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41 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 During the sixth century CE, the Suevi kingdom was superseded by yet another Germanic tribe—the Christian Visigoths.A major turning point in Portugal's history came in 711, as Muslim armies from North Africa, consisting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, 714-1140The 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, 1140-1385Two 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 inPortugal (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, 1385-1580The 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, 1580-1640Despite 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, 1640-1822Foreign 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 theChurch (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, 1822-1910During 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, 1910-26Portugal'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), 1926-74During 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, 1974-76Following 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 untilUN intervention in September 1999. Following UN rule for several years, East Timor attained full independence on 20 May 2002.Consolidation of Democracy, 1976-2000After 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.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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I 1. adjectivekompakt; komprimiert [Stil]2. transitive verb II nounPuderdose [mit Puder(stein)]III noun(agreement) Vertrag, der* * *I 1. [kəm'pækt] adjective(fitted neatly together in a small space: Our new house is very compact.) kompakt2. ['kompækt] noun(a small container for women's face-powder: a powder-compact with a mirror.) die PuderdoseII ['kompækt](an agreement: The management and trade union leaders finally signed a compact.) der Vertrag- academic.ru/14706/compact_disc">compact disc* * *com·pact1I. adj[kəmˈpækt]of \compact build von gedrungener Statura \compact cluster of houses eine eng verbaute Häusergruppe\compact style knapper Stil2. (small) kompakt\compact camera Kompaktkamera fa \compact office ein kleines BüroII. vt[kəmˈpækt]( form)III. n[ˈkɒmpækt, AM ˈkɑ:-]2. AM, AUS AUTO Kompaktwagen mcom·pact2[ˈkɒmpækt, AM ˈkɑ:-]n ( form)to make a \compact eine Übereinkunft schließen* * *I [kəm'pkt]1. adj (+er)kompakt; style of writing, prose also gedrängt; soil, snow fest2. vt1) snow, soil festtreten/-walzen/-fahren etc2) (fig liter)II ['kɒmpkt]to be compacted of... — sich aus... zusammensetzen
n1) (= powder compact) Puderdose f3) (= camera) Kompaktkamera fIII ['kɒmpkt]n(form: agreement) Vereinbarung f, Übereinkunft f* * *compact1 [ˈkɒmpækt; US ˈkɑm-] s Vertrag m, Pakt m:make a compact to do sth vertraglich vereinbaren, etwas zu tuncompact2 [kəmˈpækt]A adj (adv compactly)1. kompakt, fest, dicht gedrängt, Raum sparend:compact car → C 4;2. GEOL dicht, massiv3. gedrungen (Gestalt)4. eng, klein (Wohnung etc)B v/t1. kompakt machen, zusammendrängen, -pressen, fest miteinander verbinden, verdichten:compacted → A;compacted of zusammengesetzt aus2. konsolidieren, festigenC s [ˈkɒmpækt]1. kompakte Masse3. Puderdose f4. AUTO US Kompaktauto n, -wagen m* * *I 1. adjectivekompakt; komprimiert [Stil]2. transitive verb II nounPuderdose [mit Puder(stein)]III noun(agreement) Vertrag, der* * *adj.gedrungen adj.kompakt (Mathematik) adj.kompakt adj.massiv adj.zusammengedrängt (alt.Rechtschreibung) adj. -
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deal [di:l](pt & pp dealt [delt])1 noun∎ business deal affaire f, marché m, transaction f;∎ to do or to make a deal with sb conclure une affaire ou un marché avec qn;∎ I'll make a deal with you je te propose un marché;∎ the deal is off l'affaire est annulée, le marché est rompu;∎ the government does not do deals with terrorists le gouvernement ne traite pas avec les terroristes;∎ no deals! pas de marchandage!;∎ no deal! je ne marche pas!;∎ it's a deal! marché conclu!;∎ familiar you've got (yourself) a deal! ça marche!, ça roule!;∎ that wasn't the deal ce n'est pas ce qui était convenu;∎ a good/bad deal une bonne/mauvaise affaire;∎ to get a good deal faire une bonne affaire;∎ to give sb a fair deal être juste avec qn;∎ the government promised (to give) teachers a better deal le gouvernement a promis d'améliorer la condition des enseignants;∎ to get a rotten deal out of life ne pas être gâté par la vie;∎ Politics the New Deal le New Deal, la Nouvelle Donne∎ it's my deal c'est à moi de donner∎ a (good) deal of, a great deal of (money, time etc) beaucoup de;∎ he thinks a good/great deal of her il l'estime beaucoup/énormément;∎ I didn't enjoy it a great deal je n'ai pas trop ou pas tellement aimé;∎ there's a good or great deal of truth in what you say il y a beaucoup de vrai dans ce que vous dites;∎ I didn't do a great deal last night je n'ai pas fait grand-chose hier soir;∎ a good/great deal faster beaucoup plus vite;∎ familiar no big deal ça ne fait rien;∎ familiar he made a big deal out of it il en a fait tout un plat ou tout un cinéma;∎ familiar what's the big deal? et alors?, et puis quoi?;∎ familiar that's not such a big deal ça ne vaut pas la peine qu'on en fasse tout un plat ou tout un cinéma∎ a deal table une table en bois∎ to deal sb a blow assener un coup à qn;∎ figurative the news of her death dealt him a heavy blow ce fut pour lui un coup terrible que d'apprendre sa mort;∎ figurative to deal sth a blow, to deal a blow to sth porter un coup à qch∎ it's your turn or it's you to deal c'est à toi de distribuer ou de donner∎ the firm has been dealing for over 50 years cette société est en activité depuis plus de 50 ans;∎ to deal on the Stock Exchange faire des opérations ou des transactions en bourse;∎ to deal in leather/in options faire le commerce des cuirs/des primes;∎ to deal in drugs revendre de la drogue;∎ figurative to deal in death/human misery être un marchand de mort/de misère humaine(c) (in drugs) revendre de la drogue, dealer∎ figurative deal me in tu peux compter sur moi∎ figurative deal me out ne compte pas sur moi(a) (handle → problem, situation, query, complaint) traiter; (→ customer, member of the public) traiter avec; (→ difficult situation, child) s'occuper de;∎ a difficult child to deal with un enfant difficile;∎ a job that involves dealing with the public un travail qui implique un contact avec le public;∎ the author deals with the question very sensitively l'auteur traite ou aborde ce sujet avec beaucoup de délicatesse;∎ I'll deal with it (problem, situation etc) je m'en occupe, je m'en charge;∎ I know how to deal with him je sais m'y prendre avec lui;∎ I'll deal with you later (to naughty child) je vais m'occuper de toi ou de ton cas plus tard;∎ I can't deal with all the work I've got je ne me sors pas de tout le travail que j'ai;∎ the management dealt with the situation promptly la direction a réagi immédiatement;∎ the culprits were dealt with severely les coupables ont été sévèrement punis;∎ the switchboard deals with over 1,000 calls a day le standard traite ou reçoit plus de 1000 appels par jour;∎ that's that dealt with voilà qui est fait∎ she's not an easy woman to deal with ce n'est pas facile de traiter ou négocier avec elle(c) (be concerned with) traiter de;∎ in my lecture, I shall deal with… dans mon cours, je traiterai de… -
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I
1. kəm'pækt adjective(fitted neatly together in a small space: Our new house is very compact.) compacto
2. 'kompækt noun(a small container for women's face-powder: a powder-compact with a mirror.) polvera de bolsillo
II 'kompækt(an agreement: The management and trade union leaders finally signed a compact.)tr['kɒmpækt]1 (agreement) pacto, acuerdo, convenio————————1 (for powder) polvera de bolsillo2 SMALLAMERICAN ENGLISH/SMALL coche nombre masculino utilitario1 compactar, comprimir\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLcompact disc disco compacto, compact disc nombre masculinocompact disc player reproductor nombre masculino de compact disccompact [kəm'pækt, 'kɑm.pækt] vt: compactar, consolidar, comprimircompact [kəm'pækt, 'kɑm.pækt] adj1) dense, solid: compacto, macizo, denso2) concise: breve, concisocompact ['kɑm.pækt] n1) agreement: acuerdo m, pacto m2) : polvera f, estuche m de maquillajeadj.• apelmazado, -a adj.• breve adj.• compacto, -a adj.• polvera de bolsillo adj.• prieto, -a adj.n.• convenio s.m.• pacto s.m.v.• compactar v.• consolidar v.
I kəm'pækta) ( small and neat) compactob) ( tightly packed) < soil> compactoc) ( concise) < style of writing> conciso
II 'kɑːmpækt, 'kɒmpækt1)2) compact (car) (AmE) coche m compacto3) ( agreement) (frml) pacto m, acuerdo m
III kəm'pækttransitive verb (usu pass) \<\<soil/snow\>\> compactar, comprimir
I
1.ADJ [kǝm'pækt](=small) compacto; (=dense) apretado, sólido; [style] breve, conciso2.VT [kǝm'pækt][+ snow, earth] compactar ( into en); (=condense) [+ text, activities] condensar3.VI [kǝm'pækt][snow] comprimirse4. N['kɒmpækt]1) (also: powder compact) polvera f5.CPD ['kɒmpækt]compact car N — (US) utilitario m
compact disc N — disco m compacto, compact m
compact disc player N — lector m de discos compactos
II
['kɒmpækt]N (=agreement) pacto m, convenio m* * *
I [kəm'pækt]a) ( small and neat) compactob) ( tightly packed) < soil> compactoc) ( concise) < style of writing> conciso
II ['kɑːmpækt, 'kɒmpækt]1)2) compact (car) (AmE) coche m compacto3) ( agreement) (frml) pacto m, acuerdo m
III [kəm'pækt]transitive verb (usu pass) \<\<soil/snow\>\> compactar, comprimir -
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engagement [ɑ̃gaʒmɑ̃]masculine nouna. ( = promesse) commitment ; ( = accord) agreement• faire face à/honorer ses engagements to meet/honour one's commitmentsb. [d'employé] taking on ; ( = recrutement) [de soldats] enlistmentc. ( = contrat d'artiste) engagementd. [de capitaux] investing ; [de dépenses] incurring• engagement personnel/politique personal/political commitment* * *ɑ̃gaʒmɑ̃nom masculin1) ( promesse) commitmentremplir ses engagements — to honour [BrE] one's commitments
2) ( participation) involvement4) ( contrat) engagement•Phrasal Verbs:* * *ɑ̃ɡaʒmɑ̃ nm1) (= recrutement) taking on, MILITAIRE enlistment2) (= lancement) [offensive, manoeuvre] starting3) (= mise en oeuvre) [ressources] investing4) (= promesse) commitmentsans engagement COMMERCE — without obligation
5) (= implication de soi) commitmentSon engagement politique lui fait honneur, mais cela lui a coûté son poste. — His political commitment is to his credit, but it cost him his job.
