Plano in english
Flat
pronunciation: flæt part of speech: adjective
pronunciation: flæt part of speech: adjective
In gestures
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.