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  • 1 age at first capture

    Универсальный англо-русский словарь > age at first capture

  • 2 age at first capture

    Англо-русский сельскохозяйственный словарь > age at first capture

  • 3 age at first capture

    English-Russian dictionary of fishery > age at first capture

  • 4 age at first capture

    English-Russian maritime law dictionary > age at first capture

  • 5 наименьший возраст рыбы в улове данного орудия лова

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > наименьший возраст рыбы в улове данного орудия лова

  • 6 conseguir

    v.
    1 to obtain, to get.
    consiguió todo lo que se propuso she achieved everything she set out to do
    conseguir hacer algo to manage to do something
    no consiguió que me enfadara she didn't (manage to) get me annoyed
    María consiguió un descuento grande Mary got a huge discount.
    2 to get hold of, to get over here.
    María consiguió a Ricardo al fin Mary got hold of Richard at last.
    3 to manage to, to be able to, to get to, to find a way to.
    María consiguió llegar a tiempo Mary mMaríaged to arrive on time.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ SEGUIR], like link=seguir seguir
    1 (cosa) to obtain, get; (objetivo) to attain, achieve
    2 (lograr) to manage, succeed in
    ■ ¡lo conseguí! I did it!
    * * *
    verb
    1) to achieve, attain
    2) get
    * * *
    VT [+ meta, objetivo] to achieve; [+ resultado] to obtain, achieve; [+ premio, campeonato] to win; [+ entradas, empleo, dinero] to get; [+ documento, visado, beca, permiso] to get, obtain; [+ acuerdo] to reach

    consiguieron la mayoría absoluta — they won o gained an absolute majority

    • conseguir hacer algo — to manage to do sth

    • conseguir que algn haga algo — to get sb to do sth

    al final conseguí que me devolvieran el dinero — I got them to give me my money back in the end, I got my money back from them in the end

    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) <objetivo/fin/resultado> to achieve, obtain; <entrada/permiso/empleo> to get

    si lo intentas, al final lo conseguirás — if you try, you'll succeed in the end

    b)

    conseguir + inf — to manage to + inf

    c)

    conseguir que + subj: vas a conseguir que me enfade you're going to get me annoyed; al final conseguí que me dejaran pasar I finally got them to let me through; conseguí que me lo prestara — I got him to lend it to me

    2.
    conseguir vi (RPl)

    conseguir con alguien/algo — to get through to somebody/something

    * * *
    = accomplish, achieve, attain, cultivate, gain, get, obtain, procure, secure, work out, yield, effect, galvanise [galvanize, -USA], come by, get (a)round to, get + hold of, land, acquire, line up, win over.
    Ex. If a library prefers to simplify records in particular areas, this can usually be accomplished by not entering particular types of information.
    Ex. The above citation order is achieved by the intercalation of (73).
    Ex. A fully comparative account of recommendations for filing orders is likely to prove confusing until the reader has attained some familiarity with the general problems, and the solutions offered by one code.
    Ex. Such familiarity can be cultivated with experience, and will consider the following features of data bases.
    Ex. To many, therefore, this emphasis on information can provide a much-needed opportunity to gain the public library new influence and respect.
    Ex. DOBIS/LIBIS does not get a new document number, but reserves this document for you, so that no one else can change it while you are working on it.
    Ex. In the event that the position in the matrix contains more than 32 entries, it is necessary for the user to interact with the system to obtain the miniature catalog that will contain the entry s/he seeks.
    Ex. They are responsible for putting together advertisements, securing proofs, procuring the matrices, electrotypes, and other duplicate plates needed for insertion in publications.
    Ex. They are responsible for putting together advertisements, securing proofs, procuring the matrices, electrotypes, and other duplicate plates needed for insertion in publications.
    Ex. The details of how the assignment of numbers by authorized agencies would be controlled have yet to be worked out.
    Ex. This mixture of approaches is designed to yield maximum retrieval for as many users as possible by combining the different strengths of controlled and natural language indexing.
    Ex. Historically, the main reasons for unionization have been to effect better wages, fringe benefits, and working conditions.
    Ex. The author discusses how librarians should present themselves to effectively galvanize public support for their leadership in the digital age.
    Ex. This article shows how teachers came by such information and the use they made it of in their work.
    Ex. The best way is to talk to them, using a structured plan so that you do get round to asking the right questions.
    Ex. It is difficult for Western librarians to find out what is being published, or to get hold of the materials that they know about.
    Ex. For example, Mile High Comics has served libraries in the past and is eager to land more library customers.
    Ex. Many libraries have special collections of foreign, unpublished or unusual materials which include items unlikely to be acquired by other libraries.
    Ex. The actress flaked out again and the director is trying to line up a replacement.
    Ex. It is the latest incentive being offered to attract the Web user and win over their loyalty of custom.
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    * casi conseguir = come close to + Gerundio.
    * conseguir acceso = gain + access, gain + admittance.
    * conseguir admiración = gain + respect.
    * conseguir algo = get + anywhere.
    * conseguir Algo con esfuerzo = hack.
    * conseguir Algo contra todo pronóstico = beat + the odds.
    * conseguir algo de = get + something out of.
    * conseguir Algo en contra de lo previsible = beat + the odds.
    * conseguir Algo fácilmente = coast.
    * conseguir Algo, lograr Algo = pull + Nombre + off.
    * conseguir apoyo = mobilise + support, win + support, line up + support, gain + support.
    * conseguir ayuda = secure + help.
    * conseguir beneficio = accrue + benefit.
    * conseguir calmarse = regain + Posesivo + composure.
    * conseguir con dificultad = eke out.
    * conseguir con esfuerzo = mine.
    * conseguir el control = gain + control (over/of).
    * conseguir el derecho para = win + the right to.
    * conseguir el dinero = come up with + the money.
    * conseguir en gran medida + Infinitivo = go + a long way (towards/to/in) + Gerundio.
    * conseguir éxito = achieve + success.
    * conseguir éxitos y fracasos = encounter + problems and successes.
    * conseguir fondos = win + funds.
    * conseguir hablar con = catch up with.
    * conseguir la reconciliación = bring about + reconciliation.
    * conseguir liberarse de = secure + relief from.
    * conseguirlo = pull it off, nail it.
    * conseguir localizar = get + hold of.
    * conseguir lo imposible = achieve + the impossible, accomplish + the impossible, shoot (for) + the moon.
    * conseguir lo que Uno quiere = have + Posesivo + way (with).
    * conseguir mediante engaño = bluff + Posesivo + way into.
    * conseguir mucho = do + much.
    * conseguir ocupar un lugar específico = secure + a niche.
    * conseguir + Posesivo + aprobación = win + Posesivo + approval.
    * conseguir que = galvanise into.
    * conseguir realizarse plenamente = achieve + Posesivo + full potential.
    * conseguir reconocimiento = win + recognition.
    * conseguir recursos = mobilise + resources.
    * conseguir respeto = gain + respect.
    * conseguirse = accrue.
    * conseguir ser el blanco de todas las miradas = grab + the limelight.
    * conseguir ser el blanco de todas las miradas = capture + spotlight, grab + the spotlight.
    * conseguir ser el centro de atención = capture + spotlight, grab + the spotlight, grab + the limelight.
    * conseguir tiempo = buy + time.
    * conseguir una buena formación en = get + a good grounding on.
    * conseguir una meta = accomplish + goal.
    * conseguir una solución = achieve + solution.
    * conseguir un equilibrio = strike + a balance.
    * conseguir un estándar = attain + standard.
    * conseguir un fin = secure + end.
    * conseguir un ideal = attain + ideal, achieve + ideal.
    * conseguir unir = rally.
    * conseguir un objetivo = accomplish + objective, achieve + objective, attain + goal.
    * conseguir un premio = earn + an award, win + award, win + prize.
    * conseguir un puesto de trabajo = obtain + position.
    * conseguir un trabajo = enter + job, land + job.
    * difícil de conseguir = difficult to come by.
    * ejercer presión para conseguir Algo = push for.
    * esforzarse por conseguir = strive for, work toward(s).
    * estar en vías de conseguir = be on the road to.
    * fácil de conseguir = easy-to-get, easy to come by.
    * forma de conseguir Algo = lever.
    * intentar conseguir = aim for, work toward(s).
    * intentar conseguir Algo = take + a swing at.
    * modo de conseguir Algo = lever.
    * muy lejos de conseguir = a long way toward.
    * no conseguir nada = achieve + nothing.
    * no conseguir ni una cosa ni otra = fall (between/through) + the cracks.
    * para conseguir = in pursuit of.
    * pero sin conseguirlo = but no dice.
    * presionar para conseguir Algo = press for.
    * que no se puede conseguir = unobtainable.
    * resultar difícil de conseguir = prove + elusive.
    * ser algo muy fácil de conseguir = be there for the taking.
    * ser difícil de conseguir = be hard to get.
    * ser fácil de conseguir = be readily available.
    * un medio para conseguir un fin = a means to an end.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) <objetivo/fin/resultado> to achieve, obtain; <entrada/permiso/empleo> to get

    si lo intentas, al final lo conseguirás — if you try, you'll succeed in the end

    b)

    conseguir + inf — to manage to + inf

    c)

    conseguir que + subj: vas a conseguir que me enfade you're going to get me annoyed; al final conseguí que me dejaran pasar I finally got them to let me through; conseguí que me lo prestara — I got him to lend it to me

    2.
    conseguir vi (RPl)

    conseguir con alguien/algo — to get through to somebody/something

    * * *
    = accomplish, achieve, attain, cultivate, gain, get, obtain, procure, secure, work out, yield, effect, galvanise [galvanize, -USA], come by, get (a)round to, get + hold of, land, acquire, line up, win over.

    Ex: If a library prefers to simplify records in particular areas, this can usually be accomplished by not entering particular types of information.

    Ex: The above citation order is achieved by the intercalation of (73).
    Ex: A fully comparative account of recommendations for filing orders is likely to prove confusing until the reader has attained some familiarity with the general problems, and the solutions offered by one code.
    Ex: Such familiarity can be cultivated with experience, and will consider the following features of data bases.
    Ex: To many, therefore, this emphasis on information can provide a much-needed opportunity to gain the public library new influence and respect.
    Ex: DOBIS/LIBIS does not get a new document number, but reserves this document for you, so that no one else can change it while you are working on it.
    Ex: In the event that the position in the matrix contains more than 32 entries, it is necessary for the user to interact with the system to obtain the miniature catalog that will contain the entry s/he seeks.
    Ex: They are responsible for putting together advertisements, securing proofs, procuring the matrices, electrotypes, and other duplicate plates needed for insertion in publications.
    Ex: They are responsible for putting together advertisements, securing proofs, procuring the matrices, electrotypes, and other duplicate plates needed for insertion in publications.
    Ex: The details of how the assignment of numbers by authorized agencies would be controlled have yet to be worked out.
    Ex: This mixture of approaches is designed to yield maximum retrieval for as many users as possible by combining the different strengths of controlled and natural language indexing.
    Ex: Historically, the main reasons for unionization have been to effect better wages, fringe benefits, and working conditions.
    Ex: The author discusses how librarians should present themselves to effectively galvanize public support for their leadership in the digital age.
    Ex: This article shows how teachers came by such information and the use they made it of in their work.
    Ex: The best way is to talk to them, using a structured plan so that you do get round to asking the right questions.
    Ex: It is difficult for Western librarians to find out what is being published, or to get hold of the materials that they know about.
    Ex: For example, Mile High Comics has served libraries in the past and is eager to land more library customers.
    Ex: Many libraries have special collections of foreign, unpublished or unusual materials which include items unlikely to be acquired by other libraries.
    Ex: The actress flaked out again and the director is trying to line up a replacement.
    Ex: It is the latest incentive being offered to attract the Web user and win over their loyalty of custom.
    * casi conseguir = come close to + Gerundio.
    * conseguir acceso = gain + access, gain + admittance.
    * conseguir admiración = gain + respect.
    * conseguir algo = get + anywhere.
    * conseguir Algo con esfuerzo = hack.
    * conseguir Algo contra todo pronóstico = beat + the odds.
    * conseguir algo de = get + something out of.
    * conseguir Algo en contra de lo previsible = beat + the odds.
    * conseguir Algo fácilmente = coast.
    * conseguir Algo, lograr Algo = pull + Nombre + off.
    * conseguir apoyo = mobilise + support, win + support, line up + support, gain + support.
    * conseguir ayuda = secure + help.
    * conseguir beneficio = accrue + benefit.
    * conseguir calmarse = regain + Posesivo + composure.
    * conseguir con dificultad = eke out.
    * conseguir con esfuerzo = mine.
    * conseguir el control = gain + control (over/of).
    * conseguir el derecho para = win + the right to.
    * conseguir el dinero = come up with + the money.
    * conseguir en gran medida + Infinitivo = go + a long way (towards/to/in) + Gerundio.
    * conseguir éxito = achieve + success.
    * conseguir éxitos y fracasos = encounter + problems and successes.
    * conseguir fondos = win + funds.
    * conseguir hablar con = catch up with.
    * conseguir la reconciliación = bring about + reconciliation.
    * conseguir liberarse de = secure + relief from.
    * conseguirlo = pull it off, nail it.
    * conseguir localizar = get + hold of.
    * conseguir lo imposible = achieve + the impossible, accomplish + the impossible, shoot (for) + the moon.
    * conseguir lo que Uno quiere = have + Posesivo + way (with).
    * conseguir mediante engaño = bluff + Posesivo + way into.
    * conseguir mucho = do + much.
    * conseguir ocupar un lugar específico = secure + a niche.
    * conseguir + Posesivo + aprobación = win + Posesivo + approval.
    * conseguir que = galvanise into.
    * conseguir realizarse plenamente = achieve + Posesivo + full potential.
    * conseguir reconocimiento = win + recognition.
    * conseguir recursos = mobilise + resources.
    * conseguir respeto = gain + respect.
    * conseguirse = accrue.
    * conseguir ser el blanco de todas las miradas = grab + the limelight.
    * conseguir ser el blanco de todas las miradas = capture + spotlight, grab + the spotlight.
    * conseguir ser el centro de atención = capture + spotlight, grab + the spotlight, grab + the limelight.
    * conseguir tiempo = buy + time.
    * conseguir una buena formación en = get + a good grounding on.
    * conseguir una meta = accomplish + goal.
    * conseguir una solución = achieve + solution.
    * conseguir un equilibrio = strike + a balance.
    * conseguir un estándar = attain + standard.
    * conseguir un fin = secure + end.
    * conseguir un ideal = attain + ideal, achieve + ideal.
    * conseguir unir = rally.
    * conseguir un objetivo = accomplish + objective, achieve + objective, attain + goal.
    * conseguir un premio = earn + an award, win + award, win + prize.
    * conseguir un puesto de trabajo = obtain + position.
    * conseguir un trabajo = enter + job, land + job.
    * difícil de conseguir = difficult to come by.
    * ejercer presión para conseguir Algo = push for.
    * esforzarse por conseguir = strive for, work toward(s).
    * estar en vías de conseguir = be on the road to.
    * fácil de conseguir = easy-to-get, easy to come by.
    * forma de conseguir Algo = lever.
    * intentar conseguir = aim for, work toward(s).
    * intentar conseguir Algo = take + a swing at.
    * modo de conseguir Algo = lever.
    * muy lejos de conseguir = a long way toward.
    * no conseguir nada = achieve + nothing.
    * no conseguir ni una cosa ni otra = fall (between/through) + the cracks.
    * para conseguir = in pursuit of.
    * pero sin conseguirlo = but no dice.
    * presionar para conseguir Algo = press for.
    * que no se puede conseguir = unobtainable.
    * resultar difícil de conseguir = prove + elusive.
    * ser algo muy fácil de conseguir = be there for the taking.
    * ser difícil de conseguir = be hard to get.
    * ser fácil de conseguir = be readily available.
    * un medio para conseguir un fin = a means to an end.

    * * *
    vt
    1 ‹objetivo/fin/resultado› to achieve, obtain; ‹entrada/plaza/empleo› to get
    no conseguirás nada de él you won't get anything out of him
    siempre consigue lo que se propone she always achieves what she sets out to do
    si lo intentas, al final lo conseguirás if you try, you'll succeed in the end
    un artista que ha conseguido un estilo propio an artist who has developed o achieved his own style
    al final consiguió un permiso de trabajo he finally got o managed to get a work permit
    todavía no ha conseguido trabajo she still hasn't got a job o found work
    consiguió el primer premio en el concurso she won first prize in the competition
    la película consiguió un gran éxito de crítica the film was very well received by the critics
    consiguieron una mayoría aplastante they obtained an overwhelming majority
    2 conseguir + INF to manage to + INF
    no consigo entenderlo I can't work it out
    al final conseguí convencer a mis padres I finally managed to talk my parents round
    consiguió clasificarse para la final she managed to qualify o she qualified for the final
    3 conseguir QUE + SUBJ:
    si sigues así vas a conseguir que me enfade if you carry on like that, you're going to get me annoyed
    al final conseguí que me dejaran pasar I finally got them to let me through, I finally managed to persuade them to let me through
    conseguí que me lo prestara I got him o I managed to get him to lend it to me
    ■ conseguir
    vi
    ( RPl) conseguir CON algn/algo; to get through TO sb/sth
    no puedo conseguir con él/con ese número I can't get through to him/to that number
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    conseguir ( conjugate conseguir) verbo transitivo ‹objetivo/fin/resultado› to achieve, obtain;
    ‹entrada/permiso/empleo› to get;
    ‹medalla/título› to win;
    ◊ si lo intentas, al final lo conseguirás if you try, you'll succeed in the end;

    la película consiguió un gran éxito the film was a great success;
    conseguir hacer algo to manage to do sth;
    no consigo entenderlo I can't work it out;
    conseguí que me lo prestara I got him to lend it to me
    conseguir verbo transitivo
    1 (obtener) to get, obtain
    (alcanzar) to achieve: consiguió su propósito, he achieved his purpose
    2 (con infinitivo) to manage to: consiguieron convencernos, they managed to persuade us ➣ Ver nota en manage

    ' conseguir' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    aliento
    - bregar
    - buscar
    - concurso
    - costar
    - frustrarse
    - hacerse
    - lince
    - método
    - obtener
    - porfiar
    - precio
    - santa
    - santo
    - trampear
    - triunfo
    - adelantar
    - alcanzar
    - cazar
    - consiga
    - lucha
    - luchar
    - pituto
    - ser
    English:
    accomplish
    - achieve
    - aim
    - apprentice
    - attain
    - autonomous
    - bargain
    - bid
    - boat
    - bring off
    - bungle
    - come by
    - contrive
    - divorce
    - fail
    - find
    - gain
    - get
    - go after
    - hold
    - influence
    - land
    - lobby
    - manage
    - mooch
    - obtain
    - obtainable
    - one-upmanship
    - per cent
    - procure
    - rally
    - running
    - seek
    - shop around
    - snatch
    - succeed
    - unobtainable
    - wangle
    - whip up
    - white elephant
    - win
    - available
    - bring
    - come
    - draw
    - drum
    - easy
    - enlist
    - have
    - nowhere
    * * *
    [obtener] to obtain, to get; [un objetivo] to achieve;
    conseguir un premio Nobel/dos Óscars to win o get a Nobel Prize/two Oscars;
    consiguieron un aumento de sueldo they got a pay Br rise o US raise;
    consiguió la mayoría absoluta he won o got an absolute majority;
    consiguió todo lo que se propuso she achieved everything she set out to do;
    con esa actitud no conseguirás nada you won't get anywhere with that attitude;
    conseguir hacer algo to manage to do sth;
    tras un disputado esprint consiguió alzarse con el triunfo she won a very closely contested sprint;
    no consiguieron encontrar el camino they didn't manage to find the way;
    no consiguió que me enfadara she didn't (manage to) get me annoyed;
    al menos conseguimos que nos escucharan at least we got them to listen to us
    * * *
    v/t
    1 get; objetivo achieve
    2
    :
    conseguir hacer algo manage to do sth
    * * *
    conseguir {75} vt
    1) : to get, to obtain
    2) : to achieve, to attain
    3) : to manage to
    consiguió acabar el trabajo: she managed to finish the job
    * * *
    1. (obtener) to obtain / to get
    el partido consiguió el 40% de los votos the party got 40% of the votes
    2. (lograr) to achieve
    ¿qué has conseguido? what have you achieved?
    3. (ganar) to win [pt. & pp. won]

    Spanish-English dictionary > conseguir

  • 7 atención

    intj.
    attention, pay attention.
    f.
    1 attention, care, concentration, dedication.
    2 fine gesture, attention, courtesy, polite act.
    * * *
    1 (gen) attention
    2 (detalle) nice thought
    ■ fue una atención por su parte it was a nice thought, it was very kind of him
    ► interjección ¡atención!
    1 (gen) your attention please!; (cuidado) watch out!, look out!
    ■ ¡atención a los dedos! mind your fingers!
    \
    a la atención de alguien (en cartas) for the attention of somebody
    colmar muchas atenciones con alguien to smother somebody with attentions, make a fuss of somebody
    en atención a bearing in mind, taking into account
    en atención a que... in view of the fact that..., given that...
    llamar la atención to attract attention
    llamar la atención a alguien to take somebody to task
    prestar atención to pay attention (a, to)
    tener una atención con alguien to think of somebody
    * * *
    noun f.
    - prestar atención
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=interés) attention

    ¡atención, por favor! — attention, please!

    garantizarán los derechos de todos, con especial atención a las minorías — they will guarantee everybody's rights, particularly those of minorities

    • en atención a algo — frm in view of sth

    • llamar la atención a algn — (=atraer) to attract sb's attention; (=reprender) to tell sb off

    • prestar atención — to pay attention (a to)

    léelo detenidamente, prestando especial atención a la letra pequeña — read it carefully, paying particular attention to the small print

    2) (=precaución) care

    cuando vayas de vacaciones, atención a los precios — when you go on holiday, watch out for the prices

    ¡atención! frenos potentes — beware! powerful brakes

    ¡atención! — look out!, careful!; (Mil) attention!

    toque
    3) (=cortesía)
    4) (=asistencia)

    horario de atención al público — [en oficina] hours of business; [en tienda] opening hours

    5) pl atenciones (=obligaciones) duties, responsibilities
    6) [en correspondencia]

    • a la atención de — for the attention of; [en sobre] attention

    * * *
    I
    1)
    a) ( concentración) attention

    pon atención en lo que haces — concentrate on o pay attention to what you're doing

    presta atención a esto — pay attention o listen carefully to this

    atraer la atención del camarero — to attract o get the waiter's attention

    b)

    llamar la atención: se viste así para llamar la atención he dresses like that to attract attention (to himself); una chica que llama la atención a very striking girl; lo dulce no me llama la atención I'm not very fond of sweet things; me llamó la atención que estuviera sola I was surprised she was alone; llamarle la atención a alguien ( reprenderlo) to reprimand somebody (frml), to give somebody a talking to; ( hacerle notar algo): les llamé la atención sobre... — I drew their attention to...

    a la atención de — (Corresp) for the attention of

    en atención a algo — (frml) in view of something

    2)
    a) ( servicio)

    la atención que recibimos en el consulado — the way we were treated o the treatment we received in the consulate

    horario de atención al público — ( en banco) hours of business; ( en oficina pública) opening hours

    departamento de atención al cliente — customer service department (AmE), customer services department (BrE)

    b) ( cortesía)
    II
    a) (Mil) attention!

    atención, por favor! — (your) attention, please!

    c) ( para avisar de peligro) look out!, watch out!

    atención! — danger!, warning!

