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  • 1 employer

    employer [ɪm'plɔɪə(r)]
    patron(onne) m,f, formal employeur(euse) m,f;
    ∎ they are good employers ce sont de bons employeurs ou patrons;
    ∎ who is your employer? pour qui travaillez-vous?;
    ∎ this company is the town's largest employer c'est cette entreprise qui emploie le plus de gens dans la ville;
    ∎ employers (as a body) patronat m
    ►► employers' association organisation f patronale, syndicat m patronal;
    employer's liability responsabilité f patronale;
    employers' organization syndicat m patronal

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  • 2 match

    mæ 
    I noun
    (a short piece of wood or other material tipped with a substance that catches fire when rubbed against a rough or specially-prepared surface: He struck a match.) cerilla, fósforo

    II
    1. noun
    1) (a contest or game: a football/rugby/chess match.)
    2) (a thing that is similar to or the same as another in some way(s) eg in colour or pattern: These trousers are not an exact match for my jacket.) partido, encuentro
    3) (a person who is able to equal another: She has finally met her match at arguing.) juego, combinación
    4) (a marriage or an act of marrying: She hoped to arrange a match for her daughter.) igual

    2. verb
    1) (to be equal or similar to something or someone in some way eg in colour or pattern: That dress matches her red hair.) hacer juego con, combinar con
    2) (to set (two things, people etc) to compete: He matched his skill against the champion's.) enfrentar
    •
    - matchless
    - matchmaker
    match1 n
    1. cerilla
    2. partido
    match2 vb
    1. igualar
    2. hacer juego / combinar
    tr[mæʧ]
    1 SMALLSPORT/SMALL (football, hockey, etc) partido, encuentro; (boxing, wrestling) combate nombre masculino; (tennis) partido, match nombre masculino
    ■ when it comes to chess, she's no match for you ella no puede competir contigo al ajedrez
    3 (marriage) casamiento, matrimonio
    4 (clothes, colour, etc) juego, combinación nombre femenino
    1 (equal) igualar
    2 (go well with) hacer juego (con), combinar (con)
    3 (be like, correspond to) corresponder a, ajustarse a
    1 (go together) hacer juego, combinar
    ■ do these colours match? ¿estos colores combinan?
    2 (tally) coincidir, concordar
    3 (people) llevarse bien, avenirse
    \
    SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
    to be well-matched (couple) hacer buena pareja 2 (opponents, teams) ser del mismo nivel
    to match somebody against somebody enfrentar alguien a alguien
    to meet one's match encontrar la horma de su zapato
    match point (in tennis) pelota de partido
    ————————
    tr[mæʧ]
    1 (light) cerilla, fósforo
    match ['mæʧ] vt
    1) pit: enfrentar, oponer
    2) equal, fit: igualar, corresponder a, coincidir con
    3) : combinar con, hacer juego con
    her shoes match her dress: sus zapatos hacen juego con su vestido
    match vi
    1) correspond: concordar, coincidir
    2) : hacer juego
    with a tie to match: con una corbata que hace juego
    1) equal: igual mf
    he's no match for her: no puede competir con ella
    2) fight, game: partido m, combate m (en boxeo)
    3) marriage: matrimonio m, casamiento m
    4) : fósforo m, cerilla f, cerillo m in various countries)
    he lit a match: encendió un fósforo
    5)
    to be a good match : hacer buena pareja (dícese de las personas), hacer juego (dícese de la ropa)
    n.
    (§ pl.: matches) = cerilla (Fósforo) s.f.
    • cerillo s.m.
    • combate s.m.
    • concurso s.m.
    • fósforo (Cerilla) s.m.
    • igual s.m.
    • matrimonio s.m.
    • partido (Deporte) s.m.
    • torneo s.m.
    v.
    • aparear v.
    • casar v.
    • coincidir v.
    • emparejar v.
    • empatar v.
    • equiparar v.
    • hacer juego (Textil) v.
    • hermanar v.
    • igualar v.
    • matizar v.
    • parear v.
    mætʃ
    I
    1) ( for fire) fósforo m, cerilla f (Esp), cerillo m (esp AmC, Méx)
    2) ( Sport)

    boxing/wrestling match — combate m or match m de boxeo/de lucha libre

    tennis match — partido m de tenis

    football/hockey match — (BrE) partido m de fútbol/de hockey

    3) ( equal) (no pl)

    to be a/no match for somebody — estar*/no estar* a la altura de alguien, poder*/no poder* competir con alguien

    to meet one's match — encontrar* la horma de su zapato

    they are a good match — \<\<couple\>\> hacen buena pareja

    that shirt is a perfect match for my suit — esa camisa va or queda perfecta con mi traje


    II
    1.
    1) ( equal) igualar
    2)
    a) ( correspond to) ajustarse a, corresponder a

    does it match the description? — ¿se ajusta or corresponde a la descripción?

    b) ( harmonize with) hacer* juego con

    it matches my shoes — hace juego con mis zapatos, queda bien con mis zapatos

    c) (make correspond, find equivalent for)

    to be well matched — \<\<competitors\>\> ser* del mismo nivel, ser* muy parejos (esp AmL); \<\<couple\>\> hacer* buena pareja

    d) matching pres p haciendo juego, a juego (Esp)

    2.
    vi
    a) ( go together) \<\<clothes/colors\>\> hacer* juego, combinar, pegar* (fam)
    b) ( tally) coincidir, concordar*
    Phrasal Verbs:

    I
    [mætʃ]
    N (for lighting) fósforo m, cerilla f, cerillo m (Mex)
    II [mætʃ]
    1. N
    1) (esp Brit) (Tennis, Cricket) partido m ; (Ftbl) partido m, encuentro m ; (Boxing) combate m ; (Fencing) asalto m

    boxing match — combate m de boxeo

    shooting 3., shouting 2., test 4.
    2) (=complement)

    the two of them make or are a good match — hacen una buena pareja

    3) (=equal)

    to be a match/no match for sb — estar/no estar a la altura de algn

    he's a match for anybody — puede competir con el más pintado, está a la altura del más pintado

    4) (=marriage) casamiento m, matrimonio m ; (=potential partner) partido m
    2. VT
    1) (=pair off) emparejar

    they're well matched — [couple] hacen buena pareja

    evenly
    2) (=equal) igualar
    3) (=correspond to) ajustarse a, corresponder a

    a man matching the police description — un hombre que se ajustaba a or que correspondía a la descripción de la policía

    4) (=put in opposition to) enfrentar

    to match sth/sb against sth/sb — enfrentar algo/a algn a or con algo/algn

    she matched her wits against his strength — enfrentó or midió su ingenio con la fuerza de él

    5) (=tone with) [+ clothes, colours] combinar con, hacer juego con
    6) (also: match up) (=find sth similar to)

    can you match (up) this material? — (with sth exactly same) ¿puedes encontrar algo que iguale este tejido?; (with sth which goes well) ¿puedes encontrar algo que vaya bien con este tejido?

    3. VI
    1) (=go together) [colours] combinar bien; [clothes] hacer juego
    2) (=be the same) corresponderse, coincidir
    4.
    CPD

    match point N — (Tennis) bola f de partido, match point m

    match report N — informe m sobre el partido

    * * *
    [mætʃ]
    I
    1) ( for fire) fósforo m, cerilla f (Esp), cerillo m (esp AmC, Méx)
    2) ( Sport)

    boxing/wrestling match — combate m or match m de boxeo/de lucha libre

    tennis match — partido m de tenis

    football/hockey match — (BrE) partido m de fútbol/de hockey

    3) ( equal) (no pl)

    to be a/no match for somebody — estar*/no estar* a la altura de alguien, poder*/no poder* competir con alguien

    to meet one's match — encontrar* la horma de su zapato

    they are a good match — \<\<couple\>\> hacen buena pareja

    that shirt is a perfect match for my suit — esa camisa va or queda perfecta con mi traje


    II
    1.
    1) ( equal) igualar
    2)
    a) ( correspond to) ajustarse a, corresponder a

    does it match the description? — ¿se ajusta or corresponde a la descripción?

    b) ( harmonize with) hacer* juego con

    it matches my shoes — hace juego con mis zapatos, queda bien con mis zapatos

    c) (make correspond, find equivalent for)

    to be well matched — \<\<competitors\>\> ser* del mismo nivel, ser* muy parejos (esp AmL); \<\<couple\>\> hacer* buena pareja

    d) matching pres p haciendo juego, a juego (Esp)

    2.
    vi
    a) ( go together) \<\<clothes/colors\>\> hacer* juego, combinar, pegar* (fam)
    b) ( tally) coincidir, concordar*
    Phrasal Verbs:

    English-spanish dictionary > match

  • 3 ilegal

    adj.
    illegal.
    * * *
    1 illegal
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ illegal, unlawful
    * * *
    adjetivo <venta/comercio> illegal, unlawful; <inmigrante/huelga> illegal
    * * *
    = illicit, pirated, illegal, bootleg, back-street, piratical, wrongful, unlicensed, fly-by-night, against the law.
    Ex. The commandment KOLN see COLOGNE should be sufficient cause for the rejection of the illicit proposal to establish OPERA -- KOLN.
    Ex. Beadle and Adams of New York's 'dime and nickel novels' included both new books and pirated English novels retailing as paperbacks at 10 cents a volume.
    Ex. The closed shop (an industry or organization in which employers may hire only union members) is illegal, as is the union shop (where union membership is mandatory for all employees included in a bargaining unit).
    Ex. Sometimes described as a ' bootleg' preacher, Will Campbell professes a great love and affection for Country Music.
    Ex. Women should be free to have legal abortions so that they are not 'forced' to go to ' back-street' abortionists.
    Ex. Their secondary aim was to print piratical, scurrilous and bawdy material for the people of Dublin.
    Ex. Something must be done to resolve freelance authors' rights to remuneration for wrongful use of their property.
    Ex. Loan sharks are unlicensed lenders, they operate illegally and away from any sort of regulation that governs the financial industry.
    Ex. What I was reading about looked like a really genuine and reliable way of earning good money that didn't involve some fly-by-night, get-rich-quick scheme.
    Ex. Is it not against the law to release a drunk back into society who may be still under the infuence?.
    ----
    * bebida alcohólica ilegal = moonshine.
    * caza ilegal = poaching.
    * declarar ilegal = outlaw.
    * destilería ilegal = moonshine still.
    * droga ilegal = illicit drug.
    * entrada ilegal = trespassing.
    * fabricante ilegal de bebidas alcohólicas = moonshiner.
    * inmigración ilegal = illegal immigration.
    * inmigrante ilegal = illegal alien.
    * ocupación ilegal = squat, squatting.
    * prácticas ilegales = unlawful practices.
    * reproducción ilegal de libros = book piracy.
    * ser ilegal = be against the law.
    * sustancia ilegal = illegal substance.
    * tráfico ilegal de drogas = illicit drug trafficking.
    * vendedor ilegal de bebidas alcohólicas = moonshiner.
    * * *
    adjetivo <venta/comercio> illegal, unlawful; <inmigrante/huelga> illegal
    * * *
    = illicit, pirated, illegal, bootleg, back-street, piratical, wrongful, unlicensed, fly-by-night, against the law.

    Ex: The commandment KOLN see COLOGNE should be sufficient cause for the rejection of the illicit proposal to establish OPERA -- KOLN.

    Ex: Beadle and Adams of New York's 'dime and nickel novels' included both new books and pirated English novels retailing as paperbacks at 10 cents a volume.
    Ex: The closed shop (an industry or organization in which employers may hire only union members) is illegal, as is the union shop (where union membership is mandatory for all employees included in a bargaining unit).
    Ex: Sometimes described as a ' bootleg' preacher, Will Campbell professes a great love and affection for Country Music.
    Ex: Women should be free to have legal abortions so that they are not 'forced' to go to ' back-street' abortionists.
    Ex: Their secondary aim was to print piratical, scurrilous and bawdy material for the people of Dublin.
    Ex: Something must be done to resolve freelance authors' rights to remuneration for wrongful use of their property.
    Ex: Loan sharks are unlicensed lenders, they operate illegally and away from any sort of regulation that governs the financial industry.
    Ex: What I was reading about looked like a really genuine and reliable way of earning good money that didn't involve some fly-by-night, get-rich-quick scheme.
    Ex: Is it not against the law to release a drunk back into society who may be still under the infuence?.
    * bebida alcohólica ilegal = moonshine.
    * caza ilegal = poaching.
    * declarar ilegal = outlaw.
    * destilería ilegal = moonshine still.
    * droga ilegal = illicit drug.
    * entrada ilegal = trespassing.
    * fabricante ilegal de bebidas alcohólicas = moonshiner.
    * inmigración ilegal = illegal immigration.
    * inmigrante ilegal = illegal alien.
    * ocupación ilegal = squat, squatting.
    * prácticas ilegales = unlawful practices.
    * reproducción ilegal de libros = book piracy.
    * ser ilegal = be against the law.
    * sustancia ilegal = illegal substance.
    * tráfico ilegal de drogas = illicit drug trafficking.
    * vendedor ilegal de bebidas alcohólicas = moonshiner.

    * * *
    ‹venta/comercio› illegal, unlawful; ‹inmigrante› illegal; ‹huelga› illegal
    funciona de manera ilegal it operates illegally
    la importación de ese tipo de artículo es ilegal it is illegal o against the law to import that type of article
    * * *

    ilegal adjetivo
    illegal;

    ilegal adjetivo illegal

    ' ilegal' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    compinche
    - desaguisado
    - enredar
    - importación
    - ocupante
    - pirata
    - tapadera
    - falluca
    - furtivo
    English:
    against
    - illegal
    - insider dealing
    - insider trading
    - law
    - lawful
    - squatter
    - squatting
    - stranglehold
    - tapping
    - tighten up
    - unlawful
    - wetback
    - outlaw
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    illegal;
    de forma ilegal illegally
    ♦ nmf
    [inmigrante] illegal immigrant, US illegal; [trabajador] illegal worker, US illegal
    * * *
    adj illegal
    * * *
    ilegal adj
    : illegal, unlawful
    ♦ ilegalmente adv
    ilegal nmf, CA, Mex : illegal alien
    * * *
    ilegal adj illegal

    Spanish-English dictionary > ilegal

  • 4 descanso

    m.
    1 rest (reposo).
    tomarse un descanso to take a rest
    2 break (pausa).
    3 relief (alivio).
    4 stair landing, platform of staircase, landing.
    5 coffee break.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: descansar.
    * * *
    1 rest, break
    2 (en un espectáculo) interval; (en un partido) interval, half-time
    3 (alivio) relief, comfort
    ■ ¡qué descanso! what a relief!
    4 (rellano) landing
    \
    ¡descanso! MILITAR at ease!
    sin descanso without a break
    descanso eterno eternal rest
    * * *
    noun m.
    1) rest
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=reposo) rest
    2) (=pausa) break; (Dep) half-time; (Teat) interval, intermission (EEUU)

    hago un descanso cada dos horas — I have o take a break every two hours

    3) (=alivio) relief

    ya he aprobado, ¡qué descanso! — I've passed! what a relief!

    4) (Rel)
    5) [en escalera] landing
    6) (Téc) rest, support
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( reposo) rest

    lunes, descanso — (Espec, Teatr) no performance on Mondays

    b) (en trabajo, colegio) break
    c) (Mil)
    d) ( de un muerto) rest
    2) ( intervalo) (Dep) half time; (Teatr) interval
    3) (alivio, tranquilidad) relief
    4) (AmL) ( rellano) landing
    * * *
    = coffee break, free time, respite, recess, rest, work break, half time, break time [breaktime], tea break, reprieve, break.
    Ex. During the coffee break, someone pointed out that most of your readers will look under the term BANTU rather than the technical name.
    Ex. On the other hand, a prolonged sequence of interviews can be equally stressful, and 'free time' should be interspersed with the successive appointments.
    Ex. There are five types of 'gratification', instrumental, prestige, reinforcement, aesthetic and respite, to be derived from the reading of literature.
    Ex. One of the supervisor's jobs is to see that work is prepared for the duty librarian to do during recess and lunchtime.
    Ex. If they are non-librarians they might be released after a suitable period of chastisement but librarians should spend eternity there endlessly looking for 'Smith, E.S.' without rest or sympathy.
    Ex. The personnel policy should also include a statement concerning number and length of work breaks and a statement regarding attendance at library meetings -- who attends, whether time off with pay and/or travel expenses are awarded.
    Ex. The article 'Practitioners v. educators (1-0 at half time)' looks at the problems of selecting students acceptable to both educators and practitioners in librarianship.
    Ex. How about staggering lunch hours and break times? We could send smokers at one time and non-smokers at another.
    Ex. Course fees include study materials, mid-morning coffee, lunch, and afternoon tea breaks but not accommodation.
    Ex. A small, but growing, number of employers are allowing workplace naps; some are actively encouraging this little reprieve from consciousness.
    Ex. Deliberate editing requires time, preferably with a break between editing stints.
    ----
    * área de descanso = rest area, rest stop, lay-by.
    * dar descanso de = give + relief from.
    * darse un descanso = give + Reflexivo + a break, rest on + Posesivo + oars.
    * descanso con refrigerio = refreshment break.
    * descanso de invierno = winterbreak.
    * descanso del mediodía = midday break.
    * descanso en el camino = rest stop.
    * descanso eterno = eternal rest.
    * descanso para comer = meal break.
    * descanso para fumar = smoke break.
    * descanso para ir al baño = bathroom break.
    * día de descanso = holiday.
    * durante el descanso = at breaktime.
    * lugar de descanso = resting place.
    * período de descanso = rest time.
    * sala de descanso = coffee lounge.
    * sin descanso = relentlessly, restlessly, breathlessly, unabated, without a break, without (a) rest, day in and day out, without respite.
    * sin un descanso = without a break, without (a) rest.
    * tomarse un descanso = take + time out, take + Posesivo + break, lie on + Posesivo + oars, rest on + Posesivo + oars.
    * tomarse unos días de descanso = take + a break from work.
    * tomar un descanso = take + a breather, take + a break from work.
    * trabajar sin descanso = work off + Posesivo + shoes, work (a)round + the clock.
    * un día de descanso = a day away from.
    * zona de descanso = rest area.
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( reposo) rest

    lunes, descanso — (Espec, Teatr) no performance on Mondays

    b) (en trabajo, colegio) break
    c) (Mil)
    d) ( de un muerto) rest
    2) ( intervalo) (Dep) half time; (Teatr) interval
    3) (alivio, tranquilidad) relief
    4) (AmL) ( rellano) landing
    * * *
    = coffee break, free time, respite, recess, rest, work break, half time, break time [breaktime], tea break, reprieve, break.

    Ex: During the coffee break, someone pointed out that most of your readers will look under the term BANTU rather than the technical name.

    Ex: On the other hand, a prolonged sequence of interviews can be equally stressful, and 'free time' should be interspersed with the successive appointments.
    Ex: There are five types of 'gratification', instrumental, prestige, reinforcement, aesthetic and respite, to be derived from the reading of literature.
    Ex: One of the supervisor's jobs is to see that work is prepared for the duty librarian to do during recess and lunchtime.
    Ex: If they are non-librarians they might be released after a suitable period of chastisement but librarians should spend eternity there endlessly looking for 'Smith, E.S.' without rest or sympathy.
    Ex: The personnel policy should also include a statement concerning number and length of work breaks and a statement regarding attendance at library meetings -- who attends, whether time off with pay and/or travel expenses are awarded.
    Ex: The article 'Practitioners v. educators (1-0 at half time)' looks at the problems of selecting students acceptable to both educators and practitioners in librarianship.
    Ex: How about staggering lunch hours and break times? We could send smokers at one time and non-smokers at another.
    Ex: Course fees include study materials, mid-morning coffee, lunch, and afternoon tea breaks but not accommodation.
    Ex: A small, but growing, number of employers are allowing workplace naps; some are actively encouraging this little reprieve from consciousness.
    Ex: Deliberate editing requires time, preferably with a break between editing stints.
    * área de descanso = rest area, rest stop, lay-by.
    * dar descanso de = give + relief from.
    * darse un descanso = give + Reflexivo + a break, rest on + Posesivo + oars.
    * descanso con refrigerio = refreshment break.
    * descanso de invierno = winterbreak.
    * descanso del mediodía = midday break.
    * descanso en el camino = rest stop.
    * descanso eterno = eternal rest.
    * descanso para comer = meal break.
    * descanso para fumar = smoke break.
    * descanso para ir al baño = bathroom break.
    * día de descanso = holiday.
    * durante el descanso = at breaktime.
    * lugar de descanso = resting place.
    * período de descanso = rest time.
    * sala de descanso = coffee lounge.
    * sin descanso = relentlessly, restlessly, breathlessly, unabated, without a break, without (a) rest, day in and day out, without respite.
    * sin un descanso = without a break, without (a) rest.
    * tomarse un descanso = take + time out, take + Posesivo + break, lie on + Posesivo + oars, rest on + Posesivo + oars.
    * tomarse unos días de descanso = take + a break from work.
    * tomar un descanso = take + a breather, take + a break from work.
    * trabajar sin descanso = work off + Posesivo + shoes, work (a)round + the clock.
    * un día de descanso = a day away from.
    * zona de descanso = rest area.

