Popular in spanish
pronunciation: poʊpulɑɹ̩ part of speech: adjective
popular = popular, común, conocido, famoso, usado.
Example: Although the fifteenth edition met with some success, it was not generally popular = Aunque la quinceaba edición tuvo algún éxito, en general no fue muy popular.more:
» become + popular = hacerse popular, tener éxito.
Example: As soon as Tintin started to become popular, after the war, the idea of taking his adventures to the big screen came up.» be popular = ser popular, tener éxito, ser famoso.
Example: The arrangement of two rotors side by side was never very popular.» be popular in appeal = ser popular, ser atractivo.
Example: Ticknor's belief in the library's potential as one means of inhibiting the chances of unscrupulous politicians who would lead the ignorant astray explains his insistence that the public library be as popular in appeal as possible.» be popular with = ser popular entre.
Example: Adventure is the most popular genre with primary school boys.» by popular demand = a petición popular.
Example: The usual tactic of marketing departments is to insist that a show has come 'back by popular demand'.» catch + the popular imagination = capturar la imaginación popular, captar la imaginación popular.
Example: In addition, no other scientist has caught the popular imagination like the tousle-haired Einstein.» contrary to popular belief = en contra de la opinión general, en contrar de lo que se cree, al contrario de lo que se cree, al contrario de la creencia popular.
Example: Contrary to popular belief still held by some, no accompanying service support was provided by Carnegie for the institution behind these monumental facades.» highly popular = muy popular.
Example: Romantic novelists have a quality of imagination which is creative in this extraordinarily limited yet highly popular field.» popular art = arte popular.
Example: Thus, bric-a-brac is of interest to those concerned with popular art and material culture (presumably it will be of interest to archaeologists in the future).» popular belief = creencia popular.
Example: In popular belief the human being who went to live with a mermaid or a merman lost his or her soul and became as one of these.» popular culture = cultura popular.
Example: Their work constitutes a new art movement, drawing on, and straddling divisions between, pop art, performing arts, popular culture, and fashion.» popular democracy = democracia popular.
Example: It is also commonly believed that the origins of the public library movement testify to the power of popular democracy in this country.» popular department = departamento de lectura "formativo-recreativa". [Dentro de una biblioteca, aquella sección que contiene fondos dirigidos a un público general para hacer normalmente un tipo de lectura de ocio]
Example: The popular department could be divided into 'interest areas' by book stacks, display units and interior landscaping, so as to assure a sense of identity and enclosure without inhibiting circulation between the areas.» popular library = biblioteca popular.
Example: By the end of the 70s, the concept of the popular library, providing services geared to the real needs of the community, began to emerge as an alternative to the public library.» popular literature = literatura popular.
Example: The history and proper study of popular literature generally dates only from the middle of the nineteenth century and the founding father of the discipline was Charles Nisard.» popular magazine = revista de actualidad, revista del corazón.
Example: The number of full text data bases on-line is also increasing, providing instant access to newspapers and newswires, popular magazines and scholarly journals.» popular music = música popular.
Example: A survey of music librarians was carried out to investigate the role of the Institute of popular music, UK, as a source of information on popular music.» popular music collection = colección de música popular.
Example: Performing artist and radio show host Ian Whitcomb expresses his misgivings over donating his popular music collection to libraries.» popular myth = mito popular.
Example: It became a popular myth because people love to hear about experts being confounded by simple common sense.» popular press, the = prensa amarilla, la.
Example: Historians have generally held that before the Civil War the popular press did little to help the women's rights movements.» popular saying = dicho popular.
Example: The popular saying 'Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves' is as true of personal habits as of money .» popular science = divulgación científica.
Example: A full range of disciplines is covered and popular science is well represented.» popular science book = libro de divulgación científica.
Example: Problems with selecting popular science books are discussed including: bias; conflicting viewpoints; and the problem of bogus science masquerading as respectable science.» popular vote, the = voto popular, el.
Example: Let's not squabble about the fact that Bush actually eked out a razor-thin victory in the popular vote.» unpopular = impopular.
Example: The Research Library Council must be prepared to make unpopular recommendations.