Cuenta in english
Account
pronunciation: əkaʊnt part of speech: noun
pronunciation: əkaʊnt part of speech: noun
In gestures
contar1 = count ; tally ; tell out into ; number ; count out ; take + inventory ; keep + count of.
Example: To ease the cataloguer's job and save him the trouble of counting characters, DOBIS/LIBIS uses a special function.Example: The statistic programs have been designed to make it possible to extract, tally, and print statistical information from the journal.Example: The finished paper was sorted for imperfections and told out into quires and reams for sale.Example: I would therefore like to give a blanket thankyou to everyone who has talked or written to me in my research and they must now number thousands rather than hundreds.Example: At midnight, one pirate arose, opened the chest, and counted out the gold pieces into five even piles.Example: Anna, like most women in a room full of strangers, was taking inventory of the opposite sex and picking her choice if she were forced to sleep with one person.Example: It's also important to keep count of the puppies and placentas, because the afterbirth does not always come out with the puppy.more:
» al contar = at the count of .
Example: One of the great tips that I got for group pictures is to ask the group to close their eyes and open them at the count of three.» contar con los dedos de la mano = count on + Posesivo + hands .
Example: I do have to also admit, that I can count on my hands how many purchases I've made this year at full price.» contar con poco dinero = be on a limited budget .
Example: If you're on a limited budget, you're going to have to eat meals at home simply because it costs way less than eating out.» contar con una fortuna = sit on + a fortune .
Example: Kenya and other African states are sitting on a fortune in the form of unexploited natural cures.» contar con un presupuesto limitado = be on a limited budget .
Example: If you're on a limited budget, you're going to have to eat meals at home simply because it costs way less than eating out.» contar con un presupuesto reducido = be on a limited budget .
Example: If you're on a limited budget, you're going to have to eat meals at home simply because it costs way less than eating out.» contar dinero = count + money .
Example: The process of counting the money, reconciling the receipts and balancing the cash drawer creates an accountability of the day's transactions.» contar (las) cabezas = count + noses [Contar las personas generalmente para comprobar que no falta nadie] ; count + heads [Contar las personas generalmente para comprobar que no falta nadie] .
Example: Responsibilities include taking roll, counting noses after each stop and keeping the children and youth on the bus safe. Example: Please designate someone to count heads after each stop, and someone to keep the bus clean.» contar las manos levantadas = count + hands .
Example: If we have to start counting hands to see who likes and dislikes a rule change, we're all in trouble.» contar los días que faltan = count down to .
Example: The article 'Keeping New Year's resolutions while counting down to the new millennium' discusses the following topics: self-discipline; losing weight; stopping smoking; starting an exercise programme; paying off bills; and meeting someone new.» contar los días que faltan para = count down + the days until/till/to .
Example: I now have a little over a week of hard training left and I'm counting down the days until fight night in Hamburg.» contar los días que quedan = count down to .
Example: The article 'Keeping New Year's resolutions while counting down to the new millennium' discusses the following topics: self-discipline; losing weight; stopping smoking; starting an exercise programme; paying off bills; and meeting someone new.» contar los días que quedan para = count down + the days until/till/to .
Example: I now have a little over a week of hard training left and I'm counting down the days until fight night in Hamburg.» contar ovejas = count + sheep .
Example: As sleep aids go, counting sheep is probably the oldest in the book.» dinero contante y sonante = readies ; the ready ; hard cash ; cold cash ; cold hard cash .
Example: To add insult to injury, she came back from the cash-point without enough readies and had to make a return journey. Example: The government has an obligation to ensure that those who are genuinely incapable of earning a minimally decent living for themselves have the ready needed to secure the basics. Example: It is unlikely the cost of using digital currency will be low enough to displace the use of hard cash. Example: Forget cold cash, money's going digital. Example: And yet the best gifts I've ever got -- and by best I mean the most meaningful -- have been cold hard cash.» que se cuentan por millones = numbered in millions .
Example: No critics review issues of magazines or the weekly episodes of Crossroads or Coronation Street but women's magazines and these television serials all have readership and viewers numbered in millions.» ser estupendo poder contar con + Nombre = be nice to have + Nombre + on board .
Example: He is so humble and such a sport -- it's really nice to have him on board.» volver a contar = recount ; retell [Verbo irregular: pasado y participio retold] .
