Situación in english

Situation

pronunciation: sɪtʃueɪʃən part of speech: noun
In gestures

situaciones = sphere of activity ; sphere of life ; walks (of/in) life. 

Example: Military applications of information technology often pave the way for its introduction into other spheres of activity.Example: As a result of scientific-technical development, culture is influencing all spheres of life.Example: Public libraries are present in many communities and serve people of all ages and from all walks of life.

situación = event ; location ; picture ; position ; scenario ; scene ; setting ; situation ; state ; state of affairs ; pass ; set and setting ; landscape ; juncture ; setup [set-up] ; footing ; stage ; climate ; conjuncture. 

Example: The concept of corporate body includes named occasional groups and events, such as meetings, conferences, congresses, expeditions, exhibitions, festivals, and fairs.Example: Having been alerted to the existence of a document, the user needs information concerning the actual location of the document, in order that the document may be read.Example: Outside the Gwynedd, Dyfed and Clwyd heartland the picture was not encouraging.Example: The directory is a finding list which lists for every field its tag, the number of characters in the field, and the starting character position of the field within the record.Example: This article describes a scenario in which the training of junior staff on-the-job is discussed emphasising that the reality in New Zealand libraries falls far short of the ideal.Example: Scenes that include conflict, emotions, prejudices, misunderstandings, and unreasonableness but also kindliness, humor, friendliness, and goodwill are acted out daily in different kinds of libraries.Example: Over 700 CRT terminals are online to Columbus and are used in a variety of ways to improve service in the local library settings.Example: Even in this apparently straightforward situation, complications can arise.Example: Before she could respond and follow up with a question about her distraught state, Feng escaped to the women's room.Example: One likely effect of this would be that the information-rich would become richer and the information-poor poorer, a state of affairs which many would consider highly undesirable.Example: As he traversed the length of the corridor to the media center, Anthony Datto reflected on the events that had brought him to this unhappy pass.Example: For me a picture of myself in a dentist's waiting room is a perfect metaphor for set and setting very much in play against the easily obtained pleasures I usually get from reading.Example: During the post-war period international organizations have become a prominent feature of the international landscape.Example: For all national libraries a major factor is technological change in communication proceeding at an ever accelerating rating which has brought them to the current juncture.Example: 'You know,' she had said amiably, 'there might be a better job for you here once things get rolling with this new regional setup'.Example: Certain new factors have fertilized the ground for the rooting and growth of activity on a stronger and firmer footing than has ever been possible in the past.Example: Although this study examines the international management stage, there are some points of relevance to this project.Example: The article 'Keeping your ear to the ground' discusses the skills and knowledge information professionals need to have in today's IT-rich climate.Example: This has opened up issues of what is & is not thinkable &, therefore, doable in the present conjuncture of crisis & instability.

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» aceptar una situaciónaccept + a situation .

Example: When a library becomes rigid in its organizational and operational structure, the general trend of the employee is either to accept the situation passively, to revolt and leave, or to unionize.

» adaptable a la situaciónsituation-aware .

Example: The second way is to treat any situation as a special case of a system where the information needed for the application to be situation-aware is extracted from other services.

» adecuado a la situaciónsuited to the situation .

Example: To mobilize people, executives must utilize all the means -- including Machiavellian ones -- suited to the situation.

» afrontar la situaciónbear + the strain .

Example: Although there are net-lenders and net-borrowers, the community of libraries in the Nordic area is sufficiently cohesive to bear the strain of electronic document delivery.

» agravar una situaciónexacerbate + a situationaggravate + a situation .

Example: The situation has been exacerbated by falling book sales.

Example: The incapacity of the industrial sector to gainfully employ the surplus labour from agriculture have aggravated the situation of poverty, unemployment, and landlessness in the countryside.

» analizar los pormenores de una situaciónlook behind + the scene .

Example: This article looks behind the scenes at how InfoNet developed.

» apaciguar la situacióndefuse + the situation .

Example: When Sherlock becomes unbearable on a case, it's up to John to find a way to defuse the situation any way he can, before they have a flaming row.

» apropiado a la situaciónsuited to the situation .

Example: To mobilize people, executives must utilize all the means -- including Machiavellian ones -- suited to the situation.

» aprovechar la situaciónride + the wave(s) .

