Pequeño in english

pequeño = small ; slight ; slim ; little ; small scale [small-scale] ; skimpy ; reduced ; tiddly . 

Example: The small extract from the index to BNB in figure 2.1 demonstrates some of the features of index entries generated according to PRECIS indexing.Example: The ISBD(CP)'s recommendations are very similar in principle to those for AACR2's 'in' analytics, except for slight changes in punctuation and order.Example: Abstracting journals vary enormously in scope ranging from vast publications covering an entire discipline, to slim volumes centred on a relatively narrow topic.Example: To introduce a little vulgarity, it would be absolutely hell on browsers were all the works by Agatha Christie or Dorothy Sayers or Dashiell Hammett or you name it, entered individually by their title.Example: While similar systems have been developed on an experimental basis in the past, these have usually been restricted to small scale collections.Example: Wimbledon organisers have imposed a ban on skimpy tennis outfits ahead of this year's tournament.Example: The model shows that market concentration rises with inelastic demand, reduced marginal costs and efficient technology.Example: In particular, my sea bass was overdone and supplied with a rather tiddly portion of baby spuds.

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» a pequeña escala = in a small way ; small scale [small-scale] ; writ small .

Example: The serialization of new fiction in half-crown monthly magazines such as Blackwood's started in a small way in the 1820s, and grew in importance during the following decade.

Example: While similar systems have been developed on an experimental basis in the past, these have usually been restricted to small scale collections.

Example: Political correctness is communist propaganda writ small.

» baño pequeño = half-bath .

Example: The apartment itself features a comfortable master bedroom with walk-in closet, a second bedroom, two full bathrooms, and a guest half-bath = El apartamento cuenta con un cómo dormitorio principal con vestidor, un segundo dormitorio, dos baños amplios y un baño pequeño para invitados.

» botella pequeña = small bottle .

Example: Many airlines will not allow you to bring the small bottles of alcohol on the plane.

» chicos y pequeños = great and small .

Example: 'At no time in history', according to Geoffrey Langley, 'did people of all types and classes stand more in need of information on all manner of matters great and small'.

» con pequeños matices = nuanced .

Example: This will move the debate about open access as a model for scholarly communication towards a more measured and nuanced discourse.

» dedo pequeño = Posesivo + little finger ; Posesivo + pinkie ; Posesivo + pinkie finger .

Example: I'm bothered by numbness and tingling in my little finger and general weakness in my right hand.

Example: He has more courage in his pinkie than you could ever muster.

Example: He is sick of it, baffled by it and would rather repeatedly slam his pinkie finger in the door of his car than write another word of it.

» desde pequeño = from an early age .

Example: The only woman among the 15 sailors being held hostage in Iran set her heart on a career at sea from an early age.

» dinero para pequeños gastos = out-of-pocket allowance .

Example: The travel Grant will cover air ticket, registration fee and a small out-of-pocket-allowance.

» en pequeño = writ small .

Example: Political correctness is communist propaganda writ small.

» escuela de pequeños = infant school .

Example: Many infant and junior schools have books in the entrance hall and in the corridors as well as in the classrooms.

» finca pequeña = croft .

Example: Ponies have been used for riding, transport, work on crofts and in coal mines, domestic service, and in show business.

» grande o pequeño = great or small .

Example: Every other living creature on this earth great or small has a self-defence mechanism.

» grandes robles nacen de pequeñas bellotas = great oaks from little acorns grow [Expresión inglesa que expresa que un inicio pequeño puede dar lugar a algo muy importante] .

Example: Much more will be needed, but at least a start will have been made; there is an English expression for this: 'great oaks from little acorns grow'.

» grandes y pequeños = great and small .

Example: 'At no time in history', according to Geoffrey Langley, 'did people of all types and classes stand more in need of information on all manner of matters great and small'.

» granja pequeña = croft .

Example: Ponies have been used for riding, transport, work on crofts and in coal mines, domestic service, and in show business.

» grupo pequeño = small group .

Example: We have hundreds of small groups meeting all over the city every day of the week.

» hacer (más) pequeño = make + small(er) .

Example: She said that she loves her breasts and that it is not true that she wants to make them smaller to look better in her wedding dress.

» hacer olas pequeñas = ripple .

Example: This weekend, some beach-goers spotted an elephant wading in the water, just kind of standing there stoically as the waves rippled around him.

» hacer parecer pequeño = dwarf .

Example: The author forecasts that the global market for intranet technologies will dwarf the Internet by the turn of the century.

» hacer pequeños ajustes = tinker around + the edges ; tinker (about/around) with .

Example: EU leaders are trying to raise the dead by taking the rejected constitution and tinkering around the edges.

