Book in spanish
pronunciation: libɹ̩oʊ part of speech: noun
book1 = libro. [Documento que contiene más de 48 páginas y que forma una unidad bibliográfica]
Example: A bibliographic data base comprises a set of records which refer to documents (such as books, films, periodical articles or reports).more:
» accessions book = libro de registro. [Libro en el que se asigna un número de registro a todo libro que se incorpora a la biblioteca y además se recoge algunos otros datos del mismo como pueden ser el autor, el título, el año de publicación etc]
Example: Such a file is the accessions book in a library, or a file of data on magnetic tape, and to find entries by any but the chronological approach involves sequential scanning of the whole file.» according to + Posesivo + book = según + Pronombre, de acuerdo con + Pronombre, según + Posesivo + opinión, de acuerdo con + Posesivo + opinión, según + Posesivo + parecer, de acuerdo con + Posesivo + parecer, de acuerdo con + Posesivo + habilidades.
Example: But, according to her book, living with a man who isn't hubby #1 is always adultery.» according to the book = según las reglas, de acuerdo con las reglas, según las normas, de acuerdo con las normas, según lo establecido, de acuerdo con lo establecido.
Example: We feel we have done everything right according to the book.» account book = libro de cuentas.
Example: Today, these account books help us understand more about the day-to-day life of colonists.» account book balance = saldo del libro de cuentas.
Example: Ascertain that the beginning and ending account book balances agree with bank statement balances and that any differences can be reconciled.» address book = libreta de direcciones.
Example: Most services offer additional features, including spell checkers, the ability to create folders for different types of mail and address books.» after-hours book drop = depósito de préstamos después de las horas de apertura.
Example: However, he would prefer a binding that will stand up to being stuffed into after-hours book drops and being hauled from one library to another.» antiquarian book = libro antiguo.
Example: The author offers some general reflections about book buying and bookselling in the field of antiquarian books in the UK in the 1980s.» appointment book = agenda.
Example: He looks at his appointment book and sighs, crossing out those that he can afford to delay until Mortimer is back.» ARBA (American Reference Books Annual) = ARBA (Anuario de Obras de Referencia Americanas). [Publicación anual de reseñas de obras de referencia americanas]
Example: In the short time since it began publication, ARBA has become an indispensable source for reviews of reference books and is useful for all libraries.» art book = libro de arte.
Example: One time he showed me a photograph in an art book of a woman's bare breasts and said 'Nice tits, uh?'.» artist's book = libro de artista. [Libro concebido y producido por un artista generalmente acompañado de imágenes]
Example: In this context artists' books are defined as 'books or booklets produced by the artist using mass production, in which the artist documents or realises art ideas or artworks'.» audiobook [audio book] = libro hablado, libro parlante, libro sonoro, libro grabado en audio, audiolibro. [Libro grabado en soporte magnético para que los invidentes puedan escucharlos]
Example: However, the majority of audiobooks are available for blind readers only through independent libraries for the blind.» awareness of books = interés por los libros.
Example: Like the librarians and the bookshop staff, the club members are catalysts who spark off that fission which will spread from child to child an awareness of books and the habit of reading them.» banned book = libro prohibido.
Example: Banned books were not returned until 1979, after having been microfilmed.» be an open book = ser como un libro abierto, ser un libro abierto.
Example: When she was young and her heart was an open book, she used to say, 'Live and let live'.» be a turn-up for the books = ser una auténtica sorpresa.
Example: Holy smoke, this was a turn up for the books -- like Christmas and winning the lottery all in one.» bedside book = libro esencial.
Example: It should be a useful bedside book for American political leaders and many others.» be in + Posesivo + good books = estimar, apreciar.
Example: Regardless of which personality makes up your cat, if it licks you it means you are in her good books.» be on + Posesivo + bad books = estar mal con, caerle mal a, hacerle algo a Alguien que no + gustar.
Example: I had to quickly diffused the situation if I didn't want to be on her bad books.» be on + Posesivo + good books = estar bien con, caerle bien a.
Example: Her advice carries more weight than anyone else's -- so you'd better be on her good books.» Blue book = libro azul. [Libro diplomático británico y estadounidense de cubiertas azules, en que el Gobierno publica documentos oficiales sobre asuntos de política extranjera]
Example: The reports to the committee in the British context of Parliament are the White papers and Blue books collectively known as Command papers.» board book = libro impreso en pastas duras.
Example: Board books use hard cardboard both for the cover as well as the pages to make more durable.» Book Aid International (BAI) = Ayuda Internacional de Libros (BAI).
