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  • 1 over

    above, across, after, in excess of, for, of, over, past
    * * *
    I. præp
    a) ( udbredt over, hen(ne)over, lige over) over ( fx a rug lying over the sofa; pull a blanket over somebody; hold an umbrella over somebody's head; roast something over a slow fire);
    [( om brøk:) 13 / 7 = 13 over 7] 13 over 7;
    b) ( oven over, hævet over, højere end) above ( fx the stars above us; 500 ft. above sea level; a general is above a colonel in rank); c) ( tværs over) across ( fx a bridge across the river; run across the street);
    ( hen over) over ( fx walk over the moor; pass over the frontier); d) ( via) via ( fx to London via Esbjerg); by (way of); through ( fx
    through York to London, not through Leeds);
    e) ( ud over) beyond ( fx pass beyond this line; go beyond that price; far beyond his expectations);
    f) ( mere end) over, above ( fx over 5 miles long; above (el. over) 200 members; 10 degrees above zero; he is over 50);
    g) ( om klokkeslæt) past ( fx it is a quarter (, five, ten,
    twenty(-five)) past ten; it is three (, nine, twelve etc) minutes past ten; it was past (el. after) ten o'clock);
    (am) after;
    h) ( herskende over) over ( fx these people want a strong man over them); i) ( på grund af) at ( fx angry, astonished, disappointed, impatient, offended at something), about ( fx angry, annoyed, anxious about something), with ( fx pleased with something; disappointed with somebody), of ( fx glad, proud of something; complain of something); j) ( angående) on ( fx lecture on Dickens);
    k) ( om præg, egenskab) about ( fx there is something nervous (, aristocratic) about him).
    II. adv over;
    ( tværs over) across;
    ( itu) in two;
    [ klippe (, skære) over] cut through, cut in two;
    [ over for] opposite, facing ( fx he sat opposite (el. facing) me),
    ( stående over for) in the face of ( fx his courage in the face of difficulties), face to face with ( fx an opponent);
    ( imod) towards ( fx their attitude towards the Government), to ( fx
    his kindness to me; be responsible to somebody), with ( fx be
    frank (, gentle, strict) with somebody);

    Danish-English dictionary > over

  • 2 get over

    تَعَافَى (مِن)‏ \ recover: to become well again (after illness or shock); get back to a former good condition (after trouble): She recovered from the fever. His business never recovered from the effects of war. recuperate: to rest and get strong again, after an illness or accident, etc.. get over: to get better from (an illness); not feel any more (shock, surprise, etc.): She can’t get over the shock of her husband’s death.

    Arabic-English glossary > get over

  • 3 een geprononceerde mening hebben (over)

    een geprononceerde mening hebben (over)
    hold strong views on/about, feel strongly about

    Van Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > een geprononceerde mening hebben (over)

  • 4 een uitgesproken mening hebben over iets

    een uitgesproken mening hebben over iets

    Van Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > een uitgesproken mening hebben over iets

  • 5 demasiado fuerte

    Ex. Strong economic forces, inflation and an over-strong pound wiped out any noticeable benefits of membership to industry.
    * * *

    Ex: Strong economic forces, inflation and an over-strong pound wiped out any noticeable benefits of membership to industry.

    Spanish-English dictionary > demasiado fuerte

  • 6 fuerte

    adj.
    1 strong (persona, viento).
    un medicamento muy fuerte a very powerful medicine
    está demasiado fuerte it's on too loud
    4 tight (nudo).
    5 strong.
    es una empresa fuerte en el sector the company's strong in this sector
    una moneda fuerte a strong currency
    6 large, considerable (grande) (cantidad).
    una fuerte presencia de artistas europeos a large contingent of European artists
    adv.
    3 loudly.
    4 strong.
    m.
    1 fort.
    2 strong point, forte (punto fuerte).
    su fuerte son las matemáticas mathematics is his forte
    3 fortress, fort, bastille, fortification.
    * * *
    1 (gen) strong
    2 (en asignatura) strong, good
    3 (viento) strong; (lluvia, nevada) heavy; (tormenta, seísmo) severe; (calor) intense
    4 (escena - violento) violent; (- escandaloso) shocking; (- inquietante) disturbing
    5 (dolor, enfermedad) severe, bad
    6 (golpe) hard, heavy
    7 (sonido) loud
    8 (subida) steep, sharp; (bajada) sharp
    9 (discusión) heated, violent; (protesta) violent, vigorous; (polémica) bitter; (aplauso) loud, thunderous
    10 (presión) intense; (influencia) powerful, strong
    13 (color) intense
    14 (contraste) marked, sharp; (tendency) strong, marked
    15 (cosa fija) stiff, tight
    2 (punto fuerte) forte, strong point
    1 (mucho) a lot
    3 (volumen) loud
    \
    ¡abrázame fuerte! hold me tight!
    estar fuerte en algo to be good at something
    ¡habla más fuerte! speak up!
    * * *
    1. adv.
    1) hard
    2. adj.
    2) loud
    3. noun m.
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) [persona]
    a) [físicamente] [gen] strong; (=robusto) sturdy, powerfully built; euf (=obeso) large
    b) [emocionalmente] strong, tough

    hemos de ser fuertes ante la adversidad — we must be strong o tough in the face of adversity

    c)

    estar fuerte en filosofía/historia — [estudiante] to be strong in philosophy/history

    2) (=intenso)
    a) [sabor, olor, viento] strong; [dolor, calor] intense; [lluvia] heavy; [ejercicio] strenuous
    b) [explosión, voz, ruido] loud; [golpe] heavy, hard; [acento] strong, thick
    c) [color] (=no pálido) strong; (=llamativo) bright
    d) [impresión] strong, powerful; [deseo] strong, deep; [fe, objeción] strong; [discusión] heated
    e) [abrazo, beso] big

    un beso muy fuerte — [en cartas] lots of love

    un fuerte abrazo, Carmen — best wishes, Carmen; [más cariñoso] love, Carmen

    3) [bebida, medicamento] strong; [comida] (=pesada) heavy; (=indigesta) indigestible

    nunca toma cosas fuertes, solo cerveza y vino — he never drinks spirits o the hard stuff *, just beer and wine

    4) (=resistente) [cuerda, tela] strong; [economía, moneda, país] strong
    5) (=importante) [aumento, bajada] sharp; [crisis] serious, severe; [pérdidas] large, substantial
    6) (=impactante) [escena] shocking, disturbing

    me dijo cosas muy fuertes que no podría repetir ahora — she said some harsh o nasty * things that I couldn't repeat now

    -lo llamó a la oficina y lo despidió en el acto -¡qué fuerte! — * "he called him at the office and fired him there and then" - "that's outrageous o appalling!"

    7)

    hacerse fuerte — (=protegerse) to hole up; (=volverse fuerte) to gain strength

    8) [terreno] rough, difficult
    9) Chile (=apestoso) [persona] stinky

    ser o estar fuerte a algo — to stink of sth

    2. ADV
    1) (=con fuerza) [golpear] hard; [abrazar] tight, tightly

    jugar fuerte — (lit) to gamble heavily; (fig) to take a gamble

    2) (=en voz alta) [hablar, tocar] loud, loudly

    ¡más fuerte! ¡que no se le oye aquí atrás! — speak up! we can't hear at the back

    3) (=gran cantidad)
    3. SM
    1) (Mil) fort
    2) (Mús) forte
    3) (=especialidad) forte, strong point
    4) Chile (=bebida) hard liquor, hard stuff *
    * * *
    I
    1) < persona>
    a) ( físicamente) strong

    es un hombre fuertísimo or fortísimo — he's an exeptionally strong man

    b) ( moralmente) strong

    hacerse fuerte — to pull oneself together

    c) ( en asignatura) strong

    no estoy muy fuerte en ese tema/en física — I'm not very strong on that topic/in physics (colloq)

    2) ( resistente) <tela/cuerda> strong
    3)
    a) < viento> strong; < terremoto> severe; <lluvia/nevada> heavy
    b) < dolor> intense, bad; < resfriado> bad

    un fuerte golpe — a heavy o hard blow

    c) <abrazo/beso> big
    4) < ruido> loud
    5)
    a) <olor/sabor> strong
    b) <licor/medicina> strong
    c) < comida> heavy
    6) < acento> strong, thick
    7) ( violento) < discusión> violent, heated

    me dijo que era un inútil - qué fuerte! — (fam) he said I was useless - that's a bit much (AmE) o (BrE) a bit over the top!

    8)
    a) ( poderoso) <nación/empresa/equipo> strong
    b) < moneda> strong
    9) (Ling) < vocal> stressed
    II
    1) <golpear/empujar> hard; <agarrar/apretar> tightly; < llover> heavily
    2) < hablar> loudly
    3) ( mucho)
    4) <jugar/apostar> heavily
    III
    1) (Mil) fort
    2) ( especialidad) strong point, forte
    * * *
    I
    1) < persona>
    a) ( físicamente) strong

    es un hombre fuertísimo or fortísimo — he's an exeptionally strong man

    b) ( moralmente) strong

    hacerse fuerte — to pull oneself together

    c) ( en asignatura) strong

    no estoy muy fuerte en ese tema/en física — I'm not very strong on that topic/in physics (colloq)

    2) ( resistente) <tela/cuerda> strong
    3)
    a) < viento> strong; < terremoto> severe; <lluvia/nevada> heavy
    b) < dolor> intense, bad; < resfriado> bad

    un fuerte golpe — a heavy o hard blow

    c) <abrazo/beso> big
    4) < ruido> loud
    5)
    a) <olor/sabor> strong
    b) <licor/medicina> strong
    c) < comida> heavy
    6) < acento> strong, thick
    7) ( violento) < discusión> violent, heated

    me dijo que era un inútil - qué fuerte! — (fam) he said I was useless - that's a bit much (AmE) o (BrE) a bit over the top!

    8)
    a) ( poderoso) <nación/empresa/equipo> strong
    b) < moneda> strong
    9) (Ling) < vocal> stressed
    II
    1) <golpear/empujar> hard; <agarrar/apretar> tightly; < llover> heavily
    2) < hablar> loudly
    3) ( mucho)
    4) <jugar/apostar> heavily
    III
    1) (Mil) fort
    2) ( especialidad) strong point, forte
    * * *
    fuerte1

    Ex: Had he consulted an Indian history, he would have found, for instance, that what the Britannica called the Fort Phil Kearney massacre the Indians call the 'Battle of the Hundred Slain'.

    * defender el fuerte = hold + the fortress.

    fuerte2
    2 = robust, strong [stronger -comp., strongest -sup.], sturdy [sturdier -comp., sturdiest -sup.], loud [louder -comp., loudest -sup.], hefty [heftier -comp., heftiest -sup.], tight [tighter -comp., tightest -sup.], forte, brawny [brawnier -comp., brawniest -sup.], buoyant, hard-wearing, strong point, nippy [nippier -comp., nippiest -sup.].

    Ex: Although microcomputers are relatively robust, they do not take kindly to frequent moves from one location to another, particularly on wheeled trollies.

    Ex: In fact, the 1979 index figures show a strong contrast between the hardback and paperback turnovers, with the hardback market being down and the paperback market up.
    Ex: Here came every sort of human ingredient -- sturdy homesteaders, skilled craftsmen, precious scoundrels.
    Ex: Visitors would be surprised by the loud creaking and groaning of the presses as the timbers gave and rubbed against each other.
    Ex: This new font had increased contrast and x-height in the lower case and a hefty set of capitals = Este nuevo tipo de letra había aumentado el contraste y el ojo medio de las minúsculas y las mayúsculas eran voluminosas.
    Ex: The platen was lashed up tight to the toe of the spindle by cords which connected hooks at its four corners to another set of hooks at the four lower corners of the hose.
    Ex: Statistical analysis has long been a forte of sociological & social research.
    Ex: This revolutionary syndicalist union consistently supported the most downtrodden & oppressed, & encouraged a cult of the unspoiled, heroic brawny proletarian with raw courage & 'natural' virtues.
    Ex: The foreign relations of the Community will probably remain a buoyant area.
    Ex: The manufacturers of this type of artificial turf say that while the grass is soft and springy underfoot it is extremely tough and hard-wearing.
    Ex: One of the strong points of the DIALOG service is the documentation.
    Ex: Blend cream cheese with prepared horseradish for a nippy taste.
    * amarillo fuerte = bright yellow.
    * andar pisando fuerte = go from + strength to strength, make + a big impact.
    * apretar fuerte = bear down on.
    * bebida alcohólica fuerte = hard drink, hard liquor.
    * caja fuerte = safe, safety deposit box.
    * combinación de la caja fuerte = safe code, safe combination.
    * con fuertes aspiraciones profesionales = upward-mobile.
    * dar fuerte = pack + a wallop.
    * delgado y fuerte = wiry.
    * demasiado fuerte = over-strong.
    * de olor fuerte = strong-smelling.
    * fuerte como un roble = as strong as an ox.
    * fuerte como un toro = as strong as an ox.
    * fuertes lluvias = heavy rain.
    * fuerte viento = strong wind.
    * golpear fuerte = wallop, whack.
    * golpe fuerte = whack.
    * hacer más fuerte = toughen.
    * hacerse más fuerte = gain in + strength, grow in + strength.
    * iluminación fuerte = task lighting.
    * ley del más fuerte, la = law of the jungle, the, survival of the fittest, survival of the strongest.
    * mar fuerte = heavy sea.
    * más fuerte que un roble = as strong as an ox.
    * más fuerte que un toro = as strong as an ox.
    * naranja fuerte = bright orange.
    * olor fuerte y penetrante = tang.
    * pegar fuerte = pack + a wallop.
    * pisar fuerte = go from + strength to strength, make + a big impact, stomp.
    * plato fuerte = main dish, strong point, entrée, main entrée.
    * poner más fuerte = crank up.
    * punto fuerte = strength.
    * sabor fuerte y penetrante = tang.
    * supervivencia del más fuerte = survival of the fittest, survival of the strongest.
    * tener una personalidad muy fuerte = be full of character.
    * tener un carácter muy fuerte = be full of character.
    * un fuerte sentimiento de = a strong sense of.
    * viento fuerte = high wind.

    fuerte3
    3 = tangy [tangier - comp., tangiest -sup.].

    Ex: The most boring meal can be pepped up with spicy and tangy herbs.

    * * *
    A ‹persona›
    nunca ha sido muy fuerte he has never been very strong
    es un hombre fuertísimo or fortísimo he's an exceptionally strong man
    2 (moralmente) strong
    hacerse fuerte to pull oneself together
    no estoy muy fuerte en ese tema I'm not very strong on o well up on that topic ( colloq)
    anda muy fuerte en física he's doing very well in physics
    B (resistente) ‹tela/cuerda› strong
    una caja bien fuerte a good, sturdy o strong box
    una valla alta y fuerte a tall, sturdy o strong fence
    C
    1 ‹viento› strong; ‹terremoto› severe; ‹lluvia/nevada› heavy
    2 ‹dolor› intense, bad; ‹resfriado› bad
    un fuerte golpe a heavy o hard blow
    3 ‹abrazo/beso› big
    D ‹ruido› loud
    la radio está muy fuerte, bájale el volumen the radio's too loud, turn it down
    E
    1 ‹olor/sabor› strong
    2 ‹licor› strong; ‹medicina› strong
    3 ‹comida› heavy
    F ‹acento› strong, thick
    G
    (violento): tiene escenas muy fuertes it has some very shocking o disturbing scenes
    me dijo que no valía para nada — ¡qué fuerte! ( fam); he said I was absolutely useless — strong o harsh words!
    tuvieron una discusión fortísima or fuertísima they had a violent o heated argument
    H
    1 (poderoso) ‹nación/empresa/equipo› strong
    es algo más fuerte que yo, no puedo dejar de hacerlo it's stronger than I am, I can't stop o give it up
    2 ‹moneda› strong
    3
    (importante): una fuerte suma de dinero a large sum of money
    un fuerte contingente de la policía a strong police contingent
    un fuerte incremento de precio a sharp price increase
    le recetó una fuerte dosis de analgésicos she prescribed a heavy dose of painkillers
    I ( Ling) ‹vocal› stressed
    J
    ( Chi fam) (hediondo): ¡qué fuerte andas! you stink! ( colloq)
    es fuerte de patas his feet stink ( colloq)
    A ‹golpear/empujar› hard; ‹agarrar/apretar› tightly; ‹llover› heavily
    una canción que está pegando fuerte a song that's a big hit at the moment
    B ‹hablar› loudly
    pon la radio más fuerte turn the radio up
    C
    (abundantemente): desayunar fuerte to have a big breakfast
    D ‹jugar/apostar› heavily
    A ( Mil) fort
    B (especialidad) strong point, forte
    C ( Chi fam) (licor) hard stuff ( colloq)
    * * *

     

    fuerte adjetivo
    1 ( en general) strong;
    ◊ un equipo/una cuerda fuerte a strong team/rope

    2
    a) ‹ viento› strong;

    ‹ terremoto› severe;
    ‹lluvia/nevada› heavy
    b) ‹ dolor› intense, bad;

    ‹ golpe› heavy;
    ‹ resfriado› bad;
    ‹abrazo/beso› big
    c) ‹ruido/música› loud

    d) ‹olor/sabor/medicina› strong;

    ‹comida/dosis› heavy
    e) ‹ acento› strong, thick

    3 ( violento) ‹ discusión› violent, heated;
    ‹película/escena› shocking
    ■ adverbio
    1 ‹golpear/empujar› hard;
    ‹agarrar/apretar› tightly;
    ‹ llover› heavily
    2 ‹ hablar› loudly;

    habla más fuerte speak up
    ■ sustantivo masculino
    a) (Mil) fort


    fuerte
    I adjetivo
    1 strong
    2 (intenso) (dolor) severe
    (color) intense
    3 (excesivo) strong
    (comida) heavy: el café es muy fuerte para la niña, coffee is too strong for the child
    4 (volumen) loud
    5 (impactante) (escenas) violent, grisly
    (comentarios) serious
    II sustantivo masculino
    1 (fortificación) fort
    2 (punto fuerte) forte, strong point
    III adv (con fuerza, con violencia) hard: el viento sopla fuerte, the wind is blowing hard
    (con intensidad, apretadamente) tight: ¡agárrate fuerte!, hold on tight!
    (en cantidad) tienes que desayunar fuerte, you have to have a good breakfast
    (más alto) louder: ¡habla más fuerte!, speak up!
    ' fuerte' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    A
    - acento
    - agarrarse
    - animal
    - caja
    - campeonato
    - conmoción
    - débil
    - diezmar
    - dirigir
    - espanto
    - estirón
    - férrea
    - férreo
    - frágil
    - fulminante
    - grande
    - hacer
    - opresión
    - pisar
    - plato
    - relumbrón
    - resistente
    - reventar
    - sacudida
    - suave
    - sujetar
    - tirón
    - torta
    - tortazo
    - trompazo
    - viento
    - abrazar
    - agarrar
    - apariencia
    - bajón
    - caer
    - carácter
    - codazo
    - combinación
    - comida
    - constitución
    - crecida
    - dispositivo
    - estridente
    - fortín
    - golpe
    - impulso
    - indignación
    - indignado
    English:
    A
    - agony
    - ale
    - aloud
    - backbone
    - bad
    - balance
    - bang
    - bash
    - beat down
    - best
    - blare
    - bond
    - boo
    - break into
    - burly
    - crack
    - dish
    - fluid
    - forte
    - fresh
    - fuck
    - great
    - grip
    - hard
    - hard currency
    - heady
    - heavy
    - high
    - highlight
    - hold
    - hold on
    - hug
    - iron
    - keen
    - liaison
    - loud
    - lung
    - must
    - point
    - potent
    - powerful
    - press
    - resilient
    - robust
    - rugged
    - safe
    - sing up
    - slight
    - slog
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [persona] [físicamente] strong;
    estar fuerte como un roble to be as strong as an ox
    2. [persona] [psicológicamente] strong;
    tiene un carácter muy fuerte she has a strong character
    3.
    hacerse fuerte en Mil to make one's stronghold in;
    Fig
    el equipo se hizo fuerte en su área the team fell back into their own half
    4. [material] strong;
    necesito un tejido fuerte I need a strong material
    5. [viento] strong;
    [lluvia] heavy
    6. [intenso] [frío, dolor, color] intense;
    [golpe, pelea] hard
    7. [medicamento] powerful
    8. [influyente, sólido] strong;
    es una empresa fuerte en el sector the company's strong in this sector;
    una moneda fuerte a strong currency;
    fuertes razones powerful reasons
    9. [violento, impactante] powerful, shocking;
    lenguaje fuerte strong language;
    un chiste fuerte a crude joke;
    algunas de las escenas son muy fuertes some of the scenes are very shocking
    10. [grande] large, considerable;
    una fuerte cantidad de dinero a large o considerable amount of money;
    una fuerte presencia de artistas caribeños a large contingent of Caribbean artists
    11. [comida] [pesado] heavy;
    [picante] hot
    12. [nudo] tight
    13. [sílaba] accented, stressed
    14. [vocal] strong
    15. [versado]
    estoy fuerte en idiomas I'm good at languages
    16. [alto] [sonido] loud;
    la televisión está demasiado fuerte the television is on too loud
    17. Fam [increíble] astonishing, amazing;
    ¡qué fuerte! [fabuloso] wow!, amazing!;
    [terrible] how awful!, oh no!;
    …y después me insultó – ¡qué fuerte! …and then he insulted me – that's awful o terrible!
    ♦ adv
    1. [intensamente] hard;
    [abrazar, agarrar] tight;
    está nevando fuerte it's snowing hard o heavily;
    lo ató bien fuerte she tied it tight;
    chuta fuerte he has a powerful kick
    2. [abundantemente] a lot;
    en España se suele almorzar fuerte in Spain, people usually have a big meal at lunchtime
    3. [en voz alta] loudly;
    ¿podría hablar más fuerte? could you speak louder?
    ♦ nm
    1. [fortificación] fort
    2. [especialidad] strong point, forte;
    su fuerte son las matemáticas mathematics is his forte
    * * *
    I adj
    1 strong
    2 dolor intense; lluvia heavy
    3 aumento sharp
    4 ruido loud
    5
    :
    estoy fuerte en idiomas I’m good at languages
    incredible fam ;
    ¡qué fuerte!, ¡esto es muy fuerte! fam God, this is awful! fam
    II adv hard;
    hablar fuerte speak loudly;
    jugar fuerte bet heavily
    III m MIL fort;
    hacerse fuerte dig o.s. in
    * * *
    fuerte adv
    1) : strongly, tightly, hard
    2) : loudly
    3) : abundantly
    fuerte adj
    1) : strong
    2) : intense
    un fuerte dolor: an intense pain
    3) : loud
    4) : extreme, excessive
    fuerte nm
    1) : fort, stronghold
    2) : forte, strong point
    * * *
    fuerte1 adj
    1. (en general) strong
    2. (dolor) severe
    3. (voz, ruido) loud
    4. (golpe) hard
    5. (comida) heavy [comp. heavier; superl. heaviest]
    6. (imágenes) violent
    ¡qué fuerte! how awful!
    fuerte2 adv
    1. (con fuerza) hard
    2. (hablar) loud / loudly
    3. (sujetar) tight
    fuerte3 n
    2. (punto sobresaliente) strong point

    Spanish-English dictionary > fuerte

  • 7 anular

    adj.
    1 ring-shaped.
    dedo anular ring finger
    2 annular, ring-shaped.
    Ricardo compró un artefacto anular Richard bought a ring-shaped artifact.
    m.
    1 ring finger (dedo).
    Elsa se quebró el anular Elsa fractured her ring finger.
    2 annular, annular ligament.
    v.
    1 to annul, to leave without effect, to abolish, to invalidate.
    El juez anuló la decisión The judge annulled the decision.
    2 to belittle, to annul, to underrate.
    Dorotea anula a su hijo Dorothy belittles her son.
    3 to chalk off.
    * * *
    1 ring-shaped
    1 ring finger
    ————————
    1 (matrimonio) to annul; (una ley) to repeal; (una sentencia) to quash
    2 (un pedido, viaje) to cancel; (un contrato) to invalidate, cancel
    3 DEPORTE (un gol) to disallow
    4 figurado (desautorizar) to deprive of authority
    1 to lose one's authority
    * * *
    verb
    1) to cancel, annul, rescind
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) [+ contrato] to cancel, rescind; [+ ley] to repeal; [+ decisión] to override; [+ matrimonio] to annul
    2) [+ elecciones, resultado] to declare null and void; [+ gol, tanto] to disallow
    3) [+ cita, viaje, evento] to cancel
    4) [+ cheque] to cancel
    5) [+ efecto] to cancel out, destroy
    6) (Mat) to cancel out
    7) [+ persona] to overshadow
    8) frm (=incapacitar) to deprive of authority, remove from office
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo < forma> ring-shaped
    II 1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) <contrato/viaje> to cancel; < matrimonio> to annul; <fallo/sentencia> to quash, overturn; < resultado> to declare... null and void; <tanto/gol> to disallow
    b) < cheque> ( destruir) to cancel; ( dar orden de no pagar) to stop
    2) < persona> to destroy
    2.
    anularse v pron (recípr)
    III
    masculino ring finger
    * * *
    = negate, nullify, override, overtake, overturn, render + valueless, render + wrong, repeal, rule out, short-circuit [shortcircuit], stultify, dope, gainsay, eviscerate, wipe out, obliterate, preempt [pre-empt], revoke, undo, waive, quash, block off, write off, blot out, overrule, void.
    Ex. Thus excessive delays in the availability of cataloguing records from the central agency will negate much of the value of a central service.
    Ex. To adopt terms or names in various languages, which are probably unfamiliar in a certain other language, would be to nullify the usefulness of that catalog to all of these users in the interest of cooperation.
    Ex. On the final screen in the sequence, the default values for today's closing time and tomorrow's opening time may be overridden.
    Ex. Why have card-based systems been overtaken by computer databases?.
    Ex. However, any refinement involves greater human intervention, and this in turn can easily overturn the arguments in favour of subject indexes based upon titles.
    Ex. The immense cultural differences facing the professions tends to render comparisons valueless.
    Ex. Further, changes in the external world serve to render judgments, valid at the moment, wrong at best, and detrimental to the effectiveness of the catalog at worst.
    Ex. I was one of the cosigners of a resolution which tried to have the ISBD repealed.
    Ex. If, however, we index documents about primary schools under the term primary school, we can immediately rule out a lot of irrelevant documents in our search.
    Ex. There is little modulation, whole steps of division being short-circuited and an odd assembly of terms being frequently found: e.g.: LAW see also JURY, JUDGES.
    Ex. Excessive standardisation also tends to stultify development and improvement of IT products.
    Ex. A photolithographic process selectively dopes minute areas of the silicon and so builds up circuits.
    Ex. We could even agree that no one in our experience is terribly interested in knowing about all of the works of an author, and this would not gainsay the value of consistent author entry.
    Ex. Also, to become emotionally wedded to a particular view is to eviscerate one's effectiveness in achieving a workable solution.
    Ex. Strong economic forces, inflation and an over-strong pound wiped out any noticeable benefits of EEC membership to industry.
    Ex. Typing errors cannot be obliterated with a normal erasing fluid as this would print and appear as a blotch on the copies.
    Ex. This article concludes that the main value of the indicators is as a management tool, as a means of preempting problems.
    Ex. I would think that we would still charge for lost and damaged books and that we would revoke borrowing privileges of chronic offenders, or whatever we decide to call them.
    Ex. The National Library of Estonia, established in 1918, is undergoing a revolutionary period of undoing the effects of the cultural policies of the communist regime.
    Ex. When only partial success in contracted terms is achieved, the repayment due may be reduced or waived.
    Ex. The author brazenly insists that Woodman's family has compromised the documentation of the photographer's life by effectively quashing most of her work.
    Ex. A globalizing world so devoted to 'diversity,' as the present one is, can ill afford to block off one particular communication channel in favor of any other.
    Ex. They express concern over Povinelli's certainty in writing off that multicultural project, however.
    Ex. Las Vegas was once notorious for loose morals, fast living and financial transactions murky enough to blot out the desert sun.
    Ex. President Eisenhower overruled some of his military commanders in summer 1958, ordering them not to use nuclear weapons against China.
    Ex. However, in the case when the user's input fails, we would like to void the reserved funds.
    ----
    * anular las posibilidades = close off + possibilities.
    * anular la validez de un concepto = sterilise + idea.
    * anular una posibilidad = block off + alley.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo < forma> ring-shaped
    II 1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) <contrato/viaje> to cancel; < matrimonio> to annul; <fallo/sentencia> to quash, overturn; < resultado> to declare... null and void; <tanto/gol> to disallow
    b) < cheque> ( destruir) to cancel; ( dar orden de no pagar) to stop
    2) < persona> to destroy
    2.
    anularse v pron (recípr)
    III
    masculino ring finger
    * * *
    = negate, nullify, override, overtake, overturn, render + valueless, render + wrong, repeal, rule out, short-circuit [shortcircuit], stultify, dope, gainsay, eviscerate, wipe out, obliterate, preempt [pre-empt], revoke, undo, waive, quash, block off, write off, blot out, overrule, void.

    Ex: Thus excessive delays in the availability of cataloguing records from the central agency will negate much of the value of a central service.

    Ex: To adopt terms or names in various languages, which are probably unfamiliar in a certain other language, would be to nullify the usefulness of that catalog to all of these users in the interest of cooperation.
    Ex: On the final screen in the sequence, the default values for today's closing time and tomorrow's opening time may be overridden.
    Ex: Why have card-based systems been overtaken by computer databases?.
    Ex: However, any refinement involves greater human intervention, and this in turn can easily overturn the arguments in favour of subject indexes based upon titles.
    Ex: The immense cultural differences facing the professions tends to render comparisons valueless.
    Ex: Further, changes in the external world serve to render judgments, valid at the moment, wrong at best, and detrimental to the effectiveness of the catalog at worst.
    Ex: I was one of the cosigners of a resolution which tried to have the ISBD repealed.
    Ex: If, however, we index documents about primary schools under the term primary school, we can immediately rule out a lot of irrelevant documents in our search.
    Ex: There is little modulation, whole steps of division being short-circuited and an odd assembly of terms being frequently found: e.g.: LAW see also JURY, JUDGES.
    Ex: Excessive standardisation also tends to stultify development and improvement of IT products.
    Ex: A photolithographic process selectively dopes minute areas of the silicon and so builds up circuits.
    Ex: We could even agree that no one in our experience is terribly interested in knowing about all of the works of an author, and this would not gainsay the value of consistent author entry.
    Ex: Also, to become emotionally wedded to a particular view is to eviscerate one's effectiveness in achieving a workable solution.
    Ex: Strong economic forces, inflation and an over-strong pound wiped out any noticeable benefits of EEC membership to industry.
    Ex: Typing errors cannot be obliterated with a normal erasing fluid as this would print and appear as a blotch on the copies.
    Ex: This article concludes that the main value of the indicators is as a management tool, as a means of preempting problems.
    Ex: I would think that we would still charge for lost and damaged books and that we would revoke borrowing privileges of chronic offenders, or whatever we decide to call them.
    Ex: The National Library of Estonia, established in 1918, is undergoing a revolutionary period of undoing the effects of the cultural policies of the communist regime.
    Ex: When only partial success in contracted terms is achieved, the repayment due may be reduced or waived.
    Ex: The author brazenly insists that Woodman's family has compromised the documentation of the photographer's life by effectively quashing most of her work.
    Ex: A globalizing world so devoted to 'diversity,' as the present one is, can ill afford to block off one particular communication channel in favor of any other.
    Ex: They express concern over Povinelli's certainty in writing off that multicultural project, however.
    Ex: Las Vegas was once notorious for loose morals, fast living and financial transactions murky enough to blot out the desert sun.
    Ex: President Eisenhower overruled some of his military commanders in summer 1958, ordering them not to use nuclear weapons against China.
    Ex: However, in the case when the user's input fails, we would like to void the reserved funds.
    * anular las posibilidades = close off + possibilities.
    * anular la validez de un concepto = sterilise + idea.
    * anular una posibilidad = block off + alley.

