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  • 1 force

    1.
    [fɔːs]noun
    1) no pl. (strength, power) Stärke, die; (of bomb, explosion, attack, storm) Wucht, die; (physical strength) Kraft, die

    achieve something by brute force — etwas mit roher Gewalt erreichen

    in force — (in large numbers) mit einem großen Aufgebot (see also academic.ru/4773/b">b)

    2) no pl. (fig.): (power, validity) Kraft, die

    by force of — auf Grund (+ Gen.)

    in force — (in effect) in Kraft

    come into force — [Gesetz usw.:] in Kraft treten

    put in[to] force — in Kraft setzen

    3) (coercion, violence) Gewalt, die

    use or employ force [against somebody] — Gewalt [gegen jemanden] anwenden

    by force — gewaltsam; mit Gewalt

    4) (organized group) (of workers) Kolonne, die; Trupp, der; (of police) Einheit, die; (Mil.) Armee, die

    the forces — die Armee

    5) (forceful agency or person) Kraft, die; Macht, die

    there are forces in action/at work here... — hier walten Kräfte/sind Kräfte am Werk...

    he is a force in the land (fig.)/a force to be reckoned with — er ist ein einflussreicher Mann im Land/eine Macht, die nicht zu unterschätzen ist

    6) (meaning) Bedeutung, die
    7) (Phys.) Kraft, die
    2. transitive verb

    force somebody/oneself [to do something] — jemanden/sich zwingen[, etwas zu tun]

    be forced to do something — gezwungen sein od. sich gezwungen sehen, etwas zu tun

    I was forced to accept/into accepting the offer — (felt obliged) ich fühlte mich verpflichtet, das Angebot anzunehmen

    force somebody's hand — (fig.) jemanden zwingen zu handeln

    2) (take by force)

    he forced it out of her hands — er riss es ihr aus der Hand

    force a confession from somebody — (fig.) jemanden zu einem Geständnis zwingen

    3) (push)

    force something [up]on somebody — jemandem etwas aufzwingen od. aufnötigen

    force [open] — aufbrechen

    6) (effect by violent means) sich (Dat.) erzwingen [Zutritt]

    force one's way in[to a building] — sich (Dat.) mit Gewalt Zutritt [zu einem Gebäude] verschaffen

    7) (produce with effort) sich zwingen zu
    Phrasal Verbs:
    * * *
    [fo:s] 1. noun
    1) (strength or power that can be felt: the force of the wind.) die Kraft
    2) (a person or thing that has great power: the forces of Nature.) die Kraft
    3) ((sometimes with capital) a group of men prepared for action: the police force; the Royal Air Force.) die Truppe
    2. verb
    1) (to make (someone or something) do something, go somewhere etc, often against his etc will: He forced me to give him money.) zwingen
    2) (to achieve by strength or effort: He forced a smile despite his grief.) erzwingen
    •
    - forced
    - forceful
    - forcefully
    - forces
    - in
    - into force
    * * *
    [fɔ:s, AM fɔ:rs]
    I. n
    1. no pl (power) Kraft f; (intensity) Stärke f; of a blow, impact Wucht f
    she slapped his face with unexpected \force sie versetzte ihm eine unerwartet kräftige Ohrfeige
    by \force of arms mit Waffengewalt
    the \force of an earthquake/a hurricane die Stärke eines Erdbebens/Wirbelsturms
    with full \force mit voller Wucht
    2. no pl (violence) Gewalt f
    to use \force Gewalt anwenden
    by \force gewaltsam, mit Gewalt
    3. no pl (coercion) Zwang m
    under the \force of circumstances unter dem Zwang der Verhältnisse
    4. PHYS Kraft f
    \force of attraction Anziehungsvermögen nt
    \force of current Stromstärke f
    \force of gravity Schwerkraft f, Erdanziehungskraft f
    \force of inertia Trägheitskraft f
    ▪ in \force in großer Zahl
    6. no pl (influence) Macht f; (powerful effect) Kraft f
    the \force of sb's arguments jds Überzeugungskraft f
    \force of habit die Macht der Gewohnheit
    from \force of habit aus reiner Gewohnheit
    7. (person or thing with influence) Kraft f, Macht f
    he was a powerful \force in politics er war ein einflussreicher Mann in der Politik
    the \forces of evil die Mächte des Bösen
    the \forces of nature ( liter) die Naturgewalten pl
    8. no pl (validity) Gültigkeit f
    to have the \force of law rechtsverbindlich sein
    to be in/come [or be brought] into \force in Kraft sein/treten
    to put sth in[to] \force etw in Kraft setzen
    9. (group) Truppe f
    police \force Polizei f
    air \force Luftwaffe f
    labour \force Arbeitskräfte pl
    armed \forces Streitkräfte pl
    10.
    ▶ to combine [or join] \forces zusammenhelfen
    with combined \forces mit vereinten Kräften
    ▶ by sheer \force of numbers aufgrund zahlenmäßiger Überlegenheit
    II. vt
    1. (compel)
    ▪ to \force sb/oneself [to do sth] jdn/sich zwingen [etw zu tun]
    to \force sb out of the car jdn zwingen auszusteigen
    to \force sb out of the house jdn zwingen das Haus zu verlassen
    to \force sb to the floor jdn zu Boden zwingen
    ▪ to be \forced to do sth gezwungen werden etw zu tun; (feel the necessity) gezwungen sein etw zu tun; (feel obliged) sich akk gezwungen sehen etw zu tun
    ▪ to \force sb into doing sth jdn [dazu] zwingen, etw zu tun
    ▪ to \force sb into sth (an act) jdn zu etw dat zwingen; (a space) jdn in etw akk zwingen geh
    the \forced us into the cellar sie zwangen uns in den Keller [zu gehen]
    to \force sb into the car jdn [dazu] zwingen, einzusteigen [o in den Wagen zu steigen]
    to \force sb into prostitution/resignation jdn zur Prostitution/zum Rücktritt zwingen
    2.
    to \force oneself on sb (impose) sich akk jdm aufdrängen; (sexually) jdm Gewalt antun
    3. (get, produce)
    ▪ to \force sth etw erzwingen
    the burglar \forced an entry der Einbrecher verschaffte sich mit Gewalt Zutritt
    to \force a confession out of sb jdn zu einem Geständnis zwingen, ein Geständnis von jdm erzwingen
    to \force a smile gezwungen lächeln, sich akk zu einem Lächeln zwingen
    to \force one's way into/through/out of sth sich dat seinen Weg in/durch etw akk /aus etw dat bahnen
    to \force words out of sb jdm die Worte aus der Nase ziehen fam
    4. (make accept)
    ▪ to \force sth on sb jdm etw aufzwingen
    5. (push, squeeze)
    ▪ to \force sth into sth etw in etw akk [hinein]zwängen
    to \force a nail into a wall einen Nagel in eine Wand treiben
    6. LAW
    to \force a bill through the legislature ein Gesetz durchbringen [o fam durchpeitschen
    7. (open)
    to \force a door/a lock eine Tür/ein Schloss aufbrechen
    to \force a zip einen Reißverschluss mit Gewalt öffnen
    8. (make grow faster)
    to \force fruits/vegetables Früchte/Gemüse treiben fachspr
    \forced salad getriebener Salat fachspr
    9.
    ▶ to \force sb's hand jdn zum Handeln zwingen
    ▶ to \force an issue eine Entscheidung erzwingen
    ▶ to \force the pace das Tempo forcieren
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    [fɔːs]
    1. n
    1) no pl (= physical strength, power) Kraft f; (of blow, impact, collision) Wucht f; (= physical coercion) Gewalt f; (PHYS) Kraft f

    they were there in force —

    2) no pl (fig) (of argument) Überzeugungskraft f; (of music, phrase) Eindringlichkeit f; (of character) Stärke f; (of words) Macht f

    the force of circumstances —

    I see the force of what he is saying — ich sehe ein, was er sagt, ist zwingend

    3) (= powerful thing, person) Macht f
    See:
    → life force
    4)

    (= body of men) the forces (Mil) — die Streitkräfte pl

    See:
    5)

    to come into/be in force — in Kraft treten/sein

    2. vt
    1) (= compel) zwingen

    to force sb/oneself to do sth — jdn/sich zwingen, etw zu tun

    he was forced to conclude that... — er sah sich zu der Folgerung gezwungen or gedrängt, dass...

    2) (= extort, obtain by force) erzwingen

    to force an error (Sport) — einen Fehler erzwingen, den Gegner ausspielen

    3)

    to force sth ( up)on sb (present, one's company) — jdm etw aufdrängen; conditions, obedience jdm etw auferlegen; conditions, decision, war jdm etw aufzwingen

    4) (= break open) aufbrechen

    to force (an) entry — sich (dat) gewaltsam Zugang or Zutritt verschaffen

    5)

    (= push, squeeze) to force books into a box — Bücher in eine Kiste zwängen

    if it won't open/go in, don't force it — wenn es nicht aufgeht/passt, wende keine Gewalt an

    to force one's way into sth — sich (dat) gewaltsam Zugang zu etw or in etw (acc)

    to force one's way through — sich (dat) gewaltsam einen Weg bahnen

    6) plants treiben
    7)

    (= produce with effort) to force a smile — gezwungen lächeln

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    force [fɔː(r)s; US auch ˈfəʊərs]
    A s
    1. Stärke f, Kraft f, Wucht f (auch fig):
    force of gravity PHYS Schwerkraft;
    by force of durch, kraft (gen), vermittels (gen);
    by force of arms mit Waffengewalt;
    a) sich zusammentun ( with mit),
    b) MIL seine Streitkräfte vereinigen ( with mit)
    2. fig (auch politische etc) Kraft:
    forces of nature Naturkräfte, -gewalten
    3. Gewalt f:
    by force gewaltsam, mit Gewalt ( → A 4)
    4. auch JUR Zwang m, Gewalt(anwendung) f, Druck m:
    by force zwangsweise ( → A 3);
    the force of circumstances der Zwang der Verhältnisse
    5. JUR (Rechts) Kraft f, (-)Gültigkeit f, (-)Wirksamkeit f:
    be in force in Kraft sein, gelten;
    come ( oder enter) (put) into force in Kraft treten (setzen);
    coming ( oder entry) into force Inkrafttreten n
    6. Einfluss m, Macht f, Wirkung f, (Durchschlags-, Überzeugungs)Kraft f, Nachdruck m:
    lend force to Nachdruck verleihen (dat);
    the force of habit die Macht der Gewohnheit;
    from force of habit aus Gewohnheit
    8. auch LING Bedeutung f, Gehalt m
    9. umg Menge f:
    in force in großer Zahl oder Menge
    10. MIL
    a) oft pl Streit-, Kriegsmacht f
    b) pl (Gesamt)Streitkräfte pl
    c) pl Truppe f, Verband m
    11. Truppe f, Mannschaft f:
    a strong force of police ein starkes Polizeiaufgebot;
    the police force, Br a. the Force die Polizei
    B v/t
    1. zwingen, nötigen:
    force sb to resign jemanden zum Rücktritt zwingen;
    force sb’s hand jemanden zu handeln zwingen;
    we were forced to listen to their argument wir mussten uns (notgedrungen) ihren Streit mit anhören
    2. etwas erzwingen, durchsetzen, -drücken:
    force a smile gezwungen oder gequält lächeln, sich zu einem Lächeln zwingen, sich ein Lächeln abquälen;
    force sth from sb etwas von jemandem erzwingen;
    force sb’s release( from prison) jemanden freipressen;
    force a corner SPORT eine Ecke erzwingen; → entry 7
    3. zwängen, drängen, drücken, pressen:
    force back (out, together) zurücktreiben (herausdrücken, zusammenpressen);
    she forced back her tears sie unterdrückte die Tränen;
    force down sein Essen hinunterwürgen;
    force a passage ( oder one’s way) sich (durch)zwängen oder (-)drängen ( through durch);
    force one’s way into sich gewaltsam Zutritt verschaffen zu;
    force sb to the left jemanden nach links abdrängen;
    an idea forced itself into my mind ein Gedanke drängte sich mir auf
    4. force down FLUG zur (Not)Landung zwingen
    5. auch force up WIRTSCH die Preise hochtreiben
    6. aufzwingen, -drängen, -nötigen ( alle:
    sth [up]on sb jemandem etwas):
    force o.s. on sb sich jemandem aufdrängen
    7. überwältigen
    8. MIL erstürmen, erobern
    9. auch force open eine Tür etc aufbrechen
    10. jemandem, auch einer Frau, auch fig dem Sinn etc Gewalt antun
    11. fig einen Ausdruck etc zu Tode reiten, zerreden
    12. das Tempo beschleunigen, forcieren
    13. BOT rasch hochzüchten oder zur Reife bringen
    14. (an)treiben
    15. MUS Töne forcieren:
    force one’s voice ( oder the top notes) pressen
    F abk
    2. PHYS force
    4. MATH function
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    1.
    [fɔːs]noun
    1) no pl. (strength, power) Stärke, die; (of bomb, explosion, attack, storm) Wucht, die; (physical strength) Kraft, die

    in force — (in large numbers) mit einem großen Aufgebot (see also b)

    2) no pl. (fig.): (power, validity) Kraft, die

    by force of — auf Grund (+ Gen.)

    in force — (in effect) in Kraft

    come into force — [Gesetz usw.:] in Kraft treten

    put in[to] force — in Kraft setzen

    3) (coercion, violence) Gewalt, die

    use or employ force [against somebody] — Gewalt [gegen jemanden] anwenden

    by force — gewaltsam; mit Gewalt

    4) (organized group) (of workers) Kolonne, die; Trupp, der; (of police) Einheit, die; (Mil.) Armee, die
    5) (forceful agency or person) Kraft, die; Macht, die

    there are forces in action/at work here... — hier walten Kräfte/sind Kräfte am Werk...

    he is a force in the land (fig.)/a force to be reckoned with — er ist ein einflussreicher Mann im Land/eine Macht, die nicht zu unterschätzen ist

    6) (meaning) Bedeutung, die
    7) (Phys.) Kraft, die
    2. transitive verb

    force somebody/oneself [to do something] — jemanden/sich zwingen[, etwas zu tun]

    be forced to do something — gezwungen sein od. sich gezwungen sehen, etwas zu tun

    I was forced to accept/into accepting the offer — (felt obliged) ich fühlte mich verpflichtet, das Angebot anzunehmen

    force somebody's hand — (fig.) jemanden zwingen zu handeln

    force a confession from somebody — (fig.) jemanden zu einem Geständnis zwingen

    4) (impose, inflict)

    force something [up]on somebody — jemandem etwas aufzwingen od. aufnötigen

    force [open] — aufbrechen

    6) (effect by violent means) sich (Dat.) erzwingen [Zutritt]

    force one's way in[to a building] — sich (Dat.) mit Gewalt Zutritt [zu einem Gebäude] verschaffen

    7) (produce with effort) sich zwingen zu
    Phrasal Verbs:
    * * *
    n.
    Gewalt -en f.
    Kraft ¨-e f.
    Macht ¨-e f.
    Stärke -n f.
    Wirkung -en f.
    Zwang ¨-e m. v.
    erzwingen v.
    forcieren v.
    zwingen v.
    (§ p.,pp.: zwang, gezwungen)

    English-german dictionary > force

  • 2 hand

    hænd
    1. noun
    1) (the part of the body at the end of the arm.) mano
    2) (a pointer on a clock, watch etc: Clocks usually have an hour hand and a minute hand.) manecilla, aguja
    3) (a person employed as a helper, crew member etc: a farm hand; All hands on deck!) trabajador, operario
    4) (help; assistance: Can I lend a hand?; Give me a hand with this box, please.) mano, ayuda
    5) (a set of playing-cards dealt to a person: I had a very good hand so I thought I had a chance of winning.) mano, cartas
    6) (a measure (approximately centimetres) used for measuring the height of horses: a horse of 14 hands.) palmo
    7) (handwriting: written in a neat hand.) caligrafía

    2. verb
    (often with back, down, up etc)
    1) (to give (something) to someone by hand: I handed him the book; He handed it back to me; I'll go up the ladder, and you can hand the tools up to me.) dar, entregar
    2) (to pass, transfer etc into another's care etc: That is the end of my report from Paris. I'll now hand you back to Fred Smith in the television studio in London.) devolver, pasar
    •
    - handbag
    - handbill
    - handbook
    - handbrake
    - handcuff
    - handcuffs
    - hand-lens
    - handmade
    - hand-operated
    - hand-out
    - hand-picked
    - handshake
    - handstand
    - handwriting
    - handwritten
    - at hand
    - at the hands of
    - be hand in glove with someone
    - be hand in glove
    - by hand
    - fall into the hands of someone
    - fall into the hands
    - force someone's hand
    - get one's hands on
    - give/lend a helping hand
    - hand down
    - hand in
    - hand in hand
    - hand on
    - hand out
    - hand-out
    - handout
    - hand over
    - hand over fist
    - hands down
    - hands off!
    - hands-on
    - hands up!
    - hand to hand
    - have a hand in something
    - have a hand in
    - have/get/gain the upper hand
    - hold hands with someone
    - hold hands
    - in good hands
    - in hand
    - in the hands of
    - keep one's hand in
    - off one's hands
    - on hand
    - on the one hand... on the other hand
    -... on the other hand
    - out of hand
    - shake hands with someone / shake someone's hand
    - shake hands with / shake someone's hand
    - a show of hands
    - take in hand
    - to hand
    hand1 n
    1. mano
    what have you got in your hand? ¿qué tienes en la mano?
    2. manecilla / aguja
    hand2 vb pasar / dar
    could you hand me that book? ¿me podrías pasar ese libro?
    tr[hænd]
    2 (worker) trabajador,-ra, operario,-a; (sailor) tripulante nombre masulino o femenino, marinero,-a
    3 (of clock) manecilla, aguja
    6 (applause) aplauso
    1 dar, entregar
    \
    SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
    all hands on deck! ¡todos a cubierta!
    at first hand de primera mano
    at hand a mano
    by hand a mano
    hands off! ¡no toques!, ¡quita las manos!
    hands up! ¡manos arriba!
    to hand it to somebody familiar quitar el sombrero ante alguien, felicitar a alguien
    on hand disponible
    on the one hand... on the other hand por una parte... por otra parte
    to ask for somebody's hand figurative use pedir la mano de alguien
    to force somebody's hand figurative use forzarle la mano a alguien
    to get out of hand figurative use descontrolarse, desmadrarse
    to give somebody a big hand dedicar a alguien una gran ovación
    to have a hand in figurative use intervenir en, participar en
    to have one's hands full familiar estar muy ocupado,-a
    to have the upper hand llevar ventaja
    to hold hands estar cogidos,-as de la mano
    to keep one's hand in figurative use no perder la práctica
    to know something like the back of one's hand figurative use conocer algo como la palma de la mano
    to lend a hand echar una mano
    to shake hands estrecharse la mano, darse la mano
    to show one's hand figurative use poner las cartas sobre la mesa, poner las cartas boca arriba
    to turn one's hand to figurative use dedicarse a, meterse en
    hand wash lavado a mano
    farm hand SMALLAGRICULTURE/SMALL peón nombre masculino
    a free hand carta blanca
    hand ['hænd] vt
    : pasar, dar, entregar
    hand n
    1) : mano f
    made by hand: hecho a mano
    2) pointer: manecilla f, aguja f (de un reloj o instrumento)
    3) side: lado m
    on the other hand: por otro lado
    4) handwriting: letra f, escritura f
    5) applause: aplauso m
    6) : mano f, cartas fpl (en juegos de naipes)
    7) worker: obrero m, -ra f; trabajador m, -dora f
    8)
    to ask for someone's hand (in marriage) : pedir la mano de alguien
    9)
    to lend a hand : echar una mano
    n.
    • aguja s.f.
    adj.
    • de mano adj.
    • manual adj.
    n.
    • manecilla s.f.
    • manilla s.f.
    • mano s.f.
    • obrero, -era s.m.,f.
    • peón s.m.
    v.
    • dar v.
    (§pres: doy, das...) subj: dé-
    pret: di-•)
    • entregar v.

