Letra in english
pronunciation: letɜr part of speech: noun
letra = character ; letter ; script ; sort ; letter-form.
Example: A fixed length field is a field which has the same length, that is, contains the same number of characters in each record.Example: There are only two sets of symbols whose orders are reasonably universally recognised: the letters of the Roman alphabet (either small or capitals), and Arabic numerals.Example: Schoolchildren, students, and other whose native language is written in a non-Roman script may find alphabetical order according to Roman characters an almost insurmountable hurdle in the use of catalogues and indexes.Example: Italic founts, which lacked small capitals, generally had about the same total number of sorts as roman.Example: They were used for elaborate illustrations, stylized ornaments, initial letters, and for words in large or complex letter-forms that were not available as type = They were used for elaborate illustrations, stylized ornaments, initial letters, and for words in large or complex letter-forms that were not available as type.more:
» al pie de la letra = to the letter ; literally .
Example: The analysis revealed that the translator, not keeping close to the letter of the original, acted as an interpreter of the tex. Example: These two categories contain concepts denoting, quite literally, space and time respectively.» de dos letras = two-letter .
Example: The TAG option can be appended to a DISPLAY command to cause two-letter tags to appear along the left side of record.» de puño y letra = in black and white ; in handwriting .
Example: Despite continued assurances about the arrival of the paperless society, it remains a fact that most people want to see information down in black and white. Example: The spreads are 'printed' in handwriting as neat as the authors can manage; drawings are done, full-color crayon or felt-tip splendour.» desde el punto de vista de la letra = lyrically .
Example: Lyrically this song is about a man telling his lady they are going to trade places and swap roles.» despacito y buena letra = easy does it! ; nice and easy .
Example: The slogan 'Easy Does It' is one way we remind each other that many of us have tendencies at times to overdo things, to rush heedlessly along, impatient with anything that slows us down. Example: The key to make a habit of daily excersise is to only do 20 minutes in the beginning and do it nice and easy.» dominado por la letra impresa = print-dominated .
Example: If a child detects that no very strong value is placed on reading then he feels no compulsion to develop his own reading skill beyond the minimal, functional level we all need simply to carry on our daily lives in our print-dominated society.» en letra bastardilla = in italics .
Example: However, you should not write the names of holy books, such as the Bible, in italics.» en letra cursiva = in italics .
Example: However, you should not write the names of holy books, such as the Bible, in italics.» Filosofía y Letras = arts and humanities, the [Expresión usualmente acompañada del artículo] ; arts and letters .
Example: This paper describes research carried out into the use of an on-line bulletin board service aimed at those in the academic community who are interested in applying computing to teaching in the Arts and Humanities. Example: Political science was the most popular undergraduate degree for lawyers working in all sectors, followed either by education or arts and letters.» hombre de letras = man of letters .
Example: The library was greatly expanded in the late 1650s to accommodate the needs of the scholars and men of letters attached to Fouquet and to add lustre to his political career.» imprimir en letra realzada = print in + double density .
Example: Headings are printed in double density to make them easier to find.» juego de letras = letter set [Colección de las letras del abecedario, generalmente como figuras recortadas y de tamaño grande, que se utiliza para poner mensajes en un sitio visible desde cierta distancia] .
Example: The aim of the scheme is to organise a central pool of library displays (posters, polystyrene cutouts, mobiles, letter sets etc.) = El objetivo de este sistema de clasificación es organizar un fondo común central de objetos utilizados en las exposiciones de la biblioteca (posters, recortables de poliestireno, juguetes móviles colgantes, juegos de letras, etc.).» la clave está en la letra pequeña = the devil (is/lives) in the details .
Example: The article is entitled 'The devil in the details: An academic library acquires a video collection'.» la letra pequeña = the fine print .
Example: He has called a foul on the council for hiding the third tax increase in the fine print of the legal notices of the newspaper.» las triquiñuelas de la letra pequeña = the devil (is/lives) in the details .
Example: The article is entitled 'The devil in the details: An academic library acquires a video collection'.» leer la letra pequeña = read + the small print .
Example: Always read the small print -- it's a rule most of know and most of us ignore.» letra adornada = swash letter [En impresión, letra que tiene como fondo o que está incluida en un dibujo] .
Example: The text of the title-page is copied in full, including all punctuation and such things as long f, swash letters, digraphs, and VV for W.» letra a letra = letter-perfect .
