Deriva in english
Drift
pronunciation: drɪft part of speech: noun, verb
pronunciation: drɪft part of speech: noun, verb
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» a la deriva = rudderless .
Example: She was 15 kilograms too heavy, rudderless, half-lost to drinking and chatting up other girls' boyfriends.» alejarse a la deriva = drift away .
Example: When you fail to pay attention to the ones you love the most, you start to drift away.» barco de pesca a la deriva = drifter .
Example: The fishing vessel, known as a drifter, moves slowly downwind while the drift net is paid out until the full length has been put into the water.» deriva continental = continental drift .
Example: The idea of tectonic plates moving together or apart is known as a continental drift.» deriva de los continentes = continental drift .
Example: The idea of tectonic plates moving together or apart is known as a continental drift.» desechos a la deriva = jetsam ; flotsam and jetsam ; flotsam .
Example: She continued to look about the beach, picking up the odd piece of jetsam and inspecting it, before discarding it as unsuitable. Example: I refuse to accept the idea that we are mere flotsam and jetsam in a river of life, unable to influence the unfolding events which surround us. Example: The boat was completely wrecked and lots of flotsam had washed ashore in amongst the rocks.» escoria a la deriva = jetsam ; flotsam and jetsam ; flotsam .
Example: She continued to look about the beach, picking up the odd piece of jetsam and inspecting it, before discarding it as unsuitable. Example: I refuse to accept the idea that we are mere flotsam and jetsam in a river of life, unable to influence the unfolding events which surround us. Example: The boat was completely wrecked and lots of flotsam had washed ashore in amongst the rocks.» ir a la deriva = drift ; drift about ; drift away .
Example: Now that libraries have been catapulted out of the ice age by the online catalogue, they cannot afford to drift through the strong, variable winds of technological change. Example: Anyway, they found an abandoned freight ship that'd been drifting about for 50 years. Example: When you fail to pay attention to the ones you love the most, you start to drift away.» madera a la deriva = driftwood .
Example: The photographs show the genesis of his creations from the source of inspiration (stones, driftwood, jawbones of animals) through his drawings and maquettes to the finished sculptures.» red de pesca a la deriva = drift net .
Example: The fishing vessel, known as a drifter, moves slowly downwind while the drift net is paid out until the full length has been put into the water.derivar1 = derive ; spin off.
Example: The scheme was designed for the Library of Congress and many of the features of the scheme derived from this fact.Example: A computerized search facility has been spun off from the basic work.more:
» derivar conclusiones = derive + conclusions .
Example: Qualitative models are useful because they provide a logical framework for asking specific questions and deriving conclusions systematically.» derivar de = strip from ; be born of ; proceed from .
Example: Alternatively, the librarian may wish to purchase one of the wide range of products that other processors or generators may be stripping from the tape. Example: According to Tolstoy, one's sadness is born of despair (sadness over the apparent meaninglessness of life or of life as one has lived it) = Según Tolstoi, la tristeza de un individuo surge de la desesperación (tristeza por la falta de sentido aparente de la vida o de la vida tal como se ha vivido). Example: Although nepotism is considered selfish, it proceeds from the generous impulse to pass something on to one's children, and this we think of as entirely praiseworth.» derivar placer de = obtain + pleasure from .
Example: For me a picture of myself in a dentist's waiting room is a perfect metaphor for set and setting very much in play against the easily obtained pleasures I usually get from reading.» derivarse = accrue ; come [Verbo irregular: pasado came, participio come] .
Example: A large proportion of the earth's population has not yet recognized the enormous advantages that would accrue if only everybody spoke English. Example: If all of these costs are to render returns to the library, the returns come only in terms of the use of the collection.» derivarse de = come out of ; flow from ; cascade from .
Example: Perhaps the most outstanding model to come out of the NIC project was that of Detroit's community information service, which was given the name 'The Information Place', TIP. Example: Apart from well-known things like light and heat, what else flows from the Sun?. Example: Everything that happens after this should cascade naturally from the stage you have set and the characters you've put on it = Todo lo que pase después de esto debería derivarse naturalmente del escenario que has establecido y los personajes que has puesto en él.derivar2 = drift ; drift about.
Example: Now that libraries have been catapulted out of the ice age by the online catalogue, they cannot afford to drift through the strong, variable winds of technological change.Example: Anyway, they found an abandoned freight ship that'd been drifting about for 50 years.