Reparo in english
pronunciation: rɪper part of speech: noun, verb
reparar = mend ; repair ; undo ; redress ; fix ; right ; fettle ; service.
Example: In some organisations microcomputers will be maintained (that is, mended) by a central computer department, but if this is not the case it may be necessary to take out separate maintenance contracts.Example: In the more common perspective of linear causality, we seek to explain a negative consequence by searching for its root cause and repairing it.Example: The National Library of Estonia, established in 1918, is undergoing a revolutionary period of undoing the effects of the cultural policies of the communist regime.Example: To redress this iniquity women are demanding not only equal pay for equal work, but equal pay for work of equal value.Example: There is always a need to fix manually the formatting of articles taken from an online service such as DIALOG.Example: The author questions whether this is a transitional phenomenon which will be righted later.Example: Prepare your bike the night before so you don't need to fettle with your derailleur when you should be warming up.Example: Special storage facilities have been constructed which are at present serviced manually but will soon be computerised.more:
» enviar a reparar = send + Nombre + off for repair .
Example: If I take it back to the shop and say I dropped it accidentally, how likely are they to say they'll send it off for repair with no charge?.» no reparar en gastos = lash out (on) ; spare + no expense ; splash out on .
Example: The company is too tight to lash out on anything for the employees, even tools to increase productivity. Example: These stars have spared no expenses when it comes to buying extravagant gifts for their partners. Example: While the rest of the lads are splashing out on luxury cars or expensive holidays in the sun -- O'Brien is pumping the money back into the farmland.» reparar daños = repair + the damage ; remedy + the damage .
Example: We all know that when evil is done it is very hard to repair the damage = Es de todos conocido que cuando se hace el mal es muy difícl reparar el daño causado. Example: The library staff must then take steps to remedy the damage.» reparar el coche = have + Posesivo + car repaired ; get + Posesivo + car repaired .
Example: Whenever the rent came due, or she had to have her car repaired, she called on the generosity of her family and they responded. Example: He is furious that his daughter has to pay more to get her car repaired than the man who damaged it with a hammer.» reparar un agravio = right + a wrong ; right + an injustice ; make + amends (for/to) ; make it up to .
Example: Southerners are more prone to violence in situations culturally defined as requiring a violent response, such as righting a wrong or defending one's honor. Example: This was considered a partial down payment in righting the injustice caused the victim. Example: The scholarships were established in 1979 to help make amends for the state's history of excluding blacks from the university. Example: And then the young librarian, as in a dream, heard from the lips of her supervisor the words, 'Jeanne, please let bygones be bygones and put this year's evaluation behind you. I'll try to make it up to you next year'.» reparar un daño = right + a wrong ; make + amends (for/to) ; make it up to .
Example: Southerners are more prone to violence in situations culturally defined as requiring a violent response, such as righting a wrong or defending one's honor. Example: The scholarships were established in 1979 to help make amends for the state's history of excluding blacks from the university. Example: And then the young librarian, as in a dream, heard from the lips of her supervisor the words, 'Jeanne, please let bygones be bygones and put this year's evaluation behind you. I'll try to make it up to you next year'.» reparar un perjuicio = make + amends (for/to) ; make it up to .
Example: The scholarships were established in 1979 to help make amends for the state's history of excluding blacks from the university. Example: And then the young librarian, as in a dream, heard from the lips of her supervisor the words, 'Jeanne, please let bygones be bygones and put this year's evaluation behind you. I'll try to make it up to you next year'.» sin reparar = unrepaired .
Example: A small chip in your windscreen can quickly spread causing even more costly damage if left unrepaired.reparo = quibble ; cavil.
Example: In the article 'Caveats, qualms, and quibbles: a revisionist view of library automation', a public librarian expresses his concern about computers in libraries and the lack of healthy scepticism in libraries when considering the likely benefits of automation.Example: But, however frivolous his cavils, the principles for which he contends are of the most pernicious nature and tendency.more:
» no andarse con reparos = make + no bones about + Algo .
Example: In 1910 John Cotton Dana made no bones about it; indeed he was an early advocate of positive discrimination.» no tener ningún reparo = have + no qualms about .
Example: Information service quality largely depends on the person at the public service desk who should have no qualms about working with people of any age, minority group, religious or socio-economic background.» no tener reparos = make + no bones about + Algo .
Example: In 1910 John Cotton Dana made no bones about it; indeed he was an early advocate of positive discrimination.» no tener reparos en = be open about .
Example: I'm pretty open about my mental health problems and will speak about it if it comes up in conversation.» no tener reparos en admitir que = make + no bones about + Algo .
Example: In 1910 John Cotton Dana made no bones about it; indeed he was an early advocate of positive discrimination.» poner reparos = cavil (about/at) [Tiempo pasado cavilled-UK/caviled-USA, participio presente cavilling-UK/caviling-US] ; baulk [balk, -USA] ; quibble (about/over/with) ; raise + an objection ; find + fault with ; pick + holes in .
Example: Chalmers conceded the utter falseness of the forgeries, but cavilled at Malone's method of refuting them. Example: While many scholars concede that military interventions are sometimes permissible, they balk when it comes to deciding whether they are ever a moral duty. Example: If the business of American government simply comes down to quibbling over price, then all principled protests become rather pointless. Example: The objection that is always raised against our subject access reflecting a multiplicity of points of view is that the reader's expectations concerning access will often not be met. 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. Example: This week the frontline blogosphere has been picking holes in Government policy and wondering whether Ministers are reckless or are pushing a hidden agenda.» poner reparos a todo = pick + holes in everything .
Example: She appears to be picking holes in everything that I do, and it is hard because I am trying to be a loving sister towards her.» sin ningún reparo = unabashed .
Example: The article is entitled 'What's the number?: an unofficial and unabashed guide to the Library of Congress Classification for the social sciences'.» sin reparo = unashamed .
Example: There is a need for more study of current lending patterns to establish a clear mandate for unashamed purchase of AV materials by traditionally print-oriented librarians.» sin reparos = unshielded .
Example: A feeling of unshielded relief filled Pope's whole being.» sin sentir ningún reparo = unashamed .
Example: There is a need for more study of current lending patterns to establish a clear mandate for unashamed purchase of AV materials by traditionally print-oriented librarians.