Meaning of "corriente" in the Spanish dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CORRIENTE

La palabra corriente procede del antiguo participio activo de correr; latín currens, -entis.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF CORRIENTE IN SPANISH

co · rrien · te

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CORRIENTE

Corriente can act as a noun, an adjective and an adverb.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES CORRIENTE MEAN IN SPANISH?

Definition of corriente in the Spanish dictionary

The first definition of current in the dictionary of the real academy of the Spanish language is that it runs. Another meaning of current in the dictionary is said of a week, a month, a year or a century: Current or that is passing. Current is also that it is in use in the present moment or was at the time it is spoken. The current fashion.

La primera definición de corriente en el diccionario de la real academia de la lengua española es que corre. Otro significado de corriente en el diccionario es dicho de una semana, de un mes, de un año o de un siglo: Actual o que va transcurriendo. Corriente es también que está en uso en el momento presente o lo estaba en el momento de que se habla. La moda corriente.

SYNONYMS OF «CORRIENTE» IN SPANISH

The following Spanish words have a similar or identical meaning as «corriente» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Spanish synonyms of corriente

acostumbrado · aire · común · conocido · curso · electricidad · energía · fluido · flujo · frecuente · fuerza · habitual · ordinario · río · tiro · torbellino · torrente · usual · vulgar

ANTONYMS OF «CORRIENTE» IN SPANISH

The following Spanish words mean the opposite of «corriente» and also belong to the same grammatical category.

Spanish antonyms of corriente

extraordinario · raro

TRANSLATION OF CORRIENTE

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The translations of corriente from Spanish to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «corriente» in Spanish.

In the following section you can check the translations of corriente in the Spanish-English dictionary.

• Translator Spanish - Chinese: 当前
• Spanish: corriente
• Translator Spanish - English: current
• Translator Spanish - Hindi: वर्तमान
• Translator Spanish - Arabic: تيار
• Translator Spanish - Russian: ток
• Translator Spanish - Portuguese: atual
• Translator Spanish - Bengali: বর্তমান
• Translator Spanish - French: courant
• Translator Spanish - Malay: semasa
• Translator Spanish - German: Strom
• Translator Spanish - Japanese: 現在
• Translator Spanish - Korean: 현재
• Translator Spanish - Javanese: saiki
• Translator Spanish - Vietnamese: hiện tại
• Translator Spanish - Tamil: தற்போதைய
• Translator Spanish - Marathi: चालू
• Translator Spanish - Turkish: şimdiki
• Translator Spanish - Italian: corrente
• Translator Spanish - Polish: prąd
• Translator Spanish - Ukrainian: ток
• Translator Spanish - Romanian: curent
• Translator Spanish - Greek: ρεύμα
• Translator Spanish - Afrikaans: huidige
• Translator Spanish - Swedish: ström
• Translator Spanish - Norwegian: strøm

SPANISH - ENGLISH DICTIONARY

corriente

corriente^-1 

  tide ; draught [draft, -USA] ; groundswell ; flow ; stream.

 What has happened is that yet another institution has so overlapped with our own that we are being swept along on the tide of the technological revolution.

 Perhaps the sociological light was extinguished by the political draught of the time.

 The groundswell of movement towards integrating previously unrelated technologies and markets is now gathering a reasonable head of steam.

 The vocabulary used in conjunction with PRECIS is split in two sections, one part for Entities (or things) and the other for Attributes (properties of things, for example colour, weight; activities of things, for example flow, and properties of activities, for example, slow, turbulent).

 Voters felt the stream of news coming out of London had little to do with ordinary people.

con corrientes de aire 

draughty [drafty, -USA]

 They worked in cold, draughty, badly-lit rooms and suffered from tyrannical supervisors.

corriente abajo 

downstream

 The boat continued to float idly downstream, the men resting on their oars.

corriente + arrastrar 

wash up

 Wreckage from the space station Mir that plunged into the Pacific Ocean this week could wash up on Pacific islands, experts believe.

corriente arriba 

upstream

 The author takes this case as a model to illustrate how academic libraries can go with the flow instead of being swept upstream.

corriente de agua 

water body [waterbody]

 These two documents cover all categories of water bodies including springs and lakes, marine coastal areas, and groundwater.

corriente de aire  

air current

draught [draft, -USA]

 The decapitated ants, on the contrary, were insensitive to the air current.

