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English

sections

Interpretation Translation

1 Támesis, el

= Thames, the.

Ex. The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.

Spanish-English dictionary > Támesis, el
2 a veces

adv.

sometimes, occasionally, at times, now and then.

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a veces

sometimes

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= at times, sometimes, at various times, from time to time, on occasion(s)

Ex. The term category has been at times used somewhat loosely in the literature of indexing and, for this reason, it can cause confusion.

Ex. Plainly such representative sections may not be present in many documents, but sometimes an extract from the results, conclusions or recommendations of a document may serve to identify the key issues covered by the entire document.

Ex. At various times the library holds computer classes for children and adults.

Ex. From time to time it may be necessary to consult external references sources in order for the indexer to achieve a sufficient understanding of the document content for effective indexing.

Ex. The notation uses upper case letters and arabic numerals 1 to 9; and on occasion the hyphen.

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= at times, sometimes, at various times, from time to time, on occasion(s)

Ex: The term category has been at times used somewhat loosely in the literature of indexing and, for this reason, it can cause confusion.

Ex: Plainly such representative sections may not be present in many documents, but sometimes an extract from the results, conclusions or recommendations of a document may serve to identify the key issues covered by the entire document.

Ex: At various times the library holds computer classes for children and adults.

Ex: From time to time it may be necessary to consult external references sources in order for the indexer to achieve a sufficient understanding of the document content for effective indexing.

Ex: The notation uses upper case letters and arabic numerals 1 to 9; and on occasion the hyphen.

Spanish-English dictionary > a veces
3 a vista de pájaro

(n.) = bird's eye view

Ex. Cartographic materials are all the materials that represent, in whole or in part, the earth or any celestial body at any scale and include globes; block diagrams; sections; atlases; bird's eye views, etc.

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(n.) = bird's eye view

Ex: Cartographic materials are all the materials that represent, in whole or in part, the earth or any celestial body at any scale and include globes; block diagrams; sections; atlases; bird's eye views, etc.

Spanish-English dictionary > a vista de pájaro
4 aclaratorio

adj.

explanatory, clarifying.

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aclaratorio

► adjetivo

1 explanatory

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ADJ explanatory

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- ria adjetivo explanatory

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= illuminating.

Ex. Nevertheless my debts are real, and I particularly want to thank David Foxon for his illuminating commentary on the final sections, and D. F. McKenzie for his encouragement throughout.

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- ria adjetivo explanatory

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= illuminating.

Ex: Nevertheless my debts are real, and I particularly want to thank David Foxon for his illuminating commentary on the final sections, and D. F. McKenzie for his encouragement throughout.

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aclaratorio - ria

adjective

explanatory

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aclaratorio,-a adjetivo explanatory
' aclaratorio' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aclaratoria
English:
explanatory

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aclaratorio, -a adj

explanatory

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aclaratorio, - ria adj

: explanatory

Spanish-English dictionary > aclaratorio
5 actividad

f.

1 activity.

desplegar una gran actividad to be in a flurry of activity

en actividad active

actividades extraescolares (education) extracurricular activities

actividades para el tiempo libre leisure activities

2 alertness.

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actividad

► nombre femenino

1 activity

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

estar en plena actividad to be in full swing

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noun f.

1) activity

2) work

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SF

1) (=acción) activity

ha habido una intensa actividad diplomática — there has been intense diplomatic activity

estos son meses de escasa actividad en el sector hotelero — these months are not very busy in the hotel sector

ha sido una jornada de escasa actividad bursátil — trading was slow o sluggish on the stock exchange today

en actividad: el volcán aún está en actividad — the volcano is still active

estuvo en actividad hasta su muerte — he worked right up until his death

la recolección está en plena actividad — the harvest is in full swing

2) (=tarea profesional) work

los pescadores han reanudado su actividad — the fishermen have gone back to work

actividad docente — teaching

actividad lucrativa — gainful employment

3) pl actividades (=actos) activities pl

es sospechoso de actividades terroristas — he is suspected of terrorist activities

actividades culturales — cultural activities

actividades deportivas — sporting activities
extraescolar
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femenino

a) ( ocupación) activity

actividades extraescolares — extracurricular activities

b) (vida, movimiento) activity

el lugar bullía de actividad — the place was buzzing with activity

un volcán en actividad — an active volcano

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= activity, ferment, operation, pursuit, business [businesses, -pl.], proaction, occasion.

Ex. The vocabulary used in conjunction with PRECIS is split in two sections, one part for Entities (or things) and the other for Attributes (properties of things, for example colour, weight; activities of things, for example flow, and properties of activities, for example, slow, turbulent).

Ex. Despite the ferment that was going on in the scientific information field during the middle years of the decade of the '50's, the ADI was struggling to survive; membership had shrunk to only 200.

Ex. With the advent of micro-computers even much smaller cataloguing operations can effectively be computerised.

Ex. What is more arguable is whether or not it is a bibliographical pursuit at all since it bears little relationship to the physical nature of the book.

Ex. I think this whole business about whether punctuation is obtrusive or not is quite honestly not worth discussing.

Ex. Based on their experience of mutual benefit over the past 3 years, both university libraries have transformed the goal of their interinstitutional agreement from protection to proaction.

Ex. Children must be involved in important school occasions like school play performances, orchestral and choir concerts.

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* actividad al aire libre = outdoor activity.

* actividad bibliotecaria = library activity.

* actividad comercial = commercial activity.

* actividad complementaria = follow-up activity.

* actividad conjunta = cooperative effort.

* actividad cultural = cultural activity.

* actividad de extensión bibliotecaria = outreach activity.

* actividad dirigida a recabar fondos = fundraiser [fund-raiser].

* actividad editorial = publishing activity.

* actividad extraescolar = extra-mural event, after-school activity, out-of-school activity.

* actividad física = physical activity.

* actividad fundamental = core activity.

* actividad investigadora = research activity.

* actividad lúdica = recreational activity.

* actividad mental = mental activity.

* actividad política = political activity.

* actividad principal = core activity.

* actividad profesional = professional activity.

* actividad programada = planned activity.

* actividad secundaria = sidelight activity.

* actividad social = social activity.

* actividad suplementaria = sideline.

* bullir de actividad = be a hive of activity.

* campo de actividad = area of application.

* centro de actividad = focal point.

* Clasificación Industrial General de las Actividades Económicas (NACE) = General Industrial Classification of Economic Activities (NACE).

* con muchas actividades = event-filled.

* desempeñar las actividades de uno = conduct + affairs.

* desempeño de actividades = conduct of business.

* desempeño de las actividades = conduct of affairs.

* diversificar las actividades = branch out (into), branch into.

* falta de actividad = inactivity, inaction.

* horas de poca actividad = slack hours.

* industria de actividades al aire libre, la = outdoor industry, the.

* iniciar las actividades = get + things going, get + things rolling, start + the ball rolling, set + the ball rolling.

* intervalo de cese de actividad interactiva = interactive timeout interval (ITI).

* lleno de actividades = event-filled.

* llevar a cabo actividades = conduct + business.

* llevar a cabo una actividad = conduct + activity.

* memoria de actividad realizada = interim report.

* muestreo de actividades = activity sampling.

* período de baja actividad = dry spell.

* período de poca actividad = slack time, slack period, slack activity time.

* planear una actividad = plot + activity.

* presupuestación por actividades = performance budgeting.

* presupuesto asignado por actividades = performance budget.

* programa de actividades = timetable of activities, calendar of events, events calendar.

* promover una actividad = launch + activity.

* realización de actividades = conduct of business.

* realizar actividades = conduct + business, do + activities.

* realizar una actividad = engage in + practice, engage in + activity, perform + activity, conduct + activity.

* registro de actividades realizadas = logbook [log book].

* ser un hervidero de actividad = be a hive of activity.

* suspender actividades = cease + activities.

* tarea orientada hacia una actividad = activity-oriented task.

* tasa de actividad = activity rate.

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femenino

a) ( ocupación) activity

actividades extraescolares — extracurricular activities

b) (vida, movimiento) activity

el lugar bullía de actividad — the place was buzzing with activity

un volcán en actividad — an active volcano

* * *

= activity, ferment, operation, pursuit, business [businesses, -pl.], proaction, occasion.

Ex: The vocabulary used in conjunction with PRECIS is split in two sections, one part for Entities (or things) and the other for Attributes (properties of things, for example colour, weight; activities of things, for example flow, and properties of activities, for example, slow, turbulent).

Ex: Despite the ferment that was going on in the scientific information field during the middle years of the decade of the '50's, the ADI was struggling to survive; membership had shrunk to only 200.

Ex: With the advent of micro-computers even much smaller cataloguing operations can effectively be computerised.

Ex: What is more arguable is whether or not it is a bibliographical pursuit at all since it bears little relationship to the physical nature of the book.

Ex: I think this whole business about whether punctuation is obtrusive or not is quite honestly not worth discussing.

Ex: Based on their experience of mutual benefit over the past 3 years, both university libraries have transformed the goal of their interinstitutional agreement from protection to proaction.

Ex: Children must be involved in important school occasions like school play performances, orchestral and choir concerts.

* actividad al aire libre = outdoor activity.

* actividad bibliotecaria = library activity.

* actividad comercial = commercial activity.

* actividad complementaria = follow-up activity.

* actividad conjunta = cooperative effort.

* actividad cultural = cultural activity.

* actividad de extensión bibliotecaria = outreach activity.

* actividad dirigida a recabar fondos = fundraiser [fund-raiser].

* actividad editorial = publishing activity.

* actividad extraescolar = extra-mural event, after-school activity, out-of-school activity.

* actividad física = physical activity.

* actividad fundamental = core activity.

* actividad investigadora = research activity.

* actividad lúdica = recreational activity.

* actividad mental = mental activity.

* actividad política = political activity.

* actividad principal = core activity.

* actividad profesional = professional activity.

* actividad programada = planned activity.

* actividad secundaria = sidelight activity.

* actividad social = social activity.

* actividad suplementaria = sideline.

* bullir de actividad = be a hive of activity.

* campo de actividad = area of application.

* centro de actividad = focal point.

* Clasificación Industrial General de las Actividades Económicas (NACE) = General Industrial Classification of Economic Activities (NACE).

