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  • 41 sanitario

    adj.
    1 sanitary, clean.
    2 sanitarian.
    m.
    1 rest room.
    2 physician extender.
    * * *
    1 sanitary, health
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 health officer
    1 toilet
    1 bathroom fittings
    ————————
    1 toilet
    * * *
    sanitario, -a
    1.
    ADJ [condiciones] sanitary; [centro, medidas] health antes de s
    2.
    SMPL (=aparatos de baño) sanitary ware sing, bathroom fittings; Méx (=wáter) toilet sing, washroom sing (EEUU)
    3.
    SM / F (Med) stretcher bearer
    * * *
    I
    - ria adjetivo < medidas> public health (before n)
    II
    - ria masculino, femenino
    1) ( persona) health worker
    2) sanitario masculino (Col, Méx, Ven) ( retrete) toilet, lavatory
    3) sanitarios masculino plural ( para cuarto de baño) bathroom fittings (pl)
    * * *
    I
    - ria adjetivo < medidas> public health (before n)
    II
    - ria masculino, femenino
    1) ( persona) health worker
    2) sanitario masculino (Col, Méx, Ven) ( retrete) toilet, lavatory
    3) sanitarios masculino plural ( para cuarto de baño) bathroom fittings (pl)
    * * *
    sanitario1
    1 = corpsman [corpsmen, -pl.].

    Ex: This is a video material to teach corpsmen response procedures for each of seven emergency medical conditions: angina pectoris, acute myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, stroke, diabetic coma, insulin shock, and epileptic seizure.

    sanitario2
    2 = sanitary, clinical.

    Ex: They constructed many miles of sewer and can be seen as the true instigators of the 19th c. sanitary revolution.

    Ex: Application areas include: personnel records, mailing lists, accident and incident records, clinical and health records, committee minutes and records, and so on.
    * advertencia sanitaria = health warning.
    * antención sanitaria primaria = primary care.
    * asistencia sanitaria = medical care, health care system, medical aid, medical assistance.
    * ingeniería sanitaria = sanitary engineering.
    * personal sanitario = clinical staff.
    * profesión sanitaria = medical profession, health profession.
    * servicio sanitario = health service.
    * sistema de asistencia sanitaria = health care system.
    * técnologo de la información sanitaria = informatician.

    * * *
    ‹medidas› public health ( before n)
    su política sanitaria their policy on health, their health policy
    en el reglamento sanitario in the (public) health regulations
    las condiciones sanitarias son pésimas sanitary conditions are deplorable
    las viviendas carecen de servicios sanitarios the houses have no sanitation
    masculine, feminine
    A (persona) health worker
    B
    sanitario masculine (Col, Méx, Ven) (retrete) toilet, lavatory
    C sanitarios mpl (para el cuarto de baño) bathroom fittings (pl)
    * * *

     

    sanitario 1
    ◊ - ria adjetivo ‹ medidas› public health ( before n);


    ‹ condiciones› sanitary ( before n);

    asistencia sanitaria health-care
    sanitario 2 sustantivo masculino

    b)

    ◊ sanitarios sustantivo masculino plural ( para cuarto de baño) bathroom fittings (pl)

    sanitario,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 (de la sanidad) health (antes de sustantivos); asistencia sanitaria, medical care
    2 (instalaciones) ese lugar no reunía las condiciones sanitarias mínimas, that place didn't meet the basic sanitary conditions
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino
    1 (persona) paramedic, health worker
    2 sanitarios, bathroom fittings
    ' sanitario' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    ATS
    - bata
    - dotación
    - sanitaria
    English:
    sanitary
    - health
    - institution
    * * *
    sanitario, -a
    ♦ adj
    health;
    política sanitaria health policy;
    personal sanitario health workers;
    reforma sanitaria reform of the health care system
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [auxiliar] health (care) worker;
    un sanitario de la Cruz Roja a Red Cross worker
    2. RP [plomero] plumber
    ♦ nm
    1. [retrete] toilet, US bathroom
    2.
    sanitarios [bañera, lavabo, retrete] bathroom furniture
    * * *
    I adj (public) health atr
    II m, sanitaria f Rpl
    plumber
    * * *
    sanitario, - ria adj
    1) : sanitary
    2) : health
    centro sanitario: health center
    : sanitation worker
    sanitario nm, Col, Mex, Ven : toilet
    los sanitarios: the toilets, the restroom

    Spanish-English dictionary > sanitario

  • 42 obrero

    obrero, -era
    nm,f
    blue-collar worker, guest worker, labourer, manual worker
    [lang name="SpanishTraditionalSort"]obrero no calificado, obrero no calificado; peón (LAm) unskilled worker
    obrero cualificado skilled worker
    obrero especializado skilled worker
    [lang name="SpanishTraditionalSort"]obrero manual, peón (LAm) manual worker
    obreros sindicados organized labour
    obreros shopfloor

    Spanish-English Business Glossary > obrero

  • 43 AGRICOLA

    m.
    Agricola, Gnaeus Julius Agricola.
    * * *
    1 agricultural, farming
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ agricultural, farming antes de s
    * * *
    adjetivo < técnicas> agricultural, farming (before n)
    * * *
    = AGRICOLA, agricultural, agrarian, farming.
    Ex. There are 3 comprehensive data bases with approximately the same scope in the agricultural sector: AGRICOLA, AGRIS, and CAB.
    Ex. These 'own resources' comprise agricultural and sugar levies, customs duties and a percentage of value added tax (VAT).
    Ex. This article discusses an analysis of Austrian films and their social assumptions as well as the conflict between agrarian and urban cultures in Austria and Germany, also the popular TV serial, and political and human questions.
    Ex. This paper discusses the farming techniques, transportation, and economics of the onion industry.
    ----
    * asentamiento agrícola = agricultural settlement.
    * campamento de trabajadores agrícolas = farm labour camp.
    * ciencias agrícolas = agricultural economics.
    * comercio agrícola = agribusiness.
    * Comité de las Organizaciones de Productores Agrícolas (COPA) = Committee of Agricultural Producer Organizations (COPA).
    * comunidad agrícola = farming community.
    * crédito agrícola = agricultural credit, farm credit, farm loan.
    * estación experimental agrícola = agricultural experiment station.
    * fabricante de maquinaria agrícola = farm equipment manufacturer.
    * finca agrícola = arable farm.
    * industria agrícola = agro-industry.
    * industria agrícola, la = agricultural industry, the.
    * jornalero agrícola = farm labourer, farm worker.
    * mercadillo agrícola semanal = farmers' market.
    * obrero agrícola = agricultural labourer.
    * peón agrícola = farm labourer, farm worker.
    * perito agrícola = agriculturist.
    * Política Agrícola Comunitaria (CAP) = Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).
    * préstamo agrícola = farm loan, farm credit, agricultural credit.
    * producción agrícola = agricultural production.
    * productividad agrícola = agricultural productivity.
    * producto agrícola = agricultural product.
    * productos agrícolas = agricultural produce.
    * Sección de Garantía del Asesoramiento Agrícola y del Fondo de Garantía Europ = Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF).
    * sector agrícola = agricultural sector.
    * trabajador agrícola = agricultural labourer, farm labourer, farm worker.
    * vehículo agrícola = farm vehicle, agricultural vehicle.
    * * *
    adjetivo < técnicas> agricultural, farming (before n)
    * * *
    = AGRICOLA, agricultural, agrarian, farming.

