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a senior officer in the Army

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1 senior officer

1. воен. старший офицер

reconnaissance officer — начальник разведки; офицер разведки

old officer of the day — офицер, сменившийся с дежурства

government army officer — офицер правительственной армии

officer commissioned from the ranks — офицер из рядовых

disposal of an officer — дальнейшее продвижение офицера

2. мор. старший на рейде

high-ranking officer — старший офицер

officer of firing — старший на стрельбище

flying officer — старший лейтенант авиации

clinical nursing officer — старшая сестра отделения

commissioned warrant officer — старший уорент-офицер

3. мор. командир соединения, командующий

A.S. defence officer — командир ПЛО

repair officer — командир ремонтной группы

flag officer — адмирал, коммодор; командующий

main propulsion officer — командир группы движения

gunnery officer — командир артиллерийской боевой части

English-Russian base dictionary > senior officer
2 senior

'si:njə
1. noun
1) ((also adjective) (a person who is) older in years or higher in rank or authority: John is senior to me by two years; He is two years my senior; senior army officers.) mayor

2) ((American) a student in his/her last year in college or high school.)

2. adjective
((often abbreviated to Snr, Sr or Sen. when written) used to indicate the father of a person who is alive and who has the same name: John Jones Senior.) padre

- seniority
- senior citizen

senior adj

1. mayor

senior pupils should set an example to juniors los alumnos de los últimos cursos deberían dar ejemplo a los menores

2. de responsabilidad senior se refiere a alguien que ocupa una posición alta o de responsabilidad en una organización

a senior army officer un oficial del ejército de rango superior

a senior manager un directivo importante

3. padre

Se usa para distinguir el padre del hijo cuando tienen el mismo nombre y apellido

John Smith Senior John Smith, padre

Senior

tr['siːnɪə^SMALLr/SMALL]

adjective

1 padre

■ John Williams, Senior John Williams, padre

senior ['si:njər] adj

1) elder: mayor

John Doe, Senior: John Doe, padre

2) : superior (en rango), más antiguo (en años de servicio)

a senior official: un alto oficial

senior n

1) : superior m (en rango)

2)

to be someone's senior : ser mayor que alguien

she's two years my senior: me lleva dos años

senior

adj.

• mayor adj.

n.

• alumno del último curso s.m.

• anciano s.m.

• decano s.m.

• mayor s.m.

• padre s.m.

• socio de los más antiguos s.m.

• viejo s.m.

I 'siːnjər, 'siːniə(r)
adjective

1)

a) ( superior in rank)

a senior colleague — un superior

a senior officer in the Army — un oficial de alto rango del Ejército

senior editor — editor, -tora m,f, redactor, -tora m,f sénior

senior lecturer — (BrE) ≈profesor adjunto, profesora adjunta m,f, ≈agregado, -da m,f a cátedra

senior partner — socio mayoritario, socia mayoritaria m,f

senior TO somebody: she's senior to him — es su superior

b) ( older)

the senior members of a club — los socios más antiguos de un club

Robert King, Senior — (esp AmE) Robert King, padre or sénior

2) ( Educ)

senior school — ( in UK) colegio m secundario

the senior boys — los chicos mayores or de los últimos cursos

senior year — ( in US) último año or curso

II

noun

1)

a) ( older person)

he's five years my senior — me lleva cinco años, es cinco años mayor que yo

b) ( person of higher rank) superior m

c) (AmE) senior citizen

2) ( Educ) estudiante mf del último año or curso

['siːnɪǝ(r)]
1. ADJ

1) (in age) mayor

he is senior to me by five years — frm es cinco años mayor que yo, tiene cinco años más que yo

Douglas Fairbanks Senior — Douglas Fairbanks padre

senior pupils — los alumnos de los cursos más avanzados

2) (in rank) [position, rank] superior; [partner, executive, officer] mayoritario; (in length of service) de más antigüedad

he is senior to me in the firm — es mi superior en la compañía

senior management — los altos directivos

2. N

1) (in age) mayor mf

he is my senior — es mayor que yo

he's my senior by two years — es dos años mayor que yo, tiene dos años más que yo

2) (in rank) superior mf, socio(-a) m / f más antiguo(-a)

he's my senior — es mi superior

3) (Scol) alumno(-a) m / f de los cursos más avanzados; (US) estudiante mf del último año

See:

see cultural note GRADE in grade

4) (US) = senior citizen

3.

CPD

senior citizen N — jubilado(-a) m / f, persona f de la tercera edad

senior common room N — (Brit) (in university) (=room) sala f de profesores (titulares); (=lecturing staff collectively) claustro m de profesores (titulares)

senior executive N — alto(-a) ejecutivo(-a) m / f

senior high school N — (US) ≈ instituto m de enseñanza superior (Sp), ≈ preparatoria f (Mex)

senior partner N — socio(-a) m / f mayoritario(-a)

senior school N — instituto m de enseñanza secundaria

the Senior Service N — (Brit) la marina

senior prom N — (US) baile m del último año or curso

senior year N — (US) (at school) último año m, último curso m

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I ['siːnjər, 'siːniə(r)]
adjective

1)

a) ( superior in rank)

a senior colleague — un superior

a senior officer in the Army — un oficial de alto rango del Ejército

senior editor — editor, -tora m,f, redactor, -tora m,f sénior

senior lecturer — (BrE) ≈profesor adjunto, profesora adjunta m,f, ≈agregado, -da m,f a cátedra

senior partner — socio mayoritario, socia mayoritaria m,f

senior TO somebody: she's senior to him — es su superior

b) ( older)

the senior members of a club — los socios más antiguos de un club

Robert King, Senior — (esp AmE) Robert King, padre or sénior

2) ( Educ)

senior school — ( in UK) colegio m secundario

the senior boys — los chicos mayores or de los últimos cursos

senior year — ( in US) último año or curso

II

noun

1)

a) ( older person)

he's five years my senior — me lleva cinco años, es cinco años mayor que yo

b) ( person of higher rank) superior m

c) (AmE) senior citizen

2) ( Educ) estudiante mf del último año or curso

English-spanish dictionary > senior
3 ♦ officer

♦ officer /ˈɒfɪsə(r)/
n.

1 (mil., marina mil.) ufficiale: army officers, ufficiali dell'esercito; commissioned officer, ufficiale; naval officers, ufficiali di marina; air force officers, ufficiali d'aviazione; medical officer, ufficiale medico; commanding officer, ufficiale comandante; the ranking officer, chi ha il comando; my senior officer, il mio superiore diretto

2 (alto) funzionario; dirigente: a customs officer, un funzionario della dogana; the officers of a concern, i dirigenti di un'azienda

3 (spec. al vocat.) poliziotto; agente di polizia

● officers' mess, (mil.) mensa ufficiali; (naut.) quadrato ufficiali □ (leg.) officers of the court, gli ausiliari della giustizia □ (mil.) officer of the day, ufficiale di giornata □ (mil.) officer of the guard, ufficiale di picchetto □ officer of public health, ufficiale sanitario □ an officer of State, un funzionario statale; (polit.) un ministro □ (naut.) officer of the watch, ufficiale di guardia □ officers' quarters, quadrato ufficiali; alloggi degli ufficiali □ uniformed officer, poliziotto in divisa.
(to) officer /ˈɒfɪsə(r)/
v. t. (mil.)

1 provvedere ( un reparto) d'ufficiali; fornire i quadri a ( un reparto)

2 (di solito al passivo) comandare (come ufficiale): My company was officered by Capt. Wright, la mia compagnia era comandata dal capitano Wright.

English-Italian dictionary > ♦ officer
4 officer

офицер; должностное лицо; сотрудник; укомплектовывать офицерским составом; командовать

Air officer, Administration, Strike Command — Бр. начальник административного управления командования ВВС в Великобритании

Air officer, Engineering, Strike Command — Бр. начальник инженерно-технического управления командования ВВС в Великобритании

Air officer, Maintenance, RAF Support Command — Бр. начальник управления технического обслуживания командования тыла ВВС

Air officer, Training, RAF Support Command — начальник управления подготовки ЛС командования тыла ВВС

assistant G3 plans officer — помощник начальника оперативного отдела [отделения] по планированию

casualty evacuation (control) officer — офицер управления медицинской эвакуацией (морского десанта)

Defense Liaison officer (in the White House) — офицер связи МО (при Белом доме)

Flag officer, Germany — командующий ВМС ФРГ

Flag officer, Naval Air Command — Бр. командующий авиацией ВМС

Flag officer, Submarines — Бр. командующий подводными силами ВМС

float an officer (through personnel channels) — направлять личное дело офицера (в различные кадровые инстанции);

General officer Commanding, Royal Marines — Бр. командующий МП

General officer Commanding, the Artillery Division — командир артиллерийской дивизии (БРА)

landing zone (aircraft) control officer — офицер по управлению авиацией в районе десантирования (ВДВ)

nuclear weapons (employment) officer — офицер по применению ЯО

officer, responsible for the exercise — офицер, ответственный за учение (ВМС)

Principal Medical officer, Strike Command — Бр. начальник медицинской службы командования ВВС в Великобритании

Senior Air Staff officer, Strike Command — Бр. НШ командования ВВС в Великобритании

senior officer, commando assault unit — Бр. командир штурмового отряда «коммандос»

senior officer, naval assault unit — Бр. командир военно-морского штурмового отряда

senior officer, naval build-up unit — Бр. командир военно-морского отряда наращивания сил десанта

senior officer, present — старший из присутствующих начальников

senior officer, Royal Artillery — Бр. старший начальник артиллерии

senior officer, Royal Engineers — Бр. старший начальник инженерных войск

short service term (commissioned) officer — Бр. офицер, призываемый на кратковременную службу; офицер, проходящий службу по краткосрочному контракту

special weapons (employment) officer — офицер по применению специального оружия

tactical air officer (afloat) — офицер по управлению ТА поддержки (морского) десанта (на корабле управления)

The Dental officer, US Marine Corps — начальник зубоврачебной службы МП США

The Medical officer, US Marine Corps — начальник медицинской службы МП США

welfare (and recreation) officer — офицер по вопросам быта и организации отдыха (военнослужащих)

