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without skill

  • 1 iners

    ĭners, ertis (abl. inerti, Plin. 16, 43, 83, § 227:

    inerte,

    Ov. P. 1, 5, 8; 1, 10, 14), adj. [2. in-ars], unskilled in any art or trade, without skill, unskilful (class.): ut perhibetur iners, ars in quo non erit ulla, Lucil. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 4, 158:

    artes, quibus qui carebant, inertes a majoribus nominabantur,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 34, 115: versus, artless ( = sine arte et gravitate facti), Hor. A. P. 445.—In partic., = iners dicendi, arte dicendi carens:

    homo non inertissimus,

    Cic. Div. in Caecil. 21, 67. —
    II.
    In gen., inactive, idle, indolent, sluggish, inert.
    A.
    Of living beings:

    linguā factiosi, inertes operā,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 13: silvicolae homines bellique inertes, Naev. ap. Macr. S. 6, 5, § 9:

    gerro, iners, etc.,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 4, 10:

    vicissent inprobos boni fortes inertes,

    Cic. Sest. 19, 43:

    senectus,

    id. de Sen. 11, 36:

    homo inertior, ignavior proferri non potest,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 78, § 192:

    pecus,

    Verg. A. 4, 158; cf.:

    fera membris,

    Plin. 8, 21, 32, § 77.—
    B.
    Of inanim. and abstr. things:

    inertissimum et desidiosissimum otium,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 33:

    inertissima segnitia,

    id. Fin. 1, 2, 5:

    ignavum et iners genus interrogationis,

    empty, idle, id. Fat. 13, 29:

    aquae,

    stagnant waters, Ov. H. 18, 121:

    stomachus,

    i. e. without digestion, id. P. 1, 10, 14:

    glaebae,

    that bear nothing, without cultivation, Verg. G. 1, 94:

    terra,

    motionless, immovable, Hor. C. 3, 4, 45:

    horae,

    leisure hours, id. S. 2, 6, 61:

    tempus,

    Ov. P. 1, 15, 44:

    Brutus castigator lacrimarum atque inertium querellarum,

    Liv. 1, 59, 4.— Of food, without flavor, insipid:

    caro,

    Hor. S. 2, 4, 41:

    blitum iners videtur, ac sine sapore, aut acrimonia ulla,

    Plin. 20, 22, 93, § 252:

    sal,

    id. 31, 7, 39, § 82: [p. 941] vita, inactive, quiet, Tib. 1, 1, 5. — Poet., causative, rendering idle or inactive:

    frigus,

    Ov. M. 8, 790:

    somni,

    id. Am. 2, 10, 19. — Hence, adv.: ĭnerter, and sup. inertissime, Charis. 165 P.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > iners

  • 2 inerter

    ĭners, ertis (abl. inerti, Plin. 16, 43, 83, § 227:

    inerte,

    Ov. P. 1, 5, 8; 1, 10, 14), adj. [2. in-ars], unskilled in any art or trade, without skill, unskilful (class.): ut perhibetur iners, ars in quo non erit ulla, Lucil. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 4, 158:

    artes, quibus qui carebant, inertes a majoribus nominabantur,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 34, 115: versus, artless ( = sine arte et gravitate facti), Hor. A. P. 445.—In partic., = iners dicendi, arte dicendi carens:

    homo non inertissimus,

    Cic. Div. in Caecil. 21, 67. —
    II.
    In gen., inactive, idle, indolent, sluggish, inert.
    A.
    Of living beings:

    linguā factiosi, inertes operā,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 13: silvicolae homines bellique inertes, Naev. ap. Macr. S. 6, 5, § 9:

    gerro, iners, etc.,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 4, 10:

    vicissent inprobos boni fortes inertes,

    Cic. Sest. 19, 43:

    senectus,

    id. de Sen. 11, 36:

    homo inertior, ignavior proferri non potest,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 78, § 192:

    pecus,

    Verg. A. 4, 158; cf.:

    fera membris,

    Plin. 8, 21, 32, § 77.—
    B.
    Of inanim. and abstr. things:

    inertissimum et desidiosissimum otium,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 33:

    inertissima segnitia,

    id. Fin. 1, 2, 5:

    ignavum et iners genus interrogationis,

    empty, idle, id. Fat. 13, 29:

    aquae,

    stagnant waters, Ov. H. 18, 121:

    stomachus,

    i. e. without digestion, id. P. 1, 10, 14:

    glaebae,

    that bear nothing, without cultivation, Verg. G. 1, 94:

    terra,

    motionless, immovable, Hor. C. 3, 4, 45:

    horae,

    leisure hours, id. S. 2, 6, 61:

    tempus,

    Ov. P. 1, 15, 44:

    Brutus castigator lacrimarum atque inertium querellarum,

    Liv. 1, 59, 4.— Of food, without flavor, insipid:

    caro,

    Hor. S. 2, 4, 41:

    blitum iners videtur, ac sine sapore, aut acrimonia ulla,

    Plin. 20, 22, 93, § 252:

    sal,

    id. 31, 7, 39, § 82: [p. 941] vita, inactive, quiet, Tib. 1, 1, 5. — Poet., causative, rendering idle or inactive:

    frigus,

    Ov. M. 8, 790:

    somni,

    id. Am. 2, 10, 19. — Hence, adv.: ĭnerter, and sup. inertissime, Charis. 165 P.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > inerter

  • 3 iners

        iners ertis, adj. with comp. and sup.    [2 in+ars], without skill, unskilful, incompetent: artes, quibus qui carebant, inertes nominabantur: scriptor, H.: superando inertīs, O.: homo non inertissimus.— Helpless, weak, inactive, indolent, sluggish, worthless: gerro, iners, etc., T.: exercitus, S.: senectus: homo inertior: Corpora, non-combatants, V.: inertissimum otium: inertissima segnitia: genus interrogationis, idle: umor, stagnant, V.: pondus, dead, O.: passus, sluggish, O.: glebae, without cultivation, V.: terra, motionless, H.: horae, leisure, H.: palmae, unarmed, V.: oculi, expressionless, V.: versūs, dull, H.: querellae, L.: neque quicquam inertius habetur, effeminate, Cs.: caro, insipid, H.: frigus, benumbing, O.
    * * *
    inertis (gen.), inertior -or -us, inertissimus -a -um ADJ
    helpless, weak, inactive, inert, sluggish, stagnant; unskillful, incompetent

    Latin-English dictionary > iners

  • 4 قوة

    قُوَّة \ force: violence; fierce or uncontrolled use of strength: He took the money from the old woman by force. might: power; strength: He tried with all his might. power: strength; force: I haven’t the power to lift this weight, a strong and important country Russia is a great power. strength: the quality of being strong; strong condition. \ بِقُوّة \ hard: with much effort or force (often in compounds): You must try hard if you want to succeed. I hit him hard, strongly; very much: It’s snowing hard. passionately: with strong or violent feelings: He loved his country passionately. strongly: firmly; deeply: I strongly advise you to buy this. \ قُوَّة أعصاب \ nerve: boldness; the courage that is necessary to do sth. dangerous: The climber lost his nerve and fell. \ قُوَّة تَحَمُّل \ endurance: the power of enduring or bearing pain, trouble, etc.: Long-distance runners need great endurance. stamina: the power of working hard in rough conditions over a long period of time, without getting seriously tired or ill. wear: fitness for use; strength: There is plenty of wear left in that coat. \ قُوَّة تَركيز \ concentration: close or complete attention: This book will need all your concentration. \ قُوَّة جَسَدِيَّة \ force: natural or bodily power; active strength: The force of the explosion broke all the windows in the building. He had to use force to get the lid off the tin. \ قُوَّة حِصان \ horsepower: (sometimes shortened to HP) a measure of the power of an engine. \ قُوَّة الخَيَال \ imagination: the act or the power of imagining: A poet needs an active imagination. \ قُوَّة شَخْصِيَّة \ backbone: strength of character. \ القُوَّة الكامِلة \ strength: the full quantity of a group of persons who form an effective force: The nurses are not up to strength. (There are not enough nurses) They are 30 below strength. (The hospital usu. employs 30 more than it has now). \ القُوَّة المُجرَّدَة \ brute force: force used without skill or care: He had lost the key of the box, and had to use brute force to break it open. \ قُوَّة مُحَرِّكة \ power: force that can be used for doing work: electric power; water power. \ قُوَّة مسلَّحَة \ force: a controlled body of men: a police force; the armed forces. \ قُوَّة المَصّ \ suction: sucking the natural force that draws things together when there is no air between them. \ قُوَّة مُعَاكِسَة \ opposition: opposing, an opposing; force; (in a law-making group) elected members whose party is against the governing party. \ القُوَى العَقْلِيَّة \ senses: (in various phrases) a calm and reasonable state of mind: The explosion frightened them out of their senses. Anyone in his senses would take that job.

    Arabic-English dictionary > قوة

  • 5 acemice

    adv. clumsily, verdantly, greenly, without skill

    Turkish-English dictionary > acemice

  • 6 in-doctus

        in-doctus adj.    with comp, untaught, unlearned, uninstructed, ignorant, unskilful: multitudo: habitus indoctior: Cantabrum indoctum iuga ferre nostra, H.: pilae discive trochive, H.— Neut. adverb: canet indoctum, without skill, H.— As subst m.: non apud indoctos loquor: Non tu, indocte, solebas, etc., V.

    Latin-English dictionary > in-doctus

  • 7 nevješto

    adv unskillfully, awkwardly, clumsily, without skill
    * * *
    • scratchylly

    Hrvatski-Engleski rječnik > nevješto

  • 8 pintorrear

    v.
    to daub, to paint without skill.

    Spanish-English dictionary > pintorrear

  • 9 ἀπεριλάλητος

    ἀπερι-λάλητος [pron. full] [λᾰ], ον,
    A not to be out-talked or without skill in circumlocution, Ar.Ra. 839:—cf. Hsch. ἀπεριλάλητον ( ἀπεριάλλητον cod.): ἀνεξαπάτητον, ἀφελῆ.

    Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > ἀπεριλάλητος

  • 10 brute force

    القُوَّة المُجرَّدَة \ brute force: force used without skill or care: He had lost the key of the box, and had to use brute force to break it open.

    Arabic-English glossary > brute force

  • 11 не используя

    Русско-английский большой базовый словарь > не используя

  • 12 adresse

    c black adresse [adʀεs]
    1. feminine noun
       a. ( = domicile) address
    • à l'adresse de ( = à l'intention de) for the benefit of
       b. ( = habileté) skill
    c black2. compounds
    ► adresse réticulaire or universelle URL
    ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
    ✎ Le mot anglais s'écrit avec deux d et sans e à la fin.
    * * *
    adʀɛs
    1) ( domicile) address

    se tromper d'adresse — fig ( de personne) to pick the wrong person; ( de lieu) to pick the wrong place

    2) ( habileté physique) dexterity

    avec adresse — skilfully [BrE]

    4) ( allocution) address

    forme or formule d'adresse — form of address

    6) Informatique address
    * * *
    adʀɛs nf
    1) (= fait d'être adroit) skill, dexterity
    2) (= domicile) address
    3) INFORMATIQUE address
    4)
    * * *
    adresse nf
    1 ( domicile) address; adresse postale postal GB ou mailing US address; c'est une bonne adresse [restaurant, magasin] it's a good place; faire un changement d'adresse to notify one's change of address; partir sans laisser d'adresse to leave without a forwarding address; se tromper d'adresse fig ( de personne) to pick the wrong person, to get the wrong number○ US fig; ( de lieu) to get the wrong address; une remarque lancée à l'adresse de qn a remark directed at sb; a-t-il dit à l'adresse des participants he said for the benefit of the participants;
    2 ( habileté physique) dexterity; jongler avec adresse to juggle with dexterity; exercer son adresse au tir to practiseGB one's shooting;
    3 ( habileté intellectuelle) skill; avec adresse skilfullyGB;
    4 ( allocution) address; adresse retransmise à la télévision address broadcast on TV;
    5 Ling ( en lexicographie) headword; ( en sociolinguistique) address; forme or formule d'adresse form of address;
    6 Ordinat address.
    adresse électronique Ordinat email address, e-mail address; adresse IP Ordinat IP address; adresse réticulaire Ordinat universal resource locator, URL; adresse universelle Ordinat universal resource locator, URL.
    [adrɛs] nom féminin
    1. [domicile] address
    a. [magasin] a good shop (UK) ou store (US)
    b. [restaurant] a good restaurant
    c. [hôtel] a good hotel
    2. [discours] formal speech, address
    3. [dans un dictionnaire] headword
    adresse de courriel, adresse électronique email address
    5. [dextérité] skill
    6. [subtilité] cleverness, adroitness
    ————————
    à l'adresse de locution prépositionnelle

    Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > adresse

  • 13 falta

    f.
    1 lack (carencia).
    hay falta de trabajo there's a shortage of work
    a falta de in the absence of
    por falta de for want o lack of
    fue absuelto por falta de pruebas he was acquitted for lack of evidence
    es una falta de educación it's bad manners
    es una falta de respeto it shows a lack of respect
    2 absence (ausencia).
    nadie notó su falta nobody noticed his/its absence
    echar en falta algo/a alguien to notice that something/somebody is missing; (notar la ausencia de) to miss something/somebody (echar de menos)
    sin falta without fail
    el lunes sin falta on Monday without fail
    3 fault.
    sacarle faltas a alguien/algo to find fault with somebody/something
    falta de ortografía spelling mistake
    lanzar o sacar una falta to take a free kick
    falta libre directa direct free kick offense
    falta personal personal foul
    5 offense (law).
    falta grave/leve serious/minor offense
    6 missed period.
    7 shortcoming, lapse, foul, failing.
    8 need, want.
    pres.indicat.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: faltar.
    imperat.
    2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: faltar.
    * * *
    1 (carencia) lack
    2 (escasez) shortage
    3 (ausencia) absence
    4 (error) mistake
    5 (defecto) fault, defect
    6 (mala acción) misdeed
    7 MEDICINA missed period
    8 DERECHO misdemeanour (US misdemeanor)
    9 DEPORTE (fútbol) foul; (tenis) fault
    \
    a falta de... for want of..., for lack of...
    coger a alguien en falta to catch somebody out
    hacer falta to be necessary
    no hace falta que... there is no need for...
    pillar a alguien en falta to catch somebody out
    poner falta a alguien to mark somebody absent
    por falta de...→ link=a a falta de
    sacar faltas a to find fault with
    sacar una falta DEPORTE to take a free kick
    sin falta without fail
    tirar una falta DEPORTE to take a free kick
    ¡falta hacía! and about time too!
    falta de pago nonpayment
    * * *
    noun f.
    1) lack, want
    2) fault, error
    3) foul
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=carencia)
    a) [de recursos, información, control, acuerdo] lack

    • falta de respeto — disrespect, lack of respect

    la falta de respeto por las ideas de los demás — disrespect o lack of respect for other people's ideas

    ¡qué falta de respeto! — how rude!

    b)

    • a falta de — in the absence of, for want of

    a falta de información fiable, nos limitamos a repetir los rumores — in the absence of reliable information, we can merely repeat the rumours, we can merely repeat the rumours, for want of reliable information

    a falta de champán para celebrarlo, beberemos cerveza — as we don't have any champagne to celebrate with, we'll drink beer

    • a falta de un término/sistema mejor — for want of a better term/system

    • a falta de tres minutos para el final — three minutes from the end

    c)

    • por falta de — for lack of

    d)

    • echar algo/a algn en falta — to miss sth/sb

    educación 3)
    2)

    • hacer falta, me hace mucha falta un coche — I really o badly * need a car

    no nos hace falta nada — we've got everything we need, we don't need anything else

    ¡falta hacía! — and about time too!

    si hace falta, voy — if necessary, I'll go, if need be, I'll go

    • hacer falta hacer algo, para ser enfermero hace falta tener vocación — you have to be dedicated to be a nurse

    ¡hace falta ser tonto para no darse cuenta! — you have to be pretty stupid not to realize!

    • hacer falta que + subjun —

    si hace falta que os echemos una mano, llamadnos — if you need us to give you a hand, give us a call

    -¿te han invitado al concierto? -no, ni falta que me hace — "haven't they invited you to the concert?" - "no, and I couldn't care less" *

    3) (Escol) (=ausencia) absence

    • poner falta a algn — to mark sb absent, put sb down as absent

    4) (=infracción)
    a) (Jur) offence, offense (EEUU)

    • falta grave — serious offence, serious offense (EEUU), serious misconduct

    • falta leve — minor offence, minor offense (EEUU), misdemeanour, misdemeanor (EEUU)

    b) (Ftbl, Balonmano) foul; (Tenis) fault

    va a sacar la falta — (Ftbl) he's going to take the free kick; (Balonmano) he's going to take the free throw

    • cometer una falta contra algn — to foul sb

    • lanzamiento de falta — (Ftbl) free kick

    5) (=fallo) [de persona] shortcoming, fault; [de máquina, producto] flaw, fault

    • sacar faltas a algn — to point out sb's shortcomings, find fault with sb

    • sin falta — without fail

    6) [por estar embarazada] missed period
    * * *
    1) (carencia, ausencia)

    falta de algo — de interés/dinero lack of something

    es por la falta de costumbre — it's because I'm/you're not used to it

    a falta de pan buenas son (las) tortas or (Méx) a falta de pan, tortillas — half a loaf is better than none

    echar algo en falta: aquí se echa en falta más formalidad what's needed here is a more serious attitude; echó en falta sus alhajas — she realized her jewelry was missing

    2) ( inasistencia) tb
    3) ( de la menstruación) missed period
    4)

    hacer falta: no hace falta que se queden there's no need for you to stay; hace falta ser tonto para creerse eso! you have to be stupid to believe that!; si hace falta... if necessary...; no hizo falta cambiarlo I/we didn't need to change it; lo que hace falta es que nos escuchen what they really need to do is listen to us; lo que hace falta aquí es una computadora what's needed here is a computer; (+ me/te/le etc) le hace falta descansar he/she needs to rest; estudia que buena falta te hace (fam) it's about time you did some studying; me haces mucha falta I really need you; ni falta que (me/te/le) hace — (fam) so what? (colloq)

