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single ['sɪŋgəl]

single ⇒ 1 (a) aller simple ⇒ 1 (b), 2 (f) chambre ⇒ 1 (c) seul ⇒ 2 (a), 2 (b) unique ⇒ 2 (a) simple ⇒ 2 (c) singulier ⇒ 2 (c) pour une personne ⇒ 2 (d) célibataire ⇒ 2 (e)

1 noun

(a) (record) 45 tours m inv, single m; (CD, cassette) single m

(b) British (ticket → for journey) aller m simple;

∎ Theatre we only have singles left il ne nous reste que des places séparées

(c) (hotel room) chambre f pour une personne ou individuelle;

∎ I've reserved a single with bath j'ai réservé une chambre pour une personne avec bain

(d) (usu pl) (money) British pièce f d'une livre; American billet m d'un dollar;

∎ she gave me the change in singles (in pounds)elle m'a rendu la monnaie en pièces d'une livre; (in dollars) elle m'a rendu la monnaie en billets d'un dollar

(e) (in cricket) point m

2 adjective

(a) (sole) seul, unique;

∎ the room was lit by a single lamp la pièce était éclairée par une seule lampe;

∎ the report comes in a single volume le rapport est publié en un (seul) volume;

∎ he gave her a single red rose il lui a donné une rose rouge;

∎ I can't think of one single reason why I should do it je n'ai aucune raison de le faire;

∎ there wasn't a single person in the street il n'y avait pas un chat dans la rue;

∎ not a single one of her friends came pas un seul de ses amis ou aucun de ses amis n'est venu;

∎ I couldn't think of a single thing to say je ne trouvais absolument rien à dire;

∎ don't say a single word ne dites pas un (seul) mot

(b) (individual, considered separately)

∎ our single most important resource is oil notre principale ressource est le pétrole;

∎ what would my single best investment be? quel serait le meilleur placement?;

∎ we sell single items at a higher price per unit le prix unitaire est plus élevé;

∎ single copies cost more un exemplaire seul coûte plus cher;

∎ in any single year, average sales are ten million sur une seule année, les ventes sont en moyenne de dix millions;

∎ every single day tous les jours;

∎ every single apple or every single one of the apples was rotten toutes les pommes sans exception étaient pourries;

∎ every single time I take the plane, there's some problem chaque fois que je prends l'avion, il y a un problème

(c) (not double → flower, thickness) simple; (→ combat) singulier;

∎ five years ago we had single figure inflation il y a cinq ans nous avions un taux d'inflation inférieur à 10 pour cent;

∎ the score is still in single figures le score est toujours inférieur à dix

(d) (for one person → bed) à une place, pour une personne; Nautical (→ cabin) individuel;

∎ a single sheet un drap pour un lit d'une personne

(e) (unmarried) célibataire;

∎ a single man/woman un/une célibataire;

∎ the single life seems to agree with you la vie de célibataire a l'air de te convenir

(f) British (one way)

∎ a single ticket to Oxford un aller (simple) pour Oxford;

∎ the single fare is £12 un aller simple coûte 12 livres

►► British single cream crème f (fraîche) liquide;

single currency monnaie f unique;

the Single European Act l'Acte m unique européen;

the Single (European) Market le Marché unique (européen);

single file file f indienne;

∎ to walk in single file marcher en file indienne ou à la queue leu leu;

British University single honours = licence portant sur une seule matière;

single occupancy (of hotel room) occupation f par une seule personne;

single parent (gen) père m/mère f célibataire; Administration parent m isolé;

∎ he's a single parent c'est un père célibataire;

Insurance single premium prime f unique;

single price prix m unique;

single quotes guillemets mpl;

single room chambre f pour une personne ou individuelle;

single (room) supplement supplément m chambre individuelle;

single scull (in rowing) skiff m;

Computing single sheet feed alimentation f feuille à feuille;

Typography single spacing interlignage m simple;

Railways single track voie f unique;

Politics single transferable vote scrutin m uninominal préférentiel avec report de voix;

Computing single user licence licence f individuelle d'utilisation;

single yellow line = ligne jaune indiquant que le stationnement est autorisé à certaines heures

➲ single out separable transitive verb

(for attention, honour) sélectionner, distinguer;

∎ a few candidates were singled out for special praise quelques candidats ont eu droit à des félicitations supplémentaires;

∎ they were all guilty, so why single anyone out? ils étaient tous coupables, alors pourquoi accuser quelqu'un en particulier?

Un panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > single
2 Single Instance Store

"A component that saves disk space on the server by maintaining a single physical copy of all identical files found. If SIS finds a duplicate file on the server, it copies the original file into the SIS store and leaves a link where the original resided. This technology is used only with Remote Installation Services."

مخزن مثيلات مفرد

English-Arabic terms dictionary > Single Instance Store
3 single instancing

A technique used within the file-based imaging process that allows you to store two or more copies of a file for the space cost of one copy.

إنشاء مثيل مفرد

English-Arabic terms dictionary > single instancing
4 des copies simples/doubles

single-/double-width sheets of squared paper used for schoolwork

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > des copies simples/doubles
5 по одному экземпляру

single copies

недостаёт пяти экземпляров — five copies are lacking

оба экземпляра идентичны — the two copies agree

контрольные экземпляры — examination copies

единственный экземпляр тратты — single bill

сигнальные экземпляры — voucher copies

Бизнес, юриспруденция. Русско-английский словарь > по одному экземпляру
6 copia

f.

1 copy.

sacar una copia to make a copy

copia impresa (computing) hard copy

copia de seguridad (computing) backup

hacer una copia de seguridad de algo to make a backup of something

2 copying.

3 (spitting) image (person).

4 carbon copy, cc.

pres.indicat.

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

imperat.

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

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copia

► nombre femenino

1 (gen) copy

2 (de fotografía) print

3 figurado (persona) image

■ es la copia de su padre he's the image of his father

4 literal (abundancia) abundance

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FRASEOLOGÍA

sacar una copia to make a copy

copia legalizada certified true copy

papel de copia copy paper

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noun f.

1) copy

2) imitation

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SF

1) (=reproducción) [de fotografía, documento] copy; (Econ) duplicate

copia al carbón — carbon copy

copia carbónica — Cono Sur carbon copy

copia certificada — certified copy

copia de calco — Cono Sur carbon copy

copia de respaldo, copia de seguridad — (Inform) back-up copy

hacer una copia de seguridad — to back up, make a back-up copy

copia en color — colour o (EEUU) color copy

copia en limpio — fair copy

copia fotostática — photostat, photocopy

copia impresa — (Inform) hard copy

2) (=imitación) [de obra de arte, edificio] copy

3) liter (=abundancia) abundance, plenty

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femenino

1) (de documento, fotografía) copy

hice or saqué dos copias — I made two copies

- copia autentificada or legalizada

- copia certificada

- copia de respaldo or de seguridad

2) ( imitación) copy, imitation

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= copy [copies, -pl.], copying, dump, duplicate, offloading [off-loading], reproduction, single copy [multiple copies, -pl.], transcript, duplicating, download, duplication.

Ex. Usually a central cataloguing agency is based upon a national library or copyright office, where publishers are required by law to send at least one copy of every book published in that country.

Ex. The copying of words and phrases from the schedules encourages the indexer to use them as they stand.

Ex. On The Source this can be sent from disk in one ' dump', which CompuServe accepts messages only in response to line-by-line prompts.

Ex. Because duplicates can be easily made, sheaf catalogues were popular in applications where multiple copies were desirable.

Ex. It enables easy access to on-line data bases and CD-ROM, off-loading of records, editing, and office tasks such as spreadsheets and word processing.

Ex. Acknowledgements: the author wishes to acknowledge her debt to the authors of the literature that has gone before, and also to the various persons and organisations that have kindly permitted the reproduction of their work.

Ex. As stated earlier, the main purpose of electrostatic copiers is to produce single copies, but they will produce multiple copies very rapidly.

Ex. The cataloguer must make an exact transcript of the title on the title page.

Ex. This article discusses the lifespan of photographic film and warns about processing and duplicating methods = Este artículo trata de la vida útil de las películas fotográficas y advierte sobre los métodos de procesamiento y duplicado.

Ex. The software enables the user to specify the entry point of the download.

Ex. A catalogue code is a systematic arrangement of laws and statutes so as to avoid inconsistency and duplication in catalogues.

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* catalogación por copia = copy cataloguing.

* copia caché = caching.

* copia de archivo = archival print.

* copia de catalogación = derivative cataloguing.

* copia de papel de calco = carbon copy.

* copia de seguridad = backup [back-up], duplicate copy, backup copy.

* copia de seguridad del sistema = system backup.

* copia digitalizada = facsimile image.

* copia electrónica = electrocopying [electro-copying].

* copia en papel = hard copy [hardcopy].

* copia exacta = replica.

* copia impresa = printout [print-out], print copy, print-off.

* copia literal = fair copy.

* copia mecanografiada = typescript.

* copia por ciclostil = cyclostyling.

* copias = multiple copies [single copy, -sing.].

* era de la copia electrónica, la = electrocopying era, the.

* error de copia = clerical error, clerical mistake.

* hacer copias = make + multiple copies.

* hacer copias mediante multicopista por disolvente = spirit duplication.

* hacer más copias de Algo = produce + additional copies.

* hacer una copia = download.

* hacer varias copias de Algo = reproduce in + multiple copies, produce + multiple copies.

* libertad de copia = copyleft.

* ser una copia exacta de = be a dead ringer for.

* sistema de copias de seguridad = backup system.

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femenino

1) (de documento, fotografía) copy

hice or saqué dos copias — I made two copies

- copia autentificada or legalizada

- copia certificada

- copia de respaldo or de seguridad

2) ( imitación) copy, imitation

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= copy [copies, -pl.], copying, dump, duplicate, offloading [off-loading], reproduction, single copy [multiple copies, -pl.], transcript, duplicating, download, duplication.

Ex: Usually a central cataloguing agency is based upon a national library or copyright office, where publishers are required by law to send at least one copy of every book published in that country.

Ex: The copying of words and phrases from the schedules encourages the indexer to use them as they stand.

Ex: On The Source this can be sent from disk in one ' dump', which CompuServe accepts messages only in response to line-by-line prompts.

Ex: Because duplicates can be easily made, sheaf catalogues were popular in applications where multiple copies were desirable.

Ex: It enables easy access to on-line data bases and CD-ROM, off-loading of records, editing, and office tasks such as spreadsheets and word processing.

Ex: Acknowledgements: the author wishes to acknowledge her debt to the authors of the literature that has gone before, and also to the various persons and organisations that have kindly permitted the reproduction of their work.

Ex: As stated earlier, the main purpose of electrostatic copiers is to produce single copies, but they will produce multiple copies very rapidly.

Ex: The cataloguer must make an exact transcript of the title on the title page.

Ex: This article discusses the lifespan of photographic film and warns about processing and duplicating methods = Este artículo trata de la vida útil de las películas fotográficas y advierte sobre los métodos de procesamiento y duplicado.

Ex: The software enables the user to specify the entry point of the download.

Ex: A catalogue code is a systematic arrangement of laws and statutes so as to avoid inconsistency and duplication in catalogues.

* catalogación por copia = copy cataloguing.

* copia caché = caching.

* copia de archivo = archival print.

* copia de catalogación = derivative cataloguing.

* copia de papel de calco = carbon copy.

* copia de seguridad = backup [back-up], duplicate copy, backup copy.

* copia de seguridad del sistema = system backup.

* copia digitalizada = facsimile image.

* copia electrónica = electrocopying [electro-copying].

* copia en papel = hard copy [hardcopy].

* copia exacta = replica.

* copia impresa = printout [print-out], print copy, print-off.

* copia literal = fair copy.

* copia mecanografiada = typescript.

* copia por ciclostil = cyclostyling.

* copias = multiple copies [single copy, -sing.].

* era de la copia electrónica, la = electrocopying era, the.

* error de copia = clerical error, clerical mistake.

* hacer copias = make + multiple copies.

* hacer copias mediante multicopista por disolvente = spirit duplication.

* hacer más copias de Algo = produce + additional copies.

* hacer una copia = download.

* hacer varias copias de Algo = reproduce in + multiple copies, produce + multiple copies.

* libertad de copia = copyleft.

* ser una copia exacta de = be a dead ringer for.

* sistema de copias de seguridad = backup system.

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copia

feminine

A (de un documento, una fotografía) copy

hice or saqué dos copias del informe I made two copies of the report

Compuestos:

● copia autentificada

legally validated copy

● copia certificada

certified copy

● copia de respaldo or de seguridad

back-up copy

● copia legalizada

legally validated copy

● copia temporal

soft copy

B (imitación) copy, imitation

es una copia del edificio que hay en París it's a copy o replica of the building in Paris

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Del verbo copiar: ( conjugate copiar)

copia es:

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

2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

Multiple Entries:
copia
copiar
copia sustantivo femenino
copy;
◊ saqué dos copias I made two copies

copiar ( conjugate copiar) verbo transitivo
to copy;
copió el artículo a máquina he typed out a copy of the article;
le copia todo al hermano he copies his brother in everything;
le copié la respuesta a Ana I copied the answer from Ana
verbo intransitivo
to copy
copia sustantivo femenino
1 (reproducción) copy
2 (parecido) imitation: es una mala copia de Elvis, he's a bad Elvis impersonator
3 Inform copia de seguridad, backup
copiar verbo transitivo
1 (una persona, máquina) to copy [de, from]
2 Educ (en un examen) to cheat
3 (imitar) to imitate

' copia' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
duplicar
- falsificar
- pirata
- sacar
- trasunto
- adjunto
- calco
- copiar
- exacto
- fiel
- imitación
- plagio
- réplica
English:
backup
- blueprint
- carbon copy
- certify
- copy
- fake
- hard copy
- imitation
- master copy
- minute
- original
- print
- printout
- replica
- score
- back
- carbon
- duplicate
- reprint

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copia nf

1. [reproducción] copy;

hacer una copia de algo to duplicate sth;

sacar una copia to make a copy

Comp
copia certificada certified copy; Informát copia impresa printout;
copia en limpio fair copy

2. [de disco, libro, software] copy;

han vendido 20.000 copias de su último disco they've sold 20,000 copies of their latest record

Comp
copia de evaluación [libro] Br inspection o US examination copy; [software] evaluation copy;
copia maestra master copy;
Informát copia de seguridad backup (copy);
hacer una copia de seguridad de algo to back sth up, to make a backup of sth

3. [imitación] copy;

es una copia de un cuadro de Monet it's a copy of a painting by Monet

4. [acción] copying

5. [persona] (spitting) image

6. [de fotografía] copy;

quería dobles copias de este carrete, por favor I'd like an extra set of prints of this film, please

Comp
Fot copia de contacto contact print
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copia

f copy

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copia nf

1) : copy

2) : imitation, replica

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copia n copy [pl. copies]

Spanish-English dictionary > copia
7 copiadora electroestática

(n.) = electrostatic copier

Ex. As stated earlier, the main purpose of electrostatic copiers is to produce single copies, but they will produce multiple copies very rapidly.

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(n.) = electrostatic copier

Ex: As stated earlier, the main purpose of electrostatic copiers is to produce single copies, but they will produce multiple copies very rapidly.

Spanish-English dictionary > copiadora electroestática
8 løssalg

subst. single-copy sale, sale of single copies, sale to non-subscribers

Norsk-engelsk ordbok > løssalg
9 løssalg

sg - løssalget

ро́зничная торго́вля

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selling by the piece; sale of single copies;

[ avisen koster 25p i løssalg] the paper costs 25p a copy.