    * * *
    ‹forma› ring-shaped dedo
    anular2 [A1 ]
    vt
    A
    1 ‹contrato› to cancel, rescind; ‹matrimonio› to annul; ‹fallo/sentencia› to quash, overturn; ‹resultado› to declare … null and void; ‹tanto/gol› to disallow
    2 ‹cheque› (destruir) to cancel; (dar orden de no pagar) to stop
    3 ‹viaje/compromiso› to cancel
    B ‹persona› to destroy
    las dos fuerzas se anulan the two forces cancel each other out
    ring finger
    * * *

     

    anular verbo transitivo
    a) ‹contrato/viaje› to cancel;

    ‹ matrimonio› to annul;
    ‹fallo/sentencia› to quash, overturn;
    ‹ resultado› to declare … null and void;
    ‹tanto/gol› to disallow
    b) ‹ cheque› ( destruir) to cancel;

    ( dar orden de no pagar) to stop
    ■ sustantivo masculino
    finger ring
    anular 1 sustantivo masculino ring finger
    anular 2 verbo transitivo
    1 Com (un pedido) to cancel
    Dep (un gol) to disallow
    (un matrimonio) to annul
    Jur (una ley) to repeal
    2 Inform to delete
    3 (desautorizar, ignorar a una persona) to destroy
    ' anular' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    dedo
    English:
    annul
    - cancel out
    - disallow
    - invalidate
    - negate
    - nullify
    - off
    - override
    - quash
    - rescind
    - ring finger
    - scrub
    - cancel
    - finger
    - over
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    [en forma de anillo] ring-shaped;
    dedo anular ring finger
    ♦ nm
    [dedo] ring finger
    ♦ vt
    1. [cancelar] to cancel;
    [ley] to repeal; [matrimonio, contrato] to annul
    2. Dep [partido] to call off;
    [gol] to disallow; [resultado] to declare void
    3. [restar iniciativa]
    su marido la anula totalmente she's totally dominated by her husband;
    el defensa anuló a la estrella del equipo contrario the defender marked the opposing team's star out of the game
    * * *
    1 v/t cancel; matrimonio annul; gol disallow; ley repeal
    2 adj ring-shaped;
    dedo anular ring finger
    * * *
    anular vt
    : to annul, to cancel
    * * *
    anular vb
    1. (cita, viaje, etc) to cancel [pt. & pp. cancelled]
    2. (matrimonio) to annul [pt. & pp. annulled]
    3. (gol, tanto) to disallow

    Spanish-English dictionary > anular

  • 8 cancelar

    v.
    1 to cancel.
    Pedro canceló la otra deuda Peter canceled the other debt.
    Ella canceló el acto de agresión She canceled=counteracted the act of...
    Pedro canceló ayer Peter canceled=paid off yesterday.
    Pedro canceló su membresía Peter canceled his membership.
    María cancela sus malos pensamientos Mary canceled her bad thoughts.
    2 to pay, to settle (deuda).
    3 to pay off, to cancel.
    * * *
    1 (anular) to cancel
    2 (saldar una deuda) to settle, pay
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    VT
    1) [+ pedido, suscripción, tarjeta] to cancel; [+ cuenta bancaria] to close
    2) [+ reunión, concierto, viaje, proyecto] to cancel
    3) [+ deuda] to pay off
    4) LAm (=pagar) to pay, settle
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    1) <reunión/viaje/pedido> to cancel
    2) < deuda> to settle, pay off; < cuenta> to pay
    * * *
    = cancel, kill, wipe out, waive, pull + the plug on, drive out, counteract, block off, write off, call off.
    Ex. Pressing the RESET key cancels the insert mode.
    Ex. He was looking for the book 'Flowers and Bullets and Freedom to kill' = Estaba buscando el libro "Flores, balas y libertad para matar".
    Ex. Strong economic forces, inflation and an over-strong pound wiped out any noticeable benefits of EEC membership to industry.
    Ex. When only partial success in contracted terms is achieved, the repayment due may be reduced or waived.
    Ex. However, the effects of media conglomeration on Times Mirror for bottom line results would pull the plug on the New York venture that was nearing its provisional term and beginning to show positive results.
    Ex. The development of user-friendly interfaces to data bases may drive out the unspecialised information broker in the long run.
    Ex. Closed system tendencies, such as invoking system controls designed to counteract differences and correct deviations (thus scoring creativity as error), only push the institution more rapidly toward extinction.
    Ex. A globalizing world so devoted to 'diversity,' as the present one is, can ill afford to block off one particular communication channel in favor of any other.
    Ex. They express concern over Povinelli's certainty in writing off that multicultural project, however.
    Ex. The second training run for the marathon was called off because of poor weather conditions.
    ----
    * cancelar debido a la lluvia = rain out, wash out.
    * cancelar por la lluvia = rain out, wash out.
    * cancelar una reunión = call off + meeting.
    * cancelar una suscripción = churn.
    * sin cancelar = uncancelled.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    1) <reunión/viaje/pedido> to cancel
    2) < deuda> to settle, pay off; < cuenta> to pay
    * * *
    = cancel, kill, wipe out, waive, pull + the plug on, drive out, counteract, block off, write off, call off.

    Ex: Pressing the RESET key cancels the insert mode.

    Ex: He was looking for the book 'Flowers and Bullets and Freedom to kill' = Estaba buscando el libro "Flores, balas y libertad para matar".
    Ex: Strong economic forces, inflation and an over-strong pound wiped out any noticeable benefits of EEC membership to industry.
    Ex: When only partial success in contracted terms is achieved, the repayment due may be reduced or waived.
    Ex: However, the effects of media conglomeration on Times Mirror for bottom line results would pull the plug on the New York venture that was nearing its provisional term and beginning to show positive results.
    Ex: The development of user-friendly interfaces to data bases may drive out the unspecialised information broker in the long run.
    Ex: Closed system tendencies, such as invoking system controls designed to counteract differences and correct deviations (thus scoring creativity as error), only push the institution more rapidly toward extinction.
    Ex: A globalizing world so devoted to 'diversity,' as the present one is, can ill afford to block off one particular communication channel in favor of any other.
    Ex: They express concern over Povinelli's certainty in writing off that multicultural project, however.
    Ex: The second training run for the marathon was called off because of poor weather conditions.
    * cancelar debido a la lluvia = rain out, wash out.
    * cancelar por la lluvia = rain out, wash out.
    * cancelar una reunión = call off + meeting.
    * cancelar una suscripción = churn.
    * sin cancelar = uncancelled.

    * * *
    cancelar [A1 ]
    vt
    A (anular) ‹concierto/reunión› to cancel; ‹viaje/vuelo› to cancel; ‹pedido› to cancel
    1 ‹deuda› to settle, pay off; ‹cuenta› to pay
    2 ( Chi) (en una tienda) to pay for
    C ( Inf) to cancel
    ■ cancelar
    vi
    ( Chi) to pay
    * * *

     

    cancelar ( conjugate cancelar) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹reunión/viaje/pedido› to cancel

    b) ‹ deuda› to settle, pay off;

    ‹ cuenta› to pay
    cancelar verbo transitivo
    1 (una cuenta, viaje, etc) to cancel
    2 (una deuda) to pay off
    3 (una puerta) to close off
    ' cancelar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    suspender
    English:
    annihilate
    - cancel
    - expunge
    - pay off
    - rain off
    - redeem
    - stop
    - withdraw
    - write off
    - pay
    - repay
    - write
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [contrato, vuelo, reunión] to cancel
    2. [deuda] to pay, to settle
    3. Informát to cancel
    4. Chile, Ven [compra] to pay for
    ♦ vi
    Chile, Ven [pagar] to pay
    * * *
    v/t
    1 tb INFOR cancel
    2 deuda, cuenta settle, pay
    * * *
    1) : to cancel
    2) : to pay off, to settle
    * * *
    1. (suspender) to cancel [pt. & pp. cancelled]
    2. (saldar) to pay off [pt. & pp. paid] / to settle

    Spanish-English dictionary > cancelar

  • 9 demasiado

    adj.
    too much, far too much, a bit much, much too much.
    adv.
    too, much, too much, all too.
    pron.
    too much.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: demasiarse.
    * * *
    1 (singular) too much; (plural) too many
    * * *
    1. (f. - demasiada)
    adj.
    too much, too many
    2. adv.
    too, too much
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (=excesivo) too much

    ¡esto es demasiado! — that's the limit!

    ¡qué demasiado! — * wow! *

    2. ADV
    1) (=en exceso) [con adjetivos, adverbios] too; [con verbos] too much
    2) LAm (=mucho)

    lo siento demasiado — I'm very o really sorry

    DEMASIADO ¿"Too", "too much" o "too many"? ► Demasiado se traduce por too delante de {adjetivos} y {adverbios}: Hace demasiado calor It's too hot Hace un día demasiado bueno para quedarse trabajando en casa It's too nice a day to stay at home working Hablas demasiado deprisa You talk too quickly ► Se traduce por too much cuando demasiado describe o se refiere a nombres {incontables} y como complemento de verbos: Le he echado demasiada agua a las patatas I've put too much water in the potatoes Creo que he comido demasiado I think I've eaten too much Habla demasiado He talks too much Cuando acompaña a un verbo de tiempo demasiado suele traducirse como too long: Ha tardado demasiado en acabar la tesis He's taken too long to finish his thesis ► Se traduce por too many cuando demasiado precede a nombres {contables} en {plural}: Tiene demasiadas preocupaciones She has too many worries Para otros usos y ejemplos ver la entrada
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo (delante del n)

    había demasiada gente/demasiados coches — there were too many people/cars

    II
    1) <pequeño/caliente/caro> too
    2) <comer/hablar/preocuparse> too much
    III
    - da pronombre
    * * *
    = far too (many/much), too + Adjetivo/Adverbio, too great, too heavily, too much, too far, all too + Adjetivo, way too much, overly much.
    Ex. Obviously this is far too many references or added entries.
    Ex. A user may reject a document because it is in a language that he cannot read or because it was written too long ago.
    Ex. Truuskee Sanders, NBLC organiser for the Children's Panel, feels that the press attach too great importance to the books thus selected.
    Ex. This leads to an approach which is insufficiently analytical, and which relies too heavily upon enumeration.
    Ex. Finally a word of caution: do not expect too much.
    Ex. Public libraries have had difficulty in establishing such a role without straying too far outside their own area of competence.
    Ex. The author compares the high tech dreams of access to information technology for US school libraries with the all too shabby reality that currently exists.
    Ex. Staying out late, lots of glasses of wine and having way too much fun has resulted in us both feeling under the weather all weekend long.
    Ex. In the past, she's relied overly much on her ready laugh, lean looks, and willingness to doff her duds.
    ----
    * alcanzar + Posesivo + mejor momento demasiado pronto = peak + too early.
    * calentarse demasiado = overheat.
    * con demasiada facilidad = all too easily, all too easy.
    * con demasiada frecuencia = all too often.
    * con demasiadas expectativas = over expectant.
    * con demasiado trabajo = overworked.
    * conducir demasiado cerca de otro = tailgate.
    * confiarse demasiado = be lulled into a false sense of.
    * consentir demasiado = overindulge.
    * demasiada presión = overpressure.
    * demasiadas veces = one too many times.
    * demasiado + Adjetivo = over + Adjetivo, too narrowly + Adjetivo, overly + Adjetivo, disappointingly + Adjetivo.
    * demasiado + Adjetivo + para su desgracia = too + Adjetivo + for + Posesivo + own good.
    * demasiado amplio = overwide [over-wide].
    * demasiado ansioso = overeager [over-eager].
    * demasiado bien pagado = overpaid.
    * demasiado blando = mushy [mushier -comp., mushiest -sup.].
    * demasiado caro = overpriced [over-priced].
    * demasiado cerca = too close for comfort.
    * demasiado chabacano = all too shabby.
    * demasiado complejo = overcomplex.
    * demasiado complicado = overcomplicated [over-complicated].
    * demasiado común = all too common.
    * demasiado corto = all too short.
    * demasiado costoso = non-affordable [nonaffordable].
    * demasiado cualificado = overqualified.
    * demasiado decorado = overly-decorated.
    * demasiado delgado = underweight.
    * demasiado donde elegir = embarrassment of riches, spoilt for choice.
    * demasiado entusiasmado = overeager [over-eager].
    * demasiado entusiasta = overenthusiastic [over-enthusiastic].
    * demasiado exagerado = overly-exaggerated.
    * demasiado fácil = all too easy, far too easy.
    * demasiado fácilmente = all too easily.
    * demasiado frecuente = all too frequent.
    * demasiado fuerte = over-strong.
    * demasiado gordo = overweight.
    * demasiado grande = overgrown, oversized.
    * demasiado indulgente con uno mismo = self-indulgent.
    * demasiado lejos = too far.
    * demasiado líquido = runny [runnier -comp., runniest -sup.].
    * demasiado maduro = overripe.
    * demasiado mayor en relación con Algo = overage.
    * demasiado mayor para su curso = overage for grade.
    * demasiado meticuloso = nitpicking [nit-picking].
    * demasiado optimista = over-optimistic [overoptimistic].
    * demasiado poco común = all too rare.
    * demasiado precipitado = too hurried, too rush.
    * demasiado preciso = over-precise.
    * demasiado pronto = too soon.
    * demasiado puntilloso = hair-splitting [hairsplitting].
    * demasiado raro = all too rare.
    * demasiado recargado = glaring.
    * demasiados = too many, all too many, Número + too many.
    * demasiado seguro de uno mismo = overconfident.
    * demasiado simplificado = oversimplified [over-simplified].
    * demasiados participantes = too many cooks (spoil the broth).
    * demasiados pocos = all too few.
    * demasiado susceptible = oversensitive.
    * demasiado sutil = hair-splitting [hairsplitting].
    * demasiado tarde = too late.
    * demasiado temprano = too early.
    * demasiado tiempo = too long.
    * demasiado usado = overworked, overused [over-used].
    * desarrollarse demasiado pronto = peak + too early.
    * durante demasiado tiempo = for too long.
    * encabezamiento demasiado general = much-too-broad heading.
    * encarecer demasiado = price out of + the market, price out of + the reach.
    * encontrar Algo demasiado difícil = be out of + Posesivo + league.
    * enfatizar demasiado = overstress.
    * estar demasiado representado = overrepresent.
    * exigir demasiado = overtax.
    * exigir demasiado de = put + strain on.
    * fruta demasiado madura = overripe fruit.
    * gastar demasiado = overspend.
    * haber bebido demasiado = be over the limit.
    * hace demasiado tiempo = too long ago.
    * hilar demasiado fino = split + hairs.
    * horarios de trabajo demasiado cargados = over-long hours.
    * intentar abarcar demasiado = burn + the candle at both ends.
    * ir demasiado lejos = overstate + case, go + too far.
    * llegar demasiado lejos = go + too far.
    * llevar Algo demasiado lejos = push + Nombre + too far.
    * mimar demasiado = spoil + Nombre + rotten, overindulge.
    * no darle demasiada importancia a Algo = think + little of.
    * pagar demasiado = pay through + the nose.
    * prometer demasiado = over-promise.
    * proteger demasiado = overprotect.
    * que espera demasiado = over expectant.
    * regado con demasiada frecuencia = heavily watered.
    * ser Algo demasiado difícil para = be in over + Posesivo + head, be out of + Posesivo + depth.
    * ser demasiado = be over-provided, be a mouthful.
    * ser demasiado + Adjetivo = be too + Adjetivo + by half.
    * ser demasiado común = be all too common.
    * ser demasiado precavido = err + on the side of caution.
    * ser demasiado tarde para echar atrás = reach + the point of no return.
    * sin pensarlo demasiado = off-the-cuff, off the top of + Posesivo + head.
    * tener demasiada prisa = be in too much of a hurry, be in too much of a rush.
    * utilizarse con demasiada frecuencia = be overworked.
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo (delante del n)

    había demasiada gente/demasiados coches — there were too many people/cars

    II
    1) <pequeño/caliente/caro> too
    2) <comer/hablar/preocuparse> too much
    III
    - da pronombre
    * * *
    = far too (many/much), too + Adjetivo/Adverbio, too great, too heavily, too much, too far, all too + Adjetivo, way too much, overly much.

    Ex: Obviously this is far too many references or added entries.

    Ex: A user may reject a document because it is in a language that he cannot read or because it was written too long ago.
    Ex: Truuskee Sanders, NBLC organiser for the Children's Panel, feels that the press attach too great importance to the books thus selected.
    Ex: This leads to an approach which is insufficiently analytical, and which relies too heavily upon enumeration.
    Ex: Finally a word of caution: do not expect too much.
    Ex: Public libraries have had difficulty in establishing such a role without straying too far outside their own area of competence.
    Ex: The author compares the high tech dreams of access to information technology for US school libraries with the all too shabby reality that currently exists.
    Ex: Staying out late, lots of glasses of wine and having way too much fun has resulted in us both feeling under the weather all weekend long.
    Ex: In the past, she's relied overly much on her ready laugh, lean looks, and willingness to doff her duds.
    * alcanzar + Posesivo + mejor momento demasiado pronto = peak + too early.
    * calentarse demasiado = overheat.
    * con demasiada facilidad = all too easily, all too easy.
    * con demasiada frecuencia = all too often.
    * con demasiadas expectativas = over expectant.
    * con demasiado trabajo = overworked.
    * conducir demasiado cerca de otro = tailgate.
    * confiarse demasiado = be lulled into a false sense of.
    * consentir demasiado = overindulge.
    * demasiada presión = overpressure.
    * demasiadas veces = one too many times.
    * demasiado + Adjetivo = over + Adjetivo, too narrowly + Adjetivo, overly + Adjetivo, disappointingly + Adjetivo.
    * demasiado + Adjetivo + para su desgracia = too + Adjetivo + for + Posesivo + own good.
    * demasiado amplio = overwide [over-wide].
    * demasiado ansioso = overeager [over-eager].
    * demasiado bien pagado = overpaid.
    * demasiado blando = mushy [mushier -comp., mushiest -sup.].
    * demasiado caro = overpriced [over-priced].
    * demasiado cerca = too close for comfort.
    * demasiado chabacano = all too shabby.
    * demasiado complejo = overcomplex.
    * demasiado complicado = overcomplicated [over-complicated].
    * demasiado común = all too common.
    * demasiado corto = all too short.
    * demasiado costoso = non-affordable [nonaffordable].
    * demasiado cualificado = overqualified.
    * demasiado decorado = overly-decorated.
    * demasiado delgado = underweight.
    * demasiado donde elegir = embarrassment of riches, spoilt for choice.
    * demasiado entusiasmado = overeager [over-eager].
    * demasiado entusiasta = overenthusiastic [over-enthusiastic].
    * demasiado exagerado = overly-exaggerated.
    * demasiado fácil = all too easy, far too easy.
    * demasiado fácilmente = all too easily.
    * demasiado frecuente = all too frequent.
    * demasiado fuerte = over-strong.
    * demasiado gordo = overweight.
    * demasiado grande = overgrown, oversized.
    * demasiado indulgente con uno mismo = self-indulgent.
    * demasiado lejos = too far.
    * demasiado líquido = runny [runnier -comp., runniest -sup.].
    * demasiado maduro = overripe.
    * demasiado mayor en relación con Algo = overage.
    * demasiado mayor para su curso = overage for grade.
    * demasiado meticuloso = nitpicking [nit-picking].
    * demasiado optimista = over-optimistic [overoptimistic].
    * demasiado poco común = all too rare.
    * demasiado precipitado = too hurried, too rush.
    * demasiado preciso = over-precise.
    * demasiado pronto = too soon.
    * demasiado puntilloso = hair-splitting [hairsplitting].
    * demasiado raro = all too rare.
    * demasiado recargado = glaring.
    * demasiados = too many, all too many, Número + too many.
    * demasiado seguro de uno mismo = overconfident.
    * demasiado simplificado = oversimplified [over-simplified].
    * demasiados participantes = too many cooks (spoil the broth).
    * demasiados pocos = all too few.
    * demasiado susceptible = oversensitive.
    * demasiado sutil = hair-splitting [hairsplitting].
    * demasiado tarde = too late.
    * demasiado temprano = too early.
    * demasiado tiempo = too long.
    * demasiado usado = overworked, overused [over-used].
    * desarrollarse demasiado pronto = peak + too early.
    * durante demasiado tiempo = for too long.
    * encabezamiento demasiado general = much-too-broad heading.
    * encarecer demasiado = price out of + the market, price out of + the reach.
    * encontrar Algo demasiado difícil = be out of + Posesivo + league.
    * enfatizar demasiado = overstress.
    * estar demasiado representado = overrepresent.
    * exigir demasiado = overtax.
    * exigir demasiado de = put + strain on.
    * fruta demasiado madura = overripe fruit.
    * gastar demasiado = overspend.
    * haber bebido demasiado = be over the limit.
    * hace demasiado tiempo = too long ago.
    * hilar demasiado fino = split + hairs.
    * horarios de trabajo demasiado cargados = over-long hours.
    * intentar abarcar demasiado = burn + the candle at both ends.
    * ir demasiado lejos = overstate + case, go + too far.
    * llegar demasiado lejos = go + too far.
    * llevar Algo demasiado lejos = push + Nombre + too far.
    * mimar demasiado = spoil + Nombre + rotten, overindulge.
    * no darle demasiada importancia a Algo = think + little of.
    * pagar demasiado = pay through + the nose.
    * prometer demasiado = over-promise.
    * proteger demasiado = overprotect.
    * que espera demasiado = over expectant.
    * regado con demasiada frecuencia = heavily watered.
    * ser Algo demasiado difícil para = be in over + Posesivo + head, be out of + Posesivo + depth.
    * ser demasiado = be over-provided, be a mouthful.
    * ser demasiado + Adjetivo = be too + Adjetivo + by half.
    * ser demasiado común = be all too common.
    * ser demasiado precavido = err + on the side of caution.
    * ser demasiado tarde para echar atrás = reach + the point of no return.
    * sin pensarlo demasiado = off-the-cuff, off the top of + Posesivo + head.
    * tener demasiada prisa = be in too much of a hurry, be in too much of a rush.
    * utilizarse con demasiada frecuencia = be overworked.

    * * *
    demasiado1 -da
    le dio demasiado dinero he gave her too much money
    había demasiada gente there were too many people
    trajeron demasiadas cajas they brought too many boxes
    hace demasiado calor it's too hot
    aquí lo que hay es demasiado extranjero ( fam); there are far too many foreigners around here
    B ( fam)
    (en interjecciones): ¡qué demasiado! wow! ( colloq), that's incredible o amazing! ( colloq)
    A ‹pequeño/caliente/caro› too
    fue un esfuerzo demasiado grande para él it was too much of an effort for him
    es demasiado poco it isn't enough
    es demasiado largo (como) para que lo termine hoy it's too long for me to finish today
    B ‹comer/hablar› too much
    trabajas demasiado you work too hard
    C ( Méx) (muy) very
    demasiado3 -da
    no te preocupes, demasiado has hecho ya don't worry, you've done far too much already
    piden demasiado por la casa they're asking too much for the house
    somos demasiados there are too many of us
    hizo demasiados she made too many
    * * *

     

    demasiado 1
    ◊ -da adjetivo ( delante del n): demasiado dinero too much money;

    había demasiados coches there were too many cars;
    hace demasiado calor it's too hot
    ■ pronombre: es demasiado it's too much;
    somos demasiados there are too many of us;
    hizo demasiados she made too many
    demasiado 2 adverbio
    1 ‹pequeño/caliente/caro› too;

    2 ‹comer/hablar/preocuparse› too much;
    ‹ trabajar› too hard
    demasiado,-a
    I adj (cuando el sustantivo inglés es singular) too much
    (cuando el sustantivo inglés es plural) too many: hay demasiada pobreza, there is too much poverty
    guardas demasiados trastos, you keep too much junk
    había demasiada gente, there were too many people
    II adv (modificando un adjetivo) too: es demasiado pesado/caro, it is too heavy/expensive
    (modificando un verbo) bebe/habla demasiado, he drinks/talks too much
    ' demasiado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    ancha
    - ancho
    - arriesgarse
    - caldosa
    - caldoso
    - clavar
    - complaciente
    - contemplar
    - demasiada
    - desventura
    - dulzón
    - dulzona
    - empalagar
    - herniarse
    - histriónica
    - histriónico
    - inasequible
    - interlineal
    - lejos
    - mucha
    - mucho
    - muy
    - pagadera
    - pagadero
    - rápida
    - rápido
    - razón
    - reciente
    - resultar
    - tardar
    - tozuda
    - tozudo
    - transigente
    - abrigado
    - alejar
    - apresurar
    - bastante
    - ceñir
    - confiar
    - demorar
    - detener
    - duro
    - enfriar
    - espacio
    - exigir
    - extender
    - impresión
    - junto
    - justo
    - para
    English:
    administration
    - age
    - assailant
    - attractive
    - awesome
    - boat
    - bristle
    - candle
    - carry
    - chew
    - close-fitting
    - commercialize
    - cord
    - deny
    - digestion
    - domineering
    - easy
    - expose
    - far
    - far-fetched
    - frame
    - gristle
    - late
    - lay on
    - limit
    - loud
    - moderately
    - much
    - obtrusive
    - over
    - overconfident
    - overdo
    - overgrown
    - overly
    - overpay
    - overwork
    - rank
    - scare
    - sentimental
    - something
    - space
    - spread
    - still
    - swallow up
    - take on
    - temptation
    - tight
    - to
    - too
    - weak
    * * *
    demasiado, -a
    ♦ adj
    [en exceso] too much; [plural] too many;
    demasiada comida too much food;
    demasiados niños too many children;
    aquí hay demasiado niño there are too many kids in here, this place is too full of kids;
    tiene demasiada estatura she's too tall;
    hay demasiado ruido it's too noisy;
    ¡esto es demasiado! [el colmo] this is too much!
    ♦ adj inv
    Esp Fam [genial] great, cool;
    esta discoteca es demasiado this club is something else;
    ¿que te has casado? ¡qué demasiado! you're married? too much!
    ♦ adv
    [en exceso] too much;
    * * *
    I adj too much; antes de pl too many;
    demasiada gente too many people;
    hace demasiado calor it's too hot
    II adv antes de adj, adv too; con verbo too much;
    ¡esto es demasiado! fig this is too much!
    * * *
    1) : too
    vas demasiado aprisa: you're going too fast
    2) : too much
    estoy comiendo demasiado: I'm eating too much
    demasiado, -da adj
    : too much, too many, excessive
    * * *
    demasiado1 adj
    demasiado2 adv
    1. (con adjetivos, adverbios) too
    2. (con verbos) too much
    demasiado3 pron
    ¿cuánto piden? Demasiado how much are they asking? Too much
    ¿cuántos has comido? Demasiados how many have you eaten? Too many

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  • 10 destruir

    v.
    to destroy.
    El temblor destruyó la pared The quake destroyed the wall.
    Sus trucos destruyeron a María His tricks destroyed Mary.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ HUIR], like link=huir huir
    1 to destroy
    2 figurado to destroy, ruin, wreck
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) [+ objeto, edificio] to destroy
    2) (=estropear) [+ amistad, matrimonio, armonía] to wreck, destroy; [+ argumento, teoría] to demolish; [+ esperanza] to dash, shatter; [+ proyecto, plan] to wreck, ruin
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) <documentos/pruebas> to destroy; < ciudad> to destroy; < medio ambiente> to damage
    b) ( echar por tierra) < reputación> to ruin; < plan> to wreck; < esperanzas> to dash, shatter

    le destruyó la vida — it/he wrecked o destroyed his/her life

    * * *
    = demolish, destroy, knock out, scupper, wipe out, trash, pull apart, sweep away, knock down, rack [wrack], wreak + destruction, destruct, shred, wreck, decimate, lay + waste to, wash out, run down, break down, blow up, rubbish, stomp + Nombre + out, smash.
    Ex. Having just demolished enumerative classification to some extent in the previous section, it is reasonable to ask how effective menu-based information retrieval systems might be.
    Ex. I am frequently taken to task as someone who would try to destroy the integrity of certain catalogs on the West Coast.
    Ex. Two years ago Hurricane Hugo nearly knocked out Charleston.
    Ex. This arrangement could definitely help solve the librarian's problems, unless unexpected events scupper it.
    Ex. Strong economic forces, inflation and an over-strong pound wiped out any noticeable benefits of EEC membership to industry.
    Ex. At the same time, the author takes issue with the view that the great libraries of America are being ' trashed' by the rush towards technology.
    Ex. If solutions are not found to meet this challenge, users' hunger for multimedia could pull the Internet apart.
    Ex. Librarians should ensure that the principles they stand for are not swept away on a tide of technological jingoism.
    Ex. Your note attempts to knock down an assertion not made.
    Ex. Both countries that have been wracked for the last ten years by violent civil wars.
    Ex. The author laments the demise of the paper card catalogue as a 'paroxysm of shortsightedness and antiintellectualism' on the part of over zealous librarians, wreaking destruction in a class with the burning of the library at Alexandria.
    Ex. That means that the abstractions of scientific knowledge reduce the reality and even destruct it.
    Ex. If they do muster up the courage to participate, they have learned what it is like to lose: they describe it as being 'slaughtered,' 'blown away,' or ' shredded'.
    Ex. They had made a secret deal with Otto Reich to wreck Cuba's economy.
    Ex. Insect pests decimate a significant proportion of the world's food supply and transmit a number of deadly human diseases.
    Ex. The mutilation of periodicals is laying waste to vital and expensive periodical collections in all kinds of library across the USA, and it seems to strike academic libraries with particular virulence.
    Ex. Some sections of road washed out by flood waters.
    Ex. It really is time we stopped kow-towing to every Tom, Dick and Harry who runs down our industry.
    Ex. It describes our experience in combatting mould which grew as a result of high humidity and temperatures when the air conditioning system broke down for several days after several days of rain.
    Ex. The article 'The library has blown up!' relates the short circuit in the main electrical circuit board of Porstmouth Public Library caused by electricians who were carrying out routine work.
    Ex. The theory of Scandinavian racial purity cherished by Hitler and the Nazis has been rubbished by new scientific research.
    Ex. Like I said, no wonder racism won't die, it takes BOTH sides to stomp it out, not just one!.
    Ex. The library was badly vandalised and the intruders overturned 10 large bookcases, tore paintings down, emptied catalogues, and smashed intercoms, chairs, tables and windows.
    ----
    * chocar destruyendo = smash into.
    * destruir completamente = blow + Nombre + to bits.
    * destruir la esperanza = shatter + Posesivo + hopes.
    * destruir un mito = explode + myth.
    * fuego + destruir = fire + destroy.
    * fuego + destruir por completo = fire + gut.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) <documentos/pruebas> to destroy; < ciudad> to destroy; < medio ambiente> to damage
    b) ( echar por tierra) < reputación> to ruin; < plan> to wreck; < esperanzas> to dash, shatter

    le destruyó la vida — it/he wrecked o destroyed his/her life

    * * *
    = demolish, destroy, knock out, scupper, wipe out, trash, pull apart, sweep away, knock down, rack [wrack], wreak + destruction, destruct, shred, wreck, decimate, lay + waste to, wash out, run down, break down, blow up, rubbish, stomp + Nombre + out, smash.

