Cometa in english

cometa¹ = comet. 

Example: This article examines ways of accessing and searching them from the point of view of both professional astronomers and casual comet observers..

cometa² = kite. 

Example: Bring the kite down by slowly winding the kite string around a kite spool.

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» hacer volar una cometa = fly + a kite .

Example: There are hardly any better things to do than flying a kite in a wide, open field with the warm breeze.

» volar una cometa = fly + a kite .

Example: There are hardly any better things to do than flying a kite in a wide, open field with the warm breeze.

cometer = perpetrate. 

Example: This article examines the specific methods used to address the abuses perpetrated by governments and to reveal the truth.

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» a base de cometer errores = the hard way .

Example: The article is entitled 'User needs the hard way: eighty-six simultaneous studies'.

» a fuerza de cometer errores = the hard way .

Example: The article is entitled 'User needs the hard way: eighty-six simultaneous studies'.

» aprender Algo a base de cometer errores = learn + Nombre + the hard way .

Example: The article is entitled 'Learning the hard way: a public library's experience with CD-ROM'.

» averiguar a base de cometer errores = find out + the hard way .

Example: Perhaps you have already painfully found out the hard way how a 'half-brained' solution can be worse than none at all.

» cometer el error de = fall into + the error of ; blunder into .

Example: Behavioral scientists have fallen into the error of assuming that employees resent job structuring and autocratic leadership.

Example: Australia risks blundering into a human rights mess that will exacerbate the conflict.

» cometer el mismo error = make + the same mistake .

Example: Cleveland is making the same mistake that Charlotte made with me.

» cometer el mismo error de nuevo = make + the same mistake again .

Example: I have been in this situation before and I have made the same mistake again.

» cometer el mismo error dos veces = make + the same mistake twice .

Example: And the conventional wisdom is don't make the same mistake twice, learn from your mistakes.

» cometer el mismo error otra vez = make + the same mistake again .

Example: I have been in this situation before and I have made the same mistake again.

» cometer errores por despiste = bump into + lampposts .

Example: Street boys like Slake, a dodger used to running away, do not, even when they are myopic and dreamers, allow themselves to bump into lampposts.

» cometer la misma falta = fall into + the same fault .

Example: On the odd occasion I have given a brother a word of admonition, only to find myself fall into the same fault shortly afterwards.

» cometer perjurio = perjure + Reflexivo .

Example: If it turns out that the informant has perjured himself in the past, this would constitute part of an effective ad hominem challenge to the argument.

» cometer plagio = plagiarise [plagiarize, -USA] .

Example: Interestingly, 90% of the students using the Internet to plagiarise had also plagiarised from written sources.

» cometer suicidio = commit + suicide ; do away with + Reflexivo .

Example: The study also investigated whether persons who had consulted the book before committing suicide had life threatening medical illnesses.

Example: When I first talked to you, you suggested suicide, and I admit that I got the wind up in case she should have done away with herself.

» cometer una atrocidad = commit + an atrocity .

Example: Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.

» cometer una barbaridad = commit + an atrocity .

Example: Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.

» cometer una barbarie = commit + an atrocity .

Example: Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.

» cometer un acto de traición = commit + an act of treason .

Example: We tend to forget that to sign the Declaration of Independence was to commit an act of treason -- and the punishment for treason was death.

» cometer un acto ruin = commit + a despicable act .

Example: I think today's society seems to always search for an excuse when some people commit despicable acts.

» cometer un acto violento = commit + violence .

Example: The violence was committed by a wide range of ordinary citizens, including psychopaths, conformists, fanatics, opportunists, & cowards.

» cometer una falta = make + a mistake ; commit + an error ; make + an error ; be caught out ; slip up .

Example: When mistakes have been made in invoicing or in paying a vendor, a credit or debit note is issued.

Example: Let us perform a simple thought experiment: assume that a cataloger has committed a simple transposition error and transcribed YEATS, WILLIAM BUTLER as YEATS, WILLIAM BUTLER.

Example: This has been taken a step further by using a screen editor to 'prevent the human indexer or coder from making syntactic errors in the first place'.

