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  • 41 ayudar

    v.
    to help.
    ayudar a alguien a hacer algo to help somebody (to) do something
    ¿en qué puedo ayudarle? how can I help you?
    ¿puedo ayudar? can I help?
    Ella asiste a todo el mundo She helps everybody.
    * * *
    1 to help, aid, assist
    ■ ¿en qué podemos ayudarte? how can we help you?
    1 (apoyarse) to make use (de/con, of)
    * * *
    verb
    to help, aid, assist
    * * *
    1.
    VT (=asistir) to help, assist, aid

    ¿me puedes ayudar con la limpieza esta tarde? — can you help me out with the cleaning this afternoon?

    me ayuda muchísimo — he's a great help to me, he helps me a lot

    2.
    See:
    AYUDAR Ayudar se puede traducir por help, assist y aid. ► La manera más frecuente de traducir ayudar es por help. Si help va seguido de un verbo, este puede ir en infinitivo {con} {o} {sin} to: ¿Puedes ayudarnos? Can you help (us)? Siempre le ayuda con la tarea He always helps her with her homework ¿Me puedes ayudar a preparar la cena? Can you help me (to) get dinner ready? ► Ayudar se traduce por assist en un registro bastante más formal y se construye frecuentemente en la estructura to assist somebody with something: La comadrona ayudó al médico con el parto The midwife assisted the doctor with the delivery ► Ayudar se traduce por aid en inglés formal en el contexto de asesorar o prestar ayuda a un grupo de personas necesitadas: ... los intentos de Estados Unidos de ayudar a los refugiados kurdos...... attempts by the United States to aid Kurdish refugees... Para otros usos y ejemplos ver la entrada
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo to help

    ¿te ayudo? — do you need any help?

    ayudar a alguien a + inf — to help somebody (to) + inf

    2.
    ayudar vi to help

    ¿puedo ayudar en algo? — can o shall I give you a hand?, can I do anything to help?

    ayudar a or en misa — to serve at mass

    3.
    ayudarse v pron to help oneself

    ayudarse de or con algo: camina ayudándose de or con un bastón — he walks with the aid o help of a stick

    * * *
    = aid, do + good, encourage, enlighten, help, provide + assistance, provide + guidance, tide over, assist, jump-start [jump start], lend + a (helping) hand, pull + Posesivo + (own) weight, give + Nombre + a hand, pull together, put + Posesivo + shoulder to the wheel, set + Posesivo + shoulder to the wheel, muck in, pitch in, chip in, succour [succor, -USA].
    Ex. Although others aided in the compilation of the schedules they were essentially the work of one man.
    Ex. You do not do the users a lot of good when you send them jumping all over the catalog simply to draw together material.
    Ex. A common catalogue encourages users to regard the different information carrying media as part of range of media.
    Ex. Librarians often work with students who possess few library skills and teachers whose assignments neither improve these skills nor enlighten the students on their research.
    Ex. How can we help library users to gain confidence?.
    Ex. Its purpose is to provide advice and on-site salvage assistance to those organisations having documentary resources that are damaged in a natural or man-made disaster.
    Ex. There are standards which provide guidance on the construction of thesauri.
    Ex. Reading aloud, in these circumstances, might be the only contact the adolescent gets with literature, tiding him over to the time when he is prepared to read for himself again.
    Ex. Any project which assists the use of coal and steel would be eligible.
    Ex. Jump-start your learning experience by participating in 1 or 2 half-day seminars that will help you come up to speed on the new vocabularies, processes and architectures underlying effective content management.
    Ex. In a small shop the master would lend a hand with the work, certainly as a corrector and often as a compositor as well.
    Ex. Sometimes one person is left with all the work because their partner doesn't pull their weight.
    Ex. These centres help women rebuild lives by giving them a hand up, not a handout.
    Ex. She tells a story of courage in which the crew and the mission control pull together to work the problem through.
    Ex. They've all been putting their shoulder to the wheel and it's paid off.
    Ex. The Bolsheviks have manfully set their shoulders to the wheel undaunted by this staggering catastrophe.
    Ex. All our neighbours, relatives, friends, we all mucked in and helped each other -- they were mostly all women because all the men had gone to war.
    Ex. It's up to everyone to pitch in and help those who find themselves lacking the most basic of necessities -- food.
    Ex. We're asking you to 'chip in' by investing your time and talents in your parks and your community.
    Ex. There are tens of thousands of hungry children in the world today and well-meant efforts are being made to succour them.
    ----
    * a quien madruga, Dios le ayuda = the early bird catches the worm.
    * ayudar a = play + an instrumental role in.
    * ayudar a Alguien a recuperarse = help + Nombre + get on + Posesivo + feet.
    * ayudar a Alguien a salir adelante = help + Nombre + get on + Posesivo + feet.
    * ayudar a comprender mejor = offer + insights, improve + understanding, give + an insight into, glean + insights, provide + insight into, lend + understanding to.
    * ayudar a conocer mejor = advance + understanding.
    * ayudar a eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.
    * ayudar a entender mejor = lend + understanding to.
    * ayudar a + Infinitivo = go some (of the) way to(wards) + Gerundio.
    * ayudar a la causa de = help + in the cause of.
    * ayudar a + Nombre/Infinitivo = assist in + Nombre/Gerundio.
    * ayudar a pasar por = get + Nombre + through.
    * ayudar a superar = get + Nombre + through.
    * ayudar bastante a = go + a long way (towards/to/in) + Gerundio.
    * ayudar e instigar = aid and abet.
    * dispuesto a ayudar = willing, willing to help.
    * estar siempre dispuesto a ayudar = be always willing to assist.
    * que no ayuda a distinguir = nondistinctive.
    * utensilio para ayudar a caminar = walking aid.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo to help

    ¿te ayudo? — do you need any help?

    ayudar a alguien a + inf — to help somebody (to) + inf

    2.
    ayudar vi to help

    ¿puedo ayudar en algo? — can o shall I give you a hand?, can I do anything to help?

    ayudar a or en misa — to serve at mass

    3.
    ayudarse v pron to help oneself

    ayudarse de or con algo: camina ayudándose de or con un bastón — he walks with the aid o help of a stick

    * * *
    = aid, do + good, encourage, enlighten, help, provide + assistance, provide + guidance, tide over, assist, jump-start [jump start], lend + a (helping) hand, pull + Posesivo + (own) weight, give + Nombre + a hand, pull together, put + Posesivo + shoulder to the wheel, set + Posesivo + shoulder to the wheel, muck in, pitch in, chip in, succour [succor, -USA].

    Ex: Although others aided in the compilation of the schedules they were essentially the work of one man.

    Ex: You do not do the users a lot of good when you send them jumping all over the catalog simply to draw together material.
    Ex: A common catalogue encourages users to regard the different information carrying media as part of range of media.
    Ex: Librarians often work with students who possess few library skills and teachers whose assignments neither improve these skills nor enlighten the students on their research.
    Ex: How can we help library users to gain confidence?.
    Ex: Its purpose is to provide advice and on-site salvage assistance to those organisations having documentary resources that are damaged in a natural or man-made disaster.
    Ex: There are standards which provide guidance on the construction of thesauri.
    Ex: Reading aloud, in these circumstances, might be the only contact the adolescent gets with literature, tiding him over to the time when he is prepared to read for himself again.
    Ex: Any project which assists the use of coal and steel would be eligible.
    Ex: Jump-start your learning experience by participating in 1 or 2 half-day seminars that will help you come up to speed on the new vocabularies, processes and architectures underlying effective content management.
    Ex: In a small shop the master would lend a hand with the work, certainly as a corrector and often as a compositor as well.
    Ex: Sometimes one person is left with all the work because their partner doesn't pull their weight.
    Ex: These centres help women rebuild lives by giving them a hand up, not a handout.
    Ex: She tells a story of courage in which the crew and the mission control pull together to work the problem through.
    Ex: They've all been putting their shoulder to the wheel and it's paid off.
    Ex: The Bolsheviks have manfully set their shoulders to the wheel undaunted by this staggering catastrophe.
    Ex: All our neighbours, relatives, friends, we all mucked in and helped each other -- they were mostly all women because all the men had gone to war.
    Ex: It's up to everyone to pitch in and help those who find themselves lacking the most basic of necessities -- food.
    Ex: We're asking you to 'chip in' by investing your time and talents in your parks and your community.
    Ex: There are tens of thousands of hungry children in the world today and well-meant efforts are being made to succour them
    .
    * a quien madruga, Dios le ayuda = the early bird catches the worm.
    * ayudar a = play + an instrumental role in.
    * ayudar a Alguien a recuperarse = help + Nombre + get on + Posesivo + feet.
    * ayudar a Alguien a salir adelante = help + Nombre + get on + Posesivo + feet.
    * ayudar a comprender mejor = offer + insights, improve + understanding, give + an insight into, glean + insights, provide + insight into, lend + understanding to.
    * ayudar a conocer mejor = advance + understanding.
    * ayudar a eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.
    * ayudar a entender mejor = lend + understanding to.
    * ayudar a + Infinitivo = go some (of the) way to(wards) + Gerundio.
    * ayudar a la causa de = help + in the cause of.
    * ayudar a + Nombre/Infinitivo = assist in + Nombre/Gerundio.
    * ayudar a pasar por = get + Nombre + through.
    * ayudar a superar = get + Nombre + through.
    * ayudar bastante a = go + a long way (towards/to/in) + Gerundio.
    * ayudar e instigar = aid and abet.
    * dispuesto a ayudar = willing, willing to help.
    * estar siempre dispuesto a ayudar = be always willing to assist.
    * que no ayuda a distinguir = nondistinctive.
    * utensilio para ayudar a caminar = walking aid.

    * * *
    ayudar [A1 ]
    vt
    to help
    ayudar al prójimo to help one's neighbor
    ¿te ayudo? do you need any help?, can o shall I help you?, can o shall I give you a hand? ( colloq)
    vino a ayudarme unos días she came to help me out for a few days
    ayudar a algn CON algo to help sb WITH sth
    ayuda a tu hermano con los deberes help your brother with his homework
    mis padres me ayudaron con los gastos de la fiesta my parents helped me (out) with the cost of the party
    ayudar a algn A + INF to help sb (to) + INF
    ayúdame a poner la mesa help me (to) set the table
    lo ayudé a arreglar la moto I helped him (to) fix his motorbike
    ■ ayudar
    vi
    to help
    ¿puedo ayudar en algo? can o shall I give you a hand?, can I do anything to help?, can I help you with anything?
    ayudar a or en misa to serve at mass
    to help oneself
    tú mismo tienes que ayudarte you've got to do something to help yourself
    para ayudarse empezó a dar clases de inglés he started giving English classes to earn a bit more money
    ayudarse DE or CON algo:
    camina ayudándose de or con un bastón he walks with the aid o help of a stick, he walks with a stick
    * * *

     

    ayudar ( conjugate ayudar) verbo transitivo
    to help;

    ¿te ayudo? do you need any help?;
    vino a ayudarme she came to help me out;
    ayúdame a poner la mesa help me (to) set the table
    verbo intransitivo
    to help;
    ¿puedo ayudar en algo? can I do anything to help?
    ayudar verbo transitivo to help: ¿puedes ayudarme a mover la mesa?, can you help me to move the table? ➣ Ver nota en help

    ' ayudar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    hacer
    - imposible
    - volcarse
    - asistir
    - condición
    - dedicar
    - favorecer
    - mano
    - mucho
    - poco
    - pretender
    - solícito
    English:
    aid
    - appreciate
    - assist
    - back
    - desire
    - finger
    - fund
    - help
    - help out
    - minister
    - offer
    - ostensible
    - pitch in
    - propensity
    - see
    - short
    - talk down
    - tide over
    - unable
    - useful
    - wave aside
    - anything
    - do
    - not
    - patch
    - precious
    - rally
    - rely
    - sorry
    - unhelpful
    - way
    - well
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    to help;
    ayudar a alguien a hacer algo to help sb (to) do sth;
    me ayudaron a subir el piano they helped me carry the piano up;
    una profesora particular le ayuda en los estudios a private tutor is helping him with his studies;
    necesito que me ayuden con este problema I need your help with this problem;
    ¿en qué puedo ayudarle? how can I help you?
    ♦ vi
    to help;
    ¿puedo ayudar? can I help?
    * * *
    v/t help;
    ¿le ayudo? can I help?, would you like some help?;
    le ayudó a ponerse el abrigo he helped her put on her coat
    * * *
    ayudar vt
    : to help, to assist
    * * *
    ayudar vb to help

    Spanish-English dictionary > ayudar

  • 42 cerámica

    adj.&f.
    feminine of CERÁMICO.
    f.
    ceramics, pottery.
    * * *
    1 (arte) ceramics, pottery
    2 (objeto) piece of pottery
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (Arte) ceramics sing, pottery
    2) (=conjunto de objetos) ceramics pl, pottery
    * * *
    femenino ( arte) ceramics, pottery; ( pieza) piece of pottery
    * * *
    = ceramics, pottery, crockery.
    Ex. The collection of books remained essentially the reference library of a 19th century collector whose special interests were the decorative arts, particularly glass and ceramics.
    Ex. This article provides a summary of the discoveries related to the storage of documents from the period of the Israelite and Judaean kings (circa 1000-587 B.C.), including ostraca (broken pieces of pottery with writing on them) and seals and seal impressions.
    Ex. This is a collection of crockery pertaining to bedroom activities, such as jug and basin sets, chamber pots, and dressing table sets.
    ----
    * cerámica de gres = stoneware.
    * cuenco rectangular de cerámica = terrine.
    * de cerámica = ceramic.
    * fábrica de cerámica = ceramics factory.
    * * *
    femenino ( arte) ceramics, pottery; ( pieza) piece of pottery
    * * *
    = ceramics, pottery, crockery.