    Ex: There are 3 comprehensive data bases with approximately the same scope in the agricultural sector: AGRICOLA, AGRIS, and CAB.

    Ex: These 'own resources' comprise agricultural and sugar levies, customs duties and a percentage of value added tax (VAT).
    Ex: This article discusses an analysis of Austrian films and their social assumptions as well as the conflict between agrarian and urban cultures in Austria and Germany, also the popular TV serial, and political and human questions.
    Ex: This paper discusses the farming techniques, transportation, and economics of the onion industry.
    * asentamiento agrícola = agricultural settlement.
    * campamento de trabajadores agrícolas = farm labour camp.
    * ciencias agrícolas = agricultural economics.
    * comercio agrícola = agribusiness.
    * Comité de las Organizaciones de Productores Agrícolas (COPA) = Committee of Agricultural Producer Organizations (COPA).
    * comunidad agrícola = farming community.
    * crédito agrícola = agricultural credit, farm credit, farm loan.
    * estación experimental agrícola = agricultural experiment station.
    * fabricante de maquinaria agrícola = farm equipment manufacturer.
    * finca agrícola = arable farm.
    * industria agrícola = agro-industry.
    * industria agrícola, la = agricultural industry, the.
    * jornalero agrícola = farm labourer, farm worker.
    * mercadillo agrícola semanal = farmers' market.
    * obrero agrícola = agricultural labourer.
    * peón agrícola = farm labourer, farm worker.
    * perito agrícola = agriculturist.
    * Política Agrícola Comunitaria (CAP) = Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).
    * préstamo agrícola = farm loan, farm credit, agricultural credit.
    * producción agrícola = agricultural production.
    * productividad agrícola = agricultural productivity.
    * producto agrícola = agricultural product.
    * productos agrícolas = agricultural produce.
    * Sección de Garantía del Asesoramiento Agrícola y del Fondo de Garantía Europ = Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF).
    * sector agrícola = agricultural sector.
    * trabajador agrícola = agricultural labourer, farm labourer, farm worker.
    * vehículo agrícola = farm vehicle, agricultural vehicle.

    * * *
    ‹técnicas› agricultural, farming ( before n)
    maquinaria agrícola farm o agricultural machinery
    el mundo agrícola the farming o agricultural world, the world of farming o agriculture
    * * *

     

    agrícola adjetivo ‹ técnicas› agricultural, farming ( before n)
    agrícola adjetivo agricultural
    ' agrícola' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    hacendada
    - hacendado
    - maquinaria
    - política
    - finca
    - huerta
    - plantación
    English:
    agricultural
    - farming
    - farm
    - laborer
    * * *
    [sector, política, producto] agricultural;
    región agrícola farming region
    * * *
    adj agricultural, farming atr
    * * *
    : agricultural
    * * *
    agrícola adj agricultural

    Spanish-English dictionary > AGRICOLA

  • 44 buen trabajador

    m.
    good worker, hard worker.
    * * *
    (n.) = hard worker
    Ex. Gringo was a hard worker as a trash collector, and believes handling large amounts of poop and trash help build his character.
    * * *

    Ex: Gringo was a hard worker as a trash collector, and believes handling large amounts of poop and trash help build his character.

    Spanish-English dictionary > buen trabajador

  • 45 colaborador

    adj.
    collaborating, contributing, collaborative.
    m.
    1 collaborator, assistant, helper, cooperator.
    2 associate.
    * * *
    1 collaborating
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 collaborator
    2 (prensa) contributor
    * * *
    (f. - colaboradora)
    noun
    * * *
    colaborador, -a
    SM / F
    1) [en trabajo, misión] collaborator, co-worker
    2) [en periódico, revista] contributor
    3) [en congreso] contributor
    4) [con dinero] contributor
    * * *
    - dora masculino, femenino ( en revista) contributor; ( en tarea) collaborator
    * * *
    = collaborating, collaborative, collaborator, contributor, stakeholder, partner, cooperating [co-operating], contributive, cooperator, aid worker, supporting.
    Ex. For collaborating corporate bodies the same rules apply as for collaborating personal authors.
    Ex. This is a truly collaborative effort involving the Council on Library Resources (CLR) as the management and funding agency and 12 participants from the research library community.
    Ex. A collaborator is a person who works with one or more associates to produce a work; all may make the same kind of contribution, as in the case of shared responsibility, or they may make different kinds of contributions, as in the case of collaboration between an artist and a writer.
    Ex. Contributors may be informed of standards to which they are expected to adhere either by word of mouth or through the agency of formal written instructions.
    Ex. This has two purposes: as an assessment of how the service is performing, and as an accountability factor to the stakeholders.
    Ex. Under this agreement, UTLAS has a Quebec partner with the exclusive right to offer UTLAS' services and products in that province.
    Ex. One organizational model would be to establish a honeycomb structure of cooperating regional consortia.
    Ex. A class may be keen, alert, contributive, except for one child who is withdrawn, distracted, unresponsive.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'The industrial librarian as cooperator'.
    Ex. Canadian humanitarian aid worker gives first hand account of the situation in Northern Iraq.
    Ex. However, it doesn't take very long before the supporting machine file attains greater importance than the manual catalog.
    ----
    * colaborador de investigación = research fellow.
    * poco colaborador = unresponsive.
    * * *
    - dora masculino, femenino ( en revista) contributor; ( en tarea) collaborator
    * * *
    = collaborating, collaborative, collaborator, contributor, stakeholder, partner, cooperating [co-operating], contributive, cooperator, aid worker, supporting.

