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convinced one is right

  • 1 be convinced of one's right cause

    Универсальный англо-русский словарь > be convinced of one's right cause

  • 2 shut one's or someone's mouth

    expr infml

    You're so convinced you're right that I might as well shut my mouth — Ты так уверен в своей правоте, что мне лучше помолчать

    The new dictionary of modern spoken language > shut one's or someone's mouth

  • 3 a feather in one's cap

    (a feather in one's cap (редк. in one's bonnet; тж. a feather in the cap of smb. или smth.))
    то, чем можно гордиться, предмет гордости; достижение; заслуга [выражение возникло в связи со старым обычаем индейцев носить столько перьев в головном уборе, сколько убито врагов]

    That clever lass o'Brodie's is awa' up to the College -ay, she's taken the Latta - fair scooped the pool at the Academy, and he's lettin' her travel up and down to the University... It's a feather in his bonnet right enough. (A. J. Cronin, ‘Hatter's Castle’, book I, ch. 1) — Дочка Броуди такая умница, ее приняли в колледж. Ну да, она получила стипендию Лэтта - лучше всех выдержали экзамены, - и отец отпустил ее в университет... Дочь - это его гордость.

    Everyone was elated with the turn of events, most of all Colonel Cathcart, who was convinced he had won a feather in his cap. (J. Heller, ‘Catch-22’, ch. XIII) — Когда наладилось питание, все повеселели, особенно полковник Каткарт, который видел в этом свою личную заслугу.

    Large English-Russian phrasebook > a feather in one's cap

  • 4 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

  • 5 mind

    1.
    (the power by which one thinks etc; the intelligence or understanding: The child already has the mind of an adult.) mente, cabeza, cerebro

    2. verb
    1) (to look after or supervise (eg a child): mind the baby.) cuidar
    2) (to be upset by; to object to: You must try not to mind when he criticizes your work.) importar, molestar
    3) (to be careful of: Mind (= be careful not to trip over) the step!) tener cuidado
    4) (to pay attention to or obey: You should mind your parents' words/advice.) hacer caso de

    3. interjection
    (be careful!: Mind! There's a car coming!) ¡cuidado!
    - - minded
    - mindful
    - mindless
    - mindlessly
    - mindlessness
    - mindreader
    - at/in the back of one's mind
    - change one's mind
    - be out of one's mind
    - do you mind!
    - have a good mind to
    - have half a mind to
    - have a mind to
    - in one's mind's eye
    - in one's right mind
    - keep one's mind on
    - know one's own mind
    - make up one's mind
    - mind one's own business
    - never mind
    - on one's mind
    - put someone in mind of
    - put in mind of
    - speak one's mind
    - take/keep one's mind off
    - to my mind

    mind1 n mente
    to my mind... a mi parecer / en mi opinión
    mind2 vb
    1. importar
    do you mind if I sit here? ¿te importa que me siente aquí?
    2. cuidar
    who is minding the baby? ¿quién está cuidando al niño?
    3. tener cuidado
    mind out! ¡cuidado!
    mind your own business! ¡ocúpate de tus asuntos!
    never mind! ¡no importa! / ¡da igual!
    tr[maɪnd]
    you've got a dirty mind! ¡qué guarro eres!
    3 (brain, thoughts) cabeza, cerebro
    4 (person) cerebro
    1 (heed, pay attention to) hacer caso de; (care about) importar, preocupar
    don't mind me! ¡no me hagas caso!
    2 (be careful with) tener cuidado con
    mind the step! ¡cuidado con el escalón!
    mind your head! ¡ojo con la cabeza!
    3 (look after - child) cuidar, cuidar de; (- house) vigilar; (- shop) atender; (- seat, place) guardar
    could you mind the baby for a minute? ¿me puedes cuidar el bebé un momento?
    4 (object to, be troubled by) tener inconveniente en, importar, molestar
    I don't mind staying no tengo inconveniente en quedarme, no me importa quedarme
    are you sure you don't mind going? ¿seguro que no te importa ir?
    do you mind the noise? ¿te molesta el ruido?
    would you mind waiting? ¿le importaría esperar?
    5 (fancy, quite like) venir bien
    1 (be careful) tener cuidado
    mind (out)! ¡cuidado!, ¡ojo!
    2 (object to) importar, molestar, tener inconveniente
    do you mind if I open the window? ¿le importa que abra la ventana?
    would you mind if I used your phone? ¿podría utilizar su teléfono?
    do you want a biscuit? --I don't mind if I do! ¿quieres una galleta? --¡pues sí!
    \
    SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
    mind you... ten en cuenta que..., la verdad es que...
    mind your own business no te metas en lo que no te importa
    never mind (it doesn't matter) no importa, da igual 2 (don't worry) no te preocupes 3 (let alone) ni hablar de
    never you mind! ¿a ti qué te importa?
    to be all in the mind no ser más que imaginaciones
    to be in one's right mind estar en su sano juicio
    to be in two minds about something estar indeciso,-a respecto a algo
    to be of one mind / be of the same mind ser del mismo parecer, tener la misma opinión
    to be of sound mind estar en pleno uso de sus facultades (mentales)
    to be on one's mind preocupar a uno
    to bear something in mind tener algo en cuenta, tener algo presente
    to blow somebody's mind alucinar a alguien
    to bring something to mind / call something to mind recordar algo, traer algo a la memoria
    to change one's mind cambiar de opinión, cambiar de parecer
    to come to mind ocurrírsele a uno, venir a la mente
    to cross somebody's mind ocurrírsele a alguien, pasar por la cabeza de alguien
    to get something/somebody out of one's mind quitarse algo/a alguien de la cabeza
    to give somebody a piece of one's mind decir cuatro verdades a alguien
    to go out of one's mind volverse loco,-a
    to have a mind of one's own saber decidirse por sí mismo,-a
    to have a good mind to do something estar por hacer algo, estar casi decidido,-a a hacer algo
    to have half a mind to do something estar por hacer algo, estar casi decidido,-a a hacer algo
    to have somebody/something in mind estar pensando en alguien/algo
    to have something on one's mind estar preocupado,-a por algo
    to keep an open mind tener una mente abierta
    to keep one's mind on something estar atento,-a a algo, prestar atención a algo, concentrarse en algo
    to lose one's mind perder el juicio
    to put somebody in mind of something recordarle a alguien algo
    to put something out of one's mind no pensar más en algo
    to put/set somebody's mind at ease/rest tranquilizar a alguien
    to put/set/turn one's mind to something proponerse algo
    to slip somebody's mind olvidársele a uno
    to somebody's mind en la opinión de alguien
    to my mind en mi opinión, a mi parecer
    to speak one's mind hablar sin rodeos, decir lo que uno piensa
    to take a load/weight off somebody's mind quitarle a alguien un peso de encima
    mind ['maɪnd] vt
    1) tend: cuidar, atender
    mind the children: cuida a los niños
    2) obey: obedecer
    3) : preocuparse por, sentirse molestado por
    I don't mind his jokes: sus bromas no me molestan
    4) : tener cuidado con
    mind the ladder!: ¡cuidado con la escalera!
    mind vi
    1) obey: obedecer
    2) care: importarle a uno
    I don't mind: no me importa, me es igual
    mind n
    1) memory: memoria f, recuerdo m
    keep it in mind: téngalo en cuenta
    2) : mente f
    the mind and the body: la mente y el cuerpo
    3) intention: intención f, propósito m
    to have a mind to do something: tener intención de hacer algo
    4) : razón f
    5) opinion: opinión f
    to change one's mind: cambiar de opinión
    6) intellect: capacidad f intelectual
    adv.
    mente adv.
    n.
    cabeza s.f.
    entendimiento s.m.
    inteligencia s.f.
    juicio s.m.
    memoria s.f.
    mente s.f.
    mientes s.m.pl.
    ánimo s.m.
    v.
    acordarse de v.
    atender v.
    escuchar v.
    fijarse en v.
    tener en cuenta v.
    maɪnd
    I
    1)
    a) ( Psych) mente f

    with an open/a closed mind — sin/con ideas preconcebidas

    to keep an open mind on something — mantener* una mentalidad abierta or no cerrarse* frente a algo

    I'm convinced in my own mind that... — yo estoy plenamente convencido de que...

    to bear o keep something/somebody in mind — tener* algo/a alguien en cuenta, tener* presente algo/a alguien

    to bring o call something to mind: this case brings to mind another incident este caso (nos) recuerda otro incidente; to come to mind: nothing in particular comes to mind no se me ocurre nada en particular; to have something/somebody in mind tener* algo/a alguien en mente; with that in mind pensando en eso; to have something on one's mind: what's on your mind? ¿qué es lo que te preocupa?; to prey o weigh on somebody's mind: it's been preying o weighing on my mind me ha estado preocupando; that put my mind at rest con eso me tranquilizé or me quedé tranquilo; put it out of your mind! no pienses más en eso!; I can see her now in my mind's eye es como si la estuviera viendo; you're not ill: it's all in the mind no estás enfermo, es pura sugestión; I can't get him/the thought out of my mind no puedo quitármelo de la cabeza, no hago más que pensar en él/en eso; it never crossed my mind that... ni se me ocurrió pensar que..., nunca me habría imaginado que..., ni se me pasó por la cabeza que...; to take a load o weight off somebody's mind quitarle a alguien un peso de encima; great minds think alike — (hum) los genios pensamos igual

    b) ( mentality) mentalidad f
    c) ( Phil) (no art) espíritu m
    2) ( attention)

    to put one's mind to something: he can be quite charming if he puts his mind to it cuando quiere or cuando se lo propone, es un verdadero encanto; you could finish it today if you put your mind to it si te lo propones puedes terminarlo hoy; he needs something to take his mind off it necesita algo que lo distraiga; it slipped my mind — se me olvidó

    3)
    a) ( opinion)

    to change one's mindcambiar de opinión or de parecer or de idea

    my mind's made up — lo he decidido, estoy decidido

    he spoke his mind — dijo lo que pensaba, habló sin tapujos

    to my mind — a mi parecer, en mi opinión

    to be in o of two minds about something — estar* indeciso respecto a algo

    b) (will, intention)

    he has a mind of his own — ( he is obstinate) es muy empecinado or porfiado or testarudo; ( he knows his own mind) sabe muy bien lo que quiere

    to have a mind to + inf: when he has a mind to cuando quiere, cuando se lo propone; I've a good mind to complain to the manager tengo ganas de ir a quejarme al gerente; I've half a mind to tell her myself casi estoy por decírselo or casi se lo diría yo mismo; she certainly knows her own mind — ciertamente sabe lo que quiere

    4) ( mental faculties) juicio m, razón f

    to be of sound mind — (frml) estar* en pleno uso de sus (or mis etc) facultades (mentales) (frml)

    to be/go out of one's mind — estar*/volverse* loco

    no one in her/his right mind... — nadie en su sano juicio or en sus cabales...

    to blow somebody's mind — (colloq) alucinar a alguien (fam)

    5) ( person) mente f, cabeza f, cerebro m

    II
    1.
    1) ( look after) \<\<children\>\> cuidar, cuidar de; \<\<seat/place\>\> guardar, cuidar; \<\<shop/office\>\> atender*

    mind your head!ojo or cuidado con la cabeza!

    mind how you go! — (colloq) cuídate, vete con cuidado

    b) ( concern oneself about) preocuparse por

    don't mind me — no se preocupen por mí, hagan como si yo no estuviera

    c)

    we didn't break even, never mind make a profit — ni siquiera cubrimos los gastos, ni hablar pues de ganancias

    3) ( object to) (usu neg or interrog)

    I don't mind the noise/cold — no me molesta or no me importa el ruido/frío

    I don't mind him, but I can't stand her — él no me disgusta, pero a ella no la soporto

    I wouldn't mind a drink — (colloq) no me vendría mal un trago

    I don't mind what you dome da igual or me da lo mismo lo que hagas

    to mind -ING: would you mind waiting? ¿le importaría esperar?, espere, por favor; if you don't mind me saying so — si me permites


    2.
    vi
    a) ( take care)

    mind! — ojo!, cuidado!

    never mind — no importa, no te preocupes (or no se preocupen etc)

    2) ( object) (usu neg or interrog)

    I don't mindme da igual or lo mismo

    have another one - I don't mind if I do! — (BrE hum) tómate otro - hombre, no te diría que no; ( expressing indignation)

    do you mind if I smoke? - yes, I do mind! — ¿te importa si fumo? - sí que me importa!

    do you mind! — ( expressing indignation) hágame el favor!

    3) ( take note) (only in imperative)

    I'm not promising, mind! — mira que no te lo prometo ¿eh?

    he's very generous; mind you, he can afford to be! — es muy generoso; pero claro, puede permitírselo

    Phrasal Verbs:
    [maɪnd]
    1. NOUN
    1) (=brain, head) mente f

    a logical/creative mind — una mente racional/creativa

    it's all in the mind — es pura sugestión

    at the back of my mind I had the feeling that... — tenía la remota sensación de que...

    to bring one's mind to bear on sth — concentrarse en algo

    it came to my mind that... — se me ocurrió que...