 Perhaps the sociological light was extinguished by the political draught of the time.

corriente de aire frío 

cold air draught

 Try to save on heating bills by eliminating cold air draughts from windows and doors.

corriente de chorro, la 

jet stream, the

 The jet stream, one of the most dramatic forces of nature, was discovered during World War II when aviators first tried to cross the Pacific.

corriente en chorro, la 

jet stream, the

 The jet stream, one of the most dramatic forces of nature, was discovered during World War II when aviators first tried to cross the Pacific.

corriente oceánica 

ocean current

 Wind-driven ocean currents behave in ways that, at first appearance do not make sense.

corriente sanguínea, la 

bloodstream, the

 The longer a fart is held in, the larger the proportion of inert nitrogen it contains, because the other gases tend to be absorbed into the bloodstream through the walls of the intestine.

dejarse arrastrar por la corriente          

go with + the flow

go along with + the flow

follow + the crowd

swim with + the current

ride + the current

swim with + the tide

go with + the current

go with + the tide

go with + the stream

swim with + the stream

 The author takes this case as a model to illustrate how academic libraries can go with the flow instead of being swept upstream.

 Finally, we have someone who is not just folding his arms and going along with the flow.

 Humans tend to follow the crowd because of an innate mechanism inside their brains, which triggers an alert signal when an individual's opinion diverges from the general one.

 It was Thomas Jefferson who said: 'On matters of style, swim with the current; on matters of principle, stand like a rock'.

 The only way to keep from drowning is to ride the currents - the ocean will support us as long as we swim with the flow.

 A person has two choices in life: You can swim against the tide and get exhausted, or you can swim with the tide and let it take you where it wants you to go.

 Business owners need to understand the currents of the market and decide when it is good to go with the current and when it is better to head into the current.

 There are those that are going with the tide that is globalisation and those that are going against with it.

 Are you aware of the fact that it is far easier to go with the stream than against it?.

 It reminds me of one of my favourite quotes: 'Only dead fish swim with the stream!'.

dejarse llevar por la corriente            

go with + the flow

go along with + the flow

follow + the crowd

swim with + the current

swim with + the flow

swim with + the flow

ride + the current

swim with + the tide

go with + the current

go with + the tide

go with + the stream

swim with + the stream

 The author takes this case as a model to illustrate how academic libraries can go with the flow instead of being swept upstream.

 Finally, we have someone who is not just folding his arms and going along with the flow.

 Humans tend to follow the crowd because of an innate mechanism inside their brains, which triggers an alert signal when an individual's opinion diverges from the general one.

 It was Thomas Jefferson who said: 'On matters of style, swim with the current; on matters of principle, stand like a rock'.

 The only way to keep from drowning is to ride the currents - the ocean will support us as long as we swim with the flow.

 The only way to keep from drowning is to ride the currents - the ocean will support us as long as we swim with the flow.

 The only way to keep from drowning is to ride the currents - the ocean will support us as long as we swim with the flow.

 A person has two choices in life: You can swim against the tide and get exhausted, or you can swim with the tide and let it take you where it wants you to go.

 Business owners need to understand the currents of the market and decide when it is good to go with the current and when it is better to head into the current.

 There are those that are going with the tide that is globalisation and those that are going against with it.

 Are you aware of the fact that it is far easier to go with the stream than against it?.

 It reminds me of one of my favourite quotes: 'Only dead fish swim with the stream!'.

ir con la corriente          

go with + the flow

go along with + the flow

follow + the crowd

swim with + the current

swim with + the flow

swim with + the tide

go with + the current

go with + the tide

go with + the stream

swim with + the stream

 The author takes this case as a model to illustrate how academic libraries can go with the flow instead of being swept upstream.

 Finally, we have someone who is not just folding his arms and going along with the flow.

 Humans tend to follow the crowd because of an innate mechanism inside their brains, which triggers an alert signal when an individual's opinion diverges from the general one.

 It was Thomas Jefferson who said: 'On matters of style, swim with the current; on matters of principle, stand like a rock'.

 The only way to keep from drowning is to ride the currents - the ocean will support us as long as we swim with the flow.

 A person has two choices in life: You can swim against the tide and get exhausted, or you can swim with the tide and let it take you where it wants you to go.

 Business owners need to understand the currents of the market and decide when it is good to go with the current and when it is better to head into the current.

 There are those that are going with the tide that is globalisation and those that are going against with it.

