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  • 2 lead

    I
    1. li:d past tense, past participle - led; verb
    1) (to guide or direct or cause to go in a certain direction: Follow my car and I'll lead you to the motorway; She took the child by the hand and led him across the road; He was leading the horse into the stable; The sound of hammering led us to the garage; You led us to believe that we would be paid!) llevar, conducir
    2) (to go or carry to a particular place or along a particular course: A small path leads through the woods.) llevar
    3) ((with to) to cause or bring about a certain situation or state of affairs: The heavy rain led to serious floods.) ocasionar
    4) (to be first (in): An official car led the procession; He is still leading in the competition.) liderar
    5) (to live (a certain kind of life): She leads a pleasant existence on a Greek island.) llevar

    2. noun
    1) (the front place or position: He has taken over the lead in the race.) delantera
    2) (the state of being first: We have a lead over the rest of the world in this kind of research.) liderato
    3) (the act of leading: We all followed his lead.) liderazgo
    4) (the amount by which one is ahead of others: He has a lead of twenty metres (over the man in second place).) ventaja
    5) (a leather strap or chain for leading a dog etc: All dogs must be kept on a lead.) correa
    6) (a piece of information which will help to solve a mystery etc: The police have several leads concerning the identity of the thief.) pista
    7) (a leading part in a play etc: Who plays the lead in that film?) primer papel, papel principal, papel protagonista
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    - leadership
    - lead on
    - lead up the garden path
    - lead up to
    - lead the way
    II led noun
    1) ((also adjective) (of) an element, a soft, heavy, bluish-grey metal: lead pipes; Are these pipes made of lead or copper?) plomo
    2) (the part of a pencil that leaves a mark: The lead of my pencil has broken.) mina
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    lead1 n
    1. mina
    2. plomo
    lead2 n
    1. ventaja
    2. delantera
    who's in the lead? ¿quién lleva la delantera? / ¿quién va ganando?
    3. papel principal
    4. correa
    where's the dog's lead? ¿dónde está la correa del perro?
    5. cable eléctrico
    lead3 vb
    1. llevar / conducir
    where does this path lead? ¿adónde conduce este sendero?
    2. dirigir / liderar
    3. ir primero / ganar / llevar la delantera
    to lead a... life llevar una vida...
    El pasado y participio pasado de lead es led; se pronuncia más o menos lid, con una i larga
    tr[led]
    1 (metal) plomo
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    SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
    lead poisoning saturnismo
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    tr[liːd]
    transitive verb (pt & pp lead tr[led])
    1 (guide) llevar, conducir
    2 (be leader of) liderar, dirigir
    3 (be first in) ocupar el primer puesto en
    4 (influence) llevar
    5 (life) llevar
    6 SMALLMUSIC/SMALL (orchestra) ser el primer violín de
    7 (us mus) dirigir
    8 (cards) salir con
    1 (road) conducir, llevar (to, a)
    2 (command) tener el mando
    3 (go first) ir primero,-a; (in race) llevar la delantera
    4 (cards) salir
    1 (front position) delantera
    2 SMALLSPORT/SMALL liderato (difference) ventaja
    3 SMALLTHEATRE/SMALL primer papel nombre masculino
    4 SMALLBRITISH ENGLISH/SMALL (for dog) correa
    5 SMALLELECTRICITY/SMALL cable nombre masculino
    6 (clue) pista
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    SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
    to be in the lead ir en cabeza
    to follow somebody's lead seguir el ejemplo de alguien
    to lead a dog's life llevar una vida de perros
    to lead somebody to believe something llevar a alguien a creer algo
    to lead the way enseñar el camino
    to take the lead (in race) tomar la delantera 2 (in score) adelantarse en el marcador
    lead time tiempo de planificación y producción
    lead ['li:d] vt, led ['lɛd] ; leading
    1) guide: conducir, llevar, guiar
    2) direct: dirigir
    3) head: encabezar, ir al frente de
    4)
    to lead to : resultar en, llevar a
    it only leads to trouble: sólo resulta en problemas
    lead n
    : delantera f, primer lugar m
    to take the lead: tomar la delantera
    lead ['lɛd] n
    1) : plomo m (metal)
    2) : mina f (de lápiz)
    3)
    lead poisoning : saturnismo m
    n.
    n.
    • regleta s.f.
    adj.
    • de plomo adj.
    n.
    • avance s.m.
    • delantera s.f.
    • liderato s.m.
    • mando s.m.
    • plomo (Química) s.m.
    v.
    (§ p.,p.p.: led) = acaudillar v.
    • adiestrar v.
    • aportar v.
    • capitanear v.
    • carear v.
    • comandar v.
    • conducir v.
    • dirigir v.
    • encabezar v.
    • gobernar v.
    • guiar v.
    • mandar v.
    v.
    • emplomar v.

    I
    1) noun
    2) led
    u ( metal) plomo m

    as heavy as lead: my feet felt as heavy as lead los pies me pesaban como (un) plomo; (before n) lead crystal cristal m ( que contiene óxido de plomo y es muy preciado); lead poisoning — intoxicación f por plomo; ( chronic disease) saturnismo m

    3) c u ( in pencil) mina f; (before n)

    lead pencil — lápiz m (de mina)

    ( in competition) (no pl)

    to be in/hold the lead — llevar/conservar la delantera

    to move into the lead, to take the lead — tomar la delantera

    she has a lead of 20 meters/points over her nearest rival — le lleva 20 metros/puntos de ventaja a su rival más cercano

    5) (example, leadership) (no pl) ejemplo m

    to give a lead — dar* (el) ejemplo

    to follow o take somebody's lead — seguir* el ejemplo de alguien

    6) c ( clue) pista f
    7) c
    a) ( for dog) (BrE) correa f, traílla f
    b) ( Elec) cable m
    8) c
    a) ( main role) papel m principal

    the male/female lead — ( role) el papel principal masculino/femenino; ( person) el primer actor/la primera actriz

    b) ( Mus) solista mf

    to sing/play (the) lead — ser* la voz/el músico solista; (before n) <guitar, singer> principal