    I'm not clear in my mind about it — todavía no lo tengo claro or no lo llego a entender

    it crossed my mind (that) — se me ocurrió (que)

    yes, it had crossed my mind — sí, eso se me había ocurrido

    does it ever cross your mind that...? — ¿piensas alguna vez que...?

    it never entered my mind — jamás se me pasó por la cabeza

    I can't get it out of my mind — no me lo puedo quitar de la cabeza

    to go over sth in one's mind — repasar algo mentalmente

    a triumph of mind over matterun triunfo del espíritu sobre la materia

    to have one's mind on sth — estar pensando en algo

    what's on your mind? — ¿qué es lo que te preocupa?

    you can put that right out of your mind — conviene no pensar más en eso

    knowing that he had arrived safely set my mind at ease or rest — el saber que había llegado sano y salvo me tranquilizó

    the thought that springs to mind is... — lo que primero se le ocurre a uno es...

    state of mind — estado m de ánimo

    that will take your mind off it — eso te distraerá

    to be uneasy in one's mind — quedarse con dudas

    that's a load or weight off my mind! — ¡eso me quita un peso de encima!

    blank 1., 2), read 1., 3), presence
    2) (=memory)

    to bear sth/sb in mind — tener en cuenta algo/a algn

    we must bear (it) in mind that... — debemos tener en cuenta que..., tenemos que recordar que...

    to keep sth/sb in mind — tener presente or en cuenta algo/a algn

    to pass out of mind — caer en el olvido

    time out of mindtiempo m inmemorial

    it went right or clean out of my mind — se me fue por completo de la cabeza

    to bring or call sth to mind — recordar algo, traer algo a la memoria

    slip 3., 3), stick II, 2., 5)
    3) (=intention)

    you can do it if you have a mind to — puedes lograrlo si de verdad estás empeñado en ello

    I have half a mind to do itestoy tentado or me dan ganas de hacerlo

    nothing was further from my mind — nada más lejos de mi intención

    to have sth in mind — tener pensado algo

    who do you have in mind for the job? — ¿a quién piensas darle el puesto or tienes en mente para el puesto?

    4) (=opinion) opinión f, parecer m

    to change one's mind — cambiar de opinión or idea or parecer

    to have a closed mind — tener una mente cerrada

    to know one's own mind — saber lo que uno quiere

    to make up one's mind — decidirse

    he has made up his mind to leave home — ha decidido irse de casa, está decidido a irse de casa

    to my mind — a mi juicio

    to be of one mind — estar de acuerdo

    with an open mind — con espíritu abierto or mentalidad abierta

    to have a mind of one's own[person] (=think for o.s.) pensar por sí mismo; hum [machine etc] tener voluntad propia, hacer lo que quiere

    to be of the same mind — ser de la misma opinión, estar de acuerdo

    I was of the same mind as my brother — yo estaba de acuerdo con mi hermano, yo era de la misma opinión que mi hermano

    - be in or of two minds
    piece 1., 1), speak 2., 2)
    5) (=mental balance) juicio m

    to lose one's mind — perder el juicio

    nobody in his right mind would do it — nadie que esté en su sano juicio lo haría

    of sound mind — en pleno uso de sus facultades mentales

    of unsound mind — mentalmente incapacitado

    - be out of one's mind

    you must be out of your mind! — ¡tú debes estar loco!

    to go out of one's mind — perder el juicio, volverse loco

    to go out of one's mind with worry/jealousy — volverse loco de preocupación/celos

    6) (=person) mente f, cerebro m
    2. TRANSITIVE VERB
    1) (=be careful of) tener cuidado con

    mind you don't fall — ten cuidado, no te vayas a caer

    mind you don't get wet! — ten cuidado, no te vayas a mojar

    mind your head! — ¡cuidado con la cabeza!

    mind how you go! * (as farewell) ¡cuídate!

    mind your language! — ¡qué manera de hablar es esa!

    mind your manners! — ¡qué modales son esos!

    mind the step! — ¡cuidado con el escalón!

    mind what you're doing! — ¡cuidado con lo que haces!

    mind where you're going! — ¡mira por dónde vas!

    mind yourself! — ¡cuidado, no te vayas a hacer daño!

    2) (=make sure)

    mind you do it! — ¡hazlo sin falta!, ¡no dejes de hacerlo!

    3) (=pay attention to) hacer caso de

    mind what I say! — ¡hazme caso!, ¡escucha lo que te digo!

    mind your own business! — ¡no te metas donde no te llaman!

    don't mind me — por mí no se preocupe

    don't mind me!iro ¡y a mí que me parta un rayo! *

    never mind that now — olvídate de eso ahora

    mind you, it was raining at the time — claro que or te advierto que en ese momento llovía

    it was a big one, mind you — era grande, eso sí

    4) (=look after) cuidar

    could you mind the baby this afternoon? — ¿podrías cuidar al niño esta tarde?

    could you mind my bags for a few minutes? — ¿me cuidas or guardas las bolsas un momento?

    5) (=dislike, object to)

    I don't mind the cold — a mí no me molesta el frío

    I don't mind four, but six is too many — cuatro no me importa, pero seis son muchos

    if you don't mind my or me saying so, I think you're wrong — perdona que te diga pero estás equivocado, permíteme que te diga que te equivocas

    I don't mind telling you, I was shocked — estaba horrorizado, lo confieso

    I wouldn't mind a cup of tea — no me vendría mal un té

    do you mind telling me where you've been? — ¿te importa decirme dónde has estado?

    would you mind opening the door? — ¿me hace el favor de abrir la puerta?, ¿le importa(ría) abrir la puerta?

    7) dialect (=remember) acordarse de, recordar

    I mind the time when... — me acuerdo de cuando...

    3. INTRANSITIVE VERB
    1) (=be careful) tener cuidado

    mind! — ¡cuidado!, ¡ojo!, ¡abusado! (Mex)

    2) (=object)

    do you mind? — ¿te importa?

    do you mind!iro ¡por favor!

    do you mind if I open the window? — ¿te molesta que abra or si abro la ventana?

    do you mind if I come? — ¿te importa que yo venga?

    "do you mind if I take this book?" - "I don't mind at all" — -¿te importa si me llevo or que me lleve este libro? -en absoluto

    if you don't mind, I won't come — si no te importa, yo no iré

    please, if you don't mind — si no le importa, si es tan amable

    close the door, if you don't mind — hazme el favor de cerrar la puerta

    "cigarette?" - "I don't mind if I do" — -¿un cigarrillo? -pues muchas gracias or bueno or no digo que no

    never mind — (=don't worry) no te preocupes; (=it makes no odds) es igual, da lo mismo; (=it's not important) no importa

    I can't walk, never mind run — no puedo andar, ni mucho menos correr

    he didn't do it, mind — pero en realidad no lo hizo, la verdad es que no lo hizo

    4.
    COMPOUNDS

    mind game Njuego m psicológico

    mind map Nmapa m mental

    * * *
    [maɪnd]
    I
    1)
    a) ( Psych) mente f

    with an open/a closed mind — sin/con ideas preconcebidas

    to keep an open mind on something — mantener* una mentalidad abierta or no cerrarse* frente a algo

    I'm convinced in my own mind that... — yo estoy plenamente convencido de que...

    to bear o keep something/somebody in mind — tener* algo/a alguien en cuenta, tener* presente algo/a alguien

    to bring o call something to mind: this case brings to mind another incident este caso (nos) recuerda otro incidente; to come to mind: nothing in particular comes to mind no se me ocurre nada en particular; to have something/somebody in mind tener* algo/a alguien en mente; with that in mind pensando en eso; to have something on one's mind: what's on your mind? ¿qué es lo que te preocupa?; to prey o weigh on somebody's mind: it's been preying o weighing on my mind me ha estado preocupando; that put my mind at rest con eso me tranquilizé or me quedé tranquilo; put it out of your mind! no pienses más en eso!; I can see her now in my mind's eye es como si la estuviera viendo; you're not ill: it's all in the mind no estás enfermo, es pura sugestión; I can't get him/the thought out of my mind no puedo quitármelo de la cabeza, no hago más que pensar en él/en eso; it never crossed my mind that... ni se me ocurrió pensar que..., nunca me habría imaginado que..., ni se me pasó por la cabeza que...; to take a load o weight off somebody's mind quitarle a alguien un peso de encima; great minds think alike — (hum) los genios pensamos igual

    b) ( mentality) mentalidad f
    c) ( Phil) (no art) espíritu m
    2) ( attention)

    to put one's mind to something: he can be quite charming if he puts his mind to it cuando quiere or cuando se lo propone, es un verdadero encanto; you could finish it today if you put your mind to it si te lo propones puedes terminarlo hoy; he needs something to take his mind off it necesita algo que lo distraiga; it slipped my mind — se me olvidó

    3)
    a) ( opinion)

    to change one's mindcambiar de opinión or de parecer or de idea

    my mind's made up — lo he decidido, estoy decidido

    he spoke his mind — dijo lo que pensaba, habló sin tapujos

    to my mind — a mi parecer, en mi opinión

    to be in o of two minds about something — estar* indeciso respecto a algo

    b) (will, intention)

    he has a mind of his own — ( he is obstinate) es muy empecinado or porfiado or testarudo; ( he knows his own mind) sabe muy bien lo que quiere

    to have a mind to + inf: when he has a mind to cuando quiere, cuando se lo propone; I've a good mind to complain to the manager tengo ganas de ir a quejarme al gerente; I've half a mind to tell her myself casi estoy por decírselo or casi se lo diría yo mismo; she certainly knows her own mind — ciertamente sabe lo que quiere

    4) ( mental faculties) juicio m, razón f

    to be of sound mind — (frml) estar* en pleno uso de sus (or mis etc) facultades (mentales) (frml)

    to be/go out of one's mind — estar*/volverse* loco

    no one in her/his right mind... — nadie en su sano juicio or en sus cabales...

    to blow somebody's mind — (colloq) alucinar a alguien (fam)

    5) ( person) mente f, cabeza f, cerebro m

    II
    1.
    1) ( look after) \<\<children\>\> cuidar, cuidar de; \<\<seat/place\>\> guardar, cuidar; \<\<shop/office\>\> atender*

    mind your head!ojo or cuidado con la cabeza!

    mind how you go! — (colloq) cuídate, vete con cuidado

    b) ( concern oneself about) preocuparse por

    don't mind me — no se preocupen por mí, hagan como si yo no estuviera

    c)

    we didn't break even, never mind make a profit — ni siquiera cubrimos los gastos, ni hablar pues de ganancias

    3) ( object to) (usu neg or interrog)

    I don't mind the noise/cold — no me molesta or no me importa el ruido/frío

    I don't mind him, but I can't stand her — él no me disgusta, pero a ella no la soporto

    I wouldn't mind a drink — (colloq) no me vendría mal un trago

    I don't mind what you dome da igual or me da lo mismo lo que hagas

    to mind -ING: would you mind waiting? ¿le importaría esperar?, espere, por favor; if you don't mind me saying so — si me permites


    2.
    vi
    a) ( take care)

    mind! — ojo!, cuidado!

    never mind — no importa, no te preocupes (or no se preocupen etc)

    2) ( object) (usu neg or interrog)

    I don't mindme da igual or lo mismo

    have another one - I don't mind if I do! — (BrE hum) tómate otro - hombre, no te diría que no; ( expressing indignation)

    do you mind if I smoke? - yes, I do mind! — ¿te importa si fumo? - sí que me importa!

    do you mind! — ( expressing indignation) hágame el favor!

    3) ( take note) (only in imperative)

    I'm not promising, mind! — mira que no te lo prometo ¿eh?

    he's very generous; mind you, he can afford to be! — es muy generoso; pero claro, puede permitírselo

    Phrasal Verbs:

    English-spanish dictionary > mind

  • 6 feel

    1. transitive verb,
    1) (explore by touch) befühlen

    feel one's waysich (Dat.) seinen Weg ertasten; (fig.): (try something out) sich vorsichtig vor[an]tasten

    2) (perceive by touch) fühlen; (become aware of) bemerken; (be aware of) merken; (have sensation of) spüren
    3) empfinden [Mitleid, Dank, Eifersucht]; verspüren [Drang, Wunsch]

    feel the cold/ heat — unter der Kälte/Hitze leiden

    make itself felt — zu spüren sein; (have effect) sich bemerkbar machen

    4) (experience) empfinden; (be affected by) zu spüren bekommen
    5) (have vague or emotional conviction)

    feel [that]... — das Gefühl haben, dass...

    6) (think)

    feel [that]... — glauben, dass...

    2. intransitive verb,
    1)

    feel [about] in something [for something] — in etwas (Dat.) [nach etwas] [herum]suchen

    feel [about] [after or for something] with something — mit etwas [nach etwas] [umher]tasten

    2) (have sense of touch) fühlen
    3) (be conscious that one is) sich... fühlen

    feel angry/delighted/disappointed — böse/froh/enttäuscht sein

    feel inclined to do something — dazu neigen, etwas zu tun

    the child did not feel loved/wanted — das Kind hatte das Gefühl, ungeliebt/unerwünscht zu sein

    I felt sorry for himer tat mir leid

    how do you feel today?wie fühlst du dich od. wie geht es dir heute?

    feel like something/doing something — (coll.): (wish to have/do) auf etwas (Akk.) Lust haben/Lust haben, etwas zu tun

    we feel as if or as though... — es kommt uns vor, als ob...; (have the impression that) wir haben das Gefühl, dass...

    how do you feel about the idea?was hältst du von der Idee?

    if that's how or the way you feel about it — wenn du so darüber denkst

    4) (be emotionally affected)

    feel passionately/bitterly about something — sich für etwas begeistern/über etwas (Akk.) verbittert sein

