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  • 1 consideración

    f.
    1 consideration, reflection, deliberation, study.
    2 consideration, respect, regard, concern.
    * * *
    1 (reflexión) consideration, attention
    2 (respeto) regard
    \
    con consideración (respeto) respectfully 2 (cuidado) carefully
    de consideración important, serious
    en consideración a considering
    por consideración a out of consideration for
    tomar algo en consideración to take something into account, take something into consideration
    tratar con consideración to treat with care
    tratar sin consideración to treat carelessly
    falta de consideración lack of consideration
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    noun f.
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    SF
    1) (=deliberación) consideration

    • en consideración — under consideration

    • someter algo a la consideración de algn — to put sth to sb for consideration

    • tener o tomar algo en consideración — to take sth into consideration

    2) (=punto a considerar)

    hizo hincapié en la consideración de que... — he stressed the fact that...

    3) (=concepción) conception
    4) (=importancia) status

    de consideración — [herida, daños] serious

    5) (=atención) consideration

    ¡qué falta de consideración! — how inconsiderate!

    • en consideración a algo/algn — out of consideration for sth/sb

    • sin consideración, tratar a algn sin consideración — to show no consideration for sb

    • tener consideración a o con algn — to show consideration to sb

    6) (=estima) regard

    tengo una gran consideración por él — I have (a) great regard for him, I hold him in high regard

    7) [en cartas]

    le saludo con mi más distinguida consideración — frm I remain yours faithfully frm

    De mi (mayor) consideración — LAm Dear Sir/Madam

    * * *
    a) ( atención) consideration
    b) ( miramiento) consideration

    la trataron sin ninguna consideración or no tuvieron ninguna consideración con ella — they treated her most inconsiderately

    d) (AmL frml) (Corresp)

    De mi mayor consideración — Dear Sir/Madam

    e) consideraciones femenino plural ( razonamiento) considerations (pl)
    * * *
    = consideration, regard, respect, decency.
    Ex. This broader consideration of descriptive cataloguing problems serves to set a context for the consideration of cataloguing problems associated with nonbook materials.
    Ex. Their sheer institutional standing and regard have had a bearing upon the creation of a situation which is a good deal better than it might otherwise have been.
    Ex. The authorities had in mind the book's endemic lying, the petty thefts, the denigrations of respect and religion, the bad language and the bad grammar.
    Ex. He has a decency and character that is both enviable and especially rare in today's world of expediency and self-service.
    ----
    * actuar con poca consideración hacia = play + fast and loose with.
    * con la debida consideración = with due consideration.
    * consideraciones económicas = cost considerations.
    * consideración práctica = practical consideration.
    * con una consideración especial hacia = with particular regard to.
    * digno de consideración = worthwhile.
    * en consideración = under consideration.
    * en consideración a = for the sake of, out of consideration for, out of respect for.
    * merecer consideración = merit + consideration.
    * por consideración a = out of respect for, out of consideration for.
    * sin la debida consideración = without due consideration.
    * tener en consideración = take into + consideration, take into + consideration.
    * tomar en consideración = allow for, take into + consideration.
    * * *
    a) ( atención) consideration
    b) ( miramiento) consideration

    la trataron sin ninguna consideración or no tuvieron ninguna consideración con ella — they treated her most inconsiderately

    d) (AmL frml) (Corresp)

    De mi mayor consideración — Dear Sir/Madam

    e) consideraciones femenino plural ( razonamiento) considerations (pl)
    * * *
    = consideration, regard, respect, decency.

    Ex: This broader consideration of descriptive cataloguing problems serves to set a context for the consideration of cataloguing problems associated with nonbook materials.

    Ex: Their sheer institutional standing and regard have had a bearing upon the creation of a situation which is a good deal better than it might otherwise have been.
    Ex: The authorities had in mind the book's endemic lying, the petty thefts, the denigrations of respect and religion, the bad language and the bad grammar.
    Ex: He has a decency and character that is both enviable and especially rare in today's world of expediency and self-service.
    * actuar con poca consideración hacia = play + fast and loose with.
    * con la debida consideración = with due consideration.
    * consideraciones económicas = cost considerations.
    * consideración práctica = practical consideration.
    * con una consideración especial hacia = with particular regard to.
    * digno de consideración = worthwhile.
    * en consideración = under consideration.
    * en consideración a = for the sake of, out of consideration for, out of respect for.
    * merecer consideración = merit + consideration.
    * por consideración a = out of respect for, out of consideration for.
    * sin la debida consideración = without due consideration.
    * tener en consideración = take into + consideration, take into + consideration.
    * tomar en consideración = allow for, take into + consideration.

    * * *
    1 (atención) consideration
    sometió el tema a la consideración de los allí reunidos he put the matter to those present for consideration
    en consideración a sus méritos in recognition of her merits
    no tuvieron or tomaron en consideración su estado de salud they did not take into consideration o account the state of his health
    2 (miramiento) consideration
    tuvieron muchas consideraciones conmigo they treated me very considerately o thoughtfully, they showed me a great deal of consideration
    la trataron sin ninguna consideración or no tuvieron ninguna consideración con ella they treated her most inconsiderately, they showed her no consideration
    ¡qué falta de consideración! how thoughtless!
    no lo denunciaron por consideración a su familia they didn't report him out of consideration for his family
    3
    (importancia): de consideración ‹problema› important, serious;
    ‹herida/daños› serious
    4
    5 consideraciones fpl (razonamiento) considerations (pl)
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    consideración sustantivo femenino
    consideration;
    ◊ tomar algo en consideración to take sth into consideration o account;

    por consideración a su familia out of consideration for his family;
    en consideración a sus méritos in recognition of her merits;
    la trataron sin ninguna consideración they treated her most inconsiderately;
    ¡qué falta de consideración! how thoughtless!;
    de consideración serious
    consideración sustantivo femenino
    1 (ponderación, juicio) consideration: no tomes en consideración su observación, don't take his remark into account
    2 (respeto a los demás, cuidado) regard
    ♦ Locuciones: de consideración, (grande) important, considerable
    (grave) serious

    ' consideración' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    deferencia
    - enorme
    - ponderación
    - respeto
    - seria
    - serio
    - valorar
    - vertiente
    English:
    barge in
    - careful
    - consideration
    - inconsiderate
    - primary
    - regard
    - sustain
    - thoughtfully
    - thoughtfulness
    - thoughtlessly
    - thoughtlessness
    - decency
    - extensive
    - light
    - respect
    - rough
    - sir
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    1. [reflexión] consideration, factor;
    debemos tener en cuenta estas consideraciones we must take these factors into consideration;
    tomar en consideración to take into consideration o account;
    estas cifras no tienen en consideración el año 1999 these figures do not take 1999 into account
    2. [respeto] consideration;
    te tengo en mucha consideración I think very highly of you;
    tratar algo con consideración to treat sth with respect;
    tratar a alguien con consideración to show sb consideration;
    falta de consideración lack of consideration;
    no tiene ninguna consideración con su madre he is very inconsiderate to his mother, he shows his mother no consideration;
    Am
    de mi (mayor) consideración [en carta] Dear Sir/Madam
    3. [atención] consideration;
    en consideración a algo in recognition of sth;
    por consideración a o [m5] hacia alguien out of consideration for sb;
    tuvieron con él muchas consideraciones they were very considerate to him, they showed him great consideration
    4. [importancia]
    hubo varios heridos de consideración several people were seriously injured;
    hubo veinte heridos de diversa consideración there were twenty people with injuries of varying degrees of seriousness
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    f
    1 consideration;
    en consideración a out of consideration for;
    tomar en consideración take into consideration;
    falta de consideración lack of consideration
    2
    :
    * * *
    1) : consideration
    2) : respect
    3)
    de consideración : considerable, important
    * * *
    1. (reflexión) consideration
    2. (respecto) respect / regard
    tener/tomar en consideración to take into consideration [pt. took; pp. taken]

    Spanish-English dictionary > consideración

  • 2 lengua

    f.
    1 tongue.
    lengua de tierra tongue of land
    las malas lenguas dicen que… according to the gossip…
    ir/llegar con la lengua fuera (informal) to go along/arrive puffing and panting
    morderse la lengua to bite one's tongue
    se le trabó la lengua she stumbled over her words
    2 language (idioma, lenguaje).
    lengua materna mother tongue
    lengua muerta dead language
    * * *
    1 ANATOMÍA tongue
    2 (idioma) language
    3 (de tierra) strip
    \
    con la lengua fuera familiar with one's tongue hanging out
    dicen las malas lenguas que... gossip has it that...
    hacerse lenguas de algo to rave about something
    irse de la lengua familiar to let the cat out of the bag
    no tener pelos en la lengua figurado not to mince one's words
    tener algo en la punta de la lengua figurado to have something on the tip of one's tongue
    tener la lengua muy larga familiar to have a loose tongue
    tener una lengua viperina to have a vicious tongue
    tirar de la lengua a alguien familiar to pump somebody for information
    trabarse la lengua to get tongue-tied
    lengua de gato langue de chat
    lengua d'oc langue d'oc
    lengua d'oíl langue d'oïl
    lengua de trapo babbling
    lengua madre parent language
    lengua materna mother tongue
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    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (Anat) tongue

    • beber con la lengua — to lap up

    • mala lengua — gossip

    según las malas lenguas... — according to gossip...