Example: The global economy is at high tide and Canada is expected to ride the wave with six per cent export growth this year.

» calmar la situacióndefuse + the situation .

Example: When Sherlock becomes unbearable on a case, it's up to John to find a way to defuse the situation any way he can, before they have a flaming row.

» cambiar a la situación anteriorreverse .

Example: Entry of the number '11' reverses the present blacklisting status.

» cambiar la situaciónchange + the course of events .

Example: Are there moments in which Jean could have acted differently and thereby changed the course of the events that followed?.

» cambiar una situaciónchange + a situation .

Example: She resented his disengagement but felt powerless to change the situation.

» compensar la situacióneven + things upeven + things out .

Example: This year we decided to even things up by making something with more of a British focus.

Example: Many demographers have speculated that the gender imbalance at birth may be evolution's way of evening things out overall.

» complicar la situacióncloud + the issueconfuse + the issuecomplicate + the issuecomplicate + matterscomplicate + the situation .

Example: Against a background of the southern caste system and negative attitudes to Black education, disagreements among Black leaders tended to cloud the issues.

Example: In the instance quoted Dr Cole begins well as shown above but later in his discussion confuses the issue so much that one is left with the feeling that it is hardly an important topic to discuss.

Example: The federal government has complicated the issue more than anyone.

Example: Looking disheveled and unkempt, he only complicated matters by wearing a black suit with a red shirt and no tie.

Example: The rapid rise of China as a regional economic and military power has complicated the situation dramatically.

» confundir la situacióncloud + the viewcloud + the picture .

Example: The author stresses the need to distinguish between fact and opinion and to make explicit all sorts of assumptions and vaguenesses that tend to cloud the view.

Example: The complexities inherent in Canadian studies cloud the collection development picture and obscure the appropriate direction to take.

» contemplar una situaciónaddress + a situation .

Example: These three set of objectives for each goal address the following situations...

» controlar la situacióntame + the beast .

Example: The article is entitled 'Taming the Beast: Designing a Course in Intercultural Communication'.

» corregir una situacióncorrect + a situationredress + a situationput + right a situation .

Example: Although a reference librarian may exercise superb diplomatic skills, such a situation may be corrected only when the bottleneck boss leaves.

Example: Increased dissemination of information at the local level is one way of redressing the situation.

Example: Every effort will be made to put right the situation leading to the complaint.

» crear una situacióncreate + a situation .

Example: This creates a situation where a great amount of bibliographic information can be located online in real time.

» dada la situaciónin the circumstances .

Example: In the circumstances it is not really surprising that such bibliographies of ephemeral materials that do exist are secondary in character.

» darse una situación más esperanzadorasound + a note of hope .

Example: A note of hope was sounded in Australia with women occupying many senior posts.

» (de) acorde a la situaciónsuited to the situation .

Example: To mobilize people, executives must utilize all the means -- including Machiavellian ones -- suited to the situation.

» (de) acorde con la situaciónsuited to the situation .

Example: To mobilize people, executives must utilize all the means -- including Machiavellian ones -- suited to the situation.

» de acuerdo a la situaciónsuited to the situation .

Example: To mobilize people, executives must utilize all the means -- including Machiavellian ones -- suited to the situation.

» de acuerdo con la situaciónsuited to the situation .

Example: To mobilize people, executives must utilize all the means -- including Machiavellian ones -- suited to the situation.

» desafiar una situaciónchallenge + a situation .

Example: In the past twenty or thirty years a growing number of teachers all through the educational system, from kindergarten to university, have challenged this situation.

» describir una situacióndepict + a situation .

Example: Sometimes they learn a new song this way or act out the dramatic situation depicted.

» disfrutar de la situaciónride + the wave(s) .

Example: The global economy is at high tide and Canada is expected to ride the wave with six per cent export growth this year.

» distender una situacióndefuse + a situation [También es común usar diffuse a situation, aunque este uso se considera incorrecto] .

Example: I had to quickly defuse the situation if I didn't want to be on her bad books.

» dominar la situacióntame + the beast .

Example: The article is entitled 'Taming the Beast: Designing a Course in Intercultural Communication'.

» empeorar la situaciónmake + things worsemake it + worse .