* con muchas actividades = event-filled.

* desempeñar las actividades de uno = conduct + affairs.

* desempeño de actividades = conduct of business.

* desempeño de las actividades = conduct of affairs.

* diversificar las actividades = branch out (into), branch into.

* falta de actividad = inactivity, inaction.

* horas de poca actividad = slack hours.

* industria de actividades al aire libre, la = outdoor industry, the.

* iniciar las actividades = get + things going, get + things rolling, start + the ball rolling, set + the ball rolling.

* intervalo de cese de actividad interactiva = interactive timeout interval (ITI).

* lleno de actividades = event-filled.

* llevar a cabo actividades = conduct + business.

* llevar a cabo una actividad = conduct + activity.

* memoria de actividad realizada = interim report.

* muestreo de actividades = activity sampling.

* período de baja actividad = dry spell.

* período de poca actividad = slack time, slack period, slack activity time.

* planear una actividad = plot + activity.

* presupuestación por actividades = performance budgeting.

* presupuesto asignado por actividades = performance budget.

* programa de actividades = timetable of activities, calendar of events, events calendar.

* promover una actividad = launch + activity.

* realización de actividades = conduct of business.

* realizar actividades = conduct + business, do + activities.

* realizar una actividad = engage in + practice, engage in + activity, perform + activity, conduct + activity.

* registro de actividades realizadas = logbook [log book].

* ser un hervidero de actividad = be a hive of activity.

* suspender actividades = cease + activities.

* tarea orientada hacia una actividad = activity-oriented task.

* tasa de actividad = activity rate.

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actividad

feminine

1 (ocupación) activity

actividades extraescolares extracurricular activities

su actividad profesional her work

2 (vida, movimiento) activity

había mucha actividad en el aeropuerto there was a lot of activity at the airport

todavía queda algo de actividad artesanal en estos pueblos there are still some crafts being practiced in these villages

se registró escasa actividad en la Bolsa trading was slow o there was little movement on the Stock Exchange

un volcán en actividad an active volcano

su actividad mental es continua her mind is constantly active

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actividad sustantivo femenino
activity;
◊ un volcán en actividad an active volcano

actividad sustantivo femenino activity

' actividad' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abrir
- alejada
- alejado
- alta
- apuntarse
- artesanía
- baile
- baja
- borrarse
- cacería
- capitanear
- cardiaca
- cardíaca
- cardiaco
- cardíaco
- catapulta
- cerrarse
- chupada
- chupado
- consagración
- dejar
- devoción
- dominar
- empezar
- esquí
- estampada
- estampado
- hacer
- llenar
- mosquearse
- movimiento
- obstaculizar
- ocuparse
- permanecer
- practicar
- práctica
- propulsar
- ramo
- relación
- respiro
- retirar
- retirada
- retirado
- retirarse
- retiro
- rutinaria
- rutinario
- salida
- saltear
- sastrería
English:
action
- activity
- bandwagon
- business
- change
- chuck in
- cooking
- fall off
- frantic
- go in for
- gym
- heat up
- hive
- involvement
- join
- love
- mindless
- needlework
- offshore
- on
- plumbing
- practice
- practise
- risky
- rowing
- season
- sex
- shifty
- sideline
- spurt
- strenuous
- take up
- time
- work
- writing
- active
- flurry
- pursuit
- side
- slack
- trading
- yesterday

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actividad nf

1. [trabajo, tarea] activity;

mis numerosas actividades no me dejan tiempo para nada I'm involved in so many different activities o things that I have no time for anything else;

empezó su actividad como escritor en 1947 he started writing in 1947;

una ley que regula la actividad de las agencias de viajes a law that regulates the activities o operation of travel agencies

Comp
actividad económica economic activity;
tendrá un impacto negativo en la actividad económica mundial it will have a negative impact on world o global economic activity

2.
actividades [acciones] activities;

la policía investiga las actividades de la organización the police are investigating the organization's activities

3. [comercial] trading;

el mercado registraba una actividad frenética there was furious trading on the markets

4. [escolar] activity;

un cuaderno de actividades an activities book

Comp
actividades extraescolares extra-curricular activities
5. [cualidad de activo] activeness;

desplegar una gran actividad to be in a flurry of activity;

un volcán en actividad an active volcano

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actividad

f activity;

actividad comercial trade

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actividad nf

: activity

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actividad n activity [pl. activities]

actividades de ocio leisure activities

Spanish-English dictionary > actividad
6 adicto

adj.

1 addicted, devoted.

2 addicted, physiologically dependent.

f. & m.

1 addict, addicted person, junkie, freak.

2 follower.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: adictar.

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adicto

► adjetivo

1 (drogas) addicted (a, to)

2 (dedicado) fond (a, of), keen (a, on)

3 (partidario) supporting

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 (drogas) addict

2 (partidario) supporter, follower

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(f. - adicta)

noun

addict

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adicto, -a
1. ADJ

1)

adicto a algo — addicted to sth

es adicto a la heroína — he's addicted to heroin, he's a heroin addict

soy adicto a las ostras — I'm addicted to oysters

es adicto al trabajo — he's a workaholic

2) (=fiel) [admirador, amigo] devoted

un público adicto llenaba la sala — a devoted audience filled the hall

3) (=partidario) loyal

la prensa adicta al Gobierno — sections of the press loyal to o supportive of the government

las personas adictas al régimen franquista — supporters of the Franco regime

2. SM / F

1) [a la droga, tele] addict

2) (=seguidor) follower, supporter; LAm (Dep) supporter, fan

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I
- ta adjetivo

1) (a la bebida, la droga) addicted

adicto a algo — addicted to something

es adicto al juego — he is addicted to gambling

2) adepto I
II
- ta masculino, femenino addict

los adictos a la cocaína — cocaine addicts

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= junkie, addict.

Ex. Some staff are 'change junkies' and others are less able to embrace change.

Ex. She points out that Bishop's poetry is an acquired taste but one that easily turns other poets into addicts.

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* adicto a = addicted to.

* adicto a la lectura = bookaholic.

* adicto a la tele = couch potato, telly-addict, TV-addict.

* adicto al chocolate = chocolate addict.

* adicto al crack = crackhead, crackhead.

* adicto a los libros = bookaholic.

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I
- ta adjetivo

1) (a la bebida, la droga) addicted

adicto a algo — addicted to something

es adicto al juego — he is addicted to gambling

2) adepto I
II
- ta masculino, femenino addict

los adictos a la cocaína — cocaine addicts

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= junkie, addict.

Ex: Some staff are 'change junkies' and others are less able to embrace change.

Ex: She points out that Bishop's poetry is an acquired taste but one that easily turns other poets into addicts.

* adicto a = addicted to.

* adicto a la lectura = bookaholic.

* adicto a la tele = couch potato, telly-addict, TV-addict.

* adicto al chocolate = chocolate addict.

* adicto al crack = crackhead, crackhead.

* adicto a los libros = bookaholic.

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adicto¹ -ta

adjective

A (a la bebida, la droga) addicted adicto A algo addicted TO sth

es adicto al juego/a los crucigramas he is addicted to gambling/to crosswords

B (a un régimen, una ideología) adicto A algo:

los que son adictos al régimen those who support the regime

adicto² -ta

masculine, feminine

addict

los adictos a la cocaína cocaine addicts, people addicted to cocaine

los adictos a las drogas por vía parenteral drug addicts who inject themselves intravenously o parenterally

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adicto
◊ -ta adjetivo (a la bebida, la droga) addicted;

adicto a algo addicted to sth
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
addict;
los adictos a la cocaína cocaine addicts
adicto,-a
I sustantivo masculino y femenino
1 (que tiene dependencia) addict
adicto al trabajo, workaholic
2 (partidario) supporter
II adjetivo
1 (dependiente) addicted [a, to]
2 (seguidor) supporter [a, of]: son adictos al nuevo alcalde, they are the new mayor's supporters

' adicto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
adicta
- enganchar
English:
addict
- addicted
- chocolate
- glue-sniffer
- hooked
- workaholic

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adicto, -a

♦ adj

1. [a droga, hábito] addicted (a to);
es adicto a la televisión he's a TV addict

2. [partidario]
adicto a in favour of;

no soy muy adicto a las reformas propuestas I'm not greatly enamoured of the proposed reforms

♦ nm,f

1. [a droga, hábito] addict;

un adicto a la heroína/al tabaco a heroin/nicotine addict;

un adicto a la televisión a TV addict

2. [partidario] supporter;

los adictos al régimen the supporters of the regime

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adicto

I adj

1 addicted (a to);

ser adicto al trabajo be a workaholic

2

:

ser adicto al régimen be a supporter of the regime, support the regime

II m, adicta f addict

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adicto, -ta adj

1) : addicted

2) : devoted, dedicated

adicto, -ta n

1) : addict

2) partidario: supporter, advocate

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adicto¹ adj addicted

adicto² n addict

los adictos a las drogas drug addicts

Spanish-English dictionary > adicto
7 agitado

adj.

1 agitated, unquiet, excited, rough-and-tumble.

2 agitated, rough, choppy, surging.

Troubled waters.. Aguas agitadas.

3 bumpy.

4 hectic, busy.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: agitar.

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agitado

► participio pasado

1→ link=agitar agitar

► adjetivo

1 (movido) agitated, shaken; (mar) rough, choppy

2 (ansioso) anxious

3 (ajetreado) hectic

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(f. - agitada)

adj.

agitated, excited

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1. ADJ

1) [mar] rough, choppy; [aire] turbulent; [vuelo] bumpy

2) (fig) (=trastornado) agitated, upset; (=emocionado) excited; [vida] hectic

2.

SM stirring, mixing

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- da adjetivo

a) < mar> rough, choppy

b) <día/vida> hectic, busy

c) (Pol)

una época agitada — a period of unrest

d) < persona> worked up, agitated

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= hectic, turbulent, restless, in a state of turmoil, choppy [choppier -comp., chopiest -sup.], twitchy [twitchier -comp., twitchiest -sup.].

Ex. The hectic pace of developments in IT applications has raised many sensitive issues for educators.

Ex. The vocabulary used in conjunction with PRECIS is split in two sections, one part for Entities (or things) and the other for Attributes (properties of things, for example colour, weight; activities of things, for example flow, and properties of activities, for example, slow, turbulent).