Danish-English dictionary > løssalg
10 по одному экземпляру

• one copy for

• single copies

Русско-английский словарь по экономии > по одному экземпляру
11 suelto

adj.

1 loose, not firm, unattached, untied.

2 separate, detached.

m.

1 loose change, small change, change.

2 short article in newspaper.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: solver.

pres.indicat.

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

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suelto

► adjetivo

1 (no sujeto) loose

■ perro suelto loose dog

■ tornillo suelto loose screw

2 (desatado) undone, untied

3 (no envasado o empaquetado) loose

4 (desaparejado) odd

■ un guante suelto an odd glove

5 (dinero) in change

■ llevo unos cuantos euros sueltos I've got few euros in change

■ no llevo nada suelto I haven't got any change

6 (en libertad) free; (huido) at large

7 (disgregado) scattered

8 (con diarrea) loose

9 (prenda) loose, loose-fitting

10 figurado (estilo etc) flowing, easy

11 figurado (atrevido) daring

12 figurado (ligero) agile, nimble; (veloz) swift

► nombre masculino suelto

1 (en prensa) item, short article

2 (cambio) change, small change, loose change

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FRASEOLOGÍA

estar muy suelto,-a en algo figurado to be good at something

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suelto

► nombre masculino

1 (en prensa) item, short article

2 (cambio) change, small change, loose change

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(f. - suelta)

adj.

1) loose

2) odd

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1. ADJ

1) (=libre) [gen] free; [criminal] free, out; [animal] loose

el bandido anda suelto — the bandit's on the loose

el perro anda suelto — the dog is loose

2) (=desatado) [cordones] undone, untied; [cabo, hoja, tornillo] loose

llevas sueltos los cordones — your shoelaces are undone

el libro tiene dos hojas sueltas — the book has two pages loose

el arroz tiene que quedar suelto — rice shouldn't stick together

3)

dinero suelto — loose change

4) [prenda de vestir] loose, loose-fitting

iba con el pelo suelto — she had her hair down o loose

5) [vientre] loose

6)

suelto de lengua — (=parlanchín) talkative; (=respondón) cheeky; (=soplón) blabbing; (=obsceno) foul-mouthed

7) (=separado) [trozo, pieza] separate, detached; [ejemplar, volumen] individual, odd; [calcetín] odd

no se venden sueltos — they are not sold singly o separately

es un trozo suelto de la novela — it's a separate extract from the novel, it's an isolated passage from the novel

son tres poesías sueltas — these are three separate poems

hay un calcetín suelto — there is one odd sock

una mesa con números sueltos de revistas — a table with odd copies of magazines

8) (Com) (=no envasado) loose

9) [movimiento] (=libre) free, easy; (=ágil) quick

10) (=fluido) [estilo] fluent; [conversación] easy, easy-flowing

está muy suelto en inglés — he is very good at o fluent in English

11) [moralmente] free and easy

12) (Literat) [verso] blank

2. SM

1) (=cambio) loose change, small change

2) (=artículo) item, short article, short report

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I
- ta adjetivo

1)

a) <animal/perro>

el perro está suelto en el jardín — the dog's loose in the garden

el asesino anda suelto — the murderer is on the loose

b) <vestido/abrigo> loose-fitting, full

déjate el pelo suelto — leave your hair loose o down

c) (separado, aislado)

ejemplares sueltos — individual o single issues

no los vendemos sueltos — <yogures/sobres> we don't sell them individually o separately; <caramelos/tornillos> we don't sell them loose

pares sueltos — loose pairs

encontré un arete suelto — I found an odd earring

2) <tornillo/tabla> loose; < cordones> loose, untied

esta hoja está suelta — this page has come loose o fallen out

3)

a) < dinero> ( fraccionado)

¿tienes mil pesetas sueltas? — do you have a thousand pesetas in change?

b) <lenguaje/estilo> fluent; < movimientos> fluid

c) (euf) < vientre> loose
II
masculino (Esp, Méx) ( monedas) (small) change

no tengo suelto — I don't have any (loose) change

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= detachable, loose [looser -comp., loosest -sup.], odd, loose fitting, stray, on the loose, at large, loose fit.

Ex. Manufacturers have produced screens which can be tilted and moved from side to side, together with detachable keyboards which can be placed in the most comfortable position.

Ex. The main rule, however, is do not have loose cables hanging all over the place -- not only is it unsightly but also extremely dangerous.

Ex. For example, review articles are expected to be supported by extensive bibliographies, whilst it is unusual for a letter to carry more than the odd citation.

Ex. Documents should be kept in acid free boxes with loose fitting tops on shelves preferably made from baked enamel steel.

Ex. If the machine is in constant use the selenium drum may not be cleaned sufficiently and stray particles of carbon will appear as minute black spots on the copies.

Ex. The article 'Librarians on the loose' reports on visits to foreign libraries by several Zimbabwe librarians.

Ex. The article is entitled 'Librarian at large'.

Ex. His offices and warehouses were one of the first designs which was subsequently described as loose fit, low energy building.

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* cabos sueltos = loose ends.

* cabo suelto = unfinished business, unresolved matter.

* catálogo de hojas sueltas = sheaf catalogue.

* da rienda suelta a tu imaginación = let + your imagination fly!.

* dar rienda suelta a = vent.

* dinero suelto = change, loose change.

* hojas sueltas = looseleaf [loose-leaf].

* hoja suelta = broadsheet, sheaf, flysheet, handout [hand-out].

* manual de hojas sueltas = loose-leaf manual.

* no dejar ni un cabo suelto = tie up + all the loose ends.

* pintura suelta = flaky paint.

* pliego suelto = broadside, sheet-book.

* sueltos por ahí = hanging about.

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I
- ta adjetivo

1)

a) <animal/perro>

el perro está suelto en el jardín — the dog's loose in the garden

el asesino anda suelto — the murderer is on the loose

b) <vestido/abrigo> loose-fitting, full

déjate el pelo suelto — leave your hair loose o down

c) (separado, aislado)

ejemplares sueltos — individual o single issues

no los vendemos sueltos — <yogures/sobres> we don't sell them individually o separately; <caramelos/tornillos> we don't sell them loose

pares sueltos — loose pairs

encontré un arete suelto — I found an odd earring

2) <tornillo/tabla> loose; < cordones> loose, untied

esta hoja está suelta — this page has come loose o fallen out

3)

a) < dinero> ( fraccionado)

¿tienes mil pesetas sueltas? — do you have a thousand pesetas in change?

b) <lenguaje/estilo> fluent; < movimientos> fluid

c) (euf) < vientre> loose
II
masculino (Esp, Méx) ( monedas) (small) change

no tengo suelto — I don't have any (loose) change

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= detachable, loose [looser -comp., loosest -sup.], odd, loose fitting, stray, on the loose, at large, loose fit.

Ex: Manufacturers have produced screens which can be tilted and moved from side to side, together with detachable keyboards which can be placed in the most comfortable position.

Ex: The main rule, however, is do not have loose cables hanging all over the place -- not only is it unsightly but also extremely dangerous.

Ex: For example, review articles are expected to be supported by extensive bibliographies, whilst it is unusual for a letter to carry more than the odd citation.

Ex: Documents should be kept in acid free boxes with loose fitting tops on shelves preferably made from baked enamel steel.

Ex: If the machine is in constant use the selenium drum may not be cleaned sufficiently and stray particles of carbon will appear as minute black spots on the copies.

Ex: The article 'Librarians on the loose' reports on visits to foreign libraries by several Zimbabwe librarians.

Ex: The article is entitled 'Librarian at large'.

Ex: His offices and warehouses were one of the first designs which was subsequently described as loose fit, low energy building.

* cabos sueltos = loose ends.

* cabo suelto = unfinished business, unresolved matter.

* catálogo de hojas sueltas = sheaf catalogue.

* da rienda suelta a tu imaginación = let + your imagination fly!.

* dar rienda suelta a = vent.

* dinero suelto = change, loose change.

* hojas sueltas = looseleaf [loose-leaf].

* hoja suelta = broadsheet, sheaf, flysheet, handout [hand-out].

* manual de hojas sueltas = loose-leaf manual.

* no dejar ni un cabo suelto = tie up + all the loose ends.

* pintura suelta = flaky paint.

* pliego suelto = broadside, sheet-book.

* sueltos por ahí = hanging about.

* * *

suelto¹ -ta

adjective

A

1 ‹animal/perro›

el perro está suelto en el jardín the dog's loose in the garden

el asesino anda suelto the murderer is on the loose

2 ‹vestido/abrigo› loose, loose-fitting, full

déjate el pelo suelto leave your hair loose o down

es un traje suelto de cintura it is a loose-waisted dress

3

(separado, aislado): ejemplares sueltos individual o single issues

no los vendemos sueltos ‹yogures/sobres› we don't sell them individually o separately;

‹caramelos/tornillos› we don't sell them loose

[ S ] pares sueltos loose pairs

encontré un pendiente/calcetín suelto I found an odd earring/sock

B ‹tornillo/tabla› loose; ‹cordones› loose, untied

las tapas del libro están sueltas the cover of the book is coming off

esta hoja está suelta this page has come loose o fallen out

la anoté en un papel suelto I wrote it on an odd scrap of paper

echar una gota de aceite para que el arroz quede suelto add a drop of oil to stop the rice sticking together o to keep the grains separate

C

1 ‹dinero›

(fraccionado): ¿tienes seis euros sueltos? do you have six euros in change?

no tengo nada suelto I don't have any (loose) change

2 ‹lenguaje/estilo› fluent

es muy suelto para bailar he moves very well on the dance floor, he's a good dancer

3 ( euf); ‹vientre/tripa› loose

suelto²

adverb

bailar suelto to dance without holding on to one's partner

suelto³

masculine

1 (Esp, Méx) (monedas) change, small change

no tengo suelto I don't have any (loose) change

2 (en un periódico) short item

* * *

Del verbo soltar: ( conjugate soltar)

suelto es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

Multiple Entries:
soltar
suelto
soltar ( conjugate soltar) verbo transitivo
1 ( dejar ir) ‹ persona› to release, to let … go;
◊ soltó al perro he let the dog off the leash

2 ( dejar de tener agarrado) to let go of;
◊ no lo sueltes don't let go of it;

soltó el dinero y huyó he dropped/let go of the money and ran;
¡suelta la pistola! drop the gun!
3
a) ( desatar) ‹cuerda/cable› to undo, untie;

◊ suelto amarras to cast off

b) ( aflojar):

◊ suelta la cuerda poco a poco let o pay out the rope gradually

c) ‹ freno› to release;

‹ embrague› to let out
d) ( desatascar) ‹cable/cuerda› to free;

‹ tuerca› to undo, get … undone
4 ( desprender) ‹calor/vapor› to give off;
‹ pelo› to shed
5 ‹ carcajada› to let out;
‹palabrotas/disparates› to come out with;
‹ grito› to let out
soltarse verbo pronominal
1 ( refl) [ perro] to get loose;
◊ no te sueltes de la mano don't let go of my hand

2 ( desatarse) [ nudo] to come undone, come loose;
( aflojarse) [ nudo] to loosen, come loose;
[ tornillo] to come loose
suelto 1
◊ -ta adjetivo

1
a) ‹tornillo/tabla/hoja› loose;

‹ cordones› loose, untied
b) ( libre):

◊ el perro está suelto en el jardín the dog's loose in the garden;

el asesino anda suelto the murderer is on the loose
c) ‹vestido/abrigo› loose;

◊ déjate el pelo suelto leave your hair loose o down

d) ( separado):

◊ ejemplares sueltos individual o single issues;

no los vendemos sueltos ‹yogures/sobres› we don't sell them individually o separately;

‹caramelos/tornillos› we don't sell them loose
2
a) ( fraccionado):

◊ dinero suelto loose change;

diez euros sueltos ten euros in change
b) ‹lenguaje/estilo› fluent;

‹ movimientos› fluid
c) (euf) ‹ vientre› loose

suelto 2 sustantivo masculino (Esp, Méx) ( monedas) (small) change
soltar verbo transitivo
1 (dejar en libertad) to release
2 (desasir) to let go off: soltó el perro por la finca, he let the dog run loose around the estate
¡suéltale!, let him go!, suelta esa cuerda, undo that rope
3 (despedir) to give off: suelta un olor pestilente, it stinks
(un líquido) to ooze
4 (decir inopinadamente) me soltó una fresca, he answered me back
soltó una tontería, he made a silly remark
5 (dar de pronto) to give: me soltó una patada, he gave me a kick
(una carcajada, un estornudo) to let out
suelto,-a
I adjetivo
1 (no sujeto, con libertad de movimiento) loose
(un animal) el perro estaba suelto en el jardín, the dog was loose in the garden
(libre, huido) el ladrón aún anda suelto, the burglar is still at large o free
(los cordones) undone
(el pelo) lleva el pelo suelto, she wears her hair loose
2 (estilo, lenguaje) loose, fluent
3 (ropa) loose, loose-fitting
4 Med estar suelto de vientre, to have diarrhoea 5 dinero suelto, loose o small change
6 (por separado) separate: se venden sueltos, they are sold separately
7 (sin envasar, sin empaquetar) venden té suelto, tea is sold loose
II m (dinero, moneda fraccional) loose o small change
' suelto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cabo
- dinero
- llevar
- suelta
- cambio
- feria
- melena
- menudo
- morralla
- pelo
- sencillo
- vuelta
English:
baggy
- detached
- flowing
- large
- loose
- unattached
- change
- free
- hang
- small
- stray

* * *

suelto, -a

♦ ver soltar

♦ adj

1. [animal, criminal] loose;

las vacas pastaban sueltas por el prado the cows grazed freely in the meadow;

andar suelto [animal] to be on the loose;
[criminal] to be at large
2. [tornillo, cuerda] loose;
[cordones] undone;
deja el cinturón un poco más suelto loosen your belt a little

3. [vestido] loose, loose-fitting;

la falda me queda muy suelta the skirt is very loose on me

4. [separado] separate;
[desparejado] odd;
no los vendemos sueltos we don't sell them separately;

guardo algunos números sueltos de esa revista I've kept a few odd numbers of that magazine

5. [no envasado] loose;

venden los tornillos sueltos they sell the screws loose o singly

6. [dinero]
¿tienes 25 céntimos sueltos? have you got 25 cents in loose change?

7. [arroz] fluffy

8. [lenguaje, estilo] fluent, fluid

9. [desenvuelto] comfortable, at ease

10. [con diarrea]
estar suelto to have loose bowels

♦ nm

1. [calderilla] loose change;

¿llevas suelto? do you have any change?