Example: But for asthmatics, stress only makes things worse.

Example: Canada's economy keeps dragging and government policies are making it worse.

» empeorar una situaciónexacerbate + a situationaggravate + a situation .

Example: The situation has been exacerbated by falling book sales.

Example: The incapacity of the industrial sector to gainfully employ the surplus labour from agriculture have aggravated the situation of poverty, unemployment, and landlessness in the countryside.

» encontrarse con una situacióncome across + a situationmeet + a situation .

Example: This is not to say that scholarly authors are so altruistic that they are prepared to write books for nothing; indeed in my own researches I have come across situations where authors felt deeply about the way that publishers had treated them financially.

Example: In other words, to make sense of life-situations and to make intelligent decisions when we meet them, we need to have pondered the various possibilities either before the situations arise or with speed and sureness when they arise.

» encontrarse en una mejor situación económicabe economically better off .

Example: The skilled workers use it more than the unskilled, and the people who are economically better off use it more than the poorer people.

» encontrarse en una situación apuradafind + Reflexivo + in a tight knotfind + Reflexivo + in a tight spotfind + Reflexivo + in a tight corner .

Example: He found himself in a tight knot where he had to choose between one thing or the other.

Example: This poor stray dog living on the streets of India found herself in a tight spot when she got stuck between the bars of a gate.

Example: The hapless girl found herself in a tight corner and eventually sought solace in suicide.

» encontrarse en una situación difícilfind + Reflexivo + in a tight knotfind + Reflexivo + in a tight spot .

Example: He found himself in a tight knot where he had to choose between one thing or the other.

Example: This poor stray dog living on the streets of India found herself in a tight spot when she got stuck between the bars of a gate.

» encontrarse en una situación idónea parabe well-placed tobe well-positioned to .

Example: Libraries are also well-placed to offer desktop publishing as a resource to their readers.

Example: Canada is well-positioned to reassert its place on the world stage as an interlocutor between the existing and emerging global powers.

» encontrarse en una situación privilebe well-positioned to .

Example: Canada is well-positioned to reassert its place on the world stage as an interlocutor between the existing and emerging global powers.

» encontrarse en una situación privilegiada parabe well-placed to .

Example: Libraries are also well-placed to offer desktop publishing as a resource to their readers.

» encontrarse (todos) en la misma situaciónbe (all) in the same boat [Usado generalmente en sentido figurado] .

Example: We're all in the same boat, and if part of it sinks, probably the rest of it does, too.

» en cualquier otra situaciónin any other circumstances .

Example: Deposits, registration and tuition fees and examination fees are non refundable in any other circumstances.

» en cualquier situaciónin any given situation .

Example: The reason actions do not reflect thoughts and feeling in every case is the almost ever-present conflict of values which exists in any given situation.

» en esta situaciónat this juncture .

Example: So at this juncture all we can do is to apply common sense = Así pues, llegado este momento todo lo que podemos hacer es aplicar el sentido común.

» enfrentarse a una situaciónface + a situationmeet + a situation .

Example: Faced by this situation a teacher who launches into the presentation of a new book without first doing something to settle the children down should hardly expect to succeed.

Example: In other words, to make sense of life-situations and to make intelligent decisions when we meet them, we need to have pondered the various possibilities either before the situations arise or with speed and sureness when they arise.

» en la mayoría de las situacionesin most situations .

Example: Bleeding as a result of a minor head wound can also be treated at home in most situations.

» en la situación concretaon the scene .

Example: Nearly everyone has a smartphone with a camera these days, so when something big goes down in the world you can expect more on-the-scene footage than a news crew could ever hope to gather on their own.

» enmendar una situaciónput + right a situationcorrect + a situation .

Example: Every effort will be made to put right the situation leading to the complaint.

Example: Although a reference librarian may exercise superb diplomatic skills, such a situation may be corrected only when the bottleneck boss leaves.

» en otras situacionesin other circumstances .

Example: As a result of its use in math, X is often used to represent unknowns in other circumstances.

» en situación dein the position to .

Example: The public, school and community library as well as information and advice centres are in the position to offer a community information service.

» en situación de crisison the rocks .

Example: Marriage is on the rocks in Britain, with the proportion of unmarried people exceeding that of married people as more men and women opt to live together without constraints.

