Compañía in english
pronunciation: kʌmpəni part of speech: noun
compañía1 = company ; ship ; outfit.
Example: Among the companies offering 'Mice' are Microsoft, Vision and Apple, but more are anticipated.Example: English companionships (or ships as they were usually called) were first described in Stower's manual of 1808.Example: The author compares the advantages and disadvantages of buying from the larger established companies and smaller outfits.more:
» autorizado por la compañía = company-approved .
Example: Another strength of his book stems from the fact that it is not company-approved and consequently does not have to toe a party line.» cerrar una compañía = wind up + a company .
Example: The resolution to wind up the company once passed can be annulled only by the High Court.» compañía aérea = airline ; airline carrier ; air company ; airline company .
Example: Because the system can be updated continuously, it is possible for an airline to make available information about the number of standby seats on any given flight at the time of asking. Example: The arrival of cheap airline carriers in India has spiced up the whole affair. Example: The daughter consequently had a heart transplant, finished high school, and got a job with an air company. Example: There are several airline companies that offer flights from Saudi to Canada and vice versa.» compañía aérea barata = low-cost airline ; low-cost carrier .
Example: Canadian biggest low-cost airline humbly apologizes to Air Canada for industrial espionage. Example: The fierce competition between these low-cost carriers in Australia has made airflight fares cheaper than ever.» compañía aérea de bajo coste = low-cost airline ; low-cost carrier .
Example: Canadian biggest low-cost airline humbly apologizes to Air Canada for industrial espionage. Example: The fierce competition between these low-cost carriers in Australia has made airflight fares cheaper than ever.» compañía aseguradora = insurer .
Example: Naturally the division maintains close contact with the insurance industry through the British insurers' European Committee.» compañía aseguradora de vida = life-insurance company .
Example: After all, making a stink is bad news for any public company, let alone a life-insurance company.» compañía azucarera = sugar company .
Example: Thousands of sugar workers on Tuesday downed tools across the country as the sugar company refused to accept their demands for higher salary increases.» compañía cibernética = dot-com [dot.com] .
Example: This dream suffered from a lack of funding and the distractions of the dot-com era's get-rich-quick schemes.» compañía cinematográfica = film production company .
Example: It began as a research collection but now also provides stock footage to film production companies.» compañía comercial = business firm .
Example: Collection and preservation of records is an expensive pursuit and the task of persuading cost conscious business firms that they ought to preserve their records is an unenviable one.» compañía con solera = mature company .
Example: Smart and speedy start-ups blindside mature companies with their inventiveness then grow up into mature companies and are outsmarted in their turn.» compañía de baile = dance company ; dance troupe .
Example: Andrew Asnes has become a much-admired standout of the Paul Taylor Dance Company. Example: The fact that she chose to dissolve the dance troupe she founded in 1965 is now beside the point.» compañía de ballet = ballet troupe .
Example: US ballet troupe to dance in Cuba for first time in 50 years.» compañía de camiones = trucking company .
Example: His lawyer calss him a 'working stiff' who runs a small trucking company, doesn't smoke and has an occasional sip of whiskey.» compañía de compra por alquiler = hire-purchase company [Sistema de compra normalmente de aparatos eléctricos, televisores, etc. por el que éstos pasan a ser propiedad del usuario tras el pago de un determinado número de mensualidades a modo de alquiler] .
Example: These are some of the questions the librarian may have to answer: 'Can you recommend a baby-sitter I can trust?', 'How can I stop the hire-purchase company taking back my furniture?', 'Which is the best shoe repairer's in the neighbourhood?'.» compañía de confección de ropa = clothing company .
Example: She worked at a local clothing company for a while and found the other staff and managers to all be very cliquey, bitchy and rather shallow.» compañía de correos, teléfonos y telecomunicaciones = PTT (Posts, Telephones and Telecommunications) [Siglas usadas para referirse a todos aquellas empresas que en un país se encargan de ofrecer servicios de correos, teléfonos y telecomunicaciones] .