2. [en periódico] short item

* * *

suelto

I adj

1 ( libre) loose, free;

estar o

ir suelto be o go free;

andar suelto be at large

2 ( separado)

:

un pendiente suelto a single o an odd earring

II m loose change

III part → soltar

* * *

suelto, -ta adj

: loose, free, unattached

suelto nm

: loose change

* * *

suelto¹ adj

1. (no sujeto, no atado) loose

el tornillo está suelto the screw is loose

este perro no debería estar suelto this dog shouldn't be loose

2. (desparejado) odd

quedan algunas tallas sueltas there are some odd sizes left

suelto² n loose change / change

lo siento, no llevo suelto sorry, I haven't got any change

Spanish-English dictionary > suelto
12 copy

['kopi] 1. plural - copies; noun
1) (an imitation or reproduction: That dress is a copy of one I saw at a Paris fashion show; He made eight copies of the pamphlet on the photocopier.) kopi; efterligning

2) (a single book, newspaper etc: Can I have six copies of this dictionary, please?) eksemplar

3) (written or typed material for publishing: He writes copy for advertisements.) stof; materiale
2. verb
(to make an imitation or reproduction of (something): Copy the way I speak; Copy this passage into your notebook.) kopiere; efterligne

- copier
- copyright
* * *
['kopi] 1. plural - copies; noun
1) (an imitation or reproduction: That dress is a copy of one I saw at a Paris fashion show; He made eight copies of the pamphlet on the photocopier.) kopi; efterligning

2) (a single book, newspaper etc: Can I have six copies of this dictionary, please?) eksemplar

3) (written or typed material for publishing: He writes copy for advertisements.) stof; materiale
2. verb
(to make an imitation or reproduction of (something): Copy the way I speak; Copy this passage into your notebook.) kopiere; efterligne

- copier
- copyright

English-Danish dictionary > copy
13 mercado

m.

1 market.

mercado de abastos wholesale food market

mercado alcista o al alza (stock exchange) bull market

mercado bajista o a la baja (stock exchange) bear market

mercado bursátil stock market

mercado de capitales (stock exchange) capital market

el mercado Común Common Market

mercado de divisas currency market

mercado exterior foreign market

mercado financiero financial market

mercado de futuros (stock exchange) futures market

mercado inmobiliario housing o property market

mercado interbancario interbank market

mercado interior domestic market

mercado laboral labor market

mercado libre free market

mercado monetario money market

mercado negro black market

mercado de trabajo job market

mercado único single market

mercado Único Europeo European Single Market

mercado de valores (stock exchange) securities market

2 marketplace, mart, market, market place.

3 market town.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: mercar.

* * *

mercado

► nombre masculino

1 market

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

mercado bursátil stock market

Mercado Común Common Market

mercado de abastos wholesale food market

mercado de trabajo job market

mercado de valores stock market

mercado negro black market

* * *

noun m.

1) market

2) fair

* * *

SM market

inundar el mercado de algo — to flood the market with sth

salir al mercado — to come on to the market

mercado bursátil — stock market

mercado cambiario — foreign exchange market

mercado cautivo — captive market

Mercado Común — Common Market

mercado de compradores — buyer's market

mercado de demanda — seller's market

mercado de dinero — money market

mercado de divisas — currency market, foreign exchange market

mercado de futuros — futures market

mercado de la vivienda — housing market

mercado de oferta — buyer's market

mercado de productos básicos — commodity market

mercado de signo favorable al comprador — buyer's market

mercado de signo favorable al vendedor — seller's market

mercado de trabajo — labour o (EEUU) labor market

mercado de valores — stock market

mercado de vendedores — seller's market

mercado de viejo — flea market

mercado en alza — bull market

mercado en baja — bear market

mercado exterior — foreign market, overseas market

mercado inmobiliario — property market

mercado interior — domestic market

mercado laboral — labour o (EEUU) labor market

mercado libre — free market (de in)

mercado mundial — world market

mercado nacional — domestic market

mercado negro — black market

mercado objetivo — target market

mercado persa — Cono Sur cut-price store

mercado único — single market

* * *

masculino

1) ( plaza) market

ir al mercado or (Col, Méx) hacer el mercado — to go to market

día de mercado — market day

- mercado de abastos or de abasto

- mercado de las pulgas or de pulgas

- mercado persa

2) (Com, Econ, Fin) market

el mercado del petróleo — the oil market

el mercado nacional/extranjero — the domestic/overseas market

en 1985 salió al mercado — it came onto the market in 1985

un mercado alcista/bajista — a rising/falling market

•

- Mercado Común

- mercado de divisas

- mercado de materias primas/de valores

- mercado laboral/monetario/negro

- mercado nicho

- mercado paralelo

* * *

= market, marketplace [market place], niche, target market, consumer market, market area.

Ex. They have some very distinct advantages over more usual indexing techniques, and these are likely to assure citation indexes a place in the information market.

Ex. These new course programmes will add on desirable new skills to those they already possess to fit them for employment in the information market place.

Ex. This article describes the development and products of the company Farallon Computing which found a niche and expanded it to include a number of applications and products that people need.

Ex. The number of copies are fixed in advance on the basis of a known target market, and are distributed by the sales network.

Ex. Pornography will be a key factor in the sustained growth of the consumer market for CD-ROM databases.

Ex. This is the result of a large company's process of business diversification based on the use of new technologies and the extension of its market area into Europe.

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* abrir el mercado = open up + market.

* abrir nuevos mercados = branch out (into), branch into.

* acaparar el mercado = dominate + the scene, corner + the market.

* amañar el mercado = rig + the market.

* analista de mercado = business researcher.

* aprovecharse del mercado = skim + the market.

* base de datos dirigida a un mercado específico = niche database.

* con salida al mercado = due out.

* crear un mercado para = produce + a market for.

* cuota de mercado = market share, mindshare.

* demanda de mercado = market demand.

* de mercado = marketing.

* de venta en el mercado = commercially available.

* división del mercado por grupos de consumidores = market segmentation.

* economía de mercado = market economy, market economics.

* especializado en un mercado concreto = niche.

* estudio de mercado = market survey, market research, marketing audit, consumer research.

* investigación de mercado = market research, consumer research.

* investigador de mercado = market researcher, market research worker.

* lanzar al mercado = ship.

* lanzarse al mercado = hit + the streets.

* liberalizar el mercado = deregulate + market, liberalise + market.

* libre mercado = free market.

* líder del mercado = market leader.

* lugar en el mercado de venta = market niche.

* madurez del mercado = market maturity.

* manipular el mercado = rig + the market.

* mercado al aire libre = street market, open-air market.

* mercado bibliotecario, el = library market, the.

* mercado bursátil = stock exchange, stock market, share market.

* mercado comercial = commercial market.

* Mercado Común, el = Common Market, the.

* mercado corporativo = corporate market.

* mercado de abastos = public market.

* mercado de capitales = financial market, capital market.

* mercado de la educación = education market, educational market.

* mercado de la empresa = corporate market.

* mercado de la información = information market place, information market.

* mercado de la propiedad = property market.

* mercado de las microformas, el = microform market, the.

* mercado del libro, el = book market, the.

* mercado del turismo = tourist market.

* mercado de masas = consumer market.

* mercado de masas, el = mass market, the.

* mercado de materias primas, el = commodity market, the.

* mercado de suministro de documentos = document supply market.

* mercado de telefonía móvil = mobile telephone market.

* mercado de trabajo = labour market, job market.

* mercado de trabajo, el = employment market, the.

* mercado de valores = stock market, share market, securities market.

* mercado doméstico = domestic market.

* mercado editorial = book trade [booktrade].

* mercado educativo = education market, educational market.

* mercado empresarial = corporate market.

* mercado específico = niche market.

* mercado financiero = financial market, financial exchange.

* mercado inmobiliario = property market.

* mercado inmobiliario de alquiler = rented housing market.

* mercado inmobiliario, el = housing market, the.

* mercado internacional = international trade, international market.

* mercado interno = internal market.

* mercado laboral = labour market, job market.

* mercado laboral, el = employment market, the.

* mercado libre = free market, open market, free-for-all.

* mercado mundial = global market, world market.

* mercado naciente = emerging market.

* mercado nacional = home market, domestic market.

* mercado negro = black market.

* mercado público = public market.

* mercado tradicional = traditional market.

* mercado turístico = tourist market.

* mercado único = single market.

* Mercado Unico Europeo = Single European Market.

* monopolizar el mercado = corner + the market.

* orientado hacia el mercado = market-orientated [market orientated], market-oriented [market oriented].

* para todo el mercado = industry-wide.

* penetración de mercado = market penetration.

* plaza del mercado = market square.

* población con mercado ambulante = market town, market centre.

* regido por el mercado = market led [market-led], market-driven.

* regulador del mercado = market regulator.

* retirar del mercado = withdraw from + sale, take off + the market.

* sacar acciones al mercado = go + public.

* sacar al mercado = bring to + market.

* saturación del mercado = market saturation.

* segmento de mercado = market segment.

* sistema de mercado = market system.

* técnica de mercado = merchandising technique.

* * *

masculino

1) ( plaza) market

ir al mercado or (Col, Méx) hacer el mercado — to go to market

día de mercado — market day

- mercado de abastos or de abasto

- mercado de las pulgas or de pulgas

- mercado persa

2) (Com, Econ, Fin) market

el mercado del petróleo — the oil market

el mercado nacional/extranjero — the domestic/overseas market

en 1985 salió al mercado — it came onto the market in 1985

un mercado alcista/bajista — a rising/falling market

•

- Mercado Común

- mercado de divisas

- mercado de materias primas/de valores

- mercado laboral/monetario/negro

- mercado nicho

- mercado paralelo

* * *

= market, marketplace [market place], niche, target market, consumer market, market area.

Ex: They have some very distinct advantages over more usual indexing techniques, and these are likely to assure citation indexes a place in the information market.

Ex: These new course programmes will add on desirable new skills to those they already possess to fit them for employment in the information market place.

Ex: This article describes the development and products of the company Farallon Computing which found a niche and expanded it to include a number of applications and products that people need.

Ex: The number of copies are fixed in advance on the basis of a known target market, and are distributed by the sales network.

Ex: Pornography will be a key factor in the sustained growth of the consumer market for CD-ROM databases.

Ex: This is the result of a large company's process of business diversification based on the use of new technologies and the extension of its market area into Europe.

* abrir el mercado = open up + market.

* abrir nuevos mercados = branch out (into), branch into.

* acaparar el mercado = dominate + the scene, corner + the market.

* amañar el mercado = rig + the market.

* analista de mercado = business researcher.

* aprovecharse del mercado = skim + the market.

* base de datos dirigida a un mercado específico = niche database.

* con salida al mercado = due out.

* crear un mercado para = produce + a market for.

* cuota de mercado = market share, mindshare.

* demanda de mercado = market demand.

* de mercado = marketing.

* de venta en el mercado = commercially available.

* división del mercado por grupos de consumidores = market segmentation.

* economía de mercado = market economy, market economics.

* especializado en un mercado concreto = niche.

* estudio de mercado = market survey, market research, marketing audit, consumer research.

* investigación de mercado = market research, consumer research.

* investigador de mercado = market researcher, market research worker.

* lanzar al mercado = ship.

* lanzarse al mercado = hit + the streets.

* liberalizar el mercado = deregulate + market, liberalise + market.

* libre mercado = free market.

* líder del mercado = market leader.

* lugar en el mercado de venta = market niche.

* madurez del mercado = market maturity.

* manipular el mercado = rig + the market.

* mercado al aire libre = street market, open-air market.

* mercado bibliotecario, el = library market, the.

* mercado bursátil = stock exchange, stock market, share market.

* mercado comercial = commercial market.

* Mercado Común, el = Common Market, the.

* mercado corporativo = corporate market.

* mercado de abastos = public market.

* mercado de capitales = financial market, capital market.

* mercado de la educación = education market, educational market.

* mercado de la empresa = corporate market.

* mercado de la información = information market place, information market.

* mercado de la propiedad = property market.

* mercado de las microformas, el = microform market, the.

* mercado del libro, el = book market, the.

* mercado del turismo = tourist market.

* mercado de masas = consumer market.

* mercado de masas, el = mass market, the.

* mercado de materias primas, el = commodity market, the.

* mercado de suministro de documentos = document supply market.

* mercado de telefonía móvil = mobile telephone market.

* mercado de trabajo = labour market, job market.

* mercado de trabajo, el = employment market, the.

* mercado de valores = stock market, share market, securities market.

* mercado doméstico = domestic market.

* mercado editorial = book trade [booktrade].

* mercado educativo = education market, educational market.

* mercado empresarial = corporate market.

* mercado específico = niche market.

* mercado financiero = financial market, financial exchange.

* mercado inmobiliario = property market.

* mercado inmobiliario de alquiler = rented housing market.

* mercado inmobiliario, el = housing market, the.

* mercado internacional = international trade, international market.

* mercado interno = internal market.

* mercado laboral = labour market, job market.

* mercado laboral, el = employment market, the.

* mercado libre = free market, open market, free-for-all.

* mercado mundial = global market, world market.

* mercado naciente = emerging market.

* mercado nacional = home market, domestic market.

* mercado negro = black market.

* mercado público = public market.

* mercado tradicional = traditional market.

* mercado turístico = tourist market.

* mercado único = single market.

* Mercado Unico Europeo = Single European Market.

* monopolizar el mercado = corner + the market.

* orientado hacia el mercado = market-orientated [market orientated], market-oriented [market oriented].

* para todo el mercado = industry-wide.

* penetración de mercado = market penetration.

* plaza del mercado = market square.

* población con mercado ambulante = market town, market centre.

* regido por el mercado = market led [market-led], market-driven.

* regulador del mercado = market regulator.

* retirar del mercado = withdraw from + sale, take off + the market.

* sacar acciones al mercado = go + public.

* sacar al mercado = bring to + market.

* saturación del mercado = market saturation.

* segmento de mercado = market segment.

* sistema de mercado = market system.

* técnica de mercado = merchandising technique.

* * *

mercado

masculine

A (plaza) market

ir al mercadoor (Col, Méx) hacer el mercado to go to market

día de mercado market day

libre¹ (↑ libre (1))

Compuestos:

● mercado de abastos or ( RPl) de abasto

market ( selling fresh food)

● mercado de chácharas

( Méx) flea market

● mercado de las pulgas or ( AmL) de pulgas

flea market

● mercado persa

(CS) bazaar, street market

B ( Com, Econ, Fin) market

empresa líder en el mercado market leader

el mercado del petróleo the oil market

inundan el mercado con sus productos they are flooding o swamping the market with their products

el mercado nacional the domestic market

el nuevo modelo ya salió al mercado the new model is available o on sale now, the new model is now on the market

no hay mercado para ese producto there's no market for that product

un mercado alcista a rising o bull market

un mercado bajista a falling o bear market

cuota

Compuestos:

● mercado cambiario

foreign exchange market

● Mercado Común

( Hist): el Mercado Común the Common Market

● mercado de capitales

capital market

● mercado de dinero

money market

● mercado de divisas

foreign exchange market

● mercado de futuros

futures market

● mercado de materias primas

commodities market

● mercado de trabajo

labor* market

● mercado de valores

stock market

● mercado emergente

emerging market

● mercado especializado

niche market

● mercado fuera de hora

aftermarket, after-hours market

● mercado laboral

labor* market

● mercado monetario

money market

● mercado mundial

world market

● mercado negro

black market

● mercado nicho

niche market

● mercado paralelo

( esp AmL period) parallel market, gray* market

● mercado secundario

secondary market

● mercado único (europeo)

single (European) market

● mercado vertical

vertical market

* * *

Del verbo mercar: ( conjugate mercar)

mercado es:

el participio

mercado sustantivo masculino
market;
ir al mercado or (Col, Méx) hacer el mercado to go to market;
◊ mercado de abastos market ( selling fresh food);

mercado de (las) pulgas flea market;
mercado persa (CS) bazaar, street market;
el mercado del petróleo the oil market;
salir al mercado to come onto the market;
el Mmercado Común the Common Market;
mercado de divisas foreign exchange market;
mercado de trabajo job market;
mercado negro black market;
mercado paralelo parallel market
mercado sustantivo masculino market
mercado de trabajo, labour market
mercado nacional/negro, domestic/black market