» en situaciones de riesgoin harm's way .

Example: Santa Barbara area canyon's residents are among many Californians living in harm's way in fire-prone areas.

» en situaciones normalesunder normal circumstances .

Example: Under normal circumstances, nothing kills a joke faster than trying to explain it.

» en situaciones peligrosasin harm's way .

Example: Santa Barbara area canyon's residents are among many Californians living in harm's way in fire-prone areas.

» en una buena situaciónwell-placedwell-positioned .

Example: Many smokers blame their littering behavior on a lack of well-placed bins for cigarette butts.

Example: It's the most well-positioned superregional bank in the country to come out of the global crisis.

» en una situación de emergenciain an emergency situationin an emergency .

Example: In an emergency situation when someone is ill, sometimes the best help available will come from librarians who are able to work only part time.

Example: In an emergency, good information about the building is second in importance only to good judgment.

» en una situación desesperadain dire straits .

Example: Egypt's Internet situation is in dire straits after two undersea cables in the Mediterranean were accidentally severed yesterday.

» en una situación muy problemáticain deep troublein deep water .

Example: I think if someone knowingly took a step which would reduce that security and something went wrong they would be in deep trouble.

Example: This unlikely threesome of a con artist, a hit man, and a idiot find themselves in deep water when their heist doesn't go off as planned.

» equilibrar la situacióneven + things up .

Example: This year we decided to even things up by making something with more of a British focus.

» estado de una situaciónstate of being .

Example: Basic data are raw facts that describe events or states of being.

» estar en situación debe in a position to .

Example: At some stage, the librarian will be in a position to examine closely a number of programs that are likely candidates for purchase.

» estar en una situación diferentebe on a different track .

Example: The greatest handicap was the fact that we weren't as receptive to change as we should have been and I think we're now on a different track.

» estar (todos) en la misma situaciónbe (all) in the same boat [Usado generalmente en sentido figurado] .

Example: We're all in the same boat, and if part of it sinks, probably the rest of it does, too.

» explicar la situaciónexplain + the situation .

Example: The director resumed: 'Thirdly, we could post a notice on the bulletin board, explaining the situation and telling them that 10% of the staff will be laid off'.

» gravedad de la situación, laseriousness of the situation, lagravity of the situation, the .

Example: The department head had hoped the latter request would lend credence to the seriousness of the situation.

Example: Even according to the official figures, which no doubt understate the gravity of the situation, more than 4 million people live on less than $1 a day.

» hacer frente a la situacióntackle + the situation .

Example: Outbreaks of violence and attacks on staff in libraries have led librarians to consider methods of tackling the situation.

» hacer que se produzca una situaciónbring about + a situation .

Example: The central characters' attitudes, prejudices, and sentiments have such a profound effect both in bringing about the situations and in their outcomes that they cannot be ignored.

» hacerse cargo de la situacióntake + matters into + Posesivo + own hands .

Example: However, Peter himself is forced to appear on the deck to stop the ship's captain from taking matters into his own hands.

» hasta pasar a una nueva situacióntide-over .

Example: These payments cover the following: tide-over allowances for workers, including redundancy payments, resettlement allowances, and vocational training for those having to change their employment.

» hecho para una situación específicaniche-specific .

Example: The history and analysis of CCML presented here is quite subjective and specific to BRS, but does reflect the issues associated with producing a niche-specific database.

» imaginarse una situaciónenvision + a situation .

Example: I cannot evision a situation in which NIH would seek to suppress a rebuttal article.

» información que permite mejorar la situación social de Alguienempowering information .

Example: It is the proper function of New Zealand libraries to provide affirmative and empowering information to minority groups such as lesbians and gay men.

» informe de situaciónstatus report .

Example: This status report is the first broad assessment of the road safety situation in 178 countries.

» informe sobre la situación actualstate of the art report [Informe sobre varios estudios realizados sobre una materia determinada durante un período específico y que normalmente incluye una bibliografía] .

Example: An state of the art report is a report of the various studies issued on a given subject during a specified period usually including a bibliography.

» la situaciónthe course of events .

Example: It also covers the course of the events themselves in great detail. including the actions of various Jewish and Arab individuals.

» las situaciones desesperadas requieren medidas desesperadasdesperate times call for desperate measures .