Example: If one were to think of an analogue outside the library situation, one would conjure up the image of a miser cackling with delight as he counts and recounts his beloved coins. Example: What is often clear is why particular scenes are the ones a reader chooses to retell.contar2 = relate ; narrate ; hip ; tell ; recount ; share + Posesivo + thoughts.
Example: This article relates what happened to the records of the German era after the colony became a mandate under the British administration and after the attainment of independence.Example: The inmates satisfied their need for reading by smuggling in Polish books, or else narrating stories from memory.Example: He was aghast after having been hipped to the fact there are hookers on the Internet.Example: Program function key 1 (FP1) tells DOBIS/LIBIS to stop whatever it is doing and go back to the function selection screen.Example: We recount the parts of the book which absorbed us utterly, which made us feel that the alternative world was more vivid, more alive, more immediate than our life outside the book.Example: This year's inductees share their thoughts on what they wished they had known when they were just starting their career.more:
» anécdota obligatoria de contar = must-tell .
Example: What kind of secrets are must-tells, and what are simply meant to die with you?.» contar Algo a Alguien = let + Nombre + in on .
Example: If I decide to spring for this I'll let you in on what I find out.» contar chascarrillos = crack + jokes .
Example: He says he has finally accepted his short stature and sometimes even cracks jokes at his size rather than feeling bitter.» contar chismes de Alguien = tell + tales out of school about + Alguien .
Example: 'I'd be disappointed to learn that my boss or subordinates -- or peers for that matter -- told tales out of school about me to others'.» contar chistes = crack + jokes .
Example: He says he has finally accepted his short stature and sometimes even cracks jokes at his size rather than feeling bitter.» contar de = tell of [Verbo irregular: pasado y participio told] .
Example: Roger Horn tells of a librarian who actually complained in print that just as the materials began to pile up nicely the enquirers were in the habit of disappearing.» contar en confianza = confide (in/to) .
Example: When the interviewer made a second visit to some households and had become accepted, more and complicated problems were confided simply because she was an outside person.» contar experiencias = tell + tales .
Example: All librarians can tell tales of being caught out in this way, to learn of their error only when the answer has been produced: information on dance-halls when dinosaurs was asked for, or on the grey starling when something on Grace Darling was what was wanted = Todos los bibliotecarios pueden contar historias de cuando han metido la pata de este modo para aprender del error sólo cuando se ha producido la respuesta: información sobre los salones de baile cuando se preguntaba por los dinosaurios, o sobre el estornino gris cuando se quería algo sobre Grace Darling.» contar historias = tell + tales ; recount + stories .
Example: All librarians can tell tales of being caught out in this way, to learn of their error only when the answer has been produced: information on dance-halls when dinosaurs was asked for, or on the grey starling when something on Grace Darling was what was wanted = Todos los bibliotecarios pueden contar historias de cuando han metido la pata de este modo para aprender del error sólo cuando se ha producido la respuesta: información sobre los salones de baile cuando se preguntaba por los dinosaurios, o sobre el estornino gris cuando se quería algo sobre Grace Darling. Example: Join a retired trainman who will provide a guided tour of our cabooses and recount some great stories about life on a caboose.» contar intimidades = confide + intimacies .
Example: In 1985, the average US citizen had three friends in whom to confide intimacies; by 2004, the figure had slipped to two, and one American in four had no confidants at all.» contar la experiencia = recount + experience .
Example: This article recounts the experience of a director of public libraries in the USA who took a year off from work.» contar las ideas a Alguien = run + ideas + past + Pronombre .
Example: If you would like to run ideas past me at this time, that is OK as well .» contarle las penas a Alguien = sob + Posesivo + heart out to .
Example: The Prime Minister has been heard to scoff at the idea that he was sobbing his heart out to Tessa Jowell.» contar + Posesivo + historia = tell + Posesivo + story .
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.» contar + Posesivo + propia vida y milagros = spill + Posesivo + guts .
Example: He's as shy as shy can be, but give him a couple of beers and he'll spill his guts about anything.» contar + Posesivo + vida = tell + Posesivo + story ; tell + Posesivo + life .
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. Example: They do not profess that their lives were better or worse but just tell their lives as they were .» contar relatos = recount + stories .
