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(small) leather goods

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1 goods

noun plural

1) (objects etc for sale, products: leather goods.) artículos

2) (articles sent by rail, not road, sea or air: This station is for passengers and goods; (also adjective) a goods train/station.) mercancías

goods npl artículos / mercancías

goods

tr[gʊdz]

plural noun

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goods

plural noun

1 (property) bienes nombre masculino plural

1 SMALLCOMMERCE/SMALL (in shop) género m sing, artículos nombre masculino plural

1 SMALLCOMMERCE/SMALL (merchandise) mercancías nombre femenino plural

goods

n.pl.

• bienes s.m.pl.

• mercadería s.f.

• mercancía s.f.

• pacotilla s.f.

[ɡʊdz]
1.

NPL (=possessions) bienes mpl ; (=products) productos mpl ; (Comm etc) géneros mpl, mercancías fpl ; (=objects) artículos mpl

leather goods — géneros mpl de cuero

canned goods — conservas fpl en lata

consumer goods — bienes mpl de consumo

goods and chattels — bienes mpl

- deliver the goods

2.

CPD

goods siding N — apartadero m de mercancías

goods station N — estación f de mercancías

goods train N — tren m de mercancías

goods vehicle N — vehículo m de transporte, camión m

goods wagon N — vagón m de mercancías

goods yard N — estación f de mercancías

English-spanish dictionary > goods
2 leather

'leðə
noun, adjective

((of) the skin of an animal prepared for making clothes, luggage etc: shoes made of leather; a leather jacket/case.) piel, cuero

- leathery

leather n piel / cuero

a leather jacket una cazadora de piel

leather

tr['leðə^SMALLr/SMALL]

noun

1 piel nombre femenino, cuero

adjective

1 de piel, de cuero

leather ['lɛðər] n

: cuero m

leather

adj.

• de cuero adj.

n.

• cuero s.m.

• pellejo s.m.

• piel s.f.

'leðər, 'leðə(r)
noun

a) u ( material) cuero m, piel f (Esp, Méx); (before n)

leather goods — artículos mpl de cuero or (Esp, Méx tb) de piel

b) c ( chamois) (BrE) gamuza f

['leðǝ(r)]
1. N

1) (=hide) cuero m, piel f

2) (=washleather) gamuza f

3) leathers (for motorcyclist) ropa f de cuero

2.

VT (=thrash) zurrar *

3.

CPD de cuero, de piel

leather goods NPL — artículos mpl de cuero

leather jacket N — cazadora f de cuero or de piel

* * *
['leðər, 'leðə(r)]
noun

a) u ( material) cuero m, piel f (Esp, Méx); (before n)

leather goods — artículos mpl de cuero or (Esp, Méx tb) de piel

b) c ( chamois) (BrE) gamuza f

English-spanish dictionary > leather
3 maroquinerie

maroquinerie [maʀɔkinʀi]

feminine noun

( = boutique) shop selling fine leather goods ; ( = métier) fine leather craft ; ( = préparation) tanning ; ( = articles) fine leather goods

* * *
maʀɔkinʀi
nom féminin

1) ( magasin) leather shop

2) ( commerce) leather trade; ( articles) leather goods (pl)

* * *
maʀɔkinʀi nf
1) (= industrie) leather craft

2) (= boutique) leather shop

3) (= articles) leather goods pl

* * *

maroquinerie ⇒ Les métiers et les professions nf

1 ( magasin) leather shop;

2 ( art) leather craftsmanship; ( industrie) leather industry; ( commerce) leather trade; ( articles) leather goods (pl).

[marɔkinri] nom féminin

1. [commerce] leather trade

[industrie] leather craft

[magasin] leather shop (UK) ou store (US)

2. [articles] (small) leather goods

3. [atelier] tannery

[tannage] tanning

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > maroquinerie
4 cuero

m.

1 leather (material).

una chamarra de cuero a leather jacket

2 skin (piel de animal).

cuero cabelludo scalp

en cueros (vivos) stark-naked

3 whip. ( Latin American Spanish)

4 bird (British), broad (United States) (Pejorative) (woman). (Ecuadoran Spanish, Venezuelan Spanish)

5 hide, rawhide, cowhide, dressed skin.

* * *

cuero

► nombre masculino

1 (de animal) skin, hide

2 (curtido) leather

■ pantalón de cuero leather trousers

3 (odre) wineskin

4 DEPORTE (balón) ball

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

en cueros familiar naked

en cueros vivos familiar stark naked, starkers

quedarse en cueros familiar to strip off

* * *

noun m.

1) leather

2) hide

* * *

SM

1) (=piel) [curtida] leather; [sin curtir] skin, hide; [de conejo] pelt

una chaqueta de cuero — a leather jacket

- andar en cueros

- dejar a algn en cueros

cuero adobado — tanned skin

cuero cabelludo — scalp

cuero charolado — patent leather

cuero de cocodrilo — Cono Sur crocodile skin

2) (=odre) wineskin

3) ** (=borracho) old soak **

- estar hecho un cuero

4) [de grifo] washer

5) LAm (=látigo) whip

- arrimar o dar el cuero a algn

6) (Dep) (=balón) ball

7) And, Caribe pey (=prostituta) whore, hooker (EEUU) *; And (=solterona) old maid; Caribe ** (=vieja) old bag **; And, Méx * (=amante) mistress

8) CAm, Caribe * (=descaro) cheek *, nerve *

9) ** (=cartera) wallet

* * *
I
adjetivo (Méx fam) gorgeous (colloq)
II
masculino

1) ( piel) leather; ( sin curtir) skin, hide

artículos de cuero — leather goods

chaqueta de cuero — leather jacket

dejar a alguien como un cuero — (Col fam) to humiliate somebody

en cueros (vivos) — (fam) ( desnudo) stark naked (colloq)

no darle a alguien el cuero — (CS fam)

no me da el cuero para comprarlo — I can't run o stretch to that much

sacarle el cuero a alguien — (CS fam) to tear somebody to pieces (colloq)

ser un cuero — (Chi, Méx fam) mujer she's a real stunner (colloq); hombre he's a real hunk (colloq)

- cuero cabelludo

- cuero de chancho

- cuero de cocodrilo

- cuero de vaca

2) ( odre) wineskin

3) (period) ( en fútbol) ball

* * *

= leather, hide.

Ex. This article examines the use of a vacuum table since Jan 1989 for the conservation of paper, leather and parchment in topographical as well as portrait and map collections.

Ex. She uses alder bark for dye, whale sinew for thread, sealskin for trim, a tough piece of hide for a thimble, a sharpened ground-squirrel leg bone for a needle, and an awl made from moose antler.

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* arrancar el cuero cabelludo a Alguien = scalp.

* chaqueta de cuero = leather jacket.

* como el cuero = leathery.

* cuero cabelludo = scalp.

* cuero sintético = leatherette.

* curtir cuero = dress + leather.

* en cueros = in the buff, in the nod, stark naked.

* industria del cuero = leather industry.

* tira de cuero = thong.

* * *
I
adjetivo (Méx fam) gorgeous (colloq)
II
masculino

1) ( piel) leather; ( sin curtir) skin, hide

artículos de cuero — leather goods

chaqueta de cuero — leather jacket

dejar a alguien como un cuero — (Col fam) to humiliate somebody

en cueros (vivos) — (fam) ( desnudo) stark naked (colloq)

no darle a alguien el cuero — (CS fam)

no me da el cuero para comprarlo — I can't run o stretch to that much

sacarle el cuero a alguien — (CS fam) to tear somebody to pieces (colloq)

ser un cuero — (Chi, Méx fam) mujer she's a real stunner (colloq); hombre he's a real hunk (colloq)

- cuero cabelludo

- cuero de chancho

- cuero de cocodrilo

- cuero de vaca

2) ( odre) wineskin

3) (period) ( en fútbol) ball

* * *

= leather, hide.

Ex: This article examines the use of a vacuum table since Jan 1989 for the conservation of paper, leather and parchment in topographical as well as portrait and map collections.

Ex: She uses alder bark for dye, whale sinew for thread, sealskin for trim, a tough piece of hide for a thimble, a sharpened ground-squirrel leg bone for a needle, and an awl made from moose antler.

* arrancar el cuero cabelludo a Alguien = scalp.

* chaqueta de cuero = leather jacket.

* como el cuero = leathery.

* cuero cabelludo = scalp.

* cuero sintético = leatherette.

* curtir cuero = dress + leather.

* en cueros = in the buff, in the nod, stark naked.

* industria del cuero = leather industry.

* tira de cuero = thong.

* * *

cuero¹

adjective

( Méx fam) gorgeous ( colloq)

tu amiga está cuerísimo your friend is gorgeous o is really something ( colloq)

cuero²

masculine

A (piel) leather; (sin curtir) skin, hide

cuero adobado pickled o tanned hide

cuero crudo or en verde raw hide

artículos de cuero leather goods

cazadora de cuero leather jacket

dejar a algn como un cuero ( Col fam); to humiliate sb, make sb look small ( colloq)

en cueros (vivos) ( fam) (desnudo) stark naked ( colloq) (sin dinero) broke ( colloq)

no darle a algn el cuero (CS fam): ya no me da el cuero para tanta gimnasia I'm just not up to all that exercise anymore

no me da el cuero para hacerle un regalo tan caro I can't run o stretch to such an expensive present

sacarle el cuero a algn (CS fam); to tear sb to pieces o shreds ( colloq), to criticize sb

ser un cuero (Chi, Méx fam) «mujer» to be a real stunner ( colloq);

«hombre» to be a real hunk ( colloq)

Compuestos:

● cuero cabelludo

scalp

● cuero de chancho

(Andes, RPI) pigskin

● cuero de cocodrilo

(CS) crocodile skin

● cuero de vaca

cowhide

● cuero de víbora

( RPl) snakeskin

B (para el grifo) washer

C (odre) wineskin

D ( period) (en fútbol) ball

E

1 ( Col arg) (papel) skin (sl)

2 ( Chi) (de un tomate, durazno) skin

* * *

cuero adjetivo (Méx fam) gorgeous (colloq)
■ sustantivo masculino ( piel) leather;
( sin curtir) skin, hide;
◊ chaqueta de cuero leather jacket;

cuero de chancho (AmL) pigskin;
cuero de vaca cowhide;
en cueros (vivos) (fam) ( desnudo) stark naked (colloq);
ser un cuero (Chi, Méx fam) [ mujer] she's a real stunner (colloq);

[ hombre] he's a real hunk (colloq)
cuero sustantivo masculino
1 (piel curtida) leather
pantalón de cuero, leather trousers
2 cuero cabelludo, scalp
♦ Locuciones: familiar en cueros, naked
' cuero' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acartonarse
- cabelluda
- cabelludo
- cazadora
- curtir
- curtida
- curtido
- gamuza
- honda
- legítima
- legítimo
- piel
- trabajar
- ablandar
- ante
- charol
- curado
- curar
- envejecido
- guasca
- imitación
- labrar
- lonja
- marroquinería
- parecer
- petaca
- remiendo
English:
hide
- kid
- leather
- punch
- raw
- rawhide
- real
- scalp
- skin
- tan
- waistcoat
- way
- brogue
- calf
- pelt

* * *

cuero

♦ adj
Méx Fam gorgeous;
Jaime está bien cuero Jaime's dead gorgeous

♦ nm

1. [en el animal] skin;

Comp

en cueros (vivos) stark naked;

Comp
CSur Fam
no le da el cuero para eso [no tiene fuerzas] he's not up to it;
[no tiene dinero] he can't afford it;
Comp
CSur Fam
sacarle el cuero a alguien to tear sb to pieces

Comp
cuero cabelludo scalp
2. [material] leather;
[curtido] hide;
una chamarra de cuero a leather jacket

Comp
Am cuero de chancho pigskin; CSur cuero de cocodrilo crocodile skin; Am cuero de foca sealskin; Am cuero de lobo marino sealskin
3. [para vino] wineskin

4. [balón] ball

5. Ecuad, Ven Pey [mujer] Br bird, US broad

6. Am [látigo] whip;

arrimar o [m5] dar cuero a alguien to whip sb, to flog sb

7. Méx Fam

Comp

ser un cuero to be gorgeous

* * *

cuero

m

1 leather

2 Rpl ( fuete) whip

3

:

en cueros fam naked;

dejar a alguien en cueros fig leave s.o. broke fam, leave s.o. penniless

* * *

cuero nm

1) : leather, hide

2)

cuero cabelludo : scalp

* * *

cuero n leather

cazadora de cuero leather jacket

en cueros naked

Spanish-English dictionary > cuero
5 artesanía

f.

1 craftsmanship, artisany, craft, handicraft.

2 handicraft, craftwork.

* * *

artesanía

► nombre femenino

1 (calidad) craftsmanship

2 (arte, obra) crafts plural, handicrafts plural

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FRASEOLOGÍA

objeto de artesanía handmade object

obra de artesanía piece of craftsmanship

* * *

noun f.

1) craftsmanship

2) crafts, handicrafts

* * *

SF (=arte) craftmanship; (=productos) crafts pl, handicrafts pl ; (=artes y oficios) arts and crafts

obra de artesanía — piece of craftsmanship

zapatos de artesanía — craft shoes, hand-made shoes

* * *

femenino

a) ( actividad)

fomentar la artesanía tradicional — to encourage traditional crafts

objetos de artesanía popular — traditional craftwork o handicrafts

b) artesanías femenino plural (AmL) ( productos artesanos) handicrafts (pl), craftwork

artesanías en barro/cuero — traditional earthenware/leather goods

mercado de artesanías — craft market

* * *

= crafts, handicraft, craftsmanship, craft work, arts and crafts.

Ex. The small art gallery, which often features local crafts, doubles as a room for seniors to play euchre, the local shoe repair man to teach chess, community leaders to plan special action, and so on.

Ex. For example, a book on leatherwork, basketry and metalwork may best be entered under the general class of handicrafts.

Ex. This article highlights how law libraries use computer laboratories, and how architecture and furniture craftsmanship can marry traditional style with technology.

Ex. This article explains how the epistolatory aspect of the books was exploited by the librarian in encouraging interest in the stories and how the children's craft work was brought into the matter (making rag dolls of the characters).

Ex. Success is attributed to the children being able to join in, not merely watch, a variety of activities, including arts and crafts, an animal farm, medieval games, shows, and storytelling.

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* artesanía en madera = woodcraft.

* puesto de artesanía = craft stand.

* tienda de artesanía = craft shop.

* * *

femenino

a) ( actividad)

fomentar la artesanía tradicional — to encourage traditional crafts

objetos de artesanía popular — traditional craftwork o handicrafts

b) artesanías femenino plural (AmL) ( productos artesanos) handicrafts (pl), craftwork

artesanías en barro/cuero — traditional earthenware/leather goods

mercado de artesanías — craft market

* * *

= crafts, handicraft, craftsmanship, craft work, arts and crafts.

Ex: The small art gallery, which often features local crafts, doubles as a room for seniors to play euchre, the local shoe repair man to teach chess, community leaders to plan special action, and so on.

Ex: For example, a book on leatherwork, basketry and metalwork may best be entered under the general class of handicrafts.

Ex: This article highlights how law libraries use computer laboratories, and how architecture and furniture craftsmanship can marry traditional style with technology.

Ex: This article explains how the epistolatory aspect of the books was exploited by the librarian in encouraging interest in the stories and how the children's craft work was brought into the matter (making rag dolls of the characters).

Ex: Success is attributed to the children being able to join in, not merely watch, a variety of activities, including arts and crafts, an animal farm, medieval games, shows, and storytelling.

* artesanía en madera = woodcraft.

* puesto de artesanía = craft stand.

* tienda de artesanía = craft shop.

* * *

artesanía

feminine

1

(actividad): medidas para fomentar la artesanía tradicional measures to encourage traditional craftsmanship

una tienda de objetos de artesanía popular a shop that sells traditional craftwork o handicrafts

2 (objetos) handicrafts (pl), craftwork

3 (habilidad) craftsmanship

4 artesanías fpl ( AmL) (productos artesanos) handicrafts (pl), craftwork

artesanías en barro/cuero traditional earthenware/leather goods

mercado de artesanías craft market

* * *

artesanía sustantivo femenino
a) ( actividad) handicraft;

◊ una artesanía a piece of craftwork;

objetos de artesanía craftwork, handicrafts
b)

◊ artesanías sustantivo femenino plural (AmL) ( productos) crafts (pl), craftwork;

mercado de artesanías craft market
artesanía sustantivo femenino
1 (oficio, actividad) craftwork
2 (objetos hechos a mano) crafts pl, handicrafts pl
' artesanía' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
criollo
- obra
English:
craft
- craftsmanship
- delicate
- handicraft
- handiwork
- art
- wood

* * *

artesanía nf

1. [arte] craftsmanship;

un taller de artesanía a crafts workshop;

objetos de artesanía crafts, handicrafts

2. [productos] crafts, handicrafts;

feria de artesanía craft fair

* * *

artesanía

f (handi)crafts pl

* * *

artesanía nf

1) : craftsmanship

2) : handicrafts pl

* * *

artesanía n

1. (calidad) craftsmanship

2. (obra) handicrafts

tienda de artesanía craft shop

Spanish-English dictionary > artesanía
6 industry

n

1) промышленность, индустрия

2) отрасль промышленности

- advertising industry
- agricultural industry
- agricultural processing industry
- aircraft industry
- allied industries
- armament industry
- artisan industry
- automobile industry
- automotive industry
- auxiliary industry
- aviation industry
- basic industry
- building industry
- capital goods industry
- capital-intensive industry
- catering industry
- chemical industry
- clothing industry
- coal industry
- construction industry
- construction materials producing industry
- consumer goods industry
- continuous process industries
- cottage industry
- dairy industry
- defence industry
- discretionary purchase industry
- diversified industry
- domestic industry
- durable goods manufacturing industry
- electronic industry
- engineering industry
- extraction industry
- extractive industry
- fabricating industries
- fast-growing industry
- financial services industry
- fish industry
- food industry
- food canning industry
- food processing industry
- forest industry
- foundry industry
- fuel-producing industries
- gas industry
- handicraft industry
- heavy industry
- highly developed industry
- high-tech industry
- high-technology industry
- home industry
- infant industry
- insurance industry
- investment industry
- investment goods industry
- iron industry
- key industry
- labour-intensive industry
- large-scale industry
- leisure industry
- leather goods industry
- light industry
- linked industry
- livestock industry
- local industry
- machine industry
- machinery-building industry
- machinery-producing industry
- machine-tool industry
- manufacturing industry
- metallurgical industry
- metallurgy industry
- metal processing industry
- metal working industry
- mineral industry
- mining industry
- motor industry
- munitions industry
- nationalized industry
- native industry
- noncommodity domestic industries
- nondurable industries
- nondurable goods manufacturing industries
- nonmanufacturing industries
- nuclear industry
- oil industry
- oil extraction industry
- oil processing industry
- packaging industry
- petrochemical industry
- petroleum industry
- petroleum-refining industry
- petty industry
- pharmaceutical industry
- pottery industry
- poultry industry
- power industry
- primary industry
- private industry
- privatised industry
- process industry
- processing industry
- producer goods industry
- public industries
- public utility industries
- publishing industry
- raw materials industry
- regional industry
- related industry
- rural industry
- sagging industry
- seasonal industry
- secondary industry
- service industries
- sheltered industry
- shipbuilding industry
- shiprepairing industry
- small industry
- small-scale industry
- stagnant industry
- state industry
- steel industry
- sunrise industries
- sunset industries
- supply industry
- tertiary industries
- textile industry
- timber industry
- tool-making industry
- tourism industry
- trade industry
- transport industry
- transportation industry
- travel industry
- truck industry
- weaving industry
- wine industry
- wood industry
- woodwork and timber industry
- develop industry
- protect home industry
- expand industry
- reorganize industry
- streamline industry

English-russian dctionary of contemporary Economics > industry
7 ñapa

f.