    5) (infracción, omisión) offense*

    una falta grave — a serious misdemeanor*

    fue una falta de respeto — it was very rude of you/him/her/them

    agarrar or (esp Esp) coger a alguien en falta — to catch somebody out

    6) ( defecto)

    sacarle or encontrarle faltas a algo — to find fault with something

    7) (Dep)
    a) (infracción - en fútbol, baloncesto) foul; (- en tenis) fault
    b) ( tiro libre - en fútbol) free kick; (- en balonmano) free throw
    * * *
    = anaemia [anemia, -USA], deprivation, failing, fault, inadequacy, infringement, scarcity, shortage, starvation, defect, misdeed, petty crime, gaping hole, foul.
    Ex. His work is criticized for its triviality, quantity, linguistically impoverished style, anemia of characterization, and cliched, stereotyped ideas and plots.
    Ex. Findings emphasised the escalating deprivation of applied social scientists in general and the local government and voluntary sectors in particular.
    Ex. No supervisor should be a tiresome nag, but the achievements and failings of a persons's performance deserves mention in a constructive way at timely, regular intervals.
    Ex. Documents and information can be lost forever by faults in inputting.
    Ex. Inadequacies in the specific A/Z subject index entry made for a subject can also occur if the indexer bases his analysis solely on the class number for that subject.
    Ex. Strictly speaking, the word piracy or infringement can be applied only to the flowing back of unauthorised reproductions to countries of origen = En su estricto sentido, la palabra piratería o infracción puede aplicarse solamente a la entrada de vuelta a los países de origen de reproducciones que se hayan hecho sin la debida autorización.
    Ex. The relative scarcity of music automated authority and bibliographic records likewise increases costs.
    Ex. Universities currently facing a shortage of space for books should consider sending a proportion of lesser used journals to the British Library now.
    Ex. This approach let to the financial starvation of public libraries.
    Ex. This book offers pithy and witty advice on how to write, defects in prose style, punctuation, and preparing a manuscript.
    Ex. By preserving and ensuring access to the sordid history told in the tales of the tobacco industry documents, there is hope that as a nation we will not allow a repeat of the mistakes and misdeeds of the past.
    Ex. Examples of ' petty crimes' are riding the train without a ticket, reproducing copyright computer programs, traffic violations, tax evasion, & shoplifting.
    Ex. Questia contains thousands of books in the liberal arts, but gaping holes and many old titles diminish its value as a library collection.
    Ex. Taking a dive is cheating, but it's up to the skill of referees to recognise a genuine foul from a 'dive'.
    ----
    * adolecer de falta de = suffer from + lack of, lack.
    * a falta de = for want of, in the absence of, in default of, for lack of, short of.
    * echar muchísimo en falta = be sorely missed, be sadly missed.
    * echar mucho en falta = be sorely missed, be sadly missed.
    * encontrarle faltas a todo = nitpick.
    * falta de = lack of.
    * falta de acceso = unavailability.
    * falta de actividad = inactivity, inaction.
    * falta de actualidad = datedness.
    * falta de adecuación = misfit.
    * falta de agua = water shortage.
    * falta de alineación = misalignment.
    * falta de ambigüedad = unambiguity.
    * falta de armonía = disharmony.
    * falta de asistencia = lack of attendance, non-attendance.
    * falta de atención = inattention, inattention.
    * falta de autenticidad = inauthencity.
    * falta de certeza = uncertainty.
    * falta de civismo = lack of public spirit.
    * falta de claridad = fuzziness, obscurity, murkiness, indistinctiveness, indistinctness.
    * falta de coincidencia = mismatch.
    * falta de comprensión = incomprehension, lack of understanding.
    * falta de comunicación = poor communication.
    * falta de conciencia = unconsciousness.
    * falta de concienciación = unawareness.
    * falta de confianza en = disbelief.
    * falta de conocimiento = unfamiliarity.
    * falta de control = dirty data.
    * falta de convencionalismo = unconventionality.
    * falta de cooperación = uncooperation.
    * falta de coordinación = misalignment.
    * falta de coraje = act of cowardice, lack of courage, lack of backbone.
    * falta de correspondencia = mismatch.
    * falta de cuidado = sloppiness.
    * falta de decoro = impropriety.
    * falta de deseo = unwillingness.
    * falta de deseo por la lectura = aliteracy.
    * falta de dirección = indirection.
    * falta de disciplina = indiscipline, disruptive behaviour.
    * falta de disponibilidad = unavailability.
    * falta de educación = impoliteness.
    * falta de elasticidad = inelasticity.
    * falta de entendimiento = lack of understanding.
    * falta de esmero = sloppiness.
    * falta de espacio = tightness of space.
    * falta de especificidad = indeterminacy.
    * falta de ética académica = academic dishonesty.
    * falta de ética científica profesional = scientific misconduct.
    * falta de ética profesional = misconduct, professional misconduct, unethical behaviour, unethical conduct, unprofessional conduct, unprofessional conduct, malpractice.
    * falta de ética profesional de género = sexual misconduct.
    * falta de ética profesional sexual = sexual misconduct.
    * falta de fiabilidad = unreliability.
    * falta de flexibilidad = inelasticity.
    * falta de fondos = underfunding.
    * falta de gravedad = weightlessness.
    * falta de honradez = dishonesty.
    * falta de idoneidad = unsuitability, inaptness.
    * falta de importancia = worthlessness.
    * falta de información = lack of information.
    * falta de interés por cooperar = unresponsiveness.
    * falta de linealidad = nonlinearity [no-linearity], nonlinearity [no-linearity].
    * falta de mano de obra = labour shortage.
    * falta de mérito = unworthiness.
    * falta de misericordia = ruthlessness.
    * falta de moderación = intemperance.
    * falta de moralidad = amorality, immoral conduct.
    * falta de notoriedad = low profile.
    * falta de ortografía = misspelling [mis-spelling], spelling error.
    * falta de oxigenación = oxygen starvation.
    * falta de oxígeno = oxygen starvation.
    * falta de personal = undermanning.
    * falta de pertinencia = irrelevance.
    * falta de peso = underweight.
    * falta de piedad = ruthlessness.
    * falta de precisión = fuzziness, looseness, looseness of fit.
    * falta de predisposición = disinclination.
    * falta de preparación = unpreparedness.
    * falta de profesionalidad = amateurism, unprofessional conduct, professional misconduct.
    * falta de pruebas = lack of evidence to the contrary.
    * falta de puntualidad = unpunctuality.
    * falta de renovación = non-renewal.
    * falta de representación = under-representation [underrepresentation].
    * falta de resolución = procrastination.
    * falta de respeto = disrespect, irreverence, diss, diss.
    * falta de rigidez = looseness, looseness of fit.
    * falta de sensibilidad = insensitivity.
    * falta de sentido = meaninglessness.
    * falta de seriedad = flippancy.
    * falta de sinceridad = insincerity.
    * falta de tiempo = tightness of scheduling.
    * falta de uniformidad = patchiness, unevenness.
    * falta de unión = disunity.
    * falta de valía = unworthiness.
    * falta de valor = worthlessness, act of cowardice, lack of courage, lack of backbone.
    * falta de visión de futuro = shortsightedness, nearsightedness [near-sightedness], myopia.
    * falta de voluntad = reluctance.
    * falta leve = peccadillo [peccadilloes, -pl.], lesser sin.
    * falta ortográfica = spelling mistake.
    * faltas y defectos = faults and inadequacies, snags and pitfalls, snags and problems.
    * hacer falta = need, must, have to, it + take.
    * no hace falta decir que = it goes without saying that, needless to say.
    * por falta de = for want of, for lack of.
    * que falta = missing.
    * remediar la falta de = remedy + the lack of.
    * sacar faltas = find + fault with.
    * sacarle faltas a todo = nitpick.
    * sin falta = without fail.
    * subsanar una falta = remedy + fault.
    * tarea falta de interés = chore.
    * tener lo que hace falta = have + what it takes.
    * ver faltas en = see + faults in.
    * * *
    1) (carencia, ausencia)

    falta de algo — de interés/dinero lack of something

    es por la falta de costumbre — it's because I'm/you're not used to it

    a falta de pan buenas son (las) tortas or (Méx) a falta de pan, tortillas — half a loaf is better than none

    echar algo en falta: aquí se echa en falta más formalidad what's needed here is a more serious attitude; echó en falta sus alhajas — she realized her jewelry was missing

    2) ( inasistencia) tb
    3) ( de la menstruación) missed period
    4)

    hacer falta: no hace falta que se queden there's no need for you to stay; hace falta ser tonto para creerse eso! you have to be stupid to believe that!; si hace falta... if necessary...; no hizo falta cambiarlo I/we didn't need to change it; lo que hace falta es que nos escuchen what they really need to do is listen to us; lo que hace falta aquí es una computadora what's needed here is a computer; (+ me/te/le etc) le hace falta descansar he/she needs to rest; estudia que buena falta te hace (fam) it's about time you did some studying; me haces mucha falta I really need you; ni falta que (me/te/le) hace — (fam) so what? (colloq)

    5) (infracción, omisión) offense*

    una falta grave — a serious misdemeanor*

    fue una falta de respeto — it was very rude of you/him/her/them

    agarrar or (esp Esp) coger a alguien en falta — to catch somebody out

    6) ( defecto)

    sacarle or encontrarle faltas a algo — to find fault with something

    7) (Dep)
    a) (infracción - en fútbol, baloncesto) foul; (- en tenis) fault
    b) ( tiro libre - en fútbol) free kick; (- en balonmano) free throw
    * * *
    = anaemia [anemia, -USA], deprivation, failing, fault, inadequacy, infringement, scarcity, shortage, starvation, defect, misdeed, petty crime, gaping hole, foul.

    Ex: His work is criticized for its triviality, quantity, linguistically impoverished style, anemia of characterization, and cliched, stereotyped ideas and plots.

    Ex: Findings emphasised the escalating deprivation of applied social scientists in general and the local government and voluntary sectors in particular.
    Ex: No supervisor should be a tiresome nag, but the achievements and failings of a persons's performance deserves mention in a constructive way at timely, regular intervals.
    Ex: Documents and information can be lost forever by faults in inputting.
    Ex: Inadequacies in the specific A/Z subject index entry made for a subject can also occur if the indexer bases his analysis solely on the class number for that subject.
    Ex: Strictly speaking, the word piracy or infringement can be applied only to the flowing back of unauthorised reproductions to countries of origen = En su estricto sentido, la palabra piratería o infracción puede aplicarse solamente a la entrada de vuelta a los países de origen de reproducciones que se hayan hecho sin la debida autorización.
    Ex: The relative scarcity of music automated authority and bibliographic records likewise increases costs.
    Ex: Universities currently facing a shortage of space for books should consider sending a proportion of lesser used journals to the British Library now.
    Ex: This approach let to the financial starvation of public libraries.
    Ex: This book offers pithy and witty advice on how to write, defects in prose style, punctuation, and preparing a manuscript.
    Ex: By preserving and ensuring access to the sordid history told in the tales of the tobacco industry documents, there is hope that as a nation we will not allow a repeat of the mistakes and misdeeds of the past.
    Ex: Examples of ' petty crimes' are riding the train without a ticket, reproducing copyright computer programs, traffic violations, tax evasion, & shoplifting.
    Ex: Questia contains thousands of books in the liberal arts, but gaping holes and many old titles diminish its value as a library collection.
    Ex: Taking a dive is cheating, but it's up to the skill of referees to recognise a genuine foul from a 'dive'.
    * adolecer de falta de = suffer from + lack of, lack.
    * a falta de = for want of, in the absence of, in default of, for lack of, short of.
    * echar muchísimo en falta = be sorely missed, be sadly missed.
    * echar mucho en falta = be sorely missed, be sadly missed.
    * encontrarle faltas a todo = nitpick.
    * falta de = lack of.
    * falta de acceso = unavailability.
    * falta de actividad = inactivity, inaction.
    * falta de actualidad = datedness.
    * falta de adecuación = misfit.
    * falta de agua = water shortage.
    * falta de alineación = misalignment.
    * falta de ambigüedad = unambiguity.
    * falta de armonía = disharmony.
    * falta de asistencia = lack of attendance, non-attendance.
    * falta de atención = inattention, inattention.
    * falta de autenticidad = inauthencity.
    * falta de certeza = uncertainty.
    * falta de civismo = lack of public spirit.
    * falta de claridad = fuzziness, obscurity, murkiness, indistinctiveness, indistinctness.
    * falta de coincidencia = mismatch.
    * falta de comprensión = incomprehension, lack of understanding.
    * falta de comunicación = poor communication.
    * falta de conciencia = unconsciousness.
    * falta de concienciación = unawareness.
    * falta de confianza en = disbelief.
    * falta de conocimiento = unfamiliarity.
    * falta de control = dirty data.
    * falta de convencionalismo = unconventionality.
    * falta de cooperación = uncooperation.
    * falta de coordinación = misalignment.
    * falta de coraje = act of cowardice, lack of courage, lack of backbone.
    * falta de correspondencia = mismatch.
    * falta de cuidado = sloppiness.
    * falta de decoro = impropriety.
    * falta de deseo = unwillingness.
    * falta de deseo por la lectura = aliteracy.
    * falta de dirección = indirection.
    * falta de disciplina = indiscipline, disruptive behaviour.
    * falta de disponibilidad = unavailability.
    * falta de educación = impoliteness.
    * falta de elasticidad = inelasticity.
    * falta de entendimiento = lack of understanding.
    * falta de esmero = sloppiness.
    * falta de espacio = tightness of space.
    * falta de especificidad = indeterminacy.
    * falta de ética académica = academic dishonesty.
    * falta de ética científica profesional = scientific misconduct.
    * falta de ética profesional = misconduct, professional misconduct, unethical behaviour, unethical conduct, unprofessional conduct, unprofessional conduct, malpractice.
    * falta de ética profesional de género = sexual misconduct.
    * falta de ética profesional sexual = sexual misconduct.
    * falta de fiabilidad = unreliability.
    * falta de flexibilidad = inelasticity.
    * falta de fondos = underfunding.
    * falta de gravedad = weightlessness.
    * falta de honradez = dishonesty.
    * falta de idoneidad = unsuitability, inaptness.
    * falta de importancia = worthlessness.
    * falta de información = lack of information.
    * falta de interés por cooperar = unresponsiveness.
    * falta de linealidad = nonlinearity [no-linearity], nonlinearity [no-linearity].
    * falta de mano de obra = labour shortage.
    * falta de mérito = unworthiness.
    * falta de misericordia = ruthlessness.
    * falta de moderación = intemperance.
    * falta de moralidad = amorality, immoral conduct.
    * falta de notoriedad = low profile.
    * falta de ortografía = misspelling [mis-spelling], spelling error.
    * falta de oxigenación = oxygen starvation.
    * falta de oxígeno = oxygen starvation.
    * falta de personal = undermanning.
    * falta de pertinencia = irrelevance.
    * falta de peso = underweight.
    * falta de piedad = ruthlessness.
    * falta de precisión = fuzziness, looseness, looseness of fit.
    * falta de predisposición = disinclination.
    * falta de preparación = unpreparedness.
    * falta de profesionalidad = amateurism, unprofessional conduct, professional misconduct.
    * falta de pruebas = lack of evidence to the contrary.
    * falta de puntualidad = unpunctuality.
    * falta de renovación = non-renewal.
    * falta de representación = under-representation [underrepresentation].
    * falta de resolución = procrastination.
    * falta de respeto = disrespect, irreverence, diss, diss.
    * falta de rigidez = looseness, looseness of fit.
    * falta de sensibilidad = insensitivity.
    * falta de sentido = meaninglessness.
    * falta de seriedad = flippancy.
    * falta de sinceridad = insincerity.
    * falta de tiempo = tightness of scheduling.
    * falta de uniformidad = patchiness, unevenness.
    * falta de unión = disunity.
    * falta de valía = unworthiness.
    * falta de valor = worthlessness, act of cowardice, lack of courage, lack of backbone.
    * falta de visión de futuro = shortsightedness, nearsightedness [near-sightedness], myopia.
    * falta de voluntad = reluctance.
    * falta leve = peccadillo [peccadilloes, -pl.], lesser sin.
    * falta ortográfica = spelling mistake.
    * faltas y defectos = faults and inadequacies, snags and pitfalls, snags and problems.
    * hacer falta = need, must, have to, it + take.
    * no hace falta decir que = it goes without saying that, needless to say.
    * por falta de = for want of, for lack of.
    * que falta = missing.
    * remediar la falta de = remedy + the lack of.
    * sacar faltas = find + fault with.
    * sacarle faltas a todo = nitpick.
    * sin falta = without fail.
    * subsanar una falta = remedy + fault.
    * tarea falta de interés = chore.
    * tener lo que hace falta = have + what it takes.
    * ver faltas en = see + faults in.

    * * *
    A (carencia, ausencia) falta DE algo lack OF sth
    por falta de fondos owing to a lack of funds
    no se pudo terminar por falta de tiempo we could not finish it because we ran out of time o we did not have enough time o owing to lack of time
    falta de personal staff shortage
    es por la falta de costumbre it's because I'm/you're not used to it
    ¿por qué no vienes? — no es por falta de ganas why don't you come? — it's not that I don't want to
    siente mucho la falta de su hijo she misses her son terribly
    a falta de un nombre mejor for want of a better name
    a falta de información más detallada in the absence of more detailed information
    a falta de pan buenas son (las) tortas or ( Méx) a falta de pan, tortillas half a loaf is better than none
    echar algo en falta: aquí lo que se echa en falta es un poco de formalidad what's needed around here is a more serious attitude
    echó en falta algunas de sus alhajas she realized some of her jewelry was missing
    se echará mucho en falta su aporte her contribution will be greatly missed
    B (inasistencia) absence
    le pusieron falta they marked her down as absent
    tienes más de 30 faltas you have been absent over 30 times
    sin falta without fail
    C (de la menstruación) missed period
    es la segunda falta I've missed two periods
    D
    hacer falta: hace falta mucha paciencia para tratar con él you need a lot of patience to deal with him
    no hace falta que se queden los dos there's no need for both of you to stay
    ¡hace falta ser tonto para creerse eso! you have to be stupid to believe that!
    le hace falta descansar he needs to rest
    a ver si te cortas el pelo, que buena falta te hace ( fam); it's high time o it's about time you got your hair cut ( colloq)
    me haces mucha falta (te necesito) I need you very much; (te echo de menos) ( AmL) I miss you terribly, I miss you very much
    ni falta que (me/te/le) hace ( fam); so what? ( colloq), who cares? ( colloq)
    nos hace tanta falta como los perros en misa ( fam); that's all we need, we need it like we need a hole in the head ( colloq)
    E (infracción, omisión) offense*
    incurrir en una falta grave to commit a serious misdemeanor*
    fue una falta de respeto contestarle así it was very rude o disrespectful of you to answer him like that
    agarrar or coger a algn en falta to catch sb out
    Compuestos:
    es una falta de educación poner los codos sobre la mesa it's bad manners to put your elbows on the table
    ( Der) (minor) bodily harm
    acusar a algn de falta de lesiones to accuse sb of causing bodily harm
    spelling mistake
    nonpayment
    F ( Dep)
    1 (infracción — en fútbol, baloncesto) foul; (— en tenis) fault
    el árbitro pitó falta the referee gave o awarded a foul
    2 (tiro libre — en fútbol) free kick; (— en balonmano) free throw
    * * *

     

    Del verbo faltar: ( conjugate faltar)

    falta es:

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

    2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

    Multiple Entries:
    falta    
    faltar
    falta sustantivo femenino
    1 (carencia, ausencia) falta de algo ‹de interés/dinero› lack of sth;

    es la falta de costumbre it's because I'm/you're not used to it;
    fue una falta de respeto it was very rude of you/him/her/them;
    eso es una falta de educación that's bad manners;
    a falta de más información in the absence of more information
    2 ( inasistencia) tb

    le pusieron falta they marked her down as absent
    3
    a)

    ◊ hacer falta: no hace falta que se queden there's no need for you to stay;

    si hace falta … if necessary …;
    hacen falta dos vasos más we need two more glasses;
    le hace falta descansar he/she needs to rest
    b)


