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demanding chief

1 руководитель руководител·ь

leader, head; (администратор) executive; (управляющий) manager

руководители (в области политики) — policy makers

избирать руководителей — to elect managers

авторитетный руководитель — authoritative leader

волевой руководитель — forceful leader

выдающийся руководитель — foremost leader

зрелый руководитель — mature leader

колеблющийся руководитель — fugitive leader

недальновидный руководитель — short-sighted leader

не идущий на компромисс руководитель — intransigent leader

нетребовательный руководитель — unexacting leader

номинальный / фиктивный руководитель — phantom leader

партийные руководители — party leaders

первоклассный руководитель — first-class leader

политические руководители — political leaders

высшие политические руководители — top political leaders

требовательный руководитель — demanding chief

руководитель аппарата сотрудников Белого дома (США) — Chief of Staff of the White House, Presidential Chief of Staff

руководители государства — leaders of the state

руководитель делегации — leader / head of the delegation

руководители министерств и ведомств — heads of ministries and departments

руководитель сенаторов-демократов (США) — Senate Democratic floor leader

руководитель среднего звена — middle manager

Russian-english dctionary of diplomacy > руководитель руководител·ь
2 capo

m anatomy head

persona head, chief, boss colloq geography cape

capo del governo head of government

capo dello Stato head of state

capo di vestiario item of clothing

da capo from the beginning

ti seguirò in capo al mondo I'll follow you to the ends of the earth

per sommi capi briefly

andare a capo start a new paragraph

non venire a capo di nulla be unable to come to any kind of conclusion

questa storia non ha né capo né coda this story just doesn't make sense

information technology a capo automatico word wrap

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capo s.m.

1 head: a capo alto, with one's head held high; (fig.) proudly; a capo chino, with drooping head; a capo scoperto, bare-headed (o hatless); da capo a piedi, from head to foot; ( di cosa) from top to bottom; ho mal di capo, mi duole il capo, I have a headache, my head aches; chinare il capo, to bend (o to bow) one's head; (fig.) to bow; scrollare il capo, to shake one's head; dar di capo, battere il capo, to bang one's head; una buona lavata di capo, a thorough dressing-down (o scolding) // senza capo né coda, without rhyme or reason: un ragionamento senza capo né coda, a nonsensical (o loose) reasoning // tra capo e collo, unexpectedly // mettere in capo a qlcu., to put into s.o.'s head; mettersi in capo qlco., to take (o to get) sthg. into one's head // non sapere dove battere il capo, to be at a loss; rompersi il capo, (fig.) to rack one's brains ∙ Specialmente nelle frasi idiomatiche la parola 'capo' in questa accezione viene sempre più spesso sostituita da 'testa', per cui si consiglia di consultare anche questo lemma

2 ( estremità, principio) head; ( fine) end: da un capo all'altro, from end to end; sedevano ai due capi della tavola, they were sitting at both ends of the table; in capo a un mese, within a month (o after a whole month) // Capo d'Anno, New Year's Day // a capo, ( dettando) new line (o new paragraph): andare a capo, to begin a new paragraph; punto e a capo, full stop and new line (anche fig.) // da capo, over again (o from the beginning): dobbiamo ricominciare da capo, we have to start all over again // andare in capo al mondo, to go to the end of the world // venire a capo di qlco., to carry sthg. through (o fam. to get through sthg.) // cosa fatta capo ha, what is done cannot be undone

3 (geogr.) cape; headland; ness; (spec. scoz.) mull: doppiare un capo, to round a cape // il Capo di Buona Speranza, the Cape of Good Hope; Città del Capo, Capetown; la Provincia del Capo, Cape Province

4 ( singolo animale, in un gregge, in una mandria) animal; (al pl.) head: questo è il più bel capo della mia mandria, this is the best animal in my herd; furono venduti ottanta capi di bestiame, eighty head of cattle were sold

5 ( articolo commerciale) article: un capo di vestiario, an article of clothing; a settanta euro il capo, at seventy euros each

6 ( chi presiede, comanda) head, chief, (fam.) boss; (pol.) leader: il capo di un'azienda, the head of a firm (o company); capo di una tribù, chief of a tribe; capo sindacale, labour leader; il capo di un partito, the leader of a party; capo di stato, head of state; dov'è il capo?, where's the boss? // capo del personale, personnel manager; capo dell'ufficio vendite, sales director; capo contabile, chief accountant; capo magazziniere, storekeeper; capo operaio, foreman; capo cameriere, head waiter; capo cantiere, yard foreman; capo ufficio stampa, head of the press office; ragioniere capo, head (o chief) accountant; dirigente capo, top executive; ispettore capo, chief inspector (o inspector general) // capo cronista, news editor // capo d'Istituto, principal, ( preside) headmaster // capo storico, founding father // essere a capo di un'azienda, to be at the head of a business; essere a capo di un esercito, to be at the head of an army

7 ( articolo, punto di un discorso, di una relazione) head, item: (dir.) capo d'accusa, charge (o count); capo primo, secondo, terzo..., item one, two, three...; discorso diviso in sette capi, speech arranged under seven heads // capo primo, first of all // per sommi capi, in short (o summarily): una relazione per sommi capi, a summary account.

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['kapo]
1. sm

1) Anat head

a capo chino/alto — with one's head bowed/held high

da capo a piedi — from head to foot

era coperto di fango da capo a piedi — he was covered in mud from head to foot

mal di capo — headache

rompersi il capo fig — to rack one's brains

fra capo e collo — (all'improvviso) out of the blue

2) (di fabbrica, ufficio) head, boss, (di tribù) chief

il mio capo è molto esigente — my boss is very demanding, (di partito, movimento) leader

essere a capo di qc — to head sth, be at the head of sth

- capo del personale

- capo di stato

- capo di bestiame

- Capo di Buona Speranza

- Capo Horn

2. agg inv

(giardiniere, sorvegliante) head attr

redattore capo — chief editor

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['kapo] 1.
sostantivo maschile

1) (testa) head

a capo scoperto — bareheaded

passare per il capo — fig. to go through one's mind

2) (chi comanda, dirige) boss, chief, head, leader

capo del personale — personnel manager

comandante in capo — mil. commander-in-chief

3) (singolo elemento) article, item

un capo di vestiario — an article of clothing

- i colorati — coloureds

4) (di bestiame) head*

30 -i di bestiame — 30 head of cattle

5) (estremità) (di fune) end; (di letto, chiodo) head

da un capo all'altro — from one end to another

all'altro capo (del telefono) — at the other end (of the line)

da capo a fondo — from top to bottom

in capo alla pagina — at the top o head of the page

in capo a un mese — within a month

6) (promontorio) cape, headland

Capo Horn — Cape Horn

7) (filo) strand

lana a due -i — two-ply wool

8) mar. mil.

capo di prima, seconda, terza classe — = chief petty officer

9) da capo

ricominciare da capo — to start afresh, to begin anew

10) a capo (al comando)

essere a capo di qcs. — to head (up) sth.; (in un nuovo paragrafo)

andare a capo — to start a new line; (nella dettatura) new paragraph

venire a capo di — (risolvere) to thrash o work out [ problema]

11) fare capo a (appoggiarsi) [ persona] to refer to; (dipendere) [organizzazione, movimento] to depend on
2.
aggettivo invariabile

ispettore capo — chief inspector

redattore capo — editor-in-chief

capo d'accusa — dir. count

capo del governo — premier

capo di istituto — principal

capo di Stato — head of State

capo di stato maggiore — Chief of Staff

capo storico — founding father

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tremare da capo a piedi — to be trembling all over o from head to foot

senza capo né coda — without rhyme or reason; [ discorso] all over the place

cadere fra capo e collo — to come unexpectedly

in capo al mondo — [ abitare] in the back of beyond; [ andare] to the ends of the earth

per sommi -i — in short, briefly

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capo

/'kapo/ ⇒ 4

I sostantivo m.

1 (testa) head; a capo scoperto bareheaded; passare per il capo fig. to go through one's mind

2 (chi comanda, dirige) boss, chief, head, leader; capo del personale personnel manager; comandante in capo mil. commander-in-chief

3 (singolo elemento) article, item; un capo di vestiario an article of clothing; - i colorati coloureds

4 (di bestiame) head*; 30 -i di bestiame 30 head of cattle

5 (estremità) (di fune) end; (di letto, chiodo) head; da un capo all'altro from one end to another; all'altro capo (del telefono) at the other end (of the line); da capo a fondo from top to bottom; in capo alla pagina at the top o head of the page; in capo a un mese within a month

6 (promontorio) cape, headland; Capo Horn Cape Horn

7 (filo) strand; lana a due -i two-ply wool

8 mar. mil. capo di prima, seconda, terza classe = chief petty officer

9 da capo ricominciare da capo to start afresh, to begin anew

10 a capo (al comando) essere a capo di qcs. to head (up) sth.; (in un nuovo paragrafo) andare a capo to start a new line; (nella dettatura) new paragraph; venire a capo di (risolvere) to thrash o work out [ problema]

11 fare capo a (appoggiarsi) [ persona] to refer to; (dipendere) [organizzazione, movimento] to depend on

II aggettivo invariabile

ispettore capo chief inspector; redattore capo editor-in-chief

IDIOMS

tremare da capo a piedi to be trembling all over o from head to foot; senza capo né coda without rhyme or reason; [ discorso] all over the place; cadere fra capo e collo to come unexpectedly; in capo al mondo [ abitare] in the back of beyond; [ andare] to the ends of the earth; per sommi -i in short, briefly

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COMPOUNDS

capo d'accusa dir. count; capo del governo premier; capo di istituto principal; capo di Stato head of State; capo di stato maggiore Chief of Staff; capo storico founding father.

Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > capo
3 gestión

f.

1 step, move, step of a process, gestio.

2 negotiation, management, undertaking, action.

3 management.

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gestión

► nombre femenino

1 (Also used in plural with the same meaning) (trámite) step, measure, move

■ tengo que realizar varias gestiones, después nos veremos I have a few errands to do, so I'll see you later

2 (comercial) administration, management

■ la gestión de la empresa corre a cargo del hijo del dueño the owner's son is in charge of managing the company

3 (Also used in plural with the same meaning) (negociación) negotiation

■ su gestión para liberar a los rehenes fracasó his efforts to free the hostages failed

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FRASEOLOGÍA

gestión de datos data management

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noun f.

1) management

2) procedure

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SF

1) (=administración) management

le despidieron por su mala gestión — he was dismissed for bad management

gestión de datos — data management

gestión de ficheros — file management

gestión de personal — personnel management

gestión empresarial — business management

gestión financiera — financial management

gestión forestal — woodland management

gestión interna — (Inform) housekeeping

gestión presupuestaria — budget management

2) pl gestiones (=trámites)

tenía que realizar unas gestiones in Madrid — he had some business to do in Madrid

hacer las gestiones necesarias para algo — to take the necessary steps for sth

hacer las gestiones preliminares — to do the groundwork

el gobierno tendrá que hacer las primeras gestiones — the government will have to make the first move

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femenino

a) ( trámite)

hizo or efectuó gestiones para adoptar un niño — he went through the procedure for adopting a child

su apoyo a las gestiones de paz — their support for the peace process

las gestiones realizadas por ellos — the action taken by them

b) (Com, Fin) management

c) (Adm, Gob) administration

d) gestiones femenino plural ( negociaciones) negotiations (pl)

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= handling, husbanding, management, manipulation, running, dispensation, stewardship, manning, managing, back office, keeping.

