Acción in english
pronunciation: ækʃən part of speech: noun
acción1 = action ; action project ; deed.
Example: Coates believed that in order to conceptualise an action it is necessary to visualise the thing on which the action is being performed.Example: Action projects include a computer database of all parochial charities in England and Wales, a survey of all charities, and production of a charity newsheet = Action projects include a computer database of all parochial charities in England and Wales, a survey of all charities, and production of a charity newsheet.Example: Books were kept for historical records of deeds done by the inhabitants: their worthy acts as well as their sins.more:
» acción concertada = concerted action project [En la Comunidad Europea, término usado para referirse a un proyecto en curso que ha sido aprobado y está siendo coordinado por ella aunque su financiación corre a cargo de la institución comunitaria que lo está realizando] ; concerted action [En la Comunidad Europea, término usado para referirse a un proyecto en curso que ha sido aprobado y está siendo coordinado por ella aunque su financiación corre a cargo de la institución comunitaria que lo está realizando] .
Example: Concerted action projects are coordinated by the Commission but the work is carried out and financed by organizations in the participating member states. Example: Twenty-three per cent is to be expended on the Community's direct action and 2% on concerted action.» acción de averiguar y resolver problemas = troubleshooting [trouble shooting] .
Example: In troubleshooting, it is important to treat the cause as well as the symptom of the problem = En la solución de problemas, es importante tratar tanto la causa como el síntoma del problema.» acción de dar un nombre a Algo = naming .
Example: The first category of problem, the naming of subject, involves consideration of the following posers.» acción de ejercer presión = lobbying .
Example: The network is fairly well developed and lobbying initiatives on policies affecting all or a group of local authorities have stemmed from this source.» acción de guardar documentos = save .
Example: After several saves, the saved document summary screen might look like that shown in Figura 32 on page 38.» acción de marcar un número = dialling .
Example: Research by engineers some years ago showed that the probability of incorrect dialling began to rise steeply if the length of the number increased to nine or more digits.» acción de volver a contar algo = retelling .
Example: So strong is the need to recreate the story in our own words that when two friends discover they have both read and enjoyed the same book their talk often consists simply of sharing retellings.» acción de volver a tejar = retiling .
Example: This article describes the arrangements for financing and carrying out the wainscoting and retiling of the library roof at Merton College, Oxford, UK, in 1502-3.» acción directa = direct action project [En la Comunidad Europea, término usado para referirse a un proyecto en curso que ha sido aprobado y está siendo financiado y gestionado por ella] ; direct action [En la Comunidad Europea, término usado para referirse a un proyecto en curso que ha sido aprobado y está siendo financiado y gestionado por ella] .
Example: Direct action projects are funded and managed entirely by the Commission. Example: Twenty-three per cent is to be expended on the Community's direct action and 2% on concerted action.» acciones legales = legal proceedings ; court proceedings .
Example: In 1900, a 'Public Libraries Bill' was passed containing a provision exempting library managers and authorities from legal proceedings for libel. Example: One of the first issues that can arise in a dispute is whether arbitration or court proceedings must be pursued.» acciones positivas = affirmative action [Principio por el cual se favorece deliberadamente a personas que por su religión, raza o sexo han sido tradicionalmente discriminadas en el entorno laboral o educativo] .
Example: At our library in Minnesota we have clearly identified material that deals with affirmative action, alternative energy sources, homesteading, Chinese-American boys, androgyny, food co-ops.» acción indirecta = indirect action project [En la Comunidad Europea, término usado para referirse a un proyecto en curso que ha sido aprobado y está siendo gestionado por ella aunque comparte su financiación con la institución comunitaria que lo está llevando a cabo] .
Example: Indirect action projects are centrally managed by the Commission but contracted out to research organizations in the member states usually with costs shared between the Commission and the contractors.» acción innegable = estoppel .
Example: Generally speaking, a estoppel prohibits an individual or group from being harmed as a result of another's deeds, statements or promises, when later actions or statements contradict whas was originally stated, promised, or inferred.» acción legal = legal action .
Example: However, the senders of these messages may be risking legal action for e-mail defamation.» acción militar = military action .
Example: It was the first time the Mr Blair had even hinted at military action and his words are likely to alarm Labour MPs.» acción policial = police response .
Example: It is important to know what police or fire responses are triggered by alarms and how that reaction can be aborted and the alarm silenced.» acción popular = class action suit [Denuncia judicial que se lleva a cabo por parte de todo un colectivo] ; class action .
Example: Until this library patron brought a successful taxpayers' class-action suit against the local government it had been giving its library about half the amount later received. Example: The misuse of class actions poses a significant threat in today's business world.» acción positiva = positive action .
Example: The author examines areas where positive action is required in order to achieve effective bibliographic control.» acción transitiva = transitive actions .