    9) c ( cards) (no pl)

    it was her lead — salía ella, ella era mano


    II
    1. liːd
    (past & past p led) transitive verb
    1)
    a) (guide, conduct) \<\<person/animal\>\> llevar, guiar*

    to lead somebody TO something/somebody — conducir* or llevar a alguien a algo/ante alguien

    to lead somebody away/off — llevarse a alguien

    lead the way! — ve tú delante or (esp AmL) adelante!

    b) (to a particular state, course of action)

    to lead somebody into temptation — hacer* caer a alguien en la tentación

    to lead somebody TO something/+ INF: this led me to the conclusion that... esto me hizo llegar a la conclusión de que...; what led you to resign? ¿qué te llevó a dimitir?; I was led to believe that... — me dieron a entender que...

    c) ( influence)
    2) (head, have charge of) \<\<discussion\>\> conducir*; \<\<orchestra\>\> ( conduct) (AmE) dirigir*; ( play first violin in) (BrE) ser* el primer violín de
    3)
    a) ( be at front of) \<\<parade/attack\>\> encabezar*, ir* al frente de
    b) (in race, competition) \<\<opponent\>\> aventajar

    they led the opposing team by ten points — aventajaban al equipo contrario por diez puntos, le llevaban diez puntos de ventaja al equipo contrario

    to lead the field — ( Sport) ir* en cabeza or a la cabeza, llevar la delantera

    4) \<\<life\>\> llevar
    5) ( play) \<\<trumps/hearts\>\> salir* con

    2.
    vi
    1)

    to lead TO something — \<\<road/path/steps\>\> llevar or conducir* or dar* a algo; \<\<door\>\> dar* a algo

    2)
    a) (be, act as leader)

    you lead, we'll follow — ve delante or (esp AmL) adelante, que te seguimos

    b) (in race, competition) \<\<competitor\>\> ir* a la cabeza, puntear (AmL)
    3)
    a) ( Journ)

    `The Times' leads with the budget deficit — `The Times' dedica su artículo de fondo al déficit presupuestario

    b) ( in cards) salir*, ser* mano
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    Phrasal Verbs:

    I [led]
    1.
    N (=metal) plomo m ; (in pencil) mina f ; (Naut) sonda f, escandallo m

    my limbs felt like lead or as heavy as lead — los brazos y las piernas me pesaban como plomo

    - swing the lead
    2.

    lead acetate N — acetato m de plomo

    lead crystal N — cristal m (que contiene óxido de plomo)

    lead oxide N — óxido m de plomo

    lead paint N — pintura f a base de plomo

    lead pipe N — tubería f de plomo

    lead poisoning N — saturnismo m, plumbismo m, intoxicación f por el plomo

    lead replacement petrol N — (gasolina f) súper f aditiva, (gasolina f) súper f con aditivos

    lead weight N — peso m plomo


    II [liːd] (vb: pt, pp led)
    1. N
    1) (=leading position) (Sport) delantera f, cabeza f ; (=distance, time, points ahead) ventaja f

    • to be in the lead — (gen) ir a la or en cabeza, ir primero; (Sport) llevar la delantera; (in league) ocupar el primer puesto

    • to have two minutes' lead over sb — llevar a algn una ventaja de dos minutos

    • to take the lead — (Sport) tomar la delantera; (=take the initiative) tomar la iniciativa

    2) (=example) ejemplo m

    • to follow sb's lead — seguir el ejemplo de algn

    • to give sb a lead — guiar a algn, dar el ejemplo a algn, mostrar el camino a algn

    3) (=clue) pista f, indicación f

    • to follow up a lead — seguir or investigar una pista

    4) (Theat) papel m principal; (in opera) voz f cantante; (=person) primer actor m, primera actriz f

    • to play the lead — tener el papel principal

    • to sing the lead — llevar la voz cantante

    • with Greta Garbo in the lead — con Greta Garbo en el primer papel

    5) (=leash) cuerda f, traílla f, correa f (LAm)

    • dogs must be kept on a lead — los perros deben llevarse con traílla

    6) (Elec) cable m
    7) (Cards)

    whose lead is it? — ¿quién sale?, ¿quién es mano?

    it's my lead — soy mano, salgo yo

    it's your lead — tú eres mano, sales tú

    • if the lead is in hearts — si la salida es a corazones

    8) (Press) primer párrafo m, entrada f
    2. VT
    1) (=conduct) llevar, conducir

    • to lead sb to a table — conducir a algn a una mesa

    what led you to Venice? — ¿qué te llevó a Venecia?, ¿con qué motivo fuiste a Venecia?

    • this discussion is leading us nowhere — esta discusión no nos lleva a ninguna parte

    • to lead the way — (lit) ir primero; (fig) mostrar el camino, dar el ejemplo

    2) (=be the leader of) [+ government] dirigir, encabezar; [+ party] encabezar, ser jefe de; [+ expedition, regiment] mandar; [+ discussion] conducir; [+ team] capitanear; [+ league] ir a la or en cabeza de, encabezar, ocupar el primer puesto en; [+ procession] ir a la or en cabeza de, encabezar; [+ orchestra] (Brit) ser el primer violín en; (US) dirigir
    3) (=be first in)

    • to lead the field — (Sport) ir a la cabeza, llevar la delantera

    • Britain led the world in textiles — Inglaterra era el líder mundial en la industria textil

    4) (=be in front of) [+ opponent] aventajar

    • Roberts leads Brown by four games to one — Roberts le aventaja a Brown por cuatro juegos a uno

    5) [+ life, existence] llevar

    • to lead a busy life — llevar una vida muy ajetreada

    to lead a full life — llevar or tener una vida muy activa, llevar or tener una vida llena de actividades

    dance 1., 1), life 1., 3)
    6) (=influence)

    to lead sb to do sth — llevar or inducir or mover a algn a hacer algo

    • we were led to believe that... — nos hicieron creer que...

    • what led you to this conclusion? — ¿qué te hizo llegar a esta conclusión?

    • he is easily led — es muy sugestionable

    • to lead sb into error — inducir a algn a error

    3. VI
    1) (=go in front) ir primero
    2) (in match, race) llevar la delantera

    he is leading by an hour/ten metres — lleva una hora/diez metros de ventaja

    3) (Cards) ser mano, salir

    you lead — sales tú, tú eres mano

    4) (=be in control) estar al mando
    5)

    • to lead to — [street, corridor] conducir a; [door] dar a

    this street leads to the station — esta calle conduce a la estación, por esta calle se va a la estación

    this street leads to the main square — esta calle sale a or desemboca en la plaza principal

    6) (=result in)

    • to lead to — llevar a

    one thing led to another... — una cosa nos/los etc llevó a otra...

