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1 punto

m.

1 spot, dot (marca).

recorte por la línea de puntos cut along the dotted line

2 full stop (British), period (United States).

dos puntos (sobre i, j, en dirección de correo electrónico) colon

poner los puntos sobre las íes (figurative) to dot the i's and cross the t's

y punto (informal) and that's that

punto y aparte full stop o (British) period, new paragraph (United States)

punto y coma semicolon

punto final full stop (British), period (United States)

poner punto final a algo (figurative) to bring something to a close

punto y seguido full stop (British), period (United States)

puntos suspensivos (no new paragraph) dots, suspension points

3 point.

ganar/perder por seis puntos to win/lose by six points

4 point (asunto).

punto débil/fuerte weak/strong point

puntos a tratar matters to be discussed

punto de vista point of view, viewpoint

5 spot, place (place).

este es el punto exacto donde ocurrió todo this is the exact spot where it all happened

punto de apoyo fulcrum; (en palanca) backup, support (figurative)

punto cardinal point of the compass, cardinal point (specialist term)

punto de contacto point of contact

punto de encuentro meeting point

punto negro blackhead; (grano) accident blackspot (en carretera)

punto de venta (commerce) point of sale; retail outlet (tienda)

6 point, moment (momento).

llegar a un punto en que… to reach the stage where…

estando las cosas en este punto things being as they are

punto culminante high point

punto de ebullición/fusión boiling/melting point

punto de inflexión turning point

punto de partida starting point

7 stitch (puntada).

punto de cruz cross-stitch

8 knitting.

hacer punto to knit

un jersey de punto a knitted jumper

punto de ganchillo crochet

9 period, full stop.

10 guy.

11 pixel.

12 punctus, punctum.

pres.indicat.

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

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punto

► nombre masculino

1 (gen) point

2 (marca) dot

3 (tanto) point

■ nos llevan cinco puntos de ventaja they're five points ahead of us

4 (detrás de abreviatura) dot; (al final de la oración) full stop, US period

5 (lugar) spot

■ ¿en qué punto de la carretera se encuentran? exactly where on the road are they?

6 (tema) point

7 (tejido) knitwear

■ me he comprado una falda de punto I bought a knitted skirt

8 (en costura, sutura) stitch

■ me caí y me dieron tres puntos en la barbilla I fell and needed three stitches on my chin

9 (de libro) bookmark

10 (en la media) ladder, US run

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FRASEOLOGÍA

a punto de caramelo (en repostería) caramelized 2 (en su punto) just right, perfect

■ pídele el aumento ahora que está a punto de caramelo ask him for a rise now that he's in the mood

a punto de nieve stiff

■ tienes que batir las claras a punto de nieve you have to beat the egg whites stiff

al punto (rápidamente) immediately

coger un punto familiar to get tipsy, get merry

con puntos y comas in detail

dar en el punto to hit the nail on the head

de todo punto absolutely

en punto sharp, on the dot

■ son las tres en punto it's exactly three o'clock

estar a punto to be ready

estar a punto de to be about to, be on the point of

■ ese jarrón está a punto de caerse that vase is about to fall

■ estuvimos a punto de matarnos we nearly got killed

estar en su punto (comida) to be cooked to perfection

■ la pasta está en su punto the pasta is just right

■ este pastel te ha quedado en su punto this cake has turned out perfect

ganar puntos to win points

ganar por puntos to win on points

hacer punto to knit

hasta cierto punto up to a certain point

hasta tal punto que... to such an extent that...

llegar a punto to arrive on time

perder puntos (gen) to lose points 2 (alumno) to lose marks

■ perdió puntos porque su letra era mala he lost marks because of his bad handwriting

poner los puntos sobre las íes to dot one's i's and cross one's t's

poner punto final a algo to put an end to something

¡punto en boca! mum's the word!

punto por punto in detail

dos puntos colon

punto cadena chain stitch

punto cardinal cardinal point

punto culminante climax

punto de apoyo (en palanca) fulcrum 2 (base) cornerstone

punto de arranque beginning

punto de break break point

punto de congelación freezing point

punto de contacto point of contact

punto de cruz cross-stitch

punto de ebullición boiling point

punto de encuentro meeting point

punto de fusión melting point

punto de libro bookmark

punto de media stocking stitch

punto de mira (objetivo) target 2 (en rifle) sight, front sight 3 (punto de vista) viewpoint

punto de partida starting point

punto de partido match point

punto de referencia point of reference

punto de ruptura break point

punto de servicio service point

punto de set set point

punto de sutura stitch

punto de venta sales outlet

punto de vista point of view

punto débil weak point

punto decimal decimal point

punto del revés purl stitch

punto final (en dictado) full stop, US period

punto flaco weak point

punto fuerte strong point

punto muerto (en un coche) neutral 2 (en una negociación) standstill, stalemate, deadlock

■ deja el coche en punto muerto leave the car in neutral

■ las negociaciones ha entrado en punto muerto the negotiations have reached a stalemate

punto negro (en la piel) blackhead 2 (en la carretera) black spot

punto neurálgico nerve centre

punto y aparte (en ortografía) full stop, new paragraph, US period, new paragraph

punto y coma semicolon

punto y seguido full stop, new sentence, US period, new sentence

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noun m.

1) point

2) dot

3) period

4) stitch

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- dos puntos
- punto final
- punto y coma
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SM

1) (=topo) [en un diseño] dot, spot; [en plumaje] spot, speckle; [en carta, dominó] spot, pip

aparecen en la piel unos puntos rojos — red spots appear on the skin

línea de puntos — dotted line

punto de luz — light

punto negro — (=espinilla) blackhead

2) (=signo) [en la i] dot; [de puntuación] full stop, period (EEUU)

• dos puntos — colon

- con puntos y comas

les contó con puntos y comas lo que había pasado — she told them what had happened down to the last detail

- poner los puntos sobre las íes

le puso los puntos sobre las íes — she corrected him, she drew attention to his inaccuracies

- sin faltar punto ni coma

y punto —

¡lo digo yo y punto! — I'm telling you so and that's that!

punto acápite — LAm [en dictado] full stop, new paragraph, period, new paragraph (EEUU)

punto final — full stop, period (EEUU); (fig) end

poner punto final a la discusión — to put an end to the argument, draw a line under the argument

puntos suspensivos — [gen] suspension points; [en dictado] dot, dot, dot

punto y aparte — [en dictado] full stop, new paragraph, period, new paragraph (EEUU)

esto marca un punto y aparte en la historia del teatro — this marks a break with tradition o the past in the theatre

este es un vino punto y aparte — this is an uncommonly good o exceptional wine

punto y coma — semicolon

punto y seguido — [en dictado] full stop (no new paragraph), period (no new paragraph) (EEUU)

3) (Dep) point

con ocho puntos a favor y tres en contra — with eight points for and three against

los dos están empatados a puntos — the two of them are level on points

ganar o vencer por puntos — to win on points

perdieron por tres puntos — they lost by three points

completó la ronda con cero puntos — she had a clear round

- perder muchos puntos

¡qué punto te has marcado con lo que has dicho! — * what you said was spot-on *

4) (=tema) [gen] point; [en programa de actividades] item

no quiero extenderme sobre ese punto — I don't wish to elaborate on that point

los puntos en el orden del día son... — the items on the agenda are...

contestar punto por punto — to answer point by point

punto capital — crucial point

puntos a tratar — matters to be discussed

puntos de consulta — terms of reference

5) (=labor) knitting; (=tejido) knitted fabric, knit

prendas de punto — knitwear sing

falda de punto — knitted skirt

chaqueta de punto — cardigan

• hacer punto — to knit

punto del derecho — plain knitting

punto del revés — purl

punto de media — plain knitting

6) (Cos, Med) (=puntada) stitch; [de media] loose stitch

me tuvieron que dar cinco puntos — I had to have five stitches

me van a quitar los puntos — I am having my stitches out

- ¡punto en boca!

punto de costado — (=dolor) stitch

tengo un punto de costado — I've got a stitch, I've got a pain in my side

punto de cruz — cross stitch

punto de sutura — stitch

7) (=lugar) [gen] spot, place; (Geog, Mat) point; [de proceso] point, stage; [en el tiempo] point, moment

al llegar a este punto — at this point o stage

punto cardinal — cardinal point

los cuatro puntos cardinales — the four points of the compass

punto ciego — (Anat) blind spot

punto clave — key point

el punto clave de su razonamiento — the key point of her argument

punto crítico — critical point

punto culminante — high point

llegar a su punto culminante — to reach its climax

punto de asistencia — (Aut) checkpoint

punto débil — weak point o spot

punto de calor — heat source

punto de congelación — freezing point

punto de contacto — point of contact

punto de control — checkpoint

punto de ebullición — boiling-point

punto de encuentro — meeting point

punto de equilibrio — (Com) break-even point

punto de fuga — vanishing point

punto de fusión — melting-point

punto de inflamación — flashpoint

punto de información — information centre

punto de mira — [de rifle] sight; (=objetivo) aim, objective; (=punto de vista) point of view

estar en el punto de mira de algn —

su comportamiento está en el punto de mira de la prensa — his behaviour has come under scrutiny in the press

el fraude fiscal está en el punto de mira de Hacienda — the Treasury has targeted tax evasion

Tokio está en el punto de mira de sus misiles — their missiles are pointing towards Tokyo

punto de inflexión — turning point

punto de no retorno — point of no return

punto de partida — starting point

punto de penalti — penalty spot

punto de referencia — point of reference

punto de taxis — taxi stand, cab rank

punto de venta — point of sale

terminales punto de venta — point of sale terminals

está presente en 3.000 puntos de venta — it's available at 3,000 outlets

punto de vista — point of view, viewpoint

él lo mira desde otro punto de vista — he sees it differently, he looks at it from another point of view

punto flaco — weak point, weak spot

punto muerto — (Mec) dead centre; (Aut) neutral (gear); (=estancamiento) deadlock, stalemate

las negociaciones están en un punto muerto — the negotiations are deadlocked, the talks have reached a stalemate

punto negro — (Aut) (accident) black spot; (fig) blemish

punto neurálgico — (Anat) nerve centre o (EEUU) center; (fig) key point

punto neutro — (Mec) dead centre; (Aut) neutral (gear)

8) [otras locuciones]

• a punto — ready

está a punto — it's ready

con sus cámaras a punto para disparar — with their cameras at the ready

llegar a punto — to come just at the right moment

poner un motor a punto — to tune an engine

• al punto — at once, immediately

estar al punto — LAm * to be high **

• bajar de punto — to decline, fall off, fall away

• a punto de, a punto de caramelo — caramelized

poner el azúcar a punto de caramelo — to caramelize the sugar

batir las claras a punto de nieve — beat the egg whites until stiff o until they form stiff peaks

estar a punto de hacer algo — to be on the point of doing sth, be about to do sth

estábamos a punto de salir cuando llamaste — we were about to go out when you phoned

estuve a punto de llamarte — I almost called you

estaba a punto de llorar — he was on the verge of tears

estuve a punto de perder el tren — I very nearly missed the train

• en punto, a las siete en punto — at seven o'clock sharp o on the dot

llegó en punto — he arrived right on time

• en su punto — [carne] done to a turn; [fruta] just ripe

el arroz está en su punto — the rice is just right

pongamos las cosas en su punto — let's be absolutely clear about this

• hasta cierto punto — up to a point, to some extent

hasta tal punto que... — to such an extent that...

la tensión había llegado hasta tal punto que... — the tension had reached such a pitch that...

• subir de punto — (=aumentar) to grow, increase; (=empeorar) to get worse

- coger o ligar o pillar un buen punto

- cogerle o pillarle el punto a algn

darle el punto a algn ** —

si me da el punto, voy — if I feel like it, I'll go

si le da el punto es capaz de cualquier cosa — if he gets it into his head he can do anything

- saber algo a punto fijo

- de todo punto

9) Esp * (=hombre) guy *; pey rogue

¡vaya un punto!, ¡está hecho un punto filipino! — he's a right rogue! *

10) (=agujero) hole

darse dos puntos en el cinturón — to let one's belt out a couple of holes

11) (Inform) pixel

punto de parada — break-point

punto de referencia — benchmark

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masculino

1)

a) (señal, trazo) dot

un punto en el horizonte — a dot o speck on the horizon

b) (Ling) (sobre la `i', la `j') dot; ( signo de puntuación) period (AmE), full stop (BrE)

a punto fijo — exactly, for certain

... y punto: lo harás y punto you'll do it and that's that; poner los puntos sobre las íes — ( aclarar algo) to make something crystal clear; ( detallar algo) to dot the i's and cross the t's; dos I

- punto decimal

- punto final

- puntos suspensivos

- punto y aparte

- punto y coma

- punto y seguido

2)

a) (momento, lugar) point

en ese punto de la conversación — at that point in the conversation

busca un local en un punto céntrico — he's looking for premises somewhere central

el punto donde ocurrió el accidente — the spot o place where the accident happened

b) ( en geometría) point

- punto álgido

- punto cardinal

- punto culminante

- punto de apoyo

- punto débil

- punto de caramelo

- punto de congelación/ebullición/fusión

- punto de mira

- punto de nieve

- punto de partida

- punto de penalty or penalti

- punto de referencia

- punto de venta

- punto de vista

- punto fijo

- punto flaco/fuerte

- punto muerto

- punto neurálgico

3) ( grado) point, extent

hasta cierto punto tiene razón — she's right, up to a point

hasta tal punto que... — so much so that...

4) (asunto, aspecto) point

los puntos a tratar en la reunión — the matters o items on the agenda for the meeting

analizar algo punto por punto — to analyze something point by point

5) (en locs)

a punto — ( a tiempo) just in time

a punto DE + INF: estábamos a punto de cenar we were about to have dinner; estuvo a punto de caerse he almost fell over; a punto de llorar on the verge of tears; en su punto just right; al punto (Esp) at once; en punto: te espero a las 12 en punto I'll expect you at 12 o'clock sharp; son las tres en punto it's exactly three o'clock; llegaron en punto they arrived exactly on time; de todo punto — absolutely, totally

6)

a) (en costura, labores) stitch

se me ha escapado un punto — I've dropped a stitch

artículos de punto — knitwear

hacer punto — (Esp) to knit

punto en boca — (fam)

tú punto en boca — keep your mouth shut

b) ( en cirugía) tb

punto de sutura — stitch

- punto cruz

- punto del derecho

- punto del revés

- punto elástico

7) (Dep, Jueg) point; (Educ) point, mark; (Fin) point

vencer por puntos — to win on points

tiene dos punto de ventaja sobre Clark — he is two points ahead of Clark, he has a two point advantage over Clark

matarle el punto a alguien — (CS fam) to go one better than somebody

- punto para partido/set

8) (Per, RPl arg) ( tonto) idiot

agarrar or tomar a alguien de punto — (Per, RPl arg)

lo agarraron de punto — ( burlándose de él) they made him the butt of their jokes; ( aprovechándose de él) they took him for a ride

la profesora me ha agarrado de punto — the teacher has it in for me (colloq)

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masculino

1)

a) (señal, trazo) dot

un punto en el horizonte — a dot o speck on the horizon

b) (Ling) (sobre la `i', la `j') dot; ( signo de puntuación) period (AmE), full stop (BrE)

a punto fijo — exactly, for certain

... y punto: lo harás y punto you'll do it and that's that; poner los puntos sobre las íes — ( aclarar algo) to make something crystal clear; ( detallar algo) to dot the i's and cross the t's; dos I

- punto decimal

- punto final

- puntos suspensivos

- punto y aparte

- punto y coma

- punto y seguido

2)

a) (momento, lugar) point

en ese punto de la conversación — at that point in the conversation

busca un local en un punto céntrico — he's looking for premises somewhere central

el punto donde ocurrió el accidente — the spot o place where the accident happened

b) ( en geometría) point

- punto álgido

- punto cardinal

- punto culminante

- punto de apoyo

- punto débil

- punto de caramelo

- punto de congelación/ebullición/fusión

- punto de mira

- punto de nieve

- punto de partida

- punto de penalty or penalti

- punto de referencia

- punto de venta

- punto de vista

- punto fijo

- punto flaco/fuerte

- punto muerto

- punto neurálgico

3) ( grado) point, extent

hasta cierto punto tiene razón — she's right, up to a point

hasta tal punto que... — so much so that...

4) (asunto, aspecto) point

los puntos a tratar en la reunión — the matters o items on the agenda for the meeting

analizar algo punto por punto — to analyze something point by point

5) (en locs)

a punto — ( a tiempo) just in time

a punto DE + INF: estábamos a punto de cenar we were about to have dinner; estuvo a punto de caerse he almost fell over; a punto de llorar on the verge of tears; en su punto just right; al punto (Esp) at once; en punto: te espero a las 12 en punto I'll expect you at 12 o'clock sharp; son las tres en punto it's exactly three o'clock; llegaron en punto they arrived exactly on time; de todo punto — absolutely, totally

6)

a) (en costura, labores) stitch

se me ha escapado un punto — I've dropped a stitch

artículos de punto — knitwear

hacer punto — (Esp) to knit

punto en boca — (fam)

tú punto en boca — keep your mouth shut

b) ( en cirugía) tb

punto de sutura — stitch

- punto cruz

- punto del derecho

- punto del revés

- punto elástico

7) (Dep, Jueg) point; (Educ) point, mark; (Fin) point

vencer por puntos — to win on points

tiene dos punto de ventaja sobre Clark — he is two points ahead of Clark, he has a two point advantage over Clark

matarle el punto a alguien — (CS fam) to go one better than somebody

- punto para partido/set

8) (Per, RPl arg) ( tonto) idiot

agarrar or tomar a alguien de punto — (Per, RPl arg)

lo agarraron de punto — ( burlándose de él) they made him the butt of their jokes; ( aprovechándose de él) they took him for a ride

la profesora me ha agarrado de punto — the teacher has it in for me (colloq)

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punto¹

¹ = point, pointer.

Ex: Parts of the abstract are written in the informative style, whilst those points which are of less significance are treated indicatively.

Ex: Seven pointers follow which are useful for discriminating between documents to be abstracted and those not worth abstracting.

* aclarar un punto = clarify + point.

* adoptar un punto de vista = embrace + view.

* analizar desde un punto de vista crítico = cast + a critical eye over.

* argumento que presenta los dos puntos de vista = two-sided argument.

* argumento que presenta sólo un punto de vista = one-sided argument.

* comprender un punto de vista = take + point.

* desde cualquier punto de vista = by any standard(s).

* desde el punto de vista de la nutrición = in terms of, from the vantage of, as far as + Nombre + be + concerned, mitotically, nutritionally speaking, nutritionally.

* desde el punto de vista del trabajador = in the trenches.

* desde el punto de vista de la archivística = archivally.

* desde el punto de vista de la calidad = on quality grounds.

* desde el punto de vista de la competitividad = competitively.

* desde el punto de vista de la conservación = preservationally.

* desde el punto de vista de la funcionalidad = functionally.

* desde el punto de vista de la informática = computationally.

* desde el punto de vista de la logística = logistically.

* desde el punto de vista de la medicina = medically.

* desde el punto de vista de la música = musically.

* desde el punto de vista de la notación = notationally.

* desde el punto de vista de la química = chemically.

* desde el punto de vista de la realidad = factually.

* desde el punto de vista de las matemáticas = mathematically.

* desde el punto de vista de la tonalidad = tonally.

* desde el punto de vista del contexto = contextually.

* desde el punto de vista del estilo = stylistically.

* desde el punto de vista del funcionamiento = operationally.

* desde el punto de vista del + Nombre = as seen through the eyes of + Nombre.

* desde el punto de vista de los hechos = factually.

* desde el punto de vista del uso = in terms of use.

* desde el punto de vista de + Nombre = in + Nombre + eyes.

* desde el punto de vista judicial = judicially.

* desde el punto de vista lingüístico = linguistically.

* desde el punto de vista político = politically.

* desde el punto de vista profesional = career-wise [careerwise].

* desde este punto de vista = viewed in this light.

* desde mi punto de vista = in my opinion, in my view, in my books.

* desde + punto de vista = against + backdrop.

* desde todos los puntos de vista = in every sense.

* desde un punto de vista académico = academically.

* desde un punto de vista antropológico = anthropologically.

* desde un punto de vista clínico = medically, clinically.

* desde un punto de vista crítico = judgmentally [judgementally], with a critical eye, critically.

* desde un punto de vista cultural = culturally.

* desde un punto de vista económico = economically, monetarily.

* desde un punto de vista estético = aesthetically [esthetically, -USA].

* desde un punto de vista estrictamente técnico = technically speaking.

* desde un punto de vista étnico = ethnically.

* desde un punto de vista filosófico = philosophically.

* desde un punto de vista general = in a broad sense.

* desde un punto de vista histórico = historically.

* desde un punto de vista más amplio = in a broader sense.

* desde un punto de vista más general = in a broader sense.

* desde un punto de vista médico = medically.

* desde un punto de vista medioambiental = environmentally.

* desde un punto de vista morfológico = morphologically.

* desde un punto de vista operativo = operationally.

* desde un punto de vista racista = racially + Adjetivo.

* desde un punto de vista religioso = religiously.

* desde un punto de vista socioeconómico = socioeconomically.

* desde un punto de vista técnico = technically.

* fiel desde el punto de vista de la historia = historically accurate.

* manifestar un punto de vista = air + view.

* mencionar un punto = touch on + a point.

* mi punto de vista = in my view.

* neutral desde el punto de vista de la raza = race-neutral.

* no concebirse desde ningún punto de vista = be impossible under any hypothesis.

* probar un punto = prove + point.

* promover un punto de vista = promote + view.

* punto a favor = asset.

* punto conflictivo = hot spot.

* punto de la agenda = agenda item.

* punto del orden del día = agenda item.

* punto de una agenda = item of business.

* punto de vista = angle, point of view, side, stance, standpoint, view, viewpoint, outlook, eye, world view [worldview/world-view], bent of mind.

* punto principal = main point.

* puntos a favor y puntos en contra = pros and cons.

* puntos comunes = common ground.

* puntos principales = key issues.

* puntos secundarios = secondary points.

* que consta de tres puntos = three-point.

* sostener un punto de vista = assert + view, hold + point of view.

* tener en cuenta un punto de vista = contemplate + view.

* tener en cuenta un punto de vista = take into + account + viewpoint.

* tocar un punto = touch on + a point.

* ver Algo desde el punto de vista + Adjetivo = view + Nombre + through + Adjetivo + eyes.

punto²

² = bullet point.

Ex: Readers like bullet points because they are visually appealing and make it easy to quickly find pertinent information.

* alcanzar el punto crítico = come to + a head.

* alcanzar el punto culminante = climax.

* alcanzar el punto más álgido = peak, come into + full bloom.

* alcanzar + Posesivo + punto álgido = reach + Posesivo + peak.

* a punto de = on the verge of, a heartbeat away from.

* a punto de + Infinitivo = about to + Infinitivo.

* a punto de irse a pique = on the rocks.

* a punto de morir = on + Posesivo + deathbed.

* el punto más bajo = rock-bottom.

* encontrar el punto medio = strike + the right note.

* en qué punto = at what point.

* en su punto = ripe [riper -comp., ripest -sup.].

* en su punto más álgido = at its height.

* en su punto más bajo = at its lowest ebb.

* en un punto bajo = at a low ebb.

* estar a punto de = be poised to, be about to, be on the point of, stand + poised, come + very close to.

* estar a punto de cascarlas = be on + Posesivo + last legs.

* estar a punto de decir = be on the tip of + Posesivo + tongue to say.

* estar a punto de + Infinitivo = be about + Infinitivo.

* fichero de punto de acceso = access-point file.

* hasta cierto punto = up to a point, to some degree, to some extent.

* hasta el punto de = to the point of, up to the point of.

* hasta el punto que = up to the point where, to the point where.

* hasta qué punto = how far, the extent to which, to what extent.

* hasta tal punto + Adjetivo = such a + Nombre.

* hasta tal punto que = to a point where.

* hasta un punto limitado = to a limited extent.

* las cosas + volver + a su punto de partida = the wheel + turn + full circle.

* llegado este punto = at this juncture.

* llegado un punto = beyond a certain point, beyond a point.

* llegar al punto álgido = reach + a head.

* llegar al punto crítico = come to + a head.

* llegar al punto de = be at the point of.

* llegar al punto de + Infinitivo = go + (as/so) far as + Infinitivo.

* llegar a un punto crítico = reach + turning point.

* no tener ni punto de comparación = be in a different league.

* pasado un punto = beyond a certain point, beyond a point.

* poner a punto = overhaul, hone, fine tune [fine-tune], tune-up.

* primer punto de contacto = port of first call.

* primer punto de contacto, el = first port of call, the.

* puesta a punto = fine tuning [fine-tuning], tuning, tune-up.

* punto álgido = peak.

* punto a punto = point-to-point.

* punto central = focal point.

* punto ciego = blind spot.

* punto clave = key point, watershed, tipping point.

* punto crítico = turning point, Posesivo + road to Damascus.

* punto culminante = zenith, climax, peak, capstone.

* punto de acceso = access point, entry point, entry term, index entry, retrieval access, search key, access point, service point, point of access, entrance point.

* punto de apoyo = foothold.

* punto débil = downside, weak point, weak link.

* punto débil, el = chink in the armour, the.

* punto débl = blind spot.

* punto de contacto = point of contact, interface, contact point.

* punto de convergencia = junction point, similarity.

* punto de discusión = bone of contention.

* punto de distribución = outlet.

* punto de divergencia = stepping-off point.

* punto de división = break.

* punto de encuentro = meeting point.

* punto de entrada = entry point, entrance point, point of entry.

* punto de equilibrio = break-even, break-even point.

* punto de información = information kiosk.

* punto de interés = point of interest.

* punto de llegada = point of arrival.

* punto de luz = power point, electrical outlet, socket outlet, outlet.

* punto de partida = point of departure, starting point, take-off point, baseline [base line], beginning point.

* punto de penalti, el = penalty mark, the.

* punto de recepción y envío = shipping point.

* punto de recogida = pick-up point, drop-off point.

* punto de referencia = benchmark, frame of reference, signpost, signposting, point of reference, anchor, anchor point, referral point, switching point, reference point, reference point.

* punto de referencia común = common framework.

* punto de ruptura = breaking point.

* punto de separación = cut-off point, stepping-off point, cut off [cutoff].

* punto de servicio = service point.

* punto de una lista = bullet point.

* punto de venta = outlet, point of sale.

* punto esencial = essential point.

* punto final = end point [endpoint].

* punto flaco = foible, weak point, blind spot, weak link.

* punto flaco, el = chink in the armour, the.

* punto fuerte = strength, upside, forte, strong point.

* punto g, el = G-spot, the.

* punto intermedio = middle ground.

* punto medio = happy medium, mid-point.

* punto muerto = dead end, impasse, stalemate, dead end street, deadlock, standoff.

* punto negro = blackhead.

* punto positivo = asset.

* puntos de acceso = entry vocabulary.

* punto silla = saddle point.

* ser el punto de partida de = form + the basis of.

* ser el punto más débil de Alguien = be at + Posesivo + weakest.

* ser el punto más flaco de Alguien = be at + Posesivo + weakest.

* servir de punto de partida = point + the way to.

* tomar como punto de partida = build on/upon.

* volver al punto de partida = come + full circle, bring + Pronombre + full-circle, go back to + square one, be back to square one.

punto³

³ = dot, full stop (.), period, stop.

Ex: Braille is the term used to refer to material intended for the visually impaired and using embossed characters formed by raised dots in six-dot cells.

Ex: You have observed the correct use of the facet indicators. (full stop) for S and ' (single inverted comma) for T.

Ex: For instance, to delete the period where the cursor is located, press the < Del> key.

Ex: Such as categorisation may depend rather arbitrarily upon whether stops have been used between letters or not.

* arco de medio punto = round arch.

* arco de punto rebajado = segmental arch.

* dos puntos (:) = colon (:).

* dpi (puntos por pulgada) = dpi (dots per inch).

* en el punto de mira = in the spotlight, in the crosshairs.

* en + Posesivo + punto de mira = in + Posesivo + sights.

* línea de puntos = dotted line.

* matriz de puntos de impacto = impact dot matrix.

* nube de puntos = scatterplot, cloud of points.

* poner punto final a = put + an end to, bring + an end to, bring to + an end, close + the book on.

* poner punto y final a = put + a stop to, sound + the death knell for.

* punto (.) = point (.).

* puntos por pulgada = dots per inch.

* punto y coma (;) = semi-colon (;).

* subrayar con puntos = underdot.

punto⁴

⁴ = point.

Ex: Taking 197 as the base year, the price index of journals for an academic veterinary library has risen 143.00 points, an annual average of 15.89 points through 1986.

* alcanzar el punto de ebullición = reach + boiling point.

* punto de ebullición = boiling point.

* punto de fundición = melting point.

* punto de fusión = melting point, fusion point.

* punto de saturación = saturation point.

* punto porcentual = percentage point.

* sistema de deducción de puntos = points system.

punto⁵

⁵ = stitch.

Ex: It may be seen that one or more pairs of leaves, joined to each other at the back, are held in place by a double stitch of thread running up the fold.

* aguja de hacer punto = knitting needle.

* géneros de punto = knitwear.

* hacer punto = knitting.

* patrón de hacer punto = knitting pattern.

* ¡punto en boca! = mum's the word!.

* ¡punto en boca! = not a word to anyone!, shut your mouth!, shut your face!.

* * *

punto

masculine

A

1 (señal, trazo) dot

desde el avión la ciudad se veía como un conjunto de puntos luminosos from the plane the city looked like a cluster of pinpoints of light o of bright dots

el barco no era más que un punto en el horizonte the boat was no more than a dot o speck on the horizon

2 ( Ling) (sobre la `i', la `j') dot; (signo de puntuación) period ( AmE), full stop ( BrE)

a punto fijo exactly, for certain

no le sabría decir a punto fijo cuándo llegan I couldn't tell you exactly o for certain when they will be arriving

… y punto: si te parece mal se lo dices y punto if you don't like it you just tell him, that's all there is to it

lo harás como yo digo y punto you'll do it the way I tell you and that's that, you'll do it the way I tell you, period ( AmE) o ( BrE) full stop

poner los puntos sobre las íes (dejar algo en claro) to make sth crystal clear; (terminar algo con mucho cuidado) to dot the i's and cross the t's

sin faltar un punto ni una coma down to the last detail

dos¹ (↑ dos (1))

Compuestos:

● punto decimal

[ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] decimal point

● punto final

period ( AmE), full stop ( BrE)

poner punto final a algo to end sth

decidió poner punto final a sus relaciones he decided to end their relationship

● puntos suspensivos

mpl ellipsis ( tech), suspension points (pl) ( AmE), dot, dot, dot

● punto y aparte

period, new paragraph ( AmE), full stop, new paragraph ( BrE)

● punto y coma

semicolon

● punto y seguido

period ( AmE), full stop ( BrE) ( no new paragraph)

B

1 (momento) point

en ese punto de la conversación at that point in the conversation

su popularidad alcanzó su punto más bajo his popularity reached its lowest ebb o point

2 (lugar) point; (en geometría) point

fijó la mirada en un punto lejano del horizonte she fixed her gaze on a distant point on the horizon

están buscando un local en un punto céntrico they are looking for premises somewhere central

en el punto en que la carretera se divide at the point where the road divides

el punto donde ocurrió el accidente the spot o place where the accident happened

Compuestos:

● punto aéreo

( Esp) ( Aviac) air mile

● punto álgido

crucial moment o point

● punto cardinal

cardinal point

● punto ciego

blind spot

● punto crítico

critical point

● punto culminante

high point

● punto de apoyo

(para una palanca) fulcrum

no hay ningún punto de apoyo para la escalera there is nowhere to lean the ladder

constituía el punto de apoyo de su defensa it formed the cornerstone of his defense

● punto de arranque

punto de partida

● punto débil

weak point

● punto de caramelo

a punto de caramelo ‹almíbar› caramelized

(en su mejor momento) ( fam): este queso está a punto de caramelo this cheese is just right (for eating)

yo no lo encuentro viejo, para mí está a punto de caramelo I don't think he's old, if you ask me he's in his prime o he's just right

la situación está a punto de caramelo para otro golpe militar the situation is ripe for another military coup

● punto de congelación

freezing point

● punto de contacto

point of contact

el movimiento tiene muchos puntos de contacto con el surrealismo the movement has a lot in common with surrealism

● punto de control

checkpoint

● punto de ebullición

boiling point

● punto de fuga

vanishing point

● punto de fusión

melting point

● punto de inflexión

point of inflexion ( on a curve)

● punto de interrupción

( Inf) breakpoint

● punto de libro

( Esp) bookmark

● punto de mira

(de un rifle) front sight; (blanco) target; (objetivo) aim, objective; (punto de vista) point of view

● punto de nieve

batir las claras a punto de nieve beat the egg whites until they form stiff peaks

● punto de no retorno

point of no return

● punto de partida

(sitio) starting point; (de un proceso, razonamiento) starting point

esta dramática escalada tiene un claro punto de partida en los sucesos del mes pasado this dramatic escalation clearly has its origins in the events of last month

● punto de penalty or penalti

penalty spot

● punto de referencia

reference point

● punto de reunión

meeting place, assembly point

● punto de turrón

( Méx) punto de nieve

● punto de venta

point of sale, outlet, sales outlet

● punto único de venta

unique selling point

● punto de vista

(perspectiva) viewpoint, point of view; (opinión) views (pl)

desde un punto de vista técnico from a technical viewpoint, from a technical point of view

todos conocen mi punto de vista sobre este asunto you all know my views on this matter

● punto fijo

( Chi) (lugar) permanent or semi-permanent guard post; (vigilante) guard

está en punto fijo toda la noche he is on guard duty all night

● punto flaco

weak point

● punto medio

habrá que esperar a que las cosas lleguen a su punto medio we'll have to wait until things sort themselves out

hay que buscar el punto medio entre las dos cosas you have to strike a balance between the two things

● punto muerto

( Auto) neutral; ( Fin) break even point; (en negociaciones) deadlock

las conversaciones han llegado a un punto muerto the talks have reached deadlock o stalemate

el proceso está en punto muerto the process is deadlocked

● punto negro

(en la carretera) black spot; (en la piel) blackhead

● punto neurálgico

( Anat) nerve center*; (de una organización, un sistema) nerve center*

un accidente en uno de los puntos neurálgicos de la ciudad an accident at one of the busiest spots o points in the city

uno de los puntos neurálgicos de la economía one of the key elements of the economy

C (grado) point, extent

hasta cierto punto tiene razón she's right, up to a point

hasta cierto punto me alegro de que se vaya to a certain extent o in a way I'm glad she's going

claro que fue atento y amable, hasta tal punto que llegó a resultarnos pesado of course he was attentive and kind, so much so that it got a bit much for us

D (asunto, aspecto) point

en ese punto no estoy de acuerdo contigo I don't agree with you on that point

los puntos a tratar en la reunión de hoy the matters o items on the agenda for today's meeting

hay algunos puntos de coincidencia entre los dos enfoques the two approaches have some points in common

analizamos la propuesta punto por punto we analyzed the proposal point by point

E ( en locs):

a punto (a tiempo) just in time

( Coc) en su punto

has llegado a punto para ayudarme you've arrived just in time to help me

a punto DE + INF:

estábamos a punto de cenar cuando llamaste we were about to have dinner when you phoned

estuvo a punto de matarse en el accidente he was nearly killed in the accident, he came within an inch of being killed in the accident

estaba a punto de decírmelo cuando tú entraste she was on the point of telling me o she was about to tell me when you came in

se notaba que estaba a punto de llorar you could see she was on the verge of tears

en su punto just right

el arroz está en su punto the rice is just right

la carne estaba en su punto the meat was done to a turn

al punto ( Esp); right away, at once, straightaway ( BrE)

en punto: te espero a las 12 en punto I'll expect you at 12 o'clock sharp

son las tres en punto it's exactly three o'clock

llegaron en punto they arrived exactly on time, they arrived on the dot o dead on time ( colloq)

de todo punto absolutely, totally

eso es de todo punto inaceptable that is totally o completely unacceptable

se negaba de todo punto a hacerlo she absolutely o flatly refused to do it

F

1 (en costura) stitch

punto en boca ( fam): y ya saben, diga lo que diga él, nosotros punto en boca and remember, whatever he says, we keep our mouths shut

2 (en cirugía) tb

punto de sutura stitch

le tuvieron que poner puntos she had to have stitches

3 (en labores) stitch

se me ha escapado un punto I've dropped a stitch

artículos de punto knitwear

hacer punto ( Esp); to knit

Compuestos:

