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area of hostilities

  • 1 район военных действий

    Русско-английский военный словарь > район военных действий

  • 2 район военных действий

    Русско-английский военно-политический словарь > район военных действий

  • 3 военные действия

    1. warfare
    2. hostility
    3. hostilities

    Русско-английский большой базовый словарь > военные действия

  • 4 район боевых действий

    Авиация и космонавтика. Русско-английский словарь > район боевых действий

  • 5 cese

    m.
    1 stopping, ceasing.
    2 sacking.
    3 cessation, discontinuation, ceasing, suspension.
    4 end, pause, halt, ending.
    5 termination of employment.
    pres.subj.
    1st person singular (yo) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: cesar.
    * * *
    1 cessation
    2 (despido) dismissal
    \
    dar el cese a alguien to dismiss somebody
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=parada) cessation

    cese de alarma — (Mil) all-clear signal

    2) (=despido) dismissal
    3) (=dimisión) resignation

    entregué mi cese al jefe — I handed in my resignation o gave in my notice to the boss

    * * *
    1) (frml o period) (fin, interrupción) cessation (frml)
    2) (frml o period)
    a) ( despido) dismissal
    b) ( renuncia) resignation
    * * *
    = cessation, termination.
    Ex. The reasong for the cessation of its use is more understandable.
    Ex. No area of library operations would be unaffected -- from the selection of materials to the hiring and termination of personnel.
    ----
    * cese de hostilidades = cease of hostilities.
    * cese del fuego = cease-fire, armistice.
    * cese de publicación de una revista = title cessation.
    * cese laboral = termination of employment.
    * intervalo de cese de actividad interactiva = interactive timeout interval (ITI).
    * * *
    1) (frml o period) (fin, interrupción) cessation (frml)
    2) (frml o period)
    a) ( despido) dismissal
    b) ( renuncia) resignation
    * * *
    = cessation, termination.

    Ex: The reasong for the cessation of its use is more understandable.

    Ex: No area of library operations would be unaffected -- from the selection of materials to the hiring and termination of personnel.
    * cese de hostilidades = cease of hostilities.
    * cese del fuego = cease-fire, armistice.
    * cese de publicación de una revista = title cessation.
    * cese laboral = termination of employment.
    * intervalo de cese de actividad interactiva = interactive timeout interval (ITI).

    * * *
    A ( frml o period) (fin, interrupción) cessation ( frml)
    el cese de las hostilidades the cessation of hostilities
    el cese de pagos de la deuda externa the suspension of foreign debt repayments
    amenazaron con el cese por tiempo indefinido de la actividad laboral they threatened an indefinite stoppage of work
    Compuesto:
    ( AmL) ceasefire
    B ( frml o period)
    1 (despido) dismissal
    sabía que mis declaraciones podrían costarme el cese I knew my comments could get me dismissed o could cost me my job
    darle el cese a algn to dismiss sb
    2 (renuncia) resignation
    * * *

    Del verbo cesar: ( conjugate cesar)

    cesé es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) pretérito indicativo

    cese es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo

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

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

    Multiple Entries:
    cesar    
    cese
    cesar ( conjugate cesar) verbo intransitivo
    1 ( parar) to stop;
    cese de hacer algo to stop doing sth;

    2 (frml o period) ( dimitir):

    cese sustantivo masculino (frml o period)
    a) ( interrupción) cessation (frml);


    cese del fuego (AmL) ceasefire

    cesar verbo intransitivo
    1 (parar) to stop, cease [de, -]: trabajamos sin cesar durante horas, we worked without a rest for hours ➣ Ver nota en cease
    2 (en un cargo o puesto) to resign [como/en, as]
    cese sustantivo masculino
    1 (suspensión) cessation, suspension
    2 (dimisión, renuncia) resignation
    ' cese' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cierre
    - salida
    - baja
    English:
    cessation
    - cease
    - redundancy
    - severance
    * * *
    cese nm
    1. [detención, paro] stopping, ceasing;
    la ONU pidió un cese del embargo económico the UN called for an end to the economic embargo;
    la guerrilla anunció el cese definitivo de sus acciones the guerrillas announced they were giving up violence;
    liquidación por cese de negocio [en letrero] closing-down sale
    Am cese del fuego cease-fire
    2. [destitución] dismissal, firing;
    [de alto cargo] removal from office;
    su apoyo a los huelguistas le costó el cese her support for the strikers cost her her job;
    le comunicaron el cese por teléfono he was informed of his sacking by telephone;
    dar el cese a alguien to dismiss sb
    * * *
    m cessation;
    cese de las hostilidades MIL ceasefire, cessation of hostilities;
    liquidación por cese de negocio closing up sale, Br closing down sale
    * * *
    cese nm
    1) : cessation, stop
    cese del fuego: cease-fire
    2) : dismissal

    Spanish-English dictionary > cese

  • 6 segnare

    ( marcare) mark
    ( annotare) note down
    sports score
    segnare a dito qualcuno point someone out, point to someone
    sentirsi segnato a dita feel the finger pointed at you
    ha segnato due gol he scored two goals
    * * *
    segnare v.tr.
    1 to mark; ( col marchio) to brand: aveva segnato alcuni passi del libro, he had marked a few passages in the book; ha segnato gli errori in rosso, he has marked the mistakes in red; segnare un itinerario sulla mappa, to mark a route on the map; segnare il bestiame, to brand the cattle; (comm.) segnare i colli, to mark the packages // esperienze che segnano, experiences that leave their mark
    2 ( graffiare) to scratch; to mark: non segnare il banco!, don't scratch the desk!
    3 ( prendere nota di) to write* down, to note (down); ( registrare) to enter: ha segnato le cose da ricordare, he wrote down the things to be remembered; segna l'ora dell'appuntamento, note down the time of the appointment; ti sei segnato l'indirizzo?, have you written down the address?; segnare i punti, ( al gioco) to keep the score; il caffè lo paga o glielo segno sul conto?, are you going to pay for the coffee, or shall I mark it up?; segnare il prezzo delle merci, to mark the prices of (o to price) the goods; segnare le spese, to keep a record of (o to write down) one's expenses; (amm.) segnare una somma a debito, a credito di qlcu., to debit, to credit s.o. with a sum; segnare le entrate e le uscite, to enter (o to record) income and expenditure // segnare nella mente, to impress on one's memory
    4 ( indicare) to mark, to indicate, to show*; ( col dito) to point at (s.o., sthg.): il contatore segna..., the meter reads...; l'orologio segna le ore, the clock tells the time; l'orologio segna le tre, the clock says three o'clock; la campanella segna l'inizio della lezione, the bell marks the beginning of the lesson; la manifestazione segnò l'inizio della rivolta, the demonstration marked the beginning of the revolt; il ruscello segna i limiti della nostra proprietà, the stream marks the boundary of our property; il punto preciso è segnato sulla carta, the exact point is shown on the map; il termometro segna 10 gradi, the thermometer registers (o stands at) 10 degrees // segnare qlcu. a dito, (fig.) to point (one's finger) at s.o.
    5 (mil.) segnare il passo, to mark time (anche fig.)
    6 (sport) to score: ho segnato due goal, I scored two goals
    7 (ant.) ( firmare) to sign: segnare un documento, to sign a document.
    ◘ segnarsi v.rifl. ( farsi il segno della croce) to cross oneself; to make* the sign of the cross.
    * * *
    [seɲ'ɲare]
    1. vt
    1) (fare un segno: gen) to mark, (scalfire) to score, mark, cut into, (graffiare) to scratch
    2) (annotare) to make a note of, jot down, note
    3) (indicare) to show, indicate, mark
    4) Sport to score
    Rel to cross o.s., make the sign of the cross
    * * *
    [seɲ'ɲare] 1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) to mark out [area, limite]

    segnare con una croce — to put a cross against [nome, voce di un elenco]

