Adulto in english
pronunciation: ədʌlt part of speech: noun, adjective
adulto1 = adult.
Example: Those alternatives call for the tapping of new pools of potential students: high school graduates who are nonattenders; college dropouts; transfer students from two-year colleges; adults.more:
» adulto hecho y derecho = grown man .
Example: The fact is a lot of grown men don't know how to iron a shirt.» alfabetización de adultos = adult literacy ; adult literacy teaching .
Example: The fact that 50-70% of students who start adult literacy programmes drop out suggests that this is a place where libraries could get involved to a large extent. Example: As libraries cannot be considered in isolation from their environment, the 'problem' does not necessarily belong fully to librarianship; it may relate to the background factors, eg adult literacy teaching and public libraries.» bajo la supervisión de adultos = under adult supervision .
Example: Pubs are licensed premises and children should be allowed into a children-only area under adult supervision.» bajo la supervisión de un adulto = under adult supervision .
Example: Pubs are licensed premises and children should be allowed into a children-only area under adult supervision.» centro de educación de adultos = adult learning centre ; adult learner centre ; adult education centre .
Example: A few large libraries contain an adult learning centre, which provides training courses for volunteer tutors, one-to-one tutoring or instruction in small groups. Example: For the men in adult learner centres the median age is 35 years. Example: This page provides a list of all adult education centres in the county.» cine para adultos = adult cinema .
Example: Nowadays, however, it is the last remaining adult cinema in town and has been showing X-rated films for decades.» clase de educación de adultos = adult learning class ; adult learner class .
Example: However, although there had been an increase in numbers attending adult learning classes, the majority of uptake was in keep-fit activities. Example: In future the Centre hopes to run more traditional adult learner classes, such as languages.» con aspecto de adulto = adult-looking .
Example: As many of the responding librarians pointed out, 'staid, adult-looking pages are not attractive to a teenage audience' = Como muchos de los bibliotecarios encuestados indicaron las "páginas con aspecto serio como si estuviesen dirigidas a adultos no resultan atractivas a un público joven".» educación de adultos = adult education [Programas educativos dirigidos a aquellas personas que ya han pasado la edad escolar] ; literacy tutoring .
Example: Adult education is a free market subject to the laws of supply and demand = La educación de adultos es un mercado libre sujeto a las leyes de la oferta y la demanda. Example: The library provides a range of services to its community, including homebound service, story hours, film series, literacy tutoring, income tax assistance, art shows, to name a few.» ficción para adultos = adult fiction .
Example: This bibliography covers the work of 123 women authors of adult fiction and poetry who published one or more books between 1962-1992.» literatura para adultos = adult literature ; adult fiction .
Example: The reputation of modern Swedish children's literature has spread to many countries and it is frequently translated -- in fact more than adult literature. Example: This bibliography covers the work of 123 women authors of adult fiction and poetry who published one or more books between 1962-1992.» material de lectura para adultos = adult reading matter .
Example: Public libraries provide about a fourth of adult reading matter in book form.» material para adultos = adult materials .
Example: Topics covered included privacy, hate speech, defamation, copyright, and adult materials = Entre los temas tratados están la privacidad, los insultos y amenazas racistas, las calumnias, los derechos de autor y el material para adultos.» mentalidad de adulto = adult mentality .
Example: The world contains a great diversity of people, children with adult mentalities as well as adults with juvenile mentalities, and we need to serve both groups as best they can.» película para adultos = X-rated film ; adult film ; adult movie .
Example: Nowadays, however, it is the last remaining adult cinema in town and has been showing X-rated films for decades. Example: Stereotypically most people think that adult films are cheap, dirty and shameful. Example: She tells us that she has already been featured in adult movies, and wants to move on and try something new.» programa de adultos = adult programme .
Example: Other services the library may provide include a learning exchange, adult programs on topics of high interest, or occupational counseling.» programa de alfabetización de adultos = adult literacy programme .
Example: This is a survey of resources available in UK institutions and organisations which could be of service in adult literacy programmes in the developing world.» sección de adultos = adult section [En una biblioteca grande, sección que contiene el material de lectura que normalmente leen los adultos] ; adult services [Conjunto de actividades que una biblioteca pública desempeña para atender a las necesidades de lectura de los adultos] ; adult department [En una biblioteca grande, sección que contiene el material de lectura que normalmente leen los adultos] ; adult services section .
Example: 1/3 of a-v material bought by New York libraries is for the young but placed in the adult section. Example: The heads of the various departments (adult services, children's, audio-visual, circulation, and technical services) report to the assistant. Example: Some librarians anxious to make the transfer from the children's to the adult department as smooth as possible, often create a 'young adults' fiction section within the children's department. Example: The situation described may have its physical locus in the reference division, the serial department, the adult services section, or the director's office.» sólo para adultos = X-rated .
Example: The title of the workshop is 'X-rated free access to information and freedom of expression'.adulto2 = grown-up ; fully-grown ; adult ; full-grown.
Example: The term 'andragogy' derives from the Greek 'andros' meaning 'adult or grown-up' and 'agogos' meaning one who leads.Example: The age at which a dog is fully-grown is dependent on the dog's breed and the size of the dog.Example: Grandmothers seemed more protective of their own adult adoptive children than of the grandchildren.Example: A full-grown horse or dog is beyond comparison a more rational, as well as a more conversable animal, than an infant of a day, or a week, or even a month.more:
» célula madre adulta = adult stem cell .
Example: But embryonic stem cells are better because they are more plentiful and easier to extract than amniotic or adult stem cells.» edad adulta = adulthood .
Example: By adulthood the child's literary consciousness has grown into a full-bodied appreciation of the work of the great imaginative writers = Pincha en para ver otras palabras que terminan con este sufijo.» estudiante adulto = mature student ; adult student .
Example: You will be defined as a mature student if you are aged 21 or over at the start of your course. Example: In this section we will deal with the reasons why it is difficult for adult students to learn a foreign language successfully.» hombre adulto = grown man .
Example: The fact is a lot of grown men don't know how to iron a shirt.» insecto adulto = imago .
Example: He examines Pliny's use of the word imago and notes that Pliny is not talking about paintings but window boxes.» público adulto = adult audience .
Example: However, librarians are better served by presuming any given alternativa title is geared for adult audiences, until proven otherwise = No obstante, es aconsejable que los bibliotecarios asuman que cualquier título alternativo va dirigido a un público adulto, hasta que no se demuestre lo contrario.