— accommodation officer

— accredited officer

— acting officer

— action officer

— action staff officer

— active officer

— administration officer

— administrative officer

— adviser duty officer

— aerial delivery officer

— aerial surveillance officer

— aeromedical evacuation control officer

— aeromedical evacuation coordinating officer

— aeromedical evacuation liaison officer

— aeromedical evacuation operations officer

— aeronautical evacuation control officer

— agent finance officer

— air commanding officer

— air contact officer

— air control/antiair warfare officer

— air defense artillery officer

— air liaison officer

— air movement officer

— air officer of the day

— air officer

— air operations officer

— air reconnaissance liaison officer

— air reconnaissance officer

— air support officer

— air surveillance officer

— air training officer

— air transport liaison officer

— air transport operations officer

— air transportation officer

— air weapons training officer

— airborne control officer

— airborne force liaison officer

— aircraft maintenance officer

— aircraft warning officer

— airlift duty officer

— airlift liaison coordination officer

— alcohol and drug control officer

— ammunition officer

— ammunition technical officer

— amphibian tractor officer

— antiair warfare officer

— antimechanized officer

— antisubmarine officer

— approach line control officer

— area intelligence officer

— area petroleum officer

— armament and electronics officer

— armament officer

— armament operation officer

— armament systems officer

— armored officer

— army artillery officer

— Army aviation officer

— Army Emergency Relief officer

— Army's Chief Personnel Selection officer

— artillery air officer

— artillery forward observation officer

— artillery intelligence officer

— artillery liaison officer

— artillery maintenance officer

— artillery officer

— artillery ordnance officer

— aspirant officer

— assessing officer

— assignment officer

— assistant administrative officer

— assistant artillery officer

— assistant central control officer

— assistant commanding officer

— assistant division aviation officer

— assistant military landing officer

— assistant officer

— assistant operations officer

— assistant staff officer

— AT officer

— athletics and recreation officer

— atomic demolition munition staff officer

— automatic data processing systems analysis officer

— automation management officer

— automotive officer

— aviation safety officer

— base operations officer

— battery assistant executive officer

— battery control officer

— battery executive officer

— battery gun position officer

— battery officers

— bi-functional staff officer

— billeting officer

— bomb disposal officer

— bomb reconnaissance officer

— bombardment liaison officer

— briefing officer

— brigade officer

— buildings and grounds officer

— burial supervising officer

— cable officer

— Cadet Instruction List officer

— cadet officer

— camouflage officer

— career officer

— career reserve officer

— careers officer

— carrier-borne ground liaison officer

— cartographic officer

— case officer

— casual officer

— casualty clearing officer

— catering officer

— censorship officer

— central force control officer

— chemical maintenance officer

— chemical officer

— chemical processing officer

— chemical supply officer

— chief administrative officer

— chief administrative staff officer

— chief chemical officer

— chief cipher officer

— chief decontamination officer

— chief disbursing officer

— chief education officer

— chief engineer officer

— chief general staff officer

— chief intelligence officer

— chief medical officer

— chief ordnance officer

— chief public affairs officer

— Chief Public Relations officer

— chief recruiting officer

— chief signal officer

— Chief Signals officer

— chief staff officer

— chief supply and transport officer

— chief transportation officer

— cipher officer

— civil affairs officer

— civil defence officer

— civil defense warning officer

— civil liaison officer

— civilian personnel officer

— civil-military operations officer

— claims officer

— classification and assignment officer

— classification officer

— classified material control officer

— collection management officer

— colour officer

— combat cargo officer

— combat reports officer

— combat service support coordination officer

— combatant officer

— COMINT officer

— command duty officer

— Command Security officer

— commanding artillery officer

— Commanding officer of Troops

— commissioned officer

— commissioned warrant officer

— communications and electronics security officer

— communications duty officer

— communications officer

— communications security officer

— communications watch officer

— communications/electronics officer

— community relations officer

— company execution officer

— company executive officer

— company grade officer

— compensation officer

— complex safety officer

— confinement officer

— conservation officer

— construction engineer officer

— continuity officer

— contracting officer

— coordinating officer

— correspondence officer

— counter mortar officer

— counterbattery intelligence officer

— counterbattery officer

— counterbombardment officer

— counterfire officer

— counterintelligence officer

— countermortar intelligence officer

— countermortar liaison officer

— courier transfer officer

— court-martial officer

— CP officer

— crew evaluation officer

— criminal investigations officer

— cryptanalysis officer

— cryptographical officer

— cryptologic officer

— DA air traffic coordinating officer

— damage-control officer

— debarkation medical officer

— debarkation officer

— decontamination officer

— defense attache liaison officer

— Defense Communications officer

— Defense Liaison officer to the President

— deferred officer

— demolition officer

— departure airfield control officer

— deplaning officer

— depot commanding officer

— deputy commanding officer

— deputy public affairs officer

— desk officer

— detail officer

— detraining officer

— development projects officer

— disbursing officer

— dispatching officer

— disposal officer

— district engineering officer

— district intelligence officer

— division ammunition officer

— division artillery executive officer

— division chemical officer

— division materiel officer

— division officer

— division ordnance officer

— division property book officer

— division signal officer

— division's commanding officer

— drop zone control officer

— drop zone safety officer

— dump officer

— duty cypher officer

— duty intelligence officer

— duty officer

— ECM officer

— education services officer

— elementary schools officer

— embarkation and combat cargo officer

— embarkation billeting officer

— embarkation control officer

— embarkation medical officer

— embarkation staff officer

— emergency traffic coordinating officer

— emplaning officer

— engineer grounds and maintenance officer

— engineer officer

— engineer operations officer

— engineer reconnaissance officer

— engineer supply officer

— engineering assignment officer

— engineering duty officer

— engineering officer

— entertainments officer

— entraining officer

— equal opportunity staff officer

— equipment and maintenance officer

— escort officer

— evacuation officer

— EW officer

— EW/cryptologic tactical operations officer

— examining officer

— exchange officer

— executive officer

— extraction zone control officer

— FA fire support officer

— family welfare officer

— female officer

— field grade officer

— field officer of the day

— field petroleum officer

— field press censorship officer

— field security officer

— field services officer

— fighter director officer

— fighter duty officer

— fighter liaison officer

— finance and accounting officer

— fire direction officer

— fire prevention officer

— fire support coordination officer

— fire support officer

— firing officer

— fiscal officer

— flag officer assault and lodgement area

— flag officer

— flag-rank officer

— fleet marine officer

— flight officer

— flight safety officer

— flying officer

— food service officer

— force gunnery officer

— force modernization action officer

— foreign area officer

— forward air control officer

— forward area support coordinating officer

— forward control officer

— forward observer officer

— front-line officer

— fuels officer

— gangplank officer

— gas identification officer

— general and organizational action officer

— general duty officer

— General officer Commanding

— General officer Commanding-in-Chief

— general staff officer

— general supply officer

— GM operations officer

— grad officer

— ground defense officer

— ground liaison officer

— ground officer

— ground training officer

— guidance control officer

— guidance systems officer

— gun position officer

— gunnery officer

— heavy engineer equipment officer

— helicopter loading zone control officer

— high-ranking officer

— highway traffic officer

— highway transportation officer

— housing officer

— human relations officer

— immediate commanding officer

— in-addition-to-other-duties officer

— income tax assistance officer

— indorsing officer

— infantry officer

— information activities officer

— inspection officer

— installation intelligence and security officer

— installation transportation officer

— installations officer

— instructor officer

— insurance officer

— intelligence communications officer

— intelligence language officer

— intelligence liaison officer

— intelligence officer

— intelligence research officer

— interpreter officer

— interrogation officer

— investigating officer

— junior officer of the day

— junior officer of the watch

— junior officer of the week

— junior rank officer

— land liaison officer

— landing control officer

— landing-craft control officer

— landing-force loading officer

— language officer

— launch-control officer

— laundry officer

— law enforcement officer

— legal assistance officer

— liaison duty officer

— liaison officer to departure airfield

— liaison officer

— liaison staff officer

— limited duty officer

— line officer

— line specialist officer

— loading officer

— local claims officer

— local purchasing officer

— local transport officer

— logistics assignment officer

— logistics assistance officer

— logistics control officer

— logistics officer

— logistics readiness officer

— long-term officer

— mail officer

— main officers

— maintenance officer

— make an officer

— mapping and intelligence officer

— marshaling area control officer

— materiel readiness officer

— medical commanding officer

— medical officer

— medical regulating officer

— medical regulation officer

— mess officer

— message transmission releasing officer

— meteorological officer

— middle rank officer

— military intelligence officer

— military intelligence reserve officer

— military interviewing officer

— military justice officer

— military landing officer

— military officer

— military personnel procurement officer

— military supply officer

— military transport officer

— minority group officer

— missile control officer

— missile flight control officer

— missile launch officer

— missile operations officer

— missile range safety officer

— morale officer

— motor maintenance officer

— motor officer

— motor transportation officer

— movement control officer

— movement liaison officer

— movements identification officer

— munitions officer

— national service officer

— naval air liaison officer

— naval chief air intelligence officer

— naval control of shipping officer

— naval embarkation officer

— naval gunfire liaison officer

— naval intelligence officer

— naval liaison officer

— naval officer

— Navy liaison officer

— NBC defense officer

— NBC weapons employment officer

— neutral officer

— noncommissioned officer

— nonpromotion list officer

— nonrated officer

— nuclear operations officer

— nuclear safety officer

— nuclear weapon courier officer

— nuclear weapons requirement officer

— nursing officer

— officer commanding

— officer conducting the exercise

— officer conducting the serial

— officer in command

— officer in tactical command

— officer in waiting

— officer of the day in waiting

— officer of the day

— officer of the deck

— officer of the guard

— officer of the rounds

— officer of the week

— officer scheduling the exercise

— officer serving afloat

— OP officer

— operationally oriented officer

— operations and training officer

— operations duty officer

— order of battle officer

— orderly officer

— ordnance engineering duty officer

— ordnance GM officer

— ordnance officer

— ordnance staff officer

— organizational effectiveness staff officer

— orientation officer

— other than Regular Army officer

— over-the-hill officer

— pay officer

— personal liaison officer

— personal staff officer

— personnel information security officer

— personnel management officer

— personnel officer

— personnel records officer

— personnel selection officer

— personnel staff officer

— personnel/logistics officer

— petroleum officer

— physical training officer

— planning officer

— plans officer

— platoon officer

— Post Billeting officer

— Post Exchange officer

— postal officer

— presiding officer of the JCS

— press officer

— pretrial investigating officer

— primary control officer

— primary staff officer

— principal administrative officer

— principal Army technical information officer

— principal embarkation officer

— principal military landing officer

— principal staff officer

— probationary subaltern officer

— procurement contracting officer

— procurement officer

— professional development officer

— project officer

— propaganda officer

— property book officer

— property disposal officer

— Protocol officer for the Secretary of Defense

— psychological operations officer

— psychological warfare officer

— public affairs officer

— public information officer

— public relations officer

— public works officer

— purchasing and contracting officer

— race relations/equal opportunity officer

— radar intercept officer

— radar officer

— radio officer

— radiological defense officer

— radiological protection officer

— radiological survey officer

— railhead officer

— railroad station traffic officer

— railroad transportation officer

— range officer

— ranking officer

— rated officer

— rating officer

— real estate and claims officer

— rear link officer

— rear seat officer

— reconnaissance and survey officer

— reconnaissance duty officer

— reconnaissance liaison officer

— reconnaissance officer

— reconnaissance systems officer

— recruiting and induction officer

— recruiting and retention officer

— reenlistment officer

— regiment officer

— regimental medical officer

— regiment's commanding officer

— regular commissioned officer

— regulating officer

— releasing officer

— religious service officer

— reports control officer

— reserve officer

— resettlement officer

— road officer

— road traffic officer

— sales commissary officer

— sanitation officer

— school liaison officer

— sea transport officer

— secondary control officer

— security control officer

— senior bombardment liaison officer

— Senior British Naval officer

— senior chief officer

— senior embarkation officer

— senior general officer

— senior general staff officer

— senior intelligence officer

— senior landing officer

— senior medical officer

— senior officer

— senior personnel staff officer

— senior rank officer

— senior signal officer

— senior staff officer

— serving officer

— ship embarkation officer

— ship's combat cargo officer

— shore party officer

— SIGINT officer

— signal officer

— signal security officer

— smoke control officer

— special security officer

— special services officer

— specialist officer

— spotting officer

— squadron command officer

— squadron duty officer

— staff chemical officer

— staff duties officer

— staff duty officer

— staff loading officer

— staff officer

— staff planning officer

— staff security officer

— staff signal officer

— Standing Group Liaison officer to the North Atlantic Council

— strategic intelligence officer

— strategic plans officer

— strategic SIGINT officer

— student officer

— superintendent ammunition supply officer

— superior officer

— supervisory officer

— supply and service control officer

— supply management officer

— survey officer

— surveying officer

— survivor assistance officer

— systems project officer

— tactical action officer

— tactical air control officer

— tactical air liaison officer

— tactical airlift duty officer

— tactical airlift liaison officer

— tactical control officer

— tactical evaluating officer

— tactical intelligence officer

— tactical officer

— tactical surveillance officer

— tank officer

— tank unit landing officer

— target control officer

— target selection officer

— targets officer

— team embarkation officer

— technical grade officer

— technical liaison officer

— technical officer

— technical supply officer

— technical telecommunications officer

— terrain intelligence officer

— territorial officer

— topographic officer

— track production officer

— trailing officer

— train officer

— training aids officer

— training officer

— transportation officer

— travel officer

— troop loading officer

— troop officer

— unconventional warfare officer

— understudy staff officer

— unit commanding officer

— unit communications officer

— unit emplaning officer

— unit loading officer

— unit personnel officer

— unit postal officer

— unit readiness officer

— unrestricted line officer

— vehicle column control officer

— venereal disease control officer

— warrant officer

— watch officer

— water intelligence officer

— water supply officer

— water traffic officer

— weapon coordination officer

— weapon liaison officer

— weapon system officer

— weapon training officer

— weather officer

— wire officer

— wireless officer

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English-Russian military dictionary > officer
5 senior

1. adjective
1) (older) älter

be senior to somebody — älter als jemand sein

2) (of higher rank) höher [Rang, Beamter, Stellung]; leitend [Angestellter, Stellung]; (longest-serving) ältest...

someone senior — jemand in höherer Stellung; die

be senior to somebody — eine höhere Stellung als jemand haben

senior manager — obere Führungskraft

senior management — oberer Führungskreis

3) appended to name (the elder)

Mr Smith Senior — Mr. Smith senior

4) (Amer. Sch., Univ.)

senior class — Abschlussklasse, die

senior year — letztes Jahr vor der Abschlussprüfung
2. noun
(older person) Ältere, der/die; (person of higher rank) Vorgesetzte, der/die

be somebody's senior [by six years] or [six years] somebody's senior — [sechs Jahre] älter als jemand sein

* * *
['si:njə] 1. noun
1) (( also adjective) (a person who is) older in years or higher in rank or authority: John is senior to me by two years; He is two years my senior; senior army officers.)

2) ((American) a student in his/her last year in college or high school.)
2. adjective
((often abbreviated to Snr, Sr or Sen. when written) used to indicate the father of a person who is alive and who has the same name: John Jones Senior.) senior

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- senior citizen
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sen·ior

[ˈsi:niəʳ, AM -njɚ]

I. adj inv

1. ( form: older) älter

2. attr (chief) Ober-

\senior executive Vorstandsvorsitzende(r) f(m)

3. employee vorgesetzt

▪ to be \senior to sb jds Vorgesetzte(r) sein

she's \senior to me sie ist meine Vorgesetzte

4. (after name)

the Wisemans S\senior die alten Wisemans

II. n

1. (older person) Senior(in) m(f)

she's my \senior by three years sie ist drei Jahre älter als ich

2. (employee) Vorgesetzte(r) f(m)

3. AM (pensioner) Rentner(in) m(f)

4. (pupil) Oberstufenschüler(in) m(f) (in Großbritannien und USA Bezeichnung für Schüler einer Highschool oder einer Collegeabgangsklasse)

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['siːnɪə(r)]
1. adj
(in age) älter; (in rank) vorgesetzt, übergeordnet; (with longer service) dienstälter; rank, civil servant höher; officer ranghöher; position höher, leitend; designer, editor, executive, accountant etc leitend
at senior level (in sport) — in einer höheren Altersgruppe

he is senior to me (in age) — er ist älter als ich; (in rank) er ist mir übergeordnet; (in length of service) er ist or arbeitet schon länger hier als ich

senior section — ältere or höhere Altersgruppe

the senior management — die Geschäftsleitung

senior consultant — Chefarzt m/-ärztin f

senior pupil — Oberstufenschüler(in) m(f)

my senior officer — mein Vorgesetzter

a very senior officer — ein sehr hoher Offizier

he's very/not very senior — er hat eine ziemlich hohe/keine sehr hohe Stellung

can I speak to somebody more senior? — könnte ich bitte jemanden sprechen, der verantwortlich ist?

J. B. Schwartz, Senior — J. B. Schwartz senior

2. n (SCH)
Oberstufenschüler(in) m(f); (US UNIV) Student(in) m(f) im 4./letzten Studienjahr; (in club etc) Senior(in) m(f)
he is my senior (in age) — er ist älter als ich; (in rank) er ist mir übergeordnet; (in length of service) er ist or arbeitet schon länger hier als ich

he is two years my senior, he is my senior by two years — er ist zwei Jahre älter als ich

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senior [ˈsiːnjə(r)]

A adj

1. Senior bes US senior (meist nach Familiennamen und abgekürzt zu Snr., Sr., Sen.):

George Smith, Sr.;

Smith Sr

2. älter(er, e, es)

3. rang-, dienstälter(er, e, es), ranghöher(er, e, es), Ober…:

senior lien JUR US bevorrechtigtes Pfandrecht;

senior officer

a) höherer Offizier, mein etc Vorgesetzter,

b) Rangälteste(r) m;

a senior police officer ein höherer Polizeibeamter;

senior position höhere Stellung;

the senior service Br → Royal Navy;

senior staff (auch als pl konstruiert) leitende Angestellte pl; → grade A 2, management 2, partner A 2

4. a) SCHULE Ober…:

the senior classes pl die Oberstufe

b) UNIV US im letzten Studienjahr (Student)

B s

1. Ältere(r) m/f(m):

he is my senior by four years, he is four years my senior er ist vier Jahre älter als ich

2. Älteste(r) m/f(m)

3. Rang-, Dienstältere(r) m/f(m), Vorgesetzte(r) m/f(m)

4. Br → senior fellow

5. UNIV US Student(in) im letzten Studienjahr

6. → senior citizen

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1. adjective
1) (older) älter

be senior to somebody — älter als jemand sein

2) (of higher rank) höher [Rang, Beamter, Stellung]; leitend [Angestellter, Stellung]; (longest-serving) ältest...

someone senior — jemand in höherer Stellung; die

be senior to somebody — eine höhere Stellung als jemand haben

senior manager — obere Führungskraft

senior management — oberer Führungskreis

3) appended to name (the elder)

Mr Smith Senior — Mr. Smith senior

4) (Amer. Sch., Univ.)

senior class — Abschlussklasse, die

senior year — letztes Jahr vor der Abschlussprüfung
2. noun
(older person) Ältere, der/die; (person of higher rank) Vorgesetzte, der/die

be somebody's senior [by six years] or [six years] somebody's senior — [sechs Jahre] älter als jemand sein

* * *

adj.

älter adj. n.

Senior -en m.

English-german dictionary > senior
6 Senior

1. adjective
1) (older) älter

be senior to somebody — älter als jemand sein

2) (of higher rank) höher [Rang, Beamter, Stellung]; leitend [Angestellter, Stellung]; (longest-serving) ältest...

someone senior — jemand in höherer Stellung; die

be senior to somebody — eine höhere Stellung als jemand haben

senior manager — obere Führungskraft

senior management — oberer Führungskreis

3) appended to name (the elder)

Mr Smith Senior — Mr. Smith senior

4) (Amer. Sch., Univ.)

senior class — Abschlussklasse, die

senior year — letztes Jahr vor der Abschlussprüfung
2. noun
(older person) Ältere, der/die; (person of higher rank) Vorgesetzte, der/die

be somebody's senior [by six years] or [six years] somebody's senior — [sechs Jahre] älter als jemand sein

* * *
['si:njə] 1. noun
1) (( also adjective) (a person who is) older in years or higher in rank or authority: John is senior to me by two years; He is two years my senior; senior army officers.)

