Enfrente in english
pronunciation: ɪnfrʌnt part of speech: adverb
enfrentar = drive + a wedge between.
Example: While the current problems associated with serial economics have driven a wedge between vendors, librarians and publishers, they should be cooperating and communicating in order to withstand the information explosion.more:
» enfrentar a = pit against .
Example: This article examines cross-currents which pit the interests of special collections librarians against those of general, academic librarians.» enfrentar + Posesivo + miedos = confront + Posesivo + demons ; face + Posesivo + demons .
Example: The film is about one woman who finds the courage to confront her demons and make peace with her past. Example: When her attempt at a normal life goes up in smoke, she must come to terms with her half-blood nature and face her demons.» enfrentar = oppose ; struggle ; come to + terms with ; engage ; come + face to face ; take on .
Example: A respondent is a candidate for a degree who, in an academic disputation, defends or opposes a thesis proposed by the praeses (q.v.); also called the defendant. Example: The chemist, struggling with the synthesis of an organic compound, has all the chemical literature before him in his laboratory. Example: Much of the conventional wisdom of librarianship is going to have to undergo what is so aptly described as an 'agonizing reappraisal' before we can come to terms with the new information age. Example: Australian destroyers engaged the Japanese shore guns and the mine sweepers carried out their task successfully, but not without loss. Example: If they come face to face in a fight to death, is it really that hard to imagine who would win?. Example: Athletics represents people who are willing to take on anyone, anywhere, anytime -- bar none.» enfrentar = oppose ; struggle ; come to + terms with ; engage ; come + face to face ; take on .
Example: A respondent is a candidate for a degree who, in an academic disputation, defends or opposes a thesis proposed by the praeses (q.v.); also called the defendant. Example: The chemist, struggling with the synthesis of an organic compound, has all the chemical literature before him in his laboratory. Example: Much of the conventional wisdom of librarianship is going to have to undergo what is so aptly described as an 'agonizing reappraisal' before we can come to terms with the new information age. Example: Australian destroyers engaged the Japanese shore guns and the mine sweepers carried out their task successfully, but not without loss. Example: If they come face to face in a fight to death, is it really that hard to imagine who would win?. Example: Athletics represents people who are willing to take on anyone, anywhere, anytime -- bar none.» enfrentarse a = be faced with ; come to + grips with ; confront ; face [En la voz pasiva va seguido de la preposición (with)] ; face up to ; meet [Verbo irregular: pasado y participio met] ; tackle ; cope with ; get to + grips with ; clash with [Tercera persona singular clashes] ; grapple with [Intentar resolver algo difícil] ; wrestle with ; get + a grip on ; go + head-to-head with ; be up against ; come up against ; run up against ; line up against ; brave ; breast ; have + a go at ; address ; engage in + confrontation with ; come + nose to nose with ; square off against .
