Challenge in spanish
pronunciation: retoʊ part of speech: noun, verb
challenge1 = reto, desafío, dificultad, órdago.
Example: The duration of the cycle varies markedly from institution to institution, dependent upon the adaptability of the institutional structure to challenge and change.more:
» accept + a challenge = aceptar un reto, aceptar un desafío.
Example: If you're confident in your belief, then simply accept the challenge and try to prove me wrong.» be up for a/any challenge = estar dispuesto a (enfrentarse a) todo, estar dispuesto a enfrentarse a cualquier cosa, estar dispuesto a enfrentarse a cualquier reto.
Example: It was so great to watch her develop into such a gutty, confident player that is up for any challenge.» be up to a challenge = hacer frente a un reto, afrontar un reto, estar a la altura de las circunstancias.
Example: We're defending the title and we need to be up to the challenge.» challenge + lie ahead = reto + avecinarse.
Example: Many challenges lie ahead for those selling children's books with increased competition and shrinking profit margins.» challenges to materials = censuras a los materiales.
Example: This article summarizes results of surveys conducted between 1985 and 1995 on challenges to materials in public libraries.» confront + a challenge = enfrentarse a un reto, hacer frente a un reto.
Example: It is very important to establish information networks as a mechanism to confront the challenges presented by the 'information explosion'.» embrace + a challenge = afrontar un reto, hacer frente a un reto.
Example: A new energy efficiency survey reveals that business is embracing the challenge of becoming more environmentally friendly.» endurance challenge = prueba de resistencia, prueba de aguante.
Example: This bicycle race is revered the world over for its reputation as one of the toughest but most gratifying endurance challenges available, bar none.» face (up to) + a challenge = enfrentarse a un reto, afrontar un reto.
Example: While on-line systems possess the potential to fill a majority of Third World information gaps, they face tremendous practical challenges in these areas.» handle + a challenge = enfrentarse a un reto.
Example: The author claims that by skirting the issue in the past with their video collections librarians have left themselves ill equipped to handle these new challenge.» in the face of + challenge = encontrarse ante un reto.
Example: In the face of these challenges, developing nations start from a position of weakness, based on low levels of capital formation and rapid population growth.» mannequin challenge, the = reto del maniquí, el.
Example: The viral 'mannequin challenge' trend might be fun for people, but the latest version to go viral has some animal lovers concerned.» meet + a challenge = enfrentarse a un reto, hacer frente a un reto.
Example: They have to be reformed into organizations better fitted to meet the challenges of technology-dominated futures.» overcome + a challenge = superar un reto.
Example: Overcoming challenges and adversity is something Marlon Shirley knows about.» pose + a challenge = plantear un reto, plantear un desafío.
Example: Each Fellow's experience was unique and posed exciting and unusual challenges as well as unforeseen obstacles.» present + a challenge = presentar un reto, suponer un reto.
Example: The number of languages in which libraries receive materials often presents challenges and difficulties for cataloguers.» provide + a challenge = presentar un reto.
Example: Indeed, this is one of the most delightful aspects of reference work, providing every day a new intellectual challenge.» rise (up) to + a challenge = hacer frente a un reto, afrontar un reto, estar a la altura de las circunstancias.
Example: Librarians, like all educators, rose to this new challenge, and programs designed to 'Americanize' the immigrant sprang up in all the major libraries in the country.» sporting challenge = reto deportivo.
Example: In the novel, residents of the drought-plagued hamlet of Champaner, egged on by a salt-of-the-earth hothead leader, recklessly accept a sporting challenge thrown down by the commander of the local British troops.» under challenge = en entredicho, en peligro.
Example: During the previous 10 years the concept of free information services in Australian libraries has come increasingly under challenge.» undertake + a challenge = enfrentarse a un reto.
Example: When the students undertook the challenge of preparing cumulative author and subject indexes for the first ten volumes of the bulletin, they decided to invent procedures that would take advantage of the data base already available in the National Library of Medicine's MEDLINE.challenge2 = retar, desafiar, plantar cara a, poner en duda, poner en entredicho, cuestionar, rebatir.
Example: The only difference is the cataloger doesn't have to sit down and challenge himself, select one entry over the other, and say that this person is more responsible than another person for the work.more:
» challenge + a situation = desafiar una situación.
Example: In the past twenty or thirty years a growing number of teachers all through the educational system, from kindergarten to university, have challenged this situation.» challenge + a threat = enfrentarse a un problema.
Example: This paper considers two areas in UK librarianship in which action might serve to challenge these threats.» challenge + attitude = desafiar una postura.
Example: Literature is conciliatory, comforting us in our shared humanity, and subversive, challenging our prejudices and ingrained attitudes, our complacency.» challenge + materials = censurar material.
Example: This article reports a survey of materials that were challenged in Manitoba, Canada, school and public libraries.» challenge + Posesivo + assumptions = poner en entredicho.
Example: He challenged their assumptions and, I think, made them doubt what they thought they knew.» challenge + prejudice = desafiar un prejuicio.
Example: Literature is conciliatory, comforting us in our shared humanity, and subversive, challenging our prejudices and ingrained attitudes, our complacency.