    5) (be consciously perceived as) sich... anfühlen

    it feels nice/uncomfortable — es ist ein angenehmes/unangenehmes Gefühl

    3. noun

    let me have a feellass mich mal fühlen

    get/have a feel for something — (fig.) ein Gespür für etwas bekommen/haben

    Phrasal Verbs:
    - academic.ru/86960/feel_for">feel for
    - feel out
    - feel with
    * * *
    [fi:l]
    past tense, past participle - felt; verb
    1) (to become aware of (something) by the sense of touch: She felt his hand on her shoulder.) fühlen
    2) (to find out the shape, size, texture etc of something by touching, usually with the hands: She felt the parcel carefully.) befühlen
    3) (to experience or be aware of (an emotion, sensation etc): He felt a sudden anger.) spüren
    4) (to think (oneself) to be: She feels sick; How does she feel about her work?) fühlen
    5) (to believe or consider: She feels that the firm treated her badly.) glauben
    - feeler
    - feeling
    - feel as if / as though
    - feel like
    - feel one's way
    - get the feel of
    * * *
    [fi:l]
    I. vt
    <felt, felt>
    to \feel sth etw fühlen [o spüren]
    to \feel one's age sein Alter spüren
    to \feel anger/jealousy wütend/eifersüchtig sein
    to \feel it in one's bones [that...] es im Gefühl haben[, dass...]
    to \feel the cold/heat unter der Kälte/Hitze leiden
    she \feels the cold more than most people sie ist kälteempfindlicher als die meisten Menschen
    to \feel an idiot sich dat wie ein Idiot vorkommen
    you made me \feel a real idiot du hast mir das Gefühl gegeben, ein richtiger Idiot zu sein
    to \feel joy sich akk freuen
    to \feel nothing for sb für jdn nichts empfinden
    do you still \feel anything for Robert? hast du noch etwas für Robert übrig?
    to \feel one's old self [again] [wieder] ganz der/die Alte sein
    what do you \feel about it? was hältst du davon?
    to \feel it appropriate/necessary/right to do sth es für angebracht/notwendig/richtig halten, etw zu tun
    to \feel that... der Meinung sein, dass...
    to \feel sth etw fühlen
    I had to \feel my way along the wall ich musste mich die Wand entlangtasten; ( fig)
    they're \feeling their way towards a solution sie tasten sich an eine Lösung heran
    II. vi
    <felt, felt>
    1. + adj (sense)
    my mouth \feels very dry mein Mund fühlt sich ganz trocken an
    my eyes \feel sore from the smoke meine Augen brennen von dem Rauch
    it \feels awful to tell you this ich fühle mich ganz schrecklich dabei, dir das zu sagen
    it \feels all wrong somehow ich habe ein ganz schlechtes Gefühl dabei
    how do you \feel about it? was sagst du dazu?
    how does it \feel to be world champion? wie fühlt man sich als Weltmeister?
    to \feel angry/glad/sad wütend/froh/traurig sein
    to \feel better/ill/well sich akk besser/krank/wohl fühlen
    to \feel certain [or convinced] [or sure] sich dat sicher sein
    to \feel foolish sich dat dumm vorkommen
    to \feel free to do sth etw ruhig tun fam
    \feel free to visit any time you like du kannst uns gern [o fam ruhig] jederzeit besuchen
    to \feel good/bad sich akk gut/schlecht fühlen
    sb \feels hot/cold jdm ist heiß/kalt
    sb \feels hungry/thirsty jd ist hungrig/durstig [o hat Hunger/Durst]
    to \feel safe sich akk sicher fühlen
    to \feel as if one were doing sth das Gefühl haben, etw zu tun
    to \feel for sb mit jdm fühlen
    to \feel like sth sich akk wie etw fühlen
    I \feel like nothing on earth ( fam) ich fühle mich hundeelend fam
    what does it \feel like? was für ein Gefühl ist das?
    2. + adj (seem) scheinen
    the bag felt heavy die Tasche kam mir schwer vor
    how do the shoes \feel? was für ein Gefühl hast du in den Schuhen?
    3. (search) tasten
    to \feel along sth etw abtasten
    to \feel for sth nach etw dat tasten
    4. (want)
    to \feel like sth zu etw dat Lust haben
    to \feel like doing sth Lust haben, etw zu tun
    III. n no pl
    the \feel of wool das Gefühl von Wolle [auf der Haut]
    you can recognize high-quality leather simply by the \feel of it hochwertiges Leder kann man schon beim Anfassen erkennen
    the material has a nice \feel to it das Material fühlt sich gut an
    2. (touch) Berühren nt; (by holding) Anfassen nt
    she had a \feel around in the bottom of the trunk sie tastete den Boden der Truhe ab
    she let me have a \feel ( fam) ich durfte sie betatschen fam
    3. (air) Ambiente nt; (positive also) Flair nt
    a \feel of mystery eine geheimnisvolle Atmosphäre
    4. (talent) Gespür nt
    to get the/have a \feel for sth ein Gespür für etw akk bekommen/haben
    * * *
    [fiːl] vb: pret, ptp felt
    1. vt
    1) (= touch) fühlen; (examining) befühlen

    I'm still feeling my way ( in my new job) — ich versuche noch, mich (in meiner neuen Stelle) zurechtzufinden

    2) (= be aware of by touching, feeling) prick, sun etc fühlen, spüren

    I felt it move — ich spürte, wie es sich bewegte

    3) (= be conscious of in oneself) regret, joy, fear etc fühlen, empfinden; effects spüren

    I felt myself blush — ich merkte or spürte, dass ich rot wurde

    he felt a sense of regret —

    can't you feel the sadness in this music?können Sie nicht empfinden, wie traurig diese Musik ist?

    she felt his eyes on her — sie merkte or spürte, wie er sie ansah

    4) (= be affected by) heat, cold, insult, loss leiden unter (+dat)

    I don't feel the cold as much as he does —

    a right hook which he really felt — ein rechter Haken, der saß

    she's fallen, I bet she felt that! — sie ist hingefallen, das hat bestimmt wehgetan!

    5) (= think) glauben

    what do you feel about him/it? — was halten Sie von ihm/davon?

    it was felt that... — man war der Meinung, dass...

    don't feel you have to... — glauben Sie nicht, Sie müssten...

    I can't help feeling that... — ich kann mir nicht helfen, ich glaube, dass...

    2. vi
    1) (indicating physical or mental state person) sich fühlen

    to feel well/ill/apprehensive — sich wohlfühlen/elend/unsicher fühlen

    I feel sick —

    to feel convinced/certain — überzeugt/sicher sein

    to feel hungry/thirsty/sleepy — hungrig/durstig/müde sein

    I feel hot/cold — mir ist heiß/kalt

    I felt very touched by his remarks —

    I feel much better — ich fühle mich viel besser, es geht mir viel besser

    I felt sad/strange — mir war traurig/komisch zumute or zu Mute

    I felt as though I'd never been away — mir war, als ob ich nie weg gewesen wäre

    I felt as if I was going to be sick — ich dachte, mir würde schlecht werden

    you can imagine what I felt like or how I feltSie können sich (dat) vorstellen, wie mir zumute or zu Mute war

    2) (= feel to the touch material, ground, bricks etc) sich anfühlen

    to feel hard/soft/rough etc — sich hart/weich/rau etc anfühlen

    the room/air feels warm — das Zimmer/die Luft kommt einem warm vor

    3) (= think, have opinions) meinen

    how do you feel about him/the idea/going for a walk? —

    that's just how I feel — das meine ich auch, ich bin genau derselben Meinung

    4)

    I felt like screaming/crying/giving up — ich hätte am liebsten geschrien/geheult/aufgegeben, ich hätte schreien/heulen/aufgeben können

    if you feel like it — wenn Sie Lust haben, wenn Sie wollen or gern möchten

    5) impers

    what does it feel like or how does it feel to be the boss? — wie fühlt man sich als Chef?, was ist das für ein Gefühl, Chef zu sein?

    3. n no pl
    1)
    2)

    (= quality when touched) it has a velvety/papery feel — es fühlt sich samten/wie Papier an

    he loved the feel of her skin — er liebte es, wie sich ihre Haut anfühlte

    he recognizes things by their feel — er erkennt Dinge daran, wie sie sich anfühlen

    3)

    (= quality) the room has a cosy feel —

    there's a nostalgic feel to his musicseine Musik klingt nostalgisch

    4) (fig)

    to get/have a feel for sth — ein Gefühl nt für etw bekommen/haben

    * * *
    feel [fiːl]
    A v/t prät und pperf felt [felt]
    1. anfassen, (be)fühlen, anfühlen:
    feel up umg jemanden befummeln;
    feel one’s way
    a) sich tasten(d zurechtfinden),
    b) fig vorsichtig vorgehen;
    feel one’s way through the dark sich durch das Dunkel tasten; pulse1 A 1
    2. a) die Kälte etc fühlen, (ver)spüren, wahrnehmen, merken:
    feel one’s age sein Alter spüren;
    I felt myself blush ich spürte, wie ich rot wurde;
    make itself felt spürbar werden, sich bemerkbar machen; presence 1 a
    b) jemandes Zorn etc zu spüren oder zu fühlen bekommen
    3. Vergnügen etc empfinden:
    he felt the loss deeply der Verlust ging ihm sehr zu Herzen
    4. a) ahnen, spüren: bone1 A 1
    b) das Gefühl oder den Eindruck haben, glauben ( alle:
    that dass):
    I feel that … ich finde, dass …; es scheint mir, dass …;
    it is felt in London that … in London ist man der Ansicht, dass …
    c) halten für:
    I feel it (to be) my duty ich halte es für meine Pflicht;
    it was felt to be unwise man erachtete es für unklug
    5. auch feel out umg etwas sondieren, jemandem auf den Zahn fühlen
    B v/i
    1. fühlen:
    he has lost all ability to feel in his left hand er hat in seiner linken Hand keinerlei Gefühl mehr
    2. auch feel to see fühlen, durch Fühlen oder Tasten festzustellen suchen oder feststellen (whether, if ob; how wie)
    a) tasten nach:
    feel along the wall for die Wand abtasten nach
    b) vorsichtig Ausschau halten nach
    c) suchen nach einer Ausrede etc
    d) herausfinden; versuchen, etwas herauszufinden:
    in the absence of a book of instructions we had to feel for the best way to operate the machine
    4. gefühlsmäßig reagieren oder handeln
    5. sich fühlen, sich befinden, sich vorkommen, sein:
    feel ill sich krank fühlen;
    I feel warm mir ist warm;
    I don’t feel quite myself ich bin nicht ganz auf dem Posten;
    a) sich einer Sache gewachsen fühlen,
    b) sich in der Lage fühlen zu etwas,
    c) in (der) Stimmung sein zu etwas;
    feel like a new man (woman) sich wie neugeboren fühlen;
    feel 40 sich wie 40 fühlen;
    feel like (doing) sth Lust haben zu einer oder auf eine Sache(, etwas zu tun);
    feel like auch Appetit haben auf (akk);
    don’t feel compelled fühlen Sie sich nicht gezwungen; bad1 A 15, certain 1, cold A 2, warm A 1
    6. Mitgefühl oder Mitleid haben (for, with mit):
    we feel with you wir fühlen mit euch
    a) entschiedene Ansichten haben über (akk),
    b) sich erregen über (akk);
    how do you feel about it? was meinst du dazu?
    8. sich anfühlen:
    9. unpers sich fühlen:
    they know how it feels to be hungry sie wissen, was es heißt, hungrig zu sein
    C s
    1. Gefühl n (Art und Weise, wie sich etwas anfühlt):
    2. (An)Fühlen n:
    it is soft to the feel, it has a soft feel es fühlt sich weich an;
    let me have a feel lass mich mal fühlen
    3. Gefühl n:
    a) Empfindung f, Eindruck m
    b) Stimmung f, Atmosphäre f
    c) Feingefühl n, (feiner) Instinkt, Riecher m umg ( alle:
    for für):
    clutch feel AUTO Gefühl für richtiges Kuppeln
    * * *
    1. transitive verb,
    1) (explore by touch) befühlen

    feel one's waysich (Dat.) seinen Weg ertasten; (fig.): (try something out) sich vorsichtig vor[an]tasten

    3) empfinden [Mitleid, Dank, Eifersucht]; verspüren [Drang, Wunsch]

    feel the cold/ heat — unter der Kälte/Hitze leiden

    make itself felt — zu spüren sein; (have effect) sich bemerkbar machen

    4) (experience) empfinden; (be affected by) zu spüren bekommen

    feel [that]... — das Gefühl haben, dass...

    feel [that]... — glauben, dass...

    2. intransitive verb,
    1)

    feel [about] in something [for something] — in etwas (Dat.) [nach etwas] [herum]suchen

    feel [about] [after or for something] with something — mit etwas [nach etwas] [umher]tasten

    3) (be conscious that one is) sich... fühlen

    feel angry/delighted/disappointed — böse/froh/enttäuscht sein

    feel inclined to do something — dazu neigen, etwas zu tun

    the child did not feel loved/wanted — das Kind hatte das Gefühl, ungeliebt/unerwünscht zu sein

    how do you feel today?wie fühlst du dich od. wie geht es dir heute?

    feel like something/doing something — (coll.): (wish to have/do) auf etwas (Akk.) Lust haben/Lust haben, etwas zu tun

    we feel as if or as though... — es kommt uns vor, als ob...; (have the impression that) wir haben das Gefühl, dass...

    if that's how or the way you feel about it — wenn du so darüber denkst

    feel passionately/bitterly about something — sich für etwas begeistern/über etwas (Akk.) verbittert sein

    5) (be consciously perceived as) sich... anfühlen

    it feels nice/uncomfortable — es ist ein angenehmes/unangenehmes Gefühl

    3. noun

    get/have a feel for something — (fig.) ein Gespür für etwas bekommen/haben

    Phrasal Verbs:
    * * *
    expr.
    betasten ausdr.
    empfinden ausdr.
    fühlen ausdr.
    sich fühlen ausdr.
    spüren ausdr. v.
    sich befinden v.
    sich fühlen v.

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  • 7 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

  • 8 certain

    'sə:tn
    1. adjective
    1) (true or without doubt: It's certain that the world is round.) cierto
    2) (sure: I'm certain he'll come; He is certain to forget; Being late is a certain way of losing one's job.) seguro
    3) (one or some, not definitely named: certain doctors; a certain Mrs Smith; (also pronoun) certain of his friends.) cierto
    4) (slight; some: a certain hostility in his manner; a certain amount.) cierto

    2. interjection
    (of course: `May I borrow your typewriter?' `Certainly!'; `Certainly not!') por supuesto
    - for certain
    - make certain

    certain adj
    1. seguro
    2. cierto / alguno
    tr['sɜːtən]
    1 (sure to happen, definite) seguro,-a
    2 (completely sure, convinced, true) seguro,-a
    I'm certain estoy seguro,-a
    are you certain they're coming? ¿estás seguro (de) que vendrán?
    3 (specific, particular) cierto,-a
    4 (named) tal
    5 (limited, some, slight) cierto,-a
    \
    SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
    for certain con certeza, con toda seguridad
    to a certain extent hasta cierto punto
    to make certain of something asegurarse de algo
    certain ['sərtən] adj
    1) definite: cierto, determinado
    a certain percentage: un porcentaje determinado
    2) true: cierto, con certeza
    I don't know for certain: no sé exactamente
    3) : cierto, alguno
    it has a certain charm: tiene cierta gracia
    4) inevitable: seguro, inevitable
    5) assured: seguro, asegurado
    she's certain to do well: seguro que le irá bien
    certain pron
    : ciertos pl, algunos pl
    certain of my friends: algunos de mis amigos
    adj.
    certero, -a adj.
    cierto, -a adj.
    determinado, -a adj.
    efectivo, -a adj.
    seguro, -a adj.