Example: This article describes a book gift ceremony to promote awareness among developing countries of the Book Aid International (BAI) (formerly Ranfurly Library Service) programme to provide books which are relevant to their needs.» book award = premio literario, certamen literario.
Example: Children's book awards generally have little impact and it is hoped that this award will help to remedy the situation.» book bin = caja para transportar libros.
Example: There is a need for libraries to include the cost of a move early on in the project plans, trouble experienced with new shelving, the use of book bins, and the fact that closure of the library during the move is not necessary.» bookbinder [book-binder] = encuadernador.
Example: Originally only bookbinders could carry out book maintenance but during the last 40 years paper restorers have taken over this work.» bookbinding [book-binding] = encuadernación de libros.
Example: Systematic training in bookbinding is a prerequisite to understanding book conservation.» book budget = presupuesto para libros.
Example: Or still others think they have the library figured out, probably because of recent cuts in the book budget they read about in the campus newspaper.» book burning = quema de libros.
Example: The article has the title 'Thermochemically activated oxidation: Mother Nature's book burning'.» bookbus [book-bus] = bibliobús.
Example: This article describes the services offered to the elderly and handicapped by the Cleveland 'Bookbus' which serves some 42 establishments and 6 day centres.» book business, the = comercio del libro, el.
Example: The book business is in crisis for reasons such as the glorification of mass popular entertainment.» book buyer = comprador de libros.
Example: In Peter H. Mann, 'Books: Buyers and Borrowers', op. cit., chapter 3, 'The Book Shop and the book buyer'.» book buying [book-buying] = compra de libros.
Example: Towards the end of the sixteenth century, about 1598, Sir Thomas Bodley was preparing to go on a book-buying expedition for the library.» book capacity = capacidad para libros.
Example: Statistics cover costs, book capapcity and seating capacity.» book card [bookcard] = ficha de préstamo del libro. [En circulación manual, cartulina que contiene los datos básicos de un libro y que se guarda junto con el carnet de lector cuando el libro se retira de la biblioteca en préstamo]
Example: The date label in each book is stamped with the date of return; the book card is removed from each book and inserted into the reader's tickets (one book card per ticket).» bookcase = estantería.
Example: Each group was then arranged alphabetically by authors' surnames on the shelves of bookcases and listed in the same order on sheets attached to these cases to show the contents of each case.» book catalogue = catálogo en forma de libro.
Example: The heritage of our card and book catalogs is bound to continue to exist, or coexist, with the online catalog for an indefinite time to come.» book-centred = basado en la lectura.
Example: Librarians have always had a deep-seated, and often irrational, faith in education -- especially book-centred, information education -- as a panacea for society's ills.» book chain, the = cadena del libro, la.
Example: Publishers, distributors, booksellers, library suppliers and libraries are all links in the book chain and problems encountered in any one of these links have an impact of all the others.» book checking system = sistema de préstamo.
Example: One of the supervisor's jobs is to make sure that the book checking system is in order.» book chute = buzón para la devolución de préstamos. [En bibliotecas, cavidad con apertura al exterior del edificio que se instala para permitir que los usuarios puedan devolver los libros cuando la biblioteca está cerrada]
Example: The study confirmed that books were damaged by book chutes fitted to public libraries to enable borrowers to return books when the library is closed.» book-cloth = tela de encuadernación.
Example: A great variety of book-cloths was manufactured and used from 1830 to 1850 (though no more than a few types of grain were really common) and the description of patterns is notoriously difficult.» book club = club de lectores, club de lectura, sociedad de lectores, círculo de lectores.
Example: Despite what amounts to undercutting by direct sale publishers calling themselves 'book clubs', the British net book agreement has remained in force until the present day.» book club evening = tertulia de lectura.
Example: Those book club evenings have meant that they have been able to read 144 books for the cost of 12.» book collection = colección de libros, colección bibliográfica.
Example: The article 'Breathe new life into your collection' describes how a book collection might be improved in order that its use may be maximised.» book-collector = coleccionista de libros.
Example: Fernando Columbus, the youngest son of Christopher Columbus, was a bibliophile, a book collector, and a proponent of a national library for Spain.» book-conscious = interesado por los libros.
Example: When children come from book-conscious homes, this presents no difficulty.» book-consciousness = conciencia del libro.
Example: For example, senior classes who have grown into book-consciousness infect junior classes with some of their enthusiasm.» book conservation specialist = especialista en conservación de libros.
Example: An earlier leakage had prompted library staff to make arrangements with a nearby firm of book conservation specialists in the event of a further disaster.» book corner = rincón del libro, rincón de lectura.
Example: Every classroom and both of our halls have a book corner, where the children can sit for periods of quite reading.» book cradle = atril.