* * *engagement nm1 ( promesse) commitment; engagement moral/solennel moral/solemn commitment; engagements financiers financial commitments; prendre un engagement to make a commitment; prendre l'engagement de faire to undertake to do; l'engagement pris par la direction de faire the management's undertaking to do; remplir ses engagements to honourGB one's commitments; ne pas honorer or respecter or tenir ses engagements to fail to honourGB one's commitments; sans engagement de votre part Jur with no obligation on your part;2 ( participation) involvement; mon engagement dans la politique/le projet my involvement in politics/the project;3 Mil ( fait de s'engager) enlistment; ( durée) enlistment; ( combat) engagement; un engagement de trois ans a three-year enlistment;4 ( contrat) engagement; avoir plusieurs engagements [acteur, chanteur] to have several engagements;5 ( pendant l'accouchement) engagement.engagement contractuel contractual obligation; engagement à l'essai employment on a trial basis; engagement politique political commitment; engagement volontaire volunteering.[ɑ̃gaʒmɑ̃] nom masculinfaire honneur à/manquer à ses engagements to honour/to fail to honour one's commitmentsprendre l'engagement de to undertake ou to agree torespecter ses engagements envers quelqu'un to fulfil (UK) ou to fulfill (US) one's commitments ou obligations towards somebodyb. [dans une publicité] no obligation to buy[mise en action][recrutement] enlistment6. [prise de position] commitment7. [mise en gage] pawning -
46 settle
1. transitive verb1) (place) (horizontally) [sorgfältig] legen; (vertically) [sorgfältig] stellen; (at an angle) [sorgfältig] lehnenhe settled himself comfortably on the couch — er machte es sich (Dat.) auf der Couch bequem
3) (determine, resolve) aushandeln, sich einigen auf [Preis]; beilegen [Streit, Konflikt, Meinungsverschiedenheit]; beseitigen, ausräumen [Zweifel, Bedenken]; entscheiden [Frage, Spiel]; regeln, in Ordnung bringen [Angelegenheit]that settles it — dann ist ja alles klar (ugs.); (expr. exasperation) jetzt reicht's! (ugs.)
settle one's affairs — seine Angelegenheiten in Ordnung bringen; seinen Nachlass regeln
4) (deal with, dispose of) fertig werden mit5) bezahlen, (geh.) begleichen [Rechnung, Betrag]; erfüllen [Forderung, Anspruch]; ausgleichen [Konto]6) (cause to sink) sich absetzen lassen [Bodensatz, Sand, Sediment]a shower will settle the dust — ein Schauer wird den Staub binden
7) (calm) beruhigen [Nerven, Magen]8) (colonize) besiedeln9) (bestow)2. intransitive verbsettle money/property on somebody — jemandem Geld/Besitz übereignen
2) (end dispute) sich einigen3) (pay what is owed) abrechnen4) (in chair etc.) sich niederlassen; (to work etc.) sich konzentrieren (to auf + Akk.); (into way of life etc.) sich gewöhnen ( into an + Akk.)the snow/dust settled on the ground — der Schnee blieb liegen/der Staub setzte sich [am Boden] ab
darkness/silence/fog settled over the village — Dunkelheit/Stille/Nebel legte od. senkte sich über das Dorf
5) (subside) [Haus, Fundament, Boden:] sich senken; [Sediment:] sich ablagern6) (be digested) [Essen:] sich setzen; (become calm) [Magen:] sich beruhigenPhrasal Verbs:- academic.ru/91431/settle_back">settle back* * *['setl]1) (to place in a position of rest or comfort: I settled myself in the armchair.) sich niederlassen2) (to come to rest: Dust had settled on the books.) sich legen3) (to soothe: I gave him a pill to settle his nerves.) beruhigen4) (to go and live: Many Scots settled in New Zealand.) sich niederlassen5) (to reach a decision or agreement: Have you settled with the builders when they are to start work?; The dispute between management and employees is still not settled.) klären6) (to pay (a bill).) begleichen•- settlement- settler
- settle down
- settle in
- settle on
- settle up* * *set·tle[ˈsetl̩, AM ˈset̬l̩]I. viwe \settled in front of the television wir machten es uns vor dem Fernseher bequem fam2. (calm down) person sich akk beruhigen; anger, excitement sich akk legen; weather beständig werdento \settle to work sich akk an die Arbeit machen5. (decide on)to \settle on a name sich akk für einen Namen entscheidenI'll \settle for chicken and chips ich nehme Hähnchen mit Pommes fritesafter they got married, they \settled in Brighton nach ihrer Hochzeit zogen sie nach Brighton8. (get used to)it took Ed a long time to \settle into living in London es dauerte lange, bis sich Ed an das Leben in London gewöhnt hatte9. (alight on surface) sich akk niederlassen; (build up) sich akk anhäufen [o ansammeln]; (sink) [ab]sinken; particles in liquid sich senken; house, wall, dust sich setzendo you think the snow will \settle? glaubst du, dass der Schnee liegen bleibt?a peaceful expression \settled on her face ( fig) ein friedlicher Ausdruck legte sich auf ihr GesichtII. vt1. (calm down)▪ to \settle sb/sth jdn/etw beruhigento \settle the children for the night die Kinder für die Nacht zurechtmachento \settle one's stomach seinen Magen beruhigen2. (decide, agree upon)it's been \settled that we'll spend Christmas at home wir haben vereinbart, Weihnachten zu Hause zu verbringen▪ to \settle when/where/why... entscheiden, wann/wo/warum...to \settle the details of a contract die Einzelheiten eines Vertrags aushandeln3. (bring to conclusion)that \settles that damit hat sich das erledigt, und damit hat sich's! famto \settle one's affairs ( form) seine Angelegenheiten regeln [o in Ordnung bringen]to \settle an argument [or a dispute] /differences einen Streit/Unstimmigkeiten beilegento \settle a crisis/a problem eine Krise/ein Problem lösento \settle a grievance einen Missstand beseitigento \settle a lawsuit einen Prozess durch einen Vergleich beilegento \settle a matter eine Angelegenheit regelnto \settle a strike einen Streik beenden4. (pay)to \settle an account ein Konto ausgleichento \settle money/property on sb jdm Geld/Besitz übertragen5. (colonize)to \settle a place einen Ort besiedeln6. ECONto \settle a property in trust Eigentum einer Treuhänderschaft übertragen [o überschreiben]\settled property in Treuhänderschaft überschriebenes Eigentum7.* * *I ['setl]n(Wand)bank f II1. vt1) (= decide) entscheiden; (= sort out) regeln, erledigen; problem, question, points klären; dispute, differences, quarrel beilegen, schlichten; doubts ausräumen, beseitigen; date, place vereinbaren, ausmachen (inf); venue festlegen or -setzen; deal abschließen; price sich einigen auf (+acc), aushandeln; terms aushandelnthe result of the game was settled in the first half — das Ergebnis des Spiels stand schon in der ersten Halbzeit fest
that's settled then — das ist also klar or geregelt
that settles it — damit wäre der Fall (ja wohl) erledigt; (angry) jetzt reichts
3) (= calm) nerves, stomach beruhigenwe need rain to settle the dust — wir brauchen Regen, damit sich der Staub setzt
4) (= place carefully) legen; (in upright position) stellen; (= make comfortable for sleep etc) child, invalid versorgen; pillow zurechtlegento settle oneself comfortably in an armchair — es sich (dat) in einem Sessel bequem machen
to settle oneself to doing sth — sich daranmachen, etw zu tun
to settle one's gaze on sb/sth — seinen Blick auf jdm/etw ruhen lassen
5) (= establish in house) unterbringento get one's daughter settled with a husband — seine Tochter verheiraten or unter die Haube bringen (inf)
6)to settle sb into a house/job — jdm helfen, sich häuslich einzurichten/sich in eine Stellung einzugewöhnen
we'd just settled the children into a new school — wir hatten die Kinder gerade in einer neuen Schule gut untergebracht
See:8) (form)to settle money/property on sb — jdm Geld/Besitz überschreiben or übertragen; (in will) jdm Geld/Besitz vermachen
9) (inf= put an end to)
I'll soon settle his nonsense —I'll soon settle him (verbally also) — dem werd ichs geben (inf) dem werd ich was erzählen (inf)
that settled him! — da hatte er sein Fett weg (inf)
2. vi1) (= put down roots) sesshaft werden; (in country, town, profession) sich niederlassen; (as settler) sich ansiedeln; (in house) sich häuslich niederlassen, sich einrichten; (= feel at home) (in house, town, country) sich einleben (into in +dat); (in job, surroundings) sich eingewöhnen (into in +dat)to settle into a habit — sich (dat) etw angewöhnen
as he settled into middle age — als er älter und reifer wurde
3) (= become calm child, matters, stomach) sich beruhigen; (panic, excitement) sich legen; (= become less excitable or restless) zur Ruhe kommen, ruhiger werden4) (= come to rest, sit down person, bird, insect) sich niederlassen or setzen; (dust) sich setzen or legen; (= sink slowly, subside, building, walls) sich senken; (ground, liquid, sediment, coffee grounds) sich setzen; (wine) sich beruhigento settle comfortably in an armchair — es sich (dat) in einem Sessel gemütlich or bequem machen
fog/silence settled over the city — Nebel/Stille legte sich über die Stadt or breitete sich über der Stadt aus
See:→ dust5) (JUR)to settle ( out of court) — sich vergleichen
6) (= pay) bezahlen → also settle withSee:→ also settle with* * *settle1 [ˈsetl]A v/t1. vereinbaren, (gemeinsam) festsetzen, sich einigen auf (akk):2. ein Zimmer etc richten, in Ordnung bringena) bezahlen, eine Rechnung etc auch begleichenb) ein Konto ausgleichenc) eine Transaktion etc abwickeln4. a) Menschen ansiedeln, ansässig machenb) Land besiedeln, kolonisierenc) Handelsniederlassungen etc errichten, etablieren5. a) jemanden (beruflich, häuslich etc) etablieren, unterbringenb) ein Kind etc versorgen, ausstattenc) seine Tochter verheiraten7. settle o.s. sich niederlassen (in in einen od einem Sessel etc; on auf einen od einem Stuhl)8. settle o.s. to sich an eine Arbeit etc machen, sich anschicken zusettle a road eine Straße befestigen11. a) eine Institution etc gründen, aufbauen (on auf dat)b) eine Sprache regeln12. eine Frage etc klären, regeln, entscheiden, erledigen:a) damit ist der Fall erledigt,b) iron jetzt ist es endgültig ausb) einen strittigen Punkt klären14. umg jemanden fertigmachen, zum Schweigen bringen (auch weitS. töten)15. a) eine Flüssigkeit ablagern lassen, klärenb) Trübstoffe sich setzen lassen16. den Inhalt eines Sackes etc sich setzen lassen, zusammenstauchen: shake the bag to settle the flour damit sich das Mehl setzt18. (on, upon)a) den Besitz etc übertragen (dat oder auf akk)b) (letztwillig) vermachen (dat)c) ein Legat, eine Rente etc aussetzen (dat oder für)19. die Erbfolge regeln, bestimmenB v/i1. → A 7:settle back sich (gemütlich) zurücklehnenb) settle in sich einrichtenc) settle in sich einleben, sich eingewöhnen:settle into a new job sich an einem neuen Arbeitsplatz eingewöhnena) sich niederlassen (in in dat),b) sich (häuslich) niederlassen (in in dat),d) sesshaft werden, zur Ruhe kommene) es sich gemütlich machen7. MED sich festsetzen (on, in in dat), sich legen (on auf akk)8. beständig(er) werden (Wetter):it settled in for rain es regnete sich ein;it is settling for a frost es wird Frost geben12. sich legen (Staub)13. sich einigen:settle (up)ona) sich entscheiden für, sich entschließen zu,14. settle fora) sich zufriedengeben mit, sich begnügen mit,b) sich abfinden mit15. eine Vereinbarung treffen16. settle upa) zahlen,17. settle witha) abrechnen mit (a. fig),b) WIRTSCH einen Vergleich schließen mit,settle2 [ˈsetl] s Sitz-, Ruhebank f (mit hoher Rückenlehne)* * *1. transitive verb1) (place) (horizontally) [sorgfältig] legen; (vertically) [sorgfältig] stellen; (at an angle) [sorgfältig] lehnenhe settled himself comfortably on the couch — er machte es sich (Dat.) auf der Couch bequem
3) (determine, resolve) aushandeln, sich einigen auf [Preis]; beilegen [Streit, Konflikt, Meinungsverschiedenheit]; beseitigen, ausräumen [Zweifel, Bedenken]; entscheiden [Frage, Spiel]; regeln, in Ordnung bringen [Angelegenheit]that settles it — dann ist ja alles klar (ugs.); (expr. exasperation) jetzt reicht's! (ugs.)