Example: Join a retired trainman who will provide a guided tour of our cabooses and recount some great stories about life on a caboose.» contar todo sobre = give + Nombre + the lowdown on .
Example: Beck added: 'We would have given you the lowdown on Tilly the Hun' = Beck añadió: "Te lo hubieramos contado todo sobre Tilly el alemán".» contar una anécdota = tell + a story .
Example: I have already said that on the whole it is not difficult to stimulate children into telling stories.» contar una experiencia = relate + an experience .
Example: The article 'Towards the cyber-library?' relates the experience of Hertfordshire libraries in the provision of electronic public information and library services.» contar una historia = spin + a yarn ; weave + a tale ; narrate + story ; weave + a story .
Example: The old expressions 'spin a yarn', 'weave a tale' suggest the anecdotal, conversational quality that must be striven for by the storyteller. Example: The old expressions 'spin a yarn', 'weave a tale' suggest the anecdotal, conversational quality that must be striven for by the storyteller. Example: According to Eisner, sequential art is 'the arrangement of pictures or images and words to narrate a story or dramatize an idea' = De acuerdo con Eisner, el arte secuencial es "la combinación de dibujos e imágenes y palabras para narrar una historia o representar una idea". Example: Based on hundreds of interviews with Hollywood's power players, she weaves Eisner's story together with those who have crossed his path.» contar una mentira = tell + a lie ; tell + a porky .
Example: These people do not just tell lies but they live a lie -- everything they say and do is tainted with dishonesty. Example: We were telling porkies all along about this being just a peace treaty.» contar un chiste = make + a joke ; tell + Nombre + a joke .
Example: Every time I make a joke I expect a few laughs and recently I told this girl a joke and it was very awkward when she didn't laugh. Example: Every time I make a joke I expect a few laughs and recently I told this girl a joke and it was very awkward when she didn't laugh.» contar un cuento = tell + a story .
Example: I have already said that on the whole it is not difficult to stimulate children into telling stories.» cuenta la leyenda que = legend has it that ; as legend goes .
Example: Legend has it that he sold his soul to the devil so that he could play anything. Example: As legend goes Cortes was greeted by natives that gave him a sackful of cacao beans in exchange for some of his own merchandise.» deja de contar milongas = pull the other one (it's got bells on (it)) .
Example: Put simply, my attitude to any claim of a supernatural order is summed up in the phrase 'Pull the other one... it's got bells on it' = En resumen, mi actitud ante la noción de que exista un orden sobrenatural se resume con la frase "deja de contar milongas".» no me cuentes más milongas = pull the other one (it's got bells on (it)) .
Example: Put simply, my attitude to any claim of a supernatural order is summed up in the phrase 'Pull the other one... it's got bells on it' = En resumen, mi actitud ante la noción de que exista un orden sobrenatural se resume con la frase "deja de contar milongas".» relato obligatorio de contar = must-tell .
Example: What kind of secrets are must-tells, and what are simply meant to die with you?.» según cuenta la leyenda = legend has it that ; as legend goes .
Example: Legend has it that he sold his soul to the devil so that he could play anything. Example: As legend goes Cortes was greeted by natives that gave him a sackful of cacao beans in exchange for some of his own merchandise.» un pajarito me ha contado = a little (dicky) bird told me .
Example: A little dicky bird told me you have a soft spot for a man in uniform.» visión contada por una persona de adentro = an insider's look .
Example: The book 'If Looks Could Kill' is a juicy, tell-all, insider's look at the true world of fashion.» volver a contar = recount ; retell [Verbo irregular: pasado y participio retold] .
Example: If one were to think of an analogue outside the library situation, one would conjure up the image of a miser cackling with delight as he counts and recounts his beloved coins. Example: What is often clear is why particular scenes are the ones a reader chooses to retell.» y ahora me cuentas una de vaqueros = pull the other one (it's got bells on (it)) .
Example: Put simply, my attitude to any claim of a supernatural order is summed up in the phrase 'Pull the other one... it's got bells on it' = En resumen, mi actitud ante la noción de que exista un orden sobrenatural se resume con la frase "deja de contar milongas".» y ahora me cuentas una de indios = pull the other one (it's got bells on (it)) .
