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assembly plan

  • 1 Launch Assembly Plan

    Abbreviation: LAP

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > Launch Assembly Plan

  • 2 plan de montage

    m
    assembly drawing, erection drawing

    Dictionnaire d'ingénierie, d'architecture et de construction > plan de montage

  • 3 assembly and operations plan

    Military: AOP

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > assembly and operations plan

  • 4 assembly-and-operations plan

    Quality control: AOP

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > assembly-and-operations plan

  • 5 montaj planı

    assembly plan

    Turkish-English dictionary > montaj planı

  • 6 montaj planı

    assembly plan

    İngilizce Sözlük Türkçe > montaj planı

  • 7 Bauplan

    m <bau.doku> ■ construction plan; construction diagram; structural drawing; architect's plan; building plan
    m < doku> (Montagezeichnung) ■ assembly plan

    German-english technical dictionary > Bauplan

  • 8 samletegning

    subst. assembly drawing, assembly plan

    Norsk-engelsk ordbok > samletegning

  • 9 план сбора в районе сосредоточения

    Military: assembly plan

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > план сбора в районе сосредоточения

  • 10 planta

    f.
    1 plant (vegetal).
    planta de interior house plant
    2 plant.
    planta depuradora purification plant
    planta desalinizadora desalination plant
    planta de envase o envasadora packaging plant
    planta de montaje assembly plant
    3 floor (piso).
    4 sole.
    5 industrial plant, plant, works.
    6 top view, ground plan.
    7 sole of the foot, sole.
    pres.indicat.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: plantar.
    imperat.
    2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: plantar.
    * * *
    1 BOTÁNICA plant
    2 (del pie) sole
    4 (industrial) plant
    \
    de nueva planta brand-new
    tener buena planta to be good-looking
    planta baja ground floor, US first floor
    * * *
    noun f.
    3) sole
    * * *
    I
    SF (Bot) plant

    planta de interior — indoor plant, houseplant

    II
    SF
    1) (=piso) floor

    planta baja — ground o (EEUU) first floor

    2) (Arquit) (=plano) ground plan
    3) (tb: planta del pie) the sole of the foot

    asentar sus plantas en — iró to install o.s. in

    4) (=aspecto)
    5) (=fábrica) plant

    planta potabilizadora — waterworks sing, water treatment plant

    6) (Baile, Esgrima) position (of the feet)
    7) (=plan) plan, programme, program (EEUU), scheme
    * * *
    1) (Bot) plant
    2) (Arquit)
    a) ( plano) plan
    b) ( piso) floor

    primera/tercera planta — second/fourth floor (AmE), first/third floor (BrE)

    3) (Tec) ( instalación) plant
    4) ( del pie) sole
    5) (tipo, apariencia)
    6) ( de empleados) staff
    * * *
    1) (Bot) plant
    2) (Arquit)
    a) ( plano) plan
    b) ( piso) floor

    primera/tercera planta — second/fourth floor (AmE), first/third floor (BrE)

    3) (Tec) ( instalación) plant
    4) ( del pie) sole
    5) (tipo, apariencia)
    6) ( de empleados) staff
    * * *
    planta1
    1 = plant.
    Nota: Biología.

    Ex: Concepts which denote parts of a plant, eg leaf, flower, etc, are also Personality concepts.

    * cesta colgante para plantas = hanging basket.
    * ciencias de las plantas = plant science(s).
    * dársele a Uno bien las plantas = have + a green thumb, have + green fingers.
    * planta acuática = aquatic plant.
    * planta anual = annual.
    * planta aromática = aromatic plant.
    * planta autóctona = indigenous plant.
    * planta bienal = biennial.
    * planta carnívora = carnivorous plant.
    * planta de floración = flowering plant.
    * planta de hoja perenne = evergreen plant, evergreen.
    * planta de interior = houseplant.
    * planta de jardín = garden plant.
    * planta de semillero = seedling.
    * planta joven = seedling.
    * planta madre = rootstock.
    * planta medicinal = medicinal plant.
    * planta ornamental = ornamental plant, ornamental.
    * planta ornamental de arriate = bedding plant.
    * planta ornamental exterior = bedding plant.
    * planta perenne = perennial.
    * planta que echa flores = bloomer.
    * planta resistente a las heladas = hardy-annual.
    * planta subtropical = subtropical plant.
    * planta trepadora = vine.
    * planta tropical = tropical plant.
    * planta vascular = vascular plant, vascular plant.
    * tener buena mano con las plantas = have + a green thumb, have + green fingers.

    planta2
    2 = floor, level, storey [story, -USA], story [storey, -UK].

    Ex: The library, which is of split-level design on 2 floors, includes a lending collection, children's library, study area, and audio-visual section.

    Ex: The other rooms on the third, second and first levels have a mixture of stacking chairs with writing board arms.
    Ex: The library is situated on the top two floors of a six storey building.
    Ex: The vista of main street shows in addition to the jumble and squeeze of shops, a 12- story skyscraper, several impressive banks, and a few elderly housing units.
    * bloque de muchas plantas = high-rise building.
    * casa de tres plantas = three-storeyed house.
    * con varias plantas = multi-storey [multistorey/multistory].
    * de dos plantas = two-storey [two-story].
    * de + Número + plantas = Número + story.
    * enfermera de planta = bedside nurse.
    * en varias plantas = multi-storey [multistorey/multistory].
    * planta baja = lower level, ground floor.
    * planta del pie = sole.

    planta3
    3 = plant.

    Ex: The author describes the approach and its application to 2 different processes: coffee roasting and decaffeination in a Nestle plant.

    * planta de automóviles = automotive plant.
    * planta de cemento = cement plant.
    * planta de embotellado = bottler.
    * planta de envasado = bottler.
    * planta de fundición = smelting plant.
    * planta de laminación de acero = steel mill.
    * planta de montaje = assembly plant.
    * planta de secado = drying plant.
    * planta de tratamiento de aguas residuales = sewage plant, sewage treatment plant.
    * planta embotelladora = bottler.
    * planta envasadora = bottler.
    * planta industrial = industrial plant.
    * planta nuclear = nuclear power station, nuclear power plant.
    * planta química = chemical plant.
    * planta siderúrgica = steel works [steelworks].

    * * *
    A ( Bot) plant
    Compuestos:
    houseplant, indoor plant
    tobacco plant
    oxygenator
    B ( Arquit)
    1 (plano) plan
    la planta y el alzado de un edificio the ground plan and elevation of a building
    2 (piso) floor
    primera/tercera planta second/fourth floor ( AmE), first/third floor ( BrE)
    una casa de dos plantas a two-story* house
    grandes ofertas en la planta de señoras big savings in the ladies' fashion department
    Compuesto:
    first floor ( AmE), ground floor ( BrE)
    C ( Tec) (instalación) plant
    una planta industrial an industrial plant
    una planta eléctrica an electricity generating plant, power plant ( AmE), power station ( BrE)
    Compuestos:
    sewage treatment plant
    recycling plant
    ● planta de reprocesamiento or reprocesado
    reprocessing plant
    food processing plant
    D (del pie) sole
    asentar sus plantas en un lugar to make oneself at home
    E
    (tipo, apariencia): de buena planta fine-looking
    un animal de magnífica planta a magnificent beast
    nuestra planta de profesores our teaching staff
    la planta de obreros de la empresa the company's work force
    * * *

     

    Del verbo plantar: ( conjugate plantar)

    planta es:

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

    2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

    Multiple Entries:
    planta    
    plantar
    planta sustantivo femenino
    1 (Bot) plant;

    2 (Arquit)
    a) ( plano) plan

    b) ( piso) floor;


    planta baja first floor (AmE), ground floor (BrE)
    3 (Tec) ( instalación) plant
    4 ( del pie) sole
    plantar ( conjugate plantar) verbo transitivo
    1
    a) ‹árboles/cebollas› to plant

    b) ‹ postes› to put in;

    ‹ tienda› to pitch, put up
    2 (fam)
    a) ( abandonar) ‹ novio› to ditch (colloq), to dump (colloq);

    ‹ estudios› to give up, to quit (AmE)
    b) ( dejar plantado) ‹ persona› ( en cita) to stand … up;

    ( el día de la boda) to jilt
    plantarse verbo pronominal
    1 (fam) (quedarse, pararse) to plant oneself (colloq)
    2 (Jueg) (en cartas, apuesta) to stick
    planta sustantivo femenino
    1 Bot plant
    planta trepadora, climbing plant
    2 (piso) floor: está en la tercera planta, it's on the third floor
    planta baja, ground floor, US first floor
    un edificio de tres plantas, a three-storey building, US a three-story building
    3 (del pie) sole
    4 (constitución, aspecto) el novio tiene muy buena planta, the groom is very handsome
    plantar verbo transitivo
    1 Bot Agr to plant: plantaremos todo el jardín de jazmines, we'll plant the whole garden with jasmines
    2 (una cosa) to put, place
    3 (los estudios, un trabajo) to quit, give up
    4 (a una persona) to dump, ditch
    dejar a alguien plantado, to stand sb up
    5 (dar) to give, plant
    ♦ Locuciones: plantar cara (a alguien), to stand up (to sb)
    ' planta' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    alcaparra
    - arrancar
    - café
    - central
    - chalet
    - cruzar
    - cultivo
    - directoria I
    - directorio
    - fructífera
    - fructífero
    - gomero
    - hechura
    - lacia
    - lacio
    - lechosa
    - lechoso
    - lozana
    - lozano
    - oferta
    - pimiento
    - pinchar
    - pincho
    - piso
    - poner
    - prender
    - púa
    - raquítica
    - raquítico
    - regar
    - requerir
    - resistente
    - seca
    - secarse
    - seco
    - segunda
    - segundo
    - soja
    - talle
    - tercera
    - tercero
    - yute
    - abrasar
    - achicharrar
    - agarrar
    - anís
    - anual
    - arraigar
    - bajo
    - brotar
    English:
    above
    - annual
    - biennial
    - climb
    - creep
    - curative
    - cut back
    - diseased
    - downstairs
    - evergreen
    - first
    - floor
    - floor plan
    - flourish
    - flowering
    - foul
    - ground floor
    - grow
    - hardy
    - host
    - hybrid
    - indoor
    - lush
    - luxuriant
    - nurture
    - oregano
    - plant
    - poisonous
    - potted
    - prickly
    - pull up
    - rank
    - revive
    - seedling
    - shoot up
    - shrivel
    - sole
    - stake
    - stalk
    - stem
    - sting
    - straggle
    - tear up
    - thrive
    - trail
    - train
    - venomous
    - water
    - water plant
    - waterworks
    * * *
    planta nf
    1. [vegetal] plant
    planta acuática aquatic plant;
    planta anual annual;
    planta de interior house plant, indoor plant;
    planta medicinal medicinal plant;
    planta perenne perennial;
    planta transgénica transgenic plant;
    planta trepadora climbing plant
    2. [fábrica] plant
    planta depuradora purification plant;
    planta desaladora de agua desalination plant;
    planta desalinizadora desalination plant;
    planta envasadora packaging plant;
    planta de envase packaging plant;
    RP planta faenadora de reses abattoir;
    planta de montaje assembly plant;
    planta de reciclaje recycling plant;
    planta de tratamiento de residuos waste treatment plant
    3. [piso] floor;
    planta baja Br ground floor, US first floor;
    planta primera Br first floor, US second floor
    4. [plano] plan;
    un templo de planta rectangular a temple built on a rectangular plan;
    de nueva planta brand new
    5. [del pie] sole
    6. Comp
    tener buena planta to be good-looking
    * * *
    f
    1 BOT plant
    2 ( piso) floor;
    * * *
    planta nf
    1) : plant
    planta de interior: houseplant
    2) fábrica: plant, factory
    3) piso: floor, story
    4) : staff, employees pl
    5) : sole (of the foot)
    * * *
    1. (flor) plant
    2. (piso) floor

