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1 vocation
vocation [vɔkasjɔ̃]feminine noun• avoir/ne pas avoir la vocation to have/lack a vocation* * *vɔkasjɔ̃1) ( de personne) vocation, calling2) ( d'institution) purpose* * *vɔkasjɔ̃ nfvocation, callingavoir la vocation — to have a vocation, to have a calling
* * *vocation nf1 ( de personne) vocation, calling; vocation sacerdotale vocation for the priesthood; vocation artistique/littéraire artistic/literary vocation; vocation contrariée frustrated calling; manquer sa vocation to miss one's vocation; se sentir une vocation de médecin to feel that medicine is one's vocation; se sentir une vocation de comptable to feel drawn to accountancy; il n'a pas la vocation de l'enseignement he's not cut out to be a teacher, teaching isn't his vocation;2 ( d'institution) purpose; il assigne à l'école une double vocation he thinks schools should serve a dual purpose; l'association a pour vocation d'aider les malades or l'aide aux malades the association is intended to help the sick; salles à vocation récréative rooms intended for leisure activities; région à vocation touristique/agricole tourist/farming area; école à vocation technique technical school; chaîne à vocation culturelle cultural channel.[vɔkasjɔ̃] nom fémininne pas avoir/avoir la vocation (de) to feel no/a vocation (for)manquer ou rater sa vocation: voilà un pansement bien fait, tu as manqué ou raté ta vocation what a professional-looking bandage, you should have been a nurse ou you missed your vocation2. [rôle, mission]la vocation du nouveau musée est d'éduquer les jeunes the new museum is designed to be of educational value to young peopleavoir vocation à ou pour faire to be empowered to do -
2 vocation
[vəˈkeɪʃən] (American) [vou-] noun1) a feeling of having been called (by God), or born etc, to do a particular type of work:دَعْوَة إلى الكَهْنوت، نِداءHe had a sense of vocation about his work as a doctor.
2) the work done, profession entered etc (as a result of such a feeling):وَظيفَه، مِهْنَهMany people regard teaching as a vocation.
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3 ammatti
yks.nom. ammatti; yks.gen. ammatin; yks.part. ammattia; yks.ill. ammattiin; mon.gen. ammattien; mon.part. ammatteja; mon.ill. ammatteihinart (noun)business (noun)career (noun)craft (noun)occupation (noun)profession (noun)trade (noun)vocation (noun)* * *• paid employment• trade• vocation• professional• profession• occupation• job• art• craft• career -
4 elämänura
yks.nom. elämänura; yks.gen. elämänuran; yks.part. elämänuraa; yks.ill. elämänuraan; mon.gen. elämänurien elämänurain; mon.part. elämänuria; mon.ill. elämänuriincareer (noun)profession (noun)vocation (noun)* * *• profession• vocation• life-work• career -
5 kutsumus
yks.nom. kutsumus; yks.gen. kutsumuksen; yks.part. kutsumusta; yks.ill. kutsumukseen; mon.gen. kutsumusten kutsumuksien; mon.part. kutsumuksia; mon.ill. kutsumuksiincall (noun)calling (noun)vocation (noun)* * *• vocation• career• call• calling -
6 elämänkutsumus
yks.nom. elämänkutsumus; yks.gen. elämänkutsumuksen; yks.part. elämänkutsumusta; yks.ill. elämänkutsumukseen; mon.gen. elämänkutsumusten elämänkutsumuksien; mon.part. elämänkutsumuksia; mon.ill. elämänkutsumuksiincalling (noun)vocation (noun)* * *• job• vocation• profession• occupation• line• business• calling• career• employment• field• mission -
7 vocación
f.vocation, calling, avocation.* * *1 vocation, calling* * *noun f.calling, vocation* * *SF vocation, calling* * *a) ( inclinación) vocationtiene vocación de músico/para las artes — he has a vocation for music/for the arts
b) (Relig) vocation, calling* * *= vocation, calling, avocation.Ex. In her previous vocation she served as Curator of History at the Rochester Museum of Arts and Sciences and later as Assistant to the Director of Johns Hopkins University, Institute of History and Medicine.Ex. This function may not seem of the highest professional calling.Ex. Being a librarian may be, for many, an avocation, but for all, it is certainly a job, and one which, like so many client-serving and cultural occupations, has become increasingly professionalized.----* profesión de vocación social = caring profession.* * *a) ( inclinación) vocationtiene vocación de músico/para las artes — he has a vocation for music/for the arts
b) (Relig) vocation, calling* * *= vocation, calling, avocation.Ex: In her previous vocation she served as Curator of History at the Rochester Museum of Arts and Sciences and later as Assistant to the Director of Johns Hopkins University, Institute of History and Medicine.
