Oficina in english
pronunciation: ɔfəs part of speech: noun
oficina = office ; study room.
Example: The principal sprang up from her chair and began to perambulate with swift, precise movements about her spacious office.Example: At that time there were large numbers of intellectual families in the south of the province, most of whom set up study rooms for their children.more:
» antes de finalizar el horario de oficina = by (the) close of business .
Example: Nominations must be received at IFLA HQ by the close of business on Monday 5th February 2001.» archivo de oficina = office file .
Example: Telephone books, office files, and mail order catalogs are all examples of commonly used databases.» artículos de oficina = office supplies .
Example: What's worse, the office supplies peddled by these bogus firms often are overpriced and of poor quality.» asesoría y oficina de información itinerante en furgón = mobile information and advice van .
Example: However, it is hard to draw any definite conclusions about mobile information and advice vans as the evidence appears so contradictory.» Asociación Nacional de Oficinas de Información al Consumidor (NACAB) = National Association of Citizens' Advice Bureaux (NACAB) .
Example: Although each CAB (Citizens' Advice Bureau) is independent, they must be members of the National Association of Advice Bureaux (NACAB), which lays down certain minimum standards for the registration of bureaux.» ayudante de oficina = office assistant .
Example: She earned her stripes by starting as an office assistant and quickly jumped into dispatching trucks and eventually managing all of the freight for a large wholesale lumber company.» bloque de oficinas = office building ; office block ; office tower .
Example: In the center of town are the usual cluster of banks, stores, and office buildings; shopping centers are sprinkled throughout the various neighborhoods. Example: Libraries formed a major part of the reconstruction of Poland after World War II and they are to be found in such diverse places as housing estates and office blocks. Example: They specialize in providing seasonal decor for large commercial buildings and office towers.» colega de oficina = office colleague .
Example: A new study finds that going out to lunch with your office colleagues may be causing you stress.» compañero de oficina = office colleague .
Example: A new study finds that going out to lunch with your office colleagues may be causing you stress.» cuchitril de oficina = poky office .
Example: Once he had finished his day's work at his decrepit old desk in his poky office, all he wanted to do was to eat well.» cuya oficina central está en = headquartered (at/in) .
Example: The author discusses some challenges that the library, headquartered in San Jose, California, has had to face during Fuller's directorship.» del mismo tipo que las oficinas = office-type .
Example: Most CACs occupied office-type accommodation in town halls, libraries and consumer protection departments.» de oficina = clerical .
Example: Prior to computerisation of the production of catalogues and indexes considerable clerical effort was expended in filing index and catalogue cards.» edificio de oficinas = office building ; office block .
Example: In the center of town are the usual cluster of banks, stores, and office buildings; shopping centers are sprinkled throughout the various neighborhoods. Example: Libraries formed a major part of the reconstruction of Poland after World War II and they are to be found in such diverse places as housing estates and office blocks.» en la oficina = at the office .
Example: One reason was that she had been caught catching forty winks at the office.» FBI, el (Oficina Federal de Investigación) = FBI, the (Federal Bureau of Investigation) .
Example: This article discusses several specific instances of abuses of public power that involved a questionable relationship between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and various universities during the McCarthy period.» gestión de oficinas = office management .
Example: It embodied programmes in secretarial studies, publishing, office management and graphic design.» horas de oficina = office hours ; business hours .
Example: They are open normal office hours, though some have experimented with late evening opening and some now open on Saturday mornings. Example: In order to improve the quality of library services it is essential to provide suitable equipment and premises and to determine suitable library business hours.» jefa de oficina de correos = postmistress .
Example: These figures of 'authority', the local postman, the vicar, the village postmistress and schoolmaster were fast disappearing from the rural scene.» jefe de oficina de correos = postmaster .
Example: This mini-pack could be used by 'individuals in the community who are called upon to give information, such as parish clerks, the clergy, postmasters, trade union officials, mobile librarians, as well as people acting as village links'.» material de oficina = office equipment ; office supplies .
Example: Other office equipment to be found in libraries may include: Adding machines or calculators to cope with statistics related to petty cash, issues, membership, etc. Example: What's worse, the office supplies peddled by these bogus firms often are overpriced and of poor quality.» material y equipos de oficina = office supply and equipment .