    Ex: Having just demolished enumerative classification to some extent in the previous section, it is reasonable to ask how effective menu-based information retrieval systems might be.

    Ex: I am frequently taken to task as someone who would try to destroy the integrity of certain catalogs on the West Coast.
    Ex: Two years ago Hurricane Hugo nearly knocked out Charleston.
    Ex: This arrangement could definitely help solve the librarian's problems, unless unexpected events scupper it.
    Ex: Strong economic forces, inflation and an over-strong pound wiped out any noticeable benefits of EEC membership to industry.
    Ex: At the same time, the author takes issue with the view that the great libraries of America are being ' trashed' by the rush towards technology.
    Ex: If solutions are not found to meet this challenge, users' hunger for multimedia could pull the Internet apart.
    Ex: Librarians should ensure that the principles they stand for are not swept away on a tide of technological jingoism.
    Ex: Your note attempts to knock down an assertion not made.
    Ex: Both countries that have been wracked for the last ten years by violent civil wars.
    Ex: The author laments the demise of the paper card catalogue as a 'paroxysm of shortsightedness and antiintellectualism' on the part of over zealous librarians, wreaking destruction in a class with the burning of the library at Alexandria.
    Ex: That means that the abstractions of scientific knowledge reduce the reality and even destruct it.
    Ex: If they do muster up the courage to participate, they have learned what it is like to lose: they describe it as being 'slaughtered,' 'blown away,' or ' shredded'.
    Ex: They had made a secret deal with Otto Reich to wreck Cuba's economy.
    Ex: Insect pests decimate a significant proportion of the world's food supply and transmit a number of deadly human diseases.
    Ex: The mutilation of periodicals is laying waste to vital and expensive periodical collections in all kinds of library across the USA, and it seems to strike academic libraries with particular virulence.
    Ex: Some sections of road washed out by flood waters.
    Ex: It really is time we stopped kow-towing to every Tom, Dick and Harry who runs down our industry.
    Ex: It describes our experience in combatting mould which grew as a result of high humidity and temperatures when the air conditioning system broke down for several days after several days of rain.
    Ex: The article 'The library has blown up!' relates the short circuit in the main electrical circuit board of Porstmouth Public Library caused by electricians who were carrying out routine work.
    Ex: The theory of Scandinavian racial purity cherished by Hitler and the Nazis has been rubbished by new scientific research.
    Ex: Like I said, no wonder racism won't die, it takes BOTH sides to stomp it out, not just one!.
    Ex: The library was badly vandalised and the intruders overturned 10 large bookcases, tore paintings down, emptied catalogues, and smashed intercoms, chairs, tables and windows.
    * chocar destruyendo = smash into.
    * destruir completamente = blow + Nombre + to bits.
    * destruir la esperanza = shatter + Posesivo + hopes.
    * destruir un mito = explode + myth.
    * fuego + destruir = fire + destroy.
    * fuego + destruir por completo = fire + gut.

    * * *
    vt
    1 ‹documentos/pruebas› to destroy; ‹ciudad› to destroy
    productos que destruyen el medio ambiente products that damage the environment
    2 (echar por tierra) ‹reputación› to ruin; ‹plan› to ruin, wreck; ‹esperanzas› to dash, shatter
    los problemas económicos destruyeron su matrimonio financial problems wrecked o ruined their marriage
    la droga está destruyendo muchas vidas drugs are wrecking o ruining o destroying the lives of many people
    * * *

     

    destruir ( conjugate destruir) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹documentos/pruebas› to destroy;

    ‹ ciudad› to destroy;
    ‹ medio ambiente› to damage

    ‹ plan› to wreck;
    ‹ esperanzas› to dash, shatter
    destruir verbo transitivo to destroy
    ' destruir' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    acabar
    - barrer
    - dinamitar
    - minar
    - socavar
    - anular
    - consumir
    - liquidar
    English:
    destroy
    - flatten
    - gut
    - nuke
    - obliterate
    - shatter
    - zap
    - explode
    - ruin
    - shred
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [destrozar] to destroy
    2. [desbaratar] [argumento] to demolish;
    [proyecto] to ruin, to wreck; [ilusión, esperanzas] to dash; [reputación] to ruin; [matrimonio, relación] to wreck; [pareja] to break up
    3. [hacienda, fortuna] to squander
    * * *
    v/t
    1 destroy
    2 ( estropear) ruin, wreck
    * * *
    destruir {41} vt
    : to destroy
    * * *
    destruir vb to destroy

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  • 11 fuerte2

    2 = robust, strong [stronger -comp., strongest -sup.], sturdy [sturdier -comp., sturdiest -sup.], loud [louder -comp., loudest -sup.], hefty [heftier -comp., heftiest -sup.], tight [tighter -comp., tightest -sup.], forte, brawny [brawnier -comp., brawniest -sup.], buoyant, hard-wearing, strong point, nippy [nippier -comp., nippiest -sup.].
    Ex. Although microcomputers are relatively robust, they do not take kindly to frequent moves from one location to another, particularly on wheeled trollies.
    Ex. In fact, the 1979 index figures show a strong contrast between the hardback and paperback turnovers, with the hardback market being down and the paperback market up.
    Ex. Here came every sort of human ingredient -- sturdy homesteaders, skilled craftsmen, precious scoundrels.
    Ex. Visitors would be surprised by the loud creaking and groaning of the presses as the timbers gave and rubbed against each other.
    Ex. This new font had increased contrast and x-height in the lower case and a hefty set of capitals = Este nuevo tipo de letra había aumentado el contraste y el ojo medio de las minúsculas y las mayúsculas eran voluminosas.
    Ex. The platen was lashed up tight to the toe of the spindle by cords which connected hooks at its four corners to another set of hooks at the four lower corners of the hose.
    Ex. Statistical analysis has long been a forte of sociological & social research.
    Ex. This revolutionary syndicalist union consistently supported the most downtrodden & oppressed, & encouraged a cult of the unspoiled, heroic brawny proletarian with raw courage & 'natural' virtues.
    Ex. The foreign relations of the Community will probably remain a buoyant area.
    Ex. The manufacturers of this type of artificial turf say that while the grass is soft and springy underfoot it is extremely tough and hard-wearing.
    Ex. One of the strong points of the DIALOG service is the documentation.
    Ex. Blend cream cheese with prepared horseradish for a nippy taste.
    ----
    * amarillo fuerte = bright yellow.
    * andar pisando fuerte = go from + strength to strength, make + a big impact.
    * apretar fuerte = bear down on.
    * bebida alcohólica fuerte = hard drink, hard liquor.
    * caja fuerte = safe, safety deposit box.
    * combinación de la caja fuerte = safe code, safe combination.
    * con fuertes aspiraciones profesionales = upward-mobile.
    * dar fuerte = pack + a wallop.
    * delgado y fuerte = wiry.
    * demasiado fuerte = over-strong.
    * de olor fuerte = strong-smelling.
    * fuerte como un roble = as strong as an ox.
    * fuerte como un toro = as strong as an ox.
    * fuertes lluvias = heavy rain.
    * fuerte viento = strong wind.
    * golpear fuerte = wallop, whack.
    * golpe fuerte = whack.
    * hacer más fuerte = toughen.
    * hacerse más fuerte = gain in + strength, grow in + strength.
    * iluminación fuerte = task lighting.
    * ley del más fuerte, la = law of the jungle, the, survival of the fittest, survival of the strongest.
    * mar fuerte = heavy sea.
    * más fuerte que un roble = as strong as an ox.
    * más fuerte que un toro = as strong as an ox.
    * naranja fuerte = bright orange.
    * olor fuerte y penetrante = tang.
    * pegar fuerte = pack + a wallop.
    * pisar fuerte = go from + strength to strength, make + a big impact, stomp.
    * plato fuerte = main dish, strong point, entrée, main entrée.
    * poner más fuerte = crank up.
    * punto fuerte = strength.
    * sabor fuerte y penetrante = tang.
    * supervivencia del más fuerte = survival of the fittest, survival of the strongest.
    * tener una personalidad muy fuerte = be full of character.
    * tener un carácter muy fuerte = be full of character.
    * un fuerte sentimiento de = a strong sense of.
    * viento fuerte = high wind.

    Spanish-English dictionary > fuerte2

  • 12 aniquilar

    v.
    1 to annihilate, to wipe out.
    2 to exterminate, to destroy, to kill, to annihilate.
    * * *
    1 to annihilate, destroy
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=destruir) [+ enemigo] to annihilate, destroy; [+ equipo rival] to crush, annihilate
    2) (=matar) to kill
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    verbo transitivo <enemigo/población> to annihilate, wipe out; <defensas/instalaciones> to destroy
    * * *
    = wipe out, massacre, decimate, annihilate, zap.
    Ex. Strong economic forces, inflation and an over-strong pound wiped out any noticeable benefits of EEC membership to industry.
    Ex. In the 1994 Rwandan genocide, 800,000 people were massacred.
    Ex. Insect pests decimate a significant proportion of the world's food supply and transmit a number of deadly human diseases.
    Ex. He intends to annihilate all the major world powers, until Islamic nations dominate the planet.
    Ex. This electric fly swatter will zap any fly or mosquito with 1500 volts.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo <enemigo/población> to annihilate, wipe out; <defensas/instalaciones> to destroy
    * * *
    = wipe out, massacre, decimate, annihilate, zap.

    Ex: Strong economic forces, inflation and an over-strong pound wiped out any noticeable benefits of EEC membership to industry.

    Ex: In the 1994 Rwandan genocide, 800,000 people were massacred.
    Ex: Insect pests decimate a significant proportion of the world's food supply and transmit a number of deadly human diseases.
    Ex: He intends to annihilate all the major world powers, until Islamic nations dominate the planet.
    Ex: This electric fly swatter will zap any fly or mosquito with 1500 volts.

    * * *
    aniquilar [A1 ]
    vt
    ‹enemigo/población› to annihilate, wipe out; ‹defensas/instalaciones› to destroy, obliterate
    la gripe que tuvo lo ha aniquilado that bout of flu he had has left him terribly weak o ( colloq) has really wiped him out
    los nervios la tienen aniquilada she's a nervous wreck
    la aniquiló 6-0, 6-0 she crushed her 6-0, 6-0
    me aniquiló con sus argumentos he crushed o annihilated o destroyed me with his arguments
    es tan dominante que lo ha aniquilado como persona she's so domineering that she has completely wiped out o destroyed his personality
    * * *

    aniquilar ( conjugate aniquilar) verbo transitivo ‹enemigo/población› to annihilate, wipe out;
    ‹defensas/instalaciones› to destroy
    aniquilar verbo transitivo to annihilate
    ' aniquilar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    annihilate
    - rout
    - wipe out
    - wipe
    * * *
    1. [destruir] to annihilate, to wipe out;
    los nazis aniquilaron a los judíos the Nazis exterminated the Jews;
    el candidato oficial aniquiló a la oposición the official candidate annihilated o destroyed the opposition;
    los tenistas suecos aniquilaron a sus rivales the Swedish tennis players annihilated o thrashed their opponents
    2. [abatir] to destroy;
    tres años en paro la aniquilaron moralmente three years of unemployment had totally demoralized her
    * * *
    v/t annihilate
    * * *
    1) : to annihilate, to wipe out
    2) : to overwhelm, to bring to one's knees

    Spanish-English dictionary > aniquilar

  • 13 exterminar

    v.
    1 to exterminate.
    2 to destroy, to devastate.
    * * *
    1 (suprimir) to exterminate, wipe out; (destruir) to destroy
    * * *
    * * *
    verbo transitivo to exterminate
    * * *
    = eradicate, wipe out, exterminate, decimate, kill off, annihilate, stomp + Nombre + out.
    Ex. In this instance links would be insufficient to eradicate the false drop.
    Ex. Strong economic forces, inflation and an over-strong pound wiped out any noticeable benefits of EEC membership to industry.
    Ex. This article reports on the modification and use of a supermarket ice cream freezer to exterminate insects.
    Ex. Insect pests decimate a significant proportion of the world's food supply and transmit a number of deadly human diseases.
    Ex. 'Hyperindividualised' news was always one of the reasons the internet was supposed to be going to kill off print.
    Ex. He intends to annihilate all the major world powers, until Islamic nations dominate the planet.
    Ex. Like I said, no wonder racism won't die, it takes BOTH sides to stomp it out, not just one!.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo to exterminate
    * * *
    = eradicate, wipe out, exterminate, decimate, kill off, annihilate, stomp + Nombre + out.

    Ex: In this instance links would be insufficient to eradicate the false drop.

    Ex: Strong economic forces, inflation and an over-strong pound wiped out any noticeable benefits of EEC membership to industry.
    Ex: This article reports on the modification and use of a supermarket ice cream freezer to exterminate insects.
    Ex: Insect pests decimate a significant proportion of the world's food supply and transmit a number of deadly human diseases.
    Ex: 'Hyperindividualised' news was always one of the reasons the internet was supposed to be going to kill off print.
    Ex: He intends to annihilate all the major world powers, until Islamic nations dominate the planet.
    Ex: Like I said, no wonder racism won't die, it takes BOTH sides to stomp it out, not just one!.

    * * *
    exterminar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 ‹ratas/insectos› to exterminate
    2 ‹raza/población› to wipe out, exterminate
    * * *

    exterminar ( conjugate exterminar) verbo transitivo
    to exterminate
    exterminar verbo transitivo to exerminate
    ' exterminar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    exterminate
    - wipe out
    - wipe
    * * *
    to exterminate
    * * *
    v/t exterminate, wipe out
    * * *
    : to exterminate

    Spanish-English dictionary > exterminar

  • 14 yfirafl-ligr

    adj. over-strong, very strong, Sks. 607.

    Íslensk-ensk orðabók > yfirafl-ligr

  • 15 yfirafligr

    a. over-strong, very strong.

    Íslensk-ensk orðabók > yfirafligr

  • 16 она не очень-то сильна

    General subject: she is not over strong

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > она не очень-то сильна

  • 17 pegar

    v.
    1 to stick.
    Ella pega el afiche She sticks the poster.
    2 to hit.
    pega a su mujer/a sus hijos he beats his wife/children
    3 to give (propinar) (bofetada, paliza).
    pegar un golpe a alguien to hit somebody
    pegar un tiro a alguien to shoot somebody
    Ella le pegó una tremenda paliza She gave him a good thrashing.
    4 to suit, to go with (corresponder a, ir bien a).
    no le pega ese vestido that dress doesn't suit her
    no le pega ese novio that boyfriend isn't right for her
    5 to paste (computing).
    6 to go together, to match.
    pegar con to go with
    7 to beat down (sol).
    8 to glue, to adhere, to bond, to paste.
    Ella pega las hojas She glues the sheets.
    9 to infect with.
    Yo le pegué a Ricardo un catarro I infected Richard with a cold.
    10 to sew on.
    Ella pega botones She sews on buttons.
    * * *
    1 (gen) to stick; (con pegamento) to glue, stick with glue; (con cola) to paste, stick with paste
    2 (coser) to sew on
    3 (contagiar) to give
    4 (acercar) to move close to
    5 INFORMÁTICA to paste
    1 (combinar) to match
    1 (quemarse) to stick
    2 (persona) to latch onto
    \
    no pegar ni con cola (no entonar) to be totally wrong, look totally out of place 2 (ser increíble) to be impossible to believe
    ————————
    1 (golpear) to hit
    ■ mamá, Pablo me ha pegado mum, Pablo hit me
    2 (dar) to give
    ■ ¡vaya susto me has pegado! you didn't half scare me!
    1 (tener fuerza) to beat down
    ■ ¡cómo pega el sol hoy! it's a real scorcher today!
    2 (beber) to knock back
    ■ le gusta pegarle al whisky ¿eh? he likes knocking back the whisky, doesn't he
    1 (tropezar) to bump ( con, into)
    \
    dále que te pego over and over again, on and on
    no pegar golpe not to do a blessed thing
    no pegar ojo not to sleep a wink
    pegar fuerte (golpear) to hit hard 2 (tener éxito) to be all the rage
    pegarle fuego a algo to set fire to something
    pegarle un tiro a alguien to shoot somebody
    pegarle una paliza a alguien to beat somebody up
    pegarse la vida padre familiar to live the life of Riley
    pegarse un tiro to shoot oneself
    pegársela (caerse) to fall over, fall down 2 (tener un accidente) to have an accident
    pegársela a alguien (engañar) to do the dirty on somebody 2 (ser infiel) to be unfaithful to somebody
    * * *
    verb
    1) to hit, strike
    2) glue, stick
    •
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=adherir)
    a) [gen] to stick; [con cola] to glue, stick; [+ cartel] to stick up; [+ dos piezas] to fix together; (Inform) to paste
    b) (=coser) [+ botón] to sew on
    2) (=golpear) [gen] to hit; (=dar una torta a) to smack
    3) * (=dar)

    • me pegó un golpe — he hit me

    • pegar un grito — to shout, cry out

    • le han pegado un puntapié — they gave him a kick, they kicked him

    • pegar un salto — to jump ( with fright {etc}4})

    • pegar un susto a algn — to scare sb, give sb a fright

    ¡qué susto me has pegado! — what a fright you gave me!

    • le pegaron un tiro — they shot him

    fuego 1)
    4) (=arrimar)

    pegar una silla a una pared — to move o put a chair up against a wall

    5) * (=contagiar) to give (a to)
    6)
    7) Méx (=atar) to tie, fasten (down); [+ caballo] to hitch up
    8) Caribe [+ trabajo] to start
    2. VI
    1) (=adherir) to stick; (Inform) to paste
    2) (=agarrar) [planta] to take (root); [remedio] to take; [fuego] to catch
    3)

    pegar en algo — (=dar) to hit sth; (=rozar) to touch sth

    pegaba con un palo en la puerta — he was pounding on o hitting the door with a stick

    4) * (=armonizar) to go well, fit; [dos colores] to match, go together

    pegarle a algn: no le pega nada actuar así — it's not like him to act like that

    pegar con algo — to match sth, go with sth

    5) * (=ser fuerte) to be strong
    6) * (=tener éxito)
    7) * (=creer)

    me pega que...: me pega que no vendrá — I have a hunch that he won't come

    8)

    pegarle a algo — * to be a great one for sth *

    9) Caribe, Méx * (=trabajar duro) to slog away *
    3.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) <bofetada/patada> to give
    b) <grito/chillido> to let out
    c) (fam) < repaso>
    2)
    a) ( adherir) to stick; ( con cola) to glue, stick

    pegó un póster en la pared — she stuck (o pinned etc) a poster up on the wall

    b) ( coser) <mangas/botones> to sew on
    c) ( arrimar) to move... closer
    3) (fam) ( contagiar) < enfermedad> to give

    pegarla — (RPl fam) to be dead on (AmE colloq), to be spot on (BrE colloq)

    2.
    pegar vi
    1)
    a) ( golpear)

    pegarle a alguien — to hit somebody; (a un niño, como castigo) to smack somebody

    si vuelves a hacer eso, te pego — if you do that again, I'll smack you

    b) (fam) ( hacerse popular) producto/moda to take off; artista to be very popular
    c) (fam) ( ser fuerte) viento to be strong
    2)
    a) ( adherir) to stick
    b) ( armonizar) to go together
    3.
    pegarse v pron
    1)
    a) ( golpearse)

    me pegué con la mesa — I knocked o hit myself on the table

    me pegué en la cabeza — I banged o knocked my head

    se pegó un porrazo — (fam) she gave herself a nasty knock

    pegársela — (Esp fam) to have a crash

    pegársela a alguien — (Esp fam) ( ser infiel) to be unfaithful to somebody

    b) (recípr) ( darse golpes) to hit each other
    2) < susto> to get

    pegarse una ducha — (fam) to take o have a shower

    me voy a pegar unas vacaciones...! — I'm going to give myself a good vacation o (BrE) holiday

    3)
    a) ( adherirse) to stick

    se pegó al or del timbre — she kept her finger on the doorbell

    b) ( contagiarse) enfermedad to be infectious

    eso se pega — you can easily catch it; (+ me/te/le etc)

    se le pegó la costumbre de... — she got into the habit of...

    * * *
    1 = plaster, affix, attach, glue, fasten together, stick, paste together, cement.
    Ex. Then it gets progressively worse as walls are washed away and vehicles plastered against houses and trees.
    Ex. Some libraries use small stickers affixed to the spines which have cartoons or ideograms indicating a special genre.
    Ex. In fixed location notation was physically attached to certain places on the shelves and books were always filed in the same place.
    Ex. The binding type specifies the type of binding ( glued, sewn).
    Ex. A book is physically a collection of sheets usually paper ones fastened together and protected by a cover which do form a genuine unit.
    Ex. Is it a matter of a library in one country sticking a pin in a map and requesting a document from the nearest library to where the pin is inserted?.
    Ex. The boards were generally made of wood up to the later fifteenth century; then of sheets of paper pasted together ('pasteboard'); and then, from the early eighteenth century in good-quality binding but later in cheap work, of rope-fibre millboard.
    Ex. An in-house bulletin may serve to cement firm relationships with the library's personnel.
    ----
    * arrastrar y pegar = drag and drop.
    * copiar y pegar = copy and paste.
    * cortar y pegar = cut-and-paste.
    * goma de pegar = rubber solution.
    * ir pegado a = hug.
    * no pegar ni con cola = stick out like + a sore thumb.
    * pegar a Alguien = look + good on + Nombre.
    * pegar con cinta adhesiva = tape.
    * pegarse = stick together, bricking, blocking, rub off on.
    * pegarse a = stick to, have + a rub-off effect on.
    * pegarse como una lapa = cling like + a limpet, stick like + a limpet.
    * pegar sobre = paste onto.
    * pegar una nota en un sitio público = post.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) <bofetada/patada> to give
    b) <grito/chillido> to let out
    c) (fam) < repaso>
    2)
    a) ( adherir) to stick; ( con cola) to glue, stick

    pegó un póster en la pared — she stuck (o pinned etc) a poster up on the wall

    b) ( coser) <mangas/botones> to sew on
    c) ( arrimar) to move... closer
    3) (fam) ( contagiar) < enfermedad> to give

    pegarla — (RPl fam) to be dead on (AmE colloq), to be spot on (BrE colloq)

    2.
    pegar vi
    1)
    a) ( golpear)

    pegarle a alguien — to hit somebody; (a un niño, como castigo) to smack somebody

    si vuelves a hacer eso, te pego — if you do that again, I'll smack you

    b) (fam) ( hacerse popular) producto/moda to take off; artista to be very popular
    c) (fam) ( ser fuerte) viento to be strong
    2)
    a) ( adherir) to stick
    b) ( armonizar) to go together
    3.
    pegarse v pron
    1)
    a) ( golpearse)

    me pegué con la mesa — I knocked o hit myself on the table

    me pegué en la cabeza — I banged o knocked my head

    se pegó un porrazo — (fam) she gave herself a nasty knock

    pegársela — (Esp fam) to have a crash

    pegársela a alguien — (Esp fam) ( ser infiel) to be unfaithful to somebody

    b) (recípr) ( darse golpes) to hit each other
    2) < susto> to get

    pegarse una ducha — (fam) to take o have a shower

    me voy a pegar unas vacaciones...! — I'm going to give myself a good vacation o (BrE) holiday

    3)
    a) ( adherirse) to stick

    se pegó al or del timbre — she kept her finger on the doorbell

    b) ( contagiarse) enfermedad to be infectious

    eso se pega — you can easily catch it; (+ me/te/le etc)

    se le pegó la costumbre de... — she got into the habit of...

    * * *
    pegar2
    2 = hit, spank, smack, whip, beat, belt, whack.

    Ex: When I saw what he was up to, I drew back for a punch and hit him so hard on the nose that he fell on his back and lay there for some time, so that his wife stood over him and cried out 'Mercy! You've done my husband in!'.

    Ex: In addition, both physical & verbal violence appear to be transgenerational: people who were spanked frequently as children are more prone to frequently spank their own children.
    Ex: Parents who endorse the use of non-coercive management techniques smack their children as well.
    Ex: He got whipped by policemen right here in Montgomery.
    Ex: Flexible moulds made of laminated paper called 'flong' were first used in Lyons in 1829 and were blotting and tissue paper pasted together, and the mould was formed by beating damp flong on the face of the type.
    Ex: They chased him and one belted him over the head with the bar, forcing him to the ground.
    Ex: The assailants, he said, did not know 'if I was straight or gay, I just happened to pass by and got whacked on the head'.
    * pegar chillidos = shriek.
    * pegar en el larguero = hit + the crossbar.
    * pegar en el travesaño = hit + the crossbar.
    * pegar fuerte = hit + hard, pack + a wallop.
    * pegar gritos = shriek, shout.
    * pegarse una hostia = come + a cropper.
    * pegar un estirón = shoot up.
    * pegar un puñetazo = sock.
    * pegar un repullo = give + a start, startle.
    * pegar un respingo = give + a start, startle.
    * pegar un susto = spook.

    1 = plaster, affix, attach, glue, fasten together, stick, paste together, cement.

    Ex: Then it gets progressively worse as walls are washed away and vehicles plastered against houses and trees.

    Ex: Some libraries use small stickers affixed to the spines which have cartoons or ideograms indicating a special genre.
    Ex: In fixed location notation was physically attached to certain places on the shelves and books were always filed in the same place.
    Ex: The binding type specifies the type of binding ( glued, sewn).
    Ex: A book is physically a collection of sheets usually paper ones fastened together and protected by a cover which do form a genuine unit.
    Ex: Is it a matter of a library in one country sticking a pin in a map and requesting a document from the nearest library to where the pin is inserted?.
    Ex: The boards were generally made of wood up to the later fifteenth century; then of sheets of paper pasted together ('pasteboard'); and then, from the early eighteenth century in good-quality binding but later in cheap work, of rope-fibre millboard.
    Ex: An in-house bulletin may serve to cement firm relationships with the library's personnel.
    * arrastrar y pegar = drag and drop.
    * copiar y pegar = copy and paste.
    * cortar y pegar = cut-and-paste.
    * goma de pegar = rubber solution.
    * ir pegado a = hug.
    * no pegar ni con cola = stick out like + a sore thumb.
    * pegar a Alguien = look + good on + Nombre.
    * pegar con cinta adhesiva = tape.
    * pegarse = stick together, bricking, blocking, rub off on.
    * pegarse a = stick to, have + a rub-off effect on.
    * pegarse como una lapa = cling like + a limpet, stick like + a limpet.
    * pegar sobre = paste onto.
    * pegar una nota en un sitio público = post.