Ex: This function may not seem of the highest professional calling.Ex: Being a librarian may be, for many, an avocation, but for all, it is certainly a job, and one which, like so many client-serving and cultural occupations, has become increasingly professionalized.* profesión de vocación social = caring profession.* * *1 (inclinación) vocationtiene vocación para las artes/de músico he has a vocation for the arts/for music, he is naturally inclined toward(s) the arts/toward(s) music2 ( Relig) vocation, callingtiene vocación (religiosa) she has a religious vocation o callingdebes tener vocación de mártir para aguantarlo ( hum); you're a real saint to put up with it ( colloq)* * *
vocación sustantivo femenino
vocation;
vocación sustantivo femenino vocation
(religiosa) calling
' vocación' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
llamar
- llamada
- tardía
- tardío
- errar
English:
mission
- vocation
* * *vocación nf1. [religiosa] vocation;me falta vocación I lack vocation2. [inclinación] [médica, educativa] vocation;tener vocación artística to be a born artist;un partido con vocación de gobierno a party with its sights on government* * *f vocation;errar la vocación get into the wrong line of work* * * -
8 sacerdoce
sacerdoce [sasεʀdɔs]masculine noun* * *sasɛʀdɔsnom masculin1) Religion priesthood2) fig vocation* * *sasɛʀdɔs nm1) (= état, dignité) priesthood2) fig (= vocation) calling, vocation* * *sacerdoce nm1 Relig priesthood; 30 ans de sacerdoce 30 years in the priesthood;2 fig vocation.[sasɛrdɔs] nom masculin -
9 ala
yks.nom. ala; yks.gen. alan; yks.part. alaa; yks.ill. alaan; mon.gen. alojen alain; mon.part. aloja; mon.ill. aloihinalue (noun)area (noun)branch (noun)compass (noun)comprehension (noun)domain (noun)extension (noun)extent (noun)field (noun)ground (noun)line (noun)occupation (noun)profession (noun)province (noun)range (noun)region (noun)scope (noun)sector (noun)space (noun)sphere (noun)sweep (noun)territory (noun)trade (noun)* * *• space• lower• occupation• on the strength of• paid employment• profession• vocation• range• realm• region• sector• sphere / area• sphere• surface area• sweep• territory• trade• under• line• scope• area• province• area / sphere• areola• branch• career• compass• comprehension• discipline• domain• extension• extent• field• ground• district -
10 mwito
------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] mwito[Swahili Plural] miito[English Word] appeal[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 3/4[Derived Word] ita V------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] mwito[Swahili Plural] miito[English Word] call[English Plural] calls[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 3/4[Derived Word] ita V[Swahili Example] itikia mwito[English Example] respond to a call.------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] mwito[Swahili Plural] miito, wito[English Word] inclination[English Plural] inclinations[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 3/4[Derived Word] ita V------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] mwito[Swahili Plural] miito[English Word] invitation[English Plural] invitations[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 3/4[Derived Word] ita V[Swahili Example] utadhani angeweza kukataa mwito huo? [Muk], Chama kimetoa mwito wa kupigana na ushirikina [Mun]------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] mwito[Swahili Plural] miito, wito[English Word] proclivity[Part of Speech] noun[Derived Word] ita V------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] mwito[Swahili Plural] miito, wito[English Word] slogan[English Plural] slogans[Part of Speech] noun[Derived Word] ita V------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] mwito[Swahili Plural] miito[English Word] summons[English Plural] summonses[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 3/4[Derived Word] ita V[Swahili Example] itikia mwito; Lazima mtoto amwamkie mkubwa wake vizuri na lazima aitikie mwito wo wote akiitwa ama akitumwa [Masomo 310][English Example] reply to summons; A child must greet his/her elder respectfully and must respond to any summons if called or sent (to do something) [Masomo 310].------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] mwito[Swahili Plural] miito[English Word] vocation[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 3/4[Derived Word] ita V------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] mwito[Swahili Plural] miito, wito[English Word] watchword[Part of Speech] noun[Derived Word] ita V------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] mwito[Swahili Plural] wito[English Word] summons[English Plural] summonses[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 3/10------------------------------------------------------------ -
11 camarero
m.1 waiter, restaurant attendant.2 barman, barkeep, barkeeper.3 hotel valet, valet.4 sleeping-car attendant, porter.* * *► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 (de bar, restaurante - hombre) waiter; (mujer) waitress2 (detrás de la barra - hombre) barman; (mujer) barmaid3 (en barco, avión - hombre) steward; (mujer) stewardess* * *(f. - camarera)noun1) waiter / waitress2) steward / stewardess* * *camarero, -a1. SM / F1) [en restaurante] waiter/waitresscamarero/a principal — head waiter/waitress, maître d'(hôtel)
2) (Náut) steward/stewardess; (Aer) steward/stewardess, flight attendant (EEUU)2.SM ( Hist) chamberlaincamarero mayor — ( Hist) royal chamberlain
* * *- ra masculino, femenino1) (esp Esp) (en bar, restaurante) (m) waiter; (f) waitress; ( detrás de mostrador) (m) barman; (f) barmaid2)a) ( en un hotel) (m) bellboy; (f) maidb) (Transp) (m) steward; (f) stewardess* * *= bus boy, waiter, bartender.Ex. However, in addition to the couple of examples that Ms Marshall cited from the extant and altogether active LC subject thesaurus, there are also bus boys, MAN, LUMBERMEN, LONGSHOREMEN, FISHERMEN, etc.Ex. Like many whose vocation is to serve their fellow-man, from New York cab drivers to Parisian cafe waiters, they do not always feel like smiling.Ex. Most bartenders work only a couple of days of week; however their income can be huge.* * *- ra masculino, femenino1) (esp Esp) (en bar, restaurante) (m) waiter; (f) waitress; ( detrás de mostrador) (m) barman; (f) barmaid2)a) ( en un hotel) (m) bellboy; (f) maidb) (Transp) (m) steward; (f) stewardess* * *= bus boy, waiter, bartender.Ex: However, in addition to the couple of examples that Ms Marshall cited from the extant and altogether active LC subject thesaurus, there are also bus boys, MAN, LUMBERMEN, LONGSHOREMEN, FISHERMEN, etc.