● punto atrás

backstitch

● punto cadena

chain stitch

● punto cruzado

herringbone stitch

● punto (de) cruz

cross-stitch

● punto de escapulario

herringbone stitch

● punto del derecho

plain stitch

● punto del revés

purl stitch

● punto de media

stocking stitch

● punto elástico

rib, ribbing

● punto jersey

stocking stitch

● punto Santa Clara

garter stitch

● punto sombra

shadow stitch

G

1 (unidad) ( Dep, Jueg) point; ( Educ) point, mark

venció por puntos he won on points

tiene dos punto de ventaja sobre Clark he is two points ahead of Clark, he has a two point advantage over Clark

pierdes dos puntos por cada falta de ortografía you lose two marks o points for every spelling mistake

anotarse/marcarse un punto ( fam): la paella está exquisita, te has anotado un punto ten out of ten o ( BrE) full marks for the paella, it's delicious

matarle el punto a algn (CS fam); to go one better than sb

subir de punto «ira/admiración» to grow;

«discusión» to heat up, grow heated

2 ( Fin) point

Compuestos:

● punto de or para partido

match point

● punto de ruptura

break point

● punto de or para set

set point

● punto porcentual

percentage point

H

(poco, pizca): es orgulloso, con un punto de bravuconería he's proud, with just a touch o hint of boastfulness about him

I

1 (Per, RPl arg) (tonto) idiot

agarrar or tomar a algn de punto (Per, RPl arg): lo han agarrado de punto (burlándose de él) they've made him the butt of their jokes; (aprovechándose de él) they've taken him for a ride ( colloq)

la profesora me ha agarrado de punto the teacher has it in for me ( colloq)

2 ( RPl arg) (tipo) guy ( colloq)

* * *

punto sustantivo masculino
1
a) (señal, marca) dot

b) (Ling) (sobre la `i', la `j') dot;

( signo de puntuación) period (AmE), full stop (BrE);
◊ punto decimal decimal point ;

punto final period (AmE), full stop (BrE);
puntos suspensivos ellipsis (tech), suspension points (pl) (AmE), dot, dot, dot;
punto y aparte period (AmE) o (BrE) full stop, new paragraph;
punto y coma semicolon;
punto com (Com, Inf) dot.com;
a punto fijo exactly, for certain;
… y punto … and that's that, … period (AmE);
See Also→ dos
2
a) (momento, lugar) point;

◊ en ese punto de la conversación at that point in the conversation;

el punto donde ocurrió el accidente the spot o place where the accident happened;
punto cardinal cardinal point ;
punto ciego blind spot;
punto de apoyo ( de palanca) fulcrum;
no hay ningún punto de apoyo para la escalera there is nowhere to lean the ladder;
punto de vista ( perspectiva) viewpoint, point of view;

( opinión) views;
◊ punto flaco/fuerte weak/strong point;

punto muerto (Auto) neutral;

( en negociaciones) deadlock
b) ( en geometría) point

3 ( grado) point, extent;
◊ hasta cierto punto tiene razón she's right, up to a point;

hasta tal punto que … so much so that …
4 (asunto, aspecto) point;
◊ analizar algo punto por punto to analyze sth point by point;

los puntos a tratar en la reunión the matters o items on the agenda for the meeting
5 ( en locs)
◊ a punto ( a tiempo) just in time;

estábamos a punto de cenar we were about to have dinner;
estuvo a punto de caerse he almost fell over;
batir las claras a punto de nieve beat the egg whites until they form stiff peaks;
en su punto just right;
en punto: a las 12 en punto at 12 o'clock sharp;
son las tres en punto it's exactly three o'clock;
llegaron en punto they arrived exactly on time
6
a) (en costura, labores) stitch;

◊ artículos de punto knitwear;

hacer punto (Esp) to knit;
punto (de) cruz cross-stitch
b) ( en cirugía) tb

◊ punto de sutura stitch

7 ( unidad)
a) Dep, Jueg) point;

◊ punto para partido/set (Méx) match/set point

b) (Educ) point, mark;

(Fin) point
punto sustantivo masculino
1 point
punto de vista, point of view
punto flaco, weak point
punto muerto, (situación sin salida) deadlock, Auto neutral
2 (lugar) place, point: está perdido en algún punto de Marruecos, it's way out somewhere in Morocco
3 (pintado, dibujado) dot
línea de puntos, dotted line
4 (en una competición) point: le dieron tres puntos a Irlanda, Ireland scored three points
5 (en un examen) mark: la pregunta vale dos puntos, the question is worth two marks
6 Cost Med stitch: se le infectó un punto, one of the stitches became infected
7 (grado, medida) point: hasta cierto punto, to a certain extent
8 Ling full stop
dos puntos, colon
punto y aparte, full stop, new paragraph
punto y coma, semicolon
puntos suspensivos, dots
♦ Locuciones: hacer punto, to knit
a punto, ready
a punto de, on the point of
en punto, sharp, on the dot: a las seis en punto, at six o'clock sharp
Culin en su punto, just right
' punto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
álgida
- álgido
- aparte
- borde
- cadeneta
- caer
- caramelo
- cardinal
- cerca
- cierta
- cierto
- coincidir
- coma
- concretar
- culminante
- cúspide
- débil
- desde
- distanciarse
- ebullición
- Ecuador
- este
- extrema
- extremo
- flaca
- flaco
- fuerte
- luminosa
- luminoso
- mareada
- mareado
- media
- medio
- muerta
- muerto
- nivel
- novedosa
- novedoso
- para
- puesta
- referencia
- regresar
- relativamente
- respetable
- sazón
- sesgar
- talón
- tanta
- tanto
- tomate
English:
about
- angle
- aspect
- bankrupt
- benchmark
- blackhead
- boiling point
- cardigan
- certain
- chink
- circle
- climax
- close
- cluster
- coast
- conclude
- contention
- cottage industry
- crop up
- cross-stitch
- crossroads
- crunch
- culmination
- cut-off
- deadlock
- degree
- dot
- essential
- extent
- eye
- failing
- feature
- focal point
- follow through
- foothold
- forthcoming
- freezing point
- full stop
- head
- height
- high
- impasse
- interface
- item
- just
- knit
- knitting
- knitting needle
- knitwear
- labour

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punto

♦ nm

1. [marca] dot, spot;
[en geometría] point;
recorte por la línea de puntos cut along the dotted line

Comp
punto de fuga vanishing point
2. [signo ortográfico] [al final de frase] Br full stop, US period;
[sobre i, j, en dirección de correo electrónico] dot;
dos puntos colon;
Fam
no vas a ir, y punto you're not going, and that's that;

Comp

poner los puntos sobre las íes to dot the i's and cross the t's

Comp
Bol, Perú punto acápite semicolon;
punto y aparte Br full stop o US period, new paragraph;

punto y coma semicolon;

punto final Br full stop, US period;

Comp

poner punto final a algo to bring sth to an end;

punto y seguido Br full stop, US period [no new paragraph];

puntos suspensivos suspension points

3. [unidad] [en juegos, competiciones, exámenes, bolsa] point;

ganar/perder por seis puntos to win/lose by six points;

ganar por puntos [en boxeo] to win on points;

el índice Dow Jones ha subido seis puntos the Dow Jones index is up six points;

los tipos de interés bajarán un punto interest rates will go down by one (percentage) point

Comp
punto de break break point;
punto de juego game point;

punto de partido match point;

punto porcentual percentage point;

punto de set set point

4. [asunto, parte] point;

pasemos al siguiente punto let's move on to the next point;

te lo explicaré punto por punto I'll explain it to you point by point;

tenemos los siguientes puntos a tratar we have the following items on the agenda

Comp
punto débil weak point;
punto fuerte strong point

5. [lugar] spot, place;

éste es el punto exacto donde ocurrió todo this is the exact spot where it all happened;

hay retenciones en varios puntos de la provincia there are delays at several different points across the province

Comp
punto de apoyo [en palanca] fulcrum; Ling punto de articulación point of articulation;
los puntos cardinales the points of the compass, Espec the cardinal points;

punto ciego [en el ojo] blind spot;

punto de encuentro meeting point;
Dep punto fatídico penalty spot;
punto G g-spot;

punto de inflexión tipping point;

punto de mira [en armas] sight;

Comp

está en mi punto de mira [es mi objetivo] I have it in my sights;

punto negro [en la piel] blackhead;
[en carretera] accident Br blackspot o US hot spot;
punto neurálgico [de ser vivo, organismo] nerve centre;

la plaza mayor es el punto neurálgico de la ciudad the main square is the town's busiest crossroads;

éste es el punto neurálgico de la negociación this is the central issue at stake in the negotiations;

punto de partida starting point;

punto de penalti o penalty penalty spot;

punto de referencia point of reference;

punto de reunión meeting point;
Com punto de venta:
en el punto de venta at the point of sale;

tenemos puntos de venta en todo el país we have (sales) outlets across the country;

punto de venta autorizado authorized dealer;

punto de venta electrónico electronic point of sale;

punto de vista point of view, viewpoint;

bajo mi punto de vista… in my view…;

desde el punto de vista del dinero… in terms of money…

6. [momento] point, moment;

lo dejamos en este punto del debate y seguimos tras la publicidad we'll have to leave the discussion here for the moment, we'll be back after the break;

al punto at once, there and then;

en punto exactly, on the dot;

a las seis en punto at six o'clock on the dot, at six o'clock sharp;

son las seis en punto it's (exactly) six o'clock;

estar a punto to be ready;

estuve a punto de cancelar el viaje I was on the point of cancelling the trip;

estamos a punto de firmar un importante contrato we are on the verge o point of signing an important contract;

estaba a punto de salir cuando… I was about to leave when…;

estuvo a punto de morir ahogada she almost drowned;

llegar a punto (para hacer algo) to arrive just in time (to do sth)

Comp
punto crítico critical moment o point; [de reactor] critical point;
alcanzar el punto crítico [reactor] to go critical

7. [estado, fase] state, condition;

estando las cosas en este punto things being as they are;

llegar a un punto en que… to reach the stage where…;

estar en su punto to be just right;

¿cómo quiere el filete? – a punto o [m5] al punto how would you like your steak? – medium, please;

poner a punto [motor] to tune;
Fig [sistema, método] to fine-tune
Comp
punto de congelación freezing point;
punto culminante high point;

punto de ebullición boiling point;

punto de fusión melting point;

punto muerto [en automóviles] neutral;
Fig [en negociaciones] deadlock;
estar en un punto muerto [negociaciones] to be deadlocked;

ir en punto muerto [automóvil] to freewheel;

punto de nieve: [m5] batir a punto de nieve to beat until stiff

8. [grado] degree;

de todo punto [completamente] absolutely;

hasta cierto punto to some extent, up to a point;

el ruido era infernal, hasta el punto de no oír nada o [m5] de que no se oía nada the noise was so bad that you couldn't hear a thing;

hasta tal punto que to such an extent that

9. [cláusula] clause

10. [puntada] [en costura, en cirugía] stitch;
[en unas medias] hole;
tienes o [m5] se te ha escapado un punto en el jersey you've pulled a stitch out of your jumper, you've got a loose stitch on your jumper;

le dieron diez puntos en la frente he had to have ten stitches to his forehead;

coger puntos to pick up stitches

Comp
punto atrás backstitch;
punto de cadeneta chain stitch;

punto de cruz cross-stitch;

punto del revés purl;
Med punto de sutura suture
11. [estilo de tejer] knitting;

un jersey de punto a knitted sweater;

prendas de punto knitwear;

hacer punto to knit

Comp
punto de ganchillo crochet
12. [pizca, toque] touch;

son comentarios un punto racistas they are somewhat racist remarks

13. Arquit
de medio punto [arco, bóveda] semicircular

14. Esp Fam [borrachera ligera]
cogerse/tener un punto to get/be merry

15. Esp Fam [reacción, estado de ánimo]
le dan unos puntos muy raros he can be really weird sometimes;

le dio el punto generoso he had a fit of generosity

16. Esp Fam [cosa estupenda]
¡qué punto! that's great o fantastic!

17. Comp
RP Fam
agarrar a alguien de punto to tease sb, Br to take the mickey out of sb

♦ punto com nf
[empresa] dotcom
* * *

punto

m

1 point;

punto por punto point by point;

ganar por puntos win on points

2 señal dot;

en punto on the dot;

a las tres en punto at three sharp, at three on the dot

3 signo de punctuación period, Br

full stop;

dos puntos colon;

punto y coma semicolon;

con puntos y comas fig in full detail;

poner punto final a algo fig end sth, put an end to sth;

y punto period;

poner los puntos sobre las íes fam make things crystal clear;

empresa punto.com dot.com (company)

4 en costura, sutura stitch;

hacer punto knit;

de punto knitted

5

:

a punto ( listo) ready; (a tiempo) in time llegar a punto para … arrive just in time to …;

estar a punto be ready;

estar a punto de be about to;

el arroz está en su punto the rice is ready;

poner a punto TÉC tune;

puesta a punto tune-up

6 alcance

:

hasta cierto punto up to a point;

hasta qué punto to what extent;

me pregunto hasta qué punto lo que dice es verdad o una exageración I wonder how much of what he says is true and how much is exaggeration;

hasta tal punto que to such an extent that

7

:

batir las claras a punto de nieve beat the egg whites until they form stiff peaks

* * *

punto nm

1) : dot, point

2) : period (in punctuation)

3) : item, question

4) : spot, place

5) : moment, stage, degree

6) : point (in a score)

7) : stitch

8)

en punto : on the dot, sharp

a las dos en punto: at two o'clock sharp

9)

al punto : at once

10)

a punto fijo : exactly, certainly

11)

dos puntos : colon

12)

hasta cierto punto : up to a point

13)

punto decimal : decimal point

14)

punto de vista : point of view

15)

punto y coma : semicolon

16)

y punto : period

es el mejor que hay y punto: it's the best there is, period

17)

puntos cardinales : points of the compass

* * *

punto n

1. (en general) point

una victoria vale tres puntos a win is worth three points

el punto de partida the starting point

2. (señal) dot

la línea de puntos the dotted line

3. (lugar) spot / place

¿en qué punto de la ciudad? where exactly in the city?

4. (puntada) stitch

le dieron cuatro puntos he had four stitches

5. (signo ortográfico) full stop

se debe poner un punto cuando finaliza una frase you must put a full stop at the end of a sentence

a punto ready

tengo todo a punto I've got everything ready

a punto de (en general) about to (por poco) nearly

estoy a punto de salir I'm about to go out

estuvo a punto de caerse he nearly fell

de punto knitted

en punto exactly

estar en su punto to be just right

hacer punto to knit

punto y coma semicolon

punto débil weak point

punto de congelación freezing point

punto de ebullición boiling point

punto de vista point of view

Spanish-English dictionary > punto
2 bekostning

sg - bekóstningen, pl - bekóstninger

расхо́д м, тра́та ж

på min bekóstning — за мой счёт

* * *

(en -er) expense, cost;

[ med en bekostning af] at an expense of;

[ på min bekostning]

(også fig) at my expense;

[ på bekostning af] at the expense of.

Danish-English dictionary > bekostning
3 reducción

f.

1 reduction, decrease, decline, fall.

2 curtailment, deescalation, cut, cutback.

* * *

reducción

► nombre femenino

1 reduction

* * *

noun f.

reduction

* * *

SF

1) (=disminución)

a) [de cantidad, precios, consumo, tamaño] reduction

una reducción del número de atentados — a reduction in the number of terrorist attacks

una reducción del gasto público — a cut o reduction in public spending

una reducción en el tamaño de los envases — a reduction in the size of containers

estudian nuevas reducciones de personal — they are considering new staff cuts o reductions in staff

b) [de tiempo] reduction

la reducción a cinco años del mandato presidencial — the reduction of the presidential term to five years

los sindicatos piden la reducción de la jornada laboral — they unions are calling for a shorter working day

reducción de jornada — reduction of working hours

reducción del activo — divestment

reducciones presupuestarias — budget cuts

reducciones salariales — wage cuts

2) (Mat) (=conversión) [de unidades, medidas] conversion; [de ecuaciones] reduction

3) [de rebeldes] defeat

4) (Med) setting, reduction frm

5) Chile [de indígenas] reservation ( of natives)

6) LAm ( Hist) settlement of Christianized Indians

* * *

femenino

1)

a) ( disminución) reduction

la reducción del precio del pan — the reduction in o lowering of the price of bread

reducción de impuestos — tax cuts, reduction in taxes

se solicitó la reducción de la pena — they asked for the sentence to be commuted o reduced

b) (Fot) reduction

2) (Mat, Quím, Med) reduction

3) (Chi) ( de indígenas) reservation

* * *

= compression, curtailment, cutting, reduction, shrinkage, contraction, dilution, diminution, abatement, slashing, ebbing, depletion, narrowing, cut, effacement, drawdown, mark-down.

Nota: Generalmente referido a los precios.

Ex. The compression keys are built for all main and added entry combinations appropriate to a record.

Ex. This paper emphasises the need for booksellers to keep informed of new developments and of the danger of curtailment of present activities, but also to be prepared to experiment.

Ex. This article concludes that cutting the number of words could lead to undesirable impoverishing of data bases rendering them useless as an independent source of information.

Ex. A scheme should allow reduction, to take out subjects and their subdivisions which are no longer used.

Ex. DBMS systems aim to allow data to be re-organised to accommodate growth, shrinkage and so on.

Ex. The euphoric years of affluence and expansion in the decades immediately following the midpoint of the century have given way to traumatic years of austerity and contraction.

Ex. The good novelist is therefore an author with a wide appeal but this wide appeal is not attained, or even sought, through a dilution of quality; it is simply that this type of writer has a different sort of skill.

Ex. Most adults feel the awakening of interest in biography and a diminution at the same time of the fondness for fiction.

Ex. The asbestos literature is discussed under its industrial, medical, legal, control and abatement aspects.

Ex. But more to the point, the claim that 2 1/2 million jobs depend on slashing red tape is a misrepresentation of a CBI survey carried out in advance of the UK general election of 1983.

Ex. The article is entitled 'The ebbing of municipal documents and the flow of public information in New York'.

Ex. Results indicated that there will be a serious depletion of resources in library schools before the year 2001.

Ex. The narrowing of the curriculum has implications for the future.

Ex. Cuts in the 1988 budget have resulted in cuts in opening hours, staff hours, and book budget.

Ex. Meanwhile a coalition of cells has been effected at intervals through the effacement of their walls.

Ex. Commanders in Iraq have decided to begin the drawdown of U.S. forces in volatile Diyala province, marking a turning point in the U.S. military mission.

Ex. Customers will be charged either a mark-up or a mark-down, depending on whether they are buying or selling.

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* escala de reducción = reduction ratio.

* mamoplastía de reducción = reduction mammoplasty.

* mecanismo de reducción de situaciones difíciles = threat-reduction mechanism.

* reducción al mínimo = minimisation [minimization, -USA].

* reducción de costes = cost saving [cost-saving].

* reducción de gastos = cost cutting, cost saving [cost-saving], cost reduction.

* reducción de impuestos = tax cut.

* reducción de la cuota de los países endeudados = debt relief.

* reducción de la deuda externa = debt relief.

* reducción de las diferencias entre... y = narrowing gap between... and, narrowing of the gap between... and.

* reducción de los precios = price cut.

* reducción de los tipos de interés = rate cut, interest-rate cut.

* reducción de pecho = breast reduction.

* reducción de personal = staff cutbacks, downsizing.

* reducción de plantilla = downsizing.

* reducción de precios = pricecutting.

* reducción de tipo impositivo = tax abatement.

* reducción de una palabra a su raíz = stemming.

* reducciones presupuestarias = budgetary restrictions.

* reducción fiscal = tax cut.

* reducción para piano = piano score.

* reducción presupuestaria = budget reduction, budgetary constraint.

* reducción tributaria = tax reduction.

* * *

femenino

1)

a) ( disminución) reduction

la reducción del precio del pan — the reduction in o lowering of the price of bread

reducción de impuestos — tax cuts, reduction in taxes

se solicitó la reducción de la pena — they asked for the sentence to be commuted o reduced

b) (Fot) reduction

2) (Mat, Quím, Med) reduction

3) (Chi) ( de indígenas) reservation

* * *

= compression, curtailment, cutting, reduction, shrinkage, contraction, dilution, diminution, abatement, slashing, ebbing, depletion, narrowing, cut, effacement, drawdown, mark-down.

Nota: Generalmente referido a los precios.

Ex: The compression keys are built for all main and added entry combinations appropriate to a record.

Ex: This paper emphasises the need for booksellers to keep informed of new developments and of the danger of curtailment of present activities, but also to be prepared to experiment.

Ex: This article concludes that cutting the number of words could lead to undesirable impoverishing of data bases rendering them useless as an independent source of information.

Ex: A scheme should allow reduction, to take out subjects and their subdivisions which are no longer used.

Ex: DBMS systems aim to allow data to be re-organised to accommodate growth, shrinkage and so on.

Ex: The euphoric years of affluence and expansion in the decades immediately following the midpoint of the century have given way to traumatic years of austerity and contraction.

Ex: The good novelist is therefore an author with a wide appeal but this wide appeal is not attained, or even sought, through a dilution of quality; it is simply that this type of writer has a different sort of skill.

Ex: Most adults feel the awakening of interest in biography and a diminution at the same time of the fondness for fiction.

Ex: The asbestos literature is discussed under its industrial, medical, legal, control and abatement aspects.

Ex: But more to the point, the claim that 2 1/2 million jobs depend on slashing red tape is a misrepresentation of a CBI survey carried out in advance of the UK general election of 1983.

Ex: The article is entitled 'The ebbing of municipal documents and the flow of public information in New York'.

Ex: Results indicated that there will be a serious depletion of resources in library schools before the year 2001.

Ex: The narrowing of the curriculum has implications for the future.

Ex: Cuts in the 1988 budget have resulted in cuts in opening hours, staff hours, and book budget.

Ex: Meanwhile a coalition of cells has been effected at intervals through the effacement of their walls.

Ex: Commanders in Iraq have decided to begin the drawdown of U.S. forces in volatile Diyala province, marking a turning point in the U.S. military mission.

Ex: Customers will be charged either a mark-up or a mark-down, depending on whether they are buying or selling.

* escala de reducción = reduction ratio.

* mamoplastía de reducción = reduction mammoplasty.

* mecanismo de reducción de situaciones difíciles = threat-reduction mechanism.

* reducción al mínimo = minimisation [minimization, -USA].

* reducción de costes = cost saving [cost-saving].

* reducción de gastos = cost cutting, cost saving [cost-saving], cost reduction.

* reducción de impuestos = tax cut.

* reducción de la cuota de los países endeudados = debt relief.

* reducción de la deuda externa = debt relief.

* reducción de las diferencias entre... y = narrowing gap between... and, narrowing of the gap between... and.

* reducción de los precios = price cut.

* reducción de los tipos de interés = rate cut, interest-rate cut.

* reducción de pecho = breast reduction.

* reducción de personal = staff cutbacks, downsizing.

* reducción de plantilla = downsizing.

* reducción de precios = pricecutting.

* reducción de tipo impositivo = tax abatement.

* reducción de una palabra a su raíz = stemming.

* reducciones presupuestarias = budgetary restrictions.

* reducción fiscal = tax cut.

* reducción para piano = piano score.

* reducción presupuestaria = budget reduction, budgetary constraint.

* reducción tributaria = tax reduction.

* * *

reducción

feminine

A

1

(disminución): reducción de gastos reduction in costs

la reducción del precio del pan the reduction in o lowering of the price of bread

no habrá reducción de los impuestos there will be no tax cuts o no reduction in taxes

una reducción del personal a reduction o cutback in the workforce

se ha producido una reducción en el consumo de tabaco there has been a reduction o drop in tobacco consumption

una reducción de tres horas semanales a reduction of three hours a week

se solicitó la reducción de la pena they asked for the sentence to be commuted o reduced

2 ( Fot) reduction

B

1 ( Mat) reduction

2 ( Quím) reduction

C (de una ciudad) conquest; (de los rebeldes, enemigos) defeat

D

1 ( Hist) settlement of Indians converted to Christianity

2 ( Chi) (de indígenas) reservation

E (de una fractura) setting, reduction ( tech)

F (CS) (de un cadáver) exhumation ( for reburial in a niche or smaller coffin)

* * *

reducción sustantivo femenino
reduction;
◊ reducción de impuestos tax cuts, reduction in taxes;

una reducción de personal a reduction o cutback in the workforce
reducción sustantivo femenino reduction
reducción de plantilla, streamlining

' reducción' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
contrapartida
- polvareda
- rebaja
- despedir
English:
cut
- cutback
- decrease
- reduction
- redundant
- remission
- retrenchment
- board

* * *

reducción nf

1. [disminución] reduction;

piden la reducción de la jornada laboral they are asking for working hours to be shortened;

se ha producido una reducción de los precios de 5 puntos porcentuales prices have gone down o fallen by 5 percent

Comp
reducción al absurdo reductio ad absurdum;
reducción de condena remission;

reducción de gastos cost cutting;

han anunciado una reducción de gastos they have announced that they are going to cut costs;

reducción de jornada: [m5] estar en reducción de jornada to work part-time;

reducción de precios [acción] price-cutting;
[resultado] price cut;
reducción tributaria tax cut

2. [sometimiento] [de rebelión] suppression;
[de ejército] defeat
3. Med [de fractura] reduction

4. Quím reduction

5. Hist = settlement of Indians converted to Christianity

6. RP [de cadáver] exhumation [for reburial of bones in smaller container]

* * *

reducción

f

1 reduction;

reducción de empleo job cuts pl ;

reducción de impuestos tax cut;

reducción de la jornada laboral shortening of the working day;

reducción de personal o

plantilla cutbacks pl, job cuts pl

2 MED setting

* * *

reducción nf, pl - ciones : reduction, decrease

* * *

reducción n reduction

Spanish-English dictionary > reducción
4 análisis

m. s.&pl.

1 analysis, inspection, investigation, examination.

2 analysis, breakdown, dissection.

3 assay.

* * *

análisis

► nombre masculino invariable

1 analysis

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

análisis de orina urine test

análisis de sangre blood test

* * *

noun m.

1) analysis

2) test

* * *

SM INV

1) (=examen) analysis; [detallado] breakdown

2) (Econ)

análisis de costos — cost analysis

análisis de costos-beneficios — cost-benefit analysis

análisis de mercados — market research

análisis de viabilidad — feasibility study

análisis financiero — financial analysis

3) (Med, Quím, Fís)

análisis de sangre — blood test

análisis espectral — spectrum analysis

análisis orgánico — organic analysis

4) (Ling) analysis, parsing

análisis del discurso — discourse analysis

análisis funcional — functional analysis

5) (Inform)

análisis de la voz — speech analysis

análisis de sistemas — systems analysis

* * *

masculino (pl análisis) analysis

hacerse un análisis de sangre — to have a blood test

* * *

= analysis [analyses, -pl.], assessment, probing, review, breakdown, calibration, close look, post mortem [postmortem], overview, academic study, surveying, testing.

Ex. The operation of investigating a whole with the aim of finding out its essential parts and their relationship to each other is known as analysis.

Ex. However, although the subject may be the primary consideration in the assessment of relevance, subject is not the only factor that determines whether a user wishes to be alerted to the existence of a document.

Ex. Counselling requires much more time and in-depth probing, although it can at one extreme cover simply the act of lending a sympathetic ear to clients who, in externalizing their problems, may thus be better able to face them and arrive at a solution.

Ex. The review is supported by a complete list of LIPs completed or in progess at Aug 88, followed by references to their reports.

Ex. When she arrived at her boss's office at the appointed time, she learned why she had been asked for the breakdown of her day's activities.

Ex. This requires careful calibration of reader response and the use of as many quantitative indices as possible.

Ex. The article has the title 'A close look at Dewey 18: alive and well and living in Albany'.

Ex. Survey research is used to determine what kind of post mortem appraisals companies undertake concerning their abandoned information systems development projects.

Ex. Figure 16 on page 24 gives an overview of searching.

Ex. Cyberculture is emerging as an interdisciplinary subject of academic study.

Ex. The author describes one effort made to counter this trend, through the surveying of the records of a library and the identification of materials to be preserved.

Ex. Attention has focussed on the labelling of foodstuffs and the testing and approval of food additives.

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* análisis bibliométrico = bibliometric analysis.

* análisis cientométrico = scientometric analysis.

* análisis cinematográfico = film analysis.

* análisis cluster = cluster analysis.

* análisis conceptual = conceptual analysis.

* análisis crítico = critical eye, critical analysis.

* análisis cualitativo = qualitative analysis.

* análisis cuantitativo = quantitative analysis.

* análisis de agrupamiento por cocitas = cocitation cluster analysis.

* análisis de áreas del conocimiento = domain analysis.

* análisis de citas = citation analysis.

* análisis de cocitas = cocitation analysis.

* análisis de cocitas de autores = author co-citation analysis.

* análisis de componentes principales = principal component(s) analysis.

* análisis de contabilidad = financial analysis.

* análisis de contenido = content analysis, conceptual analysis.

* análisis de coocurrencia de términos = co-word analysis.

* análisis de correlación = correlation analysis.

* análisis de costes = cost analysis.

* análisis de costes-beneficios = cost-benefit analysis.

* análisis de costos-beneficios = cost-benefit analysis.

* análisis de dominios del conocimiento = domain analysis.

* análisis de errores = error analysis.

* análisis de grupo = cohort analysis.

* análisis de laboratorio = laboratory analysis.

* análisis de la colección = collection analysis.

* análisis de la coocurrencia de palabras = co-word analysis.

* análisis del contenido = document analysis, subject analysis, content analysis.

* análisis del discurso = discourse analysis.

* análisis del rendimiento = performance analysis.

* análisis de necesidades = needs analysis.

* análisis de regresión múltiple = multiple regression analysis.

* análisis de rendimiento = performance test.

* análisis de riesgos = risk analysis, risk assessment, risk evaluation.

* análisis de sangre = blood test.

* análisis de sistemas = system(s) analysis.

* análisis detallado = close examination.

* análisis de tendencias = trend analysis.

* análisis de una muestra representativa = cross-sectional analysis.

* análisis de varianza (ANOVA) = analysis of variance (ANOVA).

* análisis diagnóstico = diagnostic test.

* análisis discriminante = discriminant analysis.

* análisis documental = document analysis, subject analysis.

* análisis escalar = scaling analysis.

* análisis escalar de Guttman = Guttman scale analysis.

* análisis espacial = spatial analysis.

* análisis estadístico = statistical analysis.

* análisis estadístico multivariante = multivariate statistical analysis.

* análisis facetado = facet analysis.

* análisis factorial = factor analysis.

* análisis formal de documentos = markup [mark-up].

* análisis léxico = lexical analysis.

* análisis literario = literary analysis.

* análisis longitudinal = longitudinal analysis.

* análisis más detallado = close attention.

* análisis más minucioso = closer examination.

* análisis minucioso = scrutiny, dissection, cross examination.

* análisis morfológico = morphological analysis.

* análisis multidimensional de clases = multidimensional cluster analysis.

* análisis multidimensional escalar = multidimensional scaling analysis.

* análisis multivariable = multivariate analysis, multivariate test.

* análisis multivariante = multivariate analysis, multivariate test.

* análisis municioso = close examination.

* análisis por facetas = facet analysis.

* análisis por género = gender analysis.

* análisis químico = chemical analysis.

* análisis sintáctico = syntactical analysis.

* análisis topográfico = surveying.

* análisis univariante = univariate test.

* bloque funcional de análisis de contenido = subject analysis block.

* centro de análisis de la información = information analysis centre.

* lenguaje para el análisis formal de documentos web = markup language.

* modelo de análisis de costes = cost model.

* nuevo análisis = reanalysis [reanalyses, -pl.].

* programa de análisis de ficheros de transacciones = log analysis software.

* realizar un análisis = conduct + analysis.

* realizar un análisis factorial = factor-analyse [factor-analyze, -USA].

* segundo análisis = re-examination [reexamination].

* SGML (Lenguaje Estándar Universal para el Análisis Formal de Documentos) = SGML (Standard Generalised Markup Language).

* sistema para el análisis formal de documentos = markup code.

* sistema para el análisis formal de documentos web = markup system.

* superar un análisis minucioso = stand up to + scrutiny, stand up to + examination.

* unidad de análisis = unit of study.

* XML (Lenguaje Extensible para el Análisis de Documentos) = XML (Extensible Markup Language).

* * *

masculino (pl análisis) analysis

hacerse un análisis de sangre — to have a blood test

* * *

= analysis [analyses, -pl.], assessment, probing, review, breakdown, calibration, close look, post mortem [postmortem], overview, academic study, surveying, testing.

Ex: The operation of investigating a whole with the aim of finding out its essential parts and their relationship to each other is known as analysis.

Ex: However, although the subject may be the primary consideration in the assessment of relevance, subject is not the only factor that determines whether a user wishes to be alerted to the existence of a document.

Ex: Counselling requires much more time and in-depth probing, although it can at one extreme cover simply the act of lending a sympathetic ear to clients who, in externalizing their problems, may thus be better able to face them and arrive at a solution.

Ex: The review is supported by a complete list of LIPs completed or in progess at Aug 88, followed by references to their reports.

Ex: When she arrived at her boss's office at the appointed time, she learned why she had been asked for the breakdown of her day's activities.

Ex: This requires careful calibration of reader response and the use of as many quantitative indices as possible.

Ex: The article has the title 'A close look at Dewey 18: alive and well and living in Albany'.

Ex: Survey research is used to determine what kind of post mortem appraisals companies undertake concerning their abandoned information systems development projects.

Ex: Figure 16 on page 24 gives an overview of searching.

Ex: Cyberculture is emerging as an interdisciplinary subject of academic study.

Ex: The author describes one effort made to counter this trend, through the surveying of the records of a library and the identification of materials to be preserved.

Ex: Attention has focussed on the labelling of foodstuffs and the testing and approval of food additives.

* análisis bibliométrico = bibliometric analysis.

* análisis cientométrico = scientometric analysis.

* análisis cinematográfico = film analysis.

* análisis cluster = cluster analysis.

* análisis conceptual = conceptual analysis.

* análisis crítico = critical eye, critical analysis.

* análisis cualitativo = qualitative analysis.

* análisis cuantitativo = quantitative analysis.

* análisis de agrupamiento por cocitas = cocitation cluster analysis.

* análisis de áreas del conocimiento = domain analysis.

* análisis de citas = citation analysis.

* análisis de cocitas = cocitation analysis.

* análisis de cocitas de autores = author co-citation analysis.

* análisis de componentes principales = principal component(s) analysis.

* análisis de contabilidad = financial analysis.

* análisis de contenido = content analysis, conceptual analysis.

* análisis de coocurrencia de términos = co-word analysis.

* análisis de correlación = correlation analysis.

* análisis de costes = cost analysis.

* análisis de costes-beneficios = cost-benefit analysis.

* análisis de costos-beneficios = cost-benefit analysis.

* análisis de dominios del conocimiento = domain analysis.

* análisis de errores = error analysis.

* análisis de grupo = cohort analysis.

* análisis de laboratorio = laboratory analysis.

* análisis de la colección = collection analysis.

* análisis de la coocurrencia de palabras = co-word analysis.

* análisis del contenido = document analysis, subject analysis, content analysis.

* análisis del discurso = discourse analysis.

* análisis del rendimiento = performance analysis.

* análisis de necesidades = needs analysis.

* análisis de regresión múltiple = multiple regression analysis.

* análisis de rendimiento = performance test.

* análisis de riesgos = risk analysis, risk assessment, risk evaluation.

* análisis de sangre = blood test.

* análisis de sistemas = system(s) analysis.

* análisis detallado = close examination.

* análisis de tendencias = trend analysis.

* análisis de una muestra representativa = cross-sectional analysis.

* análisis de varianza (ANOVA) = analysis of variance (ANOVA).

* análisis diagnóstico = diagnostic test.

* análisis discriminante = discriminant analysis.

* análisis documental = document analysis, subject analysis.

* análisis escalar = scaling analysis.

* análisis escalar de Guttman = Guttman scale analysis.

* análisis espacial = spatial analysis.

* análisis estadístico = statistical analysis.

* análisis estadístico multivariante = multivariate statistical analysis.

* análisis facetado = facet analysis.

* análisis factorial = factor analysis.

* análisis formal de documentos = markup [mark-up].

* análisis léxico = lexical analysis.

* análisis literario = literary analysis.

* análisis longitudinal = longitudinal analysis.