    * * *
    pegar [A3 ]
    vt
    A
    1 (propinar) ‹bofetada/paliza/patada› to give
    le pegó una paliza terrible he gave him a terrible beating
    le pegué una patada en la rodilla I gave him a kick on the knee, I kicked him on the knee
    te voy a pegar un coscorrón I'm going to clout you o give you such a clout! ( colloq)
    le pegaron un tiro they shot her
    2 ‹grito/salto›
    pegó un chillido she let out a scream, she screamed
    les pegó cuatro gritos y se callaron she shouted at them and they shut up
    pegó un salto de alegría he jumped for joy
    pegó media vuelta y se fue he turned around and walked away
    3 ‹susto› to give
    ¡qué susto me pegaste! you gave me a terrible fright!
    4 ( fam) ‹repaso›
    pégale un repaso a este capítulo look over this chapter again
    le pegué una miradita I had a quick look at it
    B
    1 (adherir) to stick; (con cola) to glue, stick; (con engrudo) to paste, stick
    pegué los sellos en el sobre I stuck the stamps on the envelope
    ¿cómo pego la suela? how can I stick the sole?
    vamos a pegar todos los pedazos we're going to glue o stick all the pieces back together
    pegó un póster en la pared she stuck ( o pinned etc) a poster up on the wall
    2 (coser) ‹mangas/botones› to sew … on
    ni siquiera sabe pegar un botón he can't even sew a button on
    3 (arrimar, acercar) to move … closer
    pega el coche un poco más a la raya move the car a little closer to the line
    pegó el oído a la pared he put his ear to the wall
    4 ( Inf) to paste
    C ( fam) (contagiar) ‹enfermedad› to give
    no te acerques, que te pego la gripe don't come near me, I'll give you my flu o you'll get my flu
    pegarla ( RPl fam); to be dead on ( AmE colloq), to be spot on ( BrE colloq)
    la verdad es que la pegamos con su regalo we really were dead on o spot on with her gift
    con este espectáculo sí la vamos a pegar we're going to have a big hit with this show ( colloq)
    pegar su chicle con algn ( Méx arg); to score with sb (sl)
    ■ pegar
    vi
    A
    1
    (golpear): pegarle a algn to hit sb; (a un niño, como castigo) to smack sb
    dicen que le pega a su mujer they say he beats his wife
    si vuelves a hacer eso, te pego if you do that again, I'll smack you
    ¡a mí no me vas a pegar! don't you dare hit me!
    la pelota pegó en el poste the ball hit the goalpost
    pegarle a algo ( fam): ¡cómo le pegan al vino! they sure like their wine ( colloq), they certainly knock back the wine ( colloq)
    ahora le pega al canto ( Chi); she's into singing at the moment ( colloq)
    2 ( fam) (hacerse popular) to take off
    si el producto no pega, quebramos if the product doesn't take off o catch on, we'll go under
    una artista que pega en el extranjero an artist who's very popular abroad
    su último disco está pegando fuerte her latest record is a big hit ( colloq)
    3 ( fam) (ser fuerte) «viento» to be strong
    ¡cómo pegaba el sol! the sun was really beating down!, the sun was really hot!
    este vino pega muchísimo this wine's really strong, this wine goes to your head
    B
    1 (adherir) to stick
    2 (armonizar) to go together
    estos colores no pegan these colors* don't go together
    pegar CON algo to go WITH sth
    esos zapatos no pegan con el vestido those shoes don't go (well) with the dress
    esa mesa no pega con los demás muebles that table doesn't fit in with o go with the rest of the furniture
    el vino blanco no pega con la carne white wine doesn't go with meat
    este cuadro aquí no pega ni con cola this picture looks really out of place here
    no pegamos ni juntamos en este ambiente we stick out like a sore thumb in a place like this
    C ( Chi fam) (dirigirse) pegar PARA algo; to head o make FOR sth
    pegó para su casa she made o headed for home
    A
    1
    (golpearse): me pegué con la mesa I bumped into the table, I knocked myself on the table
    me pegué en la cabeza I banged o knocked my head
    se cayó de la bicicleta y se pegó un porrazo ( fam); she fell off her bike and gave herself a nasty knock
    pegársela ( Esp fam); to have a crash
    pegársela a algn ( Esp fam); (ser infiel) to be unfaithful to sb, cheat on sb ( AmE colloq); (traicionar) to double-cross sb, do the dirty on sb ( colloq)
    2 ( recípr) (darse golpes) to hit each other
    estos niños siempre se están pegando these kids are always hitting each other o fighting
    B
    1 ‹susto›
    ¡qué susto me pegué cuando la vi! I got such a fright when I saw her
    2 ‹tiro›
    se pegó un tiro en la sien he shot himself in the head
    ¡es para pegarse un tiro! it's enough to drive you crazy o mad!
    3 ( fam)
    (tomarse, darse): me voy a pegar una ducha I'm going to take o have a shower
    anoche nos pegamos una comilona tremenda we had an amazing meal last night ( colloq)
    ¡me voy a pegar unas vacaciones …! I'm going to give myself o have myself a good vacation
    4 ( Esp fam) (pasar) to spend
    me pegué el día entero estudiando I spent the whole day studying
    me pegué cuatro días sin salir de casa I didn't leave the house for four days, I went (for) four days without leaving the house ( colloq)
    C
    1 (adherirse) to stick
    no consigo que este sobre se pegue I can't get this envelope to stick
    se me ha pegado el arroz the rice has stuck
    mi madre se pega al or del teléfono y no para de hablar once my mother gets yakking on the phone there's no stopping her ( colloq)
    se pegó al or del timbre she kept her finger on o she leaned on the doorbell
    se me pega y después no se qué hacer para deshacerme de él he latches on to me and then I can't get rid of him
    2
    «costumbre/enfermedad» (contagiarse) (+ me/te/le etc): en Inglaterra se le pegó la costumbre de tomar té in England she got into the habit of drinking tea
    se le ha pegado el acento mexicano he's picked up a Mexican accent
    no te acerques, que se te va a pegar el catarro don't come too close or you'll catch my cold
    * * *

     

    pegar ( conjugate pegar) verbo transitivo
    1
    a) ‹bofetada/patada› to give;


    le pegaron un tiro they shot her
    b) ‹grito/chillido› to let out;


    pegarle un susto a algn to give sb a fright
    2

    ( con cola) to glue, stick
    b) ( coser) ‹mangas/botones› to sew on

    c) ( arrimar) to move … closer

    3 (fam) ( contagiar) ‹ enfermedad› to give;

    verbo intransitivo
    1
    a) ( golpear): pegarle a algn to hit sb;

    (a un niño, como castigo) to smack sb;

    la pelota pegó en el poste the ball hit the goalpost
    b) (fam) ( hacerse popular) [producto/moda] to take off;

    [ artista] to be very popular
    2


    pegar CON algo to go with sth;

    pegarse verbo pronominal
    1
    a) ( golpearse):

    ◊ me pegué con la mesa I knocked o hit myself on the table;

    me pegué en la cabeza I banged o knocked my head

    2 ‹ susto› to get;

    3 ( contagiarse) [ enfermedad] to be infectious;

    se te va a pegar mi catarro you'll catch my cold;
    se le ha pegado el acento mexicano he's picked up a Mexican accent
    pegar
    I verbo transitivo
    1 (adherir) to stick
    (con pegamento) to glue
    2 (coser) to sew on
    3 (arrimar) lean against: es mejor que pegues la cuna a la pared, you'd better put the cradle against the wall
    4 (un susto, una enfermedad) to give
    5 (realizar una acción) pegó fuego a la casa, he set the house on fire
    pegó saltos de alegría, he jumped for joy
    6 (maltratar) to hit: no pegues al niño, don't hit the child
    II verbo intransitivo
    1 (combinar) to match: ese jersey no pega con esos pantalones, that sweater doesn't go with those trousers
    (estar próximo a) to be next to: su casa está pegada al cine, his house is next to the cinema
    2 (sol) to beat down
    ♦ Locuciones: no pegar ojo, not to sleep a wink
    ' pegar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cartel
    - cascar
    - frenazo
    - hebra
    - ojo
    - respingo
    - reventón
    - sacudir
    - zurrar
    - acertar
    - culo
    - dar
    - estirón
    - golpear
    - maltratar
    - rebote
    - salto
    - sonar
    English:
    affix
    - beat
    - beat down
    - believe in
    - belt
    - bond
    - give
    - glue
    - gum
    - hang
    - hit
    - paste
    - punch
    - put up
    - scare
    - sellotape
    - sew on
    - shoot
    - slap
    - slug
    - smack
    - stick
    - stick together
    - strike
    - tape
    - wallop
    - alone
    - attach
    - crack
    - even
    - go
    - jolt
    - superglue
    - wink
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [adherir] to stick;
    [con pegamento] to glue; [póster, cartel] to fix, to put up; [botón] to sew on;
    pegó la suela al zapato he stuck the sole on the shoe
    2. [arrimar]
    pegar algo a o [m5] contra algo to put o place sth against sth;
    no pegues la silla tanto a la pared don't put the chair so close up against the wall;
    pega el coche un poco más a la acera move the car in a bit closer to the Br pavement o US sidewalk
    3. [golpear] to hit;
    el balón me pegó en la cara the ball hit me in the face;
    pega a su mujer/a sus hijos he beats his wife/children
    4. [dar] [bofetada, paliza, patada] to give;
    pegó un golpe sobre la mesa he banged the table;
    pegar un susto a alguien to give sb a fright;
    5. [realizar, producir]
    pegar un grito to cry out, to let out a cry;
    no arreglas nada pegando gritos it's no use shouting;
    pegar un respingo to (give a) start;
    pegaban saltos de alegría they were jumping for joy;
    pegar un suspiro to (give a) sigh;
    pegar fuego a algo to set sth on fire, to set fire to sth
    6. [contagiar]
    pegar algo a alguien to give sb sth, to pass sth on to sb;
    le pegó el sarampión a su hermano she gave her brother measles
    7. [corresponder a, ir bien a] to suit;
    no le pega ese vestido that dress doesn't suit her;
    esta corbata pega con esa camisa this tie goes with that shirt;
    no le pega ese novio that boyfriend isn't right for her
    8. Informát to paste
    9. Fam [tener el hábito de]
    le pega mucho al vino he likes his wine
    10. RP Fam
    pegarla [acertar] to be spot on;
    la pegamos con esa idea we were spot on with that idea
    ♦ vi
    1. [adherir] to stick
    2. [golpear] to hit;
    la lluvia pegaba en la ventana the rain was driving against the windowpane;
    una bala pegó contra el techo a bullet hit the ceiling;
    la pelota pegó en el larguero the ball hit the crossbar
    3. [armonizar] to go together, to match;
    no pegan nada they don't go together o match at all;
    no pega mucho un bingo en este barrio a bingo hall doesn't really fit o looks rather out of place in this part of town;
    pegar con to go with;
    un color que pegue (bien) con el rojo a colour that goes (well) with red
    4. Fam [ser fuerte] [sol] to beat down;
    [viento, aire] to be strong; [vino, licor, droga] to be strong stuff, to pack a punch;
    el aire pega de costado there's a strong side wind;
    ¡cómo pega el sol! it's absolutely scorching!
    5. [estar al lado]
    pegar a o [m5] con to be right next to;
    el restaurante pega con a la estación the restaurant's right next to the station
    6. Fam [tener éxito, estar de moda] to be in;
    este grupo está pegando mucho últimamente this group is massive at the moment;
    una nueva generación de tenistas viene pegando fuerte a new generation of tennis players is beginning to come through
    * * *
    I v/t
    1 ( golpear) hit
    2 ( adherir) stick, glue
    pegar un grito shout, give a shout;
    no me pega la gana Méx I don’t feel like it
    II v/i
    1 ( golpear) hit
    2 ( adherir) stick
    3 del sol beat down
    4 ( armonizar) go (together)
    * * *
    pegar {52} vt
    1) : to glue, to stick, to paste
    2) : to attach, to sew on
    3) : to infect with, to give
    me pegó el resfriado: he gave me his cold
    4) golpear: to hit, to deal, to strike
    me pegaron un puntapié: they gave me a kick
    5) : to give (out with)
    pegó un grito: she let out a yell
    pegar vi
    1) : to adhere, to stick
    2)
    pegar en : to hit, to strike (against)
    3)
    pegar con : to match, to go with
    * * *
    pegar vb
    1. (adherir) to stick [pt. & pp. stuck]
    2. (golpear) to hit [pt. & pp. hit]
    3. (acercar) to put against [pt. & pp. put]
    4. (contagiar) to give [pt. gave; pp. given]
    5. (armonizar) to go
    pegar un tiro to shoot [pt. & pp. shot]
    pegar un susto to give a fright [pt. gave; pp. given]
    pegar una torta to slap [pt. & pp. slapped]

    Spanish-English dictionary > pegar

  • 18 Historical Portugal

       Before Romans described western Iberia or Hispania as "Lusitania," ancient Iberians inhabited the land. Phoenician and Greek trading settlements grew up in the Tagus estuary area and nearby coasts. Beginning around 202 BCE, Romans invaded what is today southern Portugal. With Rome's defeat of Carthage, Romans proceeded to conquer and rule the western region north of the Tagus, which they named Roman "Lusitania." In the fourth century CE, as Rome's rule weakened, the area experienced yet another invasion—Germanic tribes, principally the Suevi, who eventually were Christianized. During the sixth century CE, the Suevi kingdom was superseded by yet another Germanic tribe—the Christian Visigoths.
       A major turning point in Portugal's history came in 711, as Muslim armies from North Africa, consisting of both Arab and Berber elements, invaded the Iberian Peninsula from across the Straits of Gibraltar. They entered what is now Portugal in 714, and proceeded to conquer most of the country except for the far north. For the next half a millennium, Islam and Muslim presence in Portugal left a significant mark upon the politics, government, language, and culture of the country.
       Islam, Reconquest, and Portugal Created, 714-1140
       The long frontier struggle between Muslim invaders and Christian communities in the north of the Iberian peninsula was called the Reconquista (Reconquest). It was during this struggle that the first dynasty of Portuguese kings (Burgundian) emerged and the independent monarchy of Portugal was established. Christian forces moved south from what is now the extreme north of Portugal and gradually defeated Muslim forces, besieging and capturing towns under Muslim sway. In the ninth century, as Christian forces slowly made their way southward, Christian elements were dominant only in the area between Minho province and the Douro River; this region became known as "territorium Portu-calense."
       In the 11th century, the advance of the Reconquest quickened as local Christian armies were reinforced by crusading knights from what is now France and England. Christian forces took Montemor (1034), at the Mondego River; Lamego (1058); Viseu (1058); and Coimbra (1064). In 1095, the king of Castile and Léon granted the country of "Portu-cale," what became northern Portugal, to a Burgundian count who had emigrated from France. This was the foundation of Portugal. In 1139, a descendant of this count, Afonso Henriques, proclaimed himself "King of Portugal." He was Portugal's first monarch, the "Founder," and the first of the Burgundian dynasty, which ruled until 1385.
       The emergence of Portugal in the 12th century as a separate monarchy in Iberia occurred before the Christian Reconquest of the peninsula. In the 1140s, the pope in Rome recognized Afonso Henriques as king of Portugal. In 1147, after a long, bloody siege, Muslim-occupied Lisbon fell to Afonso Henriques's army. Lisbon was the greatest prize of the 500-year war. Assisting this effort were English crusaders on their way to the Holy Land; the first bishop of Lisbon was an Englishman. When the Portuguese captured Faro and Silves in the Algarve province in 1248-50, the Reconquest of the extreme western portion of the Iberian peninsula was complete—significantly, more than two centuries before the Spanish crown completed the Reconquest of the eastern portion by capturing Granada in 1492.
       Consolidation and Independence of Burgundian Portugal, 1140-1385
       Two main themes of Portugal's early existence as a monarchy are the consolidation of control over the realm and the defeat of a Castil-ian threat from the east to its independence. At the end of this period came the birth of a new royal dynasty (Aviz), which prepared to carry the Christian Reconquest beyond continental Portugal across the straits of Gibraltar to North Africa. There was a variety of motives behind these developments. Portugal's independent existence was imperiled by threats from neighboring Iberian kingdoms to the north and east. Politics were dominated not only by efforts against the Muslims in
       Portugal (until 1250) and in nearby southern Spain (until 1492), but also by internecine warfare among the kingdoms of Castile, Léon, Aragon, and Portugal. A final comeback of Muslim forces was defeated at the battle of Salado (1340) by allied Castilian and Portuguese forces. In the emerging Kingdom of Portugal, the monarch gradually gained power over and neutralized the nobility and the Church.
       The historic and commonplace Portuguese saying "From Spain, neither a good wind nor a good marriage" was literally played out in diplomacy and war in the late 14th-century struggles for mastery in the peninsula. Larger, more populous Castile was pitted against smaller Portugal. Castile's Juan I intended to force a union between Castile and Portugal during this era of confusion and conflict. In late 1383, Portugal's King Fernando, the last king of the Burgundian dynasty, suddenly died prematurely at age 38, and the Master of Aviz, Portugal's most powerful nobleman, took up the cause of independence and resistance against Castile's invasion. The Master of Aviz, who became King João I of Portugal, was able to obtain foreign assistance. With the aid of English archers, Joao's armies defeated the Castilians in the crucial battle of Aljubarrota, on 14 August 1385, a victory that assured the independence of the Portuguese monarchy from its Castilian nemesis for several centuries.
       Aviz Dynasty and Portugal's First Overseas Empire, 1385-1580
       The results of the victory at Aljubarrota, much celebrated in Portugal's art and monuments, and the rise of the Aviz dynasty also helped to establish a new merchant class in Lisbon and Oporto, Portugal's second city. This group supported King João I's program of carrying the Reconquest to North Africa, since it was interested in expanding Portugal's foreign commerce and tapping into Muslim trade routes and resources in Africa. With the Reconquest against the Muslims completed in Portugal and the threat from Castile thwarted for the moment, the Aviz dynasty launched an era of overseas conquest, exploration, and trade. These efforts dominated Portugal's 15th and 16th centuries.
       The overseas empire and age of Discoveries began with Portugal's bold conquest in 1415 of the Moroccan city of Ceuta. One royal member of the 1415 expedition was young, 21-year-old Prince Henry, later known in history as "Prince Henry the Navigator." His part in the capture of Ceuta won Henry his knighthood and began Portugal's "Marvelous Century," during which the small kingdom was counted as a European and world power of consequence. Henry was the son of King João I and his English queen, Philippa of Lancaster, but he did not inherit the throne. Instead, he spent most of his life and his fortune, and that of the wealthy military Order of Christ, on various imperial ventures and on voyages of exploration down the African coast and into the Atlantic. While mythology has surrounded Henry's controversial role in the Discoveries, and this role has been exaggerated, there is no doubt that he played a vital part in the initiation of Portugal's first overseas empire and in encouraging exploration. He was naturally curious, had a sense of mission for Portugal, and was a strong leader. He also had wealth to expend; at least a third of the African voyages of the time were under his sponsorship. If Prince Henry himself knew little science, significant scientific advances in navigation were made in his day.
       What were Portugal's motives for this new imperial effort? The well-worn historical cliche of "God, Glory, and Gold" can only partly explain the motivation of a small kingdom with few natural resources and barely 1 million people, which was greatly outnumbered by the other powers it confronted. Among Portuguese objectives were the desire to exploit known North African trade routes and resources (gold, wheat, leather, weaponry, and other goods that were scarce in Iberia); the need to outflank the Muslim world in the Mediterranean by sailing around Africa, attacking Muslims en route; and the wish to ally with Christian kingdoms beyond Africa. This enterprise also involved a strategy of breaking the Venetian spice monopoly by trading directly with the East by means of discovering and exploiting a sea route around Africa to Asia. Besides the commercial motives, Portugal nurtured a strong crusading sense of Christian mission, and various classes in the kingdom saw an opportunity for fame and gain.
       By the time of Prince Henry's death in 1460, Portugal had gained control of the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeiras, begun to colonize the Cape Verde Islands, failed to conquer the Canary Islands from Castile, captured various cities on Morocco's coast, and explored as far as Senegal, West Africa, down the African coast. By 1488, Bar-tolomeu Dias had rounded the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa and thereby discovered the way to the Indian Ocean.
       Portugal's largely coastal African empire and later its fragile Asian empire brought unexpected wealth but were purchased at a high price. Costs included wars of conquest and defense against rival powers, manning the far-flung navel and trade fleets and scattered castle-fortresses, and staffing its small but fierce armies, all of which entailed a loss of skills and population to maintain a scattered empire. Always short of capital, the monarchy became indebted to bankers. There were many defeats beginning in the 16th century at the hands of the larger imperial European monarchies (Spain, France, England, and Holland) and many attacks on Portugal and its strung-out empire. Typically, there was also the conflict that arose when a tenuously held world empire that rarely if ever paid its way demanded finance and manpower Portugal itself lacked.
       The first 80 years of the glorious imperial era, the golden age of Portugal's imperial power and world influence, was an African phase. During 1415-88, Portuguese navigators and explorers in small ships, some of them caravelas (caravels), explored the treacherous, disease-ridden coasts of Africa from Morocco to South Africa beyond the Cape of Good Hope. By the 1470s, the Portuguese had reached the Gulf of Guinea and, in the early 1480s, what is now Angola. Bartolomeu Dias's extraordinary voyage of 1487-88 to South Africa's coast and the edge of the Indian Ocean convinced Portugal that the best route to Asia's spices and Christians lay south, around the tip of southern Africa. Between 1488 and 1495, there was a hiatus caused in part by domestic conflict in Portugal, discussion of resources available for further conquests beyond Africa in Asia, and serious questions as to Portugal's capacity to reach beyond Africa. In 1495, King Manuel and his council decided to strike for Asia, whatever the consequences. In 1497-99, Vasco da Gama, under royal orders, made the epic two-year voyage that discovered the sea route to western India (Asia), outflanked Islam and Venice, and began Portugal's Asian empire. Within 50 years, Portugal had discovered and begun the exploitation of its largest colony, Brazil, and set up forts and trading posts from the Middle East (Aden and Ormuz), India (Calicut, Goa, etc.), Malacca, and Indonesia to Macau in China.
       By the 1550s, parts of its largely coastal, maritime trading post empire from Morocco to the Moluccas were under siege from various hostile forces, including Muslims, Christians, and Hindi. Although Moroccan forces expelled the Portuguese from the major coastal cities by 1550, the rival European monarchies of Castile (Spain), England, France, and later Holland began to seize portions of her undermanned, outgunned maritime empire.
       In 1580, Phillip II of Spain, whose mother was a Portuguese princess and who had a strong claim to the Portuguese throne, invaded Portugal, claimed the throne, and assumed control over the realm and, by extension, its African, Asian, and American empires. Phillip II filled the power vacuum that appeared in Portugal following the loss of most of Portugal's army and its young, headstrong King Sebastião in a disastrous war in Morocco. Sebastiao's death in battle (1578) and the lack of a natural heir to succeed him, as well as the weak leadership of the cardinal who briefly assumed control in Lisbon, led to a crisis that Spain's strong monarch exploited. As a result, Portugal lost its independence to Spain for a period of 60 years.
       Portugal under Spanish Rule, 1580-1640
       Despite the disastrous nature of Portugal's experience under Spanish rule, "The Babylonian Captivity" gave birth to modern Portuguese nationalism, its second overseas empire, and its modern alliance system with England. Although Spain allowed Portugal's weakened empire some autonomy, Spanish rule in Portugal became increasingly burdensome and unacceptable. Spain's ambitious imperial efforts in Europe and overseas had an impact on the Portuguese as Spain made greater and greater demands on its smaller neighbor for manpower and money. Portugal's culture underwent a controversial Castilianization, while its empire became hostage to Spain's fortunes. New rival powers England, France, and Holland attacked and took parts of Spain's empire and at the same time attacked Portugal's empire, as well as the mother country.
       Portugal's empire bore the consequences of being attacked by Spain's bitter enemies in what was a form of world war. Portuguese losses were heavy. By 1640, Portugal had lost most of its Moroccan cities as well as Ceylon, the Moluccas, and sections of India. With this, Portugal's Asian empire was gravely weakened. Only Goa, Damão, Diu, Bombay, Timor, and Macau remained and, in Brazil, Dutch forces occupied the northeast.
       On 1 December 1640, long commemorated as a national holiday, Portuguese rebels led by the duke of Braganza overthrew Spanish domination and took advantage of Spanish weakness following a more serious rebellion in Catalonia. Portugal regained independence from Spain, but at a price: dependence on foreign assistance to maintain its independence in the form of the renewal of the alliance with England.
       Restoration and Second Empire, 1640-1822
       Foreign affairs and empire dominated the restoration era and aftermath, and Portugal again briefly enjoyed greater European power and prestige. The Anglo-Portuguese Alliance was renewed and strengthened in treaties of 1642, 1654, and 1661, and Portugal's independence from Spain was underwritten by English pledges and armed assistance. In a Luso-Spanish treaty of 1668, Spain recognized Portugal's independence. Portugal's alliance with England was a marriage of convenience and necessity between two monarchies with important religious, cultural, and social differences. In return for legal, diplomatic, and trade privileges, as well as the use during war and peace of Portugal's great Lisbon harbor and colonial ports for England's navy, England pledged to protect Portugal and its scattered empire from any attack. The previously cited 17th-century alliance treaties were renewed later in the Treaty of Windsor, signed in London in 1899. On at least 10 different occasions after 1640, and during the next two centuries, England was central in helping prevent or repel foreign invasions of its ally, Portugal.
       Portugal's second empire (1640-1822) was largely Brazil-oriented. Portuguese colonization, exploitation of wealth, and emigration focused on Portuguese America, and imperial revenues came chiefly from Brazil. Between 1670 and 1740, Portugal's royalty and nobility grew wealthier on funds derived from Brazilian gold, diamonds, sugar, tobacco, and other crops, an enterprise supported by the Atlantic slave trade and the supply of African slave labor from West Africa and Angola. Visitors today can see where much of that wealth was invested: Portugal's rich legacy of monumental architecture. Meanwhile, the African slave trade took a toll in Angola and West Africa.
       In continental Portugal, absolutist monarchy dominated politics and government, and there was a struggle for position and power between the monarchy and other institutions, such as the Church and nobility. King José I's chief minister, usually known in history as the marquis of Pombal (ruled 1750-77), sharply suppressed the nobility and the
       Church (including the Inquisition, now a weak institution) and expelled the Jesuits. Pombal also made an effort to reduce economic dependence on England, Portugal's oldest ally. But his successes did not last much beyond his disputed time in office.
       Beginning in the late 18th century, the European-wide impact of the French Revolution and the rise of Napoleon placed Portugal in a vulnerable position. With the monarchy ineffectively led by an insane queen (Maria I) and her indecisive regent son (João VI), Portugal again became the focus of foreign ambition and aggression. With England unable to provide decisive assistance in time, France—with Spain's consent—invaded Portugal in 1807. As Napoleon's army under General Junot entered Lisbon meeting no resistance, Portugal's royal family fled on a British fleet to Brazil, where it remained in exile until 1821. In the meantime, Portugal's overseas empire was again under threat. There was a power vacuum as the monarch was absent, foreign armies were present, and new political notions of liberalism and constitutional monarchy were exciting various groups of citizens.
       Again England came to the rescue, this time in the form of the armies of the duke of Wellington. Three successive French invasions of Portugal were defeated and expelled, and Wellington succeeded in carrying the war against Napoleon across the Portuguese frontier into Spain. The presence of the English army, the new French-born liberal ideas, and the political vacuum combined to create revolutionary conditions. The French invasions and the peninsular wars, where Portuguese armed forces played a key role, marked the beginning of a new era in politics.
       Liberalism and Constitutional Monarchy, 1822-1910
       During 1807-22, foreign invasions, war, and civil strife over conflicting political ideas gravely damaged Portugal's commerce, economy, and novice industry. The next terrible blow was the loss of Brazil in 1822, the jewel in the imperial crown. Portugal's very independence seemed to be at risk. In vain, Portugal sought to resist Brazilian independence by force, but in 1825 it formally acknowledged Brazilian independence by treaty.
       Portugal's slow recovery from the destructive French invasions and the "war of independence" was complicated by civil strife over the form of constitutional monarchy that best suited Portugal. After struggles over these issues between 1820 and 1834, Portugal settled somewhat uncertainly into a moderate constitutional monarchy whose constitution (Charter of 1826) lent it strong political powers to exert a moderating influence between the executive and legislative branches of the government. It also featured a new upper middle class based on land ownership and commerce; a Catholic Church that, although still important, lived with reduced privileges and property; a largely African (third) empire to which Lisbon and Oporto devoted increasing spiritual and material resources, starting with the liberal imperial plans of 1836 and 1851, and continuing with the work of institutions like the Lisbon Society of Geography (established 1875); and a mass of rural peasants whose bonds to the land weakened after 1850 and who began to immigrate in increasing numbers to Brazil and North America.
       Chronic military intervention in national politics began in 19th-century Portugal. Such intervention, usually commencing with coups or pronunciamentos (military revolts), was a shortcut to the spoils of political office and could reflect popular discontent as well as the power of personalities. An early example of this was the 1817 golpe (coup) attempt of General Gomes Freire against British military rule in Portugal before the return of King João VI from Brazil. Except for a more stable period from 1851 to 1880, military intervention in politics, or the threat thereof, became a feature of the constitutional monarchy's political life, and it continued into the First Republic and the subsequent Estado Novo.
       Beginning with the Regeneration period (1851-80), Portugal experienced greater political stability and economic progress. Military intervention in politics virtually ceased; industrialization and construction of railroads, roads, and bridges proceeded; two political parties (Regenerators and Historicals) worked out a system of rotation in power; and leading intellectuals sparked a cultural revival in several fields. In 19th-century literature, there was a new golden age led by such figures as Alexandre Herculano (historian), Eça de Queirós (novelist), Almeida Garrett (playwright and essayist), Antero de Quental (poet), and Joaquim Oliveira Martins (historian and social scientist). In its third overseas empire, Portugal attempted to replace the slave trade and slavery with legitimate economic activities; to reform the administration; and to expand Portuguese holdings beyond coastal footholds deep into the African hinterlands in West, West Central, and East Africa. After 1841, to some extent, and especially after 1870, colonial affairs, combined with intense nationalism, pressures for economic profit in Africa, sentiment for national revival, and the drift of European affairs would make or break Lisbon governments.
       Beginning with the political crisis that arose out of the "English Ultimatum" affair of January 1890, the monarchy became discredtted and identified with the poorly functioning government, political parties splintered, and republicanism found more supporters. Portugal participated in the "Scramble for Africa," expanding its African holdings, but failed to annex territory connecting Angola and Mozambique. A growing foreign debt and state bankruptcy as of the early 1890s damaged the constitutional monarchy's reputation, despite the efforts of King Carlos in diplomacy, the renewal of the alliance in the Windsor Treaty of 1899, and the successful if bloody colonial wars in the empire (1880-97). Republicanism proclaimed that Portugal's weak economy and poor society were due to two historic institutions: the monarchy and the Catholic Church. A republic, its stalwarts claimed, would bring greater individual liberty; efficient, if more decentralized government; and a stronger colonial program while stripping the Church of its role in both society and education.
       As the monarchy lost support and republicans became more aggressive, violence increased in politics. King Carlos I and his heir Luís were murdered in Lisbon by anarchist-republicans on 1 February 1908. Following a military and civil insurrection and fighting between monarchist and republican forces, on 5 October 1910, King Manuel II fled Portugal and a republic was proclaimed.
       First Parliamentary Republic, 1910-26
       Portugal's first attempt at republican government was the most unstable, turbulent parliamentary republic in the history of 20th-century Western Europe. During a little under 16 years of the republic, there were 45 governments, a number of legislatures that did not complete normal terms, military coups, and only one president who completed his four-year term in office. Portuguese society was poorly prepared for this political experiment. Among the deadly legacies of the monarchy were a huge public debt; a largely rural, apolitical, and illiterate peasant population; conflict over the causes of the country's misfortunes; and lack of experience with a pluralist, democratic system.
       The republic had some talented leadership but lacked popular, institutional, and economic support. The 1911 republican constitution established only a limited democracy, as only a small portion of the adult male citizenry was eligible to vote. In a country where the majority was Catholic, the republic passed harshly anticlerical laws, and its institutions and supporters persecuted both the Church and its adherents. During its brief disjointed life, the First Republic drafted important reform plans in economic, social, and educational affairs; actively promoted development in the empire; and pursued a liberal, generous foreign policy. Following British requests for Portugal's assistance in World War I, Portugal entered the war on the Allied side in March 1916 and sent armies to Flanders and Portuguese Africa. Portugal's intervention in that conflict, however, was too costly in many respects, and the ultimate failure of the republic in part may be ascribed to Portugal's World War I activities.
       Unfortunately for the republic, its time coincided with new threats to Portugal's African possessions: World War I, social and political demands from various classes that could not be reconciled, excessive military intervention in politics, and, in particular, the worst economic and financial crisis Portugal had experienced since the 16th and 17th centuries. After the original Portuguese Republican Party (PRP, also known as the "Democrats") splintered into three warring groups in 1912, no true multiparty system emerged. The Democrats, except for only one or two elections, held an iron monopoly of electoral power, and political corruption became a major issue. As extreme right-wing dictatorships elsewhere in Europe began to take power in Italy (1922), neighboring Spain (1923), and Greece (1925), what scant popular support remained for the republic collapsed. Backed by a right-wing coalition of landowners from Alentejo, clergy, Coimbra University faculty and students, Catholic organizations, and big business, career military officers led by General Gomes da Costa executed a coup on 28 May 1926, turned out the last republican government, and established a military government.
       The Estado Novo (New State), 1926-74
       During the military phase (1926-32) of the Estado Novo, professional military officers, largely from the army, governed and administered Portugal and held key cabinet posts, but soon discovered that the military possessed no magic formula that could readily solve the problems inherited from the First Republic. Especially during the years 1926-31, the military dictatorship, even with its political repression of republican activities and institutions (military censorship of the press, political police action, and closure of the republic's rowdy parliament), was characterized by similar weaknesses: personalism and factionalism; military coups and political instability, including civil strife and loss of life; state debt and bankruptcy; and a weak economy. "Barracks parliamentarism" was not an acceptable alternative even to the "Nightmare Republic."
       Led by General Óscar Carmona, who had replaced and sent into exile General Gomes da Costa, the military dictatorship turned to a civilian expert in finance and economics to break the budget impasse and bring coherence to the disorganized system. Appointed minister of finance on 27 April 1928, the Coimbra University Law School professor of economics Antônio de Oliveira Salazar (1889-1970) first reformed finance, helped balance the budget, and then turned to other concerns as he garnered extraordinary governing powers. In 1930, he was appointed interim head of another key ministry (Colonies) and within a few years had become, in effect, a civilian dictator who, with the military hierarchy's support, provided the government with coherence, a program, and a set of policies.
       For nearly 40 years after he was appointed the first civilian prime minister in 1932, Salazar's personality dominated the government. Unlike extreme right-wing dictators elsewhere in Europe, Salazar was directly appointed by the army but was never endorsed by a popular political party, street militia, or voter base. The scholarly, reclusive former Coimbra University professor built up what became known after 1932 as the Estado Novo ("New State"), which at the time of its overthrow by another military coup in 1974, was the longest surviving authoritarian regime in Western Europe. The system of Salazar and the largely academic and technocratic ruling group he gathered in his cabinets was based on the central bureaucracy of the state, which was supported by the president of the republic—always a senior career military officer, General Óscar Carmona (1928-51), General Craveiro Lopes (1951-58), and Admiral Américo Tómaz (1958-74)—and the complicity of various institutions. These included a rubber-stamp legislature called the National Assembly (1935-74) and a political police known under various names: PVDE (1932-45), PIDE (1945-69),
       and DGS (1969-74). Other defenders of the Estado Novo security were paramilitary organizations such as the National Republican Guard (GNR); the Portuguese Legion (PL); and the Portuguese Youth [Movement]. In addition to censorship of the media, theater, and books, there was political repression and a deliberate policy of depoliticization. All political parties except for the approved movement of regime loyalists, the União Nacional or (National Union), were banned.
       The most vigorous and more popular period of the New State was 1932-44, when the basic structures were established. Never monolithic or entirely the work of one person (Salazar), the New State was constructed with the assistance of several dozen top associates who were mainly academics from law schools, some technocrats with specialized skills, and a handful of trusted career military officers. The 1933 Constitution declared Portugal to be a "unitary, corporative Republic," and pressures to restore the monarchy were resisted. Although some of the regime's followers were fascists and pseudofascists, many more were conservative Catholics, integralists, nationalists, and monarchists of different varieties, and even some reactionary republicans. If the New State was authoritarian, it was not totalitarian and, unlike fascism in Benito Mussolini's Italy or Adolf Hitler's Germany, it usually employed the minimum of violence necessary to defeat what remained a largely fractious, incoherent opposition.
       With the tumultuous Second Republic and the subsequent civil war in nearby Spain, the regime felt threatened and reinforced its defenses. During what Salazar rightly perceived as a time of foreign policy crisis for Portugal (1936-45), he assumed control of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From there, he pursued four basic foreign policy objectives: supporting the Nationalist rebels of General Francisco Franco in the Spanish Civil War (1936-39) and concluding defense treaties with a triumphant Franco; ensuring that General Franco in an exhausted Spain did not enter World War II on the Axis side; maintaining Portuguese neutrality in World War II with a post-1942 tilt toward the Allies, including granting Britain and the United States use of bases in the Azores Islands; and preserving and protecting Portugal's Atlantic Islands and its extensive, if poor, overseas empire in Africa and Asia.
       During the middle years of the New State (1944-58), many key Salazar associates in government either died or resigned, and there was greater social unrest in the form of unprecedented strikes and clandestine Communist activities, intensified opposition, and new threatening international pressures on Portugal's overseas empire. During the earlier phase of the Cold War (1947-60), Portugal became a steadfast, if weak, member of the US-dominated North Atlantic Treaty Organization alliance and, in 1955, with American support, Portugal joined the United Nations (UN). Colonial affairs remained a central concern of the regime. As of 1939, Portugal was the third largest colonial power in the world and possessed territories in tropical Africa (Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, and São Tomé and Príncipe Islands) and the remnants of its 16th-century empire in Asia (Goa, Damão, Diu, East Timor, and Macau). Beginning in the early 1950s, following the independence of India in 1947, Portugal resisted Indian pressures to decolonize Portuguese India and used police forces to discourage internal opposition in its Asian and African colonies.
       The later years of the New State (1958-68) witnessed the aging of the increasingly isolated but feared Salazar and new threats both at home and overseas. Although the regime easily overcame the brief oppositionist threat from rival presidential candidate General Humberto Delgado in the spring of 1958, new developments in the African and Asian empires imperiled the authoritarian system. In February 1961, oppositionists hijacked the Portuguese ocean liner Santa Maria and, in following weeks, African insurgents in northern Angola, although they failed to expel the Portuguese, gained worldwide media attention, discredited the New State, and began the 13-year colonial war. After thwarting a dissident military coup against his continued leadership, Salazar and his ruling group mobilized military repression in Angola and attempted to develop the African colonies at a faster pace in order to ensure Portuguese control. Meanwhile, the other European colonial powers (Britain, France, Belgium, and Spain) rapidly granted political independence to their African territories.
       At the time of Salazar's removal from power in September 1968, following a stroke, Portugal's efforts to maintain control over its colonies appeared to be successful. President Americo Tomás appointed Dr. Marcello Caetano as Salazar's successor as prime minister. While maintaining the New State's basic structures, and continuing the regime's essential colonial policy, Caetano attempted wider reforms in colonial administration and some devolution of power from Lisbon, as well as more freedom of expression in Lisbon. Still, a great deal of the budget was devoted to supporting the wars against the insurgencies in Africa. Meanwhile in Asia, Portuguese India had fallen when the Indian army invaded in December 1961. The loss of Goa was a psychological blow to the leadership of the New State, and of the Asian empire only East Timor and Macau remained.
       The Caetano years (1968-74) were but a hiatus between the waning Salazar era and a new regime. There was greater political freedom and rapid economic growth (5-6 percent annually to late 1973), but Caetano's government was unable to reform the old system thoroughly and refused to consider new methods either at home or in the empire. In the end, regime change came from junior officers of the professional military who organized the Armed Forces Movement (MFA) against the Caetano government. It was this group of several hundred officers, mainly in the army and navy, which engineered a largely bloodless coup in Lisbon on 25 April 1974. Their unexpected action brought down the 48-year-old New State and made possible the eventual establishment and consolidation of democratic governance in Portugal, as well as a reorientation of the country away from the Atlantic toward Europe.
       Revolution of Carnations, 1974-76
       Following successful military operations of the Armed Forces Movement against the Caetano government, Portugal experienced what became known as the "Revolution of Carnations." It so happened that during the rainy week of the military golpe, Lisbon flower shops were featuring carnations, and the revolutionaries and their supporters adopted the red carnation as the common symbol of the event, as well as of the new freedom from dictatorship. The MFA, whose leaders at first were mostly little-known majors and captains, proclaimed a three-fold program of change for the new Portugal: democracy; decolonization of the overseas empire, after ending the colonial wars; and developing a backward economy in the spirit of opportunity and equality. During the first 24 months after the coup, there was civil strife, some anarchy, and a power struggle. With the passing of the Estado Novo, public euphoria burst forth as the new provisional military government proclaimed the freedoms of speech, press, and assembly, and abolished censorship, the political police, the Portuguese Legion, Portuguese Youth, and other New State organizations, including the National Union. Scores of political parties were born and joined the senior political party, the Portuguese Community Party (PCP), and the Socialist Party (PS), founded shortly before the coup.
       Portugal's Revolution of Carnations went through several phases. There was an attempt to take control by radical leftists, including the PCP and its allies. This was thwarted by moderate officers in the army, as well as by the efforts of two political parties: the PS and the Social Democrats (PPD, later PSD). The first phase was from April to September 1974. Provisional president General Antonio Spínola, whose 1974 book Portugal and the Future had helped prepare public opinion for the coup, met irresistible leftist pressures. After Spinola's efforts to avoid rapid decolonization of the African empire failed, he resigned in September 1974. During the second phase, from September 1974 to March 1975, radical military officers gained control, but a coup attempt by General Spínola and his supporters in Lisbon in March 1975 failed and Spínola fled to Spain.
       In the third phase of the Revolution, March-November 1975, a strong leftist reaction followed. Farm workers occupied and "nationalized" 1.1 million hectares of farmland in the Alentejo province, and radical military officers in the provisional government ordered the nationalization of Portuguese banks (foreign banks were exempted), utilities, and major industries, or about 60 percent of the economic system. There were power struggles among various political parties — a total of 50 emerged—and in the streets there was civil strife among labor, military, and law enforcement groups. A constituent assembly, elected on 25 April 1975, in Portugal's first free elections since 1926, drafted a democratic constitution. The Council of the Revolution (CR), briefly a revolutionary military watchdog committee, was entrenched as part of the government under the constitution, until a later revision. During the chaotic year of 1975, about 30 persons were killed in political frays while unstable provisional governments came and went. On 25 November 1975, moderate military forces led by Colonel Ramalho Eanes, who later was twice elected president of the republic (1976 and 1981), defeated radical, leftist military groups' revolutionary conspiracies.
       In the meantime, Portugal's scattered overseas empire experienced a precipitous and unprepared decolonization. One by one, the former colonies were granted and accepted independence—Guinea-Bissau (September 1974), Cape Verde Islands (July 1975), and Mozambique (July 1975). Portugal offered to turn over Macau to the People's Republic of China, but the offer was refused then and later negotiations led to the establishment of a formal decolonization or hand-over date of 1999. But in two former colonies, the process of decolonization had tragic results.
       In Angola, decolonization negotiations were greatly complicated by the fact that there were three rival nationalist movements in a struggle for power. The January 1975 Alvor Agreement signed by Portugal and these three parties was not effectively implemented. A bloody civil war broke out in Angola in the spring of 1975 and, when Portuguese armed forces withdrew and declared that Angola was independent on 11 November 1975, the bloodshed only increased. Meanwhile, most of the white Portuguese settlers from Angola and Mozambique fled during the course of 1975. Together with African refugees, more than 600,000 of these retornados ("returned ones") went by ship and air to Portugal and thousands more to Namibia, South Africa, Brazil, Canada, and the United States.
       The second major decolonization disaster was in Portugal's colony of East Timor in the Indonesian archipelago. Portugal's capacity to supervise and control a peaceful transition to independence in this isolated, neglected colony was limited by the strength of giant Indonesia, distance from Lisbon, and Portugal's revolutionary disorder and inability to defend Timor. In early December 1975, before Portugal granted formal independence and as one party, FRETILIN, unilaterally declared East Timor's independence, Indonesia's armed forces invaded, conquered, and annexed East Timor. Indonesian occupation encountered East Timorese resistance, and a heavy loss of life followed. The East Timor question remained a contentious international issue in the UN, as well as in Lisbon and Jakarta, for more than 20 years following Indonesia's invasion and annexation of the former colony of Portugal. Major changes occurred, beginning in 1998, after Indonesia underwent a political revolution and allowed a referendum in East Timor to decide that territory's political future in August 1999. Most East Timorese chose independence, but Indonesian forces resisted that verdict until
       UN intervention in September 1999. Following UN rule for several years, East Timor attained full independence on 20 May 2002.
       Consolidation of Democracy, 1976-2000
       After several free elections and record voter turnouts between 25 April 1975 and June 1976, civil war was averted and Portugal's second democratic republic began to stabilize. The MFA was dissolved, the military were returned to the barracks, and increasingly elected civilians took over the government of the country. The 1976 Constitution was revised several times beginning in 1982 and 1989, in order to reempha-size the principle of free enterprise in the economy while much of the large, nationalized sector was privatized. In June 1976, General Ram-alho Eanes was elected the first constitutional president of the republic (five-year term), and he appointed socialist leader Dr. Mário Soares as prime minister of the first constitutional government.
       From 1976 to 1985, Portugal's new system featured a weak economy and finances, labor unrest, and administrative and political instability. The difficult consolidation of democratic governance was eased in part by the strong currency and gold reserves inherited from the Estado Novo, but Lisbon seemed unable to cope with high unemployment, new debt, the complex impact of the refugees from Africa, world recession, and the agitation of political parties. Four major parties emerged from the maelstrom of 1974-75, except for the Communist Party, all newly founded. They were, from left to right, the Communists (PCP); the Socialists (PS), who managed to dominate governments and the legislature but not win a majority in the Assembly of the Republic; the Social Democrats (PSD); and the Christian Democrats (CDS). During this period, the annual growth rate was low (l-2 percent), and the nationalized sector of the economy stagnated.
       Enhanced economic growth, greater political stability, and more effective central government as of 1985, and especially 1987, were due to several developments. In 1977, Portugal applied for membership in the European Economic Community (EEC), now the European Union (EU) since 1993. In January 1986, with Spain, Portugal was granted membership, and economic and financial progress in the intervening years has been significantly influenced by the comparatively large investment, loans, technology, advice, and other assistance from the EEC. Low unemployment, high annual growth rates (5 percent), and moderate inflation have also been induced by the new political and administrative stability in Lisbon. Led by Prime Minister Cavaco Silva, an economist who was trained abroad, the PSD's strong organization, management, and electoral support since 1985 have assisted in encouraging economic recovery and development. In 1985, the PSD turned the PS out of office and won the general election, although they did not have an absolute majority of assembly seats. In 1986, Mário Soares was elected president of the republic, the first civilian to hold that office since the First Republic. In the elections of 1987 and 1991, however, the PSD was returned to power with clear majorities of over 50 percent of the vote.
       Although the PSD received 50.4 percent of the vote in the 1991 parliamentary elections and held a 42-seat majority in the Assembly of the Republic, the party began to lose public support following media revelations regarding corruption and complaints about Prime Minister Cavaco Silva's perceived arrogant leadership style. President Mário Soares voiced criticism of the PSD's seemingly untouchable majority and described a "tyranny of the majority." Economic growth slowed down. In the parliamentary elections of 1995 and the presidential election of 1996, the PSD's dominance ended for the time being. Prime Minister Antônio Guterres came to office when the PS won the October 1995 elections, and in the subsequent presidential contest, in January 1996, socialist Jorge Sampaio, the former mayor of Lisbon, was elected president of the republic, thus defeating Cavaco Silva's bid. Young and popular, Guterres moved the PS toward the center of the political spectrum. Under Guterres, the PS won the October 1999 parliamentary elections. The PS defeated the PSD but did not manage to win a clear, working majority of seats, and this made the PS dependent upon alliances with smaller parties, including the PCP.
       In the local elections in December 2001, the PSD's criticism of PS's heavy public spending allowed the PSD to take control of the key cities of Lisbon, Oporto, and Coimbra. Guterres resigned, and parliamentary elections were brought forward from 2004 to March 2002. The PSD won a narrow victory with 40 percent of the votes, and Jose Durão Barroso became prime minister. Having failed to win a majority of the seats in parliament forced the PSD to govern in coalition with the right-wing Popular Party (PP) led by Paulo Portas. Durão Barroso set about reducing government spending by cutting the budgets of local authorities, freezing civil service hiring, and reviving the economy by accelerating privatization of state-owned enterprises. These measures provoked a 24-hour strike by public-sector workers. Durão Barroso reacted with vows to press ahead with budget-cutting measures and imposed a wage freeze on all employees earning more than €1,000, which affected more than one-half of Portugal's work force.
       In June 2004, Durão Barroso was invited by Romano Prodi to succeed him as president of the European Commission. Durão Barroso accepted and resigned the prime ministership in July. Pedro Santana Lopes, the leader of the PSD, became prime minister. Already unpopular at the time of Durão Barroso's resignation, the PSD-led government became increasingly unpopular under Santana Lopes. A month-long delay in the start of the school year and confusion over his plan to cut taxes and raise public-sector salaries, eroded confidence even more. By November, Santana Lopes's government was so unpopular that President Jorge Sampaio was obliged to dissolve parliament and hold new elections, two years ahead of schedule.
       Parliamentary elections were held on 20 February 2005. The PS, which had promised the electorate disciplined and transparent governance, educational reform, the alleviation of poverty, and a boost in employment, won 45 percent of the vote and the majority of the seats in parliament. The leader of the PS, José Sôcrates became prime minister on 12 March 2005. In the regularly scheduled presidential elections held on 6 January 2006, the former leader of the PSD and prime minister, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, won a narrow victory and became president on 9 March 2006. With a mass protest, public teachers' strike, and street demonstrations in March 2008, Portugal's media, educational, and social systems experienced more severe pressures. With the spreading global recession beginning in September 2008, Portugal's economic and financial systems became more troubled.
       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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  • 19 estar