Example: The indexer is faced with the choice of which off the themes of the document to provide access to via an index. Example: Right now the management team is beginning to come to grips with our annual budget process, as it does every year. Example: Resource sharing in libraries may be a way of confronting the impact of rising prices dictated by a few large publishing corporations. Example: Hungary faces far-reaching socio-economic transformation which will inevitably affect libraries as well. Example: Together we need to face up to the challenges of the Information Age. Example: There may be a threat of over-capacity; if so, this could be met by diversification, an enlargement of the SLIS role. Example: Chapter 2 tackles books, pamphlets and printed sheets, and chapter 3 is dedicated to cartographic materials. Example: This latter period is when the air-conditioning has to work hardest to cope with high outside air temperature and solar gains through the building. Example: The Treasure has made good use of a number of methodologies in getting to grips with the principles and applications of information management. Example: The date of the book fair must be fitted into the school program so that it does not clash with any rival local or national event. Example: Researchers have long grappled with predicting the readability of reading materials for children. Example: Librarians believe they will have to wrestle with limited opportunities for career advancement = Los bibliotecarios piensan que tendrán que hacer frente a oportunidades limitadas para su promoción profesional. Example: The article 'Getting a grip on change' argues that only by confronting the challenges and inevitability of change can libraries retain their relevancy in the information age. Example: We went head-to-head with those that wanted a uniform look for the whole library Website! = Nos enfrentamos a aquellos que querían un aspecto uniforme en el diseño de todo el sitio web de la biblioteca. Example: British exporters have been up against tariff and non-tariff barriers all over the world for a very long time. Example: We have come up against the extreme expense which change brings to an existing catalog. Example: Some of the information from the EEC Government in Brussels is provided off the record, which sometimes runs up against the UK Government's wall of secrecy. Example: The author examines claims by Microsoft's Bill Gates that networked computers have no future, and looks at the opposition lining up against him. Example: The mammoth hunters braved sub-zero temperatures on desolate tundra at least 20000 years earlier than was thought. Example: He has breasted an extraordinary amount of obloquy on behalf of our country's cause. Example: In the 1980s that meant having a go at all the trendy lefties and pacifists, and so our main issues were class politics and violence. Example: The inclusion of vendors and publishers allows everyone to address sticky business relationships head-on. Example: By running away he shows who he is -- a boneless coward who never engaged in direct confrontation with the enemy. Example: Catherine came nose to nose with the man, smelling the foulness of his breath and searching his eyes for some hint of humanity behind the empty stare. Example: Halfway through the demonstration, mounted police squared off against protesters in a parking lot, but ultimately activists agreed to take a different path.» enfrentarse a Algo cara a cara = address + Nombre + head-on ; meet + Nombre + head-on ; tackle + Nombre + head-on ; face + Nombre + head-on .
Example: The inclusion of vendors and publishers allows everyone to address sticky business relationships head-on. Example: While we lament the changed environment in which we live, we must not permit inertia and rigidity to prohibit us from meeting head on the demands it makes on us. Example: The author emphasizes the importance for libraries of tackling copyright issues head on. Example: Both stress the need to face the issues head on, but prudently, by documenting the extent of the problem before meeting with the library director.» enfrentarse a alternativas = be faced with choices ; face + choices .
Example: Without the ability to select when faced with these choices we would be like demented dogs chasing every attractive smell that reaches our noses in complete confusion of purpose. Example: The Green Paper on the financing of the public library service forces librarians to look closely at the choices facing them on how libraries of the future are to be funded.» enfrentarse a la muerte = face + death .
Example: Librarians who have to choose between Congress and Dewey are in the dilemma of the proverbial lady facing death or a fate worse than death.» enfrentarse a la realidad = confront + reality ; face + (the) facts ; face + reality .
Example: We must confront the reality that the new technology affects they way people understand the information it carries. Example: This has, of course, always been so, but the facts have not always been faced. Example: But now we must face reality and embrace the memory of his spirit and his voracious lust for life, which will live on.» enfrentarse a la realidad de que = face (up to) + the fact that .
Example: The fact must be faced that the world as a whole tends not to have a clue about the existence of the information profession.» enfrentarse a la realidad (de que) = face + the truth (that) .
Example: The existential theme of this play, the need to face the truth that there is no meaningful life, may have been too much for its first American audience.» enfrentarse a la vida = cope with + life ; face + life ; cope .
Example: This need cuts across all social classes and grows out of normal life; it does not signify failure in coping with life. Example: The rock-bottom element seems to be the confidence in facing life. Example: The results suggest that neurotically hostile individuals view others as distrustful, the world as threatening, and themselves as unable to cope.» enfrentarse al enemigo = engage + the enemy .
Example: You, however, are more than welcome to head for Kasab to immediately engage the enemy and 'cut a fat hog'.» enfrentarse al futuro = face up to + the future ; face + the future .
Example: We must face up to the future and ensure that the unique value of the public library as a focus for community life are shared with others. Example: The article is entitled 'From strength to strength: Judaica collections facing the future'.» enfrentarse al hecho de que = face (up to) + the fact that .
