War in spanish
pronunciation: gerɑ part of speech: noun
war1 = guerra.
Example: For example, at Woking, the stock has been split into about thirty sections, such as Health and welfare, war and warfare, retaining the Dewey sequence within each section.more:
» 2nd World War = Segunda Guerra Mundial.
Example: This article considers the maturing and professionalisation of Slavic librarianship in the USA since the 2nd World War.» all is fair in love and war = todo vale en el amor y la guerra. [También escrito all's fair in love and war]
Example: If you've gotten to a place in your relationship where you feel like all is fair in love and war, that is a recipe for disaster.» all-out war = guerra sin cuartel.
Example: As violence in Libya escalates, UN mission says country risks 'all-out war'.» Anglo-Boer War, the = Guerra de los Boers, la. [Expresión usualmente acompañada del artículo]
Example: The library of the South African National Museum of Military History provides an enquiry service which answers genealogical questions regarding who fought in border wars, the Zulu War, Anglo-Boer War, World War I and World War II.» antiwar [anti-war] = antibélico, antibelicista, en contra de la guerra.
Example: Hostility towards antiwar protesters also diminished.» Arab Israeli war, the = guerra árabe-israelí, la.
Example: The author gives an insider's perspective on what it feels like to be an Arab since the groundshaking events of 1967 when Arab hopes were unexpectedly shattered by the outcome of the Arab Israeli war.» asymmetric war = guerra asimétrica.
Example: The way to win an asymmetric war is to force the enemy to take and hold territory.» at war = en guerra.
Example: The article 'Cryptographic patents: at war and in peace' explores the dichotomy between the concepts of cryptography and patents.» be at war with = estar en guerra con.
Example: Overnight it changed the style of Britain's relations with other European countries, with some of which it had been at war in recent history.» begin + war on = comenzar a luchar contra.
Example: Since the Reagan administration began its war on waste in 1981, farmers and other citizens have had not alternative to buying their information from the private sector at far steeper prices.» border war = guerra fronteriza.
Example: The library of the South African National Museum of Military History provides an enquiry service which answers genealogical questions regarding who fought in border wars, the Zulu War, Anglo-Boer War, World War I and World War II.» Bosnian War, the = guerra de Bosnia, la.
Example: The author discusses recent books and graphic works by this Yugoslav-born artist that express her anguish resulting from the Bosnian War.» break out into + declared war = declarar la guerra.
Example: The long-simmering row between Dialog Information Services and Chemical Abstracts Services has broken out into declared war.» breakout of + the war = comienzo de la guerra.
Example: He outlines the series of unfortunate accidents that ultimately led to the breakout of the war.» bury + the war axe = enterrar el hacha de guerra, hacer las paces.
Example: Long ago when tribes exchanged gifts and agreed to wash the spears or bury the war axe things were not as complex as they became later on.» bury + the war hatchet = enterrar el hacha de guerra, hacer las paces.
Example: A common danger, a common enemy, a common hate, makes them forget old feuds, bury the war-hatchet, and unite on common ground for a common object.» casualty of war = víctima de guerra.
Example: The significance of the hospital trains was the creation of a network of trains, hospital ships, and general hospitals that became the basis for the present military practice of caring for casualties of war.» civil war = guerra civil.
Example: In UDC under 361 SOCIAL RELIEF we find .9 Relief or aid in emergencies, disasters; .91 Earthquakes, storms, hurricanes; .92 Floods; .93 War, civil war; .94 Epidemics; .95 Famine; and .96 Fires, conflagrations.» class war = lucha de clases, guerra de clases.
Example: This article explains six of the ways the rich are waging a class war against the poor.» cold war, the = guerra fría, la. [Expresión usualmente acompañada del artículo]
Example: The end of the cold war indicates a return to geography as the basis of economic exchanges.» cosmic war = guerra cósmica.
Example: Religion has also provided the metaphor of cosmic war -- an image of spiritual struggle between good and bad that every religion has within its repository of symbols.» cyberwar = ciberguerra.