    • sacar la lengua, abra la boca y saque la lengua — open your mouth and put o stick your tongue out

    - ¿te ha comido la lengua el gato?

    lengua viperina — sharp tongue, vicious tongue

    largo 1., 1), trabar 3.
    2) [de campana] tongue, clapper
    3) (Geog)

    lengua de tierra — spit of land, tongue of land

    4) (Ling) language, tongue; Esp (Escol) Spanish language ( as a school subject)

    hablar en lengua — And to speak Quichua

    LENGUAS COOFICIALES Under the Spanish constitution catalán, euskera and gallego are lenguas oficiales and enjoy the same status as castellano in the autonomous regions in which they are spoken. These languages are also known as lenguas cooficiales to show they enjoy equal status with Spanish. The regional governments actively promote their use through the media and the education system.
    See:
    * * *
    1)
    a) (Anat) tongue

    darle a la lengua — (fam) to chatter

    desatársele la lengua a alguien — to start to talk

    irse de la lengua or írsele la lengua a alguien — (fam)

    no te vayas a ir de la lengua — make sure you don't tell anybody; malo I

    morderse la lengua — to bite one's tongue

    soltar la lengua — to spill the beans

    ¿te comieron la lengua los ratones? — (fam & hum) has the cat got your tongue? (colloq)

    tirarle de or (AmL) tirarle or jalarle la lengua a alguien: hay que tirarle (de) la lengua you have to drag everything out of him; sé mucho sobre ti así que no me tires (de) la lengua — I know a lot about you, so don't provoke me

    b) (Coc) tongue
    c) ( de tierra) spit, tongue; ( de fuego) tongue
    2) (Ling) language
    •
    •• Cultural note:
    The regional languages of Spain, catalán, euskera, and gallego, which now have equal status with Castilian in the regions where they are spoken. Banned under Franco, they continued to be spoken privately. They are now widely used in public life, education, and the media, cinema and literature
    * * *
    = language, tongue.
    Ex. A paraphrase is an interpretation of the concepts featured in a document, written in the language of the writer of the paraphrase.
    Ex. Although I do at times write with my tongue between my lips (the standard attitude of deep concentration), there are other times when it is equally firmly in my cheek.
    ----
    * Asociación de Lenguas Modernas (MLA) = Modern Language Association (MLA).
    * darle a la lengua = shoot + the breeze, shoot + the bull.
    * decían las malas lenguas que = rumour had it that.
    * de lengua árabe = Arabic speaking.
    * dicen las malas lenguas que = rumour has it that.
    * dominio de una lengua extranjera = language proficiency.
    * en diversas lenguas = multilingually.
    * en dos lenguas = bilingually.
    * enfermedad de la lengua azul = bluetongue disease.
    * enredo de lengua = slip of the tongue.
    * entre varias lenguas = cross-lingual.
    * en varias lenguas = cross-lingual, cross-language, multilingually.
    * hablar con lengua de serpiente = talk with + a twisted tongue.
    * hablar con lengua de serpiente = speak with + a twisted tongue, speak with + a split tongue, speak with + a forked tongue.
    * hablar en lengua desconocida = speak in + tongues, talk in + tongues.
    * humedecer con la lengua = lick.
    * irse de la lengua = spill + the beans, shoot + Posesivo + mouth off, let + the cat out of the bag, blow + the gaff.
    * lengua autóctona = indigenous language.
    * lengua bífida = forked tongue, split tongue.
    * lengua de fuego = tongue of fire.
    * lengua de intercambio = exchange language.
    * lengua escrita = written language.
    * lengua extinta = extinct language.
    * lengua extranjera = foreign language.
    * lengua flexionada = inflected language.
    * lengua franca = lingua franca.
    * lengua hablada = spoken language.
    * lengua indígena = indigenous language.
    * lengua inglesa = English language.
    * lengua mandarina = Mandarin.
    * lengua materna = mother tongue.
    * lengua minoritaria = minority language.
    * lengua muerta = dead language, dead tongue.
    * lengua nacional = national language.
    * lengua nativa = native language, native tongue.
    * lengua negra = hairy tongue.
    * lengua oficial común = working language.
    * lengua oscurecida = black hairy tongue.
    * lengua peluda = hairy tongue.
    * lengua romance = romance language.
    * lengua vernácula = vernacular, vernacular language.
    * lengua /conocimiento de lengua = language skill.
    * mojar con la lengua = lick.
    * morderse la lengua = stay + Posesivo + tongue, hold + Posesivo + tongue, bite + Posesivo + tongue, bite + Posesivo + lip.
    * no morderse la lengua = call + a spade a spade.
    * no tener pelos en lengua = call + a spade a spade.
    * país cuya lengua oficial no es el inglés = non-English-speaking country.
    * persona que sólo habla una lengua = monoglot.
    * piercing para la lengua = tongue stud.
    * recuperación de información en varias lenguas = cross-language information retrieval (CLIR).
    * sin pelos en la lengua = outspokenly.
    * soltársele a Uno la lengua = tongue + be unloosed.
    * tener pelos en la lengua = mince + words.
    * TOEFL (Examen de Inglés como Segunda Lengua) = TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language).
    * * *
    1)
    a) (Anat) tongue

    darle a la lengua — (fam) to chatter

    desatársele la lengua a alguien — to start to talk

    irse de la lengua or írsele la lengua a alguien — (fam)

    no te vayas a ir de la lengua — make sure you don't tell anybody; malo I

    morderse la lengua — to bite one's tongue

    soltar la lengua — to spill the beans

    ¿te comieron la lengua los ratones? — (fam & hum) has the cat got your tongue? (colloq)

    tirarle de or (AmL) tirarle or jalarle la lengua a alguien: hay que tirarle (de) la lengua you have to drag everything out of him; sé mucho sobre ti así que no me tires (de) la lengua — I know a lot about you, so don't provoke me

    b) (Coc) tongue
    c) ( de tierra) spit, tongue; ( de fuego) tongue
    2) (Ling) language
    •
    •• Cultural note:
    The regional languages of Spain, catalán, euskera, and gallego, which now have equal status with Castilian in the regions where they are spoken. Banned under Franco, they continued to be spoken privately. They are now widely used in public life, education, and the media, cinema and literature
    * * *
    = language, tongue.

    Ex: A paraphrase is an interpretation of the concepts featured in a document, written in the language of the writer of the paraphrase.

    Ex: Although I do at times write with my tongue between my lips (the standard attitude of deep concentration), there are other times when it is equally firmly in my cheek.
    * Asociación de Lenguas Modernas (MLA) = Modern Language Association (MLA).
    * darle a la lengua = shoot + the breeze, shoot + the bull.
    * decían las malas lenguas que = rumour had it that.
    * de lengua árabe = Arabic speaking.
    * dicen las malas lenguas que = rumour has it that.
    * dominio de una lengua extranjera = language proficiency.
    * en diversas lenguas = multilingually.
    * en dos lenguas = bilingually.
    * enfermedad de la lengua azul = bluetongue disease.
    * enredo de lengua = slip of the tongue.
    * entre varias lenguas = cross-lingual.
    * en varias lenguas = cross-lingual, cross-language, multilingually.
    * hablar con lengua de serpiente = talk with + a twisted tongue.
    * hablar con lengua de serpiente = speak with + a twisted tongue, speak with + a split tongue, speak with + a forked tongue.
    * hablar en lengua desconocida = speak in + tongues, talk in + tongues.
    * humedecer con la lengua = lick.
    * irse de la lengua = spill + the beans, shoot + Posesivo + mouth off, let + the cat out of the bag, blow + the gaff.
    * lengua autóctona = indigenous language.
    * lengua bífida = forked tongue, split tongue.
    * lengua de fuego = tongue of fire.
    * lengua de intercambio = exchange language.
    * lengua escrita = written language.
    * lengua extinta = extinct language.
    * lengua extranjera = foreign language.
    * lengua flexionada = inflected language.
    * lengua franca = lingua franca.
    * lengua hablada = spoken language.
    * lengua indígena = indigenous language.
    * lengua inglesa = English language.
    * lengua mandarina = Mandarin.
    * lengua materna = mother tongue.
    * lengua minoritaria = minority language.
    * lengua muerta = dead language, dead tongue.
    * lengua nacional = national language.
    * lengua nativa = native language, native tongue.
    * lengua negra = hairy tongue.
    * lengua oficial común = working language.
    * lengua oscurecida = black hairy tongue.
    * lengua peluda = hairy tongue.
    * lengua romance = romance language.
    * lengua vernácula = vernacular, vernacular language.
    * lengua /conocimiento de lengua = language skill.
    * mojar con la lengua = lick.
    * morderse la lengua = stay + Posesivo + tongue, hold + Posesivo + tongue, bite + Posesivo + tongue, bite + Posesivo + lip.
    * no morderse la lengua = call + a spade a spade.
    * no tener pelos en lengua = call + a spade a spade.
    * país cuya lengua oficial no es el inglés = non-English-speaking country.
    * persona que sólo habla una lengua = monoglot.
    * piercing para la lengua = tongue stud.
    * recuperación de información en varias lenguas = cross-language information retrieval (CLIR).
    * sin pelos en la lengua = outspokenly.
    * soltársele a Uno la lengua = tongue + be unloosed.
    * tener pelos en la lengua = mince + words.
    * TOEFL (Examen de Inglés como Segunda Lengua) = TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language).