2) ((American) a student in his/her last year in college or high school.)
2. adjective
((often abbreviated to Snr, Sr or Sen. when written) used to indicate the father of a person who is alive and who has the same name: John Jones Senior.) senior

- academic.ru/65881/seniority">seniority
- senior citizen
* * *

sen·ior

[ˈsi:niəʳ, AM -njɚ]

I. adj inv

1. ( form: older) älter

2. attr (chief) Ober-

\senior executive Vorstandsvorsitzende(r) f(m)

3. employee vorgesetzt

▪ to be \senior to sb jds Vorgesetzte(r) sein

she's \senior to me sie ist meine Vorgesetzte

4. (after name)

the Wisemans S\senior die alten Wisemans

II. n

1. (older person) Senior(in) m(f)

she's my \senior by three years sie ist drei Jahre älter als ich

2. (employee) Vorgesetzte(r) f(m)

3. AM (pensioner) Rentner(in) m(f)

4. (pupil) Oberstufenschüler(in) m(f) (in Großbritannien und USA Bezeichnung für Schüler einer Highschool oder einer Collegeabgangsklasse)

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['siːnɪə(r)]
1. adj
(in age) älter; (in rank) vorgesetzt, übergeordnet; (with longer service) dienstälter; rank, civil servant höher; officer ranghöher; position höher, leitend; designer, editor, executive, accountant etc leitend
at senior level (in sport) — in einer höheren Altersgruppe

he is senior to me (in age) — er ist älter als ich; (in rank) er ist mir übergeordnet; (in length of service) er ist or arbeitet schon länger hier als ich

senior section — ältere or höhere Altersgruppe

the senior management — die Geschäftsleitung

senior consultant — Chefarzt m/-ärztin f

senior pupil — Oberstufenschüler(in) m(f)

my senior officer — mein Vorgesetzter

a very senior officer — ein sehr hoher Offizier

he's very/not very senior — er hat eine ziemlich hohe/keine sehr hohe Stellung

can I speak to somebody more senior? — könnte ich bitte jemanden sprechen, der verantwortlich ist?

J. B. Schwartz, Senior — J. B. Schwartz senior

2. n (SCH)
Oberstufenschüler(in) m(f); (US UNIV) Student(in) m(f) im 4./letzten Studienjahr; (in club etc) Senior(in) m(f)
he is my senior (in age) — er ist älter als ich; (in rank) er ist mir übergeordnet; (in length of service) er ist or arbeitet schon länger hier als ich

he is two years my senior, he is my senior by two years — er ist zwei Jahre älter als ich

* * *

Sen. abk Senior sen.

Senr abk Senior sen.

Snr abk Senior sen.

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1. adjective
1) (older) älter

be senior to somebody — älter als jemand sein

2) (of higher rank) höher [Rang, Beamter, Stellung]; leitend [Angestellter, Stellung]; (longest-serving) ältest...

someone senior — jemand in höherer Stellung; die

be senior to somebody — eine höhere Stellung als jemand haben

senior manager — obere Führungskraft

senior management — oberer Führungskreis

3) appended to name (the elder)

Mr Smith Senior — Mr. Smith senior

4) (Amer. Sch., Univ.)

senior class — Abschlussklasse, die

senior year — letztes Jahr vor der Abschlussprüfung
2. noun
(older person) Ältere, der/die; (person of higher rank) Vorgesetzte, der/die

be somebody's senior [by six years] or [six years] somebody's senior — [sechs Jahre] älter als jemand sein

* * *

adj.

älter adj. n.

Senior -en m.

English-german dictionary > Senior
7 officer

ˈɔfɪsə
1. сущ.
1) чиновник, должностное лицо;
служащий;
член правления( клуба и т. п.) probation officer public officer public-relations officer revenue officer truant officer officer of the court
2) а) офицер б) мн. офицеры, офицерский состав to break, demote, dismiss an officer ≈ разжаловать, увольнять офицера to commission an officer ≈ назначать офицера to promote an officer ≈ повышать офицера в звании air-force officer army officer commanding officer commissioned officer duty officer flag officer general officer immigration officer intelligence officer high-ranking officer liaison officer line officer medical officer non-commissioned officer officer of the day officer of the deck peace officer police officer senior officer staff officer top-ranking officer warrant officer
3) а) полицейский juvenile officer ≈ полицейский, работающий с молодыми правонарушителями, хулиганствующими подростками б) уст. агент (тайный) Syn: agent
4) мор. капитан на торговом судне first officer ≈ старший помощник
2. гл.;
обыкн. страд.
1) воен. а) обеспечивать, укомплектовывать офицерским составом б) выполнять командирские функции офицерского состава
2) командовать, распоряжаться;
сопровождать Kate was accompanied by Miss Knag, and officered by Madame Mantalini. (Ch. Dickens) ≈ Кейт сопровождала мисс Кнэг, а руководящую роль выполняла мадам Манталини. Syn: command, direct;
lead, conduct, manage чиновник, должностное лицо;
служащий, сотрудник( учреждения) - assistant * помощник должностного лица - customs * таможенный чиновник - сonference * заведующий секретариатом конференции - consular * консульский работник - executive * управляющий делами - scientific * научный сотрудник - relieving * попечитель бедных (прихода, округа) - tax * налоговый инспектор - health * cотрудник министерства здравоохранения - clerical * чиновник духовный канцелярии - *s of state государственные служащие - * of arms чиновник геральдической палаты - * of the court служащий суда, судебный исполнитель - *s of the conference должностные лица конференции полицейский;
констебль (часто как обращение к полицейскому) (военное) офицер;
командир - * of the day дежурный офицер - *s and men солдаты и офицеры - *s and crew (морское) команда корабля - billeting * квартирьер - * of the guard (американизм) начальник караула;
дежурный по караулам;
(морское) дежурный по рейду - * of the line строевой офицер - * of the watch( морское) вахтенный офицер - * of the rounds дежурный по караулам - * of the deck дежурный ко кораблю - * сommanding командир (части, подразделения) - * general командир соединения, командующий - *'s call совещание офицеров у командира - *'s authority is usually defined by his commission полномочия офицера обычно определяются его званием офицерский состав (морское) капитан на торговом судне (морское) первый помощник капитана( морское) штурман член правления (клуба, общества и т. п.) - the *s of a society руководство какого-л. общества - yesterday the club elected its *s вчера в клубе были выборы членов правления обыкн. pass укомплектовать, обеспечивать офицерским составом - to * a ship набирать офицеров на корабль - the regiment was well *ed полк был полностью укопмлектован офицерами командовать, заправлять bank ~ банковский служащий bank ~ должностное лицо банка ~ офицер;
pl офицеры, офицерский состав;
billeting officer квартирьер case ~ должностное лицо, рассматривающее иск certifying ~ сотрудник, заверяющий документы chief executive ~ (CEO) директор предприятия chief executive ~ (CEO) управляющий делами chief financial ~ (CFO) директор по финансовым вопросам chief medical ~ старший офицер медицинской службы chief tribunal ~ председатель трибунала childrens' ~ инспектор по делам несовершеннолетних commercial diplomatic ~ торговый дипломатический представитель commercial ~ торговый представитель consular ~ консульский работник county medical ~ медицинский инспектор округа county revenue ~ налоговый инспектор округа customs ~ работник таможни customs ~ служащий таможни customs ~ таможенник customs ~ таможенный инспектор distraint ~ лицо, налагающее арест на имущество в обеспечение выполнения долга district ~ окружной чиновник employment ~ консультант по вопросам трудоустройства execution ~ исполнительное лицо field ~ (амер.) старший офицер financial ~ финансовый работник ~ мор. капитан на торговом судне;
first officer старший помощник;
mercantilemarine officers командный состав торгового флота first ~ суд. первый помощник капитана the great officers of state высшие сановники государства;
medical officer, officer of health санитарный инспектор officer: guidance ~ ответственный работник руководящего центра head ~ упр. руководитель in-plant safety ~ представитель службы техники безопасности предприятия industrial development ~ консультант по промышленному развитию industrial promotion ~ консультант по вопросам содействия развитию промышленности interrogating ~ лицо, ведущее допрос interrogating ~ следователь interrogation ~ следователь judicial ~ судебное должностное лицо, судебный чиновник land valuation ~ оценщик земельных участков law ~ служащий суда law ~ юрист line ~ строевой офицер local government ~ должностное лицо муниципалитета local government ~ муниципальный служащий medical ~ врач medical ~ врач-специалист medical ~ медицинский инспектор medical ~ санитарный врач medical ~ специалист здравоохранения the great officers of state высшие сановники государства;
medical officer, officer of health санитарный инспектор ~ мор. капитан на торговом судне;
first officer старший помощник;
mercantilemarine officers командный состав торгового флота navigating ~ ав., мор. штурман non-commissioned ~ сержант officer должностное лицо, служащий, чиновник ~ должностное лицо ~ инспектор ~ мор. капитан на торговом судне;
first officer старший помощник;
mercantilemarine officers командный состав торгового флота ~ (обыкн. pass.) командовать ~ (обыкн. pass.) обеспечивать, укомплектовывать офицерским составом;
the regiment was well officered полк был хорошо укомплектован офицерским составом ~ офицер ~ офицер;
pl офицеры, офицерский состав;
billeting officer квартирьер ~ полицейский ~ служащий ~ сотрудник учреждения ~ чиновник, должностное лицо;
служащий;
член правления (клуба и т. п.) ;
officer of the court судебный исполнитель или судебный пристав ~ чиновник Officer: Officer: Flying ~ офицер-летчик (в Англии) officer: officer: guidance ~ ответственный работник руководящего центра ~ for social affairs должностное лицо по социальным делам (вопрсам) ~ of corporation должностное лицо корпорации ~ of court представитель судебной власти ~ of court судебный исполнитель the great officers of state высшие сановники государства;
medical officer, officer of health санитарный инспектор ~ чиновник, должностное лицо;
служащий;
член правления (клуба и т. п.) ;
officer of the court судебный исполнитель или судебный пристав ~ on duty дежурный офицер peace ~ должностное лицо, наблюдающее за сохранением общественного порядка personnel ~ служащий отдела кадров petty ~ старшина( во флоте) placement ~ сотрудник службы занятости police ~ полицейский, полисмен police ~ полицейский press ~ пресс-атташе press ~ сотрудник, ответственный за связи с прессой prison ~ тюремный служащий probation ~ должностное лицо, осуществляющее надзор за условно осужденными probation ~ инспектор, наблюдающий за поведением условно осужденных преступников public ~ государственное должностное лицо public ~ государственный служащий public: ~ officer (или official) государственный служащий;
public opinion общественное мнение;
public opinion poll опрос населения по (какому-л.) вопросу purchasing ~ должностное лицо закупочного органа purchasing ~ лицо в компании, которое закупает то, что необходимо компании ~ (обыкн. pass.) обеспечивать, укомплектовывать офицерским составом;
the regiment was well officered полк был хорошо укомплектован офицерским составом relieving ~ попечитель, ведающий помощью бедным (в приходе, районе) returning ~ должностное лицо, осуществляющее контроль над проведением парламентских выборов returning ~ должностное лицо, осуществляющее контроль над проведением выборов;
уполномоченный по выборам revenue ~ таможенный чиновник revenue: ~ attr. таможенный;
revenue cutter таможенное судно;
revenue officer таможенный чиновник safety ~ сотрудник службы безопасности senior ~ старшее должностное лицо social welfare ~ должностное лицо по социальному обеспечению trade promotion ~ служащий отдела торговой рекламы valuation ~ налоговый инспектор vocational guidance ~ эксперт по профессиональной ориентации welfare ~ работник службы социального обеспечения welfare ~ уполномоченный по наблюдению за бывшими малолетними правонарушителями (Великобритания)

Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > officer
8 senior

['si:njə] 1. noun
1) (( also adjective) (a person who is) older in years or higher in rank or authority: John is senior to me by two years; He is two years my senior; senior army officers.) starejši

2) ((American) a student in his/her last year in college or high school.) študent zadnjega letnika
2. adjective
((often abbreviated to Snr, Sr or Sen. when written) used to indicate the father of a person who is alive and who has the same name: John Jones Senior.) starejši

- seniority
- senior citizen
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I [sí:njə]
adjective

starejši; višji po položaju (v službi); American ki je v zadnjem letu študija

John Brown sen. ( —ali Sr.) — J. B. starejši

the senior class — najvišji razred

senior clerk — višji uradnik

a senior man — študent zadnjega letnika, starina

the senior officer — najvišji častnik

senior optime — drugi študent po uspehu iz matematike

senior partner — starejši družabnik, šef firme

the senior service British English vojna mornarica

senior wrangler — najboljši študent letnika v matematiki

he is my senior officer — on mi je (častniški) starešina

he is five years senior to me — on je pet let starejši od mene
II [sí:njə]
noun

starešina; predstojnik; študent zadnjega ietnika; najstarejša oseba

senior school British English (do 1944) štirje zadnji razredi osnovne šole (za učence v starosti 10 do 14 let)

senior high school American najvišji razredi šole, ki sledi osnovni šoli (10. do 12. šolsko leto)

he is my senior by five years — on je pet let starejši od mene

English-Slovenian dictionary > senior
9 officer

['ɔfɪsə] 1. сущ.
1) чиновник, должностное лицо; служащий

an officer of high rank / standing — высокопоставленный чиновник, крупное должностное лицо

probation officer — должностное лицо, осуществляющее надзор за условно осуждёнными

public officer — государственный служащий, чиновник, должностное лицо

revenue officer — брит. таможенный инспектор

truant officer — амер. школьный надзиратель ( обнаруживающий прогульщиков и направляющий их в школу)

officer of the court — судебный исполнитель или судебный пристав

2) воен.

а) офицер; командир

to break / demote / dismiss an officer — разжаловать, уволить офицера

to commission an officer — назначить офицера

to promote an officer — повысить офицера в звании

- air-force officer
- army officer
- commanding officer
- commissioned officer

- duty officer
- general officer
- immigration officer
- intelligence officer
- high-ranking officer
- liaison officer
- line officer
- medical officer
- non-commissioned officer
- officer of the day
- senior officer
- staff officer
б) ( officers) офицерский состав

3) = police officer полицейский

juvenile officer — амер. полицейский, работающий с несовершеннолетними правонарушителями

- peace officer

Syn:

policeman

4) член правления (клуба, общества)

5) мор. капитан на торговом судне
2. гл.
1) воен.; обычно страд.