Ex: Like many whose vocation is to serve their fellow-man, from New York cab drivers to Parisian cafe waiters, they do not always feel like smiling.Ex: Most bartenders work only a couple of days of week; however their income can be huge.* * *camarero -ramasculine, feminineA ( esp Esp)B* * *
camarero◊ -ra sustantivo masculino, femenino
1 (esp Esp) (en bar, restaurante) (m) waiter;
(f) waitress;
( detrás de mostrador) (m) barman, bartender (AmE);
(f) barmaid, bartender (AmE)
2
(f) maid
(f) stewardess
camarero,-a sustantivo masculino y femenino
1 (de un restaurante) (hombre) waiter, (mujer) waitress
(de una barra de bar) (hombre) barman, (mujer) barmaid
2 (servicio de hotel) (hombre) bellboy, (mujer) chambermaid
(de un barco) (hombre) steward
(mujer) stewardess
' camarero' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
camarera
- estar
- paliza
- acabar
- atento
- llamar
- mesonero
- mozo
- propina
- provecho
- tabernero
English:
barman
- bartender
- beckon
- busboy
- livid
- motion
- order
- pop
- steward
- wait
- waiter
- bar
* * *camarero, -a nm,f1. [de restaurante, bar] waiter, f waitress2. [de hotel] chamberperson, f chambermaid3. [de barco] steward4. [de rey] chamberlain, f lady-in-waiting* * *m waiter* * *camarero, -ra n1) mesero: waiter, waitress f2) : bellboy m, chambermaid f (in a hotel)3) : steward m, stewardess f (on a ship, etc.)* * *camarero n waiter -
12 conservador
adj.1 conservative, discreet, moderate, restrained.2 conservative, orthodox, rightist, right-wing.3 Conservative.m.1 conservative, praetorian, rightist, right-winger.2 preservative, preserver.3 Conservative.4 curator.* * *► adjetivo1 PLÍTICA conservative► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 PLÍTICA conservative2 (de museos) curator* * *1. (f. - conservadora)noun1) conservative2) curator2. (f. - conservadora)adj.* * *conservador, -a1. ADJ1) (Pol) conservative, Tory2) (Culin) preservative2. SM / F1) (Pol) conservative, Tory2) [de museo] curator, keeper* * *I- dora adjetivo conservativeII- dora masculino, femeninoa) (Pol) conservativeb) ( de museo) curator* * *= conservative, conservator, curator, custodian, standpatter, preserver, ingrown, old-fashioned, backward-looking, keeper, custodial, Luddite, laggard, conservationist, conservative, illiberal, risk-averse, tweedy [tweedier -comp., tweediest -sup.], safekeeper [sake-keeper], dowdy [dowdier -comp., dowdiest -sup.], straitlaced [strait-laced].Ex. There is a tendency to advance propositions premised upon the assumption that SLIS are staffed by inherently conservative, where they are not simply obtuse, individuals.Ex. The benefits of an on-site conservation laboratory and conservator are underlined.Ex. In her previous vocation she served as curator of History at the Rochester Museum of Arts and Sciences and later as Assistant to the Director of Johns Hopkins University, Institute of History and Medicine.Ex. This article maintains that archivists as custodians of the records have an ethical obligation to support the freest possible access to public records.Ex. The 'standpatters' have seen power shift away from themselves to the newcomers and other lifelong 'progressive' Junctionvillers, who were muted under previous administrations.Ex. He also lumps himself and librarians together as 'devoted and in some instances veteran pursuers, preservers, and disseminators of truth'.Ex. Book clubs need not be enclosed, much less ingrown = Los clubs de lectores no deben ser cerrados y mucho menos conservadores.Ex. One is tempted to say that the enthusiasts for postcoordinate systems, being forced to admit reluctantly that control was necessary, couldn't bear to use the old-fashioned term 'list of subject headings'.Ex. The book is essentially backward-looking rather than forward-looking in content.Ex. Vervliet's involvement with books began with his appointment in 1949 as keeper at the Plantin Moretus Museum in Antwerp, where he acquired a wide knowledge of the history of printing in the Low Countries.Ex. Broadly, one can distinguish, then, between what one might call the ' custodial' or 'warehouse' aspects of the librarian's task, and the 'communications' aspect.Ex. Librarians who have reservations about the spread of electronically based services are not Luddites.Ex. Individuals are distributed along a normal bell-shaped curve, with the majority in the large center and innovators and laggards a the the two extremes.Ex. The present conservationist approach to librarianship reflects Victorian priorities.Ex. He ends his book with a discussion of the politicizing effects of the actions of conservatives and loyalists at the end of the century.Ex. It is argued that Israel, in spite of its free elections, is an illiberal democracy.Ex. This is typical of the old corporate forms of hierarchy-based processes and of the ' risk-averse systems that crush new ideas'.Ex. No bright new digital firm can do without at least some of the supposedly decrepit bureaucracy it so abhors in the old tweedy institutions it wants to replace.Ex. Libraries find themselves frustrated in their role as safekeepers of science: how can they ensure optimal access and availability if they do not control the access systems?.Ex. This article shows how the dowdy and boring image of the stereotypical librarian as presented in fiction, taints the portrayal of all who work in libraries.Ex. Three years later, when he was fifteen, he slipped into Rachel's bedroom and her straitlaced mother caught them petting and giggling on the side of the bed.----* conservador de documentos = records custodian.* conservador del archivo = archives custodian.* de un modo conservador = conservatively.* neoconservador = neoconservative [neo-conservative], neoconservative [neo-conservative].* partido conservador = conservative party.* * *I- dora adjetivo conservativeII- dora masculino, femeninoa) (Pol) conservativeb) ( de museo) curator* * *= conservative, conservator, curator, custodian, standpatter, preserver, ingrown, old-fashioned, backward-looking, keeper, custodial, Luddite, laggard, conservationist, conservative, illiberal, risk-averse, tweedy [tweedier -comp., tweediest -sup.], safekeeper [sake-keeper], dowdy [dowdier -comp., dowdiest -sup.], straitlaced [strait-laced].Ex: There is a tendency to advance propositions premised upon the assumption that SLIS are staffed by inherently conservative, where they are not simply obtuse, individuals.