    * * *
    lenguas cooficiales (↑ lengua a1)
    A
    saca la lengua put out your tongue
    me sacó la lengua he stuck his tongue out at me
    se me traba la lengua I get tongue-tied
    tengo la lengua pastosa or estropajosa I have a cotton mouth ( AmE colloq), I've got a furry tongue ( BrE colloq)
    andar en lenguas ( fam); to be the subject of gossip
    con la lengua fuera ( fam): llegamos a casa con la lengua fuera by the time we got home our tongues were hanging out ( colloq)
    darle a la lengua ( fam); to chatter, gab ( colloq)
    hacerse lenguas de algn/algo ( fam); to rave about sb/sth ( colloq)
    todos se hacen lenguas de su belleza everyone raves about how beautiful she is
    quiero que sea una sorpresa así que no te vayas a ir de la lengua I want it to be a secret so don't go and let the cat out of the bag ( colloq)
    morderse la lengua to bite one's tongue
    soltar la lengua to spill the beans
    soltarle la lengua a algn to make sb talk
    ¿te comieron la lengua los ratones? o ( Esp) ¿te ha comido la lengua el gato? ( fam hum); has the cat got your tongue? ( colloq), have you lost your tongue? ( colloq)
    tirarle or ( AmL) jalarle (de) la lengua a algn: hay que tirarle de la lengua para que te cuente nada you have to drag everything out of him o you have to pump him, otherwise he doesn't tell you anything
    sé mucho sobre tus negocios sucios así que no me tires de la lengua I know a lot about your shady deals, so don't provoke me …
    2 ( Coc) tongue
    3 (de tierra) spit, tongue
    4 (de fuego) tongue
    Compuesto:
    langue de chat
    B ( Ling) language
    la lengua y el habla langue and parole
    lengua de trapo baby talk
    medio1 (↑ medio (1))
    Compuestos:
    target language
    ● lengua de oc/d'oil
    langue d'oc/d'oïl
    source language
    ● lengua madre or materna
    mother tongue
    target language, object language
    dead language
    target language, object language
    living language
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    lengua sustantivo femenino
    1
    a) (Anat) tongue;


    irse de la lengua or írsele la lengua a algn (fam): no debía haberlo dicho pero se me fue la lengua I shouldn't have said it but it just slipped out;
    no te vayas a ir de la lengua make sure you don't tell anybody;
    See Also→ malo2
    b) (Coc) tongue


    ( de fuego) tongue
    2 (Ling) language;

    lengua sustantivo femenino
    1 Anat tongue
    figurado tener la lengua afilada, to have a sharp tongue
    lengua viperina, poisonous tongue
    mala lengua, gossip: dicen las malas lenguas que se casó con ella por interés, rumour has it that he married her for selfish reasons
    2 Ling language
    lengua materna, native o mother tongue
    lengua muerta, dead language
    segunda lengua, second language
    3 (franja estrecha) spit, tongue: una lengua de mar se adentra en la costa, a spit of land cuts into the coast
    4 (badajo) clapper
    ♦ Locuciones: con la lengua fuera: terminamos el examen con la lengua fuera, by the end of the exam we were exhausted
    fam fig irse de la lengua, to spill the beans
    morderse uno la lengua, to bite one's tongue: tuve que morderme la lengua para no decir lo que pensaba, I had to bite my tongue to stop myself from blurting it out
    familiar tener la lengua muy larga, to be a bigmouth: tu hermana tiene la lengua muy larga, your sister is a bigmouth
    fam fig tirarle a alguien de la lengua, to try to drag sthg out of sb
    ' lengua' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    academia
    - achicharrarse
    - autóctona
    - autóctono
    - bífida
    - bífido
    - chascar
    - chasquear
    - chasquido
    - contaminar
    - ELE
    - habla
    - hablar
    - materna
    - materno
    - pastosa
    - pastoso
    - pelo
    - punta
    - sacar
    - sarro
    - trabarse
    - vernácula
    - vernáculo
    - viperina
    - viperino
    - afilado
    - clásico
    - conocer
    - corromper
    - corrupción
    - enriquecer
    - manejo
    - nativo
    - quemar
    - románico
    - sucio
    - trabar
    - transmitir
    - vivo
    English:
    bite
    - bite back
    - click
    - draw out
    - first language
    - fur
    - guttural
    - language
    - mince
    - mother tongue
    - origin
    - put out
    - Romanic
    - second language
    - specially
    - stick out
    - thrust out
    - tip
    - tongue
    - venomous
    - assistant
    - hang
    - lick
    - mother
    - out
    - sharp
    - stumble
    - TEFL
    - tut
    - vernacular
    * * *
    lengua nf
    1. [órgano] tongue;
    sacarle la lengua a alguien to stick one's tongue out at sb;
    se le trabó la lengua she stumbled over her words;
    también Fig
    morderse la lengua to bite one's tongue;
    Fam
    darle a la lengua to chatter;
    Fam
    irse de la lengua, RP [m5] aflojar o [m5] soltar la lengua to let the cat out of the bag;
    Fam
    ir/llegar con la lengua fuera to go along/arrive puffing and panting;
    Fam
    ser largo de lengua, tener la lengua muy larga to be a gossip;
    las malas lenguas dicen que… according to the gossip…;
    lo tengo en la punta de la lengua I've got it on the tip of my tongue;
    Fam
    ¿(se) te ha comido la lengua el gato?, Am [m5]¿te comieron la lengua los ratones? has the cat got your tongue?;
    Fam lengua de buey [planta] bugloss;
    lengua de ciervo [planta] hart's-tongue fern;
    lengua de fuego tongue of flame;
    Esp lengua de gato [de chocolate] langue de chat; Fig lengua de víbora malicious tongue; Fig lengua viperina malicious tongue
    2. [de tierra] tongue
    Geol lengua glaciar glacier tongue
    3. [idioma, lenguaje] language
    lengua culta educated speech;
    lengua de destino target language;
    lengua escrita written language;
    lengua estándar standard language;
    lengua franca lingua franca;
    lengua fuente source language;
    lengua hablada spoken language;
    lengua de llegada target language;
    lengua materna mother tongue;
    mi lengua materna no es el español I'm not a native speaker of Spanish;
    lengua meta target language;
    lenguas modernas modern languages;
    lengua muerta dead language;
    lengua normativa standard language;
    lengua de oc langue d'oc;
    lengua de oíl langue d'oïl;
    lengua original original o source language;
    lengua romance Romance language;
    lengua románica Romance language;
    lengua viva living language;
    lengua vulgar vulgar o coarse language
    4. Esp [asignatura] Spanish (language)
    * * *
    f tongue;
    darle a la lengua fam chatter;
    de doble filo sharp tongue;
    tirar a alguien de la lengua get information out of s.o.;
    con la lengua fuera fig with one’s tongue hanging out;
    irse de la lengua let the cat out of the bag;
    morderse la lengua fig bite one’s tongue;
    sacar la lengua a alguien stick one’s tongue out at s.o.;
    lo tengo en la punta de la lengua it’s on the tip of my tongue
    * * *
    lengua nf
    1) : tongue
    morderse la lengua: to bite one's tongue
    2) idioma: language
    lengua materna: mother tongue, native language
    lengua muerta: dead language
    * * *
    1. (del cuerpo) tongue
    2. (idioma) language
    irse de la lengua to let the cat out of the bag [pt. & pp. let]
    lengua materna native language / mother tongue

    Spanish-English dictionary > lengua

  • 3 obtener

    v.
    1 to get (beca, cargo, puntos).
    2 to obtain, to gain, to get, to acquire.
    Ricardo ganó reconocimiento Richard gained renown.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ TENER], like link=tener tener
    1 (beca, resultados) to get, obtain; (premio) to win; (ganancias) to make
    1 to get, be obtained
    * * *
    verb
    1) to obtain, get
    * * *
    VT [+ resultado, información, permiso] to get, obtain; [+ mayoría, votos] to win, obtain; [+ premio, medalla, victoria] to win; [+ apoyo] to gain, get, obtain; [+ beneficios] to make

    esperamos obtener mejores resultados este año — we are hoping to get o obtain o achieve better results this year

    con la venta de los derechos la editorial obtuvo varios millones de dólares — the publishers got several million dollars from the sale of the copyright

