Familia in english
pronunciation: fæməli part of speech: noun
familia = family ; home ; household.
Example: Proper names, for example, names of persons, names of families, names of places.Example: It is recommended for a variety of applications, amongst which are records of suppliers, staff, household possessions and so on, and is likely to find users in both the home and business worlds.Example: For the two-car family, living in the countryside can present few problems, but most households are not in such an advantageous position.more:
» abogado de familia = family lawyer .
Example: The majority of family lawyers agree that their work centres around three areas -- divorce, children and finance.» alojamiento en familia = home stay .
Example: The decision whether to do a home stay or to live in a dorm while studying abroad is a personal one.» amigo de la familia = family friend .
Example: She and her mother were shot in their vehicle by a family friend who then turned the gun on himself.» apegado a la familia = family-oriented .
Example: Middleborns tend to be less family-oriented than firstborns or lastborns.» apropiado para las familias = family-friendly .
Example: Making healthy, family-friendly veggie soups and fruit smoothies or whipping cream is fast and fuss-free with a hand blender.» apto para toda la familia = family-friendly .
Example: Making healthy, family-friendly veggie soups and fruit smoothies or whipping cream is fast and fuss-free with a hand blender.» árbol genealógico de la familia = family tree .
Example: This brings us back to the fact that books are made out of other books; that there is a family tree to which each book belongs.» biógrafo de familias = family historian .
Example: When death certificates are unavailable due to cost, law, practice, legibility, time or proximity, the identification and availability of mortuary, cemetery and funeral home records becomes important to the family historian.» cabeza de familia = head of the household ; householder ; head of the family .
Example: This Act challenges programs that have different retirement requirements for men and women, different rules for the 'head of the household' or 'principal wage earner'. Example: It is the responsibility of the householder to ensure the refuse is bagged securely. Example: Leon Kalipay, as the head of the family, was very provident but at the same time very stern and always had the final say in different matters.» comenzar una familia = start + a family .
Example: However, with a job offer as a music teacher in Minnesota, the couple reluctantly decided to leave Colorado to start a family and take on a teaching career.» conciliación del trabajo y la familia = reconciliation of work and family .
Example: We also find that women are more concerned about policies that enhance the reconciliation of work & family, while men are more concerned about policies that support their traditional breadwinner duties.» crear una familia = have + a family .
Example: The next best thing to getting married to a man you love and having a family is shagging your best friend (who happens to be gay) and having a family.» de la familia = family-owned .
Example: The next generation is opting to cash out of the small, family-owned farms that harbor centuries of rural wisdom and deep tradition.» derecho de familia = family law .
Example: Family law is something that affects everyone so solicitors deal with a varied cross section of society.» desintegración de la familia = family breakdown .
Example: Problems resulting from family breakdown are caused when relationships end with hostility, without talking through the situation.» dirigido a las familias = family-oriented .
Example: Middleborns tend to be less family-oriented than firstborns or lastborns.» diversión de toda la familia = family fun .
Example: This is a great destination for some family fun with many attractions aimed at the family market and many fun-filled events and action-packed outdoor activities.» el que mantiene a la familia = breadwinner, the [También se escribe bread winner] .
Example: In most households the family car disappears with the breadwinner each morning leaving the rest of the family isolated from many essential services.» el que sostiene a la familia = breadwinner, the [También se escribe bread winner] .
Example: In most households the family car disappears with the breadwinner each morning leaving the rest of the family isolated from many essential services.» empezar una familia = start + a family .
Example: However, with a job offer as a music teacher in Minnesota, the couple reluctantly decided to leave Colorado to start a family and take on a teaching career.» enano de la familia, el = runt of the litter, the .
Example: This is normally the runt of the litter which, even if it survives the birth, will probably die later of starvation, or be crushed.» entre los miembros de la familia = intergenerational .
Example: Last year, we introduced americaslibrary.gov an interactive and child-friendly educational Website to promote intergenerational reading and storytelling.» entretenimiento de toda la familia = family fun .
Example: This is a great destination for some family fun with many attractions aimed at the family market and many fun-filled events and action-packed outdoor activities.» familia adoptiva = foster care home ; foster family ; adoptive family ; adopted family .
Example: The aim of the project is to put library materials in the hands of young adults in juvenile correctional facilities, rehabilitation clinics, runaway shelters, and foster care homes. Example: This information system was developed to support child welfare agencies working with foster children and foster families. Example: The article 'Periodicals for adoptive families' is intended to help adoptive families locate current literature on adoption and other adoptive families. Example: Rebellious, copper-haired teenager Niamh Keegan feels like a spare part in her boring, staid adopted family.» familia analfabeta = illiterate home .
Example: There is, however, no reason to despair of schools having an influence on children from subliterate and illiterate homes.» familia biológica = biological family .