    I hænd
    1) ( Anat) mano f

    to be good o clever with one's hands — ser* hábil con las manos, ser* mañoso

    to give somebody one's hand — darle* la mano a algn

    they were holding hands when they arrived — llegaron tomados or agarrados or (esp Esp) cogidos de la mano

    we were all on our hands and knees, looking for the ring — estábamos todos a gatas, buscando el anillo

    to have/hold something in one's hands — tener*/llevar algo en la mano

    look, no hands! — mira sin manos!

    to hold out one's hand to somebody — tenderle* la mano a algn

    to join hands — darse* la(s) mano(s)

    hands off! — quita las manos de ahí!, no toques!

    can you put (your) hand on (your) heart and say it isn't true? — ¿puedes decir que no es verdad con la mano en el corazón?

    to put one's hand up o to raise one's hand — levantar la mano

    hands up! — manos arriba!, arriba las manos!

    to raise one's hand to o against somebody — levantarle la mano a algn

    at hand: help was at hand la ayuda estaba en camino; to learn about something at first hand enterarse de algo directamente or personalmente or de primera mano; to learn about something at second/third hand enterarse de algo a través de or por terceros; by hand: made/written by hand hecho/escrito a mano; it must be washed by hand hay que lavarlo a mano; he delivered the letter by hand entregó la carta en mano; hand in hand (tomados or agarrados or (esp Esp) cogidos) de la mano; poverty and disease go hand in hand la pobreza y la enfermedad van de la mano; in hand: glass/hat in hand con el vaso/sombrero en la mano, vaso/sombrero en mano; to pay cash in hand pagar* en metálico or en efectivo; let's get back to the matter in o (AmE also) at hand volvamos a lo que nos ocupa; to have something (well) in hand tener* algo controlado or bajo control; that boy needs taking in hand a ese chico va a haber que meterlo en cintura; on hand: we're always on hand when you need us si nos necesitas, aquí estamos; the police were on hand la policía estaba cerca; to have something on hand tener* algo a mano; out of hand: to get out of hand \<\<child\>\> descontrolarse; the situation is getting out of hand la situación se les (or nos etc) va de las manos; to reject something out of hand rechazar* algo de plano; to hand (BrE) ( within reach) al alcance de la mano, a (la) mano; ( available) disponible; she grabbed the first thing that came to hand agarró lo primero que encontró; hand in glove o (esp AmE) hand and glove: he was hand in glove with the enemy estaba confabulado con el enemigo; hand over fist a manos llenas, a espuertas (esp Esp); her/his left hand doesn't know what her/his right hand is doing borra con el codo lo que escribe con la mano; not to do a hand's turn (colloq) no mover* un dedo (fam), no dar* golpe (Esp, Méx fam); to ask for somebody's hand (in marriage) (frml) pedir* la mano de algn (en matrimonio); to beat somebody/win hands down ganarle a algn/ganar sin problemas; to bind somebody hand and foot atar or (AmL exc RPl) amarrar a algn de pies y manos; to bite the hand that feeds one ser* un desagradecido; to dirty o sully one's hands ( in criminal activity) ensuciarse las manos; she wouldn't dirty her hands with typing no se rebajaría a hacer de mecanógrafa: se le caerían los anillos; to force somebody's hand: I didn't want to, but you forced my hand no quería hacerlo, pero no me dejaste otra salida; to gain/have the upper hand: she gained the upper hand over her rival se impuso a su rival; she's always had the upper hand in their relationship siempre ha dominado ella en su relación; to get one's hands on somebody/something: just wait till I get my hands on him! vas a ver cuando lo agarre!; she can't wait to get her hands on the new computer se muere por usar la computadora nueva; to give somebody/have a free hand darle* a algn/tener* carta blanca; to give somebody the glad hand (AmE) saludar a algn efusivamente; to go hat o (BrE) cap in hand (to somebody): we had to go to them hat in hand asking for more money tuvimos que ir a mendigarles más dinero; to grab o grasp o seize something with both hands: it was a wonderful opportunity and she grabbed it with both hands era una oportunidad fantástica y no dejó que se le escapara de las manos; to have one's hands full estar* ocupadísimo, no dar* para más; to have one's hands tied tener* las manos atadas or (AmL exc RPl) amarradas; to have somebody eating out of one's hand hacer* con algn lo que se quiere; to keep one's hand in no perder* la práctica; to know a place like the back of one's hand conocer* un sitio al dedillo or como la palma de la mano; to live (from) hand to mouth vivir al día; to put o dip one's hand in one's pocket contribuir* con dinero; to put o lay one's hand(s) on something dar* con algo; to try one's hand (at something) probar* (a hacer algo); to turn one's hand to something: he can turn his hand to anything es capaz de hacer cualquier tipo de trabajo; to wait on somebody hand and foot hacerle* de sirviente/sirvienta a algn; to wash one's hands of something lavarse las manos de algo; many hands make light work — el trabajo compartido es más llevadero

    3)
    a) ( agency) mano f

    to die by one's own hand — (frml) quitarse la vida

    to have a hand in something — tener* parte en algo

    to rule with a heavy hand — gobernar* con mano dura

    b) ( assistance) (colloq)

    to give o lend somebody a (helping) hand — echarle or darle* una mano a algn

    c) hands pl (possession, control, care)

    in good/capable hands — en buenas manos

    how did it come into your hands? — ¿cómo llegó a tus manos?

    he/it fell into the hands of the enemy o into enemy hands — cayó en manos del enemigo

    to put oneself in somebody's hands — ponerse* en manos de algn

    to get something/somebody off one's hands — (colloq) quitarse algo/a algn de encima (fam)

    on somebody's hands: she has the children on her hands all day long tiene a los niños a su cuidado todo el día; we've got a problem on our hands tenemos or se nos presenta un problema; out of somebody's hands: the matter is out of my hands el asunto no está en mis manos; to play into somebody's hands — hacerle* el juego a algn

    4) ( side)

    on somebody's right/left hand — a la derecha/izquierda de algn

    on the one hand... on the other (hand)... — por un lado... por otro (lado)...

    5) ( Games)
    a) ( set of cards) mano f, cartas fpl

    to show o reveal one's hand — mostrar* or enseñar las cartas, mostrar* el juego

    to strengthen somebody's hand — afianzar* la posición de algn

    to tip one's hand — (AmE colloq) dejar ver sus (or mis etc) intenciones

    b) ( round of card game) mano f
    6)
    a) ( worker) obrero, -ra m,f; ( farm hand) peón m
    b) ( Naut) marinero m

    an old hand — un veterano, una veterana

    7) ( applause) (colloq) (no pl)

    a big hand for... — un gran aplauso para...

    8) ( handwriting) (liter) letra f
    9) ( on clock) manecilla f, aguja f

    the hour hand — la manecilla or la aguja de las horas, el horario, el puntero (Andes)

    the minute hand — el minutero, la manecilla or la aguja de los minutos

    the second hand — el segundero, la manecilla or la aguja de los segundos

    10) ( measurement) ( Equ) palmo m

    II

    to hand somebody something, to hand something TO somebody — pasarle algo a alguien

    he was handed a stiff sentence — (AmE) le impusieron una pena severa

    to hand it to somebody: you have to hand it to her; she knows her subject — hay que reconocérselo, conoce muy bien el tema

    Phrasal Verbs:
    [hænd]
    1. N
    1) (=part of body) mano f

    • to be clever or good with one's hands — ser hábil con las manos, ser un manitas

    • a piece for four hands — (Mus) una pieza para (piano a) cuatro manos

    • to hold hands — [children] ir cogidos de la mano, ir tomados de la mano (LAm); [lovers] hacer manitas

    • on (one's) hands and knees — a gatas

    • hands off! * — ¡fuera las manos!, ¡no se toca!

    hands off those chocolates! — ¡los bombones ni tocarlos!

    hands off pensions! — ¡no a la reforma de las pensiones!, ¡dejad las pensiones en paz!

    • hands up! — (to criminal) ¡arriba las manos!; (to pupils) ¡que levanten la mano!

    hand over fist —

    - be hand in glove with sb
    - live from hand to mouth
    shake 2., 1)
    2) (=needle) [of instrument] aguja f; [of clock] manecilla f, aguja f

    the big hand — la manecilla grande, el minutero

    the little hand — la manecilla pequeña, el horario

    3) (=agency, influence) mano f, influencia f

    his hand was everywhere — se notaba su influencia por todas partes, su mano se notaba en todo

    to have a hand in — tomar parte en, intervenir en

    4) (=worker) (in factory) obrero(-a) m / f; (=farm hand) peón m; (=deck hand) marinero m (de cubierta)

    • all hands on deck! — (Naut) ¡todos a cubierta!

    • to be lost with all hands — hundirse con toda la tripulación

    - be an old hand
    5) (=help) mano f

    would you like a hand with moving that? — ¿te echo una mano a mover eso?

    • to give or lend sb a hand — echar una mano a algn

    can you give or lend me a hand? — ¿me echas una mano?

    6) (=handwriting) letra f, escritura f
    7) (Cards) (=round) mano f, partida f; (=cards held) mano f

    a hand of bridge/poker — una mano or una partida de bridge/póker

    8) (=measurement) [of horse] palmo m
    9) * (=round of applause)

    let's have a big hand for...! — ¡muchos aplausos para...!

    • to ask for sb's hand (in marriage) — pedir la mano de algn

    • to change hands — cambiar de mano or de dueño

    • just wait till I get my hands on him! — ¡espera (a) que le ponga la mano encima!

    • to lay hands on — (=get) conseguir; (Rel) imponer las manos a

    I don't know where to lay my hands on... — no sé dónde conseguir...

    • to put or set one's hand to sth — emprender algo

    • to raise one's or a hand to or against sb — poner a algn la mano encima

    • to take a hand in sth — tomar parte or participar en algo

    • to try one's hand at sth — probar algo

    - get one's hand in
    - give with one hand and take away with the other
    - keep one's hand in
    - sit on one's hands
    - turn one's hand to sth
    - wait on sb hand and foot
    eat 2., force 2., 1), join 1., 1), show 1., 1), throw up 2., 1), wash 2., 1), win 2., 3)

    • to rule with a firm hand — gobernar con firmeza

    • to have a free hand — tener carta blanca

    • to have one's hands full (with sth/sb) — no parar un momento (con algo/algn), estar muy ocupado (con algo/algn)

    • don't worry, she's in good hands — no te preocupes, está en buenas manos

    • with a heavy hand — con mano dura

    • to give sb a helping hand — echar una mano a algn

    • with a high hand — despóticamente

    • if this should get into the wrong hands... — si esto cayera en manos de quien no debiera...

    - get or gain the upper hand
    - have the upper hand
    12) (=after preposition)

    • don't worry, help is at hand — no te preocupes, disponemos de or contamos con ayuda

    • made by hand — hecho a mano

    by hand — (on envelope) en su mano

    to take sb by the hand — coger or tomar a algn de la mano

    • they were going along hand in hand — iban cogidos de la mano

    gun in hand — el revólver en la mano, empuñando el revólver

    to have £50 in hand — tener 50 libras en el haber

    money in hand — dinero m disponible

    to take sb in hand — (=take charge of) hacerse cargo de algn; (=discipline) imponer disciplina a algn

    • to play into sb's hands — hacer el juego a algn

    • to get sth off one's hands — (=get rid of) deshacerse de algo; (=finish doing) terminar de hacer algo

    • on the right/left hand — a derecha/izquierda, a mano derecha/izquierda

    on the one hand... on the other hand — por una parte... por otra parte, por un lado... por otro lado

    on the other hand, she did agree to do it — pero el caso es que ella (sí) había accedido a hacerlo

    on every hand, on all hands — por todas partes

    he was left with the goods on his hands — tuvo que quedarse con todo el género, el género resultó ser invendible

    • to dismiss sth out of hand — descartar algo sin más

    • to have sth to hand — tener algo a mano

    your letter of the 23rd is to hand — frm he recibido su carta del día 23

    cap 1., 1)
    2.
    VT (=pass)

    to hand sb sth, hand sth to sb — pasar algo a algn

    3.
    CPD [lotion, cream] para las manos

    hand baggage N (US) — = hand luggage

    hand controls NPL — controles mpl manuales

    hand drier, hand dryer N — secamanos m inv automático

    hand gel — gel m (limpiador) de manos

    hand grenade N — granada f (de mano)

    hand lotion N — loción f para las manos

    hand luggage N — equipaje m de mano

    hand signal N — (Aut) señal f con el brazo

    with both indicators broken, he had to rely on hand signals — con los intermitentes rotos tenía que hacer señales con el brazo or la mano

    hand towel N — toalla f de manos

    hand-wash
    * * *

    I [hænd]
    1) ( Anat) mano f

    to be good o clever with one's hands — ser* hábil con las manos, ser* mañoso

    to give somebody one's hand — darle* la mano a algn

    they were holding hands when they arrived — llegaron tomados or agarrados or (esp Esp) cogidos de la mano

    we were all on our hands and knees, looking for the ring — estábamos todos a gatas, buscando el anillo

    to have/hold something in one's hands — tener*/llevar algo en la mano

    look, no hands! — mira sin manos!

    to hold out one's hand to somebody — tenderle* la mano a algn

    to join hands — darse* la(s) mano(s)

    hands off! — quita las manos de ahí!, no toques!

    can you put (your) hand on (your) heart and say it isn't true? — ¿puedes decir que no es verdad con la mano en el corazón?

    to put one's hand up o to raise one's hand — levantar la mano

    hands up! — manos arriba!, arriba las manos!

    to raise one's hand to o against somebody — levantarle la mano a algn

    at hand: help was at hand la ayuda estaba en camino; to learn about something at first hand enterarse de algo directamente or personalmente or de primera mano; to learn about something at second/third hand enterarse de algo a través de or por terceros; by hand: made/written by hand hecho/escrito a mano; it must be washed by hand hay que lavarlo a mano; he delivered the letter by hand entregó la carta en mano; hand in hand (tomados or agarrados or (esp Esp) cogidos) de la mano; poverty and disease go hand in hand la pobreza y la enfermedad van de la mano; in hand: glass/hat in hand con el vaso/sombrero en la mano, vaso/sombrero en mano; to pay cash in hand pagar* en metálico or en efectivo; let's get back to the matter in o (AmE also) at hand volvamos a lo que nos ocupa; to have something (well) in hand tener* algo controlado or bajo control; that boy needs taking in hand a ese chico va a haber que meterlo en cintura; on hand: we're always on hand when you need us si nos necesitas, aquí estamos; the police were on hand la policía estaba cerca; to have something on hand tener* algo a mano; out of hand: to get out of hand \<\<child\>\> descontrolarse; the situation is getting out of hand la situación se les (or nos etc) va de las manos; to reject something out of hand rechazar* algo de plano; to hand (BrE) ( within reach) al alcance de la mano, a (la) mano; ( available) disponible; she grabbed the first thing that came to hand agarró lo primero que encontró; hand in glove o (esp AmE) hand and glove: he was hand in glove with the enemy estaba confabulado con el enemigo; hand over fist a manos llenas, a espuertas (esp Esp); her/his left hand doesn't know what her/his right hand is doing borra con el codo lo que escribe con la mano; not to do a hand's turn (colloq) no mover* un dedo (fam), no dar* golpe (Esp, Méx fam); to ask for somebody's hand (in marriage) (frml) pedir* la mano de algn (en matrimonio); to beat somebody/win hands down ganarle a algn/ganar sin problemas; to bind somebody hand and foot atar or (AmL exc RPl) amarrar a algn de pies y manos; to bite the hand that feeds one ser* un desagradecido; to dirty o sully one's hands ( in criminal activity) ensuciarse las manos; she wouldn't dirty her hands with typing no se rebajaría a hacer de mecanógrafa: se le caerían los anillos; to force somebody's hand: I didn't want to, but you forced my hand no quería hacerlo, pero no me dejaste otra salida; to gain/have the upper hand: she gained the upper hand over her rival se impuso a su rival; she's always had the upper hand in their relationship siempre ha dominado ella en su relación; to get one's hands on somebody/something: just wait till I get my hands on him! vas a ver cuando lo agarre!; she can't wait to get her hands on the new computer se muere por usar la computadora nueva; to give somebody/have a free hand darle* a algn/tener* carta blanca; to give somebody the glad hand (AmE) saludar a algn efusivamente; to go hat o (BrE) cap in hand (to somebody): we had to go to them hat in hand asking for more money tuvimos que ir a mendigarles más dinero; to grab o grasp o seize something with both hands: it was a wonderful opportunity and she grabbed it with both hands era una oportunidad fantástica y no dejó que se le escapara de las manos; to have one's hands full estar* ocupadísimo, no dar* para más; to have one's hands tied tener* las manos atadas or (AmL exc RPl) amarradas; to have somebody eating out of one's hand hacer* con algn lo que se quiere; to keep one's hand in no perder* la práctica; to know a place like the back of one's hand conocer* un sitio al dedillo or como la palma de la mano; to live (from) hand to mouth vivir al día; to put o dip one's hand in one's pocket contribuir* con dinero; to put o lay one's hand(s) on something dar* con algo; to try one's hand (at something) probar* (a hacer algo); to turn one's hand to something: he can turn his hand to anything es capaz de hacer cualquier tipo de trabajo; to wait on somebody hand and foot hacerle* de sirviente/sirvienta a algn; to wash one's hands of something lavarse las manos de algo; many hands make light work — el trabajo compartido es más llevadero

    3)
    a) ( agency) mano f

    to die by one's own hand — (frml) quitarse la vida

    to have a hand in something — tener* parte en algo

    to rule with a heavy hand — gobernar* con mano dura

    b) ( assistance) (colloq)

    to give o lend somebody a (helping) hand — echarle or darle* una mano a algn

    c) hands pl (possession, control, care)

    in good/capable hands — en buenas manos

    how did it come into your hands? — ¿cómo llegó a tus manos?

    he/it fell into the hands of the enemy o into enemy hands — cayó en manos del enemigo

    to put oneself in somebody's hands — ponerse* en manos de algn

    to get something/somebody off one's hands — (colloq) quitarse algo/a algn de encima (fam)

    on somebody's hands: she has the children on her hands all day long tiene a los niños a su cuidado todo el día; we've got a problem on our hands tenemos or se nos presenta un problema; out of somebody's hands: the matter is out of my hands el asunto no está en mis manos; to play into somebody's hands — hacerle* el juego a algn

    4) ( side)

    on somebody's right/left hand — a la derecha/izquierda de algn

    on the one hand... on the other (hand)... — por un lado... por otro (lado)...

