Sound in spanish
pronunciation: soʊnɑɹ̩ part of speech: noun, adjective
sound1 = sonido.
Example: A carrier is a physical medium in which data, sound, images, etc., are stored.more:
» at the sound of = al oír, al escuchar.
Example: Jeanne Leforte's neck was elongated at the sound of the words 'statistical methods'.» at the speed of sound = a la velocidad del sonido.
Example: As an object moves through the atmosphere, the air is disturbed and the disturbances are transmitted through the air at the speed of sound.» audible sound = sonido audible.
Example: I get a blip when I lock the car but no blip when I unlock it, the central locking works but not audible sound.» bleeping sound = sonido, pitido.
Example: At some pelican crossings there is a bleeping sound to indicate to blind or partially-sighted people when the steady green figure is showing.» break + the sound barrier = romper la barrera del sonido.
Example: The article 'Breaking the sound barrier: starting and maintaining an audiobook collection' shows that the percentage of households that uses spoken word audio has grown to 17 percent.» by the sound(s) of it = al parecer, según parece, parece que, aparentemente.
Example: You got an inspector that had got out of bed on the wrong side that morning, by the sounds of it.» clanging sound = sonido metálico, ruido metálico.
Example: Just then there was a loud clanging sound from outside as the wind whipped up something metallic and threw it around a little.» clinking sound = tintineo.
Example: My car sometimes makes a slight metallic clinking sound when I put it into reverse.» creaking sound = chirrido, rechino, rechinamiento, crujido.
Example: It happens only when I lie down and it is like I can hear a creaking sound in my throat and between my breast bone.» emit + sound = emitir un sonido.
Example: Each contain a replaceable ultrasonic squeaker that emits a sound out of human earshot.» International Association of Sound Archives (IASA) = Asociación Internacional de Archivos Sonoros (IASA).
Example: This issue is devoted mainly to papers presented at the International Association of Sound Archives (IASA) Conference, Vienna, 1988.» make + a sound = hacer ruido.
Example: If a tree falls in the forest, and there's nobody around to hear, does it make a sound?.» raspberry sound = pedorreta, sonido de la pedorreta.
Example: The sound is made by making a raspberry sound with your mouth, without your tongue sticking out.» razz sound = pedorreta, sonido de la pedorreta.
Example: At 7 months most babies will be able to sit unassisted, make razz sounds, feed themselves and begin to understand what others are saying.» recorded sound = grabación sonora.
Example: Non-book media is defined as information-bearing media which are not in the form of a book such as visual images, geographical artifacts, three-dimensional objects, music scores and recorded sound and microfilms.» sights and sounds = numerito.
Example: On several occasions he was witness to the sights and sounds of Balzac's emotionalism, including tantrum-pitched screaming, banging fists on desks, and slamming doors.» sights and sounds = imágenes y sonidos.
Example: The author describes the sights and sounds of main street long ago with photographs from earlier days.» sound archive = archivo sonoro.
Example: This article deals with the struggle of sound archives in the United States.» sound barrier = barrera del sonido.
Example: The traditional sacred silence has even been replaced by a wonderful and imaginative smashing of the 'sound barrier' between silent print and the world of activity.» sound bite = anuncio publicitario de la radio, anuncio publicitario por radio.
Example: The article is entitled 'Something more than sound bites: communicating value to library constituencies'.» soundboard = caja de resonancia, tornavoz.
Example: Pianos go out of tune primarily because of seasonal changes in humidity that cause the soundboard to swell and shrink, thus raising and lowering the tension on the strings.» sound card = tarjeta de sonido.
Example: There is no technical reason why systems should not be designed so that people can plug in a new sound card, a modem, a graphics card, a CD-ROM drive or even a new processor, and have it work straight off with as little ado as changing a light bulb.» sound cartridge = cartucho de sonido.
Example: The physical description area records the number of physical units of a sound recording and gives one of the following terms as appropriate: sound cartridge, sound cassette, sound disc, sound tape reel, sound track film reel.» sound cassette = casete para grabación de sonido.
Example: The physical description area records the number of physical units of a sound recording and gives one of the following terms as appropriate: sound cartridge, sound cassette, sound disc, sound tape reel, sound track film reel.» sound channel = canal de sonido.