    * * *
    A
    1 (reposo) rest
    no he tenido ni un momento de descanso I haven't had a moment's rest
    es un lugar tranquilo, ideal para el descanso it's a quiet spot, ideal for a restful break
    no hagas ruido, debemos respetar su descanso don't make any noise, we must let him rest
    se ha tomado cuatro días de descanso she has taken four days off
    trabajó sin descanso hasta conseguirlo he worked tirelessly o without a break until he had done it
    [ S ] lunes, descanso ( Espec, Teatr) no performance on Mondays
    2 (período) break
    necesitas un descanso you need a break
    3 ( Mil):
    estaban en posición de descanso they were standing at ease
    se ruega una oración por su eterno descanso we ask you to pray for his eternal rest
    B (intervalo) ( Dep) half time; ( Teatr) interval
    C (alivio, tranquilidad) relief
    ¡qué descanso! estaba tan preocupado what a relief! I was so worried
    D (Col, CS) (rellano) landing
    * * *

     

    Del verbo descansar: ( conjugate descansar)

    descanso es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    descansó es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    descansar    
    descanso
    descansar ( conjugate descansar) verbo intransitivo
    a) (de actividad, trabajo) to rest, have a rest;


    descanso de algo to have a rest o break from sth
    b) ( yacer) to lie;


    verbo transitivo

    descanso la mente to give one's mind a break o rest
    descanso sustantivo masculino
    1
    a) ( reposo) rest

    b) (en trabajo, colegio) break;


    c) (Mil):


    2 ( intervalo) (Dep) half time;
    (Teatr) interval
    3 (alivio, tranquilidad) relief
    4 (AmL) ( rellano) landing
    descansar verbo intransitivo
    1 to rest, have a rest
    (un momento) to take a break
    2 euf que en paz descanse, may he/she rest in peace o God rest his/her soul
    descanso sustantivo masculino
    1 rest, break: me tomaré un día de descanso, I'll take a day off
    2 Cine Teat interval
    Dep half-time, interval
    3 (alivio) relief
    4 (rellano) landing
    ' descanso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    paréntesis
    - pausa
    - sabática
    - sabático
    - tomarse
    - tregua
    - ganar
    - haber
    - hacer
    - hasta
    - ir
    - prometer
    - reparador
    - reposo
    - respiro
    - sentar
    - venir
    English:
    badly
    - break
    - brief
    - cover
    - earn
    - fight
    - half-time
    - interlude
    - intermission
    - interval
    - keep at
    - lay-by
    - recess
    - rest
    - solidly
    - tea break
    - through
    - well-earned
    - half
    - landing
    - on
    - respite
    - sound
    * * *
    1. [reposo] rest;
    tomarse un descanso to take a rest;
    necesito un descanso, me hace falta un descanso I need a rest;
    los lunes cerramos por descanso semanal we don't open on Mondays;
    sin descanso without a rest o break;
    trabajar/luchar sin descanso to work/fight tirelessly
    2. [pausa] break;
    [en cine] intermission; [en teatro] Br interval, US intermission; [en deporte] [cualquier intermedio] interval; [a mitad del partido] half-time;
    en la escuela hacemos un descanso de veinte minutos at school our break lasts twenty minutes;
    el resultado en el descanso es de una a cero the score at half-time is Br one-nil o US one-zero
    3. [alivio] relief;
    ya no tengo que preocuparme por los exámenes, ¡qué descanso! I don't have to worry about my exams any more, thank God!
    ¡descanso! at ease!
    5. Méx, RP [descansillo] landing
    * * *
    m
    1 rest;
    sin descanso without a break;
    tomarse un descanso take a break, have a rest
    2 DEP half-time; TEA interval
    3 L.Am. ( descansillo) landing
    * * *
    1) : rest, relaxation
    2) : break
    3) : landing (of a staircase)
    4) : intermission
    * * *
    1. (reposo) rest
    unos días de descanso a few days' off / a few days' holiday
    2. (pausa) break
    3. (en un partido) half time
    4. (en el teatro, cine) interval

    Spanish-English dictionary > descanso

  • 5 хотеть

    гл.
    1. to want; 2. to wish; 3. to feel like doing smth; 4. wouldn't mind; 5. would not say no; 6. would like; 7. to be willing; 8. to fancy; 9. to take smb's fancy; 10. to be interested; 11. to be keen on/to be keen on doing smth; 12. to be eager to do smth; 13. to be anxious to do smth; 14. would do anything/would give anything; 15. can't wait; 16. to be itching to do smth; 17. to be dying; 18. to set one's heart on; 19. to dream of; 20. to long; 21. to yearn; 22. to crave; 23. to hanker after; 24. to aspire; 25. to need
    Русский глагол хотеть используется для выражения желания любого типа, как того что реально происходит, так и того что может произойти с малой долей вероятности или вообще уже не может произойти. Английские соответствия подчеркивают реальность, нереальность, а также малую вероятность исполнения желания, степень желательности и относятся к разным стилям речи.
    1. to want — хотеть, желать, испытывать желание ( не употребляется в Passive и Continuous): to want smth — желать чего-либо/хотеть чего-либо; to want smb to do smth — хотеть, чтобы кто-либо сделал что-либо; to want to do smth — хотеть что-либо сделать I want to talk with you. — Я хочу поговорить с тобой. I want you to talk with her. — Я хочу, чтобы ты поговорил с ней. The dog wants out. — Собака хочет выйти погулять. Your mother wants you. — Мама тебя зовет. I want some carrots. — Я хочу немного моркови./Мне моркови, пожалуйста. She said she didn't want to get married. — Она сказала, что не хочет выходить замуж. Please, let me pay half, I really want to. — Разрешите и мне заплатить половину, я действительно хочу это сделать. You could go back to bed for a while, if you want to. — Ты можешь еще немного поспать, если хочешь. The doctor wants me to go for another check up in two weeks' time. — Врач хочет, чтобы я прошла контрольное обследование через две недели. We wanted her to go with us, but she could not get the time off work. — Мы хотели, чтобы она поехала с нами, но она не могла уйти с работы. I know you want the party to be a success. — Я знаю, что ты хочешь, чтобы вечер прошел удачно. She wants the room fixed before we go. — Она хочет, чтобы навели порядок в комнате до нашего отъезда. What do you want to be when you grow up? — Кем ты хочешь стать, когда вырастешь? Состояние хотения ассоциируется с желанием еды и питья, а исполнение желания с процессом поедания, что проявляется в явном виде в ряде следующих словосочетаний: They are power-hungry and will stop at nothing. — Они жаждут власти и ни перед чем не остановятся. They are greedy for power. — Они жаждут власти. My grandmother had huge appetite for life. — Моя бабушка очень любила жизнь./Моя бабушка имела вкус к жизни. We are salivating for interesting things to do. — Мы изголодались по интересной работе. I have developed a taste for foreign travel. — Я вошел во вкус путешествий по разным странам. Here's something to whet your appetite. — Вот кое-что, что может возбудить твой аппетит. She hungered to see him again. — Она истомилась желанием увидеть его снова./Оыа жаждала увидеть его снова. They have thirst for knowledge. — У них жажда к знаниям. I devoured every book on the subject thai I could find. — Я с жадностью проглатывал/поглощал все книги по этому вопросу, которые мог найти.
    2. to wish — хотеть, желать (не употребляется в Passive и Continuous; в условных и дополнительных придаточных предложениях имеет значение хотеть того, что может случиться с малой долей вероятности): to wish smb well (ill) — желать кому-либо добра (зла) The chief wishes to see you. — Начальник хочет вас видеть. I wish I could help you. — Если бы только я мог вам помочь. I wish to goodness that music would stop. — Господи, хоть бы эта музыка смолкла. I wished him all the best. — Я пожелал ему всего самого лучшего. I wished him a good trip. — Я пожелал ему доброго пути. They wished me a happy birthday. — Они поздравили меня с днем рождения. What more could one wish her? — Чего еще можно ей пожелать? The weather was everything we could wish. — Погода была как на заказ. Anyone wishes to order the book should send a cheque to the publisher. — Все, кто желают приобрести эту книгу, должны выслать чек на имя издателя. I wish you would shut up! — Если бы ты замолчал!/Хоть бы ты замолчал! Where is that postman? I wish he would hurry up. — Куда девался этот почтальон? Хотелось бы, чтобы он поторопился./Хоть бы он поторопился. I wish the rains would stop. — Когда-нибудь кончатся эти дожди? I wish I had a car like that. — Как бы мне хотелось иметь такую же машину. I've come to wish you a happy New Year. — Я пришел, чтобы пожелать вам счастливого Нового года./Я пришел, чтобы поздравить вас с Новым годом.
    3. to feel like doing smth — быть в настроении что-либо сделать, хотеть что-либо сделать (или иметь, особенно потому, что вам это может доставить удовольствие): to feel like doing smth — хотеть что-либо сделать/быть в состоянии что-либо сделать Do you feel like dancing? — Вам не хочется потанцевать? I feel like saying to him: «Paul, you are the world's biggest idiot». — Мне так и хотелось ему сказать: «Павел, ты самый большой идиот/дурак в мире». It is so hot today, I really feel like an ice-cream. — Сегодня так жарко, что мне очень хочется мороженого.
    4. wouldn't mind — хотеть, не прочь (используется в ситуациях, когда вам хочется иметь что-либо или сделать что-либо, даже в тех случаях, когда вероятность получить мала): I wouldn't mind looking like Elisabeth Taylor when 1 am her age. — Я бы была не против выглядеть как Элизабет Тейлор, когда буду в том же возрасте. I would not mind his job, he is always eating at expensive restaurants and stays at exclusive hotels. — Я бы не возражала иметь такую как у него работу, он питается в дорогих ресторанах и живет в шикарных гостиницах./Я хотела бы иметь такую как у него работу, он питается в дорогих ресторанах и живет в шикарных гостиницах. Would you like another beer? —Yes, I wouldn't mind. — Хотите еще пива? — Да, я бы не прочь.
    5. would not say no — не откажусь (используется в ситуациях, когда вам очень хочется иметь или сделать что-либо): I would not say no to a glass of whisky! — Я бы не отказался от рюмочки виски! How about a night out of town? — I certainly would not say no. — He провести ли нам ночь за городом? — Конечно, я бы не отказался.
    6. would like — хотеть, желать (чтобы кто-либо что-либо сделал, особенно в вежливых просьбах, инструкциях и указаниях): We would like you to record all your conversations. — Мы бы хотели, чтобы вы записали на пленку все эти беседы. I would like you to see her and visit my family in Kiev, when you are there. — Я бы хотел, чтобы вы, когда будете в Киеве, повидались с ней и зашли к моим родителям. Would you like another cup of tea? — Хотите еще чашечку чая?
    7. to be willing — хотеть что-либо сделать, охотно что-либо сделать (используется для выражения готовности сделать что-либо по своей воле, без принуждения): to be willing to do smth — охотно что-либо сделать He is willing to tell the police everything he knows. — Он готов рассказать полиции все, что знает. Have a word with the manager and see if he is willing to reduce the price. — Поговори с управляющим и выясни, хочет ли/готов ли он снизить цену. We needed a new secretary but no one was willing to take the job. — Нам был нужен новый секретарь, но никто не хотел взяться за эту работу.
    8. to fancy — хотеть, нравиться, приходить в голову ( используется в неофициальной речи): I don't fancy this car. — Мне не нравится эта машина./Я бы не хотел иметь такую машину. The patient can eat whatever he fancies. — Больной может есть все, что ему захочется/Больной может есть все, что ему вздумается./Больной может есть все, что ему заблагорассудится. Do you fancy a drink? — Хочешь выпить? I think he has always fancied a house like that. — Мне кажется, ему всегда хотелось иметь такой дом. I really fancy going for a swim. — Мне действительно хочется выкупаться. What do you fancy for dinner? — Что бы ты хотел на обед? I quite fancy the idea of lazing around. — Я совсем не прочь побездельничать. I don't fancy staying in tonight. — Мне не хочется сегодня вечером сидеть дома.
    9. to take smb's fancy — приглянуться, вызвать желание иметь что-либо, захотеть, привлечь чем-либо, захотеть иметь чтолибо, захотеть приобрести что-либо ( используется в обыденных ситуациях): We could go to the movie or go out for a meal — wherever takes your fancy. — Мы можем пойти в кино или куда-нибудь поесть — куда тебе хочется./ Мы можем пойти в кино или куда-нибудь поесть — куда тебе больше нравится. We wandered around the market stopping occasionally at the stalls to buy something that took her fancy. — Мы ходили между разными лотками, останавливаясь время от времени и покупая то, что привлекло ее./Мы ходили по рынку, останавливаясь время от времени у разных лотков, и покупая то, что ей хотелось./Мы ходили между разными лотками, останавливаясь время от времени и покупая то, что ей казалось привлекательным.
    10. to be interested — хотеть, иметь желание (хотеть что-то сделать и быть с кем-либо связанным или иметь к этому отношение, особенно, если вас об этом просили): I don't know if I can tell you much, but I would be very interested in coming to the meeting. — He знаю, смогу ли я много рассказать, но я бы хотел прийти на собрание. Would you be interested in going to the theatre with me on Friday? — Хотите пойти со мной в театр в пятницу? We are going for a walk, are you interested? — Мы идем гулять, а ты не хочешь пойти с нами?
    11. to be keen on/to be keen on doing smth — очень хотеть что-либо сделать (особенно потому, что вы думаете это будет интересно и доставит удовольствие или поможет другим людям): He's really keen to meet you. — Ему правда очень хочется познакомиться с вами. Diana is very keen to prove her worth to our group. — Диане очень хочется доказать, что она полезна нашей группе. The government is keen to avoid further conflicts with the Trade Union. — Правительство стремится к тому, чтобы избежать дальнейших конфликтов с профсоюзами./Правительство очень заинтересовано в том, чтобы избежать дальнейших конфликтов с профсоюзами. We are very keen to encourage more local employers to work with us. — Нам очень хочется, чтобы многие местные предприниматели работали с нами./Мы заинтересованы втом, чтобы больше местных предпринимателей сотрудничало с нами.
    12. to be eager to do smth — хотеть что-либо сделать, стремиться что-либо сделать: I was very eager to get my hand on those rare recordings. — Мне очень хотелось заполучить эти редкие записи/пластинки. Не is so eager to learn that he stayes late every evening. — Он так стремится к знаниям, что сидит (за занятиями) подолгу по вечерам. Some patients are only too eagerto tell you exactly how they feel. — Некоторые пациенты горят желанием подробно рассказать ( врачу) о своих ощущениях./Некоторые пациенты стремятся в подробностях рассказать ( врачу) 0 своих ощущениях.
    13. to be anxious to do smth — стремиться что-либо сделать, очень хотеть что-либо сделать (приложить большие усилия к тому, чтобы произвести хорошее впечатление или успешно справиться с новой работой): Не was anxious to gain approval. — Ему хотелось, чтобы его работа была одобрена./Он старался, чтобы его действия были одобрены./Он старался добиться похвалы. We are anxious to hear from anyone who can help. — Мы стремимся связаться со всеми, кто может оказать помощь. We are anxious that the food should be of the best quality. — Мы стремимся к тому, чтобы еда здесь была самого лучшего качества./Мы очень хотим, чтобы еда здесь была самого лучшего качества,/Мы очень стараемся, чтобы еда здесь была самого лучшего качества.
    14. would do anything/would give anything — хотеть сделать все возможное (используется в ситуациях, когда вам очень хочется сделать что-либо): When she began writing she would have done anything to get her articles printed. — Когда она начала писать, она была готова на все, чтобы ее статьи были напечатаны./Когда она начала писать, она очень стремилась к тому, чтобы ее статьи были напечатаны./Когда она начала писать, она очень хотела, чтобы ее статьи были напечатаны. She would do anything to marry Ben, but he just won't ask her. — Она отдала бы все, чтобы выйти замуж за Бена, но он не делает ей предложение. 1 would do anything for a cup of coffee. — Я бы все отдал за чашечку кофе.
    15. can't wait — не могу дождаться, мне не терпится (используется в ситуациях, когда вам чего-либо очень хочется, чтобы это произошло как можно скорее, особенно потому, что вы довольны, счастливы от предвкушения и возбуждены): After his trip to the Zoo, Philip could not wait to tell his club fellows about it. — После посещения зоопарка Филиппу не терпелось рассказать обо всем своим товарищам по клубу. She can't wait to get out onto the ski slopes this year. — Ей не терпится и в этом году вновь попасть в горы покататься на лыжах. I can't wait for Christmas it will be great to see the family again. — Я жду не дождусь Рождества, здорово будет повидать всю семью снова. Another two weeks and we will be together — I can't wait. — Еще две недели, и мы будем вместе — я жду не дождусь этого дня./Еще две недели, и мы будем вместе — я вся в нетерпении.
    16. to be itching to do smth — гореть желанием что-либо сделать, не терпится что-либо сделать, руки чешутся сделать что-либо (нетерпеливо ждать чего-либо, чего вы не имели возможности сделать или иметь до сих пор): The guard stood aggressively, gun in hand, they were itching to shoot someone. — Охранники стояли в агрессивной позе, с ружьями наготове, им не терпелось в кого-нибудь выстрелить. She is just itching to tell you about your husband's affair, she doesn't realize you know already! — Она изнывает от желания рассказать вам о любовных интрижках вашего мужа, она не знает, что вы уже об этом знаете./ Ей не терпится рассказать вам о любовных интрижках вашего мужа, она не подозревает, что вы уже об этом знаете.
    17. to be dying — горячо желать чего-либо, до смерти хотеть чего-либо (потому, что вам это действительно очень нужно или потому, что это доставит вам большое удовольствие): I'm dying for a drink. — Let's go to the bar. — Умираю, хочу пить. — Пошли в буфет. I'm dying to go to the toilet — can we walk a bit faster? — Нельзя ли нам идти побыстрее, мне очень надо в туалет. She is dying to find out what happened. — Ей очень хочется выяснить, что случилось. Paul was dying for someone to recognize him after his appearance on TV. — Павлу смерть как хотелось, чтобы его узнавали, после того как он выступил по телевидению.
    18. to set one's heart on — хотеть добиться чего-либо, быть готовым добиваться чего-либо (так сильно хотеть чего-либо, что вы все время об этом думаете и если вы этого не добьетесь, то будете очень огорчены): We have set our hearts on this house in the country. — Мы очень хотели приобрести этот домик за городом./Этот домик за городом запал нам в душу. I've set my heart on becoming a pilot. — Я твердо решил стать пилотом.
    19. to dream of — хотеть, мечтать ( о чем-либо) (хотеть чего-либо, что хотелось иметь давно; хотеть то, что вам хочется иметь, но вы вряд ли сумеете получить): Не dreams of becoming a famous novelist. — Он мечтает стать известным романистом. То think that what I have dreamt of all my life is coming true! — Подумать только, что сбывается то, о чем я мечтала всю жизнь! Не owns the biggest business anyone could dream of. — Он владеет самым большим предприятием, о каком любой могбы только помечтать./ Он владеет самым большим бизнесом, какой любой хотел бы иметь.
    20. to long — горячо желать, сильно хотеть, стремиться, с нетерпением ждать (сильно хотеть или сделать что-либо, особенно, если это уже случалось в прошлом или о том, что может произойти в будущем; предполагает тоску по несбыточному): Не longed for the good old days when teachers were shown respect. — Он мечтал о тех прежних временах, когда учителей уважали./Он мечтал о прежних временах, когда учителям оказывали уважение. Не was longing for everyone to live so that he might think in peace about what had happened that day. — Он очень хочет, чтобы наступило такое время, когда каждый сможет спокойно подумать о том, что произошло в тот день. More than anything I long to have someone who loves me for myself. — Я больше всего мечтаю о том, чтобы у меня был кто-то, кто любил бы меня ради меня самой./Я больше всего хочу, чтобы у меня был кто-то, кто любил бы меня ради меня самой. The day I have longed for eventually came. — Наконец наступил тот день, о котором я мечтал.
    21. to yearn — очень сильно хотеть, мечтать, стремиться, жаждать (так сильно хотеть чего-либо, что без этого вы не будете счастливы и довольны; часто желать того, на что мало вероятности рассчитывать): Above all the prisoners yearned for freedom. — Больше всего на свете узникам хотелось свободы. By this time some career women begin to yearn for motherhood. — В наше время некоторые женщины, сделавшие себе карьеру, начинают мечтать о том, чтобы иметь ребенка. I have always yearned to travel. — Я всегда очень хотел путешествовать./Я всегда стремился путешествовать. They were yearning to have a baby. — Им очень хотелось иметь ребенка.
    22. to crave — желать ( чего-либо) (счастья, любви так сильно, что ни чем другом вы не можете думать; часто хотеть так, что трудно себя контролировать): have always craved for love and acceptance. — Я всегда мечтал о том, чтобы меня любили и признавали. Не at last gained a recognition he craved for. — Наконец он получил признание, о котором мечтал. Не craved forthe attention ofthe older boys. — Ему очень хотелось, чтобы старшие ребята обращали на него внимание.
    23. to hanker after — хотеть, мечтать, страстно желать (постоянно думать о чем-либо, что вам хочется иметь и огорчаться по поводу того, что у вас этого нет; обычно используется в разговорном стиле речи): After two months abroad he began to hanker after/about home cooking. — После двухмесячного пребывания за границей, он начал мечтать о домашней еде. I still hanker after a career in politics. — Я все еще мечтаю о политической карьере. She always hankered after thick curly hair. — Ей всегда очень хотелось, чтобы у нее были густые курчавые волосы.
    24. to aspire — хотеть, стремиться, мечтать (стремиться достичь успеха, особенно в карьере): to aspire to fame — стремиться к славе/гнаться за славой Не was a young writer, aspiring to fame. — Он был молодым писателем, стремящимся к славе. Не aspired to artistic perfection in all his painting. — Во всех своих картинах он стремился к художественному совершенству. She aspired to nothing less than the head of the company. — Ей очень хотелось стать во главе компании и не меньше.
    25. to need — хотеть, нуждаться (используется в разговорных ситуациях для выражения желания получить что-либо обычное): I need a drink — I'm off to the bar. — Я хочу пить — я пошел в буфет. Не looks like he badly needs a holiday. — У него такой вид, как будто ему срочно нужен отпуск.

    Русско-английский объяснительный словарь > хотеть

  • 6 reivindicación

    f.
    1 revindication, redemption, salvation, restoration.
    2 demand, urgent claim.
    3 grievance, cause for complaint.
    * * *
    1 claim, demand
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=reclamación) demand

    reivindicación salarial — pay claim, wage claim

    2) [de asesinato, crimen]
    3) (=desagravio)
    4) (Jur) recovery
    * * *
    a) ( demanda) demand, claim
    b) ( reconocimiento) recognition

    la reivindicación del general como héroe nacional — the restoration o rehabilitation of the general as a national hero

    * * *
    = assertion, grievance, claim, reclamation, vindication.
    Ex. The argument in support of this proposal rests on the following assertions: The main entry is a relic of the early days of the printed book catalog when, for reasons of space and cost of printing, a book was to be represented by one entry only.
    Ex. So, in the bicentennial spirit here's a three-point bill of particulars or grievances (in addition to what was mentioned previously with respect to offensive or unauthentic terms).
    Ex. Dialog also wants relief from outstanding royalty claims from the American Chemical Society.
    Ex. The steps to be followed in the reclamation and restoration of library materials should be set out.
    Ex. Hitchens' vigorous defense and vindication of Orwell consists of ten shortish chapters examining his hero's credentials in relation to various matters.
    * * *
    a) ( demanda) demand, claim
    b) ( reconocimiento) recognition

    la reivindicación del general como héroe nacional — the restoration o rehabilitation of the general as a national hero

    * * *
    = assertion, grievance, claim, reclamation, vindication.

    Ex: The argument in support of this proposal rests on the following assertions: The main entry is a relic of the early days of the printed book catalog when, for reasons of space and cost of printing, a book was to be represented by one entry only.

    Ex: So, in the bicentennial spirit here's a three-point bill of particulars or grievances (in addition to what was mentioned previously with respect to offensive or unauthentic terms).
    Ex: Dialog also wants relief from outstanding royalty claims from the American Chemical Society.
    Ex: The steps to be followed in the reclamation and restoration of library materials should be set out.
    Ex: Hitchens' vigorous defense and vindication of Orwell consists of ten shortish chapters examining his hero's credentials in relation to various matters.