    Spanish-English dictionary > planta

  • 11 sala

    f.
    1 room.
    sala de bingo bingo hall
    sala de calderas boiler room
    sala de espera waiting room
    sala de estar lounge, living room
    sala de juntas boardroom
    sala de lectura reading room
    sala de máquinas engine room
    sala de partos delivery room
    sala de profesores staff room
    2 hall (local) (de conferencias, conciertos).
    un cine de ocho salas an eight-screen cinema o multiplex
    sala de embarque departure lounge
    sala de fiestas discotheque
    sala de subastas auction room
    sala de tránsito transfer lounge
    sala VIP VIP lounge
    3 court(room) (law) (place).
    4 living room, hall, sitting room, drawing-room.
    5 parlor, parlour.
    Sala de billar Billiard parlor...
    6 ward.
    pres.indicat.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: salar.
    imperat.
    2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: salar.
    * * *
    1 (aposento) room; (grande) hall
    2 (sala de estar) lounge, living room
    3 (de hospital) ward; (de cine) cinema; (de teatro) theatre
    ■ ¿en qué sala la dan? which screen is it on?
    4 DERECHO (lugar) courtroom; (tribunal) court
    \
    sala de actos assembly hall
    sala de espectáculos (teatro) theatre (US theater) 2 (cine) cinema
    sala de espera waiting room
    sala de estar lounge, living room
    sala de exposiciones exhibition hall, gallery
    sala de fiestas nightclub, discotheque
    sala de lectura reading room
    sala de máquinas (de buque) engine room 2 (de fotocopiadoras) photocopying room
    sala de operaciones operating theatre (US theater)
    sala de partos delivery room
    * * *
    noun f.
    1) hall, room
    * * *
    SF
    1) [en casa] (tb: sala de estar) living room, sitting room, lounge; (=cuarto grande) hall; [de castillo] hall
    2) (=local público) (Teat, Mús) auditorium; (Cine) cinema, movie theater (EEUU); (Jur) court; (Med) ward

    sala capitular — chapterhouse, meeting room

    sala cinematográfica — cinema, movie theater (EEUU)

    sala de autoridades — (Aer) VIP lounge

    sala de cine — cinema, movie theater (EEUU)

    sala de conferencias — [gen] conference hall; (Univ) lecture hall, lecture theatre, lecture theater (EEUU)

    sala de consejos — meeting room, conference room

    sala de espera — (Med, Ferro) waiting room; (Aer) departure lounge

    sala de juegos — [en casino] gaming room; [en hotel, barco] casino

    sala de juntas — (Com) boardroom

    sala de lo criminal, sala de lo penal — criminal court

    sala de máquinas — (Náut) engine room

    sala de operaciones — operating theatre, operating room (EEUU)

    sala de subastas — saleroom, auction room

    sala de urgencias — accident and emergency department, casualty department

    sala VIP — [en aeropuerto] VIP lounge

    3) (=muebles) suite of living room furniture, lounge suite
    * * *
    a) ( de casa) tb

    sala de estar — living room, lounge (BrE)

    b) ( de hotel) lounge
    c) ( en hospital) ward
    d) (para reuniones, conferencias) hall; (Teatr) theater*; (Cin) movie theater (AmE), cinema (BrE)
    e) ( sede de tribunal) courtroom, court
    * * *
    = facility, hall, room, suite.
    Ex. Solutions include constructing compact shelving, on-site remote storage or building new library facilities.
    Ex. The open-plan flexible library can be enonomical since overseeing is facilitated by the openness rather than be dividing the building into rooms or halls, thereby requiring less staff.
    Ex. The open-plan flexible library can be enonomical since overseeing is facilitated by the openness rather than be dividing the building into rooms or halls, thereby requiring less staff.
    Ex. The centre includes information in many formats, computers, audiovisual facilities, a recording studio and an editing suite.
    ----
    * consulta en sala = in-house materials use.
    * en la sala de informática = lab based [lab-based].
    * fondo de consulta en sala = reserve reading collection, reserve collection, reserve shelves, special reserve, reserve book room.
    * libro de consulta en sala = reserve room book.
    * sala capitular = chapter house.
    * sala de calderas = boiler room.
    * sala de chat = chat room [chatroom].
    * sala de cine = movie theatre.
    * sala de composición = composing room.
    * sala de conciertos = concert hall.
    * sala de conferencias = lecture room, conference room, conference hall, lecture theatre, auditory theatre, lecture hall, presentation room.
    * sala de congresos = convention hall.
    * sala de convenciones = convention hall.
    * sala de descanso = coffee lounge.
    * sala de entrada = entrance lobby.
    * sala de escribir = scriptorium [scriptoria, -pl.].
    * sala de escucha = listening room.
    * sala de espera = waiting room.
    * sala de estar = sitting-room, living room, drawing room, lounge.
    * sala de estar para el personal = coffee lounge.
    * sala de estudiantes = student common room.
    * sala de estudio = study facilities, study room.
    * sala de exposiciones = exhibition room, exhibit hall.
    * sala de exposición y venta = show room [showroom].
    * sala de fiestas = dance-hall, ballroom.
    * sala de hospital = hospital ward, ward.
    * sala de impresión = press room [pressroom].
    * sala de información = information lobby.
    * sala de informática = computer room, computer lab, computer laboratory.
    * sala de juegos = games room.
    * sala de juntas = boardroom [board room].
    * sala de juntas del ayuntamiento = town council meeting room.
    * sala de justicia = courtroom.
    * sala del bingo = bingo hall.
    * sala del correo = mail room.
    * sála de lectura = reading room, reading area.
    * sala de lectura de periódicos = newsroom.
    * sala de libros raros = rare book room.
    * sala del profesorado = faculty common room.
    * sala del tribunal = courtroom.
    * Sala de Manuscritos e Historia Local = Manuscript and Local History Room.
    * sala de máquinas = machine room.
    * sala de material audiovisual = audiovisual room.
    * sala de montaje de vídeos = video editing suite.
    * sala de muestras = show room [showroom].
    * sala de operaciones = operating room.
    * sala de ordeñar = milking parlour.
    * sala de ordeño = milking parlour.
    * sala de personal = staff lounge.
    * sala de primeros auxilios = emergency room.
    * sala de profesores = faculty common room.
    * sala de redacción = newsroom.
    * sala de referencia = reference room.
    * sala de reuniones = meeting room, interview room.
    * sala de televisión = TV lounge.
    * sala de tortura = torture chamber.
    * sala de trabajo = workroom.
    * sala de urgencias = emergency room, emergency ward, casualty ward.
    * sala de velatorios = funeral chapel, chapel of rest.
    * sala multimedia = media suite.
    * sala para cambiar bebés = baby changing room, baby changing room.
    * sección para el fondo de consulta en sala = reserve room.
    * * *
    a) ( de casa) tb

    sala de estar — living room, lounge (BrE)

    b) ( de hotel) lounge
    c) ( en hospital) ward
    d) (para reuniones, conferencias) hall; (Teatr) theater*; (Cin) movie theater (AmE), cinema (BrE)
    e) ( sede de tribunal) courtroom, court
    * * *
    = facility, hall, room, suite.

    Ex: Solutions include constructing compact shelving, on-site remote storage or building new library facilities.

    Ex: The open-plan flexible library can be enonomical since overseeing is facilitated by the openness rather than be dividing the building into rooms or halls, thereby requiring less staff.
    Ex: The open-plan flexible library can be enonomical since overseeing is facilitated by the openness rather than be dividing the building into rooms or halls, thereby requiring less staff.
    Ex: The centre includes information in many formats, computers, audiovisual facilities, a recording studio and an editing suite.
    * consulta en sala = in-house materials use.
    * en la sala de informática = lab based [lab-based].
    * fondo de consulta en sala = reserve reading collection, reserve collection, reserve shelves, special reserve, reserve book room.
    * libro de consulta en sala = reserve room book.
    * sala capitular = chapter house.
    * sala de calderas = boiler room.
    * sala de chat = chat room [chatroom].
    * sala de cine = movie theatre.
    * sala de composición = composing room.
    * sala de conciertos = concert hall.
    * sala de conferencias = lecture room, conference room, conference hall, lecture theatre, auditory theatre, lecture hall, presentation room.
    * sala de congresos = convention hall.
    * sala de convenciones = convention hall.
    * sala de descanso = coffee lounge.
    * sala de entrada = entrance lobby.
    * sala de escribir = scriptorium [scriptoria, -pl.].
    * sala de escucha = listening room.
    * sala de espera = waiting room.
    * sala de estar = sitting-room, living room, drawing room, lounge.
    * sala de estar para el personal = coffee lounge.
    * sala de estudiantes = student common room.
    * sala de estudio = study facilities, study room.
    * sala de exposiciones = exhibition room, exhibit hall.
    * sala de exposición y venta = show room [showroom].
    * sala de fiestas = dance-hall, ballroom.
    * sala de hospital = hospital ward, ward.
    * sala de impresión = press room [pressroom].
    * sala de información = information lobby.
    * sala de informática = computer room, computer lab, computer laboratory.
    * sala de juegos = games room.
    * sala de juntas = boardroom [board room].
    * sala de juntas del ayuntamiento = town council meeting room.
    * sala de justicia = courtroom.
    * sala del bingo = bingo hall.
    * sala del correo = mail room.
    * sála de lectura = reading room, reading area.
    * sala de lectura de periódicos = newsroom.
    * sala de libros raros = rare book room.
    * sala del profesorado = faculty common room.
    * sala del tribunal = courtroom.
    * Sala de Manuscritos e Historia Local = Manuscript and Local History Room.
    * sala de máquinas = machine room.
    * sala de material audiovisual = audiovisual room.
    * sala de montaje de vídeos = video editing suite.
    * sala de muestras = show room [showroom].
    * sala de operaciones = operating room.
    * sala de ordeñar = milking parlour.
    * sala de ordeño = milking parlour.
    * sala de personal = staff lounge.
    * sala de primeros auxilios = emergency room.
    * sala de profesores = faculty common room.
    * sala de redacción = newsroom.
    * sala de referencia = reference room.
    * sala de reuniones = meeting room, interview room.
    * sala de televisión = TV lounge.
    * sala de tortura = torture chamber.
    * sala de trabajo = workroom.
    * sala de urgencias = emergency room, emergency ward, casualty ward.
    * sala de velatorios = funeral chapel, chapel of rest.
    * sala multimedia = media suite.
    * sala para cambiar bebés = baby changing room, baby changing room.
    * sección para el fondo de consulta en sala = reserve room.

    * * *
    sala de estar parlor ( AmE), living o ( BrE) sitting room, lounge ( BrE)
    2 (de un hotel) lounge
    4 (para reuniones, conferencias) hall; ( Teatr) theater*; ( Cin) movie theater ( AmE), cinema ( BrE)
    se estrenó simultáneamente en varias salas de Madrid it opened simultaneously in several Madrid movie theaters o cinemas
    la película se exhibe en la sala 1 the movie is showing on Screen 1
    5 (sede de tribunal) courtroom, court
    Compuestos:
    ( Tec) clean room
    chapterhouse
    public ward
    ( Chi) day nursery, creche
    banquet hall
    chat room
    (CS frml) classroom
    concert hall
    assembly o conference o lecture hall
    ( AmL) treatment room
    ( Esp) treatment room
    departure lounge
    waiting room
    gallery, exhibition hall
    boardroom
    reading room
    civil court
    criminal court
    throne room
    engine room
    assembly shed o shop
    operating room ( AmE), operating theatre ( BrE)
    delivery room
    departure lounge
    press office
    teachers' lounge ( AmE), staffroom ( BrE)
    auction room, salesroom ( AmE), saleroom ( BrE)
    (theater*) auditorium
    television lounge or room
    transfer lounge
    treatment room
    accident and emergency department, casualty department ( BrE)
    ( Tec) clean room
    chapel of rest
    * * *

     

    Del verbo salar: ( conjugate salar)

    sala es:

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

    2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

    Multiple Entries:
    sala    
    salar
    sala sustantivo femenino
    a) ( de casa) tb



    ( en hospital) ward;
    (para reuniones, conferencias) hall;
    (Teatr) theater( conjugate theater);
    (Cin) movie theater (AmE), cinema (BrE);

    sala de clases (CS frml) classroom;
    sala de conciertos concert hall;
    sala de embarque departure lounge;
    sala de espera waiting room;
    sala de exposiciones gallery, exhibition hall;
    sala de fiestas night club ( usually featuring dancing and cabaret);
    sala de profesores staff room

    salar 1 ( conjugate salar) verbo transitivo
    a) ( para conservar) ‹carne/pescado› to salt (down);