Example: Desperate times call for desperate measures, and we have not seen this kind of desperation for jobs in America since the Great Depression of the 1930s.

» las situaciones difíciles requieren medidas drásticasdrastic times call for drastic measures .

Example: Drastic times call for drastic measures: Zimbabwe's economy is plunging toward total ruin and the government is looking for ways to stanch the bleeding it has inflicted on itself.

» las situaciones difíciles requieren medidas extraordinariasdrastic times call for drastic measures .

Example: Drastic times call for drastic measures: Zimbabwe's economy is plunging toward total ruin and the government is looking for ways to stanch the bleeding it has inflicted on itself.

» mecanismo de reducción de situaciones difícilesthreat-reduction mechanism [Comportamiento por el cual la persona evita verse en situaciones embarazosas] .

Example: Manoeuvres that have been used, as the the percipient observer well knows, include simplifications and routines to save time, such as the activation of what psychologists call 'threat-reduction mechanisms'.

» mejora de situación socialupward mobility .

Example: These institutions, bringing higher education to many families for the first time, offered a new channel for upward mobility.

» mejorar la situaciónimprove + the lotmake it + better .

Example: The author considers the role of feminism in the library profession with particular regard to the work done by the American Library Association to improve the lot of women librarians.

Example: We're after someone that can challenge the status quo, truly get in there and understand the situation and make it better.

» meterse en una situación embarazosaput + Reflexivo + into + positionplace + Reflexivo + in an awkward situation .

Example: The mother, a little afraid and expecting the worst, was unsettled, despite all her efforts to be open-minded, by her preconceptions not only about the drug but about the rights and wrongs of the position she had put herself into.

Example: She had placed herself in an awkward situation and was anxious to make her exit.

» nivelar la situacióneven + things upeven + things out .

Example: This year we decided to even things up by making something with more of a British focus.

Example: Many demographers have speculated that the gender imbalance at birth may be evolution's way of evening things out overall.

» ocupar una situación idónea parabe well-placed tobe well-positioned to .

Example: Libraries are also well-placed to offer desktop publishing as a resource to their readers.

Example: Canada is well-positioned to reassert its place on the world stage as an interlocutor between the existing and emerging global powers.

» ocupar una situación privilegiada parabe well-positioned tobe well-placed to .

Example: Canada is well-positioned to reassert its place on the world stage as an interlocutor between the existing and emerging global powers.

Example: Libraries are also well-placed to offer desktop publishing as a resource to their readers.

» pasar a una situación económica más confortableimprove + Posesivo + lot .

Example: In comparison with the rest of the world they are in no hurry to improve their lot.

» perder el control de la situaciónthings + get out of hand .

Example: That was the incident that started the ball rolling and now things have got out of hand.

» personas en situación de desventajadisadvantaged, the [Expresión usualmente acompañada del artículo] .

Example: So, by making special provision for the disadvantaged, the library is doing no more than recognizing that there is a group that has special information needs.

» reaccionar ante una situaciónrespond to + a situation .

Example: Employees generally respond to this situation in a retreat to silence, passivity, and resignation.

» rectificar una situaciónrectify + a situation .

Example: It explains how the situation arose and how it can be rectified.

» remediar una situaciónremedy + a situation .

Example: What, then, can be done to remedy the situation and stock school libraries?.

» resolver una situaciónmanage + a situationresolve + a situation .

Example: It presents a case study based on an actual situation which arose between the chief librarian of a public library and the library janitor, and offer 4 different views as to how the situation could have been managed.

Example: The chicken and egg situation has yet to be resolved definitively.

» responder a una situaciónrespond to + a situation .

Example: Employees generally respond to this situation in a retreat to silence, passivity, and resignation.

» salir de la situaciónextricate + Reflexivo .

Example: It dawned on her that what she was doing might be a mistake, and she began to think of how best to extricate herself.

» salir de una situación difícilhaul + Reflexivo + out of + Posesivo + bog .

Example: To haul themselves out of their bog, their networks must facilitate tailoring of records to meet local needs.

» sensible a la situaciónsituation-aware .

Example: The second way is to treat any situation as a special case of a system where the information needed for the application to be situation-aware is extracted from other services.

» simulacro de una situación supuestaplay-acting .