Example: Put simply, my attitude to any claim of a supernatural order is summed up in the phrase 'Pull the other one... it's got bells on it' = En resumen, mi actitud ante la noción de que exista un orden sobrenatural se resume con la frase "deja de contar milongas".» y ahora me cuentas una de chinos = pull the other one (it's got bells on (it)) .
Example: Put simply, my attitude to any claim of a supernatural order is summed up in the phrase 'Pull the other one... it's got bells on it' = En resumen, mi actitud ante la noción de que exista un orden sobrenatural se resume con la frase "deja de contar milongas".contar3 = count.
Example: People must be made to feel that they and their ideas count.more:
» contando = counting .
Example: Counting the media center (which everyone persists in calling the library), there are 26 classrooms, 2 shops (one for auto repair and one for woodworking), a basement gymnasium, and a flat-floor auditorium.» contar con = hold [Verbo irregular: pasado y participio held] ; count on ; have at + Posesivo + disposal ; bank on ; set + your watch by .
Example: If the search is made with a call number, a summary of copies with that call number which are held by the library is first displayed. Example: Bookstores can no longer count on customers buying books if there is a more attractive entertainment option. Example: But this would require time and competencies, which not all policy makers have at their disposal. Example: Don't bank on it, there can be bright sunshine, hailstones, drizzle, pouring rain and snowflurries in any given hour of the day. Example: There are a few things you can count on; I mean really set your watch by in life.» contar con Alguien = count + Pronombre + in .
Example: She responded that if the folks against the war decided to hold a march 'for peace,' then they could count her in.» contar con apoyo para = have + support for .
Example: A librarian made the announcement that he had some support for the idea that the Library of Congress and about 13 other ARL (Association of Research Libraries) libraries do all of the cataloging for the country.» contar con el apoyo de Alguien = have + Nombre + behind + Pronombre .
Example: The emphasis on title entry came from the specialized libraries, primarily the technical libraries, that were small but had the money and the power behind them to see that their view prevails.» contar con el apoyo necesario para = have + the power behind to .
Example: The emphasis on title entry came from the specialized libraries, primarily the technical libraries, that were small but had the money and the power behind them to see that their view prevails.» contar con el visto bueno = meet with + approval .
Example: A number of more unusual arrangements have been tried, but none have met with wide approval.» contar con la aprobación = meet with + approval .
Example: A number of more unusual arrangements have been tried, but none have met with wide approval.» contar con la colaboración de = enjoy + cooperation with .
Example: Die Vereinigung Schweizerischer Archivare (Association of Swiss Archivists) has enjoyed close cooperation with the Vereinigung Schweizerischer Bibliothekare (Association of Swiss Librarians).» contar con la cooperación de = enjoy + cooperation with .
Example: Die Vereinigung Schweizerischer Archivare (Association of Swiss Archivists) has enjoyed close cooperation with the Vereinigung Schweizerischer Bibliothekare (Association of Swiss Librarians).» contar con + Posesivo + aprobación = meet + Posesivo + approval ; be a thumbs up for .
Example: The medical industry will go to any lengths to suppress drugs and methods that haven't met their approval, regardless of how effective they might be. Example: For the most part, this was a pleasant, enjoyable read -- so this is a thumbs up for me.» contar con + Posesivo + beneplácito = be a thumbs up for .
Example: For the most part, this was a pleasant, enjoyable read -- so this is a thumbs up for me.» contar con + Posesivo + visto bueno = meet + Posesivo + approval .
Example: The medical industry will go to any lengths to suppress drugs and methods that haven't met their approval, regardless of how effective they might be.» contar para nada = count + for nothing .
Example: That this is a statement of fact may count for nothing: in effect, the librarian may be obliged lay evidence before the enquirer, accompanied by a convincing explanation.» entre ellos contamos con los siguientes = numbered amongst these are .
Example: Numbered amongst these are: Euler circles, arrowgraphs, and the circular thesaurus.» no contar = be out of the picture ; be out of the frame .
Example: Saddam may be out of the picture, but his methods are living on just fine. Example: Robert may be out of the frame but there is plenty of new talent and eye candy to replace him.» no contar con = leave + Nombre + out of the picture ; drop + Nombre + out of the picture .
