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1 doubt

doubt

A n doute m ; there is no doubt (that) il ne fait aucun doute que ; there is little doubt (that) il est presque certain que ; there is no doubt about sth il n'y a aucun doute sur qch ; there is no doubt about her guilt ou that she is guilty il n'y a aucun doute sur sa culpabilité ; (there's) no doubt about it il n'y a aucun doute là-dessus ; there is some doubt about its authenticity son authenticité est mise en doute ; there's (some) doubt about ou as to whether he will be able to come on ne sait pas s'il pourra venir ; there is no doubt in my mind that I'm right je suis convaincu que j'ai raison or d'avoir raison ; to have no doubt (that) ne pas douter que (+ subj) ; I have no doubt about her guilt ou that she is guilty je n'ai aucun doute sur sa culpabilité, je ne doute pas qu'elle soit coupable ; to have one's doubts about sth avoir des doutes sur qch, douter de qch ; I have my doubts! j'ai des doutes!, j'en doute! ; to have one's doubts (about) whether douter que (+ subj) ; I have my doubts about whether he's telling the truth je doute qu'il dise la vérité ; to have one's doubts about doing hésiter à faire ; no doubt sans doute ; no doubt the police will want to speak to you, the police will no doubt want to speak to you la police voudra sans doute vous parler ; to leave sb in no doubt about sth ne laisser à qn aucun doute quant à qch ; to be in doubt [outcome, project, future] être incertain ; [honesty, innocence, guilt] gen être douteux ; ( on particular occasion) être mis en doute ; [person] être dans le doute ; this report has put the whole project in doubt ce rapport a mis tout le projet en question ; the election result is not in any doubt le résultat de l'élection ne fait pas l'ombre d'un doute ; if/when in doubt dans le doute ; to be open to doubt [evidence, testimony] être sujet à caution ; to cast ou throw doubt on sth [person] mettre qch en doute ; [evidence, book] jeter le doute sur qch ; beyond (all) doubt, without (a) doubt sans aucun doute ; to prove sth beyond (all) doubt prouver qch de façon indubitable ; without the slightest doubt sans l'ombre d'un doute ; there is room for doubt le doute n'est pas exclu ; there is no room for doubt il n'y a aucun doute à avoir. ⇒ benefit.

B vtr douter de [fact, evidence, value, ability, honesty, person] ; I doubt it (very much)! j'en doute (beaucoup)! ; to doubt (if ou that ou whether) douter que (+ subj) ; I don't doubt that you're telling the truth je ne doute pas que vous disiez la vérité ; I didn't doubt that she would succeed je ne doutais pas qu'elle réussirait.

C vi douter.

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2 doubt

1. noun
1) Zweifel, der

doubt[s] [about or as to something/as to whether...] — (as to future) Ungewissheit, (as to fact) Unsicherheit [über etwas (Akk.) /darüber, ob...]

doubt[s] about or as to something, doubt of something — (inclination to disbelieve) Zweifel an etwas (Dat.)

there's no doubt that... — es besteht kein Zweifel daran, dass...

doubt[s] — (hesitations) Bedenken Pl.

have [one's] doubts about doing something — [seine] Bedenken haben, ob man etwas tun soll [oder nicht]

when or if in doubt — im Zweifelsfall

no doubt — (certainly) gewiss; (probably) sicherlich; (admittedly) wohl

cast doubt on something — etwas in Zweifel ziehen

2) no pl. (uncertain state of things) Ungewissheit, die

be in doubt — ungewiss sein

beyond [all] doubt, without [a] doubt — ohne [jeden] Zweifel
2. transitive verb
anzweifeln; zweifeln an (+ Dat.)

she doubted him — sie zweifelte an ihm

I don't doubt that or it — ich zweifle nicht daran

I doubt whether or if or that... — ich bezweifle, dass...

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1. verb
1) (to feel uncertain about, but inclined not to believe: I doubt if he'll come now; He might have a screwdriver, but I doubt it.) bezweifeln

2) (not to be sure of the reliability of: Sometimes I doubt your intelligence!) bezweifeln
2. noun
(a feeling of not being sure and sometimes of being suspicious: There is some doubt as to what happened; I have doubts about that place.) der Zweifel

- academic.ru/22012/doubtful">doubtful
- doubtfully
- doubtfulness
- doubtless
- beyond doubt
- in doubt
- no doubt
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doubt

[daʊt]

I. n

1. no pl (lack of certainty) Zweifel m ( about an + dat)

there seems to be some \doubt about the facts es scheint noch einige Zweifel zu geben, was die Fakten betrifft

▪ to be in \doubt fraglich [o zweifelhaft] sein

the future of the project is in \doubt die Zukunft des Projekts ist ungewiss

▪ to be in \doubt about sth über etw akk im Zweifel sein, sich dat über etw akk unschlüssig sein

not a shadow of a \doubt nicht der geringste Zweifel

no \doubt zweifellos, ohne Zweifel

open to \doubt fraglich, unsicher

beyond reasonable \doubt LAW jeden Zweifel ausschließend, zweifelsfrei

proof of guilt beyond all reasonable \doubt Schuldbeweis m, der jeden Zweifel ausschließt

without a \doubt ohne jeden Zweifel, zweifellos

to cast \doubt on sth etw in Zweifel ziehen

2. (feeling of uncertainty) Unsicherheit f, Ungewissheit f

I'm having \doubts about going to Africa ich bin mir noch unschlüssig, ob ich nach Afrika gehen soll

to have one's \doubts about sth seine Zweifel an etw dat haben

to have one's \doubts that... bezweifeln, dass...

to raise \doubts about sth Zweifel an etw dat aufkommen lassen

3. no pl (lack of belief) Zweifel m, Bedenken pl

I never had any \doubt [that] you would win ich habe nie im Geringsten daran gezweifelt, dass du gewinnen würdest

II. vt

1. (be unwilling to believe)

▪ to \doubt sb jdm misstrauen

▪ to \doubt sth Zweifel an etw dat haben, etw bezweifeln

she \doubted the evidence of her own eyes sie traute ihren eigenen Augen nicht

2. (call in question)

▪ to \doubt sb jdm nicht glauben

▪ to \doubt sth etw anzweifeln [o bezweifeln] [o infrage stellen]

to \doubt sb's abilities an jds Fähigkeiten zweifeln

to \doubt the authenticity of a document Zweifel an der Echtheit eines Dokuments haben

to \doubt sb's authority jds Autorität infrage stellen

to \doubt sb's sincerity [or veracity] Zweifel an jds Aufrichtigkeit haben

3. (feel uncertain)

▪ to \doubt that... bezweifeln, dass...

▪ to \doubt whether [or if] ... zweifeln, ob...

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[daʊt]
1. n
Zweifel m
to have one's doubts as to or about sth — (so) seine Bedenken hinsichtlich einer Sache (gen) haben

I have my doubts about her — ich habe bei ihr ( so) meine Bedenken

I have no doubts about taking the job — ich habe keine Bedenken, die Stelle anzunehmen

there's no doubt about it — daran gibt es keinen Zweifel

I have no doubt about it —

I have doubts whether he will come — ich bezweifle, dass er kommt

to cast doubt on sth — etw in Zweifel ziehen

there is room for doubt — es ist durchaus nicht sicher

to be open to doubt — fragwürdig sein

his reputation is in doubt —

to be in (some) doubt about sth — Zweifel an etw (dat) haben

to be in little doubt as to sth — keine Bedenken hinsichtlich einer Sache (gen) haben

I am in no doubt as to what or about what he means — ich bin mir völlig im Klaren darüber, was er meint

the outcome is still in doubt — das Ergebnis ist noch ungewiss

when in doubt — im Zweifelsfall

no doubt he will come tomorrow — höchstwahrscheinlich kommt er morgen

without (a) doubt — ohne Zweifel

I knew beyond doubt that... — ich wusste ohne jeden Zweifel, dass...

it must be proved beyond reasonable doubt — es muss ganz unzweifelhaft bewiesen werden

2. vt
bezweifeln; sb's honesty, truth of statement anzweifeln, Zweifel haben an (+dat)
to doubt sb's word — jds Wort anzweifeln

I'm sorry I doubted you (what you said) — es tut mir leid, dass ich dir nicht geglaubt habe; (your loyalty etc)

I doubt it ( very much) — das möchte ich (doch stark) bezweifeln, das bezweifle ich (sehr)

I don't doubt it — das bezweifle ich (auch gar) nicht

I doubt whether he will come — ich bezweifle, dass er kommen wird

3. vi
Zweifel haben or hegen
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doubt [daʊt]

A v/i

1. zweifeln ( of sth an einer Sache)

2. zögern, schwanken, Bedenken haben

B v/t

1. (es) bezweifeln, (daran) zweifeln, nicht sicher sein ( alle:

whether, if ob;

that dass; in verneinten und fragenden Sätzen:

that, but, but that dass):

I doubt whether he will come ich zweifle, ob er kommen wird;

I doubt that he can come ich bezweifle es, dass er kommen kann;

I don’t doubt that he will come ich zweifle nicht daran, dass er kommen wird

2. bezweifeln, anzweifeln, zweifeln an (dat):

I almost doubt it ich möchte es fast bezweifeln

3. misstrauen (dat), keinen Glauben schenken (dat):

doubt sb’s words

4. obs oder dial fürchten

C s

1. Zweifel m (of an dat; about, over hinsichtlich; that dass):

no doubt, without doubt, beyond doubt zweifellos, ohne Zweifel, zweifelsohne, fraglos, sicher(lich);

no doubt you would like a cup of tea du willst doch sicher eine Tasse Tee;

it is beyond doubt that … es steht außer Zweifel, dass …;

in doubt im oder in Zweifel, im Ungewissen ( → C 3);

be in doubt about Zweifel haben an (dat);

I’m in no doubt that … für mich gibt es keinen Zweifel, dass …;

leave sb in no doubt about jemanden nicht im Ungewissen oder Zweifel lassen über (akk);

there is no (not the smallest, little) doubt (that) es besteht kein (nicht der geringste, kaum ein) Zweifel darüber(, dass);

there are doubts that … es wird bezweifelt, dass …;

have no doubt ( oder not a doubt) of nicht zweifeln an (dat);

have no doubt that … nicht bezweifeln, dass …;

I’ve no doubt who did it für mich ist klar oder steht fest, wer es war;

have one’s doubts (so) seine Zweifel haben;

have one’s doubts about jemandem od einer Sache skeptisch gegenüberstehen;

leave no doubt(s) about keinen Zweifel lassen an (dat);

make no doubt sicher sein, keinen Zweifel hegen;

it is not in any doubt darüber besteht kein Zweifel

2. a) Bedenken n, Besorgnis f ( beide:

about wegen)

b) Argwohn m:

have some doubts left noch einige Bedenken hegen;

put in doubt fraglich oder fragwürdig erscheinen lassen;

raise doubts Zweifel aufkommen lassen

3. Ungewissheit f:

in doubt

a) ungewiss,

b) unschlüssig ( → C 1);

if ( oder when) in doubt im Zweifelsfall, wenn Sie sich nicht sicher sind; → benefit A 4

4. obs Schwierigkeit f, Problem n

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1. noun
1) Zweifel, der

doubt[s] [about or as to something/as to whether...] — (as to future) Ungewissheit, (as to fact) Unsicherheit [über etwas (Akk.) /darüber, ob...]

doubt[s] about or as to something, doubt of something — (inclination to disbelieve) Zweifel an etwas (Dat.)

there's no doubt that... — es besteht kein Zweifel daran, dass...

doubt[s] — (hesitations) Bedenken Pl.

have [one's] doubts about doing something — [seine] Bedenken haben, ob man etwas tun soll [oder nicht]

when or if in doubt — im Zweifelsfall

no doubt — (certainly) gewiss; (probably) sicherlich; (admittedly) wohl

cast doubt on something — etwas in Zweifel ziehen

2) no pl. (uncertain state of things) Ungewissheit, die

be in doubt — ungewiss sein

beyond [all] doubt, without [a] doubt — ohne [jeden] Zweifel
2. transitive verb
anzweifeln; zweifeln an (+ Dat.)

she doubted him — sie zweifelte an ihm

I don't doubt that or it — ich zweifle nicht daran

I doubt whether or if or that... — ich bezweifle, dass...

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n.

Bedenklichkeit f.

Zweifel - m. (of, about) v.

zweifeln (an) v. v.

anzweifeln v.

bezweifeln v.

English-german dictionary > doubt
3 doubt

1. verb
1) (to feel uncertain about, but inclined not to believe: I doubt if he'll come now; He might have a screwdriver, but I doubt it.) dudar

2) (not to be sure of the reliability of: Sometimes I doubt your intelligence!) dudar de

2. noun
(a feeling of not being sure and sometimes of being suspicious: There is some doubt as to what happened; I have doubts about that place.) duda

- doubtful
- doubtfully
- doubtfulness
- doubtless
- beyond doubt
- in doubt
- no doubt

doubt¹ n duda

there is no doubt about it de eso no cabe duda

doubt² vb dudar

I doubt if we shall see them again dudo que los volvamos a ver

doubt

tr[daʊt]

noun

1 (gen) duda; (uncertainty) incertidumbre nombre femenino

■ I have my doubts about him tengo mis dudas acerca de él

■ there's no doubt about it/that de eso no cabe duda, de eso no hay duda

■ there's still some doubt about his fitness aún existen ciertas dudas acerca de su forma física

transitive verb

1 (be uncertain about, not trust) dudar de

■ I'm sorry I doubted your word siento haber dudado de tu palabra

2 (consider unlikely) dudar

■ I doubt whether he'll come dudo que venga, no creo que venga

■ I very much doubt it lo dudo mucho

intransitive verb

1 dudar

\

SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

beyond (a/any) doubt sin duda alguna, fuera de (toda) duda

beyond all reasonable doubt SMALLLAW/SMALL más allá de toda duda fundada

if/when in doubt en caso de duda

no doubt sin duda, seguramente

to be in doubt (fact, integrity) estar en duda, estar en tela de juicio, ser dudoso,-a 2 (outcome, result) ser incierto,-a

to be in doubt about something dudar algo

to cast doubt on something poner algo en duda, poner algo en tela de juicio

to give somebody the benefit of the doubt conceder a alguien el beneficio de la duda

without (a) doubt sin duda alguna, sin la menor duda, indudablemente

doubt ['daʊt] vt

1) question: dudar de, cuestionar

2) distrust: desconfiar de

3) : dudar, creer poco probable

I doubt it very much: lo dudo mucho

doubt n

1) uncertainty: duda f, incertidumbre f

2) distrust: desconfianza f

3) skepticism: duda f, escepticismo m

doubt

n.