    4 ( defecto) fault;

    sacarle or encontrarle faltas a algo to find fault with sth;
    falta de ortografía spelling mistake
    5 (Dep)
    a) ( infracción — en fútbol, baloncesto) foul;

    (— en tenis) fault

    (— en balonmano) free throw
    faltar ( conjugate faltar) verbo intransitivo
    1

    ◊ ¿quién falta? who's missing?;


    (en colegio, reunión) who's absent?;

    a esta taza le falta el asa there's no handle on this cup


    nos faltó tiempo we didn't have enough time


    les falta cariño they need affection
    2 ( quedar):
    ◊ yo estoy lista ¿a ti te falta mucho? I'm ready, will you be long?;

    nos falta poco para terminar we're almost finished;
    me faltan tres páginas para terminar el libro I have three pages to go to finish the book;
    solo me falta pasarlo a máquina all I have to do is type it out;
    falta poco para Navidad it's not long until Christmas;
    faltan cinco minutos para que empiece there are five minutes to go before it starts;
    ¡no faltaba más! ( respuesta — a un agradecimiento) don't mention it!;

    (— a una petición) of course, certainly;
    (— a un ofrecimiento) I wouldn't hear of it!
    3
    a) ( no asistir):

    ◊ te esperamos, no faltes we're expecting you, make sure you come;

    falta a algo ‹ al colegio› to be absent from sth;

    ‹ a una cita› to miss sth;

    ha faltado dos veces al trabajo she's been off work twice
    b) ( no cumplir):


    ¡no me faltes al respeto! don't be rude to me
    falta sustantivo femenino
    1 lack: se perdió la cosecha por falta de lluvia, the harvest was lost through lack of rain
    2 (ausencia) absence: no notaron su falta, they didn't miss him
    3 (imperfección) fault, defect: tiene faltas de ortografía, he made some spelling mistakes
    4 Jur misdemeanour
    5 Dep Ftb foul
    Ten fault
    ♦ Locuciones: echar algo/a alguien en falta, to miss sthg/sb
    hacer falta, to be necessary: (nos) hace falta un reloj, we need a watch
    no hace falta que lo veas, there is no need for you to see it
    sin falta, without fail
    faltar verbo intransitivo
    1 (estar ausente) to be missing: falta el jefe, the boss is missing
    2 (no tener) to be lacking: le falta personalidad, he lacks personality
    3 (restar) to be left: aún falta para la Navidad, it's a long time until Christmas
    faltó poco para que ganaran, they very nearly won
    no falta nada por hacer, there's nothing more to be done
    sólo me falta el último capítulo por leer, I've only got the last chapter to read
    4 (no acudir) tu hermano faltó a la cita, your brother didn't turn up/come
    5 (incumplir) eso es faltar a la verdad, that is not telling the truth
    faltar uno a su palabra, to break one's word
    6 (insultar) faltar a alguien, to be rude to someone: ¡sin faltar!, don't be rude!
    (ofender) no era mi intención faltarte al respeto, I didn't mean to be rude to you
    ♦ Locuciones: ¡lo que faltaba!, that's all it needed!
    ¡no faltaba más!, (but) of course!
    ' falta' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    acrecentar
    - adolecer
    - ante
    - apagada
    - apagado
    - apercibirse
    - apuro
    - área
    - atonía
    - bajeza
    - bastarse
    - cachondeo
    - calor
    - carencia
    - cometer
    - deberse
    - debilidad
    - delicadeza
    - desenfreno
    - desgana
    - desprecio
    - desvergüenza
    - dimanar
    - distracción
    - echar
    - educación
    - enervar
    - enjuagar
    - error
    - estrechez
    - evidenciar
    - faltar
    - flojedad
    - hígado
    - incorrección
    - informalidad
    - injusticia
    - inquietud
    - inseguridad
    - insignificancia
    - lastre
    - ligereza
    - linier
    - naturalidad
    - ñoñería
    - ñoñez
    - orden
    - osadía
    - oscuridad
    - pecado
    English:
    absence
    - amiss
    - antibiotic
    - application
    - badly
    - carry on
    - catch out
    - close down
    - coordination
    - dark
    - deficiency
    - deprivation
    - difference
    - diffidence
    - disagreement
    - disrespect
    - fail
    - failing
    - failure
    - fall through
    - fault
    - folding
    - foul
    - half-heartedness
    - hate
    - if
    - impurity
    - infringement
    - joblessness
    - lack
    - liability
    - marble
    - microphone
    - miss
    - missing
    - mistake
    - muscle
    - nearly
    - necessary
    - need
    - news
    - numb
    - off
    - out of
    - persuasion
    - practice
    - practise
    - remain
    - remorselessness
    - self-doubt
    * * *
    falta nf
    1. [ausencia] absence;
    [carencia] lack; [escasez] shortage;
    nadie notó su falta nobody noticed his/its absence;
    estos animales tienen falta de cariño these animals suffer from a lack of affection;
    en estos momentos hay falta de trabajo there's a shortage of work at the moment;
    la falta de agua impide el desarrollo de la región water is in short supply in the region, something which is holding back its development;
    estoy cometiendo muchos errores, es la falta de costumbre I'm making a lot of mistakes, I'm out of practice;
    fue absuelto por falta de pruebas he was acquitted for lack of evidence;
    ha sido una falta de delicadeza decirle eso it was tactless of you to say that to him;
    es una falta de educación it's bad manners;
    es una falta de respeto it shows a lack of respect;
    ¡qué o [m5] vaya falta de seriedad! it's disgraceful!;
    a falta de in the absence of;
    a falta de un sitio mejor, podríamos ir a la playa in the absence of anywhere better, we could always go to the beach;
    echar en falta algo/a alguien [notar la ausencia de] to notice that sth/sb is missing;
    [echar de menos] to miss sth/sb;
    no fuimos de vacaciones por falta de dinero we didn't go on holiday because we didn't have enough money;
    si no voy contigo no es por falta de ganas if I don't go with you, it isn't because I don't want to;
    sin falta without fail;
    hemos de entregar este proyecto el lunes sin falta this project has to be handed in on Monday without fail;
    a falta de pan, buenas son tortas: no es lo ideal, pero a falta de pan, buenas son tortas it's not ideal, but it will have to do for want of anything better
    2.
    hacer falta [ser necesario] to be necessary;
    me hace falta suerte I need some luck;
    me haces mucha falta I really need you;
    si hiciera falta, llámanos if necessary, call us;
    ¡hace falta ser caradura!, ¡volver a pedirme dinero! what a nerve, asking me for money again!;
    espero que lo traten con disciplina, que buena falta le hace I hope they are strict with him, he certainly needs it o it's high time someone was;
    no va a venir, ni falta que hace she isn't coming, not that anyone cares
    3. [no asistencia] absence;
    me han puesto dos faltas este mes I was marked absent twice this month
    falta de asistencia absence
    4. [imperfección] fault;
    [defecto de fábrica] defect, flaw;
    sacarle faltas a algo/alguien to find fault with sth/sb
    5. [infracción] misdemeanour, offence;
    [incumplimiento] breach; [error] mistake;
    una falta contra la disciplina a breach of discipline;
    falta grave/leve serious/minor misdemeanour o offence;
    he tenido tres faltas en el dictado I made three mistakes in my dictation
    falta de ortografía spelling mistake; Com falta de pago non-payment
    6. Dep [infracción] foul;
    [en tenis] fault;
    cometer o [m5] hacer una falta to commit a foul;
    señalar una falta to give o award a free kick
    falta antideportiva [en baloncesto] unsportsmanlike foul;
    falta libre directa direct free kick offence;
    falta libre indirecta indirect free kick offence;
    falta personal [en baloncesto] personal foul;
    falta de pie [en tenis] foot fault;
    falta de saque [en tenis] service fault;
    falta técnica [en baloncesto] technical foul
    7. Dep [tiro libre] free kick;
    marcar de falta to score from a free kick;
    lanzar o [m5] sacar una falta to take a free kick
    falta libre directa direct free kick;
    falta libre indirecta indirect free kick
    8. [en la menstruación] missed period;
    ha tenido ya dos faltas she has missed two periods
    * * *
    f
    1 ( escasez) lack, want;
    falta de lack of, shortage of;
    a o
    por falta de due to o for lack of;
    por falta de tiempo due to o for o
    through lack of time;
    por falta de capital for lack of capital
    2 ( error) mistake;
    sin faltas perfect
    3 ( ausencia) absence;
    4 en tenis fault; en fútbol, baloncesto foul;
    hacer una falta en fútbol commit a foul, foul;
    doble falta en tenis double fault;
    cometer doble falta double-fault
    5 DEP ( tiro libre) free kick;
    lanzar una falta take a free kick;
    marcar de falta score from a free kick;
    pitar falta blow one’s whistle for a free kick
    6
    :
    hacer falta be necessary;
    buena falta le hace it’s about time;
    no me hace falta I don’t need it;
    ni falta que hace he/it won’t be missed, he’s/it’s no great loss
    7
    :
    sin falta without fail
    * * *
    falta nf
    1) carencia: lack
    hacer falta: to be lacking, to be needed
    2) defecto: defect, fault, error
    3) : offense, misdemeanor
    4) : foul (in basketball), fault (in tennis)
    * * *
    1. (carencia, escasez) lack / shortage
    2. (ausencia) absence
    3. (error) mistake
    5. (en fútbol, baloncesto) foul
    6. (en tenis) fault
    no hace falta que vengas you don't need to come / there's no need for you to come

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  • 14 art

    art [aʀ]
    1. masculine noun
       a. ( = esthétique, technique) art
    • livre/critique d'art art book/critic
       b. ( = adresse) skill
    ► les Arts ménagers (salon) ≈ the Ideal Home Exhibition
    * * *
    aʀ
    1.
    nom masculin
    1) (création, œuvres) art
    2) ( savoir-faire) art; ( habileté) skill

    avec art — ( artistement) artistically; ( habilement) skilfully [BrE]

    3) ( don) knack ( de faire of doing)

    2.
    arts nom masculin pluriel arts
    Phrasal Verbs:
    * * *
    aʀ
    1. nm
    1) (= activité) art

    l'art — art

    2) (capacité, talent)
    2. arts nmpl
    * * *
    art
    A nm
    1 (création, œuvres) art; l'art abstrait/chinois/nègre abstract/Chinese/Negro art; l'art du Moyen-Âge the art of the Middle Ages; l'art pour l'art art for art's sake; d'art [amateur, livre, galerie] art ( épith); ⇒ grand;
    2 ( savoir-faire) art; ( habileté) skill; c'est tout un art de créer un parfum creating a perfume is an art in itself; c'est du grand art it's a real art; il nous a enseigné l'art du mime/du trucage/de faire des sauces he taught us the art of mime/of special effects/of sauce-making; l'art de l'écrivain/du jardinier the writer's/gardener's art; ils ont un art consommé du compromis they have perfected the art of compromise; avoir l'art et la manière to have the skill and the style (de faire qch to do sth); avec art ( artistement) artistically; ( habilement) skilfullyGB; elle joue/s'exprime avec un art consommé de la nuance she plays/expresses herself with a fine command of nuance;
    3 ( don) knack; elle a l'art de convaincre/de plaire she has the knack of convincing/of pleasing people; il a l'art de parler pour ne rien dire he's very good at talking without saying anything.
    B arts nmpl arts; ⇒ école.
    art contemporain contemporary art; art déco art deco; un meuble art déco a piece of art deco furniture; art dramatique drama; art floral flower arranging; art de la guerre art of war; art lyrique opera; art martial martial art; art nouveau art nouveau; un vase art nouveau an art nouveau vase; art oratoire public speaking; art poétique (versification, ouvrage) art of poetry; art de la table art of entertaining; art de vivre art of living; être célibataire c'est plus que vivre seul, c'est un art de vivre there's more to being a bachelor than living on your own, it's an art; arts appliqués applied arts; arts décoratifs decorative arts; arts graphiques graphic arts; arts libéraux liberal arts; arts mécaniques mechanical arts; arts ménagers home economics; le Salon des Arts Ménagers ≈ the Ideal Home Exhibition GB, the Home Show US; arts plastiques plastic arts.
    [ar] nom masculin
    1. ART art
    art figuratif/abstrait figurative/abstract art
    cinéma ou salle d'art et d'essai art house
    grand art: regardez cette pyramide de fruits, c'est du grand art! look at this pyramid of fruit, it's a work of art!
    le Musée national d'art modernethe Paris Museum of Modern Art, in the Pompidou Centre
    2. [technique] art
    découper un poulet, c'est tout un art! (figuré) carving a chicken is quite an art!
    l'art dramatique dramatic art, dramatics
    a. [classe] drama class
    b. [école] drama school
    l'art sacré, le grand art (the art of) alchemy
    3. [don] art, talent
    je voulais juste le prévenir! — oui, mais il y a l'art et la manière I didn't want to offend him, just to warn him! — yes, but there are ways of going about it
    ————————
    arts nom masculin pluriel
    arts appliqués ≃ art and design
    les arts et métiers ÉDUCATIONcollege for the advanced education of those working in commerce, manufacturing, construction and design

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  • 15 bellum

    bellum (ante-class. and poet. duel-lum), i, n. [Sanscr. dva, dvi, dus; cf. Germ. zwei; Engl. two, twice; for the change from initial du- to b-, cf. bis for duis, and v. the letter B, and Varr. L. L. 5, § 73 Mull.; 7, § 49 ib.], war.
    I.
    Form duellum: duellum, bellum, videlicet quod duabus partibus de victoria contendentibus dimicatur. Inde est perduellis, qui pertinaciter retinet bellum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 66, 17 Mull.:

    bellum antea duellum vocatum eo quod duae sunt dimicantium partes... Postea mutata littera dictum bellum,

    Isid. Orig. 18, 1, 9: hos pestis necuit, pars occidit illa duellis, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 9, 861 P. (Ann. v. 549 Vahl.):

    legiones reveniunt domum Exstincto duello maximo atque internecatis hostibus,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 35:

    quae domi duellique male fecisti,

    id. As. 3, 2, 13.—So in archaic style, or in citations from ancient documents:

    quique agent rem duelli,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 21:

    aes atque ferrum, duelli instrumenta,

    id. ib. 2, 18, 45 (translated from the Platonic laws):

    puro pioque duello quaerendas (res) censeo,

    Liv. 1, 32, 12 (quoted from ancient transactions); so,

    quod duellum populo Romano cum Carthaginiensi est,

    id. 22, 10, 2:

    victoriaque duelli populi Romani erit,

    id. 23, 11, 2:

    si duellum quod cum rege Antiocho sumi populus jussit,

    id. 36, 2, 2;

    and from an ancient inscription' duello magno dirimendo, etc.,

    id. 40, 52, 5.— Poet.:

    hic... Pacem duello miscuit,

    Hor. C. 3, 5, 38:

    cadum Marsi memorem duelli,

    id. ib. 3, 14, 18:

    vacuum duellis Janum Quirini clausit,

    id. ib. 4, 15, 8; cf. id. Ep. 1, 2, 7; 2, 1, 254; 2, 2, 98; Ov. F. 6, 201; Juv. 1, 169— [p. 227]
    II.
    Form bellum.
    A.
    War, warfare (abstr.), or a war, the war (concr.), i.e. hostilities between two nations (cf. tumultus).
    1.
    Specifying the enemy.
    a.
    By adjj. denoting the nation:

    omnibus Punicis Siciliensibusque bellis,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 47, § 124:

    aliquot annis ante secundum Punicum bellum,

    id. Ac. 2, 5, 13:

    Britannicum bellum,

    id. Att. 4, 16, 13:

    Gallicum,

    id. Prov. Cons. 14, 35:

    Germanicum,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 28:

    Sabinum,

    Liv. 1, 26, 4:

    Parthicum,

    Vell. 2, 46, 2;

    similarly: bellum piraticum,

    the war against the pirates, Vell. 2, 33, 1.—Sometimes the adj. refers to the leader or king of the enemy:

    Sertorianum bellum,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 8, 18:

    Mithridaticum,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 3, 7:

    Jugurthinum,

    Hor. Epod. 9, 23; Vell. 2, 11, 1;

    similarly: bellum regium,

    the war against kings, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 17, 50. —Or it refers to the theatre of the war:

    bellum Africanum, Transalpinum,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28:

    Asiaticum,

    id. ib. 22, 64:

    Africum,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 32 fin.:

    Actiacum,

    Vell. 2, 86, 3:

    Hispaniense,

    id. 2, 55, 2.—
    b.
    With gen. of the name of the nation or its leader: bellum Latinorum, the Latin war, i. e. against the Latins, Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 6:

    Venetorum,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 16:

    Helvetiorum,

    id. ib. 1, 40 fin.;

    1, 30: Ambiorigis,

    id. ib. 6, 29, 4:

    Pyrrhi, Philippi,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 7, 17:

    Samnitium,

    Liv. 7, 29, 2.—
    c.
    With cum and abl. of the name.
    (α).
    Attributively:

    cum Jugurtha, cum Cimbris, cum Teutonis bellum,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 20, 60:

    belli causa cum Samnitibus,

    Liv. 7, 29, 3:

    hunc finem bellum cum Philippo habuit,

    id. 33, 35, 12:

    novum cum Antiocho instabat bellum,

    id. 36, 36, 7; cf. id. 35, 40, 1; 38, 58, 8; 39, 1, 8; 44, 14, 7.—
    (β).
    With cum dependent on the verb:

    quia bellum Aetolis esse dixi cum Aliis,

    Plaut. Capt. prol. 59:

    novi consules... duo bella habuere... alterum cum Tiburtibus,

    Liv. 7, 17, 2; esp. with gero, v. 2. b. a infra.—
    d.
    With adversus and acc. of the name.
    (α).
    Attributively:

    bellum adversus Philippum,

    Liv. 31, 1, 8:

    bellum populus adversus Vestinos jussit,

    id. 8, 29, 6.—
    (β).
    With adversus dependent on the verb: quod homines populi Hermunduli adversus populum Romanum bellum fecere, Cincius ap. Gell. 16, 14, 1: nos pro vobis bellum suscepimus adversus Philippum. Liv. 31, 31, 18:

    ut multo acrius adversus duos quam adversus unum pararet bellum,

    id. 45, 11, 8:

    bellum quod rex adversus Datamem susceperat,

    Nep. Dat. 8, 5.—
    e.
    With contra and acc.:

    cum bellum nefarium contra aras et focos, contra vitam fortunasque nostras... non comparari, sed geri jam viderem,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 1, 1:

    causam belli contra patriam inferendi,

    id. ib. 2, 22, 53.—
    f.
    With in and acc. (very rare):

