marginar

v.

1 to exclude, to make an outcast (person).

Ella discrimina a los gordos She discriminates fat people.

2 to set aside, to set to one side.

3 to marginalize, to place in a position of marginal influence and importance, to marginalise.

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marginar

► verbo transitivo

1 (persona) to leave out, exclude; (grupo social) to ostracize, marginalize

2 (asunto) to push aside

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1. VT

1) (=aislar) [+ persona] to alienate; [+ grupo] to marginalize

la marginaban en la escuela — she was alienated at school

la sociedad margina a los toxicómanos — society marginalizes drug addicts

la televisión margina los programas culturales — cultural programmes are marginalized on television

2) (=discriminar)

no se marginará a nadie por su ideología — nobody will be discriminated against because of their ideology

3) (=excluir) to push out (de of)

exclude (de from)

acabaron marginándola del grupo — they ended up pushing her out of the group o excluding her from the group

4) (Tip) [+ texto] to write notes in the margin of; [+ página] to leave margins on

2.

See:

marginarse

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1.

verbo transitivo

1) (en la sociedad) to marginalize; (en un grupo) to ostracize

lo han marginado de la toma de decisiones — he has been left out of the decision-making

2) (Impr) <texto> (anotar) to add marginal notes to; (fijar márgenes) to set margins

2.

marginarse v pron

marginarse DE algo — to cut oneself off from something

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= marginalise [marginalize, -USA], sideline.

Ex. Since the introduction of information technology and the beginnings of the information explosion in the 1950s, the profession of documentalist has become increasingly marginalised.

Ex. Because of the threat of being sidelined if they did not participate, libraries had to form alliances to address issues of access.

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1.

verbo transitivo

1) (en la sociedad) to marginalize; (en un grupo) to ostracize

lo han marginado de la toma de decisiones — he has been left out of the decision-making

2) (Impr) <texto> (anotar) to add marginal notes to; (fijar márgenes) to set margins

2.

marginarse v pron

marginarse DE algo — to cut oneself off from something

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= marginalise [marginalize, -USA], sideline.

Ex: Since the introduction of information technology and the beginnings of the information explosion in the 1950s, the profession of documentalist has become increasingly marginalised.

Ex: Because of the threat of being sidelined if they did not participate, libraries had to form alliances to address issues of access.

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marginar [A1 ]

vt

A (en la sociedad) to marginalize; (en un grupo) to ostracize

la sociedad margina a los expresidiarios society tends to marginalize ex-convicts

lo han marginado y toman las decisiones sin consultarlo he has been pushed to one side, and they make the decisions without consulting him

sus compañeros de clase lo habían marginado his classmates had ostracized o shunned him

B (Impr) ‹texto› (anotar) to add marginal notes to

(fijar márgenes): margínelo con tres centímetros a cada lado set o leave a three-centimeter margin on each side

■ marginarse

v pron

marginarse DE algo to cut oneself off FROM sth

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marginar (conjugate marginar) verbo transitivo (en la sociedad) to marginalize;
(en un grupo) to ostracize
marginar verbo transitivo
1 (a un sector) to marginalize, to reject: nuestra sociedad margina a los ancianos, our society marginalizes the elderly
2 (a una persona) to leave out, ostracize
'marginar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
discriminar
- segregar
- arrinconar

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marginar

♦ vt

1. [persona] [discriminar] to exclude;

la nueva ley margina a los inmigrantes the new law marginalizes immigrants;

sus compañeros lo marginan his colleagues exclude him from the group, his colleagues give him the cold shoulder

2. [asunto, diferencias] to set aside, to set to one side

3. [texto]

margina un poco menos la página leave a smaller margin on the page

♦ See also the pronominal verb marginarse

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marginar

v/t marginalize

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marginar vt

: to ostracize, to exclude