    I 'sɜːrtṇ, 'sɜːtṇ
    1)
    a) ( definite) seguro

    one thing o this much is certain... — de lo que no cabe la menor duda es de que...

    to be certain to + INF: it's certain to rain seguro que llueve; for certain con certeza; I can't say for certain no lo puedo decir a ciencia cierta; she won't do that again, that's (for) certain — no volverá a hacerlo, eso es seguro or de eso no cabe duda

    b) ( convinced) (pred)

    to be certain (OF something) — estar* seguro (de algo)

    I feel certain (that) it was a mistaketengo la seguridad or la certeza de que fue un error

    I checked the list to make certain (that)... — revisé la lista para asegurarme de que...

    2) ( particular) (before n) cierto

    a certain person refused to go — cierta persona se negó a ir, alguien que yo conozco se negó a ir


    II
    pronoun (frml) (+ pl vb)

    certain of his colleagues/her works — ciertos colegas suyos/ciertas obras suyas

    ['sɜːtǝn]
    1. ADJ
    1) (=convinced)

    to be certain[person] estar seguro

    to be certain about sth — estar seguro de algo

    to feel certain — estar seguro

    to be certain of sth — estar seguro de algo

    you don't sound very certain — no pareces estar muy seguro

    2) (=sure)

    for certain, I can't say for certain — no puedo decirlo con seguridad or a ciencia cierta

    we don't know for certain what caused the accidentno sabemos con seguridad or a ciencia cierta lo que causó el accidente

    he's up to something, that's for certain — trama algo, de eso no hay duda or eso es seguro

    to make certain of sth — asegurarse de algo

    3) (=definite, guaranteed) [defeat, death, winner] seguro; [cure] definitivo; [fact] cierto, seguro

    one thing is certain... — una cosa es segura...

    it is certain that... — es seguro que...

    it's almost certain that her husband is dead — es casi seguro que or se tiene la casi completa seguridad de que su marido está muerto

    it is far from certain that they can win this election — no es ni mucho menos seguro or no está nada claro que puedan ganar estas elecciones

    he has been there four times to my certain knowledgeme consta que or sé con certeza que ha estado allí cuatro veces

    in the certain knowledge that... — con la seguridad or certeza de que...

    nothing's certain in this world — no hay nada seguro en este mundo

    4) + infin

    be certain to tell herno dejes or olvides de decírselo

    there's certain to be an argument — con seguridad se producirá una discusión; (less formal) seguro que habrá una discusión

    there's certain to be strong opposition to these proposals — está garantizado que estas propuestas se enfrentarán a una fuerte oposición

    5) (=particular) cierto

    a certain Mr/Mrs Smith — un tal Señor/una tal Señora Smith

    of a certain agede cierta edad

    in certain circumstancesen ciertas or determinadas circunstancias

    a certain number of people/years — un cierto número de personas/años

    a certain person told me that... — cierta persona me dijo que...

    she has a certain somethingtiene algo or un no sé qué

    at certain times of the day/month/year — en ciertos momentos del día/ciertos días del mes/ciertas épocas del año

    6) (=slight) [impatience, bitterness, courage] cierto

    there's a certain amount of confusion about the arrangements — existe una cierta confusión or un cierto grado de confusión sobre los preparativos

    to a certain degree or extenthasta cierto punto

    2.
    PRON frm ciertos(-as) mpl/fpl, algunos(-as) mpl/fpl

    certain of our leaders — ciertos líderes nuestros, algunos de nuestros líderes

    * * *

    I ['sɜːrtṇ, 'sɜːtṇ]
    1)
    a) ( definite) seguro

    one thing o this much is certain... — de lo que no cabe la menor duda es de que...

    to be certain to + INF: it's certain to rain seguro que llueve; for certain con certeza; I can't say for certain no lo puedo decir a ciencia cierta; she won't do that again, that's (for) certain — no volverá a hacerlo, eso es seguro or de eso no cabe duda

    b) ( convinced) (pred)

    to be certain (OF something) — estar* seguro (de algo)

    I feel certain (that) it was a mistaketengo la seguridad or la certeza de que fue un error

    I checked the list to make certain (that)... — revisé la lista para asegurarme de que...

    2) ( particular) (before n) cierto

    a certain person refused to go — cierta persona se negó a ir, alguien que yo conozco se negó a ir


    II
    pronoun (frml) (+ pl vb)

    certain of his colleagues/her works — ciertos colegas suyos/ciertas obras suyas

    English-spanish dictionary > certain

  • 9 feel

    1. I
    usually in the negative or interrogative a robot cannot feel робот ничего не чувствует; can animals feel ? обладают ли животные какими-л. чувствами?
    2. II
    feel in some manner feel deeply (instinctively, profoundly, genuinely, etc.) глубоко и т. д. чувствовать; feel at home чувствовать себя как дома /запросто, свободно/; feel at ease чувствовать себя свободно; I feel ill at ease in her presence в ее присутствии я чувствую себя неловко /скованно/
    3. III
    feel smth.
    1) feel hunger (thirst, etc.) ощущать голод и т. д.; feel pain (a toothache, a sore throat, etc.) чувствовать /испытывать/ боль и т. д; feel the force of the wind (the cool breeze, a blow, etc.) почувствовать силу ветра и т. д. feel sorrow (anger, fear, pity, compunction, a sting of conscience, doubt, joy, delight, pleasure, want, etc.) испытывать горе и т. д.; feel smb.'s authority (smb.'s anger, one's own power, one's strength, one's disgrace, the effects of the accident, the need for a little exercise, the necessity of smth., the justice of his words, etc.) (почувствовать чей-л. авторитет и т. д.; did you feel the earthquake? вы почувствовали подземные толчки?
    2) feel music (poetry, the beauty of his poems, the force of an argument, etc.) хорошо понимать /чувствовать/ музыку и т. д.; feel a friend's death глубоко переживать смерть друга
    3) feel the child's forehead (the edge of a knife, this piece of silk, this cloth, etc.) (по)щупать ребенку лоб и т. д.; feel smb.'s pulse посчитать у кого-л. пульс; the blind recognize objects by feeling them слепые узнают предметы на ощупь; feel one's legs (one's hands, one's head, etc.) ощупать свой ноги и т. д.; feel one's way идти ощупью; just feel the weight of this! ты только попробуй, сколько это весит!
    4. IV
    1) feel smth. in some manner he doesn't feel the heat at all он совсем не страдает от жары; infants feel the cold very much маленькие дети очень чувствительны к холоду; feel smth. at some time he felt the full effect of the medicine much later действие /эффект от/ лекарства он ощутил значительно позже
    2) feel smth. in some manner feel one's misfortune keenly (her failure painfully, his loss severely, etc.) остро чувствовать /переживать/ свое несчастье и т. д; feel nothing intensely принимать все спокойно, ничего не принимать близко к сердцу; feel acutely the difficulty (the need of smth., the necessity of smth., etc.) остро осознавать /отчетливо понимать/ [возникшие] трудности и т. д.
    3) feel smth. in some manner feel one's head (one's legs, one's face, etc.) carefully (lightly, etc.) осторожно и т. д. ощупывать голову и т. д.
    5. V
    || feel it one's duty to do smth. считать своим долгом что-л. сделать; feel it one's duty to speak frankly to him (to tell them all about it, to help her, to do so, etc.) считать своим долгом поговорить с ним откровенно и т. д.
    6. VI
    feel smth., as having some quality feel it necessary (important, relevant, wise, etc.) to interfere (to tell them about it, to warn them, etc.) считать необходимым и т. д. вмешаться и т. д.
    7. VII
    1) feel smth., smb. do smth. feel the earth shake (the knife touch my skin, her arms clasp round me, smb. move in the kitchen, him stir, etc.) (по-) чувствовать, что /как/ земля задрожала и т. д., she felt her feet to be stone-cold она почувствовала, что у нее ноги холодные как лед
    2) feel smb., smth. to do smth. he felt himself to see that nothing was broken он ощупал себя, чтобы убедиться, что ничего не сломал; she felt the wall to find the switch она шарила по стене, чтобы нащупать выключатель
    8. VIII
    feel smb., smth. dome smth. feel her trembling.(smth. crawling on my back, someone moving in the dark, himself falling, his hopes fading away, etc.) (по)чувствовать, что /как/ она дрожит и т. д.; feel winter coming предчувствовать наступление зимы; he felt an awful cad doing it делая это, он чувствовал себя подлецом
    9. X
    feel in some state feel hurt (a good deal embarrassed, very much moved, convinced, etc.) (почувствовать себя обиженным и т. д., обидеться и т. д.', feel relieved (grieved, assured, alarmed, frightened, depressed, etc.) почувствовать облегчение и т. д.; feel disposed to smb. чувствовать расположение к кому-л.; feel inclined to do smth. быть склонным сделать что-л.; the house is so large that one feels lost within it дом так велик, что в нем чувствуешь себя потерянным
    10. XI
    1) be felt in some manner the scarcity of public libraries is keenly felt остро ощущается недостаток публичных библиотек; the storm was felt severely on the coast последствия шторма тяжело сказались на всем побережье
    2) be felt to be in some state it was felt to be unwise (important, significant, etc.) считали, что это неразумно и т. д.
    11. XIII
    || feel at liberty /free/ to do smth. быть вправе что-л. делать; I don't feel at liberty to tell you about it (to mention his name, to disclose his whereabouts, etc.) я не считаю себя вправе рассказать зам об этом и т. д.; I felt free to leave (to stay, etc.) я считал, что могу уйти и т. д.; feel in a position to do smth. считать себя в состоянии что-л. сделать; feel in a position to help (to lend smb. money, to speak to smb., etc.) считать, что в состоянии помочь и т. д.;
    12. XV
    1) feel young (ten years younger, old, free, pretty well, ill, foolish, mean, cheap, etc.) чувствовать себя молодым и т. д.; feel envious (anxious, nervous, etc.) завидовать /испытывать зависть/ и т. д.; I feel uneasy about him я о нем беспокоюсь; I feel cold (warm, hot, comfortable, sad, queer, lonely, etc.) мне холодно и т. д., I feel hungry (weary, angry, grateful, happy, ill, etc.) я голоден и т. д., feel proud of smth., smb. гордиться чем-л., кем-л.; feel indebted to him чувствовать себя обязанным ему; he is beginning to feel tipsy он начинает пьянеть; he feels sleepy его клонит ко сну; I feel sorry мне очень жаль; tow are you today? feel Feeling fine, thanks как вы себя чувствуете сегодня? feel Прекрасно, спасибо; my head feels funny feel may I lie down? у меня что-то с головой-можно я прилягу?; my foot feels better с ногой у меня стало лучше; do you know how it feels to lose an old friend вы знаете, что значит потерять старого друга?; he knows how it feels to be hungry (to be rich, to be poor, etc.) он знает, что такое быть голодным и т. д.
    2) feel ил possessing some quality the air feels cold /chilly/ в воздухе прохладно; the room feels hot (damp, etc.) в комнате жарко и т. д.; how cold your hand feels какая у вас холодная рука; the chair feels comfortable стул удобный; velvet (silk, this cloth, etc.) feels soft (smooth, rough, etc.) бархат мягкий и т. д. на ощупь; the load felt heavy to me груз показался мне тяжелым
    13. XVI
    1) feel for smb. feel for her (for all mankind, deeply for all who suffer, etc.) сочувствовать ей и т. д.; I really feel for him in his sorrow я искренне разделяю его горе; feel toward (s) /about/ smb., smth. feel kindly (sweetly, affectionately, maternally, etc.) towards smb. хорошо и т. д. относиться к кому-л.: I know how you feel toward him я знаю, как вы к нему относитесь; how do you feel about this? как sill к атому относитесь?; feel strongly about smb., smth. испытывать чувство неприязни к кому-л., чему-л.; I feel very strongly about women smoking я решительно против того, чтобы женщины курили; feel badly about smb., smth. плохо относиться к кому-л., чему-л.
    2) feel for /after/ smth. /in some place/ feel for one's purse (for a coin in one's pockets, after the handle, for a box of matches, for a weapon, for a knife, etc.) ощупью искать кошелек в кармане и т. д.; feel in (under, along, etc.) smth. feel in one's pockets (in her purse, in her handbag, in a drawer, etc.) рыться в карманах и т. д.; feel under tile chair with one's hand (with one's foot) шарить рукой (ногой) под стулом; he felt along the wall until he found the door он пробирался ощупью вдоль стены, пока не нащупал дверь
    14. XVIII
    feel oneself in some state feel oneself touched почувствовать себя растроганным; feel oneself slighted считать серя ущемленным; he felt himself called upon to help он считал, это обязан помочь; I don't feel quite myself this morning мне сегодня немножко не по себе; I feel quite myself again я снова чувствую себя хорошо, я опять в форме
    15. XIX1
    1) feel like smth. feel like a cup of tea (like a glass of beer, like a drink, like a meal, like a movie, like a sail, etc.) быть не прочь выпить чашку чая и т. д, не возражать против чашки чая и т. д.; I don't feel like a walk just now мне сейчас не хочется идти гулять
    2) feel like smb. feel like a fool (like a cad, like a Midas, like oneself, etc.) чувствовать себя дураком и т. д., she hasn't been feeling like herself since the accident после катастрофы она никак не придет в себя; how does it feel like to be at home? ну как вам дома?, ну как вы себя чувствуете дома?
    3) feel like smth. this feels like wood (like glass, like wool, etc.) на ощупь это похоже на дерево и т. д.; her hands feel like velvet у нее руки мягкие как бархат; what does it feel like? на что это похоже (на ощупь)? ХIХ3 feel like doing smth. I feel like being alone (like singing, like crying like eating, like sleeping, etc.) мне хочется побыть одному и т. д.; do you feel like taking a walk? хотите прогуляться?; he doesn't feel like going out tonight ему сегодня не хочется выходить из дому; I don't feel like laughing мне [совсем] не смешно
    16. XXI1
    1) feel smth. in smth. I feel a pain in my ear (in my leg, in the back, etc.) у меня болит ухо и т. д.; feel an interest in /towards/ smb., smth. интересоваться кем-л., чем-л.; feel smth. for smb. feel great friendship for smb. быть дружески расположенным к кому-л.; feel much pity for smb. жалеть кого-л., испытывать жалость к кому-л.; feel smth. at smth. I felt no joy at his return я не испытывал никакой радости по поводу его возвращения, я совершенно не радовался его возвращению
    2) feel one's may around (across, along, etc.) smth. feel one's way around the room (along the wall, across the hall, etc.) двигаться по комнате и т. д. ощупью; feel one's way with smth. feel one's way with a stick (with one's foot) нащупывать дорогу палкой (ногой)
    17. XXV
    1) feel that... (what..., as if..., etc.) he felt that he was cold (that you were right, that we should win, etc.) он чувствовал, что ему холодно и т. д.you shall feel what it is to be in my bad books ты еще почувствуешь, что значит потерять мое расположение; feel that it will be a clever move I that such a plan will he unwise, that I ought to say no more at present, that he has told the truth, hat this is not the right time to act, etc.) полагать считать/, что это будет умный ход и т. д., felt that there was going to be a disaster чувствовал, что разразится катастрофа; I feel as if my head were bursting (as if I had lost a father, as if I'm catching cold, etc.) у меня такое чувство, как будто у меня раскалывается голова и т. д., it feels as if it's going to be a nice day today сегодня, кажется, будет хороший день
    2) feel whether... if... / (how...) feel whether the water is warm enough пощупай /попробуй/, достаточно ли теплая вода; feel if there are any bones broken проверьте, не сломаны ли какие-нибудь кости; feel how sharp the edge of this knife is (how cold lay hands are, how fast his pulse is, etc.) пощупайте, какой острый нож и т. д.