    Athenienses in Peloponnesios sexto et vicesimo anno bellum gerentes,

    Nep. Lys. 1, 1.—
    g.
    With inter and acc.:

    hic finis belli inter Romanos ac Persea fuit,

    Liv. 45, 9, 2.—
    h.
    With apud and acc.:

    secutum est bellum gestum apud Mutinam,

    Nep. Att. 9, 1.—
    k.
    With dat. of the enemy after inferre and facere, v. 2. a. k infra.—
    2.
    With verbs.
    a.
    Referring to the beginning of the war.
    (α).
    Bellum movere or commovere, to bring about, stir up a war:

    summa erat observatio in bello movendo,

    Cic. Off. 1, 11, 37:

    bellum commotum a Scapula,

    id. Fam. 9, 13, 1:

    nuntiabant alii... in Apulia servile bellum moveri,

    Sall. C. 30, 2:

    is primum Volscis bellum in ducentos amplius... annos movit,

    Liv. 1, 53, 2:

    insequenti anno Veiens bellum motum,

    id. 4, 58, 6:

    dii pium movere bellum,

    id. 8, 6, 4; cf. Verg. A. 10, 627; id. G. 1, 509; so,

    concitare,

    Liv. 7, 27, 5; and ciere ( poet.), Verg. A. 1, 541; 6, 829; 12, 158.—
    (β).
    Bellum parare, comparare, apparare, or se praeparare bello, to prepare a war, or for a war:

    cum tam pestiferum bellum pararet,

    Cic. Att. 9, 13, 3:

    bellum utrimque summopere parabatur,

    Liv. 1, 23, 1; cf. id. 45, 11, 8 (v. II. A. 1. d. b supra); Nep. Hann. 2, 6; Quint. 12, 3, 5; Ov. M. 7, 456; so,

    parare alicui,

    Nep. Alcib. 9, 5:

    bellum terra et mari comparat,

    Cic. Att. 10, 4, 3:

    tantum bellum... Cn. Pompeius extrema hieme apparavit, ineunte vere suscepit, media aestate confecit,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 12, 3, 5:

    bellum omnium consensu apparari coeptum,

    Liv. 4, 55, 7:

    numquam imperator ita paci credit, ut non se praeparet bello,

    Sen. Vit. Beat. 26, 2.—
    (γ).
    Bellum differre, to postpone a war:

    nec jam poterat bellum differri,

    Liv. 2, 30, 7:

    mors Hamilcaris et pueritia Hannibalis distulerunt bellum,

    id. 21, 2, 3; cf. id. 5, 5, 3.—
    (δ).
    Bellum sumere, to undertake, begin a war (not in Caesar):

    omne bellum sumi facile, ceterum aegerrume desinere,

    Sall. J. 83, 1:

    prius tamen omnia pati decrevit quam bellum sumere,

    id. ib. 20, 5:

    de integro bellum sumit,

    id. ib. 62, 9:

    iis haec maxima ratio belli sumendi fuerat,

    Liv. 38, 19, 3:

    sumi bellum etiam ab ignavis, strenuissimi cujusque periculo geri,

    Tac. H. 4, 69; cf. id. A. 2, 45; 13, 34; 15, 5; 15, 7; id. Agr. 16.—
    (ε).
    Bellum suscipere (rarely inire), to undertake, commence a war, join in a war:

    bellum ita suscipiatur ut nihil nisi pax quaesita videatur,

    Cic. Off. 1, 23, 80:

    suscipienda quidem bella sunt ob eam causam ut, etc.,

    id. ib. 1, 11, 35:

    judicavit a plerisque ignoratione... bellum esse susceptum,

    join, id. Marcell. 5, 13; id. Imp. Pomp. 12, 35 (v. supra):

    cum avertisset plebem a suscipiendo bello,

    undertaking, Liv. 4, 58, 14:

    senatui cum Camillo agi placuit ut bellum Etruscum susciperet,

    id. 6, 9, 5:

    bella non causis inita, sed ut eorum merces fuit,

    Vell. 2, 3, 3.—
    (ζ).
    Bellum consentire = bellum consensu decernere, to decree a war by agreement, to ratify a declaration of war (rare):

    consensit et senatus bellum,

    Liv. 8, 6, 8:

    bellum erat consensum,

    id. 1, 32, 12.—
    (η).
    Bellum alicui mandare, committere, decernere, dare, gerendum dare, ad aliquem deferre, or aliquem bello praeficere, praeponere, to assign a war to one as a commander, to give one the chief command in a war:

    sed ne tum quidem populus Romanus ad privatum detulit bellum,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 8, 18:

    populus Romanus consuli... bellum gerendum dedit,

    id. ib.:

    cur non... eidem... hoc quoque bellum regium committamus?

    id. Imp. Pomp. 17, 50:

    Camillus cui id bellum mandatum erat,

    Liv. 5, 26, 3:

    Volscum bellum M. Furio extra ordinem decretum,

    id. 6, 22, 6:

    Gallicum bellum Popilio extra ordinem datum,

    id. 7, 23, 2:

    quo die a vobis maritimo bello praepositus est imperator,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 15, 44:

    cum ei (bello) imperatorem praeficere possitis, in quo sit eximia belli scientia,

    id. ib. 16, 49:

    hunc toti bello praefecerunt,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 11 fin.:

    alicui bellum suscipiendum dare,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 19, 58:

    bellum administrandum permittere,

    id. ib. 21, 61.—
    (θ).
    Bellum indicere alicui, to declare war against (the regular expression; coupled with facere in the ancient formula of the pater patratus), also bellum denuntiare: ob eam rem ego... populo Hermundulo... bellum (in)dico facioque, Cincius ap. Gell. 16, 14, 1:

    ob eam rem ego populusque Romanus populis... Latinis bellum indico facioque,

    Liv. 1, 32, 13:

    Corinthiis bellum indicamus an non?

    Cic. Inv. 1, 12, 17:

    ex quo intellegi potest, nullum bellum esse justum nisi quod aut rebus repetitis geratur, aut denuntiatum ante sit et indictum,

    id. Off. 1, 11, 36; id. Rep. 3, 23, 35:

    bellum indici posse existimabat,

    Liv. 1, 22, 4:

    ni reddantur (res) bellum indicere jussos,

    id. 1, 22, 6:

    ut... nec gererentur solum sed etiam indicerentur bella aliquo ritu, jus... descripsit quo res repetuntur,

    id. 1, 32, 5; cf. id. 1, 32, 9; 2, 18, 11; 2, 38, 5; Verg. A. 7, 616.—
    (κ).
    Bellum inferre alicui (cf. contra aliquem, 1. e. supra; also bellum facere; absol., with dat., or with cum and abl.), to begin a war against ( with), to make war on:

    Denseletis nefarium bellum intulisti,

    Cic. Pis. 34, 84:

    ei civitati bellum indici atque inferri solere,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 31, § 79:

    qui sibi Galliaeque bellum intulissent,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 16; Nep. Them. 2, 4; Verg. A. 3, 248:

    bellumne populo Romano Lampsacena civitas facere conabatur?

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 31, § 79:

    bellum patriae faciet,

    id. Mil. 23, 63; id. Cat. 3, 9, 22:

    civitatem Eburonum populo Romano bellum facere ausam,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 28; cf. id. ib. 7, 2;

    3, 29: constituit bellum facere,

    Sall. C. 26, 5; 24, 2:

    occupant bellum facere,

    they are the first to begin the war, Liv. 1, 14, 4:

    ut bellum cum Priscis Latinis fieret,

    id. 1, 32, 13:

    populus Palaepolitanis bellum fieri jussit,

    id. 8, 22, 8; cf. Nep. Dion, 4, 3; id. Ages. 2, 1.— Coupled with instruere, to sustain a war:

    urbs quae bellum facere atque instruere possit,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 28, 77.—Bellum facere had become obsolete at Seneca's time, Sen. Ep. 114, 17.—
    (λ).
    Bellum oritur or exoritur, a war begins:

    subito bellum in Gallia ex, ortum est,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 7:

    aliud multo propius bellum ortum,

    Liv. 1, 14, 4:

    Veiens bellum exortum,

    id. 2, 53, 1.—

    bellum

    (ante-class. and poet.

    duel-lum

    ), i, n. [Sanscr. dva, dvi, dus; cf. Germ. zwei; Engl. two, twice; for the change from initial du- to b-, cf. bis for duis, and v. the letter B, and Varr. L. L. 5, § 73 Mull.; 7, § 49 ib.], war.
    I.
    Form duellum: duellum, bellum, videlicet quod duabus partibus de victoria contendentibus dimicatur. Inde est perduellis, qui pertinaciter retinet bellum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 66, 17 Mull.:

    bellum antea duellum vocatum eo quod duae sunt dimicantium partes... Postea mutata littera dictum bellum,

    Isid. Orig. 18, 1, 9: hos pestis necuit, pars occidit illa duellis, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 9, 861 P. (Ann. v. 549 Vahl.):

    legiones reveniunt domum Exstincto duello maximo atque internecatis hostibus,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 35:

    quae domi duellique male fecisti,

    id. As. 3, 2, 13.—So in archaic style, or in citations from ancient documents:

    quique agent rem duelli,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 21:

    aes atque ferrum, duelli instrumenta,

    id. ib. 2, 18, 45 (translated from the Platonic laws):

    puro pioque duello quaerendas (res) censeo,

    Liv. 1, 32, 12 (quoted from ancient transactions); so,

    quod duellum populo Romano cum Carthaginiensi est,

    id. 22, 10, 2:

    victoriaque duelli populi Romani erit,

    id. 23, 11, 2:

    si duellum quod cum rege Antiocho sumi populus jussit,

    id. 36, 2, 2;

    and from an ancient inscription' duello magno dirimendo, etc.,

    id. 40, 52, 5.— Poet.:

    hic... Pacem duello miscuit,

    Hor. C. 3, 5, 38:

    cadum Marsi memorem duelli,

    id. ib. 3, 14, 18:

    vacuum duellis Janum Quirini clausit,

    id. ib. 4, 15, 8; cf. id. Ep. 1, 2, 7; 2, 1, 254; 2, 2, 98; Ov. F. 6, 201; Juv. 1, 169— [p. 227]
    II.
    Form bellum.
    A.
    War, warfare (abstr.), or a war, the war (concr.), i.e. hostilities between two nations (cf. tumultus).
    1.
    Specifying the enemy.
    a.
    By adjj. denoting the nation:

    omnibus Punicis Siciliensibusque bellis,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 47, § 124:

    aliquot annis ante secundum Punicum bellum,

    id. Ac. 2, 5, 13:

    Britannicum bellum,

    id. Att. 4, 16, 13:

    Gallicum,

    id. Prov. Cons. 14, 35:

    Germanicum,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 28:

    Sabinum,

    Liv. 1, 26, 4:

    Parthicum,

    Vell. 2, 46, 2;

    similarly: bellum piraticum,

    the war against the pirates, Vell. 2, 33, 1.—Sometimes the adj. refers to the leader or king of the enemy:

    Sertorianum bellum,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 8, 18:

    Mithridaticum,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 3, 7:

    Jugurthinum,

    Hor. Epod. 9, 23; Vell. 2, 11, 1;

    similarly: bellum regium,

    the war against kings, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 17, 50. —Or it refers to the theatre of the war:

    bellum Africanum, Transalpinum,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28:

    Asiaticum,

    id. ib. 22, 64:

    Africum,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 32 fin.:

    Actiacum,

    Vell. 2, 86, 3:

    Hispaniense,

    id. 2, 55, 2.—
    b.
    With gen. of the name of the nation or its leader: bellum Latinorum, the Latin war, i. e. against the Latins, Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 6:

    Venetorum,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 16:

    Helvetiorum,

    id. ib. 1, 40 fin.;

    1, 30: Ambiorigis,

    id. ib. 6, 29, 4:

    Pyrrhi, Philippi,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 7, 17:

    Samnitium,

    Liv. 7, 29, 2.—
    c.
    With cum and abl. of the name.
    (α).
    Attributively:

    cum Jugurtha, cum Cimbris, cum Teutonis bellum,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 20, 60:

    belli causa cum Samnitibus,

    Liv. 7, 29, 3:

    hunc finem bellum cum Philippo habuit,

    id. 33, 35, 12:

    novum cum Antiocho instabat bellum,

    id. 36, 36, 7; cf. id. 35, 40, 1; 38, 58, 8; 39, 1, 8; 44, 14, 7.—
    (β).
    With cum dependent on the verb:

    quia bellum Aetolis esse dixi cum Aliis,

    Plaut. Capt. prol. 59:

    novi consules... duo bella habuere... alterum cum Tiburtibus,

    Liv. 7, 17, 2; esp. with gero, v. 2. b. a infra.—
    d.
    With adversus and acc. of the name.
    (α).
    Attributively:

    bellum adversus Philippum,

    Liv. 31, 1, 8:

    bellum populus adversus Vestinos jussit,

    id. 8, 29, 6.—
    (β).
    With adversus dependent on the verb: quod homines populi Hermunduli adversus populum Romanum bellum fecere, Cincius ap. Gell. 16, 14, 1: nos pro vobis bellum suscepimus adversus Philippum. Liv. 31, 31, 18:

    ut multo acrius adversus duos quam adversus unum pararet bellum,

    id. 45, 11, 8:

    bellum quod rex adversus Datamem susceperat,

    Nep. Dat. 8, 5.—
    e.
    With contra and acc.:

    cum bellum nefarium contra aras et focos, contra vitam fortunasque nostras... non comparari, sed geri jam viderem,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 1, 1:

    causam belli contra patriam inferendi,

    id. ib. 2, 22, 53.—
    f.
    With in and acc. (very rare):

    Athenienses in Peloponnesios sexto et vicesimo anno bellum gerentes,

    Nep. Lys. 1, 1.—
    g.
    With inter and acc.:

    hic finis belli inter Romanos ac Persea fuit,

    Liv. 45, 9, 2.—
    h.
    With apud and acc.:

    secutum est bellum gestum apud Mutinam,

    Nep. Att. 9, 1.—
    k.
    With dat. of the enemy after inferre and facere, v. 2. a. k infra.—
    2.
    With verbs.
    a.
    Referring to the beginning of the war.
    (α).
    Bellum movere or commovere, to bring about, stir up a war:

    summa erat observatio in bello movendo,

    Cic. Off. 1, 11, 37:

    bellum commotum a Scapula,

    id. Fam. 9, 13, 1:

    nuntiabant alii... in Apulia servile bellum moveri,

    Sall. C. 30, 2:

    is primum Volscis bellum in ducentos amplius... annos movit,

    Liv. 1, 53, 2:

    insequenti anno Veiens bellum motum,

    id. 4, 58, 6:

    dii pium movere bellum,

    id. 8, 6, 4; cf. Verg. A. 10, 627; id. G. 1, 509; so,

    concitare,

    Liv. 7, 27, 5; and ciere ( poet.), Verg. A. 1, 541; 6, 829; 12, 158.—
    (β).
    Bellum parare, comparare, apparare, or se praeparare bello, to prepare a war, or for a war:

    cum tam pestiferum bellum pararet,

    Cic. Att. 9, 13, 3:

    bellum utrimque summopere parabatur,

    Liv. 1, 23, 1; cf. id. 45, 11, 8 (v. II. A. 1. d. b supra); Nep. Hann. 2, 6; Quint. 12, 3, 5; Ov. M. 7, 456; so,

    parare alicui,

    Nep. Alcib. 9, 5:

    bellum terra et mari comparat,

    Cic. Att. 10, 4, 3:

    tantum bellum... Cn. Pompeius extrema hieme apparavit, ineunte vere suscepit, media aestate confecit,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 12, 3, 5:

    bellum omnium consensu apparari coeptum,

    Liv. 4, 55, 7:

    numquam imperator ita paci credit, ut non se praeparet bello,

    Sen. Vit. Beat. 26, 2.—
    (γ).
    Bellum differre, to postpone a war:

    nec jam poterat bellum differri,

    Liv. 2, 30, 7:

    mors Hamilcaris et pueritia Hannibalis distulerunt bellum,

    id. 21, 2, 3; cf. id. 5, 5, 3.—
    (δ).
    Bellum sumere, to undertake, begin a war (not in Caesar):

    omne bellum sumi facile, ceterum aegerrume desinere,

    Sall. J. 83, 1:

    prius tamen omnia pati decrevit quam bellum sumere,

    id. ib. 20, 5:

    de integro bellum sumit,

    id. ib. 62, 9:

    iis haec maxima ratio belli sumendi fuerat,

    Liv. 38, 19, 3:

    sumi bellum etiam ab ignavis, strenuissimi cujusque periculo geri,

    Tac. H. 4, 69; cf. id. A. 2, 45; 13, 34; 15, 5; 15, 7; id. Agr. 16.—
    (ε).
    Bellum suscipere (rarely inire), to undertake, commence a war, join in a war:

    bellum ita suscipiatur ut nihil nisi pax quaesita videatur,

    Cic. Off. 1, 23, 80:

    suscipienda quidem bella sunt ob eam causam ut, etc.,

    id. ib. 1, 11, 35:

    judicavit a plerisque ignoratione... bellum esse susceptum,

    join, id. Marcell. 5, 13; id. Imp. Pomp. 12, 35 (v. supra):

    cum avertisset plebem a suscipiendo bello,

    undertaking, Liv. 4, 58, 14:

    senatui cum Camillo agi placuit ut bellum Etruscum susciperet,

    id. 6, 9, 5:

    bella non causis inita, sed ut eorum merces fuit,

    Vell. 2, 3, 3.—
    (ζ).
    Bellum consentire = bellum consensu decernere, to decree a war by agreement, to ratify a declaration of war (rare):

    consensit et senatus bellum,

    Liv. 8, 6, 8:

    bellum erat consensum,

    id. 1, 32, 12.—
    (η).
    Bellum alicui mandare, committere, decernere, dare, gerendum dare, ad aliquem deferre, or aliquem bello praeficere, praeponere, to assign a war to one as a commander, to give one the chief command in a war:

    sed ne tum quidem populus Romanus ad privatum detulit bellum,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 8, 18:

    populus Romanus consuli... bellum gerendum dedit,

    id. ib.:

    cur non... eidem... hoc quoque bellum regium committamus?

    id. Imp. Pomp. 17, 50:

    Camillus cui id bellum mandatum erat,

    Liv. 5, 26, 3:

    Volscum bellum M. Furio extra ordinem decretum,

    id. 6, 22, 6:

    Gallicum bellum Popilio extra ordinem datum,

    id. 7, 23, 2:

    quo die a vobis maritimo bello praepositus est imperator,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 15, 44:

    cum ei (bello) imperatorem praeficere possitis, in quo sit eximia belli scientia,

    id. ib. 16, 49:

    hunc toti bello praefecerunt,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 11 fin.:

    alicui bellum suscipiendum dare,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 19, 58:

    bellum administrandum permittere,

    id. ib. 21, 61.—
    (θ).
    Bellum indicere alicui, to declare war against (the regular expression; coupled with facere in the ancient formula of the pater patratus), also bellum denuntiare: ob eam rem ego... populo Hermundulo... bellum (in)dico facioque, Cincius ap. Gell. 16, 14, 1:

    ob eam rem ego populusque Romanus populis... Latinis bellum indico facioque,

    Liv. 1, 32, 13:

    Corinthiis bellum indicamus an non?

