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to bring wealth to

  • 1 richesse

    richesse [ʀi∫εs]
    1. feminine noun
       a. [de pays, personne] wealth
    • notre ferme, c'est notre seule richesse this farm is all we have
       b. [d'aliment, collection, sol, texte, vocabulaire, végétation] richness
    2. plural feminine noun
    richesses wealth ; ( = trésors) treasures
    * * *
    ʀiʃɛs
    1.
    1) (de personne, pays) wealth
    2) ( de bijoux) magnificence; (d'étoffe, de vêtement) richness; (de mobilier, demeure) sumptuousness
    3) ( teneur) richness (en in)
    4) (de faune, vocabulaire, collection) richness; ( de documentation) wealth

    2.
    richesses nom féminin pluriel
    1) ( biens matériels) wealth [U]
    2) ( objets de grande valeur) treasures
    3) ( ressources) resources
    * * *
    ʀiʃɛs
    1. nf
    1) [personne, pays] wealth
    2) [aliment, sol] richness
    2. richesses nfpl
    wealth sg, [littérature, langue] treasures
    * * *
    A nf
    1 (de personne, pays) wealth; être une source de richesse pour to be a source of wealth for; notre principale richesse our main source of wealth; faire la richesse d'un pays/d'une ville [activité, pétrole] to bring wealth to a country/a town; étaler sa richesse to flaunt one's wealth; vivre dans la richesse to live in (the lap of) luxury; richesse nationale national wealth; ce lopin de terre c'est toute notre richesse this plot of land is all we have;
    2 (luxe, somptuosité) ( de bijoux) magnificence; (d'étoffe, de vêtement) richness; (de mobilier, demeure) sumptuousness; décoration d'une trop grande richesse over-elaborate decoration;
    3 ( teneur) richness (en in); la richesse d'un aliment en sucre the sugar content of a food ; la trop grande richesse d'un aliment en sel a food's excessive salt content;
    4 ( abondance) (de végétation, faune, vocabulaire, collection) richness; ( de documentation) wealth.
    B richesses nfpl
    1 ( biens matériels) wealth ¢; accumuler des richesses to accumulate wealth ou riches;
    2 ( objets de grande valeur) treasures; les richesses d'un musée the treasures of a museum;
    3 ( ressources) resources; richesses naturelles natural resources.
    [riʃɛs] nom féminin
    1. [fortune - d'une personne] wealth ; [ - d'une région, d'une nation] wealth, affluence, prosperity
    [d'un tissu] beauty, splendour
    3. [luxuriance - de la végétation] richness, lushness, profuseness, luxuriance
    4. [complexité - du vocabulaire, de la langue] richness ; [ - de l'imagination] creativeness, inventiveness
    5. (soutenu) [réconfort] blessing
    ————————
    richesses nom féminin pluriel
    [biens, capital] riches, wealth (substantif non comptable)
    [articles de valeur] treasures, wealth
    [ressources] resources
    richesses minières/naturelles mining/natural resources

    Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > richesse

  • 2 enrichir

    enrichir [ɑ̃ʀi∫iʀ]
    ➭ TABLE 2
    1. transitive verb
    [+ œuvre, esprit, langue, collection] to enrich ; [+ catalogue] to expand ; (financièrement) to make rich
    2. reflexive verb
    ► s'enrichir (financièrement) to get rich ; [collection] to be enriched (de with)
    * * *
    ɑ̃ʀiʃiʀ
    1.
    1) ( financièrement) to make [somebody] rich [personne]; to bring wealth to [pays]
    2) ( augmenter) to enrich, to enhance [collection, ouvrage] (de with)
    3) Technologie to enrich

    2.
    s'enrichir verbe pronominal
    1) ( devenir riche) [personne] to become rich
    2) ( être agrémenté) to be enriched (de with)
    * * *
    ɑ̃ʀiʃiʀ vt
    to make rich, fig to enrich
    * * *
    enrichir verb table: finir
    A vtr
    1 ( financièrement) to make [sb] rich [personne]; to bring wealth to [pays];
    2 ( augmenter) to enrich, enhance [collection, connaissances, ouvrage] (de with); le musée a enrichi sa collection de nouvelles toiles the museum's collection has been enhanced by new paintings;
    3 Tech to enrich [aliment, uranium].
    B s'enrichir vpr
    1 [personne] to become ou grow rich;
    2 [collection, langue, expérience, connaissances] to be enriched (de with); la nouvelle édition s'enrichit d'illustrations illustrations have been added to the new edition.
    qui paie ses dettes s'enrichit Prov he who pays his debts gets richer.
    [ɑ̃riʃir] verbe transitif
    1. [rendre riche] to enrich, to make rich ou richer
    2. [améliorer - savon, minerai, culture] to enrich ; [ - esprit] to enrich, to improve
    ————————
    s'enrichir verbe pronominal intransitif
    1. [devenir riche] to grow rich ou richer, to become rich ou richer
    2. [se développer - collection] to increase, to develop ; [ - esprit] to be enriched, to grow
    ————————
    s'enrichir verbe pronominal transitif

    Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > enrichir

  • 3 enriquecer

    v.
    1 to bring wealth to, to make rich (hacer rico).
    La fábrica enriqueció a María The factory made Mary rich.
    2 to enrich (sustancia).
    La lectura enriquece el conocimiento Reading enriches knowledge.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ AGRADECER], like link=agradecer agradecer
    1 (hacer rico) to make rich
    2 figurado to enrich
    1 to become rich, get rich
    * * *
    1.
    VT to make rich, enrich
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) <país/población> to make... rich
    2) <espíritu/lengua/alimento> to enrich
    2.
    enriquecerse v pron
    1) ( hacerse rico) to get rich
    2) cultura/relación/lengua to be enriched
    * * *
    = enrich, enhance, aggrandise [aggrandize, -USA], fortify.
    Ex. The program's purpose is to enable U.S. librarians and publishers to enrich and broaden their career experience through a short period of overseas service.
    Ex. An introduction explaining the nature and scope of the indexing language will enhance its value.
    Ex. He established Samarkand as his imperial capital in the 1360s and set about aggrandising it with plunder from his conquests.
    Ex. Be sure the dry milk you are buying has been fortified with vitamins A and D.
    ----
    * enriquecer la vida de Alguien = enrich + Posesivo + life.
    * enriquecerse = fatten + Posesivo + pockets, line + Posesivo + (own) pocket(s).
    * enriquecer uranio = enrich + uranium.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) <país/población> to make... rich
    2) <espíritu/lengua/alimento> to enrich
    2.
    enriquecerse v pron
    1) ( hacerse rico) to get rich
    2) cultura/relación/lengua to be enriched
    * * *
    = enrich, enhance, aggrandise [aggrandize, -USA], fortify.

    Ex: The program's purpose is to enable U.S. librarians and publishers to enrich and broaden their career experience through a short period of overseas service.

    Ex: An introduction explaining the nature and scope of the indexing language will enhance its value.
    Ex: He established Samarkand as his imperial capital in the 1360s and set about aggrandising it with plunder from his conquests.
    Ex: Be sure the dry milk you are buying has been fortified with vitamins A and D.
    * enriquecer la vida de Alguien = enrich + Posesivo + life.
    * enriquecerse = fatten + Posesivo + pockets, line + Posesivo + (own) pocket(s).
    * enriquecer uranio = enrich + uranium.

    * * *
    enriquecer [E3 ]
    vt
    A ‹país/población› to make … rich
    B ‹espíritu/persona› to enrich; ‹lengua/relación› to enrich
    enriquezca su vocabulario increase your word power, enhance o enrich your vocabulary
    C
    1 ‹alimento› to enrich
    2 ( Fís) to enrich
    A (hacerse rico) to get rich
    se enriqueció con la venta de armas arms dealing made him rich, he got rich through arms dealing
    B «cultura/relación/lengua» to be enriched, be made richer; «espíritu/persona» to be enriched
    * * *

     

    enriquecer ( conjugate enriquecer) verbo transitivo
    1 ‹país/población› to make … rich
    2 ‹espíritu/lengua/alimento› to enrich
    enriquecerse verbo pronominal
    1 ( hacerse rico) to get rich
    2 [cultura/relación/lengua] to be enriched
    enriquecer verbo transitivo
    1 (con bienes materiales) to make rich
    2 (mejorar) to enrich
    ' enriquecer' also found in these entries:
    English:
    enrich
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [hacer rico] [persona, clase social, región] to make rich, to enrich
    2. [alimento, sustancia] to enrich
    3. [moralmente, espiritualmente, en valor artístico] to enrich;
    los viajes enriquecen la personalidad travelling makes you richer as a person
    * * *
    v/t make rich; fig
    enrich
    * * *
    enriquecer {53} vt
    : to enrich

    Spanish-English dictionary > enriquecer

  • 4 presentar

    v.
    1 to present.
    Ella presenta soluciones She presents solutions.
    Ella le presenta a Ricardo un regalo She presents Richard a gift.
    Ellos presentan a los candidatos They present=field the candidates.
    2 to make (ofrecer) (disculpas, excusas).
    3 to introduce (person).
    me presentó a sus amigos she introduced me to her friends
    me parece que no nos han presentado I don't think we've been introduced
    Juan, te presento a Carmen Juan, this is Carmen
    permítame que le presente a nuestra directora allow me to introduce you to our manager, I'd like you to meet our manager
    Ella presenta a los invitados She introduces the guests.
    4 to have, to show (tener) (aspecto).
    presenta difícil solución it's going to be difficult to solve
    Ella le presenta al público una obra She shows the public a play.
    5 to host, to be the host of, to act as a compere for, to compere.
    Ella presenta el programa She hosts the program.
    * * *
    1 (gen) to present; (mostrar) to show
    2 (entregar) to hand in
    3 (sacar al mercado) to launch
    4 (personas) to introduce
    ■ ¿te han presentado ya? have you been introduced yet?
    5 TELEVISIÓN to present
    6 (ofrecer) to offer, show
    1 (comparecer) to turn up
    2 (para elección) to stand; (en un concurso) to enter
    \
    presentar una denuncia to lodge a complaint
    presentar una ponencia to present a paper
    * * *
    verb
    •
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=enseñar, exponer) [gen] to present; [+ moción, candidato] to propose, put forward; [+ pruebas, informe] to submit; [+ documento, pasaporte] to show

    presentar una propuesta — to make o present a proposal

    presentar algo al cobro o al pago — (Com) to present sth for payment

    2) (=entregar) to hand in

    presentó la dimisión — he handed in his resignation, he resigned

    3) (=mostrar) [+ señal, síntoma] to show
    4) (=exponer al público) [+ producto, disco, libro] to launch
    5) [en espectáculo] [+ obra] to perform; [+ actor, actriz] to present, feature
    6) (=ser presentador de) [+ programa televisivo] to present, host

    J. Pérez presenta el programa — the programme is presented o hosted by J. Pérez

    ¿quién presenta ahora las noticias de las nueve? — who presents o reads the nine o'clock news now?

    7) (=tener) to have
    8) [+ persona] to introduce

    a ver si te presento a mi amiga Jacinta — you must meet my friend Jacinta, I must introduce you to my friend Jacinta

    ser presentada en sociedad — to come out, make one's début

    9) (=ofrecer) [+ disculpa] to offer, make

    le presento mis consideraciones — [en carta] yours faithfully

    10) (Mil)

    presentar batalla — (lit) to draw up in battle array; (fig) to offer resistance

    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) ( mostrar) to present
    b) ( exponer por primera vez) <libro/disco> to launch; < obra de arte> to present; < colección de moda> to present, exhibit
    c) ( entregar) <informe/solicitud> to submit

    le presenté el pasaporte — I gave him my passport, I presented my passport to him

    d) ( enseñar) to show
    e) <disculpas/excusas> to make; < dimisión> to hand in, submit; < queja> to file, make

    presentaron una denuncia — they reported the matter (to the police), they made an official complaint

    f) (Mil)
    2) (TV) < programa> to present, introduce
    3) < persona> to introduce

    te presento a mi hermana — I'd like you to meet my sister, this is my sister

    4) <novedad/ventaja> to offer; < síntoma> to show
    2.
    presentarse v pron
    1)
    a) ( en lugar) to turn up, appear
    b) (a concurso, examen)

    se presentó al examen — she took o (BrE) sat the exam

    se presenta como candidato independiente — he's running (AmE) o (BrE) he's standing as an independent

    2) dificultad/problema to arise, come up, crop up (colloq)

    si se me presenta la oportunidad — if I get the opportunity, if the opportunity arises

    3) ( darse a conocer) to introduce oneself
    * * *
    = bring to + the attention, display, draw, exhibit, expose, feature, introduce, open up, pose, present, provide with, set out, subject, throw up, render, put before, produce, table, submit, unveil, showcase, surrender, lay out, roll out, construct, tender, come up with, report, bring forward, deliver.
    Ex. Many displays are changed from time to time (for example, once a week, or once a month) so that various sections of the stock may be brought to the attention of the library's public over a period of time.
    Ex. The command function 'DISPLAY' is used to display a list of alphabetically linked terms.
    Ex. For example, when setting up the format for records in a data base, the user can draw a form on the screen, complete with headings for each field, and then, the data is entered into the form.
    Ex. These headings, therefore, in addition to exhibiting a bias in favor of the majority, actively hinder access.
    Ex. The reputation of the information and its authority will be more exposed to examination.
    Ex. Other catalogues and bibliographies only feature added entries under title where it is deemed that the author main entry heading is not likely to be obvious to the users.
    Ex. The report introduced a range of ideas which have influenced subsequent code construction.
    Ex. Here is a key paper by a non librarian which opens up a new and constructive approach to library purpose.
    Ex. This illustrates the puzzle that differential policies pose for users.
    Ex. Informative abstract present as much as possible of the quantitative or qualitative information contained in a document.
    Ex. Many libraries provide users with photocopies of contents pages of selected journals.
    Ex. A short score is a sketch made by a composer for an ensemble work, with the main features of the composition set out on a few staves.
    Ex. Author abstracts are the abstracts prepared by authors of the document that has been subjected to abstracting.
    Ex. Demands from clients will often throw up an occurrence of similar problems, revealing perhaps the operation of an injustice, the lack of an amenity in the neighbourhood, or simply bureaucratic inefficiency.
    Ex. The eventuality is, admittedly, remote but it is also necessary to render the imprint statement in this amount of detail.
    Ex. The art of documentation is the process by which the documentalist is enabled to put before the creative specialist the existing literature bearing on the subject of his investigation.
    Ex. The perfect librarian may be defined as one who produces the information a reader requires as soon as the reader asks for it.
    Ex. This list indicates the dates the reports were tabled and any further action take.
    Ex. Most publications are probably free distribution material and whilst that does not absolve the publishers from the obligation of legal deposit it is probable that many local authorities do not submit their materials.
    Ex. Here is an institution which knows, neither rank nor wealth within its walls, which stops the ignorant peer or the ignorant monarch at its threshold, and declines to unveil to him its treasures, or to waste time upon him, and yet welcomes the workman according to his knowledge or thirst for knowledge.
    Ex. Officially known as SOLEX, this exhibition showcases mainly IT based products for the legal profession.
    Ex. The book's date label is stamped in the usual way, and the reader must surrender one token for each book he is borrowing.
    Ex. There should be plenty of space to lay out all the books attractively and for people to move about without feeling too crowded.
    Ex. I don't need to tell those of you from higher education institutions how course management systems are starting to really proliferate and roll out in higher education.
    Ex. It is argued that newspaper reporting of bigamy constructs bigamists as being a threat to the institution of marriage.
    Ex. This address was tendered at the State Library of Victoria, Nov 88, to mark the retirement of Professor Jean Whyte.
    Ex. Derfer corroborated her: 'I'd be very proud of you if you could come up with the means to draft a model collection development policy'.
    Ex. Criticism is not appropriate in a style which aims to report, but not comment upon the content of the original document.
    Ex. They also intend to bring forward legislation to provide that the maximum amount of compensation should be £500,000.
    Ex. The result could be termed a full-provision data base -- a data base including both text and reference, and delivering much more than the 2 added together.
    ----
    * argumento que presenta sólo un punto de vista = one-sided argument.
    * oportunidad + presentarse = opportunity + knock, opportunity + present + Reflexivo.
    * presentar Algo desde una nueva óptica = throw + Nombre + in a new light, throw + new light on.
    * presentar Algo desde un nuevo ángulo = throw + new light on.
    * presentar argumentos a favor = make + a case for.
    * presentar argumentos a favor de = present + arguments in favour of.
    * presentar como = make + Nombre + out to be.
    * presentar conclusiones = provide + conclusions.
    * presentar conocimiento = package + knowledge.
    * presentar deficiencias = fall + short.
    * presentar de manera esquemática = give + overview.
    * presentar dentro de = package.
    * presentar Algo desde una nueva perspectiva = shed + new light on, throw + new light on.
    * presentar detalladamente = spread out.
    * presentar dificultad = present + difficulty.
    * presentar en forma de tabla = tabulate.
    * presentar en pantalla = call up, print + online, bring up, screen.
    * presentar evidencia a favor de = present + case for.
    * presentar información = submit + information, package + information.
    * presentar información de varios modos = repackage + information.
    * presentar la evolución de Algo = chart + the history.
    * presentar la oportunidad = allow + the opportunity to.
    * presentar las pruebas ante = lay + evidence before.
    * presentar peligro = present + danger.
    * presentar + Posesivo + respetos = pay + Posesivo + respects.
    * presentar posibilidades = present + possibilities, open (up) + avenues.
    * presentar problemas = present + problems.
    * presentar pruebas = give + evidence.
    * presentar resultados = report + findings, report + results.
    * presentar reto = defy.
    * presentarse = come in, manifest + Reflexivo, turn up, show up, unfold, come forward, come with.
    * presentarse a = stand for.
    * presentarse a una elección = stand for + election, run for + election.
    * presentarse desde una nueva perspectiva = stand in + a new light.
    * presentar (según) = cast (in/into).
    * presentarse una ocasión = occasion + arise.
    * presentar similitudes = share + similarities.
    * presentar una amenaza = pose + threat.
    * presentar una comunicación = deliver + paper, give + paper, present + paper.
    * presentar una contribución = present + contribution.
    * presentar una demanda = file + suit against, file + lawsuit against.
    * presentar una demanda judicial = take + legal action, take + legal proceedings.
    * presentar una denuncia = file + police report.
    * presentar una factura = submit + bill.
    * presentar una idea = make + point, put forward + idea, offer + perspective, present + idea.
    * presentar una imagen = present + picture, paint + a picture, present + an image.
    * presentar una oportunidad = afford + opportunity.
    * presentar una petición = submit + petition.
    * presentar una ponencia = give + paper, read + paper.
    * presentar una propuesta = submit + proposal.
    * presentar una queja = register + complaint, lodge + complaint, file + complaint, file + grievance.
    * presentar una reclamación = enter + complaint, place + claim, file + complaint.
    * presentar un argumento = advance + argument.
    * presentar una solicitud = submit + application.
    * presentar un aspecto = present + a picture.
    * presentar un aspecto de = wear + a look of.
    * presentar una visión = present + a picture.
    * presentar una visión global = give + overview, present + an overview, present + an overall picture, give + an overall picture, overview.
    * presentar un buen aspecto = look + good.
    * presentar un dilema = present + dilemma.
    * presentar un frente común = present + common front.
    * presentar un informe = give + a report, present + report.
    * presentar un obstáculo = pose + obstacle.
    * presentar un peligro = pose + danger.
    * presentar un problema = pose + problem, air + problem.
    * presentar un programa = present + programme.
    * presentar un proyecto = submit + project, present + project.
    * presentar un resumen = give + summary.
    * presentar un reto = present + challenge, provide + challenge.
    * presentar un riesgo = pose + risk.
    * presentar vestigios de = bear + traces of.
    * seleccionar y presentar en un documento = package.
    * volver a presentar = resubmit [re-submit].
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) ( mostrar) to present
    b) ( exponer por primera vez) <libro/disco> to launch; < obra de arte> to present; < colección de moda> to present, exhibit
    c) ( entregar) <informe/solicitud> to submit

    le presenté el pasaporte — I gave him my passport, I presented my passport to him

    d) ( enseñar) to show
    e) <disculpas/excusas> to make; < dimisión> to hand in, submit; < queja> to file, make

    presentaron una denuncia — they reported the matter (to the police), they made an official complaint

    f) (Mil)
    2) (TV) < programa> to present, introduce
    3) < persona> to introduce

    te presento a mi hermana — I'd like you to meet my sister, this is my sister

    4) <novedad/ventaja> to offer; < síntoma> to show
    2.
    presentarse v pron
    1)
    a) ( en lugar) to turn up, appear
    b) (a concurso, examen)

    se presentó al examen — she took o (BrE) sat the exam

    se presenta como candidato independiente — he's running (AmE) o (BrE) he's standing as an independent

    2) dificultad/problema to arise, come up, crop up (colloq)

    si se me presenta la oportunidad — if I get the opportunity, if the opportunity arises

    3) ( darse a conocer) to introduce oneself
    * * *
    presentar (según)
    (v.) = cast (in/into)

    Ex: Which of the following subject analyses is cast in the citation order PMEST?.