1 leather.

2 glacé lamb.

* * *

napa

► nombre femenino

1 nappa

* * *

SF imitation leather

* * *

femenino (AmL fam) small amount of extra goods given free, lagniappe (AmE)

dar algo de ñapa — to throw something in (for free) (colloq)

me dio dos de ñapa — she threw in a couple extra

* * *

femenino ( cuero - muy blando) nappa; (- más duro) leather

* * *

napa

feminine

A (cuero — muy blando) nappa; (— más duro) leather

B ( Geol) (de agua) aquifer; (de gas) layer

* * *

Multiple Entries:
napa
ñapa
ñapa sustantivo femenino (AmL fam) small amount of extra goods given free, lagniappe (AmE);
◊ dar algo de ñapa to throw sth in (for free) (colloq);

me dio dos de ñapa she threw in a couple extra
napa sustantivo femenino imitation leather

' ñapa' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
napa

* * *

napa nf

leather

* * *

ñapa

f S.Am.

extra, bonus;

le di dos de ñapa I threw in an extra two

* * *

ñapa nf

: extra amount

de ñapa: for good measure

Spanish-English dictionary > ñapa
8 good

ɡud
1. comparative - better; adjective
1) (well-behaved; not causing trouble etc: Be good!; She's a good baby.) bueno; educado

2) (correct, desirable etc: She was a good wife; good manners; good English.) bueno, correcto

3) (of high quality: good food/literature; His singing is very good.) bueno

4) (skilful; able to do something well: a good doctor; good at tennis; good with children.) bueno, competente

5) (kind: You've been very good to him; a good father.) bueno, amable

6) (helpful; beneficial: Exercise is good for you.; Cheese is good for you.) bueno; útil, beneficioso

7) (pleased, happy etc: I'm in a good mood today.) bueno, buen (humor), satisfecho, contento

8) (pleasant; enjoyable: to read a good book; Ice-cream is good to eat.) bueno, agradable

9) (considerable; enough: a good salary; She talked a good deal of nonsense.) bueno, apropiado, adecuado, suficiente

10) (suitable: a good man for the job.) bueno, apto, cualificado, adecuado

11) (sound, fit: good health; good eyesight; a car in good condition.) bueno; sano; en buenas condiciones

12) (sensible: Can you think of one good reason for doing that?) bueno

13) (showing approval: We've had very good reports about you.) bueno, positivo

14) (thorough: a good clean.) bueno; profundo

15) (healthy or in a positive mood: I don't feel very good this morning.) bien, sano, en forma

2. noun
1) (advantage or benefit: He worked for the good of the poor; for your own good; What's the good of a broken-down car?) bien, provecho, beneficio

2) (goodness: I always try to see the good in people.) bien, bondad, lado bueno

3. interjection
(an expression of approval, gladness etc.) bueno, bien

- goodness

4. interjection
((also my goodness) an expression of surprise etc.) ¡Dios mío!

- goods
- goody
- goodbye
- good-day
- good evening
- good-for-nothing
- good humour
- good-humoured
- good-humouredly
- good-looking
- good morning
- good afternoon
- good-day
- good evening
- good night
- good-natured
- goodwill
- good will
- good works
- as good as
- be as good as one's word
- be up to no good
- deliver the goods
- for good
- for goodness' sake
- good for
- good for you
- him
- Good Friday
- good gracious
- good heavens
- goodness gracious
- goodness me
- good old
- make good
- no good
- put in a good word for
- take something in good part
- take in good part
- thank goodness
- to the good

good¹ adj

1. bueno

these strawberries are very good estos fresones están muy buenos

this water is not good to drink esta agua no es buena para beber

2. bueno / amable

he's been very good to me ha sido muy amable conmigo / se ha portado muy bien conmigo

good for you! ¡bien hecho!

to be good at something tener facilidad para algo / ser bueno en algo

she's good at languages tiene facilidad para los idiomas

he's good at tennis juega bien al tenis

to have a good time pasarlo bien

El comparativo de good es better; el superlativo es best

good² n bien

it's for your own good es por tu bien

what's the good of shouting if nobody can hear you? ¿de qué sirve gritar si nadie te oye?

for good para siempre

she's gone for good se ha ido para siempre

to do someone good hacer bien a alguien

a walk will do you good un paseo te hará bien

good

tr[gʊd]

adjective (comp better, superl best)

1 bueno,-a (before m sing noun) buen

■ she's a good daughter es una buena hija

■ he's a good son es un buen hijo

2 (healthy) sano,-a

■ olive oil is good for you el aceite de oliva es muy sano

3 (beneficial) bueno,-a

■ taking exercise is good for your health hacer ejercicio es bueno para la salud

4 (kind) amable

■ they've been very good to him han sido muy amables con él

■ he was so good as to help us tuvo la amabilidad de ayudarnos

5 (well-behaved) bueno,-a

■ be good! ¡sé bueno!

6 (useful) servible

■ the only good plate in the cupboard el único plato servible en el armario

adverb

1 muy

■ a pair of good strong boots un par de botas muy resistentes

interjection

1 ¡bien!

noun

1 bien nombre masculino

■ good and evil el bien y el mal

■ its for your own good es por tu propio bien

plural noun goods

1 (property) bienes nombre masculino plural

1 SMALLCOMMERCE/SMALL (in shop) género m sing, artículos nombre masculino plural

1 SMALLCOMMERCE/SMALL (merchandise) mercancías nombre femenino plural

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

a good deal bastante

■ a good deal of money bastante dinero

■ he worked a good deal harder than she did él trabajó bastante más que ella

all in good time todo a su debido tiempo

as good as como si, prácticamente, casi

■ it's as good as finished está casi acabado

for good para siempre

for the good of en bien de

■ for the good of the people en bien del pueblo

good afternoon buenas tardes

good evening buenas tardes

Good Friday Viernes Santo

good heavens!, good grief! ¡cielo santo!

good morning buenos días

good night buenas noches

it's a good job menos mal

■ it's a good job that we brought an umbrella menos mal que trajimos un paraguas

that's a good one! (joke) ¡ésta sí que es buena!

to be as good as new estar como nuevo,-a

■ the clock is as good as new el reloj está como nuevo

to be as good as gold ser un ángel

to be good at tener aptitudes para

■ she's good at maths tiene aptitudes para las matemáticas

to be good for a laugh familiar ser muy divertido,-a, ser muy cachondo,-a

to be good for (last) durar 2 (be useful for) servir

■ it'll be good for another couple of years durará un par de años más

■ he'll be good for a long time yet tiene mucha vida por delante

■ it's good for getting rid of stains sirve para quitar las manchas

■ he's good for nothing no sirve para nada, es un inútil

to be up to no good estar tramando algo

to deliver the goods (literally) repartir las mercancías 2 (fig) cumplir sus compromisos

to do good hacer bien

to feel good sentirse bien

to have a good time pasarlo bien

to look good (person) tener buen aspecto 2 (food) tener buena pinta

to make good (be successful) tener éxito, salir bien 2 (reform) reformarse 3 (compensate) indemnizar

what's the good of «+ ger»? ¿de qué sirve + inf?

■ what's the good of denying it? ¿de qué sirve negarlo?

goods train tren nombre masculino de mercancías

goods wagon furgón nombre masculino, vagón nombre masculino de mercancías

goods yard estación nombre femenino de mercancías

stolen goods objetos nombre masculino plural robados

good ['gʊd] adv

1) (used as an intensifier) : bien

a good strong rope: una cuerda bien fuerte

2) well: bien

good adj, better ['bɛt̬ər] ; best ['bɛst]

1) pleasant: bueno, agradable

good news: buenas noticias

to have a good time: divertirse

2) beneficial: bueno, beneficioso

good for a cold: beneficioso para los resfriados

it's good for you: es bueno para uno

3) full: completo, entero

a good hour: una hora entera

4) considerable: bueno, bastante

a good many people: muchísima gente, un buen número de gente

5) attractive, desirable: bueno, bien

a good salary: un buen sueldo

to look good: quedar bien

6) kind, virtuous: bueno, amable

she's a good person: es buena gente

that's good of you!: ¡qué amable!

good deeds: buenas obras

7) skilled: bueno, hábil

to be good at: tener facilidad para

8) sound: bueno, sensato

good advice: buenos consejos

9) (in greetings) : bueno

good morning: buenos días

good afternoon (evening): buenas tardes

good night: buenas noches

good n

1) right: bien m

to do good: hacer el bien

2) goodness: bondad f

3) benefit: bien m, provecho m

it's for your own good: es por tu propio bien

4) goods npl

property: efectos mpl personales, posesiones fpl

5) goods npl

wares: mercancía f, mercadería f, artículos mpl

6)

for good : para siempre

good

adj.

• bueno, -a adj.

n.

• bien s.m.

• provecho s.m.

I gʊd
1) adjective (comp better; superl best) [The usual translation, bueno, becomes buen when it is used before a masculine singular noun]

Sense I

2) <food/quality/book> bueno

it smells good — huele bien, tiene rico or buen olor (AmL)

it looks good — tiene buen aspecto

her French is very good — habla muy bien (el) francés

in good condition — en buen estado

this hotel is as good as any you'll find here — este hotel es de los mejores que hay por aquí

to make good something: they undertook to make good the damage to the car se comprometieron a hacerse cargo de la reparación del coche; our losses were made good by the company la compañía nos compensó las pérdidas; to make good one's escape — lograr huir

3) ( creditable) <work/progress/results> bueno

they've made a very good start — han empezado muy bien

at least he had a good try — por lo menos lo intentó

4) (opportune, favorable) <moment/day/opportunity> bueno

is this a good time to phone? — ¿es buena hora para llamar?

it's a good job nobody was listening — (colloq) menos mal que nadie estaba escuchando

5) (advantageous, useful) <deal/offer/advice> bueno

she's a good person to have around — es una persona que conviene tener cerca

burn it; that's all it's good for — quémalo, no sirve para otra cosa

it's a good idea to let them know in advance — convendría or no sería mala idea avisarles de antemano

good idea!, good thinking! — buena idea!

6) ( pleasant) bueno

to be in a good mood — estar* de buen humor

I hope you have a good time in London — espero que te diviertas or que lo pases bien en Londres

did you have a good flight? — ¿qué tal el vuelo?

it's good to be back home — qué alegría estar otra vez en casa!

7) (healthy, wholesome) <diet/habit/exercise> bueno

he is in good health — está bien de salud

I'm not feeling too good — (colloq) no me siento or no me encuentro muy bien

spinach is good for you — las espinacas son buenas para la salud or son muy sanas

he drinks more than is good for him — bebe demasiado or más de la cuenta

she has been good for him — ella le ha hecho mucho bien

8) ( attractive)

she's got a good figure — tiene buena figura or buen tipo

that dress looks really good on her — ese vestido le queda or le sienta muy bien

9)

a) ( in greetings)

good morning — buenos días, buen día (RPl)

good afternoon — buenas tardes

b) ( in interj phrases)

good! now to the next question — bien, pasemos ahora a la siguiente pregunta

good for you! — bien hecho

good God! — Dios mío!

good heavens! — Santo Cielo!

good grief/gracious! — por favor!

very good, sir/madam — (frml) lo que mande el señor/la señora (frml)

c) ( for emphasis) (colloq)

I'll do it when I'm good and ready — lo haré cuando me parezca

the water's good and hot — el agua está bien caliente

d)

as good as: it's as good as new está como nuevo; he as good as admitted it — prácticamente lo admitió

Sense II

10) (skilled, competent) bueno

he's no good in emergencies — en situaciones de emergencia no sabe qué hacer

she's very good in the kitchen — cocina muy bien

to be good AT something/-ING: to be good at languages tener* facilidad para los idiomas; he's good at ironing plancha muy bien; he is good with dogs/children tiene buena mano con or sabe cómo tratar a los perros/los niños; she is good with her hands — es muy habilidosa or mañosa

11) (devoted, committed) bueno

a good Catholic/socialist — un buen católico/socialista

12)

a) (virtuous, upright) bueno

the Good Book — la Santa Biblia

b) ( well-behaved) bueno

be good — sé bueno, pórtate bien

good boy! — muy bien!

13) ( kind) bueno

to be good TO somebody: she was very good to me fue muy amable conmigo, se portó muy bien conmigo; it was very good of you to come muchas gracias por venir; good old Pete — el bueno de Pete

14) (decent, acceptable) bueno

good manners — buenos modales mpl

to have a good reputation — tener* buena reputación

15) ( sound) <customer/payer> bueno

this ticket is good for another week — este billete vale para una semana más

this car's good for a few years yet — a este coche todavía le quedan unos cuantos años por delante

16) ( valid) <argument/excuse> bueno

it's not good enough to say you can't do it — no basta con decir que no puedes hacerlo

it's simply not good enough! — esto no puede ser!, esto es intolerable!

Sense III

17) (substantial, considerable) <meal/salary/distance> bueno

she's making good money — está haciendo mucho dinero

there were a good many people there — había bastante gente or un buen número de personas allí

18) ( not less than)

it'll take a good hour — va a llevar su buena hora or una hora larga

a good half of all the people interviewed — más de la mitad de los entrevistados

19) (thorough, intense) <rest/scolding> bueno

I had a good night's sleep — dormí bien

II

noun

1)

a) u ( moral right) bien m

to do good — hacer* el bien

there is some good in everyone — todos tenemos algo bueno

to be up to no good — (colloq) estar* tramando algo, traerse* algo entre manos

b) ( people)

the good — (+ pl vb) los buenos

2) u

a) ( benefit) bien m

for the good of somebody/something — por el bien de algn/algo

no good will come of it — nada bueno saldrá de ello

to do somebody/something good — hacerle* bien a algn/algo

lying won't do you any good at all — mentir no te llevará a ninguna parte, no ganarás or no sacarás nada con mentir

b) ( use)

this knife is no good (at all) — este cuchillo no sirve (para nada)

are you any good at drawing? — ¿sabes dibujar?

this book is no good — este libro no vale nada

c) ( in phrases)

for good — para siempre

3) goods pl

a) ( merchandise) artículos mpl, mercancías fpl, mercaderías fpl (AmS)

manufactured goods — productos mpl manufacturados, manufacturas fpl

to come up with o deliver the goods — (colloq) cumplir con lo prometido; (before n) <train, wagon> (BrE) de carga; < depot> de mercancías, de mercaderías (AmS)

b) ( property) (frml) bienes mpl

all his worldly goods — todas sus posesiones

III

adverb

1) (as intensifier)

it's been a good long while since... — ha pasado su buen tiempo desde...

you messed that up good and proper, didn't you? — (BrE colloq) metiste bien la pata, ¿no? (fam)

2) (AmE colloq) (well, thoroughly) bien

[ɡʊd]
1. ADJECTIVE
(compar better) (superl best) When good is part of a set combination, eg in a good temper, a good deal of, good heavens, look up the noun. The commonest translation of good is bueno, which must be shortened to buen before a masculine singular noun.
1) (=satisfactory)

a) bueno

a good book — un buen libro

at the end of the day, it's a good investment — a fin de cuentas es una buena inversión
Note that [bueno]/[buena] {etc} precede the noun in general comments where there is no attempt to compare or rank the person or thing involved:
if he set his mind to it, he could be a very good painter — si se lo propusiera podría ser muy buen pintor

she was a good wife and mother — era una buena esposa y madre

she has a good figure — tiene buen tipo
[Bueno]/[buena] {etc} follow the noun when there is implied or explicit comparison:
we could make a list of good teachers — podríamos hacer una lista de profesores buenos

I'm not saying it's a good thing or a bad thing — no digo que sea una cosa buena, ni mala
Use [ser] rather than [estar] with [bueno] when translating [to be good], unless describing food:
the idea is a good one — la idea es buena

it's good to be aware of the views of intelligent people — es bueno conocer los puntos de vista de la gente inteligente

the paella was very good — la paella estaba muy buena
Use [estar] with the adverb [bien] to give a general comment on a situation:
you've written a book, which is good — has escrito un libro, lo que está bien

his hearing is good — del oído está bien, el oído lo tiene bien

b)

• she's good at maths — se le dan bien las matemáticas, es buena en matemáticas

she's good at singing — canta bien

she's good at putting people at their ease — tiene la capacidad de hacer que la gente se sienta relajada

• that's good enough for me — eso me basta

it's just not good enough! — ¡esto no se puede consentir!

40% of candidates are not good enough to pass — el 40% de los candidatos no dan el nivel or la talla para aprobar

• to feel good — sentirse bien

I started to feel good about myself again — empecé a recuperar mi autoestima or la moral

I don't feel very good about that * — (=I'm rather ashamed) me da bastante vergüenza

• we've never had it so good! * — ¡nunca nos ha ido tan bien!, ¡jamás lo hemos tenido tan fácil!

• how good is her eyesight? — ¿qué tal está de la vista?

• you're looking good — ¡qué guapa estás!

things are looking good — las cosas van bien, la cosa tiene buena pinta *

you look good in that — eso te sienta or te va bien

• you can have too much of a good thing — lo mucho cansa (y lo poco agrada)

• it's too good to be true — no puede ser, es demasiado bueno para ser cierto

he sounds too good to be true! — ¡algún defecto tiene que tener!

• she's good with cats — entiende bien a los gatos, sabe manejarse bien con los gatos
good 2., manner 4), a), mood II, 1., time 1., 5)
2) (=of high quality)

always use good ingredients — utilice siempre ingredientes de calidad or los mejores ingredientes

it's made of good leather — está hecho con cuero del bueno

3) (=pleasant) [holiday, day] bueno, agradable; [weather, news] bueno

• it was as good as a holiday — aquello fue como unas vacaciones

• have a good journey! — ¡buen viaje!

• how good it is to know that...! — ¡cuánto me alegro de saber que...!

• it's good to see you — me alegro de verte, gusto en verte (LAm)

it's good to be here — da gusto estar aquí

• have a good trip! — ¡buen viaje!
alive, life 1., 3)
4) (=beneficial, wholesome) [food] bueno, sano; [air] puro, sano

• it's good for burns — es bueno para las quemaduras

it's good for you or your health — te hace bien

spirits are not good for me — los licores no me sientan bien

he eats more than is good for him — come más de lo que le conviene

all this excitement isn't good for me! — ¡a mí todas estas emociones no me vienen or sientan nada bien!

it's good for the soul! — hum ¡ennoblece el espíritu!, ¡te enriquece (como persona)!

if you know what's good for you you'll say yes — por la cuenta que te tiene dirás que sí

some children know more than is good for them — algunos niños son demasiado listos or saben demasiado

5) (=favourable) [moment, chance] bueno

• it's a good chance to sort things out — es una buena oportunidad de or para arreglar las cosas

• I tried to find something good to say about him — traté de encontrar algo bueno que decir de él

• it would be a good thing or idea to ask him — no estaría mal or no sería mala idea preguntárselo

• this is as good a time as any to do it — es tan buen momento como cualquier otro para hacerlo

6) (=useful)

the only good chair — la única silla que está bien, la única silla servible or sana

• to be good for (doing) sth — servir para (hacer) algo

it'll be good for some years — durará todavía algunos años

he's good for ten years yet — tiene todavía por delante diez años de vida

John's good for a few hundred pounds * — John seguramente puede prestarnos unos cientos de libras

I'm good for another mile — todavía puedo aguantar otra milla más

the ticket is good for three months — el billete es válido or valedero para tres meses

he's good for nothing — es un inútil, es completamente inútil

7) (=sound, valid) [excuse] bueno

• unless you have a good excuse — a menos que tengas una buena excusa

• for no good reason — sin motivo alguno

• he is a good risk — (financially) concederle crédito es un riesgo asumible, se le puede prestar dinero
word 1., 1)
8) (=kind)

• that's very good of you — es usted muy amable, ¡qué amable (de su parte)!

