Duty in spanish
pronunciation: debeɹ̩ part of speech: noun
duty [duties, -pl.]1 = deber, tarea, cometido, obligación.
Example: Organisations often expect an information officer or librarian to prepare such abstracts as are necessary, in addition to performing various other information duties.more:
» assume + a duty = asumir + Posesivo + deber, asumir + Posesivo + obligación, asumir un deber, asumir una obligación, asumir una tarea.
Example: He was a descriptive cataloger at Princeton and was promoted to Acting Head Cataloger, and subsequently Head Cataloger at Princeton, the position he left before assuming his present duties at LC.» be derelict in + duty = ser dejado en la obligación de Uno.
Example: I think a person would be derelict in his or her duty not to forewarn someone about a problem.» be off duty = haber terminado la jornada laboral.
Example: To enhance the productivity of reference librarians, libraries might consider ways to tap their expertise while the librarians themselves are off duty.» be on official duty = cumplir (con) + Posesivo + obligaciones oficiales.
Example: Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands was back on official duty today, her first engagement since her son's skiing accident.» be on point duty = dirigir el tráfico, dirigir la circulación, dirigir el tránsito.
Example: He was fatally injured when run over by an army lorry while on point duty.» beyond the call of duty = más allá de la obligación, más allá del deber.
Example: It is this combination of an easy question with a long-drawn out search and response that identify such enquiries as beyond the reasonable call of duty.» breach of duty = incumplimiento del deber.
Example: Compensatory damages are paid to compensate the claimant for loss, injury, or harm suffered by another's breach of duty.» carry out + a duty = realizar una tarea.
Example: The responsibility for manning the one telephone left at the disposal of a residue of callers fell to a single officer who had other duties to carry out to justify his keep.» civic duty = deber ciudadano.
Example: Libraries assist patrons in meeting their civic duty by offering meeting space for civic organizations, assisting in voter registration, and making tax forms available.» come off + duty = terminar turno de trabajo.
Example: Few nurses write for their profession, and the reading habit may give way to other pursuits when nurses come off duty exhausted.» dereliction of duty = negligencia en el cumplimiento del deber.
Example: Jeremy Sivits, 24, a reservist with the military police, is to face a public court martial in Baghdad on charges of cruelty and abuse, and dereliction of duty for failing to protect the inmates.» desk duty = turno de trabajo de atención al usuario.
Example: One seasoned supervisor insisted that in order to appear businesslike, staff reading while on desk duty should hold a pencil.» discharge + Posesivo + duty = cumplir (con) + Posesivo + un deber, desempeñar una función.
Example: How this international agency discharges its political and economical duties is examined.» do + double duty = tener una doble función, servir una doble función.
Example: A lot of common household items can be surprisingly helpful when you prep your dinner -- everything from a hammer to a hair dryer and rubber bands can do double duty in the kitchen.» domestic duty = trabajo doméstico, tarea del hogar.
Example: Feminist organisations have been able to legitimate flexible working time thereby circumventing the formerly rigid hours of work which barred women from fulfilling their domestic duties.» duty accomplished = deber cumplido.
Example: Then she sat back, happy in the virtuous sensation of duty accomplished.» duty-bound = obligado por el deber, obligado por el sentido del deber, impuesto por el deber, impuesto por el sentido del deber.
Example: From his duty-bound, fallibilist perspective, skeptics who do not believe enough are as bad as dogmatists who believe too intensely.» duty day = día de guardia, día de turno.
Example: Airlines want shorter pilot duty days, but more flying time.» duty librarian = bibliotecario en servicios mínimos.
Example: One of the supervisor's jobs is to see that work is prepared for the duty librarian to do during recess and lunchtime.» duty officer = oficial de servicio.
Example: The 'first post' was sounded when the duty officer started his rounds and, as the party proceeded from post to post, a drum was played.» duty + Profesión = de guardia.
Example: Another rota system operates in some magistrates courts, whereby a duty solicitor is on hand to assist people facing criminal charges who otherwise would be unrepresented = En algunos juzgados de asuntos menores el sistema de turnos es diferente pues siempre hay un abogado procurador de guardia a mano para ayudar a la gente acusada de delito criminal que de lo contrario no tendrían representación.» duty roster = lista de personas y cometidos.
Example: One of the supervisor's jobs is to arrange duty rosters for library staff.» fail + Posesivo + duty = descuidar las obligaciones de uno.
Example: If he attempts to deal with a query about China without first ensuring that it is the country and not the porcelain that is meant he is failing his duty.» familial duty = deber familiar.
Example: This measure has allowed women to meet their familial duties whilst maintaining their foothold on the employment ladder.» foist + Nombre + on + Alguien + as a duty = endosar una tarea a Alguien, imponer una tarea a Alguien.
