Cabo in english
pronunciation: keɪp part of speech: noun
cabo1 = end.
Example: Scanning must start to the left of the bar codes and must continue past the right end.more:
» al cabo de + Expresión Temporal = at the end of + Expresión Temporal .
Example: At the end of 1983 all customs duties between EFTA (European Free Trade Association) and EC countries were phased out = A finales de l983, se eliminaron progresivamente todos los aranceles entre los países de la EFTA (Asociación Europea para el Libre Comercio) y los de la CE.» al fin y al cabo = in the end ; after all ; all in all ; after (all/everything) is said and done ; when (all/everything) is said and done ; in the last analysis ; at the end of the day .
Example: This is time well invested since it saves money in the end and leads to a higher success rate in providing information = Éste es tiempo bien invertido ya que ahorra dinero en última instancia y permite ofrecer una información mucho más pertinente para el usuario. Example: After all, the areas of diversification are catered for already by other types of information-related departments. Example: All in all, then, the book has plenty to attend to, plenty to enjoy, plenty to share. Example: And after all is said and done, hiring decisions, for the most part, are based on whether or not the candidate is likeable. Example: When all is said and done, however, this great encyclopedia is now back on track after a period of confusion and frustration = No obstante, al final de cuentas esta gran enciclopedia vuelve a ser lo que era después de un periodo de confusión y frustración. Example: In the last analysis, a microcomputer is a small computer and will be unsuitable for no other reason than the sheer size of the files involved. Example: At the end of the day, the greatest need for the foreseeable future remains space for books and ordinary readers.» atar (los) cabos = put + two and two together ; put + the pieces together .
Example: Although there's no evidence at all of a link between caffeine and cancer, we're putting two and two together and saying that caffeine can induce these changes. Example: The question then is, what are my options and how do I put the pieces together to solve the puzzle?.» atar (los) cabos sueltos = tie up + all the loose ends ; join + the dots ; connect + the dots ; put + the pieces together .
Example: The third act is of course the denouement, when everything is made clear, all the loose ends are tied up, and the curtain falls. Example: For the first time I started to 'join the dots' about the grave implications for the planet and humanity of how modern food is produced. Example: Spurred by the most severe budget constraints in decades, governments have started to connect the dots and launched international cooperation initiatives to close some of that gap. Example: The question then is, what are my options and how do I put the pieces together to solve the puzzle?.» cabos sueltos = loose ends .
Example: Some librarians feel compelled to decide arbitrarily certain matters so as to avoid 'loose ends'.» cabo suelto = unfinished business ; unresolved matter .
Example: The current round of negotiations will leave much unfinished business to be carried over to subsequent rounds. Example: This is further evidence of their sincere desire to clear up any unresolved matters and safeguard against similar issues in the future.» conocer Algo de cabo a rabo = know + Nombre + inside-out .
Example: On the contrary, they are connoisseurs because they know their subject inside-out: the good, bad and indifferent.» de cabo a rabo = lock, stock and barrel ; from head to toe ; from head to foot ; through and through ; every inch .
Example: They then moved out of London to a council house in Basingstoke and they still live in it, but they own it now, lock, stock and barrel. Example: This exhibition features objects worn from head to toe and is divided into sections representing different accessories, cultures, and periods. Example: The child was covered with scabies from head to foot, had fungal infection, was severely dehydrated and was suffering from septicaemia. Example: Drew and Myra both grew up in New York, city kids through and through. Example: Something supremely elegant about the way Jimenez comports himself: every inch the Spanish grandee he is always worth watching.» echar un cabo = lend + a (helping) hand ; put + Posesivo + shoulder to the wheel ; muck in ; pitch in ; help out ; give + Nombre + a (helping) hand .
Example: In a small shop the master would lend a hand with the work, certainly as a corrector and often as a compositor as well. Example: They've all been putting their shoulder to the wheel and it's paid off. Example: All our neighbours, relatives, friends, we all mucked in and helped each other -- they were mostly all women because all the men had gone to war. Example: It's up to everyone to pitch in and help those who find themselves lacking the most basic of necessities -- food. Example: Give them a holler and I'm sure they will help out. Example: It's a smart move on Jade's part to let Donna give her a helping hand in getting back on her feet.» encargado de llevar a cabo = implementor [implementer] .
Example: This could only be discovered by talking to the principal policy implementors and resource gatherers.» forma de llevar a cabo = way of going about ; way to go about .
Example: There are many ways of promoting anti-discriminatory practice and many ways of going about it. Example: I think he outlined the feasible way to go about meeting our needs without doing in anybody else in the process.» leer de cabo a rabo = read + from cover to cover .
Example: It is not necessary to read every document from cover to cover.» llevar a cabo = accomplish ; carry out ; conduct ; execute ; go about ; implement ; proceed ; effect ; realise [realize, -USA] ; transact ; carry through ; press forward (with) ; bring to + pass ; get + Nombre + accomplished .