Example: The incumbent is responsible for maintaining the department office supply and equipment inventory.» mobiliario de oficina = office furniture .
Example: Are you looking for beautiful used office furniture at affordable prices?.» muebles de oficina = office furniture .
Example: Are you looking for beautiful used office furniture at affordable prices?.» oficina administrativa central = administrative headquarters .
Example: The 7th building, a main library and administrative headquarters, was a converted truck depot = El séptimo edificio, ahora la biblioteca principal y la oficina administrativa central, era antes un garaje de camiones.» oficina anticorrupción = anti-fraud office .
Example: The anti-fraud office concluded its investigation on Monday without finding proof of bribes, but said Dalli was aware of dodgy dealings.» oficina antifraude = anti-fraud office .
Example: The anti-fraud office concluded its investigation on Monday without finding proof of bribes, but said Dalli was aware of dodgy dealings.» oficina central = headquarters (HQ -abrev.-) ; head office .
Example: These libraries located in villages and hamlets were, and still are, organized from a county headquarters (HQ), normally sited in their nearest county town. Example: In the United Kingdom most publishing houses have their head office in London.» oficina central, la = main office, the .
Example: In most school buildings, the main office serves as a hub around which all other activities revolve.» oficina de administración = administrative office .
Example: The media center is located on the second floor, the principal's and administrative offices are on the first floor.» oficina de alquiler = rental office .
Example: After a detour of a couple of miles, we turned around and found the rental office and a gas station.» oficina de atención al cliente = front office .
Example: In most business offices there are two distinct types of employees: those who work in the front office and those who work in the back office.» oficina de cambio = exchange office ; currency exchange bureau ; exchange bureau .
Example: An original passport (not a copy) is required for the majority of exchange offices. Example: In banks and currency exchange bureaux you will see exchange rates quoted with very different buy and sell commissions. Example: Exchange bureaux have longer business hours than banks and are usually open at the weekend.» oficina de colocación = employment agency ; employment bureau ; employment centre ; job centre .
Example: Before you work with any employment agency, find out what services you can expect and what will be expected of you. Example: He analyzes the job seeker and the influence of mediating agencies, such as unions, employment bureaus, and help-wanted advertising in the hiring process. Example: This database provides access to a wide range of information, including local news, the housing and employment markets, weather and local events, through some 400 public terminals located in public libraries, employment centres, town-halls, and schools. Example: As a result, job centres must treat employers looking for a prostitute in the same way as those looking for a dental nurse.» oficina de correos = post office .
Example: Rural post offices are dropping like flies, taking with them village shops for whom the postal business made the difference between life and death.» oficina de derechos de autor = copyright office .
Example: Usually a central cataloguing agency is based upon a national library or copyright office, where publishers are required by law to send at least one copy of every book published in that country.» oficina de desempleo = employment bureau ; employment centre ; job centre ; employment agency .
Example: He analyzes the job seeker and the influence of mediating agencies, such as unions, employment bureaus, and help-wanted advertising in the hiring process. Example: This database provides access to a wide range of information, including local news, the housing and employment markets, weather and local events, through some 400 public terminals located in public libraries, employment centres, town-halls, and schools. Example: As a result, job centres must treat employers looking for a prostitute in the same way as those looking for a dental nurse. Example: Before you work with any employment agency, find out what services you can expect and what will be expected of you.» oficina de empleo = employment centre ; employment bureau ; job centre ; labour exchange ; employment agency .
Example: This database provides access to a wide range of information, including local news, the housing and employment markets, weather and local events, through some 400 public terminals located in public libraries, employment centres, town-halls, and schools. Example: He analyzes the job seeker and the influence of mediating agencies, such as unions, employment bureaus, and help-wanted advertising in the hiring process. Example: As a result, job centres must treat employers looking for a prostitute in the same way as those looking for a dental nurse. Example: The paper presents and discusses labour-exchange systems in a small community of 90 peasant families in Santiago Island, Cape Verde. Example: Before you work with any employment agency, find out what services you can expect and what will be expected of you.» oficina de información = information office ; visitor's centre .
Example: For this purpose, press and information offices have been established in the capitals of the ten member countries. Example: There are plans to transform vacated space in the old building into a visitor's centre with exhibitions and reading rooms.» Oficina de Información al Ciudadano (CAB) = Citizens' Advice Bureau (CAB) .
