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Meaning of "con" in the Spanish dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CON

La palabra con procede del latín cum.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CON IN SPANISH

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CON

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
interjection
article
Con is a preposition.
The preposition is an invariable grammatical category, that has no meaning itself and which serves to link or relate terms.

WHAT DOES CON MEAN IN SPANISH?

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Con

Con can refer to: ▪ With, as preposition. ▪ Con, parish of Cangas de Onís, council of the Principality of Asturias, Spain. ▪ Language with, spoken language in the country of Laos. You can also refer to: ▪ ISO code 639-3 for the cofan language. Con puede referirse a: ▪ Con, como preposición. ▪ Con, parroquia de Cangas de Onís, concejo del Principado de Asturias, España. ▪ Idioma con, lengua hablada en el país de Laos. También, con puede hacer referencia a: ▪ El código ISO 639-3 para el Idioma cofán.

Definition of con in the Spanish dictionary

In the Spanish dictionary with means means 'reunion', 'cooperation' or 'aggregation'. Confluence, agree, consort. Before b or p take the form com- Compose, compadre, combine. Other times it acquires the co- form. Contemporary, cooperate, co-defendant. En el diccionario castellano con significa significa 'reunión', 'cooperación' o 'agregación'. Confluir, convenir, consocio. Ante b o p toma la forma com-. Componer, compadre, combinar. Otras veces adquiere la forma co-. Coetáneo, cooperar, coacusado.
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SPANISH WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CON


bon
bon
clon
clon
cron
cron
don
don
fon
fon
guion
guion
ion
ion
kion
kion
klystron
klystron
muon
muon
non
non
pion
pion
pon
pon
prion
prion
ron
ron
sine qua non
si·ne qua non
son
son
ton
ton
won
won

SPANISH WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CON

comuña
conacaste
conacho
conana
conativo
conato
conca
concadenar
concambio
concanónigo
concatedralidad
concatenación
concatenamiento
concatenar
concausa
cóncava
concavidad
cóncavo
concavoconvexo
concebible

SPANISH WORDS THAT END LIKE CON

aron
bádminton
beicon
canon
claxon
colon
épsilon
eslalon
fitoplancton
gnomon
íleon
ilion
nailon
newton
nomon
oxímoron
párkinson
plancton
taxon
zooplancton

Synonyms and antonyms of con in the Spanish dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

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Translator Spanish - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

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con
570 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - English

with
510 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Hindi

साथ
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator Spanish - Arabic

مع
280 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Russian

с
278 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Portuguese

com
270 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Bengali

সঙ্গে
260 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - French

avec
220 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Malay

dengan
190 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - German

mit
180 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Japanese

とともに
130 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Korean

85 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Javanese

karo
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator Spanish - Vietnamese

với
80 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Tamil

உடன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Marathi

सह
75 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Turkish

ile
70 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Italian

con
65 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Polish

z
50 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Ukrainian

з
40 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Romanian

cu
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator Spanish - Greek

με
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator Spanish - Afrikaans

met
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator Spanish - Swedish

med
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator Spanish - Norwegian