• dubitación s.f.

• duda s.f.

• espina s.f.

• reconcomio s.m.

• reparo s.m.

• rescoldo s.m.

• sospecha s.f.

v.

• dudar v.

• escrupulizar v.

• sospechar v.

• temer v.

I daʊt
noun

a) u ( uncertainty) duda f, incertidumbre f

no doubt she will phone — con seguridad que llama, seguro que llama

she is, without (a) doubt, the best — es, sin duda alguna or sin la menor duda or indudablemente, la mejor

his integrity is not in doubt — su integridad no está en duda or en tela de juicio

beyond reasonable doubt — ( Law) más allá de toda duda fundada

when in doubt — en caso de duda

if in doubt, don't go — si estás en (la) duda, no vayas

to cast doubt on something — poner* algo en duda

b) c ( reservation) duda f

I have my doubts — tengo mis dudas

II

transitive verb

a) \<\<factuth\>\> dudar de

I doubted my own eyes — no daba crédito a mis (propios) ojos

there was no doubting his enthusiasm — no se podía dudar de su entusiasmo

b) ( consider unlikely) dudar

I very much doubt it — lo dudo mucho

to doubt (THAT) o if o whether — dudar que (+ subj)

I doubt he'll agree — dudo que vaya a acceder

[daʊt]
1.

N (=uncertainty, qualm) duda f

• there is some doubt about it — sobre esto existen dudas

• beyond doubt — fuera de duda

beyond all reasonable doubt — más allá de toda duda

• to cast doubt on — poner en duda

• to clear up sb's doubts — sacar a algn de dudas

• to have one's doubts about sth — tener sus dudas acerca de algo

• to be in doubt — [person] tener dudas, dudar; [sb's honesty etc] ser dudoso

she was in doubt whether to... — dudaba si...

the matter is still in some doubt — el caso sigue siendo dudoso

if or when in doubt — en caso de duda

• no doubt! — ¡sin duda!

no doubt he will come — seguro que viene

there is no doubt of that — de eso no cabe duda

there is no doubt that — es indudable que, no cabe duda de que

I have no doubt that it is true — no me cabe duda de que es verdad

let there be no doubt about it — que nadie dude de esto

the marks left no doubt about how he died — las señales no dejaban lugar a dudas sobre cómo murió

• to throw doubt on — poner en duda

• without (a) doubt — sin duda (alguna)
plant 2., 2)
2. VT

1) [+ truth of statement etc] dudar

I doubt it very much — lo dudo mucho

I never doubted you — nunca tuve dudas acerca de ti

to doubt sb's loyalty — dudar de la lealtad de algn

2) (=be uncertain)

to doubt whether or if — dudar si

I don't doubt that he will come — no dudo que vaya a venir

3.

VI dudar

doubting Thomas — (fig) incrédulo(-a) m / f, escéptico(-a) m / f

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I [daʊt]
noun

a) u ( uncertainty) duda f, incertidumbre f

no doubt she will phone — con seguridad que llama, seguro que llama

she is, without (a) doubt, the best — es, sin duda alguna or sin la menor duda or indudablemente, la mejor

his integrity is not in doubt — su integridad no está en duda or en tela de juicio

beyond reasonable doubt — ( Law) más allá de toda duda fundada

when in doubt — en caso de duda

if in doubt, don't go — si estás en (la) duda, no vayas

to cast doubt on something — poner* algo en duda

b) c ( reservation) duda f

I have my doubts — tengo mis dudas

II

transitive verb

a) \<\<fact/truth\>\> dudar de

I doubted my own eyes — no daba crédito a mis (propios) ojos

there was no doubting his enthusiasm — no se podía dudar de su entusiasmo

b) ( consider unlikely) dudar

I very much doubt it — lo dudo mucho

to doubt (THAT) o if o whether — dudar que (+ subj)

I doubt he'll agree — dudo que vaya a acceder

English-spanish dictionary > doubt
4 doubt

doubt [daʊt]

1. noun

doute m

• it is not in doubt [outcome, result] cela ne fait aucun doute

• I am in no doubt about what he means je n'ai aucun doute sur ce qu'il veut dire

• there is room for doubt il est permis de douter

• there is some doubt as to whether he'll come on ne sait pas très bien s'il viendra ou non

• to have one's doubts about sth avoir des doutes sur qch

• to cast doubts on sth jeter le doute sur qch

• I have no doubts about it je n'en doute pas

• no doubt about it! cela va sans dire !

• there is no doubt that... il n'y a pas de doute que... + indic

• he'll come without any doubt il viendra sûrement

• no doubt sans doute

• without a doubt sans aucun doute

• it is beyond all doubt c'est indéniable

• beyond doubt [prove] de façon indubitable

• if in doubt en cas de doute

2. transitive verb

• to doubt sb/sth douter de qn/qch

• I doubt it j'en doute

► to doubt whether/that/if... douter que...

• I doubt whether he will come je doute qu'il vienne

• I don't doubt that he will come je ne doute pas qu'il vienne

• she didn't doubt that he would come elle ne doutait pas qu'il viendrait

• I doubt if that is what she wanted je doute que ce soit ce qu'elle voulait

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[daʊt] 1.
noun doute m

there is no doubt (that) — il ne fait aucun doute que

there is little doubt (that) — il est presque certain que

there is some doubt about its authenticity — son authenticité est mise en doute

there's (some) doubt as to whether he will be able to come — on ne sait pas s'il pourra venir

there is no doubt in my mind that I'm right — je suis convaincu d'avoir raison

to have one's doubts about doing — hésiter à faire

no doubt the police will want to speak to you — la police voudra sans doute vous parler

to leave somebody in no doubt about something — ne laisser à quelqu'un aucun doute quant à quelque chose

to be in doubt — [outcome, project] être incertain; [honesty, innocence, guilt] gen être douteux/-euse; ( on particular occasion) être mis en doute; [person] être dans le doute

the election result is not in any doubt — le résultat de l'élection ne fait pas l'ombre d'un doute

if ou when in doubt — dans le doute

to be open to doubt — [evidence, testimony] être sujet à caution

without (a) doubt — sans aucun doute

to prove something beyond (all) doubt — prouver quelque chose de façon indubitable
2.
transitive verb douter de [fact, value, ability, honesty, person]

I doubt it! — j'en doute!

to doubt (if ou that ou whether) — douter que (+ subj)
3.
intransitive verb douter

English-French dictionary > doubt
5 doubt

I [daʊt]
nome dubbio m.

there is no doubt (that) — non c'è (alcun) dubbio (che)

there is little doubt (that) — è quasi o praticamente certo (che)

there is some doubt about its authenticity — ci sono alcuni dubbi circa la sua autenticità

there's (some) doubt as to whether he will be able to come — non si sa se sarà in grado di venire

there is no doubt in my mind that I'm right — sono sicuro di avere ragione

to have one's doubts about doing — avere dubbi sul fare

no doubt — senza dubbio

to leave sb. in no doubt about sth. — non lasciare a qcn. alcun o nessun dubbio riguardo qcs.

to be in doubt — [outcome, project] essere incerto, in forse; [honesty, innocence] essere dubbio; (on particular occasion) essere messo in dubbio; [ person] essere in dubbio, avere o nutrire dei dubbi

if o when in doubt nel dubbio; to be open to doubt [evidence, testimony] dare adito a dubbi; to cast o throw doubt on sth. sollevare dubbi su qcs.; without (a) doubt senza (alcun) dubbio, senza possibilità di dubbio; to prove sth. beyond (all) doubt dimostrare qcs. al di là di ogni dubbio; without the slightest doubt — senza il minimo dubbio
II 1. [daʊt]
verbo transitivo dubitare di, mettere in dubbio [fact, ability, honesty]; dubitare di [ person]

I doubt it! — ne dubito!

to doubt (if o that o whether) — dubitare che
2.
verbo intransitivo dubitare

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1. verb
1) (to feel uncertain about, but inclined not to believe: I doubt if he'll come now; He might have a screwdriver, but I doubt it.) dubitare

2) (not to be sure of the reliability of: Sometimes I doubt your intelligence!) avere dubbi su
2. noun
(a feeling of not being sure and sometimes of being suspicious: There is some doubt as to what happened; I have doubts about that place.) dubbio

- doubtful
- doubtfully
- doubtfulness
- doubtless
- beyond doubt
- in doubt
- no doubt
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I [daʊt]
nome dubbio m.

there is no doubt (that) — non c'è (alcun) dubbio (che)

there is little doubt (that) — è quasi o praticamente certo (che)

there is some doubt about its authenticity — ci sono alcuni dubbi circa la sua autenticità

there's (some) doubt as to whether he will be able to come — non si sa se sarà in grado di venire

there is no doubt in my mind that I'm right — sono sicuro di avere ragione

to have one's doubts about doing — avere dubbi sul fare

no doubt — senza dubbio

to leave sb. in no doubt about sth. — non lasciare a qcn. alcun o nessun dubbio riguardo qcs.

to be in doubt — [outcome, project] essere incerto, in forse; [honesty, innocence] essere dubbio; (on particular occasion) essere messo in dubbio; [ person] essere in dubbio, avere o nutrire dei dubbi

if o when in doubt nel dubbio; to be open to doubt [evidence, testimony] dare adito a dubbi; to cast o throw doubt on sth. sollevare dubbi su qcs.; without (a) doubt senza (alcun) dubbio, senza possibilità di dubbio; to prove sth. beyond (all) doubt dimostrare qcs. al di là di ogni dubbio; without the slightest doubt — senza il minimo dubbio
II 1. [daʊt]
verbo transitivo dubitare di, mettere in dubbio [fact, ability, honesty]; dubitare di [ person]

I doubt it! — ne dubito!

to doubt (if o that o whether) — dubitare che
2.
verbo intransitivo dubitare

English-Italian dictionary > doubt
6 doubt

[daʊt] n

1) no pl ( lack of certainty) Zweifel m ( about an +dat);

there seems to be some \doubt about the facts es scheint noch einige Zweifel zu geben, was die Fakten betrifft;

to be in \doubt fraglich [o zweifelhaft] sein;

the future of the project is in \doubt die Zukunft des Projekts ist ungewiss;

to be in \doubt about sth über etw akk im Zweifel sein, sich dat über etw akk unschlüssig sein;

not a shadow of a \doubt nicht der geringste Zweifel;

no \doubt zweifellos, ohne Zweifel;

open to \doubt fraglich, unsicher;

beyond reasonable \doubt law jeden Zweifel ausschließend, zweifelsfrei;

without a \doubt ohne jeden Zweifel, zweifellos;

to cast \doubt on sth etw in Zweifel ziehen

2) ( feeling of uncertainty) Unsicherheit f, Ungewissheit f;

I'm having \doubts about going to Africa ich bin mir noch unschlüssig, ob ich nach Afrika gehen soll;

to have one's \doubts about sth seine Zweifel an etw dat haben;

to have one's \doubts that... bezweifeln, dass...;

to raise \doubts about sth Zweifel an etw dat aufkommen lassen

3) no pl ( lack of belief) Zweifel m, Bedenken pl;

I never had any \doubt [that] you would win ich habe nie im Geringsten daran gezweifelt, dass du gewinnen würdest vt

1) ( be unwilling to believe)

to \doubt sb jdm misstrauen;

to \doubt sth Zweifel an etw dat haben, etw bezweifeln;

she \doubted the evidence of her own eyes sie traute ihren eigenen Augen nicht

2) ( call in question)

to \doubt sb jdm nicht glauben;

to \doubt sth etw anzweifeln [o bezweifeln] [o in Frage stellen];

to \doubt sb's abilities an jds Fähigkeiten zweifeln;

to \doubt the authenticity of a document Zweifel an der Echtheit eines Dokuments haben;

to \doubt sb's authority jds Autorität in Frage stellen;

to \doubt sb's sincerity [or veracity] Zweifel an jds Aufrichtigkeit haben

3) ( feel uncertain)

to \doubt that... bezweifeln, dass...;

to \doubt whether [or if] ... zweifeln, ob...

English-German students dictionary > doubt
7 doubt

n. twijfel
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v. twijfelen, betwijfelen

doubt¹

[ daut] 〈 zelfstandig naamwoord〉

1 twijfel ⇒ onzekerheid, aarzeling

♦voorbeelden:

1   the benefit of the doubt • het voordeel van de twijfel

     be in no doubt about something • ergens zeker van zijn

     cast/throw doubt(s) (up)on • in twijfel trekken

     have one's doubts about something • ergens aan twijfelen

     beyond doubt • stellig, zonder enige twijfel

     in doubt • in onzekerheid

     without (a) doubt • ongetwijfeld

     no doubt • ongetwijfeld, zonder (enige) twijfel

     doubt (as to/about) whether, doubt if • onzekerheid of

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doubt²

〈 werkwoord〉

1 twijfelen (aan) ⇒ onzeker zijn, betwijfelen

♦voorbeelden:

1   doubt that/whether • (be)twijfelen of

English-Dutch dictionary > doubt
8 doubt

I [daut] n
сомнение, колебание, нерешительность

He will no doubt do it. — Он, несомненно, это сделает.

I have my doubts about it. — Я в этом не уверен. /У меня по этому поводу нет уверенности.