' mercado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abasto
- abierta
- abierto
- abrir
- CNMV
- duda
- economía
- estudio
- hormiguear
- nacional
- negra
- negro
- plaza
- prospección
- rastro
- segmento
- tejemaneje
- tendencia
- alcista
- artesanía
- barato
- barrio
- bazar
- conquistar
- estudiar
- feria
- hueco
- libre
- lonja
- marchante
- mundial
- municipal
- parada
- pasar
- puesto
- regir
- salir
- único
- vendedor
- vuelco
English:
AMEX
- arm's length
- bazaar
- bottom
- bullish
- buoyancy
- buoyant
- come out
- commodity
- consumer research
- corner
- depress
- depressed
- dump
- economy
- equip
- future
- LIBOR
- market
- market demand
- market forces
- market price
- market research
- market share
- market stall
- marketplace
- money market
- niche
- open
- open up
- out
- outlet
- penetrate
- recall
- slack
- stall
- stand
- tap
- target market
- withdraw
- black
- bring
- common
- field
- flea
- flood
- inroads
- muscle
- release
- shopping

* * *

mercado nm

1. [lugar] market

Comp
RP mercado de abasto wholesale market;
mercado de abastos wholesale market;

mercado al aire libre open-air market;

mercado de alimentación food market;

mercado de ganado cattle market;

mercado mayorista wholesale market;
Chile mercado persa flea market;
Comp
RP Fam
ser un mercado persa to be a mess;
Méx mercado sobre ruedas street market
2. Com & Fin mercado alcista bull market;

mercado al alza bull market;

mercado a la baja bear market;

mercado bajista bear market;

mercado bursátil stock market;

mercado de cambios currency market, foreign exchange market;

mercado de capitales capital market;

mercado común Common Market;

Mercado Común Centroamericano Central Amercan Common Market, = Central American economic community formed by Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua;
Antes Mercado Común Europeo European Common Market;
Mercado Común del Sur MERCOSUR, = South American economic community consisting of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay;

mercado continuo continuous market;

mercado de divisas currency market, foreign exchange market;

mercado exterior foreign market;

mercados financieros financial markets;

mercado de futuros futures market;

mercado global global marketplace;

mercado inmobiliario housing market, property market;

mercado interbancario interbank market;

mercado interior domestic market;

mercado laboral labour market;

mercado libre free market;

mercado de materias primas commodity market;

mercado monetario money market;

mercado mundial global marketplace;

mercado nacional domestic market;

mercado negro black market;
Am mercado paralelo parallel market;
mercado de trabajo labour o job market;
UE mercado único single market;
mercado de valores securities market

* * *

mercado

m market;

abrir nuevos mercados open up new markets

* * *

mercado nm

: market

mercado de trabajo: or

mercado laboral: labor market

mercado de valores: or

mercado bursátil: stock market

* * *

mercado n market

Spanish-English dictionary > mercado
14 copy

'kopi
1. plural - copies; noun
1) (an imitation or reproduction: That dress is a copy of one I saw at a Paris fashion show; He made eight copies of the pamphlet on the photocopier.) copia

2) (a single book, newspaper etc: Can I have six copies of this dictionary, please?) ejemplar

3) (written or typed material for publishing: He writes copy for advertisements.) manuscrito, texto

2. verb
(to make an imitation or reproduction of (something): Copy the way I speak; Copy this passage into your notebook.) imitar; copiar

- copier
- copyright

copy¹ n

1. copia

this is not the original, it's a copy esto no es el original, es una copia

2. ejemplar

we have sold 300 copies of this book hemos vendido 300 ejemplares de este libro

El plural de copy se escribe copies

copy² vb copiar

she copied the poem in her exercise book copió el poema en su cuaderno

he failed French for copying in the test suspendió francés por copiar en el examen

El pasado y participio pasado de copy se escribe copied; el gerundio se escribe copying

copy

tr['kɒpɪ]

noun (pl copies)

1 (reproduction) copia

2 (of book, magazine, etc) ejemplar nombre masculino

3 SMALLTECHNICAL/SMALL (written text to be printed) manuscrito, texto; (text) artículo, texto

transitive verb (pt & pp copied, ger copying)

1 (make a copy of) copiar; (photocopy) fotocopiar

2 (imitate, cheat) copiar

■ he copied the answers from his friend le copió las respuestas a su amigo

intransitive verb

1 copiar

\

SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

to make good copy ser de interés

■ disasters make good copy los desastres venden bien

to write good copy redactar bien

copy ['kɑpi] vt, copied ; copying

1) duplicate: hacer una copia de, duplicar, reproducir

2) imitate: copiar, imitar

copy n, pl copies

1) : copia f, duplicado m (de un documento), reproducción f (de una obra de arte)

2) : ejemplar m (de un libro), número m (de una revista)

3) text: manuscrito m, texto m

copy

n.

• calco s.m.

• copia s.f.

• ejemplar s.m.

• ejemplo s.m.

• remedo s.m.

• traslación s.f.

• traslado s.m.

• trasunto s.m.

v.

• calcar v.

• copiar v.

• imitar v.

• trasladar v.

'kɑːpi, 'kɒpi
I

noun (pl copies)

1) c (of painting, document) copia f

2) c (of newspaper, book) ejemplar m

back copy — número m atrasado

3) u

a) ( text)

good news doesn't make good copy — las buenas noticias no se venden bien

b) ( unprinted matter) manuscrito m

II
1.

copies, copying, copied transitive verb

1)

a) (reproduce, transcribe) copiar

to copy something FROM o OFF somebody — copiarle algo a alguien

to copy something FROM o OUT OF something — copiar algo de algo

b) ( photocopy) fotocopiar

2) ( imitate) \<\<painter/singer\>\> copiarle a; \<\<style/behavior\>\> copiar

2.

vi copiar

['kɒpɪ]
1. N

1) (gen) (=duplicate) copia f ; [of photograph] copia f ; [of painting] copia f, imitación f ; (=carbon copy) copia f (en papel carbón)

rough copy — borrador m

fair copy — copia en limpio

to make a copy of — hacer or sacar una copia de

2) [of book, newspaper] ejemplar m ; [of magazine] número m

3) (=no pl) (Press) (=written material) original m, manuscrito m

there's plenty of copy here — tenemos aquí un material abundante

a murder is always good copy — un asesinato es siempre un buen tema

to make good copy — ser una noticia de interés

2. VT

1) (=imitate) copiar, imitar; (Scol) (=cheat) copiar

2) (=make copy of) (gen) sacar una copia de; (in writing) (also Comput) copiar; (with carbon) sacar una copia/copias al carbón; (=photocopy) fotocopiar

to copy from — copiar de

• to copy and paste — [+ files, words] copiar y pegar

3) (=send a copy to) enviar una copia (to a)

4) (Rad, Telec) recibir

3.

CPD

copy boy N — (Press) chico m de los recados de la redacción

copy editor N — editor(a) m / f, corrector(a) m / f de manuscritos

copy machine N — fotocopiadora f

copy typist N — mecanógrafo(-a) m / f

- copy down

- copy out

* * *
['kɑːpi, 'kɒpi]
I

noun (pl copies)

1) c (of painting, document) copia f

2) c (of newspaper, book) ejemplar m

back copy — número m atrasado

3) u

a) ( text)

good news doesn't make good copy — las buenas noticias no se venden bien

b) ( unprinted matter) manuscrito m

II
1.

copies, copying, copied transitive verb

1)

a) (reproduce, transcribe) copiar

to copy something FROM o OFF somebody — copiarle algo a alguien

to copy something FROM o OUT OF something — copiar algo de algo

b) ( photocopy) fotocopiar

2) ( imitate) \<\<painter/singer\>\> copiarle a; \<\<style/behavior\>\> copiar

2.

vi copiar

English-spanish dictionary > copy
15 copy

'kopi 1. plural - copies; noun
1) (an imitation or reproduction: That dress is a copy of one I saw at a Paris fashion show; He made eight copies of the pamphlet on the photocopier.)

2) (a single book, newspaper etc: Can I have six copies of this dictionary, please?)

3) (written or typed material for publishing: He writes copy for advertisements.)
2. verb
(to make an imitation or reproduction of (something): Copy the way I speak; Copy this passage into your notebook.) kopiere, etterlikne, skrive av

- copier
- copyright

avskrift
--------
gjenpart
--------
kopi
--------
kopiere

I
subst. \/ˈkɒpɪ\/

1) kopi, reproduksjon, avbildning

2) etterligning, kopi, avskrift

3) gjennomslagspapir, gjenpart

4) ( om materiale til setting) manuskript

5) (om bok, avis e.l.) eksemplar, nummer

6) forskrift (som skal kopieres)

7) tekst, reklametekst, copy

8) ( journalistikk) stoff, avisstoff, nyhetsstoff

9) (spesielt amer., journalistikk)

forklaring: person\/sak bedømt ut fra sin nyhetsverdi

10) ( skolevesen) skriveøvelse (etter forskrift)

11) (britisk, skolevesen, hverdagslig) stilskriving

12) ( jus) avskrift, kopia

attested copy rett kopi, attestert kopi

fair\/clean copy renskrift, renskrevet eksemplar

make a fair copy of something renskrive noe

make good copy være bra nyhetsstoff, være godt avisstoff

rough\/foul copy kladd

single copy løsnummer

top copy original (maskinskrevet hovedeksemplar)

true\/certified copy rett kopi, tro kopi, bekreftet avskrift

write copies skrive (etter forskrift)
II
verb \/ˈkɒpɪ\/

1) kopiere, ta kopi av, ta en kopi av

2) skrive av, etterligne

3) ( nedsettende) etterligne, ape, etterape, herme, herme etter, ta etter

4) ( skolevesen) skrive av, fuske

• copy from somebody

skrive av etter noen

5) sende en kopi

6) ( radiokommunikasjon) høre, oppfatte

• I copy you

jeg hører deg

copy down skrive av

copy out skrive ut, renskrive

English-Norwegian dictionary > copy
16 copias

(n.) = multiple copies [single copy, -sing.]

Ex. The supply would need to be replenished when the multiple copies had been used, so a master would be kept - usually for offset litho reproduction or for cutting a stencil on an electronic scanner.

* * *

(n.) = multiple copies [single copy, -sing.]

Ex: The supply would need to be replenished when the multiple copies had been used, so a master would be kept - usually for offset litho reproduction or for cutting a stencil on an electronic scanner.

Spanish-English dictionary > copias
17 grupo

m.

1 group (conjunto).

en grupo in a group

grupo de discusión discussion group; (computing) focus group (marketing)

grupo electrógeno ( Elec) generator

grupo de empresas (commerce) (corporate) group

grupo ecologista environmental group

grupo de estudio study group

grupo de música pop pop group

grupo de noticias (computing) newsgroup

grupo parlamentario (politics) parliamentary group

grupo de presión (politics) pressure group, lobby

grupo de riesgo group at risk

grupo de rock rock group

grupo sanguíneo (medicine) blood group

2 group of people, bevy, circle, group.

* * *

grupo

► nombre masculino

1 group

2 TÉCNICA unit, set

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

en grupo together, en masse

■ todos bajaron en grupo a quejarse they all went down together to complain

grupo electrógeno power plant

grupo sanguíneo blood group

* * *

noun m.

1) group

2) band

•

- grupo de presión

* * *

SM

1) [gen] group; (=equipo) team; [de árboles] cluster, clump

discusión en grupo — group discussion

reunirse en grupos — to gather in groups

grupo de contacto — (Pol) contact group

grupo de control — control group

grupo de encuentro — encounter group

grupo de estafas — (Policía) fraud squad

grupo de estupefacientes — (Policía) drug squad

grupo de homicidios — (Policía) murder squad

grupo de investigación — research team, team of researchers

grupo del dólar — dollar block

grupo de lectura — reading group

grupo de noticias — newsgroup

grupo de presión — pressure group, special interest group (EEUU)

grupo de riesgo — high-risk group

grupo de trabajo — working party

grupo sanguíneo — blood group

grupo testigo — control group

2) (Elec, Téc) unit, plant; (=montaje) assembly

grupo compresor — compressor unit

grupo electrógeno, grupo generador — generating set, power plant

3) Cono Sur (=trampa) trick, con *

* * *

masculino

a) (de personas, empresas, países) group; ( de árboles) clump

grupos sociales — social groups

en grupo — <salir/trabajar> in a group/in groups

b) (Mús) tb

grupo musical — group, band

- grupo de control

- grupo de interés or presión

- grupo de trabajo

- grupo sanguíneo

* * *

= aggregate, bank, batch [batches, -pl.], body, class, cluster, clutch, congeries, grouping, pack, cohort, camp, set, group, gang, bunch, corps, band, class group, combine, constituent group, collective, ensemble, bevy, line-up, cluster, segment, pod, order, mob.

Ex. The result of this is to provide a distinct class number for an aggregate of subjects which are adjacent in the UDC schedule order.

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. A KWIC index is based upon the 'keywords' in the titles of the batch of documents to be indexed.

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

Ex. The following highlights are what this first class of Fellows recall of their time overseas.

Ex. The local system is designed to be flexible enough to meet the needs of a single library or those of a library cluster.

Ex. This approach does tend to lead to small clutches of periodicals on a given subject.

Ex. To be sure, it still has its congeries of mills and factories, its grimy huddle of frame dwellings and congested tenements, its stark, jagged skyline, but its old face is gradually changing.

Ex. This scheme aims for a more helpful order than the major schemes, by following the groupings of subjects as they are taught in schools.

Ex. The notched cards, representing relevant documents, will drop off the needle and fall from the bulk of the pack.

Ex. This article examines the views of librarians held by a number of faculty cohorts.

Ex. This is a situation much debated between the two camps of those who would give everyone what he wants and those who would give each reader only the things of some constructive value.

Ex. SELECT retrieves records containing the search term or terms you specify and stores them in sets.

Ex. The groups continue, however, to keep alive their heritages through festivals and cultural activities.

Ex. In the 1920s and 1930s more than 1 million books were being loaned each year to members as far afield as the most isolated settlers' gangs working on distant branch lines.

Ex. They are a very impatient bunch, however: knowing themselves what the technology can do, they can get a little short with obstructionists who raise non-technical objections.

Ex. Quality abstracting services take pride in their corps of abstractors.

Ex. In recent years a band of disciples has grown up in India, and has contributed to the revision and expansion of the schedules.

Ex. If the panel members represent class groups, they must canvass for suggestions.

Ex. 158 public organisations with very diverse computer machinery formed a combine to develop an application which would make the database available on the organisations' different computer systems. = 158 instituciones públicas con equipos informáticos muy diversos crearon un grupo para desarrollar una aplicación que hiciera que la base de datos estuviese disponible en sus diferentes sistemas informáticos.

Ex. Different constituent groups tend to rate aspects of the library quite differently.

Ex. These collectives are at present seeking compensation for copies made of copyrighted material based on the nature, volume and use of copies made.

Ex. DIANE is the name that has been given to the ensemble of available information services.

Ex. It contains a bevy of fearsomely feisty female archetypes removed from domestic obligations and toughened in the brutal setting of prison life.

Ex. The title of the article is 'The information market: a line-up of competitors'.

Ex. Various other methods of obtaining clusters have been described, including the use of fuzzy sets, but these are beyond the scope of this book.

Ex. No such constraints exist where online display is anticipated, since only one segment at a time is displayed.

Ex. The large pod of about 75 narwhals milled around the bay in the summer feeding grounds.

Ex. The taxonomic subclass of acari (mites and ticks) comprises tens of thousands of species, grouped in many families and several orders.