Example: The book cradle is a cloth book rest which can be adjusted to fit the shape of the book.» book crisis = crisis del libro, crisis de la industria del libro.
Example: The article 'The book crisis: Africa's other famine' examines the question of the tremendous shortage of books and other teaching materials in nearly all African countries = El artículo "La crisis del libro: otra hambruna de †frica" estudia el problema de la tremenda escasez de libros y otros materiales educativos en casi todos los países africanos.» book dealer = distribuidor de libros. [Persona o compañía que compra y vende libros para las bibliotecas actuando de intermediario]
Example: Early American printers were often also book dealers and had access to monastic libraries whose holdings included books from various parts of the world.» book depot = depósito de libros.
Example: Government-owned book depots can help to solve some problems.» book detection system = sistema de detección de libros.
Example: Preventative measures range from rearrangement of shelves and counters, through book detection systems to general public relations.» book discussion = tertulia literaria.
Example: The adult programs at both branches seem well received by the area people, though some are attended by the same group of people all the time -- book discussions, for instance, and the crewel group.» book display = exposición de libros.
Example: One of the things that he's known for doing well is creating interesting book displays.» book display stand = expositor de libros.
Example: They have several models of book racks and book display stands that are great for displaying all kinds of books.» book donation = donación de libros.
Example: If book donations to developing countries do not take into account existing needs and conditions, their only use may be to feed the goats.» book-drop = buzón para devolver libros.
Example: The outside book-drop is open 24 hours for patrons to return library books.» book-eating = devorador de libros.
Example: This non-toxic method eradicates book-eating insects by deep-freezing.» bookend = sujetalibros.
Example: These black elephant shaped bookends are 4 inches wide and 7 inches high.» book endowment = donación de libros.
Example: The library began with a book endowment by Sebald Welser in 1581.» book event = acto relacionado con el libro.
Example: This article describes the thinking behind a new book event for countries in the Pacific region which will take place in May 93.» book expenditure = gastos de libros.
Example: Only one of the 12 variables, book expenditures for adult services, showed a statistically significant difference in the relationships among the age-level services.» book face = tipo de imprenta.
Example: Fraktur, cut with a contrived formality that belied its cursive origins, became the most successful of all the gothic types, surviving as a book face in Germany until the mid twentieth century.» book fair = feria del libro.
Example: This article describes the 3 largest international book fairs: in Frankfurt, the children's book fair in Bologna, and the American Booksellers Association annual convention which has a different venue every year.» book-fancying = amor por el libro.
Example: The annals of bibliography afford many examples of the delirious extent to which book-fancying can go, when the legitimate delight in a book is transferred to a rare edition of a manuscript.» book form [bookform] = formato libro.
Example: Book form was generally regarded as too inflexible for library catalogues, especially where the catalogue required regular updating to cater for continuing and gradual expansion of the collection.» book funds [bookfunds] = presupuesto para la compra de libros.
Example: Despite carefully framed acquistions policy statements regarding fiction in actual fact libraries allocate only a small percentage of their meagre book funds to fiction.» book gift = donación de libros.
Example: This article describes a book gift ceremony to promote awareness among developing countries of the Book Aid International (BAI) (formerly Ranfurly Library Service) programme to provide books which are relevant to their needs.» book hand = escritura libraria. [En historia de la imprenta, estilo formal de escritura a mano usado por los escribas en la realización de libros antes de la invención de la imprenta y que era diferente de la escritura cursiva utilizada para escribir cartas y otros documentos de tipo informal]
Example: Although all the early types were copied from existing book hands, the medium of the steel punch both eliminated the random irregularities of hand-written letters.» book historian = historiador del libro.
Example: However, as book historians know, works are often shaped by economic and political forces.» book history = historia del libro.
Example: This surprising study draws together the disparate fields of postcolonial theory and book history in a challenging and illuminating way.» book house = imprenta.
Example: Although most London book houses owned galley presses for making slip proofs by the 1870, it appears that companionship bookwork was generally made up into pages and imposed before proofing until the mid 1880s.» book hunger = sed de lectura.
Example: The author explores the reasons for the success of these aid projects, which revealed the enormous book hunger in the rural areas.» book illustration = ilustración de libros.
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.» book illustrator = ilustrador de libros.
Example: Planning began about 9 months before the exhibition, with the recruitment of a noted Swiss book illustrator to design the stand.» book index = índice de libro. [Documento secundario que presenta una lista ordenada de términos seleccionados de un documento con referencia a su localización]
Example: A book index is an alphabetically arranged list of words or terms leading the reader to the numbers of pages on which specific names appear.» book industry = industria del libro, industria editorial.