    nunca obtuvo respuesta — he never got o received a reply

    * * *
    verbo transitivo < premio> to win, receive; <resultado/autorización> to obtain; < calificación> to obtain, set
    * * *
    = derive, gain, generate, get, obtain, procure, secure, yield, spin off, elicit, reap, receive, come by, acquire.
    Ex. The scheme was designed for the Library of Congress and many of the features of the scheme derived from this fact.
    Ex. To many, therefore, this emphasis on information can provide a much-needed opportunity to gain the public library new influence and respect.
    Ex. Human indexers sometimes make inappropriate judgements, misinterpret ideas, have lapses of memory or concentration, and generate omissions and inconsistencies in their indexing.
    Ex. DOBIS/LIBIS does not get a new document number, but reserves this document for you, so that no one else can change it while you are working on it.
    Ex. In the event that the position in the matrix contains more than 32 entries, it is necessary for the user to interact with the system to obtain the miniature catalog that will contain the entry s/he seeks.
    Ex. They are responsible for putting together advertisements, securing proofs, procuring the matrices, electrotypes, and other duplicate plates needed for insertion in publications.
    Ex. They are responsible for putting together advertisements, securing proofs, procuring the matrices, electrotypes, and other duplicate plates needed for insertion in publications.
    Ex. This mixture of approaches is designed to yield maximum retrieval for as many users as possible by combining the different strengths of controlled and natural language indexing.
    Ex. A computerized search facility has been spun off from the basic work.
    Ex. This article looks at ways in which librarians in leadership roles can elicit the motivation, commitment, and personal investment of members of the organisation.
    Ex. Women suffragists reaped an unexpected publicity bonanza when the 1913 national suffrage parade in Washington was broken up by a drunken mob.
    Ex. If you receive a large number of titles on you initial search, you can narrow your search by using qualifiers.
    Ex. This article shows how teachers came by such information and the use they made it of in their work.
    Ex. Many libraries have special collections of foreign, unpublished or unusual materials which include items unlikely to be acquired by other libraries.
    ----
    * difícil de obtener = difficult to come by.
    * fácil de obtener = easy to come by.
    * obtener acceso = gain + access, gain + admittance.
    * obtener algo de = get + something out of.
    * obtener beneficios = gain + benefit, make + a profit, realise + benefits, derive + benefit, reap + rewards, reap + benefits, reap + returns, make + profit.
    * obtener conocimiento = gain + an understanding.
    * obtener credibilidad = attain + credibility.
    * obtener de = get out of.
    * obtener el derecho para = win + the right to.
    * obtener el enunciado del problema = elicit + problem statement.
    * obtener el máximo beneficio = reap + full potential.
    * obtener el mayor rendimiento posible = maximise + opportunities.
    * obtener éxito = achieve + success.
    * obtener éxitos y fracasos = experience + problems and successes.
    * obtener fondos de = derive + finances from.
    * obtener ganancia = gain + benefit.
    * obtener gratificación = obtain + gratification.
    * obtener gratis = obtain + free.
    * obtener indicios sobre = get + an indication of.
    * obtener información = obtain + information, glean + information, gain + information, pick up + information, secure + information.
    * obtener información de = elicit + information from.
    * obtener la aprobación = meet with + approval.
    * obtener partido de = capitalise on/upon [capitalize, -USA].
    * obtener perspectiva de = gain + perspective on.
    * obtener pistas sobre = get + an indication of.
    * obtener placer = take + pleasure, obtain + pleasure from, derive + pleasure.
    * obtener placer de = get + pleasure from.
    * obtener + Posesivo + aprobación = meet + Posesivo + approval.
    * obtener promoción = arrive at + promotion.
    * obtener provecho = get + Posesivo + money's worth out of.
    * obtener reconocimiento = gain + recognition.
    * obtener resultado = obtain + result.
    * obtener resultados = get + things done.
    * obtener satisfacción = derive + satisfaction, gain + satisfaction, derive + gratification, obtain + satisfaction.
    * obtenerse = accrue.
    * obtenerse de = flow from.
    * obtener titulación = receive + degree.
    * obtener + Título = earn + Título.
    * obtener una categoría = gain + status.
    * obtener una cita bibliográfica = glean + citation.
    * obtener una idea = get + a sense of, gain + a sense of.
    * obtener una idea de = get + a taste of.
    * obtener una impresión = gain + picture.
    * obtener una perspectiva = gather + perspective.
    * obtener una referencia = glean + reference.
    * obtener un estatus = gain + status.
    * obtener un premio = earn + an award, win + award, win + prize.
    * obtener un puesto de trabajo = obtain + position.
    * obtener un título = gain + a degree in.
    * obtener ventaja = gain + advantage.
    * obtener ventajas = reap + advantages.
    * se obtendrá algo de provecho = something is bound to come of it.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo < premio> to win, receive; <resultado/autorización> to obtain; < calificación> to obtain, set
    * * *
    = derive, gain, generate, get, obtain, procure, secure, yield, spin off, elicit, reap, receive, come by, acquire.

    Ex: The scheme was designed for the Library of Congress and many of the features of the scheme derived from this fact.

    Ex: To many, therefore, this emphasis on information can provide a much-needed opportunity to gain the public library new influence and respect.
    Ex: Human indexers sometimes make inappropriate judgements, misinterpret ideas, have lapses of memory or concentration, and generate omissions and inconsistencies in their indexing.
    Ex: DOBIS/LIBIS does not get a new document number, but reserves this document for you, so that no one else can change it while you are working on it.
    Ex: In the event that the position in the matrix contains more than 32 entries, it is necessary for the user to interact with the system to obtain the miniature catalog that will contain the entry s/he seeks.
    Ex: They are responsible for putting together advertisements, securing proofs, procuring the matrices, electrotypes, and other duplicate plates needed for insertion in publications.
    Ex: They are responsible for putting together advertisements, securing proofs, procuring the matrices, electrotypes, and other duplicate plates needed for insertion in publications.
    Ex: This mixture of approaches is designed to yield maximum retrieval for as many users as possible by combining the different strengths of controlled and natural language indexing.
    Ex: A computerized search facility has been spun off from the basic work.
    Ex: This article looks at ways in which librarians in leadership roles can elicit the motivation, commitment, and personal investment of members of the organisation.
    Ex: Women suffragists reaped an unexpected publicity bonanza when the 1913 national suffrage parade in Washington was broken up by a drunken mob.
    Ex: If you receive a large number of titles on you initial search, you can narrow your search by using qualifiers.
    Ex: This article shows how teachers came by such information and the use they made it of in their work.
    Ex: Many libraries have special collections of foreign, unpublished or unusual materials which include items unlikely to be acquired by other libraries.
    * difícil de obtener = difficult to come by.
    * fácil de obtener = easy to come by.
    * obtener acceso = gain + access, gain + admittance.
    * obtener algo de = get + something out of.
    * obtener beneficios = gain + benefit, make + a profit, realise + benefits, derive + benefit, reap + rewards, reap + benefits, reap + returns, make + profit.
    * obtener conocimiento = gain + an understanding.
    * obtener credibilidad = attain + credibility.
    * obtener de = get out of.
    * obtener el derecho para = win + the right to.
    * obtener el enunciado del problema = elicit + problem statement.
    * obtener el máximo beneficio = reap + full potential.
    * obtener el mayor rendimiento posible = maximise + opportunities.
    * obtener éxito = achieve + success.
    * obtener éxitos y fracasos = experience + problems and successes.
    * obtener fondos de = derive + finances from.
    * obtener ganancia = gain + benefit.
    * obtener gratificación = obtain + gratification.
    * obtener gratis = obtain + free.
    * obtener indicios sobre = get + an indication of.
    * obtener información = obtain + information, glean + information, gain + information, pick up + information, secure + information.
    * obtener información de = elicit + information from.
    * obtener la aprobación = meet with + approval.
    * obtener partido de = capitalise on/upon [capitalize, -USA].
    * obtener perspectiva de = gain + perspective on.
    * obtener pistas sobre = get + an indication of.
    * obtener placer = take + pleasure, obtain + pleasure from, derive + pleasure.
    * obtener placer de = get + pleasure from.
    * obtener + Posesivo + aprobación = meet + Posesivo + approval.
    * obtener promoción = arrive at + promotion.
    * obtener provecho = get + Posesivo + money's worth out of.
    * obtener reconocimiento = gain + recognition.
    * obtener resultado = obtain + result.
    * obtener resultados = get + things done.
    * obtener satisfacción = derive + satisfaction, gain + satisfaction, derive + gratification, obtain + satisfaction.
    * obtenerse = accrue.
    * obtenerse de = flow from.
    * obtener titulación = receive + degree.
    * obtener + Título = earn + Título.
    * obtener una categoría = gain + status.
    * obtener una cita bibliográfica = glean + citation.
    * obtener una idea = get + a sense of, gain + a sense of.
    * obtener una idea de = get + a taste of.
    * obtener una impresión = gain + picture.
    * obtener una perspectiva = gather + perspective.
    * obtener una referencia = glean + reference.
    * obtener un estatus = gain + status.
    * obtener un premio = earn + an award, win + award, win + prize.
    * obtener un puesto de trabajo = obtain + position.
    * obtener un título = gain + a degree in.
    * obtener ventaja = gain + advantage.
    * obtener ventajas = reap + advantages.
    * se obtendrá algo de provecho = something is bound to come of it.