Ex. While scanning the area under supervision, the librarian may detect persons who appear restless or puzzled.

Ex. Before long the teachers were in a state of turmoil over the issue.

Ex. So far, Internet retailers have not been able to take the bread out of the mouths of the terrestrial booksellers, as had been feared, but the trading waters remain choppy.

Ex. The day before she wouldn't eat or speak and she was twitchy since she didn't know what the future would hold.

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* mar agitada = heavy sea.

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- da adjetivo

a) < mar> rough, choppy

b) <día/vida> hectic, busy

c) (Pol)

una época agitada — a period of unrest

d) < persona> worked up, agitated

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= hectic, turbulent, restless, in a state of turmoil, choppy [choppier -comp., chopiest -sup.], twitchy [twitchier -comp., twitchiest -sup.].

Ex: The hectic pace of developments in IT applications has raised many sensitive issues for educators.

Ex: The vocabulary used in conjunction with PRECIS is split in two sections, one part for Entities (or things) and the other for Attributes (properties of things, for example colour, weight; activities of things, for example flow, and properties of activities, for example, slow, turbulent).

Ex: While scanning the area under supervision, the librarian may detect persons who appear restless or puzzled.

Ex: Before long the teachers were in a state of turmoil over the issue.

Ex: So far, Internet retailers have not been able to take the bread out of the mouths of the terrestrial booksellers, as had been feared, but the trading waters remain choppy.

Ex: The day before she wouldn't eat or speak and she was twitchy since she didn't know what the future would hold.

* mar agitada = heavy sea.

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agitado -da

adjective

1 ‹mar› rough, choppy

2 ‹día/vida› hectic, busy

3 ( Pol):

una época agitada a period of unrest

4 ‹persona› worked up o agitated

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Del verbo agitar: ( conjugate agitar)

agitado es:

el participio

Multiple Entries:
agitado
agitar
agitado
◊ -da adjetivo

a) ‹ mar› rough, choppy

b) ‹día/vida› hectic, busy

c) ‹ persona› worked up, agitated

agitar ( conjugate agitar) verbo transitivo
a) ‹líquido/botella› to shake

b) ‹brazo/pañuelo› to wave;

‹ alas› to flap
agitarse verbo pronominal
a) [ mar] to get rough;

[ barca] to toss;
[ toldo] to flap
b) ( inquietarse) to get worked up

agitado,-a adjetivo
1 agitated
(el mar, un río) rough
2 (nervioso) anxious
♦ Locuciones: llevar una vida muy agitada, to lead a very hectic life
agitar verbo transitivo
1 (el contenido de un envase) to shake
2 (alterar a una multitud) to agitate, stir up
' agitado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
accidentada
- accidentado
- agitada
- impaciente
- inquieta
- inquieto
- intranquilo
- movido
- nervioso
English:
bumpy
- hectic
- restless
- troubled
- disturbed
- excited
- rough
- unsettled

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agitado, -a adj

1. [persona] worked up, excited

2. [mar] rough, choppy

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agitado

adj

1 mar rough, choppy

2 día hectic

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agitado, -da adj

1) : agitated, excited

2) : choppy, rough, turbulent

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agitado adj

1. (día, etc) hectic / busy [comp. busier; superl. busiest]

después de un día agitado after a hectic day

2. (mar) rough

Spanish-English dictionary > agitado
8 algunas veces

adv.

sometimes, occasionally, now and then, at times.

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algunas veces

sometimes

* * *

sometimes

* * *

= sometimes, from time to time, occasionally

Ex. Plainly such representative sections may not be present in many documents, but sometimes an extract from the results, conclusions or recommendations of a document may serve to identify the key issues covered by the entire document.

Ex. From time to time it may be necessary to consult external references sources in order for the indexer to achieve a sufficient understanding of the document content for effective indexing.

Ex. Only occasionally although increasingly is the full text of a document used.

* * *

= sometimes, from time to time, occasionally

Ex: Plainly such representative sections may not be present in many documents, but sometimes an extract from the results, conclusions or recommendations of a document may serve to identify the key issues covered by the entire document.

Ex: From time to time it may be necessary to consult external references sources in order for the indexer to achieve a sufficient understanding of the document content for effective indexing.

Ex: Only occasionally although increasingly is the full text of a document used.

Spanish-English dictionary > algunas veces
9 amianto

m.

1 asbestos.

2 amianth, amianthus.

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amianto

► nombre masculino

1 asbestos

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SM asbestos

* * *

masculino asbestos

* * *

= asbestos.

Ex. It is, however, possible to broaden the search and find additional information on asbestos roofing by retrieving documents on roofing, and extracting sections from these documents that are pertinent to asbestos roofing.

* * *

masculino asbestos

* * *

= asbestos.

Ex: It is, however, possible to broaden the search and find additional information on asbestos roofing by retrieving documents on roofing, and extracting sections from these documents that are pertinent to asbestos roofing.

* * *

amianto

masculine

asbestos

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amianto sustantivo masculino
asbestos
amianto sustantivo masculino asbestos sing
' amianto' also found in these entries:
English:
asbestos

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amianto nm

asbestos

* * *

amianto

m MIN asbestos

* * *

amianto nm

: asbestos

Spanish-English dictionary > amianto
10 apartado

adj.

1 remote, distant, far away, separate.

2 distant, isolated, reclusive.

3 reserved, set apart, laid apart.

m.

1 post office box, box number, P.O. Box.

2 paragraph, sidebar, subsection.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: apartar.

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apartado

► nombre masculino

1 post office box

2 (párrafo) section

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apartado

► participio pasado

1→ link=apartar apartar

► adjetivo

1 (alejado) remote, distant; (aislado) isolated, cut off

2 (retirado) retired

■ apartado de la política retired from politics

► nombre masculino apartado

1 post office box

2 (párrafo) section

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

mantenerse apartado,-a de algo/alguien to keep away from something/somebody

* * *
1. noun m.
section

- apartado de correos
- apartado postal 2. (f. - apartada)
adj.

1) remote, isolated

2) solitary

* * *

1. ADJ

1) (=lejano) remote, isolated

un pueblo muy apartado — a very remote o isolated village

su casa está un poco apartada — her house is a bit out-of-the-way

apartado de — [lugar] far from; [persona] isolated from

donde vivía, estaba apartado de todos nosotros — where he lived he was isolated from us all

ha conseguido mantenerse apartado de los problemas — she's managed to keep out of the problems

2) (=solitario) [vida, persona] solitary

2. SM

1) (Correos) (tb: apartado de correos, apartado postal) Post Office box, P.O. Box, box number

apartado de correos 325 — P.O. Box 325

2) (=sección) (Literat) section; (Jur) section, sub-section

vamos a empezar por el apartado dedicado a la economía — let's begin with the section on the economy

en el apartado de sanidad han aumentado los gastos — in the area of health, costs have increased

3) (=sala) spare room, side room

apartado de localidades — ticket agency

4) (Metal) extraction

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I
- da adjetivo

a) <zona/lugar> isolated

b) < persona>

apartado de algo/alguien: se mantuvo apartado de la vida pública he stayed out of public life; vive apartado de la familia — he has little to do with his family
II
masculino

1) (Corresp) tb

apartado de correos or apartado postal — post office box, P.O. Box

2) (de artículo, capítulo) section

* * *

= secluded, section, alcove, remote, off the beaten track.

Ex. Adequate security for expensive equipment must also be provided for in this decision, and a secluded back room, a remote phone cut-off switch, or a removable keyboard may be mandated.

Ex. Plainly such representative sections may not be present in many documents, but sometimes an extract from the results, conclusions or recommendations of a document may serve to identify the key issues covered by the entire document.

Ex. Our news service is delivered by a large-screen television that broadcasts continuous cable news in a special alcove adjacent to the library's current periodicals and reference areas.

Ex. The computer, once instructed on the desired filing order, is eminently suitable for filing, achieving a level of consistency which was a remote dream in the days of human filers.

Ex. The article ' Off the beaten track. Small publishers in India' reviews the efforts of small and alternative presses in India in publishing the most exciting and innovative books for children.

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* apartado de comentarios = comments section.

* apartado de correos = P.O. Box, post office box.

* apartado postal = post office box.

* camino apartado = byway.

* muy apartado de = a long way removed from.

* nada + estar + más apartado de la verdad = nothing + can + be further from the truth, nothing + can + be further from the truth.

* por caminos apartados = off-road.

* rincón apartado = secluded spot.

* * *
I
- da adjetivo

a) <zona/lugar> isolated

b) < persona>

apartado de algo/alguien: se mantuvo apartado de la vida pública he stayed out of public life; vive apartado de la familia — he has little to do with his family
II
masculino

1) (Corresp) tb

apartado de correos or apartado postal — post office box, P.O. Box

2) (de artículo, capítulo) section

* * *

= secluded, section, alcove, remote, off the beaten track.

Ex: Adequate security for expensive equipment must also be provided for in this decision, and a secluded back room, a remote phone cut-off switch, or a removable keyboard may be mandated.

Ex: Plainly such representative sections may not be present in many documents, but sometimes an extract from the results, conclusions or recommendations of a document may serve to identify the key issues covered by the entire document.

Ex: Our news service is delivered by a large-screen television that broadcasts continuous cable news in a special alcove adjacent to the library's current periodicals and reference areas.

Ex: The computer, once instructed on the desired filing order, is eminently suitable for filing, achieving a level of consistency which was a remote dream in the days of human filers.

Ex: The article ' Off the beaten track. Small publishers in India' reviews the efforts of small and alternative presses in India in publishing the most exciting and innovative books for children.

* apartado de comentarios = comments section.

* apartado de correos = P.O. Box, post office box.

* apartado postal = post office box.

* camino apartado = byway.

* muy apartado de = a long way removed from.

* nada + estar + más apartado de la verdad = nothing + can + be further from the truth, nothing + can + be further from the truth.

* por caminos apartados = off-road.

* rincón apartado = secluded spot.