 Are you aware of the fact that it is far easier to go with the stream than against it?.

 It reminds me of one of my favourite quotes: 'Only dead fish swim with the stream!'.

ir contra corriente        

swim against + the tide

swim against + the current

swim against + the flow

head into + the current

go against + the tide

go against + the current

go against + the stream

swim against + the stream

 A person has two choices in life: You can swim against the tide and get exhausted, or you can swim with the tide and let it take you where it wants you to go.

 And she is the ultimate model for every woman who has to swim against the current.

 If you want to become a leader, swim against the flow and be a non-conformist.

 Business owners need to understand the currents of the market and decide when it is good to go with the current and when it is better to head into the current.

 When going against the tide, one must not be afraid of isolation.

 For Bruce Brown, going against the current comes naturally.

 Give it a name if you will, but we need to go against the stream.

 This unique style will appeal to the individual who wants to stand out, make a statement and swim against the stream.

ir (en) contra (de) la corriente         

go against + the flow

swim against + the tide

swim against + the current

swim against + the flow

head into + the current

go against + the tide

go against + the current

go against + the stream

swim against + the stream

 The article is entitled 'Going with the flow: many business are going against it'.

 A person has two choices in life: You can swim against the tide and get exhausted, or you can swim with the tide and let it take you where it wants you to go.

 And she is the ultimate model for every woman who has to swim against the current.

 If you want to become a leader, swim against the flow and be a non-conformist.

 Business owners need to understand the currents of the market and decide when it is good to go with the current and when it is better to head into the current.

 When going against the tide, one must not be afraid of isolation.

 For Bruce Brown, going against the current comes naturally.

 Give it a name if you will, but we need to go against the stream.

 This unique style will appeal to the individual who wants to stand out, make a statement and swim against the stream.

llevarle la corriente a Alguien  

play along with

string + Nombre + along

 Political parties happily play along with this charade because it enables them to look like they care about the planet.

 As soon as I realized it was a scam I decided to string along the scammer to see if they would send me something for proof.

seguir la corriente          

go with + the flow

go along with + the flow

follow + the crowd

swim with + the current

swim with + the flow

swim with + the tide

go with + the current

go with + the tide

go with + the stream

swim with + the stream

 The author takes this case as a model to illustrate how academic libraries can go with the flow instead of being swept upstream.

 Finally, we have someone who is not just folding his arms and going along with the flow.

 Humans tend to follow the crowd because of an innate mechanism inside their brains, which triggers an alert signal when an individual's opinion diverges from the general one.

 It was Thomas Jefferson who said: 'On matters of style, swim with the current; on matters of principle, stand like a rock'.

 The only way to keep from drowning is to ride the currents - the ocean will support us as long as we swim with the flow.

 A person has two choices in life: You can swim against the tide and get exhausted, or you can swim with the tide and let it take you where it wants you to go.

 Business owners need to understand the currents of the market and decide when it is good to go with the current and when it is better to head into the current.

 There are those that are going with the tide that is globalisation and those that are going against with it.

 Are you aware of the fact that it is far easier to go with the stream than against it?.

 It reminds me of one of my favourite quotes: 'Only dead fish swim with the stream!'.

seguirle la corriente a Alguien  

play along with

string + Nombre + along

 Political parties happily play along with this charade because it enables them to look like they care about the planet.

 As soon as I realized it was a scam I decided to string along the scammer to see if they would send me something for proof.

corriente

corriente^-2 

  electricity supply ; mains electricity.

 Europe and Australia (where experimental transmissions have been going on for some time) have a 50 Hz electricity supply, 625 line transmissions, and two non-compatible colour systems, PAL and SECAM.

 Every electrical appliance that connects to mains electricity has a fuse, usually in the plug.

adaptador de corriente  [También escrito adaptor]  [También escrito adaptor]

power adapter

mains adapter

 It's 30% lighter and 22% thinner than conventional power adapters so it doesn't add extra bulk in your bag .

 The battery charger is protected against reverse input and output voltage as it may be used with different mains adapters and the battery could be connected the wrong way round.

cable con corriente 

live wire

 They have launched a campaign to encourage people to report cases of unattended live wires in the city.

comprobador de corriente 

current tester

 When satisfied that the power has been cut, remove the light fixture and once again test for power, this time using a current tester.

corriente alterna 

alternating current (AC)

 It was known that alternating current (AC) voltage could be varied by use of induction coils, but no practical coil system had been invented.

corriente eléctrica   

electrical current

electric current

electrical power

 As the pointer moves, its potential is varied in accordance with a varying electrical current received over wires from a distant station.