    * * *
    vt
    ‹premio› to win, receive; ‹resultado› to obtain, achieve; ‹calificación/autorización/préstamo› to obtain, get
    se han obtenido importantes mejoras significant improvements have been obtained o achieved
    obtuvimos los fondos necesarios del banco we got o obtained o ( frml) secured the necessary funding from the bank
    * * *

     

    obtener ( conjugate obtener) verbo transitivo ‹ premio› to win, receive;
    ‹resultado/autorización› to obtain;
    ‹ calificación› to obtain, set
    obtener vtr (conseguir) to obtain, get
    ' obtener' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    conseguir
    - sigilo
    - abastecer
    - alcanzar
    - apuntar
    - capacitar
    - coger
    - diplomarse
    - ello
    - obtuve
    - sacar
    English:
    bid
    - blank
    - clear
    - derive
    - elicit
    - extort
    - get
    - get in
    - obtain
    - poll
    - procure
    - profit
    - qualify
    - raise
    - secure
    - access
    - achieve
    - cream
    - drum
    - gain
    - hope
    - length
    - lobby
    - process
    * * *
    [beca, cargo, puntos, información] to get, to obtain; [resultado] to obtain, to achieve; [premio, victoria] to win; [ganancias] to make; [satisfacción, ventaja] to gain, to obtain;
    obtuvieron dos millones de beneficio de la venta de su casa they made a profit of two million from the sale of their house;
    la sidra se obtiene de las manzanas cider is obtained o made from apples
    * * *
    <part obtuvo> v/t get, obtain fml
    * * *
    obtener {80} vt
    : to obtain, to secure, to get
    ♦ obtenible adj
    * * *
    1. (conseguir en general) to get / to obtain
    2. (conseguir premios, medallas, etc) to win [pt. & pp. won]

    Spanish-English dictionary > obtener

  • 4 catalán

    adj.
    Catalan, Catalonian, pertaining to Catalonia its people or their language.
    m.
    Catalan, Catalonian, native or inhabitant of Catalonia.
    * * *
    1 Catalan, Catalonian
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (persona) Catalan
    1 (idioma) Catalan
    ————————
    1 (idioma) Catalan
    * * *
    catalán, -ana
    1.
    ADJ SM / F Catalan, Catalonian
    2.
    SM (Ling) Catalan
    CATALÁN Catalan is a romance language whose earliest literature dates back to the 12th century. In the Middle Ages Catalan military expansion spread the use of the language beyond modern Catalonia, but following the unification of Castile and Aragon the language lost ground to Castilian. During the Franco régime the use of Catalan and other minority national languages was prohibited in the media and in public institutions. This, together with the influx of Castilian-speaking immigrants, posed a threat to the survival of the language. Since 1979, when Catalonia's autonomous government, the Generalitat, was re-established and Catalan gained lengua cooficial status, the language has returned to public life in Catalonia and is flourishing. Indeed, many Catalan authors publish first in Catalan and only later in Castilian. Outside Catalonia, Catalan is also spoken by large numbers of people in the Balearic Islands and Andorra. Valenciano, a language spoken in the Valencia region, is closely related.
    See:
    ver nota culturelle LENGUAS COOFICIALES in lengua
    * * *
    I
    - lana adjetivo/masculino, femenino Catalan
    II
    masculino ( idioma) Catalan
    •• Cultural note:
    The language of Catalonia. Like Castilian, Catalan is a Romance language. Variants of it include mallorquín of the Balearic Islands and valenciano spoken in the autonomous region of Valencia. Banned under Franco, Catalan has enjoyed a revival since Spain's return to democracy and now has around 11 million speakers. It is the medium of instruction in schools and universities and its use is widespread in business, the arts, and the media. Many books are published in Catalan. See also lenguas cooficiales
    * * *
    = Catalan, Catalonian.
    Ex. This article examines the training initiatives of institutions such as the Andalusian Libraries Association and the Catalan Society for Documentation and Information.
    Ex. One of the main arguments of Catalonians is that they are a different nation because they have a 'different' language and culture.
    * * *
    I
    - lana adjetivo/masculino, femenino Catalan
    II
    masculino ( idioma) Catalan
    •• Cultural note:
    The language of Catalonia. Like Castilian, Catalan is a Romance language. Variants of it include mallorquín of the Balearic Islands and valenciano spoken in the autonomous region of Valencia. Banned under Franco, Catalan has enjoyed a revival since Spain's return to democracy and now has around 11 million speakers. It is the medium of instruction in schools and universities and its use is widespread in business, the arts, and the media. Many books are published in Catalan. See also lenguas cooficiales
    * * *
    = Catalan, Catalonian.

    Ex: This article examines the training initiatives of institutions such as the Andalusian Libraries Association and the Catalan Society for Documentation and Information.

    Ex: One of the main arguments of Catalonians is that they are a different nation because they have a 'different' language and culture.

    * * *
    Catalan, Catalonian ( dated)
    catalán2 - lana catalán (↑ catalán a1)
    masculine, feminine
    1 (persona) Catalan
    2
    The language of Catalonia. Like Castilian, Catalan is a Romance language. Variants of it include mallorquín (↑ Mallorca a1) of the Balearic Islands and valenciano (↑ valenciano a1) spoken in the autonomous region of Valencia.
    Banned under Franco, Catalan has enjoyed a revival since Spain's return to democracy and now has around 11 million speakers. It is the medium of instruction in schools and universities and its use is widespread in business, the arts, and the media. Many books are published in Catalan. See also lenguas cooficiales (↑ lengua a1).
    * * *

    catalán 1
    ◊ - lana adjetivo/ sustantivo masculino, femenino

    Catalan
    catalán 2 sustantivo masculino ( idioma) Catalan
    catalán,-ana
    I adjetivo & sustantivo masculino y femenino Catalonian
    II sustantivo masculino (idioma) Catalan

    ' catalán' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    catalana
    - Generalitat
    - parecerse
    - sardana
    English:
    Catalan
    * * *
    catalán, -ana
    ♦ adj
    Catalan, Catalonian
    ♦ nm,f
    [persona] Catalan
    ♦ nm
    [lengua] Catalan
    CATALÁN
    Catalan is one of several official languages in Spain other than Castilian Spanish. Like Spanish (“castellano”) and Galician (“gallego”), it developed from late Latin. It is spoken in Catalonia in northeastern Spain, and closely related languages are also spoken in the Balearic Islands (“mallorquín”) and the Valencian region (“valenciano”). Catalonia's economic development in the latter part of the 19th century encouraged a renaissance in the use of the language as a literary medium. During Franco's dictatorship (1939-75), Catalan was effectively banned for official purposes, but it continued to be used in everyday life as well as in literature. Since the return of democracy, Catalonia's regional government has promoted Catalan as the official language for use in education.
    * * *
    I adj Catalan
    II m, catalana f Catalan
    III m idioma Catalan
    * * *
    catalán, - lana adj & n, mpl - lanes : Catalan
    : Catalan (language)
    * * *
    catalán adj n Catalan

    Spanish-English dictionary > catalán

  • 5 gallego

    adj.
    Galician.
    m.
    Galician, native of Galicia.
    * * *
    1 Galician
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (persona) Galician
    1 (idioma) Galician
    ————————
    1 (idioma) Galician
    * * *
    gallego, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) (=de Galicia) Galician
    2) LAm pey Spanish
    2. SM / F
    1) (=de Galicia) Galician
    2) LAm pey Spaniard
    3. SM
    1) (Ling) Galician
    2) (=viento) north-west wind
    GALLEGO Gallego, a romance language dating back to the 12th century and closely related to Portuguese, is spoken by most of the inhabitants of Galicia. During the Franco régime, the use of Galician and other minority national languages was prohibited in the media and in public institutions. It has enjoyed lengua cooficial status alongside castellano since 1981. There are several dialects of the language and formal attempts to standardize them in the 1970s were unsuccessful. However, a standard form is now beginning to emerge naturally in the larger urban areas.
    See:
    ver nota culturelle LENGUAS COOFICIALES in lengua
    * * *
    I
    - ga adjetivo
    a) ( de Galicia) Galician
    b) (AmL fam) ( español) Spanish
    II
    - ga masculino, femenino
    a) ( de Galicia) Galician
    b) (AmL fam) ( español) Spaniard
    c) gallego masculino (Ling) Galician
    •• Cultural note:
    The language of Galicia, spoken by around 3 million people. It is an official requirement for many official and academic positions, and a compulsory school subject. Galician, a Romance language close to Portuguese, was banned under Franco but with the return to democracy, it became an official language in Galicia beside Castilian. Nowadays there is Galician radio and television, and a considerable amount of publishing in the language. Galician has less social prestige than Catalan and Basque in their homelands. The middle classes have largely opted to use Castilian. See also lenguas cooficiales
    * * *
    I
    - ga adjetivo
    a) ( de Galicia) Galician
    b) (AmL fam) ( español) Spanish
    II
    - ga masculino, femenino
    a) ( de Galicia) Galician
    b) (AmL fam) ( español) Spaniard
    c) gallego masculino (Ling) Galician
    •• Cultural note:
    The language of Galicia, spoken by around 3 million people. It is an official requirement for many official and academic positions, and a compulsory school subject. Galician, a Romance language close to Portuguese, was banned under Franco but with the return to democracy, it became an official language in Galicia beside Castilian. Nowadays there is Galician radio and television, and a considerable amount of publishing in the language. Galician has less social prestige than Catalan and Basque in their homelands. The middle classes have largely opted to use Castilian. See also lenguas cooficiales
    * * *
    gallego1 -ga
    1 (de Galicia) Galician
    2 ( AmL fam) (español) Spanish
    gallego2 -ga gallego (↑ gallego a1)
    masculine, feminine
    A
    1 (de Galicia) Galician
    2 ( AmL fam) (español) Spaniard
    B
    gallego masculine ( Ling) Galician
    The language of Galicia, spoken by around 3 million people. It is an official requirement for many official and academic positions, and a compulsory school subject.
    Galician, a Romance language close to Portuguese, was banned under Franco but with the return to democracy, it became an official language in Galicia beside Castilian. Nowadays there is Galician radio and television, and a considerable amount of publishing.
    Galician has less social prestige than Catalan and Basque in their homelands. The middle classes have largely opted to use Castilian. See also lenguas cooficiales (↑ lengua a1).
    * * *