Ex. In the afternoon quite a few of our mob decided that they would prefer to spend a bit of time lazing about in the water and soaking up a few rays.

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* admitir a Alguien en un grupo = adopt + Nombre + into the fold.

* análisis de grupo = cohort analysis.

* atacar en grupo = swarm.

* camaradería de grupo = group ride.

* cena de grupo = dinner party.

* cena en grupo = group dinner, dinner party.

* como grupo = collectively.

* crear un grupo = set up + group.

* debate de grupo = group discussion.

* debate en grupo = group discussion.

* división del mercado por grupos de consumidores = market segmentation.

* empresa de nuestro grupo = sister company, sister organisation.

* empresa de un grupo = operating company.

* en algunos grupos = in some quarters.

* en algunos grupos de la población = in some quarters.

* enano del grupo, el = runt of the litter, the.

* en muchos grupos = in many quarters.

* en muchos grupos de la población = in many quarters.

* entre grupos sociales = intergroup.

* entrevista en grupo = group interview.

* formación de grupos de presión = lobbying representation.

* formar un grupo = set up + group.

* formar un grupo de presión = form + lobby.

* G7 (Grupo de los Siete), el = G7 (Group of Seven), the.

* gran grupo = constellation.

* grupo activista = faction group.

* grupo al Algo que va dirigido = target group.

* grupo alimenticio = food group.

* grupo asesor = advisory group.

* Grupo Asesor sobre Redes (NAG) = Network Advisory Group (NAG).

* grupo chantajista = extortion racket.

* grupo cívico = civic group.

* grupo consultivo = advisory group.

* grupo coordinador = steering group.

* grupo cultural = cultural group.

* grupo de acción ciudadana = citizen action group, community action group.

* grupo de amigos = clan of friends.

* grupo de amigos y conocidos = social network.

* grupo de apoyo = interest group, support group.

* grupo de autoayuda = self-help group, self-help group, self-help group.

* grupo de cantantes femenino = girl band.

* grupo de cantantes masculino = boy band.

* grupo de ciudadanos desatentido = unserved, the.

* grupo de consumidores = consumer group.

* grupo de control = control group.

* grupo de datos = data set [dataset].

* grupo de debate = discussion group, focus group, discussion list, electronic forum, panel discussion, panel debate.

* grupo de dirección = management.

* grupo de discusión = discussion group.

* grupo de edad = age bracket, age group [age-group].

* grupo de empresas = business group.

* grupo de estanterías = stack, stack range.

* grupo de estudio = study circle.

* grupo de expertos = cadre, brains trust, group of experts, network, think tank.

* grupo defensor = interest group.

* grupo de gestión = management team.

* grupo de incondicionales, el = hard core, the.

* grupo de intelectuales = intelligentsia.

* grupo de interés = focus group, interest group.

* grupo de investigación = research group.

* Grupo de Investigación sobre la Clasificación (CRG) = Classification Research Group (CRG).

* grupo de la oposición = opposition group.

* grupo de los 20 = G-20.

* grupo de los ocho, el = G8, the.

* grupo del proyecto = project team.

* grupo de negociación = bargaining unit.

* grupo de normalización = standards group.

* grupo de opinión = focus group.

* grupo de personas o cosas de la misma edad o categoría = peer group.

* grupo de poder = power group.

* grupo de presión = lobby group, pressure group, lobbyist.

* grupo de protección a menores = Shelter group.

* grupo de protección ciudadana = civic trust group.

* grupo de recursos = clump.

* grupo de referencia = reference group.

* grupo de representantes = focus group.

* grupo de rock = rock group.

* grupo de seguidores = fandom.

* grupo de términos de búsqueda relacionados = search hedge, subject hedge.

* grupo de trabajo = study group, study team, task force, working party, task group, research group, working group, project team.

* Grupo de Trabajo de Ingeniería de Internet (IETF) = Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).

* grupo de trabajo por tema de interés = breakout group.

* Grupo de Trabajo sobre los Sistemas Nacionales de Información de la Asociaci = NISTF (Society of American Archivists National Information Systems Task Force).

* grupo de tres = threesome.

* grupo de usuarios = user group, users' group, population served.

* grupo de usuarios al que va dirigido = target user group.

* grupo disidente = splinter group, splinter party.

* grupo dominante = dominant group.

* grupo eléctrico = power unit, electrical generator, power generator.

* grupo electrógeno = electrical generator, power unit, power generator.

* grupo especial = special interest group.

* grupo específico = niche.

* grupo etario = age bracket.

* grupo étnico = ethnic group, racial group, cultural group.

* grupo experimental = experimental group.

* grupo extremista = extremist group.

* grupo incondicional, el = hard core, the.

* grupo influyente = force.

* grupo instrumental = ensemble.

* grupo integrante = constituent group.

* grupo interdisciplinar = cross-functional team.

* grupo intérprete = executant body.

* grupo marginado = deprived group, marginalised group.

* grupo marginal = disadvantaged community, marginalised group.

* grupo mayoritario = majority group.

* grupo mínimo relacionado = minimum zone cohort.

* grupo minoritario = minority group.

* grupo mixto = cross-functional team.

* grupo musical en directo = live band.

* grupo político = political group.

* grupo principal de usuarios = primary user group.

* grupo profesional = occupational group.

* grupo racial = racial group.

* grupo racista = hate group.

* grupo referente = reference group.

* grupo religioso = denominational body, religious group.

* grupos = quarters.

* grupo sanguíneo = blood group, blood type.

* grupos de diez = tens of.

* grupo según edad = age group [age-group].

* grupo social = community group, social group.

* grupo supervisor = steering group.

* grupo temáticamente afín = subject-related group.

* grupo terrorista = terrorist group.

* más débil del grupo, el = runt of the litter, the.

* obra para grupo instrumental = ensemble work.

* pensamiento de grupo = groupthink.

* perfil de grupo = group profile.

* por grupos = in batches.

* presión del grupo = peer pressure.

* relativo a un grupo = group-related.

* reunión de grupo = group meeting.

* RLG (Grupo de Bibliotecas de Investigación) = RLG (Research Libraries Group).

* rodear en grupo = swarm.

* SDI por grupos = group SDI.

* sentimiento de grupo = togetherness.

* sesión de grupo = group session.

* tarifa de grupo = group rate.

* técnica de grupo nominal = nominal group technique.

* terapia de grupo = group therapy.

* trabajar en grupo = team.

* trabajar en grupo (con) = team up (with).

* una grupo impreciso de = a cloud of.

* un grupo aferrado de = a hard core of.

* un grupo cada vez mayor de = a growing body of.

* un grupo de = a set of, a bunch of, a crop of, a pool of, a cadre of, a cluster of, a galaxy of, a clutch of, a company of.

* un grupo de gente variada = a cast of people.

* un grupo incondicional de = a hard core of.

* un grupo variado de = a collection of.

* violación en grupo = gang rape.

* * *

masculino

a) (de personas, empresas, países) group; ( de árboles) clump

grupos sociales — social groups

en grupo — <salir/trabajar> in a group/in groups

b) (Mús) tb

grupo musical — group, band

- grupo de control

- grupo de interés or presión

- grupo de trabajo

- grupo sanguíneo

* * *

= aggregate, bank, batch [batches, -pl.], body, class, cluster, clutch, congeries, grouping, pack, cohort, camp, set, group, gang, bunch, corps, band, class group, combine, constituent group, collective, ensemble, bevy, line-up, cluster, segment, pod, order, mob.

Ex: The result of this is to provide a distinct class number for an aggregate of subjects which are adjacent in the UDC schedule order.

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: A KWIC index is based upon the 'keywords' in the titles of the batch of documents to be indexed.

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

Ex: The following highlights are what this first class of Fellows recall of their time overseas.

Ex: The local system is designed to be flexible enough to meet the needs of a single library or those of a library cluster.

Ex: This approach does tend to lead to small clutches of periodicals on a given subject.

Ex: To be sure, it still has its congeries of mills and factories, its grimy huddle of frame dwellings and congested tenements, its stark, jagged skyline, but its old face is gradually changing.

Ex: This scheme aims for a more helpful order than the major schemes, by following the groupings of subjects as they are taught in schools.

Ex: The notched cards, representing relevant documents, will drop off the needle and fall from the bulk of the pack.

Ex: This article examines the views of librarians held by a number of faculty cohorts.

Ex: This is a situation much debated between the two camps of those who would give everyone what he wants and those who would give each reader only the things of some constructive value.

Ex: SELECT retrieves records containing the search term or terms you specify and stores them in sets.

Ex: The groups continue, however, to keep alive their heritages through festivals and cultural activities.

Ex: In the 1920s and 1930s more than 1 million books were being loaned each year to members as far afield as the most isolated settlers' gangs working on distant branch lines.

Ex: They are a very impatient bunch, however: knowing themselves what the technology can do, they can get a little short with obstructionists who raise non-technical objections.

Ex: Quality abstracting services take pride in their corps of abstractors.

Ex: In recent years a band of disciples has grown up in India, and has contributed to the revision and expansion of the schedules.

Ex: If the panel members represent class groups, they must canvass for suggestions.

Ex: 158 public organisations with very diverse computer machinery formed a combine to develop an application which would make the database available on the organisations' different computer systems. = 158 instituciones públicas con equipos informáticos muy diversos crearon un grupo para desarrollar una aplicación que hiciera que la base de datos estuviese disponible en sus diferentes sistemas informáticos.

Ex: Different constituent groups tend to rate aspects of the library quite differently.

Ex: These collectives are at present seeking compensation for copies made of copyrighted material based on the nature, volume and use of copies made.

Ex: DIANE is the name that has been given to the ensemble of available information services.

Ex: It contains a bevy of fearsomely feisty female archetypes removed from domestic obligations and toughened in the brutal setting of prison life.

Ex: The title of the article is 'The information market: a line-up of competitors'.

Ex: Various other methods of obtaining clusters have been described, including the use of fuzzy sets, but these are beyond the scope of this book.

Ex: No such constraints exist where online display is anticipated, since only one segment at a time is displayed.

Ex: The large pod of about 75 narwhals milled around the bay in the summer feeding grounds.

Ex: The taxonomic subclass of acari (mites and ticks) comprises tens of thousands of species, grouped in many families and several orders.

Ex: In the afternoon quite a few of our mob decided that they would prefer to spend a bit of time lazing about in the water and soaking up a few rays.

* admitir a Alguien en un grupo = adopt + Nombre + into the fold.

* análisis de grupo = cohort analysis.

* atacar en grupo = swarm.

* camaradería de grupo = group ride.

* cena de grupo = dinner party.

* cena en grupo = group dinner, dinner party.

* como grupo = collectively.

* crear un grupo = set up + group.

* debate de grupo = group discussion.

* debate en grupo = group discussion.

* división del mercado por grupos de consumidores = market segmentation.

* empresa de nuestro grupo = sister company, sister organisation.

* empresa de un grupo = operating company.

* en algunos grupos = in some quarters.

* en algunos grupos de la población = in some quarters.

* enano del grupo, el = runt of the litter, the.

* en muchos grupos = in many quarters.

* en muchos grupos de la población = in many quarters.

* entre grupos sociales = intergroup.

* entrevista en grupo = group interview.

* formación de grupos de presión = lobbying representation.

* formar un grupo = set up + group.

* formar un grupo de presión = form + lobby.

* G7 (Grupo de los Siete), el = G7 (Group of Seven), the.

* gran grupo = constellation.

* grupo activista = faction group.

* grupo al Algo que va dirigido = target group.

* grupo alimenticio = food group.

* grupo asesor = advisory group.

* Grupo Asesor sobre Redes (NAG) = Network Advisory Group (NAG).

* grupo chantajista = extortion racket.

* grupo cívico = civic group.

* grupo consultivo = advisory group.

* grupo coordinador = steering group.

* grupo cultural = cultural group.

* grupo de acción ciudadana = citizen action group, community action group.

* grupo de amigos = clan of friends.

* grupo de amigos y conocidos = social network.

* grupo de apoyo = interest group, support group.

* grupo de autoayuda = self-help group, self-help group, self-help group.

* grupo de cantantes femenino = girl band.

* grupo de cantantes masculino = boy band.

* grupo de ciudadanos desatentido = unserved, the.

* grupo de consumidores = consumer group.

* grupo de control = control group.

* grupo de datos = data set [dataset].

* grupo de debate = discussion group, focus group, discussion list, electronic forum, panel discussion, panel debate.

* grupo de dirección = management.

* grupo de discusión = discussion group.

* grupo de edad = age bracket, age group [age-group].

* grupo de empresas = business group.

* grupo de estanterías = stack, stack range.

* grupo de estudio = study circle.

* grupo de expertos = cadre, brains trust, group of experts, network, think tank.

* grupo defensor = interest group.

* grupo de gestión = management team.

* grupo de incondicionales, el = hard core, the.

* grupo de intelectuales = intelligentsia.

* grupo de interés = focus group, interest group.

* grupo de investigación = research group.

* Grupo de Investigación sobre la Clasificación (CRG) = Classification Research Group (CRG).

* grupo de la oposición = opposition group.

* grupo de los 20 = G-20.

* grupo de los ocho, el = G8, the.

* grupo del proyecto = project team.

* grupo de negociación = bargaining unit.

* grupo de normalización = standards group.

* grupo de opinión = focus group.

* grupo de personas o cosas de la misma edad o categoría = peer group.

* grupo de poder = power group.

* grupo de presión = lobby group, pressure group, lobbyist.

* grupo de protección a menores = Shelter group.

* grupo de protección ciudadana = civic trust group.

* grupo de recursos = clump.

* grupo de referencia = reference group.

* grupo de representantes = focus group.

* grupo de rock = rock group.

* grupo de seguidores = fandom.

* grupo de términos de búsqueda relacionados = search hedge, subject hedge.

* grupo de trabajo = study group, study team, task force, working party, task group, research group, working group, project team.

* Grupo de Trabajo de Ingeniería de Internet (IETF) = Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).

* grupo de trabajo por tema de interés = breakout group.

* Grupo de Trabajo sobre los Sistemas Nacionales de Información de la Asociaci = NISTF (Society of American Archivists National Information Systems Task Force).

* grupo de tres = threesome.

* grupo de usuarios = user group, users' group, population served.

* grupo de usuarios al que va dirigido = target user group.

* grupo disidente = splinter group, splinter party.

* grupo dominante = dominant group.

* grupo eléctrico = power unit, electrical generator, power generator.

* grupo electrógeno = electrical generator, power unit, power generator.

* grupo especial = special interest group.

* grupo específico = niche.

* grupo etario = age bracket.

* grupo étnico = ethnic group, racial group, cultural group.

* grupo experimental = experimental group.

* grupo extremista = extremist group.

* grupo incondicional, el = hard core, the.

* grupo influyente = force.

* grupo instrumental = ensemble.

* grupo integrante = constituent group.

* grupo interdisciplinar = cross-functional team.

* grupo intérprete = executant body.

* grupo marginado = deprived group, marginalised group.

* grupo marginal = disadvantaged community, marginalised group.

* grupo mayoritario = majority group.

* grupo mínimo relacionado = minimum zone cohort.

* grupo minoritario = minority group.

* grupo mixto = cross-functional team.

* grupo musical en directo = live band.

* grupo político = political group.

* grupo principal de usuarios = primary user group.

* grupo profesional = occupational group.

* grupo racial = racial group.

* grupo racista = hate group.

* grupo referente = reference group.

* grupo religioso = denominational body, religious group.

* grupos = quarters.