Example: The fact must be faced that the world as a whole tends not to have a clue about the existence of the information profession.» enfrentarse al mundo = go out into + the world .
Example: Going out into the world busking as a street performer can be a very rewarding experience.» enfrentarse a los cambios = cope with + change .
Example: Education can be the corresponding catalyst for coping effectively with change.» enfrentarse a los elementos = brave + the elements .
Example: A large party braved the elements on foot, and when they reached the summit they were drenched to the skin.» enfrentarse a + Posesivo + adversario = take on + Posesivo + opponent .
Example: She will need to be in top form from the get go this year, when he takes on her opponent on Wednesday evening.» enfrentarse a + Posesivo + miedos = face + Posesivo + demons ; confront + Posesivo + demons .
Example: When her attempt at a normal life goes up in smoke, she must come to terms with her half-blood nature and face her demons. Example: The film is about one woman who finds the courage to confront her demons and make peace with her past.» enfrentarse a + Posesivo + oponente = take on + Posesivo + opponent .
Example: She will need to be in top form from the get go this year, when he takes on her opponent on Wednesday evening.» enfrentarse a una barrera = face + a barrier .
Example: The limitations and barriers faced by rural libraries and residents in obtaining the information they need and want are examined = Se analizan las barreras y las limitaciones con las que se encuentran las bibliotecas y los habitantes de las zonas rurales de consguir la información que necesitan y requieren.» enfrentarse a una crisis = face + a crisis ; deal with + a crisis ; tackle + a crisis .
Example: Calculated, moderate risk-taking in search of improvement and change must be the strategy of the dynamic librarian of the 1980s in the light of the crisis to be faced. Example: His method of dealing with crises, he explained, was to 'turn out the light, say "bugger everyone," and go to sleep'. Example: The continuing political tension in Pakistan undermines the government's ability to tackle the country's multiple crises.» enfrentarse a una cuestión = run up against + an issue ; wrestle with + an issue ; grapple with + an issue .
Example: The introduction of virtual technologies in museums runs up against the issue of the situated character of information use. Example: If your hospital is wrestling with these issues, take some comfort in knowing that you are not alone. Example: West Africa at the present time has to grapple with the issues of development, and with the attendant problems which are many and varied.» enfrentarse a una fuerte competición = face + stiff competition ; face + tough competition .
Example: Turkish players will be itching to take another victory for their country, but they face stiff competition. Example: The company had lost $3 billion, been forced to cut 16,000 jobs and was facing tough competition from low-cost airlines.» enfrentarse a una limitación = face + a constraint ; face + a limitation .
Example: Of course, a thesaurus intended solely for on-line display does not face the same space constraints. Example: The limitations and barriers faced by rural libraries and residents in obtaining the information they need and want are examined = Se analizan las barreras y las limitaciones con las que se encuentran las bibliotecas y los habitantes de las zonas rurales de consguir la información que necesitan y requieren.» enfrentarse a una reacción + Adjetivo = meet with + Adjetivo + reaction .
Example: The seventeenth edition met with mixed reactions.» enfrentarse a una situación = face + a situation ; meet + a situation .
Example: Faced by this situation a teacher who launches into the presentation of a new book without first doing something to settle the children down should hardly expect to succeed. Example: In other words, to make sense of life-situations and to make intelligent decisions when we meet them, we need to have pondered the various possibilities either before the situations arise or with speed and sureness when they arise.» enfrentarse a una tarea = face + a task .
Example: This article examines the burdensome task archival appraisers face in dealing with the typically massive files created by major censuses and surveys.» enfrentarse a una traba = face + a limitation ; face + a barrier .
Example: The limitations and barriers faced by rural libraries and residents in obtaining the information they need and want are examined = Se analizan las barreras y las limitaciones con las que se encuentran las bibliotecas y los habitantes de las zonas rurales de consguir la información que necesitan y requieren. Example: The limitations and barriers faced by rural libraries and residents in obtaining the information they need and want are examined = Se analizan las barreras y las limitaciones con las que se encuentran las bibliotecas y los habitantes de las zonas rurales de consguir la información que necesitan y requieren.» enfrentarse a un dilema = face + a dilemma .