 At the heart of every computer is a large number of electronic circuits that manipulate electric currents and voltages.

 The various faults of electrical power, such as spikes, sags, outages, noise, frequency variations, and static electricity, are defined and described.

Corriente Eléctrica Ininterrumpida (SAI) 

Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS)

 This article gives instructions for installing an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) in a mobile library van (bookmobile).

corte de corriente  

power cut

power failure

 There always exist the possibility of breakdown of machine or failure due to power cut.

 Mechanical breakdown or power failure may affect the smooth running of the system but they do not constitute disaster.

corte de la corriente eléctrica  

power failure

power cut

 Mechanical breakdown or power failure may affect the smooth running of the system but they do not constitute disaster.

 There always exist the possibility of breakdown of machine or failure due to power cut.

luchar contra corriente 

labour against + the grain

 So teachers find themselves laboring against the grain.

regulador de corriente 

current regulator

 The purpose of a current regulator is to provide a constant current regardless of changes in the input voltage or load current.

seguridad contra corrientes eléctricas 

electrical security

 It presents a checklist of some of the major considerations in assessing the environmental, fire and electrical security of equipment areas in libraries.

toma de corriente    

outlet

socket

socket outlet

light socket

 The archictet's brief specifies that conduit (of sewer pipe size if possible) should be provided for electrical wiring with outlets placed in the ceiling every metre.

 One must also not forget the need for television aerials and the related sockets.

 Heavy-current electrical appliances (e.g. washers/dryers, dehumidifiers and electric kettles) should be supplied from individual socket outlets.

 In olden days, women of ill-repute would put a red light bulb in their front porch light socket.

transformador de corriente  [También escrito adaptor]  [También escrito adaptor]

mains adapter

power adapter

 The battery charger is protected against reverse input and output voltage as it may be used with different mains adapters and the battery could be connected the wrong way round.

 It's 30% lighter and 22% thinner than conventional power adapters so it doesn't add extra bulk in your bag .

corriente

corriente^-3 

  stream ; trend ; strand ; current ; movement.

 If no such standards can be observed then, it would seem, romantic fiction along with westerns and detective stories must be regarded as some sort of cul-de-sac and rather stagnant backwater quite separate from the main stream of 'literature'.

 Current trends favour cataloguing practices which can be applied to a variety of library materials.

 This article gives a brief history of the two main strands in the development of bibliotherapy, or healing through books, in the USA.

 This article examines the political shoals, currents, and rip tides associated with off campus library programmes and suggests that awareness and involvement are key ways to avoid running aground.

 The cathedral-like hush contrasted strangely with the clamor and movement outside.

contracorriente 

cross-current

 This article examines cross-currents which pit the interests of special collections librarians against those of general, academic librarians.

corriente de pensamiento  

trend of thought

stream of consciousness

 The question of ideological thought (in the sense of a veiled interest-determined trend of thought) is again rearing its head in present times.

 This is an instance of the effort to integrate the history of the Holocaust into the general stream of historical consciousness.

corriente dominante 

mainstream

 It was therefore seen as a role to be undertaken by all librarians and not some kind of special services tacked on and separate from the mainstream of library activities.

corriente, lo 

the normal run of

 Although of variable quality, these were all a cut above the normal run of superhero comics.

corriente principal 

mainstream

 It was therefore seen as a role to be undertaken by all librarians and not some kind of special services tacked on and separate from the mainstream of library activities.

dejarse arrastrar por la corriente          

go with + the flow

go along with + the flow

follow + the crowd

swim with + the current

ride + the current

swim with + the tide

go with + the current

go with + the tide

go with + the stream

swim with + the stream

 The author takes this case as a model to illustrate how academic libraries can go with the flow instead of being swept upstream.

 Finally, we have someone who is not just folding his arms and going along with the flow.

 Humans tend to follow the crowd because of an innate mechanism inside their brains, which triggers an alert signal when an individual's opinion diverges from the general one.

 It was Thomas Jefferson who said: 'On matters of style, swim with the current; on matters of principle, stand like a rock'.

 The only way to keep from drowning is to ride the currents - the ocean will support us as long as we swim with the flow.

 A person has two choices in life: You can swim against the tide and get exhausted, or you can swim with the tide and let it take you where it wants you to go.