    * * *
    A
    la patronal rechazó las reivindicaciones obreras the employers rejected the workers' demands
    repitieron sus reivindicaciones referentes a la zona ocupada they repeated their claims o demands with regard to the occupied zone
    2 (reconocimiento) recognition
    luchan por la reivindicación de sus derechos they are fighting for recognition of their rights
    B
    (rehabilitación): luchó por la reivindicación del buen nombre de su padre she fought to vindicate her father's good name
    la reivindicación del general como uno de los grandes héroes nacionales the restoration o rehabilitation of the general as a great national hero
    C
    (de un atentado): la reivindicación del atentado the claiming of responsibility for the attack;
    ( Der) recovery ( of property)
    * * *

    reivindicación sustantivo femenino






    reivindicación sustantivo femenino
    1 (laboral, política, etc) claim, demand
    2 reivindicación de un atentado, claiming of responsibility for an attack
    ' reivindicación' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cada
    - solidaria
    - solidario
    English:
    chant
    - claim
    - demand
    - disallow
    - dismiss
    - dismissal
    - relinquish
    - shelve
    - withdraw
    - withdrawal
    * * *
    1. [acción]
    estamos a la espera de la reivindicación del atentado no one has yet claimed responsibility for the attack
    2. [resultado] claim, demand;
    el salario mínimo es una reivindicación histórica de los sindicatos a minimum wage is one of the trade unions' traditional demands;
    el país ha abandonado sus reivindicaciones territoriales the country has renounced its territorial claims
    reivindicación salarial pay claim
    * * *
    f claim
    * * *
    1) : demand, claim
    2) : vindication
    * * *
    reivindicación n demand / claim

    Spanish-English dictionary > reivindicación

  • 7 отвечать

    I
    гл.
    Русский глагол отвечать относится к любому способу ответа и не характеризует, на что и при каких обстоятельствах дан ответ. Эти дополнительные характеристики в русском языке передаются расширенными словосочетаниями. В отличие от русского языка английские соответствия фиксируют разные типы и обстоятельства ответов разными словами.
    1. to answer — отвечать (не указывает на характер и обстоятельства ответа; английские соответствия передают такие уточнения разными словами): to answer smb — отвечать кому-либо; to answer readily (willingly, immediately, frankly, vaguely) — отвечать с готовностью (охотно, немедленно, откровенно, неопределенно); to answer questions — отвечать на вопросы; to answer a letter — отвечать на письмо; to answer the phone — подойти к телефону; to answer the door — подойти открыть дверь
    2. to reply — отвечать (на вопрос, просьбу или замечание, особенно на то, что сказано): I waited for Smith to reply, but he said nothing. — Я ждал, что Смит ответит, но он ничего не сказал. «You could earn more money there» Robert remarked. «So what?» Emma replied defiantly. — «Ты могла бы там заработать больше денег», — заметил Роберт. «Ну, так что же из этого», — вызывающе сказала Эмма в ответ. The jailer refused to reply to the prisoner's question where he was being taken. — Тюремщик отказался отвечать на вопросы узника, куда его везут. We asked Jane to help, but she replied that she was too busy. — Мы попросили Джейн помочь нам, но она ответила, что слишком занята. Railway officials say it is not their fault — that is what they usually reply to I he customers' complaints. — Железнодорожные служащие в ответ на жалобы пассажиров обычно говорят, что это не их вина./Железнодорожные служащие всегда так отвечают на жалобы клиентов. Dear Sir, I'm replying to your letter of June, 19.— Уважаемый господин, я отвечаю на Ваше письмо от 19-го июня. Since Margaret hasn't replied to the invitation, we arc assuming she is not coming. — Поскольку Маргарет не ответила на приглашение, мы полагаем, что она не придет. Your mother wrote to you three weeks ago and she's worried because you have not replied. — Ваша мама написала вам три недели тому назад, и она беспокоится, так как вы не ответили.
    3. to respond — отвечать, откликнуться (на критику, на чье-либо возражение, на чьи-либо чувства): How do you respond to the accusation that you deceived deliberately your employers? — Как вы ответите на обвинение в том, что сознательно обманули своих работодателей?/Как вы ответите на обвинение в том, что намеренно обманули своих работодателей? Bob responded to Jim's argument by saying evolution is for the good of the individual. — На доводы Джима Боб ответил, что эволюция идет на благо отдельного человека. «No, I don't think the meeting is necessary» responded Bob. — «Нет, я думаю встреча не нужна», — откликнулся Боб. То her suggest ion he responded with a simple refusal. — На ее предложение он ответил прямым отказом. He put forward his proposal and sat down waiting for us to respond. — Он изложил свое предложение и сел, ожидая, что мы на него ответим. Не responded to the insult with a blow. — На оскорбление он ответил ударом. Не didn't respond to her tears and appeal. — Он не прореагировал на ее слезы и просьбу.
    4. to retort — возражать, отвечать (сердито, с сарказмом, иронически, с издевкой, не задумываясь, немедленно): I felt tempted to retort that the matter was none of his business. — Мне так и хотелось возразить, что это его не касается. Ellis sarcastically retorted which surprised Max, he had not realized she would be so annoyed. — Эллис возразила с сарказмом, что удивило Макса, он не ожидал, что это ее так заденет. «You are wet through.» said Ellis «Am I? Indeed?» Fred retorted sarcastically. — «Ты насквозь промок», — сказала Эллис. «Правда?» — ответил Фрэд с сарказмом.
    II
    гл.
    1. to be responsible; 2. to be in charge of; 3. to be in a position of trust/responsibility; 4. to look after; 5. to be accountable; 6. to take on; 7. to shoulder; 8. to be liable
    Русский глагол отвечать разграничивает отдельные значения при помощи разных, чаще предложных, конструкций, таких как: отвечать на что-либо, за что-либо, за кого-либо, чему-либо, перед кем-либо. Русское словосочетание отвечать за что-либо, за кого-либо указывает только на наличие ответственности, не уточняя характера и обстоятельств такой ответственности. Английские соответствия конкретизируют эти аспекты, сохраняя общее значение быть ответственным, нести ответственность.
    1. to be responsible — отвечать, быть ответственным ( за что-либо), нести ответственность: You are responsible for the children while they are in your classroom. — Вы несете ответственность за детей, пока они у вас в классе. The government is responsible for the general management of the economy. — Правительство отвечает за общее руководство экономикой страны. District magistrate is responsible for all local matters. — Районные власти отвечают за все, что происходит в их районе.
    2. to be in charge of — ведать, отвечать, быть ответственным ( за что-либо), контролировать ( что-либо), нести ответственность: Who is in charge of the club's finance? — Кто отвечает за финансовую деятельность клуба? The committee is in charge of coordinating domestic and overseas refugee programs. — Этот комитет ведает координацией профамм по делам беженцев внутри страны и за рубежом./В ведении этого комитета находится координация программ по делам беженцев внутри страны и за рубежом.
    3. to be in a position of trust/responsibility — пользоваться доверием, считаться ответственным ( за исполнение порученного): If you are in a position of trust/responsibility you must not abuse it. — Если вы занимаете ответственный пост, вы не должны превышать свои полномочия. It is not acceptable to put people with criminal records in a position of trust/responsibility. — Недопустимо облекать полномочиями людей с криминальным прошлым./Недопустимо доверять ответственный пост людям с криминальным прошлым. He was a sensible teacher and could safely be placed in a position of responsibility. — Он разумный учитель, и его безопасно облекать ответственными полномочиями.
    4. to look after — отвечать ( за что-либо), ведать чем-либо: Sully looks after the accounts, I'm in charge oft he building itself. — Салли отвечает за счета, а я отвечаю за само здание. He looks after the sanitation of the districts and towns within his area. — Он следит зa санитарным состоянием районов и городов в своей области. The patients are well looked after in this hospital. — В этой больнице за пациентами хороший уход.
    5. to be accountable — отвечать ( перед кем-либо), быть подотчетным ( кому-либо), нести ответственность (перед кем-либо, кто вам доверил какие-либо полномочия): I'll be held accountable for this. — Мне за это придется отвечать. I am accountable to the director for the work of the department. — Я отчитываюсь перед директором за работу отдела. The reformers believe that the police department should be more accountable. — Реформаторы считают, что полиция должна быть более подотчетна. All government ministersare accountable to Parliament. — Государственные министры несут ответственность перед парламентом./Государственные министры подотчетны парламенту.
    6. to take on — взять на себя ответственность, взвалить на себя ответственность (за что-либо, что потребует много работы): I'm very busy, I'm afraid I can't take anything else on at the moment. — Я очень занят и боюсь, ничего больше сейчас взять на себя не могу. There were no longer any members of the staff willing to take on the job. — Больше не было ни одного штатного сотрудника, который бы согласился взять на себя эту работу.
    7. to shoulder — взвалить на себя ответственность, взять на себя ответственность ( за какую-либо трудную работу) (дать согласие взять ответственность за что-либо, с чем нелегко справиться, за долги, цены и т. п.): My mother was unwilling to shoulder the cost of having the whole house redecorated. — Мама не соглашалась нести расходы по ремонту всего дома. The burden of supporting the poor is shouldering mainly by charity. — Бремя забот о бедных берут на себя главным образом благотворительные организации.
    8. to be liable — взять на себя обязанность, нести ответственность: Accountants are liable for all their mistakes. — Бухгалтеры отвечают за все свои ошибки. Goods are liable to duty. — Товары облагаются пошлиной. Everyone is liable to income tax. — Все обязаны платить подоходный налог. If you park here you will be liable to a fine. — Если ты поставишь машину здесь, тебя могут оштрафовать. Who is liable for her debts? — Кто несет ответственность за ее долги?

    Русско-английский объяснительный словарь > отвечать

  • 8 auspiciar

    v.
    1 to back.
    2 to patronize, to forward, to foster, to further.
    María le dio alas al amor Mary fostered the love.
    * * *
    1 (proteger) to protect
    2 (augurar) to augur
    * * *
    VT
    1) (=patrocinar) to back, sponsor
    2) LAm (=desear éxito a) to wish good luck to
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) ( patrocinar) <exposición/función> to back, sponsor
    b) (propiciar, facilitar) to foster, promote
    * * *
    = predict, sponsor, forecast.
    Nota: Verbo irregular: pasado y participio forecast.
    Ex. Further, it is necessary to predict in avance the areas in which new subjects are likely to arise and to leave gaps accordingly; this forecasting is obviously difficult.
    Ex. Since 1980 it has offered access to data bases and data banks either wholly or partially sponsored by the Commission of the European Communities.
    Ex. It is little wonder that all players in the serials information chain -- publishers, subscriptions agents and librarians alike -- are taking a long hard look at what they are doing and attempting to forecast what the future might hold for them.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) ( patrocinar) <exposición/función> to back, sponsor
    b) (propiciar, facilitar) to foster, promote
    * * *
    = predict, sponsor, forecast.
    Nota: Verbo irregular: pasado y participio forecast.

    Ex: Further, it is necessary to predict in avance the areas in which new subjects are likely to arise and to leave gaps accordingly; this forecasting is obviously difficult.

    Ex: Since 1980 it has offered access to data bases and data banks either wholly or partially sponsored by the Commission of the European Communities.
    Ex: It is little wonder that all players in the serials information chain -- publishers, subscriptions agents and librarians alike -- are taking a long hard look at what they are doing and attempting to forecast what the future might hold for them.

    * * *
    auspiciar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 (patrocinar) ‹programa/exposición/función› to back, sponsor
    2 (propiciar, facilitar) to foster, promote, create a favorable atmosphere for
    la patronal auspició el diálogo con los trabajadores the management fostered dialogue with the workers
    * * *

    auspiciar ( conjugate auspiciar) verbo transitivo
    a) ( patrocinar) ‹exposición/función› to back, sponsor

    b) (propiciar, facilitar) to foster, promote

    auspiciar verbo transitivo
    1 (promover) to promote: esos hábitos auspician la aparición de epidemias, those habits create a ripe atmosphere for epidemics
    2 (predecir): nos auspició un futuro lleno de felicidad, he foresaw for us a future full of happiness
    * * *
    1. [apoyar, favorecer] to back, to support;
    una campaña auspiciada por las autoridades a campaign backed o supported by the authorities;
    una fundación auspiciada por la patronal italiana a foundation sponsored by Italian employers;
    un grupo que auspicia una política de tolerancia a group that advocates a policy of tolerance
    2. [pronosticar] to predict;
    auspiciar el futuro to predict the future
    * * *
    v/t sponsor
    * * *
    1) patrocinar: to sponsor
    2) fomentar: to foster, to promote

    Spanish-English dictionary > auspiciar

  • 9 social

    social ['səʊʃəl]
    (a) (background, behaviour, conditions, reform, tradition) social; (phenomenon) social, de société;
    ∎ to bow to social pressures se plier aux pressions sociales;
    ∎ they are our social equals ils sont de même condition sociale que nous;
    ∎ humorous it's social death to wear such clothes there plus personne ne te connaît si tu t'habilles comme ça pour y aller;
    ∎ they move in high or the best social circles ils évoluent dans les hautes sphères de la société
    (b) (in society → activities) mondain; (leisure) de loisir ou loisirs;
    ∎ his life is one mad social whirl il mène une vie mondaine insensée
    (c) (evening, function) amical;
    ∎ it was the social event of the year c'était l'événement mondain de l'année;
    ∎ to pay someone a social call faire à quelqu'un une visite amicale;
    ∎ I'm afraid this isn't just a social call je crains que ceci ne soit pas qu'une visite amicale
    (d) Zoology social;
    ∎ ants are social insects la fourmi est un insecte social;
    ∎ man is a social animal l'homme est un animal social
    2 noun
    soirée f (dansante)
    ►► social accounting comptabilité f nationale;
    social anthropologist spécialiste mf d'anthropologie sociale;
    social anthropology anthropologie f sociale;
    social behaviourism behaviorisme m social;
    social benefits prestations fpl sociales;
    EU the Social Chapter le volet social (du traité de Maastricht);
    social charges (levied on employers) charges fpl sociales;
    EU Social Charter Charte f sociale;
    social class classe f sociale;
    social cleansing = élimination ou expulsion des éléments indésirables de la société;
    social climber arriviste mf;
    social climbing arrivisme m;
    social club club m;
    social conscience conscience f sociale;
    ∎ to have a social conscience avoir conscience des problèmes sociaux;
    social contract contrat m social;
    French Canadian Economics & History social credit = doctrine populiste canadienne selon laquelle le gouvernement doit exercer un contrôle sur les prix afin de remédier aux inégalités de pouvoir d'achat;
    social Darwinism darwinisme m social;
    (a) (system) social-démocratie f
    (b) (country) démocratie f socialiste;
    ∎ we live in a social democracy nous vivons dans une démocratie socialiste;
    social democrat social-démocrate mf;
    social democratic social-démocrate mf;
    Social Democratic and Labour Party = parti travailliste d'Irlande du Nord;
    Social Democratic Party Parti m social-démocrate;
    social disease (gen) maladie f provoquée par des facteurs socio-économiques; euphemism (venereal) maladie f vénérienne;
    social drinker = personne qui ne boit d'alcool qu'en société;
    ∎ he's purely a social drinker il ne boit pas seul, il boit seulement en société ou en compagnie;
    social drinking = consommation d'alcool lors de réunions entre amis;
    social dumping dumping m social;
    social engineering manipulation f des structures sociales;
    social fund = caisse d'aide sociale;
    social graces bonnes manières fpl;
    social historian spécialiste mf d'histoire sociale;
    social history histoire f sociale;
    social housing logements mpl sociaux;
    social insurance (UNCOUNT) prestations fpl sociales;
    social life vie f mondaine;
    ∎ to have a busy social life sortir beaucoup;
    ∎ he doesn't have much of a social life il ne sort pas beaucoup;
    ∎ work is getting in the way of my social life j'ai trop de travail pour pouvoir sortir;
    ∎ there isn't much of a social life in this town les gens ne sortent pas beaucoup dans cette ville, il ne se passe rien dans cette ville;
    ∎ what's the social life like here? est-ce que vous sortez beaucoup ici?;
    social mobility mobilité f sociale;
    social order ordre m social;
    social outcast paria m;
    social position rang m dans la société;
    social psychology psychologie f sociale, psychosociologie f;
    social realism réalisme m social;
    American Social Register Bottin m mondain;
    social science sciences fpl humaines;
    social scientist spécialiste mf des sciences humaines;
    social secretary (of organization) = secrétaire chargé d'organiser les événements mondains; (personal secretary) secrétaire mf particulier(ère); social security
    (a) (gen) prestations fpl sociales;
    ∎ to be on social security toucher une aide sociale
    (b) British (money paid to unemployed) ≃ allocations fpl de chômage;
    American Social Security Administration ≃ Sécurité f sociale;
    social security contribution prélèvement m social;
    American social security number numéro m de Sécurité sociale;
    social services services mpl sociaux;
    social skills = manière de se comporter en société;
    ∎ to have good/poor social skills être à l'aise/ne pas être à l'aise en société;
    ∎ he has no social skills il ne sait pas comment se comporter en société;
    social spending dépenses fpl sociales;
    social structure structure f sociale;
    social studies sciences fpl sociales;
    social work assistance f sociale, travail m social;
    social worker assistant(e) m,f social(e), travailleur(euse) m,f social(e)

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  • 10 strike

    1. past tense - struck; verb
    1) (to hit, knock or give a blow to: He struck me in the face with his fist; Why did you strike him?; The stone struck me a blow on the side of the head; His head struck the table as he fell; The tower of the church was struck by lightning.) slå, treffe
    2) (to attack: The enemy troops struck at dawn; We must prevent the disease striking again.) angripe; ramme; slå til/ned
    3) (to produce (sparks or a flame) by rubbing: He struck a match/light; He struck sparks from the stone with his knife.) tenne; slå gnister
    4) ((of workers) to stop work as a protest, or in order to force employers to give better pay: The men decided to strike for higher wages.) streike, gå til streik mot
    5) (to discover or find: After months of prospecting they finally struck gold/oil; If we walk in this direction we may strike the right path.) støte på, finne
    6) (to (make something) sound: He struck a note on the piano/violin; The clock struck twelve.) slå (an)
    7) (to impress, or give a particular impression to (a person): I was struck by the resemblance between the two men; How does the plan strike you?; It / The thought struck me that she had come to borrow money.) slå, bli slått, virke, få inntrykk av
    8) (to mint or manufacture (a coin, medal etc).) prege
    9) (to go in a certain direction: He left the path and struck (off) across the fields.) gå, kjøre; snu
    10) (to lower or take down (tents, flags etc).) ta ned; bryte; stryke, fire
    2. noun
    1) (an act of striking: a miners' strike.) streik
    2) (a discovery of oil, gold etc: He made a lucky strike.) rikt funn
    •
    - striking
    - strikingly
    - be out on strike
    - be on strike
    - call a strike
    - come out on strike
    - come
    - be within striking distance of
    - strike at
    - strike an attitude/pose
    - strike a balance
    - strike a bargain/agreement
    - strike a blow for
    - strike down
    - strike dumb
    - strike fear/terror into
    - strike home
    - strike it rich
    - strike lucky
    - strike out
    - strike up
    streik
    I
    subst. \/straɪk\/
    1) streik
    2) slag, hugg
    3) ( om klokke) slag
    4) (militærvesen, spesielt flyvåpen) angrep, raid
    6) ( mineralogi) rikt funn (av olje e.l.)
    7) ( overført) suksess, fremgang, hit
    8) ( om orm) hugg
    9) ( om fisk) napp
    10) (softball, baseball) strike, bom
    11) ( bowling) strike
    be on strike streike
    call a strike erklære streik
    go on strike eller come\/turn out on strike streike, gå til streik, legge ned arbeidet
    lucky strike rikt funn ( overført) lykketreff
    II
    verb ( stru ck eller struck - gammeldags:
    stricken) \/straɪk\/
    1) slå (til), gi et slag
    2) slå på, slå mot
    3) slå seg på
    4) treffe, ramme, slå ned
    5) slå mot, støte mot, tørne mot, kollidere med, støte inn i, støte bort i
    6) ramme, treffe, slå til, sette inn, hjemsøke
    7) ( sjøfart) gå på grunn, støte på, gå på
    8) ( overført) støte på, møte
    9) treffe på, finne, oppdage, gjøre funn
    10) nå (frem til), komme frem til
    11) felle, drepe
    12) gjennombore, trenge gjennom, penetrere
    13) spidde, stikke (ned)
    14) hugge, bite
    15) ( overført) slå, frappere, forbause
    det som slo meg, var at du er flink til dette
    16) gjøre sterkt inntrykk på, slå, fylle
    17) gi inntrykk av, late til, synes
    18) slå, falle inn
    19) fange, fengsle, tiltale
    20) falle på, treffe
    21) prege, slå
    22) ( musikk) slå an
    23) stryke, slette
    24) ( sjøfart) stryke, ta ned, fire
    25) ta ned, demontere
    26) ( om konto) avslutte, gjøre opp
    27) finne, komme frem til, inngå, slutte
    28) beregne, ta
    29) (amer.) gå til streik mot
    30) innta, stille seg i
    posere \/ stille seg i positur
    31) nappe
    32) ( militærvesen) angripe, gå til angrep
    33) ( teknikk) stryke av
    34) ( om klokke) slå
    35) gå, ta veien, legge i vei, gi seg i vei
    36) ( om fyrstikk) tenne, ta fyr
    38) ( om plante) slå rot, feste rot, sette rot
    39) ( sport) sparke, slå, treffe
    be struck down by\/with bli rammet av
    it struck home den satt, den virket
    strike at slå etter, rette et slag mot angripe, slå til mot
    strike at something støte mot noe
    strike back slå igjen, slå tilbake
    strike blind slå med blindhet, gjøre blind
    strike dead eller strike to death slå i hjel, drepe
    strike down slå ned, slå til jorden, felle knekke, bryte ned
    strike dumb gjøre stum, gjøre målløs
    strike for streike for slå et slag for
    legge kursen mot, gå i retning av, dra i retning av
    strike in ( gammeldags) avbryte, skyte inn
    ( om sykdom) angripe de indre deler
    strike into slå inn på, svinge inn på
    slå over i
    komme inn på
    strike it rich finne en gullåre ( hverdagslig) bli plutselig rik, skaffe seg en formue raskt
    strike (it) lucky ha flaks, være heldig
    strike me dead! eller strike me dumb! eller strike me punk! eller strike up a gum-tree! eller strike a light! forbaske meg!, det var som pokker!
    strike off hugge av, slå av ( overført) skjære av, isolere stryke ( typografi) trykke
    • strike off 5,000 copies of a book
    improvisere, riste ut av ermet
    koke i hop, raske sammen
    stryke av, (av)rette gi seg i vei, starte, gå videre
    svinge av, ta av
    • strike off to the right!
    ( om kirkeklokke) begynne å ringe
    strike (up)on komme på, finne på
    falle på
    strike out (frembringe ved å) slå ( overført) fremkalle stryke ut, stryke over
    finne på, tenke ut
    komme på
    ( også overført) skissere raskt brøyte, bane
    slå omkring seg
    rette et slag mot begi seg av sted, dra av sted
    ( i baseball) slå ut slåer (i baseball, om slåer) bli utslått
    strike out for sette kursen mot
    strike out for oneself eller strike out a line\/path for oneself eller strike out one's own gå sine egne veier, stake ut sin egen kurs
    strike out of avvike fra, forlate
    strike through trenge gjennom, slå gjennom stryke over
    strike up innlede, knytte
    ( musikk) spille opp
    slå opp
    strike while the iron is hot smi mens jernet er varmt