    Ex: For collaborating corporate bodies the same rules apply as for collaborating personal authors.

    Ex: This is a truly collaborative effort involving the Council on Library Resources (CLR) as the management and funding agency and 12 participants from the research library community.
    Ex: A collaborator is a person who works with one or more associates to produce a work; all may make the same kind of contribution, as in the case of shared responsibility, or they may make different kinds of contributions, as in the case of collaboration between an artist and a writer.
    Ex: Contributors may be informed of standards to which they are expected to adhere either by word of mouth or through the agency of formal written instructions.
    Ex: This has two purposes: as an assessment of how the service is performing, and as an accountability factor to the stakeholders.
    Ex: Under this agreement, UTLAS has a Quebec partner with the exclusive right to offer UTLAS' services and products in that province.
    Ex: One organizational model would be to establish a honeycomb structure of cooperating regional consortia.
    Ex: A class may be keen, alert, contributive, except for one child who is withdrawn, distracted, unresponsive.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'The industrial librarian as cooperator'.
    Ex: Canadian humanitarian aid worker gives first hand account of the situation in Northern Iraq.
    Ex: However, it doesn't take very long before the supporting machine file attains greater importance than the manual catalog.
    * colaborador de investigación = research fellow.
    * poco colaborador = unresponsive.

    * * *
    masculine, feminine
    (en una revista) contributor; (en una tarea) collaborator, coworker
    * * *

     

    colaborador
    ◊ - dora sustantivo masculino, femenino ( en revista) contributor;


    ( en tarea) collaborator
    colaborador,-ora
    I sustantivo masculino y femenino
    1 collaborator
    2 Prensa contributor
    II adjetivo collaborating
    ' colaborador' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    colaboradora
    English:
    co-worker
    - contributor
    - collaborator
    - coworker
    * * *
    colaborador, -ora
    ♦ adj
    cooperative
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [compañero] associate, colleague
    2. [de prensa] contributor, writer
    3. colaborador externo freelancer
    * * *
    m, colaboradora f collaborator; en periódico contributor
    * * *
    1) : contributor (to a periodical)
    2) : collaborator

    Spanish-English dictionary > colaborador

  • 46 colega

    f. & m.
    2 counterpart, opposite number.
    4 geezer.
    5 confrere.
    * * *
    1 colleague
    2 argot (amigo) chum, mate, US buddy
    * * *
    noun mf.
    * * *
    SMF
    1) [de trabajo] colleague
    2) (=amigo) * mate *, pal *, buddy (EEUU) *; [en oración directa] man *
    * * *
    masculino y femenino
    a) ( compañero de profesión) colleague
    b) ( homólogo) counterpart
    c) (fam) ( amigo) buddy (AmE), mate (BrE colloq)
    * * *
    = colleague, peer, peer, fellow + Profesión, partner, co-worker [coworker], buddy, fellow worker, matey.
    Ex. Thus the electronic journal (e-journal) is a concept where scientists are able to input ideas and text to a computer data base for their colleagues to view, and similarly to view the work of others.
    Ex. SLIS are rarely credited by their professional peers with the same degree of insight and analytical penetration as their potential competitors.
    Ex. SLIS are rarely credited by their professional peers with the same degree of insight and analytical penetration as their potential competitors.
    Ex. As a communications device, Internet allows you to reach your fellow librarians with messages and documents independent of the constraints of mail, telegraph, or fax.
    Ex. Under this agreement, UTLAS has a Quebec partner with the exclusive right to offer UTLAS' services and products in that province.
    Ex. Co-workers are the most often consulted information sources.
    Ex. Each volunteer is assigned a staff member ' buddy' for training and supervision.
    Ex. Unlike most of their fellow workers, they have 'primitive' social interests, limited to games of cards & dominoes, & are heavy drinkers.
    Ex. They barmaids plied the three mateys with grog until they passed out.
    ----
    * colegas = peer group, peeps.
    * * *
    masculino y femenino
    a) ( compañero de profesión) colleague
    b) ( homólogo) counterpart
    c) (fam) ( amigo) buddy (AmE), mate (BrE colloq)
    * * *
    = colleague, peer, peer, fellow + Profesión, partner, co-worker [coworker], buddy, fellow worker, matey.

    Ex: Thus the electronic journal (e-journal) is a concept where scientists are able to input ideas and text to a computer data base for their colleagues to view, and similarly to view the work of others.

    Ex: SLIS are rarely credited by their professional peers with the same degree of insight and analytical penetration as their potential competitors.
    Ex: SLIS are rarely credited by their professional peers with the same degree of insight and analytical penetration as their potential competitors.
    Ex: As a communications device, Internet allows you to reach your fellow librarians with messages and documents independent of the constraints of mail, telegraph, or fax.
    Ex: Under this agreement, UTLAS has a Quebec partner with the exclusive right to offer UTLAS' services and products in that province.
    Ex: Co-workers are the most often consulted information sources.
    Ex: Each volunteer is assigned a staff member ' buddy' for training and supervision.
    Ex: Unlike most of their fellow workers, they have 'primitive' social interests, limited to games of cards & dominoes, & are heavy drinkers.
    Ex: They barmaids plied the three mateys with grog until they passed out.
    * colegas = peer group, peeps.

