspending limitweight limittolerance levelC ( como adj inv):tiempo límite time limitsituación límite extreme situationes un caso límite it's a borderline casefecha límite final date, deadline, closing date* * *
Del verbo limitar: ( conjugate limitar)
limité es:
1ª persona singular (yo) pretérito indicativo
limite es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente subjuntivo3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativo
Multiple Entries:
limitar
límite
limitar ( conjugate limitar) verbo transitivo ‹funciones/derechos› to limit, restrict
verbo intransitivo límite con algo [país/finca] to border on sth
limitarse verbo pronominal:◊ el problema no se limita a las ciudades the problem is not confined o limited to cities;
me limité a repetir lo dicho I just repeated what was said
límite sustantivo masculino
1 (Geog, Pol) boundary
2 ( tope) limit;
su ambición no tiene límites his ambition knows no limits;
sin límites unlimited;
¡todo tiene un límite! enough is enough!
3 ( como adj inv):
situación límite extreme situation;
fecha límite deadline
limitar
I verbo transitivo to limit, restrict: tengo que limitar mis gastos, I have to limit my spending
II verbo intransitivo to border: limita al norte con Francia, at North it borders on France
límite sustantivo masculino
1 limit
2 Geog Pol boundary, border: está en el límite de lo legal, it is on the law borderline
II adjetivo
1 (tope) limit
fecha límite, deadline
(máximo) la temperatura límite es de 200 grados, the maximum temperature is 200 degrees
situación límite, extreme situation
' límite' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bordear
- estiramiento
- extrema
- extremo
- fecha
- freno
- hasta
- rebasar
- salirse
- sobrepasar
- techo
- tope
- traspasar
- umbral
- exceder
- limitar
- salir
English:
boundary
- ceiling
- cut-off
- deadline
- designate
- exceed
- limit
- limitless
- line
- obsession
- quota
- rope
- time limit
- border
- breaking
- closing
- credit
- cut
- dead
- sell
- speed
* * *límite nm1. [tope] limit;al límite at the limit;dentro de un límite within limits;tiene una amabilidad sin límites his kindness knows no bounds;su pasión no tiene límite her passion knows no bounds;está trabajando al límite de sus posibilidades she's working at full stretch;estoy al límite de mis fuerzas I've reached the limit of my strength;me dejan estar conectado a Internet sin límite de tiempo I have unlimited access to the Internet;mi paciencia tiene un límite my patience has limits;no hay límite de edad there's no age limitFin límite de crédito credit limit;límite de velocidad speed limit2. [confín] boundary;el límite norte de la finca the northernmost boundary of the property3. Mat limit4. [como adjetivo] [precio, velocidad, edad] maximum;[situación] extreme; [caso] borderline;fecha límite de entrega: 15 de junio deadline for submissions: 15 June* * *I m1 limit;sin límites limitlessII adj:situación límite extreme situation;caso límite borderline case* * *límite nm1) : boundary, border2) : limitel límite de mi paciencia: the limit of my patiencelímite de velocidad: speed limit3)fecha límite : deadline* * *límite n1. (punto máximo) limit -
3 aguerrido
adj.1 fierce, hardened.2 inured to war, veteran.past part.past participle of spanish verb: aguerrir.* * *1→ link=aguerrir aguerrir► adjetivo1 hardened* * *ADJ hardened, veteran* * ** * *= tough [tougher -comp., toughest -sup.], gallant, hardened, battle-hardened.Ex. As educators, then, we need to ask ourselves some very tough questions -- some to which we would rather not hear the answers.Ex. This was an untenable state of affairs and he made a gallant effort to secure librarians and library boards from the possibility of such suits.Ex. There is a shift from considering children as innocent victims to viewing them as hardened criminals on a par with adults who commit similar acts.Ex. The Ethiopian soldiers fighting in Somalia are part of a much larger military force that is battle-hardened by major cross-border wars.* * ** * *= tough [tougher -comp., toughest -sup.], gallant, hardened, battle-hardened.Ex: As educators, then, we need to ask ourselves some very tough questions -- some to which we would rather not hear the answers.
Ex: This was an untenable state of affairs and he made a gallant effort to secure librarians and library boards from the possibility of such suits.Ex: There is a shift from considering children as innocent victims to viewing them as hardened criminals on a par with adults who commit similar acts.Ex: The Ethiopian soldiers fighting in Somalia are part of a much larger military force that is battle-hardened by major cross-border wars.* * *aguerrido -da( lit)A (valiente) valiantlogró vencer a su aguerrido oponente he succeeded in overcoming his valiant adversarysuspiraba por su apuesto y aguerrido príncipe she longed for her handsome and valorous princeB ‹soldados/ejército› hardened, battle-hardened* * *
Del verbo aguerrir: ( conjugate aguerrir)
aguerrido es:
el participio
aguerrido,-a adjetivo hardened, veteran
' aguerrido' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aguerrida
English:
gallant
* * *aguerrido, -a adj[experimentado] veteran;soldados/tropas aguerridas battle-hardened soldiers/troops* * *adj brave, valiant -
4 galante
adj.gallant.f. & m.gallant.* * *► adjetivo1 courteous, gallant, chivalrous* * *ADJ1) [hombre] (=caballeroso) gallant; (=atento) charming, attentive ( to women); (=cortés) polite, urbane frm2) †† [mujer] flirtatious, flirty; pey wanton, licentious* * *a) < hombre> gallant, attentiveb) (pey) <mujer/vida> wanton* * *= gallant.Nota: Adjetivo.Ex. This was an untenable state of affairs and he made a gallant effort to secure librarians and library boards from the possibility of such suits.* * *a) < hombre> gallant, attentiveb) (pey) <mujer/vida> wanton* * *= gallant.Nota: Adjetivo.Ex: This was an untenable state of affairs and he made a gallant effort to secure librarians and library boards from the possibility of such suits.