settle one's affairs — seine Angelegenheiten in Ordnung bringen; seinen Nachlass regeln
4) (deal with, dispose of) fertig werden mit5) bezahlen, (geh.) begleichen [Rechnung, Betrag]; erfüllen [Forderung, Anspruch]; ausgleichen [Konto]6) (cause to sink) sich absetzen lassen [Bodensatz, Sand, Sediment]7) (calm) beruhigen [Nerven, Magen]8) (colonize) besiedeln9) (bestow)2. intransitive verbsettle money/property on somebody — jemandem Geld/Besitz übereignen
1) (become established) sich niederlassen; (as colonist) sich ansiedeln2) (end dispute) sich einigen3) (pay what is owed) abrechnen4) (in chair etc.) sich niederlassen; (to work etc.) sich konzentrieren (to auf + Akk.); (into way of life etc.) sich gewöhnen ( into an + Akk.)the snow/dust settled on the ground — der Schnee blieb liegen/der Staub setzte sich [am Boden] ab
darkness/silence/fog settled over the village — Dunkelheit/Stille/Nebel legte od. senkte sich über das Dorf
5) (subside) [Haus, Fundament, Boden:] sich senken; [Sediment:] sich ablagern6) (be digested) [Essen:] sich setzen; (become calm) [Magen:] sich beruhigen7) (become clear) [Wein, Bier:] sich klärenPhrasal Verbs:* * *v.abmachen v.bereinigen (Konto) v.bereinigen (Streit) v.besiedeln v.sich einen Wohnsitz nehmen ausdr.sich niederlassen v. -
47 aplicación
f.1 application, program, software, application software.2 application, utilization, use, implementation.3 administration, application, dosification, dosing.4 application form, form, application.5 diligence, attention, studiousness, application.6 appliqué, decoration, trimming.7 application, use of a physical means.* * *1 (gen) application2 (adorno) appliqué* * *noun f.1) application2) diligence, dedication* * *SF1) (=uso externo) (tb Med) use, application frmrecomiendan la aplicación de compresas frías — they recommend the use o application frm of cold compresses
2) (=puesta en práctica) [de acuerdo, impuesto, medida] implementation, application; [de método] implementation; [de sanción, castigo] impositionla aplicación de las nuevas tecnologías en la industria — the implementation of new technologies in industry
en aplicación de la ley 9/1968 — in accordance with law 9/1968
una brigada encargada de vigilar la aplicación de las sanciones — a brigade in charge of overseeing the imposition of sanctions
3) (=dedicación) applicationle falta aplicación en el estudio — he doesn't apply himself enough to his studies, le lacks application in his studies frm
4) (=aplique) (Cos) appliquéuna puerta con hermosas aplicaciones de metal — (Téc) a door with beautiful metalwork overlay
5) pl aplicaciones (=usos) (Téc) uses, applications; (Com, Inform) applications* * *1)a) (frml) ( de crema) application (frml); (de pintura, barniz) coat, application (frml)b) (frml) ( de sanción) imposition; (de técnica, método) application; (de plan, medida) implementationen este caso será de aplicación el artículo 12 — (frml) in this case article 12 shall apply (frml)
2) ( uso práctico) application, use3) (esfuerzo, dedicación) application4) (Andes) ( solicitud) application* * *1)a) (frml) ( de crema) application (frml); (de pintura, barniz) coat, application (frml)b) (frml) ( de sanción) imposition; (de técnica, método) application; (de plan, medida) implementationen este caso será de aplicación el artículo 12 — (frml) in this case article 12 shall apply (frml)
2) ( uso práctico) application, use3) (esfuerzo, dedicación) application4) (Andes) ( solicitud) application* * *aplicación11 = application, enforcement, take-up, uptake, operationalisation [operationalization, -USA], enablement.Ex: The most appropriate type of abstract must be chosen in accordance with the requirements of each individual application.
Ex: These are less tangible, more dependent upon personal motivation and inclination, and not amenable to enforcement through institutional policies.Ex: One of the reasons for the relatively slow take-up of microcomputers in libraries in the Philippines is the problem caused by the multitude of languages used in the island group.Ex: The project is investigating the factors which promote or inhibit the uptake of computers in primary schools.Ex: Theories and models from the behavioural sciences offer a sound basis for understanding the problems with conceptualization and operationalization of user satisfaction.Ex: The aim was that the edge would come from leveraging its knowledge assets, ie the leadership and expertise of its worldwide work force, through information technology enablement.* adaptar a una aplicación concreta = harness.* adaptarse a una aplicación = suit + application.* ámbito de aplicación = field of application.* aplicación a tareas bibliotecarias = library application.* aplicación práctica = application, practical application.* área de aplicación comercial = niche.* campo de aplicación = field of application, scope of application, field of practice, area of application.* de aplicación específica a un equipo de ordenador = hardware-based.* de aplicación general = general-purpose, of general application.* encontrar aplicación práctica = find + application.* hacerse a medida de una aplicación práctica concreta = tailor to + application.* mala aplicación = misapplication.* orientado hacia una aplicación práctica concreta = application-oriented.* relación de aplicación = bias relation.* según la aplicación de reglas = rule-governed.aplicación22 = industry, diligence.Ex: In fact, the terms of the contrast are highly ambivalent: order vs. anarchy, liberty vs. despotism, or industry vs. sloth, and also dissimulation vs. honesty.
Ex: If these guidelines are not adhered to with due care and diligence, financial damage to the library can result = Si no se siguen estas directrices con el debido cuidado y atención, el resultado puede ser que la biblioteca sufra daños económicos.* con aplicación = industriously, studiously.aplicación33 = software system, software program, app [application].Nota: Abreviatura.Ex: READS is a software system designed to run on a local area network (LAN) file server and accessed by multiple workstation.
Ex: In the Internet, a client is a software program that is used to contact and obtain data from a server software program on another computer, often across a great distance.Ex: I am sick and tired of how Win 2000 runs DOS apps, but I need Windows for other reasons.* aplicación comercial = commercial application, business application.* aplicación de código abierto = open source software.* aplicación didáctica = courseware.* aplicaciones = toolbox [tool box].* aplicaciones comerciales = proprietary software, commercial software.* aplicaciones ofimáticas = office software.* aplicaciones para la información = information solutions.* aplicación filtro = filtering software.* aplicación informática = application(s) program(me), application(s) software, computer application.* aplicación multimedia = multimedia application.* aplicación web = Web application.* apoyo técnico de aplicaciones informáticas = software support.* dedicado a una aplicación específica = dedicated.* desarrollo de aplicaciones = software development, application development.* productor de aplicaciones informáticas = application(s) developer.* programa de montaje de aplicaciones = software packager.* programador de aplicaciones bibliotecarias = library software developer.* * *Ale hicieron aplicaciones de cobalto he was given o he had radiotherapy2 (de una pena, sanción) imposition; (de una técnica, un método) application; (de un plan, una medida) implementationla aplicación de los métodos audiovisuales en la enseñanza de idiomas the use of audiovisual techniques in language teachingB (uso práctico) application, uselas aplicaciones pacíficas de la energía nuclear the applications o uses of nuclear energy for peaceful purposesC (esfuerzo, dedicación) application aplicación A algo application TO sthsu aplicación al estudio the application she shows/has shown to her studiespaquete de aplicaciones applications packageCompuesto:software applicationE ( Andes) (solicitud) application* * *
aplicación sustantivo femenino
1
(de pintura, barniz) coat, application (frml)
(de técnica, método) application;
(de plan, medida) implementation
2 ( uso práctico) application, use
3 (Col, Ven) ( solicitud) application
4 (Inf) application
aplicación sustantivo femenino application
' aplicación' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
práctica
- uso
- ámbito
- diligencia
English:
app
- application
- enforcement
- industry
- studiously
- studiousness
* * *aplicación nf1. [de técnica, teoría] application;[de plan] implementation; [de sanciones] imposition;una ley de aplicación inmediata a law that will take immediate effect;exigen la aplicación del acuerdo de paz they are demanding that the peace agreement should be implemented2. [de pomada, vendaje, pintura] application3. [uso] application, use;las aplicaciones de la energía hidroeléctrica the different applications o uses of hydroelectric power4. [al estudio] application;su aplicación al trabajo the application she shows in her work5. [adorno] appliqué6. Informát application7. Mat map, function* * *f application* * *aplicación nf, pl - ciones1) : application2) : diligence, dedication* * *aplicación n application -
48 vorherig
Adj. previous; Bemerkung etc.: auch preceding; (früher, ehemalig) former; ohne vorherige Ankündigung without prior ( oder any) notice; nach vorheriger Vereinbarung after prior arrangement ( mit with); vorheriger Auftrag EDV previous task* * *vor|he|rig [foːɐ'heːrɪɠ, 'foːɐ-]adj attrprevious; (= ehemalig) former; (= vorhergehend) Anmeldung, Genehmigung, Vereinbarung prior* * *vor·he·rig[fo:ɐ̯ˈhe:rɪç]wenn Sie mich sprechen wollen, dann bitte ich um einen \vorherigen Anruf if you would like to speak to me, then I would ask you to call [me] beforehanddie Verhandlung ist am 17. März, ein \vorheriges Treffen ist dringend nötig the case will be heard on the 17th March, a meeting prior to that date is vitalich unternehme nichts ohne \vorherige Genehmigung durch die Geschäftsleitung I won't undertake anything without having first obtained the management's approval* * *Adjektiv; nicht präd. prior <notice, announcement, warning>; previous <discussion, agreement>* * *ohne vorherige Ankündigung without prior ( oder any) notice;nach vorheriger Vereinbarung after prior arrangement (mit with);vorheriger Auftrag IT previous task* * *Adjektiv; nicht präd. prior <notice, announcement, warning>; previous <discussion, agreement>* * *adj.previous adj. -
49 settle
I ['setl]nome = cassapanca dotata di schienale e braccioliII 1. ['setl]1) (position comfortably) sistemare [person, animal]2) (calm) calmare [stomach, nerves]3) (resolve) sistemare [matter, business]; comporre [ dispute]; risolvere, appianare [ conflict]; risolvere [ problem]that's settled — è deciso o fatto
that settles it! — (making decision) ho deciso! (in exasperation) e con questo ho chiuso!