* análisis más detallado = close attention.

* análisis más minucioso = closer examination.

* análisis minucioso = scrutiny, dissection, cross examination.

* análisis morfológico = morphological analysis.

* análisis multidimensional de clases = multidimensional cluster analysis.

* análisis multidimensional escalar = multidimensional scaling analysis.

* análisis multivariable = multivariate analysis, multivariate test.

* análisis multivariante = multivariate analysis, multivariate test.

* análisis municioso = close examination.

* análisis por facetas = facet analysis.

* análisis por género = gender analysis.

* análisis químico = chemical analysis.

* análisis sintáctico = syntactical analysis.

* análisis topográfico = surveying.

* análisis univariante = univariate test.

* bloque funcional de análisis de contenido = subject analysis block.

* centro de análisis de la información = information analysis centre.

* lenguaje para el análisis formal de documentos web = markup language.

* modelo de análisis de costes = cost model.

* nuevo análisis = reanalysis [reanalyses, -pl.].

* programa de análisis de ficheros de transacciones = log analysis software.

* realizar un análisis = conduct + analysis.

* realizar un análisis factorial = factor-analyse [factor-analyze, -USA].

* segundo análisis = re-examination [reexamination].

* SGML (Lenguaje Estándar Universal para el Análisis Formal de Documentos) = SGML (Standard Generalised Markup Language).

* sistema para el análisis formal de documentos = markup code.

* sistema para el análisis formal de documentos web = markup system.

* superar un análisis minucioso = stand up to + scrutiny, stand up to + examination.

* unidad de análisis = unit of study.

* XML (Lenguaje Extensible para el Análisis de Documentos) = XML (Extensible Markup Language).

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análisis

masculine

(pl análisis)

A (de una situación, un tema) analysis

hizo un análisis del problema he analyzed o carried out an analysis of the problem

Compuesto:

análisis de costo-beneficio or ( Esp) coste-beneficio

cost-benefit analysis

B ( Med, Quím) analysis

hacerse un análisis de orina/sangre to have a urine/blood test

Compuestos:

● análisis clínico

clinical analysis

● análisis espectral

spectrum analysis

● análisis orgánico

organic analysis

C ( Ling) analysis

Compuestos:

● análisis del discurso

discourse analysis

● análisis gramatical

grammatical analysis

● análisis sintáctico

syntactic analysis

D ( Mat) analysis, calculus

E ( Psic) analysis

* * *

análisis sustantivo masculino (pl
◊ análisis) analysis;

hacerse un análisis de sangre to have a blood test
análisis m inv
1 analysis
2 Med test: tengo que hacerme unos análisis, I have to have some tests done

' análisis' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
detenida
- detenido
- factorial
- microscópica
- microscópico
- negativa
- negativo
- ponderación
- positiva
- positivo
- sintética
- sintético
- citología
- comentario
- concienzudo
- dar
- estudio
- lúcido
English:
analysis
- blood test
- breakdown
- test
- bear
- blood
- positive
- right

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análisis nm inv

1. [de situación, problema] analysis;

hacer un análisis de algo to analyse sth

Comp
Com análisis del camino crítico critical path analysis; Esp Econ análisis coste-beneficio cost-benefit analysis; Econ análisis de costo-beneficio cost-benefit analysis;
análisis cualitativo qualitative analysis;

análisis cuantitativo quantitative analysis;
Ling análisis del discurso discourse analysis;
análisis de mercado market analysis

2. [médico] analysis

Comp
análisis clínico (clinical) test;
análisis de orina urine test;

análisis químico chemical analysis;

análisis de sangre blood test

3. Gram analysis

Comp
análisis gramatical sentence analysis;
análisis sintáctico syntactic analysis

4. Informát analysis

Comp
análisis de sistemas systems analysis
5. Mat analysis

6. Psi analysis

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análisis

m inv analysis

* * *

análisis nm

: analysis

* * *

análisis n analysis [pl. analyses]

hacer un analisis de algo to analyse something

análisis de sangre blood test

Spanish-English dictionary > análisis
5 forma

f.

1 shape, form (figura).

en forma de in the shape of

en forma de L L-shaped

tener forma ovalada o de óvalo to be oval in shape

formas figure, curves (silueta)

2 way, manner (manera).

se puede hacer de varias formas it can be done in several different ways

¡qué forma de llover! it's absolutely pouring down!

de cualquier forma, de todas formas anyway, in any case

de esta forma in this way

forma de pago method of payment

forma de ser: es su forma de ser that's just the way he is

3 form.

la fotografía es una forma de arte photography is an art form

formas de vida life forms

4 form (no fondo).

forma y fondo form and content

5 host (religion).

6 form (formulario). (Mexican Spanish)

7 kind, form.

8 aspect, semblance, appearance.

9 cast.

pres.indicat.

3^rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: formar.

imperat.

2^nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: formar.

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forma

► nombre femenino

1 (gen) form, shape

■ en forma de X X-shaped

2 (manera) way

3 DEPORTE form

► nombre femenino plural formas

1 (modales) manners, social conventions

2 familiar (de mujer) curves

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FRASEOLOGÍA

de esta forma in this way

de forma que so that

de todas formas anyway, in any case

estar en baja forma to be off form

estar en forma to be in shape, be fit

ponerse en forma to get fit

buenas formas good manners

forma de pago method of payment

forma física physical fitness

la Sagrada Forma the Host

* * *

noun f.

1) form, shape

2) manner, way

•

- estar en forma

* * *

SF

1) (=figura) shape

tiene forma de pirámide — it is pyramid-shaped

hojas de forma triangular — triangular leaves

una serie de elementos dispuestos de forma circular — a series of elements arranged in a circle

la camisa ha cogido la forma de la percha — the shirt has been stretched out of shape by the hanger

• nubes de humo con forma de hongo — mushroom-shaped clouds of smoke

un pendiente con forma de animal mitológico — an earring in the shape of a mythological animal

• dar forma a — [+ objeto, joya] to shape; [+ idea, teoría] to give shape to

quiso dar forma literaria a sus teorías filosóficas — he wanted to put his philosophical theories into literary form

• en forma de U — U-shaped

pendientes en forma de corazón — heart-shaped earrings

• tomar forma — to take shape

la idea empezó a tomar forma el año pasado — the idea began to take shape last year

2) (=modo) way

me gusta más de esta forma — I like it better this way

yo tengo otra forma de ver las cosas — I see things in a different way

solo conozco una forma llegar hasta allí — I only know one way of getting there o one way to get there

no estoy de acuerdo con su forma de actuar — I don't agree with his way of doing things

no hubo forma de convencerlo — there was no way we could persuade him

• de forma directa/inmediata/natural — directly/immediately/naturally

el plan entrará en vigor de forma inmediata — the plan will take immediate effect, the plan will take effect immediately

este tema me preocupa de forma especial — this subject is of particular concern to me

• de esta forma — [gen] in this way; (=por consecuencia) thus

queremos controlar los costes y, de esta forma, evitar reducir la plantilla — we want to bring down costs and thus avoid having to downsize

• de todas formas — anyway, in any case

pero de todas formas te agradezco que me lo hayas dicho — but thank you for letting me know anyway, but in any case thank you for letting me know

forma de pago — method of payment, form of payment

forma de ser, es mi forma de ser — that's how I am, that's the way I am

3)

• de forma que — (=en un modo que) in such a way as, so as; (=por eso) so that

él intentó contestar la pregunta de forma que no le comprometiese — he tried to answer the question so as o in such a way as not to commit himself

el número de socios fue creciendo cada año, de forma que en 1989 eran ya varios miles — the number of members grew every year, so that o such that by 1989 there were several thousand

• de tal forma que — (=en un modo que) in such a way that; (=tanto que) so much that; (=por eso) so that

la noticia se filtró de tal forma que fueron incapaces de evitarlo — news leaked out in such a way that they were unable to stop it

la empresa ha crecido de tal forma que es irreconocible — the company has grown so much o to such an extent that it is unrecognizable

su padre era italiano y su madre polaca, de tal forma que él siempre se ha sentido europeo — his father was Italian and his mother Polish, so (that) he has always felt himself to be European

4) (tb: forma física) fitness, form

si no está al cien por cien de forma no jugará — if he isn't a hundred per cent fit he won't play

el jugador ha recuperado su forma física — the player is fit again, the player has regained fitness o form

cuida su forma física practicando también otros deportes — he keeps fit by playing other sports too

• estar en (buena) forma — [para hacer deporte] to be fit, be in good shape; [para realizar otra actividad] to be in (good) form

estar en baja forma — (lit) to be not fully fit; (fig) to be in bad shape

estar bajo de forma — to be in poor shape

mantenerse en forma — to keep fit

ponerse en forma — to get fit

5) (=aspecto externo) form

la forma y el fondo — form and content

es pura forma — it's just for the sake of form, it's a mere formality

• defecto de forma — (Jur) technicality

6) pl formas [femeninas] figure sing

7) pl formas [sociales] appearances

• guardar o mantener las formas — to keep up appearances

8) (Rel)

• la Sagrada Forma — the Host

9) (=molde) (Téc) mould, mold (EEUU); [de zapatero] last; [de sombrero] hatter's block; (Tip) forme, form (EEUU)

10) (Ling) [del verbo] form

11) (Tip) (=formato) format

12) LAm
*
• en forma, una fiesta en forma — a proper party, a blowout *

va a celebrar su cumpleaños en forma — he's going to have a proper o a serious * birthday party

nos aburrimos en forma — we were seriously bored *

13) Méx form
see MANERA, FORMA, MODO
* * *

femenino

1)

a) (contorno, apariencia) shape

tiene forma circular — it's circular (in shape)

en forma de cruz — in the shape of a cross

tiene la forma de un platillo — it's the shape of a saucer

dar forma a algo — ( al barro) to shape something; ( a proyecto) to give shape to something

tomar forma — to take shape

el suéter ha tomado la forma de la percha — the sweater's been stretched out of shape by the coat hanger

b) (tipo, modalidad) form

la discriminación no se tolerará bajo ninguna de sus formas — discrimination will not be tolerated in any shape or form

el medicamento se presenta en forma de comprimidos — the medicine comes in tablet form

2) (Lit) (de una novela, obra) form; (Fil) form

3) (Ling) form

4) (Dep, Med)

estar/mantenerse en forma — to be/keep fit

está en baja forma — he's not on form

en plena forma — on top form

en forma — (AmL fam)

una comida en forma — a good square meal (colloq)

nos divertimos en forma — (AmL fam) we had a really good time

5) (manera, modo) way

es su forma de ser — it's just the way he is

tiene una forma de ser que desconcierta — he has a rather disconcerting manner

qué forma de gritar! — there's no need to shout!

así no hay forma de entenderse — we'll never get anywhere like this

no veía la forma de convencerlo — I couldn't see how to convince him

de forma que — (frml) in such a way that

de cualquier forma or de todas formas — anyway, in any case

- forma de pago

6) formas femenino plural

a) ( de mujer) figure

b) ( apariencias) appearances (pl)

guardar las formas — to keep up appearances

7) (Méx) ( formulario) form

* * *

= approach [approaches, -pl.], form, guise, means, mode, shape, way, mould [mold, -USA], shaping, complexion, manner, fashion.

Ex. During the last twenty years the variety of approaches to the organisation of knowledge has proliferated with the introduction of computer-based methods.

Ex. It is under the chosen form of heading that the catalogue entry for a particular document is filed and hence located.

Ex. In various guises, the basic concepts have found application in the design of a number of special classification schemes.

Ex. The easiest means of illustrating some of the foregoing points is to introduce in outline some special classification schemes.

Ex. Various modes of operation are possible for such a journal, and the precise operation will depend upon the type of information being conveyed.

Ex. If the book has an unusual shape then both the height and the width of the book will be given.

Ex. They are likely to influence the future function of DC, and the way in which the scheme will evolve, but since there will be a continuing need for shelf arrangement, DC will remain necessary.

Ex. The two moulds, which were twins, were oblong wire sieves mounted on wooden frames, and the deckle was a removable wooden rim which could be fitted to either mould to make it into a tray-like sieve with a raised edge.

Ex. The process of shaping the scientific and technical propaganda into a legitimate specialisation is described.

Ex. These documents contain the Commission's sentiments on how policy should be evolved in particular sectors and what complexion it should take = Estos documentos contienen el sentir de la Comisión de cómo debería desarrollarse la política en sectores concretos y qué cariz debería tomar.

Ex. City planning is a body of techniques and theories for co-ordinative decision-making which tries to distribute the community's resources in a manner which will best achieve the community's specific goals, whatever they may be = El urbanismo es un conjunto de técnicas y teorías para la toma coordinada de decisiones que intenta distribuir los recursos de la comunidad de tal forma que se consigan mejor los objetivos específicos de ésta, sean cuales sean.

Ex. It was on the tip of his tongue to say: 'Must you speak to me in this uncivilized fashion?' But he discreetly forbore.

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* acabar de forma positiva = end + Nombre + on a high (note).

* actuar de forma negligente = be remiss.

* adoptar forma = take + shape.

* adoptar la forma de = take + form, take + the form of, come in + the form of.

* aprender de la forma más difícil = learn + the hard way.

* asumir una forma = assume + form.

* botón en forma de palo = toggle fastener.

* buena forma física = fitness, physical fitness.

* buscar la forma de = look for + ways to.

* buscar la forma de + Infinitivo = develop + way of + Gerundio.

* buscar una forma de hacer (algo) = develop + way + to make + Nombre.

* caer en forma de cascada = cascade.

* cambiar de forma = shape-shift.

* cambiar de forma de vivir = turn + Posesivo + life around.

* catálogo encuadernado en forma de listado de ordenador = computer book form catalogue.

* catálogo en forma de álbum = guard (book) catalogue.

* catálogo en forma de libro = bookform catalogue, book catalogue.

* catálogo en forma de libro encuadernado = bound book form catalogue.

* catálogo en forma de listado = computer print-out catalogue.

* catálogo en forma de listado de ordenador = computer book form catalogue.

* catálogo impreso en forma de libro = printed book catalogue.

* como forma de vida = as a way of life.

* como una forma de = as a means of.

* concepto de forma = form concept.

* con forma de castillo = castellated.

* con forma de estrella = star-shaped [star shaped].

* con forma de pelo = hair-like.

* con forma de pera = pear-shaped.

* con forma de pirámide = trihedral, pyramidal-shaped.

* con forma de tetraedro = trihedral.

* con forma de U = U-shaped.

* con forma piramidal = pyramidal-shaped.

* dar cuerpo y forma a = lend + substance and form to.

* dar forma = become + cast, give + shape, shape, mould [mold, -USA], inform.

* dar nueva forma = reformat [re-format].

* de alguna forma = in one way or another, one way or another.

* de alguna otra forma = in any other way.

* de cualquier forma = in any event, in any way [in anyway], in any case, in any way at all.

* de cualquier forma posible = in any and all ways.

* de esta forma = in this fashion, in this manner, in this way.

* de forma = in form.

* de forma abrumadora = overwhelmingly.

* de forma aceptable = adequately, acceptably.

* de forma adecuada = adequately, appropriately.

* de forma alternada = in alternating fashion.

* de forma alternativa = alternatively.

* de forma anónima = anonymously.

* de forma aplastante = overwhelmingly.

* de forma apreciable = markedly.

* de forma apropiada = properly, fitly, appropriately.

* de forma audible = audibly.

* de forma autónoma = autonomously.

* de forma caprichosa = capriciously.

* de forma clara = clearly.

* de forma colegiada = collegially.

* de forma combinada = in combination.

* de forma competitiva = competitively.

* de forma complementaria = complimentarily.

* de forma completa = in full.

* de forma conjunta con = in partnership with.

* de forma considerable = considerably.

* de forma continuada = continuously.

* de forma cuadrada = squarish, square-shaped.

* de forma deductiva = deductively.

* de forma desastrosa = disastrously.

* de forma deshonesta = dishonestly.

* de forma diferente = differently shaped.

* de forma digital = digitally.

* de forma divertida = funnily.

* de forma económica = cost-effectively.

* de forma errática = erratically.

* de forma escandalosa = outrageously.

* de forma especulativa = speculatively.

* de forma estructurada = in a structured fashion.

* de forma exquisita = exquisitely.

* de forma extraña = oddly, funnily.

* de forma federal = federally.

* de forma general = widely, bulk.

* de forma global = holistically.

* de forma graciosa = funnily.

* de forma gratis = on a complimentary basis.

* de forma gratuita = on a complimentary basis.

* de forma grotesca = grotesquely.

* de forma heterogénea = heterogeneously [heterogenously].

* de forma heurística = heuristically.

* de forma humorística = in a humorous vein.

* de forma imaginativa = imaginatively.

* de forma indirecta = circuitous route.

* de forma inesperada = like a bolt out of the blue, like a bolt from the blue.

* de forma innata = innately.

* de forma irregular = erratically.

* de forma lamentable = miserably.

* de forma lógica = in a meaningful way.

* de forma mágica = magically.

* de forma mecánica = mechanically.

* de forma mordaz = pungently.

* de forma muy parecida a = in much the same way as.

* de forma muy similar a = in much the same way as.

* de forma negativa = in a negative light.

* de forma neutral = neutrally.

* de forma notoria = markedly.

* de forma óptima = optimally.

* de forma personalizada = on a one-to-one basis.

* de forma poco ética = unethically.

* de forma poco imaginativa = unimaginatively.

* de forma poco profesional = unprofessionally.

* de forma poco razonable = unreasonably.

* de forma positiva = in a positive light, constructively.

* de forma práctica = pragmatically.

* de forma precisa = precisely.

* de forma puntual = occasionally, when necessary.

* de forma que = in ways that.

* de forma que resulta más fácil de entender = in digestible form.

* de forma rara = oddly, funnily.

* de forma recíproca = reciprocally.

* de forma regular = regularly.

* de forma rentable = cost-effectively.

* de forma ridícula = grotesquely.

* de forma saludable = healthily.

* de forma sana = healthily.

* de forma significativa = to any significant extent, to a significant extent.

* de forma sistemática = in a systematic fashion.

* de forma sofisticada = sophisticatedly.

* de forma subconsciente = subconsciously.

* de forma sublime = subliminally.

* de forma suscinta = in brief.

* de forma terapéutica = therapeutically.

* de forma tosca = in crude form.

* de forma trágica = tragically.

* de igual forma = in like manner, in a like manner, in like fashion, in like vein.

* de la forma más difícil = the hard way.

* de la forma más fácil = the easy way .

* de la mejor forma posible = to the best of + Posesivo + ability.

* de la misma forma que = in the same way (as), in the same manner (as), in much the same way as.

* de la otra forma = the other way (a)round.

* de muchas formas = in more ways than one.

* de ninguna forma = in any way at all.

* de ninguna otra forma = in any other way.

* de nuevas formas = in new ways.

* de otra forma = in any other way.

* describir de forma general = outline.

* de tal forma que + ser/estar = in such form as to + be.

* de todas formas = anyway(s), at any rate, anyhow.

* de todas las formas posibles = in any and all ways.

* de una forma = in a fashion.

* de una forma + Adjetivo = in + Adjetivo + manner.

* de una forma ambigua = ambiguously.

* de una forma brillante = brilliantly.

* de una forma deplorable = execrably.

* de una forma fácil = easily.

* de una forma hábil = skilfully [skillfully, -USA].

* de una forma intangible = intangibly.

* de una forma lógica = logically.

* de una forma monstruosa = monstrously.

* de una forma organizada = in an organised fashion.

* de una forma rápida = quickly.

* de una forma relativamente + Nombre = relatively + Adverbio.

* de una forma simple = in a simple manner, simply.

* de una forma tautológica = tautologically.

* de una forma u otra = in some form or other, in one way or another, one way or another, in one form or another.

* de una nueva forma = in a new way.

* dispuesto de forma uniforme = regimented.

* división de forma = form division.

* edificio en forma de cubo = cubic building.

* en buena forma = in good nick.

* encabezamiento de forma = form heading.

* encontrar la forma de = devise + ways.

* en forma = fit [fitter -comp., fittest -sup.], toned.

* en forma de = in the form of, in the shape of.

* en forma de A = A-shaped.

* en forma de arco = arched, bowed.

* en forma de capa = cape-like.

* en forma de cruz = cross-shaped.

* en forma de cuadrado = square-shaped.

* en forma de cuña = wedge-shaped.

* en forma de cúpula = dome-shaped, domed.

* en forma de D = d-shaped.

* en forma de estrella = star-shaped [star shaped].

* en forma de libro = in book form.

* en forma de medialuna = crescent-shaped.

* en forma de parásito = parasitically.

* en forma de pera = pear-shaped.

* en forma de pirámide = pyramidal-shaped.

* en forma de trompeta = trumpet-shaped.

* en forma de U = U-shaped.

* en forma de V = V-shaped.

* en forma física = physically fit.

* en forma física y mental = physically and mentally fit.

* en forma ovalada = oval-shaped.

* en forma piramidal = pyramidal-shaped.

* en mala forma = in bad nick.

* en plena forma = in peak condition, in tip-top form, in tip-top condition.

* en su forma más básica = at its most basic.

* entintar la forma = beat + the forme.

* entrada de forma = form entry.

* estar en forma = be in shape, be in good shape.

* estar ordenado en forma circular = be on a wheel.

* faceta de forma = Form facet.

* forma adjetival = adjectival form.

* forma artística = art form.

* forma de actuar = discourse.

* forma de comportamiento = mode of behaviour, way of conduct.

* forma de conducta = mode of conduct, way of conduct.

* forma de conseguir algo = lever.

* forma de doble fondo = double-faced mould.

* forma de escribir = writing style.

* forma de evitar Algo = way round + Algo.

* forma de evitar una dificultad = way (a)round + difficulty.

* forma de evitar un problema = way round + problem.

* forma de expresión = way of expression, mode of expression.

* forma de funcionar = business model.

* forma de hablar = manner of speaking.

* forma de hacer papel = paper mould.

* forma de impresión = composing frame, forme, plate, frame.

* forma de la curva estadística en su valor más alto = peak-shape.

* forma de pago = form of payment.

* forma de papel vitela = wove mould.

* forma de pensar = thinking, belief system, set of opinions, mode of thought, mode of thinking.

* forma de presentación = form of presentation.

* forma de trabajar = working practice, work practice, business model.

* forma de un solo fondo = single-faced mould.

* forma de un solo fondo para papel verjurado = single-faced laid mould.

* forma de ver las cosas = way of putting things together, bent of mind.

* forma de vida = way of life.

* forma excelente = commanding form.

* forma física = physical form, physical condition, physical shape.

* forma flexionada = inflected form.

* forma geométrica = geometric shape, geometric pattern.

* forma impresa = hard copy [hardcopy].

* forma intelectual = intellectual form.

* forma manual = hand mould.

* forma nominal = noun form.

* forma para papel verjurado = laid mould.

* ganar de forma abrumadora = beat + Nombre + hands down, win + hands down.

* ganar de forma aplastante = beat + Nombre + hands down, win + hands down, win by + a landslide.

* ganar de forma arrolladora = win by + a landslide.

* guardar las formas = keep up + appearances.

* indicar las formas (de/en que) = point to + ways (of/in which).

* la forma correcta de hacer las cosas = the way to go.

* la forma de = ways and means (of/for/to/in/by).

* la forma de + Infinitivo = the way to go about + Gerundio.

* la forma de ver las cosas = the way + to see things.

* la mejor forma de hacer Algo = lessons learned [lessons learnt].

* mantenerse en forma = keep + fit.

* no haber forma de = there + be + no way.

* no hay forma de que = for the life of me.

* ofrecer una forma de = provide + a way of/to.

* orientado hacia la forma = form-oriented.

* participar de forma activa = involve.

* participar de forma activa en = engage in.

* participar de una forma activa = become + involved.

* pensar de forma creativa = think out(side) + (of) the box.

* poner en forma = buff up.

* ponerse en forma = get + fit.

* ponerse en forma para la lucir el cuerpo en la playa = get + beach-fit.

* por la forma = by the way.

* presentar en forma de tabla = tabulate.

* red en forma de estrella = star network [star-network].

* sentirse en plena forma = feel + tip-top.

* ser la forma abreviada de = be short for.

* ser la forma de = be a recipe for.

* ser mirado de forma extraña = get + some funny looks.

* ser una forma de = provide + a way of/to.

* sin forma = bodilessly, formless.

* sugerir la forma de = suggest + way in which.

* tener forma + Adjetivo = be + Adjetivo + in shape.

* terminar de forma positiva = end + Nombre + on a high (note).

* tomar forma = take + form, take + shape, assume + form, shape up.

* una buena forma de empezar = a good way to start.

* volver a dar forma = reshape [re-shape].

* * *

femenino

1)

a) (contorno, apariencia) shape

tiene forma circular — it's circular (in shape)

en forma de cruz — in the shape of a cross

tiene la forma de un platillo — it's the shape of a saucer

dar forma a algo — ( al barro) to shape something; ( a proyecto) to give shape to something

tomar forma — to take shape

el suéter ha tomado la forma de la percha — the sweater's been stretched out of shape by the coat hanger

b) (tipo, modalidad) form

la discriminación no se tolerará bajo ninguna de sus formas — discrimination will not be tolerated in any shape or form

el medicamento se presenta en forma de comprimidos — the medicine comes in tablet form

2) (Lit) (de una novela, obra) form; (Fil) form

3) (Ling) form

4) (Dep, Med)

estar/mantenerse en forma — to be/keep fit

está en baja forma — he's not on form

en plena forma — on top form

en forma — (AmL fam)

una comida en forma — a good square meal (colloq)

nos divertimos en forma — (AmL fam) we had a really good time

5) (manera, modo) way

es su forma de ser — it's just the way he is

tiene una forma de ser que desconcierta — he has a rather disconcerting manner

qué forma de gritar! — there's no need to shout!

así no hay forma de entenderse — we'll never get anywhere like this

no veía la forma de convencerlo — I couldn't see how to convince him

de forma que — (frml) in such a way that

de cualquier forma or de todas formas — anyway, in any case

- forma de pago

6) formas femenino plural

a) ( de mujer) figure

b) ( apariencias) appearances (pl)

guardar las formas — to keep up appearances

7) (Méx) ( formulario) form

* * *

= approach [approaches, -pl.], form, guise, means, mode, shape, way, mould [mold, -USA], shaping, complexion, manner, fashion.

Ex: During the last twenty years the variety of approaches to the organisation of knowledge has proliferated with the introduction of computer-based methods.

Ex: It is under the chosen form of heading that the catalogue entry for a particular document is filed and hence located.

Ex: In various guises, the basic concepts have found application in the design of a number of special classification schemes.

Ex: The easiest means of illustrating some of the foregoing points is to introduce in outline some special classification schemes.

Ex: Various modes of operation are possible for such a journal, and the precise operation will depend upon the type of information being conveyed.

Ex: If the book has an unusual shape then both the height and the width of the book will be given.

Ex: They are likely to influence the future function of DC, and the way in which the scheme will evolve, but since there will be a continuing need for shelf arrangement, DC will remain necessary.

Ex: The two moulds, which were twins, were oblong wire sieves mounted on wooden frames, and the deckle was a removable wooden rim which could be fitted to either mould to make it into a tray-like sieve with a raised edge.

Ex: The process of shaping the scientific and technical propaganda into a legitimate specialisation is described.

Ex: These documents contain the Commission's sentiments on how policy should be evolved in particular sectors and what complexion it should take = Estos documentos contienen el sentir de la Comisión de cómo debería desarrollarse la política en sectores concretos y qué cariz debería tomar.

Ex: City planning is a body of techniques and theories for co-ordinative decision-making which tries to distribute the community's resources in a manner which will best achieve the community's specific goals, whatever they may be = El urbanismo es un conjunto de técnicas y teorías para la toma coordinada de decisiones que intenta distribuir los recursos de la comunidad de tal forma que se consigan mejor los objetivos específicos de ésta, sean cuales sean.

Ex: It was on the tip of his tongue to say: 'Must you speak to me in this uncivilized fashion?' But he discreetly forbore.

* acabar de forma positiva = end + Nombre + on a high (note).

* actuar de forma negligente = be remiss.

* adoptar forma = take + shape.

* adoptar la forma de = take + form, take + the form of, come in + the form of.

* aprender de la forma más difícil = learn + the hard way.

* asumir una forma = assume + form.

* botón en forma de palo = toggle fastener.

* buena forma física = fitness, physical fitness.

* buscar la forma de = look for + ways to.

* buscar la forma de + Infinitivo = develop + way of + Gerundio.

* buscar una forma de hacer (algo) = develop + way + to make + Nombre.

* caer en forma de cascada = cascade.

* cambiar de forma = shape-shift.

* cambiar de forma de vivir = turn + Posesivo + life around.

* catálogo encuadernado en forma de listado de ordenador = computer book form catalogue.

* catálogo en forma de álbum = guard (book) catalogue.

* catálogo en forma de libro = bookform catalogue, book catalogue.

* catálogo en forma de libro encuadernado = bound book form catalogue.

* catálogo en forma de listado = computer print-out catalogue.

* catálogo en forma de listado de ordenador = computer book form catalogue.

* catálogo impreso en forma de libro = printed book catalogue.

* como forma de vida = as a way of life.

* como una forma de = as a means of.

* concepto de forma = form concept.

* con forma de castillo = castellated.

* con forma de estrella = star-shaped [star shaped].

* con forma de pelo = hair-like.

* con forma de pera = pear-shaped.

* con forma de pirámide = trihedral, pyramidal-shaped.

* con forma de tetraedro = trihedral.

* con forma de U = U-shaped.

* con forma piramidal = pyramidal-shaped.

* dar cuerpo y forma a = lend + substance and form to.

* dar forma = become + cast, give + shape, shape, mould [mold, -USA], inform.

* dar nueva forma = reformat [re-format].

* de alguna forma = in one way or another, one way or another.

* de alguna otra forma = in any other way.

* de cualquier forma = in any event, in any way [in anyway], in any case, in any way at all.

* de cualquier forma posible = in any and all ways.

* de esta forma = in this fashion, in this manner, in this way.

* de forma = in form.

* de forma abrumadora = overwhelmingly.

* de forma aceptable = adequately, acceptably.

* de forma adecuada = adequately, appropriately.

* de forma alternada = in alternating fashion.

* de forma alternativa = alternatively.

* de forma anónima = anonymously.

* de forma aplastante = overwhelmingly.

* de forma apreciable = markedly.

* de forma apropiada = properly, fitly, appropriately.

* de forma audible = audibly.

* de forma autónoma = autonomously.

* de forma caprichosa = capriciously.

* de forma clara = clearly.

* de forma colegiada = collegially.

* de forma combinada = in combination.

* de forma competitiva = competitively.

* de forma complementaria = complimentarily.

* de forma completa = in full.

* de forma conjunta con = in partnership with.

* de forma considerable = considerably.

* de forma continuada = continuously.

* de forma cuadrada = squarish, square-shaped.

* de forma deductiva = deductively.

* de forma desastrosa = disastrously.

* de forma deshonesta = dishonestly.

* de forma diferente = differently shaped.

* de forma digital = digitally.

* de forma divertida = funnily.

* de forma económica = cost-effectively.

* de forma errática = erratically.

* de forma escandalosa = outrageously.

* de forma especulativa = speculatively.

* de forma estructurada = in a structured fashion.

* de forma exquisita = exquisitely.

* de forma extraña = oddly, funnily.

* de forma federal = federally.

* de forma general = widely, bulk.

* de forma global = holistically.

* de forma graciosa = funnily.

* de forma gratis = on a complimentary basis.

* de forma gratuita = on a complimentary basis.

* de forma grotesca = grotesquely.

* de forma heterogénea = heterogeneously [heterogenously].

* de forma heurística = heuristically.

* de forma humorística = in a humorous vein.

* de forma imaginativa = imaginatively.

* de forma indirecta = circuitous route.

* de forma inesperada = like a bolt out of the blue, like a bolt from the blue.

* de forma innata = innately.

* de forma irregular = erratically.

* de forma lamentable = miserably.

* de forma lógica = in a meaningful way.

* de forma mágica = magically.

* de forma mecánica = mechanically.

* de forma mordaz = pungently.

* de forma muy parecida a = in much the same way as.

* de forma muy similar a = in much the same way as.

* de forma negativa = in a negative light.

* de forma neutral = neutrally.

* de forma notoria = markedly.

* de forma óptima = optimally.

* de forma personalizada = on a one-to-one basis.

* de forma poco ética = unethically.

* de forma poco imaginativa = unimaginatively.

* de forma poco profesional = unprofessionally.

* de forma poco razonable = unreasonably.

* de forma positiva = in a positive light, constructively.

* de forma práctica = pragmatically.

* de forma precisa = precisely.

* de forma puntual = occasionally, when necessary.

* de forma que = in ways that.

* de forma que resulta más fácil de entender = in digestible form.

* de forma rara = oddly, funnily.

* de forma recíproca = reciprocally.

* de forma regular = regularly.

* de forma rentable = cost-effectively.

* de forma ridícula = grotesquely.

* de forma saludable = healthily.

* de forma sana = healthily.

* de forma significativa = to any significant extent, to a significant extent.

* de forma sistemática = in a systematic fashion.

* de forma sofisticada = sophisticatedly.

* de forma subconsciente = subconsciously.

* de forma sublime = subliminally.

* de forma suscinta = in brief.

* de forma terapéutica = therapeutically.

* de forma tosca = in crude form.

* de forma trágica = tragically.

* de igual forma = in like manner, in a like manner, in like fashion, in like vein.

* de la forma más difícil = the hard way.

* de la forma más fácil = the easy way.

* de la mejor forma posible = to the best of + Posesivo + ability.

* de la misma forma que = in the same way (as), in the same manner (as), in much the same way as.

* de la otra forma = the other way (a)round.

* de muchas formas = in more ways than one.

* de ninguna forma = in any way at all.

* de ninguna otra forma = in any other way.

* de nuevas formas = in new ways.

* de otra forma = in any other way.

* describir de forma general = outline.

* de tal forma que + ser/estar = in such form as to + be.

* de todas formas = anyway(s), at any rate, anyhow.

* de todas las formas posibles = in any and all ways.

* de una forma = in a fashion.

* de una forma + Adjetivo = in + Adjetivo + manner.

* de una forma ambigua = ambiguously.

* de una forma brillante = brilliantly.

* de una forma deplorable = execrably.

* de una forma fácil = easily.

* de una forma hábil = skilfully [skillfully, -USA].

* de una forma intangible = intangibly.

* de una forma lógica = logically.

* de una forma monstruosa = monstrously.

* de una forma organizada = in an organised fashion.

* de una forma rápida = quickly.

* de una forma relativamente + Nombre = relatively + Adverbio.

* de una forma simple = in a simple manner, simply.

* de una forma tautológica = tautologically.

* de una forma u otra = in some form or other, in one way or another, one way or another, in one form or another.

* de una nueva forma = in a new way.

* dispuesto de forma uniforme = regimented.

* división de forma = form division.

* edificio en forma de cubo = cubic building.

* en buena forma = in good nick.

* encabezamiento de forma = form heading.

* encontrar la forma de = devise + ways.

* en forma = fit [fitter -comp., fittest -sup.], toned.

* en forma de = in the form of, in the shape of.

* en forma de A = A-shaped.

* en forma de arco = arched, bowed.

* en forma de capa = cape-like.

* en forma de cruz = cross-shaped.

* en forma de cuadrado = square-shaped.

* en forma de cuña = wedge-shaped.

* en forma de cúpula = dome-shaped, domed.

* en forma de D = d-shaped.

* en forma de estrella = star-shaped [star shaped].

* en forma de libro = in book form.

* en forma de medialuna = crescent-shaped.

* en forma de parásito = parasitically.

* en forma de pera = pear-shaped.

* en forma de pirámide = pyramidal-shaped.

* en forma de trompeta = trumpet-shaped.

* en forma de U = U-shaped.

* en forma de V = V-shaped.

* en forma física = physically fit.

* en forma física y mental = physically and mentally fit.

* en forma ovalada = oval-shaped.

* en forma piramidal = pyramidal-shaped.

* en mala forma = in bad nick.

* en plena forma = in peak condition, in tip-top form, in tip-top condition.

* en su forma más básica = at its most basic.

* entintar la forma = beat + the forme.

* entrada de forma = form entry.

* estar en forma = be in shape, be in good shape.

* estar ordenado en forma circular = be on a wheel.

* faceta de forma = Form facet.

* forma adjetival = adjectival form.

* forma artística = art form.

* forma de actuar = discourse.