• he was so good as to come with me — tuvo la amabilidad de acompañarme

please would you be so good as to help me down with my case? — ¿me hace el favor de bajarme la maleta?, ¿tendría la bondad de bajarme la maleta? more frm

would you be so good as to sign here? — ¿me hace el favor de firmar aquí?

• he's a good sort — es buena persona or gente

• he was good to me — fue muy bueno or amable conmigo, se portó bien conmigo
nature 1., 2)
9) (=well-behaved) [child] bueno

be good! — (morally) ¡sé bueno!; (in behaviour) ¡pórtate bien!; (at this moment) ¡estáte formal!

- be as good as gold

10) (=upright, virtuous) bueno

he's a good man — es una buena persona, es un buen hombre

• I think I'm as good as him — yo me considero tan buena persona como él

the twelve good men and true — los doce hombres justos

• yes, my good man — sí, mi querido amigo

• send us a photo of your good self — frm tenga a bien enviarnos una foto suya

• she's too good for him — ella es más de lo que él se merece
lady 1., 5)
11) (=close) bueno

• he's a good friend of mine — es un buen amigo mío

my good friend Fernando — mi buen or querido amigo Fernando

12) (=middle-class, respectable)

• to live at a good address — vivir en una buena zona or en un buen barrio

• he's got no money but he's of good family — no tiene dinero pero es or viene de buena familia

13) (=creditable)

he came in a good third — llegó en un meritorio tercer puesto

14) (=considerable) [supply, number] bueno

we were kept waiting for a good hour/thirty minutes — nos tuvieron esperando una hora/media hora larga, nos tuvieron esperando por lo menos una hora/media hora

a good three hours — tres horas largas

a good 10km — 10kms largos

a good £10 — lo menos 10 libras

• a good many or few people — bastante gente

15) (=thorough) [scolding] bueno

• to have a good cry — llorar a lágrima viva, llorar a moco tendido *

• to have a good laugh — reírse mucho

• to take a good look (at sth) — mirar bien (algo)

• to have a good wash — lavarse bien

16)

the good ship Domino — el (buque) Domino

17) (in greetings)

• good morning — buenos días

• good afternoon/ evening — buenas tardes

• good day — † (=hello) ¡buenos días!; (=goodbye) ¡hasta mañana!

• good night — buenas noches

• with every good wish, with all good wishes — (in letter) saludos, un fuerte abrazo

Robert sends (his) good wishes — Robert manda recuerdos

18) (in exclamations)

good! — ¡muy bien!

(that's) good! — ¡qué bien!, ¡qué bueno! (LAm)

very good, sir — sí, señor

• good for you! — ¡bien hecho!; (=congratulations) ¡enhorabuena!

• good one! — (=well done, well said) ¡muy bien!, ¡sí señor!
old 1., 5)
19) (in other set expressions)
as good as
it's as good as new — está como nuevo

I'll soon be as good as new — pronto estaré como nuevo

the job is as good as done — el trabajo puede darse por acabado

it's as good as lost — puede darse por perdido

they're as good as beaten — pueden darse por vencidos

as good as saying... — tanto como decir...

she as good as told me so — poco menos que me lo dijo

he as good as called me a liar — me llamó poco menos que mentiroso
to come good
things will come good eventually * — todo se arreglará al final
good and...
good and hot * — bien calentito *

good and strong * — bien fuerte

I'll do it when I'm good and ready * — lo haré cuando a mí me parezca
to hold good valer ( for para)
the same advice holds good for us — el mismo consejo vale para nosotros
it's a good job
(it's a) good job he came! * — ¡menos mal que ha venido!
make 1., 3), riddance, thing 2)
2. ADVERB

1) (as intensifier) bien

a good strong stick — un palo bien fuerte

a good long walk — un paseo bien largo, un buen paseo

- give as good as one gets
good and proper
they were beaten good and proper * — les dieron una buena paliza *

they were cheated good and proper * — les timaron bien timados *, les timaron con todas las de la ley *

2) (esp US) * (=well) bien

you did good — hiciste bien

"how are you?" - "thanks, I'm good" — -¿cómo estás? -muy bien, gracias

3. NOUN

1) (=virtuousness) el bien

• to do good — hacer (el) bien

• good and evil — el bien y el mal

• he is a power for good — su influencia es muy buena or beneficiosa, hace mucho bien

• for good or ill — para bien o para mal

• there's some good in him — tiene algo bueno

• to be up to no good * — estar tramando algo

2) (=advantage, benefit) bien m

the common good — el bien común

if it's any good to you — si te sirve de algo

• a rest will do you some good — un descanso te sentará bien

the sea air does you good — el aire del mar le hace or sienta a uno bien

a (fat) lot of good that will do you! * — iro ¡menudo provecho te va a traer!

much good may it do you! — ¡no creo que te sirva de mucho!, ¡para lo que te va a servir!

it does my heart good to see him — verlo me alegra la existencia

• for your own good — por tu propio bien

for the good of the country — por el bien del país

• to be in good with sb — estar a bien con algn

• that's all to the good! — ¡menos mal!

• what good will that do you? — ¿y eso de qué te va a servir?

what's the good of worrying? — ¿de qué sirve or para qué preocuparse?

3) (=people of virtue)
the good los buenos
4) (in set expressions)
any good
is he any good? — [worker, singer etc] ¿qué tal lo hace?, ¿lo hace bien?

is this any good? — ¿sirve esto?

is she any good at cooking? — ¿qué tal cocina?, ¿cocina bien?
for good (and all) (=for ever) para siempre
he's gone for good — se ha ido para siempre or para no volver
no good
it's no good — (=no use) no sirve

it's no good, I'll never get it finished in time — así no hay manera, nunca lo terminaré a tiempo

it's no good saying that — de nada sirve or vale decir eso

it's no good worrying — de nada sirve or vale preocuparse, no se saca nada preocupándose

that's no good — eso no vale or sirve

I'm no good at maths — las matemáticas no se me dan nada bien

that's no good to me — eso no me sirve para nada

to come to no good — acabar mal

4.

COMPOUNDS

the Good Book N — (Rel) la Biblia

good deeds NPL — = good works

good faith N — buena fe f

in good faith — de buena fe

Good Friday N — (Rel) Viernes m Santo

good guy N — (Cine) bueno m

good looks NPL — atractivo msing físico

good name N — buen nombre m

to protect sb's good name — proteger el buen nombre de algn

he wanted to protect his friend's good name — quería proteger el buen nombre de su amigo

good works NPL — buenas obras fpl

* * *

I [gʊd]
1) adjective (comp better; superl best) [The usual translation, bueno, becomes buen when it is used before a masculine singular noun]

Sense I

2) <food/quality/book> bueno

it smells good — huele bien, tiene rico or buen olor (AmL)

it looks good — tiene buen aspecto

her French is very good — habla muy bien (el) francés

in good condition — en buen estado

this hotel is as good as any you'll find here — este hotel es de los mejores que hay por aquí

to make good something: they undertook to make good the damage to the car se comprometieron a hacerse cargo de la reparación del coche; our losses were made good by the company la compañía nos compensó las pérdidas; to make good one's escape — lograr huir

3) ( creditable) <work/progress/results> bueno

they've made a very good start — han empezado muy bien

at least he had a good try — por lo menos lo intentó

4) (opportune, favorable) <moment/day/opportunity> bueno

is this a good time to phone? — ¿es buena hora para llamar?

it's a good job nobody was listening — (colloq) menos mal que nadie estaba escuchando

5) (advantageous, useful) <deal/offer/advice> bueno

she's a good person to have around — es una persona que conviene tener cerca

burn it; that's all it's good for — quémalo, no sirve para otra cosa

it's a good idea to let them know in advance — convendría or no sería mala idea avisarles de antemano

good idea!, good thinking! — buena idea!

6) ( pleasant) bueno

to be in a good mood — estar* de buen humor

I hope you have a good time in London — espero que te diviertas or que lo pases bien en Londres

did you have a good flight? — ¿qué tal el vuelo?

it's good to be back home — qué alegría estar otra vez en casa!

7) (healthy, wholesome) <diet/habit/exercise> bueno

he is in good health — está bien de salud

I'm not feeling too good — (colloq) no me siento or no me encuentro muy bien

spinach is good for you — las espinacas son buenas para la salud or son muy sanas

he drinks more than is good for him — bebe demasiado or más de la cuenta

she has been good for him — ella le ha hecho mucho bien

8) ( attractive)

she's got a good figure — tiene buena figura or buen tipo

that dress looks really good on her — ese vestido le queda or le sienta muy bien

9)

a) ( in greetings)

good morning — buenos días, buen día (RPl)

good afternoon — buenas tardes

b) ( in interj phrases)

good! now to the next question — bien, pasemos ahora a la siguiente pregunta

good for you! — bien hecho

good God! — Dios mío!

good heavens! — Santo Cielo!

good grief/gracious! — por favor!

very good, sir/madam — (frml) lo que mande el señor/la señora (frml)

c) ( for emphasis) (colloq)

I'll do it when I'm good and ready — lo haré cuando me parezca

the water's good and hot — el agua está bien caliente

d)

as good as: it's as good as new está como nuevo; he as good as admitted it — prácticamente lo admitió

Sense II

10) (skilled, competent) bueno

he's no good in emergencies — en situaciones de emergencia no sabe qué hacer

she's very good in the kitchen — cocina muy bien

to be good AT something/-ING: to be good at languages tener* facilidad para los idiomas; he's good at ironing plancha muy bien; he is good with dogs/children tiene buena mano con or sabe cómo tratar a los perros/los niños; she is good with her hands — es muy habilidosa or mañosa

11) (devoted, committed) bueno

a good Catholic/socialist — un buen católico/socialista

12)

a) (virtuous, upright) bueno

the Good Book — la Santa Biblia

b) ( well-behaved) bueno

be good — sé bueno, pórtate bien

good boy! — muy bien!

13) ( kind) bueno

to be good TO somebody: she was very good to me fue muy amable conmigo, se portó muy bien conmigo; it was very good of you to come muchas gracias por venir; good old Pete — el bueno de Pete

14) (decent, acceptable) bueno

good manners — buenos modales mpl

to have a good reputation — tener* buena reputación

15) ( sound) <customer/payer> bueno

this ticket is good for another week — este billete vale para una semana más

this car's good for a few years yet — a este coche todavía le quedan unos cuantos años por delante

16) ( valid) <argument/excuse> bueno

it's not good enough to say you can't do it — no basta con decir que no puedes hacerlo

it's simply not good enough! — esto no puede ser!, esto es intolerable!

Sense III

17) (substantial, considerable) <meal/salary/distance> bueno

she's making good money — está haciendo mucho dinero

there were a good many people there — había bastante gente or un buen número de personas allí

18) ( not less than)

it'll take a good hour — va a llevar su buena hora or una hora larga

a good half of all the people interviewed — más de la mitad de los entrevistados

19) (thorough, intense) <rest/scolding> bueno

I had a good night's sleep — dormí bien

II

noun

1)

a) u ( moral right) bien m

to do good — hacer* el bien

there is some good in everyone — todos tenemos algo bueno

to be up to no good — (colloq) estar* tramando algo, traerse* algo entre manos

b) ( people)

the good — (+ pl vb) los buenos

2) u

a) ( benefit) bien m

for the good of somebody/something — por el bien de algn/algo

no good will come of it — nada bueno saldrá de ello

to do somebody/something good — hacerle* bien a algn/algo

lying won't do you any good at all — mentir no te llevará a ninguna parte, no ganarás or no sacarás nada con mentir

b) ( use)

this knife is no good (at all) — este cuchillo no sirve (para nada)

are you any good at drawing? — ¿sabes dibujar?

this book is no good — este libro no vale nada

c) ( in phrases)

for good — para siempre

3) goods pl

a) ( merchandise) artículos mpl, mercancías fpl, mercaderías fpl (AmS)

manufactured goods — productos mpl manufacturados, manufacturas fpl

to come up with o deliver the goods — (colloq) cumplir con lo prometido; (before n) <train, wagon> (BrE) de carga; < depot> de mercancías, de mercaderías (AmS)

b) ( property) (frml) bienes mpl

all his worldly goods — todas sus posesiones

III

adverb

1) (as intensifier)

it's been a good long while since... — ha pasado su buen tiempo desde...

you messed that up good and proper, didn't you? — (BrE colloq) metiste bien la pata, ¿no? (fam)

2) (AmE colloq) (well, thoroughly) bien

English-spanish dictionary > good
9 napa

f.

1 leather.

2 glacé lamb.

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napa

► nombre femenino

1 nappa

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SF imitation leather

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femenino ( cuero - muy blando) nappa; (- más duro) leather

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femenino ( cuero - muy blando) nappa; (- más duro) leather

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napa

feminine

A (cuero — muy blando) nappa; (— más duro) leather

B ( Geol) (de agua) aquifer; (de gas) layer

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Multiple Entries:
napa
ñapa
ñapa sustantivo femenino (AmL fam) small amount of extra goods given free, lagniappe (AmE);
◊ dar algo de ñapa to throw sth in (for free) (colloq);

me dio dos de ñapa she threw in a couple extra
napa sustantivo femenino imitation leather

' ñapa' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
napa

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napa nf

leather

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ñapa

f S.Am.

extra, bonus;

le di dos de ñapa I threw in an extra two

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ñapa nf

: extra amount

de ñapa: for good measure

Spanish-English dictionary > napa
10 beziehen

(unreg.)

I v/t

1. (Sessel, Schirm) cover; (Bett) put clean sheets on; (Kopfkissen) put a new pillowcase on; mit Saiten: string; das Sofa neu beziehen reupholster the sofa

2. (Haus, Wohnung) move into

3. (Ware) get; (kaufen) auch buy; (Zeitung) take, subscribe to; (Informationen) get (hold of); Prügel beziehen get beaten up

4. (Gelder, Gehalt etc.) receive; sie bezieht einen Teil i-s Einkommens aus Mieteinkünften some of her income is from rent ( oder rental payments)

5. etw. auf jemanden / etw. beziehen (in Zusammenhang bringen) relate s.th to s.o. / s.th, (anwenden auf) apply s.th. to s.o. / s.th; er bezog es auf sich he took it personally

6.

a) MIL. (Stellung) take up (a position);

b) einen klaren Standpunkt beziehen take a (firm) stand

II v/refl

1. Himmel: cloud over, become overcast

2. sich beziehen auf (+ Akk) refer to; (in Verbindung stehen mit) relate to; (betreffen) concern, apply to; wir beziehen uns auf Ihr Schreiben vom... with reference to your letter of...(, we...); diese Beschreibung bezieht sich nicht auf dich / nicht auf hiesige Verhältnisse this description has nothing to do with you / is independent of local conditions

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(Bett machen) to put clean sheets on;

(abonniert haben) to subscribe to;

(bespannen) to cover;

(einziehen in) to move into

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be|zie|hen ptp bezogen [bə'tsoːgn] irreg
1. vt

1) (= überziehen) Polster, Regenschirm to (re)cover; Bettdecke, Kissen to put a cover on; (mit Saiten) Geige etc to string

die Betten frisch bezíéhen — to put clean sheets on the beds, to change the beds

2) (= einziehen in) Wohnung to move into

3) (ESP MIL = einnehmen) Posten, Position, Stellung to take up; (old ) Universität to enter, to go up to; (fig ) Standpunkt to take up, to adopt

ein Lager bezíéhen — to encamp

Wache bezíéhen — to mount guard, to go on guard

4) (= sich beschaffen) to get, to obtain; Zeitungen etc to take, to get

5) (= erhalten) to get, to receive; Einkommen, Rente to get, to draw; Prügel etc to get

6)

(= in Beziehung setzen) etw auf jdn/etw bezíéhen — to apply sth to sb/sth

warum bezieht er ( bloß) immer alles auf sich? — why does he always take everything personally?

auf jdn/etw bezogen — referring to sb/sth

7) (Sw = einfordern) Steuern to collect

2. vr

1) (=sich bedecken Himmel) to cloud over, to darken

2)

(= betreffen) sich auf jdn/etw bezíéhen — to refer to sb/sth

diese Bemerkung bezog sich nicht auf dich — this remark wasn't meant to refer to you or wasn't intended for you

3)

(= sich berufen) sich bezíéhen auf (+acc) — to refer to

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(to live in: The family occupied a small flat.) occupy

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be·zie·hen *

irreg

I. vt

1. (mit Bezug versehen)

▪ etw [mit etw dat] \beziehen to cover sth [with sth]

die Bettwäsche neu \beziehen to change the bed[linen] [or sheets]

etw neu \beziehen to re-cover sth; MUS (bespannen) to string

2. (in etw einziehen)

▪ etw \beziehen to move into sth

3. bes MIL (einnehmen)

▪ etw \beziehen to take up sth

einen Standpunkt \beziehen to adopt a point of view

4. ÖKON (sich beschaffen)

▪ etw [von jdm] \beziehen to obtain [or get] sth [from sb]

eine Zeitschrift \beziehen to take [or subscribe to] a magazine

5. FIN (erhalten)

▪ etw [von jdm/etw] \beziehen to receive [or draw] sth [from sb/sth]

6. SCHWEIZ (einziehen) to collect

7. (fam: bekommen) to get

du beziehst gleich eine Ohrfeige, wenn du nicht mit dem Blödsinn aufhörst! I'll box your ears in a minute if you don't stop messing around!

8. (in Beziehung setzen)

▪ etw auf jdn/etw \beziehen to apply sth to sb/sth

warum bezieht er [bloß] immer alles auf sich? why does he always [have to] take everything personally?

II. vr

1. (sich bedecken)

▪ sich akk \beziehen to cloud over, to become overcast

mit Wolken bezogen clouded over

2. (betreffen)

▪ sich akk auf jdn/etw \beziehen to refer to sb/sth

3. (sich berufen)

▪ sich akk auf jdn/etw \beziehen to refer to sb/sth

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1.
unregelmäßiges transitives Verb

1) cover, put a cover/covers on <seat, cushion, umbrella, etc.>

die Betten frisch beziehen — put clean sheets on the beds

das Sofa ist mit Leder bezogen — the sofa is upholstered in leather

2) (einziehen in) move into < house, office>

3) (Milit.) take up < position, post>

einen klaren Standpunkt beziehen — (fig.) adopt a clear position; take a definite stand

4) (erhalten) receive, obtain [one's supply of] < goods>; take < newspaper>; draw, receive < pension, salary>

Prügel beziehen — (ugs.) get a hiding (coll.)

5) (in Beziehung setzen) apply (auf + Akk. to)

etwas auf sich (Akk.) beziehen — take something personally

bezogen auf jemanden/etwas — [seen] in relation to somebody/something
2.
unregelmäßiges reflexives Verb

1)

es/der Himmel bezieht sich — it/the sky is clouding over or becoming overcast

2)

sich auf jemanden/etwas beziehen — < person, letter, etc.> refer to somebody/something; <question, statement, etc.> relate to somebody/something

wir beziehen uns auf Ihr Schreiben vom 28. 8., und... — with reference to your letter of 28 August, we...

