Intención in english
pronunciation: ɪntentʃən part of speech: noun
intención = intent ; intention ; agenda.
Example: The quality of indexing is influenced by the intellectual level and intent of document content in the subject area.Example: The intention is to establish a general framework, and then to give exceptions or further explanation and examples for each area in turn.Example: Robert Kent's sole agenda is to attack Cuba and vilify the Cuban library community while supporting the US government's interventionist destabilization policies.more:
» buena intención = good faith ; goodwill [good will] .
Example: The offer shall be accompanied by a certified check for one hundred thousand dollars, as a guaranty of good faith. Example: Scenes that include conflict, emotions, prejudices, misunderstandings, and unreasonableness but also kindliness, humor, friendliness, and goodwill are acted out daily in different kinds of libraries.» carta de intenciones = letter of intent .
Example: Following the issue of a letter of intent to major bodybuilders, the tender was drawn up requiring tenderers to submit a breakdown of costs.» con buenas intenciones = well meant ; in good faith ; well-intentioned ; well-intended ; well-meaning ; in a good way .
Example: I've found him always on the defensive; instead of taking my comments as well meant. Example: If one side gives in on something, take it in good faith, don't take advantage of it, and be willing to yield something in return. Example: As he recovers, he overhears a well-intentioned social worker murmuring soothingly about a juvenile facility, and contrives an escape. Example: Humans have an extraordinary capacity for perverting well-intended laws to evil purposes. Example: His lawyer said that inept support from some well-meaning backers had created a phony dispute about whether great artists have special rights. Example: How can humans affect the environment in a good way?.» con intenciones desconocidas = with unknown intent .
Example: However, when the other canoes began to approach the ship with unknown intent, Cartier had 2 cannon shots fired to scare them away.» con intenciones ocultas = agenda-laden .
Example: While some sites are strictly parody intended or product-promoting, some intentionally lure the unsuspecting into information provided by hate groups or other agenda-laden organisations.» con la clara intención de = with the clear intent to .
Example: I think the difficulty most parents have is with tendency for kids to "tattletale" in a whiny voice, with the clear intent to try to get another child in trouble.» con la intención de = designing ; with an eye toward(s) ; intending to ; aimed at ; purposefully ; intended to ; in the drive to ; in a drive to ; in a move to .
Example: In those early days, so the story goes, the library movement was in danger of being captured by an aristocratic intellectual class designing to make the public library an elitist center for scholarly research. Example: This article presents a summary of the less aparent effects of these developments with an eye toward how these have reshaped contemporary conceptions of the physical book. Example: She sauntered back to her desk, intending to work, and was a little perturbed to find that she could not work. Example: In 1966, President Lyndon Johnson initiated the 'Neighborhood Pilot Centres' programme aimed at providing a neighbourhood centre to co-ordinate the programmes of other federal agencies in every urban ghetto. Example: Only then, within the framework of inter-institutional accord, will academic library cooperative activities move forward more rapidly and purposefully. Example: An architectural rendering is a pictorial representation of a building intended to show, before it has been built, how the building will look when completed. Example: The story of the postwar diner suggests some ways that purveyors of consumer commodities finessed and exploited emergent social dislocations in the drive to expand and diversify markets. Example: The library has contracted out the management of its computerized information system to Dynix in a drive to improve library service. Example: In a move to cut costs, Mayor Tavares has proposed slashing, but not eliminating, funds to two bus programs that serve the elderly.» con la intención de guardar las apariencias = face-saving .
Example: The Iranians have always given themselves a face-saving way out by denying that their aim is acquiring nuclear weapons and by even taking a religious position against such weapons.» con la intención de mantener las apariencias = face-saving .
Example: The Iranians have always given themselves a face-saving way out by denying that their aim is acquiring nuclear weapons and by even taking a religious position against such weapons.» con las mejores intenciones = best-intentioned .
