Siglo in english
pronunciation: sentʃɜri part of speech: noun
siglo = century.
Example: Seymour Lubetzky is considered by many librarian to be the greatest theoretician of descriptive cataloging in this century.more:
» a finales del + Siglo = late + Siglo .
Example: Companionships had probably been developed in late eighteenth-century London for dealing with rush jobs in the larger printing offices.» a través de los siglos = over the centuries .
Example: India has a documented heritage of stable family life and structure that has been able to withstand the vicissitudes over the centuries.» chollo del siglo = gravy train .
Example: If teaching is such a gravy train job, why don't they get degrees and see what it's like to be standing at the front of the class.» con el transcurso de los siglos = over the course of the centuries .
Example: Over the course of the centuries, it grew into one of antiquity's most advanced cultures.» datar de hace siglos = date back + centuries .
Example: Braiding a horse's mane or tail is a practice that dates back centuries.» de hace siglos = of yore .
Example: Ironically, today's catalogs have gone full circle back to the book catalogs of yore, with each work having only one complete catalog entry = Paradójicamente, los catálogos de hoy día han vuelto a los catálogos en forma de libro de antaño, en los que cada documento tenía un único asiento catalográfico completo.» de hace varios siglos = centuries-old .
Example: The region is further characterized by centuries-old mansions and farm houses with thatched roofs.» del siglo diecinueve = nineteenth-century .
Example: The online computerized library catalog is a wholly new type of catalog having a drastically different design from the seventeenth-century bookform catalog and the nineteenth-century card catalog.» del siglo diecisiete = seventeenth-century [Adjetivo] .
Example: The online computerized library catalog is a wholly new type of catalog having a drastically different design from the seventeenth-century bookform catalog and the nineteenth-century card catalog.» de mediados de siglo = mid-century .
Example: There were also various mid-century decorated letters with forked or clubbed serifs which generally tended towards fat-face, but which might be intermediate in form.» de mitad de siglo = mid-century .
Example: There were also various mid-century decorated letters with forked or clubbed serifs which generally tended towards fat-face, but which might be intermediate in form.» desde hace muchos siglos = for many centuries .
Example: Indeed, for many centuries, liniments have been the cornerstone of folk remedies.» desde hace siglos = for yonks ; for yonks and yonks .
Example: His been a mechanic for yonks and my father has always taken his cars there and now I am too. Example: She has lived here for yonks and yonks and she still sounds as if she's never ever set foot outside of Florida.» desde principios de siglo = since the turn of the century ; from the turn of the century .
Example: Since the turn of the century, nothing has influenced or changed our perception of ourselves as much as the moving image. Example: The postcard collection consists of 292 postcards from the turn of the century to the modern era.» durante el siglo pasado = in the past century .
Example: It is widely assumed to be the case that, in the past century, there has been an ongoing process of dialect levelling in England.» durante muchos siglos = for many centuries .
Example: Indeed, for many centuries, liniments have been the cornerstone of folk remedies.» durante siglos = for aeons ; for centuries ; over the centuries .
Example: They have been through many hardships for aeons. Example: A new study says global warming will continue for centuries, no matter what we do. Example: India has a documented heritage of stable family life and structure that has been able to withstand the vicissitudes over the centuries.» en el siglo pasado = in the past century .
Example: It is widely assumed to be the case that, in the past century, there has been an ongoing process of dialect levelling in England.» en el transcurso de este siglo = over the course of this century .
Example: But this development is now coming to an end, and we will not experience a similarly rapid increase in population growth over the course of this century.» en el transcurso de los siglos = over the course of the centuries .
Example: Over the course of the centuries, it grew into one of antiquity's most advanced cultures.» enfermedad del siglo viente = twentieth-century disease .
Example: 'Twentieth-century disease,' or 'total allergy syndrome,' is a condition attributed to hypersensitivity to the environment that may sometimes be seen as so serious that the patient is incapable of living in the modern world = "La enfermedad del siglo veinte", o el "síndrome de alergia total", es un síntoma atribuído a la hipersensibilidad al ambiente que ocasionalmente puede parecer tan serio que el paciente es incapaz de vivir en el mundo moderno.» finales del siglo XIX y principios del XX = the turn of the century .
Example: Perhaps no one embodied this notion more than the turn-of-the-century reformer Melvil Dewey.» hace siglos = ages (and ages) ago ; aeons ago ; yonks .
Example: Fairy stories came from Asia, where they were made, ages and ages ago, by a people who spread themselves over our Western world. Example: Again, in the past, as many aeons ago as there are grains of sand in the Ganges, a Buddha named Jewel Nature appeared in the world. Example: I've been pseudo-vegetarian for a few years now - I usually reserve meat for when we dine out - so it's been yonks since I cooked fish.» hace siglos y siglos = yonks and yonks .
Example: Yonks and yonks since I was here - 20 years or more!.» negocio del siglo, el = deal of the century, the .
Example: Tehran might very well conclude not only that this is indeed the deal of the century but also a once in a lifetime opportunity to widen the rift between Israel and America.» para principios de siglo = by the turn of the century .
Example: By the turn of the century the population had reached its highwater mark -- 75,000.» por los siglos de los siglos = for evermore ; forever and ever .
Example: I traced her footsteps down to the shore afraid she was gone for evermore. Example: I hope I get to spend every single birthday with you forever and ever.» remontarse a hace siglos = date back + centuries .
Example: Braiding a horse's mane or tail is a practice that dates back centuries.» remontarse siglos (atrás) = date back + centuries .
Example: Braiding a horse's mane or tail is a practice that dates back centuries.» Siglo de las Luces, el = Enlightenment, the ; Age of Enlightenment, the .
Example: The subsequent debate, which engaged astrologers, doctors, theologians, & savants, reveals the tensions in French culture at the dawn of the Enlightenment. Example: It begins with an overview of the Age of Enlightenment and those ideas that influenced the founders of the United States.» siglo de oro = golden century .
Example: Saunter along the enigmatic canals, the arteries of the city, and immerse yourself in Bruges' Golden Century.» siglos = donkey's years .
Example: It had been donkey's years since she'd been to Mandeville and she was looking forward to seeing the place again.» siglo trece = thirteenth century .
Example: Subject indexes are believed to have been invented in France in the thirteenth century, yet many modern French books lack such indexes.» siglo XIX, el = nineteenth century, the ; 19th century, the .
Example: Today, with its population of almost 80,000, Wexler bears little resemblance to the roaring lumber center it became in the middle decades of the nineteenth century. Example: Lithography as a printing process dates from the 19th century.» siglo XV = fifteenth century .
Example: Cross-references were added in fifteenth-and sixteenth-century catalogs.» siglo XVI = sixteenth-century .
Example: His style was lucid and engaging, and his experience both as an amateur printer and as an editor of sixteenth and seventeenth-century literature fitted him exactly for the task.» siglo XVII = seventeenth century .
Example: Secondly there were the chivalric romances, composed between the mediaeval period and the seventeenth century.» siglo XVIII = eighteenth century .
Example: By way of illustration: it is the machine's habit to perform remarkable feats, such as augmenting western musical heritage with the discovery that the eighteenth century gave birth to two contemporary composers.» siglo XX = 20th century .
Example: In the early part of the 20th century donations were received from William K. Bixby which led to the foundation of the rare book collection.» siglo XXI = 21st century .
Example: Today's users stand as witnesses to the formative stages of a totally networked society in the 21st century.