Obra in english
pronunciation: wɜrk part of speech: noun, verb
obra1 = alterations ; building site ; construction site ; construction work.
Example: Better flexibility is achieved if the heating, ventilation and lighting can accommodate this move without the need for any alterations.Example: This system maintains knowledge relevant to the building process and makes it easily accessible to the participants of this process, especially those at the building site.Example: The most striking manifestation of this exploitation is the boom town, defined as the 'rapid and extreme growth of population in communities adjacent to mines and construction sites,' or as a 'community which is undergoing rapid growth and rapid change'.Example: He said the project will go ahead as planned with construction work kicking off next month.more:
» ahorrar mano de obra = save + manpower .
Example: They are able to make any alterations required immediately and the system saves time and manpower.» a pie de obra = on-site [on site/onsite] ; at the coalface .
Example: Training workshops for paraprofessional staff were provided on-site wherever possible. Example: African governments are at the coalface of trying to raise the standards of living of their people = Los gobiernos africanos están trabajando a pie de obra intentando elevar la calidad de vida de sus habitantes.» costes de mano de obra = labour costs [Como opuesto a cash costs (costos en metálico)] .
Example: The project was expected to produce guidelines on the cash and labour costs of using Prestel.» dedicación de mano de obra = expenditure of manpower .
Example: Retrospective catalogue conversion has to conform to certain standards in order to make the data gained with great effort and expenditure of money and manpower useful to other libraries.» deducción por donación a obras benéficas = charitable deduction ; charitable tax deduction .
Example: Artists can claim these donations as charitable deductions on their income tax statements. Example: In instances of very large gifts, the charitable tax deduction can be carried over for up to five successive years after the year in which the gift is made.» despedir mano de oba = shed + jobs .
Example: Businesses are shedding jobs at an alarming pace, with tens of thousands of new layoffs announced Monday by some of the biggest companies.» despedir mano de obra = axe + jobs ; cut + jobs .
Example: British small firms axing jobs at fastest since 1992. Example: In total, 38% of UK firms surveyed cut jobs during the final quarter.» director de obra = project manager .
Example: The role of the project manager is to plan, execute, and finalize projects according to strict deadlines and within budget.» donación anual a obras de caridad = charitable gift annuity .
Example: Planned giving is when a donor makes or plans a gift to an institution, although the gift may not be available for immediate use; examples are: a charitable gift annuity; gifts of life insurance; an annuity trust; a bequest.» escasez de mano de obra = labour shortage .
Example: Force Majeure: SWETS shall not be liable for any interruption of service resulting from any circumstance beyond its reasonable control, including acts of god, war riot, embargoes, strikes or labour shortages or failure of equipment = Fuerzas Mayores: SWETS no será responsable de cualquier interrupción del servicio resultante de cualquier circunstancia más allá de su control, incluidas las causas de fuerza mayor, los disturbios ocasionados por las guerras, embargos, huelgas o escasez de mano de obra o fallos del equipo.» falta de mano de obra = labour shortage .
Example: Force Majeure: SWETS shall not be liable for any interruption of service resulting from any circumstance beyond its reasonable control, including acts of god, war riot, embargoes, strikes or labour shortages or failure of equipment = Fuerzas Mayores: SWETS no será responsable de cualquier interrupción del servicio resultante de cualquier circunstancia más allá de su control, incluidas las causas de fuerza mayor, los disturbios ocasionados por las guerras, embargos, huelgas o escasez de mano de obra o fallos del equipo.» jefe de obra = site manager .
Example: A site manager is the person in charge of all on site operations, working with contractors and subcontractors and ensuring the building contract runs to schedule.» mano de obra = labour [labor, -USA] ; manpower ; manpower force ; work-force [workforce] ; work-force ; labour force ; manual labour .
Example: Encouraged by these developments, successive waves of cheap labor immigrated from Europe. Example: The question has been raised as to the manpower required to produce the ever-increasing number of abstracts. Example: This article focusses attention on formulating plans and policy for building up a manpower force for modernising library and information systems India within the next 5 years. Example: Employers of library and information staff have to develop and maintain skills within the workforce. Example: They were helpful in imparting the literacy and knowledge needed by modern technology without coercing the work-force away from its duty. Example: The view that Chinese immigration was a threat to the American labour force spread throughout the United States in the late 19th century. Example: The arguments are well known but we must realise that there was a very real fear that society would run short of manual labour = Los argumentos son bien conocidos pero debemos darnos cuenta de que había existía un miedo real de que la sociedad se quedase sin mano de obra.» mano de obra del campo = farm labour force .
