Blocks in spanish
pronunciation: bloʊkes part of speech: noun
block1 = bloque.
Example: The technique, however, does not operate with complete messages, but rather with segments of them, broken up into blocks.more:
» ablution block = bloque sanitario, bloque de aseos.
Example: The camp area has two ablution blocks with solar lights, hot and cold running showers, and flushing toilets.» apartment block = bloque de apartamentos, casa de pisos, bloque de pisos, bloque de apartamentos.
Example: The difference between the two systems can be illustrated by analogy with a set of letter-boxes located in the entrance to an apartment block, with one box for each resident.» block diagram = diagrama por bloques. [Representación de una estructura subterránea o de un paisaje en perspectiva, generalmente con una exageración vertical]
Example: Cartographic materials are all the materials that represent, in whole or in part, the earth or any celestial body at any scale and include globes; block diagrams; sections; atlases; bird's eye views, etc.» blockhouse = blocao, fortín.
Example: The author describes, assesses and illustrates 216 sites which range from airfields and blockhouses, to searchlights and pillboxes, dating from the 16th c. to 1945.» block of flats = bloque de pisos.
Example: The area is populated by old people, immigrants and single parent families housed in blocks of flats.» block of high-rise flats = bloque de pisos.
Example: In Britain, this meant the dislocation and scattering of what were close-knit communities either to sprawling suburban council estates, often grossly lacking in amenities, or to blocks of high-rise flats.» breeze block = bloque de hormigón. [Término más usado en el inglés británico]
Example: This wall has been bodged together using breeze blocks at some point.» building block = bloque de construcción.
Example: I have used the following as structures on which to mount displays: packing cases used like building blocks and attractively covered and painted.» cinder block = bloque de hormigón. [Término más general en el inglés americano]
Example: Cinder blocks do suck up paint quickly but mine are light because I only used the left over paint from the walls.» concrete block = bloque de hormigón.
Example: The market for concrete blocks is growing at a rapid rate, especially in the areas where bricks are not easily available.» keel-block = picadero. [Usado en náutica]
Example: How are the wooden keel-blocks held in place when a dry dock is flooded for a ship to enter?.» office block = bloque de oficinas, edificio de oficinas.
Example: Libraries formed a major part of the reconstruction of Poland after World War II and they are to be found in such diverse places as housing estates and office blocks.» stone block = bloque de piedra.
Example: A famous gaolbreak there led to Henry VIII ordering re-enforcement of the floor with giant stone blocks.» toilet block = bloque sanitario, bloque de aseos.
Example: The campsite is immaculate as are the toilet blocks and the swimming pool.» tower block = bloque de pisos.
Example: There is a multiscreen cinema within 30 minutes walk of the conference venue, including the recently opened IMAX cinema, which shows specialist films on a screen as large as a tower block.block2 = recuadro.
Example: Press <Insert> to mark the record with a small highlighted block.block3 = barrio.
Example: And what really hurt was that one of them lives on my block and is in no way what you would call a 'delinquent' child.more:
» new kid on the block = nuevo vecino del barrio.
Example: The article 'Big superstores: the new kid(s) on the block' examines the future of independent publishers and booksellers in the face of competition from chain superstores.block4
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» a chip off the old block = de tal palo tal astilla, cortado con la misma tijera, cortado por el mismo patrón.
Example: The article has the title 'Tomorrow's information worker -- new man or chip off the old block'.» be quick off the blocks = reaccionar rápido, responder rápido, ser rápido, actuar rápido, empezar rápido, comenzar rápido.
Example: They were quick off the blocks and were sitting pretty with a two-goal cushion over their rivals after only fifteen minutes.» be slow off the blocks = reaccionar lento, responder lento, ser lento, actuar lento, empezar lento, comenzar lento.
Example: They were still slow off the blocks and didn't seem like threatening the opposite goalie.» block capital = mayúscula, letra mayúscula, letra de imprenta, letra de molde, carácter de imprenta. [Generalmente usado en plural]
Example: As computer technology improves, the appearance of the printed page, so often marred at present by the use of undifferentiated block capitals, will undoubtedly improve.» block letter = mayúscula, letra mayúscula, letra de imprenta, letra de molde, carácter de imprenta. [Generalmente usado en plural]
Example: Please fill out this form in block letters and send it back to us as soon as possible in order to benefit from pre-registration fees.» block rate = precio al por mayor.
Example: Weekly tapes of current records, or cumulated back files available as separate year cumulations or at block rates can be supplied.» building block = fase.
