Situation in spanish
pronunciation: situɑθioʊn part of speech: noun
situation = situación, contexto.
Example: Even in this apparently straightforward situation, complications can arise.more:
» accept + a situation = aceptar una situación.
Example: When a library becomes rigid in its organizational and operational structure, the general trend of the employee is either to accept the situation passively, to revolt and leave, or to unionize.» address + a situation = contemplar una situación.
Example: These three set of objectives for each goal address the following situations...» aggravate + a situation = agravar una situación, empeorar una situación.
Example: The incapacity of the industrial sector to gainfully employ the surplus labour from agriculture have aggravated the situation of poverty, unemployment, and landlessness in the countryside.» awkward situation = situación embarazosa, compromiso, apuro, aprieto.
Example: Sometimes it's really hard to avoid an awkward situation.» bring about + a situation = hacer que se produzca una situación.
Example: The central characters' attitudes, prejudices, and sentiments have such a profound effect both in bringing about the situations and in their outcomes that they cannot be ignored.» bring + the situation to a head = ser el colmo, ser la gota que colma el vaso.
Example: But it was the government, rather than the workers and their bosses, who brought the situation to a head.» challenge + a situation = desafiar una situación.
Example: In the past twenty or thirty years a growing number of teachers all through the educational system, from kindergarten to university, have challenged this situation.» change + a situation = cambiar una situación.
Example: She resented his disengagement but felt powerless to change the situation.» chicken and egg situation = dilema de qué es primero el huevo o la gallina.
Example: It's a kind of chicken and egg situation as to which comes first.» come across + a situation = encontrarse con una situación.
Example: This is not to say that scholarly authors are so altruistic that they are prepared to write books for nothing; indeed in my own researches I have come across situations where authors felt deeply about the way that publishers had treated them financially.» commend + Reflexivo + for a situation = ser pertinente, ser relevante.
Example: None of these classification schemes commended itself for the particular situation of the library.» complicate + the situation = complicar la situación, complicar las cosas.
Example: The rapid rise of China as a regional economic and military power has complicated the situation dramatically.» correct + a situation = corregir una situación, enmendar una situación.
Example: Although a reference librarian may exercise superb diplomatic skills, such a situation may be corrected only when the bottleneck boss leaves.» create + a situation = crear una situación.
Example: This creates a situation where a great amount of bibliographic information can be located online in real time.» crisis situation = situación de crisis, momento de crisis, momentos difíciles.
Example: 75 percent of the starvelings are children: malnutrition is one of the most frequent causes of child mortality in crisis situations.» critical situation = situación crítica.
Example: To be a successful crane driver, you must have self-control and be able to keep a cool head in critical situations.» current situation = situación actual.
Example: This article discusses the current situation, emphasising the apparent complacency of the government in the face of incipiently deteriorating prospects for public libraries.» daily situation = situación cotidiana, situación diaria, día a día, el.
Example: Nowadays, however, such occurrences are not common, yet we react to many daily situations as if they were life or death issues.» dangerous situation = situación peligrosa.
Example: Last year the system was upgraded so the car will brake if the driver fails to react to a dangerous situation.» defuse + a situation = distender una situación. [También es común usar diffuse a situation, aunque este uso se considera incorrecto]
Example: I had to quickly defuse the situation if I didn't want to be on her bad books.» defuse + the situation = calmar la situación, apaciguar la situación.
Example: When Sherlock becomes unbearable on a case, it's up to John to find a way to defuse the situation any way he can, before they have a flaming row.» depict + a situation = describir una situación.
Example: Sometimes they learn a new song this way or act out the dramatic situation depicted.» economics of the situation, the = situación económica, la. [Expresión usualmente acompañada del artículo]
Example: Not so much has been done along these lines, beyond the bounds of arithmetic, as might be done, primarily because of the economics of the situation.» embarrassing situation = situación embarazosa, vergüenza ajena.
Example: Where was the most embarrassing situation where you passed gas?.» employment situation = situación laboral.