    4.
    CPD

    lead story N — reportaje m principal

    lead time N — plazo m de entrega

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    I
    1) noun
    2) [led]
    u ( metal) plomo m

    as heavy as lead: my feet felt as heavy as lead los pies me pesaban como (un) plomo; (before n) lead crystal cristal m ( que contiene óxido de plomo y es muy preciado); lead poisoning — intoxicación f por plomo; ( chronic disease) saturnismo m

    3) c u ( in pencil) mina f; (before n)

    lead pencil — lápiz m (de mina)

    4) [liːd]
    ( in competition) (no pl)

    to be in/hold the lead — llevar/conservar la delantera

    to move into the lead, to take the lead — tomar la delantera

    she has a lead of 20 meters/points over her nearest rival — le lleva 20 metros/puntos de ventaja a su rival más cercano

    5) (example, leadership) (no pl) ejemplo m

    to give a lead — dar* (el) ejemplo

    to follow o take somebody's lead — seguir* el ejemplo de alguien

    6) c ( clue) pista f
    7) c
    a) ( for dog) (BrE) correa f, traílla f
    b) ( Elec) cable m
    8) c
    a) ( main role) papel m principal

    the male/female lead — ( role) el papel principal masculino/femenino; ( person) el primer actor/la primera actriz

    b) ( Mus) solista mf

    to sing/play (the) lead — ser* la voz/el músico solista; (before n) <guitar, singer> principal

    9) c ( cards) (no pl)

    it was her lead — salía ella, ella era mano


    II
    1. [liːd]
    (past & past p led) transitive verb
    1)
    a) (guide, conduct) \<\<person/animal\>\> llevar, guiar*

    to lead somebody TO something/somebody — conducir* or llevar a alguien a algo/ante alguien

    to lead somebody away/off — llevarse a alguien

    lead the way! — ve tú delante or (esp AmL) adelante!

    b) (to a particular state, course of action)

    to lead somebody into temptation — hacer* caer a alguien en la tentación

    to lead somebody TO something/+ INF: this led me to the conclusion that... esto me hizo llegar a la conclusión de que...; what led you to resign? ¿qué te llevó a dimitir?; I was led to believe that... — me dieron a entender que...

    c) ( influence)
    2) (head, have charge of) \<\<discussion\>\> conducir*; \<\<orchestra\>\> ( conduct) (AmE) dirigir*; ( play first violin in) (BrE) ser* el primer violín de
    3)
    a) ( be at front of) \<\<parade/attack\>\> encabezar*, ir* al frente de
    b) (in race, competition) \<\<opponent\>\> aventajar

    they led the opposing team by ten points — aventajaban al equipo contrario por diez puntos, le llevaban diez puntos de ventaja al equipo contrario

    to lead the field — ( Sport) ir* en cabeza or a la cabeza, llevar la delantera

    4) \<\<life\>\> llevar
    5) ( play) \<\<trumps/hearts\>\> salir* con

    2.
    vi
    1)

    to lead TO something — \<\<road/path/steps\>\> llevar or conducir* or dar* a algo; \<\<door\>\> dar* a algo

    2)
    a) (be, act as leader)

    you lead, we'll follow — ve delante or (esp AmL) adelante, que te seguimos

    b) (in race, competition) \<\<competitor\>\> ir* a la cabeza, puntear (AmL)
    3)
    a) ( Journ)

    `The Times' leads with the budget deficit — `The Times' dedica su artículo de fondo al déficit presupuestario

    b) ( in cards) salir*, ser* mano
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    Phrasal Verbs:

    English-spanish dictionary > lead

  • 3 lead

    I noun
    1) (metal) Blei, das

    go down like a lead balloon — mit Pauken und Trompeten durchfallen (ugs.); [Rede, Vorschlag usw.:] überhaupt nicht ankommen

    2) (in pencil) [Bleistift]mine, die
    II 1. transitive verb,

    lead somebody by the hand — jemanden an der Hand führen

    lead somebody by the nose — (fig.) jemanden nach seiner Pfeife tanzen lassen

    lead somebody into trouble — (fig.) jemandem Ärger einbringen

    this is leading us nowhere — (fig.) das führt zu nichts

    2) (fig.): (influence, induce)

    lead somebody to do something — jemanden veranlassen, etwas zu tun

    that leads me to believe that... — das lässt mich glauben, dass...

    he led me to suppose/believe that... — er gab mir Grund zu der Annahme/er machte mich glauben, dass...

    3) führen [Leben]

    lead a life of misery/a miserable existence — ein erbärmliches Dasein führen/eine kümmerliche Existenz fristen

    4) (be first in) anführen

    lead the world in electrical engineering — auf dem Gebiet der Elektrotechnik in der ganzen Welt führend sein

    Smith led Jones by several yards/seconds — (Sport) Smith hatte mehrere Yards/Sekunden Vorsprung vor Jones

    5) (direct, be head of) anführen [Bewegung, Abordnung]; leiten [Diskussion, Veranstaltung, Ensemble]; [Dirigent:] leiten [Orchester, Chor]; [Konzertmeister:] führen [Orchester]

    lead a party — Vorsitzender/Vorsitzende einer Partei sein

    2. intransitive verb,
    1) [Straße usw., Tür:] führen

    lead to the town/to the sea — zur Stadt/ans Meer führen

    one thing led to another — es kam eins zum anderen

    2) (be first) führen; (go in front) vorangehen; (fig.): (be leader) an der Spitze stehen

    lead by 3 metres — mit 3 Metern in Führung liegen; 3 Meter Vorsprung haben

    3. noun
    1) (precedent) Beispiel, das; (clue) Anhaltspunkt, der

    follow somebody's lead, take one's lead from somebody — jemandes Beispiel (Dat.) folgen

    2) (first place) Führung, die

    be in the lead — in Führung liegen; an der Spitze liegen

    move or go into the lead, take the lead — sich an die Spitze setzen; in Führung gehen