med
5 millions of speakers

SPANISH - ENGLISH DICTIONARY

con
con 
  by use of ; with ; with ; possessed of ; what with ; not without ; featuring.
 By use of the code 'p' on the saved document summary screen you can request than one of the saved document lists be printed.
 Photographs are normally kept in drawers of standard filing cabinets, with folders or pockets, or both.
 WITH retrieves records in which two (or more) terms appear in the same field.
 Possessed of a phenomenal memory and a perpetual smile, this paragon always is ready to meet the public without losing balance or a sense of humor.
 What with Consuelo Feng in tears and Bernice Washington very pale, and startled, all was incomprehensible.
 It has shown that the technology can work, but not without problems.
 The exhibition also contains a group of ink drawings featuring self-portraits and portraits inspired by classical sculpture.
acoger con entusiasmo 
greet + Nombre + warmly
 Descriptive bibliography has long been acknowledged as one primary field of bibliographical activity and greeted especially warmly by those who wish to see a strictly utilitarian end for these studies.
andar con cuidado 
tread + lightly
 In conversing with her you hadn't got to tread lightly and warily, lest at any moment you might rupture the relationship, and tumble into eternal disgrace.
asintiendo con entusiasmo 
in eager assent
 'It worked out beautifully for me,' said Stanhope, in eager assent.
con abundantes dorados 
heavily gilt
 A good many heavily gilt retailers' bindings (such as the small English devotional books that were sold in large numbers from the 1560s until the later seventeenth century) were indeed intended to look expensive while really being cheaply executed.
con admiración 
admiringly
 Even a scraggly beard does not hurt the looks of Rob, I can still look at him admiringly.
con afabilidad 
good-naturedly
 Feaver remarked with the easy manner of familiars who are accustomed to sparring good-naturedly with each other that he certainly seemed to have picked up a great deal of miscellaneous information from that particular talk.
con afán 
earnestly
 Falteringly, but earnestly he read the story and when he finished, he put his head down on the table and sobbed.
con afecto  
fondly
affectionately
 The books remembered most vividly and most fondly are the ones that go beyond the bounds of ordinary existence.
 I've got to tell you, and I do say this affectionately, but we're talking about a geek of the highest order.
con agallas 
spunky [spunkier -comp., spunkiest -sup.]
 The author discusses a number of 'spunky' girls in adolescent and children's literature.
con agilidad 
nimbly
 The author identifies fundamental attitudes necessary for information professionals to navigate 'nimbly' in a fast changing environment.
con agradecimiento 
gratefully
 LISU gratefully acknowledge the support and sponsorship of Swets Blackwell for this event.
con agudeza  
perceptively
subtly
 Above all evaluation must be carried out regularly and perceptively.
 The DaVinci Code movie deviates only subtly from the best-selling book on which it is based by making the lead character a man of some faith.
con ahínco  
diligently
industriously
 The United States Labor Department has diligently worked on removing both age and sex reference from their official occupational titles in accordance with federal law and executive directives.
 For years past, the harpies of power have been industriously inculcating the idea that all our difficulties proceed from the impotency of Congress.
con aire acondicionado 
air conditioned
 We are used to background noise in air conditioned buildings but the introduction of additional and unfamiliar sounds from AV equipment may be disturbing.
con aire despreocupado 
nonchalantly
 She arrived in floods of tears, having been told nonchalantly by her booker to 'skip a few meals' in the run-up to London Fashion Week if she wanted to work.
con alas 
winged
 There is an interesting and very relevant project under way to demonstrate the full potential of TeletexProject Hermes (the winged messenger of the gods).
con alborozo 
mirthfully
 'Can you imagine everyone retiring at once like this,' said the voice of another trustee mirthfully = "Puedes imaginarte que todos se jubilen a la vez de ese modo", dijo la voz de otro miembro del consejo de administración con alborozo.
con alegría  
joyously
gleefully
 Wine lovers around the world have joyously adopted the British slang word 'plonk' to describe poor, cheap wine.
 Nietzsche famously violates the rules of logic, gleefully engaging in the 'informal' fallacies, for example, in his appeals to emotions.
con algoritmos 
algorithmically
 This approach is characterised by the renunciation of attempts to generate the wording of index entries algorithmically.
con alimentación manual 
hand-fed
 In 1895 a good London bindery would have the following machines: hand-fed folding machines, sewing machines, nipping machines (for pressing the sewn books before casing-in), cutting machines, rounding machines, backing machines, straight-knife trimming machines (guillotines), rotary board-cutting machines, power blocking presses, and hydraulic standing presses.
con altanería  
superciliously
haughtily
 Tiff smiled a little superciliously intimating that he had a plan all figured out already.
 The whole place pulsates with drama: an aristocratic extravagance with giant statues glowering haughtily from its domed roof.
con altibajos 
chequered [checkered, -USA]
 An appraisal of the reforms following the report suggests that local councillors' workload has increased, and community councils have had a chequered career, although local authorities generally are stronger.
con amabilidad 
graciously
 'We'll get started as soon as everyone arrives,' the executive director shook her hand and smiled graciously.
con amargura  
bitterly
sorely
 'He's building himself a small empire,' one protested bitterly.
 We all sorely complain of the shortness of time, and yet have much more than we know what to do with.
con amor no correspondido 
lovelorn
 Lovelorn staff at a Japanese company can take paid time off after an upsetting break-up with a partner, with more 'heartache leave' offered as they get older.
con anotaciones 
scripted
 A program consisting of readings, improvised scenes, and scripted extracts from the author's work is the kind of project I have in mind.
con ansia  
thirstily
avidly
 He took a bottle of water from a vintage refrigerator, uncapped it, and drank thirstily, emptying the entire bottle.
 Often the majority group in these councils is of the left, but the approach to obtaining finance has been bi-partisan and pragmatic, with groups of every political persuasion avidly pursuing Community money.
con ansias de 
thirsty for
 Despite the faults in the movie, both actors did a great job and their performances left one thirsty for more.
con ansias de conquistar el mundo 
world-conquering
 Superman, Batman, Spider-Man and the rest continue to fight the good fight against world-conquering super-powered villains, offering their readers excitement, escape, and hopefully a bit more = Superman, Batman, Spideman y otros continúan luchando por una buena causa contra villanos superpoderosos con ansias de conquistar el mundo, ofreciendo a sus lectores emoción, evasión de la realidad y, es de esperar, un poco más.
con ansias de leer 
reading-desirous
 Finally, in 1939, Clarence Sherman sounded the note of defeat when he wrote that librarians had been forced to abandon `the long-cherished hope that the free public library would reach a constantly expanding population, book-conscious and reading-desirous'.
con ansias de poder 
power-hungry
 Power-hungry politicians are creating havoc everywhere.
con ansiedad   
eagerly
with bated breath
excitedly
 Last evening her doctor had given her the news she had been eagerly hoping for: she was going to have a baby.
 Many in the crowd were lulled into a false sense of calm and nostalgia while others waited with bated breath for the real surprises to begin.
 She prepared excitedly for her departure, as if this journey had a mysterious significance.
con antelación  
beforehand
ahead of time
 When possible expected interruptions should either be planned for or prevented beforehand.
 George Cunha stressed the importance of having a written disaster plan ahead of time and that replacement was generally cheaper than recovery.
con antelación a  
in anticipation of
prior to
 It was indeed in anticipation of this development that the first wholesaling conger had been formed in the 1680s.
 Prior to his current position, he was Director of Ohio State University Libraries for Public Services.
con antelación (a) 
in advance (of)
 CIP is intended to facilitate the selection and ordering of materials by alerting librarians and others to forthcoming works in advance of their publication.
con anterioridad a   
pre
prior to
before the days of
 The number of withdrawn books from academic libraries has fallen to about one third of the quantity in the 'pre Atkinson' period, whereas public library relegations have increased.
 Prior to his current position, he was Director of Ohio State University Libraries for Public Services.
 Before the days of the new bibliography few writers felt the need to distinguish in this manner.
con anterioridad a la contratación 
pre-employment [preemployment]
 Criminal record checks have been an accepted form of pre-employment vetting for those with access to children for some years,.
con añoranza   
longingly
wistfully
homesick
 New structures do not simply appear, they emerge by keeping our eyes fixed upon the future rather than looking longingly over our shoulders at the past.
 He said that growing up during the depression he always looked back wistfully to the 1920s age of flappers as an era of freedom he had missed.
 You were probably the most homesick person in your dorm, with the possible exception of the hawaiians.
con apatía 
listlessly
 This film appears to consist of people listlessly hanging around doing nothing very much.
con aplicación  
industriously
studiously
 For years past, the harpies of power have been industriously inculcating the idea that all our difficulties proceed from the impotency of Congress.
 It was a boring performance in the sense that nothing happened except what was studiously prepared in advance.
con aprensión 
apprehensively
 Hoping the gentler tone and the more relaxed manner meant that her anger was abating, the young man pressed on less apprehensively.
con aprobación 
approvingly
 Preston Huish smiled approvingly, expressed his thanks, and walked away with suave confidence.
con ardor 
ardently
 They must take resolute measures for the abolition of this dictatorial regime and ardently defend the sovereign rights of its people.
con armonía 
harmoniously
 In contrast, the system presented in this article solves space problems quietly and harmoniously.
con arrepentimiento 
contritely
 Bowing their heads, they contritely accepted the chastisement.
con arrogancia  
superciliously
haughtily
 Tiff smiled a little superciliously intimating that he had a plan all figured out already.
 The whole place pulsates with drama: an aristocratic extravagance with giant statues glowering haughtily from its domed roof.
con arrojo 
fearlessly
 Knowing that he was up against a large enemy force, he fearlessly rode to the head of his troops to calm them before sending them into battle.
con asco 
disgustedly
 'Well, I don't know what's going on,' Pope continued disgustedly.
con asiduidad 
assiduously
 For instance, if children are doing a project work on dogs, they will hunt out anything and everything that so much as mentions them and the bits thus mined are assiduously transcribed into project folders.
con aspecto de adulto 
adult-looking
 As many of the responding librarians pointed out, 'staid, adult-looking pages are not attractive to a teenage audience' = Como muchos de los bibliotecarios encuestados indicaron las "páginas con aspecto serio como si estuviesen dirigidas a adultos no resultan atractivas a un público joven".
con astucia     
by cunning
astutely
slyly
shrewdly
cannily
 He is a systematic 'sweater' who sucks wealth from toiling crowds by cunning and by stealth.
 One must choose the time to suggest a book to children astutely.
 The author suggests slyly that, while word processors may have increased writing speed, they cannot ensure improved writing quality.
 Libraries will have to select shrewdly a complement of formats that address the varying uses library patrons have for information.
 The author cannily exploits significant binary oppositions - masculine/feminine, public/private.
con atención 
attentively
 The author encourages the reference librarian to listen attentively to children's questions, to be familiar with local school curricula and with currently popular television programmes, films and electronic games.
con atrevimiento 
fearlessly
 Knowing that he was up against a large enemy force, he fearlessly rode to the head of his troops to calm them before sending them into battle.
con audacia 
boldly
 And thirdly and most importantly, I am concerned about some movements which I think symptomatize ideological deterioration and would have us, as someone put it, march boldly backwards into the future.
con autoridad  
authoritative
authoritatively
 While the operating instructions must be regarded as authoritative, they should not be seen as sacrosanct tablets of stone.
 When teachers respond authoritatively, it is because they feel they have lost control over the situation.
con avances 
stepped-up
 These unique hair claws covered with rhinestone are a stepped-up version of today's most popular accessories.
con avaricia   
rapaciously
greedily
avariciously
 Rapaciously hunted by humans over centuries, whales have not recovered in the decades after whaling was outlawed.
 The prisoners pounced on the food like hungry beasts and, champing noisily, gulped down the soup greedily, hardly chewing the meat, and burning their mouths.
 They gladly and avariciously take our money, but make no bones about hating our fucking guts and trying to fuck us over every chance they get!.
con avidez    
thirstily
avidly
eagerly
excitedly
 He took a bottle of water from a vintage refrigerator, uncapped it, and drank thirstily, emptying the entire bottle.
 Often the majority group in these councils is of the left, but the approach to obtaining finance has been bi-partisan and pragmatic, with groups of every political persuasion avidly pursuing Community money.
 Last evening her doctor had given her the news she had been eagerly hoping for: she was going to have a baby.
 She prepared excitedly for her departure, as if this journey had a mysterious significance.
con baño    
en suite
en-suite bathroom
en-suite bath
en-suite facilities
 From en suite university rooms to 5-star hotels, there is a wide choice of accommodation to suit every budget.
 Apart from its single rooms, Villa Isis has one double room and three twin rooms with en-suite bathrooms.
 Our guest room sleeps up to 4 people and has a full en-suite bath.
 All rooms have en-suite facilities, satellite television with DVD player, central heating, tea and coffee facilities and double-glazed windows.
con barba 
bearded
 The author analyzes the scriptural symbolism in an illustrated initial depicting the Crucifixion, focusing on the significance of a white-haired and bearded Christ.
con base de arena 
sand-based
 The university has a full-sized, sand-based, all-weather pitch that is flood lit for evening use.
con base empírica 
empirically-based
 This article attempts to develop an empirically-based statistical formula to help in library budget allocation = Este artículo intenta desarrollar una fórmula estadística con base empírica para ayudar en la asignación del presupuesto de la biblioteca.
con base en 
based in
 Other European host include DIMDI (Deutsches Institut fur Medizinisches Dokumentation und Information), the German Service, and Telesystèmes-Questel based in France.
con bastante antelación  
well in advance
far in advance
 We try to persuade all speakers to let us have the text of their papers well in advance.
 As an ashamed American, I think the responsibility rests on our government, which made sure certain military and state institutions were guarded in Iraq, while completely ignoring all pleas, submitted far in advance, from historians in the US to guard eternal treasures.
con bastante frecuencia  
quite frequently
fairly often
 Quite frequently a user will be satisfied with a few items on a topic, as long as they are relevant, and meet other criteria such as language, date and level.
 Fairly often this sort of libraries have been equipped with a computer.
con basura por el suelo 
littered
 The city was considered to be seedy (decayed, littered, grimy, and dreary), crowded, busy, and strongly idiosyncratic (quaint, historic, colorful, and full of 'atmosphere').
con bisagras 
hinged
 The casting-box for flong moulds was a flat iron case like a portfolio with one hinged lid.
con botones  
buttoned
buttoned-up
 How do I know if a long-sleeved, buttoned shirt is the right size for me?.
 I am really liking buttoned-up, very prim, demure-to-the-point-of-invisibility dresses lately.
con botones por detrás 
back-buttoning
 This close up of the boys playing on the seasaw shows the back-buttoning pinafores the boys had to wear.
con brotes 
budded
 The painting depicts an owl perched on a sparsely budded branch with an enigmatic expression that can be seen as either a wink or a stare.
con buena disposición 
with good nature
 'Here's your chance!' he smiled with entire good nature.
con buena fama 
respected
 When he was younger he really turned the library around, from a backwater, two-bit operation to the respected institution it is today.
con buena reputación  
respected
reputable
 When he was younger he really turned the library around, from a backwater, two-bit operation to the respected institution it is today.
 Plainly it is worth seeking both reputable suppliers and producers, since they have an interest in offering a sound product.
con buenas conexiones 
well-connected
 The article is entitled 'Still special: but now a well-connected community'.
con buenas intenciones      
well meant
in good faith
well-intentioned
well-intended
well-meaning
in a good way
 I've found him always on the defensive; instead of taking my comments as well meant.
 If one side gives in on something, take it in good faith, don't take advantage of it, and be willing to yield something in return.
 As he recovers, he overhears a well-intentioned social worker murmuring soothingly about a juvenile facility, and contrives an escape.
 Humans have an extraordinary capacity for perverting well-intended laws to evil purposes.
 His lawyer said that inept support from some well-meaning backers had created a phony dispute about whether great artists have special rights.
 How can humans affect the environment in a good way?.
con buen gusto 
tastefully
 The message was clear, but the thing that got my emotional attention was that it was done tastefully.
con buen humor 
good-humouredly
 Taking the interruption good-humoredly, he parenthetically noted that the audience 'may expect interruptions like that'.
con buenos contactos 
well-connected
 The article is entitled 'Still special: but now a well-connected community'.
con buenos modales 
politely
 And a few even requested tax deduction statements for income tax purposes, which requests she politely denied.
con buenos resultados  
to good effect
to good purpose
 The cult of personality has been used to good effect by the Thatcher team, aided by disarray in the opposition.
 James argued that a sufficiently alert novelist could catch knowledge from everywhere and use it to good purpose.
con bultos 
lumpiness
 Bloating of the lower abdomen may easily appear, with a feeling of lumpiness when pressed.
con burbujas  
carbonated
bubbly [bubblier - comp., bubbliest -sup.]
 The same problem is posed a fortiori when the liquid to be pasteurized contains dissolved gas under pressure (carbonated liquid) - the case of beer for example.
 The Champagne region in France is the birthplace of the world's most famous bubbly drink.
con cable 
corded
 There are basically three options when buying a string trimmer: gas powered, corded electric or cordless electric.
con cada momento que + pasar 
with every passing moment
 The reunion between siblings was prickly and the tension grew with every passing moment.
con cafeina 
caffeinated
 If it's due to that, you should keep away from gassy drinks, coffee and other caffeinated drinks.
con cajero 
cashiered
 Should you continue to experience difficulties, you will be directed to a cashiered exit lane, where a cashier will assist you in making payment for your parking.
con calefacción 
heated
 Certainly the larger establishments of the early machine-press period, which produced comparable numbers of damp sheets, found it necessary to install heated drying rooms.
con calefacción central 
centrally heated
 Modern, centrally heated buildings are pleasant for readers but can cause damage to books.
con calma   
calmly
leisurely
tranquilly
 Let's try to talk this over calmly and coolly.
 If we instruct it to ponder this question more leisurely, it will quickly try the user's patience with digressions concerning the less illustrious senior MOZART, LEOPOLD.
 He rests tranquilly, has a good appetite, and says he 'feels tip-top'.
con capucha 
hooded
 Some of the blackgammon playing pieces lost included a centaur with bow, a hooded archer, a violinist and a seated harpist.
con cara avinagrada 
sour-faced
 Germany warns France there is no easy way out after it elects anti-austerity president - as sour-faced Sarko breaks cover for last official duties.
con cara de cansado  [Generalmente debido al sueño o al cansancio]
bleary-eyed
 She was seen Sunday morning at 6 AM, only half dressed, barefoot and bleary-eyed outside a friend's house in London.
con cara de pocos amigos   
grim-faced
with an attitude
sour-faced
 In the English language, people are described as grim, while in Journalese they are referred to as being 'grim-faced'.
 His mission would have been doomed, was it not for some unexpected help from a black-eyed girl with an attitude and a special talent.
 Germany warns France there is no easy way out after it elects anti-austerity president - as sour-faced Sarko breaks cover for last official duties.
con cara de sueño  [Generalmente debido al sueño o al cansancio]
bleary-eyed
 She was seen Sunday morning at 6 AM, only half dressed, barefoot and bleary-eyed outside a friend's house in London.
con cara rosada 
pink-faced
 Experts confirmed this week that the U.S. populace appears to have fallen under the spell of yet another pink-faced half-wit.
con cargo a  
to be debited to
to be charged to
 This represents the amount to be debited to your bank account 2 days prior to the last business day of the month.
 Until then, automatic payments will continue to be charged to your checking account or credit card.
con cargo de conciencia 
remorseful
 All officers were remorseful about taking a life but all would make the same decision again if necessary.
con cariño  
fondly
affectionately
 The books remembered most vividly and most fondly are the ones that go beyond the bounds of ordinary existence.
 I've got to tell you, and I do say this affectionately, but we're talking about a geek of the highest order.
con carne 
meaty [meatier -comp., meatiest -sup.]
 Natural diets based on raw meaty bones promote the health of pets, the human economy and the natural environment but, I admit, I used to believe the opposite.
con cautela    
cautiously
warily
with a grain of salt
gingerly
 Tomás Hernández drove cautiously in the torrential rain, trying not to swerve on the slick pavement of the turnpike.
 A collection of such affected words from the Latin and Greek are either to be used warily or to be rejected totally as barbarous.
 Futuristic food for thought needs to be absorbed with a grain of salt: the real force that shapes the future is effective leadership.
 My cat is lethargic, and moves very gingerly, like she's in pain.
con cerdas 
bristly
 The most attractive stage is when the young leaves are expanding as bright red bristly tendrils.
con certeza   
for sure
with assurance
for certain
 It's been a tough decision, but now it's made, and I'm coming back for sure.
 These maps, as those of us who are outlet junkie bargain-hunters know with assurance, are ones any shopper can pick up in any outlet mall.
 One thing that is for certain is that the loss affects musicians, sound technicians, recording studios, and music stores.
con chasis fabricado por separado del bastidor 
coachbuilt [coach-built]
 This kind of analysis would give entries under Cars and Coachbuilt but not under any of the other terms.
con chófer 
chauffeured
 Celebrities will even hire chauffeured cars to ferry their children to school because they feel this is a safer option.
con cierta comodidad 
with some ease
 Undaunted, they have risen again and their leader continues to wear the crown of world's best player with some ease.
con cierta facilidad 
with some ease
 Undaunted, they have risen again and their leader continues to wear the crown of world's best player with some ease.
con cierta formación 
educated
 This impressive work, which serves educated adults and serious students, intends to be a comprehensive, authoritative compendium of the world's most important knowledge and information.
con cierta frecuencia 
not uncommonly
 Not uncommonly the user will need to see everything that is available, on for example, infant deaths, or Rhode Island Reds, or needlepoint lace, or miners' lamps.
con cierto detalle 
at some length
 We will therefore consider the standards used in catalogues at some length.
con cierto gasto 
at some expense
 The University had already looked after the collection for 19 years at some expense and was fortunately able to meet the purchase price.
con cinismo 
cynically
 As Townsend cynically writes, a committee developed to make decisions is a group of 'unfits appointed by the incompetent to do the unnecessary'.
con cintura de avispa 
wasp-waisted
 Elizabethan men would sometimes wear girdles, the equivalent of the female corset, to obtain the wasp-waisted look!.
con clase 
classy [classier -comp., classiest -sup.]
 Made from stainless steel, this soup tureen will look the part on any classy buffet line.
con claustros 
cloistered
 The myth of the liberal arts college, ivy covered cloistered, is increasingly less valid.
con clavos 
hobnailed
 Equality of opportunity is a myth: whilst some people start the race highly trained and wearing spikes others have balls and chains attached to their ankles and wear hobnailed boots = La igualdad de oportunidades es un mito: mientras que algunas personas empiezan la carrera muy preparados y llevan zapatillas de clavos, otras arrastran grilletes y cadenas en sus tobillos y llevan botas con clavos.
con cobro 
fee-based
 The imposition of fee-based services may radically curtail the breadth of resources available to library users where historically information has been offered freely.
con codicia   
rapaciously
greedily
covetously
 Rapaciously hunted by humans over centuries, whales have not recovered in the decades after whaling was outlawed.
 The prisoners pounced on the food like hungry beasts and, champing noisily, gulped down the soup greedily, hardly chewing the meat, and burning their mouths.
 He had overlooked the evil intention of a man who covetously wanted to dispossess him of his earthly treasures.
con cola 
caudate
 Amphibians found in Poland belong to two orders: caudate amphibians and ecaudate amphibians.
con cola espesa 
bushy-tailed
 It's picture of a bushy-tailed fox sitting up on its hind legs and touching its chest.
con cola tupida 
bushy-tailed
 It's picture of a bushy-tailed fox sitting up on its hind legs and touching its chest.
con cólicos 
colicky newborn
 Parents who find themselves in the unenviable position of being home with a colicky newborn can rest assured that there is a cure.
con colmo 
heaped
 One portion is equivalent to 80 grams (about 3 ounces) or a heaped handful.
con columnas corintias 
Corinthian-columned
 Despite the heaviness of the air - the humidity, even at this early time of the day, was thick - and the impressive Corinthian-columned facade of the library, she felt happy, almost light-headed.
con comodidad  
with ease
easily
 Like a seasoned politician, Mr. Gandhi handled the students' queries with ease during the one-hour session.
 Thus it is possible in an author sequence to view easily the works of one author.
con competencia 
competently
 Librarians using DOBIS/Leuven need not know a great deal about MARC to use the system competently.
con comprensión 
sympathetically
 Their first-hand knowledge of the community and commitment to its problems has been invaluable in ensuring that NACs respond sympathetically and swiftly to the needs of the neighbourhood.
con compromisos 
strings attached
 Any 'strings attached' gifts are refused outright by the library.
con compunción 
contritely
 Bowing their heads, they contritely accepted the chastisement.
con condiciones especiales 
strings attached
 Any 'strings attached' gifts are refused outright by the library.
con confianza    
confidently
with confidence
trustingly
trustfully
 In the interests of document identification, the title is normally quoted verbatim so that the document record can be successfully and confidently matched with the document.
 The advice is to chill out most artefacts with confidence, although coating on wood may crackle a little bit by -50 degrees centigrade.
 Educational change is possible if those involved make a continuous effort to deal openly and trustingly with others.
 According to theory, companies will act trustfully if their scope for opportunistic behavior is limited = Según la teoría, las empresas actuarán con integridad si se les limita la posibilidad de aprovecharse del mercado.
con confianza en uno mismo 
self-confident
 The author attempts to help library staff to become more self-confident and independent in unravelling their own microcomputer problems.
con conocimiento 
authoritatively
 Mr. Berman and many others of you can speak far more authoritatively than I about how LC copy is distributed nationally in the form of MARC records, cards, and so forth, and about networking.
con conocimiento básico en el manejo de la información 
information literate [information-literate]
 University library users need to become information-, computer-, and library-literate.
con conocimiento básico en el uso de la biblioteca 
library literate [library-literate]
 University library users need to become information-, computer-, and library-literate.
con conocimiento de   
appreciative of
conversant with
cognisant of
 In this role they are not systems designers, or systems analysts appreciative of organisational issues.
 Whilst indexers may be expected to familiarise themselves with spelling out procedures, searchers are rarely likely to be fully conversant with these.
 A well-considered ideology cognizant of the nature of the materials cataloged is prerequisite and fundamental to the design of any viable cataloging system, and particularly one that is to command universal acceptance.
con conocimiento de causa 
knowingly
 The ways in which library professionals - knowingly and unknowingly - undermine intellectual freedom are discussed = Se analizan las formas en las que los profesionales de las bibliotecas, consciente o inconscientemente, socavan la libertad intelectual.
con conocimiento de informática 
computer literate [computer-literate]
 Her paper considers action in society at large towards creating the computer literate population that is needed.
con conocimiento en el uso de Internet 
Internet-savvy
 Of course this negative relationship will be reduced as the Internet-savvy young grow older.
con conocimientos en 
versed in
 In the context of this report any such policy would have to recognise the need for specialists educated in information issues as well as for personnel versed in technological skills.
con conocimientos sobre el correo electrónico 
e-mail literate
 As the general public becomes increasingly e-mail literate, e-mail reference will most likely be considered an essential service of public library reference departments.
con consecuencias fatales 
fatally
 Such discussions become circular and self-perpetuating, and self-congratulating, very quickly - as the Howard Dean Campaign discovered, too late and fatally, during the current US Presidential election race.
con consentimiento 
willing
 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.
con consentimiento mutuo 
consensually
 First, beliefs are established and maintained to the extent that they are consensually validated in interpersonal relationships.
con contenido en níquel 
nickel-containing
 There are about 3000 nickel-containing alloys in everyday use.
con contenido enriquecido  [En catalogación, se utiliza para definir registros que además de incluir los datos bibliográficos básicos de un documento contienen el sumario, los índices, etc]
content-enriched
 Content-enriched access is defined as including information such as contents tables and book indexes, as well as standard bibliographic information, in a computerised system = El acceso de contenido enriquecido en un sistema automatizado se define como aquél que incluye información como, por ejemplo, sumarios e índices de libros además de la información bibliográfica normal.
con contrición 
contritely
 Bowing their heads, they contritely accepted the chastisement.
con control atmosférico 
atmospherically-controlled
 The Radio Archives of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) has a collection of nearly 60,000 tapes, 40,000 of which are stored off-site in an atmospherically-controlled vault.
con copyright 
copyright-protected
 A licence is a legal agreement that gives permission to use a copyright-protected work.
con corazón de piedra 
stony-hearted
 In vain I walked from one end of London to the other, and trod the 'stony-hearted streets' from morning to night, day after day.
con cordones 
lace-up
 These black lace-up dress boots are the perfect touch for your doll's outfit.
con corrientes de aire 
draughty [drafty, -USA]
 They worked in cold, draughty, badly-lit rooms and suffered from tyrannical supervisors.
con cortesía 
courteously
 He had greeted her courteously, as was his wont, and had inquired if she minded his smoking; she told him to go ahead and slid over an ashtray.
con costras 
caked
 Wearing a sleeveless shirt can be embarrassing if you have tell-tale signs of caked underarm deodorant on your armpits.
con creces  
amply
far + Verbo
 As amply demonstrated in the examples above, the notation in CC is mixed.
 The advantages of the system far surpass any disadvantages.
con créditos 
credit-carrying
 All of the instructors for credit-carrying courses must be approved by the academic department.
con cremallera 
zippered
 This zippered clutch purse is perfect for your little necessities.
con cresta 
crested
 The basilisk is usually described as a crested snake, and sometimes as a cockerel with a snake's tail.
con criterio 
discerning
 Moreover, the shady image of video libraries drove away discerning customers.
con cualidades humanas 
anthropomorphic
 The search for an anthropomorphic dialogue between the user and the computer is hampered by a number of obstacles.
con cuanta creatividad 
how creatively
 This would be an opportunity for us to see how creatively you'd approach an assignment of this sort.
con cuentagotas 
in dribs and drabs
 In any case, much of the original report has already leaked its way into the public domain, albeit in dribs and drabs.
con cuernos 
horned
 Similar figures with horned headdresses are found in the iconography of seals, tablets, and pottery.
con cuidado   
gently
carefully
gingerly
 Some authors of papers lament the lack of a philosophy and gently chide librarians for the 'simplicity of their pragmatism'.
 In many classes (main classes) the facets are carefully identified and kept separate.
 My cat is lethargic, and moves very gingerly, like she's in pain.
con cúpula 
domed
 Entrance is at a domed foyer at ground level and seating provided in the new facility accommodates over 200 students.
con curvas 
curvy [curvier -comp., curviest -sup.]
 Curvy women can look superb in bathing suits, just make sure it's appropriate for your body - pregnant or not.
con datos no pertinentes 
dirty [dirtier -comp., dirtiest -sup.]
 An authority file can also be used to clean up an inconsistent, dirty data base.
con decisión 
decisively
 It should be possible to beat the mind decisively in regard to permanence and clarity of the items resurrected from storage.
con dedos pegajosos 
sticky-fingered
 Certainly the last thing we want is that books be shut up in tastefully decorated warehouses, watched over by highly trained storekeepers whose main purpose is to see that everything is kept tidily in its place and, as far as possible, untouched by human hands - especially the sticky-fingered hands of marauding children.
con deferencia 
dutifully
 And making matters worse, this uncomfortable group sat in a suburban sitting-room flooded with afternoon sunlight like dutifully polite guests at a formal coffee party.
con deleite 
with gusto
 In this caricature representation, the Jew is followed by the Jewess, who lays a huge Jew egg that the children of the village attack with gusto, smashing it to bits.
con delicadeza  
delicately
gently
 Therefore, any such introduction must be done delicately and with full understanding of all involved.
 Some authors of papers lament the lack of a philosophy and gently chide librarians for the 'simplicity of their pragmatism'.
con demasiada facilidad 
all too easily
 Administrators all too easily fall prey to the siren song of cost reduction, especially if phrases like innovation are employed as harmonic accompaniment.
con demasiada frecuencia   
all too often
all too frequently
too often
 There is a rather simple and obvious fact concerning computing systems whose significance, nonetheless, is all too often ignored.
 This statement highlights the emotional baggage that all too frequently accompanies decision-making.
 The librarians too often fall prey to laziness by refusing to perform less academic and more menial tasks.
con demasiadas expectativas 
over expectant
 The Web has acquired a bad name largely as a result of naive and over expectant users.
con demasiados miramientos 
mealy-mouthed
 Such a mealy-mouthed attempt to get us to switch to Endnote is an insult to our intelligence.
con demasiado trabajo 
overworked
 So there may be a useful place for some modest AI to support the overworked professional.
con demasidad facilidad 
all too easy
 However, despite the availability of these catalogues, it is still all too easy for recent publications to slip by unnoticed.
con derecho a voto 
eligible to vote
 Library use, expressed as the ratio between those eligible to vote and those registered as adult readers, was related to such factors as class, topograhy, communications and parking facilities.
con derecho de autor 
copyright-protected
 A licence is a legal agreement that gives permission to use a copyright-protected work.
con derechos de autor  
copyrightable
royalty-paid
 In both cases, the public gets the chance to use copyrightable works.
 Failure to distinguish legitimate electro-copying as royalty-free or over-pricing of royalty-paid electro-copying will weaken their role in scholarly communication.
con desaliento   
despondently
dispiritedly
hopelessly
 She stood up and said despondently: 'The die is cast; stake is life or death' .
 He stood on the muddy bank of the river just after dawn, staring dispiritedly at the roiling current separating him from Mexico.
 Woman, hopelessly left behind, remains in the rut of a past of which she herself knows but little.
con desánimo  
dejectedly
despondently
 'We could send them letters, or distribute notices with their paychecks, or call them in - there is no easy way' Bogardus sighed, dejectedly.
 She stood up and said despondently: 'The die is cast; stake is life or death' .
con desaprobación  
disapproving