Example: The article 'Supermarket cyberwars' outlines developments in Internet shopping for food by UK supermarkets.» declaration of war = declaración de guerra.
Example: On December 8, 1941, Lomax sent a telegram urging folklorists around the United States to collect and record man-on-the-street reactions to the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the subsequent declaration of war by the United States.» declare + war on = declarar la guerra a.
Example: One year after the USA declared war on Germany and Italy, Archibald MacLeish began lobbying for transfer of foreign acquisitions to the Library of Congress.» dig up + the war axe = desenterrar el hacha de guerra, ponerse en pie de guerra.
Example: Too bad that other brave warriors in other parts of the world just decided to dig up the war axe and launch another crusade.» dirty war = guerra sucia.
Example: The book is described as 'an irreverent look at professionals involved in a dirty war'.» dog of war = perro de guerra. [Referido a los soldados con un instinto bélico muy desarrollado]
Example: Israel's dogs of war have been baying for blood for some time now.» effect of war = efecto de la guerra.
Example: The rigours of the climate and the effects of war and political unrest have ravaged this country's cultural heritage.» escalation of war = escalada bélica.
Example: Differing attitudes about nuclear war, the nuclear freeze, and escalation of war are discussed in their cultural contexts.» evils of war, the = males de la guerra, los.
Example: A heavy toll on life is included among the evils of war.» exchange + prisoners of war = intercambiar prisioneros de guerra, canjear prisioneros de guerra.
Example: When General Grant took command, the Union Army was still exchanging prisoners of war.» First World War, the (World War I) = Primera Guerra Mundial, la.
Example: The costs of printing after the First World War account in part for the decline of the printed catalogue.» flame war = enfrentamientos sobre preferencias, discusiones sobre gustos y colores.
Example: I would greatly appreciate any feedback (no flame wars, please) on this issue.» get + ready for war = prepararse para la guerra.
Example: Prime Minister Tony Blair has told British troops to get ready for war against Iraq.» go to + war = declararse en guerra, ir a la guerra, declarar la guerra.
Example: The article 'Some speculations on why the British library profession didn't go to war' compares the varying response of British and American libraries to World War I.» Great War, the = Primera Guerra Mundial, la.
Example: During the last years of the Great War, sound detectors played an increasingly important part in the air defences of all the belligerents.» guerrilla war = guerra de guerrillas.
Example: It also led to a continuing guerilla war between the authorities and caricaturists who sought to evade, outfox, or entirely defy them.» Gulf War, the = Guerra del Golfo, la.
Example: This is part of a special issue devoted to library and information services in the Arab countries after the Gulf War.» Gulf War vet = veterano de la Guerra del Golfo.
Example: Gulf War vets are coming down with these symptoms at twice the rate of vets from previous conflicts.» holy war = guerra santa.
Example: Early in the 19th century a prominent local religious leader declared a jihad, or holy war, against the surrounding heathen tribes.» ignite + a war = hacer estallar una guerra, desatar una guerra, causar una guerra, ocasionar una guerra, provocar una guerra.
Example: The article is entitled 'Free MEDLINE ignites vendor wars'.» interwar = de entreguerras.
Example: Greater London constituted Britain's most important interwar centre for new manufacturing plants.» inter-war years = años de entreguerras.
Example: During the economic crisis of the inter-war years, the development of Polish libraries was hampered by lack of funds and the inflationary cost of books.» in time(s) of war = en tiempos de guerra, en épocas de guerra.
Example: In times of war, or other reasons for the imposition of barriers to untrammelled distribution of information, such openness in communication cannot be allowed.» Iraq War, the = Guerra de Irak, la.
Example: He does an excellent job of dismantling the myth that the Iraq War is the reason we're suffering these huge deficits today.» just war = guerra justa.
Example: Just wars are supposed to be fought by people with noble intentions.» kindle + a war = hacer estallar una guerra, desatar una guerra, causar una guerra, ocasionar una guerra, provocar una guerra.
