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  • 61 alumnos

    m.pl.
    pupils, student body.
    * * *
    (n.) = taught
    Ex. But there are outsiders whose presence in the classroom and refreshing unfamiliarity and enthusiasm for reading can help change the pace of everyday encounters between teacher and taught = Pero hay personas ajenas a la clase cuya presencia en el aula y su novedad y entusiasmo revitalizador por la lectura pueden contribuir a cambiar el ritmo del encuentro diario entre el profesor y los alumnos.
    * * *
    (n.) = taught

    Ex: But there are outsiders whose presence in the classroom and refreshing unfamiliarity and enthusiasm for reading can help change the pace of everyday encounters between teacher and taught = Pero hay personas ajenas a la clase cuya presencia en el aula y su novedad y entusiasmo revitalizador por la lectura pueden contribuir a cambiar el ritmo del encuentro diario entre el profesor y los alumnos.

    Spanish-English dictionary > alumnos

  • 62 amigo por correspondencia

    (n.) = penfriend [pen-friend], pen-pal [penpal]
    Ex. The story relates the experiences of a young conscript whose desire for an amorous adventure with one of his many female penfriends results in a loveless and unhappy marriage.
    Ex. The author describes the setting up and running of a pen-pal club which allowed users to find pen-pals who were members of public libraries.
    * * *
    (n.) = penfriend [pen-friend], pen-pal [penpal]

    Ex: The story relates the experiences of a young conscript whose desire for an amorous adventure with one of his many female penfriends results in a loveless and unhappy marriage.

    Ex: The author describes the setting up and running of a pen-pal club which allowed users to find pen-pals who were members of public libraries.

    Spanish-English dictionary > amigo por correspondencia

  • 63 amoroso

    adj.
    1 loving, tender, affectionate, devoted.
    2 lovemaking, love, of love.
    3 amorous, gallant, erotic, amatory.
    * * *
    1 loving, affectionate
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=cariñoso) [persona] loving, affectionate; [mirada] amorous; [carta] love antes de s
    2) (fig) [tierra] workable; [metal] malleable; [tiempo] mild
    3) Cono Sur (=dulce) sweet, pretty, cute
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) (AmL) <persona/casa> lovely
    b) < vida> love (before n)
    * * *
    Ex. The story relates the experiences of a young conscript whose desire for an amorous adventure with one of his many female penfriends results in a loveless and unhappy marriage.
    ----
    * aventura amorosa = fling.
    * conquista amorosa = bedroom conquest.
    * historia amorosa = fling.
    * lío amoroso = fling.
    * rollo amoroso = fling.
    * tener relaciones amorosas = have + an affair.
    * tener una aventura amorosa = have + a fling.
    * tener un lío amoroso = have + an affair, have + a fling.
    * tener un rollo amoroso = have + a fling.
    * triangulo amoroso = love triangle.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) (AmL) <persona/casa> lovely
    b) < vida> love (before n)
    * * *

    Ex: The story relates the experiences of a young conscript whose desire for an amorous adventure with one of his many female penfriends results in a loveless and unhappy marriage.

    * aventura amorosa = fling.
    * conquista amorosa = bedroom conquest.
    * historia amorosa = fling.
    * lío amoroso = fling.
    * rollo amoroso = fling.
    * tener relaciones amorosas = have + an affair.
    * tener una aventura amorosa = have + a fling.
    * tener un lío amoroso = have + an affair, have + a fling.
    * tener un rollo amoroso = have + a fling.
    * triangulo amoroso = love triangle.

