we were waiting for the next development

* * *
развитие, разработка (напр., нового продукта). . . Словарь экономических терминов .

[dıʹveləpmənt] n

dɪˈveləpmənt сущ.
1) а) развитие, расширение, развертывание, рост;
эволюция How slow is the development of heat. ≈ Нагрев всегда идет очень медленно. As the development progresses the cells become differentiated. ≈ По мере развития клетки специализируются. Creation belongs to eternity and development to time. ≈ Творение принадлежит вечности, а развитие - времени. arrested development ≈ замедленное развитие economic development ≈ экономическое развитие historical development ≈ историческое развитие intellectual development ≈ интеллектуальное/умственное развитие physical development ≈ физическое развитие development theory Syn: unfolding б) вывод, заключение;
результат развития, расцвет The highest development of his genius. ≈ Полное раскрытие его гения. в) ход, протекание Essential to the entire development of my case. ≈ Это важно для всего хода нашего процесса.
2) о творческой, производственной деятельности а) разработка, создание б) улучшение, усовершенствование (машины, механизма, конструкции и т.п.) в) новое строительство, застройка The new loan connected with railway development. ≈ Новый целевой заем на строительство железной дороги. housing development ≈ строительство жилья ribbon development ≈ строительство однотипных домов вдоль шоссе, ведущего за город г) разработка месторождения (любого), месторождение, промысел All the people from the development do here their shopping. ≈ Все люди с промыслов делают свои покупки здесь.
3) часто мн. обстоятельство;
событие
4) специальные термины а) геом. разворачивание изометричной плоскости поверхности в плоскость б) мат. разложение в) тех. чертеж с разными планами детали г) муз. написание вариаций, варьирование, вариация The coda of the work begins with a development of the figure taken from the 1st movement. ≈ Кода в этом произведении начинается с вариации на пассаж из первой части. д) фото проявление е) шахм. развитие позиции, создание выгодной для атаки позиции развитие, рост;
совершенствование - stage of * стадия развития - * of civilization развитие цивилизации - * of a plant развитие растения - * from boyhood to manhood возмужание - extraordinary * of literature необычайный расцвет литературы (биология) эволюция изложение;
раскрытие - * of a plan изложение плана - * of an argument развитие аргумента (музыкальное) разработка (в сонатной форме) результат (развития) - a new * in the situation новое в ситуации;
новое осложнение положения - a new * in literature новое течение /направление/ в литературе событие - to await *s ждать( развития) событий - we were waiting for the next * мы ждали нового поворота событий - to meet unexpected *s столкнуться с непредвиденными обстоятельствами - what are the latest *s? (разговорное) что новенького? - it was a * unimaginable a decade earlier десять лет назад это событие было бы немыслимо предприятие обрабатываемый участок земли разработка - engineering * конструкторская /техническая/ разработка - exploratory * экспериментальная разработка - advanced * разработка опытного образца - operational * эксплуатационная доводка - nuclear weapon * разработка ядерного оружия - * activity опытно-конструкторские разработки - under * (находящийся) в процессе разработки производство - * of heat получение тепловой энергии (логика) развертывание, разъяснение;
экспликация понятия (сельскохозяйственное) выведение( сорта) (сельскохозяйственное) мелиорация( почвы) (математика) преобразование( математика) развертывание (кривой поверхности) (математика) разложение - series * разложение в ряд( шахматное) вывод (фигуры) ;
развитие (фигур) (фотографическое) проявление - heat * термопроявление (записи) (горное) подготовка или вскрытие месторождения( военное) расчленение, организация позиций adverse ~ неблагоприятное развитие bottom-up ~ вчт. восходящая разработка budget ~ освоение бюджета career ~ развитие карьеры;