Example: This article discusses how the PTTs (Postal, Telegraphs and Telecommunications administrations) handle information requests, charging policies, and user problems.» compañía de danza = dance company .
Example: Andrew Asnes has become a much-admired standout of the Paul Taylor Dance Company.» compañía dedicada a la información = information company .
Example: The author presents a view of portal sites as a radically different model from those currently embraced by traditional information companies.» compañía de electricidad = power company ; electricity company .
Example: The power company, of course, has a clever wheeze to put up its new pylons to add to the disfigurement of our countryside. Example: Other considerations when choosing an electricity company are the extra services that they provide and the sources of the energy they use.» compañía de ferrocarriles = railroad company .
Example: Railroad companies tend to use for ballast rocks that are chemically and physically resistant to weathering.» compañía de fusileros = rifle company .
Example: Habitually a rifle company received a resupply every fourth or fifth day in the field.» Compañía de Jesús, la = Society of Jesus, the .
Example: The missionaries of the Society of Jesus became the 1st group of people to provide Europe with regular information about the progress of their Eastern missions.» compañía de marketing = marketing company .
Example: We have established ourselves as one of the leading marketing companies in our sphere of operation.» compañía de música rock = rock company .
Example: This article briefly describes the development of rock video since the 1950s and the types of video the rock companies now market.» compañía de nueva creación = startup [start-up] .
Example: Smart and speedy start-ups blindside mature companies with their inventiveness then grow up into mature companies and are outsmarted in their turn.» compañía de radio televisión = broadcaster .
Example: Satellite and cable, home video, CD-ROM and laser disc all have huge implications for the reuse of archive material which exists on the library shelves of broadcasters.» compañía de ropa = clothing company .
Example: She worked at a local clothing company for a while and found the other staff and managers to all be very cliquey, bitchy and rather shallow.» compañía de seguros = insurance company ; insurer ; insurance firm .
Example: The author describes the achievements of one of the top eight US insurance companies drawn from adopting an imaging system. Example: Naturally the division maintains close contact with the insurance industry through the British insurers' European Committee. Example: Hit by the current economic recession, most insurance firms have slashed their workers' salaries by between 20 and 50 per cent.» compañía de seguros de vida = life-insurance company .
Example: After all, making a stink is bad news for any public company, let alone a life-insurance company.» compañía de suministro de energía = energy company .
Example: The writer discusses the collapse of Enron, the huge energy company that went bankrupt, destroying both the jobs and the life savings of thousands of employees.» compañía de teatro = troupe ; theatre company .
Example: Within ten days of arriving in London, James insisted that Shakespeare's troupe come under his own patronage. Example: In 1974 she was the moving spirit and driving force behind the founding of a theatre company dedicated to presenting stage classics.» Compañía de Telecomunicaciones Británica = British Telecom (BT) .
Example: Information providers pay a fee to British Telecom, and may then charge users for each frame that they consult.» Compañía de Telecomunicaciones Británica (BT) = British Telecom (BT) .
Example: Information providers pay a fee to British Telecom, and may then charge users for each frame that they consult.» compañía de teléfonos = telephone company .
Example: With respect to the private sector, the education and library community should establish long-term partnerships with telephone, cable, and computer companies.» compañía de televisión = television company .
Example: Partnerships between libraries, publishers and television companies can facilitate the delivery of access to new forms of learning and information.» compañía de televisión por cable = cable company .
Example: With respect to the private sector, the education and library community should establish long-term partnerships with telephone, cable, and computer companies.» compañía de trenes = railroad company .
Example: Railroad companies tend to use for ballast rocks that are chemically and physically resistant to weathering.» compañía de viajes = travel company .
Example: However there is considerable fear among certain sectors, such as travel companies and bus tour organizers in some countries.» compañía de vuelos chárter = charter airline .