    2) (dare il segnale di) to signal, to mark [inizio, fine]

    segnare la ripresa delle ostilità — to mark o signal the renewal of hostilities

    3) (lasciare una traccia su) [persona, colpo] to mark [corpo, oggetto]
    4) (influenzare) [avvenimento, dramma, opera] to mark, to leave* its mark on [persona, epoca]
    5) (scrivere) to mark [ prezzo]; (annotare) to make* a note of, to record, to write* [sth.] down
    6) (indicare) [ orologio] to tell*, to say* [ ora]; [ strumenti] to record, to show* [pressione, temperatura]; mus. to mark, to beat* [ tempo]

    il termometro segna 35°C — the thermometer reads 35 degrees

    7) sport to score [goal, meta, canestro, punti]
    8) gerg. to mark [ carte]
    9) mil.
    10) (far risaltare) to hug, to show* up
    2.
    verbo pronominale segnarsi relig. to cross oneself
    * * *
    segnare
    /seŋ'ŋare/ [1]
     1 to mark out [area, limite]; segnare con una croce to put a cross against [nome, voce di un elenco]
     2 (dare il segnale di) to signal, to mark [inizio, fine]; segnare la ripresa delle ostilità to mark o signal the renewal of hostilities
     3 (lasciare una traccia su) [persona, colpo] to mark [corpo, oggetto]
     4 (influenzare) [avvenimento, dramma, opera] to mark, to leave* its mark on [persona, epoca]
     5 (scrivere) to mark [ prezzo]; (annotare) to make* a note of, to record, to write* [sth.] down; ho dimenticato di segnare la data sull'agenda I forgot to enter o put the date in my diary; lo segni sul mio conto put it down to my account o on my bill; segnare gli (studenti) assenti to mark students absent
     6 (indicare) [ orologio] to tell*, to say* [ ora]; [ strumenti] to record, to show* [pressione, temperatura]; mus. to mark, to beat* [ tempo]; il mio orologio segna le tre by my watch it's three o'clock; il termometro segna 35°C the thermometer reads 35 degrees; la lancetta segnava 60 km orari the speedometer was at 60 kph
     7 sport to score [goal, meta, canestro, punti]
     8 gerg. to mark [ carte]
     9 mil. segnare il passo to mark time (anche fig.)
     10 (far risaltare) to hug, to show* up; quell'abito ti segna troppo that dress fits you too tightly
    II segnarsi verbo pronominale
     relig. to cross oneself.

    Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > segnare

  • 7 romper

    v.
    1 to break.
    romper algo en pedazos to break/smash/tear something to pieces
    Eso rompe huesos That breaks bones.
    Su voz rompe el silencio His voice breaks the silence.
    2 to break.
    3 to break (empezar) (día).
    al romper el alba o día at daybreak
    romper a hacer algo to suddenly start doing something
    romper a llorar to burst into tears
    romper a reír to burst out laughing
    4 to break (olas).
    5 to wear out.
    6 to break (interrumpir) (monotonía, silencio, hábito).
    7 to break off.
    Su ira rompe nuestra amistad His anger breaks off our friendship.
    8 to tear, to tear up.
    Ellos rompieron los papeles They tore the papers.
    * * *
    (pp roto,-a)
    1 (gen) to break; (papel, tela) to tear; (cristal, loza) to smash, shatter
    2 (rajar, reventar) to split
    3 (gastar) to wear out
    4 (relaciones) to break off
    5 figurado (ley) to break, violate; (contrato) to break
    6 figurado (cerca, límite) to break through, break down
    7 (empezar) to initiate, begin
    8 figurado (interrumpir) to break, interrupt
    9 (mar, aire) to cleave
    1 (acabar - con algo) to break; (- con alguien) to split up, US break up
    2 (olas, día) to break
    3 (flores) to bloom, blossom
    4 romper a + inf figurado (empezar) to burst out
    5 romper en + sust figurado (prorrumpir) to burst into
    1 (gen) to break
    2 (papel, tela) to tear, rip
    3 (rajarse, reventarse) to split
    4 (desgastarse) to wear out
    5 (coche) to break down
    \
    de rompe y rasga familiar resolute, determined
    romper con alguien to quarrel with somebody, fall out with somebody
    romper el fuego MILITAR to open fire
    romper el hielo figurado to break the ice
    romperle la cara a alguien / romperle las narices a alguien familiar to smash somebody's face in
    romperse la cabeza (pensar) to rack one's brains 2 (herirse) to split one's head open
    romperse por la mitad to break in half, split in half
    * * *
    verb
    2) smash, shatter
    3) rip, tear
    •
    * * *
    (pp roto)
    1. VT
    1) (=partir, destrozar)
    a) [intencionadamente] [+ juguete, mueble, cuerda] to break; [+ rama] to break, break off; [+ vaso, jarrón, cristal] to break, smash
    b) (=rasgar) [+ tela, vestido, papel] to tear, rip

    ¡cuidado, que vas a romper las cortinas! — careful, you'll tear o rip the curtains!

    c) [por el uso] [+ zapatos, ropa] to wear out
    d) [+ barrera] (lit) to break down, break through; (fig) to break down
    e)

    romper aguas —

    - romper la cara a algn

    no haber roto un plato —

    de rompe y rasga —

    esquema, molde
    2) (=terminar) [+ equilibrio, silencio, maleficio, contrato] to break; [+ relaciones, amistad] to break off

    romper el servicio a algn — (Tenis) to break sb's service

    3) (Mil) [+ línea, cerco] to break, break through

    ¡rompan filas! — fall out!

    4) (Agr) [+ tierra] to break, break up
    5) Arg, Uru *** (=molestar) to piss off ***
    2. VI
    1) [olas] to break
    2) (=salir) [diente] to come through; [capullo, flor] to come out

    romper entre algo — to break through sth, burst through sth

    3) [alba, día] to break

    al romper el alba — at crack of dawn, at daybreak

    4) (=empezar)

    romper a hacer algo — to (suddenly) start doing sth, (suddenly) start to do sth

    5) (=separarse) [pareja, novios] to split up

    romper con — [+ novio, amante] to split up with, break up with; [+ amigo, familia] to fall out with; [+ aliado] to break off relations with; [+ tradición, costumbre, pasado] to break with; [+ imagen, tópico, leyenda] to break away from

    ha roto con su novio — she has broken o split up with her boyfriend

    3.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) <loza/mueble> to break; < ventana> to break, smash; <lápiz/cuerda> to break, snap
    b) < puerta> ( tirándola abajo) to break down; ( para que quede abierta) to break open
    c) <hoja/póster> ( rasgar) to tear; ( en varios pedazos) to tear up
    d) < camisa> to tear, split
    2)
    a) <silencio/monotonía> to break; < tranquilidad> to disturb
    b) <promesa/pacto> to break; <relaciones/compromiso> to break off
    2.
    romper vi
    1)
    a) olas to break
    b) (liter) alba to break; flores to open, burst open

    al romper el día — at daybreak, at the crack of dawn

    c) ( empezar)

    romper A + INF — to begin o start to + inf

    rompió a llorar/reír — she burst into tears/burst out laughing

    2) novios to break up, split up

    romper CON algn — con novio to split o break up with sb

    romper CON algo — con el pasado to break with sth; con tradición to break away from sth