disapprovingly
 It is primarily a story about a girl who, pregnant, flees her disapproving family to search for the father of her child in the grungy and sinister Midlands of England.
 Schudson's book is a welcome change from the numerous works that disapprovingly announce the decline of civil society in the United States.
con descaro 
impudently
 As to the matter of relics, it is almost incredible how impudently the world has been cheated.
con desconfianza 
suspiciously
 Librarians have tended to view front end software and end user searching suspiciously in the past.
con descuento     
at a discount
discounted
cut-price
cut-rate
concessionary
 The next stage was for publishers and booksellers to agree to maintain prices, that is not to retail books at a discount on the listed price.
 Discounted CD-ROMs are identical to the more expensive discs.
 Turkey is heavily promoted by tour operators as an idyllic holiday destination, the cut-price alternative to Greece or Cyprus.
 Most of these cut-rate laptops include a one-year parts and labor warranty.
 Some local councils offer concessionary travel schemes, which enable local residents who are elderly or disabled to use public transport services more affordably.
con desdicha 
miserably
 Live happily in ignorance or live miserably with the truth.
con desenfado  
lightheartedly
jauntily
 Publishers claim the book is based on valid sources and portrays blacks positively but lightheartedly.
 He was walking jauntily, his legs just the least bit unsteady, and he began to whistle.
con desenfreno 
with wild abandon
 2012 is the year to pursue ordinary life with wild abandon and stop trying to be perfect.
con desenvoltura  
jauntily
effortlessly
 He was walking jauntily, his legs just the least bit unsteady, and he began to whistle.
 Talking and writing are activities that most humans learn at a relatively early age and carry out fairly effortlessly for the rest of their lives.
con desesperación  
dispiritedly
hopelessly
 He stood on the muddy bank of the river just after dawn, staring dispiritedly at the roiling current separating him from Mexico.
 Woman, hopelessly left behind, remains in the rut of a past of which she herself knows but little.
con desfachatez 
impudently
 As to the matter of relics, it is almost incredible how impudently the world has been cheated.
con desgana   
listlessly
reluctantly
unwillingly
 This film appears to consist of people listlessly hanging around doing nothing very much.
 One is tempted to say that the enthusiasts for postcoordinate systems, being forced to admit reluctantly that control was necessary, couldn't bear to use the old-fashioned term 'list of subject headings'.
 Intellectuals have been unwillingly transformed into cultural commentators and cultural studies has replaced philosophy.
con destino a 
to
 Accessibility to the documents stored in files is an important factor, so the physical storage is important.
con destino en el extranjero 
serve + overseas
 The wife of a military officer serving overseas told detectives she fatally shot her teenage son because he was 'mouthy'.
con destreza   
nimbly
adeptly
with ease
 The author identifies fundamental attitudes necessary for information professionals to navigate 'nimbly' in a fast changing environment.
 To function adeptly within our environment, we must perceive and interpret the movements of others.
 Like a seasoned politician, Mr. Gandhi handled the students' queries with ease during the one-hour session.
con detalle  
at a detailed level
in detail
 Indexing can thus be achieved at a detailed level, with often many terms per document, with almost no indexing effort.
 In a SDI service the user specifies his own individual interest in detail, and these are then expressed in terms of a user interest profile.
con determinación    
with purpose
single-mindedly
purposefully
steadfastly
 It is not that we consciously set out to create our social institutions and with great care and purpose establish their structure.
 What else but this quality of individual feeling and intelligence running through the network of librarians working sympathetically and single-mindedly throughout the community can determine the public value of our national library system?.
 Only then, within the framework of inter-institutional accord, will academic library cooperative activities move forward more rapidly and purposefully.
 The police would like to grill her, but she steadfastly refuses to say anything.
con dientes 
toothed
 In their most essential form, gears are round, toothed devices enabling the conversion of engine speed into torque.
con dientes de conejo 
bucktoothed
 Classic examples of this technique are Jim Woodring's dream-like, wordless adventures of 'Frank,' the bucktoothed cat.
con dientes de sierra 
serrated
 Parts of the plate were toned by roughening it with a serrated rocker, the tone then being graded by burnishing.
con dientes salidos 
bucktoothed
 Classic examples of this technique are Jim Woodring's dream-like, wordless adventures of 'Frank,' the bucktoothed cat.
con diferencia 
by far
 By far the largest of these basic sources is the literature in the field.
con diferentes variaciones 
in variation
 Take, for example, this jocular tale recorded in northern England, a tale found in variation in the U.S.A = Pongamos, por ejemplo, este cuento jocoso recogido en el norte de Inglaterra, un cuento que también se encuentra en USA con diferentes variaciones.
con dificultad  
laboriously
with difficulty
 First, 45 or 50 percent of that file consists of Library of Congress MARC records, the integrity of which is laboriously insured by manual methods.
 Today's sewage nutrients, dyes and toxic or malodorous substances which can be degraded only with difficulty or very slowly.
con dificultades 
in difficulties
 Several bodies exist that can provide advice and financial assistance to libraries in difficulties, but there are serious gaps.
con dignidad 
honourably [honorably, -USA]
 That's why I think it's time for him to quit the national team honourably now the ovation is still loud.
con diligencia   
sedulously
industriously
studiously
 She argues that at the close of the 20th century, aesthetics in the academy has become a subject for the most part to be sedulously avoided.
 For years past, the harpies of power have been industriously inculcating the idea that all our difficulties proceed from the impotency of Congress.
 It was a boring performance in the sense that nothing happened except what was studiously prepared in advance.
con dinamismo  
proactively [pro-actively]
vivaciously
 So long as the library possesses accurate knowledge about its activities, it can use it proactively to define the areas where it would be money and effort down the drain.
 She underwent chemotherapy and it was a very hard time for all of us, but she survived and is living very vivaciously today.
con diplomacia 
diplomatically
 The question was innocently and diplomatically couched.
con discapacidades físicas 
physically challenged
 The author presents the results of a survey of 250 rural libraries to evaluate if and to what extent they have made changes to accommodate the needs of mentally and physically challenged users.
con disimulo    
on the quiet
on the sly
by the back door
through the back door
 Lee is normally a very quiet member of the crew, although we suspect that on the quiet he is a bit of a lad.
 True, you may not see many boys and girls openly holding hands or kissing but many affairs are conducted on the sly.
 Schools are expelling thousands of children 'by the back door' to ensure they do not appear in official statistics, it has been disclosed.
 Government bows to pressure from business to allow bribery through the back door.
con doble acristalamiento 
double-glazed
 There are many benefits of having a double-glazed conservatory installed onto the front or rear of your property.
con doble titulación 
dually qualified
 It seems possible that in the long-term future all school librarians could be dually qualified in teaching and librarianship.
con doblez 
deceitfully
 A person's lack of humility may lead him to act deceitfully in order to obtain or maintain a false recognition from others.
con dos caras 
double-faced
 The system gave rise to a double-faced social dynamic - inside/inside - which proved itself able to adapt rather well to social change.
con dos facetas 
double-faced
 The system gave rise to a double-faced social dynamic - inside/inside - which proved itself able to adapt rather well to social change.
con dudas 
uncertainly
 'Look, you want to do this, don't you?' he coaxed her and she nodded uncertainly.
con dudosa reputación 
disreputable
 Items from disreputable publishers may be ignored, whereas items from the respected publishers would always be abstracted = Los documentos de editores de dudosa reputación se podían ignorar, mientras que los de editores respetados siempre se resumían.
con dulzor 
sweetly
 This is a story that can't possibly work or affect us, but it does, deeply, sweetly - it's a novel to die for.
con dulzura 
sweetly
 This is a story that can't possibly work or affect us, but it does, deeply, sweetly - it's a novel to die for.
con dureza 
harshly
 The fifteenth edition, which first appeared in 1974 in 30 volumes, has been criticized, sometimes harshly, for its overly complex organization.
con efecto desde + Fecha 
with effect from + Fecha
 To this end, they decided to expand the joint secretariat of the British Sections IULA/CEM with effect from 1 April 1978.
con eficacia 
ably
 I would like to thank all those who at various times throughout the course of the project assisted so ably in seeing the work through to its completion.
con eficiencia 
ably
 I would like to thank all those who at various times throughout the course of the project assisted so ably in seeing the work through to its completion.
con efusión 
effusively
 Whatever the situation, prepared for or unexpected, it is always too easy to overplay one's hand, praising a book so extravagantly, so effusively, that many children are put off.
con ejemplos 
by example(s)
 This paper analyses by example how and why publishers have invested in new technologies, and provides a checklist for decision-making for those still on the sidelines.
con él 
therewith
 Its goal is the advancement of architecture and the promotion of knowledge of the arts and sciences connected therewith.
con el agua al cuello 
in hot water
 Anyway, this time around, the airline is finding itself in hot water for an entirely different reason.
con el agua hasta el cuello 
in deep water
 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.
con el alma en vilo 
on tenterhooks
 Homeowners are on tenterhooks today waiting for banks to announce if they are raising interest rates again.
con el ánimo de 
in the spirit of
 In the spirit of open-mindedness that characterized the conference, Miller pointed out that librarians are extremely demanding.
con el ánimo por los suelos   
dejected
depressed
downcast
 Barefoot, unkempt, malnourished and dejected, they fend not only for themselves, but for their families as well by scavenging in garbage dumps.
 As I said in the study I did on the subject analysis of nonbook materials, the problem that librarians and media specialists felt most depressed about was the cataloging of music recordings.
 The poor little Grub was more confused than ever and he looked so downcast that the Frog took pity on him.
con elasticidad 
elastically
 It is clear from the these findings that non-metallic gaskets do not behave elastically.
con el canto del gallo 
at cockcrow
 I can't think of any big city in Europe where you wake up literally at cockcrow.
con el ceño fruncido 
with a frown
 'I'll give it more thought,' she said with a sharp frown, resuming her former posture.
con el conocimiento de que 
on the understanding that
 Employers & trade unions can make whatever use they like of the money thus provided, on the understanding that it is for education.
con el contacto 
on contact
 Corrosives can burn and destroy body tissues on contact.
con el corazón destrozado 
broken-hearted
 When we feel broken-hearted it is all too easy to wallow in the emptiness and pain and forget that as with everything in life this too shall pass.
con el corazón en la boca 
on tenterhooks
 Homeowners are on tenterhooks today waiting for banks to announce if they are raising interest rates again.
con el corazón en la mano  
(straight) from the heart
from the bottom of + Posesivo + heart
 I have written screeds and screeds, straight from the heart, even voicing my opinions on close family members.
 He said the nations of the Middle East 'hate the United States from the bottom of their hearts'.
con el corazón en un puño 
on tenterhooks
 Homeowners are on tenterhooks today waiting for banks to announce if they are raising interest rates again.
con el corazón partido 
broken-hearted
 When we feel broken-hearted it is all too easy to wallow in the emptiness and pain and forget that as with everything in life this too shall pass.
con el corazón roto 
broken-hearted
 When we feel broken-hearted it is all too easy to wallow in the emptiness and pain and forget that as with everything in life this too shall pass.
con el correr del tiempo   
over the years
in the process of time
with the passage of time
 Thus, over the years it has been used to index reports, trade Literature, periodical articles and other similar documents.
 For we see that all things which, in the process of time, being created by the work of Divine Providence, were produced by the operation of God.
 Such recommendations can be viewed as attempts to shortcircuit a system which has creaked more noticeably with the passage of time.
con el cuello desabrochado  
open-neck
open-necked
 I go to a girl school and we wear ties in winter and spring terms, but May-July we get to wear an open-neck collar.
 That's why you rarely see him in an open-necked shirt and, then, almost never without a neckerchief.
con el cuello sin abrochar  
open-neck
open-necked
 I go to a girl school and we wear ties in winter and spring terms, but May-July we get to wear an open-neck collar.
 That's why you rarely see him in an open-necked shirt and, then, almost never without a neckerchief.
con el culo al aire 
out in the cold
 The documentary video 'Out in the Cold' seeks to raise audience awareness of the plight of homeless gay and lesbian youth.
con el decursar del tiempo  
with the passage of time
in the process of time
 Such recommendations can be viewed as attempts to shortcircuit a system which has creaked more noticeably with the passage of time.
 For we see that all things which, in the process of time, being created by the work of Divine Providence, were produced by the operation of God.
con el devenir del tiempo 
as the future unfolds
 Certain experiences become meaningful only as the future unfolds.
con elegancia    
elegantly
gracefully
prettily
smartly
 Some are elegantly bound but others will surely not stand up to the wear and tear of everyday use.
 He continued: 'There are two ways you can react to this: you can accept it gracefully or you can accept it unpleasantly'.
 He didn't even have the good grace to blush, even slightly, when she fluttered her eyelashes prettily and thrust her breasts forward.
 The hotel offers 286 spacious, smartly appointed guest rooms.
con el emblema 
under the banner
 The conference was held under the banner 'Institutional Racism: stamping it out in libraries'.
con el fin de            
in order to
in a bid to/for
with the aim of
in the drive to
in a drive to
in a move to
in order that
in the attempt to
in an effort to
aimed at
with the purpose of
with an aim to
 Any attempt to organise knowledge must, in order to justify the effort of organisation, have an objective.
 In a bid to leapfrog stages of development, some transitional economies are investing heavily in building up information age infrastructures.
 A wide area network with the aim of connecting all Arab Gulf countries in the near future.
 The story of the postwar diner suggests some ways that purveyors of consumer commodities finessed and exploited emergent social dislocations in the drive to expand and diversify markets.
 The library has contracted out the management of its computerized information system to Dynix in a drive to improve library service.
 In a move to cut costs, Mayor Tavares has proposed slashing, but not eliminating, funds to two bus programs that serve the elderly.
 In order that the plans be better understood, it is essential that the aims of the library be outlined first.
 In the attempt to match the above criteria, there are two fundamentally distinct avenues to the construction of the schedules of a classification scheme.
 Many libraries have had fine free days or weeks in an effort to entice strayed material back.
 In 1966, President Lyndon Johnson initiated the 'Neighborhood Pilot Centres' programme aimed at providing a neighbourhood centre to co-ordinate the programmes of other federal agencies in every urban ghetto.
 Many libraries were visited with the purpose of understanding the structure and management of library services to children in that country = Se visitaron muchas bibliotecas con objeto de de conocer la organización y gestión de los servicios bibliotecarios para niños en este país.
 The four of us, mum, dad and two kids, set off from Melbourne, Australia, in April 2008 with an aim to drive around the world.
con ello   
in doing so
in the process
thereto
 The task of a modern information system is to describe such unformatted data automatically and in doing so, to support the user in storing and especially in retrieving natural language documents.
 This may help in subject organisation, but one of the main advantages of an alphabetical sequence, its self-evident order, is sacrificed in the process.
 But if the FID still clung to its traditional interpretation of the meaning of documentation, the term became increasingly to be used to denote any non-conventional library method for the subject analysis of graphic records and any activity of research or inquiry relating thereto.
con ellos 
with them
 Factories and mills sprang up, and with them row upon row of tight boxlike workers' houses.
con el más sumo cuidado 
with utmost care
 The author has arranged the characters, situations, and above all, the apparently disparate themes with delicacy and utmost care.
con el mayor cuidado 
with utmost care
 The author has arranged the characters, situations, and above all, the apparently disparate themes with delicacy and utmost care.
con el mayor secreto 
a veil of secrecy
 The judge also sealed the court records, drawing a veil of secrecy over those 10 cases.
con el mismo 
therewith
 Its goal is the advancement of architecture and the promotion of knowledge of the arts and sciences connected therewith.
con el mismo + Nombre + como el que  
as + Adverbio + as ...
 He should be able to turn over to his mechanism, just as confidently as he turns over the propelling of his car to the intricate mechanism under the hood.
con el mismo planteamiento que 
on the same lines as
 A social science information system was also constructed on the same lines as ISSTI.
con el nacimiento de 
at the dawn of
 At the dawn of this new century, we see the result of current scientific and technological advancement.
con el nombre de 
by the name of
 A 10-year-old boy by the name of Thailan died last week and investigators are now digging into the death of the boy.
con el nombre y dirección del remitente 
self-addressed
 An initial letter of invitation should include a stamped, self-addressed envelope.
con el número 
numbered
 If 'Curricula' is a term in the indexing language used in the index this might be coded and represented by a hole numbered '7'.
con el objetivo de     
with the purpose of
with a brief to
with the aim of
with a focus on
with an aim to
 Many libraries were visited with the purpose of understanding the structure and management of library services to children in that country = Se visitaron muchas bibliotecas con objeto de de conocer la organización y gestión de los servicios bibliotecarios para niños en este país.
 CLAIM was founded in 1969 with a brief to 'investigate in detail problems in the organisation and systems of university libraries and the use made of these services by readers'.
 A wide area network with the aim of connecting all Arab Gulf countries in the near future.
 The materials were developed with a focus on Uganda and are being used and adapted in other countries as well.
 The four of us, mum, dad and two kids, set off from Melbourne, Australia, in April 2008 with an aim to drive around the world.
con (el) objeto de              [Más común en plural] 
in order to
in the attempt to
in an attempt to
in an effort to
aimed at
with the purpose of
in a bid to/for
with the aim of
in the drive to
in a drive to
in a move to
in order that
in the interest(s) of
with an aim to
 Any attempt to organise knowledge must, in order to justify the effort of organisation, have an objective.
 In the attempt to match the above criteria, there are two fundamentally distinct avenues to the construction of the schedules of a classification scheme.
 The first treaty of all was designed to pool the coal and steel resources of Europe in an attempt to overcome the devastation of the Second World War and to foster the concept of European unity.
 Many libraries have had fine free days or weeks in an effort to entice strayed material back.
 In 1966, President Lyndon Johnson initiated the 'Neighborhood Pilot Centres' programme aimed at providing a neighbourhood centre to co-ordinate the programmes of other federal agencies in every urban ghetto.
 Many libraries were visited with the purpose of understanding the structure and management of library services to children in that country = Se visitaron muchas bibliotecas con objeto de de conocer la organización y gestión de los servicios bibliotecarios para niños en este país.
 In a bid to leapfrog stages of development, some transitional economies are investing heavily in building up information age infrastructures.
 A wide area network with the aim of connecting all Arab Gulf countries in the near future.
 The story of the postwar diner suggests some ways that purveyors of consumer commodities finessed and exploited emergent social dislocations in the drive to expand and diversify markets.
 The library has contracted out the management of its computerized information system to Dynix in a drive to improve library service.
 In a move to cut costs, Mayor Tavares has proposed slashing, but not eliminating, funds to two bus programs that serve the elderly.
 In order that the plans be better understood, it is essential that the aims of the library be outlined first.
 In the interest of clarity an integrated account of the appropriate added entry headings is to be found in 21.29 and 21.30.
 The four of us, mum, dad and two kids, set off from Melbourne, Australia, in April 2008 with an aim to drive around the world.
con (el) objeto de hacer 
toward(s)
 An appreciation of alternative approaches is particularly important in this field where trends towards standardisation are the norm.
con (el) objeto de (+ Infinitivo) 
with a view to (+ Gerundio)
 Read the document with a view to gaining an understanding of its content and an appreciation of its scope.
con (el) objeto de + Verbo 
for the purpose of + Nombre
 Taking the second situation for the purpose of illustration, there are four options for choice of title.
con el paso de 
with the passing of
 The world round me may have grown dimmer with the passing of the years, but not the world reflected in the magic mirror of literature.
con el paso de las semanas 
from week to week
 If your baby is crying inconsolably for long periods of time and it gets worse from week to week, it is reasonable to ask whether something must be wrong.
con el paso de los años 
with the passing of (the) years
 Its prediction that, with the passing of years, the taint of scandal will blow away, looks over-optimistic.
con el paso del tiempo          [Expresión usada con una frase en el pasado]  [Expresión usada con una frase en el presente]  
over the years
over time
with the passage of time
in due course
over a period of time
in the course of time
over the course of time
in the process of time
as time passed (by)
as time passes (by)
as time went by
as the future unfolds
 Thus, over the years it has been used to index reports, trade Literature, periodical articles and other similar documents.
 A search can be extended over time by cycling, that is, starting with a source document, identifying those documents which it cites, and then identifying those documents which the original cited document cites, and so on.
 Such recommendations can be viewed as attempts to shortcircuit a system which has creaked more noticeably with the passage of time.
 In due course, the following 19 ideas were found scribbled on six sheets of paper which were taped to the walls of the room.
 The vibration may cause the chips to work loose over a period of time, and if they have to be pushed back into their sockets, it is very easy to bend or break one of the 'legs'.
 This article presents Bradford's Law and some views on its applicability, development and modifications undergone in the course of time.
 These 'stages of development' in the life cycle of a company presage a turnaround situation for that company over the course of time.
 For we see that all things which, in the process of time, being created by the work of Divine Providence, were produced by the operation of God.
 As time passed by, she realised that most South Africans preferred orange squash to the bitter tangy taste of lemon squash.
 As time passes by, our collections grow ever larger and the problems of storage and retrieval become ever more pressing.
 As time went by, the colors started to fade and the paint began to flake from the heat and light of the sun.
 Certain experiences become meaningful only as the future unfolds.
con el pelo cobrizo 
copper-haired
 Rebellious, copper-haired teenager Niamh Keegan feels like a spare part in her boring, staid adopted family.
con el pie deformado 
clubfooted
 Ribera's 'Clubfooted Boy' is a well known picture whose symbolic context has long been ignored.
con el pretexto de     [También escrito under the pretext of]
under the guise of
under the flag of
in the guise of
on the pretext of
 Although the application of policies requires an exercise of judgment, violation of the policy under the guise of 'flexibility' should be avoided.
 When the news media in the United States serve as a megaphone for government policy, they do so under the flag of responsible journalism; when foreign media do the same, however, it is called 'propaganda'.
 Further, these indexers are probably so familiar with their subject area that, they whether in the guise of indexer or searcher, will profit little from any additional guides to relationships.
 We are firmly opposed to the superpowers subjecting other countries to their control and plunder on the pretext of improving the human environment.
con el primer intento 
at the first shot
 In such conditions it is a matter of pure luck if the reader hits the bull's eye at the first shot.
con el propósito de      
with the purpose of
with the aim of
in the drive to
in a drive to
in a move to
with an aim to
 Many libraries were visited with the purpose of understanding the structure and management of library services to children in that country = Se visitaron muchas bibliotecas con objeto de de conocer la organización y gestión de los servicios bibliotecarios para niños en este país.
 A wide area network with the aim of connecting all Arab Gulf countries in the near future.
 The story of the postwar diner suggests some ways that purveyors of consumer commodities finessed and exploited emergent social dislocations in the drive to expand and diversify markets.
 The library has contracted out the management of its computerized information system to Dynix in a drive to improve library service.
 In a move to cut costs, Mayor Tavares has proposed slashing, but not eliminating, funds to two bus programs that serve the elderly.
 The four of us, mum, dad and two kids, set off from Melbourne, Australia, in April 2008 with an aim to drive around the world.
con el propósito de superarse uno mismo 
self-improvement-oriented
 The picture of the self-improvement-oriented readers contrasts sharply with the typical adult user who borrows popular light fiction for nonpurposive leisure.
con el rabillo del ojo 
out of the corner of + Posesivo + eye
 When you wish to see hidden worlds that stand on the edge of existence, the best view is often gained out of the corner of one's eye.
con el rabo entre las piernas 
with a flea in + Posesivo + ear
 So the unhappy lame man got up with a flea in his ear and went to the second Prince, but here, too, he got the rough edge of his tongue = Así pues, el cojo desafortunado se levantó con las orejas gachas y fue a ver al segundo príncipe, pero de nuevo salió escaldado.
con el sudor de + Posesivo + frente 
by the sweat of + Posesivo + brow
 This paper focuses on the strengths and weaknesses of Mark Reisler's 'By the Sweat of Their Brow: Mexican Immigrant Labor in the United States'.
con el suelo de tierra 
dirt-floored
 The writer portrays it as colorful town of peasants, mangoes, papayas, yams, donkeys, dirt-floored cottages, and the market place.
con el tiempo            [Expresión usada con una frase en el pasado]  [Expresión usada con una frase en el presente]   
in time
over the years
with time
with the passage of time
eventually
in due course
over a period of time
in due time
over time
in the process of time
as time passed (by)
as time passes (by)
as time goes by
as time went by
by and by
 The census report clearly shows that the increase in foreign population is alarming, and that in time the preponderance in our city at least will be largerly in their favor.
 Thus, over the years it has been used to index reports, trade Literature, periodical articles and other similar documents.
 As a word drops out of vogue, the concept that it represents will, with time, gradually be described by a new term.
 Such recommendations can be viewed as attempts to shortcircuit a system which has creaked more noticeably with the passage of time.
 Eventually this work on citation orders came to fruition in the rather unlikely context of a new indexing systems, PRECIS.
 In due course, the following 19 ideas were found scribbled on six sheets of paper which were taped to the walls of the room.
 The vibration may cause the chips to work loose over a period of time, and if they have to be pushed back into their sockets, it is very easy to bend or break one of the 'legs'.
 Whatever carrier you use, for long-term preservation (over decades) you have to refresh and migrate data carriers in due time.
 A search can be extended over time by cycling, that is, starting with a source document, identifying those documents which it cites, and then identifying those documents which the original cited document cites, and so on.
 For we see that all things which, in the process of time, being created by the work of Divine Providence, were produced by the operation of God.
 As time passed by, she realised that most South Africans preferred orange squash to the bitter tangy taste of lemon squash.
 As time passes by, our collections grow ever larger and the problems of storage and retrieval become ever more pressing.
 As time goes by, the modern inventive mind multiplies these media and the bibliographical picture becomes increasingly complicated.
 As time went by, the colors started to fade and the paint began to flake from the heat and light of the sun.
 By and by Tom's reading and dreaming about princely life wrought such a strong effect upon him that he began to act the prince unconsciously.
con el título 
entitled
 One of the first major papers was probably that by M. Beckman entitled 'Library Buildings' which she gave to the 1982 IFLA Conference in Montreal.
con el transcurrir del tiempo    [Expresión usada con una frase en el pasado]
with the passage of time
in the process of time
as time passed (by)
 Such recommendations can be viewed as attempts to shortcircuit a system which has creaked more noticeably with the passage of time.
 For we see that all things which, in the process of time, being created by the work of Divine Providence, were produced by the operation of God.
 As time passed by, she realised that most South Africans preferred orange squash to the bitter tangy taste of lemon squash.
con el transcurso de 
with the passing of
 The world round me may have grown dimmer with the passing of the years, but not the world reflected in the magic mirror of literature.
con el transcurso de los años  
over the years
with the passing of (the) years
 Thus, over the years it has been used to index reports, trade Literature, periodical articles and other similar documents.
 Its prediction that, with the passing of years, the taint of scandal will blow away, looks over-optimistic.
con el transcurso de los siglos 
over the course of the centuries
 Over the course of the centuries, it grew into one of antiquity's most advanced cultures.
con el transcurso del tiempo       [Expresión usada con una frase en el presente]   
over time
with time
with age
in the course of time
over the course of time
as time passes (by)
as time went by
with the passage of time
as the future unfolds
 A search can be extended over time by cycling, that is, starting with a source document, identifying those documents which it cites, and then identifying those documents which the original cited document cites, and so on.
 The indexing changes gradually with time, as the natural language of the documents covered by the index evolves.
 The quality of the paper is often poor and it yellows and becomes brittle with age.
 This article presents Bradford's Law and some views on its applicability, development and modifications undergone in the course of time.
 These 'stages of development' in the life cycle of a company presage a turnaround situation for that company over the course of time.
 As time passes by, our collections grow ever larger and the problems of storage and retrieval become ever more pressing.
 As time went by, the colors started to fade and the paint began to flake from the heat and light of the sun.
 Such recommendations can be viewed as attempts to shortcircuit a system which has creaked more noticeably with the passage of time.
 Certain experiences become meaningful only as the future unfolds.
con el uso  
in use
with use
 The cheeks were braced from their tops to the ceiling, to prevent the press from twisting or shifting about in use.
 Librarianship is faced with the problem of the reconciliation of opposed objectives - the arrest of deterioration in books versus the idea that books are meant to be used, becoming ultimately worn with use.
con encimera de mármol 
marble-top
 A small cranberry tree surrounded by holly sits on an antique marble-top table.
con energía  
powerfully
strenuously
 All I wanted to underscore with these four horror stories is that the judicious, discretionary assignment of added entries can either powerfully inhibit or promote access to the documents.
 I have always strenuously supported the right of every man to his own opinion, however different that opinion might be to mine.
con enfado  
angrily
crossly
 'Look!' he growled angrily.
 'Justine refuses to work in your department, Muriel, if it involves overtime,' she said crossly.
con enfermedades mentales 
mentally challenged
 The author presents the results of a survey of 250 rural libraries to evaluate if and to what extent they have made changes to accommodate the needs of mentally and physically challenged users.
con engaño 
deceitfully
 A person's lack of humility may lead him to act deceitfully in order to obtain or maintain a false recognition from others.
con enojo 
crossly
 'Justine refuses to work in your department, Muriel, if it involves overtime,' she said crossly.
con entusiasmo   
enthusiastically
rhapsodically
wholeheartedly [whole-heartedly]
 'Hello, Tom!' said the director, greeting him enthusiastically, as he rounded his desk to shake hands, which he did with unrestrained ardor.
 Morris writes rhapsodically about celebrity-studded parties, roistering interludes with major writers and artists, as well as gossip-column habitues.
 I agree whole-heartedly that the subject approach is used chiefly by the beginner, whether it is a historical researcher or a high school student who is looking for term paper material.
con entusiasmo en los ojos 
bright-eyed
 Looking bright-eyed naturally is not that difficult to do if you take good care of yourself both physically and emotionally.
con errores 
flawed
 Librarians should welcome this document, which is nonetheless considered flawed = Los bibliotecarios deberían acoger bien este documento, aunque se considera defectuoso.
con errores gramaticales  
grammatically challenged
grammatically incorrect
 In addition to how poorly it would reflect on us to point someone to a grammatically challenged web site, it's a big hint that the content on the site is generally not up to snuff.
 The writer lists a number of illogical, imprecise, and grammatically incorrect statements she recently encountered on television and radio.
con escamas 
flaky
 This recipe will teach kids the basics of mixing up a flaky crust - the first and most important step in baking an apple pie.
con escote   
V-neck(ed)
open-neck
open-necked
 The men were wearing dickeys under their V-neck sweaters.
 I go to a girl school and we wear ties in winter and spring terms, but May-July we get to wear an open-neck collar.
 That's why you rarely see him in an open-necked shirt and, then, almost never without a neckerchief.
con ese fin 
to that end
 This book is prepared as a contribution to that end.
con esmero  
sedulously
studiously
 She argues that at the close of the 20th century, aesthetics in the academy has become a subject for the most part to be sedulously avoided.
 It was a boring performance in the sense that nothing happened except what was studiously prepared in advance.
con eso  
thereto
by this
 But if the FID still clung to its traditional interpretation of the meaning of documentation, the term became increasingly to be used to denote any non-conventional library method for the subject analysis of graphic records and any activity of research or inquiry relating thereto.
 By this, Obama didn't simply mean that their views were more nuanced than many outsiders understood.
con esperanza 
in hopeful expectation
 His name has become synonymous with someone who lives in hopeful expectation.
con espinas   
prickly [pricklier -comp., prickliest -sup.]
spiny [spinier -comp., spiniest -sup.]
thorny [thornier -comp., thorniest -sup.]
 Although rubbing up against a prickly plant is a pleasant experience, the world would be a less colorful and interesting place without them.
 We are more kindred to the sea urchin, an echinoderm whose spiny brethren include starfish and sea cucumbers.
 It is thorny and has small white flowers and red or orange fruit.
con espíritu deportivo 
sportingly
 All players got in the game, never gave up, played very sportingly and held their heads high throughout.
con este fin  
to this end
to that effect
 To this end some consultative procedure is to be recommended.
 It was dangerous but NASA made provisions to that effect.
con estilo  
stylish
classy [classier -comp., classiest -sup.]
 A number of innovative initiatives have resulted in stylish new public libraries.
 Made from stainless steel, this soup tureen will look the part on any classy buffet line.
con esto       
by so doing
in so doing
in this
herewith
by doing so
by this
in doing so
 By so doing the public library might well take upon itself a distinctive role in the community's pattern of communication.
 The next step is individual planning, which each library must do, and in so doing, it must provide the services that represent the goals of that library.
 In this it helps the user to recognise the structure of the scheme and to identify general subjects and their associated subdivisions.
 Concepts and guidelines basic to the formulation of an acquisitions policy for continuations are herewith explained.