    5) ( Games)
    a) ( set of cards) mano f, cartas fpl

    to show o reveal one's hand — mostrar* or enseñar las cartas, mostrar* el juego

    to strengthen somebody's hand — afianzar* la posición de algn

    to tip one's hand — (AmE colloq) dejar ver sus (or mis etc) intenciones

    b) ( round of card game) mano f
    6)
    a) ( worker) obrero, -ra m,f; ( farm hand) peón m
    b) ( Naut) marinero m

    an old hand — un veterano, una veterana

    7) ( applause) (colloq) (no pl)

    a big hand for... — un gran aplauso para...

    8) ( handwriting) (liter) letra f
    9) ( on clock) manecilla f, aguja f

    the hour hand — la manecilla or la aguja de las horas, el horario, el puntero (Andes)

    the minute hand — el minutero, la manecilla or la aguja de los minutos

    the second hand — el segundero, la manecilla or la aguja de los segundos

    10) ( measurement) ( Equ) palmo m

    II

    to hand somebody something, to hand something TO somebody — pasarle algo a alguien

    he was handed a stiff sentence — (AmE) le impusieron una pena severa

    to hand it to somebody: you have to hand it to her; she knows her subject — hay que reconocérselo, conoce muy bien el tema

    Phrasal Verbs:

    English-spanish dictionary > hand

  • 3 hand

    A n
    1 Anat main f ; he had a pencil/book in his hand il avait un crayon/un livre dans la main ; she had a pistol/umbrella in her hand elle avait un pistolet/un parapluie à la main ; he stood there, gun/suitcase in hand il était là, un pistolet/une valise à la main ; to get ou lay one's hands on mettre la main sur [money, information, key, person] ; he eats/steals everything he can get ou lay his hands on il mange/vole tout ce qui lui passe sous le nez ; to keep one's hands off sth ne pas toucher à [computer, money] ; to keep one's hands off sb laisser qn tranquille ; they could hardly keep their hands off each other ils avaient du mal à se retenir pour ne pas se toucher ; to take sb's hand prendre la main de qn ; to take sb by the hand prendre qn par la main ; they were holding hands ils se donnaient la main ; to hold sb's hand lit tenir qn par la main ; fig ( give support) [person] tenir la main à qn ; [government] soutenir qn ; to do ou make sth by hand faire qch à la main ; the letter was delivered by hand la lettre a été remise en mains propres ; ‘by hand’ ( on envelope) ‘par porteur’ ; they gave me 50 dollars in my hand il m'ont donné 50 dollars de la main à la main ; from hand to hand de main en main ; look! no hands! regarde! sans les mains! ; to have one's hands full lit avoir les mains pleines ; fig avoir assez à faire ; to seize an opportunity with both hands saisir l'occasion à deux mains ; hands up, or I shoot! les mains en l'air, ou je tire! ; to be on one's hands and knees être à quatre pattes ; we can always use another pair of hands une autre paire de bras ne serait pas de trop ; hands off ○ ! pas touche ○ !, bas les pattes ○ ! ; ‘hands off our schools’ ( slogan at rally) ‘ne touchez pas à nos écoles’ ; please put your hands together for Max! s'il vous plaît applaudissez Max! ;
    2 ( handwriting) écriture f ; in a neat hand rédigé d'une belle écriture ; in her own hand rédigé de sa propre main ;
    3 (influence, involvement) influence f ; to have a hand in sth prendre part à [decision, project] ; avoir quelque chose à voir avec [demonstration, robbery] ; to have a hand in planning ou organizing sth prendre part à l'organisation de qch ; to stay ou hold one's hand patienter ; I thought I recognized your hand j'ai cru avoir reconnu ton style ;
    4 ( assistance) coup m de main ; to give ou lend sb a (helping) hand donner un coup de main à qn ; I need a hand with my suitcases j'ai besoin d'un coup de main pour porter mes valises ;
    5 ( round of applause) to give sb a big hand applaudir qn très fort ; let's have a big hand for the winner! applaudissons bien fort le gagnant! ;
    6 ( consent to marriage) to ask for/win sb's hand (in marriage) demander/obtenir la main de qn (en mariage) ;
    7 ( possession) to be in sb's hands [money, painting, document, power, affair] être entre les mains de qn ; the painting is in private hands le tableau est entre les mains d'un particulier ; to change hands changer de mains ; to fall ou get into sb's hands [information, equipment] tomber entre les mains de qn ; to fall ou get into the wrong hands [documents, weapons] tomber en mauvaises mains ; in the right hands this information could be useful en bonnes mains, cette information pourrait être utile ; to be in good ou safe hands [child, money] être en bonnes mains ; to put one's life in sb's hands remettre sa vie entre les mains de qn ; to place ou put sth in sb's hands confier qch à qn [department, office] ; remettre qch entre les mains de qn [matter, affair] ; to play into sb's hands jouer le jeu de qn ; the matter is out of my hands cette affaire n'est plus de mon ressort ;
    8 ( control) to get out of hand [expenditure, inflation] déraper ; [children, fans] devenir incontrôlable ; [demonstration, party] dégénérer ; things are getting out of hand on est en train de perdre le contrôle de la situation ; to take sth in hand prendre [qch] en main [situation] ; s'occuper de [problem] ; to take sb in hand prendre qn en main [child, troublemaker] ;
    9 Games ( cards dealt) jeu m ; ( game) partie f ; to show one's hand lit, fig montrer son jeu ; to throw in one's hand lit, fig abandonner la partie ;
    10 ( worker) Agric ouvrier/-ière m/f agricole ; Ind ouvrier/-ière m/f ; Naut membre m de l'équipage ; the ship went down with all hands le bateau a coulé corps et biens ;
    11 ( responsibility) to have sth/sb on one's hands avoir qch/qn sur les bras [unsold stock, surplus] ; to take sb/sth off sb's hands débarrasser qn de qn/qch ; to have sth off one's hands ne plus avoir qch sur les bras ; they'll have a strike on their hands if they're not careful ils vont se retrouver avec une grève sur les bras s'ils ne font pas attention ;
    12 ( available) to keep/have sth to hand garder/avoir qch sous la main [passport, pen, telephone number] ; to be on hand [person] être disponible ; the fire extinguisher was close to hand ou near at hand l'extincteur n'était pas loin ; help was close at hand les secours étaient à proximité ; to grab the first coat that comes to hand attraper n'importe quel manteau ;
    13 ( skill) to try one's hand at sth s'essayer à [photography, marketing] ; to try one's hand at driving/painting s'essayer à la conduite/la peinture ; to set ou turn one's hand to sth/doing entreprendre qch/de faire ; she can turn her hand to almost anything elle sait pratiquement tout faire ; to keep/get one's hand in garder/se faire la main ;
    14 ( pointer) (on clock, dial) aiguille f ; the hour/minute hand l'aiguille des heures/minutes ;
    15 Equit, Meas = 10,16 cm ;
    16 Culin ( of bananas) régime m ; a hand of pork un jambonneau ;
    17 †( signature) to set one's hand to apposer sa signature à [document] ;
    18 ( source) I got the information first/second hand j'ai eu l'information de première main/par l'intermédiaire de quelqu'un ;
    19 (aspect, side) on the one hand…, on the other hand… d'une part… d'autre part… ; on the other hand ( conversely) par contre ; on every hand partout.
    1 ( current) en cours ( never after v) ; the job/matter in hand le travail/l'affaire en cours ;
    2 ( underway) en cours ; work on the road is already in hand les travaux sur la route sont déjà en cours ; the preparations are well in hand les préparatifs sont bien avancés ;
    3 ( to spare) I've got 50 dollars in hand il me reste 50 dollars ; she finished the exam with 20 minutes in hand elle a terminé l'examen avec 20 minutes d'avance ; I'll do it when I have some time in hand je le ferai quand j'aurai du temps devant moi ; stock in hand Comm marchandises en stock.
    C out of hand adv phr [reject, condemn, dismiss] d'emblée.
    D at the hands of prep phr his treatment at the hands of his captors la façon dont il a été traité par ses ravisseurs ; our defeat at the hands of the French team notre défaite contre l'équipe française.
    E vtr ( give) to hand sb sth ou to hand sth to sb donner qch à qn [form, letter, ticket] ; passer qch à qn [knife, screwdriver] ; remettre qch à qn [trophy] ; to hand sb out of a car aider qn à sortir d'une voiture.
    the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing la main gauche ignore ce que fait la droite ; to know sth like the back of one's hand connaître qch comme le dos de la main ; many hands make light work Prov plus on est nombreux plus ça va vite ; I could do that with one hand tied behind my back! je pourrais le faire les doigts dans le nez ○ ! ; you've got to hand it to her/them… il faut lui/leur faire cette justice… ; he never does a hand's turn il ne remue pas le petit doigt ; to win hands down gagner haut la main.
    ■ hand back:
    ▶ hand [sth] back, hand back [sth] rendre [object, essay, colony] (to à).
    ■ hand down:
    ▶ hand [sth] down, hand down [sth] ( transmit) transmettre [heirloom, property, tradition, skill, story] (from de ; to à) ;
    ▶ hand [sth] down to sb, hand down [sth] to sb
    1 ( pass) faire passer [qch] à qn [boxes, books] ;
    2 ( pass on after use) passer [qch] à qn [old clothes].
    ■ hand in:
    ▶ hand [sth] in, hand in [sth]
    1 ( submit) remettre [form, petition, ticket] (to à) ; rendre [homework] ; to hand in one's notice ou resignation donner sa démission ;
    2 ( return) rendre [equipment, keys].
    ■ hand on:
    ▶ hand [sth] on, hand on [sth] passer [collection plate, baton].
    ■ hand out:
    ▶ hand [sth] out, hand out [sth] distribuer [food, leaflets] distribuer [punishments, fines] ; péj prodiguer pej [advice].
    ■ hand over:
    1 TV, Radio [presenter] passer l'antenne à [reporter, presenter] ;
    2 ( transfer power) passer la main à [deputy, successor] ;
    ▶ hand over [sth], hand [sth] over rendre [weapon] ; céder [collection, savings, territory, title, business, company] ; livrer [secret] ; transmettre [power, problem] ; remettre [keys] ; céder [microphone, controls] ; the mugger forced him to hand over his money le voleur l'a obligé à lui remettre son argent ; that pen's mine, hand it over! ce stylo est à moi, rends-le moi! ;
    ▶ hand [sb] over, hand over [sb] livrer [prisoner, terrorist] (to à) ; to hand a baby/patient over to sb remettre un enfant/un malade entre les mains de qn.
    ▶ hand [sth] round, hand round [sth] faire circuler [collection plate, leaflets, drinks, sandwiches].
    ■ hand up:
    ▶ hand [sth] up to sb passer [qch] à qn [hammer, box].

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  • 4 bound

    past tense, past participle; = bind
    bound1 adj atado
    bound2 adj
    bound3 n salto
    bound4 vb saltar
    tr[baʊnd]
    1 (destined) destinado,-a
    \
    SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
    to be bound for ir con destino, navegar con rumbo a
    - bound con rumbo a
    ————————
    tr[baʊnd]
    1 (jump) salto, brinco
    1 saltar
    \
    SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
    with a bound de un salto, de un brinco
    to bound into entrar dando saltos
    to bound over saltar por encima de
    ————————
    tr[baʊnd]
    past & past participle
    1→ link=bind bind{
    1 (tied) atado,-a
    2 (forced) obligado,-a
    3 (book) encuadernado,-a
    \
    SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
    to be bound to ser seguro que
    to be duty bound to «+ inf» estar obligado,-a a + inf
    to be bound by contract estar obligado,-a por contrato
    to be bound up in something estar absorbido,-a por
    to be bound up with something estar vinculado,-a con algo
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    tr[baʊnd]
    bound ['baʊnd] vt
    : delimitar, rodear
    bound vi
    leap: saltar, dar brincos
    bound adj
    1) obliged: obligado
    2) : encuadernado, empastado
    a book bound in leather: un libro encuadernado en cuero
    3) determined: decidido, empeñado
    4)
    to be bound to : ser seguro que, tener que, no caber duda que
    it was bound to happen: tenía que suceder
    5)
    bound for : con rumbo a
    bound for Chicago: con rumbo a Chicago
    to be homeward bound: ir camino a casa
    1) limit: límite m
    2) leap: salto m, brinco m
    n.
    • salto s.m.
    • vuelo s.m.
    adj.
    • atado, -a adj.
    • encuadernado, -a adj.
    • ligado, -a adj.
    • obligado, -a adj.
    n.
    • brinco s.m.
    • confín s.m.
    • límite s.m.
    pret., p.p.
    (Preterito definido y participio pasivo de "to bind")
    v.
    • limitar v.
    • saltar v.

    I baʊnd
    1) bounds pl ( limits) límites mpl
    2) ( jump) salto m, brinco m

    II
    1.
    a) ( leap) saltar
    b) ( move) (+ adv compl)

    to bound in/out/away — entrar/salir*/irse* dando saltos


    2.
    vt \<\<area/country\>\> delimitar

    III
    past & past p of bind I

    IV
    1)
    a) ( tied up) atado, amarrado (AmL exc RPl)

    my hands were bound — tenía las manos atadas or (AmL exc RPl) amarradas

    b) ( obliged)

    to be bound by something (to + inf): you are still bound by your promise sigues estando obligado a cumplir lo que prometiste; they are bound by law to supply the goods están obligados por ley a suministrar los artículos; to be bound to + inf: he felt bound to tell his mother what had happened se sintió obligado a decirle a su madre lo que había sucedido; I'm duty/honor bound to tell you the truth es mi deber/obligación decirte la verdad; bound and determined — (AmE) empeñado

    to be bound to + inf: it was bound to happen sooner or later tarde o temprano tenía que suceder; she's bound to be elected seguro que sale elegida; it was bound to go wrong no cabía duda de que iba a salir mal; they're up to no good, I'll be bound — (colloq & dated) estoy seguro de que están haciendo algo que no deben

    3) ( headed) (pred)

    bound for: a ship bound for New York un barco con rumbo a Nueva York; the truck was bound for Italy — el camión iba rumbo a Italia


    I [baʊnd]
    1.
    N
    bounds (=limits) límite msing

    out of bounds — zona f prohibida

    2.
    VT (gen passive) limitar, rodear

    II [baʊnd]
    1.
    N (=jump) salto m

    at a bound, in one bound — de un salto

    2.
    VI [person, animal] saltar; [ball] (re)botar
    3.

    III [baʊnd]
    1.
    PT
    PP of bind
    2. ADJ
    1) (=tied) [prisoner] atado
    2) (=sure)

    to be bound to: we are bound to win — seguro que ganamos, estamos seguros de ganar

    he's bound to come — es seguro que vendrá, no puede dejar de venir

    they'll regret it, I'll be bound — se arrepentirán de ello, estoy seguro

    3) (=obliged) obligado

    I'm bound to say that... — me siento obligado a decir que..., siento el deber de decir que...

    I feel bound to tell you that... — me veo en la necesidad de decirte que...

    honour
    IV
    [baʊnd]
    ADJ

    where are you bound (for)? — ¿adónde se dirige usted?

    bound for — [train, plane] con destino a; [ship, person] con rumbo a

    homeward
    * * *

    I [baʊnd]
    1) bounds pl ( limits) límites mpl
    2) ( jump) salto m, brinco m

    II
    1.
    a) ( leap) saltar
    b) ( move) (+ adv compl)

    to bound in/out/away — entrar/salir*/irse* dando saltos


    2.
    vt \<\<area/country\>\> delimitar

    III
    past & past p of bind I

    IV
    1)
    a) ( tied up) atado, amarrado (AmL exc RPl)

    my hands were bound — tenía las manos atadas or (AmL exc RPl) amarradas

    b) ( obliged)

    to be bound by something (to + inf): you are still bound by your promise sigues estando obligado a cumplir lo que prometiste; they are bound by law to supply the goods están obligados por ley a suministrar los artículos; to be bound to + inf: he felt bound to tell his mother what had happened se sintió obligado a decirle a su madre lo que había sucedido; I'm duty/honor bound to tell you the truth es mi deber/obligación decirte la verdad; bound and determined — (AmE) empeñado

    to be bound to + inf: it was bound to happen sooner or later tarde o temprano tenía que suceder; she's bound to be elected seguro que sale elegida; it was bound to go wrong no cabía duda de que iba a salir mal; they're up to no good, I'll be bound — (colloq & dated) estoy seguro de que están haciendo algo que no deben

    3) ( headed) (pred)

    bound for: a ship bound for New York un barco con rumbo a Nueva York; the truck was bound for Italy — el camión iba rumbo a Italia

