Single in spanish
pronunciation: soʊlteɹ̩oʊ part of speech: adjective
single1 = soltero.
Example: Under WOMEN -- EMPLOYMENT, for instance, are listed works on the health and safety hazards of employment, the wages of employment, the problems of mothers, married and/or single women and employment, and so on.more:
» be single = estar soltero, ser soltero.
Example: She also tends to get upset if other mention she is single, and is very easily susceptible to drinking to drown her sorrows.» single and unattached = soltero y sin compromiso.
Example: You may have forgotten how happy a single life can be -- the benefits of being single and unattached.» single father = padre soltero.
Example: Sidel, who was raised by a single father, said the difference is that single fathers are lionized for stepping into the role while single mothers can be vilified as welfare queens or worse.» single man = hombre soltero.
Example: Where do you meet single men for dating, relationship and marriage is the question that women wonder.» single mom = madre soltera.
Example: The final nail in her coffin was when somehow during the interview she mentioned being a single mom.» single mother = madre soltera.
Example: For the bachelor not yet burdened with a family, few scenarios are as daunting as dating a single mother.» single people = gente soltera, personas solteras.
Example: Women are doing more than their fair share of recycling, while single people living alone are less likely to recycle.» singles bar = bar de solteros.
Example: The typical singles bar is dark, noisy and overcrowded.» single woman = mujer soltera.
Example: As a single woman, you need to ensure that you feel safe when you are at home.single2 = único, simple.
Example: Equally important was the desire to achieve a single text.more:
» a single soul = nadie.
Example: I've never told a single soul about my quarrels with Bob. but maybe it would be a good thing for Deb and me to exchange confidences.» every single soul = todo bicho viviente, toda alma viviente, todo ser humano, todo quisque, todo quisqui.
Example: And as far as one knows, every single soul kept their mouths shut throughout the war about what they were doing.» in a single phase = de una vez, sin interrupciones, de una tacada.
Example: The new library was built in a single phase, with stock and facilities housed in temporary accommodation during demolition and construction.» in a single place = en un lugar único, en un único lugar, en un único sitio, en un sitio único.
Example: First of all, the most important thing before drawing out conclusions is to collect all the information in a single place.» in a single step = de una vez, de una tacada.
Example: BEGIN X combines the BEGIN and EXECUTE STEPS commands in a single step.» in single file = en fila india, en hilera.
Example: If the population of China walked past you in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.» no single + Nombre = ningún + Nombre.
Example: She must try to convince him that no single individual, no matter how gifted, can any longer grasp the innumerable facets of modern corporate effort.» not a single soul = ni un alma, ni un alma viviente, ni un bicho viviente, ni quisque, ni quisqui.
Example: This ring possessed so much power that not a single soul wanted to take on the responsibility of destroying it.» not budge + (an/one/single) inch = no ceder (ni) un ápice, no ceder en lo más mínimo. [Las combinaciones normales son not budge an inch, not budge one inch, not budge a single inch y not budge one single inch]
Example: Iran shows no interest in budging a single inch, and continues to assert its role in the region.» not budge + (an/one/single) iota = no ceder (ni) un ápice, no ceder en lo más mínimo. [Las combinaciones normales son not budge an iota, not budge one iota, not budge a single iota y not budge one single iota]
Example: Life is a compromise, and people who refuse to budge a single iota usually end up depressed.» not give (an/one/single) iota = no importar nada, importar un bledo, importar un comino, importar un pepino, traer sin cuidado, traer al pairo, traérsela floja a Alguien. [Las combinaciones normales son not give an iota, not give one iota, not give a single iota y not give one single iota]
Example: We all work, essentially, for corporations that do not give one iota about us.» not give in (an/one/single) inch = no ceder en lo más mínimo. [Las combinaciones normales son not give in an inch, not give in one inch, not give in a single inch y not give in on single inch]
Example: We will not give in one inch to people who use threats and intimidation against those they see as weaker.» not give in (an/one/single) iota = no ceder en lo más mínimo. [Las combinaciones normales son not give in an iota, not give in one iota, not give in a single iota y not give in on single iota]
Example: They have pledged not to give in one iota to those who want to tax the richest one percent of Americans and the corporations and banks they represent.» not understand a (single) word = no entender ni jota, no entender ni gota, no entender ni papa, sonar (todo) a chino, no entender ni torta.
