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    1.
    [before vowel tʊ, before consonant tə, stressed tuː] preposition
    1) (in the direction of and reaching) zu; (with name of place) nach

    go to work/to the theatre — zur Arbeit/ins Theater gehen

    to Paris/France — nach Paris/Frankreich

    2) (towards a condition or quality) zu
    3) (as far as) bis zu

    from London to Edinburgh — von London [bis] nach Edinburgh

    increase from 10 % to 20 % — von 10 % auf 20 % steigen

    with one's back to the wallmit dem Rücken zur Wand

    [compared] to — verglichen mit; im Vergleich zu

    it's ten to one he does somethingdie Chancen stehen zehn zu eins, dass er etwas tut

    to somebody/something — jemandem/einer Sache (Dat.)

    lend/explain etc. something to somebody — jemandem etwas leihen/erklären usw.

    to me(in my opinion) meiner Meinung nach

    what's that to you?was geht das dich an?

    7) (until) bis

    to the endbis zum Ende

    five [minutes] to eight — fünf [Minuten] vor acht

    8) with infinitive of a verb zu; expressing purpose, or after academic.ru/75540/too">too um [...] zu

    too young to marry — zu jung, um zu heiraten; zu jung zum Heiraten

    to rebel is pointlesses ist sinnlos zu rebellieren

    he would have phoned but forgot to — er hätte angerufen, aber er vergaß es

    she didn't want to go there, but she had to — sie wollte nicht hingehen, aber sie musste

    2.
    [tuː] adverb
    1) (just not shut)

    be to[Tür, Fenster:] angelehnt sein

    2)
    * * *
    1. [tə,tu] preposition
    1) (towards; in the direction of: I cycled to the station; The book fell to the floor; I went to the concert/lecture/play.) zu, auf
    2) (as far as: His story is a lie from beginning to end.) bis
    3) (until: Did you stay to the end of the concert?) bis
    4) (sometimes used to introduce the indirect object of a verb: He sent it to us; You're the only person I can talk to.) zu, mit
    5) (used in expressing various relations: Listen to me!; Did you reply to his letter?; Where's the key to this door?; He sang to (the accompaniment of) his guitar.) zu, für
    6) (into a particular state or condition: She tore the letter to pieces.) in
    7) (used in expressing comparison or proportion: He's junior to me; Your skill is superior to mine; We won the match by 5 goals to 2.) gegenüber, zu
    8) (showing the purpose or result of an action etc: He came quickly to my assistance; To my horror, he took a gun out of his pocket.) zu
    9) ([tə] used before an infinitive eg after various verbs and adjectives, or in other constructions: I want to go!; He asked me to come; He worked hard to (= in order to) earn a lot of money; These buildings were designed to (= so as to) resist earthquakes; She opened her eyes to find him standing beside her; I arrived too late to see him.) zu, um zu
    10) (used instead of a complete infinitive: He asked her to stay but she didn't want to.) zu
    2. [tu:] adverb
    1) (into a closed or almost closed position: He pulled/pushed the door to.) zu
    2) (used in phrasal verbs and compounds: He came to (= regained consciousness).) zu sich, dran
    * * *
    to
    [tu:, tu, tə]
    1. (moving towards) in + akk
    , nach + dat
    , zu + dat
    she walked over \to the window sie ging [hinüber] zum Fenster [o ans Fenster]
    we're going \to town wir gehen/fahren in die Stadt
    they go \to work on the bus sie fahren mit dem Bus zur Arbeit
    I'm going \to a party/concert ich gehe auf eine Party/ein Konzert
    she has to go \to a meeting now sie muss jetzt zu einem Meeting [gehen]
    we moved \to Germany last year wir sind letztes Jahr nach Deutschland gezogen
    he flew \to the US er flog in die USA
    she's never been \to Mexico before sie ist noch nie [zuvor] in Mexiko gewesen
    my first visit \to Africa mein erster Aufenthalt in Afrika
    this is a road \to nowhere! diese Straße führt nirgendwohin!
    parallel \to the x axis parallel zur x-Achse
    from here \to the station von hier [bis] zum Bahnhof
    on the way \to the mountains/the sea/the town centre auf dem Weg in die Berge/zum Meer/ins [o zum] Stadtzentrum
    \to the north/south nördlich/südlich
    twenty miles \to the north of the city zwanzig Meilen nördlich der Stadt
    the suburbs are \to the west of the city die Vororte liegen im Westen der Stadt
    from place \to place von Ort zu Ort
    \to the right/left nach rechts/links
    there \to the right dort rechts
    he's standing \to the left of Adrian er steht links neben Adrian
    2. (attending regularly) zu + dat
    , in + dat
    she goes \to kindergarten sie geht in den Kindergarten
    he goes \to university er geht auf die Universität
    do you go \to church? gehst du in die Kirche?
    I go \to the gym twice a week ich gehe zweimal wöchentlich zum Fitness
    3. (inviting to) zu + dat
    an invitation \to a wedding eine Einladung zu einer Hochzeit
    I've asked them \to dinner ich habe sie zum Essen eingeladen
    she took me out \to lunch yesterday sie hat mich gestern zum Mittagessen ausgeführt [o eingeladen
    she pointed \to a distant spot on the horizon sie zeigte auf einen fernen Punkt am Horizont
    to have one's back \to sth/sb etw/jdm den Rücken zudrehen
    back \to front verkehrt herum
    5. (in contact with) an + dat
    they were dancing cheek \to cheek sie tanzten Wange an Wange
    she put her hand \to his breast sie legte die Hand auf seine Brust
    she clasped the letter \to her bosom sie drückte den Brief an ihre Brust
    6. (attached to) an + akk
    tie the lead \to the fence mach die Leine am Zaun fest
    they fixed the bookshelves \to the wall sie brachten die Bücherregale an der Wand an
    stick the ads \to some paper klebe die Anzeigen auf ein Blatt Papier
    7. (with indirect object)
    \to sb/sth jdm/etw dat
    I lent my bike \to my brother ich habe meinem Bruder mein Fahrrad geliehen
    give that gun \to me gib mir das Gewehr
    children are often cruel \to each other Kinder sind oft grausam zueinander
    who's the letter addressed \to? an wen ist der Brief adressiert?
    what have they done \to you? was haben sie dir [an]getan?
    her knowledge proved useful \to him ihr Wissen erwies sich als hilfreich für ihn
    they made a complaint \to the manager sie reichten beim Geschäftsleiter eine Beschwerde ein
    a threat \to world peace eine Bedrohung des Weltfriedens [o für den Weltfrieden]
    to be grateful \to sb jdm dankbar sein
    to be married \to sb mit jdm verheiratet sein
    to tell/show sth \to sb jdm etw erzählen/zeigen
    and what did you say \to that? und was hast du dazu gesagt?
    he finally confessed \to the crime er gestand schließlich das Verbrechen
    this is essential \to our strategy dies ist ein wesentlicher Bestandteil unserer Strategie
    9. (in response) auf + akk
    a reference \to Psalm 22:18 ein Verweis auf Psalm 22:18
    her reply \to the question ihre Antwort auf die Frage
    and what was her response \to that? und wie lautete ihr Antwort darauf?
    10. (belonging to) zu + dat
    the keys \to his car seine Autoschlüssel
    the top \to this pen die Kappe, die auf diesen Stift gehört
    she has a mean side \to her sie kann auch sehr gemein sein
    there is a very moral tone \to this book dieses Buch hat einen sehr moralischen Unterton
    there's a funny side \to everything alles hat auch seine komische Seite
    11. (compared to) mit + dat
    I prefer beef \to seafood ich ziehe Rindfleisch Meeresfrüchten vor
    she looked about thirty \to his sixty neben ihm mit seinen sechzig Jahren wirkte sie wie dreißig
    to be comparable \to sth mit etw dat vergleichbar sein
    [to be] nothing \to sth nichts im Vergleich zu etw dat [sein]
    her wage is nothing \to what she could earn ihr Einkommen steht in keinem Vergleich zu dem, was sie verdienen könnte
    to be superior \to sb jdm übergeordnet sein, höher stehen als jd
    12. (in scores) zu + dat
    Paul beat me by three games \to two Paul hat im Spiel drei zu zwei gegen mich gewonnen
    Manchester won three \to one Manchester hat drei zu eins gewonnen
    13. (until) bis + dat
    , zu + dat
    I read up \to page 100 ich habe bis Seite 100 gelesen
    unemployment has risen \to almost 8 million die Arbeitslosigkeit ist auf fast 8 Millionen angestiegen
    count \to 20 zähle bis 20
    it's about fifty miles \to New York es sind [noch] etwa fünfzig Meilen bis New York
    14. (expressing change of state) zu + dat
    he converted \to Islam er ist zum Islam übergetreten
    his expression changed from amazement \to joy sein Ausdruck wechselte von Erstaunen zu Freude
    the change \to the metric system der Wechsel zum metrischen System
    her promotion \to department manager ihre Beförderung zur Abteilungsleiterin
    the meat was cooked \to perfection das Fleisch war bestens zubereitet
    he drank himself \to death er trank sich zu Tode
    she nursed me back \to health sie hat mich [wieder] gesund gepflegt
    smashed \to pieces in tausend Stücke geschlagen
    she was close \to tears sie war den Tränen nahe
    he was thrilled \to bits er freute sich wahnsinnig
    15. (to point in time) bis + dat
    the shop is open \to 8.00 p.m. der Laden hat bis 20 Uhr geöffnet
    we're in this \to the end wir führen dies bis zum Ende
    and \to this day... und bis auf den heutigen Tag...
    it's only two weeks \to your birthday! es sind nur noch zwei Wochen bis zu deinem Geburtstag!
    16. (including)
    from... \to... von... bis...
    from beginning \to end von Anfang bis Ende
    from morning \to night von morgens bis abends
    front \to back von vorne bis hinten, von allen Seiten
    I read the document front \to back ich habe das Dokument von vorne bis hinten gelesen
    he's done everything from snowboarding \to windsurfing er hat von Snowboarden bis Windsurfen alles [mal] gemacht
    from simple theft \to cold-blooded murder vom einfachen Diebstahl bis zum kaltblütigen Mord
    17. BRIT (in clock times) vor, bis SÜDD
    it's twenty \to six es ist zwanzig vor sechs
    18. (causing) zu + dat
    \to my relief/horror/astonishment zu meiner Erleichterung/meinem Entsetzen/meinem Erstaunen
    much \to her surprise zu ihrer großen Überraschung
    19. (according to) für + akk
    \to me, it sounds like she's ending the relationship für mich hört sich das an, als ob sie die Beziehung beenden wollte
    that outfit looks good \to me das Outfit gefällt mir gut
    if it's acceptable \to you wenn Sie einverstanden sind
    this would be \to your advantage das wäre zu deinem Vorteil, das wäre für dich von Vorteil
    does this make any sense \to you? findest du das auf irgendeine Weise einleuchtend?
    fifty pounds is nothing \to him fünfzig Pfund sind nichts für ihn
    what's it \to you? ( fam) was geht dich das an?
    20. (serving) für + akk
    he works as a personal trainer \to the rich and famous er arbeitet als Personal Trainer für die Reichen und Berühmten
    they are hat makers \to Her Majesty the Queen sie sind Hutmacher Ihrer Majestät, der Königin
    economic adviser \to the president Wirtschaftsberater des Präsidenten
    21. FILM (next to)
    she was Ophelia \to Olivier's Hamlet in der Verfilmung von Olivier spielte sie neben Hamlet die Ophelia
    22. (in honour of) auf + akk
    here's \to you! auf dein/Ihr Wohl!
    \to the cook! auf den Koch/die Köchin!
    the record is dedicated \to her mother die Schallplatte ist ihrer Mutter gewidmet
    I propose a toast \to the bride and groom ich bringe einen Toast auf die Braut und den Bräutigam aus
    a memorial \to all the soldiers who died in Vietnam ein Denkmal für alle im Vietnamkrieg gefallenen Soldaten
    23. (per)
    the car gets 25 miles \to the gallon das Auto verbraucht eine Gallone auf 25 Meilen
    three parts oil \to one part vinegar drei Teile Öl auf einen Teil Essig
    the odds are 2 \to 1 that you'll lose die Chancen stehen 2 zu 1, dass du verlierst
    she awoke \to the sound of screaming sie wurden durch laute Schreie wach
    I like exercising \to music ich trainiere gerne mit Musik
    I can't dance \to this sort of music ich kann zu dieser Art Musik nicht tanzen
    the band walked on stage \to rapturous applause die Band zog unter tosendem Applaus auf die Bühne
    25. (roughly) bis + dat
    thirty \to thirty-five people dreißig bis fünfunddreißig Leute
    26. MATH (defining exponent) hoch
    ten \to the power of three zehn hoch drei
    27.
    that's all there is \to it das ist schon alles
    there's not much [or nothing] \to it das ist nichts Besonderes, da ist nichts Besonderes dabei
    1. (expressing future intention) zu
    she agreed \to help sie erklärte sich bereit zu helfen
    I'll have \to tell him ich werde es ihm sagen müssen
    I don't expect \to be finished any later than seven ich denke, dass ich spätestens um sieben fertig sein werde
    he lived \to see his first grandchild er durfte erleben, dass sein erstes Enkelkind geboren wurde
    I have \to go on a business trip ich muss auf eine Geschäftsreise
    the company is \to pay over £500,000 die Firma muss über 500.000 Pfund bezahlen
    he's going \to write his memoirs er wird seine Memoiren schreiben
    I have some things \to be fixed ich habe einige Dinge zu reparieren
    Blair \to meet with Bush Blair trifft Bush
    to be about \to do sth gerade etw tun wollen, im Begriff sein, etw zu tun
    2. (forming requests) zu
    she was told \to have the report finished by Friday sie wurde gebeten, den Bericht bis Freitag fertigzustellen
    he told me \to wait er sagte mir, ich solle warten
    I asked her \to give me a call ich bat sie, mich anzurufen
    we asked her \to explain wir baten sie, es uns zu erklären
    you've not \to do that du sollst das nicht tun
    that man is not \to come here again der Mann darf dieses Haus nicht mehr betreten
    young man, you're \to go to your room right now junger Mann, du gehst jetzt auf dein Zimmer
    3. (expressing wish) zu
    I need \to eat something first ich muss zuerst etwas essen
    I'd love \to live in New York ich würde nur zu gern in New York leben
    would you like \to dance? möchten Sie tanzen?
    that child ought \to be in bed das Kind sollte [schon] im Bett sein
    I want \to go now ich möchte jetzt gehen
    I need \to go to the bathroom ich muss mal auf die Toilette
    do you want \to come with us? willst du [mit uns] mitkommen?
    I'd love \to go to France this summer ich würde diesen Sommer gern nach Frankreich fahren
    4. (omitting verb)
    are you going tonight?I'm certainly hoping \to gehst du heute Abend? — das hoffe ich sehr
    would you like to go and see the Russian clowns?yes, I'd love \to möchtest du gern die russischen Clowns sehen? — ja, sehr gern
    can you drive?yes I'm able \to but I prefer not \to kannst du Auto fahren? — ja, das kann ich, aber ich fahre nicht gern
    5. after adj (to complete meaning)
    it's not likely \to happen es ist unwahrscheinlich, dass das geschieht, das wird wohl kaum geschehen
    I was afraid \to tell her ich hatte Angst, es ihr zu sagen
    he's able \to speak four languages er spricht vier Sprachen
    she's due \to have her baby sie bekommt bald ihr Baby
    I'm afraid \to fly ich habe Angst vorm Fliegen
    she's happy \to see you back sie ist froh, dass du wieder zurück bist
    I'm sorry \to hear that es tut mir leid, das zu hören
    easy \to use leicht zu bedienen
    languages are fun \to learn Sprachenlernen macht Spaß
    it is interesting \to know that es ist interessant, das zu wissen
    three months is too long \to wait drei Monate zu warten ist zu lang
    I'm too nervous \to talk right now ich bin zu nervös, um jetzt zu sprechen
    I'm going there \to see my sister ich gehe dort hin, um meine Schwester zu treffen
    she's gone \to pick Jean up sie ist Jean abholen gegangen
    my second attempt \to make flaky pastry mein zweiter Versuch, einen Blätterteig zu machen
    they have no reason \to lie sie haben keinerlei Grund zu lügen
    I have the chance \to buy a house cheaply ich habe die Gelegenheit, billig ein Haus zu kaufen
    something \to eat etwas zu essen
    the first person \to arrive die erste Person, die ankam [o eintraf]
    Armstrong was the first man \to walk on the moon Armstrong war der erste Mann, der den Mond betrat
    7. (expressing intent)
    we tried \to help wir versuchten zu helfen
    \to make this cake, you'll need... für diesen Kuchen braucht man...
    he managed \to escape es gelang ihm zu entkommen
    I don't know what \to do ich weiß nicht, was ich tun soll
    I don't know where \to begin ich weiß nicht, wo ich anfangen soll
    she was wondering whether \to ask David about it sie fragte sich, ob sie David deswegen fragen sollte
    can you tell me how \to get there? könne Sie mir sagen, wie ich dort hinkomme?
    9. (introducing clause)
    \to tell the truth [or \to be truthful] um die Wahrheit zu sagen
    \to be quite truthful with you, Dave, I never really liked the man ich muss dir ehrlich sagen, Dave, ich konnte diesen Mann noch nie leiden
    \to be honest um ehrlich zu sein
    10. (in consecutive acts) um zu
    he looked up \to greet his guests er blickte auf, um seine Gäste zu begrüßen
    she reached out \to take his hand sie griff nach seiner Hand
    they turned around \to find their car gone sie drehten sich um und bemerkten, dass ihr Auto verschwunden war
    III. ADVERB
    inv zu
    to push [or pull] the door \to die Tür zuschlagen
    to come \to zu sich dat kommen
    to set \to sich akk daranmachen fam
    they set \to with a will, determined to finish the job sie machten sich mit Nachdruck daran, entschlossen, die Arbeit zu Ende zu bringen
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    [tuː]
    1. PREPOSITION
    1) = in direction of, towards zu

    to go to the doctor( 's)/greengrocer's etc — zum Arzt/Gemüsehändler etc gehen

    to go to the opera/concert etc — in die Oper/ins Konzert etc gehen

    to go to France/London — nach Frankreich/London fahren

    to go to Switzerland —

    he came up to where I was standing —

    to turn a picture/one's face to the wall — ein Bild/sich mit dem Gesicht zur Wand drehen