    v.
    1 to be.
    el dólar está a 10 pesos the dollar is at 10 pesos
    están a dos euros el kilo they're two euros a kilo
    está terminado it's finished
    2 to be.
    ¿dónde está la llave? where is the key?
    ¿está María? — no, no está is Maria there? — no, she's not here
    Ella estuvo aburrida She was bored.
    El edificio está en la calle tres The building is on third street.
    3 to be (expresa cualidad, estado).
    los pasteles están ricos the cakes are delicious
    esta calle está sucia this street is dirty
    estar de mudanza to be (in the process of) moving
    estamos de suerte we're in luck
    estar de vacaciones to be on holiday
    estar de viaje to be on a trip
    estar en uso to be in use
    estar en guardia to be on guard
    estamos sin agua we have no water, we're without water
    5 to be.
    están golpeando la puerta they're banging on the door
    6 to stay, to be.
    estaré un par de horas y me iré I'll stay a couple of hours and then I'll go
    7 to be ready (hallarse listo).
    ¿aún no está ese trabajo? is that piece of work still not ready?
    8 to be for.
    Me estuvo difícil el examen The exam was difficult for me.
    * * *
    Present Indicative
    estoy, estás, está, estamos, estáis, están.
    Imperfect Indicative
    estaba, estabas, estaba, estábamos, estabais, estaban.
    Past Indicative
    Future Indicative
    estaré, estarás, estará, estaremos, estaréis, estarán.
    Conditional
    estaría, estarías, estaría, estaríamos, estaríais, estarían.
    Present Subjunctive
    esté, estés, esté, estemos, estéis, estén.
    Imperfect Subjunctive
    Future Subjunctive
    Imperative
    está (tú), esté (él/Vd.), estemos (nos.), estad (vos.), estén (ellos/Vds.).
    * * *
    verb
    - estarse
    * * *
    Para las expresiones estar bien, estar mal, ver la otra entrada.
    1. VERBO INTRANSITIVO
    1) [indicando situación] to be

    ¿dónde estabas? — where were you?

    -las tijeras están en el cajón -no, aquí no están — "the scissors are in the drawer" - "no, they're not in here"

    -hola, ¿está Carmen? -no, no está — "hello, is Carmen in?" - "no, I'm afraid she isn't"

    • está [fuera] — [de casa] she's out; [de la ciudad/en el extranjero] she's away

    • [ya que] estamos — while we are at it

    2) [indicando un estado transitorio]
    a) + adj, adv to be

    estar enfermo {o} malo — to be ill

    ¿estás casado o soltero? — are you married or single?

    ¿cómo estamos? — [gen] how are we doing?; [a otra persona] how are you?

    con este frío, aquí no se puede estar — it's unbearably cold here

    ¡qué bueno está este café! — this coffee's really good!

    ¿está libre el baño? — is the bathroom free?

    ¿qué tal {o} cómo estás? — how are you?

    el récord anterior estaba en 33 segundos — the previous record was {o} stood at 33 seconds

    b) + participio to be
    c) + gerundio to be

    venga, ya nos estamos yendo, que es tarde — come on, it's time to go, it's late

    3) (=existir) to be

    • [dejar] estar, déjalo estar — just leave him be

    4) [indicando el aspecto de algo] to look

    ¡qué elegante estás! — you're looking really smart!

    estás más delgado — you've lost weight, you look slimmer

    ese tío está muy bueno — * that guy's gorgeous *, that guy's a bit of all right *

    5) (=estar listo) to be ready

    ¡ya está! ya sé lo que podemos hacer — that's it! I know what we can do

    ya estoy — I'm done, that's me *

    ¡ya estamos! — [después de hacer algo] that's it!; [dicho con enfado] that's enough!

    ¿estamos? — [al estar listo] ready?; [para pedir conformidad] are we agreed?, right?, OK? *

    ¡ya estuvo! — Méx that's it!

    6) [indicando fecha, distancia, temperatura]

    cuando estemos en verano — when it's summer, in the summer

    7) [en estructuras con preposición]
    estar a

    estamos a 8 de junio — it is 8 June {or} the 8th of June, today is 8 June {o} the 8th of June

    estábamos a 40°C — it was 40°C

    ¿a cuántos estamos? — what's the date?

    ¿a cuánto estamos de Madrid? — how far are we from Madrid?

    las uvas están a 1,60 euros — the grapes are one euro 60 cents

    ¿a cuánto está el kilo de naranjas? — how much are oranges per kilo?

    estar con

    está con la gripe — he's down with flu, he's got the flu

    estuvo con la enfermedad durante dos años — she had {o} suffered from the disease for two years

    • estar con [algn], yo estoy con él — I'm with him

    estar de

    está de jefe temporalmente — he is acting as boss, he is the acting boss

    ¡estoy de nervioso! — I'm so nervous!

    estar en

    el problema está en que... — the problem lies in the fact that...

    yo estoy en que... — (=creer) I believe that...

    estar para

    para eso estamos — [gen] that's why we're here, that's what we're here for; [respondiendo a gracias] don't mention it

    • estar para [hacer] algo — (=a punto de) to be about to do sth, be on the point of doing sth

    • [no] estoy para bromas — I'm not in the mood for joking

    si alguien llama, no estoy para nadie — if anyone calls, I'm not in

    estar por (=en favor de) [+ política] to be in favour {o} (EEUU) favor of; [+ persona] to support hueso 1) estar por ({+ infin})

    la historia de ese hallazgo está por escribir — the story of that discovery is still to be written {o} has yet to be written

    está todavía por hacer — it remains to be done, it is still to be done

    yo estoy por dejarlo — I'm for leaving it, I'm in favour of leaving it

    está por llover — LAm it's going to rain

    estar sin ({+ infin})

    las camas estaban sin hacer — the beds were unmade, the beds hadn't been made

    ¿todavía estás sin peinar? — haven't you brushed your hair yet?

    estar sobre algn/algo

    hay que estar sobre el arroz para que no se pegue — you need to keep a close eye on the rice to make sure it doesn't stick to the pan

    estar sobre sí — to be in control of o.s.

    8) [en oraciones ponderativas]

    • está [que] rabia — * he's hopping mad *, he's furious

    estoy que me caigo de sueño — I'm terribly sleepy, I can't keep my eyes open

    2.
    See:
    * * *
    I 1.
    1) ( seguido de adjetivos) [ Estar denotes a changed condition or state as opposed to identity or nature, which is normally expressed by ser. Estar is also used when the emphasis is on the speaker's perception of things, of their appearance, taste, etc. The examples given below should be contrasted with those to be found in ser 1 cópula 1] to be

    qué gordo está! — isn't he fat!, hasn't he got(ten) fat!

    la sopa está deliciosa/muy caliente — the soup is delicious/very hot

    está muy simpático conmigo — he's being o he's been so nice to me (recently)

    todo está tan caro! — things are o have become so expensive!

    está cansada/furiosa/embarazada — she is tired/furious/pregnant

    2) (con bien, mal, mejor, peor)

    están todos bien, gracias — they're all fine, thanks

    está mal que no se lo perdones — it's wrong of you not to forgive him; ver tb bien, mal, mejor, peor

    estar sentado/echado/arrodillado — to be sitting/lying/kneeling (down)

    estaban abrazados — they had their arms around each other; ver tb verbo auxiliar 2

    ¿a cómo está la uva? — how much are the grapes?

    están de limpieza/viaje — they're spring-cleaning/on a trip

    estar con alguien — ( estar de acuerdo) to agree with somebody; ( apoyar) to support somebody, be on somebody's side

    estar en algo: no lo hemos solucionado pero estamos en ello or eso — we haven't solved it but we're working on it

    2.
    estar vi
    edificio/pueblo ( estar ubicado) to be

    ¿dónde está Chiapas? — where's Chiapas?

    2)
    a) persona/objeto ( hallarse en cierto momento) to be

    ¿sabes dónde está Pedro? — do you know where Pedro is?

    ¿a qué hora tienes que estar allí? — what time do you have to be there?

    ¿dónde estábamos la clase pasada? — where did we get to in the last class?

    b) ( figurar) to be

    yo no estaba en la lista — I wasn't on the list, my name didn't appear on the list

    ¿está Rodrigo? — is Rodrigo in?

    ¿estamos todos? — are we all here?

    4)
    a) (quedarse, permanecer)

    ¿cuánto tiempo estarás en Londres? — how long are you going to be in London (for)?

    b) ( vivir)

    ahora estamos en Soca — we're in o we live in Soca now

    ¿a qué (día) estamos? — what day is it today?

    ¿a cuánto estamos hoy? — what's the date today?

    estamos a 28 de mayo — it's May 28th (AmE) o (BrE) the 28th of May

    ¿en qué mes estamos? — what month are we in o is it?

    6) (existir, haber)

    y después está el problema de... — and then there's the problem of...

    luego están los niños, hay que pensar en ellos — then there are the children to think about

    7) (tener como función, cometido)

    estar para algo: para eso están los amigos that's what friends are for; estamos para ayudarlos — we're here to help them

    8) ( radicar)

    estar en algo: en eso está el problema that's where the problem lies; todo está en que él quiera — it all depends on whether he wants to or not

    9) (estar listo, terminado)

    que no vuelva a suceder ¿estamos? — don't let it happen again, understand? o (colloq) got it?

    11)

    ya que estamos/estás — while we're/you're at it

    12) (Esp) ( quedar) (+ me/te/le etc) (+ compl)

    te está grande/pequeña — it's too big/too small for you

    3.
    estar v aux

    ya está hecho un hombrecito — he's a proper young man now; ver tb estar cópula 4)

    4.
    estarse v pron
    1) (enf) ( permanecer) to stay

    ¿no te puedes estar quieto? — can't you stay o keep still?

