manual

manual
adj.
1 manual.
trabajos manuales (education) craftwork, handicraft (clase)
2 handheld, hand-held.
m.
manual.
manual de conversación phrase book
manual de instrucciones instruction manual
manual de uso o del usuario user's manual, instruction manual
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manual
► adjetivo
1 manual
► nombre masculino
1 manual, handbook
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1. adj.
manual
2. noun m.
handbook, manual
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1. ADJ
1) (=de manos) manual

habilidad manual — manual dexterity

tener habilidad manual — to be clever with one's hands

trabajo manual — manual labour, manual labor (EEUU)

2.
SM manual, guide

manual de consulta — reference book, reference manual

manual de estilo — style book, style guide

manual de funcionamiento — operating manual

manual de instrucciones — instruction manual

manual del usuario — user's manual

manual de mantenimiento — service manual, maintenance manual

manual de operación — instructions manual

manual de reparaciones — repair manual

manual sexual — sex manual

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I
adjetivo <trabajo/destreza> manual

tener habilidad manual — to be good with one's hands

II
masculino manual, handbook
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I
adjetivo <trabajo/destreza> manual

tener habilidad manual — to be good with one's hands

II
masculino manual, handbook
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manual1
1 = handbook, manual, textbook [text book], code book, training manual.

Ex: Function key <F3> provides a handbook to the database.

Ex: It is hoped that a new ISDS manual and guidelines for bibliographic description will be published in 1986.
Ex: A textbook is a didactic document setting out basic knowledge of an art, science or technique.
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: Training manuals and support services, such as the Help Desk, are a particular feature of the BLAISE information retrieval services.
* manual básico = primer.
* manual de aprendizaje = instruction book.
* manual de autoayuda = self-help manual.
* Manual de Descripción de Archivos = Manual of Archival Description (MAD).
* manual de estilo = style manual, style guideline.
* Manual de Estilo de Chicago = Chicago Manual of Style.
* Manual de Estilo de la MLA, el = MLA Style Manual, the.
* manual de hojas sueltas = loose-leaf manual.
* manual de lecturas recomendadas = reader, course reader.
* manual de operaciones = operations manual.
* manual de preparación = training manual.
* manual de procedimiento = rules of procedure.
* manual de referencia = reference manual, reference guide.
* manual de usuario = user manual.
* manual práctico = how-to-do-it book, how-to-do-it manual, instruction manual, how-to book, how-to manual.
* manual técnico = technical book.

manual2
2 = manual, hand-operated, manipulatory, hand, manually operated.

Ex: These principles are being applied in an ever increasing variety of contexts, both manual and automated.

Ex: Hand-operated stabbing machines, which forced three stabbing needles simultaneously through the side of a pamphlet, ready for subsequent sewing by hand, appeared early in the century.
Ex: Thus in games, manipulatory skills are often exercised and extended, as for example in games that involve running, climbing or making objects -- bows and arrows, catapults, clothes for dolls, and so on.
Ex: There was besides vehement opposition to the machines from the hand compositors.
Ex: The final product was a simplified, manually operated information system.
* catalogación manual = manual cataloguing.
* destreza manual = manual dexterity.
* fichero manual = manual file.
* herramienta manual = hand tool.
* impresión manual = hand-printing.
* indización manual = manual indexing.
* lavado manual a presión = jet wash.
* papel verjurado manual = laid hand-made paper.
* período de la prensa manual, el = hand-press period, the.
* prensa manual = hand-press.

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manual1
adjective
‹trabajo/destreza› manual
tiene muy poca habilidad manual he's not very good with his hands
manual2
masculine
manual, handbook
Compuesto:
manual de instrucción
training manual
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manual adjetivo ‹trabajo/destreza› manual;
◊ tener habilidad manual to be good with one's hands

■ sustantivo masculino
manual, handbook
manual
I adjetivo manual: se le dan bien los trabajos manuales, she's very good with her hands
II m (libro) manual, handbook: he perdido el manual del ordenador, I've lost my PC user's guide

'manual' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
colocar
- instrucción
- tocha
- tocho
- actualizar
- batidor
- campesino
- exprimidor
- habilidad
- talacha
English:
blue-collar
- handbook
- manual
- override
- shift
- training manual
- blue
- dexterity
- drill
- hand
- pay
- phrse
- primer
- saw
- stick
- white
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manual
♦ adj
manual;
tiene gran habilidad manual she's very good with her hands
♦ nm
manual
Comp
manual de instrucciones instruction manual;
manual de uso instruction manual;
manual del usuario user's manual
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manual
m/adj manual
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manual adj
1) : manual
trabajo manual: manual labor
2) : handy, manageable
♦ manualmente adv
manual nm
: manual, handbook
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manual adj n manual

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