организация и планирование карьеры (при этом приобретение опыта и повышение квалификации соответствуют регулярному профессиональному прогрессу) career ~ развитие карьеры community ~ общественное развитие community ~ общинное развитие company expected future ~ перспективы развития компании cost ~ рост себестоимости cross ~ вчт. кросс-разработка development вывод, заключение ~ застройка ~ изложение ~ изменение ~ новое строительство, застройка;
предприятие ~ обрабатываемый участок земли ~ (часто pl) обстоятельство;
событие;
to meet unexpected developments столкнуться с непредвиденными обстоятельствами ~ опытно-конструкторская работа ~ подготовительные работы ~ горн. подготовительные работы, подготовка месторождения ~ подготовка к эксплуатации ~ предприятие ~ производство ~ развитие;
эволюция;
рост;
расширение ~ развитие ~ развертывание ~ разработка, создание ~ разработка ~ раскрытие ~ результат развития ~ рост ~ совершенствование ~ создание ~ строительство ~ стройка ~ тенденция ~ улучшение, усовершенствование (механизмов) ~ усовершенствование ~ фото проявление ~ ход событий ~ хозяйственное освоение ~ attr.: ~ theory эволюционная теория;
development battalion учебный батальон;
development type опытный образец ~ attr.: ~ theory эволюционная теория;
development battalion учебный батальон;
development type опытный образец ~ finance and policy финансовые средства и политика в сфере развития ~ in consumption совершенствование потребления ~ in portfolio investment расширение инвестиций в ценные бумаги ~ in portfolio investment расширение портфельных инвестиций ~ in terms of trade улучшение условий торговли ~ of failure вчт. проявление отказа ~ of inflation рост инфляции ~ of laws разработка законов ~ of productivity рост производительности ~ attr.: ~ theory эволюционная теория;
development battalion учебный батальон;
development type опытный образец ~ attr.: ~ theory эволюционная теория;
development battalion учебный батальон;
development type опытный образец economic ~ развитие экономики economic ~ экономическое развитие;
процесс аовышения уровня жизни и благосостояния населения exchange rate ~ эволюция валютного курса industrial ~ промышленное развитие inflation ~ инфляционный процесс interest rate ~ изменение ставки процента job ~ продвижение по службе land ~ застройка земельных участков land ~ мелиорация земель land ~ освоение земель legislative ~ совершенствование законодательства liquidity ~ диверсификация ликвидности management ~ совершенствование методов управления market ~ освоение рынка market ~ расширение рынка ~ (часто pl) обстоятельство;
событие;
to meet unexpected developments столкнуться с непредвиденными обстоятельствами organizational ~ совершенствование организационной структуры price ~ динамика цен product ~ разработка новой продукции product ~ разработка продукции program ~ вчт. разработка программы project ~ разработка проекта rapid ~ бурное развитие regional ~ региональное развитие research and ~ (R and D) научно-исследовательские и опытно-конструкторские работы research and ~ вчт. научно-исследовательский research and ~ проектно-конструкторская работа residential ~ жилищное строительство risk ~ изменение риска rural ~ сильное развитие site ~ работы на строительной площадке skill ~ повышение квалификации social ~ социальное развитие social participation in ~ общественное участие в развитии software ~ вчт. программирование staff ~ работа с кадрами sustainable ~ самообеспечивающееся развитие sustainable ~ устойчивое развитие system ~ совершенствование системы top-down ~ вчт. нисходящая разработка turn the ~ изменять ход развития unfavourable ~ неблагоприятное развитие untenable ~ неудачное развитие urban ~ городское развитие urban ~ градостроительство