    Cic. Inv. 1, 12, 17:

    ex quo intellegi potest, nullum bellum esse justum nisi quod aut rebus repetitis geratur, aut denuntiatum ante sit et indictum,

    id. Off. 1, 11, 36; id. Rep. 3, 23, 35:

    bellum indici posse existimabat,

    Liv. 1, 22, 4:

    ni reddantur (res) bellum indicere jussos,

    id. 1, 22, 6:

    ut... nec gererentur solum sed etiam indicerentur bella aliquo ritu, jus... descripsit quo res repetuntur,

    id. 1, 32, 5; cf. id. 1, 32, 9; 2, 18, 11; 2, 38, 5; Verg. A. 7, 616.—
    (κ).
    Bellum inferre alicui (cf. contra aliquem, 1. e. supra; also bellum facere; absol., with dat., or with cum and abl.), to begin a war against ( with), to make war on:

    Denseletis nefarium bellum intulisti,

    Cic. Pis. 34, 84:

    ei civitati bellum indici atque inferri solere,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 31, § 79:

    qui sibi Galliaeque bellum intulissent,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 16; Nep. Them. 2, 4; Verg. A. 3, 248:

    bellumne populo Romano Lampsacena civitas facere conabatur?

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 31, § 79:

    bellum patriae faciet,

    id. Mil. 23, 63; id. Cat. 3, 9, 22:

    civitatem Eburonum populo Romano bellum facere ausam,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 28; cf. id. ib. 7, 2;

    3, 29: constituit bellum facere,

    Sall. C. 26, 5; 24, 2:

    occupant bellum facere,

    they are the first to begin the war, Liv. 1, 14, 4:

    ut bellum cum Priscis Latinis fieret,

    id. 1, 32, 13:

    populus Palaepolitanis bellum fieri jussit,

    id. 8, 22, 8; cf. Nep. Dion, 4, 3; id. Ages. 2, 1.— Coupled with instruere, to sustain a war:

    urbs quae bellum facere atque instruere possit,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 28, 77.—Bellum facere had become obsolete at Seneca's time, Sen. Ep. 114, 17.—
    (λ).
    Bellum oritur or exoritur, a war begins:

    subito bellum in Gallia ex, ortum est,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 7:

    aliud multo propius bellum ortum,

    Liv. 1, 14, 4:

    Veiens bellum exortum,

    id. 2, 53, 1.—
    b.
    Referring to the carrying on of the war: bellum gerere, to carry on a war; absol., with cum and abl., per and acc., or in and abl. (cf.:

    bellum gerere in aliquem, 1. a. and f. supra): nisi forte ego vobis... cessare nunc videor cum bella non gero,

    Cic. Sen. 6, 18:

    cum Celtiberis, cum Cimbris bellum ut cum inimicis gerebatur,

    id. Off. 1, 12, 38:

    cum ei bellum ut cum rege Perse gereret obtigisset,

    id. Div. 1, 46, 103:

    erant hae difficultates belli gerendi,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 10:

    bellum cum Germanis gerere constituit,

    id. ib. 4, 6:

    Cn. Pompeius in extremis terris bellum gerebat,

    Sall. C. 16, 5:

    bellum quod Hannibale duce Carthaginienses cum populo Romano gessere,

    Liv. 21, 1, 1:

    alter consul in Sabinis bellum gessit,

    id. 2, 62, 3:

    de exercitibus per quos id bellum gereretur,

    id. 23, 25, 5:

    Chabrias bella in Aegypto sua sponte gessit,

    Nep. Chabr, 2, 1.—Sometimes bellum administrare only of the commander, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 15, 43; Nep. Chabr. 2, 1. —Also (very rare):

    bellum bellare,

    Liv. 8, 40, 1 (but belligerantes is absol., Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38; Ann. v. 201 Vahl.);

    in the same sense: bellum agere,

    Nep. Hann. 8, 3. —As a synonym:

    bello persequi aliquem,

    Nep. Con. 4, 1; cf. Liv. 3, 25, 3.—
    (β).
    Trahere or ducere bellum, to protract a war:

    necesse est enim aut trahi id bellum, aut, etc.,

    Cic. Att. 10, 8, 2:

    bellum trahi non posse,

    Sall. J. 23, 2:

    belli trahendi causa,

    Liv. 5, 11, 8:

    morae qua trahebant bellum paenitebat,

    id. 9, 27, 5:

    suadere institui ut bellum duceret,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 3, 2:

    bellum enim ducetur,

    id. ad Brut. 1, 18, 6; Nep. Alcib. 8, 1; id. Dat. 8, 4;

    similarly: cum his molliter et per dilationes bellum geri oportet?

    Liv. 5, 5, 1.—
    (γ).
    Bellum repellere, defendere, or propulsare, to ward off, defend one ' s self against a war:

    bellum Gallicum C. Caesare imperatore gestum est, antea tantummodo repulsum,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 13, 32:

    quod bellum non intulerit sed defenderit,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 44:

    Samnitium vix a se ipsis eo tempore propulsantium bellum,

    Liv. 8, 37, 5.—
    c.
    Referring to the end of a war.
    (α).
    Bellum deponere, ponere, or omittere, to give up, discontinue a war:

    in quo (i.e. bello) et gerendo et deponendo jus ut plurimum valeret lege sanximus,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 14, 34:

    (bellum) cum deponi victores velint,

    Sall. J. 83, 1:

    bellum decem ferme annis ante depositum erat,

    Liv. 31, 1, 8:

    nos depositum a vobis bellum et ipsi omisimus,

    id. 31, 31, 19:

    dicit posse condicionibus bellum poni,

    Sall. J. 112, 1:

    bellum grave cum Etruria positum est,

    id. H. Fragm. 1, 9 Dietsch:

    velut posito bello,

    Liv. 1, 53, 5:

    manere bellum quod positum simuletur,

    id. 1, 53, 7:

    posito ubique bello,

    Tac. H. 2, 52; cf. Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 93; Verg. A. 1, 291:

    omisso Romano bello Porsinna filium Arruntem Ariciam... mittit,

    Liv. 2, 14, 5.—
    (β).
    Bellum componere, to end a war by agreement, make peace:

    timerent ne bellum componeretur,

    Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 3:

    si bellum compositum foret,

    Sall. J. 97, 2:

    belli componendi licentiam,

    id. ib. 103, 3; cf. Nep. Ham. 1, 5; id. Hann. 6, 2; id. Alcib. 8, 3; Verg. A. 12, 109;

    similarly: bellum sedare,

    Nep. Dat. 8, 5.—
    (γ).
    Bellum conficere, perficere, finire, to finish, end a war; conficere (the most usual term) and perficere, = to finish a war by conquering; finire (rare), without implying success:

    is bellum confecerit qui Antonium oppresserit,

    Cic. Fam. 11, 12, 2:

    bellumque maximum conficies,

    id. Rep. 6, 11, 11:

    confecto Mithridatico bello,

    id. Prov. Cons. 11, 27; cf. id. Fam. 5, 10, 3; id. Imp. Pomp. 14, 42:

    quo proelio... bellum Venetorum confectum est,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 16; cf. id. ib. 1, 30; 1, 44; 1, 54; 3, 28;

    4, 16: bello confecto de Rhodiis consultum est,

    Sall. C. 51, 5; cf. id. J. 36, 1; 114, 3:

    neminem nisi bello confecto pecuniam petiturum esse,

    Liv. 24, 18, 11; cf. id. 21, 40, 11; 23, 6, 2; 31, 47, 4; 32, 32, 6;

    36, 2, 3: bello perfecto,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 18, 5; Liv. 1, 38, 3:

    se quo die hostem vidisset perfecturum (i. e. bellum),

    id. 22, 38, 7; 31, 4, 2; cf. id. 3, 24, 1; 34, 6, 12; Just. 5, 2, 11:

    neque desiturum ante... quam finitum aliqua tolerabili condicione bellum videro,

    Liv. 23, 12, 10: finito ex maxima parte.. [p. 228] italico bello, Vell. 2, 17, 1; Curt. 3, 1, 9; Tac. A. 15, 17; Just. 16, 2, 6; 24, 1, 8; Verg. A. 11, 116.—
    d.
    Less usual connections:

    bellum delere: non modo praesentia sed etiam futura bella delevit,

    Cic. Lael. 3, 11; cf. Nep. Alcib. 8, 4:

    alere ac fovere bellum,

    Liv. 42, 11, 5:

    bellum navare alicui,

    Tac. H. 5, 25:

    spargere,

    id. A. 3, 21; id. Agr. 38; Luc. 2, 682:

    serere,

    Liv. 21, 10, 4:

    circumferre,

    Tac. A. 13, 37:

    exercere,

    id. ib. 6, 31:

    quam celeriter belli impetus navigavit ( = quam celeriter navale bellum gestum est),

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 34; so Flor. 2, 2, 17:

    bellum ascendit in rupes,

    id. 4, 12, 4:

    bellum serpit in proximos,

    id. 2, 9, 4; cf. id. 2, 2, 15:

    bella narrare,

    Cic. Or. 9, 30:

    canere bella,

    Quint. 10, 1, 91:

    bella legere,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28.—
    3.
    As object denoting place or time.
    a.
    Proficisci ad bellum, to depart for the war.
    (α).
    Of the commander:

    consul sortitu ad bellum profectus,

    Cic. Phil. 14, 2, 4; cf. id. Cat. 1, 13, 33:

    ipse ad bellum Ambiorigis profectus,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 29, 4:

    ut duo ex tribunis ad bellum proficiscerentur,

    Liv. 4, 45, 7; cf. id. 6, 2, 9: Nep. Alcib. 4, 1; Sall. H. 2, 96 Dietsch. —Post-class.:

    in bellum,

    Just. 2, 11, 9; Gell. 17, 9, 8.—
    (β).
    Of persons partaking in a war:

    si proficiscerer ad bellum,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 3, 1. —
    b.
    Ad bellum mittere, of the commander, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 17, 50; 21, 62.—
    c.
    In bella ruere, Verg. A. 7, 782; 9, 182:

    in bella sequi,

    id. ib. 8, 547.—
    d.
    Of time.
    (α).
    In the locative case belli, in war, during war; generally with domi ( = domi militiaeque):

    valete, judices justissimi, domi bellique duellatores,

    Plaut. Capt. prol. 68; so,

    domi duellique,

    id. As. 3, 2, 13 (v. I. supra):

    quibuscunque rebus vel belli vel domi poterunt rem publicam augeant,

    Cic. Off. 2, 24, 85:

    paucorum arbitrio belli domique agitabatur,

    Sall. J. 41, 7:

    animus belli ingens, domi modicus,

    id. ib. 63, 2; Liv. 2, 50, 11; 1, 36, 6; so id. 3, 43, 1; cf.:

    bello domique,

    id. 1, 34, 12:

    domi belloque,

    id. 9, 26, 21; and:

    neque bello, neque domi,

    id. 4, 35, 3.—Without domi:

    simul rem et gloriam armis belli repperi,

    Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 60 (where belli may be taken with gloriam; cf.

    Wagn. ad loc.): magnae res temporibus illis a fortissimis viris... belli gerebantur,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 32, 86.—
    (β).
    In bello or in bellis, during war or wars, in the war, in the wars; with adj.:

    ad haec quae in civili bello fecerit,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 19, 47; cf. id. ib. 14, 8, 22:

    in ipso bello eadem sensi,

    id. Marcell. 5, 14:

    in Volsco bello virtus enituit,

    Liv. 2, 24, 8:

    in eo bello,

    id. 23, 46, 6:

    in Punicis bellis, Plin.8, 14, 14, § 37: in bello Trojano,

    id. 30, 1, 2, § 5.—Without adj.:

    ut fit in bello, capitur alter filius,

    Plaut. Capt. prol. 25:

    qui in bello occiderunt,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 5, 2:

    quod in bello saepius vindicatum est in eos, etc.,

    Sall. C. 9, 4:

    non in bello solum, sed etiam in pace,

    Liv. 1, 15, 8; 2, 23, 2:

    in bello parta,

    Quint. 5, 10, 42; 12, 1, 28.—
    (γ).
    Abl. bello or bellis = in bello or in bellis (freq.); with adjj.: nos semper omnibus Punicis Siciliensibusque bellis amicitiam fidemque populi Romani secuti sumus. Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 47, § 124:

    bello Italico,

    id. Pis. 36, 87:

    Veienti bello,

    id. Div. 1, 44, 100:

    domestico bello,

    id. Planc. 29, 70:

    qui Volsco, Aurunco Sabinoque militassent bello,

    Liv. 23, 12, 11:

    victor tot intra paucos dies bellis,

    id. 2, 27, 1:

    nullo bello, multis tamen proeliis victus,

    id. 9, 18, 9:

    bello civili,

    Quint. 11, 1, 36.—With gen.:

    praesentiam saepe divi suam declarant, ut et apud Regillum bello Latinorum,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 6:

    suam felicitatem Helvetiorum bello esse perspectam,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 40.—Without attrib.:

    qui etiam bello victis regibus regna reddere consuevit,

    Cic. Sest. 26, 57:

    res pace belloque gestas,

    Liv. 2, 1, 1:

    egregieque rebus bello gestis,

    id. 1, 33, 9; so id. 23, 12, 11:

    ludi bello voti,

    id. 4, 35. 3:

    princeps pace belloque,

    id. 7, 1, 9:

    Cotyn bello juvisse Persea,

    id. 45, 42, 7:

    bello parta,

    Quint. 5, 10, 15; cf. id. 7, 4, 22; Ov. M. 8, 19.—
    (δ).
    Inter bellum (rare):

    cujus originis morem necesse est... inter bellum natum esse,

    Liv. 2, 14, 2:

    inter haec bella consules... facti,

    id. 2, 63, 1.—
    4.
    Bellum in attributive connection.
    a.
    Justum bellum.
    (α).
    A righteous war, Cic. Off. 1, 11, 36 (v. II. A. 2. a. th supra):

    justum piumque bellum,

    Liv. 1, 23, 4:

    non loquor apud recusantem justa bella populum,

    id. 7, 30, 17; so Ov. M. 8, 58; cf.: illa injusta sunt bella quae sine causa suscepta sunt, Cic. Rep. 3, 23, 35.—
    (β).
    A regular war (opp. a raid, etc.):

    in fines Romanos excucurrerunt, populabundi magis quam justi more belli,

    Liv. 1, 15, 1.—
    b.
    For the different kinds of war: domesticum, civile, intestinum, externum, navale, maritimum, terra marique gestum, servile, sociale; v. hh. vv.—
    c.
    Belli eventus or exitus, the result of a war:

    quicunque belli eventus fuisset,

    Cic. Marcell. 8, 24:

    haud sane alio animo belli eventum exspectabant,

    Sall. C. 37, 9:

    eventus tamen belli minus miserabilem dimicationem fecit,

    Liv. 1, 23, 2; cf. id. 7, 11, 1:

    exitus hujus calamitosissimi belli,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 21, 1:

    cum esset incertus exitus et anceps fortuna belli,

    id. Marcell. 5, 15; so id. Off. 2, 8,:

    Britannici belli exitus exspectatur,

    id. Att. 4, 16, 13:

    cetera bella maximeque Veiens incerti exitus erant,

    Liv. 5, 16, 8.—
    d.
    Fortuna belli, the chances of war:

    adeo varia fortuna belli ancepsque Mars fuit ut,

    Liv. 21, 1, 2; cf. Cic. Marcell. 5, 15 (v. c. supra).—
    e.
    Belli artes, military skill:

    cuilibet superiorum regum belli pacisque et artibus et gloria par,

    Liv. 1, 35, 1:

    haud ignotas belli artes,

    id. 21, 1, 2:

    temperata et belli et pacis artibus erat civitas,

    id. 1, 21, 6.—
    f.
    Jus belli, the law of war: jura belli, the rights ( law) of war:

    in re publica maxime servanda sunt jura belli,

    Cic. Off. 1, 11, 34:

    sunt et belli sicut pacis jura,

    Liv. 5, 27, 6:

    jure belli res vindicatur,

    Gai. Inst. 3, 94.—
    g.
    Belli duces praestantissimos, the most excellent captains, generals, Cic. Or. 1, 2, 7:

    trium simul bellorum victor,

    a victor in three wars, Liv. 6, 4, 1 (cf.:

    victor tot bellis,

    id. 2, 27, 1). —
    h.
    Belli vulnera, Cic. Marcell. 8, 24.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Of things concr. and abstr.:

    qui parietibus, qui tectis, qui columnis ac postibus meis... bellum intulistis,

    Cic. Dom. 23, 60:

    bellum contra aras et focos,

    id. Phil. 3, 1, 1:

    miror cur philosophiae... bellum indixeris,

    id. Or. 2, 37, 155:

    ventri Indico bellum,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 8.—
    2.
    Of animals:

    milvo est quoddam bellum quasi naturale cum corvo,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 125:

    hanc Juno Esse jussit gruem, populisque suis indicere bellum,

    Ov. M. 6, 92.—
    3.
    With individuals:

    quid mihi opu'st... cum eis gerere bellum, etc.,

    Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 14:

    nihil turpius quam cum eo bellum gerere quicum familiariter vixeris,

    Cic. Lael. 21, 77:

    cum mihi uni cum improbis aeternum videam bellum susceptum,

    id. Sull. 9, 28:

    hoc tibi juventus Romana indicimus bellum,

    Liv. 2, 12, 11:

    falsum testem justo ac pio bello persequebatur,

    id. 3, 25, 3:

    tribunicium domi bellum patres territat,

    id. 3, 24, 1; cf. Plin. Ep. 1, 2, 57.—Ironically:

    equus Trojanus qui tot invictos viros muliebre bellum gerentes tulerit ac texerit,

    Cic. Cael. 28, 67.—
    4.
    In mal. part., Hor. C. 3, 26, 3; 4, 1, 2.—
    5.
    Personified as god of war ( = Janus):

    tabulas duas quae Belli faciem pictam habent,

    Plin. 35, 4, 10, § 27:

    sunt geminae Belli portae, etc.,

    Verg. A. 7, 607:

    mortiferumque averso in limine Bellum,

    id. ib. 6, 279.—
    6.
    Plur.: bella, army ( poet.):

    permanet Aonius Nereus violentus in undis, Bellaque non transfert (i.e. Graecorum exercitum),

    Ov. M. 12, 24:

    sed victae fera bella deae vexere per aequora,

    Sil. 7, 472:

    quid faciat bellis obsessus et undis?

    Stat. Th. 9, 490.—
    7.
    Battle, = proelium:

    rorarii dicti a rore: qui bellum committebant ante,

    Varr. L. L. 7, 3, 92:

    quod in bello saepius vindicatum in eos qui... tardius, revocati, bello excesserant,

    Sall. C. 9, 4:

    praecipua laus ejus belli penes consules fuit,

    Liv. 8, 10, 7:

    commisso statim bello,

    Front. Strat. 1, 11, 2:

    Actia bella,

    Verg. A. 8, 675:

    ingentem pugnam, ceu cetera nusquam Bella forent,

    id. ib. 2, 439; cf. Flor. 3, 5, 11; Just. 2, 12; 18, 1 fin.; 24, 8; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 98 (form duellum); Ov. H. 1, 1, 69; Verg. A. 8, 547; 12, 390; 12, 633; Stat. Th. 3, 666. —
    8.
    Bellum = liber de bello:

    quam gaudebat Bello suo Punico Naevius!