* * *

apartado¹ -da

adjective

1 ‹zona/lugar› isolated

2 ‹persona› apartado DE algo/algn:

se ha mantenido apartado de la vida pública he has stayed out of public life

vive muy apartado de la familia he has very little to do with his family

apartado²

masculine

A ( Corresp) tb

apartado de correos or apartado postal post office box, P.O. Box

B (de un artículo, capítulo) section

en el apartado de seguridad social, los logros del gobierno han sido mucho menores as far as social security is concerned o as for social security, the government's achievements have been much smaller

* * *

Del verbo apartar: ( conjugate apartar)

apartado es:

el participio

Multiple Entries:
apartado
apartar
apartado 1
◊ -da adjetivo

a) ‹zona/lugar› isolated

b) ‹ persona›:

◊ se mantuvo apartado de la vida pública he stayed out of public life;

vive apartado de la familia he has little to do with his family
apartado 2 sustantivo masculino
1 (Corresp) tb apartado de correos or apartado postal post office box, P.O. Box
2 (de artículo, capítulo) section
apartar ( conjugate apartar) verbo transitivo
1
a) ( alejar) to move … away;

◊ sus amigos lo apartadoon del buen camino his friends led him astray;

apartó los ojos he averted his eyes
b) ‹ obstáculo› to move, move … out of the way

c) (frml) ( de un cargo) to remove

d) ( separar) to separate

2 (guardar, reservar) to set aside;
◊ aparta un poco de comida para él put a bit of food aside for him

apartarse verbo pronominal ( refl)
a) ( despejar el camino) to stand aside

b) (alejarse, separarse):

◊ apártate de ahí get/come away from there;

no se aparta de su lado he never leaves her side;
¡apártate de mi vista! get out of my sight!;
se apartó de su familia she drifted away from her family;
nos estamos apartando del tema we're getting off the subject
apartado,-a
I adj (lugar alejado) remote, isolated: manténganse apartados de las vías, keep off the track
II sustantivo masculino
1 (párrafo) section, paragraph 2 apartado de correos, Post Office Box
apartar
I verbo transitivo
1 (alejar) to move away, remove
apartar la vista, to look away
2 (guardar) to put aside
II verbo intransitivo ¡aparta!, move out of the way!
' apartado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
apartada
- apdo.
- capítulo
- retirada
- retirado
- rincón
- sección
- rubro
English:
aloof
- isolated
- off
- Post Office Box
- set back
- solitary
- stand back
- track
- box
- by
- out
- secluded

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apartado, -a

♦ adj

1. [separado]
apartado de away from;

hoy día vive apartado del mundo del teatro nowadays he has very little to do with the theatre

2. [alejado] remote;

nuestra casa está bastante apartada del centro our house is quite far from the centre

♦ nm
[párrafo] paragraph; [sección] section
Comp
Col, Ecuad apartado aéreo Post Office box, PO Box;
apartado de correos Post Office box, PO Box;

apartado postal Post Office box, PO Box

* * *

apartado

I adj isolated

II m section

* * *

apartado nm

1) : section, paragraph

2)

apartado postal : post office box

* * *

apartado¹ adj (lugar) remote

vivimos en un pueblo apartado we live in a remote village

apartado² n paragraph / section

leyó el primer apartado he read the first paragraph

apartado de correos post office box / PO box

Spanish-English dictionary > apartado
11 apartado de comentarios

(n.) = comments section

Ex. The comments sections also contained warm words of praise for her and her work.

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(n.) = comments section

Ex: The comments sections also contained warm words of praise for her and her work.

Spanish-English dictionary > apartado de comentarios
12 aprobación

f.

approval, applause, authorization, consent.

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aprobación

► nombre femenino

1 (gen) approval; (ley) passing

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

dar su (mi, tu, etc) aprobación to give one's consent, approve

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noun f.

approval, endorsement

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SF

1) (Pol) [de una ley] passing

la aprobación parlamentaria de la ley — the passing of the law by Parliament

esta ley requiere la aprobación por referéndum — this law has to be ratified by a referendum

el gobierno ha dado su aprobación al tratado — the government has ratified the treaty

2) [de informe, plan, acuerdo] approval, endorsement

necesito tu aprobación para realizar la venta — I need your approval o endorsement to go ahead with the sale

mis padres nunca me dieron su aprobación para casarme — my parents never gave my marriage their approval

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femenino (de proyecto de ley, moción) passing; (de préstamo, acuerdo, plan) approval, endorsement; (de actuación, conducta de alguien) approval

cuentas con mi aprobación — you have my approval

* * *

= approval, endorsement, consent, encouragement, acknowledgement [acknowledgment], word of encouragement, passage, condonation, seal of approval, thumbs up.

Ex. A number of more unusual arrangements have been tried, but none have met with wide approval.

Ex. The project was given endorsement by the Standing Committees of the IFLA Section on Cataloguing and the then Section on Mechanization.

Ex. Subject to the consent of the original author every thesis should be available for loan.

Ex. Nevertheless my debts are real, and I particularly want to thank David Foxon for his illuminating commentary on the final sections, and D. F. McKenzie for his encouragement throughout.

Ex. Then, without waiting for an acknowledgement, he said, 'Well, I think Albert is too much the union type' and James expressed surprise.

Ex. This he knew happens to employees who are not given a word of encouragement, some recognition.

Ex. The passage of the Exon bill would make criminal the sending of obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy or indecent data over the Net = La aprobación de la ley Exon haría que fuese un delito el envío a través de Internet de información obscena, lujuriosa, lasciva, inmoral o indecente.

Ex. There are four prominent common law defenses to a divorce suit: condonation, recrimination, collusion, and connivance.

Ex. This use of square brackets has never had the official seal of approval of the FID.

Ex. The article 'Apple Macintosh: thumbs up? thumbs down?' considers whether online searchers should use Apple Macintosh machines.

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* aprobación oficial = official seal of approval.

* con aprobación = approvingly.

* conseguir + Posesivo + aprobación = win + Posesivo + approval.

* contar con la aprobación = meet with + approval.

* contar con + Posesivo + aprobación = meet + Posesivo + approval.

* no contar con la aprobación = frown on/upon.

* obtener la aprobación = meet with + approval.

* obtener + Posesivo + aprobación = meet + Posesivo + approval.

* sujeto a aprobación = on approval.

* * *

femenino (de proyecto de ley, moción) passing; (de préstamo, acuerdo, plan) approval, endorsement; (de actuación, conducta de alguien) approval

cuentas con mi aprobación — you have my approval

* * *

= approval, endorsement, consent, encouragement, acknowledgement [acknowledgment], word of encouragement, passage, condonation, seal of approval, thumbs up.

Ex: A number of more unusual arrangements have been tried, but none have met with wide approval.

Ex: The project was given endorsement by the Standing Committees of the IFLA Section on Cataloguing and the then Section on Mechanization.

Ex: Subject to the consent of the original author every thesis should be available for loan.

Ex: Nevertheless my debts are real, and I particularly want to thank David Foxon for his illuminating commentary on the final sections, and D. F. McKenzie for his encouragement throughout.

Ex: Then, without waiting for an acknowledgement, he said, 'Well, I think Albert is too much the union type' and James expressed surprise.

Ex: This he knew happens to employees who are not given a word of encouragement, some recognition.

Ex: The passage of the Exon bill would make criminal the sending of obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy or indecent data over the Net = La aprobación de la ley Exon haría que fuese un delito el envío a través de Internet de información obscena, lujuriosa, lasciva, inmoral o indecente.

Ex: There are four prominent common law defenses to a divorce suit: condonation, recrimination, collusion, and connivance.

Ex: This use of square brackets has never had the official seal of approval of the FID.

Ex: The article 'Apple Macintosh: thumbs up? thumbs down?' considers whether online searchers should use Apple Macintosh machines.

* aprobación oficial = official seal of approval.

* con aprobación = approvingly.

* conseguir + Posesivo + aprobación = win + Posesivo + approval.

* contar con la aprobación = meet with + approval.

* contar con + Posesivo + aprobación = meet + Posesivo + approval.

* no contar con la aprobación = frown on/upon.

* obtener la aprobación = meet with + approval.

* obtener + Posesivo + aprobación = meet + Posesivo + approval.

* sujeto a aprobación = on approval.

* * *

aprobación

feminine

1 (de un proyecto de ley, una moción) passing

la aprobación de esta moción provocó un escándalo when this motion was passed it caused an outcry, the passing of this motion caused an outcry

2 (de un préstamo, acuerdo) approval, endorsement

3 (de la actuación, conducta de algn) approval

cuentas con mi aprobación you have my approval

* * *

aprobación sustantivo femenino (de proyecto de ley, moción) passing;
(de préstamo, acuerdo, plan) approval, endorsement;
(de actuación, conducta) approval
aprobación sustantivo femenino approval
' aprobación' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
eje
- recomendable
- arriba
- bendición
- bravo
- conformidad
English:
acceptance
- amen
- approval
- approving
- assent
- blessing
- endorsement
- favor
- favour
- passing
- qualified
- seal
- subject
- unqualified
- adoption

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aprobación nf

1. [de proyecto, medida] approval;
[de ley, moción] passing;
dio su aprobación al proyecto he gave the project his approval, he approved the project

2. [de comportamiento] approval

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aprobación

f approval; de ley passing

* * *

aprobación nf, pl - ciones : approval, endorsement

Spanish-English dictionary > aprobación
13 aprobar

v.

1 to approve (proyecto, medida).

Ricardo aprobó el proyecto Richard approved the project.

2 to pass (examen, asignatura).

me han aprobado en química I passed my chemistry exam

María aprobó y pudo descansar Mary passed and was able to rest.

3 to approve of (comportamiento).

4 to give one's approval, to approve, to assent, to give the nod.

El general aprobó The general gave his approval.

* * *

aprobar

Conjugation model [ CONTAR], like link=contar contar

► verbo transitivo

1 (gen) to approve; (ley) to pass

2 (estar de acuerdo) to approve of

3 EDUCACIÓN (examen, asignatura) to pass

► verbo intransitivo

1 to pass

* * *

verb

1) to approve, endorse

2) pass

3) approve of

* * *

1. VT

1) [+ ley, proyecto de ley] to pass; [+ informe, plan, acuerdo] to approve, endorse

el parlamento aprobó el tratado — the treaty was approved o endorsed by Parliament

2) [+ alumno, asignatura] to pass

¿aprobaste el examen? — did you pass the exam?

no he aprobado las matemáticas — I haven't passed mathematics

no me han aprobado la literatura — I didn't get a pass in literature

3) [+ decisión, actitud] to approve of

no apruebo tu amistad con esa chica — I don't approve of your friendship with that girl

mi familia aprobó mi decisión de casarme — my family approved of my decision to get married

2.