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beziehen (irr)

A. v/t

1. (Sessel, Schirm) cover; (Bett) put clean sheets on; (Kopfkissen) put a new pillowcase on; mit Saiten: string;

das Sofa neu beziehen reupholster the sofa

2. (Haus, Wohnung) move into

3. (Ware) get; (kaufen) auch buy; (Zeitung) take, subscribe to; (Informationen) get (hold of);

Prügel beziehen get beaten up

4. (Gelder, Gehalt etc) receive;

sie bezieht einen Teil i-s Einkommens aus Mieteinkünften some of her income is from rent ( oder rental payments)

5.

etwas auf jemanden/etwas beziehen (in Zusammenhang bringen) relate s.th to sb/s.th, (anwenden auf) apply sth to sb/s.th;

er bezog es auf sich he took it personally

6. MIL (Stellung) take up (a position);

einen klaren Standpunkt beziehen take a (firm) stand

B. v/r

1. Himmel: cloud over, become overcast

2.

sich beziehen auf (+akk) refer to; (in Verbindung stehen mit) relate to; (betreffen) concern, apply to;

wir beziehen uns auf Ihr Schreiben vom … with reference to your letter of …(, we …);

diese Beschreibung bezieht sich nicht auf dich/nicht auf hiesige Verhältnisse this description has nothing to do with you/is independent of local conditions

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1.
unregelmäßiges transitives Verb

1) cover, put a cover/covers on <seat, cushion, umbrella, etc.>

die Betten frisch beziehen — put clean sheets on the beds

das Sofa ist mit Leder bezogen — the sofa is upholstered in leather

2) (einziehen in) move into <house, office>

3) (Milit.) take up <position, post>

einen klaren Standpunkt beziehen — (fig.) adopt a clear position; take a definite stand

4) (erhalten) receive, obtain [one's supply of] < goods>; take < newspaper>; draw, receive <pension, salary>

Prügel beziehen — (ugs.) get a hiding (coll.)

5) (in Beziehung setzen) apply (auf + Akk. to)

etwas auf sich (Akk.) beziehen — take something personally

bezogen auf jemanden/etwas — [seen] in relation to somebody/something
2.
unregelmäßiges reflexives Verb

1)

es/der Himmel bezieht sich — it/the sky is clouding over or becoming overcast

2)

sich auf jemanden/etwas beziehen — <person, letter, etc.> refer to somebody/something; <question, statement, etc.> relate to somebody/something

wir beziehen uns auf Ihr Schreiben vom 28. 8., und... — with reference to your letter of 28 August, we...

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v.

to correlate v.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > beziehen
11 bound

past tense, past participle; = bind

bound¹ adj atado

the prisoner's hands and feet were bound el preso estaba atado de pies y manos

Es el pasado y participio pasado de bind

bound² adj

to be bound to do something seguro que...

you're bound to find a job seguro que encuentras trabajo

it's bound to rain seguro que llueve

bound for con destino a

a plane bound for Madrid un avión con destino a Madrid

bound³ n salto

with one bound de un salto

bound⁴ vb saltar

the dog bounded round the garden el perro saltaba por el jardín

bound

tr[baʊnd]

adjective

1 (destined) destinado,-a

■ he knew he was bound to succeed sabía que estaba destinado a tener éxito

\

SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

to be bound for ir con destino, navegar con rumbo a

■ the ship was bound for Southampton el barco navegaba con rumbo a Southampton

- bound con rumbo a

■ Paris-bound con rumbo a París

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bound

tr[baʊnd]

noun

1 (jump) salto, brinco

intransitive verb

1 saltar

\

SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

with a bound de un salto, de un brinco

■ he got out of bed with a bound se levantó de la cama de un salto

to bound into entrar dando saltos

■ the children bounded into the room los niños entraron en la habitación dando saltos

to bound over saltar por encima de

■ he bounded over the fence saltó por encima de la valla

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bound

tr[baʊnd]

past & past participle

1→ link=bind bind{

adjective

1 (tied) atado,-a

2 (forced) obligado,-a

3 (book) encuadernado,-a

\

SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

to be bound to ser seguro que

■ Susan's bound to win seguro que ganará Susan

to be duty bound to «+ inf» estar obligado,-a a + inf

■ he was duty bound to visit her estaba obligado a visitarla

to be bound by contract estar obligado,-a por contrato

to be bound up in something estar absorbido,-a por

■ he's bound up in the project está absorbido por el proyecto

to be bound up with something estar vinculado,-a con algo

■ he's bound up with the mafia está vinculado con la mafia

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bound

tr[baʊnd]

transitive verb

1 (mark the boundary) delimitar

■ the Roman wall bounds the old quarter la muralla romana delimita el casco antiguo

bound ['baʊnd] vt

: delimitar, rodear

bound vi

leap: saltar, dar brincos

bound adj

1) obliged: obligado

2) : encuadernado, empastado

a book bound in leather: un libro encuadernado en cuero

3) determined: decidido, empeñado

4)

to be bound to : ser seguro que, tener que, no caber duda que

it was bound to happen: tenía que suceder

5)

bound for : con rumbo a

bound for Chicago: con rumbo a Chicago

to be homeward bound: ir camino a casa

bound n

1) limit: límite m

2) leap: salto m, brinco m

bound (Leap)

n.

• salto s.m.

• vuelo s.m.

adj.

• atado, -a adj.

• encuadernado, -a adj.

• ligado, -a adj.

• obligado, -a adj.

n.

• brinco s.m.

• confín s.m.

• límite s.m.

pret., p.p.

(Preterito definido y participio pasivo de "to bind")

v.

• limitar v.

• saltar v.

I baʊnd
noun

1) bounds pl ( limits) límites mpl

her generosity knows no bounds — su generosidad no tiene límite(s)

within the bounds of possibility — dentro de lo posible

the shop is out of bounds to schoolchildren — los niños tienen prohibido entrar en la tienda

2) ( jump) salto m, brinco m

II
1.

intransitive verb

a) ( leap) saltar

b) ( move) (+ adv compl)

the dog bounded along behind the bicycle — el perro iba dando saltos detrás de la bicicleta

to bound in/out/away — entrar/salir*/irse* dando saltos

2.

vt \<\<area/country\>\> delimitar

III

past & past p of bind I

IV

adjective

1)

a) ( tied up) atado, amarrado (AmL exc RPl)

my hands were bound — tenía las manos atadas or (AmL exc RPl) amarradas

b) ( obliged)

to be bound by something (to + inf): you are still bound by your promise sigues estando obligado a cumplir lo que prometiste; they are bound by law to supply the goods están obligados por ley a suministrar los artículos; to be bound to + inf: he felt bound to tell his mother what had happened se sintió obligado a decirle a su madre lo que había sucedido; I'm duty/honor bound to tell you the truth es mi deber/obligación decirte la verdad; bound and determined — (AmE) empeñado

2) (pred) ( certain)

to be bound to + inf: it was bound to happen sooner or later tarde o temprano tenía que suceder; she's bound to be elected seguro que sale elegida; it was bound to go wrong no cabía duda de que iba a salir mal; they're up to no good, I'll be bound — (colloq & dated) estoy seguro de que están haciendo algo que no deben

3) ( headed) (pred)

bound for: a ship bound for New York un barco con rumbo a Nueva York; the truck was bound for Italy — el camión iba rumbo a Italia

I [baʊnd]
1.

N
bounds (=limits) límite msing
out of bounds — zona f prohibida

it's out of bounds to civilians — los civiles tienen la entrada prohibida

to put a place out of bounds — prohibir la entrada a un lugar

his ambition knows no bounds — su ambición no tiene límites

to set bounds to one's ambitions — poner límites a sus ambiciones

to keep sth within bounds — tener algo a raya

it is within the bounds of possibility — cabe dentro de los límites de lo posible

2.

VT (gen passive) limitar, rodear

a field bounded by woods — un campo rodeado de bosque

on one side it is bounded by the park — por un lado limita or linda con el parque

II [baʊnd]
1.

N (=jump) salto m

at a bound, in one bound — de un salto

2.

VI [person, animal] saltar; [ball] (re)botar

to bound forward — avanzar a saltos

he bounded out of bed — se levantó de la cama de un salto

his heart bounded with joy — su corazón daba brincos de alegría

3.

VT saltar por encima de

III [baʊnd]
1.

PT
PP of bind
2. ADJ

1) (=tied) [prisoner] atado

bound hand and foot — atado de pies y manos

the problems are bound together — existe una estrecha relación entre los problemas

they are bound up in each other — están absortos el uno en el otro

he's bound up in his work — está muy absorbido por su trabajo

to be bound up with sth — estar estrechamente ligado a algo

2) (=sure)

to be bound to: we are bound to win — seguro que ganamos, estamos seguros de ganar

he's bound to come — es seguro que vendrá, no puede dejar de venir

it's bound to happen — tiene forzosamente que ocurrir

they'll regret it, I'll be bound — se arrepentirán de ello, estoy seguro

3) (=obliged) obligado

he's bound to do it — tiene que hacerlo

you're not bound to go — no estás obligado a ir

I'm bound to say that... — me siento obligado a decir que..., siento el deber de decir que...

I feel bound to tell you that... — me veo en la necesidad de decirte que...

I feel bound to him by gratitude — la gratitud hace que me sienta en deuda con él

to be bound by contract to sb — tener obligaciones contractuales con algn
honour
IV

[baʊnd]
ADJ
where are you bound (for)? — ¿adónde se dirige usted?

bound for — [train, plane] con destino a; [ship, person] con rumbo a

he's bound for London — se dirige a Londres
homeward
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I [baʊnd]
noun

1) bounds pl ( limits) límites mpl

her generosity knows no bounds — su generosidad no tiene límite(s)

within the bounds of possibility — dentro de lo posible

the shop is out of bounds to schoolchildren — los niños tienen prohibido entrar en la tienda

2) ( jump) salto m, brinco m

II
1.

intransitive verb

a) ( leap) saltar

b) ( move) (+ adv compl)

the dog bounded along behind the bicycle — el perro iba dando saltos detrás de la bicicleta

to bound in/out/away — entrar/salir*/irse* dando saltos

2.

vt \<\<area/country\>\> delimitar

III

past & past p of bind I

IV

adjective

1)

a) ( tied up) atado, amarrado (AmL exc RPl)

my hands were bound — tenía las manos atadas or (AmL exc RPl) amarradas

b) ( obliged)

to be bound by something (to + inf): you are still bound by your promise sigues estando obligado a cumplir lo que prometiste; they are bound by law to supply the goods están obligados por ley a suministrar los artículos; to be bound to + inf: he felt bound to tell his mother what had happened se sintió obligado a decirle a su madre lo que había sucedido; I'm duty/honor bound to tell you the truth es mi deber/obligación decirte la verdad; bound and determined — (AmE) empeñado

2) (pred) ( certain)

to be bound to + inf: it was bound to happen sooner or later tarde o temprano tenía que suceder; she's bound to be elected seguro que sale elegida; it was bound to go wrong no cabía duda de que iba a salir mal; they're up to no good, I'll be bound — (colloq & dated) estoy seguro de que están haciendo algo que no deben

3) ( headed) (pred)

bound for: a ship bound for New York un barco con rumbo a Nueva York; the truck was bound for Italy — el camión iba rumbo a Italia

English-spanish dictionary > bound
12 sale

seil
noun

1) (the act of giving something to someone in exchange for money: the sale of a house; Sales of cars have increased.) venta

2) (in a shop etc, an offer of goods at lowered prices for a short time: I bought my dress in a sale.) rebaja

3) (an event at which goods are sold: an auction sale; a book sale.) venta

•

- saleroom
- salesman
- salesmanship
- for sale
- sale of work

sale n

1. rebajas

I bought this dress in a sale compré este vestido en las rebajas

2. venta

this drawing is not for sale este dibujo no está en venta

sale

tr[seɪl]

noun

1 (act, transaction) venta

■ I made a sale hice una venta, vendí algo

2 (special offer) rebajas nombre femenino plural, liquidación nombre femenino

■ I bought it in a sale lo compré en las rebajas

3 (auction) subasta

plural noun sales

1 (amount sold) venta, ventas nombre femenino plural

■ sales are up this month las ventas han subido este mes

1 (reductions) rebajas nombre femenino plural

\

SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

for sale en venta

'For sale' (sign on house etc) "Se vende"

on sale (available) en venta, a la venta 2 (reduced) rebajado,-a

on sale or return en depósito

to put something up for sale poner algo a la venta, poner algo en venta

clearance sale liquidación nombre femenino

sale goods artículos nombre masculino plural rebajados

sale price precio rebajado, precio de rebaja

sales department departamento comercial, departamento de ventas

sales manager jefe,-a de ventas, gerente nombre masulino o femenino de ventas, director,-ra comercial

sales pitch/talk charlatanería (de un,-a vendedor,-ra)

sales receipt tique nombre masculino de compra

sales tax impuesto sobre las ventas

sale ['seɪl] n

1) selling: venta f

2) : liquidación f, rebajas fpl

on sale: de rebaja

3) sales npl

: ventas fpl

to work in sales: trabajar en ventas

sale

n.

• barato s.m.

• liquidación s.f.

• realización s.f.

• remate s.m.

• saldo s.m.

• subasta s.f.

• venta s.f.

seɪl
noun

1)

a) u ( act of selling) venta f

b) c ( individual transaction) venta f

to make a sale — vender algo

all sales final — (AmE) no se aceptan devoluciones

c) c ( auction) subasta f, remate m (AmL)

2) (in phrases)

for sale: for sale se vende; to put something up for sale poner* algo en venta or a la venta; on sale ( at reduced price) (AmE): toys are on sale this week esta semana los juguetes están rebajados or en liquidación; ( offered for sale) (BrE): on sale now at leading stores ya está a la venta en los principales comercios; the new model goes on sale this week el nuevo modelo sale a la venta esta semana; (on) sale or return — (BrE) en depósito, en consignación

3) ( clearance) liquidación f; ( seasonal reductions) rebajas fpl; (before n) < price> de liquidación

4) sales

a) pl ( volume sold) (sometimes sing) (volumen m de) ventas fpl; (before n) <figures, promotion, campaign> de ventas

b) ( department) (+ sing o pl vb) ventas (+ sing vb)

she works in sales — trabaja en ventas; (before n) <department, manager, executive> de ventas

the sales force — el personal de ventas, los vendedores

[seɪl]
1. N

1) [of item, object, house] venta f

newspaper sales have fallen — ha descendido la venta de periódicos

sale and lease back — venta y arrendamiento al vendedor

• is it for sale? — ¿está en venta?

the house is for sale — la casa está en venta, esta casa se vende

it's not for sale — no está en venta

to put a house up for sale — poner una casa en venta

for sale — se vende

• to be on sale — (Brit) estar a la venta; (US) estar rebajado

on sale at all fishmongers — de venta en todas las pescaderías

• it's going cheap for a quick sale — se ofrece a bajo precio porque se tiene prisa en venderlo

• it found a ready sale — se vendió pronto

• on a sale or return basis — en depósito

2) (=event) rebajas fpl

there's a sale on at Harrods — en Harrods están de rebajas

sale — (in shop window) rebajas

clearance sale — liquidación f (total)

he bought a leather jacket in a sale — compró una chaqueta de cuero en unas rebajas

the January sales — las rebajas de enero

the sales are on — hay rebajas

3) (=auction) subasta f ; jumble 3.

2.

CPD

sale goods NPL — artículos mpl rebajados

sale item N — artículo m rebajado

sale price N — (=cost) precio m de venta; (=reduced cost) precio m rebajado, precio m de rebaja

sales agent N — agente mf de ventas

sales assistant N — (Brit) dependiente(-a) m / f

sales brochure N — folleto m publicitario

sales budget N — presupuesto m de ventas

sales call N — visita f de un representante

sales campaign N — campaña f de promoción y venta

sales check N — (US) hoja f de venta

sales clerk N — (US) dependiente(-a) m / f

sales conference N — conferencia f de ventas

sales department N — sección f de ventas

sales director N — director(a) m / f de ventas

sales drive N — promoción f de ventas

sales executive N — ejecutivo(-a) m / f de ventas

sales figures NPL — cifras fpl de ventas

sales force N — personal m de ventas

sales forecast N — previsión f de ventas

sales invoice N — factura f de ventas

sales leaflet N — folleto m publicitario

sales ledger N — libro m de ventas

sales literature N — folletos mpl de venta

sales manager N — jefe(-a) m / f de ventas

sales meeting N — reunión f de ventas

sales office N — oficina f de ventas

sales pitch * N — rollo m publicitario *

sales promotion N — campaña f de promoción de ventas

sales rep, sales representative N — representante mf, agente mf comercial

sales resistance N — resistencia f a comprar

sales revenue N — beneficios mpl de las ventas

sales slip N — (US) (=receipt) hoja f de venta

sales talk N — jerga f de vendedor

sales target N — objetivo m de ventas

sales tax N — (US) impuesto m sobre las ventas

sales volume N — volumen m de ventas

sale value N — valor m comercial, valor m en el mercado

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[seɪl]
noun

1)

a) u ( act of selling) venta f

b) c ( individual transaction) venta f

to make a sale — vender algo

all sales final — (AmE) no se aceptan devoluciones

c) c ( auction) subasta f, remate m (AmL)

2) (in phrases)

for sale: for sale se vende; to put something up for sale poner* algo en venta or a la venta; on sale ( at reduced price) (AmE): toys are on sale this week esta semana los juguetes están rebajados or en liquidación; ( offered for sale) (BrE): on sale now at leading stores ya está a la venta en los principales comercios; the new model goes on sale this week el nuevo modelo sale a la venta esta semana; (on) sale or return — (BrE) en depósito, en consignación

3) ( clearance) liquidación f; ( seasonal reductions) rebajas fpl; (before n) < price> de liquidación

4) sales

a) pl ( volume sold) (sometimes sing) (volumen m de) ventas fpl; (before n) <figures, promotion, campaign> de ventas

b) ( department) (+ sing o pl vb) ventas (+ sing vb)

she works in sales — trabaja en ventas; (before n) <department, manager, executive> de ventas

the sales force — el personal de ventas, los vendedores

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13 производство

1. production; manufacture; make

(добив) output

(нещо произведено) produce

производство на средства за производство production of means of production

стоково производство (production of) marketable goods; commodity production

масово производство mass/serial production, large-scale-production/manufacture

ръчно производство manual production

машинно производство mechanical/mechanized production/manufacture

поточно производство flow-production

серийно производство series/commercial production

наше собствено производство our own make/production

производство на обувки manufacture of shoes

производство на зеленчуци vegetable-growing

производство на въглища coal output

влизам в производството go to work at/in a factory

без откъсване от производството without interrupting o.'s work

2. воен. (повишение в чин) promotion

съдебно производство legal procedure/proceedings

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произво̀дство,

ср., само ед.

1. production; manufacture; make; ( добив) output; ( нещо произведено) produce; без откъсване от \производството without interrupting o.’s work; влизам в \производството go to work at/in a factory; дребно серийно \производство short-run/small-scale/small-lot production; единично \производство job production; масово \производство wholesale manufacture; mass/serial production, large-scale production/manufacture; машинно \производство mechanical/mechanized production/manufacture; недостатъчно \производство underproduction; поточно \производство flow-production; \производство на въглища coal output; \производство на зеленчуци vegetable-growing; \производство на кожи leather manufacture; \производство на обувки shoemaking; ръчно \производство manual production; серийно \производство serial/commercial production; стоково \производство commodity production; структуроопределящо \производство basic production; шивашко \производство clothing manufacture;

2. воен. ( повишение в чин) promotion; • съдебно \производство юр. legal procedure/proceedings.