 By doing so, librarians find hot spots on the Web that contain information germane to a user's query.
 By this, Obama didn't simply mean that their views were more nuanced than many outsiders understood.
 The task of a modern information system is to describe such unformatted data automatically and in doing so, to support the user in storing and especially in retrieving natural language documents.
con estructura de acero 
steel-framed
 The above examples are simple subjects; compound subjects such as 'Wiring methods in prefabricated steel-framed houses' would result in grotesque headings.
con estructura de madera 
timber-framed
 The first phase of occupation was represented by at least one timber-framed house with a central hearth, dated to the early 13th c.
con estudios  
schooled
educated
 The new federal constitution of the country initiated the development of the underdeveloped regions and due to this fact a lot of schooled professionals of all kinds were needed.
 This impressive work, which serves educated adults and serious students, intends to be a comprehensive, authoritative compendium of the world's most important knowledge and information.
con estudios superiores 
highly educated
 The typical web user has been a rich, highly educated, English-speaking white man.
con exactitud 
precisely
 Obviously with the definition of what constitutes an entire work still pending it is not easy to define analytical cataloguing precisely.
con excepción de  
with the exception of
except for
 With the exception of trailer libraries, mobile library stops are usually of too short a duration to allow for anything other than book lending transaction.
 Although I have not done a complete analytical search of library literature for discussions of the structures of catalogs, preliminary searches have turned up little except for historical discussions.
con éxito   
successful
successfully
winningly
 Someone's off-the-cuff idea may be the clue that will tap another's thought and lead to a successful solution.
 Without AACR is doubtful whether computerised cataloguing would have been implemented so relatively painlessly and successfully = Sin las RCAA es dudoso que la catalogación automatizada se hubiera implementado tan fácilmente y con tanto éxito, relativamente hablando.
 However, while her material is bleak she concentrates winningly on female friendship.
con expectación  
expectantly
impatiently
 So we cheerfully program the computer to search for *PARENT* and sit back expectantly, only to find that we are retrieving documents using the words parenthesis, parental and transparent!.
 'Look,' she pronounced impatiently, 'I have lots of work to do'.
con experiencia 
experienced
 Thus, complex and irrational arrangements can be tolerated, since only relatively experienced staff need to be able to locate items.
con experiencia ampliamente demostrada 
proven
 One of these two systems has a proven capability of communication and of interfacing many libraries, the other is based on traditional values of authority files.
con experiencia profesional 
professionally-qualified
 She wrote a paper with the title 'By hook or by crook: planning a year's syllabus for professionally-qualified students'.
con exuberancia 
lushly
 The passages describing the environment, though lushly written, are inclined to weigh down the narrative thrust of the novel.
con facilidad    
without difficulty
fluently
with ease
easily
 As it happened, the snowfall was moderate and all the rest of us worked all day and got home without difficulty.
 This revolutionary device helps stammerers to speak more fluently.
 Like a seasoned politician, Mr. Gandhi handled the students' queries with ease during the one-hour session.
 Thus it is possible in an author sequence to view easily the works of one author.
con falta de aire 
out of breath
 It's normal to feel out of breath when you're first starting to run.
con fascinación 
rhapsodically
 Morris writes rhapsodically about celebrity-studded parties, roistering interludes with major writers and artists, as well as gossip-column habitues.
con fecha  
dated
dated
 For dated references, only the edition cited applies.
 For dated references, only the edition cited applies.
con fecha + Fecha 
dated + Fecha
 We must also question the value of a list dated 1967, which has never been revised.
con ferocidad 
ferociously
 The book is so ferociously unsparing in detailing the systematic torment as well as wanton cruelty that the reconstruction of the past is often unbearable.
con fervor 
fervently
 Mary answered, "Your sister made me more beautiful clothes because she has been saying her Rosary more fervently than you".
con fiabilidad 
trustfully
 According to theory, companies will act trustfully if their scope for opportunistic behavior is limited = Según la teoría, las empresas actuarán con integridad si se les limita la posibilidad de aprovecharse del mercado.
con figuras en movimiento 
animated
 Students have responded enthusiastically to the animated display, and the library staff believes that this technology greatly enhances the training.
con filtros 
filtered
 This article outlines general requirements for a well-appointed restoration laboratory: filtered light, security alarms, good flood drainage, and lay-out.
con financiación independiente 
self-funded
 Some institutions will class you as self-funded unless your fees are paid directly to the University via a third party organisation.
con financiación propia 
self-funded
 Some institutions will class you as self-funded unless your fees are paid directly to the University via a third party organisation.
con fines + Adjetivo 
for + Nombre + purposes
 It is occasionally useful for administrative purposes to be able to tag borrowers so that they may be intercepted during charge-out.
con fines electorales  [Aplicado a una actuación política cuyo fin es puramente ganar votos]
pork-barrel
 All of Washington is foaming at the mouth over the prospect of more pork-barrel spending.
con fines lucrativos    
profit-making
profit-orientated
profit-oriented
profit-generating
 Many types of budgets are not really applicable to libraries, since libraries are not primarily profit-making institutions.
 Information producers and sellers are profit-orientated.
 The author points out dangers inherent in the fact that on-line data bases are privately owned and profit-oriented.
 Examples of determined efforts to erase the intellectual boundaries between the profit-generating models of business and the intellectual pursuits of the academic community are considered.
con firma 
signed
 The first study did not require evaluators to sign their forms and the director found that signed forms had higher ratings than unsigned forms.
con firmeza     
assertively
resolutely
firmly
unshakably
staunchly
 Class participants were found to be more likely to behave assertively and less likely to behave aggressively than librarians who had not take the class.
 The library's longevity will depend upon how resolutely it extends rather than abandons its traditional functions within an electronic environment.
 It is, however, essential to keep the historical context of UDC firmly in mind when studying and using the scheme.
 He inspired intense lasting loyalties, but also made many enemies, being unshakably confident in his own judgement, stubborn, and racially prejudiced against Jews.
 However, even though public libraries lack adequate funding and are typically small, Costa Ricans staunchly support their continuation.
con flexibilidad 
flexibly
 Readiness to alter the approach flexibly in the light of commercial impacts has proved necessary.
con fluidez   
fluent
fluently
proficiently
 Any librarian who is fluent in Spanish will have an edge in applying for a public service position in most public libraries today = Cualquier bibliotecario que hable con fluidez el español tendrá una ventaja al solicitar un puesto público en la mayoría de las bibliotecas públicas actuales.
 This revolutionary device helps stammerers to speak more fluently.
 The ability to read proficiently is a cornerstone to becoming successful in today's society.
con forma de bombilla 
bulb-shaped
 Southern bottlenose whales have a large, bulb-shaped forehead and short, dolphin-like beak.
con forma de bulbo  
bulbous
bulb-shaped
 The initial part of the internal carotid artery is bulbous and is called the carotid sinus.
 Southern bottlenose whales have a large, bulb-shaped forehead and short, dolphin-like beak.
con forma de castillo 
castellated
 The author observes that there was no lull in the construction of Scottish castellated architecture between 1480 and 1560.
con forma de corazón 
heart-shaped
 Dress the dinner table with a nice table cloth, a candle and some napkins, sprinkle with heart-shaped sequins and get out the best wine glasses.
con forma de estrella 
star-shaped [star shaped]
 There is only one connection from each item of equipment to the switching centre, resulting in a star-shaped network, called a star network.
con forma de pelo 
hair-like
 Basically, snot is a mixture of mucous and the particles that the cilia (hair-like projections in the nose) filter out.
con forma de pera 
pear-shaped
 This pear-shaped, fiddle-like musical instrument displays both 'Western' and 'Eastern' influences.
con forma de pirámide  
trihedral
pyramidal-shaped
 The author analyses three pieces found in the Museum of the Hermitage at Saint Petersburg: 2 cups, a hexagonal saltcellar and a trihedral saltcellar.
 Pyramidal neurons, also known as pyramidal cells, are neurons with a pyramidal-shaped cell body (soma) and two distinct dendritic trees.
con forma de tetraedro 
trihedral
 The author analyses three pieces found in the Museum of the Hermitage at Saint Petersburg: 2 cups, a hexagonal saltcellar and a trihedral saltcellar.
con forma de U 
U-shaped
 The lower jaw has its own separate bone which is called 'the mandible', which is U-shaped and stretches from one ear, down to the chin area and then back up.
con forma piramidal 
pyramidal-shaped
 Pyramidal neurons, also known as pyramidal cells, are neurons with a pyramidal-shaped cell body (soma) and two distinct dendritic trees.
con franqueza  
frankly
quite frankly
 I've tolerated his remarks and his wandering hands because, frankly, I need the job.
 The whole work hard, play hard mantra unfortunately shows no sign of stopping even though it's quite frankly a marketing con.
con frecuencia    
frequently
often [oftener -comp., oftenest -sup.]
oftentimes [often times]
ofttimes [oft-times]
 Prior to the 1970s UDC was frequently to be found in large card indexes in special libraries and sometimes to be encountered in abstracting and indexing tools.
 Nevertheless, modern cataloguing practices often represent some amalgam of the collocative and the direct approaches.
 Oftentimes, we conduct our research on related areas to help solve problems in our own field.
 Within each of us, ofttimes, there dwells a mighty and raging fury.
con frondosidad 
lushly
 The passages describing the environment, though lushly written, are inclined to weigh down the narrative thrust of the novel.
con fuertes aspiraciones profesionales 
upward-mobile
 He is thus in danger of losing touch with its traditional constituency (upward-mobile students) whose academic and socioeconomic backgrounds would have previously indicated nearly automatic attendance.
con fuerza   
forcefully
vigorously
powerfully
 Do not pull a book from the shelf by forcefully tugging the top of the spine.
 Far from being an innocuous social institution the public library is an arena where culture has been vigorously contested.
 All I wanted to underscore with these four horror stories is that the judicious, discretionary assignment of added entries can either powerfully inhibit or promote access to the documents.
con funda 
jacketed
 To accommodate growth in the vertical file collection the library developed a project to convert hardcopy materials to jacketed microfiche.
con funda de goma 
rubber-coated
 Rubber-coated handles where the front handle is ergonomically angled and fitted with a wing nut for quick adjustments without tools.
con fundamentación teórica 
principled
 She is a veteran member of the cataloging profession who witnessed the miscarriage of one revision and the compromise of another, progressively principled and promising one which followed it.
con fundamentos 
informed
 Even more reprehensible than the unsupported recollection is the guess, however well informed.
con fundamentos sólidos  
well-considered
well-supported
 A well-considered ideology cognizant of the nature of the materials cataloged is prerequisite and fundamental to the design of any viable cataloging system, and particularly one that is to command universal acceptance.
 What will convince your reader best are thoughtful, well-supported arguments.
con furia  
with a vengeance
furiously
 However, as we shall see, the public librarian's dedication to his civilizing and stabilizing role in society was to surface with a vengeance in those times when the nation appeared threatened.
 A sentence may fill every requirement of syntax and be meaningless: Austin cites Chomsky's example 'Colourless green ideas sleep furiously'.
con futuro 
up-and-coming
 The journal kept me in touch with the established authors in the field but also the new, up-and-coming writers.
con gafas 
bespectacled
 His bespectacled face bears the marks of decades of administrative decisions and manipulating markets.
con ganas 
with gusto
 In this caricature representation, the Jew is followed by the Jewess, who lays a huge Jew egg that the children of the village attack with gusto, smashing it to bits.
con ganas de 
thirsty for
 Despite the faults in the movie, both actors did a great job and their performances left one thirsty for more.
con ganas de comer algo 
peckish
 During Ramadan, Muslims can only eat during the the hours of darkness, when the faithful, understandably peckish, tend to raid the larder.
con ganas de pelear 
on the warpath
 The article 'Girlies on the warpath' argues that despite institutional resistance, good antisexist work is happening in teacher education.
con ganas de vomitar 
queasy [queasier -comp., queasiest -sup.]
 Good news for anyone who has ever had that queasy feeling the morning after tying one on: A study has found that an extract of prickly pear can prevent a severe hangover.
con garantías de calidad 
quality assured
 Do contact us to know how we may be able to help your business become more efficient by our quality assured products and solutions.
con garbo 
jauntily
 He was walking jauntily, his legs just the least bit unsteady, and he began to whistle.
con gas   
carbonated
gassy [gassier -comp., gassiest -sup.]
fizzy [fizzier -comp., fizziest -sup.]
 The same problem is posed a fortiori when the liquid to be pasteurized contains dissolved gas under pressure (carbonated liquid) - the case of beer for example.
 If it's due to that, you should keep away from gassy drinks, coffee and other caffeinated drinks.
 This beer is pale yellow, a bit fizzy, and it doesn't smell like much.
con generosidad  
generously
unstintingly
 Course brochure and prospectuses of course programmes were often generously supplied.
 Cathy contributed unstintingly to her neighborhood association with wise counsel and encouragement.
con glotonería 
gluttonously
 So, greedily I ate, gluttonously, refusing to curtail for a moment this wolfish intake of saturated fat.
con goteras  
leaking
leaky [leakier -comp., leakiest -sup.]
 The documents were relegated to an environmentally unsafe location, where they were damaged by a leaking water pipe.
 He fixed the leaky faucet by pugging it with a cork, hammering it in with a mallet, wrapping it up with electrical tape, and leaving it to increase in water pressure until the pipe exploded .
con gracia   
wittily
funnily
prettily
 This lovely book interestingly and wittily makes us aware of the ancient and colourful lineage of which we are a part.
 You should be a comedian, you look funny, you sound funny, you act funny, and your body even functions funnily.
 He didn't even have the good grace to blush, even slightly, when she fluttered her eyelashes prettily and thrust her breasts forward.
con gran capacidad 
capacious
 This is an efficient method of storing large amounts of programs and data, which is faster, more reliable and much more capacious than the floppy disc.
con gran colorido 
brightly coloured
 Small, brightly coloured, modern libraries in well-used public areas attract the public and create more demand for library services.
con gran densidad de población 
densely populated
 The first public reading-room in Berlin opened in 1895 in a densely populated working-class district.
con grandes esperanzas 
with high hopes
 We await with eager expectation the arrival of the book in printed form with high hopes that it will find its place in the world.
con gran dificultad 
with great difficulty
 Alumina is helpful for any stool that is passed with great difficulty.
con grandilocuencia 
grandly
 Limbaugh grandly announced on his radio program that he might not support the Republican nominee, as none pass his conservative litmus test.
con gran entusiasmo 
ecstatically
 He rubbed his head reminiscently and the boys returned to the old man, who was maundering ecstatically about his squaw.
con gran esplendor 
grandly
 I am convinced that China can hold this Olymipics game peacefully and grandly.
con gran iluminación 
brightly illuminated
 Cattle, pigs and sheep have a tendency to move more easily from a dimly illuminated area to a more brightly illuminated area.
con gran ilusión 
with high hopes
 We await with eager expectation the arrival of the book in printed form with high hopes that it will find its place in the world.
con gran motivación 
highly-motivated
 They are looking for a highly-motivated, high-calibre student with aspirations to develop a career as a professional geoscientist.
con gran sentimiento 
earnestly
 Falteringly, but earnestly he read the story and when he finished, he put his head down on the table and sobbed.
con gratitud 
gratefully
 LISU gratefully acknowledge the support and sponsorship of Swets Blackwell for this event.
con gravedad 
grimly
 As she sat alone in the staff lounge at the end of her exhausting day, she reflected grimly that she was on her own as far as the assignments were concerned = Mientras se sentaba sola en la sala de personal al final de un día agotador, reflexionaba sombríamente que estaba sola en lo relativo a sus tareas.
con guión 
hyphenated
 Similarly, the system normally treats hyphenated words as separate words when building the index.
con gula 
gluttonously
 So, greedily I ate, gluttonously, refusing to curtail for a moment this wolfish intake of saturated fat.
con gusto      
happily
satisfyingly
stylish
willingly
gladly
fain
 In spite of their protestations to the contrary, most bosses prefer subordinates whom they get along with, who oblige happily when asked to undertake tasks.
 And they succeed with oral narrative more easily and satisfyingly than with written stories.
 A number of innovative initiatives have resulted in stylish new public libraries.
 Fee-for-service programmes can target non-traditional market segments such as pharmaceutical companies, lawyers, and manufacturing firms who regularly need and willingly pay a premium price for perishable medical information.
 Have reading foisted on you as a duty, a task to be put up with, from which you expect no delight, and it can appear a drab business gladly to be given up.
 'I would fain go myself,' Edmund said, 'and see how matters stand, and try to communicate with Freda' = Edmund dijo: "Me iría gustosamente para ver cómo están las cosas y tratar de comunicarme con Freda".
con habilidad 
adeptly
 To function adeptly within our environment, we must perceive and interpret the movements of others.
con hambre de poder 
power-hungry
 Power-hungry politicians are creating havoc everywhere.
con hastial 
gabled
 The 'Rathaus' on the market square is an architectural oddity, comprising four gabled houses to which a decorative classical façade was added in 1797.
con heridas superficiales 
superficially wounded
 Problems were defined as superficially wounded, mortally wounded, or critical but treatable, and staff time directed to the treatable problems.
con hocico 
beaked
 Northern bottlenose whales are the largest beaked whales in the North Atlantic.
con honestidad   
honestly
honourably [honorably, -USA]
trustfully
 This paper describes how a middle grade school teacher uses a core list of books to capture the imagination of his students and to encourage them to write honestly about their lives.
 That's why I think it's time for him to quit the national team honourably now the ovation is still loud.
 According to theory, companies will act trustfully if their scope for opportunistic behavior is limited = Según la teoría, las empresas actuarán con integridad si se les limita la posibilidad de aprovecharse del mercado.
con honradez 
trustfully
 According to theory, companies will act trustfully if their scope for opportunistic behavior is limited = Según la teoría, las empresas actuarán con integridad si se les limita la posibilidad de aprovecharse del mercado.
con hosquedad 
sullenly
 He sat down heavily and watched his wife sullenly as she made the coffee.
con humildad 
humbly
 Canadian biggest low-cost airline humbly apologizes to Air Canada for industrial espionage.
con humor 
humorously
 The author shows that manufactured practical jokes such as the whoopie cushion, squirting flower and fake animal feces are being used, carnivalistically and humorously, as a conscious and unconscious comment on larger social situations.
con imágenes en movimiento 
animated
 Students have responded enthusiastically to the animated display, and the library staff believes that this technology greatly enhances the training.
con imaginación 
imaginatively
 To describe discursively all that an imaginatively successful scene in fiction or drama or poem says, means and is would be futile.
con impaciencia 
with bated breath
 Many in the crowd were lulled into a false sense of calm and nostalgia while others waited with bated breath for the real surprises to begin.
con impasibilidad 
impassively
 Gordon plays the role stiffly and impassively, which actually works well for this character.
con impunidad 
with impunity
 The directors of the college libraries felt free to make suggestions and to criticize policies and programs with impunity.
con inclinaciones artísticas  [También escrito artsy]  [También escrito arty]  [También escrito arty-farty]  [También escrito artsy-fartsy]  [También escrito artsy-craftsy]  [También escrito arty-crafty]
arty [artier -comp., artiest -sup.]
artsy [artsier -comp., artsiest -sup.]
artsy-fartsy
arty-farty
arty-crafty
artsy-craftsy
 It's a rather arty hangout particularly with writers and theatrical types, who adore both the contemporary street-side cafe and the dining room further inside.
 An old friend of mine works at that same coffee shop, a vibrant, decadent, and rather artsy hang out for the student population there.
 The owners love the show, although Michael wouldn't be caught dead at such an artsy-fartsy place.
 Why they continued to make such arty-farty films that nobody liked or went to see is anyone's guess.
 It's a rather arty-crafty, ethnic-sandals-and-incense sort of place, a hangover from the Sixties, when there was a thriving hippy colony here.
 I like the jacket very much, and the skirt, but the embellishment looks a little too artsy-craftsy for me.
con inclinaciones de manitas  [También escrito artsy-craftsy]  [También escrito arty-crafty] 
arty-crafty
artsy-craftsy
craft(s)y
 It's a rather arty-crafty, ethnic-sandals-and-incense sort of place, a hangover from the Sixties, when there was a thriving hippy colony here.
 I like the jacket very much, and the skirt, but the embellishment looks a little too artsy-craftsy for me.
 Brian had been disdainful of her 'craftsy hobby,' and resentful of the time it took from the work he demanded from her.
con incredulidad  
incredulously
in disbelief
 She looked incredulously at the single photocopied page from the last self-study report.
 He remembers their eyes staring up at him in disbelief as he beat the life out of them.
con indecisión 
indecisively
 She stood indecisively by the poolside while other girls dived straight in.
con independencia de     
in spite of
despite
although
despite the fact that
in spite of the fact that
 In spite of its inherent conservatism, the BM code favours direct entry.
 The scheme covers all knowledge, despite being special in purpose.
 These are the strengths of the Journal of Common Market Studies, although even this journal has a wider remit than its title suggest.
 Strangely enough, despite the fact that he was buddies with Henry Kissinger at Harvard, he is registered as a member of the Democratic Party.
 In spite of the fact that the investigation of the relationship of these two factors would be very important, there is still hardly any research done on this topic.
con indiferencia   
indifferently
casually
nonchalantly
 'That's about it', he shrugged his shoulders indifferently, as if to say 'So what!'.
 He glanced casually at the ill-balanced frontages of the buildings ahead that stretched on and on until they melded in an indistinguishable mass of gray at Laurence Street.
 She arrived in floods of tears, having been told nonchalantly by her booker to 'skip a few meals' in the run-up to London Fashion Week if she wanted to work.
con indignación  
disgustedly
indignantly
 'Well, I don't know what's going on,' Pope continued disgustedly.
 'Didn't you learn anywhere along the line that a subordinate has an obligation to keep a supervisor informed about what's going on?' she flamed out indignantly.
con indulgencia 
leniently
 It follows that offenders who are remorseful should not be treated more leniently.
con infelicidad 
miserably
 Live happily in ignorance or live miserably with the truth.
con información 
information-bearing
 Non-book media is defined as information-bearing media which are not in the form of a book such as visual images, geographical artifacts, three-dimensional objects, music scores and recorded sound and microfilms.
con iniciativa   
proactively [pro-actively]
proactive [pro-active]
enterprising
 So long as the library possesses accurate knowledge about its activities, it can use it proactively to define the areas where it would be money and effort down the drain.
 Compiling information of this nature requires a proactive and not a reactive approach to the task.
 I should like first of all to express my appreciation to the enterprising and energetic partnership of Freedman and Malinconico for their indefatigable efforts to focus attention and foster discussion on current developments and issues in cataloging.
con inocencia 
innocently
 The question was innocently and diplomatically couched.
con insidia 
deceitfully
 A person's lack of humility may lead him to act deceitfully in order to obtain or maintain a false recognition from others.
con insistencia 
insistently
 This naive, and generally unfounded, belief in the average American's interest in cultural matters led men like Carnegie to scrutinize insistently the statistical records of public libraries, seeking evidence of a general 'elevation of the masses'.
con insolencia 
impudently
 As to the matter of relics, it is almost incredible how impudently the world has been cheated.
con integridad  
honourably [honorably, -USA]
trustfully
 That's why I think it's time for him to quit the national team honourably now the ovation is still loud.
 According to theory, companies will act trustfully if their scope for opportunistic behavior is limited = Según la teoría, las empresas actuarán con integridad si se les limita la posibilidad de aprovecharse del mercado.
con inteligencia 
smartly
 As a freelancer, you have to smartly manage your cash flow if you do not want to run out of money every now and then.
con intencionalidad 
calculated
 He was accused of being a calculated killer who knowingly committed vicious crimes.
con intenciones desconocidas 
with unknown intent
 However, when the other canoes began to approach the ship with unknown intent, Cartier had 2 cannon shots fired to scare them away.
con intenciones ocultas 
agenda-laden
 While some sites are strictly parody intended or product-promoting, some intentionally lure the unsuspecting into information provided by hate groups or other agenda-laden organisations.
con intensidad 
brightly
 The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long, and you have burned so very very brightly.
con intereses ocultos 
agenda-laden
 While some sites are strictly parody intended or product-promoting, some intentionally lure the unsuspecting into information provided by hate groups or other agenda-laden organisations.
con intereses propios 
self-interested
 This paper examines the self-interested reasons that businesses can have for ethical behavior.
con interrupciones  
discontinuous
episodic
 Discontinuous change is one of the major characteristics of the South African environment.
 And its episodic plot, without the kind of mystery climax that has to be led up to without interruption means that the gaps between readings won't spoil the effect.
con intervención directa  [En sociología, observación del comportamiento de una persona en una situación en la que el sujeto conoce que está siendo observado]
obtrusive
 The Hawthorne effect, ie the well-established fact that individuals who know that they are being observed usually change their patterns of behaviour, even unintentionally, will obviously come into play if the observation is obtrusive.
con intrepidez 
fearlessly
 Knowing that he was up against a large enemy force, he fearlessly rode to the head of his troops to calm them before sending them into battle.
con ira 
angrily
 'Look!' he growled angrily.
con júbilo  
joyously
gleefully
 Wine lovers around the world have joyously adopted the British slang word 'plonk' to describe poor, cheap wine.
 Nietzsche famously violates the rules of logic, gleefully engaging in the 'informal' fallacies, for example, in his appeals to emotions.
con juicio de valor 
value-loaded
 Avoid value-loaded words, aim for neutrality.
con la anchura de los hombros 
shoulder-width
 To do a squat with dumbbells, hold a dumbbell in each hand and stand with your feet about shoulder-width apart.
con la ayuda de 
under the guidance of
 These tables may be applied, in carefully selected subject areas, and under the guidance of explicit instructions, in order to subdivide a subject found in the main schedules.
con la boca abierta (del todo) 
with + Posesivo + mouth (wide) open
 I often appear to be gazing vacantly into space with my mouth open.
con la cabeza descubierta 
bareheaded
 A bareheaded motorcyclist participating in a ride to protest mandatory helmet laws was killed when he was thrown over the handlebars.
con la cabeza en las nubes  [También escrito ditsy]  [También escrito ditzy]
ditzy [ditzier -comp., ditziest -sup.]
ditsy [ditsier -comp., ditsiest -sup.]
 She might be a ditz, you can do that with the money she makes, if she wasn't so rich she'd be just another ditzy broad.
 If there is a stereo type for ditsy blondes she really has gone out of her way to fit it perfectly.
con la cabeza entre las manos 
hold + Posesivo + head in + Posesivo + hands
 She came in holding her head in her hands, wondering what she had done to deserve the venom her daughter spewed at her.
con la cabeza llena de pájaros 
with + Posesivo + head in the clouds
 With his head in the clouds he has failed to notice that he is venturing toward the edge of the cliff top that his path has become.
en Babia  
absent-minded
with + Posesivo + head in the clouds
 The academic library is the natural habitat of the absent-minded professor.
 With his head in the clouds he has failed to notice that he is venturing toward the edge of the cliff top that his path has become.
con la cabeza por delante 
head-first
 At the time of birth, about 60 percent of puppies are positioned in the uterus to come out head-first; the other 40 percent come out feet-first.
con la cabeza primero 
head-first
 At the time of birth, about 60 percent of puppies are positioned in the uterus to come out head-first; the other 40 percent come out feet-first.
con la conciencia limpia 
with a clear conscience
 The man with a clear conscience probably has a poor memory.
con la conciencia tranquila 
with a clear conscience
 The man with a clear conscience probably has a poor memory.
con la condición de que   
on the understanding that
with the condition that
on the condition that
 Employers & trade unions can make whatever use they like of the money thus provided, on the understanding that it is for education.
 The deal comes with the condition that he passes a doping test when he arrives in Japan in February.
 In this way the lives of over 100000 Armenians were spared, but only on the condition that they should be sent to Syria.
con la convicción de que  
in the belief that/of
on the assumption that
 In the belief that the library has an inseparable role in the education of students, semester-long term paper counselling sessions are offered to encourage students to make an early start.
 But despite the many catalog worlds, and herein lies the rub - or at least a rough spot - we have been proceeding on the assumption that the catalog exists in the form of the data distributed by the Library of Congress.
con la debida consideración 
with due consideration
 This is good sense, and there is no reason why the same should not be done, with due consideration, where different compositors appear to have followed different typographical conventions.
con la debida cualificación 
properly qualified
 This entails restricting membership to properly qualified persons only, and exercising sanctions on members who infringe professional standards.
con la edad 
with age
 The quality of the paper is often poor and it yellows and becomes brittle with age.
con la edad, llega la sabiduría 
with age comes wisdom
 We've all heard the adage that with age comes wisdom, but now science is backing up the claim.
con la espalda contra la pared 
up against the wall
 The article is entitled 'Up against the wall: highlights of the Detroit Conference, American Library Association, June 27-July 3'.
con la esperanza de  
in hope(s) of
with the hope(s) of
 In 1976, he conducted interviews with various booksellers in hope of getting a clear idea of publisher-bookseller relations.
 The main character in the novel viewed his death as the solutions to his problems and was therefore motivated enough by the death-wish to kill with the hope of retributive capital punishment.
con la esperanza de que  
in the hope(s) of/that
in hope(s) that
 A reappraisal is therefore outlined here in the hope that it will prompt the serious and the concerned in our ranks to think.
 These are opportunities that lend themselves to a diversity of initiatives at this point, in hopes that we can better understand some of the questions.
con la excusa de     
in the name of
under the mantle of
under the flag of
under the guise of
in the guise of
 Historically, however, humans have always sought to capture and preserve - in the name of efficiency, effectiveness, and/or predictability of outcomes - such basic functions by institutionalizing them.
 In this woeful film, under the mantle of a 'bitter-sweet romantic comedy,' Poliakoff lets his maudlin sentiments and fears run riot.
 When the news media in the United States serve as a megaphone for government policy, they do so under the flag of responsible journalism; when foreign media do the same, however, it is called 'propaganda'.
 Although the application of policies requires an exercise of judgment, violation of the policy under the guise of 'flexibility' should be avoided.
 Further, these indexers are probably so familiar with their subject area that, they whether in the guise of indexer or searcher, will profit little from any additional guides to relationships.
con la expectativa de que 
in hopeful expectation that
 Finally six men agreed to go forth in their underclothes and nooses around their necks in hopeful expectation that their sacrifice would satisfy the king's bloodlust and he would spare the rest of the citizens.
con la extensión de un libro 
book-length
 The aim was to assess whether they had excess book-length material which they considered worthy of publication but could not afford to publish.
con la falda típica escocesa 
kilted
 IFLA-goers joined throngs of Brits to watch the military tattoo as kilted bagpipers and military units from around the world displayed their musical and marching skills.
con la finalidad de             
in order to
in order that
in the attempt to
in an attempt to
in an effort to
aimed at
with the purpose of
in a bid to/for
with the aim of
in the drive to
in a drive to
in a move to
with an aim to
 Any attempt to organise knowledge must, in order to justify the effort of organisation, have an objective.
 In order that the plans be better understood, it is essential that the aims of the library be outlined first.
 In the attempt to match the above criteria, there are two fundamentally distinct avenues to the construction of the schedules of a classification scheme.
 The first treaty of all was designed to pool the coal and steel resources of Europe in an attempt to overcome the devastation of the Second World War and to foster the concept of European unity.
 Many libraries have had fine free days or weeks in an effort to entice strayed material back.
 In 1966, President Lyndon Johnson initiated the 'Neighborhood Pilot Centres' programme aimed at providing a neighbourhood centre to co-ordinate the programmes of other federal agencies in every urban ghetto.
 Many libraries were visited with the purpose of understanding the structure and management of library services to children in that country = Se visitaron muchas bibliotecas con objeto de de conocer la organización y gestión de los servicios bibliotecarios para niños en este país.
 In a bid to leapfrog stages of development, some transitional economies are investing heavily in building up information age infrastructures.
 A wide area network with the aim of connecting all Arab Gulf countries in the near future.
 The story of the postwar diner suggests some ways that purveyors of consumer commodities finessed and exploited emergent social dislocations in the drive to expand and diversify markets.
 The library has contracted out the management of its computerized information system to Dynix in a drive to improve library service.
 In a move to cut costs, Mayor Tavares has proposed slashing, but not eliminating, funds to two bus programs that serve the elderly.
 The four of us, mum, dad and two kids, set off from Melbourne, Australia, in April 2008 with an aim to drive around the world.
con la formación adecuada 
adequately-trained
 The main directions in such training in higher education are the preparation of adequately-trained staff to provide user education.
con la frente en alto 
stand + tall
 Standing tall on the sunburnt African plains, baobab trees tower over the landscape like great living monuments.
con lagañas en los ojos 
bleary [blearier -comp., bleariest -sup.]
 Her eyes were dry and her head bleary from spending all week totally consumed with work.
con la imaginación 
in imagination
 Organizations are figuratively brought into the classroom and students are allowed, in imagination, to place themselves in the setting.
con la intención de         
designing
with an eye toward(s)
intending to
aimed at
purposefully
intended to
in the drive to
in a drive to
in a move to
 In those early days, so the story goes, the library movement was in danger of being captured by an aristocratic intellectual class designing to make the public library an elitist center for scholarly research.
 This article presents a summary of the less aparent effects of these developments with an eye toward how these have reshaped contemporary conceptions of the physical book.
 She sauntered back to her desk, intending to work, and was a little perturbed to find that she could not work.