Example: The National IT plan proposes 7 building blocks each with a strategic thrust which will serve as the overall impetus for the national IT movement.» building block = pilar, base, componente, elemento, pieza, componente clave, elemento clave, pieza clave.
Example: This article seeks to explain why current on-line products have, despite tremendous capitalisation, not yet achieved satisfactory returns, but have provided the necessary building blocks towards future products.» choc(k)-a-bloc(k) = abarrotado, de bote en bote, a tope, hasta los topes, atestado, petado.
Example: The library was chock-a-block with celebrities and children as they swarmed to see the signing of the new Harry Potter book by its author.» chopping block = tabla de carnicero, tajo, tajadera.
Example: At the end of each round, the viewer may watch the unveiling of a contestant's dish on the chopping block, signaling the termination of his or her time in the show.» executioner's block, the = tajo del verdugo, el.
Example: It was apparent to the colonists that the colony had its head placed on the executioner's block, and that the axe was ready to descend .» lay + Posesivo + neck on the block = arriesgar la vida, jugarse la vida, poner en peligro la vida, jugarse la piel, jugarse el pellejo, jugarse el tipo.
Example: That means that he is foolish enough to lay his neck on the block for someone else and that he is a weak-willed man.» Posesivo + head + be + on the block = jugarse la vida, jugarse la piel, jugarse el pellejo, jugarse el tipo.
Example: Ernie told them that I was now in charge; they were to listen to me; and, if I made a mistake, 'my head was on the block'.» put + Posesivo + head on the block = arriesgar la vida, jugarse la vida, poner en peligro la vida, jugarse la piel, jugarse el pellejo, jugarse el tipo, jugarse el cuello.
Example: She has put her head on the block in defending her principles, which she insists her staff must also abide by.» put + Posesivo + neck on the block = arriesgar la vida, jugarse la vida, poner en peligro la vida, jugarse la piel, jugarse el pellejo, jugarse el tipo.
Example: This ministry requires a no-nonsense and thick-skinned person who is not scared to put his neck on the block in fighting crime, not a softie like him.» starting blocks = tacos de salida. [Instrumento que utilizan los atletas en carreras cortas para apoyar los pies a la salida]
Example: From the way his left shoulder is tipped forward, from the set of his head and the length of his stride, one gets the feeling that he is a fully clothed sprinter just leaving the starting blocks.block5 = bloqueo, obstáculo, rechazo.
Example: Emotional blocks to reading can be formed by an unsatisfactory relationship with a teacher.more:
» mental block = bloqueo mental.
Example: Mental block -- an inability to remember or think of something you normally can do -- is often caused by emotional tension.» roadblock = obstáculo, impedimento.
Example: The roadblock to increasing book translations into English is not that there is insufficient funding but that few publishers know about grant schemes that are available.» roadblock = control de carretera.
Example: There are many arguments both for and against the use of roadblocks in our effort to reduce drunk driving.» stumbling block = escollo, obstáculo, impedimento.
Example: These stumbling blocks can often be bypassed in the initial stages of OSI implementation by choosing applications that do not require close integration with existing library systems.» sun block = filtro solar.
Example: Protect your skin everyday from the harmful rays of the sun with a dermatologist recommended sun block product.» writer's block = bloque mental, bloqueo mental del escritor.
Example: The emptiness and nothingness associated with writer's block is often described as a kind of death, a place where there is nothing to decide, nothing about which to express an opinion.block6 = bloquear.
Example: If loans to this borrower have been blocked, the system displays the screen shown in Figure 88 and sounds the alarm at the terminal.more:
» block in = bloquear, impedir el paso.
Example: A man who blocked in a rubbish lorry with his car in a dispute over waste collection was allegedly hit on the head and sworn at by a binman.» block off = anular, cancelar, ignorar.
Example: A globalizing world so devoted to 'diversity,' as the present one is, can ill afford to block off one particular communication channel in favor of any other.» block off + alley = anular una posibilidad.
Example: They come in and you say simply, 'Well, that blocks off this alley; let's look for another'.» block out = impedir la salida de, impedir la entrada de, bloquear.
Example: Whether or not the sump well should be sealed to block out radon gas depends on whether or not you have a radon problem.» block + the entryway = obstruir la entrada, obstruir el paso, impedir la entrada, impedir el paso.
Example: We've all walked into class a little more irritated than usual because a couple blocked the entryway to the building with their slobbery goodbyes.» block + the view = tapar la vista.