а) обеспечивать, укомплектовывать офицерским составом

б) выполнять командирские функции офицерского состава

2) командовать, распоряжаться

Kate was accompanied by Miss Knag, and officered by Madame Mantalini. (Ch. Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby, 1838-39) — И обслуживать их была послана Кэт в сопровождении мисс Нэг и, разумеется, под командой мадам Манталини. (пер. Е. Ланна)

Syn:

command, direct, lead, conduct, manage

Англо-русский современный словарь > officer
10 senior

['siːnɪə(r)] 1. adj
staff, officer starszy or wysoki rangą; manager wysoki rangą; post, position wysoki
2. n ( SCOL)
the seniors — ( at school) uczniowie vir pl starszych klas; ( at college or university) studenci vir pl wyższych lat

to be senior to sb — być od kogoś starszym rangą

she is 15 years his senior — jest (od niego) starsza o 15 lat

P. Jones senior — P. Jones senior or starszy

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['si:njə] 1. noun
1) (( also adjective) (a person who is) older in years or higher in rank or authority: John is senior to me by two years; He is two years my senior; senior army officers.)

2) ((American) a student in his/her last year in college or high school.)
2. adjective
((often abbreviated to Snr, Sr or Sen. when written) used to indicate the father of a person who is alive and who has the same name: John Jones Senior.) senior

- seniority
- senior citizen

English-Polish dictionary > senior
11 Les grades

La liste suivante regroupe les grades des trois armes, armée de terre, marine et aviation du Royaume-Uni et des États-Unis. Pour les traductions, consulter les articles dans le dictionnaire.

En anglais comme en français, l’armée de terre et l’armée de l’air distinguent deux catégories: les officiers, commissioned officers (GB) ou warrant officers (US), à partir du grade de Second Lieutenant/Pilot Officer, et tous les autres, à l’exception de Private/Aircraftman/ Airman, non-commissioned officers (the NCOs):

Royaume-Uni États-Unis

L’armée de terre

the British Army the United States Army

Field Marshal (FM)* General of the Army (GEN)

General (Gen) General (GEN)

Lieutenant†-General (Lt-Gen) Lieutenant† General (LTG)

Major-General (Maj-Gen) Major General (MG)

Brigadier (Brig) Brigadier General (BG)

Colonel (Col) Colonel (COL)

Lieutenant†-Colonel (Lt-Col) Lieutenant† Colonel (LTC)

Major (Maj) Major (MAJ)

Captain (Capt) Captain (CAPT)

Lieutenant† (Lieut) First Lieutenant† (1LT)

Second Lieutenant† (2nd Lt) Second Lieutenant† (2Lt)

- Chief Warrant Officer (CWO)

- Warrant Officer (WO)

Regimental Sergeant Major (RSM) Command Sergeant Major (CSM)

Company Sergeant Major (CSM) Staff Sergeant Major (SSM)

- 1st Sergeant (1 SG)

- Master Sergeant (MSG)

- Sergeant 1st Class (SFC)

Staff Sergeant‡ (S/Sgt) Staff Sergeant (SSG)

ou Colour Sergeant‡ (C/Sgt)‡

Sergeant (Sgt) Sergeant (SGT)

Corporal (Cpl) Corporal (CPL)

Lance Corporal (L/Cpl) Private First Class (P1C)

Private (Pte) Private (PVT)

ou Rifleman (Rfm)

ou Guardsman (Gdm)‡

La marine

the Royal Navy (RN)§ the United States Navy (USN)§

Admiral of the Fleet Fleet Admiral

Admiral (Adm)* Admiral (ADM)

Vice-Admiral (V-Adm) Vice Admiral (VADM)

Rear-Admiral (Rear-Adm) Rear Admiral (RADM)

Commodore (Cdre) Commodore (CDRE)

Captain (Capt) Captain (CAPT)

Commander (Cdr) Commander (CDR)

Lieutenant†-Commander (Lt-Cdr) Lieutenant† Commander (LCDR)

Lieutenant† (Lt) Lieutenant† (LT)

Sub-Lieutenant† (Sub-Lt) Lieutenant† Junior Grade (LTJG)

Acting Sub- Lieutenant† (Act Sub-Lt) Ensign (ENS)

- Chief Warrant Officer (CWO)

Midshipman Midshipman

Fleet Chief Petty Officer (FCPO) -

- Master Chief Petty Officer (MCPO)

- Senior Chief Petty Officer (SCPO)

Chief Petty Officer (CPO) Chief Petty Officer (CPO)

- Petty Officer 1st Class (PO1)

- Petty Officer 2nd Class (PO2)

Petty Officer (PO) Petty Officer 3rd Class (PO3)

Leading Seaman (LS) Seaman (SN)

Able Seaman (AB) -

Ordinary Seaman (OD) -

Junior Seaman (JS) Seaman Apprentice (SA), Seaman Recruit (SR)

Royaume-Uni États-Unis

L’armée de l’air

the Royal Air Force (RAF) the United States Air Force (USAF)||

Marshal of the Royal Air Force General of the Air Force

Air Chief Marshal (ACM)* General (GEN)

Air Marshal (AM) Lieutenant† General (LTG)

Air Vice-Marshal (AVM) Major General (MG)

Air Commodore (Air Cdre) Brigadier General (BG)

Group Captain (Gp Capt) Colonel (COL)

Wing Commander (Wing Cdr) Lieutenant† Colonel (LTC)

Squadron Leader (Sqn Ldr) Major (MAJ)

Flight Lieutenant† (Flt Lt) Captain (CAPT)

Flying Officer (FO) First Lieutenant† (1LT)

Pilot Officer (PO) Second Lieutenant† (2LT)

Warrant Officer (WO) -

Flight Sergeant (FS) Chief Master Sergeant (CMSGT)

- Senior Master Sergeant (SMSGT)

- Master Sergeant (MSGT)

Chief Technician (Chf Tech) Technical Sergeant (TSGT)

Sergeant (Sgt) Staff Sergeant (SSGT)

Corporal (Cpl) Sergeant (SGT)

Junior Technician (Jnr Tech) -

Senior Aircraftman ou woman (SAC) -

Leading Aircraftman ou woman (LAC) Airman First Class (A1C) ou Airwoman First Class

Aircraftman ou Aircraftwoman Airman Basic (AB)

Comment parler des militaires

L’anglais emploie l’article indéfini pour les noms de grades utilisés avec les verbes to be ( être), to become ( devenir), to make ( faire) etc.

Dans les expressions suivantes, colonel est pris comme exemple; les autres noms de grades s’utilisent de la même façon.

il est colonel

= he is a colonel

il est colonel dans l’armée de terre

= he is a colonel in the army

devenir colonel

= to become a colonel

on l’a nommé colonel

= he was made a colonel

Mais avec le verbe to promote ou dans l’expression the rank of…, l’anglais n’emploie pas l’article indéfini:

être promu colonel

= to be promoted colonel ou to be promoted to colonel

il a le grade de colonel

= he has the rank of colonel

L’anglais n’emploie pas non plus l’article défini lorsque le grade est suivi du nom propre:

le colonel Jones est arrivé

= Colonel Jones has arrived

Comparer:

le colonel est arrivé

= the colonel has arrived

Noter que le mot Colonel prend une majuscule en anglais devant le nom propre, mais rarement dans les autres cas.

Comment s’adresser aux militaires

D’un militaire à son supérieur:

oui, mon colonel

= yes, sir

oui, colonel

= yes, ma’am

D’un militaire à son inférieur en grade:

oui, sergent

= yes, sergeant

Les abréviations sont utilisées uniquement par écrit et avec les noms propres, par ex.: Capt. Jones.

† Noter la prononciation (GB): [leftenant], (US): [lootenant].

‡ Le nom varie selon le régiment.

§ Les abréviations RN et USN ne sont utilisées que par écrit.

|| L’abréviation USAF n’est utilisée que par écrit. Dire the US Air Force.

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > Les grades
12 cargo

m.

1 charge (cuidado).

los niños han quedado a mi cargo the children have been left in my care

las personas a su cargo his dependents; (familiares) the people working under him (trabajadores)

estar a cargo de algo, tener algo a su cargo to be in charge of something

hacerse cargo de to take charge of; (asumir el control de) to take care of; (ocuparse de) to understand (comprender)

me hago cargo de la difícil situación I am aware of o I realize the difficulty of the situation

me da cargo de conciencia dejarle pagar I feel bad about letting him pay

2 post, position (empleo).

ocupa un cargo muy importante she holds a very important position o post

alto cargo top manager; (persona) (en empresa) high-ranking official (en la Administración)

cargo público public office

3 charge (finance).

con cargo a charged to

correr a cargo de to be borne by

hacerse cargo de to pay for

4 charge (law) (acusación).

formular graves cargos contra alguien to bring serious charges against somebody

5 debit, fee, debit charge.

6 freight, loading.

7 office.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: cargar.

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cargo

► nombre masculino

1 (peso) load, weight

2 (empleo) post, position

■ el cargo de director the post of director

3 (gobierno, custodia) charge, responsibility

■ tiene dos empleados a su cargo he has two employees under him

4 FINANZAS charge, debit

5 DERECHO (falta) charge, accusation

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FRASEOLOGÍA

correr a cargo de alguien to be the responsibility of somebody

■ el discurso de inauguración correrá a cargo del Sr. Torres Sr. Torres will make the opening speech

■ los gastos de transporte corren a cargo del comprador shipping costs are payable by the purchaser

desempeñar el cargo de / ocupar el cargo de to occupy the post of

estar al cargo de to be in charge of

hacerse cargo de (responsabilizarse de) to take charge of 2 (entender) to realize

■ me hago cargo I realize that

jurar el cargo to take an oath

alto cargo top job, high-ranking position

cargo de conciencia figurado weight on one's conscience

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noun m.

1) load, burden

2) charge

3) post, office

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SM

1) (=puesto) post

ocupa el cargo de comisario europeo desde hace tres años — he has held the office o post of European Commissioner for three years

dejó el cargo de embajador en 1992 — he left his post as ambassador in 1992

• alto cargo — (=persona) top official, senior official; (=puesto) high-ranking position, top post

ha dimitido un alto cargo directivo — a top o senior official has resigned

han quedado vacantes tres altos cargos — three high-ranking positions o top posts have become vacant

• desempeñar un cargo — to hold a position

• jurar el cargo — to be sworn in

• poner el cargo a disposición de algn — euf to offer up one's post to sb

cargo público — (=puesto) public office; (=persona) person in public office

2)

• a cargo de —

a) (=responsable de) in charge of, responsible for

las tropas a cargo de los refugiados — the troops in charge of o responsible for the refugees

los detectives a cargo de la investigación — the detectives in charge of o heading the investigation

b) (=bajo la responsabilidad de)

la presentación del programa estuvo a cargo de una actriz desconocida — the programme was presented by an unknown actress

"formación a cargo de la empresa" — "training will be provided"

la clausura del festival estará a cargo de Plácido Domingo — Plácido Domingo will be the main attraction of the festival's closing ceremony

un concierto a cargo de la orquesta de cámara de la ciudad — a concert performed by the city's chamber orchestra

la llamada irá a mi cargo — I'll pay for the phone call

las reparaciones correrán a cargo del dueño — the cost of repairs will be met by the owner, repairs will be paid for by the owner

• tener algo a su cargo — to be in charge of sth, be responsible for sth

20 policías tenían a su cargo la seguridad del monarca — 20 policemen were in charge of o responsible for the king's security

los niños que tengo a mi cargo — the children in my care o charge frm

3)

• hacerse cargo de — (=encargarse) to take charge of; (=pagar) to pay for; (=entender) to realize

cuando él murió, su hijo se hizo cargo del negocio — when he died, his son took charge of o took over the business

el ejército se hizo cargo del poder — the army took over power o took control

el abuelo se hizo cargo del niño — the boy's grandfather took care of him

deben hacerse cargo de los daños causados a los muebles — they should pay for breakages to the furniture

la empresa no quiso hacerse cargo de la reparación — the company refused to meet the costs of repair

me hago cargo de la importancia de estas conversaciones — I am aware of o realize how important these talks are

-estamos pasando unos momentos difíciles -sí, ya me hago cargo — "we're going through difficult times" - "yes, I understand o realize"

4) (Com) charge

podrá recibir información sin cargo alguno — you can receive information free of charge

paga siempre con cargo a su cuenta corriente — he always charges payments directly to his current account

cargo por gestión — [de un billete electrónico] administration fee

5) (Jur) charge

el fiscal retiró los cargos contra el acusado — the prosecution dropped all the charges against the defendant

fue puesto en libertad sin cargos — he was released without charges

cargo de conciencia, tengo cargo de conciencia por el tiempo perdido — I feel guilty about all that wasted time
pliego, testigo 1., 1)
6) Chile, Perú (=certificación) date stamp ( providing proof of when a document was submitted)

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masculino

1) ( puesto) post, position (frml)

un cargo de mucha responsabilidad — a very responsible job o post

- cargo público

2) (responsabilidad, cuidado)

a)

a cargo de alguien: los niños están a mi cargo the children are in my care o (frml) charge; el negocio quedó a su cargo he was left in charge of the business; dejé/puse las ventas a cargo de Luque I left/put Luque in charge of sales; tiene cuatro hijos a su cargo or (Col) a cargo he has four children to support; tiene a su cargo la división comercial — she is responsible for o in charge of the sales department

b)

al cargo de algo — in charge of something

c)

correr a cargo de alguien: los gastos corren a cargo de la empresa expenses will be paid o met by the company; la organización del concierto corre a mi cargo — I'm responsible for organizing the concert

d)

hacerse cargo de algo — ( hacerse responsable) de puesto/tarea to take charge of something; de gastos to take care of something; ( comprender) (Esp) to undertand something, to appreciate something

me hago cargo del problema — I appreciate the problem

- cargo de conciencia

3) (Com, Fin) charge

sin cargo adicional — at no additional cost

sin cargo — free of charge

con cargo a mi cuenta — to be debited against o charged to my account

4) (Der) charge

5) (Chi, Per) date-and-time stamp for documents

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masculino

1) ( puesto) post, position (frml)

un cargo de mucha responsabilidad — a very responsible job o post

- cargo público

2) (responsabilidad, cuidado)

a)

a cargo de alguien: los niños están a mi cargo the children are in my care o (frml) charge; el negocio quedó a su cargo he was left in charge of the business; dejé/puse las ventas a cargo de Luque I left/put Luque in charge of sales; tiene cuatro hijos a su cargo or (Col) a cargo he has four children to support; tiene a su cargo la división comercial — she is responsible for o in charge of the sales department

b)

al cargo de algo — in charge of something

c)

correr a cargo de alguien: los gastos corren a cargo de la empresa expenses will be paid o met by the company; la organización del concierto corre a mi cargo — I'm responsible for organizing the concert

d)

hacerse cargo de algo — ( hacerse responsable) de puesto/tarea to take charge of something; de gastos to take care of something; ( comprender) (Esp) to undertand something, to appreciate something

me hago cargo del problema — I appreciate the problem

- cargo de conciencia

3) (Com, Fin) charge

sin cargo adicional — at no additional cost

sin cargo — free of charge

con cargo a mi cuenta — to be debited against o charged to my account

4) (Der) charge

5) (Chi, Per) date-and-time stamp for documents

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cargo¹

¹ = officer, official, position, post, office, job title, incumbent.

Nota: Nombre.

Ex: Thus, sometimes the information does not reach those officers who would benefit most from access to it.

Ex: See also reference tracings include related headings such as personal and corporate headings for officials, pseudonyms used as uniform headings, etc.

Ex: He has held a variety of positions of increasing responsibility.

Ex: The chief librarian or director of libraries, by which title the post is sometimes now known, will in general be fully occupied with making decisions on internal professional policy.