Example: If a particular name is already in the system, there is no need to re-enter it letter-perfect in order to catalog the document correctly.» letra bastarda = bastarda .
Example: The English, French, and Dutch bastardas went out of use by the mid sixteenth century.» letra bastardilla = italic .
Example: For the first time the stress was uncompromisingly vertical, while the italic was intended to be a mechanically sloped roman, quite unconnected with calligraphy.» letra contraccional = contraction [En impresión, letras que se imprimen de tal modo que un costado de una monta sobre la otra, como "æ"] .
Example: The Aldine greek was based on a much admired humanistic cursive hand which relied for its good looks on a multiplicity of alternative letters, ligatures, and contractions.» letra cursiva = italic .
Example: For the first time the stress was uncompromisingly vertical, while the italic was intended to be a mechanically sloped roman, quite unconnected with calligraphy.» letra cuya impresión en papel no está completa = broken letter .
Example: And if you examine a certain page where you will find a broken letter in one, then you will also find it in the other one.» letra de cambio = bill of exchange .
Example: A bill of exchange is a written order by the drawer to the drawee to pay money to the payee.» letra de canción = song lyrics .
Example: This music server provides access to a large database of song lyrics and melodies.» letra de imprenta = block capital [Generalmente usado en plural] ; block letter [Generalmente usado en plural] .
Example: As computer technology improves, the appearance of the printed page, so often marred at present by the use of undifferentiated block capitals, will undoubtedly improve. Example: Please fill out this form in block letters and send it back to us as soon as possible in order to benefit from pre-registration fees.» letra del alfabeto = alphabet letter ; alphabetic letter [Símbolo del alfabeto como opuesto a número romano] .
Example: According to BS1749, ampersands file before any alphabet letter. Example: How, then, is one to file a character which is at the same time an alphabetic letter and a roman numeral?.» letra de la música = music lyrics .
Example: This article discusses the pressure for record companies and libraries to label pop music lyrics as 'explicit' and the range of content covered by this term.» letra del Tesoro = Treasury bill .
Example: This article provides a classification of farm loans and outlines six month US Treasury bills and long-term US Treasury Bonds interest rates.» letra de madera = wood letter .
Example: Wood letter was also produced in Europe but less copiously than in the United States, where later technical advances included die-stamping in place of pantographic copying, and wood letter with veneered and enamelled faces.» letra de mano = handwriting .
Example: The main advantage of facsimile is that it transmits text and graphics diagrams, handwriting etc.» letra de molde = block capital [Generalmente usado en plural] ; block letter [Generalmente usado en plural] .
Example: As computer technology improves, the appearance of the printed page, so often marred at present by the use of undifferentiated block capitals, will undoubtedly improve. Example: Please fill out this form in block letters and send it back to us as soon as possible in order to benefit from pre-registration fees.» letra desbordante = kerned letter [En tipografía, letra algunos de cuyos trazos sobresalen del cuerpo de la misma] .
Example: Alternatively vowels could be cast without accents as kerned letters, with bodies only half as wide as usual, part of the face being cast on the overhang, or kern.» letra de signatura = signature-letter [Letra a modo de signatura que antiguamente se colocaba al pie de los pliegos para indicarle al encuadernador el orden que éstos debían seguir] .
Example: It was usual for duplicated signature-letters to be set out in full, but English printers in the eighteenth century preferred to set 3A for Aaa, 6A for Aaaaaa, etc..» letra egipcia = slab serif [Tipo de letra utilizada a principios del siglo XIX] .
Example: The second variety was a letter with slab serifs and little contrast, known as Egyptian, which first appeared in about 1817.» letra gótica = gothic type ; black letter .
Example: Fraktur, cut with a contrived formality that belied its cursive origins, became the most successful of all the gothic types, surviving as a book face in Germany until the mid twentieth century. Example: Books in English began to be set in roman from the late 1550s, although the Bible survived in 'black letter' until 1640.» letra inicial decorada = decorated capital [En impresión, letra inicial mayúscula que tiene como fondo o que está incluida en un dibujo] ; swash capital [En impresión, letra inicial mayúscula que tiene como fondo o que está incluida en un dibujo] .
Example: Italic founts, which lacked small capitals, generally had about the same total number of sorts as roman because of the addition of extra ligatures and decorated (or 'swash') capitals. Example: Italic founts, which lacked small capitals, generally had about the same total number of sorts as roman because of the addition of extra ligatures and decorated (or 'swash') capitals.» letra itálica = italic fount ; italic type .