* * *1 ‹hombre› gallant, attentive2 ( pey); ‹mujer› wanton, loose; ‹vida› wanton* * *
galante adjetivo ‹ hombre› gallant, attentive
galante adjetivo gallant
' galante' also found in these entries:
English:
gallant
* * *galante adjgallant* * *adj gallant* * *galante adj: gallant, attentive♦ galantemente adv -
5 gallardo
adj.elegant, dapper, handsome, brave.* * *► adjetivo1 (apuesto) elegant, handsome2 (valeroso) brave, gallant* * *ADJ (=elegante) graceful, elegant; (=magnífico) fine, splendid; (=valiente) brave; (=caballeroso) gallant, dashing; (=noble) noble* * *- da adjetivo (liter)a) <estampa/joven> striking, fine-lookingb) <guerrero/comportamiento> gallant (liter)* * *= gallant.Nota: Adjetivo.Ex. This was an untenable state of affairs and he made a gallant effort to secure librarians and library boards from the possibility of such suits.* * *- da adjetivo (liter)a) <estampa/joven> striking, fine-lookingb) <guerrero/comportamiento> gallant (liter)* * *= gallant.Nota: Adjetivo.Ex: This was an untenable state of affairs and he made a gallant effort to secure librarians and library boards from the possibility of such suits.
* * *gallardo -da( liter)1 ‹estampa/joven› striking, fine, fine-looking, elegant* * *
gallardo,-a adjetivo
1 (esbelto, apuesto) smart
2 (bravo, valiente) brave
' gallardo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
gallarda
English:
dashing
- gallant
* * *gallardo, -a adj1. [valiente] brave, dashing2. [bien parecido] fine-looking, striking* * *adj gallant* * *gallardo, -da adj1) valiente: brave2) apuesto: elegant, graceful -
6 noble
adj.noble.los nobles the nobilitym.1 nobleman, man of nobility, noble.2 noblewoman, woman of nobility.* * *► adjetivo1 the nobility sing* * *1. noun mf.nobleman / noblewoman2. adj.* * *1. ADJ1) (=aristocrático) noble2) (=honrado) noble3) [madera] fine2.SMF nobleman/noblewomanlos nobles — the nobility sing, the nobles
* * *Ia) <familia/ascendencia> nobleun caballero de noble linaje — (liter) a knight of noble lineage (liter)
b) ( bondadoso) noblec) < animal> nobled) < madera> fineII(m) nobleman; (f) noblewomanlos noble — the nobles, the nobility
* * *= noble [nobler -comp., noblest -sup.], lofty [loftier -comp., loftiest -sup.], gallant, high-minded, patrician, noble, nobleman [noblemen, -pl.], noblewoman [noblewomen, -pl.].Ex. The bookseller is concerned with a more noble form of merchandise than any other and he is thus an aristocrat among traders.Ex. Librarians across the world should set themselves the lofty task of striving to create a global society in which people enjoy peaceful coexistence.Ex. This was an untenable state of affairs and he made a gallant effort to secure librarians and library boards from the possibility of such suits.Ex. The conference produced a high-minded, challenging agenda for the library community in the coming year = El congreso elaboró un programa lleno de retos y de principios muy elevados para la comunidad bibliotecaria en el año entrante.Ex. The patrician and merchant Hans Heinrich Herwart (1520-83) was one of the foremost collectors of musical sources in the 16th century.Ex. The nobles had always claimed a preference for advancement in the army, the navy, the church, and the parliaments.Ex. He was assassinated by noblemen who feared that his licentious manner and ignorance would undermine the monarchy.Ex. It is no coincidence that what literary and artistic works by women have survived are by noblewomen.----* gas noble = noble gas.* * *Ia) <familia/ascendencia> nobleun caballero de noble linaje — (liter) a knight of noble lineage (liter)
b) ( bondadoso) noblec) < animal> nobled) < madera> fineII(m) nobleman; (f) noblewomanlos noble — the nobles, the nobility
* * *= noble [nobler -comp., noblest -sup.], lofty [loftier -comp., loftiest -sup.], gallant, high-minded, patrician, noble, nobleman [noblemen, -pl.], noblewoman [noblewomen, -pl.].Ex: The bookseller is concerned with a more noble form of merchandise than any other and he is thus an aristocrat among traders.
Ex: Librarians across the world should set themselves the lofty task of striving to create a global society in which people enjoy peaceful coexistence.Ex: This was an untenable state of affairs and he made a gallant effort to secure librarians and library boards from the possibility of such suits.Ex: The conference produced a high-minded, challenging agenda for the library community in the coming year = El congreso elaboró un programa lleno de retos y de principios muy elevados para la comunidad bibliotecaria en el año entrante.Ex: The patrician and merchant Hans Heinrich Herwart (1520-83) was one of the foremost collectors of musical sources in the 16th century.Ex: The nobles had always claimed a preference for advancement in the army, the navy, the church, and the parliaments.Ex: He was assassinated by noblemen who feared that his licentious manner and ignorance would undermine the monarchy.Ex: It is no coincidence that what literary and artistic works by women have survived are by noblewomen.* gas noble = noble gas.* * *1 ‹familia/ascendencia› noble2 (magnánimo) nobleun gesto muy noble a very noble gesture3 ‹animal› noble4 ‹madera› fineCompuesto:el noble bruto the horsepalmeó al noble bruto he patted his noble steed ( liter)masculine, feminineA ( masculine) noblemanlos noble the nobles, the nobilityB ( feminine) noblewoman* * *
noble adjetivo
◊ un caballero de noble linaje (liter) a knight of noble lineage (liter)
■ sustantivo masculino y femenino (m) nobleman;
(f) noblewoman;
noble
I adjetivo
1 (aristocrático) noble
2 (sincero, honrado) honest, noble
II mf (hombre) nobleman
(mujer) noblewoman
' noble' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
elevada
- elevado
- par
- proceder
- señorial
- solar
- solariega
- solariego
- altivo
- hermoso
- metal
- sangre
- sublime
English:
baron
- count
- countess
- lofty
- noble
- nobleman
- noblewoman
- dowager
- lord
- title
* * *♦ adj1. [de la nobleza] noble2. [sentimiento, causa] noble;fue un gesto muy noble it was a very noble gesture3. [animal] noble4. [metal] noble;[madera] fine5. [gas] noble♦ nmfnoble;los nobles the nobility* * *m/f & adj noble* * *noble adj: noble♦ noblemente advnoble nmf: nobleman m, noblewoman f* * *noble adj n noble -
7 valiente
