Plana in english
Flat
pronunciation: flæt part of speech: adjective
pronunciation: flæt part of speech: adjective
In gestures
plana1 = page.
Example: A book index is an alphabetically arranged list of words or terms leading the reader to the numbers of pages on which specific topics are considered, or on which specific names appear.more:
» corregir la plana = find + fault with .
Example: I will add that since I have been working with the access LC provides to materials on women, a basic fault that I have found with LC subject cataloging is the absence of specificity.» enmendar la plana = find + fault with .
Example: I will add that since I have been working with the access LC provides to materials on women, a basic fault that I have found with LC subject cataloging is the absence of specificity.» noticia de primera plana = headline news ; top story ; front-page news .
Example: It's interesting that the headline news in Germany is all about the Bishop who has been suspended by the Pope for misuse of Church funds. Example: Here's a monthly recap of some of the year's top stories. Example: In December 1926, Agatha Christie became front-page news when she vanished in bizarre circumstances from her home.» plana mayor, la = top brass, the .
Example: Women account for just about 14 per cent of the top brass at companies in India, as against 21 per cent across the world.» titular a toda plana = headline banner .
Example: Yesterday's report on March retail sales was greeted with banner headlines proclaiming the comeback of the consumer.plana2 = rectangular trowel.
Example: Then take your rectangular trowel and drag it over the surface with enough pressure to make the surface as smooth as possible.plano1 = plan ; floor plan ; ground plan.
Example: A plan is a drawing showing relative positions on a horizontal plane, e.g., relative positions of part of a building, a landscape design, the arrangement of furniture in a room or building, etc.Example: The winning entry in the competition to produce a design for the main library building is described and a floor plan of the building is presented.Example: The very ground plan was innovative: there were almost no corridors, with the rooms instead being laid out around the largest room, the living room.more:
» alzado de planos = survey .
Example: Her invention consists of is a miniature, unmanned, auto-controlled airship which can be used for aerial work such as film and photography, surveillance and survey work.» levantamiento de planos = survey .
Example: Her invention consists of is a miniature, unmanned, auto-controlled airship which can be used for aerial work such as film and photography, surveillance and survey work.» plano de la ciudad = street plan ; city map .
Example: Large-scale maps and street plans of the locality and surrounding areas may be consulted, as may current traders' lists and catalogues. Example: The data were collected by means of city maps and verified through aerial photography.» plano de la planta baja = ground plan .
Example: The very ground plan was innovative: there were almost no corridors, with the rooms instead being laid out around the largest room, the living room.» plano del metro = subway map .
Example: The MetaMap is a pedagogical tool in the form of a subway map, the goal of which is to help people understand metadata standards, sets, and initiatives related to information studies.plano2 = plane.
Example: At this stage the indexer is working in the verbal plane of classification.more:
» actuar en segundo plano = lurk in + the wings .
Example: Prince Hal has proved his courage, but the conniving Falstaff and his companions lurk in the wings, waiting for Hal to ascend the throne.» dejar en segundo plano = overshadow .
Example: And when the maintenance of structure is permitted to overshadow the functional performance of the institution, it will move toward extinction.» en un segundo plano = in the background .
Example: He should stand a little in the background, like the press secretary when the President is holding a press conference with the Washington correspondents.» pasar al primer plano = take + centre stage ; take + the stage .
Example: Two major and apparently contradictory themes have emerged and taken centre stage in the management literature in the last several years. Example: Popular involvement in justice was integral from the beginning and never lost, even as, over time, legal professionalism grew and developed and lawyers and judges took the stage.» plano conceptual = idea plane .
Example: At this stage the indexer is working in the idea plane of classification.» plano notacional = notational plane .
Example: At this final stage the indexer is working in the notational plane of classification.» plano verbal = verbal plane .
Example: At this stage the indexer is working in the verbal plane of classification.» poner en primer plano = foreground .
Example: His survey of how such poetry has been edited in recent years, however, shows that a single edition is still foregrounded while other editions are only obliquely indicated via footnotes.» primera plana = front page [front-page] .
Example: The author explores the shift from Victorian to modern front page design in US newspapers.» primer plano = close up ; foreground ; limelight ; centre stage ; forefront .