Example: Dance is a physical form of enactment as opposed to play-acting, which is predominantly verbal.

» situación actualcurrent situationcurrent statecurrent status .

Example: This article discusses the current situation, emphasising the apparent complacency of the government in the face of incipiently deteriorating prospects for public libraries.

Example: The author describes the development, current state and future plans of the British Library Document Supply Centre.

Example: This program offers an overview of the current status of usage statistics and the major initiatives that are driving improvement.

» situación actual, lapresent state, thescheme of things, thepresent situation, thestatus quo .

Example: The author sketches the present state of information resource sharing in South Africa.

Example: This idea is hardly more relevant to the contemporary scheme of things than were those desert caves through the thousands of years that sheltered the Dead Sea scrolls = Esta idea apenas es más importante para la situación actual que lo fueron las cuevas del desierto durante los miles de años que albergaron los manuscritos del Mar Muerto.

Example: Library education is now more than 100 years old in India, and it is time to take stock of the present situation to develop a vision for the near future.

Example: Organizations are like individuals in that they cannot remain at a status quo.

» situación + agravarsesituation + exacerbatesituation + worsensituation + get worse .

Example: The situation is further exacerbated by the ease with which such information may be copied or manipulated = La situación se agrava aún más por la facilidad con la que se puede copiar o manipular la información.

Example: Britain already had a serious unemployment problem in the 1920s, but the situation worsened markedly after 1929.

Example: The situation got worse in 2002 because of political violence during presidential elections that year which targeted farmers and their workers.

» situación análogaanalogue [analog, -USA] .

Example: If one were to think of an analogue outside the library situation, one would conjure up the image of a miser cackling with delight as he counts and recounts his beloved coins.

» situación apremianteplight .

Example: The financial plight of libraries sometimes requires that fees be charged to recover partial or full costs for 'extra' services.

» situación apuradahardship  .

Example: Ordinarily, one should avoid simultaneous 'exchanges' of personnel between units for training purposes because it is a hardship for any library section to try to train a new person while one of their 'regulars' is gone at the same time.

» situación azarosapredicament .

Example: Any attempt to coerce a response without good reason based on that child's present predicament is to place in jeopardy the child's willing engagement now and in the future.

» situación buenastrong position .

Example: Thus the German publishers could use the relatively strong position they gained to ward off attacks on thier entrepreneurial autonomy.

» situación + cambiartide + turn .

Example: However, due particularly to the contacts which Community organizations have had in recent years with British documentalists the tide is beginning to turn.

» situación cómicacomedy sketch .

Example: Another comedy sketch consists of a routine in which a dancer, invisible except for white hat, gloves and shoes, hoofs merrily until suffering a fatal seizure = Otro sketch de humor consiste en una rutina en la que el bailarín, invisible salvo por un sombrero blanco, guantes y zapatos, baila alegremente hasta que sufre un fatal ataque epiléptico.

» situación confusamuddy waters .

Example: The article is entitled 'Navigating the muddy waters of copyright in school libraries'.

» situación cotidianaeveryday situationdaily situation .

Example: These everyday situations occur everywhere and include shopping in an open-air market, greeting friends, choosing clothes to wear, singing the national anthem at a football game, and so forth.

Example: Nowadays, however, such occurrences are not common, yet we react to many daily situations as if they were life or death issues.

» situación críticacritical situation .

Example: To be a successful crane driver, you must have self-control and be able to keep a cool head in critical situations.

» situación de crisiscrisis situationcrunch time .

Example: 75 percent of the starvelings are children: malnutrition is one of the most frequent causes of child mortality in crisis situations.

Example: Before she reaches the end of her tether and does something she may later regret, she knows she has to make a decision -- it's crunch time in their relationship.

» situación de decadencia irreversibleterminal decline .

Example: The shipbuilding industry received massive state aid despite its terminal decline.

» situación de desesperaciónscene of despair .

Example: The young librarian was not accustomed to seeing scenes of despair unfolding before his eyes with ever increasing frequency.

» situación de emergenciadisaster emergency .

Example: So when a disaster emergency occurs it is vital to put things to rights as quickly as possible.

» situación de estrésstress situationtense situationstressful situationstressing situation .