    3) (amount, distance) Vorsprung, der
    4) (on dog etc.) Leine, die
    5) (Electr.) Kabel, das; Leitung, die
    6) (Theatre) Hauptrolle, die; (player) Hauptdarsteller, der/-darstellerin, die
    Phrasal Verbs:
    - academic.ru/42119/lead_away">lead away
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    I 1. [li:d] past tense, past participle - led; verb
    1) (to guide or direct or cause to go in a certain direction: Follow my car and I'll lead you to the motorway; She took the child by the hand and led him across the road; He was leading the horse into the stable; The sound of hammering led us to the garage; You led us to believe that we would be paid!) führen
    2) (to go or carry to a particular place or along a particular course: A small path leads through the woods.) führen
    3) ((with to) to cause or bring about a certain situation or state of affairs: The heavy rain led to serious floods.) führen
    4) (to be first (in): An official car led the procession; He is still leading in the competition.) anführen
    5) (to live (a certain kind of life): She leads a pleasant existence on a Greek island.) führen
    2. noun
    1) (the front place or position: He has taken over the lead in the race.) die Führung
    2) (the state of being first: We have a lead over the rest of the world in this kind of research.) die Führung
    3) (the act of leading: We all followed his lead.) die Führung
    4) (the amount by which one is ahead of others: He has a lead of twenty metres (over the man in second place).) der Vorsprung
    5) (a leather strap or chain for leading a dog etc: All dogs must be kept on a lead.) die Leine
    6) (a piece of information which will help to solve a mystery etc: The police have several leads concerning the identity of the thief.) der Hinweis
    7) (a leading part in a play etc: Who plays the lead in that film?) die Hauptrolle
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    - leader
    - leadership
    - lead on
    - lead up the garden path
    - lead up to
    - lead the way     II [led] noun
    1) (( also adjective) (of) an element, a soft, heavy, bluish-grey metal: lead pipes; Are these pipes made of lead or copper?) das Blei
    2) (the part of a pencil that leaves a mark: The lead of my pencil has broken.) die Mine
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    lead1
    [led]
    I. n
    1. no pl (metal) Blei nt
    to be as heavy as \lead schwer wie Blei sein
    to contain \lead bleihaltig sein
    2. (pencil filling) Mine f
    3. no pl (graphite) Grafit m
    4. no pl (bullets) Blei nt veraltet, Kugeln pl
    ▪ \leads pl (in windows) Bleifassung f; (on roofs) Bleiplatten pl
    7.
    ▶ to have \lead in one's pencil ein steifes Rohr haben sl vulg
    ▶ to get the \lead out sich akk beeilen
    ▶ to swing the \lead BRIT ( fam: pretend to be sick) krankfeiern fam; (pretend to be incapable of work) sich akk drücken fam, schwänzen SCHWEIZ fam
    II. n modifier (bullet, crystal, pipe, weight) Blei-
    \lead accumulator Bleiakkumulator m
    ▶ to go down like a \lead balloon überhaupt nicht ankommen fam
    lead2
    [li:d]
    I. n
    1. THEAT, FILM Hauptrolle f
    to get/play the \lead [in sth] [in etw dat] die Hauptrolle bekommen/spielen
    2. usu sing (guiding, example) Beispiel nt
    to follow sb's \lead jds Beispiel folgen
    3. usu sing (guiding in dance) Führung f kein pl
    to give a strong \lead gut führen
    to follow sb's \lead sich akk von jdm führen lassen
    4. no pl (front position) Führung f
    ▪ to be in the \lead führend sein; SPORT in Führung liegen
    to go [or move] into the \lead die Führung übernehmen; SPORT sich akk an die Spitze setzen
    to have/hold/take [over] the \lead die Führung haben/verteidigen/übernehmen
    to lose one's \lead die Führung verlieren
    5. (position in advance) Vorsprung m
    6. (clue) Hinweis m
    to get a \lead on sth einen Hinweis auf etw akk bekommen
    7. (connecting wire) Kabel nt
    8. BRIT, AUS (rope for pet) Leine f
    ▪ to be on a \lead angeleint sein
    to keep an animal on a \lead ein Tier an der Leine halten
    to let an animal off the \lead ein Tier von der Leine lassen, ein Tier frei laufen lassen
    to be [let] off the \lead ( fig hum) sturmfreie Bude haben fam
    9. TYPO Durchschuss m
    II. vt
    <led, led>
    1. (be in charge of)
    ▪ to \lead sb/sth jdn/etw führen
    she led the party to victory sie führte die Partei zum Sieg
    to \lead a delegation/an expedition eine Delegation/eine Expedition leiten
    to \lead a discussion/an inquiry eine Diskussion/Ermittlungen leiten
    to \lead sb in prayer jdm vorbeten
    ▪ to \lead sb/sth jdn/etw führen
    ▪ to \lead sb into/over/through sth jdn in/über/durch etw akk führen
    ▪ to \lead sb to sth jdn zu etw dat führen
    to \lead sb astray jdn auf Abwege führen
    3. (go in advance)
    to \lead the way vorangehen
    to \lead the way in sth ( fig) bei etw dat an der Spitze stehen
    to \lead sb [in]to problems jdn in Schwierigkeiten bringen
    ▪ to \lead sb to do sth jdn dazu verleiten, etw zu tun
    to \lead sb to believe that... jdn glauben lassen, dass...
    6. ECON, SPORT (be ahead of)
    ▪ to \lead sb jdn anführen
    to \lead the field/the pack das Feld/die Gruppe anführen
    to \lead the world weltweit führend sein
    7. (spend)
    to \lead a life of luxury ein Leben im Luxus führen
    to \lead a cat-and-dog life wie Hund und Katze leben
    to \lead a charmed life (be very lucky in life) ein glückliches Leben führen; (be guarded from above) einen Schutzengel haben
    to \lead a hectic/quiet life ein hektisches/ruhiges Leben führen
    the life she \leads is very relaxed sie führt ein sehr bequemes Leben
    ▪ to \lead sb witness jdn beeinflussen
    9.
    ▶ to \lead sb up [or down] the garden path ( fam) jdn an der Nase herumführen [o hinters Licht führen]
    ▶ to \lead sb a merry dance ( fam) sein Spiel mit jdm treiben
    ▶ to \lead sb by the nose ( fam) jdn unter seiner Fuchtel haben fam
    III. vi
    <led, led>
    1. (be in charge) die Leitung innehaben
    2. (be guide) vorangehen
    where she \leads, others will follow sie ist eine starke Führungspersönlichkeit
    to \lead from the front ( fig) den Ton angeben
    3. (guide woman dancer) führen
    4. (be directed towards)
    ▪ to \lead somewhere irgendwohin führen
    the track \leads across the fields der Pfad führt über die Felder
    this passage \leads into the servants' quarters dieser Gang führt zu den Wohnräumen der Bediensteten
    the door \leads onto a wide shady terrace die Tür geht auf eine große, schattige Terrasse hinaus
    ▪ to \lead to sth auf etw akk hinweisen
    everything \leads to this conclusion alles legt diese Schlussfolgerung nahe
    6. (cause to develop, happen)
    ▪ to \lead to sth zu etw dat führen
    this is bound to \lead to trouble das muss zwangsläufig zu Schwierigkeiten führen
    all this talk is \leading nowhere all dieses Gerede führt zu [o fam bringt] nichts
    where's it all going to \lead? wo soll das alles noch hinführen?
    7. (be in the lead) führen; SPORT in Führung liegen
    to \lead by 10 points mit 10 Punkten in Führung liegen
    8. LAW in einem Prozess auftreten
    to \lead for the prosecution die Anklage[verhandlung] eröffnen
    9.
    ▶ to \lead with one's chin ( fam) das Schicksal herausfordern
    ▶ all roads \lead to Rome ( saying) alle Wege führen nach Rom prov
    * * *
    I [led]
    1. n
    1) (= metal) Blei nt
    2) (in pencil) Grafit nt, Graphit nt; (= single lead) Mine f