    * * *
    = attention, care, courtesy, focus, diligence, vigilance.
    Ex. It's that access dimension of descriptive cataloging that I suggest should get priority attention from all of us.
    Ex. Thus care in indexing is essential, and systems should be designed in such a way as to minimise the possibility of error.
    Ex. Why dont't they give these people some lessons in common courtesy?.
    Ex. Our focus in this text is on the first stage in the following diagram.
    Ex. If these guidelines are not adhered to with due care and diligence, financial damage to the library can result = Si no se siguen estas directrices con el debido cuidado y atención, el resultado puede ser que la biblioteca sufra daños económicos.
    Ex. Factors that might adversely impact the ethical behaviour of the publishing, vending and librarianship community are examined, and the need for professionalism and vigilance of the community is emphasised.
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    * abrumar con atenciones = kill + Nombre + with kindness, smother + Nombre + with kindness.
    * acaparar la atención de Alguien = monopolise + attention.
    * acaparar toda la atención = steal + the limelight, steal + the show.
    * atención a la infancia = child care [childcare].
    * atención al cliente = customer care, customer support.
    * atención al estudiante = student services.
    * atención al paciente = patient care.
    * atención + disminuir = attention + wane.
    * atención médica = medical attention.
    * atención personal = personal attention.
    * atención personal al cliente = personal selling.
    * atención prenatal = prenatal care.
    * atención primaria = primary care.
    * atención primaria de salud = primary health care.
    * atención sanitaria = health care [healthcare].
    * atención secundaria = secondary care.
    * atraer la atención = attract + the eye, catch + Posesivo + attention, grab + Posesivo + attention, catch + Posesivo + eye, capture + the attention, rivet + the attention, draw + attention, catch + Posesivo + fancy, peak + Posesivo + interest, make + a splash.
    * atraer la atención de = hold + attention.
    * atraer la atención de Alguien = appeal to + Posesivo + imagination, engage + Posesivo + attention.
    * a la atención de = c/o (care of).
    * capacidad de mantener la atención = attention span.
    * captar la atención = hold + attention, catch + Posesivo + eye, rivet + the attention, catch + Posesivo + attention.
    * centrar la atención = fix + Posesivo + attention.
    * centrar la atención en = train + spotlight on, put + spotlight on, spotlight + fall on, spotlight + focus on.
    * centro de atención = centre of attention, limelight, centrepiece [centerpiece, -USA], centre stage, focus of concern, focus of interest, focus of attention, focus.
    * centro de atención al ciudadano = advice centre.
    * colmar de atenciones = kill + Nombre + with kindness, smother + Nombre + with kindness.
    * competir por acaparar la atención de Alguien = compete for + attention.
    * con atención = attentively.
    * concentrar la atención sobre = keep in + focus.
    * conseguir ser el centro de atención = capture + spotlight, grab + the spotlight, grab + the limelight.
    * dar una llamada de atención = sound + a wake-up call.
    * de atención básica = preattentive.
    * de atención primaria = preattentive.
    * deber prestar atención = warrant + consideration.
    * dedicar atención = devote + attention.
    * dedicar atención a = turn + Posesivo + mind to.
    * dedicar + Posesivo + atención = turn + Posesivo + attention, turn + Posesivo + thoughts.
    * dedicar + Posesivo + atención a un problema = turn + Posesivo + attention to problem.
    * departamento de atención al cliente = customer service department.
    * despertar la atención = arouse + attention, give + wake-up call.
    * desviar + Posesivo + atención = divert + Posesivo + attention.
    * dirigir la atención = put + focus.
    * dirigir la atención a = turn to, direct + Posesivo + attention to(ward).
    * dirigir + Posesivo + atención = turn + Posesivo + attention, turn + Posesivo + thoughts.
    * dirigir + Posesivo + atención a un problema = turn + Posesivo + attention to problem.
    * disputarse la atención = vie for + attention.
    * distraer la atención = distract + attention.
    * distraer + Posesivo + atención = divert + Posesivo + attention.
    * el centro de atención + ser = all eyes + be + on.
    * en el foco de atención = in the spotlight.
    * fijar la atención = fix + Posesivo + attention.
    * hacer que no se le preste atención a = deflect + attention from.
    * horario de atención al público = opening hours, hours of operation, banking hours.
    * interrumpir la atención = interrupt + attention.
    * lamar la atención = eye + catch.
    * leer con atención = peruse.
    * llamada de atención = heads up, wake-up call, slap on the wrist.
    * llamar la atención = call + attention to, attract + attention, excite + attention, grab + Posesivo + attention, catch + Posesivo + eye, admonish, strike + Posesivo + fancy, capture + the attention, stand out, make + Reflexivo + conspicuous, cut + a dash, seek + attention, make + heads turn, catch + Posesivo + fancy, catch + Posesivo + attention, peak + Posesivo + interest, make + a splash, make + a big noise, hit + home.
    * llamar la atención a Alguien = rap + Nombre + knuckles, censure.
    * llamar la atención de = draw + the attention of.
    * llamar la atención de Alguien = hold + Posesivo + attention.
    * llamar la atención sobre = draw + attention to, pull + Nombre + to, bring + Nombre + into the public eye, raise + awareness, enhance + awareness.
    * llamarle la atención a Alguien = reprimand, slap + Nombre + down, slap + Nombre + on the wrist.
    * mantener la atención de Alguien = hold + Posesivo + attention.
    * merecer atención = merit + attention, be worthy of + attention, deserve + attention.
    * mostrador de atención al público = service desk, public service desk, service counter.
    * mostrador de atención al usuario = service area.
    * necesitar atención = beg + attention, warrant + attention.
    * nivel de atención = attention span.
    * no prestar atención = disregard, overlook, close + the door on, go + unheeded, fly in + the face of.
    * no prestar atención al hecho de que = overlook + the fact that.
    * no prestar la suficiente atención = give + short shrift.
    * para llamar la atención = for effect.
    * pasar a ser el centro de atención = take + centre stage.
    * pasar a ser el centro de atención = come into + focus.
    * poner atención = lend + an ear, listen (to).
    * poner el centro de atención = put + focus.
    * prestándole especial atención a = with specific reference to.
    * prestar atención = follow up, heed, receive + attention, mind, devote + attention, pay + heed, take + notice, give + (some) thought to, follow through, look out for, lend + an ear, prick (up) + Posesivo + ears, Posesivo + antennas + go up.
    * prestar atención a = attend to, give + attention to, give + consideration (to), pay + attention to, turn + Posesivo + mind to, train + spotlight on, give + an ear to, listen (to), keep + an eye on, direct + Posesivo + attention to(ward).
    * prestar especial atención = pay + particular attention, focus.
    * prestarle atención = focus + attention.
    * prestar poca atención a = give + little thought to.
    * prestar + Posesivo + atención = turn + Posesivo + attention, turn + Posesivo + thoughts.
    * prestar + Posesivo + atención a un problema = turn + Posesivo + attention to problem.
    * que distrae la atención = distracting.
    * que no llama la atención = inconspicuous.
    * recibir atención = enjoy + attention, receive + attention, receive + note, command + attention, gain + attention.
    * requerir atención = require + consideration, require + attention.
    * retener la atención de Alguien = retain + attention.
    * ser el centro de atención = steal + the limelight, steal + the show, cut + a dash.
    * servicio de atención = advisory service.
    * servicio de atención al cliente = customer service, service department.
    * servicio de atención al cliente en su propio automóvil = drive-through (drive-thru).
    * servicio de atención al cliente por teléfono = call centre.
    * servicio de atención de día = day care.
    * servicios de atención al estudiante = student services.
    * síndrome de déficit de atención = attention deficit.
    * síndrome de déficit de atención con hiperactividad = attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
    * sin llamar la atención = inconspicuously.
    * sin prestar atención = mindlessly.
    * total atención = undivided attention.
    * trastorno por déficit de atención con hiperactividad = attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
    * tratar de no llamar la atención = keep + a low profile, lie + low.
    * volver a prestar atención = refocus + attention.
    * * *
    I
    1)
    a) ( concentración) attention

    pon atención en lo que haces — concentrate on o pay attention to what you're doing

    presta atención a esto — pay attention o listen carefully to this

    atraer la atención del camarero — to attract o get the waiter's attention

    b)

    llamar la atención: se viste así para llamar la atención he dresses like that to attract attention (to himself); una chica que llama la atención a very striking girl; lo dulce no me llama la atención I'm not very fond of sweet things; me llamó la atención que estuviera sola I was surprised she was alone; llamarle la atención a alguien ( reprenderlo) to reprimand somebody (frml), to give somebody a talking to; ( hacerle notar algo): les llamé la atención sobre... — I drew their attention to...

    a la atención de — (Corresp) for the attention of

    en atención a algo — (frml) in view of something

    2)
    a) ( servicio)

    la atención que recibimos en el consulado — the way we were treated o the treatment we received in the consulate

    horario de atención al público — ( en banco) hours of business; ( en oficina pública) opening hours

    departamento de atención al cliente — customer service department (AmE), customer services department (BrE)

    b) ( cortesía)
    II
    a) (Mil) attention!

    atención, por favor! — (your) attention, please!

    c) ( para avisar de peligro) look out!, watch out!

    atención! — danger!, warning!

    * * *
    = attention, care, courtesy, focus, diligence, vigilance.

    Ex: It's that access dimension of descriptive cataloging that I suggest should get priority attention from all of us.

    Ex: Thus care in indexing is essential, and systems should be designed in such a way as to minimise the possibility of error.
    Ex: Why dont't they give these people some lessons in common courtesy?.
    Ex: Our focus in this text is on the first stage in the following diagram.
    Ex: If these guidelines are not adhered to with due care and diligence, financial damage to the library can result = Si no se siguen estas directrices con el debido cuidado y atención, el resultado puede ser que la biblioteca sufra daños económicos.
    Ex: Factors that might adversely impact the ethical behaviour of the publishing, vending and librarianship community are examined, and the need for professionalism and vigilance of the community is emphasised.
    * abrumar con atenciones = kill + Nombre + with kindness, smother + Nombre + with kindness.
    * acaparar la atención de Alguien = monopolise + attention.
    * acaparar toda la atención = steal + the limelight, steal + the show.
    * atención a la infancia = child care [childcare].
    * atención al cliente = customer care, customer support.
    * atención al estudiante = student services.
    * atención al paciente = patient care.
    * atención + disminuir = attention + wane.
    * atención médica = medical attention.
    * atención personal = personal attention.
    * atención personal al cliente = personal selling.
    * atención prenatal = prenatal care.
    * atención primaria = primary care.
    * atención primaria de salud = primary health care.
    * atención sanitaria = health care [healthcare].
    * atención secundaria = secondary care.
    * atraer la atención = attract + the eye, catch + Posesivo + attention, grab + Posesivo + attention, catch + Posesivo + eye, capture + the attention, rivet + the attention, draw + attention, catch + Posesivo + fancy, peak + Posesivo + interest, make + a splash.
    * atraer la atención de = hold + attention.
    * atraer la atención de Alguien = appeal to + Posesivo + imagination, engage + Posesivo + attention.
    * a la atención de = c/o (care of).
    * capacidad de mantener la atención = attention span.
    * captar la atención = hold + attention, catch + Posesivo + eye, rivet + the attention, catch + Posesivo + attention.
    * centrar la atención = fix + Posesivo + attention.
    * centrar la atención en = train + spotlight on, put + spotlight on, spotlight + fall on, spotlight + focus on.
    * centro de atención = centre of attention, limelight, centrepiece [centerpiece, -USA], centre stage, focus of concern, focus of interest, focus of attention, focus.
    * centro de atención al ciudadano = advice centre.
    * colmar de atenciones = kill + Nombre + with kindness, smother + Nombre + with kindness.
    * competir por acaparar la atención de Alguien = compete for + attention.
    * con atención = attentively.
    * concentrar la atención sobre = keep in + focus.
    * conseguir ser el centro de atención = capture + spotlight, grab + the spotlight, grab + the limelight.
    * dar una llamada de atención = sound + a wake-up call.
    * de atención básica = preattentive.
    * de atención primaria = preattentive.
    * deber prestar atención = warrant + consideration.
    * dedicar atención = devote + attention.
    * dedicar atención a = turn + Posesivo + mind to.
    * dedicar + Posesivo + atención = turn + Posesivo + attention, turn + Posesivo + thoughts.
    * dedicar + Posesivo + atención a un problema = turn + Posesivo + attention to problem.
    * departamento de atención al cliente = customer service department.
    * despertar la atención = arouse + attention, give + wake-up call.
    * desviar + Posesivo + atención = divert + Posesivo + attention.
    * dirigir la atención = put + focus.
    * dirigir la atención a = turn to, direct + Posesivo + attention to(ward).
    * dirigir + Posesivo + atención = turn + Posesivo + attention, turn + Posesivo + thoughts.
    * dirigir + Posesivo + atención a un problema = turn + Posesivo + attention to problem.
    * disputarse la atención = vie for + attention.
    * distraer la atención = distract + attention.
    * distraer + Posesivo + atención = divert + Posesivo + attention.
    * el centro de atención + ser = all eyes + be + on.
    * en el foco de atención = in the spotlight.
    * fijar la atención = fix + Posesivo + attention.
    * hacer que no se le preste atención a = deflect + attention from.
    * horario de atención al público = opening hours, hours of operation, banking hours.
    * interrumpir la atención = interrupt + attention.
    * lamar la atención = eye + catch.
    * leer con atención = peruse.
    * llamada de atención = heads up, wake-up call, slap on the wrist.
    * llamar la atención = call + attention to, attract + attention, excite + attention, grab + Posesivo + attention, catch + Posesivo + eye, admonish, strike + Posesivo + fancy, capture + the attention, stand out, make + Reflexivo + conspicuous, cut + a dash, seek + attention, make + heads turn, catch + Posesivo + fancy, catch + Posesivo + attention, peak + Posesivo + interest, make + a splash, make + a big noise, hit + home.
    * llamar la atención a Alguien = rap + Nombre + knuckles, censure.
    * llamar la atención de = draw + the attention of.
    * llamar la atención de Alguien = hold + Posesivo + attention.
    * llamar la atención sobre = draw + attention to, pull + Nombre + to, bring + Nombre + into the public eye, raise + awareness, enhance + awareness.
    * llamarle la atención a Alguien = reprimand, slap + Nombre + down, slap + Nombre + on the wrist.
    * mantener la atención de Alguien = hold + Posesivo + attention.
    * merecer atención = merit + attention, be worthy of + attention, deserve + attention.
    * mostrador de atención al público = service desk, public service desk, service counter.
    * mostrador de atención al usuario = service area.
    * necesitar atención = beg + attention, warrant + attention.
    * nivel de atención = attention span.
    * no prestar atención = disregard, overlook, close + the door on, go + unheeded, fly in + the face of.
    * no prestar atención al hecho de que = overlook + the fact that.
    * no prestar la suficiente atención = give + short shrift.
    * para llamar la atención = for effect.
    * pasar a ser el centro de atención = take + centre stage.
    * pasar a ser el centro de atención = come into + focus.
    * poner atención = lend + an ear, listen (to).
    * poner el centro de atención = put + focus.
    * prestándole especial atención a = with specific reference to.
    * prestar atención = follow up, heed, receive + attention, mind, devote + attention, pay + heed, take + notice, give + (some) thought to, follow through, look out for, lend + an ear, prick (up) + Posesivo + ears, Posesivo + antennas + go up.
    * prestar atención a = attend to, give + attention to, give + consideration (to), pay + attention to, turn + Posesivo + mind to, train + spotlight on, give + an ear to, listen (to), keep + an eye on, direct + Posesivo + attention to(ward).
    * prestar especial atención = pay + particular attention, focus.
    * prestarle atención = focus + attention.
    * prestar poca atención a = give + little thought to.
    * prestar + Posesivo + atención = turn + Posesivo + attention, turn + Posesivo + thoughts.
    * prestar + Posesivo + atención a un problema = turn + Posesivo + attention to problem.
    * que distrae la atención = distracting.
    * que no llama la atención = inconspicuous.
    * recibir atención = enjoy + attention, receive + attention, receive + note, command + attention, gain + attention.
    * requerir atención = require + consideration, require + attention.
    * retener la atención de Alguien = retain + attention.
    * ser el centro de atención = steal + the limelight, steal + the show, cut + a dash.
    * servicio de atención = advisory service.
    * servicio de atención al cliente = customer service, service department.
    * servicio de atención al cliente en su propio automóvil = drive-through (drive-thru).
    * servicio de atención al cliente por teléfono = call centre.
    * servicio de atención de día = day care.
    * servicios de atención al estudiante = student services.
    * síndrome de déficit de atención = attention deficit.
    * síndrome de déficit de atención con hiperactividad = attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
    * sin llamar la atención = inconspicuously.
    * sin prestar atención = mindlessly.
    * total atención = undivided attention.
    * trastorno por déficit de atención con hiperactividad = attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
    * tratar de no llamar la atención = keep + a low profile, lie + low.
    * volver a prestar atención = refocus + attention.

    * * *
    A
    1 (cuidado, concentración) attention
    me gustaría poder dedicarle más atención a esto I'd like to be able to give this more attention, I'd like to be able to devote more attention to this
    me escuchó con atención she listened to me attentively o carefully
    pon atención en lo que haces concentrate on o pay attention to what you're doing
    presta atención a lo que voy a decir pay attention o listen carefully to what I'm going to say
    trata de atraer la atención del camarero try and attract o get the waiter's attention
    le gusta ser el centro de (la) atención she likes to be the center of attention
    esto ha sido todo por hoy, gracias por su atención that's all for today, thank you for watching/listening
    2
    llamar la atención: se viste así para llamar la atención he dresses like that to attract attention (to himself)
    ¿no ves que estás llamando la atención con esos gritos? can't you see that you're attracting attention (to yourself) with your shouting?
    llama la atención por su original diseño the originality of its design is striking
    es una chica que llama la atención she's a very striking girl
    lo dulce no me llama la atención I'm not very fond of o ( BrE) keen on sweet things
    nada le llama la atención nothing seems to interest him
    me llamó la atención que estuviera sola/no verlo allí I was surprised she was alone/not to see him there
    llamarle la atención a algn (reprenderlo) to reprimand sb ( frml), to give sb a talking to
    (hacerle notar algo): les llamé la atención sobre el precio I drew their attention to the price
    3 ( en locs):
    a la atención de ( Corresp) for the attention of
    en atención a algo ( frml); in view of sth
    en atención a sus circunstancias familiares in view of o bearing in mind her family circumstances
    B
    1
    (servicio): no nos podemos quejar de la atención que recibimos en el consulado we can't complain about the way we were treated o the treatment we received in the consulate
    [ S ] horario de atención al público (en un banco) hours of business; (en una oficina pública) opening hours
    [ S ] departamento de atención al cliente customer service department ( AmE), customer services department ( BrE)
    2
    (cortesía): nos colmaron de atenciones durante nuestra visita we were showered with attention o ( BrE) attentions during our visit, they made a real fuss of us during our visit
    no es necesario gastar mucho, lo importante es tener una atención con él we don't have to spend much money, the important thing is that he knows we thought of him
    no tuvo ninguna atención con nosotros a pesar de nuestra hospitalidad he didn't show the slightest appreciation despite our hospitality
    ¡cuántas atenciones! estoy abrumado how kind! I'm overwhelmed
    1 ( Mil) attention!
    ¡atención! están dando los resultados listen! they're reading out the results
    ¡atención, por favor! (your) attention, please!, may I have your attention, please?
    2 (para avisar de un peligro) look out!, watch out!
    [ S ] ¡atención! danger!, warning!
    * * *

     

    atención 1 sustantivo femenino
    1

    ◊ pon/presta atención a esto pay attention to this;

    con atención attentively
    b)


    una chica que llama la atención a very striking girl;
    me llamó la atención que estuviera sola I was surprised she was alone;
    llamarle la atención a algn ( reprenderlo) to reprimand sb (frml), to give sb a talking to
    2
    a) (en hotel, tienda) service;

    ( on signs) horario de atención al público ( en banco) hours of business;
    ( en oficina pública) opening hours
    b) ( cortesía):

    ◊ nos colmaron de atenciones we were showered with attention o (BrE) attentions;

    no tuvo ninguna atención con ella a pesar de su hospitalidad he didn't show the slightest appreciation despite her hospitality
    atención 2 interjección

    ◊ ¡atención, por favor! (your) attention, please!


    atención
    I sustantivo femenino attention
    II exclamación attention!
    ♦ Locuciones: llamar la atención, to attract attention
    prestar atención, to pay attention [a, to]
    toque de atención, warning
    ' atención' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    acaparar
    - acaparador
    - acaparadora
    - cantar
    - centrar
    - conceder
    - concentrar
    - concentración
    - delicadeza
    - descuidarse
    - despreocuparse
    - detalle
    - dirigirse
    - distracción
    - distraer
    - distraerse
    - eh
    - esmerarse
    - fijar
    - fijarse
    - llamar
    - mirar
    - polarizar
    - prestar
    - show
    - toque
    - asistencia
    - atender
    - atento
    - atraer
    - bien
    - captar
    - caso
    - centro
    - corresponder
    - corte
    - cuidado
    - descuidar
    - dirigir
    - escuchar
    - gentileza
    - ninguno
    - oír
    - ojo
    - palmada
    - perdón
    - poner
    - público
    - reclamo
    - retener
    English:
    accuracy
    - appeal
    - attend
    - attention
    - attention span
    - attract
    - call
    - capture
    - care
    - carelessly
    - catch
    - centre
    - closely
    - deaf
    - draw
    - engage
    - enthral
    - enthrall
    - eye
    - fix
    - fuss
    - give
    - grip
    - hear
    - inconspicuous
    - intently
    - listen
    - lunch
    - note
    - noteworthy
    - notice
    - nursing
    - pay
    - rate
    - round-the-clock
    - service
    - spectacle
    - spotlight
    - switch
    - turn
    - undivided
    - anticipation
    - carelessness
    - conspicuous
    - courtesy
    - disregard
    - effect
    - heed
    - intent
    - lime
    * * *
    ♦ nf
    1. [interés] attention;
    tienes que dedicar más atención a tus estudios you've got to put more effort into your studies, you've got to concentrate harder on your studies;
    miraremos tu expediente con mucha atención we'll look at your file very carefully;
    aguardaban el resultado con atención they were listening attentively for the result;
    escucha con atención listen carefully;
    a la atención de for the attention of;
    llamar la atención [atraer] to attract attention;
    lo que más me llamó la atención fue la belleza del paisaje what struck me most was the beauty of the countryside;
    su belleza llama la atención her beauty is striking;
    al principio no me llamó la atención at first I didn't notice anything unusual;
    llamar la atención a alguien [amonestar] to tell sb off;
    le llamé la atención sobre el coste del proyecto I drew her attention to the cost of the project;
    con sus escándalos, andan llamando la atención todo el tiempo they are always attracting attention to themselves by causing one scandal or another;
    le gusta llamar la atención she likes to be noticed;
    el desastre electoral fue una llamada o [m5] toque de atención al partido gobernante the disastrous election results were a wake-up call to the governing party;
    a los niños pequeños les cuesta mantener la atención small children find it difficult to stop their attention from wandering;
    poner o [m5] prestar atención to pay attention;
    si no pones o [m5]prestas atención, no te enterarás de lo que hay que hacer if you don't pay attention, you won't know what to do
    atención mediática media exposure
    2. [cortesía] attentiveness;
    atenciones attentiveness;
    tenía demasiadas atenciones con el jefe she was overly attentive towards the boss;
    nos colmaron de atenciones they waited on us hand and foot;
    deshacerse en atenciones con to lavish attention on;
    en atención a [teniendo en cuenta] out of consideration for;
    [en honor a] in honour of;
    en atención a sus méritos in honour of her achievements;
    organizaron una cena en atención al nuevo embajador they held a dinner in honour of the new ambassador;
    le cedió el asiento en atención a su avanzada edad he let her have his seat because of her age
    3. [servicio]
    la atención a los ancianos care of the elderly;
    Com atención al cliente customer service o care o support;
    atención domiciliaria [de médico] home visits;
    para la atención domiciliaria, llamar al… if you wish to call a doctor out, ring this number…;
    atención hospitalaria hospital care;
    atención primaria [en ambulatorio] primary health care;
    atención sanitaria health care
    ♦ interj
    [en aeropuerto, conferencia] your attention please!; Mil attention!;
    ¡atención, van a anunciar el ganador! listen, they're about to announce the winner!;
    ¡atención! [en letrero] danger!;
    ¡atención, peligro de incendio! [en letrero] [con materiales inflamables] (warning!) fire hazard;
    [en bosques] danger of forest fires in this area
    * * *
    f
    1 attention;
    ¡atención! your attention, please!;
    falta de atención lack of attention, inattentiveness;
    prestar atención pay attention (a to);
    llamar la atención a alguien reñir tell s.o. off; por ser llamativo attract s.o.’s attention;
    llamar la atención de alguien sobre algo call s.o.’s attention to sth;
    2 ( cortesía) courtesy;
    atenciones pl attentiveness sg ;
    nos han tratato con mil atenciones they were extremely attentive
    3
    :
    a la atención de carta for the attention of;
    en atención a fml with regard to
    * * *
    atención nf, pl - ciones
    1) : attention
    2)
    prestar atención : to pay attention
    3)
    llamar la atención : to attract attention
    4)
    en atención a : in view of
    atención interj
    1) : attention!
    2) : watch out!
    * * *
    atención1 interj your attention, please!
    atención2 n attention
    con atención attentively / carefully
    me llama la atención que... I'm surprised that...

    Spanish-English dictionary > atención

  • 8 Historical Portugal

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

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    adv.
    1 before.
    no importa si vienes antes it doesn't matter if you come earlier
    ya no nado como antes I can't swim as I used to
    mucho/poco antes long/shortly before
    lo antes posible as soon as possible
    antes de Cristo before Christ, BC
    antes de tiempo ahead of time
    antes de hacer algo before doing something
    antes de que before
    antes de que llegaras before you arrived
    2 before.
    me bajo dos pisos antes I get off two floors before (you)
    antes de before
    3 first (primero).
    esta señora está antes this lady is first
    entraron antes que yo they went in in front of me
    m.pl.
    1 elks, mooses.
    2 suedes.
    * * *
    1 (tiempo) before, earlier
    2 (en el pasado) before, in the past
    3 (lugar) in front, before
    1 on the contrary, quite the opposite, rather
    ■ no la aborrece, antes la ama he doesn't hate her, on the contrary he loves her
    1 before
    \
    antes bien on the contrary
    ■ no se acobardó, antes bien se encaró con su enemigo he didn't shrink back, on the contrary, he stood up to his enemy
    antes de J.C. before Christ
    antes de nada first of all
    lo antes posible as soon as possible
    * * *
    adv.
    1) before, earlier
    2) rather, sooner
    3) formerly, previously
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    - antes de anoche
    - antes de ayer
    - antes de Cristo
    - antes de que
    - antes que
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    1.
    ADJ before
    2. ADV
    1) [en el tiempo]
    a) [con relación a otro acontecimiento]

    no te vayas sin antes consultarle — don't go without o before consulting her first, don't go without consulting her beforehand, don't go until you've consulted her

    lo vio antes que yo — he saw it first o before I did o before me

    • antes de algo — before sth

    una semana antes de la firma del contrato — a week before o prior to más frm signing the contract

    • el año 27 antes de Cristo — 27 BC, 27 before Christ

    • antes de hacer algo — before doing sth

    antes de salir del coche, asegúrese de que están las ventanillas cerradas — before you get o before getting out of the car, make sure that the windows are closed

    • mucho antes de algo — long before sth

    mucho antes de conocerte — a long time before I met you o meeting you, long before I met you o meeting you más frm

    • antes de o que nada — [en el tiempo] first of all; [indicando preferencia] above all

    antes de nada dejad que me presente — first of all, allow me to introduce myself

    antes que nada, hay que mantener la calma — above all, we must keep calm

    somos, antes que nada, demócratas — we are first and foremost democrats

    • poco antes de algo — just o shortly before sth

    • antes de que — + subjun before

    b) [en el pasado]

    antes fumaba un paquete de tabaco al día — before, I smoked a packet of cigarettes a day, I used to smoke a packet of cigarettes a day

    • de antes, nuestra casa de antes — our old house, our previous house

    c) (=hasta ahora) before, before now
    d) (=más temprano) earlier

    • cuanto antes — as soon as possible

    • lo antes posible — as soon as possible

    e) (=más joven) at a younger age, at an earlier age
    2) [en el espacio] before

    • antes de algo — before sth

    3.
    CONJ [indicando preferencia] sooner, rather

    no cederemos: antes gastamos todo nuestro dinero — we shall never give up: we would rather o sooner spend all our money

    • antes bien, antes al contrario — but rather

    • antes no — Chile, Méx just as well, luckily

    vi lo furiosa que estaba, antes no te pegó — I saw how angry she was, just as well o luckily she didn't hit you

    • antes que hacer algo — rather than doing sth

    antes que irme a la India, preferiría viajar por Europa — rather than going to India, I'd prefer to travel around Europe

    * * *
    1)
    a) ( con anterioridad) before

    antes de las tres/del accidente — before three/before the accident

    antes de Jesucristo — before Christ, BC

    antes de + inf — before -ing

    antes (de) que + subj: antes (de) que me olvide before I forget; no se lo des antes (de) que yo lo vea don't give it to him until I've seen it; antes (de) que tú nacieras — before you were born

    2) ( en tiempos pasados) before, in the past
    3)
    a) (indicando orden, prioridad) first

    antes me muero! — I'd rather o sooner die!