Example: I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.» SIMM (single in line memory module) = SIMM (módulo de memoria simple y en línea).
Example: The author examines the evolution of commodity memory from DIPs (Dual in line memory module) to SIMMs (single in line memory module) and discusses why DIMMs (dual in line memory modules) will be the norm for the next few years.» single authored [single-authored] = escrito por un solo autor.
Example: This has resulted in a corresponding increase in multiauthored papers and a decrease in single authored papers = Esto ha producido un aumento de los artículos escritos por varios autores y, al mismo tiempo, una disminución de los artículos escritos por un solo autor.» single bed = cama individual.
Example: When all single beds are taken, we will ask for volunteers to use sofa sleepers.» single-column = en una sola columna, sin columnas.
Example: The final version of the paper will have to fit within 15 single-column pages, including all figures and bibliography, so plan accordingly.» single columned = en una sola columna.
Example: According to Cutter, this kind of indexes should be printed single columned = Según Cutter, este tipo de índices se deberían imprimir en una sola columna.» single copy [multiple copies, -pl.] = copia.
Example: As stated earlier, the main purpose of electrostatic copiers is to produce single copies, but they will produce multiple copies very rapidly.» single currency = moneda única.
Example: The 12 countries in the euro zone changed over to the single currency on 1 January 1999.» single digit = por debajo del 10 por ciento, de menos del 10 por ciento.
Example: The year saw single digit percentage increases over 1996 prices for monographs and double digit increases for serials.» single-edge = de un solo filo, con un solo filo.
Example: Materials needed for this procedure are duct tape and a single-edge razor blade.» single entry system = sistema de entrada única.
Example: Initially, however, we shall consider the classified catalogue which, as a general rule, contains only one entry for each document in the classified file: this is called a single entry system.» Single European Market = Mercado Unico Europeo.
Example: 1992 will bring the Single European Market in which many of the existing barriers to European integration will be removed.» single-faced laid mould = forma de un solo fondo para papel verjurado. [En la fabricación manual de papel, forma o módulo que sólo tenía una estructura reticular de alambre como base que a su vez descansaba sobre unas barras transversales que tenía la forma y que tanto éstas como la estructura reticular dejaban huella en el papel dando lugar a lo que se denomina papel verjurado]
Example: Towards the end of the century a few makers exploited the antiquarian appeal of laid hand-made paper by reviving the single-faced laid mould.» single-faced mould = forma de un solo fondo.
Example: Such moulds were called double-faced to distinguish them from the ordinary single-faced moulds which continued to be used for making laid paper, complete with bar shadows, for the rest of the eighteenth century.» single figure = por debajo del 10 por ciento, de menos del 10 por ciento.
Example: In the non-fiction categories only one class, that of 'education', reached double figures, and all others were in single figures, so that it is difficult to say what is really important in people's non-fiction reading.» single-handed = sin la ayuda de nadie, en solitario, por sí solo.
Example: So we see extraordinary hardships cheerfully borne (indeed, apparently enjoyed) by zealous mountaineers, earnest single-handed yachtsmen floating round the world, and all-weather fishing-hobbyists sit patiently at the side of, and sometimes in, rivers, undeterred by the paucity of their catches.» single-handedly = sin la ayuda de nadie, en solitario, por sí solo.
Example: He almost single-handedly created Nigeria's first academic press and, with his wife, its 1st university bookshop.» single market = mercado único.
Example: The trend towards globalisation in publishing has gained impetus from the European Community's plans to create a single market by the end of 1992.» single-minded = resoluto, decidido. [Con un objetivo claro en mente]
Example: This article presents interviews with 6 of America's foremost book illustration collectors, demonstrating their single-minded approach to this largely underappreciated field.» single-mindedly = con determinación.