Example: The book industry in this country is becoming increasingly commercialized, with an attendant lowering of critical standards.» books in print = libros en venta. [Publicación de una agencia de ISBN que recoge los libros publicados en un país determinado y actualmente en venta (o vivos) ordenados por autor, título y materia. Adjunta incluye una lista de las editoriales con sus direcciones. Es una herramienta indispensable para libreros u otros interesados en conseguir un libro publicado en un país determinado]
Example: Another interesting data base is BOOKS-INFO, a file of bibliographic data on books in print, from Brodart Inc.» book insect = parásito del libro. [Todo tipo de insecto que afecta a la integridad física de un documento]
Example: Freezing is effective in eliminating injurious book insects.» book jacket = sobrecubierta, funda. [Envoltorio para un documento o grupo de documentos que físicamente se puede separar del documento y que suele publicarse al mismo tiempo que el documento]
Example: The printed wrappers of paper or the like placed over the cover of a document at the time of its publication are known as the book jacket.» bookkeeper = contable.
Example: This department is headed by a general office manager who has a staff of bookkeepers, billing clerks, comptrollers, and secretaries.» book-keeping [bookkeeping] = contabilidad.
Example: This article discusses the evolution of the standardisation of book-keeping from 1922.» book label = etiqueta identificativa del ejemplar. [Etiqueta que se adhiere bien al principio o al final del libro con los datos que lo identifican dentro de la biblioteca, generalmente el número de ejemplar o número de registro]
Example: By creating one file that defines the format for the book label and a number of easy-to-define macros this procedure can be stimulated.» book lender = prestamista de libros.
Example: A university which requires the deposit of only two or three copies is unlikely to be an enthusiastic book lender.» book lending = préstamo de libros.
Example: Rules and conditions concerning book lending are the most important items in a library's statute book, binding the reader by specific obligations in the process of borrowing books.» book-length = de la extensión de un libro, con la extensión de un libro, con una extensión similar a la de un libro.
Example: The aim was to assess whether they had excess book-length material which they considered worthy of publication but could not afford to publish.» book-lore = bibliofilia.
Example: Robert Southey preferred 'bibliology' but received very little general support, although the term 'book-lore' has occasionally been used.» booklouse [booklice, -pl.] = piojo de los libros. [Insecto que se sustenta del moho que crece sobre el papel húmedo]
Example: This article identifies five types of crawling insects which commonly infest libraries: booklice, bookworms, cockroaches, silverfish and termites.» book lover [booklover] = amante del libro, bibliófilo.
Example: She was librarian who made users of the library particularly welcome and helped children become both book lovers and library lovers.» bookmaker = impresor de libros.
Example: The survey revealed a collection that was basically intact and reaffirmed the skill and craftmanship of the traditional Chinese bookmaker.» bookmaking = fabricación de libros, confección de libros.
Example: Excavation in Qumran suggests that the people were organised on a highly communal basis and adept in the art of pottery and bookmaking.» bookmaking = correduría de apuestas.
Example: The income helped support illegal gambling, bookmaking, loan sharking, and labor rackets in northern Ohio.» bookman [bookmen, -pl.] = bibliófilo.
Example: The article is entitled 'The wayward bookman: the decline, fall and historical obliteration of an ALA president'.» bookmanship = ciencia del libro, arte del libro.
Example: Our thinking and our actions must be undivided so that we have no need to justify ourselves in esoteric bookmanship when the realities are all around us.» book market, the = mercado del libro, el.
Example: Much of the negative reaction may be caused by not designing a plan suitable for the book market and the needs of research libraries.» book material = libros.
Example: Despite the present financial straits of developing countries, she argues in favour of long-term plan for the acquisition of relevant rare book material.» book mutilation = mutilación de libros.
Example: Book theft and multilation represent a major problem for libraries.» book-object = libro como objeto.
Example: A reader's experience of a book is influenced by both the book-object itself, and by the patterns of meaning created quite intangibly in the reader's head.» Book of Books, the = libro de (todos) los libros, el. [Expresión usada también para referirse a la Biblia ]
Example: By the time of the Protestant Reformation, the Book of Books was at last being widely translated into a number of western European languages.» book of navigation = libro de navegación.
Example: He had access to a small library imported by sea and consisting of charts, books of navigation, some Portuguese books, Bible, and popish prayer books.» book of tickets = abono, taco de entradas, taco de tickets.
Example: These books of tickets are transferable and can therefore be shared with family, friends, colleagues, and guests.» book on cookery = libro de cocina.
Example: It may seem superficially that one book on cookery is just like another or that one modern spy novel is really no different from six others of that genre, but this is not so.» book ownership = posesión de libros propios.