    * * *
    1 (compañero de profesión) colleague, co-worker ( AmE)
    2 (homólogo) opposite number, counterpart
    3 ( fam) (amigo) buddy ( AmE), mate ( BrE colloq)
    * * *

     

    colega sustantivo masculino y femenino


    c) (fam) ( amigo) buddy (AmE), mate (BrE colloq)

    colega mf
    1 colleague
    2 argot (compinche, amigo) mate, buddy
    ' colega' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    socia
    - socio
    English:
    associate
    - colleague
    - pal
    - coworker
    - of
    * * *
    colega nmf
    1. [compañero profesional] colleague, US co-worker
    2. [homólogo] counterpart, opposite number
    3. Esp Fam [amigo] pal, Br mate, US buddy;
    voy a salir con mis colegas I'm going out with my pals o Br mates o US buddies;
    ¿te puedo ayudar, colega? can I help you, pal o Br mate o US buddy?
    * * *
    m/f
    1 de trabajo colleague
    2 fam
    pal fam
    * * *
    colega nmf
    1) : colleague
    2) homólogo: counterpart
    3) fam : buddy
    * * *
    1. (compañero) colleague
    2. (amigo) mate / friend

    Spanish-English dictionary > colega

  • 47 jornalero

    m.
    day laborer, field hand, workman, laborer.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 day labourer
    * * *
    (f. - jornalera)
    noun f.
    * * *
    jornalero, -a
    SM / F (day) labourer, (day) laborer (EEUU)
    * * *
    - ra masculino, femenino day laborer*
    * * *
    = labourer [laborer, -USA], seasonal worker, seasonal farmworker, farm labourer, farm worker.
    Ex. Special colleges were established offering technical and practical programs for farmers and laborers.
    Ex. These people are seasonal workers who are here on a temporary work permit and who should be leaving at the end of their legal contract.
    Ex. Results indicate that untreated dental decay is significant among seasonal farmworkers who seek care at this dental clinic.
    Ex. Despite these hardships, farm laborers enjoy their work since they like to be outdoors near plants and animals.
    Ex. In rural areas, too, great variations in wealth exist side by side, from affluent farmers and landowners on the one hand, to extremely low-paid farm workers on the other.
    ----
    * jornalero agrícola = farm labourer, farm worker.
    * * *
    - ra masculino, femenino day laborer*
    * * *
    = labourer [laborer, -USA], seasonal worker, seasonal farmworker, farm labourer, farm worker.

    Ex: Special colleges were established offering technical and practical programs for farmers and laborers.

    Ex: These people are seasonal workers who are here on a temporary work permit and who should be leaving at the end of their legal contract.
    Ex: Results indicate that untreated dental decay is significant among seasonal farmworkers who seek care at this dental clinic.
    Ex: Despite these hardships, farm laborers enjoy their work since they like to be outdoors near plants and animals.
    Ex: In rural areas, too, great variations in wealth exist side by side, from affluent farmers and landowners on the one hand, to extremely low-paid farm workers on the other.
    * jornalero agrícola = farm labourer, farm worker.

    * * *
    masculine, feminine
    day laborer*
    * * *

    jornalero
    ◊ -ra sustantivo masculino, femenino

    day laborer( conjugate laborer)

    ' jornalero' also found in these entries:
    English:
    casual
    - farmhand
    - farmlabourer
    - hired hand
    * * *
    jornalero, -a nm,f
    day labourer
    * * *
    m, jornalera f day laborer, Br
    day labourer
    * * *
    jornalero, -ra n
    : day laborer
    * * *
    jornalero n casual labourer

    Spanish-English dictionary > jornalero

  • 48 labriego

    m.
    farm worker, farm labourer, peasant, farmer.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 farm worker
    * * *
    labriego, -a
    SM / F farmhand, labourer, peasant
    * * *
    - ga masculino, femenino farmworker
    * * *
    = farm-hand, farm labourer, farm worker.
    Ex. The agricultural labourer receiving payment in kind was a married farm-hand with a one-year contract and whose wife had the duty to milk the cows morning and night.
    Ex. Despite these hardships, farm laborers enjoy their work since they like to be outdoors near plants and animals.
    Ex. In rural areas, too, great variations in wealth exist side by side, from affluent farmers and landowners on the one hand, to extremely low-paid farm workers on the other.
    * * *
    - ga masculino, femenino farmworker
    * * *
    = farm-hand, farm labourer, farm worker.

    Ex: The agricultural labourer receiving payment in kind was a married farm-hand with a one-year contract and whose wife had the duty to milk the cows morning and night.

    Ex: Despite these hardships, farm laborers enjoy their work since they like to be outdoors near plants and animals.
    Ex: In rural areas, too, great variations in wealth exist side by side, from affluent farmers and landowners on the one hand, to extremely low-paid farm workers on the other.

    * * *
    masculine, feminine
    farmworker
    * * *

    labriego
    ◊ -ga sustantivo masculino, femenino

    farmworker

    ' labriego' also found in these entries:
    English:
    labourer
    * * *
    labriego, -a nm,f
    farm worker
    * * *
    m, labriega f farm worker

    Spanish-English dictionary > labriego

  • 49 transportista

    f. & m.
    1 carrier (commerce).
    2 freighter, carrier, haulage contractor, hauler.
    * * *
    1 carrier
    * * *
    1.
    SMF (Aut) haulier, haulage contractor
    2.
    SM (Aer) carrier
    * * *
    masculino y femenino haulage contractor
    * * *
    = transport worker, trucker, haulier [hauler, -USA].
    Ex. In 1949 the author, now professor at the Institute of Library Science at the Berlin Freie Universitat, was a transport worker at Berlin Airport during the Allied airlift.
    Ex. Findings show that truckers have few commonalities with other worker groups; their work is solitary, & they are by definition flexible.
    Ex. We won't see real disruption unless British hauliers act en masse against fuel prices.
    ----
    * huelga de transportistas = trucker strike, haulage strike, lorry strike, road haulage strike, haulier strike.
    * * *
    masculino y femenino haulage contractor
    * * *
    = transport worker, trucker, haulier [hauler, -USA].

    Ex: In 1949 the author, now professor at the Institute of Library Science at the Berlin Freie Universitat, was a transport worker at Berlin Airport during the Allied airlift.

    Ex: Findings show that truckers have few commonalities with other worker groups; their work is solitary, & they are by definition flexible.
    Ex: We won't see real disruption unless British hauliers act en masse against fuel prices.
    * huelga de transportistas = trucker strike, haulage strike, lorry strike, road haulage strike, haulier strike.