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manufacture (машинно): manual производство - ръчно производство; make; mass production (серийно); yield{yi;ld}; legal procedure (съдебно производство)

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1. (добив) output 2. (нещо произведено) produce 3. production;manufacture;make 4. ПРОИЗВОДСТВО на въглища coal output 5. ПРОИЗВОДСТВО на зеленчуци vegetable-growing 6. ПРОИЗВОДСТВО на обувки manufacture of shoes 7. ПРОИЗВОДСТВО на средства за ПРОИЗВОДСТВО production of means of production 8. без откъсване отПРОИЗВОДСТВОто without interrupting o.'s work 9. влизам в ПРОИЗВОДСТВОто go to work at/in a factory 10. воен.. (повишение в чин) promotion 11. ма-сово ПРОИЗВОДСТВО mass/serial production, large-scale-production/manufacture 12. машинно ПРОИЗВОДСТВО mechanical/mechanized production/manufacture 13. наше собствено ПРОИЗВОДСТВО our own make/ production 14. поточно ПРОИЗВОДСТВО flow-production 15. ръчно ПРОИЗВОДСТВО manual production 16. серийно ПРОИЗВОДСТВО series/commercial production 17. стоково ПРОИЗВОДСТВО (production of) marketable goods;commodity production 18. съдебно ПРОИЗВОДСТВО legal procedure/proceedings

Български-английски речник > производство
14 Historical Portugal

   Before Romans described western Iberia or Hispania as "Lusitania," ancient Iberians inhabited the land. Phoenician and Greek trading settlements grew up in the Tagus estuary area and nearby coasts. Beginning around 202 BCE, Romans invaded what is today southern Portugal. With Rome's defeat of Carthage, Romans proceeded to conquer and rule the western region north of the Tagus, which they named Roman "Lusitania." In the fourth century CE, as Rome's rule weakened, the area experienced yet another invasion—Germanic tribes, principally the Suevi, who eventually were Christianized. During the sixth century CE, the Suevi kingdom was superseded by yet another Germanic tribe—the Christian Visigoths.

   A major turning point in Portugal's history came in 711, as Muslim armies from North Africa, consisting of both Arab and Berber elements, invaded the Iberian Peninsula from across the Straits of Gibraltar. They entered what is now Portugal in 714, and proceeded to conquer most of the country except for the far north. For the next half a millennium, Islam and Muslim presence in Portugal left a significant mark upon the politics, government, language, and culture of the country.

   Islam, Reconquest, and Portugal Created, 714-1140

   The long frontier struggle between Muslim invaders and Christian communities in the north of the Iberian peninsula was called the Reconquista (Reconquest). It was during this struggle that the first dynasty of Portuguese kings (Burgundian) emerged and the independent monarchy of Portugal was established. Christian forces moved south from what is now the extreme north of Portugal and gradually defeated Muslim forces, besieging and capturing towns under Muslim sway. In the ninth century, as Christian forces slowly made their way southward, Christian elements were dominant only in the area between Minho province and the Douro River; this region became known as "territorium Portu-calense."

   In the 11th century, the advance of the Reconquest quickened as local Christian armies were reinforced by crusading knights from what is now France and England. Christian forces took Montemor (1034), at the Mondego River; Lamego (1058); Viseu (1058); and Coimbra (1064). In 1095, the king of Castile and Léon granted the country of "Portu-cale," what became northern Portugal, to a Burgundian count who had emigrated from France. This was the foundation of Portugal. In 1139, a descendant of this count, Afonso Henriques, proclaimed himself "King of Portugal." He was Portugal's first monarch, the "Founder," and the first of the Burgundian dynasty, which ruled until 1385.

   The emergence of Portugal in the 12th century as a separate monarchy in Iberia occurred before the Christian Reconquest of the peninsula. In the 1140s, the pope in Rome recognized Afonso Henriques as king of Portugal. In 1147, after a long, bloody siege, Muslim-occupied Lisbon fell to Afonso Henriques's army. Lisbon was the greatest prize of the 500-year war. Assisting this effort were English crusaders on their way to the Holy Land; the first bishop of Lisbon was an Englishman. When the Portuguese captured Faro and Silves in the Algarve province in 1248-50, the Reconquest of the extreme western portion of the Iberian peninsula was complete—significantly, more than two centuries before the Spanish crown completed the Reconquest of the eastern portion by capturing Granada in 1492.

   Consolidation and Independence of Burgundian Portugal, 1140-1385

   Two main themes of Portugal's early existence as a monarchy are the consolidation of control over the realm and the defeat of a Castil-ian threat from the east to its independence. At the end of this period came the birth of a new royal dynasty (Aviz), which prepared to carry the Christian Reconquest beyond continental Portugal across the straits of Gibraltar to North Africa. There was a variety of motives behind these developments. Portugal's independent existence was imperiled by threats from neighboring Iberian kingdoms to the north and east. Politics were dominated not only by efforts against the Muslims in

   Portugal (until 1250) and in nearby southern Spain (until 1492), but also by internecine warfare among the kingdoms of Castile, Léon, Aragon, and Portugal. A final comeback of Muslim forces was defeated at the battle of Salado (1340) by allied Castilian and Portuguese forces. In the emerging Kingdom of Portugal, the monarch gradually gained power over and neutralized the nobility and the Church.

   The historic and commonplace Portuguese saying "From Spain, neither a good wind nor a good marriage" was literally played out in diplomacy and war in the late 14th-century struggles for mastery in the peninsula. Larger, more populous Castile was pitted against smaller Portugal. Castile's Juan I intended to force a union between Castile and Portugal during this era of confusion and conflict. In late 1383, Portugal's King Fernando, the last king of the Burgundian dynasty, suddenly died prematurely at age 38, and the Master of Aviz, Portugal's most powerful nobleman, took up the cause of independence and resistance against Castile's invasion. The Master of Aviz, who became King João I of Portugal, was able to obtain foreign assistance. With the aid of English archers, Joao's armies defeated the Castilians in the crucial battle of Aljubarrota, on 14 August 1385, a victory that assured the independence of the Portuguese monarchy from its Castilian nemesis for several centuries.

   Aviz Dynasty and Portugal's First Overseas Empire, 1385-1580

   The results of the victory at Aljubarrota, much celebrated in Portugal's art and monuments, and the rise of the Aviz dynasty also helped to establish a new merchant class in Lisbon and Oporto, Portugal's second city. This group supported King João I's program of carrying the Reconquest to North Africa, since it was interested in expanding Portugal's foreign commerce and tapping into Muslim trade routes and resources in Africa. With the Reconquest against the Muslims completed in Portugal and the threat from Castile thwarted for the moment, the Aviz dynasty launched an era of overseas conquest, exploration, and trade. These efforts dominated Portugal's 15th and 16th centuries.

   The overseas empire and age of Discoveries began with Portugal's bold conquest in 1415 of the Moroccan city of Ceuta. One royal member of the 1415 expedition was young, 21-year-old Prince Henry, later known in history as "Prince Henry the Navigator." His part in the capture of Ceuta won Henry his knighthood and began Portugal's "Marvelous Century," during which the small kingdom was counted as a European and world power of consequence. Henry was the son of King João I and his English queen, Philippa of Lancaster, but he did not inherit the throne. Instead, he spent most of his life and his fortune, and that of the wealthy military Order of Christ, on various imperial ventures and on voyages of exploration down the African coast and into the Atlantic. While mythology has surrounded Henry's controversial role in the Discoveries, and this role has been exaggerated, there is no doubt that he played a vital part in the initiation of Portugal's first overseas empire and in encouraging exploration. He was naturally curious, had a sense of mission for Portugal, and was a strong leader. He also had wealth to expend; at least a third of the African voyages of the time were under his sponsorship. If Prince Henry himself knew little science, significant scientific advances in navigation were made in his day.

   What were Portugal's motives for this new imperial effort? The well-worn historical cliche of "God, Glory, and Gold" can only partly explain the motivation of a small kingdom with few natural resources and barely 1 million people, which was greatly outnumbered by the other powers it confronted. Among Portuguese objectives were the desire to exploit known North African trade routes and resources (gold, wheat, leather, weaponry, and other goods that were scarce in Iberia); the need to outflank the Muslim world in the Mediterranean by sailing around Africa, attacking Muslims en route; and the wish to ally with Christian kingdoms beyond Africa. This enterprise also involved a strategy of breaking the Venetian spice monopoly by trading directly with the East by means of discovering and exploiting a sea route around Africa to Asia. Besides the commercial motives, Portugal nurtured a strong crusading sense of Christian mission, and various classes in the kingdom saw an opportunity for fame and gain.

   By the time of Prince Henry's death in 1460, Portugal had gained control of the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeiras, begun to colonize the Cape Verde Islands, failed to conquer the Canary Islands from Castile, captured various cities on Morocco's coast, and explored as far as Senegal, West Africa, down the African coast. By 1488, Bar-tolomeu Dias had rounded the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa and thereby discovered the way to the Indian Ocean.

   Portugal's largely coastal African empire and later its fragile Asian empire brought unexpected wealth but were purchased at a high price. Costs included wars of conquest and defense against rival powers, manning the far-flung navel and trade fleets and scattered castle-fortresses, and staffing its small but fierce armies, all of which entailed a loss of skills and population to maintain a scattered empire. Always short of capital, the monarchy became indebted to bankers. There were many defeats beginning in the 16th century at the hands of the larger imperial European monarchies (Spain, France, England, and Holland) and many attacks on Portugal and its strung-out empire. Typically, there was also the conflict that arose when a tenuously held world empire that rarely if ever paid its way demanded finance and manpower Portugal itself lacked.

   The first 80 years of the glorious imperial era, the golden age of Portugal's imperial power and world influence, was an African phase. During 1415-88, Portuguese navigators and explorers in small ships, some of them caravelas (caravels), explored the treacherous, disease-ridden coasts of Africa from Morocco to South Africa beyond the Cape of Good Hope. By the 1470s, the Portuguese had reached the Gulf of Guinea and, in the early 1480s, what is now Angola. Bartolomeu Dias's extraordinary voyage of 1487-88 to South Africa's coast and the edge of the Indian Ocean convinced Portugal that the best route to Asia's spices and Christians lay south, around the tip of southern Africa. Between 1488 and 1495, there was a hiatus caused in part by domestic conflict in Portugal, discussion of resources available for further conquests beyond Africa in Asia, and serious questions as to Portugal's capacity to reach beyond Africa. In 1495, King Manuel and his council decided to strike for Asia, whatever the consequences. In 1497-99, Vasco da Gama, under royal orders, made the epic two-year voyage that discovered the sea route to western India (Asia), outflanked Islam and Venice, and began Portugal's Asian empire. Within 50 years, Portugal had discovered and begun the exploitation of its largest colony, Brazil, and set up forts and trading posts from the Middle East (Aden and Ormuz), India (Calicut, Goa, etc.), Malacca, and Indonesia to Macau in China.

   By the 1550s, parts of its largely coastal, maritime trading post empire from Morocco to the Moluccas were under siege from various hostile forces, including Muslims, Christians, and Hindi. Although Moroccan forces expelled the Portuguese from the major coastal cities by 1550, the rival European monarchies of Castile (Spain), England, France, and later Holland began to seize portions of her undermanned, outgunned maritime empire.

   In 1580, Phillip II of Spain, whose mother was a Portuguese princess and who had a strong claim to the Portuguese throne, invaded Portugal, claimed the throne, and assumed control over the realm and, by extension, its African, Asian, and American empires. Phillip II filled the power vacuum that appeared in Portugal following the loss of most of Portugal's army and its young, headstrong King Sebastião in a disastrous war in Morocco. Sebastiao's death in battle (1578) and the lack of a natural heir to succeed him, as well as the weak leadership of the cardinal who briefly assumed control in Lisbon, led to a crisis that Spain's strong monarch exploited. As a result, Portugal lost its independence to Spain for a period of 60 years.

   Portugal under Spanish Rule, 1580-1640

   Despite the disastrous nature of Portugal's experience under Spanish rule, "The Babylonian Captivity" gave birth to modern Portuguese nationalism, its second overseas empire, and its modern alliance system with England. Although Spain allowed Portugal's weakened empire some autonomy, Spanish rule in Portugal became increasingly burdensome and unacceptable. Spain's ambitious imperial efforts in Europe and overseas had an impact on the Portuguese as Spain made greater and greater demands on its smaller neighbor for manpower and money. Portugal's culture underwent a controversial Castilianization, while its empire became hostage to Spain's fortunes. New rival powers England, France, and Holland attacked and took parts of Spain's empire and at the same time attacked Portugal's empire, as well as the mother country.

   Portugal's empire bore the consequences of being attacked by Spain's bitter enemies in what was a form of world war. Portuguese losses were heavy. By 1640, Portugal had lost most of its Moroccan cities as well as Ceylon, the Moluccas, and sections of India. With this, Portugal's Asian empire was gravely weakened. Only Goa, Damão, Diu, Bombay, Timor, and Macau remained and, in Brazil, Dutch forces occupied the northeast.

   On 1 December 1640, long commemorated as a national holiday, Portuguese rebels led by the duke of Braganza overthrew Spanish domination and took advantage of Spanish weakness following a more serious rebellion in Catalonia. Portugal regained independence from Spain, but at a price: dependence on foreign assistance to maintain its independence in the form of the renewal of the alliance with England.

   Restoration and Second Empire, 1640-1822

   Foreign affairs and empire dominated the restoration era and aftermath, and Portugal again briefly enjoyed greater European power and prestige. The Anglo-Portuguese Alliance was renewed and strengthened in treaties of 1642, 1654, and 1661, and Portugal's independence from Spain was underwritten by English pledges and armed assistance. In a Luso-Spanish treaty of 1668, Spain recognized Portugal's independence. Portugal's alliance with England was a marriage of convenience and necessity between two monarchies with important religious, cultural, and social differences. In return for legal, diplomatic, and trade privileges, as well as the use during war and peace of Portugal's great Lisbon harbor and colonial ports for England's navy, England pledged to protect Portugal and its scattered empire from any attack. The previously cited 17th-century alliance treaties were renewed later in the Treaty of Windsor, signed in London in 1899. On at least 10 different occasions after 1640, and during the next two centuries, England was central in helping prevent or repel foreign invasions of its ally, Portugal.

   Portugal's second empire (1640-1822) was largely Brazil-oriented. Portuguese colonization, exploitation of wealth, and emigration focused on Portuguese America, and imperial revenues came chiefly from Brazil. Between 1670 and 1740, Portugal's royalty and nobility grew wealthier on funds derived from Brazilian gold, diamonds, sugar, tobacco, and other crops, an enterprise supported by the Atlantic slave trade and the supply of African slave labor from West Africa and Angola. Visitors today can see where much of that wealth was invested: Portugal's rich legacy of monumental architecture. Meanwhile, the African slave trade took a toll in Angola and West Africa.

   In continental Portugal, absolutist monarchy dominated politics and government, and there was a struggle for position and power between the monarchy and other institutions, such as the Church and nobility. King José I's chief minister, usually known in history as the marquis of Pombal (ruled 1750-77), sharply suppressed the nobility and the

   Church (including the Inquisition, now a weak institution) and expelled the Jesuits. Pombal also made an effort to reduce economic dependence on England, Portugal's oldest ally. But his successes did not last much beyond his disputed time in office.

   Beginning in the late 18th century, the European-wide impact of the French Revolution and the rise of Napoleon placed Portugal in a vulnerable position. With the monarchy ineffectively led by an insane queen (Maria I) and her indecisive regent son (João VI), Portugal again became the focus of foreign ambition and aggression. With England unable to provide decisive assistance in time, France—with Spain's consent—invaded Portugal in 1807. As Napoleon's army under General Junot entered Lisbon meeting no resistance, Portugal's royal family fled on a British fleet to Brazil, where it remained in exile until 1821. In the meantime, Portugal's overseas empire was again under threat. There was a power vacuum as the monarch was absent, foreign armies were present, and new political notions of liberalism and constitutional monarchy were exciting various groups of citizens.

   Again England came to the rescue, this time in the form of the armies of the duke of Wellington. Three successive French invasions of Portugal were defeated and expelled, and Wellington succeeded in carrying the war against Napoleon across the Portuguese frontier into Spain. The presence of the English army, the new French-born liberal ideas, and the political vacuum combined to create revolutionary conditions. The French invasions and the peninsular wars, where Portuguese armed forces played a key role, marked the beginning of a new era in politics.

   Liberalism and Constitutional Monarchy, 1822-1910

   During 1807-22, foreign invasions, war, and civil strife over conflicting political ideas gravely damaged Portugal's commerce, economy, and novice industry. The next terrible blow was the loss of Brazil in 1822, the jewel in the imperial crown. Portugal's very independence seemed to be at risk. In vain, Portugal sought to resist Brazilian independence by force, but in 1825 it formally acknowledged Brazilian independence by treaty.

   Portugal's slow recovery from the destructive French invasions and the "war of independence" was complicated by civil strife over the form of constitutional monarchy that best suited Portugal. After struggles over these issues between 1820 and 1834, Portugal settled somewhat uncertainly into a moderate constitutional monarchy whose constitution (Charter of 1826) lent it strong political powers to exert a moderating influence between the executive and legislative branches of the government. It also featured a new upper middle class based on land ownership and commerce; a Catholic Church that, although still important, lived with reduced privileges and property; a largely African (third) empire to which Lisbon and Oporto devoted increasing spiritual and material resources, starting with the liberal imperial plans of 1836 and 1851, and continuing with the work of institutions like the Lisbon Society of Geography (established 1875); and a mass of rural peasants whose bonds to the land weakened after 1850 and who began to immigrate in increasing numbers to Brazil and North America.

   Chronic military intervention in national politics began in 19th-century Portugal. Such intervention, usually commencing with coups or pronunciamentos (military revolts), was a shortcut to the spoils of political office and could reflect popular discontent as well as the power of personalities. An early example of this was the 1817 golpe (coup) attempt of General Gomes Freire against British military rule in Portugal before the return of King João VI from Brazil. Except for a more stable period from 1851 to 1880, military intervention in politics, or the threat thereof, became a feature of the constitutional monarchy's political life, and it continued into the First Republic and the subsequent Estado Novo.

   Beginning with the Regeneration period (1851-80), Portugal experienced greater political stability and economic progress. Military intervention in politics virtually ceased; industrialization and construction of railroads, roads, and bridges proceeded; two political parties (Regenerators and Historicals) worked out a system of rotation in power; and leading intellectuals sparked a cultural revival in several fields. In 19th-century literature, there was a new golden age led by such figures as Alexandre Herculano (historian), Eça de Queirós (novelist), Almeida Garrett (playwright and essayist), Antero de Quental (poet), and Joaquim Oliveira Martins (historian and social scientist). In its third overseas empire, Portugal attempted to replace the slave trade and slavery with legitimate economic activities; to reform the administration; and to expand Portuguese holdings beyond coastal footholds deep into the African hinterlands in West, West Central, and East Africa. After 1841, to some extent, and especially after 1870, colonial affairs, combined with intense nationalism, pressures for economic profit in Africa, sentiment for national revival, and the drift of European affairs would make or break Lisbon governments.

   Beginning with the political crisis that arose out of the "English Ultimatum" affair of January 1890, the monarchy became discredtted and identified with the poorly functioning government, political parties splintered, and republicanism found more supporters. Portugal participated in the "Scramble for Africa," expanding its African holdings, but failed to annex territory connecting Angola and Mozambique. A growing foreign debt and state bankruptcy as of the early 1890s damaged the constitutional monarchy's reputation, despite the efforts of King Carlos in diplomacy, the renewal of the alliance in the Windsor Treaty of 1899, and the successful if bloody colonial wars in the empire (1880-97). Republicanism proclaimed that Portugal's weak economy and poor society were due to two historic institutions: the monarchy and the Catholic Church. A republic, its stalwarts claimed, would bring greater individual liberty; efficient, if more decentralized government; and a stronger colonial program while stripping the Church of its role in both society and education.