    2) = as far as, until bis

    to count (up) to 20 —

    3) = in in (+dat)

    I have never been to Brussels/India — ich war noch nie in Brüssel/Indien

    4)

    = secure to he nailed it to the wall/floor etc — er nagelte es an die Wand/auf den Boden etc

    they tied him to the tree —

    5)

    with indirect object to give sth to sb — jdm etw geben

    a present from me to you —

    I said to myself... — ich habe mir gesagt...

    he was muttering/singing to himself — er murmelte/sang vor sich hin

    "To... " (on envelope etc) to pray to God — "An (+acc)..." zu Gott beten

    6) in toasts auf (+acc)
    7)

    = next to with position bumper to bumper — Stoßstange an Stoßstange

    close to sb/sth — nahe bei jdm/etw

    at right angles to the wall —

    to the west (of)/the left (of) — westlich/links (von)

    20 ( minutes) to 2 — 20 (Minuten) vor 2

    at (a) quarter to 2 — um Viertel vor 2

    it was five to when we arrived — es war fünf vor, als wir ankamen

    9) = in relation to zu

    A is to B as C is to D —

    they won by 4 goals to 2 — sie haben mit 4:2 (spoken: vier zu zwei) Toren gewonnen

    10) = per pro; (in recipes, when mixing) auf (+acc)
    11) MATH

    3 to the 4th, 3 to the power of 4 — 3 hoch 4

    12)

    = concerning what do you say to the idea? — was hältst du von der Idee?

    to repairing television £30 (Comm) — (für) Reparatur eines Fernsehers £ 30

    13)

    = according to to the best of my knowledge — nach bestem Wissen

    14)

    = accompanied by to sing to the guitar —

    to sing sth to the tune of... — etw nach der Melodie von... singen

    to dance to a tune/a band — zu einer Melodie/den Klängen or der Musik eines Orchesters tanzen

    15)

    = of ambassador to America/the King of France — Botschafter in Amerika/am Hofe des Königs von Frankreich

    16)

    = producing to everyone's surprise — zu jedermanns Überraschung

    17)

    infinitive to begin to do sth — anfangen, etw zu tun

    I want him to do it — ich will, dass er es tut

    18)

    conditional use of infinitive to see him now, one would never think... — wenn man ihn jetzt sieht, würde man nicht glauben,...

    19)

    infinitive expressing purpose, result to eat/work to live —

    I did it to help youich tat es, um dir zu helfen

    to get to the point,... — um zur Sache zu kommen,...

    well, not to exaggerate... — ohne zu übertreiben,...

    I arrived to find she had gone — als ich ankam, war sie weg

    20)

    omitting verb I don't want to — ich will nicht

    we didn't want to but we were forced to — wir wollten nicht, aber wir waren dazu gezwungen

    I intended to (do it), but I forgot (to) — ich wollte es tun, aber ich habe es vergessen

    buy it, it would be silly not to — kaufe es, es wäre dumm, es nicht zu tun

    he often does things one doesn't expect him to — er macht oft Dinge, die man nicht von ihm erwartet

    21)

    set structures __diams; noun/pronoun + to + infinitive he is not the sort to do that — er ist nicht der Typ, der das täte, er ist nicht der Typ dazu

    I have done nothing to deserve this — ich habe nichts getan, womit ich das verdient hätte

    who is he to order you around? — wer ist er denn, dass er dich so herumkommandiert?

    he was the first to arrive — er kam als Erster an, er war der Erste, der ankam

    who was the last to see her? —

    what is there to do here? —

    now is the time to do it — jetzt ist die (beste) Zeit, es zu tun

    you are foolish to try it — du bist dumm, das überhaupt zu versuchen

    is it good to eat? —

    he's too old to be still in short trouserser ist schon so alt und trägt noch kurze Hosen

    2. ADJECTIVE
    door (= ajar) angelehnt; (= shut) zu
    3. ADVERB

    to and fro — hin und her; walk auf und ab

    * * *
    to
    A präp [tuː; tʊ; tə]
    2. (Richtung und Ziel, räumlich) zu, nach, an (akk), in (akk), auf (akk):
    go to London nach London fahren;
    from east to west von Osten nach Westen;
    throw sth to the ground etwas auf den oder zu Boden werfen
    3. in (dat):
    have you ever been to London?
    4. (Richtung, Ziel, Zweck) zu, auf (akk), an (akk), in (akk), für, gegen:
    play to a large audience vor einem großen Publikum spielen; duty A 1 a, invite A 1, pray B 2, etc
    5. (Zugehörigkeit) zu, in (akk), für, auf (akk):
    a cap with a tassel to it eine Mütze mit einer Troddel (daran);
    a key to the case ein Schlüssel für den oder zum Koffer;
    a room to myself ein Zimmer für mich (allein); assistant B 1, end C 7, moral B 1, secretary 1, etc
    6. (Übereinstimmung, Gemäßheit) nach, für, gemäß: astonishment, etc
    7. (im Verhältnis oder Vergleich) zu, gegen, gegenüber, auf (akk), mit:
    the score is three to one (3-1) das Spiel oder es steht drei zu eins (3:1);
    two is to four as four is to eight zwei verhält sich zu vier wie vier zu acht
    8. (Ausmaß, Grenze, Grad) bis, (bis) zu, (bis) an (akk), auf (akk), in (dat):
    to the clouds bis an die Wolken;
    ten feet to the ground zehn Fuß bis zum Boden; craziness
    9. (zeitliche Ausdehnung oder Grenze) bis, bis zu, bis gegen, auf (akk), vor (dat):
    from three to four von drei bis vier (Uhr);
    it’s ten to five es ist zehn vor fünf
    10. (Begleitung) zu, nach:
    sing to a guitar zu einer Gitarre singen;
    they danced to a tune sie tanzten nach einer Melodie; dance A 1
    a) betont:
    he gave the book to me, not to you! er gab das Buch mir, nicht Ihnen!
    she was a good mother to him sie war ihm eine gute Mutter
    B partikel [tʊ; tə]
    to go gehen;
    easy to understand leicht zu verstehen;
    she was heard to cry man hörte sie weinen
    2. (Zweck, Absicht) um zu, zu:
    he only does it to earn money er tut es nur, um Geld zu verdienen
    I weep to think of it ich weine, wenn ich daran denke;
    he was the first to arrive er kam als Erster;
    to hear him talk wenn man ihn (so) reden hört; honest A 1 b
    why blame you me to love you? obs oder poet was tadelst du mich, weil ich dich liebe?
    5. zur Andeutung eines aus dem Vorhergehenden zu ergänzenden Infinitivs:
    I don’t go because I don’t want to ich gehe nicht, weil ich nicht (gehen) will
    C adv [tuː]
    1. a) zu, geschlossen:
    pull the door to die Türe zuziehen
    b) angelehnt:
    2. (wieder) zu Bewusstsein oder zu sich: bring to A 1, come to 1
    3. SCHIFF nahe am Wind:
    keep her to!
    a) hin und her,
    b) auf und ab
    * * *
    1.
    [before vowel tʊ, before consonant tə, stressed tuː] preposition

    go to work/to the theatre — zur Arbeit/ins Theater gehen

    to Paris/France — nach Paris/Frankreich

    3) (as far as) bis zu

    from London to Edinburgh — von London [bis] nach Edinburgh

    increase from 10 % to 20 % — von 10 % auf 20 % steigen

    4) (next to, facing)
    5) (implying comparison, ratio, etc.)

    [compared] to — verglichen mit; im Vergleich zu

    it's ten to one he does something — die Chancen stehen zehn zu eins, dass er etwas tut

    to somebody/something — jemandem/einer Sache (Dat.)

    lend/explain etc. something to somebody — jemandem etwas leihen/erklären usw.

    to me (in my opinion) meiner Meinung nach

    7) (until) bis

    five [minutes] to eight — fünf [Minuten] vor acht

    8) with infinitive of a verb zu; expressing purpose, or after too um [...] zu

    do something to annoy somebody — etwas tun, um jemanden zu ärgern

    too young to marry — zu jung, um zu heiraten; zu jung zum Heiraten

    he would have phoned but forgot to — er hätte angerufen, aber er vergaß es

    she didn't want to go there, but she had to — sie wollte nicht hingehen, aber sie musste

    2.
    [tuː] adverb

    be to[Tür, Fenster:] angelehnt sein

    2)

    English-german dictionary > to

  • 42 so

    səu
    1. adverb
    1) ((used in several types of sentence to express degree) to this extent, or to such an extent: `The snake was about so long,' he said, holding his hands about a metre apart; Don't get so worried!; She was so pleased with his progress in school that she bought him a new bicycle; They couldn't all get into the room, there were so many of them; He departed without so much as (= without even) a goodbye; You've been so (= very) kind to me!; Thank you so much!) tan, tanto
    2) ((used to express manner) in this/that way: As you hope to be treated by others, so you must treat them; He likes everything to be (arranged) just so (= in one particular and precise way); It so happens that I have to go to an important meeting tonight.) así
    3) ((used in place of a word, phrase etc previously used, or something previously stated) as already indicated: `Are you really leaving your job?' `Yes, I've already told you / said so'; `Is she arriving tomorrow?' `Yes, I hope so'; If you haven't read the notice, please do so now; `Is that so (= true)?' `Yes, it's really so'; `Was your father angry?' `Yes, even more so than I was expecting - in fact, so much so that he refused to speak to me all day!) eso
    4) (in the same way; also: `I hope we'll meet again.' `So do I.'; She has a lot of money and so has her husband.) también
    5) ((used to express agreement or confirmation) indeed: `You said you were going shopping today.' `So I did, but I've changed my mind.'; `You'll need this book tomorrow, won't you?' `So I will.') así es, en efecto

    2. conjunction
    ((and) therefore: John had a bad cold, so I took him to the doctor; `So you think you'd like this job, then?' `Yes.'; And so they got married and lived happily ever after.) así que, por lo tanto, de manera que
    - so-so
    - and so on/forth
    - or so
    - so as to
    - so far
    - so good
    - so that
    - so to say/speak

    so1 adv
    1. tan
    2. así
    Look, that's Bill So it is mira, allí está Bill Así es
    3. que sí / que no
    4. también
    I went, and so did Pete yo fui, y Pete también
    so long! ¡hasta luego!
    so2 conj así que
    you broke it, so you have to pay for it lo has roto tú, así que tendrás que pagarlo
    so we're not going on holiday? ¿así que no nos vamos de vacaciones?
    so what? ¿y qué?

    Multiple Entries: SO     so
    so 1 m fam pey ¡so burro!, you great oaf!
    so 2 prep (bajo) under
    so pena de, under penalty of
    so pretexto/color de, under the guise of 'so' also found in these entries: Spanish: abalanzarse - abarcar - abotargada - abotargado - abur - acalorarse - agujetas - ahí - ahora - alma - amabilidad - amable - aquello - así - atonía - aun - avisar - bala - balbucear - bondad - cabezota - casualidad - celebrar - cerrarse - comecome - como - compensar - con - conque - cortante - creer - decir - decoración - deformación - dejarse - delito - denominada - denominado - desairar - disponer - dosificar - embalarse - embrutecerse - emoción - empañar - encoger - escacharrar - escrupulosa - escrupuloso - esperar English: afraid - allowance - aloud - and - anything - as - ask back - attain - awkward - be - believe - better - blunder - bored - bull - bumpy - busy - calculating - careless - change over - cheap - cheese off - clingy - come round - conceited - condescending - congenial - courteous - critical - damn - do - domineering - dreary - enunciate - even - far - fix - flag - forecast - forgetful - forth - forward - glaringly - gratifying - grieve - grouchy - grunt - gullible - gulp - happen
    so
    tr[səʊ]
    1 (therefore) así que, por lo tanto, de manera que
    she was tired, so she went to bed estaba cansada, así que se fue a la cama
    2 (to express purpose) para, para que
    1 (introductory) así que, pues, bueno
    so I made a mistake! what about it? ¡pues me he equivocado! ¿y qué?
    so, what now? bueno, ¿ahora qué?
    don't drive so fast no vayas tan rápido, no corras tanto
    3 (unspecified number or amount, limit) tanto,-a
    it'll take a month or so tardará un mes más o menos, tardará un mes o así
    why don't you say that you earn so much? ¿por qué no dices que ganas tanto?
    so much noise/food tanto ruido/tanta comida
    so many boys/girls tantos niños/tantas niñas
    4 (thus, in this way) así, de esta manera, de este modo
    cut the fish, like so corta el pescado así
    of all the stupid people I know, no-one is more so than you de todas las personas estúpidas que conozco, no hay ninguna como tú
    I think/hope so creo/espero que sí
    if so en este caso, de ser así
    6 (to express agreement, also) también
    so am I/so do I/so can I/so have I yo también
    1 (factual, true) así
    \
    SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
    and so on (and so forth) y así sucesivamente, etcétera
    just so / exactly so perfecto, en orden
    so be it así sea
    so long! ¡hasta luego!, ¡hasta pronto!
    so much for new technology! ¡vaya nueva tecnología!
    so much for your advice! ¡vaya consejo que me diste!
    so there! ¡ea!, ¡para que sepas!
    so what? ¿y qué?
    so ['so:] adv
    do you think so?: ¿tú crees?
    so it would seem: eso parece
    I told her so: se lo dije
    he's ready, or so he says: según dice, está listo
    it so happened that...: resultó que...
    do it like so: hazlo así
    so be it: así sea
    2) also: también
    so do I: yo también
    3) thus: así, de esta manera
    4) : tan
    he'd never been so happy: nunca había estado tan contento
    5) consequently: por lo tanto
    so conj
    1) therefore: así que
    2) or so that : para que, así que, de manera que
    3)
    so what? : ¿y qué?
    so
    adv.
    así adv.
    por consiguiente adv.
    por tanto adv.
    tal adv.
    también adv.
    tan adv.
    tanto adv.
    conj.
    así que conj.
    interj.
    îverdad... interj.

    I səʊ
    1)
    a) ( very) (before adj and adv) tan; (with verb) tanto
    b) ( as much as that) (before adj and adv) tan; (with verb) tanto

    why are you so stubborn? — ¿por qué eres tan terco?

    not so... as: we've never been so busy as we are now nunca hemos estado tan ocupados como ahora; it's not so much a hobby as an obsession — no es tanto un hobby como una obsesión

    2)
    a) (up to a certain point, limit)
    d)

    so... (that) — tan... que

    he was so rude (that) she slapped him — fue tan grosero, que le dio una bofetada

    he so hated the job, he left — odiaba tanto el trabajo, que lo dejó

    so... as to + inf: I'm not so stupid as to believe him no soy tan tonta como para creerle; would you be so kind as to explain this to me? — (frml) ¿tendría la gentileza de explicarme esto?

    4)
    a) (thus, in this way)

    the street was so named because... — se le puso ese nombre a la calle porque...

    if you feel so inclined — si tienes ganas, si te apetece (esp Esp)

    b) ( as stated) así

    that is so — (frml) así es

    not so — no es cierto, no es así

    if so, they're lying — si es así or de ser así, están mintiendo

    d)

    and so on o and so forth — etcétera

    5)
    a) (replacing clause, phrase, word)

    is he coming tomorrow? - it seems so — ¿viene mañana? - así or eso parece

    will he be pleased? - I expect so — ¿estará contento? - me imagino que sí

    I got a bit dirty - so I see — me ensucié un poco - sí, ya veo

    I told you so — ¿no te lo dije?

    is she interested? - very much so — ¿le interesa? - sí, y mucho

    b) ( contradicting) (used esp by children)
    6) (with v aux)
    a) (also, equally)
    b) ( indeed)
    7)

    so here we are again — bueno, aquí estamos otra vez

    so what's new with you? — y ¿qué hay or qué cuentas de nuevo?

    c) (querying, eliciting information)

    so now what do we do? — ¿y ahora qué hacemos?

    d) (summarizing, concluding) así que
    e) ( expressing surprised reaction) así que, conque

    so that's what he's after!así que or conque eso es lo que quiere!

    but she's not a Catholic - so? — pero no es católica - ¿y qué (hay)?

    so what? — ¿y qué?