Ex. The document can now be returned to the proper department for further handling.

Ex. There is nevertheless some scope in some African countries for the exploitation of basic information technologies for such actitivies as the internal husbanding and sharing of decision-making data.

Ex. The practice of librarianship requires performance of the same management functions irrespective of position.

Ex. Indexing may rely upon the facilities for the manipulation and ordering of data offered by the computer.

Ex. The acquisition of these materials is a skilful job demanding the sort of dedication that a housewife brings to the running of her home.

Ex. The role of government publications in the provision of information is discussed as well as the new constitutional dispensation which came into being in September 1984 in the Republic of South Africa.

Ex. The librarian's professional values include service, commitment to truth-seeking and intellectual freedom and a sense of responsibility ( stewardship of knowledge).

Ex. All the things that follow in the chapter are subservient to the inquiry point and its proper manning.

Ex. Compiling, updating, managing and editing monolingual and multilingual thesauri without suitable software is extremely complex.

Ex. Benefits have been proven in the back office and now many organizations are applying it in customer facing applications.

Ex. I am an associate director for collections development, and my responsibilities relate to the getting and keeping of collections = Soy subdirector encargado del desarrollo de la colección y mis responsabilidades están relaconadas con la adquisición y mantenimiento de las colecciones.

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* analista de sistemas de gestión bibliotecaria = library systems analyst.

* consultoría para la gestión = management consultant.

* cursos de gestión de información = management course.

* de gestión = back-office.

* de gestión del museo = curatorial.

* director ejecutivo de la gestión del conocimiento = knowledge executive.

* economía de gestión = managerial economics.

* encargado de la gestión de documentos = record(s) manager.

* encargado de la gestión documental = record(s) manager.

* equipo de gestión = management team.

* escuela de gestión = business school.

* estilo de gestión = managerial style, management style.

* estrategia de gestión = management strategy, managerial strategy.

* estrategia de gestión de la información = information management strategy.

* estructura jerárquica de gestión = line management.

* estudios de gestión = management science.

* gasto de gestión = administration fee.

* gastos de gestión = handling fee.

* gestión administrativa = housekeeping.

* gestión bibliotecaria = library management.

* gestión compartida = shared governance.

* gestión de aguas = water management.

* gestión de archivos = management of records, archive(s) management.

* gestión de archivos personales = personal archives management, personal records management.

* gestión de bases de datos = database management.

* gestión de calidad total = total quality management (TQM).

* gestión de casos clínicos = case management.

* gestión de crisis = crisis management.

* gestión de datos = data handling.

* gestión de documentación administrativa = record keeping [recordkeeping], record management [records management], record(s) management, paperwork management.

* gestión de documentos = document management, handling of documents, record(s) management, record keeping [recordkeeping].

* gestión de documentos electrónicos = electronic document management.

* gestión de empresas = business management.

* gestión de fincas = land management.

* gestión de grandes extensiones para la cría de ganado = range management.

* gestión de imágenes = imaging, image-handling, image management.

* gestión de imágenes de documentos = document image management.

* gestión de imágenes digitales = digital imaging, digital image management.

* gestión de imágenes electrónicas = electronic image management.

* gestión de imágenes por ordenador = computer imaging.

* gestión de la biblioteca = library management, library administration.

* gestión de la colección = collection management.

* gestión de la información = information management, information handling.

* gestión de la oferta de productos = range management.

* gestión del catálogo = catalogue management.

* gestión del comportamiento = behaviour management.

* gestión del conocimiento = knowledge management (KM).

* gestión del contenido = content management.

* gestión del medio ambiente = environmental management.

* Gestión de los Recursos de Información (IRM) = Information Resources Management (IRM).

* gestión del tiempo = time management.

* gestión de objetos = object management.

* gestión de oficinas = office management.

* gestión de operaciones = operations management.

* gestión de personal = personnel management.

* gestión de recursos acuáticos = aquatic resource management.

* gestión de recursos acuíferos = water resource management.

* gestión de recursos hidráulicos = water management.

* gestión de recursos humanos = human resource management.

* gestión de registros = record keeping [recordkeeping].

* gestión de soportes = media management.

* gestión de terrenos = land management.

* gestión de tierras = land management.

* gestión diaria de, la = day-to-day running of, the.

* gestión documental = information management, record management [records management], record(s) management, record keeping [recordkeeping], record keeping [recordkeeping].

* gestión económica = economics.

* gestión electrónica de documentos = electronic record keeping, electronic record keeping, electronic record management.

* gestión entre pares = collegial management.

* gestiones = paperwork.

* gestión financiera = fiscal management.

* gestión mediante proyectos = project management.

* gestión participativa = participative management.

* gestión por objetivos = management by objectives (MBO).

* gestión y conservación de documentos electrónicos = electronic document preservation and management.

* grupo de gestión = management team.

* herramienta de gestión = management tool, managerial tool.

* herramienta para la gestión de la información = information-managing tool.

* información de gestión = management data, management information.

* jefe de los servicios de gestión del conocimiento = chief knowledge officer (CKO).

* Licenciado en Gestión Empresarial = MBA (Master of Business Administration).

* mala gestión = mismanagement.

* método de gestión = managerial style.

* nivel alto de gestión = higher management.

* nivel medio de gestión = middle management.

* para la gestión de información textual = text-handling.

* profesional de la gestión documental = information management professional.

* profesional encargado de la gestión de documentos = records professional.

* programa de gestión bibliográfica personal = personal bibliographic software.

* programa de gestión bibliotecaria = library software package.

* programa de gestión de bases de datos = database management software.

* programa de gestión de datos = database management software.

* Programa de Gestión de Registros y Archivos (RAMP) = Records and Archives Management Programme (RAMP).

* programa de gestión documental = information retrieval software.

* programa de gestión financiera = cash management package, cash management software.

* programa integrado de gestión de bibliotecas = integrated library system (ILS), integrated library management system (ILMS).

* programas para la gestión de mapas = map software.

* responsabilidad en la gestión = accountability.

* responsable de la gestión de documentos = record(s) manager.

* responsable de la gestión documental = record(s) manager.

* sistema de ayuda a la gestión = management support system (MSS).

* sistema de gestión bibliotecaria = library system, library management system.

* sistema de gestión de documentos = record(s) system.

* sistema de gestión de documentos electrónicos = electronic document management system (EDMS).

* sistema de gestión de imágenes = imaging system, image-based system, image management system.

* sistema de gestión de la información (SGI) = information management system (IMS).

* sistema de gestión del conocimiento = knowledge management system (KMS).

* Sistema de Gestión de Mensajes (MHS) = Message Handling System (MHS).

* sistema de gestión de registros = record(s) system.

* sistema de gestión documental = information retrieval system (IRS), record(s) system.

* sistema integrado de gestión bibliotecaria = integrated library package.

* sistema para la información de gestión = management information system (MIS).

* sistema virtual de gestión de cursos = course management system.

* sociedad de gestión de derechos de autor = copyright collective, copyright collecting society, copyright collecting agency.

* teoría de la gestión = management theory.

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femenino

a) ( trámite)

hizo or efectuó gestiones para adoptar un niño — he went through the procedure for adopting a child

su apoyo a las gestiones de paz — their support for the peace process

las gestiones realizadas por ellos — the action taken by them

b) (Com, Fin) management

c) (Adm, Gob) administration

d) gestiones femenino plural ( negociaciones) negotiations (pl)

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= handling, husbanding, management, manipulation, running, dispensation, stewardship, manning, managing, back office, keeping.

Ex: The document can now be returned to the proper department for further handling.

Ex: There is nevertheless some scope in some African countries for the exploitation of basic information technologies for such actitivies as the internal husbanding and sharing of decision-making data.

Ex: The practice of librarianship requires performance of the same management functions irrespective of position.

Ex: Indexing may rely upon the facilities for the manipulation and ordering of data offered by the computer.

Ex: The acquisition of these materials is a skilful job demanding the sort of dedication that a housewife brings to the running of her home.

Ex: The role of government publications in the provision of information is discussed as well as the new constitutional dispensation which came into being in September 1984 in the Republic of South Africa.

Ex: The librarian's professional values include service, commitment to truth-seeking and intellectual freedom and a sense of responsibility ( stewardship of knowledge).

Ex: All the things that follow in the chapter are subservient to the inquiry point and its proper manning.

Ex: Compiling, updating, managing and editing monolingual and multilingual thesauri without suitable software is extremely complex.

Ex: Benefits have been proven in the back office and now many organizations are applying it in customer facing applications.

Ex: I am an associate director for collections development, and my responsibilities relate to the getting and keeping of collections = Soy subdirector encargado del desarrollo de la colección y mis responsabilidades están relaconadas con la adquisición y mantenimiento de las colecciones.

* analista de sistemas de gestión bibliotecaria = library systems analyst.

* consultoría para la gestión = management consultant.

* cursos de gestión de información = management course.

* de gestión = back-office.

* de gestión del museo = curatorial.

* director ejecutivo de la gestión del conocimiento = knowledge executive.

* economía de gestión = managerial economics.

* encargado de la gestión de documentos = record(s) manager.

* encargado de la gestión documental = record(s) manager.

* equipo de gestión = management team.

* escuela de gestión = business school.

* estilo de gestión = managerial style, management style.

* estrategia de gestión = management strategy, managerial strategy.

* estrategia de gestión de la información = information management strategy.

* estructura jerárquica de gestión = line management.

* estudios de gestión = management science.

* gasto de gestión = administration fee.

* gastos de gestión = handling fee.

* gestión administrativa = housekeeping.

* gestión bibliotecaria = library management.

* gestión compartida = shared governance.

* gestión de aguas = water management.

* gestión de archivos = management of records, archive(s) management.

* gestión de archivos personales = personal archives management, personal records management.

* gestión de bases de datos = database management.

* gestión de calidad total = total quality management (TQM).

* gestión de casos clínicos = case management.

* gestión de crisis = crisis management.

* gestión de datos = data handling.

* gestión de documentación administrativa = record keeping [recordkeeping], record management [records management], record(s) management, paperwork management.

* gestión de documentos = document management, handling of documents, record(s) management, record keeping [recordkeeping].

* gestión de documentos electrónicos = electronic document management.

* gestión de empresas = business management.

* gestión de fincas = land management.

* gestión de grandes extensiones para la cría de ganado = range management.

* gestión de imágenes = imaging, image-handling, image management.

* gestión de imágenes de documentos = document image management.

* gestión de imágenes digitales = digital imaging, digital image management.

* gestión de imágenes electrónicas = electronic image management.

* gestión de imágenes por ordenador = computer imaging.

* gestión de la biblioteca = library management, library administration.

* gestión de la colección = collection management.

