elderly person

• edad adulta — adulthood

• a la edad de ocho años — at the age of eight

murió a los 85 años de edad — she died when she was 85 o at the age of 85

• una mujer de edad avanzada — a woman of advanced years

• un señor de cierta edad — a gentleman of a certain age

• un niño de corta edad — a young child

• una persona de edad — an elderly person

• en edad escolar — of school age

• edad de (la) jubilación — retirement age

• edad límite — age limit

• edad madura — middle age

• mediana edad — middle age

• tener edad de hacer algo, estar en (la) edad de hacer algo — to be old enough to do sth

no tener edad para hacer algo — (=ser muy joven) not to be old enough to do sth, not to be of an age to do sth; (=ser muy mayor) to be too old to do sth

• tercera edad — (=personas) senior citizens pl, older people pl ; (=edad) old age

excursiones organizadas para la tercera edad — organized trips for senior citizens o older people

Edad Antigua — period from the beginning of history to the decline of the Roman Empire

Edad de Oro — (Literat) Golden Age ( of Spanish literature)

Edad Media — Middle Ages pl

Edad Moderna — period from the Middle Ages to the French Revolution

se saca or quita la edad — (AmL) he makes out (that) he's younger than he actually is

de edad madura or de mediana edad — middle-aged

estar en edad de merecer — (ant o hum) to be of courting age (dated)

se saca or quita la edad — (AmL) he makes out (that) he's younger than he actually is

de edad madura or de mediana edad — middle-aged

estar en edad de merecer — (ant o hum) to be of courting age (dated)

Ex: The needs of readers housebound by physical disability, or made immobile by increasing age, are met by a supply of reading material from a van delivery service.

• en persona — in person, in the flesh

vi al príncipe en persona — I saw the prince in the flesh o in person

• por persona — per person

tres caramelos por persona — three sweets per person o each

• tercera persona — third party

persona de historia — † dubious individual

personas reales — frm royalty sing, king and queen

en persona — <ir/presentarse> in person

en persona — <ir/presentarse> in person

Ex: From the skimming he had given their writings he knew that something like a chemical agent was working in Balzac's defenseless mind, and that the hapless fellow was trying not to succumb to it.

Ex: They are developing ways of increasing access to information for a significant group of handicapped and elderly persons who have difficulty in accessing the printed word.

es cierto, es mejor que nos vayamos — yes o you're right, I think we'd better go

• estar en lo cierto — to be right

• lo cierto es que — the fact is that, the truth of the matter is that

nadie habló sobre ello pero lo cierto es que todos estaban preocupados — nobody talked about it but the fact is o the truth of the matter is that everyone was worried

• es cierto que — it's true that

• saber algo de cierto — to know sth for certain

• en cierta ocasión — on one occasion, once

• durante cierto tiempo — for a while

es mejor no hablar de ciertas cosas — some o certain things are better not discussed

por cierto, ¿qué es de tu hermano? — by the way, o incidentally, what's your brother doing now?

un libro que, por cierto, recomiendo totalmente — a book which, by the way, o incidentally, I would thoroughly recommend

parece más joven, ¿no es cierto? — he looks younger, doesn't he o don't you think?

si bien es cierto que... — while o although it's true to say that...

por cierto — ( a propósito) by the way, incidentally; ( por supuesto) of course

durante un cierto tiempo — for a while o a time

parece más joven, ¿no es cierto? — he looks younger, doesn't he o don't you think?

si bien es cierto que... — while o although it's true to say that...

por cierto — ( a propósito) by the way, incidentally; ( por supuesto) of course

durante un cierto tiempo — for a while o a time

Ex: The Concise AACR2 by Michael Gorman is not a true abridged edition of the full edition, but rather a rewritten distillation of the essential rules and principles.

Ex: Perhaps since they have only an inadequate measure of only one of the five characteristics, the schools ought to recognize their inability to deal with the problems and give up.

es veterana en el oficio — she's an old hand *

Ex: This collection of essays on Garcia Marquez is aimed at readers new to his work, but there is plenty here to interest old hands.

Ex: At the same time, seasoned librarians are faced with new learning requirements for computer seaching.

Ex: If we can regard the card catalog as a tool that has been terrific and one about which our grandchildren going to the Smithsonian Institution will say, 'That's what my grandmother used in the olden days,' then we're on our way to letting it die with dignity = Si podemos considerar el catálogo de fichas como una herramienta que ha sido fabulosa y de la que nuestros nietos cuando vayan a la Institución Smithsoniana digan, "Esto es lo que mi abuela usaba antiguamente", entonces estamos empezando a dejarlo morir con dignidad.

Ex: An ambitious study of the interrelationships of folklore and literature, this book resuscitates the figure of the granny using oral history and fieldwork.

Ex: To the general public 'the female librarian is still angular, elderly, acidulous and terrifying', to use Geoffrey Langley's words, 'and a male librarian is impossible under any hypothesis'.