Example: Operator 3 introduces the performers of transitive actions, whether they be things or phenomena.» ámbito de acción = territory ; sphere of influence .
Example: The report suggests that structural changes within higher education and within the information industry affect the legitimacy, status, and territory of librarians' work. Example: One of the critical responsibilities of management level personnel within any organisation is measuring and optimising the performance of activities within their sphere of influence.» amplio radio de acción = broad scope .
Example: The new structure will give IFLA the opportunity to continue with a broad scope.» área de acción = remit .
Example: The service was withdrawn from lack of use but because the State Telephone Service considered the department outside its remit.» aventura de acción = action adventure .
Example: This remake of William Castle's action adventure adds a genuinely supernatural plot to the old story of the duplicitous wife scheming to kill her husband but being one-upped by his even more ingenious counterplots.» campo de acción = purview ; scope .
Example: This article discusses the fact that no library is able to acquire all published material within its subject purview. Example: Subject field definition arises from the scope of the information service or system that the indexing language is expected to serve.» comprender + Posesivo + propias acciones = understand + Posesivo + own actions .
Example: While they lead a bleak existence of isolation, danger and loneliness, these men reach out to tell their stories and try to understand their own actions through art.» con una sola acción = in one action .
Example: To remove the borrower from all routing lists in one action, enter the code for delete.» de acción = action-centered .
Example: This is not an action-centered, but a contemplative and feeling-centered novel.» dejar fuera de acción = take out of + action ; leave + Nombre + out of action ; put + Nombre + out of action .
Example: From potentate to prisoner: Laurent Gbagbo, the former president, is at last taken out of action but will his country right itself?. Example: The ski accident was a devastating blow which left him out of action for 9 months. Example: After a brilliant first season with Benfica, Mantorras had a terrible second one; a traumatizing knee injury put Mantorras out of action.» dentro del radio de acción = within range .
Example: 77% of the world's population lives within range of a mobile network.» Día de Acción de Gracias = Thanksgiving .
Example: This article provides a historical review and bibliography of Christmas, Easter and Thanksgiving songs.» ejecutar una acción = effect + an execution .
Example: Further, menu screens will be necessary until the user has specified the task that he wishes executed or the information that he wishes to retrieve sufficiently for execution or retrieval to be effected.» emprender acciones legales = take + legal proceedings ; take + legal action .
Example: The article 'Publishers go for the jugular over copyright' examines the activities of the American Association of Publishers (AAP) in taking legal proceedings against libraries on copyright grounds and in enforcing payment for photocopying periodical articles. Example: If the law is not complied with the individual could take legal action.» entender + Posesivo + propias acciones = understand + Posesivo + own actions .
Example: While they lead a bleak existence of isolation, danger and loneliness, these men reach out to tell their stories and try to understand their own actions through art.» entrar en acción = enter + the picture .
Example: George Ticknor, the leader of the Boston 'brahmins', the intellectual class of that city, now entered the picture and wrote to Everett arguing firmly that the new library should indeed be the 'crowning glory of the school system'.» impulsar a la acción = galvanise into + action .
Example: From a not unexpected situation of distant interest in European war activities US libraries became galvanised into action by the events of Pearl Harbor.» incitar a Alguien a la acción = stir + Nombre + into action .
Example: The role of the organizer is to stir people into action around the things that are important to them.» investigación-acción = action research [Investigación que intenta dar solución a un problema acuciante concreto] .
Example: One of the recommendations made by the report regarding the development of community information services in Britain was the need for 'an action-research project which could considerably assist the profession's development in this area'.» libertad de acción = leeway .
Example: On magnetic tape, for instance, there will be a need for an inter record gap so that the tape drive has some space, some leeway, when starting or stopping the fast moving tape.» lleno de acción = actionful [action-full] ; action-packed .
Example: Men will often stick at the actionful adventure story; stage they often get a taste for at about the age of ten. Example: I would deliberately avoid raising expectations that this is going to be an exciting action-packed read.» película de acción = action movie ; action adventure .
Example: Johnson's action movie 'Chill Factor' takes elements from many earlier suspense films and mixes them all together. Example: This remake of William Castle's action adventure adds a genuinely supernatural plot to the old story of the duplicitous wife scheming to kill her husband but being one-upped by his even more ingenious counterplots.» persona de acción = doer .
Example: He was hoping to renew the discourse between thinkers and doers that created America in the first place.» poner fuera de acción = take out of + action ; leave + Nombre + out of action .
Example: From potentate to prisoner: Laurent Gbagbo, the former president, is at last taken out of action but will his country right itself?. Example: The ski accident was a devastating blow which left him out of action for 9 months.» radio de acción = radius of + Posesivo + action .
Example: Also the radius of their action is frequently limited and does not have government support.» realizar una acción = perform + an action ; effect + an execution .