    English-Russian dictionary of verb phrases > feel

  • 10 sure

    sure [ʃʊə(r)]
    (a) (convinced, positive) sûr, certain;
    are you sure of the facts? êtes-vous sûr ou certain des faits?;
    I'm not sure you're right je ne suis pas sûr ou certain que vous ayez raison;
    I'm not sure when they're coming/what he wants je ne sais pas au juste quand ils doivent venir/ce qu'il veut;
    I'm sure of it j'en suis sûr ou certain;
    I can't be sure, but I think it was 2 o'clock je n'en suis pas tout à fait sûr, mais je pense qu'il était 2 heures;
    are you quite sure he hasn't left yet? êtes-vous bien sûr qu'il n'est pas encore parti?;
    he's not sure whether he's going to come or not il n'est pas sûr de venir;
    she isn't sure of or about her feelings for him elle n'est pas sûre de ses sentiments pour lui;
    you seem convinced, but I'm not so sure tu sembles convaincu, mais moi j'ai des doutes;
    I wouldn't be so sure about that! ça, ça m'étonnerait!;
    he'll win, I'm sure il gagnera, j'en suis sûr;
    I'm sure I've been here before je suis sûr d'être déjà venu ici;
    she's sure she didn't receive your letter elle est sûre de ne pas avoir reçu ta lettre;
    what makes you so sure?, how can you be so sure? qu'est-ce qui te fait dire ça?;
    I don't know, I'm sure ma foi, je ne sais pas
    (b) (confident, assured) sûr;
    is he someone we can be sure of? est-ce quelqu'un de sûr?;
    you can be sure of good service in this restaurant dans ce restaurant, vous êtes sûr d'être bien servi;
    to be sure of oneself être sûr de soi, avoir confiance en soi
    (c) (definite, certain) sûr, certain;
    one thing is sure, he won't be back in a hurry! une chose est sûre ou certaine, il ne va pas revenir de sitôt!;
    we're sure to meet again nous nous reverrons sûrement;
    she's sure to be here soon elle va sûrement arriver bientôt;
    they're sure to get caught ils vont sûrement se faire prendre;
    the play is sure to be a success la pièce va certainement avoir du succès;
    it's a sure thing c'est dans la poche;
    esp American familiar sure thing! d'accord!;
    be sure to be on time tomorrow il faut que vous soyez à l'heure demain;
    be sure to go to bed early il faut que tu te couches tôt;
    be sure not to lose it, be sure that you don't lose it prenez garde de ne pas le perdre;
    we made sure that no one was listening nous nous sommes assurés ou nous avons vérifié que personne n'écoutait;
    I'll just go and make sure je vais vérifier;
    it is his job to make sure that everyone is satisfied c'est lui qui veille à ce que tout le monde soit satisfait;
    make sure you don't lose your ticket prends garde à ne pas perdre ton billet;
    make sure you've turned off the gas vérifie que tu as éteint le gaz
    (d) (firm, steady) sûr;
    with a sure hand d'une main sûre;
    figurative a sure grasp of the subject des connaissances solides en la matière
    (e) (reliable, safe → method, remedy, judgement) sûr; (→ profit, success) assuré;
    there is only one sure way of doing it il n'y a qu'un moyen sûr de le faire;
    work is a sure remedy for boredom le travail est un remède sûr contre l'ennui;
    insomnia is a sure sign of depression l'insomnie est un signe incontestable de dépression;
    it's a sure bet he'll be late il y a tout à parier qu'il sera en retard
    (a) familiar (of course) bien sûr ;
    can I borrow your car? - sure (you can)! (est-ce que) je peux emprunter ta voiture? - bien sûr (que oui)!
    (b) esp American familiar (really) drôlement, rudement;
    he sure is ugly il est drôlement laid;
    she sure can cook! elle cuisine drôlement bien!;
    it sure was difficult c'était vraiment ou bien difficile;
    are you hungry? - I sure am! as-tu faim? - plutôt! ou et comment!;
    I sure as hell do object! et comment que je proteste!
    (as) sure as aussi sûr que;
    as sure as my name is Jones aussi sûr que je m'appelle Jones;
    as sure as I'm standing here (today), as sure as fate, as sure as eggs are or familiar is eggs aussi sûr que deux et deux font quatre
    sure, he's a terrible liar c'est un grand menteur ;
    sure, he doesn't know anything il n'y connaît rien
    sure! de rien!, il n'y a pas de quoi!
    I'll give it to you tomorrow for sure je te le donnerai demain sans faute;
    one thing is for sure, I'm not staying here! une chose est sûre, je ne reste pas ici!;
    she won't come, that's for sure elle ne viendra pas, c'est certain;
    I think he's single but I can't say for sure je crois qu'il est célibataire, mais je ne peux pas l'affirmer
    effectivement, en effet;
    she said she'd ring and sure enough she did elle a dit qu'elle appellerait, et c'est ce qu'elle a fait;
    no, it's whisky sure enough non, c'est bien du whisky
    to be sure, his offer is well-intentioned certes, son offre est bien intentionnée

    Un panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > sure

  • 11 sure

    1. adjective
    1) (confident) sicher

    be sure of somethingsich (Dat.) einer Sache (Gen.) sicher sein

    don't be too sureda wäre ich mir nicht so sicher

    2) (safe) sicher

    be on surer ground(lit. or fig.) sich auf festerem Boden befinden

    3) (certain) sicher

    you're sure to be welcomeSie werden ganz sicher od. bestimmt willkommen sein

    it's sure to raines wird bestimmt regnen

    don't worry, it's sure to turn out well — keine Sorge, es wird schon alles gut gehen

    he is sure to ask questions about the incidenter wird auf jeden Fall Fragen zu dem Vorfall stellen

    4) (undoubtedly true) sicher

    to be sure(expr. concession) natürlich; (expr. surprise) wirklich!; tatsächlich!

    for sure(coll.): (without doubt) auf jeden Fall

    5)

    make sure [of something] — sich [einer Sache] vergewissern; (check) [etwas] nachprüfen

    you'd better make sure of a seat or that you have a seat — du solltest dir einen Platz sichern

    make or be sure you do it, be sure to do it — (do not fail to do it) sieh zu, dass du es tust; (do not forget) vergiss nicht, es zu tun

    be sure you finish the work by tomorrowmachen Sie die Arbeit auf jeden Fall bis morgen fertig

    6) (reliable) sicher [Zeichen]; zuverlässig [Freund, Bote, Heilmittel]
    2. adverb
    1)

    as sure as sure can be(coll.) so sicher wie das Amen in der Kirche

    as sure as I'm standing hereso wahr ich hier stehe

    2) (Amer. coll.): (certainly) wirklich; echt (ugs.)
    3. interjection

    sure!, sure thing! — (Amer.) na klar! (ugs.)

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    [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!) sicher
    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.) gewiß
    3) (reliable or trustworthy: a sure way to cure hiccups; a safe, sure method; a sure aim with a rifle.) sicher
    2. adverb
    ((especially American) certainly; of course: Sure I'll help you!; `Would you like to come?' `Sure!') sicher(lich)
    - academic.ru/72361/surely">surely
    - sureness
    - sure-footed
    - as sure as
    - be sure to
    - be/feel sure of oneself
    - for sure
    - make sure
    - sure enough
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    [ʃɔ:ʳ, ʃʊəʳ, AM ʃʊr]
    I. adj
    1. pred (confident) sicher
    to be \sure [that]... [sich dat] sicher sein, dass...
    are you \sure? bist du sicher?
    I'm not really \sure ich weiß nicht so genau
    to feel \sure [that]... überzeugt [davon] sein, dass...
    to seem \sure [that]... als sicher erscheinen, dass...
    to be \sure/not \sure how/what/when/where/whether/who/why... genau/nicht genau wissen, wie/was/wann/wo/ob/wer/warum...
    to be \sure/not \sure if... genau/nicht genau wissen, ob...
    to be \sure/not \sure about [or of] sth sich dat einer S. gen sicher/nicht sicher sein
    are you \sure about this? sind Sie sich dessen sicher?
    I'm not \sure about what to do for the best ich weiß nicht genau, was am besten zu tun ist
    to be \sure/not \sure about [or of] sb sich dat über jdn im Klaren/nicht im Klaren sein
    you can always be \sure of Kay du kannst dich immer auf Kay verlassen
    2. (expect to get)
    to be \sure of sth etw sicher bekommen
    sb is \sure of sth etw ist jdm sicher
    we arrived early to be \sure of getting a good seat wir waren frühzeitig da, um auch ja gute Plätze zu bekommen
    3. (certain) sicher, gewiss
    to be \sure to do sth überzeugt [davon] sein, etw zu tun
    where are we \sure to have good weather? wo werden wir aller Voraussicht nach gutes Wetter haben?
    we're \sure to see you again before we leave bestimmt sehen wir Sie noch einmal, bevor wir abreisen
    4. (true) sicher
    one \sure way [of doing sth] ein sicherer Weg [etw zu tun]
    5. attr (reliable)
    a \sure sign of sth ein sicheres Zeichen für etw akk
    to have a \sure understanding of sth sich dat über etw akk im Klaren sein
    6.
    to be \sure ( form: to concede truth) sicherlich, gewiss; (as emphasis) klar
    that was a great movie, to be \sure! eines ist klar: das war ein großartiger Film!
    to be \sure of oneself selbstbewusst sein, sehr von sich dat überzeugt sein
    [as] \sure as eggs is eggs, as \sure as the day is long [or BRIT ( dated)\sure God made little apples] so sicher wie das Amen in der Kirche [o ÖSTERR im Gebet] fam
    \sure enough ( fam) tatsächlich
    for \sure ( fam) bestimmt, ganz sicher
    to know for \sure that... ganz sicher [o genau] wissen, dass...
    and that's for \sure! das ist mal sicher! fam
    one thing's for \sure eines ist [schon] mal sicher [o steht schon mal fest] fam
    [as] \sure as hell (sl) todsicher fam
    to make \sure sich akk versichern
    to make \sure [that]... darauf achten, dass...
    make \sure you lock the door when you go out denk daran, die Tür abzuschließen, wenn du weggehst
    as \sure as I'm standing/sitting here so wahr ich hier stehe/sitze
    \sure thing ( fam: certainty) sicher!; esp AM (of course) [aber] natürlich!, [na] klar! fam
    II. adv esp AM ( fam: certainly) echt fam
    I \sure am hungry! hab ich vielleicht einen Hunger!
    III. interj ( fam: certainly!)
    oh [or yeah] \sure! [aber] natürlich! iron, na klar [doch]! iron
    \sure I will! natürlich!, aber klar doch! fam
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    [ʃʊə(r)]
    1. adj (+er)
    1) (= reliable, steady, safe) hand, touch, marksman, footing, knowledge sicher; criterion, proof, facts eindeutig; method, remedy, friend zuverlässig, verlässlich; understanding genau

    in the sure knowledge that... — in der Gewissheit, dass...

