zona protegida

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.

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.

conservation area — (BrE) zona f protegida ( por su interés ecológico o arquitectónico)

conservation area N — zona f declarada de patrimonio histórico-artístico; (=nature reserve) zona f protegida

conservation area — (BrE) zona f protegida ( por su interés ecológico o arquitectónico)

Ex: This article explores the various ways in which the reference department head serves as a mentor to the beginning reference librarian through the analogy of the relationship of Athena and her protege, Telemachus, in Homer's Odyssey.

Ex: Only a man like D'Andrea, willing to use force without stint or limit, could rise to leadership against John Powers & his protected, armed partisans.

• declarar culpable a algn — to find sb guilty

• declarar inocente a algn — to find sb innocent

fue llamada a declarar por el juez — the judge called her to give evidence o to testify

• declarar en falso — to commit perjury

declaró que no renunciaría — he announced o stated that he would not resign

el presidente declaró abierta la sesión — the chairman pronounced o declared the session open

fue llamado a declarar como testigo — he was called to give evidence o to testify

declararse en quiebra or bancarrota — to declare oneself bankrupt

se le declaró — he declared himself o his love to her

declaró que no renunciaría — he announced o stated that he would not resign

el presidente declaró abierta la sesión — the chairman pronounced o declared the session open

fue llamado a declarar como testigo — he was called to give evidence o to testify

declararse en quiebra or bancarrota — to declare oneself bankrupt

se le declaró — he declared himself o his love to her

Ex: 24.17 declares Enter a body created or controlled by a government under its own name unless it belongs to one or more of the types listed in 24.18.

parte de baja (laboral) — [por enfermedad] doctor's note; [por cese] certificate of leaving employment, ≈ P45

• la parte de abajo — the bottom

• la parte de arriba — the top

• la parte de atrás — the back

• la cuarta parte — a quarter

• la parte delantera — the front

• ser parte esencial de algo — to be an essential part of sth

• la mayor parte de algo, pasé la mayor parte del tiempo leyendo — I spent most of the time reading

• la tercera parte — a third

• de parte de, llamo de parte de Juan — I'm calling on behalf of Juan

¿de parte de quién? — [al teléfono] who's calling?

• en parte — partly, in part

• formar parte de algo, ¿cuándo entró a formar parte de la organización? — when did she join the organization?

• en gran parte — to a large extent

• por otra parte — on the other hand

• por parte de — on the part of

exige un gran esfuerzo por parte de los alumnos — it requires a great effort on the part of o from the pupils

• ¡ vayamos por partes! — let's take it one step at a time!

• a partes iguales — in equal shares

• ir a la parte — to go shares

• tener parte en algo — to share in sth

• tomar parte (en algo) — to take part (in sth)

tienes que poner de tu parte — you have to do your bit o share

¿en qué parte de la ciudad vives? — where o whereabouts in the city do you live?

• en alguna parte — somewhere

• en cualquier parte — anywhere

• en ninguna parte — nowhere

por ahí no se va a ninguna parte — (lit) that way doesn't lead anywhere; (fig) that will get us nowhere

• ir a otra parte — to go somewhere else

• en o por todas partes — everywhere

en salva sea la parte Esp euf (=trasero) —

• estar de parte de algn — to be on sb's side

• ponerse de parte de algn — to side with sb, take sb's side

• primera parte — first half

• segunda parte — second half

recibió un golpe en sus partes — he was hit in the privates euf

dar parte de un incidente — particular to report an incident; autoridad to file a report about an incident

me pasaron or me pusieron un parte — I got a ticket o a fine

pasa la mayor or gran parte del tiempo al teléfono — she spends most of her o the time on the phone

la mayor parte de los participantes — the majority of o most of the participants

es, en buena parte, culpa suya — it is, to a large o great extent, his own fault

¿de parte de quién? — ( por teléfono) who's calling?, who shall I say is calling? (frml)

tienes que poner de tu parte — you have to do your share o part o (BrE colloq) bit

formar parte de algo — pieza/sección to be part of something; persona/país to belong to something

yo, por mi parte... — I, for my part... (frml), as far as I'm concerned...

por parte de: fue un error por parte nuestra/de la compañía it was a mistake on our part/on the part of the company; por parte de or del padre on his father's side; por partes: revisémoslo por partes let's go over it section by section; vayamos por partes let's take it step by step; por otra parte ( además) anyway, in any case; ( por otro lado) however, on the other hand; salva sea la parte — (euf & hum) rear (colloq & euph)

vámonos a otra parte — let's go somewhere else o (AmE) someplace else

esto no nos lleva a ninguna parte — this isn't getting o leading us anywhere

mandarse la(s) parte(s) (CS) — (fam) to show off

dar parte de un incidente — particular to report an incident; autoridad to file a report about an incident

me pasaron or me pusieron un parte — I got a ticket o a fine

pasa la mayor or gran parte del tiempo al teléfono — she spends most of her o the time on the phone

la mayor parte de los participantes — the majority of o most of the participants

es, en buena parte, culpa suya — it is, to a large o great extent, his own fault

¿de parte de quién? — ( por teléfono) who's calling?, who shall I say is calling? (frml)

tienes que poner de tu parte — you have to do your share o part o (BrE colloq) bit

formar parte de algo — pieza/sección to be part of something; persona/país to belong to something

yo, por mi parte... — I, for my part... (frml), as far as I'm concerned...

por parte de: fue un error por parte nuestra/de la compañía it was a mistake on our part/on the part of the company; por parte de or del padre on his father's side; por partes: revisémoslo por partes let's go over it section by section; vayamos por partes let's take it step by step; por otra parte ( además) anyway, in any case; ( por otro lado) however, on the other hand; salva sea la parte — (euf & hum) rear (colloq & euph)

vámonos a otra parte — let's go somewhere else o (AmE) someplace else

esto no nos lleva a ninguna parte — this isn't getting o leading us anywhere

mandarse la(s) parte(s) (CS) — (fam) to show off

Ex: The main body of criticism centred upon the treatment of nonbook materials.