* gestión de la información = information management, information handling.

* gestión de la oferta de productos = range management.

* gestión del catálogo = catalogue management.

* gestión del comportamiento = behaviour management.

* gestión del conocimiento = knowledge management (KM).

* gestión del contenido = content management.

* gestión del medio ambiente = environmental management.

* Gestión de los Recursos de Información (IRM) = Information Resources Management (IRM).

* gestión del tiempo = time management.

* gestión de objetos = object management.

* gestión de oficinas = office management.

* gestión de operaciones = operations management.

* gestión de personal = personnel management.

* gestión de recursos acuáticos = aquatic resource management.

* gestión de recursos acuíferos = water resource management.

* gestión de recursos hidráulicos = water management.

* gestión de recursos humanos = human resource management.

* gestión de registros = record keeping [recordkeeping].

* gestión de soportes = media management.

* gestión de terrenos = land management.

* gestión de tierras = land management.

* gestión diaria de, la = day-to-day running of, the.

* gestión documental = information management, record management [records management], record(s) management, record keeping [recordkeeping], record keeping [recordkeeping].

* gestión económica = economics.

* gestión electrónica de documentos = electronic record keeping, electronic record keeping, electronic record management.

* gestión entre pares = collegial management.

* gestiones = paperwork.

* gestión financiera = fiscal management.

* gestión mediante proyectos = project management.

* gestión participativa = participative management.

* gestión por objetivos = management by objectives (MBO).

* gestión y conservación de documentos electrónicos = electronic document preservation and management.

* grupo de gestión = management team.

* herramienta de gestión = management tool, managerial tool.

* herramienta para la gestión de la información = information-managing tool.

* información de gestión = management data, management information.

* jefe de los servicios de gestión del conocimiento = chief knowledge officer (CKO).

* Licenciado en Gestión Empresarial = MBA (Master of Business Administration).

* mala gestión = mismanagement.

* método de gestión = managerial style.

* nivel alto de gestión = higher management.

* nivel medio de gestión = middle management.

* para la gestión de información textual = text-handling.

* profesional de la gestión documental = information management professional.

* profesional encargado de la gestión de documentos = records professional.

* programa de gestión bibliográfica personal = personal bibliographic software.

* programa de gestión bibliotecaria = library software package.

* programa de gestión de bases de datos = database management software.

* programa de gestión de datos = database management software.

* Programa de Gestión de Registros y Archivos (RAMP) = Records and Archives Management Programme (RAMP).

* programa de gestión documental = information retrieval software.

* programa de gestión financiera = cash management package, cash management software.

* programa integrado de gestión de bibliotecas = integrated library system (ILS), integrated library management system (ILMS).

* programas para la gestión de mapas = map software.

* responsabilidad en la gestión = accountability.

* responsable de la gestión de documentos = record(s) manager.

* responsable de la gestión documental = record(s) manager.

* sistema de ayuda a la gestión = management support system (MSS).

* sistema de gestión bibliotecaria = library system, library management system.

* sistema de gestión de documentos = record(s) system.

* sistema de gestión de documentos electrónicos = electronic document management system (EDMS).

* sistema de gestión de imágenes = imaging system, image-based system, image management system.

* sistema de gestión de la información (SGI) = information management system (IMS).

* sistema de gestión del conocimiento = knowledge management system (KMS).

* Sistema de Gestión de Mensajes (MHS) = Message Handling System (MHS).

* sistema de gestión de registros = record(s) system.

* sistema de gestión documental = information retrieval system (IRS), record(s) system.

* sistema integrado de gestión bibliotecaria = integrated library package.

* sistema para la información de gestión = management information system (MIS).

* sistema virtual de gestión de cursos = course management system.

* sociedad de gestión de derechos de autor = copyright collective, copyright collecting society, copyright collecting agency.

* teoría de la gestión = management theory.

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gestión

feminine

1

(trámite): la única gestión que había realizado the only step he had taken

hizo or efectuó gestiones para adoptar un niño he went through the procedure for adopting a child

su apoyo a las gestiones de paz their support for the peace process o peace moves

las gestiones realizadas por sus compañeros the steps o action taken by his colleagues

las gestiones actualmente en marcha para resolverlo the efforts currently under way to resolve it

unas gestiones que tenía que realizar some business that I had to attend to

2 ( Com, Fin) (de una empresa) management, running; (de bienes) management, administration

3 ( Adm, Gob) administration

un balance sobre sus dos años de gestión a review of their two-year administration o of their two years in power

4 gestiones fpl (negociaciones) negotiations (pl)

Compuestos:

● gestión de cartera

portfolio management

● gestión de riesgos

risk management

● gestión del tiempo

time management

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gestión sustantivo femenino
a) ( trámite) step;

◊ la única gestión que había hecho the only step he had taken;

hizo gestiones para adoptar un niño he went through the procedure for adopting a child;
su apoyo a las gestiones de paz their support for the peace process
b)

◊ gestiones sustantivo femenino plural ( negociaciones) negotiations (pl)

gestión sustantivo femenino
1 (de un negocio, empresa) management 2 gestiones, (conjunto de trámites) formalities, steps: están haciendo gestiones para liberarlos, they are working to free him
' gestión' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bloquear
- excusada
- excusado
- recado
- trámite
- transparencia
- transparente
- diligencia
- paso
English:
collapse
- conduct
- course
- financial management
- management
- management accounting
- management consultancy
- management studies
- MBA
- mismanagement
- personnel management
- procedure
- running
- unproductive
- financial
- indictment

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gestión nf

1. [diligencia]
tengo que hacer unas gestiones en el ayuntamiento I have a few things to do at the town hall;

las gestiones para obtener un visado the formalities involved in getting a visa;

sus gestiones para obtener la beca no dieron fruto his efforts to get a grant were unsuccessful;

las gestiones del negociador fracasaron the negotiator's efforts came to nothing;

voy a intentar hacer unas gestiones a ver si puedo conseguirlo I'll try and speak to a few people to see if I can manage it;

Comp
RP
no hay peor gestión que la que no se hace there's no harm in trying

2. [administración] management

Comp
gestión de calidad quality control; Fin gestión de cartera portfolio management; Com gestión de cobro = collection of outstanding payments;
gestión de crisis crisis management;

gestión de empresas business management;

gestión financiera financial management;
Com gestión de línea line management; Com gestión de personal personnel management;
gestión política [de gobierno, ministro] conduct in government;

gestión de recursos resource management;

gestión de riesgos risk management;

gestión del tiempo time management

3. Informát gestión de ficheros file management;

gestión de memoria memory management

4. [gobierno] administration;

tres años de gestión del gobierno socialista three years under the socialist administration

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gestión

f

1 management;

mala gestión mismanagement, poor management

2

:

gestiones pl ( trámites) formalities, procedure sg ;

hacer gestiones attend to some business

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gestión nf, pl gestiones

1) trámite: procedure, step

2) administración: management

3) gestiones nfpl

: negotiations

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gestión n (administración) management

Spanish-English dictionary > gestión
4 contundente

adj.

1 blunt (arma, objeto).

2 convincing, decisive, forceful, conclusive.

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contundente

► adjetivo

1 (arma) blunt

2 figurado (categórico) convincing, overwhelming, weighty

■ un "no" contundente a firm "no"

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ADJ

1) [arma] offensive; [instrumento] blunt

2) (=aplastante) [argumento] forceful, convincing; [prueba] conclusive; [derrota, victoria] crushing, overwhelming; [tono] forceful; [efecto, método] severe; [arbitraje] strict, severe; [juego] tough, hard, aggressive

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adjetivo

a) <objeto/instrumento> blunt; < golpe> severe, heavy

b) <argumento/respuesta> forceful; < prueba> convincing; < victoria> resounding; < fracaso> crushing

ganó de forma contundente — he won convincingly

un ademán contundente — an emphatic gesture

fue contundente en sus declaraciones — he was categorical in his statements

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= assertive, cogent, vociferous, vocal, forthright, uncompromising, categorical, unequivocal, categoric, unmitigaged, arresting, power-packed.

Ex. I tried to say at the very outset of my remarks that there probably has not been sufficient consumer-like and assertive leverage exerted upon our chief suppliers.

Ex. Children's librarians must plan to meet children's needs, and must be able to articulate the philosophy of children's library services in cogent terms.

Ex. The reaction came in 1978 -- a vociferous social demand for reading and learning, including a new interest in librarianship.

Ex. Koelling has been a vocal advocate for successful digitization projects in the museum community.

Ex. We have been told once, in clear and forthright terms, what it is that we need.

Ex. What precipitated that furor was that Panizzi's volume represented a uncompromising rejection of the comfortable ideology of the finding catalog.

Ex. There is a categorical moral imperative for a deepening and a renewal of the concept of collegiality -- that is a blend of intense competition and mutual support -- in relations between research scholars and research librarians.

Ex. The exhaustive and unequivocal definition of the nature and types of material qualifying to be described as ephemera could probably form the basis of a learned dissertation.

Ex. The question of the need for categoric assurances is not locked into a 12 month timeframe or any other timeframe.

Ex. Only Bush could take a horrible situation and create an unmitigated disaster.

Ex. It is when speakers have no feeling for pause that their speech seems to burble on without any arresting quality; the club bore is a burbler: he has not learnt the eloquence of silence.

Ex. Eating these power-packed vegetables in their natural state especially garlic increases their health benefits.

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* demostrar de un modo contundente = demonstrate + beyond (all) doubt, prove + beyond all doubt.

* pruebas contundentes = hard evidence.

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adjetivo

a) <objeto/instrumento> blunt; < golpe> severe, heavy

b) <argumento/respuesta> forceful; < prueba> convincing; < victoria> resounding; < fracaso> crushing

ganó de forma contundente — he won convincingly

un ademán contundente — an emphatic gesture

fue contundente en sus declaraciones — he was categorical in his statements

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= assertive, cogent, vociferous, vocal, forthright, uncompromising, categorical, unequivocal, categoric, unmitigaged, arresting, power-packed.

Ex: I tried to say at the very outset of my remarks that there probably has not been sufficient consumer-like and assertive leverage exerted upon our chief suppliers.

Ex: Children's librarians must plan to meet children's needs, and must be able to articulate the philosophy of children's library services in cogent terms.

Ex: The reaction came in 1978 -- a vociferous social demand for reading and learning, including a new interest in librarianship.

Ex: Koelling has been a vocal advocate for successful digitization projects in the museum community.

Ex: We have been told once, in clear and forthright terms, what it is that we need.

Ex: What precipitated that furor was that Panizzi's volume represented a uncompromising rejection of the comfortable ideology of the finding catalog.

Ex: There is a categorical moral imperative for a deepening and a renewal of the concept of collegiality -- that is a blend of intense competition and mutual support -- in relations between research scholars and research librarians.

Ex: The exhaustive and unequivocal definition of the nature and types of material qualifying to be described as ephemera could probably form the basis of a learned dissertation.

Ex: The question of the need for categoric assurances is not locked into a 12 month timeframe or any other timeframe.

Ex: Only Bush could take a horrible situation and create an unmitigated disaster.