adj.brave (valeroso).f. & m.1 brave person (valeroso).2 valiant, brave person, daring person.* * *► adjetivo1 (valeroso) brave, courageous, bold2 (fuerte) strong, vigorous■ ¡valiente ayudante estás hecho! a fine assistant you are!4 peyorativo (bravucón) boastful, bragging1 (valeroso) brave person2 (bravucón) boaster, braggart* * *adj.bold, brave* * *1. ADJ1) [persona, acción, decisión] brave, courageous, valiant literno te las des de valiente porque sé que tienes miedo — don't pretend to be brave because I know you're frightened
2) iró (antes de s) fine¡valiente amigo estás tú hecho! — a fine friend o some friend you are! *
¡valiente gobierno! — some government! *, what a government! *
2.SMF brave man/womanse hace el valiente porque le están mirando todos — he's pretending to be brave because everyone's looking at him
* * *I1) < persona> brave, courageous, valiant (liter)2) (delante del n) (iró) ( en exclamaciones)valiente sinvergüenza estás hecho! — you have some nerve (AmE colloq), you've got a nerve (BrE colloq)
IIvaliente amigo que tienes! — some friend he is! (colloq & iro)
masculino y femenino brave personlos valientes — the brave (frml)
* * *= valiant, gallant, courageous, spunky, plucky [pluckier -comp., pluckiest -sup.], fearless, stud, brave [braver -comp., bravest -sup.].Ex. Manchester Public Libraries are making a valiant attempt to offer a suitable facility despite over-crowding and lack of space.Ex. This was an untenable state of affairs and he made a gallant effort to secure librarians and library boards from the possibility of such suits.Ex. One of the most effective ways of combatting racism is through enlightened, moderate and courageous work colleagues.Ex. The author discusses a number of ' spunky' girls in adolescent and children's literature.Ex. Steel's book exemplifies what might be termed the subgenre of 'Mutiny novel,' using such conventional characters as the plucky Englishwoman, the unflappable English gentleman-spy, and the crazed religious zealot.Ex. He describes the decoration of the tombs, explaining that this artwork is a fearless thumbing of the nose at death itself.Ex. 'Slut'/'angel' and 'wuss'/' stud' dichotomies provide an oversimplified grid from which adolescents negotiate complex feelings towards their own sexuality.Ex. It would be a brave man who would predict that such a process will always remain clumsy, slow and faulty in detail.* * *I1) < persona> brave, courageous, valiant (liter)2) (delante del n) (iró) ( en exclamaciones)valiente sinvergüenza estás hecho! — you have some nerve (AmE colloq), you've got a nerve (BrE colloq)
IIvaliente amigo que tienes! — some friend he is! (colloq & iro)
masculino y femenino brave personlos valientes — the brave (frml)
* * *= valiant, gallant, courageous, spunky, plucky [pluckier -comp., pluckiest -sup.], fearless, stud, brave [braver -comp., bravest -sup.].Ex: Manchester Public Libraries are making a valiant attempt to offer a suitable facility despite over-crowding and lack of space.
Ex: This was an untenable state of affairs and he made a gallant effort to secure librarians and library boards from the possibility of such suits.Ex: One of the most effective ways of combatting racism is through enlightened, moderate and courageous work colleagues.Ex: The author discusses a number of ' spunky' girls in adolescent and children's literature.Ex: Steel's book exemplifies what might be termed the subgenre of 'Mutiny novel,' using such conventional characters as the plucky Englishwoman, the unflappable English gentleman-spy, and the crazed religious zealot.Ex: He describes the decoration of the tombs, explaining that this artwork is a fearless thumbing of the nose at death itself.Ex: 'Slut'/'angel' and 'wuss'/' stud' dichotomies provide an oversimplified grid from which adolescents negotiate complex feelings towards their own sexuality.Ex: It would be a brave man who would predict that such a process will always remain clumsy, slow and faulty in detail.* * *A ‹persona› brave, courageous, valiant ( liter)se las da de valiente y a la hora de la verdad … he makes out that he's brave but when it comes to it …B ( delante del n) ( iró)(como intensificador): ¡valiente sinvergüenza estás tu hecho! you have some nerve ( AmE) o ( BrE) a real nerve ( colloq)¡valiente estupidez! that was pretty stupid! ( colloq)¡valiente amigo que tienes! some friend he is o nice friends you have! ( colloq iro)brave personlos valientes marchan con la frente en alto the brave walk with their heads held high ( frml)* * *
valiente adjetivo ‹ persona› brave, courageous
valiente adjetivo
1 (con coraje, arrojado) brave, courageous, valiant
2 irón ¡valiente tontería acaba de decir!, that was a pretty stupid thing to say!
' valiente' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
gallarda
- gallardo
- guapa
- guapo
- resuelta
- resuelto
- arrecho
- atrevido
- audaz
- dar
- envalentonar
- macho
English:
bold
- brave
- courageous
- gallant
- gritty
- plucky
- some
- spunky
- valiant
- of
* * *♦ adj1. [valeroso] brave, courageous¡valiente amigo estás hecho! some friend you are!♦ nmfbrave person* * *adj1 brave2 irón fine;¡valiente sorpresa! a fine surprise this is!;¡en valiente lío te has metido! a fine mess you’ve gotten yourself into!;¡valientes vacaciones! some vacation this is!* * *valiente adj1) : brave, valiant¡valiente amiga!: what a fine friend!♦ valientemente adv* * *valiente adj brave -
8 bizarro1
1 = gallant, valiant.Ex. This was an untenable state of affairs and he made a gallant effort to secure librarians and library boards from the possibility of such suits.Ex. Manchester Public Libraries are making a valiant attempt to offer a suitable facility despite over-crowding and lack of space. -
9 crear
v.1 to create.me crea muchos problemas it gives me a lot of trouble, it causes me a lot of problemsPicasso creó escuela Picasso's works have had a seminal influenceRicardo crea obras de arte Richard creates works of art.Ellas crean criaturas raras They create weird creatures.2 to invent.3 to found.4 to make, to make up.* * *1 (gen) to create3 (inventar) to invent1 to make, make for oneself2 (imaginarse) to imagine* * *verb1) to create2) originate* * *VT1) (=hacer, producir) [+ obra, objeto, empleo] to create2) (=establecer) [+ comisión, comité, fondo, negocio, sistema] to set up; [+ asociación, cooperativa] to form, set up; [+ cargo, puesto] to create; [+ movimiento, organización] to create, establish, found¿qué se necesita para crear una empresa? — what do you need in order to set up o start a business?
