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41 dormido
adj.1 asleep, fast asleep, sleeping.2 sleeping, latent.past part.past participle of spanish verb: dormir.* * *► adjetivo1 asleep2 (soñoliento) sleepy■ tengo el brazo dormido my arm has gone numb, my arm has gone to sleep\* * *(f. - dormida)adj.* * *ADJ1) [persona]¿es que estás dormido o qué? — are you asleep or what?
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hablar dormido — to talk in one's sleep•
andaba medio dormido por la calle — he walked down the street half asleep•
quedarse dormido — to fall asleepse está quedando dormido — he's dropping off, he's falling asleep
2) [pierna, brazo]* * *- da adjetivoa) ( durmiendo) asleepestar/quedarse dormido — to be/to fall asleep
b) (fam) ( distraído) half asleepc) ( sin sensibilidad)* * *= asleep, dulled, slumbering.Ex. Sleep is the simplest category to deal with as the person asleep is unconscious and can be said therefore to be inactive.Ex. Adolescents cannot be led so easily, so unselfconsciously as children, and disenchantment can be a door that closes tight against attempts to reinvigorate dulled literary receptivity.Ex. And we have the slumbering behemoth: the vast quantity of researchers who don't understand the system and don't care.----* caminar dormido = sleep-walking, sleep walk.* correrse dormido = wet dream.* dejar dormido = put + Nombre + to sleep.* hacer que Uno se quede dormido = put + Nombre + to sleep.* mecer a Alguien hasta que quede dormido = rock + Nombre + to sleep.* medio dormido = drowsily, groggily, groggy [groggier -comp., groggiest -sup.].* quedarse dormido = fall + asleep, doze off, nod off, drop off to + sleep, go to + sleep.* quedarse dormido al volante = fall + asleep at the wheel.* * *- da adjetivoa) ( durmiendo) asleepestar/quedarse dormido — to be/to fall asleep
b) (fam) ( distraído) half asleepc) ( sin sensibilidad)* * *= asleep, dulled, slumbering.Ex: Sleep is the simplest category to deal with as the person asleep is unconscious and can be said therefore to be inactive.
Ex: Adolescents cannot be led so easily, so unselfconsciously as children, and disenchantment can be a door that closes tight against attempts to reinvigorate dulled literary receptivity.Ex: And we have the slumbering behemoth: the vast quantity of researchers who don't understand the system and don't care.* caminar dormido = sleep-walking, sleep walk.* correrse dormido = wet dream.* dejar dormido = put + Nombre + to sleep.* hacer que Uno se quede dormido = put + Nombre + to sleep.* mecer a Alguien hasta que quede dormido = rock + Nombre + to sleep.* medio dormido = drowsily, groggily, groggy [groggier -comp., groggiest -sup.].* quedarse dormido = fall + asleep, doze off, nod off, drop off to + sleep, go to + sleep.* quedarse dormido al volante = fall + asleep at the wheel.* * *dormido -da1 (durmiendo) asleepestá dormido he's asleepse quedó dormido enseguida he fell asleep immediatelyme quedé dormido y perdí el tren I overslept o ( AmE) I slept in and missed the trainestoy medio dormido I'm half asleep2 ( fam) (distraído) half asleep3 ‹pie/brazo›tengo la pierna dormida my leg's gone to sleep ( colloq)* * *
Del verbo dormir: ( conjugate dormir)
dormido es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
dormido
dormir
dormido◊ -da adjetivo
◊ estar/quedarse dormido to be/to fall asleepb) ( sin sensibilidad):◊ tengo la pierna dormida my leg's gone to sleep (colloq);
ver tb dormir
dormir ( conjugate dormir) verbo intransitivo
to sleep;
dormimos en un hotel we spent the night in a hotel;
durmió de un tirón she slept right through (the night);
se fue a dormido temprano he went off to bed early, he had an early night;
dormido a pierna suelta (fam) to sleep the sleep of the dead;
dormido como un lirón or tronco to sleep like a log (colloq)
verbo transitivo
◊ sus clases me duermen his classes send o put me to sleep
c)◊ dormido la siesta to have a siesta o nap
dormirse verbo pronominal
( lograr conciliar el sueño) to get to sleep;◊ casi me duermo en la clase I almost fell asleep o (colloq) dropped off in class
d) (fam) (distraerse, descuidarse):
dormido,-a adjetivo
1 asleep: me quedé dormido en el sillón, I fell asleep in the armchair ➣ Ver nota en asleep 2 (no despertarse a tiempo) llegó tarde porque se quedó dormido, he was late because he overslept
3 (pierna, brazo) numb
dormir