    ‹ pieles› to salt

    salarse verbo pronominal (Méx fam) ( echarse a perder) [ planes] to fall through;
    [ negocio] to go bust
    salar 2 sustantivo masculino (Chi) salt pan, salt flat
    sala sustantivo femenino
    1 (para un uso concreto) room
    sala de espera, waiting room
    sala de máquinas,
    2 (en una casa) sala o salita de estar, lounge, living room
    3 (de un hospital) ward
    4 sala de justicia, courtroom
    5 (para espectáculos, actos públicos, etc) sala de conferencias, conference o lecture hall
    6 (de cine, teatro, música) auditorium
    7 un cine con seis salas, a six-screen cinema 8 sala de exposiciones, exhibition hall, gallery
    9 sala de fiestas, night club
    10 familiar (cine especializado en películas pornográficas) sala X, cinema showing X-rated films
    11 fig (público presente en un espectáculo) la sala le homenajeó con media hora de aplausos, they paid tribute to him with an ovation that lasted for half an hour
    12 fig (conjunto de magistrados de un tribunal de justicia) la sala dictó la sentencia y le condenó, the court passed sentence and condemned him
    salar
    I verbo transitivo
    1 (echar sal a una comida) to add salt to
    2 (poner en salazón) to salt
    3 LAm fam (estropear, desgraciar) to spoil, ruin
    4 LAm (dar o causar mala suerte) to bring bad luck to
    II m (salina, terreno estéril)
    ' sala' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    acondicionar
    - auditorio
    - bisbiseo
    - discoteca
    - estudio
    - rebosar
    - recorrer
    - refrigerar
    - reunir
    - abarrotar
    - bingo
    - comedor
    - cupo
    - enfermería
    - fondo
    - fútbol
    - maternidad
    - ocupar
    - repleto
    - velatorio
    English:
    bar
    - boardroom
    - concert hall
    - courtroom
    - departure lounge
    - fill
    - five-a-side
    - hall
    - house
    - lecture hall
    - lecture theatre
    - living room
    - lounge
    - lounge bar
    - maternity ward
    - newsroom
    - pool hall
    - reading room
    - saleroom
    - seat
    - showroom
    - sitting-room
    - staffroom
    - surgical
    - transfer lounge
    - transit lounge
    - waiting room
    - ward
    - amusement
    - ball
    - board
    - concert
    - conference
    - control
    - court
    - day
    - departure
    - drawing
    - facility
    - live
    - operating
    - parlor
    - reading
    - room
    - sales
    - sitting
    - waiting
    * * *
    sala nf
    1. [habitación] room;
    [de una casa] lounge, living-room; [de hospital] ward sala capitular chapter house;
    sala de embarque [en aeropuerto] departure lounge;
    sala de espera waiting room;
    sala de estar lounge, living-room;
    sala de juntas boardroom;
    sala de lectura reading room;
    sala de máquinas engine room;
    Cine sala de montaje cutting room;
    sala de operaciones Br operating theatre, US operating room;
    sala de partos delivery room;
    sala de profesores staff (common) room;
    sala de proyección projection room;
    sala de reuniones meeting o briefing room;
    sala de tránsito [en aeropuerto] transfer lounge;
    sala de urgencias Br casualty ward, US emergency room;
    sala VIP VIP lounge
    2. [local] [de conferencias, conciertos] hall;
    [de cine] screen; [de teatro] auditorium;
    un cine de ocho salas an eight-screen cinema o multiplex
    sala de bingo bingo hall;
    sala de conciertos [de música moderna] concert venue;
    [de música clásica] concert hall;
    sala de exposiciones art gallery;
    sala de fiestas discotheque;
    sala X = porn cinema, US X-rated movie house
    3. Der [lugar] court(room);
    [magistrados] bench sala de lo civil civil court;
    sala de lo penal criminal court
    * * *
    f room, hall; de cine screen; JUR court room
    * * *
    sala nf
    1) : living room
    2) : room, hall
    sala de conferencias: lecture hall
    sala de urgencias: emergency room
    sala de baile: ballroom
    * * *
    sala n
    1. (en una casa) living room / lounge
    4. (cine) cinema
    sala de fiestas nightclub / disco

    Spanish-English dictionary > sala

  • 12 introducir

    v.
    1 to put in, to insert (meter) (llave, carta).
    introduzca su número secreto enter your PIN number
    2 to bring in, to introduce.
    una banda que introduce droga en el país a gang smuggling drugs into the country
    Ella introdujo la madera She introduced=inserted the wood.
    Ella introdujo a la nueva secretaria She introduced the new secretary.
    Ella introdujo la nueva técnica She introduced the new technique.
    Ella introdujo su nuevo producto She introduced her new product.
    Ella introdujo al plomero She introduced=ushered in the plumber.
    3 to enter, to type in.
    El chico introdujo los datos The boy entered=typed in the data.
    4 to slip in.
    5 to be inserted in, to be introduced in.
    Se te introduce una aguja A needle is inserted in you.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ CONDUCIR], like link=conducir conducir
    1 (gen) to introduce; (legislación) to introduce, bring in; (cambios) to make (en, to)
    2 (meter) to put, place; (insertar) insert
    3 (importar) to bring in, import; (clandestinamente) to smuggle in
    1 (entrar) to go in, get in, enter
    \
    introducir modificaciones/novedades/cambios en algo to modify something, make changes to something
    * * *
    verb
    3) input, insert
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=meter)
    a) [+ mano, pie] to put, place (en in(to))
    [+ moneda, llave] to put, insert (en in(to))

    introdujo los pies en el agua — he put o placed his feet in(to) the water

    introduzca la moneda/el disquete en la ranura — insert the coin/the diskette in(to) the slot

    b) [+ enfermedad, mercancías] to bring (en into)
    introduce (en into) [+ contrabando, droga] to bring (en in(to))

    introducir algo en el mercado — to bring sth onto the market, introduce sth into the market

    c)

    introducir a algn en — [+ habitación] to show sb into; [+ situación real] to introduce sb to; [+ situación irreal] to transport sb to

    2) (=empezar) [+ cultivo, ley, método] to introduce

    para introducir el tema, empezaré hablando de política exterior — to introduce the subject, I'll begin by discussing foreign policy

    introducir la ley del divorcio causó muchos problemas — the introduction of the divorce law caused many problems, introducing the divorce law was very problematic

    3) (=realizar) [+ medidas, reformas] to bring in, introduce

    quieren introducir cambios en la legislación — they want to make changes to the current legislation, they want to introduce changes into the current legislation

    las reformas se introducirán gradualmente a lo largo de los próximos tres años — the reforms will be phased in over the next three years, the reforms will be brought in o introduced gradually over the next three years

    4) (Inform) [+ datos] to input, enter
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) <llave/moneda> to insert
    2)
    a) <cambios/medidas/ley> to introduce, bring in
    b) <contrabando/drogas> to bring in, smuggle in
    3)
    a) (presentar, iniciar) to introduce
    2.
    introducirse v pron
    a) ( meterse)
    b) persona to gain access to
    c) ( entrar en uso) modato come in
    d) ( hacerse conocido) to become known
    * * *
    = enter, feed, input, insert, introduce, key in, load into, put in, put into, read in, usher in, inaugurate, carry in, slip in between, roll out.
    Ex. Entry of an 'e' for end will bring back the screen shown in Figure 23 where you can make another choice or enter 'e' for end.
    Ex. The computer merely needs to be fed with the source documents and their citation, and with the appropriate software, will generate the indexes.
    Ex. Thus the electronic journal (e-journal) is a concept where scientists are able to input ideas and text to a computer data base for their colleagues to view, and similarly to view the work of others.
    Ex. Gaps are left in the apportionment of notation in order to permit new subjects to be inserted.
    Ex. The report introduced a range of ideas which have influenced subsequent code construction.
    Ex. The advantage is that information does not have to be keyed in.
    Ex. Multiple copies of the catalogue or index in the conventional sense are not required, but the data base can be copied and loaded into various computer systems.
    Ex. For those of you who are not familiar with OCLC and the way we work the data base is not a vast receptacle into which we throw any kind of record that anybody wants to put in.
    Ex. If the bibliographic record is found, it can be put into the system catalog immediately.
    Ex. Light pens can be used to read in data from bar codes on borrowers' cards, books, records, audio-visual materials.
    Ex. Optical technology has ushered in a new phase in the storage and retrieval of information.
    Ex. In the beginning staff delivered books to readers in their homes, while in 1972 a mobile library service was inaugurated enabling readers to choose their own materials.
    Ex. The first printing presses had two moving parts: the carriage assembly, which carried the type and paper in and out of the press, and the impression assembly, by means of which the paper was pressed down on to the inked type.
    Ex. At all periods, but uncommonly before the eighteenth century, the lines of type might be 'leaded', thin strips of typemetal, reglet, or card being slipped in between each one.
    Ex. I don't need to tell those of you from higher education institutions how course management systems are starting to really proliferate and roll out in higher education.
    ----
    * introducir a golpes = hammer into.
    * introducir Algo/Alguien en = usher + Nombre + into.
    * introducir Algo en = take + Nombre + into.
    * introducir arrastrando = haul in.
    * introducir datos = key + data.
    * introducir datos en el ordenador = input.
    * introducir datos partiendo de cero = enter from + scratch.
    * introducir de contrabando = smuggle in.
    * introducir de nuevo = re-enter [reenter].
    * introducir en = merge into.
    * introducir escalonadamente = spiral.
    * introducir gradualmente = phase in.
    * introducir ilegalmente = smuggle in.
    * introducir información = provide + input.
    * introducir mediante el teclado = keyboard.
    * introducir mejoras = make + improvements.
    * introducir poco a poco a = filter through to.
    * introducir por primera vez = pioneer.
    * introducir progresivamente = spiral.
    * introducirse = creep (up) (in/into), enter into, make + Posesivo + way (into/onto).
    * introducirse completamente en = immerse + Reflexivo + in.
    * introducirse en = insinuate + Posesivo + way through, insinuate + Reflexivo + (into), insinuate into.
    * introducirse poco a poco = ease + Reflexivo + in.
    * introducirse sigilosamente = creep up on.
    * introducir tirando = haul in.
    * introducir un cambio = bring + change.
    * volver a introducir = re-enter [reenter], reintroduce, reinsert.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) <llave/moneda> to insert
    2)
    a) <cambios/medidas/ley> to introduce, bring in
    b) <contrabando/drogas> to bring in, smuggle in
    3)
    a) (presentar, iniciar) to introduce
    2.
    introducirse v pron
    a) ( meterse)
    b) persona to gain access to
    c) ( entrar en uso) modato come in
    d) ( hacerse conocido) to become known
    * * *
    = enter, feed, input, insert, introduce, key in, load into, put in, put into, read in, usher in, inaugurate, carry in, slip in between, roll out.

    Ex: Entry of an 'e' for end will bring back the screen shown in Figure 23 where you can make another choice or enter 'e' for end.

    Ex: The computer merely needs to be fed with the source documents and their citation, and with the appropriate software, will generate the indexes.
    Ex: Thus the electronic journal (e-journal) is a concept where scientists are able to input ideas and text to a computer data base for their colleagues to view, and similarly to view the work of others.
    Ex: Gaps are left in the apportionment of notation in order to permit new subjects to be inserted.
    Ex: The report introduced a range of ideas which have influenced subsequent code construction.
    Ex: The advantage is that information does not have to be keyed in.
    Ex: Multiple copies of the catalogue or index in the conventional sense are not required, but the data base can be copied and loaded into various computer systems.
    Ex: For those of you who are not familiar with OCLC and the way we work the data base is not a vast receptacle into which we throw any kind of record that anybody wants to put in.
    Ex: If the bibliographic record is found, it can be put into the system catalog immediately.
    Ex: Light pens can be used to read in data from bar codes on borrowers' cards, books, records, audio-visual materials.
    Ex: Optical technology has ushered in a new phase in the storage and retrieval of information.
    Ex: In the beginning staff delivered books to readers in their homes, while in 1972 a mobile library service was inaugurated enabling readers to choose their own materials.
    Ex: The first printing presses had two moving parts: the carriage assembly, which carried the type and paper in and out of the press, and the impression assembly, by means of which the paper was pressed down on to the inked type.
    Ex: At all periods, but uncommonly before the eighteenth century, the lines of type might be 'leaded', thin strips of typemetal, reglet, or card being slipped in between each one.
    Ex: I don't need to tell those of you from higher education institutions how course management systems are starting to really proliferate and roll out in higher education.
    * introducir a golpes = hammer into.
    * introducir Algo/Alguien en = usher + Nombre + into.
    * introducir Algo en = take + Nombre + into.
    * introducir arrastrando = haul in.
    * introducir datos = key + data.
    * introducir datos en el ordenador = input.
    * introducir datos partiendo de cero = enter from + scratch.
    * introducir de contrabando = smuggle in.
    * introducir de nuevo = re-enter [reenter].
    * introducir en = merge into.
    * introducir escalonadamente = spiral.
    * introducir gradualmente = phase in.
    * introducir ilegalmente = smuggle in.
    * introducir información = provide + input.
    * introducir mediante el teclado = keyboard.
    * introducir mejoras = make + improvements.
    * introducir poco a poco a = filter through to.
    * introducir por primera vez = pioneer.
    * introducir progresivamente = spiral.
    * introducirse = creep (up) (in/into), enter into, make + Posesivo + way (into/onto).
    * introducirse completamente en = immerse + Reflexivo + in.
    * introducirse en = insinuate + Posesivo + way through, insinuate + Reflexivo + (into), insinuate into.
    * introducirse poco a poco = ease + Reflexivo + in.
    * introducirse sigilosamente = creep up on.
    * introducir tirando = haul in.
    * introducir un cambio = bring + change.
    * volver a introducir = re-enter [reenter], reintroduce, reinsert.