Example: Over the last 50 years on-farm mechanization has increased resulting in a decrease in the employed farm labour force.» mano de obra extranjera = foreign labour .
Example: The rest of the crew will be replaced with foreign labour from Chile and The Philippines.» mano de obra infantil = 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.» mano de obra inmigrante = foreign labour .
Example: The rest of the crew will be replaced with foreign labour from Chile and The Philippines.» Ministerio de Obras Públicas, el = Road Department, the .
Example: Road Department officials said that using paver tiles to cover potholes on asphalt roads was slipshod.» obra benéfica = charity ; charity .
Example: Denmark has no history of charities or voluntary bodies, so such groups are seen by the authorities as being subversive. Example: This is a non-profit organisation which reprints books for children in massive editions at one-third of the original price, without charity or subsidy.» obra benéfica religiosa = parochial charity .
Example: Action projects include a computer database of all parochial charities in England and Wales, a survey of all charities, and production of a charity newsheet = Las acciones incluyen una base de datos de todas las obras benéficas religiosas en Inglaterra y Gales, una encuesta de todas las organizaciones benéficas, y la produccion de una hoja informativa sobre las obras de caridad.» obra de beneficencia = benefaction .
Example: Library development throughout the English-speaking world was greatly influenced during the late 19th and early 20th centuries by the benefactions of Andrew Carnegie.» obra de construcción = construction site .
Example: The most striking manifestation of this exploitation is the boom town, defined as the 'rapid and extreme growth of population in communities adjacent to mines and construction sites,' or as a 'community which is undergoing rapid growth and rapid change'.» obra de romanos = Herculean task ; Herculanian task .
Example: The people from Afghanistan have decided to roll up their sleeves and start the Herculean task of the reconstruction of the national heritage. Example: It took more than two hundred stonecutters to finally finish the herculanian task of installing all of the marble in the State Capitol.» obras en la carretera = road works .
Example: Eastbound traffic will be detoured as a result of the road works.» obras públicas = public works .
Example: Furthermore libraries simply are not as essential to the life of the community as better police protection, improved fire-fighting and public works equipment, increased street lighting, and the like.» obras son amores y no buenas razones = actions speak louder than words .
Example: But in the end, although I've talked myself blue in the face, I'm afraid actions speak louder than words.» permiso de obra = building permit .
Example: After completion of the park, the number of building permits in the area will increase.» pie de obra = building site .
Example: This system maintains knowledge relevant to the building process and makes it easily accessible to the participants of this process, especially those at the building site.» ponerse manos a la obra = get down to + business ; swing into + action ; get + cracking ; get + rolling ; get + weaving ; get in(to) + gear ; get + going ; get in there ; crack on .
Example: 'I have to leave fairly soon,' he said as he returned the receiver to its cradle, 'so let's get down to business'. Example: If they want this finished by Autumn 2009 they are going to have to a get a move on, so hopefully they will swing into action pretty soon. Example: If they get cracking today, a decision won't be ready until Christmas 2014, and that's working non-stop. Example: Though they've cooled lately, they showed early in the season that they can be a real threat if they get rolling. Example: If you want to grow these from seed, you will need to get weaving this month, or next if you live in the north. Example: Nothing like a kick in the ass to get in gear. Example: The thorny extradition treaty between India and Nepal has got going again with the governments of the two neighbouring countries reaching an agreement on the revision. Example: We're after someone that can challenge the status quo, truly get in there and understand the situation and make it better. Example: I've wasted so much time already, and now I really must crack on.» que necesita bastante mano de obra = labour-intensive [labour intensive] .
Example: Catalogue maintenance in a large union catalogue based on cards or slips was a nightmare, and it was very labour-intensive to maintain such catalogues at more than one location.» ser la obra de = be the work of .
Example: The finest and most influential of these French italics were the work of Robert Granjon, an artist of the stature of his countryman and near-contemporary Garamont and one of the greatest all-round type designers of any period.» ser obra del diablo = be the work of the devil ; be the devil's work .
Example: St Thomas Aquinas thought that spontaneous generation of insects was the work of the devil. Example: When this happens you have to ask yourself whether it is the devil's work.» todos manos a la obra = all hands on deck ; all hands to the pump(s) .
