Menor in english
pronunciation: les part of speech: adjective, adverb
menor1 = infant ; juvenile ; minor.
Example: The article 'Sitting pretty: infants, toddlers, & lapsits' outlines the procedures followed at San Francisco public library to help parents introduce their babies to appropriate literature.Example: The library provides services to 2,903 adults and juveniles who have been sentenced or remanded to the care of the Department.Example: This new Act requires US libraries to block obscenity, child pornography and all material deemed harmful to minors on all computers used by minors.more:
» abandono de menores = child neglect .
Example: Locate books about child abuse or neglect.» abusador de menores = child abuser .
Example: A child abuser from Hamilton has been brought to justice after almost 60 years.» abuso de menores = child abuse .
Example: Locate information on child abuse, retrieving records in which the terms appear in the title.» abuso sexual de menores = child sexual abuse .
Example: The public has long memories and even longer tongues when it comes to the emotionally hyper-charged issue of child sexual abuse.» apto para mayores de 13 años o menores acompañados = PG-13 [Código utilizado en las películas americanas para indicar la adecuación del contenido según la edad de la población] .
Example: Today, nudity, sex, and excessive violence are not an issue and even the raciest films would garner a PG-13 rating from the Motion Picture Association of America, and most are even tamer than that.» centro de detención de menores = juvenile hall ; young offender institution ; juvie [Forma coloquial de juvenile hall] .
Example: This 17-year-old male was fighting with some other kids in juvenile hall when he felt some pain in his left elbow. Example: This paper reports the results of a survey of 538 male inmates of young offender institutions. Example: The classmate committed suicide and Kenny was sent to juvie, where boys who were there for bigger offenses tortured him.» centro de menores = young offender institution ; juvenile hall ; juvie [Forma coloquial de juvenile hall] .
Example: This paper reports the results of a survey of 538 male inmates of young offender institutions. Example: This 17-year-old male was fighting with some other kids in juvenile hall when he felt some pain in his left elbow. Example: The classmate committed suicide and Kenny was sent to juvie, where boys who were there for bigger offenses tortured him.» centro tutelar de menores = juvenile detention centre ; juvenile home ; detention home ; juvenile detention home .
Example: This article outlines the public library's outreach activities with children of all ages, the jail, and the local juvenile detention centre. Example: Another boy wonder is Kip Kreiling, who spent most of his childhood in foster homes, juvenile homes and eventually behind bars = Una joven promesa es Kip Kreiling, quien pasó la mayoría de su infancia en casas de acogida, centros tutelares de menores y posteriormente entre rejas. Example: Juvenile offenders aged ten through seventeen are housed at the detention home year-round and attend school on the premises. Example: Hawaii's juvenile detention home still has the glow of a building that's less than two years old.» consumo de bebidas alcohólicas por menores de edad = underage drinking .
Example: The concern about alcohol marketing and underage drinking has been heightened by recent findings in the scientific research community.» departamento de corrección de menores = department of corrections .
Example: This article gives a sampling of the types of data these agencies provide, covering the areas of agriculture, department of corrections, transportation and highway patrols, natural resources and revenues.» embarazo de menores = teenage pregnancy .
Example: Statistics show black family life to be an appalling concoction of poverty, shooting and rampant teenage pregnancy.» escuela de niños menores = infant school .
Example: Many infant and junior schools have books in the entrance hall and in the corridors as well as in the classrooms.» explotación de menores = child labour [Utilizado generalmente en sentido negativo y contrapuesto a child work en sentido neutral] .
Example: Child labour is now considered an inexcusable form of exploitation.» grupo de protección a menores = Shelter group .
Example: The most significant response has been the growth in every town of a widening range of citizen action groups -- consumer groups, parent-teacher associations and branches of CASE, Shelter groups, Civic Trust groups, tenants' and residents' associations and many other kinds of 'grass roots' organisation.» juzgado de asuntos menores = magistrates' court .
Example: Another rota system operates in some magistrates courts, whereby a duty solicitor is on hand to assist people facing criminal charges who otherwise would be unrepresented = En algunos juzgados de asuntos menores el sistema de turnos es diferente pues siempre hay un abogado procurador de guardia a mano para ayudar a la gente acusada de delito criminal que de lo contrario no tendrían representación.» manutención del menor = child maintenance .
Example: Assuming both parents are legally responsible for their children and parentage is not in dispute, calculating child maintenance is relatively straight-forward.» manutención de menores = child support .
Example: This has the dual purpose of encouraging compliance and protecting the interests of the payee entitled to child support.» menor de edad = underage .
Example: The appeal of alcohol to underage youth can be limited by reducing youth exposure to alcohol advertising and marketing.» menores de cinco años, los = under-fives, the [Expresión usualmente acompañada del artículo] .