Example: Everything points to the importance of book ownership as both a reflection of, and a formative influence on, a family's attitude to reading = Todo apunta a la importancia de la posesión de libros tanto como reflejo tanto de la actitud de una familia hacia la lectura como por su influencia en la formación de la misma.» book piracy = reproducción ilegal de libros.
Example: The rapid growth in the student market in Pakistan and the dependence on imported books has resulted in large scale book piracy, or unsanctioned reprinting.» bookplate [book plate] = ex-libris. [Hoja que se pega en un libro donde se hace constar el propietario del mismo]
Example: A wide variety of stationery is inserted into library books: a book plate, a rule sheet, a date label, a book pocket, combined date label and pocket, combined book and rule sheet.» book player = ?.
Example: He selects a medical textbook library, slots the disc into his book player and starts to read, pausing occasionally to write in comments with a stylus.» book pocket = bolsa de control de préstamo.
Example: Most provide catalogue cards with books, and some process the material by providing, for example markings, book pockets and cards.» book preparation = proceso técnico del libro. [Tareas relativas a la preparación de documentos desde su entrada a la biblioteca hasta su disposición en los estantes]
Example: The stages of book preparation, known as processing, can be tabulated as follows: check of book with invoice; quick collation; accessioning or stock recording; classification; cataloguing; lettering on spine; labelling; final check of all processes before shelving.» book-printing = impresión de libros.
Example: The use of hand-made paper for commercial book- and news-printing dropped away sharply during the 1820s, and it was scarcely seen after 1830 except in de luxe editions.» book prize = premio literario, certamen literario.
Example: This article likens book prizes to a contemporary form of patronage and emphasizes that the value of a prize ought to be assessed qualitatively and not quantitatively.» book processing = proceso técnico del libro. [Tareas relativas a la preparación de documentos desde su entrada a la biblioteca hasta su disposición en los estantes]
Example: The article 'Looks like the ball is in our court -- library support services from vendors' describes how vendors have responded to cuts in library staff by offering more services, such as book processing, cataloguing, and acquisitions plans.» book production = producción de libros, producción editorial.
Example: Children's book production has expanded during the last 15 years.» book promotion = promoción de libros.
Example: Many authors and special guests are glad to help in this way in the cause of book promotion particularly when they live locally.» book-promotional = relacionado con la promoción de libros.
Example: Book-promotional displays should occupy key sites in the building = Los expositores dedicados a la promoción de libros deberían ocupar sitios claves del edificio.» book publishing = edición de libros, producción editorial, producción de libros.
Example: Electronic publishing can never completely replace book publishing.» book publishing industry = industria de la edición, industria de la edición de libros.
Example: The author examines the future of the book publishing industry and presents strategies for publishers to decrease risk and increase profit.» book purchasing = compra de libros, adquisición de libros.
Example: The effect would be a shift in book purchasing away from UK to US publishers.» book racks = estantería para libros.
Example: They have several models of book racks and book display stands that are great for displaying all kinds of books.» book reader = lector de libros.
Example: It is tempting to quote the tremendous successes of outstandingly popular authors such as Harold Robbins, James Herriot, Catherine Cookson and a relatively small number of other household names (to book readers).» book-related = relacionado con los libros.
Example: The library needs to be developed as the focal point of the community, a place where the public can drop in for all kinds of activities, not necessarily book-related or 'cultural'.» book reservation = reserva de libro.
Example: The author describes the planned operation of the new online public access catalogue (OPAC) and the seat and book reservation system = El autor describe cómo funcionará el nuevo catálogo de acceso público en línea (OPAC) y el sistema de reserva de libros y puestos de lectura.» bookrest [book-rest] = atril.
Example: The book cradle is a cloth bookrest which can be adjusted to fit the shape of the book.» book retailer = librería.
Example: This article describes the division of opinion between publishers and book retailers on the subject of machine readable price coding on books.» book return = devolución de préstamos.
Example: This article considers the likely effect of overdue notices on book returns.» book return box = buzón para la devolución de préstamos. [En bibliotecas, cavidad con apertura al exterior del edificio que se instala para permitir que los usuarios puedan devolver los libros cuando la biblioteca está cerrada]
Example: The conscientious borrower with a fine under $0.75 who comes to the desk will pay his fine, while the person who drops his book in the book return box outside will pay nothing because we don't bother to write up fines for less than $0.75.» book review = recensión bibliográfica.
Example: A list of book review sources in psychology and related fields is appended.» book reviewer = crítico literario.
Example: It is rather a pity that book reviewers tend to ignore this very popular genre so much.» book reviewing = recensión bibliográfica.