Example: All librarians can tell tales of being caught out in this way, to learn of their error only when the answer has been produced: information on dance-halls when dinosaurs was asked for, or on the grey starling when something on Grace Darling was what was wanted = Todos los bibliotecarios pueden contar historias de cuando han metido la pata de este modo para aprender del error sólo cuando se ha producido la respuesta: información sobre los salones de baile cuando se preguntaba por los dinosaurios, o sobre el estornino gris cuando se quería algo sobre Grace Darling.

Example: He knew that if he slipped up again, he could be shipped to a higher-security prison and lose many of his privileges.

» cometer una imprudencia = commit + an imprudence ; be reckless .

Example: The laconic question weighed upon him with a crushing weight: Why had he committed such an imprudence?.

Example: The prosecution must prove either that the accused knew his action was illegal or that he was reckless or grossly negligent.

» cometer una infracción de tráfico = commit + a traffic violation .

Example: The officers claimed I had committed a traffic violation and wanted to collect a fine.

» cometer una infracción de tránsito = commit + a traffic violation .

Example: The officers claimed I had committed a traffic violation and wanted to collect a fine.

» cometer una injusticia = do + injustice .

Example: I'm not scared of the computer, nor do I believe AACR has done any injustice to traditional cataloging practice.

» cometer un atentado = carry out + an attack .

Example: She also said she carried out the attack during school hours as she knew the boy would quickly receive medical attention.

» cometer una traición = commit + treason ; commit + an act of treason .

Example: Guides to Thailand warn you never to stop windswept paper money with a stomp -- the King is on all bills, you would practically be committing treason.

Example: We tend to forget that to sign the Declaration of Independence was to commit an act of treason -- and the punishment for treason was death.

» cometer un crimen = commit + a murder .

Example: In the novel the murders have been committed by counterfeiters, not by Lizzie, and Lizzie herself is fictionalized in terms of prevailing Victorian stereotypes of womanhood.

» cometer un delito = commit + a crime ; carry out + a crime ; commit + an offence .

Example: The two persons who committed the crime were apprehended and tried in 1964, receiving prison sentences of 10 years.

Example: The stolen identity provides a cloak of anonymity for the subject while the groundwork is laid to carry out the crime.

Example: Residents are being advised to keep clear of seal pups if they find them on the beach or run the risk of committing an offence.

» cometer un disparate = make + a blunder ; make + a bloomer ; put + Posesivo + foot in it ; stick + Posesivo + foot in it ; drop + a clanger ; drop + a bollock ; blunder ; flub ; muff .

Example: Since its independence 61 years ago our nation has erred, but this time they have made a blunder.

Example: He is well-known for making bloomers in public engagements.

Example: She somehow manages to put her foot in it and get laughed at every time, usually as a direct consequence of her unsureness of her own capabilities.

Example: She's just always shooting her mouth off and sticking her foot in it.

Example: After dropping a clanger, you are left with a sense of shame and you just want to disappear and hide away.

Example: But we are all only human and I have recently 'dropped a bollock' as we English say.

Example: Michael Howard has blundered again, and again he has done so by trying to imitate Blair while lacking his finesse.

Example: He's the son of a vice president perhaps best known for enduring ridicule after he flubbed the spelling of the word 'potato'.

Example: I've had my chance and I've muffed it.

» cometer un error = commit + an error ; make + a mistake ; make + an error ; be caught out ; slip up .

Example: Let us perform a simple thought experiment: assume that a cataloger has committed a simple transposition error and transcribed YEATS, WILLIAM BUTLER as YEATS, WILLIAM BUTLER.

Example: When mistakes have been made in invoicing or in paying a vendor, a credit or debit note is issued.

Example: This has been taken a step further by using a screen editor to 'prevent the human indexer or coder from making syntactic errors in the first place'.

Example: All librarians can tell tales of being caught out in this way, to learn of their error only when the answer has been produced: information on dance-halls when dinosaurs was asked for, or on the grey starling when something on Grace Darling was what was wanted = Todos los bibliotecarios pueden contar historias de cuando han metido la pata de este modo para aprender del error sólo cuando se ha producido la respuesta: información sobre los salones de baile cuando se preguntaba por los dinosaurios, o sobre el estornino gris cuando se quería algo sobre Grace Darling.