    4) ( en el espacio) before
    5)
    a)

    antes bien — (liter) on the contrary

    b)

    antes no — (Chi, Méx fam)

    * * *
    = earlier, formerly, before now.
    Ex. These will be established in keeping with the principles established earlier.
    Ex. Mr. Berman was formerly Editor of the Social Responsibility Round Table (SRRT) Newsletter and is still a member of SRRT, but chooses not to be a member of the American Library Association.
    Ex. OSI offers immense potential for the creation of the global 'virtual library', a network in which libraries are extensively and transparently connected to offer their patrons a wealth and breadth of information that has been inconceivable before now.
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    * antes de = in anticipation of, prior to, no later than, in advance (of), in the run up to, during the run up to, not later than.
    * antes de acostarse = before bed.
    * antes de ahora = before now.
    * antes de conseguir empleo = preappointment.
    * antes de darse cuenta = before + Pronombre + know what + happen, before + Pronombre + know it.
    * antes de + Expresión Temporal = Expresión Temporal + be up.
    * antes de finalizar el horario de oficina = by the close of business.
    * antes de + Infinitivo = before + Gerundio.
    * antes de la contratación = pre-employment [preemployment].
    * antes del amanecer = before dawn.
    * antes del año = Expresión Temporal + be up.
    * antes del examen = pretest [pre-test].
    * antes de lo previsto = ahead of schedule.
    * antes de nada = before long, before + Pronombre + know what + happen, before + Pronombre + know it.
    * antes (de que) = before.
    * antes de todo = before anything else, first off.
    * antes de una emergencia = pre-emergency.
    * antes morir que = would rather + Verbo + than.
    * antes o después de = either side of.
    * antes que = sooner than.
    * antes que nada = first of all, before anything else, first off, above all things.
    * antes todo continúa como antes = life goes on as before.
    * cantar victoria antes de tiempo = speak too soon.
    * como antes = as before.
    * continuar como antes = go on + as before.
    * cuando antes + Pronombre + sea posible = at + Posesivo + earliest convenience.
    * cuando antes pueda = at + Posesivo + earliest convenience.
    * cuanto antes = as soon as possible (asap).
    * cuanto antes mejor = sooner the better, the.
    * deber haber ocurrido antes = be long overdue.
    * detenerse antes de = stop + short of.
    * enseñanza antes de empezar el trabajo = pre-service education.
    * haber pasado por aquí antes = have been down this road before.
    * hablar antes de tiempo = speak too soon.
    * justo antes de = on the eve of, in the run up to, during the run up to.
    * justo antes (de que) = immediately before.
    * lo mismo que antes = the same as before.
    * los días antes de = leading up to.
    * más que antes = more than ever, more... than ever before, more than ever before.
    * más que nunca antes = more... than ever before, more than ever before, more than ever.
    * mencionado antes = above-mentioned, above-named.
    * minutos antes de = minutes before.
    * mucho antes = early on.
    * mucho antes de = well before.
    * mucho tiempo antes de (que) = long before.
    * no antes de = no sooner than.
    * no cantes victoria antes de tiempo = don't count your chickens before they are hatched.
    * no visto antes = unprecedented.
    * pasar año(s) antes de que = be year(s) before.
    * poco antes de + Fecha = shortly before + Fecha.
    * que fue común antes = once-common.
    * seguir como antes = go on + as before.
    * un año antes de = a year ahead of.
    * usado antes = second-hand [secondhand].
    * y antes de nada = the next thing + Pronombre + know.
    * y antes de que + Pronombre + dar + cuenta = the next thing + Pronombre + know.
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( con anterioridad) before

    antes de las tres/del accidente — before three/before the accident

    antes de Jesucristo — before Christ, BC

    antes de + inf — before -ing

    antes (de) que + subj: antes (de) que me olvide before I forget; no se lo des antes (de) que yo lo vea don't give it to him until I've seen it; antes (de) que tú nacieras — before you were born

    2) ( en tiempos pasados) before, in the past
    3)
    a) (indicando orden, prioridad) first

    antes me muero! — I'd rather o sooner die!

    4) ( en el espacio) before
    5)
    a)

    antes bien — (liter) on the contrary

    b)

    antes no — (Chi, Méx fam)

    * * *
    antes (de que)

    Ex: It will be a long time before all documents are available in machine-readable form.

    = earlier, formerly, before now.

    Ex: These will be established in keeping with the principles established earlier.

    Ex: Mr. Berman was formerly Editor of the Social Responsibility Round Table (SRRT) Newsletter and is still a member of SRRT, but chooses not to be a member of the American Library Association.
    Ex: OSI offers immense potential for the creation of the global 'virtual library', a network in which libraries are extensively and transparently connected to offer their patrons a wealth and breadth of information that has been inconceivable before now.
    * antes de = in anticipation of, prior to, no later than, in advance (of), in the run up to, during the run up to, not later than.
    * antes de acostarse = before bed.
    * antes de ahora = before now.
    * antes de conseguir empleo = preappointment.
    * antes de darse cuenta = before + Pronombre + know what + happen, before + Pronombre + know it.
    * antes de + Expresión Temporal = Expresión Temporal + be up.
    * antes de finalizar el horario de oficina = by the close of business.
    * antes de + Infinitivo = before + Gerundio.
    * antes de la contratación = pre-employment [preemployment].
    * antes del amanecer = before dawn.
    * antes del año = Expresión Temporal + be up.
    * antes del examen = pretest [pre-test].
    * antes de lo previsto = ahead of schedule.
    * antes de nada = before long, before + Pronombre + know what + happen, before + Pronombre + know it.
    * antes (de que) = before.
    * antes de todo = before anything else, first off.
    * antes de una emergencia = pre-emergency.
    * antes morir que = would rather + Verbo + than.
    * antes o después de = either side of.
    * antes que = sooner than.
    * antes que nada = first of all, before anything else, first off, above all things.
    * antes todo continúa como antes = life goes on as before.
    * cantar victoria antes de tiempo = speak too soon.
    * como antes = as before.
    * continuar como antes = go on + as before.
    * cuando antes + Pronombre + sea posible = at + Posesivo + earliest convenience.
    * cuando antes pueda = at + Posesivo + earliest convenience.
    * cuanto antes = as soon as possible (asap).
    * cuanto antes mejor = sooner the better, the.
    * deber haber ocurrido antes = be long overdue.
    * detenerse antes de = stop + short of.
    * enseñanza antes de empezar el trabajo = pre-service education.
    * haber pasado por aquí antes = have been down this road before.
    * hablar antes de tiempo = speak too soon.
    * justo antes de = on the eve of, in the run up to, during the run up to.
    * justo antes (de que) = immediately before.
    * lo mismo que antes = the same as before.
    * los días antes de = leading up to.
    * más que antes = more than ever, more... than ever before, more than ever before.
    * más que nunca antes = more... than ever before, more than ever before, more than ever.
    * mencionado antes = above-mentioned, above-named.
    * minutos antes de = minutes before.
    * mucho antes = early on.
    * mucho antes de = well before.
    * mucho tiempo antes de (que) = long before.
    * no antes de = no sooner than.
    * no cantes victoria antes de tiempo = don't count your chickens before they are hatched.
    * no visto antes = unprecedented.
    * pasar año(s) antes de que = be year(s) before.
    * poco antes de + Fecha = shortly before + Fecha.
    * que fue común antes = once-common.
    * seguir como antes = go on + as before.
    * un año antes de = a year ahead of.
    * usado antes = second-hand [secondhand].
    * y antes de nada = the next thing + Pronombre + know.
    * y antes de que + Pronombre + dar + cuenta = the next thing + Pronombre + know.

    * * *
    A
    me lo deberías haber dicho antes you should have told me before o earlier
    lo haré lo antes posible I'll do it as soon as possible
    los inquilinos de antes eran más simpáticos the people who lived there before o the previous tenants were nicer
    días antes había estado con él I had been with him a few days before
    la había hecho el día antes she had made it the day before o the previous day
    2 ( en locs):
    antes de before
    llegó antes de las tres/del accidente she arrived before three/before the accident
    debe estar aquí antes de las ocho you must be here before o by eight
    unos días antes de la publicación del libro a few days before the book was published o ( frml) prior to the publication of the book
    antes de Jesucristo before Christ, BC
    no van a llegar antes de dos horas they won't be here for two hours
    le daré la respuesta antes de una semana I will give you my reply within a week
    antes de anoche the night before last
    antes de ayer the day before yesterday
    antes DE + INF before -ING
    muéstrame la carta antes de mandársela show me the letter before you send it to him o before sending it to him
    antes ( DE) QUE + SUBJ:
    a ver si podemos terminarlo antes (de) que lleguen let's try and finish before they get here
    antes (de) que me olvide, llamó Marisa before I forget, Marisa called
    no se lo muestres antes (de) que yo lo vea don't show it to him until I've seen it
    mucho/poco antes (de) que tú nacieras a long time/just before you were born
    B (en tiempos pasados) before, in the past
    antes no se veían mendigos por la calle como ahora you didn't use to see beggars on the streets o in the past you didn't see beggars on the streets o you didn't see beggars on the streets before, the way you do now
    antes salíamos mucho más que ahora we used to go out o in the past we went out much more than we do now
    ya no es el mismo de antes he's not the same person any more, he's not the same person he was
    las casas de antes eran más sólidas houses used to be o in the past houses were more solidly built
    C
    1 (indicando orden, prioridad) first
    yo estaba antes I was here first
    antes que before
    el señor está antes que yo this man was here before me o is before me
    antes que nada first of all
    mis hijos están antes que tú para mí my children are more important to me than you are, my children come before you
    2
    (indicando preferencia): ¿casarme con él? ¡antes me muero! marry him? I'd rather o sooner die!
    cualquier cosa antes que eso anything but that
    la muerte antes que la deshonra death before dishonor
    antes QUE + INF:
    antes que verlos pasar hambre, soy capaz de robar I'd steal rather than see them go hungry
    me bajo dos paradas antes I get off two stops before
    el ejemplo dado líneas antes the example given a few lines above o before
    está antes de Rocha/del puente it's before you get to o it's this side of Rocha/the bridge
    E
    1
    antes bien ( liter); on the contrary
    2
    antes no (Chi, Méx fam): antes no te apuñalaron you were lucky o you can count yourself lucky you didn't get stabbed
    * * *

     

    antes adverbio
    1


    lo antes posible as soon as possible


    c) ( en locs)


    antes de Jesucristo before Christ, BC;
    no van a llegar antes de dos horas they won't be here for two hours;
    le daré la respuesta antes de una semana I will give you my reply within a week;
    antes de lo esperado earlier than expected;
    antes de hacer algo before doing sth;
    antes (de) que me olvide before I forget;
    no se lo des antes (de) que yo lo vea don't give it to him until I've seen it

    2 ( en tiempos pasados) before, in the past;

    3
    a) (indicando orden, prioridad) first;


    yo estaba antes I was here first

    ◊ ¡antes me muero! I'd rather o sooner die!;

    cualquier cosa antes que eso anything but that
    antes
    I adverbio
    1 (en el tiempo) before
    antes de las dos, before two o'clock
    un año antes, a year before
    mucho antes, long before
    poco antes, a short time before
    2 (tiempo remoto) in the past
    antes se bordaba a mano más, people used to hand-embroider more in the past
    3 (en el espacio) before
    la escuela está antes de la estación, the school is before the station
    II conj antes morir que disculparme, I'd rather die than apologize
    ♦ Locuciones: antes (bien), on the contrary
    cuanto antes, as soon as possible
    lo antes posible, as soon as possible
    ' antes' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    a. C.
    - acaso
    - acopiar
    - adelantarse
    - anoche
    - anticiparse
    - aquél
    - aquélla
    - atusar
    - ayer
    - bélica
    - bélico
    - cadáver
    - como
    - congelación
    - consumir
    - cuanta
    - cuanto
    - dérmica
    - dérmico
    - engañarse
    - escaparse
    - escarceo
    - escribano
    - folclórica
    - folclórico
    - gay
    - grabar
    - homologar
    - hostelera
    - hostelero
    - incluida
    - incluido
    - interesar
    - manía
    - marcha
    - mejor
    - menos
    - merodear
    - mezclar
    - no
    - noche
    - ocurrirse
    - poca
    - poco
    - presupuesto
    - recoger
    - resolver
    - sabatina
    - sabatino
    English:
    action
    - advance
    - anything
    - applaud
    - apprentice
    - arbitration
    - as
    - asap
    - averse
    - back
    - BC
    - before
    - beforehand
    - best
    - better
    - blurt out
    - board
    - boil over
    - breathing space
    - bridge
    - bustling
    - capture
    - clean
    - clean up
    - clear
    - clock
    - clock off
    - clock out
    - close
    - cram
    - customary
    - defrost
    - dispose of
    - early
    - enact
    - even
    - eventual
    - exercise
    - family
    - fellow
    - first
    - flying
    - formerly
    - from
    - gather in
    - go over
    - ground
    - hold off
    - hors d'oeuvre
    - jack up
    * * *
    ♦ adv
    1. [en el tiempo] before;
    [antaño] formerly, in the past;
    lo he dicho antes I've said it before;
    no importa si venís antes it doesn't matter if you come earlier;
    me lo podías haber contado antes you could have told me earlier o before;
    antes llovía más it used to rain more often;
    antes no había televisión y la gente se entretenía con la radio in the past, there wasn't any television, so people used to listen to the radio;
    ya no nado como antes I can't swim as I used to;
    desde el accidente, ya no es el mismo de antes he hasn't been the same since the accident;
    cuanto antes as soon as possible;
    mucho/poco antes long/shortly before;
    lo antes posible as soon as possible;
    antes de before;
    antes de entrar dejen salir [en letrero] please let people off first before boarding;
    no llegues antes de las cinco don't get there before five, make sure you arrive no earlier than five;
    tenlo preparado antes de medianoche have it ready by midnight;
    antes de hacer algo before doing sth;
    consúltame antes de añadir nada consult me first before you add anything o before adding anything;
    antes de que llegaras before you arrived;
    antes de anoche the night before last;
    antes de ayer the day before yesterday;
    antes de Cristo before Christ, BC;
    de antes [antiguo] old;
    [anterior] previous;
    el sistema de antes era muy lento the old system was very slow;
    esta cerveza sabe igual que la de antes this beer tastes the same as the previous one o the one before
    2. [en el espacio] before;
    me bajo dos pisos antes I get off two floors before (you);
    antes de before;
    el motel está antes del próximo cruce the motel is before the next junction
    3. [primero] first;
    esta señora está antes this lady is first;
    ten paciencia, este señor está antes que nosotros be patient, this man is in front of us;
    entraron antes que yo they went in in front of me;
    ¿quién va a salir antes? who's going to leave (the) first?
    4. [expresa preferencia] rather;
    no quiero tener coche, antes me compraría una moto I don't want a car, I'd rather buy a motorbike;
    antes… que rather… than;
    prefiero la sierra antes que el mar I prefer the mountains to the sea;
    iría a la cárcel antes que mentir I'd rather go to prison than lie;
    antes de nada first of all, before anything else;
    antes que nada [expresando preferencia] above all, first and foremost;
    antes al contrario on the contrary
    ♦ adj
    [previo] previous;
    la noche antes the night before
    ♦ antes bien loc conj
    on the contrary;
    no le aburría, antes bien parecía agradarle far from boring him, it appeared to please him
    * * *
    I adv before;
    cuanto antes, lo antes posible as soon as possible;
    poco antes shortly before;
    antes que nada first of all;
    antes bien on the contrary;
    II prp
    :
    antes de before;
    antes de hora, antes de tiempo early, ahead of time;
    antes de llegar el tren before the train arrived
    III conj
    :
    antes de que subj before
    * * *
    antes adv
    1) : before, earlier
    2) : formerly, previously
    3) : rather, sooner
    antes prefiero morir: I'd rather die
    4)
    antes de : before, previous to
    antes de hoy: before today
    5)
    antes que : before
    antes que llegue Luis: before Luis arrives
    6)
    cuanto antes : as soon as possible
    7)
    antes bien : on the contrary
    * * *
    antes adv
    1. (previamente) before
    2. (más temprano) earlier
    3. (lugar) just before

    Spanish-English dictionary > antes

  • 10 ganar

    v.
    1 to win.
    ganaron por tres a uno they won three one
    Ricardo gana siempre Richard wins always.
    Ricardo ganó el premio Richard won the prize.
    2 to earn (sueldo, dinero).
    ¿cuánto ganas? how much do you earn?
    María gMaría dinero Mary earns money.
    3 to gain.
    ganar fama to achieve fame
    en tren ganas una hora you save an hour by taking the train
    Ricardo ganó reconocimiento Richard gained renown.
    4 to beat.
    te voy a ganar I'm going to beat you
    5 to reach, to make it to (llegar a) (place).
    6 to take, to capture.
    7 to obtain profits, to come out with profits, to win, to realize profits.
    La empresa ganó The company obtained profits.
    * * *
    1 (partido, concurso, premio) to win
    2 (dinero) to earn
    ■ ¿cuánto ganas al año? how much do you earn a year?
    3 (conquistar) to capture
    4 (alcanzar) to reach
    5 (lograr) to win
    1 (mejorar) to improve
    1 to earn
    2 (ser merecedor) to deserve
    \
    ganar a alguien en algo to be better than somebody at something
    ganar terreno to gain ground
    llevar las de ganar figurado to hold the winning card, hold all the cards
    no ganar para disgustos figurado to be one thing after another
    salir ganando to gain, benefit, do well out of it
    ganarse la vida to earn a living, earn one's living
    ganarse el pan familiar to earn one's bread and butter
    ¡te la vas a ganar! familiar you're going to get it!
    * * *
    verb
    2) earn
    3) gain
    5) make
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) [+ sueldo] to earn

    ¿cuánto ganas al mes? — how much do you earn o make a month?

    2) [+ competición, partido, premio, guerra] to win

    ¿quién ganó la carrera? — who won the race?

    3) [+ contrincante] to beat

    ¡les ganamos! — we beat them!

    no hay quien le gane — there's nobody who can beat him, he's unbeatable

    como orador no hay quien le gane o no le gana nadie — as a speaker there is no one to touch him, no one outdoes him at speaking

    4) (=conseguir) [+ tiempo, peso, terreno] to gain

    ¿qué gano yo con todo esto? — what do I gain o get from all this?

    tierras ganadas al mar — land reclaimed o won from the sea

    ganar popularidad — to win o earn popularity

    5) (=alcanzar) [+ objetivo] to achieve, attain
    6) (=convencer) to win over

    dejarse ganar por algo — to allow o.s. to be won over by sth

    7) (=aventajar)
    8) (Mil) [+ plaza, pueblo] to take, capture
    2. VI
    1) [trabajando] to earn
    2) [en competición, guerra] to win

    • dejarse ganar — [con trampas] to lose on purpose

    3) (=mejorar) to benefit, improve

    la película ganaría mucho si se cortase — the film would greatly benefit from being cut, the film would be greatly improved if it was cut

    • ha ganado mucho en salud — his health has greatly improved

    • salir ganando — to do well

    3.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) < sueldo> to earn

    ¿cuánto ganas al mes? — how much do you earn a month?

    b) ( conseguir) to gain
    2)
    a) <partido/guerra/elecciones> to win
    b) <premio/dinero> to win
    3) ( adquirir) < experiencia> to gain
    4)
    b) ( reclamar) to reclaim
    5) (liter) < meta> to attain (frml); <cumbre/orilla> to gain (liter)
    2.
    ganar vi
    1) ( mediante el trabajo) to earn
    2)
    a) ( vencer) to win
    b)

    a mentiroso nadie le gana or no hay quien le gane — when it comes to lying there's noone to touch him

    3) ( aventajar)

    ganarle a alguien en algo: le ganas en estatura you're taller than him; me gana en todo — he beats me on every count

    4)
    a) ( mejorar)
    b) (obtener provecho, beneficiarse) to gain

    ganó mucho con su estancia en Berlín — he gained a lot from o got a lot out of his stay in Berlin

    salir ganando: es el único que salió ganando con el trato/en ese asunto he's the only one who did well out of the deal/who came out well in that business; al final salí ganando — in the end I came out of it better off

    3.
    ganarse v pron
    1) (enf) ( mediante el trabajo) to earn
    2) (enf) <premio/apuesta> to win
    3) <afecto/confianza> to win; < persona> to win... over
    4) ( ser merecedor de) < descanso> to earn oneself

    ganársela — (Esp fam)

    se la va a ganar — she's going to get it o she's for it (colloq)

    * * *
    = earn, conquer, win, win out, prevail, go + one better.
    Ex. The article 'Women in industry: where and how they administrate' concludes that there are fewer women in management than men and they earn less.
    Ex. The tools and technologies provided by the Internet enable scholars to communicate or disseminate information in ways which conquer the barriers of time and space.
    Ex. Those who perform in this manner can be characterized as those who would 'rather fight than win'.
    Ex. It remains to be seen which approach will win out, in the current tug-of-war.
    Ex. The emphasis on title entry came from the specialized libraries, primarily the technical libraries, that were small but had the money and the power behind them to see that their view prevails.
    Ex. I think Murray will go one better than Wimbledon, but will lose to Federer again in the final.
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    * actuar con la intención de ganarse la admiració = play to + Nombre.
    * actuar con la intención de ganarse la admiración de Alguie = play to + Nombre.
    * dinero que tanto ha costado ganar = hard-earned money.
    * ganar a Alguien sin apenas hacer ningún esfuerzo = beat + Nombre + hands down, win + hands down.
    * ganar adeptos = gain + currency.
    * ganar bastante dinero = make + good money, earn + good money.
    * ganar cada vez más importancia, ir viento en popa, ir cada vez mejor = go from + strength to strength, grow from + strength to strength, go from + strength to strength.
    * ganar cómodamente = beat + Nombre + hands down, win + hands down.
    * ganar con dificultar = eke out.
    * ganar confianza en uno mismo = gain + confidence (with/in).
    * ganar cuando todo parece estar perdido = victory from the jaws of defeat.
    * ganar de forma abrumadora = beat + Nombre + hands down, win + hands down.
    * ganar de forma aplastante = beat + Nombre + hands down, win + hands down, win by + a landslide.
    * ganar de forma arrolladora = win by + a landslide.
    * ganar dinero = make + money, make + Dinero, earn + money.
    * ganar el pulso = the nod + go to.
    * ganar enemigos = make + enemies.
    * ganar fácilmente = coast + home, coast to + victory, beat + Nombre + hands down, win + hands down.
    * ganar fama = win + fame.
    * ganar fuerza = gather + strength, gather + steam.
    * ganar ímpetu = gather + momentum, gain + impetus, gather + strength, gather + steam, gather + pace.
    * ganar importancia = grow in + importance, grow in + strength, gain + prominence, grow in + significance, gain + significance, gain in + importance.
    * ganar la partida a = outmanoeuvre [outmaneuver, -USA].
    * ganarle la mano a Alguien = steal + a march on.
    * ganarle la partida = out-think [outthink].
    * ganarle la partida a = outfox, outwit, outsmart.
    * ganarle la vez a = outdo, trump.
    * ganar mucho dinero = make + good money, earn + good money.
    * ganar peso = put on + weight, gain + weight.
    * ganar popularidad = gain in + popularity, gain + popularity, increase in + popularity.
    * ganar prestigio = gain in + ascendancy.
    * ganar prosélitos = proselytise [proselytize, -USA].
    * ganar protagonismo = gain in + importance.
    * ganar reconocimiento = gain + credit.
    * ganar resistencia = grow in + stamina.
    * ganarse = win over, propitiate.
    * ganarse a Alguien = win + Nombre + heart.
    * ganarse a la gente = win + hearts and minds.
    * ganarse el apoyo = earn + support.
    * ganarse el aprecio = earn + appreciation.
    * ganarse el cariño = endear.
    * ganarse el corazón de Alguien = win + Nombre + heart.
    * ganarse el favor de = win + the favour of.
    * ganarse el pan = get + Posesivo + bread, earn + Posesivo + bread, earn + Posesivo + bread and butter.
    * ganarse el pan con el sudor de la frente = earn + Posesivo + daily bread with the sweat of + Posesivo + brow.
    * ganarse el pan de cada día = get + Posesivo + bread, earn + Posesivo + bread, earn + Posesivo + bread and butter.
    * ganarse el respeto = earn + respect.
    * ganarse el sueldo = earn + Posesivo + salary.
    * ganarse la confianza = earn + trust.
    * ganarse la confianza de = achieve + credibility with, gain + the confidence of, win + the confidence of.
    * ganarse la existencia = earn + a living, earn + Posesivo + living.
    * ganarse la fama de = earn + a reputation as.
    * ganarse la vida = earn + a living, make + a living, earn + income, earn + Posesivo + living, make + Posesivo + living, Verbo + for a living.
    * ganarse la vida a duras penas = eke out + a living, scratch (out) + a living, scrape + a living, eke out + an existence.
    * ganarse partidarios = gather + a following, win + Nombre + a following, gain + a following.
    * ganarse seguidores = gather + a following, win + Nombre + a following, gain + a following.
    * ganarse una reputación = achieve + reputation, secure + reputation.
    * ganarse un lugar en el corazón de Alguien = win + a place in + heart.
    * ganarse unos ingresos = earn + income.
    * ganar sin ninguna dificultad = beat + Nombre + hands down, win + hands down.
    * ganar sobradamente = beat + Nombre + hands down, win + hands down.
    * ganar terreno = gain + ground, make + headway.
    * ganar tiempo = win + time, buy + time, free up + time.
    * ganar una batalla = win + battle.
    * ganar una elección = win + election.
    * ganar una guerra = win + war.
    * ganar un asalto = win + round.
    * ganar un buen sueldo = make + good money, earn + good money.
    * ganar un premio = win + prize, win + award, earn + an award.
    * ganar un título = win + title.
    * ganar vigencia = gain + currency.
    * haber ganado la mitad de la batalla = be half the battle.
    * haber ganado sólo la mitad de la ba = be only half the battle.
    * hacer que Alguien se lo gane a pulso = give + Nombre + a run for + Posesivo + money.
    * intentar ganar tiempo = play for + time, temporise [temporize, -USA].
    * interés por ganar dinero = profit motive.
    * lo que se gana por un lado se pierde por otro = swings and roundabouts.
    * lo que se pierda en una cosa se gana en la otra = what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts.
    * ni ganar ni perder = break + even.
    * no se ganó Zamora en una hora = Rome wasn't built in a day.
    * ¡que gane el mejor! = may the best man win!, may the best man win!.
    * quien nada arriesga nada gana = nothing ventured, nothing gained.
    * salir ganando = make + a profit, compare + favourably, be better off, win + the day, win out, be better served by, come out on + top.
    * salir sin ganar ni perder = break + even.
    * se pierda o se gane = win or lose.
    * tener ganada la mitad de la batalla = be half the battle.
    * tener ganada sólo la mitad de la batalla = be only half the battle.
    * tratar de ganar tiempo = temporise [temporize, -USA], play for + time.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) < sueldo> to earn

    ¿cuánto ganas al mes? — how much do you earn a month?

    b) ( conseguir) to gain
    2)
    a) <partido/guerra/elecciones> to win
    b) <premio/dinero> to win
    3) ( adquirir) < experiencia> to gain
    4)
    b) ( reclamar) to reclaim
    5) (liter) < meta> to attain (frml); <cumbre/orilla> to gain (liter)
    2.
    ganar vi
    1) ( mediante el trabajo) to earn
    2)
    a) ( vencer) to win
    b)

    a mentiroso nadie le gana or no hay quien le gane — when it comes to lying there's noone to touch him

    3) ( aventajar)

    ganarle a alguien en algo: le ganas en estatura you're taller than him; me gana en todo — he beats me on every count

    4)
    a) ( mejorar)
    b) (obtener provecho, beneficiarse) to gain

    ganó mucho con su estancia en Berlín — he gained a lot from o got a lot out of his stay in Berlin

    salir ganando: es el único que salió ganando con el trato/en ese asunto he's the only one who did well out of the deal/who came out well in that business; al final salí ganando — in the end I came out of it better off

    3.
    ganarse v pron
    1) (enf) ( mediante el trabajo) to earn
    2) (enf) <premio/apuesta> to win
    3) <afecto/confianza> to win; < persona> to win... over
    4) ( ser merecedor de) < descanso> to earn oneself

    ganársela — (Esp fam)

    se la va a ganar — she's going to get it o she's for it (colloq)

    * * *
    = earn, conquer, win, win out, prevail, go + one better.