I verbo intransitivo to sleep: el niño tiene ganas de dormir, the baby is feeling sleepy
II verbo transitivo dormir una siesta, to have a nap
♦ Locuciones: dormir como un tronco/ceporro/leño, to sleep like a log
dormirla o dormir la mona, to sleep it off
' dormido' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
deber
- despierta
- despierto
- dormida
- estar
- frita
- frito
- hormigueo
- no
- reposar
- runrún
- soñar
- automático
- cabezada
- dormir
- quedar
English:
asleep
- conk out
- dead
- doze off
- drop off
- fast
- nod off
- numb
- oversleep
- pretend
- sleep-walk
- sound
- doze
- drop
- over
- sleep
- sleepwalk
* * *dormido, -a adj1. [persona] [durmiendo] asleep;estar/quedarse dormido to be/fall asleep;me quedé dormido y llegué tarde a clase I overslept and arrived late for class2. [persona] [despistado] half asleep;¿estás dormido o qué? are you asleep or what?* * *adj asleep;quedarse dormido fall asleep* * *dormido, -da adj1) : asleep2) : numbtiene el pie dormido: her foot's numb, her foot's gone to sleep* * *dormido adj asleepquedarse dormido (dormirse) to fall asleep [pt. fell; pp. fallen] (no despertarse) to oversleep [pt. y pp. overslept] -
42 démodé
ADJ démodé, passé* * *= passé.Ex. By conscious or unconscious fixation on this single, already passé, facet of data processing technology we risk totally ignoring the other functions of a catalog.* * *= passé.Ex: By conscious or unconscious fixation on this single, already passé, facet of data processing technology we risk totally ignoring the other functions of a catalog.
* * *( fam); passé* * *demodé adj invFam unfashionable, Br untrendy -
43 empecinamiento
m.stubbornness.* * *SM stubbornness, pig-headedness* * ** * *= fixation.Ex. By conscious or unconscious fixation on this single, already passé, facet of data processing technology we risk totally ignoring the other functions of a catalog.* * ** * *= fixation.Ex: By conscious or unconscious fixation on this single, already passé, facet of data processing technology we risk totally ignoring the other functions of a catalog.
* * *(terquedad) stubbornness; (determinación) determination* * *1. [tozudez] stubbornness2. [empeño] determination -
44 en carnavales
Ex. The author shows that manufactured practical jokes such as the whoopie cushion, squirting flower and fake animal feces are being used, carnivalistically and humorously, as a conscious and unconscious comment on larger social situations.* * *Ex: The author shows that manufactured practical jokes such as the whoopie cushion, squirting flower and fake animal feces are being used, carnivalistically and humorously, as a conscious and unconscious comment on larger social situations.
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45 en la feria
Ex. The author shows that manufactured practical jokes such as the whoopie cushion, squirting flower and fake animal feces are being used, carnivalistically and humorously, as a conscious and unconscious comment on larger social situations.* * *Ex: The author shows that manufactured practical jokes such as the whoopie cushion, squirting flower and fake animal feces are being used, carnivalistically and humorously, as a conscious and unconscious comment on larger social situations.
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46 en tiempo de carnaval
Ex. The author shows that manufactured practical jokes such as the whoopie cushion, squirting flower and fake animal feces are being used, carnivalistically and humorously, as a conscious and unconscious comment on larger social situations.* * *Ex: The author shows that manufactured practical jokes such as the whoopie cushion, squirting flower and fake animal feces are being used, carnivalistically and humorously, as a conscious and unconscious comment on larger social situations.
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47 en tiempo de feria
Ex. The author shows that manufactured practical jokes such as the whoopie cushion, squirting flower and fake animal feces are being used, carnivalistically and humorously, as a conscious and unconscious comment on larger social situations.* * *Ex: The author shows that manufactured practical jokes such as the whoopie cushion, squirting flower and fake animal feces are being used, carnivalistically and humorously, as a conscious and unconscious comment on larger social situations.
