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  • 41 Vermögen

    v/t (unreg.) geh.: vermögen, etw. zu tun be able to do s.th., be capable of doing s.th., be in a position to do s.th.; bei jemandem wenig / alles vermögen be able to do little / anything with s.o.
    * * *
    das Vermögen
    (Besitz) fortune;
    (Fähigkeit) faculty; capability
    * * *
    Ver|mö|gen [fɛɐ'møːgn]
    nt -s, -
    1) (= Reichtum, viel Geld) fortune

    das ist ein Vermö́gen wert — it's worth a fortune

    eine Frau, die Vermö́gen hat — a woman who has money, a woman of means

    die erste Frage war, ob ich Vermö́gen hatte — the first question was whether I had private means

    2) (= Besitz) property

    mein ganzes Vermö́gen besteht aus... — my entire assets consist of...

    3) (= Können) ability, capacity; (= Macht) power
    * * *
    das
    1) (the total property, money etc of a person, company etc.) assets
    2) (a large amount of money: That ring must be worth a fortune!) fortune
    * * *
    Ver·mö·gen
    <-s, ->
    [fɛɐ̯ˈmø:gn̩]
    nt
    1. FIN assets pl; (Geld) capital no art, no pl; (Eigentum) property no art, no pl, fortune; (Reichtum) wealth
    bewegliches \Vermögen chattels pl, movable property
    flüssiges \Vermögen liquid assets
    gemeinschaftliches/persönliches \Vermögen common/private property
    öffentliches \Vermögen property owned by public authorities
    unbewegliches \Vermögen immovable property, real estate
    2. kein pl (geh)
    ▪ jds \Vermögen sb's ability [or capability]
    jds \Vermögen übersteigen/über jds \Vermögen gehen to be/go beyond sb's abilities
    * * *
    das; Vermögens, Vermögen
    1) o. Pl. (geh.): (Fähigkeit) ability
    2) (Besitz) fortune

    er hat Vermögen — he has money; he is a man of means

    * * *
    Vermögen n; -s, -
    1. (Reichtum) fortune;
    ein Vermögen verdienen/kosten earn/cost a fortune;
    besitzen own a fortune in paintings etc;
    er hat Vermögen he is a man of means
    2. (Besitz) property; (Geld) means pl; WIRTSCH assets pl
    3. (Können) ability; (Kraft, Macht) power(s pl);
    nach bestem Vermögen to the best of one’s ability;
    übersteigt mein Vermögen it’s beyond my power (
    zu +inf to +inf), it goes beyond my power(s)
    * * *
    das; Vermögens, Vermögen
    1) o. Pl. (geh.): (Fähigkeit) ability
    2) (Besitz) fortune

    er hat Vermögen — he has money; he is a man of means

    * * *
    - n.
    ability n.
    assets n.
    fortune n.
    power n.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Vermögen

  • 42 Catholic church

       The Catholic Church and the Catholic religion together represent the oldest and most enduring of all Portuguese institutions. Because its origins as an institution go back at least to the middle of the third century, if not earlier, the Christian and later the Catholic Church is much older than any other Portuguese institution or major cultural influence, including the monarchy (lasting 770 years) or Islam (540 years). Indeed, it is older than Portugal (869 years) itself. The Church, despite its changing doctrine and form, dates to the period when Roman Lusitania was Christianized.
       In its earlier period, the Church played an important role in the creation of an independent Portuguese monarchy, as well as in the colonization and settlement of various regions of the shifting Christian-Muslim frontier as it moved south. Until the rise of absolutist monarchy and central government, the Church dominated all public and private life and provided the only education available, along with the only hospitals and charity institutions. During the Middle Ages and the early stage of the overseas empire, the Church accumulated a great deal of wealth. One historian suggests that, by 1700, one-third of the land in Portugal was owned by the Church. Besides land, Catholic institutions possessed a large number of chapels, churches and cathedrals, capital, and other property.
       Extensive periods of Portuguese history witnessed either conflict or cooperation between the Church as the monarchy increasingly sought to gain direct control of the realm. The monarchy challenged the great power and wealth of the Church, especially after the acquisition of the first overseas empire (1415-1580). When King João III requested the pope to allow Portugal to establish the Inquisition (Holy Office) in the country and the request was finally granted in 1531, royal power, more than religion was the chief concern. The Inquisition acted as a judicial arm of the Catholic Church in order to root out heresies, primarily Judaism and Islam, and later Protestantism. But the Inquisition became an instrument used by the crown to strengthen its power and jurisdiction.
       The Church's power and prestige in governance came under direct attack for the first time under the Marquis of Pombal (1750-77) when, as the king's prime minister, he placed regalism above the Church's interests. In 1759, the Jesuits were expelled from Portugal, although they were allowed to return after Pombal left office. Pombal also harnessed the Inquisition and put in place other anticlerical measures. With the rise of liberalism and the efforts to secularize Portugal after 1820, considerable Church-state conflict occurred. The new liberal state weakened the power and position of the Church in various ways: in 1834, all religious orders were suppressed and their property confiscated both in Portugal and in the empire and, in the 1830s and 1840s, agrarian reform programs confiscated and sold large portions of Church lands. By the 1850s, Church-state relations had improved, various religious orders were allowed to return, and the Church's influence was largely restored. By the late 19th century, Church and state were closely allied again. Church roles in all levels of education were pervasive, and there was a popular Catholic revival under way.
       With the rise of republicanism and the early years of the First Republic, especially from 1910 to 1917, Church-state relations reached a new low. A major tenet of republicanism was anticlericalism and the belief that the Church was as much to blame as the monarchy for the backwardness of Portuguese society. The provisional republican government's 1911 Law of Separation decreed the secularization of public life on a scale unknown in Portugal. Among the new measures that Catholics and the Church opposed were legalization of divorce, appropriation of all Church property by the state, abolition of religious oaths for various posts, suppression of the theology school at Coimbra University, abolition of saints' days as public holidays, abolition of nunneries and expulsion of the Jesuits, closing of seminaries, secularization of all public education, and banning of religious courses in schools.
       After considerable civil strife over the religious question under the republic, President Sidónio Pais restored normal relations with the Holy See and made concessions to the Portuguese Church. Encouraged by the apparitions at Fátima between May and October 1917, which caused a great sensation among the rural people, a strong Catholic reaction to anticlericalism ensued. Backed by various new Catholic organizations such as the "Catholic Youth" and the Academic Center of Christian Democracy (CADC), the Catholic revival influenced government and politics under the Estado Novo. Prime Minister Antônio de Oliveira Salazar was not only a devout Catholic and member of the CADC, but his formative years included nine years in the Viseu Catholic Seminary preparing to be a priest. Under the Estado Novo, Church-state relations greatly improved, and Catholic interests were protected. On the other hand, Salazar's no-risk statism never went so far as to restore to the Church all that had been lost in the 1911 Law of Separation. Most Church property was never returned from state ownership and, while the Church played an important role in public education to 1974, it never recovered the influence in education it had enjoyed before 1911.
       Today, the majority of Portuguese proclaim themselves Catholic, and the enduring nature of the Church as an institution seems apparent everywhere in the country. But there is no longer a monolithic Catholic faith; there is growing diversity of religious choice in the population, which includes an increasing number of Protestant Portuguese as well as a small but growing number of Muslims from the former Portuguese empire. The Muslim community of greater Lisbon erected a Mosque which, ironically, is located near the Spanish Embassy. In the 1990s, Portugal's Catholic Church as an institution appeared to be experiencing a revival of influence. While Church attendance remained low, several Church institutions retained an importance in society that went beyond the walls of the thousands of churches: a popular, flourishing Catholic University; Radio Re-nascenca, the country's most listened to radio station; and a new private television channel owned by the Church. At an international conference in Lisbon in September 2000, the Cardinal Patriarch of Portugal, Dom José Policarpo, formally apologized to the Jewish community of Portugal for the actions of the Inquisition. At the deliberately selected location, the place where that religious institution once held its hearings and trials, Dom Policarpo read a declaration of Catholic guilt and repentance and symbolically embraced three rabbis, apologizing for acts of violence, pressures to convert, suspicions, and denunciation.

    Historical dictionary of Portugal > Catholic church

  • 43 facultad

    f.
    1 faculty.
    facultades (mentales) (mental) faculties
    está empezando a perder facultades his mind is beginning to go
    2 faculty (universitaria).
    facultad de Filosofía y Letras Arts Faculty, Faculty of Arts
    3 power, right.
    4 property.
    tiene la facultad de ablandar la madera it has the property of softening wood
    5 authorization, right, permission.
    6 institute, research center, research centre.
    imperat.
    2nd person plural (vosotros/vosotras) Imperative of Spanish verb: facultar.
    * * *
    1 (capacidad) faculty, ability
    2 (poder) faculty, power
    3 (universitaria) faculty, school
    \
    tener facultad para hacer algo to be authorized to do something
    facultades mentales mental powers
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    noun f.
    2) authority, power
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=capacidad) faculty

    facultades mentales — mental faculties, mental powers

    2) (=autoridad) power, authority
    3) (Univ) faculty
    * * *
    1) (capacidad, don) faculty
    2) (autoridad, poder) power, authority
    3) (Educ) faculty
    * * *
    1) (capacidad, don) faculty
    2) (autoridad, poder) power, authority
    3) (Educ) faculty
    * * *
    facultad1
    1 = faculty.

    Ex: Sophia no sooner saw Blifil than she turned pale, and almost lost the use of all her faculties.

    * conceder facultades = endow with + powers.
    * en plenitud de facultades = at + Posesivo + (very) best.
    * en pleno uso de + Posesivo + facultades físicas y mentales = of (a) sound mind, of (a) sound and disposing mind and memory, physically and mentally fit.
    * en pleno uso de + Posesivo + Posesivo + facultades mentales = mentally fit.
    * facultad de recordar = power of recall.
    * facultades humanas = human faculties.
    * facultad física = physical faculty.
    * facultad mental = mental faculty.
    * no estar en plenitud de facultades = be past + Posesivo + best.
    * perder las facultades = lose + Posesivo + faculties.
    * tener la facultad de = have + powers to.

    facultad2
    2 = graduate school, university college, faculty.

    Ex: It was decided that checking of content and format should be left to the graduate school and academic departments = Se decidió que la comprobación del contenido y el formato debería dejarse a la facultad y a los departamentos universitarios.

    Ex: This article describes the setting up of a permanent exhibition in the newly-created Clinical Research Unit Library at university college Galway, Eire.
    Ex: The article 'An exercise in archival exhibitionism' describes the display to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the University's faculty of Medicine.
    * facultad de biblioteconomía y documentación = graduate library school, LIS school.
    * Facultad de Biblioteconomía y Documentación (FBYD) = Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS).
    * facultad de ciencias de la educación = teachers college, teacher training college.
    * facultad de derecho = law school.
    * facultad de empresariales = Graduate School of Management, business school.
    * facultad de medicina = medical school, university medical school.
    * facultad universitaria = college.
    * junta de facultad = faculty board.