 In 1966, President Lyndon Johnson initiated the 'Neighborhood Pilot Centres' programme aimed at providing a neighbourhood centre to co-ordinate the programmes of other federal agencies in every urban ghetto.
 Only then, within the framework of inter-institutional accord, will academic library cooperative activities move forward more rapidly and purposefully.
 An architectural rendering is a pictorial representation of a building intended to show, before it has been built, how the building will look when completed.
 The story of the postwar diner suggests some ways that purveyors of consumer commodities finessed and exploited emergent social dislocations in the drive to expand and diversify markets.
 The library has contracted out the management of its computerized information system to Dynix in a drive to improve library service.
 In a move to cut costs, Mayor Tavares has proposed slashing, but not eliminating, funds to two bus programs that serve the elderly.
con la intención de comunicar hechos 
fact-communicating
 And so in scientific language - in all purely fact-communicating uses of language - we try to employ words in as objective and unvarying a way as possible.
con la llegada de  
with the advent of
with the arrival of
 With the advent of micro-computers even much smaller cataloguing operations can effectively be computerised.
 The project was shelved because of the cost of producing the video discs, but with the arrival of CD-ROM it has been revived in the form of an experiment involving Blackwell, Elsevier and Springer publishers.
con la mayor brevedad 
as soon as possible (asap)
 If there are excessive delays in the record becoming available, and long delays become a common phenomenon, the librarian who is anxious to make new stock available for the user as soon as possible will resort to local cataloguing.
con la mejor voluntad del mundo 
in good faith
 If one side gives in on something, take it in good faith, don't take advantage of it, and be willing to yield something in return.
con la mente despejada 
clear-headed
 This book offers the opportunity to practice reasoning in a clear-headed and critical way.
con la mirada en 
with an eye toward(s)
 This article presents a summary of the less aparent effects of these developments with an eye toward how these have reshaped contemporary conceptions of the physical book.
con la mirada en blanco 
blankly
 James had stared at her rather blankly.
con la mirada perdida         
stare into + space
gaze into + space
vacantly
stare + vacantly into space
gaze + vacantly into space
stare + vacantly
gaze + vacantly
gaze + blankly
stare + blankly
 I find that we are so linked to the computer that when the computer takes a nap we just sit there staring into space.
 As children many of us spent countless hours gazing into space exploring alternate realities!.
 He could not raise his head or stir a finger for the trance that held him, and Peroo was smiling vacantly at the lightning.
 Other than sleeping, I enjoy wandering around aimlessly, street watching, and staring vacantly into space.
 I often appear to be gazing vacantly into space with my mouth open.
 Numb from drink, he stared vacantly at nothing in particular.
 Her crown sits askew on her golden head and her eyes gaze vacantly down at her feet.
 Percy gazed blankly after the retreating car, and then made his way to a boot-blacking stand.
 Catherine's eyes were focused on that which her ears failed to hear and she stared blankly at the drops of water as they streaked down the glass.
con la mirada puesta en  
with an eye on
in + Posesivo + sights
 Thus Panizzi, with a eye on the printed book catalog demanding stable entries, was led to rule that the works of an author should be entered under his earliest name which evoked the scorn of his critics.
 Just 2 days later they landed at Southerndown beach, with tears of homecoming joy in their eyes and with destiny still in their sights.
con la misma altura que 
the full height of
 In the proposed reconstruction, the facade appears surmounted by painted crenellations, with a large marble portal the full height of the building.
con la pólvora mojada 
be out of luck
 But in a lot of Seattle neighborhoods, a kid looking for a wading pool to cool off in is out of luck.
con la portada hacia fuera 
face-out
 With the recognition of the importance of face-out displays of paperbacks, such equipment as wine spinner racks were introduced to school bookshops and libraries.
con la punta de los pies mirando hacia dentro 
pigeon-toed
 When children start walking they tend to be bandy-legged, pigeon-toed and look flat-footed.
con la punta envenenada 
poison-tipped
 Her Cheshire cat grin masks the poison-tipped claws of a lethal adversary = Su sonrisa de oreja a oreja esconde las garras con las puntas envenenadas de un adversario letal.
con la sabiduría que da la experiencia 
with the benefit of hindsight
 This article reviews the collective opinions of the computer press on the best products of 1988 with the benefit of hindsight.
con la salida del sol  
at sunrise
at sunup
 He was an early riser and always raring to go at sunrise, either on vacation trips or to get to the asphalt plant on Chicago's north side.
 Games lasted as long as two or three days, starting at sunup and ending at sundown.
con las características similares a las de texto 
text-like
 Information retrieval has been primarily concerned with text and text-like data.
con lascivia 
lustily
 He lustily told her in one message that he wanted her lying on her back.
con las dimensiones de una pared 
wall-sized
 A prototype system has been developed that uses wall-sized, full colour digital television with synchronized stereo sound to create a virtual spatial world over which the user helicopters via joystick control.
con las dos manos 
two handed [two-handed]
 Subjects reached 50 percent of their two handed typing speed after about 8 hours.
con las espalda contra la pared 
with + Posesivo + back against the wall
 With his back against the wall, he might judge that he had little choice but to use his weapons of mass destruction in a last-ditch attempt to save his country.
con las esquinas dobladas  [Referido a las páginas de un libro]
dog-eared
 Copies can generally be recognized by such signs as set-off from fresh-made proofs, inky thumb-marks, and a general air of dog-eared grubbiness.
con las garras fuera 
knives-out
 The recent vote of no confidence against the leader of the United Kingdom's Conservative Party has created a 'knives-out' atmosphere in the press.
con las manos cruzadas 
idly
 Instead of going to his desk, he proceeded to the window and lingered there idly watching the rain spatter on the pavement outside.
con las manos muy largas 
light-fingered
 Even a thorny trellis beneath your windows can provide a good deterrent to light-fingered thieves.
con las manos vacías 
empty-handed
 An expert team on explosives from Australia returns empty handed as two countries fail to agree on terms and conditions.
con las mejores intenciones 
best-intentioned
 The answer has eluded the best-intentioned parents who overprotect, overindulge, and overschedule their children's lives.
con la soga al cuello 
in dire straits
 Egypt's Internet situation is in dire straits after two undersea cables in the Mediterranean were accidentally severed yesterday.
con las orejas gachas    
with a flea in + Posesivo + ear
depressed
dejected
downcast
 So the unhappy lame man got up with a flea in his ear and went to the second Prince, but here, too, he got the rough edge of his tongue = Así pues, el cojo desafortunado se levantó con las orejas gachas y fue a ver al segundo príncipe, pero de nuevo salió escaldado.
 As I said in the study I did on the subject analysis of nonbook materials, the problem that librarians and media specialists felt most depressed about was the cataloging of music recordings.
 Barefoot, unkempt, malnourished and dejected, they fend not only for themselves, but for their families as well by scavenging in garbage dumps.
 The poor little Grub was more confused than ever and he looked so downcast that the Frog took pity on him.
con las rodillas mirando hacia dentro y los talones hacia fuera 
knock-kneed
 By around 3 years of age, children become the most knock-kneed they will be.
con (la) suficiente antelación   
in good time
early enough
well in advance
 The ambition of the librarian must be to identify the needs in good time, to have the service available at an appropriate point and to encourage the user to approach the library.
 It is important that the libraries experiment early enough with the new technologies in order to be prepared to meet the expectations of future users.
 We try to persuade all speakers to let us have the text of their papers well in advance.
con las uñas fuera 
knives-out
 The recent vote of no confidence against the leader of the United Kingdom's Conservative Party has created a 'knives-out' atmosphere in the press.
con lazos muy estrechos 
close-knit
 In Britain, this meant the dislocation and scattering of what were close-knit communities either to sprawling suburban council estates, often grossly lacking in amenities, or to blocks of high-rise flats.
con legañas en los ojos 
bleary [blearier -comp., bleariest -sup.]
 Her eyes were dry and her head bleary from spending all week totally consumed with work.
con lentejuelas  [También escrito sequinned, pero con menos frecuencia]
sequined
 The actress turned heads in a glamorous sequined evening gown that showed off her curves.
con levadura 
yeasted
 For some reason, I thought that yeasted waffles would be a lot of work.
con licencia 
licensed
 This guide is organised along the steps involved in buying uncompleted private residential properties from licensed housing developers.
con licencia para vender bebidas alcohólicas  
licensed
licensed
 This luxury seafront licensed hotel is 'one of the best places to stay in the world'.
 This luxury seafront licensed hotel is 'one of the best places to stay in the world'.
con limitación temporal 
time-oriented
 All actions plans - which are also measurable and time-oriented - are tied directly to objectives.
con límites impuestos por uno mismo 
self-limiting
 The overwhelming majority of questions demand only limited assistance, not because they are easy or simple, but because of their essentially self-limiting nature.
con llave 
locking
 Some libraries choose not to circulate their comics collection at all, instead placing the issues in locking plastic periodical covers to reduce disappearing copies = Algunas bibliotecas deciden limitar sus colecciones de comics a consulta en sala y colocan los tebeos en fundas de plástico con llave para reducir su desaparición.
con lloviznas 
drizzly
 It's a cloudy and drizzly start to the day for most of us, although brighter, showery weather has already pushed into the northern half of Scotland.
con lo cual 
whereupon
 Mechanization may yet force the issue, especially in the scientific field; whereupon scientific jargon would become still less intelligible to the layman.
con lo pies sobre la tierra 
down-to-earth
 The report gives a down-to-earth account of the way in which membership of the European Community has materially affected major British industries.
con los brazos abiertos 
with open arms
 It's in those times that we need nothing more than to embrace life's promise of positivity with open arms.
con los clavos de las herraduras sobresaliendo  [Con objeto de que el animal agarre mejor]
roughshod
 She had hired a closed carriage and seen to it that the horses were roughshod in case of freezing weather.
con los nervios a flor de piel    
edgy [edgier -comp., edgiest -sup.]
nervy [nervier -comp., nerviest -sup.]
on edge
highly-strung
 His selection of films suggests a temperamental bias toward strong, violent, edgy scenes with killings, face-slappings, and confrontations.
 The article 'Nervy Days for Office Suppliers' reviews the present state of affairs of office automation.
 The combination of trade deficit, budget deficit, and threat of war has international investors completely on edge.
 He had expected more from his highly-strung dramatic finessing but the author rarely focused on personal influences or special affinities.
con los nervios de punta   
edgy [edgier -comp., edgiest -sup.]
nervy [nervier -comp., nerviest -sup.]
on edge
 His selection of films suggests a temperamental bias toward strong, violent, edgy scenes with killings, face-slappings, and confrontations.
 The article 'Nervy Days for Office Suppliers' reviews the present state of affairs of office automation.
 The combination of trade deficit, budget deficit, and threat of war has international investors completely on edge.
con los ojos como platos 
wide-eyed
 I see myself as having the soul of a wide-eyed wanderer when in fact I'm a homebody, destined to see the world simply through the eyes of my friends.
con los ojos empañados 
misty-eyed
 We could rifle through history and find many a world leader who has had a misty-eyed public moment.
con los ojos hinchados  [Generalmente debido al sueño o al cansancio]
bleary-eyed
 She was seen Sunday morning at 6 AM, only half dressed, barefoot and bleary-eyed outside a friend's house in London.
con los ojos llorosos  
misty-eyed
bleary [blearier -comp., bleariest -sup.]
 We could rifle through history and find many a world leader who has had a misty-eyed public moment.
 Her eyes were dry and her head bleary from spending all week totally consumed with work.
con los ojos muy abiertos 
wide-eyed
 I see myself as having the soul of a wide-eyed wanderer when in fact I'm a homebody, destined to see the world simply through the eyes of my friends.
con los ojos nublados 
misty-eyed
 We could rifle through history and find many a world leader who has had a misty-eyed public moment.
con los ojos vendados  
blindfold
blindfolded
 No president can go blindfold: some assistance is necessary.
 The study presented the narrative task to the children as a game in which they had to help a blindfolded interlocutor find out what happened in the stories.
con los pies por delante 
feet-first
 At the time of birth, about 60 percent of puppies are positioned in the uterus to come out head-first; the other 40 percent come out feet-first.
con los pies primero 
feet-first
 At the time of birth, about 60 percent of puppies are positioned in the uterus to come out head-first; the other 40 percent come out feet-first.
con los últimos avances  
state-of-the-art
leading edge
 With a staff of 10 it provides a full information service using state-of-the-art resources and methods.
 The museum has used leading edge digital imaging technology to overcome problems of preservation and access.
con lujuria 
lustily
 He lustily told her in one message that he wanted her lying on her back.
con machetes 
machete-wielding
 He had to rush his nephew to hospital after he was hacked by a machete-wielding mob.
con madurez 
maturely
 Technological advances have increased at a pace that has outstripped the ability to wisely & maturely handle such technological changes.
con magnanimidad 
magnanimously
 I do not say that libraries will magnanimously rush to collaborate to achieve it.
con mala fama 
disreputable
 Items from disreputable publishers may be ignored, whereas items from the respected publishers would always be abstracted = Los documentos de editores de dudosa reputación se podían ignorar, mientras que los de editores respetados siempre se resumían.
con mala reputación 
disreputable
 Items from disreputable publishers may be ignored, whereas items from the respected publishers would always be abstracted = Los documentos de editores de dudosa reputación se podían ignorar, mientras que los de editores respetados siempre se resumían.
con malas intenciones 
in a bad way
 But, be aware that everyone will be talking about you (not necessarily in a bad way) because you're the only thing interesting going on.
con maldad   
ill-naturedly
maliciously
wickedly
 Freud was a despot ill-naturedly driving away anyone who in the least respect disagreed with him.
 Human rights activist Irene Fernandez has been found guilty of maliciously publishing false news.
 The author demonstrates a wickedly funny eye for human frailty without succumbing to cynicism or misanthropy.
con malhumor 
moodily
 Chandler's legendary private detective Phillip Marlowe is brought moodily to life in a film that epitomises the very soul of film noir.
con malicia 
maliciously
 Human rights activist Irene Fernandez has been found guilty of maliciously publishing false news.
con mantenimiento técnico 
supported
 The following table provides a summary of the supported image formats.
con maña  
skilfully [skillfully, -USA]
skilful [skillful, -USA]
 But may, unless skilfully exploited and designed, lead to bulky catalogues which are difficult to read.
 The acquisition of these materials is a skilful job demanding the sort of dedication that a housewife brings to the running of her home.
con marca 
branded
 This firm is engaged in the design, manufacturing, and sales distribution of branded women's apparel.
con más antigüedad 
longest-serving
 He became the agency's longest-serving commissioner and unopposed spiritual leader.
con más detalle  
in most detail
in more detail
 The three major schemes are treated in most detail since they account for a good proportion of classification practice.
 Before we look at how libraries in Great Britain have responded to community information, first it is important to set the scene by examining in more detail some of these other information and advice services.
con más frecuencia 
most frequently
 Library users tend to use commercial online databases most frequently early in the week, at midday and at times that correspond to the academic calendar = Los usuarios de la biblioteca tienden a usar las bases de datos comerciales en línea con más frecuencia al principio de la semana, al mediodía y en épocas que se corresponden con el calendario académico.
con más intensidad aun 
with a vengeance
 However, as we shall see, the public librarian's dedication to his civilizing and stabilizing role in society was to surface with a vengeance in those times when the nation appeared threatened.
con más razón aun 
a fortiori
 The same problem is posed a fortiori when the liquid to be pasteurized contains dissolved gas under pressure (carbonated liquid) - the case of beer for example.
con más vigor aun 
with a vengeance
 However, as we shall see, the public librarian's dedication to his civilizing and stabilizing role in society was to surface with a vengeance in those times when the nation appeared threatened.
con más virulencia aun 
with a vengeance
 However, as we shall see, the public librarian's dedication to his civilizing and stabilizing role in society was to surface with a vengeance in those times when the nation appeared threatened.
con más vitalidad 
revitalised [revitalized, -USA]
 The Internet is also creating a new surge of interest in information in all forms, and a revitalized interest in reading.
con mayor detalle  
in greater detail
in greater depth
 It would be possible to examine and analyze the differences shown in this study in greater detail = Sería posible examinar y analizar con mayor detalle las diferencias puestas de manifiesto en este esudio .
 This book covers more topics, in greater depth, than any other currently available.
con mayor profundidad    
in most detail
in more detail
in greater depth
in greater detail
 The three major schemes are treated in most detail since they account for a good proportion of classification practice.
 Before we look at how libraries in Great Britain have responded to community information, first it is important to set the scene by examining in more detail some of these other information and advice services.
 This book covers more topics, in greater depth, than any other currently available.
 It would be possible to examine and analyze the differences shown in this study in greater detail = Sería posible examinar y analizar con mayor detalle las diferencias puestas de manifiesto en este esudio .
con meandros 
meandering
 Meanings in art come in layers, their ways forking and crossing one another like the meandering paths of a labyrinth.
con mechones 
streaky [streaker -comp., streakiest -sup.]
 Rich colors with gentle streaky patterns are characteristic of this glass that offers reduced light transmission without complete opacity.
con medios insuficientes 
on a shoestring (budget)
 Many information agencies exist on a shoestring budgets find it financially impossible to extend their hours.
con medios muy escasos 
on a shoestring (budget)
 Many information agencies exist on a shoestring budgets find it financially impossible to extend their hours.
con medios muy exiguos 
on a shoestring (budget)
 Many information agencies exist on a shoestring budgets find it financially impossible to extend their hours.
con mejoras 
stepped-up
 These unique hair claws covered with rhinestone are a stepped-up version of today's most popular accessories.
con melancolía 
wistfully
 He said that growing up during the depression he always looked back wistfully to the 1920s age of flappers as an era of freedom he had missed.
con miedo   
fearfully
afraid
frightened
 But we are not then acting quite so much out of blindness or inarticulateness; we are selfishly or fearfully or wilfully trying to short-circuit what we know underneath to be more nearly the true state of things.
 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.
 Astounded and frightened by those shimmering tears, Leforte repeated her questions: 'Bernice... Please... Is anything wrong? Can I help?'.
con millones de ventas 
megaselling
 He is the power behind an annual megaselling books and popular movies business.
con miras a (+ Infinitivo) 
with a view to (+ Gerundio)
 Read the document with a view to gaining an understanding of its content and an appreciation of its scope.
con miras al futuro  [Que mira hacia delante]
forward-looking
 The 26-volume Compton's Encyclopedia intends to be 'an innovative, forward-looking reference work for young people'.
con moderación  
sparingly
in moderation
 Traditionally analytical entries have been used, though sparingly, for this purpose; and very useful such analyticals might prove to the user of the catalogue.
 Alcohol in moderation is effective in reducing stress and may increase overall affective expression, happiness, euphoria, conviviality, & carefree feelings.
con morriña  
homesick
longingly
 You were probably the most homesick person in your dorm, with the possible exception of the hawaiians.
 New structures do not simply appear, they emerge by keeping our eyes fixed upon the future rather than looking longingly over our shoulders at the past.
con motivo 
for good reason
 It is by no means certain that Congress will vote soon enough to increase the debt ceiling and some people, for good reason, are hitting the ceiling about that.
con motivo de 
on the occasion of
 This article reviews the scientific output of the State of Kuwait on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of its independence.
con mucha ceremonia 
ceremoniously
 He was ceremoniously sworn in as Secretary of State at the White House, with his wife.
con mucha cohesión   
tightly knit
closely knit
tight-knit
 He recorded with great vividness the literary life of London at that time, describing the wit, anxieties and insights of a tightly knit and highly gifted group of writers.
 A sample of statistics measuring circulation, reference and in-library use was collected from 76 libraries and tested for redundancy, correlation and variation in a closely knit pattern.
 A well-organised rural parish council can provide a far more tight-knit forum for debate and 'getting things done' than urban residents' associations.
con mucha diferencia 
by far
 By far the largest of these basic sources is the literature in the field.
con mucha dificultad 
with great difficulty
 Alumina is helpful for any stool that is passed with great difficulty.
con mucha diligencia 
diligently
 The United States Labor Department has diligently worked on removing both age and sex reference from their official occupational titles in accordance with federal law and executive directives.
con (mucha) emoción  
eagerly
excitedly
 Last evening her doctor had given her the news she had been eagerly hoping for: she was going to have a baby.
 She prepared excitedly for her departure, as if this journey had a mysterious significance.
con mucha energía 
high energy
 The author characterizes librarians as flexible, collaborative, high energy, risk-taking visionaries.
con (mucha) excitación  
eagerly
excitedly
 Last evening her doctor had given her the news she had been eagerly hoping for: she was going to have a baby.
 She prepared excitedly for her departure, as if this journey had a mysterious significance.
con (mucha) expectación  
eagerly
excitedly
 Last evening her doctor had given her the news she had been eagerly hoping for: she was going to have a baby.
 She prepared excitedly for her departure, as if this journey had a mysterious significance.
con mucha frecuencia  
very often
more often than not
 Various types of subject index are also very often computer produced.
 Access to remote services is more often than not by means of dedicated terminal connections.
con (mucha) ilusión  
eagerly
excitedly
 Last evening her doctor had given her the news she had been eagerly hoping for: she was going to have a baby.
 She prepared excitedly for her departure, as if this journey had a mysterious significance.
con mucha ilusión 
with high hopes
 We await with eager expectation the arrival of the book in printed form with high hopes that it will find its place in the world.
con mucha información 
populated
 New users of the directory, quite reasonably, expect a fully populated directory with all information accessible at high-speed.
con mucha labia   
glibly
smooth-tongued
smooth-talking
 When the mission of the public library in society is pondered, the trio of education, information and recreation is frequently injected glibly into the conversation.
 The father, Old Brightwell, curses his daughter, Jane, for preferring the love of the smooth-tongued villain, Grandley, to that of her own parents.
 The Wizard, played by Joel Grey, is a smooth-talking dumbbell who admits he is 'a corn-fed hick' and 'one of your dime-a-dozen mediocrities'.
con mucha palabrería 
glibly
 When the mission of the public library in society is pondered, the trio of education, information and recreation is frequently injected glibly into the conversation.
con mucha población 
heavily populated
 Teachers face all the problems endemic to the heavily populated, least prosperous inner-city areas.
con mucha pompa 
ceremoniously
 He was ceremoniously sworn in as Secretary of State at the White House, with his wife.
con mucha prisa 
without a minute to spare
 When you've had a long day, and don't have the energy to prepare a three course meal or for those unexpected guests that drop in without a minute to spare, here's a quick meal to serve.
con mucha ropa puesta 
heavily robed
 They are often heavily robed and protected by powerful enchantments, for beneath their robes are unspeakable horrors.
con muchas actividades 
event-filled
 This week is looking to be quite a jam packed, event-filled, extravaganza!.
con muchas deudas 
heavily indebted
 For the poorest and heavily indebted countries, creditors need to drastically reduce or write-off the debts in order to make more resources available for investment.
con mucha sed 
thirstily
 He took a bottle of water from a vintage refrigerator, uncapped it, and drank thirstily, emptying the entire bottle.
con muchas esperanzas 
with high hopes
 We await with eager expectation the arrival of the book in printed form with high hopes that it will find its place in the world.
con muchas ilustraciones 
copiously illustrated
 This is copiously illustrated guide for school children with teacher supervision to the use of libraries = Ésta es una guía con muchas ilustraciones sobre el uso de las bibliotecas para niños bajo la supervisión de un profesor.
con muchas imágenes 
image intensive
 Unlike text-based digital libraries, image intensive digital libraries have inherent problems of slow downloading and unloading.
con (muchas) piedras 
stony [stonier -comp., stoniest -sup.]
 Nice hotel but no air con in restaurant and very stony beach.
con muchas prestaciones  
feature-filled
multifacility
 More powerful, feature-filled hardware and software is coming onto the market daily and merely keeping up with what is new is taking up more and more time.
 This multifacility device will will monitor for smoke, fire, and theft, and manipulate electrical outlets and thermostats.
con (mucha) ternura 
lovingly
 In my youth, my mother kept a cattery of sort because we had about 18 adopted stray cats, each lovingly cared for.
con mucha vitalidad 
lively [livelier -comp., liveliest -sup.]
 But in the country the processes of printing always provoke such lively curiosity that the customers preferred to go in by a glazed door set in the shop-front and giving onto the street.
con mucho        
very much
far + Verbo
grossly
overwhelmingly
by far
by a long shot
by a long way
hands down
 She is still very much a children's book borrower with a smattering of titles taken from the applied sciences, which in Susan's case meant books on cookery and needlework.
 The advantages of the system far surpass any disadvantages.
 The cost implications of ill-advised or hastily prepared rules for American libraries catalogs would grossly transcend any short expenditures.
 Overwhelmingly, librarians were seen as professionals with a service function.
 By far the largest of these basic sources is the literature in the field.
 More has been invested in making Internet Esplorer secure than any browser on the planet by a long shot.
 The best possible candidate, by a long way, is also one who is, for political reasons, a dark horse.
 The absolute, hands down, without question best social network in the blogosphere.
con mucho ánimo 
spiritedly
 These institutes brought together some of the most influential people in the field to discuss - and sometimes spiritedly debate from the rostrum and from the audience - the current and traditional issues involved in cataloging.
con mucho bombo 
ceremoniously
 He was ceremoniously sworn in as Secretary of State at the White House, with his wife.
con mucho brillo 
brightly
 The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long, and you have burned so very very brightly.
con mucho cariño 
dearly
 I love my country very dearly, and I greatly resent the implication that some of my opinions, whether they are religious or philosophical, make me less of an American.
con (mucho) cariño 
lovingly
 In my youth, my mother kept a cattery of sort because we had about 18 adopted stray cats, each lovingly cared for.
con mucho contenido 
information packed [information-packed]
 A successful programme must be time efficient and information packed.
con mucho cuidado 
crisply
 A crisply ironed shirt with a collar that stays perfect the entire day can go a long way in giving you a neat and groomed appearance.
con (mucho) entusiasmo  
eagerly
excitedly
 Last evening her doctor had given her the news she had been eagerly hoping for: she was going to have a baby.
 She prepared excitedly for her departure, as if this journey had a mysterious significance.
con mucho esfuerzo 
painfully
 It is not easy to maintain and advance the remarkable literary and cultural traditions so slowly and painfully created over two and a half millenia.
con mucho esmero  
diligently
crisply
 The United States Labor Department has diligently worked on removing both age and sex reference from their official occupational titles in accordance with federal law and executive directives.
 A crisply ironed shirt with a collar that stays perfect the entire day can go a long way in giving you a neat and groomed appearance.
con mucho éxito 
with a wide appeal
 The good novelist is therefore an author with a wide appeal but this wide appeal is not attained, or even sought, through a dilution of quality; it is simply that this type of writer has a different sort of skill.
con mucho gusto  
gladly
savourily [savorily, -USA]
 Have reading foisted on you as a duty, a task to be put up with, from which you expect no delight, and it can appear a drab business gladly to be given up.
 'Sharks we caught a great many of, which our men eat very savourily,' wrote English explorer William Dampier in 1699.
con mucho protocolo 
ceremoniously
 He was ceremoniously sworn in as Secretary of State at the White House, with his wife.
con mucho público 
well attended [well-attended]
 Programs covered a wide range of topics and were well attended.
con mucho sabor 
savourily [savorily, -USA]
 'Sharks we caught a great many of, which our men eat very savourily,' wrote English explorer William Dampier in 1699.
con muchos acontecimientos 
event-filled
 This week is looking to be quite a jam packed, event-filled, extravaganza!.
con muchos detalles 
elaborately
 Processes should be included in abstracts only when they are discussed elaborately.
con muchos eventos 
event-filled
 This week is looking to be quite a jam packed, event-filled, extravaganza!.
con muchos huesos y poca carne 
bony [bonier -comp., boniest -sup.]
 I think bony chickens are really just used for making stock.
con muchos humos  
big head
full of + Reflexivo
 You've got such a big head that you could never live with yourself unless you could put us all to shame.
 That gets on my nerves, they are cocky and full of themselves.
con muchos lectores 
with a wide appeal
 The good novelist is therefore an author with a wide appeal but this wide appeal is not attained, or even sought, through a dilution of quality; it is simply that this type of writer has a different sort of skill.
con muchos miramientos 
ceremoniously
 He was ceremoniously sworn in as Secretary of State at the White House, with his wife.
con mucho trabajo 
painfully
 It is not easy to maintain and advance the remarkable literary and cultural traditions so slowly and painfully created over two and a half millenia.
con muy poca antelación 
at (a) very short notice
 I am available weekday evenings and weekends and can work at very short notice.
con muy poca anticipación 
at (a) very short notice
 I am available weekday evenings and weekends and can work at very short notice.
con muy poca frecuencia  
all too seldom
all too seldom
 Taylor and Johnson's figure of 11.3 per cent of users being there 'on behalf of someone else' raises a point which is all too seldom discussed as a feature of the public library service.
 Taylor and Johnson's figure of 11.3 per cent of users being there 'on behalf of someone else' raises a point which is all too seldom discussed as a feature of the public library service.
con muy pocas excepciones  
with few exceptions
with a few exceptions
 With few exceptions the new display types, which proliferated exuberantly during the first quarter of the century, were of three basic varieties.
 With a few exceptions, copies of patents are easy and relatively cheap to acquire.
con muy pocos medios 
on a shoestring (budget)
 Many information agencies exist on a shoestring budgets find it financially impossible to extend their hours.
con naturalidad 
unselfconsciously
 Adolescents cannot be led so easily, so unselfconsciously as children, and disenchantment can be a door that closes tight against attempts to reinvigorate dulled literary receptivity.
con náuseas 
queasy [queasier -comp., queasiest -sup.]
 Good news for anyone who has ever had that queasy feeling the morning after tying one on: A study has found that an extract of prickly pear can prevent a severe hangover.
con nervios  [Relativo a la encuadernación]
rib
 Much the commonest grains were rib, the various moroccos, sand, and pebble; while plain (ungrained) cloth was never rare.
con niebla 
foggy [foggier -comp., foggiest -sup.]
 This picture was taken a little over a month ago on a cold, foggy, and frosty morning.
con nosotros 
with us
 The Universal Decimal Classification was the result and it remains with us as the most lasting contribution to bibliographic control.
con nostalgia  
wistfully
longingly
 He said that growing up during the depression he always looked back wistfully to the 1920s age of flappers as an era of freedom he had missed.
 New structures do not simply appear, they emerge by keeping our eyes fixed upon the future rather than looking longingly over our shoulders at the past.
con notas a pie de página 
footnoted
 And so for all these reasons, the position taken at the time was that a code, footnoted with adaptations as in the case of the uniform title, would be more desirable and helpful than having two different catalog codes.
con + Número + año(s) de antelación 
Número + year(s) ahead
 The December issue is especially useful for its list of conferences planned up to ten years ahead.
con objetivos específicos 
goal-oriented
 Instructional development is a goal-oriented, problem-solving process involving techniques such as development of specific objectives, analysis of learners and tasks, preliminary trials, formative and summative evaluation, and continued revision.
con ocasión de 
on the occasion of
 This article reviews the scientific output of the State of Kuwait on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of its independence.
con ojos azules 
blue-eyed
 White-skinned people with blue eyes aren't just responsible for the current crisis; the blue-eyed palefaces are responsible for saddling the world with a financial system that has a built-in tendency to crash.
con ojos brillantes 
bright-eyed
 Looking bright-eyed naturally is not that difficult to do if you take good care of yourself both physically and emotionally.
con ojos de lince  
eagle-eyed
sharp-eyed
 The security firm, famous for its eagle-eyed officers, responded to a distress call from a teenager who was attacked while his parents were out.
 Even so, birds must balance the benefits of flashy feathers with the risks of making themselves conspicuous to sharp-eyed predators.
con ojos vivarachos 
bright-eyed
 Looking bright-eyed naturally is not that difficult to do if you take good care of yourself both physically and emotionally.
con olor a ajo 
garlicky
 The main complaint she had was that her coffee was weak and the sausage dogs too garlicky.
con olor a cerrado  
musty [mustier -comp., mustiest -sup.]
mousy [mousier -comp., mousiest -sup.]
 Baking soda can also freshen musty carpets by simply sprinkling on it.
 Wines infected with either lactic acid bacteria can potentially produce mousy off-flavor.
con olor a fruta 
fruity [fruitier -comp., fruitiest -sup.]
 The odour impression was a very pleasant spearmint, with green, floral, fruity, and spicy sidenote.
con olor a humedad  
musty [mustier -comp., mustiest -sup.]
mousy [mousier -comp., mousiest -sup.]
 Baking soda can also freshen musty carpets by simply sprinkling on it.
 Wines infected with either lactic acid bacteria can potentially produce mousy off-flavor.
con olor a orina 
urinous
 Social conventions can influence the labeling of odors, especially those that have putrid, rancid, urinous or sweaty qualities.
con olor a polvo 
dust smelling
 As one librarian summarized, 'people are not into the stuffed looking, dingy, dust smelling type of libraries anymore ... they expect atmospheres more like coffeehouses or nice bookstores'.
con olor a queso maloliente 
cheesy [cheesier -comp., cheesiest -sup.]
 Avoid wearing trainers for long periods; trainers are insulating and synthetic - ideal conditions for cheesy feet.
con orgullo 
proudly
 The district will proudly show off its historical heritage: the monastic library at Broumov, founded in the 13th century by Benedictine monks.
con otra copa de lo mismo se te cura la resaca 
a hair of the dog that bit you
 In its current usage, the phrase hair of the dog that bit you (or its shortened form, hair of the dog) is an allusion to the practice of drinking some of whatever it was that put you in that state in the first place, as an antidote to its ill effects.
con paciencia 
patiently
 And there are those whom I have pestered from time to time over the past four years, and who have patiently answered my importunity.
con pagos pendientes 
be in arrears