    that'll put lead in your pencil (inf) — das wird dir die Glieder stärken (inf)

    3) (NAUT) Lot nt
    4) pl (on roof) Bleiplatten pl; (in window) Bleifassung f
    2. vt
    (= weight with lead) mit Blei beschweren II [liːd] vb: pret, ptp led
    1. n
    1) (= front position) Spitzenposition f; (= leading position, SPORT) Führung f, Spitze f; (in league etc) Tabellenspitze f

    to be in the lead — führend sein, in Führung liegen; (Sport) in Führung or vorn liegen, führen

    to take the lead, to move into the lead — in Führung gehen, die Führung übernehmen; (in league) Tabellenführer werden

    this set gives him the lead —

    Japan took the lead from Germany in exports — Japan verdrängte Deutschland auf dem Exportmarkt von der Spitze

    2) (= distance, time ahead) Vorsprung m
    3) (= example) Beispiel nt

    to take the lead, to show a lead — mit gutem Beispiel vorangehen

    4) (= clue) Indiz nt, Anhaltspunkt m; (in guessing etc) Hinweis m, Tipp m
    5) (CARDS)
    6) (THEAT) (= part) Hauptrolle f; (= person) Hauptdarsteller(in) m(f)
    7) (= leash) Leine f
    8) (ELEC) Leitung(skabel nt) f, Kabel nt; (from separate source) Zuleitung f (form)
    2. vt
    1) (= conduct) person, animal führen; water leiten

    to lead sb in/out etc — jdn hinein-/hinaus- etc führen

    to lead the way (lit, fig) — vorangehen; ( fig

    2) (= be the leader of, direct) (an)führen; expedition, team leiten; regiment führen; movement, revolution anführen; conversation bestimmen; orchestra (conductor) leiten; (first violin) führen

    to lead a government — an der Spitze einer Regierung stehen, Regierungschef sein

    to lead a party — Parteivorsitzender sein, den Parteivorsitz führen

    3) (= be first in) anführen

    Britain leads the world in textiles — Großbritannien ist auf dem Gebiet der Textilproduktion führend in der Welt

    4) card ausspielen
    5) life führen

    to lead a life of luxury/deception — ein Luxusleben/betrügerisches Leben führen

    6) (= influence) beeinflussen

    to lead sb to do sth — jdn dazu bringen, etw zu tun

    to lead a witness — einen Zeugen/eine Zeugin beeinflussen

    what led him to change his mind? — wie kam er dazu, seine Meinung zu ändern?

    to lead sb to believe that... — jdm den Eindruck vermitteln, dass..., jdn glauben machen, dass... (geh)

    I am led to believe that... —

    this led me to the conclusion that... — daraus schloss ich, dass...

    I am led to the conclusion that... —

    7) wire, flex legen, entlangführen
    3. vi
    1) (= go in front) vorangehen; (in race) in Führung liegen

    to lead by 10 metres — einen Vorsprung von 10 Metern haben, mit 10 Metern in Führung liegen

    he always follows where his brother leads — er macht alles nach, was sein Bruder macht

    the "Times" led with a story about the financial crisis —

    2) (= be a leader also in dancing) führen

    he had shown the ability to lead — er hat gezeigt, dass er Führungsqualitäten besitzt

    who leads? — wer spielt aus?, wer fängt an?

    4) (street etc) führen, gehen
    5) (= result in, cause) führen (to zu)

    what will all these strikes lead to? — wo sollen all diese Streiks hinführen?

