juego-1
game ; interplay ; play ; frolic ; match.
A game is a set of materials designed for play according to prescribed rules.
In the case of the book, it is the interplay of such multifarious trends that will determine its destiny.
A game is a set of materials designed for play according to prescribed rules.
Anne Bogart's novel combines avowed misogyny with postfeminist frolic.
That was one of the finest matches they ever played.
cambiar las reglas de juego
move + the goal posts
Viruses have to be seen as organisms that aren't static but are constantly evolving, moving the goal posts and evading our immune system.
campo de juego
playing field
pitch
The article 'Off the sidelines, onto the playing field' discusses a recent project which commissioned 9 research papers to explore the future of libraries.
The heading PITCH (Football) illustrates how to qualify a word by another in parenthesis to clarify the meaning = El encabezamiento CAMPO (Fútbol) ilustra cómo modificar una palabra con otra entre paréntesis para aclarar el significado.
campo de juego de tierra
dirt pitch
In Africa one can see balls made out of condensed plastic bags tied together with string and a game played on a dirt pitch with goal posts made from sticks.
compañero de juego
teammate
He cold-shouldered his teammates, who cold-shouldered him back.
cuarto de juegos
playroom
Once again, the children's playroom was brilliant, gave them some time to relax in a safe environment without constant need for supervision.
en el juego
at play
The author discusses a new book of which he is editor about the response of children to the information revolution at school, in the home, at study and at play.
en juego
at stake
at work
But there was a principle at stake here, and she too felt obligated to express her honest thoughts.
Determining costs has proven difficult for many libraries involved in a recon project as there are so many variables at work.
entrar en juego
bring into + play
call into + play
Deliberation, evaluation, and thought must be brought into play before a final decision is made.
Ethical principles are called into play when deliberating about values, particularly when values run into conflict.
estar en juego
be at stake
They call him a poet and magician, but when his favourite things are at stake, he does not hesitate to dig up the tomahawk.
ficha de juego
playing piece
Some of the blackgammon playing pieces lost included a centaur with bow, a hooded archer, a violinist and a seated harpist.
fuera de juego
offside
The teacher explains the rules and also acts as timekeeper and linesman to judge on offside.
gol fuera de juego
offside goal
The blatant offside goal turned out to be the winning goal.
haber mucho en juego
stakes + be + high
The stakes were high going into this game, win and we would most likely be in the semifinal, loose and we would be relegated.
hacer juegos malabares
juggle
He began to show signs of being an entertainer by singing in the streets, juggling and just plain making a spectacle of himself.
hacer juegos malabares para que cuadre Algo
juggle
Information technology managers face the challenge of juggling both information technology and business issues = Los encargados de la tecnología de la información se enfrente al reto de tener que compatibilizar las cuestiones relacionadas con la tecnología de la información con las cuestiones puramente empresariales.
hacer un juego de rol
role-play
It is easy for me to role-play very different kinds of characters or personalities.
juego al aire libre
outdoor game
The potato sack race is another outdoor game that is popular today.
juego compulsivo
compulsive gambling
On the basis of participant observation at a casino by a croupier, it can be stated that there is no use of the category 'compulsive gambling in this environment.
juego de adivinanzas
guessing game
The author aims to present Delphi as a practical method and to dispel the idea that Delphi is more of a guessing game.
juego de bolos
bowling
If you've ever been bowling you know that bowling balls range from about 8 to 16 pounds.
juego de búsqueda bibliográfica [Método utilizado para enseñar el uso de la biblioteca y de las técnicas de búsqueda a través de un juego consistente en encontrar documentos o información difícil]
library scavenger hunt
The article 'Library scavenger hunts: a way out of the bewilderness' describes the use of library scavenger hunts to teach high school and college students research strategies and to make library use both enticing and enriching.
juego de cartas [Juego de cartas]
euchre
The small art gallery, which often features local crafts, doubles as a room for seniors to play euchre, the local shoe repair man to teach chess, community leaders to plan special action, and so on.