 Business owners need to understand the currents of the market and decide when it is good to go with the current and when it is better to head into the current.

 There are those that are going with the tide that is globalisation and those that are going against with it.

 Are you aware of the fact that it is far easier to go with the stream than against it?.

 It reminds me of one of my favourite quotes: 'Only dead fish swim with the stream!'.

dejarse llevar por la corriente            

go with + the flow

go along with + the flow

follow + the crowd

swim with + the current

swim with + the flow

swim with + the flow

ride + the current

swim with + the tide

go with + the current

go with + the tide

go with + the stream

swim with + the stream

 The author takes this case as a model to illustrate how academic libraries can go with the flow instead of being swept upstream.

 Finally, we have someone who is not just folding his arms and going along with the flow.

 Humans tend to follow the crowd because of an innate mechanism inside their brains, which triggers an alert signal when an individual's opinion diverges from the general one.

 It was Thomas Jefferson who said: 'On matters of style, swim with the current; on matters of principle, stand like a rock'.

 The only way to keep from drowning is to ride the currents - the ocean will support us as long as we swim with the flow.

 The only way to keep from drowning is to ride the currents - the ocean will support us as long as we swim with the flow.

 The only way to keep from drowning is to ride the currents - the ocean will support us as long as we swim with the flow.

 A person has two choices in life: You can swim against the tide and get exhausted, or you can swim with the tide and let it take you where it wants you to go.

 Business owners need to understand the currents of the market and decide when it is good to go with the current and when it is better to head into the current.

 There are those that are going with the tide that is globalisation and those that are going against with it.

 Are you aware of the fact that it is far easier to go with the stream than against it?.

 It reminds me of one of my favourite quotes: 'Only dead fish swim with the stream!'.

en la corriente principal de 

in the mainstream of

 It was evident that aspects of industrial relations feature on courses in a variety of firms, but set firmly in the mainstream of management theory.

estar al corriente 

monitor + developments

 Users of federal statistics have to rely on a wide variety of sources to monitor developments = Los usuarios de las estadísticas federales tienen que utilizar una amplia variedad de fuentes para estar al día.

ir con la corriente          

go with + the flow

go along with + the flow

follow + the crowd

swim with + the current

swim with + the flow

swim with + the tide

go with + the current

go with + the tide

go with + the stream

swim with + the stream

 The author takes this case as a model to illustrate how academic libraries can go with the flow instead of being swept upstream.

 Finally, we have someone who is not just folding his arms and going along with the flow.

 Humans tend to follow the crowd because of an innate mechanism inside their brains, which triggers an alert signal when an individual's opinion diverges from the general one.

 It was Thomas Jefferson who said: 'On matters of style, swim with the current; on matters of principle, stand like a rock'.

 The only way to keep from drowning is to ride the currents - the ocean will support us as long as we swim with the flow.

 A person has two choices in life: You can swim against the tide and get exhausted, or you can swim with the tide and let it take you where it wants you to go.

 Business owners need to understand the currents of the market and decide when it is good to go with the current and when it is better to head into the current.

 There are those that are going with the tide that is globalisation and those that are going against with it.

 Are you aware of the fact that it is far easier to go with the stream than against it?.

 It reminds me of one of my favourite quotes: 'Only dead fish swim with the stream!'.

llevarle la corriente a Alguien  

play along with

string + Nombre + along

 Political parties happily play along with this charade because it enables them to look like they care about the planet.

 As soon as I realized it was a scam I decided to string along the scammer to see if they would send me something for proof.

no estar al corriente 

be out of touch

 David Cameron's point-blank refusal to fire him shows how out of touch his government is.

seguir la corriente          

go with + the flow

go along with + the flow

follow + the crowd

swim with + the current

swim with + the flow

swim with + the tide

go with + the current

go with + the tide

go with + the stream

swim with + the stream

 The author takes this case as a model to illustrate how academic libraries can go with the flow instead of being swept upstream.

 Finally, we have someone who is not just folding his arms and going along with the flow.

 Humans tend to follow the crowd because of an innate mechanism inside their brains, which triggers an alert signal when an individual's opinion diverges from the general one.

 It was Thomas Jefferson who said: 'On matters of style, swim with the current; on matters of principle, stand like a rock'.

 The only way to keep from drowning is to ride the currents - the ocean will support us as long as we swim with the flow.