 All Members who are not in arrears are eligible to nominate for these positions and to vote in the subsequent elections.
con papel de calco intercalado 
carbon interleaved paper
 A line printer can only produce about four readable copies using carbon interleaved paper, so additional copies must either be produced by photocopying or by rerunning the computer, both of which are relatively costly.
con participación del público mediante llamada telefónica 
phone-in
 Radio phone-in talk shows are pervasive and have become an important force in formulating public opinion.
con pasión  
with passion
passionately
 Witt has always done whatever she's done with all her heart - with passion, intelligence, and a love of perfection.
 On the other hand people passionately devoted to a hobby or sport or their work will endure without complaint conditions which less ardent folk think outrageously insupportable.
con patas 
legged
 From a mechanical point of view, wheeled robots were the most common form of robot, but the exhibit also featured several legged robots and two humanoids.
con peligro de muerte 
life threatening
 The study also investigated whether persons who had consulted the book before committing suicide had life threatening medical illnesses.
con pelo cano  [Escrito grey-haired en inglés británico]  [Escrito gray-haired en inglés americano]
gray-haired
grey-haired
 The gray-haired bishop spoke haltingly at first, choosing his words with care.
 Not that they were all grey-haired; some had brown, some had blond - some had very little hair at all.
con pelos y señales 
blow-by-blow
 Sometimes the major threads of his argument get lost in blow-by-blow accounts of political debates that go nowhere.
con pequeños matices 
nuanced
 This will move the debate about open access as a model for scholarly communication towards a more measured and nuanced discourse.
con pereza 
lazily
 As Willoughby says 'Wing's bibliography is a dangerous work to handle lazily'.
con perplejidad  
quizzically
perplexedly
 She looked at him quizzically as he pressed on.
 'Efficiency has deteriorated and we're all very unhappy,' Jergens frowned perplexedly.
con perspicacia 
perceptively
 Above all evaluation must be carried out regularly and perceptively.
con pesar 
with regret
 The author notes with regret that there is not a single library in Africa that is systematically collecting creative writing in the African languages.
con pesimismo  
pessimistically
gloomily
 Becker concludes, pessimistically, that the library has 'no role to play in solving the problem of how non-college youth are to achieve maturity'.
 He began by gloomily reflecting that 'the only version of national pride encouraged by American popular culture is a smipleminded militaristic chauvinism'.
con picardía  
slyly
wickedly
 The author suggests slyly that, while word processors may have increased writing speed, they cannot ensure improved writing quality.
 The author demonstrates a wickedly funny eye for human frailty without succumbing to cynicism or misanthropy.
con pico 
beaked
 Northern bottlenose whales are the largest beaked whales in the North Atlantic.
con pie firme 
sure-footed
 It is our professional duty to help the reader, leading him from author to author, book to book, with enough sure-footed confidence that he is guided up the literary mountain and not left wandering in the viewless foothills because of one's own incompetence.
con piernas 
legged
 From a mechanical point of view, wheeled robots were the most common form of robot, but the exhibit also featured several legged robots and two humanoids.
con pinzas  
with a grain of salt
clamp-on
 Futuristic food for thought needs to be absorbed with a grain of salt: the real force that shapes the future is effective leadership.
 A clamp-on ammeter is used to measure current loads of many small and major appliances.
con planes ocultos 
agenda-laden
 While some sites are strictly parody intended or product-promoting, some intentionally lure the unsuspecting into information provided by hate groups or other agenda-laden organisations.
con pleno derecho 
with full rights
 An illiterate is a person who cannot read, write or do mathematical calculations well enough to be integrated into society as an individual with full rights.
con pliegues 
pleated
 The traditional rule is this: you can have pleated pants without cuffs, but you cannot have flat-front pants with cuffs.
con plumas 
feathered
 The mere thought of feathered things flying anywhere near her, particularly indoors, was enough to make her flesh creep.
con poca claridad 
indistinctly
 He could see the gas lamp at the far end of the station shining indistinctly through the fog.
con poca consideración 
thoughtlessly
 The media would thoughtlessly drag her good reputation through the mud just to make a few more dollars.
con poca exactitud 
loosely
 The term category has been at times used somewhat loosely in the literature of indexing and, for this reason, it can cause confusion.
con poca experiencia 
inexperienced
 The cards in the index are liable to become disorganized if inexperienced information seekers tamper with the index.
con poca frecuencia 
infrequently
 Taking into account both indexing and searching effort a KWIC index is most appropriate for an index that will be studied only infrequently.
con poca iluminación  
dimly illuminated
dimly lit
 Cattle, pigs and sheep have a tendency to move more easily from a dimly illuminated area to a more brightly illuminated area.
 Most people find crystal-ball gazing is easiest in a quiet, dimly lit room.
con poca imaginación 
unimaginatively
 He is competent in a quiet, effective way, and the library seems to be well, if unimaginatively, run.
con poca luz  
badly-lit
poorly-lit
 They worked in cold, draughty, badly-lit rooms and suffered from tyrannical supervisors.
 Never walk unaccompanied at night in poorly-lit streets or along deserted streets.
con poca naturalidad 
stiltedly
 The book is an old-fashioned tale of derring-do which reads somewhat stiltedly today.
con poca población 
thinly populated
 Powys is a very large, thinly populated, mountainous county in Wales where the archive office was established only in 1990.
con pocas habilidades 
poor-ability
 The author evaluates the effectiveness of 'sidenotes' designed to improve reading comprehension and foster self-independence among poor-ability readers.
con poca visión de futuro 
short-sighted [shortsighted]
 Progressing a stage further, it would be economically short-sighted, to say the least, for a large co-operative network such as OCLC in the United States or BLCMP in the UK, not to take advantage of the MARC service.
con poco conocimiento de las nuevas tecnologías 
technologically challenged
 The author divides staff into 2 groups: 'baby boomers' (born 1946-1961) who grew up assuming full and secure employment but tend now to be technologically challenged; and 'baby busters' (born 1965-1975) who tend to be technological savants and are taking over the leadership from the older generation of librarians.
con poco dinero  
on the cheap
on a budget
 The author provides a selected list of Internet sites covering various aspects of travel and tourism such as accommodation, restaurants, entertainment, travelling abroad, and touring on the cheap.
 Motels are among the most practical places to stay in for travelers on a budget, given the fact that they are far more affordable than hotels.
con poco entusiasmo 
half-heartedly
 Video graphics equipment does exist, but is being marketed only half-heartedly.
con pocos recursos 
under-resourced
 Under this Labour Government our Armed Forces have been under-resourced for the commitments they have been asked to undertake.
con pocos recursos económicos 
low-budget
 Lodge Kerrigan's 'Clean, Shaven' is a blistering piece of cinematic inventiveness and a young director's low-budget first feature.
con poder 
powerful
 ALA or its subdivision have been sitting back while these powerful people get together and decide what should be good for us.
con + Posesivo + aprobación 
with + Posesivo + approval
 The word 'crown' refers to the legal fact that the Queen is the head of state in Canada and all government activities are legally done with her approval.
con + Posesivo + ayuda 
under + Posesivo + guidance
 It was under his guidance that the scheme survived the flight to LC which was such a notable feature of the 1960s.
con + Posesivo + consentimiento 
with + Posesivo + consent
 It is, of course, against the law to engage in sexual activity with a person under 16, even with her consent.
con + Posesivo + propias manos 
with + Posesivo + bare hands
 A woman who ripped off her ex-boyfriend's testicle with her bare hands has been sent to prison.
con posibilidades comerciales 
commercially viable
 The fact that information is becoming recognized as being a commercially viable product puts a keener edge on LIS professional activities.
con posterioridad a 
subsequent to
 Subsequent to the seminar the majority of academic libraries have had open access service in almost all respects similar to the general principles discussed at York.
con posterioridad a la contratación 
post-employment [postemployment]
 Postemployment training is more likely to be effective if developed in conjunction with employers in ways that are sensitive to the realities of the workplace.
con precipitación  
rashly
hastily
 Act rashly, and our children will suffer in years to come.
 The cost implications of ill-advised or hastily prepared rules for American libraries catalogs would grossly transcend any short expenditures.
con precisión 
precisely
 Obviously with the definition of what constitutes an entire work still pending it is not easy to define analytical cataloguing precisely.
con preferencia 
preferably
 At his point, the indexer must decide what categories the constituent concepts of the analysis represent and, therefore, in what order they should preferably be cited.
con preferencia sobre 
in preference to
 Thus popular or common names of subjects are included in preference to technical or specialist jargon.
con prejuicios 
prejudicial
 Can we avoid racism, sexism and the crippling effects of other forms of prejudicial stereotyping without recourse to censorship?.
con prepotencia  
superciliously
haughtily
 Tiff smiled a little superciliously intimating that he had a plan all figured out already.
 The whole place pulsates with drama: an aristocratic extravagance with giant statues glowering haughtily from its domed roof.
con pretensiones artísticas  [También escrito arty]  [También escrito artsy]  [También escrito artsy-craftsy]  [También escrito artsy-fartsy]  [También escrito arty-farty]  [También escrito arty-crafty]
artsy [artsier -comp., artsiest -sup.]
arty [artier -comp., artiest -sup.]
arty-crafty
arty-farty
artsy-fartsy
artsy-craftsy
 An old friend of mine works at that same coffee shop, a vibrant, decadent, and rather artsy hang out for the student population there.
 It's a rather arty hangout particularly with writers and theatrical types, who adore both the contemporary street-side cafe and the dining room further inside.
 It's a rather arty-crafty, ethnic-sandals-and-incense sort of place, a hangover from the Sixties, when there was a thriving hippy colony here.
 Why they continued to make such arty-farty films that nobody liked or went to see is anyone's guess.
 The owners love the show, although Michael wouldn't be caught dead at such an artsy-fartsy place.
 I like the jacket very much, and the skirt, but the embellishment looks a little too artsy-craftsy for me.
con pretensiones artísticas, bohemio, pretencioso, pretensioso, presuntuoso,  [También escrito artsy]
arty [artier -comp., artiest -sup.]
 It's a rather arty hangout particularly with writers and theatrical types, who adore both the contemporary street-side cafe and the dining room further inside.
con pretensiones de superioridad moral 
self-righteous
 He was described as 'a self-important, self-righteous blowhard, puffing his filthy pipe, patches on the elbows of his well-worn tweed jacket, decked out in the cliche costume of the shabby liberal icon'.
con principios 
principled
 She is a veteran member of the cataloging profession who witnessed the miscarriage of one revision and the compromise of another, progressively principled and promising one which followed it.
con prisa  
in a rush
in a hurry
 In a rush to computerize records, records managers may overlook the need to establish a sound basis for manual filing systems.
 Unfortunately, the basic problem was to get the file cleaned up in a hurry, and nobody was particularly concerned with research.
con problemas 
in hot water
 Anyway, this time around, the airline is finding itself in hot water for an entirely different reason.
con problemas de aprendizaje 
learning disabled
 Learning disabled and mentally retarded children have common perceptual problems that require specialised book selection.
con problemas de lectura 
print disabled
 The audience for this conference will consist of key decision makers in libraries and education, and consumers of all ages who are blind or print disabled.
con problemas de vista 
vision impaired
 The article 'Adaptive technology: a juggling act' describes the wide range of adaptive technology available to help blind and vision impaired students = El artículo "Tecnología adaptada a usuarios con necesidades especiales: juegos malabares" describe la gran variedad de adaptaciones tecnológicas para ayudar a los estudiantes ciegos y con problemas visuales.
con problemas visuales 
vision impaired
 The article 'Adaptive technology: a juggling act' describes the wide range of adaptive technology available to help blind and vision impaired students = El artículo "Tecnología adaptada a usuarios con necesidades especiales: juegos malabares" describe la gran variedad de adaptaciones tecnológicas para ayudar a los estudiantes ciegos y con problemas visuales.
con profusión 
in profusion
 In fact, in recent years especially, exotic forms of bibliography have been spawned in profusion in Britain, North America and Western Europe.
con promiscuidad 
promiscuously
 Women who wear revealing clothing and behave promiscuously are to blame for earthquakes, according to a senior Iranian cleric.
con prontitud  
expeditiously
promptly
 So it's to your advantage, at least from their standpoint, to order by ISBN so that they can more expeditiously fulfill your order.
 Significantly, however, Panizzi's rules did not prove as viable as did his ideology, and they were promptly and materially changed and recast by his most ardent admirers and followers.
con provecho   
with profit
to good effect
to good purpose
 His 'Rules' can still be read with profit (and, more unusual in such works, pleasure) today.
 The cult of personality has been used to good effect by the Thatcher team, aided by disarray in the opposition.
 James argued that a sufficiently alert novelist could catch knowledge from everywhere and use it to good purpose.
con púas  
spiny [spinier -comp., spiniest -sup.]
prickly [pricklier -comp., prickliest -sup.]
 We are more kindred to the sea urchin, an echinoderm whose spiny brethren include starfish and sea cucumbers.
 Although rubbing up against a prickly plant is a pleasant experience, the world would be a less colorful and interesting place without them.
con queso 
cheesy [cheesier -comp., cheesiest -sup.]
 For this summer season, we're putting together a recipe book featuring the best cheesy recipes and would love your input.
con rabo 
caudate
 Amphibians found in Poland belong to two orders: caudate amphibians and ecaudate amphibians.
con ráfagas de viento 
blustery
 This is probably because the north's more blustery weather spring-cleans the streets.
con rapacidad 
rapaciously
 Rapaciously hunted by humans over centuries, whales have not recovered in the decades after whaling was outlawed.
con rapidez 
promptly
 Significantly, however, Panizzi's rules did not prove as viable as did his ideology, and they were promptly and materially changed and recast by his most ardent admirers and followers.
con razón      
rightly
quite rightly
understandably
rightfully
for good reason
for a good reason
 Librarians, considering information the prerogative of the public library, rightly feel that they have 'missed the boat' over this.
 The nineteenth century was, quite rightly, fearful of any system of spreading knowledge which might spark the tinder box of unrest.
 Students are understandably bored with learning on-line catalgue use when the focus is on the technicalities of the catalogue itself.
 It must be remembered that AACR does not follow the Paris Principles completely, as Mr. Lubetzky quite rightfully and disappointedly pointed out.
 It is by no means certain that Congress will vote soon enough to increase the debt ceiling and some people, for good reason, are hitting the ceiling about that.
 Squirrels store nuts for a good reason: they're rich in calories that keep them fed during the long cold winter.
con rebeldía 
defiantly
 'This is an order then,' she said defiantly, 'even though I'm supposedly in charge of pages'.
con receta médica 
on prescription
 These travel sickness tablets and skin patches are only provided on prescription.
con referencia  [Abreviatura de regarding]
re
 This reawakening brought a determination to help make atomic energy a positive factor for humanity but things have gone from bad to worse re genuine disarmament.
con referencia a    [A veces abreviado re]
in relation to
in connection with
regarding
 It is easiest to discuss the criteria for effective schedules in relation to the treatment of specific subjects.
 There is an index to the schedules, but this has been criticised in connection with the size of the entry vocabulary.
 In major enumerative schemes synthesis is often controlled by careful instructions regarding citation order.
con referencias espaciales 
spatially referenced
 A Geographic Information System (GIS) is an automated system for creating, managing, analysing and displaying spatially referenced (mapped or mappable) data about a park's resources and facilities.
con regocijo 
gleefully
 Nietzsche famously violates the rules of logic, gleefully engaging in the 'informal' fallacies, for example, in his appeals to emotions.
con regularidad 
regularly
 The dates should be checked regularly and updated so that old dates are discarded and new ones entered.
con relación a   [Abreviatura de regarding]    [A veces abreviado re] 
as regards
re
in relation to
in connection with
regarding
concerning
 Practice as regards integration varies considerably.
 This reawakening brought a determination to help make atomic energy a positive factor for humanity but things have gone from bad to worse re genuine disarmament.
 It is easiest to discuss the criteria for effective schedules in relation to the treatment of specific subjects.
 There is an index to the schedules, but this has been criticised in connection with the size of the entry vocabulary.
 In major enumerative schemes synthesis is often controlled by careful instructions regarding citation order.
 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.
con rencor 
spitefully
 He simply blew a fuse and decided to go out on the road, spitefully apologizing again and again, until he got it right.
con reproche  
reprovingly
reproachfully
 I have actually started to avoid the computer which seems to look at me reprovingly every time I pass by.
 He looked at her reproachfully for a moment, and then announced that he was ready to throw up the sponge.
con repugnancia 
disgustedly
 'Well, I don't know what's going on,' Pope continued disgustedly.
con resentimiento   
resentfully
spitefully
sullenly
 'This man won't open his briefcase for me,' the checker answered resentfully jerking his head in the direction of Dexter Rundle, who was standing off to the side as immobile as a statue = "Este hombre se niega a abrir su cartera", repondió con resentimiento el inspector moviendo la cabeza de forma brusca hacia delante y hacia atrás en la dirección de Dexter Rundle, quien se mantenía a distancia en un lado tan inmóvil como una estatua.
 He simply blew a fuse and decided to go out on the road, spitefully apologizing again and again, until he got it right.
 He sat down heavily and watched his wife sullenly as she made the coffee.
con reserva 
doubtfully
 This makes the account doubtfully reconcilable with the special epistemic relation that each of us has to oneself.
con reservas  
qualified
with reservations
 The majority of projects are small, poorly funded, and only a qualified success.
 All three judges agreed, but with reservations.
con resignación  
resignedly
uncomplainingly
 'Might as well face the music,' he said resignedly.
 The criteria of choice will be heavily influenced - even if we contribute ourselves, uncomplainingly, to the riches of this project - by a point of view which is Anglo-Saxon.
con resolución 
resolutely
 The library's longevity will depend upon how resolutely it extends rather than abandons its traditional functions within an electronic environment.
con respecto a    [A veces abreviado re]  [A veces abreviado re]   [Siendo más común el uso de with regard to]              
concerning
in regard to
regarding
regarding
vis à vis
with regard(s) to
with respect to
within
as to
in extent of
in terms of
in the way of
as for
as regards
in relation to
in comparison with
in comparison to
as to the matter of
in reference to
now as to
 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.
 Headings represent the predilection of the cataloger in regard to terminology.
 In major enumerative schemes synthesis is often controlled by careful instructions regarding citation order.
 In major enumerative schemes synthesis is often controlled by careful instructions regarding citation order.
 The information note following the explanatory heading provides guidance to the user of the catalogue vis à vis the conventions used in formulating uniform headings.
 KWOC or Keyword Out of Context indexes are intended to improve upon KWIC indexes, with regards to layout and presentation.
 In so doing the classifier should group documents in a useful order with respect to one another.
 Most data base producers have in-house guidelines for bibliographic description, and aim to achieve consistency of citation within their products.
 With a limited number of exceptions the title proper is transcribed exactly as to order, wording and spelling.
 In extent of enumeration and location of some topics, the sixteenth edition went back to the fourteenth edition.
 And we have all of the ingredients for the creation of an atmosphere in which the proponents of expediency could couch their arguments in terms of cost effectiveness.
 Indeed, the changes are so rapid and so diverse, our plans for the future must also include what is presently possible in the way of information dissemination.
 As for the future, the technology already exists for interfacing head-end computers on cable television systems with online catalog computers so that television sets can be employed to access catalogs.
 Practice as regards integration varies considerably.
 It is easiest to discuss the criteria for effective schedules in relation to the treatment of specific subjects.
 However, twentieth century literature is poorly treated in comparison with earlier periods.
 The new method appears to offer accurate results and efficient computation in comparison to other approaches.
 As to the matter of relics, it is almost incredible how impudently the world has been cheated.
 We now know enough in reference to the prevention and cure of communicable diseases so that the average human life might be lengthened by a third.
 Now as to the country of Samaria, it lies between Judea and Galilee and is made up hills and valleys.
con respecto a si o  
as to whether ... or ...
 The article 'The grad versus the undergrad debate: a most ingenious paradox' suggests that opinion is divided as to whether to focus bibliographic instruction on the undergraduate or the graduate student.
con respeto 
respectfully
 Stanton listened respectfully, then said: 'But the library she worked at is the center of a regional library system' = Stanton escuchó con respeto, luego dijo: "Pero la biblioteca en la que trabajó es el centro de un sistema bibliotecario regional".
con responsabilidad 
responsibly
 The reader is requested to act responsibly in handling this material.
con retraso mental 
mentally retarded
 Learning disabled and mentally retarded children have common perceptual problems that require specialised book selection.
con rigor  
rigourously [rigorously, -USA]
harshly
 It is in principle possible to try to have an alternative, centrally furnished heading which is not geared specifically and rigorously and absolutely to the research library user and their community.
 The fifteenth edition, which first appeared in 1974 in 30 volumes, has been criticized, sometimes harshly, for its overly complex organization.
con ruedas 
wheeled
 From a mechanical point of view, wheeled robots were the most common form of robot, but the exhibit also featured several legged robots and two humanoids.
con rumbo a 
bound for
 About a third of the 500 cruises bound for Alaska this year would fall under the new rule.
con sabiduría 
sagely
 The author adopts two models to describe the sagely way of dealing with these emotions.
con sabor 
flavoured [flavored, -USA]
 Some coffee aficionados enjoy an occasional cup of flavored coffee but won't admit this to any friends for fear of being considered plebeian.
con sabor a ajo 
garlicky
 The main complaint she had was that her coffee was weak and the sausage dogs too garlicky.
con sabor a fruta 
fruity [fruitier -comp., fruitiest -sup.]
 The odour impression was a very pleasant spearmint, with green, floral, fruity, and spicy sidenote.
con sabor a queso 
cheesy [cheesier -comp., cheesiest -sup.]
 For this summer season, we're putting together a recipe book featuring the best cheesy recipes and would love your input.
con sabor artificial 
artificially flavoured
 Artificially flavored jellies, soft drinks and candies have different flavors due to the use of different scents or fragrances.
con sagacidad 
shrewdly
 Libraries will have to select shrewdly a complement of formats that address the varying uses library patrons have for information.
con saldo 
prepaid [pre-paid]
 Libraries may use this service through the medium of a prepaid voucher which covers the cost of handling and despatch of the document to be borrowed.
con salida al mercado 
due out
 Also due out in mid 1992 is a new specialist product from CABI, entitled CABPEST, which will deliver on one disc all the information relating to crop protection.
con saña 
viciously
 Police are searching for four men who viciously bashed and robbed a couple in front of their children at a jewellery store.
con sarcasmo  
sardonically
pungently
 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'.
 The film, which is subtitled, is pungently innovative and radical.
con satisfacción 
contentedly
 Like all narrow-minded people, he dwelt contentedly in the absolute belief of being right.
con sed 
thirsty [thirstier -comp., thirstiest -sup.]
 We live in a thirsty world where the population is not only growing but using more water, even though the world's total supply remains the same.
con sed de poder 
power-hungry
 Power-hungry politicians are creating havoc everywhere.
con sede en   
headquartered (at/in)
based in
based at
 The author discusses some challenges that the library, headquartered in San Jose, California, has had to face during Fuller's directorship.
 Other European host include DIMDI (Deutsches Institut fur Medizinisches Dokumentation und Information), the German Service, and Telesystèmes-Questel based in France.
 ANA is launching a new low-cost airline carrier, to be based at Kansai, and to start flying next year.
con sede en América 
American-based
 EasyNet is an American-based, menu-driven information retrieval system which links untrained users to over 800 data bases from nearly 20 on-line service vendors.
con sede en el Reino Unido 
UK-based
 This is a list of UK-based companies and organisations actively involved in the production and distribution of video cassettes.
con sede en Europa 
European-based
 The European Development Fund finances projects in overseas countries for which European-based firms can supply equipment and know-how.
con sede en Melbourne 
Melbourne-based
 Eighty-five Melbourne-based special librarians and information centre managers were interviewed to ascertain their continuing professional development activities, needs and aspirations.
con segundas  
double-edged
loaded
 We need answers to these double-edged questions of why bother about children's books and the method of introducing books to children.
 The author briefly discusses the loaded techno-political issue of micro-informatics technology transfer, and how an international effort could assist in this respect.
con segundas intenciones 
loaded
 The author briefly discusses the loaded techno-political issue of micro-informatics technology transfer, and how an international effort could assist in this respect.
con seguridad en uno mismo 
assertively
 Class participants were found to be more likely to behave assertively and less likely to behave aggressively than librarians who had not take the class.
con sello 
stamped
 An initial letter of invitation should include a stamped, self-addressed envelope.
con sensatez 
sensibly
 Some knowledge of mechanics will also make it easier to detect faults and to discuss them sensibly when a mechanic has to be called in = Además, cierto conocimiento de mecánica hará que sea más fácil detectar los fallos y discutirlos con sensatez cuando haya que llamar a un mecánico.
con sentido   
meaningful
purposeful
in a meaningful way
 Each operator has a filing value which has been designate in order to ensure that terms appear in the index string in an order that will produce a meaningful set of index entries.
 To do this is to thwart the goal of eliciting genuine dialogue - candid, searching, and purposeful discussion - and motivating students to think, to study, to weigh ideas, and to develop their own solutions.
 If there is no god, it might eventually be possible to answer these questions in a meaningful way, a way that actually explains something.
con sentimientos 
sentient
 He lives in a world in which machines become sentient and begin to demand rights.
con serenidad  
coolly
serenely
 Let's try to talk this over calmly and coolly.
 Dexter Rundle thought: 'The day was progressing serenely and I was feeling not at all belligerent' = Dexter Rundle pensó: "El día iba progresando con serenidad y no me sentía de ninguna manera agresivo".
con sigilo   
by stealth
stealthily
as quiet as a mouse
 He is a systematic 'sweater' who sucks wealth from toiling crowds by cunning and by stealth.
 It is contended that adoption policies have encouraged nondisclosure of information by gay men & lesbians, & surrogacy arrangements are often handled stealthily.
 Quiet as a mouse, she had crept in to see what they were doing.
con sinceridad 
truthfully
 The onus, consequently, is on the alcohol abuse patient to answer the questions being asked of him as truthfully as he can.
con sobrepelliz 
surpliced
 Women and children wept as the vast cortege, headed by 150 surpliced clergymen wound its way from the church through the streets in which every shop was shuttered.
con sol 
sunny [sunnier -comp., sunniest -sup.]
 The article carries the title 'Summer reading forecast: sunny but variable'.
con solera  
well established
long-established
 By the nineteenth edition synthesis is a well established feature of the scheme.
 The latter statement undervalues long-established interests of SLIS in the field of information and ignores frequently attested movement of SLIS personnel into non-library information posts.
con sólo apretar un botón     
at the push of a button
at the press of a button
at the flick of a switch
with the flick of a switch
at the touch of a button
 A rubber blanket or hinged lid covers the document to cut out extraneous light and then, at the push of a button, paper is fed into the machine and charged with electricity.
 The interface usually includes a control keyboard, a modem, and an auto-dialler (for calling the data-base computer and identifying the calling terminal at the press of a button).
 It may now be possible to lower your blood pressure at the flick of a switch by stimulating parts of the brain with electrodes.
 Either armor piercing or high explosive ammunition may be selected with the flick of a switch.
 Connect with your data and your patients at the touch of a button.
con sólo + Infinitivo 
with no more ado than + Nombre
 Machine-made paper, provided that it was dry, could be laid on with sufficient accuracy for register to be made with no more ado than adjustment of the forme for the second run.
con sólo pulsar un botón     
at the press of a button
at the flick of a switch
with the flick of a switch
at the push of a button
at the touch of a button
 The interface usually includes a control keyboard, a modem, and an auto-dialler (for calling the data-base computer and identifying the calling terminal at the press of a button).
 It may now be possible to lower your blood pressure at the flick of a switch by stimulating parts of the brain with electrodes.
 Either armor piercing or high explosive ammunition may be selected with the flick of a switch.
 A rubber blanket or hinged lid covers the document to cut out extraneous light and then, at the push of a button, paper is fed into the machine and charged with electricity.
 Connect with your data and your patients at the touch of a button.
con sólo una mínima idea de 
with only the sketchiest idea of
 It has to be admitted that experienced librarians who should know better do sometimes plunge into what are not simple searches with only the sketchiest idea of a strategy.
con soltura       
fluent
with confidence
fluently
with ease
comfortably
proficiently
effortlessly
 Any librarian who is fluent in Spanish will have an edge in applying for a public service position in most public libraries today = Cualquier bibliotecario que hable con fluidez el español tendrá una ventaja al solicitar un puesto público en la mayoría de las bibliotecas públicas actuales.
 The advice is to chill out most artefacts with confidence, although coating on wood may crackle a little bit by -50 degrees centigrade.
 This revolutionary device helps stammerers to speak more fluently.
 Like a seasoned politician, Mr. Gandhi handled the students' queries with ease during the one-hour session.
 In this reading mood we feel anxious, tired, lazy, worried - whatever causes us to reject demanding and 'new' literature and forces us to take up again books that are comfortably - and comfortingly - known and easily enjoyed.
 The ability to read proficiently is a cornerstone to becoming successful in today's society.
 Talking and writing are activities that most humans learn at a relatively early age and carry out fairly effortlessly for the rest of their lives.
con soporte técnico 
supported
 The following table provides a summary of the supported image formats.
con sosiego 
tranquilly
 He rests tranquilly, has a good appetite, and says he 'feels tip-top'.
con suela de goma de neumático 
tyre-tread soled
 There are many varieties of sandal, from synthetic rope soles and straps, tyre-tread soled sandals, to the Japanese wooden sandals, which are relatively easy to make.
con sueño 
drowsily
 Drowsily he slithered out of bed, opened his closet door and got dressed like he had done every morning before.
con suerte 
luckily enough
 She's got a few piano accordions so luckily enough she could lend me one to practice on.
con suficientes existencias 
properly stocked
 A properly stocked pantry is a very important addition to any home.
con suficientes fondos 
properly stocked
 A properly stocked pantry is a very important addition to any home.
con suficientes provisiones 
properly stocked
 A properly stocked pantry is a very important addition to any home.
con sus propias palabras 
in + Posesivo + own words
 The enquirer should be encouraged to express himself freely and if necessary at length, so that we have as complete a statement as he is able to give of what he wants, in his own words.
con sutileza 
subtly
 The DaVinci Code movie deviates only subtly from the best-selling book on which it is based by making the lead character a man of some faith.
con tachuelas 
hobnailed
 Equality of opportunity is a myth: whilst some people start the race highly trained and wearing spikes others have balls and chains attached to their ankles and wear hobnailed boots = La igualdad de oportunidades es un mito: mientras que algunas personas empiezan la carrera muy preparados y llevan zapatillas de clavos, otras arrastran grilletes y cadenas en sus tobillos y llevan botas con clavos.
con tacto 
tactful
 The library's overall image is enhanced more by a tactful handling of an in-house problem without airing the dirty linen in public.
con tal de que 
as long as
 Quite frequently a user will be satisfied with a few items on a topic, as long as they are relevant, and meet other criteria such as language, date and level.
con tal de que + Subjuntivo  
provided (that)
providing (that)
 Computers are reliable, and less prone to error provided they are instructed or programmed appropriately and correctly.
 Providing enough people are availabe via the system, then it will be used frequently.
con talento 
talented
 It is a well-known fact that they're grossly deficient in identifiying talented minority children, and, for that matter, girls.
con tallo largo y delgado  [Referido a las plantas]
leggy [leggier -comp., leggiest -comp]
 If you find the pansies still too leggy after a week or so, you can pinch them off to make them bush out more.
con tallo largo y enjuto  [Referido a las plantas]
leggy [leggier -comp., leggiest -comp]
 If you find the pansies still too leggy after a week or so, you can pinch them off to make them bush out more.
con tan buenos resultados 
to such good effect
 Rarely have the `two cultures' been united to such good effect as in this magnificent book.
con tan poca antelación 
at such short notice
 Cancellations after this date cannot be transferred to a future course because places cannot be filled at such short notice.
con tan poca anticipación 
at such short notice
 Cancellations after this date cannot be transferred to a future course because places cannot be filled at such short notice.
con tanta frecuencia 
so often
 So often the way one sees things depends on one's personal point of view.
con techo 
roofed
 This is a nine part essay exploring the nature and potential of public space, ranging from piazzas to roofed and climate-controlled places to parking lots.
con techo de latón 
tin-roofed
 The remains of the tin-roofed food stalls still smouldered near the temple and adjoining settlement on a craggy hilltop about 4000 ft high.
con tejado a dos aguas 
gabled
 The 'Rathaus' on the market square is an architectural oddity, comprising four gabled houses to which a decorative classical façade was added in 1797.
con tejas 
tiled
 Clean the tiled surface with a moist sponge to remove dust en dirt.
con tenacidad 
sturdily
 Standardization never became quite complete, especially as regards height-to-paper; the Clarendon Press sturdily retains the so-called Dutch height of 23-851 mm. to this day, and various aberrant heights may still be found in Europe.
con terminales 
serifed
 There were, first, the traditional serifed roman exaggerated by about 1806 into fat face by a great increase in contrast between thick and thin strokes.
con terraza 
street-side
 It's a rather arty hangout particularly with writers and theatrical types, who adore both the contemporary street-side cafe and the dining room further inside.
con terrenos cedidos por el gobierno  [En los Estados Unidos, se aplica a aquellas instituciones que han recibido subvenciones del gobierno federal para comprar los terrenos donde están ubicadas]
land grant [land-grant]
 Several new library instructions programs emerged in the 1920s in order to serve the practical and technical curricula in land-grant institutions.
con textura 
textured