Example: Although each CAB (Citizens' Advice Bureau) is independent, they must be members of the National Association of Advice Bureaux (NACAB), which lays down certain minimum standards for the registration of bureaux.» oficina de información turística = tourism information office .
Example: If you want to call a taxi, your hotel or the nearest tourism information office can recommend a reliable service.» Oficina de Investigación y Desarrollo (ORD) = Office of Research and Development (ORD) .
Example: The Office of Research and Development (ORD) develops methodologies and technologies that will improve environmental quality.» oficina del consumidor = consumer guidance office .
Example: A consumer ombudsman's department looks after consumer complaints and, in addition, many municipalities now have a consumer guidance office which is very similar to British consumer advice centres.» oficina del fiscal, la = prosecutor's office, the .
Example: Police evacuated the federal courthouse where the prosecutor's office is based and sealed off the neighborhood.» oficina de lucha contra el fraude = anti-fraud office .
Example: The anti-fraud office concluded its investigation on Monday without finding proof of bribes, but said Dalli was aware of dodgy dealings.» oficina de pasaportes = passport office .
Example: Tuesday, after much delaying and procrastinating, I finally ran out of excuses and went to the passport office.» oficina de patentes = patent office .
Example: Also available are other assorted data bases, including ACCOUNTANTS (index), SPORT (printed equivalent is Sport and Recreation Index), and WPI (World Patents Index covering the patent specifications issued by patent offices in major industrial nations).» oficina de prensa = press office .
Example: The University's press office is staffed by experienced journalists and communications professionals.» oficina de protección al consumidor = consumer protection office .
Example: Each branch was given a poster to display and a supply of forms which complainants could fill in and these were returned by the library to the nearest consumer protection office for action.» oficina de seguros = insurance office .
Example: The housewife cleaning her house, shopping, cooking meals, rearing her children and washing and ironing is undoubtedly working just as much as is her husband on the car assembly line or in the insurance office.» oficina de turismo = tourist office ; tourism information office .
Example: The building encloses an art gallery, tourist office, conference room, concert hall and cinema. Example: If you want to call a taxi, your hotel or the nearest tourism information office can recommend a reliable service.» oficina electrónica = electronic office .
Example: Text preparation in the 'electronic office' is aided by an electronic keyboard linked to a computer (processor and memory), a video screen and a printer.» oficina municipal = council office .
Example: To date seventeen information centres have been set up, mainly in council offices, but three occupy shop-front premises.» Oficina para el Mejor Comercio = Better Business Bureau [Organismo estadounidense que recibe las quejas de los consumidores] .
Example: The Committee also was designed to function as a watchdog and to receive reports on questionable sales practices and transmit them to agencies such as the Better Business Bureau and the Federal Trade Commission.» oficina principal, la = main office, the .
Example: In most school buildings, the main office serves as a hub around which all other activities revolve.» oficina regional = regional office .
Example: In the United Kingdom these tasks are carried out by the London and regional offices.» oficina sin papel = paperless office [Situación dentro de una organización en la que la información fluye de oficina a oficina por medio de una red de comunicaciones y en la que el papel como soporte documental apenas existe] .
Example: The paperless office implies a distribution network based on a large central computer, within one particular organization.» proveedor de material de oficina = office supplier .
Example: The article 'Nervy Days for Office Suppliers' reviews the present state of affairs of office automation.» secretario de oficina = office secretary .
Example: Thank goodness he had listened to the office secretary again, she knew her onions.» suministros de oficina = office supplies .
Example: What's worse, the office supplies peddled by these bogus firms often are overpriced and of poor quality.» tener la oficina central en = headquarter (at/in) .
Example: Why should information and referral be headquartered at a public library rather than somewhere else?.» trabajador de oficina = office worker .
Example: The project will develop a toolbox which will allow office workers connected in a LAN to cooperate synchronously or asynchronously while employing existing MS Windows applications.» trabajo de oficina = office job .
Example: After returning from Europe, Elizabeth worked an office job that made her stir-crazy.» útiles de oficina = office supplies .
Example: What's worse, the office supplies peddled by these bogus firms often are overpriced and of poor quality.