* forma de comportamiento = mode of behaviour, way of conduct.

* forma de conducta = mode of conduct, way of conduct.

* forma de conseguir algo = lever.

* forma de doble fondo = double-faced mould.

* forma de escribir = writing style.

* forma de evitar Algo = way round + Algo.

* forma de evitar una dificultad = way (a)round + difficulty.

* forma de evitar un problema = way round + problem.

* forma de expresión = way of expression, mode of expression.

* forma de funcionar = business model.

* forma de hablar = manner of speaking.

* forma de hacer papel = paper mould.

* forma de impresión = composing frame, forme, plate, frame.

* forma de la curva estadística en su valor más alto = peak-shape.

* forma de pago = form of payment.

* forma de papel vitela = wove mould.

* forma de pensar = thinking, belief system, set of opinions, mode of thought, mode of thinking.

* forma de presentación = form of presentation.

* forma de trabajar = working practice, work practice, business model.

* forma de un solo fondo = single-faced mould.

* forma de un solo fondo para papel verjurado = single-faced laid mould.

* forma de ver las cosas = way of putting things together, bent of mind.

* forma de vida = way of life.

* forma excelente = commanding form.

* forma física = physical form, physical condition, physical shape.

* forma flexionada = inflected form.

* forma geométrica = geometric shape, geometric pattern.

* forma impresa = hard copy [hardcopy].

* forma intelectual = intellectual form.

* forma manual = hand mould.

* forma nominal = noun form.

* forma para papel verjurado = laid mould.

* ganar de forma abrumadora = beat + Nombre + hands down, win + hands down.

* ganar de forma aplastante = beat + Nombre + hands down, win + hands down, win by + a landslide.

* ganar de forma arrolladora = win by + a landslide.

* guardar las formas = keep up + appearances.

* indicar las formas (de/en que) = point to + ways (of/in which).

* la forma correcta de hacer las cosas = the way to go.

* la forma de = ways and means (of/for/to/in/by).

* la forma de + Infinitivo = the way to go about + Gerundio.

* la forma de ver las cosas = the way + to see things.

* la mejor forma de hacer Algo = lessons learned [lessons learnt].

* mantenerse en forma = keep + fit.

* no haber forma de = there + be + no way.

* no hay forma de que = for the life of me.

* ofrecer una forma de = provide + a way of/to.

* orientado hacia la forma = form-oriented.

* participar de forma activa = involve.

* participar de forma activa en = engage in.

* participar de una forma activa = become + involved.

* pensar de forma creativa = think out(side) + (of) the box.

* poner en forma = buff up.

* ponerse en forma = get + fit.

* ponerse en forma para la lucir el cuerpo en la playa = get + beach-fit.

* por la forma = by the way.

* presentar en forma de tabla = tabulate.

* red en forma de estrella = star network [star-network].

* sentirse en plena forma = feel + tip-top.

* ser la forma abreviada de = be short for.

* ser la forma de = be a recipe for.

* ser mirado de forma extraña = get + some funny looks.

* ser una forma de = provide + a way of/to.

* sin forma = bodilessly, formless.

* sugerir la forma de = suggest + way in which.

* tener forma + Adjetivo = be + Adjetivo + in shape.

* terminar de forma positiva = end + Nombre + on a high (note).

* tomar forma = take + form, take + shape, assume + form, shape up.

* una buena forma de empezar = a good way to start.

* volver a dar forma = reshape [re-shape].

* * *

forma

feminine

A

1 (contorno, apariencia) shape

tiene forma circular it's circular (in shape)

en forma de cruz in the shape of a cross

tiene la forma de un platillo it's the shape of a saucer o it's saucer-shaped

los tenemos de todas formas y tamaños we have them in all shapes and sizes

el alfarero da forma al barro the potter shapes the clay

finalmente logró dar forma a sus proyectos he finally managed to give some shape to his plans

el suéter ha cogido la forma de la percha the sweater's been stretched out of shape by the coat hanger

el príncipe tomó la forma de una rana the prince turned into a frog

la escultura/el proyecto está empezando a tomar forma the sculpture/plan is beginning to take shape

2 (tipo, modalidad) form

la discriminación no puede ser tolerada bajo ninguna de sus formas discrimination cannot be tolerated in any shape or form

las distintas formas de vida animal the different forms of animal life

el medicamento se presenta en forma de supositorios y de comprimidos the medicine comes in suppository or tablet form

B

1 ( Lit) (de una novela, obra) form

fondo y forma form and content

2 ( Der):

un defecto de forma a technicality ( in drafting or presentation)

3 ( Fil) form

C ( Ling) form

la forma singular the singular (form)

D ( Dep, Med):

estar/mantenerse en forma to be/keep fit

esta temporada está en baja forma this season he's off form o he's not in good form

me siento en plena forma I feel on top form

en forma ( AmL fam): una comida en forma a good square meal ( colloq)

hoy nos divertimos en forma we had a terrific o fantastic time today

metiste la pata en (gran) forma you really put your foot in it ( colloq)

E (manera, modo) way

es su forma de ser it's just his way, it's just the way he is

no me gusta nada su forma de organizar las cosas I don't like his way of organizing things at all

¡qué forma de gritar, ni que estuviese sorda! there's no need to shout, I'm not deaf!

así no hay forma de entenderse we'll never get anywhere like this

lo hizo de forma que él no se enterase ( frml); she did it in such a way that he would not find out

de cualquier forma or de todas formas or de una forma o de otra anyway, in any case

Compuesto:

forma de pago

form o method of payment

F formas fpl

1 (de una mujer) figure

2 (apariencias) appearances (pl)

en público siempre guardan or cubren las formas they always keep up appearances in public

G ( Méx) (formulario) form

* * *

Del verbo formar: ( conjugate formar)

forma es:

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

2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

Multiple Entries:
forma
formar
forma sustantivo femenino
1
a) (contorno, apariencia) shape;

◊ en forma de cruz in the shape of a cross;

tiene la forma de un platillo it's the shape of a saucer;
dar forma a algo ( al barro) to shape sth;

( a proyecto) to give shape to sth
b) (tipo, modalidad) form;

◊ distintas formas de vida animal different forms of animal life;

forma de pago form o method of payment
2 (Dep, Med):
◊ estar en forma to be fit;

está en baja forma he's not on form;
en plena forma on top form;
en forma: nos divertimos en forma we had a really good time
3 (manera, modo) way;
◊ es su forma de ser it's just the way he is;

¡vaya forma de conducir! what a way to drive!;
forma de vida way of life;
de forma distinta differently;
de cualquier forma or de todas formas anyway, in any case
4
◊ formas sustantivo femenino plural

a) ( de mujer) figure

b) ( apariencias) appearances (pl);

◊ guardar las formas to keep up appearances

5 (Méx) ( formulario) form
formar ( conjugate formar) verbo transitivo
1
a) ( crear) ‹círculo/figura› to make, form;

‹asociación/gobierno› to form, set up;
‹ barricada› to set up;
◊ ¡formen parejas! ( en clase) get into pairs o twos!;

( en baile) take your partners!
b) (Ling) to form

c) (Mil) ‹ tropas› to have … fall in

2 ( componer) to make up;
◊ un equipo formado por cinco personas a team made up of five people;

forma parte de algo to be part of sth, to belong to sth
3 ‹carácter/espíritu› to form, shape
4 ( educar) to bring up;
( para trabajo) to train
verbo intransitivo (Mil) to fall in
formarse verbo pronominal
1
a) (hacerse, crearse) [grupo/organismo] to form;

◊ se formó una cola a line (AmE) o (BrE) queue formed

b) ( desarrollarse) [niño/huesos] to develop

c) ‹idea/opinión› to form

2 ( educarse) to be educated;
( para trabajo) to be trained
forma sustantivo femenino
1 form, shape: una vasija en forma de campana, a bell-shaped vessel
2 (modo) way: hazlo de otra forma do it another way
no hay forma de probarlo, there's no way to prove it
forma de pago, method of payment
3 Dep form: está en baja forma, she's off form
me mantengo en forma, I keep fit 4 formas, (modales) manners
guardar las formas, to keep up appearances
♦ Locuciones: de forma que, so that
de todas formas, anyway, in any case
formar verbo transitivo
1 to form
2 (criar) to bring up
(instruir) to educate, train
' forma' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
A
- acento
- aerodinámica
- aerodinámico
- amorfa
- amorfo
- anacrónica
- anacrónico
- borla
- cerrada
- cerrado
- circular
- congruente
- cónica
- cónico
- corpórea
- corpóreo
- defraudar
- diferente
- ser
- escribano
- estrafalaria
- estrafalario
- estrechamiento
- estrellada
- estrellado
- formalmente
- herida
- histriónica
- histriónico
- imitar
- inicua
- inicuo
- ladrón
- ladrona
- mercenaria
- mercenario
- modo
- óptica
- oscurecer
- pequeña
- pequeño
- política
- redonda
- redondo
- sambenito
- tallar
- tela
- tener
- Tiro
English:
A
- agenda
- agree
- alternately
- amusing
- an
- and
- angular
- anyhow
- arrange
- as
- attuned to
- be
- begin
- best
- blend
- circle
- crescent
- cupcake
- day
- deny
- diamond
- disgusting
- do
- enjoy
- expect
- expedient
- faint
- figure
- fish
- fit
- fitness
- form
- freeware
- from
- go
- heart-shaped
- hexagon
- jelly baby
- jelly bean
- Jerkily
- keep
- kidney shaped
- lack
- lie
- manner
- mister
- must
- parcel
- pear-shaped

* * *

forma nf

1. [figura] shape, form;

¿qué forma tiene? what shape is it?;

en forma de triángulo in the shape of a triangle;

en forma de L L-shaped;

el escultor dio forma al barro the sculptor shaped the clay;

tener forma ovalada o [m5] de óvalo to be oval (in shape);

el proyecto comienza a tomar forma the project is starting to take shape

2. [manera] way, manner;

tiene una forma de hablar muy divertida she has a very funny way of talking;

no ha habido forma de localizarlo it was impossible to find him;

se puede hacer de varias formas it can be done in several different ways;

lo siento, es mi forma de ser I'm sorry, that's just the way I am o that's just my way;

¡qué forma de llover! it's absolutely pouring down!;

de cualquier forma, de todas formas anyway, in any case;

si lo hacemos de esta forma, acabaremos antes if we do it this way, we'll finish earlier;

viajaremos en segunda, de esta forma recortaremos gastos we can travel second class, that way we'll keep the cost down;

han organizado las conferencias de forma que haya diez minutos de intervalo entre ellas they've arranged the speeches in such a way that there's a ten-minute break between each one;

llegaremos a las ocho, de forma que podamos comenzar temprano we'll be there by eight so (that) we can start early;

dobla la camisa de forma que no se arruguen las mangas fold the shirt so (that) the sleeves don't get creased

Comp
forma de pago method of payment
3. [manifestación] form;

la fotografía es una forma de arte photography is an art form

4. [condición física] fitness;

estar en forma to be fit;

estar en baja/plena forma to be in poor/top shape;

vuelvo a estar en plena forma I'm fully fit again;

mantenerse/ponerse en forma to keep/get fit

Comp
forma física physical fitness;
en perfecta forma física in perfect (physical) shape

5. [de equipo, artista] form;

estar en forma to be on form;

estar en baja/plena forma to be off form/on top form

6.
formas [silueta] figure, curves;

un cuerpo de formas armoniosas a curvaceous body

7.
formas [modales] manners, social conventions;

guardar las formas to keep up appearances

8. [horma, molde] mould

9. Rel host;

la Sagrada Forma the Holy Host

10. Arte & Lit form;

a este escritor le importa más la forma que el contenido this writer is more interested in form than content

11. Ling form;

en forma plural in the plural

12. Méx [formulario] form

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forma

f

1 form

2 ( apariencia) shape;

en forma de in the shape of;

dar forma a algo shape sth

3 ( manera) way;

de forma que in such a way that;

de todas formas in any case, anyway;

de alguna forma, en cierta forma in a way;

de cualquier forma anyway;

de ninguna forma not in the slightest, fam no way;

no hay forma de que coma/estudie nothing will make him eat/study, it’s impossible to get him to eat/study

4

:

formas pl proprieties;

guardar las formas keep up appearances

5

:

estar en forma be fit;

mantenerse en forma stay in shape

6 Méx ( formulario) form

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forma nf

1) : form, shape

2) manera, modo: manner, way

3) : fitness

estar en forma: to be fit, to be in shape

4) formas nfpl

: appearances, conventions

* * *

forma n

1. (contorno) shape

¿qué forma tiene? what shape is it?

tiene forma de corazón it's heart shaped

una tarta suele tener una forma redonda cakes are usually round in shape

2. (manera) way

su forma de trabajar his way of working

de forma distinta in a different way / differently

de todas formas anyway

estar en forma to be fit

mantenerse en forma to keep fit

ponerse en forma to get fit

Spanish-English dictionary > forma
6 sætte

arrange, fit, place, put, seat, send out, set, sit, style, wear

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vb (satte, sat) put,

(mere F, mere omhyggeligt: anbringe) place,

(mindre alm) set ( fx the vase on the table);

( som indsats) stake, put;

( plante) plant;

( fastsætte) fix ( fx a price);

( antage, forudsætte) suppose;

( anslå) estimate;

( om strøm) set;

(typ) set up (fx a page),

F compose,

( uden objekt) set up type;

[ sætte aks] ear, put forth ears;

[ sæt at] suppose that,

T what if ( fx what if he isn't there?);

[forb med sb: se næste afsnit & blod, blomst, bo, hår, rekord, sejl,

tegn];

[ med præp & adv:]

[ sætte `af]

( til én, til brug) set apart, set aside,

( om penge også) earmark;

( amputere) take off ( fx they had to take his leg off),

F amputate;

( til løb, spring) take off,

( med båd) shove off;

[ sætte passagerer af] set down (, F: deposit) passengers;

[ han satte mig af ved mit hotel] he dropped me at my hotel;

[ sætte ham af holdet] drop him from the team, leave him out of the team;

[ sætte efter én] set off in pursuit of somebody;

[ sætte fast] fix, fasten, make fast,

( arrestere) arrest,

T run in;

[ sætte et måltid for én] set a meal before somebody;

(se også I. fælde, I. grænse);

[ sætte sikkerhedskæden for] put on the chain;

[ sætte skodderne for] put up the shutters;

[ sætte skodder for vinduerne] shutter the windows;

[ sætte fra sig] put down;

(se også bestilling, bord);

[ sætte frem] set out,

( til beskuelse også) display;

[ sætte hen], se ndf: sætte til side;

[ sætte højt], se højt;

[ sætte noget i avisen] put (, F insert) something in the newspaper;

[ sætte i fængsel], se fængsle;

(se også I. arbejde, II. gang, klasse, kraft, land, II. led, I. lære,

I. løb, I. pleje, II. skat, I. stand, vand, vej, verden);

[ sætte kløerne (, tænderne) i] sink one's claws (, teeth) into;

[ sætte penge i aktier] invest (money) in shares;

[ sætte sine penge i en bank] deposit one's money in a bank;

(se også liv);

[ sætte i at le] begin to laugh, burst out laughing;

[ sætte i med en sang] break into a song;

[ musikken satte i ( med en melodi)] the band (, orchestra) struck up (a tune);

[ sætte igennem] carry through, effect;

[ sætte sin vilje igennem] get one's way, carry one's point;

[ sætte ind]

( indføje) put in,

F insert;

( tage i brug, også mil.) bring into action ( fx the whole staff; the artillery, more troops), deploy;

( som indsats) stake ( fx one's life);

( uden objekt) ( koncentrere sine anstrengelser) concentrate one's efforts ( fx we must know where to concentrate our efforts);

( begynde) set in ( fx winter set in);

[ sætte flere tog ind] put on (el. run) more trains;

[ sætte en ind i noget] inform somebody about something, brief somebody about (el. on) something,

F acquaint somebody with something;

[ det satte ind med frost (, sne, regn)] it set in to freeze (, snow, rain);

[ sætte ( alle kræfter) ind på at gøre noget] concentrate (one's efforts) on doing something,

F direct all one's efforts (el. energies) to(wards) doing something, strain every nerve to do something;

[ vi må sætte noget ind på det] we must put some effort into it;

[ sætte penge ind på en konto] pay money into an account;

[ sætte ned]

( formindske) reduce, lower ( med by);

(se også nedsætte & fart);

[ sætte komma (, anførselstegn) om noget] put commas (, inverted commas) round something, put something inside (inverted) commas;

(se også parentes);

[ sætte op] put up ( fx a book on a shelf; an announcement on a notice board; a shelf), fit up ( fx a shelf, a lamp), fix ( fx a

television aerial),

( montere også) mount;

( rejse) put up ( fx a fence, a tent);

( hænge op også) hang ( fx curtains, wallpaper);

( teaterstykke) put on,

F mount,

(= iscenesætte) produce, stage;

(priser etc) put up; raise, increase ( med by, fx increase the price by 10%);

( skrivelse) draw up;

(se også I. drage, fart, hår, I. mine, næse);

[ sætte én op i gage] raise somebody's salary;

[ sætte dem op imod ham] set (el. turn) them against him;

[ sætte over]

( med et hop) jump, clear,

(mere F) leap;

( sejle over: selv) cross,

( færge ( andre) over) ferry across, carry across;

( foretrække for) put above, prefer to ( fx put England above France, prefer England to France);

[ sætte partiets interesser over landets] put party before country;

[ sætte kedlen over] put the kettle on;

[ sætte vand over]

(til kaffe etc) put the water on to boil;

[ sætte på]

( fastgøre) fix; fit on;

[ sætte fart på] hurry up, get a move on,

( i bil) put one's foot down;

[ sætte foden på dansk jord]

F put one's foot on Danish soil;

[ sætte ham på holdet] put him on the team;

[ sætte en plade på ( grammofonen)] put on a record;

(se også diæt, finger, gade, I. grund, ild, kort, land, mad, navn, plads,

pris, præg, rente, I. spids, spil);

[ sætte sammen] put together,

F assemble;

( udarbejde) draw up ( fx a list), make up ( fx a programme),

F compose ( fx a letter);

( et brækket lem) set ( fx set a broken leg);

[ sætte geværer sammen ( i pyramide)] pile arms;

[ sætte til]

( miste) lose ( fx money),

( bortødsle) waste;

( tilføje) add;

( til stikkontakt) plug in;

( anslå) put at, estimate at ( fx put her age at 30; put (el.

estimate) his income (, the cost, the loss) at £5,000),

( mere præcist, fx til skat) assess at ( fx assess his income (, the cost, the loss, the value) at £5,000);

[sætte et møde til kl. 3] fix a meeting for 3 o'clock;

[sætte prisen til £15] fix the price at £15;

[ sætte til side]

( sætte bort) put away; put aside, set aside;

( opspare) put by, put away, put aside, put on one side, lay by, set aside;

(se også tilsidesætte);

[ sætte en tændstik ` til] apply a match;

(se også håb, lid, musik, væg);

[ sætte ham til at] set him to;

[ sætte tilbage] put back,

(fig) handicap, retard;

[ sætte ud]

( om motor) misfire,

( gå i stå) cut out;

[ sætte en ud ( af lokalet)] put somebody out;

[ sætte en båd ud] put a boat out;

[ sætte en lejer ud] evict a tenant;

[ sætte vagter ud] post guards;

[ sætte ud af kraft (, kurs, spillet)], se kraft, kurs, spil;

[ sætte en udenfor] send somebody out of the room,

(fig) leave somebody out in the cold;

[ han følte sig sat udenfor] he felt left out,

T he felt out of things;

[ sætte under afstemning] put to the vote;

[ sætte sit navn under noget] sign something, put one's name to something;

(se også debat, vand);

[ sætte kryds (, vagt) ved], se kryds, vagt;

[ med sig:]

[ sætte sig]

( tage plads) sit down,

(mere F) take a seat, seat oneself,

( om fugl) perch;

( bundfælde sig; synke) settle;

( fortage sig) die down,

F subside;

[ sætte sig et mål] set oneself a goal;

[ sætte sig fast] become fixed, stick,

( i klemme) jam ( fx the brakes jammed),

(om hær etc) establish oneself firmly;

[ sætte sig ` for at] decide to, undertake to;

[ han har sat sig for en stor husleje]

( om husejer) he has taken on a large mortgage; he has committed himself to a large mortgage;

[ sætte sig i gæld] run (el. get) into debt;

[ sætte sig i ens sted] put oneself in somebody's place;

(se også hoved, respekt, stol);

[ sætte sig imod] oppose,

( stærkere) set one's face against;

(se også ndf: sætte sig op imod);

[ sætte sig ind]

(dvs i bilen) get in;

[ sætte sig ind i] study,

F make oneself acquainted with,

T get up,

( forestille sig) imagine, enter into;

[ sætte sig ned] sit down;

[ sætte sig op imod] resist,

( stærkere) stand out against,

( trodse) defy,

F challenge ( fx his authority),

( gøre oprør mod) rise (el. revolt) against;

[ sætte sig op på] get on,

F mount ( fx one's bicycle);

[ sætte sig på] collar ( fx they collared the entire market),

F appropriate, monopolize;

( kue) sit on;

(se også bagben);

[ sætte sig til at læse] set about reading, begin to read;

[ sætte sig til klaveret (, rattet)] sit down at the piano (, behind the wheel);

(se også modværge, II. ret);

[ sætte sig ud over] ignore,

F disregard.

Danish-English dictionary > sætte
7 interno

adj.

1 internal, inward, from within, interior.

2 in-house.

3 in-store.

4 in-patient, inpatient, hospital-stay.

5 internus.

f. & m.

1 intern, internee, houseman.

2 boarding pupil.

3 hospital doctor.

pres.indicat.

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

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interno

► adjetivo

1 (órgano) internal

2 (política) domestic, home

3 (alumno) boarding

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 (alumno) boarder

2 (médico) intern

3 (preso) prisoner

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

medicina interna internal medicine

* * *
1. (f. - interna)
adj.

internal
2. (f. - interna)
noun

inmate

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interno, -a
1.

ADJ internal

la política interna — internal politics, domestic politics

por vía interna — (Med) internally

paredes internas — interior walls

criada interna — live-in servant

2. SM / F

1) (Escol) boarder

2) (Med) houseman, intern (EEUU)

3) (=preso) inmate, prisoner

3.

SM Cono Sur (Telec) extension, telephone extension

* * *
I
- na adjetivo

1)

a) <llamada/correo/régimen> internal

b) <producción/demanda> internal, domestic

c) <dolor/hemorragia> internal

2)

a) (Educ)

está interno en un colegio inglés — he is a boarder at an English school

b) (Med)

médico interno — ≈intern ( in US), ≈houseman ( in UK)
II
- na masculino, femenino

1)

a) (Educ) boarder

b) ( en cárcel) inmate

c) ( médico) ≈intern ( in US), ≈houseman ( in UK)

2) (RPl) (Telec) ( extensión) extension

* * *

= in-built, internal, local, inner, inward, inwardly, indoor, backroom, near-side, embedded, in situ, domestic.

Ex. A citation index seeks to exploit these in-built links between documents and facilitate the identification of networks of cited, and thus associated documents.

Ex. Although internal arrangements and library services vary from place to place, generally recent academic libraries have a number of common factors.

Ex. AACR2 generally recommends collocation although it is suggested that the extent of collocation and the need for uniform titles is a matter for local decisions.

Ex. As he drove to the library, he harkened to those busy inner voices filling his mind with ominous portents.

Ex. The questions of outward and inward gateways are addressed.

Ex. An inwardly feverish but outwardly calm desperation possessed him.

Ex. The old-time indoor apprentices, who had boarded and lodged with the printer and received only nominal wages, were mostly replaced by outdoor apprentices who found their own board and lodging and were paid wages according to their skill and experience.

Ex. For many years, we have used the new technology to tinker with the existing system, to achieve cost savings in the backroom processes, and to produce paper products more cheaply and rapidly.

Ex. The near-side press point was placed further in towards the middle of the tympan (and of the sheet) than the off-side point.

Ex. It works a treat and handles the embedded CRLF perfectly.

Ex. The author describes a new indexing algorithm designed to create large compressed inverted indexes in situ.

Ex. Results indicate that bibliographers at these libraries depend on inadequate reviewing sources and domestic approval plans for developing these literatures.

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* auditor interno = internal auditor.

* base de datos interna = in-house database.

* boletín interno = in-house bulletin.

* comunicado interno = internal memo.

* de uso interno = in-house [inhouse].

* formación interna = in-service training, in-service support, in-service.

* limpieza interna = internal cleansing.

* luchas internas = infighting [in-fighting].

* mercado interno = internal market.

* motor de explosión interna = internal combustion engine.

* normas internas = in-house guidelines.

* programa de trabajo como interno residente = residency programme.

* querellas internas = infighting [in-fighting].

* reloj interno = body clock, biological clock.

* robo con cómplice interno = inside job.

* sentimiento interno = inner feeling.

* ser más interno = inner being.

* * *
I
- na adjetivo

1)

a) <llamada/correo/régimen> internal

b) <producción/demanda> internal, domestic

c) <dolor/hemorragia> internal

2)

a) (Educ)

está interno en un colegio inglés — he is a boarder at an English school

b) (Med)

médico interno — ≈intern ( in US), ≈houseman ( in UK)
II
- na masculino, femenino

1)

a) (Educ) boarder

b) ( en cárcel) inmate

c) ( médico) ≈intern ( in US), ≈houseman ( in UK)

2) (RPl) (Telec) ( extensión) extension

* * *

= in-built, internal, local, inner, inward, inwardly, indoor, backroom, near-side, embedded, in situ, domestic.

Ex: A citation index seeks to exploit these in-built links between documents and facilitate the identification of networks of cited, and thus associated documents.

Ex: Although internal arrangements and library services vary from place to place, generally recent academic libraries have a number of common factors.

Ex: AACR2 generally recommends collocation although it is suggested that the extent of collocation and the need for uniform titles is a matter for local decisions.

Ex: As he drove to the library, he harkened to those busy inner voices filling his mind with ominous portents.

Ex: The questions of outward and inward gateways are addressed.

Ex: An inwardly feverish but outwardly calm desperation possessed him.

Ex: The old-time indoor apprentices, who had boarded and lodged with the printer and received only nominal wages, were mostly replaced by outdoor apprentices who found their own board and lodging and were paid wages according to their skill and experience.

Ex: For many years, we have used the new technology to tinker with the existing system, to achieve cost savings in the backroom processes, and to produce paper products more cheaply and rapidly.

Ex: The near-side press point was placed further in towards the middle of the tympan (and of the sheet) than the off-side point.

Ex: It works a treat and handles the embedded CRLF perfectly.

Ex: The author describes a new indexing algorithm designed to create large compressed inverted indexes in situ.

Ex: Results indicate that bibliographers at these libraries depend on inadequate reviewing sources and domestic approval plans for developing these literatures.

* auditor interno = internal auditor.

* base de datos interna = in-house database.

* boletín interno = in-house bulletin.

* comunicado interno = internal memo.

* de uso interno = in-house [inhouse].

* formación interna = in-service training, in-service support, in-service.

* limpieza interna = internal cleansing.

* luchas internas = infighting [in-fighting].

* mercado interno = internal market.

* motor de explosión interna = internal combustion engine.

* normas internas = in-house guidelines.

* programa de trabajo como interno residente = residency programme.

* querellas internas = infighting [in-fighting].

* reloj interno = body clock, biological clock.

* robo con cómplice interno = inside job.

* sentimiento interno = inner feeling.

* ser más interno = inner being.

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interno¹ -na

adjective

A

1 ‹llamada/correo/régimen› internal

había luchas internas en el seno del partido there were battles o there was in-fighting within the party

2 ‹producción/demanda› internal, domestic

3 ‹dolor/hemorragia› internal

B

1 ( Educ):

su hijo está interno en un colegio inglés her son is a boarder at an English school, her son boards at an English school

2 ( Med):

médico interno ≈ intern ( in US), ≈ house officer ( in UK)

interno² -na

masculine, feminine

A

1 ( Educ) boarder

2 (en una cárcel) inmate

3 (médico) ≈ intern ( in US), ≈ house officer ( in UK)

B

interno masculine ( RPl) (extensión) extension

¿me da con el interno 25? can I have extension 25, please?

* * *

Del verbo internar: ( conjugate internar)

interno es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

internó es:

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

Multiple Entries:
internar
interno
internar ( conjugate internar) verbo transitivo:
◊ la internoon en un manicomio she was put in an asylum;

lo internoon en el hospital he was admitted to (the) hospital;
tuvimos que internolo we had to take him to (the) hospital
internarse verbo pronominal
a) ( adentrarse) internose en algo ‹en bosque/espesura› to penetrate into sth, to go deep into sth

b) (AmL) ( en hospital) to go into the hospital

interno 1
◊ -na adjetivo

1 ( en general) internal
2
a) (Educ):

◊ está interno en un colegio inglés he is a boarder at an English school

b) (Med):

◊ médico interno ≈ intern ( in US), ≈ houseman ( in UK)

■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
a) (Educ) boarder

b) ( en cárcel) inmate

c) ( médico) ≈ intern ( in US), ≈ houseman ( in UK)

interno 2 sustantivo masculino (RPl) (Telec) ( extensión) extension
internar vtr (en un hospital) to admit
(en un manicomio) to confine
interno,-a
I adjetivo
1 internal
medicina interna, internal medicine
2 Pol domestic
3 (espiritual) inward: en mi fuero interno me moría de la risa, inwardly I was laughing like mad
II m,f (alumno) boarder
Med (enfermo) patient
(preso) inmate
' interno' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
alumna
- alumno
- fuero
- interna
- íntima
- íntimo
- MIR
- pupilo
English:
board
- boarder
- by-law
- domestic
- in-house
- inmate
- inner
- inner ear
- intern
- internal
- inwardly
- live in
- communal
- extension

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interno, -a

♦ adj

1. [de dentro] internal;
[capa] inner;
pinta la parte interna del cajón paint the inside of the box;

escucha voces internas she hears voices

2. [política] domestic;

la política interna de un país a country's domestic policy

3. [medicina] internal

4. [hemorragia]
ha sufrido una hemorragia interna she has suffered internal bleeding

5. [alumno] boarding;

estuvo interno en Suiza he went to a boarding school in Switzerland

6.
médico interno Br house officer, US intern

♦ nm,f

1. [alumno] boarder

2. [preso] prisoner, inmate

3. [médico] Br house officer, US intern

♦ nm
RP [extensión] (telephone) extension;
interno 28, por favor extension 28, please

* * *

interno

I adj internal; POL domestic, internal

II m, interna f

1 EDU boarder

2 ( preso) inmate

3 MED intern, Br

houseman

* * *

interno, -na adj

: internal

♦ internamente adv

interno, -na n

1) : intern

2) : inmate, internee

* * *

interno¹ adj

1. (en general) internal

tuvo una hemorragia interna she had internal bleeding

2. (del país) domestic

la política interna del gobierno the government's domestic policy

interno² n

1. (alumno) boarder

está interno en un colegio privado he's a boarder at a private school

2. (preso) prisoner

Spanish-English dictionary > interno
8 ojo

intj.

look out, beware, watch out.

m.

1 eye (anatomy).

mírame a los ojos cuando te hablo look at me when I'm speaking to you

poner los ojos en blanco (también figurative) to roll one's eyes

ojos de carnero (degollado) (figurative) pleading eyes

ojo de cristal glass eye (peninsular Spanish)

ojo de gallo corn (callo)

ojo morado black eye

ojos rasgados almond eyes

ojos saltones bulging eyes

ojo de vidrio glass eye (Am)

ojo a la virulé shiner (peninsular Spanish)

ojo a la funerala shiner (peninsular Spanish)

2 eye (agujero) (de aguja).

ojo de buey porthole (ventana)

ojo de la cerradura keyhole

el ojo del huracán the eye of the storm

el ministro está en el ojo del huracán (figurative) the minister is at the center of the controversy

ojo de pez fish-eye lens (photography)

3 hole.

* * *

ojo

► nombre masculino

1 eye

2 (agujero) hole; (de aguja) eye

3 (cuidado, precaución) care

■ ¡ojo! careful!, watch out!

■ ojo con lo que hacéis behave yourselves!

4 (perspicacia) insight, eye

■ tiene buen ojo para vestirse he has a good eye for fashion

■ tiene mucho ojo para los negocios she's got a head for business

5 (enjabonado) wash

■ hay que darle un ojo (de jabón) it just needs a quick wash

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FRASEOLOGÍA

a ojo (aproximadamente) at a rough guess 2 (a primera vista) at a glance

a ojos vistas visibly

andar con cien ojos to keep one's wits about one

andarse con ojo to be very careful

costar un ojo de la cara to cost an arm and a leg

cuatro ojos ven más que dos two heads are better than one

echar el ojo a algo to lay eyes on something

en un abrir y cerrar de ojos in the twinkling of an eye

estar con cien ojos to keep one's wits about one

mirar con buenos ojos to look favourably on, approve of

no pegar ojo familiar not to sleep a wink

ojos que no ven, corazón que no siente out of sight, out of mind

poner los ojos en blanco to swoon

saltar a los ojos to be evident

saltarle un ojo a alguien to poke somebody's eye out

tener buen ojo (para algo) to have a good eye (for something)

tenerle el ojo echado a algo to have one's eye on something

¡dichosos los ojos que te ven! it's so great to see you!

cuatro ojos familiar four-eyes

ojo a la virulé familiar black eye

ojo de buey MARÍTIMO porthole

ojo de la cerradura keyhole

ojo morado black eye

ojos saltones bulging eyes

* * *

noun m.

eye

* * *

SM

1) (Anat) eye

a ojo (de buen cubero) —

calculé a ojo (de buen cubero) cuántas personas había — I roughly calculated o made a rough guess at how many people were there

no hace falta medir la harina, échala a ojo — there's no need to weigh out the flour, just add roughly the right amount

- abrir los ojos a algo

- abrirle los ojos a algn

- en un abrir y cerrar de ojos

- avivar el ojo

- mirar o ver algo con buenos ojos

- con los ojos cerrados

lo aceptaría con los ojos cerrados — I'd accept it without a second thought

- cerrar los ojos a o ante algo

- tener ojo clínico

- costar un ojo de la cara

- dar en los ojos

- ser el ojo derecho de algn

- echar un ojo a algo/algn

- tener el ojo echado a algn/algo

le tiene echado el ojo a Elisa desde que llegó — he's had his eye on Elisa ever since he arrived

le tengo echado el ojo a ese vestido — I've got my eye on that dress

- tener a algn entre ojos

- hacer del ojo

- mirar o ver algo con malos ojos

veían con malos ojos que se hubiese nacionalizado español — they disapproved of him adopting Spanish nationality

- ¡no es nada lo del ojo!

- no pegué ojo en toda la noche

- se le salieron los ojos de las órbitas

- se le pusieron los ojos como platos

- poner ojos a algn

- en mis propios ojos

- no quitar ojo a algo/algn

- salir de ojo

- tener buen ojo para algo

- ser todo ojos

- a ojos vistas

- ojo por ojo, diente por diente

- ojos que no ven, corazón que no siente

ojo a la funerala * —

ojo a la virulé * —

ojo a la pava — * shiner *

ojo amoratado — black eye

ojo de cristal — glass eye

ojo de pez — (Fot) fish-eye lens

ojo en compota — Cono Sur * shiner *

ojo mágico — magic eye

ojos almendrados — almond eyes
avizor 1., dichoso 2), niña
2) pl ojos (=vista)

pasar los ojos por algo — to look sth over

paseó los ojos por la sala — he looked round the hall

torcer los ojos — to squint

- a los ojos de algn

- clavar los ojos en algo/algn

- comerse o devorar a algn con los ojos

entrar por los ojos —

esa comida no me termina de entrar por los ojos — that meal is not exactly mouth-watering

los anuncios bien hechos nos entran por los ojos — well-made adverts captivate us

irse los ojos tras algo/algn —

se le fueron los ojos tras la chica — he couldn't keep his eyes off the girl

- tener los ojos puestos en algo

España tiene los ojos puestos en los novios reales — all eyes in Spain are on the royal couple

- recrear los ojos en algo/algn

- saltar a los ojos

3) (=cuidado)

¡ojo! — careful!, look out!

