Tono in english
Tone
pronunciation: toʊn part of speech: noun
pronunciation: toʊn part of speech: noun
In gestures
tono = tenor ; tone ; overtone ; quality ; shading ; pitch ; undertone ; chime.
Example: My second point may be a slightly tangential, but I hope it is a concrete reaction to the general tenor of Mr. Lubetzky's remarks and the general subject posed.Example: 'Get on with this,' the principal dictated, in a somewhat less severe tone.Example: Those materials they describe as ephemera must be collected and despite the derogatory overtones of the descriptor, carefully organized.Example: 'I'm rather surprised that Arnold would have bothered you with such a trivial matter, Ms. Bragge,' Wronski said with a reassuring smile which had an almost fatherly quality.Example: The darkest and the lightest shading took the shortest amount of time, the medium shading the longest.Example: The heading PITCH (Music) illustrates how to qualify a word by another in parenthesis to clarify the meaning = The heading PITCH (Music) illustrates how to qualify a word by another in parenthesis to clarify the meaning.Example: Speakers covered the history of the campaign to alert parents to racist undertones in children's books.Example: After hearing the chimes, dial your ten-digit customer identification number.more:
» acabar en (un) tono positivo = end on + a positive note ; leave on + a positive note ; finish on + a positive note .
Example: Finally, I would like to end on a positive note, and say that I am happy with pretty much all of the other changes you have implemented. Example: Life is unpredictable and you cannot see the future so don't miss the chance to leave on a positive note. Example: As we always like to finish on a positive note we'll start with the bad and the ugly and finish with the good.» bajar el tono de voz = keep + the noise down .
Example: Please respect your neighbours and keep the noise down.» cambiar el tono = modulate .
Example: A modem is an electronic device which converts or modulates data coming from a computer into audio tunes which can be carried over normal phone lines and demodulates incoming tones from the phone line into data that can be used by the computer.» chiste subido de tono = off-colour joke .
Example: The rules also crack down on sexual innuendo, 'off-colour' jokes and offensive language.» con tono arrepentido = contritely .
Example: Bowing their heads, they contritely accepted the chastisement.» con tono brusco = gruffly .
Example: 'You're wasting your time,' Darius says gruffly into the phone.» con un tono + Adjetivo = in a + Adjetivo + tone .
Example: 'As you wish,' she had temporized, in a resigned tone.» dar tono = tone .
Example: Parts of the plate were toned by roughening it with a serrated rocker, the tone then being graded by burnishing.» dar un tono = give + an effect .
Example: Three-dimensional watermarks gave a light-and-shade effect in the paper.» de dos tonos = bitonal .
Example: This is an adequate way of storing and transmitting scanned paper documents in bitonal and greyscale image data.» de todos los tonos y matices = of all shades and hues ; of every shade and hue .
Example: Reactionaries and renegades alike of all shades and hues might scoff and mock at the LSSP Party, now a pale reflection of its former revolutionary self, but the LSSP does have its historians and archivists. Example: He also traveled extensively all over India, debating on religious beliefs of every shade and hue.» de tono + Adjetivo = Adjetivo + in tone .
Example: At first, paper made from bleached stock was not so handsome as the unbleached papers of the hand-press period had been -- apart from any foxing, it tended to be greyish in tone.» en tono brusco = gruffly .
Example: 'You're wasting your time,' Darius says gruffly into the phone.» en tono burlón = mockingly ; jokingly .
Example: Then he grinned and said mockingly, 'Hell of a place to spend the rest of your life, ain't it?'. Example: Authorities say a central Florida man was arrested after jokingly trying to buy drugs at a Burger King drive-thru.» en tono cáustico = scathingly .
Example: But the fact that nearly all of them refer to it, even if scathingly, suggests that it was more than just a passing fad.» en tono guasón = mockingly ; jokingly .
Example: Then he grinned and said mockingly, 'Hell of a place to spend the rest of your life, ain't it?'. Example: Authorities say a central Florida man was arrested after jokingly trying to buy drugs at a Burger King drive-thru.» en tono mordaz = scathingly .
Example: But the fact that nearly all of them refer to it, even if scathingly, suggests that it was more than just a passing fad.» en tono reprobatorio = reprovingly ; reproachfully .
Example: I have actually started to avoid the computer which seems to look at me reprovingly every time I pass by. Example: He looked at her reproachfully for a moment, and then announced that he was ready to throw up the sponge.» en tono sarcástico = sardonically .