    * * *
    amoroso -sa
    1 ‹vida› love ( before n)
    todas sus relaciones amorosas terminaron en desastre his relationships always ended disastrously
    2 ( AmL) ‹persona› cute, sweet, lovely; ‹vestido/casa› cute, sweet, lovely
    Teresa, amorosa, dame un besito Teresa, darling, give me a kiss
    * * *

    amoroso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    a) (AmL) ‹persona/casa› lovely

    b) ‹ vida› love ( before n);


    amoroso,-a adjetivo loving, affectionate, LAm lovely, beautiful
    ' amoroso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    amorosa
    - enredarse
    - desengaño
    - enredado
    - enredar
    - enredo
    English:
    lovable
    - lovely
    - sweet
    - valentine
    * * *
    amoroso, -a adj
    1. [trato, sentimiento] loving;
    carta amorosa love letter;
    relación amorosa love affair;
    es muy amoroso con los niños he's very affectionate with children
    2. RP [bonito] charming
    * * *
    adj amorous
    * * *
    amoroso, -sa adj
    1) : loving, affectionate
    2) : amorous
    una mirada amorosa: an amorous glance
    3) : charming, cute
    ♦ amorosamente adv
    * * *
    amoroso adj
    2. (cariñoso) loving

    Spanish-English dictionary > amoroso

  • 64 analizar una cuestión

    (v.) = explore + question, explore + issue
    Ex. Which is a more effective location is a question that can be explored, but we do need to avoid the situation faced by other in situations developed in past ages, like the Church of England, whose physical plant (the church buildings) is over-provided for the denuded rural areas and under-provided for the city.
    Ex. The objective of the study is to explore the issue of budgeting for public library services.
    * * *
    (v.) = explore + question, explore + issue

    Ex: Which is a more effective location is a question that can be explored, but we do need to avoid the situation faced by other in situations developed in past ages, like the Church of England, whose physical plant (the church buildings) is over-provided for the denuded rural areas and under-provided for the city.

    Ex: The objective of the study is to explore the issue of budgeting for public library services.

    Spanish-English dictionary > analizar una cuestión

  • 65 anatomista

    f. & m.
    anatomist.
    * * *
    1 anatomist
    * * *
    Ex. He challenged the work of anatomists such as Galen (2nd century AD), whose understanding of the human body was based on the study of farm animals and Barbary apes.
    * * *

    Ex: He challenged the work of anatomists such as Galen (2nd century AD), whose understanding of the human body was based on the study of farm animals and Barbary apes.

    Spanish-English dictionary > anatomista

  • 66 aneurismia

    = aneurysm [aneurism].
    Ex. The author reports the case of a 67-year-old single man with aortic aneurysm whose depression was successfully treated with electroconvulsive therapy.
    ----
    * aneurismia cerebral = brain aneurysm, cerebral aneurysm.
    * * *
    = aneurysm [aneurism].

    Ex: The author reports the case of a 67-year-old single man with aortic aneurysm whose depression was successfully treated with electroconvulsive therapy.

    * aneurismia cerebral = brain aneurysm, cerebral aneurysm.

    Spanish-English dictionary > aneurismia

  • 67 animal de granja

    (n.) = farm animal, farmyard animal
    Ex. He challenged the work of anatomists such as Galen (2nd century AD), whose understanding of the human body was based on the study of farm animals and Barbary apes.
    Ex. Adding a touch of fish oil to farmyard animals' food could help cut gases they emit with their noxious belches.
    * * *
    (n.) = farm animal, farmyard animal

    Ex: He challenged the work of anatomists such as Galen (2nd century AD), whose understanding of the human body was based on the study of farm animals and Barbary apes.

    Ex: Adding a touch of fish oil to farmyard animals' food could help cut gases they emit with their noxious belches.

    Spanish-English dictionary > animal de granja

  • 68 antecedentes socioeconómicos

    Ex. He is thus in danger of losing touch with its traditional constituency (upward-mobile students) whose academic and socioeconomic backgrounds would have previously indicated nearly automatic attendance.
    * * *

    Ex: He is thus in danger of losing touch with its traditional constituency (upward-mobile students) whose academic and socioeconomic backgrounds would have previously indicated nearly automatic attendance.