Example: As this is a small yet growing company, it is all hands on deck and the term, 'that's not my job' should not be in your vocabulary!. Example: There was much to be done in those first few months of 1990 and not many people to do it, so it was a case of all hands to the pump.obra2 = item ; title ; work ; stock item ; oeuvre ; piece of work.
Example: A catalogue is a list of the materials or items in a library, with the entries representing the items arranged in some systematic order.Example: If the title is selected by a book club this helps boost the print-run and overall sales.Example: An authority entry is an entry for which the initial element is the uniform heading for a person, corporate body, or work, as established by the cataloguing agency responsible.Example: A new building will open in 1990, catering for 5 million stock items and 1,000 readers' seats.Example: For about a 3rd of the departments, publications not covered in citation indexes accounted for at least 30 per cent of the citations to their total oeuvre.Example: Few other watercolour artists, before or since, could produce such a scintillating piece of work with such economy as Edward Wesson.more:
» ARBA (Anuario de Obras de Referencia Americanas) = ARBA (American Reference Books Annual) [Publicación anual de reseñas de obras de referencia americanas] .
Example: In the short time since it began publication, ARBA has become an indispensable source for reviews of reference books and is useful for all libraries.» arte y técnica de escribir obras de teatro = playwriting .
Example: The author offers a guide to Web sites, mainly based in the USA, that provide information on theatre and playwriting.» autor de obras de teatro = playwright .
Example: He is believed to be the earliest known playwright whose work for young actors and young audiences has survived.» catálogo de obras completas = back catalogue .
Example: He is planning to re-release some of the most famous songs from his back catalogue in an attempt to reignite his career.» catálogo de obras editadas = back catalogue .
Example: He is planning to re-release some of the most famous songs from his back catalogue in an attempt to reignite his career.» catálogo de obras musicales = music catalogue .
Example: Despite its low international profile, Danish music is always in evidence in music catalogues and at music festivals.» edición de obras científicas = scholarly publishing .
Example: As a writer on the publishing of scholarly books in the USA once put it, 'A book that would bankrupt a scholarly publisher does not fall within the proper domain of scholarly publishing'.» edición de obras de consumo = consumer publishing .
Example: Consumer publishing is experiencing difficult times and there are specific developments which are influencing the market for children's books.» fotografía de obra de arte = art photograph .
Example: The early photolitho books of 1856-7 were again collections of reproductions of art photographs, but in 1858 there was an event of greater bibliographical significance: the production of a photolitho facsimile of a printed book.» ladrón de obras de arte = art thief .
Example: In that film he played a wealthy art thief always one step away from being nabbed by the fuzz.» lector de obra literaria = literary reader .
Example: That is, his pupils might very well have been enjoying themselves, but he was not necessarily educating them into lifelong literary readers.» lectura de obra de teatro en voz alta = play-reading [play reading] .
Example: Day centres should develop activity programmes such as story sessions, play readings, author visits, trips to the local library, heritage sessions and quizzes.» lectura de obras literarias = literary reading .
Example: The period when factual information makes its strongest appeal and when literary reading is at its lowest ebb is the stage at which most people reading habits stop developing.» música de obra de teatro = stage music .
Example: Certain areas of music geography have been almost ignored: geographic mapping of music styles, the geography of ethnic music, religious and martial music, and stage and film music.» obra amparada por el derecho de autor = copyright work .
Example: Libraries lend many types of copyright works including books, music, artistic works, gramophone records and cassettes.» obra anónima = anonymous work [Documento de autor desconocido o que no lleva el nombre de su autor] .
Example: This category includes anonymous works or works of unknown authorship.» obra anónima clásica = anonymous classic .
Example: Authorities for uniform titles were restricted to cover only uniform headings for anonymous classics.» obra antigua = ancient work .
Example: The 300 people, students or other, who took over the premises also manhandled ancient works of great historical value.» obra apócrifa = apocryphal work [Obra no perteneciente al autor al que se le atribuye] .
Example: An apocryphal work is a publication of unknown authorship or doubtful authenticity.» obra audiovisual = audiovisual work .
Example: This would eliminate the restrictions on multiple copying, on systematic copying, and on copying of musical, pictorial and audiovisual works.» obra autobiográfica = autobiographical work .
Example: These two extraordinary, brutally honest autobiographical works deal with Spiegelman's attempts to record his father's recollections of experiences in the Nazi death camps.» obra citada = cited work .
Example: A citation index is 'an ordered list of references (cited works) in which each reference is followed by a list of the sources (citing works) which cite it'.» obra clásica = classical work .