juego de caza
hunting game
Primitive war dances, fertility rites, hunting games are all rituals human beings develop in their corporate as well as their private lives.
juego de dados
craps
In the casino game of craps two dice are rolled and the players wager on the outcome.
juego de dedos [Movimiento de los dedos que acompañan las rimas infantiles]
fingerplay
Fingerplays are rhymes for very young children that use hand movements coordinated with words to engage and sustain children's interest.
juego de exterior
outdoor game
The potato sack race is another outdoor game that is popular today.
juego de fuerzas
interplay of forces
The interplay of forces outside their individual control - government, local authority, trade union, parent institution - plays havoc with planning exercises.
juego de fútbol
football game
This football game consists in hitting the crossbar from the halfway line.
juego de guerra
war game [wargame]
Her latest novel, Gazelle, centers on sensuality and sexuality, war games and chess, and the ancient sciences of perfumery and mummification.
juego de la oca [También conocido como game of snakes and ladders]
game of chutes and ladders
game of snakes and ladders
I am the most recent fallen angel to stumble into a game of chutes and ladders, and you best believe I will hold on for dear life.
Life is more or less like a game of snake and ladders - you are the top at some point of time, and at the very next moment, you are back at square one.
juego de la ruleta
game of roulette
There is a saying in roulette that you live and die by the bet that you choose in the game of roulette.
juego de las castañas
conkers
Conkers is a game which has been played every autumn for generations but nowadays fewer children are playing it.
juego de las pulgas
tiddlywinks [tiddledywinks]
Whether tiddlywinks will ever become an Olympic sport is still unknown.
juego del escondite
hide and seek game
The game was just a hide and seek game, except that when you finally found the people, you had to hold onto them long enough to say, 'Manhunt, Manhunt'.
juego de letras [Colección de las letras del abecedario, generalmente como figuras recortadas y de tamaño grande, que se utiliza para poner mensajes en un sitio visible desde cierta distancia]
letter set
The aim of the scheme is to organise a central pool of library displays (posters, polystyrene cutouts, mobiles, letter sets etc.) = El objetivo de este sistema de clasificación es organizar un fondo común central de objetos utilizados en las exposiciones de la biblioteca (posters, recortables de poliestireno, juguetes móviles colgantes, juegos de letras, etc.).
juego del pilla-pilla
game of tag
If you played the game of tag when you were a little kid, you'd get a kick out of this: scientists have discovered that gorillas also play it.
juego de malabarismo
balancing act
The author considers planning as a balancing act between conflicting forces, the need for clear and specific objectives, and good communications between the staff concerned.
juego de manos
sleight-of-hand
This volume tellingly reveals the many negotiations, improvisations, sleights-of-hand, and slipknots that were a part of the crafting of Hitchcock's films.
juego de mesa
board game
table game
The author looks at some of the extra activities engaged in by libraries, such as the provision of board games vending machines for the sale of drinks and other items.
Renaissance gamesters soon embraced backgammon as their table game of choice.
juego de niños [Expresión utilizada para indicar que algo es fácil de realizar]
child's play
children's play
children's play
I am, as always, deeply indebted to the secretary who typed my handwritten manuscript, Mrs Valerie Squire, for whom, by now, Linear must seem child's play.
Animals can be magical in children's play - whether it be milking a cow, riding a horse or simply keeping caterpillars in a cage until they emerge as butterflies.
Masters of Europe and America, the conquest of Asia and Africa will be merely children's play.
juego de ordenador
computer game
Anything 'visual,' for example the space ships, missiles and other ingredients of computer games are 'drawn' in this way = Cualquier cosa "visual" como, por ejemplo, las naves espaciales, los misiles y otros componentes los juegos de ordenador se "dibuja" de esta manera.
juego de palabras
turn of phrase
pun
play of words
play on words
This terse McLuhanesque turn of phrase is at the core of what I want to talk about today.
