Press in spanish
pronunciation: pɹ̩ensɑ part of speech: noun
press [presses, -pl.]1 = prensa.
Example: Also annual output could be increased by 13-28% without adding more lathes, driers or presses.more:
» arming press = prensa volante, prensa para dorar. [En encuadernación, máquina para decorar la encuadernación con figuras en oro u otro metal que consta de un mecanismo para calentar los hierros y los tipos]
Example: In 1843 the great London bindery of Westley and Clark had a rolling press, two cloth-embossing machines, and three arming presses.» at the press of a button = con sólo pulsar un botón, con sólo apretar un botón.
Example: The interface usually includes a control keyboard, a modem, and an auto-dialler (for calling the data-base computer and identifying the calling terminal at the press of a button).» binding press = prensa de encuadernar.
Example: Glue, card, paper, gauze, leatherette, calico, scissors, ruler, set-square, hammer, binding-knife and press are necessary for rebinding.» blocking press = prensa volante, prensa doradora. [En encuadernación, máquina para decorar la encuadernación con figuras en oro u otro metal que consta de un mecanismo para calentar los hierros y los tipos]
Example: In 1895 a good London bindery would have the following machines: hand-fed folding machines, sewing machines, nipping machines (for pressing the sewn books before casing-in), cutting machines, rounding machines, backing machines, straight-knife trimming machines (guillotines), rotary board-cutting machines, power blocking presses, and hydraulic standing presses.» come off + the press = imprimir.
Example: The number of copies of an edition which have come off the press at any one time is known as the size of the edition.» copperplate press = prensa para grabados en cobre.
Example: The principle of the cylinder platen was hardly a new one even then -- the rolling pin is an ancient device, and the copperplate press used two cylinders working together.» first cold press = primera prensada.
Example: The term 'first cold press' hearkens back to the traditional method, where the best oil came from the first pressing; subsequent pressings release more oil, but of inferior quality.» galley press = imprenta de galeradas.
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.» garlic press = prensa-ajos, prensa de ajos, prensa para ajos.
Example: Garlic presses went out of fashion 10-20 years ago, but the stigma has abated.» go to + press = entrar en prensa, empezar a imprimir.
Example: Note: This information is correct at the time of going to press, but may be subject to change.» gutter press, the = prensa amarilla, la; prensa sensacionalista, la.
Example: The Brits are as infamous for their gutter press as they are for sexual repression and bad teeth.» hand-press = prensa manual.
Example: Early-nineteenth-century hand-made paper, however, differed from that of the hand-press period on account both of new methods of bleaching, and of changes in the form of the hand mould.» hand-press period, the = período de la prensa manual, el. [Expresión usualmente acompañada del artículo]
Example: Many cheap books and most of the jobbing work of the earlier hand-press period have disappeared completely.» hot off the press(es) = noticia de última hora, recién publicado.
Example: The article is entitled 'Hot Off the Press: Differential Forms in Electromagnetics'.» hydraulic press = prensa hidráulica.
Example: The use of powerful hydraulic presses from the mid 1800s made the mould side of the sheet almost indistinguishable from the felt side.» iron press = prensa de metal. [En imprenta, nombre dado a la nueva imprenta que aparece hecha de hierro y que sustituye a la original de madera]
Example: What was new about the iron presses was their capacity for printing large formes with great delicacy.» machine press = prensa mecánica.
Example: Very few machine presses were used for book printing during the first quarter of the nineteenth century.» machine-press period, the = período de la prensa mecánica, el.
Example: But the situation in the machine-press period differed chiefly in degree, not in kind.» news press = imprenta de periódico.
Example: Like their predecessors (which were mostly news presses) they had carriages with ink tables at the end and inking rollers fixed at right angles across the frame.» offset printing press = prensa offset.
Example: Appreciative of his efforts, Crane purchased a sophisticated offset printing press and other hardware for the production of library booklists, flyers, programs, etc..» oil press = almazara, prensa de aceite.
Example: Fig. 118 represents one form of hydraulic oil press suitable for extracting oils or essences from seed and roots.» prepress [pre-press] = etapa anterior a la impresión. [Generalmente se refiere a los procesos que hoy día realiza el propio autor de una obra al componerla en formato electrónico ante de su impresión]
Example: Advances in digital prepress that have occurred during 1980-81 are reviewed, and the continuing progress in electronic publishing techniques is described.» press bed = mesa. [Mecanismo de impresión]
Example: In one simple version, known in England as the Scandinavian single platen machine (1841), the press bed and type were stationary throughout.» press book = libro impreso.