    2) (enf) ( llegar) to be
    II
    masculino (esp AmL) living room
    * * *
    = be, become, live with.
    Ex. Systems such as Dialog, IRS, ORBIT and BLAISE may be accessed by libraries and information units.
    Ex. Some degree of ignorance of this kind is not unusual since the usual objective in consulting an information source is to become better informed.
    Ex. Medical advances are improving the lives of people living with HIV/AIDS, while prevention remains the key to stopping the spread of this disease.
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    * ¡cómo se nota que no está el jefe! = while the cat's away, the mice will play.
    * ahí está el problema = herein lies the rub, there's the rub.
    * ahí está la dificultad = herein lies the rub, there's the rub.
    * creer que estar bien = feel + right.
    * creer que estar mal = feel + wrong.
    * dar la señal de estar listo = prompt.
    * dejar como + estar = leave + untouched.
    * dejar las cosas como están = let + sleeping dogs lie.
    * de tal forma que + ser/estar = in such form as to + be.
    * el diablo está en los detalles = the devil (is/lives) in the details.
    * el futuro + estar + justo a la vuelta de la esquina = the future + be + just around the corner.
    * esperanza + estar = hope + lie.
    * estando de acuerdo = approvingly.
    * estando de servicio = while on the job.
    * estando sentado = from a seated position.
    * estar a años de distancia = be years away.
    * estar abierto a = be open to.
    * estar abocado a ser = be doomed.
    * estar absorto en = be wrapped up in.
    * estar aburridísimo = be bored stiff, be bored to death, be bored to tears, be bored out of + Posesivo + mind.
    * estar aburrido como una ostra = be bored stiff.
    * estar a caballo entre = stand + midway between, straddle (between).
    * estar a caballo entre... y... = lie + midway between... and..., tread + a fine line between... and, tread + the thin line between... and, tread + a delicate line between... and.
    * estar acabando con = eat away at.
    * estar acabándose = be on the way out, be on + Posesivo + last legs.
    * estar a + Cantidad + de distancia = Cantidad + distant from.
    * estar a cargo de = man, be the responsibility of.
    * estar accesible = be up.
    * estar accesible en línea = go + online.
    * estar accesible en red = go + online.
    * estar acertado = be right on track.
    * estar acostumbrado a = be familiar with, be no stranger to, be used to.
    * estar acostumbrado a + Infinitivo = be accustomed to + Gerundio.
    * estar a dos velas = not have a bean.
    * estar a + Expresión Numérica + de distancia = be + Número + away.
    * estar a favor de = be for, be in favour (of), come down in + favour of.
    * estar a favor de una idea = favour + idea.
    * estar a favor o en contra = be for or against.
    * estar agobiado de = be snowed under with.
    * estar agradecido = be thankful.
    * estar a la alerta de = be wary of.
    * estar a la altura de = live up to, be equal to.
    * estar a la altura de la circunstancias = make + the cut.
    * estar a la altura de las circunstancias = come up with + the goods.
    * estar a la altura de las circunstancias = rise (up) to + challenge.
    * estar a la altura de las circunstancias = be up to the mark, be up to scratch, be equal to the occasion, rise (up) to + the occasion, deliver + the goods, measure up (to), be up to snuff.
    * estar a la altura de las expectativas = live up to + Posesivo + expectations.
    * estar a la altura de las posibilidades = live up to + Posesivo + potential.
    * estar a la altura de lo que se espera = live up to + Posesivo + expectations.
    * estar a la baja = be down.
    * estar al acecho = lie in + wait.
    * estar a la entera disposición de Alguien = be at + Posesivo + feet.
    * estar al alcance de la mano = be at hand.
    * estar a la misma altura que = rank with.
    * estar a la orden del día = be the order of the day.
    * estar a la par de = rank with.
    * estar a la vuelta de la esquina = be just around the corner.
    * estar al borde de = teeter + on the edge of.
    * estar al completo = overbook.
    * estar al corriente = monitor + developments.
    * estar al día = monitor + developments, stay on top of + the game, stay on top of, stay on + top of things, keep on + top of things, be on top of things.
    * estar alejado + Expresión Numérica = be + Número + away.
    * estar al lado de = stand by + Lugar.
    * estar al loro de = be on the lookout for, keep + Posesivo + eyes (wide) open, keep + Posesivo + eyes peeled, keep + Posesivo + eyes skinned.
    * estar al máximo = overstretch.
    * estar al mismo nivel = be on a par.
    * estar al tanto = monitor + developments.
    * estar al tanto de = be on the lookout for, keep + track of, keep + Posesivo + eyes peeled, keep + Posesivo + eyes skinned.
    * estar al tanto de las cosas = stay on + top of things, keep on + top of things, be on top of things.
    * estar a mano = be on hand, be around.
    * estar a medio camino entre... y... = lie + midway between... and....
    * estar a merced de = be at the mercy of.
    * estar ansioso por = be eager to.
    * estar ante = be faced with.
    * estar apagado = be off.
    * estar a punto de = be poised to, be about to, be on the point of, stand + poised, come + very close to.
    * estar a punto de cascarlas = be on + Posesivo + last legs.
    * estar a punto de decir = be on the tip of + Posesivo + tongue to say.
    * estar a punto de + Infinitivo = be about + Infinitivo.
    * estar aquí ya = be upon us.
    * estar a resultas de = keep + track of.
    * estar arraigado en = be rooted in.
    * estar arrestado = be under arrest.
    * estar arriba = sit on + top.
    * estar a salvo = be in safe hands.
    * estar asociado a = be associated with, be bound up with.
    * estar atado a = hold + hostage to.
    * estar atareado = be tied up.
    * estar atento a = be on the lookout for, keep + Posesivo + eyes peeled, keep + Posesivo + eyes skinned.
    * estar aterrorizado = be petrified of, be frightened to death, be scared stiff, be terrified.
    * estar a tope = overstretch.
    * estar atrancado = be stuck.
    * estar atrasado en el pago = be in arrears.
    * estar aumentando = be on the increase.
    * estár aún más alejados = be one step further removed.
    * estar aún por llegar = be yet to come.
    * estar ausente = lack.
    * estar ausente de = be absent (from).
    * estar avanzado = be well under way.
    * estar avergonzado = be ashamed.
    * estar averiado = be out of order.
    * estar aviado = be (in) a mess.
    * estar bajo arresto = be under arrest.
    * estar bajo la tutela de = fall under + the auspices of.
    * estar bastante acostumbrado a = be all too familiar with.
    * estar bastante alejado = be a distance apart.
    * estar bien = be okay, be in good shape, be in good health.
    * estar bien de salud = be in good health.
    * estar bien encaminado = be on the right track.
    * estar bien pensado = be carefully thought out.
    * estar borracho = be drunk, see + double.
    * estar callado = keep + quiet.
    * estar cansado de = be sick and tired of.
    * estar capacitado para = be qualified to.
    * estar casi finalizado = near + completion.
    * estar casi terminado = be nearing completion, reach + near completion.
    * estar castigado = be in the doghouse.
    * estar cerca = be at hand, be on hand, be around.
    * estar cerca de = be close to.
    * estar chalado = be off + Posesivo + rocker.
    * estar chiflado = be off + Posesivo + rocker.
    * estar chiflado por = have + a crush on.
    * estar chupado = be a cinch, be a doddle, be a breeze, be a snap, be a picnic, be duck soup.
    * estar clarísimo = be patently clear.
    * estar claro = be plain, be out in the open.
    * estar colado por = have + a crush on.
    * estar como una cabra = be a real nutter.
    * estar completamente borracho = be drunk and incapable.
    * estar completamente de acuerdo con = agree + wholeheartedly with.
    * estar completamente equivocado = be way off.
    * estar comprometido a = hold + hostage to.
    * estar comprometido a + Infinitivo = be committed to + Gerundio.
    * estar con amigos en la calle pasando el rato sin hacer nada = hang out + on the street.
    * estar condenado a ser = be doomed.
    * estar conectado = be on.
    * estar con el alma en vilo = put + Posesivo + life on hold, Posesivo + life + be + on hold.
    * estar con el tema = be on the topic.
    * estar confinado = be confined.
    * estar confuso = blur, be at sixes and sevens with, be at a nonplus, be all at sea.
    * estar congelado = be frozen stiff.
    * estar con la espalda contra la pared = Posesivo + back + be + against the wall.
    * estar contentísimo = thrill + Nombre + to bits, be chuffed to bits, be tickled pink.
    * estar contraindicado = be contraindicated.
    * estar contra las cuertas = be against the ropes.
    * estar convencido = there + be + strong feeling.
    * estar convencido de la idea de que = be committed to the idea that.
    * estar convirtiéndose rápidamente = be fast becoming.
    * estar correcto = be correct.
    * estar correlacionado con = be correlated with.
    * estar de acorde con = be commensurate with.
    * estar de acuerdo = approve, be in agreement, concur (with), be agreed.
    * estar de acuerdo con = accord with, conform to, fit, go along with, fit with, be in conformity with, mesh with, see + eye to eye (with/on), jive with.
    * estar de acuerdo (con/en) = see + eye to eye (with/on).
    * estar de acuerdo con una idea = subscribe to + idea.
    * estar de acuerdo en que no + estar + de acuerdo = agree to + disagree.
    * estar de acuerdo sobre = agree (on/upon).
    * estar de acuerdo unánimemente = agree on + all hands.
    * estar de baja = be off work.
    * estar de baja por enfermedad = be off work sick.
    * estar debatiéndose = be under discussion.
    * estar de brazos cruzados = stand + idle, sit + idle.
    * estar de buen humor = be high.
    * estar de camino a = be on the road to.
    * estar de capa caída = be in the doldrums.
    * estar de cháchara = chinwag.
    * estar decidido a = be determined to, be of a mind to, be intent on, be all set to.
    * estar decidido a continuar = be set to continue.
    * estar decidido a + Infinitivo = be set to + Infinitivo.
    * estar demasiado representado = overrepresent.
    * estar de moda = be in.
    * estar densamente poblado de = be dense with.
    * estar dentro de = fall within/into.
    * estar dentro de la competencia = be the province of.
    * estar dentro de las posibilidades de uno = lie within + Posesivo + power.
    * estar de palique = chinwag.
    * estar de parloteo = chinwag.
    * estar de pie = stand.
    * estar de pie por encima de = stand over.
    * estar desacertado = miss + the mark, miss + the point.
    * estar desacreditado = hold in + disrepute.
    * estar desapareciendo = be on the way out.
    * estar desasosegado = put + Posesivo + life on hold, Posesivo + life + be + on hold.
    * estar desbordado de = be snowed under with.
    * estar desbordante de = spill over with.
    * estar descaminado = be on the wrong track, be headed down the wrong track.
    * estar descontento con = express + dissatisfaction with.
    * estar deseoso de = be anxious to, be more than ready for.
    * estar desesperado = Posesivo + back + be + against the wall.
    * estar desocupado = stand + idle.
    * estar desordenado = be out of order.
    * estar desquiciado = be a shambles, be (in) a mess.
    * estar destinado a = be intended for/to.
    * estar destrozado = be + wreck, be a shambles.
    * estar de suerte = be in luck.
    * estar detenido = be under arrest.
    * estar de vacaciones = be on vacation, be off on vacation.
    * estar de vuelta = be back.
    * estar de vuelta dentro de = be back in + Expresión Temporal.
    * estar directamente relacionado con = be directly correlated to.
    * estar disgustado por = feel deeply about.
    * estar disperso = lie + scattered.
    * estar disponible = be available, be forthcoming, be at hand.
    * estar dispuestísimo a = be more than willing to.
    * estar dispuesto = be game.
    * estar dispuesto a = be keen to, be prepared to, be willing to, be of a mind to, be willing and able to, be ready, willing and able.
    * estar dispuesto a todo = be ready, willing and able.
    * estar dispuesto y deseoso a = be willing and able to.
    * estar dominado por Alguien = be under + Posesivo + thumb.
    * estar ducho en = be adept at.
    * estar dudoso = be doubtful.
    * estar embarazada = be up the spout, have + a bun in the oven.
    * estar emocionado = be thrilled.
    * estar empachado = have + indigestion.
    * estar empeorando = be in decline.
    * estar en = be in the course of.
    * estar en alza = be up.
    * estar enamorado de = carry + a torch for + Nombre, have + a crush on.
    * estar en apuros = be in trouble, be in a fix.
    * estar en ascuas = put + Posesivo + life on hold, Posesivo + life + be + on hold, sit on + the edge of + Posesivo + seat.
    * estar en auge = go + strong.
    * estar en Babia = be in cloud cuckoo land, live in + cloud cuckoo land.
    * estar en barbecho = lie + fallow.
    * estar en buenas manos = be in safe hands.
    * estar encaminado a = be on the road to.
    * estar en camino de = be on the way to.
    * estar encantadísimo = thrill + Nombre + to bits, be chuffed to bits, be tickled pink.
    * estar encantado = be thrilled.
    * estar encantado de Hacer Algo = be more than happy to + Infinitivo.
    * estar en casa = be in.
    * estar en celo = be on heat, be in heat.
    * estar encendido = be on.
    * estar enchufado = be on.
    * estar encinta = be up the spout, have + a bun in the oven.
    * estar en consonancia con = be consonant with, attune to, align + Reflexivo + with.
    * estar en contacto (con) = stay in + touch (with), be in touch (with).
    * estar en contra de = be against.
    * estar en debate = be under discussion.
    * estar en decadencia = be in decline, be in retreat.
    * estar en declive = be in decline.
    * estar en desacuerdo = be at variance, disagree, quarrel with, beg to differ, be at sixes and sevens with each other.
    * estar en desacuerdo con = be at odds with, be at loggerheads with.
    * estar en desacuerdo sobre = be at odds over.
    * estar en desigualdad = be under par.
    * estar en desventaja = be disadvantaged, be at a disadvantage.
    * estar en deuda = be in debt.
    * estar en deuda con = be beholden to.
    * estar endeudado = be in debt.
    * estar en dificultades = be in trouble.
    * estar en duda = be in question.
    * estar en el lugar adecuado en el momento adecuado = be in the right place at the right time.
    * estar en el lugar indicado en el momento indicado = be in the right place at the right time.
    * estar en el lugar oportuno en el momento oportuno = be in the right place at the right time.
    * estar en el séptimo cielo = be on cloud nine, float on + air.
    * estar en el sitio justo en el momento preciso = be on the spot.
    * estar enemistados = be at loggerheads.
    * estar en estado = be up the spout, have + a bun in the oven.
    * estar en estado de buena esperanza = be up the spout, have + a bun in the oven.
    * estar en estado de cambio = be in flux.
    * estar enfermo de amor = be lovesick.
    * estar en flor = be in bloom, be in flower.
    * estar en floración = be in bloom, be in flower.
    * estar en forma = be in shape, be in good shape.
    * estar enfrascado en Algo = have + Nombre + on the go.
    * estar enfrentados = be at loggerheads.
    * estar en funcionamiento = be up.
    * estar en función de = be a function of.
    * estar en guardia = be on guard (against), be on + Posesivo + guard.
    * estar en guerra con = be at war with.
    * estar en igualdad de condiciones con = be on (an) equal footing with.
    * estar en inferioridad de condiciones = punch above + Posesivo + weight.
    * estar en juego = be at stake.
    * estar en la gloria = be on cloud nine, float on + air.
    * estar en la inopia = live in + cloud cuckoo land.
    * estar en la mejor posición para = be best positioned to.
    * estar en la misma categoria que = rank with.
    * estar en la onda = attune to + wavelength.
    * estar en las mismas = be back to square one.
    * estar en las últimas = be on + Posesivo + last legs.
    * estar en lo cierto = hit + the truth.
    * estar en manos privadas = hold in + private hands.
    * estar en marcha = tick over.
    * estar en mayoría = be in the majority.
    * estar en medio de = caught in the middle.
    * estar en minoría = be in the minority.
    * estar en misa y repicando = have + a finger in every pie.
    * estar enojado = get + Posesivo + knickers in a twist, get + Posesivo + knickers in a bundle, get + Posesivo + panties in a bundle.
    * estar en paz = pay + Posesivo + dues.
    * estar en peligro = be in jeopardy, be in question, be endangered, be at risk, be at stake.
    * estar en peligro (de) = be in danger (of).
    * estar en posición de = be in a position to.
    * estar en proceso de = be on the way to, be in the process of, be in the course of.
    * estar en proceso de cambio = be in flux.
    * estar en proceso de + Infinitivo = be on to + Infinitivo.
    * estar en retirada = be in retreat.
    * estar en ruinas = be a shambles, be (in) a mess.
    * estar en sintonía con = attune to.
    * estar en situación de = be in a position to.
    * estar en suspense = sit on + the edge of + Posesivo + seat.
    * estar en tensión = sit on + the edge of + Posesivo + seat.
    * estar en todo = have + a finger in every pie.
    * estar en trance de = be in the process of.
    * estar entre = fall between.
    * estar entre la espada y la pared = be on the horns of a dilemma.
    * estar entre los primeros = stay on top.
    * estar entre rejas = be behind bars.
    * estar entusiasmado = be thrilled.
    * estar en un aprieto = be in a fix.
    * estar en una situación diferente = be on a different track.
    * estar en un berenjenal = be (in) a mess.
    * estar en un mar de dudas = feel at + sea, be all at sea.
    * estar en un momento clave = be at a watershed.
    * estar en un momento decisivo = be at a watershed.
    * estar en un sinvivir = put + Posesivo + life on hold, Posesivo + life + be + on hold.
    * estar en venta = be up for sale.
    * estar en vías de = be on the road to, be in the process of.
    * estar en vías de conseguir = be on the road to.
    * estar en vilo = put + Posesivo + life on hold, Posesivo + life + be + on hold, sit on + the edge of + Posesivo + seat.
    * estar equivoado = miss + the point.
    * estar equivocado = be mistaken, be wide of the mark, be wrong, be in error, miss + the mark, be in the wrong.
    * estar equivocado en + Número + cosas = be wrong on + Número + count(s).
    * estar erróneo = be in error.
    * estar esparcido = lie + scattered.
    * estar estrechamente ligado a = be closely tied to.
    * estar estropeado = be kaput.
    * estar estropeándose = be on the way out.
    * estar exento de pagar impuestos = write off.
    * estar falto de = be short of.
    * estar falto de práctica = get + rusty.
    * estar familiarizado con = have + familiarity with.
    * estar firmemente convencido = strongly held opinion.
    * estar frenético = be furious.
    * estar frito de sed = be parched, spit + feathers, be parched with thirst.
    * estar fuera = be out.
    * estar fuera con los amigos = be out with the guys.
    * estar fuera de contienda = be out of contention.
    * estar fuera del alcance = lie outside + the scope of.
    * estar fuera de las posibilidades de Alguien = be out of + Posesivo + league.
    * estar fuera del interés = lie outside + the scope of.
    * estar fuera del interés de uno = lie beyond + concern.
    * estar fuera de lugar = be out of place, be out of order.
    * estar fuera de quicio = be beside + Reflexivo.
    * estar fuera de rumbo = be off course.
    * estar fuera de secuencia = be out of order.
    * estar fuera de sí = be beside + Reflexivo.
    * estar funcionando = be in place.
    * estar furioso = fume.
    * estar + Gerundio = be on the way to.
    * estar hablando del tema = be on the topic.
    * estar haciendo = be up to.
    * estar haciendo Algo = have + Nombre + on the go.
    * estar haciendo algo que no se debe = be up to no good, get up to + no good.
    * estar hambriento = starve.
    * estar harto = have had enough.
    * estar harto de = be all too familiar with, be sick and tired of.
    * estar hasta la coronilla de = be sick and tired of.
    * estar hecho a escala = be to scale.
    * estar hecho con la intención de = be intended for/to.
    * estar hecho con la mismas dimensiones que el original = be to scale.
    * estar hecho el uno para el otro = be well suited to each other, be two of a kind, be a right pair.
    * estar hecho para = be geared to, be intended for/to, mean, be cut out for.
    * estar hecho polvo = be + wreck.
    * estar hecho un desastre = look like + a wreck, be a shambles, look like + the wreck of the Hesperus, look like + drag + through a hedge backwards, be (in) a mess.
    * estar hecho un esqueleto = be a bag of bones.
    * estar hecho un flan = shake like + a leaf, tremble like + a leaf.
    * estar hecho un lío = be at sixes and sevens with.
    * estar hecho un perla = be a bit of a lad.
    * estar hecho un pinta = be a bit of a lad.
    * estar hecho un prenda = be a bit of a lad.
    * estar helado = be frozen stiff.
    * estar implícito en = run through.
    * estar inactivo = lie + fallow, lie + dormant.
    * estar incluido = be embedded.
    * estar indeciso = be hesitant (to).
    * estar indeciso entre... o... = be torn between... and....
    * estar inerte = lie + fallow.
    * estar informado puntualmente sobre = monitor + information on.
    * estar inmune a = be immune against.
    * estar inquieto = be disturbed.
    * estar interesado en = be interested in, be keen to.
    * estar inundado de = be snowed under with.
    * estar junto a = stand by + Lugar.
    * estar juntos = be together, stand + together.
    * estar justo en medio de = stand + squarely in.
    * estar la mar de contento = be over the moon.
    * estar lejos de (ser) + Infinitivo = be far from + Gerundio.
    * estar levantado = be up.
    * estar libre de = be free from.
    * estar ligado a = be bound up with.
    * estar listo = stand + ready, be ready.
    * estar listo para = be poised to, stand + poised, be all set to.
    * estar lleno de problemas = bristle with + problems.
    * estar localizable = be locatable.
    * estar loco = be off + Posesivo + rocker.
    * estar loco de alegría = be chuffed to bits, thrill + Nombre + to bits, be tickled pink.
    * estar loco de contento = be beside + Reflexivo + with joy, be over the moon, be over the moon.
    * estar loco de remate = be a real nutter.
    * estar loco por = have + a crush on.
    * estar majareta = be off + Posesivo + rocker.
    * estar mal = be wrong, feel under + the weather, be under the weather.
    * estar mal comunicado con = have + poor connections with.
    * estar mal encaminado = be on the wrong track, be headed down the wrong track.
    * estar mal visto = frown on/upon.
    * estar manga por hombro = be a shambles, be (in) a mess.
    * estar marcado por = be pockmarked with.
    * estar mareado de tanto trabajo = be reeling.
    * estar mejor = be better off, be better served by.
    * estar metido en todo = have + a finger in every pie.
    * estar molesto = be displeased, get + Posesivo + knickers in a twist, get + Posesivo + knickers in a bundle, get + Posesivo + panties in a bundle, put off.
    * estar motivado = be motivated, have + motivation.
    * estar moviéndose en terreno seguro = be on secure ground.
    * estar muerto de asco = be bored to death, be bored stiff, be bored to tears, be bored out of + Posesivo + mind.
    * estar muerto de frío = be frozen stiff.
    * estar muerto de hambre = be starving to death.
    * estar muerto de miedo = be scared stiff, be frightened to death, be petrified of, be terrified.
    * estar muerto de sed = spit + feathers, be parched, be parched with thirst.
    * estar muy acostumbrado a = be all too familiar with.
    * estar muy agradecido a = be indebted to.
    * estar muy alejado de = be a long way from.
    * estar muy arraigado en = be well embedded in.
    * estar muy bajo = be way down.
    * estar muy cerca de = be one step away from, be steps away from, come + very close to.
    * estar muy convencido de = have + strong feelings about.
    * estar muy emocionado con/por = be excited about.
    * estar muy esparcido = spread + Nombre + thinly.
    * estar muy lejano = be far off.
    * estar muy lejos = be far off, be a long way off.
    * estar muy por delante de = be way out ahead of.
    * estar muy por delante de su tiempo = be years ahead of + Posesivo + time.
    * estar muy puesto = stay on top of + the game, stay on top.
    * estar muy separado = set + far apart.
    * estar muy usado = be well thumbed.
    * estar nervioso = be in a tizz(y), have + butterflies in + Posesivo + stomach.
    * estar oculto = lie + hidden.
    * estar ocupado = busyness, be engaged, be tied up.
    * estar ordenado en forma circular = be on a wheel.
    * estar orgulloso de = be proud (of/to).
    * estar orientado a/para = be geared to.
    * estar orientado hacia = target.
    * estar orientado hacia + Nombre = be + Nombre + driven.
    * estar patas arriba = be a shambles, be (in) a mess.
    * estar pendiente de = be on the lookout for, pay + attention to, keep + an eye on, keep + Posesivo + eyes peeled, keep + Posesivo + eyes skinned.
    * estar pendiente de todo = stay on + top of things, keep on + top of things, be on top of things.
    * estar perdido = be out of + Posesivo + league, be out of + Posesivo + depth, be in over + Posesivo + head, be all at sea.
    * estar permitido = be permissible.
    * estar plagado de = be rife with.
    * estar plenamente convencido de Algo = feel (it) in + Posesivo + bones.
    * estar pluriempleado = moonlight, work + a second job.
    * estar pluriempleado, tener un segundo trabajo, tener un segundo empleo = work + a second job.
    * estar poco dispuesto = be reluctant.
    * estar poco representado = underrepresent [under-represent].
    * estar por delante de = be ahead of.
    * estar por demostrar = be unproven.
    * estar por detrás = be behind.
    * estar por encima de = overlay, overlie.
    * estar por las nubes = be through the roof.
    * estar por ver = be an open question.
    * estar poseído por los espíritus = haunt.
    * estar precavido = be on + Posesivo + guard, be on guard (against).
    * estar predestinado a = be predestined to.
    * estar predispuesto = feel + partial.
    * estar predispuesto a = be predisposed to/toward(s).
    * estar preñada = be up the spout, have + a bun in the oven.
    * estar preocupadísimo = be worried stiff (about), be worried sick.
    * estar preocupado por = be anxious to.
    * estar preparado = be readied, stand + ready, be ready.
    * estar preparado para = be geared up for/to, stand + poised.
    * estar preparado y dispuesto a = be willing and able to.
    * estar preparado y dispuesto a todo = be ready, willing and able.
    * estar presente = be manifest, be present, be in evidence.
    * estar presionado = be under the gun.
    * estar propuesto a = be intent on.
    * estar próximo = be at hand.
    * estar quedándose sin = run + low (on).
    * estar que + subirse + por las paredes = tear + Posesivo + hair out.
    * estar realizándose = underway [under way], be in progress, be in hand.
    * estar rebosante de = spill over with.
    * estar rebosante de salud = fit as a fiddle.
    * estar relacionado con = be associated with, regard.
    * estar relacionado con el trabajo = be work related.
    * estar resentido = carry + a chip on + Posesivo + shoulder.
    * estar resfriado = have + a cold.
    * estar respaldado por Alguien = have + Nombre + behind + Pronombre.
    * estar restringido = be constrained.
    * estar resuelto a = be intent on, be all set to.
    * estar saliendo con alguien = be in a dating relationship.
    * estar salpicado de = be dotted with.
    * estar sano y salvo = be alive and well.
    * estar satisfecho (de) = be satisfied (with).
    * estar saturado de trabajo = work to + capacity.
    * estar sediento = be thirsty, spit + feathers, be parched, be parched with thirst.
    * estar seguro = be sure, make + sure, set + your watch by.
    * estar seguro de = be certain (of), be confident about, feel + confident.
    * estar seguro de que = be confident that.
    * estar sentado sin hacer o decir nada = sit by.
    * estar separado = set + apart.
    * estar separado de = be remote from.
    * estar sesgado = bias, slant.
    * estar siempre + Adjetivo = be ever + Adjetivo.
    * estar siempre buscando = be on the lookout for.
    * estar siempre dispuesto a ayudar = be always willing to assist.
    * estar siendo + Participio = be in process of + Nombre.
    * estar sin blanca = not have a bean.
    * estar sin hacer nada = sit + idle, stand + idle.
    * estar sin trabajo = stay out of + work.
    * estar sin una pela = not have a bean.
    * estar sin un centavo = not have a bean.
    * estar sin un céntimo = not have a bean.
    * * *
    I 1.
    1) ( seguido de adjetivos) [ Estar denotes a changed condition or state as opposed to identity or nature, which is normally expressed by ser. Estar is also used when the emphasis is on the speaker's perception of things, of their appearance, taste, etc. The examples given below should be contrasted with those to be found in ser 1 cópula 1] to be

    qué gordo está! — isn't he fat!, hasn't he got(ten) fat!

    la sopa está deliciosa/muy caliente — the soup is delicious/very hot

    está muy simpático conmigo — he's being o he's been so nice to me (recently)

    todo está tan caro! — things are o have become so expensive!

    está cansada/furiosa/embarazada — she is tired/furious/pregnant

    2) (con bien, mal, mejor, peor)

    están todos bien, gracias — they're all fine, thanks

    está mal que no se lo perdones — it's wrong of you not to forgive him; ver tb bien, mal, mejor, peor

    estar sentado/echado/arrodillado — to be sitting/lying/kneeling (down)

    estaban abrazados — they had their arms around each other; ver tb verbo auxiliar 2

    ¿a cómo está la uva? — how much are the grapes?

    están de limpieza/viaje — they're spring-cleaning/on a trip

    estar con alguien — ( estar de acuerdo) to agree with somebody; ( apoyar) to support somebody, be on somebody's side

    estar en algo: no lo hemos solucionado pero estamos en ello or eso — we haven't solved it but we're working on it

    2.
    estar vi
    edificio/pueblo ( estar ubicado) to be

    ¿dónde está Chiapas? — where's Chiapas?

    2)
    a) persona/objeto ( hallarse en cierto momento) to be

    ¿sabes dónde está Pedro? — do you know where Pedro is?

    ¿a qué hora tienes que estar allí? — what time do you have to be there?

    ¿dónde estábamos la clase pasada? — where did we get to in the last class?

    b) ( figurar) to be

    yo no estaba en la lista — I wasn't on the list, my name didn't appear on the list

    ¿está Rodrigo? — is Rodrigo in?

    ¿estamos todos? — are we all here?

    4)
    a) (quedarse, permanecer)

    ¿cuánto tiempo estarás en Londres? — how long are you going to be in London (for)?

    b) ( vivir)

    ahora estamos en Soca — we're in o we live in Soca now

    ¿a qué (día) estamos? — what day is it today?

    ¿a cuánto estamos hoy? — what's the date today?

    estamos a 28 de mayo — it's May 28th (AmE) o (BrE) the 28th of May

    ¿en qué mes estamos? — what month are we in o is it?

    6) (existir, haber)

    y después está el problema de... — and then there's the problem of...

    luego están los niños, hay que pensar en ellos — then there are the children to think about

    7) (tener como función, cometido)

    estar para algo: para eso están los amigos that's what friends are for; estamos para ayudarlos — we're here to help them

    8) ( radicar)

    estar en algo: en eso está el problema that's where the problem lies; todo está en que él quiera — it all depends on whether he wants to or not

    9) (estar listo, terminado)

    que no vuelva a suceder ¿estamos? — don't let it happen again, understand? o (colloq) got it?

    11)

    ya que estamos/estás — while we're/you're at it

    12) (Esp) ( quedar) (+ me/te/le etc) (+ compl)

    te está grande/pequeña — it's too big/too small for you

    3.
    estar v aux

    ya está hecho un hombrecito — he's a proper young man now; ver tb estar cópula 4)

    4.
    estarse v pron
    1) (enf) ( permanecer) to stay

    ¿no te puedes estar quieto? — can't you stay o keep still?

    2) (enf) ( llegar) to be
    II
    masculino (esp AmL) living room
    * * *
    = be, become, live with.

    Ex: Systems such as Dialog, IRS, ORBIT and BLAISE may be accessed by libraries and information units.