Ex: The benefits of an on-site conservation laboratory and conservator are underlined.Ex: In her previous vocation she served as curator of History at the Rochester Museum of Arts and Sciences and later as Assistant to the Director of Johns Hopkins University, Institute of History and Medicine.Ex: This article maintains that archivists as custodians of the records have an ethical obligation to support the freest possible access to public records.Ex: The 'standpatters' have seen power shift away from themselves to the newcomers and other lifelong 'progressive' Junctionvillers, who were muted under previous administrations.Ex: He also lumps himself and librarians together as 'devoted and in some instances veteran pursuers, preservers, and disseminators of truth'.Ex: Book clubs need not be enclosed, much less ingrown = Los clubs de lectores no deben ser cerrados y mucho menos conservadores.Ex: One is tempted to say that the enthusiasts for postcoordinate systems, being forced to admit reluctantly that control was necessary, couldn't bear to use the old-fashioned term 'list of subject headings'.Ex: The book is essentially backward-looking rather than forward-looking in content.Ex: Vervliet's involvement with books began with his appointment in 1949 as keeper at the Plantin Moretus Museum in Antwerp, where he acquired a wide knowledge of the history of printing in the Low Countries.Ex: Broadly, one can distinguish, then, between what one might call the ' custodial' or 'warehouse' aspects of the librarian's task, and the 'communications' aspect.Ex: Librarians who have reservations about the spread of electronically based services are not Luddites.Ex: Individuals are distributed along a normal bell-shaped curve, with the majority in the large center and innovators and laggards a the the two extremes.Ex: The present conservationist approach to librarianship reflects Victorian priorities.Ex: He ends his book with a discussion of the politicizing effects of the actions of conservatives and loyalists at the end of the century.Ex: It is argued that Israel, in spite of its free elections, is an illiberal democracy.Ex: This is typical of the old corporate forms of hierarchy-based processes and of the ' risk-averse systems that crush new ideas'.Ex: No bright new digital firm can do without at least some of the supposedly decrepit bureaucracy it so abhors in the old tweedy institutions it wants to replace.Ex: Libraries find themselves frustrated in their role as safekeepers of science: how can they ensure optimal access and availability if they do not control the access systems?.Ex: This article shows how the dowdy and boring image of the stereotypical librarian as presented in fiction, taints the portrayal of all who work in libraries.Ex: Three years later, when he was fifteen, he slipped into Rachel's bedroom and her straitlaced mother caught them petting and giggling on the side of the bed.* conservador de documentos = records custodian.* conservador del archivo = archives custodian.* de un modo conservador = conservatively.* neoconservador = neoconservative [neo-conservative], neoconservative [neo-conservative].* partido conservador = conservative party.* * *1 ( Pol) ‹partido/gobierno› conservative2 (tradicional) ‹persona/ideas› conservativees muy conservador en sus gustos he's very conservative in his tastesmasculine, feminine1 ( Pol) conservative2 (de un museo) curator3* * *
conservador◊ - dora adjetivo
conservative
■ sustantivo masculino, femeninoa) (Pol) conservative
conservador,-ora
I adjetivo & sustantivo masculino y femenino conservative
Pol Conservative
II sustantivo masculino y femenino
1 Pol Conservative
2 (de un museo, una biblioteca) curator
' conservador' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
barrer
- bloque
- conservadora
- europeísta
English:
conservative
- keeper
- seat
- Tory
- wet
- Conservative
- curator
- custodian
- round
* * *conservador, -ora♦ adj1. [tradicionalista] conservative;es un entrenador muy conservador he's a very conservative manager2. [del partido conservador] Conservative♦ nm,f1. [tradicionalista] conservative2. [miembro del partido conservador] Conservative3. [de museo] curator;[de biblioteca] librarian; [de parque natural] keeper* * *I adj conservativeII m, conservadora f1 de museo curator2 POL conservative* * *conservador, - dora adj & n: conservativeconservador nm: preservative* * *conservador adj n conservative -
13 holgazán
adj.lazy, bum, slothful, do-nothing.m.loafer, bum, dawdler, do-nothing.* * *► adjetivo1 idle, lazy► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 lazybones, layabout* * *(f. - holgazana)noun* * *holgazán, -ana1.ADJ idle, lazy2.SM / F idler, loafer, layabout ** * *I- zana adjetivo lazyII- zana masculino, femenino idler, lazybones (colloq)* * *= bum, shiftless, lazybones, layabout, idler.Ex. Although the results provide support for the 'drunken bum' theory of wife beating, they also demythologize the stereotype because alcohol is shown to be far from a necessary or sufficient cause of wife abuse.Ex. He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.Ex. Many see his art as a vocation for lazybones and social misfits.Ex. There is no evidence that inherited wealth is in itself responsible for turning young people into useless layabouts.Ex. This magazine prints essays and stories that celebrate the joyful life of an idler.* * *I- zana adjetivo lazyII- zana masculino, femenino idler, lazybones (colloq)* * *= bum, shiftless, lazybones, layabout, idler.Ex: Although the results provide support for the 'drunken bum' theory of wife beating, they also demythologize the stereotype because alcohol is shown to be far from a necessary or sufficient cause of wife abuse.