    * * *
    haulage contractor, road haulier ( BrE)
    * * *

    transportista sustantivo masculino y femenino
    haulage contractor
    transportista mf carrier
    ' transportista' also found in these entries:
    English:
    carrier
    - haulage contractor
    - haulage
    - hauler
    - trucker
    * * *
    Com carrier, shipper
    * * *
    m/f haulage contractor
    * * *
    : hauler, carrier, trucker

    Spanish-English dictionary > transportista

  • 50 cauchero

    adj.
    pertaining to rubber.
    m.
    1 rubber worker.
    2 rubber plant.
    * * *
    cauchero, -a
    1.
    ADJ rubber antes de s
    2.
    SM / F LAm worker in a rubber plantation
    * * *
    I
    - ra adjetivo rubber (before n)
    II
    - ra masculino, femenino rubber tapper o worker
    * * *
    I
    - ra adjetivo rubber (before n)
    II
    - ra masculino, femenino rubber tapper o worker
    * * *
    cauchero1 -ra
    rubber ( before n)
    cauchero2 -ra
    masculine, feminine
    rubber tapper o worker
    * * *
    cauchero, -a
    ♦ adj
    rubber;
    la industria cauchera the rubber industry;
    una región cauchera a rubber-producing area
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [en plantación] rubber gatherer o worker
    2. Ven [en gomería] tyre fitter

    Spanish-English dictionary > cauchero

  • 51 cooperante

    adj.
    1 co-operating.
    2 cooperating, contributive, contributory.
    f. & m.
    1 (overseas) volunteer worker.
    2 cooperator, co-operator.
    * * *
    SMF voluntary worker, overseas voluntary worker
    * * *
    A ( Esp) (trabajador) (overseas young) voluntary aid worker
    B ( Col) (que informa) informant
    * * *

    cooperante sustantivo masculino y femenino (Esp) aid worker
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    co-operating
    ♦ nmf
    (overseas) volunteer worker

    Spanish-English dictionary > cooperante

  • 52 trabajador

    trabajador, -ora
    1. adj hard-working adj
    muy trabajador hard-working
    2. nm,f labourer n
    trabajador autónomo freelance, freelancer
    [lang name="SpanishTraditionalSort"]trabajador no cualificado, obrero no calificado; peón (LAm) unskilled worker
    trabajadores por horas hourly workers
    trabajador eventual casual worker, jobber
    trabajador extranjero migrant worker
    trabajador itinerante migrant worker
    [lang name="SpanishTraditionalSort"]trabajador manual, peón (LAm) manual worker
    trabajador en paro (LAm) striker

    Spanish-English Business Glossary > trabajador

  • 53 chapucero

    adj.
    bungling, sloppy, slovenly, pettifogging.
    m.
    bungler, cheap-jack person, clumsy worker, tinker.
    * * *
    1 (trabajo) botched, slapdash, shoddy; (persona) bungling, clumsy
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (que trabaja mal) bungler, botcher, shoddy worker
    2 (embustero) con artist, trickster; (mentiroso) liar
    * * *
    chapucero, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) [trabajo] shoddy, slapdash
    2) [persona] sloppy, slapdash
    2.
    SM / F bungler
    * * *
    I
    - ra adjetivo < persona> sloppy, slapdash; <trabajo/reparación> botched
    II
    - ra masculino, femenino
    * * *
    = hack, quick and dirty, jerry builder.
    Ex. They don't have true leadership qualities, they are simply hacks as managers.
    Ex. A ' quick and dirty' method is for all participants to select their 'favourite five' from each category.
    Ex. People needed housing, and providing this was left to jerry-builders who put together cheap flimsy dwellings that soon fell into disrepair.
    ----
    * constructor chapucero = jerry builder.
    * * *
    I
    - ra adjetivo < persona> sloppy, slapdash; <trabajo/reparación> botched
    II
    - ra masculino, femenino
    * * *
    = hack, quick and dirty, jerry builder.

    Ex: They don't have true leadership qualities, they are simply hacks as managers.

    Ex: A ' quick and dirty' method is for all participants to select their 'favourite five' from each category.
    Ex: People needed housing, and providing this was left to jerry-builders who put together cheap flimsy dwellings that soon fell into disrepair.
    * constructor chapucero = jerry builder.

    * * *
    chapucero1 -ra
    ‹persona› sloppy, slapdash; ‹trabajo/reparación› botched, shoddy
    chapucero2 -ra
    masculine, feminine
    es un chapucero his work is very slapdash, he's a shoddy workman, he botches things
    * * *

    chapucero
    ◊ -ra adjetivo ‹ persona› sloppy, slapdash;


    ‹trabajo/reparación› botched
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino:

    chapucero,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 (hecho con descuido) shoddy, amateurish
    2 (poco cuidadoso en el trabajo) bungling, amateurish
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino bungler

    ' chapucero' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    chapucera
    English:
    amateur
    - amateurish
    - clumsy
    - rough
    - slapdash
    - sloppy
    - cheap
    - slap
    * * *
    chapucero, -a
    ♦ adj
    [trabajo] shoddy, sloppy; [persona] bungling
    ♦ nm,f
    sloppy o shoddy worker;
    no seas un chapucero y pon más cuidado al pintar don't be so sloppy and be more careful when you're painting
    * * *
    I adj shoddy, slapdash
    II m, chapucera f shoddy worker
    * * *
    chapucero, -ra adj
    1) : crude, shoddy
    2) Mex fam : dishonest
    chapucero, -ra n
    1) : sloppy worker, bungler
    2) Mex fam : cheat, swindler

    Spanish-English dictionary > chapucero

  • 54 eventual

    adj.
    1 temporary, casual (no fijo) (trabajador).
    2 possible (posible).
    3 eventual, casual, possible, incidental.
    * * *
    1 (casual) chance; (probable) possible
    2 (trabajo) casual, temporary, provisional
    3 (ingresos, gastos) incidental
    1 casual worker, temporary worker
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (=posible) possible
    2) (=temporal) [trabajo, obrero] temporary, casual; [solución] stopgap antes de s
    3) LAm (=final) eventual
    2.
    SMF temporary worker, casual worker
    * * *
    1) ( posible) <problema/conflicto> possible; < gastos> incidental; <riesgos/pasivos> contingent
    2) <trabajo/trabajador> casual, temporary; < cargo> temporary
    * * *
    = temporary, casual.
    Ex. A fascicle is one of the temporary divisions of a work that, for convenience in printing or publication, is issued in small instalments.
    Ex. There are many catalogs and each of them functions in a different world -- the worlds of the school child and of the college student, the worlds of the eminent scholar and of the casual reader.
    ----
    * trabajador eventual = jobber.
    * trabajo eventual = jobbing.
    * * *
    1) ( posible) <problema/conflicto> possible; < gastos> incidental; <riesgos/pasivos> contingent
    2) <trabajo/trabajador> casual, temporary; < cargo> temporary
    * * *
    = temporary, casual.