    Cic. Sen. 14, 50.
    b.
    Referring to the carrying on of the war: bellum gerere, to carry on a war; absol., with cum and abl., per and acc., or in and abl. (cf.:

    bellum gerere in aliquem, 1. a. and f. supra): nisi forte ego vobis... cessare nunc videor cum bella non gero,

    Cic. Sen. 6, 18:

    cum Celtiberis, cum Cimbris bellum ut cum inimicis gerebatur,

    id. Off. 1, 12, 38:

    cum ei bellum ut cum rege Perse gereret obtigisset,

    id. Div. 1, 46, 103:

    erant hae difficultates belli gerendi,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 10:

    bellum cum Germanis gerere constituit,

    id. ib. 4, 6:

    Cn. Pompeius in extremis terris bellum gerebat,

    Sall. C. 16, 5:

    bellum quod Hannibale duce Carthaginienses cum populo Romano gessere,

    Liv. 21, 1, 1:

    alter consul in Sabinis bellum gessit,

    id. 2, 62, 3:

    de exercitibus per quos id bellum gereretur,

    id. 23, 25, 5:

    Chabrias bella in Aegypto sua sponte gessit,

    Nep. Chabr, 2, 1.—Sometimes bellum administrare only of the commander, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 15, 43; Nep. Chabr. 2, 1. —Also (very rare):

    bellum bellare,

    Liv. 8, 40, 1 (but belligerantes is absol., Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38; Ann. v. 201 Vahl.);

    in the same sense: bellum agere,

    Nep. Hann. 8, 3. —As a synonym:

    bello persequi aliquem,

    Nep. Con. 4, 1; cf. Liv. 3, 25, 3.—
    (β).
    Trahere or ducere bellum, to protract a war:

    necesse est enim aut trahi id bellum, aut, etc.,

    Cic. Att. 10, 8, 2:

    bellum trahi non posse,

    Sall. J. 23, 2:

    belli trahendi causa,

    Liv. 5, 11, 8:

    morae qua trahebant bellum paenitebat,

    id. 9, 27, 5:

    suadere institui ut bellum duceret,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 3, 2:

    bellum enim ducetur,

    id. ad Brut. 1, 18, 6; Nep. Alcib. 8, 1; id. Dat. 8, 4;

    similarly: cum his molliter et per dilationes bellum geri oportet?

    Liv. 5, 5, 1.—
    (γ).
    Bellum repellere, defendere, or propulsare, to ward off, defend one ' s self against a war:

    bellum Gallicum C. Caesare imperatore gestum est, antea tantummodo repulsum,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 13, 32:

    quod bellum non intulerit sed defenderit,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 44:

    Samnitium vix a se ipsis eo tempore propulsantium bellum,

    Liv. 8, 37, 5.—
    c.
    Referring to the end of a war.
    (α).
    Bellum deponere, ponere, or omittere, to give up, discontinue a war:

    in quo (i.e. bello) et gerendo et deponendo jus ut plurimum valeret lege sanximus,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 14, 34:

    (bellum) cum deponi victores velint,

    Sall. J. 83, 1:

    bellum decem ferme annis ante depositum erat,

    Liv. 31, 1, 8:

    nos depositum a vobis bellum et ipsi omisimus,

    id. 31, 31, 19:

    dicit posse condicionibus bellum poni,

    Sall. J. 112, 1:

    bellum grave cum Etruria positum est,

    id. H. Fragm. 1, 9 Dietsch:

    velut posito bello,

    Liv. 1, 53, 5:

    manere bellum quod positum simuletur,

    id. 1, 53, 7:

    posito ubique bello,

    Tac. H. 2, 52; cf. Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 93; Verg. A. 1, 291:

    omisso Romano bello Porsinna filium Arruntem Ariciam... mittit,

    Liv. 2, 14, 5.—
    (β).
    Bellum componere, to end a war by agreement, make peace:

    timerent ne bellum componeretur,

    Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 3:

    si bellum compositum foret,

    Sall. J. 97, 2:

    belli componendi licentiam,

    id. ib. 103, 3; cf. Nep. Ham. 1, 5; id. Hann. 6, 2; id. Alcib. 8, 3; Verg. A. 12, 109;

    similarly: bellum sedare,

    Nep. Dat. 8, 5.—
    (γ).
    Bellum conficere, perficere, finire, to finish, end a war; conficere (the most usual term) and perficere, = to finish a war by conquering; finire (rare), without implying success:

    is bellum confecerit qui Antonium oppresserit,

    Cic. Fam. 11, 12, 2:

    bellumque maximum conficies,

    id. Rep. 6, 11, 11:

    confecto Mithridatico bello,

    id. Prov. Cons. 11, 27; cf. id. Fam. 5, 10, 3; id. Imp. Pomp. 14, 42:

    quo proelio... bellum Venetorum confectum est,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 16; cf. id. ib. 1, 30; 1, 44; 1, 54; 3, 28;

    4, 16: bello confecto de Rhodiis consultum est,

    Sall. C. 51, 5; cf. id. J. 36, 1; 114, 3:

    neminem nisi bello confecto pecuniam petiturum esse,

    Liv. 24, 18, 11; cf. id. 21, 40, 11; 23, 6, 2; 31, 47, 4; 32, 32, 6;

    36, 2, 3: bello perfecto,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 18, 5; Liv. 1, 38, 3:

    se quo die hostem vidisset perfecturum (i. e. bellum),

    id. 22, 38, 7; 31, 4, 2; cf. id. 3, 24, 1; 34, 6, 12; Just. 5, 2, 11:

    neque desiturum ante... quam finitum aliqua tolerabili condicione bellum videro,

    Liv. 23, 12, 10: finito ex maxima parte.. [p. 228] italico bello, Vell. 2, 17, 1; Curt. 3, 1, 9; Tac. A. 15, 17; Just. 16, 2, 6; 24, 1, 8; Verg. A. 11, 116.—
    d.
    Less usual connections:

    bellum delere: non modo praesentia sed etiam futura bella delevit,

    Cic. Lael. 3, 11; cf. Nep. Alcib. 8, 4:

    alere ac fovere bellum,

    Liv. 42, 11, 5:

    bellum navare alicui,

    Tac. H. 5, 25:

    spargere,

    id. A. 3, 21; id. Agr. 38; Luc. 2, 682:

    serere,

    Liv. 21, 10, 4:

    circumferre,

    Tac. A. 13, 37:

    exercere,

    id. ib. 6, 31:

    quam celeriter belli impetus navigavit ( = quam celeriter navale bellum gestum est),

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 34; so Flor. 2, 2, 17:

    bellum ascendit in rupes,

    id. 4, 12, 4:

    bellum serpit in proximos,

    id. 2, 9, 4; cf. id. 2, 2, 15:

    bella narrare,

    Cic. Or. 9, 30:

    canere bella,

    Quint. 10, 1, 91:

    bella legere,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28.—
    3.
    As object denoting place or time.
    a.
    Proficisci ad bellum, to depart for the war.
    (α).
    Of the commander:

    consul sortitu ad bellum profectus,

    Cic. Phil. 14, 2, 4; cf. id. Cat. 1, 13, 33:

    ipse ad bellum Ambiorigis profectus,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 29, 4:

    ut duo ex tribunis ad bellum proficiscerentur,

    Liv. 4, 45, 7; cf. id. 6, 2, 9: Nep. Alcib. 4, 1; Sall. H. 2, 96 Dietsch. —Post-class.:

    in bellum,

    Just. 2, 11, 9; Gell. 17, 9, 8.—
    (β).
    Of persons partaking in a war:

    si proficiscerer ad bellum,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 3, 1. —
    b.
    Ad bellum mittere, of the commander, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 17, 50; 21, 62.—
    c.
    In bella ruere, Verg. A. 7, 782; 9, 182:

    in bella sequi,

    id. ib. 8, 547.—
    d.
    Of time.
    (α).
    In the locative case belli, in war, during war; generally with domi ( = domi militiaeque):

    valete, judices justissimi, domi bellique duellatores,

    Plaut. Capt. prol. 68; so,

    domi duellique,

    id. As. 3, 2, 13 (v. I. supra):

    quibuscunque rebus vel belli vel domi poterunt rem publicam augeant,

    Cic. Off. 2, 24, 85:

    paucorum arbitrio belli domique agitabatur,

    Sall. J. 41, 7:

    animus belli ingens, domi modicus,

    id. ib. 63, 2; Liv. 2, 50, 11; 1, 36, 6; so id. 3, 43, 1; cf.:

    bello domique,

    id. 1, 34, 12:

    domi belloque,

    id. 9, 26, 21; and:

    neque bello, neque domi,

    id. 4, 35, 3.—Without domi:

    simul rem et gloriam armis belli repperi,

    Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 60 (where belli may be taken with gloriam; cf.

    Wagn. ad loc.): magnae res temporibus illis a fortissimis viris... belli gerebantur,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 32, 86.—
    (β).
    In bello or in bellis, during war or wars, in the war, in the wars; with adj.:

    ad haec quae in civili bello fecerit,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 19, 47; cf. id. ib. 14, 8, 22:

    in ipso bello eadem sensi,

    id. Marcell. 5, 14:

    in Volsco bello virtus enituit,

    Liv. 2, 24, 8:

    in eo bello,

    id. 23, 46, 6:

    in Punicis bellis, Plin.8, 14, 14, § 37: in bello Trojano,

    id. 30, 1, 2, § 5.—Without adj.:

    ut fit in bello, capitur alter filius,

    Plaut. Capt. prol. 25:

    qui in bello occiderunt,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 5, 2:

    quod in bello saepius vindicatum est in eos, etc.,

    Sall. C. 9, 4:

    non in bello solum, sed etiam in pace,

    Liv. 1, 15, 8; 2, 23, 2:

    in bello parta,

    Quint. 5, 10, 42; 12, 1, 28.—
    (γ).
    Abl. bello or bellis = in bello or in bellis (freq.); with adjj.: nos semper omnibus Punicis Siciliensibusque bellis amicitiam fidemque populi Romani secuti sumus. Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 47, § 124:

    bello Italico,

    id. Pis. 36, 87:

    Veienti bello,

    id. Div. 1, 44, 100:

    domestico bello,

    id. Planc. 29, 70:

    qui Volsco, Aurunco Sabinoque militassent bello,

    Liv. 23, 12, 11:

    victor tot intra paucos dies bellis,

    id. 2, 27, 1:

    nullo bello, multis tamen proeliis victus,

    id. 9, 18, 9:

    bello civili,

    Quint. 11, 1, 36.—With gen.:

    praesentiam saepe divi suam declarant, ut et apud Regillum bello Latinorum,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 6:

    suam felicitatem Helvetiorum bello esse perspectam,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 40.—Without attrib.:

    qui etiam bello victis regibus regna reddere consuevit,

    Cic. Sest. 26, 57:

    res pace belloque gestas,

    Liv. 2, 1, 1:

    egregieque rebus bello gestis,

    id. 1, 33, 9; so id. 23, 12, 11:

    ludi bello voti,

    id. 4, 35. 3:

    princeps pace belloque,

    id. 7, 1, 9:

    Cotyn bello juvisse Persea,

    id. 45, 42, 7:

    bello parta,

    Quint. 5, 10, 15; cf. id. 7, 4, 22; Ov. M. 8, 19.—
    (δ).
    Inter bellum (rare):

    cujus originis morem necesse est... inter bellum natum esse,

    Liv. 2, 14, 2:

    inter haec bella consules... facti,

    id. 2, 63, 1.—
    4.
    Bellum in attributive connection.
    a.
    Justum bellum.
    (α).
    A righteous war, Cic. Off. 1, 11, 36 (v. II. A. 2. a. th supra):

    justum piumque bellum,

    Liv. 1, 23, 4:

    non loquor apud recusantem justa bella populum,

    id. 7, 30, 17; so Ov. M. 8, 58; cf.: illa injusta sunt bella quae sine causa suscepta sunt, Cic. Rep. 3, 23, 35.—
    (β).
    A regular war (opp. a raid, etc.):

    in fines Romanos excucurrerunt, populabundi magis quam justi more belli,

    Liv. 1, 15, 1.—
    b.
    For the different kinds of war: domesticum, civile, intestinum, externum, navale, maritimum, terra marique gestum, servile, sociale; v. hh. vv.—
    c.
    Belli eventus or exitus, the result of a war:

    quicunque belli eventus fuisset,

    Cic. Marcell. 8, 24:

    haud sane alio animo belli eventum exspectabant,

    Sall. C. 37, 9:

    eventus tamen belli minus miserabilem dimicationem fecit,

    Liv. 1, 23, 2; cf. id. 7, 11, 1:

    exitus hujus calamitosissimi belli,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 21, 1:

    cum esset incertus exitus et anceps fortuna belli,

    id. Marcell. 5, 15; so id. Off. 2, 8,:

    Britannici belli exitus exspectatur,

    id. Att. 4, 16, 13:

    cetera bella maximeque Veiens incerti exitus erant,

    Liv. 5, 16, 8.—
    d.
    Fortuna belli, the chances of war:

    adeo varia fortuna belli ancepsque Mars fuit ut,

    Liv. 21, 1, 2; cf. Cic. Marcell. 5, 15 (v. c. supra).—
    e.
    Belli artes, military skill:

    cuilibet superiorum regum belli pacisque et artibus et gloria par,

    Liv. 1, 35, 1:

    haud ignotas belli artes,

    id. 21, 1, 2:

    temperata et belli et pacis artibus erat civitas,

    id. 1, 21, 6.—
    f.
    Jus belli, the law of war: jura belli, the rights ( law) of war:

    in re publica maxime servanda sunt jura belli,

    Cic. Off. 1, 11, 34:

    sunt et belli sicut pacis jura,

    Liv. 5, 27, 6:

    jure belli res vindicatur,

    Gai. Inst. 3, 94.—
    g.
    Belli duces praestantissimos, the most excellent captains, generals, Cic. Or. 1, 2, 7:

    trium simul bellorum victor,

    a victor in three wars, Liv. 6, 4, 1 (cf.:

    victor tot bellis,

    id. 2, 27, 1). —
    h.
    Belli vulnera, Cic. Marcell. 8, 24.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Of things concr. and abstr.:

    qui parietibus, qui tectis, qui columnis ac postibus meis... bellum intulistis,

    Cic. Dom. 23, 60:

    bellum contra aras et focos,

    id. Phil. 3, 1, 1:

    miror cur philosophiae... bellum indixeris,

    id. Or. 2, 37, 155:

    ventri Indico bellum,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 8.—
    2.
    Of animals:

    milvo est quoddam bellum quasi naturale cum corvo,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 125:

    hanc Juno Esse jussit gruem, populisque suis indicere bellum,

    Ov. M. 6, 92.—
    3.
    With individuals:

    quid mihi opu'st... cum eis gerere bellum, etc.,

    Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 14:

    nihil turpius quam cum eo bellum gerere quicum familiariter vixeris,

    Cic. Lael. 21, 77:

    cum mihi uni cum improbis aeternum videam bellum susceptum,

    id. Sull. 9, 28:

    hoc tibi juventus Romana indicimus bellum,

    Liv. 2, 12, 11:

    falsum testem justo ac pio bello persequebatur,

    id. 3, 25, 3:

    tribunicium domi bellum patres territat,

    id. 3, 24, 1; cf. Plin. Ep. 1, 2, 57.—Ironically:

    equus Trojanus qui tot invictos viros muliebre bellum gerentes tulerit ac texerit,

    Cic. Cael. 28, 67.—
    4.
    In mal. part., Hor. C. 3, 26, 3; 4, 1, 2.—
    5.
    Personified as god of war ( = Janus):

    tabulas duas quae Belli faciem pictam habent,

    Plin. 35, 4, 10, § 27:

    sunt geminae Belli portae, etc.,

    Verg. A. 7, 607:

    mortiferumque averso in limine Bellum,

    id. ib. 6, 279.—
    6.
    Plur.: bella, army ( poet.):

    permanet Aonius Nereus violentus in undis, Bellaque non transfert (i.e. Graecorum exercitum),

    Ov. M. 12, 24:

    sed victae fera bella deae vexere per aequora,

    Sil. 7, 472:

    quid faciat bellis obsessus et undis?

    Stat. Th. 9, 490.—
    7.
    Battle, = proelium:

    rorarii dicti a rore: qui bellum committebant ante,

    Varr. L. L. 7, 3, 92:

    quod in bello saepius vindicatum in eos qui... tardius, revocati, bello excesserant,

    Sall. C. 9, 4:

    praecipua laus ejus belli penes consules fuit,

    Liv. 8, 10, 7:

    commisso statim bello,

    Front. Strat. 1, 11, 2:

    Actia bella,

    Verg. A. 8, 675:

    ingentem pugnam, ceu cetera nusquam Bella forent,

    id. ib. 2, 439; cf. Flor. 3, 5, 11; Just. 2, 12; 18, 1 fin.; 24, 8; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 98 (form duellum); Ov. H. 1, 1, 69; Verg. A. 8, 547; 12, 390; 12, 633; Stat. Th. 3, 666. —
    8.
    Bellum = liber de bello:

    quam gaudebat Bello suo Punico Naevius!

    Cic. Sen. 14, 50.

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    * recibir apoyo = receive + support, attract + support.
    * redirigir el apoyo = divert + support.
    * ser un gran apoyo = be a tower of strength.
    * servicio auxiliar de apoyo familiar = respite care.
    * servicio de apoyo = backup service, support service.
    * servir de apoyo a = inform.
    * sin apoyo = unsupported.
    * sistema de apoyo a la toma de decisiones = decision support system, decision making system.
    * solicitar apoyo = canvass + support.
    * técnica de apoyo = enabling skill.
    * tecnología de apoyo = enabling technology.
    * trabajo administrativo de apoyo = clerical work.
    * trabajo de apoyo = escort work.
    * * *
    masculino support
    * * *
    = backing, endorsement, support, advocacy, prop, escort, anchor, anchor point, supportiveness, sustainment, a shoulder to cry on, backup [back-up], buttress.

    Ex: Thus the scheme has a sound organisational backing.