Ex: He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.Ex: Many see his art as a vocation for lazybones and social misfits.Ex: There is no evidence that inherited wealth is in itself responsible for turning young people into useless layabouts.Ex: This magazine prints essays and stories that celebrate the joyful life of an idler.* * *lazyes muy holgazán he's very lazy, he's bone-idle ( BrE)masculine, feminineidler, lazybones ( colloq)* * *
holgazán◊ - zana adjetivo
lazy
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
idler, lazybones (colloq)
holgazán,-ana
I adjetivo lazy, idle
II sustantivo masculino y femenino lazybones inv, layabout
' holgazán' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
holgazana
- señorito
- vaga
- vago
- atorrante
- cómodo
- golfo
- huevón
- patán
- perezoso
English:
bum
- do-nothing
- idle
* * *holgazán, -ana♦ adjidle, lazy♦ nm,flayabout, lazybones* * *m idler* * ** * * -
14 museo
m.museum.* * *1 museum\museo de arte art museummuseo de cera wax museum* * *noun m.* * *SM [gen] museum; [de pintura, escultura] museum, gallerymuseo de cera — wax museum, waxworks
* * *masculino (de pintura, escultura) museum, gallery; (arqueológico, de historia, etc) museum* * *= museum, gallery.Ex. In her previous vocation she served as Curator of History at the Rochester museum of Arts and Sciences and later as Assistant to the Director of Johns Hopkins University, Institute of History and Medicine.Ex. A gallery is a room or building devoted to the exhibition of works of art.----* Consejo Internacional de Museos (ICOM) = International Council of Museums (ICOM).* Consejo Internacional de Museos y Lugares de Interés (ICOMS) = International Council of Museums and Sites (ICOMOS).* de gestión del museo = curatorial.* director de museo = curator.* exposición de museo = museum exhibit.* informática aplicada a los museos = museum computing field.* museo arqueológico = archaeological museum.* museo de arte = art museum.* museo de ciencias naturales = natural science museum.* museo de historia natural = natural history museum.* museo de las ciencias = science museum.* museo naval = naval museum.* museo tradicional = folk museum, folklore museum.* museo viviente = living museum.* sobre museos = museum-based.* * *masculino (de pintura, escultura) museum, gallery; (arqueológico, de historia, etc) museum* * *= museum, gallery.Ex: In her previous vocation she served as Curator of History at the Rochester museum of Arts and Sciences and later as Assistant to the Director of Johns Hopkins University, Institute of History and Medicine.