If you are in any doubt, consult me. — Если у вас возникнут какие-либо неясности/сомнения, обратитесь ко мне.

I am in no doubt aboout his ability. — У меня нет сомнений относительно его способностей.

When in doubt leave it out. — ◊ Не уверен, не делай

- some doubt
- great doubt
- matter of doubt
- in doubt
- with grave doubt
- without any doubt

- beyond the shadow of a doubt

- beyond doubt

- arouse doubt
- avoid any doubt
- be in doubt
- clear up all doubts
- express strong doubts
- have doubts about smth, smb
- have one's doubts
- leave little doubt
- remove all doubts
- share smb's doubts
- throw doubt on smb's statement
- there is a strong doubt II [daut] v
сомневаться, колебаться

How can you doubt of the firm's future? — Как ты можешь сомневаться в прекрасном будущем этой фирмы?

- doubt strongly
- doubt smth
- doubt smb's doing smth
- not to doubt that..
- doubt if..
- do you doubt that...?
USAGE:

Придаточное предложение после глагола doubt в утвердительных предложениях вводится союзами if, whether: I doubt if/whether he will corns сомневалось, что он придет; в отрицательных и вопросительных - с помощью союза that, который может быть опущен: don't doubt (that) he will come не сомневайся, что он придет; do you doubt that is true? вы сомневаетесь, что это правда

English-Russian combinatory dictionary > doubt
9 doubt ****

[daʊt]
1. n

dubbio

to be in doubt — essere in dubbio

without (a) doubt — senza dubbio

beyond doubt — fuor di dubbio

if in doubt — nell'incertezza, in caso di dubbio

no doubt — sicuramente

as you no doubt know... — come saprai sicuramente...

no doubt he will come — è probabile che venga

there is no doubt of that — su questo non c'è dubbio

I have my doubts about whether he'll come — ho i miei dubbi che venga

2. vt

1) (truth of statement) dubitare di

I don't doubt her honesty — non dubito della sua onestà

to doubt one's own eyes — non credere ai propri occhi

I doubt it very much — ne dubito proprio

you're a real doubting Thomas — sei proprio come San Tommaso

2)

(be uncertain) to doubt whether or if or that — dubitare che + sub

I don't doubt that he will come — non dubito or non ho dubbi che verrà

English-Italian dictionary > doubt ****
10 doubt

daut
1. сущ. сомнение, колебание, нерешительность;
неопределенность, неясность (about, of) to cast doubt on ≈ относиться с сомнением a deep, serious, strong doubt ≈ глубокое сомнение to dispel, resolve a doubt ≈ рассеивать сомнения to express, voice (a) doubt ≈ выражать сомнения to feel doubts, entertain doubts, harbor doubts ≈ сомневаться на счет a gnawing doubt ≈ грызущее сомнение in doubt ≈ под сомнением a lingering doubt ≈ мучительное сомнение to make doubt ≈ сомневаться to make no doubt ≈ не сомневаться;
быть уверенным to raise (a) doubt ≈ возбуждать сомнения a reasonable doubt ≈ оправданное сомнение a slight doubt ≈ легкое сомнение doubts appear, arise ≈ сомнения появляются, возникают no doubt ≈
1) несомненно, вне сомнения
2) конечно, непременно - without doubt Syn: uncertainty Ant: assurance, certainty, confidence, conviction
2. гл.
1) архаич. а) бояться. страшиться Syn: fear
2. б) подозревать Syn: suspect
3.
2) а) сомневаться, испытывать сомнения, не доверять to doubt strongly, very much ≈ сильно сомневаться How can you doubt of the firm's future? ≈ Как ты можешь сомневаться в прекрасном будущем этой фирмы? б) полагать маловероятным, сомневаться I doubt if I can go. ≈ Я не уверен, что смогу пойти. Syn: to consider unlikely
3) колебаться, сомневаться, не решаться сомнение;
нерешительность, колебание;
неясность - no * без сомнения;
(разговорное) очень может быть - no * he will come он, конечно, придет - without /beyond/ (a) *, beyond /past/ (all) * вне /без/ сомнения - beyond a shadow /without a shadow/ of (a) * вне всяких сомнений - to be in * сомневаться;
быть неясным - I am in * (as to) how to proceed я не знаю, как мне быть дальше - the issue of the battle is still in * исход битвы все еще не ясен - make no * about it не сомневайтесь в этом;
можете быть уверены в этом - to have *s of /as to/ smb.'s honesty сомневаться в чьей-л. честности - I have my *s whether he will come я не уверен /сомневаюсь/, что он придет - to have /to entertain/ grave *s about /as to/ smth. иметь серьезные опасения по поводу чего-л. - to throw /to cast/ * upon smth. подвергать что-л. сомнению, брать что-л. под сомнение - to raise *s возбуждать /вызывать/ сомнения - to resolve smb.'s *s разрешить чьи-л. сомнения - it's a matter of * whether... можно усомниться в том, что... - there is no * of his honesty в его честности сомневаться не приходится, его честность вне подозрений > to give smb. the benefit of the * принять на веру чьи-л. слова и т. п. ввиду отсутствия доказательств обратного сомневаться;
подвергать( что-л.) сомнению, быть неуверенным (в чем-л.) - to * smb.'s honesty сомневаться в чьей-л. честности - to * one's own eyes не верить собственным глазам - there was no *ing his sincerity не приходилось сомневаться в его искренности - I * if this is true не думаю, чтобы это было так - I don't * (but) that he will win я уверен /не сомневаюсь/ в его победе (устаревшее) (диалектизм) бояться, испытывать страх( устаревшее) (диалектизм) подозревать > nothing *ing ничтоже сумняшеся /сумняся/ doubt колебание ~ не доверять, подозревать;
you surely don't doubt me вы, надеюсь, мне доверяете ~ нерешительность ~ неясность ~ сомневаться, иметь сомнения;
быть неуверенным, колебаться ~ сомневаться ~ сомнение;
I have my doubts about him у меня на его счет есть сомнения;
the final outcome of this affair is still in doubt исход этого дела все еще не ясен ~ сомнение ~ сомнение;
I have my doubts about him у меня на его счет есть сомнения;
the final outcome of this affair is still in doubt исход этого дела все еще не ясен ~ сомнение;
I have my doubts about him у меня на его счет есть сомнения;
the final outcome of this affair is still in doubt исход этого дела все еще не ясен to make ~ сомневаться to make no ~ не сомневаться;
быть уверенным to make no ~ проверить;
make no doubt about it не сомневайтесь в этом, будьте уверены;
no doubt, without doubt, beyond doubt несомненно, вне сомнения to make no ~ проверить;
make no doubt about it не сомневайтесь в этом, будьте уверены;
no doubt, without doubt, beyond doubt несомненно, вне сомнения to make no ~ проверить;
make no doubt about it не сомневайтесь в этом, будьте уверены;
no doubt, without doubt, beyond doubt несомненно, вне сомнения no: ~ pron neg. не (= not a) ;
he is no fool он неглуп, он не дурак;
no such thing ничего подобного;
no doubt несомненно;
no wonder неудивительно there is not a shadow of ~ нет ни малейшего сомнения shadow: ~ тень, намек;
there is not a shadow of doubt нет ни малейшего сомнения to make no ~ проверить;
make no doubt about it не сомневайтесь в этом, будьте уверены;
no doubt, without doubt, beyond doubt несомненно, вне сомнения ~ не доверять, подозревать;
you surely don't doubt me вы, надеюсь, мне доверяете

Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > doubt
11 word

wə:d
1. noun
1) (the smallest unit of language (whether written, spoken or read).) palabra

2) (a (brief) conversation: I'd like a (quick) word with you in my office.) palabra

3) (news: When you get there, send word that you've arrived safely.) noticia

4) (a solemn promise: He gave her his word that it would never happen again.) palabra

2. verb
(to express in written or spoken language: How are you going to word the letter so that it doesn't seem rude?) expresar

- wording
- word processor
- word processing
- word-perfect
- by word of mouth
- get a word in edgeways
- in a word
- keep
- break one's word
- take someone at his word
- take at his word
- take someone's word for it
- word for word

word n palabra

what's does this word mean? ¿qué significa esta palabra?

he promised, he gave me his word me lo prometió, me dio su palabra

in other words en otras palabras

in your own words en tus propias palabras

to have a word with somebody hablar con alguien

I'll have a word with him about it hablaré con él / se lo comentaré

to take somebody's word for it aceptar lo que dice alguien

word

tr[wɜːd]

noun

1 (gen) palabra

tell me what happened in your own words explícame con tus propias palabras lo que pasó

I can't find the words to describe it no encuentro palabras para describirlo

he's a man of few words es un hombre poco hablador

don't believe a word he says no creas ni una palabra de lo que dice

he didn't say a word no dijo ni pío, no dijo ni una palabra

don't breathe a word of this no digas nada de esto, ni palabra de esto

it's your word against mine es tu palabra contra la mía

2 (message, news) noticia

there's been no word no hay noticias

word came that... llegó noticia (de) que...

he left no word of his new address no dejó dicha su nueva dirección

3 (promise) palabra

I give you my word te doy mi palabra

he's a man of his word es hombre de palabra

4 (command) orden nombre femenino

wait until I give the word espera hasta que dé la orden

just say the word no tienes más que pedirlo

his word is law su palabra es ley

5 SMALLLINGUISTICS/SMALL palabra, vocablo, voz nombre femenino

1 the word (rumour) voz nombre femenino, rumor nombre masculino

the word is that Macy's out corre la voz de que Macy ha salido

2 the Word SMALLRELIGION/SMALL el Verbo

plural noun words

1 (lyrics) letra f sing

1 (discussion, talk) palabras nombre femenino plural

transitive verb

1 expresar, formular, redactar

a well-worded letter una carta bien redactada

\

SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

from the word go desde el principio

in a word en una palabra

in other words o sea, es decir, en otras palabras

mark my words fíjate en lo que te digo

not in so many words no exactamente, no directamente, no con esas palabras

not to have a good word to say for somebody/something no decir absolutamente nada en favor de alguien/algo

to be as good as one's word cumplir su palabra

to be the last word in something ser el último grito en algo

to break/go back on one's word faltar a la palabra

to get a word in edgeways meter baza

to have a word with somebody hablar con alguien

to have somebody's word for it that... tener la palabra de alguien que...

you have my word tienes mi palabra

to have the last word decir la última palabra

to have words with somebody discutir con alguien, tener unas palabras con alguien

to keep one's word cumplir su palabra

not to mince one's words no tener pelos en la lengua

to put in/say a good word for somebody (intercede) interceder por alguien 2 (recommend) recomendar a alguien

to put something into words expresar algo con palabras

to put words in somebody's mouth poner palabras en boca de alguien

to take somebody at their word cogerle la palabra a alguien/algo

to take somebody's word for it aceptar lo que alguien le dice, creer a alguien, confiar en la palabra de alguien

take my word for it te lo aseguro

to take the words out of somebody's mouth quitarle la palabra de la boca a alguien

too... for words de lo más... que hay, indescriptiblemente...

it's too awful for words es demasiado horrible para explicarlo

I'm too happy for words no tengo palabras para explicar lo feliz que estoy

upon my word! ¡caramba!

without a word sin decir palabra, sin chistar

word for word palabra por palabra

words fail me no sé qué decir, no tengo palabras

a word of advice un consejo

a word of warning una advertencia

word of honour palabra de honor

word processing procesamiento de textos, tratamiento de textos

word processor procesador nombre masculino de textos

word ['wərd] vt

: expresar, formular, redactar

word n

1) : palabra f, vocablo m, voz f

word for word: palabra por palabra

in one's own words: en sus propias palabras

words fail me: me quedo sin habla

2) remark: palabra f

by word of mouth: de palabra

to have a word with: hablar (dos palabras) con

3) command: orden f

to give the word: dar la orden

just say the word: no tienes que decirlo

4) message, news: noticias fpl

is there any word from her?: ¿hay noticias de ella?

to send word: mandar un recado

5) promise: palabra f

to keep one's word: cumplir uno su palabra

6) words npl

quarrel: palabra f, riña f

to have words with: tener unas palabras con, reñir con

7) words npl

text: letra f (de una canción, etc.)

word

v.

• expresar v.

• redactar v.

n.

• dicción s.f.

• noticias s.f.pl.

• orden s.m.

• palabra s.f.

• palabras mayores s.m.

• verbo s.m.

• vocablo s.m.

• voz s.f.