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48 en época de carnaval
Ex. The author shows that manufactured practical jokes such as the whoopie cushion, squirting flower and fake animal feces are being used, carnivalistically and humorously, as a conscious and unconscious comment on larger social situations.* * *Ex: The author shows that manufactured practical jokes such as the whoopie cushion, squirting flower and fake animal feces are being used, carnivalistically and humorously, as a conscious and unconscious comment on larger social situations.
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49 en época de feria
Ex. The author shows that manufactured practical jokes such as the whoopie cushion, squirting flower and fake animal feces are being used, carnivalistically and humorously, as a conscious and unconscious comment on larger social situations.* * *Ex: The author shows that manufactured practical jokes such as the whoopie cushion, squirting flower and fake animal feces are being used, carnivalistically and humorously, as a conscious and unconscious comment on larger social situations.
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50 flor que echa un chorro de agua
(n.) = squirting flowerEx. The author shows that manufactured practical jokes such as the whoopie cushion, squirting flower and fake animal feces are being used, carnivalistically and humorously, as a conscious and unconscious comment on larger social situations.* * *(n.) = squirting flowerEx: The author shows that manufactured practical jokes such as the whoopie cushion, squirting flower and fake animal feces are being used, carnivalistically and humorously, as a conscious and unconscious comment on larger social situations.
Spanish-English dictionary > flor que echa un chorro de agua
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51 frutero
adj.fruit-eating.m.1 fruit bowl, fruit basket, fruit dish, fruit piece.2 fruit seller, fruit merchant, fruit retailer, fruiterer.* * *► adjetivo1 fruit► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 fruit seller, fruiterer1 fruit dish, fruit bowl————————1 fruit dish, fruit bowl* * *frutero, -a1.ADJ fruit antes de s2.SM / F (=persona) fruiterer, greengrocer, grocer (EEUU)3.SM (=recipiente) fruit dish, fruit bowl; (=cesta) fruit basket* * *I- ra adjetivo fruit (before n)II- ra masculino, femenino1) ( vendedor) fruit seller, greengrocer (BrE)2) frutero masculino ( recipiente) fruit bowl* * *= fruit vendor.Ex. He had been trying to help a local fruit vendor who was beaten unconscious for operating without a license by a security guard.* * *I- ra adjetivo fruit (before n)II- ra masculino, femenino1) ( vendedor) fruit seller, greengrocer (BrE)2) frutero masculino ( recipiente) fruit bowl* * *= fruit vendor.Ex: He had been trying to help a local fruit vendor who was beaten unconscious for operating without a license by a security guard.
* * *fruit ( before n)masculine, feminineB* * *
frutero 1
frutero 2 sustantivo masculino ( recipiente) fruit bowl
frutero,-a
I m,f GB fruiterer, US fruit seller: he comprado unos albaricoques dulcísimos al frutero, I bought some very sweet apricots at the fruiterer's
II sustantivo masculino fruit bowl
' frutero' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
frutera
English:
greengrocer
- bowl
* * *frutero, -a♦ nm,f[persona] fruit seller, Br fruiterer♦ nm[recipiente] fruit bowl* * *I adj fruit atrII m fruit bowl* * *frutero n1. (persona) greengrocer2. (recipiente) fruit bowl -
52 hermenéutica
adj.&f.feminine of HERMENÉUTICO.f.hermeneutics.* * *1 hermeneutics* * *SF hermeneutics sing* * *= hermeneutics.Ex. Hermeneutics states that the message of the literary text lies above the lexical and syntactic levels in the creative unconscious of the gifted individuals.* * *= hermeneutics.Ex: Hermeneutics states that the message of the literary text lies above the lexical and syntactic levels in the creative unconscious of the gifted individuals.
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53 humorísticamente
adv.humorously, jocosely.* * *ADV humorously* * *= humorously.Ex. The author shows that manufactured practical jokes such as the whoopie cushion, squirting flower and fake animal feces are being used, carnivalistically and humorously, as a conscious and unconscious comment on larger social situations.----* decir humorísticamente = quip.* * *= humorously.Ex: The author shows that manufactured practical jokes such as the whoopie cushion, squirting flower and fake animal feces are being used, carnivalistically and humorously, as a conscious and unconscious comment on larger social situations.