    Ex: The article 'Women in industry: where and how they administrate' concludes that there are fewer women in management than men and they earn less.

    Ex: The tools and technologies provided by the Internet enable scholars to communicate or disseminate information in ways which conquer the barriers of time and space.
    Ex: Those who perform in this manner can be characterized as those who would 'rather fight than win'.
    Ex: It remains to be seen which approach will win out, in the current tug-of-war.
    Ex: The emphasis on title entry came from the specialized libraries, primarily the technical libraries, that were small but had the money and the power behind them to see that their view prevails.
    Ex: I think Murray will go one better than Wimbledon, but will lose to Federer again in the final.
    * actuar con la intención de ganarse la admiració = play to + Nombre.
    * actuar con la intención de ganarse la admiración de Alguie = play to + Nombre.
    * dinero que tanto ha costado ganar = hard-earned money.
    * ganar a Alguien sin apenas hacer ningún esfuerzo = beat + Nombre + hands down, win + hands down.
    * ganar adeptos = gain + currency.
    * ganar bastante dinero = make + good money, earn + good money.
    * ganar cada vez más importancia, ir viento en popa, ir cada vez mejor = go from + strength to strength, grow from + strength to strength, go from + strength to strength.
    * ganar cómodamente = beat + Nombre + hands down, win + hands down.
    * ganar con dificultar = eke out.
    * ganar confianza en uno mismo = gain + confidence (with/in).
    * ganar cuando todo parece estar perdido = victory from the jaws of defeat.
    * ganar de forma abrumadora = beat + Nombre + hands down, win + hands down.
    * ganar de forma aplastante = beat + Nombre + hands down, win + hands down, win by + a landslide.
    * ganar de forma arrolladora = win by + a landslide.
    * ganar dinero = make + money, make + Dinero, earn + money.
    * ganar el pulso = the nod + go to.
    * ganar enemigos = make + enemies.
    * ganar fácilmente = coast + home, coast to + victory, beat + Nombre + hands down, win + hands down.
    * ganar fama = win + fame.
    * ganar fuerza = gather + strength, gather + steam.
    * ganar ímpetu = gather + momentum, gain + impetus, gather + strength, gather + steam, gather + pace.
    * ganar importancia = grow in + importance, grow in + strength, gain + prominence, grow in + significance, gain + significance, gain in + importance.
    * ganar la partida a = outmanoeuvre [outmaneuver, -USA].
    * ganarle la mano a Alguien = steal + a march on.
    * ganarle la partida = out-think [outthink].
    * ganarle la partida a = outfox, outwit, outsmart.
    * ganarle la vez a = outdo, trump.
    * ganar mucho dinero = make + good money, earn + good money.
    * ganar peso = put on + weight, gain + weight.
    * ganar popularidad = gain in + popularity, gain + popularity, increase in + popularity.
    * ganar prestigio = gain in + ascendancy.
    * ganar prosélitos = proselytise [proselytize, -USA].
    * ganar protagonismo = gain in + importance.
    * ganar reconocimiento = gain + credit.
    * ganar resistencia = grow in + stamina.
    * ganarse = win over, propitiate.
    * ganarse a Alguien = win + Nombre + heart.
    * ganarse a la gente = win + hearts and minds.
    * ganarse el apoyo = earn + support.
    * ganarse el aprecio = earn + appreciation.
    * ganarse el cariño = endear.
    * ganarse el corazón de Alguien = win + Nombre + heart.
    * ganarse el favor de = win + the favour of.
    * ganarse el pan = get + Posesivo + bread, earn + Posesivo + bread, earn + Posesivo + bread and butter.
    * ganarse el pan con el sudor de la frente = earn + Posesivo + daily bread with the sweat of + Posesivo + brow.
    * ganarse el pan de cada día = get + Posesivo + bread, earn + Posesivo + bread, earn + Posesivo + bread and butter.
    * ganarse el respeto = earn + respect.
    * ganarse el sueldo = earn + Posesivo + salary.
    * ganarse la confianza = earn + trust.
    * ganarse la confianza de = achieve + credibility with, gain + the confidence of, win + the confidence of.
    * ganarse la existencia = earn + a living, earn + Posesivo + living.
    * ganarse la fama de = earn + a reputation as.
    * ganarse la vida = earn + a living, make + a living, earn + income, earn + Posesivo + living, make + Posesivo + living, Verbo + for a living.
    * ganarse la vida a duras penas = eke out + a living, scratch (out) + a living, scrape + a living, eke out + an existence.
    * ganarse partidarios = gather + a following, win + Nombre + a following, gain + a following.
    * ganarse seguidores = gather + a following, win + Nombre + a following, gain + a following.
    * ganarse una reputación = achieve + reputation, secure + reputation.
    * ganarse un lugar en el corazón de Alguien = win + a place in + heart.
    * ganarse unos ingresos = earn + income.
    * ganar sin ninguna dificultad = beat + Nombre + hands down, win + hands down.
    * ganar sobradamente = beat + Nombre + hands down, win + hands down.
    * ganar terreno = gain + ground, make + headway.
    * ganar tiempo = win + time, buy + time, free up + time.
    * ganar una batalla = win + battle.
    * ganar una elección = win + election.
    * ganar una guerra = win + war.
    * ganar un asalto = win + round.
    * ganar un buen sueldo = make + good money, earn + good money.
    * ganar un premio = win + prize, win + award, earn + an award.
    * ganar un título = win + title.
    * ganar vigencia = gain + currency.
    * haber ganado la mitad de la batalla = be half the battle.
    * haber ganado sólo la mitad de la ba = be only half the battle.
    * hacer que Alguien se lo gane a pulso = give + Nombre + a run for + Posesivo + money.
    * intentar ganar tiempo = play for + time, temporise [temporize, -USA].
    * interés por ganar dinero = profit motive.
    * lo que se gana por un lado se pierde por otro = swings and roundabouts.
    * lo que se pierda en una cosa se gana en la otra = what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts.
    * ni ganar ni perder = break + even.
    * no se ganó Zamora en una hora = Rome wasn't built in a day.
    * ¡que gane el mejor! = may the best man win!, may the best man win!.
    * quien nada arriesga nada gana = nothing ventured, nothing gained.
    * salir ganando = make + a profit, compare + favourably, be better off, win + the day, win out, be better served by, come out on + top.
    * salir sin ganar ni perder = break + even.
    * se pierda o se gane = win or lose.
    * tener ganada la mitad de la batalla = be half the battle.
    * tener ganada sólo la mitad de la batalla = be only half the battle.
    * tratar de ganar tiempo = temporise [temporize, -USA], play for + time.

    * * *
    ganar [A1 ]
    vt
    A
    gana un buen sueldo she earns o she's on a good salary
    ¿cuánto ganas al mes? how much do you earn a month?
    lo único que quiere es ganar dinero all he's interested in is making money
    2 (conseguir) to gain
    ¿y qué ganas con eso? and what do you gain by (doing) that?
    no ganamos nada con ponernos nerviosos getting all worked-up won't get us anywhere
    B
    1 ‹carrera/competición/partido› to win; ‹elecciones› to win; ‹guerra/batalla› to win; ‹juicio› to win
    ganaron el campeonato they won the championship
    le gané la apuesta I won my bet with him
    ganarle el quién vive a algn ( Chi fam); to beat sb to it ( colloq), to get in first ( colloq)
    2 (en un juego, concurso) ‹premio/dinero› to win
    ¿cuánto ganaste en las carreras de caballos? how much did you win on the horses?
    ha ganado mucho dinero al póquer she's won a lot of money at o playing poker
    C
    (adquirir): ganó fama y fortuna she won fame and fortune
    su partido ha ido ganando popularidad his party has been gaining in popularity
    ha ganado importancia en los últimos años it has grown in importance in recent years
    D
    1 ‹persona› ganar a algn PARA algo to win sb over TO sth
    lo ganó para su causa she won him over to her cause
    2 (reclamar) to reclaim
    las tierras ganadas al mar the land that has been reclaimed from the sea
    E ( liter); ‹meta› to attain ( frml), to reach; ‹cumbre/frontera/orilla› to gain ( liter), to reach
    ■ ganar
    vi
    apenas gana para vivir she hardly earns enough to live on
    no ganar para disgustos/sustos to have nothing but trouble
    B
    1 (vencer) to win
    que gane el mejor may the best man win
    ganaron los Republicanos the Republicans won o were victorious
    van ganando 2 a 1 they're winning 2-1, they're 2-1 up o ahead
    2
    ganarle a algn to beat sb
    nos ganaron por cuatro puntos they beat us by four points
    siempre que juega al ajedrez con su hijo se deja ganar she always lets her son beat her at chess, whenever she plays chess with her son she lets him win
    me ha vuelto a ganar she's beaten me again
    a mentiroso nadie le gana or no hay quien le gane when it comes to lying there's no one to touch him
    se dejó ganar por el abatimiento he allowed his depression to get the better of him
    C (aventajar) ganarle a algn EN algo:
    le ganas en estatura you're taller than him
    habla mejor inglés, es más guapo … la verdad es que me gana en todo he speaks better English, he's better looking … the truth is he beats me on every count
    D
    (mejorar, obtener provecho): ha ganado mucho con el nuevo peinado her new hairstyle has really done a lot for her
    con estas modificaciones el texto ha ganado en claridad the text has become much clearer o has gained in clarity with these changes
    el salón ha ganado mucho con estos cambios these changes have really improved the living room
    ganó mucho con su estancia en Berlín he gained a lot from o got a lot out of his stay in Berlin
    salir ganando: es el único que salió ganando de la mudanza he's the only one who benefited o gained from the move
    no lo esperaba pero al final salí ganando I didn't expect to but in the end I came out of it better off o I did well out of it, I didn't expect to but I ended up better off
    saldrán ganando de esta reestructuración they will benefit from o they stand to gain from this restructuring
    E
    ( Méx fam) (dirigirse): ganar para un lugar to go off toward(s) somewhere
    F
    (Ur arg) (con el sexo opuesto): estás ganando con aquél/aquélla you're well in with that guy/girl over there ( colloq)
    se ganó mil dólares en una semana she earned (herself) a thousand dollars in one week
    B ( enf) (en una rifa, un juego) to win
    C ‹afecto› to win; ‹amistad/confianza› to win, gain; ‹persona› to win … over
    ha sabido ganarse el respeto de todos she has managed to win o earn everyone's respect
    sabe ganarse a los amigos he knows how to make friends
    D
    (ser merecedor de): te has ganado unas buenas vacaciones you've earned yourself a good vacation ( AmE) o ( BrE) holiday
    te estás ganando una paliza you're going to get a good thrashing, you're asking for a good thrashing
    el ascenso se lo ha ganado a pulso he's really worked (hard) for o he's really earned this promotion
    ganársela ( Esp fam): como no te calles te la vas a ganar if you don't shut up, you're going to get it o you're for it ( colloq)
    E
    ( Chi fam) (acercarse): se ganó muy a la orilla y se cayó he went too near the edge and fell in
    gánate para acá come over here o come closer
    * * *

     

    ganar ( conjugate ganar) verbo transitivo
    1
    a) ‹ sueldo› to earn;


    b) ‹ tiempo› to gain;

    ◊ ¿qué ganas con eso? what do you gain by (doing) that?


    2 ‹partido/guerra/premio› to win;

    verbo intransitivo
    a) ( vencer) to win;


    ganarle a algn to beat sb;
    nos ganaron por cuatro puntos they beat us by four points
    b) ( aventajar):


    me gana en todo he beats me on every count;
    salir ganando: salió ganando con el trato he did well out of the deal;
    al final salí ganando in the end I came out of it better off
    ganarse verbo pronominal
    1 ( enf) ( mediante el trabajo) to earn;
    ◊ ganarse la vida to earn a/one's living

    2 ( enf) ‹premio/apuesta› to win
    3 ‹afecto/confianza› to win;
    ◊ se ganó el respeto de todos she won o earned everyone's respect

    4 ‹ descanso› to earn oneself;

    ganar
    I verbo transitivo
    1 (un salario) to earn
    2 (un premio) to win
    3 (superar) to beat: le gana en estatura, she is taller than him
    4 (al contrincante) to beat
    5 (una cima, una orilla) to reach
    ganar la cumbre, to reach the peak
    II verbo intransitivo
    1 (vencer) to win
    2 (mejorar) improve: ganó en simpatía, she became more and more charming
    ganas mucho cuando sonríes, you look nicer when you smile
    ' ganar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    A
    - actual
    - baño
    - contender
    - flexibilizar
    - llevar
    - óptima
    - óptimo
    - peso
    - probabilidad
    - redoblar
    - savia
    - terrena
    - terreno
    - todavía
    - chance
    - expectativa
    - hacer
    - interés
    - meta
    - premio
    - sensación
    - tiempo
    - tratar
    - triunfar
    - valer
    English:
    actual
    - amateurish
    - beat
    - break
    - bring in
    - buck
    - catch on
    - chance
    - close-run
    - comfortably
    - day
    - default
    - earn
    - even
    - exert
    - fact
    - fair
    - fluke
    - gain
    - gain on
    - gather
    - get
    - ground
    - hand
    - key
    - killing
    - make
    - money
    - one-upmanship
    - optimistic
    - outsider
    - rig
    - score
    - speed
    - take
    - ultimate
    - win
    - case
    - certainly
    - clinch
    - deliver
    - expect
    - height
    - odds
    - premium
    - run
    - stand
    - toss
    - yet
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [premio, competición] to win;
    ganaron las elecciones they won the elections;
    ganó un millón en la lotería he won a million on the lottery
    2. [obtener] [sueldo, dinero] to earn;
    gana dos millones al año she earns o she's on two million a year;
    ¿cuánto ganas? how much do you earn?
    3. [obtener] [peso, tiempo] to gain;
    ganar fama to achieve fame;
    ganar importancia to grow in importance;
    ganar terreno [avanzar] to gain ground;
    en tren ganas una hora you save an hour by taking the train;
    ganaron nuevos adeptos para la causa they won over new converts to the cause
    4. [conseguir]
    ¿qué gano yo con eso? what's in it for me?, what do I stand to gain from that?;
    llorando no ganas nada it's no use crying, crying won't change anything
    5. [derrotar] to beat;
    te voy a ganar I'm going to beat you;
    RP Fam
    ganar de mano a alguien to beat sb to it
    6. [aventajar]
    me gana en velocidad he's faster than me;
    me gana en hermosura pero no en inteligencia she's prettier than me, but not as intelligent;
    Fam
    a tonto no hay quien le gane he's as thick as they come
    7. [alcanzar] to reach, to make it to;
    ganó la orilla a nado she made it to o gained the shore
    8. [conquistar] to take, to capture;
    los aliados ganaron la playa tras una dura batalla the Allies took o captured the beach after a hard battle
    9. [recuperar]
    han ganado terreno al desierto they have reclaimed land from the desert
    ♦ vi
    1. [vencer] to win;
    ganaron por tres a uno they won Br three one o US three to one;
    ganaron por penalties they won on penalties;
    ganan de cuatro puntos they're winning by four points, they're four points ahead;
    no es justo, te has dejado ganar it's not fair, you let me beat you o you lost on purpose;
    que gane el mejor may the best man win
    2. [lograr dinero] to earn money;
    Am
    ganar bien to be well paid;
    ganar mal not to earn very much, to be badly paid;
    sólo gana para subsistir she earns only enough to live on;
    Fam
    no gano para disgustos o [m5] sustos I've more than enough worries o troubles
    3. [mejorar] to benefit ( con from);
    gana mucho con la barba he looks a lot better with a beard;
    ha ganado con el cambio de trabajo he has benefited from changing jobs;
    ganar en algo to gain in sth;
    ha ganado en amplitud [parece mayor] it looks bigger;
    hemos salido ganando con el cambio we've benefited from the change
    4. Urug Fam [con hombre, mujer]
    ¿viste como te mira? estás ganando have you seen her looking at you? she fancies you o you're well in there
    * * *
    I v/t
    1 win;
    le gané cincuenta dólares I won fifty dollars off him;
    ganar a alguien beat s.o.
    2 mediante el trabajo earn
    II v/i
    1 mediante el trabajo earn
    2 ( vencer) win;
    ganar por dos sets a uno win (by) two sets to one
    3 ( mejorar) improve;
    salir ganando con algo be better off with sth
    :
    le gano en velocidad/inteligencia I’m faster/more intelligent than him o than he is
    * * *
    ganar vt
    1) : to win
    2) : to gain
    ganar tiempo: to buy time
    3) : to earn
    ganar dinero: to make money
    4) : to acquire, to obtain
    ganar vi
    1) : to win
    2) : to profit
    salir ganando: to come out ahead
    * * *
    ganar vb
    1. (un premio, concurso) to win [pt. & pp. won]
    ¿quién ganó el torneo? who won the tournament?
    2. (un sueldo) to earn
    ¿cuánto ganas al mes? how much do you earn a month?
    3. (a un contrincante) to beat [pt. beat; pp. beaten]
    4. (un trabajo) to get
    5. (superar a alguien) to be better

    Spanish-English dictionary > ganar

  • 11 Lovelock, James Ephraim

    [br]
    b. 26 July 1919 Brixton, London, England
    [br]
    English biologist and philosopher, inventor of the microwave oven and electron capture detector.
    [br]
    Lovelock was brought up in Brixton in modest circumstances. At the age of 4 he was given a toy electrical set, which first turned his attention towards the study of science. From the Strand School, Brixton, he went on to the universities of Manchester and London, and after graduating in science, in 1941 he joined the National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, as a staff scientist, remaining there for twenty years. During the early 1950s, he and his colleagues were engaged in research into freezing live animals and bringing them back to life by heating: Lovelock was struck by the intense pain this process caused the animals, and he sought a more humane method. He tried diathermy or internal heating through the effect of a continuous wave magnetron borrowed from the Navy. He found that the animals were brought back to life painlessly, and impressed with his success he tried baking a potato for his lunch in the apparatus and found that it cooked amazingly quickly compared with the one hour normally needed in an ordinary oven. Lovelock had invented the microwave oven, but its commercial possibilities were not at first realized.
    In the late 1950s he invented the electron capture detector, which proved to be more sensitive than any other analytical equipment in detecting and measuring toxic substances. The apparatus therefore had obvious uses in testing the quality of the environment and so offered a tremendous boost to the "green" movement. In 1961 he was invited to joint the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to employ the apparatus in an attempt to detect life in space.
    In the early 1970s Lovelock relinquished his biological work in order to devote his attention to philosophical matters, specifically to develop his theory of the Universe, now widely celebrated as the "Gaia theory". In this controversial theory, Lovelock regards our planet and all its living beings, including humans, as a single living organism.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    CBE 1990. FRS 1974. Many academic awards and honorary degrees. Visiting Professor, University of Reading 1967–90.
    Bibliography
    1979, Gaia.
    1983, The Great Extinction.
    1988, The Ages of Gaia.
    1991, Gaia: The Practical Science of Planetary Medicine.
    LRD