esta organización se creó para defender los derechos humanos — this organization was created o established o founded to defend human rights
aspiraban a crear un estado independiente — they aimed to create o establish o found an independent state
3) (=dar lugar a) [+ condiciones, clima, ambiente] to create; [+ problemas] to cause, create; [+ expectativas] to raiseel vacío creado por su muerte — the gap left o created by her death
4) liter (=nombrar) to make, appoint* * *1.verbo transitivo1)a) <obra/modelo/tendencia> to create, < producto> to developb) < sistema> to create, establish, set up; < institución> to set up, create; <comisión/fondo> to set up; < empleo> to create; < ciudad> to build2) <dificultades/problemas> to cause, create; <ambiente/clima> to create; <fama/prestigio> to bring; < reputación> to earn2.* * *= design (for/to), construct, create, engender, establish, fashion, forge, form, invent, set up, compose, originate, bring into + being, mint, found, institute, come into + existence, mother, come up with.Ex. In lists designed for international use a symbolic notation instead of textual notes may be used.Ex. The objective in executing these three stages is to construct a document profile which reflects its subject = El propósito de llevar a cabo estas tres etapas es elaborar un perfil documental que refleje su materia.Ex. National agencies creating MARC records use national standards within their own country, and re-format records to UNIMARC for international exchange.Ex. In addition to problems with new subjects which lacked 'accepted' or established names, this guiding principle engendered inconsistency in the form of headings.Ex. The intention is to establish a general framework, and then to give exceptions or further explanation and examples for each area in turn.Ex. The preliminary discussions and proposals which led up to the AACR, did start out with an attempt to fashion an ideology, a philosophical context, for those rules.Ex. This article calls on libraries to forge a renewed national commitment to cooperate in the building of a national information network for scholarly communications.Ex. Formed in 1969, the first operational system was implemented in 1972-3.Ex. Frequently, but not always, this same process will have been attempted by the author when inventing the title, and this explains why the title is often a useful aid to indexing.Ex. By imposing a ban one is only likely to set up antagonism and frustration which will turn against the very thing we are trying to encourage.Ex. There have never been any attempts to compose a bibliography of US government documents relating to international law.Ex. In the 'office of the present', a document is usually produced by several people: someone, say an administrator or manager, who originates and checks it, a typist, who prepares the text, and a draughtsman or artist who prepares the diagrams.Ex. MARC was brought into being originally to facilitate the creation of LC catalogue cards.Ex. The article 'The newly minted MLS: what do we need to know today?' describes the skills which, ideally, every US library school graduate should possess at the end of the 1990s.Ex. The earliest community information service in Australia dates from as recently as 1958 when Citizens' Advice Bureaux, modelled on their British namesake, were founded in Perth = El primer servicio de información ciudadana de Australia es reciente y data de 1958 cuando se creó en Perth la Oficina de Información al Ciudadano, a imitación de su homónima británica.Ex. The librarians have instituted a series of campaigns, including displays and leaflets on specific issues, eg family income supplement, rent and rates rebates, and school grants.Ex. Some university libraries have been built up over the centuries; others have come into existence over the last 40 years.Ex. Necessity mothers invention, and certainly invention in the presentation of books mothers surprised interest.Ex. Derfer corroborated her: 'I'd be very proud of you if you could come up with the means to draft a model collection development policy'.----* crear adicción = be addictive.* crear alianzas = form + alliances, make + alliances.* crear apoyo = build + support.* crear canales para = establish + channels for.* crear con gran destreza = craft.* crear consenso = forge + consensus.* crear demanda = make + demand.* crear de nuevo = recreate [re-create].* crear desconfianza = create + distrust.* crear desesperación = yield + despair.* crear falsas ilusiones = create + false illusions.* crear interés = build + interest.* crear la ilusión = generate + illusion.* crear lazos = build up + links.* crear lazos afectivos = bond.* crear posibilidades = open + window, create + possibilities.* crear problemas = make + waves, build up + problems, make + trouble.* crear prototipos = prototype.* crear relaciones = structure + relationships.* crearse = build up, hew.* crearse el prestigio de ser = establish + a record as.* crear servidor web = put up + web site.* crearse una identidad = forge + identity.* crearse una vida = build + life.* crear una alianza = forge + alliance.* crear una base = form + a basis.* crear una buena impresión en = make + a good impression on.* crear una coalición = forge + coalition.* crear una colección = build + collection.* crear un acuerdo = work out + agreement.* crear una familia = have + a family.* crear una ilusión = create + illusion.* crear una imagen = build + an image, create + image, summon up + image.* crear una injusticia = create + injustice.* crear una marca de identidad = branding.* crear una ocasión = create + opportunity.* crear una preocupación = create + concern.* crear una situación = create + a situation.* crear un clima = promote + climate.* crear un comité = set up + committee.* crear un entorno = create + an environment.* crear un equilibrio = establish + a balance.* crear un fondo común de conocimientos = pool + knowledge.* crear un fondo común de experiencias profesionales = pool + expertise.* crear un grupo = set up + group.* crear un índice = generate + index.* crear un mercado para = produce + a market for.* crear un perfil = compile + profile, formulate + profile.* crear un servidor web = open up + web site.* crear vínculos = build up + links.* crear vínculos afectivos = bond.* oposición + crear = opposition + line up.* que crea adicción = addictive.* que crea hábito = addictive.* volver a crear = recreate [re-create].* * *1.verbo transitivo1)a) <obra/modelo/tendencia> to create, < producto> to developb) < sistema> to create, establish, set up; < institución> to set up, create; <comisión/fondo> to set up; < empleo> to create; < ciudad> to build2) <dificultades/problemas> to cause, create; <ambiente/clima> to create; <fama/prestigio> to bring; < reputación> to earn2.* * *= design (for/to), construct, create, engender, establish, fashion, forge, form, invent, set up, compose, originate, bring into + being, mint, found, institute, come into + existence, mother, come up with.Ex: In lists designed for international use a symbolic notation instead of textual notes may be used.