Example: I am not suggesting that teachers should be bibliographic bores, literary missionaries, who blurt out titles and press books on children at every possible moment.» press copy = ejemplar para recensión. [Documento enviado gratuitamente a fin de que el destinatario publique un comentario, resumen o reseña, generalmente en una publicación en serie]
Example: A press copy is a document sent free with a view to a comment, an abstract or a review being published by the addressee, usually in a serial publication.» press crew = equipo de impresión.
Example: Having imposed a forme, the compositor carried it to the press room, where a press crew was required to pause in its work and pull a proof for him, often on an old press kept for the purpose.» press-figure = símbolo de imprenta. [En imprenta, símbolo usado por los impresores británicos del siglo XVIII para identificar las formas de imprenta]
Example: A few forward-looking eighteenth-century typographers had occasionally used numerals as signatures, but numerals were unlikely to appeal to the trade so long as press-figures were used.» press point = puntura de impresión.
Example: The near-side press point was placed further in towards the middle of the tympan (and of the sheet) than the off-side point.» press proof = prueba de prensa, capilla.
Example: The third and final stage of proof correction was the press proof, when a sheet was read for residual blemishes.» press room [pressroom] = sala de impresión.
Example: Having imposed a forme, the compositor carried it to the press room, where a press crew was required to pause in its work and pull a proof for him, often on an old press kept for the purpose.» press stone = piedra litográfica.
Example: When a forme was in place on the press stone, paper was lowered on to it by means of a tympan and frisket.» printing press = prensa, imprenta, gráficas, taller gráfico.
Example: The place of printing is the location where the printing press is situated, of failing this, the organization acting for it.» punch press = prensa de moldear.
Example: This guide to punch press selection examines the advantages/disadvantages of available machine designs and stresses how workpiece size and shape is critical to every purchase plan.» rolling press = prensa tipográfica de rodillos.
Example: The rolling press consisted essentially of a frame in which two large rollers were mounted one above the other, and were turned by means of four large spokes radiating from the axle of the upper one.» rotary press = prensa rotativa.
Example: Flong moulds could be fitted into curved casting-boxes to make plates for rotary presses.» screw press = prensa de tornillo.
Example: All printers used what was substantially the same sort of printing press throughout the hand-press period, a hand-powered screw press built in a wooden frame = Durante el periodo de la imprenta manual, todos los impresores utilizaron fundamentalmente el mismo tipo de prensa; era ésta una prensa de tornillo accionada a mano y encajada en un armazón de madera.» small press = imprenta pequeña, editorial pequeña.
Example: 'Vanity' presses are not the same as small presses and are held in disrepute.» standing press = prensa de torno.
Example: In 1895 a good London bindery would have the following machines: hand-fed folding machines, sewing machines, nipping machines (for pressing the sewn books before casing-in), cutting machines, rounding machines, backing machines, straight-knife trimming machines (guillotines), rotary board-cutting machines, power blocking presses, and hydraulic standing presses.» stitching press = cosedora. [En encuadernación, máquina para conser los pliegos de papel con hilo o alambre]
Example: Years ago, many libraries had their own binderies equipped with simple stitching presses, guillotines, etc.» trousers press = tabla de planchar pantalones.
Example: Rooms are functional and clean and equipped with television, video, hair dryer, trousers press, writing desk, and dresser.» wooden press = prensa de madera. [En imprenta, nombre dado a la primeras prensas hechas de madera]
Example: The iron hand-presses, however, were not much more productive than the wooden presses which they replaced.press [presses, -pl.]2 = imprenta.
Example: Several of the commercial and university publishers that had been prominent in 1983 have been replaced by new presses.more:
» broadsheet press, the = prensa normal, la. [Denominado así por el formado grande del papel a diferencia de la prensa sensacionalista]
Example: The author weighs up whether a dumbing down has taken place in the UK tabloid and broadsheet press.» business press, the = prensa de economía, la.
Example: Sources of information consulted include annual reports, stock reports, brokerage house reports and the business press as well as other reference sources.» children's press = prensa infantil.
Example: Her first album generated rave reviews in children's press and set off an avalanche of awards.» computer press, the = revistas de informática.