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  • 5 find

    find [faɪnd]
    trouver ⇒ 1 (a)-(d) retrouver ⇒ 1 (a) chercher ⇒ 1 (b) constater ⇒ 1 (e) déclarer ⇒ 1 (f) se trouver ⇒ 1 (h) prononcer ⇒ 2 trouvaille ⇒ 3 merveille ⇒ 3
    (pt & pp found [faʊnd])
    (a) (by searching) trouver; (lost thing, person) retrouver;
    ∎ I can't find it anywhere je ne le trouve nulle part;
    ∎ did you find what you were looking for? as-tu trouvé ce que tu cherchais?;
    ∎ she couldn't find anything to say elle ne trouvait rien à dire;
    ∎ the police could find no reason or explanation for his disappearance la police n'arrivait pas à expliquer sa disparition;
    ∎ I never did find those earrings je n'ai jamais pu trouver ces boucles d'oreilles;
    ∎ the missing airmen were found alive les aviateurs disparus ont été retrouvés sains et saufs;
    ∎ I can't find my place (in book) je ne sais plus où j'en suis;
    ∎ my wallet/he was nowhere to be found mon portefeuille/il était introuvable
    (b) (look for, fetch) chercher;
    ∎ Computing to find and replace trouver et remplacer;
    ∎ he went to find help/a doctor il est allé chercher de l'aide/un médecin;
    ∎ go and find me a pair of scissors va me chercher une paire de ciseaux;
    ∎ could you find me a cloth? tu peux me trouver un chiffon?;
    ∎ he said he'd try to find me a job il a dit qu'il essaierait de me trouver un travail;
    ∎ to find the time/money to do sth trouver le temps de/l'argent nécessaire pour faire qch;
    ∎ to find the courage/strength to do sth trouver le courage/la force de faire qch;
    ∎ to find one's feet (in new job, situation) prendre ses repères;
    ∎ I'm still finding my feet je ne suis pas encore complètement dans le bain;
    ∎ she couldn't find it in her heart or herself to say no elle n'a pas eu le cœur de dire non;
    ∎ the bullet found its mark la balle a atteint son but;
    ∎ to find one's way trouver son chemin;
    ∎ I'll find my own way out je trouverai la sortie tout seul;
    ∎ she found her way back home elle a réussi à rentrer chez elle;
    ∎ somehow, the book had found its way into my room sans que je sache comment, le livre s'était retrouvé dans ma chambre
    ∎ we left everything as we found it nous avons tout laissé dans l'état où nous l'avions trouvé;
    ∎ we found this wonderful little bistro on our last visit nous avons découvert un adorable petit bistro lors de notre dernière visite;
    ∎ you won't find a better bargain anywhere nulle part, vous ne trouverez meilleur prix;
    ∎ this bird is found all over Britain on trouve cet oiseau dans toute la Grande-Bretagne;
    ∎ the complete list is to be found on page 18 la liste complète se trouve page 18;
    ∎ I found him at home je l'ai trouvé chez lui;
    ∎ I found her waiting outside je l'ai trouvée qui attendait dehors;
    ∎ they found him dead on l'a trouvé mort;
    ∎ you'll find someone else tu trouveras quelqu'un d'autre;
    ∎ to find happiness/peace trouver le bonheur/la paix;
    ∎ I take people as I find them je prends les gens comme ils sont;
    ∎ I hope this letter finds you in good health j'espère que vous allez bien;
    ∎ they found an unexpected supporter in Mr Smith ils ont trouvé en M. Smith un partisan inattendu
    (d) (expressing an opinion, personal view) trouver;
    ∎ I don't find that funny at all je ne trouve pas ça drôle du tout;
    ∎ I find her very pretty je la trouve très jolie;
    ∎ she finds it very difficult/impossible to talk about it il lui est très difficile/impossible d'en parler;
    ∎ to find some difficulty in doing sth éprouver quelque difficulté à faire qch;
    ∎ he finds it very hard/impossible to make friends il a beaucoup de mal à/il n'arrive pas à se faire des amis;
    ∎ I find it hot/cold in here je trouve qu'il fait chaud/froid ici;
    ∎ how did you find your new boss/your steak? comment avez-vous trouvé votre nouveau patron/votre steak?;
    ∎ Rovers have been found wanting or lacking in defence les Rovers ont fait preuve de faiblesse au niveau de la défense
    (e) (discover, learn) constater;
    ∎ I found (that) the car wouldn't start j'ai constaté que la voiture ne voulait pas démarrer;
    ∎ they came back to find the house had been burgled à leur retour, ils ont constaté que la maison avait été cambriolée;
    ∎ I find I have time on my hands now that I am no longer working je m'aperçois que j'ai du temps à moi maintenant que je ne travaille plus;
    ∎ I think you'll find I'm right je pense que tu t'apercevras que j'ai raison
    ∎ to find sb guilty/innocent déclarer qn coupable/non coupable;
    ∎ how do you find the accused? déclarez-vous l'accusé coupable ou non coupable?;
    ∎ the court found that the evidence was inconclusive le tribunal a déclaré que les preuves n'étaient pas suffisantes
    (g) old-fashioned or formal (provide → one's own tools, uniform) fournir;
    ∎ £65 a week all found 65 livres par semaine nourri et logé
    ∎ I woke up to find myself on a ship je me suis réveillé sur un bateau;
    ∎ he found himself out of a job il s'est retrouvé sans emploi;
    ∎ I find/found myself in an impossible situation je me trouve/me suis retrouvé dans une situation impossible;
    ∎ formal I find myself unable to agree to your request je me vois dans l'impossibilité d'accéder à votre demande;
    ∎ she found herself forced to retaliate elle s'est trouvée dans l'obligation de riposter;
    ∎ he's going on a six-month backpacking trip to find himself il va partir en voyage pendant six mois, sac au dos, à la recherche de lui-même
    ∎ Law to find for/against the plaintiff prononcer en faveur de l'accusation/de la défense
    3 noun
    (object) trouvaille f; (person) merveille f
    ►► Computing find command commande f de recherche
    (a) (investigate, make enquiries) se renseigner;
    ∎ to find out about sth se renseigner sur qch
    (b) (learn, discover)
    ∎ his wife/his boss found out sa femme/son chef a tout découvert;
    ∎ his wife found out about his affair sa femme a découvert qu'il avait une liaison;
    ∎ what if the police find out? et si la police l'apprend?;
    ∎ I didn't find out about the party in time on ne m'a pas mis au courant de la fête à temps;
    ∎ I didn't find out about it in time je ne l'ai pas su à temps
    (a) (learn, discover → truth, real identity) découvrir; (→ answer, phone number) trouver; (→ by making enquiries, reading instructions) se renseigner sur;
    ∎ we found out that she was French nous avons découvert qu'elle était française;
    ∎ what have you found out about him/it? qu'est-ce que tu as découvert sur lui/là-dessus?;
    ∎ can you find out the date of the meeting for me? est-ce que tu peux te renseigner sur la date de la réunion?;
    ∎ when I found out the date of the meeting quand j'ai appris la date de la réunion;
    ∎ to find out how to do sth/what sb is really like découvrir comment faire qch/la véritable nature de qn;
    ∎ I found out where he'd put it j'ai trouvé où il l'avait mis
    (b) (catch being dishonest) prendre; (show to be a fraud) prendre en défaut;
    ∎ make sure you don't get found out veille à ne pas te faire prendre;
    ∎ you've been found out tu as été découvert;
    ∎ they had found her out for the liar she was ils avaient découvert quelle menteuse elle était;
    ∎ she had been found out transferring money into her own account on avait découvert qu'elle transférait de l'argent sur son propre compte