    Spanish-English dictionary > antecedentes socioeconómicos

  • 69 antepasado

    adj.
    foregone, bygone.
    m.
    forefather, antecedent, ancestor, elder.
    * * *
    1 previous, prior
    1 ancestor
    1 forefathers, forbears
    ————————
    1 ancestor
    * * *
    (f. - antepasada)
    noun
    ancestor, forebear
    * * *
    antepasado, -a
    1.
    ADJ previous, before last
    2.
    SM / F ancestor, forbear frm
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo
    II
    - da masculino, femenino ancestor, forebear (liter)
    * * *
    = ancestor, forebear, forefather.
    Ex. The corruptions were often established by the ancestors of LC's hypothetical reader.
    Ex. These were gentlemen whose forebears had upset Elizabeth I by encouraging the people to think a little too much for themselves and who proved very difficult to control.
    Ex. I will stand for your rights as my forefathers did before me!.
    ----
    * primer antepasado = primogenitor.
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo
    II
    - da masculino, femenino ancestor, forebear (liter)
    * * *
    = ancestor, forebear, forefather.

    Ex: The corruptions were often established by the ancestors of LC's hypothetical reader.

    Ex: These were gentlemen whose forebears had upset Elizabeth I by encouraging the people to think a little too much for themselves and who proved very difficult to control.
    Ex: I will stand for your rights as my forefathers did before me!.
    * primer antepasado = primogenitor.

    * * *
    el año antepasado the year before last
    masculine, feminine
    ancestor, forebear ( liter)
    la tierra de mis antepasados the land of my forefathers o ancestors o forebears
    * * *

    antepasado
    ◊ -da adjetivo ‹año/semana› before last

    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    ancestor
    antepasado,-a sustantivo masculino y femenino ancestor

    ' antepasado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    antecesor
    - antecesora
    - antepasada
    - ascendiente
    - progenitor
    English:
    ancestor
    * * *
    antepasado, -a nm,f
    ancestor
    * * *
    m, antepasada f ancestor;
    antepasados ancestors, forefathers
    * * *
    antepasado, -da adj
    : before last
    el domingo antepasado: the Sunday before last
    antepasado, -da n
    antecesor: ancestor
    * * *
    antepasado n ancestor

    Spanish-English dictionary > antepasado

  • 70 aplausos

    m.pl.
    applause, acclaim, big hand, cheering.
    * * *
    (n.) = kudos
    Ex. Authors who succeed in this category are people who do not worry too much about the lack of literary kudos, but who can write, and seem to enjoy writing, fairly simple stories for a wide audience whose pure enjoyment of the books is sufficient.
    * * *
    (n.) = kudos

    Ex: Authors who succeed in this category are people who do not worry too much about the lack of literary kudos, but who can write, and seem to enjoy writing, fairly simple stories for a wide audience whose pure enjoyment of the books is sufficient.

    Spanish-English dictionary > aplausos

  • 71 aprender a su propio ritmo

    (v.) = learn at + Posesivo + own pace
    Ex. A student-centred model is recommended, which implies independent or self-study under the direct supervision of the lecturer, under whose guidance the student learns at his/her own pace.
    * * *
    (v.) = learn at + Posesivo + own pace

    Ex: A student-centred model is recommended, which implies independent or self-study under the direct supervision of the lecturer, under whose guidance the student learns at his/her own pace.

    Spanish-English dictionary > aprender a su propio ritmo

  • 72 archidiácono

    m.
    archdeacon.
    * * *
    1 archdeacon
    * * *
    * * *
    masculino archdeacon
    * * *
    Ex. This is a biography of Canon Foster, whose work included the preservation, sorting, conservation and listing of the records of bishops, archdeacons, deans and chapters.
    * * *
    masculino archdeacon
    * * *

    Ex: This is a biography of Canon Foster, whose work included the preservation, sorting, conservation and listing of the records of bishops, archdeacons, deans and chapters.