Example: Italic founts, which lacked small capitals, generally had about the same total number of sorts as roman. Example: The first italic type was an 80 mm. fount cut for Aldus by Griffo.» letra, la = lyrics, the [De una canción] .
Example: The database contains 12 of the most requested songs and screens the lyrics in time with the music = La base de datos contiene 12 de las canciones más solicitadas y muestra en pantalla las letras junto con la música.» letra ligada = diagraph [En impresión, letras que se imprimen de tal modo que un costado de una monta sobre la otra, como "æ"] .
Example: The text of the title-page is copied in full, including all punctuation and such things as long f, swash letters, digraphs, and VV for W.» letra mayúscula = capital letter ; upper case letter ; block capital [Generalmente usado en plural] ; block letter [Generalmente usado en plural] .
Example: Main classes are denoted by a capital letter, and in most classes a second capital letter is used to signal major sections or subclasses. Example: A mixed notation uses more than one kind of symbol such as, for example, a mixture of letters and numbers, or a mixture of lower case and upper case letters in specifying subjects. Example: As computer technology improves, the appearance of the printed page, so often marred at present by the use of undifferentiated block capitals, will undoubtedly improve. Example: Please fill out this form in block letters and send it back to us as soon as possible in order to benefit from pre-registration fees.» letra mecana = slab serif [Tipo de letra utilizada a principios del siglo XIX] .
Example: The second variety was a letter with slab serifs and little contrast, known as Egyptian, which first appeared in about 1817.» letra minúscula = lower case letter ; small ; small letter .
Example: A mixed notation uses more than one kind of symbol such as, for example, a mixture of letters and numbers, or a mixture of lower case and upper case letters in specifying subjects. Example: There are only two sets of symbols whose orders are reasonably universally recognised: the letters of the Roman alphabet (either small or capitals), and Arabic numerals. Example: It makes no difference whether the loan types are entered as capital or as small letters.» letra moderna = modern face .
Example: The flamboyance of the earliest modern face proved evanescent, and it was a restrained interpretation of the design, combining elements of both the English and the French modern faces, that prevailed.» letra negrita = bold print ; bold type ; bold letters .
Example: Notice the word 'HITCOUNT' in bold print which tells you the total number of titles within the listing. Example: The preferred terms are indicated in bold type, and other terms which are useful access points, but which will not be used as index terms, are listed in light type. Example: When you DISPLAY or TYPE records, your search terms appear in green (bold letters on monochrome monitors).» letra normal = light type [Como opuesta a letra negrita] ; light face type [Como opuesta a letra negrita] .
Example: The preferred terms are indicated in bold type, and other terms which are useful access points, but which will not be used as index terms, are listed in light type. Example: In a subject headings list non-approved headings are normally shown in light face type and the indexer is directed towards the preferred heading, for example, Grease USE Lubrication and lubricants.» letra pequeñita, la = fine detail(s) ; fine points, the .
Example: Although we may disagree about the fine detail, semantic relationships are the relationships between subjects, which are reasonably stable, and reflect the consensus of opinion concerning the connections between subjects. Example: Hence, there is a need for organizations who can interpret the fine points of officialese and present them in a form the less literate can understand.» letra por letra = literatim .
Example: This large volume presents the texts from 1785 to 1797 in edited versions and, usually, in literatim transcripts that show the development of the texts from which the edited versions are derived.» letra romana = roman ; roman type .
Example: Books in English began to be set in roman from the late 1550s, although the Bible survived in 'black letter' until 1640. Example: The lack of anything other than upper and lower case roman type makes for monotony, and precludes emphasis or distinction.» letra romana aldina = Aldine roman [Letra romana utilizada por el impresor veneciano Aldo Manucio o sus sucesores entre 1490 y 1597] .
Example: Jenson's version is perhaps nearer to calligraphy than the Aldine roman, which is cut with a brilliance and regularity that is purely typographic.» letra romana cursiva = sloped roman .
Example: The italics that accompanied all these faces were sloped romans, varying in contrast in the same way as their parent forms, and seldom showing any trace of renaissance broad-pen calligraphy.» letra romana de Caslon = Caslon roman .
Example: After a period of disuse at the beginning of the nineteenth century, Caslon roman was revived, and has been available ever since from Caslon's successors.» letra rota o a medio imprimir = broken letter .