I wɜːrd, wɜːd
noun

1) c (term, expression) palabra f, vocablo m (frml), voz f (frml)

`greenhouse' is written as one word — `greenhouse' se escribe todo junto

it's a long o big word — es una palabra difícil

bad o naughty o rude word — palabrota f, mala palabra f (esp AmL), garabato m (Chi)

what's the German word for `dog'? — ¿cómo se dice `perro' en alemán?

what's another word for `holiday'? — dame un sinónimo de `holiday'

he was... what's the word?... excommunicated — lo... ¿cómo se dice?... lo excomulgaron

she was lucky - lucky isn't the word! — tuvo suerte - suerte es poco decir!

for want of a better word — por así decirlo

he didn't say so in so many words, but that's what he meant — no lo dijo así or con esas palabras, pero eso es lo que quiso decir

in other words — ( introducing a reformulation) es decir, o sea

I have serious doubts about it - in other words you don't trust me — tengo mis serias dudas al respecto - lo que me estás diciendo es que no me tienes confianza

she's been promoted again - words fail me! — la han vuelto a ascender - no me lo puedo creer!

to have a way with words — tener* mucha labia or facilidad de palabra

it was too funny for words — fue graciosísimo

to be lost for words — no encontrar* palabras, no saber* qué decir

2) c ( thing said) palabra f

a word of warning — una advertencia

a word of advice — un consejo

I didn't say a word! — yo no dije nada!

she left without a word — se fue sin decir nada

I can't hear a word you're saying — no te oigo nada

I don't believe a word of it — no me lo creo

she doesn't speak a word of English — no habla ni una palabra de inglés

you're twisting my words! — estás tergiversando lo que dije!

he always has a kind word for everybody — es amable con todo el mundo

famous last words! — (set phrase)

nothing can possibly go wrong -famous last words! — nada puede salir mal -sí, créetelo! (iró)

without a word of a lie — (BrE) palabra (de honor)!

by word of mouth: the news spread by word of mouth la noticia se fue transmitiendo or propagando de boca en boca; people got to know about it by word of mouth la gente se enteró porque se corrió la voz; from the word go desde el primer momento or desde el principio, desde el vamos (CS); the last word: to have the last word tener* or decir* la última palabra; the last word in computers la última palabra en computadoras; to eat one's words: I was forced to eat my words me tuve que tragar lo que había dicho; to get a word in edgewise o (BrE) edgeways meter baza, meter la cuchara (fam); to hang on somebody's every word sorber las palabras de alguien; to have a word with somebody about something hablar con alguien de or sobre algo; to have a word in somebody's ear about something (BrE) hablar en privado con alguien de or sobre algo; to have words with somebody tener* unas palabras con alguien; to put in a (good) word for somebody recomendar* a alguien; ( for somebody in trouble) interceder por alguien; to put words into somebody's mouth atribuirle* a alguien algo que no dijo; to take the words out of somebody's mouth quitarle la(s) palabra(s) de la boca a alguien; to waste words gastar saliva; to weigh one's words medir* sus (or mis etc) palabras; there's many a true word spoken in jest! — lo dices en broma, pero...; mince I

3) ( assurance) (no pl) palabra f

to keep/give one's word — cumplir/dar* su (or mi etc) palabra

to break one's word, to go back on one's word faltar a su (or mi etc) palabra; we only have his word for it no tenemos pruebas de ello, solo su palabra; you can take my word for it te lo aseguro; a man of his word un hombre de palabra; to be as good as one's word: he was there all right, as good as his word allí estaba, tal como lo había prometido; to take somebody at her/his word — tomarle la palabra a alguien

4)

a) u (news, message)

there is still no word of survivors — todavía no se sabe si hay supervivientes

she left word with her secretary that... — dejó recado con la secretaria de que..., le dejó dicho a la secretaria que... (CS)

word has it that... — corre la noticia or el rumor or la voz de que..., dicen que..., se dice que...

to put the word out o about that... — hacer* correr la voz de que...

b) ( instruction)

if you need a hand just say the word — si quieres que te ayude no tienes más que pedirlo

to give the word (to + inf) — dar* la orden (de + inf)

5) words pl

a) ( lyrics) letra f

b) ( Theat)

he forgot his words — se le olvidó lo que tenía que decir

6) c ( Comput) palabra f

7)

a) ( Bib)

the Word — el Verbo

b) ( Relig)

the word — el evangelio, la palabra de Dios

II

transitive verb \<\<document/letter\>\> redactar; \<\<question\>\> formular

[wɜːd]
1. N

1) (gen) palabra f; (=remark) palabra f; (Ling) voz f, vocablo m

I remember every word he said — recuerdo todas y cada una de sus palabras

that's not the word I would have chosen — yo no me hubiera expresado así

the words — (=lyrics) la letra

• I won't hear a word against him — no permito que se le critique

• a big word * — una palabra difícil

• in word and deed — de palabra y hecho

• words fail me — no me lo puedo creer

words failed me — me quedé sin habla

• a man of few words — un hombre nada locuaz

• I can't find (the) words to tell you... — no encuentro palabras para decirte...

• fine words — palabras elocuentes (pero quizá poco sinceras)

• word for word — palabra por palabra

too stupid for words — de lo más estúpido

what's the word for "shop" in Spanish? — ¿cómo se dice "shop" en español?

the Spanish have a word for it — en español existe una palabra para eso

there is no other word for it — no se puede llamar de otro modo

silly isn't the word for it — ¡llamarle estúpido es poco!

• I can't get a word out of him — no logro sacarle una palabra

• in a word — en pocas palabras, en una palabra

in other words — en otros términos, es decir, esto es

in the words of Calderón — con palabras de Calderón, como dice Calderón

in his own words — con sus propias palabras

she didn't say so in so many words — no lo dijo exactamente así, no lo dijo así concretamente

• to have the last word in an argument — decir la última palabra en una discusión

• to measure one's words — medir las palabras

• by word of mouth — verbalmente, de palabra

• a word of advice — un consejo

a word of thanks — unas palabras de agradecimiento

a word of warning — una advertencia

• I can't put my feelings into words — no tengo palabras para expresar lo que siento

to put in a (good) word for sb — avalar a algn, interceder por algn

• don't say a word about it — no digas nada de eso

he never said a word — no dijo una sola palabra

he didn't say a word about it to me — ni me lo mencionó

nobody had a good word to say about him — nadie quería defenderle, nadie habló en su favor

I now call on Mr Allison to say a few words — ahora le cedo la palabra al Sr. Allison, ahora le invito al Sr. Allison a hacer uso de la palabra

• to weigh one's words — medir las palabras

• with these words, he sat down — y tras pronunciar estas palabras se sentó

• without a word — sin decir palabra or ni pío

- from the word go

- it's the last word in luxury

- you're putting words into my mouth

- you took the words right out of my mouth

- the word on the street is that...

- many a true word is spoken in jest

- a word to the wise
breathe 1., 2), eat 1., edgeways, mince
2) (=talk)

to have a word with sb — hablar (dos palabras) con algn, tener unas palabras con algn

I'll have a word with him about it — lo hablaré con él, se lo mencionaré

could I have a (short) word with you? — ¿puedo hablar un momento contigo?

I had a few words with him yesterday — tuve unas palabras con él ayer

to have a word in sb's ear — (Brit) decir algo a algn en confianza

3) (=angry words)

• to have words with sb — reñir or (esp LAm) pelear(se) con algn

the referee had words with him — el árbitro le dijo cuatro palabras

• words passed between them — cambiaron algunas palabras injuriosas

4) (no pl) (=message) recado m; (=news) noticia f, aviso m

• to bring word of sth to sb — informar a algn de algo

• word came that... — llegó noticia de que..., se supo que...

• if word gets out that... — si sale a la luz que..., si llega a saberse que...

• the word is going round that... — se dice que..., corre la voz de que...

• word has it that..., the word is that... — se dice que...

• to leave word (with/for sb) that... — dejar recado (con/para algn) de que..., dejar dicho (con/para algn) que...

• there's still no word from John — todavía no sabemos nada de John

• pass the word that it's time to go — diles que es hora de marcharnos

• to send word — mandar recado

to send sb word of sth — avisar a algn de algo

• to spread the word — propagar la noticia

5) (no pl) (=promise, assurance) palabra f (de honor)

• it's his word against mine — es su palabra contra la mía

• to take sb at his word — aceptar lo que algn dice

• to break one's word — faltar a or no cumplir la palabra

• to give sb one's word (that...) — dar la palabra a algn (de que...)

• to go back on one's word — faltar a la palabra

• you have my word — tienes mi palabra

we only have or we've only got her word for it — todo lo que sabemos es lo que ella dice

• to hold or keep sb to his word — hacer que algn cumpla su palabra

• word of honour — palabra f, palabra f de honor

• to keep one's word — cumplir (lo prometido)

• (upon) my word! — ¡caramba!

• he's a man of his word — es hombre de palabra

• I take your word for it — te creo, ¡basta con que me lo digas! *

take my word for it — te lo aseguro

- his word is

- be as good as one's word

6) (no pl) (=command) orden f

to give the word to do sth — dar la orden de hacer algo

you have only to say the word — solamente hace falta que des la orden

his word is law — su palabra es ley

word of command — voz f de mando

7) (Rel) verbo m, palabra f

the Word of God — el Verbo de Dios

2.

VT [+ letter etc] redactar

it's not very clearly worded — está mal redactado

how shall we word it? — ¿cómo lo expresamos?

a simply worded refusal — una negativa sencilla

a well worded declaration — una declaración bien expresada

3.

CPD

word association N — (Psych) asociación f de palabras

word blindness N — alexia f

word class N — categoría f gramatical (de las palabras)

word count N — recuento m de vocabulario

word formation N — formación f de palabras

word game N — juego m de formación de palabras

word list N — lista f de palabras, vocabulario m

word order N — orden m de palabras

word picture N — descripción f

word processing N — procesamiento m de textos

word processor N — procesador m de textos

* * *

I [wɜːrd, wɜːd]
noun

1) c (term, expression) palabra f, vocablo m (frml), voz f (frml)

`greenhouse' is written as one word — `greenhouse' se escribe todo junto

it's a long o big word — es una palabra difícil

bad o naughty o rude word — palabrota f, mala palabra f (esp AmL), garabato m (Chi)

what's the German word for `dog'? — ¿cómo se dice `perro' en alemán?

what's another word for `holiday'? — dame un sinónimo de `holiday'

he was... what's the word?... excommunicated — lo... ¿cómo se dice?... lo excomulgaron

she was lucky - lucky isn't the word! — tuvo suerte - suerte es poco decir!

for want of a better word — por así decirlo

he didn't say so in so many words, but that's what he meant — no lo dijo así or con esas palabras, pero eso es lo que quiso decir

in other words — ( introducing a reformulation) es decir, o sea

I have serious doubts about it - in other words you don't trust me — tengo mis serias dudas al respecto - lo que me estás diciendo es que no me tienes confianza

she's been promoted again - words fail me! — la han vuelto a ascender - no me lo puedo creer!

to have a way with words — tener* mucha labia or facilidad de palabra

it was too funny for words — fue graciosísimo

to be lost for words — no encontrar* palabras, no saber* qué decir

2) c ( thing said) palabra f

a word of warning — una advertencia

a word of advice — un consejo

I didn't say a word! — yo no dije nada!

she left without a word — se fue sin decir nada

I can't hear a word you're saying — no te oigo nada

I don't believe a word of it — no me lo creo

she doesn't speak a word of English — no habla ni una palabra de inglés

you're twisting my words! — estás tergiversando lo que dije!

he always has a kind word for everybody — es amable con todo el mundo

famous last words! — (set phrase)

nothing can possibly go wrong -famous last words! — nada puede salir mal -sí, créetelo! (iró)

without a word of a lie — (BrE) palabra (de honor)!

by word of mouth: the news spread by word of mouth la noticia se fue transmitiendo or propagando de boca en boca; people got to know about it by word of mouth la gente se enteró porque se corrió la voz; from the word go desde el primer momento or desde el principio, desde el vamos (CS); the last word: to have the last word tener* or decir* la última palabra; the last word in computers la última palabra en computadoras; to eat one's words: I was forced to eat my words me tuve que tragar lo que había dicho; to get a word in edgewise o (BrE) edgeways meter baza, meter la cuchara (fam); to hang on somebody's every word sorber las palabras de alguien; to have a word with somebody about something hablar con alguien de or sobre algo; to have a word in somebody's ear about something (BrE) hablar en privado con alguien de or sobre algo; to have words with somebody tener* unas palabras con alguien; to put in a (good) word for somebody recomendar* a alguien; ( for somebody in trouble) interceder por alguien; to put words into somebody's mouth atribuirle* a alguien algo que no dijo; to take the words out of somebody's mouth quitarle la(s) palabra(s) de la boca a alguien; to waste words gastar saliva; to weigh one's words medir* sus (or mis etc) palabras; there's many a true word spoken in jest! — lo dices en broma, pero...; mince I

3) ( assurance) (no pl) palabra f

to keep/give one's word — cumplir/dar* su (or mi etc) palabra

to break one's word, to go back on one's word faltar a su (or mi etc) palabra; we only have his word for it no tenemos pruebas de ello, solo su palabra; you can take my word for it te lo aseguro; a man of his word un hombre de palabra; to be as good as one's word: he was there all right, as good as his word allí estaba, tal como lo había prometido; to take somebody at her/his word — tomarle la palabra a alguien

4)

a) u (news, message)

there is still no word of survivors — todavía no se sabe si hay supervivientes

she left word with her secretary that... — dejó recado con la secretaria de que..., le dejó dicho a la secretaria que... (CS)

word has it that... — corre la noticia or el rumor or la voz de que..., dicen que..., se dice que...

to put the word out o about that... — hacer* correr la voz de que...

b) ( instruction)

if you need a hand just say the word — si quieres que te ayude no tienes más que pedirlo

to give the word (to + inf) — dar* la orden (de + inf)

5) words pl

a) ( lyrics) letra f

b) ( Theat)

he forgot his words — se le olvidó lo que tenía que decir

6) c ( Comput) palabra f

7)

a) ( Bib)

the Word — el Verbo

b) ( Relig)

the word — el evangelio, la palabra de Dios

II

transitive verb \<\<document/letter\>\> redactar; \<\<question\>\> formular

English-spanish dictionary > word
12 doubt

1. [daʋt] n
сомнение; нерешительность, колебание; неясность:

no doubt - а) без сомнения; no doubt he will come - он, конечно, придёт; б) разг. очень может быть

without /beyond/ (a) doubt, beyond /past/ (all) doubt - вне /без/ сомнения

beyond a shadow /without a shadow/ of (a) doubt - вне всяких сомнений

to be in doubt - а) сомневаться; I am in doubt (as to) how to proceed - я не знаю, как мне быть дальше; б) быть неясным; the issue of the battle is still in doubt - исход битвы всё ещё не ясен

make no doubt about it - не сомневайтесь в этом; можете быть уверены в этом

to have doubts of /as to/ smb.'s honesty - сомневаться в чьей-л. честности

I have my doubts whether he will come - я не уверен /сомневаюсь/, что он придёт

to have /to entertain/ grave doubts about /as to/ smth. - иметь серьёзные опасения по поводу чего-л.

to throw /to cast/ doubt upon smth. - подвергать что-л. сомнению, брать, что-л. под сомнение

to raise doubts - возбуждать /вызывать/ сомнения

to resolve smb.'s doubts - разрешить чьи-л. сомнения

it's a matter of doubt whether... - можно усомниться в том, что...

there is no doubt of his honesty - в его честности сомневаться не приходится, его честность вне подозрений

♢ to give smth. the benefit of the doubt - принять на веру чьи-л. слова и т. п. ввиду отсутствия доказательств обратного
2. [daʋt] v
1. сомневаться; подвергать (что-л.) сомнению, быть неуверенным (в чём-л.)

to doubt smb.'s honesty - сомневаться в чьей-л. честности

to doubt one's own eyes - не верить собственным глазам

there was no doubting his sincerity - не приходилось сомневаться в его искренности

I doubt if this is true - не думаю, чтобы это было так

I don't doubt (but) that he will win - я уверен /не сомневаюсь/ в его победе

2. уст., диал.