Example: Drawing from classical works, histories, and other literary sources, Shakespeare liberally adapted stories in creating his plays.» obra colectiva = collective work [Obra que recoge contribuciones de varios autores] .
Example: Librarians, with no special knowledge outside the standard library curriculum, possess an questionable competence to evaluate certain categories of reference book, such as bibliographies and dictionaries and bio-critical collective works.» obra compuesta = composite work .
Example: The XR is used to retrieve individual parts of a composite work, such as papers from a conference, special issues of periodicals, etc.» obra creativa = work of imagination .
Example: Some novels, usually referred to as `literary' novels, are serious works of imagination which aspire to being genuine contributions to thought and culture.» obra de arte = work of art ; masterpiece ; artistic work ; art work ; art work ; art piece ; piece of art .
Example: Otlet gives as examples of documents natural objects, artifacts, objects bearing traces of human activity, and works of art. Example: The stereotypical writer, for example, needs only a cold garret, some paper, and ink to produce a masterpiece. Example: Libraries lend many types of copyright works including books, music, artistic works, gramophone records and cassettes. Example: Her art works incorporate such abject materials as dirt, hair, excrement, dead animals, menstrual blood and rotting food in order to confront taboo issues of gender and sexuality. Example: Her art works incorporate such abject materials as dirt, hair, excrement, dead animals, menstrual blood and rotting food in order to confront taboo issues of gender and sexuality. Example: Art pieces not only hold value for the beholder, but are fast becoming a sound investment option. Example: Over the years, history's greatest painters, sculptors, and craftsman have toiled to create the iconic pieces of art we've all become familiar with.» obra de arte musical = musical masterpiece .
Example: Why is it that so many musical masterpieces are patronized as war horses whereas no serious art critic would ever protest another visit to the Sistine Chapel?.» obra de consulta = standard reference work ; standard work ; work of reference ; reference resource ; desk reference ; reference work [Publicación que nos permite un acceso rápido a la información o a fuentes de información sobre una materia específica] ; reference book .
Example: Over the years this title has established itself as a respected standard reference work of inestimable value. Example: Standard works were consulted during the glossary's preparation = Se consultaron obras de referencia básicas durante la preparación del glosario. Example: His filleting of information and quotations is incomparably precise, but, as with all quasi-encyclopedic books, the facts may not be those you want if you are looking for a work of reference. Example: The author provides an annotated subject bibliography in order to bring to light these valuable reference resources. Example: The volumes can be used as handy desk references. Example: A university library, for example, might group its holdings into 'no loans allowed' for important reference works. Example: The number of full text data bases on-line is also increasing, providing instant access to newspapers and newswires, popular magazines and scholarly journals, and reference books.» obra de contenido general = general work .
Example: General works on the history of the Caroline period (1625-1649) will be separated from individual authors of the period, who will be found in class numbers YEI (Poets) and YEP (Dramatists).» obra de creación literaria = fiction book .
Example: Susan Blanch is a fairly steady customer, taking only fiction books.» obra de creación original = creative work .
Example: Creative works that are in the 'public domain' are not protected under United States copyright law and can be used in whole or in part by any member of the public.» obra de literatura = literary work .
Example: Correct ascription of the authorship of a literary work anonymously or pseudonymously published is a major bibliographical problem.» obra de obligada lectura = must-read .
Example: If you love reading, check out this list of must-reads that will blow your mind and change your life.» obra dependiente = dependent work .
Example: The older codes are all basically enumerative for example, many of the rules 1-22 in the 1908 Anglo-American code (AA) are rules for cases of dependent works.» obra de referencia = reference book ; reference work [Publicación que nos permite un acceso rápido a la información o a fuentes de información sobre una materia específica] ; finding aid ; desk reference ; reference resource ; work of reference .
Example: The number of full text data bases on-line is also increasing, providing instant access to newspapers and newswires, popular magazines and scholarly journals, and reference books. Example: A university library, for example, might group its holdings into 'no loans allowed' for important reference works. Example: Librarians will need to take an active role in teaching researchers how to use finding aids and source materials. Example: The volumes can be used as handy desk references. Example: The author provides an annotated subject bibliography in order to bring to light these valuable reference resources. Example: His filleting of information and quotations is incomparably precise, but, as with all quasi-encyclopedic books, the facts may not be those you want if you are looking for a work of reference.» obra de referencia básica = standard work .
Example: Standard works were consulted during the glossary's preparation = Se consultaron obras de referencia básicas durante la preparación del glosario.» obra de referencia estándar = standard reference work .