    2) (= definite) sicher

    it is sure that he will come — es ist sicher, dass er kommt, er kommt ganz bestimmt

    it's sure to rain —

    he was sure to see her again — es war sicher, dass er sie wiedersehen würde

    be sure to tell mesag mir auf jeden Fall Bescheid

    be sure to turn the gas off — vergiss nicht, das Gas abzudrehen

    you're sure of a good meal/of success — ein gutes Essen/der Erfolg ist Ihnen sicher

    to make sure to do sth — nicht vergessen, etw zu tun

    make sure you get the leads the right way round — achten Sie darauf, dass die Kabel richtig herum sind

    make sure you take your keys — denk daran, deine Schlüssel mitzunehmen

    to make sure of a seatsich (dat) einen Platz sichern

    I've made sure that there's enough coffee for everyone — ich habe dafür gesorgt, dass genug Kaffee für alle da ist

    to be sure! —

    and there he was, to be sure (esp Ir)und da war er doch tatsächlich!

    3) (= positive, convinced) sicher

    I'm sure she's rightich bin sicher, sie hat recht

    do you want to see that film? – I'm not sure —

    to be sure about sthsich (dat) einer Sache (gen) sicher sein

    to be sure of oneselfsich (dat) seiner Sache sicher sein

    I'm sure I don't know, I don't know, I'm sure —

    I'm not sure how/why... — ich bin (mir) nicht sicher or ich weiß nicht genau, wie/warum...

    2. adv

    will you do it? – sure! — machst du das? – klar! (inf)

    that meat was sure tough or sure was tough —

    know what I mean? – sure do — du weißt, was ich meine? – aber sicher or aber klar (inf)

    that's sure pretty (US) — das ist doch schön, nicht?

    2)

    he'll come sure enough —

    3)

    as sure as I'm standing here (inf) — garantiert, todsicher (inf)

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    sure [ʃʊə(r); Br auch ʃɔː]
    A adj (adv surely)
    1. nur präd (of) sicher, gewiss (gen), überzeugt (von):
    are you sure (about it)? bist du (dessen) sicher?;
    I feel sure of getting my money back ich bin überzeugt (davon), dass ich mein Geld zurückerhalte;
    if one could be sure of living to 80 wenn man sicher wüsste, dass man 80 Jahre alt wird;
    sure of winning ( oder victory) siegessicher;
    I am not quite sure that … ich bin nicht ganz sicher, dass …;
    he is ( oder feels) sure of success er ist sich seines Erfolges sicher;
    be sure of one’s facts sich seiner Sache sicher sein;
    be sure of o.s. selbstsicher sein;
    I’m sure I didn’t mean to hurt you ich wollte Sie ganz gewiss nicht verletzen;
    she was not sure that she had heard it es war ihr so, als hätte sie es gehört;
    are you sure you won’t come? wollen Sie wirklich nicht kommen?;
    don’t be too sure sei mal nicht so sicher!
    2. nur präd sicher, gewiss, (ganz) bestimmt, zweifellos (objektiver Sachverhalt):
    he is sure to come er kommt sicher oder bestimmt;
    man is sure of death dem Menschen ist der Tod gewiss oder sicher;
    you must be sure to come and see us when … Sie müssen uns unbedingt besuchen, wenn …;
    make sure that … sich (davon) überzeugen, dass …;
    a) sich von etwas überzeugen, sich Gewissheit über eine Sache verschaffen,
    b) sich etwas sichern;
    to make sure (Redew) um sicherzugehen;
    be sure to ( oder and) shut the window vergiss nicht, das Fenster zu schließen!;
    for sure sicher, bestimmt;
    not now, that’s for sure jetzt jedenfalls nicht;
    to be sure (Redew) sicher(lich), natürlich (auch einschränkend = freilich, allerdings)
    3. sicher, untrüglich (Beweise etc)
    4. sicher, unfehlbar (Behandlung, Schuss etc):
    sure thing! umg (aber) klar oder sicher!
    5. verlässlich, zuverlässig
    6. sicher, fest (Halt etc):
    sure faith fig fester Glaube
    B adv
    1. umg sicher(lich):
    a) ganz bestimmt,
    b) tatsächlich;
    sure! (aber) klar!, aber sicher!, und ob!; egg1 A 1
    2. US umg wirklich:
    it sure was cold es war vielleicht kalt!
    * * *
    1. adjective
    1) (confident) sicher

    be sure of somethingsich (Dat.) einer Sache (Gen.) sicher sein

    2) (safe) sicher

    be on surer ground(lit. or fig.) sich auf festerem Boden befinden

    3) (certain) sicher

    you're sure to be welcomeSie werden ganz sicher od. bestimmt willkommen sein

    don't worry, it's sure to turn out well — keine Sorge, es wird schon alles gut gehen

    to be sure(expr. concession) natürlich; (expr. surprise) wirklich!; tatsächlich!

    for sure(coll.): (without doubt) auf jeden Fall

    5)

    make sure [of something] — sich [einer Sache] vergewissern; (check) [etwas] nachprüfen

    you'd better make sure of a seat or that you have a seat — du solltest dir einen Platz sichern

    make or be sure you do it, be sure to do it — (do not fail to do it) sieh zu, dass du es tust; (do not forget) vergiss nicht, es zu tun

    6) (reliable) sicher [Zeichen]; zuverlässig [Freund, Bote, Heilmittel]
    2. adverb
    1)

    as sure as sure can be(coll.) so sicher wie das Amen in der Kirche

    2) (Amer. coll.): (certainly) wirklich; echt (ugs.)
    3. interjection

    sure!, sure thing! — (Amer.) na klar! (ugs.)

    * * *
    adj.
    gewiss adj.
    sicher adj.
    zuverlässig adj.

    English-german dictionary > sure

  • 12 Caetano, Marcello José das Neves Alves

    (19061980)
       Marcello Caetano, as the last prime minister of the Estado Novo, was both the heir and successor of Antônio de Oliveira Salazar. In a sense, Caetano was one of the founders and sustainers of this unusual regime and, at various crucial stages of its long life, Caetano's contribution was as important as Salazar's.
       Born in Lisbon in 1906 to a middle-class family, Caetano was a member of the student generation that rebelled against the unstable parliamentary First Republic and sought answers to Portugal's legion of troubles in conservative ideologies such as integralism, Catholic reformism, and the Italian Fascist model. One of the most brilliant students at the University of Lisbon's Law School, Caetano soon became directly involved in government service in various ministries, including Salazar's Ministry of Finance. When Caetano was not teaching full-time at the law school in Lisbon and influencing new generations of students who became critical of the regime he helped construct, Caetano was in important government posts and working on challenging assignments. In the 1930s, he participated in reforms in the Ministry of Finance, in the writing of the 1933 Constitution, in the formation of the new civil code, of which he was in part the author, and in the construction of corporativism, which sought to control labor-management relations and other aspects of social engineering. In a regime largely directed by academics from the law faculties of Coimbra University and the University of Lisbon, Caetano was the leading expert on constitutional law, administrative law, political science, and colonial law. A prolific writer as both a political scientist and historian, Caetano was the author of the standard political science, administrative law, and history of law textbooks, works that remained in print and in use among students long after his exile and death.
       After his apprenticeship service in a number of ministries, Caetano rose steadily in the system. At age 38, he was named minister for the colonies (1944 47), and unlike many predecessors, he "went to see for himself" and made important research visits to Portugal's African territories. In 1955-58, Caetano served in the number-three position in the regime in the Ministry of the Presidency of the Council (premier's office); he left office for full-time academic work in part because of his disagreements with Salazar and others on regime policy and failures to reform at the desired pace. In 1956 and 1957, Caetano briefly served as interim minister of communications and of foreign affairs.
       Caetano's opportunity to take Salazar's place and to challenge even more conservative forces in the system came in the 1960s. Portugal's most prominent law professor had a public falling out with the regime in March 1962, when he resigned as rector of Lisbon University following a clash between rebellious students and the PIDE, the political police. When students opposing the regime organized strikes on the University of Lisbon campus, Caetano resigned his rectorship after the police invaded the campus and beat and arrested some students, without asking permission to enter university premises from university authorities.
       When Salazar became incapacitated in September 1968, President Américo Tomás named Caetano prime minister. His tasks were formidable: in the midst of remarkable economic growth in Portugal, continued heavy immigration of Portuguese to France and other countries, and the costly colonial wars in three African colonies, namely Angola, Guinea- Bissau, and Mozambique, the regime struggled to engineer essential social and political reforms, win the wars in Africa, and move toward meaningful political reforms. Caetano supported moderately important reforms in his first two years in office (1968-70), as well as the drafting of constitutional revisions in 1971 that allowed a slight liberalization of the Dictatorship, gave the opposition more room for activity, and decentrali zed authority in the overseas provinces (colonies). Always aware of the complexity of Portugal's colonial problems and of the ongoing wars, Caetano made several visits to Africa as premier, and he sought to implement reforms in social and economic affairs while maintaining the expensive, divisive military effort, Portugal's largest armed forces mobilization in her history.
       Opposed by intransigent right-wing forces in various sectors in both Portugal and Africa, Caetano's modest "opening" of 1968-70 soon narrowed. Conservative forces in the military, police, civil service, and private sectors opposed key political reforms, including greater democratization, while pursuing the military solution to the African crisis and personal wealth. A significant perspective on Caetano's failed program of reforms, which could not prevent the advent of a creeping revolution in society, is a key development in the 1961-74 era of colonial wars: despite Lisbon's efforts, the greater part of Portuguese emigration and capital investment during this period were directed not to the African colonies but to Europe, North America, and Brazil.
       Prime Minister Caetano, discouraged by events and by opposition to his reforms from the so-called "Rheumatic Brigade" of superannuated regime loyalists, attempted to resign his office, but President Américo Tomás convinced him to remain. The publication and public reception of African hero General Antônio Spinola's best-selling book Portugal e Futuro (Portugal and the Future) in February 1974 convinced the surprised Caetano that a coup and revolution were imminent. When the virtually bloodless, smoothly operating military coup was successful in what became known as the Revolution of 25 April 1974, Caetano surrendered to the Armed Forces Movement in Lisbon and was flown to Madeira Island and later to exile in Brazil, where he remained for the rest of his life. In his Brazilian exile, Caetano was active writing important memoirs and histories of the Estado Novo from his vantage point, teaching law at a private university in Rio de Janeiro, and carrying on a lively correspondence with persons in Portugal. He died at age 74, in 1980, in Brazil.