1) бояться, испытывать страх

2) подозревать

♢ nothing doubting - ничтоже сумняшеся /сумняся/

НБАРС > doubt
13 ♦ doubt

♦ doubt /daʊt/
n. [cu]

dubbio: I have no doubt about his honesty, non ho dubbi sulla sua onestà; I still have my doubts ( about it), ho sempre i miei dubbi (su ciò); There is some doubt as to the outcome, ci sono alcuni dubbi riguardo l'esito; There are grave doubts about the future of this species, ci sono seri dubbi sul futuro di questa specie; to raise (o to express) doubts, sollevare (o esprimere) dei dubbi; to cast (o to throw) doubt on st., mettere in dubbio qc., far dubitare di qc.; to entertain a doubt, avere un dubbio; to be assailed by a doubt, essere assaliti da un dubbio; grave doubts, gravi (o seri) dubbi; Doubts remain as to her intentions, rimangono dei dubbi quanto alle sue intenzioni

● beyond ( any) doubt, fuori di (ogni) dubbio; senza (alcun) dubbio □ (fam.) beyond reasonable doubt, oltre ogni ragionevole dubbio: to prove st. beyond any reasonable doubt, provare qc. oltre ogni ragionevole dubbio □ if (o when) in doubt, in caso di dubbio: If in doubt, check with a superior, in caso di dubbio, verificare con un superiore □ ( di esito) to be in doubt, essere dubbio (o incerto): The result is still in doubt, il risultato è ancora dubbio; His success is in doubt, la sua riuscita è in dubbio □ to be left in no doubt about st., non avere dubbi riguardo qc. □ to have no doubt that…, non aver dubbi che…; esser certo che… □ to be open to doubt, essere in dubbio: It is open to doubt whether they will be able to form a government, è in dubbio che riescano a formare un governo □ to give sb. the benefit of the doubt, concedere a q. il beneficio del dubbio □ no doubt, senza dubbio, indubbiamente: No doubt they'll come when they're ready, senza dubbio, verranno quando saranno pronti; No doubt he is very charming, but is he honest?; indubbiamente, è molto affascinante, ma sarà onesto? □ no doubt about it, non c'è dubbio: They'll get married, non doubt about it, si sposeranno, non c'è dubbio □ there is no (o little) doubt that…, non c'è dubbio che… □ without (a) doubt (o without a shadow of a doubt), senza dubbio, senza ombra di dubbio.
♦ (to) doubt /daʊt/
v. t.

dubitare di; mettere in dubbio: I doubt it, ne dubito; Do you doubt my word?, metti in dubbio la mia parola?; I never doubted him for an instant, non ho dubitato di lui neanche per un attimo; I doubt the truth of this story, ho dei dubbi sulla verità di questa storia; No one doubts his ability, nessuno dubita delle sue capacità; I don't doubt that he will be able to pay, non dubito che sarà in grado di pagare; I doubt he'll come, dubito che venga; I doubt if they'll believe you, dubito che ti crederanno

● (scherz.) a Doubting Thomas, un incredulo, uno scettico.

English-Italian dictionary > ♦ doubt
14 doubt

1. verb
1) (to feel uncertain about, but inclined not to believe: I doubt if he'll come now; He might have a screwdriver, but I doubt it.) tvile på, (be)tvile

2) (not to be sure of the reliability of: Sometimes I doubt your intelligence!) tvile på, ha sine tvil
2. noun
(a feeling of not being sure and sometimes of being suspicious: There is some doubt as to what happened; I have doubts about that place.) tvil, usikkerhet, frykt

- doubtful
- doubtfully
- doubtfulness
- doubtless
- beyond doubt
- in doubt
- no doubt

tvil
--------
tvile

I
subst. \/daʊt\/

tvil, uvisshet, usikkerhet, betenkelighet

all reasonable doubt ( jus) all rimelig tvil

beyond\/past (all) doubt hevet over (enhver) tvil, hevet over (all) tvil

give somebody the benefit of the doubt la tvilen komme noen til gode

have doubts about \/ as to ha tvil om, ha tvil når det gjelder, ha mistanker om, ha mistanker når det gjelder, ha betenkeligheter når det gjelder

be in doubt være i tvil, tvile, være usikker, være uviss

make no doubt vær du sikker

• make no doubt, he will win

vær du sikker, han kommer til å vinne

no doubt uten tvil, utvilsomt, (helt) sikkert, nok

• you won, no doubt

• there is no doubt about it

det hersker\/er ingen tvil om det

naturligvis, selvfølgelig

• he wanted to help, no doubt

throw doubt (up)on trekke noe i tvil, tvile på, betvile, sette spørsmålstegn ved

when in doubt om man er i tvil, om man er usikker

without (a) doubt uten tvil, utvilsomt

without\/beyond a shadow of doubt eller without\/beyond the shadow of a doubt uten skygge av tvil
II
verb \/daʊt\/

1) tvile, betvile, tvile på, være uviss, ikke tro på, mistro

• doubt the truth of something

• doubt one's senses

• I doubt whether\/if

jeg tviler på om\/hvorvidt

• I do not doubt that you are my friend

jeg tviler ikke på at du er min venn

2) ( gammeldags eller dialekt) frykte, ane, mistenke

doubting Thomas ( bibelsk) tvileren Tomas, skeptiker (overført)

doubt of tvile på

English-Norwegian dictionary > doubt
15 clear

1. adjective
1) klar; rein [Haut, Teint]

2) (distinct) scharf [Bild, Foto, Umriss]; deutlich [Abbild]; klar [Ton]; klar verständlich [Wort]

3) (obvious, unambiguous) klar [Aussage, Vorteil, Vorsprung, Mehrheit, Sieg, Fall]

make oneself clear — sich deutlich od. klar [genug] ausdrücken

make something clear — etwas deutlich zum Ausdruck bringen

make it clear [to somebody] that... — [jemandem] klar und deutlich sagen, dass...

4) (free) frei; (Horse-riding) fehlerfrei [Runde]

be clear of suspicion — nicht unter Verdacht stehen

we're in the clear — (free of suspicion) auf uns fällt kein Verdacht; (free of trouble) wir haben es geschafft

be three points clear — drei Punkte Vorsprung haben

5) (complete)

three clear days/lines — drei volle od. volle drei Tage/Zeilen

6) (open, unobstructed) frei

keep something clear — (not block) etwas frei halten

have a clear run — freie Fahrt haben

all clear — (one will not be detected) die Luft ist rein (ugs.); see also academic.ru/94374/all-clear">all-clear

the way is [now] clear [for somebody] to do something — (fig.) es steht [jemandem] nichts [mehr] im Wege, etwas zu tun

7) (discerning) klar

keep a clear head — einen klaren od. kühlen Kopf bewahren

8) (certain, confident)

be clear [on or about something] — sich (Dat.) [über etwas (Akk.)] im klaren sein
2. adverb
keep clear of something/somebody — etwas/jemanden meiden

‘keep clear’ — (don't approach) "Vorsicht [Zug usw.]"

please stand or keep clear of the door — bitte von der Tür zurücktreten

move something clear of something — etwas von etwas wegräumen

the driver was pulled clear of the wreckage — man zog den Fahrer aus dem Wrack seines Wagens
3. transitive verb
1) (make clear) klären [Flüssigkeit]

clear the air — lüften; (fig.) die Atmosphäre reinigen

2) (free from obstruction) räumen [Straße]; abräumen [Regal, Schreibtisch]; freimachen [Abfluss, Kanal]

clear the streets of snow — den Schnee von den Straßen räumen

clear a space for somebody/something — für jemanden/etwas Platz machen

clear one's throat — sich räuspern; see also deck 1. 1); way 1. 6)

3) (make empty) räumen; leeren [Briefkasten]

clear the room — das Zimmer räumen

clear the table — den Tisch abräumen

clear one's desk — seinen Schreibtisch ausräumen

clear one's plate — seinen Teller leer essen

4) (remove) wegräumen; beheben [Verstopfung]

clear something out of the way — etwas aus dem Weg räumen

5) (pass over without touching) nehmen [Hindernis]; überspringen [Latte]

6) (show to be innocent) freisprechen

clear oneself — seine Unschuld beweisen

clear somebody of something — jemanden von etwas freisprechen

clear one's name — seine Unschuld beweisen

7) (declare fit to have secret information) für unbedenklich erklären

8) (get permission for)

clear something with somebody — etwas von jemandem genehmigen lassen; (give permission for)

clear a plane for take-off/landing — einem Flugzeug Start-/Landeerlaubnis erteilen

9) (at customs)

clear customs — vom Zoll abgefertigt werden

10) (pay off) begleichen [Schuld]
4. intransitive verb
1) (become clear) klar werden; sich klären; [Wetter, Himmel:] sich aufheitern; (fig.) [Gesicht:] sich aufhellen

2) (disperse) [Nebel:] sich verziehen

Phrasal Verbs:

- clear away

- clear off

- clear out

- clear up

* * *
[kliə] 1. adjective
1) (easy to see through; transparent: clear glass.) klar

2) (free from mist or cloud: Isn't the sky clear!) klar

3) (easy to see, hear or understand: a clear explanation; The details on that photograph are very clear.) deutlich

4) (free from difficulty or obstacles: a clear road ahead.) frei

5) (free from guilt etc: a clear conscience.) rein

6) (free from doubt etc: Are you quite clear about what I mean?) sicher

7) ((often with of) without (risk of) being touched, caught etc: Is the ship clear of the rocks? clear of danger.) frei

8) ((often with of) free: clear of debt; clear of all infection.) frei
2. verb
1) (to make or become free from obstacles etc: He cleared the table; I cleared my throat; He cleared the path of debris.) reinigen

2) ((often with of) to prove the innocence of; to declare to be innocent: He was cleared of all charges.) freisprechen

3) ((of the sky etc) to become bright, free from cloud etc.) sich aufklären

4) (to get over or past something without touching it: He cleared the jump easily.) knapp vorbeikommen

•

- clearance
- clearing
- clearly
- clearness
- clear-cut
- clearway
- clear off
- clear out
- clear up
- in the clear
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clear

[klɪəʳ, AM klɪr]

I. ADJECTIVE

1. (understandable) definition, description, message klar; explanation, description also verständlich; (definite) impression, similarity eindeutig; (distinct) statement, stage klar, deutlich; signs deutlich

he wasn't very \clear er hat sich nicht sonderlich klar ausgedrückt

\clear instructions klare Anweisungen

to have \clear memories of sth ( fig) sich akk deutlich an etw akk erinnern können

a \clear picture ein scharfes Bild

to have a \clear perception of sth klare Vorstellungen von etw dat haben

to have a \clear understanding of sth ein klares Verständnis einer Sache haben

to make oneself \clear sich akk deutlich [o klar] ausdrücken

as \clear as a bell glockenhell, glockenrein

[as] \clear as day eindeutig, unmissverständlich

2. (obvious) klar, sicher

is that \clear? ist das klar?

it's \clear [to me] that... es ist [mir] klar, dass...

they have made it \clear that... sie haben es unmissverständlich klargemacht, dass...

Richard isn't at all \clear about what... Richard ist sich nicht im Mindesten darüber im Klaren, was...

it's not \clear whether... es ist nicht klar, ob...

he's a \clear favourite er ist ein klarer Favorit

he's got a \clear lead er führt eindeutig

a \clear case of... ein klarer Fall von...

a \clear majority eine klare Mehrheit

▪ to be \clear that... sich dat sicher sein, dass...

▪ to be \clear about sth sich dat über etw akk im Klaren sein

to get \clear about sth sich dat über etw akk klarwerden

to make one's position \clear seine Haltung deutlich machen

to make oneself \clear [to sb] sich akk [jdm] verständlich machen

to make sth \clear [to sb] etw [jdm gegenüber] klar zum Ausdruck bringen

do I make myself \clear? habe ich mich klar ausgedrückt?

as \clear as day sonnenklar

3. usu attr (unconfused) klar

to keep a \clear head einen klaren Kopf bewahren

a \clear thinker jd, der klar denken kann

4. (free)

▪ to be \clear of sth:

she's \clear of all suspicion sie ist frei von jeglichem Verdacht; (guilt-free)

to have a \clear conscience ein reines Gewissen haben

5. (unobstructed) passage, path frei; throat unbelegt; (complete) ganz, voll; ( fig)

could you see your way \clear to lending me some money? könntest du mir eventuell etwas Geld leihen?

a \clear view ein freier Blick, eine ungehinderte Aussicht

6. (transparent) glass durchsichtig; water, soup klar

as \clear as crystal kristallklar

that's as \clear as mud da blickt man gar nicht durch

7. (pure)

\clear complexion/skin reiner Teint/reine Haut

a \clear sound ein klarer Ton

8. (bright, shining) of colours, eyes leuchtend

9. (of weather, atmosphere) sky, day, night, air klar

\clear weather heiteres Wetter

10. inv (net) rein, netto

a \clear profit ein Reingewinn m

11. inv (not touching)

\clear jump fehlerfreier Sprung

12. inv (away from)

the gate must be \clear of the ground das Tor darf den Boden nicht berühren

... one wheel \clear of the ground... ein Rad ragte in die Luft

wait till we're \clear of the main road... warte, bis wir die Hauptstraße verlassen haben

to keep [or stay] [or steer] \clear of sb/sth sich akk von jdm/etw fernhalten

13.