Example: Congress is being left out of the picture, and, more importantly, the American people are left in the dark once again. Example: My reading of Joel's comments was that he'd be willing to drop all the others out of the picture if one of you were willing to do the whole thing.» no contar con la aprobación = frown (up)on .
Example: This kind of transfer is usually frowned upon by budgeting authorities, however.» poder contar con = be there for + Pronombre .
Example: So, even if one of them falls off of the information food chain in some way, the others will be always there for us.» si eso cuenta para algo = if that counts in any way ; if that counts for anything .
Example: I do have a couple of nasty chafes on my feet from my new and ruinously expensive sandals, if that counts in any way. Example: I have done absolutely no studying tonight, but my kitchen is spotlessly clean if that counts for anything.» sin contar = not including ; excluding ; barring .
Example: According to this story, owning a horse can cost about $10000 a year, not including the horse = Según esta historia, poseer un caballo puede costar alrededor de $ 10000 al año, sin incluir el caballo. Example: Durable goods excluding transportation soared by 2.0% in June in the U.S. Example: All abstracts, barring possibly those of exceptional length, should consist of one paragraph only.» sin contar con = in the absence of .
Example: In the absence of, or in addition to, an ISADN an alternative number assigned by a regional or national agency may be given.cuenta1 = tally [tallies, pl.] ; count.
Example: As the various parts of the record are entered, the document summary indicates the additions by the tallies opposite the record parts.Example: Not much data beyond loan counts was available and re-keying and remanipulations were frequently needed to make the information useful.more:
» abarcar más de la cuenta = overstretch + Reflexivo .
Example: She is of the view that the Russian president is definitely in a tight spot -- Russia is overstretching itself with expensive military ventures and incresingly isolating itself.» a cuenta de = at the expense of .
Example: Uneven allocation will lead to some subjects having relatively short notation at the expense of others with relatively long notation.» a cuenta de la empresa = at company expense .
Example: It is not unusual also for the staff to take courses (at company expense and often on company time) that will keep them alert and mentally alive.» a cuenta de otro = at someone else's expense .
Example: The article is entitled 'How to promote the library at someone else's expense'.» a cuenta de otros = at other people's expense .
Example: Serial swindler Kenneth Broad was this afternoon jailed for 15 months bringing to an end a playboy lifestyle lived at other people's expense.» a cuenta propia = at + Posesivo + (own) expense ; at + Posesivo + own expense ; at + Posesivo + (own) cost .
Example: They believe that the main use for government is for some people to lord it over others at their expense. Example: Mr Dong Ming embarked on an eight-day bicycle ride to Beijing at his own expense in order to attend the IFLA Conference. Example: In order to help in the work, she appointed a catechist, Maria Savari, at her own cost.» a final de cuentas = after (all/everything) is said and done .
Example: And after all is said and done, hiring decisions, for the most part, are based on whether or not the candidate is likeable.» a fin de cuentas = at the end of the day ; in the end ; in the final count ; in the grand scheme of things ; when (all/everything) is said and done ; after (all/everything) is said and done ; in the last analysis .
Example: At the end of the day, the greatest need for the foreseeable future remains space for books and ordinary readers. 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: In the final count, the method of delivery of the data is less important than the quality of information. Example: This is largely clueless enthusiasm focused on things that don't matter in the grand scheme of things. 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: And after all is said and done, hiring decisions, for the most part, are based on whether or not the candidate is likeable. 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.» ajustar cuentas = settle + a score ; settle + things ; get + even ; have + an axe to grind .
Example: Even teenagers do not hesitate to use guns to settle their scores. Example: Some fights are grudge fights and these guys hate each other and is a great way of settling things. Example: Our reactions to actual crime -- disbelief about the act committed, anger at the hurt caused, a desire to get even, and fear for ourselves and our children -- arrive in an indecipherable rush of emotion. Example: I'd appreciate it if anyone who's used both, and doesn't have an axe to grind, could send constructive pros and cons.» ajuste de cuentas = grudge fight ; grudge match ; settling of scores .
Example: Some fights are grudge fights and these guys hate each other and is a great way of settling things. Example: Web sites such as the popular Psychobike.com are the cyberspace petri dishes that incubate grudge matches. Example: The aggressiveness of a number of publications on this subject, replete with their accusations without any backup, can be interpreted as settling of scores.» al final de cuentas = when (all/everything) is said and done ; at the end of the day .