    = bring to + the attention, display, draw, exhibit, expose, feature, introduce, open up, pose, present, provide with, set out, subject, throw up, render, put before, produce, table, submit, unveil, showcase, surrender, lay out, roll out, construct, tender, come up with, report, bring forward, deliver.

    Ex: Many displays are changed from time to time (for example, once a week, or once a month) so that various sections of the stock may be brought to the attention of the library's public over a period of time.

    Ex: The command function 'DISPLAY' is used to display a list of alphabetically linked terms.
    Ex: For example, when setting up the format for records in a data base, the user can draw a form on the screen, complete with headings for each field, and then, the data is entered into the form.
    Ex: These headings, therefore, in addition to exhibiting a bias in favor of the majority, actively hinder access.
    Ex: The reputation of the information and its authority will be more exposed to examination.
    Ex: Other catalogues and bibliographies only feature added entries under title where it is deemed that the author main entry heading is not likely to be obvious to the users.
    Ex: The report introduced a range of ideas which have influenced subsequent code construction.
    Ex: Here is a key paper by a non librarian which opens up a new and constructive approach to library purpose.
    Ex: This illustrates the puzzle that differential policies pose for users.
    Ex: Informative abstract present as much as possible of the quantitative or qualitative information contained in a document.
    Ex: Many libraries provide users with photocopies of contents pages of selected journals.
    Ex: A short score is a sketch made by a composer for an ensemble work, with the main features of the composition set out on a few staves.
    Ex: Author abstracts are the abstracts prepared by authors of the document that has been subjected to abstracting.
    Ex: Demands from clients will often throw up an occurrence of similar problems, revealing perhaps the operation of an injustice, the lack of an amenity in the neighbourhood, or simply bureaucratic inefficiency.
    Ex: The eventuality is, admittedly, remote but it is also necessary to render the imprint statement in this amount of detail.
    Ex: The art of documentation is the process by which the documentalist is enabled to put before the creative specialist the existing literature bearing on the subject of his investigation.
    Ex: The perfect librarian may be defined as one who produces the information a reader requires as soon as the reader asks for it.
    Ex: This list indicates the dates the reports were tabled and any further action take.
    Ex: Most publications are probably free distribution material and whilst that does not absolve the publishers from the obligation of legal deposit it is probable that many local authorities do not submit their materials.
    Ex: Here is an institution which knows, neither rank nor wealth within its walls, which stops the ignorant peer or the ignorant monarch at its threshold, and declines to unveil to him its treasures, or to waste time upon him, and yet welcomes the workman according to his knowledge or thirst for knowledge.
    Ex: Officially known as SOLEX, this exhibition showcases mainly IT based products for the legal profession.
    Ex: The book's date label is stamped in the usual way, and the reader must surrender one token for each book he is borrowing.
    Ex: There should be plenty of space to lay out all the books attractively and for people to move about without feeling too crowded.
    Ex: I don't need to tell those of you from higher education institutions how course management systems are starting to really proliferate and roll out in higher education.
    Ex: It is argued that newspaper reporting of bigamy constructs bigamists as being a threat to the institution of marriage.
    Ex: This address was tendered at the State Library of Victoria, Nov 88, to mark the retirement of Professor Jean Whyte.
    Ex: Derfer corroborated her: 'I'd be very proud of you if you could come up with the means to draft a model collection development policy'.
    Ex: Criticism is not appropriate in a style which aims to report, but not comment upon the content of the original document.
    Ex: They also intend to bring forward legislation to provide that the maximum amount of compensation should be £500,000.
    Ex: The result could be termed a full-provision data base -- a data base including both text and reference, and delivering much more than the 2 added together.
    * argumento que presenta sólo un punto de vista = one-sided argument.
    * oportunidad + presentarse = opportunity + knock, opportunity + present + Reflexivo.
    * presentar Algo desde una nueva óptica = throw + Nombre + in a new light, throw + new light on.
    * presentar Algo desde un nuevo ángulo = throw + new light on.
    * presentar argumentos a favor = make + a case for.
    * presentar argumentos a favor de = present + arguments in favour of.
    * presentar como = make + Nombre + out to be.
    * presentar conclusiones = provide + conclusions.
    * presentar conocimiento = package + knowledge.
    * presentar deficiencias = fall + short.
    * presentar de manera esquemática = give + overview.
    * presentar dentro de = package.
    * presentar Algo desde una nueva perspectiva = shed + new light on, throw + new light on.
    * presentar detalladamente = spread out.
    * presentar dificultad = present + difficulty.
    * presentar en forma de tabla = tabulate.
    * presentar en pantalla = call up, print + online, bring up, screen.
    * presentar evidencia a favor de = present + case for.
    * presentar información = submit + information, package + information.
    * presentar información de varios modos = repackage + information.
    * presentar la evolución de Algo = chart + the history.
    * presentar la oportunidad = allow + the opportunity to.
    * presentar las pruebas ante = lay + evidence before.
    * presentar peligro = present + danger.
    * presentar + Posesivo + respetos = pay + Posesivo + respects.
    * presentar posibilidades = present + possibilities, open (up) + avenues.
    * presentar problemas = present + problems.
    * presentar pruebas = give + evidence.
    * presentar resultados = report + findings, report + results.
    * presentar reto = defy.
    * presentarse = come in, manifest + Reflexivo, turn up, show up, unfold, come forward, come with.
    * presentarse a = stand for.
    * presentarse a una elección = stand for + election, run for + election.
    * presentarse desde una nueva perspectiva = stand in + a new light.
    * presentar (según) = cast (in/into).
    * presentarse una ocasión = occasion + arise.
    * presentar similitudes = share + similarities.
    * presentar una amenaza = pose + threat.
    * presentar una comunicación = deliver + paper, give + paper, present + paper.
    * presentar una contribución = present + contribution.
    * presentar una demanda = file + suit against, file + lawsuit against.
    * presentar una demanda judicial = take + legal action, take + legal proceedings.
    * presentar una denuncia = file + police report.
    * presentar una factura = submit + bill.
    * presentar una idea = make + point, put forward + idea, offer + perspective, present + idea.
    * presentar una imagen = present + picture, paint + a picture, present + an image.
    * presentar una oportunidad = afford + opportunity.
    * presentar una petición = submit + petition.
    * presentar una ponencia = give + paper, read + paper.
    * presentar una propuesta = submit + proposal.
    * presentar una queja = register + complaint, lodge + complaint, file + complaint, file + grievance.
    * presentar una reclamación = enter + complaint, place + claim, file + complaint.
    * presentar un argumento = advance + argument.
    * presentar una solicitud = submit + application.
    * presentar un aspecto = present + a picture.
    * presentar un aspecto de = wear + a look of.
    * presentar una visión = present + a picture.
    * presentar una visión global = give + overview, present + an overview, present + an overall picture, give + an overall picture, overview.
    * presentar un buen aspecto = look + good.
    * presentar un dilema = present + dilemma.
    * presentar un frente común = present + common front.
    * presentar un informe = give + a report, present + report.
    * presentar un obstáculo = pose + obstacle.
    * presentar un peligro = pose + danger.
    * presentar un problema = pose + problem, air + problem.
    * presentar un programa = present + programme.
    * presentar un proyecto = submit + project, present + project.
    * presentar un resumen = give + summary.
    * presentar un reto = present + challenge, provide + challenge.
    * presentar un riesgo = pose + risk.
    * presentar vestigios de = bear + traces of.
    * seleccionar y presentar en un documento = package.
    * volver a presentar = resubmit [re-submit].

    * * *
    presentar [A1 ]
    vt
    A
    1 (mostrar) to present
    un producto bien presentado a well-presented product
    2 (exponer por primera vez) ‹libro/disco› to launch
    presentó sus nuevos cuadros she presented her new paintings
    presentará su colección de otoño en Londres he will present o exhibit his autumn collection in London
    el nuevo XS34 se presentará al público en el salón de Turín the new XS34 will be on display (to the public) for the first time at the Turin show
    3 (entregar) ‹informe/solicitud› to submit
    le presenté el pasaporte para que me lo sellara I gave him my passport for stamping, I presented my passport to him for stamping
    tengo que presentar los planes mañana I have to submit o present the plans tomorrow
    4 (enseñar) to show
    hay que presentar el carné para entrar you have to show your membership card to get in
    5 ‹disculpas/excusas› to make
    fui a presentar mis respetos I went to pay my respects
    presentó su dimisión she handed in o submitted her resignation, she resigned
    pienso presentar una queja I intend filing o making a complaint
    presentaron una denuncia they reported the matter (to the police), they made an official complaint
    presentar pruebas to present evidence
    presentar cargos to bring charges
    presentar una demanda to bring a lawsuit
    6 ( Mil):
    presentar armas to present arms
    B (TV) ‹programa› to present, introduce
    C [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] ‹persona› to introduce
    el director presentó al conferenciante the director introduced the speaker
    me presentó a su familia he introduced me to his family
    te presento a mi hermana I'd like you to meet my sister/this is my sister
    D
    (mostrar, ofrecer): el nuevo modelo presenta algunas novedades the latest model has o offers some new features
    presenta muchas ventajas para el consumidor it offers the consumer many advantages
    el paciente no presentaba síntomas de intoxicación the patient showed no signs of food poisoning
    el cadáver presenta un impacto de bala en el costado ( frml); there is a bullet wound in the side of the body, the body has a bullet wound in the side
    A
    1 (en un lugar) to turn up, appear
    se presentó en casa sin avisar he turned up o showed up o appeared at the house unexpectedly
    se presentó voluntariamente a la policía he turned himself in to the police
    tendrá que presentarse ante el juez he will have to appear before the judge
    2
    (a un concurso, examen): se presentó al examen she took o ( BrE) sat the exam
    me presenté al concurso I entered the competition
    se presenta como candidato independiente he's an independent candidate, he's running as an independent ( AmE), he's standing as an independent ( BrE)
    se presentó para el cargo de director he applied for the post of director
    B «dificultad/problema» to arise, come up, crop up ( colloq)
    estaré allí salvo que se presente algún impedimento I'll be there unless something crops up o comes up
    si se me presenta la oportunidad if I get the opportunity, if the opportunity arises
    el futuro se presenta prometedor the future looks promising
    el asunto se presenta muy mal things are looking very bad
    C (darse a conocer) to introduce oneself
    permítame que me presente allow me to introduce myself
    presentarse en sociedad to make one's debut (in society)
    * * *

     

    presentar ( conjugate presentar) verbo transitivo
    1

    b) ( exponer por primera vez) ‹libro/disco› to launch;

    ‹ obra de arte› to present;
    ‹ colección de moda› to present, exhibit
    c) ( entregar) ‹informe/solicitud› to submit;

    ‹ trabajo› to hand in;
    ‹ renuncia› to hand in, submit
    d) ( enseñar) ‹carnet/pasaporte› to show

    e) ‹disculpas/excusas› to make;

    ‹ queja› to file, make;
    ‹ cargos› to bring;

    presentar pruebas to present evidence
    f) (Mil):


    2 (TV) ‹ programa› to present, introduce
    3 ‹ persona› to introduce;

    4 ‹novedad/ventaja› to offer;
    ‹ síntoma› to show
    presentarse verbo pronominal
    1


    b) presentarse a algo ‹ a examen› to take sth;

    ‹ a concurso› to enter sth;
    ‹ a elecciones› to take part in sth;
    ◊ se presenta como candidato independiente he's running (AmE) o (BrE) he's standing as an independent;

    presentarse para un cargo to apply for a post
    2 [dificultad/problema] to arise, come up;
    [ oportunidad] to arise
    3 ( darse a conocer) to introduce oneself
    presentar verbo transitivo
    1 (un programa, pruebas, etc) to present
    2 (un producto) to launch
    3 (a una persona) to introduce
    4 (síntomas, características, etc) to have, show
    5 (disculpas) to give, present
    (condolencias) to give, pay
    6 (la dimisión) to hand in
    7 (una queja) to file, make
    ' presentar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    alegar
    - compeler
    - convenir
    - dimisión
    - esquema
    - revestir
    - dar
    - demanda
    - denuncia
    - introducir
    - licitar
    - moción
    - queja
    - querella
    - renuncia
    English:
    bring forward
    - charge
    - claim
    - field
    - file
    - hand in
    - host
    - introduce
    - lay
    - lodge
    - make out
    - model
    - pay
    - present
    - press
    - produce
    - put in
    - put on
    - put up
    - register
    - render
    - replay
    - report
    - represent
    - rerun
    - respect
    - serve up
    - set out
    - show
    - slant
    - star
    - submit
    - table
    - this
    - bring
    - come
    - display
    - enter
    - exhibit
    - float
    - hand
    - notice
    - propose
    - put
    - retake
    - sponsor
    - tender
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [mostrar, entregar] to present;
    [dimisión] to tender, to hand in; [tesis] to hand in, to submit; [pruebas, propuesta] to submit; [recurso, denuncia] to lodge; [solicitud] to make; [moción] to propose;
    presente su pasaporte en la ventanilla show your passport at the window;
    presentar cargos/una demanda contra alguien to bring charges/an action against sb;
    ¡presenten armas! [en ejército] present arms!;
    es un trabajo muy bien presentado it is a very well presented piece of work
    2. [dar a conocer] to introduce;
    me presentó a sus amigos she introduced me to her friends;
    Juan, te presento a Carmen Juan, this is Carmen;
    me parece que no nos han presentado I don't think we've been introduced;
    permítame que le presente a nuestra directora allow me to introduce you to our manager, I'd like you to meet our manager;
    no se conocían, pero yo los presenté they didn't know each other, but I introduced them (to each other)
    3. [anunciar] [programa de radio o televisión] to present;
    [espectáculo] to compere;
    la mujer que presenta el telediario the woman who reads the news on TV
    4. [proponer para competición] [obra] to enter;
    presentar una novela a un premio literario to enter a novel for a literary prize;
    presentar una película a concurso to enter a film at a film festival;
    presentar a alguien para algo to propose sb for sth, to put sb forward for sth;
    el partido presentará a la señora Cruz para la alcaldía the party is putting Mrs Cruz forward for the office of mayor, Mrs Cruz will be the party's candidate for the office of mayor
    5. [exhibir por primera vez] [planes, presupuestos] to present;
    [película] to premiere; [libro, disco] to launch;
    el club presentó a su último fichaje ante la prensa the club introduced its new signing to the press
    6. [ofrecer] [disculpas, excusas] to make;
    [respetos] to pay;
    nos presentó (sus) disculpas he made his excuses to us
    7. [tener] [aspecto, características, novedades] to have;
    este fondo de inversión presenta grandes ventajas this investment fund offers o has big advantages;
    la playa presenta un aspecto deplorable the beach is in a terrible state;
    presenta difícil solución it's going to be difficult to solve;
    el paciente presentaba síntomas de deshidratación the patient presented symptoms of dehydration
    * * *
    v/t
    1 TV present
    2 a alguien introduce
    3 producto launch
    4 solicitud submit
    * * *
    1) : to present, to show
    2) : to offer, to give
    3) : to submit (a document), to launch (a product)
    4) : to introduce (a person)
    * * *
    1. (personas) to introduce
    te presento a Iván this is Iván / meet Iván
    2. (programa, idea, propuesta) to present
    3. (un producto) to launch
    4. (señales, aspecto) to have / to show [pt. showed; pp. shown]

    Spanish-English dictionary > presentar

  • 5 Historical Portugal

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

    Historical dictionary of Portugal > Historical Portugal

  • 6 fortuna

    f fortune
    avere fortuna be successful
    ( essere fortunato) be lucky
    buona fortuna! good luck!
    fare fortuna make a fortune
    per fortuna luckily
    di fortuna makeshift
    atterraggio m di fortuna emergency landing
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    fortuna s.f.
    1 fortune; luck: buona fortuna!, good luck!; che ( gran) fortuna!, what (wonderful) luck!; colpo di fortuna, stroke of luck; fortuna che non c'ero, luckily I wasn't there; ebbi la fortuna di trovarlo subito, I was lucky enough to find it at once; aver fortuna, to be in luck (o to be lucky); non ho avuto la fortuna di conoscerlo, I wasn't lucky enough to know him; portar fortuna, to bring luck; avere la fortuna dalla propria ( parte), to have fortune (o luck) on one's side; aver fortuna in qlco., to have good luck in sthg.; aver fortuna con le donne, con gli uomini, to be lucky in love; aver fortuna negli affari, to be successful in business; non aver fortuna, to have no luck (o to be out of luck o to be unlucky); tentare la fortuna, to try one's fortune (o luck); afferrare la fortuna per i capelli, to seize an (o one's) opportunity; affidarsi alla fortuna, to trust to luck (o fortune); augurare buona fortuna a qlcu., to wish s.o. good luck; leggere la fortuna a qlcu., to tell s.o.'s fortune; i capricci della fortuna, the whims of fortune // fortuna volle, as luck would have it // (mit.) Fortuna, Fortune: la ruota della Fortuna, the wheel of Fortune; la fortuna gli arrise, Fortune smiled on him; la fortuna aiuta i forti, Fortune favours the brave // per fortuna, fortunately (o luckily)
    2 ( ricchezza, patrimonio) fortune, patrimony; riches (pl.), wealth [U]: ha speso una fortuna in quadri, he has spent a fortune on pictures; ci ha rimesso una fortuna, he lost a fortune; avere una fortuna, to have a fortune; sperperare la propria fortuna, to squander one's fortune // far fortuna, to make a fortune (o fam. to make a pile o to achieve wealth) // beni di fortuna, wealth (o means o property)
    3 ( riuscita, successo) fortune, success: il suo tentativo ebbe fortuna, his attempt was successful; la fortuna di un libro, di uno scrittore, the success of a book, of a writer; cercar fortuna all'estero, to seek one's fortune abroad; essere l'artefice della propria fortuna, to be the architect of one's own success (o to be a self-made man); far fortuna, to make one's fortune
    4 ( emergenza) emergency: mezzo di fortuna, makeshift; ponte di fortuna, emergency bridge; pranzo di fortuna, potluck; letto di fortuna, shakedown; riparazioni di fortuna, makeshift (o temporary) repairs // ( assicurazioni) fortuna di mare, sea risks // (aer.): atterraggio di fortuna, forced (o emergency) landing; campo di fortuna, emergency landing-ground
    5 (mar.): albero di fortuna, jury mast; timone di fortuna, jury rudder; vela di fortuna, storm sail
    6 (letter.) ( estrazione sociale) stock
    7 (letter.) → fortunale.
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    [for'tuna]
    sostantivo femminile
    1) (sorte) fortune, chance
    2) (sorte favorevole) fortune, good luck

    avere la fortuna di fare — to be fortunate (enough) to do, to have the good fortune to do

    che fortuna! — colloq. you lucky thing!

    per fortuna — by good fortune, luckily

    non ho la fortuna di conoscerla — (in espressioni di cortesia) I don't have the pleasure of knowing you

    3) (ricchezza) fortune

    fare fortuna — to strike it rich, to make one's pile colloq.

    costare una fortuna — to cost a fortune o the earth colloq.

    4) (successo) fortune
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    la fortuna aiuta gli audaci — prov. who dares wins, fortune favours the brave

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    fortuna
    /for'tuna/
    sostantivo f.
     1 (sorte) fortune, chance; gioco di fortuna game of chance
     2 (sorte favorevole) fortune, good luck; avere la fortuna di fare to be fortunate (enough) to do, to have the good fortune to do; che fortuna! colloq. you lucky thing! buona fortuna! all the best! good luck! per fortuna by good fortune, luckily; è una fortuna che it's a mercy (that); aveva la fortuna dalla sua (parte) luck was on his side; non avere fortuna to be out of luck; essere abbandonato dalla fortuna to run out of luck; la fortuna sta girando our luck is on turn; è stata una fortuna per lui che it was fortunate for him that; non ho la fortuna di conoscerla (in espressioni di cortesia) I don't have the pleasure of knowing you
     3 (ricchezza) fortune; fare fortuna to strike it rich, to make one's pile colloq.; costare una fortuna to cost a fortune o the earth colloq.
     4 (successo) fortune; il film non ha avuto fortuna the film was unsuccessful
     5 di fortuna (improvvisato) riparo di fortuna makeshift shelter; pista di fortuna airstrip; atterraggio di fortuna crash landing; letto di fortuna shakedown
    la fortuna aiuta gli audaci prov. who dares wins, fortune favours the brave; portare fortuna to bring good luck.

    Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > fortuna

  • 7 Vermögen

    Vermögen n 1. WIWI fortune, wealth (Reichtum); means, substance; property (Besitz, Eigentum); 2. FIN, RW assets (Aktiva, Vermögenswerte); net worth (Reinvermögen = Nettovermögen = Aktiva minus Schulden); capital (als konkretes Kapital Gegensatz zum abstrakten Kapital der Passivseite der Bilanz, Realvermögen); 3. GEN power, property; fortune (großer Geldbetrag); money (Geldvermögen) • durch bewegliches oder unbewegliches Vermögen dinglich gesichert RECHT secured by a charge on movable or immovable property • zu liquidierendes Vermögen RECHT assets to be realised
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    n 1. < Finanz> assets; 2. < Geschäft> power, property; 3. < Rechnung> assets, net worth, konkretes Kapital capital (Gegensatz zum abstrakten Kapital der Passivseite der Bilanz) ; 4. <Vw> Geldvermögen money
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    Vermögen
    property [and effects], fortune, (Aktiva) assets, (Fähigkeit) faculty, power, ability, capacity, (Gesellschaft) treasury, (Kapital) funds, means, (Nachlass) estate, (Reichtum) wealth, riches, money, substance;
    • im Vermögen der toten Hand in mortmain;
    • abgesondertes Vermögen (Ehefrau) separate property;
    • abgetretenes Vermögen assigned property;
    • Ertrag abwerfendes Vermögen income-producing property;
    • von der Versicherungsgesellschaft anerkanntes Vermögen net assets;
    • in Grundstücken angelegtes Vermögen capital invested in real property;
    • in Staatspapieren angelegtes Vermögen funded property;
    • in Wertpapieren angelegtes Vermögen property capital, (Kapitalanlagegesellschaft) total investments;
    • anmeldepflichtiges Vermögen property to be reported (declared);
    • ansehnliches Vermögen sizable property (fortune);
    • anständiges Vermögen sizable property;
    • ausländisches Vermögen alien (foreign-owned) property, foreign assets (ownership);
    • bares Vermögen liquid (cash) assets, stock, pecuniary property;
    • beachtliches Vermögen respectable competence;
    • hypothekarisch belastbares (verpfändbares) Vermögen mortgageable property;
    • belastetes Vermögen encumbered estate;
    • bescheidenes Vermögen modest fortune;
    • beschlagnahmtes Vermögen confiscated (requisitioned) property;
    • vom Feind beschlagnahmtes Vermögen enemy-controlled property;
    • zum persönlichen Gebrauch bestimmtes Vermögen personal chattels;
    • beträchtliches Vermögen handsome fortune;
    • bewegliches Vermögen personal chattels (property), goods and chattels, movables, movable goods (property, estate), personalty;
    • bewegliches und unbewegliches Vermögen mixed property;
    • blockiertes Vermögen frozen fund, blocked property;
    • brachliegendes Vermögen funds lying idle;
    • bei einer Bank deponiertes Vermögen property lodged with a bank;
    • eheliches Vermögen matrimonial assets;
    • eigenes Vermögen own property, independent means;
    • eingesetztes Vermögen venture;
    • einziehbares Vermögen divestible property;
    • elterliches Vermögen patrimony;
    • erbschaftssteuerfreies Vermögen free estate, property exempt from estate duty;
    • erbschaftssteuerpflichtiges Vermögen property liable to estate duty;
    • sofort erbschaftssteuerpflichtiges Vermögen property without the instal(l)ment option;
    • ererbtes Vermögen general (estate of) inheritance (US);
    • erhebliches Vermögen sizable fortune;
    • Ertrag bringendes Vermögen income-producing property;
    • zu erwartendes Vermögen fortune in reversion;
    • während der Ehe erworbenes Vermögen property acquired during marriage;
    • nach der Eheschließung erworbenes Vermögen after-acquired property;
    • vom Gemeinschuldner nach Konkurseröffnung erworbenes Vermögen property acquired after adjudication;
    • mühsam erworbenes Vermögen hardgot fortune;
    • unrechtmäßig erworbenes Vermögen ill-gotten property, property acquired by fraud;
    • feindliches Vermögen alien (enemy) property;
    • flüssiges Vermögen cash (liquid) property, quick (liquid) assets, money capital;
    • forstwirtschaftliches Vermögen commercial woodland;
    • freies Vermögen unencumbered assets;
    • wohl fundiertes Vermögen well-established fortune;
    • das ganze Vermögen all one’s belongings, the whole of one’s property;
    • gefährdetes Vermögen impaired fortune;
    • gegenwärtiges und zukünftiges Vermögen present and future property;
    • gemeinsames Vermögen (Gesellschafter) common (joint) property;
    • gepfändetes Vermögen seized assets;
    • gerettetes Vermögen salvaged property;
    • geringfügiges Vermögen (Steuerformular) unadmitted assets;
    • gesamtes Vermögen aggregate property, entire fortune;
    • gesperrtes Vermögen blocked property;
    • greifbares Vermögen tangible property;
    • großes Vermögen ample fortune;
    • grundsteuerpflichtiges Vermögen rat(e)able property (Br.);
    • hinterlegtes Vermögen bailed property;
    • treuhänderisch hinterlegtes sheltering trust (US);
    • immaterielles Vermögen intangible property;
    • investiertes Vermögen funds invested;
    • konkursfreies Vermögen unattachable property (assets), property exempt from distribution in bankruptcy;
    • landwirtschaftliches Vermögen agricultural property;
    • lastenfreies Vermögen unencumbered assets;
    • massefreies Vermögen (Konkursschuldner) distrainable property;
    • mütterliches Vermögen maternal property;
    • kein nennenswertes Vermögen no property worth mentioning;
    • persönliches Vermögen private property (means), (Gemeinschuldner) personal assets, (Gesellschafter) individual assets;
    • pfändungsfreies Vermögen exempt (unattachable) property, unattachable (exempt) assets;
    • leicht realisierbares Vermögen easily realizable assets;
    • nicht realisierbares Vermögen unrealizable property;
    • riskiertes Vermögen venture;
    • schuldenfreies Vermögen unencumbered estate;
    • im Eigentum neutraler Staatsangehöriger stehendes Vermögen neutral property;
    • für die Gläubiger [nicht] zur Verfügung stehendes Vermögen [non-]distributable property;
    • zur Schuldenbegleichung zur Verfügung stehendes Vermögen property available for payment of debts;
    • steuerfreies Vermögen tax-exempt property;
    • steuerpflichtiges Vermögen taxable (dutiable) property;
    • unangemeldetes Vermögen property not returned (reported);
    • unbewegliches Vermögen landed (real, immovable, US) property, immovables, real estate (assets), realty (US), (Bilanz) capital (fixed, permanent) assets;
    • der Zusammenveranlagung unterliegendes Vermögen (Einkommensteuer) aggregable property;
    • unübersehbares Vermögen fortune impossible to estimate;
    • väterliches Vermögen paternal property;
    • veranlagungspflichtiges Vermögen taxable property;
    • verbleibendes Vermögen remaining property;
    • vererbbares (vererbliches) Vermögen assets per descent;
    • nicht testamentarisch vermachtes Vermögen property undisposed by will;
    • vermögensteuerpflichtiges Vermögen property liable to wealth tax;
    • verpfändetes Vermögen pledged property;
    • als Sicherheit verpfändetes Vermögen assets pledged as collateral, property charged as security for a debt;
    • treuhänderisch verwaltetes Vermögen property held as trustee, trust estate (fund);
    • vollstreckungsfreies Vermögen exempt (mace-proof, US) property;
    • zinstragendes Vermögen income-producing property;
    • zukünftiges Vermögen future[-acquired] property, future estate;
    • zwangsverwaltetes Vermögen estate by elegit;
    • zweckgebundenes Vermögen restricted property;
    • Vermögen einer Aktiengesellschaft corporate assets (US), corporate funds, treasury;
    • Vermögen der Arbeitslosenversicherung Unemployment Trust Fund (US);
    • Vermögen im Ausland external property, assets held abroad;
    • Vermögen einer Bank bank assets;
    • Vermögen der Ehefrau wife’s estate, dotal (married woman’s) property;
    • persönliches Vermögen des Gemeinschuldners personal assets;
    • Vermögen der öffentlichen Hand social capital (wealth);
    • Vermögen einer Kommune general revenue fund;
    • Vermögen des Konkursschuldners bankrupt’s (bankruptcy) assets;
    • Vermögen einer Pensionskasse pension-fund assets;
    • Vermögen der Postsparkasse postal savings fund (US);
    • Vermögen in Sachform tangible property (assets);
    • Vermögen einschließlich der Verbindlichkeiten net assets;
    • Vermögen einer testamentarisch errichteten Vermögensverwaltung property in a will trust;
    • sein Vermögen angreifen to make a dent in one’s fortune (fam.);
    • sein ganzes Vermögen in Grundstücken anlegen to lock up all one’s capital in land;
    • sein Vermögen in einem Leibrentenvertrag anlegen to invest one’s money at life interest;
    • sein Vermögen in Wertpapieren anlegen to invest one’s money in stock;
    • Vermögen einer Pensionskasse in Aktien anderer Gesellschaften anlegen to diversify pension funds into other companies’ shares;
    • Vermögen anmelden to declare (report) property;
    • Vermögen ansammeln to amass a fortune, to hoard up a treasure;
    • sein Vermögen unter seine Erben aufteilen to divide one’s property among one’s heirs;
    • sein Vermögen aufzehren to get through one’s fortune, to live on one’s capital;
    • Vermögen ausgeben to spend a mint of money;
    • für jds. Erziehung (Ausbildung) ein Vermögen ausgeben to give up a fortune for s. one’s education;
    • jds. Vermögen beschlagnahmen to seize s. one’s property;
    • gesamtes Vermögen beschlagnahmen to levy on the entire property;
    • Vermögen besitzen to be a man of means;
    • großes Vermögen besitzen to be in possession of a large fortune;
    • sein [ganzes] Vermögen für wohltätige (karitative) Zwecke bestimmen to dispose of one’s fortune in (leave one’s fortune to, leave all one’s money to) charity;
    • Pfändung in das bewegliche Vermögen wegen nicht bezahlter Pacht betreiben to distrain chattels for non-payment of rent;
    • Vermögen [steuerlich] bewerten to assess a property [for taxation];
    • Vermögen bilden to create wealth;
    • j. um sein Vermögen bringen to trick (cut) s. o. out of his fortune;
    • sein Vermögen durchbringen to muddle away with (spend, consume) one’s fortune, to run out a fortune;
    • sein Vermögen in die Gütergemeinschaft einbringen to bring one’s property into the communal estate;
    • sein Vermögen einsetzen to risk one’s fortune;
    • Vermögen erben to succeed to (come into possession of) a fortune, to fall heir to a (into) property, to come into property;
    • beträchtliches Vermögen erben to come in for a pretty penny;
    • glänzendes Vermögen erben to be heir to a splendid fortune;
    • Vermögen steuerlich erfassen to list property for taxation (US);
    • großes Vermögen erwerben to acquire (amass) great wealth, to amass great riches;
    • sein Vermögen nach dem Kriege erwerben to make one’s fortune after the war;
    • zu Vermögen gelangen to come to wealth (into property), to rise to affluence;
    • bedeutendes Vermögen haben to have considerable means;
    • eigenes Vermögen haben to have a little independence of one’s own;
    • kein Vermögen haben to have nothing to depend upon (of one’s own), to have no resources of one’s own;
    • sein ganzes Vermögen in Aktien angelegt haben to have all one’s fortune in stocks (US);
    • mit seinem ganzen Vermögen haften to be liable without limitation (to the extent of one’s property);
    • Vermögen des Konkursschuldners nicht zur Masse heranziehen to disclaim property of a bankrupt;
    • großes Vermögen hinterlassen to cut up well (fat);
    • seiner Ehefrau sein ganzes Vermögen hinterlassen to settle (leave) all one’s property on one’s wife;
    • zu Vermögen kommen to get forward in the world;
    • spielend zu einem Vermögen kommen to step into a fortune;
    • gut von seinem Vermögen leben können to have plenty to live upon;
    • völlig frei über sein Vermögen verfügen können to be entire master of one’s property, to have entire disposal of one’s estate;
    • von seinem Vermögen leben to live on prior (one’s private) means;
    • Grundlage für ein Vermögen legen to found a fortune;
    • Vermögen machen to make (carve out) a fortune;
    • aus kleinen Gewinnen ein großes Vermögen machen to raise a great estate out of small profits;
    • sein Vermögen flüssig machen to realize one’s property (assets);
    • Vermögen für seine privaten Zwecke missbrauchen to funnel funds to one’s own use;
    • Vermögen in Besitz nehmen to enter upon property;
    • sein Vermögen in einem Unternehmen riskieren to venture one’s fortune in an enterprise;
    • Reste seines Vermögens sammeln to collect the wrecks of one’s fortune;
    • ohne pfändbares Vermögen sein to be judgment- (mace-, US) proof;
    • sein Vermögen aufs Spiel setzen to cast one’s bread upon the waters;
    • sein Vermögen als Sicherheit stellen to pledge one’s property;
    • jds. Vermögen auf... taxieren to rate s. one’s fortune at...;
    • sich von seinem ganzen Vermögen trennen to give up all one’s possessions;
    • Vermögen übertragen to assign (alienate, transfer) property, to deed one’s estate;
    • Vermögen auf j. übertragen to devolve property upon s. o., to vest property in s. o., to hand over one’s property to s. o.;
    • sein Vermögen auf seine Gläubiger übertragen to surrender one’s goods to one’s creditors; sein
    • Vermögen auf den Konkursverwalter übertragen to put one’s property under the control of a trustee in bankruptcy;
    • sein unbewegliches in bewegliches Vermögen umwandeln to convert one’s realty into personalty;
    • Vermögen einer Treuhandverwaltung unterstellen to put property into a trust;
    • Vermögen bei einem Geschäft verdienen to make a fortune out of a business;
    • über ein großes Vermögen verfügen to have a large capital at hand;
    • über kein eigenes Vermögen verfügen to have no resources of one’s own;
    • Vermögen vergeuden (verjubeln) to dilapidate (run through) a fortune;
    • sich an fremden Vermögen vergreifen to take liberties with another person’s property;
    • fast sein ganzes Vermögen verlieren to lose the bulk of one’s goods;
    • jem. sein Vermögen vermachen to make over one’s estate to s. o.;
    • jem. sein ganzes Vermögen vermachen to bequeath s. o. the whole of one’s estate, to will a fortune upon s. o.;
    • sein Vermögen testamentarisch vermachen to transmit one’s property by will;
    • sein Vermögen vermehren to enlarge one’s fortune;
    • sein Vermögen verprassen (verschleudern) to dissipate one’s fortune, to waste one’s property (substance);
    • sein halbes Vermögen verspekulieren to gamble away half one’s wealth;
    • sein Vermögen [beim Würfeln] verspielen to gamble (dice) away one’s money (fortune), to spend one’s estate in gaming;
    • sein Vermögen unter seine Erben verteilen to divide one’s property among one’s heirs;
    • Vermögen verwalten to be in charge of an estate, to administer property;
    • jds. Vermögen verwalten to act as trustee for s. one’s property, to take charge of s. one’s property;
    • Vermögen treuhänderisch verwalten to hold property on a fiduciary basis;
    • sein Vermögen verwetten to spend one’s estate in gaming;
    • auf sein Vermögen verzichten to renounce one’s property;
    • ins Vermögen vollstrecken to levy execution on the property;
    • sein verlorenes Vermögen wiederbekommen to recover one’s fallen fortunes;
    • beschlagnahmtes Vermögen zurückgeben to restore confiscated property;
    • Vermögen zusammenscharren to rake together wealth;
    • zu versteuerndes Vermögen zusammenstellen to list assets (US).

    Business german-english dictionary > Vermögen

  • 8 motivar

    v.
    1 to motivate (to encourage).
    Sus comentarios motivan a Ricardo Her comments motivate Richard.
    2 to cause, to provoke, to draw forth, to give a reason for.
    Su pereza motivó el despido His laziness caused the dismissal.
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    1 (causar) to cause, give rise to
    2 (estimular) to motivate
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    verb
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    VT
    1) (=estimular) to motivate
    2) (=causar) to cause
    3) (=explicar) to justify, explain
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    verbo transitivo
    1) ( impulsar) to motivate

    ¿qué te motivó a hacerlo? — what made you do it?

    2) ( causar) to bring about

    el factor que motivó su derrota — the cause of o the reason for his defeat

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    = cause, lead on, motivate, prompt, be fired with, actuate.
    Ex. As usage of the language causes terms to become anachronistic, or as increases in our level of awareness reveal undesirable connotations, we seek to change subject heading terms.
    Ex. While poking about among books children naturally discuss those they have read, swopping responses, and so leading each other on.
    Ex. It is, in general, quite difficult to motivate an administrator to divert the resources necessary to upgrade an existing file of poor quality.
    Ex. An earlier leakage had prompted library staff to make arrangements with a nearby firm of book conservation specialists in the event of a further disaster.
    Ex. Librarians and bibliographers are as deeply fired with the idealistic fervour which is alleged to have imbued the medieval knights.
    Ex. CRG has always remained an amateur organization in the sense that it does not dispose of large funds, and its members are actuated by enthusiasm for the subject rather than by the hope of wealth.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    1) ( impulsar) to motivate

    ¿qué te motivó a hacerlo? — what made you do it?

    2) ( causar) to bring about

    el factor que motivó su derrota — the cause of o the reason for his defeat

    * * *
    = cause, lead on, motivate, prompt, be fired with, actuate.

    Ex: As usage of the language causes terms to become anachronistic, or as increases in our level of awareness reveal undesirable connotations, we seek to change subject heading terms.

    Ex: While poking about among books children naturally discuss those they have read, swopping responses, and so leading each other on.
    Ex: It is, in general, quite difficult to motivate an administrator to divert the resources necessary to upgrade an existing file of poor quality.
    Ex: An earlier leakage had prompted library staff to make arrangements with a nearby firm of book conservation specialists in the event of a further disaster.
    Ex: Librarians and bibliographers are as deeply fired with the idealistic fervour which is alleged to have imbued the medieval knights.
    Ex: CRG has always remained an amateur organization in the sense that it does not dispose of large funds, and its members are actuated by enthusiasm for the subject rather than by the hope of wealth.