    II
    a)

    so (that): she said it slowly, so (that) we'd all understand lo dijo despacio, para que or de manera que todos entendiéramos; she said it slowly, so (that) we all understood lo dijo despacio, así que or de manera que todos entendimos; not so (as) you'd notice (colloq): has he cleaned in here? - not so as you'd notice — ¿ha limpiado aquí? - pues si ha limpiado, no lo parece

    b)

    so as to + inf — para + inf

    2) (therefore, consequently) así que, de manera que

    he wasn't at home, so I called again — no estaba en casa, así que or de manera que volví a llamar más tarde


    III
    noun ( Mus) sol m

    I [sǝʊ]
    1. ADV
    1) (=to such an extent)
    a) (with adj/adv) tan

    it is so big that... — es tan grande que...

    I wish you weren't so clumsy — ¡ojalá no fueras tan patoso!

    it was so heavy! — ¡pesaba tanto!

    "how's your father?" - "not so good" — -¿cómo está tu padre? -no muy bien

    it's about so high/long — es más o menos así de alto/largo

    she's not so clever as him — no es tan lista como él

    he's not so silly as to do that — no es bastante tonto para hacer eso, no es tan tonto como para hacer eso

    so many — tantos/as

    so much — tanto/a

    thank you so much — muchísimas gracias, muy agradecido

    it's not so very difficult — no es tan difícil

    kind, sure etc
    b) (with vb) tanto

    he who so loved Spainliter él que amó tanto a España

    2) (=thus, in this way, likewise) así, de esta manera, de este modo

    so it was that... — así fue que..., de esta manera or de este modo fue como...

    we so arranged things that... — lo arreglamos de modo que...

    so it is!, so it does! — ¡es verdad!, ¡es cierto!, ¡correcto!

    is that so? — ¿de veras?

    isn't that so? — ¿no es así?

    so be it — así sea

    and he did so — y lo hizo

    do so then! — ¡hazlo, pues!

    by so doinghaciéndolo así

    I expect so — supongo que sí, a lo mejor

    so farhasta aquí or ahora

    and so forth — y así sucesivamente, etcétera

    it so happens that... — resulta que..., el caso es que...

    I hope so — eso espero yo, espero que sí

    how so? — ¿cómo es eso?

    if so — en este caso, en cuyo caso

    just so! — ¡eso!, ¡eso es!

    you do it like so * — se hace así, se hace de esta manera

    only more so — pero en mayor grado

    so much so that... — hasta tal punto or grado que..., tanto es así que...

    not so! — ¡nada de eso!

    and so on — y así sucesivamente, etcétera

    so saying he walked away — dicho eso, se marchó

    so he sayseso dice él

    so to speakpor decirlo así

    I think so — creo que sí

    I thought some lo figuraba or suponía

    I told you so — ya te lo dije

    why so? — ¿por qué?, ¿cómo?

    3) (=also)

    he's wrong and so are you — se equivocan tanto usted como él

    so do I — (y) yo también

    "I work a lot" - "so do I" — -trabajo mucho -(y) yo también

    "I love horses" - "so do I" — -me encantan los caballos -a mí también

    "I've been waiting for ages!" - "so have we" — -¡llevo esperando un siglo! -(y) nosotros también

    so would I — yo también

    so long! * — ¡adiós!, ¡hasta luego!

    so much the better/worse — tanto mejor/peor

    so much for her promises! — ¡eso valen sus promesas!

    ten or so — unos diez, diez más o menos

    ten or so people — unas diez personas, diez personas o así or más o menos

    at five o'clock or soa las cinco o así or o por ahí or más o menos

    2. CONJ

    so as to do sth — para hacer algo, a fin de hacer algo

    so thatpara que + subjun, a fin de que + subjun

    2) (expressing result) así que, de manera que

    he hadn't studied, so he found the exam difficult — no había estudiado, así que or de manera que el examen le resultó difícil

    it rained and so we could not go out — llovió, así que no pudimos salir, llovió y no pudimos salir

    so that — de modo que, de manera que

    he stood so that he faced westse puso de tal modo que or de manera que miraba al oeste, se puso mirando al oeste

    3) (=therefore) así que

    the shop was closed, so I went home — la tienda estaba cerrada, así que me fui a casa

    so you see... — por lo cual, entenderás...

    4) (in questions, exclamations) entonces, así que

    so you're Spanish?entonces or así que ¿eres español?

    so? * — ¿y?, ¿y qué?

    so that's the reason! — ¡por eso es!

    so there you are! — ¡ahí estás!

    so what? * — ¿y?, ¿y qué?; see there 1., 6)


    II
    [sǝʊ]
    N (Mus) = soh
    * * *

    I [səʊ]
    1)
    a) ( very) (before adj and adv) tan; (with verb) tanto
    b) ( as much as that) (before adj and adv) tan; (with verb) tanto

    why are you so stubborn? — ¿por qué eres tan terco?

    not so... as: we've never been so busy as we are now nunca hemos estado tan ocupados como ahora; it's not so much a hobby as an obsession — no es tanto un hobby como una obsesión

    2)
    a) (up to a certain point, limit)
    d)

    so... (that) — tan... que

    he was so rude (that) she slapped him — fue tan grosero, que le dio una bofetada

    he so hated the job, he left — odiaba tanto el trabajo, que lo dejó

    so... as to + inf: I'm not so stupid as to believe him no soy tan tonta como para creerle; would you be so kind as to explain this to me? — (frml) ¿tendría la gentileza de explicarme esto?

    4)
    a) (thus, in this way)

    the street was so named because... — se le puso ese nombre a la calle porque...

    if you feel so inclined — si tienes ganas, si te apetece (esp Esp)

    b) ( as stated) así

    that is so — (frml) así es

    not so — no es cierto, no es así

    if so, they're lying — si es así or de ser así, están mintiendo

    d)

    and so on o and so forth — etcétera

    5)
    a) (replacing clause, phrase, word)

    is he coming tomorrow? - it seems so — ¿viene mañana? - así or eso parece

    will he be pleased? - I expect so — ¿estará contento? - me imagino que sí

    I got a bit dirty - so I see — me ensucié un poco - sí, ya veo

    I told you so — ¿no te lo dije?

    is she interested? - very much so — ¿le interesa? - sí, y mucho

    b) ( contradicting) (used esp by children)
    6) (with v aux)
    a) (also, equally)
    b) ( indeed)
    7)

    so here we are again — bueno, aquí estamos otra vez

    so what's new with you? — y ¿qué hay or qué cuentas de nuevo?

    c) (querying, eliciting information)

    so now what do we do? — ¿y ahora qué hacemos?

    d) (summarizing, concluding) así que
    e) ( expressing surprised reaction) así que, conque

    so that's what he's after!así que or conque eso es lo que quiere!

    but she's not a Catholic - so? — pero no es católica - ¿y qué (hay)?

    so what? — ¿y qué?


    II
    a)

    so (that): she said it slowly, so (that) we'd all understand lo dijo despacio, para que or de manera que todos entendiéramos; she said it slowly, so (that) we all understood lo dijo despacio, así que or de manera que todos entendimos; not so (as) you'd notice (colloq): has he cleaned in here? - not so as you'd notice — ¿ha limpiado aquí? - pues si ha limpiado, no lo parece

    b)

    so as to + inf — para + inf

    2) (therefore, consequently) así que, de manera que

    he wasn't at home, so I called again — no estaba en casa, así que or de manera que volví a llamar más tarde


    III
    noun ( Mus) sol m

    English-spanish dictionary > so

  • 43 SO

    səu
    1. adverb
    1) ((used in several types of sentence to express degree) to this extent, or to such an extent: `The snake was about so long,' he said, holding his hands about a metre apart; Don't get so worried!; She was so pleased with his progress in school that she bought him a new bicycle; They couldn't all get into the room, there were so many of them; He departed without so much as (= without even) a goodbye; You've been so (= very) kind to me!; Thank you so much!) tan, tanto
    2) ((used to express manner) in this/that way: As you hope to be treated by others, so you must treat them; He likes everything to be (arranged) just so (= in one particular and precise way); It so happens that I have to go to an important meeting tonight.) así
    3) ((used in place of a word, phrase etc previously used, or something previously stated) as already indicated: `Are you really leaving your job?' `Yes, I've already told you / said so'; `Is she arriving tomorrow?' `Yes, I hope so'; If you haven't read the notice, please do so now; `Is that so (= true)?' `Yes, it's really so'; `Was your father angry?' `Yes, even more so than I was expecting - in fact, so much so that he refused to speak to me all day!) eso
    4) (in the same way; also: `I hope we'll meet again.' `So do I.'; She has a lot of money and so has her husband.) también
    5) ((used to express agreement or confirmation) indeed: `You said you were going shopping today.' `So I did, but I've changed my mind.'; `You'll need this book tomorrow, won't you?' `So I will.') así es, en efecto

    2. conjunction
    ((and) therefore: John had a bad cold, so I took him to the doctor; `So you think you'd like this job, then?' `Yes.'; And so they got married and lived happily ever after.) así que, por lo tanto, de manera que
    - so-so
    - and so on/forth
    - or so
    - so as to
    - so far
    - so good
    - so that
    - so to say/speak

    so1 adv
    1. tan
    2. así
    Look, that's Bill So it is mira, allí está Bill Así es
    3. que sí / que no
    4. también
    I went, and so did Pete yo fui, y Pete también
    so long! ¡hasta luego!
    so2 conj así que
    you broke it, so you have to pay for it lo has roto tú, así que tendrás que pagarlo
    so we're not going on holiday? ¿así que no nos vamos de vacaciones?
    so what? ¿y qué?

    Multiple Entries: SO     so
    so 1 m fam pey ¡so burro!, you great oaf!
    so 2 prep (bajo) under
    so pena de, under penalty of
    so pretexto/color de, under the guise of 'so' also found in these entries: Spanish: abalanzarse - abarcar - abotargada - abotargado - abur - acalorarse - agujetas - ahí - ahora - alma - amabilidad - amable - aquello - así - atonía - aun - avisar - bala - balbucear - bondad - cabezota - casualidad - celebrar - cerrarse - comecome - como - compensar - con - conque - cortante - creer - decir - decoración - deformación - dejarse - delito - denominada - denominado - desairar - disponer - dosificar - embalarse - embrutecerse - emoción - empañar - encoger - escacharrar - escrupulosa - escrupuloso - esperar English: afraid - allowance - aloud - and - anything - as - ask back - attain - awkward - be - believe - better - blunder - bored - bull - bumpy - busy - calculating - careless - change over - cheap - cheese off - clingy - come round - conceited - condescending - congenial - courteous - critical - damn - do - domineering - dreary - enunciate - even - far - fix - flag - forecast - forgetful - forth - forward - glaringly - gratifying - grieve - grouchy - grunt - gullible - gulp - happen
    so
    tr[səʊ]
    1 (therefore) así que, por lo tanto, de manera que
    she was tired, so she went to bed estaba cansada, así que se fue a la cama
    2 (to express purpose) para, para que
    1 (introductory) así que, pues, bueno
    so I made a mistake! what about it? ¡pues me he equivocado! ¿y qué?
    so, what now? bueno, ¿ahora qué?
    don't drive so fast no vayas tan rápido, no corras tanto
    3 (unspecified number or amount, limit) tanto,-a
    it'll take a month or so tardará un mes más o menos, tardará un mes o así
    why don't you say that you earn so much? ¿por qué no dices que ganas tanto?
    so much noise/food tanto ruido/tanta comida
    so many boys/girls tantos niños/tantas niñas
    4 (thus, in this way) así, de esta manera, de este modo
    cut the fish, like so corta el pescado así
    of all the stupid people I know, no-one is more so than you de todas las personas estúpidas que conozco, no hay ninguna como tú
    I think/hope so creo/espero que sí
    if so en este caso, de ser así
    6 (to express agreement, also) también
    so am I/so do I/so can I/so have I yo también
    1 (factual, true) así
    \
    SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
    and so on (and so forth) y así sucesivamente, etcétera
    just so / exactly so perfecto, en orden
    so be it así sea
    so long! ¡hasta luego!, ¡hasta pronto!
    so much for new technology! ¡vaya nueva tecnología!
    so much for your advice! ¡vaya consejo que me diste!
    so there! ¡ea!, ¡para que sepas!
    so what? ¿y qué?
    so ['so:] adv
    do you think so?: ¿tú crees?
    so it would seem: eso parece
    I told her so: se lo dije
    he's ready, or so he says: según dice, está listo
    it so happened that...: resultó que...
    do it like so: hazlo así
    so be it: así sea
    2) also: también
    so do I: yo también
    3) thus: así, de esta manera
    4) : tan
    he'd never been so happy: nunca había estado tan contento
    5) consequently: por lo tanto
    so conj
    1) therefore: así que
    2) or so that : para que, así que, de manera que
    3)
    so what? : ¿y qué?
    so
    adv.
    así adv.
    por consiguiente adv.
    por tanto adv.
    tal adv.
    también adv.
    tan adv.
    tanto adv.
    conj.
    así que conj.
    interj.
    îverdad... interj.

    I səʊ
    1)
    a) ( very) (before adj and adv) tan; (with verb) tanto
    b) ( as much as that) (before adj and adv) tan; (with verb) tanto

    why are you so stubborn? — ¿por qué eres tan terco?

    not so... as: we've never been so busy as we are now nunca hemos estado tan ocupados como ahora; it's not so much a hobby as an obsession — no es tanto un hobby como una obsesión

    2)
    a) (up to a certain point, limit)
    d)

    so... (that) — tan... que

    he was so rude (that) she slapped him — fue tan grosero, que le dio una bofetada

    he so hated the job, he left — odiaba tanto el trabajo, que lo dejó

    so... as to + inf: I'm not so stupid as to believe him no soy tan tonta como para creerle; would you be so kind as to explain this to me? — (frml) ¿tendría la gentileza de explicarme esto?

    4)
    a) (thus, in this way)

    the street was so named because... — se le puso ese nombre a la calle porque...

    if you feel so inclined — si tienes ganas, si te apetece (esp Esp)

    b) ( as stated) así

    that is so — (frml) así es

    not so — no es cierto, no es así

    if so, they're lying — si es así or de ser así, están mintiendo

    d)

    and so on o and so forth — etcétera

    5)
    a) (replacing clause, phrase, word)

    is he coming tomorrow? - it seems so — ¿viene mañana? - así or eso parece

    will he be pleased? - I expect so — ¿estará contento? - me imagino que sí

    I got a bit dirty - so I see — me ensucié un poco - sí, ya veo

    I told you so — ¿no te lo dije?

    is she interested? - very much so — ¿le interesa? - sí, y mucho

    b) ( contradicting) (used esp by children)
    6) (with v aux)
    a) (also, equally)
    b) ( indeed)
    7)

    so here we are again — bueno, aquí estamos otra vez

    so what's new with you? — y ¿qué hay or qué cuentas de nuevo?

    c) (querying, eliciting information)

    so now what do we do? — ¿y ahora qué hacemos?

    d) (summarizing, concluding) así que
    e) ( expressing surprised reaction) así que, conque

    so that's what he's after!así que or conque eso es lo que quiere!

    but she's not a Catholic - so? — pero no es católica - ¿y qué (hay)?

    so what? — ¿y qué?


    II
    a)

    so (that): she said it slowly, so (that) we'd all understand lo dijo despacio, para que or de manera que todos entendiéramos; she said it slowly, so (that) we all understood lo dijo despacio, así que or de manera que todos entendimos; not so (as) you'd notice (colloq): has he cleaned in here? - not so as you'd notice — ¿ha limpiado aquí? - pues si ha limpiado, no lo parece

    b)

    so as to + inf — para + inf

    2) (therefore, consequently) así que, de manera que

    he wasn't at home, so I called again — no estaba en casa, así que or de manera que volví a llamar más tarde


    III
    noun ( Mus) sol m
    ABBR
    = standing order
    * * *

    I [səʊ]
    1)
    a) ( very) (before adj and adv) tan; (with verb) tanto
    b) ( as much as that) (before adj and adv) tan; (with verb) tanto

    why are you so stubborn? — ¿por qué eres tan terco?

    not so... as: we've never been so busy as we are now nunca hemos estado tan ocupados como ahora; it's not so much a hobby as an obsession — no es tanto un hobby como una obsesión

    2)
    a) (up to a certain point, limit)
    d)

    so... (that) — tan... que

    he was so rude (that) she slapped him — fue tan grosero, que le dio una bofetada

    he so hated the job, he left — odiaba tanto el trabajo, que lo dejó

    so... as to + inf: I'm not so stupid as to believe him no soy tan tonta como para creerle; would you be so kind as to explain this to me? — (frml) ¿tendría la gentileza de explicarme esto?