Ex: Until Groome appeared, city officials were chosen not so much for their ability to administer the affairs of their offices as for who they knew; hence, old-style machine politics with its accompanying corruption found a congenial atmosphere in which to operate.

Ex: The job title is designed to indicate the group (professional, associate, technician, or clerk) to which the job belongs and the level of the job within that grouping.

Ex: This practice of having the former incumbent of the job train the new employee is risky, particularly if that departing employee has in any way been a problem.

* alto cargo = senior post, senior manager, senior executive, high official, top manager, senior official.

* alto cargo público = senior public official.

* altos cargos = people in high office.

* ascender a un cargo = rise to + position.

* aspirar a un cargo = aspire to + position.

* beneficios del cargo, los = spoils of office, the.

* cargo de director = directorship.

* cargo directivo = senior post, top official, senior position, managerial position, executive position, top position.

* cargo ejecutivo = managerial position, executive position.

* cargo ejecutivo del gobierno = government executive.

* cargo ministerial = ministry official.

* cargo oficial = officer.

* cargo político = government official.

* cargo público = public official, federal official, elected official, public office.

* dejar un cargo = resign + office, step down from + Posesivo + position, leave + office.

* dimitir de un cargo = step down from + Posesivo + position, stand down.

* en el cargo = in the saddle, in office.

* en virtud del cargo que ocupa = ex officio.

* en virtud de su cargo = ex officio.

* jurar un cargo = swear in.

* ocupar el cargo = be in the position.

* ocupar un cargo = hold + position.

* ocupar un cargo de dirección = hold + a chair.

* persona designada para un cargo = appointee.

* prebendas del cargo, las = spoils of office, the.

* relevar de un cargo = relieve of + duty.

* renunciar a un cargo = step down from + Posesivo + position, stand down.

* titular del cargo = incumbent.

* tomar posesión de un cargo = swear in, take + office.

cargo²

² = responsibility.

Ex: The responsibility for manning the one telephone left at the disposal of a residue of callers fell to a single officer who had other duties to carry out to justify his keep.

* a cargo = in the saddle.

* a cargo (de) = charged with, in charge (of).

* a cargo de Alguien = under supervision.

* a cargo de las riendas = in the saddle.

* a cargo del ayuntamiento = local authority-run.

* a cargo del gobierno = government-operated, government-run.

* a cargo de una sola persona = one-man band.

* a cargo de voluntarios = volunteer-run.

* Algo a cargo de una sola persona = one-person operation.

* bajo el cargo de = on charges of.

* cargo de conciencia = guilty conscience.

* con cargo a = to be debited to, to be charged to.

* con cargo de conciencia = remorseful.

* correr a cargo de = be the responsibility of.

* estar a cargo de = man, be the responsibility of.

* familiar a cargo = dependent.

* hacerse cargo = take over, assume + role.

* hacerse cargo de = take + charge of, take + Nombre + under + Posesivo + wings.

* hacerse cargo de Algo = take (+ Nombre) + on board (+ Nombre), hold + the fort, hold + the fortress.

* persona a cargo = dependent.

* poner a Alguien al cargo de = put + Nombre + in charge of.

* poner a cargo de = put in + charge of.

* tener a cargo de uno = have + as + Posesivo + charge.

* tener a + Posesivo + cargo = have + in + Posesivo + charge.

cargo³

³ = charge, indictment.

Ex: No less prestigious an authority than a Royal Commission was appointed to inquire into the charges brought against the man principally responsible for that volume.

Ex: Enter indictments as instructed in rule 21.36C1.

* absolver a Alguien de todos los cargos = acquit + Nombre + on all counts.

* cargos criminales = criminal charges.

* formular cargos contra = bring + charges against.

* formular cargos contra Alguien = press + charges.

* libertad sin cargos = unconditional discharge.

cargo⁴

* culto al cargo = cargo cult.

* nota de cargo = credit note.

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cargo

masculine

A (puesto) position ( frml), post

desempeña un cargo importante en la empresa he has o holds an important position in the firm

tiene un cargo de mucha responsabilidad she has a very responsible job o post o position

hoy toma posesión de su cargo he takes up his post o position today, he takes up office today

alto¹ (↑ alto (1))

Compuesto:

cargo público

los que ostentan cargos públicos those who hold public office

B (responsabilidad, cuidado)

1

a cargo de algn: los niños están a mi cargo the children are in my care o ( frml) charge

un concierto a cargo de la Orquesta Nacional ( frml); a concert performed by the National Orchestra

el negocio quedó a su cargo he was left in charge of the business

dejé/puse las ventas a cargo de Luque I left/put Luque in charge of sales

tiene cuatro hijos a su cargoor ( Col) a cargo he has four children to support

tiene a su cargo la división comercial she is responsible for o in charge of the sales department

2

al cargo de algo in charge of sth

quedó/lo pusieron al cargo del departamento he was left/they put him in charge of the department

3

correr a cargo de algn: los gastos corren a cargo de la empresa expenses will be paid o met by the company

la organización del concierto corre a cargo de su ayudante her assistant is responsible for organizing the concert

el papel principal corre a cargo de Fernando Arias the main part o the leading role is played by Fernando Arias

4

hacerse cargo de algo (hacerse responsable) ‹de un puesto/una tarea› to take charge of sth;

‹de gastos› to take care of sth; (entender) ( Esp) to be aware of sth

¿podría hacerse cargo de nuestra sucursal en Panamá? could you take charge of o head our branch in Panama?

mi abuela se hizo cargo de mí my grandmother took care of me

me hago cargo de la gravedad de la situación I am aware of the gravity of the situation

es un problema difícil — sí, me hago cargo it's a difficult problem — yes, I realize that o I am aware of that

Compuesto:

cargo de conciencia

no tengo ningún cargo de conciencia por no haber ido a visitarlo I don't feel at all guilty for not having been to visit him, I feel no remorse at not having been to visit him

me da/quedó un cargo de conciencia horrible I feel/felt terribly guilty

C ( Com, Fin) charge

sin cargo adicional at no additional cost, at no extra charge

sin cargo free of charge

pidió unos cheques de viaje con cargo a su cuenta she ordered some traveler's checks to be debited against o charged to her account

D ( Der) charge

niega todos los cargos que se le imputan he denies all the charges against him

E (Chi, Per) certificate or stamp showing date and time a document is submitted

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Del verbo cargar: ( conjugate cargar)

cargo es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

cargó es:

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

Multiple Entries:
cargar
cargo
cargar ( conjugate cargar) verbo transitivo
1
a) ‹barco/avión/camión› to load;

◊ cargoon la camioneta de cajas they loaded the van with boxes;

no cargues tanto el coche don't put so much in the car
b) ‹pistola/escopeta› to load;

‹pluma/encendedor› to fill;
‹ cámara› to load, put a film in
c) (Elec) to charge

2
a) ‹ mercancías› to load

b) ‹ combustible› to fuel;

◊ tengo que cargo nafta (RPl) I have to fill up with gasoline (AmE) o (BrE) petrol

c) (Inf) to load

3 ( de obligaciones) cargo a algn de algo to burden sb with sth;
◊ me cargoon la culpa they put o laid the blame on me

4
a) ‹paquetes/bolsas› to carry;

‹ niño› (AmL) to carry
b) (AmL exc RPl) ‹ armas› to carry

c) (Ven fam) ( llevar puesto) to wear;

( tener consigo):
◊ cargo las llaves I have the keys

5 ( a una cuenta) to charge
6 (Méx fam) ( matar) to kill
verbo intransitivo
1 cargo con algo ‹ con bulto› to carry sth;
◊ tiene que cargo con todo el peso de la casa she has to shoulder all the responsibility for the household

2 cargo contra algn [tropas/policía] to charge on o at sb
3 [ batería] to charge
4 (fam) ( fastidiar):
◊ me cargan los fanfarrones I can't stand show-offs

cargarse verbo pronominal
1
a) [pilas/flash] to charge;

[ partícula] to become charged
b) cargose de algo ‹de bolsas/equipaje› to load oneself down with sth;

‹ de responsabilidades› to take on a lot of sth;
‹ de deudas› to saddle oneself with sth
2
a) (fam) ( matar) to kill

b) (Esp fam) ‹ motor› to wreck;

‹ jarrón› to smash
cargo sustantivo masculino
1 ( puesto) post, position (frml);
(de presidente, ministro) office;
◊ tener un cargo público to hold public office;

un cargo de responsabilidad a responsible job o post
2 (responsabilidad, cuidado):
◊ los niños están a mi cargo the children are in my care;

estar a cargo de algo to be in charge of sth;
los gastos corren a cargo de la empresa expenses will be paid o met by the company;
hacerse cargo de algo ‹de puesto/tarea› to take charge of sth;

‹ de gastos› to take care of sth;
◊ me da cargo de conciencia I feel guilty

3
a) (Com, Fin) charge;

◊ sin cargo free of charge

b) (Der) charge

cargar
I verbo transitivo
1 to load: cargó al niño en brazos, she took the boy in her arms
2 (un mechero, una pluma) to fill
3 (poner carga eléctrica) to charge
4 (atribuir algo negativo) cargar a alguien con las culpas, to put the blame on sb
le cargan la responsabilidad a su padre, they put the blame on his father
5 Com to charge: cárguelo a mi cuenta, charge it to my account
6 familiar Educ to fail
II verbo intransitivo
1 (soportar, hacerse cargo) to lumber [con, with]: carga con la casa y con la suegra, she has to do all the housework as well as having to take care of her mother-in-law
figurado cargar con las consecuencias, to suffer the consequences
2 (llevar un peso) to carry: siempre carga con lo más pesado, he always takes the heaviest
3 (arremeter, atacar) to charge [contra, against]
cargo sustantivo masculino
1 (puesto) post, position
2 (cuidado, responsabilidad) charge
estar al cargo de, to be in charge of
3 Jur charge, accusation
4 Fin charge, debit 5 cargo de conciencia, weight on one's conscience, remorse
♦ Locuciones: correr a cargo de, (gastos) to be met by
hacerse cargo de, to take charge of: en seguida se hizo cargo de mi situación, he understood my situation immediately
' cargo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acceder
- acusación
- adscribir
- alcaldía
- antecesor
- antecesora
- antigua
- antiguo
- candidata
- candidato
- candidatura
- carga
- cargar
- cargamento
- cargarse
- censor
- censora
- cesar
- consejería
- correr
- cuidada
- cuidado
- dimitir
- dirección
- disputarse
- educación
- flete
- función
- inhabilitar
- jefatura
- jurar
- juramentar
- lamentarse
- minoritaria
- minoritario
- nombrar
- ostentar
- permanencia
- poltrona
- posesión
- presentarse
- pretendienta
- pretendiente
- regentar
- rehabilitación
- reintegrar
- relevar
- relumbrón
- renuncia
- renunciar
English:
appointment
- assume
- backbencher
- band
- bump off
- by-election
- cargo
- charge
- count
- denial
- deny
- drop
- ex
- foreman
- handle
- impression
- incitement
- inflict
- lay on
- office
- outrank
- resign
- set down
- shed
- stand down
- succeed
- toss about
- toss around
- vessel
- back
- commission
- dean
- debit
- dependant
- discharge
- dock
- extra
- fly
- front
- handling
- impeach
- incumbent
- land
- landing
- lay
- load
- meet
- reinstate
- relieve
- seize

* * *

cargo nm

1. [empleo] post, position;

ocupa o [m5] es un cargo muy importante she holds a very important position o post;

desempeña un cargo de ministro he is a minister;

tomar posesión del cargo to take up office

Comp
cargo directivo manager;
cargo público: [m5] ostenta o [m5] es un cargo público she holds public office;

varios cargos públicos se han visto involucrados en el escándalo several people holding public office have been implicated in the scandal

2. [cuidado] charge;

los niños han quedado a mi cargo the children have been left in my care;

una producción a cargo del Teatro Nacional a National Theatre production;

está a cargo de o [m5] tiene a su cargo la seguridad de la empresa he is in charge of o responsible for company security;

hacerse cargo de [asumir el control de] to take charge of;
[ocuparse de] to take care of; [comprender] to understand;
se hizo cargo de la gestión de la empresa she took over the running of the company;

el ejército se hizo cargo del poder the army took power o took over;

no te preocupes, yo me hago cargo de los niños don't worry, I'll look after the children;

me hago cargo de la difícil situación I am aware of o I realize the difficulty of the situation;

tenemos que ir al entierro y llegaremos tarde – sí, me hago cargo we have to go to the funeral, so we'll be late – OK, I understand

3. Econ charge;

con cargo a charged to;

han asignado una nueva partida con cargo a los presupuestos del estado they have created a new budget heading;

correr a cargo de to be borne by;

todos los gastos corren a cargo de la empresa all expenses will be borne by the company;

la comida corre a cargo de la empresa the meal is on the company;

la organización corre a cargo del Municipio the organization will be carried out by the town council, the town council will be organizing the event;

sin cargo adicional for o at no extra charge

4. [acusación] charge;

formular graves cargos contra alguien to bring serious charges against sb;

se declaró inocente de todos los cargos que se le imputaban he said he was innocent on all counts

Comp
cargo de conciencia:
tener cargo de conciencia to feel pangs of conscience, to feel remorse;

me da cargo de conciencia dejarle pagar I feel bad about letting him pay;

comprar productos de este país me representa un cargo de conciencia I feel guilty about buying this country's products

5. [buque de carga] cargo ship, freighter

* * *

cargo

m

1 position;

alto cargo high-ranking position; persona high-ranking official;

cargo ministerial ministerial post

2 JUR charge

3

:

a cargo de la madre in the mother’s care;

tener algo a su cargo, estar a cargo de algo be in charge of sth;

está a cargo de Gómez Gómez is in charge of it;

hacerse cargo de algo take charge of sth;

tomar a su cargo take charge of

4 COM

:

con cargo a nosotros on our account

5

:

me da cargo de conciencia it makes me feel guilty

* * *

cargo nm

1) : burden, load

2) : charge

a cargo de: in charge of

3) : position, office

* * *

cargo n

1. (empleo) post

un cargo directivo a management post

2. (delito) charge

han retirado los cargos they've dropped the charges

estar a cargo de / tener a su cargo (ser la responsabilidad de) to be your responsibility (ser responsable de) to be in charge of

he dejado a los niños a cargo de la canguro I've left the babysitter in charge of the children

hacerse cargo (encargarse de) to take charge of [pt. took; pp. taken] (comprender) to understand [pt. & pp. understood]

Spanish-English dictionary > cargo
13 oficial

adj.

official.

f. & m.

1 officer, official, commissioned officer, journeyman.

2 skilled worker.

m.

1 officer (military).

oficial de marina naval officer

2 clerk (funcionario).

* * *

oficial

► adjetivo

1 official

► nombre masulino o femenino

1 (en oficina) office worker, clerk; (en oficio) assistant

2 MILITAR officer

3 (en la Administración) official, officer

4 (en albañilería) skilled labourer

* * *
1. adj.
official
2. noun mf.
officer

* * *

1.