    * * *
    motivar [A1 ]
    vt
    A (estimular) to motivate
    no está nada motivada en ese trabajo that job doesn't motivate her at all, she doesn't feel at all motivated in her job
    B
    1
    (causar): este fue el principal factor que motivó su derrota this was the main cause of o the principal reason for his defeat
    esto ha motivado la subida de precios this has brought about o given rise to the price increase
    2 (impulsar) to motivate
    motivado por deseos de venganza motivated by revenge o feelings of revenge
    ¿qué te motivó a hacerlo? what made you do it?
    * * *

     

    motivar ( conjugate motivar) verbo transitivo
    1 ( en general) to motivate;

    ¿qué te motivó a hacerlo? what made you do it?
    2 ( causar) to bring about, cause
    motivar verbo transitivo
    1 (provocar) to cause
    2 (animar) to motivate
    ' motivar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    determinar
    English:
    ability
    - motivate
    - provoke
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [causar] to cause;
    la tormenta motivó el aplazamiento del concierto the storm caused the concert to be postponed
    2. [estimular] to motivate;
    un incentivo así no me motiva nada I'm not at all motivated by an incentive like that;
    la desesperada situación lo motivó a emigrar the desperate situation caused him to emigrate
    * * *
    v/t motivate
    * * *
    1) causar: to cause
    2) impulsar: to motivate
    * * *
    1. (causar) to cause
    2. (incentivar) to motivate

    Spanish-English dictionary > motivar

  • 9 dinero

    m.
    1 money.
    ¿pagará con dinero o con tarjeta? will you be paying in cash or by credit card?
    andar bien/mal de dinero to be well off for/short of money
    una familia de dinero a family of means
    dinero de curso legal legal tender
    dinero fácil easy money
    dinero falso counterfeit money
    dinero negro undeclared income/payment
    dinero sucio dirty money
    dinero suelto loose change
    2 ready money, ready cash.
    * * *
    1 money
    2 (fortuna) wealth
    \
    andar bien de dinero to have plenty of money
    andar mal/escaso,-a de dinero to be short of money
    de dinero wealthy, rich
    dinero llama dinero money makes money
    ganar dinero a espuertas to make a pile
    hacer dinero to make money
    tirar el dinero por la ventana to throw money down the drain
    dinero contante (y sonante) ready money, cash
    dinero falso counterfeit money
    dinero negro/sucio dirty money
    dinero suelto loose change, change
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *

    ¿cuánto es en dinero finlandés? — how much is that in Finnish money?

    el dinero lo puede todo — money can do anything, money talks

    • hacer dinero — to make money

    • tirar el dinero — to throw money away

    dinero barato — cheap money, easy money

    dinero caro — dear money, expensive money (EEUU)

    dinero en circulación — currency, money in circulation

    dinero sucio — dirty money, money from crime

    * * *
    masculino money

    gente de dinero — well-off o wealthy people

    dinero contante y sonante — (fam) hard cash

    hacer dinero — to make money

    tirar el dinero — (fam) to throw money away

    * * *
    = hard currency, money [monies, -pl.], monies [money, -sing.], funds, wealth.
    Ex. This could also be attributed to limited hard currency or other means of international payment.
    Ex. DOBIS/LIBIS can then tell which borrowers owe the library money.
    Ex. Accurate records must be kept of all monies received and disbursed and normally the cash is balanced at weekly intervals.
    Ex. Funds received from federal or foundation grants are allocated for specific projects or programs on a one-time or temporary basis, and such funds are considered 'soft' money as compared to funds for permanently authorized positions.
    Ex. In rural areas, too, great variations in wealth exist side by side, from affluent farmers and landowners on the one hand, to extremely low-paid farm workers on the other.
    ----
    * administrar dinero = manage + funds.
    * ahorrar dinero = save + money.
    * ahorrar un montón de dinero = save + a ton of money.
    * ahorro de dinero = savings in money.
    * andar apurado de dinero = be strapped for + cash.
    * andar corto de dinero = be strapped for + cash.
    * andar falto de dinero = be strapped for + cash.
    * andar (muy) apurado de dinero = be (hard) pressed for + money.
    * andar (muy) corto de dinero = be (hard) pressed for + money.
    * andar (muy) escaso de dinero = be (hard) pressed for + money.
    * andar (muy) falto de dinero = be (hard) pressed for + money.
    * apoquinar dinero = shell out + money, fork over + money.
    * aprovechar mejor el dinero = get + more for + Posesivo + money.
    * apurado de dinero = strapped, cash strapped, financially strapped, short of money.
    * asignación de dinero público = tax support.
    * asignar dinero = commit + fund.
    * blanquear dinero = launder + money.
    * blanquear dinero sucio = launder + dirty money.
    * blanqueo de dinero = money laundering.
    * buena suma de dinero = hefty sum of money.
    * buen tocho de dinero = hefty sum of money.
    * casarse con alguien de dinero = marry into + money, marry + a fortune, marry + money.
    * casarse por dinero = marry + money.
    * cobro de dinero = collection of fees.
    * comprometer dinero = commit + money, lien + funds.
    * con poco dinero = on the cheap.
    * conseguir el dinero = come up with + the money.
    * contar dinero = count + money.
    * conversión en dinero = monetisation [monetization, -USA].
    * convertido a dinero = monetised [monetized, -pl.].
    * convertir en dinero = monetise [monetize, -USA].
    * corto de dinero = strapped, cash strapped, financially strapped, short of money.
    * costar dinero = cost + money, take + money.
    * costar muchísimo dinero = break + the bank.
    * culto al dinero = cult of money.
    * dar dinero = pay + money, donate + Posesivo + money.
    * dedicar dinero = dedicate + money.
    * de dinero = well-to-do, well-off.
    * derrochar dinero = waste + money.
    * derroche de dinero = waste of money, spending spree.
    * desembolsar dinero = disburse + cash, disburse + monies, shell out + money, shell out, fork over + money.
    * desperdicio de dinero = money waster.
    * despilfarrar dinero = squander + money.
    * despilfarro de dinero = spending spree.
    * destinado a ahorrar dinero = money-saving.
    * dinero atrae al dinero, el = riches attract riches.
    * dinero contante y sonante = readies, the ready.
    * dinero de bolsillo = pocket change, pocket money.
    * dinero + dedicarse a = money + go towards.
    * dinero del premio = prize money.
    * dinero del rescate = ransom money.
    * dinero de soborno = hush money.
    * dinero de sobra para otros gastos = disposable income.
    * dinero, el = green, the.
    * dinero electrónico = electronic money.
    * dinero en efectivo = cash.
    * dinero en metálico = cash.
    * dinero fácil = get-rich-quick.
    * dinero ganado con el sudor de la frente = hard-earned money.
    * dinero inesperado = windfall, windfall moneys.
    * dinero mal habido = ill-gotten gains.
    * dinero negro = undeclared income, grey money [gray money], black money.
    * dinero para acallar la conciencia = conscience money.
    * dinero para acallar la consciencia = conscience money.
    * dinero para caprichos = pin money.
    * dinero para gastos = per diem allowance.
    * dinero para gastos imprevistos = cash float, petty cash.
    * dinero para gastos iniciales = seeding money, seed money.
    * dinero para gastos personales = pocket change, pocket money.
    * dinero para pequeños gastos = out of pocket allowance.
    * dinero procedente de los impuestos = tax money (tax monies).
    * dinero propio = private means.
    * dinero público = public tax money, tax dollars, public money, public funds, public funding.
    * dinero público, el = public's dollars, the.
    * dinero que tanto ha costado ganar = hard-earned money.
    * dinero + ser para = money + go towards.
    * dinero sucio = dirty money.
    * dinero suelto = change, loose change.
    * dinero voluble = soft money.
    * donar dinero = donate + Posesivo + money.
    * el dinero es el origen de todos los males = money is the root of all evil.
    * el dinero es la fuente de todos los males = money is the root of all evil.
    * el dinero mueve al mundo = money makes the world go (a)round.
    * el dinero no crece en los árboles = money doesn't grow on trees.
    * encontrar el dinero = come up with + the money.
    * en dinero = monetised [monetized, -pl.].
    * escaso de dinero = cash strapped, financially strapped, be strapped for + cash, short of money, strapped.
    * estrategia que ahorra dinero = money saver.
    * falto de dinero = short of money, strapped, financially strapped, cash strapped.
    * financiado con dinero público = publicly financed, publicly funded [publicly-funded], public funded [public-funded].
    * ganar bastante dinero = make + good money, earn + good money.
    * ganar dinero = make + money, earn + money.
    * ganar mucho dinero = make + good money, earn + good money.
    * gastar dinero = expend + funds, spend + money.
    * gastarse más dinero = dig + deep.
    * gastarse un montón de dinero = lash out (on), go to + town on.
    * gasto de dinero = expenditure of money.
    * gastos que no suponen un gran desembolso de dinero = out-of-pocket costs.
    * grandes sumas de dinero = vast sums of money.
    * haber dinero de por medio = money + change hands.
    * hacer dinero = make + money.
    * hacer mucho dinero = make + good money.
    * ingreso de dinero = cash deposit.
    * interés por ganar dinero = profit motive.
    * invertir dinero = invest + money, commit + money.
    * invertir más dinero = dig + deep.
    * inyección de dinero = cash injection, injection of money.
    * inyectar dinero en = pump + money into.
    * inyectar dinero en la economía = pump + money into the economy.
    * malgastar dinero = waste + money.
    * mucho dinero = big bucks.
    * no escatimar dinero = lavish + money.
    * pagar dinero = fork over + money.
    * pagar una suma de dinero = pay + sum.
    * para hacer dinero = money-making.
    * pedir dinero prestado = borrow + money.
    * pérdida de dinero = cash drain.
    * por poco dinero = cheaply.
    * privilegio concedido por el dinero = moneyed privilege.
    * que ahorran dinero = dollar-saving.
    * quedarse sin dinero = run out of + cash.
    * recaudar dinero = pump prime + funds, raise + money, collect + money.
    * recolectar dinero = pass + the bucket (around).
    * remesa de dinero = remittance.
    * repartir dinero dadivosamente = shell out + money.
    * retirada de dinero = cash withdrawal.
    * retirar dinero = withdraw + cash.
    * reunir dinero = raise + money.
    * reunir el dinero = muster (up) + the cash.
    * reunir el dinero, encontrar el dinero = come up with + the money.
    * sabrosa suma de dinero, una = handsome sum of money, a.
    * sacar dinero = draw + cash, draw out + cash.
    * sacar el mayor partido al dinero de uno = get + the most for + Posesivo + money.
    * sacarle dinero a Alguien = wrestle + money from.
    * seguir malgastando el dinero = throw + good money after bad.
    * seguir tirando el dinero = throw + good money after bad.
    * ser una pérdida de dinero = be money and effort down the drain, throw + Posesivo + money down the drain, be money down the drain.
    * sin dinero = impecunious.
    * sin dinero en metálico = cashless.
    * suma de dinero = sum of money.
    * suma simbólica de dinero = symbolic sum of money.
    * tener dinero a punta pala = roll in + Dinero.
    * tirar dinero y esfuerzo por la borda = be money and effort down the drain.
    * tirar el dinero = throw + Posesivo + money down the drain.
    * tirar el dinero por la ventana = be money and effort down the drain, throw + Posesivo + money down the drain, be money down the drain.
    * transferencia de dinero = money transfer.
    * transferir dinero = transfer + money.
    * un montonazo de dinero = a huge amount of money.
    * un montón de dinero = a huge amount of money.
    * utilizar el dinero sabiamente = spend + wisely.
    * * *
    masculino money

    gente de dinero — well-off o wealthy people

    dinero contante y sonante — (fam) hard cash

    hacer dinero — to make money

    tirar el dinero — (fam) to throw money away

    * * *
    el dinero
    = green, the

    Ex: I've been living with it for nearly six years, so listen to the voice of experience -- the green will creep into your life and you will eventually hate it.

    = hard currency, money [monies, -pl.], monies [money, -sing.], funds, wealth.

    Ex: This could also be attributed to limited hard currency or other means of international payment.

    Ex: DOBIS/LIBIS can then tell which borrowers owe the library money.
    Ex: Accurate records must be kept of all monies received and disbursed and normally the cash is balanced at weekly intervals.
    Ex: Funds received from federal or foundation grants are allocated for specific projects or programs on a one-time or temporary basis, and such funds are considered 'soft' money as compared to funds for permanently authorized positions.
    Ex: In rural areas, too, great variations in wealth exist side by side, from affluent farmers and landowners on the one hand, to extremely low-paid farm workers on the other.
    * administrar dinero = manage + funds.
    * ahorrar dinero = save + money.
    * ahorrar un montón de dinero = save + a ton of money.
    * ahorro de dinero = savings in money.
    * andar apurado de dinero = be strapped for + cash.
    * andar corto de dinero = be strapped for + cash.
    * andar falto de dinero = be strapped for + cash.
    * andar (muy) apurado de dinero = be (hard) pressed for + money.
    * andar (muy) corto de dinero = be (hard) pressed for + money.
    * andar (muy) escaso de dinero = be (hard) pressed for + money.
    * andar (muy) falto de dinero = be (hard) pressed for + money.
    * apoquinar dinero = shell out + money, fork over + money.
    * aprovechar mejor el dinero = get + more for + Posesivo + money.
    * apurado de dinero = strapped, cash strapped, financially strapped, short of money.
    * asignación de dinero público = tax support.
    * asignar dinero = commit + fund.
    * blanquear dinero = launder + money.
    * blanquear dinero sucio = launder + dirty money.
    * blanqueo de dinero = money laundering.
    * buena suma de dinero = hefty sum of money.
    * buen tocho de dinero = hefty sum of money.
    * casarse con alguien de dinero = marry into + money, marry + a fortune, marry + money.
    * casarse por dinero = marry + money.
    * cobro de dinero = collection of fees.
    * comprometer dinero = commit + money, lien + funds.
    * con poco dinero = on the cheap.
    * conseguir el dinero = come up with + the money.
    * contar dinero = count + money.
    * conversión en dinero = monetisation [monetization, -USA].
    * convertido a dinero = monetised [monetized, -pl.].
    * convertir en dinero = monetise [monetize, -USA].
    * corto de dinero = strapped, cash strapped, financially strapped, short of money.
    * costar dinero = cost + money, take + money.
    * costar muchísimo dinero = break + the bank.
    * culto al dinero = cult of money.
    * dar dinero = pay + money, donate + Posesivo + money.
    * dedicar dinero = dedicate + money.
    * de dinero = well-to-do, well-off.
    * derrochar dinero = waste + money.
    * derroche de dinero = waste of money, spending spree.
    * desembolsar dinero = disburse + cash, disburse + monies, shell out + money, shell out, fork over + money.
    * desperdicio de dinero = money waster.
    * despilfarrar dinero = squander + money.
    * despilfarro de dinero = spending spree.
    * destinado a ahorrar dinero = money-saving.
    * dinero atrae al dinero, el = riches attract riches.
    * dinero contante y sonante = readies, the ready.
    * dinero de bolsillo = pocket change, pocket money.
    * dinero + dedicarse a = money + go towards.
    * dinero del premio = prize money.
    * dinero del rescate = ransom money.
    * dinero de soborno = hush money.
    * dinero de sobra para otros gastos = disposable income.
    * dinero, el = green, the.
    * dinero electrónico = electronic money.
    * dinero en efectivo = cash.
    * dinero en metálico = cash.
    * dinero fácil = get-rich-quick.
    * dinero ganado con el sudor de la frente = hard-earned money.
    * dinero inesperado = windfall, windfall moneys.
    * dinero mal habido = ill-gotten gains.
    * dinero negro = undeclared income, grey money [gray money], black money.
    * dinero para acallar la conciencia = conscience money.
    * dinero para acallar la consciencia = conscience money.
    * dinero para caprichos = pin money.
    * dinero para gastos = per diem allowance.
    * dinero para gastos imprevistos = cash float, petty cash.
    * dinero para gastos iniciales = seeding money, seed money.
    * dinero para gastos personales = pocket change, pocket money.
    * dinero para pequeños gastos = out of pocket allowance.
    * dinero procedente de los impuestos = tax money (tax monies).
    * dinero propio = private means.
    * dinero público = public tax money, tax dollars, public money, public funds, public funding.
    * dinero público, el = public's dollars, the.
    * dinero que tanto ha costado ganar = hard-earned money.
    * dinero + ser para = money + go towards.
    * dinero sucio = dirty money.
    * dinero suelto = change, loose change.
    * dinero voluble = soft money.
    * donar dinero = donate + Posesivo + money.
    * el dinero es el origen de todos los males = money is the root of all evil.
    * el dinero es la fuente de todos los males = money is the root of all evil.
    * el dinero mueve al mundo = money makes the world go (a)round.
    * el dinero no crece en los árboles = money doesn't grow on trees.
    * encontrar el dinero = come up with + the money.
    * en dinero = monetised [monetized, -pl.].
    * escaso de dinero = cash strapped, financially strapped, be strapped for + cash, short of money, strapped.
    * estrategia que ahorra dinero = money saver.
    * falto de dinero = short of money, strapped, financially strapped, cash strapped.
    * financiado con dinero público = publicly financed, publicly funded [publicly-funded], public funded [public-funded].
    * ganar bastante dinero = make + good money, earn + good money.
    * ganar dinero = make + money, earn + money.
    * ganar mucho dinero = make + good money, earn + good money.
    * gastar dinero = expend + funds, spend + money.
    * gastarse más dinero = dig + deep.
    * gastarse un montón de dinero = lash out (on), go to + town on.
    * gasto de dinero = expenditure of money.
    * gastos que no suponen un gran desembolso de dinero = out-of-pocket costs.
    * grandes sumas de dinero = vast sums of money.
    * haber dinero de por medio = money + change hands.
    * hacer dinero = make + money.
    * hacer mucho dinero = make + good money.
    * ingreso de dinero = cash deposit.
    * interés por ganar dinero = profit motive.
    * invertir dinero = invest + money, commit + money.
    * invertir más dinero = dig + deep.
    * inyección de dinero = cash injection, injection of money.
    * inyectar dinero en = pump + money into.
    * inyectar dinero en la economía = pump + money into the economy.
    * malgastar dinero = waste + money.
    * mucho dinero = big bucks.
    * no escatimar dinero = lavish + money.
    * pagar dinero = fork over + money.
    * pagar una suma de dinero = pay + sum.
    * para hacer dinero = money-making.
    * pedir dinero prestado = borrow + money.
    * pérdida de dinero = cash drain.
    * por poco dinero = cheaply.
    * privilegio concedido por el dinero = moneyed privilege.
    * que ahorran dinero = dollar-saving.
    * quedarse sin dinero = run out of + cash.
    * recaudar dinero = pump prime + funds, raise + money, collect + money.
    * recolectar dinero = pass + the bucket (around).
    * remesa de dinero = remittance.
    * repartir dinero dadivosamente = shell out + money.
    * retirada de dinero = cash withdrawal.
    * retirar dinero = withdraw + cash.
    * reunir dinero = raise + money.
    * reunir el dinero = muster (up) + the cash.
    * reunir el dinero, encontrar el dinero = come up with + the money.
    * sabrosa suma de dinero, una = handsome sum of money, a.
    * sacar dinero = draw + cash, draw out + cash.
    * sacar el mayor partido al dinero de uno = get + the most for + Posesivo + money.
    * sacarle dinero a Alguien = wrestle + money from.
    * seguir malgastando el dinero = throw + good money after bad.
    * seguir tirando el dinero = throw + good money after bad.
    * ser una pérdida de dinero = be money and effort down the drain, throw + Posesivo + money down the drain, be money down the drain.
    * sin dinero = impecunious.
    * sin dinero en metálico = cashless.
    * suma de dinero = sum of money.
    * suma simbólica de dinero = symbolic sum of money.
    * tener dinero a punta pala = roll in + Dinero.
    * tirar dinero y esfuerzo por la borda = be money and effort down the drain.
    * tirar el dinero = throw + Posesivo + money down the drain.
    * tirar el dinero por la ventana = be money and effort down the drain, throw + Posesivo + money down the drain, be money down the drain.
    * transferencia de dinero = money transfer.
    * transferir dinero = transfer + money.
    * un montonazo de dinero = a huge amount of money.
    * un montón de dinero = a huge amount of money.
    * utilizar el dinero sabiamente = spend + wisely.

    * * *
    money
    no llevaba nada de dinero encima I didn't have any money on me
    siempre anda escaso de dinero he's always short of money
    gente de dinero well-off o wealthy people
    tirar el dinero ( fam); to throw money away
    el dinero llama al dinero money begets money, money goes where money is
    Compuestos:
    hot money
    pocket money
    old money
    ● dinero efectivo or en efectivo
    cash
    undeclared income ( o profits etc)
    dirty money
    change
    * * *

     

    dinero sustantivo masculino
    money;

    gente de dinero well-off o wealthy people;
    hacer dinero to make money;
    dinero de bolsillo pocket money;
    dinero (en) efectivo cash;
    dinero suelto change;
    dinero contante y sonante (fam) hard cash
    dinero sustantivo masculino money
    dinero en efectivo, cash
    dinero negro, undeclared income
    dinero suelto, (loose) change
    ♦ Locuciones: andar bien de dinero, to be well-off
    andar mal de dinero, to be short of money

    ' dinero' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    acuciante
    - ahorrarse
    - alcanzar
    - apurada
    - apurado
    - apuro
    - arca
    - barbaridad
    - bastante
    - billete
    - blanquear
    - blanqueo
    - bolsillo
    - braga
    - buena
    - bueno
    - cambio
    - cantidad
    - cielo
    - contante
    - costar
    - cuarta
    - cuarto
    - dar
    - desplumar
    - devolver
    - escasa
    - escaso
    - estirar
    - evadir
    - evasión
    - falsa
    - falso
    - flete
    - fortuna
    - gastar
    - gasto
    - girar
    - gratificar
    - hacer
    - holgada
    - holgado
    - indemnización
    - inversión
    - invertir
    - irse
    - juntar
    - limitación
    - llevar
    - llevarse
    English:
    account for
    - administration
    - advance
    - advantage
    - after
    - allow
    - amass
    - amount
    - appropriate
    - aside
    - ask for
    - attraction
    - badly
    - bare
    - beg
    - blow
    - boat
    - borrower
    - bread
    - buck
    - bundle
    - buy
    - cash
    - cash box
    - catch
    - chain letter
    - change
    - chip in
    - colour
    - come in
    - come into
    - congregation
    - contribute
    - contribution
    - contributor
    - cough up
    - credit
    - cult
    - dash
    - dole out
    - dough
    - draw
    - dud
    - earn
    - enough
    - equate
    - evenly
    - exist
    - extravagance
    - extravagant
    * * *
    dinero nm
    money;
    llevaba algo de dinero encima she had some money on her;
    ¿pagará con dinero o con tarjeta? will you be paying in cash or by credit card?;
    una familia de dinero a family of means;
    se junta con gente de dinero she mixes with wealthy people;
    andar bien/mal de dinero to be well off for/short of money;
    hacer dinero to make money;
    hacer algo por dinero to do sth for money;
    tirar el dinero to waste money;
    (el) dinero llama a(l) dinero money goes where money is
    Econ dinero en circulación money in circulation;
    dinero circulante money in circulation;
    dinero de curso legal legal tender;
    Informát dinero electrónico e-cash;
    dinero fácil easy money;
    dinero falso counterfeit money;
    dinero negro undeclared income/payment;
    dinero plástico plastic money;
    dinero sucio dirty money;
    dinero suelto loose change;
    Fin dinero a la vista call money
    * * *
    m money;
    estar mal de dinero be short of money o cash;
    el dinero no hace la felicidad money doesn’t bring happiness
    * * *
    dinero nm
    : money
    * * *
    dinero n money
    ¿tienes dinero? have you got any money?
    de dinero wealthy [comp. wealthier; super. wealthiest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > dinero

  • 10 dovizia

    dovizia s.f. (letter.) ( abbondanza) abundance, plenty; ( ricchezza) wealth, opulence, affluence: dovizia di particolari, wealth of detail; c'era dovizia di tutto, there was plenty of everything // con dovizia, plentifully (o abundantly o copiously) // dove è guerra non fu mai dovizia, (prov.) wars bring scars.
    * * *
    [do'vittsja]
    sostantivo femminile abundance
    * * *
    dovizia
    /do'vittsja/
    sostantivo f.
    abundance; con dovizia di particolari with a wealth of details.

    Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > dovizia

  • 11 crear

    v.
    1 to create.
    me crea muchos problemas it gives me a lot of trouble, it causes me a lot of problems
    Picasso creó escuela Picasso's works have had a seminal influence
    Ricardo crea obras de arte Richard creates works of art.
    Ellas crean criaturas raras They create weird creatures.
    2 to invent.
    3 to found.
    4 to make, to make up.
    * * *
    1 (gen) to create
    2 (fundar) to found, establish; (partido) to set up
    3 (inventar) to invent
    1 to make, make for oneself
    2 (imaginarse) to imagine
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    VT
    1) (=hacer, producir) [+ obra, objeto, empleo] to create
    2) (=establecer) [+ comisión, comité, fondo, negocio, sistema] to set up; [+ asociación, cooperativa] to form, set up; [+ cargo, puesto] to create; [+ movimiento, organización] to create, establish, found

    ¿qué se necesita para crear una empresa? — what do you need in order to set up o start a business?

    aspiraban a crear un estado independiente — they aimed to create o establish o found an independent state

    3) (=dar lugar a) [+ condiciones, clima, ambiente] to create; [+ problemas] to cause, create; [+ expectativas] to raise

    el vacío creado por su muerte — the gap left o created by her death

    4) liter (=nombrar) to make, appoint
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) <obra/modelo/tendencia> to create, < producto> to develop
    b) < sistema> to create, establish, set up; < institución> to set up, create; <comisión/fondo> to set up; < empleo> to create; < ciudad> to build
    2) <dificultades/problemas> to cause, create; <ambiente/clima> to create; <fama/prestigio> to bring; < reputación> to earn
    2.
    crearse v pron < problema> to create... for oneself
    * * *
    = design (for/to), construct, create, engender, establish, fashion, forge, form, invent, set up, compose, originate, bring into + being, mint, found, institute, come into + existence, mother, come up with.
    Ex. In lists designed for international use a symbolic notation instead of textual notes may be used.
    Ex. The objective in executing these three stages is to construct a document profile which reflects its subject = El propósito de llevar a cabo estas tres etapas es elaborar un perfil documental que refleje su materia.
    Ex. National agencies creating MARC records use national standards within their own country, and re-format records to UNIMARC for international exchange.
    Ex. In addition to problems with new subjects which lacked 'accepted' or established names, this guiding principle engendered inconsistency in the form of headings.
    Ex. The intention is to establish a general framework, and then to give exceptions or further explanation and examples for each area in turn.
    Ex. The preliminary discussions and proposals which led up to the AACR, did start out with an attempt to fashion an ideology, a philosophical context, for those rules.
    Ex. This article calls on libraries to forge a renewed national commitment to cooperate in the building of a national information network for scholarly communications.
    Ex. Formed in 1969, the first operational system was implemented in 1972-3.
    Ex. Frequently, but not always, this same process will have been attempted by the author when inventing the title, and this explains why the title is often a useful aid to indexing.
    Ex. By imposing a ban one is only likely to set up antagonism and frustration which will turn against the very thing we are trying to encourage.
    Ex. There have never been any attempts to compose a bibliography of US government documents relating to international law.
    Ex. In the 'office of the present', a document is usually produced by several people: someone, say an administrator or manager, who originates and checks it, a typist, who prepares the text, and a draughtsman or artist who prepares the diagrams.
    Ex. MARC was brought into being originally to facilitate the creation of LC catalogue cards.
    Ex. The article 'The newly minted MLS: what do we need to know today?' describes the skills which, ideally, every US library school graduate should possess at the end of the 1990s.
    Ex. The earliest community information service in Australia dates from as recently as 1958 when Citizens' Advice Bureaux, modelled on their British namesake, were founded in Perth = El primer servicio de información ciudadana de Australia es reciente y data de 1958 cuando se creó en Perth la Oficina de Información al Ciudadano, a imitación de su homónima británica.
    Ex. The librarians have instituted a series of campaigns, including displays and leaflets on specific issues, eg family income supplement, rent and rates rebates, and school grants.
    Ex. Some university libraries have been built up over the centuries; others have come into existence over the last 40 years.
    Ex. Necessity mothers invention, and certainly invention in the presentation of books mothers surprised interest.
    Ex. Derfer corroborated her: 'I'd be very proud of you if you could come up with the means to draft a model collection development policy'.
    ----
    * crear adicción = be addictive.
    * crear alianzas = form + alliances, make + alliances.
    * crear apoyo = build + support.
    * crear canales para = establish + channels for.
    * crear con gran destreza = craft.
    * crear consenso = forge + consensus.
    * crear demanda = make + demand.
    * crear de nuevo = recreate [re-create].
    * crear desconfianza = create + distrust.
    * crear desesperación = yield + despair.
    * crear falsas ilusiones = create + false illusions.
    * crear interés = build + interest.
    * crear la ilusión = generate + illusion.
    * crear lazos = build up + links.
    * crear lazos afectivos = bond.
    * crear posibilidades = open + window, create + possibilities.
    * crear problemas = make + waves, build up + problems, make + trouble.
    * crear prototipos = prototype.
    * crear relaciones = structure + relationships.
    * crearse = build up, hew.
    * crearse el prestigio de ser = establish + a record as.
    * crear servidor web = put up + web site.
    * crearse una identidad = forge + identity.
    * crearse una vida = build + life.
    * crear una alianza = forge + alliance.
    * crear una base = form + a basis.
    * crear una buena impresión en = make + a good impression on.
    * crear una coalición = forge + coalition.
    * crear una colección = build + collection.
    * crear un acuerdo = work out + agreement.
    * crear una familia = have + a family.
    * crear una ilusión = create + illusion.
    * crear una imagen = build + an image, create + image, summon up + image.
    * crear una injusticia = create + injustice.
    * crear una marca de identidad = branding.
    * crear una ocasión = create + opportunity.
    * crear una preocupación = create + concern.
    * crear una situación = create + a situation.
    * crear un clima = promote + climate.
    * crear un comité = set up + committee.
    * crear un entorno = create + an environment.
    * crear un equilibrio = establish + a balance.
    * crear un fondo común de conocimientos = pool + knowledge.
    * crear un fondo común de experiencias profesionales = pool + expertise.
    * crear un grupo = set up + group.
    * crear un índice = generate + index.
    * crear un mercado para = produce + a market for.
    * crear un perfil = compile + profile, formulate + profile.
    * crear un servidor web = open up + web site.
    * crear vínculos = build up + links.
    * crear vínculos afectivos = bond.
    * oposición + crear = opposition + line up.
    * que crea adicción = addictive.
    * que crea hábito = addictive.
    * volver a crear = recreate [re-create].
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) <obra/modelo/tendencia> to create, < producto> to develop
    b) < sistema> to create, establish, set up; < institución> to set up, create; <comisión/fondo> to set up; < empleo> to create; < ciudad> to build
    2) <dificultades/problemas> to cause, create; <ambiente/clima> to create; <fama/prestigio> to bring; < reputación> to earn
    2.
    crearse v pron < problema> to create... for oneself
    * * *
    = design (for/to), construct, create, engender, establish, fashion, forge, form, invent, set up, compose, originate, bring into + being, mint, found, institute, come into + existence, mother, come up with.

    Ex: In lists designed for international use a symbolic notation instead of textual notes may be used.

    Ex: The objective in executing these three stages is to construct a document profile which reflects its subject = El propósito de llevar a cabo estas tres etapas es elaborar un perfil documental que refleje su materia.
    Ex: National agencies creating MARC records use national standards within their own country, and re-format records to UNIMARC for international exchange.
    Ex: In addition to problems with new subjects which lacked 'accepted' or established names, this guiding principle engendered inconsistency in the form of headings.
    Ex: The intention is to establish a general framework, and then to give exceptions or further explanation and examples for each area in turn.
    Ex: The preliminary discussions and proposals which led up to the AACR, did start out with an attempt to fashion an ideology, a philosophical context, for those rules.
    Ex: This article calls on libraries to forge a renewed national commitment to cooperate in the building of a national information network for scholarly communications.
    Ex: Formed in 1969, the first operational system was implemented in 1972-3.
    Ex: Frequently, but not always, this same process will have been attempted by the author when inventing the title, and this explains why the title is often a useful aid to indexing.
    Ex: By imposing a ban one is only likely to set up antagonism and frustration which will turn against the very thing we are trying to encourage.
    Ex: There have never been any attempts to compose a bibliography of US government documents relating to international law.
    Ex: In the 'office of the present', a document is usually produced by several people: someone, say an administrator or manager, who originates and checks it, a typist, who prepares the text, and a draughtsman or artist who prepares the diagrams.
    Ex: MARC was brought into being originally to facilitate the creation of LC catalogue cards.
    Ex: The article 'The newly minted MLS: what do we need to know today?' describes the skills which, ideally, every US library school graduate should possess at the end of the 1990s.
    Ex: The earliest community information service in Australia dates from as recently as 1958 when Citizens' Advice Bureaux, modelled on their British namesake, were founded in Perth = El primer servicio de información ciudadana de Australia es reciente y data de 1958 cuando se creó en Perth la Oficina de Información al Ciudadano, a imitación de su homónima británica.
    Ex: The librarians have instituted a series of campaigns, including displays and leaflets on specific issues, eg family income supplement, rent and rates rebates, and school grants.
    Ex: Some university libraries have been built up over the centuries; others have come into existence over the last 40 years.
    Ex: Necessity mothers invention, and certainly invention in the presentation of books mothers surprised interest.
    Ex: Derfer corroborated her: 'I'd be very proud of you if you could come up with the means to draft a model collection development policy'.
    * crear adicción = be addictive.
    * crear alianzas = form + alliances, make + alliances.
    * crear apoyo = build + support.
    * crear canales para = establish + channels for.
    * crear con gran destreza = craft.
    * crear consenso = forge + consensus.
    * crear demanda = make + demand.
    * crear de nuevo = recreate [re-create].
    * crear desconfianza = create + distrust.
    * crear desesperación = yield + despair.
    * crear falsas ilusiones = create + false illusions.
    * crear interés = build + interest.
    * crear la ilusión = generate + illusion.
    * crear lazos = build up + links.
    * crear lazos afectivos = bond.
    * crear posibilidades = open + window, create + possibilities.
    * crear problemas = make + waves, build up + problems, make + trouble.
    * crear prototipos = prototype.
    * crear relaciones = structure + relationships.
    * crearse = build up, hew.
    * crearse el prestigio de ser = establish + a record as.
    * crear servidor web = put up + web site.
    * crearse una identidad = forge + identity.
    * crearse una vida = build + life.
    * crear una alianza = forge + alliance.
    * crear una base = form + a basis.
    * crear una buena impresión en = make + a good impression on.
    * crear una coalición = forge + coalition.
    * crear una colección = build + collection.
    * crear un acuerdo = work out + agreement.
    * crear una familia = have + a family.
    * crear una ilusión = create + illusion.
    * crear una imagen = build + an image, create + image, summon up + image.
    * crear una injusticia = create + injustice.
    * crear una marca de identidad = branding.
    * crear una ocasión = create + opportunity.
    * crear una preocupación = create + concern.
    * crear una situación = create + a situation.
    * crear un clima = promote + climate.
    * crear un comité = set up + committee.
    * crear un entorno = create + an environment.
    * crear un equilibrio = establish + a balance.
    * crear un fondo común de conocimientos = pool + knowledge.
    * crear un fondo común de experiencias profesionales = pool + expertise.
    * crear un grupo = set up + group.
    * crear un índice = generate + index.
    * crear un mercado para = produce + a market for.
    * crear un perfil = compile + profile, formulate + profile.
    * crear un servidor web = open up + web site.
    * crear vínculos = build up + links.
    * crear vínculos afectivos = bond.
    * oposición + crear = opposition + line up.
    * que crea adicción = addictive.
    * que crea hábito = addictive.
    * volver a crear = recreate [re-create].

    * * *
    crear [A1 ]
    vt
    A
    1 ‹obra/modelo› to create; ‹tendencia› to create
    crear una nueva imagen para el producto to create a new image for the product
    crearon un producto revolucionario they developed o created a revolutionary product
    2 ‹sistema› to create, establish, set up; ‹institución› to set up, create; ‹comisión/fondo› to set up; ‹empleo› to create
    crearon una ciudad en pleno desierto they built a city in the middle of the desert
    B ‹dificultades/problemas› to cause, create; ‹ambiente/clima› to create; ‹fama/prestigio› to bring; ‹reputación› to earn
    su arrogancia le creó muchas enemistades his arrogance made him many enemies
    no quiero crear falsas expectativas en mis alumnos I don't want to raise false hopes among my students, I don't want to give my students false hopes
    se crea muchas dificultades he creates o makes a lot of problems for himself
    ¿para qué te creas más trabajo? why make more work for yourself?
    será difícil llenar el vacío creado con su desaparición it will be difficult to fill the gap left by his death
    * * *

     

    crear ( conjugate crear) verbo transitivo
    to create;
    ‹ producto› to develop;
    ‹institución/comisión/fondo› to set up;
    ‹fama/prestigio› to bring;
    ‹ reputación› to earn;
    ◊ crea muchos problemas it causes o creates a lot of problems;

    no quiero crear falsas expectativas I don't want to raise false hopes
    crearse verbo pronominal ‹ problema› to create … for oneself;

    ‹ enemigos› to make
    crear verbo transitivo to create
    ' crear' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    falsificar
    - hacer
    - ilusionar
    - infundio
    - rompecabezas
    - constituir
    - formar
    - meter
    English:
    boat
    - bonding
    - create
    - fashion
    - never-never land
    - rapport
    - stage
    - afoot
    - develop
    - devise
    - disrupt
    - establish
    - illusion
    - set
    - you
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [hacer, producir, originar] to create;
    crear empleo/riqueza to create jobs/wealth;
    han creado un nuevo ministerio para él they have created a new ministry for him;
    me crea muchos problemas it gives me a lot of trouble, it causes me a lot of problems;
    Picasso creó escuela Picasso's works have had a seminal influence
    2. [inventar] to invent;
    [poema, sinfonía] to compose, to write; [cuadro] to paint
    3. [fundar] to found
    * * *
    v/t create; empresa set up
    * * *
    crear vt
    1) : to create, to cause
    2) : to originate
    * * *
    crear vb
    1. (en general) to create
    2. (comité, empresa, etc) to set up

    Spanish-English dictionary > crear

  • 12 llamar la atención sobre

    (v.) = draw + attention to, pull + Nombre + to, bring + Nombre + into the public eye, raise + awareness, enhance + awareness
    Ex. Collins draws attention to the major initiatives taken by the Statistical Office of the European Communities in the use of data banks to promote the rapid transmission of data.
    Ex. Look around your favorite retail stores -- what grabs your attention and pulls you to a product?.
    Ex. Superman actor Christopher Reeve's 1995 injury has brought this health problem into the public eye in recent years.
    Ex. All libraries must clearly help to raise awareness in this way.
    Ex. The aim was to enhance awareness of the wealth of published statistical data available and to show its value as a decision making aid for the business person.
    * * *
    (v.) = draw + attention to, pull + Nombre + to, bring + Nombre + into the public eye, raise + awareness, enhance + awareness

    Ex: Collins draws attention to the major initiatives taken by the Statistical Office of the European Communities in the use of data banks to promote the rapid transmission of data.

    Ex: Look around your favorite retail stores -- what grabs your attention and pulls you to a product?.
    Ex: Superman actor Christopher Reeve's 1995 injury has brought this health problem into the public eye in recent years.
    Ex: All libraries must clearly help to raise awareness in this way.
    Ex: The aim was to enhance awareness of the wealth of published statistical data available and to show its value as a decision making aid for the business person.

    Spanish-English dictionary > llamar la atención sobre

  • 13 nivel

    m.
    1 level, height (altura).
    al nivel de level with
    al nivel del mar at sea level
    la capital está a 250 metros sobre el nivel del mar the capital is 250 meters above sea level
    2 level, standard (grado).
    no tiene un buen nivel de inglés his level of English is poor
    una reunión al más alto nivel a meeting at the highest level, a top-level meeting
    al mismo nivel (que) on a level o par (with)
    a nivel europeo at a European level
    nivel mental level of intelligence
    nivel de vida standard of living
    3 spirit level (instrument).
    4 carpenter's level, level.
    5 floor, storey, decker.
    De dos niveles Used as a suffix -decker: Double-decker
    * * *
    1 (altura) level, height
    2 (categoría) level, standard, degree
    \
    a nivel de as for
    ■ a nivel de gastos as far as expenses are concerned, regarding expenses
    al más alto nivel at the highest level
    nivel de producción production level
    nivel de vida standard of living
    nivel del mar sea level
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=altura) level, height

    la nieve alcanzó un nivel de 1,5m — the snow reached a depth of 1.5m

    a nivel — [gen] level, flush; (=horizontal) horizontal

    al nivel de — on a level with, at the same height as, on the same level as

    paso a nivel — level crossing, grade crossing (EEUU)

    nivel de(l) aceite — (Aut etc) oil level

    2) [escolar, cultural] level, standard

    conferencia al más alto nivel, conferencia de alto nivel — high-level conference, top-level conference

    estar al nivel de — to be equal to, be on a level with

    niveles de audiencia — ratings, audience rating sing ; (TV) viewing figures

    3) (=instrumento) (tb: nivel de aire, nivel de burbuja) spirit level
    4)

    a nivel de — (=en cuanto a) as for, as regards; (=como) as; (=a tono con) in keeping with