Example: The answer has eluded the best-intentioned parents who overprotect, overindulge, and overschedule their children's lives.» con malas intenciones = in a bad way .
Example: But, be aware that everyone will be talking about you (not necessarily in a bad way) because you're the only thing interesting going on.» con segundas intenciones = loaded .
Example: The author briefly discusses the loaded techno-political issue of micro-informatics technology transfer, and how an international effort could assist in this respect.» declaración de intenciones = policy statement ; statement of objectives ; mission statement [En evaluación de servicios, declaración que una biblioteca hace de los servicios y productos que desea preparar y desarrollar] ; purpose statement ; letter of intent ; declaration of intent ; vision statement .
Example: Despite carefully framed acquistions policy statements regarding fiction in actual fact libraries allocate only a small percentage of their meagre book funds to fiction. Example: Such a statement of objectives may appear narrowly defined in its practices and yet, at the same time, rather sweeping in its assumptions. Example: The mission statement is the statement made by a library concerning its provision and development of services and products. Example: The author proposes a mission or purpose statement for each library, which explains why a library exists in a community. Example: Following the issue of a letter of intent to major bodybuilders, the tender was drawn up requiring tenderers to submit a breakdown of costs. Example: While it is a useful declaration of intent for primary library users, its lack of an external assessment instrument is an important shortcoming. Example: A vision statement describes the ideal situation if the organization could fulfill its utmost wish.» de intenciones desconocidas = of unknown intent .
Example: Injuries were categorized as unintentional, intentional, or of unknown intent.» dudar de las buenas intenciones de Alguien = doubt + Nombre + good intentions .
Example: But even her detractors admired her sincerity on the subject and never for a minute doubted her good intentions.» el camino del infierno está empedrado de buenas intenciones = the road to hell is paved with good intentions ; the road to hell is paved with good intentions .
Example: One of my mother's favorite expressions was 'the road to hell is paved with good intentions'. Example: One of my mother's favorite expressions was 'the road to hell is paved with good intentions'.» el infierno está empedrado de buenas intenciones = the road to hell is paved with good intentions .
Example: One of my mother's favorite expressions was 'the road to hell is paved with good intentions'.» esconder + Posesivo + intenciones = play + Posesivo + cards close to + Posesivo + chest ; keep + Posesivo + cards close to + Posesivo + chest .
Example: I too would like more transparency but when the opposition are such wreckers of every policy I can understand why cards are played close to the chest. Example: I think she kept her cards close to her chest, even when Ray asked her about other men she was very cagey and didn't give much away.» esconder + Posesivo + intentions = hide + Posesivo + intentions .
Example: How long can the empress hide her intentions before the nations enter a needless war?.» estar hecho con la intención de = be intended for/to .
Example: Notes given in the information note area are restricted to those intended for display in a catalogue or bibliography.» hacer saber la intención de uno = announce + intention .
Example: Two recently elected school board members have announced their intention of 'ridding the high school of Mrs Panopoulos' -- to which she replied, with a defiant shrug, 'Let them try'.» intenciones = designs .
Example: The article is entitled 'Wresting money from the canny Scotsman: Melvil Dewey's designs on Carnegie's millions, 1902-1906'.» intenciones ocultas = hidden agenda ; ulterior motives .
Example: This paper looks at the hidden agendas and values that conflict with the concept of cheap, easy-to-get, comprehensive, accurate information. Example: From the very beginning I have been hard on him because I didn't trust him -- sometimes biting his head off and others accusing him of having ulterior motives.» intención maliciosa = malicious intent .
Example: Malicious intent beyond words cannot be taken back.» llevar a cabo + Posesivo + intenciones ocultas = carry out + Posesivo + (hidden) agenda .
Example: Richard seeks to expose some of the perfidious practices going on behind the scenes by the cowards who use phoney frontmen to carry out their agenda.» mala intención = sinisterness .