    de rompe y rasga — < decidir> suddenly

    3.
    romperse verbo pronominal
    a) vaso/plato to break, smash, get broken o smashed; papel to tear, rip, get torn o ripped; televisor/ascensor (RPl) to break down
    b) pantalones/zapatos to wear out
    c) (refl) <brazo/pierna> to break
    * * *
    = break, break down, rupture, rip off, fracture, rip.
    Ex. The document arrangement adopted is often broken, in the sense that documents in libraries are rarely shelved in one single and self-evident sequence.
    Ex. It describes our experience in combatting mould which grew as a result of high humidity and temperatures when the air conditioning system broke down for several days after several days of rain.
    Ex. In conversing with her you hadn't got to tread lightly and warily, lest at any moment you might rupture the relationship, and tumble into eternal disgrace.
    Ex. Within the social sciences psychology journals are the most ripped off.
    Ex. He will miss a month after fracturing his hand in practice.
    Ex. He punched her in the head and forced her to another room where he pinned her to the floor and ripped her shirt trying to remove it.
    ----
    * algo que rompe la armonía = a blot on the landscape.
    * al romper el día = at the crack of dawn.
    * día + romper = day + break.
    * que no se rompe en mil pedazos = shatterproof.
    * que rompe la armonía = eyesore.
    * romper a carcajadas = break out with + laugh.
    * romper Algo en pedazos = tear + Nombre + to bits.
    * romper a reír = bubble over in + laugh, burst out + laughing, explode into + laughter.
    * romper barreras = break down + boundaries, break down + borders.
    * romper completamente = break off.
    * romper completamente con = make + a clean break with.
    * romper con = break out of, break through, step away from, break away from.
    * romper con la tradición = make + break with tradition, break with + tradition.
    * romper con una amenaza = slay + dragon.
    * romper el equilibrio = tip + the scales.
    * romper el hielo = break + the ice.
    * romper el molde tradicional = break out of + the traditional mould.
    * romper el silencio = break + the hush, break + silence, crack + the silence.
    * romper filas = break + ranks.
    * romper la barrera del sonido = break + the sound barrier.
    * romper la huelga = cross + the picket line.
    * romper la monotonía = relieve + monotony.
    * romper las barreras = breach + boundaries, breach + barriers.
    * romper las cadenas de la esclavitud = cast off + Posesivo + chains.
    * romper las ilusiones = shatter + Posesivo + hopes.
    * romper los esquemas = think out(side) + (of) the box.
    * romper los lazos con = sever + Posesivo + links with, sever + Posesivo + ties with, break + ties with.
    * romperse = snap off.
    * romperse el cuello = break + Posesivo + neck.
    * romperse la cabeza = puzzle + Reflexivo, scratch + Posesivo + head, rack + Posesivo + brains.
    * romper tajantemente con = make + a clean break with.
    * romper un acuerdo = sever + arrangement.
    * romper una lanza en favor de = stick up for.
    * romper una promesa = go back on, break + Posesivo + promise.
    * romper una relación = break off + relationship, sever + connection.
    * romper un lazo = sever + connection.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) <loza/mueble> to break; < ventana> to break, smash; <lápiz/cuerda> to break, snap
    b) < puerta> ( tirándola abajo) to break down; ( para que quede abierta) to break open
    c) <hoja/póster> ( rasgar) to tear; ( en varios pedazos) to tear up
    d) < camisa> to tear, split
    2)
    a) <silencio/monotonía> to break; < tranquilidad> to disturb
    b) <promesa/pacto> to break; <relaciones/compromiso> to break off
    2.
    romper vi
    1)
    a) olas to break
    b) (liter) alba to break; flores to open, burst open

    al romper el día — at daybreak, at the crack of dawn

    c) ( empezar)

    romper A + INF — to begin o start to + inf

    rompió a llorar/reír — she burst into tears/burst out laughing

    2) novios to break up, split up

    romper CON algn — con novio to split o break up with sb

    romper CON algo — con el pasado to break with sth; con tradición to break away from sth

    de rompe y rasga — < decidir> suddenly

    3.
    romperse verbo pronominal
    a) vaso/plato to break, smash, get broken o smashed; papel to tear, rip, get torn o ripped; televisor/ascensor (RPl) to break down
    b) pantalones/zapatos to wear out
    c) (refl) <brazo/pierna> to break
    * * *
    = break, break down, rupture, rip off, fracture, rip.

    Ex: The document arrangement adopted is often broken, in the sense that documents in libraries are rarely shelved in one single and self-evident sequence.

    Ex: It describes our experience in combatting mould which grew as a result of high humidity and temperatures when the air conditioning system broke down for several days after several days of rain.
    Ex: In conversing with her you hadn't got to tread lightly and warily, lest at any moment you might rupture the relationship, and tumble into eternal disgrace.
    Ex: Within the social sciences psychology journals are the most ripped off.
    Ex: He will miss a month after fracturing his hand in practice.
    Ex: He punched her in the head and forced her to another room where he pinned her to the floor and ripped her shirt trying to remove it.
    * algo que rompe la armonía = a blot on the landscape.
    * al romper el día = at the crack of dawn.
    * día + romper = day + break.
    * que no se rompe en mil pedazos = shatterproof.
    * que rompe la armonía = eyesore.
    * romper a carcajadas = break out with + laugh.
    * romper Algo en pedazos = tear + Nombre + to bits.
    * romper a reír = bubble over in + laugh, burst out + laughing, explode into + laughter.
    * romper barreras = break down + boundaries, break down + borders.
    * romper completamente = break off.
    * romper completamente con = make + a clean break with.
    * romper con = break out of, break through, step away from, break away from.
    * romper con la tradición = make + break with tradition, break with + tradition.
    * romper con una amenaza = slay + dragon.
    * romper el equilibrio = tip + the scales.
    * romper el hielo = break + the ice.
    * romper el molde tradicional = break out of + the traditional mould.
    * romper el silencio = break + the hush, break + silence, crack + the silence.
    * romper filas = break + ranks.
    * romper la barrera del sonido = break + the sound barrier.
    * romper la huelga = cross + the picket line.
    * romper la monotonía = relieve + monotony.
    * romper las barreras = breach + boundaries, breach + barriers.
    * romper las cadenas de la esclavitud = cast off + Posesivo + chains.
    * romper las ilusiones = shatter + Posesivo + hopes.
    * romper los esquemas = think out(side) + (of) the box.
    * romper los lazos con = sever + Posesivo + links with, sever + Posesivo + ties with, break + ties with.
    * romperse = snap off.
    * romperse el cuello = break + Posesivo + neck.
    * romperse la cabeza = puzzle + Reflexivo, scratch + Posesivo + head, rack + Posesivo + brains.
    * romper tajantemente con = make + a clean break with.
    * romper un acuerdo = sever + arrangement.
    * romper una lanza en favor de = stick up for.
    * romper una promesa = go back on, break + Posesivo + promise.
    * romper una relación = break off + relationship, sever + connection.
    * romper un lazo = sever + connection.