    * * *
    introducir [I6 ]
    vt
    A (meter) introducir algo EN algo:
    introdujo la papeleta en la urna he put his ballot paper in o into the ballot box, he placed his ballot paper in the ballot box
    introducir la moneda en la ranura insert the coin in the slot
    introdujo la llave en la cerradura he put o inserted the key in o into the lock
    introducir un cuchillo en el centro del pastel insert a knife into the middle of the cake
    B
    1 ‹cambios/medidas/ley› to introduce, bring in, institute ( frml) introducir algo EN algo:
    se introdujo una modificación en el reglamento a change was made in the rules
    fue introducida en Europa en el siglo XVI it was introduced o brought into Europe in the 16th century
    quieren introducir un nuevo producto en el mercado they plan to introduce a new product into o bring a new product onto the market
    2 ‹contrabando/drogas› to bring in, smuggle in
    un solo perro podría introducir la enfermedad en el país a single dog could bring o introduce the disease into the country
    C
    1 (presentar, iniciar) to introduce
    estas tres notas introducen el nuevo tema musical these three notes introduce the new theme
    2 ‹persona› (a una actividad) introducir a algn A algo to introduce sb TO sth
    fue él quien me introdujo a la lectura de los clásicos it was he who introduced me to the classics
    3 (en un ambiente) introducir a algn EN algo:
    su música nos introduce en un mundo mágico his music transports us to a magical world
    el escritor nos introduce en la Francia del siglo pasado the writer takes us back to the France of the last century
    1
    (meterse): el agua se introducía por las ranuras the water was coming in o was seeping through the cracks
    la moneda rodó hasta introducirse por una grieta the coin rolled along and dropped down a crack
    2 «persona» to gain access to
    se introdujeron en el banco por un túnel they gained access to o got into the bank via a tunnel
    3
    «ideas/costumbres/moda»: introducirse EN algo: ideas foráneas que se introdujeron poco a poco en nuestra sociedad foreign ideas which gradually found their way into our society
    su obra se introdujo en México a través de las traducciones de Sanz his works became known in Mexico through Sanz's translations
    * * *

     

    introducir ( conjugate introducir) verbo transitivo
    1 ( en general) to put … in;
    ‹ moneda› to insert;
    introducir algo en algo to put sth into sth;
    ‹ moneda› to insert sth in sth
    2
    a) ‹cambios/medidas/ley› to introduce, bring in;

    ‹ producto› to introduce
    b) ‹contrabando/drogas› to bring in, smuggle in

    3 ( presentar) ‹acto/cantante› to introduce
    introducirse verbo pronominal



    [ costumbre] to be introduced
    c) ( hacerse conocido) [escritor/actor] to become known

    introducir verbo transitivo
    1 to introduce: su padre lo introdujo en la política, his father introduced him to politics
    2 (meter) to insert, put in: introduzca una moneda, por favor, please insert coin
    ' introducir' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    deslizar
    - embutir
    - iniciar
    - pasar
    - sonda
    - meter
    English:
    bring in
    - dread
    - feed
    - input
    - insert
    - introduce
    - jam in
    - key in
    - opportunity
    - pack in
    - phase
    - promise
    - put in
    - stick in
    - well
    - work in
    - bring
    - float
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [meter] [llave, carta] to put in, to insert;
    Informát [datos] to input, to enter;
    introdujo la moneda en la ranura she put o inserted the coin in the slot;
    introdujo la carta en el sobre he put the letter in the envelope;
    introduzca su número secreto enter your PIN number
    2. [conducir] [persona] to show in;
    introdujo a los visitantes en la sala de espera she showed the visitors into the waiting room
    3. [en película, novela] to introduce;
    en su última obra el autor introduce a dos nuevos personajes in his latest work the author introduces two new characters
    4. [medidas, ley] to introduce, to bring in;
    introdujeron un plan para combatir el desempleo they introduced o brought in a scheme to combat unemployment;
    piensan introducir cambios en la ley they are planning to make changes to the law
    5. [mercancías] to bring in, to introduce;
    los españoles introdujeron los caballos en América the Spanish introduced horses to America;
    una banda que introduce droga en el país a gang smuggling drugs into the country;
    fue él quien introdujo las ideas revolucionarias en el país it was he who introduced o brought revolutionary ideas to the country
    6. [dar a conocer]
    introducir a alguien en to introduce sb to;
    la introdujo en el mundo de la moda he introduced her to the world of fashion;
    nos introdujo en los principios básicos de la astronomía he introduced us to the basic principles of astronomy
    * * *
    v/t
    1 introduce
    2 ( meter) insert
    3 INFOR input
    * * *
    introducir {61} vt
    1) : to introduce
    2) : to bring in
    3) : to insert
    4) : to input, to enter
    * * *
    1. (meter) to insert / to put in [pt. & pp. put]
    2. (aplicar) to introduce / to bring in [pt. & pp. brought]

    Spanish-English dictionary > introducir

  • 13 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

  • 14 dieta

    f.
    1 diet.
    estar a dieta to be on a diet
    poner alguien a dieta to put somebody on a diet
    dieta equilibrada balanced diet
    dieta macrobiótica macrobiotic diet
    2 traveling expense.
    * * *
    1 (asamblea) diet, assembly
    1 expenses, allowance sing
    2 (de médico) doctor's fees
    3 (de diputado) emoluments
    ————————
    1 (régimen, alimentación) diet
    \
    estar a dieta to be on a diet
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (Med) diet
    2) (Pol) diet, assembly
    3) pl dietas [de comida, viajes] subsistence allowance sing, expenses
    4) And (=guiso) stew
    * * *
    1) (alimentación, régimen) diet

    estar/ponerse a dieta — to be/go on a diet

    2)
    a) ( para viajes) allowance
    b) ( de parlamentario) salary
    * * *
    1) (alimentación, régimen) diet

    estar/ponerse a dieta — to be/go on a diet

    2)
    a) ( para viajes) allowance
    b) ( de parlamentario) salary
    * * *
    dieta1
    2 = dieting, diet plan, diet.

    Ex: For men, media use predicted endorsement of personal thinness and dieting.

    Ex: The ab muscles are what really identify someone who is serious about their fitness and diet plan.
    Ex: For example, space medicine certainly requires a knowledge of medicine, but in addition involves problems related to space physics, mechanics (the phenomenon of weightlessness), diet, hygiene, the list is formidable.
    * a dieta = on a diet.
    * dieta baja en carbohidratos = low-carb diet, low-carb diet.
    * dieta baja en hidratos de carbono = low-carb diet.
    * dieta desequilibrada = imbalanced diet, unbalanced diet.
    * dieta equilibrada = balanced diet.
    * dieta mediterránea, la = Mediterranean diet, the.
    * dieta saludable = healthy diet.
    * dieta sana = healthy diet.
    * persona que está a dieta = dieter.
    * poner + Nombre + a dieta = put + Nombre + on a diet.
    * ponerse a dieta = go on + a diet.

    dieta2
    2 = per diem allowance, allowance.

    Ex: The grant is to cover the cost of travel (economy class air transportation) to and from the host country of the conference, registration, hotel costs and a per diem allowance.

    Ex: These payments cover the following: tide-over allowances for workers, including redundancy payments, resettlement allowances, and vocational training for those having to change their employment.
    * dieta de desplazamiento = travel allowance.
    * dieta de viaje = travel allowance.
    * dieta para gastos de manutención = per diem food allowance, per diem, expense allowance.
    * dietas de desplazamiento = travel costs.

    * * *
    A
    su dieta habitual their staple diet
    2 (régimen) diet
    estar/ponerse a dieta to be/go on a diet
    Compuestos:
    soft-food diet
    ● dieta hídrica or líquida
    liquid diet
    B
    1 (para viajes) allowance
    cobra unas dietas muy elevadas he gets generous traveling expenses o a generous subsistence allowance
    C
    1 ( Hist, Pol) diet ( frml), assembly
    2
    * * *

     

    dieta sustantivo femenino
    1 (alimentación, régimen) diet;

    2


    dieta sustantivo femenino
    1 diet: nos hemos puesto a dieta, we are on a diet
    2 Fin dietas, expenses
    ' dieta' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    hierro
    - quebrantar
    - equilibrado
    - régimen
    - rigidez
    - rígido
    - riguroso
    - severo
    English:
    bodybuilding
    - diet
    - liquid
    - supplement
    * * *
    dieta nf
    1. [régimen] diet;
    una dieta baja en calorías a low-calorie diet;
    estar a dieta to be on a diet;
    poner a alguien a dieta to put sb on a diet;
    ponerse a dieta to go on a diet
    2. [alimentación diaria] diet
    la dieta mediterránea the Mediterranean diet
    3. Esp Com
    dietas [dinero para gastos] living o expense o subsistence allowance
    dietas de viaje o Esp desplazamiento travel allowance, travelling allowance
    4. Hist [asamblea] diet
    * * *
    f
    1 diet;
    estar a dieta be on a diet;
    poner a alguien a dieta put s.o. on a diet
    2
    :
    dietas pl travel expenses
    * * *
    dieta nf
    : diet
    * * *
    dieta n diet
    una dieta sana y equilibrada a healthy, balanced diet

    Spanish-English dictionary > dieta

  • 15 presión

    f.
    1 pressure, stress.
    2 pressure, catch.
    3 pressure, arm-twisting, coercion.
    * * *
    1 pressure
    \
    grupo de presión pressure group
    presión arterial blood pressure
    presión atmosférica atmospheric pressure
    presión sanguínea blood pressure
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (Meteo, Fís, Téc) pressure; [con la mano] press, squeeze

    indicador/medidor de presión — pressure gauge

    presión atmosférica — atmospheric pressure, air pressure

    2) (=influencia) pressure

    ejercer o hacer presión para que se haga algo — to press for sth to be done; (Pol) to lobby for sth to be done

    presión fiscal, presión impositiva — tax burden

    * * *
    1)
    b) (Meteo) pressure

    altas/bajas presiones — areas of high/low pressure

    c) (Med) pressure
    2) ( coacción) pressure
    * * *
    = pressure, stress, leverage, milestone, strain, advocacy.
    Ex. The pressures of the marketplace mean that any vital facility must be offered by all of the major hosts.
    Ex. Flexibility of course does not mean that the structure is flexible and will bend or move under stress.
    Ex. At certain times, dubious interpretations of the rules have even been used as leverage in gaining ground on matters of dispute between Community partners.
    Ex. Squeezed between the upper and nether milestones of increasing demand and dwindling resources, individual librarians develop ways in which to make their jobs easier.
    Ex. We must, for example, be concerned not only with the publishing explosion, but with severe strains on our budgets.
    Ex. However, what American libraries mean by advocacy is 'Work to overcome obstacles that the enquirer encounters in trying to secure help from outside resource agencies'.
    ----
    * a alta presión = high-pressured, high-pressure.
    * acción de ejercer presión = lobbying.
    * aire a presión = air pressure.
    * aliviar la presión = ease + pressure.
    * ante la presión de = in the crush to.
    * a presión = pressurised [pressurized, -USA].
    * bajo presión = under pressure, under the cosh.
    * ceder ante la presión = surrender to + pressure.
    * ceder ante la presión de = give in to.
    * de alta presión = high-pressured, high-pressure.
    * demasiada presión = overpressure.
    * ejercer demasiado presión sobre Algo = stretch + Nombre + to breaking point.
    * ejercer presión = build + pressure, lobby, exert + leverage.
    * ejercer presión para conseguir Algo = push for.
    * ejercer presión sobre = put + pressure on, bear down on.
    * ejercer presión sobre Alguien = bring to + bear + pressure on.
    * estar sometido a presión = face + pressure.
    * formación de grupos de presión = lobbying representation.
    * formar un grupo de presión = form + lobby.
    * frente de altas presiones = ridge of high pressure.
    * frente de bajas presiones = ridge of low pressure.
    * grupo de presión = lobby group, pressure group, lobbyist.
    * lavado a presión = pressure wash, jet wash.
    * lavado manual a presión = jet wash.
    * limpiadora a presión = pressure washer.
    * máquina de presión plana = flat-platen machine.
    * martillo a presión = steam hammer.
    * mecanismo de presión = impression assembly.
    * meter a presión = wedge.
    * momentos de presión = the heat is on.
    * no ceder a las presiones = withstand + pressure.
    * olla a presión = pressure-cooker.
    * perder la presión = depressurise [depressurize, -USA].
    * pérdida de la presión = depressurisation [depressurization, -USA].
    * plato de presión del embrague = pressure plate.
    * presión atmosférica = air pressure, atmospheric pressure.
    * presión de contacto = contact pressure.
    * presión del aire = air pressure.
    * presión del grupo = peer pressure.
    * presión diastólica = diastolic pressure, diastolic blood pressure.
    * presión económica = economic pressure.
    * presión política = political pressure.
    * presión sistólica = systolic blood pressure, systolic pressure.
    * presión social = social pressure, social pressure.
    * quitar pintura mediante chorro de arena a presión = sandblast.
    * regulador de presión de bombona = gas cylinder regulator.
    * regulador de presión de gas = gas regulator.
    * sistema de altas presiones = high-pressure system, ridge of high pressure.
    * sistema de bajas presiones = ridge of low pressure, low pressure system.
    * someter a presión = place under + pressure.
    * sometido a presión = under pressure, under the cosh.
    * sujeto a presión = under pressure, under the cosh.
    * * *
    1)
    b) (Meteo) pressure

    altas/bajas presiones — areas of high/low pressure

    c) (Med) pressure
    2) ( coacción) pressure
    * * *
    = pressure, stress, leverage, milestone, strain, advocacy.

    Ex: The pressures of the marketplace mean that any vital facility must be offered by all of the major hosts.