    a nivel de viajes — so far as travel is concerned, regarding travel

    * * *
    a) ( altura) level
    b) (en escala, jerarquía) level
    * * *
    = degree, extent, index [indices/indexes, -pl.], level, range, scale, threshold, rank, gradation, grade, plateau [plateaux, -pl.], stratum [strata, -pl.], tier, rung.
    Ex. This degree of standardisation is not the pattern outside of this specific area of application.
    Ex. The extent of searchable elements will vary from one data base to another.
    Ex. As job anxiety scores increased, job satisfaction indices decreased.
    Ex. In particular series entries are useful for series where the series title indicates a particular subject scope, style of approach, level or audience.
    Ex. Overall, the library media specialists experienced stress in the mild to moderate range.
    Ex. Various scales of relevance ratings may be established.
    Ex. But documents with the following terms assigned would be rejected on the grounds that their combined weights did not exceed the pre-selected threshold.
    Ex. However, Cutter suggested that we should ignore on economic grounds both upward links (from narrower to broader subjects) and collateral (sideways) links from one term to another of equal rank.
    Ex. Until the mid nineteen hundreds, this community presented an almost feudal pattern of wealthy merchants and factory hands, with several gradations between these extremes.
    Ex. The project is concerned with the investigation of conditions of appointment for women librarians as well as the grades and salary scales assigned to library tasks.
    Ex. With the advent of both library on-line public access catalogue and end-user searching of on-line and CD-ROM data bases, the need for improved instruction in library use approaches a new plateau.
    Ex. However, amongst this stratum of the population, library users demonstrated greater residential stability.
    Ex. The author proposes a four tier planning framework for information technology, information systems and information management.
    Ex. In all types of libraries, programmes have been started, usually by keen librarians from the lower rungs of the profession.
    ----
    * a bajo nivel = low-level.
    * a diferentes niveles = multi-tiered [multitiered], multi-tier [multitier].
    * a dos niveles = two-tier.
    * alcanzar niveles mínimos = reach + a low ebb.
    * alfabetización a nivel mundial = world literacy.
    * al mismo nivel de = flush with.
    * al mismo nivel que = on a par with, in the same league as.
    * alto nivel = high standard.
    * a muchos niveles = many-levelled [many-leveled, -USA].
    * a nivel de barrio = neighbourhood-based.
    * a nivel de calle = on the ground level.
    * a nivel de la calle = at ground level.
    * a nivel del suelo = at ground level.
    * a nivel estatal = statewide [state-wide].
    * a nivel federal = federally, federally.
    * a nivel individual = privately.
    * a nivel local = locally, domestically.
    * a nivel multicultural = multi-culturally [multiculturally].
    * a nivel mundial = worldwide [world-wide], globally.
    * a nivel nacional = nationally, domestically, countrywide [country-wide].
    * a nivel privado = privately.
    * a nivel regional = regionally.
    * a todos los niveles = at all levels.
    * a tres niveles = three-tiered.
    * a un alto nivel = high level [high-level].
    * a un nivel básico = at a lay level.
    * a un nivel por debajo del nacional = sub-national [subnational].
    * a varios niveles = multilevel [multi-level], at varying levels, many-levelled [many-leveled, -USA].
    * bajada de nivel = drawdown.
    * bajar el nivel = lower + the bar.
    * barrera de paso a nivel = level-crossing gate.
    * clasificado por nivel de dificultad = graded.
    * construido en dos niveles = split-level.
    * con una nivel de especialización medio = semi-skilled.
    * con un buen nivel = fluent.
    * con un mayor nivel educativo = better educated [better-educated].
    * con un menor nivel educativo = lesser-educated.
    * con un nivel de estudios alto = well educated [well-educated].
    * curva de nivel = contour line.
    * dar un nivel de prioridad alto = put + Nombre + high on + Posesivo + list of priorities.
    * de alto nivel = of a high order, high level [high-level], high-powered.
    * de bajo nivel = lower-level, low-level.
    * de diferentes niveles = multi-tiered [multitiered], multi-tier [multitier].
    * de dos niveles = two-tier.
    * de nivel cultural bajo = lowbrow [low-brow].
    * de nivel cultural medio = middlebrow [middle-brow].
    * de nivel intelectual bajo = lowbrow [low-brow].
    * de nivel intelectual medio = middlebrow [middle-brow].
    * de nivel medio = medium level [medium-level], middle-range, mid-level.
    * de nivel superior = upper-level, top echelon, higher-level.
    * de primer nivel = first-level.
    * descenso de nivel = drawdown.
    * descripción bibliográfica de primer nivel = first-level bibliographic description.
    * de segundo nivel = second-level.
    * de tercer nivel = third-level.
    * de tres niveles = three-tiered.
    * de varios niveles = multilevel [multi-level].
    * en cuatro niveles = quadraplaner.
    * en dos niveles = split-level.
    * en el nivel básico = at grass roots level.
    * en el nivel intermedio de = in the middle range of.
    * en el nivel medio de = in the middle range of.
    * en otro nivel = on a different plane.
    * en su nivel más bajo = at its lowest ebb.
    * en un nivel bajo = at a low ebb.
    * estar al mismo nivel = be on a par.
    * gestor de nivel medio = middle manager.
    * gran nivel = high standard.
    * nivel alto de dirección = higher management.
    * nivel alto de gestión = higher management.
    * nivel avanzado = advanced level.
    * nivel básico = introductory level.
    * nivel cultural = literacy.
    * nivel de aceptación = adoption rate, acceptance rate.
    * nivel de adopción = adoption rate.
    * nivel de alfabetización = literacy, literacy rate.
    * nivel de analfabetismo = illiteracy rate.
    * nivel de atención = attention span.
    * nivel de azúcar en la sangre = level of blood sugar.
    * nivel de cobertura = depth of coverage.
    * nivel de colesterol = cholesterol level.
    * nivel de colesterol en la sangre = blood cholesterol level.
    * nivel de confianza = confidence level.
    * nivel de demanda = level of demand.
    * nivel de desarrollo = stage of development, developmental level, development level, level of development.
    * nivel de detalle = completeness, granularity, level of detail.
    * nivel de dominio medio = working knowledge.
    * nivel de estudios = educational background, level of education.
    * nivel de ingresos = income level, earning capacity, earning power.
    * nivel de la calle = road-level.
    * nivel del agua = water level.
    * nivel del alfabetización = literacy.
    * nivel de lectura = reading ability.
    * nivel de los usuarios = audience level.
    * nivel del público = audience level.
    * nivel del subconsciente, el = subconscious level, the.
    * nivel de luminosidad = light level.
    * nivel de pobreza = poverty level.
    * nivel de presentación = level of presentation.
    * nivel de ruido = noise level.
    * nivel de saciedad = point of futility.
    * nivel de satisfacción del usuario = user satisfaction.
    * nivel de saturación = point of futility.
    * nivel de solvencia = credit rating.
    * nivel de subdivisión = granularity.
    * nivel de utilización = degree of use.
    * nivel de vida = standard of living, living standard.
    * nivel económico = wealth.
    * nivel educativo = educational level, education level, level of education.
    * nivel escolar = grade level.
    * niveles de detalle en la descripción = levels of detail in the description.
    * nivel freático = groundwater table, water table.
    * nivel inferior = micro level [micro-leve/microlevel].
    * nivel intermedio = meso level, intermediate level.
    * nivel introductorio = introductory level.
    * nivel jerárquico falso = false link.
    * nivel máximo = high-water mark.
    * nivel máximo del agua = high-water mark.
    * nivel medio = middle range.
    * nivel medio de gestión = middle management.
    * nivel mínimo = low-water mark.
    * nivel mínimo del agua = low-water mark.
    * nivel profesional = competence, professional level.
    * nivel salarial = salary bracket.
    * nivel socioeconómico = socioeconomic status.
    * nivel superior = top level, top layer, macro level [macro-leve/macrolevel].
    * ocupar un nivel de prioridad alto = be high on + list, rank + high on the list of priorities.
    * pasar al siguiente nivel = move it up + a gear, take it up + a gear, notch it up + a gear, take it up + a notch, crank it up + a notch, crank it up + a gear, move it up + a notch.
    * paso a nivel = level-crossing.
    * persona con nivel cultural medio = middlebrow [middle-brow].
    * persona de nivel cultural bajo = lowbrow [low-brow].
    * persona de nivel intelectual bajo = lowbrow [low-brow].
    * poner al mismo nivel que = bring + Nombre + to a par with.
    * por niveles = multilayered [multi-layered/multi layered], multilayer, layered, tiered.
    * preparación contra emergencias a nivel nacional = domestic preparedness.
    * rebajarse al nivel de Alguien = get down to + Posesivo + level.
    * ser de alto nivel = be at a high level.
    * sin ningún nivel de especialización = unskilled.
    * situado a nivel de la calle = ground-floor.
    * subir de nivel = move it up + a gear, take it up + a gear, notch it up + a gear, take it up + a notch, crank it up + a notch, crank it up + a gear, move it up + a notch.
    * subir el nivel = raise + standard, raise + the bar.
    * teoría de niveles integrados = theory of integrative levels.
    * último nivel, el = bottom rung, the.
    * * *
    a) ( altura) level
    b) (en escala, jerarquía) level
    * * *
    = degree, extent, index [indices/indexes, -pl.], level, range, scale, threshold, rank, gradation, grade, plateau [plateaux, -pl.], stratum [strata, -pl.], tier, rung.

    Ex: This degree of standardisation is not the pattern outside of this specific area of application.

    Ex: The extent of searchable elements will vary from one data base to another.
    Ex: As job anxiety scores increased, job satisfaction indices decreased.
    Ex: In particular series entries are useful for series where the series title indicates a particular subject scope, style of approach, level or audience.
    Ex: Overall, the library media specialists experienced stress in the mild to moderate range.
    Ex: Various scales of relevance ratings may be established.
    Ex: But documents with the following terms assigned would be rejected on the grounds that their combined weights did not exceed the pre-selected threshold.
    Ex: However, Cutter suggested that we should ignore on economic grounds both upward links (from narrower to broader subjects) and collateral (sideways) links from one term to another of equal rank.
    Ex: Until the mid nineteen hundreds, this community presented an almost feudal pattern of wealthy merchants and factory hands, with several gradations between these extremes.
    Ex: The project is concerned with the investigation of conditions of appointment for women librarians as well as the grades and salary scales assigned to library tasks.
    Ex: With the advent of both library on-line public access catalogue and end-user searching of on-line and CD-ROM data bases, the need for improved instruction in library use approaches a new plateau.
    Ex: However, amongst this stratum of the population, library users demonstrated greater residential stability.
    Ex: The author proposes a four tier planning framework for information technology, information systems and information management.
    Ex: In all types of libraries, programmes have been started, usually by keen librarians from the lower rungs of the profession.
    * a bajo nivel = low-level.
    * a diferentes niveles = multi-tiered [multitiered], multi-tier [multitier].
    * a dos niveles = two-tier.
    * alcanzar niveles mínimos = reach + a low ebb.
    * alfabetización a nivel mundial = world literacy.
    * al mismo nivel de = flush with.
    * al mismo nivel que = on a par with, in the same league as.
    * alto nivel = high standard.
    * a muchos niveles = many-levelled [many-leveled, -USA].
    * a nivel de barrio = neighbourhood-based.
    * a nivel de calle = on the ground level.
    * a nivel de la calle = at ground level.
    * a nivel del suelo = at ground level.
    * a nivel estatal = statewide [state-wide].
    * a nivel federal = federally, federally.
    * a nivel individual = privately.
    * a nivel local = locally, domestically.
    * a nivel multicultural = multi-culturally [multiculturally].
    * a nivel mundial = worldwide [world-wide], globally.
    * a nivel nacional = nationally, domestically, countrywide [country-wide].
    * a nivel privado = privately.
    * a nivel regional = regionally.
    * a todos los niveles = at all levels.
    * a tres niveles = three-tiered.
    * a un alto nivel = high level [high-level].
    * a un nivel básico = at a lay level.
    * a un nivel por debajo del nacional = sub-national [subnational].
    * a varios niveles = multilevel [multi-level], at varying levels, many-levelled [many-leveled, -USA].
    * bajada de nivel = drawdown.
    * bajar el nivel = lower + the bar.
    * barrera de paso a nivel = level-crossing gate.
    * clasificado por nivel de dificultad = graded.
    * construido en dos niveles = split-level.
    * con una nivel de especialización medio = semi-skilled.
    * con un buen nivel = fluent.
    * con un mayor nivel educativo = better educated [better-educated].
    * con un menor nivel educativo = lesser-educated.
    * con un nivel de estudios alto = well educated [well-educated].
    * curva de nivel = contour line.
    * dar un nivel de prioridad alto = put + Nombre + high on + Posesivo + list of priorities.
    * de alto nivel = of a high order, high level [high-level], high-powered.
    * de bajo nivel = lower-level, low-level.
    * de diferentes niveles = multi-tiered [multitiered], multi-tier [multitier].
    * de dos niveles = two-tier.
    * de nivel cultural bajo = lowbrow [low-brow].
    * de nivel cultural medio = middlebrow [middle-brow].
    * de nivel intelectual bajo = lowbrow [low-brow].
    * de nivel intelectual medio = middlebrow [middle-brow].
    * de nivel medio = medium level [medium-level], middle-range, mid-level.
    * de nivel superior = upper-level, top echelon, higher-level.
    * de primer nivel = first-level.
    * descenso de nivel = drawdown.
    * descripción bibliográfica de primer nivel = first-level bibliographic description.
    * de segundo nivel = second-level.
    * de tercer nivel = third-level.
    * de tres niveles = three-tiered.
    * de varios niveles = multilevel [multi-level].
    * en cuatro niveles = quadraplaner.
    * en dos niveles = split-level.
    * en el nivel básico = at grass roots level.
    * en el nivel intermedio de = in the middle range of.
    * en el nivel medio de = in the middle range of.
    * en otro nivel = on a different plane.
    * en su nivel más bajo = at its lowest ebb.
    * en un nivel bajo = at a low ebb.
    * estar al mismo nivel = be on a par.
    * gestor de nivel medio = middle manager.
    * gran nivel = high standard.
    * nivel alto de dirección = higher management.
    * nivel alto de gestión = higher management.
    * nivel avanzado = advanced level.
    * nivel básico = introductory level.
    * nivel cultural = literacy.
    * nivel de aceptación = adoption rate, acceptance rate.
    * nivel de adopción = adoption rate.
    * nivel de alfabetización = literacy, literacy rate.
    * nivel de analfabetismo = illiteracy rate.
    * nivel de atención = attention span.
    * nivel de azúcar en la sangre = level of blood sugar.
    * nivel de cobertura = depth of coverage.
    * nivel de colesterol = cholesterol level.
    * nivel de colesterol en la sangre = blood cholesterol level.
    * nivel de confianza = confidence level.
    * nivel de demanda = level of demand.
    * nivel de desarrollo = stage of development, developmental level, development level, level of development.
    * nivel de detalle = completeness, granularity, level of detail.
    * nivel de dominio medio = working knowledge.
    * nivel de estudios = educational background, level of education.
    * nivel de ingresos = income level, earning capacity, earning power.
    * nivel de la calle = road-level.
    * nivel del agua = water level.
    * nivel del alfabetización = literacy.
    * nivel de lectura = reading ability.
    * nivel de los usuarios = audience level.
    * nivel del público = audience level.
    * nivel del subconsciente, el = subconscious level, the.
    * nivel de luminosidad = light level.
    * nivel de pobreza = poverty level.
    * nivel de presentación = level of presentation.
    * nivel de ruido = noise level.
    * nivel de saciedad = point of futility.
    * nivel de satisfacción del usuario = user satisfaction.
    * nivel de saturación = point of futility.
    * nivel de solvencia = credit rating.
    * nivel de subdivisión = granularity.
    * nivel de utilización = degree of use.
    * nivel de vida = standard of living, living standard.
    * nivel económico = wealth.
    * nivel educativo = educational level, education level, level of education.
    * nivel escolar = grade level.
    * niveles de detalle en la descripción = levels of detail in the description.
    * nivel freático = groundwater table, water table.
    * nivel inferior = micro level [micro-leve/microlevel].
    * nivel intermedio = meso level, intermediate level.
    * nivel introductorio = introductory level.
    * nivel jerárquico falso = false link.
    * nivel máximo = high-water mark.
    * nivel máximo del agua = high-water mark.
    * nivel medio = middle range.
    * nivel medio de gestión = middle management.
    * nivel mínimo = low-water mark.
    * nivel mínimo del agua = low-water mark.
    * nivel profesional = competence, professional level.
    * nivel salarial = salary bracket.
    * nivel socioeconómico = socioeconomic status.
    * nivel superior = top level, top layer, macro level [macro-leve/macrolevel].
    * ocupar un nivel de prioridad alto = be high on + list, rank + high on the list of priorities.
    * pasar al siguiente nivel = move it up + a gear, take it up + a gear, notch it up + a gear, take it up + a notch, crank it up + a notch, crank it up + a gear, move it up + a notch.
    * paso a nivel = level-crossing.
    * persona con nivel cultural medio = middlebrow [middle-brow].
    * persona de nivel cultural bajo = lowbrow [low-brow].
    * persona de nivel intelectual bajo = lowbrow [low-brow].
    * poner al mismo nivel que = bring + Nombre + to a par with.
    * por niveles = multilayered [multi-layered/multi layered], multilayer, layered, tiered.
    * preparación contra emergencias a nivel nacional = domestic preparedness.
    * rebajarse al nivel de Alguien = get down to + Posesivo + level.
    * ser de alto nivel = be at a high level.
    * sin ningún nivel de especialización = unskilled.
    * situado a nivel de la calle = ground-floor.
    * subir de nivel = move it up + a gear, take it up + a gear, notch it up + a gear, take it up + a notch, crank it up + a notch, crank it up + a gear, move it up + a notch.
    * subir el nivel = raise + standard, raise + the bar.
    * teoría de niveles integrados = theory of integrative levels.
    * último nivel, el = bottom rung, the.

    * * *
    A
    1 (altura) level
    está a 2.300 metros sobre el nivel del mar it is 2,300 meters above sea level
    pon los cuadros al mismo nivel hang the pictures at the same height
    2 (en una escala, jerarquía) level
    negociaciones al más alto nivel top-level negotiations
    un funcionario de bajo nivel a low-ranking civil servant
    a nivel de mandos medios at middle-management level
    una solución a nivel internacional an international solution
    la obra no llega a pasar del nivel de un melodrama the play never rises above melodrama
    no está al nivel de los demás he's not up to the same standard as the others, he's not on a par with the others
    no supo estar al nivel de las circunstancias he failed to rise to the occasion, he didn't live up to expectations
    es incapaz de comprometerse tanto a nivel político como a nivel personal he's incapable of committing himself either politically or emotionally o on either a political or an emotional level
    Compuestos:
    standard of living
    water table
    B ( Const) tb
    nivel de burbuja or de aire spirit level
    * * *

     

    nivel sustantivo masculino

    b) (en escala, jerarquía) level;


    nivel de vida standard of living;
    no está al nivel de los demás he's not up to the same standard as the others;
    el nivel de las universidades mexicanas the standard of Mexican universities
    nivel sustantivo masculino
    1 (de las aguas, de un punto) level: estamos tres metros sobre el nivel del mar, we are at three metres above sea level
    2 (cultural, social, económico) level, standard: su nivel de francés es peor que el tuyo, her level of French is lower than yours
    3 (jerarquía) level
    4 (utensilio) level
    5 Ferroc paso a nivel, level crossing, US grade crossing
    ' nivel' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    alta
    - alto
    - altura
    - baja
    - bajo
    - escalón
    - indicador
    - indicadora
    - ministerial
    - paso
    - plana
    - plano
    - ras
    - tren
    - alcanzar
    - azúcar
    - chato
    - competir
    - creces
    - crecida
    - cultural
    - descender
    - descenso
    - desnivelado
    - elemental
    - elevar
    - equiparar
    - hundimiento
    - hundir
    - intermedio
    - menguar
    - parejo
    - rango
    - sobre
    - sobrepasar
    - superior
    English:
    above
    - academic
    - catch up
    - crossing
    - down
    - grade
    - ground level
    - high-level
    - high-powered
    - intermediate
    - keep up
    - level
    - level crossing
    - living standards
    - maintain
    - oil
    - oil gauge
    - par
    - plane
    - proficiency
    - quality
    - rank
    - reach
    - sea-level
    - spirit level
    - stand
    - standard
    - top
    - top-level
    - up to
    - water level
    - watermark
    - A level
    - basis
    - bracket
    - catch
    - comprehensive
    - contour
    - county
    - deck
    - degree
    - descend
    - dumb
    - ground
    - high
    - keep
    - lapse
    - living
    - lowest common denominator
    - low
    * * *
    nivel nm
    1. [altura] level, height;
    al nivel de level with;
    al nivel del mar at sea level;
    la capital está a 250 metros sobre el nivel del mar the capital is 250 metres above sea level
    2. [piso, capa] level
    Geol nivel freático groundwater level o table
    3. [grado] level, standard;
    a nivel europeo at a European level;
    son los líderes a nivel mundial they are the world leaders;
    un problema que hay que abordar a nivel mundial a problem that has to be tackled internationally o globally;
    tiene un buen nivel de inglés she speaks good English;
    en esa universidad tienen un nivel altísimo the standard at that university is very high;
    una reunión al más alto nivel a meeting at the highest level, a top-level meeting;
    al mismo nivel (que) on a level o par (with)
    Informát nivel de acceso access level;
    nivel de colesterol cholesterol level;
    Informát niveles de gris grey(scale) levels;
    nivel mental level of intelligence;
    nivel de vida standard of living
    4. [instrumento]
    nivel (de burbuja) spirit level
    5.
    a nivel de [considerado incorrecto] as regards, as for;
    a nivel de salarios as regards o as for salaries;
    a nivel personal estoy contento on a personal level I'm happy
    * * *
    m
    1 level;
    a nivel mundial/nacional at o on a global/national level;
    un incremento del 4% a nivel nacional a 4% increase nationwide
    2 ( altura) height
    * * *
    nivel nm
    1) : level, height
    nivel del mar: sea level
    2) : level, standard
    nivel de vida: standard of living
    * * *
    1. (en general) level
    2. (calidad) standard

