zona no nuclear

las zonas más ricas/remotas/deprimidas del país — the richest/remotest/most depressed areas o parts of the country

• zonas costeras — coastal areas

• zona montañosa o de montaña — mountainous area, mountainous region

• zonas rurales — rural areas

• zonas turísticas — tourist areas

• zonas urbanas — urban areas

zona de conflicto — (Mil) conflict zone

zona fronteriza — [gen] border area; (Mil) border zone

zona roja — Esp Republican territory

zona azul — Esp (Aut) ≈ pay-and-display area

• zona comercial — [para negocios en general] commercial district; [solo de tiendas] shopping area

• zona de copas, ¿dónde está la zona de copas? — where do people go out to drink?

• zona edificada — built-up area

zona marginada — CAm slum area

zona roja — LAm red-light district

zona rosa — Méx partly pedestrianized zone, so called because of its pink paving stones

zona ancha — (Dep) midfield

zona de castigo — (Dep) sin bin

zona de penumbra, zona de sombra — (lit) shaded area; (fig) area of secrecy

las zonas oscuras de la política — the shady o murky areas of politics

Ex: The area in which standards for bibliographic description have had the most impact is in catalogues and catalogue record data bases.

Ex: The 1959 Antarctic Treaty created the world's first nuclear-free zone.

Ex: While there are features of public libraries which are to be cherished - the role as a community meeting place, a place to borrow books, a safe haven -- we must look for new opportunities.

Ex: North Korea said today it was fully ready to work to denuclearise the Korean peninsula in opening remarks to six-party talks in Beijing.

Ex: International visitors, drawn to New Zealand by its clean, green, nuclear-free image, visit famous, easily accessible, highly developed protected areas.

el personaje central de la novela — the central o main character in the novel

central de abasto — Méx market

central azucarera — Cuba, Perú sugar mill

central depuradora — sewage works pl

Ex: As the pointer moves, its potential is varied in accordance with a varying electrical current received over wires from a distant station.

Ex: Informative abstracts are appropriate for texts describing experimental work, and document with a central theme.

en pleno invierno — in the middle o depths of winter

en pleno invierno — in the middle o depths of winter

Ex: We are thus concerned with a virtually limitless number of concepts - building, book, reading, colour, sea, water, winter, England, 1066 AD - any concepts you like.

de guerra — military, war antes de s

Ministerio de Guerra — Ministry of War, War Office, War Department (EEUU)

declarar la guerra — to declare war (a on)

estar en guerra — to be at war ( con with)

hacer la guerra — to wage war (a on)

Guerra de la Independencia — LAm War of Independence; Esp Peninsular War

guerra relámpago — blitzkrieg, lightning war (EEUU)

dar guerra — [gen] to be a nuisance (a to)

pedir o querer guerra — [gen] to look for trouble; [sexualmente] * to feel randy o horny *

Ex: For example, at Woking, the stock has been split into about thirty sections, such as Health and welfare, war and warfare, retaining the Dewey sequence within each section.

lluvia de oro — (Bot) laburnum

caía una lluvia menuda or fina — it was drizzling

caía una lluvia menuda or fina — it was drizzling

Ex: Instead of going to his desk, he proceeded to the window and lingered there idly watching the rain spatter on the pavement outside.

Ex: A stalemate between pronuclear & antinuclear groups has now made nuclear energy a national issue.