    * * *
    archdeacon
    * * *
    dean [of cathedral]

    Spanish-English dictionary > archidiácono

  • 73 argumento

    m.
    1 argument.
    un argumento a favor de/en contra de hacer algo an argument for/against doing something
    2 plot.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: argumentar.
    * * *
    1 argument
    2 (de novela, obra, etc) plot
    * * *
    noun m.
    1) argument, reasoning
    2) plot
    * * *
    SM
    1) [de razonamiento] argument tb Jur
    2) (Literat, Teat) plot; (TV etc) storyline

    argumento de la obra — plot summary, outline

    3) LAm (=discusión) argument, discussion, quarrel
    * * *
    a) ( razón) argument
    b) (Cin, Lit) plot, story line
    * * *
    = argument, contention, plot, point, thesis, storyline, thread, peg.
    Nota: En sentido figurado, razón o motivo utilizado como argumento para defender una actuación concreta.
    Ex. A précis is an account which restricts itself to the essential points in an argument.
    Ex. The main contentions are that it would serve both the long-term interests of authors and publishers and the interests of users of information.
    Ex. His work is criticized for its triviality, quantity, linguistically impoverished style, anemia of characterization, and cliched, stereotyped ideas and plots.
    Ex. Parts of the abstract are written in the informative style, whilst those points which are of less significance are treated indicatively.
    Ex. A praeses is a faculty moderator of an academic disputation, who normally proposes a thesis and participates in the ensuing disputation.
    Ex. Yet the aficionado of romantic fiction will be able to distinguish with ease between the novels of two authors whose storylines seem, to the outsider, to be virtually identical.
    Ex. The thread linking these giants is the acknowledgement that libraries exist to serve their users.
    Ex. The concepts currently being floated by UNESCO are such as will make convenient pegs to hang pleas for resources for bibliographic and library development to national governments.
    ----
    * ambas partes del argumento = both sides of the fence.
    * ambos lados del argumento = both sides of the fence.
    * apoyar + Posesivo + argumento = support + Posesivo + case, buttress + Posesivo + case.
    * apoyar un argumento = support + contention.
    * argumento científico = scientific argument.
    * argumento comercial = business case.
    * argumento convincente = compelling argument.
    * argumento de venta = sales pitch, product pitch.
    * argumento en contra = counter-argument [counterargument].
    * argumento + girar en torno a = argument + revolve around.
    * argumento principal = main argument.
    * argumento que presenta los dos puntos de vista = two-sided argument.
    * argumento que presenta sólo un punto de vista = one-sided argument.
    * argumentos = ammunition, ammo.
    * argumentos a favor o en contra = arguments for (and/or) against.
    * argumentos en contra = counter-evidence.
    * corroborar un argumento = substantiate + claim.
    * defender + Posesivo + argumento = support + Posesivo + case, buttress + Posesivo + case.
    * defender un argumento = support + view.
    * demostrar el argumento de Uno = prove + Posesivo + point, prove + point, make + Posesivo + case.
    * demostrar un argumento = substantiate + claim.
    * encadenamiento de argumentos = threading.
    * esgrimir un argumento = put forward + argument.
    * formular un argumento = advance + argument, put forward + argument.
    * invalidar un argumento = invalidate + argument.
    * presentar argumentos a favor = make + a case for.
    * presentar argumentos a favor de = present + arguments in favour of.
    * presentar un argumento = advance + argument.
    * rebatir un argumento = counter + argument.
    * respaldar el argumento de uno = back up + story.
    * respaldar un argumento = back + Posesivo + argument, buttress + argument, buttress + Posesivo + case.
    * * *
    a) ( razón) argument
    b) (Cin, Lit) plot, story line
    * * *
    = argument, contention, plot, point, thesis, storyline, thread, peg.
    Nota: En sentido figurado, razón o motivo utilizado como argumento para defender una actuación concreta.

    Ex: A précis is an account which restricts itself to the essential points in an argument.