Example: Coates believed that in order to conceptualise an action it is necessary to visualise the thing on which the action is being performed. Example: Further, menu screens will be necessary until the user has specified the task that he wishes executed or the information that he wishes to retrieve sufficiently for execution or retrieval to be effected.» término de acción = action term .
Example: Here 'Diagnosis' is an action term, and so the operator for an action term is assigned to 'Diagnosis', viz. (2) Diagnosis.» trazabilidad de las acciones = action tracking .
Example: The addition of action tracking makes a huge difference to how well we can optimize and make changes to external marketing.acción2 = action.
Example: Americans, convinced that education could be the panacea for all their ills, answered with vigorous action.more:
» acción compensatoria = anti-dumping action ; countervailing action .
Example: If a company has reasonable evidence that an imported product is being dumped or unfairly subsidized, a formal application for anti-dumping or countervailing action may be made to the European Commission. Example: If a company has reasonable evidence that an imported product is being dumped or unfairly subsidized, a formal application for anti-dumping or countervailing action may be made to the European Commission.» acción contra el fuego = fire response .
Example: It is important to know what police or fire responses are triggered by alarms and how that reaction can be aborted and the alarm silenced.» acción de mejora = improvement action .
Example: The Council can demonstrate that implementation has progressed as planned in the original improvement action.» acción estratégica = strategic action .
Example: If, on the other hand, we take strategic action now, when the inevitable cuts in funding hit us, we will be able to absorb them without being forced into crisis measures.» emprender acciones legales = take + legal proceedings ; take + legal action .
Example: The article 'Publishers go for the jugular over copyright' examines the activities of the American Association of Publishers (AAP) in taking legal proceedings against libraries on copyright grounds and in enforcing payment for photocopying periodical articles. Example: If the law is not complied with the individual could take legal action.» emprender una acción = initiate + an action .
Example: If events take an unfortunate turn and a dismissal action must be initiated, the supervisor must make certain that the applicable personnel rules and procedures have been followed.» grupo de acción ciudadana = citizen action group [Grupo de ciudadanos organizados para tratar de asuntos de la comunidad que les afectan] ; community action group [Grupo de ciudadanos organizados para tratar de asuntos de la comunidad que les afectan] .
Example: The most significant response has been the growth in every town of a widening range of citizen action groups -- consumer groups, parent-teacher associations and branches of CASE, Shelter groups, Civic Trust groups, tenants' and residents' associations and many other kinds of 'grass roots' organisation. Example: This is one of the major problems faced by public libraries aiding community action groups.» línea de acción = course of action .
Example: Examines the advantages and disadvantages of approval plans suggesting that each library must carefully weigh them in order to determine its own best course of action.» llamada a la acción = call to action .
Example: It's a call to action to help people struggling to break the silence and speak out.» llamamiento a la acción = call to action .
Example: It's a call to action to help people struggling to break the silence and speak out.» llevar a cabo una acción = effect + an execution .
Example: Further, menu screens will be necessary until the user has specified the task that he wishes executed or the information that he wishes to retrieve sufficiently for execution or retrieval to be effected.» seguir un curso de acción = follow + a track .
Example: When this track is followed, the conversation very quickly drifts away from the book and becomes gossip about ourselves.acción3 = share ; shareholding.
Example: Shares are generally bought and sold on the stock exchange.Example: This article discusses the possibility of joint ventures, with Western companies purchasing a shareholding to give them a say in the running of Soviet organisations.more:
» acciones = equities ; stock ; equity shares .
Example: This article defines financial information by looking at the information needs of 4 major divisions of the financial community: commodities; foreign exchange; capital markets; and securities and equities. Example: Corporate insiders are defined as officers, directors or major shareholders that own stock in US public corporations. Example: In case of debenture capital (not convertible into equity shares) of companies, the fees will be charged @ 25% of the fees payable as per the above mentioned scales.» acciones ordinarias = common stock .
Example: This paper empirically examines the actual conversion of debentures into common stock.» cartera de acciones = portfolio .
Example: The Book Portfolio, comprising shares in companies in the book business, was set up for The Bookseller in Dec 81 and liquidated in Oct 92 = La Cartera de Acciones del Libro, compuesta de acciones en empresas del negocio del libro, se creó para El Bookseller en diciembre del 1981 y se liquidó en octubre del 1992.» compra de acciones = shareholding .
Example: The article 'Raiding the World Bank' explains how the World Bank operates, shareholding, the initiation of loan proposals, and lending to education projects.» cotización de las acciones = share price .
Example: After rising to giddy heights, share prices of Internet companies have dropped.» opción de compra de acciones = stock option .
Example: The lures to keep the employees include given them 'golden handcuffs' in the form of bonuses that are not payable until the end of a year or stock options that vest over time.» precio de las acciones = share price .
Example: After rising to giddy heights, share prices of Internet companies have dropped.» sacar acciones al mercado = go + public .
Example: This author describes and what happens when a company goes public.