4) (agree on) stabilire, fissare [ arrangements]6) comm. (pay) regolare, saldare [bill, debt]to settle money on sb. — lasciare o intestare del denaro a qcn
7) (colonize) colonizzare, insediarsi in [ country]2.1) (come to rest) [bird, insect, wreck] posarsi; [ dregs] depositarsito let the dust settle — fare posare o depositare la polvere; fig. lasciare passare il polverone, lasciare che le acque si calmino
to settle over — [ mist] scendere su [ town]; fig. [silence, grief] scendere su [ community]
2) (become resident) fermarsi, stabilirsi, sistemarsi3) (become compacted) [ground, wall] assestarsi4) (calm down) [ baby] calmarsi; (go to sleep) addormentarsi5) (take hold)to be settling — [ snow] tenere; [ mist] persistere
6) dir. (agree) mettersi d'accordo3.to settle oneself in — sistemarsi su [ chair]; sistemarsi in, a [ bed]
••to settle a score with sb. — sistemare una faccenda o regolare i conti con qcn
* * *['setl]1) (to place in a position of rest or comfort: I settled myself in the armchair.) sistemarsi, mettersi2) (to come to rest: Dust had settled on the books.) posarsi3) (to soothe: I gave him a pill to settle his nerves.) calmare4) (to go and live: Many Scots settled in New Zealand.) stabilirsi5) (to reach a decision or agreement: Have you settled with the builders when they are to start work?; The dispute between management and employees is still not settled.) decidere; risolvere6) (to pay (a bill).) pagare, saldare•- settler
- settle down
- settle in
- settle on
- settle up* * *settle /ˈsɛtl/n.♦ (to) settle /ˈsɛtl/A v. t.1 decidere; determinare; fissare; stabilire: to settle an argument, decidere (o dirimere) una controversia; ( sport) to settle a match, decidere un incontro; to settle the day, fissare la data; DIALOGO → - Inviting someone to stay- That's settled then, allora è deciso2 definire; precisare: to settle a few points before signing a contract, definire alcuni punti prima di firmare un contratto3 sistemare ( cose o persone): to settle one's affairs, sistemare i propri affari; to settle a matter, sistemare una faccenda4 risolvere ( una faccenda); comporre ( una disputa): The dispute has been settled in a friendly manner, la vertenza è stata composta in via amichevole5 mettere in ordine (o a posto); riordinare; riassestare; aggiustare: A nice cup of tea will settle your stomach, una bella tazza di tè ti metterà a posto lo stomaco; to settle a room, riordinare una stanza6 (comm.) pagare; regolare; saldare; estinguere: to settle a bill [an account], saldare una fattura [pagare un conto]; to settle sb. 's debts, pagare i debiti di q.14 (leg.) regolare ( una pendenza); comporre ( una lite); transigere: to settle a dispute out of court, comporre una vertenza in via stragiudiziale15 (leg.) assegnare; intestare: He settled his property on his son, ha intestato i suoi beni al figlio17 (fam.) mettere a posto, sistemare (q., sgridandolo, battendolo); sbarazzarsi di (q.); liquidare, far fuori (pop.)B v. i.1 ( spesso to settle down) sistemarsi; stabilirsi; insediarsi; andare a stare; domiciliarsi; mettere su casa: When he retired, he settled ( down) in his native village, quando è andato in pensione, si è stabilito nel suo paese natale; It's time for you to marry and settle down, è ora che ti sposi e ti sistemi; The French settled in Canada, i francesi si insediarono nel Canada2 posarsi; fermarsi: A fly settled on the plate, una mosca si è posata sul piatto; Dust had settled on the furniture, la polvere s'era posata sui mobili5 piantarsi, sprofondare: The car settled in the soft ground, l'automobile si è piantata nel terreno molle6 (naut.) affondare11 accordarsi; giungere a un accomodamento; raggiungere un accordo: It won't be easy to settle with our creditors, non sarà facile giungere a un accomodamento con i creditori; (leg.) to settle out of court, raggiungere un accordo stragiudiziale● (leg.) to settle a fine out of court, conciliare una multa □ to settle one's eldest daughter, sistemare (o accasare) la figlia maggiore □ ( slang) to settle sb. 's hash, ridurre q. a più miti consigli; far abbassare la cresta a q. □ to settle sb. in business, avviare q. negli affari □ to settle the issue, decidere il punto in discussione; ( sport) chiudere la partita ( determinarne il risultato) □ to settle oneself (down), accomodarsi; adagiarsi, sistemarsi; applicarsi, mettersi: I settled myself down in an armchair, m'accomodai in poltrona; Settle yourself down to work, mettiti al lavoro □ to settle the pillows, sprimacciare i guanciali □ to settle the succession to the throne, regolare la successione al trono □ ( spesso fig.) to have an account (o a score) to settle with sb., avere un conto da regolare con q. □ a liqueur to settle one's dinner, un bicchierino di liquore come digestivo □ He can't settle to anything, è perennemente irrequieto; è insoddisfatto di tutto □ That settles it!, ciò risolve la faccenda; (fam.) siamo sistemati (iron.); è fatta!* * *I ['setl]nome = cassapanca dotata di schienale e braccioliII 1. ['setl]1) (position comfortably) sistemare [person, animal]2) (calm) calmare [stomach, nerves]3) (resolve) sistemare [matter, business]; comporre [ dispute]; risolvere, appianare [ conflict]; risolvere [ problem]that's settled — è deciso o fatto
that settles it! — (making decision) ho deciso! (in exasperation) e con questo ho chiuso!
4) (agree on) stabilire, fissare [ arrangements]6) comm. (pay) regolare, saldare [bill, debt]to settle money on sb. — lasciare o intestare del denaro a qcn
7) (colonize) colonizzare, insediarsi in [ country]2.1) (come to rest) [bird, insect, wreck] posarsi; [ dregs] depositarsito let the dust settle — fare posare o depositare la polvere; fig. lasciare passare il polverone, lasciare che le acque si calmino
to settle over — [ mist] scendere su [ town]; fig. [silence, grief] scendere su [ community]
2) (become resident) fermarsi, stabilirsi, sistemarsi3) (become compacted) [ground, wall] assestarsi4) (calm down) [ baby] calmarsi; (go to sleep) addormentarsi5) (take hold)to be settling — [ snow] tenere; [ mist] persistere
6) dir. (agree) mettersi d'accordo3.to settle oneself in — sistemarsi su [ chair]; sistemarsi in, a [ bed]
••to settle a score with sb. — sistemare una faccenda o regolare i conti con qcn
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'setl1) (to place in a position of rest or comfort: I settled myself in the armchair.) anbringe, sette (seg) til rette2) (to come to rest: Dust had settled on the books.) legge/senke seg3) (to soothe: I gave him a pill to settle his nerves.) berolige4) (to go and live: Many Scots settled in New Zealand.) slå seg ned, bosette seg5) (to reach a decision or agreement: Have you settled with the builders when they are to start work?; The dispute between management and employees is still not settled.) avgjøre, slutte forlik6) (to pay (a bill).) gjøre opp•- settler
- settle down
- settle in
- settle on
- settle upbetale--------etablereIsubst. \/ˈsetl\/forklaring: høyrygget trebenk med armlener, ofte med et rom under setetIIverb \/ˈsetl\/1) legge til rette, hjelpe til rette, få i orden, installere2) kolonisere, slå seg ned i3) bosette seg, slå seg ned, sette bo4) sette seg til rette, slå seg ned5) hjelpe til å etablere seg, hjelpe til å sette bo6) se til å få gift, gifte bort7) plassere, anbringe8) avgjøre, gjøre slutt på, bilegge9) ordne, avklare, klare opp i, fikse• I'll settle him!10) roe, berolige, få til å stabilisere seg11) betale, gjøre opp• will you settle for all of us?12) bestemme, fastsette, avtale13) ( om bevingede dyr) slå seg ned, sette seg14) bre seg, legge seg15) bli fast, bli hard, bli tørr, stivne16) gjøre tørr, gjøre fast, gjøre hard18) (om hus, grunnvoll e.l.) sette seg, synke19) få til å legge seg, la synke til bunnensettle (up) accounts gjøre oppsettle (up) a debt betale ned en gjeldsettle down bosette seg, slå seg nedslå seg til roda hun fylte 60, slo hun seg til ro etter et hektisk livsette seg til rette, slå seg nedde satte seg ned for å ta en prat etablere seg, innrette segroe seg, stabilisere seg, legge segsettle down in life finne seg til rette i tilværelsensettle down to married life gifte segsettle down to something begynne med noe, komme inn i noesettle for nøye seg med bestemme seg forsettle in (flytte inn og) komme i ordensettle on bestemme seg for• which of the bags have you settled on?( om sykdom) slå seg på, sette seg (fast)settle one's affairs ordne opp i sakene sine beskikke sitt hussettle oneself slå seg ned, slå seg til ro, sette seg til rettebosette seg, slå seg ned, sette bo roe segsettle oneself to bestemme seg for å, sette i gang med åsettle somebody in hjelpe noen med å flytte inn og komme i ordensettle something on somebody ( jus) båndlegge noe til fordel for noensettle up gjøre opp, skvære opp -
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['setl]1) (to place in a position of rest or comfort: I settled myself in the armchair.) namestiti (se)2) (to come to rest: Dust had settled on the books.) nabrati se3) (to soothe: I gave him a pill to settle his nerves.) pomiriti4) (to go and live: Many Scots settled in New Zealand.) naseliti se5) (to reach a decision or agreement: Have you settled with the builders when they are to start work?; The dispute between management and employees is still not settled.) dogovoriti se6) (to pay (a bill).) poravnati•- settler
- settle down
- settle in
- settle on
- settle up* * *I [setl]noundolga lesena klop z visokim naslonjalomII [setl]1.transitive verbnaseliti (koga), nastaniti, kolonizirati, stacionirati, namestiti; urediti; poravnati, plačati; pomiriti (koga); prepričati z argumenti; utišati; likvidirati (koga), ubiti; oskrbeti, oskrbovati; spraviti v red, urediti, izgladiti, poravnati (prepir); rešiti (vprašanje), razpršiti (sumničenja), urediti zadeve (zlasti pred smrtjo), prenesti, prepisati (to, on, upon na), določiti (dediče), voliti; dogovoriti se (o čem), določiti; utrditi (cesto); prenesti, prepisati (on na); (refleksivno) posvetiti se; predati se;2.intransitive verbnaseliti se ( in America v Ameriki), nastaniti se, ustanoviti si lasten dom, sesti (to k); umiriti se, zbati se, ustaliti se (vreme); usesti se, potoniti; spustiti se (on na); razbistriti se, očistiti se; odločiti se ( upon za); dogovoriti se, sporazumeti se, obračunati ( with z); pripravljati se ( for za, na)to settle an annuity on s.o. — določiti komu rento (penzijo)to settle the bill — poravnati, plačati računwill you settle for me? — boš plačal zame?to settle s.o.'s doubts — razpršiti komu dvomewe settled the old lady in her armchair — posadili, namestili smo staro gospo v njen naslanjačto settle one's mind — pomiriti se; odločiti seto be settled in a place — biti nastanjen, bivati v nekem krajuto settle a price — dogovoriti se o ceni, določiti cenothat settles the question, that settles it — s tem je stvar urejena, opravljenato settle accounts with s.o. — (zlasti figuratively) obračunati s kom -
52 Azores Islands