    * * *
    lead1 [liːd]
    A s
    1. Führung f:
    a) Leitung f:
    under sb’s lead
    b) führende Stelle, Spitze f:
    be in the lead an der Spitze stehen, führend sein, SPORT etc in Führung oder vorn(e) liegen, führen;
    give one’s team the lead SPORT seine Mannschaft in Führung bringen;
    have the lead die Führung innehaben, SPORT etc in Führung oder vorn(e) liegen, führen;
    shoot one’s team into the lead SPORT seine Mannschaft in Führung schießen;
    a) auch SPORT die Führung übernehmen, sich an die Spitze setzen ( beide:
    from vor dat),
    b) die Initiative ergreifen,
    c) vorangehen, neue Wege weisen
    2. Vorsprung m ( over vor dat) ( auch SPORT):
    a one minute’s ( oder one-minute) lead eine Minute Vorsprung;
    have a big lead einen großen Vorsprung haben, hoch führen;
    have a two-goal lead mit zwei Toren führen;
    have the lead over einen Vorsprung vor der Konkurrenz haben, voraus sein (dat)
    3. Boxen: (eine Schlagserie) einleitender Schlag
    4. Vorbild n, Beispiel n:
    follow sb’s lead jemandes Beispiel folgen;
    give sb a lead jemandem ein gutes Beispiel geben, jemandem mit gutem Beispiel vorangehen
    5. a) Hinweis m, Wink m
    b) Anhaltspunkt m
    c) Spur f:
    give sb a lead jemandem einen Hinweis oder Anhaltspunkt geben; jemanden auf die Spur bringen
    6. THEAT etc
    a) Hauptrolle f
    b) Hauptdarsteller(in)
    a) Vorhand f
    b) zuerst ausgespielte Karte oder Farbe:
    your lead! Sie spielen aus!
    a) Vorspann m (eines Zeitungsartikels)
    b) Aufmacher m:
    the scandal was the lead in the papers der Skandal wurde von den Zeitungen groß herausgestellt
    9. TECH Steigung f, Ganghöhe f (eines Gewindes)
    10. ELEK
    a) (Zu)Leitung f
    b) Leiter m, Leitungsdraht m
    c) (Phasen) Voreilung f
    11. (Mühl) Kanal m
    12. Wasserrinne f (in einem Eisfeld)
    13. (Hunde) Leine f:
    keep on the lead an der Leine führen oder halten
    14. MIL Vorhalt m
    B adj Leit…, Führungs…, Haupt…
    C v/t prät und pperf led [led]
    1. führen, leiten, jemandem den Weg zeigen:
    lead the way vorangehen, den Weg zeigen; → garden path, nose Bes Redew
    2. führen, bringen:
    3. bewegen, verleiten, -führen ( alle:
    to zu), dahin bringen, veranlassen ( beide:
    to do zu tun):
    this led me to believe that … dies veranlasste mich zu glauben, dass …;
    what led you to think so? was brachte Sie zu dieser Ansicht?
    4. a) (an)führen, leiten, an der Spitze stehen von, SPORT führen vor (dat) oder gegen (by mit):
    lead an army eine Armee führen oder befehligen;
    lead the field SPORT das Feld anführen;
    lead the table SPORT die Tabelle anführen, an der Tabellenspitze stehen;
    lead sb by 20 seconds SPORT einen Vorsprung von 20 Sekunden vor jemandem haben
    b) eine Untersuchung etc leiten
    5. a) besonders US ein Orchester leiten, dirigieren
    b) besonders Br die erste Geige spielen oder Konzertmeister sein in (dat) oder bei
    6. ein behagliches etc Leben führen
    7. jemandem etwas bereiten: → dance C 1, dog Bes Redew
    8. einen Zeugen durch Suggestivfragen lenken
    9. eine Karte, Farbe etc aus-, anspielen
    10. Boxen: einen Schlag führen
    D v/i
    1. führen:
    a) vorangehen, den Weg weisen (auch fig)
    b) die erste oder leitende Stelle einnehmen, Führer sein
    c) SPORT an der Spitze oder in Führung liegen:
    lead by points nach Punkten führen
    2. führen (Straße, Gang etc):
    lead into münden in (akk);
    lead off abgehen von;
    lead to fig führen zu, zur Folge haben; → Rome A
    3. Boxen: (zu schlagen) beginnen:
    4. lead with (Journalismus) etwas als Aufmacher bringen
    5. lead with → C 9
    lead2 [led]
    A s
    1. CHEM Blei n:
    (as) heavy as lead bleischwer, schwer wie Blei (Sack, Füße etc); → balloon A 1
    2. SCHIFF Senkblei n, Lot n:
    cast ( oder heave) the lead das Lot auswerfen, loten;
    swing the lead Br sl sich (vor oder von der Arbeit) drücken, besonders krankmachen, krankfeiern umg
    3. Blei n, Kugeln pl (Geschosse)
    4. CHEM Grafit m, Reißblei n
    5. (Bleistift) Mine f:
    put lead in sb’s pencil umg hum jemandes Manneskraft stärken
    6. TYPO Durchschuss m
    7. Fensterblei n, Bleifassung f
    8. pl Br
    a) bleierne Dachplatten pl
    b) (flaches) Bleidach
    9. → white lead
    B v/t
    1. verbleien:
    leaded verbleit, (Benzin auch) bleihaltig
    2. a) mit Blei füllen
    b) mit Blei beschweren
    3. Fensterglas in Blei fassen:
    leaded window Bleiglasfenster n;
    leaded lights pl Bleiverglasung f
    4. TYPO durchschießen
    C v/i SCHIFF loten
    * * *
    I noun
    1) (metal) Blei, das

    go down like a lead balloon — mit Pauken und Trompeten durchfallen (ugs.); [Rede, Vorschlag usw.:] überhaupt nicht ankommen

    2) (in pencil) [Bleistift]mine, die
    II 1. transitive verb,

    lead somebody by the nose — (fig.) jemanden nach seiner Pfeife tanzen lassen

    lead somebody into trouble — (fig.) jemandem Ärger einbringen

    this is leading us nowhere — (fig.) das führt zu nichts

    2) (fig.): (influence, induce)

    lead somebody to do something — jemanden veranlassen, etwas zu tun

    that leads me to believe that... — das lässt mich glauben, dass...

    he led me to suppose/believe that... — er gab mir Grund zu der Annahme/er machte mich glauben, dass...

    3) führen [Leben]

    lead a life of misery/a miserable existence — ein erbärmliches Dasein führen/eine kümmerliche Existenz fristen

    4) (be first in) anführen

    Smith led Jones by several yards/seconds — (Sport) Smith hatte mehrere Yards/Sekunden Vorsprung vor Jones

    5) (direct, be head of) anführen [Bewegung, Abordnung]; leiten [Diskussion, Veranstaltung, Ensemble]; [Dirigent:] leiten [Orchester, Chor]; [Konzertmeister:] führen [Orchester]

    lead a party — Vorsitzender/Vorsitzende einer Partei sein

    2. intransitive verb,
    1) [Straße usw., Tür:] führen

    lead to the town/to the sea — zur Stadt/ans Meer führen

    2) (be first) führen; (go in front) vorangehen; (fig.): (be leader) an der Spitze stehen

    lead by 3 metres — mit 3 Metern in Führung liegen; 3 Meter Vorsprung haben

    3. noun
    1) (precedent) Beispiel, das; (clue) Anhaltspunkt, der

    follow somebody's lead, take one's lead from somebody — jemandes Beispiel (Dat.) folgen

    2) (first place) Führung, die

    be in the lead — in Führung liegen; an der Spitze liegen

    move or go into the lead, take the lead — sich an die Spitze setzen; in Führung gehen

    3) (amount, distance) Vorsprung, der
    4) (on dog etc.) Leine, die
    5) (Electr.) Kabel, das; Leitung, die
    6) (Theatre) Hauptrolle, die; (player) Hauptdarsteller, der/-darstellerin, die
    Phrasal Verbs:
    * * *
    (editorial) n.
    Leitartikel m. n.
    Blei nur sing. n. v.
    (§ p.,p.p.: led)
    = anführen v.
    führen v.
    leiten v.
    vorangehen v.