VI to pass

aprobé en francés — I passed (in) French

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1) <proyecto de ley/moción> to pass; <préstamo/acuerdo/plan> to approve, sanction; <actuación/conducta> to approve of

2) estudiante < examen> to pass; profesor < estudiante> to pass
2.
aprobar vi estudiante to pass

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= approve, sanction, subscribe (to), condone, pass.

Ex. The draft was approved by the sponsoring Sections in December 1983 and proofreading and preparation of the camera-ready copy were completed by September 1984.

Ex. Accounting for his departures from Panizzi's rules, Jewett explained that some of them 'conform more to rules advocated by Mr. Panizzi than to those finally sanctioned by the Trustees of the Museum'.

Ex. As regards abbreviations, and the extent to which they are used, most citation standards subscribe to the use of abbreviations.

Ex. Writers and publishers go to great lengths to avoid the appearance of supporting or condoning homosexuality.

Ex. She could cope with the disappointment of not passing, but what I am not sure of is how much the dance examiner will mark her down for having bowed legs.

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* aprobar con los ojos cerrados = sail through + exam.

* aprobar legislación = pass + legislation.

* aprobar por moción = pass by + motion.

* aprobar sin dificultad = sail through + exam.

* aprobar una ley = pass + law, pass + legislation, pass + bill.

* aprobar una moción = pass + resolution, adopt + resolution, approve + resolution, pass + motion.

* aprobar una propuesta = pass + proposal, pass + proposition.

* aprobar un examen = pass + examination, pass + an exam.

* desaprobar = frown on/upon.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1) <proyecto de ley/moción> to pass; <préstamo/acuerdo/plan> to approve, sanction; <actuación/conducta> to approve of

2) estudiante < examen> to pass; profesor < estudiante> to pass
2.
aprobar vi estudiante to pass

* * *

= approve, sanction, subscribe (to), condone, pass.

Ex: The draft was approved by the sponsoring Sections in December 1983 and proofreading and preparation of the camera-ready copy were completed by September 1984.

Ex: Accounting for his departures from Panizzi's rules, Jewett explained that some of them 'conform more to rules advocated by Mr. Panizzi than to those finally sanctioned by the Trustees of the Museum'.

Ex: As regards abbreviations, and the extent to which they are used, most citation standards subscribe to the use of abbreviations.

Ex: Writers and publishers go to great lengths to avoid the appearance of supporting or condoning homosexuality.

Ex: She could cope with the disappointment of not passing, but what I am not sure of is how much the dance examiner will mark her down for having bowed legs.

* aprobar con los ojos cerrados = sail through + exam.

* aprobar legislación = pass + legislation.

* aprobar por moción = pass by + motion.

* aprobar sin dificultad = sail through + exam.

* aprobar una ley = pass + law, pass + legislation, pass + bill.

* aprobar una moción = pass + resolution, adopt + resolution, approve + resolution, pass + motion.

* aprobar una propuesta = pass + proposal, pass + proposition.

* aprobar un examen = pass + examination, pass + an exam.

* desaprobar = frown on/upon.

* * *

aprobar [ A10 ]

vt

A

1 ‹proyecto de ley/moción› to pass

2 (sancionar, dar el visto bueno a) ‹préstamo/acuerdo/plan› to approve, sanction, endorse

3 ‹junta de accionistas/cuentas› to approve

4 (estar de acuerdo con) ‹actuación/conducta› to approve of

B

1 «estudiante» ‹examen› to pass

2 «profesor» ‹estudiante› to pass

■ aprobar

vi

«estudiante» to pass

* * *

aprobar ( conjugate aprobar) verbo transitivo
1 ‹proyecto de ley/moción› to pass;
‹préstamo/acuerdo/plan› to approve, sanction;
‹actuación/conducta› to approve of
2 (Educ) to pass
verbo intransitivo [ estudiante] to pass
aprobar verbo transitivo
1 (autorizar) to approve
2 (suscribir) to approve of
3 Educ to pass
4 Pol (una ley) to pass
' aprobar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
base
- desaprobar
- difícilmente
- examen
- sprint
- aprueba
- para
English:
approve
- approve of
- carry
- condone
- countenance
- endorse
- favor
- favour
- get through
- law
- pass
- push through
- sail through
- scrape through
- study
- adopt
- authorize
- grammar
- push
- sanction
- scrape
- succeed

* * *

aprobar

♦ vt

1. [proyecto, medida] to approve;
[ley, moción] to pass
2. [examen, asignatura] to pass;

me han aprobado en química I passed my chemistry exam

3. [comportamiento] to approve of

♦ vi
[estudiante] to pass
* * *

aprobar

v/t

1 approve; comportamiento, idea approve of; ley pass

2 examen pass

* * *

aprobar {19} vt

1) : to approve of

2) : to pass (a law, an exam)

aprobar vi

: to pass (in school)

* * *

aprobar vb

1. (examen, asignatura, alumno) to pass

he aprobado inglés I've passed English

2. (comportamiento, persona) to approve of

no apruebo tu decisión I don't approve of your decision

Spanish-English dictionary > aprobar
14 arte de la guerra

(n.) = warfare

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.

* * *

(n.) = warfare

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.

Spanish-English dictionary > arte de la guerra
15 asbesto

m.

1 asbestos, a mineral, incombustible.

2 a sort of incombustible cloth made of the filaments of asbestos.

* * *

asbesto

► nombre masculino

1 asbestos

* * *

SM asbestos

* * *

masculino asbestos

* * *

= asbestos.

Ex. It is, however, possible to broaden the search and find additional information on asbestos roofing by retrieving documents on roofing, and extracting sections from these documents that are pertinent to asbestos roofing.

* * *

masculino asbestos

* * *

= asbestos.

Ex: It is, however, possible to broaden the search and find additional information on asbestos roofing by retrieving documents on roofing, and extracting sections from these documents that are pertinent to asbestos roofing.

* * *

asbesto

masculine

asbestos

* * *

asbesto sustantivo masculino
asbestos
asbesto sustantivo masculino asbestos
' asbesto' also found in these entries:
English:
asbestos

* * *

asbesto nm

asbestos

* * *

asbesto

m MIN asbestos

* * *

asbesto nm

: asbestos

Spanish-English dictionary > asbesto
16 asistencia social

f.

social work, social service.

* * *

asistencia social

social assistance

* * *

welfare

* * *

university course/degree in social work

* * *

(n.) = social relief, welfare, social work, social casework

Ex. In UDC under 361 social relief we find.9 Relief or aid in emergencies, disasters;.91 Earthquakes, storms, hurricanes;.92 Floods;.93 War, civil war;.94 Epidemics;.95 Famine; and.96 Fires, conflagrations.

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.

Ex. I believe that delving into social work dilutes the library's effectiveness.

Ex. The role of the library was not regarded as counselling, social casework or advocacy, but simply facilitating access to information.

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university course/degree in social work

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(n.) = social relief, welfare, social work, social casework

Ex: In UDC under 361 social relief we find.9 Relief or aid in emergencies, disasters;.91 Earthquakes, storms, hurricanes;.92 Floods;.93 War, civil war;.94 Epidemics;.95 Famine; and.96 Fires, conflagrations.

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.

Ex: I believe that delving into social work dilutes the library's effectiveness.

Ex: The role of the library was not regarded as counselling, social casework or advocacy, but simply facilitating access to information.

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asistencia social

social work

Spanish-English dictionary > asistencia social
17 asqueroso

adj.

loathsome, repugnant, nauseating, filthy.

m.

creep, unpleasant person, scuzz.

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asqueroso

► adjetivo

1 (sucio) dirty, filthy

2 (desagradable) disgusting, revolting, foul

3 (que siente asco) squeamish

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 (sucio) filthy person, revolting person

2 (que siente asco) squeamish person

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(f. - asquerosa)

adj.

1) disgusting

2) filthy

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ADJ

1) (=repugnante) disgusting, revolting; [condición] squalid; (=sucio) filthy

2) (=de gusto delicado) squeamish

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I
- sa adjetivo

1)

a) <libro/película> digusting, filthy

b) <olor/comida/costumbre> disgusting, revolting

estaba asqueroso de sucio — it was absolutely filthy

2)

a) (fam) (malo, egoísta) mean (colloq), horrible (BrE colloq)

b) ( lascivo)

viejo asqueroso! — you dirty old man!
II
- sa masculino, femenino

1) ( sucio)

eres un asqueroso — you're disgusting

2) (fam) (malo, egoísta) meany (colloq)

es un asqueroso — he's such a meany

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= filthy [filthier -comp, filthiest -sup.], revolting, foul [fouler -comp., foulest -sup.], repulsive, disgusting, grungy, squalid, minger, minging, nasty [natier -comp., nastiest -sup.], appalling, mucky [muckier -comp., muckiest -sup.], icky [ickier -comp., ickiest -sup.], yucky [yuckier -comp., yuckiest -sup.], creepy [creepier -comp., creepiest -sup.], creep, lowdown.

Ex. Printing houses -- apart from the few that had been built for the purpose rather than converted from something else -- were generally filthy and badly ventilated.

Ex. This was so that the stuffing could be teased out and cleared of lumps, and so that the pelts could be softened by currying and soaking them in urine; the smell is said to have been revolting.

Ex. Well, we non-smokers also like to put our feet up and relax, too; but we have to breathe in their foul fumes = Pues bien, a nosotros los no fumadores también nos gusta poner los pies en alto y relajarnos pero tenemos que respirar su repugnante humo.

Ex. A new indicator, representing the asymmetry of coauthorship links, was used to reveal the main 'attractive' and ' repulsive' centres of cooperation.

Ex. I find it disgusting but I guess that's human nature.

Ex. It is primarily a story about a girl who, pregnant, flees her disapproving family to search for the father of her child in the grungy and sinister Midlands of England.