Example: We each have a different ways of coping with stress situations and our own attitudes influence how we accept the circumstances.

Example: The police said people should not try to intervene during a tense situation such as a dog attack because you could get hurt.

Example: Stressful situations can wear us down over time.

Example: Stressing situations generate the emission of hormones which are useful for fight and flight but inhibit intellectual functions.

» situación de préstamoloan status .

Example: Typical local data might be locations, loan status, items in special collections.

» situación desagradableunpleasantness  .

Example: This situation occurs when supervisors can't face the unpleasantness that might arise from an unfavorable evaluation.

» situación + desarrollarsesituation + unfold .

Example: The activities will be adapted and revised as the situation unfolds
and further assessment results become available.

» situación de tensiónstress situationtense situationstressful situationstressing situation .

Example: We each have a different ways of coping with stress situations and our own attitudes influence how we accept the circumstances.

Example: The police said people should not try to intervene during a tense situation such as a dog attack because you could get hurt.

Example: Stressful situations can wear us down over time.

Example: Stressing situations generate the emission of hormones which are useful for fight and flight but inhibit intellectual functions.

» situación + deteriorarsesituation + worsensituation + get worse .

Example: Britain already had a serious unemployment problem in the 1920s, but the situation worsened markedly after 1929.

Example: The situation got worse in 2002 because of political violence during presidential elections that year which targeted farmers and their workers.

» situación diariadaily situation .

Example: Nowadays, however, such occurrences are not common, yet we react to many daily situations as if they were life or death issues.

» situación difícilplighthardship  ; bumpy ridepredicament .

Example: The financial plight of libraries sometimes requires that fees be charged to recover partial or full costs for 'extra' services.

Example: Ordinarily, one should avoid simultaneous 'exchanges' of personnel between units for training purposes because it is a hardship for any library section to try to train a new person while one of their 'regulars' is gone at the same time.

Example: The article 'Online world: the bumpy ride of the Web engine' highlights problems identified with World Wide Web search engines.

Example: Any attempt to coerce a response without good reason based on that child's present predicament is to place in jeopardy the child's willing engagement now and in the future.

» situación económicafinancial situationeconomic status .

Example: Public libraries everywhere find themselves in a precarious financial situation.

Example: The determination of Cypriot provenances for amphorae and roof tiles provide important evidence regarding the economic status of Cyprus at that time.

» situación económica, laeconomics of the situation, the [Expresión usualmente acompañada del artículo] .

Example: Not so much has been done along these lines, beyond the bounds of arithmetic, as might be done, primarily because of the economics of the situation.

» situación embarazosaembarrassing situationawkward situation .

Example: Where was the most embarrassing situation where you passed gas?.

Example: Sometimes it's really hard to avoid an awkward situation.

» situación + empeorarsesituation + worsensituation + get worsesituation + exacerbate .

Example: Britain already had a serious unemployment problem in the 1920s, but the situation worsened markedly after 1929.

Example: The situation got worse in 2002 because of political violence during presidential elections that year which targeted farmers and their workers.

Example: The situation is further exacerbated by the ease with which such information may be copied or manipulated = La situación se agrava aún más por la facilidad con la que se puede copiar o manipular la información.

» situación en la que hay un vencedor y un perdedorwin-lose + Nombre .

Example: This article suggests that the win-lose approach to management is costly and encourages people to function in covert and competitive ways with self-interest as the primary concern.

» situación en la que las dos partes salen ganandowin-win + Nombre .

Example: The situation appears unstable and unsatisfactory; yet it survives in the absence of something better, such as a win-win scenario where publishers, librarians and researchers could all benefit.

» situacionessphere of activitysphere of lifewalks (of/in) life [Generalmente usado en plural] .

Example: Military applications of information technology often pave the way for its introduction into other spheres of activity.

Example: As a result of scientific-technical development, culture is influencing all spheres of life.

Example: Public libraries are present in many communities and serve people of all ages and from all walks of life.

» situaciones de la vidalife situations [life-situations] .

Example: In other words, to make sense of life-situations and to make intelligent decisions when we meet them, we need to have pondered the various possibilities either before the situations arise or with speed and sureness when they arise.

» situación experimentallaboratory situation .

Example: In this laboratory situation, students' analyses and programs of action may undergo some modification as collectively the class debates alternatives.

