- móvil
- adj.movable, mobile, moveable, motile.m.1 motive, drive, inducement, motivation.2 mobile phone, cellular phone, mobile, cell phone.3 mobile, suspended decorative sculpture.* * *móvil► adjetivo1 movable, mobile► nombre masculino1 FÍSICA moving body2 (motivo) motive3 (decoración, juguete) mobile* * *adj.mobile* * *1. SM1) (=motivo) motive
un crimen sin móvil aparente — a crime with no apparent motive
el móvil del asesinato — the motive for the murder
este es el verdadero móvil de su política — this is the real reason behind his policies
2) (=teléfono) mobile (phone) (Brit), cellphone (EEUU)móvil con cámara — camera phone
3) (Arte) mobile2.ADJ [teléfono, unidad] mobile* * *Iadjetivo mobileIImasculino1)a) (frml) (impulso) motiveb) (adorno) mobile2)a) (Fís) moving objectb) (Tel) mobile phone* * *Iadjetivo mobileIImasculino1)a) (frml) (impulso) motiveb) (adorno) mobile2)a) (Fís) moving objectb) (Tel) mobile phone* * *móvil11 = cellular phone, cell phone.Ex: By the end of 1992 there were more than 10 million cellular phone users in the US.
Ex: The particular issue has to do with pagers and cell phones going off in a public library and the need for a policy to control the situation.* mercado de telefonía móvil = mobile telephone market.* móvil con cámara = cameraphone.* red de telefonía móvil = mobile network.* servicio de telefonía móvil = mobile telephone service, mobile phone service.* tecnología móvil = cellular technology.móvil22 = mobile.Nota: Juguete que se suspende generalmente del techo y que consta de varias partes ligeras que se mueven y a veces hacen ruido con la corriente de aire o al abrir una puerta.Ex: The aim of the scheme is to organise a central pool of library displays (posters, polystyrene cutouts, mobiles, letter sets etc.) = El objetivo de este sistema de clasificación es organizar un fondo común central de objetos utilizados en las exposiciones de la biblioteca (posters, recortables de poliestireno, juguetes móviles colgantes, juegos de letras, etc.).
* escala móvil = sliding scale.* pasillo móvil = travelator, moving walkway, moving sidewalk, moving pavement, walkalator.* rampa móvil = moving ramp.móvil33 = mobile, movable, moveable, moving, roving.Ex: One of the most cited shortcomings of mobile advice centres, that their conspicuousness deters people from using them, does not seem to have been a problem.
Ex: A mock-up is a representation of a device or process that usually has movable parts that can be manipulated.Ex: Furniture which traditionally has been conceived as 'fixed' or 'built in' is demountable and moveable.Ex: For one, the record is made by a moving beam of electrons rather than a moving pointer, for the reason that an electron beam can sweep across the picture very rapidly indeed.Ex: He conducted the morning sessions as if he were a roving talk show host.* antena de telefonía móvil = cellular antenna.* biblioteca móvil = bookmobile, mobile library.* biblioteca móvil en trailer = trailer library.* blanco móvil = moving target.* casa móvil = mobile home.* encuentro de bibliotecas móviles = mobile meet.* inmóvil = immobile.* reunión de bibliotecas móviles = mobilemeet.* tipo móvil = moveable type.* tipos móviles = movable type.* unidad móvil = mobile unit.* zona para casas móviles = mobile home park, trailer park.* * *móvil1adjectivemobilemóvil2masculineA (frml) (impulso) motiveel móvil del crimen the motive for the crimesu acción obedeció a móviles interesados his motives were purely selfish, he acted out of selfishnessB1 (Fís) moving object2 (adorno) mobileC (Esp) (Tel) mobile (telephone)* * *
móvil adjetivo
mobile
■ sustantivo masculino
1 (frml) (impulso) motive
2 (adorno) mobile
3 (Esp) (teléfono) cell phone (AmE), mobile (BrE)
móvil
I adjetivo mobile
II sustantivo masculino
1 (razón) motive
2 fam Tel mobile phone, US cellular phone
'móvil' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
alguna
- alguno
- bicho
- telefonía
- teléfono
- llamar
English:
aim at
- ambulatory
- cellular phone
- get at
- mobile
- motive
- movable
- moving
- pool
- sliding scale
- call
- cell
- fleet
- sliding
* * *móvil♦ adjun blanco móvil a moving target;teléfono móvil cellphone, Br mobile phone;unidad móvil mobile unit♦ nm1. [motivo] motive;se desconoce el móvil del secuestro the motive for the kidnapping is unknown2. [teléfono] mobile3. [juguete] mobile* * *móvilI adj mobileII m TELEC cell phone, Brmobile (phone)* * *móvil adj: mobilemóvil nm1) motivo: motive2) : mobile* * *móvil1 adj (portátil) mobileun teléfono móvil a mobile phonemóvil2 n1. (causa) motiveel móvil del crimen the motive for the crime2. (decoración) mobileun móvil para la habitación del niño a mobile for the little boy's room
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.