Answer in spanish
pronunciation: respoʊndeɹ̩ part of speech: noun, verb
answer1 = respuesta, contestación.
Example: The combination of title lines, instruction line, and allowable answers is designed to tell you what step of the procedure you have reached.more:
» answer + lie = respuesta + buscar, respuesta + encontrar.
Example: Again, there is no instant solution; the answer must lie in a lengthy process of trying to change the public's image of the library.» answerphone = contestador automático.
Example: I left a message on the landlord's answerphone, but he's such a slack bastard I'd better try harder to hunt him down.» develop + an answer = dar respuesta, responder.
Example: This was considered adequate to develop answers to the initial research questions = Se consideró que esto era adecuado para dar respuesta a los objetivos iniciales del proyecto.» elicit + an answer = responder, dar respuesta.
Example: A complete description of the community will elicit answers to questions like what demographic, physical y socio-economic features does the community possess?.» furnish + an answer = proporcionar una respuesta, dar una respuesta.
Example: All of these data banks furnish specific answers to enquiries without the need to consult another cited item.» hedge + Posesivo + answer = responder evasivamente.
Example: As shown in Table 9, slightly more respondents replied in the affirmative (45.9%) than in the negative (39.8%) to this question, with a fairly large minority group hedging their answers with a 'yes and no' reply (11.9%).» make + answer = responder.
Example: The director chuckled an evasive chuckle before she made answer.» not take + no for an answer = no aceptar un no por respuesta, no conformarse con un no, no haber pero que valer, no darse por vencido fácilmente.
Example: You can never take no for an answer if you want to succeed in business.» provide + an answer = proporcionar una respuesta, ofrecer una solución, dar una solución, ofrecer una respuesta, dar respuesta, facilitar una respuesta.
Example: A library collection is only capable of fulfilling its intended function of providing ready answers to practical questions if it is adequately organized for access.» pursue + an answer = buscar una respuesta.
Example: In order to do that, our schools and professional institutions must allow our students, the faculty and the information professionals to pursue the answers we all will need sooner than we think.» Q&A session [question and answer session] = turno de preguntas, debate.
Example: The delivery of each presentation should last 15-20 minutes which should include a Q&A session.» questions and answers [Q&A] = preguntas y respuestas.
Example: The following questions and answers (Q&A) pertain to these laws and how they may affect you.» short-answer = de respuesta breve.
Example: Reference transactions can range from the ready-reference, or short-answer question, to the full-blown research inquiry to establish methodology.answer2 = responder, contestar.
Example: The compilation of an author catalogue or index presents four basic questions which need to be answered.more:
» answer + a letter = contestar una carta.
Example: And since I myself am not so prompt in answering letters, I appreciate other people being better than I am.» answer + a question = responder una pregunta.
Example: The head of the circulation was asked to investigate the desirability of theft detection devices and to answer questions about their legality and health risk.» answer + a ((tele)phone) call = responder una llamada telefónica.
Example: I heard her police radio squawking in the background and was told to hang on while she answered the call.» answer back = contestar, responder.
Example: He began swearing and saying 'I don't know what you're on about, whatever we do, it's wrong!' and of course I answered his nastiness back.» answer for = tener la culpa de, tener la responsabilidad de, responder de, responder por, responsabilizarse de, dar la cara por, dar cuenta(s) de.
Example: Our relentlessly, selfishly consumerist, debt-ridden, decadent society has a lot to answer for.» answer to = rendir cuentas ante, dar cuenta ante.
Example: The Iranian regime must answer to its people and the international community for its gross human rights violations.