Example: This version of the Molotov cocktail produces a heavy black smoke, blocking the view of anything near the impact scene.» block up = bloquear, obstruir.
Example: Firstly check that the air filter isn't blocked up, remove it and give it a hit to see if it's blocked up with dust.» get + blocked up = bloquearse, obstruirse.
Example: For months now, one of my ears keeps getting blocked up on and off (especially if I sing, which is part of my job).» unblock = desbloquear, desatascar.
Example: A series of studies conducted to identify the factors that block and unblock problem solving is described.block7 = bloque de madera grabada.
Example: A special form of woodcut initial, common from the mid sixteenth to the mid eighteenth century, was the factotum, a square ornamental block with a hole through the middle into which a piece of type could be wedged, one block thus serving for any initial letter.more:
» block-maker = xilógrafo. [En imprenta antigua, persona que grababa en bloques de madera el objeto de impresión]
Example: Despite the incompetence of most eighteenth-century block-makers, woodcuts never quite disappeared, and they returned to favour in the delicate form called 'wood-engraving' at the end of the hand-press period.» end-grain block = bloque xilográfico a contrafibra.
Example: Early woodcut initials, coats of arms, etc., were sometimes made from wood cut across the grain, but the use of end-grain blocks remained uncommon until the later eighteenth century.» ink-block = bloque de tinta.
Example: Ink was worked up for use on the ink-block of the press (a small table mounted behind the near-side cheek) and transferred to the surface of the type by one of the pressmen using a pair of ink balls.» letterpress block = bloque litográfico.
Example: Letterpress blocks (wood engravings and photo-etched relief blocks) were printed in the forme along with the type and generally show some impression on the back of the leaf.» line-block facsimile = facsímil de línea.
Example: Photo-etched blocks, which became available in the 1870s, give the colour and impression of letterpress printing but they lose definition in the process of reproduction, so that line-block facsimiles combine rough edges with an improbably even colour.» photo-etched block = fotograbado directo.
Example: Photo-etched blocks, which became available in the 1870s, give the colour and impression of letterpress printing but they lose definition in the process of reproduction, so that line-block facsimiles combine rough edges with an improbably even colour.» wood block [woodblock] = plancha de madera. [En imprenta, molde de madera con un grabado en relieve utilizado para imprimir]
Example: Colour printing from suites of wood blocks, used hitherto chiefly for separate prints, became common for book illustration in the 1840s and soon afterwards for the printed covers of yellow-backs.block8
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» block book = reservar en bloque.
Example: As usual, the Organizing committee has block booked a large number of rooms for the IFLA participants in various price categories.» coded information block = bloque funcional de datos codificados.
Example: In UNIMARC the coded information block, block 1 -- , contains coded fixed length data elements.» descriptive information block = bloque funcional de información descriptiva.
Example: In UNIMARC the descriptive information block, block 2 -- , contains those areas covered by the ISBD with the exception of notes and standard numbers.» identification block = bloque funcional de identificación.
Example: In UNIMARC the identification block, block 0 -- , contains those numbers that identify the record or the item recorded in it.» intellectual responsibility block = bloque funcional de responsabilidad intelectual.
Example: In UNIMARC the intellectual responsibility block, block 7 -- , contains names of persons and corporate bodies having some form of intellectual responsibility for the creation of the item described.» international use block = bloque funcional para uso internacional.
Example: In UNIMARC the international use block, block 8 -- , contains internationally agreed fields that do not fit in the other preceding blocks of UNIMARC.» linking entry block = bloque funcional de relaciones entre registros.
Example: In UNIMARC the linking entry block, block 4 -- , contains data fields with embedded tags, indicators and subfield codes that identify the item to which the link is being made.» national use block = bloque funcional para uso nacional.
Example: In UNIMARC the international use block, block 9-- , is reserved for national use by agencies where UNIMARC is the basis of the domestic format.» notes block = bloque funcional de notas.
Example: In UNIMARC the notes block, block 3 -- , contains notes -- free text statements qualifying and amplifying the description and access points and dealing with any aspect of the physical make-up of the item of its contents.» related title block = bloque funcional de títulos relacionados.
Example: In UNIMARC the related title block, block 5 -- , contains titles other than the title proper related to the item being catalogued and generally appearing on the item.» subject analysis block = bloque funcional de análisis de contenido.
Example: In UNIMARC the subject analysis block, block 6 -- , contains subject data constructed according to various systems, both verbal and notational.