* decir humorísticamente = quip.* * *humorously* * *humorísticamente advhumorously -
54 inactivo
adj.1 inactive, idle, inert, dormant.2 lazy, idle.3 inactive, fallow.4 unemployed, jobless, out of a job.5 inactive.6 latent, torpent.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: inactivar.* * *► adjetivo1 inactive* * *(f. - inactiva)adj.inactive, idle* * *inactivo, -a1. ADJ1) [persona] (=sin actividad) inactive; (=perezoso) idle2) [volcán] dormant, inactive3) (Com, Econ) [mercado] sluggish; [población] non-working2.SM / F* * *- va adjetivoa) <persona/máquina> inactive, idleb) < volcán> inactive, dormant* * *= dormant, stagnant, inactive.Ex. It is undeniable that the ripest crop of unrecognised great inventors, long-lost heirs to dormant peerages, and assorted harmless drudges is to be gathered in the great general libraries of our major cities.Ex. Rejuvenation of listless, stagnant, or failing library operations is possible through renewal methods dependent on strengthening the communication function.Ex. Sleep is the simplest category to deal with as the person asleep is unconscious and can be said therefore to be inactive.----* colección inactiva = inactive collection.* estar inactivo = lie + fallow.* permanecer inactivo = go + dormant, lie + dormant.* publicación seriada inactiva = inactive serial.* * *- va adjetivoa) <persona/máquina> inactive, idleb) < volcán> inactive, dormant* * *= dormant, stagnant, inactive.Ex: It is undeniable that the ripest crop of unrecognised great inventors, long-lost heirs to dormant peerages, and assorted harmless drudges is to be gathered in the great general libraries of our major cities.
Ex: Rejuvenation of listless, stagnant, or failing library operations is possible through renewal methods dependent on strengthening the communication function.Ex: Sleep is the simplest category to deal with as the person asleep is unconscious and can be said therefore to be inactive.* colección inactiva = inactive collection.* estar inactivo = lie + fallow.* permanecer inactivo = go + dormant, lie + dormant.* publicación seriada inactiva = inactive serial.* * *inactivo -va1 ‹persona› inactivela maquinaria se halla inactiva desde hace más de dos meses the machinery has been inactive o has been standing idle for more than two months2 ‹volcán› inactive, dormant* * *
Del verbo inactivar: ( conjugate inactivar)
inactivo es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
inactivó es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
inactivar
inactivo
inactivo◊ -va adjetivo
inactive
inactivo,-a adjetivo inactive
' inactivo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
inactiva
- ociosa
- ocioso
English:
action
- dormant
- inactive
- lethargic
* * *inactivo, -a adj1. [persona] inactive2. [mercado] sluggish, flat3. [volcán] inactive, dormant* * *adj inactive* * *inactivo, -va adj: inactive, idle -
55 inocentada
f.1 practical joke, trick.hacerle una inocentada a alguien to play a trick o practical joke on somebody2 prank, practical joke, April Fools' joke, leg-pull.* * *1 practical joke\gastarle la inocentada a alguien to play a practical joke on somebody, play a trick on somebody* * *SF1) practical joke, April Fool jokeSee:ver nota culturelle DÍA DE LOS (SANTOS) INOCENTES in inocente2) (=simpleza) (=dicho) naïve remark; (=error) blunder* * *femenino ≈April Fools' joke ( played on 28 December)gastarle or hacerle inocentadas a alguien — to play practical jokes on somebody
* * *Ex. The author shows that manufactured practical jokes such as the whoopie cushion, squirting flower and fake animal feces are being used, carnivalistically and humorously, as a conscious and unconscious comment on larger social situations.* * *femenino ≈April Fools' joke ( played on 28 December)gastarle or hacerle inocentadas a alguien — to play practical jokes on somebody
* * *Ex: The author shows that manufactured practical jokes such as the whoopie cushion, squirting flower and fake animal feces are being used, carnivalistically and humorously, as a conscious and unconscious comment on larger social situations.