Example: The author discusses 5 bibliographies published since 1985 by Greenwood Press; looks at reviews they received in the library press; and wonders what became of the critical spirit in reference book reviewing.» book security system = sistema antirrobo de libros.
Example: This article examines the use of adhesive security strips, data transfer media like video and audio cassettes and diskettes, microfilm equipment and book security systems.» book selection = selección de libros.
Example: Library duties discussed include book selection and counter work of various types = Las tareas bibliotecarias que se discuten incluyen la selección de libros y el trabajo de mostrador de diversos tipos.» book selector = seleccionador de libros. [Persona que se dedica a consultar diferentes fuentes de novedades con objeto de adquirir nuevo material]
Example: Whether it is current enough in its production to be called a book selector's tool is an open question.» bookseller [book-seller] = librero.
Example: The booksellers are always available to serve these purposes = Pincha en para ver otras palabras que acaban con esta terminación.» bookselling [book selling] = comercialización del libro, venta de libros, comercio del libro.
Example: Without going into too much detail and thus ending up writing a textbook on bookselling, it is important to note that in the United Kingdom there are two sorts of new books sold and these are called 'net books' and 'non-net books'.» book series = colección monográfica.
Example: S Karger is Switzerland's principal medical publisher and concentrates on highly specialized research work in monographs, irregular book series and journals = S. Karger la principal editorial especializada en medicina de Suiza y se centra en trabajos de investigación muy especializados en monografías, colecciones monográficas irregulares y revistas.» book service = servicio relacionado con los libros.
Example: Alex Wilson sides with the librarians who say 'concentrate your book service first and foremost on existing users because expenditure on attracting those with a low motivation is much more costly and likely to be mostly unsuccessful'.» book-sewing machine = máquina de coser libros.
Example: Wire staplers were first introduced in about 1875 in default of satisfactory book-sewing machines (which were not fully developed until 1882).» book shelver = colocador de libros. [Empleado de una biblioteca cuya función es la de devolver el material de biblioteca a su emplazamiento original en los estantes]
Example: The article 'Public perceptions of librarians: book shelvers, nice ladies or information specialists?' suggests that the status and image of librarianship is inextricably bound up with its history as a female profession.» bookshelves [bookshelf, -sing.] = estanterías.
Example: By designing the floors to carry a superimposed live load of 6.5 Kn/m2, it is easy to move bookshelves, reader places and other library functions to any part of the building.» bookshift = movimiento de libros.
Example: She admitted she hadn't read the article 'Planning and executing a major bookshift o bookmove using an electronic spreadsheet'.» bookshop [book shop] = librería.
Example: For small collections document arrangement may be the only retrieval device available, particularly in bookshops, small public libraries and small specialist collections.» BOOKS-INFO = BOOKS-INFO. [Base de datos de libros impresos]
Example: Another interesting data base is BOOKS-INFO, a file of bibliographic data on books in print, from Brodart Inc.» book snake = atril.
Example: The book snake is used to hold the pages of a book open for note taking without damaging it.» book spine = lomo del libro.
Example: This article describes how Naval War College Library set about restoring the print to book spines that were damaged by smoke or soot during a fire, or during the cleaning process which followed.» bookstacks [book stacks] = estanterías. [Sección de una biblioteca donde se encuentran las estanterías como opuesto a la sala o espacio de lectura; en bibliotecas de acceso restringido bookstacks se traduce por 'depósito' closed stacks]
Example: On the two main reading floors the user is encouraged physically to pass through the bookstacks en route for the perimeter reading areas.» bookstall [book stall] = stand de libros.
Example: I have myself seen, in a northern market, a bookstall where the stall-holder had over a dozen old shoeboxes under the counter in which each month the ten new titles were placed so that the customers could buy the whole new range gradually over the coming month.» book stamp = sello para libros.
Example: Peripheral equipment such as barcode wands, desensitizers, and book stamps should be within easy reach of the operator.» book stand = atril.
Example: Reading aids such as talking books, magnifiers and book stands have made a valuable contribution.» book-stapling machine = maquina de grapar libros.
Example: Consequently the book-stapling machines were generally replaced by sewing machines by the late 1880s; the stapling of pamphlets, however, had come to stay.» book stealing = robo de libros.
Example: In imposing penalties for book stealing libraries are particularly helpless.» bookstock [book stock] = fondo bibliográfico. [En una biblioteca, colección de libros que contiene]
Example: Non-librarians find the logic of this principle easy to accept if it is related to the control of the size of the bookstock and user body.» bookstore [book store] = librería.