    Ex: The collection of books remained essentially the reference library of a 19th century collector whose special interests were the decorative arts, particularly glass and ceramics.

    Ex: This article provides a summary of the discoveries related to the storage of documents from the period of the Israelite and Judaean kings (circa 1000-587 B.C.), including ostraca (broken pieces of pottery with writing on them) and seals and seal impressions.
    Ex: This is a collection of crockery pertaining to bedroom activities, such as jug and basin sets, chamber pots, and dressing table sets.
    * cerámica de gres = stoneware.
    * cuenco rectangular de cerámica = terrine.
    * de cerámica = ceramic.
    * fábrica de cerámica = ceramics factory.

    * * *
    1 (arte) ceramics, pottery
    2 (pieza) piece of pottery, ceramic
    cerámicas pottery, ceramics (pl)
    * * *

     

    cerámica sustantivo femenino ( arte) ceramics, pottery;
    ( pieza) piece of pottery
    cerámica sustantivo femenino ceramics sing
    ' cerámica' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cocción
    - cocer
    - horno
    - delicado
    - esmaltar
    - esmalte
    - greda
    - raja
    - rajar
    - tarro
    - trozo
    English:
    ceramic
    - ceramics
    - glaze
    - kiln
    - pottery
    - take
    * * *
    1. [arte] ceramics [singular], pottery
    2. [objeto] piece of pottery;
    un jarrón de cerámica a ceramic o pottery vase;
    una colección de cerámica precolombina a collection of pre-Colombian pottery o ceramics
    * * *
    f ceramics sg
    * * *
    1) : ceramics pl
    2) : pottery
    * * *
    cerámica n pottery

    Spanish-English dictionary > cerámica

  • 43 cortés

    m.
    Cortes, Hernando Cortez.
    * * *
    1 courteous, polite
    \
    lo cortés no quita lo valiente familiar you can be polite but brave at the same time
    * * *
    adj.
    courteous, polite
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=atento) courteous, polite
    2)
    * * *
    adjetivo polite, courteous
    * * *
    = polite, corteous, courteous, considerate, gracious, urbane, well-mannered, chivalrous, gentlemanlike, civil, friendly-sounding.
    Ex. Events are not named according to what it is polite or ideal to call them, but according to what they are actually called by authorities in the field.
    Ex. Beneath his courteous exterior he hid a sudden spasm of profound agitation.
    Ex. However compassionate, courteous, and unpressed for time one is, it becomes necessary to move on to other duties.
    Ex. Library users fall into 4 groups: (1) patrons, who are considerate, grateful and undemanding; (2) 'pests' -- the in considerate; (3) 'pirates' who steal, deface and mutilate library property and materials; (4) 'vampires' whose enquiries make excessive demands upon the librarian's time.
    Ex. It will be necessary to be gracious when accepting what seem to be peripheral assignments from a company vice president.
    Ex. His urbane manner, formidable erudition, and background experience might have led one to conclude that perhaps he was somewhat out of his element there on the prairie.
    Ex. One should avoid giving less effort to the resolution of a problem presented by a calm, well-mannered individual than to those presented by loud, demanding, and persistent pests.
    Ex. The sketchbook features drawings illustrating the liberal arts (including personifications of the planets), the chivalrous life (including hunting and love), household remedies, mining and smelting, and war technology.
    Ex. Mr. Bingley was good-looking and gentlemanlike: he had a pleasant countenance, and easy, unaffected manners.
    Ex. This situation only really stands out because this place is normally such an oasis of gentlemanly and civil behaviour.
    Ex. The friendly-sounding British bobbies, created in 1829, were the first professional police force, copied by cities around the world.
    ----
    * poco cortés = impolite, ungentlemanlike.
    * ser cortés con = be civil towards.
    * * *
    adjetivo polite, courteous
    * * *
    = polite, corteous, courteous, considerate, gracious, urbane, well-mannered, chivalrous, gentlemanlike, civil, friendly-sounding.

    Ex: Events are not named according to what it is polite or ideal to call them, but according to what they are actually called by authorities in the field.

    Ex: Beneath his courteous exterior he hid a sudden spasm of profound agitation.
    Ex: However compassionate, courteous, and unpressed for time one is, it becomes necessary to move on to other duties.
    Ex: Library users fall into 4 groups: (1) patrons, who are considerate, grateful and undemanding; (2) 'pests' -- the in considerate; (3) 'pirates' who steal, deface and mutilate library property and materials; (4) 'vampires' whose enquiries make excessive demands upon the librarian's time.
    Ex: It will be necessary to be gracious when accepting what seem to be peripheral assignments from a company vice president.
    Ex: His urbane manner, formidable erudition, and background experience might have led one to conclude that perhaps he was somewhat out of his element there on the prairie.
    Ex: One should avoid giving less effort to the resolution of a problem presented by a calm, well-mannered individual than to those presented by loud, demanding, and persistent pests.
    Ex: The sketchbook features drawings illustrating the liberal arts (including personifications of the planets), the chivalrous life (including hunting and love), household remedies, mining and smelting, and war technology.
    Ex: Mr. Bingley was good-looking and gentlemanlike: he had a pleasant countenance, and easy, unaffected manners.
    Ex: This situation only really stands out because this place is normally such an oasis of gentlemanly and civil behaviour.
    Ex: The friendly-sounding British bobbies, created in 1829, were the first professional police force, copied by cities around the world.
    * poco cortés = impolite, ungentlemanlike.
    * ser cortés con = be civil towards.

    * * *
    polite, courteous
    lo cortés no quita lo valiente: ¿aún la saludas después de lo que te hizo? — sí, lo cortés no quita lo valiente you still say hello to her after what she did to you? — yes, politeness doesn't have to be a sign of weakness o you don't lose anything by being polite
    * * *

     

    Del verbo cortar: ( conjugate cortar)

    cortes es:

    2ª persona singular (tú) presente subjuntivo

    Multiple Entries:
    cortar    
    cortes    
    cortés
    cortar ( conjugate cortar) verbo transitivo
    1 ( dividir) ‹cuerda/pastel› to cut, chop;
    ‹ asado› to carve;
    ‹leña/madera› to chop;
    ‹ baraja› to cut;
    ◊ cortés algo por la mitad to cut sth in half o in two;

    cortés algo en rodajas/en cuadritos to slice/dice sth;
    cortés algo en trozos to cut sth into pieces
    2 (quitar, separar) ‹rama/punta/pierna› to cut off;
    ‹ árbol› to cut down, chop down;
    ‹ flores› (CS) to pick;

    3 ( hacer más corto) ‹pelo/uñas› to cut;
    ‹césped/pasto› to mow;
    ‹ seto› to cut;
    ‹ rosal› to cut back;
    ‹ texto› to cut down
    4 ( en costura) ‹falda/vestido› to cut out
    5 ( interrumpir)
    a) ‹agua/gas/luz/teléfono› to cut off;

    ‹película/programa› to interrupt
    b) ‹ calle› [policía/obreros] to close, block off;

    [ manifestantes] to block;

    6 (censurar, editar) ‹ película› to cut;
    ‹escena/diálogo› to cut (out)
    7 [ frío]:
    ◊ el frío me cortó los labios my lips were chapped o cracked from the cold weather

    verbo intransitivo
    1 [cuchillo/tijeras] to cut
    2
    a) (Cin):

    ◊ ¡corten! cut!




    cortarse verbo pronominal
    1 ( interrumpirse) [proyección/película] to stop;
    [llamada/gas] to get cut off;

    se me cortó la respiración I could hardly breathe
    2

    ‹brazo/cara› to cut;

    b) ( refl) ‹uñas/pelo› to cut;


    c) ( caus) ‹ pelo› to have … cut;


    d) [piel/labios] to crack, become chapped

    3 ( cruzarse) [líneas/calles] to cross
    4 [ leche] to curdle;
    [mayonesa/salsa] to separate
    5 (Chi, Esp) [ persona] (turbarse, aturdirse) to get embarrassed
    cortés adjetivo
    polite, courteous
    cortar
    I verbo transitivo
    1 to cut
    (un árbol) to cut down
    (el césped) to mow
    2 (amputar) to cut off
    3 (la luz, el teléfono) to cut off
    4 (impedir el paso) to block
    5 (eliminar, censurar) to cut out
    II verbo intransitivo
    1 (partir) to cut
    2 (atajar) to cut across, to take a short cut
    3 familiar (interrumpir una relación) to split up: cortó con su novia, he split up with his girlfriend
    ♦ Locuciones: familiar cortar por lo sano, to put an end to
    cortés adjetivo courteous, polite
    ' cortés' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    corte
    - cumplida
    - cumplido
    - disolución
    - educada
    - educado
    - gentil
    - atento
    - cortar
    - galantería
    - presidir
    English:
    attentive
    - chivalrous
    - civil
    - courteous
    - gallant
    - graceful
    - gracious
    - urbane
    - cut
    - debonair
    - polite
    * * *
    cortés adj
    polite, courteous;
    lo cortés no quita lo valiente there's no harm in being polite
    * * *
    adj courteous
    * * *
    cortés adj
    : courteous, polite
    ♦ cortésmente adv
    * * *
    Cortes npl Spanish Parliament

    Spanish-English dictionary > cortés

  • 44 dar la talla

    (v.) = be up to the mark, be up to scratch, measure up (to), be up to snuff, make + the cut
    Ex. This emphasises the need to start exclusively Indian Agricultural Abstracts to keep alive coverages of agricultural literature in Indian Science Abstracts which is not up to the mark.
    Ex. The time-honoured training institution 'sitting with Nellie' is not much good if Nellie's competence is not up to scratch.
    Ex. This paper discusses the characteristics or criteria that mark out a profession and how New Zealand archivists measure up.
    Ex. In addition to how poorly it would reflect on us to point someone to a grammatically challenged web site, it's a big hint that the content on the site is generally not up to snuff.
    Ex. Naturally, the recruiters whose people were not chosen for the job wanted feedback as to why their candidates did not make the cut.
    * * *
    (v.) = be up to the mark, be up to scratch, measure up (to), be up to snuff, make + the cut

    Ex: This emphasises the need to start exclusively Indian Agricultural Abstracts to keep alive coverages of agricultural literature in Indian Science Abstracts which is not up to the mark.

    Ex: The time-honoured training institution 'sitting with Nellie' is not much good if Nellie's competence is not up to scratch.
    Ex: This paper discusses the characteristics or criteria that mark out a profession and how New Zealand archivists measure up.
    Ex: In addition to how poorly it would reflect on us to point someone to a grammatically challenged web site, it's a big hint that the content on the site is generally not up to snuff.
    Ex: Naturally, the recruiters whose people were not chosen for the job wanted feedback as to why their candidates did not make the cut.