Example: He knew that if he slipped up again, he could be shipped to a higher-security prison and lose many of his privileges.

» cometer un error al escribir a máquina = mistype  .

Example: German man finds himself in Montana after mistyping his destination on a flight-booking website.

» cometer un error garrafal = commit + a blunder ; make + a bloomer ; make + a blunder ; drop + a clanger ; drop + a bollock ; blunder ; flub ; muff .

Example: Library staff should be provided with the opportunity to see blunders which they occasionally commit as well as the laudable 'savoir faire' with which they dispatch some reference question.

Example: He is well-known for making bloomers in public engagements.

Example: Since its independence 61 years ago our nation has erred, but this time they have made a blunder.

Example: After dropping a clanger, you are left with a sense of shame and you just want to disappear and hide away.

Example: But we are all only human and I have recently 'dropped a bollock' as we English say.

Example: Michael Howard has blundered again, and again he has done so by trying to imitate Blair while lacking his finesse.

Example: He's the son of a vice president perhaps best known for enduring ridicule after he flubbed the spelling of the word 'potato'.

Example: I've had my chance and I've muffed it.

» cometer un error mecanográfico = make + a typo .

Example: If I can type without making typos, am I sober enough to drive?.

» cometer un error ortográfico = misspell  .

Example: We may misspell a search term, either through ignorance or lack of typing skills.

» cometer un error ortográfico al escribir a máquina = mistype  .

Example: German man finds himself in Montana after mistyping his destination on a flight-booking website.

» cometer un error tipográfico = make + a typo .

Example: If I can type without making typos, am I sober enough to drive?.

» cometer un fallo = make + a mistake ; commit + an error ; make + an error ; be caught out ; slip up .

Example: When mistakes have been made in invoicing or in paying a vendor, a credit or debit note is issued.

Example: Let us perform a simple thought experiment: assume that a cataloger has committed a simple transposition error and transcribed YEATS, WILLIAM BUTLER as YEATS, WILLIAM BUTLER.

Example: This has been taken a step further by using a screen editor to 'prevent the human indexer or coder from making syntactic errors in the first place'.

Example: All librarians can tell tales of being caught out in this way, to learn of their error only when the answer has been produced: information on dance-halls when dinosaurs was asked for, or on the grey starling when something on Grace Darling was what was wanted = Todos los bibliotecarios pueden contar historias de cuando han metido la pata de este modo para aprender del error sólo cuando se ha producido la respuesta: información sobre los salones de baile cuando se preguntaba por los dinosaurios, o sobre el estornino gris cuando se quería algo sobre Grace Darling.

Example: He knew that if he slipped up again, he could be shipped to a higher-security prison and lose many of his privileges.

» cometer un fraude = commit + a fraud ; embezzle .

Example: This article explores the response to a rumour spread by the Internet that the LEXIS-NEXIS database P-Track could be used to commit fraud = Este artículo analiza la respuesta a un rumor difundido por Internet de que la base de datos de LEXIS-NEXIS P-Track podría usarse para cometer fraude.

Example: In 1892 Klas Linderfelt, the then ALA President, was jailed for 4 days on charges of embezzling more than $4,000 from library funds.

» cometer un pecado = commit + a sin ; sin .

Example: According to Shakespeare's age, if she had agreed, she would have committed a mortal sin and been in danger of hell.

Example: Some men, by continual sinning, sear even the conscience as with a hot iron, so that it becomes dead and past feeling.

» cometer un robo = execute + a theft ; commit + a robbery .

Example: In 1962, 2 people executed a large theft of documents from the National Archives in Washington.

Example: The story is simple: a group of brigands went to a farm in the middle of the night to commit a robbery.

» cometer (un) sacrilegio = commit + (a) sacrilege .

Example: If you violate sacred values you are committing sacrilege for anyone who holds those values.

» cometer un suicidio político = commit + political suicide .

Example: It needs a politician to start the ball rolling, and none of them will commit political suicide by doing it.