ADJ [viaje, documento, comunicado] official

2. SMF

1) (Mil) officer

primer oficial — (Náut) first mate

oficial de enlace — liaison officer

oficial de guardia — (Náut) officer of the watch

oficial del día — orderly officer

oficial de marina — naval officer

oficial ejecutivo — executive officer

oficial médico — medical officer

oficial pagador — paymaster

2) (=obrero) [en fábrica] skilled worker; [en taller artesano] craftsman/craftswoman; [por cuenta ajena] journeyman; [en oficina] clerk

oficial mayor — chief clerk

* * *
I
adjetivo official

Concesionario Oficial — authorized dealer
II
- ciala masculino, femenino, oficial masculino y femenino

1) ( obrero) skilled worker

se necesita oficial tornero — time-served machinist needed

2) oficial masculino y femenino ( de policía) police officer ( above the rank of sergeant); (Mil) officer

•

- oficial de guardia

* * *

= official, governmental, officer.

Ex. Subrules of 21.4 deal, for instance, with works erroneously or fictitiously attributed to a person or corporate body, and official communications.

Ex. At the same time that these governmental initiatives are being planned and executed, there is yet another 'information highway' developing.

Ex. All officers were remorseful about taking a life but all would make the same decision again if necessary.

----

* acto oficial = official act, public engagement.

* boletín oficial = official gazette.

* compromiso oficial = public engagement.

* comunicación oficial = official communication.

* extraoficial = off the record.

* inauguración oficial = ceremonial opening.

* oficial aprendiz = journeyman [journeymen, -pl.].

* oficial aprendiz de imprenta = journeyman printer.

* oficial de aduanas = immigration officer, customs official.

* oficial de la marina = marine officer.

* oficial del ejército = army official, army officer.

* oficial del gobierno = government official.

* oficial de servicio = duty officer.

* partido oficial = official game.

* representante oficial = game official.

* versión oficial, la = official story, the.

* visita oficial = official visit.

* * *
I
adjetivo official

Concesionario Oficial — authorized dealer
II
- ciala masculino, femenino, oficial masculino y femenino

1) ( obrero) skilled worker

se necesita oficial tornero — time-served machinist needed

2) oficial masculino y femenino ( de policía) police officer ( above the rank of sergeant); (Mil) officer

•

- oficial de guardia

* * *

= official, governmental, officer.

Ex: Subrules of 21.4 deal, for instance, with works erroneously or fictitiously attributed to a person or corporate body, and official communications.

Ex: At the same time that these governmental initiatives are being planned and executed, there is yet another 'information highway' developing.

Ex: All officers were remorseful about taking a life but all would make the same decision again if necessary.

* acto oficial = official act, public engagement.

* boletín oficial = official gazette.

* compromiso oficial = public engagement.

* comunicación oficial = official communication.

* extraoficial = off the record.

* inauguración oficial = ceremonial opening.

* oficial aprendiz = journeyman [journeymen, -pl.].

* oficial aprendiz de imprenta = journeyman printer.

* oficial de aduanas = immigration officer, customs official.

* oficial de la marina = marine officer.

* oficial del ejército = army official, army officer.

* oficial del gobierno = government official.

* oficial de servicio = duty officer.

* partido oficial = official game.

* representante oficial = game official.

* versión oficial, la = official story, the.

* visita oficial = official visit.

* * *

oficial¹

adjective

‹acto/delegación› official; ‹hora› official; ‹noviazgo› official

fuentes oficiales official sources

[ S ] Concesionario Oficial Nolex authorized Nolex dealer

oficial² - ciala

masculine, feminine

oficial masculine and feminine

A (obrero) skilled worker

se necesita oficial tornero/albañil time-served machinist/bricklayer needed

B

oficial masculine and feminine

1 (de policía) police officer ( above the rank of sergeant)

2 ( Mil) officer

Compuestos:

● oficial de aduanas

customs officer

● oficial de cumplimiento

compliance officer

● oficial de guardia

officer of the watch

● oficial de reserva

officer in the reserve

* * *

oficial adjetivo
official
■ sustantivo masculino y femenino ( de policía) police officer ( above the rank of sergeant);
(Mil) officer
oficial(a) m,f (obrero cualificado) skilled worker
oficial
I adj (documento, etc) official
II mf
1 Mil Náut officer
2 (de administración) officer
' oficial' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acta
- BOE
- boletín
- carta
- comunicación
- comunicada
- comunicado
- conducto
- despacho
- emisión
- emitir
- extraescolar
- fe
- graduación
- inscribir
- licencia
- novia
- novio
- oficiala
- oficio
- partida
- protección
- timbre
- ascender
- ascenso
- carácter
- colegio
- comandante
- denominar
- designar
- informal
- marino
- superior
English:
authoritative
- clash
- commissioner
- council housing
- declare
- document
- formal
- informal
- marshal
- mate
- midshipman
- off-the-record
- officer
- official
- party line
- pass off
- quotable
- rank
- record
- senior
- soldier
- stamp
- starter
- state
- statement
- subaltern
- unofficial
- whip
- commanding
- commission
- declaration
- detective
- Downing Street
- established
- guard
- legal
- navigator
- odds
- public
- standard

* * *

oficial¹

♦ adj

official

♦ nmf

1. Mil officer

Comp
oficial de guardia officer of the watch;
oficial al mando commanding officer;

oficial de reserva reserve officer

2. [de policía] police officer

3. [funcionario] clerk

oficial², -ala nm,f

skilled worker, journeyman;

oficial montador journeyman fitter;

oficial electricista skilled electrician

* * *

oficial

I adj official

II m/f MIL officer

* * *

oficial adj

: official

♦ oficialmente adv

oficial nmf

1) : officer, police officer, commissioned officer (in the military)

2) : skilled worker

* * *

oficial¹ adj official

oficial² n

1. (en general) officer

2. (en oficios manuales) skilled worker

Spanish-English dictionary > oficial
14 officier

I.

officier¹ [ɔfisje]

masculine noun

officer

• officier de marine naval officer

• officier de police senior police officer

• officier de l'état civil registrar (usually the mayor)

II.

officier² [ɔfisje]

➭ TABLE 7 intransitive verb

to officiate

* * *

I ɔfisje
verbe intransitif Religion, hum to officiate

II ɔfisje
nom masculin officer

* * *
ɔfisje, jɛʀ (-ière)
1. nm/f

officer

Elle est officier de marine.; Elle est officière de marine. — She's a naval officer.

officier de l'état-civil — registrar

officier ministériel — member of the legal profession

2. vi

RELIGION to officiate

* * *

officier verb table: plier

A nm officer; officier de réserve/d'active reserve/serving officer; officier général/supérieur general/field officer; officier subalterne subaltern; officier des pompiers/de police fire/police officer; officier de liaison liaison officer; officier de semaine duty officer of the week; officier de marine naval officer; officier de la marine marchande officer in the merchant navy GB ou merchant marine US.

B vi Relig, hum to officiate.

Composés

officier de l'état civil registrar; officier de la Légion d'honneur officer of the Legion of Honour^GB; officier marinier petty officer; officier ministériel holder of an office conferred for life by a public authority; officier d'ordonnance aide-de-camp; officier de police judiciaire law enforcement officer; officier public office-holder whose statements are deemed authentic; officier de renseignement intelligence officer; ⇒ grand.

I

[ɔfisje] nom masculin

1. MILITAIRE officer

officier de marine/de l'armée de terre naval/army officer

officier supérieur/général field/general officer

officier de liaison liaison officer

officier de paix senior police officer

officier de service duty officer

officier subalterne junior (UK) ou company (US) officer

2. [titulaire - d'une fonction, d'une distinction]

officier de l'Armée du salut Salvation Army Officer

officier de l'état civil ≃ registrar

officier de police judiciaire police officer in the French Criminal Investigation Department

officier de la Légion d'honneur Officer of the Legion of Honour

II

[ɔfisje] verbe intransitif

1. RELIGION to officiate

2. (figuré & humoristique) to preside

qui officie aux fourneaux ce soir? who's in charge ou presiding in the kitchen tonight?

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > officier
15 Militär

n; -, kein Pl.; MIL.

1. armed forces Pl., military; (Heer) army; beim Militär sein be in the forces; zum Militär müssen have to do military service

2. (Soldaten) military personnel, soldiers Pl.; Militär einsetzen ( gegen jemanden) use troops (against s.o.)

—

Militär2

m; -s, -s; MIL. (high-ranking) officer

* * *

das Militär

soldiery; military

* * *
Mi|li|tär I [mili'tɛːɐ]
nt -s, no pl
military, armed forces pl
beim Militä́r sein (inf) — to be in the forces

zum Militä́r einberufen werden — to be called up (Brit) or drafted (US)

zum Militä́r müssen (inf) — to have to join up (Brit) or join the army

zum Militä́r gehen — to join up (Brit), to join the army

vom Militä́r entlassen werden — to be discharged from the armed forces

(gegen jdn) Militä́r einsetzen — to use the military( against sb)

wir sind doch hier nicht beim Militä́r! — we're not in the army, you know!

da geht es zu wie beim Militä́r — the place is run like an army (Brit) or military camp
II
m -s, -s
(army) officer
* * *

Mi·li·tär¹

<-s>

[miliˈtɛ:ɐ̯]

nt kein pl

1. (Armeeangehörige) soldiers pl

2. (Armee) armed forces pl, military no pl, no indef art

zum \Militär müssen to have to join up

beim \Militär sein to be in the forces pl

zum \Militär gehen to join up

da geht es zu wie beim \Militär the place is run like an army camp

Mi·li·tär²

<-s, -s>

[miliˈtɛ:ɐ̯]

m (veraltend geh) [senior] officer

* * *
I
das; Militärs

1) armed forces pl.; military

beim Militär sein/vom Militär entlassen werden — be in/be discharged from the forces

2) (Soldaten) soldiers pl.; army
II
der; Militärs, Militärs [high-ranking military] officer

* * *

Militär¹ n; -, kein pl; MIL

1. armed forces pl, military; (Heer) army;

beim Militär sein be in the forces;

zum Militär müssen have to do military service

2. (Soldaten) military personnel, soldiers pl;

Militär einsetzen (

gegen jemanden) use troops (against sb)

Militär² m; -s, -s; MIL (high-ranking) officer

* * *
I
das; Militärs

1) armed forces pl.; military

beim Militär sein/vom Militär entlassen werden — be in/be discharged from the forces

2) (Soldaten) soldiers pl.; army
II
der; Militärs, Militärs [high-ranking military] officer

* * *

-s n.

military n.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Militär
16 Spínola, Antônio de

(1910-1996)

   Senior army general, hero of Portugal's wars of African insurgency, and first president of the provisional government after the Revolution of 25 April 1974. A career army officer who became involved in politics after a long career of war service and administration overseas, Spinola had a role in the 1974 coup and revolution that was somewhat analogous to that of General Gomes da Costa in the 1926 coup.

   Spinola served in important posts as a volunteer in Portugal's intervention in the Spanish Civil War (1936-39), a military observer on the Russian front with the Third Reich's armed forces in World War II, and a top officer in the Guarda Nacional Republicana (GNR). His chief significance in contemporary affairs, however, came following his military assignments and tours of duty in Portugal's colonial wars in Africa after 1961.

   Spinola fought first in Angola and later in Guinea- Bissau, where, during 1968-73, he was both commanding general of Portugal's forces and high commissioner (administrator of the territory). His Guinean service tour was significant for at least two reasons: Spinola's dynamic influence upon a circle of younger career officers on his staff in Guinea, men who later joined together in the Armed Forces Movement (MFA), and Spinola's experience of failure in winning the Guinea war militarily or finding a political means for compromise or negotiation with the Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC), the African insurgent movement that had fought a war with Portugal since 1963, largely in the forested tropical interior of the territory. Spinola became discouraged after failure to win permission to negotiate secretly for a political solution to the war with the PAIGC and was reprimanded by Prime Minister Marcello Caetano.

   After his return—not in triumph—from Guinea in 1973, Spinola was appointed chief of staff of the armed forces, but he resigned in a dispute with the government. With the assistance of younger officers who also had African experience of costly but seemingly endless war, Spinola wrote a book, Portugal and the Future, which was published in February 1974, despite official censorship and red tape. Next to the Bible and editions of Luís de Camoes's The Lusi- ads, Spinola's controversial book was briefly the best-selling work in Portugal's modern age. While not intimately involved with the budding conspiracy among career army majors, captains, and others, Spinola was prepared to head such a movement, and the planners depended on his famous name and position as senior army officer with the right credentials to win over both military and civil opinion when and where it counted.

   When the Revolution of 25 April 1974 succeeded, Spinola was named head of the Junta of National Salvation and eventually provisional president of Portugal. Among the military revolutionaries, though, there was wide disagreement about the precise goals of the revolution and how to achieve them. Spinola's path-breaking book had subtly proposed three new goals: the democratization of authoritarian Portugal, a political solution to the African colonial wars, and liberalization of the economic system. The MFA immediately proclaimed, not coincidentally, the same goals, but without specifying the means to attain them.

   The officers who ran the newly emerging system fell out with Spinola over many issues, but especially over how to decolonize Portugal's besieged empire. Spinola proposed a gradualist policy that featured a free referendum by all colonial voters to decide between a loose federation with Portugal or complete independence. MFA leaders wanted more or less immediate decolonization, a transfer of power to leading African movements, and a pullout of Portugal's nearly 200,000 troops in three colonies. After a series of crises and arguments, Spinola resigned as president in September 1974. He conspired for a conservative coup to oust the leftists in power, but the effort failed in March 1975, and Spinola was forced to flee to Spain and then to Brazil. Some years later, he returned to Portugal, lived in quiet retirement, and could be seen enjoying horseback riding. In the early 1980s, he was promoted to the rank of marshal, in retirement.

Historical dictionary of Portugal > Spínola, Antônio de
17 начальник

1) General subject: Chief Accountant, Legree, Officer Commanding, Simon Legree, agent, alcaide, authority, chief, commandant, commander, governor (тюрьмы), harbourmaster, head, head master (учебного заведения), headman, master, principal, sirdar, sirdar (на Востоке), superior, superordinate, the man higher up, the old man, wallah, warden

2) Naval: captain in charge

3) Colloquial: the Head

4) Ironical: his nibs, nibs, big boss

5) Military: Army Medical Officer, Director of Combined Operations, Director of Dental Services, Director of Supply and Maintenance, District Information Officer, General Officer Commanding, administrator (организации, учреждения), brass, cat, chancellor (колледжа), command authority, commander, commanding officer, director (управления, службы, отдела), flag officer-in-charge (в звании выше кэптена), leader, major-general (управления), manager, marshal (какой-либо службы), office commanding, officer, officer in command, officer-in-charge, (старший) officer-in-charge (офицер), regimental munitions officer, regimental transportation officer, senior, senior officer, (вышестоящий) superior, (старший) superior officer, supply officer-in-charge (службы)

6) Engineering: captain

7) Jocular: doctor

8) Railway term: foreman (цеха или депо)

9) Law: administrative boss, chief officer, keeper (тюрьмы)

10) Australian slang: head serang, the big cheese, trump

11) Spanish: jefe

12) Psychology: role-sender

13) Jargon: block and tackle, bow-wow, bowwow, bread, dome, honcho, hot stuff, old boy, old thing, top brass, white bread, Mr. Big, suit, old man, top banana

14) Literature: Legree (и т.п.), Simon Legree (и т.п.)