    4)
    a) (thus, in this way)

    the street was so named because... — se le puso ese nombre a la calle porque...

    if you feel so inclined — si tienes ganas, si te apetece (esp Esp)

    b) ( as stated) así

    that is so — (frml) así es

    not so — no es cierto, no es así

    if so, they're lying — si es así or de ser así, están mintiendo

    d)

    and so on o and so forth — etcétera

    5)
    a) (replacing clause, phrase, word)

    is he coming tomorrow? - it seems so — ¿viene mañana? - así or eso parece

    will he be pleased? - I expect so — ¿estará contento? - me imagino que sí

    I got a bit dirty - so I see — me ensucié un poco - sí, ya veo

    I told you so — ¿no te lo dije?

    is she interested? - very much so — ¿le interesa? - sí, y mucho

    b) ( contradicting) (used esp by children)
    6) (with v aux)
    a) (also, equally)
    b) ( indeed)
    7)

    so here we are again — bueno, aquí estamos otra vez

    so what's new with you? — y ¿qué hay or qué cuentas de nuevo?

    c) (querying, eliciting information)

    so now what do we do? — ¿y ahora qué hacemos?

    d) (summarizing, concluding) así que
    e) ( expressing surprised reaction) así que, conque

    so that's what he's after!así que or conque eso es lo que quiere!

    but she's not a Catholic - so? — pero no es católica - ¿y qué (hay)?

    so what? — ¿y qué?


    II
    a)

    so (that): she said it slowly, so (that) we'd all understand lo dijo despacio, para que or de manera que todos entendiéramos; she said it slowly, so (that) we all understood lo dijo despacio, así que or de manera que todos entendimos; not so (as) you'd notice (colloq): has he cleaned in here? - not so as you'd notice — ¿ha limpiado aquí? - pues si ha limpiado, no lo parece

    b)

    so as to + inf — para + inf

    2) (therefore, consequently) así que, de manera que

    he wasn't at home, so I called again — no estaba en casa, así que or de manera que volví a llamar más tarde


    III
    noun ( Mus) sol m

    English-spanish dictionary > SO

  • 44 might have

    1) (used to suggest that something would have been possible if something else had been the case: You might have caught the bus if you had run.) kunne have
    2) (used to suggest that a person has not done what he should: You might have told me!) burde have
    3) (used to show that something was a possible action etc but was in fact not carried out or done: I might have gone, but I decided not to.) kunne have
    4) (used when a person does not want to admit to having done something: `Have you seen this man?' `I might have.') kunne have
    * * *
    1) (used to suggest that something would have been possible if something else had been the case: You might have caught the bus if you had run.) kunne have
    2) (used to suggest that a person has not done what he should: You might have told me!) burde have
    3) (used to show that something was a possible action etc but was in fact not carried out or done: I might have gone, but I decided not to.) kunne have
    4) (used when a person does not want to admit to having done something: `Have you seen this man?' `I might have.') kunne have

    English-Danish dictionary > might have

  • 45 that

    1. adjective,
    pl. those
    1) dieser/diese/dieses
    2) (expr. strong feeling) der/die/das

    never will I forget that dayden Tag werde ich nie vergessen

    3) (coupled or contrasted with ‘this’) der/die/das [da]
    2. pronoun,
    pl. those
    1) der/die/das

    who is that in the garden? — wer ist das [da] im Garten?

    what bird is that?was für ein Vogel ist das?

    and [all] that — und so weiter

    like that(of the kind or in the way mentioned, of that character) so

    [just] like that — (without effort, thought) einfach so

    don't talk like that — hör auf, so zu reden

    he is like thatso ist er eben

    that is [to say] — (introducing explanation) das heißt; (introducing reservation) das heißt; genauer gesagt

    if they'd have me, that is — das heißt, wenn sie mich nehmen

    that's more like it(of suggestion, news) das hört sich schon besser an; (of action, work) das sieht schon besser aus

    that's right!(expr. approval) gut od. recht so; (iron.) nur so weiter!; (coll.): (expr. assent) jawohl

    that's a good etc. boy/girl — das ist lieb [von dir, mein Junge/Mädchen]; (with request) sei so lieb usw.

    somebody/something is not as... as all that — (coll.) so... ist jemand/etwas nun auch wieder nicht

    [so] that's that — (it's finished) so, das wär's; (it's settled) so ist es nun mal

    you are not going to the party, and that's that! — du gehst nicht zu der Party, und damit Schluss!

    2) (Brit.): (person spoken to)

    who is that? — wer ist da?; (behind wall etc.) wer ist denn da?; (on telephone) wer ist am Apparat?

    3. relative pronoun, pl. same
    der/die/das

    the people that you got it fromdie Leute, von denen du es bekommen hast

    the box that you put the apples in — die Kiste, in die du die Äpfel getan hast

    is he the man that you saw last night? — ist das der Mann, den Sie gestern Abend gesehen haben?

    everyone that I know — jeder, den ich kenne

    this is all [the money] that I have — das ist alles [Geld], was ich habe

    4. adverb
    (coll.) so

    he may be daft, but he's not [all] that daft — er mag ja blöd sein, aber so blöd [ist er] auch wieder nicht

    5. relative adverb
    der/die/das

    at the speed that he was going — bei der Geschwindigkeit, die er hatte

    the day that I first met her — der Tag, an dem ich sie zum ersten Mal sah

    6. conjunction
    1) (introducing statement; expr. result, reason or cause) dass
    2) (expr. purpose)

    [in order] that — damit

    * * *
    1. [ðæt] plural - those; adjective
    (used to indicate a person, thing etc spoken of before, not close to the speaker, already known to the speaker and listener etc: Don't take this book - take that one; At that time, I was living in Italy; When are you going to return those books?) jene/-r/-s
    2. pronoun
    (used to indicate a thing etc, or (in plural or with the verb be) person or people, spoken of before, not close to the speaker, already known to the speaker and listener etc: What is that you've got in your hand?; Who is that?; That is the Prime Minister; Those present at the concert included the composer and his wife.) der/die/das
    3. [ðət, ðæt] relative pronoun
    (used to refer to a person, thing etc mentioned in a preceding clause in order to distinguish it from others: Where is the parcel that arrived this morning?; Who is the man( that) you were talking to?) der/die/das
    4. [ðət, ðæt] conjunction
    1) ((often omitted) used to report what has been said etc or to introduce other clauses giving facts, reasons, results etc: I know (that) you didn't do it; I was surprised( that) he had gone.) daß
    2) (used to introduce expressions of sorrow, wishes etc: That I should be accused of murder!; Oh, that I were with her now!) daß(doch)
    5. adverb
    (so; to such an extent: I didn't realize she was that ill.) so
    - academic.ru/117188/like_that">like that
    - that's that
    * * *
    [ðæt,ðət]
    1. (person, thing specified) der/die/das
    put \that box down before you drop it stell die Kiste ab, bevor du sie [womöglich] noch fallen lässt
    who is \that girl? wer ist das Mädchen?
    what was \that noise? was war das für ein Geräusch?
    \that old liar! dieser alte Lügner!
    \that... of hers/theirs ihr(e)...
    I've never liked \that uncle of hers ich habe ihren Onkel noch nie gemocht
    \that... of mine/his mein(e)/dein(e)...
    2. (person, thing farther away) der/die/das [... dort [o da]], jene(r, s) geh
    do you know \that girl [over there] kennst du das Mädchen [dort]
    give me \that book, not this one gib mir das Buch [da], nicht dieses
    1. dem (person, thing, action specified) das
    \that's not rightthree times five is fifteen das stimmt nicht — drei mal fünf ist fünfzehn
    they all think \that das denken alle
    \that's more like it! das ist doch schon gleich viel besser!
    \that's a good idea das ist eine gute Idee
    \that's a pity das ist aber schade
    \that's terrible das ist ja furchtbar
    \that will do, \that's enough das reicht
    what's \that you said? was hast du gesagt?
    who's \that? is \that the girl you're looking for? wer ist das? ist das das Mädchen, das du suchst?
    who's \that on the phone? wer spricht da?
    hello, is \that Ben? hallo, bist du das, Ben?
    is \that you making all the noise, John? bist du das, der so einen Lärm macht, John?
    it's just a gimmick — \that said, I'd love to do it das ist nur ein Trick — dennoch würde ich es gerne machen
    take \that! (when hitting sb) [das ist] für dich!
    \that's why deshalb
    2. dem (person, thing farther away) das [da [o dort]]
    I don't want this, give me \that dies hier will ich nicht, gib mir das [da]
    \that's his wife over there das da [o dort] drüben ist seine Frau
    3. dem (indicating time) das
    ah, 1985, \that was a good year ah, 1985, das war ein gutes Jahr
    \that was yesterday \that we talked on the phone, not last week wir haben gestern, nicht letzte Woche telefoniert
    4. dem, after prep
    after/before \that danach/davor
    by \that damit
    what do you mean by \that? was soll das heißen?
    like \that (in such a way) so; (of such a kind) derartig; ( fam: effortlessly) einfach so
    if you hold it like \that, it will break wenn du das so hältst, geht es kaputt
    we need more people like \that wir brauchen mehr solche Leute
    don't talk like \that sprich nicht so
    he can't just leave like \that er kann nicht einfach so verschwinden
    over/under \that darüber/darunter
    with \that damit
    [and] with \that he hung up [und] damit legte er auf
    “I still think you're wrong” he said and with \that he drove off „ich denke immer noch, dass du Unrecht hast“ sagte er und fuhr davon
    5. dem ( form: the one) der/die/das
    his appearance was \that of an undergrown man er sah aus, als ob er zu klein gewachsen wäre
    his handwriting is \that of a child seine Handschrift ist die eines Kindes
    we are often afraid of \that which we cannot understand wir fürchten uns oft vor dem, was wir nicht verstehen
    are you relieved? — [oh yes,]I am \that bist du erleichtert? — das kannst du [aber] laut sagen fam
    well, \that's it, we've finished o.k., das war's [o wär's], wir sind fertig
    \that's it! I'm not putting up with any more of her rudeness jetzt reicht's! ich lasse mir ihre Unverschämtheiten nicht mehr gefallen
    she left the room and \that was \that, I never saw her again sie verließ den Raum und das war's, ich habe sie nie wiedergesehen
    I won't agree to it and \that's \that ich stimme dem nicht zu, und damit Schluss
    \that'll [or \that should] do, \that should be enough das wird reichen
    no thanks, \that'll do [or \that's everything] nein danke, das ist alles
    8. rel (which, who) der/die/das
    \that's the car [\that] John wants to buy das ist das Auto, das John kaufen möchte
    I can't find the books [\that] I got from the library ich finde die Bücher nicht, die ich mir aus der Bibliothek ausgeliehen habe
    the baby smiles at anyone \that smiles at her das Baby lächelt alle an, die es anlächeln
    simpleton \that he is... als Einfaltspinsel, der er ist,...
    9. rel (when) als
    the year \that Anna was born das Jahr, in dem Anna geboren wurde
    10.
    and [all] \that ( fam) und so weiter
    at \that noch dazu
    she was a thief and a clever one at \that sie war eine Diebin, und eine kluge noch dazu
    \that is [to say] das heißt
    the hotel is closed during low seasons, \that is from October to March das Hotel ist in der Nebensaison, sprich von Oktober bis März, geschlossen
    this and \that dies und das
    \that was ( form)
    General Dunstaple married Miss Hughes \that was General Dunstaple heiratete die frühere Miss Hughes
    1. (as subject/object) dass
    \that such a thing could happen gave me new hope dass so etwas passieren konnte gab mir neue Hoffnung
    I knew [\that] he'd never get here on time ich wusste, dass er niemals rechtzeitig hier sein würde
    the fact is [\that] we... Fakt ist, dass wir...
    2. after adj, vb (as a result)
    it was so dark [\that] I couldn't see anything es war so dunkel, dass ich nichts sehen konnte
    so [or in order] \that damit
    let's go over the rules again in order \that... gehen wir die Regeln nochmal[s] durch, damit...
    4. after adj (in apposition to ‘it’)
    it's possible [\that] there'll be a vacancy es ist möglich, dass eine Stelle frei wird
    is it true [\that] she's gone back to teaching? stimmt es, dass sie wieder als Lehrerin arbeitet?
    considering [\that]... wenn man bedenkt, dass...
    given \that... vorausgesetzt, dass...
    supposing [\that]... angenommen, dass...
    6. (as a reason) weil, da [ja]
    it's rather \that I'm not well today es ist eher deshalb, weil ich mich heute nicht wohl fühle
    I'd like to go, it's just \that I don't have any time ich würde ja gern hingehen, ich hab' bloß [einfach] keine Zeit fam
    now \that we've bought a house... jetzt, wo wir ein Haus gekauft haben..
    we can't increase our production quantities in \that the machines are presently working to full capacity wir können die Produktion nicht hochfahren, da [nämlich] die Maschinen derzeit voll ausgelastet sind
    not \that it's actually my business, but... nicht, dass es mich etwas anginge, aber...
    except [\that] außer, dass
    his plan sounds perfect except [\that] I don't want to be involved in such a scheme sein Plan hört sich großartig an, nur will ich mit so einem Vorhaben nichts zu tun haben
    to the extent \that (so much that) dermaßen... dass; (insofar as) insofern als
    the situation has worsened to the extend \that we are calling in an independent expert die Situation hat sich dermaßen verschlimmert, dass wir einen unabhängigen Fachmann hinzuziehen
    apes are like people to the extent \that they have some human characteristics Affen sind wie Menschen, insofern als sie gewisse menschliche Eigenschaften haben
    oh \that I were young again! wäre ich doch nochmal jung!
    oh \that they would listen! wenn sie [doch] nur zuhören würden!
    IV. ADVERB
    inv so
    she's too young to walk \that far sie ist zu jung, um so weit laufen zu können
    it wasn't [all] \that good so gut war es [nun] auch wieder nicht
    his words hurt me \that much I cried seine Worte haben mich so verletzt, dass ich weinte
    * * *
    I [ðt] (weak form) [ðət]
    1. dem pron pl those
    1) das

    that is Joe ( over there) —

    who is that speaking? — wer spricht (denn) da?; (on phone)

    if she's as unhappy/stupid etc as (all) that — wenn sie so or derart unglücklich/dumm etc ist

    I didn't think she'd get/be as angry as that — ich hätte nicht gedacht, dass sie sich so ärgern würde

    ... and all that —... und so (inf)

    like that — so

    with luck/talent like that... — bei solchem or so einem (inf) Glück/Talent...

    that's got that/him out of the way — so, das wäre geschafft/den wären wir los

    that's what I'm here fordafür bin ich ja hier, das ist meine Aufgabe

    oh well, that's that —

    there, that's that — so, das wärs

    you can't go and that's that — du darfst nicht gehen, und damit hat sichs or und damit basta (inf)

    well, that's that then — das wärs dann also

    will he come? – that he will (dial) — kommt er? – (der?) bestimmt

    2)

    (after prep) after/before/below/over that — danach/davor/darunter/darüber

    and... at that — und dabei...

    you can get it in any supermarket and quite cheaply at thatman kann es in jedem Supermarkt, und zwar ganz billig, bekommen

    what do you mean by that? (not understanding) — was wollen Sie damit sagen?; (amazed, annoyed) was soll (denn) das heißen?

    if things have or if it has come to that —

    with that she got up and left/burst into tears — damit stand sie auf und ging/brach sie in Tränen aus

    See:
    leave
    3) (opposed to "this" and "these") das (da), jenes (old, geh)

    that's the one I like, not this one — das (dort) mag ich, nicht dies (hier)

    4)

    (followed by rel pron) this theory is different from that which... — diese Theorie unterscheidet sich von derjenigen, die...

    that which we call... — das, was wir... nennen

    2. dem adj pl those
    1) der/die/das, jene(r, s)

    that child/dog! — dieses Kind/dieser Hund!

    2) (in opposition to this) der/die/das

    I'd like that one, not this one — ich möchte das da, nicht dies hier

    3)

    (with poss) that dog of yours! — Ihr Hund, dieser Hund von Ihnen

    what about that plan of yours now? — wie steht es denn jetzt mit Ihrem Plan?, was ist denn nun mit Ihrem Plan?

    3. dem adv (inf)
    so

    it's not that good/cold etc —

    it's not that good a filmSO ein guter Film ist es nun auch wieder nicht

    II
    rel pron
    1) der/die/das, die

    all/nothing/everything etc that... — alles/nichts/alles etc, was...

    the best/cheapest etc that... — das Beste/Billigste etc, das or was...

    the girl that I told you about — das Mädchen, von dem ich Ihnen erzählt habe

    no-one has come that I know of — meines Wissens or soviel ich weiß, ist niemand gekommen

    2)

    (with expressions of time) the minute that he came the phone rang — genau in dem Augenblick, als er kam, klingelte das Telefon

    the day that we spent on the beach was one of the hottest — der Tag, den wir am Strand verbrachten, war einer der heißesten

    the day that... — an dem Tag, als...