Example: Many bookstore owners and acquistions librarians need more than just bibliographic data.» book superstore = librería. [En general, una que pertenece a una cadena de librerías]
Example: Recounts the experience of some US book superstores in offering drinks and eats in order to make them user friendly.» book supply = suministro de libros, compra de libros, adquisición de libros.
Example: The easiest and most efficient method for book supply is to use a bookseller who provides all the books.» book support = soporte de libro.
Example: Make use of book supports on shelves to prevent books toppling over or falling to the floor.» book talk [booktalk/book-talk] = presentación de libros.
Example: The library may provide equipment for community-sponsored programs such as book talks, speaker series, tax assistance, voter registration, and so on = La biblioteca puede disponer del material necesario para apoyar los programas patrocinados por la comunidad como por ejemplo presentaciones de libros, ciclos de coferencias, asesoría fiscal, inscripción en el censo electoral, etc.» book tape = cinta adhesiva ancha para libros.
Example: Many extra circulations can be gotten from the judicious application of transparent book tape, staples, and other emergency repairs = Se pueden conseguir muchos más préstamos de cualquier tebeo reparándolo con cinta adhesiva ancha transparente especial para libros, grapas y otras arreglos de emergencia.» book theft = robo de libros.
Example: Book theft and multilation represent a major problem for libraries.» book token = vale canjeable por un libro.
Example: The shop may have its own 'book tokens' -- gift vouchers that people can buy and which are redeemable only at the school bookshop.» book trade [booktrade] = mercado editorial, comercio del libro. [Término con el que nos referimos al conjunto de actividades de edición, impresión y venta del libro]
Example: Nowadays there is a clear three-part division of the book trade into publishers, wholesalers, printers, and retailers, but in the hand-press period the functions of book traders overlapped to a much greater extent.» book trailer = avance de libro, tráiler de libro.
Example: Over the last few years book trailers have become more and more impressive and have become an integral part of publishers marketing campaigns.» book trolley = carrito de los libros.
Example: This article gives examples of cases where readers borrow books that are more accessible, e.g. on a display or on the return book trolley.» book truck = carrito de los libros.
Example: There is also a student assistant and his tasks are highly routine -- unwrapping current issues, stamping with ownership marks, placing on book trucks, etc..» book-warehouse = almacén de libros.
Example: James Lackington established a large and successful retail book-warehouse in 1780-98 with the motto 'Small profits do great things'.» bookwork = trabajo de impresión.
Example: Although most London book houses owned galley presses for making slip proofs by the 1870, it appears that companionship bookwork was generally made up into pages and imposed before proofing until the mid 1880s.» book world, the = mundo del libro, el. [Expresión generalmente acompañada del artículo]
Example: Selection of books for review sometimes causes controversy as to why some are reviewed and others not and the reviews themselves can create minor storms in the book world if it is felt they are prejudiced or spiteful.» bookworm = ratón de biblioteca.
Example: I am not suggesting that everyone should become a bookworm; there are plenty of healthy, happy and good people who do not want to read books and their right to not read must be respected.» bookworm = polilla.
Example: This article identifies five types of crawling insects which commonly infest libraries: booklice, bookworms, cockroaches, silverfish and termites.» book-writing machine = máquina de escribir libros.
Example: During his stay in Laputa, Captain Gulliver was very impressed by a book-writing machine which produced fragments of sentences which were dictated to scribes and later pieced together.» borrow + a book = sacar un libro en préstamo.
Example: While there are features of public libraries which are to be cherished - the role as a community meeting place, a place to borrow books, a safe haven - we must look for new opportunities.» bound book form catalogue = catálogo en forma de libro encuadernado.
Example: Conventionally bound book form catalogues were difficult to amend and update.» brick and book = ladrillos y libros. [Expresión utilizada para referirse tanto al edificio de la biblioteca como a su contenido y distinguirlo de la 'biblioteca virtual']
Example: Challenging the technocratic vision of 'virtual libraries' linking people to knowledge, librarians in Southern Africa say their 'brick and book' buildings will remain the primary information centres for communities for some time to come.» British Books in Print = Libros Británicos en Venta. [Publicación de la Agencia Británica del ISBN que recoge los libros publicados en el Reino Unido y actualmente en venta (o vivos) ordenados por autor, título y materia. Adjunta incluye una lista de las editoriales con sus direcciones. Es una herramienta indispensable para libreros u otros interesados en conseguir un libro publicado en el Reino Unido. El equivalente en España es "Libros Españoles en Venta"]
Example: Whilst books bound in paper covers are not excluded from British Books in Print, a separate Paperbacks in Print (London, Whitaker, 1960 annual) is published and it has a counterpart in the United States Paperbound Books in Print (New York, Bowker, annual) = Publicación de la Agencia Británica del ISBN que recoge los libros publicados en el Reino Unido y actualmente en venta (o vivos) ordenados por autor, título y materia. Adjunta incluye una lista de las editoriales con sus direcciones. Es una herramienta indispensable para libreros u otros interesados en conseguir un libro publicado en el Reino Unido. El equivalente en España es "Libros Españoles en Venta".» brittle book = libro frágil.