Example: And if you examine a certain page where you will find a broken letter in one, then you will also find it in the other one.» letras adornadas = swash sorts .
Example: The text of the title-page or other subject is copied in full, including all punctuation and such things as long f, swash sorts, digraphs, and VV for W.» letra saliente = kerned letter [En tipografía, letra algunos de cuyos trazos sobresalen del cuerpo de la misma] .
Example: Alternatively vowels could be cast without accents as kerned letters, with bodies only half as wide as usual, part of the face being cast on the overhang, or kern.» letras conjuntas = tied letters [En impresión, letras que se imprimen de tal modo que un costado de una monta sobre la otra, como "æ"] .
Example: Its x-height was notably small, and the fount was equipped with many ligatures (tied letters) and with upright capitals; it was quickly and widely imitated.» letras, las = arts, the [Expresión usualmente acompañada del artículo] .
Example: The books of the library were divided into four general classes -- theology, medicine, law, and the arts -- and subdivided by size into folios, quartos, etc.» letra versalita = small capital [En imprenta, letra mayúscula que ocupa la misma altura en la línea que las letras minúsculas] .
Example: Italic founts, which lacked small capitals, generally had about the same total number of sorts as roman.» los detalles de la letra pequeña = the devil (is/lives) in the details .
Example: The article is entitled 'The devil in the details: An academic library acquires a video collection'.» los pormenores de la letra pequeña = the devil (is/lives) in the details .
Example: The article is entitled 'The devil in the details: An academic library acquires a video collection'.» método de ordenación letra a letra = letter by letter method [Método de ordenación alfabética por el cual el espacio de las palabras compuestas no tiene valor ninguno lo que daría lugar a la siguiente secuencia: Carbonería, Carbón mineral, Carbón vegetal; mientras que la ordenación palabra por palabra daría lugar a: Carbón mineral, Carbón vegetal, Carbonería] ; all-through method .
Example: One is known as the 'letter by letter' or 'all-through' method and the other as the 'word by word' or 'nothing before something' method. Example: One is known as the 'letter by letter' or 'all-through' method and the other as the 'word by word' or 'nothing before something' method.» mundo de la letra impresa, el = print world, the .
Example: The author examines the current situation in the print world and looks at some of the forces which militate against change, including copyright, licensing issues, and promotion and tenure.» mundo de las letras, el = world of letters, the .
Example: This article looks at how the first of the electronic technologies, radio, was initially perceived in the world of letters and libraries.» no creerse Algo al pie de la letra = take + Nombre + with a pinch of salt .
Example: It is suggested that the 47% figure be taken with a large pinch of salt.» ordenación alfabética letra a letra = letter by letter alphabetisation [Método de ordenación alfabética por el cual el espacio de las palabras compuestas no tiene valor ninguno lo que daría lugar a la siguiente secuencia: Carbonería, Carbón mineral, Carbón vegetal; mientras que la ordenación palabra por palabra daría lugar a: Carbón mineral, Carbón vegetal, Carbonería] .
Example: Alphabetization in the thesaurus is letter by letter, so that 'Lawrencium' precedes 'Law reports'.» ordenación letra a letra = letter-by-letter filing [Método de ordenación alfabética por el cual el espacio de las palabras compuestas no tiene valor ninguno lo que daría lugar a la siguiente secuencia: Carbonería, Carbón mineral, Carbón vegetal; mientras que la ordenación palabra por palabra daría lugar a: Carbón mineral, Carbón vegetal, Carbonería] ; all through filing [Método de ordenación alfabética por el cual el espacio de las palabras compuestas no tiene valor ninguno lo que daría lugar a la siguiente secuencia: Carbonería, Carbón mineral, Carbón vegetal; mientras que la ordenación palabra por palabra daría lugar a: Carbón mineral, Carbón vegetal, Carbonería] ; letter by letter arrangement [Método de ordenación alfabética por el cual el espacio de las palabras compuestas no tiene valor ninguno lo que daría lugar a la siguiente secuencia: Carbonería, Carbón mineral, Carbón vegetal; mientras que la ordenación palabra por palabra daría lugar a: Carbón mineral, Carbón vegetal, Carbonería] ; all through arrangement [Método de ordenación alfabética por el cual el espacio de las palabras compuestas no tiene valor ninguno lo que daría lugar a la siguiente secuencia: Carbonería, Carbón mineral, Carbón vegetal; mientras que la ordenación palabra por palabra daría lugar a: Carbón mineral, Carbón vegetal, Carbonería] .