    * * *
    romper [ E30 ]
    vt
    A
    1 ‹taza› to break; ‹ventana› to break, smash; ‹lápiz/cuerda› to break, snap; ‹juguete/radio/silla› to break
    2 ‹puerta› (tirándola abajo) to break down; (para que quede abierta) to break open
    3 ‹hoja/póster› (rasgar) to tear; (en varios pedazos) to tear up
    4 ‹camisa› to tear, split
    B
    1 ‹silencio/monotonía› to break; ‹tranquilidad› to disturb
    2 ‹promesa/pacto› to break; ‹relaciones/compromiso› to break off
    C
    1 ( fam) ‹servicio› (en tenis) to break
    2 ( esp AmL) ‹récord› to break
    ■ romper
    vi
    A
    1 «olas» to break
    2 ( liter); «alba/día» to break; «flores» to open, burst open, come out
    salimos al romper el día we left at daybreak o at the crack of dawn
    3
    (empezar): cuando rompa el hervor when it reaches boiling point, when it comes to the boil o starts to boil
    romper A + INF to begin o start to + INF
    rompió a llorar/reír she burst into tears/burst out laughing
    romper EN algo:
    romper en llanto to burst into tears
    romper en sollozos to break into sobs, start sobbing
    B «novios» to break up, split up romper CON algn ‹con un novio› to split o break up WITH sb; ‹con un amigo› to fall out WITH sb romper CON algo ‹con el pasado› to break WITH sth; ‹con una tradición› to break away FROM sth, break WITH sth
    hay que romper con esas viejas creencias we have to break away from those old beliefs
    este verso rompe con la estructura general del poema this verse departs from the general structure of the poem
    de rompe y rasga: me lo dijo así, de rompe y rasga he told me like that, straight out ( colloq)
    no se puede decidir así de rompe y rasga you can't just decide like that on the spur of the moment
    mujeres de rompe y rasga strong-minded women
    C ( RPl vulg) (molestar) to bug ( colloq)
    1 «vaso/plato» to break, smash, get broken o smashed; «papel» to tear, rip, get torn o ripped; «televisor/lavadora/ascensor» ( RPl) to break down
    2 «pantalones/zapatos» to wear out
    se me rompieron los calcetines por el talón my socks have worn through o gone through at the heel
    3 ‹brazo/pierna/muñeca› to break
    se rompió el tobillo he broke his ankle
    4
    ( RPl fam) (esforzarse): no te rompas demasiado don't kill yourself ( colloq)
    no se rompieron mucho con el regalo they didn't go to much trouble o expense over the gift ( colloq)
    * * *

     

    romper ( conjugate romper) verbo transitivo
    1
    a) ‹loza/mueble› to break;

    ‹ ventana› to break, smash;
    ‹lápiz/cuerda› to break, snap
    b) ‹hoja/póster› ( rasgar) to tear;

    ( en varios pedazos) to tear up
    c) ‹ camisa› to tear, split

    2
    a) ‹silencio/monotonía› to break;

    ‹ tranquilidad› to disturb
    b) ‹promesa/pacto› to break;

    ‹relaciones/compromiso› to break off
    verbo intransitivo
    1

    b) (liter) [ alba] to break;


    c) ( empezar):

    ◊ rompió a llorar/reír she burst into tears/burst out laughing

    2 [ novios] to break up, split up;
    romper CON algn ‹ con novio› to split o break up with sb;
    romper CON algo ‹ con el pasado› to break with sth;
    ‹ con tradición› to break away from sth
    romperse verbo pronominal
    a) [vaso/plato] to break, smash, get broken o smashed;

    [ papel] to tear, rip, get torn o ripped;
    [televisor/ascensor] (RPl) to break down
    b) [pantalones/zapatos] to wear out

    c) ( refl) ‹brazo/pierna› to break

    romper
    I verbo transitivo
    1 to break
    (un cristal, una pieza de loza) to smash, shatter
    (una tela, un papel) to tear (up): rompió el contrato en pedazos, he tore the contract into pieces
    2 (relaciones, una negociación) to break off
    3 (una norma) to fail to fulfil, break
    (una promesa, un trato) to break
    4 (el ritmo, sueño, silencio) to break
    II verbo intransitivo
    1 (empezar el día, etc) to break: al cabo de un rato rompió a hablar, after a while she started talking
    rompió a llorar, he burst into tears
    2 (poner un fin) to break [con, with]: he roto con el pasado, I've broken with the past
    (relaciones de pareja) rompieron hace una semana, they broke up a week ago ➣ Ver nota en break
    ' romper' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    acabar
    - cascar
    - congénere
    - crisma
    - dejar
    - desligarse
    - desordenar
    - destrozar
    - frágil
    - hielo
    - lanza
    - partir
    - regañar
    - reñir
    - echar
    - espuma
    - mameluco
    - pacto
    - promesa
    - quebrar
    English:
    bash in
    - break
    - break into
    - break off
    - break up
    - break with
    - bust
    - bust up
    - crack
    - dash
    - fall out
    - finish with
    - ice
    - monotony
    - oath
    - pound
    - prompt
    - rank
    - relieve
    - rupture
    - sever
    - smash
    - snap
    - snap off
    - tear
    - tear up
    - chip
    - fall
    - half
    - rip
    - rompers
    - shatter
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [partir, fragmentar] to break;
    [hacer añicos] to smash; [rasgar] to tear;
    romper algo en pedazos to break/smash/tear sth to pieces;
    Mil
    ¡rompan filas! fall out!;
    Fam
    romper la baraja to get annoyed;
    Fam
    o jugamos todos, o se rompe la baraja either we all play, or nobody does
    2. [estropear] to break
    3. [desgastar] to wear out
    4. [interrumpir] [monotonía, silencio, hábito] to break;
    [hilo del discurso] to break off; [tradición] to put an end to, to stop
    5. [terminar] to break off
    6. [incumplir] to break;
    rompió su promesa de ayudarnos she broke her promise to help us
    7.
    romper el par [en golf] to break par
    8.
    romper el servicio de alguien [en tenis] to break sb's serve
    9. RP Fam [fastidiar]
    no me rompas give me a break;
    no (me) rompas la paciencia you're trying my patience;
    muy Fam
    romper las pelotas o [m5] las bolas o [m5] los huevos a alguien to get on sb's tits;
    muy Fam
    dejá de romper las pelotas o [m5] las bolas o [m5] los huevos stop being such a pain in the Br arse o US ass
    ♦ vi
    1. [terminar una relación]
    romper (con alguien) to break up o split up (with sb);
    rompió con su novia he broke up o split up with his girlfriend;
    ha roto con su familia she has broken off contact with her family;
    romper con la tradición to break with tradition;
    rompió con el partido she broke with the party
    2. [empezar] [día] to break;
    [hostilidades] to break out;
    al romper el alba o [m5] día at daybreak;
    romper a hacer algo to suddenly start doing sth;
    romper a llorar to burst into tears;
    romper a reír to burst out laughing
    3. [olas] to break
    4. Fam [tener éxito] to be a hit;
    un cantante que rompe a singer who's all the rage;
    de rompe y rasga: es una mujer de rompe y rasga she's a woman who knows what she wants o knows her own mind
    5. RP Fam [molestar] to be a pain;
    ¡no rompas! give me a break!
    * * *
    <part roto>
    I v/t
    1 break; ( hacer añicos) smash; tela, papel tear
    2 relación break off
    II v/i
    1 break;
    romper con alguien break up with s.o.
    2
    :
    romper a hacer algo start doing sth, start to do sth;
    romper a llorar burst into tears, start crying
    3
    :
    hombre de rompe y rasga strong-minded man
    * * *
    romper {70} vt
    1) : to break, to smash
    2) : to rip, to tear
    3) : to break off (relations), to break (a contract)
    4) : to break through, to break down
    5) gastar: to wear out
    romper vi
    1) : to break
    al romper del día: at the break of day
    2)
    romper a : to begin to, to burst out with
    romper a llorar: to burst into tears
    3)
    romper con : to break off with
    * * *
    romper vb
    1. (en general) to break [pt. broke; pp. broken]
    ¿quién ha roto el cristal? who broke the window?
    2. (papel, tela) to tear [pt. tore; pp. torn]
    3. (desgastar ropa, zapatos) to wear out [pt. wore; pp. worn]
    4. (acabar una relación) to split up [pt. & pp. split]