Example: Now this terrible message was good news to Florus; and because his design was to have a war kindled, he gave the ambassadors no answer at all.» like a war zone = como un campo de batalla. [Generalmente usado para referirse a un lugar que está completamente destrozado o peligroso]
Example: Our area has been like a war-zone for the last six weeks and our pensioners live in fear of the children they fought to defend.» lose + a war = perder una guerra.
Example: Librarians are losing the war for electronic professional turf.» make + war = hacer la guerra.
Example: Culture may mean an acquaintance with the ways in which a particular people construct buildings, manufacture artifacts, worship deities, make war and love, raise children, and live with one another.» netwar = guerra a través de la red, guerra en red.
Example: Netwar is an emerging mode of conflict in which the protagonists, ranging from terrorist and criminal organizations, to militant social activists, use networked forms of organization, doctrine, strategy and technology attuned to the information age.» nuclear war = guerra nuclear.
Example: Differing attitudes about nuclear war, the nuclear freeze, and escalation of war are discussed in their cultural contexts.» on a war footing = en pie de guerra.
Example: But liberty, as we all know, cannot flourish in a country that is permanently on a war footing.» outbreak of the war = comienzo de la guerra.
Example: Then, a series of unfortunate circumstances (the outbreak of the war, family problems) deprived the project of its promoter and most passionate supporter.» Persian Gulf War, the = Guerra del Golfo Persa, la.
Example: The Persian Gulf War provided a unique opportunity to examine the relationship between censorship and the emotional and critical tone of television news.» Persian Wars, the = Guerras Médicas, las.
Example: The classical age of Greece ran from the Persian Wars to Phillip of Macedon and Alexander the Great.» post-war years = años de posguerra, los; posguerra, la. [Lista de palabras que comienzan con este prefijo]
Example: Women's role as solo authors declined, however, during the Depression, World War II and the postwar years.» precipitate + a war = hacer estallar una guerra, desatar una guerra, causar una guerra, ocasionar una guerra, provocar una guerra.
Example: As important as these activists were, however, it was a set of policy ideas more than the individuals themselves that precipitated the war.» pre-Civil War = anterior a la Guerra Civil.
Example: This article outlines the history of the 2 pre-Civil War barns which were to be converted and describes the restoration and conversion of the building which cost $2.5 billion.» pre-war [prewar] = de antes de la guerra, de la preguerra, anterior a la guerra.
Example: The situation is rather different from pre-war days when living costs were lower and writers would try to get by on very small incomes from writing.» price war = guerra de precios.
Example: Taking a long-term view, price wars don't really benefit consumers.» prisoner of war = prisionero de guerra.
Example: The author discusses the production of escape maps by Allied prisoners of war during the First and Second World Wars.» prisoner of war camp = campo de prisioneros.
Example: The article 'Libraries and reading in P.O.W. camps' describes the establishment of the concentration camp library of Oflag IIC at Woldenberg, and its management, largely by the inmates, which was typical of many prisoner of war camps.» ravages of war, the = estragos de la guerra, los; embates de la guerra, los.
Example: The ravages of war devastated Afghanistan's infrastructure, breaking people away from their homes and from each other.» religious war = guerra religiosa.
Example: The article is entitled 'Fear, software integration, and religious wars: Internet World 2001'.» scars of war, the = huellas de la guerra, las; cicatrices de la guerra, las.
Example: Ninety years on, the scars of war are still visible.» Second World War, the [World War II] = Segunda Guerra Mundial, la.
Example: From the beginnings of the UNESCO activity after the Second World War the emphasis ever since in universal bibliographic control has been upon collective endeavours.» secret of war = secreto de guerra.
Example: 400 pages of interrogations, once closely guarded as secrets of war, were discovered along with reams of other classified documents by a reporter.» sleep through + a war = quedarse dormido como un tronco, quedarse dormido como un lirón.