    Ex: Some degree of ignorance of this kind is not unusual since the usual objective in consulting an information source is to become better informed.
    Ex: Medical advances are improving the lives of people living with HIV/AIDS, while prevention remains the key to stopping the spread of this disease.
    * ¡cómo se nota que no está el jefe! = while the cat's away, the mice will play.
    * ahí está el problema = herein lies the rub, there's the rub.
    * ahí está la dificultad = herein lies the rub, there's the rub.
    * creer que estar bien = feel + right.
    * creer que estar mal = feel + wrong.
    * dar la señal de estar listo = prompt.
    * dejar como + estar = leave + untouched.
    * dejar las cosas como están = let + sleeping dogs lie.
    * de tal forma que + ser/estar = in such form as to + be.
    * el diablo está en los detalles = the devil (is/lives) in the details.
    * el futuro + estar + justo a la vuelta de la esquina = the future + be + just around the corner.
    * esperanza + estar = hope + lie.
    * estando de acuerdo = approvingly.
    * estando de servicio = while on the job.
    * estando sentado = from a seated position.
    * estar a años de distancia = be years away.
    * estar abierto a = be open to.
    * estar abocado a ser = be doomed.
    * estar absorto en = be wrapped up in.
    * estar aburridísimo = be bored stiff, be bored to death, be bored to tears, be bored out of + Posesivo + mind.
    * estar aburrido como una ostra = be bored stiff.
    * estar a caballo entre = stand + midway between, straddle (between).
    * estar a caballo entre... y... = lie + midway between... and..., tread + a fine line between... and, tread + the thin line between... and, tread + a delicate line between... and.
    * estar acabando con = eat away at.
    * estar acabándose = be on the way out, be on + Posesivo + last legs.
    * estar a + Cantidad + de distancia = Cantidad + distant from.
    * estar a cargo de = man, be the responsibility of.
    * estar accesible = be up.
    * estar accesible en línea = go + online.
    * estar accesible en red = go + online.
    * estar acertado = be right on track.
    * estar acostumbrado a = be familiar with, be no stranger to, be used to.
    * estar acostumbrado a + Infinitivo = be accustomed to + Gerundio.
    * estar a dos velas = not have a bean.
    * estar a + Expresión Numérica + de distancia = be + Número + away.
    * estar a favor de = be for, be in favour (of), come down in + favour of.
    * estar a favor de una idea = favour + idea.
    * estar a favor o en contra = be for or against.
    * estar agobiado de = be snowed under with.
    * estar agradecido = be thankful.
    * estar a la alerta de = be wary of.
    * estar a la altura de = live up to, be equal to.
    * estar a la altura de la circunstancias = make + the cut.
    * estar a la altura de las circunstancias = come up with + the goods.
    * estar a la altura de las circunstancias = rise (up) to + challenge.
    * estar a la altura de las circunstancias = be up to the mark, be up to scratch, be equal to the occasion, rise (up) to + the occasion, deliver + the goods, measure up (to), be up to snuff.
    * estar a la altura de las expectativas = live up to + Posesivo + expectations.
    * estar a la altura de las posibilidades = live up to + Posesivo + potential.
    * estar a la altura de lo que se espera = live up to + Posesivo + expectations.
    * estar a la baja = be down.
    * estar al acecho = lie in + wait.
    * estar a la entera disposición de Alguien = be at + Posesivo + feet.
    * estar al alcance de la mano = be at hand.
    * estar a la misma altura que = rank with.
    * estar a la orden del día = be the order of the day.
    * estar a la par de = rank with.
    * estar a la vuelta de la esquina = be just around the corner.
    * estar al borde de = teeter + on the edge of.
    * estar al completo = overbook.
    * estar al corriente = monitor + developments.
    * estar al día = monitor + developments, stay on top of + the game, stay on top of, stay on + top of things, keep on + top of things, be on top of things.
    * estar alejado + Expresión Numérica = be + Número + away.
    * estar al lado de = stand by + Lugar.
    * estar al loro de = be on the lookout for, keep + Posesivo + eyes (wide) open, keep + Posesivo + eyes peeled, keep + Posesivo + eyes skinned.
    * estar al máximo = overstretch.
    * estar al mismo nivel = be on a par.
    * estar al tanto = monitor + developments.
    * estar al tanto de = be on the lookout for, keep + track of, keep + Posesivo + eyes peeled, keep + Posesivo + eyes skinned.
    * estar al tanto de las cosas = stay on + top of things, keep on + top of things, be on top of things.
    * estar a mano = be on hand, be around.
    * estar a medio camino entre... y... = lie + midway between... and....
    * estar a merced de = be at the mercy of.
    * estar ansioso por = be eager to.
    * estar ante = be faced with.
    * estar apagado = be off.
    * estar a punto de = be poised to, be about to, be on the point of, stand + poised, come + very close to.
    * estar a punto de cascarlas = be on + Posesivo + last legs.
    * estar a punto de decir = be on the tip of + Posesivo + tongue to say.
    * estar a punto de + Infinitivo = be about + Infinitivo.
    * estar aquí ya = be upon us.
    * estar a resultas de = keep + track of.
    * estar arraigado en = be rooted in.
    * estar arrestado = be under arrest.
    * estar arriba = sit on + top.
    * estar a salvo = be in safe hands.
    * estar asociado a = be associated with, be bound up with.
    * estar atado a = hold + hostage to.
    * estar atareado = be tied up.
    * estar atento a = be on the lookout for, keep + Posesivo + eyes peeled, keep + Posesivo + eyes skinned.
    * estar aterrorizado = be petrified of, be frightened to death, be scared stiff, be terrified.
    * estar a tope = overstretch.
    * estar atrancado = be stuck.
    * estar atrasado en el pago = be in arrears.
    * estar aumentando = be on the increase.
    * estár aún más alejados = be one step further removed.
    * estar aún por llegar = be yet to come.
    * estar ausente = lack.
    * estar ausente de = be absent (from).
    * estar avanzado = be well under way.
    * estar avergonzado = be ashamed.
    * estar averiado = be out of order.
    * estar aviado = be (in) a mess.
    * estar bajo arresto = be under arrest.
    * estar bajo la tutela de = fall under + the auspices of.
    * estar bastante acostumbrado a = be all too familiar with.
    * estar bastante alejado = be a distance apart.
    * estar bien = be okay, be in good shape, be in good health.
    * estar bien de salud = be in good health.
    * estar bien encaminado = be on the right track.
    * estar bien pensado = be carefully thought out.
    * estar borracho = be drunk, see + double.
    * estar callado = keep + quiet.
    * estar cansado de = be sick and tired of.
    * estar capacitado para = be qualified to.
    * estar casi finalizado = near + completion.
    * estar casi terminado = be nearing completion, reach + near completion.
    * estar castigado = be in the doghouse.
    * estar cerca = be at hand, be on hand, be around.
    * estar cerca de = be close to.
    * estar chalado = be off + Posesivo + rocker.
    * estar chiflado = be off + Posesivo + rocker.
    * estar chiflado por = have + a crush on.
    * estar chupado = be a cinch, be a doddle, be a breeze, be a snap, be a picnic, be duck soup.
    * estar clarísimo = be patently clear.
    * estar claro = be plain, be out in the open.
    * estar colado por = have + a crush on.
    * estar como una cabra = be a real nutter.
    * estar completamente borracho = be drunk and incapable.
    * estar completamente de acuerdo con = agree + wholeheartedly with.
    * estar completamente equivocado = be way off.
    * estar comprometido a = hold + hostage to.
    * estar comprometido a + Infinitivo = be committed to + Gerundio.
    * estar con amigos en la calle pasando el rato sin hacer nada = hang out + on the street.
    * estar condenado a ser = be doomed.
    * estar conectado = be on.
    * estar con el alma en vilo = put + Posesivo + life on hold, Posesivo + life + be + on hold.
    * estar con el tema = be on the topic.
    * estar confinado = be confined.
    * estar confuso = blur, be at sixes and sevens with, be at a nonplus, be all at sea.
    * estar congelado = be frozen stiff.
    * estar con la espalda contra la pared = Posesivo + back + be + against the wall.
    * estar contentísimo = thrill + Nombre + to bits, be chuffed to bits, be tickled pink.
    * estar contraindicado = be contraindicated.
    * estar contra las cuertas = be against the ropes.
    * estar convencido = there + be + strong feeling.
    * estar convencido de la idea de que = be committed to the idea that.
    * estar convirtiéndose rápidamente = be fast becoming.
    * estar correcto = be correct.
    * estar correlacionado con = be correlated with.
    * estar de acorde con = be commensurate with.
    * estar de acuerdo = approve, be in agreement, concur (with), be agreed.
    * estar de acuerdo con = accord with, conform to, fit, go along with, fit with, be in conformity with, mesh with, see + eye to eye (with/on), jive with.
    * estar de acuerdo (con/en) = see + eye to eye (with/on).
    * estar de acuerdo con una idea = subscribe to + idea.
    * estar de acuerdo en que no + estar + de acuerdo = agree to + disagree.
    * estar de acuerdo sobre = agree (on/upon).
    * estar de acuerdo unánimemente = agree on + all hands.
    * estar de baja = be off work.
    * estar de baja por enfermedad = be off work sick.
    * estar debatiéndose = be under discussion.
    * estar de brazos cruzados = stand + idle, sit + idle.
    * estar de buen humor = be high.
    * estar de camino a = be on the road to.
    * estar de capa caída = be in the doldrums.
    * estar de cháchara = chinwag.
    * estar decidido a = be determined to, be of a mind to, be intent on, be all set to.
    * estar decidido a continuar = be set to continue.
    * estar decidido a + Infinitivo = be set to + Infinitivo.
    * estar demasiado representado = overrepresent.
    * estar de moda = be in.
    * estar densamente poblado de = be dense with.
    * estar dentro de = fall within/into.
    * estar dentro de la competencia = be the province of.
    * estar dentro de las posibilidades de uno = lie within + Posesivo + power.
    * estar de palique = chinwag.
    * estar de parloteo = chinwag.
    * estar de pie = stand.
    * estar de pie por encima de = stand over.
    * estar desacertado = miss + the mark, miss + the point.
    * estar desacreditado = hold in + disrepute.
    * estar desapareciendo = be on the way out.
    * estar desasosegado = put + Posesivo + life on hold, Posesivo + life + be + on hold.
    * estar desbordado de = be snowed under with.
    * estar desbordante de = spill over with.
    * estar descaminado = be on the wrong track, be headed down the wrong track.
    * estar descontento con = express + dissatisfaction with.
    * estar deseoso de = be anxious to, be more than ready for.
    * estar desesperado = Posesivo + back + be + against the wall.
    * estar desocupado = stand + idle.
    * estar desordenado = be out of order.
    * estar desquiciado = be a shambles, be (in) a mess.
    * estar destinado a = be intended for/to.
    * estar destrozado = be + wreck, be a shambles.
    * estar de suerte = be in luck.
    * estar detenido = be under arrest.
    * estar de vacaciones = be on vacation, be off on vacation.
    * estar de vuelta = be back.
    * estar de vuelta dentro de = be back in + Expresión Temporal.
    * estar directamente relacionado con = be directly correlated to.
    * estar disgustado por = feel deeply about.
    * estar disperso = lie + scattered.
    * estar disponible = be available, be forthcoming, be at hand.
    * estar dispuestísimo a = be more than willing to.
    * estar dispuesto = be game.
    * estar dispuesto a = be keen to, be prepared to, be willing to, be of a mind to, be willing and able to, be ready, willing and able.
    * estar dispuesto a todo = be ready, willing and able.
    * estar dispuesto y deseoso a = be willing and able to.
    * estar dominado por Alguien = be under + Posesivo + thumb.
    * estar ducho en = be adept at.
    * estar dudoso = be doubtful.
    * estar embarazada = be up the spout, have + a bun in the oven.
    * estar emocionado = be thrilled.
    * estar empachado = have + indigestion.
    * estar empeorando = be in decline.
    * estar en = be in the course of.
    * estar en alza = be up.
    * estar enamorado de = carry + a torch for + Nombre, have + a crush on.
    * estar en apuros = be in trouble, be in a fix.
    * estar en ascuas = put + Posesivo + life on hold, Posesivo + life + be + on hold, sit on + the edge of + Posesivo + seat.
    * estar en auge = go + strong.
    * estar en Babia = be in cloud cuckoo land, live in + cloud cuckoo land.
    * estar en barbecho = lie + fallow.
    * estar en buenas manos = be in safe hands.
    * estar encaminado a = be on the road to.
    * estar en camino de = be on the way to.
    * estar encantadísimo = thrill + Nombre + to bits, be chuffed to bits, be tickled pink.
    * estar encantado = be thrilled.
    * estar encantado de Hacer Algo = be more than happy to + Infinitivo.
    * estar en casa = be in.
    * estar en celo = be on heat, be in heat.
    * estar encendido = be on.
    * estar enchufado = be on.
    * estar encinta = be up the spout, have + a bun in the oven.
    * estar en consonancia con = be consonant with, attune to, align + Reflexivo + with.
    * estar en contacto (con) = stay in + touch (with), be in touch (with).
    * estar en contra de = be against.
    * estar en debate = be under discussion.
    * estar en decadencia = be in decline, be in retreat.
    * estar en declive = be in decline.
    * estar en desacuerdo = be at variance, disagree, quarrel with, beg to differ, be at sixes and sevens with each other.
    * estar en desacuerdo con = be at odds with, be at loggerheads with.
    * estar en desacuerdo sobre = be at odds over.
    * estar en desigualdad = be under par.
    * estar en desventaja = be disadvantaged, be at a disadvantage.
    * estar en deuda = be in debt.
    * estar en deuda con = be beholden to.
    * estar endeudado = be in debt.
    * estar en dificultades = be in trouble.
    * estar en duda = be in question.
    * estar en el lugar adecuado en el momento adecuado = be in the right place at the right time.
    * estar en el lugar indicado en el momento indicado = be in the right place at the right time.
    * estar en el lugar oportuno en el momento oportuno = be in the right place at the right time.
    * estar en el séptimo cielo = be on cloud nine, float on + air.
    * estar en el sitio justo en el momento preciso = be on the spot.
    * estar enemistados = be at loggerheads.
    * estar en estado = be up the spout, have + a bun in the oven.
    * estar en estado de buena esperanza = be up the spout, have + a bun in the oven.
    * estar en estado de cambio = be in flux.
    * estar enfermo de amor = be lovesick.
    * estar en flor = be in bloom, be in flower.
    * estar en floración = be in bloom, be in flower.
    * estar en forma = be in shape, be in good shape.
    * estar enfrascado en Algo = have + Nombre + on the go.
    * estar enfrentados = be at loggerheads.
    * estar en funcionamiento = be up.
    * estar en función de = be a function of.
    * estar en guardia = be on guard (against), be on + Posesivo + guard.
    * estar en guerra con = be at war with.
    * estar en igualdad de condiciones con = be on (an) equal footing with.
    * estar en inferioridad de condiciones = punch above + Posesivo + weight.
    * estar en juego = be at stake.
    * estar en la gloria = be on cloud nine, float on + air.
    * estar en la inopia = live in + cloud cuckoo land.
    * estar en la mejor posición para = be best positioned to.
    * estar en la misma categoria que = rank with.
    * estar en la onda = attune to + wavelength.
    * estar en las mismas = be back to square one.
    * estar en las últimas = be on + Posesivo + last legs.
    * estar en lo cierto = hit + the truth.
    * estar en manos privadas = hold in + private hands.
    * estar en marcha = tick over.
    * estar en mayoría = be in the majority.
    * estar en medio de = caught in the middle.
    * estar en minoría = be in the minority.
    * estar en misa y repicando = have + a finger in every pie.
    * estar enojado = get + Posesivo + knickers in a twist, get + Posesivo + knickers in a bundle, get + Posesivo + panties in a bundle.
    * estar en paz = pay + Posesivo + dues.
    * estar en peligro = be in jeopardy, be in question, be endangered, be at risk, be at stake.
    * estar en peligro (de) = be in danger (of).
    * estar en posición de = be in a position to.
    * estar en proceso de = be on the way to, be in the process of, be in the course of.
    * estar en proceso de cambio = be in flux.
    * estar en proceso de + Infinitivo = be on to + Infinitivo.
    * estar en retirada = be in retreat.
    * estar en ruinas = be a shambles, be (in) a mess.
    * estar en sintonía con = attune to.
    * estar en situación de = be in a position to.
    * estar en suspense = sit on + the edge of + Posesivo + seat.
    * estar en tensión = sit on + the edge of + Posesivo + seat.
    * estar en todo = have + a finger in every pie.
    * estar en trance de = be in the process of.
    * estar entre = fall between.
    * estar entre la espada y la pared = be on the horns of a dilemma.
    * estar entre los primeros = stay on top.
    * estar entre rejas = be behind bars.
    * estar entusiasmado = be thrilled.
    * estar en un aprieto = be in a fix.
    * estar en una situación diferente = be on a different track.
    * estar en un berenjenal = be (in) a mess.
    * estar en un mar de dudas = feel at + sea, be all at sea.
    * estar en un momento clave = be at a watershed.
    * estar en un momento decisivo = be at a watershed.
    * estar en un sinvivir = put + Posesivo + life on hold, Posesivo + life + be + on hold.
    * estar en venta = be up for sale.
    * estar en vías de = be on the road to, be in the process of.
    * estar en vías de conseguir = be on the road to.
    * estar en vilo = put + Posesivo + life on hold, Posesivo + life + be + on hold, sit on + the edge of + Posesivo + seat.
    * estar equivoado = miss + the point.
    * estar equivocado = be mistaken, be wide of the mark, be wrong, be in error, miss + the mark, be in the wrong.
    * estar equivocado en + Número + cosas = be wrong on + Número + count(s).
    * estar erróneo = be in error.
    * estar esparcido = lie + scattered.
    * estar estrechamente ligado a = be closely tied to.
    * estar estropeado = be kaput.
    * estar estropeándose = be on the way out.
    * estar exento de pagar impuestos = write off.
    * estar falto de = be short of.
    * estar falto de práctica = get + rusty.
    * estar familiarizado con = have + familiarity with.
    * estar firmemente convencido = strongly held opinion.
    * estar frenético = be furious.
    * estar frito de sed = be parched, spit + feathers, be parched with thirst.
    * estar fuera = be out.
    * estar fuera con los amigos = be out with the guys.
    * estar fuera de contienda = be out of contention.
    * estar fuera del alcance = lie outside + the scope of.
    * estar fuera de las posibilidades de Alguien = be out of + Posesivo + league.
    * estar fuera del interés = lie outside + the scope of.
    * estar fuera del interés de uno = lie beyond + concern.
    * estar fuera de lugar = be out of place, be out of order.
    * estar fuera de quicio = be beside + Reflexivo.
    * estar fuera de rumbo = be off course.
    * estar fuera de secuencia = be out of order.
    * estar fuera de sí = be beside + Reflexivo.
    * estar funcionando = be in place.
    * estar furioso = fume.
    * estar + Gerundio = be on the way to.
    * estar hablando del tema = be on the topic.
    * estar haciendo = be up to.
    * estar haciendo Algo = have + Nombre + on the go.
    * estar haciendo algo que no se debe = be up to no good, get up to + no good.
    * estar hambriento = starve.
    * estar harto = have had enough.
    * estar harto de = be all too familiar with, be sick and tired of.
    * estar hasta la coronilla de = be sick and tired of.
    * estar hecho a escala = be to scale.
    * estar hecho con la intención de = be intended for/to.
    * estar hecho con la mismas dimensiones que el original = be to scale.
    * estar hecho el uno para el otro = be well suited to each other, be two of a kind, be a right pair.
    * estar hecho para = be geared to, be intended for/to, mean, be cut out for.
    * estar hecho polvo = be + wreck.
    * estar hecho un desastre = look like + a wreck, be a shambles, look like + the wreck of the Hesperus, look like + drag + through a hedge backwards, be (in) a mess.
    * estar hecho un esqueleto = be a bag of bones.
    * estar hecho un flan = shake like + a leaf, tremble like + a leaf.
    * estar hecho un lío = be at sixes and sevens with.
    * estar hecho un perla = be a bit of a lad.
    * estar hecho un pinta = be a bit of a lad.
    * estar hecho un prenda = be a bit of a lad.
    * estar helado = be frozen stiff.
    * estar implícito en = run through.
    * estar inactivo = lie + fallow, lie + dormant.
    * estar incluido = be embedded.
    * estar indeciso = be hesitant (to).
    * estar indeciso entre... o... = be torn between... and....
    * estar inerte = lie + fallow.
    * estar informado puntualmente sobre = monitor + information on.
    * estar inmune a = be immune against.
    * estar inquieto = be disturbed.
    * estar interesado en = be interested in, be keen to.
    * estar inundado de = be snowed under with.
    * estar junto a = stand by + Lugar.
    * estar juntos = be together, stand + together.
    * estar justo en medio de = stand + squarely in.
    * estar la mar de contento = be over the moon.
    * estar lejos de (ser) + Infinitivo = be far from + Gerundio.
    * estar levantado = be up.
    * estar libre de = be free from.
    * estar ligado a = be bound up with.
    * estar listo = stand + ready, be ready.
    * estar listo para = be poised to, stand + poised, be all set to.
    * estar lleno de problemas = bristle with + problems.
    * estar localizable = be locatable.
    * estar loco = be off + Posesivo + rocker.
    * estar loco de alegría = be chuffed to bits, thrill + Nombre + to bits, be tickled pink.
    * estar loco de contento = be beside + Reflexivo + with joy, be over the moon, be over the moon.
    * estar loco de remate = be a real nutter.
    * estar loco por = have + a crush on.
    * estar majareta = be off + Posesivo + rocker.
    * estar mal = be wrong, feel under + the weather, be under the weather.
    * estar mal comunicado con = have + poor connections with.
    * estar mal encaminado = be on the wrong track, be headed down the wrong track.
    * estar mal visto = frown on/upon.
    * estar manga por hombro = be a shambles, be (in) a mess.
    * estar marcado por = be pockmarked with.
    * estar mareado de tanto trabajo = be reeling.
    * estar mejor = be better off, be better served by.
    * estar metido en todo = have + a finger in every pie.
    * estar molesto = be displeased, get + Posesivo + knickers in a twist, get + Posesivo + knickers in a bundle, get + Posesivo + panties in a bundle, put off.
    * estar motivado = be motivated, have + motivation.
    * estar moviéndose en terreno seguro = be on secure ground.
    * estar muerto de asco = be bored to death, be bored stiff, be bored to tears, be bored out of + Posesivo + mind.
    * estar muerto de frío = be frozen stiff.
    * estar muerto de hambre = be starving to death.
    * estar muerto de miedo = be scared stiff, be frightened to death, be petrified of, be terrified.
    * estar muerto de sed = spit + feathers, be parched, be parched with thirst.
    * estar muy acostumbrado a = be all too familiar with.
    * estar muy agradecido a = be indebted to.
    * estar muy alejado de = be a long way from.
    * estar muy arraigado en = be well embedded in.
    * estar muy bajo = be way down.
    * estar muy cerca de = be one step away from, be steps away from, come + very close to.
    * estar muy convencido de = have + strong feelings about.
    * estar muy emocionado con/por = be excited about.
    * estar muy esparcido = spread + Nombre + thinly.
    * estar muy lejano = be far off.
    * estar muy lejos = be far off, be a long way off.
    * estar muy por delante de = be way out ahead of.
    * estar muy por delante de su tiempo = be years ahead of + Posesivo + time.
    * estar muy puesto = stay on top of + the game, stay on top.
    * estar muy separado = set + far apart.
    * estar muy usado = be well thumbed.
    * estar nervioso = be in a tizz(y), have + butterflies in + Posesivo + stomach.
    * estar oculto = lie + hidden.
    * estar ocupado = busyness, be engaged, be tied up.
    * estar ordenado en forma circular = be on a wheel.
    * estar orgulloso de = be proud (of/to).
    * estar orientado a/para = be geared to.
    * estar orientado hacia = target.
    * estar orientado hacia + Nombre = be + Nombre + driven.
    * estar patas arriba = be a shambles, be (in) a mess.
    * estar pendiente de = be on the lookout for, pay + attention to, keep + an eye on, keep + Posesivo + eyes peeled, keep + Posesivo + eyes skinned.
    * estar pendiente de todo = stay on + top of things, keep on + top of things, be on top of things.
    * estar perdido = be out of + Posesivo + league, be out of + Posesivo + depth, be in over + Posesivo + head, be all at sea.
    * estar permitido = be permissible.
    * estar plagado de = be rife with.
    * estar plenamente convencido de Algo = feel (it) in + Posesivo + bones.
    * estar pluriempleado = moonlight, work + a second job.
    * estar pluriempleado, tener un segundo trabajo, tener un segundo empleo = work + a second job.
    * estar poco dispuesto = be reluctant.
    * estar poco representado = underrepresent [under-represent].
    * estar por delante de = be ahead of.
    * estar por demostrar = be unproven.
    * estar por detrás = be behind.
    * estar por encima de = overlay, overlie.
    * estar por las nubes = be through the roof.
    * estar por ver = be an open question.
    * estar poseído por los espíritus = haunt.
    * estar precavido = be on + Posesivo + guard, be on guard (against).
    * estar predestinado a = be predestined to.
    * estar predispuesto = feel + partial.
    * estar predispuesto a = be predisposed to/toward(s).
    * estar preñada = be up the spout, have + a bun in the oven.
    * estar preocupadísimo = be worried stiff (about), be worried sick.
    * estar preocupado por = be anxious to.
    * estar preparado = be readied, stand + ready, be ready.
    * estar preparado para = be geared up for/to, stand + poised.
    * estar preparado y dispuesto a = be willing and able to.
    * estar preparado y dispuesto a todo = be ready, willing and able.
    * estar presente = be manifest, be present, be in evidence.
    * estar presionado = be under the gun.
    * estar propuesto a = be intent on.
    * estar próximo = be at hand.
    * estar quedándose sin = run + low (on).
    * estar que + subirse + por las paredes = tear + Posesivo + hair out.
    * estar realizándose = underway [under way], be in progress, be in hand.
    * estar rebosante de = spill over with.
    * estar rebosante de salud = fit as a fiddle.
    * estar relacionado con = be associated with, regard.
    * estar relacionado con el trabajo = be work related.
    * estar resentido = carry + a chip on + Posesivo + shoulder.
    * estar resfriado = have + a cold.
    * estar respaldado por Alguien = have + Nombre + behind + Pronombre.
    * estar restringido = be constrained.
    * estar resuelto a = be intent on, be all set to.
    * estar saliendo con alguien = be in a dating relationship.
    * estar salpicado de = be dotted with.
    * estar sano y salvo = be alive and well.
    * estar satisfecho (de) = be satisfied (with).
    * estar saturado de trabajo = work to + capacity.
    * estar sediento = be thirsty, spit + feathers, be parched, be parched with thirst.
    * estar seguro = be sure, make + sure, set + your watch by.
    * estar seguro de = be certain (of), be confident about, feel + confident.
    * estar seguro de que = be confident that.
    * estar sentado sin hacer o decir nada = sit by.
    * estar separado = set + apart.
    * estar separado de = be remote from.
    * estar sesgado = bias, slant.
    * estar siempre + Adjetivo = be ever + Adjetivo.
    * estar siempre buscando = be on the lookout for.
    * estar siempre dispuesto a ayudar = be always willing to assist.
    * estar siendo + Participio = be in process of + Nombre.
    * estar sin blanca = not have a bean.
    * estar sin hacer nada = sit + idle, stand + idle.
    * estar sin trabajo = stay out of + work.
    * estar sin una pela = not have a bean.
    * estar sin un centavo = not have a bean.
    * estar sin un céntimo = not have a bean

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    estar1 [ A27 ]
    ■ estar (cópula)
    A seguido de adjetivos
    B estar bien, mal, mejor, peor
    C hablando de estado civil
    D seguido de participios
    E con preposición + predicado
    F con que + predicado
    ■ estar (verbo intransitivo)
    A quedar ubicado
    B
    1 hallarse en cierto momento
    2 figurar
    C
    1 hallarse en determinado lugar
    2 acudir
    D
    1 quedarse, permanecer
    2 vivir
    Sentido II en el tiempo
    A existir, haber
    B tener como función etc
    C radicar
    D estar listo, terminado
    E quedar entendido
    F quedar grande, pequeño etc
    G Derecho
    ■ estar (verbo auxiliar)
    A con gerundio
    B con participio
    ■ estarse (verbo pronominal)
    A permanecer
    B acudir
    A (seguido de adjetivos) [ Estar denotes a changed condition or state as opposed to identity or nature, which is normally expressed by ser1 (↑ ser (1)) . Estar is also used when the emphasis is on the speaker's perception of things, of their appearance, taste, etc. The examples given below should be contrasted with those to be found in ser1 (↑ ser (1)) ] to be
    ¡qué gordo está! isn't he fat!, hasn't he got(ten) fat! o put on a lot of weight!
    ¡qué alto está Ignacio! isn't Ignacio tall now!, hasn't Ignacio got(ten) tall o grown!
    ¡pobre abuelo! está viejo poor grandpa! he's really aged
    el rape está delicioso ¿qué le has puesto? the monkfish is delicious, how did you cook it?
    está muy simpático con nosotros ¿qué querrá? he's being o he's been so nice to us (recently), what do you think he's after?
    no estuvo grosero contigo — sí, lo estuvo he wasn't rude to you — yes, he was
    estás muy callado ¿qué te pasa? you're very quiet, what's the matter?
    ¡pero tú estás casi calvo! but you're almost bald, but you've gone almost bald o you've lost almost all your hair!
    ¿no me oyes? ¿estás sorda? can't you hear me? are you deaf?
    ¿está muerto/vivo? is he dead/alive?
    está cansada/furiosa/embarazada she is tired/furious/pregnant
    ¿cómo están por tu casa? — están todos bien, gracias how's everybody at home? — they're all fine, thanks
    ¡qué bien estás en esta foto! you look great in this photo!
    está mal que no se lo perdones it's wrong of you not to forgive him
    está casada con un primo mío she's married to a cousin of mine
    sus padres están divorciados her parents are divorced
    D
    (seguido de participios): estaba sentado/echado en la cama he was sitting/lying on the bed
    está colgado de una rama it's hanging from a branch
    estaban abrazados they had their arms around each other
    estaba arrodillada she was kneeling (down)
    ver tb estar1 v aux B.
    estoy a régimen I'm on a diet
    ¿a cómo está la uva? how much are the grapes?
    estamos como al principio we're back to where we started
    está con el sarampión she has (the) measles
    estoy con muchas ganas de empezar I'm really looking forward to starting
    siempre está con lo mismo/con que es un incomprendido he's always going on about the same thing/about how nobody understands him
    estaba de luto/de uniforme he was in mourning/uniform
    hoy está de mejor humor she's in a better mood today
    están de limpieza/viaje they're spring-cleaning/on a trip
    estoy de cocinera hasta que vuelva mi madre I'm doing the cooking until my mother comes back
    estuvo de secretaria en una empresa internacional she worked as a secretary in an international company
    estás en un error you're mistaken
    no estoy para fiestas/bromas I'm not in the mood for parties/joking
    estamos sin electricidad we don't have any electricity at the moment, the electricity is off at the moment
    éste está sin pintar this one hasn't been painted yet
    estar con algn (estar de acuerdo) to agree with sb; (apoyar) to support sb, be on sb's side
    yo estoy contigo, creo que ella está equivocada I agree with you o ( colloq) I'm with you, I think she's mistaken
    nuestro partido está con el pueblo our party supports o is on the side of the people
    el pueblo está con nosotros the people are with us
    estar en algo: todavía no hemos solucionado el problema, pero estamos en ello or eso we still haven't solved the problem, but we're working on it
    estar por algn ( Esp fam); to be sweet o keen on sb ( colloq)
    está que no hay quien lo aguante he's (being) unbearable
    el agua está que pela the water's scalding hot
    vi
    A «edificio/pueblo» (quedar, estar ubicado) ; to be
    la agencia está en el centro the agency is in the center
    ¿dónde está Camagüey? where's Camagüey?
    el pueblo está a 20 kilómetros de aquí the town's 20 kilometers from here
    B
    1 «persona/objeto» (hallarse en cierto momento) to be
    ¿a qué hora tienes que estar allí? what time do you have to be there?
    estando allí conoció a Micaela he met Micaela while he was there
    ¿dónde estábamos la clase pasada? where did we get to o had we got(ten) to in the last class?
    2 (figurar) to be
    esa palabra no está en el diccionario that word isn't in the dictionary
    yo no estaba en la lista I wasn't on the list, my name didn't appear on the list
    C
    1
    (hallarse en determinado lugar): fui a verla pero no estaba I went to see her but she wasn't there
    ¿está Rodrigo? is Rodrigo in?
    ¿estamos todos? are we all here?, is everyone here?
    2
    (Col, RPl) (acudir): el médico había estado a verla the doctor had been to see her
    D
    1
    (quedarse, permanecer): sólo estaré unos días I'll only be staying a few days, I'll only be here/there a few days
    ¿cuánto tiempo estuviste en Londres? how long were you in London?
    2
    (vivir): ya no vivimos allí, ahora estamos en Soca we don't live there anymore, we're in o we live in Soca now
    de momento estoy con mi hermana at the moment I'm staying with my sister
    (en el tiempo): ¿a qué (día) estamos? what day is it today?
    ¿a cuánto estamos hoy? what's the date today o today's date?, what date is it today?
    estamos a 28 de mayo it's May 28th ( AmE) o ( BrE) the 28th of May
    estamos a mediados de mes we're halfway through the month
    estamos en primavera it's spring, spring has come
    ¿en qué mes estamos? what month are we in o is it?
    ellos están en primavera ahora it's spring for them now, it's their spring now
    A
    (existir, haber): y después está el problema de la financiación and then there's the problem of finance
    B (tener como función, cometido) estar PARA algo:
    para eso estamos that's what we're here for
    para eso están los amigos that's what friends are for
    ya que estamos/estás while we're/you're at it o ( BrE) about it
    C
    (radicar): ahí está el quid del asunto that's the crux of the matter
    estar EN algo:
    la dificultad está en hacerlo sin mirar the difficult thing is to do it o the difficulty lies in doing it without looking
    todo está en que él quiera ayudarnos it all depends on whether he wants to help us or not
    D
    (estar listo, terminado): la carne todavía no está the meat's not ready yet
    lo atas con un nudo aquí y ya está you tie a knot in it here and that's it o there you are
    enseguida estoy I'll be with you in a minute o in a second, I'll be right with you
    ¡ya está! ¡ya sé lo que podemos hacer! I've got it! I know what we can do!
    ¡ahí está! that's it!
    E
    (quedar entendido): quiero que estés de vuelta a las diez ¿estamos? or (Ur) ¿está? I want you to be back by ten, all right?
    que no vuelva a suceder ¿estamos? don't let it happen again, understand? o is that understood? o ( colloq) got it?
    F
    ( Esp) (quedar) (+ me/te/le etc), (+ compl): esa falda te está grande/pequeña that skirt's too big/too small for you
    la 46 te está mejor the 46 fits you better
    G ( frml) ( Derecho) estar A algo:
    se estará a lo estipulado en la cláusula 20 the stipulations of clause 20 will apply
    ■
    A
    (con gerundio): está lloviendo it's raining
    no hagas ruido, están durmiendo don't make any noise, they're asleep
    se está afeitando/duchando or está afeitándose/duchándose he's shaving/taking a shower
    estuve un rato hablando con él I was talking o I talked to him for a while
    ¿qué estará pensando? I wonder what she's thinking
    ya estoy viendo que va a ser imposible I'm beginning to see that it's going to be impossible
    ya te estás quitando de ahí, que ése es mi lugar ( fam); OK, out of there/off there, that's my place ( colloq)
    B
    (con participio): ¿esta ropa está planchada? have these clothes been ironed?, are these clothes ironed?
    la foto estaba tomada desde muy lejos the photo had been taken from a long way away o from a great distance
    ese asiento está ocupado that seat is taken
    ya está hecho un hombrecito he's a proper young man now
    está hecha una vaga she's got(ten) o become lazy
    A ( enf) (permanecer) to stay
    se estuvo horas ahí sentado sin moverse he remained sitting there for hours without moving, he sat there for hours without moving
    ¿no te puedes estar quieto un momento? can't you stay o keep still for a minute?
    estése tranquilo don't worry
    B ( enf) ( RPl) (acudir) to be
    estáte allí media hora antes be there o arrive half an hour before
    living room
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    estar 1 ( conjugate estar) cópula
    1