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  • 11 Historical Portugal

       Before Romans described western Iberia or Hispania as "Lusitania," ancient Iberians inhabited the land. Phoenician and Greek trading settlements grew up in the Tagus estuary area and nearby coasts. Beginning around 202 BCE, Romans invaded what is today southern Portugal. With Rome's defeat of Carthage, Romans proceeded to conquer and rule the western region north of the Tagus, which they named Roman "Lusitania." In the fourth century CE, as Rome's rule weakened, the area experienced yet another invasion—Germanic tribes, principally the Suevi, who eventually were Christianized. During the sixth century CE, the Suevi kingdom was superseded by yet another Germanic tribe—the Christian Visigoths.
       A major turning point in Portugal's history came in 711, as Muslim armies from North Africa, consisting of both Arab and Berber elements, invaded the Iberian Peninsula from across the Straits of Gibraltar. They entered what is now Portugal in 714, and proceeded to conquer most of the country except for the far north. For the next half a millennium, Islam and Muslim presence in Portugal left a significant mark upon the politics, government, language, and culture of the country.
       Islam, Reconquest, and Portugal Created, 714-1140
       The long frontier struggle between Muslim invaders and Christian communities in the north of the Iberian peninsula was called the Reconquista (Reconquest). It was during this struggle that the first dynasty of Portuguese kings (Burgundian) emerged and the independent monarchy of Portugal was established. Christian forces moved south from what is now the extreme north of Portugal and gradually defeated Muslim forces, besieging and capturing towns under Muslim sway. In the ninth century, as Christian forces slowly made their way southward, Christian elements were dominant only in the area between Minho province and the Douro River; this region became known as "territorium Portu-calense."
       In the 11th century, the advance of the Reconquest quickened as local Christian armies were reinforced by crusading knights from what is now France and England. Christian forces took Montemor (1034), at the Mondego River; Lamego (1058); Viseu (1058); and Coimbra (1064). In 1095, the king of Castile and Léon granted the country of "Portu-cale," what became northern Portugal, to a Burgundian count who had emigrated from France. This was the foundation of Portugal. In 1139, a descendant of this count, Afonso Henriques, proclaimed himself "King of Portugal." He was Portugal's first monarch, the "Founder," and the first of the Burgundian dynasty, which ruled until 1385.
       The emergence of Portugal in the 12th century as a separate monarchy in Iberia occurred before the Christian Reconquest of the peninsula. In the 1140s, the pope in Rome recognized Afonso Henriques as king of Portugal. In 1147, after a long, bloody siege, Muslim-occupied Lisbon fell to Afonso Henriques's army. Lisbon was the greatest prize of the 500-year war. Assisting this effort were English crusaders on their way to the Holy Land; the first bishop of Lisbon was an Englishman. When the Portuguese captured Faro and Silves in the Algarve province in 1248-50, the Reconquest of the extreme western portion of the Iberian peninsula was complete—significantly, more than two centuries before the Spanish crown completed the Reconquest of the eastern portion by capturing Granada in 1492.
       Consolidation and Independence of Burgundian Portugal, 1140-1385
       Two main themes of Portugal's early existence as a monarchy are the consolidation of control over the realm and the defeat of a Castil-ian threat from the east to its independence. At the end of this period came the birth of a new royal dynasty (Aviz), which prepared to carry the Christian Reconquest beyond continental Portugal across the straits of Gibraltar to North Africa. There was a variety of motives behind these developments. Portugal's independent existence was imperiled by threats from neighboring Iberian kingdoms to the north and east. Politics were dominated not only by efforts against the Muslims in
       Portugal (until 1250) and in nearby southern Spain (until 1492), but also by internecine warfare among the kingdoms of Castile, Léon, Aragon, and Portugal. A final comeback of Muslim forces was defeated at the battle of Salado (1340) by allied Castilian and Portuguese forces. In the emerging Kingdom of Portugal, the monarch gradually gained power over and neutralized the nobility and the Church.
       The historic and commonplace Portuguese saying "From Spain, neither a good wind nor a good marriage" was literally played out in diplomacy and war in the late 14th-century struggles for mastery in the peninsula. Larger, more populous Castile was pitted against smaller Portugal. Castile's Juan I intended to force a union between Castile and Portugal during this era of confusion and conflict. In late 1383, Portugal's King Fernando, the last king of the Burgundian dynasty, suddenly died prematurely at age 38, and the Master of Aviz, Portugal's most powerful nobleman, took up the cause of independence and resistance against Castile's invasion. The Master of Aviz, who became King João I of Portugal, was able to obtain foreign assistance. With the aid of English archers, Joao's armies defeated the Castilians in the crucial battle of Aljubarrota, on 14 August 1385, a victory that assured the independence of the Portuguese monarchy from its Castilian nemesis for several centuries.
       Aviz Dynasty and Portugal's First Overseas Empire, 1385-1580
       The results of the victory at Aljubarrota, much celebrated in Portugal's art and monuments, and the rise of the Aviz dynasty also helped to establish a new merchant class in Lisbon and Oporto, Portugal's second city. This group supported King João I's program of carrying the Reconquest to North Africa, since it was interested in expanding Portugal's foreign commerce and tapping into Muslim trade routes and resources in Africa. With the Reconquest against the Muslims completed in Portugal and the threat from Castile thwarted for the moment, the Aviz dynasty launched an era of overseas conquest, exploration, and trade. These efforts dominated Portugal's 15th and 16th centuries.
       The overseas empire and age of Discoveries began with Portugal's bold conquest in 1415 of the Moroccan city of Ceuta. One royal member of the 1415 expedition was young, 21-year-old Prince Henry, later known in history as "Prince Henry the Navigator." His part in the capture of Ceuta won Henry his knighthood and began Portugal's "Marvelous Century," during which the small kingdom was counted as a European and world power of consequence. Henry was the son of King João I and his English queen, Philippa of Lancaster, but he did not inherit the throne. Instead, he spent most of his life and his fortune, and that of the wealthy military Order of Christ, on various imperial ventures and on voyages of exploration down the African coast and into the Atlantic. While mythology has surrounded Henry's controversial role in the Discoveries, and this role has been exaggerated, there is no doubt that he played a vital part in the initiation of Portugal's first overseas empire and in encouraging exploration. He was naturally curious, had a sense of mission for Portugal, and was a strong leader. He also had wealth to expend; at least a third of the African voyages of the time were under his sponsorship. If Prince Henry himself knew little science, significant scientific advances in navigation were made in his day.
       What were Portugal's motives for this new imperial effort? The well-worn historical cliche of "God, Glory, and Gold" can only partly explain the motivation of a small kingdom with few natural resources and barely 1 million people, which was greatly outnumbered by the other powers it confronted. Among Portuguese objectives were the desire to exploit known North African trade routes and resources (gold, wheat, leather, weaponry, and other goods that were scarce in Iberia); the need to outflank the Muslim world in the Mediterranean by sailing around Africa, attacking Muslims en route; and the wish to ally with Christian kingdoms beyond Africa. This enterprise also involved a strategy of breaking the Venetian spice monopoly by trading directly with the East by means of discovering and exploiting a sea route around Africa to Asia. Besides the commercial motives, Portugal nurtured a strong crusading sense of Christian mission, and various classes in the kingdom saw an opportunity for fame and gain.
       By the time of Prince Henry's death in 1460, Portugal had gained control of the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeiras, begun to colonize the Cape Verde Islands, failed to conquer the Canary Islands from Castile, captured various cities on Morocco's coast, and explored as far as Senegal, West Africa, down the African coast. By 1488, Bar-tolomeu Dias had rounded the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa and thereby discovered the way to the Indian Ocean.
       Portugal's largely coastal African empire and later its fragile Asian empire brought unexpected wealth but were purchased at a high price. Costs included wars of conquest and defense against rival powers, manning the far-flung navel and trade fleets and scattered castle-fortresses, and staffing its small but fierce armies, all of which entailed a loss of skills and population to maintain a scattered empire. Always short of capital, the monarchy became indebted to bankers. There were many defeats beginning in the 16th century at the hands of the larger imperial European monarchies (Spain, France, England, and Holland) and many attacks on Portugal and its strung-out empire. Typically, there was also the conflict that arose when a tenuously held world empire that rarely if ever paid its way demanded finance and manpower Portugal itself lacked.
       The first 80 years of the glorious imperial era, the golden age of Portugal's imperial power and world influence, was an African phase. During 1415-88, Portuguese navigators and explorers in small ships, some of them caravelas (caravels), explored the treacherous, disease-ridden coasts of Africa from Morocco to South Africa beyond the Cape of Good Hope. By the 1470s, the Portuguese had reached the Gulf of Guinea and, in the early 1480s, what is now Angola. Bartolomeu Dias's extraordinary voyage of 1487-88 to South Africa's coast and the edge of the Indian Ocean convinced Portugal that the best route to Asia's spices and Christians lay south, around the tip of southern Africa. Between 1488 and 1495, there was a hiatus caused in part by domestic conflict in Portugal, discussion of resources available for further conquests beyond Africa in Asia, and serious questions as to Portugal's capacity to reach beyond Africa. In 1495, King Manuel and his council decided to strike for Asia, whatever the consequences. In 1497-99, Vasco da Gama, under royal orders, made the epic two-year voyage that discovered the sea route to western India (Asia), outflanked Islam and Venice, and began Portugal's Asian empire. Within 50 years, Portugal had discovered and begun the exploitation of its largest colony, Brazil, and set up forts and trading posts from the Middle East (Aden and Ormuz), India (Calicut, Goa, etc.), Malacca, and Indonesia to Macau in China.
       By the 1550s, parts of its largely coastal, maritime trading post empire from Morocco to the Moluccas were under siege from various hostile forces, including Muslims, Christians, and Hindi. Although Moroccan forces expelled the Portuguese from the major coastal cities by 1550, the rival European monarchies of Castile (Spain), England, France, and later Holland began to seize portions of her undermanned, outgunned maritime empire.
       In 1580, Phillip II of Spain, whose mother was a Portuguese princess and who had a strong claim to the Portuguese throne, invaded Portugal, claimed the throne, and assumed control over the realm and, by extension, its African, Asian, and American empires. Phillip II filled the power vacuum that appeared in Portugal following the loss of most of Portugal's army and its young, headstrong King Sebastião in a disastrous war in Morocco. Sebastiao's death in battle (1578) and the lack of a natural heir to succeed him, as well as the weak leadership of the cardinal who briefly assumed control in Lisbon, led to a crisis that Spain's strong monarch exploited. As a result, Portugal lost its independence to Spain for a period of 60 years.
       Portugal under Spanish Rule, 1580-1640
       Despite the disastrous nature of Portugal's experience under Spanish rule, "The Babylonian Captivity" gave birth to modern Portuguese nationalism, its second overseas empire, and its modern alliance system with England. Although Spain allowed Portugal's weakened empire some autonomy, Spanish rule in Portugal became increasingly burdensome and unacceptable. Spain's ambitious imperial efforts in Europe and overseas had an impact on the Portuguese as Spain made greater and greater demands on its smaller neighbor for manpower and money. Portugal's culture underwent a controversial Castilianization, while its empire became hostage to Spain's fortunes. New rival powers England, France, and Holland attacked and took parts of Spain's empire and at the same time attacked Portugal's empire, as well as the mother country.
       Portugal's empire bore the consequences of being attacked by Spain's bitter enemies in what was a form of world war. Portuguese losses were heavy. By 1640, Portugal had lost most of its Moroccan cities as well as Ceylon, the Moluccas, and sections of India. With this, Portugal's Asian empire was gravely weakened. Only Goa, Damão, Diu, Bombay, Timor, and Macau remained and, in Brazil, Dutch forces occupied the northeast.
       On 1 December 1640, long commemorated as a national holiday, Portuguese rebels led by the duke of Braganza overthrew Spanish domination and took advantage of Spanish weakness following a more serious rebellion in Catalonia. Portugal regained independence from Spain, but at a price: dependence on foreign assistance to maintain its independence in the form of the renewal of the alliance with England.
       Restoration and Second Empire, 1640-1822
       Foreign affairs and empire dominated the restoration era and aftermath, and Portugal again briefly enjoyed greater European power and prestige. The Anglo-Portuguese Alliance was renewed and strengthened in treaties of 1642, 1654, and 1661, and Portugal's independence from Spain was underwritten by English pledges and armed assistance. In a Luso-Spanish treaty of 1668, Spain recognized Portugal's independence. Portugal's alliance with England was a marriage of convenience and necessity between two monarchies with important religious, cultural, and social differences. In return for legal, diplomatic, and trade privileges, as well as the use during war and peace of Portugal's great Lisbon harbor and colonial ports for England's navy, England pledged to protect Portugal and its scattered empire from any attack. The previously cited 17th-century alliance treaties were renewed later in the Treaty of Windsor, signed in London in 1899. On at least 10 different occasions after 1640, and during the next two centuries, England was central in helping prevent or repel foreign invasions of its ally, Portugal.
       Portugal's second empire (1640-1822) was largely Brazil-oriented. Portuguese colonization, exploitation of wealth, and emigration focused on Portuguese America, and imperial revenues came chiefly from Brazil. Between 1670 and 1740, Portugal's royalty and nobility grew wealthier on funds derived from Brazilian gold, diamonds, sugar, tobacco, and other crops, an enterprise supported by the Atlantic slave trade and the supply of African slave labor from West Africa and Angola. Visitors today can see where much of that wealth was invested: Portugal's rich legacy of monumental architecture. Meanwhile, the African slave trade took a toll in Angola and West Africa.
       In continental Portugal, absolutist monarchy dominated politics and government, and there was a struggle for position and power between the monarchy and other institutions, such as the Church and nobility. King José I's chief minister, usually known in history as the marquis of Pombal (ruled 1750-77), sharply suppressed the nobility and the
       Church (including the Inquisition, now a weak institution) and expelled the Jesuits. Pombal also made an effort to reduce economic dependence on England, Portugal's oldest ally. But his successes did not last much beyond his disputed time in office.
       Beginning in the late 18th century, the European-wide impact of the French Revolution and the rise of Napoleon placed Portugal in a vulnerable position. With the monarchy ineffectively led by an insane queen (Maria I) and her indecisive regent son (João VI), Portugal again became the focus of foreign ambition and aggression. With England unable to provide decisive assistance in time, France—with Spain's consent—invaded Portugal in 1807. As Napoleon's army under General Junot entered Lisbon meeting no resistance, Portugal's royal family fled on a British fleet to Brazil, where it remained in exile until 1821. In the meantime, Portugal's overseas empire was again under threat. There was a power vacuum as the monarch was absent, foreign armies were present, and new political notions of liberalism and constitutional monarchy were exciting various groups of citizens.
       Again England came to the rescue, this time in the form of the armies of the duke of Wellington. Three successive French invasions of Portugal were defeated and expelled, and Wellington succeeded in carrying the war against Napoleon across the Portuguese frontier into Spain. The presence of the English army, the new French-born liberal ideas, and the political vacuum combined to create revolutionary conditions. The French invasions and the peninsular wars, where Portuguese armed forces played a key role, marked the beginning of a new era in politics.
       Liberalism and Constitutional Monarchy, 1822-1910
       During 1807-22, foreign invasions, war, and civil strife over conflicting political ideas gravely damaged Portugal's commerce, economy, and novice industry. The next terrible blow was the loss of Brazil in 1822, the jewel in the imperial crown. Portugal's very independence seemed to be at risk. In vain, Portugal sought to resist Brazilian independence by force, but in 1825 it formally acknowledged Brazilian independence by treaty.
       Portugal's slow recovery from the destructive French invasions and the "war of independence" was complicated by civil strife over the form of constitutional monarchy that best suited Portugal. After struggles over these issues between 1820 and 1834, Portugal settled somewhat uncertainly into a moderate constitutional monarchy whose constitution (Charter of 1826) lent it strong political powers to exert a moderating influence between the executive and legislative branches of the government. It also featured a new upper middle class based on land ownership and commerce; a Catholic Church that, although still important, lived with reduced privileges and property; a largely African (third) empire to which Lisbon and Oporto devoted increasing spiritual and material resources, starting with the liberal imperial plans of 1836 and 1851, and continuing with the work of institutions like the Lisbon Society of Geography (established 1875); and a mass of rural peasants whose bonds to the land weakened after 1850 and who began to immigrate in increasing numbers to Brazil and North America.
       Chronic military intervention in national politics began in 19th-century Portugal. Such intervention, usually commencing with coups or pronunciamentos (military revolts), was a shortcut to the spoils of political office and could reflect popular discontent as well as the power of personalities. An early example of this was the 1817 golpe (coup) attempt of General Gomes Freire against British military rule in Portugal before the return of King João VI from Brazil. Except for a more stable period from 1851 to 1880, military intervention in politics, or the threat thereof, became a feature of the constitutional monarchy's political life, and it continued into the First Republic and the subsequent Estado Novo.
       Beginning with the Regeneration period (1851-80), Portugal experienced greater political stability and economic progress. Military intervention in politics virtually ceased; industrialization and construction of railroads, roads, and bridges proceeded; two political parties (Regenerators and Historicals) worked out a system of rotation in power; and leading intellectuals sparked a cultural revival in several fields. In 19th-century literature, there was a new golden age led by such figures as Alexandre Herculano (historian), Eça de Queirós (novelist), Almeida Garrett (playwright and essayist), Antero de Quental (poet), and Joaquim Oliveira Martins (historian and social scientist). In its third overseas empire, Portugal attempted to replace the slave trade and slavery with legitimate economic activities; to reform the administration; and to expand Portuguese holdings beyond coastal footholds deep into the African hinterlands in West, West Central, and East Africa. After 1841, to some extent, and especially after 1870, colonial affairs, combined with intense nationalism, pressures for economic profit in Africa, sentiment for national revival, and the drift of European affairs would make or break Lisbon governments.
       Beginning with the political crisis that arose out of the "English Ultimatum" affair of January 1890, the monarchy became discredtted and identified with the poorly functioning government, political parties splintered, and republicanism found more supporters. Portugal participated in the "Scramble for Africa," expanding its African holdings, but failed to annex territory connecting Angola and Mozambique. A growing foreign debt and state bankruptcy as of the early 1890s damaged the constitutional monarchy's reputation, despite the efforts of King Carlos in diplomacy, the renewal of the alliance in the Windsor Treaty of 1899, and the successful if bloody colonial wars in the empire (1880-97). Republicanism proclaimed that Portugal's weak economy and poor society were due to two historic institutions: the monarchy and the Catholic Church. A republic, its stalwarts claimed, would bring greater individual liberty; efficient, if more decentralized government; and a stronger colonial program while stripping the Church of its role in both society and education.
       As the monarchy lost support and republicans became more aggressive, violence increased in politics. King Carlos I and his heir Luís were murdered in Lisbon by anarchist-republicans on 1 February 1908. Following a military and civil insurrection and fighting between monarchist and republican forces, on 5 October 1910, King Manuel II fled Portugal and a republic was proclaimed.
       First Parliamentary Republic, 1910-26
       Portugal's first attempt at republican government was the most unstable, turbulent parliamentary republic in the history of 20th-century Western Europe. During a little under 16 years of the republic, there were 45 governments, a number of legislatures that did not complete normal terms, military coups, and only one president who completed his four-year term in office. Portuguese society was poorly prepared for this political experiment. Among the deadly legacies of the monarchy were a huge public debt; a largely rural, apolitical, and illiterate peasant population; conflict over the causes of the country's misfortunes; and lack of experience with a pluralist, democratic system.
       The republic had some talented leadership but lacked popular, institutional, and economic support. The 1911 republican constitution established only a limited democracy, as only a small portion of the adult male citizenry was eligible to vote. In a country where the majority was Catholic, the republic passed harshly anticlerical laws, and its institutions and supporters persecuted both the Church and its adherents. During its brief disjointed life, the First Republic drafted important reform plans in economic, social, and educational affairs; actively promoted development in the empire; and pursued a liberal, generous foreign policy. Following British requests for Portugal's assistance in World War I, Portugal entered the war on the Allied side in March 1916 and sent armies to Flanders and Portuguese Africa. Portugal's intervention in that conflict, however, was too costly in many respects, and the ultimate failure of the republic in part may be ascribed to Portugal's World War I activities.
       Unfortunately for the republic, its time coincided with new threats to Portugal's African possessions: World War I, social and political demands from various classes that could not be reconciled, excessive military intervention in politics, and, in particular, the worst economic and financial crisis Portugal had experienced since the 16th and 17th centuries. After the original Portuguese Republican Party (PRP, also known as the "Democrats") splintered into three warring groups in 1912, no true multiparty system emerged. The Democrats, except for only one or two elections, held an iron monopoly of electoral power, and political corruption became a major issue. As extreme right-wing dictatorships elsewhere in Europe began to take power in Italy (1922), neighboring Spain (1923), and Greece (1925), what scant popular support remained for the republic collapsed. Backed by a right-wing coalition of landowners from Alentejo, clergy, Coimbra University faculty and students, Catholic organizations, and big business, career military officers led by General Gomes da Costa executed a coup on 28 May 1926, turned out the last republican government, and established a military government.
       The Estado Novo (New State), 1926-74
       During the military phase (1926-32) of the Estado Novo, professional military officers, largely from the army, governed and administered Portugal and held key cabinet posts, but soon discovered that the military possessed no magic formula that could readily solve the problems inherited from the First Republic. Especially during the years 1926-31, the military dictatorship, even with its political repression of republican activities and institutions (military censorship of the press, political police action, and closure of the republic's rowdy parliament), was characterized by similar weaknesses: personalism and factionalism; military coups and political instability, including civil strife and loss of life; state debt and bankruptcy; and a weak economy. "Barracks parliamentarism" was not an acceptable alternative even to the "Nightmare Republic."
       Led by General Óscar Carmona, who had replaced and sent into exile General Gomes da Costa, the military dictatorship turned to a civilian expert in finance and economics to break the budget impasse and bring coherence to the disorganized system. Appointed minister of finance on 27 April 1928, the Coimbra University Law School professor of economics Antônio de Oliveira Salazar (1889-1970) first reformed finance, helped balance the budget, and then turned to other concerns as he garnered extraordinary governing powers. In 1930, he was appointed interim head of another key ministry (Colonies) and within a few years had become, in effect, a civilian dictator who, with the military hierarchy's support, provided the government with coherence, a program, and a set of policies.
       For nearly 40 years after he was appointed the first civilian prime minister in 1932, Salazar's personality dominated the government. Unlike extreme right-wing dictators elsewhere in Europe, Salazar was directly appointed by the army but was never endorsed by a popular political party, street militia, or voter base. The scholarly, reclusive former Coimbra University professor built up what became known after 1932 as the Estado Novo ("New State"), which at the time of its overthrow by another military coup in 1974, was the longest surviving authoritarian regime in Western Europe. The system of Salazar and the largely academic and technocratic ruling group he gathered in his cabinets was based on the central bureaucracy of the state, which was supported by the president of the republic—always a senior career military officer, General Óscar Carmona (1928-51), General Craveiro Lopes (1951-58), and Admiral Américo Tómaz (1958-74)—and the complicity of various institutions. These included a rubber-stamp legislature called the National Assembly (1935-74) and a political police known under various names: PVDE (1932-45), PIDE (1945-69),
       and DGS (1969-74). Other defenders of the Estado Novo security were paramilitary organizations such as the National Republican Guard (GNR); the Portuguese Legion (PL); and the Portuguese Youth [Movement]. In addition to censorship of the media, theater, and books, there was political repression and a deliberate policy of depoliticization. All political parties except for the approved movement of regime loyalists, the União Nacional or (National Union), were banned.
       The most vigorous and more popular period of the New State was 1932-44, when the basic structures were established. Never monolithic or entirely the work of one person (Salazar), the New State was constructed with the assistance of several dozen top associates who were mainly academics from law schools, some technocrats with specialized skills, and a handful of trusted career military officers. The 1933 Constitution declared Portugal to be a "unitary, corporative Republic," and pressures to restore the monarchy were resisted. Although some of the regime's followers were fascists and pseudofascists, many more were conservative Catholics, integralists, nationalists, and monarchists of different varieties, and even some reactionary republicans. If the New State was authoritarian, it was not totalitarian and, unlike fascism in Benito Mussolini's Italy or Adolf Hitler's Germany, it usually employed the minimum of violence necessary to defeat what remained a largely fractious, incoherent opposition.