Example: Before I had kids my mom said I could sleep through a war and not stir.» Spanish-American War, the = Guerra entre España y los Estados Unidos, la.
Example: The Spanish-American War took place in 1898 and resulted in the United States gaining control over the former colonies of Spain in the Caribbean and Pacific.» spoils of war, the = botín de guerra, el; despojos de la guerra, los.
Example: The horrors of what women have had to endure as the human spoils of wars over time has had little examination and little if any punishment.» Star Wars = Guerra de las Galaxias.
Example: After years of hesitation by the organizers, traditional book publishers will this year share the aisles with proponents of Star Wars technology.» theatre of war = escenario de la guerra.
Example: The author examines the role of codebreaking in MacArthur's theater of war.» the tides of war = los avatares de la guerra.
Example: The die had been cast, and the tides of war were gradually turning in our favour.» threat of war = amenaza de guerra.
Example: The combination of trade deficit, budget deficit, and threat of war has international investors completely on edge.» tribal war = guerra tribal.
Example: Many, many moons ago, they took up the tomahawk in tribal wars and many of their warriors were killed and their encampments destroyed.» trigger + war = provocar una guerra.
Example: The 1979 incident was not the only false alarm to nearly trigger nuclear war.» tug of war = forcejeo, tira y afloja, lucha, disputa.
Example: Library administrators might be able to predict their fortunes in the academic tug of war for funds if they understood more clearly the attitudes of institutional administrators towards libraries.» turf war = lucha territorial.
Example: The article is entitled 'Turf wars in the playback software arena: Microsoft Netshow, Windows Multimedia Player, and all that buzz'.» wage + war (against/on) = hacer la guerra (contra/a), luchar (contra), guerrear (contra).
Example: The story of Muhammad's conquest of Khaybar disproves the theory that Muslims only wage war in self-defense.» war against terrorism = guerra contra el terrorismo.
Example: The article 'War on terrorism: war on liberty' examines the key world wide web sites covering the 11 Sep 2001 terrorist attacks and the subsequent war against terrorism.» war at sea = batalla naval.
Example: Let us suppose that the customer is a man who has an interest in the war at sea during the Second World War.» war booty = botín de guerra.
Example: Experts say a hoard of buried treasure discovered by a jobless English man is 'war booty' and probably belonged to a pagan king.» war + break out = guerra + estallar.
Example: When the Second World War broke out, my motherland was arduously fighting against Japanese imperialism.» war casualty = víctima de guerra, baja de guerra.
Example: 90% of war casualties at Gaza hospitals were civilians.» war conflict = conflicto armado.
Example: The question of pandemics, terrorist attacks and war conflicts is not if anymore but when and where.» war correspondent = corresponsal de guerra, reportero de guerra.
Example: William Simpson (1823-189 9), a Glaswegian, was in effect the first war correspondent who sent back battlefield drawings of the Crimean War.» war crime = crimen de guerra.
Example: Some of these documents were used as evidence in the Tokyo war crimes Trials.» war criminal = criminal de guerra.
Example: He was an Israeli undercover agent who captured and brought to justice many Nazi war criminals.» war cry = grito de guerra.
Example: If we do not listen to other people whispering their prayers today we may have to meet them tomorrow when they are howling their war cries.» war dance = danza de guerra.
Example: Primitive war dances, fertility rites, hunting games are all rituals human beings develop in their corporate as well as their private lives.» war dog = perro de guerra. [Perro especialmente adiestrado para ayudar en tareas militares]
Example: Like their human comrades, some war dogs can handle combat, and some can't.» warfare = arte de la guerra, guerra.
Example: For example, at Woking, the stock has been split into about thirty sections, such as Health and welfare, War and warfare, retaining the Dewey sequence within each section.» war front, the = frente de guerra, el .
Example: She parachuted along with the troops & medical personnel & tended the wounded along the war front.» war game [wargame] = juego de guerra.
Example: Her latest novel, Gazelle, centers on sensuality and sexuality, war games and chess, and the ancient sciences of perfumery and mummification.» warhead = cabeza nuclear, ojiva nuclear.