Example: Other physical details, including, as appropriate, type of recording, playing speed, groove characteristics, track configuration, number of tracks, number of sound channels, recording and reproduction characteristics.» sound collection = colección de grabaciones sonoras, colección de sonido.
Example: A full catalogue of the Museum's sound collections will be published on this website in due course.» sound detector = detector de sonido.
Example: During the last years of the Great War, sound detectors played an increasingly important part in the air defences of all the belligerents.» sound disc = disco. [Disco, normalmente de plástico, sobre el que se graba sonido y que puede ser reproducido]
Example: The library may have music scores, books on music, sound discs and sound tapes, to mention but a few of the possible media.» sound effect = efecto sonoro.
Example: Each picture is accompanied by the appropriate sound effect.» sound engineer = ingeniero de sonido.
Example: As any experienced sound engineer will tell you, no two equalisers sound quite the same.» sound file = fichero de sonido.
Example: The user may open, close, record and play sound files as well as import them from an audio CD.» sound movie = película sonora.
Example: To quote Towl, cases 'are not an actual snap-shot or sound movie of what really took place'.» soundproof = insonorizado.
Example: The lower level consists of the general workroom, librarian's office, bindery, stackroom, staff restroom, and soundproof listening rooms for students.» soundproofed = insonorizado.
Example: The van has two main drawbacks, there is no telephone, which presents difficulties when a public callbox is not to hand, and the two interview rooms lack privacy as they are not soundproofed.» soundproofing = insonorización, aislamiento acústico.
Example: The demands made of libraries by new technologies have brought home the need for rethinking in the areas of electrical cabling and soundproofing.» sound quality = calidad del sonido.
Example: Sound quality and download times are also compared.» sound recording = grabación sonora. [Grabación de vibraciones sonoras por medios mecánicos o eléctricos para su posterior reproducción]
Example: Some of these items will be audio-visual, such as sound recordings, filmstrips, motion pictures and video-recordings.» sound recordings library = fonoteca. [Organismo o servicio para la recogida de grabaciones sonoras para su almacenamiento y disposición a uso]
Example: A sound recordings library or record library is an organization or service for collecting sound recordings, for storing them and making them available for use.» sound recording studio = estudio de grabación.
Example: There is a drop-in centre with a fully equipped sound recording studio and video editing suite offering guitar tuition and rehearsal space to local teenagers without charge.» sound synthesiser = sintetizador de sonidos.
Example: It is possible, for example, to purchase optional extras such as bar-code readers, joysticks and paddles (usually only necessary for games), sound and speech synthesizers and graph plotters.» sound system = equipo de sonido, cadena de música, cadena musical.
Example: Most of the money meant for repairs eventually went towards redecorating the church and buying a new sound system.» sound tape = cinta sonora. [Cinta impregnada magnéticamente sobre la que hay grabadas señales acústicas y que pueden ser reproducidas]
Example: The library may have music scores, books on music, sound discs and sound tapes, to mention but a few of the possible media.» sound tape reel = carrete de cinta.
Example: The physical description area records the number of physical units of a sound recording and gives one of the following terms as appropriate: sound cartridge, sound cassette, sound disc, sound tape reel, sound track film reel.» sound technician = técnico de sonido.
Example: One thing that is for certain is that the loss affects musicians, sound technicians, recording studios, and music stores.» soundtrack [sound track] = banda sonora.
Example: In the video rental section, shoppers can find films next to their respective books and soundtracks, and titles on music and musicians are alongside related music CDs.» sound track film = banda sonora. [Película impregnada magnéticamente sobre la que hay grabada señales acústicas y que pueden ser reproducidas]
Example: A sound track film is a magnetically coated film on which auditory signals are recorded and from which playback is possible.» sound track film reel = carrete de banda sonora.
Example: The physical description area records the number of physical units of a sound recording and gives one of the following terms as appropriate: sound cartridge, sound cassette, sound disc, sound tape reel, sound track film reel.» sound wave = onda sonora, onda acústica.
Example: She then went on to demonstrate that a sound wave looks like a slinky being pushed back and forth.» speed of sound, the = velocidad del sonido, la.