Ex: A gallery is a room or building devoted to the exhibition of works of art.* Consejo Internacional de Museos (ICOM) = International Council of Museums (ICOM).* Consejo Internacional de Museos y Lugares de Interés (ICOMS) = International Council of Museums and Sites (ICOMOS).* de gestión del museo = curatorial.* director de museo = curator.* exposición de museo = museum exhibit.* informática aplicada a los museos = museum computing field.* museo arqueológico = archaeological museum.* museo de arte = art museum.* museo de ciencias naturales = natural science museum.* museo de historia natural = natural history museum.* museo de las ciencias = science museum.* museo naval = naval museum.* museo tradicional = folk museum, folklore museum.* museo viviente = living museum.* sobre museos = museum-based.* * *(de pintura, escultura) museum, gallery; (de ciencias naturales, historia, etc) museumsu casa parece un museo, con cuadros por todos lados her house looks like an art gallery, there are pictures everywhereCompuestos:museum of anthropologymuseum of contemporary artmuseum of modern artwax museum, waxworks (pl)natural science museum* * *
museo sustantivo masculino
museum;
museo de ciencias naturales natural science museum
museo sustantivo masculino museum
(de pintura, escultura) gallery
' museo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
calcular
- como
- conservador
- conservadora
- donar
- exhibir
- guardarropa
- obnubilar
- patearse
- pública
- público
- recorrer
- abierto
- abrir
- cafetería
- celador
- cerrado
- exponer
- guarda
- locación
- meter
- pasar
- pieza
- propiedad
- riqueza
- robo
English:
admission
- armory
- armoury
- arrest
- attendant
- auspice
- become
- curator
- docent
- donation
- entrance fee
- exhibit
- gallery
- keeper
- museum
- picture gallery
- visitor
- visitor's book
- art
- repair
- round
- waxworks
* * *museo nm[de ciencias, historia] museum; [de arte] (art) gallery museo arqueológico museum of archaeology;museo de arte moderno museum o gallery of modern art;museo de cera waxworks, wax museum;museo de la ciencia science museum;museo de ciencias naturales natural science museum;el Museo del Prado the Prado, = Spain's most important art gallery, in Madrid* * ** * *museo nm: museum* * *museo n museum -
15 profesión
f.1 profession, occupation, calling, career.2 profession, statement, declaration.* * *1 profession2 RELIGIÓN taking of vows\de profesión by professionprofesión de fe profession of faithprofesión liberal profession* * *noun f.* * *SF1) (=ocupación) profession; [en formulario] occupation; (=vocación) calling, vocationabogado de profesión, de profesión abogado — a lawyer by profession
2) (Rel) [de fe] profession, declaration; [en orden religiosa] taking of vows* * *1) ( ocupación) professionprofesión — ( en formularios) occupation
2) (Relig) profession* * *= career, line of business, profession, occupational group, pursuit in life, occupation.Ex. She began her career at Central Missouri State University where she was Head of the Documents Depository.Ex. The computer people are muscling in on our line of business and we can't stop them.Ex. Scientists, engineers and other subject specialists in other professions may be employed together with information scientists as full-time abstractors.Ex. Over the past 10 years, role conflict, role ambiguity, role clarity and job satisfaction have been given increased attention in the study of organisational behaviour for a number of occupational groups.Ex. People who are blind, regardless of their pursuit in life, will not have access to current information, books, learning, or education opportunities unless all libraries and blindness organizations agree to work together.Ex. Headings such as SALESMEN AND SALESMANSHIP and FIREMEN, since they are assigned to works covering the activities of both men and women in these occupations, are not specific.----* actuar en defensa de la profesión = advocacy.* compañero de profesión = colleague.* defensa de la profesión = advocacy.* dentro de la misma profesión = intraoccupational.* desempeñar una profesión = practise + profession.* ejercer una profesión = practise + profession.* entre la profesión = intra-professional.* entre profesiones = cross-occupational.* herramienta de la profesión = tool of the trade.* profesión de archivero, la = archival profession, the.* profesión de bibliotecario = library profession.* profesión de bibliotecario y de documentalista, la = library and information services profession, the.* profesión dedicada al servicio de otros = service profession, helping profession.* profesión dedicada a prestar un servicio a la población = service profession.* profesión de documentalista, la = information profession, the.* profesión del bibliotecario y documentalista, la = library and information profession, the.* profesión de soldado = soldiering.* profesión de vocación social = caring profession.* profesiones de bibliotecario y de documentalista, las = information professions, the.* profesión, la = trade, the.* profesión liberal = liberal profession.* profesión médica, la = medical profession, the.* profesión sanitaria = healing professions, medical profession, health profession.* riesgo de la profesión = occupational hazard.* * *1) ( ocupación) professionprofesión — ( en formularios) occupation
2) (Relig) profession* * *la profesión= trade, theEx: The system was working well enough by the 1780s for the trade to be alarmed by the pricecutting of James Lackington.
= career, line of business, profession, occupational group, pursuit in life, occupation.Ex: She began her career at Central Missouri State University where she was Head of the Documents Depository.