visado callejón parrilla 2) hum

Ex: The reduction of public access and egress to a single point well controlled by electronic or other means goes some way to reduce the loss of books.

Ex: A cash desk should be placed by each exit.

Ex: Hawthorne gave an uneasy laugh, which was merely the outlet for her disappointment.

Ex: The 1st calendar of events included a slide show, a literary afternoon, travel tips, and a picnic and outing.

Ex: At present the onus appears to be on individual library directors to develop alternative career paths and escape routes = Por ahora la responsabilidad de desarrollar trayectorias profesionales y vías de escape alternativas parece recaer sobre los directores de la biblioteca en cuestión.

Ex: Yet the genuine stockholding bookseller is committed to holding good stocks of books for the customers' benefit which means that he does not aim simply at buying in the books with the quickest turnover.

Ex: Obviously, the work-around is to cut-and-paste this into the end of the document, but why did this happen in the first place?.

Ex: The booksellers in the sample 'turned over their stocks on average about four times a year' though rates of stock turnover varied widely.

Ex: ' Turnover of stock' is, then, an important part of successful and lively bookselling.

Ex: The collection is composed of more than 400,000 prints and negatives from photographs taken during 1,258 separate flight missions, most of which were flown over California.

Ex: She racked her brains for a way out but could not find anything successful.

Ex: There's a great gas station and convenience store at the turn-off.

* a la salida = on the way out.

* asesor de salidas profesionales = career(s) adviser.

* bandera de salida, la = checkered flag, the.

* callejón sin salida = blind alley, catch 22, cul-de-sac, dead end, impasse, dead end street, deadlock, standoff.

* caudal de salida = flow rate.

* con salida al mercado = due out.

* consejero sobre salidas profesionales = career advisor, career counsellor.

* control de salida = exit barrier.

* dar el pistoletazo de salida = fire + the starting gun.

* dar salida a = vent.

* de salida = outgoing.

* disco de salida = output diskette.

* dispositivo de salida = output equipment.

* encontrar la salida a = find + a/the way out of.

* encontrar una salida a = find + a/the way out of.

* entradas y salidas = comings and goings.

* estrategia de salida = exit strategy.

* fecha de salida = departure date.

* fichero de salida = outgoing file.

* fichero de salida de datos = communication output file.

* hora de salida = departure time, check-out time.

* información sobre salidas profesionales = career(s) information.

* la mejor salida = the best way forward.

* libro de registro de entrada y salida de cartas = letterbook [letter book].

* no tener salida = be stuck, get + stuck.

* orientación sobre salidas profesionales = career guidance.

* parrilla de salida = starting grid.

* pasillo de salida = exit lane.

* pistoletazo de salida = starting signal, starting gun.

* precio de salida = starting price.

* primera posición de salida = pole start, pole position.

* puerta de salida = exit door.

* registro de salida de cartas = outward letterbook.

* salida de aire = venting.

* salida de artistas = stage door.

* salida de datos = output.

* salida de emergencia = emergency exit.

* salida de humos = flue.

* salida de incendios = fire exit.

* salida de lectores = public exit.

* salida del sol = sunrise.

* salida del sol, la = rising of the sun, the.

* salida en falso = false start.

* salida lateral = side entrance.

* salida nula = false start.

* salida profesional = career opportunity, career path, career pattern, career option.

* salidas profesionales = careers guidance, career development, career planning, careers education, employability, job opportunities.

* sin salida al mar = land-bound [landbound], land-locked [landlocked].

* sistema de control de la salida = exit control system.

* sondeo hecho a la salida = exit survey.

* tacos de salida = starting blocks.

* válvula de salida = outlet valve.

Ex: Youll never be short on a witty remark with a database of almost 180000 jokes.

Ex: Youll never be short on a witty remark with a database of almost 180000 jokes.

 

salida sustantivo femenino ( hacia el exterior)
1


todas las salidas de Bilbao all the roads out of Bilbao;
es una calle sin salida it's a dead end

( de circuito) outlet
2


nos encontramos a la salida del concierto we met at the door after the concert;
una salida al campo an outing o a trip to the country



( partida)
1 (de tren, avión) departure;


( on signs) salidas nacionales/internacionales domestic/international departures
2 (Dep) ( en una carrera) start
1 ( solución):

