Discusión in english
pronunciation: dɪskʌʃən part of speech: noun
discusión = debate ; discussion ; disputation ; dispute ; thread ; argument ; spat ; war of words ; tiff ; bicker.
Example: The debate as to which is the most effective way to classify books has not been positively settled.Example: In a journal most formal items including articles, essays, discussions and reviews can be expected to be accompanied by an abstract.Example: Academic disputations are generally entered under the heading for the faculty moderator.Example: In practice meetings of the Council of Ministers -- the Community's main legislative body -- have in recent years become a forum for acrimonious dispute.Example: The thread linking these giants is the acknowledgement that libraries exist to serve their users.Example: We do not want to see young assistants at the counter getting involved in an argument.Example: It also includes a blow-by-blow account of spats between management and labor.Example: War of words exposed chinks in coalition.Example: She found himself in trouble after a tiff with photo journalists during the shoot of a film.Example: The other day when I flounced out of the living room after a bicker with my father, she ran after me and hugged me tightly.more:
» centrar una discusión = focus + a discussion .
Example: This discussion focused on the activities of Frank Gillie, who has recently been sent to jail for getting libraries to pay substantial sums for multi-volume works which he could not provide.» discusión acalorada = hand-waving ; hot discussion ; heated argument ; heated debate ; heated discussion .
Example: These will not be easy studies, but facts are a far better basis for planning than are the techno-boosterism and hand-waving that characterize most discussions of these topics. Example: There were hot discussions, hard solutions, brilliant brain waves and horrible mistakes. Example: When you're in a heated argument, it's easy to lose control of yourself quickly. Example: In the 2nd period, 1912-1933, the methods and direction of the movement came under criticism from socialists and educationalists, and a heated debate ensued. Example: The meeting produced heated discussion on the pattern for public library services in the Netherlands.» discusión bizantina = pointless discussion ; pointless argument ; Byzantine discussion .
Example: If you go off at tangents, you could end up with pointless discussions about the best car to buy, the public transport alternatives, etc. Example: Unfortunately the Oz government is hell bent on turning a pointless argument into an economic disaster. Example: It is exactly this kind of Byzantine discussion what has converted Marxism in a new Scholasticism.» discusiones sobre gustos y colores = flame war .
Example: I would greatly appreciate any feedback (no flame wars, please) on this issue.» discusiones sobre nimiedades = hair-splitting argument .
Example: That distinction between core and incidental activities will certainly give rise to hair-splitting arguments.» discusión + girar en torno a = discussion + centre around .
Example: Discussion centred around the need for a single-source guide to collection management and electronic media.» discusión sin sentido = pointless discussion ; pointless argument .
Example: If you go off at tangents, you could end up with pointless discussions about the best car to buy, the public transport alternatives, etc. Example: Unfortunately the Oz government is hell bent on turning a pointless argument into an economic disaster.» discusión sobre nimiedades = hair-splitting argument ; hair-splitting [hairsplitting] .
Example: That distinction between core and incidental activities will certainly give rise to hair-splitting arguments. Example: Amazingly, this has done little to temper their penchant for legalese and hair-splitting on international law.» discusión violenta = bust-up .
Example: The study found that one in four people has had a bust-up with someone living next door over car parking, loud music and pets.» el tema de la discusión = the focus of the discussion .
Example: Matters of civility rather than criminality are the focus of the discussion.» entrar al trapo de una discusión = get drawn into + an argument ; get drawn into + a debate .
Example: I admired her yesterday for not getting drawn into the argument -- it just proved what a strong character she really is. Example: And he refused to get drawn into the debate about whether tax or spending cuts were the best way to reduce an inevitable deficit.» fin de la discusión = end of story ; period ; end of discussion ; full stop .
Example: You don't give out eight year contracts to players that are not stars, end of story. Example: 'I guess you have a way with people, they take what you say as true and never question it period' he said. Example: Likewise, she competes in women's tennis and is the best there ever was, end of discussion. Example: This is what I do, it's my life, it's my love, and I am physically and emotionally compelled to do it, full stop.» foro de discusión = newsgroup [news group] [En USENET, el nombre dado a las listas de correro electrónico] ; electronic forum .
Example: Newsgroup is the name for discussion groups on USENET. Example: Information World en Espanol (IWETEL), the first electronic forum for information professionals in Spain, was launched in Nov 93.» ganar una discusión = win + an argument .
Example: If you win the argument, but lose the person, you've lost the argument.» generar discusión = generate + discussion .
Example: Each workshop was repeated 3 times, generating much interesting debate and discussion.» grupo de discusión = discussion group .
Example: Begun in 1973, CONSER was conceived by an ad hoc discussion group on Serials Data Bases of American and Canadian librarians.» lista de discusión = discussion list [En Internet, grupo de usuarios que están interesados en un tema específico y que automáticamente reciben en su correo electrónico los mensajes relacionados con el mismo que los miembros del grupo se intercambian] .
Example: Internet users may also derive articles and other information from electronic journals and newsletters and from the many electronic bulletin boards (EEB) and discussion lists.» no admitir discusión = be out of the question .
Example: Since a freeze on all hiring was in effect, taking on new people was out of the question.» panel de discusión = discussion panel .
Example: This paper gives a general overview of the microfilm industry world-wide, drawing on the comments of members of a discussion panel at the Mid-year meeting of the National Micrographics Association.» perder una discusión = lose + an argument .
Example: If you win the argument, but lose the person, you've lost the argument.» posponer una discusión = table + discussion .
Example: Discussion on the considerable effect that library administrations can have on the budget is tabled until later in the chapter.» proponer a discusión = moot .
Example: I believe that what Ms. Marshall mooted yesterday and what has since rearisen in discussion is a very real, and perhaps unbridgeable, difference of interest.» punto de discusión = bone of contention, the .
Example: However, this iconography, along with the style of the monuments, became a bone of contention between different religious & political groups.» retomar una discusión = pick up + discussion .
Example: We can pick up this discussion some other time, after you've armed yourself with ammunition!.» sin discusión alguna = by (all) rights .
Example: By all rights, he should have died that day; instead, this super-energetic entrepreneur is riding high!.» suscitar la discusión = spark + discussion .
Example: The author offers perspectives intended to challenge acquisitions librarians' thinking, spark discussions, and lead to further investigations.» tema de discusión = discussion topic .
Example: Television shows foster titillating discussion topics and trivialize troubles.» tener una discusión = have + a row ; have + an argument .
Example: If we have a row he sulks for days and I have to try everything to get him to be nice again. Example: My fiancee and I had an argument, she packed up her things and left.» y aquí se acaba la discusión = period ; end of story ; end of discussion ; full stop .
Example: 'I guess you have a way with people, they take what you say as true and never question it period' he said. Example: You don't give out eight year contracts to players that are not stars, end of story. Example: Likewise, she competes in women's tennis and is the best there ever was, end of discussion. Example: This is what I do, it's my life, it's my love, and I am physically and emotionally compelled to do it, full stop.