Example: People are more used to going up for a closer look at an interesting feature on an object rather than selecting a close up photograph from some high-tech display unit. Example: Apple's Mouse is currently restricted to the Lisa microcomputer: it can be seen clearly in the foreground of Fig.9.4. Example: An enquirer upstaged by a virtuoso parade of knowledge may be unwilling to venture into the limelight again. Example: The European Community's highly visible campaign to establish a unified economy by the end of 1992 has brought the EC to the centre stage of world affairs. Example: The issue of refereeing football matches is never far from the forefront of public debate of the modern game.» quedar en segundo plano = come in + a poor second .
Example: If the library is not to come in a poor second to such 'basic' or 'essential' services as police and garbage collection, the library's services must also be regarded as 'essential'.» relegado a un segundo plano = on the back burner [También se usa on a back burner] ; back burner .
Example: Although the prospect of compulsory competitive tendering in libraries is on the back burner it has put acquisitions firmly in the limelight. Example: Assistive technology will continue to be a back burner issue in most libraries.» relegar a un segundo plano = take + second place ; put + Nombre + on the back burner .
Example: He considered his first job as that of healer; the writer and teacher took second place. Example: She put her education on the back burner for several years so that her husband could get his first.» relegarse a un segundo plano = take + a back seat .
Example: Eventually, teachers should be able to 'hand the chalk over to the students' and take a back seat.» relegar una idea a un segundo plano = put + an idea on the back burner .
Example: My girlfriend and I looked at rings together about a year ago, then put the idea on the back burner because of money issues.plano3 = flat.
Example: The film-strip may roll sideways a little as a canister is removed if they are housed on flat shelves.more:
» cable plano = flat wire .
Example: Placing CD-ROM equipment in a reference room poses wiring difficulties that the flexibility of carpet tiles and flat wire installation should alleviate.» de pechos planos = flat-chested .
Example: She was teased for being flat-chested as a teen and now she wants her bullies to be green with envy at how good she looks.» de pies planos = flat-footed .
Example: Army studies have found that recruits with the highest arches have the most lower-limb injuries and that flat-footed recruits have the least.» destonillador de cabeza plana = flat-head screwdriver .
Example: This can be done by prying it out with a razor blade or small flathead screwdriver.» encefalograma plano = brain dead .
Example: Patients classified as brain-dead can have their organs surgically removed for organ donation.» pantalla de televisión plana = flat television screen ; flat TV screen .
Example: Flat television screens come with pre-drilled holes on the flip side. Example: Flat TV screens come with pre-drilled holes on the back.» pantalla plana = flat screen [flatscreen] .
Example: The author mentions scanners, image storage and flat screens but focuses particularly on the proliferation of digital cameras.» pez plano = flatfish .
Example: With dabs and most of the flatfish, the bone structure makes filleting a doddle because you can lay the knife against the central skeleton to take off the fillets.» pies planos = flat feet .
Example: Flat feet is a condition in which the foot doesn't have a normal arch and it may affect one foot or both feet.» tarifa plana = flat fee .
Example: Dialog has published plans for calculating flat fee annual subscriptions = Dialog ha publicado planes para calcular las suscripciones anuales con tarifa plana.» tarifa plana de viajes = unlimited travel .
Example: This ticket costs 5 pounds for unlimited travel on local city buses for a week.» teja plana = shingle [Trozos de material duro y resistente, como pizarra, madera, etc. cortado en dimensiones generalmente pequeñas y utilizado para cubrir los tejados solapándose entre sí] .
Example: Urban dwelling types are appearing in the rural environment; wood is replaced by brick and cement and thatch and shingle roofs are replaced by sheet iron.» televisión de pantalla de plasma = plasma screen TV .
Example: It's a move that may eliminate plasma screen TVs from the market, as they're less efficient than LCDs.» televisión de pantalla plana = flat-screen television ; flat-screen TV .
Example: There are several types of flat-screen televisions some of them display an image using projection and other TVs display images using plasma. Example: The gas, widely used in the manufacture of flat screen TVs, is estimated to be 17000 times as powerful as carbon dioxide.» televisión plana = flat television ; flat TV .
Example: Flat televisions have never been priced so low. Example: Lower pricing is only one factor driving consumers toward flat TVs.plañir = wail ; mourn ; bemourn.
Example: At this the Queen wept and wailed; but being a clever woman she thought out a plan whereby to save her son.Example: I shall neither cheer nor mourn its passing from the current agenda because to do so would be to demonstrate a partisanship that was not presidential.Example: Nepal still bemourns the tragic death of their king.