Ex: The objective in executing these three stages is to construct a document profile which reflects its subject = El propósito de llevar a cabo estas tres etapas es elaborar un perfil documental que refleje su materia.Ex: National agencies creating MARC records use national standards within their own country, and re-format records to UNIMARC for international exchange.Ex: In addition to problems with new subjects which lacked 'accepted' or established names, this guiding principle engendered inconsistency in the form of headings.Ex: The intention is to establish a general framework, and then to give exceptions or further explanation and examples for each area in turn.Ex: The preliminary discussions and proposals which led up to the AACR, did start out with an attempt to fashion an ideology, a philosophical context, for those rules.Ex: This article calls on libraries to forge a renewed national commitment to cooperate in the building of a national information network for scholarly communications.Ex: Formed in 1969, the first operational system was implemented in 1972-3.Ex: Frequently, but not always, this same process will have been attempted by the author when inventing the title, and this explains why the title is often a useful aid to indexing.Ex: By imposing a ban one is only likely to set up antagonism and frustration which will turn against the very thing we are trying to encourage.Ex: There have never been any attempts to compose a bibliography of US government documents relating to international law.Ex: In the 'office of the present', a document is usually produced by several people: someone, say an administrator or manager, who originates and checks it, a typist, who prepares the text, and a draughtsman or artist who prepares the diagrams.Ex: MARC was brought into being originally to facilitate the creation of LC catalogue cards.Ex: The article 'The newly minted MLS: what do we need to know today?' describes the skills which, ideally, every US library school graduate should possess at the end of the 1990s.Ex: The earliest community information service in Australia dates from as recently as 1958 when Citizens' Advice Bureaux, modelled on their British namesake, were founded in Perth = El primer servicio de información ciudadana de Australia es reciente y data de 1958 cuando se creó en Perth la Oficina de Información al Ciudadano, a imitación de su homónima británica.Ex: The librarians have instituted a series of campaigns, including displays and leaflets on specific issues, eg family income supplement, rent and rates rebates, and school grants.Ex: Some university libraries have been built up over the centuries; others have come into existence over the last 40 years.Ex: Necessity mothers invention, and certainly invention in the presentation of books mothers surprised interest.Ex: Derfer corroborated her: 'I'd be very proud of you if you could come up with the means to draft a model collection development policy'.* crear adicción = be addictive.* crear alianzas = form + alliances, make + alliances.* crear apoyo = build + support.* crear canales para = establish + channels for.* crear con gran destreza = craft.* crear consenso = forge + consensus.* crear demanda = make + demand.* crear de nuevo = recreate [re-create].* crear desconfianza = create + distrust.* crear desesperación = yield + despair.* crear falsas ilusiones = create + false illusions.* crear interés = build + interest.* crear la ilusión = generate + illusion.* crear lazos = build up + links.* crear lazos afectivos = bond.* crear posibilidades = open + window, create + possibilities.* crear problemas = make + waves, build up + problems, make + trouble.* crear prototipos = prototype.* crear relaciones = structure + relationships.* crearse = build up, hew.* crearse el prestigio de ser = establish + a record as.* crear servidor web = put up + web site.* crearse una identidad = forge + identity.* crearse una vida = build + life.* crear una alianza = forge + alliance.* crear una base = form + a basis.* crear una buena impresión en = make + a good impression on.* crear una coalición = forge + coalition.* crear una colección = build + collection.* crear un acuerdo = work out + agreement.* crear una familia = have + a family.* crear una ilusión = create + illusion.* crear una imagen = build + an image, create + image, summon up + image.* crear una injusticia = create + injustice.* crear una marca de identidad = branding.* crear una ocasión = create + opportunity.* crear una preocupación = create + concern.* crear una situación = create + a situation.* crear un clima = promote + climate.* crear un comité = set up + committee.* crear un entorno = create + an environment.* crear un equilibrio = establish + a balance.* crear un fondo común de conocimientos = pool + knowledge.* crear un fondo común de experiencias profesionales = pool + expertise.* crear un grupo = set up + group.* crear un índice = generate + index.* crear un mercado para = produce + a market for.* crear un perfil = compile + profile, formulate + profile.* crear un servidor web = open up + web site.* crear vínculos = build up + links.* crear vínculos afectivos = bond.* oposición + crear = opposition + line up.* que crea adicción = addictive.* que crea hábito = addictive.* volver a crear = recreate [re-create].* * *crear [A1 ]vtA1 ‹obra/modelo› to create; ‹tendencia› to createcrear una nueva imagen para el producto to create a new image for the productcrearon un producto revolucionario they developed o created a revolutionary product2 ‹sistema› to create, establish, set up; ‹institución› to set up, create; ‹comisión/fondo› to set up; ‹empleo› to createcrearon una ciudad en pleno desierto they built a city in the middle of the desertB ‹dificultades/problemas› to cause, create; ‹ambiente/clima› to create; ‹fama/prestigio› to bring; ‹reputación› to earnsu arrogancia le creó muchas enemistades his arrogance made him many enemiesno quiero crear falsas expectativas en mis alumnos I don't want to raise false hopes among my students, I don't want to give my students false hopesse crea muchas dificultades he creates o makes a lot of problems for himself¿para qué te creas más trabajo? why make more work for yourself?será difícil llenar el vacío creado con su desaparición it will be difficult to fill the gap left by his death* * *