15) Astronautics: administrator

16) Business: boss, director, superintendent

17) SAP. sup.

18) Labor protection: (непосредственный) supervisor

19) Taboo: man with the brass knackers (см. knackers), sheet (подражание произношению негров из южных штатов) (употребляется с определенным артиклем), shit (употребляется с определенным артиклем), stiff prick (особ. строгий), tomtit (употребляется с определенным артиклем)

20) oil&gas: supervisor

21) Maori: rangatira

Универсальный русско-английский словарь > начальник
18 grand

grand, e [gʀɑ̃, gʀɑ̃d]

1. adjective

   a. ( = de haute taille) tall

   b. ( = plus âgé) son grand frère his older or big (inf) brother

• ils ont deux grands enfants they have two grown-up children

• quand il sera grand [enfant] when he grows up

• il est assez grand pour savoir he's old enough to know

• tu es grand/grande maintenant you're a big boy/girl now

   c. (en dimensions) big, large ; [bras, distance, voyage, enjambées] long ; [avenue, marge] wide

• ouvrir de grands yeux to open one's eyes wide

• l'amour avec un grand A love with a capital L

   d. (en nombre, en quantité) [vitesse, poids, valeur, puissance] great ; [nombre, quantité] large ; [famille] large, big

• la grande majorité des gens the great majority of people

   e. ( = intense) [bruit, cri] loud ; [froid, chaleur] intense ; [vent] strong ; [danger, plaisir, pauvreté] great

• avec un grand rire with a loud laugh

• à ma grande surprise to my great surprise

   f. ( = riche, puissant) [pays, firme, banquier, industriel] leading

   g. ( = important) great ; [ville, travail] big

• je t'annonce une grande nouvelle ! I've got some great news!

• c'est un grand jour pour nous this is a great day for us

   h. ( = principal) main

• c'est la grande nouvelle du jour it's the main news of the day

• la grande difficulté consiste à... the main difficulty lies in...

   i. (intensif) [travailleur, collectionneur, ami, rêveur] great ; [buveur, fumeur] heavy ; [mangeur] big

• un grand verre d'eau a large glass of water

• les grands malades the very ill

• un grand invalide a seriously disabled person

   j. ( = remarquable) great

• un grand vin a great wine

• une grande année a vintage year

• c'est du grand jazz (inf) it's jazz at its best

   k. ( = de gala) [réception, dîner] grand

• en grande pompe with great pomp

   l. ( = noble) [âme] noble ; [pensée, principe] lofty

   m. ( = exagéré) faire de grandes phrases to voice high-flown sentiments

• tous ces grands discours all these high-flown speeches

   n. ( = beaucoup de) cela te fera (le plus) grand bien it'll do you the world of good

• grand bien vous fasse ! much good may it do you!

2. adverb

   a. (en taille) ces sandales chaussent grand these sandals are big-fitting (Brit) or run large (US)

   b. ( = largement) ouvrir (en) grand [+ porte] to open wide ; [+ robinet] to turn full on

• la fenêtre était grand(e) ouverte the window was wide open

• voir grand to think big

• il a vu trop grand he was over-ambitious

• il fait toujours les choses en grand he always does things on a large scale

3. masculine noun

   a. ( = élève) senior boy

• jeu pour petits et grands game for old and young alike

   b. (terme d'affection) viens, mon grand come here, son

   c. ( = personne puissante) les grands de ce monde men in high places

• Alexandre le Grand Alexander the Great

4. feminine noun

grande

   a. ( = élève) senior girl

• elle parle comme une grande she talks like a much older child

   b. (terme d'affection) ma grande (my) dear

5. compounds

► la grande Bleue or bleue the Med (inf)

► grande personne grown-up

► la grande vie the good life

• mener la grande vie to live the good life

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GRANDES ÉCOLES

The grandes écoles are competitive-entrance higher education establishments where engineering, business administration and other subjects are taught to a very high standard. The most prestigious include « l'École Polytechnique » (engineering), the three « Écoles normales supérieures » (arts and sciences), « l'ÉNA » (the civil service college), and « HEC » (business administration).

Pupils prepare for entrance to the grandes écoles after their « baccalauréat » in two years of « classes préparatoires ». → CLASSES PRÉPARATOIRES CONCOURS ÉCOLE NATIONALE D'ADMINISTRATION

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1.

grande gʀɑ̃, gʀɑ̃d adjectif

1) ( de dimensions importantes) ( en hauteur) tall; (en longueur, durée) long; ( en largeur) wide; (en étendue, volume) big

plus grand que nature — larger than life

ouvrir de grands yeux — to open one's eyes wide

2) (nombreux, abondant) large, big

pas grand monde — not many people

il fait grand jour — it's broad daylight

laver à grande eau — to wash [something] in plenty of running water [légumes]; to wash [something] down [sol]

3) ( à un degré élevé) [rêveur, collectionneur, ami] great; [tricheur, joueur] big; [buveur, fumeur] heavy

c'est un grand timide — he's very shy

les grands malades — very sick people

les grands blessés — the seriously injured

4) ( important) [découverte, expédition, nouvelle] great; [date] important; [rôle] major; [problème, décision] big

c'est un grand jour pour elle — it's a big day for her

la grande majorité — the great ou vast majority

5) ( principal) main

les grandes lignes d'une politique — the broad lines of a policy

6) ( de premier plan) [société, marque] leading

les grandes industries — the big industries

7) (brillant, remarquable) [peintre, vin, cause] great; [cœur, âme] noble

c'est un grand homme — he's a great man

Louis le Grand — Louis the Great; esprit

8) ( âgé) [frère, sœur] elder; [élève] senior GB, older; ( adulte)

les grandes personnes — grown-ups

les grandes classes — École the senior forms GB, the upper classes US

une grande fille comme toi! — a big girl like you!

assez grand pour faire — old enough to do

9) ( qualifiant une mesure) [hauteur, longueur, distance, valeur] great; [pointure, quantité, étendue] large; [vitesse] high

il est grand temps que tu partes — it's high time you went

10) (extrême, fort) [bonté, amitié, danger, intérêt] great; [bruit] loud; [froid] severe; [chaleur] intense; [vent] strong, high; [tempête] big, violent

d'une grande timidité — very shy

à ma grande surprise — much to my surprise

sans grand espoir — without much hope

ça te ferait le plus grand bien — it would do you a world of good

à grands cris — loudly; cas, remède

11) ( de rang social élevé) [famille, nom] great

la grande bourgeoisie — the upper middle class

12) ( grandiose) [réception, projet] grand

avoir grande allure — to look very impressive

13) ( emphatique) [mot] big; [phrase] high-sounding

un grand merci — a big thank you

faire de grands gestes — to wave one's arms about

et voilà, tout de suite les grands mots — there you go, straight off the deep end

2.

nom masculin, féminin ( enfant) big boy/girl; École senior GB ou older pupil

pour les grands et les petits — for old and young alike

3.

adverbe wide

ouvrir grand les bras — to throw one's arms open

ouvrir la porte toute grande — to open the door wide

ouvrir grand ses oreilles — fig to prick up one's ears

leurs vêtements taillent grand — their clothes are cut on the large side

voir grand — to think big

4.

nom masculin

les grands de ce monde — the great and the good

les cinq grands — Politique the Big Five

les grands de l'automobile — the top car manufacturers

5.

en grand locution adverbiale

faire de l'élevage en grand — to breed animals on a large scale

faire les choses en grand — to do things on the grand scale

Phrasal Verbs:

- grand banditisme

- grand bassin

- grand couturier

- grand duc

- grand écart

- le grand écran

- grand ensemble

- grand invalide civil

- grand invalide de guerre

- le grand large

- grand magasin

- grand maître

- grand mât

- le grand monde

- le Grand Nord

- grand panda

- Grand Pardon

- grand patron

- grand prêtre

- le grand public

- grand quotidien

- grand teint

- grand tourisme

- la grande banlieue

- la grande cuisine

- grande distribution

- grande école

- la Grande Guerre

- grande gueule

- la grande muraille de Chine

- grande personne

- la grande presse

- grande puissance

- grande roue

- grande série

- grande surface

- grandes eaux

- grandes lignes

- grandes marées

- grandes ondes

- grands espaces

- grands fauves

- grands fonds

- Grands Lacs

- grands singes

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ɡʀɑ̃, ɡʀɑ̃d grand, -e
1. adj

1) (= de haute taille) tall

Il est grand pour son âge. — He's tall for his age.

2) (= aîné)

son grand frère — his big brother

C'est sa grande sœur. — She's his big sister.

3) (= adulte)

une grande personne — a grown-up

Il est assez grand pour... — He's old enough to...

4) (= gros, vaste, large) big, large

une grande valise — a big suitcase

une grande maison — a big house

5) (importance, stature) great

un grand homme — a great man

un grand voyage — a long journey

C'est un grand ami à moi. — He's a great friend of mine.

les grandes vacances — the summer holidays

les grandes lignes CHEMINS DE FER — the main lines

6) (ampleur, degré)

un grand buveur — a heavy drinker

les grands blessés; Les grands blessés ont été emmenés à l'hôpital en hélicoptère. — The severely injured were taken to hospital by helicopter.

les grands brûlés — people with serious burns

un grand malade — a very sick person

le grand malade de l'Europe — the sick man of Europe

7) (intensif)

au grand jour — in broad daylight

au grand air — in the open air

Ça te fera beaucoup de bien d'être au grand air. — It'll be very good for you to be out in the open air.

de grand matin — at the crack of dawn

il est grand temps de — it's high time to

avoir grand besoin de — to be in great need of

2. adv

grand ouvert — wide open

voir grand — to think big

3. nm/f

1) (= élève, enfant) big boy, big girl

Il est chez les grands maintenant. — He's in the senior school now.

C'est une grande, elle peut y aller seule. — She's a big girl now, she can go on her own.

2) (= personnage)

les grands de ce monde — the great and the good

4. nm

en grand [ouvrir] — wide

voir les choses en grand — to think big

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grand, grande

A adj

1 ( de dimensions importantes) ( en hauteur) [personne, arbre, tour, cierge] tall; (en longueur, durée) [bras, enjambée, promenade, voyage] long; ( en largeur) [angle, marge] wide; (en étendue, volume) [lac, ville, salle, trou, édifice, paquet] large, big; [tas, feu] big; ( démesuré) [pied, nez, bouche] big; un homme (très) grand a (very) tall man; un grand homme brun, un homme grand et brun a tall dark man; plus grand que nature larger than life; ouvrir de grands yeux to open one's eyes wide;

2 (nombreux, abondant) [famille, foule] large, big; [fortune] large; grande braderie big sale; pas grand monde not many people; faire de grandes dépenses to spend a lot of money; il fait grand jour it's broad daylight; laver à grande eau to wash [sth] in plenty of running water [légumes]; to wash [sth] down [sol]; à grand renfort de publicité with much publicity;

3 ( à un degré élevé) [rêveur, collectionneur, travailleur, ami, ennemi, pécheur] great; [tricheur, joueur, lâcheur, idiot] big; [buveur, fumeur] heavy; grand amateur de ballet great ballet lover; c'est un grand timide he's very shy; les grands malades very sick people; c'est un grand cardiaque he has a serious heart condition;

4 ( important) [découverte, migration, expédition, événement, nouvelle, honneur] great; [date] important; [rôle] major; [problème, décision] big; ( principal) main; c'est un grand jour pour elle it's a big day for her; une grande partie de la maison a large part of the house; une grande partie des habitants many of the inhabitants; la grande majorité the great ou vast majority; ⇒ scène;

5 ( principal) main; le grand escalier the main staircase; le grand problème/obstacle the main ou major problem/obstacle; les grands axes routiers the main ou trunk GB roads; les grands points du discours the main points of the speech; les grandes lignes d'une politique the broad lines of a policy;

6 ( de premier plan) Écon, Pol [pays, société, industriel, marque] leading; les grandes industries the big industries;

7 (brillant, remarquable) [peintre, œuvre, civilisation, vin, cause] great; [cœur, âme] noble; c'est un grand homme he's a great man; les grands écrivains great authors; un grand nom de la musique a great musician; un grand monsieur du théâtre a great gentleman of the stage; Louis/Pierre le Grand Louis/Peter the Great; les grands noms du cinéma/de la littérature indienne the big names of the cinema/of Indian literature; de grande classe [produit] high-class; [exploit] admirable; ⇒ esprit;

8 ( âgé) [frère, sœur] elder; [élève] senior GB, older; ( adulte) grown-up; mon grand frère my elder brother; les grandes classes Scol the senior forms GB, the upper classes US; quand il sera grand when he grows up; mes enfants sont grands my children are quite old; une grande fille comme toi! a big girl like you!; 12 ans! tu es assez grand pour te débrouiller 12 years old! you're old enough to cope;

9 ( qualifiant une mesure) [hauteur, longueur, distance, poids, valeur, âge] great; [dimensions, taille, pointure, quantité, nombre, étendue] large; [vitesse] high; [kilomètre, mois, heure] good; il est grand temps que tu partes it's high time you were off ou you went;

10 (intense, extrême, fort) [bonté, lâcheté, pauvreté, amitié, chagrin, faim, danger, différence, intérêt] great; [bruit] great, loud; [froid] severe; [chaleur] intense; [vent] strong, high; [tempête] big, violent; avec grand plaisir with great ou much pleasure; dans le plus grand secret in great secrecy; d'une grande bêtise/timidité very ou extremely stupid/shy; à ma grande honte/surprise much to my shame/surprise; sans grand espoir/enthousiasme without much hope/enthusiasm; sans grande importance not very important; il n'y a pas grand mal à cela/à faire there isn't much harm in that/in doing; avoir grand faim/soif to be very hungry/thirsty; avoir grand besoin de to be badly in need of; ça te ferait le plus grand bien it would do you a world of good; à grands cris loudly; ⇒ cas, remède;

11 ( de rang social élevé) [famille, nom] great; grande dame great lady; la grande bourgeoisie the upper middle class;

12 ( grandiose) [réception] grand; grands projets grand designs; avoir grande allure, avoir grand air to look very impressive;

13 ( emphatique) [mot] big; [phrase] high-sounding; un grand merci a big thank you; faire de grands gestes to wave one's arms about; et voilà, tout de suite les grands mots there you go, straight off the deep end.

B nm,f

1 ( enfant) big boy/girl; Scol senior GB ou older pupil; il a fait ça tout seul comme un grand he did it all by himself like a big boy; il fait le ménage comme un grand he does the housework like a grown-up; pour les grands et les petits for old and young alike;

2 ( terme d'affection) mon grand, ma grande my darling.

C adv wide; ouvrir grand la bouche to open one's mouth wide; ouvrir tout grand les bras to throw one's arms open; les fenêtres sont grand(es) ouvertes the windows are wide open; ouvrir la porte toute grande to open the door wide; ouvrir grand ses oreilles fig to prick up one's ears; ouvrir tout grand son cœur fig to open one's heart; les bottes chaussent grand the boots are large-fitting; leurs vêtements taillent grand their clothes are cut on the large side; voir grand fig to think big.

D nm ( pays) big power; ( entreprise) leader, big name; les grands de ce monde the great and the good; Pol the world's leaders; les cinq grands Pol the Big Five; les grands de l'automobile the top car manufacturers; c'est un grand de la publicité he's big in advertising.