       With the tumultuous Second Republic and the subsequent civil war in nearby Spain, the regime felt threatened and reinforced its defenses. During what Salazar rightly perceived as a time of foreign policy crisis for Portugal (1936-45), he assumed control of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From there, he pursued four basic foreign policy objectives: supporting the Nationalist rebels of General Francisco Franco in the Spanish Civil War (1936-39) and concluding defense treaties with a triumphant Franco; ensuring that General Franco in an exhausted Spain did not enter World War II on the Axis side; maintaining Portuguese neutrality in World War II with a post-1942 tilt toward the Allies, including granting Britain and the United States use of bases in the Azores Islands; and preserving and protecting Portugal's Atlantic Islands and its extensive, if poor, overseas empire in Africa and Asia.
       During the middle years of the New State (1944-58), many key Salazar associates in government either died or resigned, and there was greater social unrest in the form of unprecedented strikes and clandestine Communist activities, intensified opposition, and new threatening international pressures on Portugal's overseas empire. During the earlier phase of the Cold War (1947-60), Portugal became a steadfast, if weak, member of the US-dominated North Atlantic Treaty Organization alliance and, in 1955, with American support, Portugal joined the United Nations (UN). Colonial affairs remained a central concern of the regime. As of 1939, Portugal was the third largest colonial power in the world and possessed territories in tropical Africa (Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, and São Tomé and Príncipe Islands) and the remnants of its 16th-century empire in Asia (Goa, Damão, Diu, East Timor, and Macau). Beginning in the early 1950s, following the independence of India in 1947, Portugal resisted Indian pressures to decolonize Portuguese India and used police forces to discourage internal opposition in its Asian and African colonies.
       The later years of the New State (1958-68) witnessed the aging of the increasingly isolated but feared Salazar and new threats both at home and overseas. Although the regime easily overcame the brief oppositionist threat from rival presidential candidate General Humberto Delgado in the spring of 1958, new developments in the African and Asian empires imperiled the authoritarian system. In February 1961, oppositionists hijacked the Portuguese ocean liner Santa Maria and, in following weeks, African insurgents in northern Angola, although they failed to expel the Portuguese, gained worldwide media attention, discredited the New State, and began the 13-year colonial war. After thwarting a dissident military coup against his continued leadership, Salazar and his ruling group mobilized military repression in Angola and attempted to develop the African colonies at a faster pace in order to ensure Portuguese control. Meanwhile, the other European colonial powers (Britain, France, Belgium, and Spain) rapidly granted political independence to their African territories.
       At the time of Salazar's removal from power in September 1968, following a stroke, Portugal's efforts to maintain control over its colonies appeared to be successful. President Americo Tomás appointed Dr. Marcello Caetano as Salazar's successor as prime minister. While maintaining the New State's basic structures, and continuing the regime's essential colonial policy, Caetano attempted wider reforms in colonial administration and some devolution of power from Lisbon, as well as more freedom of expression in Lisbon. Still, a great deal of the budget was devoted to supporting the wars against the insurgencies in Africa. Meanwhile in Asia, Portuguese India had fallen when the Indian army invaded in December 1961. The loss of Goa was a psychological blow to the leadership of the New State, and of the Asian empire only East Timor and Macau remained.
       The Caetano years (1968-74) were but a hiatus between the waning Salazar era and a new regime. There was greater political freedom and rapid economic growth (5-6 percent annually to late 1973), but Caetano's government was unable to reform the old system thoroughly and refused to consider new methods either at home or in the empire. In the end, regime change came from junior officers of the professional military who organized the Armed Forces Movement (MFA) against the Caetano government. It was this group of several hundred officers, mainly in the army and navy, which engineered a largely bloodless coup in Lisbon on 25 April 1974. Their unexpected action brought down the 48-year-old New State and made possible the eventual establishment and consolidation of democratic governance in Portugal, as well as a reorientation of the country away from the Atlantic toward Europe.
       Revolution of Carnations, 1974-76
       Following successful military operations of the Armed Forces Movement against the Caetano government, Portugal experienced what became known as the "Revolution of Carnations." It so happened that during the rainy week of the military golpe, Lisbon flower shops were featuring carnations, and the revolutionaries and their supporters adopted the red carnation as the common symbol of the event, as well as of the new freedom from dictatorship. The MFA, whose leaders at first were mostly little-known majors and captains, proclaimed a three-fold program of change for the new Portugal: democracy; decolonization of the overseas empire, after ending the colonial wars; and developing a backward economy in the spirit of opportunity and equality. During the first 24 months after the coup, there was civil strife, some anarchy, and a power struggle. With the passing of the Estado Novo, public euphoria burst forth as the new provisional military government proclaimed the freedoms of speech, press, and assembly, and abolished censorship, the political police, the Portuguese Legion, Portuguese Youth, and other New State organizations, including the National Union. Scores of political parties were born and joined the senior political party, the Portuguese Community Party (PCP), and the Socialist Party (PS), founded shortly before the coup.
       Portugal's Revolution of Carnations went through several phases. There was an attempt to take control by radical leftists, including the PCP and its allies. This was thwarted by moderate officers in the army, as well as by the efforts of two political parties: the PS and the Social Democrats (PPD, later PSD). The first phase was from April to September 1974. Provisional president General Antonio Spínola, whose 1974 book Portugal and the Future had helped prepare public opinion for the coup, met irresistible leftist pressures. After Spinola's efforts to avoid rapid decolonization of the African empire failed, he resigned in September 1974. During the second phase, from September 1974 to March 1975, radical military officers gained control, but a coup attempt by General Spínola and his supporters in Lisbon in March 1975 failed and Spínola fled to Spain.
       In the third phase of the Revolution, March-November 1975, a strong leftist reaction followed. Farm workers occupied and "nationalized" 1.1 million hectares of farmland in the Alentejo province, and radical military officers in the provisional government ordered the nationalization of Portuguese banks (foreign banks were exempted), utilities, and major industries, or about 60 percent of the economic system. There were power struggles among various political parties — a total of 50 emerged—and in the streets there was civil strife among labor, military, and law enforcement groups. A constituent assembly, elected on 25 April 1975, in Portugal's first free elections since 1926, drafted a democratic constitution. The Council of the Revolution (CR), briefly a revolutionary military watchdog committee, was entrenched as part of the government under the constitution, until a later revision. During the chaotic year of 1975, about 30 persons were killed in political frays while unstable provisional governments came and went. On 25 November 1975, moderate military forces led by Colonel Ramalho Eanes, who later was twice elected president of the republic (1976 and 1981), defeated radical, leftist military groups' revolutionary conspiracies.
       In the meantime, Portugal's scattered overseas empire experienced a precipitous and unprepared decolonization. One by one, the former colonies were granted and accepted independence—Guinea-Bissau (September 1974), Cape Verde Islands (July 1975), and Mozambique (July 1975). Portugal offered to turn over Macau to the People's Republic of China, but the offer was refused then and later negotiations led to the establishment of a formal decolonization or hand-over date of 1999. But in two former colonies, the process of decolonization had tragic results.
       In Angola, decolonization negotiations were greatly complicated by the fact that there were three rival nationalist movements in a struggle for power. The January 1975 Alvor Agreement signed by Portugal and these three parties was not effectively implemented. A bloody civil war broke out in Angola in the spring of 1975 and, when Portuguese armed forces withdrew and declared that Angola was independent on 11 November 1975, the bloodshed only increased. Meanwhile, most of the white Portuguese settlers from Angola and Mozambique fled during the course of 1975. Together with African refugees, more than 600,000 of these retornados ("returned ones") went by ship and air to Portugal and thousands more to Namibia, South Africa, Brazil, Canada, and the United States.
       The second major decolonization disaster was in Portugal's colony of East Timor in the Indonesian archipelago. Portugal's capacity to supervise and control a peaceful transition to independence in this isolated, neglected colony was limited by the strength of giant Indonesia, distance from Lisbon, and Portugal's revolutionary disorder and inability to defend Timor. In early December 1975, before Portugal granted formal independence and as one party, FRETILIN, unilaterally declared East Timor's independence, Indonesia's armed forces invaded, conquered, and annexed East Timor. Indonesian occupation encountered East Timorese resistance, and a heavy loss of life followed. The East Timor question remained a contentious international issue in the UN, as well as in Lisbon and Jakarta, for more than 20 years following Indonesia's invasion and annexation of the former colony of Portugal. Major changes occurred, beginning in 1998, after Indonesia underwent a political revolution and allowed a referendum in East Timor to decide that territory's political future in August 1999. Most East Timorese chose independence, but Indonesian forces resisted that verdict until
       UN intervention in September 1999. Following UN rule for several years, East Timor attained full independence on 20 May 2002.
       Consolidation of Democracy, 1976-2000
       After several free elections and record voter turnouts between 25 April 1975 and June 1976, civil war was averted and Portugal's second democratic republic began to stabilize. The MFA was dissolved, the military were returned to the barracks, and increasingly elected civilians took over the government of the country. The 1976 Constitution was revised several times beginning in 1982 and 1989, in order to reempha-size the principle of free enterprise in the economy while much of the large, nationalized sector was privatized. In June 1976, General Ram-alho Eanes was elected the first constitutional president of the republic (five-year term), and he appointed socialist leader Dr. Mário Soares as prime minister of the first constitutional government.
       From 1976 to 1985, Portugal's new system featured a weak economy and finances, labor unrest, and administrative and political instability. The difficult consolidation of democratic governance was eased in part by the strong currency and gold reserves inherited from the Estado Novo, but Lisbon seemed unable to cope with high unemployment, new debt, the complex impact of the refugees from Africa, world recession, and the agitation of political parties. Four major parties emerged from the maelstrom of 1974-75, except for the Communist Party, all newly founded. They were, from left to right, the Communists (PCP); the Socialists (PS), who managed to dominate governments and the legislature but not win a majority in the Assembly of the Republic; the Social Democrats (PSD); and the Christian Democrats (CDS). During this period, the annual growth rate was low (l-2 percent), and the nationalized sector of the economy stagnated.
       Enhanced economic growth, greater political stability, and more effective central government as of 1985, and especially 1987, were due to several developments. In 1977, Portugal applied for membership in the European Economic Community (EEC), now the European Union (EU) since 1993. In January 1986, with Spain, Portugal was granted membership, and economic and financial progress in the intervening years has been significantly influenced by the comparatively large investment, loans, technology, advice, and other assistance from the EEC. Low unemployment, high annual growth rates (5 percent), and moderate inflation have also been induced by the new political and administrative stability in Lisbon. Led by Prime Minister Cavaco Silva, an economist who was trained abroad, the PSD's strong organization, management, and electoral support since 1985 have assisted in encouraging economic recovery and development. In 1985, the PSD turned the PS out of office and won the general election, although they did not have an absolute majority of assembly seats. In 1986, Mário Soares was elected president of the republic, the first civilian to hold that office since the First Republic. In the elections of 1987 and 1991, however, the PSD was returned to power with clear majorities of over 50 percent of the vote.
       Although the PSD received 50.4 percent of the vote in the 1991 parliamentary elections and held a 42-seat majority in the Assembly of the Republic, the party began to lose public support following media revelations regarding corruption and complaints about Prime Minister Cavaco Silva's perceived arrogant leadership style. President Mário Soares voiced criticism of the PSD's seemingly untouchable majority and described a "tyranny of the majority." Economic growth slowed down. In the parliamentary elections of 1995 and the presidential election of 1996, the PSD's dominance ended for the time being. Prime Minister Antônio Guterres came to office when the PS won the October 1995 elections, and in the subsequent presidential contest, in January 1996, socialist Jorge Sampaio, the former mayor of Lisbon, was elected president of the republic, thus defeating Cavaco Silva's bid. Young and popular, Guterres moved the PS toward the center of the political spectrum. Under Guterres, the PS won the October 1999 parliamentary elections. The PS defeated the PSD but did not manage to win a clear, working majority of seats, and this made the PS dependent upon alliances with smaller parties, including the PCP.
       In the local elections in December 2001, the PSD's criticism of PS's heavy public spending allowed the PSD to take control of the key cities of Lisbon, Oporto, and Coimbra. Guterres resigned, and parliamentary elections were brought forward from 2004 to March 2002. The PSD won a narrow victory with 40 percent of the votes, and Jose Durão Barroso became prime minister. Having failed to win a majority of the seats in parliament forced the PSD to govern in coalition with the right-wing Popular Party (PP) led by Paulo Portas. Durão Barroso set about reducing government spending by cutting the budgets of local authorities, freezing civil service hiring, and reviving the economy by accelerating privatization of state-owned enterprises. These measures provoked a 24-hour strike by public-sector workers. Durão Barroso reacted with vows to press ahead with budget-cutting measures and imposed a wage freeze on all employees earning more than €1,000, which affected more than one-half of Portugal's work force.
       In June 2004, Durão Barroso was invited by Romano Prodi to succeed him as president of the European Commission. Durão Barroso accepted and resigned the prime ministership in July. Pedro Santana Lopes, the leader of the PSD, became prime minister. Already unpopular at the time of Durão Barroso's resignation, the PSD-led government became increasingly unpopular under Santana Lopes. A month-long delay in the start of the school year and confusion over his plan to cut taxes and raise public-sector salaries, eroded confidence even more. By November, Santana Lopes's government was so unpopular that President Jorge Sampaio was obliged to dissolve parliament and hold new elections, two years ahead of schedule.
       Parliamentary elections were held on 20 February 2005. The PS, which had promised the electorate disciplined and transparent governance, educational reform, the alleviation of poverty, and a boost in employment, won 45 percent of the vote and the majority of the seats in parliament. The leader of the PS, José Sôcrates became prime minister on 12 March 2005. In the regularly scheduled presidential elections held on 6 January 2006, the former leader of the PSD and prime minister, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, won a narrow victory and became president on 9 March 2006. With a mass protest, public teachers' strike, and street demonstrations in March 2008, Portugal's media, educational, and social systems experienced more severe pressures. With the spreading global recession beginning in September 2008, Portugal's economic and financial systems became more troubled.
       Owing to its geographic location on the southwestern most edge of continental Europe, Portugal has been historically in but not of Europe. Almost from the beginning of its existence in the 12th century as an independent monarchy, Portugal turned its back on Europe and oriented itself toward the Atlantic Ocean. After carving out a Christian kingdom on the western portion of the Iberian peninsula, Portuguese kings gradually built and maintained a vast seaborne global empire that became central to the way Portugal understood its individuality as a nation-state. While the creation of this empire allows Portugal to claim an unusual number of "firsts" or distinctions in world and Western history, it also retarded Portugal's economic, social, and political development. It can be reasonably argued that the Revolution of 25 April 1974 was the most decisive event in Portugal's long history because it finally ended Portugal's oceanic mission and view of itself as an imperial power. After the 1974 Revolution, Portugal turned away from its global mission and vigorously reoriented itself toward Europe. Contemporary Portugal is now both in and of Europe.
       The turn toward Europe began immediately after 25 April 1974. Portugal granted independence to its African colonies in 1975. It was admitted to the European Council and took the first steps toward accession to the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1976. On 28 March 1977, the Portuguese government officially applied for EEC membership. Because of Portugal's economic and social backwardness, which would require vast sums of EEC money to overcome, negotiations for membership were long and difficult. Finally, a treaty of accession was signed on 12 June 1985. Portugal officially joined the EEC (the European Union [EU] since 1993) on 1 January 1986. Since becoming a full-fledged member of the EU, Portugal has been steadily overcoming the economic and social underdevelopment caused by its imperial past and is becoming more like the rest of Europe.
       Membership in the EU has speeded up the structural transformation of Portugal's economy, which actually began during the Estado Novo. Investments made by the Estado Novo in Portugal's economy began to shift employment out of the agricultural sector, which, in 1950, accounted for 50 percent of Portugal's economically active population. Today, only 10 percent of the economically active population is employed in the agricultural sector (the highest among EU member states); 30 percent in the industrial sector (also the highest among EU member states); and 60 percent in the service sector (the lowest among EU member states). The economically active population numbers about 5,000,000 employed, 56 percent of whom are women. Women workers are the majority of the workforce in the agricultural and service sectors (the highest among the EU member states). The expansion of the service sector has been primarily in health care and education. Portugal has had the lowest unemployment rates among EU member states, with the overall rate never being more than 10 percent of the active population. Since joining the EU, the number of employers increased from 2.6 percent to 5.8 percent of the active population; self-employed from 16 to 19 percent; and employees from 65 to 70 percent. Twenty-six percent of the employers are women. Unemployment tends to hit younger workers in industry and transportation, women employed in domestic service, workers on short-term contracts, and poorly educated workers. Salaried workers earn only 63 percent of the EU average, and hourly workers only one-third to one-half of that earned by their EU counterparts. Despite having had the second highest growth of gross national product (GNP) per inhabitant (after Ireland) among EU member states, the above data suggest that while much has been accomplished in terms of modernizing the Portuguese economy, much remains to be done to bring Portugal's economy up to the level of the "average" EU member state.
       Membership in the EU has also speeded up changes in Portuguese society. Over the last 30 years, coastalization and urbanization have intensified. Fully 50 percent of Portuguese live in the coastal urban conurbations of Lisbon, Oporto, Braga, Aveiro, Coimbra, Viseu, Évora, and Faro. The Portuguese population is one of the oldest among EU member states (17.3 percent are 65 years of age or older) thanks to a considerable increase in life expectancy at birth (77.87 years for the total population, 74.6 years for men, 81.36 years for women) and one of the lowest birthrates (10.59 births/1,000) in Europe. Family size averages 2.8 persons per household, with the strict nuclear family (one or two generations) in which both parents work being typical. Common law marriages, cohabitating couples, and single-parent households are more and more common. The divorce rate has also increased. "Youth Culture" has developed. The young have their own meeting places, leisure-time activities, and nightlife (bars, clubs, and discos).
       All Portuguese citizens, whether they have contributed or not, have a right to an old-age pension, invalidity benefits, widowed persons' pension, as well as payments for disabilities, children, unemployment, and large families. There is a national minimum wage (€385 per month), which is low by EU standards. The rapid aging of Portugal's population has changed the ratio of contributors to pensioners to 1.7, the lowest in the EU. This has created deficits in Portugal's social security fund.
       The adult literacy rate is about 92 percent. Illiteracy is still found among the elderly. Although universal compulsory education up to grade 9 was achieved in 1980, only 21.2 percent of the population aged 25-64 had undergone secondary education, compared to an EU average of 65.7 percent. Portugal's higher education system currently consists of 14 state universities and 14 private universities, 15 state polytechnic institutions, one Catholic university, and one military academy. All in all, Portugal spends a greater percentage of its state budget on education than most EU member states. Despite this high level of expenditure, the troubled Portuguese education system does not perform well. Early leaving and repetition rates are among the highest among EU member states.
       After the Revolution of 25 April 1974, Portugal created a National Health Service, which today consists of 221 hospitals and 512 medical centers employing 33,751 doctors and 41,799 nurses. Like its education system, Portugal's medical system is inefficient. There are long waiting lists for appointments with specialists and for surgical procedures.
       Structural changes in Portugal's economy and society mean that social life in Portugal is not too different from that in other EU member states. A mass consumption society has been created. Televisions, telephones, refrigerators, cars, music equipment, mobile phones, and personal computers are commonplace. Sixty percent of Portuguese households possess at least one automobile, and 65 percent of Portuguese own their own home. Portuguese citizens are more aware of their legal rights than ever before. This has resulted in a trebling of the number of legal proceeding since 1960 and an eight-fold increase in the number of lawyers. In general, Portuguese society has become more permissive and secular; the Catholic Church and the armed forces are much less influential than in the past. Portugal's population is also much more culturally, religiously, and ethnically diverse, a consequence of the coming to Portugal of hundreds of thousands of immigrants, mainly from former African colonies.
       Portuguese are becoming more cosmopolitan and sophisticated through the impact of world media, the Internet, and the World Wide Web. A prime case in point came in the summer and early fall of 1999, with the extraordinary events in East Timor and the massive Portuguese popular responses. An internationally monitored referendum in East Timor, Portugal's former colony in the Indonesian archipelago and under Indonesian occupation from late 1975 to summer 1999, resulted in a vote of 78.5 percent for rejecting integration with Indonesia and for independence. When Indonesian prointegration gangs, aided by the Indonesian military, responded to the referendum with widespread brutality and threatened to reverse the verdict of the referendum, there was a spontaneous popular outpouring of protest in the cities and towns of Portugal. An avalanche of Portuguese e-mail fell on leaders and groups in the UN and in certain countries around the world as Portugal's diplomats, perhaps to compensate for the weak initial response to Indonesian armed aggression in 1975, called for the protection of East Timor as an independent state and for UN intervention to thwart Indonesian action. Using global communications networks, the Portuguese were able to mobilize UN and world public opinion against Indonesian actions and aided the eventual independence of East Timor on 20 May 2002.
       From the Revolution of 25 April 1974 until the 1990s, Portugal had a large number of political parties, one of the largest Communist parties in western Europe, frequent elections, and endemic cabinet instability. Since the 1990s, the number of political parties has been dramatically reduced and cabinet stability increased. Gradually, the Portuguese electorate has concentrated around two larger parties, the right-of-center Social Democrats (PSD) and the left-of-center Socialist (PS). In the 1980s, these two parties together garnered 65 percent of the vote and 70 percent of the seats in parliament. In 2005, these percentages had risen to 74 percent and 85 percent, respectively. In effect, Portugal is currently a two-party dominant system in which the two largest parties — PS and PSD—alternate in and out of power, not unlike the rotation of the two main political parties (the Regenerators and the Historicals) during the last decades (1850s to 1880s) of the liberal constitutional monarchy. As Portugal's democracy has consolidated, turnout rates for the eligible electorate have declined. In the 1970s, turnout was 85 percent. In Portugal's most recent parliamentary election (2005), turnout had fallen to 65 percent of the eligible electorate.
       Portugal has benefited greatly from membership in the EU, and whatever doubts remain about the price paid for membership, no Portuguese government in the near future can afford to sever this connection. The vast majority of Portuguese citizens see membership in the EU as a "good thing" and strongly believe that Portugal has benefited from membership. Only the Communist Party opposed membership because it reduces national sovereignty, serves the interests of capitalists not workers, and suffers from a democratic deficit. Despite the high level of support for the EU, Portuguese voters are increasingly not voting in elections for the European Parliament, however. Turnout for European Parliament elections fell from 40 percent of the eligible electorate in the 1999 elections to 38 percent in the 2004 elections.
       In sum, Portugal's turn toward Europe has done much to overcome its backwardness. However, despite the economic, social, and political progress made since 1986, Portugal has a long way to go before it can claim to be on a par with the level found even in Spain, much less the rest of western Europe. As Portugal struggles to move from underde-velopment, especially in the rural areas away from the coast, it must keep in mind the perils of too rapid modern development, which could damage two of its most precious assets: its scenery and environment. The growth and future prosperity of the economy will depend on the degree to which the government and the private sector will remain stewards of clean air, soil, water, and other finite resources on which the tourism industry depends and on which Portugal's world image as a unique place to visit rests. Currently, Portugal is investing heavily in renewable energy from solar, wind, and wave power in order to account for about 50 percent of its electricity needs by 2010. Portugal opened the world's largest solar power plant and the world's first commercial wave power farm in 2006.
       An American documentary film on Portugal produced in the 1970s described this little country as having "a Past in Search of a Future." In the years after the Revolution of 25 April 1974, it could be said that Portugal is now living in "a Present in Search of a Future." Increasingly, that future lies in Europe as an active and productive member of the EU.