    Biographical history of technology > Lovelock, James Ephraim

  • 12 take

    take [teɪk]
    prendre ⇒ 1A (a), 1A (b), 1B (a), 1B (c)-(e), 1C (b), 1D (a), 1D (b), 1E (a), 1F (a), 1G (a), 1G (b), 1G (d), 1H (a), 1H (b), 1I (a), 1I (c), 1I (d), 1I (f), 1I (g), 2 (a)-(c) porter ⇒ 1B (a) mener ⇒ 1B (b) conduire ⇒ 1C (a) recevoir ⇒ 1D (c) croire ⇒ 1F (b) supporter ⇒ 1F (d) supposer ⇒ 1G (c) contenir ⇒ 1I (e) passer ⇒ 1I (i)
    (pt took [tʊk], pp taken ['teɪkən])
    A.
    (a) (get hold of) prendre; (seize) prendre, saisir;
    ∎ let me take your coat donnez-moi votre manteau;
    ∎ she took the book from him elle lui a pris le livre;
    ∎ to take sb's hand prendre qn par la main;
    ∎ she took his arm elle lui a pris le bras;
    ∎ Peter took her in his arms Peter l'a prise dans ses bras;
    ∎ the wolf took its prey by the throat le loup a saisi sa proie à la gorge
    (b) (get control of, capture → person) prendre, capturer; (→ fish, game) prendre, attraper; Military prendre, s'emparer de;
    ∎ they took the town that night ils prirent ou s'emparèrent de la ville cette nuit-là;
    ∎ to take sb prisoner faire qn prisonnier;
    ∎ to take sb alive prendre ou capturer qn vivant;
    ∎ I took his queen with my rook j'ai pris sa reine avec ma tour;
    ∎ to take control of a situation prendre une situation en main;
    ∎ we took our courage in both hands nous avons pris notre courage à deux mains;
    ∎ you're taking your life in your hands doing that c'est ta vie que tu risques en faisant cela;
    ∎ to take the lead in sth (in competition) prendre la tête de qch; (set example) être le premier à faire qch
    B.
    (a) (carry from one place to another) porter, apporter; (carry along, have in one's possession) prendre, emporter;
    ∎ she took her mother a cup of tea elle a apporté une tasse de thé à sa mère;
    ∎ he took the map with him il a emporté la carte;
    ∎ she took some towels up(stairs)/down(stairs) elle a monté/descendu des serviettes;
    ∎ don't forget to take your camera n'oubliez pas (de prendre) votre appareil photo;
    ∎ figurative the committee wanted to take the matter further le comité voulait mener l'affaire plus loin;
    ∎ the devil take it! que le diable l'emporte!;
    ∎ you can't take it with you (money when you die) tu ne l'emporteras pas avec toi dans la tombe
    (b) (person → lead) mener, emmener; (→ accompany) accompagner;
    ∎ her father takes her to school son père l'emmène à l'école;
    ∎ could you take me home? pourriez-vous me ramener ou me raccompagner?;
    ∎ to take sb across the road faire traverser la rue à qn;
    ∎ may I take you to dinner? puis-je vous inviter à dîner ou vous emmener dîner?;
    ∎ he offered to take them to work in the car il leur a proposé de les emmener au bureau en voiture ou de les conduire au bureau;
    ∎ to take oneself to bed aller se coucher;
    ∎ please take me with you emmène-moi, s'il te plaît;
    ∎ humorous I can't take you anywhere tu n'es pas sortable;
    ∎ the estate agent took them over the house l'agent immobilier leur a fait visiter la maison;
    ∎ he took her round the museum il lui a fait visiter le musée;
    ∎ she used to take me along to meetings (avant,) elle m'emmenait aux réunions;
    ∎ this road will take you to the station cette route vous mènera ou vous conduira à la gare;
    ∎ I don't want to take you out of your way je ne veux pas vous faire faire un détour;
    ∎ her job took her all over Africa son travail l'a fait voyager dans toute l'Afrique;
    ∎ that's what first took me to Portugal c'est ce qui m'a amené au Portugal;
    ∎ whatever took him there? qu'allait-il faire là-bas?;
    ∎ the record took her to number one in the charts le disque lui a permis d'être première au hit-parade
    ∎ she took a handkerchief from her pocket elle a sorti un mouchoir de sa poche;
    ∎ I took a chocolate from the box j'ai pris un chocolat dans la boîte;
    ∎ take a book from the shelf prenez un livre sur l'étagère;
    ∎ take your feet off the table enlève tes pieds de la table;
    ∎ he took the saucepan off the heat il a ôté ou retiré la casserole du feu
    (d) (appropriate, steal) prendre, voler;
    ∎ to take sth from sb prendre qch à qn;
    ∎ someone's taken my wallet on a pris mon portefeuille;
    ∎ his article is taken directly from my book le texte de son article est tiré directement de mon livre
    (e) (draw, derive) prendre, tirer;
    ∎ a passage taken from a book un passage extrait d'un livre;
    ∎ a phrase taken from Latin une expression empruntée au latin;
    ∎ the title is taken from the Bible le titre vient de la Bible;
    ∎ to take a print from a negative tirer une épreuve d'un négatif
    C.
    (a) (of bus, car, train etc) conduire, transporter;
    ∎ the ambulance took him to hospital l'ambulance l'a transporté à l'hôpital;
    ∎ this bus will take you to the theatre ce bus vous conduira au théâtre;
    ∎ will this train take me to Cambridge? est-ce que ce train va à ou passe par Cambridge?
    (b) (bus, car, plane, train) prendre; (road) prendre, suivre;
    ∎ American take a right prenez à droite
    D.
    (a) (have → attitude, bath, holiday) prendre; (make → nap, trip, walk) faire; (→ decision) prendre;
    ∎ she took a quick look at him elle a jeté un rapide coup d'œil sur lui;
    ∎ American familiar let's take five soufflons cinq minutes□ ;
    ∎ he took a flying leap il a bondi;
    ∎ American vulgar to take a shit or a dump chier;
    ∎ archaic or literary to take a wife prendre femme
    ∎ to take a photo or a picture prendre une photo;
    ∎ she took his picture or a picture of him elle l'a pris en photo;
    ∎ we had our picture taken nous nous sommes fait photographier ou prendre en photo;
    ∎ familiar he takes a good photo (is photogenic) il est photogénique□
    (c) (receive, get) recevoir; (earn, win → prize) remporter, obtenir; (→ degree, diploma) obtenir, avoir;
    ∎ he took the blow on his arm il a pris le coup sur le bras;
    ∎ you can take the call in my office vous pouvez prendre l'appel dans mon bureau;
    ∎ the bookstore takes about $3,000 a day la librairie fait à peu près 3000 dollars (de recette) par jour;
    ∎ how much does he take home a month? quel est son salaire mensuel net?;
    ∎ Cards we took all the tricks nous avons fait toutes les levées;
    ∎ their team took the match leur équipe a gagné ou remporté le match
    E.
    (a) (assume, undertake) prendre;
    ∎ to take the blame for sth prendre la responsabilité de qch;
    ∎ you'll have to take the consequences c'est vous qui en subirez les conséquences;
    ∎ she takes all the credit for our success elle s'attribue tout le mérite de notre réussite;
    ∎ I take responsibility for their safety je me charge de leur sécurité;
    ∎ to take the part of Hamlet jouer (le rôle d')Hamlet
    ∎ he took my side in the argument il a pris parti pour moi dans la dispute;
    ∎ the boy took an oath or a vow to avenge his family le garçon a fait serment ou a juré de venger sa famille;
    ∎ American to take the Fifth (Amendment) invoquer le Cinquième Amendement (pour refuser de répondre)
    ∎ may I take the liberty of inviting you to dinner? puis-je me permettre de vous inviter à dîner?;
    ∎ he took the opportunity to thank them or of thanking them il a profité de l'occasion pour les remercier
    F.
    (a) (accept → job, gift, payment) prendre, accepter; (→ cheque, bet) accepter;
    ∎ the doctor only takes private patients le docteur ne prend pas les patients du service public;
    ∎ the owner won't take less than $100 for it le propriétaire en veut au moins 100 dollars;
    ∎ does this machine take pound coins? cette machine accepte-t-elle les pièces d'une livre?;
    ∎ to take a bribe se laisser acheter ou corrompre;
    ∎ you'll have to take me as I am il faut me prendre comme je suis;
    ∎ take things as they come prenez les choses comme elles viennent;
    ∎ I won't take "no" for an answer pas question de refuser;
    ∎ it's my last offer, (you can) take it or leave it c'est ma dernière offre, c'est à prendre ou à laisser;
    ∎ I'll take it from here je prends la suite;
    ∎ I'll take it from there je verrai à ce moment-là
    ∎ to take sb's advice suivre les conseils de qn;
    ∎ take it from me, he's a crook croyez-moi, c'est un escroc
    ∎ let's take things one at a time prenons les choses une par une;
    ∎ the mayor took their questions calmly le maire a entendu leurs questions avec calme;
    ∎ how did she take the questioning? comment a-t-elle réagi à ou pris l'interrogatoire?;
    ∎ they took the news well or in their stride ils ont plutôt bien pris la nouvelle;
    ∎ to take sth badly prendre mal qch;
    ∎ familiar to take things easy or it easy se la couler douce;
    ∎ familiar take it easy! (don't get angry) du calme!□
    (d) (bear, endure → pain, heat, pressure, criticism) supporter; (→ damage, loss) subir;
    ∎ don't take any nonsense! ne te laisse pas faire!;
    ∎ your father won't take any nonsense ton père ne plaisante pas avec ce genre de choses;
    ∎ she can take it elle tiendra le coup;
    ∎ esp American I'm not taking any! je ne marche pas!;
    ∎ we couldn't take any more on n'en pouvait plus;
    ∎ I can't take much more of this je commence à en avoir assez, je ne vais pas supporter cela bien longtemps;
    ∎ I find his constant sarcasm rather hard to take je trouve ses sarcasmes perpétuels difficiles à supporter;
    ∎ don't expect me to take this lying down ne comptez pas sur moi pour accepter ça sans rien dire;
    ∎ those shoes have taken a lot of punishment ces chaussures en ont vu de toutes les couleurs;
    ∎ to take heavy loads (crane, engine etc) supporter de lourdes charges;
    ∎ it won't take your weight ça ne supportera pas ton poids
    (e) (experience, feel)
    ∎ to take fright prendre peur;
    ∎ to take an interest in sb/sth s'intéresser à qn/qch;
    ∎ don't take offence ne vous vexez pas, ne vous offensez pas;
    ∎ no offence taken il n'y a pas de mal;
    ∎ we take pleasure in travelling nous prenons plaisir à voyager;
    ∎ she takes pride in her work elle est fière de ce qu'elle fait;
    ∎ to take pride in one's appearance prendre soin de sa personne
    G.
    (a) (consider, look at) prendre, considérer;
    ∎ take Einstein (for example) prenons (l'exemple d')Einstein;
    ∎ take the case of Colombia prenons le cas de la Colombie;
    ∎ taking everything into consideration tout bien considéré;
    ∎ to take sb/sth seriously prendre qn/qch au sérieux
    ∎ do you take me for an idiot? vous me prenez pour un idiot?;
    ∎ what do you take me for? pour qui me prenez-vous?;
    ∎ I took you for an Englishman je vous croyais anglais;
    ∎ he took me for somebody else il m'a pris pour quelqu'un d'autre;
    ∎ to take the news as or to be true tenir la nouvelle pour vraie;
    ∎ how old do you take her to be? quel âge est-ce que tu lui donnes?
    (c) (suppose, presume) supposer, présumer;
    ∎ he's never been to Madrid, I take it si je comprends bien, il n'a jamais été à Madrid;
    ∎ I take it you're his mother je suppose que vous êtes sa mère
    (d) (interpret, understand) prendre, comprendre;
    ∎ we never know how to take his jokes on ne sait jamais comment prendre ses plaisanteries;
    ∎ don't take that literally ne le prenez pas au pied de la lettre;
    ∎ he was slow to take my meaning il lui a fallu un moment avant de comprendre ce que je voulais dire
    H.
    (a) (require) prendre, demander;
    ∎ how long will it take to get there? combien de temps faudra-t-il pour y aller?;
    ∎ the flight takes three hours le vol dure trois heures;
    ∎ it will take you ten minutes vous en avez pour dix minutes;
    ∎ it took him a minute to understand il a mis une minute avant de comprendre;
    ∎ it took us longer than I expected cela nous a pris plus de temps que je ne pensais;
    ∎ it takes time to learn a language il faut du temps pour apprendre une langue;
    ∎ what kind of batteries does it take? quelle sorte de piles faut-il?;
    ∎ my car takes unleaded ma voiture roule au sans-plomb;
    ∎ he took a bit of coaxing before he accepted il a fallu le pousser un peu pour qu'il accepte;
    ∎ it took four people to stop the brawl ils ont dû se mettre à quatre pour arrêter la bagarre;
    ∎ it takes a clever man to do that bien malin ou habile qui peut le faire;
    ∎ it takes courage to admit one's mistakes il faut du courage pour admettre ses erreurs;
    ∎ it takes patience to work with children il faut de la patience ou il faut être patient pour travailler avec les enfants;
    ∎ one glance was all it took un regard a suffi;
    ∎ the job took some doing la tâche n'a pas été facile;
    ∎ that will take some explaining voilà qui va demander des explications;
    ∎ her story takes some believing son histoire n'est pas facile à croire;
    ∎ to have what it takes to do/to be sth avoir les qualités nécessaires pour faire/être qch;
    ∎ we need someone with leadership qualities - she has what it takes il nous faut quelqu'un qui ait des qualités de dirigeant - ce n'est pas ce qui lui manque;
    ∎ familiar he's so lazy - it takes one to know one! il est vraiment paresseux - tu peux parler!
    ∎ "falloir" takes the subjunctive "falloir" est suivi du subjonctif;
    ∎ noun that takes an "s" in the plural nom qui prend un "s" au pluriel
    I.
    (a) (food, drink etc) prendre;
    ∎ do you take milk in your coffee? prenez-vous du lait dans votre café?;
    ∎ how do you take your coffee? qu'est-ce que tu prends dans ton café?;
    ∎ I invited him to take tea je l'ai invité à prendre le thé;
    ∎ she refused to take any food elle a refusé de manger (quoi que ce soit);
    ∎ to take drugs se droguer;
    ∎ how many pills has he taken? combien de comprimés a-t-il pris ou absorbé?;
    ∎ to be taken twice a day (on packaging) à prendre deux fois par jour;
    ∎ to take the air prendre l'air
    (b) (wear) faire, porter;
    ∎ she takes a size 10 elle prend du 38;
    ∎ what size shoe do you take? quelle est votre pointure?
    (c) (pick out, choose) prendre, choisir; (buy) prendre, acheter; (rent) prendre, louer;
    ∎ I'll take it je le prends;
    ∎ what newspaper do you take? quel journal prenez-vous?;
    ∎ take your partners (at dance) invitez vos partenaires
    (d) (occupy → chair, seat) prendre, s'asseoir sur;
    ∎ take a seat asseyez-vous;
    ∎ take your seats! prenez vos places!;
    ∎ is this seat taken? cette place est-elle occupée ou prise?
    (e) (hold → of container, building etc) contenir, avoir une capacité de;
    ∎ this bus takes fifty passengers c'est un car de cinquante places
    (f) (ascertain, find out) prendre;
    ∎ to take sb's pulse/temperature prendre le pouls/la température de qn;
    ∎ to take a reading from a meter lire ou relever un compteur
    (g) (write down → notes, letter) prendre;
    ∎ he took a note of her address il a noté son adresse
    (h) (subtract) soustraire, déduire;
    ∎ they took 10 percent off the price ils ont baissé le prix de 10 pour cent;
    ∎ take 4 from 9 and you have 5 ôtez 4 de 9, il reste 5
    (i) School & University (exam) passer, se présenter à; (course) prendre, suivre;
    ∎ I took Latin and Greek at A level ≃ j'ai pris latin et grec au bac;
    ∎ she took her degree last year elle a obtenu son diplôme l'an dernier;
    ∎ she takes us for maths on l'a en maths
    ∎ to take a service célébrer un office;
    ∎ the assistant director took the rehearsals l'assistant réalisateur s'est occupé des répétitions
    (k) (contract, develop)
    ∎ to take a chill, to take cold prendre froid;
    ∎ to take sick, to be taken ill tomber malade;
    ∎ I was taken with a fit of the giggles j'ai été pris d'un fou rire;
    ∎ she took an instant dislike to him elle l'a tout de suite pris en aversion
    (l) (direct, aim)
    ∎ she took a swipe at him elle a voulu le gifler;
    ∎ Football to take a penalty tirer un penalty
    ∎ she takes all her problems to her sister elle raconte tous ses problèmes à sa sœur;
    ∎ he took the matter to his boss il a soumis la question à son patron;
    ∎ Law they intend to take the case to the High Court ils ont l'intention d'en appeler à la Cour suprême
    ∎ he took an axe to the door il a donné des coups de hache dans la porte;
    ∎ take the scissors to it vas-y avec les ciseaux;
    ∎ his father took a stick to him son père lui a donné des coups de bâton;
    ∎ Law they took legal proceedings against him ils lui ont intenté un procès
    (o) (catch unawares) prendre, surprendre;
    ∎ to take sb by surprise or off guard surprendre qn, prendre qn au dépourvu;
    ∎ his death took us by surprise sa mort nous a surpris
    (p) (negotiate → obstacle) franchir, sauter; (→ bend in road) prendre, négocier
    (q) familiar (deceive, cheat) avoir, rouler;
    ∎ they took him for every penny (he was worth) ils lui ont pris jusqu'à son dernier sou
    (a) (work, have desired effect) prendre;
    ∎ did the dye take? est-ce que la teinture a pris?;
    ∎ it was too cold for the seeds to take il faisait trop froid pour que les graines germent
    (b) (become popular) prendre, avoir du succès
    (c) (fish) prendre, mordre
    3 noun
    (a) (capture) prise f
    (b) Cinema, Photography & Television prise f de vue; Radio enregistrement m, prise f de son; (of record etc) enregistrement m
    (c) American (interpretation) interprétation f;
    ∎ what's your take on her attitude? comment est-ce que tu interprètes son attitude?
    (d) American familiar (takings) recette□ f; (share) part□ f;
    ∎ to be on the take toucher des pots-de-vin□, palper
    (astonish) étonner, ébahir; (disconcert) déconcerter;
    ∎ her question took him aback sa question l'a déconcerté;
    ∎ I was taken aback by the news la nouvelle m'a beaucoup surpris
    ressembler à, tenir de;
    ∎ she takes after her mother in looks physiquement, elle tient de sa mère
    (a) (dismantle) démonter;
    ∎ figurative they took the room apart looking for evidence ils ont mis la pièce sens dessus dessous pour trouver des preuves
    (b) (criticize) critiquer
    prendre à part, emmener à l'écart;
    ∎ the boss took her aside for a chat le patron l'a prise à part pour discuter
    (a) (remove) enlever, retirer;
    ∎ take that knife away from him enlevez-lui ce couteau;
    ∎ they took away his pension ils lui ont retiré sa pension;
    ∎ they took their daughter away from the club ils ont retiré leur fille du club;
    ∎ his work took him away from his family for long periods son travail le tenait éloigné de sa famille pendant de longues périodes;
    ∎ euphemism the police took his father away son père a été arrêté par la police;
    ∎ it takes away the fun ça gâche tout
    (b) (carry away → object) emporter; (→ person) emmener;
    ∎ British sandwiches to take away (sign) sandwiches à emporter;
    ∎ not to be taken away (in library) à consulter sur place
    (c) Mathematics soustraire, retrancher;
    ∎ nine take away six is three neuf moins six font trois
    ∎ that doesn't take away from his achievements as an athlete ça n'enlève rien à ses exploits d'athlète;
    ∎ to take away from the pleasure/value of sth diminuer le plaisir/la valeur de qch
    (a) (after absence, departure) reprendre;
    ∎ she took her husband back elle a accepté que son mari revienne vivre avec elle;
    ∎ the factory took back the workers l'usine a repris les ouvriers
    (b) (gift, unsold goods, sale item etc) reprendre
    (c) (return) rapporter; (accompany) raccompagner;
    ∎ take it back to the shop rapporte-le au magasin;
    ∎ he took her back home il l'a raccompagnée ou ramenée chez elle
    (d) (retract, withdraw) retirer, reprendre;
    ∎ I take back everything I said je retire tout ce que j'ai dit;
    ∎ all right, I take it back! d'accord, je n'ai rien dit!
    ∎ that takes me back to my childhood ça me rappelle mon enfance;
    ∎ that song takes me back forty years cette chanson me ramène quarante ans en arrière;
    ∎ it takes you back a bit, doesn't it? ça ne nous rajeunit pas tout ça, hein?
    (f) Typography transférer à la ligne précédente
    (a) (carry, lead downstairs → object) descendre; (→ person) faire descendre;
    ∎ the lift took us down to the 4th floor l'ascenseur nous a amenés au 4ème étage
    (b) (lower) descendre;
    ∎ she took the book down from the shelf elle a pris le livre sur l'étagère;
    ∎ can you help me take the curtains down? peux-tu m'aider à décrocher les rideaux?;
    ∎ she took his picture down from the wall elle a enlevé sa photo du mur;
    ∎ he took his trousers down il a baissé son pantalon
    (c) (note) prendre, noter;
    ∎ he took down the registration number il a relevé le numéro d'immatriculation;
    ∎ to take down a letter in shorthand prendre une lettre en sténo
    (d) (dismantle → scaffolding, circus tent) démonter
    se démonter
    (a) (lead → person) faire entrer; (carry → washing, harvest etc) rentrer
    (b) (bring into one's home → person) héberger; (→ boarder) prendre; (→ orphan, stray animal) recueillir;
    ∎ she takes in ironing elle fait du repassage à domicile
    ∎ the police took him in la police l'a mis ou placé en garde à vue
    (d) (air, water, food etc)
    ∎ she can only take in food intravenously on ne peut la nourrir que par intraveineuse;
    ∎ whales take in air through their blowhole les baleines respirent par l'évent
    (e) (understand, perceive) saisir, comprendre;
    ∎ he was sitting taking it all in il était là, assis, écoutant tout ce qui se disait;
    ∎ he didn't take in the real implications of her announcement il n'a pas saisi les véritables implications de sa déclaration;
    ∎ I can't take in the fact that I've won je n'arrive pas à croire que j'ai gagné;
    ∎ she took in the situation at a glance elle a compris la situation en un clin d'œil
    (f) (make smaller → garment) reprendre; (→ in knitting) diminuer;
    ∎ you'd better take in the slack on the rope tu ferais bien de tendre ou retendre la corde;
    ∎ Nautical to take in a sail carguer ou serrer une voile
    (g) (cover → several countries etc) comprendre, englober; (→ questions, possibilities) embrasser;
    ∎ the tour takes in all the important towns l'excursion passe par toutes les villes importantes
    (h) (attend, go to) aller à;
    ∎ to take in a show aller au théâtre;
    ∎ she took in the castle while in Blois elle a visité le château pendant qu'elle était à Blois;
    ∎ they took in the sights in Rome ils ont fait le tour des sites touristiques à Rome
    (i) familiar (cheat, deceive) tromper□, rouler;
    ∎ don't be taken in by him ne vous laissez pas rouler par lui;
    ∎ I'm not going to be taken in by your lies je ne suis pas dupe de tes mensonges□ ;
    ∎ he was completely taken in il marchait complètement
    (a) (remove → clothing, lid, make-up, tag) enlever;
    ∎ the boy took his clothes off le garçon a enlevé ses vêtements ou s'est déshabillé;
    ∎ she took her glasses off elle a enlevé ses lunettes;
    ∎ he often takes the phone off the hook il laisse souvent le téléphone décroché;
    ∎ to take sb off a list rayer qn d'une liste;
    ∎ the surgeon had to take her leg off le chirurgien a dû l'amputer de la jambe;
    ∎ Cars to take off the brake desserrer le frein (à main);
    ∎ figurative he didn't take his eyes off her all night il ne l'a pas quittée des yeux de la soirée;
    ∎ I tried to take her mind off her troubles j'ai essayé de lui changer les idées ou de la distraire de ses ennuis;
    ∎ familiar his retirement has taken ten years off him sa retraite l'a rajeuni de dix ans□ ;
    ∎ to take sth off sb's hands débarrasser qn de qch;
    ∎ I'll take the baby off your hands for a few hours je vais garder le bébé pendant quelques heures, ça te libérera
    (b) (deduct) déduire, rabattre;
    ∎ the teacher took one point off her grade le professeur lui a retiré un point;
    ∎ the manager took 10 percent off the price le directeur a baissé le prix de 10 pour cent
    (c) (lead away) emmener;
    ∎ she was taken off to hospital on l'a transportée à l'hôpital;
    ∎ the murderer was taken off to jail on a emmené l'assassin en prison;
    ∎ her friend took her off to dinner son ami l'a emmenée dîner;
    ∎ she took herself off to Italy elle est partie en Italie;
    ∎ to take the passengers off (by boat from a ship) débarquer les passagers;
    ∎ the injured man was taken off the ship by helicopter le blessé a été évacué du bateau par hélicoptère
    ∎ to take some time off prendre un congé;
    ∎ take a few days off prenez quelques jours de vacances ou de congé;
    ∎ she takes Thursdays off elle ne travaille pas le jeudi
    (e) familiar (copy) imiter□ ; (mimic) imiter□, singer
    (f) (discontinue → train, bus etc) supprimer; (→ show, programme) annuler
    (a) (aeroplane) décoller;
    ∎ they took off for or to Heathrow ils se sont envolés pour Heathrow
    (b) familiar (person → depart) partir□ ; (hurriedly) se barrer, se tirer;
    ∎ he took off without telling us il est parti sans nous avertir
    ➲ take on
    (a) (accept, undertake) prendre, accepter;
    ∎ don't take on more than you can handle ne vous surchargez pas;
    ∎ she took it on herself to tell him elle a pris sur elle de le lui dire;
    ∎ he took the job on (position) il a accepté le poste; (task) il s'est mis au travail;
    ∎ to take on a bet accepter un pari
    (b) (contend with, fight against) lutter ou se battre contre; (compete against) jouer contre;
    ∎ the unions took on the government les syndicats se sont attaqués ou s'en sont pris au gouvernement;
    ∎ I shouldn't like to take him on je n'aimerais pas avoir affaire à lui;
    ∎ he took us on at poker il nous a défiés au poker
    (c) (acquire, assume) prendre, revêtir;
    ∎ her face took on a worried look elle a pris un air inquiet;
    ∎ the word takes on another meaning le mot prend une autre signification
    (d) (load) prendre, embarquer
    (e) (hire) embaucher, engager
    familiar (fret, carry on) s'en faire;
    ∎ don't take on so! ne t'en fais pas!
    (a) (remove → object) prendre, sortir; (→ stain) ôter, enlever; (extract → tooth) arracher;
    ∎ take the cheese out of the refrigerator sors le fromage du réfrigérateur;
    ∎ he took the knife out of his pocket il a sorti le couteau de sa poche;
    ∎ take your hands out of your pockets enlève les mains de tes poches;
    ∎ they took their children out of school ils ont retiré leurs enfants de l'école;
    ∎ Medicine to take out sb's appendix/tonsils enlever l'appendice/les amygdales à qn;
    ∎ figurative to take the food out of sb's mouth retirer le pain de la bouche de qn
    (b) (carry, lead outside → object) sortir; (→ person) faire sortir; (escort) emmener;
    ∎ to take sb out to dinner/to the movies emmener qn dîner/au cinéma;
    ∎ I took her out for a bike ride je l'ai emmenée faire un tour à vélo;
    ∎ would you take the dog out? tu veux bien sortir le chien ou aller promener le chien?
    (c) (food) emporter;
    ∎ American sandwiches to take out (sign) sandwiches à emporter
    (d) (obtain → subscription) prendre; (→ insurance policy) souscrire à, prendre; (→ licence) se procurer; (→ patent) prendre;
    ∎ to take out a mortgage faire un emprunt immobilier
    (e) familiar (destroy → factory, town) détruire□ ;
    ∎ to take sb out (kill) buter qn, zigouiller qn, refroidir qn;
    ∎ the planes took the factory out by bombing les avions ont détruit l'usine (en la bombardant)
    ∎ to take out one's partner changer la couleur annoncée par son partenaire
    ∎ to take sb out of himself/herself changer les idées à qn;
    ∎ familiar working as an interpreter takes a lot out of you le travail d'interprète est épuisant□ ;
    ∎ familiar the operation really took it out of him l'opération l'a mis à plat;
    ∎ familiar it takes the fun out of it ça gâche tout□ ;
    ∎ familiar to take it out on sb s'en prendre à qn□ ;
    ∎ familiar he took his anger out on his wife il a passé sa colère sur sa femme□ ;
    ∎ familiar don't take it out on me! ne t'en prends pas à moi!□
    ∎ he wants his daughter to take over the business il veut que sa fille reprenne l'affaire;
    ∎ she took over my classes elle a pris la suite de mes cours;
    ∎ will you be taking over his job? est-ce que vous allez le remplacer (dans ses fonctions)?
    (b) (gain control of, invade) s'emparer de;
    ∎ the military took over the country l'armée a pris le pouvoir;
    ∎ she takes the place over (by being bossy etc) elle joue les despotes;
    ∎ fast-food restaurants have taken over Paris les fast-foods ou French Canadian restaurants-minute ont envahi Paris
    (c) Finance (buy out) absorber, racheter;
    ∎ they were taken over by a Japanese firm ils ont été rachetés par une entreprise japonaise
    (d) (carry across) apporter; (escort across) emmener;
    ∎ I'll take you over by car je vais vous y conduire en voiture;
    ∎ the boat took us over to Seattle le bateau nous a emmenés jusqu'à Seattle
    (e) Typography transférer à la ligne suivante
    ∎ who will take over now that the mayor has stepped down? qui va prendre la relève maintenant que le maire a donné sa démission?;
    ∎ I'll take over when he leaves je le remplacerai quand il partira;
    ∎ will he allow her to take over? va-t-il lui céder la place?;
    ∎ compact discs have taken over from records le (disque) compact a remplacé le (disque) vinyle
    (b) (army, dictator) prendre le pouvoir
    (a) (have a liking for → person) se prendre d'amitié ou de sympathie pour, prendre en amitié; (→ activity, game) prendre goût à;
    ∎ I think he took to you je crois que vous lui avez plu;
    ∎ we took to one another at once nous avons tout de suite sympathisé;
    ∎ she didn't take to him il ne lui a pas plu;
    ∎ we've really taken to golf nous avons vraiment pris goût au golf
    (b) (acquire as a habit) se mettre à;
    ∎ to take to drink or to the bottle se mettre à boire;
    ∎ to take to doing sth se mettre à faire qch;
    ∎ she took to wearing black elle s'est mise à s'habiller en noir
    (c) (make for, head for)
    ∎ he's taken to his bed with the flu il est alité avec la grippe;
    ∎ the rebels took to the hills les insurgés se sont réfugiés dans les collines;
    ∎ they took to the woods ils se sont enfuis dans les bois;
    ∎ to take to the road prendre la route;
    ∎ to take to the boats monter dans les canots de sauvetage
    ➲ take up
    (a) (carry, lead upstairs → object) monter; (→ person) faire monter;
    ∎ the lift took us up to the 25th floor l'ascenseur nous a amenés au 25ème étage
    (b) (pick up → object) ramasser, prendre; (→ passenger) prendre; (→ paving stones, railway tracks) enlever;
    ∎ she took up the notes from the table elle a ramassé ou pris les notes sur la table;
    ∎ they're taking up the street la rue est en travaux;
    ∎ we finally took up the carpet nous avons enfin enlevé la moquette
    (c) (absorb) absorber
    (d) (shorten) raccourcir;
    ∎ you'd better take up the slack in that rope tu ferais mieux de retendre ou tendre cette corde
    (e) (fill, occupy → space) prendre, tenir; (→ time) prendre, demander;
    ∎ this table takes up too much room cette table prend trop de place ou est trop encombrante;
    ∎ moving house took up the whole day le déménagement a pris toute la journée;
    ∎ her work takes up all her attention son travail l'absorbe complètement
    (f) (begin, become interested in → activity, hobby) se mettre à; (→ job) prendre; (→ career) commencer, embrasser;
    ∎ when did you take up Greek? quand est-ce que tu t'es mis au grec?;
    ∎ I've taken up gardening je me suis mis au jardinage
    (g) (continue, resume) reprendre, continuer;
    ∎ I took up the tale where Susan had left off j'ai repris l'histoire là où Susan l'avait laissée;
    ∎ she took up her knitting again elle a repris son tricot
    (h) (adopt → attitude) prendre, adopter; (→ method) adopter; (→ place, position) prendre; (→ idea) adopter;
    ∎ they took up residence in town ils se sont installés en ville;
    ∎ to take up one's duties entrer en fonctions
    (i) (accept → offer) accepter; (→ advice, suggestion) suivre; (→ challenge) relever
    (j) (discuss) discuter, parler de; (bring up) aborder;
    ∎ take it up with the boss parlez-en au patron
    (k) (shares, stock) souscrire à
    (l) Finance (option) lever, consolider; (bill) honorer, retirer
    reprendre, continuer
    ∎ he took it upon himself to organize the meeting il s'est chargé d'organiser la réunion
    (a) (accept offer, advice of)
    ∎ his daughter took him up on his advice sa fille a suivi ses conseils;
    ∎ he might take you up on that someday! il risque de vous prendre au mot un jour!;
    ∎ she took him up on his promise elle a mis sa parole à l'épreuve
    ∎ I'd like to take you up on that point j'aimerais revenir sur ce point avec vous
    ∎ to take up with sb se lier d'amitié avec qn, prendre qn en amitié;
    ∎ she took up with a bad crowd elle s'est mise à fréquenter des vauriens
    ∎ to be taken up with doing sth être occupé à faire qch;
    ∎ she's very taken up with him elle ne pense qu'à lui;
    ∎ she's taken up with her business elle est très prise par ses affaires;
    ∎ meetings were taken up with talk about the economy on passait les réunions à parler de l'économie
    ✾ Film 'Take the Money and Run' Allen 'Prends l'oseille et tire-toi'
    ✾ Film 'You Can't Take It With You' Capra 'Vous ne l'emporterez pas avec vous'
    ⓘ Take me to your leader Il s'agit de la formule prononcée par les extra-terrestres fraîchement débarqués sur terre dans les vieux films de science-fiction et adressée au premier terrien rencontré. On emploie cette phrase ("menez-moi jusqu'à votre chef") de façon humoristique lorsque, dans une situation donnée, on désire parler au responsable.