Example: Over the years this title has established itself as a respected standard reference work of inestimable value.» obra de teatro = play ; theatrical work .
Example: The play is damned by the critics but packs in the crowds and the producers may be upset by the adverse criticisms but they can, as the saying goes, cry all the way to the bank. Example: Criteria adopted for selection of film include the filmic treatment of major literary or theatrical works, milestones in the history of national cinemas, and cinematically innovative and challenging works by newcomers.» obra de teatro adaptada al cine = theatrical motion picture .
Example: James L. Limbacher's A Reference Guide to Audio Visual Information (New York: Bowker, 1972) is one of the few books to include information on the theatrical motion picture.» obra de teatro dramática = drama-play .
Example: Anyone who has taught drama knows that children love being given an outline story to set them off on improvised drama-play = Cualquiera que haya enseñado teatro sabe que a los niños les gusta que se les dé un esquema de una historia para improvisar una obra de teatro dramática.» obra de teatro infantil = children's play .
Example: Writing a children's play might seem easy at first.» obra de teatro para niños = children's play .
Example: Writing a children's play might seem easy at first.» obra dramática = dramatic work .
Example: These include: continuations and sequels; supplements; indexes; concordances; incidental music to dramatic works; cadenzas; scenarios; screenplays, and so on; choreographies; librettos and other texts set to music.» obra en varios volúmenes = multi-volume work .
Example: There are also multi-volume works which are included on short information displays.» obra fuente de la cita = citing work .
Example: A citation index is 'an ordered list of references (cited works) in which each reference is followed by a list of the sources (citing works) which cite it'.» obra gráfica = graphic work .
Example: The author discusses recent books and graphic works by this Yugoslav-born artist that express her anguish resulting from the Bosnian War.» obra huérfana = orphan work .
Example: Orphan works are copyrighted works whose owners are hard or impossible to identify or locate.» obra impresa = printed work .
Example: The last mentioned covers, with certain provisos, periodical articles, other printed works, and copies for other libraries.» obra literaria = literary work ; work of literature .
Example: Correct ascription of the authorship of a literary work anonymously or pseudonymously published is a major bibliographical problem. Example: 'Huckleberry Finn' is another of those books that stands high on my own list of life-enhancing and life-changing works of literature.» obra literaria simplificada = easy reader book ; easy reader .
Example: 'How to publish easy reader books' is a shortened version of a paper presented at the IFLA General Conference, Tokyo, 1986. Example: Many of the books we love sharing with our kids are, in fact, what we now call easy readers.» obra maestra = showpiece ; masterpiece ; masterwork ; piece of resistance ; chef d'oeuvre .
Example: Every garden also needs a showpiece flower, easy to grow but fabulous and exotic in the vase. Example: The stereotypical writer, for example, needs only a cold garret, some paper, and ink to produce a masterpiece. Example: Our chorus is known for the quality of its music performances of both the masterworks as well as seldom performed but beautiful, choral selections. Example: On the other hand, the greatest eye-catcher and the piece of resistance of this incredible home is the wood and iron grand staircase. Example: His mastery of language allows for a philosophical chef d'oeuvre that reads with fluency comparable to a fine novel.» obra maestra de la pintura clásica = old master ; old master painting .
Example: Even seemingly innocuous information such as certain television viewing figures or the name of the person who has bought a particular old master at auction or the unlisted telephone number of a famous author is sometimes kept secret. Example: This study collection includes European art works, mostly old master paintings, from the 13th to the 18th centuries.» obra magna = magnum opus .
Example: This a special journal issue dedicated to Georg Simmel on the 100th anniversary of his magnum opus, The Philosophy of Money (1900).» obra multimedia = multimedia work .
Example: Multimedia works often come from many different sources and it is often impossible to identify who owns the rights in a work.» obra musical = musical work [Resultado en forma impresa o grabada del trabajo de un compositor musical] .
Example: A score is a series of staves on which all the different instrumental and/or vocal parts of a musical work are written.» obra para grupo instrumental = ensemble work .
Example: A short score is a sketch made by a composer for an ensemble work, with the main features of the composition set out on a few staves.» obra piadosa = work of piety .
Example: Edition binding in leather was offered as an alternative to cloth or printed paper boards for such things as poetical gift books, works of piety, and textbooks.» obra pictórica = pictorial work .