* * *≈ April Fools' joke ( played on 28 December)gastarle or hacerle inocentadas a algn to play practical jokes on sb* * *
inocentada sustantivo femenino ≈ April Fools' joke ( played on 28 December);
gastarle or hacerle inocentadas a algn to play practical jokes on sb
inocentada f fam practical joke
(en el día de los Santos Inocentes) April Fool's joke: este año le haremos una inocentada a Ernesto, this year we'll play an April Fool's joke on Ernesto
El día de los Santos Inocentes (28 de diciembre) tiene su equivalente anglosajón en el April Fool's Day (1.º de abril).
' inocentada' also found in these entries:
English:
practical joke
* * *inocentada nfpractical joke, trick [played on 28th December], ≈ April Fool's joke;hacerle una inocentada a alguien to play a practical joke o trick on sb* * *f practical joke (played esp on December 28)* * *inocentada n practical joke -
56 montar en bici
(v.) = bike, ride + a bikeEx. The main reason he wimped out was that he had a cheap bike that didn't gear properly, and made it extremely hard to bike efficiently.Ex. A 22-year-old man was knocked unconscious in an attack while riding his bike late at night.* * *(v.) = bike, ride + a bikeEx: The main reason he wimped out was that he had a cheap bike that didn't gear properly, and made it extremely hard to bike efficiently.
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57 montar en bicicleta
* * *(v.) = biking, cycle, ride + a bikeEx. Outdoor enthusiasts may enjoy horseback riding, hiking, biking, birding and swimming, plus golf nearby.Ex. Her experiences in Namibia involved cycling along dirt roads through the bush to village schools in order to read stories and help children make their own books = Sus experiencias en Namibia supusieron ir en bicicleta por caminos de tierra por el campo a las escuelas de las aldeas para leer cuentos y ayudar a los niños a hacer sus propios libros.Ex. A 22-year-old man was knocked unconscious in an attack while riding his bike late at night.* * *(v.) = biking, cycle, ride + a bikeEx: Outdoor enthusiasts may enjoy horseback riding, hiking, biking, birding and swimming, plus golf nearby.
Ex: Her experiences in Namibia involved cycling along dirt roads through the bush to village schools in order to read stories and help children make their own books = Sus experiencias en Namibia supusieron ir en bicicleta por caminos de tierra por el campo a las escuelas de las aldeas para leer cuentos y ayudar a los niños a hacer sus propios libros.Ex: A 22-year-old man was knocked unconscious in an attack while riding his bike late at night. -
58 obsesión
f.1 obsession, compulsion, fixedness.2 fixed idea, fixation.* * *1 obsession* * *noun f.* * *SF obsession* * *femenino obsessiontenía la obsesión de que... — she was obsessed with the idea that...
* * *= compulsion, obsession, infatuation (with), fixation.Ex. A stickler for details, sometimes to the point of compulsion, Edmonds was deemed a fortuitous choice to head the monumental reorganization process.Ex. The article concludes that the recent obsession with image and stereotype extends beyond librarianship.Ex. His gushing evaluations of MacDonald's performances suggest that he has never recovered from a youthful infatuation with the star.Ex. By conscious or unconscious fixation on this single, already passé, facet of data processing technology we risk totally ignoring the other functions of a catalog.----* tener obsesión con = be hipped (on/to), get hipped (on/to).* * *femenino obsessiontenía la obsesión de que... — she was obsessed with the idea that...
* * *= compulsion, obsession, infatuation (with), fixation.Ex: A stickler for details, sometimes to the point of compulsion, Edmonds was deemed a fortuitous choice to head the monumental reorganization process.