    Ex: A fascicle is one of the temporary divisions of a work that, for convenience in printing or publication, is issued in small instalments.

    Ex: There are many catalogs and each of them functions in a different world -- the worlds of the school child and of the college student, the worlds of the eminent scholar and of the casual reader.
    * trabajador eventual = jobber.
    * trabajo eventual = jobbing.

    * * *
    A (posible) ‹caso/conflicto/renuncia› possible; ‹gastos› incidental; ‹riesgos/pasivos› contingent
    en el caso eventual de que surjan complicaciones should any complications arise, in the event of any complications arising
    ante una eventual pérdida de … faced with a possible loss of …
    B ‹trabajo/trabajador› casual, temporary; ‹cargo› temporary
    * * *

    eventual adjetivo
    1 ( posible) ‹problema/conflicto› possible;
    ‹ gastos› incidental;
    ‹riesgos/pasivos› contingent
    2 ‹trabajo/trabajador› casual, temporary;
    ‹ cargo› temporary
    eventual adjetivo
    1 (probable) possible
    (no previsto) incidental
    2 (temporal) casual, temporary
    un trabajo eventual, a temporary job
    ' eventual' also found in these entries:
    English:
    casual
    - eventual
    - eventually
    - prospective
    - temporary
    - temp
    - ultimate
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [no fijo] [trabajador, empleo] casual, temporary;
    [cargo] temporary; [gastos, ingresos] incidental;
    un contrato de trabajo eventual a temporary (employment) contract
    2. [posible] possible;
    ante una eventual reanudación de las hostilidades in the event of a renewal of hostilities;
    en el caso eventual de que… in the event that…
    ♦ nmf
    [trabajador] casual o temporary worker
    * * *
    adj
    1 possible;
    en el caso eventual de in the event of
    2 trabajo casual, temporary
    * * *
    1) : possible
    2) : temporary
    trabajadores eventuales: temporary workers

    Spanish-English dictionary > eventual

  • 55 funcionario

    m.
    1 government employee, officer, civil servant, functionary.
    2 staff member, member of staff, office holder.
    3 employee.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 functionary, employee
    \
    funcionario,-a público,-a civil servant, government employee
    * * *
    (f. - funcionaria)
    noun
    official, civil servant
    * * *
    funcionario, -a
    SM / F
    1) (tb: funcionario público) civil servant

    funcionario/a aduanero/a — customs official

    funcionario/a de policía — police officer

    funcionario/a de prisiones, funcionario/a penitenciario/a — prison officer

    2) [de banco etc] clerk
    * * *
    - ria masculino, femenino

    funcionario público or del Estado — government employee

    los funcionarios de correos — postal service employees (AmE), post office employees (BrE)

    un alto funcionario — a senior o high-ranking official

    b) ( de organización internacional) member of staff, staff member
    c) (RPl) (de empresa, banco) employee
    * * *
    = tenured, civil servant, functionary, state employee, government employee.
    Ex. Craig Duff, aged 57 and a tenured professional librarian at the associate professor rank, had worked at the Medical Center library for 29 years.
    Ex. This document is about civil servants in the Home Office, and the working conditions of civil servants.
    Ex. But for books to act as media of communication there must be functionaries who work together to enable the person who has something to communicate to present the person being communicated to with the object, the book.
    Ex. But he is completely wrong to say that he as a state employee is utterly blamelessfor the mess our pensions and state budgets are in.
    Ex. For the first time there are decidedly more government employees than goods-producing employees according to the Department of Labor.
    ----
    * alto funcionario = high official.
    * funcionario del ayuntamiento = city official, city worker.
    * funcionario de prisión = prison warder.
    * funcionario de prisiones = gaoler [jailer, -USA].
    * funcionario público = civil servant, public functionary, public employee, government servant, public servant.
    * no funcionario = non-tenured, untenured.
    * * *
    - ria masculino, femenino

    funcionario público or del Estado — government employee

    los funcionarios de correos — postal service employees (AmE), post office employees (BrE)

    un alto funcionario — a senior o high-ranking official

    b) ( de organización internacional) member of staff, staff member
    c) (RPl) (de empresa, banco) employee
    * * *
    = tenured, civil servant, functionary, state employee, government employee.

    Ex: Craig Duff, aged 57 and a tenured professional librarian at the associate professor rank, had worked at the Medical Center library for 29 years.

    Ex: This document is about civil servants in the Home Office, and the working conditions of civil servants.
    Ex: But for books to act as media of communication there must be functionaries who work together to enable the person who has something to communicate to present the person being communicated to with the object, the book.
    Ex: But he is completely wrong to say that he as a state employee is utterly blamelessfor the mess our pensions and state budgets are in.
    Ex: For the first time there are decidedly more government employees than goods-producing employees according to the Department of Labor.
    * alto funcionario = high official.
    * funcionario del ayuntamiento = city official, city worker.
    * funcionario de prisión = prison warder.
    * funcionario de prisiones = gaoler [jailer, -USA].
    * funcionario público = civil servant, public functionary, public employee, government servant, public servant.
    * no funcionario = non-tenured, untenured.