▶ all \clear die Luft ist rein

▶ the coast is \clear die Luft ist rein fam

▶ out of a \clear sky aus heiterem Himmel

II. NOUN

▪ to be in the \clear außer Verdacht sein

III. ADVERB

1. (away from)

he jumped two centimetres \clear of the bar er sprang mit einem Abstand von zwei Zentimetern über die Leiste

please move \clear of the edge of the platform bitte von der Bahnsteigkante zurücktreten

make sure you park \clear of the kerb pass auf, dass du nicht zu nah am Randstein parkst

stand \clear of the doors (in underground) bitte zurückbleiben; (at train station) Türe schließen selbsttätig — Vorsicht bei der Abfahrt

to steer \clear of sth NAUT um etw herumsteuern

to steer \clear of sb jdn meiden

to steer \clear of a place um etw einen großen Bogen machen

to stand \clear [of sth] (by moving to the side) zur Seite gehen; (by moving back) zurückbleiben; (remain in a distance) von etw dat entfernt bleiben

to be thrown \clear of sth aus etw dat herausgeschleudert werden

to get \clear of sth etw hinter sich dat lassen

to be \clear of sth etw hinter sich dat gelassen haben

2. (distinctly)

to see \clear klar sehen

loud and \clear klar und deutlich

3. (entirely)

they got \clear away sie haben sich aus dem Staub gemacht

IV. TRANSITIVE VERB

1. (remove doubts)

▪ to \clear sth etw klären

2. (remove confusion)

to \clear one's head einen klaren Kopf bekommen

3. (remove obstruction)

▪ to \clear sth etw beseitigen; land, snow etw räumen

to \clear the road die Straße frei machen [o räumen]

▪ to \clear sth from [or off] sth etw von etw dat wegräumen

to \clear one's throat sich akk räuspern

to \clear the way for sb to do sth es jdm ermöglichen, etw zu tun

4. (remove blemish)

▪ to \clear sth etw reinigen

to \clear the air (remove dirt) die Luft reinigen; (remove bad feeling) die Atmosphäre reinigen

5. (empty)

▪ to \clear sth (of things) etw ausräumen

they \cleared the building in 3 minutes sie räumten das Gebäude in 3 Minuten

to \clear the table den Tisch abräumen

6. (acquit)

to \clear sb of charges LAW jdn freisprechen

to \clear sb of a crime LAW jdn eines Verbrechens freisprechen

to \clear sb's name jds Namen reinwaschen

7. (complete work)

▪ to \clear sth etw erledigen

8. FIN

Bill \clears $200 a week Bill macht 200 Dollar die Woche fam

to \clear a cheque einen Scheck freigeben, bestätigen, dass ein Scheck gedeckt ist

to \clear one's debts seine Schulden begleichen

to \clear a certain sum eine bestimmte Summe freigeben geh

9. (jump without touching)

▪ to \clear sth über etw akk springen

10. (approve)

you'll have to \clear that with the boss das müssen Sie mit dem Chef klären

11. (give official permission)

▪ to \clear sth etw genehmigen

to \clear a plane for take-off ein Flugzeug zum Start freigeben

▪ to \clear sth with sb etw mit jdm abklären

▪ to \clear sb to do sth jdm genehmigen, etw zu tun

to \clear customs Zollformalitäten erledigen

12. (in football)

to \clear the ball klären

to \clear the ball with one's head mit einem Kopfball klären

13.

▶ to \clear the decks ( fam) klar Schiff machen fam

V. INTRANSITIVE VERB

1. (delete) löschen

2. (become transparent) sich akk klären

3. (become free of blemish) sich akk reinigen

4. (weather) sich akk [auf]klären

it's \clearing up es klart auf, es wird klar; fog, smoke sich akk auflösen; (go, disappear)

▪ to \clear [away] verschwinden

5. FIN einen Scheck freigeben

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clear [klıə(r)]

A adj (adv → clearly)

1. klar, hell (Augen, Licht, Tag etc):

(as) clear as mud umg klar wie Kloßbrühe

2. a) klar, durchsichtig, rein: → crystal A 1, varnish A 2

b) deutlich, scharf (Foto, Konturen etc)

3. klar, heiter (Himmel, Wetter): → sky A 1

4. rein, flecken-, makellos (Haut etc)

5. klar, rein, hell (Stimme): → bell¹ A 1

6. fig klar, hell, scharf:

a clear head ein klarer oder heller Kopf

7. klar, unvermischt:

clear soup GASTR klare Suppe

8. Funk etc: unverschlüsselt:

clear text → C 1

9. übersichtlich, klar (Design etc)

10. klar, verständlich, deutlich:

make sth clear (to sb) (jemandem) etwas klarmachen oder verständlich machen;

make it clear that … klipp und klar sagen, dass …;

make o.s. clear sich deutlich oder klar (genug) ausdrücken

11. klar, offensichtlich:

a clear case of bribery;

a clear victory SPORT etc ein klarer Sieg;

gain a clear win over SPORT etc jemanden klar schlagen;

have a clear lead SPORT etc klar in Führung liegen;

be clear about sich im Klaren sein über (akk);

for no clear reason ohne ersichtlichen Grund

12. klar:

a) sicher

b) in Ordnung:

all clear alles klar; die Luft ist rein umg

13. frei (of von), unbehindert, offen:

clear road freie Straße;

clear of snow schneefrei;

put sb clear SPORT jemanden freispielen; → coast A 1

14. (of) frei (von Schulden etc), unbelastet (von):

clear of debt schuldenfrei;

clear title einwandfreier Rechtstitel;

a clear conscience ein reines Gewissen

15. WIRTSCH netto, Netto…, Rein…:

clear gain ( oder profit) Reingewinn m;

clear loss Nettoverlust m, reiner Verlust

16. glatt, voll, ganz:

clear 15 yards;

a clear 10 minutes volle 10 Minuten

17. TECH licht (Höhe etc)

B adv

1. hell, klar

2. klar, deutlich:

speak clear

3. umg völlig, ganz, glatt:

jump clear over the fence glatt über den Zaun springen

4. frei, los, weg ( alle:

of von):

keep clear of sich fernhalten von, meiden (akk);

be clear of sth etwas los sein;

get clear of loskommen von;

finish well clear of SPORT etc mit klarem oder deutlichem Vorsprung gewinnen vor (dat);

jump clear wegspringen, sich durch einen Sprung retten;

see one’s way clear freie Bahn haben; → stand B 6, steer¹ B 1

5. go clear (Springreiten) fehlerfrei oder ohne Abwurf bleiben

C s

1. freier Raum:

in the clear

a) frei, SPORT frei stehend,

b) fig aus der Sache heraus, besonders vom Verdacht gereinigt

2. Funk etc: Klartext m:

in the clear im Klartext

D v/t

1. oft clear away wegräumen, -schaffen ( beide:

from von), das Geschirr abräumen:

he cleared the thoughts from his mind er verscheuchte die Gedanken

2. eine Straße etc frei machen, einen Saal etc, WIRTSCH auch ein (Waren)Lager räumen: → head Bes Redew

3. den Tisch abräumen, abdecken: → table A 2

4. Land, einen Wald roden

5. reinigen, säubern:

clear one’s throat sich räuspern; → air¹ A 1, atmosphere 5

6. leeren, entladen

7. Schulden tilgen, bezahlen, bereinigen

8. von Schulden befreien

9. WIRTSCH

a) einen Scheck einlösen

b) einen Scheck etc durch ein Clearinghaus verrechnen lassen

c) als Reingewinn erzielen

10. frei-, lossprechen:

clear o.s. (sb) of a crime sich (jemanden) vom Verdacht eines Verbrechens reinigen;

clear one’s conscience sein Gewissen entlasten;

clear one’s name seinen Namen reinwaschen

11. → clear up A 2

12. allg abfertigen, besonders SCHIFF

a) Waren deklarieren, verzollen

b) das Schiff ausklarieren

c) aus dem Hafen auslaufen

d) die Ladung löschen

e) von der Küste freikommen:

clear the decks (for action) das Schiff gefechtsklar machen, fig sich bereit oder fertig machen

13. a) ein Hindernis (glatt) nehmen, über eine Hecke etc setzen: → hurdle A 1

b) SPORT die Latte, eine Höhe überspringen

14. (knapp oder heil) vorbeikommen an (dat):

his car just cleared the bus

15. clear the ball SPORT klären

16. Material freigeben (Militärzensur)

E v/i

1. sich klären (Wein etc), klar oder hell werden

2. aufklaren, sich aufhellen (Wetter)

3. oft clear away sich verziehen (Nebel etc)

4. WIRTSCH, SCHIFF

a) die Zollformalitäten erledigen

b) ausklarieren, den Hafen nach Erledigung der Zollformalitäten verlassen

5. Fußball etc: klären ( for a corner zur Ecke)

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1. adjective
1) klar; rein [Haut, Teint]

2) (distinct) scharf [Bild, Foto, Umriss]; deutlich [Abbild]; klar [Ton]; klar verständlich [Wort]

3) (obvious, unambiguous) klar [Aussage, Vorteil, Vorsprung, Mehrheit, Sieg, Fall]

make oneself clear — sich deutlich od. klar [genug] ausdrücken

make something clear — etwas deutlich zum Ausdruck bringen

make it clear [to somebody] that... — [jemandem] klar und deutlich sagen, dass...

4) (free) frei; (Horse-riding) fehlerfrei [Runde]

be clear of suspicion — nicht unter Verdacht stehen

we're in the clear — (free of suspicion) auf uns fällt kein Verdacht; (free of trouble) wir haben es geschafft

be three points clear — drei Punkte Vorsprung haben

5) (complete)

three clear days/lines — drei volle od. volle drei Tage/Zeilen

6) (open, unobstructed) frei

keep something clear — (not block) etwas frei halten

have a clear run — freie Fahrt haben

all clear — (one will not be detected) die Luft ist rein (ugs.); see also all-clear

the way is [now] clear [for somebody] to do something — (fig.) es steht [jemandem] nichts [mehr] im Wege, etwas zu tun

7) (discerning) klar

keep a clear head — einen klaren od. kühlen Kopf bewahren

8) (certain, confident)

be clear [on or about something] — sich (Dat.) [über etwas (Akk.)] im klaren sein
2. adverb
keep clear of something/somebody — etwas/jemanden meiden

‘keep clear’ — (don't approach) "Vorsicht [Zug usw.]"

please stand or keep clear of the door — bitte von der Tür zurücktreten

move something clear of something — etwas von etwas wegräumen

the driver was pulled clear of the wreckage — man zog den Fahrer aus dem Wrack seines Wagens
3. transitive verb
1) (make clear) klären [Flüssigkeit]

clear the air — lüften; (fig.) die Atmosphäre reinigen

2) (free from obstruction) räumen [Straße]; abräumen [Regal, Schreibtisch]; freimachen [Abfluss, Kanal]

clear the streets of snow — den Schnee von den Straßen räumen

clear a space for somebody/something — für jemanden/etwas Platz machen

clear one's throat — sich räuspern; see also deck 1. 1); way 1. 6)

3) (make empty) räumen; leeren [Briefkasten]

clear the room — das Zimmer räumen

clear the table — den Tisch abräumen

clear one's desk — seinen Schreibtisch ausräumen

clear one's plate — seinen Teller leer essen

4) (remove) wegräumen; beheben [Verstopfung]

clear something out of the way — etwas aus dem Weg räumen

5) (pass over without touching) nehmen [Hindernis]; überspringen [Latte]

6) (show to be innocent) freisprechen

clear oneself — seine Unschuld beweisen

clear somebody of something — jemanden von etwas freisprechen

clear one's name — seine Unschuld beweisen

7) (declare fit to have secret information) für unbedenklich erklären

8) (get permission for)

clear something with somebody — etwas von jemandem genehmigen lassen; (give permission for)

clear a plane for take-off/landing — einem Flugzeug Start-/Landeerlaubnis erteilen

9) (at customs)

clear customs — vom Zoll abgefertigt werden

10) (pay off) begleichen [Schuld]
4. intransitive verb
1) (become clear) klar werden; sich klären; [Wetter, Himmel:] sich aufheitern; (fig.) [Gesicht:] sich aufhellen

2) (disperse) [Nebel:] sich verziehen

Phrasal Verbs:

- clear away

- clear off

- clear out

- clear up

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adj.

deutlich adj.

eindeutig adj.

frei adj.

heiter adj.

hell adj.

klar adj.

übersichtlich (Kurve) adj.

übersichtlich (klar dargestellt) adj. v.

aufhellen v.

aufräumen v.

klären v.

löschen v.

reinigen v.

roden (Land) v.

räumen v.

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16 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.