Example: Some libraries have barriers to access for prams and pushchairs, and lack the facilities which would help to encourage library use by parents and the under-fives.» no apto para menores = X-rated .
Example: The title of the workshop is 'X-rated free access to information and freedom of expression'.» pensión de menores = child support .
Example: This has the dual purpose of encouraging compliance and protecting the interests of the payee entitled to child support.» protección de menores = child protection ; child welfare .
Example: The author describes the development of a computer-based child abuse/child protection information system at the University of Bath. Example: A wide range of pamphlet and leaflet material was collected and arranged in cabinet files under topic heads such as health, employment, child welfare.» sexo de menores = underage sex .
Example: Teenagers whose parents are still married to each other are far less likely to have underage sex.» trabajo de menores = child labour [Utilizado generalmente en sentido negativo y contrapuesto a child work en sentido neutral] .
Example: Child labour is now considered an inexcusable form of exploitation.» tribunal de menores = juvenile court ; minors' court .
Example: However, while methods and procedures for designing and implementing such a system are well known, there is still a lack of utilization among many juvenile courts. Example: In order to speed up the administration of justice seven new minors' courts have been set up in different regions of the country.» violación de menores = statutory rape .
Example: Most probably Bernhard will be charged with statutory rape, and perhaps face a gaol sentence.menor2 = juvenile ; minor ; reduced ; slight ; low-key [low key] ; lesser ; lower-key ; diminished ; low-keyed.
Example: The construction of the hypothesis, however, should be limited to such considerations as whether the subject heading list is designed to serve the adult or the juvenile user.Example: A study of bibliographic classification could concentrate solely upon the major, and some of the more minor bibliographic classification schemes used today.Example: The model shows that market concentration rises with inelastic demand, reduced marginal costs and efficient technology.Example: The ISBD(CP)'s recommendations are very similar in principle to those for AACR2's 'in' analytics, except for slight changes in punctuation and order.Example: Activity is still low key, but will increase when the British Library puts up data bases on its own computer in 1977.Example: The catalog's deterioration is leading us down the road to lesser quality library service.Example: After all, print technology can be represented by pencial, pen, type, laser output, and so forth, but the effect is lower-key.Example: This volume comes at a time when increasingly frequent criticisms have been leveled at superpower nations for their diminished interest in problems in Africa.Example: Overall, he provides a low-keyed, lucid account that, with its many-leveled approach, does more than justice to the complex themes it studies.more:
» a menor escala = at a reduced rate .
Example: Results showed that losses still occurred, at a reduced rate, but that vandalism appeared to be on the increase.» Asia Menor = Asia Minor .
Example: The wild olive tree originated in Asia Minor where it is extremely abundant and grows in thick forests.» cada vez menor = decreasing ; dwindling ; diminishing ; declining ; falling ; shrinking ; receding ; sinking ; ebbing ; descending ; tumbling ; thinning ; flagging .
Example: It is impossible to read the library press today without reading about the increasing costs of maintaining, and the decreasing budgets of libraries, and particularly about the increasing costs of technical services. Example: Squeezed between the upper and nether millstones of increasing demand and dwindling resources, individual librarians develop ways in which to make their jobs easier. Example: It is remarkable how, in an economy with diminishing job opportunities, librarians compensate for their inability to demonstrate the value of their skills by seeking the protection of educational and certification requirements. Example: The public library is a complex institution, evolving through many decades of human history and colliding today with the perplexing realities of change, declining funding, and shifting purpose. Example: As well as cuts imposed by the Government, libraries were faced with inflation in the price of books and periodicals, and a falling rate of exchange between the pound and the dollar. Example: Many challenges lie ahead for those selling children's books with increased competition and shrinking profit margins. Example: Poland is currently enjoying a steadily rising national income, declining inflation, receding unemployment and an educational boom. Example: It has not yet been decided what strategies libraries will use to face the crisis of rising personnel costs and sinking funds for book acquisitions. Example: Every publisher, materials vendor, systems vendor and bibliographic utility that serve libraries face sharp competition for a share of the ebbing library market. Example: The second reason is that companies have to take care of costs to meet the descending price rate of the market. Example: World share markets sank Thursday after a slide on Wall Street sparked by tumbling demand for oil and fears of slackening growth in the U.S. Example: News of boundless timber reserves spread, and before long lumberjacks from the thinning hardwood forests of New England swarmed into the uncharted area with no other possessions than their axes and brawn and the clothing they wore. Example: On the other hand Nokia looks to be in the death throes as it partners with Microsoft to boost its flagging sales.» con un menor nivel educativo = lesser-educated .
Example: Better-educated people, not surprisingly, tend to use libraries proportionately more than lesser-educated people.» decir sin la menor sombra de duda = say without + (a shadow of) a doubt .
