Vice in spanish
pronunciation: biθioʊ part of speech: noun
vice1 = vicio.
Example: This article discusses the basis for a new code of ethics for librarians with reference to earlier ideas about virtues and vices for librarians.more:
» inherent vice = defectos inherentes. [En conservación, defecto del soporte de cualquier material documental que a la larga causa su deterioro]
Example: An inherent vice is a defect arising out of the material itself, such as the acid content in paper which will eventually destroy the paper.vice [vise, -USA]2 = tornillo de carpintero, tornillo de banco.
Example: The three outer edges of the book (or occasionally the top edge, or the top and fore-edges, only) were next cut with the plough, which was a long vice in which the book was clamped with the edge to be cut upwards.vice-3 = Prefijo. [Lista de palabras con este comienzo]
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» pro-vice chancellor = vicerrector.
Example: Integration of services was achieved via report and other mechanisms overseen by a pro-vice chancellor.» vice admiral = vicealmirante.
Example: Vice Admiral Nazitoff was shot and killed by an orderly in his room to-day.» vice chairperson = vicedirector, vicedirectora.
Example: PAL president Suzanne Topping, vice chairperson Marilyn Mason and treasurer Barbara Jarzyna have accepted the invitation.» vice-chancellor = rector. [Término usado en el Reino Unido como equivalente a nuestro rector; también existe el término Chancellor (Rector Honorario) y Presidente, éste último más común en los Estados Unidos]
Example: Deliberately to pay less attention to a query because it comes from the mayor of the city, or the chairman of the company, or the vice-chancellor of the university, would betray a perversity foreign to the normal well-adjusted librarian.» vice-presidency = vicepresidencia.
Example: Much of the scholarship on the vice-presidency makes but passing mention of these individuals, or focuses on their obvious shortcomings.» vice-president = vicerrector.
Example: You're asking me to go to each vice-president and department head and ask him to rewrite his budget.» vice-president = vicepresidente.
Example: The vice-president in charge of creative services is responsible for the overall effectiveness of the advertising produced by the agency.» vice-presidential = vicepresidencial.
Example: Vice-presidential experts think Palin could come close to Cheney's level of influence, given that John McCain would be the experienced one in that partnership.» vice principal = subdirector.
Example: In most school, the principal is usually the figurehead and the vice-principal, the authority.» viceroy = virrey.
Example: As a young woman, she became the official poet of the court of the viceroy of Mexico.» viceroyalty = virreinato.
Example: These necromancers bestow viceroyalties and principalities upon their adherents and give a kingdom for a kiss, for they are exceedingly amorous.» vice versa = viceversa, al contrario, al revés.
Example: Thus we all agree that one component of a building is a roof (and not vice versa!), and that chemistry is a branch of science.vise [vice, -UK] = tornillo de carpintero, tornillo de banco.
Example: The three outer edges of the book (or occasionally the top edge, or the top and fore-edges, only) were next cut with the plough, which was a long vice in which the book was clamped with the edge to be cut upwards.