   As the monarchy lost support and republicans became more aggressive, violence increased in politics. King Carlos I and his heir Luís were murdered in Lisbon by anarchist-republicans on 1 February 1908. Following a military and civil insurrection and fighting between monarchist and republican forces, on 5 October 1910, King Manuel II fled Portugal and a republic was proclaimed.

   First Parliamentary Republic, 1910-26

   Portugal's first attempt at republican government was the most unstable, turbulent parliamentary republic in the history of 20th-century Western Europe. During a little under 16 years of the republic, there were 45 governments, a number of legislatures that did not complete normal terms, military coups, and only one president who completed his four-year term in office. Portuguese society was poorly prepared for this political experiment. Among the deadly legacies of the monarchy were a huge public debt; a largely rural, apolitical, and illiterate peasant population; conflict over the causes of the country's misfortunes; and lack of experience with a pluralist, democratic system.

   The republic had some talented leadership but lacked popular, institutional, and economic support. The 1911 republican constitution established only a limited democracy, as only a small portion of the adult male citizenry was eligible to vote. In a country where the majority was Catholic, the republic passed harshly anticlerical laws, and its institutions and supporters persecuted both the Church and its adherents. During its brief disjointed life, the First Republic drafted important reform plans in economic, social, and educational affairs; actively promoted development in the empire; and pursued a liberal, generous foreign policy. Following British requests for Portugal's assistance in World War I, Portugal entered the war on the Allied side in March 1916 and sent armies to Flanders and Portuguese Africa. Portugal's intervention in that conflict, however, was too costly in many respects, and the ultimate failure of the republic in part may be ascribed to Portugal's World War I activities.

   Unfortunately for the republic, its time coincided with new threats to Portugal's African possessions: World War I, social and political demands from various classes that could not be reconciled, excessive military intervention in politics, and, in particular, the worst economic and financial crisis Portugal had experienced since the 16th and 17th centuries. After the original Portuguese Republican Party (PRP, also known as the "Democrats") splintered into three warring groups in 1912, no true multiparty system emerged. The Democrats, except for only one or two elections, held an iron monopoly of electoral power, and political corruption became a major issue. As extreme right-wing dictatorships elsewhere in Europe began to take power in Italy (1922), neighboring Spain (1923), and Greece (1925), what scant popular support remained for the republic collapsed. Backed by a right-wing coalition of landowners from Alentejo, clergy, Coimbra University faculty and students, Catholic organizations, and big business, career military officers led by General Gomes da Costa executed a coup on 28 May 1926, turned out the last republican government, and established a military government.

   The Estado Novo (New State), 1926-74

   During the military phase (1926-32) of the Estado Novo, professional military officers, largely from the army, governed and administered Portugal and held key cabinet posts, but soon discovered that the military possessed no magic formula that could readily solve the problems inherited from the First Republic. Especially during the years 1926-31, the military dictatorship, even with its political repression of republican activities and institutions (military censorship of the press, political police action, and closure of the republic's rowdy parliament), was characterized by similar weaknesses: personalism and factionalism; military coups and political instability, including civil strife and loss of life; state debt and bankruptcy; and a weak economy. "Barracks parliamentarism" was not an acceptable alternative even to the "Nightmare Republic."

   Led by General Óscar Carmona, who had replaced and sent into exile General Gomes da Costa, the military dictatorship turned to a civilian expert in finance and economics to break the budget impasse and bring coherence to the disorganized system. Appointed minister of finance on 27 April 1928, the Coimbra University Law School professor of economics Antônio de Oliveira Salazar (1889-1970) first reformed finance, helped balance the budget, and then turned to other concerns as he garnered extraordinary governing powers. In 1930, he was appointed interim head of another key ministry (Colonies) and within a few years had become, in effect, a civilian dictator who, with the military hierarchy's support, provided the government with coherence, a program, and a set of policies.

   For nearly 40 years after he was appointed the first civilian prime minister in 1932, Salazar's personality dominated the government. Unlike extreme right-wing dictators elsewhere in Europe, Salazar was directly appointed by the army but was never endorsed by a popular political party, street militia, or voter base. The scholarly, reclusive former Coimbra University professor built up what became known after 1932 as the Estado Novo ("New State"), which at the time of its overthrow by another military coup in 1974, was the longest surviving authoritarian regime in Western Europe. The system of Salazar and the largely academic and technocratic ruling group he gathered in his cabinets was based on the central bureaucracy of the state, which was supported by the president of the republic—always a senior career military officer, General Óscar Carmona (1928-51), General Craveiro Lopes (1951-58), and Admiral Américo Tómaz (1958-74)—and the complicity of various institutions. These included a rubber-stamp legislature called the National Assembly (1935-74) and a political police known under various names: PVDE (1932-45), PIDE (1945-69),

   and DGS (1969-74). Other defenders of the Estado Novo security were paramilitary organizations such as the National Republican Guard (GNR); the Portuguese Legion (PL); and the Portuguese Youth [Movement]. In addition to censorship of the media, theater, and books, there was political repression and a deliberate policy of depoliticization. All political parties except for the approved movement of regime loyalists, the União Nacional or (National Union), were banned.

   The most vigorous and more popular period of the New State was 1932-44, when the basic structures were established. Never monolithic or entirely the work of one person (Salazar), the New State was constructed with the assistance of several dozen top associates who were mainly academics from law schools, some technocrats with specialized skills, and a handful of trusted career military officers. The 1933 Constitution declared Portugal to be a "unitary, corporative Republic," and pressures to restore the monarchy were resisted. Although some of the regime's followers were fascists and pseudofascists, many more were conservative Catholics, integralists, nationalists, and monarchists of different varieties, and even some reactionary republicans. If the New State was authoritarian, it was not totalitarian and, unlike fascism in Benito Mussolini's Italy or Adolf Hitler's Germany, it usually employed the minimum of violence necessary to defeat what remained a largely fractious, incoherent opposition.

   With the tumultuous Second Republic and the subsequent civil war in nearby Spain, the regime felt threatened and reinforced its defenses. During what Salazar rightly perceived as a time of foreign policy crisis for Portugal (1936-45), he assumed control of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From there, he pursued four basic foreign policy objectives: supporting the Nationalist rebels of General Francisco Franco in the Spanish Civil War (1936-39) and concluding defense treaties with a triumphant Franco; ensuring that General Franco in an exhausted Spain did not enter World War II on the Axis side; maintaining Portuguese neutrality in World War II with a post-1942 tilt toward the Allies, including granting Britain and the United States use of bases in the Azores Islands; and preserving and protecting Portugal's Atlantic Islands and its extensive, if poor, overseas empire in Africa and Asia.

   During the middle years of the New State (1944-58), many key Salazar associates in government either died or resigned, and there was greater social unrest in the form of unprecedented strikes and clandestine Communist activities, intensified opposition, and new threatening international pressures on Portugal's overseas empire. During the earlier phase of the Cold War (1947-60), Portugal became a steadfast, if weak, member of the US-dominated North Atlantic Treaty Organization alliance and, in 1955, with American support, Portugal joined the United Nations (UN). Colonial affairs remained a central concern of the regime. As of 1939, Portugal was the third largest colonial power in the world and possessed territories in tropical Africa (Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, and São Tomé and Príncipe Islands) and the remnants of its 16th-century empire in Asia (Goa, Damão, Diu, East Timor, and Macau). Beginning in the early 1950s, following the independence of India in 1947, Portugal resisted Indian pressures to decolonize Portuguese India and used police forces to discourage internal opposition in its Asian and African colonies.

   The later years of the New State (1958-68) witnessed the aging of the increasingly isolated but feared Salazar and new threats both at home and overseas. Although the regime easily overcame the brief oppositionist threat from rival presidential candidate General Humberto Delgado in the spring of 1958, new developments in the African and Asian empires imperiled the authoritarian system. In February 1961, oppositionists hijacked the Portuguese ocean liner Santa Maria and, in following weeks, African insurgents in northern Angola, although they failed to expel the Portuguese, gained worldwide media attention, discredited the New State, and began the 13-year colonial war. After thwarting a dissident military coup against his continued leadership, Salazar and his ruling group mobilized military repression in Angola and attempted to develop the African colonies at a faster pace in order to ensure Portuguese control. Meanwhile, the other European colonial powers (Britain, France, Belgium, and Spain) rapidly granted political independence to their African territories.

   At the time of Salazar's removal from power in September 1968, following a stroke, Portugal's efforts to maintain control over its colonies appeared to be successful. President Americo Tomás appointed Dr. Marcello Caetano as Salazar's successor as prime minister. While maintaining the New State's basic structures, and continuing the regime's essential colonial policy, Caetano attempted wider reforms in colonial administration and some devolution of power from Lisbon, as well as more freedom of expression in Lisbon. Still, a great deal of the budget was devoted to supporting the wars against the insurgencies in Africa. Meanwhile in Asia, Portuguese India had fallen when the Indian army invaded in December 1961. The loss of Goa was a psychological blow to the leadership of the New State, and of the Asian empire only East Timor and Macau remained.

   The Caetano years (1968-74) were but a hiatus between the waning Salazar era and a new regime. There was greater political freedom and rapid economic growth (5-6 percent annually to late 1973), but Caetano's government was unable to reform the old system thoroughly and refused to consider new methods either at home or in the empire. In the end, regime change came from junior officers of the professional military who organized the Armed Forces Movement (MFA) against the Caetano government. It was this group of several hundred officers, mainly in the army and navy, which engineered a largely bloodless coup in Lisbon on 25 April 1974. Their unexpected action brought down the 48-year-old New State and made possible the eventual establishment and consolidation of democratic governance in Portugal, as well as a reorientation of the country away from the Atlantic toward Europe.

   Revolution of Carnations, 1974-76

   Following successful military operations of the Armed Forces Movement against the Caetano government, Portugal experienced what became known as the "Revolution of Carnations." It so happened that during the rainy week of the military golpe, Lisbon flower shops were featuring carnations, and the revolutionaries and their supporters adopted the red carnation as the common symbol of the event, as well as of the new freedom from dictatorship. The MFA, whose leaders at first were mostly little-known majors and captains, proclaimed a three-fold program of change for the new Portugal: democracy; decolonization of the overseas empire, after ending the colonial wars; and developing a backward economy in the spirit of opportunity and equality. During the first 24 months after the coup, there was civil strife, some anarchy, and a power struggle. With the passing of the Estado Novo, public euphoria burst forth as the new provisional military government proclaimed the freedoms of speech, press, and assembly, and abolished censorship, the political police, the Portuguese Legion, Portuguese Youth, and other New State organizations, including the National Union. Scores of political parties were born and joined the senior political party, the Portuguese Community Party (PCP), and the Socialist Party (PS), founded shortly before the coup.

   Portugal's Revolution of Carnations went through several phases. There was an attempt to take control by radical leftists, including the PCP and its allies. This was thwarted by moderate officers in the army, as well as by the efforts of two political parties: the PS and the Social Democrats (PPD, later PSD). The first phase was from April to September 1974. Provisional president General Antonio Spínola, whose 1974 book Portugal and the Future had helped prepare public opinion for the coup, met irresistible leftist pressures. After Spinola's efforts to avoid rapid decolonization of the African empire failed, he resigned in September 1974. During the second phase, from September 1974 to March 1975, radical military officers gained control, but a coup attempt by General Spínola and his supporters in Lisbon in March 1975 failed and Spínola fled to Spain.

   In the third phase of the Revolution, March-November 1975, a strong leftist reaction followed. Farm workers occupied and "nationalized" 1.1 million hectares of farmland in the Alentejo province, and radical military officers in the provisional government ordered the nationalization of Portuguese banks (foreign banks were exempted), utilities, and major industries, or about 60 percent of the economic system. There were power struggles among various political parties — a total of 50 emerged—and in the streets there was civil strife among labor, military, and law enforcement groups. A constituent assembly, elected on 25 April 1975, in Portugal's first free elections since 1926, drafted a democratic constitution. The Council of the Revolution (CR), briefly a revolutionary military watchdog committee, was entrenched as part of the government under the constitution, until a later revision. During the chaotic year of 1975, about 30 persons were killed in political frays while unstable provisional governments came and went. On 25 November 1975, moderate military forces led by Colonel Ramalho Eanes, who later was twice elected president of the republic (1976 and 1981), defeated radical, leftist military groups' revolutionary conspiracies.

   In the meantime, Portugal's scattered overseas empire experienced a precipitous and unprepared decolonization. One by one, the former colonies were granted and accepted independence—Guinea-Bissau (September 1974), Cape Verde Islands (July 1975), and Mozambique (July 1975). Portugal offered to turn over Macau to the People's Republic of China, but the offer was refused then and later negotiations led to the establishment of a formal decolonization or hand-over date of 1999. But in two former colonies, the process of decolonization had tragic results.

   In Angola, decolonization negotiations were greatly complicated by the fact that there were three rival nationalist movements in a struggle for power. The January 1975 Alvor Agreement signed by Portugal and these three parties was not effectively implemented. A bloody civil war broke out in Angola in the spring of 1975 and, when Portuguese armed forces withdrew and declared that Angola was independent on 11 November 1975, the bloodshed only increased. Meanwhile, most of the white Portuguese settlers from Angola and Mozambique fled during the course of 1975. Together with African refugees, more than 600,000 of these retornados ("returned ones") went by ship and air to Portugal and thousands more to Namibia, South Africa, Brazil, Canada, and the United States.

   The second major decolonization disaster was in Portugal's colony of East Timor in the Indonesian archipelago. Portugal's capacity to supervise and control a peaceful transition to independence in this isolated, neglected colony was limited by the strength of giant Indonesia, distance from Lisbon, and Portugal's revolutionary disorder and inability to defend Timor. In early December 1975, before Portugal granted formal independence and as one party, FRETILIN, unilaterally declared East Timor's independence, Indonesia's armed forces invaded, conquered, and annexed East Timor. Indonesian occupation encountered East Timorese resistance, and a heavy loss of life followed. The East Timor question remained a contentious international issue in the UN, as well as in Lisbon and Jakarta, for more than 20 years following Indonesia's invasion and annexation of the former colony of Portugal. Major changes occurred, beginning in 1998, after Indonesia underwent a political revolution and allowed a referendum in East Timor to decide that territory's political future in August 1999. Most East Timorese chose independence, but Indonesian forces resisted that verdict until

   UN intervention in September 1999. Following UN rule for several years, East Timor attained full independence on 20 May 2002.

   Consolidation of Democracy, 1976-2000

   After several free elections and record voter turnouts between 25 April 1975 and June 1976, civil war was averted and Portugal's second democratic republic began to stabilize. The MFA was dissolved, the military were returned to the barracks, and increasingly elected civilians took over the government of the country. The 1976 Constitution was revised several times beginning in 1982 and 1989, in order to reempha-size the principle of free enterprise in the economy while much of the large, nationalized sector was privatized. In June 1976, General Ram-alho Eanes was elected the first constitutional president of the republic (five-year term), and he appointed socialist leader Dr. Mário Soares as prime minister of the first constitutional government.

   From 1976 to 1985, Portugal's new system featured a weak economy and finances, labor unrest, and administrative and political instability. The difficult consolidation of democratic governance was eased in part by the strong currency and gold reserves inherited from the Estado Novo, but Lisbon seemed unable to cope with high unemployment, new debt, the complex impact of the refugees from Africa, world recession, and the agitation of political parties. Four major parties emerged from the maelstrom of 1974-75, except for the Communist Party, all newly founded. They were, from left to right, the Communists (PCP); the Socialists (PS), who managed to dominate governments and the legislature but not win a majority in the Assembly of the Republic; the Social Democrats (PSD); and the Christian Democrats (CDS). During this period, the annual growth rate was low (l-2 percent), and the nationalized sector of the economy stagnated.

   Enhanced economic growth, greater political stability, and more effective central government as of 1985, and especially 1987, were due to several developments. In 1977, Portugal applied for membership in the European Economic Community (EEC), now the European Union (EU) since 1993. In January 1986, with Spain, Portugal was granted membership, and economic and financial progress in the intervening years has been significantly influenced by the comparatively large investment, loans, technology, advice, and other assistance from the EEC. Low unemployment, high annual growth rates (5 percent), and moderate inflation have also been induced by the new political and administrative stability in Lisbon. Led by Prime Minister Cavaco Silva, an economist who was trained abroad, the PSD's strong organization, management, and electoral support since 1985 have assisted in encouraging economic recovery and development. In 1985, the PSD turned the PS out of office and won the general election, although they did not have an absolute majority of assembly seats. In 1986, Mário Soares was elected president of the republic, the first civilian to hold that office since the First Republic. In the elections of 1987 and 1991, however, the PSD was returned to power with clear majorities of over 50 percent of the vote.

   Although the PSD received 50.4 percent of the vote in the 1991 parliamentary elections and held a 42-seat majority in the Assembly of the Republic, the party began to lose public support following media revelations regarding corruption and complaints about Prime Minister Cavaco Silva's perceived arrogant leadership style. President Mário Soares voiced criticism of the PSD's seemingly untouchable majority and described a "tyranny of the majority." Economic growth slowed down. In the parliamentary elections of 1995 and the presidential election of 1996, the PSD's dominance ended for the time being. Prime Minister Antônio Guterres came to office when the PS won the October 1995 elections, and in the subsequent presidential contest, in January 1996, socialist Jorge Sampaio, the former mayor of Lisbon, was elected president of the republic, thus defeating Cavaco Silva's bid. Young and popular, Guterres moved the PS toward the center of the political spectrum. Under Guterres, the PS won the October 1999 parliamentary elections. The PS defeated the PSD but did not manage to win a clear, working majority of seats, and this made the PS dependent upon alliances with smaller parties, including the PCP.

   In the local elections in December 2001, the PSD's criticism of PS's heavy public spending allowed the PSD to take control of the key cities of Lisbon, Oporto, and Coimbra. Guterres resigned, and parliamentary elections were brought forward from 2004 to March 2002. The PSD won a narrow victory with 40 percent of the votes, and Jose Durão Barroso became prime minister. Having failed to win a majority of the seats in parliament forced the PSD to govern in coalition with the right-wing Popular Party (PP) led by Paulo Portas. Durão Barroso set about reducing government spending by cutting the budgets of local authorities, freezing civil service hiring, and reviving the economy by accelerating privatization of state-owned enterprises. These measures provoked a 24-hour strike by public-sector workers. Durão Barroso reacted with vows to press ahead with budget-cutting measures and imposed a wage freeze on all employees earning more than €1,000, which affected more than one-half of Portugal's work force.

   In June 2004, Durão Barroso was invited by Romano Prodi to succeed him as president of the European Commission. Durão Barroso accepted and resigned the prime ministership in July. Pedro Santana Lopes, the leader of the PSD, became prime minister. Already unpopular at the time of Durão Barroso's resignation, the PSD-led government became increasingly unpopular under Santana Lopes. A month-long delay in the start of the school year and confusion over his plan to cut taxes and raise public-sector salaries, eroded confidence even more. By November, Santana Lopes's government was so unpopular that President Jorge Sampaio was obliged to dissolve parliament and hold new elections, two years ahead of schedule.