Atlantic archipelago of nine islands: Terceira, São Miguel, Santa Maria, Corvo, Graciosa, São Jorge, Faial, Pico, and Flores. This autonomous region of Portugal is 9,365 square kilometers (5,821 square miles) in area. First settled in the 1420s by Portuguese and Flemish colonists, the economy of the archipelago passed through various phases. The Azores' main crops in four phases were, in the 15th and 16th centuries, wheat and sugar; in the 17th century, woods; in the 18th and 19th centuries, oranges; and in the 20th century, cattle, dairy products, tobacco, and pineapples.Their location some 1,448 kilometers (900 miles) west of Portugal and over 1,769 kilometers (1,100 miles) from the eastern coast of the United States, and on major sea and trade routes, influenced the islands' development. Major themes of their history are isolation, North American influence, neglect by Portugal, and emigration to North America. As of the 19th century, large numbers of Azoreans immigrated to the United States. By the last quarter of the 20th century, statistics suggested, more people of Azorean descent lived in North America than inhabited the still sparely settled islands. Since World War I, when the U.S. Navy maintained a base at Ponta Delgada, São Miguel island, the Azores' society and economy have been influenced by foreign military base activity. In World War II (1943), British forces used an air base (Lajes) on Terceira island, under an agreement with Portugal, and thereafter the United States made a similar arrangement at Santa Maria. From 1951 on, the U.S. administered an air base at Lajes, Terceira, under North Atlantic Treaty Organization auspices. With that, American assistance and military base funds have played an important role in the archipelago's still largely unindustrialized economy.Since the 1960s, several Azorean independence movements have emerged, as well as other groups that advocate that the islands become part of the United States. Such movements have been encouraged by the islands' isolation, a troubled economy, and the fact that Portugal has never made developing the islands a major priority. After the fall of the dictatorship in 1974, the democratic Portugal organized new efforts to assist the Azores and, in the 1976 Constitution, the Azores were declared an autonomous region of Portugal with greater rights of self-government and management. In the 1990s, emigration from the Azores to both the United States and Canada continued, although not at the pace of earlier periods. At the same time, hundreds of thousands of overseas Portuguese from the Azores Islands resided in the eastern United States, California, and Canada. -
53 Champion, William
SUBJECT AREA: Metallurgy[br]b. 1710 Bristol, Englandd. 1789 England[br]English metallurgist, the first to produce metallic zinc in England on an industrial scale.[br]William, the youngest of the three sons of Nehemiah Champion, stemmed from a West Country Quaker family long associated with the metal trades. His grandfather, also called Nehemiah, had been one of Abraham Darby's close Quaker friends when the brassworks at Baptist Mills was being established in 1702 and 1703. Nehemiah II took over the management of these works soon after Darby went to Coalbrookdale, and in 1719, as one of a group of Bristol copper smelters, he negotiated an agreement with Lord Falmouth to develop copper mines in the Redruth area in Cornwall. In 1723 he was granted a patent for a cementation brass-making process using finely granulated copper rather than the broken fragments of massive copper hitherto employed.In 1730 he returned to Bristol after a tour of European metallurgical centres, and he began to develop an industrial process for the manufacture of pure zinc ingots in England. Metallic zinc or spelter was then imported at great expense from the Far East, largely for the manufacture of copper alloys of golden colour used for cheap jewellery. The process William developed, after six years of experimentation, reduced zinc oxide with charcoal at temperatures well above the boiling point of zinc. The zinc vapour obtained was condensed rapidly to prevent reoxidation and finally collected under water. This process, patented in 1738, was operated in secret until 1766 when Watson described it in his Chemical Essays. After encountering much opposition from the Bristol merchants and zinc importers, William decided to establish his own integrated brassworks at Warmley, five meals east of Bristol. The Warmley plant began to produce in 1748 and expanded rapidly. By 1767, when Warmley employed about 2,000 men, women and children, more capital was needed, requiring a Royal Charter of Incorporation. A consortium of Champion's competitors opposed this and secured its refusal. After this defeat William lost the confidence of his fellow directors, who dismissed him. He was declared bankrupt in 1769 and his works were sold to the British Brass Company, which never operated Warmley at full capacity, although it produced zinc on that site until 1784.[br]Bibliography1723, British patent no. 454 (cementation brass-making process).1738, British patent no. 564 (zinc ingot production process).1767, British patent no. 867 (brass manufacture wing zinc blende).Further ReadingJ.Day, 1973, Bristol Brass: The History of the Industry, Newton Abbot: David \& Charles.A.Raistrick, 1970, Dynasty of Ironfounders: The Darbys and Coalbrookdale, Newton Abbot: David \& Charles.J.R.Harris, 1964, The Copper King, Liverpool University Press.ASD -
54 work
1. n работа, труд; дело; деятельностьwork clothes — рабочая одежда; спецодежда
to do no work — ничего не делать; не трудиться
to set to work — приняться за дело, начать работать
I have work to do — я занят, мне некогда
2. n место работы; занятие; должностьfield work — полевая съёмка, работа в поле; разведка, съёмка
3. n вид деятельности4. n результат труда; изделие, продуктdonkey work — ишачий труд, большая и неблагодарная работа
shop work — механизированный труд; работа с механизмами
5. n произведение, творение, создание; труд, сочинение6. n действие, поступокdirty work — грязное дело; низкий поступок
7. n дела, деяния8. n результат воздействия, усилийthe broken window must be the work of the boys — разбитое окно — это дело рук мальчишек
9. n рукоделие; шитьё; вышивание; вязание10. n обработка11. n предмет обработки; обрабатываемая заготовка; обрабатываемая деталь12. n диал. больпена при брожении; брожение
13. n сл. краплёная кость14. v работать, трудитьсяdouble-shift work — работа в две смены, двухсменная работа
15. v работать по найму; служить16. v заставлять работатьcompany work — работа, которой можно заниматься в компании
arrears of work — недоделанная работа; отставание в работе
17. v действовать, работать; быть в исправности18. v приводить в движение или в действие19. v двигаться, быть в движении; шевелитьсяto be absent from work — не быть на работе; прогулять
20. v действовать, оказывать воздействиеwork on — воздействовать, оказывать влияние; убеждать
21. v обрабатывать; разрабатыватьwork iron — ковать железо; обрабатывать железо
22. v поддаваться обработке, воздействию23. v отрабатывать, платить трудомmental work — умственная работа, умственный труд
24. v разг. использовать25. v добиваться обманным путём; вымогать, выманиватьwork out — высчитать, вычислить, определить путём вычисления
26. v устраивать27. v заниматься рукоделием; шить; вышивать; вязатьСинонимический ряд:1. accomplishment (noun) accomplishment; achievement; deed; feat; fruit; performance; product2. bullwork (noun) bullwork; chore; donkeywork; drudge; drudgery; exertion; grind; labor; labour; moil; plugging; slavery; slogging; sweat; toil; travail3. businesses (noun) businesses; callings; employments; jobs; lines; occupations; pursuits4. enterprise (noun) enterprise; project; responsibility; task; undertaking5. piece (noun) composition; piece; production6. profession (noun) business; calling; employment; industry; job; line; metier; occupation; profession; pursuit; trade; vocation7. volume (noun) opus; publication; title; volume8. workmanship (noun) craftsmanship; workmanship9. accomplish (verb) accomplish; achieve; bring about; cause; do; effect; produce10. act (verb) act; behave; perform; react; take11. drive (verb) drive; drudge; fag; force; labor; labour; moil; push; slave; strain; strive; sweat; task; tax; toil; travail; tug12. form (verb) execute; fashion; finish; form; make13. influence (verb) influence; move; persuade14. operate (verb) control; function; go; handle; knead; manage; manipulate; operate; run; use15. solve (verb) fix; resolve; solve; work out16. tend (verb) cultivate; culture; dress; plow; tend; tillАнтонимический ряд:effortlessness; frustration; idle; idleness; indolence; inertia; leisure; miscarriage; recreation; rest; unemployment -
55 point
point [pwɛ̃]━━━━━━━━━2. compounds━━━━━━━━━1. <a. pointb. ( = endroit) place ; (Astronomy, mathematics) pointc. ( = position) (Aviation, nautical) position• et maintenant, le point sur la grève des transports and now, the latest on the transport striked. ( = marque) (Mus, morse, sur i) dot ; ( = ponctuation) full stop (Brit), period (US) ; ( = petite tache) spot• tu n'iras pas, un point c'est tout you're not going and that's all there is to ite. (sur devoir) markf. [de couture, tricot] stitch• faire le point de la situation ( = examiner) to take stock of the situation ; ( = faire un compte rendu) to sum up the situation► à point [fruit] just ripe ; [fromage] just right for eating ; [viande] medium• le rôti est cuit à point the roast is done to a turn► à point (nommé) [arriver, venir] just at the right moment• est-il possible d'être bête à ce point ! how stupid can you get? (inf)• elles se ressemblent à tel point or à ce point qu'on pourrait les confondre they look so alike that you could easily mistake one for the other► au point [photo] in focus ; [affaire] completely settled ; [technique, machine] perfected• ce n'est pas encore au point it isn't quite up to scratch yet► au point de + infinitif so much that• il aimait le Québec au point d'y passer toutes ses vacances he loved Quebec so much that he spent all his holidays there• il se détestent au point qu'ils ne se parlent plus they hate each other so much that they've stopped speaking► au point où• en être arrivé au point où... to have reached the point where...• on continue ? -- au point où on en est ! shall we go on? -- we've got this far so we might as well!► au plus haut point [détester, admirer] intensely• se méfier au plus haut point de qch to be highly sceptical about sth► mettre au point [+ photo, caméra] to focus ; [+ stratégie, technique] to perfect ; [+ médicament, invention, système] to develop ; [+ projet] to finalize• mettre une affaire au point avec qn to finalize all the details of a matter with sb► mise au point [d'appareil photo, caméra] focusing ; [de stratégie, technique] perfecting ; [de médicament, invention, système] development ; [de moteur] tuning ; [d'affaire, projet] finalizing ; ( = explication, correction) clarification• publier une mise au point to issue a statement (setting the record straight)► en tout point, en tous points in every respect2. <• vous avez un point de chute à Rome ? do you have somewhere to stay in Rome? ► point commun• nous voilà revenus au point de départ so we're back to square one (inf) ► point de distribution [d'eau] supply point ; (Business) distribution outlet• mettre un point d'honneur à faire qch to make it a point of honour to do sth ► point d'interrogation question mark• au point mort [voiture] in neutral ; [de négociations, affaires] at a standstill ► point mousse garter stitch► points de retraite points based on social security contributions that count towards one's pension• quel est votre point de vue sur ce sujet ? what's your point of view on this matter?* * *pwɛ̃
1.