¡ojo! es muy mentiroso — be careful! he's an awful liar

ojo con el escalón — mind the step

hay que tener mucho ojo con los carteristas — one must be very careful of o beware pickpockets

ir con ojo — to keep one's eyes open for trouble

4) (=orificio) [de aguja] eye; [de queso] hole; [de puente] span

el ojo de la cerradura o LAm llave — the keyhole

un puente de cuatro ojos — a bridge with four arches o spans

ojo de buey — (Náut) porthole

ojo del culo — ** hole **, arsehole ***, asshole (EEUU) ***

ojo del huracán — eye of the hurricane

el presidente vuelve a estar en el ojo del huracán — the president is once again at the centre of a controversy

5) LAm (=depósito natural)

ojo de agua — pool, natural pool

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masculino

1)

a) (Anat) eye

un niño de ojos negros — a boy with dark eyes

ojos rasgados — slanting eyes

de ojos saltones — bug-eyed

se le llenaron los ojos de lágrimas — his eyes filled with tears

le guiñó el ojo — he winked at her

mirar fijamente a los ojos — to stare straight into somebody's eyes

no me quita los ojos de encima — he won't take his eyes off me

se le salían los ojos de las órbitas — his eyes were popping out of his head

aceptaría con los ojos cerrados — I'd accept without a second thought

dichosos los ojos (que te ven)! — it's wonderful o lovely to see you!

a los ojos de la sociedad — in the eyes of society

cerrar los ojos a algo — to close one's mind to something

¿con qué ojos, divina tuerta? — (Méx fam) where do you expect me to get the money from?

cuatro ojos ven más que dos — two heads are better than one; ver tb cuatro I

en un abrir y cerrar de ojos — in the twinkling of an eye

no pegué (el or un) ojo en toda la noche — I didn't sleep a wink

no ver algo con buenos ojos — not to approve of something

salir por or costar un ojo de la cara — (fam) to cost an arm and a leg (colloq)

ser el ojo derecho de alguien — to be the apple of somebody's eye

ojo por ojo — an eye for an eye

ojos que no ven, corazón que no siente — out of sight, out of mind

b) ( vista)

bajó los ojos avergonzada — she lowered her eyes in shame

sin levantar los ojos del libro — without looking up from her book

toda América tiene los ojos puestos en él — the eyes of all America are on him; parche a)

a ojo de buen cubero or a ojo or (AmS) al ojo — at a guess

le eché el azúcar a ojo — I just put the sugar in without measuring it

a ojos vista(s) — visibly

es novato, se nota a ojos vistas — he's new, you can see it a mile off (colloq)

comer con los ojos — to ask for/take more than one can eat

comerse a alguien con los ojos — to devour somebody with one's eyes

echarle el ojo a algo — to have one's eye on something (colloq)

echar un ojo a algo/alguien — (fam) to have o take a (quick) look at something/somebody

entrar por los ojos: a Pepe le entra la comida por los ojos Pepe will only eat his food if it looks nice; hay que estar or andar con cuatro ojos (fam) you need eyes in the back of your head; írsele los ojos a alguien: se le van los ojos detrás de las mujeres he's always eyeing up women (colloq); mirar algo/a alguien con otros ojos to look at something/somebody through different eyes; tener a alguien entre ojos (fam) to have it in for somebody (colloq); tener ojo de lince or de águila to have eyes like a hawk; ver algo con malos ojos — to take a dim view of something

- ojo a la funerala or a la virulé

- ojo avizor

- ojo de agua

- ojo de buey

- ojo de gallo

- ojo de gato

- ojo del culo

- ojo de pez

- ojo de vidrio or cristal

- ojo mágico

- ojo morado or moro or en tinta

2) ( perspicacia)

vaya ojo que tiene! — he's pretty sharp o on the ball!

una mujer con ojo para los negocios — a clever o sharp businesswoman

tener (un) ojo clínico — to be sharp o clever

3) (fam) (cuidado, atención)

mucho ojo con lo que haces — be careful what you do

hay que andar or ir con mucho ojo — you have to keep your eyes open

ojo! que viene un coche — watch out! o be careful! there's a car coming

4) ( de aguja) eye

5) (de tormenta, huracán) eye

6) (Agr) ( en tubérculo) eye

7) ( de arco) archway; ( de puente) span

* * *

= eye, face, eyeball.

Ex. An important feature of the scheme in its creator's eyes was the relative index.

Ex. He lifted about five lines from the top of the nearest page on a setting rule and balanced it on his left hand, with the face of the letter towards him and the last line uppermost.

Ex. Researchers in Japan say they have succeeded in growing an artificial eyeball by removing cells from frog embryos.

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* abrir los ojos a = open + Posesivo + eyes to.

* a los ojos de = in the eyes of.

* andarse con mucho ojo = keep + Posesivo + eyes peeled, keep + Posesivo + eyes skinned, keep + Posesivo + eyes (wide) open.

* ante + Posesivo + propios ojos = before + Posesivo + (own two) eyes, before + Posesivo + very eyes.

* a ojo = ocular.

* a ojos vista = before + Posesivo + (own two) eyes.

* apartarse el pelo de los ojos = flick + Posesivo + hair out of + Posesivo + eyes.

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

* a través de los ojos de = through the eyes of.

* blanco del ojo = white of + Posesivo + eye.

* cegar + los ojos = dazzle + eye.

* comerse con los ojos = ogle.

* con entusiasmo en los ojos = bright-eyed.

* con lagañas en los ojos = bleary [blearier -comp., bleariest -sup.].

* con legañas en los ojos = bleary [blearier -comp., bleariest -sup.].

* con los ojos empañados = misty-eyed.

* con los ojos hinchados = bleary-eyed.

* con los ojos llorosos = misty-eyed, bleary [blearier -comp., bleariest -sup.].

* con los ojos nublados = misty-eyed.

* con los ojos vendados = blindfold, blindfolded.

* con ojos azules = blue-eyed.

* con ojos brillantes = bright-eyed.

* con ojos de lince = eagle-eyed, sharp-eyed.

* con ojos vivarachos = bright-eyed.

* con un solo ojo = one-eyed.

* costar un ojo de la cara = cost + the earth, cost + an arm and a leg, cost + a pretty penny, cost + a fortune.

* cría cuervos y te sacarán los ojos = you've made your bed, now you must lie in it!.

* cuentagotas para los ojos = eyedropper.

* dar un ojo de la cara por Algo = give + an eye-tooth for/to.

* delante de + Posesivo + propios ojos = before + Posesivo + (own two) eyes, before + Posesivo + very eyes.

* de los ojos = optical.

* de ojos azules = blue-eyed.

* de un solo ojo = one-eyed.

* dichosos los ojos que te ven = a sight for sore eyes.

* dolor de ojos = eyestrain [eye strain].

* echar chispas por los ojos = glower, scowl (at).

* echarle el ojo a = eye.

* echar un ojo = keep + an eye on, have + a look.

* en el ojo del huracán = in the eye of the hurricane.

* entrecerrar los ojos = squint.

* en un abrir y cerrar de ojos = in a jiffy, in the time it takes to flick a switch, at the flick of a switch, with the flick of a switch, in a flash, in no time at all, in next to no time, in no time, with the tip of a hat, in and out in a flash, in a heartbeat, as quick as a wink, at the drop of a hat, in a trice.

* en un abrir y cerrar de ojos = in the blink of an eye, in the twinkling of an eye, in a snap.

* ir con mucho ojo = keep + Posesivo + eyes peeled, keep + Posesivo + eyes skinned, keep + Posesivo + eyes (wide) open.

* mantener los ojos bien abiertos = keep + Posesivo + eyes (wide) open, keep + Posesivo + eyes peeled, keep + Posesivo + eyes skinned.

* mirar a los ojos = make + eye contact, look + Nombre + in the eyes.

* mirar con malos ojos = glower, scowl (at).

* mirar fijamente a los ojos = eyeball.

* niña de + Posesivo + ojos, la = apple of + Posesivo + eye, the.

* no dar crédito a + Posesivo + ojos = not believe + Posesivo + eyes.

* no ver con buenos ojos = not take + kindly to.

* ojo de cristal = glass eye.

* ojo de la cerradura = keyhole.

* ojo de la tormenta, el = eye of the storm, the.

* ojo del huracán, el = eye of the hurricane, the.

* ojo de patio = light well.

* ojo descubierto = naked eye.

* ojo humano sin ayuda de lente, el = unaided eye, the.

* ojo lloroso = runny eye, watery eye.

* ojo medio = x-height.

* ojo por ojo, diente por diente = tit-for-tat.

* ojos + brillar de rabia = eyes + glint with + rage.

* ojos curiosos = prying eyes.

* ojos de lince = eagle eyes.

* ojos inquisidores = prying eyes.

* ojos irritados = bloodshot eyes.

* ojos que no ven corazón que no siente = out of sight out of mind, ignorance is bliss.

* ojos vidriosos = glazed eyes.

* pagar un ojo de la cara = pay through + the nose.

* parche para el ojo = eye patch [eyepatch].

* poner los ojos en blanco = roll + Posesivo + eyes.

* reconocedor del movimiento de los ojos = eye tracker.

* regalarse los ojos con = feast + Posesivo + eyes on.

* revelarse ante + Posesivo + ojos = unfold before + Posesivo + eyes.

* sacar un ojo = gouge + eye out.

* sombra de ojos = eye shadow.

* tener buen ojo para juzgar a la gente = be a good judge of character.

* tener mal ojo para juzgar a la gente = be a bad judge of character.

* tener ojos en la nuca = have + eyes in the back of + Posesivo + head.

* torcer los ojos = squint.

* valer un ojo de la cara = cost + the earth, cost + an arm and a leg, cost + a pretty penny, cost + a fortune.

* vendar los ojos = blindfold.

* ver Algo a través de los ojos de Alguien = look at + Nombre + through + Posesivo + eyes.

* ver con los mismos ojos = see + eye to eye (with/on).

* ver con un ojo crítico = view with + a critical eye.

* ver + Nombre + con nuevos ojos = view + Nombre + through fresh eyes.

* vista a ojo de pájaro = bird's eye view.

* * *

masculino

1)

a) (Anat) eye

un niño de ojos negros — a boy with dark eyes

ojos rasgados — slanting eyes

de ojos saltones — bug-eyed

se le llenaron los ojos de lágrimas — his eyes filled with tears

le guiñó el ojo — he winked at her

mirar fijamente a los ojos — to stare straight into somebody's eyes

no me quita los ojos de encima — he won't take his eyes off me

se le salían los ojos de las órbitas — his eyes were popping out of his head

aceptaría con los ojos cerrados — I'd accept without a second thought

dichosos los ojos (que te ven)! — it's wonderful o lovely to see you!

a los ojos de la sociedad — in the eyes of society

cerrar los ojos a algo — to close one's mind to something

¿con qué ojos, divina tuerta? — (Méx fam) where do you expect me to get the money from?

cuatro ojos ven más que dos — two heads are better than one; ver tb cuatro I

en un abrir y cerrar de ojos — in the twinkling of an eye

no pegué (el or un) ojo en toda la noche — I didn't sleep a wink

no ver algo con buenos ojos — not to approve of something

salir por or costar un ojo de la cara — (fam) to cost an arm and a leg (colloq)

ser el ojo derecho de alguien — to be the apple of somebody's eye

ojo por ojo — an eye for an eye

ojos que no ven, corazón que no siente — out of sight, out of mind

b) ( vista)

bajó los ojos avergonzada — she lowered her eyes in shame

sin levantar los ojos del libro — without looking up from her book

toda América tiene los ojos puestos en él — the eyes of all America are on him; parche a)

a ojo de buen cubero or a ojo or (AmS) al ojo — at a guess

le eché el azúcar a ojo — I just put the sugar in without measuring it

a ojos vista(s) — visibly

es novato, se nota a ojos vistas — he's new, you can see it a mile off (colloq)

comer con los ojos — to ask for/take more than one can eat

comerse a alguien con los ojos — to devour somebody with one's eyes

echarle el ojo a algo — to have one's eye on something (colloq)

echar un ojo a algo/alguien — (fam) to have o take a (quick) look at something/somebody

entrar por los ojos: a Pepe le entra la comida por los ojos Pepe will only eat his food if it looks nice; hay que estar or andar con cuatro ojos (fam) you need eyes in the back of your head; írsele los ojos a alguien: se le van los ojos detrás de las mujeres he's always eyeing up women (colloq); mirar algo/a alguien con otros ojos to look at something/somebody through different eyes; tener a alguien entre ojos (fam) to have it in for somebody (colloq); tener ojo de lince or de águila to have eyes like a hawk; ver algo con malos ojos — to take a dim view of something

- ojo a la funerala or a la virulé

- ojo avizor

- ojo de agua

- ojo de buey

- ojo de gallo

- ojo de gato

- ojo del culo

- ojo de pez

- ojo de vidrio or cristal

- ojo mágico

- ojo morado or moro or en tinta

2) ( perspicacia)

vaya ojo que tiene! — he's pretty sharp o on the ball!

una mujer con ojo para los negocios — a clever o sharp businesswoman

tener (un) ojo clínico — to be sharp o clever

3) (fam) (cuidado, atención)

mucho ojo con lo que haces — be careful what you do

hay que andar or ir con mucho ojo — you have to keep your eyes open

ojo! que viene un coche — watch out! o be careful! there's a car coming

4) ( de aguja) eye

5) (de tormenta, huracán) eye

6) (Agr) ( en tubérculo) eye

7) ( de arco) archway; ( de puente) span

* * *

= eye, face, eyeball.

Ex: An important feature of the scheme in its creator's eyes was the relative index.

Ex: He lifted about five lines from the top of the nearest page on a setting rule and balanced it on his left hand, with the face of the letter towards him and the last line uppermost.

Ex: Researchers in Japan say they have succeeded in growing an artificial eyeball by removing cells from frog embryos.

* abrir los ojos a = open + Posesivo + eyes to.

* a los ojos de = in the eyes of.

* andarse con mucho ojo = keep + Posesivo + eyes peeled, keep + Posesivo + eyes skinned, keep + Posesivo + eyes (wide) open.

* ante + Posesivo + propios ojos = before + Posesivo + (own two) eyes, before + Posesivo + very eyes.

* a ojo = ocular.

* a ojos vista = before + Posesivo + (own two) eyes.

* apartarse el pelo de los ojos = flick + Posesivo + hair out of + Posesivo + eyes.

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

* a través de los ojos de = through the eyes of.

* blanco del ojo = white of + Posesivo + eye.

* cegar + los ojos = dazzle + eye.

* comerse con los ojos = ogle.

* con entusiasmo en los ojos = bright-eyed.

* con lagañas en los ojos = bleary [blearier -comp., bleariest -sup.].

* con legañas en los ojos = bleary [blearier -comp., bleariest -sup.].

* con los ojos empañados = misty-eyed.

* con los ojos hinchados = bleary-eyed.

* con los ojos llorosos = misty-eyed, bleary [blearier -comp., bleariest -sup.].

* con los ojos nublados = misty-eyed.

* con los ojos vendados = blindfold, blindfolded.

* con ojos azules = blue-eyed.

* con ojos brillantes = bright-eyed.

* con ojos de lince = eagle-eyed, sharp-eyed.

* con ojos vivarachos = bright-eyed.

* con un solo ojo = one-eyed.

* costar un ojo de la cara = cost + the earth, cost + an arm and a leg, cost + a pretty penny, cost + a fortune.

* cría cuervos y te sacarán los ojos = you've made your bed, now you must lie in it!.

* cuentagotas para los ojos = eyedropper.

* dar un ojo de la cara por Algo = give + an eye-tooth for/to.

* delante de + Posesivo + propios ojos = before + Posesivo + (own two) eyes, before + Posesivo + very eyes.

* de los ojos = optical.

* de ojos azules = blue-eyed.

* de un solo ojo = one-eyed.

* dichosos los ojos que te ven = a sight for sore eyes.

* dolor de ojos = eyestrain [eye strain].

* echar chispas por los ojos = glower, scowl (at).

* echarle el ojo a = eye.

* echar un ojo = keep + an eye on, have + a look.

* en el ojo del huracán = in the eye of the hurricane.

* entrecerrar los ojos = squint.

* en un abrir y cerrar de ojos = in a jiffy, in the time it takes to flick a switch, at the flick of a switch, with the flick of a switch, in a flash, in no time at all, in next to no time, in no time, with the tip of a hat, in and out in a flash, in a heartbeat, as quick as a wink, at the drop of a hat, in a trice.

* en un abrir y cerrar de ojos = in the blink of an eye, in the twinkling of an eye, in a snap.

* ir con mucho ojo = keep + Posesivo + eyes peeled, keep + Posesivo + eyes skinned, keep + Posesivo + eyes (wide) open.

* mantener los ojos bien abiertos = keep + Posesivo + eyes (wide) open, keep + Posesivo + eyes peeled, keep + Posesivo + eyes skinned.

* mirar a los ojos = make + eye contact, look + Nombre + in the eyes.

* mirar con malos ojos = glower, scowl (at).

* mirar fijamente a los ojos = eyeball.

* niña de + Posesivo + ojos, la = apple of + Posesivo + eye, the.

* no dar crédito a + Posesivo + ojos = not believe + Posesivo + eyes.

* no ver con buenos ojos = not take + kindly to.

* ojo de cristal = glass eye.

* ojo de la cerradura = keyhole.

* ojo de la tormenta, el = eye of the storm, the.

* ojo del huracán, el = eye of the hurricane, the.

* ojo de patio = light well.

* ojo descubierto = naked eye.

* ojo humano sin ayuda de lente, el = unaided eye, the.

* ojo lloroso = runny eye, watery eye.

* ojo medio = x-height.

* ojo por ojo, diente por diente = tit-for-tat.

* ojos + brillar de rabia = eyes + glint with + rage.

* ojos curiosos = prying eyes.

* ojos de lince = eagle eyes.

* ojos inquisidores = prying eyes.

* ojos irritados = bloodshot eyes.

* ojos que no ven corazón que no siente = out of sight out of mind, ignorance is bliss.

* ojos vidriosos = glazed eyes.

* pagar un ojo de la cara = pay through + the nose.

* parche para el ojo = eye patch [eyepatch].

* poner los ojos en blanco = roll + Posesivo + eyes.

* reconocedor del movimiento de los ojos = eye tracker.

* regalarse los ojos con = feast + Posesivo + eyes on.

* revelarse ante + Posesivo + ojos = unfold before + Posesivo + eyes.

* sacar un ojo = gouge + eye out.

* sombra de ojos = eye shadow.

* tener buen ojo para juzgar a la gente = be a good judge of character.

* tener mal ojo para juzgar a la gente = be a bad judge of character.

* tener ojos en la nuca = have + eyes in the back of + Posesivo + head.

* torcer los ojos = squint.

* valer un ojo de la cara = cost + the earth, cost + an arm and a leg, cost + a pretty penny, cost + a fortune.

* vendar los ojos = blindfold.

* ver Algo a través de los ojos de Alguien = look at + Nombre + through + Posesivo + eyes.

* ver con los mismos ojos = see + eye to eye (with/on).

* ver con un ojo crítico = view with + a critical eye.

* ver + Nombre + con nuevos ojos = view + Nombre + through fresh eyes.

* vista a ojo de pájaro = bird's eye view.

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1 [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] ( Anat) eye

un niño de ojos azules/verdes/negros a boy with blue/green/dark eyes

tiene los ojos rasgados or achinados she has slanting eyes

de ojos saltones bug-eyed

ojos de cordero degollado calf's eyes, doe eyes

se le llenaron los ojos de lágrimas her eyes filled with tears

me miró con aquellos ojazos negros she looked at me with those big dark eyes

le guiñó or ( Col) picó el ojo he winked at her

me miraba fijamente a los ojos he was staring straight into my eyes

no me quita los ojos de encima he won't take his eyes off me

se le salían los ojos de las órbitas his eyes were popping out of their sockets o out of his head

me miró con los ojos como platos she looked at me with eyes as big as saucers

aceptaría con los ojos cerrados I'd accept without a second thought o I wouldn't think twice about it

hay que ir con los ojos bien abiertos you have to keep your eyes open

lo vi con mis propios ojos I saw it myself o with my own two eyes

¡dichosos los ojos (que te ven)! it's wonderful o lovely to see you!

a los ojos de la sociedad in the eyes of society

abrirle los ojos a algn to open sb's eyes

abrir los ojos to open one's eyes

cerrar los ojos a algo to close one's mind to sth

¿con qué ojos, divina tuerta? ( Méx fam); where do you expect me to get the money from?

en un abrir y cerrar de ojos in the twinkling of an eye, in a flash

irse por ojo ( Chi fam) «barco» to go down;

«persona» to be disappointed

no era nada lo del ojo (y lo llevaba en la mano) there was nothing to it o it was nothing serious ( iro)

no pegué/pegó (el or un) ojo en toda la noche I/he didn't sleep a wink

no ver algo con buenos ojos: sus padres no veían la relación con buenos ojos her parents did not approve of the relationship o did not view the relationship favorably

no ven con buenos ojos que te quites la chaqueta they don't approve of you taking your jacket off

¡ojo pelao! or ¡ojo de garza! ( Ven fam); watch out!

regalarse los ojos con algo to feast one's eyes on sth

sacarse un ojo ( Col fam): me saqué un ojo tratando de entenderlo I nearly went crazy trying to make sense of it

no te vayas a sacar un ojo there's no need to overdo it o ( colloq) to kill yourself

salir por or costar un ojo de la cara ( fam); to cost an arm and a leg ( colloq)

ser el ojo derecho de algn to be the apple of sb's eye

volverse or hacerse ojo de hormiga ( Méx fam); to do a vanishing trick ( colloq), to make oneself scarce ( colloq)

cuatro ojos ven más que dos two heads are better than one

ver tb cuatro¹ (↑ cuatro (1))

ojo por ojo y diente por diente an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth

ojos que no ven, corazón que no siente out of sight, out of mind

2

(vista): tenía los ojos clavados en el crucifijo her eyes were fixed on the cross

bajó los ojos avergonzada she lowered her eyes in shame

sin levantar los ojos del libro without looking up from her book

alzó los ojos al cielo he lifted his eyes heavenward(s)

toda América tiene los ojos puestos en él the eyes of all America are on him

no tiene ojos más que para ella he only has eyes for her

parche

a ojo de buen cubero or a ojo or (Col, CS) al ojo at a guess

le eché el azúcar y la nata a ojo I just put the sugar and cream in without measuring it

a ojos vista(s) visibly

es novato, se nota a ojos vistas he's new, you can see it a mile off ( colloq)

comer con los ojos to ask for/take more than one can eat

tú comes con los ojos your eyes are bigger than your belly

comerse a algn con los ojos to devour sb with one's eyes

echarle or ( Col) ponerle el ojo a algo/algn to eye sth/sb up ( colloq)

le tengo echado el ojo a ese vestido I have my eye on that dress

echar un ojo a algo/algn ( fam); to have o take a (quick) look at sth/sb

engordar or distraer el ojo ( Chi fam): engordé el ojo en la fiesta I had a great time eying up the talent at the party ( colloq)

entrar por los ojos: a Pepe le entra la comida por los ojos Pepe will only eat his food if it looks nice

estar con un ojo al gato y el otro al garabato ( Méx fam); to have one's mind on two things at the same time

hay que estar or andar con cuatro ojos ( fam); you have to keep your wits about you, you need eyes in the back of your head

írsele los ojos a algn: se le van los ojos detrás de las mujeres he's always eyeing up women ( colloq)

estaban comiendo helados y al pobre niño se le iban los ojos they were eating ice creams and the poor kid was looking on longingly

mirar algo/a algn con otros ojos to look at sth/sb through different eyes o differently

tener a algn entre ojos ( fam); to have it in for sb ( colloq)

tener ojos de lince or ojo de águila to have eyes like a hawk

tener ojos en la nuca to have eyes in the back of one's head

ver algo con malos ojos to take a dim view of sth

Compuestos:

● ojo a la funerala or a la virulé

( Esp fam) ojo morado

● ojo avizor

ir/estar con ojo avizor to be alert

hay que estar con ojo avizor you have to keep your wits about you o be alert

● ojo de agua

( Méx) spring

● ojo de buey

porthole

● ojo de cristal

( Esp) glass eye

● ojo de gallo

corn

● ojo de gato

( Min) cat's-eye; ( Auto) ( Arg) cat's-eye

● ojo de la cerradura

keyhole

● ojo de pescado

( Méx) corn

● ojo de pez

fish-eye lens

● ojo de tigre

tiger's eye

● ojo de vidrio

( AmL) glass eye

● ojo en compota

(CS fam) ojo morado

● ojo en tinta

( fam) ojo morado

● ojo mágico

( AmL) spyhole, peephole

● ojo morado

black eye, shiner ( colloq)

le puse un ojo morado I gave him a black eye o a shiner

● ojo moro

( Méx) ojo morado

B

(perspicacia): ¡vaya ojo que tiene! he's pretty clever o sharp o on the ball!

una mujer con mucho ojo para los negocios a very clever o sharp businesswoman

tener (un) ojo clínico (ver bien) to have a good eye; (ser perspicaz) to be sharp o clever

C ( fam)

(cuidado, atención): mucho ojo con lo que haces be careful what you do

hay que andar or ir con mucho ojo you have to keep your eyes open, you have to have your wits about you

¡ojo! que aquí te puedes confundir watch out o be careful, it's easy to make a mistake here

¡ojo! que viene un coche watch out! o be careful! there's a car coming

[ S ] ojo, mancha or pinta wet paint

D (de una aguja) eye hacha² (↑ hacha (2))

E (de una tormenta, un huracán) eye

estar en el ojo del ciclón or del huracán to be in the thick of things

F

1 ( Agr) (en un tubérculo) eye

2 (en el queso) hole

G

1 (en el caldo) layer of fat

2 (de espuma) suds (pl), lather

H (de un arco) archway; (de un puente) span

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ojo sustantivo masculino
1
a) ( en general) eye;

◊ un niño de ojos negros a boy with dark eyes;

mirar fijamente a los ojos to stare straight into sb's eyes;
no me quita los ojos de encima he won't take his eyes off me;
a los ojos de la sociedad in the eyes of society;
ojo de la cerradura keyhole;
ojo de buey porthole;
ojo de vidrio or (Esp) cristal glass eye;
ojo mágico (AmL) spyhole, peephole;
ojo morado or (Méx) moro or (CS fam) en tinta black eye;
costar un ojo de la cara (fam) to cost an arm and a leg (colloq);
cuatro ojos ven más que dos two heads are better than one;
en un abrir y cerrar de ojos in the twinkling of an eye;
ojo por ojo an eye for an eye
b) ( vista):

◊ bajó los ojos avergonzada she lowered her eyes in shame;

sin levantar los ojos del libro without looking up from her book;
a ojo (de buen cubero) or (AmS) al ojo at a guess;
echar un ojo a algo/algn (fam) to have o take a (quick) look at sth/sb;
tener ojo de lince or de águila to have eyes like a hawk
2 ( perspicacia):
◊ ¡vaya ojo que tiene! he's pretty sharp o on the ball!;

tener ojo para los negocios to have a good eye for business
3 (fam) (cuidado, atención): hay que andar or ir con mucho ojo you have to keep your eyes open;
◊ ¡ojo! que viene un coche watch out! o be careful! there's a car coming

ojo
I sustantivo masculino
1 eye: mírame a los ojos, look into my eyes
tiene los ojos negros, she has black eyes
ojos rasgados/llorosos, almond/tearful eyes
2 (mirada) no levantaba los ojos del suelo, she didn't raise her eyes from the floor
3 (de aguja) eye
(de cerradura) keyhole
4 (de un puente) span
5 (precaución) ten mucho ojo al cruzar la calle, be very careful when you cross the street
6 (tino, acierto) ¡qué ojo tienes para las tallas!, you're such a good judge of sizes!
II exclamación careful!, watch out!
♦ Locuciones: a ojo (de buen cubero), at a guess: así, a ojo, creo que tiene unos 50 metros de alto, at a guess I'd say it's about 50 metres tall
a ojos vistas, visibly, clearly, openly: está envejeciendo a ojos vistas, she's clearly getting older
costar algo un ojo de la cara, to cost an arm and a leg
echar el ojo a algo, to have one's eye on sthg
echarle un ojo a algo/alguien, to keep an eye on sthg/sb
en un abrir y cerrar de ojos, in the blink of an eye
mirar con buenos ojos, to approve of sthg
familiar no pegar ojo, not to sleep a wink
ver algo con malos ojos, to look unfavourably on sthg
' ojo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
arcada
- blanca
- blanco
- enchufada
- enchufado
- extraña
- extraño
- mal
- pegar
- pestaña
- rabillo
- amoratado
- cerradura
- cuenca
- derecho
- derrame
- guiñar
- lagrimal
- meter
- morado
- parpadear
- pasar
- sacar
- tuerto
- visión
English:
black
- bomb
- cost
- dodgy
- evil eye
- eye
- gleam
- in
- keyhole
- lid
- look out
- open
- patch
- poke out
- red
- socket
- steady
- swell up
- tit for tat
- watch
- wear
- white
- wink
- cat
- critically
- eyeful
- key
- poke
- port
- untrained
- wet

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ojo

♦ nm

1. [órgano] eye;

una chica de ojos azules a girl with blue eyes;

lleva un parche en el ojo he has an eyepatch;

guiñar o Col [m5] picar el ojo a alguien to wink at sb;

mírame a los ojos cuando te hablo look at me when I'm speaking to you;

no me atrevía a mirarla a los ojos I didn't dare look her in the eye;

me pican los ojos my eyes are stinging;

a los ojos de la ley/de la sociedad in the eyes of the law/of society;
también Fig
poner los ojos en blanco to roll one's eyes;

lo vi con mis propios ojos I saw it with my own eyes;

abrir (bien) los ojos [estar atento] to keep one's eyes open;

habrá que tener los ojos bien abiertos we'll have to keep our eyes open;
Fig
abrirle los ojos a alguien to open sb's eyes;

cerré los ojos y me decidí a comprar una casa I decided to ignore the consequences and buy a house anyway;

cerrar los ojos ante algo [ignorar] to close one's eyes to sth;

con los ojos cerrados [sin dudarlo] blindly, with one's eyes closed;

sabría ir allí con los ojos cerrados o [m5] vendados I could find my way there blindfolded o with my eyes closed;
Fam
mirar algo/a alguien con los ojos como platos to stare at sth/sb wide-eyed;

cuatro ojos ven más que dos four eyes are better than two;

Comp
Fam
¡dichosos los ojos que te ven! long time no see!;

Comp

en un abrir y cerrar de ojos in the twinkling of an eye;

Comp
Am
meter el ojo to pry, to snoop;

Comp

no pegar ojo not to get a wink of sleep;

Comp
CAm, Méx, Ven
pelar los ojos to keep one's eyes peeled;

Comp

ser el ojo derecho de alguien to be the apple of sb's eye;

Comp

¿es que no tienes ojos en la cara? are you blind?;

Comp

tener entre ojos a alguien to detest sb;

Comp

tener ojos de lince to have eyes like a hawk;

Comp
RP
tener ojos en la nuca [profesor] to have eyes in the back of one's head;
[partido político] to be stuck in the past, to be always looking backwards;
Comp

sólo tiene ojos para él she only has eyes for him;

Comp

valer o [m5] costar un ojo de la cara to cost an arm and a leg;

Prov

ojo por ojo, diente por diente an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth;

Prov

ojos que no ven, corazón que no siente what the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over

Comp
RP ojo en compota [ojo morado] black eye; Esp ojo de cristal glass eye; Esp Fam ojo a la funerala shiner;
ponerle a alguien un ojo a la funerala to give sb a shiner;

ojo morado black eye;

ponerle a alguien un ojo morado to give sb a black eye;

ojos rasgados almond eyes;

ojos saltones: [m5] tiene los ojos saltones he's pop-eyed o US bug-eyed;

una niña de ojos saltones a girl with bulging eyes;
Am ojo de vidrio glass eye; Fam ojo a la virulé shiner; Fam
ponerle a alguien un ojo a la virulé to give sb a shiner

2. [mirada, vista]
los ojos expertos del relojero enseguida detectaron el problema the watchmaker's expert eye spotted the problem immediately;

alzar o [m5] levantar los ojos to look up, to raise one's eyes;

bajar los ojos to lower one's eyes o gaze, to look down;

los ojos se le iban detrás del muchacho/de la tarta she couldn't keep her eyes off the boy/the cake;

come más con los ojos que con la boca his eyes are bigger than his stomach;

mirar a alguien con ojos tiernos to look fondly at sb;

poner los ojos en alguien to set one's sights on sb;

Comp

a ojo (de buen cubero) roughly, approximately;

echo los ingredientes a ojo I just add roughly the right amount of each ingredient without measuring them all out;

a ojos vistas visibly;

Comp
Fam
comerse a alguien con los ojos to drool over sb;

Comp

echar el ojo a alguien/algo: le he echado un ojo a una compañera de clase I've got my eye on a girl in my class;

le tenía el ojo echado a aquella moto I had my eye on that motorbike;

Comp

echar un ojo a algo to keep an eye on sth;

Comp

entrar por los ojos: esos pasteles entran por los ojos those cakes look really mouthwatering;

Comp

mirar o [m5]ver algo/a alguien con buenos ojos to approve of sth/sb;

Comp

mirar o [m5]ver algo/a alguien con malos ojos to disapprove of sth/sb;

Comp

mirar algo/a alguien con otros ojos to look differently at sth/sb;

Comp

no quitarle ojo a algo/alguien, no quitar los ojos de encima a algo/alguien not to take one's eyes off sth/sb;

Comp

donde pone el ojo, pone la bala he's a dead shot;

Comp

ojos de carnero o [m5] cordero (degollado) pleading eyes;

puso ojos de cordero degollado she looked at me with pleading eyes

3. [cuidado]
(ten) mucho ojo con lo que haces/al cruzar la calle be very careful what you do/when crossing the road;

hay que andar(se) con (mucho) ojo you need to be (very) careful;

Comp

hay que andar(se) con cien ojos you really have to keep your eyes open o be on your guard;

Comp

estar ojo avizor to be on the lookout

4. [habilidad, perspicacia]
es un tipo con mucho ojo o [m5] con buen ojo para los negocios he has an eye for a good deal, he has great business acumen;

tener (un) ojo clínico para algo to be a good judge of sth

5. [agujero, hueco] [de aguja] eye;
[de puente] span; [de arco] archway;
el ojo de la cerradura the keyhole;

el ojo de la escalera the stairwell;

el ojo del huracán the eye of the hurricane;
Fig
el ministro está en el ojo del huracán the minister is at the centre of the controversy

Comp
ojo de buey [ventana] porthole; Vulg ojo del culo Br arsehole, US asshole; Am ojo mágico peephole
6. Med ojo de gallo [callo] corn

7. Fot ojo de pez fish-eye lens

8. Méx, Ven ojo de agua spring

9. Ven ojo de gato cat's eye

♦ interj

be careful!, watch out!

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ojo

m ANAT eye;

abrir los ojos open one’s eyes;

abrir los ojos como platos open one’s eyes really wide;

con mis propios ojos with my own eyes;

en un abrir y cerrar de ojos in an instant;

¡ojo! fam watch out!, mind! fam ;

andar con ojo fam keep one’s eyes open fam ;

a ojo roughly;

a ojos vistas visibly;

abrir los ojos a alguien fig open s.o.’s eyes;

cerrar los ojos ante algo turn a blind eye to sth;

no tener ojos en la cara fig be blind;

costar un ojo de la cara fam cost an arm and a leg fam ;

no pegar ojo fam not sleep a wink fam ;

echar el ojo a algo/alguien eye sth/s.o. up;

no quitar ojo de not take one’s eyes off;

comer(se) a alguien con los ojos fig devour s.o. with one’s eyes, ogle s.o.;

se le iban los ojos fig his/her eyes wandered;

mirar a algo con otros ojos fig look at sth differently;

no ver con buenos ojos have a low opinion of, not approve of;

tener mucho ojo para hacer algo be very good at doing sth;

tener ojo clínico have a good eye;

tener ojo clínico o

mucho ojo para descubrir errores have a good eye for mistakes, be good at spotting mistakes;

ojo por ojo y diente por diente an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth;

ojos que no ven, corazón que no siente what you don’t see won’t hurt you

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ojo nm

1) : eye

2) : judgment, sharpness

tener buen ojo para: to be a good judge of, to have a good eye for

3) : hole (in cheese), eye (in a needle), center (of a storm)

4) : span (of a bridge)

5)

a ojos vistas : openly, publicly

6)

andar con ojo : to be careful

7)

ojo de agua Mex : spring, source

8)

¡ojo! : look out!, pay attention!

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ojo¹ interj look out! / be careful!