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  • 13 este

    adj.
    east, eastern.
    m.
    east.
    viento del este east wind
    ir hacia el este to go east(wards)
    está al este de Madrid it's (to the) east of Madrid
    los países del este the countries of Eastern Europe
    * * *
    ► adjetivo (pl estos,-as)
    1 this (plural) these
    ————————
    1 east, eastern
    2 (dirección) easterly; (viento) east, easterly
    1 east
    2 (viento) east wind
    * * *
    1. = esta, adj. 2. adj.
    east, eastern
    3. noun m.
    * * *
    I
    1.
    ADJ INV [zona, área] east

    la costa este — the east o eastern coast

    íbamos en dirección este — we were going east o eastward(s), we were going in an eastward o an easterly direction

    2. SM
    1) (Geog) East, east

    la casa está orientada hacia el Este — the house is east-facing, the house faces East o east

    2) (Pol)
    3) (tb: zona este) east
    4) (Meteo) (tb: viento del este) east wind, easterly wind
    II
    este, -a
    ADJ DEM
    1) [indicando proximidad]
    a) [sing] this

    ¿qué habéis hecho este fin de semana? — what did you do at the weekend?, what did you do this weekend?

    ¿dónde vais a ir este fin de semana? — [dicho un viernes] where are you going this weekend?; [dicho un lunes] where are you going next weekend?

    b)

    estos/estas — these

    estas tijeras — these scissors, this pair of scissors

    2) * [con valor enfático]

    ¡a ver qué quiere ahora el tío este! — what does that guy want now! *

    ¡este Pedro es un desastre! — that Pedro is a complete disaster! *

    III
    este, -a
    PRON DEM =éste PRON DEM éste, -a
    1) [sing] this one

    ¡este me quiere engañar! — this guy's out to cheat me!

    pero ¿dónde está este? — where on earth is he?

    2)

    estos/estas — these; [en texto] the latter

    3) [locuciones]

    en esta — [en cartas] in this town (from where I'm writing)

    • en estas, en estas se acerca y dice... — just then he went up and said...

    4) esp LAm [como muletilla]

    este... — er..., um...

    In the past the standard spelling for these demonstrative pronouns was with an accent (éste, ésta, éstos and éstas). Nowadays the Real Academia Española advises that the accented forms are only required where there might otherwise be confusion with the adjective.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo invariable < región> eastern

    en la parte este del país — in the eastern part o the east of the country

    el ala/la costa este — the east wing/coast

    II
    a) (parte, sector)
    b) ( punto cardinal) east, East
    c) el Este (Hist, Pol) the East
    III
    esta adjetivo demostrativo (pl estos, estas)
    a) this; (pl) these

    [usually indicates a pejorative or emphatic tone when placed after the noun] la estúpida esta no me avisó — (fam) this idiot here didn't tell me

    b) ( como muletilla) well, er
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo invariable < región> eastern

    en la parte este del país — in the eastern part o the east of the country

    el ala/la costa este — the east wing/coast

    II
    a) (parte, sector)
    b) ( punto cardinal) east, East
    c) el Este (Hist, Pol) the East
    III
    esta adjetivo demostrativo (pl estos, estas)
    a) this; (pl) these

    [usually indicates a pejorative or emphatic tone when placed after the noun] la estúpida esta no me avisó — (fam) this idiot here didn't tell me

    b) ( como muletilla) well, er
    * * *
    el este
    = east, the

    Ex: Standing in the early morning on the balcony of her apartment, she was smote as she always was by the grandeur of the sky turning to scarlet as the rim of darkness in the east released the sun for its sluggish trek through the heavens.

    este1
    1 = east.

    Ex: The plan of the temple is round instead of rectangular, and unlike the rest, faces north instead of east.

    * Alemania del Este = East Germany.
    * al este de = east of.
    * bloque del este, el = Eastern bloc, the.
    * de Europa del Este = Eastern European.
    * del este = eastern.
    * del este asiático = East Asian.
    * derecho hacia el este = due east.
    * en dirección este = eastward(s), eastbound.
    * este, el = east, the.
    * Europa Central del Este = East Central Europe.
    * exactamente al este = due east.
    * habitante del este = Easterner.
    * hacia el este = eastward(s), eastbound.
    * la Europa del Este = Eastern Europe.
    * país de Europa del Este = Eastern European country.
    * sudeste = southeast [south east].
    * sureste = southeast [south east].

    este2
    = present, such, this.

    Ex: We are going to use the data elements defined in the present document as a base from which to begin.

    Ex: Preferential relationships generally indicate preferred terms or descriptors and distinguish such terms from non-descriptors or non-preferred terms.
    Ex: In this chapter a review of the development of cataloguing codes is given in order to explain and place in context the nature of modern cataloguing codes.
    * a este fin = to this end.
    * a este paso = at this rate.
    * a este respecto = in this respect.
    * a este ritmo = at this rate.
    * al hacer esto = by so doing, in so doing, in doing so.
    * a partir de esto = on this basis.
    * como esto = like this.
    * como ocurre en estos casos = as is the way with these things.
    * con este fin = to that effect.
    * con esto = by so doing, in so doing, in this, by doing so, by this, in doing so.
    * de esta forma = in this way.
    * de esta manera = in this manner, in this way.
    * de este modo = by this means, in so doing, this way, thus, in doing so.
    * de esto, de lo otro y de lo de más allá = about this and that and everything else.
    * de esto y de lo otro = about this and that.
    * de nuevo en este caso = here again.
    * desde esta misma perspectiva = along the same lines.
    * dicho esto = that said.
    * directamente hacia el este = due east.
    * durante este período = in the course of events, during the course of events.
    * en el momento de escribir estas líneas = at the time of writing.
    * en este caso = in this case.
    * en este contexto = against this background.
    * en este documento = herein.
    * en este mismo sentido = along the same lines.
    * en este momento = at this stage, right now.
    * en este período = in the course of events, during the course of events.
    * en este sentido = along these lines, in this connection, in this direction, in this sense, on this score, to that effect.
    * en estos casos = in these cases.
    * en estos tiempos = in this day and age.
    * entre éstos se incluyen = amongst these are numbered.
    * esta = this.
    * esta es la oportunidad de + Nombre = here's + Nombre/Pronombre + chance.
    * ésta es la razón por la que = this is why.
    * esta es + Pronombre + oportunidad = here's + Nombre/Pronombre + chance.
    * ¡esta es tu oportunidad! = here's your chance!.
    * esta mañana = early today.
    * esta mañana temprano = early this morning.
    * esta noche = tonight, tonite.
    * esta vez = this time around/round, this time.
    * éste es también el caso de = the same is true (for/of/with).
    * éste no es el caso en = not so in.
    * este tipo de = such.
    * este tipo de cosas = this sort of thing.
    * esto es así = this is the case.
    * esto no ocurre en el caso de = the same is not true (for/of/with).
    * esto no quiere decir que = this is not to say that.
    * esto no se debe hacer así = this just won't do.
    * esto no vale = this just won't do.
    * estos = these.
    * estos días = these days.
    * haciendo esto = by so doing, by doing so.
    * letra cuya impresión en papel no está completa = broken letter.
    * para esto = therefor.
    * para hacer esto = in this.
    * para que este sea el caso = for this to be the case.
    * para que esto sea así = for this to be the case.
    * partiendo de esto = on that basis.
    * pensando en esto = with this/that in mind.
    * por esta razón = for this reason.
    * por este motivo = for this reason.
    * por esto = thus, accordingly, therefore.
    * presentado desde esta perspectiva = cast in this light.
    * teniendo esto como telón de fondo = against this background.
    * teniendo esto como trasfondo = against this background.
    * teniendo esto presente = with this/that in mind.
    * todo esto = the whole thing.

    * * *
    [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] ‹región› eastern
    en la parte este del país in the eastern part of the country
    iban en dirección este they were heading east o eastward(s), they were heading in an easterly direction
    vientos moderados del sector este moderate easterly winds o winds from the east
    el ala/litoral este the east wing/coast
    la cara este de la montaña the east o eastern face of the mountain
    (parte, sector): el este the east
    en el este del país in the east of the country
    está al este de Bogotá it lies to the east of Bogotá, it is (to the) east of Bogotá
    el Sol sale por el Este the sun rises in the east o the East
    vientos flojos del Este light easterly winds, light winds from the east
    la calle va de Este a Oeste the street runs east-west
    dar tres pasos hacia el Este take three paces east o eastward(s) o to the east
    vientos moderados del sector sur rotando al este moderate winds from the south becoming o veering easterly
    más al este further east
    las ventanas dan al este the windows face east
    3
    el Este ( Pol) the East
    los países del Este the Eastern Bloc countries
    4
    (pl estos, estas)
    1 this; (pl) these
    este chico this boy
    esta gente these people
    [usually indicates a pejorative or emphatic tone when placed after the noun] la estúpida esta no me avisó ( fam); this idiot here didn't tell me
    2 (como muletilla) well, er
    ¿fuiste tú o no? — este … was it you or not? — well …
    * * *

     

    Del verbo estar: ( conjugate estar)

    esté es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo

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

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

    Multiple Entries:
    E.    
    estar    
    este    
    éste
    E. (
    ◊ Este) E, East

    estar 1 ( conjugate estar) cópula
    1

    ◊ Estar denotes a changed condition or state as opposed to identity or nature, which is normally expressed by ser. Estar is also used when the emphasis is on the speaker's perception of things, of their appearance, taste, etc. The examples given below should be contrasted with those to be found in ser 1 cópula 1 to be;

    estás más gordo you've put on weight;
    estoy cansada I'm tired;
    está muy simpático conmigo he's being o he's been so nice to me (recently);
    ¡todo está tan caro! things are o have become so expensive!
    b) ( con

    ◊ bien, mal, mejor, peor): están todos bien, gracias they're all fine, thanks;

    ¡qué bien estás en esta foto! you look great in this photo!;
    está mal que no se lo perdones it's wrong of you not to forgive him;
    ver tb bien, mal, mejor, peor
    2 ( hablando de estado civil) to be;

    3 ( seguido de participios)

    estaban abrazados they had their arms around each other;
    ver tb v aux 2
    4 ( seguido de preposición) to be;
    (para más ejemplos ver tb la preposición o el nombre correspondiente);

    ¿a cómo está la uva? how much are the grapes?;
    está con el sarampión she has (the) measles;
    estoy de cocinera I'm doing the cooking;
    estamos sin electricidad the electricity is off at the moment;
    está sin pintar it hasn't been painted yet
    verbo intransitivo
    1 ( en un lugar) to be;
    ◊ ¿dónde está Chiapas? where's Chiapas?;

    está a 20 kilómetros de aquí it's 20 kilometers from here;
    ¿sabes dónde está Pedro? do you know where Pedro is?;
    ¿está Rodrigo? is Rodrigo in?;
    solo ésteé unos días I'll only be staying a few days;
    ¿cuánto tiempo ésteás en Londres? how long are you going to be in London (for)?
    2 ( en el tiempo):
    ◊ ¿a qué (día) estamos? what day is it today?;

    ¿a cuánto estamos hoy? what's the date today?;
    estamos a 28 de mayo it's May 28th (AmE) o (BrE) the 28th of May;
    estamos en primavera it's spring
    3
    a) (tener como función, cometido):


    estamos para ayudarlos we're here to help them


    4 (estar listo, terminado):

    lo atas con un nudo y ya está you tie a knot in it and that's it o there you are;
    enseguida estoy I'll be right with you
    5 (Esp) ( quedar) (+ me/te/le etc) (+ compl):

    la 46 te está mejor the 46 fits you better
    éste v aux
    1 ( con gerundio):

    estoy viendo que va a ser imposible I'm beginning to see that it's going to be impossible
    2 ( con participio):

    ya está hecho un hombrecito he's a proper young man now;
    ver tb estar cópula 3
    estarse verbo pronominal ( enf) ( permanecer) to stay;
    ◊ ¿no te puedes éste quieto? can't you stay o keep still?;

    estese tranquilo don't worry
    estar 2 sustantivo masculino (esp AmL) living room
    este 1 adjetivo invariable ‹ región› eastern;
    iban en dirección éste they were heading east o eastward(s);
    el ala/la costa éste the east wing/coast
    ■ sustantivo masculino
    a) (parte, sector):


    al éste de Lima to the east of Lima


    las ventanas dan al éste the windows face east
    c)

    ◊ el Este (Hist, Pol) the East;

    los países del Eéste the Eastern Bloc countries
    este 2,
    ◊ esta adj dem (pl estos, estas)

    a) this;

    (pl) these;

    estos dólares these dollars;
    usually indicates a pejorative or emphatic tone when placed after the noun la estúpida esta no me avisó (fam) this idiot here didn't tell me

    éste,
    ◊ ésta pron dem (pl éstos, éstas) The written accent may be omitted when there is no risk of confusion with the adjective this one;


    (pl) these;
    éste or este es el mío this (one) is mine;
    un día de éstos or estos one of these days;
    éste or este es el que yo quería this is the one I wanted;
    prefiero éstos or estos I prefer these (ones);
    sometimes indicates irritation, emphasis or disapproval
    ◊ ¡qué niña esta! (fam) honestly, this child!;

    residente en ésta or esta resident in Seville (o Lima etc)
    estar verbo intransitivo
    1 (existir, hallarse) to be: está al norte, it is to the north
    ¿estarás en casa?, will you be at home?
    no está en ningún lado, it isn't anywhere
    estamos aquí para servirle, we are at your service
    su pedido aún no está, your order isn't ready yet
    2 (permanecer) to stay: estos días estoy en casa de mis padres, these days I'm staying at my parents' place
    estoy en la oficina de ocho a dos, I'm at the office from eight to two
    quiero que estés aquí un minuto, ahora vuelvo, stay here, I'll be right back
    3 (tener una situación actual determinada: con adjetivo o participio) estaba blanco como la cera, he had turned as white as a sheet
    está dormido, he's asleep
    está teñida de rubio, her hair's dyed blonde
    (con gerundio) está estudiando, he is studying
    estaba preparando la comida, I was cooking
    (con adverbio) estoy tan lejos, I'm so far away
    está muy mal, (enfermo) he is very ill
    4 (quedar, sentar) el jersey me está pequeño, the sweater is too small for me
    5 (para indicar precio, grados, fecha) (+ a: fecha) to be: ¿a qué día estamos?, what's the date?
    estamos a 1 de Julio, it is the first of July
    (: precio) to be at: ¿a cómo/cuánto están las manzanas?, how much are the apples?
    están a setenta pesetas el kilo, they're seventy pesetas a kilo
    (: grados) en Madrid estamos a cuarenta grados, it's forty degrees in Madrid
    ♦ Locuciones: ¿estamos?, agreed?
    estar a disposición de, to be at the disposal of
    estar a la que salta, to be ready to take advantage of an opportunity
    estar a las duras y a las maduras, to take the bad with the good
    estar al caer, to be just round the corner
    estar en baja, to be waning
    estar en todo, to be on top of everything
    estaría bueno, whatever next
    ESTAR CON: (de acuerdo con) estoy con María, I agree with Mary
    ESTAR DE: estoy de broma, I'm joking
    está de camarero, he's working as a waiter
    estaba de Dios que las cosas sucedieran así, it was God's will that things turned out this way, está de vacaciones, he's on holiday
    me voy a marchar porque está claro que aquí estoy de más, I'm going to go because it's obvious that I'm in the way
    ESTAR ENCIMA: su madre siempre está encima de él, his mother is always on top of him
    ESTAR PARA: no estamos para bromas, we are in no mood for jokes
    esa ropa está para planchar, these clothes are ready to be ironed
    cuando estaba para salir, me llamaron, when I was just about to leave, they called me
    ESTAR POR: la casa está por construir, the house has still to be built
    estuve por decirle lo que pensaba, I was tempted to tell him what I thought
    estoy por la igualdad de derechos, I'm for equal rights
    ESTAR QUE: está que no puede con su alma, he is exhausted
    familiar está que trina, he's hopping mad
    ESTAR TRAS: está tras el ascenso, he is after promotion
    estoy tras una blusa blanca, I'm looking for a white blouse
    El uso del verbo to stay como traducción de estar en un lugar es incorrecto, a menos que quieras expresar lo contrario de irse o marcharse (no me voy a la playa, estaré en casa todo el verano, I'm not going to the beach, I'm staying at home all summer) o te refieras a alojarse: Estoy en el Palace. I'm staying at the Palace.
    este,-a adj dem
    1 this
    este barco, this ship
    esta casa, this house 2 estos,-as, these
    estos hombres, these men
    estas mujeres, these women
    este sustantivo masculino
    1 (punto cardinal) East: nos dirigíamos al este, we were going east
    al este del Edén, to the east of Eden
    (en aposición) (zona, parte) eastern: son del este de Europa, they're from Eastern Europe
    (dirección, rumbo) easterly: el viento soplaba del este, there was an easterly wind
    2 (bloque de países europeos) el Este, the East
    éste,-a pron dem m,f
    1 this one: éste/ésta es más bonito/a, this one is prettier 2 éstos,-as, these (ones)

    ' éste' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abrir
    - abrigada
    - abrigado
    - abultar
    - acabada
    - acabado
    - acariciar
    - acontecer
    - actualización
    - adelantarse
    - adelanto
    - afrutada
    - afrutado
    - ahora
    - ahorrar
    - alguna
    - alguno
    - ama
    - amo
    - andar
    - aparte
    - aplanar
    - aplatanada
    - aplatanado
    - arrastre
    - arreglo
    - así
    - asistencia
    - aterrizar
    - atravesarse
    - baja
    - bajo
    - bastar
    - bastante
    - bendición
    - bien
    - cabezón
    - cabezona
    - cabida
    - caché
    - cachet
    - caer
    - calificar
    - capacidad
    - carbonizar
    - cariño
    - catalogar
    - caza
    - ceñirse
    - chapada
    English:
    acoustic
    - advanced
    - afford
    - afraid
    - aggressive
    - agony
    - agree
    - alleviate
    - ambience
    - amenities
    - anniversary
    - antidote
    - anywhere
    - architecture
    - arithmetic
    - attain
    - attribute
    - be
    - belong
    - blank
    - boggle
    - bore
    - breeze
    - broadsheet
    - bulky
    - bundle
    - buy
    - call
    - call at
    - can
    - capture
    - cash
    - chapter
    - characteristic
    - close-fitting
    - cold
    - come across
    - come in
    - come under
    - compact
    - complete
    - conception
    - concoction
    - consistent
    - convert
    - cramped
    - deadly
    - define
    - demand
    - deny
    * * *
    ♦ adj inv
    [posición, parte] east, eastern; [dirección] easterly; [viento] east, easterly;
    la cara este del pico the east face of the mountain;
    la costa este the east coast;
    tiempo soleado en la mitad este del país sunny weather in the eastern half of the country;
    partieron con rumbo este they set off in an easterly direction;
    ♦ nm
    1. [zona] east;
    está al este de Madrid it's (to the) east of Madrid;
    la fachada da al este the front of the building faces east;
    viento del este east o easterly wind;
    habrá lluvias en el este (del país) there will be rain in the east (of the country);
    ir hacia el este to go east(wards)
    2. [punto cardinal] east;
    el sol sale por el Este the sun rises in the east
    3. [bloque geopolítico]
    el Este the East;
    los países del Este the countries of Eastern Europe
    4. [viento] easterly, east wind
    este2, -a (pl estos, -as) adj demostrativo
    1. [en general] this;
    [plural] these;
    esta camisa this shirt;
    este año this year;
    esta mañana this morning;
    esta noche tonight
    2. Fam Pey [singular] that;
    [plural] those;
    no soporto a la niña esta I can't stand that girl;
    el teléfono este no funciona this telephone's not working
    3. Méx, RP [como muletilla] well, er, um;
    y entonces, este, le propuse… and then, um, I suggested…;
    es un, este, cómo se dice, un lexicógrafo he's a, oh, what do you call it, a lexicographer;
    este, ¿me prestás plata? er, can you lend me some money?
    este3, -a (pl estos, -as) pron demostrativo Note that este and its various forms can be written with an accent ( éste, ésta etc) when there is a risk of confusion with the adjective.
    1. [en general] this one;
    [plural] these (ones);
    dame otro boli, este no funciona give me another pen, this one doesn't work;
    aquellos cuadros no están mal, aunque estos me gustan más those paintings aren't bad, but I like these (ones) better;
    esta ha sido la semana más feliz de mi vida this has been the happiest week of my life;
    cualquier día de estos one of these days;
    Fam
    esta es la mía/tuya/ etc[m5]. this is the chance I've/you've/ etc been waiting for, this is my/your/ etc big chance;
    en estas just then;
    en estas sonó el teléfono just then o at that very moment, the phone rang;
    en una de estas one of these days;
    en una de estas te pillará la policía one of these days the police will catch you;
    Fam
    por estas [lo juro] I swear, honest to God;
    ¿seguro que no me estás mintiendo? – ¡por estas! are you sure you're not lying to me? – I swear o honest to God
    2. [recién mencionado] the latter;
    entraron Juan y Pedro, este con un abrigo verde Juan and Pedro came in, the latter wearing a green coat
    3. Fam [despectivo]
    este es el que me pegó this is the one who hit me;
    estos son los culpables de todo lo ocurrido it's this lot o bunch who are to blame for everything
    4. Formal [en correspondencia]
    espero que al recibo de esta te encuentres bien I hope this letter finds you well
    * * *
    1 m east
    2, esta, estos, estas det singular this; plural these;
    a todas estas in the meanwhile
    * * *
    éste, ésta pron, mpl éstos
    1) : this one, these ones pl
    2) : the latter
    este, esta adj, mpl estos : this, these
    este adj
    : eastern, east
    este nm
    1) oriente: east
    2) : east wind
    3)
    el Este : the East, the Orient
    * * *
    este1 adj this
    este2 n east

    Spanish-English dictionary > este

  • 14 éste

    adj.
    east, eastern.
    m.
    east.
    viento del este east wind
    ir hacia el este to go east(wards)
    está al este de Madrid it's (to the) east of Madrid
    los países del este the countries of Eastern Europe
    * * *
    ► adjetivo (pl estos,-as)
    1 this (plural) these
    ————————
    1 east, eastern
    2 (dirección) easterly; (viento) east, easterly
    1 east
    2 (viento) east wind
    * * *
    1. = esta, adj. 2. adj.
    east, eastern
    3. noun m.
    * * *
    I
    1.
    ADJ INV [zona, área] east

    la costa este — the east o eastern coast

    íbamos en dirección este — we were going east o eastward(s), we were going in an eastward o an easterly direction

    2. SM
    1) (Geog) East, east

    la casa está orientada hacia el Este — the house is east-facing, the house faces East o east

    2) (Pol)
    3) (tb: zona este) east
    4) (Meteo) (tb: viento del este) east wind, easterly wind
    II
    este, -a
    ADJ DEM
    1) [indicando proximidad]
    a) [sing] this

    ¿qué habéis hecho este fin de semana? — what did you do at the weekend?, what did you do this weekend?

    ¿dónde vais a ir este fin de semana? — [dicho un viernes] where are you going this weekend?; [dicho un lunes] where are you going next weekend?

    b)

    estos/estas — these

    estas tijeras — these scissors, this pair of scissors

    2) * [con valor enfático]

    ¡a ver qué quiere ahora el tío este! — what does that guy want now! *

    ¡este Pedro es un desastre! — that Pedro is a complete disaster! *

    III
    este, -a
    PRON DEM =éste PRON DEM éste, -a
    1) [sing] this one

    ¡este me quiere engañar! — this guy's out to cheat me!

    pero ¿dónde está este? — where on earth is he?

    2)

    estos/estas — these; [en texto] the latter

    3) [locuciones]

    en esta — [en cartas] in this town (from where I'm writing)

    • en estas, en estas se acerca y dice... — just then he went up and said...

    4) esp LAm [como muletilla]

    este... — er..., um...

    In the past the standard spelling for these demonstrative pronouns was with an accent (éste, ésta, éstos and éstas). Nowadays the Real Academia Española advises that the accented forms are only required where there might otherwise be confusion with the adjective.
    * * *
    ésta pronombre demostrativo (pl éstos, éstas)
    [According to the Real Academia Española the written accent may be omitted when there is no risk of confusion with the adjective]
    a) this one; (pl) these

    Alfonso y Andrés, éste de pie, aquél sentado — (liter)... Alfonso and Andrés, the former sitting down and the latter standing

    [sometimes indicates irritation, emphasis or disapproval] qué niña ésta! — (fam) honestly, this child!

    b) ésta (frml) (en cartas, documentos) the city in which the letter is written
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo invariable < región> eastern

    en la parte este del país — in the eastern part o the east of the country

    el ala/la costa este — the east wing/coast

    II
    a) (parte, sector)
    b) ( punto cardinal) east, East
    c) el Este (Hist, Pol) the East
    III
    esta adjetivo demostrativo (pl estos, estas)
    a) this; (pl) these

    [usually indicates a pejorative or emphatic tone when placed after the noun] la estúpida esta no me avisó — (fam) this idiot here didn't tell me

    b) ( como muletilla) well, er
    * * *
    el este
    = east, the

    Ex: Standing in the early morning on the balcony of her apartment, she was smote as she always was by the grandeur of the sky turning to scarlet as the rim of darkness in the east released the sun for its sluggish trek through the heavens.

    este1
    1 = east.

    Ex: The plan of the temple is round instead of rectangular, and unlike the rest, faces north instead of east.

    * Alemania del Este = East Germany.
    * al este de = east of.
    * bloque del este, el = Eastern bloc, the.
    * de Europa del Este = Eastern European.
    * del este = eastern.
    * del este asiático = East Asian.
    * derecho hacia el este = due east.
    * en dirección este = eastward(s), eastbound.
    * este, el = east, the.
    * Europa Central del Este = East Central Europe.
    * exactamente al este = due east.
    * habitante del este = Easterner.
    * hacia el este = eastward(s), eastbound.
    * la Europa del Este = Eastern Europe.
    * país de Europa del Este = Eastern European country.
    * sudeste = southeast [south east].
    * sureste = southeast [south east].

    este2
    = present, such, this.

    Ex: We are going to use the data elements defined in the present document as a base from which to begin.