    Ex: The main contentions are that it would serve both the long-term interests of authors and publishers and the interests of users of information.
    Ex: His work is criticized for its triviality, quantity, linguistically impoverished style, anemia of characterization, and cliched, stereotyped ideas and plots.
    Ex: Parts of the abstract are written in the informative style, whilst those points which are of less significance are treated indicatively.
    Ex: A praeses is a faculty moderator of an academic disputation, who normally proposes a thesis and participates in the ensuing disputation.
    Ex: Yet the aficionado of romantic fiction will be able to distinguish with ease between the novels of two authors whose storylines seem, to the outsider, to be virtually identical.
    Ex: The thread linking these giants is the acknowledgement that libraries exist to serve their users.
    Ex: The concepts currently being floated by UNESCO are such as will make convenient pegs to hang pleas for resources for bibliographic and library development to national governments.
    * ambas partes del argumento = both sides of the fence.
    * ambos lados del argumento = both sides of the fence.
    * apoyar + Posesivo + argumento = support + Posesivo + case, buttress + Posesivo + case.
    * apoyar un argumento = support + contention.
    * argumento científico = scientific argument.
    * argumento comercial = business case.
    * argumento convincente = compelling argument.
    * argumento de venta = sales pitch, product pitch.
    * argumento en contra = counter-argument [counterargument].
    * argumento + girar en torno a = argument + revolve around.
    * argumento principal = main argument.
    * argumento que presenta los dos puntos de vista = two-sided argument.
    * argumento que presenta sólo un punto de vista = one-sided argument.
    * argumentos = ammunition, ammo.
    * argumentos a favor o en contra = arguments for (and/or) against.
    * argumentos en contra = counter-evidence.
    * corroborar un argumento = substantiate + claim.
    * defender + Posesivo + argumento = support + Posesivo + case, buttress + Posesivo + case.
    * defender un argumento = support + view.
    * demostrar el argumento de Uno = prove + Posesivo + point, prove + point, make + Posesivo + case.
    * demostrar un argumento = substantiate + claim.
    * encadenamiento de argumentos = threading.
    * esgrimir un argumento = put forward + argument.
    * formular un argumento = advance + argument, put forward + argument.
    * invalidar un argumento = invalidate + argument.
    * presentar argumentos a favor = make + a case for.
    * presentar argumentos a favor de = present + arguments in favour of.
    * presentar un argumento = advance + argument.
    * rebatir un argumento = counter + argument.
    * respaldar el argumento de uno = back up + story.
    * respaldar un argumento = back + Posesivo + argument, buttress + argument, buttress + Posesivo + case.

    * * *
    1 (razón) argument
    me dejó sin argumentos she demolished all my arguments
    esgrimió argumentos sólidos y convincentes he employed solid, convincing arguments
    2 ( Cin, Lit) plot, story line
    * * *

     

    Del verbo argumentar: ( conjugate argumentar)

    argumento es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    argumentó es:

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

    Multiple Entries:
    argumentar    
    argumento
    argumentar ( conjugate argumentar) verbo transitivo
    to argue
    argumento sustantivo masculino

    b) (Cin, Lit) plot, story line

    argumentar verbo transitivo & verbo intransitivo to argue
    argumento sustantivo masculino
    1 (razonamiento) argument
    2 (trama) plot
    ' argumento' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    absurda
    - absurdo
    - arma
    - base
    - confusa
    - confuso
    - consistente
    - débil
    - densidad
    - desmontar
    - disuasiva
    - disuasivo
    - disuasoria
    - disuasorio
    - esgrimir
    - exposición
    - hilo
    - inconsistente
    - mala
    - malo
    - oponer
    - peso
    - razón
    - risa
    - seguir
    - simplón
    - simplona
    - socorrida
    - socorrido
    - solidez
    - sutil
    - vigente
    - consistencia
    - contradecir
    - contundente
    - embrollo
    - estúpido
    - fundar
    - pobre
    - raciocinio
    - rebuscado
    - resumir
    - retorcido
    - sólido
    - sostener
    - verosímil
    English:
    acknowledge
    - argument
    - bogus
    - case
    - clever
    - cogent
    - contest
    - core
    - demolish
    - devastating
    - follow
    - forceful
    - impress
    - lame
    - leg
    - pith
    - plot
    - point
    - powerful
    - reasonable
    - shrewd
    - side
    - sound
    - stand up
    - state
    - story
    - story-line
    - take apart
    - telling
    - tenuous
    - thread
    - valid
    - weak
    - weakness
    - wishy-washy
    - woolly
    - wooly
    * * *
    1. [razonamiento] argument
    2. [trama] plot
    * * *
    m
    1 razón argument
    2 de libro, película etc plot
    * * *
    1) : argument, reasoning
    2) : plot, story line
    * * *
    1. (razonamiento) argument
    2. (tema de película, etc) plot