Example: Letter-by-letter filing takes no account of spaces, and requires the filer to file in alphabetical order merely in response to the letters in the heading to be filed. Example: The first decision is whether filing is to be letter by letter (all through) or word by word. Example: All three of these publications adopt a 'word by word' (or 'nothing before something') rather than a 'letter by letter' (or 'all through') arrangement. Example: All three of these publications adopt a 'word by word' (or 'nothing before something') rather than a 'letter by letter' (or 'all through') arrangement.» personas con problemas de lectura de la letra impresa = print disabled people .
Example: There is a proposal to set up a volunteer reading centre in the library providing access to print disabled people.» remate de una letra = serif [En tipografía, trazo decorativo de las astas de algunas letras] .
Example: It was a hybrid letter, with the bracketed, inclined serifs of the old face combined with the vertical stress and sharp regularity of modern.» revoltijo de letras = jumbled letters .
Example: These include: matching characters with nursery rhymes; quizzes; colouring and cutting out; treasure hunts; fancy dress parades; making words of jumbled letters; and a pets' parade.» seguir Algo al pie de la letra = follow + Nombre + to the letter .
Example: Treating everybody fairly without showing favoritism is equally important; that also means following policies and procedures to the letter both with inmate patrons and inmate library workers.» seguir al pie de la letra = keep + strictly to the letter .
Example: Sometimes when we keep strictly to the letter of the law, we forget the spirit of the law, what the lawgiver intended.» seguir al pie de la letra lo que Alguien dice = take + Nombre + at/for + Posesivo + word .
Example: Let's try for a minute to take the religious conservatives at their word and define marriage as the Bible does.» seguir las normas al pie de la letra = go by + the book .
Example: If America were to go by the book in its foreign policy, America would become the most loved nation on earth.» seguir las reglas al pie de la letra = go by + the book .
Example: If America were to go by the book in its foreign policy, America would become the most loved nation on earth.» seguir una norma al pie de la letra = follow + a rule to the letter .
Example: The organisers could only confidently claim that less than 60 cars followed the rules to the letter throughout the entire parade.» seguir una regla al pie de la letra = follow + a rule to the letter .
Example: The organisers could only confidently claim that less than 60 cars followed the rules to the letter throughout the entire parade.» sopa de letras = alphabet soup .
Example: The result of UNESCO's activity has been the growth of mass of international activity accompanied by a daunting array of jargon and initialese aptly denominated by P.J. Judge as 'alphabet soup'.» tamaño de letra = font size .
Example: They should be single-spaced, A4 page size, 12 point font size, in Word or RTF format.» texto con letras grandes = large print [Material escrito en letras de tamaño superior a lo normal para uso de las personas cuya visión está bastante deteriorada] .
Example: Large print is a term used as general material designation for printed text intended for use by the visually impaired.» tipo de letra = type face [typeface] [En imprenta, conjunto de caracteres del mismo estilo, tamaño, etc] ; typing ; type font [typefont] [Conjunto de letras, signos y espacios en blanco usados en la composición de un texto] ; fount [Un grupo de caracteres tipográficos de un tamaño determinado, como por ejemplo Roman 8] ; type specimen [type-specimen] ; fount of type .
Example: This may either be achieved by appropriate type face, or by the positioning of the title. Example: Guidelines can be expected to discuss some or all of the following: instructions on the way in which abstracts are to be presented, e.g. typing, paper, layout, spacing. Example: Desktop publishing implies the ability to use multiple type fonts and faces in a single document. Example: Incunabulists, indeed, work on the assumption that a fount belonging to a fifteenth-century printer was unique to him, which is likely to be true enough of the fount as cast, but is not necessarily true of its punches. Example: A brief guide to the general development of type design follows in the next section, but for the identification of particular faces it will be necessary to refer to early founders' and printers' type-specimens (see the reference bibliography, pp. 396-7). Example: A fount of type was a set of letters and other symbols in which each was supplied in approximate proportion to its frequency of use, all being of one body-size and design.» uso de la letra cursiva = italicisation [italicization, -USA] .
Example: One of the duties of the compositors is to ensure that the typographical 'style' of the result -- the spelling, capitalization, punctuation, italicization, and abbreviation, which we call the accidentals -- accords with the conventions of the time and place.