    Ex: Preferential relationships generally indicate preferred terms or descriptors and distinguish such terms from non-descriptors or non-preferred terms.
    Ex: In this chapter a review of the development of cataloguing codes is given in order to explain and place in context the nature of modern cataloguing codes.
    * a este fin = to this end.
    * a este paso = at this rate.
    * a este respecto = in this respect.
    * a este ritmo = at this rate.
    * al hacer esto = by so doing, in so doing, in doing so.
    * a partir de esto = on this basis.
    * como esto = like this.
    * como ocurre en estos casos = as is the way with these things.
    * con este fin = to that effect.
    * con esto = by so doing, in so doing, in this, by doing so, by this, in doing so.
    * de esta forma = in this way.
    * de esta manera = in this manner, in this way.
    * de este modo = by this means, in so doing, this way, thus, in doing so.
    * de esto, de lo otro y de lo de más allá = about this and that and everything else.
    * de esto y de lo otro = about this and that.
    * de nuevo en este caso = here again.
    * desde esta misma perspectiva = along the same lines.
    * dicho esto = that said.
    * directamente hacia el este = due east.
    * durante este período = in the course of events, during the course of events.
    * en el momento de escribir estas líneas = at the time of writing.
    * en este caso = in this case.
    * en este contexto = against this background.
    * en este documento = herein.
    * en este mismo sentido = along the same lines.
    * en este momento = at this stage, right now.
    * en este período = in the course of events, during the course of events.
    * en este sentido = along these lines, in this connection, in this direction, in this sense, on this score, to that effect.
    * en estos casos = in these cases.
    * en estos tiempos = in this day and age.
    * entre éstos se incluyen = amongst these are numbered.
    * esta = this.
    * esta es la oportunidad de + Nombre = here's + Nombre/Pronombre + chance.
    * ésta es la razón por la que = this is why.
    * esta es + Pronombre + oportunidad = here's + Nombre/Pronombre + chance.
    * ¡esta es tu oportunidad! = here's your chance!.
    * esta mañana = early today.
    * esta mañana temprano = early this morning.
    * esta noche = tonight, tonite.
    * esta vez = this time around/round, this time.
    * éste es también el caso de = the same is true (for/of/with).
    * éste no es el caso en = not so in.
    * este tipo de = such.
    * este tipo de cosas = this sort of thing.
    * esto es así = this is the case.
    * esto no ocurre en el caso de = the same is not true (for/of/with).
    * esto no quiere decir que = this is not to say that.
    * esto no se debe hacer así = this just won't do.
    * esto no vale = this just won't do.
    * estos = these.
    * estos días = these days.
    * haciendo esto = by so doing, by doing so.
    * letra cuya impresión en papel no está completa = broken letter.
    * para esto = therefor.
    * para hacer esto = in this.
    * para que este sea el caso = for this to be the case.
    * para que esto sea así = for this to be the case.
    * partiendo de esto = on that basis.
    * pensando en esto = with this/that in mind.
    * por esta razón = for this reason.
    * por este motivo = for this reason.
    * por esto = thus, accordingly, therefore.
    * presentado desde esta perspectiva = cast in this light.
    * teniendo esto como telón de fondo = against this background.
    * teniendo esto como trasfondo = against this background.
    * teniendo esto presente = with this/that in mind.
    * todo esto = the whole thing.

    * * *
    [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] ‹región› eastern
    en la parte este del país in the eastern part of the country
    iban en dirección este they were heading east o eastward(s), they were heading in an easterly direction
    vientos moderados del sector este moderate easterly winds o winds from the east
    el ala/litoral este the east wing/coast
    la cara este de la montaña the east o eastern face of the mountain
    (parte, sector): el este the east
    en el este del país in the east of the country
    está al este de Bogotá it lies to the east of Bogotá, it is (to the) east of Bogotá
    el Sol sale por el Este the sun rises in the east o the East
    vientos flojos del Este light easterly winds, light winds from the east
    la calle va de Este a Oeste the street runs east-west
    dar tres pasos hacia el Este take three paces east o eastward(s) o to the east
    vientos moderados del sector sur rotando al este moderate winds from the south becoming o veering easterly
    más al este further east
    las ventanas dan al este the windows face east
    3
    el Este ( Pol) the East
    los países del Este the Eastern Bloc countries
    4
    (pl estos, estas)
    1 this; (pl) these
    este chico this boy
    esta gente these people
    [usually indicates a pejorative or emphatic tone when placed after the noun] la estúpida esta no me avisó ( fam); this idiot here didn't tell me
    2 (como muletilla) well, er
    ¿fuiste tú o no? — este … was it you or not? — well …
    * * *

     

    Del verbo estar: ( conjugate estar)

    esté es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo

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

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

    Multiple Entries:
    E.    
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    éste
    E. (
    ◊ Este) E, East

    estar 1 ( conjugate estar) cópula
    1

    ◊ Estar denotes a changed condition or state as opposed to identity or nature, which is normally expressed by ser. Estar is also used when the emphasis is on the speaker's perception of things, of their appearance, taste, etc. The examples given below should be contrasted with those to be found in ser 1 cópula 1 to be;

    estás más gordo you've put on weight;
    estoy cansada I'm tired;
    está muy simpático conmigo he's being o he's been so nice to me (recently);
    ¡todo está tan caro! things are o have become so expensive!
    b) ( con

    ◊ bien, mal, mejor, peor): están todos bien, gracias they're all fine, thanks;

    ¡qué bien estás en esta foto! you look great in this photo!;
    está mal que no se lo perdones it's wrong of you not to forgive him;
    ver tb bien, mal, mejor, peor
    2 ( hablando de estado civil) to be;

    3 ( seguido de participios)

    estaban abrazados they had their arms around each other;
    ver tb v aux 2
    4 ( seguido de preposición) to be;
    (para más ejemplos ver tb la preposición o el nombre correspondiente);

    ¿a cómo está la uva? how much are the grapes?;
    está con el sarampión she has (the) measles;
    estoy de cocinera I'm doing the cooking;
    estamos sin electricidad the electricity is off at the moment;
    está sin pintar it hasn't been painted yet
    verbo intransitivo
    1 ( en un lugar) to be;
    ◊ ¿dónde está Chiapas? where's Chiapas?;

    está a 20 kilómetros de aquí it's 20 kilometers from here;
    ¿sabes dónde está Pedro? do you know where Pedro is?;
    ¿está Rodrigo? is Rodrigo in?;
    solo ésteé unos días I'll only be staying a few days;
    ¿cuánto tiempo ésteás en Londres? how long are you going to be in London (for)?
    2 ( en el tiempo):
    ◊ ¿a qué (día) estamos? what day is it today?;

    ¿a cuánto estamos hoy? what's the date today?;
    estamos a 28 de mayo it's May 28th (AmE) o (BrE) the 28th of May;
    estamos en primavera it's spring
    3
    a) (tener como función, cometido):


    estamos para ayudarlos we're here to help them


    4 (estar listo, terminado):

    lo atas con un nudo y ya está you tie a knot in it and that's it o there you are;
    enseguida estoy I'll be right with you
    5 (Esp) ( quedar) (+ me/te/le etc) (+ compl):

    la 46 te está mejor the 46 fits you better
    éste v aux
    1 ( con gerundio):

    estoy viendo que va a ser imposible I'm beginning to see that it's going to be impossible
    2 ( con participio):

    ya está hecho un hombrecito he's a proper young man now;
    ver tb estar cópula 3
    estarse verbo pronominal ( enf) ( permanecer) to stay;
    ◊ ¿no te puedes éste quieto? can't you stay o keep still?;

    estese tranquilo don't worry
    estar 2 sustantivo masculino (esp AmL) living room
    este 1 adjetivo invariable ‹ región› eastern;
    iban en dirección éste they were heading east o eastward(s);
    el ala/la costa éste the east wing/coast
    ■ sustantivo masculino
    a) (parte, sector):


    al éste de Lima to the east of Lima


    las ventanas dan al éste the windows face east
    c)

    ◊ el Este (Hist, Pol) the East;

    los países del Eéste the Eastern Bloc countries
    este 2,
    ◊ esta adj dem (pl estos, estas)

    a) this;

    (pl) these;

    estos dólares these dollars;
    usually indicates a pejorative or emphatic tone when placed after the noun la estúpida esta no me avisó (fam) this idiot here didn't tell me

    éste,
    ◊ ésta pron dem (pl éstos, éstas) The written accent may be omitted when there is no risk of confusion with the adjective this one;


    (pl) these;
    éste or este es el mío this (one) is mine;
    un día de éstos or estos one of these days;
    éste or este es el que yo quería this is the one I wanted;
    prefiero éstos or estos I prefer these (ones);
    sometimes indicates irritation, emphasis or disapproval
    ◊ ¡qué niña esta! (fam) honestly, this child!;

    residente en ésta or esta resident in Seville (o Lima etc)
    estar verbo intransitivo
    1 (existir, hallarse) to be: está al norte, it is to the north
    ¿estarás en casa?, will you be at home?
    no está en ningún lado, it isn't anywhere
    estamos aquí para servirle, we are at your service
    su pedido aún no está, your order isn't ready yet
    2 (permanecer) to stay: estos días estoy en casa de mis padres, these days I'm staying at my parents' place
    estoy en la oficina de ocho a dos, I'm at the office from eight to two
    quiero que estés aquí un minuto, ahora vuelvo, stay here, I'll be right back
    3 (tener una situación actual determinada: con adjetivo o participio) estaba blanco como la cera, he had turned as white as a sheet
    está dormido, he's asleep
    está teñida de rubio, her hair's dyed blonde
    (con gerundio) está estudiando, he is studying
    estaba preparando la comida, I was cooking
    (con adverbio) estoy tan lejos, I'm so far away
    está muy mal, (enfermo) he is very ill
    4 (quedar, sentar) el jersey me está pequeño, the sweater is too small for me
    5 (para indicar precio, grados, fecha) (+ a: fecha) to be: ¿a qué día estamos?, what's the date?
    estamos a 1 de Julio, it is the first of July
    (: precio) to be at: ¿a cómo/cuánto están las manzanas?, how much are the apples?
    están a setenta pesetas el kilo, they're seventy pesetas a kilo
    (: grados) en Madrid estamos a cuarenta grados, it's forty degrees in Madrid
    ♦ Locuciones: ¿estamos?, agreed?
    estar a disposición de, to be at the disposal of
    estar a la que salta, to be ready to take advantage of an opportunity
    estar a las duras y a las maduras, to take the bad with the good
    estar al caer, to be just round the corner
    estar en baja, to be waning
    estar en todo, to be on top of everything
    estaría bueno, whatever next
    ESTAR CON: (de acuerdo con) estoy con María, I agree with Mary
    ESTAR DE: estoy de broma, I'm joking
    está de camarero, he's working as a waiter
    estaba de Dios que las cosas sucedieran así, it was God's will that things turned out this way, está de vacaciones, he's on holiday
    me voy a marchar porque está claro que aquí estoy de más, I'm going to go because it's obvious that I'm in the way
    ESTAR ENCIMA: su madre siempre está encima de él, his mother is always on top of him
    ESTAR PARA: no estamos para bromas, we are in no mood for jokes
    esa ropa está para planchar, these clothes are ready to be ironed
    cuando estaba para salir, me llamaron, when I was just about to leave, they called me
    ESTAR POR: la casa está por construir, the house has still to be built
    estuve por decirle lo que pensaba, I was tempted to tell him what I thought
    estoy por la igualdad de derechos, I'm for equal rights
    ESTAR QUE: está que no puede con su alma, he is exhausted
    familiar está que trina, he's hopping mad
    ESTAR TRAS: está tras el ascenso, he is after promotion
    estoy tras una blusa blanca, I'm looking for a white blouse
    El uso del verbo to stay como traducción de estar en un lugar es incorrecto, a menos que quieras expresar lo contrario de irse o marcharse (no me voy a la playa, estaré en casa todo el verano, I'm not going to the beach, I'm staying at home all summer) o te refieras a alojarse: Estoy en el Palace. I'm staying at the Palace.
    este,-a adj dem
    1 this
    este barco, this ship
    esta casa, this house 2 estos,-as, these
    estos hombres, these men
    estas mujeres, these women
    este sustantivo masculino
    1 (punto cardinal) East: nos dirigíamos al este, we were going east
    al este del Edén, to the east of Eden
    (en aposición) (zona, parte) eastern: son del este de Europa, they're from Eastern Europe
    (dirección, rumbo) easterly: el viento soplaba del este, there was an easterly wind
    2 (bloque de países europeos) el Este, the East
    éste,-a pron dem m,f
    1 this one: éste/ésta es más bonito/a, this one is prettier 2 éstos,-as, these (ones)

    ' éste' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abrir
    - abrigada
    - abrigado
    - abultar
    - acabada
    - acabado
    - acariciar
    - acontecer
    - actualización
    - adelantarse
    - adelanto
    - afrutada
    - afrutado
    - ahora
    - ahorrar
    - alguna
    - alguno
    - ama
    - amo
    - andar
    - aparte
    - aplanar
    - aplatanada
    - aplatanado
    - arrastre
    - arreglo
    - así
    - asistencia
    - aterrizar
    - atravesarse
    - baja
    - bajo
    - bastar
    - bastante
    - bendición
    - bien
    - cabezón
    - cabezona
    - cabida
    - caché
    - cachet
    - caer
    - calificar
    - capacidad
    - carbonizar
    - cariño
    - catalogar
    - caza
    - ceñirse
    - chapada
    English:
    acoustic
    - advanced
    - afford
    - afraid
    - aggressive
    - agony
    - agree
    - alleviate
    - ambience
    - amenities
    - anniversary
    - antidote
    - anywhere
    - architecture
    - arithmetic
    - attain
    - attribute
    - be
    - belong
    - blank
    - boggle
    - bore
    - breeze
    - broadsheet
    - bulky
    - bundle
    - buy
    - call
    - call at
    - can
    - capture
    - cash
    - chapter
    - characteristic
    - close-fitting
    - cold
    - come across
    - come in
    - come under
    - compact
    - complete
    - conception
    - concoction
    - consistent
    - convert
    - cramped
    - deadly
    - define
    - demand
    - deny
    * * *
    ♦ adj inv
    [posición, parte] east, eastern; [dirección] easterly; [viento] east, easterly;
    la cara este del pico the east face of the mountain;
    la costa este the east coast;
    tiempo soleado en la mitad este del país sunny weather in the eastern half of the country;
    partieron con rumbo este they set off in an easterly direction;
    ♦ nm
    1. [zona] east;
    está al este de Madrid it's (to the) east of Madrid;
    la fachada da al este the front of the building faces east;
    viento del este east o easterly wind;
    habrá lluvias en el este (del país) there will be rain in the east (of the country);
    ir hacia el este to go east(wards)
    2. [punto cardinal] east;
    el sol sale por el Este the sun rises in the east
    3. [bloque geopolítico]
    el Este the East;
    los países del Este the countries of Eastern Europe
    4. [viento] easterly, east wind
    este2, -a (pl estos, -as) adj demostrativo
    1. [en general] this;
    [plural] these;
    esta camisa this shirt;
    este año this year;
    esta mañana this morning;
    esta noche tonight
    2. Fam Pey [singular] that;
    [plural] those;
    no soporto a la niña esta I can't stand that girl;
    el teléfono este no funciona this telephone's not working
    3. Méx, RP [como muletilla] well, er, um;
    y entonces, este, le propuse… and then, um, I suggested…;
    es un, este, cómo se dice, un lexicógrafo he's a, oh, what do you call it, a lexicographer;
    este, ¿me prestás plata? er, can you lend me some money?
    este3, -a (pl estos, -as) pron demostrativo Note that este and its various forms can be written with an accent ( éste, ésta etc) when there is a risk of confusion with the adjective.
    1. [en general] this one;
    [plural] these (ones);
    dame otro boli, este no funciona give me another pen, this one doesn't work;
    aquellos cuadros no están mal, aunque estos me gustan más those paintings aren't bad, but I like these (ones) better;
    esta ha sido la semana más feliz de mi vida this has been the happiest week of my life;
    cualquier día de estos one of these days;
    Fam
    esta es la mía/tuya/ etc[m5]. this is the chance I've/you've/ etc been waiting for, this is my/your/ etc big chance;
    en estas just then;
    en estas sonó el teléfono just then o at that very moment, the phone rang;
    en una de estas one of these days;
    en una de estas te pillará la policía one of these days the police will catch you;
    Fam
    por estas [lo juro] I swear, honest to God;
    ¿seguro que no me estás mintiendo? – ¡por estas! are you sure you're not lying to me? – I swear o honest to God
    2. [recién mencionado] the latter;
    entraron Juan y Pedro, este con un abrigo verde Juan and Pedro came in, the latter wearing a green coat
    3. Fam [despectivo]
    este es el que me pegó this is the one who hit me;
    estos son los culpables de todo lo ocurrido it's this lot o bunch who are to blame for everything
    4. Formal [en correspondencia]
    espero que al recibo de esta te encuentres bien I hope this letter finds you well
    * * *
    1 m east
    2, esta, estos, estas det singular this; plural these;
    a todas estas in the meanwhile
    * * *
    éste, ésta pron, mpl éstos
    1) : this one, these ones pl
    2) : the latter
    este, esta adj, mpl estos : this, these
    este adj
    : eastern, east
    este nm
    1) oriente: east
    2) : east wind
    3)
    el Este : the East, the Orient
    * * *
    este1 adj this
    este2 n east