Example: Johnson's corrected proofs for the first edition of the 'Prefaces to the poets' show him skimming the text, tinkering with the accidentals but not revising them systematically.

» hacerse (más) pequeño = get + small(er) .

Example: A new study has found that human brains get smaller with age.

» hermana pequeña = baby sister .

Example: This is a good way of solving the baby brother and sister problem while visiting the library.

» hermanita pequeña = baby sister .

Example: This is a good way of solving the baby brother and sister problem while visiting the library.

» hermanito pequeño = baby brother .

Example: This is a good way of solving the baby brother and sister problem while visiting the library.

» hermano pequeño = baby brother .

Example: This is a good way of solving the baby brother and sister problem while visiting the library.

» hijo pequeño = baby son .

Example: A paramedic who broke his baby son's arm in an 'unforgivably brutal and shocking' attack was jailed for three years today.

» impresor de pequeños trabajos = jobbing house .

Example: The division of the printing trade into specialized book, news and jobbing houses had already begun to take place by the beginning of the nineteenth century.

» IPE (Integración a Pequeña Escala) = SSI (Small Scale Integration) .

Example: There are now a number of degrees of integration: 'SSI' Small Scale Integration (tens of transistors on a single chip); 'MSI' Medium Scale Integration (hundreds of transistors); 'LSI' Large Scale Integration (thousands of transistors); and 'VSLI' (hundreds of thousands of transistors).

» la clave está en la letra pequeña = the devil (is/lives) in the details .

Example: The article is entitled 'The devil in the details: An academic library acquires a video collection'.

» la distancia es como el viento que apaga los fuegos pequeños pero aviva los grandes = absence makes the heart grow fonder ; distance makes the heart grow fonder .

Example: She and various others I have talked with about this situation all stressed that absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Example: Distance makes the heart grow fonder, or so people say, but long distance relationships change the structure of even the sturdiest romances.

» la letra pequeña = the fine print .

Example: He has called a foul on the council for hiding the third tax increase in the fine print of the legal notices of the newspaper.

» la pequeña pantalla = the small screen [Usado generalmente para referirse a la televisión] .

Example: The most minimalist method is simply to take some mental notes for what does and doesn't work on the small screen and keep them in the back of your mind.

» las triquiñuelas de la letra pequeña = the devil (is/lives) in the details .

Example: The article is entitled 'The devil in the details: An academic library acquires a video collection'.

» leer la letra pequeña = read + the small print .

Example: Always read the small print -- it's a rule most of know and most of us ignore.

» llorar como un niño pequeño = cry like + a baby .

Example: I used to cry like a baby when I sliced onions -- not any more.

» lo bueno viene en frascos pequeños = small is beautiful .

Example: It is not unusual these days to apply the much-quoted saying 'small is beautiful' to the needs of small and medium enterprises.

» lonja fina y pequeña = sliver .

Example: Even though geomorphology is merely a sliver off the corpus of science, it has both intellectual and practical value.

» los detalles de la letra pequeña = the devil (is/lives) in the details .

Example: The article is entitled 'The devil in the details: An academic library acquires a video collection'.

» los pormenores de la letra pequeña = the devil (is/lives) in the details .

Example: The article is entitled 'The devil in the details: An academic library acquires a video collection'.

» más bien pequeño = smallish  .

Example: Sometimes it's the smallish things that take up the most room in our hearts.

» mosquito pequeño = midge .

Example: Africa has lions, Alaska has grizzlies, Nepal has yeti. Britain has the worst of the lot - midgies! They make life hell for campers, walkers and hill-goers alike.

» niño pequeño = toddler [En especial, aquel que anda a gatas o con dificultad] ; little child ; young child .

Example: The article 'Sitting pretty: infants, toddlers, & lapsits' outlines the procedures followed at San Francisco public library to help parents introduce their babies to appropriate literature.

Example: In the ditch near by little children paddle about.

Example: This article describes how a group of 12-18 teenage volunteers formed a group to dramatise children's books for young children and their parents at a public library.

» pequeña = petite .

Example: This petite, agile, graceful and vivacious artiste was a picture of self-confidence on the stage.

» pequeña empresa = small business .

Example: Small businesses employ more than 53% of Europe's workforce and are responsible for half of Europe's total turnover.

» pequeña joya = bijou .

Example: It is a cosy and bijou cottage laid out on two floors that aims to provide home from home comfort.

» pequeña nobleza, la = gentry, the .

Example: The personal papers of the gentry are one of the main categories of records available to historians examining the cultural aspects of urban life.

» pequeñas modificaciones = tinkering .

Example: The drawback to this is that sometimes tinkering can lead to unintended results.

» pequeño agricultor = smallholder ; dirt farmer ; small-scale farmer .