* grupo sanguíneo = blood group, blood type.

* grupos de diez = tens of.

* grupo según edad = age group [age-group].

* grupo social = community group, social group.

* grupo supervisor = steering group.

* grupo temáticamente afín = subject-related group.

* grupo terrorista = terrorist group.

* más débil del grupo, el = runt of the litter, the.

* obra para grupo instrumental = ensemble work.

* pensamiento de grupo = groupthink.

* perfil de grupo = group profile.

* por grupos = in batches.

* presión del grupo = peer pressure.

* relativo a un grupo = group-related.

* reunión de grupo = group meeting.

* RLG (Grupo de Bibliotecas de Investigación) = RLG (Research Libraries Group).

* rodear en grupo = swarm.

* SDI por grupos = group SDI.

* sentimiento de grupo = togetherness.

* sesión de grupo = group session.

* tarifa de grupo = group rate.

* técnica de grupo nominal = nominal group technique.

* terapia de grupo = group therapy.

* trabajar en grupo = team.

* trabajar en grupo (con) = team up (with).

* una grupo impreciso de = a cloud of.

* un grupo aferrado de = a hard core of.

* un grupo cada vez mayor de = a growing body of.

* un grupo de = a set of, a bunch of, a crop of, a pool of, a cadre of, a cluster of, a galaxy of, a clutch of, a company of.

* un grupo de gente variada = a cast of people.

* un grupo incondicional de = a hard core of.

* un grupo variado de = a collection of.

* violación en grupo = gang rape.

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grupo

masculine

A

1 (de personas) group; (de empresas, países) group; (de árboles) clump

los grupos sociales marginados marginalized social groups

un grupo de casas a group o cluster of houses

se dividieron en grupos de (a) cuatro they split into groups of four

en grupo ‹salir/trabajar› in a group/in groups

2 ( Mús) tb

grupo musical group, band

3 ( Quím) group

Compuestos:

● grupo de apoyo

support group

● grupo de asesores

advisory group, think tank

● grupo de constructoras

construction consortium

● grupo de control

control group

● grupo de empresas

consortium

● grupo de hoteles

hotel chain

● grupo de interés or presión

pressure group

● grupo de jazz

jazz group o band

● grupo de la red

internet forum

● grupo de la prensa

press consortium

● grupo de los Ocho

( Pol) Group of Eight

● grupo de noticias

newsgroup

● grupo de trabajo

working party

● grupo de usuarios

user group

● grupo electrógeno

generator

● grupo escolar

facilities shared between two or more schools

● grupo fónico/tónico

phonic/tonic group

● grupo objetivo

target group

● grupo paritario

( frml); peer group

● grupo parlamentario

parliamentary group

● grupo sanguíneo

blood group

tener el grupo sanguíneo Rh or Rhesus positivo/negativo to be Rhesus positive/negative

¿qué grupo sanguíneo tiene? what blood group are you?

tengo el grupo sanguíneo A/AB/B positivo/negativo I'm blood group A/AB/B positive/negative

● grupo testigo

control group

B ( Chi arg) (mentira) lie; (engaño) trick

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grupo sustantivo masculino
a) (de personas, empresas, países) group;

( de árboles) clump;
◊ grupo sanguíneo blood group;

grupos sociales social groups;
de grupo ‹terapia/trabajo› group ( before n);
en grupo ‹salir/trabajar› in a group/in groups
b) (Mús) tb

◊ grupo musical group, band

grupo sustantivo masculino
1 g roup: no queda sangre del groupo B+, there is no B+ blood left
tiene mi grupo sanguíneo, he has the same blood group as I do
grupo de trabajo, working party
terapia de grupo, group therapy
2 Mús group, band
3 Elec grupo electrógeno, power generator o electric generating set
' grupo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aparato
- argot
- beatería
- cada
- clase
- comando
- componente
- conjunta
- conjunto
- contra
- cuerpo
- delirio
- descolgarse
- desfilar
- dirigirse
- disolver
- disolverse
- dispersar
- dispersarse
- ecologista
- entrada
- equipo
- escolta
- estamento
- exclusión
- figurar
- fuerza
- GEO
- guerrilla
- incorporarse
- iniciar
- jerga
- junta
- manifestarse
- maquinaria
- mayoría
- minoritaria
- minoritario
- ninguna
- ninguno
- núcleo
- nutrido-a
- panel
- paquete
- patrulla
- pertenencia
- pesar
- piña
- readmitir
- relevo
English:
address
- army
- back
- band
- bear down on
- blood group
- body
- bracket
- breakaway
- bunch
- camp
- chain gang
- class
- cliquey
- clump
- cluster
- collection
- collective
- combine
- come under
- commission
- contra
- crowd
- demo
- dense
- drummer
- dynamics
- fervent
- flagship
- flock
- foursome
- fraternity
- frenzied
- gather
- group
- guard
- heterogeneous
- homogeneous
- huddle
- inbred
- Ivy League
- join
- knot
- lead
- leadership
- lobby
- make up
- manager
- manageress
- motley

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grupo nm

1. [conjunto] group;
[de árboles] cluster;
grupo (de empresas) (corporate) group;

en grupo in a group;

el grupo de cabeza [en carrera] the leading group

Comp
Pol grupo de contacto contact group; Econ grupo de control control group; Informát grupo de discusión discussion group;
grupo ecologista environmental group;

grupo de edad age group;

grupo empresarial (business) group o combine;

grupo de estudio study group;
Pol grupo mixto = independent MPs and MPs from minor parties in Spanish parliament; Informát grupo de noticias newsgroup;
el grupo de los ocho (grandes) the G8 countries;

grupo parlamentario parliamentary group;
Pol grupo de presión pressure group, lobby;
grupo de riesgo group at risk;
UE Grupo de Sabios Committee of Wise Men;
grupo sanguíneo blood group;

el grupo de los siete (grandes) the G7 countries;
Informát grupo de usuarios user group
2. [de músicos] group, band

3. Tec unit, set

Comp
Elec grupo electrógeno generator
4. Quím group

5. Ling grupo consonántico consonant cluster;

grupo fónico phonic group;

grupo nominal noun phrase;

grupo de palabras word group;

grupo vocálico vowel cluster

* * *

grupo

m group;

en grupos in groups

* * *

grupo nm

: group

* * *

grupo n group

un grupo de música pop a pop group

el trabajo en grupo group work

grupo sanguíneo blood group

Spanish-English dictionary > grupo
18 Ausfertigung

f

1. nur Sg.; (Ausstellung) issuing; JUR. execution

2. (Abschrift) (certified) copy; in doppelter Ausfertigung in duplicate; schicken Sie den Antrag in dreifacher Ausfertigung send three copies of the application, send the application in triplicate

* * *

die Ausfertigung

(Ausstellung) execution;

(Exemplar) copy; engrossment

* * *
Aus|fer|ti|gung
f (form)

1) no pl (von Dokument) drawing up; (von Rechnung, Lieferschein) making out; (von Pass) issuing

2) (= Abschrift) copy

die erste Áúsfertigung — the top copy

ein Dokument in einfacher Áúsfertigung — one copy or a single copy of a document

in doppelter/dreifacher Áúsfertigung — in duplicate/triplicate

Zeugnisse in vierfacher etc Áúsfertigung — four etc copies of references

* * *

Aus·fer·ti·gung

f (geh)

1. kein pl (Ausstellung) drawing up, drafting; einer Rechnung making out; von Pass a. issuing

2. (Abschrift) copy

die erste \Ausfertigung the top [or master] copy

in einfacher/doppelter/dreifacher/mehrfacher \Ausfertigung as one copy/as two/three/multiple copies

in doppelter/dreifacher/vierfacher \Ausfertigung in duplicate/triplicate/quadruplicate

in doppelter \Ausfertigung unterzeichnet signed in duplicate

etw in doppelter \Ausfertigung two copies of sth

* * *

die (Amtsspr.)

1) s. ausfertigen: drawing up; issuing; making out

2) (Exemplar) copy

in doppelter/dreifacher Ausfertigung — in duplicate/triplicate

etwas in vier Ausfertigungen einreichen — submit four copies of something

* * *

Ausfertigung f

1. nur sg; (Ausstellung) issuing; JUR execution

2. (Abschrift) (certified) copy;

in doppelter Ausfertigung in duplicate;

schicken Sie den Antrag in dreifacher Ausfertigung send three copies of the application, send the application in triplicate

* * *

die (Amtsspr.)

1) s. ausfertigen: drawing up; issuing; making out

2) (Exemplar) copy

in doppelter/dreifacher Ausfertigung — in duplicate/triplicate

etwas in vier Ausfertigungen einreichen — submit four copies of something

* * *

f.

copy n.

issue n.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Ausfertigung
19 descuento por compra al por mayor

(n.) = bulk deal, bulk rate, bulk rate discount

Ex. Pharmaceutical companies have made bulk deals with governments where they still make substantial profits while charging much less for the prescriptions.

Ex. The bulk rate is 30 percent off of any order over 10 copies.

Ex. All bulk rate discounts require a single person to be responsible for billing and payment to be made by a single check or other form of payment.

* * *

(n.) = bulk deal, bulk rate, bulk rate discount

Ex: Pharmaceutical companies have made bulk deals with governments where they still make substantial profits while charging much less for the prescriptions.

Ex: The bulk rate is 30 percent off of any order over 10 copies.

Ex: All bulk rate discounts require a single person to be responsible for billing and payment to be made by a single check or other form of payment.

Spanish-English dictionary > descuento por compra al por mayor
20 menos

adj.

1 less.

menos aire less air

menos manzanas fewer apples

menos… que… less/fewer… than…

tiene menos experiencia que tú she has less experience than you

hace menos calor que ayer it's not as hot as it was yesterday

hay dos libros de menos there are two books missing

me han dado 10 euros de menos they've given me 10 euros too little

2 the least.

el que compró menos acciones the one who bought the fewest shares

lo que menos tiempo llevó the thing that took the least time

la que menos nota sacó en el examen the girl who did (the) worst o got the worst marks in the exam

3 fewer.

adv.

1 less.

menos de/que less than

son menos de las diez it's not quite ten o'clock yet

2 minus (expresa resta).

tres menos dos igual a uno three minus two is one

3 to (con las horas). (peninsular Spanish, River Plate)

son las dos menos diez it's ten to two

son menos diez it's ten to

4 under.

prep.

1 except (for) (excepto).

todo menos eso anything but that

2 minus, less.

m. s.&pl.

minus (sign) (Mat).

* * *

menos

► adjetivo

1 (comparativo - en cantidad) less; (- en número) fewer

■ hoy hay menos gente there are fewer people today

■ viajar en tren cuesta menos dinero going by train costs less money

■ hay menos mesas que en el otro restaurante there are fewer tables than in the other restaurant

■ yo tengo menos años que tú I'm younger than you

2 (superlativo - de cantidad) least; (- de número) fewest

■ yo soy la que menos culpa tiene I'm the least guilty

► adverbio

1 (comparativo - de cantidad) less; (- de número) fewer

■ voy al gimnasio menos que antes I go to the gym less than before

■ vinieron menos de viente personas fewer than twenty people came

■ deberías ir menos deprisa you shouldn't go so fast

■ hay que conducir a menos de 100km/h one cannot drive over 100 km/h

2 (superlativo) least

■ es el menos guapo de toda la familia he's the least good-looking member of the family

3 (con horas) to

■ las tres menos cuarto a quarter to three

4 MATEMÁTICAS minus

■ cuatro menos dos, dos four minus two is two

► preposición

1 but, except

■ todo menos eso anything but that

■ todos fueron al cine menos Alberto everyone went to the cinema except Alberto

► pronombre

1 (cantidad) less; (número) fewer

■ me pagó menos he paid me less

■ esperaban a más de mil personas pero vinieron menos they were expecting over a thousand people but fewer came

► nombre masculino

1 MATEMÁTICAS minus sign

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

a menos que unless

al menos / a lo menos at least

aún menos much less

cada vez menos less and less

dar (dinero) de menos to short-change

en menos de nada in no time at all

eso es lo de menos that's the least of my worries

ir a menos to go down in the world

lo menos at least

■ lo menos que puedes hacer the least you can do

menos da una piedra something's better than nothing

¡menos mal! thank God!

¡ni mucho menos! far from it!

no ser para menos to be no wonder

para no ser menos so as not to be outdone

por lo menos at least

por menos de nada for no reason at all

qué menos que...... is the least somebody could do/could have done

si al menos... if only...

venirse a menos to come down in the world

¡ya será menos! come off it!

* * *
1. noun m.
minus sign
2. adj.
1) less, least

2) fewer, fewest
3. adv.
1) less

2) least

•

- a menos que
- por lo menos 4. prep.
1) except

2) minus
5. pron.
less, fewer

* * *

1. ADV

1) [comparativo] less

ahora salgo menos — I go out less these days

últimamente nos vemos menos — we've been seeing less of each other recently

me gusta cada vez menos — I like it less and less

una película menos conocida — a less well-known film

Juan está menos deprimido — Juan is less depressed

es menos difícil de lo que parece — it's less difficult than it seems

• menos aún — even less

este me gusta menos aún — I like this one even less

• menos de — [con sustantivos incontables, medidas, dinero, tiempo] less than; [con sustantivos contables] fewer than

está a menos de tres horas en tren — it's less than three hours away by train

llegamos en menos de diez minutos — we got there in less than o in under ten minutes

menos de lo que piensas — less than you think

tiene menos de dieciocho años — he's under eighteen

menos de 50 cajas — fewer than 50 boxes

• en menos de nada — in no time at all

por menos de nada — for no reason at all

• menos que — less than

me gusta menos que el otro — I like it less than the other one

trabaja menos que yo — he doesn't work as hard as I do

este es menos caro que aquel — this one is less expensive than that one

lo hizo menos cuidadosamente que ayer — he did it less carefully than yesterday

2) [superlativo] least

su película menos innovadora — his least innovative film

es el menos inteligente de los cuatro — he is the least intelligent of the four

el chico menos desobediente de la clase — the least disobedient boy in the class

es el que habla menos — he's the one who talks (the) least

fue el que trabajó menos — he was the one who did the least work

3)

• al menos — at least

hay al menos cien personas — there are at least a hundred people

si al menos lloviera — if only it would rain

• de menos, hay siete de menos — we're seven short, there are seven missing

me dieron un paquete con medio kilo de menos — they gave me a packet which was half a kilo short o under weight

me han pagado dos libras de menos — they have underpaid me by two pounds

darse de menos — to underestimate o.s.

hacer a algn de menos — to put sb down

• echar de menos a algn — to miss sb

• ir a menos — to come down in the world

• lo menos diez — at least ten

lo menos posible — as little as possible

es lo menos que se puede esperar — it's the least one can expect

• eso es lo de menos — that's the least of it

• ¡menos mal! — thank goodness!

¡menos mal que habéis venido! — thank goodness you've come!

• era nada menos que un rey — he was a king, no less

• no es para menos — quite right too

• por lo menos — at least

• ¡ qué menos!, -le di un euro de propina -¡qué menos! — "I tipped her a euro" - "that was the least you could do!"

¿qué menos que darle las gracias? — the least we can do is say thanks!