» situación forzadaProcrustean bed .

Example: Dewey claims: 'we have not sacrificed utility in order to force subjects on the decimal Procrustean bed'.

» situación hipotéticascenario .

Example: This article describes a scenario in which the training of junior staff on-the-job is discussed emphasising that the reality in New Zealand libraries falls far short of the ideal.

» situación idealideal situation .

Example: The library has an ideal situation in the middle of the city and occupies premises purpose-built in 1964.

» situación insoportableunbearable situation .

Example: These students are coping with unbearable situations and people by unconsciously adapting to their environment.

» situación insostenibleunbearable situation .

Example: These students are coping with unbearable situations and people by unconsciously adapting to their environment.

» situación + irse de las manosthings + get out of hand .

Example: That was the incident that started the ball rolling and now things have got out of hand.

» situación laboralemployment situationemployment status .

Example: This is a report of a survey of former students, which aimed to collect career information, gain an impression of views on their course, and compare findings with employment situation.

Example: Employment status has been found to be related to depressive symptoms.

» situación + mejorarsituation + easesituation + get bettersituation + amelioratesituation + amelioratesituation + improve .

Example: With improved bibliographic control over serial titles the situation has been eased, but the cataloguing of serials has not advanced to the same extent as that of monographs.

Example: The situation got better by the end of the month.

Example: This article recommends that interested group take action to ameliorate the present situation and to limit additional increases in serial prices.

Example: This article recommends that interested group take action to ameliorate the present situation and to limit additional increases in serial prices.

Example: The situation improved after the end of the conflict, although unemployment levels remained higher than in the 1970s and 1980s.

» situación + normalizarsesituation + normalisesituation + go back to normal .

Example: Belarusian citizens have been asked to hold back from trips to Tunisia until the situation normalises.

Example: He believes that once the situation goes back to normal the negative effects of oil price hikes will vanish.

» situación peligrosaendangermentdangerous situationdeath trap .

Example: This article postulates that communities are achieved through endangerment and are not founded on proximity or convenience but rather an opening of the self to the risks of human connection.

Example: Last year the system was upgraded so the car will brake if the driver fails to react to a dangerous situation.

Example: The highways across the country have virtually become death traps as there are apparently no authorities to control reckless driving.

» situación penosaplight .

Example: The financial plight of libraries sometimes requires that fees be charged to recover partial or full costs for 'extra' services.

» situación poco claraclouding .

Example: A major problem for the technician is one of recognition in situations where there is a clouding of identification with clerical staff.

» situación políticapolitical scene .

Example: A great number of these publications were significantly influenced by the political scene in their respective homelands.

» situación posiblescenario .

Example: This article describes a scenario in which the training of junior staff on-the-job is discussed emphasising that the reality in New Zealand libraries falls far short of the ideal.

» situación precariaprecarious situation .

Example: During his watch, the US economy as well as the global monetary situation have been thrown into a precarious situation.

» situación privilegiadaadvantageous location .

Example: The library with its advantageous location should be the focal point for information in the township.

» situación problemáticaproblem situation .

Example: The insistent clamor of problem situations can become deafening, desensitizing management to any activity beyond the immediate present.

» situación sin soluciónimpasse .

Example: This apparent impasse between what we may want to communicate and the way we communicate is resolved by separating the content of information from its representation.

» situación socialsocial situation .

Example: Certain topics -- such as religion, politics, healthcare, education, and feminism -- will almost always start an argument and are best avoided in social situations.

» situación sorprendentesurprise situation .

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Situación synonyms

post in spanish: enviar, pronunciation: poʊst part of speech: noun place in spanish: lugar, pronunciation: pleɪs part of speech: noun spot in spanish: lugar, pronunciation: spɑt part of speech: noun site in spanish: sitio, pronunciation: saɪt part of speech: noun office in spanish: oficina, pronunciation: ɔfəs part of speech: noun position in spanish: posición, pronunciation: pəzɪʃən part of speech: noun slot in spanish: espacio, pronunciation: slɑt part of speech: noun berth in spanish: atracar, pronunciation: bɜrθ part of speech: noun state of affairs in spanish: estado de cosas, pronunciation: steɪtʌvəferz part of speech: noun
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