    III
    conj
    1) dass

    he said that it was wrong — er sagte, es sei or wäre (inf) falsch, er sagte, dass es falsch sei or wäre

    not that I want to do it — nicht (etwa), dass ich das tun wollte

    See:
    so
    2)

    (in exclamations) that things or it should come to this! —

    3) (obs, liter: in order that) auf dass (old)
    * * *
    that1 [ðæt]
    A pron & adj (hinweisend) pl those [ðəʊz]
    1. (ohne pl) das:
    that is true das stimmt;
    that’s all das ist alles;
    that’s it!
    a) so ists recht!,
    b) das ist es ja (gerade)!;
    that’s what it is das ist es ja gerade;
    that’s that umg das wäre erledigt, damit basta;
    well, that was that! umg aus der Traum!;
    that is (to say) das heißt;
    and that und zwar;
    a) trotzdem,
    b) zudem, (noch) obendrein;
    for all that trotz alledem;
    that’s what he told me so hat er es mir erzählt;
    that’s a good boy sei schön brav!; leave1 A 2
    2. (besonders von weiter entfernten Personen etc sowie zur Betonung und pej) jener, jene, jenes:
    this cake is much better than that (one) dieser Kuchen ist viel besser als jener;
    that car over there das Auto da drüben;
    look at that hat schau dir mal diesen komischen Hut an!;
    those who diejenigen, welche;
    that which das, was;
    those were his words das waren seine Worte
    3. solch(er, e, es):
    to that degree that … in solchem Ausmaße oder so sehr, dass …
    B adv umg so (sehr), dermaßen:
    that far so weit;
    that furious so oder dermaßen wütend;
    not all that good so gut auch wieder nicht;
    he can’t be that ill so krank kann er gar nicht sein;
    that much so viel;
    it’s that simple so einfach ist das
    that2 [ðət; ðæt] pl that rel pr
    1. ( in einschränkenden Sätzen; eine präp darf nie davor stehen) der, die, das, welch(er, e, es):
    the book that he wanted das Buch, das er wünschte;
    the man that I spoke of der Mann, von dem ich sprach;
    the day that I met her der Tag, an dem ich sie traf;
    any house that jedes Haus, das;
    no one that keiner, der;
    Mrs Jones, Miss Black that was umg Frau Jones, geborene Black;
    Mrs Quilp that is umg die jetzige Frau Quilp
    2. ( nach all, everything, nothing etc) was:
    all that alles, was;
    the best that das Beste, was
    that3 [ðət; ðæt] konj
    it is a pity that he is not here es ist schade, dass er nicht hier ist;
    it is 5 years that he went away es ist nun 5 Jahre her, dass oder seitdem er fortging;
    I am not sure that it will be there ich bin nicht sicher, ob oder dass es dort ist oder sein wird
    so that sodass;
    I was so tired that I went to bed ich war so müde, dass ich zu Bett ging
    3. (in Finalsätzen) damit, dass:
    we went there that we might see it wir gingen hin, um es zu sehen
    4. (in Kausalsätzen) weil, da (ja), dass:
    not that I have any objection nicht, dass ich etwas dagegen hätte;
    it is rather that … es ist eher deshalb, weil …;
    a) darum, weil,
    b) insofern, als
    o that I could believe it! dass ich es doch glauben könnte!
    now that jetzt, da;
    at the time that I was born zu der Zeit, als ich geboren wurde
    * * *
    1. adjective,
    pl. those
    1) dieser/diese/dieses
    2) (expr. strong feeling) der/die/das
    3) (coupled or contrasted with ‘this’) der/die/das [da]
    2. pronoun,
    pl. those
    1) der/die/das

    who is that in the garden? — wer ist das [da] im Garten?

    and [all] that — und so weiter

    like that(of the kind or in the way mentioned, of that character) so

    [just] like that — (without effort, thought) einfach so

    don't talk like that — hör auf, so zu reden

    that is [to say] — (introducing explanation) das heißt; (introducing reservation) das heißt; genauer gesagt

    if they'd have me, that is — das heißt, wenn sie mich nehmen

    that's more like it(of suggestion, news) das hört sich schon besser an; (of action, work) das sieht schon besser aus

    that's right!(expr. approval) gut od. recht so; (iron.) nur so weiter!; (coll.): (expr. assent) jawohl

    that's a good etc. boy/girl — das ist lieb [von dir, mein Junge/Mädchen]; (with request) sei so lieb usw.

    somebody/something is not as... as all that — (coll.) so... ist jemand/etwas nun auch wieder nicht

    [so] that's that — (it's finished) so, das wär's; (it's settled) so ist es nun mal

    you are not going to the party, and that's that! — du gehst nicht zu der Party, und damit Schluss!

    2) (Brit.): (person spoken to)

    who is that? — wer ist da?; (behind wall etc.) wer ist denn da?; (on telephone) wer ist am Apparat?

    3. relative pronoun, pl. same
    der/die/das

    the people that you got it from — die Leute, von denen du es bekommen hast

    the box that you put the apples in — die Kiste, in die du die Äpfel getan hast

    is he the man that you saw last night? — ist das der Mann, den Sie gestern Abend gesehen haben?

    everyone that I know — jeder, den ich kenne

    this is all [the money] that I have — das ist alles [Geld], was ich habe

    4. adverb
    (coll.) so

    he may be daft, but he's not [all] that daft — er mag ja blöd sein, aber so blöd [ist er] auch wieder nicht

    5. relative adverb
    der/die/das

    at the speed that he was going — bei der Geschwindigkeit, die er hatte

    the day that I first met her — der Tag, an dem ich sie zum ersten Mal sah

    6. conjunction
    1) (introducing statement; expr. result, reason or cause) dass
    2) (expr. purpose)

    [in order] that — damit

    * * *
    adj.
    dasjenig pron.
    dies adj. conj.
    dass konj. pron.
    das pron.
    derjenig pron.
    diejenig pron.
    dies pron.
    welch pron.
    welcher pron.
    welches pron.

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  • 46 like

    I 1. adjective

    your dress is like mine — dein Kleid ist so ähnlich wie meins

    in a case like thatin so einem Fall

    there was nothing like ites gab nichts Vergleichbares

    what is somebody/something like? — wie ist jemand/etwas?

    that's [a bit] more like it — (coll.): (better) das ist schon [etwas] besser; (coll.): (nearer the truth) das stimmt schon eher

    they are nothing like each othersie sind sich (Dat.) nicht im geringsten ähnlich

    nothing like as or so good/bad/many etc. as... — bei weitem nicht so gut/schlecht/viele usw. wie...

    2) (characteristic of) typisch für [dich, ihn usw.]

    it's just like you to be late!du musst natürlich wieder zu spät kommen!

    3) (similar) ähnlich

    be as like as two peas in a podsich (Dat.) gleichen wie ein Ei dem andern

    like father, like son — (prov.) der Apfel fällt nicht weit vom Stamm (Spr.)

    2. preposition
    (in the manner of) wie

    [just] like that — [einfach] so

    3. conjunction
    (coll.)
    1) (in same or similar manner as) wie

    he is not shy like he used to beer ist nicht mehr so schüchtern wie früher

    2) (coll.): (for example) etwa; beispielsweise
    4. noun
    1) (equal)

    his/her like — seines-/ihresgleichen

    the likes of me/you — (coll.) meines-/deinesgleichen

    II 1. transitive verb
    (be fond of, wish for) mögen

    like it or notob es dir/ihm usw. gefällt oder nicht

    like vegetables — Gemüse mögen; gern Gemüse essen

    would you like a drink/to borrow the book? — möchtest du etwas trinken/dir das Buch leihen?

    would you like me to do it? — möchtest du, dass ich es tue?

    I like that!(iron.) so was hab' ich gern! (ugs. iron.)

    if you like(expr. assent) wenn du willst od. möchtest; (expr. limited assent) wenn man so will

    2. noun, in pl.
    * * *
    I 1. adjective
    (the same or similar: They're as like as two peas.) wie
    2. preposition
    (the same as or similar to; in the same or a similar way as: He climbs like a cat; She is like her mother.) wie
    3. noun
    (someone or something which is the same or as good etc as another: You won't see his like / their like again.) der/die/das Gleiche
    4. conjunction
    ((especially American) in the same or a similar way as: No-one does it like he does.) so wie
    - academic.ru/43012/likely">likely
    - likelihood
    - liken
    - likeness
    - likewise
    - like-minded
    - a likely story! - as likely as not
    - be like someone
    - feel like
    - he is likely to
    - look like
    - not likely!
    II verb
    1) (to be pleased with; to find pleasant or agreeable: I like him very much; I like the way you've decorated this room.) mögen
    2) (to enjoy: I like gardening.) mögen
    - likeable
    - likable
    - liking
    - should/would like
    - take a liking to
    * * *
    like1
    [laɪk]
    I. prep
    \like most people wie die meisten Leute
    \like father, \like son wie der Vater, so der Sohn
    she smokes \like a chimney sie raucht wie ein Schlot fam
    what was your holiday \like? wie war dein Urlaub?
    what does it taste \like? wie schmeckt es?
    what's it \like to be a fisherman? wie ist das Leben als Fischer?
    you're acting \like a complete idiot! du benimmst dich wie ein Vollidiot!
    it feels \like ages since we last spoke ich habe das Gefühl, wir haben schon ewig nicht mehr miteinander gesprochen
    he looks \like his brother er sieht seinem Bruder ähnlich
    he's going to grow big \like his father er wird so groß wie sein Vater werden
    he's been looking for someone \like her er hat so jemanden wie sie gesucht
    she looked nothing \like the Queen sie sah überhaupt nicht wie die Queen aus
    he's nothing \like as fat as his father er ist noch lange nicht so dick wie sein Vater
    there were nothing \like enough people dort waren viel zu wenig Leute
    there's nothing \like a good cup of coffee es geht doch nichts über eine gute Tasse Kaffee
    or something \like that oder etwas in der Richtung
    just \like sb/sth genau wie jd/etw
    that's just \like him! das sieht ihm ähnlich!
    you've already got a shirt that's just \like it? du hast genau dasselbe Hemd schon einmal?
    to be \like sb/sth wie jd/etw sein
    what colour did you want?is it anything \like this? welche Farbe wollten Sie? — ungefähr wie diese hier?
    2. (such as) wie
    natural materials \like cotton and wool Naturstoffe wie Baumwolle oder Schafwolle
    why are you talking to me \like that? warum sprichst du so mit mir?
    3. (normal for)
    to be \like/not be \like sb to do sth:
    that's just \like Patricia to be late! das sieht Patricia wieder ähnlich, zu spät zu kommen!
    4.
    \like anything ( fam) wie verrückt fam
    to do sth \like crazy [or mad] ( fam) etw wie verrückt tun fam
    it looks \like rain/snow es sieht nach Regen/Schnee aus
    that's more \like it! das ist schon besser!
    II. conj ( fam)
    1. (the same as) wie
    \like I said wie ich schon sagte
    do it \like I do mach es so wie ich
    let's go swimming in the lake \like we used to lass uns im See schwimmen gehen wie früher
    2. (as if) als ob
    it sounds to me \like you ought to change jobs das hört sich für mich so an, als solltest du den Job wechseln
    you look \like you've just got out of bed du siehst aus, als wärst du gerade aufgestanden
    it looks \like it's going to rain es sieht nach Regen aus
    she acts \like she's the boss sie tut so, als sei sie die Chefin
    he spoke \like he was foreign er sprach, als wäre er ein Ausländer
    III. n
    the/sb's \like (person) so jemand; (thing) so etwas
    I have not seen his \like for many years [so] jemanden wie ihn habe ich schon seit vielen Jahren nicht mehr gesehen
    have you ever seen the \like? hast du so was schon gesehen?
    I don't like politicians and their \like ich kann Politiker und dergleichen nicht ausstehen; ( fam)
    you'll never be able to go out with the \likes of him! mit so einem wie ihm wirst du nie ausgehen!
    IV. adj inv
    1. attr (similar) ähnlich
    in \like manner auf gleiche Weise, gleichermaßen
    to be of [a] \like mind gleicher Meinung sein
    2. pred true to original ähnlich; statue, painting naturgetreu
    V. adv inv
    1. (sl: somehow) irgendwie
    it was kind of funny \like es war irgendwie schon komisch, ne
    if there's nothing you can do to change the situation, it's \like... why bother? also, warum sich aufregen, wenn man die Situation sowieso nicht ändern kann? fam
    everybody called her Annie and my mom was \like “it's Anne” alle sagten zu ihr Annie, aber meine Mutter meinte: „sie heißt Anne!“
    I was like, “what are you guys doing here?” ich sagte nur, „was macht ihr hier eigentlich?“
    3. (sl: filler)
    he was \like, totally off his rocker er stand völlig neben sich fam, er war so total neben der Kappe BRD sl
    4.
    to do sth [as] \like as not etw sehr wahrscheinlich tun
    like2
    [laɪk]
    I. vt
    1. (enjoy)
    to \like sb/sth jdn/etw mögen
    how do you \like my new shoes? wie gefallen dir meine neuen Schuhe?
    I \like it when... ich hab's gern [o mag es], wenn...
    to \like doing [or to do] sth etw gern tun; ( iron: dislike) etw [wirklich] gernhaben iron fam
    I \like the way he just assumes we'll listen to him when he doesn't take in a word anyone else says! das hab ich ja vielleicht gern! — wir sollen ihm zuhören, aber was andere sagen, das geht ihm zum einen Ohr rein und zum anderen wieder raus
    I \like that! na, das hab ich gern! iron
    2. (want)
    wether you like it or not ob es dir passt oder nicht, ob du willst oder nicht
    sb would/should \like sth jd hätte gerne etw
    I would \like the salad, please ich hätte gerne den Salat, bitte
    would you \like a drink? möchten Sie etwas trinken?
    sb would/should \like to do sth jd möchte etw tun [o hätte gern[e] etw getan]
    I should really \like to see you again ich möchte dich wirklich gern[e] wiedersehen
    I'd \like to go to Moscow for my holidays ich würde gern[e] nach Moskau in Urlaub fahren
    would you \like to join us for dinner tonight? möchten Sie heute Abend mit uns essen?
    I'd \like to see him bring up children and go to work at the same time ich möchte wirklich [ein]mal sehen, wie er das machen würde — die Kinder großziehen und dann auch noch zur Arbeit gehen
    you can drink a pint in two seconds? I'd \like to see that! du kannst einen halben Liter in zwei Sekunden austrinken? na, das möchte ich [doch mal] sehen!
    sb would/should \like sb to do sth jd möchte, dass jd etw tut
    I'd \like you to send this for me first class könnten Sie das als Sonderzustellung für mich verschicken?
    would you \like me to take you in the car? kann ich Sie ein Stück mitnehmen?
    sb would/should \like sth done jd möchte, dass etw getan wird
    I would \like the whole lot finished by the weekend ich hätte das Ganze gern[e] bis zum Wochenende fertig
    3. (prefer)
    he \likes his steak rare er isst sein Steak gern englisch
    how do you \like your tea? wie magst du deinen Tee?/wie trinken Sie Ihren Tee?
    I \like to get up early ich stehe gerne früh auf
    she \likes her men big sie mag [lieber] große Männer
    4. (feel)
    how would you \like to have a big boy pull your hair? wie würde es dir denn gefallen, wenn ein großer Junge dich am Haar ziehen würde?
    II. vi
    as you \like wie Sie wollen [o möchten]
    you can do as you \like du kannst machen was du möchtest
    if you \like wenn Sie wollen [o möchten]
    we can leave now if you \like wir können jetzt gehen, wenn du möchtest
    III. n
    \likes pl Neigungen pl
    sb's \likes and dislikes jds Vorlieben [o Neigungen] und Abneigungen
    * * *
    I [laɪk]
    1. adj
    1) (= similar) ähnlich
    2)

    (= same) of like origin — gleicher Herkunft

    2. prep
    wie

    to look like sb —

    who(m) is he like? — wem sieht er ähnlich?, wem gleicht er?

    he's just bought a new car - what is it like? —

    that's just like him! — das sieht ihm ähnlich!, das ist typisch!

    I never saw anything like itso ( et)was habe ich noch nie gesehen

    it's on company advice - orders, more like (inf)es ist auf Anraten der Firma - besser gesagt auf Anordnung

    is this what you had in mind? – it's something/nothing like it —

    that's something like a steak! — das ist vielleicht ein Steak!, das nenne ich ein Steak!

    a car like that — so ein Auto, ein solches Auto

    one exactly like it — eines, das genau gleich ist

    it will cost something like £10 — es wird etwa or so ungefähr £ 10 kosten

    I was thinking of something like a dollich habe an so etwas wie eine Puppe gedacht

    like that — so

    he thinks like us —

    A, like B, thinks that... — A wie (auch) B meinen, dass...