Example: This would eliminate the restrictions on multiple copying, on systematic copying, and on copying of musical, pictorial and audiovisual works.» obra relacionada = related work [Publicación cuyo contenido guarda relación con otra(s) obra(s), aunque su publicación se haga de forma separada e independiente] .
Example: A related work is a separately catalogued work that has a relationship to another work.» obras = life's work .
Example: The publisher offered the author the opportunity to purchase unlimited numbers of copies of her life's work before the remainder are recycled into tissue or newsprint.» obras completas = collected works [Publicación que recoge en un único documento las diferentes obras de un autor que han sido publicadas por separado] ; oeuvre [Conjunto de publicaciones de un individuo o grupo] .
Example: Short stories or essays can be traced by use of bibliographies which analyse the contents of collected works. Example: For about a 3rd of the departments, publications not covered in citation indexes accounted for at least 30 per cent of the citations to their total oeuvre.» obras de consulta rápida = quick reference material .
Example: The reference department contain quick reference material including street and trade directories, bus, train and air timetables, year-books, gazetteers, list of addresses, booklets, guide books, etc.» obras de creación literaria = fiction [Obras literarias en prosa que presentan caracteres y acontecimientos imaginados por el autor con objeto de entretener al lector] .
Example: It is widely recognised that it is difficult and unhelpful to categorise fiction according to a subject classification = Es un hecho ampliamente reconocido la dificultad y la poca utilidad de clasificar la literatura narrativa de acuerdo con una clasificación por materias.» obras de ficción = fiction [Obras literarias en prosa que presentan caracteres y acontecimientos imaginados por el autor con objeto de entretener al lector] .
Example: It is widely recognised that it is difficult and unhelpful to categorise fiction according to a subject classification = Es un hecho ampliamente reconocido la dificultad y la poca utilidad de clasificar la literatura narrativa de acuerdo con una clasificación por materias.» obras de literatura = literary materials .
Example: As of this time, little literary materials for children are being included in automated data bases.» obra sinfónica = symphonic work .
Example: While a number of symphonic works of Jewish content have been composed, few have gained sufficient prominence.» obras literarias = literature ; literary materials .
Example: Hearing books read will then be the only way they can receive the great body of the best literature in their native tongue. Example: As of this time, little literary materials for children are being included in automated data bases.» obras no ficción = non-fiction [nonfiction] [Cualquier documento cuyo objetivo es divulgar el conocimiento sobre algo o alquien real] .
Example: To take some common examples, fiction is often organised by author, periodicals by their titles, and non-fiction by subject.» obra que revela un escándalo = exposé .
Example: Should we ignore the major trade publishers for almost everything except genre fiction, blockbusters, popular self-help, celebrity biographies and exposés?.» obra teatral = theatrical work .
Example: Criteria adopted for selection of film include the filmic treatment of major literary or theatrical works, milestones in the history of national cinemas, and cinematically innovative and challenging works by newcomers.» original de una obra de arte = art original [Original de una obra de arte por contraposición con su reproducción] .
Example: An art original is the original two- or three-dimensional work of art (other than an art print or a photograph) created by the artist, eg., a painting, drawing, or sculpture, as contrasted with a reproduction of it.» parte de una obra = component part [Documento que para su identificación bibliográfica o su recuperación necesita de la referencia a un documento del que forma parte] .
Example: A component part is a document that for the purposes of bibliographic identification or access requires reference to a host document of which it forms a part.» representar una obra = put on + a play .
Example: Plays and music performances put on by staff and children at set times are always popular.obrar1 = act.
Example: It's obvious Laurenna likes you by the way she acts around you.more:
» obrar con astucia = finesse .
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.» obrar con cautela = play it + safe .
Example: Barack Obama is playing it safe in the final week of the election, but his Achilles' heel might be taxes.» obrar (contra) = take + action (against) .
Example: Measures to prevent such incidents include fitting burglar alarms in libraries and taking quick and decisive action against troublesome users.» obrar de buena fe = act in + good faith .
Example: A defendant acts in good faith when he has an honest belief that his actions will not result in severe pain or suffering.» obrar en conciencia = act in + good conscience .
Example: It is also important to recognize that a person can act in good conscience and still be wrong, but without sin.» obrar en consecuencia = act on/upon .
Example: The question I will address is whether our acting on what I believe to be an invalid assumption provides valid cataloging.obrar2 = move + Posesivo + bowels.
Example: I don't want to sound rude but over the past few months I've been finding it more and more difficult to move my bowels, to put it politely.