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  • 6 Historical Portugal

       Before Romans described western Iberia or Hispania as "Lusitania," ancient Iberians inhabited the land. Phoenician and Greek trading settlements grew up in the Tagus estuary area and nearby coasts. Beginning around 202 BCE, Romans invaded what is today southern Portugal. With Rome's defeat of Carthage, Romans proceeded to conquer and rule the western region north of the Tagus, which they named Roman "Lusitania." In the fourth century CE, as Rome's rule weakened, the area experienced yet another invasion—Germanic tribes, principally the Suevi, who eventually were Christianized. During the sixth century CE, the Suevi kingdom was superseded by yet another Germanic tribe—the Christian Visigoths.
       A major turning point in Portugal's history came in 711, as Muslim armies from North Africa, consisting of both Arab and Berber elements, invaded the Iberian Peninsula from across the Straits of Gibraltar. They entered what is now Portugal in 714, and proceeded to conquer most of the country except for the far north. For the next half a millennium, Islam and Muslim presence in Portugal left a significant mark upon the politics, government, language, and culture of the country.
       Islam, Reconquest, and Portugal Created, 714-1140
       The long frontier struggle between Muslim invaders and Christian communities in the north of the Iberian peninsula was called the Reconquista (Reconquest). It was during this struggle that the first dynasty of Portuguese kings (Burgundian) emerged and the independent monarchy of Portugal was established. Christian forces moved south from what is now the extreme north of Portugal and gradually defeated Muslim forces, besieging and capturing towns under Muslim sway. In the ninth century, as Christian forces slowly made their way southward, Christian elements were dominant only in the area between Minho province and the Douro River; this region became known as "territorium Portu-calense."
       In the 11th century, the advance of the Reconquest quickened as local Christian armies were reinforced by crusading knights from what is now France and England. Christian forces took Montemor (1034), at the Mondego River; Lamego (1058); Viseu (1058); and Coimbra (1064). In 1095, the king of Castile and Léon granted the country of "Portu-cale," what became northern Portugal, to a Burgundian count who had emigrated from France. This was the foundation of Portugal. In 1139, a descendant of this count, Afonso Henriques, proclaimed himself "King of Portugal." He was Portugal's first monarch, the "Founder," and the first of the Burgundian dynasty, which ruled until 1385.
       The emergence of Portugal in the 12th century as a separate monarchy in Iberia occurred before the Christian Reconquest of the peninsula. In the 1140s, the pope in Rome recognized Afonso Henriques as king of Portugal. In 1147, after a long, bloody siege, Muslim-occupied Lisbon fell to Afonso Henriques's army. Lisbon was the greatest prize of the 500-year war. Assisting this effort were English crusaders on their way to the Holy Land; the first bishop of Lisbon was an Englishman. When the Portuguese captured Faro and Silves in the Algarve province in 1248-50, the Reconquest of the extreme western portion of the Iberian peninsula was complete—significantly, more than two centuries before the Spanish crown completed the Reconquest of the eastern portion by capturing Granada in 1492.
       Consolidation and Independence of Burgundian Portugal, 1140-1385
       Two main themes of Portugal's early existence as a monarchy are the consolidation of control over the realm and the defeat of a Castil-ian threat from the east to its independence. At the end of this period came the birth of a new royal dynasty (Aviz), which prepared to carry the Christian Reconquest beyond continental Portugal across the straits of Gibraltar to North Africa. There was a variety of motives behind these developments. Portugal's independent existence was imperiled by threats from neighboring Iberian kingdoms to the north and east. Politics were dominated not only by efforts against the Muslims in
       Portugal (until 1250) and in nearby southern Spain (until 1492), but also by internecine warfare among the kingdoms of Castile, Léon, Aragon, and Portugal. A final comeback of Muslim forces was defeated at the battle of Salado (1340) by allied Castilian and Portuguese forces. In the emerging Kingdom of Portugal, the monarch gradually gained power over and neutralized the nobility and the Church.
       The historic and commonplace Portuguese saying "From Spain, neither a good wind nor a good marriage" was literally played out in diplomacy and war in the late 14th-century struggles for mastery in the peninsula. Larger, more populous Castile was pitted against smaller Portugal. Castile's Juan I intended to force a union between Castile and Portugal during this era of confusion and conflict. In late 1383, Portugal's King Fernando, the last king of the Burgundian dynasty, suddenly died prematurely at age 38, and the Master of Aviz, Portugal's most powerful nobleman, took up the cause of independence and resistance against Castile's invasion. The Master of Aviz, who became King João I of Portugal, was able to obtain foreign assistance. With the aid of English archers, Joao's armies defeated the Castilians in the crucial battle of Aljubarrota, on 14 August 1385, a victory that assured the independence of the Portuguese monarchy from its Castilian nemesis for several centuries.
       Aviz Dynasty and Portugal's First Overseas Empire, 1385-1580
       The results of the victory at Aljubarrota, much celebrated in Portugal's art and monuments, and the rise of the Aviz dynasty also helped to establish a new merchant class in Lisbon and Oporto, Portugal's second city. This group supported King João I's program of carrying the Reconquest to North Africa, since it was interested in expanding Portugal's foreign commerce and tapping into Muslim trade routes and resources in Africa. With the Reconquest against the Muslims completed in Portugal and the threat from Castile thwarted for the moment, the Aviz dynasty launched an era of overseas conquest, exploration, and trade. These efforts dominated Portugal's 15th and 16th centuries.
       The overseas empire and age of Discoveries began with Portugal's bold conquest in 1415 of the Moroccan city of Ceuta. One royal member of the 1415 expedition was young, 21-year-old Prince Henry, later known in history as "Prince Henry the Navigator." His part in the capture of Ceuta won Henry his knighthood and began Portugal's "Marvelous Century," during which the small kingdom was counted as a European and world power of consequence. Henry was the son of King João I and his English queen, Philippa of Lancaster, but he did not inherit the throne. Instead, he spent most of his life and his fortune, and that of the wealthy military Order of Christ, on various imperial ventures and on voyages of exploration down the African coast and into the Atlantic. While mythology has surrounded Henry's controversial role in the Discoveries, and this role has been exaggerated, there is no doubt that he played a vital part in the initiation of Portugal's first overseas empire and in encouraging exploration. He was naturally curious, had a sense of mission for Portugal, and was a strong leader. He also had wealth to expend; at least a third of the African voyages of the time were under his sponsorship. If Prince Henry himself knew little science, significant scientific advances in navigation were made in his day.
       What were Portugal's motives for this new imperial effort? The well-worn historical cliche of "God, Glory, and Gold" can only partly explain the motivation of a small kingdom with few natural resources and barely 1 million people, which was greatly outnumbered by the other powers it confronted. Among Portuguese objectives were the desire to exploit known North African trade routes and resources (gold, wheat, leather, weaponry, and other goods that were scarce in Iberia); the need to outflank the Muslim world in the Mediterranean by sailing around Africa, attacking Muslims en route; and the wish to ally with Christian kingdoms beyond Africa. This enterprise also involved a strategy of breaking the Venetian spice monopoly by trading directly with the East by means of discovering and exploiting a sea route around Africa to Asia. Besides the commercial motives, Portugal nurtured a strong crusading sense of Christian mission, and various classes in the kingdom saw an opportunity for fame and gain.
       By the time of Prince Henry's death in 1460, Portugal had gained control of the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeiras, begun to colonize the Cape Verde Islands, failed to conquer the Canary Islands from Castile, captured various cities on Morocco's coast, and explored as far as Senegal, West Africa, down the African coast. By 1488, Bar-tolomeu Dias had rounded the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa and thereby discovered the way to the Indian Ocean.
       Portugal's largely coastal African empire and later its fragile Asian empire brought unexpected wealth but were purchased at a high price. Costs included wars of conquest and defense against rival powers, manning the far-flung navel and trade fleets and scattered castle-fortresses, and staffing its small but fierce armies, all of which entailed a loss of skills and population to maintain a scattered empire. Always short of capital, the monarchy became indebted to bankers. There were many defeats beginning in the 16th century at the hands of the larger imperial European monarchies (Spain, France, England, and Holland) and many attacks on Portugal and its strung-out empire. Typically, there was also the conflict that arose when a tenuously held world empire that rarely if ever paid its way demanded finance and manpower Portugal itself lacked.
       The first 80 years of the glorious imperial era, the golden age of Portugal's imperial power and world influence, was an African phase. During 1415-88, Portuguese navigators and explorers in small ships, some of them caravelas (caravels), explored the treacherous, disease-ridden coasts of Africa from Morocco to South Africa beyond the Cape of Good Hope. By the 1470s, the Portuguese had reached the Gulf of Guinea and, in the early 1480s, what is now Angola. Bartolomeu Dias's extraordinary voyage of 1487-88 to South Africa's coast and the edge of the Indian Ocean convinced Portugal that the best route to Asia's spices and Christians lay south, around the tip of southern Africa. Between 1488 and 1495, there was a hiatus caused in part by domestic conflict in Portugal, discussion of resources available for further conquests beyond Africa in Asia, and serious questions as to Portugal's capacity to reach beyond Africa. In 1495, King Manuel and his council decided to strike for Asia, whatever the consequences. In 1497-99, Vasco da Gama, under royal orders, made the epic two-year voyage that discovered the sea route to western India (Asia), outflanked Islam and Venice, and began Portugal's Asian empire. Within 50 years, Portugal had discovered and begun the exploitation of its largest colony, Brazil, and set up forts and trading posts from the Middle East (Aden and Ormuz), India (Calicut, Goa, etc.), Malacca, and Indonesia to Macau in China.
       By the 1550s, parts of its largely coastal, maritime trading post empire from Morocco to the Moluccas were under siege from various hostile forces, including Muslims, Christians, and Hindi. Although Moroccan forces expelled the Portuguese from the major coastal cities by 1550, the rival European monarchies of Castile (Spain), England, France, and later Holland began to seize portions of her undermanned, outgunned maritime empire.
       In 1580, Phillip II of Spain, whose mother was a Portuguese princess and who had a strong claim to the Portuguese throne, invaded Portugal, claimed the throne, and assumed control over the realm and, by extension, its African, Asian, and American empires. Phillip II filled the power vacuum that appeared in Portugal following the loss of most of Portugal's army and its young, headstrong King Sebastião in a disastrous war in Morocco. Sebastiao's death in battle (1578) and the lack of a natural heir to succeed him, as well as the weak leadership of the cardinal who briefly assumed control in Lisbon, led to a crisis that Spain's strong monarch exploited. As a result, Portugal lost its independence to Spain for a period of 60 years.
       Portugal under Spanish Rule, 1580-1640
       Despite the disastrous nature of Portugal's experience under Spanish rule, "The Babylonian Captivity" gave birth to modern Portuguese nationalism, its second overseas empire, and its modern alliance system with England. Although Spain allowed Portugal's weakened empire some autonomy, Spanish rule in Portugal became increasingly burdensome and unacceptable. Spain's ambitious imperial efforts in Europe and overseas had an impact on the Portuguese as Spain made greater and greater demands on its smaller neighbor for manpower and money. Portugal's culture underwent a controversial Castilianization, while its empire became hostage to Spain's fortunes. New rival powers England, France, and Holland attacked and took parts of Spain's empire and at the same time attacked Portugal's empire, as well as the mother country.
       Portugal's empire bore the consequences of being attacked by Spain's bitter enemies in what was a form of world war. Portuguese losses were heavy. By 1640, Portugal had lost most of its Moroccan cities as well as Ceylon, the Moluccas, and sections of India. With this, Portugal's Asian empire was gravely weakened. Only Goa, Damão, Diu, Bombay, Timor, and Macau remained and, in Brazil, Dutch forces occupied the northeast.
       On 1 December 1640, long commemorated as a national holiday, Portuguese rebels led by the duke of Braganza overthrew Spanish domination and took advantage of Spanish weakness following a more serious rebellion in Catalonia. Portugal regained independence from Spain, but at a price: dependence on foreign assistance to maintain its independence in the form of the renewal of the alliance with England.
       Restoration and Second Empire, 1640-1822
       Foreign affairs and empire dominated the restoration era and aftermath, and Portugal again briefly enjoyed greater European power and prestige. The Anglo-Portuguese Alliance was renewed and strengthened in treaties of 1642, 1654, and 1661, and Portugal's independence from Spain was underwritten by English pledges and armed assistance. In a Luso-Spanish treaty of 1668, Spain recognized Portugal's independence. Portugal's alliance with England was a marriage of convenience and necessity between two monarchies with important religious, cultural, and social differences. In return for legal, diplomatic, and trade privileges, as well as the use during war and peace of Portugal's great Lisbon harbor and colonial ports for England's navy, England pledged to protect Portugal and its scattered empire from any attack. The previously cited 17th-century alliance treaties were renewed later in the Treaty of Windsor, signed in London in 1899. On at least 10 different occasions after 1640, and during the next two centuries, England was central in helping prevent or repel foreign invasions of its ally, Portugal.
       Portugal's second empire (1640-1822) was largely Brazil-oriented. Portuguese colonization, exploitation of wealth, and emigration focused on Portuguese America, and imperial revenues came chiefly from Brazil. Between 1670 and 1740, Portugal's royalty and nobility grew wealthier on funds derived from Brazilian gold, diamonds, sugar, tobacco, and other crops, an enterprise supported by the Atlantic slave trade and the supply of African slave labor from West Africa and Angola. Visitors today can see where much of that wealth was invested: Portugal's rich legacy of monumental architecture. Meanwhile, the African slave trade took a toll in Angola and West Africa.
       In continental Portugal, absolutist monarchy dominated politics and government, and there was a struggle for position and power between the monarchy and other institutions, such as the Church and nobility. King José I's chief minister, usually known in history as the marquis of Pombal (ruled 1750-77), sharply suppressed the nobility and the
       Church (including the Inquisition, now a weak institution) and expelled the Jesuits. Pombal also made an effort to reduce economic dependence on England, Portugal's oldest ally. But his successes did not last much beyond his disputed time in office.
       Beginning in the late 18th century, the European-wide impact of the French Revolution and the rise of Napoleon placed Portugal in a vulnerable position. With the monarchy ineffectively led by an insane queen (Maria I) and her indecisive regent son (João VI), Portugal again became the focus of foreign ambition and aggression. With England unable to provide decisive assistance in time, France—with Spain's consent—invaded Portugal in 1807. As Napoleon's army under General Junot entered Lisbon meeting no resistance, Portugal's royal family fled on a British fleet to Brazil, where it remained in exile until 1821. In the meantime, Portugal's overseas empire was again under threat. There was a power vacuum as the monarch was absent, foreign armies were present, and new political notions of liberalism and constitutional monarchy were exciting various groups of citizens.
       Again England came to the rescue, this time in the form of the armies of the duke of Wellington. Three successive French invasions of Portugal were defeated and expelled, and Wellington succeeded in carrying the war against Napoleon across the Portuguese frontier into Spain. The presence of the English army, the new French-born liberal ideas, and the political vacuum combined to create revolutionary conditions. The French invasions and the peninsular wars, where Portuguese armed forces played a key role, marked the beginning of a new era in politics.
       Liberalism and Constitutional Monarchy, 1822-1910
       During 1807-22, foreign invasions, war, and civil strife over conflicting political ideas gravely damaged Portugal's commerce, economy, and novice industry. The next terrible blow was the loss of Brazil in 1822, the jewel in the imperial crown. Portugal's very independence seemed to be at risk. In vain, Portugal sought to resist Brazilian independence by force, but in 1825 it formally acknowledged Brazilian independence by treaty.
       Portugal's slow recovery from the destructive French invasions and the "war of independence" was complicated by civil strife over the form of constitutional monarchy that best suited Portugal. After struggles over these issues between 1820 and 1834, Portugal settled somewhat uncertainly into a moderate constitutional monarchy whose constitution (Charter of 1826) lent it strong political powers to exert a moderating influence between the executive and legislative branches of the government. It also featured a new upper middle class based on land ownership and commerce; a Catholic Church that, although still important, lived with reduced privileges and property; a largely African (third) empire to which Lisbon and Oporto devoted increasing spiritual and material resources, starting with the liberal imperial plans of 1836 and 1851, and continuing with the work of institutions like the Lisbon Society of Geography (established 1875); and a mass of rural peasants whose bonds to the land weakened after 1850 and who began to immigrate in increasing numbers to Brazil and North America.
       Chronic military intervention in national politics began in 19th-century Portugal. Such intervention, usually commencing with coups or pronunciamentos (military revolts), was a shortcut to the spoils of political office and could reflect popular discontent as well as the power of personalities. An early example of this was the 1817 golpe (coup) attempt of General Gomes Freire against British military rule in Portugal before the return of King João VI from Brazil. Except for a more stable period from 1851 to 1880, military intervention in politics, or the threat thereof, became a feature of the constitutional monarchy's political life, and it continued into the First Republic and the subsequent Estado Novo.
       Beginning with the Regeneration period (1851-80), Portugal experienced greater political stability and economic progress. Military intervention in politics virtually ceased; industrialization and construction of railroads, roads, and bridges proceeded; two political parties (Regenerators and Historicals) worked out a system of rotation in power; and leading intellectuals sparked a cultural revival in several fields. In 19th-century literature, there was a new golden age led by such figures as Alexandre Herculano (historian), Eça de Queirós (novelist), Almeida Garrett (playwright and essayist), Antero de Quental (poet), and Joaquim Oliveira Martins (historian and social scientist). In its third overseas empire, Portugal attempted to replace the slave trade and slavery with legitimate economic activities; to reform the administration; and to expand Portuguese holdings beyond coastal footholds deep into the African hinterlands in West, West Central, and East Africa. After 1841, to some extent, and especially after 1870, colonial affairs, combined with intense nationalism, pressures for economic profit in Africa, sentiment for national revival, and the drift of European affairs would make or break Lisbon governments.
       Beginning with the political crisis that arose out of the "English Ultimatum" affair of January 1890, the monarchy became discredtted and identified with the poorly functioning government, political parties splintered, and republicanism found more supporters. Portugal participated in the "Scramble for Africa," expanding its African holdings, but failed to annex territory connecting Angola and Mozambique. A growing foreign debt and state bankruptcy as of the early 1890s damaged the constitutional monarchy's reputation, despite the efforts of King Carlos in diplomacy, the renewal of the alliance in the Windsor Treaty of 1899, and the successful if bloody colonial wars in the empire (1880-97). Republicanism proclaimed that Portugal's weak economy and poor society were due to two historic institutions: the monarchy and the Catholic Church. A republic, its stalwarts claimed, would bring greater individual liberty; efficient, if more decentralized government; and a stronger colonial program while stripping the Church of its role in both society and education.
       As the monarchy lost support and republicans became more aggressive, violence increased in politics. King Carlos I and his heir Luís were murdered in Lisbon by anarchist-republicans on 1 February 1908. Following a military and civil insurrection and fighting between monarchist and republican forces, on 5 October 1910, King Manuel II fled Portugal and a republic was proclaimed.
       First Parliamentary Republic, 1910-26
       Portugal's first attempt at republican government was the most unstable, turbulent parliamentary republic in the history of 20th-century Western Europe. During a little under 16 years of the republic, there were 45 governments, a number of legislatures that did not complete normal terms, military coups, and only one president who completed his four-year term in office. Portuguese society was poorly prepared for this political experiment. Among the deadly legacies of the monarchy were a huge public debt; a largely rural, apolitical, and illiterate peasant population; conflict over the causes of the country's misfortunes; and lack of experience with a pluralist, democratic system.
       The republic had some talented leadership but lacked popular, institutional, and economic support. The 1911 republican constitution established only a limited democracy, as only a small portion of the adult male citizenry was eligible to vote. In a country where the majority was Catholic, the republic passed harshly anticlerical laws, and its institutions and supporters persecuted both the Church and its adherents. During its brief disjointed life, the First Republic drafted important reform plans in economic, social, and educational affairs; actively promoted development in the empire; and pursued a liberal, generous foreign policy. Following British requests for Portugal's assistance in World War I, Portugal entered the war on the Allied side in March 1916 and sent armies to Flanders and Portuguese Africa. Portugal's intervention in that conflict, however, was too costly in many respects, and the ultimate failure of the republic in part may be ascribed to Portugal's World War I activities.
       Unfortunately for the republic, its time coincided with new threats to Portugal's African possessions: World War I, social and political demands from various classes that could not be reconciled, excessive military intervention in politics, and, in particular, the worst economic and financial crisis Portugal had experienced since the 16th and 17th centuries. After the original Portuguese Republican Party (PRP, also known as the "Democrats") splintered into three warring groups in 1912, no true multiparty system emerged. The Democrats, except for only one or two elections, held an iron monopoly of electoral power, and political corruption became a major issue. As extreme right-wing dictatorships elsewhere in Europe began to take power in Italy (1922), neighboring Spain (1923), and Greece (1925), what scant popular support remained for the republic collapsed. Backed by a right-wing coalition of landowners from Alentejo, clergy, Coimbra University faculty and students, Catholic organizations, and big business, career military officers led by General Gomes da Costa executed a coup on 28 May 1926, turned out the last republican government, and established a military government.
       The Estado Novo (New State), 1926-74
       During the military phase (1926-32) of the Estado Novo, professional military officers, largely from the army, governed and administered Portugal and held key cabinet posts, but soon discovered that the military possessed no magic formula that could readily solve the problems inherited from the First Republic. Especially during the years 1926-31, the military dictatorship, even with its political repression of republican activities and institutions (military censorship of the press, political police action, and closure of the republic's rowdy parliament), was characterized by similar weaknesses: personalism and factionalism; military coups and political instability, including civil strife and loss of life; state debt and bankruptcy; and a weak economy. "Barracks parliamentarism" was not an acceptable alternative even to the "Nightmare Republic."
       Led by General Óscar Carmona, who had replaced and sent into exile General Gomes da Costa, the military dictatorship turned to a civilian expert in finance and economics to break the budget impasse and bring coherence to the disorganized system. Appointed minister of finance on 27 April 1928, the Coimbra University Law School professor of economics Antônio de Oliveira Salazar (1889-1970) first reformed finance, helped balance the budget, and then turned to other concerns as he garnered extraordinary governing powers. In 1930, he was appointed interim head of another key ministry (Colonies) and within a few years had become, in effect, a civilian dictator who, with the military hierarchy's support, provided the government with coherence, a program, and a set of policies.
       For nearly 40 years after he was appointed the first civilian prime minister in 1932, Salazar's personality dominated the government. Unlike extreme right-wing dictators elsewhere in Europe, Salazar was directly appointed by the army but was never endorsed by a popular political party, street militia, or voter base. The scholarly, reclusive former Coimbra University professor built up what became known after 1932 as the Estado Novo ("New State"), which at the time of its overthrow by another military coup in 1974, was the longest surviving authoritarian regime in Western Europe. The system of Salazar and the largely academic and technocratic ruling group he gathered in his cabinets was based on the central bureaucracy of the state, which was supported by the president of the republic—always a senior career military officer, General Óscar Carmona (1928-51), General Craveiro Lopes (1951-58), and Admiral Américo Tómaz (1958-74)—and the complicity of various institutions. These included a rubber-stamp legislature called the National Assembly (1935-74) and a political police known under various names: PVDE (1932-45), PIDE (1945-69),
       and DGS (1969-74). Other defenders of the Estado Novo security were paramilitary organizations such as the National Republican Guard (GNR); the Portuguese Legion (PL); and the Portuguese Youth [Movement]. In addition to censorship of the media, theater, and books, there was political repression and a deliberate policy of depoliticization. All political parties except for the approved movement of regime loyalists, the União Nacional or (National Union), were banned.
       The most vigorous and more popular period of the New State was 1932-44, when the basic structures were established. Never monolithic or entirely the work of one person (Salazar), the New State was constructed with the assistance of several dozen top associates who were mainly academics from law schools, some technocrats with specialized skills, and a handful of trusted career military officers. The 1933 Constitution declared Portugal to be a "unitary, corporative Republic," and pressures to restore the monarchy were resisted. Although some of the regime's followers were fascists and pseudofascists, many more were conservative Catholics, integralists, nationalists, and monarchists of different varieties, and even some reactionary republicans. If the New State was authoritarian, it was not totalitarian and, unlike fascism in Benito Mussolini's Italy or Adolf Hitler's Germany, it usually employed the minimum of violence necessary to defeat what remained a largely fractious, incoherent opposition.