    * * *
    A (capacidad, don) faculty
    la facultad del habla the power o faculty of speech
    con los años se van perdiendo facultades as you get older you start to lose your faculties
    Compuesto:
    fpl mental faculties (pl)
    en pleno uso de mis facultades mentales in full command o possession of my faculties
    B (autoridad, poder) power, authority
    eso no está dentro de sus facultades that is beyond the scope of your powers
    C ( Educ) faculty
    Facultad de Medicina/Derecho Faculty of Medicine/Law
    fue compañero mío de facultador en la facultad he was at college o ( BrE) university with me
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    Del verbo facultar: ( conjugate facultar)

    facultad es:

    2ª persona plural (vosotros) imperativo

    Multiple Entries:
    facultad    
    facultar
    facultad sustantivo femenino
    1 ( capacidad) faculty;

    facultades mentales (mental) faculties (pl)
    2 (Educ) faculty;

    facultar ( conjugate facultar) verbo transitivo (frml) facultad a algn para hacer algo [jefe/presidente] to authorize sb to do sth;
    [carnet/documento] to entitle sb to do sth;
    [ ley] to allow sb to do sth
    facultad sustantivo femenino
    1 (capacidad) faculty
    perder facultades, to lose one's faculties
    (disposición, aptitud) ability, competence: tiene grandes facultades para el dibujo, she has great drawing ability
    2 Univ faculty, school
    facultad de Económicas, Economics Faculty o Department
    ' facultad' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    encierro
    - inteligencia
    - juicio
    - oído
    - razón
    - audición
    - decano
    - derecho
    - habla
    - pensamiento
    - poder
    - raciocinio
    - uso
    - voluntad
    English:
    dull
    - faculty
    - legislate
    - memory
    - power
    - reason
    - school
    - sensation
    - sense
    - speech
    - vision
    - college
    - law
    - medical
    - prom
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    1. [capacidad] faculty;
    facultades (mentales) (mental) faculties;
    está en pleno uso de sus facultades mentales she is in full possession of her mental faculties;
    está empezando a perder facultades his mind is beginning to go;
    un corredor con portentosas facultades físicas a runner with remarkable physical attributes;
    tiene grandes facultades para la pintura he's a very talented painter
    2. [centro universitario] faculty;
    estudio en la Facultad de Química I'm studying in the Faculty of Chemistry;
    fue compañera mía de facultad she was at university o esp US college with me;
    Am
    llegué a las nueve de facultad I got back from the university at nine o'clock
    Facultad de Derecho Law Faculty, Faculty of Law;
    Facultad de Filosofía y Letras Arts Faculty, Faculty of Arts;
    Facultad de Humanidades Arts Faculty, Faculty of Arts;
    Facultad de Medicina Medical Faculty, Faculty of Medicine
    3. Am [enseñanza superior] college;
    mi hermano está en facultad my brother goes to college
    4. [poder] power, right;
    su cargo no le da facultad para autorizar compras his position doesn't allow him to authorize purchases
    5. [propiedad] property;
    tiene la facultad de ablandar la madera it has the property of softening wood
    * * *
    f
    1 EDU, de la vista faculty
    2 ( autoridad) authority
    3
    :
    facultades pl mentales faculties
    * * *
    1) : faculty, ability
    facultades mentales: mental faculties
    2) : authority, power
    3) : school (of a university)
    facultad de derecho: law school
    * * *
    1. (capacidad) faculty [pl. faculties]
    2. (universidad) university [pl. universities]

    Spanish-English dictionary > facultad

  • 44 قدرة

    قُدْرَة \ ability: power of cleverness that is needed for success: He has the ability to learn, but he is lazy. ability: (usu. pl.) powers and skills esp. of the mind: He wants a job more suited to his abilities. capacity: ability: a great capacity for hard work. power: the ability to act: I did everything in my power to prevent an accident. strength: the quality of being strong; strong condition. \ See Also قوة (قُوَّة)‏ \ القُدْرة على بُلوغ شيء \ reach: (esp. with in, within, out of, beyond) one’s ability to reach; the distance that sth. will reach: Keep medicines out of the reach of your children. Our house is within easy reach of the station (from our house, it is easy to reach the station). \ قُدْرَة على التَّحَمُّل \ wear: fitness for use; strength: There is plenty of wear left in that coat. endurance: the power of enduring or bearing pain, trouble, etc.: Long-distance runners need great endurance. \ قُدْرَة على الكلام \ speech: speaking: He lost the power of speech.

    Arabic-English dictionary > قدرة

  • 45 अति _ati

    अति ind. [अत्-इ]
    1 A prefix used with adjectives and adverbs, meaning 'very', 'too', 'exceedingly', 'excessively', 'very much', and showing उत्कर्ष; Sur- passing, superior अत्याश्रमानयं सर्वानू Mb.12.12.6. नातिदूरे not very far from; ˚कृश very lean; ˚भृशम् +very much; also with verbs or verbal forms; ˚सिक्तमेव भवता Sk.; स्वभावो ह्यतिरिच्यते &c.
    -2 (With verbs) Over, beyond; अति-इ go beyond, overstep; so ˚क्रम् ˚चर् ˚वह् &c. In this case अति is regarded as a preposition उपसर्ग.
    -3 (a) (With nouns or pronouns) Beyond, past, sur- passing, superior to, eminent, respectable, distingui- shed, higher, above, (used with acc. as a कर्मप्रवचनीय, or as first member of Bah. or Tat. Comp. ज्याशब्दस्तावुभौ शब्दावति रामस्य शुश्रुवे Rām. 6.75.37. in which last case it has usually the sense of eminence or higher degree: अतिगो, ˚गार्ग्यः, = प्रशस्ता गौः, शोभनो गार्ग्यः; ˚राजन् an excellent king; or the sense of अतिक्रान्त must be understood with the latter member which will then stand in the accusative case; अतिमर्त्यः = मर्त्यमतिक्रान्तः; ˚मालः, अतिक्रान्तो मालाम्; so अतिकाय, ˚केशर, q. v.):, अत्यादित्यं + हुतवहमुखे संभृतं तद्धि तेजः Me 1.45. Surpassing the sun. अति देवानू कृष्णः Sk.; मानुषानतिगन्धर्वान् सर्वान्गन्धर्व लक्षये /Mb; ˚मानुषं कर्म a deed which is beyond human power, i. e. a superhuman action; ˚कशः past the whip (as a horse), unmanageable; ˚त्यद् surpassing that; ˚त्वाम्, ˚त्वान् him or them that surpasses or surpass thee, so ˚मां, ˚यूयं +&c. +(b) (With nouns derived from roots) Extravagant, exaggerated, inordinate, excessive, extraordinary; e. g. ˚आदरः excessive regard; ˚आशा extravagant hope; so + ˚भयं, ˚तृष्णा, ˚आनन्दः &c. &c.; अतिदानाद् बलिर्बद्धो नष्टो मानात्सुयोधनः । विनष्टो रावणो लौल्यादति सर्वत्र वर्जयेत् ॥ cf. 'ex- tremes are ever bad.' (c) Unfit, idle, improper, in the sense of असंप्रति or क्षेप 'censure'; अतिनिद्रम् = निद्रा सम्प्रति न युज्यते Sk. The गणरत्नमहोदधि gives the following senses of अतिः--विक्रमातिक्रमाबुद्धिभृशार्थातिशयेष्वति । e. g. अतिरथः रथाधिकं विक्रमवान्; ˚मतिः बुद्ध्यतिक्रमः; ˚गहनं वुद्धेरविषयः; ˚तप्तं भृशतप्तं; ˚वेगः अतिशयितो वेगः. Cf. also प्रकर्षे लङ्घने$प्यति Nm.

    Sanskrit-English dictionary > अति _ati

  • 46 Socialist Party / Partido Socialista

    (PS)
       Although the Socialist Party's origins can be traced back to the 1850s, its existence has not been continuous. The party did not achieve or maintain a large base of support until after the Revolution of 25 April 1974. Historically, it played only a minor political role when compared to other European socialist parties.
       During the Estado Novo, the PS found it difficult to maintain a clandestine existence, and the already weak party literally withered away. Different groups and associations endeavored to keep socialist ideals alive, but they failed to create an organizational structure that would endure. In 1964, Mário Soares, Francisco Ramos da Costa, and Manuel Tito de Morais established the Portuguese Socialist Action / Acção Socialista Português (ASP) in Geneva, a group of individuals with similar views rather than a true political party. Most members were middle-class professionals committed to democratizing the nation. The rigidity of the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) led some to join the ASP.
       By the early 1970s, ASP nuclei existed beyond Portugal in Paris, London, Rome, Brussels, Frankfurt, Sweden, and Switzerland; these consisted of members studying, working, teaching, researching, or in other activities. Extensive connections were developed with other foreign socialist parties. Changing conditions in Portugal, as well as the colonial wars, led several ASP members to advocate the creation of a real political party, strengthening the organization within Portugal, and positioning this to compete for power once the regime changed.
       The current PS was founded clandestinely on 19 April 1973, by a group of 27 exiled Portuguese and domestic ASP representatives at the Kurt Schumacher Academy of the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung in Bad Munstereifel, West Germany. The founding philosophy was influenced by nondogmatic Marxism as militants sought to create a classless society. The rhetoric was to be revolutionary to outflank its competitors, especially the PCP, on its left. The party hoped to attract reform-minded Catholics and other groups that were committed to democracy but could not support the communists.
       At the time of the 1974 revolution, the PS was little more than an elite faction based mainly among exiles. It was weakly organized and had little grassroots support outside the major cities and larger towns. Its organization did not improve significantly until the campaign for the April 1975 constituent elections. Since then, the PS has become very pragmatic and moderate and has increasingly diluted its socialist program until it has become a center-left party. Among the party's most consistent principles in its platform since the late 1970s has been its support for Portugal's membership in the European Economic Community (EEC) and the European Union (EU), a view that clashed with those of its rivals to the left, especially the PCP. Given the PS's broad base of support, the increased distance between its leftist rhetoric and its more conservative actions has led to sharp internal divisions in the party. The PS and the Social Democratic Party (PSD) are now the two dominant parties in the Portuguese political party system.
       In doctrine and rhetoric the PS has undergone a de-Marxification and a movement toward the center as a means to challenge its principal rival for hegemony, the PSD. The uneven record of the PS in general elections since its victory in 1975, and sometimes its failure to keep strong legislative majorities, have discouraged voters. While the party lost the 1979 and 1980 general elections, it triumphed in the 1983 elections, when it won 36 percent of the vote, but it still did not gain an absolute majority in the Assembly of the Republic. The PSD led by Cavaco Silva dominated elections from 1985 to 1995, only to be defeated by the PS in the 1995 general elections. By 2000, the PS had conquered the commanding heights of the polity: President Jorge Sampaio had been reelected for a second term, PS prime minister António Guterres was entrenched, and the mayor of Lisbon was João Soares, son of the former socialist president, Mário Soares (1986-96).
       The ideological transformation of the PS occurred gradually after 1975, within the context of a strong PSD, an increasingly conservative electorate, and the de-Marxification of other European Socialist parties, including those in Germany and Scandinavia. While the PS paid less attention to the PCP on its left and more attention to the PSD, party leaders shed Marxist trappings. In the 1986 PS official program, for example, the text does not include the word Marxism.
       Despite the party's election victories in the mid- and late-1990s, the leadership discovered that their grasp of power and their hegemony in governance at various levels was threatened by various factors: President Jorge Sampaio's second term, the constitution mandated, had to be his last.
       Following the defeat of the PS by the PSD in the municipal elections of December 2001, Premier Antônio Guterres resigned his post, and President Sampaio dissolved parliament and called parliamentary elections for the spring. In the 17 March 2002 elections, following Guterres's resignation as party leader, the PS was defeated by the PSD by a vote of 40 percent to 38 percent. Among the factors that brought about the socialists' departure from office was the worsening post-September 11 economy and disarray within the PS leadership circles, as well as charges of corruption among PS office holders. However, the PS won 45 percent of the vote in parliamentary elections of 2005, and the leader of the party, José Sócrates, a self-described "market-oriented socialist" became prime minister.