    gallego 1
    ◊ -ga adjetivo


    b) (AmL fam) ( español) Spanish

    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino

    b) (AmL fam) ( español) Spaniard

    gallego 2 sustantivo masculino ( idioma) Galician
    gallego,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 Galician
    2 LAm pey Spanish
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino
    1 Galician, native of Galicia
    2 LAm pey Spaniard
    III m (idioma) Galician
    ' gallego' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cepa
    - gallega
    English:
    Galician
    * * *
    gallego, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [de Galicia] Galician
    2. CSur, Cuba Fam = sometimes pejorative term used to refer to a Spanish person
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [de Galicia] Galician
    2. CSur, Cuba Fam = sometimes pejorative term used to refer to a Spaniard, especially an immigrant
    ♦ nm
    [lengua] Galician
    GALLEGO
    Gallego (“Galician”) is one of the four official languages spoken in Spain. It is spoken in the northwestern region of Galicia. Like Spanish and Catalan, it stems from late Latin, and it has many similarities to Portuguese in grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation. For decades Galician was either banned or officially unrecognized, and as a consequence it was mainly spoken in traditional or rural areas. However, in recent times it has re-emerged with the support of the Galician nationalist movement and is being promoted as the official language for use in schools and education. Although many Galician-born authors have written mainly or exclusively in Spanish, one of Spain's greatest nineteenth century poets, Rosalía de Castro, wrote much of her poetry in Gallego. Today Galician is used by an increasing number of well-known authors, one of the best-known of whom is the poet and short story writer Manuel Rivas.
    * * *
    I adj
    1 Galician
    Spanish
    II m, gallega f
    1 Galician
    Spaniard
    III m idioma Galician
    * * *
    gallego, -ga adj
    1) : Galician
    2) fam : Spanish
    gallego, -ga n
    1) : Galician
    2) fam : Spaniard
    * * *
    gallego adj n Galician

    Spanish-English dictionary > gallego

  • 6 Introduction

       Portugal is a small Western European nation with a large, distinctive past replete with both triumph and tragedy. One of the continent's oldest nation-states, Portugal has frontiers that are essentially unchanged since the late 14th century. The country's unique character and 850-year history as an independent state present several curious paradoxes. As of 1974, when much of the remainder of the Portuguese overseas empire was decolonized, Portuguese society appeared to be the most ethnically homogeneous of the two Iberian states and of much of Europe. Yet, Portuguese society had received, over the course of 2,000 years, infusions of other ethnic groups in invasions and immigration: Phoenicians, Greeks, Celts, Romans, Suevi, Visigoths, Muslims (Arab and Berber), Jews, Italians, Flemings, Burgundian French, black Africans, and Asians. Indeed, Portugal has been a crossroads, despite its relative isolation in the western corner of the Iberian Peninsula, between the West and North Africa, Tropical Africa, and Asia and America. Since 1974, Portugal's society has become less homogeneous, as there has been significant immigration of former subjects from its erstwhile overseas empire.
       Other paradoxes should be noted as well. Although Portugal is sometimes confused with Spain or things Spanish, its very national independence and national culture depend on being different from Spain and Spaniards. Today, Portugal's independence may be taken for granted. Since 1140, except for 1580-1640 when it was ruled by Philippine Spain, Portugal has been a sovereign state. Nevertheless, a recurring theme of the nation's history is cycles of anxiety and despair that its freedom as a nation is at risk. There is a paradox, too, about Portugal's overseas empire(s), which lasted half a millennium (1415-1975): after 1822, when Brazil achieved independence from Portugal, most of the Portuguese who emigrated overseas never set foot in their overseas empire, but preferred to immigrate to Brazil or to other countries in North or South America or Europe, where established Portuguese overseas communities existed.
       Portugal was a world power during the period 1415-1550, the era of the Discoveries, expansion, and early empire, and since then the Portuguese have experienced periods of decline, decadence, and rejuvenation. Despite the fact that Portugal slipped to the rank of a third- or fourth-rate power after 1580, it and its people can claim rightfully an unusual number of "firsts" or distinctions that assure their place both in world and Western history. These distinctions should be kept in mind while acknowledging that, for more than 400 years, Portugal has generally lagged behind the rest of Western Europe, although not Southern Europe, in social and economic developments and has remained behind even its only neighbor and sometime nemesis, Spain.
       Portugal's pioneering role in the Discoveries and exploration era of the 15th and 16th centuries is well known. Often noted, too, is the Portuguese role in the art and science of maritime navigation through the efforts of early navigators, mapmakers, seamen, and fishermen. What are often forgotten are the country's slender base of resources, its small population largely of rural peasants, and, until recently, its occupation of only 16 percent of the Iberian Peninsula. As of 1139—10, when Portugal emerged first as an independent monarchy, and eventually a sovereign nation-state, England and France had not achieved this status. The Portuguese were the first in the Iberian Peninsula to expel the Muslim invaders from their portion of the peninsula, achieving this by 1250, more than 200 years before Castile managed to do the same (1492).
       Other distinctions may be noted. Portugal conquered the first overseas empire beyond the Mediterranean in the early modern era and established the first plantation system based on slave labor. Portugal's empire was the first to be colonized and the last to be decolonized in the 20th century. With so much of its scattered, seaborne empire dependent upon the safety and seaworthiness of shipping, Portugal was a pioneer in initiating marine insurance, a practice that is taken for granted today. During the time of Pombaline Portugal (1750-77), Portugal was the first state to organize and hold an industrial trade fair. In distinctive political and governmental developments, Portugal's record is more mixed, and this fact suggests that maintaining a government with a functioning rule of law and a pluralist, representative democracy has not been an easy matter in a country that for so long has been one of the poorest and least educated in the West. Portugal's First Republic (1910-26), only the third republic in a largely monarchist Europe (after France and Switzerland), was Western Europe's most unstable parliamentary system in the 20th century. Finally, the authoritarian Estado Novo or "New State" (1926-74) was the longest surviving authoritarian system in modern Western Europe. When Portugal departed from its overseas empire in 1974-75, the descendants, in effect, of Prince Henry the Navigator were leaving the West's oldest empire.
       Portugal's individuality is based mainly on its long history of distinc-tiveness, its intense determination to use any means — alliance, diplomacy, defense, trade, or empire—to be a sovereign state, independent of Spain, and on its national pride in the Portuguese language. Another master factor in Portuguese affairs deserves mention. The country's politics and government have been influenced not only by intellectual currents from the Atlantic but also through Spain from Europe, which brought new political ideas and institutions and novel technologies. Given the weight of empire in Portugal's past, it is not surprising that public affairs have been hostage to a degree to what happened in her overseas empire. Most important have been domestic responses to imperial affairs during both imperial and internal crises since 1415, which have continued to the mid-1970s and beyond. One of the most important themes of Portuguese history, and one oddly neglected by not a few histories, is that every major political crisis and fundamental change in the system—in other words, revolution—since 1415 has been intimately connected with a related imperial crisis. The respective dates of these historical crises are: 1437, 1495, 1578-80, 1640, 1820-22, 1890, 1910, 1926-30, 1961, and 1974. The reader will find greater detail on each crisis in historical context in the history section of this introduction and in relevant entries.
       LAND AND PEOPLE
       The Republic of Portugal is located on the western edge of the Iberian Peninsula. A major geographical dividing line is the Tagus River: Portugal north of it has an Atlantic orientation; the country to the south of it has a Mediterranean orientation. There is little physical evidence that Portugal is clearly geographically distinct from Spain, and there is no major natural barrier between the two countries along more than 1,214 kilometers (755 miles) of the Luso-Spanish frontier. In climate, Portugal has a number of microclimates similar to the microclimates of Galicia, Estremadura, and Andalusia in neighboring Spain. North of the Tagus, in general, there is an Atlantic-type climate with higher rainfall, cold winters, and some snow in the mountainous areas. South of the Tagus is a more Mediterranean climate, with hot, dry, often rainless summers and cool, wet winters. Lisbon, the capital, which has a fifth of the country's population living in its region, has an average annual mean temperature about 16° C (60° F).
       For a small country with an area of 92,345 square kilometers (35,580 square miles, including the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and the Madeiras), which is about the size of the state of Indiana in the United States, Portugal has a remarkable diversity of regional topography and scenery. In some respects, Portugal resembles an island within the peninsula, embodying a unique fusion of European and non-European cultures, akin to Spain yet apart. Its geography is a study in contrasts, from the flat, sandy coastal plain, in some places unusually wide for Europe, to the mountainous Beira districts or provinces north of the Tagus, to the snow-capped mountain range of the Estrela, with its unique ski area, to the rocky, barren, remote Trás-os-Montes district bordering Spain. There are extensive forests in central and northern Portugal that contrast with the flat, almost Kansas-like plains of the wheat belt in the Alentejo district. There is also the unique Algarve district, isolated somewhat from the Alentejo district by a mountain range, with a microclimate, topography, and vegetation that resemble closely those of North Africa.
       Although Portugal is small, just 563 kilometers (337 miles) long and from 129 to 209 kilometers (80 to 125 miles) wide, it is strategically located on transportation and communication routes between Europe and North Africa, and the Americas and Europe. Geographical location is one key to the long history of Portugal's three overseas empires, which stretched once from Morocco to the Moluccas and from lonely Sagres at Cape St. Vincent to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is essential to emphasize the identity of its neighbors: on the north and east Portugal is bounded by Spain, its only neighbor, and by the Atlantic Ocean on the south and west. Portugal is the westernmost country of Western Europe, and its shape resembles a face, with Lisbon below the nose, staring into the
       Atlantic. No part of Portugal touches the Mediterranean, and its Atlantic orientation has been a response in part to turning its back on Castile and Léon (later Spain) and exploring, traveling, and trading or working in lands beyond the peninsula. Portugal was the pioneering nation in the Atlantic-born European discoveries during the Renaissance, and its diplomatic and trade relations have been dominated by countries that have been Atlantic powers as well: Spain; England (Britain since 1707); France; Brazil, once its greatest colony; and the United States.
       Today Portugal and its Atlantic islands have a population of roughly 10 million people. While ethnic homogeneity has been characteristic of it in recent history, Portugal's population over the centuries has seen an infusion of non-Portuguese ethnic groups from various parts of Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Between 1500 and 1800, a significant population of black Africans, brought in as slaves, was absorbed in the population. And since 1950, a population of Cape Verdeans, who worked in menial labor, has resided in Portugal. With the influx of African, Goan, and Timorese refugees and exiles from the empire—as many as three quarters of a million retornados ("returned ones" or immigrants from the former empire) entered Portugal in 1974 and 1975—there has been greater ethnic diversity in the Portuguese population. In 2002, there were 239,113 immigrants legally residing in Portugal: 108,132 from Africa; 24,806 from Brazil; 15,906 from Britain; 14,617 from Spain; and 11,877 from Germany. In addition, about 200,000 immigrants are living in Portugal from eastern Europe, mainly from Ukraine. The growth of Portugal's population is reflected in the following statistics:
       1527 1,200,000 (estimate only)
       1768 2,400,000 (estimate only)
       1864 4,287,000 first census
       1890 5,049,700
       1900 5,423,000
       1911 5,960,000
       1930 6,826,000
       1940 7,185,143
       1950 8,510,000
       1960 8,889,000
       1970 8,668,000* note decrease
       1980 9,833,000
       1991 9,862,540
       1996 9,934,100
       2006 10,642,836
       2010 10,710,000 (estimated)