    Ex: Flexibility of course does not mean that the structure is flexible and will bend or move under stress.
    Ex: At certain times, dubious interpretations of the rules have even been used as leverage in gaining ground on matters of dispute between Community partners.
    Ex: Squeezed between the upper and nether milestones of increasing demand and dwindling resources, individual librarians develop ways in which to make their jobs easier.
    Ex: We must, for example, be concerned not only with the publishing explosion, but with severe strains on our budgets.
    Ex: However, what American libraries mean by advocacy is 'Work to overcome obstacles that the enquirer encounters in trying to secure help from outside resource agencies'.
    * a alta presión = high-pressured, high-pressure.
    * acción de ejercer presión = lobbying.
    * aire a presión = air pressure.
    * aliviar la presión = ease + pressure.
    * ante la presión de = in the crush to.
    * a presión = pressurised [pressurized, -USA].
    * bajo presión = under pressure, under the cosh.
    * ceder ante la presión = surrender to + pressure.
    * ceder ante la presión de = give in to.
    * de alta presión = high-pressured, high-pressure.
    * demasiada presión = overpressure.
    * ejercer demasiado presión sobre Algo = stretch + Nombre + to breaking point.
    * ejercer presión = build + pressure, lobby, exert + leverage.
    * ejercer presión para conseguir Algo = push for.
    * ejercer presión sobre = put + pressure on, bear down on.
    * ejercer presión sobre Alguien = bring to + bear + pressure on.
    * estar sometido a presión = face + pressure.
    * formación de grupos de presión = lobbying representation.
    * formar un grupo de presión = form + lobby.
    * frente de altas presiones = ridge of high pressure.
    * frente de bajas presiones = ridge of low pressure.
    * grupo de presión = lobby group, pressure group, lobbyist.
    * lavado a presión = pressure wash, jet wash.
    * lavado manual a presión = jet wash.
    * limpiadora a presión = pressure washer.
    * máquina de presión plana = flat-platen machine.
    * martillo a presión = steam hammer.
    * mecanismo de presión = impression assembly.
    * meter a presión = wedge.
    * momentos de presión = the heat is on.
    * no ceder a las presiones = withstand + pressure.
    * olla a presión = pressure-cooker.
    * perder la presión = depressurise [depressurize, -USA].
    * pérdida de la presión = depressurisation [depressurization, -USA].
    * plato de presión del embrague = pressure plate.
    * presión atmosférica = air pressure, atmospheric pressure.
    * presión de contacto = contact pressure.
    * presión del aire = air pressure.
    * presión del grupo = peer pressure.
    * presión diastólica = diastolic pressure, diastolic blood pressure.
    * presión económica = economic pressure.
    * presión política = political pressure.
    * presión sistólica = systolic blood pressure, systolic pressure.
    * presión social = social pressure, social pressure.
    * quitar pintura mediante chorro de arena a presión = sandblast.
    * regulador de presión de bombona = gas cylinder regulator.
    * regulador de presión de gas = gas regulator.
    * sistema de altas presiones = high-pressure system, ridge of high pressure.
    * sistema de bajas presiones = ridge of low pressure, low pressure system.
    * someter a presión = place under + pressure.
    * sometido a presión = under pressure, under the cosh.
    * sujeto a presión = under pressure, under the cosh.

    * * *
    A
    1 ( Fís) pressure
    cerveza a presión draft beer
    juntar presión ( RPl); to bottle things up ( colloq)
    juntó presión hasta que un buen día estalló he kept everything bottled up until one day he just exploded
    portate bien, que tu padre está juntando presión you'd better behave, your father's getting very angry o ( colloq) your father could blow his top at any minute
    2 ( Meteo) pressure
    presión atmosférica atmospheric pressure
    altas/bajas presiones areas of high/low pressure
    3 ( Med) pressure
    Compuestos:
    ● presión arterial or sanguínea
    blood pressure
    ● presión arterial máxima or sistólica
    systolic (blood) pressure
    ● presión arterial mínima or diastólica
    diastolic (blood) pressure
    B (coacción) pressure
    en su puesto está sometido a muchas presiones he gets a lot of pressure in his job
    grupo de presión pressure group
    ejercieron presión para que el plan fuese rechazado they pressed for the plan to be rejected, they exerted a lot of pressure to get the plan rejected
    firmó/confesó bajo presión he signed/confessed under pressure o under duress
    Compuesto:
    tax burden
    * * *

     

    presión sustantivo femenino
    a) (Fís, Med, Meteo) pressure;

    presión arterial or sanguínea blood pressure


    presión sustantivo femenino pressure: está sometido a muchas presiones, he's under a lot of pressure
    cerveza a presión, draught beer
    presión arterial, blood pressure
    ' presión' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    baja
    - bajo
    - broche
    - ejercer
    - embutir
    - olla
    - aflojar
    - aguantar
    - apretar
    - aumentar
    - botón
    - checar
    - controlar
    - empujar
    - resistir
    - soportar
    English:
    air pressure
    - arm-twisting
    - cooker
    - gun
    - lobby
    - low
    - pack down
    - pressure
    - pressure cooker
    - pressure group
    - push
    - ridge
    - strain
    - take
    - tyre pressure
    - wedge
    - air
    - blood
    - bow
    - bring
    - crack
    - press
    - snap
    * * *
    1. [fuerza] pressure;
    a o [m5] bajo presión under pressure;
    una olla a presión a pressure cooker;
    tiene cierre a presión you press it shut;
    hacer presión to press
    presión arterial blood pressure;
    presión atmosférica atmospheric pressure;
    presión barométrica barometric pressure;
    Econ presión fiscal tax burden;
    presión sanguínea blood pressure
    2. [coacción, influencia] pressure;
    la presión de la calle obligó a dimitir al presidente pressure from the public forced the president to resign;
    hacer o [m5] ejercer presión sobre to pressurize;
    meter presión a alguien to put pressure on sb;
    aceptó bajo presión he accepted under pressure
    3. [en baloncesto] press;
    [en fútbol, rugby] pressure
    * * *
    f
    1 pressure;
    hacer presión sobre put pressure on, pressure
    2 en baloncesto press;
    presión en toda la cancha full-court press
    * * *
    1) : pressure
    2)
    presión arterial : blood pressure
    * * *
    presión n pressure
    hacer presión to apply pressure [pt. & pp. applied]

    Spanish-English dictionary > presión

  • 16 Historical Portugal

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

    m.
    1 foot.
    a pie on foot
    prefiero ir a pie I'd rather walk o go on foot
    estar de o en pie to be on one's feet o standing
    ponerse de o en pie to stand up
    llevamos dos horas de pie we've been on our feet for two hours
    perder/no hacer pie to go/to be out of one's depth
    pie de atleta athlete's foot
    pies de cerdo (pig's) trotters
    pies planos flat feet
    2 stand.
    pie de foto caption
    3 cue (Teatro).
    4 leg, central support.
    5 Computer Science Academic Program.
    6 pes.
    pret.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) Preterite Indicative of Spanish verb: piar.
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    1 ANATOMÍA foot
    5 (de un documento) foot; (de una fotografía, dibujo) caption
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    a los pies de la cama at the foot of the bed
    a pie on foot
    al pie de (cerca) close by
    al pie de la letra word for word
    al pie del cañón familiar hard at it, working
    creer algo a pies juntillas familiar to believe something implicitly
    dar pie a to give occasion for
    de los pies a la cabeza from head to toe
    empezar con buen/mal pie to start off on the right/wrong foot
    estar en pie de guerra to be on a war footing 2 figurado to be on the war path
    hacer pie to touch the bottom
    ir con pies de plomo to tread very carefully
    nacer de pie to be born with a silver spoon in one's mouth
    no dar pie con bola to mess everything up, not get anything right
    no tener ni pies ni cabeza to be ludicrous, be absurd
    pararle los pies a alguien to put somebody in their place
    poner los pies en to set foot in
    ponerse de/en pie to get to one's feet, stand up
    saber de qué pie cojea alguien to know what somebody's weakness is
    tenerse de pie to keep on one's feet
    pie de atleta athlete's foot
    pies planos flat feet
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    noun m.
    1) foot
    2) cue
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    SM
    1) (Anat) foot

    poner el pie en el acelerador — (lit) to step on the gas *; (fig) to speed things up, step up the pace

    pies de cerdo — (Culin) (pig's) trotters

    2) [locuciones]

    • a pie — on foot

    ir a pie — to go on foot, walk

    • estar de pie — to be standing (up)

    permanecieron mucho tiempo de pie — they were standing for a long time, they were on their feet a long time

    • en pie, llevo en pie desde las cuatro — I've been up since four

    mantenerse en pie — [persona] to stay standing o on one's feet; [objeto] to remain upright

    ganado en pie — LAm cattle on the hoof

    • a pie enjuto — † (lit) dry-shod; (fig) without danger, without any risk

    • a pie firme † —

    • ponerse de o en pie — to stand up

    gente de a pie — common o ordinary folk

    soldado de a pie — ( Hist) foot-soldier

    se lo llevaron con los pies por delante — he left feet first, he left in a (wooden) box

    desde el pasado sábado, mi padre no ha puesto los pies en casa — my father hasn't set foot in the house since last Saturday

    - poner los pies en polvorosa

    sin pies ni cabeza —

    el mensaje no tenía ni pies ni cabeza — the message didn't make any sense at all, I couldn't make head or tail of the message

    buscar 1., 1), a)
    3) (=base) [de columna, estatua, lámpara] base; [de cama] foot; [de colina, escalera] foot, bottom; [de copa] stem; [de calcetín] foot

    al pie del monte — at the foot o bottom of the mountain

    al pie de ese edificio — next to that building, right beside that building

    al pie de la obra — (Com) including delivery charges

    al pie del cañón —

    4) [de página] foot, bottom; [de foto] caption
    5) (Bot) [de árbol] trunk; [de planta] stem; [de rosa] stock
    6) (=unidad de medida) foot
    7) (Teat) cue
    8) [de vino] sediment
    9) (=causa)

    • dar pie a — to give cause for

    10) (=posición)

    • estar en pie de igualdad — to be on an equal footing ( con with)

    estar en pie de guerra — (lit) to be on a war footing, be ready to go to war; (fig) to be on the warpath

    11) (Literat) foot
    12) Cono Sur * (=pago) deposit, down payment
    13)

    pie de vía — CAm (Aut) indicator, turn signal (EEUU)

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    I
    1)
    a) (Anat) foot

    a sus pies, señora — (frml) at your service, madam (frml)

    ¿vamos a pie o en coche? — shall we walk or take the car?

    hoy ando a pie — (AmL) I'm without wheels today

    al pie — (Col) very close, just round the corner

    en pie: estoy en pie desde las siete I've been up since seven o'clock; no puedo tenerme en pie I can hardly walk/stand; sólo la iglesia quedó en pie only the church remained standing; queda en pie la cita our date is still on; mi oferta/promesa sigue en pie my offer/promise still stands; ganado en pie (AmL) livestock, cattle on the hoof; andarse con pie(s) de plomo (fam) to tread very carefully o warily; a pie pelado (Chi) barefoot, in one's bare feet; a pie(s) juntillas: seguí a pies juntillas sus indicaciones I followed his instructions to the letter; creerse algo a pies juntillas to blindly believe something; buscarle tres or cinco pies al gato (fam) ( buscar complicaciones) to complicate matters; cojear del mismo pie (fam) to be two of a kind (colloq); con los pies (fam) badly; lleva la empresa con los pies he's making a hash o mess of running the company (colloq); con los pies por or para delante (fam & euf) feet first; con los pies sobre la tierra with one's feet on the ground; con mal pie or con el pie izquierdo: empezó con mal pie she got off to a bad start; hoy me levanté or empecé el día con el pie izquierdo I got up on the wrong side of the bed today (AmE), I got out of bed on the wrong side today (BrE); no le des pie para que te critique don't give him cause o reason to criticize you; dar pie a algo murmuraciones/especulaciones to give rise to something; esto dio pie a una discusión this caused o was the cause of an argument; darle pie a alguien: de a pie common, ordinary; el ciudadano de a pie the man in the street, the average man/person; de la cabeza a los pies or de pies a cabeza from head to foot o toe, from top to toe (colloq); echar pie atrás (Chi) to back down; en pie de guerra on a war footing; en (un) pie de igualdad on an equal footing; estar a pie (Chi fam) to be lost (colloq); estar atado de pies y manos to be bound hand and foot; estar con un pie en el estribo (fam) to be about to leave; estar con un pie en la tumba or la sepultura or el hoyo to have one foot in the grave; hacer pie to be able to touch the bottom; írsele los pies a alguien: cuando empezó la música se me iban los pies once the music began I couldn't keep my feet still; leche al pie de la vaca (AmL) milk fresh from the cow; levantarse/empezar con buen pie or con el pie derecho to get off to a good start; nacer de pie to be born under a lucky star; no doy/da pie con bola (fam) I/he can't get a thing right; no tener ni pies ni cabeza to make no sense whatsoever; un plan sin pies ni cabeza a crazy o an absurd plan; pararle a alguien los pies (Esp) to put somebody in his/her place (colloq); perder pie ( en el agua) to get out of one's depth; ( resbalarse) to lose one's footing; pies de barro feet of clay; poner (los) pies en polvorosa (fam) to take to one's heels (colloq); poner los pies en un lugar to set foot in a place; por mi/tu/su (propio) pie unaided, without any help; saber de qué pie cojea alguien (Esp fam) to know somebody's faults o weak points; ser más viejo que andar a pie — (CS fam) to be as old as the hills (colloq)

    2)
    a) (de calcetín, media) foot
    b) (de lámpara, columna) base; ( de copa - base) base; (- parte vertical) stem
    c) (de página, escrito) foot, bottom

    una nota a or al pie de página — a footnote

    al pie or a los pies de la montaña — at the foot of the mountain

    al pie del cañón: Ana se quedó al pie del cañón mientras el jefe estaba fuera Ana stayed here to hold the fort while the boss was away; ella es la que está siempre al pie del cañón — she's the one who's always there to keep things going

    d) ( de cama) tb

    pies — foot

    3) (Bot) cutting, slip
    4) ( medida) foot; (Lit) foot
    •
    II [pai]
    masculino (AmL) pie
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    I
    1)
    a) (Anat) foot

    a sus pies, señora — (frml) at your service, madam (frml)

