teclear

v.

1 to type.

teclee su número secreto enter your PIN number

Ella teclea rápido She types fast.

Ella teclea los datos She types the data.

2 to thrum.

Ella teclea con impaciencia She thrums with impatience.

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teclear

► verbo intransitivo

1 (piano) to press the keys; (máquina de escribir, ordenador) to type, tap the keys

2 (tamborilear) to drum, tap one's fingers

3 figurado (para conseguir algo) to explore different avenues

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1. VT

1) [gen] to key in, type in; [en cajero automático] to enter

2) * [+ problema] to approach from various angles

3) LAm [+ instrumento] to play clumsily, mess about on; [+ máquina de escribir] to mess about on

2. VI

1) [en máquina de escribir, ordenador] to type; [en el piano] to play

2) * (=tamborilear) to drum, tap

3) Cono Sur * [negocio] to be going very badly; [persona] to be doing very badly

ando tecleando — I'm doing very badly

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1.

verbo transitivo <palabra/texto> to key in, type in

2.

teclear vi (en máquina de escribir) to type; (en ordenador) to key

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= key, key in, tap out, type, keyboard.

Ex. A menu-based information retrieval system displays, on a television or other terminal connected to a computer, a list of categories from which the user must select one by keying the code which represents the chosen category.

Ex. The advantage is that information does not have to be keyed in.

Ex. When the user is building a trail, he names it, inserts the name in his code book, and taps it out on his keyboard.

Ex. To start Bibliofile just type 'bib' at the DOS prompt as shown below, then press <Enter>.

Ex. One use of the Mouse is in free-hand drawing, but it also promises to improve drastically the way in which data can be manipulated once it has been keyboarded into a file.

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1.

verbo transitivo <palabra/texto> to key in, type in

2.

teclear vi (en máquina de escribir) to type; (en ordenador) to key

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= key, key in, tap out, type, keyboard.

Ex: A menu-based information retrieval system displays, on a television or other terminal connected to a computer, a list of categories from which the user must select one by keying the code which represents the chosen category.

Ex: The advantage is that information does not have to be keyed in.

Ex: When the user is building a trail, he names it, inserts the name in his code book, and taps it out on his keyboard.

Ex: To start Bibliofile just type 'bib' at the DOS prompt as shown below, then press <Enter>.

Ex: One use of the Mouse is in free-hand drawing, but it also promises to improve drastically the way in which data can be manipulated once it has been keyboarded into a file.

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teclear [A1 ]

vt

‹palabra/texto› to key in, type in

teclee su número de identificación personal key in o enter your personal identification number

■ teclear

vi

(en una máquina de escribir) to type; (en un ordenador) to key

estar tecleando (RPl fam) «enfermo» to be at death's door;

«negocio» to be on the brink of disaster, be about to go under (colloq)

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teclear (conjugate teclear) verbo transitivo ‹palabra/texto› to key in, type in
verbo intransitivo (en máquina de escribir) to type;
(en ordenador) to key
teclear vi (en teclado de ordenador) to key
(en una máquina de escribir) to type
'teclear' also found in these entries:
English:
key

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teclear

♦ vi

1. [en computadora, máquina de escribir] to type

2. [en instrumento musical] to play

3. Comp

RP Fam

quedar tecleando: desde que perdió el trabajo, toda la familia quedó tecleando since he lost his job, the whole family has been in the doldrums;

después de la crítica feroz que hizo la dirección, el proyecto quedó tecleando after the fierce criticism it received from management, the project was put on hold;

RP Fam

dejar a alguien tecleando: la noticia de su muerte me dejó tecleando the news of her death left me dazed;

la reducción de gastos en la empresa dejó varios proyectos tecleando the firm's cost-cutting exercise left several projects hanging in the air

♦ vt

[en computadora] to key (in), to type (in); [en máquina de escribir] to type; [en calculadora] to key (in);

teclee su número secreto key in o enter your PIN number

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teclear

v/t key; fig

try to get

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teclear vt

: to type in, to enter