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  • 7 criollo

    adj.
    native, Creole.
    m.
    native, aboriginal, Creole.
    * * *
    1 Creole
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (persona) Creole
    1 (idioma) Creole
    * * *
    criollo, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) ( Hist) Creole; (=de origen español) of Spanish extraction
    2) LAm (=no extranjero) native, native to America
    2. SM / F
    1) ( Hist) Creole
    2) LAm Peruvian/Colombian/Ecuadorean, etc, native of a particular Latin American country, as opposed to a foreigner
    3) And (=cobarde) coward
    3.
    SM (Ling) Creole

    como dicen en criollo — as they say in Latin America/Peru etc

    * * *
    I
    - lla adjetivo
    a) (Hist) Creole
    b) (AmL) ( por oposición a extranjero) Venezuelan (o Peruvian etc); <plato/artesanía/cocina> national

    a la criolla — (RPl fam) informal, casual

    c) < lengua> creole; viveza 2)
    II
    - lla masculino, femenino
    b) (AmL) ( nativo) Venezuelan (o Peruvian etc)
    c) criollo masculino (Ling) creole

    decir algo/hablar en criollo — (AmL fam) to say something in plain Spanish

    * * *
    = Creole.
    Ex. Always a controversial and confusing term, the word Creole, to put it simply, means many things to many people.
    * * *
    I
    - lla adjetivo
    a) (Hist) Creole
    b) (AmL) ( por oposición a extranjero) Venezuelan (o Peruvian etc); <plato/artesanía/cocina> national

    a la criolla — (RPl fam) informal, casual

    c) < lengua> creole; viveza 2)
    II
    - lla masculino, femenino
    b) (AmL) ( nativo) Venezuelan (o Peruvian etc)
    c) criollo masculino (Ling) creole

    decir algo/hablar en criollo — (AmL fam) to say something in plain Spanish

    * * *

    Ex: Always a controversial and confusing term, the word Creole, to put it simply, means many things to many people.

    * * *
    1 ( Hist) Creole
    2 ( AmL) (por oposición a extranjero) Venezuelan ( o Peruvian etc); ‹plato/artesanía/cocina› national
    nació en Barcelona, pero es tan criollo como el que más he was born in Barcelona, but he's as Venezuelan ( o Peruvian etc) as they come ( colloq)
    a la criolla ( RPl fam); informal, casual
    3 ‹lengua› creole
    masculine, feminine
    2 ( AmL) (nativo) Venezuelan ( o Peruvian etc)
    3
    como se dice en criollo as we say in Latin America ( o in Peru etc)
    decir algo/hablar en criollo ( AmL fam); to say sth in plain Spanish
    * * *

    criollo
    ◊ - lla adjetivo

    a) (Hist) Creole

    b) (AmL) ( por oposición a extranjero) Venezuelan (o Peruvian etc);

    ‹plato/artesanía/cocina› national
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino

    b) (AmL) ( nativo) Venezuelan (o Peruvian etc)

    criollo,-a adjetivo & sustantivo masculino y femenino Creole
    ' criollo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    criolla
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    criollo, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [persona] born in Latin America to European parents;
    sus dos hijas menores son criollas her two younger daughters were born in Latin America
    2. [objeto, cultura] local [native to Latin America as opposed to foreign];
    al poco tiempo de llegar adoptaron las costumbres criollas shortly after arriving, they began to adopt the local customs
    3. [comida, lengua] creole
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [persona] = person born in Latin America to European parents
    2. Comp
    Perú, PRico, RP
    hacer algo a la criolla to do sth informally
    ♦ nm
    [idioma] creole; Am
    hablar en criollo to speak plainly, to speak in plain Spanish
    CRIOLLO
    The term criollo (creole) was first used in the 16th century. It meant a descendant of European colonizers (as opposed to a native or African) born in the New World to Spaniards but without the full legal, political or social status of a person born in Spain. The word has acquired different meanings since then in different regions. It can now mean “national” as opposed to “from abroad”, referring to anything from people to animal breeds, and can be translated as “Mexican”, “Venezuelan” or whatever the relevant nationality may be.
    * * *
    I adj Creole
    II m, criolla f Creole
    III f idioma Creole
    * * *
    criollo, - lla adj
    1) : Creole
    2) : native, national
    comida criolla: native cuisine
    criollo, - lla n
    : Creole
    : Creole (language)

