Backward in spanish
Hacia atrás
pronunciation: ɑθiɑtɹ̩ɑs part of speech: adverb, adjective
pronunciation: ɑθiɑtɹ̩ɑs part of speech: adverb, adjective
In gestures
backward(s)1 = hacia atrás.
Example: The tracing of citations backward in time creates a chain of relationships among documents, journals, scholars, and ideas.more:
» backward compatible = compatible con versiones anteriores.
Example: The problem with documents in PDF is that future generations of the software will not backward compatible.» backward step = paso atrás.
Example: At first, displaying an image on a TV screen instead of providing the actual object may seem to be a backward step.» clocks + go backward(s) = los relojes + atrasarse.
Example: This Sunday the clocks go backwards, so don't forget you have an extra hour in bed.» lean back(wards) = retreparse, echarse para atrás.
Example: She leaned back and stared straight into the core of the light above, her eyes squinting.» look like + Pronombre + have + been dragged through a hedge backwards = estar hecho un desastre, ir hecho un desastre.
Example: We eventually arrived all looking like we'd been dragged through a hedge backwards and in desperate need of sleep so we grabbed the first taxi we saw.» page + backward = pasar hojas hacia atrás, ir hacia atrás.
Example: The borrower can page forward and backward, enter a new search term, switch to another file, do a truncated search, or end.» step backward(s) = retroceso, regresión, paso hacia atrás.
Example: This is a major step backward in the ideology of bibliographic cataloging.» take + a step back(ward(s)) = distanciarse, retroceder, pararse a pensar, detenerse a pensar, reflexionar, recapacitar.
Example: To make sure why we believe it important to bring up children as willing, avid, responsive readers of literature we have to take a step back and sort out why literature is important to ourselves.» work backward = trabajar hacia atrás.
Example: When using a knapsack blower, the dermal exposure of the operator working forwards was 20 times higher than when he worked backwards.backward2 = retrasado, atrasado.
Example: There are no entries under the terms backward, Deficient, Handicapped, Mental deficiency, Mentally deficient despite the fact that Class JGJ is devoted to the teaching of Deficient, Handicapped, etc.more:
» backward-looking = conservador. [Que mira hacia atrás]
Example: The book is essentially backward-looking rather than forward-looking in content.» backwardness = atraso, retraso, tercer mundismo.
Example: Libraries in developing countries suffer from technological backwardness.» backward region = región atrasada.
Example: The article 'Libraries in late Ottoman Palestine between the Orient and the Occident' reveals historically Palestine's transformation from a backward region of the Ottoman Empire to a focus for international.» backward society = sociedad atrasada.
Example: For us not to be monickered as a backward society we should go with the flow -- in this age of globalization it is proper to communicate in the language understood by most.» mentally backward = retrasado mental.
Example: When the security services carry out acts of terror, they employ patsies who often are petty criminals or people who are mentally backward or mentally unstable.