       With the tumultuous Second Republic and the subsequent civil war in nearby Spain, the regime felt threatened and reinforced its defenses. During what Salazar rightly perceived as a time of foreign policy crisis for Portugal (1936-45), he assumed control of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From there, he pursued four basic foreign policy objectives: supporting the Nationalist rebels of General Francisco Franco in the Spanish Civil War (1936-39) and concluding defense treaties with a triumphant Franco; ensuring that General Franco in an exhausted Spain did not enter World War II on the Axis side; maintaining Portuguese neutrality in World War II with a post-1942 tilt toward the Allies, including granting Britain and the United States use of bases in the Azores Islands; and preserving and protecting Portugal's Atlantic Islands and its extensive, if poor, overseas empire in Africa and Asia.
       During the middle years of the New State (1944-58), many key Salazar associates in government either died or resigned, and there was greater social unrest in the form of unprecedented strikes and clandestine Communist activities, intensified opposition, and new threatening international pressures on Portugal's overseas empire. During the earlier phase of the Cold War (1947-60), Portugal became a steadfast, if weak, member of the US-dominated North Atlantic Treaty Organization alliance and, in 1955, with American support, Portugal joined the United Nations (UN). Colonial affairs remained a central concern of the regime. As of 1939, Portugal was the third largest colonial power in the world and possessed territories in tropical Africa (Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, and São Tomé and Príncipe Islands) and the remnants of its 16th-century empire in Asia (Goa, Damão, Diu, East Timor, and Macau). Beginning in the early 1950s, following the independence of India in 1947, Portugal resisted Indian pressures to decolonize Portuguese India and used police forces to discourage internal opposition in its Asian and African colonies.
       The later years of the New State (1958-68) witnessed the aging of the increasingly isolated but feared Salazar and new threats both at home and overseas. Although the regime easily overcame the brief oppositionist threat from rival presidential candidate General Humberto Delgado in the spring of 1958, new developments in the African and Asian empires imperiled the authoritarian system. In February 1961, oppositionists hijacked the Portuguese ocean liner Santa Maria and, in following weeks, African insurgents in northern Angola, although they failed to expel the Portuguese, gained worldwide media attention, discredited the New State, and began the 13-year colonial war. After thwarting a dissident military coup against his continued leadership, Salazar and his ruling group mobilized military repression in Angola and attempted to develop the African colonies at a faster pace in order to ensure Portuguese control. Meanwhile, the other European colonial powers (Britain, France, Belgium, and Spain) rapidly granted political independence to their African territories.
       At the time of Salazar's removal from power in September 1968, following a stroke, Portugal's efforts to maintain control over its colonies appeared to be successful. President Americo Tomás appointed Dr. Marcello Caetano as Salazar's successor as prime minister. While maintaining the New State's basic structures, and continuing the regime's essential colonial policy, Caetano attempted wider reforms in colonial administration and some devolution of power from Lisbon, as well as more freedom of expression in Lisbon. Still, a great deal of the budget was devoted to supporting the wars against the insurgencies in Africa. Meanwhile in Asia, Portuguese India had fallen when the Indian army invaded in December 1961. The loss of Goa was a psychological blow to the leadership of the New State, and of the Asian empire only East Timor and Macau remained.
       The Caetano years (1968-74) were but a hiatus between the waning Salazar era and a new regime. There was greater political freedom and rapid economic growth (5-6 percent annually to late 1973), but Caetano's government was unable to reform the old system thoroughly and refused to consider new methods either at home or in the empire. In the end, regime change came from junior officers of the professional military who organized the Armed Forces Movement (MFA) against the Caetano government. It was this group of several hundred officers, mainly in the army and navy, which engineered a largely bloodless coup in Lisbon on 25 April 1974. Their unexpected action brought down the 48-year-old New State and made possible the eventual establishment and consolidation of democratic governance in Portugal, as well as a reorientation of the country away from the Atlantic toward Europe.
       Revolution of Carnations, 1974-76
       Following successful military operations of the Armed Forces Movement against the Caetano government, Portugal experienced what became known as the "Revolution of Carnations." It so happened that during the rainy week of the military golpe, Lisbon flower shops were featuring carnations, and the revolutionaries and their supporters adopted the red carnation as the common symbol of the event, as well as of the new freedom from dictatorship. The MFA, whose leaders at first were mostly little-known majors and captains, proclaimed a three-fold program of change for the new Portugal: democracy; decolonization of the overseas empire, after ending the colonial wars; and developing a backward economy in the spirit of opportunity and equality. During the first 24 months after the coup, there was civil strife, some anarchy, and a power struggle. With the passing of the Estado Novo, public euphoria burst forth as the new provisional military government proclaimed the freedoms of speech, press, and assembly, and abolished censorship, the political police, the Portuguese Legion, Portuguese Youth, and other New State organizations, including the National Union. Scores of political parties were born and joined the senior political party, the Portuguese Community Party (PCP), and the Socialist Party (PS), founded shortly before the coup.
       Portugal's Revolution of Carnations went through several phases. There was an attempt to take control by radical leftists, including the PCP and its allies. This was thwarted by moderate officers in the army, as well as by the efforts of two political parties: the PS and the Social Democrats (PPD, later PSD). The first phase was from April to September 1974. Provisional president General Antonio Spínola, whose 1974 book Portugal and the Future had helped prepare public opinion for the coup, met irresistible leftist pressures. After Spinola's efforts to avoid rapid decolonization of the African empire failed, he resigned in September 1974. During the second phase, from September 1974 to March 1975, radical military officers gained control, but a coup attempt by General Spínola and his supporters in Lisbon in March 1975 failed and Spínola fled to Spain.
       In the third phase of the Revolution, March-November 1975, a strong leftist reaction followed. Farm workers occupied and "nationalized" 1.1 million hectares of farmland in the Alentejo province, and radical military officers in the provisional government ordered the nationalization of Portuguese banks (foreign banks were exempted), utilities, and major industries, or about 60 percent of the economic system. There were power struggles among various political parties — a total of 50 emerged—and in the streets there was civil strife among labor, military, and law enforcement groups. A constituent assembly, elected on 25 April 1975, in Portugal's first free elections since 1926, drafted a democratic constitution. The Council of the Revolution (CR), briefly a revolutionary military watchdog committee, was entrenched as part of the government under the constitution, until a later revision. During the chaotic year of 1975, about 30 persons were killed in political frays while unstable provisional governments came and went. On 25 November 1975, moderate military forces led by Colonel Ramalho Eanes, who later was twice elected president of the republic (1976 and 1981), defeated radical, leftist military groups' revolutionary conspiracies.
       In the meantime, Portugal's scattered overseas empire experienced a precipitous and unprepared decolonization. One by one, the former colonies were granted and accepted independence—Guinea-Bissau (September 1974), Cape Verde Islands (July 1975), and Mozambique (July 1975). Portugal offered to turn over Macau to the People's Republic of China, but the offer was refused then and later negotiations led to the establishment of a formal decolonization or hand-over date of 1999. But in two former colonies, the process of decolonization had tragic results.
       In Angola, decolonization negotiations were greatly complicated by the fact that there were three rival nationalist movements in a struggle for power. The January 1975 Alvor Agreement signed by Portugal and these three parties was not effectively implemented. A bloody civil war broke out in Angola in the spring of 1975 and, when Portuguese armed forces withdrew and declared that Angola was independent on 11 November 1975, the bloodshed only increased. Meanwhile, most of the white Portuguese settlers from Angola and Mozambique fled during the course of 1975. Together with African refugees, more than 600,000 of these retornados ("returned ones") went by ship and air to Portugal and thousands more to Namibia, South Africa, Brazil, Canada, and the United States.
       The second major decolonization disaster was in Portugal's colony of East Timor in the Indonesian archipelago. Portugal's capacity to supervise and control a peaceful transition to independence in this isolated, neglected colony was limited by the strength of giant Indonesia, distance from Lisbon, and Portugal's revolutionary disorder and inability to defend Timor. In early December 1975, before Portugal granted formal independence and as one party, FRETILIN, unilaterally declared East Timor's independence, Indonesia's armed forces invaded, conquered, and annexed East Timor. Indonesian occupation encountered East Timorese resistance, and a heavy loss of life followed. The East Timor question remained a contentious international issue in the UN, as well as in Lisbon and Jakarta, for more than 20 years following Indonesia's invasion and annexation of the former colony of Portugal. Major changes occurred, beginning in 1998, after Indonesia underwent a political revolution and allowed a referendum in East Timor to decide that territory's political future in August 1999. Most East Timorese chose independence, but Indonesian forces resisted that verdict until
       UN intervention in September 1999. Following UN rule for several years, East Timor attained full independence on 20 May 2002.
       Consolidation of Democracy, 1976-2000
       After several free elections and record voter turnouts between 25 April 1975 and June 1976, civil war was averted and Portugal's second democratic republic began to stabilize. The MFA was dissolved, the military were returned to the barracks, and increasingly elected civilians took over the government of the country. The 1976 Constitution was revised several times beginning in 1982 and 1989, in order to reempha-size the principle of free enterprise in the economy while much of the large, nationalized sector was privatized. In June 1976, General Ram-alho Eanes was elected the first constitutional president of the republic (five-year term), and he appointed socialist leader Dr. Mário Soares as prime minister of the first constitutional government.
       From 1976 to 1985, Portugal's new system featured a weak economy and finances, labor unrest, and administrative and political instability. The difficult consolidation of democratic governance was eased in part by the strong currency and gold reserves inherited from the Estado Novo, but Lisbon seemed unable to cope with high unemployment, new debt, the complex impact of the refugees from Africa, world recession, and the agitation of political parties. Four major parties emerged from the maelstrom of 1974-75, except for the Communist Party, all newly founded. They were, from left to right, the Communists (PCP); the Socialists (PS), who managed to dominate governments and the legislature but not win a majority in the Assembly of the Republic; the Social Democrats (PSD); and the Christian Democrats (CDS). During this period, the annual growth rate was low (l-2 percent), and the nationalized sector of the economy stagnated.
       Enhanced economic growth, greater political stability, and more effective central government as of 1985, and especially 1987, were due to several developments. In 1977, Portugal applied for membership in the European Economic Community (EEC), now the European Union (EU) since 1993. In January 1986, with Spain, Portugal was granted membership, and economic and financial progress in the intervening years has been significantly influenced by the comparatively large investment, loans, technology, advice, and other assistance from the EEC. Low unemployment, high annual growth rates (5 percent), and moderate inflation have also been induced by the new political and administrative stability in Lisbon. Led by Prime Minister Cavaco Silva, an economist who was trained abroad, the PSD's strong organization, management, and electoral support since 1985 have assisted in encouraging economic recovery and development. In 1985, the PSD turned the PS out of office and won the general election, although they did not have an absolute majority of assembly seats. In 1986, Mário Soares was elected president of the republic, the first civilian to hold that office since the First Republic. In the elections of 1987 and 1991, however, the PSD was returned to power with clear majorities of over 50 percent of the vote.
       Although the PSD received 50.4 percent of the vote in the 1991 parliamentary elections and held a 42-seat majority in the Assembly of the Republic, the party began to lose public support following media revelations regarding corruption and complaints about Prime Minister Cavaco Silva's perceived arrogant leadership style. President Mário Soares voiced criticism of the PSD's seemingly untouchable majority and described a "tyranny of the majority." Economic growth slowed down. In the parliamentary elections of 1995 and the presidential election of 1996, the PSD's dominance ended for the time being. Prime Minister Antônio Guterres came to office when the PS won the October 1995 elections, and in the subsequent presidential contest, in January 1996, socialist Jorge Sampaio, the former mayor of Lisbon, was elected president of the republic, thus defeating Cavaco Silva's bid. Young and popular, Guterres moved the PS toward the center of the political spectrum. Under Guterres, the PS won the October 1999 parliamentary elections. The PS defeated the PSD but did not manage to win a clear, working majority of seats, and this made the PS dependent upon alliances with smaller parties, including the PCP.
       In the local elections in December 2001, the PSD's criticism of PS's heavy public spending allowed the PSD to take control of the key cities of Lisbon, Oporto, and Coimbra. Guterres resigned, and parliamentary elections were brought forward from 2004 to March 2002. The PSD won a narrow victory with 40 percent of the votes, and Jose Durão Barroso became prime minister. Having failed to win a majority of the seats in parliament forced the PSD to govern in coalition with the right-wing Popular Party (PP) led by Paulo Portas. Durão Barroso set about reducing government spending by cutting the budgets of local authorities, freezing civil service hiring, and reviving the economy by accelerating privatization of state-owned enterprises. These measures provoked a 24-hour strike by public-sector workers. Durão Barroso reacted with vows to press ahead with budget-cutting measures and imposed a wage freeze on all employees earning more than €1,000, which affected more than one-half of Portugal's work force.
       In June 2004, Durão Barroso was invited by Romano Prodi to succeed him as president of the European Commission. Durão Barroso accepted and resigned the prime ministership in July. Pedro Santana Lopes, the leader of the PSD, became prime minister. Already unpopular at the time of Durão Barroso's resignation, the PSD-led government became increasingly unpopular under Santana Lopes. A month-long delay in the start of the school year and confusion over his plan to cut taxes and raise public-sector salaries, eroded confidence even more. By November, Santana Lopes's government was so unpopular that President Jorge Sampaio was obliged to dissolve parliament and hold new elections, two years ahead of schedule.
       Parliamentary elections were held on 20 February 2005. The PS, which had promised the electorate disciplined and transparent governance, educational reform, the alleviation of poverty, and a boost in employment, won 45 percent of the vote and the majority of the seats in parliament. The leader of the PS, José Sôcrates became prime minister on 12 March 2005. In the regularly scheduled presidential elections held on 6 January 2006, the former leader of the PSD and prime minister, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, won a narrow victory and became president on 9 March 2006. With a mass protest, public teachers' strike, and street demonstrations in March 2008, Portugal's media, educational, and social systems experienced more severe pressures. With the spreading global recession beginning in September 2008, Portugal's economic and financial systems became more troubled.
       Owing to its geographic location on the southwestern most edge of continental Europe, Portugal has been historically in but not of Europe. Almost from the beginning of its existence in the 12th century as an independent monarchy, Portugal turned its back on Europe and oriented itself toward the Atlantic Ocean. After carving out a Christian kingdom on the western portion of the Iberian peninsula, Portuguese kings gradually built and maintained a vast seaborne global empire that became central to the way Portugal understood its individuality as a nation-state. While the creation of this empire allows Portugal to claim an unusual number of "firsts" or distinctions in world and Western history, it also retarded Portugal's economic, social, and political development. It can be reasonably argued that the Revolution of 25 April 1974 was the most decisive event in Portugal's long history because it finally ended Portugal's oceanic mission and view of itself as an imperial power. After the 1974 Revolution, Portugal turned away from its global mission and vigorously reoriented itself toward Europe. Contemporary Portugal is now both in and of Europe.
       The turn toward Europe began immediately after 25 April 1974. Portugal granted independence to its African colonies in 1975. It was admitted to the European Council and took the first steps toward accession to the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1976. On 28 March 1977, the Portuguese government officially applied for EEC membership. Because of Portugal's economic and social backwardness, which would require vast sums of EEC money to overcome, negotiations for membership were long and difficult. Finally, a treaty of accession was signed on 12 June 1985. Portugal officially joined the EEC (the European Union [EU] since 1993) on 1 January 1986. Since becoming a full-fledged member of the EU, Portugal has been steadily overcoming the economic and social underdevelopment caused by its imperial past and is becoming more like the rest of Europe.
       Membership in the EU has speeded up the structural transformation of Portugal's economy, which actually began during the Estado Novo. Investments made by the Estado Novo in Portugal's economy began to shift employment out of the agricultural sector, which, in 1950, accounted for 50 percent of Portugal's economically active population. Today, only 10 percent of the economically active population is employed in the agricultural sector (the highest among EU member states); 30 percent in the industrial sector (also the highest among EU member states); and 60 percent in the service sector (the lowest among EU member states). The economically active population numbers about 5,000,000 employed, 56 percent of whom are women. Women workers are the majority of the workforce in the agricultural and service sectors (the highest among the EU member states). The expansion of the service sector has been primarily in health care and education. Portugal has had the lowest unemployment rates among EU member states, with the overall rate never being more than 10 percent of the active population. Since joining the EU, the number of employers increased from 2.6 percent to 5.8 percent of the active population; self-employed from 16 to 19 percent; and employees from 65 to 70 percent. Twenty-six percent of the employers are women. Unemployment tends to hit younger workers in industry and transportation, women employed in domestic service, workers on short-term contracts, and poorly educated workers. Salaried workers earn only 63 percent of the EU average, and hourly workers only one-third to one-half of that earned by their EU counterparts. Despite having had the second highest growth of gross national product (GNP) per inhabitant (after Ireland) among EU member states, the above data suggest that while much has been accomplished in terms of modernizing the Portuguese economy, much remains to be done to bring Portugal's economy up to the level of the "average" EU member state.
       Membership in the EU has also speeded up changes in Portuguese society. Over the last 30 years, coastalization and urbanization have intensified. Fully 50 percent of Portuguese live in the coastal urban conurbations of Lisbon, Oporto, Braga, Aveiro, Coimbra, Viseu, Évora, and Faro. The Portuguese population is one of the oldest among EU member states (17.3 percent are 65 years of age or older) thanks to a considerable increase in life expectancy at birth (77.87 years for the total population, 74.6 years for men, 81.36 years for women) and one of the lowest birthrates (10.59 births/1,000) in Europe. Family size averages 2.8 persons per household, with the strict nuclear family (one or two generations) in which both parents work being typical. Common law marriages, cohabitating couples, and single-parent households are more and more common. The divorce rate has also increased. "Youth Culture" has developed. The young have their own meeting places, leisure-time activities, and nightlife (bars, clubs, and discos).
       All Portuguese citizens, whether they have contributed or not, have a right to an old-age pension, invalidity benefits, widowed persons' pension, as well as payments for disabilities, children, unemployment, and large families. There is a national minimum wage (€385 per month), which is low by EU standards. The rapid aging of Portugal's population has changed the ratio of contributors to pensioners to 1.7, the lowest in the EU. This has created deficits in Portugal's social security fund.
       The adult literacy rate is about 92 percent. Illiteracy is still found among the elderly. Although universal compulsory education up to grade 9 was achieved in 1980, only 21.2 percent of the population aged 25-64 had undergone secondary education, compared to an EU average of 65.7 percent. Portugal's higher education system currently consists of 14 state universities and 14 private universities, 15 state polytechnic institutions, one Catholic university, and one military academy. All in all, Portugal spends a greater percentage of its state budget on education than most EU member states. Despite this high level of expenditure, the troubled Portuguese education system does not perform well. Early leaving and repetition rates are among the highest among EU member states.
       After the Revolution of 25 April 1974, Portugal created a National Health Service, which today consists of 221 hospitals and 512 medical centers employing 33,751 doctors and 41,799 nurses. Like its education system, Portugal's medical system is inefficient. There are long waiting lists for appointments with specialists and for surgical procedures.
       Structural changes in Portugal's economy and society mean that social life in Portugal is not too different from that in other EU member states. A mass consumption society has been created. Televisions, telephones, refrigerators, cars, music equipment, mobile phones, and personal computers are commonplace. Sixty percent of Portuguese households possess at least one automobile, and 65 percent of Portuguese own their own home. Portuguese citizens are more aware of their legal rights than ever before. This has resulted in a trebling of the number of legal proceeding since 1960 and an eight-fold increase in the number of lawyers. In general, Portuguese society has become more permissive and secular; the Catholic Church and the armed forces are much less influential than in the past. Portugal's population is also much more culturally, religiously, and ethnically diverse, a consequence of the coming to Portugal of hundreds of thousands of immigrants, mainly from former African colonies.
       Portuguese are becoming more cosmopolitan and sophisticated through the impact of world media, the Internet, and the World Wide Web. A prime case in point came in the summer and early fall of 1999, with the extraordinary events in East Timor and the massive Portuguese popular responses. An internationally monitored referendum in East Timor, Portugal's former colony in the Indonesian archipelago and under Indonesian occupation from late 1975 to summer 1999, resulted in a vote of 78.5 percent for rejecting integration with Indonesia and for independence. When Indonesian prointegration gangs, aided by the Indonesian military, responded to the referendum with widespread brutality and threatened to reverse the verdict of the referendum, there was a spontaneous popular outpouring of protest in the cities and towns of Portugal. An avalanche of Portuguese e-mail fell on leaders and groups in the UN and in certain countries around the world as Portugal's diplomats, perhaps to compensate for the weak initial response to Indonesian armed aggression in 1975, called for the protection of East Timor as an independent state and for UN intervention to thwart Indonesian action. Using global communications networks, the Portuguese were able to mobilize UN and world public opinion against Indonesian actions and aided the eventual independence of East Timor on 20 May 2002.
       From the Revolution of 25 April 1974 until the 1990s, Portugal had a large number of political parties, one of the largest Communist parties in western Europe, frequent elections, and endemic cabinet instability. Since the 1990s, the number of political parties has been dramatically reduced and cabinet stability increased. Gradually, the Portuguese electorate has concentrated around two larger parties, the right-of-center Social Democrats (PSD) and the left-of-center Socialist (PS). In the 1980s, these two parties together garnered 65 percent of the vote and 70 percent of the seats in parliament. In 2005, these percentages had risen to 74 percent and 85 percent, respectively. In effect, Portugal is currently a two-party dominant system in which the two largest parties — PS and PSD—alternate in and out of power, not unlike the rotation of the two main political parties (the Regenerators and the Historicals) during the last decades (1850s to 1880s) of the liberal constitutional monarchy. As Portugal's democracy has consolidated, turnout rates for the eligible electorate have declined. In the 1970s, turnout was 85 percent. In Portugal's most recent parliamentary election (2005), turnout had fallen to 65 percent of the eligible electorate.
       Portugal has benefited greatly from membership in the EU, and whatever doubts remain about the price paid for membership, no Portuguese government in the near future can afford to sever this connection. The vast majority of Portuguese citizens see membership in the EU as a "good thing" and strongly believe that Portugal has benefited from membership. Only the Communist Party opposed membership because it reduces national sovereignty, serves the interests of capitalists not workers, and suffers from a democratic deficit. Despite the high level of support for the EU, Portuguese voters are increasingly not voting in elections for the European Parliament, however. Turnout for European Parliament elections fell from 40 percent of the eligible electorate in the 1999 elections to 38 percent in the 2004 elections.
       In sum, Portugal's turn toward Europe has done much to overcome its backwardness. However, despite the economic, social, and political progress made since 1986, Portugal has a long way to go before it can claim to be on a par with the level found even in Spain, much less the rest of western Europe. As Portugal struggles to move from underde-velopment, especially in the rural areas away from the coast, it must keep in mind the perils of too rapid modern development, which could damage two of its most precious assets: its scenery and environment. The growth and future prosperity of the economy will depend on the degree to which the government and the private sector will remain stewards of clean air, soil, water, and other finite resources on which the tourism industry depends and on which Portugal's world image as a unique place to visit rests. Currently, Portugal is investing heavily in renewable energy from solar, wind, and wave power in order to account for about 50 percent of its electricity needs by 2010. Portugal opened the world's largest solar power plant and the world's first commercial wave power farm in 2006.
       An American documentary film on Portugal produced in the 1970s described this little country as having "a Past in Search of a Future." In the years after the Revolution of 25 April 1974, it could be said that Portugal is now living in "a Present in Search of a Future." Increasingly, that future lies in Europe as an active and productive member of the EU.