    Spanish-English dictionary > dar la talla

  • 45 encrespar

    v.
    1 to curl (pelo).
    2 to irritate.
    3 to ruffle, to crisp, to curl, to frizz.
    Encrespamos la tela We ruffled the fabric.
    4 to make choppy.
    La tormenta encrespó el mar The storm made the sea choppy.
    * * *
    1 (pelo) to curl, frizz
    2 (mar) to make choppy, make rough
    3 figurado (enfurecer) to infuriate
    1 (pelo) to stand on end
    2 (mar) to get rough
    3 figurado (enfurecerse) to get cross, get irritated
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=rizar) [+ pelo] to curl; [+ plumas] to ruffle; [+ agua] to ripple; [+ mar] to make rough
    2) (=irritar) to anger, irritate
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) < pelo> to make... go curly; < mar> to make... rough o choppy
    b) < pasiones> to arouse, inflame (liter)
    c) < persona> to irritate, annoy
    2.
    encresparse v pron pelo to curl, go curly; mar to get rough o choppy; pasiones to be aroused, be inflamed (liter); persona to become irritated
    * * *
    = bristle, irritate, annoy, exasperate.
    Ex. In the course of reading this article, you may spot a factual error which makes you bristle, or you may think the writing is biased, but by now the ink has dried; all you can do is send a letter of complaint.
    Ex. Their education must accordingly be designed to prepare them for that future, however much this may irritate the myopics whose only concern is for the present.
    Ex. Library pests are any humans, large or microscopic beasts, library equipment or installations, or chemical and biological substances that hamper or annoy the reader.
    Ex. Radical intellectuals often seem exasperated by what appears as excessive attention paid to conceptualization.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) < pelo> to make... go curly; < mar> to make... rough o choppy
    b) < pasiones> to arouse, inflame (liter)
    c) < persona> to irritate, annoy
    2.
    encresparse v pron pelo to curl, go curly; mar to get rough o choppy; pasiones to be aroused, be inflamed (liter); persona to become irritated
    * * *
    = bristle, irritate, annoy, exasperate.

    Ex: In the course of reading this article, you may spot a factual error which makes you bristle, or you may think the writing is biased, but by now the ink has dried; all you can do is send a letter of complaint.

    Ex: Their education must accordingly be designed to prepare them for that future, however much this may irritate the myopics whose only concern is for the present.
    Ex: Library pests are any humans, large or microscopic beasts, library equipment or installations, or chemical and biological substances that hamper or annoy the reader.
    Ex: Radical intellectuals often seem exasperated by what appears as excessive attention paid to conceptualization.

    * * *
    encrespar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 ‹pelo› to make … go curly; ‹mar› to make … rough o choppy
    navegaban en un mar encrespado they were sailing in rough o choppy waters
    2 ‹pasiones› to arouse, inflame ( liter)
    3 ‹persona› to irritate, annoy
    1 «pelo» to curl, go curly; «mar» to get rough o choppy
    2 «pasiones» to be aroused, be inflamed ( liter)
    se fueron encrespando los ánimos tempers became frayed
    3 «persona» to become irritated
    * * *

    encrespar ( conjugate encrespar) verbo transitivo ‹ pelo› to make … go curly;
    ‹ mar› to make … rough o choppy
    encresparse verbo pronominal [ pelo] to curl, go curly;
    [ mar] to get rough o choppy
    ' encrespar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    curl
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [pelo] to curl
    2. [mar] to make choppy o rough
    3. [irritar] [persona] to irritate;
    [ambiente] to inflame;
    sus comentarios encresparon los ánimos her remarks raised people's hackles
    * * *
    v/t
    1 pelo curl
    2 mar make rough o
    choppy
    3 fig
    ánimos arouse, inflame;
    su intervención encrespó el debate/el ambiente her intervention made the debate/the atmosphere even more heated
    * * *
    1) : to curl, to ruffle, to ripple
    2) : to annoy, to irritate

    Spanish-English dictionary > encrespar

  • 46 exquisito

    adj.
    exquisite, delicate, delicious, superb.
    * * *
    1 (gen) exquisite
    2 (gusto) refined; (sabor) delicious, exquisite; (lugar) delightful, exquisite
    * * *
    (f. - exquisita)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=excelente) excellent
    2) (=refinado) [belleza] exquisite; [comida] delicious
    3) pey (=afectado) affected; (=melindroso) choosy *, finicky
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo < comida> delicious; <tela/poema/música> exquisite; < persona> refined
    * * *
    = exquisite, delicious, delectable, luscious, dainty [daintier -comp., daintiest -sup.], scrumptious, flavourful [flavorful, -USA].
    Ex. The idea was exquisite but full of terror.
    Ex. This cookbook is designed to help teachers and librarians engage in beneficial collaborations to bring reading to the lips of students in new and ' delicious' ways.
    Ex. It is a delectable opportunity to introduce a patron to the writings of a favorite author, such as M. Fisher, whose works, one hopes, will delight the patron both for their gastronomical tours de force as well as for the unforgettable anecdotes.
    Ex. This volume is in fact three books shuffled together under one luscious cover, unfurling as a fantasia on technique that explores, among other things, Mau's riffs on modernism.
    Ex. They then went to a rather dainty little Italian restaurant where they ate a scrumptious meal and drank a bottle of wine.
    Ex. They then went to a rather dainty little Italian restaurant where they ate a scrumptious meal and drank a bottle of wine.
    Ex. Our testing found that gently pounding individual stalks released the delicate, perfumed and flavorful oils of the lemongrass.
    ----
    * de forma exquisita = exquisitely.
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo < comida> delicious; <tela/poema/música> exquisite; < persona> refined
    * * *
    = exquisite, delicious, delectable, luscious, dainty [daintier -comp., daintiest -sup.], scrumptious, flavourful [flavorful, -USA].

    Ex: The idea was exquisite but full of terror.

    Ex: This cookbook is designed to help teachers and librarians engage in beneficial collaborations to bring reading to the lips of students in new and ' delicious' ways.
    Ex: It is a delectable opportunity to introduce a patron to the writings of a favorite author, such as M. Fisher, whose works, one hopes, will delight the patron both for their gastronomical tours de force as well as for the unforgettable anecdotes.
    Ex: This volume is in fact three books shuffled together under one luscious cover, unfurling as a fantasia on technique that explores, among other things, Mau's riffs on modernism.
    Ex: They then went to a rather dainty little Italian restaurant where they ate a scrumptious meal and drank a bottle of wine.
    Ex: They then went to a rather dainty little Italian restaurant where they ate a scrumptious meal and drank a bottle of wine.
    Ex: Our testing found that gently pounding individual stalks released the delicate, perfumed and flavorful oils of the lemongrass.
    * de forma exquisita = exquisitely.

    * * *
    1 ‹plato/comida› delicious
    estaba exquisito, muchas gracias that was delicious, thank you very much
    un plato exquisito a delicious o an exquisite dish
    2 ‹tela/poema/música› exquisite
    una mujer de exquisita belleza a woman of exquisite beauty
    3 ‹persona› refined
    * * *

    exquisito
    ◊ -ta adjetivo ‹ comida› delicious;


    ‹tela/poema/música› exquisite;
    ‹ persona› refined
    exquisito,-a adjetivo
    1 (delicado, bien hecho) exquisite
    2 (sabroso) delicious
    3 (gusto, persona) refined
    ' exquisito' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    categoría
    - exquisita
    English:
    dainty
    - exquisite
    - luscious
    - delectable
    * * *
    exquisito, -a adj
    1. [refinado] [objeto, vestimenta, modales] exquisite;
    [persona] exquisite;
    es muy exquisito vistiendo he dresses exquisitely
    2. [comida] delicious, exquisite;
    el asado está exquisito the roast is delicious
    * * *
    adj
    1 comida delicious
    2 ( bello) exquisite
    3 ( refinado) refined
    * * *
    exquisito, -ta adj
    1) : exquisite
    2) : delicious
    * * *
    1. (en general) exquisite
    2. (delicioso) delicious

    Spanish-English dictionary > exquisito

  • 47 hito

    m.
    1 milestone (also figurative).
    mirar a alguien de hito en hito to stare at somebody
    2 landmark, bench mark, boundary stone, guidepost.
    * * *
    1 (mojón - para distancias) milestone; (- para límites) boundary stone
    2 (juego) quoits plural
    3 (blanco) bull's eye
    4 figurado (objetivo) target, aim, goal
    5 figurado (hecho importante) milestone, landmark
    \
    dar en el hito to hit the nail on the head
    mirar de hito en hito to stare at
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=acontecimiento) landmark, milestone
    2) (=señal) [para límites] boundary post; [para distancias] milestone; (Aut) (=cono) cone, traffic cone
    3) (Dep) quoits
    4) (Mil) (lit) target; (fig) aim, goal
    * * *
    masculino ( hecho trascendental) landmark, milestone; ( mojón) (ant) milestone

    mirarle a alguien de hito en hito — (liter) to gaze o stare at somebody

    * * *
    = landmark, milestone, watershed, lasting legacy.
    Ex. Three books were eventually to appear that were landmarks in the field.
    Ex. The seminar was a significant milestones in British Academic Library Planning.
    Ex. The library literature of 1990-91 indicates that the 1990s will be a watershed for academic and research libraries.
    Ex. This book is sure to have a lasting legacy among all whose job it is to care about students.
    ----
    * hito histórico = historical milestone, historical landmark.
    * marcar un hito = mark + a stage, make + things happen, mark + a watershed.
    * marcar un hito histórico = make + history.
    * que marca un hito = epoch-making.
    * * *
    masculino ( hecho trascendental) landmark, milestone; ( mojón) (ant) milestone

    mirarle a alguien de hito en hito — (liter) to gaze o stare at somebody

    * * *
    = landmark, milestone, watershed, lasting legacy.

    Ex: Three books were eventually to appear that were landmarks in the field.

    Ex: The seminar was a significant milestones in British Academic Library Planning.
    Ex: The library literature of 1990-91 indicates that the 1990s will be a watershed for academic and research libraries.
    Ex: This book is sure to have a lasting legacy among all whose job it is to care about students.
    * hito histórico = historical milestone, historical landmark.
    * marcar un hito = mark + a stage, make + things happen, mark + a watershed.
    * marcar un hito histórico = make + history.
    * que marca un hito = epoch-making.

    * * *
    1 (hecho trascendental) landmark, milestone
    este hecho marcó un hito en nuestra historia this event was a milestone o landmark in our history
    2 ( ant) (mojón) milestone
    mirar a algn de hito en hito ( liter); to gaze o stare at sb
    se la quedó mirando de hito a hito he stood there staring o gazing at her
    * * *

     

    hito sustantivo masculino ( hecho trascendental) landmark, milestone
    hito sustantivo masculino milestone
    ♦ Locuciones: mirar de hito en hito, to stare at
    ' hito' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    mojón
    English:
    landmark
    - milestone
    - watershed
    - mile
    * * *
    hito nm
    1. [poste] milestone;
    2. [suceso] milestone;
    un descubrimiento que marcará un hito en la lucha contra el cáncer a landmark discovery in the fight against cancer
    * * *
    milestone;
    marcar (un) hito be o mark a milestone;
    * * *
    hito nm
    : milestone, landmark

    Spanish-English dictionary > hito

  • 48 incongruencia

    f.
    1 inconsistency.
    hacer/decir una incongruencia to do/say something incongruous; (algo fuera de lugar) to do/say something crazy o illogical (algo absurdo)
    2 incongruity, incongruence, incompatibility, inconcinnity.
    * * *
    1 incongruity
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=falta de coherencia) inconsistency, contradiction
    2) (=cosa incoherente)

    ¡deja de decir incongruencias! — stop talking nonsense!

    * * *
    femenino incongruity, inconsistency
    * * *
    = incongruity, mismatch, maladjustment, non sequitur, mixed signal.
    Ex. The author defines information needs in terms of conceptual incongruities whose parameters are drawn from cognitive and social psychology.
    Ex. The electron microscope is a clear case of extreme mismatch between the number of citations received and the impact of the instrument in a wide area of science.
    Ex. The findings indicated that antisocial behavior was relatively stable across the elementary school years and seemed indicative for increasing maladjustment during adolescence.
    Ex. Apart from the non sequitur, this takes no account of the fact that terrorists are effective.
    Ex. Instead, this may come off as a sort of mixed signal considering that God has chosen to smite California right after a proposition was passed banning same sex marriage.
    ----
    * incongruencias = rantings and ravings, rantings.
    * * *
    femenino incongruity, inconsistency
    * * *
    = incongruity, mismatch, maladjustment, non sequitur, mixed signal.

    Ex: The author defines information needs in terms of conceptual incongruities whose parameters are drawn from cognitive and social psychology.

    Ex: The electron microscope is a clear case of extreme mismatch between the number of citations received and the impact of the instrument in a wide area of science.
    Ex: The findings indicated that antisocial behavior was relatively stable across the elementary school years and seemed indicative for increasing maladjustment during adolescence.
    Ex: Apart from the non sequitur, this takes no account of the fact that terrorists are effective.
    Ex: Instead, this may come off as a sort of mixed signal considering that God has chosen to smite California right after a proposition was passed banning same sex marriage.
    * incongruencias = rantings and ravings, rantings.