Example: The initial priority of this ambitious effort is a cooperative microfilming programme to capture the contents of 3 million brittle books in 20 years.» case book = libro de casos prácticos.
Example: Some case books take the approach of multiple exposure: if 1 case is good, then 101 must be better.» chapbook = pliego de cordel. [Libro en rústica de pocas hojas comercializado por vendedores ambulantes desde los siglos dieciséis al dieciocho de contenido muy variado]
Example: A chapbook is a small book, without covers, containing about eight or twelve pages of popular matter or songs, with usually a woodcut on the title page.» chapmens' book = pliego de cordel. [Libro en rústica de pocas hojas vendido por vendedores ambulantes desde los siglos dieciséis al dieciocho de contenido muy variado]
Example: By chapmen's books Stewart meant full-length books, in a cheap binding, usually in duodecimo and containing about 144 pages.» charge + a book = tramitar un préstamo.
Example: In the main, a library assistant's work consists of service desk duties, charging and discharging books, shelving returned books, dealing with reservations, sending overdue notices and checking the receipt of periodicals = En general, el trabajo de un auxiliar de biblioteca consiste en la atención al usuario, tramitar los préstamos y su devolución, colocar los libros en las estanterías, gestionar las reservas de libros, enviar los avisos de vencimiento de plazo y comprobar la recepción de las publicaciones periódicas.» checking out books = préstamo de libros.
Example: Many people believe that librarian activity centers around checking out books.» check out + book = prestar un libro, retirar un libro en préstamo.
Example: The purpose of this study was to determine if a correlation existed between the classes of books checked out and the classes of books used in the library.» children's book = libro infantil.
Example: This bibliography lists a selection of children's books on the theme of lying.» close + the book on = dar por saldado, dar por concluido, poner punto (y) final a, concluir, terminar, dar por terminado, dar por acabado, dar por finalizado.
Example: Obama, who tries to steer clear of the political thicket of race and politics, accepted the apology and said he wanted to close the book on the episode.» code book = manual.
Example: When the user is building a trail, he names it, inserts the name in his code book, and taps it out on his keyboard.» codex book = códice.
Example: The codex book was originally a group of leaves folded and gathered into quires which were then stitched together and to other quires as necessary.» coffee-table book = libro de sobremesa.
Example: Coffee-table books are books on themes such as cookery, gardening, do-it-yourself and, recently, slimming.» comic book = cómic, tebeo.
Example: Like European and Japanese prototypes, these new-wave comic books may appear in magazine or quality paperback format, often called 'graphic novels'.» complaint book = libro de reclamaciones.
Example: Most clubs kept a complaint book, usually in the front lobby of the club, where members could voice their concerns.» computer book = listado encuadernado de ordenador.
Example: Nobody can depend exclusively on library publications reviews to identify new titles, though Publishers Weekly's computer book roundups do help.» computer book form catalogue = catálogo en forma de listado de ordenador.
Example: Computer book form catalogues and indexes are one the products of computer processing of catalogue and index records.» computer book form index = índice encuadernado en f
Book synonyms
hold
in spanish: sostener,
pronunciation: hoʊld
part of speech: verb, noun
record
in spanish: grabar,
pronunciation: rəkɔrd
part of speech: noun
reserve
in spanish: reserva,
pronunciation: rɪzɜrv
part of speech: noun
script
in spanish: guión,
pronunciation: skrɪpt
part of speech: noun
volume
in spanish: volumen,
pronunciation: vɑljum
part of speech: noun
ledger
in spanish: libro mayor,
pronunciation: ledʒɜr
part of speech: noun
leger
in spanish: leger,
pronunciation: ledʒɜr
part of speech: noun
daybook
in spanish: libro diario,
pronunciation: deɪbʊk
part of speech: noun
playscript
in spanish: guión de juego,
pronunciation: pleɪskrɪpt
part of speech: noun
account book
in spanish: libro de cuentas,
pronunciation: əkaʊntbʊk
part of speech: noun
book of account
in spanish: libro de cuenta,
pronunciation: bʊkʌvəkaʊnt
part of speech: noun
recordbook
in spanish: libro de registro,
pronunciation: rəkɔrdbʊk
part of speech: noun