    Spanish-English dictionary > romper

  • 8 balkanlaştırmak

    v. balkanize, partition an area or territory into many small states that are frequently engaged in hostilities against one another

    Turkish-English dictionary > balkanlaştırmak

  • 9 balkanlaştırmamak

    v. (neg. form of balkanlaştırmak) balkanize, partition an area or territory into many small states that are frequently engaged in hostilities against one another

    Turkish-English dictionary > balkanlaştırmamak

  • 10 Chronology

      15,000-3,000 BCE Paleolithic cultures in western Portugal.
      400-200 BCE Greek and Carthaginian trade settlements on coast.
      202 BCE Roman armies invade ancient Lusitania.
      137 BCE Intensive Romanization of Lusitania begins.
      410 CE Germanic tribes — Suevi and Visigoths—begin conquest of Roman Lusitania and Galicia.
      714—16 Muslims begin conquest of Visigothic Lusitania.
      1034 Christian Reconquest frontier reaches Mondego River.
      1064 Christians conquer Coimbra.
      1139 Burgundian Count Afonso Henriques proclaims himself king of Portugal; birth of Portugal. Battle of Ourique: Afonso Henriques defeats Muslims.
      1147 With English Crusaders' help, Portuguese seize Lisbon from Muslims.
      1179 Papacy formally recognizes Portugal's independence (Pope Alexander III).
      1226 Campaign to reclaim Alentejo from Muslims begins.
      1249 Last Muslim city (Silves) falls to Portuguese Army.
      1381 Beginning of third war between Castile and Portugal.
      1383 Master of Aviz, João, proclaimed regent by Lisbon populace.
      1385 April: Master of Aviz, João I, proclaimed king of Portugal by Cortes of Coimbra. 14 August: Battle of Aljubarrota, Castilians defeated by royal forces, with assistance of English army.
      1394 Birth of "Prince Henry the Navigator," son of King João I.
      1415 Beginning of overseas expansion as Portugal captures Moroccan city of Ceuta.
      1419 Discovery of Madeira Islands.
      1425-28 Prince D. Pedro, older brother of Prince Henry, travels in Europe.
      1427 Discovery (or rediscovery?) of Azores Islands.
      1434 Prince Henry the Navigator's ships pass beyond Cape Bojador, West Africa.
      1437 Disaster at Tangier, Morocco, as Portuguese fail to capture city.
      1441 First African slaves from western Africa reach Portugal.
      1460 Death of Prince Henry. Portuguese reach what is now Senegal, West Africa.
      1470s Portuguese explore West African coast and reach what is now Ghana and Nigeria and begin colonizing islands of São Tomé and Príncipe.
      1479 Treaty of Alcáçovas between kings of Portugal and Spain.
      1482 Portuguese establish post at São Jorge da Mina, Gold Coast (now Ghana).
      1482-83 Portuguese navigator Diogo Cão reaches mouth of Congo River and Angola.
      1488 Navigator Bartolomeu Dias rounds Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, and finds route to Indian Ocean.
      1492-93 Columbus's first voyage to West Indies.
      1493 Columbus visits Azores and Portugal on return from first voyage; tells of discovery of New World. Treaty of Tordesillas signed between kings of Portugal and Spain: delimits spheres of conquest with line 370 leagues west of Cape Verde Islands (claimed by Portugal); Portugal's sphere to east of line includes, in effect, Brazil.
       King Manuel I and Royal Council decide to continue seeking all-water route around Africa to Asia.
       King Manuel I expels unconverted Jews from Portugal.
      1497-99 Epic voyage of Vasco da Gama from Portugal around Africa to west India, successful completion of sea route to Asia project; da Gama returns to Portugal with samples of Asian spices.
      1500 Bound for India, Navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral "discovers" coast of Brazil and claims it for Portugal.
      1506 Anti-Jewish riots in Lisbon.
       Battle of Diu, India; Portugal's command of Indian Ocean assured for some time with Francisco de Almeida's naval victory over Egyptian and Gujerati fleets.
       Afonso de Albuquerque conquers Goa, India; beginning of Portuguese hegemony in south Asia.
       Portuguese conquest of Malacca; commerce in Spice Islands.
      1519 Magellan begins circumnavigation voyage.
      1536 Inquisition begins in Portugal.
      1543 Portuguese merchants reach Japan.
      1557 Portuguese merchants granted Chinese territory of Macau for trading factory.
      1572 Luís de Camões publishes epic poem, Os Lusíadas.
      1578 Battle of Alcácer-Quivir; Moroccan forces defeat army of King Sebastião of Portugal; King Sebastião dies in battle. Portuguese succession crisis.
      1580 King Phillip II of Spain claims and conquers Portugal; Spanish rule of Portugal, 1580-1640.
      1607-24 Dutch conquer sections of Asia and Brazil formerly held by Portugal.
      1640 1 December: Portuguese revolution in Lisbon overthrows Spanish rule, restores independence. Beginning of Portugal's Braganza royal dynasty.
      1654 Following Dutch invasions and conquest of parts of Brazil and Angola, Dutch expelled by force.
      1661 Anglo-Portuguese Alliance treaty signed: England pledges to defend Portugal "as if it were England itself." Queen Catherine of Bra-ganza marries England's Charles II.
      1668 February: In Portuguese-Spanish peace treaty, Spain recognizes independence of Portugal, thus ending 28-year War of Restoration.
      1703 Methuen Treaties signed, key commercial trade agreement and defense treaty between England and Portugal.
      1750 Pombal becomes chief minister of King José I.
      1755 1 November: Massive Lisbon earthquake, tidal wave, and fire.
      1759 Expulsion of Jesuits from Portugal and colonies.
      1761 Slavery abolished in continental Portugal.
      1769 Abandonment of Mazagão, Morocco, last Portuguese outpost.
      1777 Pombal dismissed as chief minister by Queen Maria I, after death of José I.
      1791 Portugal and United States establish full diplomatic relations.
      1807 November: First Napoleonic invasion; French forces under Junot conquer Portugal. Royal family flees to colony of Brazil and remains there until 1821.
      1809 Second French invasion of Portugal under General Soult.
      1811 Third French invasion of Portugal under General Masséna.
      1813 Following British general Wellington's military victories, French forces evacuate Portugal.
      1817 Liberal, constitutional movements against absolutist monarchist rule break out in Brazil (Pernambuco) and Portugal (Lisbon, under General Gomes Freire); crushed by government. British marshal of Portugal's army, Beresford, rules Portugal.
       Liberal insurrection in army officer corps breaks out in Cadiz, Spain, and influences similar movement in Portugal's armed forces first in Oporto.
       King João VI returns from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and early draft of constitution; era of constitutional monarchy begins.
      1822 7 September: João VI's son Pedro proclaims independence of
       Brazil from Portugal and is named emperor. 23 September: Constitution of 1822 ratified.
       Portugal recognizes sovereign independence of Brazil.
       King João VI dies; power struggle for throne ensues between his sons, brothers Pedro and Miguel; Pedro, emperor of Brazil, abdicates Portuguese throne in favor of his daughter, D. Maria II, too young to assume crown. By agreement, Miguel, uncle of D. Maria, is to accept constitution and rule in her stead.
      1828 Miguel takes throne and abolishes constitution. Sections of Portugal rebel against Miguelite rule.
      1831 Emperor Pedro abdicates throne of Brazil and returns to Portugal to expel King Miguel from Portuguese throne.
      1832-34 Civil war between absolutist King Miguel and constitutionalist Pedro, who abandons throne of Brazil to restore his young daughter Maria to throne of Portugal; Miguel's armed forces defeated by those of Pedro. Miguel leaves for exile and constitution (1826 Charter) is restored.
      1834-53 Constitutional monarchy consolidated under rule of Queen Maria II, who dies in 1853.
      1851-71 Regeneration period of economic development and political stability; public works projects sponsored by Minister Fontes Pereira de Melo.
      1871-90 Rotativism period of alternating party governments; achieves political stability and less military intervention in politics and government. Expansion of colonial territory in tropical Africa.
       January: Following territorial dispute in central Africa, Britain delivers "Ultimatum" to Portugal demanding withdrawal of Portugal's forces from what is now Malawi and Zimbabwe. Portugal's government, humiliated in accepting demand under threat of a diplomatic break, falls. Beginning of governmental and political instability; monarchist decline and republicanism's rise.
       Anglo-Portuguese treaties signed relating to delimitation of frontiers in colonial Africa.
      1899 Treaty of Windsor; renewal of Anglo-Portuguese defense and friendship alliance.
      1903 Triumphal visit of King Edward VII to Portugal.
      1906 Politician João Franco supported by King Carlos I in dictatorship to restore order and reform.
      1908 1 February: Murder in Lisbon of King Carlos I and his heir apparent, Prince Dom Luís, by Portuguese anarchists. Eighteen-year-old King Manuel II assumes throne.
      1910 3-5 October: Following republican-led military insurrection in armed forces, monarchy falls and first Portuguese republic is proclaimed. Beginning of unstable, economically troubled, parliamentary republic form of government.
       May: Violent insurrection in Lisbon overturns government of General Pimenta de Castro; nearly a thousand casualties from several days of armed combat in capital.
       March: Following Portugal's honoring ally Britain's request to confiscate German shipping in Portuguese harbors, Germany declares war on Portugal; Portugal enters World War I on Allied side.
       Portugal organizes and dispatches Portuguese Expeditionary Corps to fight on the Western Front. 9 April: Portuguese forces mauled by German offensive in Battle of Lys. Food rationing and riots in Lisbon. Portuguese military operations in Mozambique against German expedition's invasion from German East Africa. 5 December: Authoritarian, presidentialist government under Major Sidónio Pais takes power in Lisbon, following a successful military coup.
      1918 11 November: Armistice brings cessation of hostilities on Western Front in World War I. Portuguese expeditionary forces stationed in Angola, Mozambique, and Flanders begin return trip to Portugal. 14 December: President Sidónio Pais assassinated. Chaotic period of ephemeral civil war ensues.
      1919-21 Excessively unstable political period, including January
      1919 abortive effort of Portuguese monarchists to restore Braganza dynasty to power. Republican forces prevail, but level of public violence, economic distress, and deprivation remains high.
      1921 October: Political violence attains peak with murder of former prime minister and other prominent political figures in Lisbon. Sectors of armed forces and Guarda Nacional Republicana are mutinous. Year of financial and corruption scandals, including Portuguese bank note (fraud) case; military court acquits guilty military insurrectionists, and one military judge declares "the country is sick."