 Tactile material embraces materials with raised symbols and/or differently textured surfaces that are intended for use by the visually impaired.
con tezón 
strong-willed
 The image which the majority of girls have of the sports woman is as of a healthy, slim, clean, quick-moving, intelligent, strong-willed, self-assured & natural person.
con titulación previa 
already-qualified
 Already-qualified staff study additional subjects, such as 'service to readers' or 'reference and information work', while those without higher education have training at their workplace in practical procedures.
con titulación profesional 
professionally educated
 There is a limited market for professionally educated librarians with specialisation in prison librarianship.
con toda claridad 
as clear as a bell
 The safest option is to stay away from drugs altogether, that's as clear as a bell.
con toda clase de comodidades 
with all mods and cons
 The apartment is brand new with all mods and cons and never lived in before.
con toda clase de lujos 
with all mods and cons
 The apartment is brand new with all mods and cons and never lived in before.
con toda confianza 
feel + free to
 If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Ruth Arnold at Ruth@sla.org.
con toda desfachatez 
shamelessly
 I'm pretty sure I should have been born a boy - I swear like a trooper, I eat like an animal, I burp shamelessly and I constantly make rude remarks.
con toda franqueza   
to put it frankly
in all sincerity
in all honesty
 That Dennis! When I think of him, I... well ... to put it frankly, cringe.
 They were people in all sincerity willing to lay down their lives in the interests of freedom .
 In all honesty does weight have a huge impact on who you fancy?.
con toda honestidad 
in all honesty
 In all honesty does weight have a huge impact on who you fancy?.
con toda insolencia 
shamelessly
 I'm pretty sure I should have been born a boy - I swear like a trooper, I eat like an animal, I burp shamelessly and I constantly make rude remarks.
con toda la atención puesta en 
riveted to
 What keeps you riveted to the action of his plays or movies is the certain knowledge that sooner or later these characters will be at each other's throats.
con toda la razón 
quite rightly
 The nineteenth century was, quite rightly, fearful of any system of spreading knowledge which might spark the tinder box of unrest.
con toda la vestimenta 
in full gear
 It shows a military soldier in full gear with gas mask on and weapon in hand standing near a strip of deserted road.
con toda naturalidad 
quite naturally
 These are things healthy children do quite naturally as they learn and grow.
con toda nitidez 
as clear as a bell
 The safest option is to stay away from drugs altogether, that's as clear as a bell.
con toda probabilidad  
in all probability
in all likelihood
 It is unfortunately in all probability far too expensive to have a network of underfloor conduit everywhere in the library.
 Now, in all likelihood, we have reached a saturation point at which there will be little construction of new strip malls for some time.
con toda rotundidad  
categorically
emphatically
 Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that he was categorically against allowing wearing hijabs in schools.
 Cutter, as if anticipating the ISBD a hundred years later, took pains to explain at length and emphatically the importance of brevity and clarity in catalog entries.
con toda seguridad 
safely
 Until recently movable shelving was used mainly in closed access stacks, but since some systems can be operated safely by anyone, it is being used increasingly in open access stacks.
con toda sinceridad      
quite honestly
to put it frankly
in all sincerity
in all honesty
from the bottom of + Posesivo + heart
from the bottom of + Posesivo + soul
 I think this whole business about whether punctuation is obtrusive or not is quite honestly not worth discussing.
 That Dennis! When I think of him, I... well ... to put it frankly, cringe.
 They were people in all sincerity willing to lay down their lives in the interests of freedom .
 In all honesty does weight have a huge impact on who you fancy?.
 He said the nations of the Middle East 'hate the United States from the bottom of their hearts'.
 From the bottom of her heart, from the bottom of her soul, she despised and detested people, adult people.
con todas las comodidades 
with all mods and cons
 The apartment is brand new with all mods and cons and never lived in before.
con todas las de la ley    
full-bodied
full-fledged
full-scale
fair and square
 By adulthood the child's literary consciousness has grown into a full-bodied appreciation of the work of the great imaginative writers.
 Once the functional and informal network seeks to widen its influence, it becomes a full-fledged institution.
 Obviously, staff will have to be instructed in the use of the new system, be it word processing or a full-scale circulation system.
 Kevin wants to play and win or lose fair and square.
con todas las prestaciones 
full-featured
 The EPIC service is a full-featured on-line reference system that provides subject access, and keyword and Boolean searching to a variety of databases.
con todas sus prestaciones 
fully featured
 The technology has matured sufficiently that it's now cheap and relatively easy to set up a fully featured repository in quite a short time.
con toda su fuerza 
in full force
 The first Japanese beetles of the year were observed in central Indiana on June 22 and have since come out in full force.
con toda su guarnición 
with all the trimmings
 If you want Thanksgiving dinner with all the trimmings but without the fuss and dirty dishes, here is a list of alternative dining options.
con toda tranquilidad  
casually
nonchalantly
 He glanced casually at the ill-balanced frontages of the buildings ahead that stretched on and on until they melded in an indistinguishable mass of gray at Laurence Street.
 She arrived in floods of tears, having been told nonchalantly by her booker to 'skip a few meals' in the run-up to London Fashion Week if she wanted to work.
con todo descaro 
shamelessly
 I'm pretty sure I should have been born a boy - I swear like a trooper, I eat like an animal, I burp shamelessly and I constantly make rude remarks.
con todo el (debido) respeto a 
with (all) due respect to
 This kind of research should produce results to show that, with due respect to all the fancy mathematics, the specific arts of cataloging, acquisitions, or whatnot are being done as well as can be expected.
con todo el peso de la ley 
to the full extent of the law
 In that case, such lies, whether under oath or not, should be treated as the crimes that they are and prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
con todo incluido 
with the works!
 Stay tuned to 891 over the next couple of weeks for your chance to win a weekend with the works!.
con todo mi respeto hacia 
with (all) due respect to
 This kind of research should produce results to show that, with due respect to all the fancy mathematics, the specific arts of cataloging, acquisitions, or whatnot are being done as well as can be expected.
con todos los extras 
with the works!
 Stay tuned to 891 over the next couple of weeks for your chance to win a weekend with the works!.
con todos los lujos 
with all mods and cons
 The apartment is brand new with all mods and cons and never lived in before.
con todos los medios a + Posesivo + alcance 
with all the means at + Posesivo + disposal
 To keep America safe, he determined that we would go after the terrorists with all the means at our disposal.
con todos mis respetos hacia (la opinión de) 
pace
 The legitimate yardstick against which to evaluate 'Beatlemusik' is not, pace Paul Johnson, Beethoven's last quartets, but other contemporary popular music.
con todos sus defectos 
warts and all
 This program tells the Haggard story - warts and all - from his humble beginnings growing up in a boxcar to his election to the Hall of Fame.
con todo tipo de comodidades 
with all mods and cons
 The apartment is brand new with all mods and cons and never lived in before.
con todo tipo de lujos 
with all mods and cons
 The apartment is brand new with all mods and cons and never lived in before.
con tono arrepentido 
contritely
 Bowing their heads, they contritely accepted the chastisement.
con trabajo 
in post
 This paper stresses the irregularity of training courses which have been directed to librarians already in post and to assistant librarians.
con tranquilidad 
tranquilly
 He rests tranquilly, has a good appetite, and says he 'feels tip-top'.
con tretas 
by cunning
 He is a systematic 'sweater' who sucks wealth from toiling crowds by cunning and by stealth.
con tristeza  
wistfully
in sadness
 He said that growing up during the depression he always looked back wistfully to the 1920s age of flappers as an era of freedom he had missed.
 As he picked up the shredded remains of his clothes he shook his head in sadness.
con trocitos 
chunky [chunkier -comp., chunkiest -sup.]
 I've always been a fan of putting jam on my grilled cheese on toast (I think it's best with a chunky homemade apricot or blackberry jam).
con tropezones 
chunky [chunkier -comp., chunkiest -sup.]
 I've always been a fan of putting jam on my grilled cheese on toast (I think it's best with a chunky homemade apricot or blackberry jam).
con trozos 
piecewise
 The constructed piecewise model generates the same portion of curve as the original one.
con una actitud crítica 
with a critical eye
 The author considers the potential of the Internet as a medium for education and teaching with a critical eye and concludes that some of the assumptions about online learning are highly suspect.
con una actitud de 
in a spirit of
 Librarians seemed to feel that they enjoyed a mandate from God to enlighten the immigrant and went about their various tasks in a spirit of authoritarianism that reminds one of the 'moral stewardship' of an earlier generation of librarians.
con una actitud desafiante 
defiantly
 'This is an order then,' she said defiantly, 'even though I'm supposedly in charge of pages'.
con una actitud de superioridad 
snooty [snootier -comp., snootiest -sup.]
 Researchers expect librarians to be factually knowledgeable, welcoming, helpful and supportive rather than 'weird', 'snooty' or 'easily antagonized'.
con una amplia cultura 
well-read
 This requires comprehensive collections and well-read and experienced staff able to communicate on any level.
con una antelación de un año 
a year ahead of schedule
 By Dec 74, a year ahead of schedule, the restoration department was able to close.
con una base sólida 
well-founded
 No citation order, no matter how well-founded, will prove suitable for every searcher.
con una buena financiación 
well-funded
 No public library, however large and well-funded can meet all the needs of its users from its own resources.
con una buena plantilla 
well-staffed
 Since the 1920s Mongolia has developed an extensive and well-staffed health care system.
con una buena razón 
for a good reason
 Squirrels store nuts for a good reason: they're rich in calories that keep them fed during the long cold winter.
con una consideración especial hacia 
with particular regard to
 This article 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.
con una formación tecnológica digital 
digitally-oriented
 What role does - and will - the library play for our digitally-oriented clientele?.
con un aforo de 
seating
 400 video cassettes are now available for use in 6 video cubicles or in a hall seating 50 people for lectures or group activities.
con una fuerte orientación profesional  
career-focused
career-minded
 New career-focused courses open doors for students.
 You will be a good husband to a professional career-minded woman - but be prepared that she'll wear the breeches in your relationship.
con una función destacada  [Referido a actos o personas que reciben mucha atención y del que todo el mundo habla]
high profile
 The South African government is under pressure to bring rapid and high profile improvements to its schools = El gobierno de Sudáfrica está siendo presionado para que traiga mejoras rápidas y notorias a sus escuelas.
con una gran ambición profesional  
career-minded
career-focused
 You will be a good husband to a professional career-minded woman - but be prepared that she'll wear the breeches in your relationship.
 New career-focused courses open doors for students.
con una gran cultura 
well-read
 This requires comprehensive collections and well-read and experienced staff able to communicate on any level.
con una gran diferencia 
by a huge margin
 By a huge margin respondents feeel that 'library' is synonymous with 'books' = Con una gran diferencia, los encuestados consideran la "biblioteca" como sinónimo de "libros".
con una gran tradición 
long-standing
 The struggle to make the library an integral part of the educational process is a long-standing one which has yet to be resolved.
con una idea clara de lo que se quiere  
purpose-driven
purpose-oriented
 Understanding how to live a purpose-driven life at work is one of the keys to a fulfilled and happy life.
 The final step in the purpose-oriented approach is Ihe development of a master plan.
con una idea muy superficial sobre 
with only a sketchy idea of
 Results showed that many users turn up at the library with only a sketcky idea of what they would like and spend much time browsing.
con una inclinación hacia la tecnología digital 
digitally-oriented
 What role does - and will - the library play for our digitally-oriented clientele?.
con una inmensa cantidad de 
overflowing with
 In a world overflowing with new media, it may be just what the print world needs.
con un aire de 
with an air of
 'What do you mean by that?' asked Bragge, almost with an air of alarm.
con un alto nivel de delincuencia   
crime-ridden
crime-riddled
crime-infested
 8,000 surveillance cameras will be intalled this year in the most crime-ridden areas of the city and in places frequented by tourists.
 In the 1990s, the area sunk into a state of utter horror, as it became one of the most crime-riddled areas in the entire city.
 It is like claiming that because crime in certain areas of Miami is bad that all Miami is crime-infested and should not be visited.
con una mala iluminación  
badly-lit
poorly-lit
 They worked in cold, draughty, badly-lit rooms and suffered from tyrannical supervisors.
 Never walk unaccompanied at night in poorly-lit streets or along deserted streets.
con una mano 
one-handed
 The coach can also teach the student both the two-handed backhand and the one-handed backhand strokes.
con una mano delante y otra detrás    
penniless
broke
skint
out-at-(the)-elbows
 Now he lives penniless near a beautiful lake surrounded by rainforest and teeming with waterfowl.
 The article is entitled 'Tough luck: To be a professional sport climber in America probably means you're broke, fed up and still no match for the foreign competition'.
 How does it feel to be skint in a world that seems to be obsessed with money and riches?.
 Nature meant him for a slipshod, shambling Bohemian - happy, out-at-the-elbows, always in debt, always irresponsible, and always pursued by duns and bailiffs.
con una mente práctica 
practically minded
 He is practically minded, not taking unnecessary risks or deliberately hurting his victims if nothing is to be gained.
con una meta clara 
focused [focussed]
 These include a series of focused workshops and a four day national conference.
con una nivel de especialización medio 
semi-skilled
 Luckham and his co-workers found in 1964 that less than one in ten of the library users were skilled, semi-skilled, or unskilled manual workers.
con una + Nombre + de 
out of a total + Nombre + of
 Table 1.1 shows the breakdown of the 8.33 million people employed in information-related industries (out of a total working population of 21 million).
con una oración en los labios 
on a wing and a prayer
 You can't just do things on a wing and a prayer - you need a plan and a system as well.
con una orientación social 
socially-oriented
 The programs we devise come from my agreement with the philosophy that children's library services should be to some degree socially oriented.
con una orientación temática específica 
subject-oriented
 The data base holds 18 subject-oriented subfiles covering over 5,000 sources.
con una pierna a cada lado de 
astride
 No person shall ride upon a motorcycle as a passenger unless, when sitting astride the seat, the person can reach the footrests with both feet.
con una separación de + Número + palabras 
within + Número + words of each other
 For example, 'language near2 computer' retrieves records containing the terms within two words of each other in a sentence.
con una sola acción 
in one action
 To remove the borrower from all routing lists in one action, enter the code for delete.
con un ataque de risa tonta 
giggly [gigglier -comp., giggliest -sup.]
 Similarly, a class that has been involved in a telling-off for any one of the myriad trivial transgressions their flesh is heir to can arrive at the next lesson aggressively uncooperative or giggly.
con una tarea especial 
mission-oriented
 We are now entering the third, or mission-oriented, era, in which demands for information may span a whole range of disciplines.
con una visión más amplia 
outward looking
 The British Library (BL) was established with the idea that it should be international in both scope and outlook, and it is both outward looking and service orientated in character.
con una voz + Adjetivo 
in a + Adjetivo + voice
 'I can't take it any more, Tom,' said Lespran, in a trembling and wrathful voice.
con una voz cantarina 
in sing-song
 The reading aloud was performed in a conventionalized sing-song.
con un buen nivel 
fluent
 Any librarian who is fluent in Spanish will have an edge in applying for a public service position in most public libraries today = Cualquier bibliotecario que hable con fluidez el español tendrá una ventaja al solicitar un puesto público en la mayoría de las bibliotecas públicas actuales.
con un buen nivel cultural 
well educated [well-educated]
 This class is conservative in politics, aristocratic in social affairs, and characteristically well-bred, well-educated, well-housed, and well-heeled.
con un cambio de actividad se renuevan las energías 
a change is as good as a rest
 As the old adage goes, a change is as good as a rest.
con un diagrama 
diagrammatically
 The video signals are recorded in adjacent tracks at an angle across the tape, as shown diagrammatically in Figure 13.
con un diseño creativo 
creatively designed
 If only more school buildings were as creatively designed as these, perhaps attendance rates would be higher.
con un énfasis en 
with an emphasis on
 Accordingly, it is best for children to eat between 4 and 6 times daily, with an emphasis on the healthy foods listed above.
con un eslogan 
slogan-bearing
 Some library workers concocted a scheme to advertise the plight of California libraries-through slogan-bearing T-shirts and sweatshirts.
con un espíritu de 
in a spirit of
 Librarians seemed to feel that they enjoyed a mandate from God to enlighten the immigrant and went about their various tasks in a spirit of authoritarianism that reminds one of the 'moral stewardship' of an earlier generation of librarians.
con un extensión similar a la de un libro 
book-length
 The aim was to assess whether they had excess book-length material which they considered worthy of publication but could not afford to publish.
con un filo más pronunciado 
sharper-edged
 Examine the backs of the folds with a lens; the one that is sharper-edged than the other runs parallel to the machine-direction of the paper.
con un formato predefinido 
preformatted [pre-formatted]
 Input of data into a record may be onto a preformatted screen, perhaps with reverse video (black on white) characters for the field names and with space next to each field name for the data.
con un gasto mínimo 
at minimal expense
 The author identifies some of the disadvantaged people in Zimbabwe and suggests ways in which their needs may be met at minimal expense.
con un gran número de lectores 
widely-read
 This on-line full text data base covers widely-read magazines and periodicals in the field of computers, electronics and telecommunications.
con un gran suspiro 
with a deep sigh
 'That's wonderful, Tom!' said the director with a deep sigh.
con un humor de perror 
like a bear with a sore head
 That number of pages to sift through is enough to make anybody feel like a bear with a sore head.
con uniforme 
uniformed
 This programme is designed for those hoping to follow a career in one of the uniformed services - army, navy, RAF, police service, fire service or ambulance.
con un interés en 
with a stake in
 This web-based advisory service is open to all those with a stake in the preservation of, and the provision of access to, digital materials.
con un mayor nivel educativo 
better educated [better-educated]
 Better-educated people, not surprisingly, tend to use libraries proportionately more than lesser-educated people.
con un nivel de estudios alto 
well educated [well-educated]
 This class is conservative in politics, aristocratic in social affairs, and characteristically well-bred, well-educated, well-housed, and well-heeled.
con un objetivo claro 
focused [focussed]
 These include a series of focused workshops and a four day national conference.
con unos costes mínimos 
with minimum costs
 Automation of library catalogues should be done with minimum costs.
con unos cuantos + Expresión de Tiempo + de antelación 
at a few + Expresión Temporal + notice
 A book fair cannot be put on at a few days' notice.
con unos gastos menores 
at a reduced expense
 Electronic resource sharing is a way for academic libraries to offer electronic databases at a reduced expense.
con unos objetivos muy claros  
purpose-driven
purpose-oriented
 Understanding how to live a purpose-driven life at work is one of the keys to a fulfilled and happy life.
 The final step in the purpose-oriented approach is Ihe development of a master plan.
con un pie en la tumba  [Usado generalmente para referirse a las personas de más de cuarenta años]
over the hill
 People over the hill are past the 'rush hour' of life and can just relax and enjoy!.
con un plazo de tiempo muy corto 
at (a) very short notice
 I am available weekday evenings and weekends and can work at very short notice.
con un plazo de tiempo tan corto 
at such short notice
 Cancellations after this date cannot be transferred to a future course because places cannot be filled at such short notice.
con un poco de hambre 
peckish
 During Ramadan, Muslims can only eat during the the hours of darkness, when the faithful, understandably peckish, tend to raid the larder.
con (un poco de) suerte 
with (any) luck
 With any luck, you'll have the malfunction fixed in no time.
con un poco de suerte 
with a bit of luck
 With a bit of luck, you might spot a wild boar, deer, or even some of the badgers living in the woodlands.
con un presupuesto limitado  
low-budget
on a budget
 Lodge Kerrigan's 'Clean, Shaven' is a blistering piece of cinematic inventiveness and a young director's low-budget first feature.
 Motels are among the most practical places to stay in for travelers on a budget, given the fact that they are far more affordable than hotels.
con un presupuesto muy exiguo 
on a shoestring (budget)
 Many information agencies exist on a shoestring budgets find it financially impossible to extend their hours.
con un presupuesto reducido 
low-budget
 Lodge Kerrigan's 'Clean, Shaven' is a blistering piece of cinematic inventiveness and a young director's low-budget first feature.
con un profundo sentimiento de culpa 
guilt-ridden
 The title of the article is 'ALA Chicago 1972: confessions of a guilt-ridden conferee'.
con un reparto estelar 
star-studded
 In producing a star-studded extravaganza using alumni, make sure the campus has the right resources.
con un ruido sordo 
plump
 She got partly into the saddle, clung there for a few harrowing seconds, and then went over his head and plump into a snowdrift beside the stable.
con un solo brazo 
one-armed
 Eventually adding more players - all one-armed individuals - the group played violins, cellos, guitars, piano and drums.
con un solo filo 
single-edge
 Materials needed for this procedure are duct tape and a single-edge razor blade.
con un solo ojo 
one-eyed
 She had to wear a bulging eye patch for a day after each operation; I called her my one-eyed pirate lass.
con un soporte técnico malo 
poorly-supported
 Certain types of devices are poorly supported by Ubuntu for various reasons.
con un tono + Adjetivo 
in a + Adjetivo + tone
 'As you wish,' she had temporized, in a resigned tone.
con urgencia 
urgently
 It is becoming urgently necessary for all information agencies to develop the closest co-operation to avoid wasting their resources through needless duplication and friction.
con usted 
with you
 I am glad of the opportunity to discuss this subject for several reasons: firstly, I have been interested in it for some time and would like to share some of my thoughts with you.
con ustedes 
with you
 I am glad of the opportunity to discuss this subject for several reasons: firstly, I have been interested in it for some time and would like to share some of my thoughts with you.
con valencias unidas 
covalently bound
 The 2nd family, dealing with amino acid residues covalently bound in soil organic matter, yielded documents having surprisingly little overlap with those retrieved from Chemical Abstracts (CA).
con valor 
valiantly
 He fought valiantly to establish a program to fill this lacuna.
con valores difusos 
fuzzy-valued
 Fuzzy random variables (also referred to often as random fuzzy sets) were introduced as a valuable and well-formalized model to deal with probabilistic and statistical problems involving fuzzy data when these data are supplied by an existing fuzzy-valued quantification process = Las variables aleatorias de lógica difusa (a las que también se les conoce conjuntos aleatorios de lógica difusa) se introdujeron como un modelo valioso y bien formalizado para tratar los problemas probabilísticos y estadísticos relacionados con los datos difusos cuando éstos han sido suministrado por un proceso existente de cuantificación de valores difusos.
con vanidad 
vainly
 Despite efforts by cooler heads to save Rome from ruin, Commodus vainly declared himself a god and killed anyone who posed a threat to him.
con variables 
piecewise
 The constructed piecewise model generates the same portion of curve as the original one.
con variaciones 
in variation
 Take, for example, this jocular tale recorded in northern England, a tale found in variation in the U.S.A = Pongamos, por ejemplo, este cuento jocoso recogido en el norte de Inglaterra, un cuento que también se encuentra en USA con diferentes variaciones.
con varias alas 
multi-wing [multiwing]
 Catalogue terminals can be dispersed throughout the library which is particularly appealing for multi-storey and/or multi-wing libraries = Los terminales del catálogo pueden estar dispersos por todo el edificio, lo que es especialmente necesario para las bibliotecas con varios pisos y con varias alas.
con varias estaciones de trabajo 
multi-workstation
 Hardware options can start from a simple multi-drive/multi-workstation network.
con varias plantas 
multi-storey [multistorey/multistory]
 Catalogue terminals can be dispersed throughout the library which is particularly appealing for multi-storey and/or multi-wing libraries = Los terminales del catálogo pueden estar dispersos por todo el edificio, lo que es especialmente necesario para las bibliotecas con varios pisos y con varias alas.
con varias sedes 
multi-site [multisite]
 The author discusses the politics involved in purchasing, installing and maintaining an automated library system in a multi-site institution = El autor analiza las decisiones implicadas en la compra, instalación y mantenimiento de un sistema bibliotecario automatizado en una institución con varias sedes.
con varios edificios 
multi-site [multisite]
 The author discusses the politics involved in purchasing, installing and maintaining an automated library system in a multi-site institution = El autor analiza las decisiones implicadas en la compra, instalación y mantenimiento de un sistema bibliotecario automatizado en una institución con varias sedes.
con varios lectores de cintas 
multi-drive
 Hardware options can start from a simple multi-drive/multi-workstation network.
con varios núcleos 
multi-core
 Industry has shifted towards multi-core designs as we have hit the memory and power walls.
con varios pisos 
multi-storey [multistorey/multistory]
 Catalogue terminals can be dispersed throughout the library which is particularly appealing for multi-storey and/or multi-wing libraries = Los terminales del catálogo pueden estar dispersos por todo el edificio, lo que es especialmente necesario para las bibliotecas con varios pisos y con varias alas.
con vehemencia    
vehemently
hotly
vociferously
ardently
 She is not a 'progressive' educator in any sense of the word, and vehemently resists what she calls 'undigested novelties' and 'frills and fripperies' in teaching methodologies.
 Pope flushed hotly at this disclosure.
 This article argues that the OTA report, despite its affirmation of public access to information, is unlikely to cause a redeployment of resources unless librarians argue vociferously that there is a real need for this information.
 They must take resolute measures for the abolition of this dictatorial regime and ardently defend the sovereign rights of its people.
con velas  
candlelit
candlelight
 A candlelit vigil is to take place in Manchester in memory of those killed every year as a result of domestic violence.
 The ruins remained a place of worship, however, with candlelight services on the anniversaries of the raids.
con ventaja sobre el pelotón 
ahead of the pack
 Radio Mirchi continues to top the daily listenership charts in Delhi, and is also ahead of the pack in Kolkata, the company said in a statement.
con veracidad 
truthfully
 The onus, consequently, is on the alcohol abuse patient to answer the questions being asked of him as truthfully as he can.
con vergüenza 
ashamedly
 He looked across the fire at Lennie's anguished face, and then he looked ashamedly at the flames.
con vetas 
streaky [streaker -comp., streakiest -sup.]
 Rich colors with gentle streaky patterns are characteristic of this glass that offers reduced light transmission without complete opacity.
con vigas de madera 
wood-beamed
 Tucked away under a sloping wood-beamed ceiling, this cosy room has roof views and romance aplenty - -though you'll need to mind your head in the bathroom.
con vigor   
vibrantly
robustly
strenuously
 This authentically recreated village vibrantly brings to life the story of the first settlers.
 Exports of manufacturing goods to former communist countries have declined sharply, but exports to the European Community across an array of goods - including heavy machinery - have grown robustly.
 I have always strenuously supported the right of every man to his own opinion, however different that opinion might be to mine.
con violencia 
virulently
 This work presents a startling contrast to the virulently anti-Catholic sentiments prevalent in 18th-century popular writing.
con virulencia 
virulently
 This work presents a startling contrast to the virulently anti-Catholic sentiments prevalent in 18th-century popular writing.
con visión de futuro    
far-sighted
forward-thinking
far-seeing
long-sighted
 At the University of Guelph, Ontario, innovative and far-sighted decisions made in its early years provided the basis for continuing development of the collections and services.
 Forward-thinking organizations are increasingly recognizing the crucial role played by electronic information.
 A general liberal education is a basis for developing more capable, far-seeing, and wiser leaders in business and elsewhere.
 The author calls for a long-sighted view of personnel welfare expenditures as an investment in people.
con vistas a  
with an eye toward(s)
overlook
 This article presents a summary of the less aparent effects of these developments with an eye toward how these have reshaped contemporary conceptions of the physical book.
 In this sense the British Council libraries may be seen as a window, overlooking the British Isles, their virtues and characteristics.
con vistas a (+ Infinitivo) 
with a view to (+ Gerundio)
 Read the document with a view to gaining an understanding of its content and an appreciation of its scope.
con vistas al mar  
with an ocean view
with a sea view
 Room opens to a generous private terrace and sundeck with an ocean view, and will accommodate 2 adults and 1 infant under the age of four.
 This lovely apartment with sea views is located in the old town in a nice residential complex with heated pool and tennis court.
con vistas al océano 
with an ocean view
 Room opens to a generous private terrace and sundeck with an ocean view, and will accommodate 2 adults and 1 infant under the age of four.
con vistas a + Nombre 
for + Nombre + purposes
 For example, a university library might have several types of borrowers for circulation purposes, graduate students (intermediate-term loans) and undergraduate students (short-term loans).
con vistas a que 
seeing that
 He will be particularly employed, of course, as the chair of the session, seeing that the floor is not hogged by a few articulate public speakers.
con vivacidad 
vivaciously
 She underwent chemotherapy and it was a very hard time for all of us, but she survived and is living very vivaciously today.
con viveza 
vivaciously
 She underwent chemotherapy and it was a very hard time for all of us, but she survived and is living very vivaciously today.
con volantes  
frilly [frillier -comp., frilliest -sup.]
ruffled
 Lingerie is ladies' underwear; lacy frilly knickers, bras, panties, undies, stockings, various fancy items.
 One of the hottest trends this season is ruffled blouses.
con voracidad   
voraciously
rapaciously
greedily
 This article divides readers into 3 categories: 'bulimic' readers who read voraciously for no utilitarian purpose, 'swotters' who read to cram for examinations, and 'information foragers' who read only occasionally to seek specific data, mainly in their field of work.
 Rapaciously hunted by humans over centuries, whales have not recovered in the decades after whaling was outlawed.
 The prisoners pounced on the food like hungry beasts and, champing noisily, gulped down the soup greedily, hardly chewing the meat, and burning their mouths.
con vosotros 
with you
 I am glad of the opportunity to discuss this subject for several reasons: firstly, I have been interested in it for some time and would like to share some of my thoughts with you.
con voz 
talking
 From partially-automated directory assistance to talking Yellow Pages and interactive services, telephone directory applications have addressed the constraints of non-visual menus, limited input capability, and natural versus synthetic output.
con voz apaga 
tonelessly
 But in scenes in which he interacts with the world, he speaks slowly and tonelessly, a little like the comedian Steven Wright.
con voz entrecortada    
hesitantly
falteringly
haltingly
jerkily
 'Would it be bold of me to ask,' she said hesitantly, 'why is the Medical Center library virtually an autonomous unit?'.
 Falteringly, but earnestly he read the story and when he finished, he put his head down on the table and sobbed.
 The gray-haired bishop spoke haltingly at first, choosing his words with care.
 He seemed rather thoughtful and absent-minded, spoke jerkily and ungrammatically, transposing words in rather a strange way.
con voz suave  
soft-spoken
softly-spoken
 She is poised and manicured - 'prissy,' according to her friends - measuring her words with soft-spoken formality.
 Softly-spoken, but a strict disciplinarian, Madugalle is widely-respected.
con vuelo 
flowing
 With his flowing white mane, lanky agility and subdued charisma, he was an unflappably aristocratic seducer.
decir con mal humor 
spit out
 He stared coldly at her for a moment, then spat out: 'Bah! You're in charge'.
definido con precisión 
closely defined
 Some forms split each of these major categories of information into a closely defined series of sub-categories.
escuchar con una actitud abierta 
lend + a sympathetic ear to
 Counselling requires much more time and in-depth probing, although it can at one extreme cover simply the act of lending a sympathetic ear to clients who, in externalizing their problems, may thus be better able to face them and arrive at a solution.
financiado con dinero público 
publicly financed
 Library users are lucky to have supplies provided for them by a publicly financed service.
morir con dignidad 
die with + dignity
 I feel that's what we have to do; let this type of library service die with dignity, and not keep patching it up with money and people.
recuperado con anterioridad 
pre-retrieved
 The final capability is whether proximity is implemented on the whole database or operates on a pre-retrieved set.
reírse con regocijo 
cackle + with delight
 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.
con fiabilidad
con fiabilidad 
  trustfully.
 According to theory, companies will act trustfully if their scope for opportunistic behavior is limited = According to theory, companies will act trustfully if their scope for opportunistic behavior is limited.
con gas
con gas 
  carbonated ; gassy ; fizzy .
 The same problem is posed a fortiori when the liquid to be pasteurized contains dissolved gas under pressure (carbonated liquid) - the case of beer for example.
 If it's due to that, you should keep away from gassy drinks, coffee and other caffeinated drinks.
 This beer is pale yellow, a bit fizzy, and it doesn't smell like much.
con sentido
con sentido 
  meaningful ; purposeful ; in a meaningful way.
 Each operator has a filing value which has been designate in order to ensure that terms appear in the index string in an order that will produce a meaningful set of index entries.
 To do this is to thwart the goal of eliciting genuine dialogue - candid, searching, and purposeful discussion - and motivating students to think, to study, to weigh ideas, and to develop their own solutions.
 If there is no god, it might eventually be possible to answer these questions in a meaningful way, a way that actually explains something.
con tacto
con tacto 
  tactful.
 The library's overall image is enhanced more by a tactful handling of an in-house problem without airing the dirty linen in public.
con textura
con textura 
  textured.
 Tactile material embraces materials with raised symbols and/or differently textured surfaces that are intended for use by the visually impaired.
con trabajo
con trabajo 
  in post.
 This paper stresses the irregularity of training courses which have been directed to librarians already in post and to assistant librarians.
demás   al igual que con todo lo demás
demás   al igual que con todo lo demás 
  as with everything else.
 As with everything else that the president says his statement was once again taken out of contex.
desproporcionado (con respecto a)
desproporcionado (con respecto a) 
  out of all proportion (to) ; out of (all) proportion (to).
 Certainly the study of management has developed out of all proportion to its relevance for the majority of assistant librarians.
 Technical difficulties and operational costs are out of proportion to the financial gains.
encapricharse con
encapricharse con 
  fall for ; catch + Posesivo + fancy ; take + a fancy to ; take + a shine to ; take + a liking to.
 The article 'Falling for fiction' looks at new novels by a diverse range of 13 authors.
 At nightfall, drop anchor at any place that catch your fancy and the lullaby of the gentle waves put you to sleep.
 He is a collector who wants to form a collection by making his own paintings of pictures he has taken a fancy to in other people's houses.
 She took a shine to Sheldon, and before he knows what has happened, the misanthropic physicist finds himself with a girlfriend.
 He quickly took a liking to American clothing stores and acquired a taste for fast-food restaurants.