Example: This article reviews the collective opinions of the computer press on the best products of 1988 with the benefit of hindsight.» daily press, the = prensa diaria, la.
Example: She wrote for the daily press on the manners and morals of society, on the plight of London's working women and children, and on the international traffic in women.» freedom of the press = libertad de prensa.
Example: The author of this article is Executive Director of the Reporters Committee for freedom of the press.» gutter press, the = prensa amarilla, la; prensa sensacionalista, la.
Example: The Brits are as infamous for their gutter press as they are for sexual repression and bad teeth.» library press, the = prensa bibliotecaria, la. [Publicaciones, principalmente revistas, especializadas en temas de biblioteconomía y documentación]
Example: Those responsible for purchasing reference books for libraries rely to a great extent on reviews that appear in those journals which, broadly speaking, constitute the library press.» local press, the = prensa local, la.
Example: Ever true to her word, Kate Lespran found an appropriate vehicle for her revenge: the local press = Fiel a su palabra, Kate Lespran encontró el vehículo apropiado para su venganza: la prensa local.» 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.» press advertising = publicidad a través de la prensa.
Example: Suppose you have a document which has as one of its themes 'the television advertising of cosmetics' and, as another, 'the press advertising of furniture'.» press box, the = tribuna de prensa, la.
Example: The league president shall appoint an official scorer who shall observe the game from a position in the press box.» press briefing = reunión informativa de prensa, sesión informativa.
Example: Weekly press briefings on general and topical issues and press conferences are given by visiting members of the Commission.» press campaign = campaña de publicidad, campaña publicitaria.
Example: He claims that the press campaign he is about to unleash will be a 'publicity firestorm'.» press clipping = recorte de prensa. [Artículo o trozo recortado de un periódico que recoge información pertinente a un tema y que se utiliza como documento]
Example: This article describes the history and holdings of the University of Cape Town's Department of Environmental and Geographical Science which include maps, aerial photographs, aeronautical charts, atlas pages and press clippings.» press comment = comentario aparecido en la prensa.
Example: Spurred by press comments on dumping of withdrawn library books in rubbish skips, Birkerd Library requested the Ministry of Culture's permission to sell withdrawn materials.» press conference = rueda de prensa, conferencia de prensa.
Example: Weekly press briefings on general and topical issues and press conferences are given by visiting members of the European Commission.» press coverage = cobertura periodística.
Example: The factors and influences determining press coverage of health and medical issues will be studied.» press cutting [press-cutting] = recorte de prensa.
Example: Much of the refrence material is in the form of unpublished reports, trade literature, press cuttings and handouts.» press directory = directorio de prensa.
Example: Benn's press directory (London, Benn Bros, 1846 annual) is a two volume work which has had various titles and publishers throughout its long life.» press freedom = libertad de prensa.
Example: This article explores the factors contributing to the emergence of political pluralism and the status of press freedom in Taiwan.» press office = gabinete de prensa, oficina de prensa.
Example: The University's press office is staffed by experienced journalists and communications professionals.» press officer = jefe de prensa.
Example: This article seeks to evaluate the potential value of press releases to researchers by means of interviews with the press officers of two major government departments and two quasi-non-governmental organisations (quangos).» press photographer = fotógrafo de prensa.
Example: Many professionals, particularly press photographers, were still using glass plates until the 1950s.» press release = información de novedades.
Example: These press releases are useful as they can indicate which other authorities are working on the same lines so that contact can be made and experience and ideas shared.» press release = comunicado de prensa, nota de prensa.
Example: Libraries were not mentioned in any of the government's pamphlets, booklets or press releases.» press restriction = restricción a la publicación en prensa.
Example: Subsequent press restrictions gazetted in Aug 87 established the possibility of prior censorship.» press review = reseña de prensa.
Example: Nonetheless, the exhibition has received an equally negative collection of press reviews, generally damning the exhibition for its failure to adequately examine the character of Cleopatra, or her role in history.» press secretary = secretario de prensa.
Example: He should stand a little in the background, like the press secretary when the President is holding a press conference with the Washington correspondents.» press spokesman = portavoz del gobierno, secretario de prensa.
Example: The press spokesman 'ominously warned' Americans to 'watch what they say,' which amounted to telling citizens 'to accept the administration's version of events, not ask awkward questions'.» press statement = nota de prensa, declaración de prensa, conferencia de prensa.