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  • 12 criticar

    v.
    1 to criticize.
    Su padre criticó su vestimenta Her father criticized her clothes.
    María critica cuando siente envidia Mary criticizes when she feels envy.
    El profesor criticó su proceder The teacher criticized his behavior.
    2 to review (enjuiciar) (literatura, arte).
    3 to gossip.
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    Conjugation model [ SACAR], like link=sacar sacar
    1 to criticize
    1 (murmurar) to gossip
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    verb
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    1. VT
    1) (=censurar) to criticize
    2) (=hablar mal)

    siempre está criticando a la gente — he's always criticizing people, he's always finding fault with people

    3) (Arte, Literat, Teat) [+ libro, obra] to review
    2.
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    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) (atacar, censurar) to criticize
    b) (Art, Espec, Lit) <libro/película> to review
    2.
    criticar vi to gossip, backbite
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    = come under + criticism, condemn, criticise [criticize, -USA], decry, find + fault with, put down, take + Nombre + to task, deprecate, castigate, speak against, chide, censure, berate, critique, bash, raise + criticism, come under + attack, pick on, go to + bat against, chastise, carp, damn, recreminate, reprove, reproach, single out for + criticism, slam, take + a swat at, chew + Nombre + up, roast, give + Nombre + a good roasting.
    Ex. In the 2nd period, 1912-1933, the methods and direction of the movement came under criticism from socialists and educationalists, and a heated debate ensued.
    Ex. It must, however, also be considered as a major source of the 'subject index illusion' so trenchantly condemned by Bliss, as mentioned below.
    Ex. AACR2 has been criticised on the grounds that it does not identify the cataloguing unit to which the rules refer.
    Ex. Dick decried the feeling among some scholarly publishers that there is no link between scholarly researchers, publishers, and the library.
    Ex. I will add that since I have been working with the access LC provides to materials on women, a basic fault that I have found with LC subject cataloging is the absence of specificity.
    Ex. 'Specifically, I'm told you delight in putting down the professional'.
    Ex. I am frequently taken to task as someone who would try to destroy the integrity of certain catalogs on the West Coast.
    Ex. In these instances, it is important to avoid putting one's colleagues in another unit on the defensive or deprecating another unit to a patron.
    Ex. In his report, one of the few really inspiring documents to have come out of librarianship, McColvin castigated the standards of cataloguing and classification he found.
    Ex. As a result public libraries came into disrepute and even today authorities speak against them.
    Ex. Some authors of papers lament the lack of a philosophy and gently chide librarians for the 'simplicity of their pragmatism'.
    Ex. This agreement must build in incentives to participating libraries as well as methods of censuring those participants which do not fulfil their obligations to the other participating libraries in the network = Este acuerdo debe incorporar incentivos para las bibliotecas participantes así cómo la forma de llamarle la atención a aquellos participantes que no cumplan sus obligaciones con las otras bibliotecas de la red.
    Ex. Unfortunately, many of the writers are simply berating the current situation, holding to rather ancient models of mass culture.
    Ex. This paper critiques the jurisprudential assumptions upon which legal resources are created, materials are collected, and research practices are justified.
    Ex. Newspapers took advantage of the accident to attack or ' bash' the nuclear industry or nuclear power in general.
    Ex. The author raises some criticisms of the international standard ISO 2709.
    Ex. This bipartite approach has recently come under heavy attack.
    Ex. By the way, here I have stolen a phrase from the Library of Congress, not to pick on this wonderful institution, but because its mission statement resonates with a number of individuals like me, who work in research libraries.
    Ex. The article has the title 'The minority press goes to bat against segregated baseball'.
    Ex. The profession should cease practising the amateurism for which it chastises employers who have untrained persons trying to function as librarians.
    Ex. You who carped that the 007 films had devolved into a catalog of fresh gadgets and stale puns, eat crow.
    Ex. The play is damned by the critics but packs in the crowds and the producers may be upset by the adverse criticisms but they can, as the saying goes, cry all the way to the bank.
    Ex. Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote: 'Experience informs us that the first defense of weak minds is to recriminate'.
    Ex. The person reproving his friend must understand that before he can reprove someone else, he must first reprove himself.
    Ex. The Governor, it is learnt, sternly reproached the party for putting the public to inconvenience for the last two days.
    Ex. Though what exactly constitutes moral decay is debatable, one group traditionally has been singled out for criticism, namely young people.
    Ex. Britain's top cop was today slammed for leaving three white detectives 'hanging out to dry' after they were wrongly accused of racism.
    Ex. I get pretty tired of ignorant people taking swats at the Catholic religion for 'worshiping statues'.
    Ex. A war of words went up when Jewish zealots redacted out this or that word or phrase in order to deny Joshua, and the Christians chewed them up for it.
    Ex. The critics, however, roasted her for playing a tragic French heroine with a flat Midwestern accent.
    Ex. What impressed me was that the rest of the board gave him a good roasting for wasting peoples time.
    ----
    * criticar a = fulminate about, level + criticism at.
    * criticar a Alguien a sus espaldas = cut + Nombre + up + behind + Posesivo + back.
    * criticar duramente = tear + Nombre + to shreds, slate, flail away at.
    * criticar las ideas de Alguien = trample on + Posesivo + ideas.
    * ser criticado = come under + fire.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) (atacar, censurar) to criticize
    b) (Art, Espec, Lit) <libro/película> to review
    2.
    criticar vi to gossip, backbite
    * * *
    = come under + criticism, condemn, criticise [criticize, -USA], decry, find + fault with, put down, take + Nombre + to task, deprecate, castigate, speak against, chide, censure, berate, critique, bash, raise + criticism, come under + attack, pick on, go to + bat against, chastise, carp, damn, recreminate, reprove, reproach, single out for + criticism, slam, take + a swat at, chew + Nombre + up, roast, give + Nombre + a good roasting.

    Ex: In the 2nd period, 1912-1933, the methods and direction of the movement came under criticism from socialists and educationalists, and a heated debate ensued.

    Ex: It must, however, also be considered as a major source of the 'subject index illusion' so trenchantly condemned by Bliss, as mentioned below.
    Ex: AACR2 has been criticised on the grounds that it does not identify the cataloguing unit to which the rules refer.
    Ex: Dick decried the feeling among some scholarly publishers that there is no link between scholarly researchers, publishers, and the library.
    Ex: I will add that since I have been working with the access LC provides to materials on women, a basic fault that I have found with LC subject cataloging is the absence of specificity.
    Ex: 'Specifically, I'm told you delight in putting down the professional'.
    Ex: I am frequently taken to task as someone who would try to destroy the integrity of certain catalogs on the West Coast.
    Ex: In these instances, it is important to avoid putting one's colleagues in another unit on the defensive or deprecating another unit to a patron.
    Ex: In his report, one of the few really inspiring documents to have come out of librarianship, McColvin castigated the standards of cataloguing and classification he found.
    Ex: As a result public libraries came into disrepute and even today authorities speak against them.
    Ex: Some authors of papers lament the lack of a philosophy and gently chide librarians for the 'simplicity of their pragmatism'.
    Ex: This agreement must build in incentives to participating libraries as well as methods of censuring those participants which do not fulfil their obligations to the other participating libraries in the network = Este acuerdo debe incorporar incentivos para las bibliotecas participantes así cómo la forma de llamarle la atención a aquellos participantes que no cumplan sus obligaciones con las otras bibliotecas de la red.
    Ex: Unfortunately, many of the writers are simply berating the current situation, holding to rather ancient models of mass culture.
    Ex: This paper critiques the jurisprudential assumptions upon which legal resources are created, materials are collected, and research practices are justified.
    Ex: Newspapers took advantage of the accident to attack or ' bash' the nuclear industry or nuclear power in general.
    Ex: The author raises some criticisms of the international standard ISO 2709.
    Ex: This bipartite approach has recently come under heavy attack.
    Ex: By the way, here I have stolen a phrase from the Library of Congress, not to pick on this wonderful institution, but because its mission statement resonates with a number of individuals like me, who work in research libraries.
    Ex: The article has the title 'The minority press goes to bat against segregated baseball'.
    Ex: The profession should cease practising the amateurism for which it chastises employers who have untrained persons trying to function as librarians.
    Ex: You who carped that the 007 films had devolved into a catalog of fresh gadgets and stale puns, eat crow.
    Ex: The play is damned by the critics but packs in the crowds and the producers may be upset by the adverse criticisms but they can, as the saying goes, cry all the way to the bank.
    Ex: Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote: 'Experience informs us that the first defense of weak minds is to recriminate'.
    Ex: The person reproving his friend must understand that before he can reprove someone else, he must first reprove himself.
    Ex: The Governor, it is learnt, sternly reproached the party for putting the public to inconvenience for the last two days.
    Ex: Though what exactly constitutes moral decay is debatable, one group traditionally has been singled out for criticism, namely young people.
    Ex: Britain's top cop was today slammed for leaving three white detectives 'hanging out to dry' after they were wrongly accused of racism.
    Ex: I get pretty tired of ignorant people taking swats at the Catholic religion for 'worshiping statues'.
    Ex: A war of words went up when Jewish zealots redacted out this or that word or phrase in order to deny Joshua, and the Christians chewed them up for it.
    Ex: The critics, however, roasted her for playing a tragic French heroine with a flat Midwestern accent.
    Ex: What impressed me was that the rest of the board gave him a good roasting for wasting peoples time.
    * criticar a = fulminate about, level + criticism at.
    * criticar a Alguien a sus espaldas = cut + Nombre + up + behind + Posesivo + back.
    * criticar duramente = tear + Nombre + to shreds, slate, flail away at.
    * criticar las ideas de Alguien = trample on + Posesivo + ideas.
    * ser criticado = come under + fire.

    * * *
    criticar [A2 ]
    vt
    1 (atacar) to criticize
    una postura que fue muy criticada por los ecologistas a position which came in for fierce criticism from o which was fiercely criticized by ecologists
    criticó duramente a los especuladores he strongly attacked o criticized the speculators
    un proyecto muy criticado a plan which has been heavily criticized o which has come in for a lot of criticism
    2 (hablar mal de) to criticize
    tú no hace falta que la critiques porque eres igual de egoísta que ella you're in no position to criticize o ( colloq) you can't talk, you're just as selfish as she is
    3 ( Art, Espec, Lit) ‹libro/película› to review
    ■ criticar
    vi
    to gossip, backbite
    * * *

     

    criticar ( conjugate criticar) verbo transitivo

    b) (Art, Espec, Lit) ‹libro/película› to review

    verbo intransitivo
    to gossip, backbite
    criticar
    I verbo transitivo to criticize
    II verbo intransitivo (murmurar) to gossip
    ' criticar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    censurar
    - dedicarse
    - desollar
    - despellejar
    - tralla
    - vapulear
    - arremeter
    - murmurar
    - rajar
    - sino
    English:
    attack
    - carp
    - critical
    - criticize
    - fault
    - knock
    - pan
    - pick on
    - run down
    - slam
    - slate
    - get
    - run
    * * *
    1. [censurar] to criticize
    2. [enjuiciar] [literatura, arte] to review
    * * *
    v/t criticize
    * * *
    criticar {72} vt
    : to criticize
    * * *
    1. (en general) to criticize
    2. (cotillear) to gossip

    Spanish-English dictionary > criticar

  • 13 vista

    f.
    1 sight, eyesight (sentido).
    tiene buena/mala vista, está bien/mal de la vista she has good/poor eyesight
    perder la vista to lose one's sight, to go blind
    corto de vista short-sighted
    vista cansada eyestrain
    2 watching.
    3 gaze (mirada).
    dirigió la vista hacia la pantalla she turned her eyes o gaze to the screen
    fijar la vista en to fix one's eyes on, to stare at
    a primera o simple vista at first sight, on the face of it (aparentemente)
    4 view (panorama).
    una habitación con vistas a room with a view
    con vistas al mar with a sea view
    vista frontal front view
    vista lateral side view
    vista panorámica bird's-eye-view
    5 hearing (law).
    6 court hearing, hearing, trial.
    7 customs inspector.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: ver.
    pres.subj.
    1st person singular (yo) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: vestir.
    * * *
    1 (visión) sight, vision
    2 (ojo) eye, eyes plural
    3 (panorama) view
    4 (aspecto) appearance, aspect, look
    5 (dibujo, cuadro, foto) view
    6 (intención) intention
    7 (propósito) outlook, prospect
    8 DERECHO trial, hearing
    1 view sing
    \
    a la vista at sight, on sight
    a la vista de todos (públicamente) in full view of everyone 2 (abiertamente) openly
    a primera vista / a simple vista at first sight
    a tantos días vista so many days after sight
    ver algo a vista de pájaro to have a a bird's-eye view of something
    actuar con mucha vista figurado to act with great foresight
    alzar la vista to raise one's eyes, look up
    apartar la vista de algo/alguien to look away from something/somebody
    bajar la vista to look down
    clavar la vista en algo / fijar la vista en algo to stare at something
    comerse algo/alguien con la vista figurado to devour something/somebody with one's eyes
    con vistas a (hacia) overlooking 2 (pensando en) with a view to, in anticipation of
    conocer a alguien de vista to know somebody by sight
    en vista de in view of, considering
    estar a la vista to be evident, be obvious
    hacer la vista gorda familiar to turn a blind eye
    no quitar la vista de encima figurado not to take one's eyes off
    poner a la vista to put on show
    quitar de la vista to take away
    ser agradable a la vista to be pleasing to the eye
    ser corto,-a de vista to be short-sighted
    tener la vista cansada to be suffering from eyestrain
    tener mala vista to have poor eyesight
    tener mucha vista figurado to be far-sighted
    tener vista de lince figurado to be eagle-eyed, have eyes like a hawk
    volver la vista atrás to look back
    * * *
    noun f.
    1) vision, eyesight
    2) view, sight
    3) glance, look
    * * *
    1. SF
    1) (=visión) sight, eyesight

    • nublarse la vista, se me nubló la vista — my eyes clouded over

    • perder la vista — to lose one's sight

    • tener buena/mala vista — to have good/bad eyesight

    vista cansada — (por defecto) longsightedness; (por agotamiento) eyestrain

    vista de águila, vista de lince — eagle eye

    tener vista de águila o de lince — to have eagle eyes, to have eyes like a hawk o a lynx

    2) (=ojos)
    a) (=órgano) eyes [pl]

    una luz que hiere la vista — a dazzling light, a light that hurts one's eyes

    • torcer la vista — to squint

    b) (=mirada)

    ¡vista a la derecha! — (Mil) eyes right!

    • aguzar la vista — (para ver a lo lejos) to screw one's eyes up; (para descubrir algo) to look sharp

    • alzar la vista — to look up

    • apartar la vista — to look away

    • bajar la vista — to look down, lower one's gaze

    • buscar algo con la vista — to look around for sth

    • clavar la vista en algn/algo — to stare at sb/sth, fix one's eyes on sb/sth

    • dirigir la vista a algn/algo — to look towards sb/sth, turn one's gaze on sb/sth

    • echar una vista a algn/algo — to take a look at sb/sth

    • fijar la vista en algn/algo — to stare at sb/sth, fix one's eyes on sb/sth

    • medir a algn con la vista — to size sb up

    • pasar la vista por algo — to look over sth, glance quickly at sth

    • con la vista puesta en la pared — with his eyes fixed on the wall

    con la vista puesta en la futura legislación medioambiental, la compañía ha sacado un nuevo modelo — in the light of the forthcoming environmental legislation, the company has launched a new model

    •¡ quítate de mi vista! — get out of my sight!

    • recorrer algo con la vista — to run one's eye over sth

    • seguir algo con la vista — to follow sth with one's eyes

    • volver la vista — to look away

    saltar a la vista —

    una cosa que salta a la vista es... — one thing that immediately hits o strikes you is...

    salta a la vista que... — it's blindingly obvious that...

    3) (=perspicacia) foresight

    tuvieron vista para comprar las acciones — they showed foresight in buying the shares, it was shrewd of them to buy the shares

    4) (=panorama) view

    • con vistas a, con vistas a la montaña — with a view of the mountains

    una habitación con vistas al mar — a room with a sea view, a room overlooking the sea

    vista anterior, vista frontal — front view

    5) (Fot) (=imagen) view
    a)

    • a la vista — in sight o view

    no es muy agradable a la vista — it's not a pretty sight, it's not very pleasant to look at

    cuenta a la vista — (Econ) instant access account

    a la vista está (que...) — it's obvious (that...), you can see for yourself (that...)

    a la vista, no son pobres — from what you can tell, they're not poor

    • a la vista de todos — in full view (of everyone)

    a la vista de sus informes — in the light of o in view of his reports

    • poner algo a la vista — to put sth on view

    b)

    •a... años/días vista, pagadero a 30 días vista — payable within 30 days

    a un año vista de las elecciones — (=antes) a year before the elections

    a cinco años vista — (=después) five years from then

    c)

    • con vistas a — with a view to

    d)

    •de vista — by sight

    •en vista de — in view of

    en vista de que... — in view of the fact that...

    •¡ hasta la vista! — see you!, so long!

    • a primera vista — at first sight, on the face of it

    • a simple vista — (=sin ayuda de aparatos) to the naked eye; (=por la primera impresión) at first sight

    7) (=aspecto) appearance, looks [pl]

    de vista poco agradable — not very nice to look at, unprepossessing

    8) (Jur) hearing
    9) pl vistas ( Hist) meeting [sing], conference [sing]
    2.
    SMF (tb: vista de aduana) customs official
    * * *
    I
    masculino y femenino customs officer o official
    II
    1)
    a) ( sentido) sight, eyesight

    tener buena/mala vista — to have good/bad eyesight

    b) ( ojos) eyes
    c) ( perspicacia) vision
    2)
    a) ( mirada)

    alzar or levantar/bajar la vista — to look up/down

    torcer la vista — to be cross-eyed, to have a squint

    b) ( espectáculo) sight

    a la vista: tierra a la vista! land ho!; ponlo bien a la vista put it where it can be seen easily; estar/no estar a la vista to be within/out of sight; pagar al portador y a la vista pay the bearer at sight; cuenta corriente a la vista sight account; a la vista de todos in full view of everyone; ¿tienes algún proyecto a la vista? do you have any projects in view?; a primera or a simple vista at first sight o glance; se notaba a simple vista you could tell just by looking; con vistas a with a view to; de vista by sight; en vista: tener algo/a alguien en vista to have something/somebody in mind; en vista de in view of; en vista de que... in view of the fact that...; hasta la vista! see you!, so long! (colloq); a vista de pájaro: ver algo a vista de pájaro to get a bird's-eye view of something; a vista y paciencia de alguien (Chi, Per fam) in front of somebody; hacer la vista gorda to turn a blind eye; perder algo/a alguien de vista to lose sight of something/somebody; al terminar la carrera los perdí de vista I lost touch with them when we graduated; perderse de vista to disappear from view; saltar a la vista: lo primero que salta a la vista es el color que tiene the first thing that hits o strikes you is the color; salta a la vista que hicieron trampa it's obvious they cheated; tener la vista puesta en algo/alguien to have one's eye on something/somebody; tener vista de águila or lince to have eyes like a hawk; volver la vista atrás — to look back

    4) ( panorama) view
    5) (Der) hearing

    la vista del juicio se celebrará el... — the hearing will take place on...

    6) (Com, Fin)
    * * *
    I
    masculino y femenino customs officer o official
    II
    1)
    a) ( sentido) sight, eyesight

    tener buena/mala vista — to have good/bad eyesight

    b) ( ojos) eyes
    c) ( perspicacia) vision
    2)
    a) ( mirada)

    alzar or levantar/bajar la vista — to look up/down

    torcer la vista — to be cross-eyed, to have a squint

    b) ( espectáculo) sight

    a la vista: tierra a la vista! land ho!; ponlo bien a la vista put it where it can be seen easily; estar/no estar a la vista to be within/out of sight; pagar al portador y a la vista pay the bearer at sight; cuenta corriente a la vista sight account; a la vista de todos in full view of everyone; ¿tienes algún proyecto a la vista? do you have any projects in view?; a primera or a simple vista at first sight o glance; se notaba a simple vista you could tell just by looking; con vistas a with a view to; de vista by sight; en vista: tener algo/a alguien en vista to have something/somebody in mind; en vista de in view of; en vista de que... in view of the fact that...; hasta la vista! see you!, so long! (colloq); a vista de pájaro: ver algo a vista de pájaro to get a bird's-eye view of something; a vista y paciencia de alguien (Chi, Per fam) in front of somebody; hacer la vista gorda to turn a blind eye; perder algo/a alguien de vista to lose sight of something/somebody; al terminar la carrera los perdí de vista I lost touch with them when we graduated; perderse de vista to disappear from view; saltar a la vista: lo primero que salta a la vista es el color que tiene the first thing that hits o strikes you is the color; salta a la vista que hicieron trampa it's obvious they cheated; tener la vista puesta en algo/alguien to have one's eye on something/somebody; tener vista de águila or lince to have eyes like a hawk; volver la vista atrás — to look back

    4) ( panorama) view
    5) (Der) hearing

    la vista del juicio se celebrará el... — the hearing will take place on...

    6) (Com, Fin)
    * * *
    vista1
    1 = sight, eyesight.

    Ex: The seers -- the sybils and prophets -- of Michelangelo's Sistine Ceiling reveal imperfections of bodily sight (such as near- and far-sightedness), emphasizing their spiritual foresight.

