Barrera in english
pronunciation: bæriɜr part of speech: noun
barrer1 = sweep up ; sweep.
Example: Who else is going to flip the burgers, clean the resistant bomb-proof windows of the glitzy mile-high skyscrapers -- also take out the garbage, wash the dishes, park the cars, sweep up the papers in the parks?.Example: The hall must be swept, vacuumed and mopped after the function.more:
» barrer el suelo = sweep + the floor .
Example: Portrait of a woman sweeping the floor with a broom picture.» barrer hacia dentro = feather + Posesivo/the + nest .
Example: The article 'Feathering the nest' explains how much publishers need their bestsellers in recessionary times.» barrer para casa = look after + number one ; feather + Posesivo/the + nest ; look out for + number one .
Example: The article is entitled 'Looking after number one'. Example: The article 'Feathering the nest' explains how much publishers need their bestsellers in recessionary times. Example: Never allow anything to have a higher priority than looking out for number one -- you are all you have.» barrer para dentro = feather + Posesivo/the + nest .
Example: The article 'Feathering the nest' explains how much publishers need their bestsellers in recessionary times.barrer2 = sweep ; sweep + Nombre + off ; trounce ; win by + a landslide ; storm to + victory ; knock + Posesivo + socks off ; win + big ; walk all over + Alguien ; get + goose-egged ; knock + the socks out of.
Example: Her eyes swept the room and then enveloped him in an icy glare.Example: In places the waters had swept container lorries loaded with goods yards off the road where they now lay twisted and mangled and almost unrecognizable as vehicles.Example: Defending champions Japan fought back from 1-0 behind to trounce Thailand 4-1 to qualify for the quarter-finals.Example: The polls mean nothing at this point -- if he wins by a landslide fantastic but we are in June not October, long way between there and now.Example: Labour's David Lammy stormed to victory in the Tottenham Parliamentary election with a thumping majority.Example: My favorite memory was upending the number one team in the tournament last year -- they were so cocky, and we came out and knocked their socks off.Example: France wins big in European Swimming Championships.Example: The Scouses were the first real challenge for Fulham this season but they were walked all over by the Londoners.Example: Both of these teams suffered the humiliation of getting goose-egged on the scoreboard Thursday night.Example: We want him to knock the socks out of anyone who's in his way, we want to see the world recognize him.barrera = hurdle ; wall ; barrier ; curtain ; hindrance.
Example: Schoolchildren, students, and other whose native language is written in a non-Roman script may find alphabetical order according to Roman characters an almost insurmountable hurdle in the use of catalogues and indexes.Example: In the map library, the electronic medium is shaking the foundations of cartographic communication and threatening the bring the walls crashing down.Example: While the number of projects proposed was innumerable, 3 barriers remain: red tape; hard currency; and Western barriers to providing high technology to the Eastern bloc.Example: They are in a position to make a unique positive contribution to dissolving the 'cultural curtain,' as it has been called.Example: The overall effect of the labels and signs is not so much help but hindrance through information overload.more:
» al otro lado de la barrera = on the other side of the fence .
Example: In the article 'On the other side of the fence: a lecturer in a library school' a librarian offers her impressions of work at a library school 18 years after graduating herself.» atravesar una barrera = break through + barrier .
Example: There are technological as well as social or cultural barriers for the library manager to break through.» barrera arancelaria = trade barrier ; tariff barrier .
Example: In a world divided by ideology, by trade barriers, by military threats and nuclear fears, we librarians are not powerless. Example: Tariff barriers, currency restrictions and trade embargoes often make the task of the librarian impossible if the intention is to plan the free flow of material and information as openly as possible.» barrera arquitectónica = architectural barrier .
Example: US libraries are required by law to accommodate persons with disabilities through the removal of architectural barriers and the provision of accessible services, collections and equipment in a variety of formats.» barrera clasista = class barrier .
Example: Racial barriers, not class barriers to employment, were the main cause of the relative lack of black economic advancement.» barrera comercial = trade barrier .
Example: In a world divided by ideology, by trade barriers, by military threats and nuclear fears, we librarians are not powerless.» barrera cortafuegos = fire barrier .
Example: As part of the maintenance of the thatch roof, we removed all the thatch and battens and covered the roof with fireboards, which, in addition to providing a fire barrier also helps to strengthen the roof.» barrera cultural = cultural barrier .
