envergadura

f.

1 size, extent (importancia).

una reforma de gran envergadura a wide-ranging reform

2 wingspan.

3 importance, reach, significance.

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envergadura

► nombre femenino

1 (de pájaro) spread, span, wingspan

2 MARÍTIMO breadth (of sail)

3 figurado (de avión) span, wingspan

4 figurado (importancia) importance, scope

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FRASEOLOGÍA

de gran envergadura / de mucha envergadura very important, consequential, far-reaching

de poca envergadura unimportant, inconsequential

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SF

1) (=importancia) importance

el edificio sufrió daños de cierta envergadura — the building suffered considerable o substantial damage

un programa de gran envergadura — a wide-ranging programme, a programme of considerable scope

una operación de cierta envergadura — an operation of some magnitude o size

la obra es de envergadura — the plan is ambitious

2) (=tamaño) scope, magnitude

3) (=extensión) [gen] expanse, spread; (Náut) breadth, beam; (Aer, Orn) wingspan; [de boxeador] reach

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femenino

1) (importancia) magnitude (frml), importance

de gran/cierta envergadura — of great/some importance

2) (de avión, ave) wingspan

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= comprehensive, comprehensiveness, magnitude, sweep, massiveness, scale.

Ex. One of the factors to consider in the selection of a data base is whether the data base is comprehensive or not.

Ex. The importance of currency in relation to comprehensiveness and other features of the abstracting publication depends upon the subject area and audience.

Ex. Only those who have attempted to edit the proceedings of a conference can appreciate the magnitude and scope of such an enterprise.

Ex. The grand design is visible in the sweep of development from baked clay tablets to computerized typesetting.

Ex. With praise for the completeness and the massiveness of the project is mixed a lack of confidence in the method of arrangement and the accuracy with which some of the entries are compiled.

Ex. I have a feeling that all our old technologies are getting progressively more expensive and more inefficient, and that all our new technologies are getting progressively cheaper and more efficient because of questions of scale.

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* de envergacura = heavy lifting.

* de tal envergadura = of such magnitude, such that.

* envergadura de ala = wingspan.

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femenino

1) (importancia) magnitude (frml), importance

de gran/cierta envergadura — of great/some importance

2) (de avión, ave) wingspan

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= comprehensive, comprehensiveness, magnitude, sweep, massiveness, scale.

Ex: One of the factors to consider in the selection of a data base is whether the data base is comprehensive or not.

Ex: The importance of currency in relation to comprehensiveness and other features of the abstracting publication depends upon the subject area and audience.

Ex: Only those who have attempted to edit the proceedings of a conference can appreciate the magnitude and scope of such an enterprise.

Ex: The grand design is visible in the sweep of development from baked clay tablets to computerized typesetting.

Ex: With praise for the completeness and the massiveness of the project is mixed a lack of confidence in the method of arrangement and the accuracy with which some of the entries are compiled.

Ex: I have a feeling that all our old technologies are getting progressively more expensive and more inefficient, and that all our new technologies are getting progressively cheaper and more efficient because of questions of scale.

* de envergacura = heavy lifting.

* de tal envergadura = of such magnitude, such that.

* envergadura de ala = wingspan.

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envergadura

feminine

A (importancia) magnitude (frml), importance

un proyecto de gran envergadura a project of great importance o magnitude

un político de cierta envergadura a politician of some importance

B

1 (de un avión, ave) wingspan

2 (de una vela) breadth

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envergadura sustantivo femenino (importancia) magnitude (frml), importance;

◊ de cierta envergadura of some importance

envergadura sustantivo masculino
1 (de un avión, un ave) wingspan
2 (importancia) significance, scope, extent: resolvieron problemas de cierta envergadura, they resolved quite complicated problems

'envergadura' also found in these entries:
English:
large-scale
- size
- small-scale
- span
- spread
- spur
- full
- magnitude
- wingspan

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envergadura nf

1. [importancia] size, extent;

[complejidad] complexity;

para un negocio de esta envergadura se necesita mucho dinero a business of this size needs a lot of money;

una reforma de gran envergadura a large-scale reform;

políticos de poca envergadura minor politicians;

el accidente fue de tal envergadura que hubo que cerrar el aeropuerto the accident was so serious that the airport had to be shut down

2. [de ave, avión] wingspan

3. [de brazos] span

4. [de vela] breadth

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envergadura

f AVIA wingspan; MAR breadth; fig

magnitude, importance;

de gran o

mucha envergadura fig of great importance

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envergadura nf

1) : span, breadth, spread

2) : importance, scope