Example: Imagining themselves as the doctor at the hospital, students were no more likely to be suspicious of the bruises when the boy was believed to be from a stepfather family than from a biological family.» familia casi analfabeta = subliterate home .
Example: There is, however, no reason to despair of schools having an influence on children from subliterate and illiterate homes.» familia compuesta = patchwork family [Familia compuesta por los hijos procedentes de las relaciones anteriores de la nueva pareja] .
Example: The cohorts that 'initiated' family change (growing numbers of divorces, out-of-wedlock births, lone parents, patchwork families) in the late 1960s/early 1970s have now began the transition into retirement age.» familia con dos coches = two-car family .
Example: For the two-car family, living in the countryside can present few problems, but most households are not in such an advantageous position.» familia con dos sueldos = two-income family .
Example: As the cost of maintaining a decent standard of living within the family increases, the two-income family is becoming essential in practice if not in ideology.» familia de acogida = foster care home ; foster home .
Example: The aim of the project is to put library materials in the hands of young adults in juvenile correctional facilities, rehabilitation clinics, runaway shelters, and foster care homes. Example: Hollis is an orphan who is shuffled from foster home to foster home despite her heart of gold.» familia de adopción = adopted family ; adoptive family .
Example: Rebellious, copper-haired teenager Niamh Keegan feels like a spare part in her boring, staid adopted family. Example: The article 'Periodicals for adoptive families' is intended to help adoptive families locate current literature on adoption and other adoptive families.» familia de agricultores = farming family .
Example: The original Siamese twins were born to a farming family in Siam (now Thailand).» familia de altos ingresos = upper-income family .
Example: The wealth gap between America's middle-income and upper-income families has never been greater in recorded history.» familia de bajos ingresos = low-income family ; low-income household .
Example: This law permitted private schools to charge whatever tuition would assure that no low-income families would darken their door. Example: This scholarship is only for women over 35 years old from low-income households who are pursuing a first undergraduate or vocational degree.» familia de ingresos altos = upper-income family .
Example: The wealth gap between America's middle-income and upper-income families has never been greater in recorded history.» familia de ingresos bajos = low-income household ; low-income family .
Example: This scholarship is only for women over 35 years old from low-income households who are pursuing a first undergraduate or vocational degree. Example: This law permitted private schools to charge whatever tuition would assure that no low-income families would darken their door.» familia de ingresos medios = middle-income family .
Example: The wealth gap between America's middle-income and upper-income families has never been greater in recorded history.» familia de la madrastra = stepfamily .
Example: This article examines the effects of changes in family structure (from a family with two original parents to a lone-parent family or a stepfamily) on young children.» familia de las mostazas, la = mustard family, the .
Example: The wonderful thing about growing curly kale, a member of the mustard family, is that it keep growing slowly in the winter and is very hardy.» familia del padrastro = stepfamily .
Example: This article examines the effects of changes in family structure (from a family with two original parents to a lone-parent family or a stepfamily) on young children.» familia dividida = divided family .
Example: The problems posed by these divided families is a pressing humanitarian issue that has been used for political ends by both countries.» familia en la que los dos miembros trabajan = two-parent working family .
Example: They have become very popular with library patrons, especially in time-rationed, gridlocked metropolitan areas with a high proportion of two-parent working families.» familia en la que los dos padres trabajan = dual-income family .
Example: The middle class holds on by the skin of its teeth, saved from a real downward slide only by record increases in the number of dual-income families.» familia ensamblada = patchwork family [Familia compuesta por los hijos procedentes de las relaciones anteriores de la nueva pareja] .
Example: The cohorts that 'initiated' family change (growing numbers of divorces, out-of-wedlock births, lone parents, patchwork families) in the late 1960s/early 1970s have now began the transition into retirement age.» familia hacendada = landholding family .
Example: A cartulary is a work in which the muniments, that is the title deeds to lands, properties, rights and privileges of a monastery, church, corporation or landholding family are recorded.» familia monoparental = one parent family ; single parent ; single-parent working family ; single-parent family ; lone-parent family ; lone parent .
Example: Allied to these sections were the compilation of self-help packs of information, each dealing with a particular problem or area of enquiry, eg buying or selling a house, one parent families, legal aid, redundancy etc. Example: Single parents are given priority in applying for help and divorced women automatically receive maintenance from the local authority who then claim it from the husband. Example: They have become very popular with library patrons, especially in time-rationed, gridlocked metropolitan areas with a high proportion of single-parent working families. Example: Also, even juvenile fiction could be better accessed by applying more specific descriptors when possible; for example, single-parent family instead of the catch-all FAMILY. Example: This article examines the effects of changes in family structure (from a family with two original parents to a lone-parent family or a stepfamily) on young children. Example: The cohorts that 'initiated' family change (growing numbers of divorces, out-of-wedlock births, lone parents, patchwork families) in the late 1960s/early 1970s have now began the transition into retirement age.» familia nuclear, la = nuclear family, the .