Example: I've been on many cruises and I can say without a shadow of a doubt the other cruise lines could learn a lot from the staff on this ship.» delito de menor grado = misdemeanour [misdimeanor, -USA] .
Example: Every state has its own statutes and codes that may make the theft or mutilation of library materials a misdemeanor or even a felony.» delito menor = petty offense ; petty crime ; minor offence .
Example: These indigents, known to the public as tramps & skid row winos, are very visible & more likely to be arrested for drunkenness & other petty offenses than a person with a permanent home. Example: Examples of 'petty crimes' are riding the train without a ticket, reproducing copyright computer programs, traffic violations, tax evasion, & shoplifting = Ejemplos de delitos menores son viajar en tren sin ticket, copiar programas informáticos con derechos de autor, infracciones de tráfico, evasión de impuestos y el hurto en tiendas. Example: A discharge means that the judge finds you guilty, but then discharges you instead of convicting you -- usually in the case of minor offences and if you have no criminal history.» de los males, el menor = the lesser of two evils .
Example: In this winner-take-all system, voters are left to choose between the lesser of two evils.» demanda cada vez menor = falling demand .
Example: The Spanish airline swung to a net loss in the second quarter, hurt by falling demand for air travel as the recession grips Spain.» de mayor o menor importancia = great and small .
Example: 'At no time in history', according to Geoffrey Langley, 'did people of all types and classes stand more in need of information on all manner of matters great and small'.» de menor impacto = low impact [low-impact] .
Example: The majority of high-impact articles had been published by men, but so had most low-impact articles = La mayoría de los artículos de gran impacto han sido publicados por hombres, al igual que la mayoría de los artítulos de menor impacto.» de menor importancia = fringe subject [En un sistema de clasificación especializado, aquellas materias inciden en la especialidad temática de la clasificación de un modo tangencial] ; of fringe interest .
Example: In a general classification there are, of course, no fringe subjects: all are of equal weight, and must be given their due place in the overall order. Example: The indexer recommends to use a general term rather than specific terms for subjects of fringe interest.» de menor importancia para = on the fringe of .
Example: In order to support a core acquistions programme of essential materials for its users, a library will more readily cut out material on the fringe of its needs if such material can be obtained by a good document supply system.» desajuste cada vez menor entre... y... = narrowing gap between ... and ; narrowing of the gap between ... and .
Example: Trends noted include the narrowing gap in interactive searching between Europe and the USA, and the inter-regional imbalance within Europe in volume of searches. Example: The result might be greater efficiency and the narrowing of the gap between different modes of thought regarding library classification.» de venta al por menor = retail .
Example: Dunkin' Donuts of America, Inc., the world's largest retail coffee and doughnut shop chain, uses the Informark system supplied by NDS a software package containing a demographic file of data from the 1980 USA Census and other commercial data bases.» diferencia cada vez menor entre... y... = narrowing gap between ... and ; narrowing of the gap between ... and .
Example: Trends noted include the narrowing gap in interactive searching between Europe and the USA, and the inter-regional imbalance within Europe in volume of searches. Example: The result might be greater efficiency and the narrowing of the gap between different modes of thought regarding library classification.» el menor de dos males = the lesser of two evils .
Example: In this winner-take-all system, voters are left to choose between the lesser of two evils.» en el menor tiempo posible = in as little time as possible .
Example: The best cardio workout for burning fat is one of high intensity that gets the job done in as little time as possible.» en mayor o menor grado = to a greater or lesser degree .
Example: Nevertheless any nation is inevitably made up of a number of smaller regions, each with its own culture to a greater or lesser degree.» en mayor o menor medida = to a greater or lesser extent .
Example: The staff of SLIS have, to a greater or lesser extent, been drawn into such teaching.» en menor cantidad = less copiously .
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.» en menor grado = to a lesser extent ; to a lesser degree .
Example: The Prussian Instructions were also widely adopted in Hungary, Sweden, Switzerland, and to a lesser extent Denmark, Holland and Norway. Example: Xworld is a good communications package that is most suitable for users interested in sending and receiving binary files, and to a lesser degree text files.» en orden de importancia de mayor a menor = in increasing order of importance ; in order of increasing importance .
Example: In increasing order of importance, the greenhouse gases are ozone, nitrous oxide, methane, carbon dioxide and water vapour. Example: Our mission is to grow vegetables using methods that, in order of increasing importance, maximize flavor, sustain our farm and the environment and promote human health.» en paños menores = in + Posesivo + underclothes ; in + Posesivo + undies .
Example: Finally six men agreed to go forth in their underclothes and nooses around their necks in hopeful expectation that their sacrifice would satisfy the king's bloodlust and he would spare the rest of the citizens. Example: Thousands of runners celebrated Valentine's Day with a run in their undies.» falta menor = petty crime .