Trends of use of con

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CON»

The term «con» is very widely used and occupies the 20 position in our list of most widely used terms in the Spanish dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CON» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the Spanish literature, quotes and news about con

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10 SPANISH QUOTES WITH «CON»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word con.
1
Aldous Huxley
Escribir un mal libro representa tanto trabajo como escribir uno bueno. Nace, con igual sinceridad, del alma del autor.
2
Anónimo
El 30 por 100 de los alimentos que consumimos nos mantiene vivos; con el 70 por 100, se mantienen vivos los médicos.
3
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
Sólo se ve bien con el corazón; lo esencial es invisible para los ojos.
4
Aristóteles
Portémonos con los amigos como querríamos que ellos se portaran con nosotros.
5
Friedrich Nietzsche
Las privaciones y sufrimientos crecen con el incremento de la cultura del individuo.
6
Giacomo Leopardi
La muerte no es un mal, puesto que libera al hombre de todos los males, y junto con los bienes le quita los deseos.
7
Golda Meir
Los que no saben llorar con todo su corazón, tampoco saben reír.
8
Gregorio Marañón
Amar y sufrir es a la larga la única forma de vivir con plenitud y dignidad.
9
Gustave Le Bon
Las civilizaciones se forjan con ideas; pero todavía se defienden con cañones solamente.
10
Jean Anouilh
Dios está en todas partes... Y, a fin de cuentas, está siempre con los que tienen mucho dinero y multitud de armas.

10 SPANISH PROVERBS WITH THE WORD «CON»

No temas mancha que sale con agua.
Quien dijo hermano, dijo herir con la mano.
Revueltas andan las cosas: las ortigas con las rosas.
Al amigo, con su vicio, se le debe querer y atender.
Alpargatas con cintas de color, o no hay zapatos o sobra presunción.
Amor con casada, sólo de pasada.
Con copete y sin copete, señora vos sois hermosa, mas el copete es gran cosa.
Con gente de alpargates no te trates.
Con un pozo y un malvar, boticario de un lugar.
El viejo que casa con niña, uno cuida la cepa y el otro la vendimia.

10 SPANISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CON»

Discover the use of con in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to con and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in Spanish literature.
1
Noviazgo con propósito
Instrucciones prácticas para lograr una relación exitosa.
David Hormachea, 2005
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Billar. Con efecto y con afecto:
Las técnicas de billar que nos permitirán progresar rápidamente en el desarrollo del juego
Valeriano Parera Sans, 1996
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ACTIVIDADES CON PARACAÍDAS
En las dos últimas décadas, el paracaídas se ha convertido en un componente integral de las clases de educación física y de los programas recreativos, perfectamente adaptable para los escolares de educación primaria y secundaria.
Ron French, Michael Horvat, 1997
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LIBRO DE ENTRENAMIENTO CON EL THERA-BAND
El entrenamiento con el Thera-Band constituye un método muy efectivo para aumentar la capacidad de rendimiento de todos los principales grupos musculares.
Hans-Dieter Kempf, Frank Schmelcher, Christian Ziegler, 1999
5
El encuentro con Dios
Puede la religión ser vivida y entendida como encuentro con Dios?
Juan Martín Velasco, 1997
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Biblia con Comentarios de Matthew Henry
Los mas importantes temas de Matthew Henry se han incorporado a la Nueva Version Internacional de la Biblia.
Matthew Henry, Kregel Publications, 2001
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MANUAL COMPLETO DE AERÓBIC CON STEP
La autora, Dawn Braown, ha sido la pionera del aeróbic produciendo vídeos como Step it Out que fue el primero sobre esta técnica deportiva y Aquasize 1. Ambos se han convertido en superventas distribuidos por Parade Video.
Dawn Brown, 1998
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Aprender Catia V5 con ejercicios. Diseño en Contexto
Juan Ribas Lagares, más conocido por 'El Juanri' por su web www.muchocatia.es, es Ingeniero Técnico Industrial y pertenece a la plantilla de Airbus Military desde 1969.
Juan Ribas Lagares, 2011
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Tabla de alimentos para personas con colesterol
Colesterol, grasa, fibra y calorías de los principales alimentos
Edita Pospisil, 2003
10
150 Cosas Que Hacer Con Papel:
Patrones e ideas para trabajos manuales para ninos.
P. G. Patterson, Dorotea G Pettit, 1971

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CON»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term con is used in the context of the following news items.
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Joven mata con un cuchillo a 19 personas en un centro de ...
Un joven mató este lunes con un cuchillo a al menos 19 personas en un centro de discapacitados de la localidad japonesa de Sagamihara, al oeste de Tokio, ... «BBC Mundo, Jul 16»
2
Cuáles son los países de América Latina con los hombres y las ...
En un período de cien años, los hombres holandeses y belgas se han pegado un estirón de más de 12 cm para ser, hoy en día, los más altos del mundo con ... «BBC Mundo, Jul 16»
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6 cosas que puedes hacer con la cámara de tu teléfono (además de ...
Además, Evernote Scannable utiliza una tecnología que permite detectar números y letras en el documento, con lo que puedes hacer búsquedas en el ... «BBC Mundo, Jul 16»
4
La Comic-Con 2016 al minuto
Hoy en día Comic-Con no es más que un gran evento de marketing casi gratuito para ... de cultura popular más grande del mundo, la San Diego Comic-Con. «Hipertextual, Jul 16»
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El disfraz más loco e impresionante de San Diego Comic-Con
SAN DIEGO, California -- Cada año miles de personas vienen a San Diego Comic-Con en sus disfraces. Algunas se visten como personajes de Star Wars, Star ... «CNET en Español, Jul 16»
6
"Hienas”, los hombres a los que pagan para tener relaciones ...
En algunas áreas remotas del sur de Malawi es tradición que las niñas tengan relaciones con un trabajador sexual de pago, conocido como "hiena", una vez ... «BBC Mundo, Jul 16»
7
Submarino nuclear británico choca con buque mercante frente a ...
Uno de los submarinos de reacción nuclear más modernos de Reino Unido debió atracar en Gibraltar tras chocar con un barco mercante cuando realizaba ... «BBC Mundo, Jul 16»
8
El pueblo italiano que les da billetes con el rostro del Che, Hugo ...
Esta suma debe cubrirlo todo: desde alojamiento, alimentación y atención medicada, hasta clases de italiano, ayudas para conseguir trabajo y asistencia con la ... «BBC Mundo, Jul 16»
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La mujer "bendecida" con tres pares de mellizos en 26 meses
Danesha quedó devastada: "Perder a un hijo duele, y es mentalmente dañino para cualquiera con corazón". "Lo único que hacía era rezar. Fue un momento ... «BBC Mundo, Jul 16»
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La cruel historia del hospital británico que experimentaba con niños ...
Las cosas se pusieron difíciles en su casa y luego de tener problemas con la policía se le concedió la libertad provisional y fue enviada a Aston Hall, un hospital ... «BBC Mundo, Jul 16»

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« EDUCALINGO. Con [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-es/con>. Apr 2024 ».
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