Example: Academic librarians today face a paradoxical dilemma.» enfrentarse a un impás = face + an impasse .
Example: The impasse facing many SLIS is that they have always been net importers of service teaching in the past and have very little 'currency' available to pay for imported expertise.» enfrentarse a un obstáculo = address + a barrier .
Example: According to Newman (1992), there are four approaches to addressing the barriers to Internet use: retrieval, indexing, search, and organization.» enfrentarse a un problema = challenge + a threat ; confront + a question ; cope with + a problem ; face + a problem ; confront + a problem ; come up against + a problem ; experience + a problem ; struggle with + an issue ; wrestle with + a problem ; deal with + an issue ; wrestle with + an issue .
Example: This paper considers two areas in UK librarianship in which action might serve to challenge these threats. Example: The National Archives confronted the difficult question of how burgeoning electronic records should be appraised. Example: This article looks at one method, adopted by the Sheppard Memorial Library, Greenville, North Caroline, to cope with the problem of overdue books. Example: They both face the problems presented in attempting to provide a system for the classification of all areas of knowledge. Example: This article outlines some of the problems which confronted students attempting to master the skills of back-of-book indexing. Example: All in all, research at the school has the same characteristics and comes up against the same problems as any other research conducted in the library and information sciences. Example: While it is useful to know the areas in which problems might be experienced by a community, it is vital that each disadvantaged community be assessed individually. Example: Libraries continue to struggle with issues created by the shift to electronic scholarly publishing. Example: Libraries and other institutions currently have little or no guidance from their legislators as they wrestle with the problems related to Internet use. Example: Libraries want to deal with issues on their own terms and not on the terms of their clients. Example: If your hospital is wrestling with these issues, take some comfort in knowing that you are not alone.» enfrentarse a un reto = face (up to) + a challenge ; meet + a challenge ; undertake + a challenge ; handle + a challenge ; confront + a challenge .
Example: While on-line systems possess the potential to fill a majority of Third World information gaps, they face tremendous practical challenges in these areas. Example: They have to be reformed into organizations better fitted to meet the challenges of technology-dominated futures. Example: When the students undertook the challenge of preparing cumulative author and subject indexes for the first ten volumes of the bulletin, they decided to invent procedures that would take advantage of the data base already available in the National Library of Medicine's MEDLINE. Example: The author claims that by skirting the issue in the past with their video collections librarians have left themselves ill equipped to handle these new challenge. Example: It is very important to establish information networks as a mechanism to confront the challenges presented by the 'information explosion'.» enfrentarse cara a cara = face off .
Example: The two faced off, ready to battle to the death and when they engaged, the entire world shook with their might.» enfrentarse cara a cara con = go + eyball to eyeball with .
Example: The last time somebody went eyeball to eyeball with Hezbollah thousands of people ended up dead.» enfrentarse con una dificultad = face (up to) + a difficulty .
Example: This has been the case with newspapers which suddenly find that their audiences are both growing older and dwindling in size and they are facing great difficulty appealing to the new electronic generation.» enfrentarse con un peligro = face (up to) + a danger .
Example: He thinks that if he doesn't see or face up to the danger there is no danger; he is safe.» estar dispuesto a enfrentarse a cualquier cosa = be up for a/any challenge ; be up for a/any challenge .
Example: It was so great to watch her develop into such a gutty, confident player that is up for any challenge. Example: It was so great to watch her develop into such a gutty, confident player that is up for any challenge.» estar dispuesto a (enfrentarse a) todo = be up for a/any challenge .
Example: It was so great to watch her develop into such a gutty, confident player that is up for any challenge.enfrente = ahead ; in front ; .