When children bounce on mother's knee to a song or a nursery rhyme and maybe when they chuckle at special words, names, and puns, they are responding to the texture and rhythm of sounds.
It is only five pages long, but was surprisingly tough to translate with all its plays of words and allusions.
Hamlet speaks in riddles and plays on words in order to create a certain suspicion about his sanity.
juego de patio de recreo
playground game
Playground games show that children like catastrophes and exhibitions of speed and power.
juego de pelota [Todo juego que se practica con una pelota]
ball game
Appropriate for both regular and special classes, activities include arm wrestling, ball games, and jumping jacks.
juego de piernas
footwork
A lot about the forehand stroke has to do with traditional footwork, body usage, and weight distribution.
juego de pies
footwork
A lot about the forehand stroke has to do with traditional footwork, body usage, and weight distribution.
juego de póker
poker game
Pseudohallucination is used as the 'joker' in a poker game (i.e. made to take diagnostic values according to clinical need) which has retarded important decisions as to the nature and definition of hallucinations.
juego de póquer
poker game
Pseudohallucination is used as the 'joker' in a poker game (i.e. made to take diagnostic values according to clinical need) which has retarded important decisions as to the nature and definition of hallucinations.
juego de rol
role-play
Role-plays can be used in many educational settings as a means of engaging students actively with an issue or debate.
juego de salón [Aquél que se juega cuando varios amigos se reúnen en la casa de uno de ellos para pasar el tiempo juntos]
parlour game
The article 'Parlour games: the real nature of the Internet' argues that in order to take the opportunity presented by the Internet librarians should cease being passive spectators of the changing information scene.
juego de salón recreativo
arcade game
The discs have attracted a great deal of student attention but it has to be said that for the most part student use of Domesday is at arcade game level.
juego de serpientes y escaleras [También conocido como game of snakes and ladders]
game of chutes and ladders
game of snakes and ladders
I am the most recent fallen angel to stumble into a game of chutes and ladders, and you best believe I will hold on for dear life.
Life is more or less like a game of snake and ladders - you are the top at some point of time, and at the very next moment, you are back at square one.
juego educativo
educational game
The catalogue covers filmstrips, slides, films, filmloops, portfolios, posters, charts, overhead projection transparencies, kits, cassettes, gramophone records, work cards, educational games, spirit masters, etc.
juego infantil
children's play
Animals can be magical in children's play - whether it be milking a cow, riding a horse or simply keeping caterpillars in a cage until they emerge as butterflies.
juego informático
computer game
Anything 'visual,' for example the space ships, missiles and other ingredients of computer games are 'drawn' in this way = Cualquier cosa "visual" como, por ejemplo, las naves espaciales, los misiles y otros componentes los juegos de ordenador se "dibuja" de esta manera.
juego interactivo
interactive game
The author discusses new possibilities of embedded scripts such as inline MPEG, interactive games and navigation facilities.
juego limpio
fair play
These values include such things as individualism, notions of fair play, & devotion to the principle of equality of opportunity.
juego obsesivo
compulsive gambling
On the basis of participant observation at a casino by a croupier, it can be stated that there is no use of the category 'compulsive gambling in this environment.
juegos
gaming
There is no clearer example of non-technological factors affecting the digital divide than the case of on-line gaming.
juegos de azar
gambling
The library was created as a mechanism of social control to act as an antidote to the miners' proclivity for drinking, whoring and gambling.
juegos de manos
fingergame
Songs, poems, fingergames and picture books are shared with parents and their young children, from infancy to age 3.
juegos de rol
role playing
This article stresses that teaching methods are also to be updated to include, for example, individual tuition and role playing.
juegos malabares
juggling act
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.