Example: He then went on to note sardonically that, 'this may not be a major drawback because of the increasingly uncritical acceptance of cataloging data which probably conflicts with previous practice at a given library'.» en tono servil = grovelling [groveling, -USA] .
Example: In a grovelling phone call to a national TV station the crazed Libyan dicator claimed he had no real power and was merely a figure.» establecer el tono = set + the theme .
Example: Karen set the theme in her keynote address that booksellers, publishers and librarians often have different goals and perceptions.» marcar el tono = establish + the tone .
Example: The manner of this initial presentation is important because it will establish the tone for the discussion that follows.» recitar en tono monótono = chant .
Example: Finally, add the mass confusion wrought by the sudden appearance of a new technology in the library, with its practitioners chanting acronymic prayers, seemingly derived from a mushroom ritual.» relativo al tono = tonal .
Example: The acquisition of tonal organization for music is analogous to the acquisition of language.» subido de tono = risqué ; racy [racier -comp., raciest -sup.] ; bawdy [bawdier -comp., bawdiest -sup.] ; off-colour ; gamy [gamier -comp., gamiest -sup.] ; steamy [steamier -comp., steamiest -sup.] .
Example: However, some of the central premises of the film are flawed, and the risqué touches, whether racial or erotic innuendo, are primarily there to titillate and make the film seem hot and controversial. Example: Today, nudity, sex, and excessive violence are not an issue and even the raciest films would garner a PG-13 rating from the Motion Picture Association of America, and most are even tamer than that. Example: Their secondary aim was to print piratical, scurrilous and bawdy material for the people of Dublin. Example: Quite a lot of the humour and satire presented was considered off-colour or downright offensive by some. Example: It's a bit gamy for a publication of this sort, but it makes a point and it is very funny. Example: It's an engrossing, culturally authentic story, although some parents and teachers might find it rather steamy stuff for a children's picture book.» tener un tono + Adjetivo = have + a + Adjetivo + quality .
Example: His face had an ashen quality, and his voice lacked its usual robustness.» terminar en un tono + Adjetivo = end on + a + Adjetivo + note .
Example: The Opening Ceremony will end on a lighter, more celebratory note for IFLA's 75th birthday.» terminar en (un) tono positivo = end on + a positive note ; finish on + a positive note ; leave on + a positive note .
Example: Finally, I would like to end on a positive note, and say that I am happy with pretty much all of the other changes you have implemented. Example: As we always like to finish on a positive note we'll start with the bad and the ugly and finish with the good. Example: Life is unpredictable and you cannot see the future so don't miss the chance to leave on a positive note.» tomar un tono + Adjetivo = take on a + Adjetivo + character .
Example: They took on the unusual character of a great and impassioned national debate of the relative merits of the existing finding catalog and the alternative proposed by Panizzi and his associates.» tono apagado = flat tone .
Example: But for the most part chromolithographers combined the three-colour method with the superimposition of flat tones and used a larger number of colour stones than the basic three.» tono auditivo = audio tune .
Example: A modem is an electronic device which converts or modulates data coming from a computer into audio tunes which can be carried over normal phone lines and demodulates incoming tones from the phone line into data that can be used by the computer.» tono continuo modulado = half-tone [En imprenta, procedimiento de grabado calcográfico que se utiliza para la reproducción de claroscuros] .
Example: Art paper (the shiny paper used for printing fine-screen half-tones from the 1880s) had a coating of china clay applied in a special machine to one or both sides of a web of body paper.» tono de llamada = dial tone .
Example: These information seekers believe that up-to-date quality information is free and only a dial tone and a click away.» tono de voz = tone of voice .
Example: The tone of voice should suggest that the inquirer's interest demonstrates something positive about the person -- if not charm, wit, or intelligence, then perhaps earnestness.» tono ligero = light touch .
Example: The film's supple structure, surprisingly light touch, and bravura performances make it perhaps the most fully formed, half-hearted goof ever.» tono muscular = muscle tone .
Example: Syncope is temporary loss of consciousness and muscle tone due to decreased cerebral blood flow.» tono rojizo = reddishness .
Example: The reddishness we nostalgically associate with sepia is actually the result of fading over time.» tono superficial = light touch .
Example: The film's supple structure, surprisingly light touch, and bravura performances make it perhaps the most fully formed, half-hearted goof ever.» voz + adquirir + tono = voice + take on + quality .
Example: She added, her voice taking on a curious quality of childlike appeal, 'I'll give you that new typewriter if you agree to Albert'.