    ¿vamos a pie o en coche? — shall we walk or take the car?

    hoy ando a pie — (AmL) I'm without wheels today

    al pie — (Col) very close, just round the corner

    en pie: estoy en pie desde las siete I've been up since seven o'clock; no puedo tenerme en pie I can hardly walk/stand; sólo la iglesia quedó en pie only the church remained standing; queda en pie la cita our date is still on; mi oferta/promesa sigue en pie my offer/promise still stands; ganado en pie (AmL) livestock, cattle on the hoof; andarse con pie(s) de plomo (fam) to tread very carefully o warily; a pie pelado (Chi) barefoot, in one's bare feet; a pie(s) juntillas: seguí a pies juntillas sus indicaciones I followed his instructions to the letter; creerse algo a pies juntillas to blindly believe something; buscarle tres or cinco pies al gato (fam) ( buscar complicaciones) to complicate matters; cojear del mismo pie (fam) to be two of a kind (colloq); con los pies (fam) badly; lleva la empresa con los pies he's making a hash o mess of running the company (colloq); con los pies por or para delante (fam & euf) feet first; con los pies sobre la tierra with one's feet on the ground; con mal pie or con el pie izquierdo: empezó con mal pie she got off to a bad start; hoy me levanté or empecé el día con el pie izquierdo I got up on the wrong side of the bed today (AmE), I got out of bed on the wrong side today (BrE); no le des pie para que te critique don't give him cause o reason to criticize you; dar pie a algo murmuraciones/especulaciones to give rise to something; esto dio pie a una discusión this caused o was the cause of an argument; darle pie a alguien: de a pie common, ordinary; el ciudadano de a pie the man in the street, the average man/person; de la cabeza a los pies or de pies a cabeza from head to foot o toe, from top to toe (colloq); echar pie atrás (Chi) to back down; en pie de guerra on a war footing; en (un) pie de igualdad on an equal footing; estar a pie (Chi fam) to be lost (colloq); estar atado de pies y manos to be bound hand and foot; estar con un pie en el estribo (fam) to be about to leave; estar con un pie en la tumba or la sepultura or el hoyo to have one foot in the grave; hacer pie to be able to touch the bottom; írsele los pies a alguien: cuando empezó la música se me iban los pies once the music began I couldn't keep my feet still; leche al pie de la vaca (AmL) milk fresh from the cow; levantarse/empezar con buen pie or con el pie derecho to get off to a good start; nacer de pie to be born under a lucky star; no doy/da pie con bola (fam) I/he can't get a thing right; no tener ni pies ni cabeza to make no sense whatsoever; un plan sin pies ni cabeza a crazy o an absurd plan; pararle a alguien los pies (Esp) to put somebody in his/her place (colloq); perder pie ( en el agua) to get out of one's depth; ( resbalarse) to lose one's footing; pies de barro feet of clay; poner (los) pies en polvorosa (fam) to take to one's heels (colloq); poner los pies en un lugar to set foot in a place; por mi/tu/su (propio) pie unaided, without any help; saber de qué pie cojea alguien (Esp fam) to know somebody's faults o weak points; ser más viejo que andar a pie — (CS fam) to be as old as the hills (colloq)

    2)
    a) (de calcetín, media) foot
    b) (de lámpara, columna) base; ( de copa - base) base; (- parte vertical) stem
    c) (de página, escrito) foot, bottom

    una nota a or al pie de página — a footnote

    al pie or a los pies de la montaña — at the foot of the mountain

    al pie del cañón: Ana se quedó al pie del cañón mientras el jefe estaba fuera Ana stayed here to hold the fort while the boss was away; ella es la que está siempre al pie del cañón — she's the one who's always there to keep things going

    d) ( de cama) tb

    pies — foot

    3) (Bot) cutting, slip
    4) ( medida) foot; (Lit) foot
    •
    II [pai]
    masculino (AmL) pie
    * * *
    pie1
    1 = foot [feet, -pl.], tail, toe.

    Ex: She was tapping with her foot on the carpet.

    Ex: The top and bottom of the book are known as the head and tail respectively, and the front is the fore-edge (rhymes with porridge); similarly the margins round the type on each page are called the head, tail, outer (at the fore-edge), and inner margins.
    Ex: The platen was lashed up tight to the toe of the spindle by cords which connected hooks at its four corners to another set of hooks at the four lower corners of the hose.
    * alfombra de pie de cama = bedside rug.
    * al pie (de) = at the bottom (of), at the foot (of).
    * al pie de la letra = to the letter.
    * andar con pies de plomo = tread + warily.
    * andarse con pies de plomo = walk on + eggshells.
    * apagar un fuego con los pies = stomp out + fire.
    * a pie = on foot, afoot, dismounted.
    * a poca distancia a pie = within an easy walk, within walking distance.
    * a pocos minutos a pie = within walking distance, within easy walking distance, within an easy walk.
    * apoyo para los pies = footrest.
    * arrastrando los pies = shuffling.
    * arrastrar los pies = drag + Posesivo + feet, drag + Posesivo + heels.
    * arreglarse los pies = pedicure.
    * atar de pies y manos = hogtie.
    * bajo los pies = underfoot.
    * baño de pies = footbath.
    * bomba de pie = foot pump.
    * buscarle cinco pies al gato = split + hairs.
    * buscarle los tres pies al gato = nitpick.
    * buscarle tres pies al gato = split + hairs.
    * caer de pie = land on + Posesivo + (own two) feet.
    * carrera a pie = foot race.
    * comenzar Algo con buen pie = start + Nombre + off on the right foot.
    * comenzar con buen pie = start + Nombre + on the right footing.
    * con el pie deformado = clubfooted.
    * con la punta de los pies mirando hacia dentro = pigeon-toed.
    * con los pies sobre la tierra = down-to-earth.
    * con notas a pie de página = footnoted.
    * con pie firme = sure-footed.
    * con un pie en la tumba = over the hill.
    * cuidado de los pies = footcare.
    * dar pie a = spark off, give + rise to, bring about, lead to, cause, open + the door to, give + cause to, give + occasion to.
    * dedo del pie = toe.
    * dedo gordo del pie, el = big toe, the.
    * dedo meñique del pie = pinkie toe.
    * de dos pies = two-legged.
    * dejar de pie = leave + standing.
    * de la cabeza a los pies = from head to foot, from head to toe.
    * de nuevo en pie = up and about.
    * de pies a cabeza = from head to toe, from head to foot.
    * de pies ligeros = swift-footed.
    * de pies planos = flat-footed.
    * desde la cabeza hasta los pies = head to toe, from head to toe, from head to foot.
    * distancia a pie = walking distance.
    * el ciudadano de a pie = the average Joe.
    * el mundo está a sus pies = the world is + Posesivo + oyster.
    * empezar Algo con buen pie = start + Nombre + off on the right foot.
    * empezar con buen pie = start + Nombre + on the right footing, hit + the ground running.
    * en pie = up and about.
    * en pie de guerra = on the warpath.
    * entrar con buen pie = start + Nombre + off on the right foot.
    * estar de pie = stand.
    * estar de pie por encima de = stand over.
    * freno de pie = foot brake [footbrake].
    * gente de a pie = ordinary people.
    * hombre de a pie, el = man-on-the-street, man in the street, the.
    * ir a pie = leg it.
    * la ciudadana de a pie = the average Jane.
    * la gente se puso de pie para aplaudir = standing ovation.
    * lámpara de pie = standing lamp, floor lamp.
    * levantarse con el pie izquierdo = wake up on + the wrong side of the bed, get up on + the wrong side of the bed.
    * mantenerse en pie = hold + Posesivo + own.
    * no creerse Algo al pie de la letra = take + Nombre + with a pinch of salt.
    * no encontrar ni el pie ni la cabeza = can't make head(s) or tail(s) of.
    * nota a pie de página = footnote.
    * no tener ni pies ni cabeza = can't make head(s) or tail(s) of, be pointless.
    * no tenerse en pie = Negativo + hold + water.
    * parte anterior del pie = ball of + Posesivo + foot.
    * perchero de pie = coat-stand.
    * perder el pie = lose + Posesivo + footing.
    * pie de atleta = athlete's foot.
    * pie de imprenta = edition imprint, imprint statement, imprint.
    * pie de obra = building site.
    * pie de página = footer.
    * pie de página repetido = running foot, footline.
    * pie de pie = standing.
    * Pie Grande = Bigfoot, Sasquatch.
    * pies planos = flat feet, pes planus, fallen arches.
    * pies sobre la tierra = feet on the ground.
    * planta del pie = sole.
    * poner de pie = stand + upright.
    * poner los pies en alto = put + Posesivo + feet up.
    * poner los pies en + Posesivo + casa = darken + Posesivo + door.
    * poner los pies sobre la tierra = come down + to earth.
    * poner pie en = set + foot (inside/in/on).
    * ponerse de pie = rise, stand up, get to + Posesivo + feet, rise to + Posesivo + feet.
    * ponerse en pie de guerra = dig up + the tomahawk, dig up + the hatchet, dig up + the war axe.
    * retrete de pie = squat toilet, squatty potty, squat loo.
    * sacar los pies del plato = break out of + the box.
    * sacar los pies del tiesto = break out of + the box.
    * salir por pies = take off + running, leg it, take to + Posesivo + heels, run off.
    * seguir Algo al pie de la letra = follow + Nombre + to the letter.
    * seguir al pie de la letra = keep + strictly to the letter.
    * seguir al pie del cañón = soldier on.
    * seguir en pie = hold + Posesivo + own, hold up.
    * sin pies ni cabeza = without rhyme or reason.
    * tener los pies firmemente en el suelo = feet + be + firmly planted on the ground.
    * tiña del pie = tinea pedis.
    * uña del pie = toenail.
    * visita a pie = walking tour.

    pie2
    2 = foot [feet, -pl.].

    Ex: Soon, however, the collection outgrew its meagre quarters and a full-fledged library occupying a 40x60 foot area came into being.

    * de un pie de grosor = foot-thick.
    * pie cuadrado = square foot (sq. ft.).
    * pie lineal = linear foot.

    pie3
    3 = winter.
    Nota: En la prensa antigua de madera, travesaño que unía los postes de madera verticales que servían de soporte a toda la prensa por la parte de abajo y que servía de soporte al ensamblaje de transporte carriage assembly.

    Ex: The chief members of the impression carriage were two upright cheeks about 2 m. high and placed 60-65 cm. apart, carrying between them the winter and, above it, the head, two massive cross timbers mortised into the cheeks which contained the vertical thrust of the impression.