Example: Europe's charter airline sector appears to have weathered both the global airline slump and financial crisis of the early 1990s.» compañía discográfica = record company ; record label ; music company .
Example: This article discusses the pressure for record companies and libraries to label pop music lyrics as 'explicit' and the range of content covered by this term. Example: But now record labels have been decimated by the digital shift, and are rethinking their entire business model to survive. Example: For Europeans, two and a half of the big four music companies are located right in their backyard.» compañía eléctrica = power company ; electricity company .
Example: The power company, of course, has a clever wheeze to put up its new pylons to add to the disfigurement of our countryside. Example: Other considerations when choosing an electricity company are the extra services that they provide and the sources of the energy they use.» compañía embotelladora = bottler .
Example: This new machine will bring winemaking and winemakers in Australia into line with the type of technology being used by major bottlers around the world.» compañía en Internet = dot-com [dot.com] .
Example: This dream suffered from a lack of funding and the distractions of the dot-com era's get-rich-quick schemes.» compañía farmacéutica = pharmaceutical company .
Example: Fee-for-service programmes can target non-traditional market segments such as pharmaceutical companies, lawyers, and manufacturing firms who regularly need and willingly pay a premium price for perishable medical information.» compañía fraudulenta = scam company .
Example: We have been able to follow the money paid to these scam companies and have lifted the lid on the activities of a criminal gang.» compañía hipotecaria = mortgage company .
Example: Not all mortgage companies are the same.» compañía industrial = industrial firm .
Example: In libraries serving industrial firms, for example, the cost of not finding information may be high; this is why 'hard headed businessmen' add to their overheads by paying for extensive library services.» compañía inmobiliaria = real estate company .
Example: And then the real estate company went broke and left the residents in more dire straits than they had been before the bust.» compañía minera = mining company .
Example: This is a detailed account of the involvement of a librarian in a legal damages case where workers of an asbestos mining company sued the company for injuries caused by exposure to asbestos.» compañía multinacional = multinational [Nombre] ; multinational corporation ; multinational company .
Example: The government has hiked up the rate of income tax being paid by oil multinationals. Example: It is a well-attested fact that there is a lack of legal accountability for multinational corporations both at an international and national level. Example: For more than a decade, multinational companies invested heavily in Southern Europe as the birth of the euro fueled economic growth.» compañía naviera = shipping company .
Example: Topics covered at the Conference included: records of shipbuilding and shipping companies; agreements and crew lists; whaling; and Royal Navy and Merchant Marine.» compañía pretrolera = oil company .
Example: This technology is moving from the relatively obscure domains of oil companies and military strategists to the attention of those concerned with the consequences of access to and distribution of information.» compañía privada = private company .
Example: The article 'Private affluence and public squalor?' discusses the implications for libraries and information if public services are forced to open up their markets to free trade and thereby to private companies.» compañía publicitaria = advertising firm .
Example: In the early days of the service they received a $100,000 donation in kind from a major advertising firm.» compañía suministradora de agua = water authority ; water board ; water company .
Example: There is a similar lack of organization of such regional bodies as the hospital boards and water authorities. Example: Decision making by the Water Board on water levels was based on information on agricultural effects and the risk of damage to buildings and roads as a consequence of subsidence. Example: Britain's biggest water company has announced that will ban hosepipes and sprinklers from next month.» compañía teatral = troupe ; theatre company .
Example: Within ten days of arriving in London, James insisted that Shakespeare's troupe come under his own patronage. Example: In 1974 she was the moving spirit and driving force behind the founding of a theatre company dedicated to presenting stage classics.» compra de una compañía por otra = corporate takeover .
Example: This article describes a system designed to parse and understand short newspaper stories in the subject area of corporate takeovers and takeover bids.» crear una compañía = build + a company .
Example: In most cases, building a company is a marathon journey, a lot of hard work, and much less glamorous than the movies would have you think.» dirigir una compañía = run + a company .