crear ( conjugate crear) verbo transitivo
to create;
‹ producto› to develop;
‹institución/comisión/fondo› to set up;
‹fama/prestigio› to bring;
‹ reputación› to earn;◊ crea muchos problemas it causes o creates a lot of problems;
no quiero crear falsas expectativas I don't want to raise false hopes
crearse verbo pronominal ‹ problema› to create … for oneself;
‹ enemigos› to make
crear verbo transitivo to create
' crear' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
falsificar
- hacer
- ilusionar
- infundio
- rompecabezas
- constituir
- formar
- meter
English:
boat
- bonding
- create
- fashion
- never-never land
- rapport
- stage
- afoot
- develop
- devise
- disrupt
- establish
- illusion
- set
- you
* * *♦ vt1. [hacer, producir, originar] to create;crear empleo/riqueza to create jobs/wealth;han creado un nuevo ministerio para él they have created a new ministry for him;me crea muchos problemas it gives me a lot of trouble, it causes me a lot of problems;Picasso creó escuela Picasso's works have had a seminal influence2. [inventar] to invent;[poema, sinfonía] to compose, to write; [cuadro] to paint3. [fundar] to found* * *v/t create; empresa set up* * *crear vt1) : to create, to cause2) : to originate* * *crear vb1. (en general) to createlas esculturas que el artista ha creado en los últimos años the sculptures created by the artist during the last few years2. (comité, empresa, etc) to set up -
10 tesis
f. s.&pl.1 thesis.2 tenet, opinion.* * *1 thesis2 (opinión) view, theory\sostener una tesis to maintain a theorytesis doctoral doctoral thesis* * *noun f.* * *SF INV1) (Univ) thesistesis doctoral — doctoral thesis, doctoral dissertation (EEUU), PhD thesis
2) (Fil) thesis3) (=teoría)* * *a) (Educ, Fil) thesisb) ( opinión)* * *= dissertation, thesis [theses, -pl.], claim.Ex. The bibliographic data bases allow the searcher to retrieve references to work that has appeared in documents such as journal articles, conference papers, books, dissertations, patents and technical reports.Ex. A thesis is a document which reports the author's research and findings and which is submitted by him in support of his candidature for a degree or professional qualification.Ex. The final justification is to be found in the claim that SLIS provide a form of information education that is not provided elsewhere.----* apoyar una tesis = give + weight to the claim that.* defensa de tesis = dissertation defence, thesis defence.* director de tesis = PhD supervisor, dissertation adviser, dissertation supervisor, thesis supervisor, thesis adviser, research supervisor.* dirigir una tesis = supervise + dissertation, supervise + thesis.* tesis de máster = master's dissertation, master's thesis.* tesis doctoral = doctoral dissertation, PhD dissertation, Phd thesis (Ph.D. thesis), doctoral thesis.* * *a) (Educ, Fil) thesisb) ( opinión)* * *= dissertation, thesis [theses, -pl.], claim.Ex: The bibliographic data bases allow the searcher to retrieve references to work that has appeared in documents such as journal articles, conference papers, books, dissertations, patents and technical reports.
Ex: A thesis is a document which reports the author's research and findings and which is submitted by him in support of his candidature for a degree or professional qualification.Ex: The final justification is to be found in the claim that SLIS provide a form of information education that is not provided elsewhere.* apoyar una tesis = give + weight to the claim that.* defensa de tesis = dissertation defence, thesis defence.* director de tesis = PhD supervisor, dissertation adviser, dissertation supervisor, thesis supervisor, thesis adviser, research supervisor.* dirigir una tesis = supervise + dissertation, supervise + thesis.* tesis de máster = master's dissertation, master's thesis.* tesis doctoral = doctoral dissertation, PhD dissertation, Phd thesis (Ph.D. thesis), doctoral thesis.* * *(pl tesis)1 ( Educ) thesis2(opinión): los dos sostienen la misma tesis they are both of the same opinion, they both hold the same viewesto confirma la tesis inicial de la policía this confirms the police's initial theory3 ( Fil) thesisCompuesto:doctoral thesis* * *
tesis sustantivo femenino (pl◊ tesis)a) (Educ, Fil) thesis;
b) ( opinión):
esto confirma la tesis inicial this confirms the initial theory
tesis f inv
1 (opinión) theory: según tu tesis, todos estamos acomplejados, in your view, everybody has a complex
las tesis liberales, liberal theories
2 Univ thesis
' tesis' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
laguna
- tema
- verde
- completo
- consistente
- dirigir
- folio
- insostenible
- leer
English:
abstract
- argue
- dissertation
- thesis
- plod
* * *tesis nf inv1. [teoría, idea] view, thesis;defiende la tesis de que… he holds the view that…;es una tesis muy interesante that's a very interesting theory;novela de tesis novel with a message, didactic novel2. Filosofía thesis;tesis, antítesis y síntesis thesis, antithesis and synthesis3. Educ thesis;leer la tesis ≈ to have one's viva (voce), US to defend one's dissertationtesis doctoral doctoral o PhD thesis* * *f inv thesis* * *tesis nfs & pl: thesis -
11 bizarro
adj.1 brave, gallant, valiant, dashing.2 generous, free-handed.3 extravagant.* * *► adjetivo1 (valiente) courageous2 (generoso) generous* * *ADJ1) (=valiente) gallant, brave2) (=generoso) generous* * *- rra adjetivo (liter) dashing* * *- rra adjetivo (liter) dashing* * *bizarro11 = gallant, valiant.Ex: This was an untenable state of affairs and he made a gallant effort to secure librarians and library boards from the possibility of such suits.
Ex: Manchester Public Libraries are making a valiant attempt to offer a suitable facility despite over-crowding and lack of space.bizarro22 = generous, splendid.Ex: Many libraries have built I & R services into their budgets on a fairly generous scale.