Ex: It is when speakers have no feeling for pause that their speech seems to burble on without any arresting quality; the club bore is a burbler: he has not learnt the eloquence of silence.

Ex: Eating these power-packed vegetables in their natural state especially garlic increases their health benefits.

* demostrar de un modo contundente = demonstrate + beyond (all) doubt, prove + beyond all doubt.

* pruebas contundentes = hard evidence.

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contundente

adjective

1 ‹objeto/instrumento› blunt

fue golpeado con un objeto contundente he was hit with a blunt instrument

le asestó un golpe contundente he dealt her a severe o heavy blow

2 ‹argumento› forceful, convincing; ‹prueba› convincing, conclusive; ‹victoria› resounding ( before n); ‹fracaso› crushing, overwhelming

el candidato fue elegido de forma contundente the candidate was elected by an overwhelming majority

hizo un ademán contundente he made an emphatic gesture

fue contundente en sus declaraciones he was most emphatic o categorical in his statements

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contundente adjetivo
a) ‹objeto/instrumento› blunt;

‹ golpe› severe, heavy
b) ‹argumento/respuesta› forceful;

‹ prueba› convincing;
‹fracaso/victoria› resounding ( before n);
◊ fue contundente en sus declaraciones he was categorical in his statements

contundente adjetivo
1 (convincente) convincing
(concluyente) conclusive
2 (golpe) heavy
(objeto) blunt
' contundente' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
tajante
English:
forcible
- hard-hitting
- sound
- stunning
- telling
- blunt
- clinch
- decisive

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contundente adj

1. [arma, objeto] blunt;

lanzaron objetos contundentes contra la policía they threw heavy objects at the police

2. [golpe] heavy;

recibió un puñetazo contundente he was punched hard

3. [razonamiento, argumento] forceful, convincing;
[prueba] conclusive, convincing; [victoria] comprehensive, resounding;
la empresa dio una respuesta contundente a los huelguistas the company dealt with the strikers decisively;

se mostró contundente al exigir la dimisión del secretario general he was quite categorical in demanding the resignation of the general secretary

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contundente

adj arma blunt; fig: derrota overwhelming

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contundente adj

1) : blunt

un objeto contundente: a blunt instrument

2) : forceful, convincing

♦ contundentemente adv

Spanish-English dictionary > contundente
5 tête

tête [tεt]

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1. feminine noun

2. compounds

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1. <

   a. [de personne, animal] head

• être tête nue to be bareheaded

• avoir mal à la tête to have a headache

• j'ai la tête lourde my head feels heavy

• tomber la tête la première to fall headfirst

• se laver la tête to wash one's hair

• c'est à se cogner la tête contre les murs it's enough to drive you up the wall (inf)

• j'en donnerais ma tête à couper I would stake my life on it

• des têtes vont tomber heads will roll

• faire la tête au carré à qn (inf!) to smash sb's face in (inf!)

• tenir tête à qn/qch to stand up to sb/sth

• réclamer la tête de qn to demand sb's head

• jurer sur la tête de qn to swear on sb's life

• risquer sa tête to risk one's neck

• sauver sa tête to save one's neck

• gagner d'une tête [cheval] to win by a head

• garder la tête froide to keep a cool head

• avoir la tête dure ( = têtu) to be stubborn

• être une tête de mule (inf) to be as stubborn as a mule

   b. ( = visage, expression) face

• il a une tête sympathique he has a nice face

• il a une tête sinistre he has a sinister look about him

• il a une bonne tête he looks a decent sort

• quand il a appris la nouvelle il a fait une drôle de tête ! you should have seen his face when he heard the news!

• il en fait une tête ! just look at his face!

• faire la tête to sulk

• c'est une tête à claques (inf) he has got the sort of face you'd love to smack

• c'est à la tête du client (inf) it depends on the person

• avoir ses têtes (inf) to have one's favourites

   c. ( = personne) head

• de nouvelles têtes new faces

• le repas coûtera 150 € par tête de pipe (inf!) the meal will cost 150 euros a head

   d. ( = partie supérieure) [de clou, marteau] head ; [d'arbre] top

• tête d'ail head of garlic

• tête d'épingle pinhead

   e. ( = partie antérieure) head

• l'équipe conserve la tête du classement the team retains its lead

• prendre la tête to take the lead

   f. ( = facultés mentales) avoir toute sa tête to have all one's faculties

• n'avoir rien dans la tête to be empty-headed

• où ai-je la tête ? whatever am I thinking of?

• avoir une petite tête to be dim-witted

• avoir une tête de linotte to be a scatterbrain

• être tête en l'air to be a scatterbrain

• c'est une tête (inf) he's really brainy (inf)

• c'est une tête en maths he's (or she's) really good at maths

• avoir la tête sur les épaules to be level-headed

• calculer qch de tête to work sth out in one's head

• chercher qch dans sa tête to search one's memory for sth

• fourrer qch dans la tête de qn (inf) to put sth into sb's head

• se mettre dans la tête que to get it into one's head that

• avoir la tête à ce que l'on fait to have one's mind on what one is doing

• avoir la tête ailleurs to have one's mind on other matters

• n'en faire qu'à sa tête to do as one pleases

• se prendre la tête to get in(to) a state (inf)

• il me prend la tête (inf) he drives me nuts (inf)

• la géométrie, ça me prend la tête (inf) geometry does my head in (inf)

• j'y réfléchirai à tête reposée I'll think about it when I've got a quiet moment

   g. (Football) header

• faire une tête to head the ball

   h. (locutions)

► tête baissée

• foncer or se jeter tête baissée dans to rush headlong into► la tête haute

• marcher la tête haute to walk with one's head held high► coup de tête head-butt ; (figurative) sudden impulse

• donner un coup de tête à qn to head-butt sb

• agir sur un coup de tête to act on impulse► à la tête de

• à la tête du cortège at the head of the procession

• être à la tête d'un mouvement/d'une affaire ( = diriger) to head a movement/a business

• se trouver à la tête d'une petite fortune to find o.s. the owner of a small fortune► de la tête aux pieds from head to foot

► en tête

• je n'ai plus le nom en tête I can't recall the name

• se mettre en tête de faire qch to take it into one's head to do sth

• on monte en tête ou en queue ? shall we get on at the front or the back?

• être en tête to be in the lead

• dans les sondages, il arrive largement en tête he's well ahead in the polls

• en tête de phrase at the beginning of the sentence

• être en tête de liste to come at the top of the list

• il arrive en tête du scrutin he's leading in the elections

2. <

► tête d'affiche top of the bill

• être la tête d'affiche to be top of the bill ► tête brûlée ( = baroudeur) desperado

► tête d'enregistrement recording head

► tête de lecture [de magnétophone, magnétoscope] play-back head ; (Computing) reading head

► tête de ligne terminus

► tête de liste (Politics) chief candidate (in list system of voting)

► tête de lit bedhead

► tête de mort ( = emblème) death's-head ; (sur pavillon) skull and crossbones

► tête de nœud (vulg!) dickhead (vulg!)

► tête nucléaire nuclear warhead

► tête de série (Tennis) seeded player

• il est tête de série numéro 2 he's the number 2 seed ► tête de Turc whipping boy

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tɛt
nom féminin

1) gén head

la tête basse — ( humblement) with one's head bowed

la tête haute — ( dignement) with one's head held high

tête baissée — [se lancer, foncer] headlong

la tête en bas — [être suspendu, se retrouver] upside down

au-dessus de nos têtes — ( en l'air) overhead

sans tête — headless

coup de tête — headbutt

donner un coup de tête à quelqu'un — to headbutt somebody

être tombé sur la tête — (colloq) fig to have gone off one's rocker (colloq)

2) ( dessus du crâne) head

se laver la tête — to wash one's hair

j'ai la tête toute mouillée — my hair's all wet

3) ( visage) face

une bonne/sale tête — a nice/nasty face

tu en fais une tête! — what a face!, why the long face?

ne fais pas cette tête-là! — don't pull such a face!

quelle tête va-t-il faire? — how's he going to react?

il (me) fait la tête — he's sulking

ne fais pas ta mauvaise tête — don't be so difficult

elle fait sa mauvaise tête — she's being difficult

il a une tête à tricher — he looks like a cheat

tu as une tête à faire peur, aujourd'hui! — you look dreadful today!

4) ( esprit) mind

de tête — [citer, réciter] from memory; [calculer] in one's head

tu n'as pas de tête! — you have a mind like a sieve!

je n'ai pas la référence en tête — I can't recall the reference

où avais-je la tête? — whatever was I thinking of?

ça (ne) va pas, la tête? — (colloq) are you out of your mind or what?

j'avais la tête ailleurs — I was thinking of something else

n'avoir rien dans la tête — to be empty-headed

c'est lui qui t'a mis ça dans la tête! — you got that idea from him!

mets-lui ça dans la tête — drum it into him/her

se mettre dans la or en tête de faire — to take it into one's head to do

monter la tête à Pierre contre Paul — to turn Pierre against Paul

monter à la tête de quelqu'un, faire tourner la tête de quelqu'un — [alcool, succès] to go to somebody's head

elle t'a fait tourner la tête — she's turned your head

il n'est pas bien dans sa tête — (colloq) he isn't right in the head

il a encore toute sa tête (à lui) — he's still got all his faculties

n'en faire qu'à sa tête — to go one's own way

tenir tête à quelqu'un — to stand up to somebody

sur un coup de tête — on an impulse

5) ( personne) face

avoir ses têtes — to have one's favourites [BrE]

en tête à tête — [être, dîner] alone together

rencontrer quelqu'un en tête à tête — to have a meeting with somebody in private

un dîner en tête à tête — an intimate dinner for two

6) ( mesure de longueur) head

avoir une tête de plus que quelqu'un — to be a head taller than somebody

gagner d'une courte tête — [personne] to win by a narrow margin; [cheval] to win by a short head

avoir une tête d'avance sur quelqu'un — to be a short length in front of somebody

7) ( unité de troupeau) head (inv)

8) ( individu)

par tête — gén a head, each; ( dans des statistiques) per capita

par tête de pipe — (colloq) each

9) ( vie) head

vouloir la tête de quelqu'un — ( mort) to want somebody's head; ( disgrâce) to be after somebody's head

risquer sa tête — to risk one's neck (colloq)

des têtes vont tomber — fig heads will roll

10) ( direction)

le groupe de tête — the leading group

c'est lui la tête pensante du mouvement — he's the brains behind the movement

il restera à la tête du groupe — he will stay on as head of the group

prendre la tête du parti — to become leader of the party

prendre la tête des opérations — to take charge of operations

être à la tête d'une immense fortune — to be the possessor of a huge fortune

11) ( premières places) top

être en tête — (de liste, classement) to be at the top; (d'élection, de course, sondage) to be in the lead

venir en tête — to come first

marcher en tête — to walk at the front

marcher en tête d'un cortège — to head a procession

le gouvernement, le premier ministre en tête, a décidé que... — the government, led by the Prime Minister, has decided that...

des tas de gens viendront, ta femme en tête — heaps of people are coming, your wife to begin with

en tête de phrase — at the beginning of a sentence

12) ( extrémité) ( de train) front; (de convoi, cortège) head; (d'arbre, de mât) top; (de vis, rivet, clou) head

une place en tête de train — a seat at the front of the train

en tête de file — first in line

13) Sport ( au football) header

faire une tête — to head the ball

14) Armée ( d'engin) warhead

15) ( en électronique) (d'enregistrement, effacement) head; ( d'électrophone) cartridge

tête de lecture — (de magnétophone, magnétoscope) head

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Phrasal Verbs:

- tête d'affiche

- tête en l'air

- tête brûlée

- tête de chapitre

- tête à claques

- tête de cochon

- tête d'épingle

- tête de lard

- tête de linotte

- tête de liste

- tête de lit

- tête de mort

- tête de mule

- tête d'oiseau

- tête de pioche

- tête de série

- tête de Turc

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j'en mettrais ma tête à couper or sur le billot — I'd swear to it

en avoir par-dessus la tête — (colloq) to be fed up to the back teeth (colloq)

se prendre la tête à deux mains — (colloq) ( pour réfléchir) to rack one's brains (colloq)

prendre la tête — (colloq) to be a drag (colloq)

se prendre la tête — (colloq) to do one's head in (colloq)

te prends pas la tête pour ça! — don't worry about it!