Example: Have reading foisted on you as a duty, a task to be put up with, from which you expect no delight, and it can appear a drab business gladly to be given up.» fulfil + Posesivo + duty = cumplir (con) + Posesivo + deber, cumplir (con) un deber, desempeñar + Posesivo + obligación, desempeñar una obligación.
Example: By making a special effort to serve the needs of the lower socioeconomic groups, the public library is seen as fulfilling its duty to serve all the community.» go on + duty = comenzar el turno de trabajo.
Example: Communication is making unique experience common; that definition should be at the head of every library textbook and should be rubbed into every member of staff as he goes on duty.» guard duty = turno de guardia.
Example: The children were involved in manual labour, guard duty, front-line fighting, bomb manufacture, setting sea/land mines & radio & communication.» heavy-duty = muy resistente, de alta resistencia, de alto rendimiento, para uso industrial, para trabajos pesados.
Example: It uses a heavy-duty seal and is therefore watertight, but not submersible.» jury duty = servicio de jurado, llamamiento para formar parte de un jurado. [Deber ciudadano de formar pate de un jurado]
Example: Payment for time not worked includes vacations, sick leave, holidays, and leave because of National Guard duty, jury duty, death in the family, and personal business.» library duty = tarea bibliotecaria.
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.» moral duty = deber moral.
Example: While many scholars concede that military interventions are sometimes permissible, they balk when it comes to deciding whether they are ever a moral duty.» National Guard duty = servicio en la Guardia Nacional.
Example: Payment for time not worked includes vacations, sick leave, holidays, and leave because of National Guard duty, jury duty, death in the family, and personal business.» neglect of duty = negligencia en el deber, incumplimiento del deber.
Example: A chapter on adequate cause for dismissal addresses incompetency, neglect of duty, insubordination, and immoral or unethical conduct.» off-duty = fuera de servicio, libre de servicio.
Example: An off-duty doorman was coshed over the head as he confronted a man smashing up his car outside a nightclub, a jury heard.» official duties = obligaciones oficiales.
Example: Germany warns France there is no easy way out after it elects anti-austerity president -- as sour-faced Sarko breaks cover for last official duties.» on duty = de servicio, de guardia, de turno.
Example: One simple way to reduce the distance between the user and the librarian is to provide nameplates introducing the librarian(s) on duty.» parental duty = deber de los padres, deber paternal, deber paterno.
Example: We got a licking when we messed up -- it was part of parental duty and loving concern.» perform + a duty = desempeñar una obligación, realizar una tarea.
Example: This is an attempt to describe the sort of person who could adequately perform the duties given in the job description.» position + entail + duty = funciones del puesto de trabajo.
Example: The position of deputy librarian or deputy director exists in all but the smallest libraries, and there is a measure of agreement as to what his duties should entail.» professional duty = deber profesional.
Example: Pro bono work should be a part of professional duty, not looked on as a charitable act = El trabajo desinteresado debería formar parte de los deberes profesionales y no considerarse como un acto caritativo.» pull + double duty = tener una doble función, servir una doble función.
Example: Check out these products that pull double-duty and can cut your makeup budget in half.» relieve + Nombre + of + Posesivo + duty = relevar de una obligación, relevar de un cargo.
Example: I believe that it was in a West Riding town that three successive chief constables were relieved of their duties because they were drunk and incapable.» sense of duty = sentido del deber.
Example: The librarian's common general values include the desire for competence and autonomy at work, cooperation, tolerance and a sense of duty, and an appreciation of basic human needs of security, acceptance and self-respect.» staff duties = funciones del personal, tareas del personal.
Example: It is very important that staff duties, professional and non-professional, be noted.» tour of duty = período de servicio.
Example: Her 'tour of duty' extended from the end of September 1987 to the end of March of the following year, summertime for the Southern Hemisphere.duty2
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» customs duties = aranceles, tarifas arancelarias, derechos de aduana.
Example: These 'own resources' comprise agricultural and sugar levies, customs duties and a percentage of value added tax (VAT).» duty-free = libre de impuestos, sin impuestos.
Example: Nowhere is this climate of change more dramatic than within Europe, which in 1991 accounted for over 50% of worldwide duty-free sales.» import duty = arancel de importación, impuesto de aduana, arancel de aduana.
Example: The government should slash import duty on gold to 2 per cent from the existing 10 per cent.» pay + duties = pagar los aranceles, pagar los impuestos.
Example: If you do have something to declare, you will need to pay duties and taxes on the items before you are allowed to proceed.» stamp duty = impuesto del timbre.
Example: This practice enabled newspaper publishers to avoid half the stamp duty payable between 1712 and 1794.