 A person has two choices in life: You can swim against the tide and get exhausted, or you can swim with the tide and let it take you where it wants you to go.

 Business owners need to understand the currents of the market and decide when it is good to go with the current and when it is better to head into the current.

 There are those that are going with the tide that is globalisation and those that are going against with it.

 Are you aware of the fact that it is far easier to go with the stream than against it?.

 It reminds me of one of my favourite quotes: 'Only dead fish swim with the stream!'.

seguirle la corriente a Alguien  

play along with

string + Nombre + along

 Political parties happily play along with this charade because it enables them to look like they care about the planet.

 As soon as I realized it was a scam I decided to string along the scammer to see if they would send me something for proof.

corriente

corriente^-4 

  ordinary ; plain ; run-of-the-mill ; everyday.

 Control is exercised over which terms are used, but otherwise the terms are ordinary words.

 He went on to explain that while there were no unsightly slums, there was a fairly large district of rather nondescript homes intermingled with plain two- and three-family brick and frame dwellings, principally in the eastern reaches of the city.

 Guides are almost always worth thinking of as the first type of bibliography to search when it is a quick check of run-of-the-mill bibliographical facts which is required.

 We have too much invested, and the new systems too intimately integrated into the everyday operation of the library, for us to assume any longer that we can temper their influence on emerging standards.

agua corriente 

running water

 The 'sweated' rags were pounded to a pulp (or stuff) by water-powered hammers, impurities being carried off through filters by running water.

al corriente     [Expresión de origen francés]

in step

paid-up

in good standing

au courant

 There are two forms of data transmission: (a) asynchronous transmission (in which the transmitting and receiving devices are not in step); (b) synchronous transmission (in which the transmitting and receiving devices are in step).

 Nominators must be paid-up members in good standing for the year of the election.

 Nominators must be paid-up members in good standing for the year of the election.

 The sources which one can use to stay 'au courant' as a reader's advisor are discussed in a later chapter.

al corriente de 

in step with

 The challenge to the information professional is to integrate the use of information into the fabric of society, in step with the realization that information flow is the lifeline of modern democracies.

catalogación corriente  [Catalogación prioritaria del nuevo material que adquiere la biblioteca dejando en segundo plano la catalogación del material ya existente]

current cataloguing

 By 1980 we hoped to have all current cataloging in machine-readable form.

común y corriente 

unremarkable

 This dish, billed as the house specialty, was just an unremarkable griddled steak topped with some green bell peppers and green onions.

corriente y moliente 

run-of-the-mill

 Guides are almost always worth thinking of as the first type of bibliography to search when it is a quick check of run-of-the-mill bibliographical facts which is required.

cuenta corriente   

current account

checking account

deposit account

 Despite growth in export volume in recent years, there has been a widening of the national current account deficit from 8.8% to over 20%.

 Until then, automatic payments will continue to be charged to your checking account or credit card.

 Just about everybody needs a deposit account to receive pay, pensions and other income and to draw out cash and pay bills.

de uso corriente 

in everyday use

 There are about 3000 nickel-containing alloys in everyday use.

día corriente 

ordinary day

 I think that the so-called average person often exhibits a great deal of heroism in getting through an ordinary day.

ducha de agua corriente 

running shower

 The camp area has two ablution blocks with solar lights, hot and cold running showers, and flushing toilets.

en el uso corriente 

in everyday use

 In everyday use, defeatism has negative connotation, and is often linked to treason and pessimism.

gente común y corriente, la 

common people, the

 The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities - e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism - are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.

gente corriente, la 

ordinary people

 For the majority of ordinary people the European Community remains a remote bureaucratic organization.

hombre corriente, el  [Expresión usualmente acompañada del artículo]

common man, the

 Librarians in turn were forced to assess their successes and failures in reaching the common man.

mantenerse al corriente 

keep + current

 All librarians working in public service positions should keep current in world affairs and special areas of interest in their library.

mantenerse al corriente de  

keep + abreast of

stay + abreast of

 These are designed to include the main points of interest on any issue to the general reader who wishes to keep abreast of current events without having to refer to any further documentation.

 This strategy enables companies to learn of new technologies, stay abreast of dynamic changes and trends, and avoid creative stagnancy.

normal y corriente 

unremarkable

 This dish, billed as the house specialty, was just an unremarkable griddled steak topped with some green bell peppers and green onions.

poner al corriente (de)    

clue + Nombre + in (on)

clue + Nombre + up (on)

bring + Nombre + up to speed (on)

get + Nombre + up to speed on

 This monthly series is for the 20-something woman who wishes she had a couple of big sisters to clue her in on the ins and outs of life after college.