nom masculin1) ( endroit) point2) ( situation) point; Nautisme positionêtre sur le point de faire — to be just about to do, to be on the point of doing
j'en suis toujours au même point (qu'hier/qu'il y a un an) — I'm still exactly where I was (yesterday/last year)
au point où j'en suis, ça n'a pas d'importance! — I've reached the point where it doesn't matter any more!
faire le point — Nautisme to take bearings; fig to take stock of the situation
3) ( degré)‘j'en aurais pleuré’ - ‘ah bon, à ce point?’ — ‘I could have cried’ - ‘really? it was that bad?’
il est têtu à un point! — (colloq) he's so incredibly stubborn!
jusqu'à un certain point — up to a (certain) point, to a certain extent
4) ( question particulière) point; ( dans un ordre du jour) item, pointen tout point, en tous points — in every respect ou way
5) ( marque visible) dot6) Jeux, Sport pointmarquer/perdre des points — lit, fig to score/to lose points
7) ( pour évaluer) mark GB, point USavoir sept points d'avance/de retard — to be seven marks ahead/behind
obtenir or avoir 27 points sur 40 — to get 27 out of 40
être un mauvais point pour quelqu'un/quelque chose — to be a black mark against somebody/something
8) ( dans un système de calcul) pointle permis à points — system whereby driving offender gets penalty points
9) Mathématique point10) Linguistique ( en ponctuation) full stop GB, period USpoint à la ligne — ( dans une dictée) full stop, new paragraph
point final — ( dans une dictée) full stop
mettre un point final à quelque chose — fig to put a stop ou an end to something
je n'irai pas, point final! — (colloq) I'm not going, full stop GB ou period US!
tu vas te coucher un point c'est tout! — (colloq) you're going to bed and that's final!
11) Musique dot12) ( en typographie) point14) (en couture, tricot) stitch
2.
(dated) adverbe not
3.
à point locution adverbiale1) ( en temps voulu) just in time2) Culinaire
4.
au point locutionêtre au point — [système, machine] to be well designed; [spectacle] to be well put together
mettre au point — ( élaborer) to perfect [système]; to work out, to devise [accord, plan]; to develop [vaccin, appareil]; ( régler) to adjust
mise au point — ( de système) perfecting; ( de vaccin) development; ( réglage) adjusting; Photographie focus; fig ( déclaration) clarifying statement
faire la mise au point — Photographie to focus
faire une mise au point — fig to set the record straight ( sur about)
Phrasal Verbs:••* * *pwɛ̃1. nm1) (= marque, signe) dot2) [ponctuation] full stop Grande-Bretagne period USA3) (= moment) pointNous en sommes au même point. — We have reached the same point.
J'étais sur le point de te téléphoner. — I was just about to phone you.
4) (= degré)à ce point abîmé que... — so damaged that...
au point que; à tel point que — so much so that
5) (au score) point6) (= aspect) pointJe ne suis pas d'accord sur ce point. — I don't agree on this point.
7) (= endroit) spot, point, (en géométrie) point8) COUTURE, TRICOT stitchpoint mousse — garter stitch, plain
9) CUISINE"Comment voulez-vous votre steak?" — "À point." — "How would you like your steak?" — "Medium."
faire le point NAVIGATION — to take a bearing, figto take stock
faire le point sur — to review, to take stock of
mettre au point [mécanisme, procédé] — to develop, [appareil-photo] to focus
2. advlit (= pas) notpoint n'est besoin de... — there is no need to...
point de... — no...
3. vbSee:* * *A nm1 ( endroit) point; un point précis du globe/sur une carte a particular point on the earth/on a map; un point de ravitaillement/ralliement a staging/rallying point; un point de rencontre a meeting point; point de vente (sales) outlet; serrure 3 points 3 point lock;2 ( situation) point; Naut position; être sur le point de faire to be just about to do, to be on the point of doing; j'étais sur le point de leur dire/d'abandonner/de partir I was just about to tell them/to give up/to leave, I was on the point of telling them/giving up/leaving; j'en suis toujours au même point (qu'hier/qu'il y a un an) I'm still exactly where I was (yesterday/last year); au point où j'en suis, ça n'a pas d'importance! I've reached the point where it doesn't matter any more!; il en est au point où il allume une cigarette en se levant he's got GB ou gotten US to the stage ou point where he lights a cigarette as soon as he gets up; faire le point Naut to take bearings; fig to take stock of the situation; faire le point sur la situation économique/sur la recherche scientifique fig to take stock of the economic situation/of scientific research; faire le point sur la circulation (routière)/l'actualité to give an up-to-the-minute report on the traffic news/current situation;3 ( degré) il m'agace/m'inquiète au plus haut point he annoys me/worries me intensely; la circulation était à ce point bloquée que j'ai dû laisser ma voiture au bord de la route the traffic was so bad that I had to leave my car on the side of the road; je ne le pensais pas bête/coléreux à ce point I didn't think he was that stupid/quick-tempered; ‘j'en aurais pleuré’-‘ah bon, à ce point?’ ‘I could have cried’-‘really? it was that bad?’; je sais à quel point elle est triste/sensible I know how sad/sensitive she is; si tu savais à quel point il m'agace! if you only knew how much he annoys me!; au point que to the extent that; à tel point que to such an extent that…; douloureux/endommagé à (un) tel or au point que so painful/badly damaged that; la situation s'est aggravée au point qu'ils ont dû appeler la police the situation became so bad that the police had to be called in; le temps s'est rafraîchi au point qu'il a fallu remettre le chauffage the weather got so cold that the heating had to be put back on; il est têtu à un point! he's so incredibly stubborn!; jusqu'à un certain point up to a (certain) point, to a certain extent;4 ( question particulière) point; ( dans un ordre du jour) item, point; un programme en trois points a three-point plan; un point fondamental/de détail (d'un texte) a basic/minor point (in a text); sur ce point on this point; j'aimerais revenir sur ce dernier point I would like to come back to that last point; un point de désaccord/litige a point of disagreement/contention; reprendre un texte point par point to go over a text point by point; en tout point, en tous points in every respect ou way; une politique en tous points désastreuse a policy that is disastrous in every respect; les deux modèles sont semblables en tous points the two models are alike in every respect;5 ( marque visible) gén dot; les villes sont marquées par un point towns are marked by a dot; il y a un point sur le i et le j there's a dot on the i and the j; un point lumineux/rouge dans le lointain a light/a red dot in the distance; bientôt, le navire ne fut qu'un point à l'horizon soon, the ship was a mere dot ou speck on the horizon; un point de colle a spot of glue; un point de rouille a speck of rust; points de graissage lubricating points; ⇒ i;6 Jeux, Sport point; marquer/perdre des points lit, fig to score/lose points; compter les points to keep (the) score; un point partout! one all!; battre son adversaire aux points to beat one's opponent on points; remporter une victoire aux points to win on points;7 ( pour évaluer) mark GB, point US; avoir sept points d'avance to be seven marks ahead; avoir dix points de retard to be ten marks behind; il m'a manqué trois points pour réussir I failed by three marks; enlever un point par faute to take a mark off for each mistake; obtenir or avoir 27 points sur 40 to get 27 out of 40; être un bon point pour to be a plus point for; être un mauvais point pour qn/qch to be a black mark against sb/sth;8 ( dans un système de calcul) point; la livre a perdu trois points the pound lost three points; le taux de chômage a augmenté de 0,8 points the unemployment rate rose by 0.8 points; le permis à points system whereby driving offender gets penalty points; il a perdu sept points dans les sondages he's gone down seven points in the polls;9 Math point; point d'intersection/d'inflexion point of intersection/of inflection;10 Ling ( en ponctuation) full stop GB, period US; mettre un point to put a full stop; point à la ligne ( dans une dictée) full stop, new paragraph; point final ( dans une dictée) full stop; mettre un point final à qch fig to put a stop ou an end to sth; je n'irai pas, point final○! I'm not going, full stop GB ou period US!; tu vas te coucher un point c'est tout○! you're going to bed and that's final!;11 Mus dot;12 Imprim point;13 Méd ( douleur) pain; avoir un point à la poitrine/à l'aine to have a pain in the chest/in the groin;14 (en couture, tricot) stitch; faire un point à qch to put a few stitches in sth; dentelle au point de Venise Venetian lace.B †adv not; tu ne tueras point Bible thou shalt not kill; je n'en ai point I don't have any; ‘tu es fâché?’-‘non point!’ ‘are you angry?’-‘not at all’.C à point loc adv venir/arriver à point to come/arrive just in time; venir/arriver or tomber à point nommé to come/arrive just at the right moment; faire cuire à point to cook [sth] medium rare [viande]; bifteck (cuit) à point medium rare steak; le camembert est à point the camembert is ready to eat.D au point loc adv, loc adj être au point [système, méthode, machine] to be well designed; [spectacle, émission] to be well put together; leur système/machine/spectacle n'est pas encore très au point their system/machine/show still needs some working on; le nouveau modèle est très au point the new model is very well designed; le spectacle n'était pas du tout au point the show wasn't up to scratch; le prototype n'est pas encore au point the prototype isn't quite ready yet; ça fait des semaines qu'ils répètent mais leur numéro n'est pas encore au point they've been rehearsing for weeks but they still haven't got GB ou gotten US it quite right; je ne suis pas au point pour les examens I'm not ready for the exams; mettre [qch] au point ( inventer) to perfect [théorie, système, méthode, technique]; to work out, to devise [accord, plan de paix, stratégie]; to develop [vaccin, médicament, appareil]; ( régler) to adjust [machine, mécanisme]; il leur reste deux semaines pour finir de mettre leur spectacle au point they've got two more weeks to put the finishing touches to their show; mettre au point sur qch Phot to focus on sth; mise au point Phot focus; fig ( déclaration) clarifying statement; la mise au point est automatique sur mon appareil my camera has automatic focus; faire la mise au point Phot to focus (sur on); faire une mise au point fig to set the record straight (sur about); mise au point ( invention) (de théorie, système, méthode, technique) perfecting; (de médicament, vaccin) development; ( réglage) (de machine, mécanisme) adjusting; Phot focus.point d'acupuncture Méd acupuncture point; point d'ancrage Aut anchor; fig base; point d'appui Mil base of operations; Phys fulcrum; gén support; les piliers servent de point d'appui à la charpente the roof structure is supported by the pillars; trouver un point d'appui à une échelle to find a support for a ladder; point arrière Cout back stitch; point