Juegos Olímpicos
Olympic games
The article has the title 'On your mark, get set, go!: setting up an Olympic games Library'.
juegos olímpicos de invierno
Winter Olympics
This study tested that assumption by conducting a content analysis of sexual behaviours in ABC, ox, and NBC prime time programmes, when CBS was carrying the Winter Olympics.
Juegos Paralímpicos, los
Paralympic Games, the
Since the first Paralympic Games in Rome in 1960, swimming has been one of the main sports of the Paralympics.
juego sucio
foul play
The article 'Foul play' reports the author's investigation into the behaviour of the Software Publishers Association (SPA).
jugar a los juegos
game
The next thing you know, people will never leave their house for any real social interactions and everyone will be gaming all day long.
jugar juegos
play + games
I am too old any longer to play games or dance; my social life is restricted; and I cannot, as I used, take much interest in the future of the world, for I shan't live long enough to see what is going to happen in it.
libro de reglas de un juego
rulebook
Johnson (2005) adds the additional argument that when playing such games, rather than reading the rulebook, gamers learn by doing.
meterse en el juego
get in + the game
All players got in the game, never gave up, played very sportingly and held their heads high throughout.
pitar fuera de juego
judge + offside
Assistant referees often make mistakes when judging an offside probably because of optical errors arising from their viewing angle.
poner en juego
tap
It must be pointed out, however, that the potential for online catalogs to increase library staff productivity has hardly been tapped.
practicar con juegos de rol
role-play
It is easy for me to role-play very different kinds of characters or personalities.
que entran en juego
at play
The author considers the economic, political and social factors at play.
regla de juego
ground rule
It is possible to lay down some ground rules about the way various elements in a citation should be treated.
reglas del juego, las
rules of the game, the
The industry is still highly unstable with the new rules of the game yet to be established.
respetar las reglas de juego
play by + the rules
Morbid curiosity may seem like a guilty pleasure, but that's how we learn what happens when we don't play by the rules.
sala de juegos
game(s) room
Facilities include open-air pool, heated pool, ballroom, games room, TV lounge, gymnasium with sauna, squash courts and jacuzzi.
salón de juegos [Local con máquinas de juegos electrónicos de todo tipo, billar, futbolín, etc frecuentemente visitado por los jóvenes]
children's gallery
video-game arcade
amusement arcade
game(s) room
Its planetarium offers stimulating and brilliantly presented programmes, and its children's galleries have a range of imaginatively designed and robust interactive displays.
Taking a clue from the video-game arcades, the scores of the top 10 players are stored and displayed to later players.
This paper reviews research on youth motivation for visiting amusement arcades and on the relationship among the school achievement, socioeconomic status, and self-esteem of fourth graders.
Facilities include open-air pool, heated pool, ballroom, games room, TV lounge, gymnasium with sauna, squash courts and jacuzzi.
salón de juegos recreativos
amusement arcade
This paper reviews research on youth motivation for visiting amusement arcades and on the relationship among the school achievement, socioeconomic status, and self-esteem of fourth graders.
seguirle el juego 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.
ser mucho lo que haber en juego
stakes + be + high
The stakes were high going into this game, win and we would most likely be in the semifinal, loose and we would be relegated.
tener intereses en juego
have + invested
We have too much invested for us to assume any longer that we can, by sheer force of will, temper their influence on emerging standards.
tener mucho en juego
stakes + be + high
The stakes were high going into this game, win and we would most likely be in the semifinal, loose and we would be relegated.
teoría de juegos
game theory
The application of game theory to library networks consists of three basic subjects: the calculation of the costs of a network, the calculation of the gross benefits for the whole network, and the stability of the network.
terreno de juego
playing field
pitch
The article 'Off the sidelines, onto the playing field' discusses a recent project which commissioned 9 research papers to explore the future of libraries.
The heading PITCH (Football) illustrates how to qualify a word by another in parenthesis to clarify the meaning = El encabezamiento CAMPO (Fútbol) ilustra cómo modificar una palabra con otra entre paréntesis para aclarar el significado.