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: At the end of the day, the greatest need for the foreseeable future remains space for books and ordinary readers.» antes de darse cuenta = before + Pronombre + know what + happen ; before + Pronombre + know it .
Example: She took a shine to Sheldon, and before he knows what has happened, the misanthropic physicist finds himself with a girlfriend. Example: And, before I knew it, she had shoved her whole head in my coffee cup and taken a big slurp of my coffee!.» a propia cuenta = at + Posesivo + (own) cost .
Example: In order to help in the work, she appointed a catechist, Maria Savari, at her own cost.» apuntar en + Posesivo + cuenta = put + Nombre + on the slate .
Example: Those were the days -- you could buy stuff and put it on the slate and pay at the end of the week.» a tener en cuenta en el futuro = for future reference .
Example: Call it what you want but for future reference it may be best to name it according to its function.» bajo + Posesivo + propia cuenta (y riesgo) = at + Posesivo + (own) risk .
Example: Participants attending this field trip do so at their own risk.» bomba de relojería + empezar la cuenta atrás = time bomb + tick away .
Example: The article is entitled 'The year 2000: the computer time bomb is 'ticking away'.» borrón y cuenta nueva = a fresh start ; clean slate ; new leaf ; clean break .
Example: Where it is necessary or desirable for a fresh start they can advise on the best way forward. Example: A group of university and government researchers has proposed a 'clean slate' approach to solving the Internet's myriad security problems. Example: This submersion into the Hindustani tradition was a new leaf for them. Example: As he repeatedly tells everyone in the aptly titled 'Clean Break,' what you need to do in order to move forward is shed all of the emotional baggage, all of the memories, all of the 'non-essentials' in your life.» cada cual por su cuenta = every man for himself ; each man for himself .
Example: If more and more of us begin to see life purely as 'every man for himself,' what other unintended consequences may come with such a shift. Example: Once the community works together and stops seeing each other as the enemy, or each man for himself, then things will change.» caer en la cuenta = dawn on ; wise up ; the penny dropped ; suss (out) ; twig ; come to + the realisation .
Example: It dawned on her that what she was doing might be a mistake, and she began to think of how best to extricate herself. Example: The article 'Cataloguing electronic resources: wise up or dumb down?' argues that WWW search engines do a good job in impossibly difficult circumstances but that they do not provide enough information about a resource. Example: It was only when I saw Ron's car outside Penny's house that the penny finally dropped and I realised they were having an affair. Example: He was incredulous when he sussed that the noises came from bona-fide gibbons. Example: Sometimes the police tolerated them for a bit but sometimes they came down on them like a ton of bricks as soon as they twigged what they were up to. Example: So today I just came to the realization that I've been jinxed somewhere along the way in my life.» caer en la cuenta de = realise [realize, -USA] ; wise up to .
Example: It should be realized, in addition, that the question involves not only serials but other works that are generally intended to be issued indefinitely in successive editions. Example: Businesses are finally startiing to wise up to the power of the social network.» caer en la cuenta (de) = cotton on (to) .
Example: We failed to cotton on to the economic essential that owning stuff isn't productive, making stuff is.» caer en la cuenta de = realise [realize, -USA] ; wise up to .
Example: It should be realized, in addition, that the question involves not only serials but other works that are generally intended to be issued indefinitely in successive editions. Example: Businesses are finally startiing to wise up to the power of the social network.» calcular la cuenta = tot up ; tote up .
Example: Babies cry for an average of five hours a day for the first three months and tot up 51 days in their first year, according to survey. Example: When you tote up the carbon emissions caused by clearing land to grow corn, fertilizing it and transporting it, corn ethanol leaves twice the carbon footprint as gasoline.» complicar las cosas más de la cuenta = make + heavy weather of .
Example: It seems to me that you're making heavy weather of something that could be so simple if you left me in charge of the situation.» complicarse la vida más de la cuenta = make + heavy weather of .
Example: It seems to me that you're making heavy weather of something that could be so simple if you left me in charge of the situation.» correr a cuenta de la casa = be on the house .
Example: When we asked for the check at the end of a long lunch, we were told all meals that day were on the house.» correr de la cuenta de Alguien = be on + Pronombre .