    Ex: The project was given endorsement by the Standing Committees of the IFLA Section on Cataloguing and the then Section on Mechanization.
    Ex: BSO was prepared by the International Federation for Documentation with the support of UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization), and was published in 1978/79.
    Ex: However, what American libraries mean by advocacy is 'Work to overcome obstacles that the enquirer encounters in trying to secure help from outside resource agencies'.
    Ex: The main props to any retrospective bibliography must be a well formed national library which has a long history of collecting the records of a nation's culture.
    Ex: Escort can be seen as part of the referral process or as a separate activity of accompanying a client to ensure that the person reaches the source of help.
    Ex: This format can provide an anchor for instructional designers attempting to come to terms with the vast potential of hypertext and hypermedia.
    Ex: This article stresses the importance of the library as a permanent anchor point for the local community.
    Ex: Percentage of books in a discipline charged out by students majoring in other disciplines was defined as the ' supportiveness' of that discipline.
    Ex: America's present need is not heroics, but healing; not nostrums, but normalcy; not experiment, but equipoise; not submergence in internationality, but sustainment in triumphant nationality.
    Ex: I recalled how bereft we felt when we lost our son and how friends and neighbours rallied round and offered a shoulder to cry on.
    Ex: The aggressiveness of a number of publications on this subject, replete with their accusations without any backup, can be interpreted as settling of scores.
    Ex: They used schools as a buttress of a caste system designed to subordinate blacks socially, to cramp them economically under a rigid job ceiling.
    * administrativo de apoyo = clerical employee.
    * apoyo administrativo = administrative support.
    * apoyo a la toma de decisiones = decision support.
    * apoyo del personal = staff support.
    * apoyo económico = financial support, financial backing.
    * apoyo estatal = state support.
    * apoyo financiero = financial backing.
    * apoyo moral = moral support.
    * apoyo mutuo = mutual support.
    * apoyo para los pies = footrest.
    * apoyo técnico = service support, technical support, product support, tech support.
    * apoyo técnico de aplicaciones informáticas = software support.
    * buscar apoyo = line up + support.
    * buscar el apoyo de = woo.
    * carta de apoyo = letter of support.
    * centro de apoyo a los programas de estudios = curriculum material center.
    * clases de apoyo = remedial teaching.
    * como apoyo a = in support of.
    * conseguir apoyo = mobilise + support, win + support, line up + support, gain + support.
    * contar con apoyo para = have + support for.
    * contar con el apoyo de Alguien = have + Nombre + behind + Pronombre.
    * contar con el apoyo necesario para = have + the power behind to.
    * crear apoyo = build + support.
    * dar apoyo = give + support, support, provide + support.
    * de apoyo = enabling, supportive.
    * destreza de apoyo = ancillary skill.
    * educación de apoyo = remedial education.
    * en apoyo a = in support of.
    * estructura de apoyo = support structure.
    * fomentar apoyo = build + support.
    * ganarse el apoyo = earn + support.
    * grupo de apoyo = interest group, support group.
    * herramienta de apoyo = enabler.
    * material didáctico de apoyo = study aide.
    * mecanismo de apoyo = enabler.
    * merecer apoyo = be deserving of support.
    * ofrecer apoyo = support, provide + support, rally (a)round, rally behind.
    * personal administrativo de apoyo = clerical staff, clerical worker, clerical personnel.
    * personal de apoyo = paraprofessional staff, support staff.
    * personal de apoyo bibliotecario = library support staff.
    * personal técnico de apoyo = support staff.
    * prestar apoyo = lend + support, support.
    * prestar apoyo a = go to + bat for, bat for.
    * proporcionar apoyo = provide + support, support.
    * punto de apoyo = foothold.
    * que actúa de apoyo = supporting, supporting.
    * recabar apoyo = garner + support.
    * recibir apoyo = receive + support, attract + support.
    * redirigir el apoyo = divert + support.
    * ser un gran apoyo = be a tower of strength.
    * servicio auxiliar de apoyo familiar = respite care.
    * servicio de apoyo = backup service, support service.
    * servir de apoyo a = inform.
    * sin apoyo = unsupported.
    * sistema de apoyo a la toma de decisiones = decision support system, decision making system.
    * solicitar apoyo = canvass + support.
    * técnica de apoyo = enabling skill.
    * tecnología de apoyo = enabling technology.
    * trabajo administrativo de apoyo = clerical work.
    * trabajo de apoyo = escort work.

    * * *
    1 (respaldo) support
    no cuentan con el apoyo popular they do not have the support of the people o enjoy popular support
    agradezco el apoyo que me han brindado en todo momento I am grateful for the support you have given me throughout
    apoyo A algo support FOR sth
    han retirado su apoyo a esta iniciativa they have withdrawn their support for o their backing of this initiative
    una campaña de apoyo a la investigación científica a campaign in support of scientific research
    2 ( Ling):
    vocal/consonante de apoyo intrusive vowel/consonant
    * * *

     

    Del verbo apoyar: ( conjugate apoyar)

    apoyo es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    apoyó es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    apoyar    
    apoyo
    apoyar ( conjugate apoyar) verbo transitivo
    1 ( hacer descansar) apoyo (algo en algo) to rest (sth on sth);

    2
    a) ( respaldar) ‹propuesta/persona› to back, support


    apoyarse verbo pronominal
    1 (para sostenerse, descansar) apoyose en algo to lean on sth
    2 (basarse, fundarse) apoyose en algo to be based on sth
    apoyo sustantivo masculino
    support;
    apoyo a algo support for sth
    apoyar verbo transitivo
    1 to lean
    2 (causa) to support
    apoyo sustantivo masculino support
    ' apoyo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    adhesión
    - agradecer
    - inapreciable
    - legitimar
    - negar
    - proporcionar
    - sola
    - solo
    - soporte
    - sostén
    - brindar
    - declarar
    - gestión
    - incondicional
    - manifestar
    - mayoritario
    - muleta
    - puntal
    - punto
    - respaldo
    - retirar
    - retiro
    - solicitar
    - sustento
    English:
    advocacy
    - against
    - aim
    - back
    - backing
    - backup
    - buttress
    - crutch
    - drum up
    - endorsement
    - financial
    - firm
    - foothold
    - freestanding
    - full
    - hilt
    - mass
    - moral
    - prop
    - rally
    - rest
    - solid
    - support
    - supportively
    - supportiveness
    - thankful
    - unreserved
    - whip up
    - wholehearted
    - widespread
    - win
    - with
    - by
    - foot
    - muster
    - sympathetic
    - woo
    * * *
    apoyo nm
    support;
    salieron adelante con el apoyo de su familia they got by with the support of her family;
    me dio su apoyo moral she gave me her moral support;
    buscan apoyos económicos para el proyecto they are seeking funding o financial support for the project;
    anunciaron su apoyo a la iniciativa they declared their support for the initiative;
    presentó las pruebas en apoyo de su teoría he presented the evidence to support his theory
    * * *
    m fig
    support;
    en apoyo de in support of
    * * *
    apoyo nm
    : support, backing
    * * *
    apoyo n support

    Spanish-English dictionary > apoyo

  • 17 desarrollar

    v.
    1 to develop (mejorar) (crecimiento, país).
    desarrolló un sexto sentido para las finanzas she developed o acquired a sixth sense for money
    El orador desarrolló el tema The orator developed the subject.
    El programador desarrolla sistemas The programmer develops systems.
    2 to expound, to explain (exponer) (teoría, tema, fórmula).
    ¿podrías desarrollar esa idea un poco más? could you expand on that idea a little more?
    3 to carry out (realizar) (actividad, trabajo).
    4 to expand (Mat).
    5 to unroll, to unfold.
    El camarero desarrolló la alfombra The waiter unrolled the rug.
    6 to train.
    7 to rear, to raise.
    * * *
    1 (gen) to develop
    2 (deshacer un rollo) to unroll, unfold
    3 (exponer) to expound, explain
    4 (llevar a cabo) to carry out
    5 MATEMÁTICAS to expand, develop
    1 (crecer) to develop
    2 (transcurrir) to take place
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) [+ economía, industria, mercado] to develop
    2) (=explicar) [+ teoría, tema, punto] to develop
    3) (=realizar) [+ trabajo, proyecto] to carry out; [+ técnica, método] to develop
    4) [+ capacidad, músculos, memoria] to develop
    5) (Mec)
    6) (Mat) [+ ecuación, función] to expand

    desarolló bien el problema pero no llegó a la solución — he applied the correct method o working but failed to find the solution, he worked through the problem correctly but failed to find the solution

    7) (=desenrollar) [+ algo enrollado] to unroll; [+ algo plegado] to unfold, open (out)
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) <facultad/inteligencia> to develop; < músculos> to develop, build up
    b) <industria/comercio> to develop
    c) <teoría/plan> to develop
    2)
    a) ( exponer) <teoría/tema> to explain
    b) ( llevar a cabo) <actividad/labor> to carry out; < plan> to put into practice
    3) (Chi) (Fot) to develop
    2.
    1) cuerpo/planta to develop, grow; pueblo/economía to develop; teoría/idea to develop, evolve
    2) acto/entrevista/escena to take place
    * * *
    = cultivate, develop, evolve, work out, realise [realize, -USA], flesh out, come along, stitch together.
    Ex. Such familiarity can be cultivated with experience, and will consider the following features of data bases.
    Ex. Various large abstracting and indexing co-operative ventures or networks have developed their own formats.
    Ex. Virtually all software packages offer the purchaser the opportunity to evolve a record format which suits a specific application.
    Ex. The details of how the assignment of numbers by authorized agencies would be controlled have yet to be worked out.
    Ex. Librarians, information scientists, and keepers of the archives have to realise the meaning of the so-called electronic library (e-library).
    Ex. The modern world has seen two documentary disciplines -- library science and archival science -- arise and flesh out a theory, methodology, and practice.
    Ex. However, we have not heard the final word by any means for there are new products and improved examples of existing products coming along.
    Ex. Adolescence is a time when teens 'start to stitch together a personal culture: the things they like to do with their time'.
    ----
    * acontecimientos + desarrollarse = events + unfold.
    * desarrollar al máximo = develop + Nombre + to its full potential.
    * desarrollar aun más = take + one stage further, progress + one stage further, carry + one stage further, develop + one stage further, take + a step further, extend + one step further, carry + one step further, take + one step further, develop + further.
    * desarrollar el amor a/por = build + a love of.
    * desarrollar el carácter de Uno = build + Posesivo + character.
    * desarrollar el instinto para = develop + a nose for.
    * desarrollar el potencial de Algo = develop + potential, develop + Posesivo + (full) potential, achieve + Posesivo + potential, achieve + Posesivo + full potential.
    * desarrollar la capacidad de = gain in + the ability to.
    * desarrollar las capacidades = fulfil + potential.
    * desarrollar las posibilidades = live up to + Posesivo + potential.
    * desarrollar + Posesivo + trabajo = advance + Posesivo + work.
    * desarrollarse = proceed, grow, build up, burgeon, unfold, grow up, come up, shape up.
    * desarrollarse a uno mismo = self-actualise [self-actualize, -USA].
    * desarrollarse demasiado pronto = peak + too early.
    * desarrollarse en un sentido determinado = develop along + lines.
    * desarrollarse sin problemas = go + smoothly.
    * desarrollar una definición = explode + definition.
    * desarrollar una destreza = develop + skill, build + skill.
    * desarrollar una idea = amplify + idea.
    * desarrollar una personalidad propia = develop + identity.
    * desarrollar una técnica = develop + skill, build + skill.
    * desarrollar un plan de trabajo = develop + agenda.
    * desarrollar un proyecto = develop + project.
    * lograr desarrollar el potencial de Algo = achieve + Posesivo + full potential, achieve + Posesivo + potential.
    * persona que se desarrolla tarde = late bloomer.
    * que permite desarrollar menús de consulta = menu-making.
    * que se desarrollan = at play.
    * que se está desarrollando = evolving.
    * seguir desarrollando = develop + further.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) <facultad/inteligencia> to develop; < músculos> to develop, build up
    b) <industria/comercio> to develop
    c) <teoría/plan> to develop
    2)
    a) ( exponer) <teoría/tema> to explain
    b) ( llevar a cabo) <actividad/labor> to carry out; < plan> to put into practice
    3) (Chi) (Fot) to develop
    2.
    1) cuerpo/planta to develop, grow; pueblo/economía to develop; teoría/idea to develop, evolve
    2) acto/entrevista/escena to take place
    * * *
    = cultivate, develop, evolve, work out, realise [realize, -USA], flesh out, come along, stitch together.

    Ex: Such familiarity can be cultivated with experience, and will consider the following features of data bases.

    Ex: Various large abstracting and indexing co-operative ventures or networks have developed their own formats.
    Ex: Virtually all software packages offer the purchaser the opportunity to evolve a record format which suits a specific application.
    Ex: The details of how the assignment of numbers by authorized agencies would be controlled have yet to be worked out.
    Ex: Librarians, information scientists, and keepers of the archives have to realise the meaning of the so-called electronic library (e-library).
    Ex: The modern world has seen two documentary disciplines -- library science and archival science -- arise and flesh out a theory, methodology, and practice.
    Ex: However, we have not heard the final word by any means for there are new products and improved examples of existing products coming along.
    Ex: Adolescence is a time when teens 'start to stitch together a personal culture: the things they like to do with their time'.
    * acontecimientos + desarrollarse = events + unfold.
    * desarrollar al máximo = develop + Nombre + to its full potential.
    * desarrollar aun más = take + one stage further, progress + one stage further, carry + one stage further, develop + one stage further, take + a step further, extend + one step further, carry + one step further, take + one step further, develop + further.
    * desarrollar el amor a/por = build + a love of.
    * desarrollar el carácter de Uno = build + Posesivo + character.
    * desarrollar el instinto para = develop + a nose for.
    * desarrollar el potencial de Algo = develop + potential, develop + Posesivo + (full) potential, achieve + Posesivo + potential, achieve + Posesivo + full potential.
    * desarrollar la capacidad de = gain in + the ability to.
    * desarrollar las capacidades = fulfil + potential.
    * desarrollar las posibilidades = live up to + Posesivo + potential.
    * desarrollar + Posesivo + trabajo = advance + Posesivo + work.
    * desarrollarse = proceed, grow, build up, burgeon, unfold, grow up, come up, shape up.
    * desarrollarse a uno mismo = self-actualise [self-actualize, -USA].
    * desarrollarse demasiado pronto = peak + too early.
    * desarrollarse en un sentido determinado = develop along + lines.
    * desarrollarse sin problemas = go + smoothly.
    * desarrollar una definición = explode + definition.
    * desarrollar una destreza = develop + skill, build + skill.
    * desarrollar una idea = amplify + idea.
    * desarrollar una personalidad propia = develop + identity.
    * desarrollar una técnica = develop + skill, build + skill.
    * desarrollar un plan de trabajo = develop + agenda.
    * desarrollar un proyecto = develop + project.
    * lograr desarrollar el potencial de Algo = achieve + Posesivo + full potential, achieve + Posesivo + potential.
    * persona que se desarrolla tarde = late bloomer.
    * que permite desarrollar menús de consulta = menu-making.
    * que se desarrollan = at play.
    * que se está desarrollando = evolving.
    * seguir desarrollando = develop + further.

    * * *
    vt
    A
    1 ‹facultad/inteligencia› to develop; ‹músculos› to develop, build up
    tiene el sentido del olfato muy desarrollado it has a very highly developed sense of smell
    2 ‹industria/comercio› to develop
    3 (ampliar, desenvolver) ‹idea/teoría/plan› to develop
    B
    1 (exponer) ‹teoría/idea› to explain, expound ( frml); ‹tema› to explain
    2 ( Mat) to develop
    3 (llevar a cabo) ‹actividad/labor› to carry out; ‹plan› to put into practice
    C
    «coche/motor»: desarrolla una velocidad de … it can reach a speed of …
    desarrolla 75 caballos it develops o generates 75 horsepower
    D ( Chi) ( Fot) to develop
    A
    1 (crecer) «niño/cuerpo/planta» to develop, grow
    2 «adolescente» to develop, go through puberty
    3 «pueblo/industria/economía» to develop
    4 «teoría/idea» to develop, evolve
    B «acto/entrevista» to take place
    habrá que esperar a ver cómo se desarrollan los acontecimientos we shall have to wait and see how things develop o turn out
    la acción se desarrolla en una aldea gallega the action unfolds o takes place in a Galician village
    * * *

     

    desarrollar ( conjugate desarrollar) verbo transitivo
    1 ( en general) to develop
    2
    a) ( exponer) ‹teoría/tema› to explain

    b) ( llevar a cabo) ‹actividad/labor› to carry out

    desarrollarse verbo pronominal
    1 ( en general) to develop
    2 [acto/entrevista/escena] to take place
    desarrollar verbo transitivo
    1 to develop: ha desarrollado su musculatura desde que hace deporte, he has become more muscular since he started doing sport
    (un proyecto, teoría) han desarrollado un nuevo modelo de ordenador portátil, they've developed a new type of portable computer
    2 (exponer con mayor detalle) to explain
    ' desarrollar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    explotar
    English:
    amplify
    - brain
    - build up
    - develop
    - evolve
    - open up
    - work out
    - expand
    - realize
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [mejorar] [economía, capacidades, musculatura] to develop;
    desarrolló un sexto sentido para las finanzas she developed o acquired a sixth sense for money
    2. [exponer] [tema] to explain, to develop;
    [teoría] to expound, to develop;
    ¿podrías desarrollar esa idea un poco más? could you expand on that idea a little more?
    3. [realizar] [actividad, trabajo, proyecto] to carry out
    4. [crear] [prototipos, técnicas, estrategias] to develop
    5. [velocidad]
    esta moto desarrolla los 200 kilómetros por hora this bike can reach a speed of 200 kilometres an hour
    6. Mat [término] to expand;
    [ecuación, problema] to solve, to work out
    * * *
    v/t
    1 develop
    2 tema explain
    3 trabajo carry out
    * * *
    : to develop
    * * *
    1. (en general) to develop
    2. (realizar) to carry out [pt. & pp. carried]

    Spanish-English dictionary > desarrollar

  • 18 unauffällig

    I Adj. inconspicuous, discreet; (unaufdringlich) unobtrusive
    II Adv. inconspicuously, discreetly, unobtrusively; sich kleiden etc.: unobtrusively; unauffällig beobachten observe discreetly; sich unauffällig verhalten keep one’s head down, keep a low profile; unauffällig verschwinden disappear without anyone noticing, slip away unnoticed
    * * *
    without attracting attention (Adv.);
    (Erscheinung) nondescript (Adj.);
    (Kleidung) quiet (Adj.);
    (unscheinbar) inconspicuous (Adj.); unostentatious (Adj.); unobtrusive (Adj.);
    (zurückhaltend) retiring (Adj.)
    * * *
    ụn|auf|fäl|lig
    1. adj
    inconspicuous; (= unscheinbar, schlicht) unobtrusive

    die Narbe/sein Hinken ist ziemlich unauffällig — the scar/his limp isn't very noticeable

    2. adv
    unobtrusively, discreetly
    See:
    → folgen
    * * *
    1) (not noticeable or conspicuous: The detective tried to be as inconspicuous as possible.) inconspicuous
    2) ((of colours) not bright.) quiet
    * * *
    un·auf·fäl·lig
    [ˈʊnʔauffɛlɪç]
    I. adj
    1. (nicht auffällig) inconspicuous, discrete
    2. (unscheinbar) not very noticeable, unobtrusive, discrete
    II. adv
    1. (ohne Aufsehen zu erregen) inconspicuously, discreetly
    2. (zurückhaltend) unobtrusively, discretely
    * * *
    1.
    Adjektiv inconspicuous; unobtrusive <scar, defect, skill, behaviour, surveillance, etc.>; discreet <signal, elegance>
    2.
    adverbial inconspicuously; unobtrusively; <behave, follow, observe, disappear, leave> unobtrusively, discreetly
    * * *
    A. adj inconspicuous, discreet; (unaufdringlich) unobtrusive
    B. adv inconspicuously, discreetly, unobtrusively; sich kleiden etc: unobtrusively;
    unauffällig beobachten observe discreetly;
    sich unauffällig verhalten keep one’s head down, keep a low profile;
    unauffällig verschwinden disappear without anyone noticing, slip away unnoticed
    * * *
    1.
    Adjektiv inconspicuous; unobtrusive <scar, defect, skill, behaviour, surveillance, etc.>; discreet <signal, elegance>
    2.
    adverbial inconspicuously; unobtrusively; <behave, follow, observe, disappear, leave> unobtrusively, discreetly
    * * *
    adj.
    inconspicuous adj.
    without attracting attention expr. adv.
    inconspicuously adv.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > unauffällig