    * * *
    1 (cualidad) incongruity, inconsistency
    2 (dicho, hecho) inconsistency
    no dice más que incongruencias she's always contradicting herself, the things she says don't make any sense o are totally inconsistent
    un sistema político lleno de incongruencias a political system riddled with contradictions o incongruities
    * * *

    incongruencia sustantivo femenino incongruity
    * * *
    1. [cualidad] inconsistency
    2.
    hacer/decir una incongruencia [algo fuera de lugar] to do/say sth incongruous;
    [algo absurdo] to do/say sth crazy o illogical;
    lleno de incongruencias [relato, libro] full of inconsistencies
    * * *
    f incongruity
    * * *
    : incongruity

    Spanish-English dictionary > incongruencia

  • 49 inculto

    adj.
    1 uncultured, lowbrow, under-educated, uneducated.
    2 vulgar, ordinary, gross, rough.
    3 uncultivated, untilled.
    * * *
    1 (persona) uneducated
    2 (terreno) uncultivated, untilled
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (persona) ignorant person, ignoramus
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [persona] (=iletrado) uncultured, uneducated; (=incivilizado) uncivilized; (=grosero) uncouth
    2) (Agr) uncultivated
    * * *
    I
    - ta adjetivo
    1) ( sin cultura) uncultured, uneducated; ( ignorante) ignorant
    2) < tierra> uncultivated
    II
    - ta masculino, femenino
    b) ( persona ignorante) ignorant person
    * * *
    = uncivilised [uncivilized, -USA], uneducated, uncultured, ignoramus [ignoramuses, -pl.], lowbrow [low-brow], lowbrow [low-brow], unenlightened.
    Ex. It was on the tip of his tongue to say: 'Must you speak to me in this uncivilized fashion?' But he discreetly forbore.
    Ex. It's laughable when Archie Bunker says that, because we know he's an uneducated slob.
    Ex. In Japan, where literacy rates are high, the importance of illiteracy as a problem is not well recognised and 'illiterate' is equated with ' uncultured'.
    Ex. This continued diet of pseudocultural pap will produce a generation of ethnocentric ignoramuses ill-prepared to deal with real-world complexities.
    Ex. These shows were vehemently dismissed by critics as middlebrow and lowbrow kitsch.
    Ex. People with a grade-school education, most of whose reading choices are in the low-brow category, cannot and do not easily read material written for the high-brow or even the increasingly college-trained middle-brow.
    Ex. It beggars belief that the liberals view the golly as a racist artefact of unenlightened times.
    * * *
    I
    - ta adjetivo
    1) ( sin cultura) uncultured, uneducated; ( ignorante) ignorant
    2) < tierra> uncultivated
    II
    - ta masculino, femenino
    b) ( persona ignorante) ignorant person
    * * *
    = uncivilised [uncivilized, -USA], uneducated, uncultured, ignoramus [ignoramuses, -pl.], lowbrow [low-brow], lowbrow [low-brow], unenlightened.

    Ex: It was on the tip of his tongue to say: 'Must you speak to me in this uncivilized fashion?' But he discreetly forbore.

    Ex: It's laughable when Archie Bunker says that, because we know he's an uneducated slob.
    Ex: In Japan, where literacy rates are high, the importance of illiteracy as a problem is not well recognised and 'illiterate' is equated with ' uncultured'.
    Ex: This continued diet of pseudocultural pap will produce a generation of ethnocentric ignoramuses ill-prepared to deal with real-world complexities.
    Ex: These shows were vehemently dismissed by critics as middlebrow and lowbrow kitsch.
    Ex: People with a grade-school education, most of whose reading choices are in the low-brow category, cannot and do not easily read material written for the high-brow or even the increasingly college-trained middle-brow.
    Ex: It beggars belief that the liberals view the golly as a racist artefact of unenlightened times.

    * * *
    inculto1 -ta
    A
    1 (sin cultura) uncultured, uneducated
    2 (ignorante) ignorant
    B ‹tierra› uncultivated
    inculto2 -ta
    masculine, feminine
    1
    (persona sin cultura): es un inculto he's uncultured o uneducated, he has no culture
    2 (persona ignorante) ignorant person
    * * *

    inculto
    ◊ -ta adjetivo ( sin cultura) uncultured, uneducated;


    ( ignorante) ignorant
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino



    inculto,-a
    I adj (poco instruido, iletrado) uneducated
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino ignoramus, uneducated person
    ' inculto' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    inculta
    - salvaje
    English:
    illiterate
    - uncivilized
    - uncouth
    - uncultured
    - uneducated
    - unrefined
    * * *
    inculto, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [persona] uneducated
    2. [tierra] uncultivated
    ♦ nm,f
    ignoramus
    * * *
    adj
    1 ignorant, uneducated
    2 AGR uncultivated
    * * *
    inculto, -ta adj
    1) : uncultured, ignorant
    2) : uncultivated, fallow
    * * *
    inculto adj ignorant

    Spanish-English dictionary > inculto

  • 50 inmensidad

    f.
    1 immensity (grandeza).
    2 huge amount, sea.
    * * *
    1 immensity
    2 (gran cantidad) great number
    * * *
    SF immensity, vastness
    * * *
    femenino immensity
    * * *
    = vastness, immensity.
    Ex. Experience has shown that the vastness of this as yet unordered field holds many pitfalls for the unwary librarian and researcher.
    Ex. This situation reflects the sheer immensity of the task that faces any researcher whose work deals with events on a colonial frontier.
    ----
    * inmensidad de = mass of.
    * * *
    femenino immensity
    * * *
    = vastness, immensity.

    Ex: Experience has shown that the vastness of this as yet unordered field holds many pitfalls for the unwary librarian and researcher.

    Ex: This situation reflects the sheer immensity of the task that faces any researcher whose work deals with events on a colonial frontier.
    * inmensidad de = mass of.

    * * *
    immensity
    * * *

    inmensidad sustantivo femenino immensity, enormity
    * * *
    1. [grandeza] immensity
    2. [multitud] huge amount
    * * *
    f immensity
    * * *
    : immensity, vastness

    Spanish-English dictionary > inmensidad

  • 51 intacto

    adj.
    intact, unbroken, undamaged, whole.
    * * *
    1 intact
    * * *
    (f. - intacta)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=sin tocar) untouched
    2) (=no dañado) intact, undamaged
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo
    a) (íntegro, no dañado) intact
    b) ( no tocado) untouched
    * * *
    = intact, unscathed, undamaged, unscarred, unharmed, unhurt, untouched.
    Ex. Only the concepts in the facet cited first in citation order will be grouped intact.
    Ex. This time he made it unscathed to the car.
    Ex. A library from C. 2600 BC was discovered in Ebla, Syria, 15 years ago and C. 17,000 clay tablets were found, of which 1800 are undamaged.
    Ex. The statue of the Buddha facing the tidal waves sat serenely as it has always done and unscarred by the waters.
    Ex. It was the only major library to emerge unharmed from the fire and earthquake which struck San Francisco in 1906.
    Ex. In this way, the dragonflies are captured alive and unhurt.
    Ex. Certainly the last thing we want is that books be shut up in tastefully decorated warehouses, watched over by highly trained storekeepers whose main purpose is to see that everything is kept tidily in its place and, as far as possible, untouched by human hands -- especially the sticky-fingered hands of marauding children.
    ----
    * dejar intacto = leave + intact, leave + untouched.
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo
    a) (íntegro, no dañado) intact
    b) ( no tocado) untouched
    * * *
    = intact, unscathed, undamaged, unscarred, unharmed, unhurt, untouched.

    Ex: Only the concepts in the facet cited first in citation order will be grouped intact.

    Ex: This time he made it unscathed to the car.
    Ex: A library from C. 2600 BC was discovered in Ebla, Syria, 15 years ago and C. 17,000 clay tablets were found, of which 1800 are undamaged.
    Ex: The statue of the Buddha facing the tidal waves sat serenely as it has always done and unscarred by the waters.
    Ex: It was the only major library to emerge unharmed from the fire and earthquake which struck San Francisco in 1906.
    Ex: In this way, the dragonflies are captured alive and unhurt.
    Ex: Certainly the last thing we want is that books be shut up in tastefully decorated warehouses, watched over by highly trained storekeepers whose main purpose is to see that everything is kept tidily in its place and, as far as possible, untouched by human hands -- especially the sticky-fingered hands of marauding children.
    * dejar intacto = leave + intact, leave + untouched.

    * * *
    intacto -ta
    1 (íntegro, no dañado) intact
    el paquete llegó intacto the package arrived intact o in one piece
    conserva toda la dentadura intacta she still has all her own teeth, she still has a full set of teeth
    su reputación ha quedado intacta he has kept his reputation o his good name intact
    2 (no tocado) untouched
    * * *

    intacto
    ◊ -ta adjetivo (íntegro, no dañado) intact

    intacto,-a adjetivo intact

    ' intacto' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    intacta
    - entero
    English:
    entire
    - intact
    - unbroken
    - undamaged
    - untouched
    - whole
    - piece
    - virgin
    * * *
    intacto, -a adj
    1. [que no ha sido tocado] untouched
    2. [entero, íntegro] intact;
    el autobús quedó intacto después del accidente the bus survived the accident intact, the bus was undamaged as a result of the accident;
    el partido conserva intacto el apoyo de sus votantes the support of the party's voters has been unaffected;
    mantienen intactas sus esperanzas their hopes are still alive
    * * *
    adj
    1 ( íntegro) intact
    2 ( sin tocar) untouched
    * * *
    intacto, -ta adj
    : intact
    * * *
    intacto adj intact

    Spanish-English dictionary > intacto

  • 52 legado

    m.
    1 legacy (herencia).
    3 inheritance, bequeathment, bequeathal, legacy.
    4 legate, official emissary of the Pope.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: legar.
    * * *
    1 (herencia) legacy, bequest
    2 (persona) legate, representative
    ————————
    1→ link=legar legar
    1 (herencia) legacy, bequest
    2 (persona) legate, representative
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=enviado) legate
    2) (Jur) legacy, bequest
    * * *
    1) (Der) bequest, legacy
    2) ( enviado) legate
    * * *
    = inheritance, legacy, bequest, lasting legacy.
    Ex. This involves the entire process by which man profits by his inheritance of acquired knowledge.
    Ex. The provision, in a will and testament, of a document or set of documents to an organization, at times according to certain obligations, the beneficiary having the right to refuse acceptance is known as legacy acquisition.
    Ex. Lodz University Library has over 150,000 extra and superfluous copies, as a result of bequests and local legal deposit arrangements, which it needs to discard continously.
    Ex. This book is sure to have a lasting legacy among all whose job it is to care about students.
    ----
    * adquisición por legado = bequest acquisition.
    * legado cultural = cultural legacy.
    * * *
    1) (Der) bequest, legacy
    2) ( enviado) legate
    * * *
    = inheritance, legacy, bequest, lasting legacy.

    Ex: This involves the entire process by which man profits by his inheritance of acquired knowledge.

    Ex: The provision, in a will and testament, of a document or set of documents to an organization, at times according to certain obligations, the beneficiary having the right to refuse acceptance is known as legacy acquisition.
    Ex: Lodz University Library has over 150,000 extra and superfluous copies, as a result of bequests and local legal deposit arrangements, which it needs to discard continously.
    Ex: This book is sure to have a lasting legacy among all whose job it is to care about students.
    * adquisición por legado = bequest acquisition.
    * legado cultural = cultural legacy.