¡ojo con esas copas! be careful with those glasses!

ojo² n

1. (órgano) eye

Carlos tiene los ojos azules Carlos has got blue eyes

2. (agujero) hole

a ojo roughly

con los ojos cerrados with your eyes closed

costar un ojo de la cara to cost an arm and a leg

echar el ojo a algo to set your heart on something

en un abrir y cerrar de ojos in the twinkling of an eye

entrar por los ojos to be tempting

no pegar ojo not to sleep a wink

ser el ojo derecho de alguien to be the apple of somebody's eye

cuatro ojos four eyes

ojo a la virulé black eye

Spanish-English dictionary > ojo
9 dele

2

дели́ть

déle i — раздели́ть на

déle om — распределя́ть

déle ud — раздава́ть

déle éns sýnspunkter — разделя́ть чьи-л. взгля́ды

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divide, go halves with, separate, share, split

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* divide ( fx a screen divided the room; divide the profits (, the booty)),

T split up ( fx the cost, the profit);

( være fælles om) share ( fx money, a room; his feelings, interests, views);

T split ( fx the cost);

( vise deltagelse med) share in ( fx we all share in your sorrow);

( uden objekt) share ( fx he must learn to share);

[ dele i to lige dele] divide into two equal portions, halve;

[ dele ind i] divide into ( fx sections); split up into ( fx three groups);

[ dele lige] divide equally,

( uden objekt) share and share alike;

[ dele det lige over] divide it into two equal parts;

[ dele med] share with ( fx you must share with your brother);

[ dele noget med en] share something ( fx a room, one's dinner) with somebody;

[ dele 20 med 4] divide 20 by 4;

[ dele ( udgiften) halvt med ham] go halves with him;

[ dele skæbne med] share the fate of;

[ dele det mellem dem] divide it (, T: split it up) between (el. among) them, share it out among them,

( om to) divide it between them;

[ dele sin tid mellem arbejde og sport] divide one's time between work and sport;

[ del og hersk] divide and rule;

[ dele om] distribute, give out, hand out;

[ dele op] divide; split up (i into, fx three groups);

[ dele rundt] give round, hand round;

[ dele sig] divide, separate, split (up);

(i grene etc) branch out,

( om vej, flod etc) fork;

[ dele ud] distribute, give out, hand out ( til to),

( fordele) share out ( fx the food, the money);

(se også delt).

Danish-English dictionary > dele
10 regne

count, rain, rank

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I. vb

( om regn) rain;

[ det regner voldsomt] it is raining hard, it is pouring;

[ det har regnet af] it has stopped raining;

[ malingen er regnet af] the paint has come off in the rain;

[ det regnede med indbydelser] there were streams of invitations;

[ buketterne (, slagene) regnede ned over ham] bouquets (, blows) rained on him.

II. vb

( en opgave) work out, solve ( fx a problem en opgave),

T do ( fx a sum et stykke);

( vurdere) estimate ( til at, fx estimate the cost at £500);

( tage hensyn til) take into account, consider;

( bryde sig om) care ( fx I don't care what he says);

( uden objekt) reckon ( fx the boy can't reckon yet),

T do sums;

[ lære at læse, skrive og regne] learn to read, write, and reckon; learn the three R's,

(dvs reading, (w)riting, and (a)rithmetic);

[ med præp & adv:]

[ regne blandt] count (el. number) among, include among ( fx we include him among our friends);

[` regne efter]

( bedømme ud fra) judge by;

[ regne ` efter]

( gøre overslag) make a calculation,

( kontrollere) check (up);

[ regne fejl] miscalculate, make a mistake (in reckoning);

[ regne for] consider (to be) ( fx I consider him (to be) a fool; I consider it my duty to help him), regard as, count as,

( fejlagtigt) take for ( fx I took him for a fool; what do you take me for? he is not the man I took him for);

[ det er for intet at regne imod] it is nothing (compared) to;

[ de er aldrig blevet regnet for noget] they have never counted for much,

F they have never been held in any esteem;

[ ikke regne det for noget at] think nothing of -ing;

[ regne ` fra]

(= fradrage) subtract,

F deduct;

[ fra i dag at regne] counting from today, as from to day;

[ regne godt] be good at figures;

[ højt regnet] at (the) most, at the outside;

[ regne i hovedet] do a sum in one's head;

F make a mental calculation;

( regne hovedregning) do mental arithmetic;

[ regne det i hovedet] do it in one's head;

[ lavt regnet] at least,

F at a low estimate;

[` regne med]

( tage med i beregningen) allow for ( fx a delay, a fall in prices), provide for ( fx extra expenses);

( tillægge betydning) reckon with ( fx he is a man to be reckoned with);

( stole på) depend on ( fx him to do it),

T count on ( fx him; his help; you can't always count on his

promises), reckon on;

( forvente) expect ( fx we expect that he will come (, him to come)),

T reckon on ( fx meeting him),

( gå ud fra) take for granted ( fx I take it for granted that you

will be there),

T count on,

F calculate on;

[ regne ` med]

( medregne) include (in one's reckoning), count (in),

T reckon in;

[ regne med til] = regne blandt;

[ regne pund om til kroner] convert pounds into kroner;

[ rundt regnet] about, around, roughly, in round figures,

T round about,

F approximately;

( gennemsnitlig) on an average;

[ regne sammen] add up, sum up,

T reckon up;

[ han regnes til de mindre digtere] he is numbered among (el. classed with

el. counted among) the minor poets;

[ det blev regnet ham til last] it was laid to his charge;

[ regne sig det til fortjeneste] take the credit for it (to oneself);

[ regne ud]

( beregne) work out ( fx the cost, one's income),

F calculate, compute,

(især am T) figure out;

( finde ud af) make out ( fx as far as I can make out; I can't make

out how it happened),

(især am T) figure out;

( ved grundig eftertanke) puzzle out ( fx a solution, a code, how to do it), think out ( fx a solution, the best method);

[ forstå at regne den ud] know a trick or two.

Danish-English dictionary > regne
11 analisi

f invar analysis

analisi del sangue blood test

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analisi s.f.

1 analysis*; test; testing: analisi del sangue, blood test; analisi dell'urina, urine test; analisi chimiche, chemical tests; analisi matematica, mathematical analysis; (fis.) analisi dimensionale, dimensional analysis // (chim.): analisi qualitativa, quantitativa, qualitative, quantitative analysis; analisi spettroscopica, spectroscopic analysis // (geol.): analisi granulometrica, grain size analysis; analisi dei tempi e dei metodi, methods-time measurement; analisi radiocarbonica, radiocarbon analysis // (miner.) analisi densimetrica, float-and-sink analysis

2 (econ.) analysis*: analisi dei costi, cost analysis; analisi costi e benefici, cost-benefit analysis; analisi costi-efficacia, cost-effectiveness analysis; analisi delle immissioni, input-output analysis; analisi delle interdipendenze strutturali, input-output (o interindustry) analysis; analisi delle mansioni, job analysis; analisi di bilancio, financial statement (o balance sheet) analysis; analisi input-output, input-output analysis; analisi degli investimenti, investment analysis; analisi del flusso monetario, money-flow analysis; analisi della concorrenza, competitor analysis; analisi della domanda, demand analysis; analisi delle vendite, sales analysis; analisi di mercato, market analysis (o market research); analisi generale, macroeconomica, aggregate analysis; analisi del funzionamento di un sistema, systems analysis; analisi di tendenza, trend analysis

3 (inform.) analysis*; test; systems study: analisi funzionale, systems analysis; analisi reticolare, network analysis; analisi ottica, optical scanning; analisi di relazione, di classe, relation, class test; analisi automatica dei documenti, automatic abstracting

4 (gramm.) parsing; analysis*: analisi grammaticale, grammatical analysis; fare l'analisi di una frase, to analyse a sentence

5 ( indagine) analysis*, study: fare un'accurata analisi della situazione, to make an accurate analysis of the situation // in ultima analisi, after all

6 (psic.) analysis*: essere in analisi, to be in (o under) analysis; sottoporsi ad analisi, to undergo analysis.

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[a'nalizi]
sostantivo femminile invariabile

1) (esame) analysis*

in ultima analisi — in the final o last analysis

in seguito a un'analisi (più) approfondita — on (further) investigation

2) med. test(ing)

fare le analisi del sangue — to have a blood test

fare delle analisi per scoprire la causa di un'allergia — to test for an allergy

3) mat. (disciplina) calculus*

4) psic. (psycho)analysis*

essere in analisi — to be in analysis o in therapy

5) inform. analysis*

analisi dei dati — data analysis

•

analisi di bilancio — budget analysis

analisi dei costi — cost-accounting

analisi del discorso — discourse analysis

analisi grammaticale — grammatical analysis, parsing

analisi logica — clause analysis

analisi del sangue — blood test o screening

analisi dei sistemi — systems analysis

analisi tempi e metodi — time-and-motion study

analisi testuale — scol. textual analysis

analisi delle urine — urine test

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analisi

/a'nalizi/

f.inv.

1 (esame) analysis*; in ultima analisi in the final o last analysis; in seguito a un'analisi (più) approfondita on (further) investigation

2 med. test(ing); fare le analisi del sangue to have a blood test; fare delle analisi per scoprire la causa di un'allergia to test for an allergy

3 mat. (disciplina) calculus*

4 psic. (psycho)analysis*; essere in analisi to be in analysis o in therapy

5 inform. analysis*; analisi dei dati data analysis

COMPOUNDS

analisi di bilancio budget analysis; analisi dei costi cost-accounting; analisi del discorso discourse analysis; analisi grammaticale grammatical analysis, parsing; analisi logica clause analysis; analisi del sangue blood test o screening; analisi dei sistemi systems analysis; analisi tempi e metodi time-and-motion study; analisi testuale scol. textual analysis; analisi delle urine urine test.

Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > analisi
12 control

m.

1 control (dominio).

bajo control under control

fuera de control out of control

perder el control to lose one's temper (perder la calma)

control de cambios (economics) exchange control

control de la natalidad birth control

2 examination, inspection.

todos los productos pasan un riguroso control all the products are rigorously inspected o examined

(bajo) control médico (under) medical supervision

control antidoping dope o drugs test

control de calidad quality control

control de existencias stock control

control del tráfico aéreo (aviation) air traffic control

3 checkpoint.

control de pasaportes passport control

4 test (exam).

5 control (mando).

el control del encendido/apagado the on/off switch

control remoto remote control

6 check, checking, test.

7 control knob, control, command.

8 restraint.

* * *

control

► nombre masculino

1 (gen) control

2 (comprobación) check

3 (sitio) checkpoint

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FRASEOLOGÍA

bajo el control de under the supervision of

estar bajo control to be under control

estar fuera de control to be out of control

llevar el control to be in control

perder el control to lose control

control a distancia remote control

control de calidad quality control

control de natalidad birth control

control de pasaportes passport control

■ pasaron por el control de pasaportes they went through passport control

control de sí mismo self-control

control policial roadblock

* * *

noun m.

1) control

2) check

* * *

SM

1) (=dominio, vigilancia) control

nunca pierde el control — he never loses control

bajo control — under control

fuera de control — out of control

perder el control — to lose control (of o.s.)

hacerse con el control de algo — to take control o charge of sth

control de o sobre sí mismo — self-control

control armamentista — arms control

control de alquileres — rent control

control de calidad — quality control

control de cambio — exchange control

control de costos — cost control

control de créditos — credit control

control de existencias — stock control

control de la circulación — traffic control

control de la demanda — demand management

control de la natalidad — birth control

control del tráfico — traffic control

control de natalidad — birth control

control de precios — price control

control nuclear — nuclear inspection

control presupuestario — budget control

2) (=inspección) (Jur) inspection, check; (Com, Econ) audit, auditing

3) (=puesto) (tb: control de carretera) roadblock; (tb: control de frontera) frontier checkpoint

montar un control — to set up a roadblock

control de pasaportes — passport inspection

control policial en carretera — police roadblock

4) [de un aparato] control

control del volumen — volume control

control de tonalidad — tone control

control remoto — remote control

5) (=examen) (Educ) test

6) (Med) test

control antidopaje — drugs test, dope test

control antidoping — drug test, dope test

control de alcoholemia — Breathalyser ® test

* * *

masculino

1) ( dominio) control

bajo control — under control

sin control — out of control

perdí el control y le di una bofetada — I lost control (of myself) and slapped him

tener control sobre uno mismo — to have self-control

hacerse con el control de algo — to gain control of something

- control de armamentos

- control de natalidad

- control demográfico

2) ( vigilancia)

lleva el control de los gastos — she keeps a check on the money that is spent

no hay ningún control en esta oficina — there's no one in charge in this office

- control de calidad

- control de existencias

- control de pasaportes

- control de precios

3) (en carretera, rally) checkpoint

4)

a) ( de aparato) control

el control del volumen — the volume control

b) controles masculino plural (Rad)

con Martín en los controles — with studio production by Martín

- control remoto

5)

a) (Educ) test

b) (Med) check-up

•

- control antidoping

* * *

= check, control, grasp, hold, monitoring, regulation, supervision, toll, command, governance, mastery, checkpoint, grip, tracking, span of control, policing, tightening, rule, moderation, vetting.

Ex. Checks on relationships that must be represented can be executed by examining each card in turn and seeking cards which show related terms.

Ex. Control is exercised over which terms are used, but otherwise the terms are ordinary words.

Ex. When an item is in its grasp, it snaps instantly to the next that is suggested by the association of thoughts, in accordance with some intricate web of trails carried by the cells of the brain.

Ex. SLIS will, however, need to retain a firm hold on their traditional market whilst also meeting more specialised competition.

Ex. Automatic monitoring of activity on the computer system (i.e., logging transactions) was regarded as a powerful technique for evaluating user system interaction.

Ex. If administrative regulations, rules, etc., are from jurisdictions in which such regulations, etc., are promulgated by government agencies or agents, enter them under the heading for the agency or agent.

Ex. The use of clear armoured glass walls gives excellent visual supervision in the Rare Book Room and in the Manuscript and Local History Reading Room.

Ex. Books are primarily repositories of ideas and information, for this reason most of them are used and a panoply of tolls are necessary in order to locate specific items.

Ex. Businesses are using all of the new communicating technological developments to increase their command over the information they need.

Ex. Public libraries specifically face enormous problems of funding and governance.

Ex. The library has proven to be an imperfect panacea, and the librarian has suffered a definite loss of mastery.

Ex. The article 'The information highway: on ramps, checkpoints, speed bumps and tollbooths' offers a comprehensive snapshot of the current policy and practices regarding the dissemination of government information in electronic form.

Ex. It is therefore often hard to escape the grip of the official phraseology for fear that, in doing so, the meaning of the material will be altered or lost.

Ex. Tracking of personal information attached to electronic text supplied by publishers is a potential violator of user privacy.

Ex. What is needed is for the director to broaden her span of control by eliminating the position of assistant director.

Ex. The article has the title ' Policing fraud and deceit: the legal aspects of misconduct in scientific enquiry'.

Ex. Previous policies allowed professional interaction but recent tightening has made that more difficult.

Ex. The British in Malaya used education as a divisive factor to prolong their rule, while the Americans in the Philippines adopted a 'Philippines for the Filipinos' policy = Los británicos en Malaya usaron la educación como un factor divisorio para prolongar su dominio, mientras los americanos en las Filipinas adoptaron una política de "Las Filipinas para los filipinos".

Ex. The ETEL system guarantees relevance of the information through moderation by a newspaper editor.

Ex. Criminal record checks have been an accepted form of pre-employment vetting for those with access to children for some years.

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* activar un mecanismo de control = set + control.

* aumentar el control = tighten (up) + control.

* bajo el control de = under the control of.

* bola para el control del cursor en pantalla = trackball.

* bolsa de control de préstamo = book pocket.

* campaña de control de alcoholemia = drink-drive campaign, anti-drink-drive campaign.

* campo de control = control field.

* carácter de control = control character.

* centro de control = locus of control, mission control.

* circunstancias que están fuera de + Posesivo + control = circumstances beyond + Posesivo + control.

* código de control = processing code, control code.

* colección de control = test collection.

* con control atmosférico = atmospherically-controlled.

* conseguir el control = gain + control (over/of).

* control al azar = spot check.

* control antidopaje = drug testing.

* control antidoping = drug testing.

* control bibliográfico = bibliographic control, bibliographical control.

* control bibliográfico internacional = international bibliographical control.

* Control Bibliográfico Universal (UBC) = UBC (Universal Bibliographic Control).

* control de acceso = access control.

* control de adquisiciones = acquisition control.

* control de armas = arms control.

* control de armas de fuego = gun control.

* control de autoridades = authority control.

* control de calidad = quality assurance (QA), quality control.

* control de carretera = road check, roadside check, roadblock.

* control de circulación = circulation control.

* control de disturbios = riot control.

* control de flujo del líquido = fluid-control.

* control de frontera = border checkpoint, border control.

* control de funcionamiento = benchmark.

* control de la circulación de publicaciones seriadas = serials circulation control.

* control de la natalidad = birth control.

* control del armamento = arms control.

* control de las enfermedades = disease control.

* control de las malas hierbas = weed control.

* control de la temperatura = climatic control.

* control del estrés = stress management.

* control de los artículos de las publicaciones periódicas = article-level control.

* control de los presupuestos = budgetary control.

* control del peso = weight control.

* control del poder = hold on power.

* control de masas = riot control, crowd control.

* control de materias = subject control.

* control de multitudes = crowd control.

* control de plagas = pest control.

* control de préstamo = circulation control.

* control de publicaciones periódicas = periodicals control.

* control de publicaciones seriadas = serials control, periodicals inventory control.

* control de salida = exit barrier.

* control de seguridad = security checkpoint.

* control de volumen = volume controller, volume control.

* control económico = fiscal control.

* controles de funcionamiento = benchmarking.

* controles de rendimiento = benchmark figures.

* control férreo = iron-fisted grip, iron grip.

* control fronterizo = border control, border checkpoint.

* control mental = mind control.

* control paterno = parental control.

* control presupuestario = budgetary control.

* control remoto = remote control, remote controller.

* control remoto de llavero = key fob.

* control terminológico = terminology control.

* control total = stranglehold.

* dígito de control = check digit.

* dispararse fuera de control = spiral + out of control.

* ejercer control = exert + control, wield + control.

* ejercer control sobre = exercise + control over, have + hold on.

* en control = controlling.

* endurecer el control = tighten (up) + control.

* estrechar el control = tighten + the grip.

* falta de control = dirty data.

* fichero de control de publicaciones periódicas = periodicals file [periodical file], periodical holdings file.

* fuera de control = out-of-control, haywire.

* fuera del control de = beyond the control of.

* fuera de + Posesivo + control = beyond + Posesivo + control.

* grupo de control = control group.

* hacerse con el control de = take over + control of, take + control of.

* ingeniería de control = control engineering.

* lista de control = checklist [check-list].

* lograr el control = gain + control (over/of).

* mantener bajo control = keep + a rein on.

* mantener control = hold + the reins of control.

* mantener el control = stay in + control.

* mantener un control férreo sobre = hold + an iron grip on.

* mecanismo de control = watchdog.

* medida de control = control measure.

* módulo de control de autoridades = authority control module.

* módulo de control de publicaciones seriadas = serials control system, serials control module.

* no perder el control = stay on top of, stay on + top of things, keep on + top of things, be on top of things.

* número de control = control number.

* organismo de control = watchdog.

* palabra de control = control word.

* panel de control = control panel.

* perder control = lose + control (of).

* perder el control = slip beyond + the grasp of, lose + Posesivo + grip, run + amok, sweep + Nombre + off + Posesivo + feet, go to + pieces, go + wild.

* perder el control de Algo = get out of + hand.

* perder el control de la situación = things + get out of hand.

* puesto de control = checkpoint.

* que escapan a + Posesivo + control = beyond + Posesivo + control.

* reclamar el control de = make + claim upon.

* seguir con el control = stay in + control.

* servicio centralizado de control de publicaciones seriadas = consolidation service.

* sin control = uncontrolled.

* sistema de control = monitoring system, vetting system.

* sistema de control de la salida = exit control system.

* sistema de control de publicaciones seriadas = serials system, serials control system.

* sobre para el control del préstamo = slip holder pocket.

* someter a control = place under + control.

* sujeto de control = control subject.

* tecla CONTROL = CONTROL key [CTRL key].

* tecla de control del movimiento horizontal = horizontal positioning key.

* tecla de control del movimiento vertical = vertical positioning key.

* tener Algo bajo el control de Uno = have + Nombre + at + Posesivo + command.

* tener control sobre = have + hold on.

* tomar el control = take + the helm.

* tomar el control de = take + control of.

* torno de control de entrada = turnstile.

* * *

masculino

1) ( dominio) control

bajo control — under control

sin control — out of control

perdí el control y le di una bofetada — I lost control (of myself) and slapped him

tener control sobre uno mismo — to have self-control

hacerse con el control de algo — to gain control of something

- control de armamentos

- control de natalidad

- control demográfico

2) ( vigilancia)

lleva el control de los gastos — she keeps a check on the money that is spent

no hay ningún control en esta oficina — there's no one in charge in this office

- control de calidad

- control de existencias

- control de pasaportes

- control de precios

3) (en carretera, rally) checkpoint

4)

a) ( de aparato) control

el control del volumen — the volume control

b) controles masculino plural (Rad)

con Martín en los controles — with studio production by Martín

- control remoto

5)

a) (Educ) test

b) (Med) check-up

•

- control antidoping

* * *

= check, control, grasp, hold, monitoring, regulation, supervision, toll, command, governance, mastery, checkpoint, grip, tracking, span of control, policing, tightening, rule, moderation, vetting.

Ex: Checks on relationships that must be represented can be executed by examining each card in turn and seeking cards which show related terms.

Ex: Control is exercised over which terms are used, but otherwise the terms are ordinary words.

Ex: When an item is in its grasp, it snaps instantly to the next that is suggested by the association of thoughts, in accordance with some intricate web of trails carried by the cells of the brain.

Ex: SLIS will, however, need to retain a firm hold on their traditional market whilst also meeting more specialised competition.

Ex: Automatic monitoring of activity on the computer system (i.e., logging transactions) was regarded as a powerful technique for evaluating user system interaction.

Ex: If administrative regulations, rules, etc., are from jurisdictions in which such regulations, etc., are promulgated by government agencies or agents, enter them under the heading for the agency or agent.

Ex: The use of clear armoured glass walls gives excellent visual supervision in the Rare Book Room and in the Manuscript and Local History Reading Room.

Ex: Books are primarily repositories of ideas and information, for this reason most of them are used and a panoply of tolls are necessary in order to locate specific items.

Ex: Businesses are using all of the new communicating technological developments to increase their command over the information they need.

Ex: Public libraries specifically face enormous problems of funding and governance.

Ex: The library has proven to be an imperfect panacea, and the librarian has suffered a definite loss of mastery.

Ex: The article 'The information highway: on ramps, checkpoints, speed bumps and tollbooths' offers a comprehensive snapshot of the current policy and practices regarding the dissemination of government information in electronic form.

Ex: It is therefore often hard to escape the grip of the official phraseology for fear that, in doing so, the meaning of the material will be altered or lost.

Ex: Tracking of personal information attached to electronic text supplied by publishers is a potential violator of user privacy.

Ex: What is needed is for the director to broaden her span of control by eliminating the position of assistant director.

Ex: The article has the title ' Policing fraud and deceit: the legal aspects of misconduct in scientific enquiry'.

Ex: Previous policies allowed professional interaction but recent tightening has made that more difficult.

Ex: The British in Malaya used education as a divisive factor to prolong their rule, while the Americans in the Philippines adopted a 'Philippines for the Filipinos' policy = Los británicos en Malaya usaron la educación como un factor divisorio para prolongar su dominio, mientras los americanos en las Filipinas adoptaron una política de "Las Filipinas para los filipinos".

Ex: The ETEL system guarantees relevance of the information through moderation by a newspaper editor.

Ex: Criminal record checks have been an accepted form of pre-employment vetting for those with access to children for some years.

* activar un mecanismo de control = set + control.

* aumentar el control = tighten (up) + control.

* bajo el control de = under the control of.

* bola para el control del cursor en pantalla = trackball.

* bolsa de control de préstamo = book pocket.

* campaña de control de alcoholemia = drink-drive campaign, anti-drink-drive campaign.

* campo de control = control field.

* carácter de control = control character.

* centro de control = locus of control, mission control.

* circunstancias que están fuera de + Posesivo + control = circumstances beyond + Posesivo + control.

* código de control = processing code, control code.

* colección de control = test collection.

* con control atmosférico = atmospherically-controlled.

* conseguir el control = gain + control (over/of).

* control al azar = spot check.

* control antidopaje = drug testing.

* control antidoping = drug testing.

* control bibliográfico = bibliographic control, bibliographical control.

* control bibliográfico internacional = international bibliographical control.

* Control Bibliográfico Universal (UBC) = UBC (Universal Bibliographic Control).

* control de acceso = access control.

* control de adquisiciones = acquisition control.

* control de armas = arms control.

* control de armas de fuego = gun control.

* control de autoridades = authority control.

* control de calidad = quality assurance (QA), quality control.

* control de carretera = road check, roadside check, roadblock.

* control de circulación = circulation control.

* control de disturbios = riot control.

* control de flujo del líquido = fluid-control.

* control de frontera = border checkpoint, border control.

* control de funcionamiento = benchmark.

* control de la circulación de publicaciones seriadas = serials circulation control.

* control de la natalidad = birth control.

* control del armamento = arms control.

* control de las enfermedades = disease control.

* control de las malas hierbas = weed control.

* control de la temperatura = climatic control.

* control del estrés = stress management.

* control de los artículos de las publicaciones periódicas = article-level control.

* control de los presupuestos = budgetary control.

* control del peso = weight control.

* control del poder = hold on power.

* control de masas = riot control, crowd control.

* control de materias = subject control.

* control de multitudes = crowd control.

* control de plagas = pest control.

* control de préstamo = circulation control.

* control de publicaciones periódicas = periodicals control.

* control de publicaciones seriadas = serials control, periodicals inventory control.

* control de salida = exit barrier.

* control de seguridad = security checkpoint.

* control de volumen = volume controller, volume control.

* control económico = fiscal control.

* controles de funcionamiento = benchmarking.

* controles de rendimiento = benchmark figures.

* control férreo = iron-fisted grip, iron grip.

* control fronterizo = border control, border checkpoint.

* control mental = mind control.

* control paterno = parental control.

* control presupuestario = budgetary control.

* control remoto = remote control, remote controller.

* control remoto de llavero = key fob.

* control terminológico = terminology control.

* control total = stranglehold.

* dígito de control = check digit.

* dispararse fuera de control = spiral + out of control.

* ejercer control = exert + control, wield + control.

* ejercer control sobre = exercise + control over, have + hold on.

* en control = controlling.

* endurecer el control = tighten (up) + control.

* estrechar el control = tighten + the grip.

* falta de control = dirty data.

* fichero de control de publicaciones periódicas = periodicals file [periodical file], periodical holdings file.

* fuera de control = out-of-control, haywire.

* fuera del control de = beyond the control of.

* fuera de + Posesivo + control = beyond + Posesivo + control.

* grupo de control = control group.

* hacerse con el control de = take over + control of, take + control of.

* ingeniería de control = control engineering.

* lista de control = checklist [check-list].

* lograr el control = gain + control (over/of).

* mantener bajo control = keep + a rein on.

* mantener control = hold + the reins of control.

* mantener el control = stay in + control.

* mantener un control férreo sobre = hold + an iron grip on.

* mecanismo de control = watchdog.

* medida de control = control measure.

* módulo de control de autoridades = authority control module.

* módulo de control de publicaciones seriadas = serials control system, serials control module.

* no perder el control = stay on top of, stay on + top of things, keep on + top of things, be on top of things.

* número de control = control number.

* organismo de control = watchdog.

* palabra de control = control word.

* panel de control = control panel.

* perder control = lose + control (of).

* perder el control = slip beyond + the grasp of, lose + Posesivo + grip, run + amok, sweep + Nombre + off + Posesivo + feet, go to + pieces, go + wild.

* perder el control de Algo = get out of + hand.

* perder el control de la situación = things + get out of hand.

* puesto de control = checkpoint.

* que escapan a + Posesivo + control = beyond + Posesivo + control.

* reclamar el control de = make + claim upon.

* seguir con el control = stay in + control.

* servicio centralizado de control de publicaciones seriadas = consolidation service.

* sin control = uncontrolled.

* sistema de control = monitoring system, vetting system.

* sistema de control de la salida = exit control system.

* sistema de control de publicaciones seriadas = serials system, serials control system.

* sobre para el control del préstamo = slip holder pocket.

* someter a control = place under + control.

* sujeto de control = control subject.

* tecla CONTROL = CONTROL key [CTRL key].

* tecla de control del movimiento horizontal = horizontal positioning key.

* tecla de control del movimiento vertical = vertical positioning key.

* tener Algo bajo el control de Uno = have + Nombre + at + Posesivo + command.

* tener control sobre = have + hold on.

* tomar el control = take + the helm.

* tomar el control de = take + control of.

* torno de control de entrada = turnstile.

* * *

control

masculine

A (dominio) control

la epidemia está bajo control the epidemic is under control

perdió el control del vehículo he lost control of the vehicle

el coche giró sin control the car spun, out of control

perdí el control y le di una bofetada I lost control (of myself) and slapped him

no tiene ningún control sobre sí mismo he has no self-control

se hizo con el control de la compañía he gained control of the company

Compuestos:

● control del pensamiento

thought control

● control presupuestario

budget o budgetary control

B

(vigilancia, fiscalización): lleva el control de los gastos she keeps tabs o a check on the money that is spent

Compuestos:

● control de armamentos

arms control

● control de calidad

quality control o check

● control de créditos

credit control

● control de (la) natalidad

birth control

● control de pasaportes

passport control

● control del tráfico or tránsito

traffic control

● control de sanidad

sanitary control

● control de seguridad

security check

C (en la carretera) checkpoint; (en un rally) checkpoint

D

1 (de un aparato) control

el control del volumen/brillo the volume/brightness control

2 controles mpl ( Rad):

con Martín en los controles with studio production by Martín

Compuesto:

control remoto

remote control

funciona a or por control remoto it works by remote control

E

1 ( Educ) test

2 ( Med) check-up

Compuesto:

control antidopaje or antidoping

dope test, drug test

* * *

control sustantivo masculino
1 ( en general) control;
◊ bajo control under control;

sin control out of control;
perdí el control I lost control (of myself);
hacerse con el control de algo to gain control of sth;
lleva el control de los gastos she keeps a check on the money that is spent;
control de (la) natalidad birth control;
control de calidad quality control o check;
control de pasaportes passport control;
control remoto remote control
2 (en carretera, rally) checkpoint
3
a) (Educ) test

b) (Med) check-up;

◊ control antidoping dope test, drug test

control sustantivo masculino
1 (dominio) control: está todo bajo control, everything is under control
2 Educ test
3 (inspección) check
control de calidad, quality control
4 (de Policía, militar) checkpoint, roadblock
5 control remoto, remote control
' control' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
absoluta
- absoluto
- adueñarse
- ajena
- ajeno
- angular
- autocontrol
- contención
- controlar
- controlarse
- cuadro
- descontrol
- descontrolarse
- desenfreno
- disciplina
- dominar
- dominación
- dominarse
- dominio
- dueña
- dueño
- encima
- fraude
- mando
- moderarse
- órbita
- palanca
- papel
- planificación
- potingue
- pública
- público
- regular
- regulación
- reportarse
- reprimirse
- reprivatizar
- resbalar
- retener
- rienda
- señorío
- sofocar
- teleguiada
- teleguiado
- telemando
- tenerse
- torre
- ala
- anticoncepción
- apoderarse
English:
air traffic control
- arms control
- beyond
- birth control
- check
- checkpoint
- control
- equity
- fiendish
- freak out
- gain
- grip
- hand
- hit
- hold
- knob
- over
- override
- panel
- passport control
- pest control
- piece
- quality control
- rein
- remote control
- resume
- roadblock
- rule
- runaway
- self-control
- speed trap
- take over
- tight
- tighten
- tighten up
- time clock
- time-keeping
- traffic control
- unionist
- volume control
- watchdog
- wild
- air
- birth
- boil
- break
- compose
- curb
- discipline
- dual

* * *

control nm

1. [dominio] control;

bajo control under control;

fuera de control out of control;

perder el control [de vehículo] to lose control;
[perder la calma] to lose one's temper;
bebe/fuma sin control he drinks/smokes an enormous amount

Comp
Econ control de cambios exchange control; Econ control de costos o Esp costes cost control; Fin control crediticio credit control; Fin control de crédito credit control; Econ control de gestión management control;
control de (la) natalidad birth control;
Econ control de precios price control
2. [comprobación, verificación] examination, inspection;

todos los productos pasan un riguroso control all the products are rigorously inspected o examined;

(bajo) control médico (under) medical supervision;

él se encarga del control del gasto he is the person in charge of controlling expenditure;

efectúan un control continuo de su tensión his blood pressure is being continuously monitored

Comp
Informát control de acceso access control;
el control de acceso al edificio the system controlling access to the building;

control de alcoholemia breath test, Br Breathalyser® o US Breathalyzer® test;

control antidoping drugs test;

control de armamento arms control;

control de calidad quality control;
Com control de existencias stock control;
control financiero financial control;
Av control de tierra ground control;
control del tráfico aéreo air-traffic control

3. [vigilancia] examination;

un edificio sometido a un fuerte control a building with very heavy security

4. [de policía] checkpoint;
[en rally] checkpoint
Comp
control de pasaportes passport control;
control de velocidad por radar radar speed trap

5. [examen] test, US quiz

6. Dep [del balón] control;

tiene un buen control he's got good control

7. [mando] control;

el control del encendido/apagado the on/off switch

Comp
control remoto remote control;
activar algo por control remoto to activate sth by remote control

8. Rad
en los controles estuvo Sandra the show was produced by Sandra

* * *

control

m

1 control;

perder el control lose control;

tenerlo todo bajo control have everything under control

2 ( inspección) check

* * *

control nm

1) : control

2) : inspection, check

3) : checkpoint, roadblock

* * *

control n

1. (en general) control

perdió el control del coche he lost control of the car

control de pasaportes passport control

2. (examen) check

control de seguridad security check

llevar el control de algo to run something [pt. ran; pp. run]

control de natalidad birth control

control policial police checkpoint

Spanish-English dictionary > control
13 analizar

v.

to analyze.

analizar sintácticamente la siguiente oración parse the following sentence

Elsa analizó la bebida Elsa examined the drink.

El juez analizó el caso The judge analyzed the case.

* * *

analizar

Conjugation model [ REALIZAR], like realizar

► verbo transitivo

1 to analyse (US analyze)

* * *

verb

to analyze

* * *

VT to analyse, analyze (EEUU)

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1) ( examinar) to analyze*, examine

2) (Med, Quím) to analyze*

3) (Ling) to parse
2.
analizarse v pron to undergo o have analysis

* * *

= analyse [analyze, -USA], assess, break down, discuss, explore, look at, look into, present + discussion, study, think out, weigh, offer + an account of, undergo + analysis, observe, check out, break out, dig + deep, dig + deep beneath the surface, weigh up, review, work through, put + Nombre + under the spotlight, bring + Nombre + under the spotlight, question, probe.

Ex. With a clear objective, the next step is to analyse the concepts that are present in a search.

Ex. Without such guidelines each document would need to be assessed individually, and inconsistencies would be inevitable.

Ex. The holdings are broken down into several volumes, shown as the next level of the pyramid.

Ex. This review also illustrates some of the issues which cataloguers have discussed over the years, and demonstrates other solutions to standards in cataloguing than those embodied in modern cataloguing codes.

Ex. Next I will illustrate a simple search profile which does not explore all possible synonyms, but does serve to illustrate weighted term logic.

Ex. This article looks at three interrelated issues regarding on-line services based on the recent literature.

Ex. The main concern is to look into current use of, and interest in, electronic information services, and also to gauge opinion on setting up a data base concerned solely with development issues.

Ex. This article presents a detailed discussion of the use of Hypermedia for authoring, organisation and presentation of information.

Ex. Each of the binders is portable and can be separately studied.

Ex. A recitation of the best thought out principles for a cataloging code is easily drowned out by the clatter of a bank of direct access devices vainly searching for misplaced records.

Ex. Examines the advantages and disadvantages of approval plans suggesting that each library must carefully weigh them in order to determine its own best course of action.

Ex. This article offers an account of the processes shaping the professionalisation of college and research librarianship within the framework of 4 contemporary sociological theories.