    * * *
    pie1
    A
    no arrastres los pies don't drag your feet
    tiene (los) pies planos she has flat feet
    se echó a sus pies ( liter); he threw himself at her feet ( frml)
    a sus pies, señora ( frml); at your service, madam ( frml)
    2 ( en locs):
    a pie on foot
    queda muy cerca, podemos ir a pie it's very near, we can walk o go on foot
    ¿vamos a pie o en coche? shall we walk or take the car?
    esta semana ando a pie ( AmL); I'm walking everywhere this week
    una nota a pie de página a note at the foot of the page
    viviendas a pie de playa ( Esp); houses with access to the beach
    oficina a pie de calle ( Esp); office with direct access to the street
    una entrevista a piecalle ( Esp); an interview in the street
    experimentos a pie de aula ( Esp); experiments in the classroom
    al pie ( Col); very close, just round the corner
    de pie standing
    estuvimos de pie casi dos horas we were standing (up) o we were on our feet for almost two hours
    tuvimos que viajar de pie todo el camino we had to stand all the way
    ponte de pie stand up
    en pie: estoy en pie desde las siete de la mañana I've been up since seven o'clock this morning
    ya no podía tenerme en pie I could hardly walk/stand, I was ready to drop
    sólo la pequeña iglesia quedó en pie only the little church remained standing
    queda en pie la cita para mañana our date for tomorrow is still on
    mi oferta/la promesa sigue en pie my offer/the promise still stands
    ganado en pie ( AmL); livestock, cattle on the hoof
    a pie pelado ( Chi); barefoot, in one's bare feet
    a pie(s) juntillas: está siguiendo a pies juntillas las indicaciones de sus superiores he's following his bosses' instructions to the letter
    se cree a pies juntillas todo lo que le dicen he blindly believes every word he's told
    buscarle tres or cinco pies al gato ( fam) (buscar complicaciones) to complicate matters, make life difficult; (exponerse al peligro) to ask for trouble ( colloq)
    cojear del mismo pie ( fam); to be two of a kind ( colloq), to be tarred with the same brush ( colloq)
    con buen pieor con el pie derecho: a ver si mañana nos levantamos con el pie derecho I hope things will get off to a better start tomorrow
    con los pies ( fam); badly
    esta camisa la debes haber planchado con los pies this shirt looks as if you ironed it with your eyes closed
    una solicitud escrita con los pies a very poorly written letter of application
    el gerente lleva la empresa con los pies the manager is making a hash o mess of running the company ( colloq)
    de esta casa me sacarán con los pies por delante they'll have to carry me out of this house feet first o in a box ( colloq euph)
    con los pies sobre la tierra with one's feet on the ground
    tiene los pies bien puestos sobre la tierra she has her feet firmly on the ground
    empezó con mal pie she got off to a bad start, she started badly
    hoy me levanté or empecé el día con el pie izquierdo I got up on the wrong side of the bed today ( AmE), I got out of bed on the wrong side today ( BrE)
    con pie(s) de plomo ( fam); very carefully o warily
    ándate con pies de plomo tread very warily o carefully
    dar pie a algo to give rise to sth
    su conducta dio pie a murmuraciones her behavior gave rise to o sparked off rumors
    no quiero que esto dé pie a una discusión I don't want this to cause o to be the cause of an argument
    darle pie a algn: no le des pie para que te siga criticando don't give him cause o reason o grounds to criticize you again
    de a pie common, ordinary
    el ciudadano de a pie the man in the street, the average man/person
    a mí me gusta hablar con la gente de a pie I like talking to ordinary people
    de la cabeza a los pies or de pies a cabeza from head to foot o toe, from top to toe ( colloq)
    echar pie atrás ( Chi); to back down
    en pie de guerra on a war footing, ready for war, on full alert
    en (un) pie de igualdad on an equal footing, on equal terms
    estar a pie ( Chi fam); to be lost ( colloq)
    estar atado de pies y manos to be bound hand and foot, have one's hands tied
    estar con un pie en el estribo ( fam); to be about to leave
    me pillas con un pie en el estribo I was just on my way out o about to leave
    ya están con un pie en el estribo they're all set to go
    estar con un pie en la tumba or sepultura to have one foot in the grave
    hacer pie to be able to touch the bottom
    yo aquí no hago pie I can't touch the bottom here, I'm out of my depth here
    írsele los pies a algn: cuando empezó la música se me iban los pies once the music began I couldn't keep my feet still
    leche al pie de la vaca ( AmL); milk fresh from the cow
    nacer de pie to be born under a lucky star
    no doy/da pie con bola ( fam); I/he can't get a thing right
    no estirar los pies más de lo que da la frazada ( RPl fam); to cut one's coat according to one's cloth
    no tener ni pies ni cabeza to make no sense whatsoever
    el ensayo no tenía ni pies ni cabeza the essay made no sense whatsoever o was totally unintelligible
    un plan sin pies ni cabeza a crazy o an absurd plan
    pararle a algn los pies ( Esp); to take sb down a peg or two, put sb in his/her place ( colloq)
    perder pie (en el agua) to get out of one's depth; (resbalarse) to lose one's footing; (confundirse) to slip up
    pies de barro feet of clay
    un héroe con pies de barro a hero with feet of clay
    poner (los) pies en polvorosa ( fam); to take to one's heels, make oneself scarce, hotfoot it ( colloq)
    poner los pies en un lugar to set foot in a place
    hoy no he puesto pie en la calle I haven't set foot outside the house today
    por mi/tu/su (propio) pie unaided, without any help
    saber de qué pie cojea algn ( Esp fam); to know sb's faults o weak points
    salir por pies ( Esp fam); to take to one's heels, make oneself scarce, hotfoot it ( colloq)
    ser más viejo que andar a pie (CS fam); to be as old as the hills ( colloq)
    Compuestos:
    high instep
    athlete's foot
    ( Chi) dogtooth
    clubfoot
    B
    1 (de un calcetín, una media) foot
    2 (de una lámpara, columna) base; (de una copa — base) base; (— parte vertical) stem
    4 (de una página, un escrito) foot, bottom
    una nota a or al pie de página a footnote
    remita el cupón que se acompaña al pie send off the coupon below
    un pueblo al pieor a los pies de la montaña a village at the foot of the mountain
    sigue mis instrucciones al pie de la letra follow my instructions to the letter o exactly
    repetí al pie de la letra lo que me dijiste I repeated word for word o exactly what you told me
    todos se habían ido, pero nosotros seguíamos al pie del cañón everyone had left, but we were still hard at it o still working away
    pies mpl foot
    Compuestos:
    little end
    name and title of signatory
    caption
    ( Col) (personal) manpower; ( Mil) standing army
    imprint
    footer
    slide gauge
    C ( Bot) cutting, slip
    Compuesto:
    rootstock
    ocho pies cuadrados eight square feet
    E ( Lit) foot
    Compuesto:
    F ( Chi) (depósito) down payment
    pie2
    /pai/
    ( AmL)
    pie
    * * *

     

    Del verbo piar: ( conjugate piar)

    pié es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) pretérito indicativo

    píe es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo

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

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

    Multiple Entries:
    piar    
    pie
    piar ( conjugate piar) verbo intransitivo
    to chirp, tweet
    pie 1 sustantivo masculino
    1
    a) (Anat) foot;


    tiene (los) pies planos she has flat feet;
    pie de atleta athlete's foot
    b) ( en locs)


    ir a pie to go on foot, walk;
    hoy ando a pie (AmL) I'm without wheels today;
    de pie standing;
    ponte de pie stand up;
    en pie: estoy en pie desde las siete I've been up since seven o'clock;
    no puedo tenerme en pie I can hardly walk/stand;
    solo la iglesia quedó en pie only the church remained standing;
    mi oferta sigue en pie my offer still stands;
    a pie pelado (Chi) barefoot, in one's bare feet;
    de a pie common, ordinary;
    de la cabeza a los pies or de pies a cabeza from head to foot o toe, from top to toe (colloq);
    en pie de guerra on a war footing;
    en (un) pie de igualdad on an equal footing;
    hacer pie to be able to touch the bottom;
    levantarse con el pie derecho to get off to a good start;
    no tener ni pies ni cabeza to make no sense whatsoever;
    por mi/tu/su (propio) pie unaided, without any help
    2
    a) (de calcetín, media) foot

    b) (de lámpara, columna) base;

    ( de copa — base) base;
    (— parte vertical) stem;
    ( de montaña) foot
    c) (de página, escrito) foot, bottom;

    una nota a or al pie de página a footnote;

    al pie de la letra ‹copiar/repetir› word by word, exactly
    d) ( de cama) tb


    3
    a) ( medida) foot

    b) (Lit) foot

    pie 2 /pai/ sustantivo masculino (AmL) pie
    piar vi (pájaro) to chirp, cheep, tweet
    pie sustantivo masculino
    1 (de una persona) foot
    ponerse de pie, to stand up
    pies planos, flat feet
    2 (de una columna, lámpara, etc) base
    3 (de una copa) stem
    4 (de una fotografía) caption
    5 (de un texto) foot
    una nota a pie de página, a footnote
    6 (medida) foot
    ♦ Locuciones: dar pie a, to give cause for
    a pies juntillas, blindly
    al pie de la letra, to the letter
    con buen/mal pie, on the right/wrong footing
    con pies de plomo, cautiously
    de pie, standing up
    de pies a cabeza, from head to foot
    ' pie' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    A
    - bola
    - caminar
    - cañón
    - ciudadana
    - ciudadano
    - cojear
    - compartir
    - dedo
    - dormirse
    - empanada
    - enredarse
    - excursionista
    - flojera
    - gráfica
    - gráfico
    - guerra
    - hormiguear
    - hormigueo
    - lámpara
    - letra
    - levantarse
    - migaja
    - nacer
    - parada
    - parado
    - pararse
    - pastel
    - patear
    - patín
    - perchero
    - planta
    - pulgar
    - punta
    - reloj
    - resistir
    - sostenerse
    - talón
    - tenerse
    - uña
    - vadear
    - ver
    - zancadilla
    - a
    - agachar
    - amoldar
    - bien
    - budín
    - buscar
    - calambre
    English:
    accused
    - athlete's foot
    - bare
    - base
    - bed
    - book
    - bottom
    - caption
    - circumscribe
    - clubfoot
    - custard pie
    - dead
    - easy
    - floor lamp
    - foot
    - foothold
    - footing
    - footnote
    - ft
    - grandfather
    - hike
    - hill
    - impression
    - imprint
    - instep
    - itch
    - letter
    - man
    - meat pie
    - mince pie
    - on
    - pace
    - pie
    - pie chart
    - press
    - print
    - promenade concert
    - rambler
    - remain
    - rise
    - roll out
    - salt
    - sole
    - stamp
    - stamp down
    - stand
    - stand up
    - standing
    - standing ovation
    - standing room
    * * *
    pie nm
    1. [de persona] foot;
    estos zapatos me hacen daño en los pies these shoes hurt my feet;
    a pie on foot;
    prefiero ir a pie I'd rather walk o go on foot;
    estar de o [m5] en pie to be standing;
    ponerse de o [m5] en pie to stand up;
    llevamos dos horas de pie we've been on our feet for two hours;
    llevo en pie desde las seis de la mañana I've been up and about since six in the morning;
    la oferta sigue en pie the offer still stands;
    echar pie a tierra [jinete] to dismount;
    [pasajero] to alight;
    se me fueron los pies [resbalé] I slipped, I lost my footing;
    se me iban los pies con la música my feet were tapping along to the music;
    perder/no hacer pie [en el agua] to go/to be out of one's depth;
    Formal
    a sus pies at your service;
    el ciudadano de a pie the man in the street;
    en pie de igualdad on an equal footing;
    en pie de guerra on a war footing;
    pies de barro: un héroe/líder con (los) pies de barro a hero/leader with feet of clay;
    Fam
    buscar (los) tres o [m5] cinco pies al gato to overcomplicate matters;
    de pies a cabeza from head to toe;
    con buen pie: empezar con buen pie to get off to a good start;
    terminar con buen pie to end on a good note;
    caer de pie [tener suerte] to land on one's feet;
    no dar pie con bola to get everything wrong;
    con el pie derecho: empezar con el pie derecho to get off to a good start;
    estar con un pie en el estribo to be about to leave;
    a pies juntillas unquestioningly;
    levantarse con el pie izquierdo to get out of bed on the wrong side;
    con mal pie: empezar con mal pie to get off to a bad start;
    terminar con mal pie to end on a sour note;
    nacer de pie to be born lucky;
    andar o [m5] ir con pies de plomo to tread carefully;
    pararle los pies a alguien to put sb in their place;
    Fam
    poner pies en polvorosa: al llegar la policía, puso pies en polvorosa when the police arrived, you couldn't see him for dust o he legged it;
    poner los pies en o [m5] sobre la tierra to get a grip on reality;
    Esp
    saber de qué pie cojea alguien to know sb's weaknesses;
    Fam
    salir con los pies por delante to leave feet first o in a box;
    Esp Fam
    salir por pies to leg it;
    no tener ni pies ni cabeza to make no sense at all;
    tener un pie en la tumba to have one foot in the grave
    no tenerse en pie: no me tengo en pie I can't stand up a minute longer;
    esa teoría no se tiene en pie that theory doesn't stand up
    pie de atleta athlete's foot;
    pie de cabra crowbar, Br jemmy, US jimmy;
    pies de cerdo (pig's) trotters;
    pies planos flat feet
    2. [base] [de lámpara, micrófono] stand;
    [de copa] stem; [de montaña, árbol, escalera] foot;
    al pie de la página at the foot o bottom of the page;
    al pie de o [m5]a los pies de la cama/de la montaña at the foot of the bed/mountain;
    al pie de la letra to the letter, word for word;
    sigue las instrucciones al pie de la letra follow the instructions to the letter;
    copiar algo al pie de la letra to copy sth word for word;
    no hace falta que lo interpretes al pie de la letra there's no need to interpret it literally;
    al pie del cañón: ahí está, siempre al pie del cañón there he is, always hard at work
    pie de foto caption;
    pie de imprenta imprint;
    Informát pie de página footer
    3. [unidad de medida] foot;
    mide tres pies de ancho it's three foot o feet wide
    4. Teatro cue;
    Fig
    dar pie a [críticas, comentarios] to give rise to;
    [sospechas] to give cause for; Fig
    dar pie a alguien para que haga algo to give sb cause to do sth
    5. Lit [de verso] foot
    pie quebrado = short line of four or five syllables alternating with longer lines
    6. pie de lobo [planta] clubmoss
    7. pies de gato [botas] rock boots
    8. Chile [anticipo] down payment
    * * *
    m
    1 de estatua, lámpara base
    2 de persona foot;
    a pie on foot;
    al pie de at the foot of;
    de pie standing;
    estar de pie be standing (up);
    en pie stand up;
    de pie fig: por cansancio be ready to drop;
    de pies a cabeza from head to foot;
    no tiene ni pies ni cabeza it doesn’t make any sense at all, I can’t make head nor tail of it;
    levantarse con el pie izquierdo get out of bed on the wrong side;
    con buen/mal pie empezar get off to a good/bad start;
    con los pies fig badly;
    estar en pie be up, be out of bed;
    estar en pie de guerra be on a war footing;
    cinco pies al gato fig make things difficult, complicate things;
    a give rise to, generate;
    echar pie a tierra go ashore;
    estar al pie del cañón fig be hard at work;
    hacer pie touch bottom;
    no hacer pie en piscina be out of one’s depth;
    do everything wrong;
    parar los pies a alguien take s.o. down a peg or two fam ;
    saber de qué pie cojea alguien fig know where s.o. is coming from;
    poner pies en polvorosa fam take to one’s heels fam ;
    salir por pies hotfoot it fam, make o.s. scarce;
    pie de la cama foot of the bed;
    pies planos flat feet
    * * *
    pie nm
    1) : foot
    a pie: on foot
    de pie: on one's feet, standing
    2) : base, bottom, stem, foot
    pie de la cama: foot of the bed
    pie de una lámpera: base of a lamp
    pie de la escalera: bottom of the stairs
    pie de una copa: stem of a glass
    3) : foot (in measurement)
    pie cuadrado: square foot
    4) : cue (in theater)
    5)
    dar pie a : to give cause for, to give rise to
    6)
    en pie de igualidad : on equal footing
    * * *
    pie n
    1. (de persona) foot [pl. feet]
    2. (de estatua, lámpara, etc) base
    ponerse de pie to stand up [pt. & pp. stood]