    * * *
    A ( Der) bequest, legacy
    B (enviado) legate
    * * *

    Del verbo legar: ( conjugate legar)

    legado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    legado    
    legar
    legado sustantivo masculino (Der) bequest, legacy
    legar ( conjugate legar) verbo transitivo ( en testamento) to bequeath, leave
    legado m (material, cultural, espiritual) legacy
    legar vtr (un bien material) to bequeath
    fig (un bien cultural, espiritual) to hand down, pass on
    ' legado' also found in these entries:
    English:
    coming
    - legacy
    - bequest
    * * *
    legado1 nm
    1. [herencia] legacy;
    como legado le dejó un montón de deudas all she left him was a mountain of debts;
    una ciudad con un gran legado histórico a city steeped in history
    2. [representante] [cargo] legation;
    [persona] legate
    legado2 nm
    1. [persona] legate
    legado pontificio papal legate
    2. [cargo] legation
    * * *
    m legacy; persona legate
    * * *
    legado nm
    1) : legacy, bequest
    2) : legate, emissary

    Spanish-English dictionary > legado

  • 53 objetivo

    adj.
    objective, factual, no-nonsense, impartial.
    m.
    1 objective, intention, purpose, goal.
    2 objective lens.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: objetivar.
    * * *
    1 objective
    1 (fin) aim, objective
    2 MILITAR target
    3 (lente) lens
    ————————
    1 (fin) aim, objective
    2 MILITAR target
    3 (lente) lens
    * * *
    1. noun m.
    1) objective, aim, goal
    2) lens
    2. (f. - objetiva)
    adj.
    * * *
    1.
    2. SM
    1) (=propósito) objective, aim
    2) (Mil) objective, target
    3) (Fot) lens
    * * *
    I
    - va adjetivo objective
    II
    1) ( finalidad) objective, aim; (Mil) objective
    2) (Fot, Ópt) lens
    * * *
    = end, focus, goal, goal, intent, object, purpose, target, drift, unbiased [unbiassed], objective, charge, benchmark, workpackage, brief, detached, agenda, mandate, unemotional.
    Ex. In our fascination with the versatility of certain tools, we should not forget the ends to which they are to be applied.
    Ex. Our focus in this text is on the first stage in the following diagram.
    Ex. Karen set the theme in her keynote address that booksellers, publishers and librarians often have different goals and perceptions.
    Ex. Karen set the theme in her keynote address that booksellers, publishers and librarians often have different goals and perceptions.
    Ex. The quality of indexing is influenced by the intellectual level and intent of document content in the subject area.
    Ex. The object of classification is to group related subjects.
    Ex. Chapters 7 and 8 introduced the problems associated with author cataloguing and have surveyed the purpose of cataloguing codes.
    Ex. Paid employees can have targets set for them and their prospects may well depend upon their meeting these targets.
    Ex. The main drift of the proceedings concerned national libraries -- their role, functions and financing.
    Ex. Such criteria would be applied to book lists and the production, selection, and writing of unbiased material.
    Ex. An objective is an individual act intended to be carried out, and a number o which are required to be carried out in order to reach a goal.
    Ex. She was offered an opportunity to chair a task force within the library with the charge to investigate a new integrated system.
    Ex. Existing wireline networks, with their ubiquity, seamless operations, and ease of use, have provided clear benchmarks for satisfying customers' basic personal communications needs.
    Ex. One of the workpackages of the project is the preparation of software for UKMARC to UNIMARC conversion.
    Ex. This article describes the experiences of a library training officer whose brief was to build library services from the ground up.
    Ex. The attention good literature pays to life is both loving and detached.
    Ex. Robert Kent's sole agenda is to attack Cuba and vilify the Cuban library community while supporting the US government's interventionist destabilization policies.
    Ex. The original mandate was very clear: to consider for inclusion all proposals made.
    Ex. He offers an admirably concise and unemotional analysis of the famous Milgram experiment.
    ----
    * aclarar un objetivo = clarify + objective.
    * alcanzar un objetivo = attain + goal.
    * caer fuera del objetivo de = fall outside + the scope of.
    * caso objetivo = objective case.
    * con el objetivo de = with the purpose of, with a brief to, with the aim of, with a focus on.
    * con objetivos específicos = goal-oriented.
    * conseguir un objetivo = accomplish + objective, achieve + objective, attain + goal.
    * con un objetivo claro = focused [focussed].
    * cubrir un objetivo = meet + objective, meet + purpose.
    * cumplir un objetivo = fulfil + goal, meet + objective, meet + purpose, satisfy + purpose, serve + function, serve + purpose, meet + target, fulfil + objective.
    * cuyo objetivo es = intended to.
    * declaración de objetivos = statement of objectives, purpose statement, mission statement, vision statement.
    * definición de objetivos = goal setting.
    * elaborar objetivos = draw up + objectives.
    * enfocado hacia uno objetivo concreto = focused [focussed].
    * establecimiento de objetivos = objective setting.
    * fijación de objetivos = objective setting, direction-setting, goal setting.
    * fijar un objetivo = set + goal.
    * gestión por objetivos = management by objectives (MBO).
    * marcar una objetivo = set + goal.
    * no cumplir un objetivo = fall + short of goal.
    * no tener otro objetivo que el de = have + no other purpose than.
    * objetivo de aprendizaje = learning objective, learning outcome.
    * objetivo de comportamiento = behavioural objective.
    * objetivo de ventas = sales target.
    * objetivo educativo = learning goal, educational goal.
    * objetivos = mission statement.
    * objetivo y alcance = purpose and scope.
    * perseguir los mismos objetivos = work + on the same lines.
    * perseguir un objetivo = pursue + objective, pursue + goal.
    * plantearse un objetivo = adopt + goal.
    * ser el objetivo de Uno = be in business for.
    * sin un objetivo claro = non-purposive, unfocused [unfocussed].
    * tener como objetivo = have + as + Posesivo + objective, be in business for.
    * * *
    I
    - va adjetivo objective
    II
    1) ( finalidad) objective, aim; (Mil) objective
    2) (Fot, Ópt) lens
    * * *
    = end, focus, goal, goal, intent, object, purpose, target, drift, unbiased [unbiassed], objective, charge, benchmark, workpackage, brief, detached, agenda, mandate, unemotional.

    Ex: In our fascination with the versatility of certain tools, we should not forget the ends to which they are to be applied.

    Ex: Our focus in this text is on the first stage in the following diagram.
    Ex: Karen set the theme in her keynote address that booksellers, publishers and librarians often have different goals and perceptions.
    Ex: Karen set the theme in her keynote address that booksellers, publishers and librarians often have different goals and perceptions.
    Ex: The quality of indexing is influenced by the intellectual level and intent of document content in the subject area.
    Ex: The object of classification is to group related subjects.
    Ex: Chapters 7 and 8 introduced the problems associated with author cataloguing and have surveyed the purpose of cataloguing codes.
    Ex: Paid employees can have targets set for them and their prospects may well depend upon their meeting these targets.
    Ex: The main drift of the proceedings concerned national libraries -- their role, functions and financing.
    Ex: Such criteria would be applied to book lists and the production, selection, and writing of unbiased material.
    Ex: An objective is an individual act intended to be carried out, and a number o which are required to be carried out in order to reach a goal.
    Ex: She was offered an opportunity to chair a task force within the library with the charge to investigate a new integrated system.
    Ex: Existing wireline networks, with their ubiquity, seamless operations, and ease of use, have provided clear benchmarks for satisfying customers' basic personal communications needs.
    Ex: One of the workpackages of the project is the preparation of software for UKMARC to UNIMARC conversion.
    Ex: This article describes the experiences of a library training officer whose brief was to build library services from the ground up.
    Ex: The attention good literature pays to life is both loving and detached.
    Ex: Robert Kent's sole agenda is to attack Cuba and vilify the Cuban library community while supporting the US government's interventionist destabilization policies.
    Ex: The original mandate was very clear: to consider for inclusion all proposals made.
    Ex: He offers an admirably concise and unemotional analysis of the famous Milgram experiment.
    * aclarar un objetivo = clarify + objective.
    * alcanzar un objetivo = attain + goal.
    * caer fuera del objetivo de = fall outside + the scope of.
    * caso objetivo = objective case.
    * con el objetivo de = with the purpose of, with a brief to, with the aim of, with a focus on.
    * con objetivos específicos = goal-oriented.
    * conseguir un objetivo = accomplish + objective, achieve + objective, attain + goal.
    * con un objetivo claro = focused [focussed].
    * cubrir un objetivo = meet + objective, meet + purpose.
    * cumplir un objetivo = fulfil + goal, meet + objective, meet + purpose, satisfy + purpose, serve + function, serve + purpose, meet + target, fulfil + objective.
    * cuyo objetivo es = intended to.
    * declaración de objetivos = statement of objectives, purpose statement, mission statement, vision statement.
    * definición de objetivos = goal setting.
    * elaborar objetivos = draw up + objectives.
    * enfocado hacia uno objetivo concreto = focused [focussed].
    * establecimiento de objetivos = objective setting.
    * fijación de objetivos = objective setting, direction-setting, goal setting.
    * fijar un objetivo = set + goal.
    * gestión por objetivos = management by objectives (MBO).
    * marcar una objetivo = set + goal.
    * no cumplir un objetivo = fall + short of goal.
    * no tener otro objetivo que el de = have + no other purpose than.
    * objetivo de aprendizaje = learning objective, learning outcome.
    * objetivo de comportamiento = behavioural objective.
    * objetivo de ventas = sales target.
    * objetivo educativo = learning goal, educational goal.
    * objetivos = mission statement.
    * objetivo y alcance = purpose and scope.
    * perseguir los mismos objetivos = work + on the same lines.
    * perseguir un objetivo = pursue + objective, pursue + goal.
    * plantearse un objetivo = adopt + goal.
    * ser el objetivo de Uno = be in business for.
    * sin un objetivo claro = non-purposive, unfocused [unfocussed].
    * tener como objetivo = have + as + Posesivo + objective, be in business for.

    * * *
    objetivo1 -va
    1 ‹crítica/análisis› objective
    2 ‹persona› objective
    A
    1 (finalidad) objective, aim
    su único objetivo era terminar cuanto antes her one objective o aim was to finish as quickly as possible
    2 ( Mil) objective
    3 ( como adj inv) target ( before n)
    la empresa objetivo the target company
    Compuesto:
    sales target
    B ( Fot, Ópt) lens
    Compuesto:
    zoom lens
    * * *

     

    objetivo 1
    ◊ -va adjetivo

    objective
    objetivo 2 sustantivo masculino
    1 ( finalidad) objective, aim;
    (Mil) objective
    2 (Fot, Ópt) lens
    objetivo,-a
    I adjetivo objective
    II sustantivo masculino
    1 (finalidad) objective, aim: su objetivo es disuadir a los vendedores, her aim is to put the sellers off
    2 (de un misil, disparo) target: 007 es nuestro objetivo, 007 is our target
    3 Cine Fot lens
    ' objetivo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    angular
    - consecución
    - ideal
    - meta
    - objetiva
    - orientarse
    - pasearse
    - perseguir
    - pretensión
    - alcanzar
    - conseguir
    - cumplir
    - fin
    - final
    - inaccesible
    - lo
    - lograr
    - logro
    - mira
    - patente
    - plazo
    - por
    - primario
    - primero
    - primordial
    English:
    accomplish
    - accomplishment
    - achievement
    - aim
    - attain
    - barrage
    - calculate
    - detached
    - end
    - exercise
    - gain
    - goal
    - lens
    - main
    - object
    - objective
    - set
    - short
    - study
    - target
    - target audience
    - target market
    - ultimate
    - unemotional
    - wide-angle
    - dispassionate
    - out
    - unbiased
    * * *
    objetivo, -a
    ♦ adj
    objective
    ♦ nm
    1. [finalidad] objective, aim;
    hemos logrado cumplir con nuestro objetivo we have succeeded in achieving our objective o aim;
    plantearse un objetivo to set oneself an objective;
    la medida tiene como objetivo facilitar la comunicación the aim of the measure is to make communication easier, the measure is aimed at making communication easier
    Com objetivo de producción production target; Com objetivo de ventas sales target
    2. Mil target
    3. Fot lens
    * * *
    I adj objective
    II m
    1 objective
    2 MIL target
    3 FOT lens
    * * *
    objetivo, -va adj
    : objective
    1) meta: objective, goal, target
    2) : lens
    * * *
    objetivo1 adj objective
    1. (fin) objective / aim
    2. (lente) lens [pl. lenses]
    3. (blanco) target