Ex. Syntactic relationships arise from the syntax of the document which is undergoing analysis, and derive solely from literary warrant.

Ex. 141 data bases were observed, most of them had been developed in the life sciences as well as in the earth, ocean and space sciences.

Ex. Where problems do arise it is sensible to check out the training programme before blaming the assistant for poor performance of duties.

Ex. Turnaround managers want current financial and working capital analyses broken out by cost/profit centres.

Ex. Are we prepared to dig deep into our well of humanity & humility in order to uplift ourselves?.

Ex. Her central themes are still love and sex, but she digs deeper beneath the surface to examine the gray areas of moral responsibility and gender relations.

Ex. The author weighs up whether a dumbing down has taken place in the UK tabloid and broadsheet press.

Ex. There is only space to review briefly the special problems associated with the descriptive cataloguing of nonbook materials.

Ex. Some theorists hold that one stage must be completely worked through before the next stage can be entered.

Ex. It is paramount to put designers themselves under the spotlight for investigative purposes.

Ex. When the profession once more brought censorship under the spotlight in the 70s, it was less critical and more loath to take a stand.

Ex. If this appears to be excessively difficult, maybe it is time to question whether the tool is too complex.

Ex. The librarian sometimes must probe to discover the context of the question and to be able to discuss various possible approaches and explore their merits.

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* al analizar Algo más detenidamente = on closer examination, on closer inspection.

* analizar brevemente = take + a look at.

* analizar críticamente = pull + Nombre + to bits.

* analizar de nuevo = reexamine [re-examine].

* analizar desde una perspectiva = see through.

* analizar desde un punto de vista crítico = cast + a critical eye over.

* analizar detenidamente = be carefully considered, think through.

* analizar de un modo imparcial = take + a cool look at.

* analizar en = break down into.

* analizar en detalle = consider + in detail.

* analizar la posibilidad de (que) = examine + the possibility that/of.

* analizar las posibilidades de = look at + the prospects for.

* analizar los pormenores de una situación = look + behind the scene.

* analizar minuciosamente = come under + scrutiny, pore.

* analizar por separado = dissect.

* analizar sintácticamente = parse.

* analizar una cuestión = explore + question, explore + issue.

* analizar una posibilidad = explore + idea.

* analizar un tema = explore + theme.

* reanalizar = reexamine [re-examine].

* ser analizado como una frase = be phrase parsed.

* sin analizar = unexamined, unanalysed.

* volver a analizar = reexamine [re-examine], reanalyse [reanalyze, -USA].

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1) ( examinar) to analyze*, examine

2) (Med, Quím) to analyze*

3) (Ling) to parse
2.
analizarse v pron to undergo o have analysis

* * *

= analyse [analyze, -USA], assess, break down, discuss, explore, look at, look into, present + discussion, study, think out, weigh, offer + an account of, undergo + analysis, observe, check out, break out, dig + deep, dig + deep beneath the surface, weigh up, review, work through, put + Nombre + under the spotlight, bring + Nombre + under the spotlight, question, probe.

Ex: With a clear objective, the next step is to analyse the concepts that are present in a search.

Ex: Without such guidelines each document would need to be assessed individually, and inconsistencies would be inevitable.

Ex: The holdings are broken down into several volumes, shown as the next level of the pyramid.

Ex: This review also illustrates some of the issues which cataloguers have discussed over the years, and demonstrates other solutions to standards in cataloguing than those embodied in modern cataloguing codes.

Ex: Next I will illustrate a simple search profile which does not explore all possible synonyms, but does serve to illustrate weighted term logic.

Ex: This article looks at three interrelated issues regarding on-line services based on the recent literature.

Ex: The main concern is to look into current use of, and interest in, electronic information services, and also to gauge opinion on setting up a data base concerned solely with development issues.

Ex: This article presents a detailed discussion of the use of Hypermedia for authoring, organisation and presentation of information.

Ex: Each of the binders is portable and can be separately studied.

Ex: A recitation of the best thought out principles for a cataloging code is easily drowned out by the clatter of a bank of direct access devices vainly searching for misplaced records.

Ex: Examines the advantages and disadvantages of approval plans suggesting that each library must carefully weigh them in order to determine its own best course of action.

Ex: This article offers an account of the processes shaping the professionalisation of college and research librarianship within the framework of 4 contemporary sociological theories.

Ex: Syntactic relationships arise from the syntax of the document which is undergoing analysis, and derive solely from literary warrant.

Ex: 141 data bases were observed, most of them had been developed in the life sciences as well as in the earth, ocean and space sciences.

Ex: Where problems do arise it is sensible to check out the training programme before blaming the assistant for poor performance of duties.

Ex: Turnaround managers want current financial and working capital analyses broken out by cost/profit centres.

Ex: Are we prepared to dig deep into our well of humanity & humility in order to uplift ourselves?.

Ex: Her central themes are still love and sex, but she digs deeper beneath the surface to examine the gray areas of moral responsibility and gender relations.

Ex: The author weighs up whether a dumbing down has taken place in the UK tabloid and broadsheet press.

Ex: There is only space to review briefly the special problems associated with the descriptive cataloguing of nonbook materials.

Ex: Some theorists hold that one stage must be completely worked through before the next stage can be entered.

Ex: It is paramount to put designers themselves under the spotlight for investigative purposes.

Ex: When the profession once more brought censorship under the spotlight in the 70s, it was less critical and more loath to take a stand.

Ex: If this appears to be excessively difficult, maybe it is time to question whether the tool is too complex.

Ex: The librarian sometimes must probe to discover the context of the question and to be able to discuss various possible approaches and explore their merits.

* al analizar Algo más detenidamente = on closer examination, on closer inspection.

* analizar brevemente = take + a look at.

* analizar críticamente = pull + Nombre + to bits.

* analizar de nuevo = reexamine [re-examine].

* analizar desde una perspectiva = see through.

* analizar desde un punto de vista crítico = cast + a critical eye over.

* analizar detenidamente = be carefully considered, think through.

* analizar de un modo imparcial = take + a cool look at.

* analizar en = break down into.

* analizar en detalle = consider + in detail.

* analizar la posibilidad de (que) = examine + the possibility that/of.

* analizar las posibilidades de = look at + the prospects for.

* analizar los pormenores de una situación = look + behind the scene.

* analizar minuciosamente = come under + scrutiny, pore.

* analizar por separado = dissect.

* analizar sintácticamente = parse.

* analizar una cuestión = explore + question, explore + issue.

* analizar una posibilidad = explore + idea.

* analizar un tema = explore + theme.

* reanalizar = reexamine [re-examine].

* ser analizado como una frase = be phrase parsed.

* sin analizar = unexamined, unanalysed.

* volver a analizar = reexamine [re-examine], reanalyse [reanalyze, -USA].

* * *

analizar [A4 ]

vt

A (examinar) to analyze*, examine

B ( Med, Quím) to analyze*

C ( Ling) to parse

■ analizarse

v pron

to undergo o have analysis

se está analizando he's undergoing o having analysis, he's seeing an analyst, he's in analysis

* * *

analizar ( conjugate analizar) verbo transitivo
a) ( examinar) to analyze^{( conjugate analyze)}, examine

b) (Med, Quím) to analyze^{( conjugate analyze)}

c) (Ling) to parse

analizarse verbo pronominal
to undergo o have analysis
analizar verbo transitivo to analyze
' analizar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
estudiar
- profundidad
- punto
English:
analyse
- test
- analyze
- go
- survey

* * *

analizar vt

1. [situación, problema] to analyse

2. [sangre, orina] to test, to analyse

3. Gram to parse;

analizar sintácticamente la siguiente oración parse the following sentence

* * *

analizar

v/t analyze

* * *

analizar {21} vt

: to analyze

* * *

analizar vb to analyse

Spanish-English dictionary > analizar
14 investigación

f.

1 investigation, research.

2 investigation, search, inquiry, probe.

* * *

investigación

► nombre femenino

1 (indagación) investigation, enquiry

2 (estudio) research

* * *

noun f.

1) investigation, inquiry

2) research

* * *

SF

1) [de accidente, delito] [por la policía] investigation; [por un comité] inquiry

la investigación policial del robo — the police investigation of the robbery

la investigación de los dos casos de corrupción — the inquiry into the two cases of corruption

ha ordenado la investigación de las cuentas bancarias — he has ordered their bank accounts to be investigated

una comisión de investigación — a committee of inquiry

2) [científica, académica] research

están realizando una investigación sobre el ADN — they're doing research into o on DNA

hace trabajo de investigación — he's doing research work

un trabajo de investigación sobre el barroco — a research project on the baroque, a piece of research on the baroque

investigación de mercado — market research

investigación operativa — operational research, operations research

investigación y desarrollo — research and development

* * *

femenino

1)

a) (de caso, delito) investigation; ( por comisión especial) inquiry

llevar a cabo una investigación — to carry out an investigation, to hold an inquiry

b) (Educ, Med, Tec) research

investigación científica — scientific research

- investigación de la paternidad

- investigación de mercados

- investigación y desarrollo

2) Investigaciones femenino plural ( en Chi) criminal investigation department

* * *

= enquiry [inquiry, -USA], exploration, inquiry [enquiry, -UK], investigation, probe, research, scholarship, line of enquiry, a piece of + research, research activity, research effort, academic study.

Ex. A threshold weight appropriate to the specificity of the searcher's enquiry must be established.

Ex. This section goes no further than the exploration of ideas which are important for the appropriate support of software packages.

Ex. Several possible rules governing the reference interview are examined; one calls for inquiry into client's underlying wants, 'the face value rule', another for inquiry into underlying needs, 'the purpose rule'.

Ex. An improved awareness of existing work should strengthen the foundations of new investigations, and reduce the degree of duplication.

Ex. From 1985-89, a probe into library services took place into about 7,300 public and school libraries with some 53 million items in stock.

Ex. Abstracts may be submitted for editing and inclusion in bibliographies and bulletins by staff engaged in research.

Ex. The most important of the functions of librarians is the collection, preservation and affording access to the materials of scholarship.

Ex. The reviewer's place in citation chains is an important one because conceivably a carefully done critical review could make or break a line of enquiry or alter the direction of a chain of citations.

Ex. Part of library legend is now a steel manufacturer's after-dinner statement that if a piece of research cost less than $100,000, it was cheaper to repeat it than to try to find out if it had already been done.

Ex. Bibliometric analyses confirmed that review articles on topics that are generating high levels of research activity tend to have relatively voluminous bibliographies made up of a disproportionate number of citations to source materials of very recent vintage.

Ex. With renewed geologic interest in the Arctic and Antarctic, polar libraries are becoming increasingly important to support the research efforts in these areas.

Ex. Cyberculture is emerging as an interdisciplinary subject of academic study.

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* ARL (Asociación de Bibliotecas de Investigación) = ARL (Association of Research Libraries).

* artículo de investigación = research paper, research article, research contribution.

* ayudante de investigación = research assistant.

* base de datos de investigación = research database.

* beca de investigación = research grant.

* becario de investigación = research grantee, research student.

* biblioteca de investigación = research library.

* biblioteconomía especializada en las bibliotecas de investigación = research librianship.

* centro de investigación = research centre, research unit.

* colaboración en la investigación = cooperative research.

* colaborador de investigación = research fellow.

* colección de investigación = research collection.

* comisión de investigación = commission of enquiry, investigating committee, investigation committee.

* contribución a la investigación = research contribution.

* dedicado a la investigación = research-oriented.

* de investigación = exploratory.

* departamento de investigación = research unit.

* documentos producto de investigación = research materials.

* empresa de investigación = research firm.

* equipo de investigación = research team.

* estrategia de investigación = research strategy.

* frente de investigación = research front.

* grupo de investigación = research group.

* Grupo de Investigación sobre la Clasificación (CRG) = Classification Research Group (CRG).

* herramienta de investigación = research tool.

* informe del resultado de una investigación = research report.

* iniciar una investigación = launch + investigation.

* institución de investigación = research institution.

* instituto de investigación = research institute.

* instituto para la investigación y el desarrollo = research and development institute.

* investigación-acción = action research.

* investigación aplicada = action research.

* investigación biomédica = biomedical research.

* investigación científica = academic research, scientific research, scientific enquiry, scholarly research.

* investigación clínica = clinical research.

* investigación cooperativa = cooperative research.

* investigación criminal = criminal investigation.

* investigación cualitativa = qualitative research.

* investigación cuantitativa = quantitative research.

* investigación de campo = intervention research, field research.

* investigación de despacho = desk research.

* investigación de mercado = market research, consumer research.

* investigación educativa = educational research.

* investigación empírica = empirical research.

* investigación en biblioteconomía y documentación = library and information science research.

* investigación en biblioteconomía = library research.

* investigación en biomedicina = biomedical research.

* investigación en ciencias de la documentación = information science research.

* investigación en colaboración = collaborative research.

* investigación en documentación = information science research.

* investigación en educación = educational research.

* investigación en equipo = team research.

* investigación en medicina = medical research.

* investigaciones = research evidence.

* investigaciones, las = research literature, literature of research.

* investigaciones operativas = operations research.

* investigación genética = genetic research.

* investigación histórica = historical research.

* investigación industrial = industrial research.

* investigación mediante sondeos = survey research.

* investigación médica = medical research.

* investigación operativa = operational research.

* investigación para la creación de innovaciones = innovation research.

* investigación pedagógica = educational research.

* investigación y desarrollo (I+D) = research and development (R&D).

* línea de investigación = line of enquiry, line of research, line of enquiry, research front, avenue (for/of) research, research avenue, avenue of investigation, research line.

* línea de investigación futura = avenue (for/of) future research.

* línea de investigación posible = avenue for further research.

* metodología de investigación = research methodology.

* no dedicado a la investigación = non-research.

* periodismo de investigación = investigative reporting, investigative journalism.

* permiso sabático para dedicarse a la investigación = research leave.

* producción científica de investigación = research literature.

* programa de investigación = research agenda.

* propuesta de proyecto de investigación = research proposal.

* protocolo de investigación = research protocol.

* proyecto de investigación = research project, research initiative.

* realizar una investigación = carry out + research, conduct + investigation, conduct + research, do + research, undertake + investigation, undertake + research.

* Red Informativa de las Bibliotecas de Investigación en USA = RLIN.

* rendimiento en la investigación = research performance.

* revista de investigación = research periodical.

* RLG (Grupo de Bibliotecas de Investigación) = RLG (Research Libraries Group).

* técnica de investigación = research technique.

* tema de investigación = area of enquiry [area of inquiry], research question, research topic.

* trabajo de investigación = investigative work, research paper, research work.

* visita por motivos de investigación = research trip, research visit.

* visita por razones de investigación = research trip, research visit.

* * *

femenino

1)

a) (de caso, delito) investigation; ( por comisión especial) inquiry

llevar a cabo una investigación — to carry out an investigation, to hold an inquiry

b) (Educ, Med, Tec) research

investigación científica — scientific research

- investigación de la paternidad

- investigación de mercados

- investigación y desarrollo

2) Investigaciones femenino plural ( en Chi) criminal investigation department

* * *

= enquiry [inquiry, -USA], exploration, inquiry [enquiry, -UK], investigation, probe, research, scholarship, line of enquiry, a piece of + research, research activity, research effort, academic study.

Ex: A threshold weight appropriate to the specificity of the searcher's enquiry must be established.

Ex: This section goes no further than the exploration of ideas which are important for the appropriate support of software packages.

Ex: Several possible rules governing the reference interview are examined; one calls for inquiry into client's underlying wants, 'the face value rule', another for inquiry into underlying needs, 'the purpose rule'.

Ex: An improved awareness of existing work should strengthen the foundations of new investigations, and reduce the degree of duplication.

Ex: From 1985-89, a probe into library services took place into about 7,300 public and school libraries with some 53 million items in stock.

Ex: Abstracts may be submitted for editing and inclusion in bibliographies and bulletins by staff engaged in research.

Ex: The most important of the functions of librarians is the collection, preservation and affording access to the materials of scholarship.

Ex: The reviewer's place in citation chains is an important one because conceivably a carefully done critical review could make or break a line of enquiry or alter the direction of a chain of citations.

Ex: Part of library legend is now a steel manufacturer's after-dinner statement that if a piece of research cost less than $100,000, it was cheaper to repeat it than to try to find out if it had already been done.

Ex: Bibliometric analyses confirmed that review articles on topics that are generating high levels of research activity tend to have relatively voluminous bibliographies made up of a disproportionate number of citations to source materials of very recent vintage.

Ex: With renewed geologic interest in the Arctic and Antarctic, polar libraries are becoming increasingly important to support the research efforts in these areas.

Ex: Cyberculture is emerging as an interdisciplinary subject of academic study.

* ARL (Asociación de Bibliotecas de Investigación) = ARL (Association of Research Libraries).

* artículo de investigación = research paper, research article, research contribution.

* ayudante de investigación = research assistant.

* base de datos de investigación = research database.

* beca de investigación = research grant.

* becario de investigación = research grantee, research student.

* biblioteca de investigación = research library.

* biblioteconomía especializada en las bibliotecas de investigación = research librianship.

* centro de investigación = research centre, research unit.

* colaboración en la investigación = cooperative research.

* colaborador de investigación = research fellow.

* colección de investigación = research collection.

* comisión de investigación = commission of enquiry, investigating committee, investigation committee.

* contribución a la investigación = research contribution.

* dedicado a la investigación = research-oriented.

* de investigación = exploratory.

* departamento de investigación = research unit.

* documentos producto de investigación = research materials.

* empresa de investigación = research firm.

* equipo de investigación = research team.

* estrategia de investigación = research strategy.

* frente de investigación = research front.

* grupo de investigación = research group.

* Grupo de Investigación sobre la Clasificación (CRG) = Classification Research Group (CRG).

* herramienta de investigación = research tool.

* informe del resultado de una investigación = research report.

* iniciar una investigación = launch + investigation.

* institución de investigación = research institution.

* instituto de investigación = research institute.

* instituto para la investigación y el desarrollo = research and development institute.

* investigación-acción = action research.

* investigación aplicada = action research.

* investigación biomédica = biomedical research.

* investigación científica = academic research, scientific research, scientific enquiry, scholarly research.

* investigación clínica = clinical research.

* investigación cooperativa = cooperative research.

* investigación criminal = criminal investigation.

* investigación cualitativa = qualitative research.

* investigación cuantitativa = quantitative research.

* investigación de campo = intervention research, field research.

* investigación de despacho = desk research.

* investigación de mercado = market research, consumer research.

* investigación educativa = educational research.

* investigación empírica = empirical research.

* investigación en biblioteconomía y documentación = library and information science research.

* investigación en biblioteconomía = library research.

* investigación en biomedicina = biomedical research.

* investigación en ciencias de la documentación = information science research.

* investigación en colaboración = collaborative research.

* investigación en documentación = information science research.

* investigación en educación = educational research.

* investigación en equipo = team research.

* investigación en medicina = medical research.

* investigaciones = research evidence.

* investigaciones, las = research literature, literature of research.

* investigaciones operativas = operations research.

* investigación genética = genetic research.

* investigación histórica = historical research.

* investigación industrial = industrial research.

* investigación mediante sondeos = survey research.

* investigación médica = medical research.

* investigación operativa = operational research.

* investigación para la creación de innovaciones = innovation research.

* investigación pedagógica = educational research.

* investigación y desarrollo (I+D) = research and development (R&D).

* línea de investigación = line of enquiry, line of research, line of enquiry, research front, avenue (for/of) research, research avenue, avenue of investigation, research line.

* línea de investigación futura = avenue (for/of) future research.

* línea de investigación posible = avenue for further research.

* metodología de investigación = research methodology.

* no dedicado a la investigación = non-research.

* periodismo de investigación = investigative reporting, investigative journalism.

* permiso sabático para dedicarse a la investigación = research leave.

* producción científica de investigación = research literature.

* programa de investigación = research agenda.

* propuesta de proyecto de investigación = research proposal.

* protocolo de investigación = research protocol.

* proyecto de investigación = research project, research initiative.

* realizar una investigación = carry out + research, conduct + investigation, conduct + research, do + research, undertake + investigation, undertake + research.

* Red Informativa de las Bibliotecas de Investigación en USA = RLIN.

* rendimiento en la investigación = research performance.

* revista de investigación = research periodical.

* RLG (Grupo de Bibliotecas de Investigación) = RLG (Research Libraries Group).

* técnica de investigación = research technique.

* tema de investigación = area of enquiry [area of inquiry], research question, research topic.

* trabajo de investigación = investigative work, research paper, research work.

* visita por motivos de investigación = research trip, research visit.

* visita por razones de investigación = research trip, research visit.

* * *

investigación

feminine

A

1 (de un caso, un delito) investigation

30 agentes trabajan en la investigación del caso Torosa 30 officers are investigating the Torosa case

la policía ha abierto una investigación sobre el caso the police have started o opened o launched an investigation into the case

el senador exige que se lleve a cabo una investigación the senator is demanding an inquiry o an investigation

2 ( Educ, Med, Tec) research

investigación científica scientific research

realizó una investigación sobre esta terapia he carried out research into o a study of this therapy

Compuestos:

● investigación de la paternidad

tests to establish paternity (pl)

● investigación de mercados

market research

● investigación operativa

operations research

● investigación y desarrollo

research and development

B Investigaciones fpl (en Chi) criminal investigation department

* * *

investigación sustantivo femenino
a) (de caso, delito) investigation;

( por comisión especial) inquiry
b) (Educ, Med, Tec) research;

◊ investigación científica scientific research;

investigación de mercados market research
investigación sustantivo femenino
1 (pesquisa, indagación) investigation
2 (estudio riguroso) research
' investigación' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
adelante
- beca
- Cesid
- consejo
- escrupulosa
- escrupuloso
- estancar
- estancada
- estancado
- estudio
- exhaustiva
- exhaustivo
- F.B.I
- puntera
- puntero
- relevante
- rigurosa
- riguroso
- someterse
- terrena
- terreno
- abrir
- archivar
- centrar
- cuidadoso
- dedicar
- destinar
- detenido
- dirigir
- encuesta
- examen
- expediente
- fondo
- fruto
- hacer
- meticuloso
- minucioso
- objeto
- potenciar
- realizar
English:
aid
- appropriate
- behind
- bureau
- CID
- compass
- consumer research
- diligent
- enquiry
- fellowship
- full-scale
- grant
- hush-hush
- in-house
- inquest
- inquiry
- institute
- investigation
- province
- research
- scope
- screening
- survey
- thorough
- vet
- allocate
- fact
- investigate
- line
- market
- means
- narrow
- probe
- screen
- station
- way

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investigación nf

1. [estudio] research;

estoy haciendo una investigación sobre los incas I'm doing a research project o I'm doing some research on the Incas

Comp
investigación científica scientific research;
investigación y desarrollo research and development;

investigación de mercado market research

2. [indagación] investigation, inquiry;

la investigación de un atentado the investigation into an attack;

se ha abierto una investigación sobre el incidente an inquiry o an investigation into the incident has been opened;

comisión de investigación committee of inquiry

Comp
investigación judicial judicial inquiry
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investigación

f

1 policial investigation

2 EDU, TÉC research;

investigación genética genetic research

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investigación nf, pl - ciones

1) encuesta, indagación: investigation, inquiry

2) : research

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investigación n

1. (policial) investigation

2. (gubernamental, pública) inquiry [pl. inquiries]

3. (científica, académica) research

la investigación sobre el cáncer research into cancer

Spanish-English dictionary > investigación
15 koste

1

сто́ить

hvad kóster det? — ско́лько (э́то) сто́ит?

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cost

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I. vb cost ( fx the shoes cost £40; it cost him his life);

( give ud) spend (på on, fx I won't spend more money on that house);

[ hvad koster den hat?] how much is that hat?

[ koste hvad det vil] at all costs, at any price;

[det kostede ham £50] it cost him (, T: set him back) £50;

[ det kostede ham en anstrengelse (, hans stilling, mange søvnløse nætter)] it cost him an effort (, his job, many sleepless nights);

[ det vil koste ham dyrt] he'll pay dearly for it, it will cost him dear;

[ det er det første skridt der koster] it's the first step that is difficult.

II. vb:

[ koste med en] order (el. push, boss) somebody around (el. about);

[ koste en væk] shoo somebody away.

Danish-English dictionary > koste
16 verbinden

(unreg.)

I v/t

1. (zusammenbinden) tie (together); (Getrenntes) connect ( mit with, to); (vereinigen) join, unite; (kombinieren) combine; angenehm

2. jemandem die Augen verbinden blindfold s.o.

3. MED. (Wunde) dress, bandage; (jemanden) bandage s.o. up

4. TELEF.: jemanden verbinden put s.o. through ( mit to); ich verbinde hold the line, please

5. TECH. connect, couple, link; CHEM. combine; EDV connect

6. (assoziieren) associate

7. emotional: uns verbindet vieles we have a lot in common; mich verbindet einiges mit dieser Gegend I have several ties with this area; was verbindet dich mit dieser Stadt? what connections do you have with this town?; die beiden verbindet eine enge Freundschaft they are bound by close friendship; verbunden

II v/refl combine (auch CHEM.), be combined; in ihm verbinden sich Kraft und Schnelligkeit etc. he (bzw. it) is a combination of power and speed etc.; sich ( mit jemandem) ehelich verbinden förm. enter into (holy) matrimony (with s.o.)

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(Telefon) to connect; to put through;

(Wunde) to dress; to bandage; to strap;

(kombinieren) to link; to associate; to combine; to link up;

(vereinigen) to conjoin; to join; to unite;

(zusammenbinden) to bind together; to bind; to tie;

sich verbinden

to conjoin; to unite; to ally; to connect

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ver|bịn|den ptp verbu\#nden irreg [fɛɐ'bʊndn]
1. vt

1) (MED) to dress; (mit Binden) to bandage

jdm die Augen verbinden — to blindfold sb

mit verbundenen Augen — blindfold(ed)

2) (= verknüpfen, in Kontakt bringen) (lit, fig) to connect, to link; Punkte to join (up)

3) (TELEC)

jdn (mit jdm) verbinden — to put sb through (to sb)

ich verbinde! — I'll put you through, I'll connect you

(Sie sind hier leider) falsch verbunden! — (I'm sorry, you've got the) wrong number!

mit wem bin ich verbunden? — who am I speaking to?

4) (= gleichzeitig haben or tun, anschließen) to combine

5) (= assoziieren) to associate

6)

(= mit sich bringen) mit etw verbunden sein — to involve sth

die damit verbundenen Kosten/Gefahren etc — the costs/dangers etc involved

7) (emotional) Menschen to unite, to join together

freundschaftlich/in Liebe verbunden sein (geh) — to be united or joined together in friendship/love

2. vr

1) (= zusammenkommen) to combine (AUCH CHEM) (mit with, zu to form), to join (together); (= sich zusammentun) to join forces

sich ehelich/in Liebe/Freundschaft verbinden (geh) — to join together in marriage/love/friendship

in ihrer Person verbinden sich Klugheit und Schönheit — she combines both intelligence and beauty

2) (= assoziiert werden) to be associated; (= hervorgerufen werden) to be evoked (mit by)

3. vi
(emotional) to form a bond
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1) (to connect in the mind: He always associated the smell of tobacco with his father.) associate

2) (to cover with a bandage: The doctor bandaged the boy's foot.) bandage

3) ((often with up, on etc) to put together or connect: The electrician joined the wires (up) wrongly; You must join this piece (on) to that piece; He joined the two stories together to make a play; The island is joined to the mainland by a sandbank at low tide.) join

4) (to connect (two points) eg by a line, as in geometry: Join point A to point B.) join

5) (to join together in one whole; to unite: They combined (forces) to fight the enemy; The chemist combined calcium and carbon.) combine

6) (to join or be joined in some way; to tie or fasten or link together: He connected the radio to the mains; This road connects the two farms; a connecting link; This telephone line connects with the President.) connect

7) (to associate in the mind: People tend to connect money with happiness.) connect

8) (to join together: The coaches were coupled (together), and the train set off.) couple

9) (to treat and bandage (wounds): He was sent home from hospital after his burns had been dressed.) dress

10) (to connect as by a link: The new train service links the suburbs with the heart of the city.) link

11) (to connect by telephone: I'm trying to put you through (to London).) put through

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ver·bin·den *¹

vt irreg (einen Verband anlegen)

▪ jdn \verbinden to dress sb's wound[s]

▪ [jdm/sich] etw \verbinden to dress [sb's/one's] sth

ver·bin·den *²

irreg

I. vt

1. (zusammenfügen)

▪ etw [miteinander] \verbinden to join [up sep] sth

▪ etw [mit etw dat] \verbinden to join sth [to sth]

2. TELEK

▪ jdn [mit jdm] \verbinden to put sb through [or connect sb] [to sb]

falsch verbunden! [you've got the] wrong number!

[ich] verbinde! I'll put [or I'm putting] you through, I'll connect you

3. TRANSP

▪ etw [miteinander] \verbinden to connect [or link] sth [with each other [or one another]]

▪ etw [mit etw dat] \verbinden to connect [or link] sth [with sth]

4. (verknüpfen)

▪ etw [miteinander] \verbinden to combine sth [with each other [or one another]]

▪ etw [mit etw dat] \verbinden to combine sth [with sth]

das Nützliche mit dem Angenehmen \verbinden to combine business with pleasure

5. (assoziieren)

▪ etw [mit etw dat] \verbinden to associate sth with sth

6. (mit sich bringen)

▪ der [o die] [o das] damit verbundene[n]... the... involved

▪ [mit etw dat] verbunden sein to involve [sth]

7. (innerlich vereinen)

▪ jdn/etw [mit jdm] \verbinden to unite sb/sth [with sb]

uns \verbinden lediglich Geschäftsinteressen we are business associates and nothing more

II. vr

1. CHEM (eine Verbindung eingehen)

▪ sich akk [mit etw dat] \verbinden to combine [with sth]

2. (sich zu einem Bündnis zusammenschließen)

▪ sich akk [mit jdm/etw] [zu etw dat] \verbinden to join forces [with sb/sth] [to form sth]

sich akk [mit jdm/etw] zu einer Initiative \verbinden to join forces [with sb/sth] to form a pressure group

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1.
unregelmäßiges transitives Verb

1) (bandagieren) bandage; dress

jemandem/sich den Fuß verbinden — bandage or dress somebody's/one's foot

jemanden/sich verbinden — dress somebody's/one's wounds

2) (zubinden) bind

jemandem die Augen verbinden — blindfold somebody

mit verbundenen Augen — blindfold[ed]

3) (zusammenfügen) join <wires, lengths of wood, etc.>; join up < dots>

4) (zusammenhalten) hold < parts> together

5) (in Beziehung bringen) connect ( durch by); link <towns, lakes, etc.> ( durch by)

6) (verknüpfen) combine <abilities, qualities, etc.>

die damit verbundenen Anstrengungen/Kosten — usw. the effort/cost etc. involved

7) auch itr. (telefonisch)

jemanden [mit jemandem] verbinden — put somebody through [to somebody]

Moment, ich verbinde — one moment, I'll put you through

falsch verbunden sein — have got the wrong number

8) auch itr

er war ihr freundschaftlich verbunden — he was bound to her by ties of friendship

uns verbindet nichts mehr — nothing holds us together any longer

9) (assoziieren) associate ( mit with)
2.
unregelmäßiges reflexives Verb

1) (auch Chemie) combine ( mit with)

2) (sich zusammentun) join [together]; join forces

3) (in Gedanken) be associated ( mit with)

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verbinden (irr)

A. v/t

1. (zusammenbinden) tie (together); (Getrenntes) connect (

mit with, to); (vereinigen) join, unite; (kombinieren) combine; → angenehm

2.

jemandem die Augen verbinden blindfold sb

3. MED (Wunde) dress, bandage; (jemanden) bandage sb up

4. TEL:

jemanden verbinden put sb through (

mit to);

ich verbinde hold the line, please

5. TECH connect, couple, link; CHEM combine; IT connect

6. (assoziieren) associate

7. emotional:

uns verbindet vieles we have a lot in common;

mich verbindet einiges mit dieser Gegend I have several ties with this area;

was verbindet dich mit dieser Stadt? what connections do you have with this town?;

die beiden verbindet eine enge Freundschaft they are bound by close friendship; → verbunden

B. v/r combine ( auch CHEM), be combined;

in ihm verbinden sich Kraft und Schnelligkeit etc he (bzw it) is a combination of power and speed etc;

sich (mit jemandem) ehelich verbinden form enter into (holy) matrimony (with sb)

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1.
unregelmäßiges transitives Verb

1) (bandagieren) bandage; dress

jemandem/sich den Fuß verbinden — bandage or dress somebody's/one's foot

jemanden/sich verbinden — dress somebody's/one's wounds

2) (zubinden) bind

jemandem die Augen verbinden — blindfold somebody

mit verbundenen Augen — blindfold[ed]

3) (zusammenfügen) join <wires, lengths of wood, etc.>; join up < dots>

4) (zusammenhalten) hold < parts> together

5) (in Beziehung bringen) connect ( durch by); link <towns, lakes, etc.> ( durch by)

6) (verknüpfen) combine <abilities, qualities, etc.>

die damit verbundenen Anstrengungen/Kosten — usw. the effort/cost etc. involved

7) auch itr. (telefonisch)

jemanden [mit jemandem] verbinden — put somebody through [to somebody]

Moment, ich verbinde — one moment, I'll put you through

falsch verbunden sein — have got the wrong number

8) auch itr

er war ihr freundschaftlich verbunden — he was bound to her by ties of friendship

uns verbindet nichts mehr — nothing holds us together any longer

9) (assoziieren) associate ( mit with)
2.
unregelmäßiges reflexives Verb

1) (auch Chemie) combine ( mit with)

2) (sich zusammentun) join [together]; join forces

3) (in Gedanken) be associated ( mit with)

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n.

connecting n.

splicing n.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > verbinden
17 stige

climb, escalate, go up, increase, ladder, mount, rise

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I. (en -r) ladder ( fx put up a ladder).

II. vb (steg, steget) rise, go up,

F ascend;

( om fugl) rise,

( højt) soar;

( om fly) climb;

( om humør) rise;

(om pris etc) rise, go up ( fx prices (, the temperature) is rising (el.

going up)), increase,

( om pris også: højt) soar;

( tiltage) grow ( fx dissatisfaction grew), increase ( fx the noise increased), rise;

[ barometeret stiger] the barometer is rising;

[ stige og falde] rise and fall,

( være ustabil, F) fluctuate ( fx prices (, the cost of living) continually fluctuate(s));

[ få til at stige] send up ( fx prices, the cost, the temperature, one's weight),

(mere F) raise ( fx his blood pressure, the temperature, the value of something);

[ sterling steg] the pound rose;

[ terrænet steg stejlt] the ground rose sharply;

(se også aktie, grad, kunst);

[ med præp & adv:]

[ stige af] get off,

F ( af køretøj) alight,

( af hest, cykel) dismount;

(dvs melde fra) opt out ( fx when they began to get violent I opted out);

( med objekt) get off ( fx a bus, one's bicycle),

F alight from ( fx a bus, a carriage), dismount from ( fx a

horse, one's bicycle);

[ stige frem] emerge;

[ stige i land] go ashore;

[han steg £50 i løn] he got a rise (, am: raise) of £50;

[ stige i pris] go up, rise (in price);

[ stige i værdi] rise (el. increase) in value;

(se også agtelse, grad, rang);

[ stige ind] get in;

[ stige ind i en bus (, et tog)] get on a bus (, a train), board a bus (, a train);

[ stige med 10 procent] rise (el. go up) by 10 per cent;

[ stige ned] come down,

F descend;

[ stige om]

( i andet befordringsmiddel) change,

F transfer;

[ stige op] rise, go up,

F ascend;

[ stige op af graven] rise from the grave;

[ stige op af havet] emerge from the sea;

[ stige op i] = stige ind i;

( klatre op i) climb, get up ( fx a tree);

[ stige op på] get on ( fx one's horse),

F mount ( fx a chair, one's bicycle, one's horse, the pulpit);

( klatre op på) climb ( fx a mountain);

[ stige på]

(dvs bus etc) board,

( stige op på), se ovf;

[ stige til hest] get on one's horse,

F mount (one's horse);

(se også hoved);

[ stige ud (af)] get off ( fx get off the bus; I want to get off),

F alight (from).