Example: This is a report of a survey of former students, which aimed to collect career information, gain an impression of views on their course, and compare findings with employment situation.» envision + a situation = imaginarse una situación.
Example: I cannot evision a situation in which NIH would seek to suppress a rebuttal article.» everyday situation = situación cotidiana.
Example: These everyday situations occur everywhere and include shopping in an open-air market, greeting friends, choosing clothes to wear, singing the national anthem at a football game, and so forth.» exacerbate + a situation = agravar una situación, empeorar una situación.
Example: The situation has been exacerbated by falling book sales.» explain + the situation = explicar la situación.
Example: The director resumed: 'Thirdly, we could post a notice on the bulletin board, explaining the situation and telling them that 10% of the staff will be laid off'.» face + a situation = enfrentarse a una situación.
Example: Faced by this situation a teacher who launches into the presentation of a new book without first doing something to settle the children down should hardly expect to succeed.» financial situation = situación económica.
Example: Public libraries everywhere find themselves in a precarious financial situation.» gravity of the situation, the = gravedad de la situación, la.
Example: Even according to the official figures, which no doubt understate the gravity of the situation, more than 4 million people live on less than $1 a day.» ideal situation = situación ideal.
Example: The library has an ideal situation in the middle of the city and occupies premises purpose-built in 1964.» in an emergency situation = en una situación de emergencia, en caso de emergencia, en una emergencia.
Example: In an emergency situation when someone is ill, sometimes the best help available will come from librarians who are able to work only part time.» in any given situation = en cualquier situación.
Example: The reason actions do not reflect thoughts and feeling in every case is the almost ever-present conflict of values which exists in any given situation.» in most situations = en la mayoría de las situaciones, en la mayoría de los casos.
Example: Bleeding as a result of a minor head wound can also be treated at home in most situations.» laboratory situation = situación experimental.
Example: In this laboratory situation, students' analyses and programs of action may undergo some modification as collectively the class debates alternatives.» life situations [life-situations] = situaciones de la vida.
Example: In other words, to make sense of life-situations and to make intelligent decisions when we meet them, we need to have pondered the various possibilities either before the situations arise or with speed and sureness when they arise.» manage + a situation = resolver una situación.
Example: It presents a case study based on an actual situation which arose between the chief librarian of a public library and the library janitor, and offer 4 different views as to how the situation could have been managed.» meet + a situation = enfrentarse a una situación.
Example: In other words, to make sense of life-situations and to make intelligent decisions when we meet them, we need to have pondered the various possibilities either before the situations arise or with speed and sureness when they arise.» place + Reflexivo + in an awkward situation = ponerse en un compromiso, meterse en una situación embarazosa.
Example: She had placed herself in an awkward situation and was anxious to make her exit.» precarious situation = situación precaria.
Example: During his watch, the US economy as well as the global monetary situation have been thrown into a precarious situation.» present situation, the = situación actual, la; estado actual, el.
Example: Library education is now more than 100 years old in India, and it is time to take stock of the present situation to develop a vision for the near future.» problem situation = situación problemática.
Example: The insistent clamor of problem situations can become deafening, desensitizing management to any activity beyond the immediate present.» put + Nombre + in an awkward situation = poner a Alguien en un apuro, poner a Alguien en un compromiso, poner a Alguien en un aprieto, poner a Alguien en un brete.
Example: I know she has difficulty talking about their breakup and I didn't want to pressure her or put her in an awkward situation.» put + right a situation = corregir una situación, enmendar una situación.
Example: Every effort will be made to put right the situation leading to the complaint.» rectify + a situation = rectificar una situación.
Example: It explains how the situation arose and how it can be rectified.» redress + a situation = corregir una situación.
Example: Increased dissemination of information at the local level is one way of redressing the situation.» remedy + a situation = remediar una situación.
Example: What, then, can be done to remedy the situation and stock school libraries?.» resolve + a situation = resolver una situación.