 It appeared this was something she had not clued her up on.

 The article has the title 'Bringing staff up to speed'.

 If someone can get me up to speed on this I can have a stab at writing it up for others to follow.

poner al corriente de 

bring + Nombre + into the swim of

 The author discusses the importance of bringing end-users out of the cubbyhole and into the swim of research.

ponerse al corriente 

come up to + speed

 Jump-start your learning experience by participating in 1 or 2 half-day seminars that will help you come up to speed on the new vocabularies, processes and architectures underlying effective content management.

ponerse al corriente de  

catch up with

catch up on

 The information centre is now catching up with the belief of its 1984 architect that it would be an electronic library.

 Non-book materials will need positive discrimination to catch up on the neglect in the past.

puesta al corriente  [Documento que pone al día el contenido de una publicación periódica]

update [up-date]

 The National Union Catalog is still published with quarterly updates, and is cumulated annually and quinquennially.

ser algo muy corriente 

be an everyday occurrence

 People gawp at anything that is not an everyday occurence.

ser moneda corriente 

be an everyday occurrence

 People gawp at anything that is not an everyday occurence.

8 SPANISH QUOTES WITH «CORRIENTE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word corriente.

1

Henry D. Thoreau

El tiempo no es sino la corriente en la que estoy pescando.

2

Marco Aurelio

El tiempo es un río de acontecimientos, una corriente impetuosa.

3

Santiago Ramón Y Cajal

Cosa corriente es que vanidosos y presuntuosos finjan poseer lo que desean.

4

Stendhal

Es una reflexión muy corriente, pero que por este mismo motivo olvidamos, que las almas sensibles son cada día más raras y las personas cultas más ordinarias.

5

Edmund Husserl

El juicio, la valoración, la pretensión, no son experiencias vacías que la conciencia tiene, sino experiencias compuestas de una corriente intencional.

6

Lao-tsé

El hombre corriente, cuando emprende una cosa, la echa a perder por tener prisa en terminarla.

7

Fedro

El nombre de amigo es corriente, pero la fe en la amistad, rara.

8

Francis Scott Fitzgerald

Y así vamos adelante, botes contra la corriente, incesantemente arrastrados hacia el pasado.

10 SPANISH PROVERBS WITH THE WORD «CORRIENTE»

Al amigo y al pariente, un real más de lo corriente.

Agua corriente, agua inocente.

Agua corriente, no daña el diente.

Agua corriente, no mata gente, agua estancá, la matará.

Agua corriente, no mata gente, agua sin correr, puede suceder.

Agua corriente, sana a la gente.

Al agua corriente y al cristal, no se le pega na.

Bajo ese puente, no pasa corriente.

De la corriente mansa me libre Dios, que de las aguas bravas me libro yo.

Ir contra la corriente, csi nunca es conveniente.

10 SPANISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CORRIENTE»

Discover the use of corriente in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to corriente and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in Spanish literature.

Corriente alterna

Un libro de ensayos estructurado como éste, con una trabazón y una continuidad extremadas, sólo puede ser debido a la preocupación del autor por los acontecimientos de un presente que, como el de hoy, no deja que las raíces del futuro ...

Octavio Paz, 2000

Curso moderno de máquinas eléctricas rotativas.: Máquinas de ...

El estudio de la máquina eléctrica rotativa es el objetivo de este curso.

Manuel Cortés Cherta, 1994

Corriente Alterna Monofásica y Trifásica: Fundamentos de ...

Los tres títulos son: -Principios Básicos de Electrotecnia (no 5 de la colección Marcombo Universitaria). -Corriente Alterna Monofásica y Trifásica (no 6 de la colección Marcombo Universitaria).

José Miguel Molina Martínez, Francisco Javier Cánovas Rodríguez, Francisco Asís Ruz Vila, 2011

Contra la corriente: ensayos sobre historia de las ideas

Contra la corriente es, como pocos en este tiempo, un libro de salud intelectual y de meritos trascendentales.

Isaiah Berlin, 2006

Familias contra corriente

La comodidad, la paz mal entendida, o el miedo pueden dejar a los padres en una situación de mediocridad educativa. Este libro anima y enseña a afrontar con valentía los retos educativos.