no nos queda otra salida we have no other option
2 (Com, Fin) ( gasto) payment
salido,-a adjetivo
1 (saliente, prominente) projecting
(frente, pómulos, etc) prominent
(ojos) bulging
familiar sticky-out
2 fam pey (cachondo) horny, randy
salida sustantivo femenino
1 (lugar por donde se sale) exit, way out: nos pasamos diez minutos buscando la salida, we spent ten minutes looking for the way out
este carril tiene salida a la autopista, this lane leads onto the motorway
callejón sin salida, dead end
(de una tubería, desagüe) outlet, outflow
Inform output
2 (acción de salir) leaving
a la salida del trabajo, on leaving work
(de un tren, un avión) departure
(del Sol, de la Luna, etc) rising
salida del sol, sunrise
(viaje corto, excursión) trip
una salida al campo, an outing to the country
3 Dep start
dar la salida, to give the signal to start
línea de salida, starting line
4 (solución) option, solution: este problema no tiene salida, there's no solution to this problem
5 Lab prospect: la filosofía no tiene muchas salidas, there aren't many job opportunities in philosophy
6 (cese de una actividad) el próximo año se producirá mi salida del cargo, I'll be leaving the post next year
7 fig (agudeza, ocurrencia) witty remark
8 (comentario inapropiado) salida de tono, inappropriate remark
9 (puesta en venta, lanzamiento de un producto) la salida del nuevo periódico se producirá el lunes, the new newspaper will be launched onto the market next Monday
10 Fin (gasto) hemos tenido demasiadas salidas en concepto de compra de materiales, purchase of materials has led to an unacceptable increase in spending
' salida' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acaso
- callejón
- dirigir
- efectuar
- emergencia
- empujar
- escape
- escorrentía
- expectante
- fichar
- forzuda
- forzudo
- panel
- prever
- punto
- retardar
- taponar
- bloquear
- cortada
- desvío
- escapatoria
- excursión
- lateral
- línea
- obstruir
- partida
- retrasar
- tapar
- ver
English:
blind alley
- checkout
- clock off
- clock out
- crowd
- cul-de-sac
- dead end
- departure
- exit
- false start
- fight
- fire exit
- hasty
- off
- out
- outlet
- output
- rise
- rising
- sailing
- seal off
- stampede
- start
- starter
- starting block
- starting line
- starting post
- starting price
- sunrise
- sunup
- takeoff
- turn off
- way
- wisecrack
- block
- catch
- curtain
- dead
- emergency
- false
- flotation
- flying
- land
- mark
- quip
- ramp
- release
- rush
- stand
- starting
[de red de cables, cañerías] outlet; [ideas] to find an outlet for salida de emergencia emergency exit; salida nula false start Fin salida a bolsa [de empresa] flotation [pretexto] excuse; salida de tono out-of-place remark [posibilidades] market; [se vende] this product sells well; [no se vende] this product doesn't sell

Ex: The only way to solve these problems is either to revise your catalog in its totality or to cut it off.

Ex: Expressive notation is generally easier to truncate, that is, delete final characters to create the notation for a more general subject.

Ex: The words from the deleted abstract in the abstract word file will be detached when DOBIS/LIBIS is not busy with other work.

Ex: With the completion of the draft in 1983, the Working Group on an International Authority System was officially disbanded.

Ex: The dates should be checked regularly and updated so that old dates are discarded and new ones entered.

Ex: List and describe the steps involved in withdrawing and disposing of books which are no longer required.

Ex: DOBIS/LIBIS does away with the multiplicity of files and catalogs.

Ex: Obviously, computers and the use of notation in computerised systems may place additional constraints upon the nature of the notation, or may eliminate the need to consider some of the characteristics below.

Ex: In this instance links would be insufficient to eradicate the false drop.

Ex: Pressing the delete key erases a characters without leaving a blank space.

Ex: These arrangements should also erode price differentials between Europe and the US, and permit each country to support its own online services.

Ex: He was looking for the book 'Flowers and Bullets and Freedom to kill' = Estaba buscando el libro "Flores, balas y libertad para matar".

Ex: The intercalation of (41-4) after 329 obviates this function.

Ex: The system requests the number of the borrower and then purges that borrower's name and number from its files.

Ex: Folders allow a set of papers to be kept together when a set on a given topic is removed from the file.

Ex: This function can be used to rid access-point files of unused entries.

Ex: It is possible to suppress references and to omit steps in a hierarchy.

Ex: A scheme should allow reduction, to take out subjects and their subdivisions which are no longer used.

Ex: Thus, all cards corresponding to documents covering 'Curricula' are withdrawn from the pack.

Ex: Most journals rely for a substantial part of their income on advertisements; how would advertisers view the prospect of being selectively screened out by readers?.

Ex: This article stresses the importance for libraries of making current informationav ailable on AIDS, and of retiring out-of-date information on the subject.

Ex: Subjects not in the core of major employment areas are likely to be squeezed out of the standard curriculum.

Ex: Document terms absent from the original query were decremented.

Ex: But years and experience do not always dispel the sense of unease.

Ex: Information services administrators expect library schools to uphold admission standards and weed out unsuitable candidates.

Ex: 'He's been trying to cover up his tracks; those engineers who got axed were his scapegoats'.