    Historical dictionary of Portugal > Historical Portugal

  • 7 put\ up

    1. III
    1) put up smth. /smth. up/ put up the sails (a flag, streamers, etc.) поднимать паруса и т.д.; put up a hand поднять руку; put up one's hands поднять руки, сдаться; put them up! coll. руки вверх!; put up a signal of distress подавать сигнал бедствия; put one's hair up делать высокую прическу; he often puts up the window and lets in fresh air он часто открывает окно и проветривает [помещение]; put up the shutters закрывать ставни id put smb.'s back up рассердить /вывести из себя/ кого-л.
    2) put up smth. /smth. up/ put up new houses (a shed, a building, etc.) строить /воздвигать, возводить/ новые дома и т.д.; put up a tent поставить палатку; put up a wall возвести стену; put up a finger-post поставить дорожный указатель
    3) put up smth. /smth. up/ put up a notice-board (shelves, swings, a hammock, etc.) повесить доску для объявлений и т.д.; put up a notice (a sign, a poster, etc.) вывешивать объявление и т.д.
    4) put up smth. /smth. up/ put up prices (entrance fees, membership dues, etc.) повышать /поднимать/ цены и т.д.; worry will put up my temperature от беспокойства у меня поднимается температура
    5) put up smb. /smb. up/ that inn can put up 300 guests в этой гостинице можно разместить триста человек /гостей/; I can't put you up я не смогу приютить вас; some friends have offered to put me up друзья предложили мне остановиться /пожить/ у них
    6) put up smth. /smth. up/ put up lots of money (200 francs, one's share, etc.) вкладывать большие суммы [денег] и т.д.; I will supply skill and knowledge if you will put up the capital я вложу умение и знания, если вы предоставите средства
    7) put up smb. /smb. up/ put up a candidate выдвинуть кандидатуру; he belonged to two clubs-his friend had put him up он был членом двух клубов, в которые его рекомендовал друг
    8) put up smth. /smth. up/ put up a play поставить пьесу /спектакль/; put up a performance a) устроить представление; б) разыгрывать из себя; he is putting up a bluff это блеф, он нас дурачит || put up a good show сделать что-л. хорошо
    9) put up smth. /smth. up/ put up a swindle провернуть мошенническую операцию
    10) put up smth. /smth. up/ put up peaches (pork. fruit, etc.) консервировать персики и т.д.; put up jam заготавливать [на зиму] варенье; put up a prescription приготовить лекарство [по рецепту]
    11) put up smth. /smth. up/ put up resistance сопротивляться, оказывать сопротивление; put up an argument спорить; put up objections возражать, выдвигать возражения; he put up a good fight он храбро бился /сражался/; he didn't give up without putting up a fight он не сдался без борьбы; what defence are you going to put up? как вы будете защищаться?; как вы будете оправдываться?, что вы представите в свое оправдание?; put up a yarn /а tale/ coll. сочинить историю, = пустить "утку"
    12) put up smb. /smb. up/ hunt. put up a hare (a partridge, etc.) поднять зайца и т.д.; put up a fox выгнать из норы лису
    2. IV
    1) put up smth. /smth. up/ at some time put up the shutters at night закрывать на ночь ставни; she does not put her hair up yet она еще не носит высокую прическу
    2) put up smth. /smth. up/ somewhere we must put up a house (a wall, a shed, etc.) here (there, etc.) мы должны построить здесь и т.д. дом и т.д.
    3. V
    put up smb. smth. the cook will put us up some sandwiches повар приготовит и завернет нам бутерброды
    4. VII
    put up smth. /smth. up/ to do smth.
    1) put up signs to show the way поставить дорожные знаки /дорожные указатели/; put up a wall to keep trespassers out поставит забор, чтобы посторонние не могли войти
    2) put up a job to steal the jewels подготовить /организовать/ кражу драгоценностей
    5. XI
    2) be put up let's go to theatre before a "sold out" sign is put up давайте пойдем в театр, пока не вывесили аншлаг
    3) be put up for some time we were put up for the night нас приютили /нам позволили остановиться/ на ночь; be put up by smb. we were put up by our friends мы остановились у друзей
    4) be put up for some time the bathing tents (the deck-chairs, etc.) have been put up for winter купальни и т.д. были убраны на зиму; be put up in smth. be put up in bales упаковывать в кипы, тюковать; this cream (this solution, etc.) is put up in tubes этот крем и т.д. выпускается в тубах /в тюбиках/; herrings are put up in barrels сельдь хранится в бочках
    5) be put up by smb. the mixture was put up by the druggist эту микстуру приготовил провизор
    6) || be put up for sale на имущество и т.д. были объявлены торги; the pictures were put up for sale at an auction картины были выставлены на аукционе /на публичных торгах/; such desks will be put up for sale this week на этой неделе такие письменные столы поступят в продажу; this building was put up for sale about a year ago это здание было объявлено к продаже около года назад
    7) be put up with smth., smb. there are many inconveniences that have to be put up with приходится мириться со многими неудобствами; he will have to be put up with придется вам его терпеть /мириться с его присутствием/
    8) be put up your name was put up была выдвинута ваша кандидатура; be put up for smth. be put up for ballot быть выдвинутым кандидатом на выборах; be put up at some time Smith will be put up for that county at the next election на следующих выборах Смит будет выдвинут кандидатом от этого графства
    6. XII
    1) have smth. put up somewhere have a telephone (the fittings, etc.) put up in one's room установить телефон и т.д. у себя в комнате
    2) have smth. put up I had some fruit put up [я попросил, чтобы] мне законсервировали фрукты
    7. XVI
    1) put up at (in) smth. put up at an inn (at a hotel, in a village, etc.) останавливаться в гостинице и т.д.; put up at a friend's останавливаться у друга; put up with smb. put up with the Smiths (with some friends, etc.) поселиться у Смитов и т.д.
    2) put up with smth., smb. put up with hardships (with insults, with evil, with an affront, with inconveniences, etc.) терпеть /терпеливо сносить/ несчастья и т.д.; put up with smb.'s temper мириться /примириться/ с чьим-л. дурным характером или настроением; I won't put up with that я этого не потерплю, я с этим не примирюсь; I can't put up with this noise any longer я не могу больше терпеть /выносить/ этот шум; put up with one another терпеть друг друга; no other man would put up with you for a mother-in-law никто не станет терпеть такую тещу, как вы
    3) put up for smth. put up for a club (for a seat, for the position of a secretary, for a secretaryship, etc.) выдвигать свою кандидатуру в члены клуба и т.д.; he is putting up for Parliament он баллотируется в парламент; are you going to put up for this county again? вы опять выставляете свою кандидатуру от этого графства?
    8. XXI1
    1) put up smth. /smth. up/ at (in) smth. put up the curtains at the window (in the bedroom, etc.) поднимать занавески на окнах и т.д.
    2) put up smth. /smth. up/ around smth. put up a wall around their house возвести /построить/ стену вокруг их дома
    3) put up smth. /smth. up/ by smth. put up the rent by t 50 a year повысить квартирную плату на 50 фунтов в год; put up smth. /smth. up/ from smth. to smth. put up the rent from l 30 to l 35 повысить квартирную плату с 30 до 35 фунтов
    4) put up smb. /smb. up/ in smth. put up our guests in a hotel (in her house, in one room, etc, поселить наших гостей в гостинице и т.д.; put up smb. /smb. up/ for some time put smb. up for the night (for the week-end, etc.) давать кому-л. приют /место/ на ночь и т.д.; can you put up some extra guests for the night? вы можете /сможете/ поместить на ночь еще несколько человек?; put up smth., smb. /smth., smb. up/ in (at) smth. put up your car in our garage поставьте машину в наш гараж; put up a horse at a livery stable поставить лошадь на платную конюшню
    5) put up smth. /smth. up/ for smth., smb. put up money for an undertaking финансировать /вкладывать деньги в/ мероприятие; there are people that will put up money for things like that найдутся люди, которые согласятся финансировать подобные дела /мероприятия/; my father put up the money for my car отец дал мне деньги на машину; put up bail for smb. внести залог за кого-л.
    6) put up smth. /smth. up/ in smth. put up goods (meat, etc.) in boxes (in a parcel, in barrels, etc.) паковать /упаковывать/ товары и т.д. в ящики и т.д.; put up my lunch in a bag положите мой завтрак в пакет; put up smth. /smth. up/ for smth. put up the camping outfit for the winter убрать на зиму туристское снаряжение; put up money for rainy days откладывать деньги на черный день
    7) put up smth. /smth. up/ against smth., smb. put up a fight /a struggle/ against oppression начать борьбу с притеснением /эксплуатацией/; put up resistance against the invaders оказать сопротивление агрессору; put up pickets against the police выставить пикеты против полиции
    8) || put up smth. /smth. up/ for sale выставлять что-л. на продажу, пускать что-л. в продажу; put up one's possessions (goods, books,. etc.) for sale пустить в продажу свое имущество и т.д.; put up a house for sale объявить дом к продаже, продавать дом
    9) put up smth. /smth. up/ to smb. put one's ideas (one's suggestions, etc.) up to one's chief (to the board, etc.) изложить свои идеи и т.д. своему начальнику и т.д.; sham put it up to the manager? следует ли мне предложить или доложить это управляющему?
    10) put up smth. /smth. up/ for smth. she was forced to put up a petition for time ей пришлись подать просьбу об отсрочке
    11) id put smb.'s back up by smth. выводить кого-л. из себя чем-л.; I haven't put your back up by anything? я вас ничем не обидел?
    12) put up smb. /smb. up/ for smth., smb. put smb. up for a club (for president, etc.) выставлять чью-л. кандидатуру в члены клуба и т.д.
    13) put up smb. /smb. up/ to smth. put up the new clerk (the office-boy, etc.) to the duties he will have to perform вводить нового клерка и т.д. в круг его обязанностей; put up smb. to the ways of a place познакомить кого-л. с местными традициями; put smb. up to some mischief (to a trick, etc.) подбить кого-л. на шалость и т.д.; put smb. up to a crime толкать кого-л. на преступление; he put me up to it он надоумил меня сделать это; someone put the police up to it кто-то предупредил полицию об этом
    14) || put up a good show in smth. хорошо проявить себя в чем-л.; put up a good show in some sport добиться хороших показателей в каком-л. виде спорта
    9. XXII
    put up smb. /smb. up/ to doing smth. someone put him up to calling us кто-то посоветовал ему позвонить нам
    10. XXIV1
    1) put up smth. as smth. put up family jewelry (a valuable ring, a rare painting, etc.) оставлять /предоставлять, предъявлять/ фамильные драгоценности и т.д. в качестве залога
    2) || put up a superb (brilliant, etc.) performance as smb. прекрасно и т.д. играть роль кого-л.; this young actress puts up a wonderful performance as Portia эта молодая актриса прекрасно играет роль Порции

    English-Russian dictionary of verb phrases > put\ up

  • 8 SO

    1.
    [səʊ]adverb
    1) (by that amount) so

    as winter draws near, so it gets darker — je näher der Winter rückt, desto dunkler wird es

    as fast as the water poured in, so we bailed it out — in dem Maße, wie das Wasser eindrang, schöpften wir es heraus

    so... as — so... wie

    there is nothing so fine as... — es gibt nichts Schöneres als...

    not so [very] difficult/easy — etc. nicht so schwer/leicht usw.

    so beautiful a present — so ein schönes Geschenk; ein so schönes Geschenk

    so far — bis hierher; (until now) bisher; bis jetzt; (to such a distance) so weit

    and so on [and so forth] — und so weiter [und so fort]

    so long! — bis dann od. nachher! (ugs.)

    so many — so viele; (unspecified number) soundso viele

    so much — so viel; (unspecified amount) soundso viel

    the villages are all so much alike — die Dörfer gleichen sich alle so sehr

    so much for him/his plans — (that is all) das wärs, was ihn/seine Pläne angeht

    so much the better — um so besser

    not so much... as — weniger... als [eher]

    not so much as — (not even) [noch] nicht einmal

    2) (in that manner) so

    this being so — da dem so ist (geh.)

    it so happened that he was not there — er war [zufällig] gerade nicht da

    3) (to such a degree) so

    this answer so provoked him that... — diese Antwort provozierte ihn so od. derart, dass...

    so much so that... — so sehr, dass...; das geht/ging so weit, dass...

    4) (with the intent)

    so as to — um... zu

    so [that] — damit

    5) (emphatically) so

    I'm so glad/tired! — ich bin ja so froh/müde!

    so kind of you! — wirklich nett von Ihnen!

    so sorry! — (coll.) Entschuldigung!; Verzeihung!

    6) (indeed)

    It's a rainbow! - So it is! — Es ist ein Regenbogen! - Ja, wirklich!

    you said it was good, and so it was — du sagtest, es sei gut, und so war es auch

    is that so? — so? (ugs.); wirklich?

    and so he did — und das machte/tat er [dann] auch

    it may be so, possibly so — [das ist] möglich

    so am/have/would/could/will/do I — ich auch

    8) (thus) so

    and so it was that... — und so geschah es, dass...

    not so! — nein, nein!

    9) (replacing clause, phrase, word)

    he suggested that I should take the train, and if I had done so,... — er riet mir, den Zug zu nehmen, und wenn ich es getan hätte,...

    I'm afraid so — leider ja; ich fürchte schon

    I suppose so — ich nehme an (ugs.); expr. reluctant agreement wenn es sein muss; granting grudging permission von mir aus

    I told you so — ich habe es dir [ja] gesagt

    he is a man of the world, so to say or speak — er ist sozusagen ein Mann von Welt

    it will take a week or so — es wird so ungefähr (ugs.) od. etwa eine Woche dauern

    there were twenty or so people — es waren so (ugs.) um die zwanzig Leute da

    very much so — in der Tat; allerdings

    2. conjunction
    (therefore) daher

    so 'there you are! — da bist du also!

    so that's 'that — (coll.) (it's done) [al]so, das wars (ugs.); (it's over) das wars also (ugs.); (everything has been taken care of) das wärs dann (ugs.)

    so 'there! — [und] fertig!; [und damit] basta! (ugs.)

    so you see... — du siehst also...

    so? — na und?

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    [səu] 1. adverb
    1) ((used in several types of sentence to express degree) to this extent, or to such an extent: `The snake was about so long,' he said, holding his hands about a metre apart; Don't get so worried!; She was so pleased with his progress in school that she bought him a new bicycle; They couldn't all get into the room, there were so many of them; He departed without so much as (= without even) a goodbye; You've been so (= very) kind to me!; Thank you so much!) so
    2) ((used to express manner) in this/that way: As you hope to be treated by others, so you must treat them; He likes everything to be (arranged) just so (= in one particular and precise way); It so happens that I have to go to an important meeting tonight.) so
    3) ((used in place of a word, phrase etc previously used, or something previously stated) as already indicated: `Are you really leaving your job?' `Yes, I've already told you / said so'; `Is she arriving tomorrow?' `Yes, I hope so'; If you haven't read the notice, please do so now; `Is that so (= true)?' `Yes, it's really so'; `Was your father angry?' `Yes, even more so than I was expecting - in fact, so much so that he refused to speak to me all day!) das, so, so... daß
    4) (in the same way; also: `I hope we'll meet again.' `So do I.'; She has a lot of money and so has her husband.) auch
    5) ((used to express agreement or confirmation) indeed: `You said you were going shopping today.' `So I did, but I've changed my mind.'; `You'll need this book tomorrow, won't you?' `So I will.') tatsächlich
    2. conjunction
    ((and) therefore: John had a bad cold, so I took him to the doctor; `So you think you'd like this job, then?' `Yes.'; And so they got married and lived happily ever after.) also
    - academic.ru/68560/so-called">so-called
    - so-so
    - and so on/forth
    - or so
    - so as to
    - so far
    - so good
    - so that
    - so to say/speak
    * * *
    so
    [səʊ, AM soʊ]
    I. adv inv
    1. (to an indicated degree) so
    I'm \so tired [that] I could sleep in this chair ich bin so müde, dass ich hier im Sessel einschlafen könnte
    he's quite nice, more \so than I was led to believe er ist ganz nett, viel netter als ich angenommen hatte
    he's not \so stupid as he looks er ist gar nicht so dumm, wie er aussieht
    look, the gap was about \so wide schau mal, die Lücke war ungefähr so groß
    the table that I liked best was about \so wide der Tisch, der mir am besten gefallen hat, war ungefähr so breit
    2. (to a great degree)
    what are you looking \so pleased about? was freut dich denn so [sehr]?
    your hair is \so soft dein Haar ist so [unglaublich] weich
    she's \so beautiful sie ist so [wunder]schön
    I am \so cold mir ist so kalt
    I am \so [very] hungry/thirsty ich bin [ja] so hungrig/durstig!, hab ich einen Durst/einen Riesenhunger! fam
    she's ever \so kind and nice sie ist ja so freundlich und nett!
    \so fair a face he could not recall ( liter or old) niemals zuvor hatte er ein so liebreizendes Gesicht gesehen liter
    what's \so wrong with that? was ist denn daran so falsch?
    is that why you hate him \so? ist das der Grund, warum du ihn so sehr hasst?
    and I love you \so und ich liebe dich so sehr
    you worry \so [much] du machst dir so viele Sorgen
    we've \so planned our holiday that the kids will have a lot of fun wir haben unsere Ferien so geplant, dass die Kinder viel Spaß haben werden
    gently fold in the eggs like \so rühren Sie die Eier auf diese Weise vorsichtig unter
    4. (perfect)
    [to be] just \so genau richtig [sein]
    I want everything just \so ich will, dass alles perfekt ist
    if you don't do things just \so, he comes along and yells at you wenn du nicht alles absolut richtig machst, kommt er und schreit dich an
    5. (also, likewise) auch
    I'm hungry as can be and \so are the kids ich habe einen Riesenhunger und die Kinder auch fam
    I've got an enormous amount of work to do — \so have I ich habe jede Menge Arbeit — ich auch
    I'm allergic to nuts — \so is my brother ich bin gegen Nüsse allergisch — mein Bruder auch
    I hope they stay together — I hope \so, too ich hoffe, sie bleiben zusammen — das hoffe ich auch
    I [very much] hope \so! das hoffe ich doch sehr!
    6. (yes) ja
    should we get going now? — I should say \so sollen wir jetzt anfangen? — ja, ich finde schon
    can I watch television? — I suppose \so darf ich fernsehen? — na gut, meinetwegen [o von mir aus]
    is this that the correct answer? — I suppose \so ist das die richtige Antwort? — ich glaube schon [o ja]
    I'm afraid \so ich fürchte ja
    7. AM ( fam: contradicting) doch
    haha, you don't have a bike — I do \so haha, du hast ja gar kein Fahrrad — hab' ich wohl!
    8. (that) das
    \so they say so sagt man
    \so I believe [das] glaube ich jedenfalls
    I'm sorry I'm late — \so you should be es tut mir leid, dass ich mich verspätet habe — das will ich auch schwer hoffen
    ... or \so they say/I've heard... so heißt es jedenfalls/das habe ich zumindest gehört
    Carla's coming over this summer or \so I've heard Carla kommt diesen Sommer, [das] habe ich jedenfalls gehört
    well then, \so be it also gut
    I told you \so ich habe es dir ja [o doch] gesagt
    he looks like James Dean — \so he does er sieht aus wie James Dean — stimmt!
    9. (as stated) so; (true) wahr
    is that \so? ist das wahr?, stimmt das?
    \so it is das stimmt
    if \so... wenn das so ist...
    that being \so,... angesichts dieser Tatsache...
    to be quite \so wirklich stimmen
    10. (this way, like that) so
    I'm sure it's better \so ich bin sicher, so ist es besser
    and \so it was und so kam es dann auch
    and \so it was that... und so kam es, dass...
    it \so happened that I was in the area ich war zufällig [gerade] in der Nähe
    and \so forth [or on] und so weiter
    \so to say [or speak] sozusagen
    11.
    ▶ \so far \so good so weit, so gut
    ▶ \so long bis dann [o später]
    ▶ \so much for that so viel zum Thema
    ▶ \so what? na und? fam, na wenn schon? fam
    II. conj
    1. (therefore) deshalb, daher
    I couldn't find you \so I left ich konnte dich nicht finden, also bin ich gegangen
    my landlord kicked me out and \so I was forced to seek yet another apartment mein Vermieter hat mich rausgeworfen, weshalb ich mir schon wieder eine neue Wohnung suchen musste
    2. ( fam: whereupon)
    he said he wanted to come along, \so I told him that... er sagte, er wolle mitfahren, worauf ich ihm mitteilte, dass...
    \so we leave on the Thursday wir fahren also an diesem Donnerstag
    \so that's what he does when I'm not around das macht er also, wenn ich nicht da bin
    \so where have you been? wo warst du denn die ganze Zeit?
    \so what's the problem? wo liegt denn das Problem?
    \so that's that for now das wär's dann fürs Erste fam
    4. (in order to) damit
    be quiet \so she can concentrate sei still, damit sie sich konzentrieren kann
    5.
    ▶ \so long as... (if) sofern; (for the time) solange
    I'll join the army \so long as you do too ich gehe zum Militär, sofern du auch gehst
    \so long as he doesn't go too far,... solange er nicht zu weit geht,...
    ▶ \so there! ( hum) ätsch! Kindersprache
    mine's bigger than yours, \so there! ( hum) ätsch, meiner ist größer als deiner! Kindersprache
    III. adj (sl) typisch fam
    that's \so 70's das ist typisch 70er fam
    * * *
    abbr S
    * * *
    SO abk Br Stationery Office (Amt, das Publikationen der Regierungsstellen herausgibt und für die Verteilung von Büroartikeln an Ministerien und Ämter zuständig ist)
    * * *
    1.
    [səʊ]adverb

    as winter draws near, so it gets darker — je näher der Winter rückt, desto dunkler wird es

    as fast as the water poured in, so we bailed it out — in dem Maße, wie das Wasser eindrang, schöpften wir es heraus

    so... as — so... wie

    there is nothing so fine as... — es gibt nichts Schöneres als...

    not so [very] difficult/easy — etc. nicht so schwer/leicht usw.

    so beautiful a present — so ein schönes Geschenk; ein so schönes Geschenk

    so far — bis hierher; (until now) bisher; bis jetzt; (to such a distance) so weit

    and so on [and so forth] — und so weiter [und so fort]

    so long! — bis dann od. nachher! (ugs.)

    so many — so viele; (unspecified number) soundso viele

    so much — so viel; (unspecified amount) soundso viel

    so much for him/his plans — (that is all) das wärs, was ihn/seine Pläne angeht

    not so much... as — weniger... als [eher]

    not so much as — (not even) [noch] nicht einmal

    it so happened that he was not there — er war [zufällig] gerade nicht da

    this answer so provoked him that... — diese Antwort provozierte ihn so od. derart, dass...

    so much so that... — so sehr, dass...; das geht/ging so weit, dass...

    so as to — um... zu

    so [that] — damit

    I'm so glad/tired! — ich bin ja so froh/müde!

    so sorry! — (coll.) Entschuldigung!; Verzeihung!

    It's a rainbow! - So it is! — Es ist ein Regenbogen! - Ja, wirklich!

    you said it was good, and so it was — du sagtest, es sei gut, und so war es auch

    is that so? — so? (ugs.); wirklich?

    and so he did — und das machte/tat er [dann] auch

    it may be so, possibly so — [das ist] möglich

    so am/have/would/could/will/do I — ich auch

    8) (thus) so

    and so it was that... — und so geschah es, dass...

    not so! — nein, nein!

    9) (replacing clause, phrase, word)

    he suggested that I should take the train, and if I had done so,... — er riet mir, den Zug zu nehmen, und wenn ich es getan hätte,...