    Spanish-English dictionary > pie

  • 18 диафрагма

    1) General subject: blind, stop, vignetter
    2) Geology: collimator (телескопа), division head
    3) Medicine: diaphragm (контрацепция), diaphragm (орган), dome shaped muscle, floor, phren, respiratory diaphragm, shutter (аппарата)
    4) Engineering: aperture (тонкая перегородка с отверстием), baffle, baffler, bladder (форматора-вулканизатора), buried diaphragm (плотины), core wall (земляной плотины), cutoff wall (земляной плотины), diaphragm stop, diaphragm wall (земляной плотины), end plate, internal diaphragm (плотины), iris (в волноводе), membrane, metering orifice (измерительная), orifice, tube diaphragm, water stop, window
    5) Agriculture: cut wall (плотины), diaphragm wall (плотины)
    6) Construction: cut-off wall, damp-proof course, diaphragm (элемент конструкции), diaphragm plate (элемент жёсткости), grout curtain, binder course, core
    7) Anatomy: diaphragm, midriff, skirt
    9) Hydrography: barrier
    11) Forestry: reducing pipe
    12) Metallurgy: aperture plate
    13) Optics: septa, septum
    15) Telecommunications: light barrier
    16) Electronics: shield
    17) Information technology: mask
    18) Oil: bag (электролизёра), orifice plate, pipe-line orifice
    19) Astronautics: disc, end-plate, partition, retainer pad
    20) Silicates: (измерительная) orifice
    21) Hydroelectric power stations: permanent cutoff wall
    22) Metrology: light stop, (измерительная) orifice plate
    23) Cellulose: diminisher
    24) Household appliances: aperture stop
    25) Sakhalin energy glossary: slit diaphragm (jetty)
    26) Polymers: sleeve
    27) Automation: curtain
    28) Arms production: blowout disc, retainer
    30) Chemical weapons: pressure plate assembly (на мине; on a mine), pressure plate assembly (on a mine) (на мине)
    31) Makarov: core wall (плотины), diaphragm (фото), inner bar, limiter, plate orifice, stop (фотографическая)
    32) oil&gas: orifice choke, orifice plate (напр., в трубопроводе)
    33) Caspian: horizontal plane framing (опорного блока; конструкция; ср. jacket plan)
    35) Microsoft: f-number, focal ratio
    36) Hi-Fi. diaphragm (движущаяся поверхность головки громкоговорителя, создающая звук)

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > диафрагма

  • 19 desechar

    v.
    1 to throw out, to discard.
    Ella desechó los zapatos She discarded the shoes.
    2 to refuse, to turn down (rechazar) (ayuda, oferta).
    3 to ignore, to take no notice of.
    4 to dismiss, to refuse, to drop, to drop off.
    Elsa desechó la idea Elsa dismissed the idea.
    5 to nonsuit.
    * * *
    1 (tirar) to discard, throw out, throw away
    2 (rechazar) to refuse, reject; (proyecto, idea) to drop, discard
    3 (apartar de sí) to put aside, cast aside
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    VT
    1) (=tirar) [+ basura] to throw out; [+ objeto inútil] to scrap, get rid of
    2) (=rechazar) [+ consejo, miedo] to cast aside; [+ oferta] to reject; [+ plan] to drop
    3) (=censurar) to censure, reprove
    4) [+ llave] to turn
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) <ayuda/idea/propuesta> to reject

    desechó la idea de ir — he abandoned o gave up the idea of going

    b) <restos/residuos> to throw away o out; < ropa> to throw out
    * * *
    = discard, dismiss, short-circuit [shortcircuit], throw out, set + aside, discount, scrap, toss out, ditch, dismiss with + the wave of the hand, turf out, count + Nombre + out.
    Ex. The dates should be checked regularly and updated so that old dates are discarded and new ones entered.
    Ex. It is too early to dismiss those physical forms associated with non-computerised cataloguing and indexing.
    Ex. There is little modulation, whole steps of division being short-circuited and an odd assembly of terms being frequently found: e.g.: LAW see also JURY, JUDGES.
    Ex. Well, I happened to inherit a full set of Trollope, and I had the guts to throw it out.
    Ex. Such championship cannot be lightly set aside, nevertheless it is now quiet certain that 'bibliography', incorrect and unfortunate as it may be, is here to stay and the situation must be accepted.
    Ex. Assistance from part-time librarians should not be totally discounted, however.
    Ex. There have even been rumours of plans to scrap most of the industrial side of its work and disperse key elements, such as the work on regional and industrial aid, to the provinces.
    Ex. In preparation for computerization, let us not toss out old standards that were good.
    Ex. It is time that higher education institutions accepted the wisdom of collaboration and ditched, once and for all, the rhetoric of competition = Ya es hora de que las instituciones de enseñanza superior acepten la colaboración y rechacen, de una vez por todas, la competitividad.
    Ex. International 'rules' are often dismissed with the wave of the hand or a snort of contempt one week, and gilded and placed on a pedestal the next.
    Ex. You will be disliked and turfed out as a sacrificial goat once your job is done but there will be many others queuing up for your services.
    Ex. Right now, there is no clear Republican candidate, though the inimitable Joe Kelly can never be counted out until the deadline passes.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) <ayuda/idea/propuesta> to reject

    desechó la idea de ir — he abandoned o gave up the idea of going

    b) <restos/residuos> to throw away o out; < ropa> to throw out
    * * *
    = discard, dismiss, short-circuit [shortcircuit], throw out, set + aside, discount, scrap, toss out, ditch, dismiss with + the wave of the hand, turf out, count + Nombre + out.

    Ex: The dates should be checked regularly and updated so that old dates are discarded and new ones entered.

    Ex: It is too early to dismiss those physical forms associated with non-computerised cataloguing and indexing.
    Ex: There is little modulation, whole steps of division being short-circuited and an odd assembly of terms being frequently found: e.g.: LAW see also JURY, JUDGES.
    Ex: Well, I happened to inherit a full set of Trollope, and I had the guts to throw it out.
    Ex: Such championship cannot be lightly set aside, nevertheless it is now quiet certain that 'bibliography', incorrect and unfortunate as it may be, is here to stay and the situation must be accepted.
    Ex: Assistance from part-time librarians should not be totally discounted, however.
    Ex: There have even been rumours of plans to scrap most of the industrial side of its work and disperse key elements, such as the work on regional and industrial aid, to the provinces.
    Ex: In preparation for computerization, let us not toss out old standards that were good.
    Ex: It is time that higher education institutions accepted the wisdom of collaboration and ditched, once and for all, the rhetoric of competition = Ya es hora de que las instituciones de enseñanza superior acepten la colaboración y rechacen, de una vez por todas, la competitividad.
    Ex: International 'rules' are often dismissed with the wave of the hand or a snort of contempt one week, and gilded and placed on a pedestal the next.
    Ex: You will be disliked and turfed out as a sacrificial goat once your job is done but there will be many others queuing up for your services.
    Ex: Right now, there is no clear Republican candidate, though the inimitable Joe Kelly can never be counted out until the deadline passes.

    * * *
    desechar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 ‹ayuda/consejo/propuesta› to reject
    debes desechar esos malos pensamientos you must banish those wicked thoughts from your mind
    no desechó nunca la sospecha de que fuera él she never managed to rid herself of the suspicion that it was him
    después de un mes desechó la idea de quedarse after a month he gave up o abandoned the idea of staying there
    desecharon la idea de pedir un préstamo they rejected the idea of asking for a loan
    2 ‹restos/residuos› to throw away o out; ‹ropa› to throw out
    * * *

     

    desechar ( conjugate desechar) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹ayuda/propuesta› to reject;

    ‹idea/plan› ( rechazar) to reject;
    ( renunciar a) to drop, give up
    b) ‹restos/residuos› to throw away o out;

    ‹ ropa› to throw out
    desechar verbo transitivo
    1 (un objeto) to discard, throw out o away
    2 (una oferta) to turn down, refuse
    (descartar una idea, un proyecto) to drop, discard
    ' desechar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    tirar
    English:
    cast aside
    - shrift
    - discard
    - dismiss
    - ditch
    - scrap
    - sweep
    * * *
    1. [tirar] to throw out, to discard
    2. [rechazar] [ayuda, oferta] to refuse, to turn down;
    [idea, pensamiento] to reject; [posibilidad, sospecha] to dismiss; [propuesta, sugerencia] to reject, to turn down;
    pensó ir a pie, pero luego desechó la idea he thought of going on foot but then dropped the idea;
    no desecho la posibilidad de que haya sido ella I don't rule out the possibility that it was her
    * * *
    v/t
    1 ( tirar) throw away
    2 ( rechazar) reject
    * * *
    1) : to discard, to throw away
    2) rechazar: to reject

    Spanish-English dictionary > desechar

  • 20 cōnsilium

        cōnsilium ī, n    [com- + 2 SAL-], a council, body of counsellors, deliberative assembly: senatum, orbis terrae consilium: senatūs: Iovis, H.: consilium viribus parat, L.: publicum, i. e. a court of justice: hac re ad consilium delatā, a council of war, Cs.: sine consiliis per se solus, without advisers, L.: Illa Numae coniunx consiliumque fuit, counsellor, O.—Deliberation, consultation, considering together, counsel: capere unā tecum, T.: summis de rebus habere, V.: quasi vero consili sit res, ac non, etc., a question for discussion, Cs.: arbitrium negavit sui esse consili, for him to decide, N.: quid efficere possis, tui consili est, for you to consider: nihil quod maioris consili esset: nocturna, S.: in consilio est aedilibus, admitted to the counsels, Iu.—A conclusion, determination, resolution, measure, plan, purpose, intention, design, policy: unum totius Galliae, Cs.: callidum, T.: arcanum, H.: saluberrima, Ta.: adeundae Syriae, Cs.: consili participes, S.: superioris temporis, former policy, Cs.: consilium expedire, resolve promptly, L.: certus consili, in purpose, Ta.: incertus consilii, T., Cu.: Consilia in melius referre, change her policy, V.: quod consilium dabatur? resource, V.: unde consilium afuerit culpam abesse, L.: eo consilio, uti, etc., their object being, Cs.: quo consilio huc imus? T.: omnes uno consilio, with one accord, Cs.: cum suo quisque consilio uteretur, pursued his own course, Cs.: publico factum consilio, by the state, Cs.: alqm interficere publico consilio, i. e. by legal process, Cs.: privato consilio exercitūs comparare, on their own account: audax, L.: fidele: sapiens, O.: plenum sceleris.—In phrases with capere or suscipere, to form a purpose, plan, resolve, decide, determine: neque, quid nunc consili capiam, scio, De virgine, T.: legionis opprimendae consilium capere, Cs.: obprimundae rei p., S.: hominis fortunas evertere: ex oppido profugere, Cs.: consilium ceperunt, ut, etc.: capit consilium, ut nocte iret, L.—With inire, to form a plan, resolve, conspire, determine: inita sunt consilia urbis delendae: iniit consilia reges tollere, N.: consilia inibat, quem ad modum discederet, Cs.: de recuperandā libertate consilium initum, Cs.—With est, it is intended, I purpose: non est consilium, pater, I don't mean to, T.: non fuit consilium otium conterere, S.: ea uti deseram, non est consilium, S.: quibus id consili fuisse cognoverint, ut, etc., who had formed the plan, etc., Cs.: quid sui consili sit, ostendit, Cs.—In war, a plan, device, stratagem: consilia cuiusque modi Gallorum, Cs.: tali consilio pro fligavit hostīs, N.: Britannorum in ipsos versum, Ta.: te consilium Praebente, H.—Counsel, advice: recta consilia aegrotis damus, T.: fidele: lene, H.: consilio uti tuo, take your advice: consilium dedimus Sullae, ut, etc., Iu. — Understanding, judgment, wisdom, sense, penetration, prudence, discretion: neque consili satis habere: a consilio principum dissidere: res forte quam consilio melius gestae, S.: Simul consilium cum re amisti? T.: pari consilio uti: vir consili magni, Cs.: plus in animo consili, L.: catervae Consiliis iuvenis revictae, H.: tam nulli consili, T.: tam expers consili: misce stultitiam consiliis brevem, H.: consilii inopes ignes, indiscreet, O.: vis consili expers, H.
    * * *
    debate/discussion/deliberation/consultation; advice/counsel/suggestion; adviser; decision/resolution; intention/purpose/policy/plan/action; diplomacy/strategy; deliberative/advisory body; state council, senate; jury; board of assessors; intelligence, sense, capacity for judgment/invention; mental ability; choice

    Latin-English dictionary > cōnsilium

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