Example: What else but this quality of individual feeling and intelligence running through the network of librarians working sympathetically and single-mindedly throughout the community can determine the public value of our national library system?.» single-mindedness = determinación, resolución.
Example: But first we must create the conditions for single-mindedness and hence the release of our energies (one senses much pent-up energy mixed up with our professional frustrations).» single occupancy = en habitación individual, ocupación individual.
Example: The above rates are based on single occupancy and include breakfast.» single parent = padre soltero, madre soltera, familia monoparental.
Example: Single parents are given priority in applying for help and divorced women automatically receive maintenance from the local authority who then claim it from the husband.» single-parent family = familia monoparental.
Example: Also, even juvenile fiction could be better accessed by applying more specific descriptors when possible; for example, single-parent family instead of the catch-all FAMILY.» single-parent working family = familia monoparental.
Example: They have become very popular with library patrons, especially in time-rationed, gridlocked metropolitan areas with a high proportion of single-parent working families.» single personal authorship = autor personal único.
Example: Single personal authorship includes writers of books, composers of music, compilers of bibliographies, cartographers, artist, photographers, and, in certain cases, performers of sound recordings, films and videorecordings.» single room = habitación sencilla.
Example: Apart from its single rooms, Villa Isis has one double room and three twin rooms with en-suite bathrooms.» single row direct coding = codificación directa de fila sencilla.
Example: The coding used in the example discussed above is known as single row direct coding.» single sided = de una sola cara. [Grabado en una sola cara]
Example: The original floppy disks were 8' and single sided, i.e. data were recorded on one side only.» single-source = único, única fuente.
Example: Discussion centred around the need for a single-source guide to collection management and electronic media.» single-spaced = a un solo espacio, interlineado sencillo.
Example: They should be single-spaced, A4 page size, 12 point font size, in Word or RTF format.» single spacing = espaciado simple.
Example: You're probably familiar with the terms single spacing (one line of space between every line of type) and double spacing (two lines).» singletrack = vereda.
Example: After a couple of days of riding singletrack and dragging my bike through swamp and mud, the hardpack road I emerged onto felt like a super highway.» single-type library system = sistema bibliotecario de bibliotecas de un sólo tipo.
Example: Many public libraries are members of library systems, either single-type public library systems or multitype library systems = Muchas bibliotecas públicas son miembros de sistemas de bibliotecas, ya sean sistemas bibliotecas de bibliotecas de un sólo tipo o de varios tipos.» single-use = de un solo uso, de usar y tirar, no reutilizable.
Example: Punnets used to be made of wicker but now are made of cardboard or plastic, and are single-use only.» single-user = monopuesto.
Example: Production of printed catalogues and indexes may be important, particularly in a library with a larger number of users than a single-user microcomputer could cope with in online mode.» single-volume = de un único volumen.
Example: One could easily prefer the convenience of the stodgy single-volume work.» single-word = de una única palabra.
Example: Whether to use the single-word form or the hyphened form for words that could he written in both ways was left to the cataloguer.single3 = concreto, específico. [Utilizado para expresar énfasis]
Example: In other words, the elements of any single case may point to several concepts; in this sense, the cases are like icebergs -- more is hidden han appears on the surface.single4 = disco sencillo, single.
Example: This is a sad state of affairs when you can't find a record shop that sells singles!.more:
» Top 40 singles chart = los 40 principales.
Example: Billboard Top 40 singles chart data were examined to determine if the frequency distribution of artist productivity fits either of 2 laws of scattering.single5
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» single out = escoger, seleccionar, distinguir, destacar, singularizar, acusar.
Example: Conference proceedings are singled out for special attention because they are an important category of material in relation to abstracting and indexing publications.» single out for + criticism = acusar, criticar.
Example: Though what exactly constitutes moral decay is debatable, one group traditionally has been singled out for criticism, namely young people.