Ex. The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.

Ex. Everyone is attractive to someone, there is no such thing as a minger, but there are many people who I think are minging.

Ex. Everyone is attractive to someone, there is no such thing as a minger, but there are many people who I think are minging.

Ex. Anthony Datto thanked them for having permitted him to unburden himself and after a few desultory remarks about the nasty weather and nothing in particular, they parted.

Ex. His article, 'The skeleton in the our closet: public libraries art collections suffer appalling losses,' examines the problem of theft and mutilation of art materials in public libraries.

Ex. Bulrush prefers full or partial sun, wet conditions, and soil that is mucky or sandy.

Ex. Neck buffs and balaclava's get the most icky, because you're usually breathing against them, and they tend to get a bit moist.

Ex. I saw Gina's post the other day where she said she feels 'fat and frumpish and yucky'.

Ex. Today I got followed home by a creepy man with a high-pitched voice.

Ex. The main character, Tom Johnson, realizes that no girls go out with creeps like him so he quickly changes and buys a guitar and learns how to play one.

Ex. The board clearly didn't care if its commissioner was a lowdown, lying, corrupt and untrustworthy creep, likely because that is the nature of the entire organization.

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I
- sa adjetivo

1)

a) <libro/película> digusting, filthy

b) <olor/comida/costumbre> disgusting, revolting

estaba asqueroso de sucio — it was absolutely filthy

2)

a) (fam) (malo, egoísta) mean (colloq), horrible (BrE colloq)

b) ( lascivo)

viejo asqueroso! — you dirty old man!
II
- sa masculino, femenino

1) ( sucio)

eres un asqueroso — you're disgusting

2) (fam) (malo, egoísta) meany (colloq)

es un asqueroso — he's such a meany

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= filthy [filthier -comp, filthiest -sup.], revolting, foul [fouler -comp., foulest -sup.], repulsive, disgusting, grungy, squalid, minger, minging, nasty [natier -comp., nastiest -sup.], appalling, mucky [muckier -comp., muckiest -sup.], icky [ickier -comp., ickiest -sup.], yucky [yuckier -comp., yuckiest -sup.], creepy [creepier -comp., creepiest -sup.], creep, lowdown.

Ex: Printing houses -- apart from the few that had been built for the purpose rather than converted from something else -- were generally filthy and badly ventilated.

Ex: This was so that the stuffing could be teased out and cleared of lumps, and so that the pelts could be softened by currying and soaking them in urine; the smell is said to have been revolting.

Ex: Well, we non-smokers also like to put our feet up and relax, too; but we have to breathe in their foul fumes = Pues bien, a nosotros los no fumadores también nos gusta poner los pies en alto y relajarnos pero tenemos que respirar su repugnante humo.

Ex: A new indicator, representing the asymmetry of coauthorship links, was used to reveal the main 'attractive' and ' repulsive' centres of cooperation.

Ex: I find it disgusting but I guess that's human nature.

Ex: It is primarily a story about a girl who, pregnant, flees her disapproving family to search for the father of her child in the grungy and sinister Midlands of England.

Ex: The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.

Ex: Everyone is attractive to someone, there is no such thing as a minger, but there are many people who I think are minging.

Ex: Everyone is attractive to someone, there is no such thing as a minger, but there are many people who I think are minging.

Ex: Anthony Datto thanked them for having permitted him to unburden himself and after a few desultory remarks about the nasty weather and nothing in particular, they parted.

Ex: His article, 'The skeleton in the our closet: public libraries art collections suffer appalling losses,' examines the problem of theft and mutilation of art materials in public libraries.

Ex: Bulrush prefers full or partial sun, wet conditions, and soil that is mucky or sandy.

Ex: Neck buffs and balaclava's get the most icky, because you're usually breathing against them, and they tend to get a bit moist.

Ex: I saw Gina's post the other day where she said she feels 'fat and frumpish and yucky'.

Ex: Today I got followed home by a creepy man with a high-pitched voice.

Ex: The main character, Tom Johnson, realizes that no girls go out with creeps like him so he quickly changes and buys a guitar and learns how to play one.

Ex: The board clearly didn't care if its commissioner was a lowdown, lying, corrupt and untrustworthy creep, likely because that is the nature of the entire organization.

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asqueroso¹ -sa

adjective

A

1 ‹libro/película› digusting, filthy

2 ‹olor/comida/costumbre› disgusting, revolting, horrible

el baño estaba asqueroso de sucio the bath was absolutely filthy

¡mira qué asquerosas tienes las manos! look at the state of your hands! ( colloq), look how filthy your hands are!

B ( fam) (malo, egoísta) mean ( colloq), horrible ( BrE colloq)

préstamelo, no seas asqueroso let me borrow it, don't be so mean o horrible

asqueroso² -sa

masculine, feminine

A

(sucio): es un asqueroso he's disgusting, he's a filthy pig ( colloq)

B ( fam) (malo, egoísta) meany ( colloq)

es un asqueroso, no me quiere prestar la bici he's so mean, o he's such a meany, he won't lend me his bike

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asqueroso
◊ -sa adjetivo

1
a) ‹libro/película› digusting, filthy

b) ‹olor/comida/costumbre› disgusting, revolting

c) ( sucio) filthy

2 ( lascivo):
◊ ¡viejo asqueroso! you dirty old man!

asqueroso,-a
I adj (sucio) filthy
(repulsivo) revolting, disgusting
II sustantivo masculino y femenino disgusting o filthy o revolting person
' asqueroso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
asquerosa
- pequeña
- pequeño
- asquiento
English:
creepy
- disgusting
- filthy
- foul
- gross
- icky
- nasty
- revolting
- scummy
- sickening
- squalid
- vile
- yukky
- creep
- lousy
- sickly

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asqueroso, -a

♦ adj

1. [que da asco] disgusting, revolting;

una película asquerosa a revolting film;

tu cuarto está asqueroso your room is filthy;

es un cerdo asqueroso he's a disgusting pig

2. [malo] mean;

no seas asqueroso y devuélvele el juguete don't be so mean and give her the toy back

♦ nm,f

1. [que da asco] disgusting o revolting person;

es un asqueroso he's disgusting o revolting

2. [mala persona] mean person;

es un asqueroso, no me quiso prestar dinero he's so mean, he wouldn't lend me any money

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asqueroso

I adj

1 ( sucio) filthy

2 ( repugnante) revolting, disgusting

II m, asquerosa f creep

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asqueroso, -sa adj

: disgusting, sickening, repulsive

♦ asquerosamente adv

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asqueroso adj

1. (repugnante) disgusting

¡qué perro más asqueroso! what a disgusting dog!

2. (sucio) filthy [comp. filthier; superl. filthiest]

la cocina estaba asquerosa the kitchen was filthy

Spanish-English dictionary > asqueroso
18 atribuciones

f.pl.

terms of reference.

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(n.) = terms of reference

Ex. At the IFLA General Council the two Sections drew up the terms of reference and proposed as members some ten representatives of national libraries.

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(n.) = terms of reference

Ex: At the IFLA General Council the two Sections drew up the terms of reference and proposed as members some ten representatives of national libraries.

Spanish-English dictionary > atribuciones
19 bastante

adj.

1 enough (suficiente).

no tengo dinero bastante I haven't got enough money

2 a lot of, sufficient, enough, plenty of.

adv.

1 quite, pretty (considerablemente).

es bastante fácil it's pretty o quite easy

bastante mejor quite a lot better

me gustó bastante I enjoyed it quite a lot

2 a lot, very much, a great deal.

pron.

enough, a good deal, a lot, a sufficient quantity.

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bastante

► adjetivo

1 enough, sufficient

■ ¿tienes bastante dinero? have you got enough money?

2 (abundante) quite a lot of

■ había bastante gente there were quite a lot of people

► adverbio

1 enough

■ son lo bastante ricos como para poder permitírselo they're rich enough to be able to afford it

2 (un poco) fairly, quite

■ es bastante alto it's fairly high

■ nada bastante bien she swims quite well

■ está bastante lejos it's quite a long way

3 (tiempo) some time, quite a while

■ hace bastante que no lo veo I haven't seen him for some time

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1. adv.
1) enough, sufficiently

2) quite, rather
2. pron.
enough
3. adj.
1) enough, sufficient

2) quite a lot of

3) quite a few

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1. ADJ

1) (=suficiente) enough ( para for)

hay bastante sitio para todos — there is enough room for everyone

¿no tienes ya bastantes? — haven't you got enough?

no había bastante público — there wasn't a big enough audience

2) (=mucho) quite a lot of, a fair amount of

han dejado bastante comida — they've left quite a lot of o a fair amount of food

hace bastante frío — it's quite cold

se marchó hace bastante rato — he left quite some time ago

la calidad deja bastante que desear — the quality leaves much to be desired

3) (=muchos) quite a lot of, quite a few

había bastantes invitados en la recepción — there were quite a lot of o quite a few guests at the reception

-¿tienes muchos cuadros? -bastantes — "do you have many paintings?" - "quite a few"

4) Méx (=demasiado) too much

2. ADV

1) (=suficiente) enough

ya has comido bastante — you've eaten enough

no tenemos bastante para ir de vacaciones — we haven't enough to go on holiday

ya tienen bastante como para que vayamos también nosotros con nuestros problemas — they've got enough on their plate already without us taking our problems along

es lo bastante alto como para alcanzarlo — he's tall enough to reach it

2) (=de forma considerable) [con verbos] quite a lot; [con adjetivos, adverbios] quite

los niños han cambiado bastante — the children have changed a fair amount o quite a lot

lo he visto bastante últimamente — I've seen a fair amount of him o quite a lot of him recently

me gusta bastante — I quite like it, I like it quite a lot

el libro está bastante bien — it's a fairly good book, it's quite a good book

estoy bastante cansado — I'm rather o quite tired

habla inglés bastante bien — she speaks quite good English, her English is quite good

vivo bastante lejos — I live quite a long way away

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I
adjetivo

1) ( suficiente) enough

bastantes vasos/bastante vino — enough glasses/wine

2) ( cantidad o número considerable) plenty of, quite a lot of

había bastante gente — there were plenty of people
II
pronombre

1) ( suficiente) enough

ya tenemos bastantes — we already have enough

ya he visto bastante — I've seen enough

2) ( demasiado)

deja bastante que desear — it leaves rather a lot to be desired
III
adverbio

1) ( suficientemente) enough

no te has esforzado bastante — you haven't tried hard enough

2) ( considerablemente) (con verbos) quite a lot; (con adjetivos, adverbios) quite

le gusta bastante — she likes him quite a lot

me pareció bastante aburrido/agradable — I thought he was rather boring/quite pleasant

llegó bastante cansado — he was quite tired when he arrived

es bastante fácil de curar — it's quite o fairly easy to cure

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= a good deal of, a great deal of, enough, plenty of, pretty much, substantive, plenty, a good many, numerable, fair share.