Example: The modern nuclear family, often idyllically portrayed as a refuge and a retreat from a demanding world, is fast disappearing.» familia política = in-laws .
Example: The traditional practices, in which dowry was not the crucial point in a marriage, began to change when families sought to have in-laws share the costs of a son's education abroad.» familia problemática = problem family .
Example: It is here that grinding poverty exists side by side with poor housing and amenities, unemployment, substandard education, racial tensions and a higher than average level of one-parent families and problem families.» familia real = royal family, the .
Example: Libraries founded by the endowments of the royal family and statesmen not only as independent entities but also within mosques, dervish convents and other institutions.» familia rota = broken family ; broken home .
Example: Her books reflect many children's current reality with little money, broken families and school bullies. Example: A new wave of books dealing frankly with such concerns as sex, alcoholism and broken homes was seen as a breakthrough, but plots and styles have begun to show a wearying sameness.» hombre de familia = family man .
Example: Participants generated 306 different labels for female types (e.g. housewife, feminist, femme fatale, secretary, slob) and 310 for male types (e.g. workaholic, family man, sissy, womanizer, labourer).» ideal para toda la familia = family-friendly .
Example: Making healthy, family-friendly veggie soups and fruit smoothies or whipping cream is fast and fuss-free with a hand blender.» idóneo para toda la familia = family-friendly .
Example: Making healthy, family-friendly veggie soups and fruit smoothies or whipping cream is fast and fuss-free with a hand blender.» independizarse de la familia = move away from + home .
Example: Going to university for the first time can be a daunting prospect, what with moving away from home and meeting a whole new set of friends.» joyas de la familia, las = family jewels, the .
Example: Today's parents have to hock the family jewels to afford the list of back-to-school items now requested by teachers and schools.» juzgado de familia = divorce court ; family court .
Example: Year without a wash leads to divorce court. Example: This isn't always possible and disputes end up with lawyers and judges in the family court.» la familia tira (mucho) = blood is thicker than water .
Example: Blood may be thicker than water, but you can't get water from a stone either.» la rama femenina (de la familia) = the distaff side (of the family) .
Example: This page explores the life of the distaff side of families from each of three classes: the lower class, the middle class and the upper class.» lectura en familia = family reading .
Example: The programme was designed to help adults become familiar with children's literature and able to select children's books for family reading.» libro de familia = family register ; household register .
Example: Family registers are issued to married couples only. Example: Applications should include a completed application form and household register and the applicable fees.» mantener (a) la familia = bring + home the bacon ; make + a living for the family ; put + bread on the table ; support + Posesivo + family ; pay + the bills .
Example: Are you one of the millions of people, who are still unemployed, and wondering how you are going to bring home the bacon?. Example: His wife sewed for others to make a living for the family while he was gone. Example: If in your mind your job is solely for the purpose of 'putting bread on the table,' you are, in a sense, prostituting your labor. Example: In this poignant drama Sita, a spirited young woman, works to support her family as a singer and prostitute in a local brothel. Example: While his job as a chemist pays the bills, his true love is whitewater rafting.» médico de familia = family practitioner [Término usado principalmente en USA] ; general practitioner (GP) [Término usado principalmente en el Reino Unido] ; family doctor [Término coloquial] .
Example: The firt moves have been to computerize the central register and to develop electronic links between the centre and each family practitioner committee. Example: One of the aims of the National Health Service (NHS) is to give patients and general practitioners a greater choice of where to purchase medical care. Example: The data showed that family doctors used colleagues most often as information sources followed by periodicals and books.» miembro de la familia = family member .
Example: Patients who attended with a spouse/partner/carer/family member indicated it was helpful to them and the accompanying person.» mis pensamientos están contigo (y tu familia) = my thoughts go out to you (and your family) .
Example: Probably one of the most unhelpful and frustrating things people can say in these situations, in my opinion, is 'My thoughts go out to you...'.» nacer en el seno de una familia de = be born into + a family of .
Example: Born into a family of tailors, fashion was in her blood, but in her true spirit of contradiction, this was not a path she intended to follow.» orientado hacia la familia = family-oriented .
Example: Middleborns tend to be less family-oriented than firstborns or lastborns.» oveja negra de la familia, la = black sheep of the family, the .
Example: As for poor Marilyn, she is the black sheep of the family, who has a devil of a time holding onto a boyfriend.» padre de familia = pater familias ; family man .
Example: Balzac not only presented the appearance, but reinforced it with the appropriate manner, of the severe 'pater familias' of whom most of the staff was in awe and in fear. Example: Participants generated 306 different labels for female types (e.g. housewife, feminist, femme fatale, secretary, slob) and 310 for male types (e.g. workaholic, family man, sissy, womanizer, labourer).» para las familias = family-oriented .