Example: Both countries feared that one would target the other with atomic warheads placed on missiles.» war hero = héroe de guerra.
Example: War heroes are admired as embodiments of the human spirit at its most dazzling.» war horse = caballo de batalla. [Sentido literal]
Example: The destrier is the most well-known war horse of the medieval era carrying carried knights in battles, tournaments, and jousts.» war horse = composición musical manida.
Example: Why is it that so many musical masterpieces are patronized as war horses whereas no serious art critic would ever protest another visit to the Sistine Chapel?.» war horse = viejo veterano.
Example: She hates being described as a war-horse next to Kelly the filly, but she has had 20 more years of political experience.» war journalist = corresponsal de guerra, reportero de guerra.
Example: Given these facts, it is surprising that until recently, no research was directed at exploring the psychological health of war journalists.» warlord = caudillo, jefe de milicia.
Example: Major industries had either been appropriated by the controlling warlords or driven out of business by raids and looting.» war lover = amante de la guerra.
Example: The risk remains that the United States will react in the spirit of some American war lovers in a way that heightens tensions and the possibility of war.» war machine = maquinaria bélica.
Example: He ordered the killing of the Jews and others for whom the German war machine had no further use.» war-maker = belicista, amante de la guerra.
Example: The politics of memory becomes apparent in the words of Tom Hayden, an early activist against the war: 'the war-makers could win on the battlefield of memory what they lost on the battlefields of war'.» warmonger = belicista, amante de la guerra.
Example: He was portrayed as a warmonger who had brought ruin to the state.» warmongering = belicista.
Example: Another factor contributing to the truce involved changes in their warmongering attitudes on domestication.» warmongering = belicismo, actitud belicista.
Example: This book makes use of archival sources to explode the myth of Poincare's warmongering.» war museum = museo militar.
Example: Trophies captured from the Nazis, as well as personal belongings of such biggies as Stalin also feature in this section of the war museum.» war of attrition = guerra de desgaste.
Example: This is partly because the 40-year civil war has developed into a war of attrition, with ransom money from kidnapping providing much of the financial backing.» War of Independence = Guerra de la Independencia.
Example: The author comments on the British Library commemorative exhibition about the American War of Independence.» war of nerves = guerra de nervios.
Example: The struggle for the release of the innocent Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death in Libya has turned into a war of nerves.» war of words = discusión, disputa, polémica.
Example: War of words exposed chinks in coalition.» war on drugs = guerra contra las drogas, lucha contra las drogas.
Example: As the `war on drugs' escalates, a new class of client is emerging.» war on liberty = atentado contra la libertad.
Example: The article 'War on terrorism: war on liberty' examines the key world wide web sites covering the 11 Sep 2001 terrorist attacks and the subsequent war against terrorism.» war on terror = guerra contra el terrorismo.
Example: We are also exploring the possibility, with our sister organization in the US, of producing a joint issue possibly on the theme of how the so-called 'war on terror' is affecting library and information services.» war on terrorism = guerra contra el terrorismo.
Example: The article 'War on terrorism: war on liberty' examines the key world wide web sites covering the 11 Sep 2001 terrorist attacks and the subsequent war against terrorism.» war on waste = guerra contra el despilfarro.
Example: Since the Reagan administration began its war on waste in 1981, farmers and other citizens have had not alternative to buying their information from the private sector at far steeper prices.» war paint = pintura de guerra.
Example: Indians used war paint to rally themselves for battle and frighten enemies, in the way sports teams wear the same uniforms.» war party = partida de guerra, partida de guerreros.
Example: This place lay at the crossroads of routes traversed by peaceful natives or by war parties.» warpath = causas de conflictos armados.
Example: The book 'Warpaths' seeks to show that most twentieth-century political partitions could have been avoided.» warplane = avión de combate, avión militar, avión de guerra, avión de caza.