       28 May: Republic overthrown by military coup or pronunciamento and conspiracy among officer corps. Parliament's doors locked and parliament closed for nearly nine years to January 1935. End of parliamentary republic, Western Europe's most unstable political system in this century, beginning of the Portuguese dictatorship, after 1930 known as the Estado Novo. Officer corps assumes reins of government, initiates military censorship of the press, and suppresses opposition.
       February: Military dictatorship under General Óscar Carmona crushes failed republican armed insurrection in Oporto and Lisbon.
       April: Military dictatorship names Professor Antônio de Oliveira Salazar minister of finance, with dictatorial powers over budget, to stabilize finances and rebuild economy. Insurrectionism among military elements continues into 1931.
      1930 Dr. Salazar named minister for colonies and announces balanced budgets. Salazar consolidates support by various means, including creation of official regime "movement," the National Union. Salazar engineers Colonial Act to ensure Lisbon's control of bankrupt African colonies by means of new fiscal controls and centralization of authority. July: Military dictatorship names Salazar prime minister for first time, and cabinet composition undergoes civilianization; academic colleagues and protégés plan conservative reform and rejuvenation of society, polity, and economy. Regime comes to be called the Estado Novo (New State). New State's constitution ratified by new parliament, the National Assembly; Portugal described in document as "unitary, corporative Republic" and governance influenced by Salazar's stern personality and doctrines such as integralism, Catholicism, and fiscal conservatism.
      1936 Violent instability and ensuing civil war in neighboring Spain, soon internationalized by fascist and communist intervention, shake Estado Novo regime. Pseudofascist period of regime features creation of imitation Fascist institutions to defend regime from leftist threats; Portugal institutes "Portuguese Youth" and "Portuguese Legion."
      1939 3 September: Prime Minister Salazar declares Portugal's neutrality in World War II. October: Anglo-Portuguese agreement grants naval and air base facilities to Britain and later to United States for Battle of the Atlantic and Normandy invasion support. Third Reich protests breach of Portugal's neutrality.
       6 June: On day of Allies' Normandy invasion, Portugal suspends mining and export of wolfram ore to both sides in war.
       8 May: Popular celebrations of Allied victory and Fascist defeat in Lisbon and Oporto coincide with Victory in Europe Day. Following managed elections for Estado Novo's National Assembly in November, regime police, renamed PIDE, with increased powers, represses opposition.
      1947 Abortive military coup in central Portugal easily crushed by regime. Independence of India and initiation of Indian protests against Portuguese colonial rule in Goa and other enclaves.
      1949 Portugal becomes founding member of NATO.
      1951 Portugal alters constitution and renames overseas colonies "Overseas Provinces." Portugal and United States sign military base agreements for use of air and naval facilities in Azores Islands and military aid to Lisbon. President Carmona dies in office, succeeded by General Craveiro Lopes (1951-58). July: Indians occupy enclave of Portuguese India (dependency of Damão) by means of passive resistance movement. August: Indian passive resistance movement in Portuguese India repelled by Portuguese forces with loss of life. December: With U.S. backing, Portugal admitted as member of United Nations (along with Spain). Air force general Humberto Delgado, in opposition, challenges Estado Novo's hand-picked successor to Craveiro Lopes, Admiral Américo Tomás. Delgado rallies coalition of democratic, liberal, and communist opposition but loses rigged election and later flees to exile in Brazil. Portugal joins European Free Trade Association (EFTA).
       January and February: Estado Novo rocked by armed African insurrection in northern Angola, crushed by armed forces. Hijacking of Portuguese ocean liner by ally of Delgado, Captain Henrique Galvão. April: Salazar defeats attempted military coup and reshuffles cabinet with group of younger figures who seek to reform colonial rule and strengthen the regime's image abroad. 18 December: Indian army rapidly defeats Portugal's defense force in Goa, Damão, and Diu and incorporates Portugal's Indian possessions into Indian Union. January: Abortive military coup in Beja, Portugal.
      1965 February: General Delgado and his Brazilian secretary murdered and secretly buried near Spanish frontier by political police, PIDE.
      1968 August and September: Prime Minister Salazar, aged 79, suffers crippling stoke. President Tomás names former cabinet officer Marcello Caetano as Salazar's successor. Caetano institutes modest reforms in Portugal and overseas.
      1971 Caetano government ratifies amended constitution that allows slight devolution and autonomy to overseas provinces in Africa and Asia. Right-wing loyalists oppose reforms in Portugal. 25 April: Military coup engineered by Armed Forces Movement overthrows Estado Novo and establishes provisional government emphasizing democratization, development, and decolonization. Limited resistance by loyalists. President Tomás and Premier Caetano flown to exile first in Madeira and then in Brazil. General Spínola appointed president. September: Revolution moves to left, as President Spínola, thwarted in his program, resigns.
       March: Military coup by conservative forces fails, and leftist response includes nationalization of major portion of economy. Polarization between forces and parties of left and right. 25 November: Military coup by moderate military elements thwarts leftist forces. Constituent Assembly prepares constitution. Revolution moves from left to center and then right.
       March: Constitution ratified by Assembly of the Republic. 25 April: Second general legislative election gives largest share of seats to Socialist Party (PS). Former oppositionist lawyer, Mário Soares, elected deputy and named prime minister.
      1977-85 Political pendulum of democratic Portugal moves from center-left to center-right, as Social Democratic Party (PSD) increases hold on assembly and take office under Prime Minister Cavaco Silva. July
      1985 elections give edge to PSD who advocate strong free-enterprise measures and revision of leftist-generated 1976 Constitution, amended modestly in 1982.
      1986 January: Portugal joins European Economic Community (EEC).
      1987 July: General, legislative elections for assembly give more than 50 percent to PSD led by Prime Minister Cavaco Silva. For first time, since 1974, Portugal has a working majority government.
      1989 June: Following revisions of 1976 Constitution, reprivatization of economy begins, under PS government.
       January: Presidential elections, Mário Soares reelected for second term. July: General, legislative elections for assembly result in new PSD victory and majority government.
       January-July: Portugal holds presidency of the Council of the European Economic Community (EEC). December: Tariff barriers fall as fully integrated Common Market established in the EEC.
       November: Treaty of Maastricht comes into force. The EEC officially becomes the European Union (EU). Portugal is signatory with 11 other member-nations.
       October: General, legislative elections for assembly result in PS victory and naming of Prime Minister Guterres. PS replace PSD as leading political party. November: Excavations for Lisbon bank uncover ancient Phoenician, Roman, and Christian ruins.
       January: General, presidential elections; socialist Jorge Sampaio defeats PSD's Cavaco Silva and assumes presidency from Dr. Mário Soares. July: Community of Portuguese Languages Countries (CPLP) cofounded by Portugal and Brazil.
       May-September: Expo '98 held in Lisbon. Opening of Vasco da Gama Bridge across Tagus River, Europe's longest (17 kilometers/ 11 miles). June: National referendum on abortion law change defeated after low voter turnout. November: National referendum on regionaliza-tion and devolution of power defeated after another low voter turnout.
       October: General, legislative elections: PS victory over PSD lacks clear majority in parliament. Following East Timor referendum, which votes for independence and withdrawal of Indonesia, outburst of popular outrage in streets, media, and communications of Portugal approves armed intervention and administration of United Nations (and withdrawal of Indonesia) in East Timor. Portugal and Indonesia restore diplomatic relations. December: A Special Territory since 1975, Colony of Macau transferred to sovereignty of People's Republic of China.
       January-June: Portugal holds presidency of the Council of the EU; end of Discoveries Historical Commemoration Cycle (1988-2000).
       United Nations forces continue to occupy and administer former colony of East Timor, with Portugal's approval.
       January: General, presidential elections; PS president Sampaio reelected for second term. City of Oporto, "European City of Culture" for the year, hosts arts festival. December: Municipal elections: PSD defeats PS; socialist prime minister Guterres resigns; President Sampaio calls March parliamentary elections.
       1 January: Portugal enters single European Currency system. Euro currency adopted and ceases use of former national currency, the escudo. March: Parliamentary elections; PSD defeats PS and José Durão Barroso becomes prime minister. Military modernization law passed. Portugal holds chairmanship of Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).
       May: Municipal law passed permitting municipalities to reorganize in new ways.
       June: Prime Minister Durão Barroso, invited to succeed Romano Prodi as president of EU Commission, resigns. Pedro Santana Lopes becomes prime minister. European Parliament elections held. Conscription for national service in army and navy ended. Mass grave uncovered at Academy of Sciences Museum, Lisbon, revealing remains of several thousand victims of Lisbon earthquake, 1755.
       February: Parliamentary elections; PS defeats PSD, socialists win first absolute majority in parliament since 1975. José Sócrates becomes prime minister.
       January: Presidential elections; PSD candidate Aníbal Cavaco Silva elected and assumes presidency from Jorge Sampaio. Portugal's national soccer team ranked 7th out of 205 countries by international soccer association. European Union's Bologna Process in educational reform initiated in Portugal.
       July-December: Portugal holds presidency of the Council of the European Union. For reasons of economy, Portugal announces closure of many consulates, especially in France and the eastern US. Government begins official inspections of private institutions of higher education, following scandals.
      2008 January: Prime Minister Sócrates announces location of new Lisbon area airport as Alcochete, on south bank of Tagus River, site of air force shooting range. February: Portuguese Army begins to receive new modern battle tanks (Leopard 2 A6). March: Mass protest of 85,000 public school (primary and secondary levels) teachers in Lisbon schools dispute recent educational policies of minister of education and prime minister.