    Spanish-English dictionary > argumento

  • 74 arma bioquímica

    (n.) = bioweapon
    Ex. The article 'From bioweapon to biodefense' reports on a pilot scientometric project whose goal was to trace changes in biodefence research and the activities of its main players, Russia and the USA.
    * * *
    (n.) = bioweapon

    Ex: The article 'From bioweapon to biodefense' reports on a pilot scientometric project whose goal was to trace changes in biodefence research and the activities of its main players, Russia and the USA.

    Spanish-English dictionary > arma bioquímica

  • 75 armamento bioquímico

    (n.) = bioweapon
    Ex. The article 'From bioweapon to biodefense' reports on a pilot scientometric project whose goal was to trace changes in biodefence research and the activities of its main players, Russia and the USA.
    * * *
    (n.) = bioweapon

    Ex: The article 'From bioweapon to biodefense' reports on a pilot scientometric project whose goal was to trace changes in biodefence research and the activities of its main players, Russia and the USA.

    Spanish-English dictionary > armamento bioquímico

  • 76 armarse de

    v.
    to summon up, to muster up, to pluck up.
    * * *
    (v.) = summon up
    Ex. Summoning up her most agreeable tones, she asked if it might not be wiser to ask someone whose experience far exceeded her own to substitute for him.
    * * *
    (v.) = summon up

    Ex: Summoning up her most agreeable tones, she asked if it might not be wiser to ask someone whose experience far exceeded her own to substitute for him.

    Spanish-English dictionary > armarse de

  • 77 asociación de antiguos alumnos

    Ex. A related body is a corporate body that has a relation to another body other than that of hierarchical subordination, e.g., one whose members have also membership in or an association with another body, such as employees' associations and alumni associations.
    * * *

    Ex: A related body is a corporate body that has a relation to another body other than that of hierarchical subordination, e.g., one whose members have also membership in or an association with another body, such as employees' associations and alumni associations.

    Spanish-English dictionary > asociación de antiguos alumnos

  • 78 aspirante

    adj.
    1 aspiring (person).
    2 aspirant, suction, aspiring.
    f. & m.
    1 candidate.
    un aspirante a actor/político (en deportes, concursos) a would-be actor/politician
    2 applicant, office seeker.
    * * *
    1 suction
    1 candidate, applicant
    \
    bomba aspirante suction pump
    * * *
    noun mf.
    1) applicant, candidate
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) [persona] aspiring
    2) (=aspirador)
    2.
    SMF candidate, applicant (a for)
    * * *
    I
    a) < persona>

    aspirante a algo: los alumnos aspirantes a becas — students who wish to be awarded scholarships

    b) < bomba> suction (before n)
    II
    masculino y femenino

    aspirante a algo: las aspirantes al título the contenders for the title; ocho aspirantes al puesto de redactor — eight candidates o applicants for the post of editor

    * * *
    = aspiring, wannabe, challenger, aspirant, hopeful.
    Ex. The idea was to give the 'best and most aspiring poor' the opportunity to improve; the not so good and less aspiring be damned!.
    Ex. However, it is not clear that this is the case with other (actual or wannabe) schools whose aspirations, to be blunt, may be outpacing their assets.
    Ex. They simply must find new ways of storing and retrieving that information more rapidly and more concisely in ways that can compete with the commercial challengers.
    Ex. 'He who pays the piper calls the tune,' said Muiru, a presidential aspirant when asked why his rating was so low on the polls.
    Ex. When asked what advice she might give to curatorial hopefuls, Jones quickly replied: 'Go for it -- There are plenty of opportunities'.
    * * *
    I
    a) < persona>

    aspirante a algo: los alumnos aspirantes a becas — students who wish to be awarded scholarships

    b) < bomba> suction (before n)
    II
    masculino y femenino

    aspirante a algo: las aspirantes al título the contenders for the title; ocho aspirantes al puesto de redactor — eight candidates o applicants for the post of editor

    * * *
    = aspiring, wannabe, challenger, aspirant, hopeful.