    * * *
    masculine, feminine
    funcionario público or del Estado government employee, civil servant ( BrE)
    los funcionarios de correos mail service employees ( AmE), post office employees ( BrE)
    un alto funcionario a senior o high-ranking official
    2 (de una organización internacional) member of staff, staff member
    es funcionario de la ONU he's a UN member of staff
    3 ( RPl) (de una empresa, un banco) employee
    * * *

     

    funcionario
    ◊ - ria sustantivo masculino, femenino

    a) ( empleado público) tb funcionario público or del Estado government employee;

    ◊ un alto funcionario a senior o high-ranking official


    c) (RPl) (de empresa, banco) employee

    funcionario,-a sustantivo masculino y femenino official, employee, staff member
    funcionario público, Government employee, civil servant
    ' funcionario' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    administrativa
    - administrativo
    - empleada
    - empleado
    - funcionaria
    - insobornable
    - oposición
    - rebajar
    - agente
    - alto
    - burócrata
    - destinado
    - destinar
    - interino
    - morder
    - reponer
    - sueldo
    - tramitar
    - trasladar
    English:
    civil servant
    - officer
    - official
    - probation officer
    - public employee
    - bailiff
    - civil
    - coroner
    - prison
    - registrar
    - town
    * * *
    funcionario, -a nm,f
    1. [del Estado] [de la Administración central] civil servant;
    [profesor, bombero, enfermero] public sector worker;
    un funcionario público [de la Administración central] a civil servant;
    [del Estado] a public sector worker;
    los funcionarios de Correos Br Post Office workers, US mail service workers;
    alto funcionario senior civil servant
    funcionario de aduanas customs official o officer;
    funcionario de prisiones prison officer
    2. [de organismo internacional] employee, staff member
    3. RP [de empresa] employee, worker
    * * *
    1 government employee, civil servant
    2 L.Am. ( empleado) employee
    * * *
    : civil servant, official
    * * *
    funcionario n civil servant

    Spanish-English dictionary > funcionario

  • 56 hormiga

    f.
    ant.
    hormiga obrera/reina worker/queen ant
    * * *
    1 ant
    \
    hormiga blanca white ant
    hormiga obrera worker ant
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (Entomología) ant

    hormiga león — antlion, antlion fly

    2) pl hormigas (Med) (=picor) itch sing ; (=hormigueo) pins and needles
    * * *
    * * *
    = ant.
    Ex. The potential of electromagnetism technology, a physical control method, in the control of hygiene pests (e.g., ants and cockroaches) is discussed.
    * * *
    * * *
    = ant.

    Ex: The potential of electromagnetism technology, a physical control method, in the control of hygiene pests (e.g., ants and cockroaches) is discussed.

    * * *
    ant
    tener hormigas en el culo ( RPl) or ( Col) los pantalones ( fam); to have ants in one's pants ( colloq)
    trabajar como or ( Chi) ser una hormiga to be very hardworking
    Compuestos:
    white ant
    antlion, antlion fly
    worker ant
    red ant
    soldier ant
    * * *

     

    hormiga sustantivo femenino
    ant
    hormiga f Zool ant
    ' hormiga' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    color
    - obrera
    - paso
    English:
    ant
    * * *
    1. [insecto] ant;
    RP muy Fam
    tener hormigas en el culo [moverse] to have ants in one's pants;
    [cambiar de vida] to have itchy feet hormiga blanca termite, white ant;
    hormiga león antlion (fly);
    hormiga obrera worker ant;
    hormiga reina queen ant
    2. Fam [persona]
    ser una hormiga to be hard-working and thrifty
    * * *
    f ant
    * * *
    : ant
    * * *
    hormiga n ant

    Spanish-English dictionary > hormiga

  • 57 labrador

    m.
    1 Labrador retriever, Labrador.
    2 Labrador retriever.
    3 farm laborer, farmer, peasant, plowman.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 farmer
    * * *
    (f. - labradora)
    noun
    peasant, farmer
    * * *
    SM (Geog) Labrador
    * * *
    - dora masculino, femenino (Agr) ( propietario) farmer; ( trabajador) farmworker
    * * *
    = Labrador retriever, farm labourer, farm worker.
    Ex. The final necropsy diagnoses were compared among 1,206 golden retrievers, boxers, German shepherd dogs, Labrador retrievers, and rottweilers.
    Ex. Despite these hardships, farm laborers enjoy their work since they like to be outdoors near plants and animals.
    Ex. In rural areas, too, great variations in wealth exist side by side, from affluent farmers and landowners on the one hand, to extremely low-paid farm workers on the other.
    ----
    * perro labrador = Labrador retriever.
    * * *
    - dora masculino, femenino (Agr) ( propietario) farmer; ( trabajador) farmworker
    * * *
    = Labrador retriever, farm labourer, farm worker.

    Ex: The final necropsy diagnoses were compared among 1,206 golden retrievers, boxers, German shepherd dogs, Labrador retrievers, and rottweilers.

    Ex: Despite these hardships, farm laborers enjoy their work since they like to be outdoors near plants and animals.
    Ex: In rural areas, too, great variations in wealth exist side by side, from affluent farmers and landowners on the one hand, to extremely low-paid farm workers on the other.
    * perro labrador = Labrador retriever.

    * * *
    masculine, feminine
    A ( Agr)
    1 (propietario) farmer
    2 (trabajador) farmworker, farmhand
    B (perro) labrador
    * * *

    labrador
    ◊ - dora sustantivo masculino, femenino (Agr) ( propietario) farmer;


    ( trabajador) farmworker
    labrador,-ora sustantivo masculino y femenino
    1 (dueño de sus tierras) farmer
    2 (asalariado) farm worker
    ' labrador' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    labradora
    English:
    labourer
    - labrador
    - plow
    * * *
    Labrador
    * * *
    m, labradora f farm worker
    * * *
    : farmer
    * * *
    1. (granjero) farmer
    2. (empleado) farm worker