Ex: She wanted to suggest some course of action splendid and decisive, and was perturbed to find that she could not.* * *( liter); dashing* * *bizarro, -a adj1. [valiente] brave, valiant2. [generoso] generous* * *adj litvaliant, brave* * *1) valiente: courageous, valiant2) generoso: generous -
12 indefendible
adj.indefensible.* * *► adjetivo1 indefensible* * *ADJ indefensible* * *indefensible adjetivo indefensible* * *indefensible adjetivo indefensible* * *indefendible, indefensibleindefensible* * *indefendible adj[comportamiento, actitud] indefensible; [teoría] untenable* * *adj undefendable; figindefensible* * *indefendible adj: indefensible -
13 sostener
v.1 to support, to hold up.sostenme esto, por favor hold this for me, pleaseLa columna sostiene la pared The column supports the wall.Elsa sostiene la verdad Elsa sustains=adduces the truth.2 to defend (defender) (idea, opinión, tesis).sostener que… to maintain that…3 to support.4 to hold, to have (tener) (conversación).sostener correspondencia con alguien to correspond with somebody5 to sustain.La organización sostiene a María The organization sustains Mary.6 to maintain to.Ella sostiene tener crédito She maintains to have a credit.7 to claim to, to hold to.Elsa sostiene la verdad Elsa sustains=adduces the truth.Ella sostuvo ser la heredera She claimed to be the heiress.* * *1 (mantener firme) to support, hold up2 (sujetar) to hold4 figurado (soportar) to endure, bear, put up with5 figurado (defender) to defend, uphold7 figurado (alimentar) to support, keep8 figurado (velocidad, correspondencia, relación, etc) to keep up, maintain1 (mantenerse) to support oneself; (de pie) to stand up2 (permanecer) to stay, remain\sostener la palabra figurado to keep one's wordsostener una conversación figurado to hold a conversationsostener la mirada a alguien figurado to stare somebody out* * *verb1) to support2) hold3) defend, uphold4) maintain, sustain•* * *1. VT1) (=sujetar)a) [en las manos, los brazos] to hold¡sostén esto un momentito! — hold this a minute!
yo llevaba las cajas mientras él me sostenía la puerta — I carried the boxes while he held the door open for me
b) [en pie] [+ construcción, edificio, techo] to hold up, supportlos pilares que sostienen el puente — the pillars which hold up o support the bridge
las piernas apenas me sostenían — my legs could barely hold me up o support me
entró borracho, sostenido por dos amigos — he came in drunk, held up o supported by two friends
c) (=soportar) [+ peso, carga] to bear, carry, sustain frm2) (=proporcionar apoyo a)a) [económicamente] to supportalgunas de las alternativas sugeridas para sostener al club — some of the alternatives suggested to keep the club going
b) (=alimentar) to support, sustain frmla tierra no da para sostener a todo el mundo — the land does not provide enough to support o frm sustain everyone
c) [moralmente] to supportuna mayoría capaz de sostener al Gobierno — a majority large enough to keep o support the government in power
3) (=mantener)a) [+ opinión] to holdsostiene un punto de vista muy diferente — he has o holds a very different point of view
no tiene datos suficientes para sostener esa afirmación — she doesn't have enough information to back up o support that statement
la investigación no ha terminado, como sostiene el juez — the investigation has not concluded, as the judge maintains o holds
sigue sosteniendo que es inocente — she still maintains o holds that she is innocent
b) [+ situación] to maintain, keep upno podrán sostener su puesto en la clasificación — they won't be able to maintain o keep up their place in the ranking
los campesinos han sostenido desde siempre una fuerte lucha con el medio — country people have always kept up o carried on a hard struggle against the environment
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sostener la mirada de algn — to hold sb's gaze4) (=tener) [+ conversación, enfrentamiento, polémica] to have[+ reunión, audiencia]sostuvo recientemente un enfrentamiento con el presidente — he recently had a clash with the president
5) (Mús) [+ nota] to hold, sustain2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo1) ( apoyar)a) <estructura/techo> to hold up, support; <carga/peso> to beartenían que sostenerlo los dos — it needed both of them to support him o hold him up o prop him up
b) ( en un estado) to keep2) (sujetar, tener cogido) < paquete> to holdno tengas miedo, yo te sostengo — don't be afraid, I've got you o I'm holding you
3) <conversación/relación/reunión> to have4)a) ( opinar) to holdyo siempre he sostenido que... — I have always maintained o held that...
b) <argumento/afirmación> to support, back up5)a) <lucha/ritmo/resistencia> to keep up, sustainb) (Mús) < nota> to hold, sustain2.sostenerse v pron1)a) ( no caerse)b) ( en un estado) to remainse sostuvo en el poder — she managed to stay o remain in power
2) ( mantenerse)se sostiene a base de leche — she lives on o survives on milk
* * *1.verbo transitivo1) ( apoyar)a) <estructura/techo> to hold up, support; <carga/peso> to beartenían que sostenerlo los dos — it needed both of them to support him o hold him up o prop him up
b) ( en un estado) to keep2) (sujetar, tener cogido) < paquete> to holdno tengas miedo, yo te sostengo — don't be afraid, I've got you o I'm holding you
3) <conversación/relación/reunión> to have4)a) ( opinar) to holdyo siempre he sostenido que... — I have always maintained o held that...
b) <argumento/afirmación> to support, back up5)a) <lucha/ritmo/resistencia> to keep up, sustainb) (Mús) < nota> to hold, sustain2.sostenerse v pron1)a) ( no caerse)b) ( en un estado) to remainse sostuvo en el poder — she managed to stay o remain in power
2) ( mantenerse)se sostiene a base de leche — she lives on o survives on milk
* * *sostener11 = sustain, balance, hold.Nota: Verbo irregular: pasado y participio held.Ex: Publishers in the United Stated benefit from a larger home market which serves to sustain the production of an information tool.