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tɛt nf
1) [personne, animal] head

de la tête aux pieds — from head to toe

la tête en bas — with one's head down

la tête la première [tomber] — head first

se laver la tête — to wash one's hair

gagner d'une (courte) tête — to win by a (short) head

2) (= visage, expression) face

faire la tête — to sulk

3) FOOTBALL header

faire une tête — to head the ball, to do a header

4) (= position)

wagon de tête — front carriage

en tête SPORT — in the lead, (d'un cortège) at the front, at the head

en tête de SPORT — leading, [cortège] leading

en tête de la course — in the lead

en tête des meilleures ventes — at the top of the best-seller list

à la tête de [organisation] — at the head of, in charge of

prendre la tête de [peloton, course] — to take the lead in, [organisation, société] to become the head of

5) (autres locutions)

calculer qch de tête — to work sth out in one's head, to do a mental calculation of sth

avoir la tête dure — to be thickheaded

perdre la tête (= s'affoler) — to lose one's head, (= devenir fou) to go off one's head

ça ne va pas, la tête? * — are you crazy?

se mettre en tête que — to get it into one's head that

se mettre en tête de faire — to take it into one's head to do

une forte tête — a rebel

la tête basse — hanging one's head

par tête — per head

tenir tête à qn — to stand up to sb, to defy sb

en avoir par-dessus la tête — to be fed up

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tête ⇒ Le corps humain nf

1 gén (d'animal, insecte, de personne, plante) head; bouger la tête to move one's head; dessiner une tête de femme to draw a woman's head; statue à tête de chien statue with a dog's head; en pleine tête (right) in the head; blessure à la tête head injury; frapper qn à la tête to hit sb on the head; la tête la première [tomber, plonger] head first; la tête basse ( humblement) with one's head bowed; la tête haute ( dignement) with one's head held high; garder la tête haute fig to hold one's head high; tête baissée [se lancer, foncer] headlong; la tête en bas [être suspendu, se retrouver] upside down; au-dessus de nos têtes ( en l'air) overhead; sans tête [corps, cadavre] headless; coup de tête headbutt; donner un coup de tête à qn to headbutt sb; tomber sur la tête lit to fall on one's head; être tombé sur la tête○ fig to have gone off one's rocker○; salut, p’tite tête○! hello, bonehead○!; ⇒ bille, coûter, donner, gros;

2 ( dessus du crâne) head; se couvrir/se gratter la tête to cover/to scratch one's head; avoir la tête rasée to have a shaven head; sortir tête nue or sans rien sur la tête to go out bareheaded; se laver la tête to wash one's hair; j'ai la tête toute mouillée my hair's all wet;

3 ( visage) face; une bonne/sale tête a nice/nasty face; il a une belle tête he's got a nice face; si tu avais vu ta tête! you should have seen your face!; t'as vu la tête qu'il a tirée○? did you see his face?; tu en fais une tête! what a face you're pulling!; ne fais pas cette tête-là! don't pull such a face!; faire une tête longue comme ça○ to look miserable; il a fait une drôle de tête quand il m'a vu he pulled a face when he saw me; quelle tête va-t-il faire? how's he going to react?; faire une tête de circonstance to assume a suitable expression; à cette nouvelle, il a changé de tête on hearing this, his face fell; il (me) fait la tête he's sulking; ne fais pas ta mauvaise tête don't be so difficult; elle fait sa mauvaise tête she's being difficult; il a une tête à tricher he looks like a cheat; elle a une tête à être du quartier she looks like a local; tu as une tête à faire peur, aujourd'hui! you look dreadful today!; se faire la or une tête de Pierrot to make oneself up as (a) Pierrot; ⇒ six;

4 ( esprit) de tête [citer, réciter] from memory; [calculer] in one's head; tu n'as pas de tête! you have a mind like a sieve!; avoir en tête de faire to have it in mind to do; avoir qch en tête to have sth in mind; j'ai bien d'autres choses en tête pour le moment I've got a lot of other things on my mind at the moment; je n'ai pas la référence en tête I can't recall the reference; où avais-je la tête? whatever was I thinking of?; ça (ne) va pas, la tête○? are you feeling all right?; j'ai la tête vide my mind is a blank; j'avais la tête ailleurs I was dreaming, I was thinking of something else; elle n'a pas la tête à ce qu'elle fait her mind isn't on what she's doing; avoir la tête pleine de projets, avoir des projets plein la tête to have one's head full of plans; quand il a quelque chose dans la or en tête, il ne l'a pas ailleurs○ once he's got GB ou gotten US something into his head, he can't think of anything else; n'avoir rien dans la tête to be empty-headed, to be an airhead○; c'est lui qui t'a mis ça dans la tête! you got that idea from him!; mets-lui ça dans la tête drum it into him/her; se mettre dans la or en tête que to get it into one's head that; se mettre dans la or en tête de faire to take it into one's head to do; mets-toi bien ça dans la tête! get it into your head once and for all!; mettez-vous dans la tête que je ne signerai pas get it into your head that I won't sign; passer par la tête de qn [idée] to cross sb's mind; on ne sait jamais ce qui leur passe par la tête you never know what's going through their minds; passer au-dessus de la tête de qn to be ou go (right) over sb's head; sortir de la tête de qn to slip sb's mind; ça m'est sorti de la tête it slipped my mind; cette fille lui a fait perdre la tête he's lost his head over that girl; monter la tête à Pierre contre Paul to turn Pierre against Paul; j'ai la tête qui tourne my head's spinning; ça me fait tourner la tête it's making my head spin; monter à la tête, faire tourner la tête de qn [alcool, succès] to go to sb's head; elle t'a fait tourner la tête she's turned your head; il n'est pas bien dans sa tête○ he isn't right in the head; il a encore toute sa tête (à lui) he's still got all his faculties ou marbles○; il n'a plus sa tête à lui he's no longer in possession of all his faculties, he's lost his marbles○; n'en faire qu'à sa tête to go one's own way; tenir tête à qn to stand up to sb; sur un coup de tête on an impulse; ⇒ fort;

5 ( personne) face; j'ai déjà vu cette tête-là quelque part I've seen that face somewhere before; voir de nouvelles têtes to see new faces; avoir ses têtes to have one's favourites^GB; en tête à tête [être, rester, dîner] alone together; être (en) tête à tête avec qn to be alone with sb; rencontrer qn en tête à tête to have a meeting with sb in private; un dîner en tête à tête an intimate dinner for two;

6 ( mesure de longueur) head; avoir une tête de plus que qn, dépasser qn d'une tête to be a head taller than sb; gagner d'une courte tête [personne] to win by a narrow margin; [cheval] to win by a short head; avoir une tête d'avance sur qn to be a short length in front of sb;

7 ( unité de troupeau) head ( inv); 30 têtes de bétail 30 head of cattle; un troupeau de 500 têtes a herd of 500 head;

8 ( individu) par tête gén a head, each; Stat per capita; par tête de pipe○ each; ça fera 100 euros par tête it'll be 100 euros each ou a head; le PNB par tête the per capita GNP;

9 ( vie) head; ma tête est mise à prix there's a price on my head; vouloir la tête de qn ( mort) to want sb's head; ( disgrâce) to be after sb's head; risquer sa tête to risk one's neck○; des têtes vont tomber fig heads will roll;

10 ( direction) frapper une révolte à la tête to go for the leaders of an uprising; le groupe de tête the leading group; c'est lui la tête pensante du projet/mouvement/gang he's the brains behind the project/movement/gang; être à la tête d'un mouvement/parti to be at the head of a movement/party; il restera à la tête du groupe he will stay on as head of the group; il a été nommé à la tête du groupe he was appointed head of the group; on l'a rappelé à la tête de l'équipe he was called back to head up ou lead the team; prendre la tête du parti to become leader of the party; prendre la tête des opérations to take charge of operations; être à la tête d'une immense fortune to be the possessor of a huge fortune;

11 ( premières places) top; les él èves qui forment la tête de la classe the pupils at the top of the class; les candidats en tête de liste the candidates at the top of the list; être en tête (de liste, classement) to be at the top; (d'élection, de course, sondage) to be in the lead; venir en tête to come first; marcher en tête to walk at the front; à la tête d'un cortège at the head of a procession; marcher en tête d'un cortège to head ou lead a procession; il est en tête au premier tour Pol he's in the lead after the first round; il est en tête dans les sondages he's leading in the polls; l'équipe de tête au championnat the leading team in the championship; arriver en tête [coureur] to come in first; [candidat] to come first; le gouvernement, le premier ministre en tête, a décidé que… the government, led by the Prime Minister, has decided that…; des tas de gens viendront, ta femme en tête heaps of people are coming, your wife to begin with; en tête de phrase at the beginning of a sentence;

12 ( extrémité) ( de train) front; (de convoi, cortège) head; (d'arbre, de mât) top; (de vis, rivet, clou) head; les wagons de tête the front carriages GB ou cars US; une place en tête de train a seat at the front of the train; je préfère m'asseoir en tête I prefer to sit at the front; la tête du convoi s'est engagée sur le pont the head of the convoy went onto the bridge; l'avion a rasé la tête des arbres the plane clipped the tops of the trees ou the treetops; en tête de file first in line; ⇒ queue;

13 Sport ( au football) header; faire une tête to head the ball;

14 Mil ( d'engin) warhead; tête chimique/nucléaire chemical/nuclear warhead; missile à têtes multiples multiple-warhead missile;

15 Électron (d'enregistrement, effacement) head; ( d'électrophone) cartridge; tête de lecture (de magnétophone, magnétoscope) head.