Ex: The article concludes that the recent obsession with image and stereotype extends beyond librarianship.Ex: His gushing evaluations of MacDonald's performances suggest that he has never recovered from a youthful infatuation with the star.Ex: By conscious or unconscious fixation on this single, already passé, facet of data processing technology we risk totally ignoring the other functions of a catalog.* tener obsesión con = be hipped (on/to), get hipped (on/to).* * *obsessionse había convertido en una obsesión para él it had become an obsession with himtenía la obsesión de que moriría joven she was obsessed with the idea that she would die young* * *
obsesión sustantivo femenino
obsession
obsesión sustantivo femenino obsession
' obsesión' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
manía
English:
bug
- compulsion
- get under
- obsession
- fixation
- preoccupation
* * *obsesión nfobsession;tiene la obsesión de que va a suceder de nuevo he's obsessed with the idea that it's going to happen again* * *f obsession* * ** * *obsesión n obsession -
59 obsoleto
adj.obsolete, outdated, antiquated, old-fashioned.* * *► adjetivo1 obsolete* * *ADJ obsolete* * *- ta adjetivo obsolete* * *= anachronistic, obsolete, outdated [out-dated], outmoded, redundant, out of touch with + reality, timed, passé, out of vogue, out of fashion, out of style, dated, byzantine, moth-eaten, mothy [mothier -comp., mothiest -sup.], musty [mustier -comp., mustiest -sup.], long in the tooth.Ex. We might all easily agree that LITERATURE, IMMORAL is not particularly descriptive of, and an anachronistic euphemism for, PORNOGRAPHY.Ex. To remove obsolete fine records from the online system, there is a programm to find all fines paid before a particular date and to remove them.Ex. For example, the outdated subject heading 'Female emancipation' could be changed to the newer term 'Women's liberation' with this function.Ex. With computerization some libraries took the opportunity to replace outmoded abstracts bulletins with SDI services.Ex. The card-based systems in which post-coordinate indexing was first conceived are more-or-less redundant.Ex. Some librarians seem to be out of touch with reality.Ex. Librarians need to be vociferous about achievements and services offered in order to dispel ideas about the stereotype librarian, timed and out of touch with contemporary society.Ex. By conscious or unconscious fixation on this single, already passé, facet of data processing technology we risk totally ignoring the other functions of a catalog.Ex. In general, however, the author's approach to his comparative method -- that comparativism is out of vogue -- is rather parochial.Ex. Abstract art has lately been considered out of fashion in the art centers of New York.Ex. Ten years ago ambition abounded; now risk-taking is out of style and vanguardism has been dampened by a pervasive enthusiasm for the past.Ex. Now, many of these libraries find that their systems are dangerously dated.Ex. Those elderly bureaucrats and their byzantine procedures are cherished by the customers, who tend to be uninterested in the arcane details of 'digital,' and so are relentlessly passé themselves.Ex. He said: 'The outer shell of democracy is, no doubt, intact but it appears to be moth-eaten from inside'.Ex. So, he cleaned the bird cage from top to bottom and threw out all the mothy bird seed.Ex. Only if we continuously redefine our goals in accordance with the developments in our societies will we remain dynamic libraries and not turn into musty institutions.Ex. Training would be needed for the reception staff, who all said they were a bit long in the tooth for learning how to use a computer.----* hacer que sea obsoleto = render + obsolete, render + redundant.* quedarse obsoleto = be overtaken by events, outgrow.* volverse obsoleto = go out of + date, become + obsolete, go out of + fashion, obsolesce.* * *- ta adjetivo obsolete* * *= anachronistic, obsolete, outdated [out-dated], outmoded, redundant, out of touch with + reality, timed, passé, out of vogue, out of fashion, out of style, dated, byzantine, moth-eaten, mothy [mothier -comp., mothiest -sup.], musty [mustier -comp., mustiest -sup.], long in the tooth.Ex: We might all easily agree that LITERATURE, IMMORAL is not particularly descriptive of, and an anachronistic euphemism for, PORNOGRAPHY.