    Spanish-English dictionary > nivel

  • 14 Reichtümer

    die Reichtümer
    resources (Pl.)
    * * *
    die
    1) ((usually in plural) the wealth of a country, or the supply of materials etc which bring this wealth: This country is rich in natural resources.) resource
    2) (wealth.) riches

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  • 15 σῴζω

    σῴζω fut. σώσω; 1 aor. ἔσωσα; pf. σέσωκα. Pass.: impf. ἐσῳζόμην; fut. σωθήσομαι; 1 aor. ἐσώθην; pf. 3 sing. σέσωται Ac 4:9 (UPZ 122, 18 [157 B.C.] σέσωμαι) w. σέσῳσται or σέσωσται as v.l. (s. Tdf. ad loc. and B-D-F §26); ptc. σεσῳσμένος Eph 2:5, 8 (Hom.+—σῴζω [=σωί̈ζω] and the forms surely derived fr. it are to be written w. ι subscript. On the other hand, it is not possible to say how far the ι has spread fr. the present to the tenses formed fr. the root σω-. Kühner-Bl. II 544; B-D-F §26; Mlt-H. 84; Mayser 134)
    ① to preserve or rescue fr. natural dangers and afflictions, save, keep from harm, preserve, rescue (X., An. 3, 2, 10 οἱ θεοὶ … ἱκανοί εἰσι κ. τοὺς μεγάλους ταχὺ μικροὺς ποιεῖν κ. τοὺς μικροὺς σῴζειν; Musonius p. 32, 10; Chion, Ep. 11; 12 θεοῦ σῴζοντος πλευσοῦμαι; Ar. [Milne 74, 15]).
    ⓐ save from death (ins [I B.C.]: Sb 8138, 34 σῴζονθʼ οὗτοι ἅπαντες who call upon Isis in the hour of death) τινά someone (Apollon. Rhod. 3, 323 θεός τις ἅμμʼ [=ἡμᾶς] ἐσάωσεν from danger of death at sea; Diod S 11, 92, 3; PsSol 13:2 ἀπὸ ῥομφαίας [cp. Ps 21:21]) Mt 14:30; 27:40, 42, 49; Mk 15:30f; Lk 23:35ab, 37, 39; 1 Cl 16:16 (Ps 21:9); 59, 4; AcPl Ha 5, 12. Pass. (TestJob 19:2 πῶς οὖν σὺ ἐσώθῃς;) Mt 24:22; Mk 13:20; J 11:12 (ἐγερθήσεται P75); Ac 27:20, 31; 1 Cl 7:6. Abs., w. acc. easily supplied Mt 8:25. ψυχὴν σῶσαι save a life (Achilles Tat. 5, 22, 6; PTebt 56, 11 [II B.C.] σῶσαι ψυχὰς πολλάς; EpArist 292; Jos., Ant. 11, 255) Mk 3:4; Lk 6:9; 21:19 v.l. τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ σῶσαι save one’s own life (Gen 19:17; 1 Km 19:11; Jer 31:6) Mt 16:25; Mk 8:35a=Lk 9:24a (on Mk 8:35b=Lk 9:24b s. 2aβ below); 17:33 v.l. (PGM 5, 140 κύριε [a god] σῶσον ψυχήν).
    ⓑ w. ἔκ τινος bring out safely fr. a situation fraught w. mortal danger (X., An. 3, 2, 11; SIG 1130, 1 ἐκ κινδύνων; OGI 69, 4; JosAs 4:8 ἐκ τοῦ λιμοῦ; 28:16 ἐκ τῆς ὀργῆς; Jos., C. Ap. 1, 286) ἐκ γῆς Αἰγύπτου Jd 5. ἐκ χειρὸς Φαραώ AcPl Ha 8, 11; ἐκ Σοδόμων 1 Cl 11:1 (Pla., Gorg. 511d ἐξ Αἰγίνης δεῦρο). ἐκ τῆς ὥρας ταύτης J 12:27. ἐκ θανάτου from (the threat of) death (Hom. et al.; Pla., Gorg. 511c; UPZ 122, 18 [157 B.C.]) Hb 5:7.—Of the evil days of the last tribulation ἐν αἷς ἡμεῖς σωθησόμεθα B 8:6; cp. 1 Cl 59:4.
    ⓒ save/free from disease (Hippocr., Coacae Praenotiones 136 vol. 5 p. 612 L.; IG2, 1028, 89 [I B.C.]; Mitt-Wilck. I/2, 68, 32 [132 B.C.]: gods bring healing) or from possession by hostile spirits τινά someone ἡ πίστις σου σέσωκέν σε Mt 9:22a; Mk 5:34; 10:52; Lk 8:48; 17:19; 18:42. Cp. Js 5:15; AcPl Ha 5, 31. Pass. be restored to health, get well (Just., D. 112, 1; Ael. Aristid. 33, 9 K.=51 p. 573 D.) Mt 9:21, 22b; Mk 5:23, 28; 6:56; Lk 8:36; Ac 4:9; 14:9. Also of the restoration that comes about when death has already occurred Lk 8:50.
    ⓓ keep, preserve in good condition (pap; Did., Gen. 145, 1.—Theoph. Ant. 1, 12 [p. 84, 4]) τὶ someth. (Ath. 17, 2 ὁ τύπος … σῴζεται, R. 20 p. 73, 10 μνήμην and αἴσθησιν; Eunap., Vi. Soph. p. 107: θειασμός) pass. τὴν κλῆσιν σῴζεσθαι Hs 8, 11, 1.
    ⓔ pass. thrive, prosper, get on well (SibOr 5, 227) σῴζεσθαι ὅλον τὸ σῶμα 1 Cl 37:5. As a form of address used in parting σῴζεσθε farewell, remain in good health B 21:9 (cp. TestAbr B 2 p. 106, 1 [Stone p. 60] σῶσόν σε ὁ θεός).
    ② to save or preserve from transcendent danger or destruction, save/preserve from eternal death fr. judgment, and fr. all that might lead to such death, e.g. sin, also in a positive sense bring Messianic salvation, bring to salvation (LXX; Herm. Wr. 13, 19 σῴζειν=‘endow w. everlasting life’.—Of passing over into a state of salvation and a higher life: Cebes 3, 2; 4, 3; 14, 1. Opp. κολάζειν Orig., C. Cels. 2, 38, 16).
    ⓐ act. τινά someone or τὶ someth.
    α. of God and Christ: God (ApcEsdr 2:17 p. 26, 9 Tdf. σὺ δὲ ὸ̔ν θέλεις σῴζεις καὶ ὸ̔ν θέλεις ἀπολεῖς) 1 Cor 1:21; 2 Ti 1:9; Tit 3:5; AcPlCor 2:10, 16. The acc. is easily supplied Js 4:12. ὁ θεὸς ὁ σῴζων Mt 16:16 D.—Christ (Orig., C. Cels. 3, 14, 9): Mt 18:11; Lk 19:10; J 12:47; 1 Ti 1:15; 2 Ti 4:18 (εἰς 10d); Hb 7:25; MPol 9:3. σώσει τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν αὐτῶν Mt 1:21 (ς. ἀπό as Jos., Ant. 4, 128); also ἐκ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν αὐτῶν GJs 11:3; cp. 14:2. The acc. is to be supplied 2 Cl 1:7. διὰ τῶν ἁγνῶν ἀνδρῶν AcPl Ha 1, 16.
    β. of persons who are mediators of divine salvation: apostles Ro 11:14; 1 Cor 9:22; 1 Ti 4:16b. The believing partner in a mixed marriage 1 Cor 7:16ab (JJeremias, Die missionarische Aufgabe in der Mischehe, Bultmann Festschr. ’54, 255–60). One Christian of another σώσει ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ ἐκ θανάτου Js 5:20 (on ς. ἐκ θαν. s. 1a above). Cp. Jd 23. Of ultimate personal security 1 Ti 4:16a; Mk 8:35b=Lk 9:24b (for Mk 8:35a=Lk 9:24a s. 1a above).
    γ. of qualities, etc., that lead to salvation ἡ πίστις σου σέσωκέν σε Lk 7:50 (s. 1c above). Cp. Js 1:21; 2:14; 1 Pt 3:21; Hv 2, 3, 2. οὐ γάρ ἐστιν π[λοῦτος ἢ τὰ νῦν ἐν τῷ βίῳ λαμπ]ρ̣ὰ σώσι (=σώσει) σε it’s not [the wealth or pomp in this life] that will save you AcPl Ha 9, 8 (for the restoration s. corresponding expressions 2, 21–27).
    ⓑ pass. be saved, attain salvation (TestAbr A 11 p. 90, 3 [Stone p. 28] al.; Just., A I, 18, 8 al.; Theoph. Ant. 2, 14 [p. 136, 15]) Mt 10:22; 19:25; 24:13; Mk 10:26; 13:13; 16:16; Lk 8:12; 18:26; J 5:34; 10:9; Ac 2:21 (Jo 3:5); 15:1; 16:30f; Ro 10:9, 13 (Jo 3:5); 11:26; 1 Cor 5:5; 10:33; 1 Th 2:16; 2 Th 2:10; 1 Ti 2:4 (JTurmel, Rev. d’Hist. et de Littérature religieuses 5, 1900, 385–415); 1 Pt 4:18 (Pr 11:31); 2 Cl 4:2; 13:1; IPhld 5:2; Hs 9, 26, 6; AcPl Ha 1, 5 and 21.—σωθῆναι διά τινος through someone (Ctesias: 688 Fgm. 8a p. 452 Jac. [in Ps.-Demetr., Eloc. c. 213] σὺ μὲν διʼ ἐμὲ ἐσώθης, ἐγὼ δέ; Herm. Wr. 1, 26b ὅπως τὸ γένος τῆς ἀνθρωπότητος διὰ σοῦ ὑπὸ θεοῦ σωθῇ) J 3:17; 2 Cl 3:3; through someth. (Mel., P. 60, 440 διὰ τοῦ αἵματος) Ac 15:11; 1 Cor 15:2; 1 Ti 2:15 (διά A 3c); Hv 3, 3, 5; 3, 8, 3 (here faith appears as a person, but still remains as a saving quality); 4, 2, 4. ἔν τινι in or through someone 1 Cl 38:1; AcPl Ha 2, 29; in or through someth. Ac 4:12; 11:14; Ro 5:10. ὑπό τινος by someone (Herm. Wr. 9, 5 ὑπὸ τ. θεοῦ ς.; Philo, Leg. All. 2, 101 ὑπὸ θεοῦ σῴζεται) 2 Cl 8:2. ἀπό τινος save oneself by turning away from Ac 2:40 (on ς. ἀπό s. 2aα above; ELövestam, ASTI 12, ’83, 84–92). διά τινος ἀπό τινος through someone from someth. Ro 5:9.—χάριτι by grace Eph 2:5; Pol 1:3. τῇ χάριτι διὰ πίστεως Eph 2:8. τῇ ἐλπίδι ἐσώθημεν (only) in hope have we (thus far) been saved or it is in the context of this hope that we have been saved (i.e., what is to come climaxes what is reality now) Ro 8:24.—οἱ σῳζόμενοι those who are to be or are being saved (Iren. 1, 3, 5 [Harv. I 30, 9]) Lk 13:23; Ac 2:47 (BMeyer, CBQ 27, ’65, 37f: cp. Is 37:2); 1 Cor 1:18; 2 Cor 2:15 (opp. οἱ ἀπολλύμενοι in the last two passages); Rv 21:24 t.r. (Erasmian rdg.); 1 Cl 58:2; MPol 17:2.
    ③ Certain passages belong under 1 and 2 at the same time. They include Mk 8:35=Lk 9:24 (s. 1a and 2a β above) and Lk 9:[56] v.l., where σῴζειν is used in contrast to destruction by fire fr. heaven, but also denotes the bestowing of transcendent salvation (cp. Cornutus 16 p. 21, 9f οὐ πρὸς τὸ βλάπτειν, ἀλλὰ πρὸς τὸ σῴζειν γέγονεν ὁ λόγος [=Ἑρμῆς]). In Ro 9:27 τὸ ὑπόλειμμα σωθήσεται (Is 10:22) the remnant that is to escape death is interpreted to mean the minority who are to receive the Messianic salvation. In 1 Cor 3:15 escape fr. a burning house is a symbol for the attainment of eternal salvation (πῦρ a; cp. also Cebes 3, 4 ἐὰν δέ τις γνῷ, ἡ ἀφροσύνη ἀπόλλυται, αὐτὸς δὲ σῷζεται).—WWagner, Über σώζειν u. seine Derivata im NT: ZNW 6, 1905, 205–35; J-BColon, La conception du Salut d’après les Év. Syn.: RSR 10, 1930, 1–39; 189–217; 370–415; 11, ’31, 27–70; 193–223; 382–412; JSevenster, Het verlossingsbegrip bij Philo. Vergeleken met de verlossingsgedachten van de Syn. evangeliën ’36; PMinear, And Great Shall be your Reward ’41; MGoguel, Les fondements de l’assurance du salut chez l’ap. Paul: RHPR 17, ’38, 105–44; BHHW II 995, 1068.—B. 752. DELG s.v. σῶς. M-M. EDNT. TW. Spicq. Sv.

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  • 16 יפע

    יָפַע(b. h.; cmp. יָפֶה), Hif. הוֹפִיעַ 1) to join, arrive (cmp. אָתָא), to come forth, appear. Gen. R. s. 12 כל א׳ וא׳ה׳ בזמנו each (part of creation) came forth in its due time (though all were created at once). 2) to bring, transfer. B. Kam.38a (ref. to Deut. 33:2) מפארןה׳ ממונםוכ׳ from (what occurred at) Paran (the gentiles refusing to receive the Law) he (the Lord) transferred their wealth to Israel. 3) to bring about, bring to light, reveal. Gen. R. s. 90; Yalk. ib. 148 (play on צ̇פ̇נ̇ת̇ פ̇ע̇נ̇ח̇) צפ̇ונ̇ות̇ הופ̇יע̇ ונ̇ח̇ותוכ׳ he reveals secrets, and it is easy to him to tell them; צ̇פ̇ונ̇ות̇ הופיע̇ בדעת מנ̇יח̇וכ׳ he brings secret things to light through his intelligence; with them he sets mankind at ease. Macc.23b; Gen. R. s. 85 בג׳ מקומותה׳רוה״ק on three occasions did the holy spirit reveal (the true state of affairs); (oth. opin. v. פּוּעַ). Koh. R. to VII, 1 (play on פועה, Ex. 1:15) שהוֹפִיעָה את מעשה אחיה she (Miriam) brought about what happened to her brother (she was the cause of Moses peculiar career). 4) to lift up, raise. Ex. R. s. 1 (play on פועה, v. supra) שהופיעה את ישראלוכ׳ she (Miriam) lifted Israel up to God.ה׳ פנים כנגד to lift ones face up against, to have the courage to rebuke. Ib. שהופיעה פ׳ … וזקפהוכ׳ she lifted her face up against Pharaoh and turned her nose up against him (in angry rebuke). Ib. שה׳ פ׳ כנגד אביה she dared to reprove her father. Y.B. Kam.IV, 4b top.

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  • 17 יָפַע

    יָפַע(b. h.; cmp. יָפֶה), Hif. הוֹפִיעַ 1) to join, arrive (cmp. אָתָא), to come forth, appear. Gen. R. s. 12 כל א׳ וא׳ה׳ בזמנו each (part of creation) came forth in its due time (though all were created at once). 2) to bring, transfer. B. Kam.38a (ref. to Deut. 33:2) מפארןה׳ ממונםוכ׳ from (what occurred at) Paran (the gentiles refusing to receive the Law) he (the Lord) transferred their wealth to Israel. 3) to bring about, bring to light, reveal. Gen. R. s. 90; Yalk. ib. 148 (play on צ̇פ̇נ̇ת̇ פ̇ע̇נ̇ח̇) צפ̇ונ̇ות̇ הופ̇יע̇ ונ̇ח̇ותוכ׳ he reveals secrets, and it is easy to him to tell them; צ̇פ̇ונ̇ות̇ הופיע̇ בדעת מנ̇יח̇וכ׳ he brings secret things to light through his intelligence; with them he sets mankind at ease. Macc.23b; Gen. R. s. 85 בג׳ מקומותה׳רוה״ק on three occasions did the holy spirit reveal (the true state of affairs); (oth. opin. v. פּוּעַ). Koh. R. to VII, 1 (play on פועה, Ex. 1:15) שהוֹפִיעָה את מעשה אחיה she (Miriam) brought about what happened to her brother (she was the cause of Moses peculiar career). 4) to lift up, raise. Ex. R. s. 1 (play on פועה, v. supra) שהופיעה את ישראלוכ׳ she (Miriam) lifted Israel up to God.ה׳ פנים כנגד to lift ones face up against, to have the courage to rebuke. Ib. שהופיעה פ׳ … וזקפהוכ׳ she lifted her face up against Pharaoh and turned her nose up against him (in angry rebuke). Ib. שה׳ פ׳ כנגד אביה she dared to reprove her father. Y.B. Kam.IV, 4b top.

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  • 18 sammeln

    I v/t
    1. (Münzen, Spenden, Altpapier etc.) collect; (Holz) gather; (Beeren, Pilze etc.) auch pick; (Pflanzen) botanize; (Kräuter) herborize; (Wählerstimmen) canvass for
    2. (versammeln) gather; versprengte Truppen sammeln rally scattered troops; Anhänger etc. um sich sammeln gather supporters etc. around one
    3. (Erfahrungen, Material etc.) gather; (Informationen) collect, gather; Reichtümer sammeln accumulate wealth ( oder riches); Kenntnisse sammeln store knowledge; seine Gedanken sammeln collect ( oder gather) one’s thoughts; gesammelt
    II v/refl
    1. (sich ansammeln) gather, accumulate, collect; OPT. focus
    2. (sich versammeln) assemble, meet
    3. (sich konzentrieren) collect ( oder gather) one’s thoughts; (sich fassen) compose o.s.; ich muss mich erst ein wenig sammeln I need to gather my thoughts a bit first
    III v/i (Geld sammeln) collect money; für jemanden: auch pass the hat (a)round
    * * *
    das Sammeln
    gathering; collection; collection
    * * *
    sạm|meln ['zamln]
    1. vt
    to collect; Holz, Ähren, Fakten, Material, Erfahrungen auch to gather; Blumen, Pilze etc to pick, to gather; Truppen, Anhänger to gather, to assemble

    neue Kräfte sammeln — to build up one's energy again

    2. vr
    1) (= zusammenkommen) to gather, to collect; (Menschenmenge) to gather; (= sich anhäufen Wasser, Geld etc) to collect, to accumulate; (Lichtstrahlen) to converge, to meet
    2) (= sich konzentrieren) to collect or compose oneself or one's thoughts
    See:
    → auch gesammelt
    3. vi
    to collect ( für for)
    * * *
    1) (to collect or pick up small amounts of news, facts etc.) glean
    2) (to bring or come together; to gather: People are collecting in front of the house; I collect stamps; I'm collecting (money) for cancer research; He's trying to collect his thoughts.) collect
    3) (to collect or get: He gathered strawberries from the garden; to gather information.) gather
    * * *
    sam·meln
    [ˈzaml̩n]
    I. vt
    ▪ etw \sammeln to pick [or gather] sth
    ▪ etw \sammeln to gather sth
    etw von der Erde \sammeln to pick up sth sep [off the ground]
    ▪ etw \sammeln to collect sth
    ▪ etw \sammeln to collect sth [in]
    ▪ etw \sammeln to gather sth [in]
    Belege \sammeln to retain [or keep] receipts
    6. (um sich scharen)
    ▪ jdn [um sich akk] \sammeln to gather [or assemble] sb
    Truppen \sammeln to gather [or assemble] [or rally] troops
    ▪ etw \sammeln to gain [or acquire] sth
    Erinnerungen \sammeln to gather memories
    II. vr
    ▪ sich akk [an etw dat/auf etw dat/vor etw dat] \sammeln to assemble [at/on/in front of sth]
    2. (sich anhäufen)
    ▪ sich akk in etw dat \sammeln to collect [or accumulate] in sth
    ▪ sich akk \sammeln to collect [or compose] one's thoughts [or oneself
    III. vi
    ▪ [für jdn/etw] \sammeln to collect [for sb/sth]
    * * *
    1.
    transitives (auch intransitives) Verb collect; gather <honey, firewood, material, experiences, impressions, etc.>; gather, pick <berries, herbs, mushrooms, etc.>; gather < people> [together]; assemble < people>; cause < light rays> to converge
    2.
    1) gather [together]; < light rays> converge

    sich um jemanden/etwas sammeln — gather round somebody/something

    2) (sich konzentrieren) collect oneself; gather oneself together
    * * *
    A. v/t
    1. (Münzen, Spenden, Altpapier etc) collect; (Holz) gather; (Beeren, Pilze etc) auch pick; (Pflanzen) botanize; (Kräuter) herborize; (Wählerstimmen) canvass for
    2. (versammeln) gather;
    versprengte Truppen sammeln rally scattered troops;
    Anhänger etc
    um sich sammeln gather supporters etc around one
    3. (Erfahrungen, Material etc) gather; (Informationen) collect, gather;
    Reichtümer sammeln accumulate wealth ( oder riches);
    Kenntnisse sammeln store knowledge;
    seine Gedanken sammeln collect ( oder gather) one’s thoughts; → gesammelt
    B. v/r
    1. (sich ansammeln) gather, accumulate, collect; OPT focus
    2. (sich versammeln) assemble, meet
    3. (sich konzentrieren) collect ( oder gather) one’s thoughts; (sich fassen) compose o.s.;
    ich muss mich erst ein wenig sammeln I need to gather my thoughts a bit first
    C. v/i (Geld sammeln) collect money; für jemanden: auch pass the hat (a)round
    * * *
    1.
    transitives (auch intransitives) Verb collect; gather <honey, firewood, material, experiences, impressions, etc.>; gather, pick <berries, herbs, mushrooms, etc.>; gather < people> [together]; assemble < people>; cause < light rays> to converge
    2.
    1) gather [together]; < light rays> converge

    sich um jemanden/etwas sammeln — gather round somebody/something

    2) (sich konzentrieren) collect oneself; gather oneself together
    * * *
    n.
    gathering n.