Example: A security official said that Yemeni warplanes have killed 80 anti-government tribesmen who overran part of a military camp.» war prisoner = prisionero de guerra.
Example: Prostitutes outside the camp were mostly of local origin; some were widows or married women whose husbands were war prisoners.» war-ravaged = destrozado por la guerra.
Example: The author describes the American University of Beirut Library and how it functions in war-ravaged Lebanon.» war reporter = corresponsal de guerra, reportero de guerra.
Example: Ever wondered what its like to be a war reporter on the frontline?.» war riot = disturbio ocasionado por la guerra.
Example: Force Majeure: SWETS shall not be liable for any interruption of service resulting from any circumstance beyond its reasonable control, including acts of god, war riot, embargoes, strikes or labour shortages or failure of equipment = Fuerzas Mayores: SWETS no será responsable de cualquier interrupción del servicio resultante de cualquier circunstancia más allá de su control, incluidas las causas de fuerza mayor, los disturbios ocasionados por las guerras, embargos, huelgas o escasez de mano de obra o fallos del equipo.» war scar = huella de la guerra, cicatriz de la guerra.
Example: He was wounded several times in Vietnam but his war scars weren't just physical.» warship = barco de guerra, navío de guerra, buque de guerra, acorazado.
Example: Thus a book on 'the history of naval warships' may be sought under history, navy or warships.» war story = novela bélica.
Example: Some unfortunate children grow up as readers of James Bond, of dashing thrillers and the blood-and-guts of crude war stories.» war tax = impuesto de guerra, impuesto bélico.
Example: No one dared to keep horses or donkeys openly, but did so in secret for the war tax, because wherever the Mongols discovered horses they ravished them.» war technology = tecnología bélica.
Example: The sketchbook features drawings illustrating the liberal arts (including personifications of the planets), the chivalrous life (including hunting and love), household remedies, mining and smelting, and war technology.» wartime [wart-time] = durante la guerra, en tiempo de guerra, de la guerra.
Example: The author argues that books can convey the stress of survival in wartime conditions better than television and discusses some titles to substantiate this claim.» war-torn = arrasado por la guerra, devastado por la guerra, en guerra.
Example: The article is entitled 'Reinventing publishing in the war-torn Balkans' = El artículo se titula "La reinvención de la edición en los Balcanes en guerra".» war vessel = barco de guerra.
Example: In the Mediterranean the galley propelled by oars long remained the principal type of war vessel.» war vet = veterano de guerra.
Example: The violence wasn't caused by war vets but by football hooligans.» war veteran = veterano de guerra.
Example: A new study of two small groups of war veterans indicates their brains may have been damaged by chemicals they were exposed to.» war widow = viuda de guerra.
Example: War widows find ways to cope, but there's really no cure for the pain.» war years, the = durante la guerra.
Example: The war years heralded several changes, one of them being the erection of a new library building.» war zone = zona bélica, zona de guerra.
Example: Through interviews with children in war zones around the world, the book examines how children cope with war and violence.» win + a war = ganar una guerra.
Example: Technology is now being implemented to arm organizations with this weapon -- competitor intelligence -- to improve business and win the war for customers.» world war = guerra mundial.
Example: In American higher education the interregnum between world wars was a time of drift and disappointment.» World War I [First World War] = Primera Guerra Mundial.
Example: War, for example, is divided into Militaria, War, World War I, World War II, Vehicles and Equipment.» World War II [Second World War] = Segunda Guerra Mundial.
Example: War, for example, is divided into Militaria, War, World War I, World War II, Vehicles and Equipment.» Zulu War, the = Guerra Zulú, la. [Expresión usualmente acompañada del artículo]
Example: The library of the South African National Museum of Military History provides an enquiry service which answers genealogical questions regarding who fought in border wars, the Zulu War, Anglo-Boer War, World War I and World War II.war (over)2 = luchar (por), combatir (por), pelearse (por), guerrear (por).
Example: This paper chronicles the growing frequency of child abduction by divorced parents who are warring over child custody.