    Spanish-English dictionary > objetivo

  • 54 obstáculo

    m.
    obstacle, drag, snag, balk.
    * * *
    1 (barrera) obstacle
    2 (inconveniente) objection
    3 (valla) fence, jump
    \
    salvar un obstáculo to overcome an obstacle
    carrera de obstáculos (para niños) obstacle race 2 (de caballos, atletas) steeplechase
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    SM
    1) [físico] obstacle
    carrera 2)
    2) (=dificultad) obstacle, hindrance

    poner obstáculos a algo/algn — to hinder sth/sb

    * * *
    masculino obstacle

    superar or salvar un obstáculo — to overcome an obstacle

    no fue obstáculo para que ganara — it did not stop o prevent him (from) winning

    * * *
    = encumbrance, handicap, hurdle, impairment, impediment, rough spot, wall, barrier, bottleneck, hindrance, obstacle, inhibition, obstruction, stumbling block, bar, blockage, roadblock, block.
    Ex. Meanwhile we are asked to accept encumbrances that will needlessly impair the effectiveness of our catalogs for an indefinite time to come.
    Ex. A high exhaustivity of indexing, then, is beneficial where a thorough search is required, but may be a handicap when only a few highly relevant documents are sought.
    Ex. Schoolchildren, students, and other whose native language is written in a non-Roman script may find alphabetical order according to Roman characters an almost insurmountable hurdle in the use of catalogues and indexes.
    Ex. A well-designed multimodal application can be used by people with a wide variety of impairments.
    Ex. It may be decided that the practical impediments to the distribution and assignment of such numbers outweigh their potential usefulness.
    Ex. But despite the many catalog worlds, and herein lies the rub -- or at least a rough spot -- we have been proceeding on the assumption that the catalog exists in the form of the data distributed by the Library of Congress.
    Ex. In the map library, the electronic medium is shaking the foundations of cartographic communication and threatening the bring the walls crashing down.
    Ex. While the number of projects proposed was innumerable, 3 barriers remain: red tape; hard currency; and Western barriers to providing high technology to the Eastern bloc.
    Ex. A number of research groups have investigated the use of knowledge-based systems as a means of avoiding this bottleneck.
    Ex. The overall effect of the labels and signs is not so much help but hindrance through information overload.
    Ex. Conversely, an unsympathetic principal can be the greatest obstacle to library development within a school.
    Ex. This has been a major source of inhibition to the development of British efforts to create a bank of microcopy versions of theses accepted.
    Ex. Harmonization of technical standards is one of the Community's principal goals in creating a common market devoid of obstructions to the free movement of goods.
    Ex. These stumbling blocks can often be bypassed in the initial stages of OSI implementation by choosing applications that do not require close integration with existing library systems.
    Ex. Publications describing or revealing an invention can be a bar to issuance of a patent.
    Ex. The problem in relation to communication is probably the most difficult of them all, as the blockage lies in people rather than with the library.
    Ex. The roadblock to increasing book translations into English is not that there is insufficient funding but that few publishers know about grant schemes that are available.
    Ex. Emotional blocks to reading can be formed by an unsatisfactory relationship with a teacher.
    ----
    * ayudar a eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.
    * carrera de obstáculos = steeplechase.
    * constituir un obstáculo = constitute + an obstacle.
    * creación de obstáculos = fence building.
    * eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.
    * eliminar un obstáculo = remove + barrier, sweep away + obstacle.
    * encontrarse con un obstáculo = face + obstacle.
    * enfrentarse a un obstáculo = address + barrier.
    * obstáculo insalvable = insurmountable obstacle.
    * obstáculos = logjam [log-jam].
    * poner obstáculos = cramp.
    * preparación del terreno eliminando todo tipo de obstáculos = land-clearing.
    * presentar un obstáculo = pose + obstacle.
    * que pone obstáculos = obstructive.
    * reducir un obstáculo = lower + barrier.
    * remover un obstáculo = remove + barrier.
    * remover un obstáculo, eliminar un obstáculo = remove + obstacle.
    * ser un obstáculo = stand in + the way (of).
    * sin obstáculos = unchecked, unhindered, unimpeded.
    * sin obstáculos de por medio = uncluttered.
    * sin obstáculos, sin obstrucciones = unobstructed.
    * superar un obstáculo = overcome + obstacle, jump over + hurdle, overcome + barrier, conquer + barrier.
    * vencer un obstáculo = surmount + obstacle, conquer + barrier.
    * * *
    masculino obstacle

    superar or salvar un obstáculo — to overcome an obstacle

    no fue obstáculo para que ganara — it did not stop o prevent him (from) winning

    * * *
    = encumbrance, handicap, hurdle, impairment, impediment, rough spot, wall, barrier, bottleneck, hindrance, obstacle, inhibition, obstruction, stumbling block, bar, blockage, roadblock, block.

    Ex: Meanwhile we are asked to accept encumbrances that will needlessly impair the effectiveness of our catalogs for an indefinite time to come.

    Ex: A high exhaustivity of indexing, then, is beneficial where a thorough search is required, but may be a handicap when only a few highly relevant documents are sought.
    Ex: Schoolchildren, students, and other whose native language is written in a non-Roman script may find alphabetical order according to Roman characters an almost insurmountable hurdle in the use of catalogues and indexes.
    Ex: A well-designed multimodal application can be used by people with a wide variety of impairments.
    Ex: It may be decided that the practical impediments to the distribution and assignment of such numbers outweigh their potential usefulness.
    Ex: But despite the many catalog worlds, and herein lies the rub -- or at least a rough spot -- we have been proceeding on the assumption that the catalog exists in the form of the data distributed by the Library of Congress.
    Ex: In the map library, the electronic medium is shaking the foundations of cartographic communication and threatening the bring the walls crashing down.
    Ex: While the number of projects proposed was innumerable, 3 barriers remain: red tape; hard currency; and Western barriers to providing high technology to the Eastern bloc.
    Ex: A number of research groups have investigated the use of knowledge-based systems as a means of avoiding this bottleneck.
    Ex: The overall effect of the labels and signs is not so much help but hindrance through information overload.
    Ex: Conversely, an unsympathetic principal can be the greatest obstacle to library development within a school.
    Ex: This has been a major source of inhibition to the development of British efforts to create a bank of microcopy versions of theses accepted.
    Ex: Harmonization of technical standards is one of the Community's principal goals in creating a common market devoid of obstructions to the free movement of goods.
    Ex: These stumbling blocks can often be bypassed in the initial stages of OSI implementation by choosing applications that do not require close integration with existing library systems.
    Ex: Publications describing or revealing an invention can be a bar to issuance of a patent.
    Ex: The problem in relation to communication is probably the most difficult of them all, as the blockage lies in people rather than with the library.
    Ex: The roadblock to increasing book translations into English is not that there is insufficient funding but that few publishers know about grant schemes that are available.
    Ex: Emotional blocks to reading can be formed by an unsatisfactory relationship with a teacher.
    * ayudar a eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.
    * carrera de obstáculos = steeplechase.
    * constituir un obstáculo = constitute + an obstacle.
    * creación de obstáculos = fence building.
    * eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.
    * eliminar un obstáculo = remove + barrier, sweep away + obstacle.
    * encontrarse con un obstáculo = face + obstacle.
    * enfrentarse a un obstáculo = address + barrier.
    * obstáculo insalvable = insurmountable obstacle.
    * obstáculos = logjam [log-jam].
    * poner obstáculos = cramp.
    * preparación del terreno eliminando todo tipo de obstáculos = land-clearing.
    * presentar un obstáculo = pose + obstacle.
    * que pone obstáculos = obstructive.
    * reducir un obstáculo = lower + barrier.
    * remover un obstáculo = remove + barrier.
    * remover un obstáculo, eliminar un obstáculo = remove + obstacle.
    * ser un obstáculo = stand in + the way (of).
    * sin obstáculos = unchecked, unhindered, unimpeded.
    * sin obstáculos de por medio = uncluttered.
    * sin obstáculos, sin obstrucciones = unobstructed.
    * superar un obstáculo = overcome + obstacle, jump over + hurdle, overcome + barrier, conquer + barrier.
    * vencer un obstáculo = surmount + obstacle, conquer + barrier.

    * * *
    obstacle
    quitaron los obstáculos del camino they cleared the obstacles from the road, they cleared the road of obstacles
    superar or salvar un obstáculo to overcome an obstacle
    no fue obstáculo para que ganara it did not stop o prevent him (from) winning
    me puso muchos obstáculos he put many obstacles in my path
    el único obstáculo entre nosotros y la victoria the only obstacle between us and victory, the only thing that stands/stood between us and victory
    un obstáculo para el éxito del proyecto an obstacle to the success of the project
    * * *

    obstáculo sustantivo masculino
    obstacle
    obstáculo sustantivo masculino
    1 (dificultad) handicap: no hay ningún obstáculo para que estudies Derecho, there's nothing stopping you from studying Law
    2 (en un camino, etc) obstacle
    una carrera de obstáculos, an obstacle race
    ' obstáculo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    escollo
    - esquivar
    - estorbo
    - franquear
    - insalvable
    - remover
    - salvar
    - sortear
    - vencer
    - allanar
    - apartar
    - brincar
    - chocar
    - eliminar
    - encontrar
    - saltar
    - subsanar
    English:
    bar
    - barrier
    - block
    - chief
    - clash
    - clear
    - get across
    - get over
    - get past
    - hazard
    - hurdle
    - impassable
    - impediment
    - jump
    - negotiate
    - obstacle
    - obstruction
    - pitfall
    * * *
    1. [impedimento] obstacle ( para to);
    poner obstáculos a algo/alguien to put obstacles in the way of sth/sb
    2. [en una carrera] hurdle
    * * *
    m obstacle;
    carrera de obstáculos obstacle race;
    ponerle obstáculos a alguien make things difficult for s.o.;
    ponerle obstáculos a algo make sth difficult
    * * *
    impedimento: obstacle
    * * *
    obstáculo n obstacle

    Spanish-English dictionary > obstáculo

  • 55 participar

    v.
    1 to take part, to participate.
    participaron diez corredores/equipos (finance) ten runners/teams took part o participated
    todo el mundo participó con entusiasmo en la limpieza del río everyone joined in enthusiastically in cleaning up the river
    Ese diplomático figuró en el seminario That diplomat took part in the...
    2 to receive a share.
    3 to notify, to inform, to let know.
    * * *
    1 (tomar parte - en una conversación) to participate, take part; (- en un proyecto) to take part; (- en un torneo) to enter, take part
    2 (compartir) to share (de, -)
    3 FINANZAS to have a share
    1 (notificar) to notify, inform
    * * *
    verb
    1) to take part, participate
    2) share, have a share
    * * *
    1. VI
    1) (=tomar parte) to take part, participate frm

    participar en un concurso — to take part o participate in a competition

    2) (Econ)

    participar de o en una herencia — to share in an estate

    3) (=compartir)

    participar de una cualidad/opinión — to share a quality/an opinion

    2.
    VT frm (=informar) to inform
    * * *
    1.
    verbo intransitivo
    1)

    participar (EN algo) — to take part (in something), participate (in something) (frml)

    2) ( en ganancias) to have a share; ( en empresa) to have a stockholding; ( en lotería)
    3) ( compartir) (frml)

    participar DE algo — de una opinión/un sentimiento to share something

    2.
    participar vt (frml) ( comunicar) <boda/nacimiento> to announce

    tengo que participarles que... — I have to inform you that...

    * * *
    = go into, have + a hand in, involve, participate, take + part, jump in, share in, come into + play, partake (in/of), become + involved.
    Ex. As something you may or may not know, every item going into the processing stream is assigned a priority, and our judgment will in many cases be different from yours, as our needs will be different from yours.
    Ex. For the benefit of all users of the thesaurus who have not had a hand in its initial compilation some written record describing the anticipated use of the thesaurus is valuable.
    Ex. It recommends the establishment of a centralised Chinese collection by a joint venture involving a charitable trust.
    Ex. The LC has also participated in two co-operative programs for the conversion of printed record to machine-readable form.
    Ex. This article lists committees in whose work Soviet delegates took part and outlines results.
    Ex. The unhappy tendency among teachers -- an occupational neurosis -- is to jump in too early and too often, especially if the talk wanders from direct comments about books under consideration.
    Ex. I am honored to have been invited to share in this most important occasion and to have the opportunity to pay my deep respects to your head of department.
    Ex. There are, of course, all sorts of other considerations which come into play in determining the income which a publisher might obtain from a book.
    Ex. The objective should be to create and entrepreneurial spirit in the midst of bureaucracy whereby all partake in the responsibilities and risks of the library's activities.
    Ex. There he became involved in cataloging problems and participated in their public discussion.
    ----
    * no participar = be out of the picture.
    * no participar en = be uninvolved in, remain + uninvolved in.
    * participar activamente = involve.
    * participar activamente en = engage in.
    * participar con = chime in with.
    * participar de forma activa = involve.
    * participar de forma activa en = engage in.
    * participar de lleno en = become + a stakeholder in.
    * participar de una forma activa = become + involved.
    * participar en = engage in, get + involved with/in, become + (a) part of, join in, become + engaged (in/with), engage with.
    * participar en un debate = participate + discussion.
    * participar por igual en = have + an equal voice in.
    * que participan = at play.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo intransitivo
    1)

    participar (EN algo) — to take part (in something), participate (in something) (frml)

    2) ( en ganancias) to have a share; ( en empresa) to have a stockholding; ( en lotería)
    3) ( compartir) (frml)

    participar DE algo — de una opinión/un sentimiento to share something

    2.
    participar vt (frml) ( comunicar) <boda/nacimiento> to announce

    tengo que participarles que... — I have to inform you that...

    * * *
    = go into, have + a hand in, involve, participate, take + part, jump in, share in, come into + play, partake (in/of), become + involved.