Example: And picking up the check he said 'Lunch is on me today, Florence -- no arguments!'.» correr por cuenta de la casa = be on the house .
Example: When we asked for the check at the end of a long lunch, we were told all meals that day were on the house.» cuenta atrás, la = countdown, the .
Example: All we have left of the millenarian dateline is the countdown to it.» cuenta espermática = sperm count .
Example: This is a technique which allows men with a low sperm count to father children.» cuentas = statistics .
Example: Other office equipment to be found in libraries may include: Adding machines or calculators to cope with statistics related to petty cash, issues, membership, etc.» dar cuenta = render + an account of .
Example: One obligation of a public institution is to render an account of itself to the people and show cause why they should continue to support it.» dar cuenta a = report back to .
Example: So, it's that time of the year to assess our student's reading levels, and report back to the parents about it.» dar cuenta ante = be answerable to ; answer to .
Example: The police force is answerable to law and justice, and not to those in power. Example: The Iranian regime must answer to its people and the international community for its gross human rights violations.» dar cuenta(s) de = account for ; illustrate .
Example: The major four categories of physical forms outlined so far account for most of the published indexes and catalogues. Example: The presence of eggshells, faecal pellets, and silk threads in association with a mite-like animal illustrates a complex ecosystem.» dar la cuenta atrás = count + Nombre + out .
Example: With blood trickling from his mouth, his glazed eyes staring up at the ring lights, and his left foot quivering, the Swede was counted out.» darse cuenta = become + aware ; dawn on ; detect ; perceive ; find [Verbo irregular: pasado y participio found] ; note ; come to + realise ; wise up ; reach + an understanding ; eye + catch ; strike + home ; suss (out) ; hit + home ; twig ; come to + the realisation ; get it .
Example: For the first time now he became aware that he was being watched. Example: It dawned on her that what she was doing might be a mistake, and she began to think of how best to extricate herself. Example: Then, in the 1930s extraterrestrial radio signals were detected, and during the last four decades a whole new intellectual area of science has developed, namely radio astronomy. Example: Hypermedia offers unheard of opportunities to gain insight into the way young people perceive, process and use information. Example: His trial came up in July 1892 and by then the city accountant had found that over $9,000 had been misappropriated. Example: Collation is the term used for the physical check of books to note any imperfections such as missing or duplicated sections. Example: Gradually many of these conquerors came to realize that, although military might was necessary to gain control over an area, sheer force of arms was not sufficient to govern effectively. Example: The article 'Cataloguing electronic resources: wise up or dumb down?' argues that WWW search engines do a good job in impossibly difficult circumstances but that they do not provide enough information about a resource. Example: There was no other way that William could just then express the understanding he had clearly reached that some books are impossible to read. Example: As Klaus's acute observations are unhampered by romantic ideals, his eye catches the plastic trash by the roadway as well as the colors of moss on the landing strip. Example: Among many observations in this widely bruited report, one in particular struck home: fewer books had been translated into Arabic in a millennium than were translated into Spanish in a year. Example: He was incredulous when he sussed that the noises came from bona-fide gibbons. Example: With our students, with our employees, the stress of the pulp and paper mill's shutdown is starting to hit home. Example: Sometimes the police tolerated them for a bit but sometimes they came down on them like a ton of bricks as soon as they twigged what they were up to. Example: So today I just came to the realization that I've been jinxed somewhere along the way in my life. Example: They say silence is golden but some people really just don't get it and they go on and on and on forever!.» darse cuenta de = be aware of ; be cognisant of ; realise [realize, -USA] ; sense ; wake up to ; make + Nombre + aware of ; become + cognisant of ; see through ; sink in [Verbo irregular: pasado sank, participio sunk] .