   Parliamentary elections were held on 20 February 2005. The PS, which had promised the electorate disciplined and transparent governance, educational reform, the alleviation of poverty, and a boost in employment, won 45 percent of the vote and the majority of the seats in parliament. The leader of the PS, José Sôcrates became prime minister on 12 March 2005. In the regularly scheduled presidential elections held on 6 January 2006, the former leader of the PSD and prime minister, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, won a narrow victory and became president on 9 March 2006. With a mass protest, public teachers' strike, and street demonstrations in March 2008, Portugal's media, educational, and social systems experienced more severe pressures. With the spreading global recession beginning in September 2008, Portugal's economic and financial systems became more troubled.

    Contemporary Portugal

   Owing to its geographic location on the southwestern most edge of continental Europe, Portugal has been historically in but not of Europe. Almost from the beginning of its existence in the 12th century as an independent monarchy, Portugal turned its back on Europe and oriented itself toward the Atlantic Ocean. After carving out a Christian kingdom on the western portion of the Iberian peninsula, Portuguese kings gradually built and maintained a vast seaborne global empire that became central to the way Portugal understood its individuality as a nation-state. While the creation of this empire allows Portugal to claim an unusual number of "firsts" or distinctions in world and Western history, it also retarded Portugal's economic, social, and political development. It can be reasonably argued that the Revolution of 25 April 1974 was the most decisive event in Portugal's long history because it finally ended Portugal's oceanic mission and view of itself as an imperial power. After the 1974 Revolution, Portugal turned away from its global mission and vigorously reoriented itself toward Europe. Contemporary Portugal is now both in and of Europe.

   The turn toward Europe began immediately after 25 April 1974. Portugal granted independence to its African colonies in 1975. It was admitted to the European Council and took the first steps toward accession to the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1976. On 28 March 1977, the Portuguese government officially applied for EEC membership. Because of Portugal's economic and social backwardness, which would require vast sums of EEC money to overcome, negotiations for membership were long and difficult. Finally, a treaty of accession was signed on 12 June 1985. Portugal officially joined the EEC (the European Union [EU] since 1993) on 1 January 1986. Since becoming a full-fledged member of the EU, Portugal has been steadily overcoming the economic and social underdevelopment caused by its imperial past and is becoming more like the rest of Europe.

   Membership in the EU has speeded up the structural transformation of Portugal's economy, which actually began during the Estado Novo. Investments made by the Estado Novo in Portugal's economy began to shift employment out of the agricultural sector, which, in 1950, accounted for 50 percent of Portugal's economically active population. Today, only 10 percent of the economically active population is employed in the agricultural sector (the highest among EU member states); 30 percent in the industrial sector (also the highest among EU member states); and 60 percent in the service sector (the lowest among EU member states). The economically active population numbers about 5,000,000 employed, 56 percent of whom are women. Women workers are the majority of the workforce in the agricultural and service sectors (the highest among the EU member states). The expansion of the service sector has been primarily in health care and education. Portugal has had the lowest unemployment rates among EU member states, with the overall rate never being more than 10 percent of the active population. Since joining the EU, the number of employers increased from 2.6 percent to 5.8 percent of the active population; self-employed from 16 to 19 percent; and employees from 65 to 70 percent. Twenty-six percent of the employers are women. Unemployment tends to hit younger workers in industry and transportation, women employed in domestic service, workers on short-term contracts, and poorly educated workers. Salaried workers earn only 63 percent of the EU average, and hourly workers only one-third to one-half of that earned by their EU counterparts. Despite having had the second highest growth of gross national product (GNP) per inhabitant (after Ireland) among EU member states, the above data suggest that while much has been accomplished in terms of modernizing the Portuguese economy, much remains to be done to bring Portugal's economy up to the level of the "average" EU member state.

   Membership in the EU has also speeded up changes in Portuguese society. Over the last 30 years, coastalization and urbanization have intensified. Fully 50 percent of Portuguese live in the coastal urban conurbations of Lisbon, Oporto, Braga, Aveiro, Coimbra, Viseu, Évora, and Faro. The Portuguese population is one of the oldest among EU member states (17.3 percent are 65 years of age or older) thanks to a considerable increase in life expectancy at birth (77.87 years for the total population, 74.6 years for men, 81.36 years for women) and one of the lowest birthrates (10.59 births/1,000) in Europe. Family size averages 2.8 persons per household, with the strict nuclear family (one or two generations) in which both parents work being typical. Common law marriages, cohabitating couples, and single-parent households are more and more common. The divorce rate has also increased. "Youth Culture" has developed. The young have their own meeting places, leisure-time activities, and nightlife (bars, clubs, and discos).

   All Portuguese citizens, whether they have contributed or not, have a right to an old-age pension, invalidity benefits, widowed persons' pension, as well as payments for disabilities, children, unemployment, and large families. There is a national minimum wage (€385 per month), which is low by EU standards. The rapid aging of Portugal's population has changed the ratio of contributors to pensioners to 1.7, the lowest in the EU. This has created deficits in Portugal's social security fund.

   The adult literacy rate is about 92 percent. Illiteracy is still found among the elderly. Although universal compulsory education up to grade 9 was achieved in 1980, only 21.2 percent of the population aged 25-64 had undergone secondary education, compared to an EU average of 65.7 percent. Portugal's higher education system currently consists of 14 state universities and 14 private universities, 15 state polytechnic institutions, one Catholic university, and one military academy. All in all, Portugal spends a greater percentage of its state budget on education than most EU member states. Despite this high level of expenditure, the troubled Portuguese education system does not perform well. Early leaving and repetition rates are among the highest among EU member states.

   After the Revolution of 25 April 1974, Portugal created a National Health Service, which today consists of 221 hospitals and 512 medical centers employing 33,751 doctors and 41,799 nurses. Like its education system, Portugal's medical system is inefficient. There are long waiting lists for appointments with specialists and for surgical procedures.

   Structural changes in Portugal's economy and society mean that social life in Portugal is not too different from that in other EU member states. A mass consumption society has been created. Televisions, telephones, refrigerators, cars, music equipment, mobile phones, and personal computers are commonplace. Sixty percent of Portuguese households possess at least one automobile, and 65 percent of Portuguese own their own home. Portuguese citizens are more aware of their legal rights than ever before. This has resulted in a trebling of the number of legal proceeding since 1960 and an eight-fold increase in the number of lawyers. In general, Portuguese society has become more permissive and secular; the Catholic Church and the armed forces are much less influential than in the past. Portugal's population is also much more culturally, religiously, and ethnically diverse, a consequence of the coming to Portugal of hundreds of thousands of immigrants, mainly from former African colonies.

   Portuguese are becoming more cosmopolitan and sophisticated through the impact of world media, the Internet, and the World Wide Web. A prime case in point came in the summer and early fall of 1999, with the extraordinary events in East Timor and the massive Portuguese popular responses. An internationally monitored referendum in East Timor, Portugal's former colony in the Indonesian archipelago and under Indonesian occupation from late 1975 to summer 1999, resulted in a vote of 78.5 percent for rejecting integration with Indonesia and for independence. When Indonesian prointegration gangs, aided by the Indonesian military, responded to the referendum with widespread brutality and threatened to reverse the verdict of the referendum, there was a spontaneous popular outpouring of protest in the cities and towns of Portugal. An avalanche of Portuguese e-mail fell on leaders and groups in the UN and in certain countries around the world as Portugal's diplomats, perhaps to compensate for the weak initial response to Indonesian armed aggression in 1975, called for the protection of East Timor as an independent state and for UN intervention to thwart Indonesian action. Using global communications networks, the Portuguese were able to mobilize UN and world public opinion against Indonesian actions and aided the eventual independence of East Timor on 20 May 2002.

   From the Revolution of 25 April 1974 until the 1990s, Portugal had a large number of political parties, one of the largest Communist parties in western Europe, frequent elections, and endemic cabinet instability. Since the 1990s, the number of political parties has been dramatically reduced and cabinet stability increased. Gradually, the Portuguese electorate has concentrated around two larger parties, the right-of-center Social Democrats (PSD) and the left-of-center Socialist (PS). In the 1980s, these two parties together garnered 65 percent of the vote and 70 percent of the seats in parliament. In 2005, these percentages had risen to 74 percent and 85 percent, respectively. In effect, Portugal is currently a two-party dominant system in which the two largest parties — PS and PSD—alternate in and out of power, not unlike the rotation of the two main political parties (the Regenerators and the Historicals) during the last decades (1850s to 1880s) of the liberal constitutional monarchy. As Portugal's democracy has consolidated, turnout rates for the eligible electorate have declined. In the 1970s, turnout was 85 percent. In Portugal's most recent parliamentary election (2005), turnout had fallen to 65 percent of the eligible electorate.

   Portugal has benefited greatly from membership in the EU, and whatever doubts remain about the price paid for membership, no Portuguese government in the near future can afford to sever this connection. The vast majority of Portuguese citizens see membership in the EU as a "good thing" and strongly believe that Portugal has benefited from membership. Only the Communist Party opposed membership because it reduces national sovereignty, serves the interests of capitalists not workers, and suffers from a democratic deficit. Despite the high level of support for the EU, Portuguese voters are increasingly not voting in elections for the European Parliament, however. Turnout for European Parliament elections fell from 40 percent of the eligible electorate in the 1999 elections to 38 percent in the 2004 elections.

   In sum, Portugal's turn toward Europe has done much to overcome its backwardness. However, despite the economic, social, and political progress made since 1986, Portugal has a long way to go before it can claim to be on a par with the level found even in Spain, much less the rest of western Europe. As Portugal struggles to move from underde-velopment, especially in the rural areas away from the coast, it must keep in mind the perils of too rapid modern development, which could damage two of its most precious assets: its scenery and environment. The growth and future prosperity of the economy will depend on the degree to which the government and the private sector will remain stewards of clean air, soil, water, and other finite resources on which the tourism industry depends and on which Portugal's world image as a unique place to visit rests. Currently, Portugal is investing heavily in renewable energy from solar, wind, and wave power in order to account for about 50 percent of its electricity needs by 2010. Portugal opened the world's largest solar power plant and the world's first commercial wave power farm in 2006.

   An American documentary film on Portugal produced in the 1970s described this little country as having "a Past in Search of a Future." In the years after the Revolution of 25 April 1974, it could be said that Portugal is now living in "a Present in Search of a Future." Increasingly, that future lies in Europe as an active and productive member of the EU.

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1. adjective
1) (of a dark colour between red and yellow: brown paint; Her eyes are brown.) marrón

2) (suntanned: She was very brown after her holiday in Greece.) moreno, bronceado

2. noun
1) ((any shade of) a colour similar to toasted bread, tanned skin, coffee etc.) marrón, tostado

2) (something (eg paint, polish etc) brown in colour: I prefer the brown to the green.) marrón

3. verb
(to make or become brown.) poner moreno

- browned off

brown adj n

1. marrón

brown shoes zapatos marrones

2. moreno

she's very brown, she sunbathes a lot es muy morena, toma mucho sol

3. castaño

brown hair pelo castaño

brown

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adjective

1 marrón

2 (hair etc) castaño,-a

3 (skin) moreno,-a

noun

1 marrón nombre masculino

2 (hair) castaño

3 (skin) color nombre masculino moreno

transitive verb

1 SMALLCOOKERY/SMALL dorar

2 (skin) poner moreno,-a, broncear

intransitive verb

1 SMALLCOOKERY/SMALL quedarse dorado,-a, dorarse

2 (tan) ponerse moreno,-a, broncearse

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

to go brown (in sun) ponerse moreno

brown ale cerveza negra

brown bear oso pardo

brown rice arroz nombre masculino integral

brown ['braʊn] vt

1) : dorar (en cocinar)

2) tan: broncear

brown vi

1) : dorarse (en cocinar)

2) tan: broncearse

brown adj

: marrón, café, castaño (dícese del pelo), moreno (dícese de la piel)

brown n

: marrón m, café m

brown

adj.

• castaño, -a adj.

• marrón adj.

• moreno, -a adj.

• pardo, -a adj.

• tostado, -a adj.

n.

• color café s.m.

v.

• brocear v.

• dorar v.

braʊn
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adjective -er, -est <shoe/dress/eyes> marrón, café adj inv (AmC, Chi, Méx), carmelito (Col); < hair> castaño; <skin/person> ( naturally) moreno; ( suntanned) bronceado, moreno

to get brown — broncearse, ponerse* moreno

II

mass noun marrón m, café m (AmC, Chi, Méx), carmelito m (Col)

III
1.

transitive verb

a) ( Culin) dorar

b) ( tan) broncear

2.

vi

a) ( Culin) dorarse

b) ( tan) broncearse, ponerse* moreno

[braʊn]
1. ADJ
(compar browner) (superl brownest)
1) (gen) marrón, color café (LAm); [hair] castaño; [leather] marrón

2) (=tanned) moreno, bronceado; [skin] moreno

to go brown — ponerse moreno, broncearse

- as brown as a berry

2.

N marrón m, color m café (LAm); [of eyes, hair] castaño m

3. VT

1) [sun] [+ person] broncear, poner moreno

2) (Culin) dorar

4. VI

1) [leaves etc] volverse de color marrón

2) [skin] ponerse moreno, broncearse

3) (Culin) dorarse

5.

CPD

brown ale N — cerveza f oscura or negra

brown bear N — oso m pardo

brown belt N — (in judo, karate) cinturón m marrón

brown bread N — pan m negro, pan m moreno (Sp)

brown egg N — huevo m moreno

brown goods NPL — (productos mpl de) línea f marrón, (productos mpl de) gama f marrón

brown owl N — (Orn) autillo m

brown paper N — papel m de estraza

brown rice N — arroz m integral

brown sauce N — (Brit) salsa de condimento, con sabor agridulce

brown study N —

- be in a brown study

brown sugar N — azúcar m moreno

- brown off

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[braʊn]
I

adjective -er, -est <shoe/dress/eyes> marrón, café adj inv (AmC, Chi, Méx), carmelito (Col); < hair> castaño; <skin/person> ( naturally) moreno; ( suntanned) bronceado, moreno

to get brown — broncearse, ponerse* moreno

II

mass noun marrón m, café m (AmC, Chi, Méx), carmelito m (Col)

III
1.

transitive verb

a) ( Culin) dorar

b) ( tan) broncear

2.

vi

a) ( Culin) dorarse

b) ( tan) broncearse, ponerse* moreno

English-spanish dictionary > brown
16 soft

soft
adjective

1) (not hard or firm; easily changing shape when pressed: a soft cushion.) blando

2) (pleasantly smooth to the touch: The dog has a soft, silky coat.) suave

3) (not loud: a soft voice.) suave

4) ((of colour) not bright or harsh: a soft pink.) suave

5) (not strict (enough): You are too soft with him.) blando

6) ((of a drink) not alcoholic: At the party they were serving soft drinks as well as wine and spirits.) no alcohólico

7) (childishly weak, timid or silly: Don't be so soft - the dog won't hurt you.) tonto, bobo

•

- softly
- softness
- soften
- soft-boiled
- soft-hearted
- soft-spoken
- software
- softwood
- have a soft spot for

soft adj

1. blando / suave

a soft bed una cama blanda

soft skin piel suave

soft music música suave

2. tenue / suave

soft colours colores tenues

soft

tr[sɒft]

adjective

1 (not hard) blando,-a; (spongy) esponjoso,-a; (flabby) fofo,-a

■ soft bed cama mullida

■ soft cheese queso blando

■ soft metal metal dulce

2 (skin, hair, fur, etc) suave

3 (light, music, colour) suave; (words) tierno,-a; (breeze, steps, knock) ligero,-a; (outline) difuminado,-a

■ in a soft voice en voz baja

4 familiar (easy) fácil

■ a soft job un chollo

5 (person - lenient) blando,-a, indulgente; (- weak) débil; (- gentle, kind) dulce; (- easily upset) sensiblero,-a

■ you're too soft on/with the kids eres demasiado blando con los niños

6 (water) blando,-a

7 SMALLLINGUISTICS/SMALL (consonant) suave

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

to be soft in the head ser tonto,-a del culo, ser estúpido,-a

to be soft on somebody (attracted) gustarle alguien a uno

■ he's soft on Louise le gusta Louise

to have a soft spot for somebody tener debilidad por alguien, tenerle cariño a alguien

soft copy datos nombre masculino plural contenidos en la memoria del ordenador

soft currency moneda débil

soft drink refresco, bebida no alcohólica

soft drug droga blanda

soft furnishings (tejidos nombre masculino plural para) cortinas, fundas de sofá, etc

soft landing aterrizaje nombre masculino suave

soft option camino fácil

soft palate velo del paladar

soft pedal SMALLMUSIC/SMALL pedal nombre masculino suave

soft porn pornografía blanda

soft sell venta basada en la persuasión

soft soap coba

soft toy muñeco de peluche, animal nombre masculino de peluche

soft ['sɔft] adj

1) : blando

a soft pillow: una almohada blanda

2) smooth: suave (dícese de las texturas, de los sonidos, etc.)

3) nonalcoholic: no alcohólico

a soft drink: un refresco

soft

adj.

• blando, -a adj.

• delicado, -a adj.

• débil adj.

• dócil adj.

• esponjoso, -a adj.

• flexible adj.

• fláccido, -a adj.

• fofo, -a adj.

• mole adj.

• muelle adj.

• pastoso, -a adj.

• remolón, -ona adj.

• suave adj.

• tenue adj.

• tierno, -a adj.

adv.

• blandamente adv.

• suavemente adv.

sɔːft, sɒft
adjective -er, -est

1)

a) ( not hard) blando; <cushion/mattress> blando, mullido; <dough/clay/pencil> blando; < metal> maleable, dúctil

to go soft — ablandarse

b) ( smooth) <fur/fabric> suave; < skin> suave, terso

2)

a) (mild, subdued) < breeze> suave; <light/color> suave, tenue

b) ( quiet) < music> suave

in a soft voice — en voz baja

3)

a) ( lenient) blando, indulgente

to be soft ON o WITH somebody — ser* blando or indulgente con alguien

to take a softer line on something — adoptar una actitud menos intransigente sobre algo

b) ( feeble-minded) (colloq)

to be soft (in the head) — ser* estúpido

4) ( easy) (colloq) < life> fácil

the soft option — el camino fácil

a soft target — un blanco fácil

soft sell — venta f blanda ( venta sin técnicas agresivas)

5) ( emotionally attached)

to be soft on somebody — tener* debilidad por alguien

6) < drugs> blando; < pornography> blando

7) ( Chem) < water> blando

8) < consonant> débil

[sɒft]
1. ADJ
(compar softer) (superl softest)
1) (=not hard) [ground, water, cheese, pencil, contact lens] blando; [bed, mattress, pillow] blando, mullido; [metal] maleable, dúctil; pej [muscles, flesh] blando

to go soft — [biscuits etc] ablandarse

his muscles have gone soft — sus músculos han perdido su fuerza, se le han ablandado los músculos

2) (=smooth) [skin, hair, fur, fabric, texture] suave

to make soft — [+ skin, clothes] suavizar; [+ leather] ablandar

3) (=gentle, not harsh) [breeze, landing] suave; [accent] ligero, leve; [music] suave; [light] tenue; [colour] delicado; [line] difuminado

in soft focus — desenfocado

soft lighting — luz f tenue

4) (=quiet) [whisper, laugh, step] suave; [whistle] flojo; [voice] suave, tenue

his voice was so soft she scarcely heard it — hablaba tan bajito que apenas le oía

the music is too soft — esta música está demasiado baja

5) (=kind) [smile, person] dulce; [words] tierno, dulce

to have a soft heart — ser todo corazón

6) (=lenient, weak) blando

the soft left — (Pol) la izquierda moderada, el centro-izquierda

to take a soft line against sth — adoptar una línea suave en contra de algo

to be (too) soft on/with sth/sb — ser (demasiado) blando or indulgente con algo/algn

7) (=easy) fácil

soft job — chollo m (Sp) *, trabajo m fácil

soft option — camino m fácil

soft target — blanco m fácil
touch 1., 2)
8) * (=foolish) bobo *, tonto

you must be soft! — ¡tú eres tonto!, ¡has perdido el juicio!

to be soft in the head — ser un poco bobo *

9) (=fond)

to be soft on sb — sentir afecto por algn

to have a soft spot for sb — tener debilidad por algn

10) (Ling) débil

11) (Econ) [prices, economy] débil; [sales, market, growth] flojo

2.