    Ex: As something you may or may not know, every item going into the processing stream is assigned a priority, and our judgment will in many cases be different from yours, as our needs will be different from yours.

    Ex: For the benefit of all users of the thesaurus who have not had a hand in its initial compilation some written record describing the anticipated use of the thesaurus is valuable.
    Ex: It recommends the establishment of a centralised Chinese collection by a joint venture involving a charitable trust.
    Ex: The LC has also participated in two co-operative programs for the conversion of printed record to machine-readable form.
    Ex: This article lists committees in whose work Soviet delegates took part and outlines results.
    Ex: The unhappy tendency among teachers -- an occupational neurosis -- is to jump in too early and too often, especially if the talk wanders from direct comments about books under consideration.
    Ex: I am honored to have been invited to share in this most important occasion and to have the opportunity to pay my deep respects to your head of department.
    Ex: There are, of course, all sorts of other considerations which come into play in determining the income which a publisher might obtain from a book.
    Ex: The objective should be to create and entrepreneurial spirit in the midst of bureaucracy whereby all partake in the responsibilities and risks of the library's activities.
    Ex: There he became involved in cataloging problems and participated in their public discussion.
    * no participar = be out of the picture.
    * no participar en = be uninvolved in, remain + uninvolved in.
    * participar activamente = involve.
    * participar activamente en = engage in.
    * participar con = chime in with.
    * participar de forma activa = involve.
    * participar de forma activa en = engage in.
    * participar de lleno en = become + a stakeholder in.
    * participar de una forma activa = become + involved.
    * participar en = engage in, get + involved with/in, become + (a) part of, join in, become + engaged (in/with), engage with.
    * participar en un debate = participate + discussion.
    * participar por igual en = have + an equal voice in.
    * que participan = at play.

    * * *
    participar [A1 ]
    vi
    A (en un debate, concurso) to take part, participate ( frml)
    no participó en la carrera she did not take part in o run/swim/ride in the race
    diez equipos participaron en el torneo ten teams took part in o played in o participated in the tournament
    participó activamente en la toma de decisiones he took an active part in the decision-making
    los artistas que participan en el espectáculo the artists taking part in o participating in the show
    participaban en la alegría general they shared in the general feeling of happiness
    B
    1 (en ganancias, en un fondo) to have a share
    2 (en una empresa) to have a stockholding o an interest
    3
    (en una lotería): participa con la cantidad de 2 euros en el número 20179 he holds a 2 euro share in ticket number 20179
    C ( frml) participar DE algo ‹de una opinión/un sentimiento› to share sth; ‹de una característica› to share sth
    no participo de su optimismo I do not share his optimism
    ■ participar
    vt
    A ( frml) (comunicar) ‹matrimonio/nacimiento› to announce
    tengo que participarles que … I have to inform you that …
    B
    1 ‹compañía› to have a stockholding o an interest in
    una empresa participada al 50% por Sterosa a company 50% owned by Sterosa
    2 ‹capital› to put up, provide
    * * *

     

    participar ( conjugate participar) verbo intransitivo
    a) ( tomar parte) participar (EN algo) to take part (in sth), participate (in sth) (frml)

    b) participar en algo ( en ganancias) to have a share in sth;

    ( en empresas) to have a stockholding in sth
    participar
    I verbo intransitivo
    1 to take part, participate [en, in]
    2 Fin to have shares [en, in]
    3 (compartir) participar de, to share
    II vtr (comunicar) to notify
    ' participar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    consiguientemente
    - esperar
    - intervenir
    - negación
    - derecho
    - tratar
    English:
    contribute
    - form
    - join in
    - joust
    - opt out
    - part
    - participant
    - participate
    - play
    - sit in on
    - disqualify
    - go
    - join
    - keen
    - share
    * * *
    ♦ vi
    1. [colaborar, intervenir] to take part, to participate (en in);
    participaron diez corredores/equipos ten runners/teams took part o participated;
    todo el mundo participó con entusiasmo en la limpieza del río everyone joined in enthusiastically in cleaning up the river
    2. Econ to have a share (en in);
    varias personas participan en la empresa several people have esp Br shares o esp US stock in the company
    3. [recibir] to receive a share (de of);
    todos participan de los beneficios everyone has a share in the profits
    4. [compartir]
    participar de to share;
    no participo de tus ideas I don't share your ideas
    ♦ vt
    1. [comunicar]
    participar algo a alguien to notify o inform sb of sth;
    nos participaron la celebración de la boda we received an announcement of the wedding
    2. Econ
    una empresa participada por varias sociedades a company in which several firms hold equity interests
    * * *
    I v/t una noticia announce
    II v/i take part (en in), participate (en in)
    * * *
    1) : to participate, to take part
    2)
    participar en : to have a share in
    : to announce, to notify
    * * *
    participar vb to take part [pt. took; pp. taken] / to participate

    Spanish-English dictionary > participar

  • 56 perspicacia

    f.
    1 insight, perceptiveness.
    2 perspicacity, clear-sightedness, farsightedness, sharp insight.
    * * *
    1 sharpness, perspicacity
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=agudeza mental) perceptiveness, shrewdness
    2) (=agudeza visual) keen-sightedness
    * * *
    femenino shrewdness, insight
    * * *
    = acumen, perspicuity, shrewdness, perspicacity, insight, penetration.
    Ex. Payment is very important and can be a problem so the businessman needs to be streetwise and shrewd with a good business acumen.
    Ex. I feel particularly happy to be associated on this occasion with Mr. Gorman whose writings I have admired for some time not only for their thoughtfulness and perspicuity but for the style and wit they have brought to the literature of cataloging.
    Ex. If the incomplete question is difficult to detect at the initial stage, to recognise those instances where it may be the wrong question that is being asked requires almost a sixth sense, or at least an uncommon shrewdness.
    Ex. The reference librarian must possess the sensitivity and perspicacity to observe the reactions of his enquirer to the progress of the search, so that it can be adjusted and redirected more precisely towards the desired objective.
    Ex. The greatest living theoretician of descriptive cataloging, Professor Seymour Lubetzky, graced our library with his brilliance, insight, and fierce dedication to the integrity of the catalog.
    Ex. Even writing that we reject for its shallowness, its lack of penetration, demands in the very act of rejection that we match what we know of life, and of other literature, against what this writer offers = Incluso las lecturas que rechazamos por su superficialidad, por su falta de agudeza, requieren en el acto mismo del rechazo que comparemos lo que conocemos de la vida, y de otra literatura, con lo que nos ofrece su autor.
    ----
    * con perspicacia = perceptively.
    * * *
    femenino shrewdness, insight
    * * *
    = acumen, perspicuity, shrewdness, perspicacity, insight, penetration.

    Ex: Payment is very important and can be a problem so the businessman needs to be streetwise and shrewd with a good business acumen.

    Ex: I feel particularly happy to be associated on this occasion with Mr. Gorman whose writings I have admired for some time not only for their thoughtfulness and perspicuity but for the style and wit they have brought to the literature of cataloging.
    Ex: If the incomplete question is difficult to detect at the initial stage, to recognise those instances where it may be the wrong question that is being asked requires almost a sixth sense, or at least an uncommon shrewdness.
    Ex: The reference librarian must possess the sensitivity and perspicacity to observe the reactions of his enquirer to the progress of the search, so that it can be adjusted and redirected more precisely towards the desired objective.
    Ex: The greatest living theoretician of descriptive cataloging, Professor Seymour Lubetzky, graced our library with his brilliance, insight, and fierce dedication to the integrity of the catalog.
    Ex: Even writing that we reject for its shallowness, its lack of penetration, demands in the very act of rejection that we match what we know of life, and of other literature, against what this writer offers = Incluso las lecturas que rechazamos por su superficialidad, por su falta de agudeza, requieren en el acto mismo del rechazo que comparemos lo que conocemos de la vida, y de otra literatura, con lo que nos ofrece su autor.
    * con perspicacia = perceptively.

    * * *
    shrewdness, insight, perspicacity ( frml)
    * * *

    perspicacia sustantivo femenino
    shrewdness, insight
    perspicacia sustantivo femenino perceptiveness, shrewdness
    ' perspicacia' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    claridad
    - sagacidad
    - agudeza
    - miope
    - miopía
    - ojo
    - olfato
    English:
    insight
    - perceptiveness
    - acumen
    - perception
    * * *
    insight, perceptiveness;
    actuó con perspicacia she acted shrewdly
    * * *
    f shrewdness, perspicacity fml
    * * *
    : shrewdness, perspicacity, insight

    Spanish-English dictionary > perspicacia

  • 57 perturbar

    v.
    1 to disrupt.
    2 to disturb, to unsettle.
    El ruido perturba la paz Noise disturbs the peace.
    3 to perturb.
    Sus ojos perturban a María His eyes perturb=unsettle Mary.
    * * *
    1 (alterar) to disturb, perturb
    2 (inquietar) to perturb
    \
    perturbar el orden to disturb the peace
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    VT
    1) (=alterar) [+ orden] to disturb; [+ plan] to upset; [+ calma] to disturb, ruffle
    2) (Med) to disturb, mentally disturb
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) < calma> to disturb; < orden> to disrupt
    b) (Psic) to disturb
    * * *
    = disturb, unsettle, jar, perturb, disrupt, fudge, faze.
    Ex. Transcribe the data as found, however, if case endings are affected, if the grammatical construction of the data would be disturbed, or if one element is inseparably linked to another.
    Ex. It is a source of innovation and strength, but it blurs traditional distinctions and can unsettle professional convictions.
    Ex. She analyzes how her memory was jarred by this massacre.
    Ex. She wanted to suggest some course of action splendid and decisive, and was perturbed to find that she could not.
    Ex. Essentially, problem patrons can be considered in three groups: (1) the dangerous or apparently dangerous; (2) the patron who disrupts readers; and (3) the nuisance whose focus is the librarian.
    Ex. This adaptation of David Leavitt's novel wobbles between comedy and melodrama, ultimately fudging the novel's spiky empathy.
    Ex. Arranged marriages, which are so the norm here in India, always seem to faze the non-Indians.
    ----
    * perturbar la paz = disturb + the peace, disrupt + peace.
    * perturbar la paz y la tranquilidad = disturb + the peace and tranquillity.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) < calma> to disturb; < orden> to disrupt
    b) (Psic) to disturb
    * * *
    = disturb, unsettle, jar, perturb, disrupt, fudge, faze.

    Ex: Transcribe the data as found, however, if case endings are affected, if the grammatical construction of the data would be disturbed, or if one element is inseparably linked to another.

    Ex: It is a source of innovation and strength, but it blurs traditional distinctions and can unsettle professional convictions.
    Ex: She analyzes how her memory was jarred by this massacre.
    Ex: She wanted to suggest some course of action splendid and decisive, and was perturbed to find that she could not.
    Ex: Essentially, problem patrons can be considered in three groups: (1) the dangerous or apparently dangerous; (2) the patron who disrupts readers; and (3) the nuisance whose focus is the librarian.
    Ex: This adaptation of David Leavitt's novel wobbles between comedy and melodrama, ultimately fudging the novel's spiky empathy.
    Ex: Arranged marriages, which are so the norm here in India, always seem to faze the non-Indians.
    * perturbar la paz = disturb + the peace, disrupt + peace.
    * perturbar la paz y la tranquilidad = disturb + the peace and tranquillity.

    * * *
    perturbar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 ‹calma› to disturb; ‹orden› to disrupt
    no perturbó la marcha de las negociaciones it did not disrupt the progress of the negotiations
    una región poco perturbada por el progreso a region little disturbed o barely touched by progress
    2 ( Psic) to disturb
    * * *

    perturbar ( conjugate perturbar) verbo transitivo
    to disturb
    perturbar verbo transitivo
    1 (el orden) to disturb, disrupt
    2 (inquietar) to upset
    3 (enloquecer) to drive mad
    ' perturbar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    turbar
    - alterar
    English:
    agitate
    - disturb
    - perturb
    - unsettle
    - disrupt
    - faze
    * * *
    1. [trastornar] to disrupt
    2. [alterar] to disturb, to unsettle
    3. [enloquecer] to perturb
    * * *
    v/t
    1 ( producir desorden en) disturb
    2 reunión disrupt
    * * *
    1) : to disturb, to trouble
    2) : to disrupt
    * * *
    perturbar vb to disturb

    Spanish-English dictionary > perturbar

  • 58 realización personal

    f.
    self-realization.
    * * *
    (n.) = self-actualisation [self-actualization, -USA], self-fulfilment [self-fulfillment, -USA], self-realisation, personal fulfilment
    Ex. Self-actualization or the need to realize one's potential -- training, education and promotion all play their parts in this need.
    Ex. Librarians are inner-directed, meditative, liberal people whose rewards and motivations come from self-fulfillment.
    Ex. Such positive rewards as ego satisfaction and self-realization are the most significant.
    Ex. This preface has been selected because it is a statement on the public library as an agency for personal fulfilment.
    * * *
    (n.) = self-actualisation [self-actualization, -USA], self-fulfilment [self-fulfillment, -USA], self-realisation, personal fulfilment

    Ex: Self-actualization or the need to realize one's potential -- training, education and promotion all play their parts in this need.