    3. adv (inf)

    (as) like as not, very like, like enough — höchstwahrscheinlich, sehr wahrscheinlich

    I found this money, like (dial)ich hab da das Geld gefunden, nich (sl) or wa (dial) or gell (S Ger)

    4. conj (strictly incorrect)

    like I said — wie ich schon sagte, wie gesagt

    it's just like I saydas sage ich ja immer

    do it like I domach es so wie ich

    5. n
    (= equal etc)

    we shall not see his like againeinen Mann or so etwas (inf) wie ihn bekommen wir nicht wieder

    and the like, and such like — und dergleichen

    II
    1. n usu pl
    (= taste) Geschmack m

    she tried to find out his likes and dislikes — sie wollte herausbekommen, was er mochte und was nicht

    2. vt
    1) person mögen, gernhaben

    I don't like him — ich kann ihn nicht leiden, ich mag ihn nicht

    2)

    (= find pleasure in) I like black shoes — ich mag schwarze Schuhe, mir gefallen schwarze Schuhe

    I like chocolate — ich mag Schokolade, ich esse gern Schokolade

    that's one of the things I like about you — das ist eines der Dinge, die ich an dir mag

    I like wine but wine doesn't like me (inf) — ich trinke gern Wein, aber er bekommt mir nicht

    how would you like a black eye? —

    well, I like that! (inf)das ist ein starkes Stück! (inf)

    (well) how do you like that? (inf)wie findest du denn das? (inf)

    3)

    (= wish, wish for) I'd like an explanation — ich hätte gerne eine Erklärung

    I should like to know why — ich wüsste (gerne), warum

    I should like you to do it — ich möchte, dass du es tust

    whether he likes it or not — ob es ihm passt oder nicht, ob er will oder nicht

    what would you like? — was hätten or möchten Sie gern?, was darf es sein?

    would you like a drink? —

    I would like to take this opportunity to welcome Dr Allan — ich möchte diese Gelegenheit ergreifen, um Dr. Allan willkommen zu heißen

    3. vi

    he is free to act as he likes — es steht ihm frei, zu tun, was er will

    * * *
    like1 [laık]
    A adj
    1. gleich (dat), wie:
    she is just like her sister sie ist geradeso wie ihre Schwester;
    a man like you ein Mann wie du;
    what is he like? wie ist er?;
    he is like that er ist nun einmal so;
    he was not like that before so war er doch früher nicht;
    what does it look like? wie sieht es aus?;
    what will the weather be like tomorrow? wie wird das Wetter morgen?;
    a fool like that ein derartiger oder so ein Dummkopf;
    he felt like a criminal er kam sich wie ein Verbrecher vor;
    that’s more like it umg das lässt sich (schon) eher hören; master A 5 c, nothing C und Bes Redew, something B 1
    2. ähnlich (dat), bezeichnend für:
    that is just like him! das sieht ihm ähnlich!;
    that’s not like him das ist nicht seine Art
    it is like having children es ist (so), als ob man Kinder hätte; feel B 5
    4. gleich (Betrag etc):
    a) auf gleiche Weise,
    b) gleichermaßen;
    of like mind gleich gesinnt;
    like signs MATH gleiche Vorzeichen;
    like terms MATH gleichnamige Glieder;
    like unto his brethren BIBEL seinen Brüdern gleich
    5. ähnlich:
    he is very much like his father er sieht seinem Vater sehr ähnlich;
    they are (as) like as two eggs, they are (as) like as two peas (in a pod) sie gleichen sich wie ein Ei dem anderen, sie sehen sich zum Verwechseln ähnlich
    6. ähnlich, gleichartig, derartig:
    … and other like problems … und andere derartige Probleme
    7. umg wahrscheinlich
    B präp (siehe auch adv und adv, die oft wie eine präp gebraucht werden) wie:
    do not shout like that schrei nicht so;
    C adv (siehe auch präp)
    1. (so) wie:
    like every teacher he has … so wie jeder Lehrer hat auch er …;
    I cannot play like you (do) ich kann nicht so gut spielen wie du
    2. umg wahrscheinlich:
    like enough, as like as not, very like höchstwahrscheinlich, sehr wahrscheinlich
    3. sl irgendwie, merkwürdig, ziemlich
    4. obs so:
    like as so wie
    D konj
    1. umg wie, (eben)so wie
    2. dial als ob:
    E s (der, die, das) Gleiche, (etwas) Gleiches:
    his like seinesgleichen;
    did you ever see the like(s) of that girl? hast du jemals so etwas wie dieses Mädchen gesehen?;
    the likes of me umg meinesgleichen, unsereiner, Leute wie ich;
    like attracts like gleich und gleich gesellt sich gern;
    the like dergleichen;
    peas, beans, and the like Erbsen, Bohnen und dergleichen;
    cocoa or the like Kakao oder so etwas (Ähnliches);
    he will never do the like again so etwas wird er nie wieder tun; such C 1
    like2 [laık]
    A v/t gernhaben, (gern) mögen, (gut) leiden können, gern tun, essen, trinken etc:
    I like it ich habe oder mag es gern, es gefällt mir;
    I don’t like it when … ich mag es nicht, wenn …;
    I like him ich mag ihn gern, ich kann ihn gut leiden, er ist mir sympathisch;
    how do you like it? wie gefällt es dir?, wie findest du es?;
    how do you like London? wie gefällt es dir in London?;
    what I like about him is … was ich an ihm mag, ist …;
    I like that! iron das oder so was hab ich gern!;
    do you like oysters? mögen Sie Austern (gern)?;
    I should much like to come ich würde sehr gern kommen;
    he likes playing ( oder to play) tennis er spielt gern Tennis;
    I should ( oder would) like to know ich möchte gerne wissen;
    what do you like better? was hast du lieber?, was gefällt dir besser?;
    I do not like such things discussed ich habe es nicht gern, dass solche Dinge erörtert werden;
    he doesn’t like to be kept waiting er hat es nicht gern, wenn man ihn warten lässt;
    I like whisky, but it does not like me umg ich trinke gern Whisky, aber er bekommt mir nicht;
    (much) liked (sehr) beliebt
    B v/i
    1. wollen:
    as often as I liked sooft ich wollte;
    (just) as you like (ganz) wie du willst, (ganz) nach Belieben;
    do as you like mach, was du willst;
    a) wenn du willst,
    b) wenn Sie so wollen;
    I am stupid if you like but ich bin vielleicht dumm, aber
    2. obs gefallen
    3. obs gedeihen
    C s Neigung f, Vorliebe f:
    likes and dislikes Neigungen und Abneigungen;
    I know his likes and dislikes ich weiß, was er mag und was nicht
    * * *
    I 1. adjective

    what is somebody/something like? — wie ist jemand/etwas?

    that's [a bit] more like it — (coll.): (better) das ist schon [etwas] besser; (coll.): (nearer the truth) das stimmt schon eher

    they are nothing like each othersie sind sich (Dat.) nicht im geringsten ähnlich

    nothing like as or so good/bad/many etc. as... — bei weitem nicht so gut/schlecht/viele usw. wie...

    2) (characteristic of) typisch für [dich, ihn usw.]
    3) (similar) ähnlich

    be as like as two peas in a podsich (Dat.) gleichen wie ein Ei dem andern

    like father, like son — (prov.) der Apfel fällt nicht weit vom Stamm (Spr.)

    2. preposition

    [just] like that — [einfach] so

    3. conjunction
    (coll.)
    2) (coll.): (for example) etwa; beispielsweise
    4. noun

    his/her like — seines-/ihresgleichen

    the likes of me/you — (coll.) meines-/deinesgleichen

    II 1. transitive verb
    (be fond of, wish for) mögen

    like it or not — ob es dir/ihm usw. gefällt oder nicht

    like vegetables — Gemüse mögen; gern Gemüse essen

    would you like a drink/to borrow the book? — möchtest du etwas trinken/dir das Buch leihen?

    would you like me to do it? — möchtest du, dass ich es tue?

    I like that!(iron.) so was hab' ich gern! (ugs. iron.)

    if you like(expr. assent) wenn du willst od. möchtest; (expr. limited assent) wenn man so will

    2. noun, in pl.
    * * *
    (Poles, electricity) adj.
    gleichnamig (Pole) adj. adj.
    gernhaben adj.
    gleich adj.
    wie adv.
    ähnlich adj. v.
    gernhaben v.
    lieben v.
    mögen v.
    (§ p.,pp.: mochte, gemocht)

    English-german dictionary > like

  • 47 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.

    Historical dictionary of Portugal > Historical Portugal

  • 48 sure

    ʃuə
    1. adjective
    1) ((negative unsure) having no doubt; certain: I'm sure that I gave him the book; I'm not sure where she lives / what her address is; `There's a bus at two o'clock.' `Are you quite sure?'; I thought the idea was good, but now I'm not so sure; I'll help you - you can be sure of that!) seguro; convencido
    2) (unlikely to fail (to do or get something): He's sure to win; You're sure of a good dinner if you stay at that hotel.) seguro; convencido
    3) (reliable or trustworthy: a sure way to cure hiccups; a safe, sure method; a sure aim with a rifle.) seguro; fiable

    2. adverb
    ((especially American) certainly; of course: Sure I'll help you!; `Would you like to come?' `Sure!') claro, por supuesto
    - sureness
    - sure-footed
    - as sure as
    - be sure to
    - be/feel sure of oneself
    - for sure
    - make sure
    - sure enough

    sure adj seguro / cierto
    tr[ʃʊəSMALLr/SMALL]
    1 (positive, certain) seguro,-a (about/of, de); (convinced) convencido,-a
    I think so, but I'm not sure creo que sí, pero no estoy seguro
    are you sure of your facts? ¿estás seguro de lo que dices?
    are you sure you won't stay for supper? ¿seguro que no te quedarás a cenar?
    2 (certain, inevitable) seguro,-a
    one thing is sure... lo que es seguro es que...
    3 (reliable) seguro,-a
    1 (of course) claro, por supuesto
    do you want to come? --sure ¿quieres venir? --claro que sí
    2 SMALLAMERICAN ENGLISH/SMALL (as intensifier) realmente, de verdad
    he sure is handsome! ¡qué guapo es!
    it sure is hot! ¡qué calor hace!
    \
    SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
    as sure as eggs is eggs (tan seguro) como que dos y dos son cuatro
    for sure seguro
    that's for sure! ¡de eso no cabe duda!
    sure enough efectivamente, en efecto
    sure thing claro, por supuesto
    to be sure of oneself estar seguro,-a de sí mismo,-a
    to be sure of somebody poder confiar en alguien
    to be sure to no olvidarse de, no dejar de
    to make sure asegurarse (of, de)
    sure ['ʃʊr] adv
    1) all right: por supuesto, claro
    it sure is hot!: ¡hace tanto calor!
    she sure is pretty!: ¡qué linda es!
    sure adj, surer ; - est : seguro
    to be sure about something: estar seguro de algo
    a sure sign: una clara señal
    for sure: seguro, con seguridad
    adj.
    certero, -a adj.
    cierto, -a adj.
    fijo, -a adj.
    puntual adj.
    sano, -a adj.
    seguro, -a adj.
    adv.
    realmente adv.
    seguramente adv.
    interj.
    claro interj.

    I ʃʊr, ʃʊə(r), ʃɔː(r)
    1) ( convinced) (pred) seguro

    to be sure ABOUT something — estar* seguro de algo

    I like it but I'm not too sure about the color — me gusta, pero el color no me convence del todo

    I'm not sure who/why/what... — no sé muy bien quién/por qué/qué...

    fascinating, I'm sure — (iro) interesantísimo, no cabe duda! (iró)

    to be sure OF something/somebody — estar* seguro de algo/alguien

    are you sure of your facts? — ¿estás seguro de lo que dices?

    to be sure of oneself — ( convinced one is right) estar* seguro; ( self-confident) ser* seguro de sí mismo

    2) ( certain)

    one thing is sure: he's lying — lo que está claro or lo que es seguro es que está mintiendo

    sure thing!(as interj) (colloq) claro (que sí)!, por supuesto!

    3) (accurate, reliable) <remedy/method> seguro; <judgment/aim> certero; < indication> claro; < ground> seguro

    for sure: we don't know anything for sure no sabemos nada seguro or con seguridad; we'll win for sure seguro que ganamos; to be sure ( admittedly) (indep) por cierto; it could be improved on, to be sure, but... — se podría mejorar, por cierto, pero...


    II
    1) (colloq) (as intensifier)

    she sure is clever, she's sure clever — qué lista es!, si será lista!

    he sure likes to talk — cómo le gusta hablar!, si le gustará hablar!

    do you like it? - I sure do! — ¿te gusta? - ya lo creo!

    2) ( of course) por supuesto, claro

    may I join you? - sure, sit down! — ¿me permites? - claro que sí or no faltaría más or por supuesto, siéntate!

    3)

    sure enough — efectivamente, en efecto

    [ʃʊǝ(r)] ADJ (compar surer) (superl surest)
    1. ADJ
    1) (=certain)

    "do you want to see that film?" - "I'm not sure" — -¿quieres ver esa película? -no sé or no estoy seguro

    she seemed honest enough but I had to be sure — parecía bastante sincera, pero tenía que asegurarme or estar seguro

    "I know my duty" - "I'm sure you do" — -sé cuál es mi deber -de eso estoy seguro

    I'm not sure that I can help you — no estoy seguro de que te pueda ayudar, no estoy seguro de poder ayudarte

    are you sure you won't have another drink? — ¿seguro que no quieres tomarte otra copa?

    I'm quite sure her decision was rightestoy convencido de que or estoy completamente seguro de que su decisión fue correcta

    to be sure about sth — estar seguro de algo

    to be sure what/who — estar seguro de qué/quién

    I'm not sure whether... — no estoy seguro (de) si...

    b)

    to be sure of sth — estar seguro de algo

    c)

    to be sure of sb: I've always felt very sure of John — siempre he confiado mucho en John

    to be sure of o.s.estar seguro de sí mismo

    to be sure of sbconfiar en algn

    d) + infin

    it is sure to rain — seguro que llueve, seguramente lloverá

    she is sure to agree — seguro que está de acuerdo, seguramente estará de acuerdo

    be sure to or be sure and close the window — asegúrate de que cierras la ventana

    be sure to or be sure and tell me — que no se te olvide contármelo

    e)

    to make sure (that) — asegurarse (de que)

    better get a ticket beforehand, just to make sure — mejor compre el billete de antemano, más que nada para ir sobre seguro or para tener esa seguridad

    2) (=reliable) [sign] claro; [way] seguro

    one sure way to lose is... — una forma segura de perder es...

    it's a sure bet that he'll come — segurísimo que viene

    for sure *seguro *

    nobody or no one knows for sure — nadie lo sabe con seguridad

    that's for sure, one thing's for sure — una cosa está clara

    sure thing, a month ago, a yes-vote seemed a sure thing — hace un mes, el voto a favor parecía algo seguro

    (esp US)

    "I'd like to hire a car" - "sure thing" — -quiero alquilar un coche -sí, claro

    "can I go with you?" - "sure thing" — -¿puedo ir contigo? -claro que sí or por supuesto

    "did you like it?" - "sure thing" — -¿te ha gustado? -ya lo creo

    this is a plausible interpretation, to be sure, but... — desde luego que or claro que esta es una interpretación muy verosímil pero...

    well, that's bad luck to be sure! — vaya, ¡eso sí que es tener mala suerte!

    2. ADV
    1) (US)
    * (=certainly) (emphatic)

    "know what I mean?" - "sure do" — -sabes, ¿no? -claro que sí or claro que lo sé

    (as) sure as, I'm sure as hell not going to help him — yo sí que no le voy a ayudar

    2) (esp US) (=of course) claro

    "did you tell your uncle about her?" - "oh, sure" — -¿le hablaste a tu tío de ella? -¡claro! or (LAm) -¡cómo no!

    "can I go with you?" - "sure" — -¿puedo ir contigo? -¡por supuesto! or -¡claro que sí!

    "is that OK?" - "sure!" — -¿está bien así? -¡claro que sí! or (LAm) -¡cómo no!

    3) (=true) claro

    sure, it's never been done before — claro que no se ha hecho antes

    4)

    sure enough — efectivamente, en efecto

    he said he'd be here, and sure enough, there he is — dijo que estaría aquí y efectivamente or en efecto, aquí está

    * * *

    I [ʃʊr, ʃʊə(r), ʃɔː(r)]
    1) ( convinced) (pred) seguro

    to be sure ABOUT something — estar* seguro de algo

    I like it but I'm not too sure about the color — me gusta, pero el color no me convence del todo

    I'm not sure who/why/what... — no sé muy bien quién/por qué/qué...

    fascinating, I'm sure — (iro) interesantísimo, no cabe duda! (iró)

    to be sure OF something/somebody — estar* seguro de algo/alguien

    are you sure of your facts? — ¿estás seguro de lo que dices?

    to be sure of oneself — ( convinced one is right) estar* seguro; ( self-confident) ser* seguro de sí mismo

    2) ( certain)

    one thing is sure: he's lying — lo que está claro or lo que es seguro es que está mintiendo

    sure thing!(as interj) (colloq) claro (que sí)!, por supuesto!

    3) (accurate, reliable) <remedy/method> seguro; <judgment/aim> certero; < indication> claro; < ground> seguro

    for sure: we don't know anything for sure no sabemos nada seguro or con seguridad; we'll win for sure seguro que ganamos; to be sure ( admittedly) (indep) por cierto; it could be improved on, to be sure, but... — se podría mejorar, por cierto, pero...


    II
    1) (colloq) (as intensifier)

    she sure is clever, she's sure clever — qué lista es!, si será lista!

    he sure likes to talk — cómo le gusta hablar!, si le gustará hablar!

    do you like it? - I sure do! — ¿te gusta? - ya lo creo!

    2) ( of course) por supuesto, claro

    may I join you? - sure, sit down! — ¿me permites? - claro que sí or no faltaría más or por supuesto, siéntate!