CPD [currency, drug, fruit] blando

soft brown sugar N — azúcar f morena blanda, azúcar m moreno blando

soft centre N — relleno m blando

soft commodities NPL — (Econ) bienes mpl perecederos, bienes mpl no durables

soft copy N — (Comput) copia f transitoria

soft drink N — bebida f refrescante, refresco m

soft fruit N — (Brit) bayas fpl

soft furnishings NPL — textiles mpl

soft goods NPL — (Comm) géneros mpl textiles, tejidos mpl

soft landing N — aterrizaje m suave

soft margarine N — margarina f (fácil de untar)

soft money N — (US) papel m moneda

soft palate N — (Anat) velo m del paladar

soft pedal N — (Mus) pedal m suave
soft-pedal
soft phone N — (Comput) teléfono m de software

soft porn, soft pornography N — pornografía f blanda

soft sell N — venta f por persuasión

soft shoulder N — (US) arcén m de tierra (para frenazos de emergencia)

soft skills NPL — habilidades fpl interpersonales

soft soap * N — coba * f

to give sb soft soap — dar coba a algn *
soft-soap
soft top N — (esp US) descapotable m

soft toy N — juguete m de peluche

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[sɔːft, sɒft]
adjective -er, -est

1)

a) ( not hard) blando; <cushion/mattress> blando, mullido; <dough/clay/pencil> blando; < metal> maleable, dúctil

to go soft — ablandarse

b) ( smooth) <fur/fabric> suave; < skin> suave, terso

2)

a) (mild, subdued) < breeze> suave; <light/color> suave, tenue

b) ( quiet) < music> suave

in a soft voice — en voz baja

3)

a) ( lenient) blando, indulgente

to be soft ON o WITH somebody — ser* blando or indulgente con alguien

to take a softer line on something — adoptar una actitud menos intransigente sobre algo

b) ( feeble-minded) (colloq)

to be soft (in the head) — ser* estúpido

4) ( easy) (colloq) < life> fácil

the soft option — el camino fácil

a soft target — un blanco fácil

soft sell — venta f blanda ( venta sin técnicas agresivas)

5) ( emotionally attached)

to be soft on somebody — tener* debilidad por alguien

6) < drugs> blando; < pornography> blando

7) ( Chem) < water> blando

8) < consonant> débil

English-spanish dictionary > soft
17 cojinillo

(Sp. model spelled same [koxiníjo], probably < Italian cuscino 'cushion, pillow' plus the Spanish dimunitive suffix -illo)

Blevins notes that this term refers to a pocket on a saddle or a small box or case fastened to a saddle. Used to carry small objects, including bottles of liquor. Santamaría indicates that in Mexico it can also refer to one of two pockets or wicker baskets that hang from the head of the saddle. They are used to carry letters, lightweight goods, provisions, and other items. Santamaría notes that the term is generally used in the plural. Islas glosses cojinillo as each of the two detachable round leather bags that hang from the front part of the saddle and are used in a similar fashion. See also cantina.

Vocabulario Vaquero > cojinillo
18 hand

1. [hænd] n
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1. рука, кисть руки

cupped hands - горсть; пригоршня

the back of the hand - тыльная сторона руки

the palm of the hand - ладонь

with one's own hand - собственноручно (тж. юр.)

with one's bare hands - голыми руками

piece for four hands - пьеса для игры в четыре руки

laying on of the hands - церк. рукоположение

hands off! - руки прочь!

hands up! - а) руки вверх!; б) поднимите руки (на уроке и т. п.)

to take [to hold] smb.'s hand - взять [держать] кого-л. за руку

to lead smb. by the hand - вести кого-л. за руку

to drink from cupped hands - пить из горсти

to vote by show of hands - голосовать поднятием руки

to go on one's hands and knees - ползти на четвереньках

he writes with his left hand - он левша

he has his hands tied - у него связаны руки (тж. перен.)

2. 1) лапа, передняя нога ( обезьяны)

the monkey has four hands - у обезьяны четыре лапы

2) лапа (сокола, попугая)

3) клешня ( рака)

3. указатель ( изображающий руку с вытянутым указательным пальцем)

4. сторона, направление, положение

on either hand - по обе стороны

on all hands, on every hand - со всех сторон

fact admitted on all hands - общепризнанный факт

to strengthen one's hand - укрепить свои позиции (на переговорах и т. п.)

at his right [left] hand sat the President - справа [слева] от него сидел президент

5. источник (сведений, информации и т. п.)

a story heard at second hand - история, услышанная от третьего лица

he has it from several hands - ему говорили об этом несколько человек

6. стрелка (часов, барометра и т. п.)

7. крыло ( семафора)

8. ком.

1) пучок, связка

a hand of tobacco - связка листового табака

a hand of bananas - гроздь бананов

2) окорок

a hand of pork - свиной окорок

9. повод, поводья, узда

10. ладонь, хенд (мера длины, равная четырём дюймам; ≈ 10,16 см)

a horse 16 hands high - лошадь высотой в 160 см

11. фактура (ткани и т. п.)

the smooth hand of leather - мягкость /гладкость/ кожи

the fabric has a cashmerelike hand - на ощупь ткань напоминает кашемир

II

1. часто pl рабочий, работник ( занятый физическим трудом)

hands wanted! - требуется рабочая сила!; требуются рабочие!

factory hand - рабочий на фабрике

farm hand - помощник на ферме; сельскохозяйственный рабочий

2. 1) матрос

2) pl мор. команда, экипаж ( судна)

all hands on deck! - все наверх!

all hands to quarters! - все по своим местам!

3. pl группа, компания

all hands joined in the game - все присутствующие включились в игру

4. автор; исполнитель

a book written by various hands - книга нескольких авторов

a picture by the same hand - картина (кисти) того же художника

5. мастер своего дела; искусник, умелец; дока; человек, имеющий большой опыт в чём-л.

to be a new hand at smth. - быть новичком в чём-л.

he is quite a hand with the violin - он прекрасно играет на скрипке

she is a great hand at thinking up new games - она мастерица придумывать новые игры

he is a real hand at geometry - он отлично разбирается в геометрии

I am no great hand at poetry - я не силён в поэзии

he is a fine hand at cooking - он отличный повар

he is no new hand at it - он не новичок в этом деле

he is an old parliamentary hand - у него большой опыт парламентской деятельности

6. умение, ловкость, мастерство; манера исполнения

the hand of a true craftsman - рука настоящего мастера

to be in hand with smth. - ловко /искусно/ делать что-л.

to get one's hand in - набраться опыта; набить руку

to try one's hand in painting - попробовать себя в живописи

he can turn his hand to anything - он мастер на все руки

his hand is in - у него это хорошо получается

a pianist has to practise every day to keep his hand in - пианист должен упражняться ежедневно, чтобы сохранить беглость пальцев

his hand is out - а) он устал; б) он отвык

his hand had been out at tennis for so long that he could not get it in again - он так долго не играл в теннис, что совсем разучился

it does not lie to his hand - это не очень хорошо у него получается

7. 1) почерк

to write a very legible hand - писать очень разборчиво, иметь очень разборчивый почерк

he has a beautiful small hand - у него прекрасный мелкий почерк

2) подпись

a note of hand - расписка

under the hand of - за подписью

under hand and seal - юр. за подписью и печатью

8. помощь

a helping hand - а) помощь; б) помощник

to give /to lend/ a hand - оказать помощь, помочь

lend me a hand with my coat - помоги мне надеть пальто

to bear a hand - помогать, содействовать

9. роль, участие, доля

to have a hand in smth. - участвовать в чём-л.; приложить руку к чему-л.

he had no hand in the affair - он не принимал в этом участия

I had to take a hand - я вынужден был вмешаться

10. театр. разг. аплодисменты

to give smb. a big hand - громко /дружно/ аплодировать кому-л.

to get a hand - сорвать аплодисменты

III

1. 1) контроль; власть, твёрдая рука

believers in the strong hand - поборники суровых мер

to act with a heavy /high/ hand - действовать безжалостно; подавлять безжалостной рукой

to rule with a firm hand - править твёрдой рукой

to put down a revolt with a heavy hand - жестоко подавить восстание

to keep a strict hand over smb. - держать кого-л. в ежовых рукавицах, держать кого-л. в руках

2) обыкн. pl владение; распоряжение

to change hands - перейти в другие руки; переходить из рук в руки

to fall into the enemy's hands - попасть в руки врага

to put oneself in smb.'s hands - довериться, вверить кому-л. свою судьбу

the hotel has changed hands - в отеле новый владелец /хозяин/

my fate is in your hands - моя судьба в ваших руках

3) pl попечение, забота

to take smth. on one's hands - принять на себя заботы о чём-л.

to be in good hands - быть в хороших руках

to get off one's hands - сбыть с рук

he has a family on his hands - у него на руках семья

2. 1) согласие, обещание

here's my hand on it! - вот вам моя рука!, даю вам слово!

2) согласие или предложение вступить в брак

to ask smb.'s hand - просить чьей-л. руки

he offered her his hand - он предложил ей руку (и сердце)

3. карт.

1) карты, находящиеся на руках у одного игрока

to have a good hand - иметь хорошие карты

I'm holding my hand! - я - пас

2) игрок, рука

3) партия; кон

even hands - «при своих»

to win the hand - выиграть партию

let's have a hand at bridge - давайте сыграем в бридж

♢

the hand of God - десница божья, провидение, божья воля

at /амер. on/ hand - а) под рукой, рядом, неподалёку; б) готовый, доступный; there is always a doctor at hand - врач всегда в вашем распоряжении; всегда можно вызвать врача; в) близко, вскоре (тж. close at hand, near at hand)

Christmas was close at hand - близилось рождество

dawn is at hand - близится рассвет

winter is at hand - зима на носу

at the hand of - от руки

he died at the hand of a murderer - он погиб от руки убийцы

by hand - ручным способом, вручную

lace made by hand - кружева ручной работы

to send a letter by hand - послать письмо с нарочным

to bring up /to feed/ a child [a calf] by hand - искусственно вскармливать ребёнка [телёнка]

in hand - а) в руках; в наличии; в чьём-л. распоряжении; cash in hand - наличные деньги; he still has some money in hand - у него ещё остались деньги; I have five minutes in hand - у меня ещё пять минут в запасе; б) под контролем; to bear smb. in hand - держать кого-л. в руках /в своей власти/; I'll take it in hand - я этим займусь; я беру это на себя; to keep a car /a horse/ well in hand - хорошо смотреть /ухаживать/ за машиной /за лошадью/; to keep /to have/ oneself well in hand - не распускаться, не давать воли чувствам; держать себя в руках; в) в работе; в стадии рассмотрения

the matter in hand - повестка дня; текущая /рассматриваемая/ проблема; вопрос, о котором идёт речь

the work is in hand - работа ведётся

off hand - экспромтом; не раздумывая

off one's hands - ≅ с плеч долой

I got it off my hands - я больше за это не отвечаю

he can't get the work off his hands - он никак не может разделаться с этой работой

on hand - на руках; в наличии

to have too many goods (left) on hand /on one's hands/ - иметь в наличии слишком много товаров, затовариться

work on hand - текущая работа

I'm on hand if you need me - я буду рядом /здесь/ - позовите, если понадоблюсь

to have an hour on one's hands - иметь в распоряжении свободный час

out of hand - а) немедленно, быстро, экспромтом; недолго думая, с места в карьер; без долгих слов; to do smth. out of hand - сделать что-л. без промедления /экспромтом/; to reject smth. out of hand - отказать наотрез; отклонить (предложение и т. п.) без обсуждения; б) бесконтрольно; his wrath got out of hand - им овладела слепая ярость; в) отбившийся от рук; these children are quite out of hand - дети совсем распустились; г) сделанный, законченный (о работе, деле и т. п.)

the case has been out of hand for some time - дело было закончено некоторое время назад

to hand - а) поблизости, в пределах досягаемости; б) находящийся в чьём-л. распоряжении

the first excuse to hand - первое попавшееся объяснение

to come to hand - попасть в руки; прийти, поступить (о письме и т. п.); появиться; подвернуться

your parcel came to hand this morning - ваша посылка пришла сегодня утром

new evidence came to hand - появились новые доказательства

take what comes next to hand - бери, что хочешь

to one's hand - на свой манер, на свой лад

to bring up to one's hand - воспитать /переделать/ на свой лад

under hand - скрытно, тайком

hand in hand - а) взявшись за руки; б) вместе, сообща

hand to hand - ≅ лицом к лицу

to fight hand to hand - сойтись /схватиться/ врукопашную

hand over hand, hand over fist - а) быстро /живо/ и легко; to come up hand over hand - приближаться на всех парах ( о корабле); б) стабильно; медленно, но верно

to climb hand over fist - карабкаться вверх, перебирая руками /перехватывая руки/

to drink hand to fist - пить запоем

hand over head - смело, очертя голову

hand in /and/ glove (with) - в тесной связи; в тесном сотрудничестве

they are hand in glove - они всегда заодно; они спелись

hand and foot - а) по рукам и ногам; to bind hand and foot - связать по рукам и ногам; б) не за страх, а за совесть

to serve hand and foot - служить не за страх, а за совесть

heart and hand см. heart I ♢

from hand to hand - из рук в руки

to live from hand to mouth - с трудом перебиваться; кое-как сводить концы с концами

on the one hand..., on the other hand - с одной стороны..., с другой стороны

at /on/ any hand - во всяком случае

for one's own hand - для собственной пользы

he fought for his own hand - он защищал собственные интересы

in the turning of a hand - уст. вмиг, в одно мгновение

hands down - легко, без труда

to win (with) hands down - легко добиться победы

a man of quick hands - ловкий, быстрый, исполнительный человек

to make a hand - преуспеть

to make a (good) hand of smth. - нагреть руки /поживиться/ на чём-л.

to show one's hand - голосовать, поднимая руки

to tip one's hand - преждевременно сообщать свои планы, раскрывать свои карты

to stand one's hand - сл. заплатить за выпивку, угостить кого-л. спиртным

to wring one's hands - ломать /заламывать/ руки (от отчаяния и т. п.)

to kiss one's hand to smb. - послать кому-л. воздушный поцелуй

to join hands - объединиться, объединить усилия

to strike hands - ударить по рукам, договориться

to shake hands with smb. - жать руку кому-л., здороваться или прощаться с кем-л. за руку

throw up one's hands - опустить руки, признать своё поражение, спасовать

to lay hands on smth. - завладеть чем-л.

to lay hands on smb. - захватить, арестовать кого-л.

to put one's hand on smth. - иметь что-л. под рукой

I can't put my hand on a pencil - у меня нет под рукой карандаша

to set /to put/ one's hands to a task - взяться за работу

I don't know what to put my hands to fist - не знаю, с чего мне начать

to put /to dip/ one's hand in the till - запускать руку в кассу

to wash one's hands of smb. - снимать с себя ответственность (за кого-л.), умывать руки

to have one's hands full - ≅ хлопот полон рот

to have a light hand - быть деликатным /тактичным/

to have clean hands - быть неподкупным /честным/

to put the last hand to smth. - отделать что-л. начисто, завершить что-л.

to get the better hand - получить преимущество

to get /to have/ the upper hand - одержать верх, одолеть, взять верх

to lay violent hands on oneself - книжн. наложить на себя руки

not to do a hand's turn - ничего не делать; ≅ не ударить палец о палец

not to move hand or foot - ничего не делать /не предпринимать/; ≅ не ударить палец о палец

play into the hand's of smb. /into smb.'s hands/ - играть на руку кому-л.; ≅ лить воду на чью-л. мельницу

to sit on one's hands - а) сидеть сложа руки, выжидать; б) не аплодировать

to be on /upon/ the mending hand - выздоравливать

to spend money with both hands - сорить деньгами; швырять деньги направо и налево

to be flippant with one's hands - давать волю рукам
2. [hænd] a
1. 1) ручной

hand crank - заводная рукоятка

hand baggage - ручная кладь

hand brake - ручной тормоз

2) сделанный вручную, ручным способом

hand getting - горн. ручная добыча /выемка/

3) переносный

4) наручный, для ношения на руке

2. в грам. знач. нареч. вручную

hand knitted - связанный вручную, ручной вязки

hand made - ручной работы

hand sewn - сшитый вручную
3. [hænd] v
1. передавать; вручать

to hand smb. a discharge - разг. уволить кого-л.

she was handed the prize for reading - ей вручили приз за чтение, она получила приз за чтение

2. дотрагиваться, касаться

3. (into, out of, to) провести за руку; помочь (войти, пройти)

to hand a lady into a car - посадить даму в машину

4. (обыкн. hand it to smb.)

1) разг. отдавать должное

you have to hand it to him, he could work - надо отдать ему должное, работать он умел; чего-чего, а умения работать у него не отнимешь

2) признать себя побеждённым, уступить

5. мор. убрать ( паруса)

НБАРС > hand
19 NAPA

Multiple Entries: napa ñapa
ñapa sustantivo femenino (AmL fam) small amount of extra goods given free, lagniappe (AmE);
◊ dar algo de ñapa to throw sth in (for free) (colloq);
me dio dos de ñapa she threw in a couple extra
napa sustantivo femenino imitation leather ' ñapa' also found in these entries: Spanish: napa

N ABBR
(US) = National Association of Performing Artists sindicato de trabajadores del espectáculo

English-spanish dictionary > NAPA
20 صندوق (للخبز أو الفحم، إلخ)

صُنْدُوق (للخُبْز أو الفَحْم، إلخ)‏ \ bin: a large container, esp. one for coal, bread or waste material. box: a container with flat sides, of wood, cardboard metal, etc.. case: a box, container, or covering: a case of oranges; a packing case: a suitcase; a bookcase; a case for one’s reading glasses. fund: an amount of money for a special purpose: the ‘Save the Children’ fund. locker: one of a set of small cupboards in a public place (railway station, swimming baths, etc.) for personal things (bags, clothes, etc.). \ See Also مال (مُخصَّص)، خزانة (خِزانَة)‏ \ صُنْدُوق الأَمْتِعَة في السَّيَّارة \ boot: the enclosed back part of a car, where bags are carried. \ صُنْدُوق البَريد (في الشارع)‏ \ letter box: a box in the street, where the public may put letters for the post; an opening in the front door of a building, through which letters are received. postbox: esp. a special container (in the wall of a post office; in the street) with a hole through which one puts letters for the post. \ صُنْدُوق البَريد القائم \ pillar-box, postbox, mail box: a public letter box standing in the street. \ صُنْدُوق تُرُوس السُّرعة \ gearbox: the part of a car that contains the full set of gears. \ صُنْدُوق التعبِئة \ packing case: a wooden box (fastened with nails, not with a lock) in which goods are packed. \ صُنْدُوق الثِّيَاب \ trunk: a large box (of leather, metal or wood) for a traveller’s belongings. \ صُنْدُوق السيّارة \ trunk: the boot of a car. \ صُنْدُوق القُمامة \ dustbin, garbage: a can, a container (kept outside the house) for waste paper, tins, etc.. \ صُنْدُوق كبير \ chest: a large strong box for storing things.

Arabic-English dictionary > صندوق (للخبز أو الفحم، إلخ)

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