    ◊ Estar denotes a changed condition or state as opposed to identity or nature, which is normally expressed by ser. Estar is also used when the emphasis is on the speaker's perception of things, of their appearance, taste, etc. The examples given below should be contrasted with those to be found in ser 1 cópula 1 to be;

    estás más gordo you've put on weight;
    estoy cansada I'm tired;
    está muy simpático conmigo he's being o he's been so nice to me (recently);
    ¡todo está tan caro! things are o have become so expensive!
    b) ( con

    ◊ bien, mal, mejor, peor): están todos bien, gracias they're all fine, thanks;

    ¡qué bien estás en esta foto! you look great in this photo!;
    está mal que no se lo perdones it's wrong of you not to forgive him;
    ver tb bien, mal, mejor, peor
    2 ( hablando de estado civil) to be;

    3 ( seguido de participios)

    estaban abrazados they had their arms around each other;
    ver tb v aux 2
    4 ( seguido de preposición) to be;
    (para más ejemplos ver tb la preposición o el nombre correspondiente);

    ¿a cómo está la uva? how much are the grapes?;
    está con el sarampión she has (the) measles;
    estoy de cocinera I'm doing the cooking;
    estamos sin electricidad the electricity is off at the moment;
    está sin pintar it hasn't been painted yet
    verbo intransitivo
    1 ( en un lugar) to be;
    ◊ ¿dónde está Chiapas? where's Chiapas?;

    está a 20 kilómetros de aquí it's 20 kilometers from here;
    ¿sabes dónde está Pedro? do you know where Pedro is?;
    ¿está Rodrigo? is Rodrigo in?;
    solo estaré unos días I'll only be staying a few days;
    ¿cuánto tiempo estarás en Londres? how long are you going to be in London (for)?
    2 ( en el tiempo):
    ◊ ¿a qué (día) estamos? what day is it today?;

    ¿a cuánto estamos hoy? what's the date today?;
    estamos a 28 de mayo it's May 28th (AmE) o (BrE) the 28th of May;
    estamos en primavera it's spring
    3
    a) (tener como función, cometido):


    estamos para ayudarlos we're here to help them


    4 (estar listo, terminado):

    lo atas con un nudo y ya está you tie a knot in it and that's it o there you are;
    enseguida estoy I'll be right with you
    5 (Esp) ( quedar) (+ me/te/le etc) (+ compl):

    la 46 te está mejor the 46 fits you better
    estar v aux
    1 ( con gerundio):

    estoy viendo que va a ser imposible I'm beginning to see that it's going to be impossible
    2 ( con participio):

    ya está hecho un hombrecito he's a proper young man now;
    ver tb estar cópula 3
    estarse verbo pronominal ( enf) ( permanecer) to stay;
    ◊ ¿no te puedes estar quieto? can't you stay o keep still?;

    estese tranquilo don't worry
    estar 2 sustantivo masculino (esp AmL) living room
    estar verbo intransitivo
    1 (existir, hallarse) to be: está al norte, it is to the north
    ¿estarás en casa?, will you be at home?
    no está en ningún lado, it isn't anywhere
    estamos aquí para servirle, we are at your service
    su pedido aún no está, your order isn't ready yet
    2 (permanecer) to stay: estos días estoy en casa de mis padres, these days I'm staying at my parents' place
    estoy en la oficina de ocho a dos, I'm at the office from eight to two
    quiero que estés aquí un minuto, ahora vuelvo, stay here, I'll be right back
    3 (tener una situación actual determinada: con adjetivo o participio) estaba blanco como la cera, he had turned as white as a sheet
    está dormido, he's asleep
    está teñida de rubio, her hair's dyed blonde
    (con gerundio) está estudiando, he is studying
    estaba preparando la comida, I was cooking
    (con adverbio) estoy tan lejos, I'm so far away
    está muy mal, (enfermo) he is very ill
    4 (quedar, sentar) el jersey me está pequeño, the sweater is too small for me
    5 (para indicar precio, grados, fecha) (+ a: fecha) to be: ¿a qué día estamos?, what's the date?
    estamos a 1 de Julio, it is the first of July
    (: precio) to be at: ¿a cómo/cuánto están las manzanas?, how much are the apples?
    están a setenta pesetas el kilo, they're seventy pesetas a kilo
    (: grados) en Madrid estamos a cuarenta grados, it's forty degrees in Madrid
    ♦ Locuciones: ¿estamos?, agreed?
    estar a disposición de, to be at the disposal of
    estar a la que salta, to be ready to take advantage of an opportunity
    estar a las duras y a las maduras, to take the bad with the good
    estar al caer, to be just round the corner
    estar en baja, to be waning
    estar en todo, to be on top of everything
    estaría bueno, whatever next
    ESTAR CON: (de acuerdo con) estoy con María, I agree with Mary
    ESTAR DE: estoy de broma, I'm joking
    está de camarero, he's working as a waiter
    estaba de Dios que las cosas sucedieran así, it was God's will that things turned out this way, está de vacaciones, he's on holiday
    me voy a marchar porque está claro que aquí estoy de más, I'm going to go because it's obvious that I'm in the way
    ESTAR ENCIMA: su madre siempre está encima de él, his mother is always on top of him
    ESTAR PARA: no estamos para bromas, we are in no mood for jokes
    esa ropa está para planchar, these clothes are ready to be ironed
    cuando estaba para salir, me llamaron, when I was just about to leave, they called me
    ESTAR POR: la casa está por construir, the house has still to be built
    estuve por decirle lo que pensaba, I was tempted to tell him what I thought
    estoy por la igualdad de derechos, I'm for equal rights
    ESTAR QUE: está que no puede con su alma, he is exhausted
    familiar está que trina, he's hopping mad
    ESTAR TRAS: está tras el ascenso, he is after promotion
    estoy tras una blusa blanca, I'm looking for a white blouse
    El uso del verbo to stay como traducción de estar en un lugar es incorrecto, a menos que quieras expresar lo contrario de irse o marcharse (no me voy a la playa, estaré en casa todo el verano, I'm not going to the beach, I'm staying at home all summer) o te refieras a alojarse: Estoy en el Palace. I'm staying at the Palace.

    ' estar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abismo
    - acatarrada
    - acatarrado
    - acecho
    - acomplejada
    - acomplejado
    - acostada
    - acostado
    - acostumbrada
    - acostumbrado
    - activa
    - activo
    - afónica
    - afónico
    - agradecer
    - agua
    - aire
    - ajo
    - ala
    - alero
    - alerta
    - amiga
    - amigo
    - andar
    - antena
    - apañada
    - apañado
    - apogeo
    - ascua
    - atar
    - aviar
    - azotea
    - Babia
    - baja
    - bandera
    - banquillo
    - barco
    - blanca
    - bordear
    - borracha
    - borracho
    - bote
    - braga
    - brecha
    - brete
    - buena
    - bueno
    - cabal
    - cabeza
    - cabo
    English:
    about
    - accustom
    - action
    - agree
    - agreement
    - ahead
    - air
    - alert
    - alive
    - alone
    - aloof
    - amenable
    - amiss
    - antsy
    - anxious
    - approve
    - associate
    - attend
    - away
    - back
    - ball
    - barbecue
    - be
    - bean
    - beck
    - beg
    - behind
    - believe in
    - beside
    - best
    - board
    - boil
    - book
    - boom
    - bored
    - brain
    - breath
    - bristle with
    - broke
    - brown
    - bulge
    - burn
    - by
    - cake
    - call
    - change
    - charge
    - cheese off
    - clash
    - close
    * * *
    ♦ vi
    1. [hallarse] to be;
    ¿dónde está la llave? where is the key?;
    ¿está María? – no, no está is Maria there? – no, she's not here
    2. [con fechas]
    ¿a qué estamos hoy? what's the date today?;
    hoy estamos a martes/a 15 de julio today is Tuesday/15 July;
    estábamos en octubre it was October;
    estamos en invierno it's winter
    3. [quedarse] to stay, to be;
    estaré un par de horas y me iré I'll stay a couple of hours and then I'll go;
    ¿cuánto tiempo piensas estar? how long do you plan on staying?;
    estuvimos una semana en su casa we stayed with her for a week, we spent a week at her place
    4. (antes de “a”) [expresa valores, grados]
    estamos a 20 grados it's 20 degrees here;
    el dólar está a 10 pesos the dollar is at 10 pesos;
    están a dos euros el kilo they're two euros a kilo
    5. [hallarse listo] to be ready;
    ¿aún no está ese trabajo? is that piece of work still not ready?;
    ¿ya estás? pues, vámonos are you ready? let's go then
    6. [servir]
    estar para to be (there) for;
    para eso están los amigos that's what friends are for;
    para eso estoy that's what I'm here for;
    la vida está para vivirla life is for living;
    no tires eso al suelo, que las papeleras están para algo don't throw that on the floor, the wastepaper bins are there for a reason
    7. (antes de gerundio) [expresa duración] to be;
    están golpeando la puerta they're banging on the door
    8. (antes de “sin” + infinitivo) [expresa negación]
    estoy sin dormir desde ayer I haven't slept since yesterday;
    está sin acabar it's not finished;
    estuve sin voz dos días I had no voice o I lost my voice for two days
    9. [faltar]
    eso está aún por escribir that has yet to be written;
    eso está por ver that remains to be seen;
    todavía está por hacer it hasn't been done yet
    10. [consistir]
    estar en to be, to lie in;
    el problema está en la fecha the problem is the date;
    el truco está en no mirar nunca al suelo the trick o secret is not to look at the ground
    11. [hallarse a punto de]
    estar al llegar o [m5] caer [persona] to be about to arrive;
    [acontecimiento] to be about to happen;
    estar por hacer algo to be on the verge of doing sth;
    estuve por pegarle I was on the verge of hitting him;
    estoy por no ir I'm not so sure I want to go;
    estuve por llamarte I was about to phone you, I was just going to phone you
    12. [expresa disposición]
    estar para algo to be in the mood for sth;
    no estoy para bromas I'm not in the mood for jokes;
    el enfermo no está para ver a nadie the patient is in no condition to see anyone
    13. [ser favorable]
    estar por to be in favour of;
    estoy por la libertad de expresión I'm in favour of o for freedom of speech
    14. [hallarse embarazada]
    está de cinco meses she's five months pregnant
    15. RP [ir]
    estuve a verlo en el hospital I went to see him in hospital;
    estuvieron a visitarlo they went to visit him
    ♦ v copulativo
    1. (antes de adj) [expresa cualidad, estado] to be;
    los pasteles están ricos the cakes are delicious;
    esta calle está sucia this street is dirty;
    ¡qué alta estás! you've really grown!;
    estoy cansado/enfadado I'm tired/angry;
    ¿qué tal estás? how are you?;
    está muy irritable últimamente she's been very irritable lately;
    está divorciado he's divorced;
    estoy enfermo/mareado I am ill/I feel sick;
    Andes
    cuando estaba chiquito when I was little
    2. (antes de “con” o “sin” + sustantivo) [expresa estado] to be;
    estamos sin agua we have no water, we're without water;
    Fam
    estoy sin blanca I'm broke, Br I'm skint
    3. [expresa situación, acción]
    estar de vacaciones to be on holiday;
    estar de viaje to be on a trip;
    estar de mudanza to be (in the process of) moving;
    estamos de suerte we're in luck;
    estar de mal humor to be in a (bad) mood;
    ¿has cambiado la rueda? – estoy en ello have you changed the tyre? – I'm working on it o I'm doing it right now;
    ¡ya está bien! that's enough (of that)!
    4. [expresa permanencia]
    estar en uso to be in use;
    estar en guardia to be on guard
    5. [expresa apoyo, predilección]
    estoy contigo I'm on your side
    6. [expresa ocupación]
    estar como o [m5]de to be;
    está como o [m5] de cajera she's a checkout girl;
    yo he estado de portero toda la primera parte I've been in goal all of the first half
    7. Esp [ropa]
    este traje te está bien this suit looks good on you;
    esa falda te está corta that skirt's too short for you;
    ¿cómo me está? how does this look?
    8. (antes de “que” + verbo) [expresa actitud]
    está que muerde porque ha suspendido he's furious because he failed
    ♦ v aux
    1. (antes de gerundio) to be;
    estuvo nevando it was snowing;
    se está peinando she's brushing her hair;
    estuvieron discutiendo durante toda la reunión they spent the whole meeting arguing, they were arguing throughout the whole meeting;
    mañana a estas horas estaré bañándome en la playa this time tomorrow I'll be swimming at the beach
    2. (antes de participio)
    está terminado it's finished;
    está organizado por el ayuntamiento it's organized by the town council
    * * *
    v/i
    ¿cómo está Vd.? how are you?;
    estoy mejor I’m (feeling) better;
    estoy bien/mal I’m fine/I’m not feeling too great;
    estar de tres meses be three months pregnant;
    estar sin dinero have no money;
    ¡ya estoy! I’m ready!
    :
    ¿está Javier? is Javier in?;
    mi padre no está my father isn’t here;
    ¡ahí está! there it is!;
    ahora estoy con Vd. I’ll be with you in just a moment;
    ¿dónde estábamos? where were we?
    3
    :
    estar haciendo algo be doing sth;
    estoy leyendo I’m reading
    4 ( sentar)
    :
    te está grande it's too big for you;
    el vestido te está bien the dress suits you
    5
    :
    estar de ocupación work as, be;
    está de camarero he’s working as a waiter
    6 ( padecer de)
    :
    estar del corazón/estómago have heart/stomach problems
    :
    estamos a 3 de enero it’s January 3rd;
    el kilo está a un peso they’re one peso a kilo
    8
    :
    estar con alguien agree with s.o.; ( apoyar) support s.o.;
    estar a bien/mal con alguien be on good/bad terms with s.o.;
    estar en algo be working on sth;
    estar para hacer algo be about to do sth;
    no estar para algo not be in a mood for sth;
    estar por algo be in favor of sth;
    está por hacer it hasn’t been done yet;
    ¡ya está! that’s it!
    * * *
    estar {34} v aux
    : to be
    estoy aprendiendo inglés: I'm learning English
    está terminado: it's finished
    estar vi
    está muy alto: he's so tall, he's gotten very tall
    ¿ya estás mejor?: are you feeling better now?
    estoy casado: I'm married
    están en la mesa: they're on the table
    estamos en la página 2: we're on page 2
    3) : to be at home
    ¿está María?: is Maria in?
    4) : to remain
    estaré aquí 5 días: I'll be here for 5 days
    5) : to be ready, to be done
    estará para las diez: it will be ready by ten o'clock
    6) : to agree
    ¿estamos?: are we in agreement?
    estoy contigo: I'm with you
    7)
    ¿cómo estás? : how are you?
    8)
    ¡está bien! : all right!, that's fine!
    9)
    estar a : to cost
    estar a : to be
    ¿a qué dia estamos?: what's today's date?
    estar con : to have
    está con fiebre: she has a fever
    estar de : to be
    estoy de vacaciones: I'm on vacation
    está de director hoy: he's acting as director today
    estar bien (mal) : to be well (sick)
    estar para : to be in the mood for
    estar por : to be in favor of
    estar por : to be about to
    está por cerrar: it's on the verge of closing
    estar de más : to be unnecessary
    estar que : to be (in a state or condition)
    está que echa chispas: he's hopping mad
    * * *
    estar vb
    1. (en general) to be
    ¿estás cansada? are you tired?
    3. (en casa, en el trabajo) to be in / to be there / to be here
    ¿está Pepe? is Pepe in? / is Pepe there?
    ¿está tu madre en casa? is your mother in?
    4. (listo, preparado) to be ready
    5. (aspecto) to look
    ¡qué guapo estás! you look very smart!
    estar a... to be...
    ¿a cuánto están los tomates? how much are the tomatoes?
    estar de... to be...

    Spanish-English dictionary > estar

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    die Seite
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    Sei|te ['zaitə]
    f -, -n
    1) (= auch Abstammungslinie, Charakterzug) side

    die hintere/vordere Séíte — the back/front

    zu or auf beiden Séíten des Fensters/des Hauses/der Straße — on both sides of the window/house/street

    mit der Séíte nach vorn — sideways on

    Séíte an Séíte — side by side

    gehen — to walk at or by sb's side, to walk beside sb

    halt dich an meiner Séíte! — stay by my side

    er ging or wich uns nicht von der Séíte — he never left our side

    ich kann mich nicht an Ihrer Séíte zeigen — I can't be seen with you

    jdn von der Séíte ansehen — to give sb a sidelong glance

    auf die or zur Séíte gehen or treten — to step aside

    an der Séíte (einer Reihe) sitzen — to sit at the end (of a row)

    zur Séíte sprechen/sehen — to speak/look to one side

    zur Séíte (Theat) — aside

    die Séíten wechseln (Sport) — to change ends or over; (fig) to change sides

    jdn auf seine Séíte bringen or ziehen (fig) — to get sb on one's side

    auf einer Séíte gelähmt sein — to be paralyzed down one side

    die Hände in die Séíten gestemmt — with arms akimbo, with one's hands on one's hips

    jedes Ding or alles hat zwei Séíten — there are two sides to everything

    jdm zur Séíte stehen (fig) — to stand by sb's side

    Séíte stehen or sein (fig) — to be on sb's side

    das Recht ist auf ihrer Séíte — she has right on her side

    etw auf die Séíte legen (lit, fig) — to put sth on one side, to put sth aside

    etw zur Séíte or auf die Séíte schaffen (inf) — to help oneself to sth

    jdn zur Séíte or auf die Séíte schaffen (inf) — to get rid of sb

    jdn zur Séíte nehmen — to take sb aside or on one side

    auf der einen Séíte..., auf der anderen (Séíte)... — on the one hand..., on the other (hand)...

    jds starke Séíte — sb's forte, sb's strong point

    jds schwache Séíte — sb's weakness, sb's weak spot

    sich von seiner besten Séíte zeigen — to show oneself at one's best

    neue Séíten an jdm/etw entdecken — to discover new sides to sb/sth

    von dieser Séíte kenne ich ihn gar nicht — I didn't know that side of him

    die beste Séíte abgewinnen — to make the best of sth

    2)

    (= Richtung) von allen Séíten (lit, fig) — from all sides

    nach allen Séíten auseinandergehen — to scatter in all directions

    sich nach allen Séíten umsehen — to look around on all sides

    sich nach allen Séíten vergewissern — to check up on all sides

    das habe ich von einer anderen Séíte erfahren (fig) — I heard it from another source or from elsewhere

    er erfuhr es von dritter Séíte (fig) — he heard it from a third party

    bisher wurden von keiner Séíte Einwände erhoben — so far no objections have been voiced from any quarter

    die Behauptung wurde von keiner Séíte bestritten — nobody challenged the claim

    die Behauptung wurde von allen/beiden Séíten bestritten — the claim was challenged by all/both parties

    von meiner Séíte aus (fig) — on my part

    von kirchlicher Séíte (aus) — on the part of the church

    See:
    3) (= Buchseite, Zeitungsseite) page

    die erste/letzte Séíte — the first/last page; (von Zeitung) the front/back page

    * * *
    die
    1) (one side of a sheet of paper in a book, magazine etc: page ninety-four; a three-page letter.) page
    2) (an aspect or view of a subject: There are several facets to this question.) facet
    3) ((the ground beside) an edge, border or boundary line: He walked round the side of the field; He lives on the same side of the street as me.) side
    4) (a surface of something: A cube has six sides.) side
    5) (one of the two of such surfaces which are not the top, bottom, front, or back: There is a label on the side of the box.) side
    6) (either surface of a piece of paper, cloth etc: Don't waste paper - write on both sides!) side
    7) (the right or left part of the body: I've got a pain in my side.) side
    8) (a point of view; an aspect: We must look at all sides of the problem.) side
    9) (the position or point of view of a person not actually taking part in a sport, argument etc: He threw in the occasional suggestion from the sidelines.) sidelines
    * * *
    Sei·te
    <-, -n>
    [ˈzaitə]
    f
    die hintere/vordere/obere/untere \Seite the back/front/top/bottom
    etw auf die \Seite legen to put sth on its side
    das ist die andere \Seite der Medaille (fig) that's the other side of the coin fig
    alles hat [seine] zwei \Seiten there's two sides to everything
    die A-/B-\Seite einer Schallplatte the A-/B-side of a record
    die bedruckte \Seite des Stoffes the printed side of the material
    4. (Blatt eines Buches, Hefts) page; (Fläche eines Blattes) side; (in Buch, Heft) page
    aus dem Buch wurden einige \Seiten herausgerissen some pages have been torn out of the book
    ich habe fünf \Seiten geschrieben I've written five sides
    eine \Seite aufschlagen to open at a page
    die erste \Seite (Buch) the first page; (Zeitung) the front page
    gelbe \Seiten (Branchenverzeichnis) Yellow Pages
    jdn von der \Seite ansehen (a. fig) to look at sb from the side, to look askance at sb fig
    auf der rechten \Seite gelähmt sein to be paralyzed on one's right [or right[-hand] side
    zur \Seite sprechen to speak to one side; THEAT to make an aside
    sieh doch mal zur \Seite look beside you
    gehen wir auf die andere \Seite let's cross the street
    auf [o zu] beiden \Seiten einer S. gen on both sides of sth
    8. (aus dem Weg, beiseite)
    ▪ zur \Seite aside
    zur \Seite gehen [o (geh) treten] to step aside
    jdn zur \Seite nehmen to take sb aside
    die österreichische \Seite der Alpen the Austrian part of the Alps
    10. (Richtung) side
    die Bühne ist nur nach einer \Seite offen the stage is only open on one side
    nach allen \Seiten in all directions
    12. (Aspekt) side
    auf der einen \Seite..., auf der anderen [\Seite]... on the one hand,..., on the other [hand],...
    etw von der heiteren \Seite sehen to look on the bright side [of sth]
    etw dat eine komische \Seite abgewinnen to see the funny side of sth
    13. (Wesen, Verhalten) side
    das ist ja eine ganz neue \Seite an dir that's a whole new side to you
    sich akk von seiner besten \Seite zeigen to show oneself at one's best, to be on one's best behaviour
    neue \Seiten an jdm entdecken to discover new sides to sb
    jds schwache \Seite sein (Unzulänglichkeit) to be sb's weakness [or (fam) weak point]; (einen starken Reiz darstellen) to be tempting for sb
    jds starke \Seite sein (fam) to be sb's forte [or strong point
    14. (Partei) side, party
    von allen \Seiten from everywhere [or all sides]
    das Abkommen wurde von allen \Seiten bestätigt the agreement was confirmed by all
    von dritter \Seite from a third party
    die \Seiten wechseln SPORT to change ends; (zu jdm übergehen) to change sides
    15. (Standpunkt) side
    von jds \Seite [aus] as far as sb is concerned
    von meiner \Seite gibt es keine Einwände there are no objections on my part
    etw von einer bestimmten \Seite betrachten to see sth from a certain point of view
    jdn auf seine \Seite bringen [o ziehen] to get sb on one's side
    sich akk auf jds \Seite schlagen to change over to sb's side
    auf jds \Seite stehen [o sein] to be on sb's side
    von bestimmter \Seite from certain circles
    von kirchlicher/offizieller \Seite from ecclesiastical/official sources
    von mütterlicher \Seite her from the maternal side
    18.
    ▶ an jds \Seite with sb
    sie lebte sehr glücklich an der \Seite ihres Mannes she was very happy living with her husband
    ▶ \Seite an \Seite side by side
    ▶ [jdm] nicht von der \Seite gehen [o weichen] to not leave [sb's] side
    ▶ Geld auf die \Seite legen to put some money on one side [or aside]
    ▶ an jds grüner \Seite sitzen (hum) to sit by sb
    ▶ etw auf die \Seite schaffen (fam) to pocket sth
    ▶ jdn auf die \Seite schaffen (sl) to bump sb off sl
    ▶ jdm zur \Seite springen (fam) to jump to sb's assistance [or aid]
    ▶ jdm zur \Seite stehen to stand by sb
    ▶ jdn jdm an die \Seite stellen to give sb to sb as support
    * * *
    die; Seite, Seiten
    1) side

    auf od. zu beiden Seiten der Straße/des Tores — on both sides of the road/gate

    die hintere/vordere Seite — the back/front

    zur od. auf die Seite gehen od. treten — move aside or to one side; move out of the way

    etwas auf die Seite schaffen — (ugs.) help oneself to something

    etwas auf die Seite legen — (ugs.): (sparen) put something away or aside

    alles od. jedes Ding hat seine zwei Seiten — (fig.) there are two sides to everything

    2) (Richtung) side

    von allen Seiten — (auch fig.) from all sides

    nach allen Seiten — in all directions; (fig.) on all sides

    3) (BuchSeite, ZeitungsSeite) page
    4) (Eigenschaft, Aspekt) side

    auf der einen Seite,... auf der anderen Seite... — on the one hand... on the other hand...

    etwas ist jemandes schwache Seite — (ugs.) something is not exactly somebody's forte; (ist jemandes Schwäche) somebody has a weakness for something

    jemandes starke Seite sein — (ugs.) be somebody's forte or strong point

    5) (Partei) side

    sich auf jemandes Seite (Akk.) schlagen — take somebody's side

    auf jemandes Seite stehen od. sein — be on somebody's side

    jemanden auf seine Seite bringen od. ziehen — win somebody over

    auf/von Seiten der Direktion — on/from the management side

    von anderer Seite verlautete, dass... — it was learned from other sources that...

    6) (Familie) side
    * * *
    Seite f; -, -n
    1. side ( auch SPORT, MATH, einer Schallplatte, Münze, eines Blattes);
    auf der rechten/linken Seite fahren AUTO drive on the right/left;
    auf der anderen Seite des Flusses/Tals etc on the other side of the river/valley etc;
    rechte/linke Seite right-hand/left-hand side; eines Stoffes: right/wrong side;
    hintere/vordere Seite eines Hauses: back/front;
    die Seiten wechseln SPORT change ends; auch fig change sides;
    zur Seite gehen step aside;
    zur Seite schieben auch fig push aside ( oder out of the way);
    nach allen Seiten in all directions;
    von allen Seiten from all around; fig on all sides;
    auf der Seite landen land on its side;
    auf die Seite schaffen, zur Seite legen (auch Geld) put aside;
    ansehen look askance at
    2. (Buchseite etc) page;
    auf Seite 12 on page 12;
    ein Buch auf Seite 32 aufschlagen open a book at page 32;
    die Seiten umblättern thumb through the pages;
    Gelbe Seiten TEL Yellow Pages;
    Seiten schinden umg churn out page after page
    3. des Körpers: side;
    die Arme in die Seiten gestemmt with hands on hips, with arms akimbo;
    an jemandes Seite at ( oder by) sb’s side, sitting etc next to sb;
    Seite an Seite side by side;
    weichen not leave sb’s side; stärker: stick to sb like a leech;
    sich auf die Seite legen lie (down) on one’s side; Schiff: heel over on its side;
    sie ist auf der rechten Seite gelähmt she’s paralysed (US -zed) on her right side
    4. (Eigenschaft, Charakterzug) side;
    schwache/starke Seite weak spot/strong point;
    sich von der besten Seite zeigen show o.s. at one’s best; bewusst: put one’s best foot forward;
    ganz neue Seiten an jemandem entdecken discover new sides to sb’s character;
    von der Seite kenne ich ihn noch gar nicht I didn’t know that side of him;
    der Schwarzwald zeigt sich mal wieder von seiner regnerischen Seite the Black Forest is showing how wet it can be;
    komm mir nicht von ’der Seite don’t try that one on me
    5. (Aspekt) side;
    auf der einen Seite …, auf der anderen Seite … on the one hand …, on the other hand …;
    von dieser Seite betrachtet seen from that angle ( oder standpoint, point of view), seen in that light;
    von der menschlichen Seite betrachtet from a human standpoint ( oder point of view);
    einer Sache die beste Seite abgewinnen make the best ( oder most) of sth;
    einer Sache eine komische Seite abgewinnen see the funny side of sth;
    alles hat zwei Seiten there are two sides to everything;
    auch die andere Seite sehen see the other side (of the argument oder problem)
    von väterlicher/mütterlicher Seite on his ( oder her, my, your, their) father’s/mother’s side
    7. (Partei, Instanz etc) side; JUR bei einem Streit: party;
    ziehen win sb over to one’s side;
    auf welcher Seite stehst du? whose side are you on?;
    man sollte immer beide Seiten hören you should always listen to both sides;
    von offizieller Seite from official quarters;
    von offizieller Seite bestätigt werden be officially confirmed;
    von zuverlässiger Seite erfahren learn from a reliable source;
    von seiner Seite bestehen keine Bedenken there are no objections on his part ( oder as far as he is concerned); → aufseiten, vonseiten
    8. IT, umg im Internet: site;
    eine Seite im Internet aufrufen call up a site on the Net ( oder Web), call up a web site
    9. GASTR:
    eine Seite Speck a side of bacon
    * * *
    die; Seite, Seiten
    1) side

    auf od. zu beiden Seiten der Straße/des Tores — on both sides of the road/gate

    die hintere/vordere Seite — the back/front

    zur od. auf die Seite gehen od. treten — move aside or to one side; move out of the way

    etwas auf die Seite schaffen — (ugs.) help oneself to something

    etwas auf die Seite legen — (ugs.): (sparen) put something away or aside

    alles od. jedes Ding hat seine zwei Seiten — (fig.) there are two sides to everything

    2) (Richtung) side

    von allen Seiten — (auch fig.) from all sides

    nach allen Seiten — in all directions; (fig.) on all sides

    3) (BuchSeite, ZeitungsSeite) page
    4) (Eigenschaft, Aspekt) side

    auf der einen Seite,... auf der anderen Seite... — on the one hand... on the other hand...

    etwas ist jemandes schwache Seite — (ugs.) something is not exactly somebody's forte; (ist jemandes Schwäche) somebody has a weakness for something

    jemandes starke Seite sein — (ugs.) be somebody's forte or strong point

    5) (Partei) side

    sich auf jemandes Seite (Akk.) schlagen — take somebody's side

    auf jemandes Seite stehen od. sein — be on somebody's side

    jemanden auf seine Seite bringen od. ziehen — win somebody over

    auf/von Seiten der Direktion — on/from the management side

    von anderer Seite verlautete, dass... — it was learned from other sources that...

    6) (Familie) side
    * * *
    -n f.
    aspect n.
    page n.
    side n.

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