Example: Middleborns tend to be less family-oriented than firstborns or lastborns.» pensado para familias = family-friendly .
Example: Making healthy, family-friendly veggie soups and fruit smoothies or whipping cream is fast and fuss-free with a hand blender.» persona que no pertenece a la familia = nonrelative [non-relative] .
Example: Interviews were with a surviving next of kin or a nonrelative about three months after the event of death.» principal sostén de la familia, el = breadwinner, the [También se escribe bread winner] .
Example: In most households the family car disappears with the breadwinner each morning leaving the rest of the family isolated from many essential services.» propiedad de la familia = family-owned .
Example: The next generation is opting to cash out of the small, family-owned farms that harbor centuries of rural wisdom and deep tradition.» reliquia de familia = heirloom .
Example: Proper care and storage of textile heirlooms such as wedding gowns and christening gowns can prolong their longevity for subsequent generations.» residencia para familias = family residence .
Example: This article discusses the process of implementing a telecommunications system in a universtiy campus which affected every office, dorm room, and family-residence on campus = Este artículo trata del proceso de implementación de un sistema de telecomunicaciones en un campus universitaria que afectó a todos y cada uno de los despachos, las habitaciones de residencia de estudiantes y las residencias para estudiantes con familia del campus.» secreto de familia = skeleton in the closet [Expresión del inglés americano] ; corpse in the basement ; skeleton in the cupboard [Expresión del inglés británico] .
Example: His article, 'The skeleton in the closet: public libraries art collections suffer appalling losses,' examines the problem of theft and mutilation of art materials in public libraries. Example: Anyone who tries to forget the past is living with a corpse in the basement. Example: It was the skeleton in the cupboard that successive South African leaders desperately tried to keep locked up.» señora de buena familia = gentlewoman [gentlewomen, -pl.] .
Example: She was a gentlewoman, and I had not detected any signs of coquettishness in her, so I was a little confused as to what she was suggesting.» ser el único que mantiene a la familia = be the sole provider ; be the sole breadwinner .
Example: My mate felt as though she was carrying the weight of the world on her shoulders, she had to be the sole provider. Example: At least two in five working moms and working dads are the sole breadwinners for their households, yet working dads are almost three times as likely to earn $50,000 or more.» ser el único que sostiene a la familia = be the sole provider ; be the sole breadwinner .
Example: My mate felt as though she was carrying the weight of the world on her shoulders, she had to be the sole provider. Example: At least two in five working moms and working dads are the sole breadwinners for their households, yet working dads are almost three times as likely to earn $50,000 or more.» ser el único que trabaja en la familia = be the sole provider ; be the sole breadwinner .
Example: My mate felt as though she was carrying the weight of the world on her shoulders, she had to be the sole provider. Example: At least two in five working moms and working dads are the sole breadwinners for their households, yet working dads are almost three times as likely to earn $50,000 or more.» ser el único sostén de la familia = be the sole provider ; be the sole breadwinner .
Example: My mate felt as though she was carrying the weight of the world on her shoulders, she had to be the sole provider. Example: At least two in five working moms and working dads are the sole breadwinners for their households, yet working dads are almost three times as likely to earn $50,000 or more.» sostener (a) la familia = support + Posesivo + family .
Example: In this poignant drama Sita, a spirited young woman, works to support her family as a singer and prostitute in a local brothel.» sucede en las mejores familias = it happens in the best of families .
Example: Don't be surprised if you find a few bad apples -- it happens in the best of families.» sustentar (a) la familia = support + Posesivo + family .
Example: In this poignant drama Sita, a spirited young woman, works to support her family as a singer and prostitute in a local brothel.» tener un secreto de familia = have + a skeleton in the closet [Expresión del inglés americano] ; have + a corpse in the basement ; have + a skeleton in the cupboard [Expresión del inglés británico] .
Example: People who are so adamantly opposed and disgusted by all things gay more often than not have a skeleton in the closet. Example: Anyone who seeks to forget the past has a corpse in the basement. Example: Nearly a third of the population has a 'skeleton in the cupboard' according to new figures revealed in a nationwide survey of 1,000 adults.» terapeuta de familia = family therapist .
Example: Teens experiment a lot, and thrill seeking behaviour is natural at that age, say family therapists.» vengador de la familia = avenger of blood .
Example: This man was called 'the avenger of blood,' because he took vengeance for the blood of his relative, whether the one whom he slew deserved to die or not.» vida en familia = family living .
Example: Open plan living with light, bright sun-filled rooms, this family home boasting a flexible floor plan ticks all the boxes for family living.» violencia en la familia = family violence .
Example: The holdings of elementary and secondary media centres on the topics of AIDS, child abuse, family violence, homosexuality, and incest were examined.» vivir con la familia = live with + Posesivo + family .
Example: She lives with her family on a small farm in northern Michigan.