Ex: Who knows? If we can abolish the card catalogue and replace it with some form more acceptable to library users, they may even begin to use library catalogues!.

Ex: Because the assumption in this method is that none of the preceding years' operations are worth continuing unless they can be shown to be necessary, zero-based budgeting (ZZB) can be useful for paring out the deadwood of obsolete or uselessly extravagant programs.

Ex: Others chop off old records to remain within the limits of 680 MB.

Ex: Once a new digitized system has been introduced irrelevancies and redundant features can more easily be seen and excised.

Ex: Typing errors cannot be obliterated with a normal erasing fluid as this would print and appear as a blotch on the copies.

Ex: There have even been rumours of plans to scrap most of the industrial side of its work and disperse key elements, such as the work on regional and industrial aid, to the provinces.

Ex: Meek took her glasses off and twiddled them as her supervisor related the following incident.

Ex: This article examines the controversial issue about whether to expunge books about satanism from the library shelves.

Ex: In order to support a core acquistions programme of essential materials for its users, a library will more readily cut out material on the fringe of its needs if such material can be obtained by a good document supply system.

Ex: Careful investigation by the library board of the possibilities inherent in system membership usually puts to rest preconceived fears.

Ex: Librarians should ensure that the principles they stand for are not swept away on a tide of technological jingoism.

Ex: Libraries should root out unproductive and obsolete activities.

Ex: This play was nixed by school officials on the grounds that the subject of sweatshops was not appropriate for that age group.

Ex: The development of user-friendly interfaces to data bases may drive out the unspecialised information broker in the long run.

Ex: There is a need to provide public access to the Internet and to develop guidelines for selecting and deselecting appropriate resources.

Ex: Like its predecessor, it wants to strip away the sentimentality surrounding male-female relationships and reveal the ugly, unvarnished truth.

Ex: Some Russia specialists say President Putin is rolling back liberal economic and political reforms ushered in by his predecessor.

Ex: The beauty, the aliveness, the creativity, the passion that made her lovable and gave her life meaning has been effaced.

Ex: His case was referred to the next session, and in the following May he was cashiered.

Ex: Pockets of resistance still remain in Fallujah, but the vast majority of insurgents have been cleared out.

Ex: It seems to me that the electronic catalog provides the ability to build a file that can, in fact, be easily weeded.

Ex: It's instructive to remember just how passionately the media hyped the dangers of ' sunsetting' the ban.

Ex: Like I said, no wonder racism won't die, it takes BOTH sides to stomp it out, not just one!.

Ex: This electric fly swatter will zap any fly or mosquito with 1500 volts.

Ex: My lasting image of Omar is of him crouched in the rubble waiting for U.S. troops to get close enough so he could take one of them out.

* ayudar a eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.

* eliminar al intermediario = cut out + the middleman.

* eliminar ambigüedades = disambiguate.

* eliminar barreras = flatten + barriers, tackle + barriers, erase + boundaries.

* eliminar de un golpe = eliminate + at a stroke.

* eliminar de un texto = redact out, redact.

* eliminar diferencias = flatten out + differences.

* eliminar el hielo = de-ice [deice].

* eliminar el sarro = descale.

* eliminar gases = pass + gas, break + wind, pass + wind.

* eliminar la necesidad de = remove + the need for.

* eliminar las barreras = break down + barriers.

* eliminar las diferencias = iron out + differences.

* eliminar los duplicados = deduplicate.

* eliminar + Nombre = clear of + Nombre.

* eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.

* eliminar por etapas = phase out.

* eliminar progresivamente = phase out.

* eliminar puestos de trabajo = shed + jobs, axe + jobs, cut + jobs.

* eliminar puliendo = buff out.

* eliminar una barrera = topple + barrier.

* eliminar una ecuación de búsqueda = clear + search.

* eliminar un error = remove + error.

* eliminar un obstáculo = remove + barrier, sweep away + obstacle.

