frenar
put + the brakes on ; stultify ; rein in ; curb ; apply + the brakes ; slow down ; slow up ; brake ; hold + Nombre + back.
At the heart of the debate on Community budget and agricultural reforms has been the UK's insistence on the need to put the brakes on runaway spending on agriculture.
Excessive standardisation also tends to stultify development and improvement of IT products.
If librarians hope to rein in escalating periodical prices, they must become more assertive consumers.
A book detection system was installed to curb thefts which had been seriously eroding the library's resources for some time, creating a heavy drain on the limited book budget.
The conclusion by the article 'Children's bookstores: applying the brakes' is that the rapid growth in children's bookstores and bookselling, documented in previous surveys, may have finally reached a plateau.
However, the flight from DC appears to have slowed down more quickly than was anticipated, and we no longer read of large numbers of libraries making the change.
Since cataloging is the most time consuming part of digitization, it has slowed up the placement of files.
Last year the system was upgraded so the car will brake if the driver fails to react to a dangerous situation.
Despite the improvements in the 17th edition, the scheme has been held back for years by the old policy of 'integrity of numbers' referred to above, the effects of which are not likely to be quickly mitigated.
frenar derrapando
skid to + a halt
He skidded to a halt before bonking against the living room window.
frenar el abuso de poder
curb + the abuse of power
These new regulations were intended to curb the abuse of power.
frenar el apetito
curb + Posesivo + appetite
A friend of mine recently told me about a new diet pill she bought for $80 that seems to be completely curbing her appetite.
frenar el gasto público
curb + public spending
The high domestic rate of inflation and efforts to curb public spending has led to drastic increases in the prices of books and periodicals published abroad.
frenar los abusos
curb + the abuses
$2 million dollars per year is spent on investigations of lawyer misconduct with little to no success of curbing the abuses = Se gastan 2 millones de dólares al año en investigar la falta de ética de algunos abogados con poco o ningún éxito para poner fin a estos abusos .
frenar + Posesivo + poder
curb + Posesivo + power
To stand up to Murdoch and take the slightest step to curb his power or even apply the law was to excite his wrath.