    Spanish-English dictionary > éste

  • 15 गो _gō

    गो m. f. (Nom. गौः) [गच्छत्यनेन, गम् करणे डो Tv.]
    1 Cattle, kine (pl.)
    -2 Anything coming from a cow; such as milk, flesh, leather &c.
    -3 The stars; वि रश्मिभिः ससृजे सूर्यो गाः Rv.7.36.1.
    -4 The sky.
    -5 The thunder- bolt of Indra; Ki.8.1.
    -6 A ray of light; नान्यस्तप्ता विद्यते गोषु देव Mb.1.232.11; बालो$यं गिरिशिखरेषु चारयन् गाः त्रैलोक्यं तिमिरभरेण दुष्टमेतत् (रविः नैर्मल्यं नयति) । Rām. Ch. 7.6.
    -7 A diamond.
    -8 Heaven.
    -9 An arrow. -f.
    1 A cow; जुगोप गोरूपधरामिवोर्वीम् R.2.3; क्षीरिण्यः सन्तु गावः Mk.1.6.
    -2 The earth; दुदोह गां स यज्ञाय R.1.26; गामात्तसारां रघुरप्यवेक्ष्य 5.26;11.36; Bg.15.13; सेको$- नुगृह्णातु गाम् Mu.3.2; Me.3; cf. also the quotation for (
    -6).
    -3 Speech, words; कुलानि समुपेतानि गोभिः पुरुषतो$- र्थतः Mb.5.28; रघोरुदारामपि गां निशम्य R.5.12;2.59; Ki.4.2.
    -4 The goddess of speech, Sarasvatī.
    -5 A mother.
    -6 A quarter of the compass.
    -7 Water; सायं भेजे दिशं पश्चाद्गविष्ठो गां गतस्तदा Bhāg.1.1.36; also pl.; Bhāg.11.7.5.
    -8 The eye; गोकर्णा सुमुखी कृतेन इषुणा गोपुत्रसंप्रेषिता Mb.8.9.42.
    -9 A region of the sky. -m. A bull, an ox; असंजातकिणस्कन्धः सुखं स्वपिति गौर्गडिः K. P.1; Ms.4.72; cf. चरद्गव.
    -2 The hair of the body.
    -3 An organ of sense; अदान्तगोभिर्विशतां तमिस्रं पुनः पुनश्चर्वितचर्वणानाम् Bhāg..7.5.3.
    -4 The sign Taurus of the zodiac; Bṛi. S.49.
    -5 The sun.
    -6 The number 'nine' (in math.).
    -7 The moon.
    -8 A singer.
    -9 A billion.
    -1 A cow-sacrifice
    -11 A house; cf. गौर्वज्रं गौः प्रभा भूमिर्वाणी तोयं त्रिविष्टपम् । धेनुर्बस्तो वृषो दिग्गौर्नेत्रं लज्जा गुरू रमा ॥ इन्द्रियं श्रीरुमा... Enm.
    -Comp. -कण्टकः, -कम् 1 a road or spot trodden down by oxen and thus made im- passable.
    -2 the cow's hoof.
    -3 the print of a cow's hoof.
    -कर्ण a. having cow's ears.
    (-र्णः) 1 a cow's ear; गोकर्णसदृशौ कृत्वा करावाबद्धसारणौ Ks.6.57.
    -2 a mule.
    -3 a snake; Mb.8.9.42.
    -4 a span (from the tip of the thumb to that of the ring-finger); गोकर्णशिथिल- श्चरन् Mb.2.68.75; तालः स्मृतो मध्यमया गोकर्णश्चाप्यनामया Brahmāṇḍa P.
    -5 N. of a place of pilgrimage in the south, sacred to Śiva. श्रितगोकर्णनिकेतमीश्वरम् R.8.33.
    -6 a kind of deer.
    -7 a kind of arrow; Mb.8.9.42.
    -किराटा -किराटिका the Sārikā bird.
    -किलः, -कीलः 1 a plough
    -2 a pestle.
    -कुलम् 1 a herd of kine; वृष्टिव्याकुलगोकुलावनरसादुद्धृत्य गोवर्धनम् Gīt.4; गोकुलस्य तृषा- र्तस्य Mb.
    -2 a cow-house.
    -3 N. of a village (where Kṛiṣṇa was brought up).
    -कुलिक a.
    1 one who does not help a cow in the mud.
    -2 squint-eyed.
    -कुलोद्भवा an epithet of Durgā.
    -कृतम् cow-dung.
    -क्षीरम् cow's milk.
    -क्षुरम्, -रकम् a cow's hoof.
    -खरः a beast (पशु); यत्तीर्थबुद्धिः सलिले न कर्हिचिज्जनेष्वभिज्ञेषु स एव गोखरः Bhāg.1.84.13.
    -खा a nail.
    -गृष्टिः a young cow which has had only one calf.
    -गोयुगम् a pair of oxen.
    -गोष्ठम् a cow-pen, cattle-shed.
    -ग्रन्थिः 1 dried cowdung.
    -2 a cow-house.
    -ग्रहः capture of cattle (गवालम्भ); Mb.12.265.2.
    -ग्रासः the ceremony of offering a morsel (of grass) to a cow when performing an expiatory rite.
    -घातः, -घातकः, -घातिन् m. a cow-killer.
    -घृतम् 1 rain-water.
    -2 clarified butter coming from a cow.
    -घ्न a.
    1 destructive to cows.
    -2 one who has killed a cow.
    -3 one for whom a cow is killed, a guest.
    -चन्दनम् a kind of sandal-wood.
    -चर a.
    1 grazed over by cattle.
    -2 frequenting, dwelling, resorting to, haunting पितृसद्मगोचरः Ku.5.77.
    -3 within the scope, power, or range of; अवाङ्मनसगोचरम् R.1.15; so बुद्धि˚, दृष्टि˚, श्रवण˚ स्वगोचरे दीप्ततरा बभूव Bu. Ch.1.13.
    -4 moving on earth.
    -5 accessible to, attainable; त्याग- सूक्ष्मानुगः क्षेम्यः शौचगो ध्यागोचरः Mb.12.236.12.
    -6 circulating, having a particular meaning, prevalent.
    (-रः) 1 the range of cattle, pasturage; उपारताः पश्चिम- रात्रिगोचरात् Ki.4.1.
    -2 (a) a district, department, province, sphere. (b) an abode, dwelling-place, a place of resort; Śi.1.21; Ms.1.39.
    -3 range of the organs of sense, an object of sense; श्रवणगोचरे तिष्ठ be within ear-shot; नयनगोचरं या to become visible.
    -4 scope, range, in general; हर्तुर्याति न गोचरम् Bh.2.16.
    -5 (fig.) grip, hold, power, influence, control; कः कालस्य न गोचरा- न्तरगतः Pt.1.146; गोचरीभूतमक्ष्णोः U.6.26; Māl.5.24; अपि नाम मनागवतीर्णो$सि रतिरमणबाणगोचरम् Māl.1.
    -6 horizon.
    -7 field for action, scope; इन्द्रियाणि हयानाहुर्विषयांस्तेषु गोचरान् Kaṭh.3.4.
    -8 the range of the planets from the Lagna or from each other.
    ˚पीडा in- auspicious position of stars within the ecliptic; गोचर- पीडायामपि राशिर्बलिभिः शुभग्रहैर्दृष्टः (पीडां न करोति) Bṛi.S.41.13. (गोचरीकृ to place within the range (of sight), make current).
    -चर्मन् n.
    1 a cow's hide.
    -2 a particular measure of surface thus defined by Vasiṣṭha:-- दशहस्तेन वंशेन दशवंशान् समन्ततः । पञ्च चाभ्यधिकान् दद्यादेतद्गोचर्म चोच्यते ॥ ˚वसनः an epithet of Śiva.
    -चर्या seeking food like a cow; गोचर्यां नैगमश्चरेत् Bhāg.11.18.29.
    -चारकः cowherd.
    -चरणम् the tending or feeding of cows; Bhāg.1.38.8.
    -ज a.
    1 born in the earth (rice &c.).
    -2 produced by milk; अब्जा गोजा...... Kaṭh.5.2.
    -जरः an old ox or bull; नाद्रियन्ते यथापूर्वं कीनाशा इव गोजरम् Bhāg.3.3.13.
    -जलम् the urine of a bull or cow.
    -जागरिकम् auspi- ciousness, happiness. (
    -कः) a preparer of food, baker.
    -जात a. born in the heaven (gods); गोजाता अप्या मृळता च देवाः Rv.6.5.11.
    -जिह्वा N. of a plant (Mar. पाथरी).
    -जिह्विका the uvula.
    -जीव a. living on cattle (milk- man); Hch.1.7.
    -तल्लजः an excellent bull or cow.
    -तीर्थम् a cowhouse.
    -त्रम् [गां भूमिं त्रायते त्रै-क]
    1 a cow-pen.
    -2 a stable in general.
    -3 a family, race, lineage; गोत्रेण माठरो$स्मि Sk.; so कौशिकगोत्राः, वसिष्ठगोत्राः &c.; Ms.3.19,9.141.
    -4 a name, appellation; जगाद गोत्र- स्खलिते च का न तम् N.1.3; Ś.6.5; see ˚स्खलित below; मद्गोत्राङ्कं विरचितपदं गेयमुद्गातुकामा Me.88.
    -5 a multitude.
    -6 increase.
    -7 a forest.
    -8 a field.
    -9 a road.
    -1 possessions, wealth.
    -11 an umbrella, a parasol.
    -12 knowledge of futurity.
    -13 a genus, class, species.
    -14 a caste, tribe, caste according to families. (
    -त्रः) a mountain; 'गोत्रं नाम्नि कुले$प्यद्रौ' इति यादवः; Śi.9.8. Hence गोत्रोद्दलनः means Indra; cf. इन्द्रे तु गोत्रोद्दलनः कुलघ्ने गिरिदारणे Nm.
    (-त्रा) 1 a multitude of cows.
    -2 the earth.
    ˚उच्चारः recitation of family pedigree.
    ˚कर्तृ, -कारिन् m. the founder of a family.
    ˚कीला the earth.
    ˚ज a. born in the same family, gentile, a relation; Bhāg.3.7.24; Y.2.135.
    ˚पटः a genealogical table, pedigree.
    ˚प्रवरः the oldest member or founder of a family.
    -भिद् m. an epithet of Indra; हृदि क्षतो गोत्रभिदप्यमर्षणः R.3.53;6.73; Ku.2.52.
    ˚स्खलनम्, ˚स्खलितम् blundering or mistaking in calling (one) by his name, calling by a wrong name; स्मरसि स्मर मेखलागुणैरुत गौत्रस्खलितेषु बन्धनम् Ku.4.8.
    -द a. giving cows; Ms.4.231. (
    -दः) brain. (
    -दा) N. of the river Godāvarī.
    -दत्र a. Ved. giving cows. (
    -त्रः) an epithet of Indra. (
    -त्रम्) a crown (pro- tecting the head).
    -दन्त a. armed with a coat of mail.
    (-तम्) 1 yellow orpiment.
    -2 a white fossil substance.
    -दानम् 1 the gift of a cow.
    -2 the ceremony of tonsure or cutting the hair; रामलक्ष्मणयो राजन् गोदानं कारयस्व ह Rām.1.71.23; अथास्य गोदानविधेरनन्तरम् R.3. 33; (see Mallinātha's explanation of the word); कृत- गोदानमङ्गलाः U.1; अतोनं गोदानं दारकर्म च Kau. A.1.5; (Rām. explains the word differently).
    -3 the part of the head close to the right ear.
    -दाय a. intending to give cows.
    -दारणम् 1 a plough.
    -2 a spade, hoe.
    -दा, -दावरी N. of a river in the south.
    -दुह् m.,
    -दुहः 'cow-milker', a cowherd; सुदुघामिव गोदुहे R.1.4.1; चिरं निदध्यौ दुहतः स गोदुहः Śi.
    -दोहः 1 the milking of cows.
    -2 the milk of cows.
    -3 the time of milking cows.
    -दोहनम् 1 the time of milking cows.
    -2 the milking of cows; न लक्ष्यते ह्यवस्थानमपि गोदोहनं क्वचित् Bhāg.1.19. 4.
    -दोहनी a milk-pail.
    -द्रवः the urine of a bull or cow.
    -धनम् 1 a herd or multitude of cows, cattle.
    -2 possession of cows. (
    -नः) a broad-pointed arrow.
    -धरः a mountain.
    -धर्मः the law of cattle, rules relating to cattle; (open and unconcealed intercourse of the sexes); गोधर्मं सौरभेयाच्च सो$धीत्य निखिलं मुनिः । प्रावर्तत तदा कर्तुं श्रद्धावांस्तमशङ्कया ॥ Mb.1.14.26.
    -धुमः, -धूमः 1 wheat; Bṛi. Up.6.3.13.
    -2 the orange. ˚चूर्णम् wheat flour;
    -सम्भवम् a sour paste.
    -धूलिः 'dust of the cows', the time of sunset or evening twilight (so called be- cause cows, which generally return home at about sunset, raise up clouds of dust by their treading on the earth).
    -धेनुः a milch-cow with a calf.
    -भ्रः a mountain.
    -नन्दा an epithet of the wife of Śiva.
    -नन्दी the female of the Sārasa bird.
    -नर्दः 1 the (Indian) crane.
    -2 an epithet of Śiva (bellowing like a bull).
    -3 N. of a country.
    -नर्दीयः an epithet of Patañjali, author of the Mahābhāṣya.
    -नसः, -नासः 1 a kind of snake.
    -2 a kind of gem.
    -नसा the mouth of a cow.
    -नाथः 1 a bull.
    -2 an owner of land.
    -3 a herdsman.
    -4 an owner of kine.
    -नायः a cowherd; तद्यथा गोनायो$श्वनायः पुरुषनाय इत्येवं तदप आचक्षते$शनायेति Ch. Up.6.8.3.
    -नाशनः a wolf.
    -नासा the projecting snout of a cow or ox.
    -नासम् a kind of gem.
    -निष्यन्दः cow's urine.
    -पः 1 a cowherd (considered as belonging to a mixed tribe); गोपवेशस्य विष्णोः Me.15.
    -2 the chief of a cowpen.
    -3 the superintendent of a village.
    -4 a king.
    -5 a protector, guardian; Rv.1.61.1.
    ˚अनसी the wood of a thatch; गोपानसीषु क्षणमास्थितानाम् Śi.3.49.
    ˚अष्टमी the eighth day of the bright fortnight of Kārttika when Kṛiṣṇa is said to have worn the dress of a cowherd.
    ˚आटविका a cowherd.
    ˚कन्या 1 the daughter of a cowherd.
    -2 a nymph of Vṛindāvana.
    ˚अध्यक्षः, ˚इन्द्रः, ˚ईशः the chief of herdsmen, an epithet of Kṛiṣṇa.
    ˚चापः the rainbow.
    ˚दलः the betel-nut tree.
    ˚भद्रम् the fibrous root of a water-lily.
    ˚रसः gum myrrh.
    ˚राष्ट्राः (pl.) N. of a people. ˚वधूः f. a cowherd's wife; Bhāg.1.9.4. ˚वधूटी a young cowherdess, a young wife of a cowherd; गोपवधूटीदुकूलचौराय Bhāṣā P.1.
    (-पकः) 1 the superin- tendent of a district.
    -2 myrrh.
    (-पिका) 1 a cowher- dess; Bhāg.1.9.14-15.
    -2 protectress. (
    -पी) a cowherd's wife (especially applied to the cowherdesses of Vṛindāvana, the companions of Kṛiṣṇa in his juvenile sports).
    -2 a milk-maid.
    -3 a protectress.
    -4 Nature, elementary nature.
    -पतिः 1 an owner of cows.
    -2 a bull.
    -3 a leader, chief.
    -4 the sun; नीहारमिव गोपतिः Bhāg.1.12.1; Mb.1.173.32.
    -5 Indra; सुराङ्गना गोपतिचापगोपुरं पुरम् (जहुः) Ki.8.1.
    -6 N. of Kṛiṣṇa.
    -7 N. of Śiva.
    -8 N. of Varuṇa; एष पुत्रो महाप्रज्ञो वरुणस्येह गोपतेः Mb.5.98.11.
    -9 a king; नासतो विद्यते राजन् स ह्यरण्येषु गोपतिः Mb.12.135.26.
    -पथः N. of a Brāhmaṇa of Av.
    -पर्वतम् the name of the place where Pāṇini is said to have performed penance and propitiated Śiva; गोपर्वतमिति स्थानं शम्भोः प्रख्यापितं मया । यत्र पाणिनिना लेभे वैयाकरणिकाग्ऱ्यता ॥ अरुणाचलमाहात्म्यम्- उत्तरार्धः 2 अ. 68 श्लो.
    -पशुः a sacrificial cow.
    -पाः m. Ved.
    1 a herdsman.
    -2 protector, or guardian; मन्द्राग्रे- त्वरी भुवनस्य गोपा Av.2.1.57.
    -पानसी a curved beam which supports a thatch; गोपानसी तु वलभिच्छादने वक्रदारुणि Ak.2.2.15.
    -पालः 1 a cowherd; Ms.4.253.
    -2 a king.
    -3 an epithet of Śiva.
    -4 an epithet of Kṛ&iṣṇa. ˚धानी a cow-pen, cow-shed.
    -पालकः 1 a cowherd.
    -2 a king.
    -3 an epithet of Śiva; also of Kṛiṣṇa.
    -पालिः an epithet of Śiva.
    -पालिका, -पाली the wife of a cowherd; पार्थः प्रस्थापयामास कृत्वा गोपालिकावपुः Mb.1.221.19.
    -पालितः N. of a lexicographer.
    -पित्तम् bile of cows, ox-bile (from which the yellow pigment गोरोचना is prepared; गोपित्ततो रोचना Pt.1.94.).
    -पीतः a species of wagtail.
    -पीथः protection; अस्माकमृषीणां गोपीथे न उरुष्यतम् Rv.5.65.6. (
    -थम्) a holy place, a place of pilgrimage.
    -पुच्छम् a cow's tail.
    -2 a particular point of an arrow.
    (-च्छः) 1 a sort of monkey; Bhāg.8.2.22.
    -2 a sort of necklace consisting of two or four or thirty-four strings.
    -3 a kind of drum.
    -पुटिकम् the head of Śiva's bull.
    -पुत्रः 1 a young bull.
    -2 an epithet of Karṇa.
    -पुरम् 1 a town-gate; उत्तुङ्गसौधसुरमन्दिरगोपुरम् Māl.9.1.
    -2 a principal gate; दधतमुच्चशिलान्तरगोपुराः Ki.5.5.
    -3 the ornamental gate- way of a temple.
    -पुरीषम् cowdung.
    -प्रकाण्डम् an ex- cellent cow or bull.
    -प्रचारः pasture-ground, pasturage for cattle; ग्राम्येच्छया गोप्रचारो भूमी राजवशेन वा Y.2.166.
    -प्रत (ता) रः 1 a ford for cattle.
    -2 a place of pilgrimage on the Śarayū; यद्गोप्रतरकल्पो$भूत्संमर्दस्तत्र मज्जताम् । अतस्तदाख्यया तीर्थं पावनं भुवि पप्रथे ॥ R.15.11.
    -प्रदानम् same as गोदान.
    -प्रवेशः the time when cows return home, sunset or evening-twilight; गोप्रवेशसमये Bṛi. S.24.35.
    -फणा 1 a bandage hollowed out so as to fit the chin or nose &c.
    -2 a sling.
    -बालः the hair of cows.
    -भुज् m. a king; गोभुजां वल्लभा लक्ष्मीः Rāj. T.5.6.
    -भृत् m.
    1 a mountain.
    -2 a king.
    -मक्षिका a gadfly.
    -मघ a. granting cattle or cows कदा गोमघा हवनानि गच्छाः Rv.6.35.3.
    -मंडलम् 1 the globe.
    -2 a multitude of cows.
    -मण़्डीरः a kind of an aquatic bird; L. D. B.
    -मतम् = गव्यूति q. v.
    -मतल्लिका a tract- able cow, an excellent cow; अरिर्मधोरैक्षत गोमतल्लिकाम् Śi.12.41.
    -मथः a cowherd.
    -मध्यमध्य a. slender in the waist.
    -महिषदा N. of one of the Mātṛis attending on कार्तिकेय.
    -मांसम् beef.
    -मायु 1 a kind of frog.
    -2 a jackal; अनुहंकुरुते घनध्वनिं न हि गोमायुरुतानि केसरी Śi.16. 25.
    -3 bile of a cow.
    -4 N. of a Gandharva.
    -मीनः a kind of fish.
    -मुखः, -मुखम् [गोर्मुखमिव मुखमस्य] a kind of musical instrument; Bg.1.13; गोमुखानां च शृङ्गाणाम- नीकद्वयवर्तिनाम् Śiva. B.24.55.
    (-खः) 1 a crocodile, shark.
    -2 a hole of a particular shape in a wall made by thieves.
    (-खम्) 1 a house built unevenly.
    -2 spreading unguents, smearing; 'गोमुखं कुटिलाकारे वाद्यभाण्डे विलेपने' इति विश्वः; यस्यामलिन्देषु न चक्रुरेव मुग्धाङ्गना गोमयगो- मुखानि Śi.3.48. (
    -खम्, -खी) a cloth-bag of the shape of a gnomon containing a rosary, the beads of which are counted by the hand thrust inside.
    -2 a house built unevenly.
    -3 a particular method of sitting (a योगासन) (
    -खी) the chasm in the Himālaya mountains through which the Ganges flows.
    -मूढ a. stupid as a bull.
    -मूत्रम् cow's urine.
    -मूत्रकः a variety of lapis lazuli (बैदूर्य); Kau. A.2.11.
    -कम् a particular attitude (मण्डल) in गदायुद्ध; दक्षिणं मण्डलं सव्यं गोमूत्रकमथापि च । व्यचर- त्पाण्डवो राजन्नरिं संमोहयन्निव ॥ Mb.9.58.23. -a. zigzagging, going unevenly.
    -मूत्रिका 1 an artificial verse, the second of which repeats nearly all the syllables of the first. (Malli. thus defines it:-- वर्णानामेकरूपत्वं यद्येकान्तरमर्धयोः गोमूत्रिकेति तत्प्राहुर्दुष्करं तद्विदो विदुः ॥ see Śi.19.46.)
    -2 a form of calculation.
    -मृगः a kind of ox (गवय).
    -मेदः a gem brought from the Himālaya and Indus, des- cribed as of four different colours:-- white, pale-yellow, red, and dark-blue.
    -मेदकः 1 see गोमेद.
    -2 a kind of poison (काकोल).
    -3 smearing the body with unguents.
    -मेधः, -यज्ञः a cow-sacrifice; Rām.7.25.8.
    -यानम्, -रथः a carriage drawn by oxen; Rām.2.82.26; Ms. 11.174.
    -युक्त a. drawn by oxen.
    -युतम् 1 a cattle station.
    -2 a measure of two Krośas (गव्यूत); गोयुते गोयुते चैव न्यवसत्पुरुषर्षभः Mb.14.65.22.
    -रक्षः 1 a cow- herd.
    -2 keeping or tending cattle.
    -3 the orange.
    -4 an epithet of Śiva. ˚जम्बू f. wheat.
    -रक्षणम् tending cattle (with religious faith).
    -रङ्कुः 1 a water-fowl
    -2 a prisoner.
    -3 a naked man, a mendicant wandering about without clothes.
    -4 a chanter.
    -रवम् saffron.
    -रसः cow's milk.
    -2 curds.
    -3 buttermilk.
    -4 the flavour of a sentence; को रसो गोरसं विना Udb. ˚जम् buttermilk.
    -राजः an excellent bull.
    -राटिका, -राटी the Sārikā bird.
    -रुतम् a measure of dis- tance equal to two Krośas.
    -रूपम् the form of a cow. (
    -पः) N. of Śiva.
    -रोचम् yellow orpiment.
    -रोचना a bright yellow pigment prepared from the urine or bile of a cow, or found in the head of a cow.
    -लवणम् a measure of salt given to a cow.
    -लाङ्गु- (गू) लः a kind of monkey with a dark body, red cheeks and a tail like that of a cow; गोलाङ्गूलः कपोलं छुरयति रजसा कौसुमेन प्रियायाः Māl.9.3.
    -लोकः a part of heaven, cow-world.
    -लोभिका, -लोभी 1 a prostitute.
    -2 white Dūrvā grass.
    -3 Zedoary.
    -4 N. of a shrub.
    -वत्सः a calf. ˚आदिन m. a wolf.
    -वधः the killing of a cow; Ms.11.59.
    -वर्धनः a celebrated hill in वृन्दावन the country about Mathurā. ('This hill was lifted up and supported by Kṛiṣṇa upon one finger for seven days to shelter the cowherds from a storm of rain sent by Indra to test Kṛiṣṇa's divinity.') ˚धरः, ˚धरिन् m. an epithet of Kṛiṣṇa.
    -वरम् pounded cowdung.
    -वशा a barren cow.
    -वाटम्, -वासः a cow-pen.
    -वासन a. covered with an ox-hide.
    -विकर्तः, -विकर्तृ m.
    1 the killer of a cow; Mb.4.2.9.
    -2 a hus- bandman.
    -विततः a horse-sacrifice having many cows.
    -विन्दः 1 a cowkeeper, a chief herdsman.
    -2 N. of Kṛiṣṇa.
    -3 Bṛihaspati. ˚द्वादशी the twelfth day in the light half of the month of फाल्गुन
    -विष् f.,
    -विष्ठा cowdung.
    -विषाणिकः a kind of musical instrument; Mb.6.44.4.
    -विसर्गः day-break (when cows are let loose to graze in forests); Rām.7.111.9.
    -वीथिः f. N. of that portion of the moon's path which contains the asterisms भाद्रपदा, रेवती and अश्विनी, or according to some, हस्त, चित्रा and स्वाती Bṛi. S.9.2.
    -वीर्यम् the price received for milk.
    -वृन्दम् a drove of cattle.
    -वृन्दारकः an excellent bull or cow.
    -वृषः, -वृषभः an excellent bull; न तां शेकुर्नृपा वोढुमजित्वा सप्त गोवृषान् Bhāg 1.58.33. ˚ध्वजः an epithet of Śiva.
    -वैद्यः a quack docter.
    -व्रजः 1 a cow-pen.
    -2 a herd of cows.
    -3 a place where cattle graze.
    -व्रत, -व्रतिन् a. one who imitates a cow in fru- gality;...अत्र गोव्रतिनो विप्राः... ॥ यत्रपत्रशयो नित्यं येन केन- चिदाशितः । येन केनचिदाच्छन्नः स गोव्रत इहोच्यते ॥ Mb.5.99. 13-14.
    -शकृत् n. cowdung; Ms.2.182.
    -शतम् a present of a hundred cows to a Brāhmaṇa.
    -शालम्, -ला a cow-stall.
    -शीर्षः, -र्षम् a kind of sandal; Kau. A.2.11.
    -2 a kind of weapon (arrow ?); Mb.7.178. 23.
    -षड्गवम् three pairs of kine.
    -षन्, -षा a. Ved. acquiring or bestowing cows.
    -षा (सा) तिः 1 acquiring cattle; or fighting for cattle. गोषाता यस्य ते गिरः Rv.8.84.7.
    -2 giving cattle.
    -ष्टोमः a kind of sacri- fice fasting for one day.
    -संख्यः a cowherd.
    -सदृक्षः a species of ox (गवय).
    -सर्गः the time at which cows are usually let loose, day-break; see गोविसर्ग.
    -सवः a kind of cow-sacrifice (not performed in the Kali age); Mb.3.3.17.
    -सहस्रम् a kind of present (महादान). (
    -स्त्री) N. of two holidays on the fifteenth day of the dark half of कार्तिक and ज्येष्ठ.
    -सावित्री N. of a hymn (cf. गायत्री).
    -सूत्रिका a rope fastened at both ends having separate halters for each ox or cow.
    -स्तनः 1 the udder of a cow.
    -2 a cluster of blossoms, nosegay &c.
    -3 a pearl-necklace of four strings.
    -4 a kind of fort.
    -स्तना, -नी a bunch of grapes.
    -स्थानम्, -क्रम् a cow-pen.
    -स्वामिन् m.
    1 an owner of cows.
    -2 a religious mendicant.
    -3 an honorary title affixed to proper names; (e. g. वोपदेवगोस्वामिन्).
    -हत्या cow-slaughter.
    -हल्लम् (sometimes written हन्नम्) cow-dung.
    -हरः, -हरणम् stealing of cows; गोष्ठमुत्किरति गोहरं वदेत् Bṛi. S.89.9. (v. l.)
    -हित a. cherishing or protecting kine. (
    -तः) N. of Viṣṇu.

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  • 16 AHCI

    ahci > ahci-.
    *\AHCI v.i., atteindre, arriver.
    Angl., to reach, to arrive (K).
    he arrives ; it arrives ; it reaches. R.Joe Campbell 1997.
    Esp., llegar con la mano, o alcanzar con ella a donde algo esta o llegar al lugar donde voy (M).
    " ahciya ", il arrivait - it arrived. R.Joe Campbell 1997 (acia).
    " amahcizqueh ", vous arriverez - you (plur.) will arrive. R.Joe Campbell 1997.
    " mîxpantzinco nahci ", j'arrive devant toi (honorif.). Sah6,7 (naci).
    " intlâ huel îtech tahciz in âltepêtl ", si tu peux atteindre la ville. Sah9,13.
    " in yohualtica, in ihcuâc yohualnepantlah ôahcic ", pendant la nuit, quand minuit est arrivé. Sah8,64.
    " in ôahcic yohualnepantlah, in ihcuâc xelihui yohualli ", quand minuit est arrivé, quand la nuit se divise. Sah2,88.
    " ôahcic huêhuetlah ilamatlah ", lui et elle ont atteint le grand âge - er und sie haben das höchste Greisenalter erreicht. Est dit de l'ancêtre, mintôntli. Sah 1952,16:12 = Sah10,5.
    " in ôahcic nâhuîlhuitl inic netlahcahzâhualo ", quand sont passés les quatre jours pendant lesquels on jeûne durant la journée - when the four days had passed in which there was fasting during the day. Sah2,86.
    " centzon huel ahcic ", litt. 'il est arrivé à 400'. c'est à dire il est très habile, très adroit.
    Launey II 220 note 45.
    " huel ahciqueh in âmantlân, in tôllân, huel centzommeh ", ils arrivèrent au sommet de l'art, ils ont fait preuve de toutes les compétences. Est dit des Toltèques. Launey II 220 = Sah10,168. Launey traduit: 'à Amatlan, à Tula, ils ont fait preuve de toutes les compétences'. Anders Dib traduisent: 'they arrived right in Amatlan, in Tula'. Ils comprennent âmantlân et tollân comme les toponymes correspondant. Cf. aussi centzon.
    " huel înepantlah in ilhuicatl huel îyôllo in ahcitihcac ilhuicatl ", il se dresse atteignant le plein milieu du ciel, au coeur du cielto the very midst of the sky, to the very heart of the heavens it stood reaching. Présage de l'arrivée des Espagnols. Sah12,1.
    " huel ilhuicayôllohtitech ahcitihcac in iuh ittôya ", il se dressait au beau milieu du ciel quand on le voyait - to the very midpoint of the skies it stood streched as it was seen. Sah12,1.
    " huehca ahcitiuh in îcuitlapil ", sa queue s'étend loin - far did his tail go reaching. Il s'agit d'une comète. Sah12,2.
    " oncân mihtoa in quênin ahcico in achto âcalli huallah ", où l'on raconte comment arriva le bateau qui vint en premier - in which it is told how the first boat which came arrived. Sah12,5.
    " in momatqueh ca yehhuâtl in quetzalcôâtl topiltzin in ahcico ", ils ont pensé que c'était Quetzalcoatl Topiltzin qui arrivait - they thought it was Quetzalcoatl Topiltzin who had come to arrive. Sah12,5.
    " in ôahcicoh âtênco ", puis ils sont partis pour rejoindre le bord de l'eau. Sah12,13.
    " ihciuhca ahcitihuetzicoh in âtl ihtic in îtôcâyôcân xicalanco ", vite, ils ont promptement atteint, par le milieu de l'eau, l'endroit que l'on nomme Xicalanco. Sah12,17.
    " ahcicoh in tecpantlayacac ", ils ont atteint Tecpantlayacac. Sah12,17.
    " in ye îtech onahci miquiztli, zan teîxpampa êhuac ", au moment où la mort allait l'atteindre, il s'enfuit hors de vue. Launey II 188 = Sah7,8.
    " in ayamo ahci ilhuitl ", avant que la fête n'arrive. Sah2,141.
    " ahmo teuhtli tlazôlli îtech ahciz ", le vice ne l'atteindra pas - she will not come in touch with vice and filth. Sah6,209.
    *\AHCI v.t. tla-., atteindre, capturer quelque chose.
    Angl., to catch something with the hand, to reach for and take something (K).
    to grab s.th. R.Joe Campbell and Frances Karttunen II 27.
    Esp., alcanzar con la mano a donde esta la cosa (M).
    " in calli tzitzintlân cahcic ", elle atteint la base des maisons - it reached the bases of the houses. Est dit d'une inondation. Sah12,2.
    " in âquin têîxpan tziccuahcua in toquichti cuilonyôtl cahci, chimouhcâyôtl quinehuihuilia ", celui qui parmi nous autres les hommes mâche de la gomme en public, prend le statut de sodomite, il se met à l'état de ceux qui sont efféminés - who publicly chew chicle achieve the status of sodomites; they egal the effeminates. Sah10,90.
    " in mânel tlamaz yâôc mihtoa zan icnôyôtl in cahci ", bien qu'il fasse des prisonniers au combat on dit qu'il n'atteint que la misère. Sah4,94.
    " ca topallôtl cahci ", car (cela) atteint l'extravagance. Sah6,100.
    *\AHCI v.t. tê-., capturer (un homme ou un animal), le faire prisonnier.
    " quimonahciyah ", ils les faisaient prisonniers. Il s'agit des dieux des peuples vaincus. Sah2,182.
    " in tlâ nâhui, mâcuîlli cahci yâôc ", s'il fait quatre ou cinq prisonniers au combat.
    Sah10,186 = Launey II 256.
    " in têahci in têahcini ", celui qui a attrapé, celui qui a capturé des prisonniers. Sah2,84.
    " in âquin cahciya ", celui qui l'attrapait. Il s'agit d'un oiseau. Sah11,32.
    " centetl cahciqueh tôtôtl nextic iuhquin tocuilcoyotl ", ils ont attrapé un oiseau gris semblable à une grue - they caught an ashen bird like a brown crane.
    Présages de l'arrivée des Espagnols. Sah12,3.
    " ahmo cencah quimahci in câcanauhtin ", il n'attrape pas beaucoup de canards.
    Est dit du faucon blanc, iztac tlohtli. Sah11,44.
    " nicahci michin ", j'attrape un poisson. Sah11,58.
    *\AHCI v.réfl., arriver à maturité.
    " mahci ", elle arrive à maturité - he matures.
    Est dit d'une agave. Sah11,217.
    " iucci, mahci ", il mûrit, il est mûr - it ripens, matures. Est dit du fruit de l'êlôxôchitl. Sah11,202.
    " niman mahci, chicâhua ", alors elles fleurissent, elles s'épanouissent - then they are fully in bloom; they fill out. Est dit de fleurs. Sah11,214.
    " mahci, huel mahci ", il arrive à maturité, à pleine maturité - it becomes matured, well matured. Est dit d'un jeune arbre. Sah11,112.
    " timahciz ", tu atteindras la pleine maturité. Sah6,116.
    Cette forme réfléchie est plus ou moins lexicalisée avec le sens atteindre à la plénitude.
    Suivie de inic, elle sert à former des superlatifs.
    " in motilmah mahci inic iztac ", ton manteau est très blanc.
    Cf. la forme mahcic et le v.réfl. cemahci.
    *\AHCI v.réfl. avec négation, n'être pas mûr.
    " ahmahci ", il n'est pas mûr.
    " in oc quilitl, in aya chicâhua, in ahmahci, in chipîni, in tomolihui ", celles qui sont encore en herbe, avant qu'elles ne grossissent, qui ne sont pas mûres, celle qui sont comme des gouttelettes, comme des bourgeons - unformed, not yet firm, immature, those which have formed as droplets, as buds. Est dit de tomates qui ne sont pas mûres. Sah10,68.

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  • 17 Twiss, William

    [br]
    b. 1745
    d. 14 March 1827 Hardon Grange, Bingley, Yorkshire, England.
    [br]
    English army officer and military engineer.
    [br]
    William Twiss entered the Ordnance Department at the age of 15, and in 1762, aged 17, he was appointed Overseer of Works at Gibraltar. At the end of the Seven Years War, in 1763, he was commissioned Ensign in the Engineers, and further promotion followed while he still remained in Gibraltar. In 1771, as a Lieutenant, he returned to England to be employed on Port-smouth's dockyard fortifications. In 1776 he was posted to Canada, where he was soon appointed Controller of Works for the building of a British fleet for Lake Champlain. He was involved in military operations in the American War of Independence and in 1777 was present at the capture of Fort Ticonderoga (New York State). He was taken prisoner shortly afterwards, but was soon exchanged, and a year later he was promoted Captain.
    In 1779 he was given the task of constructing a short canal at Coteau du Lac, Quebec, to bypass rough water at this point in the St Lawrence River between Montreal and Pointe Maligne. This was probably the first locked canal in North America. In 1781, following his appointment as Chief Engineer for all military works in Canada, he supervised further navigational improvements on the St Lawrence with canals at Les Cèdres and the Cascades. In parallel with these projects, he was responsible for an amazing variety of works in Canada, including hospitals, windmills, store-houses, barracks, fortifications, roads, bridges, prisons, ironworks and dams. He was also responsible for a temporary citadel in Quebec.
    In 1783 he returned to England, and from 1794–1810 he served as Lieutenant- Governor of the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, although in 1799 he was sent to Holland as Commanding Engineer to the Duke of York. In 1802 he was promoted Colonel and was in Ireland reporting on the defences there. He became Colonel Commandant, Royal Engineers, in 1809, and retired two years later. In retirement he was promoted Lieu tenant-General in 1812 and General in 1825.
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    Further Reading
    W.Porter, 1889–1915, History of the Corps of Royal Engineers, London: Longmans.
    JHB

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