E en grand loc adv [ouvrir] wide, completely; faire de l'élevage en grand to breed animals on a large scale; quand ils reçoivent, ils font les choses en grand when they entertain they do things on the grand scale or they really go to town○.

Composés

grand argentier Hist royal treasurer; hum keeper of the nation's purse, Finance minister; le grand art alchemy; grand banditisme organized crime; grand bassin ( de piscine) main pool; Anat upper pelvis; grand cacatois main royal sail; grand caniche standard poodle; le grand capital Écon big money, big investors pl; grand commis de l'État top civil servant; grand coq de bruyère capercaillie; grand corbeau raven; grand couturier couturier; grand débutant absolute beginner; grand duc Zool eagle owl; grand écart Danse, Sport splits (sg); faire le grand écart to do the splits; le grand écran the big screen; grand électeur ( en France) elector who votes in the elections for the French Senate; ( aux États-Unis) presidential elector; grand ensemble high-density housing complex; la vie dans les grands ensembles high-rise living; grand d'Espagne Spanish grandee; grand foc outer jib; grand frais Météo moderate gale; grand hunier main topsail; grand hunier fixe lower main topsail; grand hunier volant upper main topsail; grand invalide civil, GIC civilian who is registered severely disabled; grand invalide de guerre, GIG Prot Soc ex-serviceman who is registered severely disabled; le grand large Naut the high seas (pl); grand magasin Comm department store; grand maître ( aux échecs) grand master; grand maître de l'ordre des Templiers Hist Grand Master of the Knights Templar; grand mât Naut mainmast; le grand monde high society; le Grand Nord Géog the Far North; Grand Œuvre Great Work; grand officier de la Légion d'Honneur high-ranking officer of the Legion of Honour^GB; le Grand Orient the Grand Lodge of France; grand panda giant panda; Grand Pardon Day of Atonement; grand patron Méd senior consultant GB, head doctor US; grand perroquet Naut main topgallant sail; grand prêtre Relig, fig high priest; grand prix Courses Aut, Sport grand prix; le grand public the general public; Comm produit grand public consumer product; grand quart Naut six-hour watch; Grand quartier général, GQG Mil General Headquarters, GHQ; grand quotidien Presse big national daily; grand roque Jeux ( aux échecs) castling long; le Grand Siècle Hist the 17th century (in France); grand teint colourfast^GB; grand tétras capercaillie; grand tourisme Courses Aut, Aut GT, gran turismo; le Grand Turc the Sultan; grand veneur Chasse master of the hounds; grande Armée Hist Grande Armée (Napoleon's army); grande Baie Australienne Géog Great Australian Bight; la grande banlieue the outer suburbs (pl); Grande Barrière (de Corail) Géog Great Barrier Reef; la grande bleue the sea; la grande cuisine Culin haute cuisine; grande distribution Écon volume retailing; grand école higher education institution; la Grande Guerre Hist the First World War; grande gueule○ loud mouth○; grande hune Naut maintop; la grande muette the army; la grande muraille de Chine Géog the Great Wall of China; grande personne grown-up, adult; la grande presse Presse the popular dailies (pl); grande puissance Pol superpower; grande roue ( de foire) big wheel GB, Ferris wheel US; grande série Comm mass production; fabriqué en grande série mass-produced; grande surface Comm supermarket; grandes eaux fountains; fig ( pleurs) waterworks; dès qu'on la gronde, ce sont les grandes eaux the minute you tell her off, she turns on the waterworks; grandes lignes Rail main train routes; grandes marées spring tides; grandes ondes Radio long wave (sg); Grandes Plaines Géog Great Plains; les grands blessés the seriously injured; grands corps de l'État Admin senior branches of the civil service; grands espaces Écol open spaces; grands fauves Zool big cats; grands fonds Naut ocean depths; les grands froids the cold of winter; Grands Lacs Géog Great Lakes; grands singes Zool great apes; ⇒ école, voyage.

ⓘ Grande école A prestigious third-level institution where admission is usually by competitive entrance examination or concours. Places are much sought after as they are widely considered to guarantee more promising career prospects than the standard university institutions. Many grandes écoles specialize in particular disciplines or fields of study, e.g. ENA, Sciences Po, etc.

( féminin grande) [grɑ̃, grɑ̃d] (devant nom masculin commençant par voyelle ou h muet [grɑ̃t]) adjectif

A.[ASPECT QUANTITATIF]

1. [de taille élevée - adulte] tall ; [ - enfant] tall, big

2. [de grandes dimensions - objet, salle, ville] big, large ; [ - distance] long

grand A/B/C capital A/B/C

une grande tour a high ou tall tower

un grand fleuve a long ou big river

une statue plus grande que nature a large-scale statue

de grandes jambes long legs

avoir de grands pieds to have big ou large feet

ses grands yeux bleus her big blue eyes

marcher à grands pas to walk with great ou long strides

3. [d'un certain âge - être humain] big

tu es un grand garçon maintenant you're a big boy now

tu es assez grand pour comprendre you're old enough to understand

[aîné - frère, sœur] big

[au terme de sa croissance - personne] grown-up ; [ - animal] fully grown, adult

quand je serai grand when I'm grown-up ou big

4. [qui dure longtemps] long

pendant un grand moment for quite some time

5. [intense, considérable] great

les risques sont grands there are considerable risks

de grande diffusion widely-distributed

une grande fortune great wealth, a large fortune

ils ont marié leur fille à grands frais they married off their daughter at great ou vast expense

rincer à grande eau to rinse thoroughly

les grands froids intense cold

pendant les grandes chaleurs in high summer, in ou at the height of summer

nous avons fait un grand feu we made a big fire

un grand incendie a major ou great fire

ce sont des articles de grande consommation they are everyday consumer articles

(à l'époque des)grandes marées (at) spring tide

au grand jour in broad daylight

6. [pour qualifier une mesure] large, great

la grande majorité de the great ou vast majority of

son grand âge explique cette erreur this mistake can be put down to her being so old

ils plongent à une grande profondeur they dive very deep ou to a great depth

un grand nombre de passagers a large number of passengers

7. [entier]

une grande cuillerée de sucre a heaped spoonful of sugar

elle m'a fait attendre une grande heure/semaine she made me wait a good hour/a good week

8. BOTANIQUE great, greater

9. GÉOGRAPHIE

le Grand Canyon the Grand Canyon

les Grands Lacs the Great Lakes

10. ZOOLOGIE

les grands animaux (the) larger animals

B.[ASPECT QUALITATIF]

1. [important] great, major

les grands problèmes de notre temps the main ou major ou key issues of our time

2. [acharné, invétéré] great, keen

c'est un grand travailleur he's a hard worker, he's hard-working

c'est une grande timide she's really shy

ce sont de grands amis they're great ou very good friends

grands fumeurs heavy smokers

les grands blessés/brûlés/invalides the seriously wounded/burned/disabled

les grands handicapés the severely handicapped

3. [puissant, influent - banque] top ; [ - industriel] top, leading, major ; [ - propriétaire, famille] important ; [ - personnage] great

4. [dans une hiérarchie]

les grands dignitaires du régime the leading ou important dignitaries of the regime

le Grand rabbin (de France) the Chief Rabbi (of France)

les grands corps de l'État the major public bodies

5. [noble]

avoir grand air ou grande allure to carry oneself well, to be imposing

6. [généralementéreux]

il a un grand cœur he's big-hearted, he has a big heart

une grande âme a noble soul

7. [exagéré] big

de grands gestes extravagant gestures

grands mots high-sounding words, high-flown language

8. [fameux, reconnu] great

un grand homme a great man

un grand journaliste a great ou top journalist

les grands textes classiques the classics

il ne descend que dans les grands hôtels he only stays in the best hotels ou the most luxurious hotels

le grand film de la soirée tonight's big ou feature film

le grand jour the big day

les grandes dates de l'histoire de France the great ou most significant dates in French history

un grand nom a great name

un grand nom de la peinture contemporaine one of today's great painters

les grands couturiers the top fashion designers

9. HISTOIRE

la Grande Catherine Catherine the Great

10. [omnipotent, suprême] great

Dieu est grand God is great

C.[EN INTENSIF]

avec une (très) grande facilité with (the greatest of) ease

sans grand enthousiasme/intérêt without much enthusiasm/interest

sa grande fierté, c'est son jardin he's very proud of ou he takes great pride in his garden

c'était un grand moment it was a great moment

un grand merci à ta sœur lots of thanks to ou a big thank you to your sister

le grand amour: c'est le grand amour! it's true love!

Robert fut son grand amour Robert was the love of her life

tu aurais grand avantage à la prévenir you'd be well advised to warn her

cette cuisine a grand besoin d'être nettoyée this kitchen really needs ou is in dire need of a clean

faire grand bien: ça m'a fait le plus grand bien it did me a power of ou the world of good

il en a pensé le plus grand bien he thought most highly of it

grand bien lui fasse! much good may it do her!

faire grand cas de to set great store by

toute la famille au grand complet the whole family, every single member of the family

jamais, au grand jamais je n'accepterai never in a million years will I accept

il n'y a pas grand mal à demander des précisions there's no harm in asking for further details

il est parti de grand matin he left at the crack of dawn

il n'y avait pas grand monde à son concert there weren't many people at his concert

pour notre plus grand plaisir to our (great) delight

prendre grand soin de to take great care of

à sa grande surprise much to his surprise, to his great surprise

il est grand temps que tu le lises it's high time you read it

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, grande [grɑ̃, grɑ̃d] (devant nom masculin commençant par voyelle ou h muet [grɑ̃t]) nom masculin, nom féminin

1. [enfant - d'un certain âge]

l'école des grands primary school

[en appellatif]

merci mon grand! thanks, son!

allons, ma grande, ne pleure pas! come on now, love, don't cry!

comme un grand: je me débrouillerai tout seul, comme un grand/toute seule, comme une grande I'll manage on my own, like a big boy/a big girl

2. [adulte - généralement] grown-up, adult

un jeu pour petits et grands a game for young and old (alike)

[en appellatif]

alors, ma grande, tu as pu te reposer un peu? well dear, did you manage to get some rest?

[personne de grande taille]

pour la photo, les grands se mettront derrière for the photo, tall people ou the taller people will stand at the back

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adverbe

1. [vêtement]

chausser grand: c'est un modèle qui chausse grand this is a large-fitting shoe

tailler grand: ça devrait vous aller, ça taille grand it should fit you, it's cut large

2. (locution)

ils ont vu trop grand they bit off more than they could chew

elle voit grand pour son fils she's got great hopes for her son

deux rôtis! tu as vu grand! two roasts! you don't do things by halves!

3. [largement]

grand ouvert wide-open

4. ART

représenter quelque chose plus grand que nature to enlarge something

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nom masculin

1. PHILOSOPHIE → link=infiniment infiniment

2. [entrepreneur, industriel]

un grand de la mode a leading light in the fashion business

les grands de l'automobile the major ou leading car manufacturers

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grands nom masculin pluriel

ÉCONOMIE & POLITIQUE

les grands [les puissants] the rich (and powerful)

les grands de ce monde the people in (positions of) power ou in high places

les deux Grands POLITIQUE the two superpowers

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en grand locution adverbiale

[complètement] on a large scale

il faut aérer la maison en grand the house needs a thorough ou good airing

il a fait les choses en grand (figuré) he really did things properly

grande école nom féminin

competitive-entrance higher education establishment

grand ensemble nom masculin

housing scheme (UK), housing project (US)

grande surface nom féminin

hypermarket

GRANDE ÉCOLE

The grandes écoles are relatively small and highly respected higher education establishments. Admission is usually only possible after two years of intensive preparatory studies and a competitive entrance examination. Most have close links with industry. The grandes écoles include l'École des hautes études commerciales or HEC (management and business), l'École polytechnique or l'X (engineering) and l'École normale supérieure (teacher training).

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > grand
19 ufficiale

1. adj official

non ufficiale unofficial

2. m official

military officer

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ufficiale¹ agg. official; formal: comunicato, bollettino ufficiale, official statement, bulletin; rappresentante ufficiale, official representative; permesso ufficiale, formal permission; invito ufficiale, official invitation; visita ufficiale, formal visit; (Borsa) quotazione ufficiale, official quotation; rendere ufficiale la notizia, to make the news official; ormai è ufficiale, si sposeranno in Aprile, it's official now, they're getting married in April.

ufficiale² s.m. officer (anche mil.); official: ufficiale del genio, engineer officer; ufficiale dell'aeronautica, dell'esercito, di marina, air force, army, naval officer; ufficiale di dogana, customs officer; ufficiale di giornata, di picchetto, di servizio, orderly officer; ufficiale di rotta, navigation officer (o navigator); ufficiale di Stato, officer of State; ufficiale di stato civile, registrar; ufficiale di stato maggiore, staff officer: ufficiale effettivo, regular officer; ufficiale giudiziario, bailiff; ufficiale governativo, government official; ufficiale medico, medical officer; ufficiale postale, postal official (o post office clerk); pubblico ufficiale, public officer (o civil servant); ufficiale in seconda, executive officer, (mar.) mate; ufficiale sanitario, health officer; ufficiale subalterno, junior officer; ufficiale superiore, senior officer; (mar.) primo ufficiale, first mate.

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[uffi'tʃale]
1. agg

(gen) official

è in visita ufficiale in Italia — he's on an official visit to Italy

2. sm

Mil, Naut officer

un ufficiale di Marina — a naval officer

primo ufficiale Naut — first mate

- ufficiale di marina

- ufficiale giudiziario

- ufficiale sanitario

- ufficiale di stato civile

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I [uffi'tʃale]
aggettivo [documento, linguaggio, biografia, cifra] official; [ annuncio] official, formal

visita ufficiale — official o state visit
II [uffi'tʃale]
sostantivo maschile

1) mil. officer

ufficiale dell'esercito, d'aviazione army, air officer; circolo -i — officer's club

2) (funzionario) officer, official

pubblico ufficiale — official

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ufficiale di collegamento — liaison officer

ufficiale giudiziario — dir. bailiff, tipstaff, sheriff-officer BE, marshal AE

ufficiale di picchetto — orderly officer

ufficiale di reclutamento — recruiting officer

ufficiale sanitario — health officer

ufficiale di stato maggiore — staff officer

ufficiale subalterno — subaltern BE

ufficiale superiore — field officer

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ufficiale¹

/uffi't∫ale/

aggettivo

[documento, linguaggio, biografia, cifra] official; [ annuncio] official, formal; visita ufficiale official o state visit.

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ufficiale²

/uffi't∫ale/ ⇒ 12

sostantivo m.

1 mil. officer; ufficiale dell'esercito, d'aviazione army, air officer; circolo -i officer's club

2 (funzionario) officer, official; pubblico ufficiale official

COMPOUNDS

ufficiale di collegamento liaison officer; ufficiale giudiziario dir. bailiff, tipstaff, sheriff-officer BE, marshal AE; ufficiale di picchetto orderly officer; ufficiale di reclutamento recruiting officer; ufficiale sanitario health officer; ufficiale di stato maggiore staff officer; ufficiale subalterno subaltern BE; ufficiale superiore field officer.

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20 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.

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