Example: The speed of sound depends upon the properties of the medium it is passing through.» stereophonic sound = sonido estereofónico.
Example: This client-server technology can provide worldwide access to multimedia information including stereophonic sound, colour images and full motion video.» stereo sound = sonido estéreo, sonido estereofónico.
Example: A prototype system has been developed that uses wall-sized, full colour digital television with synchronized stereo sound to create a virtual spatial world over which the user helicopters via joystick control.» surround sound = sonido envolvente, sonido cuadrofónico.
Example: The main thing that sets a home cinema apart from an ordinary television setup is the surround sound.» swishing sound = silbido.
Example: At times when I'm in bed I can hear a swishing sound in my head, not a constant swish but a pulsating swish.» syllabic sound = sonido silábico.
Example: We began our search for the answer to this question by coding 3-month-old vocalizations as either syllabic or vocalic sounds.» thumping sound = sonido sordo y fuerte.
Example: Survivors spoke of a loud thumping sound and then a sudden lurch by the boat to one side.» ultrasound = ultrasonido, ecografía.
Example: This ultrasound image database comprises images of the liver and bile organs.» vocalic sound = sonido vocálico.
Example: We began our search for the answer to this question by coding 3-month-old vocalizations as either syllabic or vocalic sounds.» vowel-like sound = sonido vocálico.
Example: In addition to j, w, q, uj, there are a number of other non-syllabic vowel-like sounds that might also be considered as semivowels.» vowel sound = sonido vocálico.
Example: A typical dialect of American English has about 15 distinctive vowel sounds.» whirring sound = runrún, ronroneo, zumbido.
Example: The whirring sound is more than likely the pressure plate.sound [sounder -comp., soundest -sup.]2 = sólido, firme, sensato, acertado, bueno. [Pincha en o en para ver otros adjetivos cuyo grados comparativos y superlativos se formas añadiendo "-er" o "-est" (o sus variantes "-r" o "-st") al final]
Example: Thus the scheme has a sound organisational backing.more:
» a sound mind in a sound body = mens sana in corpore sano, mente sana en cuerpo sano.
Example: 'Mens sana in corpore sano' (a healthy mind in a healthy body) is a famous Latin quotation, often translated as 'A sound mind in a sound body'.» be sound asleep = estar profundamente dormido.
Example: She was sound asleep, but still grinding her teeth.» environmentally sound = ecológico, que no daña el medio ambiente, que no perjudica el medio ambiente.
Example: Acid-free permanent paper is no more costly than acid paper and is environmentally sound = El papel libre de ácido permanente no es más costoso que el papel ácido y no perjudica el medio ambiente.» of (a) sound and disposing mind and memory = en pleno uso de + Posesivo + facultades mentales.
Example: They content themselves with stating in general terms that, to be capable of making a will, a man must be of sound disposing mind and memory.» of (a) sound mind = en pleno uso de + Posesivo + facultades mentales, en + Posesivo + juicio cabal, sano de juicio, lúcido, mentalmente sano.
Example: The candidate must be 21 years of age, have parental permission, and be physically healthy, free of debt, and possessed of a sound mind.» safe and sound = sano y salvo, vivito y coleando, ileso.
Example: The next morning she was found safe and sound by Leni, the search dog, and his handlers.» sound mind = menta sana.
Example: Without sound minds, however, the American dream of safe streets and secure homes will never be fulfilled.» sound night's sleep = sueño profundo.
Example: In this illustrated book, children are encouraged to make a racket before slowly quietening down for a sound night's sleep.» unsound = poco sólido, poco estable, defectuoso.
Example: This argument is unsound because it is invalid, regardless of whether the premises are actually true.sound3 = ría, estrecho, brazo de mar.
Example: This guide provides brief descriptive information on the geomorphology and ecology of sounds, beaches, inlets, and dunes.sound4 = sonar.
Example: Leforte could usually identify those footsteps easily; but today they sounded less forceful and deliberate.more:
» sound + a cautionary note = prevenir, advertir.
Example: The paper sounds a cautionary note about Singapore's recent embracement of the 'new regionalism'.» sound + a note of caution = prevenir, advertir.
