Serve in spanish
pronunciation: seɹ̩biɹ̩ part of speech: verb
serve = servir, atender.
Example: This broader consideration of descriptive cataloguing problems serves to set a context for the consideration of cataloguing problems associated with nonbook materials.more:
» better to reign in Hell than to serve in Heaven = más vale ser cabeza de ratón que cola de león.
Example: Perhaps the most often quoted line from John Milton's Paradise Lost is Satan's declaration: 'Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven'.» if (my) memory serves me right = si no me falla la memoria.
Example: If memory serves me right this is not the first death on this crossing.» it + serve + Nombre + right = buscárselo, merecérselo, tenérselo (bien) merecido, tenérselo bien empleado.
Example: When he came to Mary told him it was she who had thrown the stool and that it served him right and that in future he should learn to mind his own business.» self-serve = autoservicio.
Example: This computer-generated catalog presents the Manitoba Department of Education's 16mm film holdings found in its bookable and its self-serve collections.» self-serve = ser autosuficiente, valerse de sí mismo, valerse por sí mismo.
Example: The survey highlighted that not only are information consumers happy to self-serve, they are confident that they can serve themselves well = Los usuarios no sólo están satisfechos con el hecho de valerse por sí mismos para acceder a la información, sino que además están convencidos de que lo pueden hacer bien.» serve + a need = atender a una necesidad, cubrir una necesidad, hacer frente a una necesidad.
Example: The public library, the university library, the library of a commercial firm, for example, each serve the various needs of differing groups of users.» serve + an end = servir un fin.
Example: Although the pregnant women did not describe precisely the same counterstrategies as did library users, their counterstrategies served the same ends.» serve + a population of = servir a un público de.
Example: Vissenbjerg Library, Funen, serving a population of 5,860 and converted to full-time status in 1980, is placed in a stagnant shopping centre in cramped conditions.» serve + a purpose = cumplir un objetivo.
Example: It should, therefore, be clearly understood that these catalogs will have to continue to be based on the traditional main entry if they are to serve the purposes they were intended to serve.» serve as = actuar de, servir como.
Example: Also, the students are encouraged to explore subjects on interest to them in their school libraries and report on their investigations, either orally or in writing, to a teacher who serves as a kind of counselor or mentor for the project.» serve as = ejercer de, trabajar de.
Example: In her previous vocation she served as Curator of History at the Rochester Museum of Arts and Sciences and later as Assistant to the Director of Johns Hopkins University, Institute of History and Medicine.» serve as + a bridge between = servir de puente entre, ser puente entre.
Example: IT can motivate children, provide a 'novelty' factor to enliven routine work and serve as a bridge between the classroom and the library.» serve as + a catalyst = servir de catalizador.
Example: These requirements can serve as a catalyst for bringing these two fields together.» serve as + a foil = servir de contraste, servir de contrapunto, servir de complemento, complementar.
Example: In Shakespeare's plays, the killjoy serves as a foil against which the joy of merrymaking and festivity can shine.» serve as + a model = servir de modelo.
Example: This programme may serve as a model for other university library systems interested in expanding library services and access to library resources to students in thier residence halls.» serve + a stint = trabajar durante un período de tiempo.
Example: He graduated from library school a year and a half ago, and served a one year stint as an assistant media specialist in a middle school media center = El se graduó en biblioteconomía hace un año y medio y durante un año trabajó como auxiliar especialista en multimedia en un centro multimedia de una escuela secundaria.» serve + dinner = servir la cena.
Example: When dinner was served, it was evident that his mother had knocked herself out for the Christmas meal.» serve + Expresión Temporal + behind bars = pasar + Expresión Temporal + entre rejas.
Example: A young man who punched a plain-clothes policeman unconscious during a buck's night celebration will serve four months behind bars.» serve + function = cumplir un objetivo.
Example: An area is a major section of the entry, comprising data of a particular category or serving a particular function.» serve in + the army = servir en el ejército.
Example: He served in the army for a little more than two years before he was discharged for misconduct.» serve + Nombre + well = beneficiar.
Example: With Obama there is that languidness and calm that is serving him well in this campaign.» serve on + a committee = formar parte de un comité.
Example: He has served on a wide variety of professional committees and has spoken at several workshops.» serve + overseas = con destino en el extranjero.
Example: The wife of a military officer serving overseas told detectives she fatally shot her teenage son because he was 'mouthy'.» serve + patrons = servir a los usuarios, prestar un servicio a los usuarios.
Example: The lack of storage and display space, a glaring deficiency in seating capacity and physical limitations of the building all meant that the library was not adequately serving its patrons.» serve + Posesivo + interests = servir los intereses.
Example: Such ephemeralness and homogenization of library collections serve the interests of all community members.» serve + Posesivo + sentence = cumplir una sentencia, cumplir una condena, cumplir una pena de cárcel.
Example: This programme programme offers juvenile delinquents an option of training, rehabilitation and social insertion during the period that they are serving their sentence.» serve + Posesivo + term = cumplir una condena.
Example: Mozambique and Zimbabwe will soon exchange prisoners to serve their terms in their countries of origin.» serve + time = ir a la cárcel, cumplir una condena, cumplir una pena de cárcel.
Example: All aspects of the criminal justice system are included, from bargaining with the police to considering plea bargaining to serving time.» serve up = servir, proporcionar, ofrecer.
Example: A watering hole in Spain is serving up free beer and tapas to recession-weary customers who insult its bartenders as a way to let off steam.