    English-german dictionary > lead

  • 4 lead

    I 1. [liːd]

    to be in the lead to have the lead essere in testa o al primo posto; to go into the lead to take the lead — passare in testa, assumere il comando

    to follow sb.'s lead — seguire l'esempio di qcn

    4) (clue) pista f., indizio m.
    5) teatr. cinem. parte f. principale, ruolo m. principale
    6) giorn.
    7) el. (wire) filo m.
    8) BE (for dog) guinzaglio m.
    2.
    modificatore [guitarist, guitar] primo; [ role] principale; [ article] d'apertura
    II 1. [liːd]
    verbo transitivo (pass., p.pass. led)
    1) (guide, escort) guidare, condurre [ person] (to sth. a qcs.; to sb. da qcn.)

    to lead sb. away — condurre via o allontanare qcn.

    to lead sb. across the road — fare attraversare la strada a qcn

    2) (bring) [path, sign] portare (to a), guidare (to da, verso); [ smell] guidare [ person] (to da, verso)
    3) (be leader of) guidare [army, team, attack, procession]; dirigere [orchestra, research]
    4) sport comm. (be ahead of) condurre su, essere in vantaggio su [ rival]; guidare su [ team]

    to lead the field — (in commerce, research) essere il leader nel settore; (in race) condurre, essere in testa

    5) (cause, influence)

    to lead sb. to do — portare qcn. a fare

    6) (conduct, have) condurre, fare [ active life]
    2.
    verbo intransitivo (pass., p.pass. led)
    1) (go, be directed)

    to lead to — [ path] condurre, portare a; [ door] dare su; [exit, trapdoor] portare a

    to lead to — portare a [complication, discovery, accident, response]

    one thing led to another, and we... — da cosa nacque cosa, e noi

    3) (be ahead) [ company] essere in testa; [runner, car, team] condurre, essere in testa, essere al comando
    4) (go first) (in walk) fare strada; (in procession) essere in testa; (in action, discussion) prendere l'iniziativa
    5) (in dancing) condurre, guidare
    6) giorn.

    to lead with — mettere in prima pagina [story, headline]

    8) (in cards) essere di mano
    •
    ••

    to lead the way — (go first) fare strada; (guide others) mostrare la via o strada; (be ahead, winning) essere in testa

    III 1. [led]
    1) (metal) piombo m.
    2) colloq. fig. (bullets) piombo m.
    3) (anche blacklead) (graphite) grafite f.; (in pencil) mina f.
    4) mar. (for sounding) piombo m., scandaglio m.
    5) BE (for roofing) piombo m.
    2.

    lead poisoning — avvelenamento da piombo, saturnismo

    ••

    to fill o pump sb. full of lead colloq. riempire qcn. di piombo; to get the lead out AE colloq. (stop loafing) darsi una mossa; (speed up) liberarsi della zavorra; to go over AE o down BE like a lead balloon — colloq. fallire miseramente