Composés

tête d'affiche Cin, Théât top of the bill; tête d'ail Bot, Culin head of garlic; tête en l'air scatterbrain; être tête en l'air to be scatterbrained; tête blonde ( enfant) little one; nos chères têtes blondes hum our little darlings; tête brûlée daredevil; tête de chapitre chapter heading; tête chercheuse Mil homing device; missile à tête chercheuse homing missile; tête à claques○ pain○; quelle tête à claques, ce type! he's somebody you could cheerfully punch in the face; tête de cochon○ = tête de lard; tête couronnée crowned head; tête de delco® Aut distributor cap; tête d'écriture Ordinat write ou writing head; tête d'effacement Ordinat erase ou erasing head; tête d'épingle lit, fig pinhead; tête flottante Ordinat floating head; tête de lard○ péj ( têtu) mule; ( mauvais caractère) grouch; tête de ligne Transp end of the line; tête de linotte scatterbrain; tête de liste Pol chief candidate; tête de lit bedhead GB, headboard; tête magnétique magnetic head; tête de mort ( crâne) skull; ( symbole de mort) death's head; ( emblème de pirates) skull and crossbones (+ v sg); tête de mule○ mule; être une vraie tête de mule to be as stubborn as a mule; tête de nègre Culin chocolate marshmallow; tête de nœud● offensive prick●; tête d'oiseau○ péj featherbrain; tête de pioche○ = tête de mule; tête de pont Mil bridgehead; tête de série Sport seeded player; tête de série numéro deux number two seed; tête de Turc○ whipping boy; être la tête de Turc de qn to be sb's whipping boy; tête de veau Culin calf's head.

Idiomes

j'en mettrais ma tête à couper or sur le billot I'd put my head on the block; en avoir par-dessus la tête to be fed up to the back teeth○ (de with); se prendre la tête à deux mains ( pour réfléchir)○ to rack one's brains○; prendre la tête○, être une (vraie) prise de tête○ to be a drag○.

[tɛt] nom féminin

A.[PARTIE DU CORPS]

1. ANATOMIE head

la tête haute with (one's) head held high

la tête la première head first

de la tête aux pieds from head to foot ou toe

avoir mal à la tête to have a headache

avoir la tête lourde to have a thick head (UK), to feel fuzzy

j'ai la tête qui tourne [malaise] my head is spinning

ne tourne pas la tête, elle nous regarde don't look round, she's watching us

dès qu'il m'a vu, il a tourné la tête as soon as he saw me, he looked away

en avoir par-dessus la tête (familier) to be sick (and tired) of it

avoir la tête sur les épaules to have a good head on one's shoulders

faire une grosse tête (familier) ou la tête au carré (familier) à quelqu'un to smash somebody's head ou face in

j'en donnerais ou j'en mettrais ma tête à couper I'd stake my life on it

être tombé sur la tête (familier) to have a screw loose

il ne réfléchit jamais, il fonce tête baissée he always charges in ou ahead without thinking

se cogner ou se taper la tête contre les murs to bang one's head against a (brick) wall

se jeter à la tête de quelqu'un to throw oneself at somebody

2. [en référence à la chevelure, à la coiffure]

se laver la tête to wash one's hair

tête nue bareheaded

nos chères têtes blondes [les enfants] our little darlings

3. [visage, expression] face

avoir une bonne tête to look like a nice person

ne fais pas cette tête! don't pull (UK) ou make such a long face!

il a fait une de ces têtes quand je lui ai dit! you should have seen his face when I told him!

elle n'a pas une tête à se laisser faire she doesn't look the sort to be pushed around

il a ou c'est une tête à claques (familier) you just want to smack him in the mouth

tête de nœud (vulgaire) dickhead (vulgaire)

faire la tête to sulk

faire la tête à quelqu'un to ignore somebody

avec lui, c'est à la tête du client

a. [restaurant] he charges what he feels like

b. [professeur] he gives you a good mark if he likes your face

4. [mesure] head

il a une tête de plus que son frère he's a head taller than his brother

5. CUISINE head

tête pressée (Belgique) [fromage de tête] pork brawn (UK), headcheese (US)

6. SPORT header

B.[SIÈGE DE LA PENSÉE]

1. [siège des pensées, de l'imagination, de la mémoire] mind, head

il a des rêves plein la tête he's a dreamer

une drôle d'idée m'est passée par la tête I had a strange idea

se mettre dans la tête que to get it into one's head that

se mettre dans la tête ou en tête de faire quelque chose to make up one's mind to do something

une tête bien faite Montaigne (allusion) a good mind

avoir la grosse tête (familier) to be big-headed

avoir toute sa tête to have all one's faculties

faire sa mauvaise tête to dig one's heels in

avoir la tête chaude, avoir la tête près du bonnet to be quick-tempered

monter la tête à quelqu'un to give somebody (big) ideas

monter à la tête de quelqu'un

a. [succès] to go to somebody's head

b. [chagrin] to unbalance somebody

se monter la tête to get carried away

tourner la tête à quelqu'un to turn somebody's head

avoir la tête vide/dure to be empty-headed/stubborn

il est tête en l'air he's got his head in the clouds

excuse-moi, j'avais la tête ailleurs sorry, I was thinking about something else ou I was miles away

il n'a pas de tête [il est étourdi] he is scatterbrained ou a scatterbrain

ça m'est sorti de la tête I forgot, it slipped my mind

il ne sait plus où donner de la tête he doesn't know whether he's coming or going

n'en faire qu'à sa tête to do exactly as one pleases

je le lirai à tête reposée I'll take the time to read it in a quiet moment

2. [sang-froid, présence d'esprit] head

avoir ou garder la tête froide to keep a cool head

C.[PERSONNE, ANIMAL]

1. [individu] person

plusieurs têtes connues several familiar faces

prendre une assurance sur la tête de quelqu'un to take out an insurance policy on somebody

être une tête de lard ou de mule to be as stubborn as a mule, to be pig-headed

tête de linotte ou d'oiseau ou sans cervelle scatterbrain

tête de cochon bloody-minded individual

tête couronnée crowned head

forte tête rebel

une grosse tête (familier) a brain

petite tête (familier) pinhead

avoir ses têtes (familier) to have one's favourites

2. [vie d'une personne] head, neck

le procureur réclame la tête de l'accusé the prosecution is demanding the prisoner's execution

jouer ou risquer sa tête to risk one's skin

sauver sa tête to save one's skin ou neck

3. [meneur, leader] head, leader

les têtes pensantes du comité the brains of the committee

4. [animal d'un troupeau] head (invariable)

D.[PARTIE HAUTE, PARTIE AVANT, DÉBUT]

1. [faîte] top

la tête d'un arbre a treetop

2. [partie avant] front end

la tête du train the front of the train

tête de lit bedhead

mets la tête du lit vers le nord turn the head of the bed towards the north

prendre la tête du défilé to head ou to lead the procession

prendre la tête

a. [marcher au premier rang] to take the lead

b. [commander, diriger] to take over

tête de ligne

a. [généralement] terminus, end of the line

b. RAIL railhead

3. [début]

faites ressortir les têtes de chapitres make the chapter headings stand out

4. [dans un classement] top, head

les dix élèves qui forment la tête de la classe the ten best pupils in the class

tête d'affiche top of the bill

tête de série SPORT seeded player

tête de série numéro huit number eight seed

5. [extrémité - d'un objet, d'un organe] head ; [ - d'un os] head, caput

tête d'ail head of garlic

tête de bielle big end

tête d'épingle pinhead

gros comme une tête d'épingle the size of a pinhead

6. ACOUSTIQUE head

tête d'effacement erase head

tête de lecture head

7. IMPRIMERIE head, top

8. INFORMATIQUE head

9. MILITAIRE head

tête de pont

a. [sur rivière] bridgehead

b. [sur plage] beachhead

10. PHYSIQUE NUCLÉAIRE head

tête chercheuse homing device

tête nucléaire nuclear warhead

à la tête de locution prépositionnelle

1. [en possession de]

elle s'est trouvée à la tête d'une grosse fortune she found herself in possession of a great fortune

2. [au premier rang de] at the head ou front of

à la tête d'un groupe de mécontents heading a group of protesters

3. [à la direction de] in charge of, at the head of

être à la tête d'une société to head a company

il est à la tête d'un cabinet d'assurances he runs an insurance firm

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de tête locution adjectivale

1. [femme, homme] able

2. [convoi, voiture] front (avant nom)

3. IMPRIMERIE head (modificateur)

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de tête locution adverbiale

[calculer] in one's head

de tête, je dirais que nous étions vingt at a guess I'd say there were twenty of us

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en tête locution adverbiale

1. [devant]

monter en tête to go to the front

être en tête

a. [généralement] to be at the front

b. [dans une course, une compétition] to (be in the) lead

2. [à l'esprit]

avoir quelque chose en tête to have something in mind

je ne l'ai plus en tête I can't remember it

en tête à tête locution adverbiale

alone together

dîner en tête à tête avec quelqu'un to have a quiet dinner (alone) with somebody

en tête de locution prépositionnelle

1. [au début de] at the beginning ou start of

tous les mots placés en tête de phrase the first word of every sentence

2. [à l'avant de] at the head ou front of

les dirigeants syndicaux marchent en tête du défilé the union leaders are marching at the head of the procession

3. [au premier rang de] at the top of

en tête des sondages leading the polls

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par tête locution adverbiale

per head, a head, apiece

ça coûtera 40 euros par tête it'll cost 40 euros a head ou per head ou apiece

par tête de pipe (familier)

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sur la tête de locution prépositionnelle

1. [sur la personne de]

le mécontentement populaire s'est répercuté sur la tête du Premier ministre popular discontent turned towards the Prime Minister

2. [au nom de] in the name of

3. [en prêtant serment]

je le jure sur la tête de mes enfants I swear on my mother's grave

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tête brûlée nom féminin

hothead

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tête de mort nom féminin

1. [crâne] skull

2. [emblème] death's head, skull and crossbones

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tête de nègre

→ link=tête-de-nègretête-de-nègre (nom féminin)

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tête de Turc nom féminin

whipping boy, scapegoat

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > tête

6 capo

['kapo]
1. sm

1) Anat head

a capo chino/alto — with one's head bowed/held high

da capo a piedi — from head to foot

era coperto di fango da capo a piedi — he was covered in mud from head to foot

mal di capo — headache

rompersi il capo fig — to rack one's brains

fra capo e collo — (all'improvviso) out of the blue

2) (di fabbrica, ufficio) head, boss, (di tribù) chief

il mio capo è molto esigente — my boss is very demanding, (di partito, movimento) leader

essere a capo di qc — to head sth, be at the head of sth

- capo del personale

- capo di stato

- capo di bestiame

- Capo di Buona Speranza

- Capo Horn

2. agg inv

(giardiniere, sorvegliante) head attr

redattore capo — chief editor

Nuovo dizionario Italiano-Inglese > capo

7 Chronology

15,000-3,000 BCE Paleolithic cultures in western Portugal.

400-200 BCE Greek and Carthaginian trade settlements on coast.

202 BCE Roman armies invade ancient Lusitania.

137 BCE Intensive Romanization of Lusitania begins.

410 CE Germanic tribes — Suevi and Visigoths—begin conquest of Roman Lusitania and Galicia.

714—16 Muslims begin conquest of Visigothic Lusitania.

