Branch in spanish
pronunciation: rɑmɑ part of speech: noun
branch1 = rama, ramificación.
Example: Thus we all agree that one component of a building is a roof (and not vice versa!), and that chemistry is a branch of science.more:
» branch-line = ramal de ferrocarril.
Example: Following in the footsteps of Beeching's axe which put paid to the branch-line era of the railways, many rural bus routes have now been threatened by rising petrol costs.» branch of learning = rama del conocimiento, rama del saber.
Example: It has long been a hope of reference librarians that with the application of sufficient thought their work and their art may also emerge as a worthy discipline, or branch of learning.» cut + the branch + you sit on = tirarse piedras contra + Posesivo + propio tejado.
Example: It may sound as if the librarians and information professionales are about to cut the branch on which they sit, but progress aimed toward informational self-service cannot be stopped.» offer + an olive branch = ofrecer una rama de olivo para hacer las paces.
Example: He demonstrates that the standard interpretation rests on the idea that Antony offered an olive branch to Brutus and Cassius.» olive branch = rama de olivo, ofrenda de paz, paz.
Example: During these two crucial years in American history the colonists, after vacillating between the olive branch and the sword, finally abandoned hope of reconciliation with Great Britain.» tree branch = rama de árbol.
Example: This liana has an old stem twining around a tree branch in the tropical deciduous forest of Michoacan, Mexico.branch2 = sucursal, filial, delegación.
Example: The most significant response has been the growth in every town of a widening range of citizen action groups -- consumer groups, parent-teacher associations and branches of CASE, Shelter groups, Civic Trust groups, tenants' and residents' associations and many other kinds of 'grass roots' organisation.more:
» branch collection = biblioteca sucursal.
Example: The library department maintains a central collection in Constantia and extends services through 8 branch collections and 3 bookmobiles.» branch head = director de filial.
Example: These individuals may be department heads or branch heads in a larger organization.» branch librarian = bibliotecario de biblioteca sucursal.
Example: In public libraries the post of district or branch librarian is extremely important, since the holder is the representative of the chief librarian in the area served by his branch.» branch library = biblioteca sucursal, biblioteca de barrio.
Example: The branch or departmental libraries belonging to the local library are at the lowest level.» library branch = biblioteca sucursal.
Example: The library catalogue of one library alone may be available in different physical forms for different locations (for example, computer book form for library branches, and microfiche for a central library).branch3 = bifurcarse, dividirse.
Example: The road of special librarianship was branching, and in order to succeed members had to look down both forks in order to be best prepared for the future ahead.more:
» branch into = ramificarse, diversificarse, diversificar las actividades, expandirse, abrir nuevos mercados.
Example: The book also examines the epistemological, theoretical, socio-technical, and practice directions that social work has branched into.» branch off = bifurcarse, desviarse, ramificarse, separarse.
Example: It is estimated that the Romani people left India about 1,000 years ago, passed the Caucasus Mountains and then moved across the southern coast of the Black Sea to Europe, where they branched off to different regions in the 13th century.» branch off + on a side trail = cambiar de rumbo, tomar otra dirección.
Example: When it becomes evident that the elastic properties of available materials had a great deal to do with the bow, he branches off on a side trail which takes him through textbooks on elasticity.» branch out from = diversificarse y no centrarse únicamente en.
Example: Publishers need to branch out from paper and microfilm materials.» branch out (into) = ramificarse, diversificarse, diversificar las actividades, expandirse, abrir nuevos mercados.
Example: The company now has offices in the UK, the USA and Asia, and has branched out into consultancy and software development.