Example: The chicken and egg situation has yet to be resolved definitively.» respond to + a situation = responder a una situación, reaccionar ante una situación.
Example: Employees generally respond to this situation in a retreat to silence, passivity, and resignation.» seriousness of the situation, the = gravedad de la situación, la.
Example: The department head had hoped the latter request would lend credence to the seriousness of the situation.» situation + ameliorate = situación + mejorar.
Example: This article recommends that interested group take action to ameliorate the present situation and to limit additional increases in serial prices.» situation + arise = situación + surgir.
Example: It explains how the situation arose and how it can be rectified.» situation-aware = sensible a la situación, adaptable a la situación.
Example: The second way is to treat any situation as a special case of a system where the information needed for the application to be situation-aware is extracted from other services.» situation + ease = situación + mejorar.
Example: With improved bibliographic control over serial titles the situation has been eased, but the cataloguing of serials has not advanced to the same extent as that of monographs.» situation + exacerbate = situación + agravarse, situación + empeorarse.
Example: The situation is further exacerbated by the ease with which such information may be copied or manipulated = La situación se agrava aún más por la facilidad con la que se puede copiar o manipular la información.» situation + get better = situación + mejorar.
Example: The situation got better by the end of the month.» situation + get worse = situación + agravarse, situación + empeorarse, situación + deteriorarse.
Example: The situation got worse in 2002 because of political violence during presidential elections that year which targeted farmers and their workers.» situation + go back to normal = situación + volver a la normalidad, situación + normalizarse.
Example: He believes that once the situation goes back to normal the negative effects of oil price hikes will vanish.» situation + improve = situación + mejorar.
Example: The situation improved after the end of the conflict, although unemployment levels remained higher than in the 1970s and 1980s.» situation + normalise = situación + normalizarse.
Example: Belarusian citizens have been asked to hold back from trips to Tunisia until the situation normalises.» situation of crisis proportions = crisis de enormes proporciones.
Example: There are a number of factors prevalent in mainly urbanized society which together have produced a situation of crisis proportions.» situation + unfold = situación + desarrollarse.
Example: The activities will be adapted and revised as the situation unfoldsand further assessment results become available.
» situation + worsen = situación + agravarse, situación + empeorarse, situación + deteriorarse.
Example: Britain already had a serious unemployment problem in the 1920s, but the situation worsened markedly after 1929.» social situation = situación social.
Example: Certain topics -- such as religion, politics, healthcare, education, and feminism -- will almost always start an argument and are best avoided in social situations.» stressful situation = situación de estrés, situación de tensión, situación tensa.
Example: Stressful situations can wear us down over time.» stressing situation = situación de estrés, situación de tensión, situación tensa.
Example: Stressing situations generate the emission of hormones which are useful for fight and flight but inhibit intellectual functions.» stress situation = situación de estrés, situación de tensión, situación tensa.
Example: We each have a different ways of coping with stress situations and our own attitudes influence how we accept the circumstances.» suited to the situation = adecuado a la situación, apropiado a la situación, de acuerdo con la situación, de acuerdo a la situación, (de) acorde con la situación, (de) acorde a la situación.
Example: To mobilize people, executives must utilize all the means -- including Machiavellian ones -- suited to the situation.» surprise situation = situación sorprendente .
Example: The person conducting the interview will most likely ask you trick questions, just to see how you react to surprise situations.» tackle + the situation = hacer frente a la situación.
Example: Outbreaks of violence and attacks on staff in libraries have led librarians to consider methods of tackling the situation.» tense situation = situación tensa, situación de tensión, situación de estrés.
Example: The police said people should not try to intervene during a tense situation such as a dog attack because you could get hurt.» unbearable situation = situación insoportable, situación insostenible, sinvivir.
Example: These students are coping with unbearable situations and people by unconsciously adapting to their environment.» winning situation = situación ventajosa.
Example: It's a winning situation, as long as you keep on top of things.