Example: Although this may seem an obvious statement, there are many instances when the searcher is not fully aware of what can or might be retrieved. Example: The second aspect of institutional behavior we need to be cognizant of involves the notion the further institutions move into their life-cycles, the more they demonstrate the characteristics of a closed system. Example: It should be realized, in addition, that the question involves not only serials but other works that are generally intended to be issued indefinitely in successive editions. Example: She sensed that something was wrong with his logic, but she was at a loss to explain it. Example: A few libraries have woken up to this new demand and are doing something. Example: Libraries need to be made aware of all possible networking options, the benefits of the lesser known OSI suite of protocols and the requirements for establishing an OSI environment. Example: Becoming cognizant of these retail promotional tools is the first step -- the fun part is adopting successful ones!. Example: It is important to use oral history information in an informed and sophisticated way, and to be able to see through some popular misconceptions about it. Example: The personnel officer experienced an involuntary shiver as the lancinating reality of the board's decision sank in.» darse cuenta (de) = cotton on (to) .
Example: We failed to cotton on to the economic essential that owning stuff isn't productive, making stuff is.» darse cuenta de la realidad = wake up to + reality ; wake up to + the realities .
Example: Change is close by, the truth grows stronger everyday, people are waking up to reality by the millions. Example: Unless employees wake up to the realities and start making some additional savings, they are likely to end up with a shock when they reach retirement.» darse cuenta del peligro que = see + the danger that .
Example: Being thus convinced of the value of good books, librarians were also quick to see the potential danger that 'bad' books held for the nation.» darse cuenta de todo = pick up on + everything .
Example: Lauren is very quick on the uptake and picks up on everything going on around her but knows it doesn't pay to have loose lips.» darse cuenta de un problema = alight on + a problem .
Example: One problem on which Kaiser alighted was that many processes can be further analysed into a concrete and a process.» decidir por cuenta propia = take it upon + Reflexivo + to .
Example: In return, the young librarian took it upon himself to design an entire section of the second floor to be the domain of young adult.» echar cuenta(s) con = count on ; bank on .
Example: Bookstores can no longer count on customers buying books if there is a more attractive entertainment option. Example: Don't bank on it, there can be bright sunshine, hailstones, drizzle, pouring rain and snowflurries in any given hour of the day.» empezar a darse cuenta de = grow on/upon + Pronombre .
Example: The magnitude of her Herculanian efforts grow upon us as we contemplate the adverse circumstances under which she undertook the enterprise.» empezar la cuenta atrás = count down to .
Example: The article 'Keeping New Year's resolutions while counting down to the new millennium' discusses the following topics: self-discipline; losing weight; stopping smoking; starting an exercise programme; paying off bills; and meeting someone new.» en resumidas cuentas = after all ; in short ; in a nutshell ; in sum ; to sum up ; to sum it up ; to cut a long story short ; bottom line, the ; in essence ; to make a long story short ; all in all ; all in all ; the short story + be ; to boil it down ; in a few words ; the long and (the) short of ; when (all/everything) is said and done .
Example: After all, the areas of diversification are catered for already by other types of information-related departments. Example: In short, the work and approach of the chief librarian is crucial to the success of the library he serves. Example: In a nutshell, I believe we must support all efforts to provide online computer access to bibliographic information. Example: In sum, the librarian should have the knowledge, experience and sense to provide the right book to the right child at the right time = En suma, el bibliotecario debería tener el conocimiento, la experiencia y el sentido para ofrecer el libro correcto al niño adecuado en el momento oportuno. Example: To sum up it may be said that overall annual energy costs can be reduced by as much as a third by careful planning. Example: To sum it up, ISBD stands in sharp contrast to the ideal of concise and clear entries followed by the founders of Anglo-American cataloging. Example: To cut a long story short, just as they were nearing the weir the engine stopped working and they had to jump into the water. Example: Drama is, bottom line, seen as a fluff subject by many people. Example: In essence these indexing languages are very similar to the lists of subject headings which are used in pre-coordinate indexing. Example: 'Anyway, to make a long story short, Huish said he knows Lisa has been a little flighty at times'. Example: All in all, then, the book has plenty to attend to, plenty to enjoy, plenty to share. Example: All in all, then, the book has plenty to attend to, plenty to enjoy, plenty to share. Example: I'll spare you all the details, but the short story is that he looked her up last year when he was travelling in Scandinavia, and was delighted to find her. Example: To boil it down, Israel is small and under threat from every side so the borders they have imposed are out of necessity. Example: Recently, someone asked me if I could explain chi-square in a few words. Example: The article 'The long and short of a new business model' reviews the application of CD-R on-demand publishing to fill the gap between producing a few copies and spending large sums on replicators to produce 1000 or more copies