Example: Examples of 'petty crimes' are riding the train without a ticket, reproducing copyright computer programs, traffic violations, tax evasion, & shoplifting = Ejemplos de delitos menores son viajar en tren sin ticket, copiar programas informáticos con derechos de autor, infracciones de tráfico, evasión de impuestos y el hurto en tiendas.» la menor duda de que = no doubt whatsoever .
Example: Powell said there was 'no doubt whatsoever' that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction.» mal menor = lesser evil .
Example: On the other hand, going sole source is a lesser evil than being 'listed' (as opposed to being stocked) by a distributor.» materiales menores = minor materials .
Example: Local publications are defined as the minor material, such as newsletters and pamphlets, which originates in a particular locality and could appropriately be acquired by a local studies library.» menor, el = least, the .
Example: Of these three connectors, 'and' focusses your search with the least precision since it retrieves all records that contain both words anywhere in the record.» no tener la menor duda de que = there + be + no doubt in + Posesivo + mind that .
Example: A manqué artist will do when the real thing is unavailable, but there was no doubt in my mind that the musician onstage last night was incapable of delving deeply into any material.» no tener la menor importancia = be of no particular concern .
Example: Whether or not the distribution fits a Bradford distribution is of no particular concern.» Osa Menor, la = Little Dipper, the ; Ursa Minor .
Example: Ursa Minor is colloquially known as the Little Dipper because its seven brightest stars seem to form the shape of a dipper. Example: Ursa Minor is colloquially known as the Little Dipper because its seven brightest stars seem to form the shape of a dipper.» paños menores = undies [Forma coloquial de decir underwear/underclothes] .
Example: Lingerie is ladies' underwear; lacy frilly knickers, bras, panties, undies, stockings, various fancy items.» presupuesto cada vez menor = shrinking budget .
Example: In the face of rising costs and stagnant or shrinking budgets, libraries are looking for efficient and less expensive methods of processing materials.» que no (te) quepa la menor duda = make no mistake (about it) .
Example: Make no mistake about it; pseudo-intellectualism is on the rise.» ser el que con menor frecuencia = be (the) least likely to .
Example: Low income households and households in inner city locations are least likely to own a telephone.» ser menor = be less .
Example: Space requirements are less and capital outlay is considerably less, though this is offset by the higher maintenance costs.» símbolo de menor-que (<) = left angled bracket (<) ; less-than sign (<) .
Example: The left angled bracket (<) is used to indicate that a 'see' reference has been made from the variant heading that follows. Example: Each see reference tracing, including the first, is precede by a less-than sign or left angled bracket (<).» sin el menor asomo de duda = without a shadow of a doubt ; beyond a shadow of a doubt ; beyond a shadow of a doubt .
Example: This is without a shadow of a doubt one of the weirdest and probably disturbing postings I have ever had the pleasure to read. Example: The film proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that the official story is hogwash and that all the evidence points towards an inside job. Example: The film proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that the official story is hogwash and that all the evidence points towards an inside job.» sin la menor duda = no mistake ; no doubt ; quite simply .
Example: We were in a pickle too and no mistake. Example: The compiler of the classification scheme will no doubt be all too familiar with the order of subjects within the scheme = El compilador del sistema de clasificación sin duda estará muy familiariazado con el orden de las materias dentro del sistema. Example: This is quite simply a session not to be missed if you are involved in education in anyway.» sin la menor idea = clueless .
Example: Well, if you've come this far, and you started off clueless, I must congratulate you for wading through all these explanations.» sin la menor sombra de duda = without a shadow of a doubt .
Example: This is without a shadow of a doubt one of the weirdest and probably disturbing postings I have ever had the pleasure to read.» sin que haya la menor duda = beyond any doubt .
Example: The published material confirms beyond any doubt that he was suffering from syphilis and its common manifestation, general paresis.» sin que quepa la menor duda = beyond any doubt .
Example: The published material confirms beyond any doubt that he was suffering from syphilis and its common manifestation, general paresis.» un mal menor = the lesser of two evils .
Example: In this winner-take-all system, voters are left to choose between the lesser of two evils.» vender al por menor = retail .
Example: Beadle and Adams of New York's 'dime and nickel novels' included both new books and pirated English novels retailing as paperbacks at 10 cents a volume.» venta al por menor = retailing ; retail trade .
Example: In this example, the reader is trying to follow up all the ramifications of a fairly comprehensive subject such as 'commerce', which might include not only 'retailing' but also 'wholesaling', 'accounting', 'consumer protection' and so on. Example: This article reports how supermarket chains confront the problems of the retail trade on a daily basis.» ventas al por menor = retail sales .
Example: Yesterday's report on March retail sales was greeted with banner headlines proclaiming the comeback of the consumer.» vías respiratorias menores, las = small airways, the .
Example: Rales are caused by fluid in the small airways or atelectasis.