 

eliminar ( conjugate eliminar) verbo transitivo

‹ párrafo› to delete, remove

(Dep) to eliminate, knock out



eliminar verbo transitivo to eliminate
' eliminar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acabar
- cortar
- descalificar
- michelín
- quitar
- sonda
- terminar
- tranquilizar
English:
cut out
- debug
- eliminate
- face
- hit list
- knock out
- liquidate
- obliterate
- remove
- weed
- cut
- delete
- do
- knock
- take
- zap
[grasas, toxinas] to eliminate, to get rid of; [residuos] to dispose of; [manchas] to remove, to get rid of; [fronteras, obstáculos] to remove, to eliminate;

1. = esta, adj. 2. adj. 3. noun m. I II ADJ DEM III PRON DEM =éste PRON DEM éste, -a In the past the standard spelling for these demonstrative pronouns was with an accent (éste, ésta, éstos and éstas). Nowadays the Real Academia Española advises that the accented forms are only required where there might otherwise be confusion with the adjective. I II III I II III

* Alemania del Este = East Germany.

* al este de = east of.

* bloque del este, el = Eastern bloc, the.

* de Europa del Este = Eastern European.

* del este = eastern.

* del este asiático = East Asian.

* derecho hacia el este = due east.

* en dirección este = eastward(s), eastbound.

* este, el = east, the.

* Europa Central del Este = East Central Europe.

* exactamente al este = due east.

* habitante del este = Easterner.

* hacia el este = eastward(s), eastbound.

* la Europa del Este = Eastern Europe.

* país de Europa del Este = Eastern European country.

* sudeste = southeast [south east].

Ex: Preferential relationships generally indicate preferred terms or descriptors and distinguish such terms from non-descriptors or non-preferred terms.

Ex: In this chapter a review of the development of cataloguing codes is given in order to explain and place in context the nature of modern cataloguing codes.

* a este fin = to this end.

* a este paso = at this rate.

* a este respecto = in this respect.

* a este ritmo = at this rate.

* al hacer esto = by so doing, in so doing, in doing so.

* a partir de esto = on this basis.

* como esto = like this.

* como ocurre en estos casos = as is the way with these things.

* con este fin = to that effect.

* con esto = by so doing, in so doing, in this, by doing so, by this, in doing so.

* de esta forma = in this way.

* de esta manera = in this manner, in this way.

* de este modo = by this means, in so doing, this way, thus, in doing so.

* de esto, de lo otro y de lo de más allá = about this and that and everything else.

* de esto y de lo otro = about this and that.

* de nuevo en este caso = here again.

* desde esta misma perspectiva = along the same lines.

* dicho esto = that said.

* directamente hacia el este = due east.

* durante este período = in the course of events, during the course of events.

* en el momento de escribir estas líneas = at the time of writing.

* en este caso = in this case.

* en este contexto = against this background.

* en este documento = herein.

* en este mismo sentido = along the same lines.

* en este momento = at this stage, right now.

* en este período = in the course of events, during the course of events.

* en este sentido = along these lines, in this connection, in this direction, in this sense, on this score, to that effect.

* en estos casos = in these cases.

* en estos tiempos = in this day and age.

* entre éstos se incluyen = amongst these are numbered.

* esta = this.

* esta es la oportunidad de + Nombre = here's + Nombre/Pronombre + chance.

* ésta es la razón por la que = this is why.

* esta es + Pronombre + oportunidad = here's + Nombre/Pronombre + chance.

* ¡esta es tu oportunidad! = here's your chance!.

* esta mañana = early today.

* esta mañana temprano = early this morning.

* esta noche = tonight, tonite.

* esta vez = this time around/round, this time.

* éste es también el caso de = the same is true (for/of/with).

* éste no es el caso en = not so in.

* este tipo de = such.

* este tipo de cosas = this sort of thing.

* esto es así = this is the case.

* esto no ocurre en el caso de = the same is not true (for/of/with).

* esto no quiere decir que = this is not to say that.

* esto no se debe hacer así = this just won't do.

* esto no vale = this just won't do.

* estos = these.

* estos días = these days.

* haciendo esto = by so doing, by doing so.

* letra cuya impresión en papel no está completa = broken letter.

* para esto = therefor.

* para hacer esto = in this.

* para que este sea el caso = for this to be the case.

* para que esto sea así = for this to be the case.

* partiendo de esto = on that basis.

* pensando en esto = with this/that in mind.

* por esta razón = for this reason.

* por este motivo = for this reason.

* por esto = thus, accordingly, therefore.

* presentado desde esta perspectiva = cast in this light.

* teniendo esto como telón de fondo = against this background.