    Historical dictionary of Portugal > Socialist Party / Partido Socialista

  • 47 Leistungsfähigkeit

    f efficiency; TECH. auch performance; Motor: power(fulness); Maschine: capacity; Mensch, körperliche: fitness; PÄD. etc. ability
    * * *
    die Leistungsfähigkeit
    productivity; efficiency; capacity; performance; potential
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    Leis|tungs|fä|hig|keit
    f
    (= Konkurrenzfähigkeit) competitiveness; (= Produktivität) efficiency, productivity; (von Motor) power(fulness); (von Maschine, Körperorgan etc) capacity; (FIN) ability to pay, solvency; (von Mensch) ability, capability; (von Arbeiter) efficiency

    das übersteigt meine Léístungsfähigkeit — that's beyond my capabilities

    * * *
    Leis·tungs·fä·hig·keit
    1. (Arbeitsleistung) performance
    2. (Produktionsleistung) productivity
    3. (Abgabe von Energie) power
    4. FIN competitiveness
    * * *
    die (eines Menschen) capability; (bei guter Arbeitsleistung) efficiency; (eines Betriebs, der Industrie) productivity; (Wirtschaftlichkeit) efficiency; (eines Motors, eines Computers usw.) power; performance
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    Leistungsfähigkeit f efficiency; TECH auch performance; Motor: power(fulness); Maschine: capacity; Mensch, körperliche: fitness; SCHULE etc ability
    * * *
    die (eines Menschen) capability; (bei guter Arbeitsleistung) efficiency; (eines Betriebs, der Industrie) productivity; (Wirtschaftlichkeit) efficiency; (eines Motors, eines Computers usw.) power; performance
    * * *
    f.
    capability n.
    capacity n.
    effectiveness n.
    efficiency n.
    productivity n.
    rating n.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Leistungsfähigkeit

  • 48 comprehension

    noun
    1) (understanding) Verständnis, das
    2)

    comprehension [exercise/test] — Übung zum Textverständnis

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    [-ʃən]
    noun (the act or power of understanding: After reading the passage the teacher asked questions to test the children's comprehension.) das Verständnis
    * * *
    com·pre·hen·sion
    [ˌkɒmprɪˈhen(t)ʃən, AM ˌkɑ:m-]
    I. n no pl Verständnis nt
    to be beyond sb's \comprehension jdm unbegreiflich [o unverständlich] sein
    II. n modifier
    listening/reading \comprehension test Hör-/Leseverständnistest m
    * * *
    ["kɒmprI'henSən]
    n
    1) (= understanding) Verständnis nt; (= ability to understand) Begriffsvermögen nt

    that is beyond my comprehension — das übersteigt mein Begriffsvermögen; (behaviour) das ist mir unbegreiflich

    2) (= inclusion) Aufnahme f
    3) (= school exercise) Fragen pl zum Textverständnis
    * * *
    comprehension [ˌkɒmprıˈhenʃn; US ˌkɑm-] s
    1. Einbeziehung f
    2. Umfang m
    3. → academic.ru/14881/comprehensiveness">comprehensiveness
    4. Begriffsvermögen n, Fassungskraft f, Verstand m, Einsicht f:
    it is beyond my comprehension das geht über meinen Horizont;
    past comprehension unfassbar, unfasslich
    5. (of) Begreifen n (gen), Verständnis n (für):
    be quick (slow) of comprehension schnell (langsam) begreifen
    6. SCHULE Textverständnis n
    7. PHIL Begriffsinhalt m
    * * *
    noun
    1) (understanding) Verständnis, das
    2)

    comprehension [exercise/test] — Übung zum Textverständnis

    * * *
    n.
    Begreifen n.
    Begriffsvermögen n.
    Verständnis n.

    English-german dictionary > comprehension

  • 49 verstand

    2 [vermogen om te oordelen] (powers of) judgment
    ♦voorbeelden:
    1   gezond verstand • common sense
         een scherp verstand • a keen mind
         gebruik toch je verstand! • use your head!, have some sense!
         een goed verstand hebben • have a good head on one's shoulders
         dieren hebben geen verstand • animals have no reason
         praten naar men verstand heeft • talk according to one's lights
         hij heeft zijn verstand verloren • he has taken leave of his senses
         het verstand ontwikkelen • develop the intellect
         hoe kan ik je dit aan je verstand peuteren! • how can I get this into your thick skull!
         zijn verstand verliezen • go out of one's mind
         zijn verstand erbij houden • keep a level head
         iemand iets aan het verstand brengen • drive something home to someone
         bij zijn (volle) verstand • in full possession of one's faculties
         hij is niet goed bij zijn verstand • he's out of his mind
         met verstand aan het werk gaan • go to work intelligently
         dat gaat mijn verstand te boven • that's beyond my comprehension
    2   verstand hebben van • know about, understand, be a good judge of
         verstand genoeg hebben om dat te laten • have enough sense not to do that
         daar heb ik geen verstand van • I don't know the first thing about that
    ¶   met dien verstande • on the understanding that, provided (that)

    Van Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > verstand

  • 50 entendimiento

    m.
    1 understanding.
    2 mind, intellect, reasoning power.
    * * *
    1 (comprensión) understanding, comprehension
    2 (sentido común) understanding, sense, judgement
    3 (inteligencia) intelligence
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=inteligencia) understanding, mind

    un hombre de mucho entendimiento — a man of great understanding, a very wise man

    ¡este chico no tiene entendimiento! — this boy has no brains!

    2) (=comprensión) understanding
    3) (=acuerdo) understanding
    * * *
    1) ( acuerdo) understanding
    2) (razón, inteligencia) mind
    * * *
    = insight, understanding, rapport.
    Ex. The human indexer works mechanically and rapidly; he should require no insight into the document content.
    Ex. A basic understanding in the concept of these libraries was the desire to confront the user with shelved books on entering and while moving through the building.
    Ex. While such a policy might reduce the library's not always deserved status as an institution of high culture, it would increase rapport between the library and its users and might lead to some real reader stimulation by the library and its personnel.
    ----
    * entendimiento mutuo = mutual understanding.
    * error de entendimiento = misunderstanding.
    * falta de entendimiento = lack of understanding.
    * * *
    1) ( acuerdo) understanding
    2) (razón, inteligencia) mind
    * * *
    = insight, understanding, rapport.

    Ex: The human indexer works mechanically and rapidly; he should require no insight into the document content.

    Ex: A basic understanding in the concept of these libraries was the desire to confront the user with shelved books on entering and while moving through the building.
    Ex: While such a policy might reduce the library's not always deserved status as an institution of high culture, it would increase rapport between the library and its users and might lead to some real reader stimulation by the library and its personnel.
    * entendimiento mutuo = mutual understanding.
    * error de entendimiento = misunderstanding.
    * falta de entendimiento = lack of understanding.

    * * *
    A (armonía, acuerdo) understanding
    llegar a un entendimiento to reach an understanding
    B (razón, inteligencia) mind
    el entendimiento humano no alcanza a comprender esos misterios the human mind cannot fathom those mysteries, those mysteries are beyond the bounds of human understanding
    tiene el entendimiento de un niño de cuatro años he has the mind o intelligence of a four-year-old
    * * *

    entendimiento sustantivo masculino



    entendimiento sustantivo masculino
    1 (inteligencia) understanding
    2 (acuerdo) todavía no hay entendimiento entre ellos, there's still a lack of understanding between them
    ' entendimiento' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    luz
    - sintonía
    - torpe
    - torpeza
    - comunicación
    - entorpecer
    English:
    insight
    - understanding
    * * *
    1. [acuerdo] understanding;
    han llegado a un entendimiento they've reached an understanding
    2. [juicio] judgement;
    [inteligencia] mind, intellect;
    fenómenos que van más allá del entendimiento humano phenomena that are beyond human understanding
    3. [comprensión] understanding
    * * *
    m
    1 understanding
    2 ( inteligencia) mind
    * * *
    1) : intellect, mind
    2) : understanding, agreement

    Spanish-English dictionary > entendimiento

  • 51 human

    1. adjective

    the human race — die menschliche Rasse

    I'm only human — ich bin auch nur ein Mensch

    be human! — sei kein Unmensch!; see also academic.ru/49183/nature">nature 4)

    2. noun
    Mensch, der
    * * *
    ['hju:mən] 1. adjective
    (of, natural to, concerning, or belonging to, mankind: human nature; The dog was so clever that he seemed almost human.) menschlich
    2. noun
    (a person: Humans are not as different from animals as we might think.) der Mensch
    - humanly
    - human being
    - human resources
    * * *
    hu·man
    [ˈhju:mən]
    I. n Mensch m
    II. adj behaviour, skeleton menschlich
    to form a \human chain eine Menschenkette bilden
    to be beyond \human power nicht in der Macht des Menschen liegen
    \human relationships/sexuality die Beziehungen/die Sexualität des Menschen
    * * *
    ['hjuːmən]
    1. adj
    menschlich; health, brain, part of the body des Menschen
    2. n
    Mensch m
    * * *
    human [ˈhjuːmən]
    A adj (adv → humanly)
    1. menschlich, Menschen…:
    I am only human ich bin auch nur ein Mensch;
    they’re only human too die kochen auch nur mit Wasser;
    that’s only human das ist doch menschlich;
    human being Mensch m;
    human chain Menschenkette f;
    human counter Human Counter m (der Strahlenschutzüberwachung dienendes Messgerät zur Bestimmung der vom menschlichen Körper aufgenommenen und wieder abgegebenen Strahlung);
    human dignity Menschenwürde f;
    human engineering Human Engineering n, Anthropotechnik f (Teilgebiet der Industrieanthropologie, das sich mit der Anpassung technischer Einrichtungen und Abläufe an die physischen, psychischen und sozialen Erfordernisse des Menschen befasst);
    human error menschliches Versagen;
    human flesh Menschenfleisch n;
    human history die Geschichte der Menschheit;
    human immunodeficiency virus MED humanes Immunschwächevirus;
    human interest (das) menschlich Ansprechende, (der) menschliche Aspekt;
    human-interest story ergreifende oder ein menschliches Schicksal behandelnde Geschichte;
    human medicine Humanmedizin f;
    human nature die menschliche Natur;
    it’s only human nature to do sth es ist nur allzu menschlich oder es liegt ganz einfach in der menschlichen Natur, etwas zu tun;
    human race Menschengeschlecht n;
    a) zwischenmenschliche Beziehungen,
    b) Human Relations, Kontaktpflege f;
    human resources pl Arbeitskräftepotential n;
    human resources department US Personalabteilung f;
    human rights Menschenrechte;
    human rights activist Menschenrechtler(in);
    human rights organization Menschenrechtsorganisation f;
    human touch menschliche Note; → err 1
    2. → humane 1
    B s Mensch m
    * * *
    1. adjective

    be human! — sei kein Unmensch!; see also nature 4)

    2. noun
    Mensch, der
    * * *
    adj.
    human adj.
    menschlich adj.