1034 Christian Reconquest frontier reaches Mondego River.

1064 Christians conquer Coimbra.

1139 Burgundian Count Afonso Henriques proclaims himself king of Portugal; birth of Portugal. Battle of Ourique: Afonso Henriques defeats Muslims.

1147 With English Crusaders' help, Portuguese seize Lisbon from Muslims.

1179 Papacy formally recognizes Portugal's independence (Pope Alexander III).

1226 Campaign to reclaim Alentejo from Muslims begins.

1249 Last Muslim city (Silves) falls to Portuguese Army.

1381 Beginning of third war between Castile and Portugal.

1383 Master of Aviz, João, proclaimed regent by Lisbon populace.

1385 April: Master of Aviz, João I, proclaimed king of Portugal by Cortes of Coimbra. 14 August: Battle of Aljubarrota, Castilians defeated by royal forces, with assistance of English army.

1394 Birth of "Prince Henry the Navigator," son of King João I.

1415 Beginning of overseas expansion as Portugal captures Moroccan city of Ceuta.

1419 Discovery of Madeira Islands.

1425-28 Prince D. Pedro, older brother of Prince Henry, travels in Europe.

1427 Discovery (or rediscovery?) of Azores Islands.

1434 Prince Henry the Navigator's ships pass beyond Cape Bojador, West Africa.

1437 Disaster at Tangier, Morocco, as Portuguese fail to capture city.

1441 First African slaves from western Africa reach Portugal.

1460 Death of Prince Henry. Portuguese reach what is now Senegal, West Africa.

1470s Portuguese explore West African coast and reach what is now Ghana and Nigeria and begin colonizing islands of São Tomé and Príncipe.

1479 Treaty of Alcáçovas between kings of Portugal and Spain.

1482 Portuguese establish post at São Jorge da Mina, Gold Coast (now Ghana).

1482-83 Portuguese navigator Diogo Cão reaches mouth of Congo River and Angola.

1488 Navigator Bartolomeu Dias rounds Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, and finds route to Indian Ocean.

1492-93 Columbus's first voyage to West Indies.

1493 Columbus visits Azores and Portugal on return from first voyage; tells of discovery of New World. Treaty of Tordesillas signed between kings of Portugal and Spain: delimits spheres of conquest with line 370 leagues west of Cape Verde Islands (claimed by Portugal); Portugal's sphere to east of line includes, in effect, Brazil.

   King Manuel I and Royal Council decide to continue seeking all-water route around Africa to Asia.

   King Manuel I expels unconverted Jews from Portugal.

1497-99 Epic voyage of Vasco da Gama from Portugal around Africa to west India, successful completion of sea route to Asia project; da Gama returns to Portugal with samples of Asian spices.

1500 Bound for India, Navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral "discovers" coast of Brazil and claims it for Portugal.

1506 Anti-Jewish riots in Lisbon.

   Battle of Diu, India; Portugal's command of Indian Ocean assured for some time with Francisco de Almeida's naval victory over Egyptian and Gujerati fleets.

   Afonso de Albuquerque conquers Goa, India; beginning of Portuguese hegemony in south Asia.

   Portuguese conquest of Malacca; commerce in Spice Islands.

1519 Magellan begins circumnavigation voyage.

1536 Inquisition begins in Portugal.

1543 Portuguese merchants reach Japan.

1557 Portuguese merchants granted Chinese territory of Macau for trading factory.

1572 Luís de Camões publishes epic poem, Os Lusíadas.

1578 Battle of Alcácer-Quivir; Moroccan forces defeat army of King Sebastião of Portugal; King Sebastião dies in battle. Portuguese succession crisis.

1580 King Phillip II of Spain claims and conquers Portugal; Spanish rule of Portugal, 1580-1640.

1607-24 Dutch conquer sections of Asia and Brazil formerly held by Portugal.

1640 1 December: Portuguese revolution in Lisbon overthrows Spanish rule, restores independence. Beginning of Portugal's Braganza royal dynasty.

1654 Following Dutch invasions and conquest of parts of Brazil and Angola, Dutch expelled by force.

1661 Anglo-Portuguese Alliance treaty signed: England pledges to defend Portugal "as if it were England itself." Queen Catherine of Bra-ganza marries England's Charles II.

1668 February: In Portuguese-Spanish peace treaty, Spain recognizes independence of Portugal, thus ending 28-year War of Restoration.

1703 Methuen Treaties signed, key commercial trade agreement and defense treaty between England and Portugal.

1750 Pombal becomes chief minister of King José I.

1755 1 November: Massive Lisbon earthquake, tidal wave, and fire.

1759 Expulsion of Jesuits from Portugal and colonies.

1761 Slavery abolished in continental Portugal.

1769 Abandonment of Mazagão, Morocco, last Portuguese outpost.

1777 Pombal dismissed as chief minister by Queen Maria I, after death of José I.

1791 Portugal and United States establish full diplomatic relations.

1807 November: First Napoleonic invasion; French forces under Junot conquer Portugal. Royal family flees to colony of Brazil and remains there until 1821.

1809 Second French invasion of Portugal under General Soult.

1811 Third French invasion of Portugal under General Masséna.

1813 Following British general Wellington's military victories, French forces evacuate Portugal.

1817 Liberal, constitutional movements against absolutist monarchist rule break out in Brazil (Pernambuco) and Portugal (Lisbon, under General Gomes Freire); crushed by government. British marshal of Portugal's army, Beresford, rules Portugal.

   Liberal insurrection in army officer corps breaks out in Cadiz, Spain, and influences similar movement in Portugal's armed forces first in Oporto.

   King João VI returns from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and early draft of constitution; era of constitutional monarchy begins.

1822 7 September: João VI's son Pedro proclaims independence of

   Brazil from Portugal and is named emperor. 23 September: Constitution of 1822 ratified.

   Portugal recognizes sovereign independence of Brazil.

   King João VI dies; power struggle for throne ensues between his sons, brothers Pedro and Miguel; Pedro, emperor of Brazil, abdicates Portuguese throne in favor of his daughter, D. Maria II, too young to assume crown. By agreement, Miguel, uncle of D. Maria, is to accept constitution and rule in her stead.

1828 Miguel takes throne and abolishes constitution. Sections of Portugal rebel against Miguelite rule.

1831 Emperor Pedro abdicates throne of Brazil and returns to Portugal to expel King Miguel from Portuguese throne.

1832-34 Civil war between absolutist King Miguel and constitutionalist Pedro, who abandons throne of Brazil to restore his young daughter Maria to throne of Portugal; Miguel's armed forces defeated by those of Pedro. Miguel leaves for exile and constitution (1826 Charter) is restored.

1834-53 Constitutional monarchy consolidated under rule of Queen Maria II, who dies in 1853.

1851-71 Regeneration period of economic development and political stability; public works projects sponsored by Minister Fontes Pereira de Melo.

1871-90 Rotativism period of alternating party governments; achieves political stability and less military intervention in politics and government. Expansion of colonial territory in tropical Africa.

   January: Following territorial dispute in central Africa, Britain delivers "Ultimatum" to Portugal demanding withdrawal of Portugal's forces from what is now Malawi and Zimbabwe. Portugal's government, humiliated in accepting demand under threat of a diplomatic break, falls. Beginning of governmental and political instability; monarchist decline and republicanism's rise.

   Anglo-Portuguese treaties signed relating to delimitation of frontiers in colonial Africa.

1899 Treaty of Windsor; renewal of Anglo-Portuguese defense and friendship alliance.

1903 Triumphal visit of King Edward VII to Portugal.

1906 Politician João Franco supported by King Carlos I in dictatorship to restore order and reform.

1908 1 February: Murder in Lisbon of King Carlos I and his heir apparent, Prince Dom Luís, by Portuguese anarchists. Eighteen-year-old King Manuel II assumes throne.

1910 3-5 October: Following republican-led military insurrection in armed forces, monarchy falls and first Portuguese republic is proclaimed. Beginning of unstable, economically troubled, parliamentary republic form of government.

   May: Violent insurrection in Lisbon overturns government of General Pimenta de Castro; nearly a thousand casualties from several days of armed combat in capital.

   March: Following Portugal's honoring ally Britain's request to confiscate German shipping in Portuguese harbors, Germany declares war on Portugal; Portugal enters World War I on Allied side.

   Portugal organizes and dispatches Portuguese Expeditionary Corps to fight on the Western Front. 9 April: Portuguese forces mauled by German offensive in Battle of Lys. Food rationing and riots in Lisbon. Portuguese military operations in Mozambique against German expedition's invasion from German East Africa. 5 December: Authoritarian, presidentialist government under Major Sidónio Pais takes power in Lisbon, following a successful military coup.

1918 11 November: Armistice brings cessation of hostilities on Western Front in World War I. Portuguese expeditionary forces stationed in Angola, Mozambique, and Flanders begin return trip to Portugal. 14 December: President Sidónio Pais assassinated. Chaotic period of ephemeral civil war ensues.

1919-21 Excessively unstable political period, including January

1919 abortive effort of Portuguese monarchists to restore Braganza dynasty to power. Republican forces prevail, but level of public violence, economic distress, and deprivation remains high.

1921 October: Political violence attains peak with murder of former prime minister and other prominent political figures in Lisbon. Sectors of armed forces and Guarda Nacional Republicana are mutinous. Year of financial and corruption scandals, including Portuguese bank note (fraud) case; military court acquits guilty military insurrectionists, and one military judge declares "the country is sick."

   28 May: Republic overthrown by military coup or pronunciamento and conspiracy among officer corps. Parliament's doors locked and parliament closed for nearly nine years to January 1935. End of parliamentary republic, Western Europe's most unstable political system in this century, beginning of the Portuguese dictatorship, after 1930 known as the Estado Novo. Officer corps assumes reins of government, initiates military censorship of the press, and suppresses opposition.

   February: Military dictatorship under General Óscar Carmona crushes failed republican armed insurrection in Oporto and Lisbon.

   April: Military dictatorship names Professor Antônio de Oliveira Salazar minister of finance, with dictatorial powers over budget, to stabilize finances and rebuild economy. Insurrectionism among military elements continues into 1931.

1930 Dr. Salazar named minister for colonies and announces balanced budgets. Salazar consolidates support by various means, including creation of official regime "movement," the National Union. Salazar engineers Colonial Act to ensure Lisbon's control of bankrupt African colonies by means of new fiscal controls and centralization of authority. July: Military dictatorship names Salazar prime minister for first time, and cabinet composition undergoes civilianization; academic colleagues and protégés plan conservative reform and rejuvenation of society, polity, and economy. Regime comes to be called the Estado Novo (New State). New State's constitution ratified by new parliament, the National Assembly; Portugal described in document as "unitary, corporative Republic" and governance influenced by Salazar's stern personality and doctrines such as integralism, Catholicism, and fiscal conservatism.

1936 Violent instability and ensuing civil war in neighboring Spain, soon internationalized by fascist and communist intervention, shake Estado Novo regime. Pseudofascist period of regime features creation of imitation Fascist institutions to defend regime from leftist threats; Portugal institutes "Portuguese Youth" and "Portuguese Legion."