David Isaacs, Ma Luisa Abril Martorell, 2013

Corriente arriba: Manifiesto personalista y comunitario

Todo libro se halla entre el silencio y la repetición, pero siempre repetir es repedir; no importa pues la repetición, que siempre es nueva lo mismo que la carencia.

Carlos Díaz, 1985

La corriente del Golfo

Hay quien ha llamado a la corriente del Golfo “la autopista del mar”: una masa de agua visiblemente diferente, más caliente y más rápida que el océano que la circunda, con una trayectoria y una circulación propias, capaz de alterar ...

Stan Ulanski, 2012

Física

Figura 21.3 Gráfica del cuadrado de la corriente en un resistor en función del tiempo. La corriente efectiva o rms es la raíz cuadrada del promedio del cuadrado de la corriente. donde í es la corriente instantánea en el resistor. Debido a que el ...

Raymond A. Serway, Jerry S. Faughn, 2001

Diccionario de ciencias de la tierra

Corriente de AustrALiA occidenTAL 178 Corriente de Australia occidental Corriente oceánica superficial fría que fluye hacia el Norte a lo largo de la costa Oeste de Australia. El flujo es intenso y estable durante el verano, y mucho más ...

EQUIPO, 2000

Diccionario del tren: vocabulario de términos ferroviarios ...

3079 corriente/de respuesta [A: Ansprechstrom m; 3090 F: courant m de réponse; /: response current; It: corrente/di risposta; P: corrente/de resposta) I corriente que provoca una acción en un circuito o dispositivo eléctrico 3080 corriente / de ...

Mario León, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CORRIENTE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term corriente is used in the context of the following news items.

Sunat: Alianza y la "U" no tienen deuda corriente con nosotros | El ...

"Es importante indicar que a la fecha, Universitario de Deportes y Alianza Lima no mantienen deuda corriente con la Sunat", dijo la entidad recaudadora. «El Comercio, Jul 16»

Rescatan a dos menores arrastrados por la corriente en Punta Umbría

La Guardia Civil ha rescatado a dos menores en la playa de La Bota en Punta Umbría (Huelva) que habían sido arrastrados por la corriente mar adentro y que ... «CanalSurWeb, Jul 16»

Déficit en cuenta corriente preocupa a Banxico

Al cierre del primer trimestre del año, el déficit de la cuenta corriente sumó 6,991 Preocupación Al cierre del primer trimestre del año, el déficit de la cuenta ... «Expansión MX, Jul 16»

Fallece el joven al que arrastró la corriente en la playa de O Vilar

El joven al que arrastró la corriente a última hora de la tarde del domingo en la playa ribeirense de O Vilar falleció en el hospital después de que los esfuerzos ... «La Voz de Galicia, Jul 16»

España obtiene un superávit por cuenta corriente de 1.500 millones ...

España obtuvo en los cuatro primeros meses del año un superávit por cuenta corriente de 1.500 millones de euros, frente al déficit de 1.900 millones del mismo ... «ABC.es, Jun 16»

El déficit por cuenta corriente se recorta un 18,7% hasta marzo

El déficit de la balanza de pagos por cuenta corriente ha acumulado 1.300 millones de euros en el primer trimestre del año, lo que supone haber reducido los ... «Cinco Días, May 16»

“Intentó cruzar el río, pero se lo llevó la corriente”

“La única forma de cruzar era nadando, él se lanzó, iba nadando normal, de hecho ya estaba sobre la piedra y solo le faltaba cogerla, pero la corriente lo ... «Caracol Radio, May 16»

El déficit por cuenta corriente se amplía a los 700 millones

EP / Madrid La balanza por cuenta corriente, que mide los ingresos y pagos al exterior por intercambio de mercancías, servicios, rentas y transferencias, ... «La Nueva España, Mar 16»

La balanza por cuenta corriente aumenta un 67% el superávit en 2015

La balanza por cuenta corriente, que mide los ingresos y pagos al exterior por intercambio de mercancías, servicios, rentas y transferencias, registró un ... «Libre Mercado, Feb 16»

Déficit en cuenta corriente llega a 2.8% del PIB en 2015

La cuenta corriente de la balanza de pagos presentó un saldo negativo de 32 mil 381 millones de dólares durante el año pasado, cifra que representó el 2.8% ... «El Universal, Feb 16»