Example: His wife ran the company for ten years until her son was ready to assume the responsibilities of the family business.» empleado de la compañía suministradora de agua = water board engineer .
Example: The Government (with the exception of the police and the armed forces and the telecom engineers, water board engineers and electricity supply people) seems still to be talking about what to do rather than doing.» liquidar una compañía = wind up + a company ; liquidate + a company .
Example: The resolution to wind up the company once passed can be annulled only by the High Court. Example: The initiative to liquidate the company usually comes from either the shareholders or the company's creditors.» montar una compañía = build + a company .
Example: In most cases, building a company is a marathon journey, a lot of hard work, and much less glamorous than the movies would have you think.» nombre de compañía = company name .
Example: Obvious examples are the unique proper nouns such as brand names and company names.» oferta de compra de una compañía por otra = takeover bid .
Example: This article describes a system designed to parse and understand short newspaper stories in the subject area of corporate takeovers and takeover bids.» sistema de compañías = companionship system [Asociación de compositores que surgió en el siglo XIX para realizar trabajos de composición en cooperación y dirigida por un 'capataz' (clickler) y cuyos miembros se denominaban 'compañeros' (companions)] .
Example: MacKeller mentions the companionship system in connection with hurried work, but there is evidence that it was also used for ordinary work by the middle of the century.compañía2 = companionship.
Example: A companionship was a team of piecework compositors, led by one of their number, who co-operated in the setting of a book and submitted a single bill for the work, the proceeds of which were then divided amongst themselves.more:
» beber en compañía = social drinking .
Example: We live in a world where social drinking is accepted by over two-thirds of our entire population.» buena compañía = good company .
Example: The article is entitled 'Yell.com finds good company'.» chica de compañía = call girl ; female escort .
Example: This documentary provides a rare insight into the world of high-class call girls. Example: Female escorts are becoming increasingly common, with stories popping up in the news about women becoming escorts to pay their tuition fees.» dos son compañía, tres multitud = two's company, three's a crowd .
Example: In marriage, two's company, three's a crowd.» en buena compañía = in good company .
Example: The article 'In good company - CAIRS and the law!' is an contribution to an issue devoted to the use of information technology in law libraries.» en mala compañía = in bad company .
Example: Both the prosecution and the defence agreed that Aquilina was hanging around in bad company which landed him in court.» juntarse con mala compañía = get in with + the wrong crowd .
Example: I started to get in with the wrong crowd when I was a young teen, and started to use alcohol, which than led to drugs.» mala compañía = bad apple ; rotten apple ; damaged goods [Expresión usada originariamente para referirse a una chica que había perdido su virginidad] ; toxic friend ; bad egg ; rotten egg .
Example: The article is entitled 'Recruitment: Advice on how to avoid recruiting 'bad apple''. Example: The party's leader in Brussels said that any 'rotten apples' could contaminate the European Union. Example: They are seen as basket cases, 'damaged goods', the vulnerable children of the world who need the help and protection of the UN, NGOs and armies of therapists from the West. Example: Be aware of toxic friends and avoid these ten types of friends who can do more bad than good in your life. Example: Even after being told by his son that she was a bad egg he still let her stay and by doing that he was figuratively putting his head in the lion's mouth. Example: The girl has had her troubles, but that doesn't mean she's a rotten egg.» mantener buena compañía = keep + good company .
Example: The effects of keeping good company will have a positive impact on your life.» mantener mala compañía = keep + bad company .
Example: In other words, keeping bad company will eventually ruin your life.» servicio de compañía = escort service .
Example: Other information and referral services typically provided by social service agencies (such as counselling, transportation, and escort services) are being rejected by libraries.» sin compañía = unaccompanied .
Example: Never walk unaccompanied at night in poorly-lit streets or along deserted streets.» tener compañía en casa = have + Alguien + over .
Example: Many kids report they are lonesome -- kids who are home alone often aren't allowed to have other kids over when mom or dad isn't there.