Ex. There is a good deal of scope for users and novice cataloguers to find difficulty in identifying the appropriate heading for many of the works which are the responsibility of corporate bodies.

Ex. As earlier sections amply demonstrate, there is a great deal of choice with regards to data bases.

Ex. Also, the supplier with a number of clients has enough maintenance income to justify the establishment of a sound maintenance service.

Ex. There are plenty of omission failures of this sort, and they litter most of the Hennepin County Library Cataloging Bulletins.

Ex. Of course, suspicion always arises that both are weak; for where the library is a vital force, the public is usually pretty much alive to its worth.

Ex. In Zimbabwe out of the seven universities with substantive librarians in the country, six of them were headed by women.

Ex. One of the great glories of books is that there are plenty to suit everybody, no matter what our taste, our mood, our intellectual ability, age or living experience.

Ex. A good many heavily gilt retailers' bindings (such as the small English devotional books that were sold in large numbers from the 1560s until the later seventeenth century) were indeed intended to look expensive while really being cheaply executed.

Ex. During the past decade both groups have developed numerable measures to assess creative potential.

Ex. Some librarians complain that they are not getting a fair share of these funds.

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* ayudar bastante a = go + a long way (towards/to/in) + Gerundio.

* bastante + Adjetivo = fairly + Adjetivo, pretty + Adjetivo, rather + Adjetivo, reasonably + Adjetivo.

* bastante bien = good enough, rather well, fairly + Verbo.

* bastante desarrollado = well-developed.

* bastante extenso = longish.

* bastante general = wide-ranging [wide ranging].

* bastante grande = largish.

* bastante largo = longish.

* bastante lejos de = well away from.

* bastante malo = third rate [third-rate].

* bastante más = rather more.

* bastante para todos = enough to go round.

* bastante tiempo = ample time.

* con bastante antelación = well in advance, far in advance.

* con bastante frecuencia = quite frequently, fairly often.

* dar bastante importancia a = place + great store on.

* dejar bastante que desear = leave + a lot to be desired, leave + much to be desired.

* estar bastante acostumbrado a = be all too familiar with.

* estar bastante alejado = be a distance apart.

* ganar bastante dinero = make + good money, earn + good money.

* lo bastante elevado = high enough.

* lo bastante extenso = adequately scoped.

* no lo bastante lejos = not far enough.

* Participio Pasado + bastante bueno = decently + Participio Pasado.

* que necesita bastante dedicación de personal = staff-intensive [staff intensive].

* que necesita bastante mano de obra = labour-intensive [labour intensive].

* remontarse bastante en el tiempo = go back + a long way.

* ya es bastante = enough is enough.

* ya hace bastante tiempo = for quite a while now.

* ya hemos hablado bastante de = so much for.

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I
adjetivo

1) ( suficiente) enough

bastantes vasos/bastante vino — enough glasses/wine

2) ( cantidad o número considerable) plenty of, quite a lot of

había bastante gente — there were plenty of people
II
pronombre

1) ( suficiente) enough

ya tenemos bastantes — we already have enough

ya he visto bastante — I've seen enough

2) ( demasiado)

deja bastante que desear — it leaves rather a lot to be desired
III
adverbio

1) ( suficientemente) enough

no te has esforzado bastante — you haven't tried hard enough

2) ( considerablemente) (con verbos) quite a lot; (con adjetivos, adverbios) quite

le gusta bastante — she likes him quite a lot

me pareció bastante aburrido/agradable — I thought he was rather boring/quite pleasant

llegó bastante cansado — he was quite tired when he arrived

es bastante fácil de curar — it's quite o fairly easy to cure

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= a good deal of, a great deal of, enough, plenty of, pretty much, substantive, plenty, a good many, numerable, fair share.

Ex: There is a good deal of scope for users and novice cataloguers to find difficulty in identifying the appropriate heading for many of the works which are the responsibility of corporate bodies.

Ex: As earlier sections amply demonstrate, there is a great deal of choice with regards to data bases.

Ex: Also, the supplier with a number of clients has enough maintenance income to justify the establishment of a sound maintenance service.

Ex: There are plenty of omission failures of this sort, and they litter most of the Hennepin County Library Cataloging Bulletins.

Ex: Of course, suspicion always arises that both are weak; for where the library is a vital force, the public is usually pretty much alive to its worth.

Ex: In Zimbabwe out of the seven universities with substantive librarians in the country, six of them were headed by women.

Ex: One of the great glories of books is that there are plenty to suit everybody, no matter what our taste, our mood, our intellectual ability, age or living experience.

Ex: A good many heavily gilt retailers' bindings (such as the small English devotional books that were sold in large numbers from the 1560s until the later seventeenth century) were indeed intended to look expensive while really being cheaply executed.

Ex: During the past decade both groups have developed numerable measures to assess creative potential.

Ex: Some librarians complain that they are not getting a fair share of these funds.

* ayudar bastante a = go + a long way (towards/to/in) + Gerundio.

* bastante + Adjetivo = fairly + Adjetivo, pretty + Adjetivo, rather + Adjetivo, reasonably + Adjetivo.

* bastante bien = good enough, rather well, fairly + Verbo.

* bastante desarrollado = well-developed.

* bastante extenso = longish.

* bastante general = wide-ranging [wide ranging].

* bastante grande = largish.

* bastante largo = longish.

* bastante lejos de = well away from.

* bastante malo = third rate [third-rate].

* bastante más = rather more.

* bastante para todos = enough to go round.

* bastante tiempo = ample time.

* con bastante antelación = well in advance, far in advance.

* con bastante frecuencia = quite frequently, fairly often.

* dar bastante importancia a = place + great store on.

* dejar bastante que desear = leave + a lot to be desired, leave + much to be desired.

* estar bastante acostumbrado a = be all too familiar with.

* estar bastante alejado = be a distance apart.

* ganar bastante dinero = make + good money, earn + good money.

* lo bastante elevado = high enough.

* lo bastante extenso = adequately scoped.

* no lo bastante lejos = not far enough.

* Participio Pasado + bastante bueno = decently + Participio Pasado.

* que necesita bastante dedicación de personal = staff-intensive [staff intensive].

* que necesita bastante mano de obra = labour-intensive [labour intensive].

* remontarse bastante en el tiempo = go back + a long way.

* ya es bastante = enough is enough.

* ya hace bastante tiempo = for quite a while now.

* ya hemos hablado bastante de = so much for.

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bastante¹ [ Grammar notes (Spanish) ]

adjective

A (suficiente) enough

¿tenemos bastantes vasos/bastante vino? do we have enough glasses/wine?

B (una cantidad o un número considerable) plenty of

compra bastantes aceitunas buy plenty of olives

necesita bastante sal it needs plenty of o quite a lot of salt

nos dio bastantes ejemplos he gave us plenty of o quite a lot of o quite a few examples

bastante²

pronoun

A (en cantidad o número suficiente) enough

vámonos, ya he visto bastante let's go, I've seen enough

ya tenemos bastantes we already have enough

B

(en cantidad o número considerable): la traducción deja bastante que desear the translation leaves rather a lot to be desired

bastante³ [ Grammar notes (Spanish) ]

adverb

A (suficientemente) enough

no te has esforzado bastante you haven't tried hard enough

el río no es lo bastante profundo the river isn't deep enough

es lo bastante fácil como para que lo pueda hacer sola it's easy enough for her to do on her own

B (considerablemente) ( con verbos) quite a lot; (con adjetivos, adverbios) quite

me ayudó bastante he gave me quite a lot of help, he helped me quite a lot

me pareció bastante aburrido/agradable I thought he was rather boring/quite pleasant

llegó bastante cansado he was pretty o quite tired when he arrived

lo que tiene es bastante fácil de curar what she has is quite o fairly easy to cure

habla español bastante bien she speaks Spanish quite o pretty well

los resultados fueron bastante decepcionantes the results were rather disappointing

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bastante adjetivo
a) ( suficiente) enough;

◊ bastantes vasos/bastante vino enough glasses/wine

b) ( cantidad considerable) plenty of, quite a lot of;

◊ había bastante gente/bastantes coches there were plenty of people/cars

■ pronombre
1 ( suficiente) enough;
◊ ya tenemos bastantes we already have enough

2 ( demasiado):
◊ deja bastante que desear it leaves rather a lot to be desired

■ adverbio
1 ( suficientemente) enough;
◊ no te has esforzado bastante you haven't tried hard enough