1939 3 September: Prime Minister Salazar declares Portugal's neutrality in World War II. October: Anglo-Portuguese agreement grants naval and air base facilities to Britain and later to United States for Battle of the Atlantic and Normandy invasion support. Third Reich protests breach of Portugal's neutrality.

   6 June: On day of Allies' Normandy invasion, Portugal suspends mining and export of wolfram ore to both sides in war.

   8 May: Popular celebrations of Allied victory and Fascist defeat in Lisbon and Oporto coincide with Victory in Europe Day. Following managed elections for Estado Novo's National Assembly in November, regime police, renamed PIDE, with increased powers, represses opposition.

1947 Abortive military coup in central Portugal easily crushed by regime. Independence of India and initiation of Indian protests against Portuguese colonial rule in Goa and other enclaves.

1949 Portugal becomes founding member of NATO.

1951 Portugal alters constitution and renames overseas colonies "Overseas Provinces." Portugal and United States sign military base agreements for use of air and naval facilities in Azores Islands and military aid to Lisbon. President Carmona dies in office, succeeded by General Craveiro Lopes (1951-58). July: Indians occupy enclave of Portuguese India (dependency of Damão) by means of passive resistance movement. August: Indian passive resistance movement in Portuguese India repelled by Portuguese forces with loss of life. December: With U.S. backing, Portugal admitted as member of United Nations (along with Spain). Air force general Humberto Delgado, in opposition, challenges Estado Novo's hand-picked successor to Craveiro Lopes, Admiral Américo Tomás. Delgado rallies coalition of democratic, liberal, and communist opposition but loses rigged election and later flees to exile in Brazil. Portugal joins European Free Trade Association (EFTA).

   January and February: Estado Novo rocked by armed African insurrection in northern Angola, crushed by armed forces. Hijacking of Portuguese ocean liner by ally of Delgado, Captain Henrique Galvão. April: Salazar defeats attempted military coup and reshuffles cabinet with group of younger figures who seek to reform colonial rule and strengthen the regime's image abroad. 18 December: Indian army rapidly defeats Portugal's defense force in Goa, Damão, and Diu and incorporates Portugal's Indian possessions into Indian Union. January: Abortive military coup in Beja, Portugal.

1965 February: General Delgado and his Brazilian secretary murdered and secretly buried near Spanish frontier by political police, PIDE.

1968 August and September: Prime Minister Salazar, aged 79, suffers crippling stoke. President Tomás names former cabinet officer Marcello Caetano as Salazar's successor. Caetano institutes modest reforms in Portugal and overseas.

1971 Caetano government ratifies amended constitution that allows slight devolution and autonomy to overseas provinces in Africa and Asia. Right-wing loyalists oppose reforms in Portugal. 25 April: Military coup engineered by Armed Forces Movement overthrows Estado Novo and establishes provisional government emphasizing democratization, development, and decolonization. Limited resistance by loyalists. President Tomás and Premier Caetano flown to exile first in Madeira and then in Brazil. General Spínola appointed president. September: Revolution moves to left, as President Spínola, thwarted in his program, resigns.

   March: Military coup by conservative forces fails, and leftist response includes nationalization of major portion of economy. Polarization between forces and parties of left and right. 25 November: Military coup by moderate military elements thwarts leftist forces. Constituent Assembly prepares constitution. Revolution moves from left to center and then right.

   March: Constitution ratified by Assembly of the Republic. 25 April: Second general legislative election gives largest share of seats to Socialist Party (PS). Former oppositionist lawyer, Mário Soares, elected deputy and named prime minister.

1977-85 Political pendulum of democratic Portugal moves from center-left to center-right, as Social Democratic Party (PSD) increases hold on assembly and take office under Prime Minister Cavaco Silva. July

1985 elections give edge to PSD who advocate strong free-enterprise measures and revision of leftist-generated 1976 Constitution, amended modestly in 1982.

1986 January: Portugal joins European Economic Community (EEC).

1987 July: General, legislative elections for assembly give more than 50 percent to PSD led by Prime Minister Cavaco Silva. For first time, since 1974, Portugal has a working majority government.

1989 June: Following revisions of 1976 Constitution, reprivatization of economy begins, under PS government.

   January: Presidential elections, Mário Soares reelected for second term. July: General, legislative elections for assembly result in new PSD victory and majority government.

   January-July: Portugal holds presidency of the Council of the European Economic Community (EEC). December: Tariff barriers fall as fully integrated Common Market established in the EEC.

   November: Treaty of Maastricht comes into force. The EEC officially becomes the European Union (EU). Portugal is signatory with 11 other member-nations.

   October: General, legislative elections for assembly result in PS victory and naming of Prime Minister Guterres. PS replace PSD as leading political party. November: Excavations for Lisbon bank uncover ancient Phoenician, Roman, and Christian ruins.

   January: General, presidential elections; socialist Jorge Sampaio defeats PSD's Cavaco Silva and assumes presidency from Dr. Mário Soares. July: Community of Portuguese Languages Countries (CPLP) cofounded by Portugal and Brazil.

   May-September: Expo '98 held in Lisbon. Opening of Vasco da Gama Bridge across Tagus River, Europe's longest (17 kilometers/ 11 miles). June: National referendum on abortion law change defeated after low voter turnout. November: National referendum on regionaliza-tion and devolution of power defeated after another low voter turnout.

   October: General, legislative elections: PS victory over PSD lacks clear majority in parliament. Following East Timor referendum, which votes for independence and withdrawal of Indonesia, outburst of popular outrage in streets, media, and communications of Portugal approves armed intervention and administration of United Nations (and withdrawal of Indonesia) in East Timor. Portugal and Indonesia restore diplomatic relations. December: A Special Territory since 1975, Colony of Macau transferred to sovereignty of People's Republic of China.

   January-June: Portugal holds presidency of the Council of the EU; end of Discoveries Historical Commemoration Cycle (1988-2000).

   United Nations forces continue to occupy and administer former colony of East Timor, with Portugal's approval.

   January: General, presidential elections; PS president Sampaio reelected for second term. City of Oporto, "European City of Culture" for the year, hosts arts festival. December: Municipal elections: PSD defeats PS; socialist prime minister Guterres resigns; President Sampaio calls March parliamentary elections.

   1 January: Portugal enters single European Currency system. Euro currency adopted and ceases use of former national currency, the escudo. March: Parliamentary elections; PSD defeats PS and José Durão Barroso becomes prime minister. Military modernization law passed. Portugal holds chairmanship of Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).

   May: Municipal law passed permitting municipalities to reorganize in new ways.

   June: Prime Minister Durão Barroso, invited to succeed Romano Prodi as president of EU Commission, resigns. Pedro Santana Lopes becomes prime minister. European Parliament elections held. Conscription for national service in army and navy ended. Mass grave uncovered at Academy of Sciences Museum, Lisbon, revealing remains of several thousand victims of Lisbon earthquake, 1755.

   February: Parliamentary elections; PS defeats PSD, socialists win first absolute majority in parliament since 1975. José Sócrates becomes prime minister.

   January: Presidential elections; PSD candidate Aníbal Cavaco Silva elected and assumes presidency from Jorge Sampaio. Portugal's national soccer team ranked 7th out of 205 countries by international soccer association. European Union's Bologna Process in educational reform initiated in Portugal.

   July-December: Portugal holds presidency of the Council of the European Union. For reasons of economy, Portugal announces closure of many consulates, especially in France and the eastern US. Government begins official inspections of private institutions of higher education, following scandals.

2008 January: Prime Minister Sócrates announces location of new Lisbon area airport as Alcochete, on south bank of Tagus River, site of air force shooting range. February: Portuguese Army begins to receive new modern battle tanks (Leopard 2 A6). March: Mass protest of 85,000 public school (primary and secondary levels) teachers in Lisbon schools dispute recent educational policies of minister of education and prime minister.

Historical dictionary of Portugal > Chronology

8 authority

1) власть, полномочие; полнота власти; сфера компетенции

2) орган власти; орган управления

3) источник права; закон; прецедент; судебное решение; документ; авторитетный учебник по праву

4) авторитет; авторитетный специалист; авторитетное утверждение

5) авторитетность

6) доказательство; основание

7) доверенность; полномочие; правомочие; разрешение

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by authority — с разрешения, по полномочию;

authority by estoppel — полномочия агента, неопровержимо презюмируемые на основании поведения принципала;

authority by law — правомочие по закону;

by authority of law — властью, в силу закона;

by state authority — властью штата;

authority conferred by office — власть, полномочия, правомочия по должности;

on authority — на основании; со ссылкой на... ;

source of authority — источник власти или авторитета;

to clothe with authority — облечь властью, полномочиями;

to divest of authority — лишить власти, полномочий, правомочий;

authority to issue warrants — орган власти, полномочный выдавать ордера;

authority to sign — право подписи;

to vest with authority — предоставить власть, полномочия, правомочия;

under authority of — в силу, на основании;

without authority — не будучи управомочен;

without due authority — не будучи должным образом управомочен;

without lawful authority — без законного на то права;

without proper authority — без надлежащего правомочия

international preliminary examining authority — пат. орган международной предварительной экспертизы

- authority of decision
- authority to punish
- by the weight of authority
- authority of government
- authority of law
- absolute authority
- actual authority
- adjudicating authority
- adjudicatory authority
- administering authority
- administrative authority
- apparent authority
- approving authority
- assumed authority
- bad authority
- blanket authority
- broad discretion authority
- broad discretion enforcement authority
- budget authority
- case authority
- chief executive authority
- circuit authorities
- citable authority
- city authorities
- civil authorities
- coercive authority
- committing authority
- competent authority
- constituted authorities
- constitutional authority
- constructive authority
- correctional authorities
- custom authority
- decisive authority
- delegated authority
- demanding authority
- detaining authority
- direct authority
- discretionary authority
- discretion authority
- discretionary diversion authority
- district authorities
- executive authority
- express authority
- express legislative authority
- extraditing authority
- federal authority
- final authority
- forged authority
- full authority
- general authority
- good authority
- implied authority
- incidental authority
- independent authority
- international authority
- investigating authority
- issuing authority
- judicial authority
- law enforcement authority
- lawful authorities
- legal authority
- legislative authority
- licensing authority
- limited authority
- local authority
- managerial authority
- military authority
- municipal authority
- naked authority
- national authority
- naval authorities
- non-constitutional authority
- non-statutory authority
- older authority
- operative authority
- ostensible authority
- parental authority
- parole authority
- patent authority
- penal authorities
- permissive authority
- persuasive authority
- police authority
- policing authority
- political authority
- primary authority
- public authority
- rating authority
- real authority
- receiving authority
- recognized authority
- regal authority
- regulating authority
- requisite authority
- reviewing authority
- rural authorities
- secondary authority
- signatory authority
- special authority
- specific authority
- spending authority
- state authority
- statutory authority
- supervisory authority
- supreme authority
- town authorities
- ultimate authority of decision
- universal authority
- unlimited authority
- urban authorities
- vicarious authority
- youth authority
- regulatory authority

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