    English-german dictionary > human

  • 52 רשע

    רָשָׁעm. (b. h.; preced. wds.) wicked man, wrongful claimant. Snh.27a (ref. to Ex. 23:1) אל תשתר׳ עד allow not a wicked man to be witness. Ib. 9b ר׳ הוא והתורה אמרהוכ׳ he is a (self-confessed) wicked man, and the Law says, allow not Ib. אין אדם משים עצמור׳ none can incriminate himself (his testimony against himself has no legal effect). Ib. 27a ר׳ דחמס בעינן (to be disqualified in court) he must be a wicked man connected with violence (but you cannot disqualify a sinner against ceremonial laws). Gen. R. s. 20 נחש זהר׳ בעל תשובות that serpent is a wicked creature rich in arguments. Bekh.8a ולאותור׳ לאוכ׳ and to that wicked creature (the serpent) I find no parallel in nature (as to duration of pregnancy). Ab. V, 19 בלעם הר׳ Balaam the wicked; a. v. fr.Pl. רְשָׁעִים. Ib. 1 להפרע מן הר׳וכ׳ in order to punish the wicked who ruin the world Ib. I, 8 וכשיהיו … יהיו בעיניך כר׳ when disputants stand before thee (the judge), look upon both parties as wrongful claimants, opp. זכאין. Ib. IV, 15 אין … משלות הר׳וכ׳ it is beyond our power to understand why the wicked are prosperous or why the righteous suffer. Snh.110b קטני בני רִשְׁעֵי ישראל young children of wicked Israelites; Tosef. ib. XIII, 1 רשעי ארץ (corr. acc.). Ib. 2 (ref. to Ps. 9:18) אלור׳ ישראל this refers to Israelitish sinners. Hor.10b (ref. to Koh. 8:14) כמעשה הר׳ שלעוה״ב like that which happens to the wicked in the world to come. Snh.93a רִשְׁעֵיהֶם של ישראל the wicked (idolaters) of the Israelitish people; a. v. fr.Fem. רְשָׁעָה. Ber.61b מלכות הר׳ Ms. M. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) the wicked (Roman) government. Ex. R. s. 35 אדום הר׳ (sub. מלכות); a. fr.

    Jewish literature > רשע

  • 53 רָשָׁע

    רָשָׁעm. (b. h.; preced. wds.) wicked man, wrongful claimant. Snh.27a (ref. to Ex. 23:1) אל תשתר׳ עד allow not a wicked man to be witness. Ib. 9b ר׳ הוא והתורה אמרהוכ׳ he is a (self-confessed) wicked man, and the Law says, allow not Ib. אין אדם משים עצמור׳ none can incriminate himself (his testimony against himself has no legal effect). Ib. 27a ר׳ דחמס בעינן (to be disqualified in court) he must be a wicked man connected with violence (but you cannot disqualify a sinner against ceremonial laws). Gen. R. s. 20 נחש זהר׳ בעל תשובות that serpent is a wicked creature rich in arguments. Bekh.8a ולאותור׳ לאוכ׳ and to that wicked creature (the serpent) I find no parallel in nature (as to duration of pregnancy). Ab. V, 19 בלעם הר׳ Balaam the wicked; a. v. fr.Pl. רְשָׁעִים. Ib. 1 להפרע מן הר׳וכ׳ in order to punish the wicked who ruin the world Ib. I, 8 וכשיהיו … יהיו בעיניך כר׳ when disputants stand before thee (the judge), look upon both parties as wrongful claimants, opp. זכאין. Ib. IV, 15 אין … משלות הר׳וכ׳ it is beyond our power to understand why the wicked are prosperous or why the righteous suffer. Snh.110b קטני בני רִשְׁעֵי ישראל young children of wicked Israelites; Tosef. ib. XIII, 1 רשעי ארץ (corr. acc.). Ib. 2 (ref. to Ps. 9:18) אלור׳ ישראל this refers to Israelitish sinners. Hor.10b (ref. to Koh. 8:14) כמעשה הר׳ שלעוה״ב like that which happens to the wicked in the world to come. Snh.93a רִשְׁעֵיהֶם של ישראל the wicked (idolaters) of the Israelitish people; a. v. fr.Fem. רְשָׁעָה. Ber.61b מלכות הר׳ Ms. M. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) the wicked (Roman) government. Ex. R. s. 35 אדום הר׳ (sub. מלכות); a. fr.

    Jewish literature > רָשָׁע

  • 54 lie

    ̈ɪlaɪ I
    1. сущ. ложь, неправда, обман to pack, tissue, web of lies ≈ плести паутину лжи to tell a lie ≈ говорить неправду, врать, обманывать bald-faced lie, barefaced lie ≈ наглая ложь blatant lie ≈ явная ложь brazen lie ≈ бесстыдное вранье downright lie ≈ наглая, явная ложь monstrous lie ≈ чудовищная ложь outright lie ≈ ложь чистой воды transparent lie ≈ явная ложь whopping lie ≈ чудовищная ложь white lie ≈ невинная ложь, ложь во спасение Syn: falsehood, untruth Ant: honesty, truth, veracity %% to give the lie to smb. ≈ уличать, изобличать кого-л. во лжи to give the lie to smth. ≈ опровергать что-л. swop lies
    2. гл.
    1) лгать, обманывать I know he is lying. ≈ Я знаю, что он врет. She lied to her husband. ≈ Она соврала мужу.
    2) быть обманчивым The camera sometimes lies. ≈ Камера иногда лжет.
    3) добиваться чего-л. с помощью лжи ∙ to lie in one's throat, lie in one's teeth ≈ бесстыдно лгать II
    1. гл.;
    прош. вр. - lay, прич. прош. вр. - lain
    1) а) лежать The injured man was lying motionless on his back. ≈ Раненый лежал на спине без движения. He lay awake watching her for a long time. ≈ Он долго лежал и наблюдал за ней. a newspaper lying on the table ≈ лежащая на столе газета б) покоиться, быть погребенным
    2) а) быть расположенным The islands lie at the southern end of the Kurile chain. ≈ Острова расположены на юге Курильской гряды. Syn: sit б) простираться The route lay to the west. ≈ Дорога простиралась на запад. Syn: extend
    3) а) оставаться в каком-л. положении или состоянии to lie asleep ≈ спать to lie in wait( for smb.) ≈ поджидать, подстерегать( кого-л.) The picture lay hidden in the archives for over 40 years. ≈ Картина пролежала, спрятанная в архивах, более 40 лет. They were growing impatient at lying idle so long. ≈ Чем дольше они находились в бездействии, тем сильнее росло их нетерпение. Our country's economy lies in ruins. ≈ Экономика нашей страны полностью разрушена. б) брит. занимать( какое-л. место во время соревнования) I was going well and was lying fourth. ≈ Я неплохо шел и был пока на четвертом месте.
    4) находиться, заключаться( в чем-л.) ;
    относиться( к кому-л.) The problem lay in the large amounts spent on defence. ≈ Проблема заключается в тех огромных суммах, которые идут на оборону. They will only assume that, as a woman, the fault lies with me. ≈ Они только заявят, что так как я женщина, вина лежит на мне. He realised his future lay elsewhere. ≈ Он понимал, что его будущее лежит где-то в другом месте.
    5) уст. ненадолго остановиться;
    переночевать to lie for the night воен. ≈ расположиться на ночлег
    6) юр. признаваться законным The claim does not lie. ≈ Это незаконное требование. ∙ lie about lie ahead lie around lie back lie before lie behind lie beyond lie by lie down lie down under lie in lie low lie off lie out lie out of one's money lie over lie to lie under lie up lie with lie within to lie on the bed one has made посл. ≈ что посеешь, то и пожнешь
    2. сущ.
    1) положение, расположение;
    направление The actual site of a city is determined by the natural lie of the land. ≈ Фактическое расположение города определяется естественным характером местности. the lie of the ground ≈ рельеф местности the lie of the land
    2) нора, берлога, логово ложь - white * невинная ложь;
    ложь во спасение - thumping * наглая ложь - to tell a * солгать - to tell *s лгать, говорить неправду - to act a * подвести, обмануть( не прийти, не принести и т. п.) - what a pack of *s! выдумка с начала до конца!;
    здесь нет ни слова правды! - to live a * вести двойную жизнь - to give the * to smb. уличить кого-л. во лжи обман, ложное верование, ошибочное убеждение - to maintain a * утверждать, /поддерживать/ что-л. неверное /ошибочное/ - to give the * to smth. показать ложность чего-л.;
    опровергнуть что-л. > one * makes /calls for/ many (пословица) одна ложь тянет за собой другую;
    раз солгал, навек лгуном стал > *s have short legs (пословица) у лжи короткие ноги лгать;
    солгать;
    обманывать - you're lying! вы лжете /ты врешь/! - he *d to his mother он обманул мать /сказал матери неправду/ быть обманчивым - this figures * эти цифры создают ложное впечатление (часто into, out of) ложью добиться чего-л. - to * oneself into smth. проникнуть куда-л. с помощью лжи - to * oneself out of smth. выпутаться /выкарабкаться/ из какого-л. положения с помощью лжи;
    отовраться от чего-л. > to * in one's throat /teeth/, to * like a trooper нагло /бесстыдно/ лгать > to * like a gas meter врать как сивый мерин > to * away smb.'s reputation оболгать кого-л., лишить кого-л. доброго имени положение;
    расположение;
    направление - the * of the land характер местности;
    положение вещей;
    (морское) направление на берег - the * of the ground рельеф местности - the general * and disposition of the boughs общее расположение ветвей - the * of matters положение дел, обстановка логово, берлога;
    нора лежать - to * still лежать неподвижно - to * about /around/ валяться, лежать в беспорядке;
    быть разбросанным (о вещах) (специальное) ложиться - to * flat (сельскохозяйственное) полегать (о хлебах) расположиться, залечь, укрыться - to * for the night (военное) расположиться на ночлег - to * in ambush( военное) находиться в засаде - to * under cover находиться в укрытии - to * in wait for smb. поджидать /подстерегать/ кого-л. - to * low притаиться, скрываться, выжидать покоиться, быть погребенным - here *s... здесь покоится прах... быть расположенным - Ireland *s to the west of England Ирландия находится /расположена/ к западу от Англии простираться - to * along smth. простираться вдоль чего-л. - to * along the shore( морское) идти в виду берега - the valley lay at our feet у наших ног простиралась долина - the world *s all before you весь мир перед вами - life *s in front of you у вас еще жизнь впереди быть, сохраняться или оставаться (в каком-л. положении или состоянии) - to * sick быть больным;
    лежать (в постели) - to * at anchor стоять на якоре - to * in prison сидеть в тюрьме - to * under an obligation (юридическое) быть обязанным, иметь обязательство - to * under an imputation (юридическое) быть обвиненным (в чем-л.) - the money lay idle in the bank деньги лежали в банке без движения - the book *s open книга открыта - the town lay in ruins after the earthquake город лежал в развалинах после землетрясения - let it * оставьте как есть;
    не трогайте заключаться, быть (в чем-л.) - the trouble *s in the engine вся беда в моторе - it *s with you to decide this question этот вопрос должны решать вы - he knows where his interest *s он знает, как ему выгоднее (поступить) - the choice *s between the two выбирать нужно между этими двумя (in) зависеть - as far as in me *s насколько это от меня зависит - I will do all that *s in my power я сделаю все, что в моих силах (устаревшее) остановиться ненадолго, пробыть некоторое время, переночевать ( with) (устаревшее) любить кого-л., спать с кем-л. (юридическое) быть или признаваться допустимым, законным - the appeal will not * апелляция не может быть принята - an appeal *s in this case по этому делу может быть подана апелляция - no appeal *s against the decision постановление суда обжалованию не подлежит > the blame *s at your door это ваша вина > to find out how the land *s выяснить /узнать/, как обстоят дела > to * low припасть к земле;
    лежать распростертым;
    быть мертвым;
    лежать во прахе;
    быть униженным;
    притаиться;
    выжидать > to * out of one's money не получить /не дождаться/ причитающихся денег > to * on the bed one has made (пословица) что посеешь, то и пожнешь as far as in me ~s насколько это в моей власти, в моих силах ~ находиться, заключаться (в чем-л.) ;
    относиться (к кому-л.) ;
    it lies with you to decide it ваше дело решить это;
    the blame lies at your door это ваша вина ~ юр. признаваться законным;
    the claim does not lie это незаконное требование;
    lie about валяться, быть разбросанным;
    lie back откинуться( на подушку и т. п.) ~ ложь, обман;
    to give the lie (to smb.) уличать, изобличать ( кого-л.) во лжи;
    to give the lie (to smth.) опровергать (что-л.) ~ ложь, обман;
    to give the lie (to smb.) уличать, изобличать (кого-л.) во лжи;
    to give the lie (to smth.) опровергать (что-л.) ~ находиться, заключаться (в чем-л.) ;
    относиться (к кому-л.) ;
    it lies with you to decide it ваше дело решить это;
    the blame lies at your door это ваша вина lie быть обманчивым ~ быть расположенным;
    простираться;
    the road lies before you дорога простирается перед вами;
    life lies in front of you у вас вся жизнь впереди ~ лгать;
    to lie in one's throat (или teeth) бесстыдно лгать;
    to lie like a gas-meter завираться ~ (lay;
    lain) лежать;
    to lie still (или motionless) лежать спокойно, без движения;
    to lie in ambush находиться в засаде ~ логово (зверя) ~ ложь, обман;
    to give the lie (to smb.) уличать, изобличать (кого-л.) во лжи;
    to give the lie (to smth.) опровергать (что-л.) ~ ложь ~ находиться, заключаться (в чем-л.) ;
    относиться (к кому-л.) ;
    it lies with you to decide it ваше дело решить это;
    the blame lies at your door это ваша вина ~ обман ~ положение;
    направление;
    the lie of the ground рельеф местности ~ признаваться допустимым ~ юр. признаваться законным;
    the claim does not lie это незаконное требование;
    lie about валяться, быть разбросанным;
    lie back откинуться (на подушку и т. п.) ~ признаваться законным ~ уст. пробыть недолго;
    to lie for the night воен. расположиться на ночлег ~ юр. признаваться законным;
    the claim does not lie это незаконное требование;
    lie about валяться, быть разбросанным;
    lie back откинуться (на подушку и т. п.) ~ юр. признаваться законным;
    the claim does not lie это незаконное требование;
    lie about валяться, быть разбросанным;
    lie back откинуться (на подушку и т. п.) ~ by бездействовать ~ by оставаться без употребления ~ by отдыхать ~ down ложиться;
    прилечь ~ down принимать без сопротивления, покорно;
    to take (punishment, an insult, etc.) lying down принимать (наказание, оскорбление и т. п.) покорно, не обижаясь to ~ down under (an insult) проглотить( оскорбление) ~ уст. пробыть недолго;
    to lie for the night воен. расположиться на ночлег ~ in валяться в постели (по утрам) ~ in лежать в родах ~ лгать;
    to lie in one's throat (или teeth) бесстыдно лгать;
    to lie like a gas-meter завираться to ~ in wait (for smb.) поджидать, подстерегать (кого-л.) wait: ~ засада;
    выжидание;
    to lay wait( for smb.) подстеречь( кого-л.) ;
    устроить( кому-л.) засаду;
    to lie in wait (for smb.) быть в засаде, поджидать ( кого-л.) ~ лгать;
    to lie in one's throat (или teeth) бесстыдно лгать;
    to lie like a gas-meter завираться ~ положение;
    направление;
    the lie of the ground рельеф местности the ~ of the land мор. направление на берег the ~ of the land перен. положение вещей ~ off временно прекратить работу ~ off мор. стоять на некотором расстоянии от берега или другого судна ~ up мор. стоять в доке;
    to lie out of one's money не получить причитающихся денег;
    to lie on the bed one has made посл. = что посеешь, то и пожнешь ~ out ночевать вне дома ~ up мор. стоять в доке;
    to lie out of one's money не получить причитающихся денег;
    to lie on the bed one has made посл. = что посеешь, то и пожнешь ~ over быть отложенным (до другого времени) ~ (lay;
    lain) лежать;
    to lie still (или motionless) лежать спокойно, без движения;
    to lie in ambush находиться в засаде ~ to мор. лежать в дрейфе ~ under находиться, быть под (подозрением и т. п.) ~ up лежать, не выходить из комнаты (из-за недомогания) ~ up мор. стоять в доке;
    to lie out of one's money не получить причитающихся денег;
    to lie on the bed one has made посл. = что посеешь, то и пожнешь ~ up стоять в стороне, отстраняться ~ быть расположенным;
    простираться;
    the road lies before you дорога простирается перед вами;
    life lies in front of you у вас вся жизнь впереди ~ быть расположенным;
    простираться;
    the road lies before you дорога простирается перед вами;
    life lies in front of you у вас вся жизнь впереди to swop ~s разг. поболтать, посплетничать ~ down принимать без сопротивления, покорно;
    to take (punishment, an insult, etc.) lying down принимать (наказание, оскорбление и т. п.) покорно, не обижаясь white ~ невинная ложь;
    ложь во спасение

    Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > lie

  • 55 brain

    breɪn
    1. сущ.
    1) мозг The power of thinking depends upon the brain. ≈ Мыслительная сила зависит от головного мозга. disease of the brain ≈ болезнь мозга dish of brains ≈ мозги (блюдо)
    2) обыкн. мн.;
    разг. умственные способности, интеллект, разум, рассудок, ум to be in one's right brains ≈ быть в здравом уме out of one's brains ≈ помешанный, не в своем уме to live with one's own brains ≈ жить своим умом the great brains of the world ≈ великие умы человечества on one's brains ≈ в мыслях, на уме brain trust ≈ 'мозговой трест' brain truster ≈ сотрудник 'мозгового треста' brain drain ≈ 'утечка мозгов'
    3) разг. 'голова', умница, мыслящая личность brain drainer ≈ ученый, специалист, эмигрировавший в другую страну (где ему предоставляют лучшие условия)
    4) разг. электронная вычислительная машина ∙ to beat/puzzle/rack one's brains about/with smth. ≈ ломать себе голову над чем-л. to crack one's brain(s) ≈ спятить, свихнуться to have one's brains on ice разг. ≈ сохранять ледяное спокойствие smth. on the brain ≈ неотвязная мысль to have (got) smb., smth. on the brain ≈ неотступно думать о ком-л., чем-л. an idle brain is the devil's workshop посл. ≈ праздность ума мать всех пороков to make smb.'s brain reel ≈ поразить кого-л. to pick/suck smb.'s brains ≈ использовать чужие мысли to turn smb.'s brain ≈ вскружить кому-л. голову;
    сбить кого-л. с толку
    2. гл. размозжить голову головной мозг - disease of the * болезнь мозга - to blow out one's *s пустить себе пулю в лоб pl мозги (кушанье) обыкн. pl (разговорное) рассудок, разум;
    умственные способности;
    интеллект, ум - powerful * могучий ум - use your *s! шевели мозгами!, подумай! - that's beyond my * это выше моего понимания, это недоступно моему уму (a *) (разговорное) умник, умница, "голова", мыслящая личность pl (кинематографический) (профессионализм) киносценарист, автор литературного сценария (профессионализм) электронный мозг (ЭВМ) > to crack one's *(s) спятить, свихнуться > to cudgel one's *s about /with/ smth. ломать себе голову над чем-л. > to have smth. on the * только и думать о чем-л., увлекаться чем-л., помешаться на чем-л. > to make smb.'s * reel поразить /ошеломить/ кого-л. > to pick /to suck/ smb.'s *s использовать чужие мысли, присваивать чужие идеи > to turn smb.'s * вызывать головокружение у кого-л.;
    вскружить кому-л. голову > to tax one's * поставить перед собой трудную задачу > to have one's *s on ice сохранять ледяное спокойствие > it soaked into his * ему это стало совершенно ясно, это дошло до его сознания > an idle * is the devil's workshop лень - мать всех пороков размозжить голову an idle ~ is the devil's workshop посл. = праздность ума - мать всех пороков ~ разг. электронная вычислительная машина;
    to beat (или to puzzle, to rack) one's brains (about (или with) smth.) ломать себе голову (над чем-л.) brain мозг;
    disease of the brain болезнь мозга;
    dish of brains мозги (блюдо) ~ размозжить голову ~ рассудок, ум ~ разг. умница, "голова" ~ pl разг. умственные способности ~ разг. электронная вычислительная машина;
    to beat (или to puzzle, to rack) one's brains (about (или with) smth.) ломать себе голову (над чем-л.) to crack one's ~(s) спятить, свихнуться;
    to have one's brains on ice разг. сохранять ледяное спокойствие brain мозг;
    disease of the brain болезнь мозга;
    dish of brains мозги (блюдо) brain мозг;
    disease of the brain болезнь мозга;
    dish of brains мозги (блюдо) to have (got) (smb.), (smth.) on the ~ неотступно думать (о ком-л., чем-л.) ear: to have (smb.'s) пользоваться( чьим-л.) благосклонным вниманием;
    to set by the ears рассорить;
    by the ears в ссоре ha: ha' сокр. разг. форма от have has: has 3-е л. ед. ч. настоящего времени гл. to have hast: hast уст. 2- е л. ед. ч. настоящего времени гл. to have have: have разг.: I have got = I have, you have got = you have, he has got = he has и т. д.( в разн. знач.) ~ допускать;
    терпеть;
    позволять;
    I won't have it я не потерплю этого ~ знать, понимать;
    he has no Greek он не знает греческого языка;
    I have your idea я понял вашу мысль ~ (had) иметь, обладать;
    I have a very good flat у меня прекрасная квартира ~ иметь, обладать ~ испытывать( что-л.), подвергаться( чему-л.) ;
    to have a pleasant time приятно провести время;
    I have a headache у меня болит голова ~ как вспомогательный глагол употребляется для образования перфектной формы: I have done, I had done я сделал, I shall have done я сделаю;
    to have done сделать ~ разг. мошенничество, обман ~ разг. (употр. в pres. perf. pass.) обмануть;
    разочаровать;
    you have been had вас обманули ~ победить, взять верх;
    he had you in the first game он побил вас в первой партии ~ получать;
    добиваться;
    we had news мы получили известие;
    there is nothing to be had ничего не добьешься ~ с последующим инфинитивом имеет модальное значение: быть должным, вынужденным ( что-л. делать) ~ с существительными, обозначающими еду, имеет значение есть, пить: to have breakfast завтракать;
    to have dinner обедать;
    to have tea пить чай ~ со сложным дополнением показывает, что действие выполняется не субъектом, выраженным подлежащим, а другим лицом по желанию субъекта, или что оно совершается без его желания: ~ содержать, иметь в составе;
    June has 30 days в июне 30 дней;
    the room has four windows в комнате четыре окна ~ утверждать, говорить;
    as Shakespeare has it как сказано у Шекспира 've: 've сокр. разг. = have to crack one's ~(s) спятить, свихнуться;
    to have one's brains on ice разг. сохранять ледяное спокойствие to make (smb.'s) ~ reel поразить (кого-л.) ;
    to pick (или to suck) (smb.'s) brains использовать чужие мысли to have (got) (smb.), (smth.) on the ~ неотступно думать (о ком-л., чем-л.) (smth.) on the ~ неотвязная мысль to make (smb.'s) ~ reel поразить (кого-л.) ;
    to pick (или to suck) (smb.'s) brains использовать чужие мысли pick: ~ обворовывать, красть;
    очищать( карманы) ;
    to pick and steal заниматься мелкими кражами;
    to pick (smb.'s) brains присваивать чужие мысли shatter ~ = scatter-brain scatter-brain: scatter-brain вертопрах, легкомысленный человек shatter ~ = scatter-brain to turn (smb.'s) ~ вскружить (кому-л.) голову to turn (smb.'s) ~ сбить( кого-л.) с толку

    Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > brain

  • 56 the Gordian knot

    гордиев узел, запутанное сплетение обстоятельств [часть выражения cut the Gordian knot; см. cut the knot]

    A great city struggled for a score of years, to untangle that which was all but beyond the power of solution - a true Gordian knot. (Th. Dreiser, ‘The Titan’, ch. LXII) — Большой город в течение двадцати лет безнадежно пытался распутать это дело - настоящий гордиев узел.

    Large English-Russian phrasebook > the Gordian knot

  • 57 kennis

    I 〈 de (vrouwelijk)〉
    1 [het weten, bekendheid (met)] knowledge (of) ⇒ 〈 met betrekking tot mensen〉 acquaintance (with)
    2 [besef, bewustzijn] consciousness
    4 [verstand] 〈zie voorbeelden 4〉
    ♦voorbeelden:
    1   kennis geven van iets • give notice of/announce something
         zonder (vooraf) kennis te geven • without (prior) notice
         kennis nemen van iets • take note of something
         iemand van iets in kennis stellen • inform/notify someone of something
         mensen met elkaar in kennis brengen • introduce people to each other
         met kennis van zaken • expertly
         〈 spreekwoord〉 kennis is macht • knowledge is power
    2   zij is weer bij kennis gekomen • she has regained consciousness, she has come round
         buiten kennis zijn/raken • be unconscious, lose consciousness
    3   een grondige kennis van het Latijn hebben • have a thorough knowledge of Latin
         parate kennis • ready knowledge
    4   dat gaat mijn kennis te boven • that's beyond me
    II 〈 de (mannelijk)〉
    1 [bekende] acquaintance
    ♦voorbeelden:
    1   hij heeft veel vrienden en kennissen • he has a lot of friends and acquaintances
         een oppervlakkige kennis • a casual acquaintance

    Van Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > kennis

  • 58 kalkışmak

    /a/ to try to (do something that is beyond one´s power or outside one´s authority).

    Saja Türkçe - İngilizce Sözlük > kalkışmak

  • 59 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.

    Historical dictionary of Portugal > Historical Portugal

  • 60 fuerza

    f.
    1 strength (fortaleza).
    no me siento con fuerzas I don't feel strong enough
    tener fuerzas para to have the strength to
    la fuerza del destino the power of destiny
    fuerza física strength
    no llegué por un caso de fuerza mayor I didn't make it due to circumstances beyond my control
    tener mucha fuerza to be very strong
    recuperar fuerzas to recover one's strength, to get one's strength back
    sacar fuerzas de flaqueza to screw up one's courage
    2 force (violencia).
    tuvo que llevarle al colegio a la fuerza she had to drag him to school by force
    recurrir a la fuerza to resort to force
    a la fuerza tenía que saber la noticia she must have known the news
    por la fuerza by force
    fuerza bruta brute force
    todas las fuerzas políticas all the political groups
    fuerza aérea air force
    Fuerzas Armadas armed forces
    fuerza de intervención troops, forces
    fuerza de intervención rápida rapid reaction force
    fuerzas de pacificación peacekeeping forces
    fuerzas de seguridad security forces
    4 force (physics).
    fuerza centrífuga/centrípeta centrifugal/centripetal force
    fuerza de la gravedad force of gravity
    fuerza motriz driving force
    pres.indicat.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: forzar.
    imperat.
    2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: forzar.
    * * *
    1 (gen) strength
    2 (violencia) force, violence
    3 (militar) force
    4 (en física) force
    5 (electricidad) power, electric power
    6 (poder) power
    1 (el poder) authorities
    \
    a fuerza de by dint of, by force of
    a la fuerza by force
    con fuerza (gen) strongly 2 (llover) heavily 3 (apretar, agarrar) tightly; (pegar, empujar) hard
    por fuerza by force
    por la fuerza against one's will
    fuerza bruta brute force
    fuerza mayor force majeure
    fuerza de gravedad force of gravity
    Fuerzas Aéreas Royal Air Force
    Fuerzas Armadas Armed Forces
    * * *
    noun f.
    •
    * * *
    SF
    1) [de persona]
    a) [física] strength

    • con fuerza — [golpear] hard; [abrazar, agarrar, apretar] tightly, tight; [aplaudir] loudly

    • hacer fuerza, el médico me ha prohibido que hiciera fuerza — the doctor has told me not to exert myself

    vamos a intentar levantar la losa: haced fuerza — let's try and lift up the slab: heave!

    • hacer fuerza de vela — to crowd on sail

    b) [de carácter] strength

    • restar fuerzas al enemigo — to reduce the enemy's strength

    • sentirse con fuerzas para hacer algo — to have the strength to do sth

    • tener fuerzas para hacer algo — to be strong enough to do sth, have the strength to do sth

    medir 1., 3)
    2) (=intensidad) [de viento] strength, force; [de lluvia] intensity

    el agua caía con fuerza torrencial — the rain came down in torrents, there was torrential rainfall

    3) (=ímpetu)
    4) (=poder) [de fe] strength; [de argumento] strength, force, power; [de la ley] force

    serán castigados con toda la fuerza de la ley — they will be punished with the full weight of the law, they will feel the full force of the law

    • cobrar fuerza — [rumores] to grow stronger, gain strength

    • por la fuerza de la costumbre — out of habit, from force of habit

    • con fuerza legal — (Com) legally binding

    fuerza mayor — (Jur) force majeure

    5) (=violencia) force

    • por la fuerza, quisieron impedirlo por la fuerza — they tried to prevent it forcibly o by force

    por la fuerza no se consigue nada — using force doesn't achieve anything, nothing is achieved by force

    • a viva fuerza, abrió la maleta a viva fuerza — he forced open the suitcase

    6) [locuciones]
    a)

    • a fuerza de — by

    b)

    • a la fuerza, hacer algo a la fuerza — to be forced to do sth

    yo no quería, pero tuve que hacerlo a la fuerza — I didn't want to, but I was forced to do it

    se lo llevaron de su casa a la fuerza — he was taken from his home by force, he was taken forcibly from his home

    a la fuerza tuvo que oírlos: ¡estaba a su lado! — he must have heard them: he was right next to them!

    • alimentar a algn a la fuerza — to force-feed sb

    • entrar en un lugar a la fuerza — [ladrón] to break into a place, break in; [policía, bombero] to force one's way into a place, enter a place forcibly

    a la fuerza ahorcan —

    dejará el ministerio cuando lo haga su jefe, ¡a la fuerza ahorcan! — he'll leave the ministry when his boss does, not that he has any choice anyway o life's tough! *

    c)

    • en fuerza de — by virtue of

    d)

    • es fuerza hacer algo — it is necessary to do sth

    es fuerza reconocer que... — we must recognize that..., it must be admitted that...

    e)

    • por fuerza — inevitably

    una región pobre como la nuestra, por fuerza ha de ser más barata — in a poor region like ours prices will inevitably be o must be cheaper

    7) (Fís, Mec) force

    fuerza ascensional — (Aer) buoyancy

    fuerza de sustentación — (Aer) lift

    fuerza motriz — (lit) motive force; (fig) driving force

    8) (=conjunto de personas) (Mil, Pol) force

    fuerza de trabajo — workforce, labour force, labor force (EEUU)

    fuerza pública — police, police force

    9) (Elec) power
    * * *
    I
    1) (vigor, energía)

    por más que hizo fuerza, no logró abrirlo — try as she might, she couldn't open it

    2) (del viento, de las olas) strength, force
    3) (de estructura, material) strength
    4) ( violencia) force
    5) (autoridad, poder) power

    por (la) fuerza de costumbre — out of o from force of habit

    6) (Mil, Pol) force

    a la fuerza: tiene que pasar por aquí a la fuerza she has no option but to come this way; a la fuerza tuvo que verme he must have seen me; lo llevaron a la fuerza they dragged him there; comí a la fuerza I forced myself to eat; entraron a la fuerza they forced their way in; lo hicieron salir a la fuerza they forced him to leave; a fuerza de by; aprobó a fuerza de estudiar he managed to pass by studying hard; por fuerza: por fuerza tiene que saberlo he must know about it; por la fuerza by force; a viva fuerza by sheer force; medir sus fuerzas con or contra alguien to measure one's strength against somebody; sacar fuerzas de flaqueza — to make a supreme effort