    Contemporary Portugal

   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
17 open

open ['əʊpən]

ouvert ⇒ 1 (a)-(d), 1 (n), 1 (o), 1 (q)-(s) découvert ⇒ 1 (e) dégagé ⇒ 1 (g) vacant ⇒ 1 (h) libre ⇒ 1 (h) non résolu ⇒ 1 (k) franc ⇒ 1 (n) ouvrir ⇒ 2 (a)-(g), 3 (d) déboucher ⇒ 2 (a) commencer ⇒ 2 (e), 3 (e) engager ⇒ 2 (e) dégager ⇒ 2 (g) s'ouvrir ⇒ 3 (a)-(c)

1 adjective

(a) (not shut → window, cupboard, suitcase, jar, box, sore, valve) ouvert;

∎ her eyes were slightly open/wide open ses yeux étaient entrouverts/grands ouverts;

∎ he kicked the door open il a ouvert la porte d'un coup de pied;

∎ the panels slide open les panneaux s'ouvrent en coulissant;

∎ to smash/lever sth open ouvrir qch en le fracassant/à l'aide d'un levier;

∎ I can't get the bottle open je n'arrive pas à ouvrir la bouteille;

∎ there's a bottle already open in the fridge il y a une bouteille entamée dans le frigo;

∎ you won't need the key, the door's open tu n'auras pas besoin de la clef, la porte est ouverte

(b) (not fastened → coat, fly, packet) ouvert;

∎ his shirt was open to the waist sa chemise était ouverte ou déboutonnée jusqu'à la ceinture;

∎ his shirt was open at the neck le col de sa chemise était ouvert;

∎ her blouse hung open son chemisier était déboutonné;

∎ the wrapping had been torn open l'emballage avait été arraché ou déchiré

(c) (spread apart, unfolded → arms, book, magazine, umbrella) ouvert; (→ newspaper) ouvert, déplié; (→ legs, knees) écarté;

∎ the book lay open at page 6 le livre était ouvert à la page 6;

∎ I dropped the coin into his open hand or palm j'ai laissé tomber la pièce de monnaie dans le creux de sa main;

∎ the seams had split open les coutures avaient craqué;

∎ he ran into my open arms il s'est précipité dans mes bras

(d) (for business) ouvert;

∎ I couldn't find a bank open je n'ai pas pu trouver une banque qui soit ouverte;

∎ are you open on Saturdays? ouvrez-vous le samedi?;

∎ we're open for business as usual nous sommes ouverts comme à l'habitude;

∎ open to the public (museum etc) ouvert ou accessible au public;

∎ open late ouvert en nocturne

(e) (not covered → carriage, wagon, bus) découvert; (→ car) décapoté; (→ grave) ouvert; (→ boat) ouvert, non ponté; (→ courtyard, sewer) à ciel ouvert;

∎ the passengers sat on the open deck les passagers étaient assis sur le pont;

∎ the wine should be left open to breathe il faut laisser la bouteille ouverte pour que le vin puisse respirer

(f) (not enclosed → hillside, plain)

∎ the shelter was open on three sides l'abri était ouvert sur trois côtés;

∎ the hill was open to the elements la colline était exposée à tous les éléments;

∎ our neighbourhood lacks open space notre quartier manque d'espaces verts;

∎ the wide open spaces of Texas les grands espaces du Texas;

∎ shanty towns sprang up on every scrap of open ground des bidonvilles ont surgi sur la moindre parcelle de terrain vague;

∎ they were attacked in open country ils ont été attaqués en rase campagne;

∎ open countryside stretched away to the horizon la campagne s'étendait à perte de vue;

∎ open grazing land pâturages mpl non clôturés;

∎ ahead lay a vast stretch of open water au loin s'étendait une vaste étendue d'eau;

∎ in the open air en plein air;

∎ nothing beats life in the open air il n'y a rien de mieux que la vie au grand air;

∎ he took to the open road il a pris la route;

∎ it'll do 150 on the open road elle monte à 150 sur l'autoroute;

∎ the open sea la haute mer, le large

(g) (unobstructed → road, passage) dégagé; (→ mountain pass) ouvert, praticable; (→ waterway) ouvert à la navigation; (→ view) dégagé;

∎ only one lane on the bridge is open il n'y a qu'une voie ouverte à la circulation sur le pont

(h) (unoccupied, available → job) vacant; (→ period of time) libre;

∎ we have two positions open nous avons deux postes à pourvoir;

∎ I'll keep this Friday open for you je vous réserverai ce vendredi;

∎ she likes to keep her weekends open elle préfère ne pas faire de projets pour le week-end;

∎ it's the only course of action open to us c'est la seule chose que nous puissions faire;

∎ she used every opportunity open to her elle a profité de toutes les occasions qui se présentaient à elle;

∎ he wants to keep his options open il ne veut pas s'engager

(i) (unrestricted → competition) ouvert (à tous); (→ meeting, trial) public; (→ society) ouvert, démocratique;

∎ the contest is not open to company employees le concours n'est pas ouvert au personnel de la société;

∎ club membership is open to anyone aucune condition particulière n'est requise pour devenir membre du club;

∎ a career open to very few une carrière accessible à très peu de gens ou très fermée;

∎ there are few positions of responsibility open to immigrants les immigrés ont rarement accès aux postes de responsabilité;

∎ the field is wide open for someone with your talents pour quelqu'un d'aussi doué que vous, ce domaine offre des possibilités quasi illimitées;

∎ to extend an open invitation to sb inviter qn à venir chez soi quand il le souhaite;

∎ it's an open invitation to tax-dodgers/thieves c'est une invitation à la fraude fiscale/aux voleurs;

∎ American familiar Reno was a pretty open town in those days à cette époque, Reno était aux mains des hors-la-loi^□ ;

∎ they have an open marriage ils forment un couple très libre

(j) (unprotected, unguarded → flank, fire) ouvert; (→ wiring) non protégé;

∎ the two countries share miles of open border les deux pays sont séparés par des kilomètres de frontière non matérialisée;

∎ Sport he missed an open goal il n'y avait pas de défenseurs, et il a raté le but;

∎ to lay oneself open to criticism prêter le flanc à la critique

(k) (undecided → question) non résolu, non tranché;

∎ the election is still wide open l'élection n'est pas encore jouée;

∎ it's still an open question whether he'll resign or not on ne sait toujours pas s'il va démissionner;

∎ I prefer to leave the matter open je préfère laisser cette question en suspens;

∎ he wanted to leave the date open il n'a pas voulu fixer de date

(l) (liable)

∎ his speech is open to misunderstanding son discours peut prêter à confusion;

∎ the prices are not open to negotiation les prix ne sont pas négociables;

∎ the plan is open to modification le projet n'a pas encore été finalisé;

∎ it's open to debate whether she knew about it or not on peut se demander si elle était au courant;

∎ open to doubt douteux

(m) (receptive)

∎ to be open to suggestions être ouvert aux suggestions;

∎ I don't want to go but I'm open to persuasion je ne veux pas y aller mais je pourrais me laisser persuader;

∎ I try to keep an open mind about such things j'essaie de ne pas avoir de préjugés sur ces questions;

∎ open to any reasonable offer disposé à considérer toute offre raisonnable

(n) (candid → person, smile, countenance) ouvert, franc (franche); (→ discussion) franc (franche);

∎ let's be open with each other soyons francs l'un avec l'autre;

∎ they weren't very open about their intentions ils se sont montrés assez discrets en ce qui concerne leurs intentions;

∎ he is open about his homosexuality il ne cache pas son homosexualité

(o) (blatant → contempt, criticism, conflict, disagreement) ouvert; (→ attempt) non dissimulé; (→ scandal) public; (→ rivalry) déclaré;

∎ her open dislike son aversion déclarée;

∎ the country is in a state of open civil war le pays est en état de véritable guerre civile;

∎ they are in open revolt ils sont en révolte ouverte;

∎ they acted in open violation of the treaty ce qu'ils ont fait constitue une violation flagrante du traité;

∎ they showed an open disregard for the law ils ont fait preuve d'un manque de respect flagrant face à la loi;

∎ it's an open admission of guilt cela équivaut à un aveu

(p) (loose → weave) lâche

(q) Sport (play → free-flowing) ouvert, dégagé

(r) Linguistics (vowel, syllable) ouvert

(s) Electricity (circuit) ouvert

(t) British Finance (cheque) non barré

(u) Music (string) à vide

2 transitive verb

(a) (window, lock, shop, eyes, border) ouvrir; (wound) rouvrir; (bottle, can) ouvrir, déboucher; (wine) déboucher;

∎ open quotations or inverted commas ouvrez les guillemets;

∎ she opened her eyes very wide elle ouvrit grand les yeux, elle écarquilla les yeux;

∎ they plan to open the border to refugees ils projettent d'ouvrir la frontière aux réfugiés;

∎ Photography open the aperture one more stop ouvrez d'un diaphragme de plus;

∎ figurative to open one's heart to sb se confier à qn;

∎ we must open our minds to new ideas nous devons être ouverts aux idées nouvelles

(b) (unfasten → coat, envelope, gift, collar) ouvrir

(c) (unfold, spread apart → book, umbrella, penknife, arms, hand) ouvrir; (→ newspaper) ouvrir, déplier; (→ legs, knees) écarter

(d) (pierce → hole) percer; (→ breach) ouvrir; (→ way, passage) ouvrir, frayer;

∎ to open a road through the jungle ouvrir une route à travers la jungle;

∎ the agreement opens the way for peace l'accord va mener à la paix

(e) (start → campaign, discussion, account, trial) ouvrir, commencer; (→ negotiations) ouvrir, engager; (→ conversation) engager, entamer; Banking & Finance (→ account, loan) ouvrir;

∎ her new film opened the festival son dernier film a ouvert le festival;

∎ to open a file on sb ouvrir un dossier sur qn;

∎ to open fire (on or at sb) ouvrir le feu (sur qn);

∎ to open the bidding (in bridge) ouvrir (les enchères);

∎ to open the betting (in poker) lancer les enchères;

∎ Finance to open a line of credit ouvrir un crédit;

∎ to open Parliament ouvrir la session du Parlement;

∎ Law to open the case exposer les faits

(f) (set up → shop, business) ouvrir; (inaugurate → hospital, airport, library) ouvrir, inaugurer

(g) (clear, unblock → road, lane, passage) dégager; (→ mountain pass) ouvrir

3 intransitive verb

(a) (door, window) (s')ouvrir; (suitcase, valve, padlock, eyes) s'ouvrir;

∎ the window opens outwards la fenêtre (s')ouvre vers l'extérieur;

∎ open wide! ouvrez grand!;

∎ to open, press down and twist pour ouvrir, appuyez et tournez;

∎ both rooms open onto the corridor les deux chambres donnent ou ouvrent sur le couloir;

∎ figurative the heavens opened and we got drenched il s'est mis à tomber des trombes d'eau et on s'est fait tremper

(b) (unfold, spread apart → book, umbrella, parachute) s'ouvrir; (→ bud, leaf) s'ouvrir, s'épanouir;

∎ a new life opened before her une nouvelle vie s'ouvrait devant elle

(c) (gape → chasm) s'ouvrir

(d) (for business) ouvrir;

∎ what time do you open on Sundays? à quelle heure ouvrez-vous le dimanche?;

∎ the doors open at 8 p.m. les portes ouvrent à 20 heures;

∎ to open late ouvrir en nocturne

(e) (start → campaign, meeting, discussion, concert, play, story) commencer;

∎ the book opens with a murder le livre commence par un meurtre;

∎ the hunting season opens in September la chasse ouvre en septembre;

∎ she opened with a statement of the association's goals elle commença par une présentation des buts de l'association;

∎ the film opens next week le film sort la semaine prochaine;

∎ Theatre when are you opening? quand aura lieu la première?;

∎ when it opened on Broadway, the play flopped lorsqu'elle est sortie à Broadway, la pièce a fait un four;

∎ the Dow Jones opened at 2461 le Dow Jones a ouvert à 2461;

∎ to open with two clubs (in bridge) ouvrir de deux trèfles

4 noun

(a) (outdoors, open air)

∎ (out) in the open (gen) en plein air, dehors; (in countryside) au grand air;

∎ eating (out) in the open gives me an appetite manger au grand air me donne de l'appétit;

∎ to sleep in the open dormir à la belle étoile

(b) (public eye)

∎ to bring sth (out) into the open exposer ou étaler qch au grand jour;

∎ the riot brought the instability of the regime out into the open l'émeute a révélé l'instabilité du régime;

∎ the conflict finally came out into the open le conflit a finalement éclaté au grand jour

(c) Sport open m;

∎ the British Open (golf) l'open m ou le tournoi open de Grande-Bretagne;

∎ the French Open (tennis) Roland-Garros

►► Banking open account compte m ouvert;

open bar buvette f gratuite, bar m gratuit;

Banking open cheque chèque m ouvert ou non barré;

Military & Politics open city ville f ouverte;

School open classroom classe f primaire à activités libres;

Stock Exchange open contract position f ouverte;

Finance open credit crédit m à découvert;

British open day journée f portes ouvertes;

Economics open economy économie f ouverte;

open house American (open day) journée f portes ouvertes; (party) grande fête f;

∎ British to keep open house tenir table ouverte;

open inquiry enquête f publique;

British open learning enseignement m à la carte (par correspondance ou à temps partiel);

open letter lettre f ouverte;

∎ an open letter to the President une lettre ouverte au Président;

open market marché m libre;

∎ to buy sth on the open market acheter qch sur le marché libre;

∎ Stock Exchange to buy shares on the open market acheter des actions en Bourse;

open mike = période pendant laquelle les clients d'un café-théâtre ou d'un bar peuvent chanter ou raconter des histoires drôles au micro;

open mesh mailles fpl lâches;

Stock Exchange open money market marché m libre des capitaux;

Stock Exchange open outcry criée f;

Stock Exchange open outcry system système m de criée;

open pattern motif m aéré;

Insurance open policy police f flottante;

Stock Exchange open position position f ouverte;

American Politics open primary = élection primaire américaine ouverte aux non-inscrits d'un parti;

open prison prison f ouverte;

open sandwich (gen) tartine f; (cocktail food) canapé m;

open season saison f;

∎ the open season for hunting la saison de la chasse;

∎ figurative the tabloid papers have declared open season on the private lives of rock stars les journaux à scandale se sont mis à traquer les stars du rock dans leur vie privée;

Aviation & Theatre open seating places fpl non réservées;

British open secret secret m de Polichinelle;

∎ it's an open secret that Alison will get the job c'est Alison qui aura le poste, ce n'est un secret pour personne;

open sesame

1 exclamation

sésame, ouvre-toi!