Example: Ranganathan himself sounds a note of caution when he warns that, because the use of this device requires an uncommon degree of `spiritual insight', any notation suggested by it should be discussed widely before being finalized.» sound + a note of hope = darse una situación más esperanzadora.
Example: A note of hope was sounded in Australia with women occupying many senior posts.» sound + a wake-up call = dar una llamada de atención, advertir, avisar, alertar, prevenir.
Example: The article 'Robert Nawrocki sounds a wake-up call for records managers' reports an interview with the President of ARMA (Association of Records Managers and Administrators) International.» sound + a word of caution = prevenir, advertir.
Example: A word of caution must also be sounded over the word 'Kommune' which is found in some Scandinavian countries.» sound + Greek to = no entender ni jota, no entender ni gota, no entender ni papa, sonar (todo) a chino, no entender ni torta.
Example: This may sound Greek to many, but to Nicole, it's her bread and butter.» sound like + music to + Posesivo + ears = sonar como música para + Posesivo + oídos.
Example: Make sure that what you say on a first date sounds like music to her ears, not screeching brakes.» sound + Nombre + out = sonsacar, tratar de averiguar, tratar de descubrir.
Example: My sister visits Minsmere from time to time, I'll sound her out about the best places to go and information on what you can see.» sound + note of defeat = darse por derrotado.
Example: Finally, in 1939, Clarence Sherman sounded the note of defeat when he wrote that librarians had been forced to abandon `the long-cherished hope that the free public library would reach a constantly expanding population, book-conscious and reading-desirous'.» sound + the alarm = dar la alarma, dar la voz de alarma, hacer sonar una alarma, avisar.
Example: If loans to this borrower have been blocked, the system displays the screen shown in Figure 88 and sounds the alarm at the terminal.» sound + the clarion = dar la señal de alerta, dar la señal de alarma.
Example: The article 'Misty, water-colored images' sounds the clarion for preservation activist librarians.» sound + the death knell for = tocar a muerto, doblar a muerto, poner fin a, dar fin a, poner punto (y) final a, firmar la sentencia de muerte a.
Example: Terror threats have sounded the death knell for traditional Christmas festivities in Peshawar.» sound + the tocsin = tocar a rebato, dar la voz de alarma.
Example: Eventually reaching a circulation of 800000, the journal sounded the tocsin of a presumed world Jewish conspiracy.sound5 = parecer.
Example: Limitless flexibility sounds to be the answer but it is, of course, impossibly expensive and unacceptable aesthetically.more:
» as difficult as it sounds = tan difícil como parece, tan difícil como suena.
Example: Building a sleigh doesn't have to be as difficult as it sounds.» sound + attractive = parecer tentador, parecer atrayente.
Example: While donation might not sound attractive, you have to consider the tax advantages of giving an automobile.» sound + crazy = parecer una locura, parecer loco.
Example: I know it sounds crazy, but whitewashing brick or wood is a unique way to provide color to the outside of a home.» sound + fishy = oler algo sospechoso, oler a gato encerrado, haber gato encerrado.
Example: It sounds fishy to me -- I would steer clear of this and use your $850 to invest in a mutual fund.» sound + great = parecer estupendo, parecer maravilloso.
Example: Wonderful! This sounds great and wish I could participate!.» sound like = parecer.
Example: 'I hope this doesn't sound like an off-the-wall remark but have you ever heard of or read anything about the so called mid-life crisis?'.» sound like + a broken record = sonar como un disco rayado, parecer un disco rayado.
Example: He is already sounding like a broken record in saying that he will explain everything in due time.» sound + odd = sonar raro, parecer raro, sonar extraño, parecer extraño, sonar insólito, parecer insólito.
Example: These decisions may sound odd, like the assumption of an 'unreliable' network, but history has proven that most of them were reasonably correct.» sound + rude = sonar grosero, parecer grosero.
Example: I don't want to sound rude but over the past few months I've been finding it more and more difficult to move my bowels, to put it politely.» sound + weird = sonar raro, parecer raro, sonar extraño, parecer extraño, sonar insólito, parecer insólito.
Example: It sounds weird but in my short no-way-out street there are two wheelchairs parked permanently.