    Historical dictionary of Portugal > Caetano, Marcello José das Neves Alves

  • 13 study

    ˈstʌdɪ
    1. сущ.
    1) а) изучение, исследование (of) to conduct, do a study ≈ проводить исследования careful study, detailed study, exhaustive study, thorough study ≈ полное исследование, исчерпывающее исследование, всестороннее исследование scientific study ≈ научный труд Syn: inquiry б) обыкн. мн. приобретение знаний to complete study ≈ завершить учебу to pursue one's study ≈ продолжать обучение в) наука, область науки г) штудии, этюды, научные занятия д) предмет (достойный) изучения е) научная работа, монография;
    очерк, исследование, статья
    2) а) рабочий кабинет б) глубокая задумчивость( обыкн. brown study)
    3) а) иск. набросок, эскиз, этюд б) муз. упражнение, этюд
    4) театр. об актере, заучивающем роль
    2. гл.
    1) а) изучать, исследовать Syn: consider, contemplate, ponder, weigh Ant: neglect, scan, slight б) заниматься, учиться to study under smb. ≈ учиться у кого-л. to study diligently, hard ≈ усердно учиться, прилежно заниматься to study under a well-known professor ≈ заниматься под руководством знаменитого професссора to study how to survive in the wilderness ≈ учиться выживать в условиях дикой местности в) готовиться( к экзамену и т. п.) (for)
    2) а) заботиться( о чем-л.) б) стремиться( к чему-л.), стараться
    3) рассматривать, обдумывать;
    уст. размышлять
    4) заучивать наизустьstudy out study up изучение, исследование;
    научные занятия - the * of mathematics изучение математики - the * of foreign trade изучение внешней торговли - a direct * of interplanetary space непосредственное изучение межпланетного пространства - to be fond of * любить научные занятия, с увлечением заниматься наукой - to make a * of a literary period тщательно изучать какой-л. литературный период - my studies have convinced me that... мои исследования убедили меня в том, что... изучение, рассмотрение (вопроса и т. п.) - after the * of the matter... после изучения этого вопроса... - the proposal is under * это предложение сейчас изучается /рассматривается/ обследование - field * обследование на местах обыкн. pl приобретение знаний, учение;
    занятия - * group семинар - * hall зал для занятий;
    читальня, читальный зал - * carrels специальный читательский стол с перегородками (в библиотеке) - * time учебное время, часы учебы (в школе и т. п.) - to squander * time прогуливать занятия /уроки/ - to begin one's studies приступать к занятиям /к учебе/ - to continue one's studies продолжать занятия /учебу/ - he would neglect his studies when he was at school в школе он манкировал занятиями - he did not complete his college studies он не закончил курса в колледже наука;
    область науки - history and allied studies история и родственные ей предметы (тк. в ед. ч.) предмет (достойный) изучения - man is their * человек - предмет их исследований - his face was a * на его лицо стоило посмотреть научная работа, монография - a new * of Shakespeare новая работа (книга) о Шекспире очерк (искусство) этюд, эскиз, набросок - a * of a head эскиз головы (музыкальное) этюд - a * by Chopin этюд Шопена забота;
    старание - he made my health his * он взял на себя заботы о моем здоровье - her constant * was how to please them она всегда старалась угодить им - to make a * of smth. поставить что-л. себе целью - it will be my * to write well я поставлю себе целью /буду стараться, приложу все старания, чтобы/ правильно писать (тк. в ед. ч.) глубокая задумчивость - in a brown * в (глубоком) раздумье;
    в размышлении - to be (lost) in /to fall into / a brown * погрузиться в глубокое раздумье рабочий кабинет (в квартире ученого, писателя и т. п.) (театроведение) актер, заучивающий роль - he is a quick /a good/ * он быстро запоминает роль изучать, исследовать;
    рассматривать;
    обдумывать - to * the situation изучить /рассмотреть, обдумать/ положение - I shall * your problem я рассмотрю /обдумаю/ ваш вопрос - he studied the map он изучал /разглядывал/ карту - to * smb.'s face внимательно следить за выражением чьего-л. лица учить, изучать что-л. - to * history изучать историю;
    заниматься историей учиться, заниматься - to * hard прилежно учиться - to * under a famous professor учиться у знаменитого профессора (for) готовиться (к чему-л.) - to * for an examination готовиться к экзамену - to * for the medical profession, to * to be a doctor готовиться стать врачом - to * for the bar готовиться к карьере адвоката - he is *ing for a degree in economics он готовится к получению степени бакалавра экономических наук заботиться (о чем-л.) ;
    стремиться (к чему-л.) - to * smb.'s comfort заботиться о чьих-л. удобствах - to * one's own interests преследовать собственные интересы - he studies to do the right thing он стремится поступать правильно - nobody studied to hurt him никто не хотел его обидеть - they studied nothing but revenge они стремились только к мести( разговорное) угождать, ублажать - I have a wife to * я должен считаться с женой заучивать наизусть (роль - об актерах) analog ~ исследование методом моделирования analytical ~ аналитическое исследование ~ (обыкн. pl) приобретение знаний;
    to begin one's studies приступать к учебе case ~ изучение конкретного вопроса (дела) case ~ method педагогический прием для развития критического отношения учащихся к материалу и способности оценивать ситуацию cost effectiveness ~ изучение экономической эффективности cost effectiveness ~ изучение эффективности затрат distance ~ заочное образование feasibility ~ анализ технической осуществимости feasibility ~ анализ экономической целесообразности feasibility ~ изучение возможности осуществления feasibility ~ исследование осуществимости проекта functional ~ функциональное исследование group case ~ групповой анализ конкретных ситуаций group case ~ групповой разбор конкретных проблем ~ театр. тот, кто заучивает роль;
    he is a good (a slow) study он быстро (медленно) заучивает роль ~ готовиться (к экзамену и т. п.;
    for) ;
    he is studying for the bar он готовится к карьере адвоката ~ уст. забота, старание;
    her constant study was to work well она всегда старалась хорошо работать ~ предмет (достойный) изучения;
    his face was a perfect study на его лицо стоило посмотреть ~ изучение, исследование (of) ;
    научные занятия;
    to make a study of тщательно изучать;
    much given to study увлекающийся научными занятиями methods ~ изучение методов организации труда methods ~ изучение методов работы motion ~ изучение трудовых движений ~ изучение, исследование (of) ;
    научные занятия;
    to make a study of тщательно изучать;
    much given to study увлекающийся научными занятиями nature ~ изучение природы;
    наблюдение за явлениями природы personal case ~ персональное расследование pilot ~ предварительное исследование preliminary ~ предварительное изучение study глубокая задумчивость (обыкн. brown study) ~ готовиться (к экзамену и т. п.;
    for) ;
    he is studying for the bar он готовится к карьере адвоката ~ уст. забота, старание;
    her constant study was to work well она всегда старалась хорошо работать ~ заботиться (о чем-л.) ;
    стремиться (к чему-л.), стараться;
    study to wrong no man старайтесь никого не обидеть ~ заниматься, учиться ~ заучивать наизусть ~ изучать, исследовать;
    рассматривать;
    обдумывать ~ изучать, исследовать ~ изучать ~ изучение, исследование (of) ;
    научные занятия;
    to make a study of тщательно изучать;
    much given to study увлекающийся научными занятиями ~ изучение, исследование ~ изучение ~ исследование ~ наука;
    область науки ~ наука ~ научная работа, монография ~ научная работа, монография ~ научная работа ~ научные занятия ~ область науки ~ очерк ~ предмет (достойный) изучения;
    his face was a perfect study на его лицо стоило посмотреть ~ предмет изучения ~ (обыкн. pl) приобретение знаний;
    to begin one's studies приступать к учебе ~ рабочий кабинет ~ уст. размышлять;
    study out выяснить;
    разобрать;
    study up готовиться к экзамену ~ театр. тот, кто заучивает роль;
    he is a good (a slow) study он быстро (медленно) заучивает роль ~ муз. этюд, упражнение ~ иск. этюд, эскиз, набросок to ~ another's comfort заботиться об удобстве других;
    to study one's own interests преследовать собственные интересы to ~ another's comfort заботиться об удобстве других;
    to study one's own interests преследовать собственные интересы ~ уст. размышлять;
    study out выяснить;
    разобрать;
    study up готовиться к экзамену ~ заботиться (о чем-л.) ;
    стремиться (к чему-л.), стараться;
    study to wrong no man старайтесь никого не обидеть ~ уст. размышлять;
    study out выяснить;
    разобрать;
    study up готовиться к экзамену time ~ система нормативов времени time ~ хронометраж time ~ хронометрирование

    Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > study

  • 14 stay

    1. noun
    1) Aufenthalt, der; (visit) Besuch, der

    come/go for a short stay with somebody — jemanden kurz besuchen

    stay [of execution] — Aussetzung [der Vollstreckung]; (fig.) Galgenfrist, die

    2. intransitive verb
    1) (remain) bleiben

    be here to stay, have come to stay — sich fest eingebürgert haben; [Arbeitslosigkeit, Inflation:] zum Dauerzustand geworden sein; [Modeartikel:] in Mode bleiben

    stay for or to dinner/for the party — zum Essen/zur Party bleiben

    stay put(coll.) [Ball, Haar:] liegen bleiben; [Hut:] fest sitzen; [Bild:] hängen bleiben; [Person:] bleiben[, wo man ist]

    2) (dwell temporarily) wohnen

    stay abroadim Ausland leben

    stay the night in a hoteldie Nacht in einem Hotel verbringen

    stay at somebody's or with somebody for the weekend — das Wochenende bei jemandem verbringen

    3) (Sport) durchhalten
    3. transitive verb
    1) (arch./literary): (stop) aufhalten

    stay somebody's hand(fig.) jemanden zurückhalten

    2) (endure)

    stay the course or distance — die [ganze] Strecke durchhalten; (fig.) durchhalten

    Phrasal Verbs:
    - academic.ru/92065/stay_away">stay away
    * * *
    [stei] 1. verb
    1) (to remain (in a place) for a time, eg while travelling, or as a guest etc: We stayed three nights at that hotel / with a friend / in Paris; Aunt Mary is coming to stay (for a fortnight); Would you like to stay for supper?; Stay and watch that television programme.) bleiben
    2) (to remain (in a particular position, place, state or condition): The doctor told her to stay in bed; He never stays long in any job; Stay away from the office till your cold is better; Why won't these socks stay up?; Stay where you are - don't move!; In 1900, people didn't realize that motor cars were here to stay.) bleiben
    2. noun
    (a period of staying (in a place etc): We had an overnight stay / a two days' stay in London.) der Aufenthalt
    - stay behind
    - stay in
    - stay out
    - stay put
    - stay up
    * * *
    stay1
    [steɪ]
    n
    1. NAUT, TRANSP Stütztau nt, Stag nt fachspr
    2. ARCHIT Strebe f, Verspannung f
    stay2
    [steɪ]
    I. n
    1. (act of remaining) Aufenthalt m
    a \stay with one's family ein Familienbesuch m
    overnight \stay Übernachtung f
    2. LAW (postponement) Aussetzung f, Vollstreckungsaufschub m
    \stay of death penalty Hinrichtungsaufschub m
    \stay of execution Aussetzung f der Zwangsvollstreckung, Gewährung f von Vollstreckungsschutz
    \stay of proceedings Ruhen nt des Verfahrens
    3. ( hist: corset)
    \stays pl Korsett nt, Mieder nt
    to lace/unlace one's \stays sein Mieder schnüren/aufschnüren
    II. vi
    1. (remain present) bleiben
    \stay until the rain has stopped bleib doch, bis der Regen aufgehört hat
    why don't you \stay for dinner? warum bleibst du nicht zum Abendessen?
    fax machines are here to \stay Faxgeräte haben Einzug gehalten
    he is convinced that computer-aided design has come to \stay er ist überzeugt, dass CAD auf Dauer unverzichtbar ist
    to \stay at home/in bed zu Hause/im Bett bleiben
    to \stay home esp AM zu Hause bleiben
    to \stay on message ( fig) aufmerksam bleiben
    to \stay put ( fam: keep standing) stehen bleiben; (not stand up) sitzen bleiben; (not move) sich akk nicht vom Fleck rühren
    to \stay with sth an etw dat dranbleiben, bei der Sache bleiben
    you have to \stay with a language and practise it regularly Sprachkenntnisse muss man pflegen und regelmäßig anwenden
    3. (reside temporarily) untergebracht sein, wohnen
    where are you \staying while you're in town? wo wohnen Sie während Ihres Aufenthaltes in der Stadt?
    the children usually \stay with their grandparents for a week in the summer die Kinder verbringen gewöhnlich im Sommer eine Woche bei ihren Großeltern
    to \stay overnight [or the night] übernachten, über Nacht bleiben
    can we \stay with you overnight? können wir bei Ihnen übernachten?
    to come to \stay zu Besuch kommen
    4. + n, adj (remain) bleiben
    the shops \stay open until 9 p.m. die Läden haben bis 21 Uhr geöffnet
    how can we get this post to \stay upright? was müssen wir tun, damit dieser Pfosten stehen bleibt?
    this far north it \stays light until 10 p.m. in high summer so hoch im Norden ist es im Hochsommer bis um 10 Uhr abends hell
    he's decided not to \stay in teaching er hat sich entschieden, nicht mehr zu unterrichten
    to \stay within budget im Rahmen des Budgets bleiben
    to \stay friends Freunde bleiben
    to \stay in touch [or contact] in Verbindung [o Kontakt] bleiben
    to \stay awake/cool/healthy wach/ruhig/gesund bleiben
    to \stay tuned RADIO, TV, MEDIA am Apparat bleiben
    \stay tuned — we'll be right back bleiben Sie dran — wir sind gleich wieder da
    III. vt
    1. (assuage)
    to \stay one's hunger/thirst seinen Hunger/Durst stillen
    to \stay sth etw in Schranken halten
    to \stay one's hand sich akk zurückhalten
    to \stay proceedings das Verfahren aussetzen
    4.
    to \stay the course [or distance] durchhalten
    * * *
    I [steɪ]
    1. n
    2) (JUR) Aussetzung f

    stay of executionAussetzung f, Vollstreckungsaufschub m; (fig) Galgenfrist f; (of death penalty) Hinrichtungsaufschub m

    2. vt
    1) (old, liter: stop) Einhalt gebieten (+dat) (geh); hunger stillen

    to stay one's/sb's hand — sich/jdn zurückhalten

    2) (JUR) order, sentence aussetzen
    3)
    4)

    to stay the night (with sb/in a hotel) — (bei jdm/in einem Hotel) übernachten

    3. vi
    1) (= remain) bleiben

    if he can stay with the otherswenn er mit den anderen mithalten kann

    See:
    → put
    2) (= reside) wohnen; (at youth hostel etc) übernachten

    I stayed in Italy for a few weeksich habe mich ein paar Wochen in Italien aufgehalten

    when I/Goethe was staying in Italy — als ich/Goethe in Italien war or weilte (liter)

    3) (old

    = wait) stay! — stehen bleiben!

    stay, wanderer! — halt inne, Wanderer! (old, liter)

    II
    n
    1) (= guy-rope) Stütztau nt, Halteseil nt; (NAUT) Stag nt
    2) pl (old: corsets) Korsett nt
    * * *
    stay1 [steı]
    A v/i prät und pperf stayed, obs staid [steıd]
    1. bleiben ( with sb bei jemandem):
    stay around in der Nähe bleiben;
    stay away (from) fernbleiben (dat), wegbleiben (von);
    a) zurückbleiben,
    b) noch dableiben;
    come to stay (für immer) bleiben;
    a fashion that has come ( oder is here) to stay eine Mode, die bleiben oder sich halten wird;
    a) auch stay indoors zu Hause oder drinnen bleiben
    b) SCHULE nachsitzen;
    stay on (noch länger) bleiben;
    he is staying on as chairman er bleibt (noch weiter) Präsident;
    a) draußen bleiben (auch Wäsche etc), wegbleiben, nicht heimkommen,
    b) WIRTSCH weiterstreiken;
    a) aufbleiben, wach bleiben,
    b) hängen bleiben (Bild etc),
    c) über Wasser bleiben,
    d) SPORT oben bleiben (nicht absteigen);
    stay for ( oder to) dinner zum Essen bleiben;
    stay off meiden, sich von Alkohol fernhalten;
    stay out of sich heraushalten aus;
    stay! halt!; late B 1, put B, B, true A 3
    2. sich (vorübergehend) aufhalten, wohnen ( beide:
    at, in in dat;
    with sb bei jemandem)
    3. verweilen
    4. stehen bleiben
    5. warten ( for sb auf jemanden)
    6. besonders SPORT umg durchhalten
    7. stay with besonders SPORT US umg mithalten (können) mit
    B v/t
    1. a) aufhalten, Halt gebieten (dat), hemmen
    b) anhalten
    c) zurückhalten ( from von)
    d) (fest)halten:
    stay one’s hand sich zurückhalten
    2. JUR
    a) die Urteilsvollstreckung, ein Verfahren aussetzen
    b) ein Verfahren, die Zwangsvollstreckung einstellen
    3. jemandes Hunger etc stillen
    4. stay the course SPORT durchhalten (a. fig); distance A 4
    a) überleben,
    b) länger bleiben als
    a) stützen (a. fig),
    b) fig jemandem den Rücken steifen
    7. TECH
    a) absteifen
    b) ab-, verspannen
    c) verankern
    C s
    1. (vorübergehender) Aufenthalt:
    make a long stay in London sich längere Zeit in London aufhalten
    2. a) Halt m, Stockung f
    b) Hemmnis n (on für):
    put a stay on seine Gedanken etc zügeln
    3. JUR Aussetzung f, Einstellung f, (Vollstreckungs)Aufschub m:
    he was given a stay of execution seine Hinrichtung wurde aufgeschoben
    4. umg Ausdauer f, Stehvermögen n
    5. TECH
    a) Stütze f
    b) Strebe f
    c) Verspannung f
    d) Verankerung f
    6. pl besonders Br Korsett n
    7. fig Stütze f
    stay2 [steı] SCHIFF
    A s Stag n:
    be (hove) in stays C;
    miss the stays das Wenden verfehlen
    B v/t
    1. den Mast stagen
    2. das Schiff durch oder gegen den Wind wenden
    C v/i über Stag gehen, wenden
    * * *
    1. noun
    1) Aufenthalt, der; (visit) Besuch, der

    come/go for a short stay with somebody — jemanden kurz besuchen

    stay [of execution] — Aussetzung [der Vollstreckung]; (fig.) Galgenfrist, die

    2. intransitive verb
    1) (remain) bleiben

    be here to stay, have come to stay — sich fest eingebürgert haben; [Arbeitslosigkeit, Inflation:] zum Dauerzustand geworden sein; [Modeartikel:] in Mode bleiben

    stay for or to dinner/for the party — zum Essen/zur Party bleiben

    stay put(coll.) [Ball, Haar:] liegen bleiben; [Hut:] fest sitzen; [Bild:] hängen bleiben; [Person:] bleiben[, wo man ist]

    stay at somebody's or with somebody for the weekend — das Wochenende bei jemandem verbringen

    3) (Sport) durchhalten
    3. transitive verb
    1) (arch./literary): (stop) aufhalten

    stay somebody's hand(fig.) jemanden zurückhalten

    stay the course or distance — die [ganze] Strecke durchhalten; (fig.) durchhalten

    Phrasal Verbs:
    * * *
    n.
    Aufenthalt m.
    Halt -e m.
    Stehbolzen m.
    Strebe -n f. (abroad) v.
    sich aufhalten (im Ausland) v. v.
    bleiben v.
    (§ p.,pp.: blieb, ist geblieben)
    sich aufhalten v.
    warten v.