Example: The article is entitled 'Optimising fisheries information for decision making among Kenyan fish pond smallholders'.

Example: My parents were raised by dirt farmers and they had a collective knowledge of native plants, which I absorbed by osmosis.

Example: Most of the imported threshers are very costly and hence beyond the reach of Nigerian small-scale farmers.

» pequeño comercio = retailer  ; retail shop ; retail seller .

Example: Nowadays there is a clear three-part division of the book trade into publishers, wholesalers, printers, and retailers, but in the hand-press period the functions of book traders overlapped to a much greater extent.

Example: Books were advertised in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries by means of printed publishers' lists, which were carried about by salesmen and were probably put up in retail shops.

Example: Any retail seller which permits consumers to lay away consumer goods will provide a written statement of the terms and conditions of the agreement = Cualquier comercio que permita a los consumidores comprar a plazos apartando los productos les proporcionará un documento escrito de las condiciones del acuerdo.

» pequeño empresario = small business owner .

Example: A recent report finds that small business owners who employ five or less staff are, on average, barely scraping a living from all their effort.

» pequeño granjero = dirt farmer ; smallholder .

Example: My parents were raised by dirt farmers and they had a collective knowledge of native plants, which I absorbed by osmosis.

Example: The article is entitled 'Optimising fisheries information for decision making among Kenyan fish pond smallholders'.

» pequeño negocio = small business .

Example: Small businesses employ more than 53% of Europe's workforce and are responsible for half of Europe's total turnover.

» pequeño propietario de tierras = yeoman farmer .

Example: She argues that the way yeoman farmers lorded over their wives and dependents was similar to the way wealthy planters lorded over their slaves.

» pequeños ajustes = tinkering .

Example: The drawback to this is that sometimes tinkering can lead to unintended results.

» pequeños detalles = minutiae ; petty details .

Example: Flaws are emphasized and frequent comparisons made with similar tools, but these are often buried in a mass of minutiae.

Example: We all share the same wants and needs, only the petty details differ.

» pez pequeño = bait fish [Que no merece la pena pescar] ; minnow .

Example: With hundreds of bait fish swarming your spot -- feeding like mad -- the game fish get extremely excited and start to move into the area to feed on the bait fish.

Example: It only contributes to user frustration and a very poor library image when material on minnows is cataloged under FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS.

» pez plateado pequeño = shiner [Usado comúnmente como cebo] .

Example: Already there are minnows in the bays, so it shouldn't be long before they're followed by shiners.

» presupuesto cada vez más pequeño = shrinking budget .

Example: In the face of rising costs and stagnant or shrinking budgets, libraries are looking for efficient and less expensive methods of processing materials.

» presupuesto muy pequeño = shoestring budget .

Example: Here are three travel sites for shoestring budgets.

» problema pequeño = a cloud no bigger than a man's hand .

Example: By 1980 I had decided that developments were moving sufficiently rapidly to justify a new edition, revised to take into account the growth in the use of computer-based services which in 1977 in Australia were a cloud no bigger than a man's hand.

» protuberancia pequeña = nubble ; nub .

Example: As I move around the room I feel a nubble of something on the floor which, though solid initially, yields under the pressure of my foot.

Example: Between 11-13 weeks, all babies are said to have a 'nub' between their legs, and the angle of the nub will indicate whether it's a boy or girl.

» PYME (Pequeña y Mediana Empresa) = SME (Small and Medium Sized Enterprise) .

Example: These access points will offer Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) an online catalogue of relevant information services.

» quedarse pequeño = overflow .

Example: Its extensive collection, a mixture of the rare and valuable and a wide range of modern printed material, overflows its cramped premises.

» quedarse pequeño al compararlo = dwindle by + comparison .

Example: While there is some pollution from previous mining activities, it dwindles by comparison to what this project will bring.

» restaurante pequeño = bistro .

Example: The 30,000 square feet bookstore boasts a cafe, bistro, covered atrium doubling as a theatre, and room for 140,000 titles.

» rodaja fina y pequeña = sliver .

Example: Even though geomorphology is merely a sliver off the corpus of science, it has both intellectual and practical value.

» terreno cultivable pequeño = croft .

Example: Ponies have been used for riding, transport, work on crofts and in coal mines, domestic service, and in show business.

» una pequeña minoría de = a marginal fringe of .

Example: This put the matter down to the work of a marginal fringe of hotheads & lunatics.

» un pequeño puntito = just a little dot .

Example: It might be just a little dot in the huge canvas of our whole lives, but there are those special few that draw the dot with a permanent marker.

» volverse cada vez más pequeño = get + smaller and smaller .

Example: Trust is like an eraser it gets smaller and smaller after every mistake.