    Ex: Often microform makes users aware of hitherto unnoticed eyesight defects.
    * a la vista = in sight, within sight.
    * a la vista de = in light of, in the light of.
    * algo desagradable a la vista = a blot on the landscape.
    * amor a primera vista = love at first sight.
    * a ojos vista = before + Posesivo + (own two) eyes.
    * apartar la vista = look + the other way.
    * a + Posesivo + vista = before + Posesivo + (own two) eyes.
    * a primera vista = on first acquaintance, at first sight, on first inspection, on the face of it, at first blush, at first glance, on the surface, prima facie, first-blush.
    * a simple vista = by the naked eye, superficially, on first thought.
    * a vista de pájaro = bird's eye view.
    * cansar la vista = cause + eyestrain.
    * con problemas de vista = vision impaired.
    * con vistas a = with an eye toward(s), overlook.
    * con vistas a (+ Infinitivo) = with a view to (+ Gerundio).
    * con vistas a + Nombre = for + Nombre + purposes.
    * corto de vista = nearsighted [near-sighted].
    * desagradable a la vista = eyesore.
    * de vista aguda = sharp-eyed.
    * empeoramiento de la vista = failing eyesight.
    * en vista de = in light of, in the face of, in the light of, in view of.
    * en vista de que = seeing that/as.
    * fuera de la vista = out of view.
    * hacer la vista gorda = look + the other way, turn + a blind eye to, pretend + not to have seen.
    * hasta donde alcanza la vista = as far as the eye can see.
    * levantar la vista = look up.
    * mala vista = poor eyesight.
    * no perder de vista = keep + an eye on, keep + a beady eye on, keep in + sight.
    * no volver la vista atrás = never + look back.
    * perder de vista = lose from + sight, drop from + sight, lose + sight of.
    * perder de vista el hecho de que = lose + sight of the fact that.
    * perder la vista = become + blind.
    * personas con problemas de vista, las = visually impaired, the, visually disabled, the, visually handicapped, the, visually impaired people (VIPs), visually challenged, the.
    * persona sin problemas de vista = sighted person.
    * plan de adquisición de material a vista = approval plan.
    * problemas con la vista = poor eyesight.
    * regalarse la vista con = feast + Posesivo + eyes on.
    * saltar a la vista = be patently clear.
    * sin perder de vista = with an eye on.
    * sin problemas de vista = sighted.
    * tener la vista cansada = need + reading glasses.
    * todo está a la vista = what you see is what you get.
    * torcer la vista = squint.
    * vista cansada = visual fatigue, eyestrain [eye strain], presbyopia.
    * vista fatigada = eyestrain [eye strain].
    * volver la vista atrás = look back.

    vista2
    * adoptar un punto de vista = embrace + view.
    * analizar desde un punto de vista crítico = cast + a critical eye over.
    * argumento que presenta sólo un punto de vista = one-sided argument.
    * argument que presenta los dos puntos de vista = two-sided argument.
    * ¡Barco a la vista! = Ship ahoy!.
    * comprender un punto de vista = take + point.
    * desde cualquier punto de vista = by any standard(s).
    * desde el punto de vista de la nutrición = in terms of, from the vantage of, as far as + Nombre + be + concerned, mitotically, nutritionally speaking, nutritionally.
    * desde el punto de vista del trabajador = in the trenches.
    * desde el punto de vista de la archivística = archivally.
    * desde el punto de vista de la calidad = on quality grounds.
    * desde el punto de vista de la competitividad = competitively.
    * desde el punto de vista de la conservación = preservationally.
    * desde el punto de vista de la cultura = culturally.
    * desde el punto de vista de la estética = aesthetically [esthetically, -USA].
    * desde el punto de vista de la funcionalidad = functionally.
    * desde el punto de vista de la informática = computationally.
    * desde el punto de vista de la logística = logistically.
    * desde el punto de vista de la medicina = medically.
    * desde el punto de vista de la música = musically.
    * desde el punto de vista de la notación = notationally.
    * desde el punto de vista de la química = chemically.
    * desde el punto de vista de la realidad = factually.
    * desde el punto de vista de las matemáticas = mathematically.
    * desde el punto de vista de la tonalidad = tonally.
    * desde el punto de vista del contexto = contextually.
    * desde el punto de vista del estilo = stylistically.
    * desde el punto de vista del funcionamiento = operationally.
    * desde el punto de vista del + Nombre = as seen through the eyes of + Nombre.
    * desde el punto de vista de los hechos = factually.
    * desde el punto de vista del uso = in terms of use.
    * desde el punto de vista de + Nombre = in + Nombre + eyes.
    * desde el punto de vista judicial = judicially.
    * desde el punto de vista lingüístico = linguistically.
    * desde el punto de vista político = politically.
    * desde este punto de vista = viewed in this light.
    * desde mi punto de vista = in my opinion, in my view, in my books.
    * desde + punto de vista = against + backdrop.
    * desde todos los puntos de vista = in every sense.
    * desde un punto de vista académico = academically.
    * desde un punto de vista antropológico = anthropologically.
    * desde un punto de vista clínico = medically, clinically.
    * desde un punto de vista crítico = judgmentally [judgementally], with a critical eye, critically.
    * desde un punto de vista económico = economically, monetarily.
    * desde un punto de vista estrictamente técnico = technically speaking.
    * desde un punto de vista étnico = ethnically.
    * desde un punto de vista filosófico = philosophically.
    * desde un punto de vista general = in a broad sense.
    * desde un punto de vista histórico = historically.
    * desde un punto de vista más amplio = in a broader sense.
    * desde un punto de vista más general = in a broader sense.
    * desde un punto de vista médico = medically.
    * desde un punto de vista medioambiental = environmentally.
    * desde un punto de vista monetario = monetarily.
    * desde un punto de vista morfológico = morphologically.
    * desde un punto de vista operativo = operationally.
    * desde un punto de vista racista = racially + Adjetivo.
    * desde un punto de vista religioso = religiously.
    * desde un punto de vista socioeconómico = socioeconomically.
    * desde un punto de vista técnico = technically.
    * fiel desde el punto de vista de la historia = historically accurate.
    * manifestar un punto de vista = air + view.
    * neutral desde el punto de vista de la raza = race-neutral.
    * no concebirse desde ningún punto de vista = be impossible under any hypothesis.
    * promover un punto de vista = promote + view.
    * punto de vista = angle, point of view, side, stance, standpoint, view, viewpoint, outlook, eye, world view [worldview/world-view], bent of mind.
    * sostener un punto de vista = assert + view, hold + point of view.
    * tener en cuenta un punto de vista = contemplate + view.
    * tener en cuenta un punto de vista = take into + account + viewpoint.
    * ver Algo desde el punto de vista + Adjetivo = view + Nombre + through + Adjetivo + eyes.
    vista3
    3 = outlook, vista, sight, view.

    Ex: This provides the user with a pleasant outlook and gives natural light.

    Ex: From the library she could see miles and miles of unobstructed vistas of rich, coffee-brown, almost black soil, broken only by occasional small towns, farms, and grain elevators.
    Ex: There was something inexpressibly poignant about the sight of the once powerful Roger Balzac sitting quiescently like a victim in a noose across the desk from him.
    Ex: Just as long as she has a nice view from her kitchen window she doesn't care about the rest of the world.
    * contemplar una vista = contemplate + view.
    * ofrecer una vista = afford + a view.
    * sin vistas = viewless.
    * tener vistas a = overlook.
    * ¡Tierra a la vista! = Land ahoy!, Land ho!.
    * una vista digna de contemplar = a sight to behold.
    * una vista digna de ver = a sight to behold.
    * vista agradable = a sight for sore eyes.
    * vista a la sierra = mountain view.
    * vista a las montañas = mountain view.
    * vista al mar = sea view.
    * vista a ojo de pájaro = bird's eye view.
    * vista a ras de suelo = worm's eye view.
    * vista asombrosa = breathtaking view.
    * vista impresionante = breathtaking view.
    * vista panorámica = panorama, pan, sweeping view, grandstand view, panoramic view.
    * vista sobrecogedora = breathtaking view.

    vista4

    Ex: Both the newspapers and the unions want to cut their losses by concluding a deal in advance of a court hearing that is scheduled to decide on the original causes of the strike.

    * vista judicial = hearing, court hearing.
    * vista oral = oral hearing.

    vista5
    5 = view.
    Nota: En cartografía, representación plana con efecto de relieve en la que las líneas de fuga concurren en un punto de vista central correspondiente al ojo del observador.

    Ex: A view is a perspective representation of the landscape in which detail is shown as if projected on an oblique plane (e.g., a bird's eye view, panorama, panoramic drawing, worm's eye view).

    * * *
    customs officer o official
    A
    1 (sentido) sight, eyesight
    tengo buena vista I have good eyesight, my sight is good
    ser corto de vista to be shortsighted
    tener la vista cansada to have eyestrain
    la enfermedad le afectó la vista the illness affected his eyesight o his sight o his vision
    este paisaje tan bello es un regalo para la vista this beautiful scenery is a delight to behold
    perdió la vista en un accidente he lost his sight in an accident
    2 (ojos) eyes
    la luz me hace daño a la vista the light hurts my eyes
    lo han operado de la vista he's had an eye operation
    se le nubló la vista her eyes clouded over
    3 (perspicacia) vision
    tiene mucha vista para los negocios he's very shrewd o he has great vision when it comes to business
    B
    1
    (mirada): me contestó sin alzar or levantar la vista del libro she answered without looking up from the book o without raising her eyes from the book
    no me quitó la vista de encima she didn't take her eyes off me
    torcer la vista to be cross-eyed, to have a squint
    bajó la vista he looked down
    fijó la vista en el horizonte she fixed her eyes o her gaze on the horizon
    dirigió la vista hacia nosotros he looked toward(s) us
    se desmayó ante la vista del cadáver he fainted at the sight of the body
    C ( en locs):
    a la vista: ¡tierra a la vista! land ho!
    ponlo bien a la vista put it where it can be seen easily
    escóndelo, que no esté a la vista hide it somewhere out of sight
    pagar al portador y a la vista pay the bearer at sight
    no lo hagas aquí a la vista de todos don't do it here where everyone can see o in full view of everyone
    [ S ] fabricación a la vista del público workshop ( o factory etc) open for public viewing
    [ S ] café molido a la vista ( RPl); coffee ground while you wait
    ¿tienes algún proyecto a la vista? do you have any projects in view?
    a primera vista at first sight o glance
    a primera vista no parecía grave at first sight o glance it didn't look serious
    se notaba a simple vista que estaba enfermo you could tell he was ill just by looking at him
    con vistas a with a view to
    un acuerdo con vistas a las próximas elecciones a pact for the forthcoming elections
    con vistas a que nos lo financien with a view to their o them providing finance
    de vista by sight
    los conozco sólo de vista I only know them by sight
    en vista: ¿tienen a alguien en vista para el puesto? do you have anybody in mind for the job?
    estamos buscando casa — ¿ya tienen algo en vista? we're househunting — have you seen anything interesting yet?
    en vista de in view of
    en vista de que no podía ganar in view of the fact that she couldn't win
    en vista de que no llegaban, nos fuimos since they hadn't arrived, we left
    en vista del éxito obtenido, mejor me callo la boca ( iró hum); considering the success of my last comment ( o joke etc), I think I'd better keep my mouth shut ( iro hum)
    ¡hasta la vista! see you!, so long! ( colloq), until we meet again ( frml)
    a vista de pájaro: desde la torre vemos la ciudad a vista de pájaro from the tower we get a bird's-eye view of the city
    a vista y paciencia de algn (Chi, Per fam); in front of sb
    hace tiempo que no le echo la vista encima I haven't seen him for some time
    estar con or tener la vista puesta en algo/algn to have one's eye on sth/sb
    tiene la vista puesta en una chica de la oficina he's got his eye on a girl in the office
    hacer la vista gorda or ( Méx) de la vista gorda ( fam); to turn a blind eye, to pretend not to see
    perder algo/a algn de vista to lose sight of sth/sb
    vigílalo bien, no lo pierdas de vista keep a close eye on him, don't let him out of your sight
    no debemos perder de vista nuestro objetivo primario we must not lose sight of our main objective
    no pierdas de vista (el hecho de) que es un actor desconocido don't lose sight of o don't overlook the fact that he is an unknown actor
    ¡tengo unas ganas de perderlos de vista …! ( fam); I'll be glad to see the back of them! ( colloq)
    cuando terminamos la carrera los perdí de vista I lost touch with them when we graduated
    perderse de vista to disappear from view
    saltar a la vista: lo primero que salta a la vista es el color que tiene the first thing that hits o strikes you is the color
    ¿cómo no te diste cuenta? si saltaba a la vista I can't see how you failed to notice, it stood out a mile o it was so obvious
    salta a la vista que hicieron trampa it's obvious they cheated
    tener vista de águila or lince to have eyes like a hawk
    no vuelvas la vista atrás y piensa en el futuro don't look back, think of the future
    D
    1 (panorama) view
    una vista preciosa de la bahía a beautiful view of the bay
    la habitación tiene vista al mar the room overlooks the sea o has a sea view o looks out over the sea
    vista aérea aerial view
    2 (imagen) view
    3 ( fam)
    (aspecto): el plato tenía muy buena vista the dish looked delicious
    unos muebles de mucha vista some very attractive furniture
    E ( Der) hearing
    la vista del juicio se celebrará el día 27 the hearing will take place on the 27th
    Compuesto:
    hearing
    F ( Com, Fin):
    a 20 días vista within 20 days
    G vistas fpl (en costura) facings (pl)
    * * *

     

    Del verbo vestir: ( conjugate vestir)

    vista es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo

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

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativo

    Multiple Entries:
    vestir    
    vista
    vestir ( conjugate vestir) verbo transitivo
    1
    a) ‹niño/muñeca› to dress



    2 (liter o period) ( llevar puesto) to wear
    verbo intransitivo
    1 [ persona] to dress;

    vista de algo ‹de uniforme/azul›) to wear sth;
    vista de etiqueta to wear formal dress
    2 ( ser elegante):

    de vista ‹traje/zapatos› smart
    vestirse verbo pronominal ( refl)

    ◊ date prisa, vístete hurry up, get dressed



    se viste a la última moda she wears the latest styles;
    siempre se viste de verde she always wears green
    c) ( disfrazarse) vistase de algo to dress up as sth

    vista sustantivo femenino
    1


    ser corto de vista to be near-sighted;
    perdió la vista he lost his sight;
    vista cansada eyestrain
    b) ( ojos) eyes;


    lo operaron de la vista he had an eye operation
    2 ( mirada):
    ◊ alzar/bajar la vista to look up/down

    3 ( en locs)

    estar/no estar a la vista to be within/out of sight;
    a la vista de todos in full view of everyone;
    ¿tienes algún proyecto a la vista? do you have any projects in view?;
    a primera or a simple vista at first sight o glance;
    con vistas a with a view to;
    en vista de in view of;
    en vista de que … in view of the fact that …;
    ¡hasta la vista! see you!, so long! (colloq);
    perder algo/a algn de vista to lose sight of sth/sb;
    perderse de vista to disappear from view
    4 ( panorama) view;

    vista aérea aerial view
    5 (Der) hearing
    vestir
    I verbo transitivo
    1 (poner la ropa a alguien) to dress
    frml to clothe
    2 (llevar puesto) to wear: vestía un traje gris, he was wearing a grey suit
    II verbo intransitivo
    1 (llevar) to dress
    viste de rojo, she's wearing red
    vestir bien, to dress well
    (ser apropiado, elegante) to look smart
    visto,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 (considerado socialmente) estar bien visto, to be considered correct o acceptable
    estar mal visto, to be frowned upon/on
    2 (común, poco original) estar muy visto, not to be very original: ese reloj está muy visto, everybody is wearing watches like that
    3 fam (obvio) estar visto, to be obvious o clear
    4 (al parecer) por lo visto, apparently
    5 Jur visto para sentencia, ready for judgement
    II sustantivo masculino visto bueno, approval
    vista sustantivo femenino
    1 (sentido, visión) sight: le conozco de vista, I know him by sight
    ese edificio nos tapa la vista del río, the river is hidden from view by that building
    tienes buena vista, you have good eyesight
    corto de vista, shortsighted, US nearsighted
    (los ojos) me hace daño a la vista, it hurts my eyes
    2 (perspectiva, panorama) view
    con vistas a la calle, overlooking the street
    3 Jur hearing, trial
    ♦ Locuciones: familiar hacer la vista gorda, to turn a blind eye
    perder de vista, to lose sight of: el tren se perdió de vista, the train disappeared from view
    familiar ¡piérdete de mi vista!, get out of here!, get lost!
    (recordar) volver/echar la vista atrás, to look back
    a la vista, (dentro del campo visual) visible, within sight
    (previsto) tienen un viaje a la vista, they have a trip in mind
    a primera vista/a simple vista, (a la primera, directamente) at first sight o glance: amor a primera vista, love at first sight
    detectó el error a simple vista, he found the mistake straight away
    (con solo mirar) esa estrella no es visible a simple vista, that star isn't visible with the naked eye
    (en principio, al parecer) on the face of it
    con vistas a, with a view to
    en vista de, in view of, considering
    ' vista' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abarcar
    - aguda
    - agudo
    - alcance
    - ante
    - apartar
    - cantar
    - converger
    - corta
    - corto
    - dominar
    - esforzar
    - fijar
    - fina
    - fino
    - golpe
    - graduar
    - graduarse
    - herir
    - lince
    - novedosa
    - novedoso
    - nublarse
    - punto
    - recorrer
    - respetable
    - saltar
    - sesgar
    - versión
    - visión
    - volver
    - aéreo
    - agradable
    - alcanzar
    - amor
    - ángulo
    - cansar
    - chiribita
    - clavado
    - clavar
    - conocer
    - descansar
    - devolver
    - engañar
    - forzar
    - levantar
    - mirada
    - mirar
    - nublar
    - ojo
    English:
    acute
    - angle
    - aspect
    - avert
    - away
    - bird's-eye view
    - blind
    - blot out
    - clear
    - contention
    - delightful
    - dim
    - eagle-eyed
    - eye
    - eye-level
    - eyesight
    - eyestrain
    - face
    - glance
    - glorious
    - gorgeous
    - hearing
    - hide
    - in
    - jump out
    - look up
    - naked
    - note
    - obstruct
    - open out
    - oscillate
    - outlook
    - overlook
    - perspective
    - point
    - respect
    - scene
    - see
    - seeing
    - sense
    - sharp
    - sight
    - sight-reading
    - slant
    - splendid
    - standpoint
    - stare
    - strain
    - strained
    - surface
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    ver visto
    ♦ nf
    1. [sentido] (sense of) sight;
    [visión] eyesight; [ojos] eyes;
    tiene buena/mala vista, está bien/mal de la vista she has good/poor eyesight;
    la luz me hace daño a la vista the light hurts my eyes;
    se me nubló la vista my eyes clouded over;
    perder la vista to lose one's sight, to go blind;
    de vista: conocer a alguien de vista to know sb by sight;
    ¡hasta la vista! see you!;
    a vista de pájaro: Cartagena a vista de pájaro a bird's-eye view of Cartagena;
    hacer la vista gorda to turn a blind eye;
    no perder de vista algo/a alguien [vigilar] not to let sth/sb out of one's sight;
    [tener en cuenta] not to lose sight of sth/sb, not to forget about sth/sb;
    perder de vista algo/a alguien [dejar de ver] to lose sight of sth/sb;
    perder de vista a alguien [perder contacto] to lose touch with sb;
    perderse de vista [en la distancia] to disappear (from sight);
    salta a la vista [es evidente] it's blindingly o patently obvious;
    salta a la vista que es novato he is very obviously a beginner;
    salta a la vista su juventud [sorprende] one thing that strikes you is how young she is;
    tener una vista de águila o [m5] de lince to have an eagle eye
    vista cansada [por la edad] long-sightedness; [por el esfuerzo] eyestrain
    2. [mirada] gaze;
    dirigió la vista hacia la pantalla she turned her eyes o gaze to the screen;
    alzar/apartar/bajar la vista to look up/away/down;
    fijar la vista en to fix one's eyes on, to stare at;
    a primera o [m5] simple vista [aparentemente] at first sight, on the face of it;
    3. [observación] watching
    4. [panorama] view;
    una habitación con vistas a room with a view;
    con vistas al mar with a sea view
    vista aérea aerial view;
    vista panorámica panoramic view
    5. [perspicacia, discreción]
    tiene vista para las antigüedades she has a good eye for antiques;
    hay que tener más vista al decir las cosas you have to be more careful what you say
    6. Der hearing
    vista oral oral proceedings
    7. Com & Fin
    a la vista at sight;
    a pagar a 30 días vista payable within 30 days
    8. [plazo]
    a dos meses vista de las elecciones [antes] two months before the elections;
    [después] two months after the elections
    ♦ nm
    [empleado de aduanas] customs officer [responsible for checking baggage]
    ♦ a la vista loc adj
    1. [visible] visible;
    está a la vista [muy cerca] it's staring you in the face;
    ¡barco/tierra a la vista! ship/land ahoy!;
    no dejen objetos de valor a la vista dentro del autocar do not leave valuables lying around where they can be seen inside the coach
    2. [en perspectiva]
    no tengo planes a la vista I have no immediate plans;
    tenemos varios proyectos a la vista there are a number of possible projects on the horizon
    ♦ a la vista de loc prep
    1. [delante de] in full view of;
    ocurrió a la vista de todos it happened in full view of everybody;
    está a la vista de todos it's there for everybody to see
    2. [en vista de] in view of;
    a la vista de los resultados financieros… in view of the financial results…
    ♦ con vistas a loc prep
    [con la intención de] with a view to;
    se reunirán con vistas a negociar un nuevo convenio con la patronal they will meet with a view to negotiating a new agreeement with the employers;
    el ahorro con vistas al futuro saving for the future
    ♦ en vista de loc prep
    in view of, considering;
    en vista de lo ocurrido… considering what has happened…;
    en vista de que since, seeing as
    * * *
    I f
    1 (eye)sight;
    vista cansada MED tired eyes;
    tener buena/mala vista have good/bad eyesight;
    hacer la vista gorda fig fam turn a blind eye;
    tener vista para algo fig have a good eye for sth
    2 JUR hearing
    3
    :
    a la vista COM at sight, on demand
    :
    la ciudad a vista de pajaro a bird’s eye view of the city, the city seen from above;
    vista aérea FOT aerial view
    :
    con vistas a with a view to;
    en vista de in view of
    6
    :
    a simple vista with the naked eye;
    a primera vista at first sight;
    de vista by sight;
    estar a la vista be in sight;
    perder de vista lose sight of;
    no perder de vista niño etc not take one’s eyes off;
    a la vista de todos in full view of everyone;
    poner la vista en alguien/algo look at s.o./sth; tener intención de conseguir algo set one’s sights on s.o./sth;
    hasta la vista bye!, see you!
    II m/f
    :
    vista (de aduanas) customs official o officer
    * * *
    vista nf
    1) visión: vision, eyesight
    2) mirada: look, gaze, glance
    3) panorama: view, vista, panorama
    4) : hearing (in court)
    5)
    a primera vista : at first sight
    6)
    en vista de : in view of
    7)
    hacer la vista gorda : to turn a blind eye
    8)
    ¡hasta la vista! : so long!, see you!
    9)
    perder de vista : to lose sight of
    punto de vista : point of view
    * * *
    1. (visión) sight / eyesight
    2. (panorama) view
    a simple vista at first sight / at first glance

    Spanish-English dictionary > vista

  • 14 put

    put
    present participle - putting; verb
    1) (to place in a certain position or situation: He put the plate in the cupboard; Did you put any sugar in my coffee?; He put his arm round her; I'm putting a new lock on the door; You're putting too much strain on that rope; When did the Russians first put a man into space?; You've put me in a bad temper; Can you put (=translate) this sentence into French?) poner, colocar
    2) (to submit or present (a proposal, question etc): I put several questions to him; She put her ideas before the committee.) presentar
    3) (to express in words: He put his refusal very politely; Children sometimes have such a funny way of putting things!) expresar
    4) (to write down: I'm trying to write a letter to her, but I don't know what to put.) poner; escribir
    5) (to sail in a particular direction: We put out to sea; The ship put into harbour for repairs.) echar al mar
    •
    - a put-up job
    - put about
    - put across/over
    - put aside
    - put away
    - put back
    - put by
    - put down
    - put down for
    - put one's feet up
    - put forth
    - put in
    - put in for
    - put off
    - put on
    - put out
    - put through
    - put together
    - put up
    - put up to
    - put up with
    put vb
    1. poner / colocar
    2. meter
    tr[pʊt]
    transitive verb (pt & pp put, ger putting)
    1 (gen) poner; (place) colocar; (add) echar, añadir; (place inside) meter, poner
    ■ where did you put the matches? ¿dónde has puesto las cerillas?
    2 (write, mark) poner, apuntar, escribir
    ■ what did you put for number six? ¿qué pusiste en el número seis?
    ■ what's put you in such a bad mood ¿qué te ha puesto de tan mal humor?
    4 (rate, classify) poner
    5 (express) expresar, decir
    ■ how shall I put it? ¿cómo te lo diría?
    6 (calculate, estimate) calcular
    7 SMALLSPORT/SMALL (shot) lanzar
    \
    SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
    to be hard put to do something serle difícil a uno hacer algo
    to not know where to put oneself no saber dónde ponerse, no saber dónde esconderse
    to put an end to something acabar con algo, poner fin a algo
    to not put it past somebody (to do something) creer a alguien muy capaz (de hacer algo)
    to put one over on somebody engañar a alguien
    to put paid to something estropear algo
    to put something right arreglar algo
    to put somebody on the train, plane, etc acompañar a alguien al tren, al avión, etc
    to put somebody to bed acostar a alguien
    to put somebody to death ejecutar a alguien
    to put somebody up to something incitar a alguien a hacer algo
    to put something to good use hacer buen uso de algo
    to put the blame on somebody echar la culpa a alguien
    to put something up for sale poner algo en venta
    to stay put quedarse quieto,-a
    put ['pʊt] v, put ; putting vt
    1) place: poner, colocar
    put it on the table: ponlo en la mesa
    2) insert: meter
    it put her in a good mood: la puso de buen humor
    to put into effect: poner en práctica
    4) impose: imponer
    they put a tax on it: lo gravaron con un impuesto
    5) subject: someter, poner
    to put to the test: poner a prueba
    to put to death: ejecutar
    6) express: expresar, decir
    he put it simply: lo dijo sencillamente
    7) apply: aplicar
    to put one's mind to something: proponerse hacer algo
    8) set: poner
    I put him to work: lo puse a trabajar
    9) attach: dar
    to put a high value on: dar gran valor a
    10) present: presentar, exponer
    to put a question to someone: hacer una pregunta a alguien
    put vi
    1)
    to put to sea : hacerse a la mar
    2)
    to put up with : aguantar, soportar
    adj.
    • puesto, -a adj.
    pret., p.p.
    (Preterito definido y participio pasivo de "to put")
    • colocar v.
    v.
    (§ p.,p.p.: put) = lanzar v.
    • meter v.
    • poner v.
    (§pres: pongo, pones...) pret: pus-
    pp: puesto
    fut/c: pondr-•)
    • situar v.
    pʊt
    1.
    1) (pres p putting; past & past p put) transitive verb
    2)
    a) ( place) poner*; (with care, precision etc) colocar*, poner*; ( inside something) meter, poner*

    to put something in the oven — poner* or meter algo en el horno

    did you put salt in it? — ¿le pusiste or le echaste sal?