    II
    fuerzas, etc see forzar
    * * *
    = drive, force, strength, power, might, muscle power, sinew, powerfulness, mightiness.
    Ex. Hierarchical bibliometry would act as a positive drive to support the authorship requirements now stipulated by some international editorial committees.
    Ex. Her reason admitted the force of his arguments, but her instinct opposed it.
    Ex. The strength of the acetone rinsing on the strength of the paper is investigated, and its efficiency in removing NM2P is also examined using gas liquid chromatography.
    Ex. She added that she felt sorry for the assistant because he had so little power.
    Ex. Gradually many of these conquerors came to realize that, although military might was necessary to gain control over an area, sheer force of arms was not sufficient to govern effectively.
    Ex. Their development, particularly for replacing human muscle power, has been in parallel with that of information technology, but largely independent of it.
    Ex. Such sentiments provide the heart, soul, and sinew of comics.
    Ex. The students also rated each picture's tastefulness, newsworthiness, likability, and powerfulness.
    Ex. He holds in derision all wisdom and all mightiness.
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    * a fuerza de = by dint of.
    * a fuerza de cometer errores = the hard way.
    * a fuerza de errores = the hard way.
    * a la fuerza = forcefully, of necessity, forcibly, compulsorily.
    * alimentar a la fuerza = force-feed.
    * apartar a la fuerza = prise + Nombre + away.
    * aprender a fuerza de errores = learn by + trial and error.
    * aprender Algo a fuerza de errores = learn + Nombre + the hard way.
    * aprender Algo a fuerza de golpes = learn + Nombre + the hard way.
    * arrancar a la fuerza = prise + Nombre + away.
    * camisa de fuerza = straitjacket [straightjacket].
    * causa de fuerza mayor = act of God.
    * cobrar fuerza = gather + strength, grow in + power, gain + strength.
    * cobrar fuerzas = gain + strength.
    * con fuerza = forcefully, vigourously [vigorously, -USA], powerfully.
    * con toda su fuerza = in full force.
    * contra fuerzas superiores = against (all/the) odds.
    * dar fuerza = empower, bring + strength.
    * de fuerza = forceful.
    * desplazar a la fuerza = uproot [up-root].
    * dividir las fuerzas de Uno = fragment + Posesivo + energies.
    * en caso de fuerza mayor = in the event of circumstances beyond + Posesivo + control.
    * fuerza aérea = Air Force.
    * fuerza bruta = brute force, raw power, brute power.
    * fuerza centrífuga = centrifugal force.
    * fuerza de cohesión = bonding strength.
    * fuerza de gravedad = gravitational force.
    * fuerza de la convicción = courage of conviction.
    * fuerza de la gravedad = G-force.
    * fuerza de la gravedad, la = force of gravity, the.
    * fuerza de la naturaleza = force of nature.
    * fuerza de las armas = force of arms.
    * fuerza de la señal = signal strength, tower strength.
    * fuerza de voluntad = force of will, willpower [will power].
    * fuerza económica = economic leverage.
    * fuerza expedicionaria = expeditionary force.
    * fuerza giratoria = turning power.
    * fuerza gravitatoria = gravitational force.
    * fuerza impulsora = moving force, driving force, thrust force.
    * fuerza letal = deadly force.
    * fuerza mayor = force majeure.
    * fuerza militar = military forces.
    * fuerza motriz = powerhouse, power engine, motive force.
    * fuerza muscular = muscle power.
    * fuerza niveladora = levelling force.
    * fuerza política = political force, political power.
    * fuerzas aéreas británicas = RAF [Royal Air Force].
    * fuerzas aliadas = coalition forces.
    * fuerzas armadas = military forces.
    * fuerzas armadas, las = armed forces, the.
    * fuerzas de defensa, las = defence forces, the.
    * fuerzas defensivas, las = defence forces, the.
    * fuerzas del orden = police force.
    * fuerzas del orden público = police force.
    * fuerzas de paz = peacekeeping forces.
    * fuerzas de seguridad = security forces.
    * fuerzas encargadas del mantenimiento de la paz = peacekeeping forces.
    * fuerza vital = life force.
    * fuerza viva = living force.
    * ganar fuerza = gather + strength, gather + steam.
    * golpear con fuerza = smite.
    * juego de fuerzas = interplay of forces.
    * la fuerza de la mayoría = strength in numbers.
    * la unión hace la fuerza = strength in numbers.
    * medición de fuerzas = battle of wills.
    * medida de fuerza = crackdown.
    * medirse la fuerzas (con) = lock + horns (with).
    * medirse las fuerzas = pit against.
    * mermar las fuerzas = sap + the energy.
    * perder fuerza = lose + power, lose + steam.
    * por la fuerza = forcibly.
    * quedarse sin fuerza = lose + steam.
    * recobrar fuerza = gather + Reflexivo.
    * recobrar la fuerza = regain + Posesivo + strength.
    * recuperar la fuerza = regain + Posesivo + strength, gain + strength.
    * recuperar las fuerzas = recoup + energy, gain + strength.
    * reponer fuerzas = gather + energy.
    * resistir con todas las fuerzas = resist + with every cell in + Posesivo + body.
    * restar fuerza = take + the bite out of.
    * ser un pilar de fuerza = be a tower of strength.
    * toda la fuerza = full force.
    * toda la fuerza de = the full force of.
    * toda la fuerza del impacto = full force.
    * unir fuerzas = join + forces, pool + forces.
    * * *
    I
    1) (vigor, energía)

    por más que hizo fuerza, no logró abrirlo — try as she might, she couldn't open it

    2) (del viento, de las olas) strength, force
    3) (de estructura, material) strength
    4) ( violencia) force
    5) (autoridad, poder) power

    por (la) fuerza de costumbre — out of o from force of habit

    6) (Mil, Pol) force

    a la fuerza: tiene que pasar por aquí a la fuerza she has no option but to come this way; a la fuerza tuvo que verme he must have seen me; lo llevaron a la fuerza they dragged him there; comí a la fuerza I forced myself to eat; entraron a la fuerza they forced their way in; lo hicieron salir a la fuerza they forced him to leave; a fuerza de by; aprobó a fuerza de estudiar he managed to pass by studying hard; por fuerza: por fuerza tiene que saberlo he must know about it; por la fuerza by force; a viva fuerza by sheer force; medir sus fuerzas con or contra alguien to measure one's strength against somebody; sacar fuerzas de flaqueza — to make a supreme effort

    II
    fuerzas, etc see forzar
    * * *
    = drive, force, strength, power, might, muscle power, sinew, powerfulness, mightiness.

    Ex: Hierarchical bibliometry would act as a positive drive to support the authorship requirements now stipulated by some international editorial committees.

    Ex: Her reason admitted the force of his arguments, but her instinct opposed it.
    Ex: The strength of the acetone rinsing on the strength of the paper is investigated, and its efficiency in removing NM2P is also examined using gas liquid chromatography.
    Ex: She added that she felt sorry for the assistant because he had so little power.
    Ex: Gradually many of these conquerors came to realize that, although military might was necessary to gain control over an area, sheer force of arms was not sufficient to govern effectively.
    Ex: Their development, particularly for replacing human muscle power, has been in parallel with that of information technology, but largely independent of it.
    Ex: Such sentiments provide the heart, soul, and sinew of comics.
    Ex: The students also rated each picture's tastefulness, newsworthiness, likability, and powerfulness.
    Ex: He holds in derision all wisdom and all mightiness.
    * a fuerza de = by dint of.
    * a fuerza de cometer errores = the hard way.
    * a fuerza de errores = the hard way.
    * a la fuerza = forcefully, of necessity, forcibly, compulsorily.
    * alimentar a la fuerza = force-feed.
    * apartar a la fuerza = prise + Nombre + away.
    * aprender a fuerza de errores = learn by + trial and error.
    * aprender Algo a fuerza de errores = learn + Nombre + the hard way.
    * aprender Algo a fuerza de golpes = learn + Nombre + the hard way.
    * arrancar a la fuerza = prise + Nombre + away.
    * camisa de fuerza = straitjacket [straightjacket].
    * causa de fuerza mayor = act of God.
    * cobrar fuerza = gather + strength, grow in + power, gain + strength.
    * cobrar fuerzas = gain + strength.
    * con fuerza = forcefully, vigourously [vigorously, -USA], powerfully.
    * con toda su fuerza = in full force.
    * contra fuerzas superiores = against (all/the) odds.
    * dar fuerza = empower, bring + strength.
    * de fuerza = forceful.
    * desplazar a la fuerza = uproot [up-root].
    * dividir las fuerzas de Uno = fragment + Posesivo + energies.
    * en caso de fuerza mayor = in the event of circumstances beyond + Posesivo + control.
    * fuerza aérea = Air Force.
    * fuerza bruta = brute force, raw power, brute power.
    * fuerza centrífuga = centrifugal force.
    * fuerza de cohesión = bonding strength.
    * fuerza de gravedad = gravitational force.
    * fuerza de la convicción = courage of conviction.
    * fuerza de la gravedad = G-force.
    * fuerza de la gravedad, la = force of gravity, the.
    * fuerza de la naturaleza = force of nature.
    * fuerza de las armas = force of arms.
    * fuerza de la señal = signal strength, tower strength.
    * fuerza de voluntad = force of will, willpower [will power].
    * fuerza económica = economic leverage.
    * fuerza expedicionaria = expeditionary force.
    * fuerza giratoria = turning power.
    * fuerza gravitatoria = gravitational force.
    * fuerza impulsora = moving force, driving force, thrust force.
    * fuerza letal = deadly force.
    * fuerza mayor = force majeure.
    * fuerza militar = military forces.
    * fuerza motriz = powerhouse, power engine, motive force.
    * fuerza muscular = muscle power.
    * fuerza niveladora = levelling force.
    * fuerza política = political force, political power.
    * fuerzas aéreas británicas = RAF [Royal Air Force].
    * fuerzas aliadas = coalition forces.
    * fuerzas armadas = military forces.
    * fuerzas armadas, las = armed forces, the.
    * fuerzas de defensa, las = defence forces, the.
    * fuerzas defensivas, las = defence forces, the.
    * fuerzas del orden = police force.
    * fuerzas del orden público = police force.
    * fuerzas de paz = peacekeeping forces.
    * fuerzas de seguridad = security forces.
    * fuerzas encargadas del mantenimiento de la paz = peacekeeping forces.
    * fuerza vital = life force.
    * fuerza viva = living force.
    * ganar fuerza = gather + strength, gather + steam.
    * golpear con fuerza = smite.
    * juego de fuerzas = interplay of forces.
    * la fuerza de la mayoría = strength in numbers.
    * la unión hace la fuerza = strength in numbers.
    * medición de fuerzas = battle of wills.
    * medida de fuerza = crackdown.
    * medirse la fuerzas (con) = lock + horns (with).
    * medirse las fuerzas = pit against.
    * mermar las fuerzas = sap + the energy.
    * perder fuerza = lose + power, lose + steam.
    * por la fuerza = forcibly.
    * quedarse sin fuerza = lose + steam.
    * recobrar fuerza = gather + Reflexivo.
    * recobrar la fuerza = regain + Posesivo + strength.
    * recuperar la fuerza = regain + Posesivo + strength, gain + strength.
    * recuperar las fuerzas = recoup + energy, gain + strength.
    * reponer fuerzas = gather + energy.
    * resistir con todas las fuerzas = resist + with every cell in + Posesivo + body.
    * restar fuerza = take + the bite out of.
    * ser un pilar de fuerza = be a tower of strength.
    * toda la fuerza = full force.
    * toda la fuerza de = the full force of.
    * toda la fuerza del impacto = full force.
    * unir fuerzas = join + forces, pool + forces.