Example: The harsh economic environment, cultural barriers, social disempowerment, and low levels of information literacy are among the constraining factors analyzed.» barrera de clases = class barrier .
Example: Racial barriers, not class barriers to employment, were the main cause of the relative lack of black economic advancement.» barrera del sonido = sound barrier .
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.» barrera de paso a nivel = level-crossing gate .
Example: The waters had destroyed the station and railway lines and level-crossing gates lay bent and twisted .» barrera de protección = crash barrier .
Example: All existing crash barriers have been designed to reduce the severity of a crash when cars and trucks leave the roadway.» barrera de seguridad = crush barrier .
Example: Overcrowding which eventually led to the collapse of a crush barrier.» barrera espacio-temporal = space-time barrier .
Example: Nor can we experience what it was like to be alive in an historical time -- in, say, Elizabethan England -- because the space-time barrier prevents it.» barrera ficticia = glass ceiling [Límite artificial que algunos sectores sociales marginados alcanzan, por encima del cual no pueden avanzar aunque puedan ver los objetivos y estén a su alcance] .
Example: This article describes the impact of the organizational factors which create the 'glass ceiling,' inhibiting women's ability to climb the corporate ladder.» barrera física = physical barrier .
Example: With the growing awareness of physical barriers to access, one hopes for a commitment to eliminate unnecessary steps and areas too cramped for walkers and wheelchairs.» barrera fluctuante = moving wall [Generalmente plazo de tiempo que cambia según la fecha actual de modo que, por ejemplo, si una base de datos cubre 8 años de publicaciones anteriores a la fecha actual, el límite en el pasado cambia cada año] .
Example: The collection covers material from the 1800s up to a 'moving wall' of between 1 and 8 years before current publication and covers 15 subjects mainly in the humanities and social sciences.» barrera geográfica = geographic barrier .
Example: Nearly three quarters of these women said they would not be able to access this facility due to geographic barriers.» barrera institucional = institutional barrier .
Example: They form the nucleus of a science education team intended to ameliorate institutional barriers that impede intercollegial collaboration.» barrera invisible = glass ceiling [Límite artificial que algunos sectores sociales marginados alcanzan, por encima del cual no pueden avanzar aunque puedan ver los objetivos y estén a su alcance] ; invisible barrier .
Example: This article describes the impact of the organizational factors which create the 'glass ceiling,' inhibiting women's ability to climb the corporate ladder. Example: They investigated so-called 'glass ceiling' issues, the invisible barrier existing in organizations, particularly that discriminating against groups such as women.» barrera lingüística = language barrier ; linguistic barrier .
Example: Abstract may also make a contribution to overcoming the language barrier for they make it easier to judge the necessity of translation, and may, on occasions, remove the need for a translation. Example: Our South American Colleagues will have the opportunity of a lifetime, to experience the vibrance of the meeting of minds, as well as the forging of communities of practice across time zones, distance and linguistic barriers = Nuestros colegas sudamericanos tendrán la oportunidad de su vida de experimentar la vitalidad de este encuentro de expertos así como la creación de lazos profesionales por encima de barreras lingüísticas, de espacio y de tiempo.» barrera racial = colour bar ; racial barrier .
Example: The term 'colour bar' evokes the segregation of people on the basis of their 'race' as practiced in post-slavery United States and apartheid-era South Africa. Example: Racial barriers, not class barriers to employment, were the main cause of the relative lack of black economic advancement.» barreras + desaparecer = boundaries + dissolve .
Example: The boundaries of the analog world have dissolved.» barrera sicológica = psychological barrier .
Example: Library anxiety is a psychological barrier to academic success among college students and a debilitating phenomenon which must be overcome for them to take full advantage of library instruction and library use.» barreras no arancelarias = non-tariff barrier .
Example: Every exporter needs to understand tariff and non-tariff barriers before getting into international trade.» barrera temporal = time barrier .
Example: Widespread application of this transformation will break down the cost and time barriers imposed by present conversion technologies.» comunidad con barrera de acceso = gated community .
Example: The pattern that emerged was to create IT parks that met global standards and gated communities for those working in the IT parks to live in.» comunidad de acceso con barrera = gated community .
Example: The pattern that emerged was to create IT parks that met global standards and gated communities for those working in the IT parks to live in.» con barrera de acceso = gated .
Example: I live in a gated all-white neighborhood with my parents and found out today that well over half of my neighbors are Jews.» de acceso con barrera = gated .