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  • 19 aż

    Ⅰ conj. 1. (dopóki nie) until, till
    - dopóty ją błagał, aż się zgodziła he kept begging her until a. till she agreed
    - poczekaj, aż wrócę wait until a. till I get back
    - czekają, aż (on) umrze they are waiting until he dies a. for him to die
    - nie czekając, aż ogień się rozprzestrzeni, wezwała straż she called the fire brigade GB fire department US before the flames had a chance to spread
    - aż w końcu a. aż wreszcie until at last
    - aż tu (nagle) all of a sudden, suddenly
    - opalała się w ogrodzie, aż tu nagle jak nie lunie she was sunbathing in the garden, when all of a sudden the rain came pouring down
    - rozmawiamy sobie, aż tu słyszę: ktoś woła there we were talking, when all of a sudden I heard someone calling
    2. (tak bardzo, że) parskał ze śmiechu, aż mu się broda trzęsła he chortled so much that his chin was shaking
    - pioruny waliły, aż cały dom trząsł się the thunder was so loud that the whole house trembled
    - wrzeszczał, aż uszy puchły he was screaming his head off
    - ziewnął, aż mu żuchwa zatrzeszczała he yawned so widely that his jaws cracked
    Ⅱ part. 1. (z określeniem odległości) as far as, all of
    - do najbliższej wioski jest aż dwadzieścia kilometrów it’s as far a. as much as twenty kilometres to the nearest village
    - zatrzymał się aż pod lasem he got as far as the forest before he stopped
    - nie sądziłem, że granice miasta sięgają aż tak daleko I didn’t realize the town borders reached so far
    2. (z określeniem zakresu) aż do/z Berlina all the way to/from Berlin
    - aż po czubek głowy right to the top of one’s head
    - aż po szyję right up to the neck
    - aż do samego ministra right up to the minister himself
    - od sprzątaczki aż po dyrektora from the cleaner (right) up to the director
    - od prezesa wielkiej firmy aż do właściciela małego warsztatu from the president of a large company right down to the owner of a small workshop
    3. (z określeniem czasu) aż do XVI wieku up until as late as a. right up until the sixteenth century
    - aż do jego śmierci w 1887 roku (right up) until his death in 1887
    - aż do czasu uchwalenia budżetu until such time as the budget is passed
    - nie było go w Warszawie aż do lipca he was away from Warsaw right up until July
    - spał aż do południa he didn’t get up before noon, he slept until a. till noon
    - obiecał jej wierność aż po grób he promised her he would remain faithful to the grave a. until death
    4. (w określeniach ilości) (z policzalnymi) as many as, no fewer than; (z niepoliczalnymi) as much as, no less than
    - aż dziewięciu uczniów as many as a. no fewer than nine pupils
    - aż 70% as much as a. no less than 70 per cent
    - „to będzie kosztować 2000 złotych” – „aż tak dużo?” ‘it’s going to cost 2,000 zlotys’ – ‘as much as that?’
    - aż za dużo more than enough
    - nie powinieneś aż tyle pracować you shouldn’t work as much as that
    5. (określające stopień nasilenia) positively
    - pola aż złote od dojrzewającej pszenicy fields positively golden with ripening wheat
    - bogactwo aż kapie incredible wealth a. wealth dripping out of their ears
    - w domu aż pachnie od czystości it’s so clean in the house that you could eat your dinner off the floor
    - był ostrożny aż do przesady he was unduly a. exaggeratedly cautious
    - opowieść przejmująca aż do bólu a painfully gripping a. poignant story
    - było zimno aż nie do wytrzymania it was unbearably cold
    - uczuł taki zawrót głowy, że aż się zachwiał na nogach he felt so dizzy that he swayed on his legs
    - aż do skutku for as long as it takes, to the bitter end
    - będziemy negocjować aż do skutku we’ll continue negotiations until we get what we want
    - zajadał, że aż miło the way he was eating it was a pleasure to watch
    - ciemno/zimno (że) aż strach terribly a. awfully dark/cold
    - aż strach pomyśleć it doesn’t bear thinking about, one shudders to think
    - aż nadto more than enough
    - trunków było aż nadto there was more than enough to drink
    - jest aż nadto powodów, żeby wątpić w jego obietnice there’s more than enough reason for doubting his promises
    - dziewczyna aż nadto uprzejma an exceedingly polite girl
    - aż nadto dobrze only too well
    - znała go aż nadto dobrze she knew him too well
    - aż taki a. aż tak głodny/gruby so a. that hungry/fat
    - on nie jest aż taki beznadziejny he’s not that hopeless
    - wcale nie jest aż tak zimno it’s not that cold
    * * *
    1. conj
    till, until

    poczekaj, aż przyjdę — wait till I come

    poczekała, aż wyszedł — she waited until he had gone

    2. part

    aż tak dużo pieniędzy? — this lub that much money?

    * * *
    aż
    conj.
    till, until; poczekaj, aż przyjdę wait till I come.
    part.
    1. (wzmacnia, uwydatnia, poprzedzając wyrażenia z przyimkami) as... as..., as far as, as many as, as much as; till, until; all the way; dojechać aż do granicy go l. drive as far as the border, go l. drive all the way to the border; pracować od świtu aż do nocy work all day long, work from dawn till dusk; przywieźć coś aż z Los Angeles bring sth all the way from Los Angeles; posunąć się aż do kradzieży go so far as to steal; nie budzić aż do ostatniej chwili not wake up until the very last moment.
    2. (uwydatnia znaczenie, poprzedzając poszczególne części mowy) pochodzić aż z czasów rzymskich date as far back as the Roman times; wypić aż pięć piw drink as many as five beers.
    3. ( w utartych połączeniach) aż miło posłuchać it's a pleasure to listen; aż strach pomyśleć one shudders to think; aż do końca until the end; to the bitter end; aż do till, until, up to, as late as, as far back as.

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  • 20 descubrir

    v.
    1 to discover.
    Elsa descubrió el escondite Elsa discovered the hiding place.
    2 to unveil (destapar) (estatua, placa).
    la entrevista nos descubrió otra faceta de su personalidad the interview revealed another aspect of his character
    descubrir el pastel (figurative) to let the cat out of the bag, to give the game away
    3 to discover, to find out (enterarse de).
    descubrió que su mujer lo engañaba he discovered o found out that his wife was cheating on him
    4 to give away.
    5 to uncover, to bare, to find out.
    Elsa descubre sus brazos Elsa uncovers her arms.
    6 to disclose, to bare, to expose, to reveal.
    Teo descubrió su secreto Teo disclosed his secret.
    * * *
    (pp descubierto,-a)
    1 (gen) to discover; (petróleo, oro, minas) to find; (conspiración) to uncover; (crimen) to bring to light
    2 (revelar) to reveal
    3 (averiguar) to find out, discover
    4 (delatar) to give away
    5 (divisar) to make out, see
    6 (destapar) to uncover
    1 (la cabeza) to take off one's hat
    2 figurado (abrirse) to open one's heart (a/con, to)
    3 (en boxeo) to lower one's guard
    * * *
    verb
    1) to discover, find out
    * * *
    ( pp descubierto)
    1. VT
    1) (=encontrar) [+ tesoro, tratamiento, persona oculta] to discover, find; [+ país, deportista] to discover

    descubra Bruselas, corazón de Europa — discover Brussels, the heart of Europe

    2) (=averiguar) [+ verdad] to find out, discover

    he descubierto la causa de su malhumor — I've found out o discovered why he's in such a bad mood

    descubrió que era alérgica a las gambas — she found out o discovered she was allergic to prawns

    3) (=sacar a la luz) [+ conspiración, estafa] to uncover; [+ secreto, intenciones] to reveal

    nunca nos descubrirá sus secretos — he will never tell us his secrets, he will never reveal his secrets to us

    4) (=delatar) to give away
    5) (=destapar) [+ estatua, placa] to unveil; [+ cacerola] to take the lid off; [+ naipes] to turn over, lay up; [+ cara] to uncover

    descubrió la cara y su contrincante le asestó un derechazo en la mandíbula — he uncovered his face and his opponent landed a right on his jaw

    6) (=divisar) to make out
    7) liter (=transparentar) to reveal
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) <tierras/sustancia/fenómeno> to discover; <oro/ruinas/cadáver> to discover, find; < virus> to identify
    b) <artista/atleta> to discover
    2)
    a) (enterarse de, averiguar) <razón/solución> to discover, find out; <complot/engaño> to uncover; < fraude> to detect
    b) < persona escondida> to find, track down
    c) < culpable> find... out
    d) ( delatar) to give... away
    3)
    a) <estatua/placa> to unveil
    b) (liter) ( dejar ver) <cuerpo/forma> to reveal
    c) ( revelar) <planes/intenciones> to reveal
    2.
    descubrirse v pron
    1) (refl) ( quitarse el sombrero) to take one's hat off; < rostro> to uncover

    me descubro! — I take my hat off to you/him/them

    2) ( delatarse) to give oneself away
    * * *
    = dig up, discover, find out, unlock, spy, uncover, unearth, find, come to + light, unveil, ferret out, unfurl, lay + bare, tease apart, bare, suss (out).
    Ex. The list of changed headings is almost literally endless if you have the patience to dig them all up.
    Ex. This, in turn, depends upon users and user interests, and it may be necessary to conduct a survey to discover or update the profile of user interests.
    Ex. For example, a person can consult the system holdings files to find out whether a library in the network owns a copy of the document.
    Ex. NTIS is a key partner in unlocking the world's technology.
    Ex. She spied Asadorian in earnest converse with McSpadden.
    Ex. It requires an extraordinarily astute librarian to uncover this shortcoming at the interview stage.
    Ex. Librarians also provide some assistance with that most familiar and awkward-to-handle enquiry from library users concerning the possible value of Grandpa's old Bible or other old book unearthed in the attic during a clear-out.
    Ex. His trial came up in July 1892 and by then the city accountant had found that over $9,000 had been misappropriated.
    Ex. A further disquieting feature which came to light was the number of people who did not approach staff for help.
    Ex. Here is an institution which knows, neither rank nor wealth within its walls, which stops the ignorant peer or the ignorant monarch at its threshold, and declines to unveil to him its treasures, or to waste time upon him, and yet welcomes the workman according to his knowledge or thirst for knowledge.
    Ex. As a rule analysts are left on their own to ferret out useful and appropriate areas to be investigated.
    Ex. This volume is in fact three books shuffled together under one luscious cover, unfurling as a fantasia on technique that explores, among other things, Mau's riffs on modernism.
    Ex. The aim of this article is to lay bare the causes of this state of affairs.
    Ex. The author and his colleagues embarked on a series of studies to tease apart hereditary and environmental factors thought to be implicated in schizophrenia.
    Ex. The judge ruled that a magazine that published a photograph of a woman baring her breasts at a pig roast did not intrude on her privacy.
    Ex. He was incredulous when he sussed that the noises came from bona-fide gibbons.
    ----
    * descubrir Algo = make + a discovery.
    * descubrir el pastel = blow + the gaff, spill + the beans, let + the cat out of the bag.
    * descubrir una mina de oro = strike + gold, hit + the jackpot.
    * descubrir un secreto = spill + the beans, blow + the gaff, let + the cat out of the bag.
    * posibilidad de descubrir = discoverability.
    * sin descubrir = undiscovered.
    * volver a descubrir = rediscover.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) <tierras/sustancia/fenómeno> to discover; <oro/ruinas/cadáver> to discover, find; < virus> to identify
    b) <artista/atleta> to discover
    2)
    a) (enterarse de, averiguar) <razón/solución> to discover, find out; <complot/engaño> to uncover; < fraude> to detect
    b) < persona escondida> to find, track down
    c) < culpable> find... out
    d) ( delatar) to give... away
    3)
    a) <estatua/placa> to unveil
    b) (liter) ( dejar ver) <cuerpo/forma> to reveal
    c) ( revelar) <planes/intenciones> to reveal
    2.
    descubrirse v pron
    1) (refl) ( quitarse el sombrero) to take one's hat off; < rostro> to uncover

    me descubro! — I take my hat off to you/him/them

    2) ( delatarse) to give oneself away
    * * *
    = dig up, discover, find out, unlock, spy, uncover, unearth, find, come to + light, unveil, ferret out, unfurl, lay + bare, tease apart, bare, suss (out).

    Ex: The list of changed headings is almost literally endless if you have the patience to dig them all up.

    Ex: This, in turn, depends upon users and user interests, and it may be necessary to conduct a survey to discover or update the profile of user interests.
    Ex: For example, a person can consult the system holdings files to find out whether a library in the network owns a copy of the document.
    Ex: NTIS is a key partner in unlocking the world's technology.
    Ex: She spied Asadorian in earnest converse with McSpadden.
    Ex: It requires an extraordinarily astute librarian to uncover this shortcoming at the interview stage.
    Ex: Librarians also provide some assistance with that most familiar and awkward-to-handle enquiry from library users concerning the possible value of Grandpa's old Bible or other old book unearthed in the attic during a clear-out.
    Ex: His trial came up in July 1892 and by then the city accountant had found that over $9,000 had been misappropriated.
    Ex: A further disquieting feature which came to light was the number of people who did not approach staff for help.
    Ex: Here is an institution which knows, neither rank nor wealth within its walls, which stops the ignorant peer or the ignorant monarch at its threshold, and declines to unveil to him its treasures, or to waste time upon him, and yet welcomes the workman according to his knowledge or thirst for knowledge.
    Ex: As a rule analysts are left on their own to ferret out useful and appropriate areas to be investigated.
    Ex: This volume is in fact three books shuffled together under one luscious cover, unfurling as a fantasia on technique that explores, among other things, Mau's riffs on modernism.
    Ex: The aim of this article is to lay bare the causes of this state of affairs.
    Ex: The author and his colleagues embarked on a series of studies to tease apart hereditary and environmental factors thought to be implicated in schizophrenia.
    Ex: The judge ruled that a magazine that published a photograph of a woman baring her breasts at a pig roast did not intrude on her privacy.
    Ex: He was incredulous when he sussed that the noises came from bona-fide gibbons.
    * descubrir Algo = make + a discovery.
    * descubrir el pastel = blow + the gaff, spill + the beans, let + the cat out of the bag.
    * descubrir una mina de oro = strike + gold, hit + the jackpot.
    * descubrir un secreto = spill + the beans, blow + the gaff, let + the cat out of the bag.
    * posibilidad de descubrir = discoverability.
    * sin descubrir = undiscovered.
    * volver a descubrir = rediscover.

    * * *
    vt
    A
    1 ‹tierras/sustancia/fenómeno› to discover; ‹oro/ruinas/cadáver› to discover, find
    en los análisis han descubierto unos anticuerpos extraños the tests have revealed o ( BrE) shown up the presence of unusual antibodies
    todavía no se ha descubierto el virus causante de la enfermedad the virus responsible for causing the disease has not yet been identified
    durante mi investigación descubrí este expediente in the course of my research I discovered o unearthed this dossier
    he descubierto un restaurante fabuloso cerca de aquí I've discovered a wonderful restaurant nearby
    2 ‹artista/atleta› to discover
    B
    1 (enterarse de, averiguar) to discover, find out
    descubrió que lo habían engañado he discovered o found out that he had been tricked
    aún no se han descubierto las causas del accidente the causes of the accident have not yet been established
    el complot fue descubierto a tiempo the plot was uncovered in time
    descubrieron el fraude cuando ya era demasiado tarde the fraud was detected when it was already too late
    en momentos como éstos descubres quiénes son los verdaderos amigos it's at times like these that you find out who your real friends are
    2 ‹persona escondida› to find, track down
    3 ‹culpable› find … out
    no dijo nada por miedo a que lo descubrieran he said nothing for fear that he might be found out
    4 (delatar) to give … away
    la carta los descubrió the letter gave them away
    estamos preparando una fiesta para Pilar, no nos descubras we're arranging a party for Pilar, so don't give the game away
    C
    1 ‹estatua/placa› to unveil
    2 ( liter) (dejar ver) ‹cuerpo/forma› to reveal
    3 (revelar) ‹planes/intenciones› to reveal
    A ( refl) (quitarse el sombrero) to take one's hat off; ‹rostro› to uncover
    se descubrió el brazo para enseñar las cicatrices he pulled up his sleeve to show the scars
    ¡me descubro! I take my hat off to you/him/them
    B (delatarse) to give oneself away
    * * *

     

    descubrir ( conjugate descubrir) verbo transitivo
    1 ‹tierras/oro/artista› to discover
    2
    a) (enterarse de, averiguar) ‹razón/solución› to discover, find out;

    ‹complot/engaño› to uncover;
    ‹ fraude› to detect

    c) ‹ culpable› find … out

    d) ( delatar) to give … away

    3
    a) ‹estatua/placa› to unveil

    b) ( revelar) ‹planes/intenciones› to reveal

    descubrir verbo transitivo
    1 (algo oculto o ignorado) to discover
    (un plan secreto) to uncover
    (oro, petróleo, etc) to find
    2 (algo tapado) to uncover, (una placa conmemorativa) to unveil
    3 (enterarse) to find out: descubrió que no era hija de su padre, she found out that she wasn't her father's daughter
    4 (revelar, manifestar) to give away
    ' descubrir' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    adivinar
    - delatar
    - desvelar
    - encontrarse
    - hallar
    - instigación
    - sacar
    - coger
    - destapar
    - encontrar
    English:
    bare
    - bean
    - call
    - detect
    - dig out
    - discover
    - expose
    - find
    - find out
    - search out
    - see
    - show up
    - smell out
    - strike
    - uncover
    - unveil
    - cat
    - divine
    - ferret
    - rediscover
    - spot
    - spy
    - trace
    - unearth
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [hallar] to discover;
    [petróleo] to strike, to find; [oro, plutonio] to find; [nuevas tierras, artista, novedad científica] to discover;
    no han descubierto la causa de su enfermedad they haven't discovered the cause of his illness;
    callejeando descubrimos un bar irlandés we came across an Irish bar as we wandered about the streets;
    la policía descubrió al secuestrador the police found the kidnapper;
    Fam Hum
    ¡has descubierto América! you've reinvented the wheel
    2. [destapar] [estatua, placa] to unveil;
    [complot, parte del cuerpo] to uncover; [cualidades, defectos] to reveal;
    los periodistas descubrieron un caso de estafa the reporters uncovered a case of fraud;
    la entrevista nos descubrió otra faceta de su personalidad the interview revealed another aspect of his character;
    descubrir el pastel to let the cat out of the bag, to give the game away
    3. [enterarse de] to discover, to find out;
    ¿qué has conseguido descubrir? what have you managed to find out?;
    descubrió que su mujer lo engañaba he discovered o found out that his wife was cheating on him
    4. [vislumbrar] to spot, to spy
    5. [delatar] to give away;
    una indiscreción la descubrió an indiscreet remark gave her away
    * * *
    <part descubierto> v/t
    1 territorio, cura etc discover
    2 ( averiguar) discover, find out
    3 poner de manifiesto uncover, reveal; estatua unveil
    * * *
    descubrir {2} vt
    1) hallar: to discover, to find out
    2) revelar: to uncover, to reveal
    * * *
    1. (encontrar, hallar) to discover
    2. (averiguar, enterarse) to find out [pt. & pp. found]

    Spanish-English dictionary > descubrir

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