Ex: The computer people are muscling in on our line of business and we can't stop them.Ex: Scientists, engineers and other subject specialists in other professions may be employed together with information scientists as full-time abstractors.Ex: Over the past 10 years, role conflict, role ambiguity, role clarity and job satisfaction have been given increased attention in the study of organisational behaviour for a number of occupational groups.Ex: People who are blind, regardless of their pursuit in life, will not have access to current information, books, learning, or education opportunities unless all libraries and blindness organizations agree to work together.Ex: Headings such as SALESMEN AND SALESMANSHIP and FIREMEN, since they are assigned to works covering the activities of both men and women in these occupations, are not specific.* actuar en defensa de la profesión = advocacy.* compañero de profesión = colleague.* defensa de la profesión = advocacy.* dentro de la misma profesión = intraoccupational.* desempeñar una profesión = practise + profession.* ejercer una profesión = practise + profession.* entre la profesión = intra-professional.* entre profesiones = cross-occupational.* herramienta de la profesión = tool of the trade.* profesión de archivero, la = archival profession, the.* profesión de bibliotecario = library profession.* profesión de bibliotecario y de documentalista, la = library and information services profession, the.* profesión dedicada al servicio de otros = service profession, helping profession.* profesión dedicada a prestar un servicio a la población = service profession.* profesión de documentalista, la = information profession, the.* profesión del bibliotecario y documentalista, la = library and information profession, the.* profesión de soldado = soldiering.* profesión de vocación social = caring profession.* profesiones de bibliotecario y de documentalista, las = information professions, the.* profesión, la = trade, the.* profesión liberal = liberal profession.* profesión médica, la = medical profession, the.* profesión sanitaria = healing professions, medical profession, health profession.* riesgo de la profesión = occupational hazard.* * *A (ocupación) professiones carpintero de profesión he's a carpenter by tradeera abogada de profesión she was a lawyer by professionuna profesión que atrae a muchos jóvenes a profession o a career which attracts many young peopleRoberto Ruiz, de profesión arquitecto Roberto Ruiz, an architect by profession[ S ] profesión (en formularios) occupationCompuesto:professionB ( Relig) professionCompuesto:profession of faith* * *
profesión sustantivo femenino ( ocupación) profession;
( en formularios) occupation;
profesión sustantivo femenino profession, occupation
' profesión' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
A
- carrera
- contador
- dedicarse
- ejercer
- ejercicio
- fotografía
- gremio
- oficio
- practicar
- virtuosa
- virtuoso
- absorbente
- cima
- colega
- contabilidad
- decano
- dedicar
- enamorado
- escribanía
- hacer
- hotelería
- jerga
- notaría
- práctica
- revista
English:
A
- acting
- ban
- bar
- be
- body
- brain
- career
- credit
- flying
- law
- nursing
- occupation
- practice
- practise
- profession
- pulpit
- pursue
- pursuit
- qualify
- stage
- top
- walk
- writing
- malpractice
- occupational
- regard
- strike
- work
* * *profesión nf1. [empleo, ocupación] profession;[en formularios] occupation;de profesión by profession;ser de la profesión to be in the same professionprofesión liberal liberal profession2. [declaración] declaration, avowalRel profesión de fe profession o declaration of faith* * *f profession;la profesión más antigua del mundo the oldest profession in the world* * ** * *profesión n profession / occupation -
16 sacerdocio
m.priesthood.* * *1 priesthood* * *noun m.* * *SM priesthood* * *masculino priesthood* * *= ministry.Ex. As a result of this policy hundreds of priests have been been suspended from ministry and have had their names publicly smeared without proof or even credible evidence.----* sacerdocio, el = ministry, the.* * *masculino priesthood* * *el sacerdocio= ministry, theEx: The professions originated in the narrow areas of law, medicine, and the ministry.
= ministry.Ex: As a result of this policy hundreds of priests have been been suspended from ministry and have had their names publicly smeared without proof or even credible evidence.
* sacerdocio, el = ministry, the.* * *priesthood* * *
sacerdocio sustantivo masculino priesthood
' sacerdocio' also found in these entries:
English:
ministry
- priesthood
* * *sacerdocio nm1. Rel priesthood2. [dedicación] vocation* * *m priesthood* * *sacerdocio nm: priesthood -
17 vago
adj.1 footloose, errant, roving, shiftless.2 nebulous, amorphous, formless, shapeless.3 vague, general, unspecific.4 rambling, excursive.f. & m.1 bum, loafer, deadbeat, good-for-nothing.2 vagus.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: vagar.* * *► adjetivo1 (impreciso) vague————————► adjetivo1 (vacío) empty; (desocupado) vacant2 (holgazán) lazy, idle► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 (holgazán) idler, layabout, slacker2 DERECHO vagrant\hacer el vago to laze around* * *1. (f. - vaga)adj.1) idle, lazy2) vague2. (f. - vaga)noun* * *vago, -a1. ADJ1) (gen) vague; (Arte, Fot) blurred, ill-defined; (=indeterminado) indeterminate2) [persona] (=perezoso) lazy, slack; (=poco fiable) unreliable; (=ocioso) idle, unemployed3) [ojo] lazy; [objeto] idle, unused; [espacio] empty4) (=errante) roving, wandering5) †en vago — [mantenerse] unsteadily; [esforzarse] in vain
dar golpes en vago — to flail about, beat the air
2. SM/ F1) (=holgazán) idler, lazybones *; (=inútil) useless individual, dead loss2) (=vagabundo) tramp, vagrant, bum (EEUU); (=pobre) down-and-out* * *I- ga adjetivo1) (fam) < persona> lazy, idle2) <recuerdo/idea> vague, hazy; <contorno/forma> vague, indistinct; < explicación> vagueII- ga masculino, femenino (fam) layabout, slacker (colloq)* * *I- ga adjetivo1) (fam) < persona> lazy, idle2) <recuerdo/idea> vague, hazy; <contorno/forma> vague, indistinct; < explicación> vagueII- ga masculino, femenino (fam) layabout, slacker (colloq)* * *vago11 = slacker, bum, lazybones, layabout, idler.Ex: The article is entitled 'No slackers here: SLA's youngest members have the vision and enthusiasm to shape the profession'.
Ex: Although the results provide support for the 'drunken bum' theory of wife beating, they also demythologize the stereotype because alcohol is shown to be far from a necessary or sufficient cause of wife abuse.Ex: Many see his art as a vocation for lazybones and social misfits.Ex: There is no evidence that inherited wealth is in itself responsible for turning young people into useless layabouts.Ex: This magazine prints essays and stories that celebrate the joyful life of an idler.* persona vaga y mal vestida = slob.vago22 = dim [dimmer -comp., dimmest -sup.], fuzzy [fuzzier - comp., fuzziest -sup.], vague [vaguer -comp., vaguest -sup.], feeble, loose [looser -comp., loosest -sup.], wooly [woolier -comp., wooliest -sup.], indistinct, indistinctive, nebulous.Ex: The genesis of this brave new world of solid state logic, in which bibliographic data are reduced to phantasmagoria on the faces of cathode-ray tubes (CRT), extends at most only three-quarters of a decade into the dim past.