• quedarse en menos, no se quedó en menos — he was not to be outdone

• tener a menos hacer algo — to consider it beneath o.s. to do sth

• venir a menos — to come down in the world

• y menos, no quiero verle y menos visitarle — I don't want to see him, let alone visit him

• ¡ ya será menos! — come off it!
cuando 2., 2), poder
2. ADJ

1) [comparativo] [con sustantivos incontables, medidas, dinero, tiempo] less; [con sustantivos contables] fewer

menos harina — less flour

menos gatos — fewer cats

aquí hay menos gente — there are fewer people here

• menos... que, A tiene menos ventajas que B — A has fewer advantages than B

Ana tiene menos años que Carlos — Ana is younger than Carlos

no soy menos hombre que él — * I'm as much of a man as he is

este es menos coche que el anterior — * this is not as good a car as the last one

• ser menos que, ganaremos porque son menos que nosotros — we'll win because there are fewer of them than there are of us

para no ser menos que los vecinos — to keep up with the neighbours

2) [superlativo] [con sustantivos incontables, medidas, dinero, tiempo] least; [con sustantivos contables] fewest

el método que lleva menos tiempo — the method which takes (the) least time

es el que menos culpa tiene — he is the least to blame

el examen con menos errores — the exam paper with the fewest mistakes

3. PREP

1) (=excepto) except

todos menos él — everybody except him

¡todo menos eso! — anything but that!

2) (Mat) [para restar] minus, less

cinco menos dos — five minus o less two

siete menos dos (son) cinco — seven minus two is five

son las siete menos veinte — it's twenty to seven

4.

CONJ

• a menos que — unless

no iré a menos que me acompañes — I won't go unless you come with me

5. SM

1) (Mat) minus sign

2)

los menos — the minority

3)
más 1., 2)
* * *
I
adverbio

1) ( comparativo) less

cada vez estudia menos — she's studying less and less

ya me duele menos — it hurts less now

ahora lo vemos menos — we don't see him so often o we don't see so much of him now

no voy a ir, y menos aún con él — I'm not going, and certainly not with him

menos (...) que: un hallazgo no menos importante que éste a find which is no less important than this one; ella menos que nadie puede criticarte she of all people is in no position to criticize you; menos (...) de less than; pesa menos de 50 kilos it weighs less than o under 50 kilos; no lo haría por menos de cien mil I wouldn't do it for less than a hundred thousand; éramos menos de diez there were fewer than ten of us; los niños de menos de 7 años children under seven; es menos peligroso de lo que tú crees — it's not as dangerous as you think

2) ( superlativo) least

es la menos complicada — it is the least complicated one

éste es el menos pesado de los dos — this is the lighter of the two

es el que menos viene por aquí — he's the one who comes around least (often)

es el que menos me gusta — he's the one I like (the) least

se esfuerza lo menos posible — he makes as little effort as possible

es lo menos que podía hacer — it's the least I could do

cuando menos lo esperábamos — when we were least expecting it; para locs ver menos III 2)
II
adjetivo invariable

1) ( comparativo) ( en cantidad) less; ( en número) fewer

alimentos con menos fibra/calorías — food with less fiber/fewer calories

ya hace menos frío — it's not as o so cold now

recibimos cada vez menos pedidos — we are getting fewer and fewer orders

cuesta tres veces menos — it costs a third of the price

mide medio metro menos — it's half a meter shorter

menos (...) que: tengo menos tiempo que tú I haven't as o so much time as you; menos estudiantes que el año pasado fewer students than last year; yo no soy menos que él — he's no better than me

2) ( superlativo) ( en cantidad) least; ( en número) fewest

esos casos son los menos — cases like that are the exception
III
pronombre

1)

sírveme menos — don't give me so much, give me less

ya falta menos — it won't be long now

aprobaron menos que el año pasado — fewer passed than last year

2) (en locs)

al menos — at least

a menos que — unless

cuando menos — at least

de menos: me ha dado 100 pesos de menos you've given me 100 pesos too little; me has cobrado de menos you've undercharged me; lo menos (fam) at least; menos mal just as well, thank goodness; menos mal que no me oyó just as well o it's a good thing he didn't hear me; por lo menos at least; ir a menos to go downhill; ser lo de menos: eso es lo de menos, a mí lo que me preocupa es... that's the least of it, what worries me is...; la fecha es lo de menos the date is the least of our/their problems; tener a alguien en menos to feel somebody is beneath one; tener algo a menos to think something is beneath one o beneath one's dignity; venirse a menos — to come down in the world
IV
preposición

1) ( excepto)

firmaron todos menos Alonso — everybody but Alonso signed, everybody signed except o but Alonso

menos estos dos, todos están en venta — apart from o with the exception of these two, they are all for sale

tres latas de pintura, menos la que usé — three cans of paint, less what I used

2)

a) (Mat) (en restas, números negativos) minus

b) (Esp, RPl) ( en la hora)

son las cinco menos diez/cuarto — it's ten to five/(a) quarter to five

son menos veinte — it's twenty to
V
masculino minus sign

* * *

= least, less [lesser -comp., least -sup.], minus, but, less so.

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* al menos = at least, at the very least.

* a menos que = unless, short of.

* aproximadamente, más o menos = ballpark.

* area menos favorecida = less favoured area.

* cada vez menos = less and less.

* cuando menos te lo esperes = on any given Sunday.

* cuanto menos = at least, let alone, at best.

* dar menos de lo debido = shortchange.

* de menos del 10 por ciento = single digit, single figure.

* dentro de lo malo lo menos malo = the best of a bad lot.

* echar de menos = miss.

* echar muchísimo de menos = be sorely missed, be sadly missed.

* echar mucho de menos = be sorely missed, be sadly missed.

* el último pero no el menos importante = the last but by no means least.

* en todos menos en = in all but.

* en un futuro más o menos cercano = in the near future, in the near future.

* en un período más o menos lejano = in the near future, in the near future.

* estrella venida a menos = fallen star.

* figura venida a menos = fallen star.

* hacerlo todo menos = stop at + nothing short of.

* horas de menos aglomeración = off-peak times.

* lo menos posible = as little as possible.

* más o menos = more or less, of a sort, or so, of sorts, after a fashion, round about, roughly speaking, give or take.

* más o menos + Adverbio = relatively + Adverbio.

* más o menos cuadrado = squarish.

* menos aún = let alone.

* menos blandeces y más mano dura = less of the carrot, more of the stick, less of the carrot, more of the stick.

* menos conocido = lesser known.

* menos cultos, los = less literate, the.

* menos de + Cantidad = under + Cantidad, less than + Cantidad.

* menos de + Edad = on the right side of + Edad.

* menos desarrollado = less developed [less-developed].

* menos en = save in.

* menos en el caso de que = except when.

* menos favorecido = less-advantaged, less favoured [less favored].

* menos hecho = rarer.

* menos importante, el = least, the.

* menos probable = least likely, less likely.

* menos... que... = less... than....

* menos rápidos, los = less fleet of foot, the.

* menos sabido = lesser known.

* menos usado = less used.

* mucho menos = a great deal less, let alone, far less.

* nada más y nada menos = as much as + Expresión Numérica.

* nada más y nada menos que = in the order of + Cantidad, nothing less than.

* nada más y nada menos que de = to the tune of + Cantidad.

* nada más y nada menos que desde + Expresión Temporal = from as far back as + Expresión Temporal.

* nada más y nada menos que + Número = as many as + Número.

* nada menos que + Nombre + tan + Adjetivo + como = no less + Adjetivo + Nombre + than.

* ni más ni menos = nothing more, nothing less, no more, no less.

* ni mucho menos = by any stretch (of the imagination), by any means, not by a long shot.

* Nombre + más o menos = Nombre + of sorts.

* no ser menos que el vecino = keep up with + the Joneses.

* no ser menos que los demás = keep up with + the Joneses.

* pagar menos de lo que se debería = underpay.

* para no ser menos = not to be outdone.

* personaje venido a menos = fallen star.

* por último pero no menos importante = last but not least.

* región menos favorecida = less favoured region (LFR).

* salir de donde menos Uno se lo espera = come out of + the woodwork.

* ser menos + Adjetivo = be less of a(n) + Nombre.

* ser nada más y nada menos que = be nothing less than.

* signo menos (-) = minus sign (-), negative sign (-).

* todo menos = everything except (for).

* todos menos = everyone except, everybody except.

* todos menos + Número = all but + Número.

* último pero no el menos importante, el = final and not the least important, the.

* venir a menos = retrench.

* y cuanto mucho menos = much less.

* y mucho menos = much less, least of all.

* zona menos favorecida = less favoured area.

* * *
I
adverbio

1) ( comparativo) less

cada vez estudia menos — she's studying less and less

ya me duele menos — it hurts less now

ahora lo vemos menos — we don't see him so often o we don't see so much of him now

no voy a ir, y menos aún con él — I'm not going, and certainly not with him

menos (...) que: un hallazgo no menos importante que éste a find which is no less important than this one; ella menos que nadie puede criticarte she of all people is in no position to criticize you; menos (...) de less than; pesa menos de 50 kilos it weighs less than o under 50 kilos; no lo haría por menos de cien mil I wouldn't do it for less than a hundred thousand; éramos menos de diez there were fewer than ten of us; los niños de menos de 7 años children under seven; es menos peligroso de lo que tú crees — it's not as dangerous as you think

2) ( superlativo) least

es la menos complicada — it is the least complicated one

éste es el menos pesado de los dos — this is the lighter of the two

es el que menos viene por aquí — he's the one who comes around least (often)

es el que menos me gusta — he's the one I like (the) least

se esfuerza lo menos posible — he makes as little effort as possible

es lo menos que podía hacer — it's the least I could do

cuando menos lo esperábamos — when we were least expecting it; para locs ver menos III 2)
II
adjetivo invariable

1) ( comparativo) ( en cantidad) less; ( en número) fewer

alimentos con menos fibra/calorías — food with less fiber/fewer calories

ya hace menos frío — it's not as o so cold now

recibimos cada vez menos pedidos — we are getting fewer and fewer orders

cuesta tres veces menos — it costs a third of the price

mide medio metro menos — it's half a meter shorter

menos (...) que: tengo menos tiempo que tú I haven't as o so much time as you; menos estudiantes que el año pasado fewer students than last year; yo no soy menos que él — he's no better than me

2) ( superlativo) ( en cantidad) least; ( en número) fewest

esos casos son los menos — cases like that are the exception
III
pronombre

1)

sírveme menos — don't give me so much, give me less

ya falta menos — it won't be long now

aprobaron menos que el año pasado — fewer passed than last year

2) (en locs)

al menos — at least

a menos que — unless

cuando menos — at least

de menos: me ha dado 100 pesos de menos you've given me 100 pesos too little; me has cobrado de menos you've undercharged me; lo menos (fam) at least; menos mal just as well, thank goodness; menos mal que no me oyó just as well o it's a good thing he didn't hear me; por lo menos at least; ir a menos to go downhill; ser lo de menos: eso es lo de menos, a mí lo que me preocupa es... that's the least of it, what worries me is...; la fecha es lo de menos the date is the least of our/their problems; tener a alguien en menos to feel somebody is beneath one; tener algo a menos to think something is beneath one o beneath one's dignity; venirse a menos — to come down in the world
IV
preposición

1) ( excepto)

firmaron todos menos Alonso — everybody but Alonso signed, everybody signed except o but Alonso

menos estos dos, todos están en venta — apart from o with the exception of these two, they are all for sale

tres latas de pintura, menos la que usé — three cans of paint, less what I used

2)

a) (Mat) (en restas, números negativos) minus

b) (Esp, RPl) ( en la hora)

son las cinco menos diez/cuarto — it's ten to five/(a) quarter to five

son menos veinte — it's twenty to
V
masculino minus sign

* * *

= least, less [lesser -comp., least -sup.], minus, but, less so.

Ex: Service to the whole community implies positive discrimination towards those who through social or educational deprivation are least adept at using information tools.

Ex: The role of analytical entries in an online catalogue is less clear.

Ex: Copies of records created by the libraries, minus local data, are added to the pool of cataloguing information available to users.

Ex: Rotundas were widely used for all but the most formal texts in the fifteenth century, but fell out of fashion during the sixteenth century, surviving longest in Spain.

Ex: Vellum remained popular on the continent, less so in England; while goatskin (morocco), although well established by this time for fine work, was seldom used in trade binding except for prayer books.

* al menos = at least, at the very least.

* a menos que = unless, short of.

* aproximadamente, más o menos = ballpark.

* area menos favorecida = less favoured area.

* cada vez menos = less and less.

* cuando menos te lo esperes = on any given Sunday.

* cuanto menos = at least, let alone, at best.

* dar menos de lo debido = shortchange.

* de menos del 10 por ciento = single digit, single figure.

* dentro de lo malo lo menos malo = the best of a bad lot.

* echar de menos = miss.

* echar muchísimo de menos = be sorely missed, be sadly missed.

* echar mucho de menos = be sorely missed, be sadly missed.

* el último pero no el menos importante = the last but by no means least.

* en todos menos en = in all but.

* en un futuro más o menos cercano = in the near future, in the near future.

* en un período más o menos lejano = in the near future, in the near future.

* estrella venida a menos = fallen star.

* figura venida a menos = fallen star.

* hacerlo todo menos = stop at + nothing short of.

* horas de menos aglomeración = off-peak times.

* lo menos posible = as little as possible.

* más o menos = more or less, of a sort, or so, of sorts, after a fashion, round about, roughly speaking, give or take.

* más o menos + Adverbio = relatively + Adverbio.

* más o menos cuadrado = squarish.

* menos aún = let alone.

* menos blandeces y más mano dura = less of the carrot, more of the stick, less of the carrot, more of the stick.

* menos conocido = lesser known.

* menos cultos, los = less literate, the.

* menos de + Cantidad = under + Cantidad, less than + Cantidad.

* menos de + Edad = on the right side of + Edad.

* menos desarrollado = less developed [less-developed].

* menos en = save in.

* menos en el caso de que = except when.

* menos favorecido = less-advantaged, less favoured [less favored].

* menos hecho = rarer.

* menos importante, el = least, the.

* menos probable = least likely, less likely.

* menos... que... = less... than....

* menos rápidos, los = less fleet of foot, the.

* menos sabido = lesser known.

* menos usado = less used.

* mucho menos = a great deal less, let alone, far less.

* nada más y nada menos = as much as + Expresión Numérica.

* nada más y nada menos que = in the order of + Cantidad, nothing less than.

* nada más y nada menos que de = to the tune of + Cantidad.

* nada más y nada menos que desde + Expresión Temporal = from as far back as + Expresión Temporal.

* nada más y nada menos que + Número = as many as + Número.

* nada menos que + Nombre + tan + Adjetivo + como = no less + Adjetivo + Nombre + than.

* ni más ni menos = nothing more, nothing less, no more, no less.

* ni mucho menos = by any stretch (of the imagination), by any means, not by a long shot.

* Nombre + más o menos = Nombre + of sorts.

* no ser menos que el vecino = keep up with + the Joneses.

* no ser menos que los demás = keep up with + the Joneses.

* pagar menos de lo que se debería = underpay.

* para no ser menos = not to be outdone.

* personaje venido a menos = fallen star.

* por último pero no menos importante = last but not least.

* región menos favorecida = less favoured region (LFR).

* salir de donde menos Uno se lo espera = come out of + the woodwork.

* ser menos + Adjetivo = be less of a(n) + Nombre.

* ser nada más y nada menos que = be nothing less than.

* signo menos (-) = minus sign (-), negative sign (-).

* todo menos = everything except (for).

* todos menos = everyone except, everybody except.

* todos menos + Número = all but + Número.

* último pero no el menos importante, el = final and not the least important, the.

* venir a menos = retrench.

* y cuanto mucho menos = much less.

* y mucho menos = much less, least of all.

* zona menos favorecida = less favoured area.