Example: But there was no trace of sinisterness in Balzac's manner.» mantener + Posesivo + intenciones ocultas = play + Posesivo + cards close to + Posesivo + chest ; keep + Posesivo + cards close to + Posesivo + chest .
Example: I too would like more transparency but when the opposition are such wreckers of every policy I can understand why cards are played close to the chest. Example: I think she kept her cards close to her chest, even when Ray asked her about other men she was very cagey and didn't give much away.» no tener malas intenciones = mean + no harm .
Example: He barks when he sees or hears someone walking by and as you can imagine is quite intimidating but he means no harm.» ocultar + Posesivo + intenciones = hide + Posesivo + intentions ; play + Posesivo + cards close to + Posesivo + chest ; keep + Posesivo + cards close to + Posesivo + chest .
Example: How long can the empress hide her intentions before the nations enter a needless war?. Example: I too would like more transparency but when the opposition are such wreckers of every policy I can understand why cards are played close to the chest. Example: I think she kept her cards close to her chest, even when Ray asked her about other men she was very cagey and didn't give much away.» poner en entredicho las buenas intenciones de Alguien = doubt + Nombre + good intentions .
Example: But even her detractors admired her sincerity on the subject and never for a minute doubted her good intentions.» segundas intenciones = hidden agenda ; ulterior motives .
Example: This paper looks at the hidden agendas and values that conflict with the concept of cheap, easy-to-get, comprehensive, accurate information. Example: From the very beginning I have been hard on him because I didn't trust him -- sometimes biting his head off and others accusing him of having ulterior motives.» ser la intención = be the intention .
Example: The effect was unusual, but it was somehow also a shade comic, which was not at all the intention.» ser la intención de uno = be + Posesivo + intention .
Example: It was not our intention, not indeed is it feasible, to cover every eventuality that will be encountered in producing A/Z index entries.» sin intención = involuntarily .
Example: Large libraries are thus involuntarily subsidising small libraries = De este modo las grandes bibliotecas están subsidiando de manera involuntaria a las pequeñas.» sin malas intenciones = in good faith .
Example: If one side gives in on something, take it in good faith, don't take advantage of it, and be willing to yield something in return.» tener buenas intenciones = be well-intentioned ; mean + well .
Example: He was well-intentioned but weak. Example: He means well for his country, is always an honest man, often a wise one, but sometimes and in some things, absolutely out of his senses.» tener intenciones ocultas = push + Posesivo + (personal) agenda ; push + a hidden agenda .
Example: She interrupted other speakers to push her agenda, and failed to keep her answers relevant to the questions. Example: This week the frontline blogosphere has been picking holes in Government policy and wondering whether Ministers are reckless or are pushing a hidden agenda.» tener la intención de = be intended to ; intend ; mean [Verbo irregular: pasado y participio meant] .
Example: This is not intended to imply that their ideas and views should be forever withheld, but to say that their ideas an views should be subject to the same scrutiny as those of the others. Example: The scheme is intended to provide a systematic approach to the arrangement of books on shelves. Example: It is not meant to be that.» tener la intención de + Infinitivo = set out to + Infinitivo .
Example: This paper does not set out to present a historical survey of this topic - it has been covered elsewhere.» tener malas intenciones = be up to no good ; get up to + no good ; mean + harm .
Example: His mom could always tell when he was up to no good -- it must have been that sixth sense mothers have. Example: It's a cartoon about a mischievous youngster who delights in playing pranks, being rotten to his relatives and generally getting up to no good. Example: She looked into the man's eyes and knew for a certainty that he meant harm.» tener segundas intenciones = push + Posesivo + (personal) agenda ; push + a hidden agenda .
Example: She interrupted other speakers to push her agenda, and failed to keep her answers relevant to the questions. Example: This week the frontline blogosphere has been picking holes in Government policy and wondering whether Ministers are reckless or are pushing a hidden agenda.» venir con buenas intenciones = come in + peace .
Example: Christianity has historically been used to hoodwink various peoples into believing that Europeans were coming in peace.