    I'm afraid so — leider ja; ich fürchte schon

    I suppose so — ich nehme an (ugs.); expr. reluctant agreement wenn es sein muss; granting grudging permission von mir aus

    I told you so — ich habe es dir [ja] gesagt

    he is a man of the world, so to say or speak — er ist sozusagen ein Mann von Welt

    it will take a week or so — es wird so ungefähr (ugs.) od. etwa eine Woche dauern

    there were twenty or so people — es waren so (ugs.) um die zwanzig Leute da

    very much so — in der Tat; allerdings

    2. conjunction

    so that's 'that — (coll.) (it's done) [al]so, das wars (ugs.); (it's over) das wars also (ugs.); (everything has been taken care of) das wärs dann (ugs.)

    so 'there! — [und] fertig!; [und damit] basta! (ugs.)

    so you see... — du siehst also...

    * * *
    adv.
    also adv.
    daher adv.
    demnach adv.
    so adv.

    English-german dictionary > SO

  • 9 so

    1.
    [səʊ]adverb
    1) (by that amount) so

    as winter draws near, so it gets darker — je näher der Winter rückt, desto dunkler wird es

    as fast as the water poured in, so we bailed it out — in dem Maße, wie das Wasser eindrang, schöpften wir es heraus

    so... as — so... wie

    there is nothing so fine as... — es gibt nichts Schöneres als...

    not so [very] difficult/easy — etc. nicht so schwer/leicht usw.

    so beautiful a present — so ein schönes Geschenk; ein so schönes Geschenk

    so far — bis hierher; (until now) bisher; bis jetzt; (to such a distance) so weit

    and so on [and so forth] — und so weiter [und so fort]

    so long! — bis dann od. nachher! (ugs.)

    so many — so viele; (unspecified number) soundso viele

    so much — so viel; (unspecified amount) soundso viel

    the villages are all so much alike — die Dörfer gleichen sich alle so sehr

    so much for him/his plans — (that is all) das wärs, was ihn/seine Pläne angeht

    so much the better — um so besser

    not so much... as — weniger... als [eher]

    not so much as — (not even) [noch] nicht einmal

    2) (in that manner) so

    this being so — da dem so ist (geh.)

    it so happened that he was not there — er war [zufällig] gerade nicht da

    3) (to such a degree) so

    this answer so provoked him that... — diese Antwort provozierte ihn so od. derart, dass...

    so much so that... — so sehr, dass...; das geht/ging so weit, dass...

    4) (with the intent)

    so as to — um... zu

    so [that] — damit

    5) (emphatically) so

    I'm so glad/tired! — ich bin ja so froh/müde!

    so kind of you! — wirklich nett von Ihnen!

    so sorry! — (coll.) Entschuldigung!; Verzeihung!

    6) (indeed)

    It's a rainbow! - So it is! — Es ist ein Regenbogen! - Ja, wirklich!

    you said it was good, and so it was — du sagtest, es sei gut, und so war es auch

    is that so? — so? (ugs.); wirklich?

    and so he did — und das machte/tat er [dann] auch

    it may be so, possibly so — [das ist] möglich

    so am/have/would/could/will/do I — ich auch

    8) (thus) so

    and so it was that... — und so geschah es, dass...

    not so! — nein, nein!

    9) (replacing clause, phrase, word)

    he suggested that I should take the train, and if I had done so,... — er riet mir, den Zug zu nehmen, und wenn ich es getan hätte,...

    I'm afraid so — leider ja; ich fürchte schon

    I suppose so — ich nehme an (ugs.); expr. reluctant agreement wenn es sein muss; granting grudging permission von mir aus

    I told you so — ich habe es dir [ja] gesagt

    he is a man of the world, so to say or speak — er ist sozusagen ein Mann von Welt

    it will take a week or so — es wird so ungefähr (ugs.) od. etwa eine Woche dauern

    there were twenty or so people — es waren so (ugs.) um die zwanzig Leute da

    very much so — in der Tat; allerdings

    2. conjunction
    (therefore) daher

    so 'there you are! — da bist du also!

    so that's 'that — (coll.) (it's done) [al]so, das wars (ugs.); (it's over) das wars also (ugs.); (everything has been taken care of) das wärs dann (ugs.)

    so 'there! — [und] fertig!; [und damit] basta! (ugs.)

    so you see... — du siehst also...

    so? — na und?

    * * *
    [səu] 1. adverb
    1) ((used in several types of sentence to express degree) to this extent, or to such an extent: `The snake was about so long,' he said, holding his hands about a metre apart; Don't get so worried!; She was so pleased with his progress in school that she bought him a new bicycle; They couldn't all get into the room, there were so many of them; He departed without so much as (= without even) a goodbye; You've been so (= very) kind to me!; Thank you so much!) so
    2) ((used to express manner) in this/that way: As you hope to be treated by others, so you must treat them; He likes everything to be (arranged) just so (= in one particular and precise way); It so happens that I have to go to an important meeting tonight.) so
    3) ((used in place of a word, phrase etc previously used, or something previously stated) as already indicated: `Are you really leaving your job?' `Yes, I've already told you / said so'; `Is she arriving tomorrow?' `Yes, I hope so'; If you haven't read the notice, please do so now; `Is that so (= true)?' `Yes, it's really so'; `Was your father angry?' `Yes, even more so than I was expecting - in fact, so much so that he refused to speak to me all day!) das, so, so... daß
    4) (in the same way; also: `I hope we'll meet again.' `So do I.'; She has a lot of money and so has her husband.) auch
    5) ((used to express agreement or confirmation) indeed: `You said you were going shopping today.' `So I did, but I've changed my mind.'; `You'll need this book tomorrow, won't you?' `So I will.') tatsächlich
    2. conjunction
    ((and) therefore: John had a bad cold, so I took him to the doctor; `So you think you'd like this job, then?' `Yes.'; And so they got married and lived happily ever after.) also
    - academic.ru/68560/so-called">so-called
    - so-so
    - and so on/forth
    - or so
    - so as to
    - so far
    - so good
    - so that
    - so to say/speak
    * * *
    so
    [səʊ, AM soʊ]
    I. adv inv
    1. (to an indicated degree) so
    I'm \so tired [that] I could sleep in this chair ich bin so müde, dass ich hier im Sessel einschlafen könnte
    he's quite nice, more \so than I was led to believe er ist ganz nett, viel netter als ich angenommen hatte
    he's not \so stupid as he looks er ist gar nicht so dumm, wie er aussieht
    look, the gap was about \so wide schau mal, die Lücke war ungefähr so groß
    the table that I liked best was about \so wide der Tisch, der mir am besten gefallen hat, war ungefähr so breit
    2. (to a great degree)
    what are you looking \so pleased about? was freut dich denn so [sehr]?
    your hair is \so soft dein Haar ist so [unglaublich] weich
    she's \so beautiful sie ist so [wunder]schön
    I am \so cold mir ist so kalt
    I am \so [very] hungry/thirsty ich bin [ja] so hungrig/durstig!, hab ich einen Durst/einen Riesenhunger! fam
    she's ever \so kind and nice sie ist ja so freundlich und nett!
    \so fair a face he could not recall ( liter or old) niemals zuvor hatte er ein so liebreizendes Gesicht gesehen liter
    what's \so wrong with that? was ist denn daran so falsch?
    is that why you hate him \so? ist das der Grund, warum du ihn so sehr hasst?
    and I love you \so und ich liebe dich so sehr
    you worry \so [much] du machst dir so viele Sorgen
    we've \so planned our holiday that the kids will have a lot of fun wir haben unsere Ferien so geplant, dass die Kinder viel Spaß haben werden
    gently fold in the eggs like \so rühren Sie die Eier auf diese Weise vorsichtig unter
    4. (perfect)
    [to be] just \so genau richtig [sein]
    I want everything just \so ich will, dass alles perfekt ist
    if you don't do things just \so, he comes along and yells at you wenn du nicht alles absolut richtig machst, kommt er und schreit dich an
    5. (also, likewise) auch
    I'm hungry as can be and \so are the kids ich habe einen Riesenhunger und die Kinder auch fam
    I've got an enormous amount of work to do — \so have I ich habe jede Menge Arbeit — ich auch
    I'm allergic to nuts — \so is my brother ich bin gegen Nüsse allergisch — mein Bruder auch
    I hope they stay together — I hope \so, too ich hoffe, sie bleiben zusammen — das hoffe ich auch
    I [very much] hope \so! das hoffe ich doch sehr!
    6. (yes) ja
    should we get going now? — I should say \so sollen wir jetzt anfangen? — ja, ich finde schon
    can I watch television? — I suppose \so darf ich fernsehen? — na gut, meinetwegen [o von mir aus]
    is this that the correct answer? — I suppose \so ist das die richtige Antwort? — ich glaube schon [o ja]
    I'm afraid \so ich fürchte ja
    7. AM ( fam: contradicting) doch
    haha, you don't have a bike — I do \so haha, du hast ja gar kein Fahrrad — hab' ich wohl!
    8. (that) das
    \so they say so sagt man
    \so I believe [das] glaube ich jedenfalls
    I'm sorry I'm late — \so you should be es tut mir leid, dass ich mich verspätet habe — das will ich auch schwer hoffen
    ... or \so they say/I've heard... so heißt es jedenfalls/das habe ich zumindest gehört
    Carla's coming over this summer or \so I've heard Carla kommt diesen Sommer, [das] habe ich jedenfalls gehört
    well then, \so be it also gut
    I told you \so ich habe es dir ja [o doch] gesagt
    he looks like James Dean — \so he does er sieht aus wie James Dean — stimmt!
    9. (as stated) so; (true) wahr
    is that \so? ist das wahr?, stimmt das?
    \so it is das stimmt
    if \so... wenn das so ist...
    that being \so,... angesichts dieser Tatsache...
    to be quite \so wirklich stimmen
    10. (this way, like that) so
    I'm sure it's better \so ich bin sicher, so ist es besser
    and \so it was und so kam es dann auch
    and \so it was that... und so kam es, dass...
    it \so happened that I was in the area ich war zufällig [gerade] in der Nähe
    and \so forth [or on] und so weiter
    \so to say [or speak] sozusagen
    11.
    ▶ \so far \so good so weit, so gut
    ▶ \so long bis dann [o später]
    ▶ \so much for that so viel zum Thema
    ▶ \so what? na und? fam, na wenn schon? fam
    II. conj
    1. (therefore) deshalb, daher
    I couldn't find you \so I left ich konnte dich nicht finden, also bin ich gegangen
    my landlord kicked me out and \so I was forced to seek yet another apartment mein Vermieter hat mich rausgeworfen, weshalb ich mir schon wieder eine neue Wohnung suchen musste
    2. ( fam: whereupon)
    he said he wanted to come along, \so I told him that... er sagte, er wolle mitfahren, worauf ich ihm mitteilte, dass...
    \so we leave on the Thursday wir fahren also an diesem Donnerstag
    \so that's what he does when I'm not around das macht er also, wenn ich nicht da bin
    \so where have you been? wo warst du denn die ganze Zeit?
    \so what's the problem? wo liegt denn das Problem?
    \so that's that for now das wär's dann fürs Erste fam
    4. (in order to) damit
    be quiet \so she can concentrate sei still, damit sie sich konzentrieren kann
    5.
    ▶ \so long as... (if) sofern; (for the time) solange
    I'll join the army \so long as you do too ich gehe zum Militär, sofern du auch gehst
    \so long as he doesn't go too far,... solange er nicht zu weit geht,...
    ▶ \so there! ( hum) ätsch! Kindersprache
    mine's bigger than yours, \so there! ( hum) ätsch, meiner ist größer als deiner! Kindersprache
    III. adj (sl) typisch fam
    that's \so 70's das ist typisch 70er fam
    * * *
    abbr S
    * * *
    so1 [səʊ]
    A adv
    1. (meist vor adj und adv) so, dermaßen:
    so great a man ein so großer Mann;
    not so … as nicht so … wie; → much Bes Redew
    2. (meist exklamatorisch) so (sehr), ja so (überaus):
    I am so glad ich freue mich (ja) so;
    you are so right ganz richtig
    3. so (…, dass):
    4. so, in dieser Weise:
    so it is (genau) so ist es, stimmt;
    is that so? wirklich?;
    so as to sodass, um zu;
    so that sodass;
    or so etwa, oder so;
    in an hour or so so in einer Stunde;
    why so? warum?, wieso?;
    how so? wie (kommt) das?;
    so saying mit oder bei diesen Worten;
    so Churchill so (sprach) Churchill; → even1 5, if1 A 1
    a) es, das:
    I hope so ich hoffe es;
    I have never said so das habe ich nie behauptet;
    I think so ich glaube oder denke schon;
    I should think so ich denke doch!, das will ich meinen!;
    what makes you think so? wie kommst du denn da drauf?;
    I told you so ich habe es dir ja (gleich) gesagt
    b) auch:
    you are tired and so am I du bist müde und ich (bin es) auch;
    I am stupid - so you are allerdings(, das bist du)!
    6. also:
    so you came after all du bist also doch (noch) gekommen;
    so what? umg na und?, na wenn schon?
    B konj daher, folglich, deshalb, also, und so, so … denn:
    he was ill, so they were quiet er war krank, deshalb waren sie ruhig;
    it was necessary, so we did it es war nötig, und so taten wir es (denn)
    so2 [səʊ] → sol2
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    1.
    [səʊ]adverb

    as winter draws near, so it gets darker — je näher der Winter rückt, desto dunkler wird es

    as fast as the water poured in, so we bailed it out — in dem Maße, wie das Wasser eindrang, schöpften wir es heraus

    so... as — so... wie

    there is nothing so fine as... — es gibt nichts Schöneres als...

    not so [very] difficult/easy — etc. nicht so schwer/leicht usw.

    so beautiful a present — so ein schönes Geschenk; ein so schönes Geschenk

    so far — bis hierher; (until now) bisher; bis jetzt; (to such a distance) so weit

    and so on [and so forth] — und so weiter [und so fort]

    so long! — bis dann od. nachher! (ugs.)

    so many — so viele; (unspecified number) soundso viele

    so much — so viel; (unspecified amount) soundso viel

    so much for him/his plans — (that is all) das wärs, was ihn/seine Pläne angeht

    not so much... as — weniger... als [eher]

    not so much as — (not even) [noch] nicht einmal

    it so happened that he was not there — er war [zufällig] gerade nicht da

    this answer so provoked him that... — diese Antwort provozierte ihn so od. derart, dass...

    so much so that... — so sehr, dass...; das geht/ging so weit, dass...

    so as to — um... zu

    so [that] — damit

    I'm so glad/tired! — ich bin ja so froh/müde!

    so sorry! — (coll.) Entschuldigung!; Verzeihung!

    It's a rainbow! - So it is! — Es ist ein Regenbogen! - Ja, wirklich!

    you said it was good, and so it was — du sagtest, es sei gut, und so war es auch

    is that so? — so? (ugs.); wirklich?

    and so he did — und das machte/tat er [dann] auch

    it may be so, possibly so — [das ist] möglich

    so am/have/would/could/will/do I — ich auch

    8) (thus) so

    and so it was that... — und so geschah es, dass...

    not so! — nein, nein!

    9) (replacing clause, phrase, word)

    he suggested that I should take the train, and if I had done so,... — er riet mir, den Zug zu nehmen, und wenn ich es getan hätte,...

    I'm afraid so — leider ja; ich fürchte schon

    I suppose so — ich nehme an (ugs.); expr. reluctant agreement wenn es sein muss; granting grudging permission von mir aus

    I told you so — ich habe es dir [ja] gesagt

    he is a man of the world, so to say or speak — er ist sozusagen ein Mann von Welt

    it will take a week or so — es wird so ungefähr (ugs.) od. etwa eine Woche dauern

    there were twenty or so people — es waren so (ugs.) um die zwanzig Leute da

    very much so — in der Tat; allerdings

    2. conjunction

    so that's 'that — (coll.) (it's done) [al]so, das wars (ugs.); (it's over) das wars also (ugs.); (everything has been taken care of) das wärs dann (ugs.)

    so 'there! — [und] fertig!; [und damit] basta! (ugs.)

    so you see... — du siehst also...

    * * *
    adv.
    also adv.
    daher adv.
    demnach adv.
    so adv.

    English-german dictionary > so

  • 10 Fairbairn, William

    SUBJECT AREA: Ports and shipping
    [br]
    b. 19 February 1789 Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland
    d. 18 August 1874 Farnham, Surrey, England
    [br]
    Scottish engineer and shipbuilder, pioneer in the use of iron in structures.
    [br]
    Born in modest circumstances, Fairbairn nevertheless enjoyed a broad and liberal education until around the age of 14. Thereafter he served an apprenticeship as a millwright in a Northumberland colliery. This seven-year period marked him out as a man of determination and intellectual ability; he planned his life around the practical work of pit-machinery maintenance and devoted his limited free time to the study of mathematics, science and history as well as "Church, Milton and Recreation". Like many before and countless thousands after, he worked in London for some difficult and profitless years, and then moved to Manchester, the city he was to regard as home for the rest of his life. In 1816 he was married. Along with a workmate, James Lillie, he set up a general engineering business, which steadily enlarged and ultimately involved both shipbuilding and boiler-making. The partnership was dissolved in 1832 and Fairbairn continued on his own. Consultancy work commissioned by the Forth and Clyde Canal led to the construction of iron steamships by Fairbairn for the canal; one of these, the PS Manchester was lost in the Irish Sea (through the little-understood phenomenon of compass deviation) on her delivery voyage from Manchester to the Clyde. This brought Fairbairn to the forefront of research in this field and confirmed him as a shipbuilder in the novel construction of iron vessels. In 1835 he operated the Millwall Shipyard on the Isle of Dogs on the Thames; this is regarded as one of the first two shipyards dedicated to iron production from the outset (the other being Tod and MacGregor of Glasgow). Losses at the London yard forced Fairbairn to sell off, and the yard passed into the hands of John Scott Russell, who built the I.K. Brunel -designed Great Eastern on the site. However, his business in Manchester went from strength to strength: he produced an improved Cornish boiler with two firetubes, known as the Lancashire boiler; he invented a riveting machine; and designed the beautiful swan-necked box-structured crane that is known as the Fairbairn crane to this day.
    Throughout his life he advocated the widest use of iron; he served on the Admiralty Committee of 1861 investigating the use of this material in the Royal Navy. In his later years he travelled widely in Europe as an engineering consultant and published many papers on engineering. His contribution to worldwide engineering was recognized during his lifetime by the conferment of a baronetcy by Queen Victoria.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Created Baronet 1869. FRS 1850. Elected to the Academy of Science of France 1852. President, Institution of Mechnical Engineers 1854. Royal Society Gold Medal 1860. President, British Association 1861.
    Bibliography
    Fairbairn wrote many papers on a wide range of engineering subjects from water-wheels to iron metallurgy and from railway brakes to the strength of iron ships. In 1856 he contributed the article on iron to the 8th edition of Encyclopaedia Britannica.
    Further Reading
    W.Pole (ed.), 1877, The Life of Sir William Fairbairn Bart, London: Longmans Green; reprinted 1970, David and Charles Reprints (written in part by Fairbairn, but completed and edited by Pole).
    FMW

    Biographical history of technology > Fairbairn, William

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