    Spanish-English dictionary > labrador

  • 58 personal1

    1 = manpower, manpower force, personnel, staff, staffing, work-force [workforce], crew.
    Ex. The question has been raised as to the manpower required to produce the ever-increasing number of abstracts.
    Ex. This article focusses attention on formulating plans and policy for building up a manpower force for modernising library and information systems India within the next 5 years.
    Ex. Application areas include: personnel records, mailing lists, accident and incident records, clinical and health records, committee minutes and records, and so on.
    Ex. The current LC MARC data base contains both records created by the LC staff and those created by co-operating libraries and verified by the LC.
    Ex. During the discussions it became apparent that the most pressing issues of staffing, resources, procedural complexities and educational opportunities related to IT.
    Ex. Employers of library and information staff have to develop and maintain skills within the workforce.
    Ex. Phillips has 12 installations with a crew of 15-450 men.
    ----
    * actitud del personal = staff attitude.
    * administración de personal = personnel administration.
    * ahorro de personal = staff saving.
    * apoyo del personal = staff support.
    * asignar personal = commit + manpower.
    * bien dotado de personal = well-staffed.
    * costes de personal = staff costs.
    * dedicación del personal = staff hours.
    * desarrollo profesional del personal = staff development.
    * dotación de personal = staffing.
    * encargado de personal = personnel officer, welfare officer.
    * evaluación del personal = personnel evaluation.
    * exceso de personal administrativo = administrative bloat.
    * falta de personal = undermanning.
    * falto de personal = understaffed [under-staffed].
    * formación continua del personal = staff development.
    * formación del personal = staff training, professional development.
    * formar personal = produce + personnel.
    * funciones del personal = staff duties.
    * gastos en personal = staff costs.
    * gestión de personal = personnel management.
    * jefe de personal = personnel officer, welfare officer, staff manager.
    * jefe de personal de la biblioteca = library personnel officer.
    * miembro del personal = staff member, staffer.
    * movimiento de personal = staff turnover, turnover, labour turnover.
    * número y distribución de personal = staffing conditions.
    * personal administrativo = administrative staff.
    * personal administrativo de apoyo = clerical staff, clerical worker, clerical personnel.
    * personal auxiliar = clerical staff.
    * personal bibliotecario = library personnel, library staff, library worker.
    * personal civil = civilian staff.
    * personal cualificado = qualified staff, qualified personnel.
    * personal de ambulancia = ambulance crew.
    * personal de apoyo = paraprofessional staff, support staff.
    * personal de apoyo bibliotecario = library support staff.
    * personal de cabina = cabin crew.
    * personal de dirección = senior staff, senior management.
    * personal de la biblioteca = library staff, library worker.
    * personal del mostrador = counter staff.
    * personal del mostrador de préstamo = counter staff.
    * personal de mantenimiento = service worker.
    * personal de proceso de datos = operation staff.
    * personal de recepción = reception staff.
    * personal de referencia = reference staff, reference personnel.
    * personal de secretaría = secretarial staff.
    * personal de seguridad = security staff.
    * personal de servicios = service worker.
    * personal de un centro multimedia escolar = school media staff.
    * personal de vuelo = flight crew.
    * personal equivalente a tiempo completo = full-time equivalent staff (FTE staff).
    * personal joven = new blood.
    * personal más nuevo = junior staff.
    * personal militar = military personnel.
    * personal necesario = staffing levels.
    * personal paraprofesional = paraprofessional staff.
    * personal profesional = professional staff.
    * personal sanitario = clinical staff.
    * personal técnico = technical staff.
    * personal técnico de apoyo = support staff.
    * política de personal = personnel policy, staff policy.
    * puesta al día del personal = staff development.
    * que necesita bastante dedicación de personal = labour-intensive [labour intensive], staff-intensive [staff intensive].
    * razones del movimiento de personal = turnover behaviour.
    * recorte de personal = downsizing, staffing cut.
    * reducción de personal = staff cutbacks, downsizing.
    * registro de personal = personnel record.
    * renovación de personal = turnover, labour turnover.
    * responsable del personal de la biblioteca = library personnel officer.
    * reunión de personal = staff meeting.
    * ritmo de movimiento de personal = turnover rate.
    * sala de estar para el personal = coffee lounge.
    * sala de personal = staff lounge.
    * sección de personal = personnel department, personnel office.
    * selección de personal = personnel recruitment.
    * sólo para personal autorizado = restricted access.
    * tareas del personal = staff duties.
    * tasa de movimiento de personal = turnover rate, turnover rate.
    * turnos del personal = staffing rota.
    * vacante de personal = staff vacancy.

    Spanish-English dictionary > personal1

  • 59 peón caminero

    m.
    road mender, road laborer, road man, road worker.
    * * *
    road mender
    * * *
    * * *
    (n.) = road worker
    Ex. Unfortunately, in some countries job advertisements for librarians are still very similar to those of school porters and road workers.
    * * *
    * * *

    Ex: Unfortunately, in some countries job advertisements for librarians are still very similar to those of school porters and road workers.

    * * *
    road mender, Br tb
    navvy

    Spanish-English dictionary > peón caminero

  • 60 trabajador social

    m.
    social worker.
    * * *
    (n.) = social worker, case worker
    Ex. Similarly, a group of social workers set up an advice centre but it was closed after one year.
    Ex. The programme promotes the true integration of librarians into clinical teams and places them on the same footing as case workers, nutritionists and pharmacists.
    * * *
    (n.) = social worker, case worker

    Ex: Similarly, a group of social workers set up an advice centre but it was closed after one year.

    Ex: The programme promotes the true integration of librarians into clinical teams and places them on the same footing as case workers, nutritionists and pharmacists.

    Spanish-English dictionary > trabajador social

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  • worker — [wʉr′kər] n. 1. a person, animal, or thing that works; specif., a person who is employed to do physical or mental work for wages, esp. in order to earn a living, as in a trade, industry, business, office, etc. or on a farm, ranch, etc. 2. a… …   English World dictionary

  • -worker — [wʉr′kər] combining form a person who works in a (specified) industry or place or with (specified) materials or equipment [dockworker, steelworker] * * * …   Universalium

  • worker — as a type of bee, 1747, agent noun from WORK (Cf. work) (v.) …   Etymology dictionary

  • worker — [n] person who is employed artisan, blue collar*, breadwinner, company person, craftsperson, employee, hand, help, laborer, nine to fiver*, operative, peasant, proletarian, serf, slave, stiff, toiler, trader, tradesperson, wage earner, white… …   New thesaurus

  • -worker — [wʉr′kər] combining form a person who works in a (specified) industry or place or with (specified) materials or equipment [dockworker, steelworker] …   English World dictionary

  • worker — n. 1) to hire, take on a worker 2) to retrain; train workers 3) to organize, unionize workers 4) to dismiss, fire, sack (colloq.) a worker; to make a worker redundant (as by eliminating her/his job) (BE) 5) an efficient, hard, indefatigable;… …   Combinatory dictionary

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