English-Spanish translations for focus

• enfocar
  El informe nos ayudará a enfocar este trabajo. The report will help us to focus this work.
  No sólo deberíamos enfocar este debate hacia la cuestión austríaca. We should not only focus this debate on the Austrian question.
  Hay tres aspectos que me gustaría enfocar más de cerca. There are three aspects on which I would like to focus rather more closely.
• foco
  Las ciudades son un foco de oportunidades y de problemas. The cities are the focus of opportunities and problems.
  Por consiguiente, y de manera inevitable, la agricultura es un foco de atención de la Ronda de Doha. Inevitably, therefore, agriculture is a focus of the Doha Round.
  Sólo así será posible a largo plazo eliminar este foco de conflictos. In the long term, this is the only way to remove this focus of conflict.
• enfoque
  Cada una de las iniciativas tiene un enfoque diferente. Each of the two initiatives has a distinct focus.
  Esta tarea tendrá un doble enfoque. This work will have a dual focus.
  Y, por lo tanto, no compartimos ese enfoque militar. Therefore, we do not agree with this military focus.
• punto focal
• centrar
  Quisiera centrar mi intervención en el deporte. I would like to focus on sport.
  Nos tenemos que centrar en eso en el futuro. That is what we need to focus on in future.
  Ahí debemos centrar nuestra atención. This is what we must focus our attention on.
• centrarse en
  Pero tengo que decir que ahora hay que centrarse en el Consejo. But the focus now, I have to say, is with the Council.
  Mi Grupo quiere centrarse en esta cuestión. My group would like to focus on that point.
  A partir de ahora debe centrarse en la adopción del acervo comunitario. From now on it should focus on adopting the .
• concentrarse
  La atención aquí debe concentrarse en la prevención. The focus here is on prevention.
  Los líderes tienen que concentrarse en lo que nos une. The leadership must focus on what unites us.
  El centro de atención debería concentrarse sobre los tratados internacionales en materia de medio ambiente. The focus should be on international treaties on the environment.
• foco de atención
  Tal debe ser el foco de atención de la misión europea. That must be the focus of the European mission.
  Por consiguiente, y de manera inevitable, la agricultura es un foco de atención de la Ronda de Doha. Inevitably, therefore, agriculture is a focus of the Doha Round.
  Ese debe ser también un foco de atención del Consejo Europeo. This also needs to be a focus within the European Council.
• hipocentro

Definition of focus

• A point at which reflected or refracted rays of light converge
• A point of a conic at which rays reflected from a curve or surface converge
• The quality of the convergence of light on the photographic medium
• Concentration of attention
• The exact point of where an earthquake occurs, in three dimensions (underneath the epicentre
• The indicator of the currently active element in a user interface
• The most important word or phrase in a sentence or passage, or the one that imparts information
• To concentrate one's attention
• To cause to converge at a single point
• To concentrate one’s attention
• To transfer the input focus to , so that it receives subsequent input

Examples

• The heat of sunlight at the focus of a magnifying glass can easily set dry leaves on fire
• Unfortunately, the license plate is out of focus in this image
• During this scene, the boy’s face shifts subtly from soft focus into sharp focus
• I believe I can bring the high degree of focus required for this important job
• The earthquakes focus was at exactly 37 degrees north, 18 degrees south, seventy five meters below the ground
• Text entered at the keyboard or pasted from a clipboard is sent to the component which currently has the focus
• I have to focus on my work.
• Youll need to focus the microscope carefully in order to capture the full detail of this surface.
• If youre going to beat your competitors, you need to focus.
• The text box wont receive the users keystrokes unless you explicitly focus it.

Related words

• focused
• focusing
• unfocused
• autofocus
• focussing
• refocusing
• defocus
• autofocusing
• hyperfocused