    Ex: Librarians are inner-directed, meditative, liberal people whose rewards and motivations come from self-fulfillment.
    Ex: Such positive rewards as ego satisfaction and self-realization are the most significant.
    Ex: This preface has been selected because it is a statement on the public library as an agency for personal fulfilment.

    Spanish-English dictionary > realización personal

  • 59 repartir

    v.
    1 to share out, to divide.
    repartió los terrenos entre sus hijos she divided the land amongst her children
    la riqueza está mal repartida there is an uneven distribution of wealth
    2 to deliver (entregar) (leche, periódicos, correo).
    repartimos a domicilio we do home deliveries
    3 to spread (esparcir) (pintura, mantequilla).
    4 to give out, to allocate (asignar) (trabajo, órdenes).
    5 to distribute, to deal out, to deal, to hand out.
    María reparte volantes Mary distributes fliers.
    María repartió el trabajo Mary distributed=apportioned the work load.
    El jugador repartió The player dealt.
    * * *
    1 (dividir) to distribute, divide, share out
    2 (entregar) to give out, hand out; (correo, leche) to deliver; (premios) to give out
    3 (comida) to hand out
    4 (naipes) to deal
    5 (distribuir) to spread out
    \
    repartir golpes to hit out
    * * *
    verb
    3) divide, share
    4) deal
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=dividir entre varios) to divide (up), share (out)
    2) (=distribuir, dar) [+ correo, periódicos] to deliver; [+ folletos, premios] to give out, hand out; [+ naipes] to deal
    3) (=esparcir)

    hay guarniciones repartidas por todo el país — there are garrisons dotted about o spread about o distributed all over the country

    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) <ganancias/trabajo> to distribute, share out
    2) <panfletos/propaganda> to hand out, give out; <periódicos/correo> to deliver; <cartas/fichas> to deal
    3) ( esparcir) to spread, distribute
    2.
    repartir vi (Jueg) to deal
    3.
    repartirse v pron to share out
    * * *
    = circulate, deliver, spread (over/throughout), hand out, apportion, share out, parcel out, space out, distribute, dish out.
    Ex. The discussions, debates, submissions and decisions of conferences are often printed and circulated to delegates and made available to other interested parties.
    Ex. You do not want to try and clear the building, thinking it is a fire when it is just somebody trying to deliver a parcel of books to the back door.
    Ex. This should illustrate rather dramatically how failure to adopt a single well-defined form of name could spread entries throughout the alphabet.
    Ex. An aggressive approach is made to publicity, with posters and leaflets distributed widely, visits to local shops, post offices, doctors surgeries etc, to drum up business, and the use of volunteers to hand out leaflets at street corners = Se inicia una campaña de publicidad enérgica, distribuyendo de forma general folletos y pósteres, visitando las tiendas, oficinas de correos y consultorías médicas de la localidad, etc., para promocionar el negocio, además de utilizar voluntarios para distribuir prospectos por las esquinas de las calles.
    Ex. However, procedures for apportioning collection budgets have not been designed specifically for the school context.
    Ex. Printing may occasionally have been split up in this way for the sake of speed, but it is more likely to have been done in order to share out work equitably between the members of a partnership.
    Ex. Can libraries parcel out digitization responsibilities among themselves?.
    Ex. The results of a study suggest that people remember more high school material when learning occurs spaced out over several years.
    Ex. A bulletin will be a printed list, or set list for consultation on a VDU, which is published and distributed to a number of users on a specific subject area, say, building products or cancer research.
    Ex. One has only to turn on the television to see that educated people still have little influence on the trash dished out to the uneducated masses.
    ----
    * persona que reparte el trabajo = assigner.
    * repartir a diestro y siniestro = dish out.
    * repartir a manos llenas = dish out.
    * repartir dinero dadivosamente = shell out + money.
    * repartir la carga = spread + the load.
    * repartirse = spread over.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) <ganancias/trabajo> to distribute, share out
    2) <panfletos/propaganda> to hand out, give out; <periódicos/correo> to deliver; <cartas/fichas> to deal
    3) ( esparcir) to spread, distribute
    2.
    repartir vi (Jueg) to deal
    3.
    repartirse v pron to share out
    * * *
    = circulate, deliver, spread (over/throughout), hand out, apportion, share out, parcel out, space out, distribute, dish out.

    Ex: The discussions, debates, submissions and decisions of conferences are often printed and circulated to delegates and made available to other interested parties.

    Ex: You do not want to try and clear the building, thinking it is a fire when it is just somebody trying to deliver a parcel of books to the back door.
    Ex: This should illustrate rather dramatically how failure to adopt a single well-defined form of name could spread entries throughout the alphabet.
    Ex: An aggressive approach is made to publicity, with posters and leaflets distributed widely, visits to local shops, post offices, doctors surgeries etc, to drum up business, and the use of volunteers to hand out leaflets at street corners = Se inicia una campaña de publicidad enérgica, distribuyendo de forma general folletos y pósteres, visitando las tiendas, oficinas de correos y consultorías médicas de la localidad, etc., para promocionar el negocio, además de utilizar voluntarios para distribuir prospectos por las esquinas de las calles.
    Ex: However, procedures for apportioning collection budgets have not been designed specifically for the school context.
    Ex: Printing may occasionally have been split up in this way for the sake of speed, but it is more likely to have been done in order to share out work equitably between the members of a partnership.
    Ex: Can libraries parcel out digitization responsibilities among themselves?.
    Ex: The results of a study suggest that people remember more high school material when learning occurs spaced out over several years.
    Ex: A bulletin will be a printed list, or set list for consultation on a VDU, which is published and distributed to a number of users on a specific subject area, say, building products or cancer research.
    Ex: One has only to turn on the television to see that educated people still have little influence on the trash dished out to the uneducated masses.
    * persona que reparte el trabajo = assigner.
    * repartir a diestro y siniestro = dish out.
    * repartir a manos llenas = dish out.
    * repartir dinero dadivosamente = shell out + money.
    * repartir la carga = spread + the load.
    * repartirse = spread over.

    * * *
    repartir [I1 ]
    vt
    A ‹ganancias› to distribute, share out; ‹trabajo› to share out
    la riqueza está mal repartida wealth is unfairly distributed
    repartió el pastel entre los cuatro she shared the cake out o divided the cake up among the four of them
    B
    1 ‹panfletos/propaganda› to hand out, give out, distribute
    la policía repartió golpes ( fam); the police hit o beat people
    2 ‹periódicos/correo› to deliver
    3 ‹cartas/fichas› to deal
    C (esparcir) to spread, distribute
    repartir el pegamento uniformemente por toda la superficie spread o distribute the glue evenly over the whole surface
    ■ repartir
    vi
    to deal
    ¿a quién le toca repartir? whose turn is it to deal?, who's the dealer?
    to share out
    nos repartimos las ganancias/el trabajo we shared out the profits/the work
    * * *

     

    repartir ( conjugate repartir) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹ganancias/trabajo› to distribute, share out

    b) ‹panfletos/propaganda› to hand out, give out;

    ‹periódicos/correo› to deliver;
    ‹naipes/fichas› to deal

    verbo intransitivo (Jueg) to deal
    repartir verbo transitivo
    1 (una tarta, los beneficios) to share out, US to divide up
    2 (distribuir) to give out: repartían golosinas entre los niños, they were sharing out sweets amongst the children
    repartió a sus hombres por el edificio, he spread his men out all over the building
    repartieron programas a los asistentes, they handed out programmes to the audience
    (un pedido, el correo) to deliver
    3 (extender) to spread
    4 Teat Cine to cast: hoy reparten los papeles, today they are doing the casting
    5 Naipes to deal
    ' repartir' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    distribuir
    - dividir
    - propaganda
    English:
    apportion
    - carve up
    - cut
    - deal
    - deal out
    - deliver
    - dish out
    - dispense
    - distribute
    - dole out
    - even
    - give out
    - hand around
    - hand out
    - hand round
    - issue
    - portion out
    - share out
    - split up
    - allocate
    - allot
    - divide
    - dole
    - give
    - hand
    - pass
    - share
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [dividir] to share out, to divide;
    repartió los terrenos entre sus hijos she divided the land amongst her children;
    la riqueza está mal repartida there is an uneven distribution of wealth
    2. [distribuir] [leche, periódicos, correo] to deliver;
    [naipes] to deal (out);
    repartimos a domicilio we do home deliveries;
    Fam
    repartió puñetazos a diestro y siniestro he lashed out with his fists in every direction
    3. [esparcir] [pintura, mantequilla] to spread;
    reparte bien la salsa pour the sauce evenly;
    repartieron la carga por todo el camión they spread the load over the whole of the truck o Br lorry
    4. [asignar] [trabajo, órdenes] to give out, to allocate;
    [papeles] to assign;
    nos vamos a repartir las tareas we're going to share the jobs out between us
    ♦ vi
    [en juego de naipes] to deal;
    ahora reparto yo it's my turn to deal
    * * *
    v/t
    1 ( dividir) share out, divide up
    2 productos deliver
    3
    :
    * * *
    1) : to allocate
    2) distribuir: to distribute, to hand out
    3) : to spread
    * * *
    1. (dividir) to share / to share out
    2. (entregar papeles, etc) to hand out
    3. (correo) to deliver
    4. (naipes) to deal
    ¿a quién le toca repartir? whose turn is it to deal?

    Spanish-English dictionary > repartir

  • 60 respetuoso

    adj.
    respectful, courteous, proper, deferential.
    * * *
    1 respectful
    * * *
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo <persona/silencio> respectful

    le envía un respetuoso saludo — Sincerely yours (AmE), Yours respectfully (frml), Yours faithfully (BrE)

    * * *
    = considerate, reverent, civil.
    Ex. Library users fall into 4 groups: (1) patrons, who are considerate, grateful and undemanding; (2) 'pests' -- the in considerate; (3) 'pirates' who steal, deface and mutilate library property and materials; (4) 'vampires' whose enquiries make excessive demands upon the librarian's time.
    Ex. LIS articles are inter alia often repetitious, badly written, poorly presented, boring, unduly reverent and parochial.
    Ex. This situation only really stands out because this place is normally such an oasis of gentlemanly and civil behaviour.
    ----
    * respetuoso (con) = respectful (of/towards).
    * respetuoso de la ley = law abiding.
    * ser respetuoso con = be civil towards.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo <persona/silencio> respectful

    le envía un respetuoso saludo — Sincerely yours (AmE), Yours respectfully (frml), Yours faithfully (BrE)

    * * *
    respetuoso (con)
    = respectful (of/towards)

    Ex: It was the librarian's conviction that if the common man could be induced to read the 'best' books, he would be more inclined to be conservative, patriotic, devout, and respectful of property.

    = considerate, reverent, civil.

    Ex: Library users fall into 4 groups: (1) patrons, who are considerate, grateful and undemanding; (2) 'pests' -- the in considerate; (3) 'pirates' who steal, deface and mutilate library property and materials; (4) 'vampires' whose enquiries make excessive demands upon the librarian's time.

    Ex: LIS articles are inter alia often repetitious, badly written, poorly presented, boring, unduly reverent and parochial.
    Ex: This situation only really stands out because this place is normally such an oasis of gentlemanly and civil behaviour.
    * respetuoso (con) = respectful (of/towards).
    * respetuoso de la ley = law abiding.
    * ser respetuoso con = be civil towards.

    * * *
    ‹persona/silencio› respectful
    le envía un respetuoso saludo Sincerely yours ( AmE), Yours respectfully ( frml), Yours faithfully ( BrE)
    * * *

    respetuoso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo ‹persona/silencio› respectful

    respetuoso,-a adjetivo respectful

    ' respetuoso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    respetuosa
    English:
    deferential
    - respectful
    - law
    * * *
    respetuoso, -a adj
    respectful ( con of)
    * * *
    adj respectful;
    respetuoso con el medio ambiente with respect for the environment
    * * *
    respetuoso, -sa adj
    : respectful
    * * *
    respetuoso adj respectful

    Spanish-English dictionary > respetuoso

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