    Historical dictionary of Portugal > Chronology

  • 11 Ayre, Sir Amos Lowrey

    SUBJECT AREA: Ports and shipping
    [br]
    b. 23 July 1885 South Shields, England
    d. 13 January 1952 London, England
    [br]
    English shipbuilder and pioneer of the inter-war "economy" freighters; Chairman of the Shipbuilding Conference.
    [br]
    Amos Ayre grew up on the Tyne with the stimulus of shipbuilding and seafaring around him. After an apprenticeship as a ship draughtsman and distinction in his studies, he held responsible posts in the shipyards of Belfast and later Dublin. His first dramatic move came in 1909 when he accepted the post of Manager of the new Employment Exchange at Govan, then just outside Glasgow. During the First World War he was in charge of fleet coaling operations on the River Forth, and later was promoted Admiralty District Director for shipyard labour in Scotland.
    Before the conclusion of hostilities, with his brother Wilfrid (later Sir Wilfrid Ayre) he founded the Burntisland Shipbuilding Company in Fife. Setting up on a green field site allowed the brothers to show innovation in design, production and marketing. Such was their success that the new yard was busy throughout the Depression, building standard ships which incorporated low operating costs with simplicity of construction.
    Through public service culminating in the 1929 Safety of Life at Sea Conference, Amos Ayre became recognized not only as an eminent naval architect, but also as a skilled negotiator. In 1936 he was invited to become Chairman of the Shipbuilding Conference and thereby virtual leader of the industry. As war approached he planned with meticulous care the rearrangement of national shipbuilding capacity, enabling Britain to produce standard hulls ranging from the legendary TID tugs to the standard freighters built in Sunderland or Port Glasgow. In 1939 he became Director of Merchant Shipbuilding, a position he held until 1944, when with typical foresight he asked to be released to plan for shipbuilding's return to normality.
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    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Knighted 1937. KBE 1943. Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau.
    Bibliography
    1919, "The theory and design of British shipbuilding", The Syren and Shipping, London.
    Further Reading
    Wilfrid Ayre, 1968, A Shipbuilders Yesterdays, Fife (published privately). James Reid, 1964, James Lithgow, Master of Work, London.
    Maurice E.Denny, 1955, "The man and his work" (First Amos Ayre Lecture), Transactions of the Institution of Naval Architects vol. 97.
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  • 12 Henry, James J.