    3)

    sure enough — efectivamente, en efecto

    English-spanish dictionary > sure

  • 49 Perkins, Jacob

    [br]
    b. 9 July 1766 Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA
    d. 30 July 1849 London, England
    [br]
    American inventor of a nail-making machine and a method of printing banknotes, investigator of the use of steam at very high pressures.
    [br]
    Perkins's occupation was that of a gold-and silversmith; while he does not seem to have followed this after 1800, however, it gave him the skills in working metals which he would continue to employ in his inventions. He had been working in America for four years before he patented his nail-making machine in 1796. At the time there was a great shortage of nails because only hand-forged ones were available. By 1800, other people had followed his example and produced automatic nail-making machines, but in 1811 Perkins' improved machines were introduced to England by J.C. Dyer. Eventually Perkins had twenty-one American patents for a range of inventions in his name.
    In 1799 Perkins invented a system of engraving steel plates for printing banknotes, which became the foundation of modern siderographic work. It discouraged forging and was adopted by many banking houses, including the Federal Government when the Second United States Bank was inaugurated in 1816. This led Perkins to move to Philadelphia. In the intervening years, Perkins had improved his nail-making machine, invented a machine for graining morocco leather in 1809, a fire-engine in 1812, a letter-lock for bank vaults and improved methods of rolling out spoons in 1813, and improved armament and equipment for naval ships from 1812 to 1815.
    It was in Philadelphia that Perkins became interested in the steam engine, when he met Oliver Evans, who had pioneered the use of high-pressure steam. He became a member of the American Philosophical Society and conducted experiments on the compressibility of water before a committee of that society. Perkins claimed to have liquified air during his experiments in 1822 and, if so, was the real discoverer of the liquification of gases. In 1819 he came to England to demonstrate his forgery-proof system of printing banknotes, but the Bank of England was the only one which did not adopt his system.
    While in London, Perkins began to experiment with the highest steam pressures used up to that time and in 1822 took out his first of nineteen British patents. This was followed by another in 1823 for a 10 hp (7.5 kW) engine with only 2 in. (51 mm) bore, 12 in. (305 mm) stroke but a pressure of 500 psi (35 kg/cm2), for which he claimed exceptional economy. After 1826, Perkins abandoned his drum boiler for iron tubes and steam pressures of 1,500 psi (105 kg/cm2), but the materials would not withstand such pressures or temperatures for long. It was in that same year that he patented a form of uniflow cylinder that was later taken up by L.J. Todd. One of his engines ran for five days, continuously pumping water at St Katherine's docks, but Perkins could not raise more finance to continue his experiments.
    In 1823 one his high-pressure hot-water systems was installed to heat the Duke of Wellington's house at Stratfield Saye and it acquired a considerable vogue, being used by Sir John Soane, among others. In 1834 Perkins patented a compression ice-making apparatus, but it did not succeed commercially because ice was imported more cheaply from Norway as ballast for sailing ships. Perkins was often dubbed "the American inventor" because his inquisitive personality allied to his inventive ingenuity enabled him to solve so many mechanical challenges.
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    Further Reading
    Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1943, biography which appeared previously as a shortened version in the Transactions of the Newcomen Society 24.
    D.Bathe and G.Bathe, 1943–5, "The contribution of Jacob Perkins to science and engineering", Transactions of the Newcomen Society 24.
    D.S.L.Cardwell, 1971, From Watt to Clausius. The Rise of Thermodynamics in the Early Industrial Age, London: Heinemann (includes comments on the importance of Perkins's steam engine).
    A.F.Dufton, 1940–1, "Early application of engineering to warming of buildings", Transactions of the Newcomen Society 21 (includes a note on Perkins's application of a high-pressure hot-water heating system).
    RLH

    Biographical history of technology > Perkins, Jacob

  • 50 Artificial Intelligence

       In my opinion, none of [these programs] does even remote justice to the complexity of human mental processes. Unlike men, "artificially intelligent" programs tend to be single minded, undistractable, and unemotional. (Neisser, 1967, p. 9)
       Future progress in [artificial intelligence] will depend on the development of both practical and theoretical knowledge.... As regards theoretical knowledge, some have sought a unified theory of artificial intelligence. My view is that artificial intelligence is (or soon will be) an engineering discipline since its primary goal is to build things. (Nilsson, 1971, pp. vii-viii)
       Most workers in AI [artificial intelligence] research and in related fields confess to a pronounced feeling of disappointment in what has been achieved in the last 25 years. Workers entered the field around 1950, and even around 1960, with high hopes that are very far from being realized in 1972. In no part of the field have the discoveries made so far produced the major impact that was then promised.... In the meantime, claims and predictions regarding the potential results of AI research had been publicized which went even farther than the expectations of the majority of workers in the field, whose embarrassments have been added to by the lamentable failure of such inflated predictions....
       When able and respected scientists write in letters to the present author that AI, the major goal of computing science, represents "another step in the general process of evolution"; that possibilities in the 1980s include an all-purpose intelligence on a human-scale knowledge base; that awe-inspiring possibilities suggest themselves based on machine intelligence exceeding human intelligence by the year 2000 [one has the right to be skeptical]. (Lighthill, 1972, p. 17)
       4) Just as Astronomy Succeeded Astrology, the Discovery of Intellectual Processes in Machines Should Lead to a Science, Eventually
       Just as astronomy succeeded astrology, following Kepler's discovery of planetary regularities, the discoveries of these many principles in empirical explorations on intellectual processes in machines should lead to a science, eventually. (Minsky & Papert, 1973, p. 11)
       Many problems arise in experiments on machine intelligence because things obvious to any person are not represented in any program. One can pull with a string, but one cannot push with one.... Simple facts like these caused serious problems when Charniak attempted to extend Bobrow's "Student" program to more realistic applications, and they have not been faced up to until now. (Minsky & Papert, 1973, p. 77)
       What do we mean by [a symbolic] "description"? We do not mean to suggest that our descriptions must be made of strings of ordinary language words (although they might be). The simplest kind of description is a structure in which some features of a situation are represented by single ("primitive") symbols, and relations between those features are represented by other symbols-or by other features of the way the description is put together. (Minsky & Papert, 1973, p. 11)
       [AI is] the use of computer programs and programming techniques to cast light on the principles of intelligence in general and human thought in particular. (Boden, 1977, p. 5)
       The word you look for and hardly ever see in the early AI literature is the word knowledge. They didn't believe you have to know anything, you could always rework it all.... In fact 1967 is the turning point in my mind when there was enough feeling that the old ideas of general principles had to go.... I came up with an argument for what I called the primacy of expertise, and at the time I called the other guys the generalists. (Moses, quoted in McCorduck, 1979, pp. 228-229)
       9) Artificial Intelligence Is Psychology in a Particularly Pure and Abstract Form
       The basic idea of cognitive science is that intelligent beings are semantic engines-in other words, automatic formal systems with interpretations under which they consistently make sense. We can now see why this includes psychology and artificial intelligence on a more or less equal footing: people and intelligent computers (if and when there are any) turn out to be merely different manifestations of the same underlying phenomenon. Moreover, with universal hardware, any semantic engine can in principle be formally imitated by a computer if only the right program can be found. And that will guarantee semantic imitation as well, since (given the appropriate formal behavior) the semantics is "taking care of itself" anyway. Thus we also see why, from this perspective, artificial intelligence can be regarded as psychology in a particularly pure and abstract form. The same fundamental structures are under investigation, but in AI, all the relevant parameters are under direct experimental control (in the programming), without any messy physiology or ethics to get in the way. (Haugeland, 1981b, p. 31)
       There are many different kinds of reasoning one might imagine:
        Formal reasoning involves the syntactic manipulation of data structures to deduce new ones following prespecified rules of inference. Mathematical logic is the archetypical formal representation. Procedural reasoning uses simulation to answer questions and solve problems. When we use a program to answer What is the sum of 3 and 4? it uses, or "runs," a procedural model of arithmetic. Reasoning by analogy seems to be a very natural mode of thought for humans but, so far, difficult to accomplish in AI programs. The idea is that when you ask the question Can robins fly? the system might reason that "robins are like sparrows, and I know that sparrows can fly, so robins probably can fly."
        Generalization and abstraction are also natural reasoning process for humans that are difficult to pin down well enough to implement in a program. If one knows that Robins have wings, that Sparrows have wings, and that Blue jays have wings, eventually one will believe that All birds have wings. This capability may be at the core of most human learning, but it has not yet become a useful technique in AI.... Meta- level reasoning is demonstrated by the way one answers the question What is Paul Newman's telephone number? You might reason that "if I knew Paul Newman's number, I would know that I knew it, because it is a notable fact." This involves using "knowledge about what you know," in particular, about the extent of your knowledge and about the importance of certain facts. Recent research in psychology and AI indicates that meta-level reasoning may play a central role in human cognitive processing. (Barr & Feigenbaum, 1981, pp. 146-147)
       Suffice it to say that programs already exist that can do things-or, at the very least, appear to be beginning to do things-which ill-informed critics have asserted a priori to be impossible. Examples include: perceiving in a holistic as opposed to an atomistic way; using language creatively; translating sensibly from one language to another by way of a language-neutral semantic representation; planning acts in a broad and sketchy fashion, the details being decided only in execution; distinguishing between different species of emotional reaction according to the psychological context of the subject. (Boden, 1981, p. 33)
       Can the synthesis of Man and Machine ever be stable, or will the purely organic component become such a hindrance that it has to be discarded? If this eventually happens-and I have... good reasons for thinking that it must-we have nothing to regret and certainly nothing to fear. (Clarke, 1984, p. 243)
       The thesis of GOFAI... is not that the processes underlying intelligence can be described symbolically... but that they are symbolic. (Haugeland, 1985, p. 113)
        14) Artificial Intelligence Provides a Useful Approach to Psychological and Psychiatric Theory Formation
       It is all very well formulating psychological and psychiatric theories verbally but, when using natural language (even technical jargon), it is difficult to recognise when a theory is complete; oversights are all too easily made, gaps too readily left. This is a point which is generally recognised to be true and it is for precisely this reason that the behavioural sciences attempt to follow the natural sciences in using "classical" mathematics as a more rigorous descriptive language. However, it is an unfortunate fact that, with a few notable exceptions, there has been a marked lack of success in this application. It is my belief that a different approach-a different mathematics-is needed, and that AI provides just this approach. (Hand, quoted in Hand, 1985, pp. 6-7)
       We might distinguish among four kinds of AI.
       Research of this kind involves building and programming computers to perform tasks which, to paraphrase Marvin Minsky, would require intelligence if they were done by us. Researchers in nonpsychological AI make no claims whatsoever about the psychological realism of their programs or the devices they build, that is, about whether or not computers perform tasks as humans do.
       Research here is guided by the view that the computer is a useful tool in the study of mind. In particular, we can write computer programs or build devices that simulate alleged psychological processes in humans and then test our predictions about how the alleged processes work. We can weave these programs and devices together with other programs and devices that simulate different alleged mental processes and thereby test the degree to which the AI system as a whole simulates human mentality. According to weak psychological AI, working with computer models is a way of refining and testing hypotheses about processes that are allegedly realized in human minds.
    ... According to this view, our minds are computers and therefore can be duplicated by other computers. Sherry Turkle writes that the "real ambition is of mythic proportions, making a general purpose intelligence, a mind." (Turkle, 1984, p. 240) The authors of a major text announce that "the ultimate goal of AI research is to build a person or, more humbly, an animal." (Charniak & McDermott, 1985, p. 7)
       Research in this field, like strong psychological AI, takes seriously the functionalist view that mentality can be realized in many different types of physical devices. Suprapsychological AI, however, accuses strong psychological AI of being chauvinisticof being only interested in human intelligence! Suprapsychological AI claims to be interested in all the conceivable ways intelligence can be realized. (Flanagan, 1991, pp. 241-242)
        16) Determination of Relevance of Rules in Particular Contexts
       Even if the [rules] were stored in a context-free form the computer still couldn't use them. To do that the computer requires rules enabling it to draw on just those [ rules] which are relevant in each particular context. Determination of relevance will have to be based on further facts and rules, but the question will again arise as to which facts and rules are relevant for making each particular determination. One could always invoke further facts and rules to answer this question, but of course these must be only the relevant ones. And so it goes. It seems that AI workers will never be able to get started here unless they can settle the problem of relevance beforehand by cataloguing types of context and listing just those facts which are relevant in each. (Dreyfus & Dreyfus, 1986, p. 80)
       Perhaps the single most important idea to artificial intelligence is that there is no fundamental difference between form and content, that meaning can be captured in a set of symbols such as a semantic net. (G. Johnson, 1986, p. 250)
        18) The Assumption That the Mind Is a Formal System
       Artificial intelligence is based on the assumption that the mind can be described as some kind of formal system manipulating symbols that stand for things in the world. Thus it doesn't matter what the brain is made of, or what it uses for tokens in the great game of thinking. Using an equivalent set of tokens and rules, we can do thinking with a digital computer, just as we can play chess using cups, salt and pepper shakers, knives, forks, and spoons. Using the right software, one system (the mind) can be mapped into the other (the computer). (G. Johnson, 1986, p. 250)
        19) A Statement of the Primary and Secondary Purposes of Artificial Intelligence
       The primary goal of Artificial Intelligence is to make machines smarter.
       The secondary goals of Artificial Intelligence are to understand what intelligence is (the Nobel laureate purpose) and to make machines more useful (the entrepreneurial purpose). (Winston, 1987, p. 1)
       The theoretical ideas of older branches of engineering are captured in the language of mathematics. We contend that mathematical logic provides the basis for theory in AI. Although many computer scientists already count logic as fundamental to computer science in general, we put forward an even stronger form of the logic-is-important argument....
       AI deals mainly with the problem of representing and using declarative (as opposed to procedural) knowledge. Declarative knowledge is the kind that is expressed as sentences, and AI needs a language in which to state these sentences. Because the languages in which this knowledge usually is originally captured (natural languages such as English) are not suitable for computer representations, some other language with the appropriate properties must be used. It turns out, we think, that the appropriate properties include at least those that have been uppermost in the minds of logicians in their development of logical languages such as the predicate calculus. Thus, we think that any language for expressing knowledge in AI systems must be at least as expressive as the first-order predicate calculus. (Genesereth & Nilsson, 1987, p. viii)
        21) Perceptual Structures Can Be Represented as Lists of Elementary Propositions
       In artificial intelligence studies, perceptual structures are represented as assemblages of description lists, the elementary components of which are propositions asserting that certain relations hold among elements. (Chase & Simon, 1988, p. 490)
       Artificial intelligence (AI) is sometimes defined as the study of how to build and/or program computers to enable them to do the sorts of things that minds can do. Some of these things are commonly regarded as requiring intelligence: offering a medical diagnosis and/or prescription, giving legal or scientific advice, proving theorems in logic or mathematics. Others are not, because they can be done by all normal adults irrespective of educational background (and sometimes by non-human animals too), and typically involve no conscious control: seeing things in sunlight and shadows, finding a path through cluttered terrain, fitting pegs into holes, speaking one's own native tongue, and using one's common sense. Because it covers AI research dealing with both these classes of mental capacity, this definition is preferable to one describing AI as making computers do "things that would require intelligence if done by people." However, it presupposes that computers could do what minds can do, that they might really diagnose, advise, infer, and understand. One could avoid this problematic assumption (and also side-step questions about whether computers do things in the same way as we do) by defining AI instead as "the development of computers whose observable performance has features which in humans we would attribute to mental processes." This bland characterization would be acceptable to some AI workers, especially amongst those focusing on the production of technological tools for commercial purposes. But many others would favour a more controversial definition, seeing AI as the science of intelligence in general-or, more accurately, as the intellectual core of cognitive science. As such, its goal is to provide a systematic theory that can explain (and perhaps enable us to replicate) both the general categories of intentionality and the diverse psychological capacities grounded in them. (Boden, 1990b, pp. 1-2)
       Because the ability to store data somewhat corresponds to what we call memory in human beings, and because the ability to follow logical procedures somewhat corresponds to what we call reasoning in human beings, many members of the cult have concluded that what computers do somewhat corresponds to what we call thinking. It is no great difficulty to persuade the general public of that conclusion since computers process data very fast in small spaces well below the level of visibility; they do not look like other machines when they are at work. They seem to be running along as smoothly and silently as the brain does when it remembers and reasons and thinks. On the other hand, those who design and build computers know exactly how the machines are working down in the hidden depths of their semiconductors. Computers can be taken apart, scrutinized, and put back together. Their activities can be tracked, analyzed, measured, and thus clearly understood-which is far from possible with the brain. This gives rise to the tempting assumption on the part of the builders and designers that computers can tell us something about brains, indeed, that the computer can serve as a model of the mind, which then comes to be seen as some manner of information processing machine, and possibly not as good at the job as the machine. (Roszak, 1994, pp. xiv-xv)
       The inner workings of the human mind are far more intricate than the most complicated systems of modern technology. Researchers in the field of artificial intelligence have been attempting to develop programs that will enable computers to display intelligent behavior. Although this field has been an active one for more than thirty-five years and has had many notable successes, AI researchers still do not know how to create a program that matches human intelligence. No existing program can recall facts, solve problems, reason, learn, and process language with human facility. This lack of success has occurred not because computers are inferior to human brains but rather because we do not yet know in sufficient detail how intelligence is organized in the brain. (Anderson, 1995, p. 2)