Ex: He lifted about five lines from the top of the nearest page on a setting rule and balanced it on his left hand, with the face of the letter towards him and the last line uppermost.Ex: If the search is made with a call number, a summary of copies with that call number which are held by the library is first displayed.sostener22 = be + Posesivo + contention, contend, submit, uphold, underpin, hold, maintain.Ex: It is our contention that an understanding of such basic principles is fundamental to an appreciation of the many and varied contexts that the individual is likely to encounter.
Ex: The author contends that it is possible to view the search conducted with the aid of a series of menus as having strong similarities with the search through the hierarchy of a enumerative classification scheme.Ex: I submit that no ordinary, right-minded library user who is looking for Western Behavioral Institute is going to look under LA JOLLA, California.Ex: It's about time that we go back to these principles and make sure that the quality of cataloging is upheld.Ex: This process is underpinned by a patient-based information system which is timely, accessible and credible to all participants.Ex: Some theorists hold that one stage must be completely worked through before the next stage can be entered.Ex: They maintain, in an article written for Library Resources and Technical Services (LRTS) 'that automated cataloging systems have addressed only half of the problems of maintaining a library catalog'.* sostener la opinión = argue.* sostener una opinión = hold + view, hold + opinion.* sostener un punto de vista = assert + view, hold + point of view.* * *vtA (apoyar)1 ‹estructura/techo› to hold up, support; ‹carga/peso› to beartenían que sostenerlo los dos it needed both of them to support him o hold him o prop him up2 (en un estado) to keeplas fuerzas que lo sostuvieron en el poder the forces which kept him in powerlo único que la sostiene es la fuerza de voluntad it's sheer willpower that's keeping her going3 (sustentar) ‹familia› to support, maintainB (sujetar, tener cogido) ‹paquete› to holdno tengas miedo, yo te sostengo don't be afraid, I've got you o I'm holding you o I'll keep hold of yousostén la puerta hold the door openponte un pasador para sostener el pelo put a barrette ( AmE) o ( BrE) slide in your hair to keep it in place ( o up etc)C ‹conversación/relación/reunión› to havesostuvieron una acalorada discusión they had a heated discussionno he sostenido nunca una relación duradera I've never had a lasting relationshipla polémica que sostiene con Godoy the dispute that he and Godoy are engaged in o that he is carrying on with GodoyD1 (opinar) to holdyo siempre he sostenido que … I have always maintained o held that …2 ‹argumento/afirmación› to support, back upno tienes pruebas para sostener esa afirmación you don't have any proof to back up o support that statementE1 ‹lucha/ritmo/resistencia› to keep up, sustainla miró y ella sostuvo su mirada he looked at her and she held his gaze2 ( Mús) ‹nota› to hold, sustainA1(no caerse): la estructura se sostiene sola the structure stays up o stands up without supportestaba tan débil que apenas se sostenía en pie he was so weak that he could hardly standla planta ya no se sostiene the plant doesn't stand up on its own o can't support itself any more2 (en un estado) to remainse sostuvo en el poder a pesar de la crisis she managed to stay o remain in power despite the crisisla economía se ha sostenido firme the economy has held o stood firmse sostuvo en su negativa he kept o stuck firmly to his refusalB(sustentarse): apenas puede sostenerse con lo que gana he can hardly support himself on what he earnsse sostiene a base de zumos y de leche she lives on o survives on fruit juice and milk* * *
sostener ( conjugate sostener) verbo transitivo
1 ( apoyar)
‹carga/peso› to bear
2 (sujetar, tener cogido) ‹ paquete› to hold;◊ no tengas miedo, yo te sostengo don't be afraid, I've got you o I'm holding you
3 ‹conversación/relación/reunión› to have
4
5
sostenerse verbo pronominala) ( no caerse):
apenas se sostenía en pie he could hardly stand
sostener verbo transitivo
1 (un peso, cúpula, etc) to support, hold up
(con la mano) sosténme el paraguas un momento, hold the umbrella for me for a moment
2 fig (un derecho, etc) to uphold
(una teoría) to maintain
3 (a la familia) to support
4 (negociaciones, una conversación) to have
' sostener' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
coger
- mantener
- mirada
- sujetarse
- aguantar
- sostuve
- sujetar
- tener
English:
allege
- argue
- bolster
- contend
- hold up
- submit
- support
- sustain
- uphold
- hold
- prop
* * *♦ vt1. [sujetar] [edificio, estructura, lo que se tambalea] to support, to hold up;[objeto, puerta, bebé] to hold;cuatro columnas sostienen todo el peso de la cúpula four columns take o support the entire weight of the dome;sosténgame esto, por favor hold this for me, please;si no nos llegan a sostener nos hubiéramos peleado if they hadn't held us back, we'd have started fighting;sólo les sostiene su inquebrantable optimismo the only thing that keeps them going is their unshakeable optimism2. [dar manutención a, sustentar] to support3. [mantener] [idea, opinión, tesis] to defend;[promesa, palabra] to keep;sostienen su oferta/invitación their offer/invitation still stands;sostener que… to maintain that…4. [tener] [conversación] to have;[reunión, negociaciones] to hold, to have;sostener correspondencia con alguien to correspond with sb;durante semanas sostuvo una agria polémica he was involved in a bitter dispute which lasted several weeks5. Fig [aguantar]el corredor no podía sostener aquel ritmo de carrera the athlete couldn't keep up with the pace of the race;era una situación imposible de sostener the situation was untenable;le sostuve la mirada I held her gaze* * *I v/t1 familia support2 opinión hold* * *sostener {80} vt1) : to support, to hold up2) : to holdsostenme la puerta: hold the door for mesostener una conversación: to hold a conversation3) : to sustain, to maintain* * *sostener vb2. (aguantar) to support3. (afirmar, mantener) to maintain -
14 inaceptable
• beyond the pale• impermissible• inadequately• inadmissible assets• objectionable• out of the question• unacceptable• untenable -
15 inadmisible
• beyond the pale• impermissible• inadequately• inadmissible assets• objectionable• unacceptable• unadmitted• unallowable• untenable -
16 insostenible
• indefectible• indefinable• unmaintainable• unsustainable• untenable
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