Danish-English dictionary > stige
18 stå

stand

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I.:

[ gå i stå] stop ( fx he stopped in the middle of a sentence; the watch

(, clock) stopped; his heart stopped), come to a standstill ( fx

production (, operations) came to a standstill), come to a stop,

( langsomt) grind to a halt ( fx the train ground to a halt; when the strike began production ground to a halt);

( glemme hvad man skal (, vil) sige, T) get stuck, dry up ( fx he

dried up in the middle of his speech);

( om motor) stop, stall,

T conk out, go on the blink;

[ han er gået åndeligt i stå] he has come to a mental halt; he is

psychologically arrested;

[ sætte i stå] stop, bring ( fx industry) to a standstill.

II. vb (stod, stået)

(mods: sidde, ligge) stand ( fx I have been standing all day), be standing up;

(= være) be ( fx there is a tree in front of the house);

[ stå alene] be alone ( fx I was alone in the world);

[ stå og], se ndf;

[ som sagerne står] as matters stand;

[ stå stille], se II. stille;

[ uret står] the watch (, clock) has stopped;

( finde sted) take place ( fx when will the marriage take place?), be (

fx when is the marriage (to be)? there was a debate about it; there was a battle);

[ brylluppet stod i domkirken] the wedding took place (, F: was solemnized) in the cathedral;

[ brylluppet stod i London] the wedding took place (, F: was celebrated) in London;

[ der stod et slag]

( også) a battle was fought;

[ der står at...]

(i brev etc) it says that...;

[ det står 3-2]

( om sportskamp) the score is 3-2;

[ det står hos Byron, det står i avisen], se ndf;

[ med vb:]

[ sagen står og falder med...] the case stands or falls with...; the case hangs on...;

[ det hele står og falder med ham] it all depends on him; he is the kingpin of the whole undertaking;

[ kom som du står og går] come as you are;

[ det tøj jeg står og går i] the clothes I stand up in;

[ lade noget stå] let something stand,

(= lade det være i fred) leave something alone,

( ikke slette det) leave something in, keep something;

[ lade døren stå] leave the door open;

[ lade skægget stå], se I. skæg;

[ han stod og så på mig] he stood looking (el. and looked) at me;

[ stå og skulle til at] be about to, be on the point of -ing;

[ med sig:]

[ stå sig]

( hævde sig) hold one's own;

[ stå sig godt med] be on good terms with, stand well with;

[ kunne stå sig mod (el. over for) én] be a match for somebody;

[ stå sig ved] serve oneself well (, best) by, profit by;

[ jeg står mig ved at vente]

( også) it pays me to wait;

[ med præp & adv:]

[ stå `af]

(dvs af køretøj) get off,

( af hest, cykel) get off,

F dismount;

(dvs melde fra) opt out ( fx when they began to get violent I opted out);

[ stå af bussen]

(etc) get off the bus (etc);

[ stå af cyklen] get off one's bicycle,

F dismount from one's bicycle;

[ stå bag]

(dvs støtte) stand behind;

(dvs være ophavsmanden) be behind;

[ stå bag én]

(dvs støtte også) back somebody up;

[ det er ham der står bag ved]

(dvs er ophavsmanden) he is the one behind it all, he is the one who pulls the strings;

[ stå én bi] stand by somebody ( fx stand by one's friend),

F aid;

[ lykken står den kække bi] fortune favours the brave;

[ så det står efter] with a vengeance, like anything;

[ stå fast] stand firm;

[ det står fast at] it is an established fact that, the fact remains that;

[ stå fast på] insist on;

[ stå fast ved] stick to;

[ stå ` for] screen somebody (, something) from view,

( om flere) stand round somebody (, something) in a ring;

[` stå for]

( betyde) stand for ( fx what do the letters GATT stand for?),

(mene etc) stand for ( fx I don't know what he stands for),

( lede) be in charge of ( fx the arrangements), manage ( fx the

house);

[ kunne stå for] be able to resist ( fx they made him an offer he could not resist); stand up to ( fx this furniture will stand up to any amount of rough treatment; the theory will not (, did not) stand up to close examination);

[ kunne stå for kritik] be proof against criticism,

(om bog etc) pass muster;

[ hans ansigt står stadig for mig]

(dvs for mit indre blik) his face is still before me (el. still haunts me);

[ hun er ikke til at stå for] she is irresistible;

(se også skud);

[ stå foran] stand in front of;

[ når der står en vokal foran] when preceded by a vowel;

[ stå frem] stand forward,

( rage frem) stand out;

(se også ndf: stå ud);

[ stå frit]

( være uafhængig) be independent,

( have handlefrihed) have a free hand;

[ det står dig frit for] you can do it if you like;

[ det står dig frit for at] you are at liberty to ( fx accept the offer if you wish);

[ det står dig frit for om du vil gøre det eller ej] you can decide for yourself whether you will do it or not;

[ lade det stå hen] leave it open (el. undecided),

F leave it in abeyance;

[ som der står hos Byron] as Byron has it;

[ det står hos Byron] it is in Byron;

[ stå ` hos] stand by;

[ det står i avisen] it is (el. it says so) in the paper;

[ der står i avisen at han er her] it says in the paper (el. the paper says) that he is here;

[ det står i akkusativ] it is in the accusative;

[ aktierne står i pari] the shares are quoted at par;

[ pengene står i en bank] the money is (deposited) in a bank;

[ pengene står i landejendomme] the money is invested in landed property;

[huset stod ham i £50.000] the house cost him £50,000;

(se også blomst, I. fare, forhold, I. lue, I. lære, magt, vej);

[ stå noget igennem] come through something;

[ vi håber hun vil stå det igennem] we hope she will pull through;

[ stå ` imod] resist;

[ få noget (dvs at spise) til at stå imod med] have something to put one on;

[ lægge lidt penge til side til at stå imod med] put a little money away for a rainy day;

[ stå ind mod land] head for the shore;

[ stå inde for] answer for, vouch for,

(se også indestå);

[ stå lige], se III. lige;

[` stå op] stand, be standing up;

[ stå `op] stand up,

( af sengen) get up,

F rise ( fx rise with the sun),

( om solen, månen etc) rise;

[ stå op af døde, stå op fra de døde] rise from the dead;

[ stå op på] get up on ( fx the table),

F mount;

[ få noget op at stå]

(fig) get something off the ground; get something going;

[ få det op at stå]

( også) get the show on the road;

[ stå over]

( overvåge) stand over,

( være højere stillet end) be above,

( være bedre end) be superior to;

[ de der står over ham] his superiors;

[ stå over for] face, stand facing,

F be confronted by ( fx when he left the house he was confronted by a policeman),

(fig, om vanskeligheder etc) face ( fx growing opposition), be faced with ( fx a choice),

F be confronted by ( fx a difficult task);

( kunne se frem til) be able to look forward to ( fx we can now look forward to falling unemployment);

[ stå `på]

( stige ind) get up, get in;

[ barometeret står på regnvejr] the barometer is at rain;

[ den står på bøf hver dag] we (, they) have steak every day;

[ stå på cyklen] get on one's bicycle,

F mount one's bicycle;

[ en plade på hvilken der stod...] a tablet bearing the inscription...; a tablet on which was written...;

[ stå på et tog (, en bus etc)]

(dvs stige ind) get on a train (, bus etc), board a train (, bus etc);

[ termometeret står på 90ø] the thermometer stands at 90ø;

[ viseren står på 3] the hand points to 3;

[ stå på sin ret] stand on one's rights;

[ mens det stod `på] while it lasted, while it was going on;

[ mens forhandlingerne stod `på] during (, F: pending) the negotiations;

[ den side hvor vinden står `på] the windward side, the side exposed to the wind;

[ når solen står `på] when (it is) exposed to the sun;

(se også ben, hoved, pind, vagt);

[ stå sammen] stand together,

T stick together ( fx we must stick together);

[ stå stærkt (, svagt)] be in a strong (, weak) position;

[` stå til]

( passe til) go well with,

( om farver også) match;

[ mit håb står kun til dig] I set all my hopes on you;

[ han står til 4 år] he stands to get 4 years;

[ lade stå ` til]

( tage chancen) chance it,

( opgive ævred) let things slide;

[ hvordan står det til ( med dig, etc)?] how are you (etc)?

T how are you (etc) doing?

[ det står dårligt til] things are not (any) too good;

[ det står dårligt til med ham]

T he is in a bad way;

[ det står dårligt til med økonomien]

(dvs i landet) the economy is in a bad shape;

[ stå til søs (el. havs)] put to sea;

[ det står til ( Deres) disposition] it is at your disposal;

[ det står til dig at gøre det] it is up to you to do it;

[ hvis det stod til ham] if he had his way;

[ han står ikke til at redde] he is past praying for;

(se også regnskab);

[ stå tilbage]

( være til rest) be left,

F remain;

( i udvikling) be backward;

[ stå tilbage for] be inferior to, fall short of;

[ han står ikke tilbage for nogen] he is second to none;

[ stå ud]

(fx af vogn) get out,

( rage frem) stick out,

F project,

( iøjnefaldende) jut out,

F protrude;

[ stå ud af sengen] get out of bed;

[ stå ud fra land]

(mar) stand off the land;

[ stå udenfor]

(fig) have no part in it;

( være holdt ude) be left out;

[ stå under én]

( under éns kommando) be under (the command of) somebody,

( i rang) rank below somebody;

( være ringere end én) be inferior to somebody, be below somebody;

[ stå ved sit løfte] stand by one's promise;

[ han tør stå ved sine meninger] he has the courage of his convictions;

(se også magt, ror).

Danish-English dictionary > stå
19 unidad

f.

1 unity.

la fundación fracasó por falta de unidad the foundation failed for lack of unity

necesitamos unidad de acción we need unity of action, we need to act as one

2 unit (elemento, medida).

un euro la unidad one euro each

quiero comprar seis unidades I'd like to buy six

unidad de medida unit of measurement

3 unit.

unidad de CD-ROM (computing) CD-ROM drive

unidad central de proceso (computing) central processing unit

unidad de combate (military) combat unit

unidad de cuidados intensivos intensive care (unit)

unidad de disco (computing) disk drive

unidad móvil (television) mobile unit

unidad de vigilancia intensiva intensive care (unit)

4 drive, computer drive.

* * *

unidad

► nombre femenino

1 unit

2 (barco) vessel; (avión) aircraft; (de tren) carriage, coach

■ el tren se componía de once unidades the train was made up of eleven carriages

3 (cohesión) unity

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

unidad de cuidados intensivos intensive care unit

unidad de vigilancia intensiva intensive care unit

unidad móvil outside broadcasting unit

* * *

noun f.

1) unit

2) unity

* * *

SF

1) (=cohesión) unity

defienden la unidad del Estado — they defend the unity of the State

falta de unidad en la familia — lack of family unity

unidad de acción — (Literat) unity of action; [de partido, movimiento] unity

unidad de lugar — (Literat) unity of place

unidad de tiempo — (Literat) unity of time

2) (Com, Mat) unit

precio por unidad — unit price

-¿cuánto es? -un euro la unidad — "how much is it?" - "one euro each"

se venden en cajas de seis unidades — they are sold in boxes of six

unidad de cuenta europea — European currency unit

unidad de medida — unit of measurement

unidad monetaria — monetary unit

3) (Med) (=pabellón, sala) unit

unidad coronaria — coronary unit

unidad de cuidados intensivos — intensive care unit

unidad de quemados — burns unit

unidad de terapia intensiva Arg, Méx —

unidad de tratamiento intensivo Chile —

unidad de vigilancia intensiva — intensive care unit

4) (Radio, TV)

unidad móvil — outside broadcast unit

5) (Inform)

unidad central — mainframe computer

unidad de control — control unit

unidad de disco fijo — hard (disk) drive

unidad de visualización — visual display unit

unidad periférica — peripheral device

6) (Ferro) (=vagón) coach, wagon, freight car (EEUU)

7) (Aer) (=avión) aircraft

unidad de cola — tail unit

8) (Mil) unit

unidad de combate — combat unit

unidad militar — military unit

* * *

femenino

1)

a) (Com, Mat) unit

unidades y decenas — units and tens

costo por unidad — unit cost

precio por unidad: 20 euros — 20 euros each

b) ( de ejército) unit; ( de flota) vessel; (Aviac) aircraft; ( de tren) carriage

c) ( de magnitud) unit

unidad métrica — metric unit

unidad de peso — unit of weight

d) (en libro, texto) unit

Primera Unidad — Unit One

- unidad central de proceso

- unidad de cuidados intensivos or de vigilancia intensiva or de terapia intensiva or de tratamiento intensivo

- unidad monetaria

- unidad móvil

2) (unión, armonía) unity

la unidad de estilo de la plaza — the overall style of the square

* * *

= unit, unity, item, denomination, pod, stock item.

Ex. Therefore, during the concluding phase of the revision project, the representatives of ALA units and other organizations will function as a single group.

Ex. The part chosen should have a unity of its own, a wholeness that offers a complete experience without at the same time giving away everything.

Ex. Since only twenty or so items can be displayed on the screen at a time, the ↑ (Up), ↓ (Down), Page Up and Page Down keys are used to scroll through the listing.

Ex. Electric money will come in cent or less denominations to make high-volume, small-value transactions on the Internet practical.

Ex. There are 3 ' pods' designed to separate areas from the main library for children's activities, the African and Caribbean literature centres and for meeting rooms.

Ex. A new building will open in 1990, catering for 5 million stock items and 1,000 readers' seats.

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* como unidad global = as a whole.

* coste de la unidad = unit cost.

* por unidad = per unit.

* precio por unidad = unit price.

* Sistema Internacional de Unidades, el = International System of Units, the.

* unidad asociada = associate unit.

* unidad bibliográfica = bibliographic unit, bibliographical unit.

* unidad de análisis = unit of study.

* unidad de archivos de ordenador múltiples = multi-file item.

* unidad de catalogación = cataloguing unit.

* unidad de cinta = tape deck.

* unidad de cuidados intensivos = intensive care unit.

* unidad de datos = unit of data.

* unidad de disco = disc drive [disk drive], record deck.

* unidad de estudio = unit of study, study unit.

* unidad de información = unit of information, information division, information subdivision.

* unidad de potencia = unit of power.

* unidad didáctica = teaching unit, unit of study, study unit.

* unidad documental = document unit, record unit.

* unidad entera = unit.

* unidad física = item.

* unidad monetaria = currency unit.

* unidad móvil = mobile unit.

* unidad operativa = operational unit.

* unidad operativa, unidad de operaciones = operational unit.

* unidad simple = singleton.

* * *

femenino

1)

a) (Com, Mat) unit

unidades y decenas — units and tens

costo por unidad — unit cost

precio por unidad: 20 euros — 20 euros each

b) ( de ejército) unit; ( de flota) vessel; (Aviac) aircraft; ( de tren) carriage

c) ( de magnitud) unit

unidad métrica — metric unit

unidad de peso — unit of weight

d) (en libro, texto) unit

Primera Unidad — Unit One

- unidad central de proceso

- unidad de cuidados intensivos or de vigilancia intensiva or de terapia intensiva or de tratamiento intensivo

- unidad monetaria

- unidad móvil

2) (unión, armonía) unity

la unidad de estilo de la plaza — the overall style of the square

* * *

= unit, unity, item, denomination, pod, stock item.

Ex: Therefore, during the concluding phase of the revision project, the representatives of ALA units and other organizations will function as a single group.

Ex: The part chosen should have a unity of its own, a wholeness that offers a complete experience without at the same time giving away everything.

Ex: Since only twenty or so items can be displayed on the screen at a time, the &\#8593; (Up), &\#8595; (Down), Page Up and Page Down keys are used to scroll through the listing.

Ex: Electric money will come in cent or less denominations to make high-volume, small-value transactions on the Internet practical.

Ex: There are 3 ' pods' designed to separate areas from the main library for children's activities, the African and Caribbean literature centres and for meeting rooms.

Ex: A new building will open in 1990, catering for 5 million stock items and 1,000 readers' seats.

* como unidad global = as a whole.

* coste de la unidad = unit cost.

* por unidad = per unit.

* precio por unidad = unit price.

* Sistema Internacional de Unidades, el = International System of Units, the.

* unidad asociada = associate unit.

* unidad bibliográfica = bibliographic unit, bibliographical unit.

* unidad de análisis = unit of study.

* unidad de archivos de ordenador múltiples = multi-file item.

* unidad de catalogación = cataloguing unit.

* unidad de cinta = tape deck.

* unidad de cuidados intensivos = intensive care unit.

* unidad de datos = unit of data.

* unidad de disco = disc drive [disk drive], record deck.

* unidad de estudio = unit of study, study unit.

* unidad de información = unit of information, information division, information subdivision.

* unidad de potencia = unit of power.

* unidad didáctica = teaching unit, unit of study, study unit.

* unidad documental = document unit, record unit.

* unidad entera = unit.

* unidad física = item.

* unidad monetaria = currency unit.

* unidad móvil = mobile unit.

* unidad operativa = operational unit.

* unidad operativa, unidad de operaciones = operational unit.

* unidad simple = singleton.

* * *

unidad

feminine

A

1 ( Com, Mat) unit

unidades, decenas y centenas units, tens and hundreds

precio por unidad: 2 euros two euros each

2 (de un ejército) unit; (de una flota) ( Náut) vessel; ( Aviac) aircraft; (de un tren) car ( AmE), carriage ( BrE)

diversas unidades de transporte público fueron destruidas en el incendio a number of buses ( o trains etc) were destroyed in the fire

[ S ] tomamos su unidad en pago ( RPl); present vehicle taken in part exchange

el tren estaba compuesto por ocho unidades the train was made up of eight cars ( AmE) o carriages ( BrE) o coaches ( BrE)

3 (de una magnitud) unit

unidad métrica metric unit

unidad de peso/tiempo unit of weight/time

4 (en un libro, texto) unit

Primera Unidad Unit One

Compuestos:

● unidad central de proceso

central processing unit

● unidad de CD-ROM

CD-ROM drive

● unidad de cinta

tape streamer

● unidad de combate

combat unit

● unidad de cuidados intensivos

intensive care unit

● unidad de disco

disk drive

● unidad de disco óptica

( Inf) optical disk drive

● unidad (de disco) zip

zip drive

● unidad de fomento

( Chi) index-linked unit of currency ( used for loans etc)

● unidad de terapia intensiva

(Arg, Méx) intensive care unit

● unidad de tratamiento intensivo

( Chi) intensive care unit

● unidad de vigilancia intensiva

intensive care unit

● unidad monetaria

monetary unit

● unidad móvil

outside broadcasting unit

● unidad reajustable

(Ur) index-linked unit of currency ( used for loans etc)

● unidad sellada

(Arg, Col) sealed unit

B

1 (unión, armonía) unity

su objetivo es preservar la unidad nacional his aim is to preserve national unity

la unidad de estilo de la plaza the overall style of the square

2 ( Lit):

las tres unidades the three unities

unidad de acción/lugar/tiempo unity of action/place/time

* * *

unidad sustantivo femenino
1 (Com, Mat) unit;
◊ costo por unidad unit cost;

unidad de peso unit of weight;
unidad de cuidados intensivos or (Esp) de vigilancia or (Arg, Méx) terapia intensiva or (Chi) de tratamiento intensivo intensive care unit
2 (unión, armonía) unity
3 (Inf):
◊ unidad de disco (Inf) disk drive

unidad sustantivo femenino
1 Mat unit
2 (cohesión, unión) unity
3 Educ Fís unit
4 (sección, departamento) unit
' unidad' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
kilo
- legua
- medida
- metro
- micra
- OUA
- sección
- segunda
- segundo
- sol
- sucre
- UCI
- unitaria
- unitario
- UVI
- cruceiro
- ecu
- franco
- país
- pieza
- potenciar
- punto
English:
at
- average out at
- B.T.U.
- CPU
- European Monetary Unit
- intensive care (unit)
- measure
- monetary
- peripheral
- togetherness
- unit
- unity
- VDU
- credit
- disk
- European
- hundred
- main
- stone

* * *

unidad nf

1. [cohesión, acuerdo] unity;

la fundación fracasó por falta de unidad the foundation failed for lack of unity;

necesitamos unidad de acción we need unity of action, we need to act as one;

no había unidad de criterio sobre el tema there was no consensus of opinion on the topic

2. [elemento] unit;

25 pesos la unidad 25 pesos each;

quiero comprar seis unidades I'd like to buy six

Comp
la unidad familiar the family unit
3. [sección] unit;

el jefe de la unidad de cirugía the head of the surgery unit

Comp
Informát unidad aritmético-lógica arithmetic logic unit; Informát unidad de CD-ROM CD-ROM drive; Informát unidad central de proceso central processing unit; Informát unidad de coma flotante floating point unit; Informát unidad de control control unit;
unidad de cuidados intensivos intensive care unit;

unidad didáctica teaching unit;
Informát unidad de disco disk drive; Informát unidad de DVD DVD drive; Informát unidad de entrada-salida input/output device;
unidad móvil mobile unit;
CSur unidad de tratamiento intensivo intensive care unit;
unidad de vigilancia intensiva intensive care unit

4. [medida] unit

Comp
unidad de longitud unit of length;
unidad de medida measurement unit, unit of measure;

unidad monetaria monetary unit;

unidad de tiempo unit of time

5. [el uno]
la unidad (the number) one

6. Mil unit

Comp
unidad de combate combat unit
7. Am [vehículo] vehicle;

cinco unidades resultaron dañadas durante los disturbios five vehicles were damaged during the disturbances

* * *

unidad

f

1 unit;

unidad de máxima seguridad en prisión maximum security unit

2 ( cohesión) unity

* * *

unidad nf

1) : unity

2) : unit

* * *

unidad n

1. (medida) unit

una unidad de peso a unit of weight

las naranjas cuestan 30 pesetas la unidad oranges cost 30 pesetas each

2. (unión) unity

tiene que haber unidad entre los miembros del equipo there must be unity among the members of the team

Spanish-English dictionary > unidad
20 καθίστημι

καθίστημι,

A in causal sense:—[voice] Act., in [tense] pres., [tense] impf., [tense] fut., and [tense] pf. καθέστᾰκα Hyp.Eux.28
, LXXJe.1.10, D.H.Dem.54, D.S.32.11, etc.; once καθέστηκα PHib.1.82i14
(iii B. C.): [tense] plpf. - εστάκει Demetr.
Sceps. ap. Ath.15.697d:—also in [voice] Med., [tense] fut. (Paus.3.5.1), [tense] aor. 1, more rarely [tense] pres. (infr. A. 11.2):— set down, κρητῆρα καθίστα Il.9.202
; νῆα κατάστησον bring it to land, Od.12.185; κ. δίφρους place, station them, before starting for the race, S.El. 710; ποῖ [ δεῖ] καθιστάναι πόδα; E.Ba. 184; κ. τινὰ εἰς τὸ φανερόν X.An.7.7.22
; set up, erect, of stones, Inscr.Cypr.94, 95 H.:—[voice] Med., [ λαῖφος] κατεστήσαντο βοεῦσι steadied it, h.Ap. 407.

2 bring down to a place, τούς μ' ἐκέλευσα Πύλονδε καταστῆσαι Od.13.274
: generally, bring, κ. τινὰ ἐς Νάξον Hdt.1.64
, cf. Th.4.78; esp. bring back, πάλιν αὐτὸν κ. ἐς τὸ τεῖχος σῶν καὶ ὑγιᾶ Id.3.34
; κ. τοὺς Ἕλληνας εἰς Ἰωνίαν πάλιν X.An.1.4.13
; without πάλιν, replace, restore, ἐς φῶς σὸν κ. βίον E.Alc. 362
; ἃς (sc. τὰς κόρας) οὐδ' ὁ Μελάμπους.. καταστήσειεν ἄν cure their squint, Alex.112.5; ἰκτεριῶντας κ. Dsc.4.1; τὸ σῶμα restore the general health, Hp.Mul. 2.133:—[voice] Med., κατεστήσαντο (v.l. for κατεκτήσαντο) εὐδαιμονίαν Isoc. 4.62
:—[voice] Pass., οὐκ ἂν ἀντὶ πόνων Χάρις καθίσταιτο would be returned, Th. 4.86.

3 bring before a ruler or magistrate, Hdt.1.209, PRyl.65.10 (i B. C.), etc.; τινὰ ἐπί τινα PCair.Zen.202.6
(iii B. C.), POxy.281.24 (i A. D.).

II set in order, array, of soldiers, X.An.1.10.10; set as guards, προφυλακάς ib.3.2.1, etc.

2 ordain, appoint, κατέστησε τύραννον εἶναι παῖδα τὸν ἑωυτοῦ Hdt.5.94
, cf. 25: usu. without the inf., κ. τινὰ ὕπαρχον Id.7.105
; ἄλλον [ ἄρχοντα] ἀντὶ αὐτοῦ X.Cyr.3.1.12
, etc.; βασιλέα ἐπί τινας LXX 1 Ki.8.5
, al.; τινὰ ἐς μοναρχίαν E.Supp. 352
; ἐπὶ τὰς ἀρχάς Isoc.12.132
; τινὰ τύραννον Ar.Av. 1672
; κ. ἐγγυητάς Hdt.1.196
, Ar.Ec. 1064; δικαστάς, ἐπιμελητάς, νομοθέτας, Id.Pl. 917, X.Cyr.8.1.9, D.3.10 (sed leg. καθίσατε, cf. καθίζω 1.4
); of games, etc., γυμνικοὺς ἀγῶνας κ. Isoc.4.1: rarely c. inf., οἱ καθιστάντες μουσικῇ.. παιδεύειν Pl.R. 410b
:—so in [voice] Pass., κυβερνᾶν κατασταθείς X. Mem.1.7.3
: [tense] aor. [voice] Med., appoint for oneself, τύραννον καταστησάμενοι παρὰ. σφίσι αὐτοῖσι Hdt.5.92
.á; ἄρχοντας X.An.3.1.39
, etc.

b esp. of laws, constitutions, ceremonies, etc., establish, νόμους, τελετάς, E.Or. 892, Ba.21, etc.; πολιτείαν, δημοκρατίαν, Arist.Ath.7.1, Decr.ib. 29.3; ὀλιγαρχίαν Lys.12.42
; also, set in order, arrange, πολιτείαν Pl. R. 590e
:—also in [voice] Med., τοῦτο βουλευτήριον φρούρημα γῆς καθίσταμαι A.Eu. 706
; τὴν Ἱππίου καθίσταμαι τυραννίδα Ar.V. 502
; καθίστατο τὰ περὶ τὴν Μυτιλήνην ᾗ αὐτῷ ἐδόκει Th.3.35
; πόλεις ἐπὶ τὸ ὠφέλιμον Id.1.76
; [ Εὔβοιαν] ὁμολογίᾳ ib. 114; πρὸς ἐμὲ τὸ πρᾶγμα καταστήσασθαι settle it with me, D.21.90.

3 bring into a certain state, τινὰ ἐς ἀπόνοιαν Th.1.82
; ἐς ἀπορίαν Id.7.75
; εἰς ἀνάγκην Lys.3.3
; εἰς αἰσχύνην Pl.Sph. 230d
; εἰς ἐρημίαν φίλων Id.Phdr. 232d
; εἰς ἀγῶνα Id.Ap. 24c
; τινὰ εἰς ἀσφάλειαν Isoc.5.123
; τίνας εἰς ἀγῶνα καθέστακα; Hyp.Eux. 28, cf. Lycurg.2; κ. τινὰ ἐν ἀγῶνι καὶ κινδύνῳ Antipho 5.61
; τὴν πόλιν ἐν πολέμῳ Pl.Mx. 242a
; τοὺς φίλους ἐν ἀκινδύνῳ X.Cyr.4.5.28
; κ. ἑαυτὸν ἐς κρίσιν present himself for trial, Th.1.131, cf. Lycurg.6; κ. τινὰ εἰς τοὺς ἀρχικούς reckon him as one of.., X.Mem.2.1.9.

4 c. dupl. acc., make, render so and so, ψευδῆ γ' ἐμαυτόν S.Ant. 657
; ἡ ἐπιθυμία κ. τινὰ ἀμνήμονα Antipho 2.1.7
; τὸ πιστὸν ὑμᾶς ἀπιστοτέρους κ. Th.1.68; κ. τι φανερόν, σαφές, Id.2.42, 1.32; τινὸς ἐπίπονον τὸν βίον κ. Isoc.10.17: c. part., κλαίοντα καθιστάναι τινά bring one to tears, E.Andr. 635: rarely c. inf., κ. τινὰ φεύγειν make him fly, Th.2.84, cf. E.Alc. 283, Luc.Charid.8:—[voice] Pass., ἀνάγκη τὴν ναυμαχίαν πεζομαχίαν καθίστασθαι Th.2.89
.

5 [voice] Med., get for oneself, τὴν ζόην καταστήσασθαι ἀπ' ἔργων ἀνοσιωτάτων Hdt.8.105
.

6 make, in periphrases, πάννυχοι.. διάπλοον καθίστασαν A.Pers. 382
:—[voice] Med., κρυφαῖον ἔκπλουν οὐδαμῇ καθίστατο ib. 385.

B intr. in [tense] aor. 2, [tense] pf. καθέστηκα, and [tense] plpf. of [voice] Act. (also [tense] fut. καθεστήξω Th.3.37
, 102), and all tenses of [voice] Med. (exc. [tense] aor. 1 ) and [voice] Pass.: [tense] pf. καθέσταμαι in later Greek, IG22.1006.24 (ii B. C.), LXXNu.3.32, etc.:—to be set, set oneself down, settle, ἐς [ Αἴγιναν] Hdt.3.131, cf. Th.4.75; [ ὀδύναι] καθίσταντο ἐς ὑπογάστριον Hp.Epid.7.97
; of joints, ἐξίσταται ἀνωδύνως καὶ κ. goes out of joint and in again, Id.Art.8; κ. ἐς Ῥήγιον to make R. a base of operations, Th.3.86; simply, to be come to a place, ὅποι καθέσταμεν S.OC23
.

b come before another, stand in his presence, Pi.P.4.135; λέξον καταστάς A.Pers. 295
(unless it be taken in signf. 4), cf. Hdt.1.152; κ. ἐς ὄψιν τινός Id.7.29
; καταστάντες ἐπὶ τοὺς ἄρχοντας ἔλεγον Id.3.46
, cf. 156; καταστὰς ἐπὶ τὸ πλῆθος ἔλεγε Th.4.84
.

2 to be set as guard, ὑπό τινος Hdt.7.59
, cf. S.OC 356, X.An.4.5.19, etc.; to be appointed, δεσπότης.. καθέστηκα E.HF 142
; στρατηλάτης νέος καταστάς Id.Supp. 1216
; κ. Χορηγὸς εἰς Θαργήλια, στρατηγός, etc., Antipho 6.11, Isoc.4.35, etc.; οἱ πρόβουλοι καθεστᾶσιν ἐπὶ τοῖς βουλευταῖς Arist.Pol. 1299b37
; δικτάτωρ.. καθε[ στάμενος τὸ τέταρτον], = Lat. dictator designatus quartum, of Caesar, IG12(2).35b7 (Mytil.).

3 deposit a sediment, Hp. Epid.1.2, 7.

4 also, stand or become quiet or calm, of water, ὅταν ἡ λίμνη καταστῇ Ar.Eq. 865
, cf. PHolm.16.3; θάλασσα γαληνὴ καὶ κ. Plb.21.31.10; πνεῦμα λεῖον καὶ καθεστηκός calm and settled, Ar.Ra. 1003; ὁ θόρυβος κατέστη subsided, Hdt.3.80; of laughter, Philostr. VA3.4; of a swelling, Hp.Prog.7; ἕως τὰ πράγματα κατασταίη Lys. 13.25
; also of persons, καταστάς composedly, A.Pers. 295 (but v. supr. 1b); [ ἡ ψυχὴ] καθίσταται καὶ ἠρεμίζεται Arist.Ph. 248a2
; ὁρῶμεν [ τοὺς ἐνθουσιαστικοὺς].. καθισταμένους Id.Pol. 1342a10
; καθεστηκυίας τῆς διανοίας Ocell.4.13
; καθεστῶτι προσώπῳ with composed, calm countenance, Plu.Fab.17; μαίνεσθαι καὶ ἔξω τοῦ καθεστηκότος εἶναι Luc.Philops.5
; τίς ἂν καθεστηκὼς φήσαιε; what person of mature judgement would say.. ? Phld.Po.5.15; ἡ καθεστηκυῖα ἡλικία middle age, Th.2.36; ἡλικία μέση καὶ κ. Pl.Ep. 316c; οἱ καθεστηκότες those of middle age, Hp.Aph.1.13: also, with metaphor from wine, mellow, of persons, Alex.45.8.

5 come into a certain state, become, and in [tense] pf. and [tense] plpf., to have become, be, ἀντὶ φίλου πολέμιόν τινι κ. Hdt. 1.87
; οἱ μὲν ὀφθαλμῶν ἰητροὶ κατεστέασι, οἱ δὲ κεφαλῆς Id.2.84
; ἔμφρων καθίσταται S.Aj. 306
; τῶν ἄνωθεν ὑπόπτων καθεστώτων Epicur. Sent.13
; ἐς μάχην Hdt.3.45
; ἐς πόλεμον ὑμῖν καὶ μάχην κ. E.HF 1168
; ἐς πάλην καθίσταται δορὸς τὸ πρᾶγμα Id.Heracl. 159
; ἐς τὴν ἴησιν Hp.Prorrh.2.12
; ἐς τὸ αὐτό they recover, Id.Coac. 160 (later abs., καταστῆναι καὶ μηδενὸς ἔτι φαρμάκου δεηθῆναι Gal.Vict.Att.1
); ἐς τοὺς κινδύνους Antipho 2.3.1
; ἐς φόβον Hdt.8.12
, Th.2.81; ἐς δέος, λύπην, Id.4.108,7.75; ἐς φυγήν Id.2.81
; ἐς ἔχθραν τινί Isoc.9.67
; εἰς ὁμόνοιαν, εἰς πολλὴν ἀθυμίαν, Lys.18.18, 12.3; καταστῆναι ἐς συνήθειάν τινος τὴν πόλιν ποιεῖν make the city become accustomed to it, Aeschin.1.165;
ἀντιστασιώτης κατεστήκεε
had been, Hdt.1.92
, cf. 9.37; ἐν δείματι μεγάλῳ κατέστασαν Id.7.138
; καταστάντων σφι εὖ τῶν πρηγμάτων ib. 132; τίνι τρόπῳ καθέστατε; in what case are ye? S.OT10; φονέα με φησὶ.. καθεστάναι ib. 703; ἄπαρνος δ' οὐδενὸς καθίστατο Id.Ant. 435
; κρυπτὸς καταστάς E.Andr. 1064
; οἱ ἐν τούτῳ τῆς ἡλικίας καθεστῶτες ἐν ᾧ.. Antipho 2.1.1
; ἐν οἵῳ τρόπῳ [ἡ τῶν Ἀθηναίων ἀρχὴ] κατέστη how it came into being, Th.1.97, cf. 96; ἀρξάμενος εὐθὺς καθισταμένου (sc. τοῦ πολέμου ) from its first commencement, Id.1.1.

6 to be established or instituted, prevail, καί σφι μαντήϊον Διὸς κατέστηκε Hdt.2.29
; ἄγραι.. πολλαὶ κατεστᾶσι ib.70, cf. 1.200; ὅδε σφι νόμος κατεστήκεε ib. 197; βροτοῖσιν ὃς καθέστηκεν νόμος E. Hipp.91
: c. inf., θεὸν Ἀμφιάραον πρώτοις Ὠρωπίοις κατέστη νομίζειν Paus.1.34.2
: [tense] pf. part., existing, established, prevailing, τὸν νῦν κατεστεῶτα κόσμον Hdt 1.65; ἦν κατεστηκὸς οὐδὲν φόρου πέρι Id.3.89
; τοὺς κατεστεῶτας τριηκοσίους the regular 300, Id.7.205; οἱ καθεστῶτες νόμοι S.Ant. 1113
, Ar.Nu. 1400; τὰ καθεστῶτα the present state of life, S.Ant. 1160; also, existing laws, usages, τὰ τότε κ., τά ποτε κ., Pl.Lg. 798b, Isoc.7.56; ἐπὶ τοῖσι κατεστεῶσι ἔνεμε τὴν πόλιν Hdt.1.59
.

7 of purchases, cost, πλέον ἢ ὅσου ἐμοὶ κατέστησαν more than they stood me in, And.2.11, cf. Plu.2.349a.

8 stand against, oppose, πρός τινα dub. l. in Plb.23.18.5:—[voice] Pass., Τιτήνεσσι κατέσταθεν Hes. Th. 674
.

C [tense] aor. 1 [voice] Med. and sts. [tense] pres. [voice] Med. are used in trans. sense, v. supr. A. 11.2sq.

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