2 noun

British (means to success) sésame m;

∎ good A level results aren't necessarily an open sesame to university de bons résultats aux "A levels" n'ouvrent pas forcément la porte de l'université;

Industry open shop British (open to non-union members) = entreprise ne pratiquant pas le monopole d'embauche; American (with no union) établissement m sans syndicat;

open ticket billet m open;

Sport open tournament (tournoi m) open m;

British Open University = enseignement universitaire par correspondance doublé d'émissions de télévision ou de radio;

Law open verdict verdict m de décès sans cause déterminée

➲ open out

1 intransitive verb

(a) (unfold → bud, petals) s'ouvrir, s'épanouir; (→ parachute) s'ouvrir; (→ sail) se gonfler;

∎ the sofa opens out into a bed le canapé est convertible en lit;

∎ the doors open out onto a terrace les portes donnent ou s'ouvrent sur une terrasse

(b) (lie → vista, valley) s'étendre, s'ouvrir;

∎ miles of wheatfields opened out before us des champs de blé s'étendaient devant nous à perte de vue

(c) (widen → path, stream) s'élargir;

∎ the river opens out into a lake la rivière se jette dans un lac;

∎ the trail finally opens out onto a plateau la piste débouche sur un plateau

(d) British figurative (become less reserved) s'ouvrir;

∎ he opened out after a few drinks quelques verres ont suffi à le faire sortir de sa réserve

2 separable transitive verb

(unfold → newspaper, deck chair, fan) ouvrir;

∎ the peacock opened out its tail le paon a fait la roue

➲ open up

1 intransitive verb

(a) (unlock the door) ouvrir;

∎ open up or I'll call the police! ouvrez, sinon j'appelle la police!;

∎ open up in there! ouvrez, là-dedans!

(b) (become available → possibility) s'ouvrir;

∎ we may have a position opening up in May il se peut que nous ayons un poste disponible en mai;

∎ new markets are opening up de nouveaux marchés sont en train de s'ouvrir

(c) (for business → shop, branch etc) (s')ouvrir;

∎ a new hotel opens up every week un nouvel hôtel ouvre ses portes chaque semaine

(d) (start firing → guns) faire feu, tirer; (→ troops, person) ouvrir le feu, se mettre à tirer

(e) (become less reserved → person) s'ouvrir; (→ discussion) s'animer;

∎ he won't open up even to me il ne s'ouvre pas, même à moi;

∎ he needs to open up about his feelings il a besoin de dire ce qu'il a sur le cœur ou de s'épancher;

∎ I got her to open up about her doubts j'ai réussi à la convaincre de me faire part de ses doutes

(f) (become interesting) devenir intéressant;

∎ things are beginning to open up in my field of research ça commence à bouger dans mon domaine de recherche;

∎ the game opened up in the last half le match est devenu plus ouvert après la mi-temps

2 separable transitive verb

(a) (crate, gift, bag, tomb) ouvrir;

∎ we're opening up the summer cottage this weekend nous ouvrons la maison de campagne ce week-end;

∎ the sleeping bag will dry faster if you open it up le sac de couchage séchera plus vite si tu l'ouvres

(b) (for business) ouvrir;

∎ each morning, Lucy opened up the shop chaque matin, Lucy ouvrait la boutique;

∎ he wants to open up a travel agency il veut ouvrir une agence de voyages

(c) (for development → isolated region) désenclaver; (→ quarry, oilfield) ouvrir, commencer l'exploitation de; (→ new markets) ouvrir;

∎ irrigation will open up new land for agriculture l'irrigation permettra la mise en culture de nouvelles terres;

∎ the airport opened up the island for tourism l'aéroport a ouvert l'île au tourisme;

∎ a discovery which opens up new fields of research une découverte qui crée de nouveaux domaines de recherche;

∎ the policy opened up possibilities for closer cooperation la politique a créé les conditions d'une coopération plus étroite

(d) familiar (accelerate)

∎ he opened it or her up il a accéléré à fond

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18 clear

[klɪəʳ, Am klɪr] adj

1) ( understandable) definition, description, message klar; explanation, description also verständlich;

( definite) impression, similarity eindeutig;

( distinct) statement, stage klar, deutlich; signs deutlich;

he wasn't very \clear er hat sich nicht sonderlich klar ausgedrückt;

\clear instructions klare Anweisungen;

to have \clear memories of sth ( fig) sich akk deutlich an etw akk erinnern können;

a \clear picture ein scharfes Bild;

to have a \clear perception of sth klare Vorstellungen von etw dat haben;

to have a \clear understanding of sth ein klares Verständnis einer Sache haben;

to make oneself \clear sich akk deutlich [o klar] ausdrücken;

as \clear as a bell glockenhell, glockenrein;

[as] \clear as day eindeutig, unmissverständlich

2) ( obvious) klar, sicher;

is that \clear? ist das klar?;

it's \clear [to me] that... es ist [mir] klar, dass...;

they have made it \clear that... sie haben es unmissverständlich klargemacht, dass...;

Richard isn't at all \clear about what... Richard ist sich nicht im Mindesten darüber im Klaren, was...;

it's not \clear whether... es ist nicht klar, ob...;

he's a \clear favourite er ist ein klarer Favorit;

he's got a \clear lead er führt eindeutig;

a \clear case of... ein klarer Fall von...;

a \clear majority eine klare Mehrheit;

to be \clear that... sich dat sicher sein, dass...;

to be \clear about sth sich dat über etw akk im Klaren sein;

to get \clear about sth sich dat über etw akk klar werden;

to make one's position \clear seine Haltung deutlich machen;

to make oneself \clear [to sb] sich akk [jdm] verständlich machen;

to make sth \clear [to sb] etw [jdm gegenüber] klar zum Ausdruck bringen;

do I make myself \clear? habe ich mich klar ausgedrückt?;

as \clear as day sonnenklar

3) usu attr ( unconfused) klar;

to keep a \clear head einen klaren Kopf bewahren;

a \clear thinker jd, der klar denken kann

4) ( free)

to be \clear of sth;

she's \clear of all suspicion sie ist frei von jeglichem Verdacht;

( guilt-free)

to have a \clear conscience ein reines Gewissen haben

5) ( unobstructed) passage, path frei; throat unbelegt;

( complete) ganz, voll; ( fig)

could you see your way \clear to lending me some money? könntest du mir eventuell etwas Geld leihen?;

a \clear view ein freier Blick, eine ungehinderte Aussicht

6) ( transparent) glass durchsichtig; water, soup klar;

as \clear as crystal kristallklar;

that's as \clear as mud da blickt man gar nicht durch

7) ( pure)

\clear complexion/ skin reiner Teint/reine Haut;

a \clear sound ein klarer Ton

8) (bright, shining) of colours, eyes leuchtend

9) (of weather, atmosphere) sky, day, night, air klar;

\clear weather heiteres Wetter

10) inv ( net) rein, netto;

a \clear profit ein Reingewinn m

11) inv ( not touching)

\clear jump fehlerfreier Sprung

12) inv ( away from)

the gate must be \clear of the ground das Tor darf den Boden nicht berühren;

... one wheel \clear of the ground... ein Rad ragte in die Luft;

wait till we're \clear of the main road... warte, bis wir die Hauptstraße verlassen haben;

to keep [or stay] [or steer] \clear of sb/ sth sich akk von jdm/etw fernhalten

PHRASES:

the coast is \clear die Luft ist rein ( fam)

out of a \clear sky aus heiterem Himmel;

all \clear die Luft ist rein n

to be in the \clear außer Verdacht sein adv

inv

1) ( away from)

he jumped two centimetres \clear of the bar er sprang mit einem Abstand von zwei Zentimetern über die Leiste;

please move \clear of the edge of the platform bitte von der Bahnsteigkante zurücktreten;

make sure you park \clear of the kerb pass auf, dass du nicht zu nah am Randstein parkst;

stand \clear of the doors ( in underground) bitte zurücktreten;

( at train station) Türen schließen selbsttätig;

to steer \clear of sth naut um etw herumsteuern;

to steer \clear of sb jdn meiden;

to steer \clear of a place um etw einen großen Bogen machen;

to stand \clear [of sth] ( by moving to the side) zur Seite gehen;

( by moving back) zurückbleiben;

( remain in a distance) von etw dat entfernt bleiben;

to be thrown \clear of sth aus etw dat herausgeschleudert werden;

to get \clear of sth etw hinter sich dat lassen;

to be \clear of sth etw hinter sich dat gelassen haben

2) ( distinctly)

to see \clear klar sehen;

loud and \clear klar und deutlich

3) ( entirely)

they got \clear away sie haben sich aus dem Staub gemacht vt

1) ( remove doubts)

to \clear sth etw klären

2) ( remove confusion)

to \clear one's head einen klaren Kopf bekommen

3) ( remove obstruction)

to \clear sth etw beseitigen; land, snow etw räumen;

to \clear the road die Straße frei machen [o räumen];

to \clear sth from [or off] sth etw von etw dat wegräumen;

to \clear one's throat sich akk räuspern;

to \clear the way for sb to do sth es jdm ermöglichen, etw zu tun

4) ( remove blemish)

to \clear sth etw reinigen;

to \clear the air ( remove dirt) die Luft reinigen;

( remove bad feeling) die Atmosphäre reinigen

5) ( empty)

to \clear sth ( of things) etw ausräumen;

they \cleared the building in 3 minutes sie räumten das Gebäude in 3 Minuten;

to \clear the table den Tisch abräumen

6) ( acquit)

to \clear sb of a crime jdn eines Verbrechens freisprechen;

to \clear sb's name jds Namen reinwaschen

7) ( complete work)

to \clear sth etw erledigen

8) fin

Bill \clears $200 a week Bill macht 200 Dollar die Woche ( fam)

to \clear a cheque einen Scheck freigeben, bestätigen, dass ein Scheck gedeckt ist;

to \clear one's debts seine Schulden begleichen;

to \clear a certain sum eine bestimmte Summe freigeben ( geh)

9) ( jump without touching)

to \clear sth über etw akk springen

10) ( approve)

you'll have to \clear that with the boss das müssen Sie mit dem Chef klären

11) ( give official permission)

to \clear sth etw genehmigen;

to \clear a plane for take-off ein Flugzeug zum Start freigeben;

to \clear sth with sb etw mit jdm abklären;

to \clear sb to do sth jdm genehmigen, etw zu tun;

to \clear customs Zollformalitäten erledigen

12) ( in football)

to \clear the ball klären;

to \clear the ball with one's head mit einem Kopfball klären

PHRASES:

to \clear the decks ( fam) klar Schiff machen ( fam) vi

1) ( delete) löschen

2) ( become transparent) sich akk klären

3) ( become free of blemish) sich akk reinigen

4) ( weather) sich akk [auf]klären;

it's \clearing up es klart auf, es wird klar; fog, smoke sich akk auflösen;

(go, disappear)

to \clear [away] verschwinden

5) fin einen Scheck freigeben

English-German students dictionary > clear
19 hesitate

intransitive verb

1) (show uncertainty) zögern

he who hesitates is lost — (prov.) man muss die Gelegenheit beim Schopfe fassen

2) (falter) ins Stocken geraten

3)

hesitate to do something — Bedenken haben, etwas zu tun

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['heziteit]
verb

1) (to pause briefly eg because of uncertainty: He hesitated before answering; The diver hesitated for a minute on the diving-board.) zögern

2) (to be unwilling (to do something) eg because one is not sure it is right: I hesitate to say he lied but he certainly misled me; Don't hesitate to tell me if you have any complaints.) zögern

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- academic.ru/34624/hesitancy">hesitancy
- hesitant
- hesitantly
- hesitation
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hesi·tate

[ˈhezɪteɪt]

vi

1. (wait) zögern, zaudern; (with doubts) Bedenken haben

don't \hesitate over such trivial matters! zögere nicht wegen solcher Kleinigkeiten!

that child \hesitates at nothing dieses Kind schreckt vor nichts zurück

I \hesitated to ask you ich hatte Bedenken, dich zu fragen

don't \hesitate to call me ruf mich einfach an

2. (falter) stocken

3.

▶ he who \hesitates is lost ( prov) man muss das Glück beim Schopfe packen

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['hezIteɪt]
vi
zögern, zaudern (geh); (in speech) stocken
he who hesitates is lost (Prov) — dem Feigen kehrt das Glück den Rücken (Prov)

I hesitate to ask him round — ich bin mir nicht schlüssig, ob ich ihn einladen soll

I'd hesitate to take or at taking on such a task — ich würde es mir gut überlegen, ob ich so eine Aufgabe übernehmen würde

I hesitated about having another baby — ich hatte Bedenken, noch ein Kind zu bekommen

he didn't hesitate at the idea of leaving home — er zögerte keinen Augenblick, von zu Hause wegzugehen

even he would hesitate at murder — selbst er hätte bei einem Mord Bedenken

he hesitates at nothing —

the President is hesitating over whether to attend the conference — der Präsident ist sich unschlüssig, ob er an der Konferenz teilnehmen soll

I am still hesitating about what I should do — ich bin mir immer noch nicht schlüssig, was ich tun soll

I hesitate to say it, but... — es widerstrebt mir, das zu sagen, aber...

if I did think that, I wouldn't hesitate to say so — wenn ich wirklich der Meinung (gen) wäre, hätte ich keine Hemmungen, es zu sagen

don't hesitate to ask/contact me — fragen Sie mich ruhig/wenden Sie sich ruhig an mich; (more formally) zögern Sie nicht, mich zu fragen/sich an mich zu wenden

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hesitate [ˈhezıteıt]

A v/i

1. zögern, zaudern, Bedenken haben ( alle:

to do zu tun), unschlüssig sein ( over hinsichtlich):

make sb hesitate jemanden unschlüssig oder stutzig machen;

not hesitate at nicht zurückschrecken vor (dat);

I hesitate to ask you but … es ist mir unangenehm, Sie zu fragen, aber …

2. (beim Sprechen) stocken

B v/t zögernd äußern

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intransitive verb

1) (show uncertainty) zögern

he who hesitates is lost — (prov.) man muss die Gelegenheit beim Schopfe fassen

2) (falter) ins Stocken geraten

3)

hesitate to do something — Bedenken haben, etwas zu tun

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v.

zaudern v.

zögern v.

English-german dictionary > hesitate

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