    I put myself on the list — me apunté or me puse en la lista

    not to know where to put oneself o (AmE also) one's face (colloq) — no saber* dónde ponerse or meterse

    b) (install, fit) poner*
    3)
    a) ( thrust)

    she put her head around the door/out of the window — asomó la cabeza por la puerta/por la ventana

    b) (send, propel)
    c) ( Sport)

    to put the shot — lanzar* el peso

    4)
    a) ( rank) poner*

    to put something above/before something: I put honesty above all other virtues para mí la honestidad está por encima de todas las demás virtudes or por encima de todo; he puts his art before everything else — antepone su arte a todo

    b) (in competition, league)

    this victory puts them in o into the lead — con esta victoria pasan a ocupar la delantera

    c) ( estimate)

    to put something at something: I'd put the figure at closer to $40,000 — yo diría que la cifra es más cercana a los 40.000 dólares

    5) ( cause to be) poner*

    to put something to good use — \<\<time/ability/object\>\> hacer* buen uso de algo

    6) (make undergo, cause to do)

    to put somebody to something: I don't want to put you to any trouble no quiero causarle ninguna molestia; I put her to work — la puse a trabajar; death, shame I 1), test I 1) b) etc

    7)
    a) (attribute, assign)

    to put something on something: I couldn't put a price on it no sabría decir cuánto vale; I put a high value on our friendship — valoro mucho nuestra amistad

    b) ( impose)

    to put something on something/somebody: they put a special duty on these goods gravaron estos artículos con un impuesto especial; to put the blame on somebody echarle la culpa a algn, culpar a algn; it put a great strain on their relationship — eso sometió su relación a una gran tensión

    8)
    a) (instill, infect)

    to put something in(to) something: who put that idea into your head? — ¿quién te metió esa idea en la cabeza?

    to put something in(to) something: the fresh air put some color into his cheeks — el aire fresco les dio un poco de color a sus mejillas

    9)
    a) ( invest)

    to put something into something — \<\<money\>\> invertir* algo en algo

    b) (bet, stake)

    to put something on something — \<\<money\>\> apostar* or jugarse* algo a algo

    to put something toward something — contribuir* con algo a algo, poner* algo para algo

    10) (fix, repose)

    to put something in something/somebody: I put my trust in you puse or (liter) deposité mi confianza en ti; I don't put much faith in conventional medicine — no le tengo mucha fe a la medicina convencional

    11) ( present) \<\<views/case\>\> exponer*, presentar; \<\<proposal\>\> presentar

    to put something to somebody: to put a question to somebody hacerle* una pregunta a algn; the employers' offer will be put to a mass meeting la oferta de la patronal será sometida a votación en una asamblea; I put it to you that... — (frml) mi opinión es que...

    12) (write, indicate, mark) poner*

    what shall I put? — ¿qué pongo?

    13) ( express) decir*

    (let me) put it this way: I wouldn't invite him again — te digo lo siguiente: no lo volvería a invitar

    to put something well/badly — expresar algo bien/mal


    2.
    put vi ( Naut)

    to put to sea — hacerse* a la mar, zarpar

    Phrasal Verbs:
    [pʊt] (pt, pp put)
    1. TRANSITIVE VERB
    For set combinations consisting of put + noun, eg put a price on, put a strain on, put an end to, put at risk, put out of business, put in touch with look up the noun. For put + adverb/preposition combinations, see also phrasal verbs.
    1) (=place, thrust)
    a) (physically) poner; (with precision) colocar; (=insert) meter, introducir more frm; (=leave) dejar

    • I put a serviette by each plate — puse or coloqué una servilleta junto a cada plato

    • put it in the drawer — ponlo en el cajón

    she put the chairs in a circle — puso or colocó las sillas en círculo

    shall I put milk in your coffee? — ¿te pongo leche en el café?

    he put a coin in the slot — puso or metió or more frm introdujo una moneda en la ranura

    you should put your money in a bank — deberías poner or more frm depositar el dinero en un banco

    • I put a sheet of paper into the typewriter — puse or coloqué una hoja de papel en la máquina de escribir

    • he put his keys on the table — puso or dejó las llaves en la mesa

    I put some more coal on the fire — puse or eché más carbón en el fuego

    she put her head on my shoulder — apoyó or recostó la cabeza en mi hombro

    • she put her head out of the window — asomó la cabeza por la ventana

    • he put his hand over his mouth — se tapó la boca con la mano, se puso la mano en la boca

    • he put his head round the door — asomó la cabeza por la puerta

    • put it there! * — (handshake) ¡chócala! *

    • I put my fist through the window — rompí la ventana con el puño

    • he put the shell to his ear — se puso or se acercó la concha al oído

    bed 1., 1), flight II, stay I, 1., 1), a) Some put + noun combinations require a more specific Spanish verb. For very set combinations look up the noun.

    • the syllabus puts a lot of emphasis on languages — el programa (de estudios) hace or pone mucho énfasis en los idiomas

    • I wouldn't put any faith in what he says — yo no creería lo que dice, yo no tendría ninguna confianza en lo que dice

    • you can put that idea out of your head — ya te puedes quitar esa idea de la cabeza

    • this puts the responsibility on drivers to be aware of the law — esto responsabiliza a los conductores de estar enterados de la ley

    blame 1., figure 1., 6), trust 1., 1), tax 1., 1)
    2) (=cause to be) poner

    • to put sb in a good/bad mood — poner a algn de buen/mal humor

    this puts me in a very awkward position — esto me pone or deja en una situación muy difícil

    his win today puts him in second place overall — la victoria de hoy le pone or coloca en segunda posición en la clasificación general

    • to put sb on a diet — poner a algn a dieta or a régimen

    3) (=cause to undertake)

    • to put sb to sth: it put us to a lot of extra expense — nos supuso muchos gastos adicionales

    • I don't want to put you to any trouble — no quiero causarte ninguna molestia

    • she put him to work immediately — lo puso a trabajar en seguida

    4) (=express) decir

    I don't quite know how to put this — la verdad, no sé cómo decir esto

    • as Shakespeare puts it — como dice Shakespeare

    • to put it bluntly — para decirlo claramente, hablando en plata *

    • I find it hard to put into words — me resulta difícil expresarlo con palabras

    • how shall I put it? — ¿cómo lo diría?

    let me put it this way... — digámoslo de esta manera..., por decirlo de alguna manera...

    to put it another way, it'll save you three hours — por decirlo de otra manera, te ahorrará tres horas

    5) (=write) poner, escribir

    what do you want me to put? — ¿qué quieres que ponga or escriba?

    put your name at the top of the paper — ponga or escriba su nombre en la parte superior del papel

    put the title in capital letters — pon or escribe el título en letras mayúsculas

    • I've put you on the waiting list — le he puesto en la lista de espera

    put it on my account — (Comm) cárguelo a mi cuenta

    • he put a line through the offending paragraph — tachó el párrafo controvertido

    • to put one's signature to sth — firmar algo

    6) (=invest) invertir

    • to put money into a company — invertir dinero en una compañía

    I've put a lot of time and effort into this — he invertido un montón de tiempo y esfuerzo en esto, le he dedicado a esto mucho tiempo y esfuerzo

    "I'm not getting much out of this course" - "well, you're not putting much into it, are you?" — -no estoy sacando mucho de este curso -tampoco es que te estés esforzando mucho, ¿no?

    7) (=contribute)

    • to put sth towards sth — contribuir (con) algo hacia algo

    I'm going to put the money towards a holiday — voy a poner or guardar el dinero para unas vacaciones

    8) (=expound, submit) [+ views] expresar, exponer

    he puts the case for a change in the law — plantea or expone argumentos a favor de un cambio en la ley

    she puts a convincing case — presenta or da argumentos convincentes

    • the proposal was put before Parliament — la propuesta se presentó ante el parlamento

    • to put sth to sb, how will you put it to him? — ¿cómo se lo vas a decir or comunicar?

    I put it to you that... — les sugiero que...

    9) (=estimate)

    • they put the loss at around £50,000 — calcularon or valoraron las pérdidas en unas 50.000 libras

    his fortune is put at 3 billion — se calcula or valora su fortuna en 3 billones

    the number of dead was put at 6,000 — se calculó or estimó el número de muertos en 6.000

    • some put the figure as high as 20,000 — algunos estiman que la cifra llega hasta 20.000

    10) (=rank)

    • he put himself above the law — creía estar por encima de la ley

    • I wouldn't put him among the greatest poets — yo no le pondría entre los más grandes poetas

    • we should never put money before happiness — no deberíamos nunca anteponer el dinero a la felicidad

    • she has always put her career first — para ella su carrera siempre ha sido lo primero

    11) (=set)

    • she put my brother against me — puso a mi hermano en contra mía

    • to put a watch to the right time — poner un reloj en hora

    12) (=throw)

    • to put the shot — (Sport) lanzar el peso

    13) (St Ex) (=offer to sell) [+ stock, security] declararse vendedor de
    14) (=bet)
    see put on
    2.
    INTRANSITIVE VERB
    (Naut)

    • to put into port — entrar a puerto

    • to put to sea — hacerse a la mar

    3.
    COMPOUND

    put option N — (St Ex) opción f de venta a precio fijado

    * * *
    [pʊt]
    1.
    1) (pres p putting; past & past p put) transitive verb
    2)
    a) ( place) poner*; (with care, precision etc) colocar*, poner*; ( inside something) meter, poner*

    to put something in the oven — poner* or meter algo en el horno

    did you put salt in it? — ¿le pusiste or le echaste sal?

    I put myself on the list — me apunté or me puse en la lista

    not to know where to put oneself o (AmE also) one's face (colloq) — no saber* dónde ponerse or meterse

    b) (install, fit) poner*
    3)
    a) ( thrust)

    she put her head around the door/out of the window — asomó la cabeza por la puerta/por la ventana

    b) (send, propel)
    c) ( Sport)

    to put the shot — lanzar* el peso

    4)
    a) ( rank) poner*

    to put something above/before something: I put honesty above all other virtues para mí la honestidad está por encima de todas las demás virtudes or por encima de todo; he puts his art before everything else — antepone su arte a todo

    b) (in competition, league)

    this victory puts them in o into the lead — con esta victoria pasan a ocupar la delantera

    c) ( estimate)

    to put something at something: I'd put the figure at closer to $40,000 — yo diría que la cifra es más cercana a los 40.000 dólares

    5) ( cause to be) poner*

    to put something to good use — \<\<time/ability/object\>\> hacer* buen uso de algo

    6) (make undergo, cause to do)

    to put somebody to something: I don't want to put you to any trouble no quiero causarle ninguna molestia; I put her to work — la puse a trabajar; death, shame I 1), test I 1) b) etc

    7)
    a) (attribute, assign)

    to put something on something: I couldn't put a price on it no sabría decir cuánto vale; I put a high value on our friendship — valoro mucho nuestra amistad

    b) ( impose)

    to put something on something/somebody: they put a special duty on these goods gravaron estos artículos con un impuesto especial; to put the blame on somebody echarle la culpa a algn, culpar a algn; it put a great strain on their relationship — eso sometió su relación a una gran tensión

    8)
    a) (instill, infect)

    to put something in(to) something: who put that idea into your head? — ¿quién te metió esa idea en la cabeza?

    to put something in(to) something: the fresh air put some color into his cheeks — el aire fresco les dio un poco de color a sus mejillas

    9)
    a) ( invest)

    to put something into something — \<\<money\>\> invertir* algo en algo

    b) (bet, stake)

    to put something on something — \<\<money\>\> apostar* or jugarse* algo a algo

    to put something toward something — contribuir* con algo a algo, poner* algo para algo

    10) (fix, repose)

    to put something in something/somebody: I put my trust in you puse or (liter) deposité mi confianza en ti; I don't put much faith in conventional medicine — no le tengo mucha fe a la medicina convencional

    11) ( present) \<\<views/case\>\> exponer*, presentar; \<\<proposal\>\> presentar

    to put something to somebody: to put a question to somebody hacerle* una pregunta a algn; the employers' offer will be put to a mass meeting la oferta de la patronal será sometida a votación en una asamblea; I put it to you that... — (frml) mi opinión es que...

    12) (write, indicate, mark) poner*

    what shall I put? — ¿qué pongo?

    13) ( express) decir*

    (let me) put it this way: I wouldn't invite him again — te digo lo siguiente: no lo volvería a invitar

    to put something well/badly — expresar algo bien/mal


    2.
    put vi ( Naut)

    to put to sea — hacerse* a la mar, zarpar

    Phrasal Verbs:

    English-spanish dictionary > put

  • 15 show

    [ʃəu] 1. гл.; прош. вр. showed; прич. прош. вр. shown; showed

    He showed me the pictures of his family. — Он показал мне фотографии своей семьи.

    I've got a new toy I want to show you. — У меня есть новая игрушка, которую я хочу тебе показать.

    2) показывать, выявлять, устанавливать

    The survey showed that up to 90 per cent of big UK employers use part-time and temporary workers. — Опрос показал, что до 90 процентов крупных работодателей в Соединённом Королевстве используют совместителей и временных работников.

    These are important figures which show clearly what has been happening in the UK labour market. — Это важные цифры, которые ясно показывают, что происходит в последнее время на рынке рабочей силы в Великобритании и Северной Ирландии.

    3) показывать, объяснять; учить

    He showed us how to lasso. — Он показал нам, как нужно ловить арканом.

    4) показывать, указывать

    Many people showed us marks on walls where the waters reached. — Многие показывали нам отметки на стенах, которые оставила вода.

    5) показывать ( путь), провожать, сопровождать

    to show smb. round / around — сопровождать кого-л. во время осмотра

    He let me in and showed me the way to the sitting room. — Он впустил меня в дом и проводил в гостиную.

    He showed us to our seats. — Он проводил нас на наши места.

    I'll show you out. — Я вас провожу (к выходу).

    Ella showed her around the town. — Эльза показала ей местные достопримечательности.

    During her visit to Bangladesh in 1983 Her Majesty was shown around a children's clinic. — Во время визита в Бангладеш в 1983 Её Величество осмотрела детскую клинику.

    Show the doctor up when he comes. — Проводите доктора наверх, когда он придёт.

    6)
    а) проявлять, выказывать ( эмоции)

    The enemy showed no mercy. — Враги были беспощадны.

    Iran is showing its displeasure. — Иран выражает недовольство.

    If he was bitter, it did not show. — Возможно он обиделся, но не показывал виду.

    The world is showing concern over the invasion. — Мировое сообщество выражает озабоченность по поводу вторжения.

    The US showed its own goodwill by undertaking to withdraw their troops. — США продемонстрировали со своей стороны добрую волю, взяв обязательство вывести свои войска.

    б) проявляться, появляться (на лице; о негативных эмоциях)

    He was upset but never let it show. — Он был расстроен, но не показывал виду.

    Your grief is showing. — Ваше горе не скроешь.

    The fear they felt showed clearly in their faces. — Страх, который они чувствовали, был написан у них на лице.

    а) проявлять себя, оказываться

    He showed himself a harsh ruler. — Он оказался суровым правителем.

    He has shown himself willing to participate in the debate. — Он выразил желание принять участие в дебатах.

    Panic can show itself in many different ways. — Паника может проявляться по разному.

    Tact also shows itself in respecting what others hold dear. — Тактичность также проявляется в уважении к тому, что дорого другим.

    8)
    а) показывать, обнаруживать, выделять

    to show the signs of smth. — обнаруживать признаки чего-л.

    to show profit / loss — быть прибыльным, убыточным

    The bodies showed the signs of torture. — На телах были обнаружены следы пыток.

    The suit was showing the signs of wear. — Костюм выглядел поношенным.

    White carpet showed every mark. — На белом ковре было заметно каждое пятно.

    Сorporate America is showing the signs of recovery. — Появились признаки того, что американские корпорации выходят из кризиса.

    Two animals are thought to be incubating the disease but not showing symptoms. — Полагают, что у двух животных болезнь находится в инкубационном периоде, поэтому симптомы пока не заметны.

    The sector was showing only 0.5 per cent growth. — Рост в этом секторе составляет всего лишь 0,5%.

    The construction sector showed the biggest losses. — Строительный сектор понёс самые большие убытки.

    б) выделяться, виднеться, обнаруживаться

    Don't worry, the stain will never show. — Не переживайте, пятно будет незаметно.

    My dandruff is showing. — Перхоть у меня на волосах - заметна.

    Then hammer them in so that only the top 6 inches (15cm) is showing. — А затем вбейте их так, чтобы виднелась только верхушка – 6 дюймов (15 см).

    Mike was in the water, his red life-jacket showing clearly. — Майк был в воде, его красный спасательный жилет был хорошо заметен.

    9) = show through проступать, быть заметным; просвечивать

    The bra showed through (the blouse). — Бюстгальтер просвечивал (через блузку).

    The old dog was so thin that his bones showed through (his skin). — Старая собака была такой тощей, что сквозь кожу проступали кости.

    She spoke near-perfect American, though occasionally her native Welsh accent showed through. — Она говорила на американском английском почти идеально, её родной валлийский акцент проскальзывал лишь иногда.

    10) показывать, предъявлять ( документ)

    I showed my driver's license to the policeman. — Я показал полцейскому свои права.

    11)
    а) показывать, отмечать, регистрировать ( о приборе)

    The luminous dial on the clock showed five minutes to seven. — Светящийся циферблат часов показывал, что сейчас без пяти семь.

    б) отмечаться, регистрироваться ( прибором), виднеться ( на экране)

    My test score showed on the screen. — На экране появился результат моего теста (сколько очков я набрала).

    12) показывать, изображать

    The photo shows the American and Soviet leaders standing side by side on the lawn of the White House. — На фото изображены лидеры США и СССР, стоящие рядом на лужайке перед Белым домом.

    13)
    а) показывать, играть, давать (пьесу, фильм)

    William showed us the video of his wedding. — Вильям показал нам видео своей свадьбы.

    Most cinemas will not show NC-17 films. — Большинство кинотеатров отказываются демонстрировать фильмы категории "Эн-Си-17" (зрители до 17 лет не допускаются).

    It was the first film shown at Radio City Music Hall. — Это был первый фильм, который показали в киноконцертном зале "Рэдио-сити".

    б) идти (о пьесе, фильме)

    There's J.B. Priestley's classic drama showing at the Garrick Theatre. — В театре «Гаррик» идёт классическая драма Джона Бойтона Пристли.

    14)
    а) выставлять; предлагать для продажи

    The Royal Academy is showing Pissarro. — В Королевской академии искусств идёт выставка работ французского художника Камиля Писсаро.

    б) выставляться; предлагаться для продажи

    An exhibition of paintings and charcoal drawings by Georgia O'Keeffe is showing at the Hayward Gallery. — В галерее Хейуарда идёт выставка Джорджии О'Киф: картины и графика.

    15) = show up появляться, приходить

    He failed to show for the opening game of the season. — Он не появился на игре, открывшей сезон.

    16) юр. представлять
    17) амер. финишировать третьим или одним из первых трёх ( о лошади на скачках)
    18) зарегистрировать ( лошадь) для участия в соревнованиях
    19) брит.; разг. быть на последних сроках беременности
    •
    - show up
    ••

    to show (smb.) a clean pair of heels — дать стрекоча, дать тягу, улепётывать

    to show smb. who's boss — показать, кто главный

    to show promise — подавать надежды, свидетельствовать о таланте

    to show smb. the ropes — ввести кого-л. в курс дела

    - show one's hand
    - show a leg
    - show smb. the door
    - show one's face     2. сущ.
    1)
    а) спектакль; шоу, представление; показ; выставка

    horse show — выставка лошадей, конноспортивный праздник

    motor / auto show — автосалон, автомобильный салон; автомобильная выставка

    ice show — эстрадное представление на льду; балет на льду, ревю

    variety show — варьете, эстрадное представление, эстрадный концерт

    minstrel show амер. — шоу менестрелей (жанр развлекательных представлений, распространённый в середине 19 века)

    to do / produce / put on / stage a show — ставить спектакль

    to see / watch a show — смотреть спектакль

    Let's go to a show. — Пойдёмте в театр.

    I enjoyed the show immensely. — Мне очень понравился спектакль.

    The show starts at 7.30 p.m. — Представление начинается в половине восьмого вечера.

    б) телевизионная или радио программа

    chat show брит. / talk show амер. — тлв. ток-шоу

    game show — телеигра, телевизионная игра

    2)
    а) показ, показывание, демонстрация

    She was frightened by any show of affection. — Любые знаки внимания отпугивали её.

    Syn:
    б) видимость, притворство

    only a show of kindness / regret — только видимость доброго отношения, сожаления

    I made a show of believing her. — Я сделал вид, что верю ей.

    He was making a show of working while actually doing very little. — Он изображал, что работает, хотя в действительности почти ничего не делал.

    4) брит.; разг. посмешище

    Now, don't make a show of yourself. — Пожалуйста, не делай из себя посмешище.

    5)
    а) след, признак наличия

    There is a show of reason in it. — В этом есть какой-то смысл.

    Syn:
    б) физиол. предродовые воды
    7) разг. дело, предприятие; организованная активность

    to give away the show — выдать, разболтать секрет, проговориться; разболтать о недостатках (какого-л. предприятия)

    to run / boss the show — заправлять (чем-л.); хозяйничать

    8) спорт.; жарг. третье место на финише ( обычно в конных соревнованиях)
    9) амер.; разг. удобный случай или возможность проявить себя, показать свои силы; шанс

    Let's give him a show in spite of his background. — Давайте дадим ему (ещё один) шанс, несмотря на его происхождение.

    We must give the boy a good / fair show. — Надо дать парню возможность проявить себя.

    Syn:
    chance 1.
    10) воен.; жарг. операция, бой; заваруха
    ••

    to put up a good / poor show разг. — хорошо, плохо себя проявить

    Let's get this show on the road. разг. — Пора приниматься за работу.

    dog-and-pony show амер.; разг. — показуха

    - show of hands
    - for show

    Англо-русский современный словарь > show

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