Example: He glanced casually at the ill-balanced frontages of the buildings ahead that stretched on and on until they melded in an indistinguishable mass of gray at Laurence Street.Example: At first glance, one may only be conscious of the people stationed behind the desk and those waiting in front.more:
» de enfrente = facing .
Example: Under the Highway Safety Code, cyclists must ride on the street, facing traffic.» enfrente de = in front of ; opposite ; off .
Example: Replace the question mark in front of 'quit' with any character to indicate that you have decided not to make the file entry now in progress. Example: The subfield codes are entered on the left and the corresponding fields opposite them. Example: The book focuses on the barrier reef off the coast of Belize.» enfrente de + Posesivo + (mismos) ojos = in front of + Posesivo + (very) eyes ; before + Posesivo + (very) eyes ; under + Posesivo + (very) eyes ; before + Posesivo + (own two/own) eyes [Las posibilidades son before + Posesivo + eyes, before + Posesivo + own eyes o before + Posesivo + own two eyes] .
Example: She was not only caught up in the Paris attacks, but she also saw a man shot right in front of her eyes. Example: There was a short silence but, at the time, it seemed like an eternity as her entire career flashed before her eyes. Example: Life was simple until she bega to question events in her past and what lies ahead of her, and then things start to unravel at an alarming speed under her very eyes. Example: She is so caught up in her relationship with Flynn that she can't see what is going on before her own two eyes.» enfrente de + Posesivo + (propios) ojos = before + Posesivo + (very) eyes ; in front of + Posesivo + (very) eyes ; under + Posesivo + (very) eyes ; before + Posesivo + (own two/own) eyes [Las posibilidades son before + Posesivo + eyes, before + Posesivo + own eyes o before + Posesivo + own two eyes] .
Example: There was a short silence but, at the time, it seemed like an eternity as her entire career flashed before her eyes. Example: She was not only caught up in the Paris attacks, but she also saw a man shot right in front of her eyes. Example: Life was simple until she bega to question events in her past and what lies ahead of her, and then things start to unravel at an alarming speed under her very eyes. Example: She is so caught up in her relationship with Flynn that she can't see what is going on before her own two eyes.» en la acera de enfrente = across the street .
Example: Just across the street from the terminal building, the parkade offers the perfect spot for business passengers or those who simply prefer the convenience of being close to the airport.» estar enfrente de = face .
Example: As an older kid and young adult I would gaze out of the train window at the row of old shops facing the train station.» ocurrir enfrente de + Posesivo + ojos = go on in front of + Posesivo + eyes ; go on before + Posesivo + eyes .
Example: Americans are such chumps, because we refuse to see what is going on right in front of our eyes. Example: Although they have done all this, it is clearly our own fault for letting all this go on before our eyes.» poner un pie enfrente del otro = put + one foot in front of the other .
Example: Pressures only make you procrastinate, thus generating more pressure -- I just take a day at a time, put one foot in front of the other.» suceder enfrente de + Posesivo + ojos = go on in front of + Posesivo + eyes ; go on before + Posesivo + eyes .
Example: Americans are such chumps, because we refuse to see what is going on right in front of our eyes. Example: Although they have done all this, it is clearly our own fault for letting all this go on before our eyes.enfrentar = oppose ; struggle ; come to + terms with ; engage ; come + face to face ; take on.
Example: A respondent is a candidate for a degree who, in an academic disputation, defends or opposes a thesis proposed by the praeses (q.v.); also called the defendant.Example: The chemist, struggling with the synthesis of an organic compound, has all the chemical literature before him in his laboratory.Example: Much of the conventional wisdom of librarianship is going to have to undergo what is so aptly described as an 'agonizing reappraisal' before we can come to terms with the new information age.Example: Australian destroyers engaged the Japanese shore guns and the mine sweepers carried out their task successfully, but not without loss.Example: If they come face to face in a fight to death, is it really that hard to imagine who would win?.Example: Athletics represents people who are willing to take on anyone, anywhere, anytime -- bar none.