Ex: To remove obsolete fine records from the online system, there is a programm to find all fines paid before a particular date and to remove them.Ex: For example, the outdated subject heading 'Female emancipation' could be changed to the newer term 'Women's liberation' with this function.Ex: With computerization some libraries took the opportunity to replace outmoded abstracts bulletins with SDI services.Ex: The card-based systems in which post-coordinate indexing was first conceived are more-or-less redundant.Ex: Some librarians seem to be out of touch with reality.Ex: Librarians need to be vociferous about achievements and services offered in order to dispel ideas about the stereotype librarian, timed and out of touch with contemporary society.Ex: By conscious or unconscious fixation on this single, already passé, facet of data processing technology we risk totally ignoring the other functions of a catalog.Ex: In general, however, the author's approach to his comparative method -- that comparativism is out of vogue -- is rather parochial.Ex: Abstract art has lately been considered out of fashion in the art centers of New York.Ex: Ten years ago ambition abounded; now risk-taking is out of style and vanguardism has been dampened by a pervasive enthusiasm for the past.Ex: Now, many of these libraries find that their systems are dangerously dated.Ex: Those elderly bureaucrats and their byzantine procedures are cherished by the customers, who tend to be uninterested in the arcane details of 'digital,' and so are relentlessly passé themselves.Ex: He said: 'The outer shell of democracy is, no doubt, intact but it appears to be moth-eaten from inside'.Ex: So, he cleaned the bird cage from top to bottom and threw out all the mothy bird seed.Ex: Only if we continuously redefine our goals in accordance with the developments in our societies will we remain dynamic libraries and not turn into musty institutions.Ex: Training would be needed for the reception staff, who all said they were a bit long in the tooth for learning how to use a computer.* hacer que sea obsoleto = render + obsolete, render + redundant.* quedarse obsoleto = be overtaken by events, outgrow.* volverse obsoleto = go out of + date, become + obsolete, go out of + fashion, obsolesce.* * *obsoleto -taobsolete* * *
obsoleto◊ -ta adjetivo
obsolete
obsoleto,-a adjetivo obsolete: ese sistema de riego ha quedado obsoleto, this irrigation system is obsolete
' obsoleto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
obsoleta
- usía
English:
dated
- obsolete
- outdated
* * *obsoleto, -a adjobsolete;este uso ha quedado obsoleto this usage has become obsolete* * *adj obsolete* * *obsoleto, -ta adjdesusado: obsolete -
60 otorgar un premio
(v.) = give + an award, grant + an awardEx. A police dog strangled and left unconscious as he helped make an arrest has been given an award.Ex. In granting the award, Committee praised the Agency 'for their efforts to prevent nuclear energy from being used'.* * *(v.) = give + an award, grant + an awardEx: A police dog strangled and left unconscious as he helped make an arrest has been given an award.
Ex: In granting the award, Committee praised the Agency 'for their efforts to prevent nuclear energy from being used'.
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Unconscious-ly — Unconscious Un*con scious, a. 1. Not conscious; having no consciousness or power of mental perception; without cerebral appreciation; hence, not knowing or regarding; ignorant; as, an unconscious man. Cowper. [1913 Webster] 2. Not known or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Unconscious — can mean: * not conscious * unconsciousness: the loss of consciousness or lack of consciousness, not to be confused with altered states of consciousness. * Unconscious mind, the mind operating well below the perception of the conscious mind as… … Wikipedia
unconscious — ► ADJECTIVE 1) not awake and aware of and responding to one s environment. 2) done or existing without one realizing. 3) (unconscious of) unaware of. ► NOUN (the unconscious) ▪ the part of the mind which is inaccessible to the conscious mind but… … English terms dictionary
unconscious — (adj.) 1712, unaware, not marked by conscious thought, from UN (Cf. un ) (1) not + CONSCIOUS (Cf. conscious). Meaning temporarily insensible, knocked out is recorded from 1860. In psychology, the noun the unconscious (1884) is a loan translation… … Etymology dictionary
unconscious — [adj1] not awake; out cold benumbed, blacked out*, bombed*, cold*, comatose, dead to the world*, drowsy, entranced, feeling no pain*, flattened*, inanimate, in a trance, inert, insensate, insensible, knocked*, lethargic, numb, on the canvas*, out … New thesaurus
unconscious — index blind (not discerning), incognizant, insensible, involuntary, oblivious, torpid, unaware, unintentional … Law dictionary
unconscious — unconsciously, adv. unconsciousness, n. /un kon sheuhs/, adj. 1. not conscious; without awareness, sensation, or cognition. 2. temporarily devoid of consciousness. 3. not perceived at the level of awareness; occurring below the level of conscious … Universalium
unconscious — un|con|scious1 [ ʌn kanʃəs ] adjective * 1. ) in a condition similar to sleep in which you do not see, feel, or think, usually because you are injured: She was unconscious but still breathing when the ambulance arrived. knock/beat someone… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
unconscious — un|con|scious1 [ʌnˈkɔnʃəs US ˈka:n ] adj 1.) unable to see, move, feel etc in the normal way because you are not conscious ▪ She was found alive but unconscious. knock/beat sb unconscious ▪ Levin was knocked unconscious by the impact. 2.) a… … Dictionary of contemporary English