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  • 51 Koenig, Friedrich

    SUBJECT AREA: Paper and printing
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    b. 17 April 1774 Eisleben, Thuringia, Germany
    d. 17 January 1833 Oberzell, near Würzburg, Germany
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    German inventor of the machine printing press.
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    Koenig became a printer and bookseller. Around 1800 he was among those who conceived the idea of mechanizing the hand printing press, which apart from minor details had survived virtually unchanged through the first three and a half centuries of printing. In 1803, in Sühl, Saxony, he designed a press in which the flat forme, carrying the type, was mechanically inked and passed to and from the platen. Whether this ma-chine was ever constructed is not known, but Koenig found little support for his ideas because of lack of technical and financial resources. So, in 1806, he went to England and was introduced to Thomas Bensley, a book printer off Fleet Street in London. Bensley agreed to support Koenig and brought in two other printers to help finance Koenig's experiments. Another German, Andreas Bauer, an engineer, assisted Koenig and became largely responsible for the practical execution of Koenig's plans.
    In 1810 they patented a press which was steam-driven but still used a platen. It was set to work in Bensley's office the following year but did not prove to be satisfactory. Koenig redesigned it, and in October 1811 he obtained a patent for a steam-driven press on an entirely new principle. In place of the platen, the paper was fixed around a hollow rotating cylinder, which impressed the paper on to the inked forme. In Bensley's office it was used for book printing, but its increased speed over the hand press appealed to newspaper proprietors and John Walter II of The Times asked Koenig to make a double-cylinder machine, so that the return stroke of the forme would be productive. A further patent was taken out in 1813 and the new machine was made ready to print the 29 November 1814 issue—in secrecy, behind closed doors, to forestall opposition from the pressmen working the hand presses. An important feature of the machine was that the inking rollers were not of the traditional leather or skin but a composite material made from glue, molasses and some soda. The inking could not have been achieved satisfactorily with the old materials. The editorial of that historic issue proclaimed, 'Our Journal of this day presents to the public the practical result of the greatest improvement connected with printing, since the discovery of the art itself Koenig's machine press could make 1,200 impressions an hour compared to 200 with the hand press; further improvements raised this figure to 1,500–2,000. Koenig's last English patent was in 1814 for an improved cylinder machine and a perfecting machine, which printed both sides of the paper. The steam-driven perfecting press was printing books in Bensley's office in February 1816. Koenig and Bauer wanted by that time to manufacture machine presses for other customers, but Bensley, now the principal shareholder, insisted that they should make machines for his benefit only. Finding this restriction intolerable, Koenig and Bauer returned to Germany: they became partners in a factory at Oberzell, near Würzburg, in 1817 and the firm of Koenig and Bauer flourishes there to this day.
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    Further Reading
    J.Moran, 1973, Printing Presses, London: Faber \& Faber.
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  • 52 use

    use
    utilisation1 (a), 1 (b) emploi1 (a), 1 (c) consommation1 (a) usage1 (a)-(d), 1 (f), 1 (g) besoin1 (d) se servir de2 (a), 2 (b) utiliser2 (a), 2 (c) employer2 (a) prendre2 (a), 2 (e) profiter de2 (b) consommer2 (c) finir2 (c)
    1 noun [ju:s]
    (a) (utilization → of materials) utilisation f, emploi m; (consumption → of water, resources etc) consommation f; (being used, worn etc) usage m;
    the use of brick in building l'emploi ou l'utilisation de la brique dans la construction;
    to stretch (out) with use se détendre à l'usage;
    the dishes are for everyday use c'est la vaisselle de tous les jours;
    ready for use prêt à l'emploi;
    directions or instructions for use (on packaging) mode d'emploi;
    for your personal use (on packaging) pour votre usage personnel;
    for customer use only (sign) réservé à notre clientèle;
    Medicine for external/internal use only (on packaging) à usage externe/interne;
    for use in case of emergency (sign) à utiliser en cas d'urgence;
    the film is for use in teaching le film est destiné à l'enseignement;
    in use (machine, system) en usage, utilisé; (lift, cash point) en service; (phrase, word) usité;
    in general use d'emploi courant, d'utilisation courante;
    not in use, out of use (machine, system) hors d'usage; (lift, cash point) hors service;
    the phrase is no longer in use l'expression est inusitée ou ne s'utilise plus;
    to come into use entrer en service;
    to go out of use (machine) être mis au rebut;
    steam engines went out of use in 1950 on a cessé d'utiliser ou d'employer les machines à vapeur en 1950;
    to make use of sth se servir de ou utiliser qch;
    schools are making increasing use of audio-visual aids les écoles se servent de plus en plus de supports audiovisuels;
    to make good use of, to put to good use (machine, money) faire bon usage de; (opportunity, experience) tirer profit de
    (b) (ability or right to use) usage m, utilisation f;
    we gave them the use of our car nous leur avons laissé l'usage de notre voiture;
    he only has the use of one arm il n'a l'usage que d'un bras;
    she lost the use of her legs elle a perdu l'usage de ses jambes;
    the old man still has the full use of his faculties le vieil homme jouit encore de toutes ses facultés
    (c) (practical application) usage m, emploi m;
    this tool has many uses cet outil a de nombreux usages ou emplois;
    we found a use for the old fridge nous avons trouvé un emploi pour le vieux frigo;
    humorous I have my uses il m'arrive de servir à quelque chose
    (d) (need) besoin m, usage m;
    do you have any use for this book? avez-vous besoin de ce livre?;
    to have no use for sth ne pas avoir besoin de qch; figurative n'avoir que faire de qch;
    I have no use for idle gossip je n'ai que faire des cancans;
    this department has no use for slackers il n'y a pas de place pour les fainéants dans ce service
    to be of use (to sb) être utile (à qn), servir (à qn);
    this dictionary might be of use to you ce dictionnaire pourrait vous être utile ou vous servir;
    were the instructions (of) any use? est-ce que le mode d'emploi a servi à quelque chose?;
    I found his advice to be of little use, his advice was of little use to me je n'ai pas trouvé ses conseils très utiles;
    the book would be of more use if it had illustrations le livre serait plus utile s'il contenait des illustrations;
    it's not much use cela ne sert pas à grand-chose;
    he's not much use as a secretary il n'est pas brillant comme secrétaire;
    to be (of) no use (thing) ne servir à rien; (person) n'être bon à rien;
    they were no use at all during the move ils n'ont rien fait pendant le déménagement;
    you're no use! tu n'es bon à rien!;
    it's or there's no use complaining inutile de ou ça ne sert à rien de se plaindre;
    there's no use shouting ça ne sert à rien de crier, (c'est) inutile de crier;
    it's no use, we might as well give up c'est inutile ou ça ne sert à rien, autant abandonner;
    I tried to convince her but it was no use j'ai essayé de la convaincre mais il n'y avait rien à faire;
    is it any use calling her? est-ce que ça servira à quelque chose de l'appeler?;
    what's the use of waiting? à quoi bon attendre?, à quoi ça sert d'attendre?;
    oh, what's the use? à quoi bon?;
    familiar ironic that's a fat lot of use! ça nous fait une belle jambe!
    (f) Linguistics usage m;
    that's an old-fashioned use c'est un usage vieilli
    (g) Religion usage m
    2 transitive verb [ju:z]
    (a) (put into action → service, tool, skills) se servir de, utiliser; (→ product, name) utiliser; (→ method, phrase, word) employer; (→ vehicle, form of transport) prendre;
    these are the notebooks he used ce sont les cahiers dont il s'est servi ou qu'il a utilisés;
    is anyone using this book? est-ce que quelqu'un se sert de ou a besoin de ce livre?;
    it's very easy to use c'est très facile à utiliser;
    it's no longer used (machine, tool) ça ne sert plus; (word, expression) ça n'est plus usité;
    am I using the term correctly? est-ce comme ça qu'on utilise le terme?;
    I'd like to use my language skills more j'aimerais utiliser davantage mes connaissances en langues;
    I always use public transport je prends toujours les transports en commun;
    we use this room as an office nous nous servons de cette pièce comme bureau, cette pièce nous sert de bureau;
    what is this used for or as? à quoi cela sert-il?;
    it's used for identifying the blood type cela sert à identifier le groupe sanguin;
    I use it for opening or to open letters je m'en sers ou je l'utilise pour ouvrir les lettres;
    I used the money to rebuild my garage j'ai utilisé ou employé l'argent pour reconstruire mon garage;
    what battery does this radio use? quelle pile faut-il pour cette radio?;
    my car uses unleaded petrol ma voiture marche à l'essence sans plomb;
    may I use the phone? puis-je téléphoner?;
    he asked to use the British toilet or American bathroom il a demandé à aller aux toilettes;
    to use force/violence avoir recours à la force/violence;
    the police often use tear gas la police a souvent recours au gaz lacrymogène;
    to use one's intelligence/intuition faire marcher son intelligence/intuition;
    to use diplomacy user de diplomatie;
    to use discretion agir avec discrétion;
    to use one's influence user de son influence;
    use your imagination! utilise ton imagination!;
    use your initiative! fais preuve d'initiative!;
    use your head or your brains! réfléchis un peu!;
    use your eyes! ouvrez l'œil!;
    familiar he could certainly use some help un peu d'aide ne lui ferait pas de mal;
    familiar we could all use a holiday! nous aurions tous bien besoin de vacances!
    (b) (exploit, take advantage of → opportunity) profiter de; (→ person) se servir de;
    use it to your advantage! profitez-en!;
    he's only using you to get ahead il ne fait que se servir de toi pour avancer;
    I feel used j'ai l'impression qu'on s'est servi de moi
    (c) (consume) consommer, utiliser; (finish, use up) finir, épuiser;
    the car's using a lot of oil la voiture consomme beaucoup d'huile;
    have you used all the shampoo? as-tu utilisé tout le shampooing?
    they used the workers well ils ont bien traité les ouvriers, ils ont bien agi envers les ouvriers;
    I consider I was ill used je considère qu'on ne m'a pas traité comme il faut;
    how's the world been using you? comment ça va?
    (e) familiar (drug) prendre
    [ju:z] (only in past tense) they used to live here (avant) ils habitaient ici;
    he used to drink a lot il buvait beaucoup avant;
    it used to be true c'était vrai autrefois;
    it used to be a pleasant town to live in autrefois c'était une ville agréable;
    things aren't what they used to be les choses ne sont plus ce qu'elles étaient;
    she can't get about the way she used to elle ne peut plus se déplacer comme avant;
    she never used to smoke elle ne fumait pas avant;
    we used not or we didn't use to eat meat avant, nous ne mangions pas de viande;
    did he use to visit her? venait-il la voir avant?;
    do you travel much? - I used to vous voyagez beaucoup? - autrefois, oui
    [ju:z] familiar (use drugs) se camer
    (consume) consommer, prendre; (exhaust → paper, soap) finir; (→ patience, energy, supplies) épuiser;
    she used up the leftovers to make the soup elle a utilisé les restes pour faire un potage;
    did you use up all your money? as-tu dépensé tout ton argent?;
    the paper was all used up il ne restait plus de papier

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  • 53 might have

    1) (used to suggest that something would have been possible if something else had been the case: You might have caught the bus if you had run.) podría haber
    2) (used to suggest that a person has not done what he should: You might have told me!) debería
    3) (used to show that something was a possible action etc but was in fact not carried out or done: I might have gone, but I decided not to.) podría
    4) (used when a person does not want to admit to having done something: `Have you seen this man?' `I might have.') tal vez
    pret.
    (Preterito definido de "may")

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  • 54 might have

    1) (used to suggest that something would have been possible if something else had been the case: You might have caught the bus if you had run.) hefði getað... ef
    2) (used to suggest that a person has not done what he should: You might have told me!) hefði getað/átt að... en
    3) (used to show that something was a possible action etc but was in fact not carried out or done: I might have gone, but I decided not to.) það hefði verið mögulegt að... en
    4) (used when a person does not want to admit to having done something: `Have you seen this man?' `I might have.') það er hugsanlegt

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  • 55 might have

    1) (used to suggest that something would have been possible if something else had been the case: You might have caught the bus if you had run.) elérhetted volna...
    2) (used to suggest that a person has not done what he should: You might have told me!) elmondhatta(d) volna...
    3) (used to show that something was a possible action etc but was in fact not carried out or done: I might have gone, but I decided not to.) elmehettem volna...
    4) (used when a person does not want to admit to having done something: `Have you seen this man?' `I might have.') láthattam volna

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  • 56 might have

    1) (used to suggest that something would have been possible if something else had been the case: You might have caught the bus if you had run.) poderia ter
    2) (used to suggest that a person has not done what he should: You might have told me!) bem que podia ter
    3) (used to show that something was a possible action etc but was in fact not carried out or done: I might have gone, but I decided not to.) até podia ter
    4) (used when a person does not want to admit to having done something: `Have you seen this man?' `I might have.') talvez

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  • 57 do

    n. dalavere, hile, dolandırıcılık (Argo); eğlenceli toplantı, parti, do [müz.]
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    v. yapmak, etmek; tamamlamak, meydana getirmek; neden olmak; düzenlemek, temizlemek; rolünü üstlenmek; ilgilenmek; uymak; ayağını kaydırmak; dolandırmak (Argo)
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    aynen, yukarıda denildiği gibi, keza
    * * *
    yap
    * * *
    [du:] 1. 3rd person singular present tense - does; verb
    1) (used with a more important verb in questions and negative statements: Do you smoke?) Not: olumsuz ve soruda 'do' mastarı eklenir.
    2) (used with a more important verb for emphasis; ; [ðo sit down]) Not: özel bir vurgulamada (sözü edilen iş konusunda bir şüphe varsa) 'do' mastarı eklenir.
    3) (used to avoid repeating a verb which comes immediately before: I thought she wouldn't come, but she did.) Not: kendinden önceki sıradan bir fiilin yinelenmesini önlemek için 'do' kullanılır.
    4) (used with a more important verb after seldom, rarely and little: Little did he know what was in store for him.) Not: sıklık v.s. zarflarından sonar fiil ile birlikte 'do' kullanılır.
    5) (to carry out or perform: What shall I do?; That was a terrible thing to do.) Not: yerine getirme/yapma anlamında sıradan bir fiil olarak 'do' kullanılır.
    6) (to manage to finish or complete: When you've done that, you can start on this; We did a hundred kilometres in an hour.) Not: tamamlama anlamında sıradan bir fiil olarak 'do' kullanılır.
    7) (to perform an activity concerning something: to do the washing; to do the garden / the windows.) Not: bir görev yapıldığında sıradan bir fiil olarak 'do' kullanılır.
    8) (to be enough or suitable for a purpose: Will this piece of fish do two of us?; That'll do nicely; Do you want me to look for a blue one or will a pink one do?; Will next Saturday do for our next meeting?) Not: yeterlilik/uygunluk belirtildiğinde sıradan bir fiil olarak 'do' kullanılır.
    9) (to work at or study: She's doing sums; He's at university doing science.) Not: çalışma anlamında sıradan bir fiil olarak 'do' kullanılır.
    10) (to manage or prosper: How's your wife doing?; My son is doing well at school.) Not: başarılı olmak/başarmak/yapmak anlamında sıradan bir fiil olarak 'do' kullanılır.
    11) (to put in order or arrange: She's doing her hair.) Not: düzenleme anlamında sıradan bir fiil olarak 'do' kullanılır.
    12) (to act or behave: Why don't you do as we do?) Not: davranma anlamında sıradan bir fiil olarak 'do' kullanılır.
    13) (to give or show: The whole town gathered to do him honour.) Not: sunma/verme/takdim etme anlamında sıradan bir fiil olarak 'do' kullanılır.
    14) (to cause: What damage did the storm do?; It won't do him any harm.) Not: sebep verme anlamında sıradan bir fiil olarak 'do' kullanılır.
    15) (to see everything and visit everything in: They tried to do London in four days.) Not: tümünü görme/yapma anlamında sıradan bir fiil olarak 'do' kullanılır.
    2. noun
    (an affair or a festivity, especially a party: The school is having a do for Christmas.) parti, eğlence
    - doings
    - done
    - do-it-yourself
    - to-do
    - I, he could be doing with / could do with
    - do away with
    - do for
    - done for
    - done in
    - do out
    - do out of
    - do's and don'ts
    - do without
    - to do with
    - what are you doing with

    English-Turkish dictionary > do

  • 58 might have

    1) (used to suggest that something would have been possible if something else had been the case: You might have caught the bus if you had run.)...-ebilirdi
    2) (used to suggest that a person has not done what he should: You might have told me!)...-ebilirdi
    3) (used to show that something was a possible action etc but was in fact not carried out or done: I might have gone, but I decided not to.)...-ebilirdi
    4) (used when a person does not want to admit to having done something: `Have you seen this man?' `I might have.') (belki de)...-ebildi

    English-Turkish dictionary > might have

  • 59 might have

    1) (used to suggest that something would have been possible if something else had been the case: You might have caught the bus if you had run.) lahko bi bil...
    2) (used to suggest that a person has not done what he should: You might have told me!) lahko bi vsaj...
    3) (used to show that something was a possible action etc but was in fact not carried out or done: I might have gone, but I decided not to.) lahko bi bil...
    4) (used when a person does not want to admit to having done something: `Have you seen this man?' `I might have.') mogoče

    English-Slovenian dictionary > might have

  • 60 might have

    1) (used to suggest that something would have been possible if something else had been the case: You might have caught the bus if you had run.) olisi voinut
    2) (used to suggest that a person has not done what he should: You might have told me!) olisi voinut
    3) (used to show that something was a possible action etc but was in fact not carried out or done: I might have gone, but I decided not to.) olisi voinut
    4) (used when a person does not want to admit to having done something: `Have you seen this man?' `I might have.') voi olla

    English-Finnish dictionary > might have

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