* teniendo esto como trasfondo = against this background.

* teniendo esto presente = with this/that in mind.

 

Del verbo estar: ( conjugate estar)

esté es:




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estar 1 ( conjugate estar) cópula
1


estás más gordo you've put on weight;
estoy cansada I'm tired;
está muy simpático conmigo he's being o he's been so nice to me (recently);
¡todo está tan caro! things are o have become so expensive!


¡qué bien estás en esta foto! you look great in this photo!;
está mal que no se lo perdones it's wrong of you not to forgive him;
ver tb bien, mal, mejor, peor
2 ( hablando de estado civil) to be;

3 ( seguido de participios)

estaban abrazados they had their arms around each other;
ver tb v aux 2
4 ( seguido de preposición) to be;
(para más ejemplos ver tb la preposición o el nombre correspondiente);

¿a cómo está la uva? how much are the grapes?;
está con el sarampión she has (the) measles;
estoy de cocinera I'm doing the cooking;
estamos sin electricidad the electricity is off at the moment;
está sin pintar it hasn't been painted yet
verbo intransitivo
1 ( en un lugar) to be;

está a 20 kilómetros de aquí it's 20 kilometers from here;
¿sabes dónde está Pedro? do you know where Pedro is?;
¿está Rodrigo? is Rodrigo in?;
solo ésteé unos días I'll only be staying a few days;
¿cuánto tiempo ésteás en Londres? how long are you going to be in London (for)?
2 ( en el tiempo):

¿a cuánto estamos hoy? what's the date today?;
estamos a 28 de mayo it's May 28th (AmE) o (BrE) the 28th of May;
estamos en primavera it's spring
3


estamos para ayudarlos we're here to help them


4 (estar listo, terminado):

lo atas con un nudo y ya está you tie a knot in it and that's it o there you are;
enseguida estoy I'll be right with you
5 (Esp) ( quedar) (+ me/te/le etc) (+ compl):

la 46 te está mejor the 46 fits you better
éste v aux
1 ( con gerundio):

estoy viendo que va a ser imposible I'm beginning to see that it's going to be impossible
2 ( con participio):

ya está hecho un hombrecito he's a proper young man now;
ver tb estar cópula 3
estarse verbo pronominal ( enf) ( permanecer) to stay;

estese tranquilo don't worry
estar 2 sustantivo masculino (esp AmL) living room
este 1 adjetivo invariable ‹ región› eastern;
iban en dirección éste they were heading east o eastward(s);
el ala/la costa éste the east wing/coast
■ sustantivo masculino


al éste de Lima to the east of Lima


las ventanas dan al éste the windows face east


los países del Eéste the Eastern Bloc countries
este 2,


(pl) these;

estos dólares these dollars;
usually indicates a pejorative or emphatic tone when placed after the noun la estúpida esta no me avisó (fam) this idiot here didn't tell me

éste,


(pl) these;
éste or este es el mío this (one) is mine;
un día de éstos or estos one of these days;
éste or este es el que yo quería this is the one I wanted;
prefiero éstos or estos I prefer these (ones);
sometimes indicates irritation, emphasis or disapproval