    Ex: The idea was to give the 'best and most aspiring poor' the opportunity to improve; the not so good and less aspiring be damned!.

    Ex: However, it is not clear that this is the case with other (actual or wannabe) schools whose aspirations, to be blunt, may be outpacing their assets.
    Ex: They simply must find new ways of storing and retrieving that information more rapidly and more concisely in ways that can compete with the commercial challengers.
    Ex: 'He who pays the piper calls the tune,' said Muiru, a presidential aspirant when asked why his rating was so low on the polls.
    Ex: When asked what advice she might give to curatorial hopefuls, Jones quickly replied: 'Go for it -- There are plenty of opportunities'.

    * * *
    1 ‹persona› aspirante A algo:
    los alumnos aspirantes a becas deberán pasar un segundo examen students who wish to be awarded scholarships will have to take a second exam
    2 ‹bomba› suction ( before n)
    aspirante A algo:
    otra de las aspirantes al título another of the contenders for the title
    los aspirantes al poder aspirants to power ( frml), those who aspire to power
    tenemos ocho aspirantes al puesto de redactor we have eight candidates o applicants for the post of editor
    * * *

    aspirante sustantivo masculino y femenino:

    ocho aspirantes al puesto de redactor eight candidates o applicants for the post of editor
    aspirante mf candidate, applicant

    ' aspirante' also found in these entries:
    English:
    aspirant
    - midshipman
    - would-be
    - contender
    - hopeful
    - would
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [persona] aspiring
    2. [objeto]
    bomba aspirante suction pump
    ♦ nmf
    [candidato] candidate (a for); [en deportes, concursos] contender (a for);
    un aspirante al trono an aspirant to the throne;
    los dos aspirantes a la presidencia the two presidential candidates
    * * *
    I adj aspiring
    II m/f a cargo candidate (a for); a título contender (a for)
    * * *
    : applicant, candidate
    * * *

    Spanish-English dictionary > aspirante

  • 79 astronáutica

    adj.&f.
    feminine of ASTRONÁUTICO.
    f.
    astronautics, rocket science.
    * * *
    1 astronautics
    * * *
    * * *
    = astronautics, rocket science.
    Ex. For example, 629.1388 in DC has to house all documents on astronautics documents on Instrumentation, Earth satellites, Monkeys in space, Manned flights, and so on.
    Ex. The exhibition presented the work of four artists whose projects examine the fields of natural science, nuclear physics and rocket science, zoology, and genetic engineering.
    * * *
    = astronautics, rocket science.

    Ex: For example, 629.1388 in DC has to house all documents on astronautics documents on Instrumentation, Earth satellites, Monkeys in space, Manned flights, and so on.

    Ex: The exhibition presented the work of four artists whose projects examine the fields of natural science, nuclear physics and rocket science, zoology, and genetic engineering.

    * * *
    astronautics
    * * *
    astronautics [singular]
    * * *
    f space travel, astronautics sg fml
    * * *
    : astronautics

    Spanish-English dictionary > astronáutica

  • 80 atacar con

    (v.) = urge against
    Ex. It is the ideology which was urged against Panizzi and was cogently disproved by him before the Royal Commission but whose seductive simplicity has always found friends to keep it alive.
    * * *

    Ex: It is the ideology which was urged against Panizzi and was cogently disproved by him before the Royal Commission but whose seductive simplicity has always found friends to keep it alive.

    Spanish-English dictionary > atacar con

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