  • 19 girar

    v.
    1 to turn (dar vueltas).
    girar la cabeza to turn one's head
    El auto gira The car turns=veers.
    El aparato gira la rueda The machine turns the wheel.
    Las ruedas giran sobre el eje The wheels turn on the axis.
    2 to turn.
    el camino gira a la derecha the road turns to the right
    3 to remit payment (commerce).
    4 to draw (commerce).
    La tienda giró un cheque The store drew a check.
    5 to transfer (money).
    * * *
    1 (dar vueltas) to rotate, whirl, spin
    2 (torcer) to turn
    3 figurado (versar) to deal with
    4 COMERCIO to have a turnover
    1 COMERCIO to issue
    2 (cambiar de sentido) to turn, turn around
    \
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=dar vueltas a) [+ llave, manivela, volante] to turn; [+ peonza, hélice, ruleta] to spin
    2) (Com) [+ dinero, facturas] to send; [+ letra, cheque] [gen] to draw; [a una persona concreta] to issue
    2. VI
    1) (=dar vueltas) [noria, rueda] to go (a)round, turn, revolve; [disco] to revolve, go (a)round; [planeta] to rotate; [hélice] to go (a)round, rotate, turn; [peonza] to spin

    gira a 1600rpm — it revolves o goes (a)round at 1600rpm

    2) (=cambiar de dirección) to turn (a)round

    hacer girar — [+ llave] to turn; [+ sillón] to turn (a)round

    3) (=torcer) [vehículo] to turn; [camino] to turn, bend

    girar a la derecha/izquierda — to turn right/left

    el camino gira a la derecha varios metros más allá — the path turns o bends to the right a few metres further on

    4)

    girar alrededor de o sobre o en torno a — [+ tema, ideas] to revolve around, centre around, center around (EEUU); [+ líder, centro de atención] to revolve around

    5)

    girar en descubierto — (Com, Econ) to overdraw

    6) (=negociar) to operate, do business
    3.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo intransitivo
    1)
    a) rueda to turn, go around o round; disco to revolve, go around; trompo to spin
    b) ( darse la vuelta) to turn
    c)

    girar en torno a algo — conversación/debate to revolve o center* around something; discurso to center* o focus on something

    2) (torcer, desviarse) to turn
    2.
    girar vt
    1) <manivela/volante> to turn
    2) (Com, Fin)
    a) <cheque/letra de cambio> to draw
    b) < dinero> to send; ( a través de un banco) to transfer
    3) (frml) < instrucciones> to give, to issue (frml)
    * * *
    = deflect, rotate, turn, whirl, twist, spin around, revolve, swing, swing back, wind, swivel, twirl, gyrate, spin.
    Ex. On deflecting one of these levers to the right he runs through the book before him, each page in turn being projected at a speed which just allows a recognizing glance at each.
    Ex. The computer creates a series of entries by rotating the component terms with which it has been provided.
    Ex. The brightness can be adjusted by turning the two knobs at the lower right of the screen.
    Ex. Visitors would laugh at the workman's jerking and whirling with the mould, but that was where the skill lay.
    Ex. The cheeks were braced from their tops to the ceiling, to prevent the press from twisting or shifting about in use.
    Ex. With considerable reluctance, he spun his chair around and was about to return to his papers when Preston Huish put his head into the room.
    Ex. This was the cylinder machine, which formed a web of paper not on an endless belt of woven wire but on a cylinder covered with wire mesh (looking like a large dandy roll) which revolved half-submerged in a vat of stuff.
    Ex. The article has the title 'The pendulum swings to the right: censorship in the eighties'.
    Ex. Matrix and mould were pivoted and were brought up to the nozzle of a metal pump for the moment of casting, and then swung back to eject the new-made letter.
    Ex. Bring the kite down by slowly winding the kite string around a kite spool.
    Ex. The light direction can be controlled by swivelling the reflector.
    Ex. A hula hoop is a toy hoop that is twirled around the waist, limbs, or neck.
    Ex. The women dance, stamping their feet, clapping and chanting while some of them gyrate their hips suggestively in the centre of the circle.
    Ex. In summary, the fluid in your ears still sloshing around causes you to feel dizzy when you stop spinning in one direction.
    ----
    * argumento + girar en torno a = argument + revolve around.
    * cuestión + girar en torno a = question + revolve around.
    * discusión + girar en torno a = discussion + centre around.
    * girar 180 grados = move + 180 degrees.
    * girar al descubierto = overdraw.
    * girar alrededor de = spin about, orbit.
    * girar bruscamente = swerve.
    * girar en torno a = hinge on/upon, revolve around, circle around.
    * girar media vuelta = swing in + a half-circle.
    * girar sobre un pivote = pivot.
    * hacer girar = twiddle, twirl.
    * mundo + girar en torno a = enterprise + revolve on.
    * polémica + girar en torno a = controversy + revolve around.
    * problemas + girar en torno a = problems + turn on, problems + revolve around.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo intransitivo
    1)
    a) rueda to turn, go around o round; disco to revolve, go around; trompo to spin
    b) ( darse la vuelta) to turn
    c)

    girar en torno a algo — conversación/debate to revolve o center* around something; discurso to center* o focus on something

    2) (torcer, desviarse) to turn
    2.
    girar vt
    1) <manivela/volante> to turn
    2) (Com, Fin)
    a) <cheque/letra de cambio> to draw
    b) < dinero> to send; ( a través de un banco) to transfer
    3) (frml) < instrucciones> to give, to issue (frml)
    * * *
    = deflect, rotate, turn, whirl, twist, spin around, revolve, swing, swing back, wind, swivel, twirl, gyrate, spin.

    Ex: On deflecting one of these levers to the right he runs through the book before him, each page in turn being projected at a speed which just allows a recognizing glance at each.

    Ex: The computer creates a series of entries by rotating the component terms with which it has been provided.
    Ex: The brightness can be adjusted by turning the two knobs at the lower right of the screen.
    Ex: Visitors would laugh at the workman's jerking and whirling with the mould, but that was where the skill lay.
    Ex: The cheeks were braced from their tops to the ceiling, to prevent the press from twisting or shifting about in use.
    Ex: With considerable reluctance, he spun his chair around and was about to return to his papers when Preston Huish put his head into the room.
    Ex: This was the cylinder machine, which formed a web of paper not on an endless belt of woven wire but on a cylinder covered with wire mesh (looking like a large dandy roll) which revolved half-submerged in a vat of stuff.
    Ex: The article has the title 'The pendulum swings to the right: censorship in the eighties'.
    Ex: Matrix and mould were pivoted and were brought up to the nozzle of a metal pump for the moment of casting, and then swung back to eject the new-made letter.
    Ex: Bring the kite down by slowly winding the kite string around a kite spool.
    Ex: The light direction can be controlled by swivelling the reflector.
    Ex: A hula hoop is a toy hoop that is twirled around the waist, limbs, or neck.
    Ex: The women dance, stamping their feet, clapping and chanting while some of them gyrate their hips suggestively in the centre of the circle.
    Ex: In summary, the fluid in your ears still sloshing around causes you to feel dizzy when you stop spinning in one direction.
    * argumento + girar en torno a = argument + revolve around.
    * cuestión + girar en torno a = question + revolve around.
    * discusión + girar en torno a = discussion + centre around.
    * girar 180 grados = move + 180 degrees.
    * girar al descubierto = overdraw.
    * girar alrededor de = spin about, orbit.
    * girar bruscamente = swerve.
    * girar en torno a = hinge on/upon, revolve around, circle around.
    * girar media vuelta = swing in + a half-circle.
    * girar sobre un pivote = pivot.
    * hacer girar = twiddle, twirl.
    * mundo + girar en torno a = enterprise + revolve on.
    * polémica + girar en torno a = controversy + revolve around.
    * problemas + girar en torno a = problems + turn on, problems + revolve around.

    * * *
    girar [A1 ]
    vi
    A
    1 «rueda» to turn, revolve, go around o round; «disco» to revolve, go around; «trompo» to spin
    la tierra gira alrededor del sol the earth revolves around the sun
    hizo girar la llave en la cerradura he turned the key in the lock
    giré para mirarla I turned (around) to look at her
    giró sobre sus talones he turned on his heel
    la puerta giró lentamente sobre sus goznes the door swung slowly on its hinges
    3 girar EN TORNO A algo «conversación/debate» to revolve o center* AROUND sth; «discurso» to center* o focus ON sth
    B (torcer, desviarse) to turn
    en la próxima esquina gire a la derecha take the next right, take the next turn o ( BrE) turning on the right
    lo acusan de haber girado hacia posiciones demasiado conservadoras he is accused of having moved o shifted o swung toward(s) too conservative a stance
    ■ girar
    vt
    A ‹manivela/volante› to turn
    giró la cabeza para mirarme he turned to look at me, he turned his head toward(s) me
    girarla ( Méx fam): ¿dónde la giras los sábados? where do you hang out on Saturdays? ( colloq)
    la anda girando de taxista he's making a living as a taxi driver
    B ( Com, Fin)
    1 ‹cheque/letra de cambio› to draw
    giró varios cheques en descubierto he issued several checks without sufficient funds in the account to cover them, he kited several checks ( AmE)
    2 ‹dinero› to send; (a través de un banco) to transfer
    C ( frml); ‹instrucciones› to give, to issue ( frml)
    * * *

     

    girar ( conjugate girar) verbo intransitivo
    1

    [ disco] to revolve, go around;
    [ trompo] to spin;
    girar alrededor de algo/algn to revolve around sth/sb

    2 (torcer, desviarse) to turn;

    verbo transitivo
    1 ‹manivela/volante› to turn
    2 (Com, Fin) ‹cheque/letra de cambio› to draw
    girar
    I verbo intransitivo
    1 (unas aspas, un trompo, etc) to spin
    2 (torcer, cambiar de dirección) girar a la derecha/izquierda, to turn right/left
    3 (tratar) to revolve: la conversación giró en torno al tiempo, the conversation revolved around the weather
    II verbo transitivo
    1 (la cabeza, llave) to turn
    2 Fin (dinero) to send by giro
    (una letra de cambio) to draw
    ' girar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    A
    - doblar
    - redonda
    - redondo
    - torcer
    - virar
    - volverse
    - descubierto
    - volver
    English:
    bear
    - gyrate
    - orbit
    - pivot
    - revolve
    - rotate
    - spin
    - swing
    - swivel
    - turn
    - turn round
    - twirl
    - twist
    - twist round
    - veer
    - wheel
    - whirl
    - center
    - draw
    - hinge
    - left
    - pirouette
    - right
    - swirl
    - twiddle
    - wind
    * * *
    ♦ vi
    1. [doblar] to turn;
    el camino gira a la derecha the road turns to the right;
    el conductor giró a la izquierda the driver turned left o made a left turn
    2. [dar vueltas] to turn;
    [rápidamente] to spin;
    la Luna gira alrededor de la Tierra the Moon revolves o goes around the Earth;
    este coche gira muy bien this car has a tight turning circle
    3. [darse la vuelta] to turn (round);
    giré para verla mejor I turned round to see her better
    4. [tratar]
    girar en torno a o [m5] alrededor de to be centred around, to centre on;
    el coloquio giró en torno a la pena de muerte the discussion dealt with the topic of the death penalty
    5. Com to remit payment;
    girar en descubierto to write a check without sufficient funds
    ♦ vt
    1. [hacer dar vueltas a] to turn;
    giró la llave en la cerradura she turned the key in the lock;
    girar la cabeza to turn one's head
    2. Com to draw
    3. [dinero] to transfer, to remit
    * * *
    I v/i
    1 ( dar vueltas, torcer) turn;
    girar a la derecha/izquierda turn to the right/left; de coche, persona turn right/left, take a right/left
    2 alrededor de algo revolve;
    girar en torno a algo fig revolve around sth
    II v/t COM transfer
    * * *
    girar vi
    1) : to turn around, to revolve
    2) : to swing around, to swivel
    girar vt
    1) : to turn, to twist, to rotate
    2) : to draft (checks)
    3) : to transfer (funds)
    * * *
    girar vb
    1. (dar vueltas) to revolve / to go round

    Spanish-English dictionary > girar

  • 20 muy + Adjetivo

    (adj.) = extremely + Adjetivo, grossly + Adjetivo, rather + Adjetivo, severely + Adjetivo, tightly + Adjetivo, wildly + Adjetivo, extraordinarily + Adjetivo, incredibly + Adjetivo, ludicrously + Adjetivo, seriously + Adjetivo, disappointingly + Adjetivo, not least + Adjetivo, heavily + Adjetivo, much + Adjetivo, mighty + Adjetivo, prohibitively + Adjetivo, sorely + Adjetivo, supremely + Adjetivo, vastly + Adjetivo, vitally + Adjetivo, immensely + Adjetivo, hugely + Adjetivo, significantly + Adjetivo, most + Adjetivo, impressively + Adjetivo, bloody + Adjetivo
    Ex. Thus, the subject approach is extremely important in the access to information.
    Ex. It is a well-known fact that they're grossly deficient in identifiying talented minority children, and, for that matter, girls.
    Ex. If you pause to think of all the form concepts you will soon realize that this policy would result in a massive and uneconomical number of rather unhelpful index entries.
    Ex. Even an informative title is by nature of a title, succinct, and therefore severely limited in the quantity of information that can be conveyed.
    Ex. Because index terms must be used as access points, the summarization of document content achieved in indexing documents must be more tightly structured.
    Ex. Meanwhile the ALA and others are making wildly improbable statements about the supposedly numerous opportunities for library school graduates due to the alleged shortage of librarians.
    Ex. School classrooms are sometimes extraordinarily badly designed with poor acoustics, ineffective blackout facilities, and notoriously eccentric electrical outlets.
    Ex. We also know that large catalogs are not only incredibly expensive to maintain, but are increasingly impossible to use.
    Ex. Perhaps it was a ludicrously inadequate expression of her profound surprise.
    Ex. The author's manuscript was seriously inadequate in this respect.
    Ex. For example, searching the databse for 'kidney circulation' without using the thesaurus yields disappointingly small results.
    Ex. Not least significant as a means of increasing the visibility of recorded knowledge is the progress made in the computerization of indexes, bibliographies etc and of library catalogues.
    Ex. Library services in the past have been far from neutral, indeed are heavily biased towards the literate middle class who form the bulk of library users.
    Ex. The control function is, in these cases, not one exercised by the bibliographer but by a political power much superior.
    Ex. A public library is a mighty good thing.
    Ex. Libraries can obtain updated cataloguing through special customised services, but at prohibitively high cost.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'The ISBN: a good tool sorely misused'.
    Ex. Wood is not only a supremely abundant raw material, but it can also be made into a product which is second only to pure rag paper for appearance, strength, and durability.
    Ex. But it is quite possible for someone to read the story as a vastly entertaining collection of picaresque adventure written with consummate skill and full of 'colorful' characters.
    Ex. One cannot study any aspect of the reference process without being made aware just how vitally dependent it is for its success on the librarian's personal qualities.
    Ex. The young librarian was immensely depressed as she pattered down the hall towards the mail room.
    Ex. This kind of distribution is represented by a curve which shows a hugely lopsided frequency for the majority, then a dramatic drop, dribbling off into a long tail of mostly zeros.
    Ex. People use a library significantly less than they say they do.
    Ex. Most worrying for all retailers is the continuing upward spiral in overheads and specifically in rents and rates.
    Ex. Therese Lawrence provides an impressively detailed list of categories of material fit for collection by libraries.
    Ex. I know a few guys that are dustbin men and it is bloody hard work for a average of £6.50 an hour.
    * * *
    (adj.) = extremely + Adjetivo, grossly + Adjetivo, rather + Adjetivo, severely + Adjetivo, tightly + Adjetivo, wildly + Adjetivo, extraordinarily + Adjetivo, incredibly + Adjetivo, ludicrously + Adjetivo, seriously + Adjetivo, disappointingly + Adjetivo, not least + Adjetivo, heavily + Adjetivo, much + Adjetivo, mighty + Adjetivo, prohibitively + Adjetivo, sorely + Adjetivo, supremely + Adjetivo, vastly + Adjetivo, vitally + Adjetivo, immensely + Adjetivo, hugely + Adjetivo, significantly + Adjetivo, most + Adjetivo, impressively + Adjetivo, bloody + Adjetivo

    Ex: Thus, the subject approach is extremely important in the access to information.

    Ex: It is a well-known fact that they're grossly deficient in identifiying talented minority children, and, for that matter, girls.
    Ex: If you pause to think of all the form concepts you will soon realize that this policy would result in a massive and uneconomical number of rather unhelpful index entries.
    Ex: Even an informative title is by nature of a title, succinct, and therefore severely limited in the quantity of information that can be conveyed.
    Ex: Because index terms must be used as access points, the summarization of document content achieved in indexing documents must be more tightly structured.
    Ex: Meanwhile the ALA and others are making wildly improbable statements about the supposedly numerous opportunities for library school graduates due to the alleged shortage of librarians.
    Ex: School classrooms are sometimes extraordinarily badly designed with poor acoustics, ineffective blackout facilities, and notoriously eccentric electrical outlets.
    Ex: We also know that large catalogs are not only incredibly expensive to maintain, but are increasingly impossible to use.
    Ex: Perhaps it was a ludicrously inadequate expression of her profound surprise.
    Ex: The author's manuscript was seriously inadequate in this respect.
    Ex: For example, searching the databse for 'kidney circulation' without using the thesaurus yields disappointingly small results.
    Ex: Not least significant as a means of increasing the visibility of recorded knowledge is the progress made in the computerization of indexes, bibliographies etc and of library catalogues.
    Ex: Library services in the past have been far from neutral, indeed are heavily biased towards the literate middle class who form the bulk of library users.
    Ex: The control function is, in these cases, not one exercised by the bibliographer but by a political power much superior.
    Ex: A public library is a mighty good thing.
    Ex: Libraries can obtain updated cataloguing through special customised services, but at prohibitively high cost.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'The ISBN: a good tool sorely misused'.
    Ex: Wood is not only a supremely abundant raw material, but it can also be made into a product which is second only to pure rag paper for appearance, strength, and durability.
    Ex: But it is quite possible for someone to read the story as a vastly entertaining collection of picaresque adventure written with consummate skill and full of 'colorful' characters.
    Ex: One cannot study any aspect of the reference process without being made aware just how vitally dependent it is for its success on the librarian's personal qualities.
    Ex: The young librarian was immensely depressed as she pattered down the hall towards the mail room.
    Ex: This kind of distribution is represented by a curve which shows a hugely lopsided frequency for the majority, then a dramatic drop, dribbling off into a long tail of mostly zeros.
    Ex: People use a library significantly less than they say they do.
    Ex: Most worrying for all retailers is the continuing upward spiral in overheads and specifically in rents and rates.
    Ex: Therese Lawrence provides an impressively detailed list of categories of material fit for collection by libraries.
    Ex: I know a few guys that are dustbin men and it is bloody hard work for a average of £6.50 an hour.

    Spanish-English dictionary > muy + Adjetivo

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