d'attache base; point de bâti Cout tacking stitch; point blanc whitehead; point de blé ( en tricot) double moss stitch; point de boutonnière Cout buttonhole stitch; point cardinal Phys, Géog compass ou cardinal point; point de chaînette ( en broderie) chain stitch; point de chausson ( en broderie) herringbone stitch; point chaud trouble ou hot spot; les points chauds du globe the world's trouble spots; point de chute fig port of call; point commun mutual interest; nous avons beaucoup de points communs we have a lot in common; ils n'ont aucun point commun they have nothing in common; point de congestion† Méd slight congestion of the lung; point de côtes ( en tricot) rib; point de côté ( douleur) stitch; ( en couture) slip stitch; avoir un point de côté to have a stitch in one's side; point de croix ( en broderie) cross stitch; point de départ lit, fig starting point; nous revoilà à notre point de départ fig we're back to square one; point de devant Cout running stitch; point d'eau ( naturel) watering place; ( robinet) water tap GB ou faucet US; point d'ébullition boiling point; point d'épine ( en broderie) featherstitch; point d'exclamation Ling exclamation mark; point faible weak point; point de feston ( en broderie) blanket stitch; point fort strong point; point de fuite Art, Archit vanishing point; point de fusion melting point; point G G-spot; point d'interrogation Ling question mark; point de jersey ( en tricot) stocking stitch; point du jour daybreak; au point du jour at daybreak; point de liquéfaction liquefaction point; point de mire Mil target; fig focal point; point mousse ( en tricot) garter stitch; point mort Aut neutral; se mettre or passer/être au point mort Aut to put the car into/to be in neutral; être au point mort fig [affaires, consommation] to be at a standstill; [négociations] to be in a state of deadlock; point noir ( comédon) blackhead; ( problème) problem; ( sur la route) blackspot; l'inflation reste le seul point noir inflation is the only problem; point de non-retour point of no return; point d'orgue Mus pause sign; fig culmination; point d'ourlet Cout hemstitch; point de penalty penalty spot; point de piqûre Cout back stitch; point de presse Journ press briefing; point de repère ( spatial) landmark; (temporel, personnel) point of reference; point de reprise Cout darning stitch; point de retraite Prot Soc point which counts towards a retirement pension scheme; point de riz ( en tricot) moss stitch; point de surfil Cout whipstitch; point de suture Méd stitch; point de tige ( en broderie) stem stitch; point de torsade ( en tricot) cable stitch; point de vue ( paysage) viewpoint; ( opinion) point of view; du point de vue de la direction from the management's point of view; du point de vue de l'efficacité/du sens as far as efficiency/meaning is concerned; d'un point de vue économique c'est rentable/intéressant from a financial point of view it's profitable/attractive; points de suspension suspension points.être mal en point to be in a bad way.I[pwɛ̃] adverbe1. [en corrélation avec 'ne']2. [employé seul]du vin il y en avait, mais de champagne point there was wine, but no champagne ou not a drop of champagneil eut beau chercher, point de John he searched in vain, John was nowhere to be foundpoint de démocratie sans liberté de critiquer (there can be) no democracy without the freedom to criticize3. [en réponse négative]point du tout! not at all!, not in the least!II[pwɛ̃] nom masculinpoint lumineux spot ou point of lightpoint de rouille speck ou spot of rustun point de soudure a spot ou blob of solder3. [symbole graphique - en fin de phrase] full stop (UK), period (US) ; [ - sur un i ou un j] dot ; [ - en morse, en musique] dotj'ai dit non, point final ou un point c'est tout! (figuré) I said no and that's that ou that's final ou there's an end to it!mettre un point final à une discussion to terminate a discussion, to bring a discussion to an endpoint estimé/observé estimated/observed positiona. NAUTIQUE to take a bearing, to plot one's positionà 40 ans, on s'arrête et on fait le point when you reach 40, you stand back and take stock of your lifeet maintenant, le point sur la circulation and now, the latest traffic newspoint d'intersection/de tangence intersection/tangential pointen plusieurs points de la planète in different places ou spots on the planet9. [degré] point10. [élément - d'un texte, d'une théorie] point ; [ - d'un raisonnement] point, item ; [ - d'une description] feature, traitvoici un point d'histoire que je souhaiterais éclaircir I'd like to make clear what happened at that particular point in historypoint d'entente/de désaccord point of agreement/of disagreement11. [unité de valeur - dans un sondage, à la Bourse] point ; [ - de retraite] unit ; [ - du salaire de base] (grading) pointsa cote de popularité a gagné/perdu trois points his popularity rating has gone up/down by three pointsbattu aux points [en boxe] beaten on pointsfaire le point [le gagner] to win the pointb. [appréciation] mark (for good behaviour)12. COUTUREfaire un point à to put a stitch ou a few stitches inpoint de couture/crochet/tricot sewing/crochet/knitting stitch13. INFORMATIQUE [unité graphique] dot[emplacement]point d'accès/de retour entry/reentry point————————à ce point, à un tel point locution adverbialeton travail est dur à ce point? is your job so (very) ou that hard?j'en ai tellement assez que je vais démissionner — à ce point? I'm so fed up that I'm going to resign — that bad, is it?————————à ce point que, à (un) tel point que locution conjonctiveso much so that, to such a point thatles choses en étaient arrivées à un tel point que... things had reached such a pitch that...elle est déprimée, à ce point qu'elle ne veut plus voir personne she's so depressed that she won't see anyone anymore————————à point locution adjectivale[steak] medium[rôti] done to a turn[poire] just ou nicely ripeton bonhomme est à point, tu n'as plus qu'à enregistrer ses aveux (familier & figuré) your man's nice and ready now, all you've got to do is get the confession down on tape————————à point locution adverbiale1. CUISINE2. [au bon moment]a. [personne] to come (just) at the right timeb. [arrivée, décision] to be very timely————————à point nommé locution adverbialearriver à point nommé to arrive (just) at the right moment ou when needed, to arrive in the nick of timeau plus haut point locution adverbialeje le déteste au plus haut point I can't tell you how much I hate him, I absolutely loathe him————————au point locution adjectivale[moteur] tuned[machine] in perfect running order[technique] perfected[discours, plaidoyer] finalized[spectacle, artiste] readyton revers n'est pas encore au point your backhand isn't good enough ou up to scratch yetle son/l'image n'est pas au point the sound/the image isn't right————————au point locution adverbialea. [texte à imprimer] to editb. [discours, projet, rapport] to finalize, to put the finishing touches toc. [spectacle] to perfectd. [moteur] to tunee. [appareil photo] to (bring into) focusmettre les choses au point to put ou set the record straightmettons les choses au point: je refuse de travailler le dimanche let's get this ou things straight: I refuse to work Sundaysaprès cette discussion, j'ai tenu à mettre les choses au point following that discussion, I insisted on putting ou setting the record straight————————au point de locution prépositionnelle————————au point du jour locution adverbiale(littéraire) at dawn ou daybreakau point où locution conjonctivenous sommes arrivés au point où... we've reached the point ou stage where...au point où j'en suis, autant que je continue having got this far, I might as well carry onau point où en sont les choses as things stand, the way things are (now)————————au point que locution conjonctiveso much that, so... thatil était très effrayé, au point qu'il a essayé de se sauver he was so frightened that he tried to run awaypoint par point locution adverbialesur le point de locution prépositionnelleêtre sur le point de faire quelque chose to be about to do ou on the point of doing ou on the verge of doing somethingj'étais sur le point de partir I was about to ou going to leavesur le point de pleurer on the verge of tears ou of crying————————point d'ancrage nom masculin————————point d'appui nom masculin1. [d'un levier] fulcrumpoint de chute nom masculin2. (figuré)————————point culminant nom masculinquel est le point culminant des Alpes? what is the highest point ou peak in the Alps?point de départ nom masculin————————point faible nom masculinson point faible, c'est sa susceptibilité his touchiness is his weak spot ou point————————point fort nom masculin[d'une personne, d'une entreprise] strong point[d'un joueur de tennis] best shotles maths n'ont jamais été mon point fort I was never any good at maths, maths was never my strong point————————point mort nom masculin————————point noir nom masculina. [encombré] a heavily congested areab. [dangereux] an accident blackspot————————point sensible nom masculin1. [endroit douloureux] tender ou sore spot2. MILITAIRE key ou strategic target3. (figuré)a. [chez quelqu'un] to touch on a sore spotb. [dans un problème] to touch on a sensitive area -
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I ['kɒmpækt]1) (agreement) (written) accordo m., contratto m., convenzione f.; (verbal) intesa f.2) cosmet. portacipria m.II [kəm'pækt]1) (compressed) [snow, mass] compatto; [style, sentence] conciso2) (neatly constructed) [kitchen, house] piccolo, compatto; [camera, equipment] compattoIII [kəm'pækt]verbo transitivo compattare [waste, soil, snow]* * *I 1. [kəm'pækt] adjective(fitted neatly together in a small space: Our new house is very compact.)2. ['kompækt] noun(a small container for women's face-powder: a powder-compact with a mirror.)II ['kompækt](an agreement: The management and trade union leaders finally signed a compact.)* * *compact (1) /ˈkɒmpækt/n.(form.) patto; accordo; convenzione; trattato● by general compact, per consenso generale (o unanime).compact (2) /kəmˈpækt/a.1 compatto; denso; sodo● (fotogr.) compact camera, macchina fotografica compatta □ (autom. USA) compact car, utilitaria □ (mus., tecn.) compact disc, compact disc; CD □ compact disc player, lettore di compact disc; lettore CD.compact (3) /ˈkɒmpækt/n.(to) compact /kəmˈpækt/A v. t.1 rendere compatto; pressare5 condensare; compendiareB v. i.(tecn. e sport) compattarsi.* * *I ['kɒmpækt]1) (agreement) (written) accordo m., contratto m., convenzione f.; (verbal) intesa f.2) cosmet. portacipria m.II [kəm'pækt]1) (compressed) [snow, mass] compatto; [style, sentence] conciso2) (neatly constructed) [kitchen, house] piccolo, compatto; [camera, equipment] compattoIII [kəm'pækt]verbo transitivo compattare [waste, soil, snow] -
57 extranet