residente en ésta or esta resident in Seville (o Lima etc)
estar verbo intransitivo
1 (existir, hallarse) to be: está al norte, it is to the north
¿estarás en casa?, will you be at home?
no está en ningún lado, it isn't anywhere
estamos aquí para servirle, we are at your service
su pedido aún no está, your order isn't ready yet
2 (permanecer) to stay: estos días estoy en casa de mis padres, these days I'm staying at my parents' place
estoy en la oficina de ocho a dos, I'm at the office from eight to two
quiero que estés aquí un minuto, ahora vuelvo, stay here, I'll be right back
3 (tener una situación actual determinada: con adjetivo o participio) estaba blanco como la cera, he had turned as white as a sheet
está dormido, he's asleep
está teñida de rubio, her hair's dyed blonde
(con gerundio) está estudiando, he is studying
estaba preparando la comida, I was cooking
(con adverbio) estoy tan lejos, I'm so far away
está muy mal, (enfermo) he is very ill
4 (quedar, sentar) el jersey me está pequeño, the sweater is too small for me
5 (para indicar precio, grados, fecha) (+ a: fecha) to be: ¿a qué día estamos?, what's the date?
estamos a 1 de Julio, it is the first of July
(: precio) to be at: ¿a cómo/cuánto están las manzanas?, how much are the apples?
están a setenta pesetas el kilo, they're seventy pesetas a kilo
(: grados) en Madrid estamos a cuarenta grados, it's forty degrees in Madrid
♦ Locuciones: ¿estamos?, agreed?
estar a disposición de, to be at the disposal of
estar a la que salta, to be ready to take advantage of an opportunity
estar a las duras y a las maduras, to take the bad with the good
estar al caer, to be just round the corner
estar en baja, to be waning
estar en todo, to be on top of everything
estaría bueno, whatever next
ESTAR CON: (de acuerdo con) estoy con María, I agree with Mary
ESTAR DE: estoy de broma, I'm joking
está de camarero, he's working as a waiter
estaba de Dios que las cosas sucedieran así, it was God's will that things turned out this way, está de vacaciones, he's on holiday
me voy a marchar porque está claro que aquí estoy de más, I'm going to go because it's obvious that I'm in the way
ESTAR ENCIMA: su madre siempre está encima de él, his mother is always on top of him
ESTAR PARA: no estamos para bromas, we are in no mood for jokes
esa ropa está para planchar, these clothes are ready to be ironed
cuando estaba para salir, me llamaron, when I was just about to leave, they called me
ESTAR POR: la casa está por construir, the house has still to be built
estuve por decirle lo que pensaba, I was tempted to tell him what I thought
estoy por la igualdad de derechos, I'm for equal rights
ESTAR QUE: está que no puede con su alma, he is exhausted
familiar está que trina, he's hopping mad
ESTAR TRAS: está tras el ascenso, he is after promotion
estoy tras una blusa blanca, I'm looking for a white blouse
El uso del verbo to stay como traducción de estar en un lugar es incorrecto, a menos que quieras expresar lo contrario de irse o marcharse (no me voy a la playa, estaré en casa todo el verano, I'm not going to the beach, I'm staying at home all summer) o te refieras a alojarse: Estoy en el Palace. I'm staying at the Palace.
este,-a adj dem
1 this
este barco, this ship
esta casa, this house 2 estos,-as, these
estos hombres, these men
estas mujeres, these women
este sustantivo masculino
1 (punto cardinal) East: nos dirigíamos al este, we were going east
al este del Edén, to the east of Eden
(en aposición) (zona, parte) eastern: son del este de Europa, they're from Eastern Europe
(dirección, rumbo) easterly: el viento soplaba del este, there was an easterly wind
2 (bloque de países europeos) el Este, the East
éste,-a pron dem m,f
1 this one: éste/ésta es más bonito/a, this one is prettier 2 éstos,-as, these (ones)

' éste' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abrir
- abrigada
- abrigado
- abultar
- acabada
- acabado
- acariciar
- acontecer
- actualización
- adelantarse
- adelanto
- afrutada
- afrutado
- ahora
- ahorrar
- alguna
- alguno
- ama
- amo
- andar
- aparte
- aplanar
- aplatanada
- aplatanado
- arrastre
- arreglo
- así
- asistencia
- aterrizar
- atravesarse
- baja
- bajo
- bastar
- bastante
- bendición
- bien
- cabezón
- cabezona
- cabida
- caché
- cachet
- caer
- calificar
- capacidad
- carbonizar
- cariño
- catalogar
- caza
- ceñirse
- chapada
English:
acoustic
- advanced
- afford
- afraid
- aggressive
- agony
- agree
- alleviate
- ambience
- amenities
- anniversary
- antidote
- anywhere
- architecture
- arithmetic
- attain
- attribute
- be
- belong
- blank
- boggle
- bore
- breeze
- broadsheet
- bulky
- bundle
- buy
- call
- call at
- can
- capture
- cash
- chapter
- characteristic
- close-fitting
- cold
- come across
- come in
- come under
- compact
- complete
- conception
- concoction
- consistent
- convert
- cramped
- deadly
- define
- demand
- deny
[posición, parte] east, eastern; [dirección] easterly; [viento] east, easterly; [plural] these; [plural] those; [plural] these (ones); Fam Fam