    * * *
    A
    (vigor, energía): tiene mucha fuerza en los brazos she has very strong arms, she has great strength in her arms
    ¡qué fuerza tienes! you're really strong!
    agárralo con fuerza hold on to it tightly
    tuvimos que empujar con fuerza we had to push very hard
    por más que hizo fuerza, no logró abrirlo try as she might, she couldn't open it
    tuvo que hacer mucha fuerza para levantarlo it took all her strength to lift it
    a último momento le fallaron las fuerzas his strength failed him at the last moment
    necesitaba recuperar fuerzas I needed to recover my strength o get my strength back
    no me siento con fuerzas para hacer un viaje tan largo I don't have the strength to go on such a long journey, I don't feel up to making such a long journey
    gritó con todas sus fuerzas she shouted with all her might
    ha entrado al mercado con gran fuerza it has made a big impact on the market
    Compuestos:
    strength of character
    willpower
    B (del viento, de las olas) strength, force
    vientos de fuerza ocho force eight winds
    C (de una estructura, un material) strength
    D (violencia) force
    hubo que recurrir a la fuerza para reducir al agresor they had to resort to force to subdue the assailant
    Compuesto:
    brute force
    E (autoridad, poder) power
    un sindicato de mucha fuerza a very strong union, a union with great power
    van armados con la fuerza de la razón they are armed with the power of reason ( liter)
    se les castigará con toda la fuerza de la ley they will be punished with the full rigor o weight of the law
    tener fuerza de ley to have the force of law
    la fuerza de sus argumentos the strength of her argument
    por fuerza de costumbre out of force of habit
    Compuesto:
    se suspendió por causas de fuerza mayor it was canceled owing to circumstances beyond our control
    las pérdidas sufridas por razones de fuerza mayor losses in cases of force majeure
    F ( Mil, Pol) force
    una fuerza de paz a peacekeeping force
    una fuerza de ocupación an occupying force
    fuerzas parlamentarias/políticas parliamentary/political forces
    Compuestos:
    air force
    taskforce
    workforce
    ● fuerza disuasoria or de disuasión
    deterrent
    ( period):
    la fuerza pública the police
    fpl armed forces (pl)
    fpl strike force ( Mil)
    ● fuerzas del orden or de orden público
    fpl ( period); police
    fpl ( frml); security forces (pl)
    Special Forces
    fpl social forces (pl)
    G ( Fís) force
    Compuestos:
    acceleration
    ● fuerza centrífuga/centrípeta
    centrifugal/centripetal force
    gravity, force of gravity, gravitational pull
    inertia
    lift
    hydraulic power
    motive power
    deceleration
    kinetic energy
    H ( en locs):
    a la fuerza: tiene que pasar por aquí a la fuerza she has no option but to come this way, she has to come this way
    a la fuerza tuvo que verme, estaba sentado justo enfrente he must have seen me, I was sitting right opposite
    no quería ir al dentista, hubo que llevarlo a la fuerza he didn't want to go to the dentist, we had to drag him there
    entraron a la fuerza they forced their way in
    lo hicieron salir a la fuerza they forced him to leave o made him leave
    pude localizarlo a fuerza de llamarlo todos los días I had to call his number every day before I finally got hold of him, I only managed to get hold of him by calling him every day
    por fuerza: tendrá que ganar por fuerza si quiere seguir compitiendo she has to win if she wants to stay in the competition
    por la fuerza by force
    lo tuvieron que sacar de la casa por la fuerza he had to be forcibly removed from the house
    a la fuerza ahorcan I/we have no alternative
    a viva fuerza by sheer force
    írsele a algn la fuerza por la boca to be all talk (and no action) ( colloq), to be all mouth and no trousers ( BrE colloq)
    medir sus fuerzas con or contra algn to measure one's strength against sb
    sacar fuerzas de flaqueza: sacó fuerzas de flaqueza y consiguió llegar a la meta she made a supreme effort and managed to reach the tape
    saqué fuerzas de flaqueza y me enfrenté a él I plucked o screwed up my courage and confronted him
    * * *

     

    Del verbo forzar: ( conjugate forzar)

    fuerza es:

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo

    2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

    Multiple Entries:
    forzar    
    fuerza
    forzar ( conjugate forzar) verbo transitivo
    1 ( obligar) to force
    2
    a) ‹ vista› to strain;


    b) ‹ sonrisa› to force

    3 ‹puerta/cerradura› to force
    fuerza 1 sustantivo femenino
    1
    a) (vigor, energía) strength;


    no me siento con fuerzas I don't have the strength;
    tiene mucha fuerza en los brazos she has very strong arms;
    agárralo con fuerza hold on to it tightly;
    empuja con fuerza push hard;
    le fallaron las fuerzas his strength failed him;
    recuperar fuerzas to get one's strength back;
    gritó con todas sus fuerzas she shouted with all her might;
    fuerza de voluntad willpower
    b) (del viento, de olas) strength, force

    c) (de estructura, material) strength

    2 ( violencia) force;

    fuerza bruta brute force
    3 (Mil, Pol, Fís) force;

    las fuerzas armadas the armed forces;
    las fuerzas de orden público (period) the police;
    fuerza de gravedad (force of) gravity
    4 ( en locs)
    ◊ a la fuerza: a la fuerza tuvo que verme he must have seen me;

    lo llevaron a la fuerza they dragged him there;
    comí a la fuerza I forced myself to eat;
    entraron a la fuerza they forced their way in;
    a fuerza de by;
    aprobó a fuerza de estudiar he managed to pass by studying hard;
    por fuerza: por fuerza tiene que saberlo he must know about it;
    por la fuerza by force
    fuerza 2,
    ◊ fuerzas, etc see forzar

    forzar verbo transitivo
    1 (obligar por la fuerza) to force: la forzaron a casarse, she was forced to get married
    2 (un motor, una situación) to force
    3 (una cerradura) to force, break open
    4 (violar a alguien) to rape
    fuerza sustantivo femenino
    1 Fís force
    2 (vigor físico) strength
    3 (violencia física) force
    sin usar la fuerza, without violence
    (obligación, autoridad) force
    fuerza mayor, force majeure
    4 (garra, ímpetu) grip
    5 (grupo de tropas) force
    las Fuerzas Armadas, the Armed Forces
    ♦ Locuciones: figurado a fuerza de, by dint of
    a la fuerza, (por obligación) of necessity
    (con violencia) by force
    por fuerza, of necessity

    ' fuerza' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    aflojar
    - agarrar
    - ánimo
    - boca
    - camisa
    - cerrarse
    - débil
    - decaer
    - declinar
    - demostración
    - descafeinada
    - descafeinado
    - enfriar
    - estrujar
    - fenomenal
    - flaquear
    - forzar
    - fuerte
    - garra
    - gravedad
    - impulso
    - incapaz
    - me
    - menos
    - motor
    - motriz
    - poder
    - remolque
    - renegar
    - resistencia
    - reunir
    - sonora
    - sonoro
    - tirar
    - Titán
    - toro
    - voluntad
    - alarde
    - apretar
    - arrollador
    - bloque
    - capitán
    - ceder
    - chaleco
    - comunicar
    - fortificar
    - maña
    - siniestro
    - someter
    - vigor
    English:
    act
    - apply
    - arm
    - blow over
    - bluster
    - bodily
    - bolster
    - brawn
    - burn
    - constraint
    - decrease
    - deterrent
    - display
    - draw
    - driving force
    - drum
    - dynamic
    - force
    - forcible
    - forcibly
    - G-force
    - gain
    - gale
    - gather
    - grit
    - hard
    - hp
    - hustle
    - jam
    - jam in
    - juggernaut
    - might
    - motive
    - muscle
    - necessarily
    - peacekeeping
    - plonk
    - power
    - pull
    - punch
    - ram
    - rule out
    - sanction
    - sap
    - shall
    - shoot out
    - shoot up
    - show
    - spent
    - straitjacket
    * * *
    ♦ nf
    1. [fortaleza] strength;
    el animal tiene mucha fuerza the animal is very strong;
    no me siento con fuerzas para caminar I don't feel strong enough to walk, I don't feel up to walking;
    su amor fue cobrando fuerza con el tiempo her love grew stronger with time;
    recuperar fuerzas to recover one's strength, to get one's strength back;
    tener fuerzas para to have the strength to;
    Fam
    se le va la fuerza por la boca he's all talk and no action;
    sacar fuerzas de flaqueza to screw up one's courage
    la fuerza de la costumbre force of habit;
    la fuerza del destino the power of destiny;
    fuerza física strength;
    se necesita mucha fuerza física para hacer eso you need to be very strong to do that;
    Der fuerza mayor force majeure; [en seguros] act of God;
    no llegué por un caso de fuerza mayor I didn't make it due to circumstances beyond my control;
    2. [resistencia] [de material] strength
    3. [intensidad] [de sonido] loudness;
    [de dolor] intensity;
    aprieta con fuerza press hard;
    llueve con fuerza it's raining hard;
    un viento de fuerza 8 a force 8 wind
    4. [violencia] force;
    ceder a la fuerza to give in to force;
    emplear la fuerza to use force;
    por la fuerza by force;
    recurrir a la fuerza to resort to force
    fuerza bruta brute force
    5. Mil force
    fuerza aérea air force;
    fuerzas armadas armed forces;
    fuerzas de choque shock troops, storm troopers;
    fuerza disuasoria deterrent;
    fuerza de intervención troops, forces;
    fuerza de intervención rápida rapid reaction force;
    fuerzas de pacificación peacekeeping forces;
    fuerzas de seguridad security forces
    6.
    fuerzas [grupo] forces;
    las diferentes fuerzas sociales the different forces in society;
    todas las fuerzas políticas se han puesto de acuerdo all the political groups have reached an agreement;
    las fuerzas vivas de la ciudad the most influential people in the city
    7. Fís force
    fuerza centrífuga centrifugal force;
    fuerza centrípeta centripetal force;
    fuerza electromotriz electromotive force;
    fuerza de la gravedad force of gravity;
    fuerza hidráulica water power;
    fuerza motriz [que causa movimiento] driving force;
    Fig [impulso] prime mover;
    fuerza nuclear débil weak nuclear force;
    fuerza nuclear fuerte strong nuclear force
    8. Elec power;
    han cortado la fuerza the power has been cut
    ♦ a fuerza de loc prep
    [a base de] by dint of;
    a fuerza de gritar mucho, conseguimos que nos oyera after a lot of shouting, we eventually managed to make him hear us;
    he aprendido la lección a fuerza de mucho estudiar I learnt the lesson by studying hard
    ♦ a la fuerza loc adv
    1. [contra la voluntad] by force, forcibly;
    firmaron a la fuerza they were forced to sign;
    tuvo que llevarlo al colegio a la fuerza she had to drag him to school by force, she had to forcibly drag him to school
    2. [forzosamente] inevitably;
    a la fuerza tenía que saber la noticia she must have known the news;
    a la fuerza tenía que ocurrir un accidente there was bound to be an accident, an accident was inevitable
    ♦ por fuerza loc adv
    [forzosamente] inevitably;
    tenía que ocurrir un desastre por fuerza a disaster was inevitable;
    esta noche tengo que salir por fuerza para atender a un paciente I absolutely have to go out tonight to see a patient
    * * *
    f
    1 strength;
    hacer fuerza try hard, make an effort;
    hacer fuerza a alguien fig put pressure on s.o., pressure s.o.;
    sacar fuerzas de flaqueza make a superhuman effort;
    cobrar fuerza fig gather o
    gain strength
    2 ( violencia) force;
    por fuerza I have no choice o option but to work this Sunday
    3 EL power
    4
    :
    la fuerza de la costumbre force of habit;
    a fuerza de … by (dint of)
    5
    :
    fuerza es reconocer que … it has to be admitted that …
    * * *
    fuerza nf
    1) : strength, vigor
    fuerza de voluntad: willpower
    2) : force
    fuerza bruta: brute force
    3) : power, might
    fuerza de brazos: manpower
    4) fuerzas nfpl
    : forces
    fuerzas armadas: armed forces
    5)
    a fuerza de : by, by dint of
    * * *
    1. (en general) strength
    2. (potencia) force

    Spanish-English dictionary > fuerza

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