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  • 8 rise

    1. I
    1) too weak to rise слишком слаб, чтобы встать /подняться/; he rose and walked over to greet me он встал /поднялся/ и подошел ко мне поздороваться
    2) what tune do you usually rise? в котором часу /когда/ вы обычно встаете;
    3) a plane (a balloon, a lift, etc.) rises самолет и т.д. поднимается; bubbles (the fish, etc.) rise пузырьки и т.д. поднимаются (на поверхность); the lake rose and spread over the fields озеро вышло из берегов и затопило поля; the mercury /the glass, the barometer/ is rising барометр поднимается the mist /the fog/ is rising туман поднимается /рассеивается/; the bread has risen тесто поднялось /подошло/; the bread won't rise тесто никак не подходит /не поднимается/; yeast makes dough rise от дрожжей тесто поднимается; blisters rise волдыри появляются; what time does the sun rise? в котором часу /когда/ восходит солнце?
    4) prices and costs (demands, etc.) rise цены и т.д. растут; his anger (one's wrath, one's temper, heat, fever, etc.) rises его гнев /раздражение/ и т.д. растет /усиливается/; at this news my spirits rose от этой новости у меня поднялось /улучшилось/ настроение; his temperature is rising у него поднимается /растет/ температура; her voice rose она повысила голос; a wind (a breeze, a gale, etc.) rises ветер и т.д. усиливается; his colour rose он покраснел
    5) the people rose народ восстал
    6) where does the Nile rise? откуда берет начало /где начинается/ река Нил?; a storm began to rise начала разыгрываться буря; a rumour rose возник слух; a feud rose разгорелась вражда
    7) rise and come forward in the world приобретать вес и влияние в обществе; a man likely to rise человек с будущим, человек, который далеко пойдет
    2. II
    1) rise in some manner rise abruptly (reluctantly, majestically, unanimously, obediently, etc.) резко /внезапно/ и т.д. вставать (на ноги) /подниматься/; he fell never to riseI again он упал и больше уже не поднялся
    2) rise at some time rise early (very early, late, etc.) вставать рано и т.д.; the sun hasn't risen yet солнце еще не взошло
    3) rise in some manner the ground rose sharply поверхность земли /почва/ резко /круто/ поднялась the road began rising gradually дорога начала постепенно подниматься, начался пологий подъем (на дороге); the smoke from our fire rose straight up in the still air в неподвижном воздухе дым от нашего костра поднимался прямо вверх; the river is rising fast вода в реке быстро подымается /прибывает/; rise at some time new buildings are rising every day с каждым днем растут /подымаются/ новые здания; weeds rose overnight за ночь выросли сорняки; the fog rose at last наконец туман рассеялся; the curtain's already risen занавес уже поднялся, спектакль уже начался
    4) rise at some time the news made our spirits rise once again от этого сообщения у нас снова испортилось настроение; his passion rose from day to day с каждым днем страсть его становилась сильней
    3. III
    1) rise so many times they say a drowning man rises three times говорят, что утопающий всплывает /поднимается/ на поверхность три раза
    2) rise some distance the tree rises 20 feet дерево достигает высоты в 20 футов; the mountain rises a thousand feet эта гора возвышается на тысячу футов; the river (the flood, etc.) lias risen five feet вода в реке и т.д. поднялась на пять футов; rise for some amount rise two feet (one per cent, etc.) возрастать /увеличиваться/ на два фута и т.д.
    3) rise to some age usually in the Continuous she is rising twelve ей скоро будет двенадцать
    4. IV
    1) rise smth. at some time he did not rise a fish (a bird, etc.) all day за весь день он не поймал ни одной рыбы и т.д.
    2) rise some amount [for smth.] sugar has risen a penny a pound сахар подорожал на пенни за фунт
    5. XIII
    1) rise to do smth. rise to welcome smb. (to applaud, to answer, to help them, etc.) встать /подняться/, чтобы приветствовать кого-л. и т.д.
    2) rise to be smb. rise to be a general дослужиться до генерала, стать генералом; rise to be a partner (deputy to the Reichstag, President of the Republic, etc.) выдвинуться и стать компаньоном и т.д.
    6. XV
    1) the moon rose red взошла красная луна
    2) the morning rose fair and bright наступило хорошее утро
    7. XVI
    1) rise from smth. rise from one's knees (from one's feet, from a chair, etc.) подняться с колен и т.д., she was unable to rise from her seat она не смогла /была не в состоянии/ встать с места; rise from [the] table встать из-за стола, закончить еду; rise from one's dinner встать из-за стола после обеда; rise from the book with a feeling of satisfaction встать после чтения книги с чувством удовлетворения; he looks as though he had risen from the grave он выглядит так, словно встал из гроба; rise off /from/ smth. a bird (an aeroplane, an airship, etc.) rises from /off/ the ground птица и т.д. поднимается /взлетает/ с земли; smoke (vapour, mist, etc.) rises from the valleys дым и т.д. поднимается из долин; bubbles rose from the bottom of the lake со дна озера поднимались пузырьки; rise in (to) smth. a bird (an airship, a kite, the smoke, etc.) rises in (to) the air (into the sky, etc.) птица и т.д. поднимается в воздух и т.д.; the sun rises in the east солнце всходит на востоке; cork rises in water в воде пробка не тонет /всплывает наверх/; rise over smth. the sun rose over the wood солнце взошло /поднялось/ над лесом; rise on smth. the horse rose on its hind legs лошадь встала на дыбы; the hair rose on his head у него волосы встали дыбом; rise to smth. rise to one's feet встать /подняться/ на ноги; rise to one's knees подняться на колени (из лежачего положения); rise to the surface всплывать на поверхность
    2) rise at some time rise at dawn (in the morning, etc.) вставать /просыпаться/ на рассвете и т.д.; he rose at 7 and went to bed at 10 он встал в семь и лег спать в десять; rise with smth. rise with the sun вставать с восходом солнца /= с петухами/
    3) rise in (on, behind, above, etc.) smth., smb. rise in the foreground (in the distance, behind the school, out of a flat plain, from the very waterside, etc.) возвышаться /подниматься/ на переднем плане и т.д.; rise above the neighbouring peaks (above sea-level, above the sea, etc.) возвышаться над соседними вершинами и т.д.; houses are rising on the edge of town на краю города вырастают /поднимаются/ дома; a range of hills rose on our left слева от нас тянулась гряда холмов; a hill rises behind the house позади дома возвышается холм; the immense building rose before our eyes огромное здание подымалось у нас перед глазами: a picture (an idea, a thought, a lovely vision, a scene, etc.) rises before /in/ the /one's/ mind (in /before, within/ smb., etc.) в воображении и т.д. возникает картина и т.д., rise to smth. rise to a thousand feet (to a height /to an altitude/ of 60 feet, etc.) подниматься /возвышаться/ на тысячу футов и т.д.; rise to the highest level подняться на высший /самый высокий/ уровень; the tears rose to his eyes на глазах у него появились слезы; rise in some direction a road (a path, a line, a surface, the land, etc.) rises in this or that direction дорога и т.д. поднимается в этом или том направлении; a stately castle rose to the west of the town к западу от города возвышался величественный замок; a blister has risen on my heel на пятке у меня вскочил волдырь; rise at some time the curtain will rise at 8 занавес поднимется /откроется/ в восемь часов
    4) rise after smth. the river is rising after the heavy rain после сильного дождя уровень воды в реке поднимается /повышается, растет/; rise to smth. rise to six shillings the ounce (to l
    3)
    to a much higher price, etc.) возрастя /подняться/ в цене до шести шиллингов за унцию и т.д.; sugar has risen to twice its old price цена на сахар поднялась вдвое; his voice rose to a shriek голос его сорвался на крик; his language does not rise to the dignity of poetry его язык не достигает уровня подлинного поэтического языка; rise to the occasion оказаться на высоте положения; she always rises to an emergency в трудные моменты она умеет собраться; rise to one's responsibilities справиться со своими обязанностями; rise to the requirements оказаться способным отвечать предъявляемым требованиям; rise beyond smth. his expense rose beyond his expectations расходы у него выросли сверх его ожиданий; rise in smth. rise in anger (in excitement, in joy, etc.) подниматься /повышаться/ в гневе /раздражении/ и т.д. (о голосе); this author's style rises in force of expression стиль этого автора становится все более выразительным; rise with (at) smth. interest rises with each act of the play с каждым актом интерес к пьесе возрастает; his anger rose at that remark при этих словах в нем вспыхнул гнев; rise above smth. rise above prejudices (above petty jealousies, above mediocrity, above events, above the commonplace, etc.) быть выше предрассудков и т.д. || rise to /at/ the /a/ bait /to the fly/ попасться на удочку, клюнуть на что-л.; rise to it поддаться на провокацию
    5) rise in smth. rise in rebellion /in revolt/ поднять восстание; rise in revolution начать революцию; rise against smth., smb. rise against oppression (against nations, against an oppressor, against the government, against the tyrant, etc.) восставать против угнетения и т.д.; they rose against their cruel rulers они восстали /подняли восстание/ против своих жестоких правителей; rise against a resolution (against a bill, etc.) выступать против резолюции и т.д.; my whole soul /being/ rises against it все мое существо восстает против этого; rise at smth. my gorge rises at the thought при одной лишь мысли об этом я чувствую отвращение
    6) rise from (in) smth. the river rises from a spring (in the hills, in its bed, in a mountain, etc.) река берет свое начало из родника и т.д.; a quarrel (trouble, a difficulty, etc.) rises from a misunderstanding (from misapprehension, from mere trifles, etc.) ссора и т.д. возникает из-за того, что люди не понимают друг друга и т.д.; a sound of laughter rises in the next room в соседней комнате возникает /раздается/ смех; Tokyo rose from the ashes Токио поднялся из пепла; rise between smb. a quarrel rose between them между ними возникла ссора
    7) rise to smth. rise to a top position (to premiership, to great power, to supremacy, to a height of prosperity, to the rank of a first-class military power, etc.) достичь ведущего положения и т.д.; rise to greatness стать великим человеком /знаменитостью/; he rose to importance at an early age он выдвинулся еще в молодые годы; he rose to eminence at Paris as a journalist and author в Париже он стал знаменитым журналистом и писателем; he rose to international fame almost overnight он внезапно приобрел мировую известность; rise from smth. rise from a low position (from nothing, etc.) подняться из низов и т.д., выбиться в люди и т.д.; rise from the ranks стать офицером; rise from smb., smth. to smb., smth. rise from errand boy to president ( from small beginnings to take one's place among the first merchants of the city, from obscurity to national fame, etc.) подняться /продвинуться/ от рассыльного до президента и т.д.; rise in smth. rise in status занять более высокое положение; rise in.the world преуспеть, выбиться в люди; rise [immensely] in one's (smb.'s) estimation (in one's (smb.'s) opinion, in the scale of usefulness, etc.) [значительно] вырасти в своих собственных (в чьих-л.) глазах и т.д.; rise by smth. rise by merit only продвинуться в жизни только благодаря своем [собственным] заслугам
    8. XIX1
    rise like smth.
    1) tile building rose like a dream здание возникло, как сновидение
    2) rise like a phoenix from its ashes возродиться, как [птица] феникс из пепла
    9. XXI1
    rise smth. in some time the river rose thirty feet in eight hours за восемь часов вода в реке поднялась на тридцать футов; rise smth. in (to) smth. the Eiffel Tower rises 100 feet in (to) the air Эйфелева башня поднимается ввысь на сто футов
    10. XXV
    rise as...
    1) the men all rose as we came in когда мы вошли, все мужчины встали
    2) the path rises as it approaches the woods (the house) у леса (у дома) дорога подымается /идет вверх/; his voice rose as he saw their faces lengthening голос у него зазвучал громче, когда он увидел, как у них вытягиваются лица

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