Ex: This is a rather fuzzy basis for establishing subject headings, but fuzziness is not the guidelines only fault.Ex: Some of the terms are vague.Ex: Mearns warns us, 'Recollection is treacherous; it is usually too broad or too narrow for another's use; and what is more serious, it is frequently undependable and worn and feeble'.Ex: Kast points out that there is a 'rather loose, conglomeration of interests and approaches' in this developing field.Ex: On the other side, some aspects of the planning study remains wooly.Ex: The typescript will be fuzzy and indistinct without the smooth, firm surface which the backing sheet offers.Ex: This research suggests that people are threatened by categorizations that portray them as too distinctive or too indistinctive.Ex: The concept of such a center remained nebulous at best, and we later learned that communication problems early on had muddied the message about what was really needed.* de manera vaga = hazily.* * *A ( fam); ‹persona› lazy, idleB ‹recuerdo/idea› vague, hazy; ‹contorno/forma› vague, indistincthay un vago parecido entre los dos there is a vague resemblance between themme dio una explicación muy vaga de lo que había sucedido she gave me a very vague explanation of what had happened, she only explained very vaguely what had happenedtengo la vaga sensación de haberlo visto antes I have a vague feeling I've seen him beforemasculine, feminine( fam)layabout, slacker ( colloq)deja ya de hacer el vago y ponte a trabajar stop lazing around and get some work done ( colloq)* * *
Del verbo vagar: ( conjugate vagar)
vago es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
vagó es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
vagar
vago
vagar ( conjugate vagar) verbo intransitivo
to wander, roam
vago◊ -ga adjetivo
1 (fam) ‹ persona› lazy, idle
2 ‹recuerdo/idea› vague, hazy;
‹contorno/forma› vague, indistinct;
‹explicación/parecido› vague
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (fam) layabout, slacker (colloq);◊ deja ya de hacer el vago stop lazing around (colloq)
vagar vi (ir sin rumbo fijo) to wander, roam: vagamos por la ciudad toda la noche, we wandered around the town all night long
vagaba por el desierto, he was wandering about in the desert
vago,-a
I adjetivo
1 pey (holgazán) lazy
2 (difuso) slight, vague: tiene una vaga idea de lo que ocurrió, he has a vague idea of what happened
II m,f (gandul) layabout
' vago' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
boluda
- boludo
- floja
- flojo
- sambenito
- señorito
- vaga
- hecho
- indeterminado
English:
bone-idle
- dim
- do-nothing
- easy-going
- faint
- hazy
- indistinct
- layabout
- obscure
- screw around
- slack
- slob
- swan about
- swan around
- vague
- work shy
- bum
- wooly
* * *vago, -a♦ adj1. [persona] lazy, idle;Fam Humser más vago que la chaqueta de un guardia to be bone-idle2. [imagen, recuerdo] vague♦ nm,flazy person, idler;ser un vago to be lazy o idle♦ nmhacer el vago to laze around* * *I adj1 ( holgazán) lazy;hacer el vago laze around2 ( indefinido) vagueII m, vaga f idler, Brlayabout fam* * *vago, -ga adj1) : vague2) perezoso: lazy, idlevago, -ga n1) : idler, loafer2) vagabundo: vagrant, bum* * *vago1 adj2. (impreciso) vaguevago2 n lazybones -
18 froc
froc [fʀɔk]masculine nouna. [de moine] habit* * *fʀɔknom masculin1) (sl) ( pantalon) trousers (pl) GB, pants (pl) US2) Religion habit* * *fʀɔk nm1) RELIGION habit2) * (= pantalon) pants pl* * *froc nm2 Relig habit.faire dans son froc◑ to be shitting◑ oneself, to be scared shitless◑; baisser son froc◑ to eat humble pie; jeter son froc aux orties to give up one's vocation.[frɔk] nom masculin -
19 éveil
éveil [evεj]masculine noun* * *evɛj* * *evɛj nm1) (fait de se révéler) awakening3) (sortie du sommeil) awakening* * *éveil nm1 (de nature, dormeur) awakening; (de vocation, d'intelligence) awakening; ( d'amour) dawning; donner l'éveil (à qn) ( mettre en alerte) to arouse (sb's) suspicions; mettre en éveil to arouse [curiosité, méfiance]; être en éveil [soupçons, jalousie] to be aroused; cela me tenait en éveil [bruit, soupçons] it kept me on the alert; tenir les sens de qn en éveil to thrill sb's senses; l'éveil de l'adolescent à l'amour the dawning awareness of love in an adolescent;éveil musical introduction to music.[evɛj] nom masculin2. [déclenchement]l'éveil de the awakening ou early development ou first stirrings ofl'éveil des sens/de la sexualité the awakening of the senses/of sexualityl'auteur raconte l'éveil à l'amour d'une toute jeune fille the author recounts the dawning of love in a young girl's heart3. ÉDUCATION4. [alerte]en éveil locution adverbiale1. [sur ses gardes]2. [actif]à quatre ans, leur curiosité est en éveil by the time they're four, their curiosity is fully roused -
20 elämänala
walk of life (noun)* * *• vocation• walk of life• career
- 1
- 2
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