2 ( considerablemente) ( con verbos) quite a lot;
(con adjetivos, adverbios) quite;
◊ le gusta bastante she likes him quite a lot;

me pareció bastante agradable/aburrido I thought he was quite pleasant/rather boring
bastante
I adjetivo
1 (suficiente) enough: ¿tenéis bastantes mantas?, do you have enough blankets?
bastante dinero/azúcar, enough money/sugar
2 (en abundancia) quite a lot of: tiene bastante valor, he's quite brave
bastantes personas, quite a lot of people
II adverbio
1 (suficiente) enough: nunca tiene bastante, it's never enough for her
es lo bastante inteligente como para..., he's clever enough to...
2 (muy, mucho) fairly, quite: conduces bastante bien, you drive rather well
es una película bastante buena, it's quite a good film
viaja bastante, she travels quite often ➣ Ver nota en quite
1) Cuando quieres decir suficiente, debes usar la palabra enough, que se coloca detrás de un adjetivo o adverbio, pero delante de un sustantivo: Tengo bastante dinero. I have enough money. No es bastante grande. It's not big enough.
Recuerda que nunca puedes usar enough cuando bastante significa muy: Este libro es bastante (muy) interesante. This book is very interesting. Hace bastante calor. It's very hot.
2) Cuando quieres decir abundante, puedes emplear la palabra quite, pero también:
fairly: bastante pero no suficiente
pretty: más o mejor de lo esperado (informal)
rather: más o mejor de lo esperado (formal)
En una escala de nada a muy, el orden sería: not-fairly-quite-rather/pretty-very.
Quite se coloca delante de a/an + sustantivo
pretty y fairly entre a/an y el sustantivo, y rather en ambas posiciones: It's quite/ rather a nice day today o it's a pretty/fairly/rather nice day today. Hoy es un día bastante agradable.
En la comparación sólo puedes emplear rather: It's rather warmer today. Hoy hace bastante más calor.
Con un verbo sólo podemos usar quite o rather: I rather/ quite liked it. Me gustó bastante.
' bastante' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abundante
- animosidad
- apolillada
- apolillado
- chillón
- chillona
- decente
- dentro
- descreída
- descreído
- desear
- destreza
- eufórica
- eufórico
- excitable
- informal
- lucir
- miedosa
- miedoso
- ordinaria
- ordinario
- parecerse
- pedestre
- pequeña
- pequeño
- potable
- rancia
- rancio
- reparación
- suficiente
- tonta
- tonto
- adelantado
- alto
- creer
- defender
- guisar
- hombre
- para
English:
accurately
- aspect
- by
- carefree
- close
- considerably
- deal
- decent
- draw on
- enough
- explode
- fairly
- have
- lengthy
- livable
- morale
- near
- OK
- okay
- pretty
- quite
- rather
- reasonable
- reasonably
- some
- sufficient
- sufficiently
- tolerably
- warm
- way
- bit
- considerable
- decently
- desire
- fair
- good
- nice
- nip
- ropey
- rough
- shape
- stock
- well
- while

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bastante

♦ adj

1. [suficiente] enough;

no tengo dinero bastante I haven't got enough money;

no es lo bastante ancha para que entre el piano it's not wide enough to get the piano through

2. [mucho]
tengo bastante frío I'm quite o pretty cold;

tienen bastante dinero they're quite o pretty well off;

bastantes libros quite a lot of books, a fair number of books;

tenemos bastante tiempo we have quite a lot of time

♦ adv

1. [suficientemente]
es lo bastante lista para… she's smart enough to…;

ya has hablado bastante, ahora cállate you've done enough talking, be quiet now

2. [considerablemente] [con adjetivos, adverbios] quite;
[con verbos] quite a lot;
es bastante fácil it's pretty o quite easy;

es una práctica bastante común it's quite a common practice, it's a pretty common practice;

bastante mejor quite a lot better;

me gustó bastante I enjoyed it quite a lot;

he cenado bastante I had a pretty big dinner;

desde que le operaron ha mejorado bastante he's quite a lot better o he's improved quite a lot since he had the operation

3. [con frecuencia] quite a lot;

voy bastante por ahí I go there quite a lot;

¿viajas mucho? – bastante do you do much travelling? – yes, quite a lot o a fair bit

♦ pron

éramos bastantes there were quite a few o a lot of us;

hay bastantes que piensan así there are quite a few people who share the same opinion;

queda bastante there's quite a lot left

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bastante

I adj

1 enough

2 número o

cantidad considerable plenty of;

quedan bastantes plazas there are plenty of seats left

II adv con adjetivos quite, fairly;

bebe bastante she drinks quite a lot

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bastante adv

1) : enough, sufficiently

he trabajado bastante: I have worked enough

2) : fairly, rather, quite

llegaron bastante temprano: they arrived quite early

bastante adj

: enough, sufficient

bastante pron

: enough

hemos visto bastante: we have seen enough

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bastante¹ adj

1. (suficiente) enough

¿habrá bastante comida para todos? will there be enough food for everyone?

¿tenemos bastantes sillas? have we got enough chairs?

2. (no poco) quite a lot of

tiene bastantes problemas he's got quite a lot of problems

bastante² adv

1. (no poco) quite

en diciembre hace bastante frío it's quite cold in December

está bastante lejos it's quite a long way

2. (suficiente) enough

ya he esperado bastante I've waited long enough

bastante³ pron

1. (suficente) enough

no eches más agua a la planta, ya tiene bastante don't water the plant any more, that's enough

2. (mucho) quite a lot

no quiero cenar porque al mediodía comí bastante I don't want any dinner because I ate quite a lot at lunchtime

Spanish-English dictionary > bastante
20 basto

adj.

1 coarse, unpolished, rough.

2 rough, unpolished.

m.

1 packsaddle, clubs.

2 saddlecloth, saddle cloth.

3 club card, club.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: bastar.

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basto

► adjetivo

1 (grosero) coarse, rough

2 (sin pulimentar) rough, unpolished

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basto

► nombre masculino

1 ≈ club

► nombre masculino plural bastos

1 ≈ clubs

■ el as de bastos ≈ the ace of clubs

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FRASEOLOGÍA

pintan bastos things are getting tough

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(f. - basta)

adj.

coarse

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1. ADJ

1) [superficie, piel] coarse

2) [persona, comportamiento] rude, vulgar

2. SM

1) (Naipes) ace of clubs
pl bastos clubs ( one of the suits in the Spanish card deck)
- pintan bastos

See:

ver nota culturelle BARAJA ESPAÑOLA in baraja

2) (=albarda) packsaddle

3) LAm
pl bastos soft leather pad ( used under the saddle)
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I
- ta adjetivo coarse
II
masculino

a) bastos masculino plural ( palo) one of the suits in a Spanish pack of cards

b) ( carta) any card of the bastos suit

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= coarse [coarser -comp.; coarsest -sup.], rugged, rough [rougher -comp., roughest -sup.], uncouth, coarsened, gross [grosser -comp., grossest -sup.], rough and rugged, unpolished.

Ex. The sections of a book were stapled to a coarse cloth backing, but unfortunately the staples soon rusted and became brittle.

Ex. This article describes a prototype kiosk which, despite being rugged, would be better suited to location within a public building = Este artículo describe un prototipo de kiosco que, a pesar de su apariencia tosca, sería más adecuado para ubicarlo dentro de un edificio público.

Ex. In addition they are able to sustain the library services in this rough terrain.

Ex. All the writers chosen characterized eastern Europe throughout the 18th century as uncouth and backward.

Ex. Van Dijck's widely-used italics of the mid seventeenth century were slightly coarsened versions of Granjon's types.

Ex. Janell has always had a soft spot in her heart for animals most people might find gross.

Ex. The western shoreline of Lake Superior has rough and rugged beauty.

Ex. It seems too rush, too unpolished to be a final product.

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* basta de = so much for.

* hacer basto = coarsen.

* sin dar basto = left, right and centre.

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I
- ta adjetivo coarse
II
masculino

a) bastos masculino plural ( palo) one of the suits in a Spanish pack of cards

b) ( carta) any card of the bastos suit

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= coarse [coarser -comp.; coarsest -sup.], rugged, rough [rougher -comp., roughest -sup.], uncouth, coarsened, gross [grosser -comp., grossest -sup.], rough and rugged, unpolished.

Ex: The sections of a book were stapled to a coarse cloth backing, but unfortunately the staples soon rusted and became brittle.

Ex: This article describes a prototype kiosk which, despite being rugged, would be better suited to location within a public building = Este artículo describe un prototipo de kiosco que, a pesar de su apariencia tosca, sería más adecuado para ubicarlo dentro de un edificio público.

Ex: In addition they are able to sustain the library services in this rough terrain.

Ex: All the writers chosen characterized eastern Europe throughout the 18th century as uncouth and backward.

Ex: Van Dijck's widely-used italics of the mid seventeenth century were slightly coarsened versions of Granjon's types.

Ex: Janell has always had a soft spot in her heart for animals most people might find gross.

Ex: The western shoreline of Lake Superior has rough and rugged beauty.

Ex: It seems too rush, too unpolished to be a final product.

* basta de = so much for.

* hacer basto = coarsen.

* sin dar basto = left, right and centre.

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basto¹ -ta

adjective

1 ‹papel› coarse; ‹tela› rough, coarse

una casucha de construcción basta a crudely-built o roughly-built shack

2 ‹persona/modales/lenguaje› coarse

contaba chistes bastos he used to tell crude o coarse jokes

basto²

masculine

A bastos mpl

1 (palo) one of the suits in a Spanish pack of cards

2 (carta) any card of the bastos suit

B (Chi, Méx) ( Equ) saddlecloth

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Del verbo bastar: ( conjugate bastar)

basto es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

bastó es:

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

Multiple Entries:
bastar
basto
bastar ( conjugate bastar) verbo intransitivo
to be enough;
◊ ¿basta con esto? will this be enough?;

basta con marcar el 101 just dial 101;
¡basta ya! that's enough!;

(+ me/te/le etc)
◊ me basta con tu palabra your word is good enough for me

basto -ta adjetivo
coarse
bastar verbo intransitivo to be enough, suffice: basta con darle a este botón para que se encienda you only have to press this button and it comes on
basta con dos, two will be enough
¡basta de televisión por hoy!, that's enough TV for today!
¡he dicho basta!, enough is enough! o that will do!
no basta con pedir perdón, saying sorry is just not enough
basto,-a adjetivo
1 (rugoso) rough, coarse
2 (grosero, vulgar) coarse, uncouth

' basto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
basta
- bastarse
- ordinaria
- ordinario
- matrero
- rústico
English:
coarse
- rough

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basto, -a

♦ adj

1. [grosero, vulgar] coarse

2. [tejido] rough, coarse

3. [madera] unfinished, unpolished

♦ nm

1. [naipe] = any card in the “bastos” suit

2.
bastos [palo] = suit in Spanish deck of cards, with the symbol of a wooden club

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basto

I adj rough, coarse

II mpl

:

bastos (en naipes) suit in Spanish deck of cards ;

pintar bastos de situación get rough

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basto, -ta adj

: coarse, rough

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basto adj

1. (persona, lenguaje) vulgar / coarse

no seas tan basto don't be so vulgar

2. (tejido) rough

la tela es muy basta the material is very rough

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