E-coma closed network of Web sites and e-mail systems that is open to people outside as well as inside an organization. An extranet enables third-party access to internal applications or information—usually subject to some kind of signed agreement. This is useful for organizations that need to share internal systems and information with potential partners. As with intranets, extranets provide all the benefits of Internet technology (browsers, Web servers, HTML, etc.) with the added benefit of security, being confined to an isolated network.Because this is a work environment and partners enter it to access information as quickly as possible, extranet design generally focuses on minimal graphics and maximum content. Security being a key issue, it is generally password-protected in order to maintain confidentiality. Content management is also essential, as the extranet is only as useful as the information it contains. Many extranets fall down because the content is not updated and managed properly. -
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ja1) (bestätigend: so ist es) yes;ist da wer? - \Ja, ich bin's is someone there? - yes, it's me;\Ja, bitte? yes, hallo?;ist dort Prof. Schlüter am Apparat? - \Ja bitte? is that Prof. Schlüter speaking? - yes, hallo?;einen Moment mal! - \Ja, bitte? - Sie haben da was fallen gelassen! just a moment! - yes, what is it? - you've dropped something!;das sag' ich \Ja! ( fam) that's exactly what I say!;das sag' ich \Ja die ganze Zeit! that's exactly what I've been saying the whole time!;zu etw \Ja sagen to say yes to sth, to agree to sth;aber \Ja! yes, of course!;kommt ihr zu der Party von Wilhelm? - aber \Ja! are you coming to Wilhelm's party? - yes, of course!2) (fragend: so? tatsächlich?) really?;„ich habe die Nase voll, ich kündige!“ - „\Ja?“ ‘I've had a bellyful, I'm handing in my notice’ - ‘really?’;ach \Ja? really?;ich wandre aus - ach \Ja? I'm emigrating - really?3) (warnend: bloß) make sure;kommen Sie \Ja pünktlich! make sure you arrive on time!;sei \Ja vorsichtig mit dem Messer! do be careful with the knife!;geh \Ja nicht dahin! don't go there whatever you do!4) (abschwächend, einschränkend: schließlich) after all;weine nicht, es ist \Ja alles nur halb so schlimm! don't cry, after all it's not that bad;ich kann es \Ja mal versuchen I can try it of course;das ist \Ja richtig, doch sollten wir trotzdem vorsichtiger sein that's certainly true, but we should be more careful anyhow5) (revidierend, steigernd: und zwar) in fact;ich muss das anerkennen, \Ja mehr noch, es loben I have to recognize that, even praise it in fact6) (anerkennend, triumphierend: doch) of course;du bist \Ja ein richtiges Schlitzohr! you really are a crafty devil!;siehst du, ich habe es \Ja immer gesagt! what did I tell you? I've always said that, you know;es musste \Ja mal so kommen! it just had to turn out like that!;auf Sie haben wir \Ja die ganze Zeit gewartet we've been waiting for you the whole time, you know;wo steckt nur der verfluchte Schlüssel? ach, da ist er \Ja! where's the damned key? oh, that's where it's got to!7) (bekräftigend: allerdings) admittedly, certainly, to be sure;ach \Ja! oh yes!;„so war das doch damals, erinnerst du dich?“ - „ach \Ja!“ ‘that's how it was in those days, do you remember?’ - ‘oh yes!’;was Sie mir da berichten, ist \Ja kaum zu glauben! what you're telling me certainly is scarcely believable!;Ihr Mann ist bei einem Flugzeugabsturz ums Leben gekommen? das ist \Ja entsetzlich! your husband died in a plane crash? why, that's just terrible!;ich verstehe das \Ja, aber trotzdem finde ich's nicht gut I understand that admittedly, even so, I don't think it's good;das ist \Ja die Höhe! that's the absolute limit!;es ist \Ja immer dasselbe it's always the same, you know8) (na) well;\Ja, wenn das so ist, komme ich natürlich mit! well, if that's the case, I'll surely come with you!;\Ja, was du nicht sagst, kaum zu glauben! well, you don't say! it's scarcely believable!9) (als Satzabschluss: nicht wahr?) isn't it?;es bleibt doch bei unserer Abmachung, \Ja? our agreement does stand though, doesn't it?;aber du hältst zu mir, wenn es brenzlig wird, \Ja? but you'll stand by me when things get hot, won't you?10) (ratlos: nur)ich weiß \Ja nicht, wie ich es ihm beibringen soll I'm sure I don't know how I'm going to get him to understand that„he, wo bleibst du denn nur so lange?“ - „ich komm \Ja schon!“ ‘hey, where have you been all this time?’ - ‘all right! all right! I'm coming!’;\Ja doch! yes, all right!WENDUNGEN:wenn die Geschäftsleitung \Ja und amen zu dem Plan sagt, können wir loslegen if the management gives it's blessing to the plan, we can get going;nun \Ja well;„wie schmeckt das Essen?“ - „nun \Ja, eigentlich gar nicht so übel“ ‘how's the food?’ - ‘well, not bad at all really’;wenn [o falls] \Ja if so;hoffentlich trifft das nicht zu, falls \Ja, werden wir noch einige Probleme bekommen hopefully that won't apply, if it does we'll have a few more problems;°\Ja! °\Ja! go on! go on!;\Ja, \Ja, gib's ihm! go on! go on! let him have it!2. Ja <-s, -[s]> [ja:] ntmit \Ja stimmen to vote yes -
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ja1) (bestätigend: so ist es) yes;ist da wer? - \ja, ich bin's is someone there? - yes, it's me;\ja, bitte? yes, hallo?;ist dort Prof. Schlüter am Apparat? - \ja bitte? is that Prof. Schlüter speaking? - yes, hallo?;einen Moment mal! - \ja, bitte? - Sie haben da was fallen gelassen! just a moment! - yes, what is it? - you've dropped something!;das sag' ich \ja! ( fam) that's exactly what I say!;das sag' ich \ja die ganze Zeit! that's exactly what I've been saying the whole time!;zu etw \ja sagen to say yes to sth, to agree to sth;aber \ja! yes, of course!;kommt ihr zu der Party von Wilhelm? - aber \ja! are you coming to Wilhelm's party? - yes, of course!2) (fragend: so? tatsächlich?) really?;„ich habe die Nase voll, ich kündige!“ - „\ja?“ ‘I've had a bellyful, I'm handing in my notice’ - ‘really?’;ach \ja? really?;ich wandre aus - ach \ja? I'm emigrating - really?3) (warnend: bloß) make sure;kommen Sie \ja pünktlich! make sure you arrive on time!;sei \ja vorsichtig mit dem Messer! do be careful with the knife!;geh \ja nicht dahin! don't go there whatever you do!4) (abschwächend, einschränkend: schließlich) after all;weine nicht, es ist \ja alles nur halb so schlimm! don't cry, after all it's not that bad;ich kann es \ja mal versuchen I can try it of course;das ist \ja richtig, doch sollten wir trotzdem vorsichtiger sein that's certainly true, but we should be more careful anyhow5) (revidierend, steigernd: und zwar) in fact;ich muss das anerkennen, \ja mehr noch, es loben I have to recognize that, even praise it in fact6) (anerkennend, triumphierend: doch) of course;du bist \ja ein richtiges Schlitzohr! you really are a crafty devil!;siehst du, ich habe es \ja immer gesagt! what did I tell you? I've always said that, you know;es musste \ja mal so kommen! it just had to turn out like that!;auf Sie haben wir \ja die ganze Zeit gewartet we've been waiting for you the whole time, you know;wo steckt nur der verfluchte Schlüssel? ach, da ist er \ja! where's the damned key? oh, that's where it's got to!7) (bekräftigend: allerdings) admittedly, certainly, to be sure;ach \ja! oh yes!;„so war das doch damals, erinnerst du dich?“ - „ach \ja!“ ‘that's how it was in those days, do you remember?’ - ‘oh yes!’;was Sie mir da berichten, ist \ja kaum zu glauben! what you're telling me certainly is scarcely believable!;Ihr Mann ist bei einem Flugzeugabsturz ums Leben gekommen? das ist \ja entsetzlich! your husband died in a plane crash? why, that's just terrible!;ich verstehe das \ja, aber trotzdem finde ich's nicht gut I understand that admittedly, even so, I don't think it's good;das ist \ja die Höhe! that's the absolute limit!;es ist \ja immer dasselbe it's always the same, you know8) (na) well;\ja, wenn das so ist, komme ich natürlich mit! well, if that's the case, I'll surely come with you!;\ja, was du nicht sagst, kaum zu glauben! well, you don't say! it's scarcely believable!9) (als Satzabschluss: nicht wahr?) isn't it?;es bleibt doch bei unserer Abmachung, \ja? our agreement does stand though, doesn't it?;aber du hältst zu mir, wenn es brenzlig wird, \ja? but you'll stand by me when things get hot, won't you?10) (ratlos: nur)ich weiß \ja nicht, wie ich es ihm beibringen soll I'm sure I don't know how I'm going to get him to understand that„he, wo bleibst du denn nur so lange?“ - „ich komm \ja schon!“ ‘hey, where have you been all this time?’ - ‘all right! all right! I'm coming!’;\ja doch! yes, all right!WENDUNGEN:wenn die Geschäftsleitung \ja und amen zu dem Plan sagt, können wir loslegen if the management gives it's blessing to the plan, we can get going;nun \ja well;„wie schmeckt das Essen?“ - „nun \ja, eigentlich gar nicht so übel“ ‘how's the food?’ - ‘well, not bad at all really’;wenn [o falls] \ja if so;hoffentlich trifft das nicht zu, falls \ja, werden wir noch einige Probleme bekommen hopefully that won't apply, if it does we'll have a few more problems;°\ja! °\ja! go on! go on!;\ja, \ja, gib's ihm! go on! go on! let him have it!2. Ja <-s, -[s]> [ja:] ntmit \ja stimmen to vote yes -
60 klären
I v/tIII v/refl1. Himmel etc.: clear (up)* * *to clear up; to clarify* * *klä|ren ['klɛːrən]1. vtto clear; Wasser, Luft to purify; Abwasser to treat; Bier, Wein to fine; Fall, Sachlage to clarify, to clear up; Frage to settle2. vi (SPORT)to clear (the ball)3. vr(Wasser, Himmel) to clear; (Wetter) to clear up; (Meinungen, Sachlage) to become clear; (Streitpunkte) to be clarified; (Frage) to be settled* * *1) (to make or become definite or clear: He tried to crystallize his ideas.) crystallize2) (to make or become definite or clear: He tried to crystallize his ideas.) crystallise3) (to reach a decision or agreement: Have you settled with the builders when they are to start work?; The dispute between management and employees is still not settled.) settle4) (to clear up or explain (a mystery, crime etc): That crime has never been solved.) solve* * *klä·ren[ˈklɛrən]I. vt1. (aufklären)eine Frage \klären to settle a questionein Problem \klären to resolve [or settle] [or solve] a problemeine Sachlage \klären to clarify a situationden Tatbestand \klären to determine the facts [of the matter]2. (reinigen)3. KOCHK▪ etw \klären to clarify [or settle] sthII. vr1. (sich aufklären)das Problem wird sich schon eventuell [von selber] \klären the problem will probably resolve [or settle] itself [of its own accord]2. (sauber werden)* * *1.transitives Verb1) (aufklären) settle, resolve <question, issue, matter>; clarify < situation>; clear up <case, affair, misunderstanding>2.reflexives Verb1) (klar werden) < situation> become clear; <question, issue, matter> be settled or resolved3.intransitives Verb (Ballspiele) clear [the ball]* * *A. v/tB. v/i SPORT clear;der Abwehrspieler klärte auf der Linie the defender cleared off the lineC. v/r1. Himmel etc: clear (up)* * *1.transitives Verb1) (aufklären) settle, resolve <question, issue, matter>; clarify < situation>; clear up <case, affair, misunderstanding>2.reflexives Verb1) (klar werden) < situation> become clear; <question, issue, matter> be settled or resolved2) (rein werden) <liquid, sky> clear3.intransitives Verb (Ballspiele) clear [the ball]* * *v.to clarify v.to clear v.
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