* * *

menos¹

adverb

A [ Grammar notes (Spanish) ]

(comparativo): cada vez estudia menos she's studying less and less

quiere trabajar menos y ganar más he wants to work less and earn more

ya me duele menos it doesn't hurt so much now

ahora que vive en Cádiz lo vemos menos now that he's living in Cadiz we don't see him so often o we don't see so much of him

eso es menos importante that's not so important

no voy a permitir que vaya, y menos aún con él I'm not going to let her go, much less with him

menos (…) QUE:

un hallazgo no menos importante que éste a find which is no less important than o just as important as this one

ella menos que nadie puede criticarte she of all people is in no position to criticize you

no pude menos que aceptar I had to accept, it was the least I could do

menos (…) DE:

los niños de menos de 7 años children under seven

pesa menos de 50 kilos it weighs less than o under 50 kilos

éramos menos de diez there were fewer than ten of us

lo compraron por menos de nada they bought it for next to nothing

no lo haría por menos de cien mil I wouldn't do it for less than a hundred thousand

está a menos de una hora de aquí it's less than an hour from here

es menos peligroso de lo que tú crees it's not as dangerous as you think

B [ Grammar notes (Spanish) ] (superlativo) least

es la menos complicada que he visto it is the least complicated one I have seen

éste es el menos pesado de los dos this is the lighter of the two

es el que menos viene por aquí he's the one who comes around least (often)

soy el que ha bebido menos de todos I've had less to drink than anyone, I'm the one who's had least to drink

es el que menos me gusta he's the one I like (the) least

se esfuerza lo menos posible he makes as little effort as possible

es lo menos que podía hacer por él it's the least I could do for him

sucedió cuando menos lo esperábamos it happened when we were least expecting it

para locs ver menos³ pron B. (↑ menos (3))

menos²

adj inv

A [ Grammar notes (Spanish) ] (comparativo) (en cantidad) less; (en número) fewer

alimentos con menos fibra/calorías food with less fiber/fewer calories

ya hace menos frío it's not as o so cold now

recibimos cada vez menos pedidos we are getting fewer and fewer orders

cuesta tres veces menos it costs a third of the price o a third as much

mide medio metro menos it's half a meter shorter

a éste ponle dos cucharadas menos add two tablespoonfuls less to this one

menos (…) QUE:

tengo menos tiempo que tú I haven't as o so much time as you

menos estudiantes que el año pasado fewer students than last year

somos menos que ellos there are fewer of us than them

no soy menos hombre que él I'm no less a man than him

yo no soy menos que él he's no better than me

B [ Grammar notes (Spanish) ] (superlativo) (en cantidad) least; (en número) fewest

el rincón donde hay menos luz the corner where there's least light

el partido que obtuvo menos votos the party that got (the) fewest votes

esos casos son los menos cases like that are the exception

menos³

pronoun

A

sírveme menos don't give me as o so much

ya falta menos it won't be long now

aprobaron menos que el año pasado not so o as many passed as last year, fewer passed than last year

B ( en locs):

al menos at least

a menos que unless

a menos que tú nos ayudes unless you help us

cuando menos at least

de menos: me ha dado 100 pesos de menos you've given me 100 pesos too little

siempre te da unos gramos de menos he always gives you a few grams under o too little

me has cobrado de menos you've undercharged me, you haven't charged me enough

echar

lo menos ( fam); at least

les pagaron lo menos un millón they paid them at least a million pesos

menos mal just as well

menos mal que no me oyó just as well o good thing o thank goodness he didn't hear me

nos van a dar una prórroga — ¡menos mal! they are going to give us extra time — just as well! o thank goodness for that!

por lo menos at least

si por lo menos me hubieras avisado … if you'd at least told me …

había por lo menos diez mil personas there were at least ten thousand people there

ir a menos to go downhill

ser lo de menos: eso es lo de menos, a mí lo que me preocupa es su falta de honradez that's the least of it, what worries me is his lack of integrity

la fecha es lo de menos the date is the least of our/their problems

tener a algn en menos to feel sb is beneath one

cuanto¹ (↑ cuanto (1)), más³ (↑ más (3)), mucho³ (↑ mucho (3)), nada¹ (↑ nada (1))

tener algo a menos to think sth is beneath one o beneath one's dignity

venirse a menos to come down in the world

un aristócrata venido a menos an aristocrat who has come down in the world o who has fallen on hard times

un hotel/barrio venido a menoss a rundown hotel/neighborhood*

menos⁴

prep

A

(excepto): firmaron todos menos Alonso everybody but Alonso signed, everybody signed except o but Alonso

menos estos dos, todos están en venta apart from o with the exception of these two, they are all for sale

tres latas de pintura, menos la que usé para la puerta three cans of paint, less what I used on the door

B

1 ( Mat) [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] (en restas, números negativos) minus

8-15=-7 read as: ocho menos quince (es) igual (a) menos siete eight minus fifteen equals o is minus seven

2

(Esp, RPI) (en la hora) [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] son las ocho menos diez/cuarto it's ten to eight/(a) quarter to eight

¿tienes hora? — menos veinte do you have the time? — it's twenty to

menos⁵

masculine

minus sign

* * *

menos adverbio
1 ( comparativo) less;
◊ cada vez estudia menos she's studying less and less;

ya me duele menos it hurts less now;
ahora lo vemos menos we don't see him so often now, we don't see so much of him now;
pesa menos de 50 kilos it weighs less than o under 50 kilos;
éramos menos de diez there were fewer than ten of us;
los niños de menos de 7 años children under seven
2 ( superlativo) least;
◊ es la menos complicada it is the least complicated one;

el que menos me gusta the one I like (the) least;
se esfuerza lo menos posible he makes as little effort as possible;
cuando menos lo esperaba when I was least expecting it
■ adjetivo invariable
1 ( comparativo) ( en cantidad) less;
( en número) fewer;
◊ alimentos con menos fibra/calorías food with less fiber/fewer calories;

hay menos errores there are fewer mistakes;
mide medio metro menos it's half a meter shorter;
menos estudiantes que el año pasado fewer students than last year;
tengo menos tiempo que tú I haven't as o so much time as you
2 ( superlativo) ( en cantidad) least;
( en número) fewest;
◊ donde hay menos luz where there's least light;

el que obtuvo menos votos the one who got (the) fewest votes
■ pronombre
1 ( en cantidad) less;
( en número) fewer;
◊ sírveme menos give me less;

ya falta menos it won't be long now
2 ( en locs)
◊ al menos at least;

a menos que unless;
cuando menos at least;
de menos: me dió 100 pesos de menos he gave me 100 pesos too little;
me cobró de menos he undercharged me;
lo menos the least;
menos mal just as well, thank goodness;
por lo menos at least;
eso es lo de menos that's the least of my (o our etc) problems
■ preposición
1 ( excepto):
◊ todos menos Alonso everybody except o but Alonso;

menos estos dos, … apart from o with the exception of these two, …;
tres latas de pintura, menos la que usé para la puerta three cans of paint, less what I used on the door
2
a) (Mat) (en restas, números negativos) minus

b) (Esp, RPl) ( en la hora):

◊ son las cinco menos diez/cuarto it's ten to five/(a) quarter to five;

son menos veinte it's twenty to
menos
I adverbio
1 (en menor cantidad, grado) (con no contable) less: ayer me dolía menos, it hurt less yesterday
había menos de treinta personas, there were less than thirty people
es menos importante de lo que crees, it's less important than you think
tengo menos fuerza que antes, I have less strength than before
(con contable) fewer: mi casa tiene menos habitaciones, my house has fewer rooms
2 (superlativo) least: es el menos indicado para opinar, he's the worst person to judge
3 (sobre todo) no pienso discutir, y menos contigo, I don't want to argue, especially with you
II preposición
1 but, except: vinieron todos menos uno, they all came but one
2 Mat minus: siete menos dos, seven minus two
♦ Locuciones: eso es lo de menos, that's the least of it
a menos que, unless
al o por lo menos, at least
cada vez menos, less and less
¡menos mal!, thank goodness!
nada menos que, no less o no fewer than
no ser para menos, to be the least one could do: me invitó a cenar, ¡y no era para menos!, he invited me to dinner, which was the least he could do!
venir a menos, to lose rank, fortune or position
' menos' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aliviar
- añorar
- cachondeo
- cada
- cantar
- contratación
- cuando
- echar
- esquivar
- estar
- extrañar
- gallo
- hipar
- historiada
- historiado
- indicada
- indicado
- infarto
- los
- mal
- más
- mucha
- mucho
- pensar
- piedra
- programa
- recochineo
- salva
- salvo
- signo
- siquiera
- su
- tan
- todavía
- vez
- cinco
- costumbre
- cuanto
- cuarto
- de
- día
- enfado
- enojo
- entre
- esperar
- estofado
- mientras
- mirar
- momento
- nada
English:
about
- absent
- agree
- alone
- anything
- anywhere
- appreciate
- at
- averse
- barring
- besides
- billion
- blind
- blue
- border
- but
- cackle
- chalk
- circuitous
- conscious
- delay
- far
- ferment
- few
- god
- good
- if
- job
- just
- last
- least
- less
- let
- let up
- mind
- minus
- minus sign
- minute
- miss
- more
- nothing
- nowadays
- of
- opposed
- or
- pretty
- put down
- rate
- recollect
- remain

* * *

menos

♦ adj inv

1. [comparativo] [cantidad] less;
[número] fewer;
menos aire less air;

menos manzanas fewer apples;

menos… que… less/fewer… than…;

tiene menos experiencia que tú she has less experience than you;

vino menos gente que otras veces there were fewer people there than on other occasions;

hace menos calor que ayer it's not as hot as it was yesterday;

colócate a menos distancia stand closer;

eran menos pero mejor preparadas there were fewer of them, but they were better prepared

2. [superlativo] [cantidad] the least;
[número] the fewest;
el que compró menos libros the one who bought the fewest books;

lo que menos tiempo llevó the thing that took the least time;

la que menos nota sacó en el examen the girl who did (the) worst o got the worst Br marks o US grades in the exam

3. Fam [peor]
éste es menos coche que el mío this car isn't as good as mine;

es menos hombre que tú he's less of a man than you are

♦ adv

1. [comparativo] less;

a mí échame un poco menos give me a bit less;

ahora con el bebé salen menos they go out less now they've got the baby;

últimamente trabajo menos I haven't been working as o so much recently;

estás menos gordo you're not as o so fat;

¿a cien? no, íbamos menos rápido a hundred km/h? no, we weren't going as fast as that;

menos de/que less than;

Pepe es menos alto (que tú) Pepe isn't as tall (as you);

Pepe es menos ambicioso (que tú) Pepe isn't as ambitious (as you), Pepe is less ambitious (than you);

este vino me gusta menos (que el otro) I don't like this wine as much (as the other one), I like this wine less (than the other one);

son menos de las diez it's not quite ten o'clock yet;

es difícil encontrar alquileres de o [m5]por menos de 50.000 it's hard to find a place to rent for less than o under 50,000;

tardamos menos de lo esperado we took less time than expected, it didn't take us as long as we expected;

es menos complicado de lo que parece it's not as complicated as it seems, it's less complicated than it seems

2. [superlativo]
el/la/lo menos the least;

ella es la menos adecuada para el cargo she's the least suitable person for the job;

el menos preparado de todos/de la clase the least well trained of everyone/in the class;

el menos preparado de los dos the less well trained of the two;

la que menos trabaja the person o one who works (the) least;

aquí es donde menos me duele this is where it hurts (the) least;

él es el menos indicado para criticar he's the last person who should be criticizing;

es lo menos que puedo hacer it's the least I can do;

era lo menos que te podía pasar it was the least you could expect;

debió costar lo menos un millón it must have cost at least a million;

había algunas manzanas podridas, pero eran las menos some of the apples were rotten, but only a very few

3. [indica resta] minus;

tres menos dos igual a uno three minus two is one

4. Esp, RP [con las horas] to;

son las dos menos diez it's ten to two;

son menos diez it's ten to

5. Comp

ir a menos [fiebre, lluvia] to die down;
[delincuencia] to drop;
¡menos mal! just as well!, thank God!;

menos mal que llevo rueda de repuesto/que no te pasó nada thank God I've got a spare wheel/(that) nothing happened to you;

nada menos (que) no less (than);

le recibió nada menos que el Papa he was received by none other than the Pope;

no es para menos not without (good) reason;

no pude por menos que reírme I had to laugh;

venir a menos [negocio] to go downhill;
[persona] to go down in the world;
no pienso montar y menos si conduces o Am [m5] manejas tú I've no intention of getting in, much less so if you're driving;

Comp

hacer de menos a alguien to snub sb

♦ pron

había menos que el año pasado there were fewer than the previous year;

ya queda menos it's not so far to go now

♦ nm inv
Mat minus (sign)
♦ prep
[excepto] except (for);
todo menos eso anything but that;

vinieron todos menos él everyone came except (for) o but him;

menos el café, todo está incluido en el precio everything except the coffee is included in the price

♦ al menos loc conj

at least;

costará al menos tres millones it will cost at least three million;

dame al menos una hora para prepararme give me at least an hour to get ready

♦ a menos que loc conj

unless;

no iré a menos que me acompañes I won't go unless you come with me

♦ de menos loc adv

hay dos libros de menos there are two books missing;

me han dado 80 céntimos de menos they've given me 80 cents too little, they've short-changed me by 80 cents;

eso es lo de menos that's the least of it

♦ por lo menos loc adv

at least;

por lo menos pide perdón you at least ought to apologize

* * *

menos

I adj

1 en cantidad less;

cien dólares de menos 100 dollars short, 100 dollars too little;

hay cinco calcetines de menos we are five socks short

2 en número fewer

II adv

1 comp: en cantidad less;

es menos guapa que Ana she is not as pretty as Ana

2 sup: en cantidad least;

al menos, por lo menos at least

3 MAT minus;

tres menos dos three minus two

III m MAT minus (sign)

IV

:

a menos que unless;

todos menos yo everyone but o except me;

echar de menos miss;

tener a alguien en menos look down on s.o.;

eso es lo de menos that’s the least of it;

ir a menos come down in the world;

ni mucho menos far from it;

no es para menos quite right too;

son las dos menos diez it’s ten of two, Br it’s ten to two

* * *

menos adv

1) : less

llueve menos en agosto: it rains less in August

2) : least

el coche menos caro: the least expensive car

3)

menos de : less than, fewer than

menos adj

1) : less, fewer

tengo más trabajo y menos tiempo: I have more work and less time

2) : least, fewest

la clase que tiene menos estudiantes: the class that has the fewest students

menos prep

1) salvo, excepto: except

2) : minus

quince menos cuatro son once: fifteen minus four is eleven

menos pron

1) : less, fewer

no deberías aceptar menos: you shouldn't accept less

2)

al menos or

por lo menos : at least

3)

a menos que : unless

* * *

menos¹ adv

1. (comparativo) less

deberías ponerte menos azúcar you should take less sugar

2. (con nombres contables) fewer

había menos gente there were fewer people

3. (superlativo) least

es el menos caro it's the least expensive

4. (excepto) except

puedo hacer de todo menos cocinar I can do everything except cook

fueron todos al parque menos ella they all went to the park except her

5. (con la hora) to

son las ocho menos diez it's ten to eight

6. (en matemáticas) minus

ocho menos dos son seis eight minus two is six

al menos at least

a menos que unless

menos mal thank goodness

menos mal que has venido it's a good job you've come

por lo menos at least

menos² n minus sign

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