    SUBJECT AREA: Ports and shipping
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    b. 22 June 1913 Ancon, Panama Canal Zone
    d. 1986 USA
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    American naval architect, innovator in specialist cargo-ship design.
    [br]
    After graduating in 1935 from the Webb Institute of Naval Architecture, New York, Henry served in different government agencies until 1938 when he joined the fast expanding US Maritime Commission. He assisted in the design and construction of troop-carrying vessels, Cl cargo ships, and he supervised the construction of two wartime attack transports. At the end of hostilities, he set up as a consultant naval architect and by 1951 had incorporated the business as J.J.Henry \& Company Inc. The opportunities that consultancy gave him were grasped eagerly; he became involved in the conversion of war-built tonnage to peaceful purposes (such as T2 tankers to ore carriers), the development of the new technologies of the carriage of liquefied gases at cryogenic temperatures and low pressures and, possibly the greatest step forward of all, the development of containerization. Containerization and the closely related field of barge transportation were to provide considerable business during the 1960s and the 1970s. The company designed the wonderful 33-knot container ships for Sea-Land and the auspicious Sea-bee barge carriers for the Lykes Brothers of New Orleans. James Henry's professional achievements were recognized internationally when he was elected President of the (United States) Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers in 1969. By then he had served on many boards and committees and was especially honoured to be Chairman of the Board of Trustees of his graduating college, the Webb Institute of Naval Architecture of New York.
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  • 13 Lithgow, James

    SUBJECT AREA: Ports and shipping
    [br]
    b. 27 January 1883 Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Scotland
    d. 23 February 1952 Langbank, Renfrewshire, Scotland
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    Scottish shipbuilder; creator of one of the twentieth century's leading industrial organizations.
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    Lithgow attended Glasgow Academy and then spent a year in Paris. In 1901 he commenced a shipyard apprenticeship with Russell \& Co., where his father, William Lithgow, was sole proprietor. For years Russell's had topped the Clyde tonnage output and more than once had been the world's leading yard. Along with his brother Henry, Lithgow in 1908 was appointed a director, and in a few years he was Chairman and the yard was renamed Lithgows Ltd. By the outbreak of the First World War the Lithgow brothers were recognized as good shipbuilders and astute businessmen. In 1914 he joined the Royal Artillery; he rose to the rank of major and served with distinction, but his skills in administration were recognized and he was recalled home to become Director of Merchant Shipbuilding when British shipping losses due to submarine attack became critical. This appointment set a pattern, with public duties becoming predominant and the day-to-day shipyard business being organized by his brother. During the interwar years, Lithgow served on many councils designed to generate work and expand British commercial interests. His public appointments were legion, but none was as controversial as his directorship of National Shipbuilders Security Ltd, formed to purchase and "sterilize" inefficient shipyards that were hindering recovery from the Depression. To this day opinions are divided on this issue, but it is beyond doubt that Lithgow believed in the task in hand and served unstintingly. During the Second World War he was Controller of Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs and was one of the few civilians to be on the Board of Admiralty. On the cessation of hostilities, Lithgow devoted time to research boards and to the expansion of the Lithgow Group, which now included the massive Fairfield Shipyard as well as steel, marine engineering and other companies.
    Throughout his life Lithgow worked for the Territorial Army, but he was also a devoted member of the Church of Scotland. He gave practical support to the lona Community, no doubt influenced by unbounded love of the West Highlands and Islands of Scotland.
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    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Military Cross and mentioned in dispatches during the First World War. Baronet 1925. Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire 1945. Commander of the Order of the Orange-Nassau (the Netherlands). CB 1947. Served as the employers' representative on the League of Nations International Labour Conference in the 1930s. President, British Iron and Steel Cofederation 1943.
    Further Reading
    J.M.Reid, 1964, James Lithgow, Master of Work, London: Hutchinson.
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  • 14 Messel, Rudolf

    SUBJECT AREA: Chemical technology
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    b. 14 January 1848 Darmstadt, Germany
    d. 18 April 1920 London, England
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    German industrial chemist.
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    Messel served three years as an apprentice to the chemical manufacturers E.Lucius of Frankfurt before studying chemistry at Zürich, Heidelberg and Tübingen. In 1870 he travelled to England to assist the distinguished chemist Sir Henry Roscoe, but was soon recalled to Germany on the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War. After hostilities ceased, Messel returned to London to join the firm of manufacturers of sulphuric acid Dunn, Squire \& Company of Stratford, London. The firm amalgamated with Spencer Chapman, and after Messel became its Managing Director in 1878 it was known as Spencer, Chapman \& Messel Ltd.
    Messel's principal contribution to chemical technology was the invention of the contact process for the manufacture of sulphuric acid. Earlier processes for making this essential product, now needed in ever-increasing quantities by the new processes for making dyestuffs, fertilizers and explosives, were based on the oxidation of sulphur dioxide by oxides of nitrogen, developed by Joshua Ward and John Roebuck. Attempts to oxidize the dioxide to the trioxide with the oxygen in the air in the presence of a suitable catalyst had so far failed because the catalyst had become "poisoned" and ineffective; Messel avoided this by using highly purified gases. The contact process produced a concentrated form of sulphuric acid called oleum. Until the outbreak of the First World War, Messel's firm was the principal manufacturer, but then the demand rose sharply, so that other firms had to engage in its manufacture. Production thereby increased from 20,000 to 450,000 tons per year.
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    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    FRS 1912. President, Society of Chemical Industry 1911–12, 1914.
    Further Reading
    1931, Special jubilee issue, Journal of the Society of the Chemical Industry (July). G.T.Morgan and D.D.Pratt, 1938, The British Chemical Industry, London.
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  • 15 Yarrow, Sir Alfred Fernandez

    SUBJECT AREA: Ports and shipping
    [br]
    b. 13 January 1842 London, England
    d. 24 January 1932 London, England
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    English shipbuilder, naval architect, engineer and philanthropist.
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    At the conclusion of his schooling in the South of England, Yarrow became an indentured apprentice to the Thames engine-builder Ravenhill. During this five-year period various incidents and meetings sharpened his interest in scientific matters and he showed the skills that in later years were to be so beneficial to shipbuilding. For two years he acted as London representative for Ravenhill before joining up with a Mr Hedley to form a shipyard on the Isle of Dogs. The company lasted from 1868 until 1875 and in that period produced 350 small launches and other craft. This massive output enabled Yarrow to gain confidence in many aspects of ship design. Within two years of setting out on his own he built his first ship for the Royal Navy: a torpedo boat, then at the cutting edge of technology.
    In the early 1890s the company was building watertube boilers and producing destroyers with speeds in excess of 27 knots (50 km/h); it built the Russian destroyer Sokol, did pioneering work with aluminium and with high-tensile steels and worked on shipboard equipment to nullify vibrational effects. With the closure of most of the Thames shipyards and the run-down in skilled labour, Yarrow decided that the shipyard must move to some other part of the United Kingdom. After careful deliberation a green field site to the west of Glasgow was chosen, and in 1908 their first Clyde-built destroyer was launched. The company expanded, more building berths were arranged, boiler construction was developed and over the years they became recognized as specialists in smaller highspeed craft and in "knock down" ships for other parts of the world.
    Yarrow retired in 1913, but at the commencement of the First World War he returned to help the yard produce, in four years, twenty-nine destroyers with speeds of up to 40 knots (74 km/h). At the end of hostilities he gave of his time and money to many charities, including those for ex-servicemen. He left a remarkable industrial organization which remains to this day the most prolific builder of surface craft for the Royal Navy.
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    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Created Baronet 1916. FRS 1922. Vice-President, Institution of Naval Architects 1896.
    Further Reading
    Lady Yarrow, 1924, Alfred Yarrow, His Life and Work, London: Edward Arnold. A.Borthwick, 1965, Yarrow and Company Limited, The First Hundred Years 1865–
    1965, Glasgow.
    B.Baxter, 1986, "Alfred Fernandez Yarrow", Dictionary of Scottish Business Biography, Vol. I, pp. 245–7, Slaven \& Checkland and Aberdeen University Press.
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