Example: I live in a gated all-white neighborhood with my parents and found out today that well over half of my neighbors are Jews.» de acceso sin barrera = ungated .
Example: Last week, at one of these ungated crossings a trash truck was hit by a freight train.» derribar una barrera = topple + a barrier .
Example: He examines the courageous efforts of some 'unsung heroes' who toppled barriers in education, voting, employment, housing, and other areas to participate more fully in democracy.» eliminar barreras = flatten + barriers ; tackle + barriers ; erase + boundaries .
Example: The article is titled 'The information crisis that flattens social barriers'. Example: As part of the process of tackling such technical barriers to trade, the Commission may organize conferences and seminars and commission studies in order to examine the scientific and technical aspects. Example: Examples of determined efforts to erase the intellectual boundaries between the profit-generating models of business and the intellectual pursuits of the academic community are considered = Se analizan ejemplos de esfuerzos determinados para eliminar las barreras intelectuales entre los modelos comerciales con fines lucrativos y las actividades propias de la comunidad académica.» eliminar las barreras = break down + barriers ; bring down + barriers .
Example: The key to the effectiveness of the data base is digitilisation, which breaks down barriers imposed by time, physical distance and delivery medium. Example: They seek to bring down barriers to enterprise and trade, in order to achieve a world of opportunity, peace and prosperity.» eliminar una barrera = topple + a barrier ; remove + a barrier .
Example: He examines the courageous efforts of some 'unsung heroes' who toppled barriers in education, voting, employment, housing, and other areas to participate more fully in democracy. Example: 1992 will bring the Single European Market in which many of the existing barriers to European integration will be removed.» el otro lado de la barrera = the other side of the fence .
Example: The article 'The other side of the fence' discusses the process of getting a book published focusing on finding a publisher, the editing component, putting a contract together, getting an agent, and publicity.» encontrarse con una barrera = face + a barrier .
Example: The limitations and barriers faced by rural libraries and residents in obtaining the information they need and want are examined = Se analizan las barreras y las limitaciones con las que se encuentran las bibliotecas y los habitantes de las zonas rurales de consguir la información que necesitan y requieren.» enfrentarse a una barrera = face + a barrier .
Example: The limitations and barriers faced by rural libraries and residents in obtaining the information they need and want are examined = Se analizan las barreras y las limitaciones con las que se encuentran las bibliotecas y los habitantes de las zonas rurales de consguir la información que necesitan y requieren.» levantar barreras = erect + boundaries .
Example: These are trends designed to to break down boundaries of exclusivity erected by established professions to exploit their monopolistic advantages.» levantar una barrera = build + wall .
Example: Ironically, however, the internal organisation walls librarians have built to categorise materials by format remain stiff and solid.» mirar los toros desde la barrera = watch from + the sidelines .
Example: Mühe had to watch from the sidelines as others received credit for the laparoscopic 'revolution'.» penetrar una barrera = break through + barrier .
Example: There are technological as well as social or cultural barriers for the library manager to break through.» romper barreras = break down + boundaries ; break down + borders .
Example: These are trends designed to to break down boundaries of exclusivity erected by established professions to exploit their monopolistic advantages. Example: It is becoming increasingly essential to break down borders and co-exist, while maintaining individual business differentiation.» romper la barrera del sonido = break + the sound barrier .
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.» romper las barreras = breach + boundaries ; breach + barriers .
Example: The reading shows McKemmish breaching the boundaries of a wilderness for too long neglected by the record keeping professions. Example: The information society will see the barriers between work, play, home and office breached.» salvar una barrera = overcome + a barrier .
Example: In each case, library managers can take steps to overcome the barriers and help ensure successful collaboration.» sin barrera de acceso = ungated .
Example: Last week, at one of these ungated crossings a trash truck was hit by a freight train.» superar barreras = hurdle + barriers .
Example: The author presents a broad understanding of Internet development, discusses barriers to both learning and teaching the Internet, and offers tips and methods for hurdling these barriers.» superar la barrera del tiempo = cross + time barriers .
Example: The scope of a citation index, especially those published by ISI, is interdisciplinary, and also crosses time barriers in a way that a normal index would not do.» superar una barrera = conquer + a barrier ; overcome + a barrier .
Example: If any improvement arrives, it will come from a resilient individual conquering the barriers of the collective. Example: In each case, library managers can take steps to overcome the barriers and help ensure successful collaboration.