Example: If a library prefers to simplify records in particular areas, this can usually be accomplished by not entering particular types of information. Example: The search will be carried out in Dialog's file 13, INSPEC 1977-84 (issue 6) at the time of searching. Example: Obviously, this tagging must be conducted manually. Example: Some cataloguing may be conducted by a technical services department, whilst other cataloguing may be executed in the local studies department, or the children's library. Example: From then on I decided to go about it a different way. Example: Without AACR is doubtful whether computerised cataloguing would have been implemented so relatively painlessly and successfully = Sin las RCAA es dudoso que la catalogación automatizada se hubiera implementado tan fácilmente y con tanto éxito, relativamente hablando. Example: A command language is the language with which the search proceeds; the commands are instructions that the searcher can issue to the computer. Example: Historically, the main reasons for unionization have been to effect better wages, fringe benefits, and working conditions. Example: Librarians, information scientists, and keepers of the archives have to realise the meaning of the so-called electronic library (e-library). Example: The model includes provisions for circulation policy analysis and management and for the recording and controlling of activities transacted at the circulation desk. Example: However, all attempts at moral regulation carried through by the state and philanthropic agencies either failed or had completely the opposite effect. Example: The company is pressing forward with the construction of an environment and a system that permit all employees to demonstrate their full capabilities. Example: We should have a long-term vision set before us, but we need short-term steps to bring it to pass. Example: Making a to-do list is a great way to see at a glance what you need to get accomplished in a day.» llevar a cabo + Posesivo + intenciones ocultas = carry out + Posesivo + (hidden) agenda .
Example: Richard seeks to expose some of the perfidious practices going on behind the scenes by the cowards who use phoney frontmen to carry out their agenda.» llevar a cabo + Posesivo + intereses ocultos = carry out + Posesivo + (hidden) agenda .
Example: Richard seeks to expose some of the perfidious practices going on behind the scenes by the cowards who use phoney frontmen to carry out their agenda.» 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.» llevar a cabo una actividad = conduct + an activity ; conduct + a business [Normalmente relacionadas con el desempeño de una profesión o un negocio] .
Example: In areas of chronic illiteracy this activity may need to be conducted with as much energy as is given to in-school work. Example: It is not a counselling but an information and referral service, with most business conducted via the telephone, although the office is open to personal callers.» llevar a cabo una actuación común = make + a concerted effort .
Example: This is the first time that a concerted effort was made to accommodate library education to university standards.» llevar a cabo una decisión = execute + a decision .
Example: Tell me about a time when you when you had to make an unfavorable decision and how did you go about executing the decision.» llevar a cabo una iniciativa = take + initiative .
Example: The Library will continue to take initiative in providing packaged data such as the book forms of the National Union Catalog, Films and Other Materials for Projection, Chinese Cooperative Catalog, and Monographic Series.» llevar a cabo una misión = accomplish + a mission .
Example: The library emerged as the vehicle to accomplish this mission.» llevar a cabo una orden = execute + a command .
Example: Some commands are executed immediately.» llevar a cabo una redada = swoop .
Example: Six people were arrested for possession of cannabis as police swooped on a number of homes.» llevar a cabo una serie de pasos anteriormente realizados = execute + steps .
Example: The steps from your previous search will be automatically executed in the new database.» llevar a cabo un atraco = pull off + a heist .
Example: To pull off the heist, the thief stole a swipe card for the complex before using the wheelchair to make off.» llevar a cabo un proyecto = carry out + a project ; undertake + a project ; develop + a project ; conduct + a project .
Example: After choosing a method of recon, it is time to get down to the details of how to carry out the project. Example: The project is being undertaken with caution. Example: To accommodate growth in the vertical file collection the library developed a project to convert hardcopy materials to jacketed microfiche. Example: Soon she was put in charge of evaluating American Studies collections at universities throughout Finland and asked to conduct a variety of smaller projects.» llevar a cabo un robo = execute + a theft ; pull off + a heist .
Example: In 1962, 2 people executed a large theft of documents from the National Archives in Washington. Example: To pull off the heist, the thief stole a swipe card for the complex before using the wheelchair to make off.» manera de llevar a cabo = way of going about ; way to go about .
Example: There are many ways of promoting anti-discriminatory practice and many ways of going about it. Example: I think he outlined the feasible way to go about meeting our needs without doing in anybody else in the process.» modo de llevar a cabo = way of going about ; way to go about .
Example: There are many ways of promoting anti-discriminatory practice and many ways of going about it. Example: I think he outlined the feasible way to go about meeting our needs without doing in anybody else in the process.» no dejar ni un cabo suelto = tie up + all the loose ends .
Example: The third act is of course the denouement, when everything is made clear, all the loose ends are tied up, and the curtain falls.cabo2 = cape ; headland.
Example: Some gazetteers include entries for rivers, capes and other geographical features.Example: The shore is sandy and clayish, without any headlands, bays, or islands.more:
» Cabo Cañaveral = Cape Canaveral .
Example: All that changed on April 1, 1960 when the government launched the first weather satellite from Cape Canaveral, Florida.» Cabo Verde = Cape Verde .
Example: The paper presents and discusses labour-exchange systems in a small community of 90 peasant families in Santiago Island, Cape Verde.» Ciudad del Cabo = Cape Town .
Example: The article is entitled 'The shift from apartheid to democracy: issues and impacts on public libraries in Cape Town, South Africa'.» Islas de Cabo Verde = Cape Verde Islands .
Example: This is one of the few histories of the Cape Verde Islands to appear since their occupation by the Portuguese in 1460.» República de Cabo Verde = Cape Verde .
Example: The paper presents and discusses labour-exchange systems in a small community of 90 peasant families in Santiago Island, Cape Verde.» República de las Islas de Cabo Verde = Cape Verde Islands .
Example: This is one of the few histories of the Cape Verde Islands to appear since their occupation by the Portuguese in 1460.cabo3 = corporal.
Example: Another effect of unification was to delete the appointments of lance corporal and lance sergeant (a corporal holding the acting rank of sergeant).more:
» cabo de instrucción = drill corporal .
Example: That was what that drill corporal himself thought, for he got really angry with those persons who had thrown the bucketful of water over me.» cabo primero = lance corporal .
Example: Another effect of unification was to delete the appointments of lance corporal and lance sergeant (a corporal holding the acting rank of sergeant).