Example: Media techniques such as developing a contact list, issuing a press statement, and holding a press conference are discussed.» press, the = prensa, la. [Expresión usualmente acompañada del artículo]
Example: The rows over Britain's contributions to the Community budget and runaway spending on the the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), which took up two thirds of the budget, were documented blow by blow in the press.» private press = imprenta privada.
Example: A private press is a printing press that issues small editions at the pleasure of its owner, not necessarily for financial gain.» publishing press = editorial comercial.
Example: Oxford and Cambridge both have publishing presses which were founded to promote and disseminate knowledge.» scholarly press = editorial científica.
Example: Trade-oriented scholarly presses also predict more titles, smaller press runs and higher prices.» tabloid press, the = prensa amarilla, la; prensa sensacionalista, la. [Denominado así por el formado pequeño del papel a diferencia de la prensa normal]
Example: The author weighs up whether a dumbing down has taken place in the UK tabloid and broadsheet press.» university press = editorial universitaria.
Example: Oxford university press (OUP) is unusual among university presses in that it is required to pay its way and also has a very important international presence in more than 50 other countries.» vanity press = editorial de revistas del corazón.
Example: 'Vanity' presses are not the same as small presses and are held in disrepute.press3 = presionar, apretar, prensar.
Example: To read a borrower label place the scanner on the left side of the label and move it from left to right across the bar codes, pressing lightly to keep it in direct contact with the label.more:
» press + a button = pulsar un botón.
Example: First, the required channel is selected by pressing the appropriate key and then pressing the button marked 'text'.» press + charges against = formular cargos contra, presentar cargos contra, acusar.
Example: What kind of report and evidence is required if persons wish to enter formal complaints or press charges?.» press for = presionar para conseguir Algo.
Example: The US government has made a strong priority of pressing for better, stronger laws against those who would take without permission others' creative works and inventions.» press forward (with) = llevar a cabo, seguir adelante, avanzar.
Example: The company is pressing forward with the construction of an environment and a system that permit all employees to demonstrate their full capabilities.» press into = forzar a.
Example: 'Lower town,' along the water's edge, is a district of crowded brick and frame structures of varied heights, an occasional old residence having had its ground floor pressed into commercial service.» press + key = pulsar una tecla.
Example: Foreign disc in CD-ROM player, correct the problem and press any key to continue.» press + Nombre + back = obligar a retroceder, presionar hacia atrás.
Example: The enemy stubbornly resisted every effort of our skirmishers to press them back.» press + Nombre + to the point = apurar a Alguien, poner entre la espada y la pared.
Example: He would disclaim representing 'Europe', even -- and pressed to the point he might say he speaks not even for his own nation, or even his institution, but only for himself.» press on = continuar, avanzar, continuar avanzando.
Example: Hoping the gentler tone and the more relaxed manner meant that her anger was abating, the young man pressed on less apprehensively.» press + Posesivo + back against = retreparse contra Algo, echarse contra Algo, apretar a Alguien contra Algo.
Example: A slow burn began in her toes and worked its way up her body as he turned and pressed her back against the wall of the hallway.» press + Posesivo + claim = reclamar el derecho a, reivindicar el derecho a, demandar el derecho a, exigir el derecho a.
Example: Louis jumped on this opportunity and journeyed to England to press his claim to the throne.» press + Posesivo + claim = reclamar justicia, reivindicar justicia, demandar justicia, exigir justicia.
Example: Olsson went on to add that she was considering pressing her claim in court and secure the right to exhume the tomb.» press + Posesivo + luck = tentar (a) la suerte, desafiar a la suerte.
Example: An English diplomat on the island tried to warn Burton against pressing his luck a second time.» press upon = preocupar, acosar.
Example: For example, the latter are unlikely to engage themselves in conservation issues as these now press upon the professional consciousness of librarians.» time + press = tiempo + apremiar.
Example: The work is very much akin to journalism in the way that time presses, the content must be dealt with in a craftsmanlike way but the author will gain credit more for 'reporting' skills than for philosophical analyses.press4 = presionar, planchar.
Example: The books were then collated to ensure that each was made up correctly, and they were finally folded in half, pressed, and baled up for delivery or storage = A continuación, los cuardenillos se juntaban con objeto de cada libro estuviese completo y, finalmente, se doblaban por la mitad, se presionaban y se embalaban para su envío o almacenamiento.