    English-german dictionary > stay

  • 15 stay

    1. stay [steɪ] n
    naut, transp Stütztau nt, Stag nt fachspr
    2. stay [steɪ] n
    1) ( act of remaining) Aufenthalt m;
    a \stay with one's family ein Familienbesuch m;
    overnight \stay Übernachtung f
    2) jur Aussetzung f;
    \stay of death penalty Hinrichtungsaufschub m;
    \stay of execution Aussetzung f der Zwangsvollstreckung Gewährung f von Vollstreckungsschutz;
    \stay of proceedings Ruhen nt des Verfahrens
    3) (hist: corset)
    \stays pl Korsett nt, Mieder nt;
    to lace/unlace one's \stays sein Mieder schnüren/aufschnüren vi
    1) ( remain present) bleiben;
    \stay until the rain has stopped bleib doch, bis der Regen aufgehört hat;
    why don't you \stay for dinner? warum bleibst du nicht zum Abendessen?;
    fax machines are here to \stay Faxgeräte haben Einzug gehalten;
    he is convinced that computer-aided design has come to \stay er ist überzeugt, dass CAD auf Dauer unverzichtbar ist;
    to \stay at home/ in bed zu Hause/im Bett bleiben;
    to \stay home ( esp Am) zu Hause bleiben;
    to \stay on message ( fig) aufmerksam bleiben;
    to \stay put (fam: keep standing) stehen bleiben;
    ( not stand up) sitzen bleiben;
    ( not move) sich akk nicht vom Fleck rühren
    2) ( persevere)
    to \stay with sth an etw dat dranbleiben, bei der Sache bleiben;
    you have to \stay with a language and practise it regularly Sprachkenntnisse muss man pflegen und regelmäßig anwenden
    3) ( reside temporarily) untergebracht sein, wohnen;
    where are you \staying while you're in town? wo wohnen Sie während Ihres Aufenthaltes in der Stadt?;
    the children usually \stay with their grandparents for a week in the summer die Kinder verbringen gewöhnlich im Sommer eine Woche bei ihren Großeltern;
    to \stay overnight [or the night] übernachten, über Nacht bleiben;
    can we \stay with you overnight ? können wir bei Ihnen übernachten?;
    to come to \stay zu Besuch kommen
    4) + n or adj ( remain) bleiben;
    the shops \stay open until 9 p.m. die Läden haben bis 21 Uhr geöffnet;
    how can we get this post to \stay upright? was müssen wir tun, damit dieser Pfosten stehen bleibt?;
    this far north it \stays light until 10 p.m. in high summer so hoch im Norden ist es im Hochsommer bis um 10 Uhr abends hell;
    he's decided not to \stay in teaching er hat sich entschieden, nicht mehr zu unterrichten;
    to \stay within budget im Rahmen des Budgets bleiben;
    to \stay friends Freunde bleiben;
    to \stay in touch [or contact] in Verbindung [o Kontakt] bleiben;
    to \stay awake/ cool/ healthy wach/ruhig/gesund bleiben;
    to \stay tuned radio, tv, media am Apparat bleiben;
    \stay tuned - we'll be right back bleiben Sie dran - wir sind gleich wieder da vt
    1) ( assuage)
    to \stay one's hunger/ thirst seinen Hunger/Durst stillen
    2) ((dated) liter: curb)
    to \stay sth etw in Schranken halten;
    to \stay one's hand sich akk zurückhalten
    3) jur
    to \stay proceedings das Verfahren aussetzen
    PHRASES:
    to \stay the course [or distance] durchhalten

    English-German students dictionary > stay

  • 16 study

    1. [ʹstʌdı] n
    1. 1) изучение, исследование; научные занятия

    the study of foreign trade [of human nature] - изучение внешней торговли [природы человека]

    a direct study of interplanetary space - непосредственное изучение межпланетного пространства

    to be fond of study - любить научные занятия, с увлечением заниматься наукой

    to make a study of a literary period - тщательно изучать какой-л. литературный период

    my studies have convinced me that... - мои исследования убедили меня в том, что...

    2) изучение, рассмотрение (вопроса и т. п.)

    after the study of the matter - после изучения этого вопроса...

    the proposal is under study - это предложение сейчас изучается /рассматривается/

    3) обследование
    2. обыкн. pl приобретение знаний, учение; занятия

    study hall - зал для занятий; читальня, читальный зал

    study time - учебное время, часы учёбы (в школе и т. п.)

    to squander study time - прогуливать занятия /уроки/

    to begin one's studies - приступать к занятиям /к учёбе/

    to continue [to finish] one's studies - продолжать [закончить] занятия /учёбу/

    he would neglect his studies when he was at school - в школе он манкировал занятиями

    3. наука; область науки
    4. тк. sing предмет (достойный) изучения
    5. научная работа, монография

    a new study of Shakespeare - новая работа /книга/ о Шекспире

    6. очерк
    7. иск. этюд, эскиз, набросок
    8. муз. этюд
    9. забота; старание

    her constant study was how to please them - она всегда старалась угодить им

    to make a study of smth. - поставить что-л. себе целью

    it will be my study to write well - я поставлю себе целью /буду стараться, приложу все старания, чтобы/ правильно писать

    10. тк. sing глубокая задумчивость

    in a brown study - в (глубоком) раздумье; в размышлении

    to be (lost) in /to fall into/ a brown study - погрузиться в глубокое раздумье

    11. рабочий кабинет (в квартире учёного, писателя и т. п.)
    12. театр. актёр, заучивающий роль

    he is a quick /a good/ [a slow] study - он быстро [медленно] запоминает роль

    2. [ʹstʌdı] v
    1. изучать, исследовать; рассматривать; обдумывать

    to study the situation - изучить /рассмотреть, обдумать/ положение

    I shall study your problem - я рассмотрю /обдумаю/ ваш вопрос

    he studied the map - он изучал /разглядывал/ карту

    to study smb.'s face - внимательно следить за выражением чьего-л. лица

    2. 1) учить, изучать (что-л.)

    to study history [medicine, languages] - изучать историю [медицину, языки]; заниматься историей [медициной, языками]

    2) учиться, заниматься
    3. (for) готовиться (к чему-л.)

    to study for the medical profession, to study to be a doctor - готовиться стать врачом

    he is studying for a degree in economics - он готовится к получению степени бакалавра экономических наук

    4. заботиться (о чём-л.); стремиться (к чему-л.)

    to study smb.'s comfort - заботиться о чьих-л. удобствах

    5. разг. угождать, ублажать
    6. заучивать наизусть ( роль - об актёрах)

    НБАРС > study

  • 17 feel

    [fi:l] vt <felt, felt>
    1)
    to \feel sth etw fühlen;
    she felt a tingling sensation in her finger sie spürte ein Kribbeln im Finger;
    what do you \feel about the new arrangement? was hältst du von der neuen Regelung?;
    by midday we'd really begun to \feel the heat ab Mittag litten wir richtig unter der Hitze;
    she \feels the cold rather more than most people sie ist bedeutend kälteempfindlicher als die meisten Menschen;
    to \feel anger/ jealousy wütend/eifersüchtig sein;
    to \feel it in one's bones [that...] es im Gefühl haben[, dass...];
    to \feel joy sich akk freuen;
    to \feel nothing for sb für jdn nichts empfinden;
    do you still \feel anything for Robert? hast du noch etwas für Robert übrig?
    2) (think, believe)
    to \feel sth etw meinen [o glauben];
    to \feel that... der Meinung sein, dass...;
    to \feel it appropriate/ necessary/ right to do sth es für angebracht/notwendig/richtig halten, etw zu tun
    3) ( touch)
    to \feel sth etw fühlen;
    I felt her forehead ich fühlte ihre Stirn;
    I had to \feel my way along the wall ich musste mich die Wand entlangtasten; ( fig)
    they're \feeling their way towards a solution sie tasten sich an eine Lösung heran vi <felt, felt>
    perhaps you \feel more your old self again after a good holiday vielleicht bist du nach einem richtigen Urlaub wieder ganz der Alte;
    my mouth \feels very dry mein Mund fühlt sich ganz trocken an;
    my eyes \feel really sore with all this smoke meine Augen brennen richtig von all diesem Rauch;
    \feel free to help yourself to some more coffee schenken Sie sich ruhig noch Kaffee nach;
    \feel free to call again any time you like du kannst gern jederzeit wieder anrufen;
    it \feels awful to tell you this ich fühle mich ganz schrecklich dabei, dir das zu sagen;
    we shouldn't be doing this, it \feels all wrong somehow wir sollten das nicht tun, ich habe ein ganz schlechtes Gefühl dabei;
    how do you \feel about that decision? was sagst du zu dieser Entscheidung? ( fam);
    she felt as if she were young again sie hatte das Gefühl, wieder jung zu sein;
    how does it \feel to be world champion? wie fühlt man sich als Weltmeister?;
    I \feel like nothing on earth this morning ich fühle mich heute hundeelend;
    what does it \feel like? was für ein Gefühl ist das?;
    to \feel one's age sein Alter spüren;
    to \feel angry/ glad/ sad wütend/froh/traurig sein;
    to \feel better/ ill/ well sich akk besser/krank/wohl fühlen;
    to \feel certain [or convinced] [or sure] sich dat sicher sein;
    to \feel foolish/ an idiot sich dat dumm/wie ein Idiot vorkommen;
    you made me \feel a real idiot du hast mir das Gefühl gegeben, ein richtiger Idiot zu sein;
    to \feel good/ bad sich akk gut/schlecht fühlen;
    sb \feels hot/ cold jdm ist heiß/kalt;
    sb \feels hungry/ thirsty jd ist hungrig/durstig;
    to \feel safe sich akk sicher fühlen;
    to \feel for sb mit jdm fühlen
    2) + adj ( seem) scheinen;
    the bag felt heavy die Tasche kam mir schwer vor;
    how do the shoes \feel? was für ein Gefühl hast du in den Schuhen?
    3) ( use hands to search) tasten;
    to \feel along sth etw abtasten;
    to \feel for sth nach etw dat tasten
    4) (fam: want)
    to \feel like sth zu etw dat Lust haben;
    to \feel like doing sth Lust haben, etw zu tun n
    I can't stand the \feel of wool ich hasse das Gefühl von Wolle [auf der Haut];
    you can recognize high-quality leather simply by the \feel of it hochwertiges Leder können Sie schon beim Anfassen erkennen;
    the material has a nice \feel to it das Material fühlt sich gut an
    2) no pl ( act of touching) Berühren nt, Anfassen nt;
    she had a \feel around in the bottom of the trunk sie tastete den Boden der Truhe ab ( fam);
    she let me have a \feel ich durfte sie berühren
    3) no pl (character, atmosphere) Ambiente nt, Flair nt;
    a \feel of mystery eine geheimnisvolle Atmosphäre
    4) no pl ( natural talent) Gespür nt;
    to have a \feel for sth ein Gespür für etw akk haben;
    to get the \feel of sth ein Gespür für etw akk bekommen

    English-German students dictionary > feel

  • 18 sure *****

    [ʃʊə(r)]
    1. adj, -r comp - st superl
    (gen) sicuro (-a), (definite, convinced) sicuro (-a), certo (-a)

    I'm not sure how/why/when — non so bene come/perché/quando + sub

    be sure to tell me if you see him — mi raccomando, dimmi se lo vedi

    to be sure of o.s. — essere sicuro (-a) di sé

    be or make sure you do it right — bada di farlo bene

    I think I locked up, but I'll just make sure — credo di aver chiuso a chiave, ma voglio assicurarmene

    she'll leave, for sure — senza dubbio partirà

    I'm sure I don't know; I don't know, I'm sure — che vuoi che ne sappia io?

    2. adv

    is that O.K.? — sure! — va bene? — certo! or sicuro!

    that sure is pretty; that's sure pretty Amè veramente or davvero carino

    sure enough! (of course) sicuro!, senz'altro!

    as sure as eggs is eggs; as sure as I'm standing here — e com'è vero Dio

    English-Italian dictionary > sure *****

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