    * * *
    I 1. [li:d] past tense, past participle - led; verb
    1) (to guide or direct or cause to go in a certain direction: Follow my car and I'll lead you to the motorway; She took the child by the hand and led him across the road; He was leading the horse into the stable; The sound of hammering led us to the garage; You led us to believe that we would be paid!)
    2) (to go or carry to a particular place or along a particular course: A small path leads through the woods.)
    3) ((with to) to cause or bring about a certain situation or state of affairs: The heavy rain led to serious floods.)
    4) (to be first (in): An official car led the procession; He is still leading in the competition.)
    5) (to live (a certain kind of life): She leads a pleasant existence on a Greek island.)
    2. noun
    1) (the front place or position: He has taken over the lead in the race.)
    2) (the state of being first: We have a lead over the rest of the world in this kind of research.)
    3) (the act of leading: We all followed his lead.)
    4) (the amount by which one is ahead of others: He has a lead of twenty metres (over the man in second place).)
    5) (a leather strap or chain for leading a dog etc: All dogs must be kept on a lead.)
    6) (a piece of information which will help to solve a mystery etc: The police have several leads concerning the identity of the thief.)
    7) (a leading part in a play etc: Who plays the lead in that film?)
    •
    - leadership
    - lead on
    - lead up the garden path
    - lead up to
    - lead the way     II [led] noun
    1) (( also adjective) (of) an element, a soft, heavy, bluish-grey metal: lead pipes; Are these pipes made of lead or copper?)
    2) (the part of a pencil that leaves a mark: The lead of my pencil has broken.)
    •
    * * *
    lead (1) /lɛd/
    n.
    1 [u] (chim.) piombo: lead acetate, acetato di piombo; lead arsenate, arseniato di piombo
    2 (naut.) piombo; piombino; scandaglio: sounding lead, piombo per scandaglio
    3 (= blacklead) grafite; mina ( di matita)
    4 (tipogr.) interlinea
    5 [u] (fig.) piombo; proiettili
    ● ( slang) lead balloon, fiasco (fig.); fallimento □ (elettr.) lead-covered cable, cavo sotto piombo □ (fam. USA) lead foot (o lead-footed driver), automobilista che ha il piede pesante ( sull'acceleratore) □ (chim., ecc.) lead-free, senza piombo: lead-free petrol, benzina senza piombo; benzina verde □ (miner.) lead glance, galena □ lead grey, (color) plumbeo: The sky turned a lead grey, il cielo si fece plumbeo □ (naut.) lead line, scandaglio a sagola □ lead paint, minio □ (med.) lead paralysis, paralisi saturnina □ lead pencil, matita ( di grafite) □ ( slang USA) lead-pipe cinch, fatto inevitabile; certezza assoluta □ lead piping, tubazione di piombo □ (med.) lead poisoning, avvelenamento da piombo; saturnismo □ lead seal, piombino ( per sigillare) □ lead shot, pallini di piombo □ lead wool, lana di piombo ( per condutture dell'acqua) □ (naut.) to cast (o to heave) the lead, gettare lo scandaglio □ ( slang) to have lead in one's pencil, esser pieno di vigore sessuale □ ( slang) to put lead in sb. 's pencil, dare la carica a q. □ (fam. ingl.) to swing the lead, oziare, battere la fiacca; darsi malato, marcare visita.
    ♦ lead (2) /li:d/
    n.
    1 [u] comando; guida; posizione di testa; primo posto; avanguardia: We will follow your lead, ci lasceremo guidare da te; ti verremo dietro; to be in the lead, essere all'avanguardia; ( in una gara o classifica) essere in testa, essere al comando, condurre; Burns pulled out to an early lead, Burns passò ben presto in testa; ( sport) to gain the lead, portarsi in testa; prendere il comando; passare in vantaggio; to take the lead, prendere l'iniziativa; prendere il comando; ( in una gara o classifica) portarsi in testa; Asia has taken the lead in car production, l'Asia è diventata la prima produttrice al mondo di automobili; to lose the lead, perdere il comando, ( in una gara o classifica) perdere il primo posto (o la prima posizione)
    2 ( anche polit.) vantaggio: He has a good lead over the other candidates, ha un buon vantaggio sugli altri candidati
    3 suggerimento; indizio; pista, traccia: to give sb. a lead in solving a problem, dare a q. un suggerimento per la soluzione d'un problema; to follow (up) various leads, seguire varie piste
    4 guinzaglio; laccio: The dog was on the lead, il cane era al guinzaglio
    5 (teatr., cinem.) parte principale; primo attore, prima attrice: to play the lead, avere il ruolo principale: DIALOGO → - Discussing a film- I thought that George Harrington was perfect for the lead role, penso che George Harrington fosse perfetto nel ruolo di protagonista NOTA D'USO: - protagonist o main character?-
    6 ( a carte) mano: Whose lead is it?, chi è di mano?; Your lead!, la mano è tua!; sta a te!; sei di mano tu!
    9 (elettr.) conduttore isolato, cavo, cavetto; ( anche) anticipo di fase
    10 (ind. min.) filone ( di minerale)
    11 (mecc.) passo ( di vite)
    12 (giorn.) articolo di fondo (o di spalla); fondo
    13 (giorn.) attacco ( di articolo)
    14 (comm. est.) anticipo ( di pagamento)
    16 ( sport) vantaggio; margine; distacco; scarto
    18 (pl.) (autom., elettr.) collegamenti; fili
    19 (mil., caccia) anticipo
    ● lead-in, introduzione; ( radio, TV) filo dell'antenna, discesa d'antenna □ ( basket) lead official, primo arbitro □ (equit.) lead rope, longia, longina ( corda per guidare un cavallo a mano) □ (mecc.) lead-screw, madrevite □ (mus.) lead singer, voce principale ( di un gruppo musicale) □ lead time, intervallo tra l'inizio e la fine di un processo di produzione □ (mus.) lead violin, primo violino □ (mus.) lead vocals, voce solista; prima voce □ ( sport) to give sb. the lead, mandare in vantaggio q. □ to give sb. a lead, fare strada a, instradare q. □ ( a carte) return lead, rimessa ( di carta dello stesso seme).
    (to) lead (1) /lɛd/
    A v. t.
    1 piombare; impiombare; rivestire di piombo
    2 impiombare; piombare; mettere il piombo (o i piombi) a
    3 (tipogr.) interlineare
    B v. i.
    ( della canna d'arma da fuoco) incrostarsi di piombo.
    ♦ (to) lead (2) /li:d/
    (pass. e p. p. led)
    A v. t.
    1 condurre, essere alla testa di; guidare ( anche nella danza): to lead the demonstration, essere alla testa dei dimostranti; to lead a blind man, guidare un cieco; The captain led his team onto the field, il capitano era alla testa della squadra quando entrarono in campo
    2 dirigere; capeggiare; comandare; essere in testa a (o a capo di); ( sport) essere il capitano di
    3 condurre, portare (a): This road will lead you to the country house, questa strada ti condurrà (o ti porterà) alla villa
    4 condurre; fare; avere: to lead a peaceful existence, condurre una vita tranquilla
    5 far fare: to lead sb. a dog's life, far fare a q. una vita da cani
    6 convincere; persuadere; indurre; portare (fig.): His embarrassment led me to believe he was lying, il suo imbarazzo mi ha indotto (o mi ha portato) a credere che mentisse
    7 essere il primo di; essere in testa a: Saudi Arabia leads the world in oil production, l'Arabia Saudita è il primo paese del mondo per produzione del petrolio
    8 far passare, immettere ( acqua in un canale); passare ( una corda, attraverso qc.)
    9 (mus.) dirigere: to lead an orchestra [a band, a chorus], dirigere un'orchestra [una banda, un coro]
    10 ( a carte) giocare (o calare) come prima carta; aprire il gioco con: to lead the ace of hearts, calare l'asso di cuori (in apertura di gioco)
    11 condurre a mano: to lead a horse, condurre a mano un cavallo
    13 ( sport: nelle corse) essere il capoclassifica di; essere il primo a
    14 ( calcio, ecc.) condurre, essere in vantaggio su
    15 ( sport) passare in avanti, prolungare la palla (o il disco) per ( un compagno); fare un suggerimento a
    B v. i.
    1 essere in testa; fare strada; essere in vantaggio; ( sport) condurre: (autom.) Which car is leading?, quale macchina è in testa (o conduce)?
    2 – to lead to, condurre a; portare a: All roads lead to Rome, tutte le strade portano a Roma; This situation could lead to war, questa situazione potrebbe portare alla guerra
    3 ( boxe) saggiare l'avversario; partire (fig.): Never lead with your right, non partire mai di destro!
    4 ( a carte) avere la mano; aprire
    5 (giorn.) aprire: to lead with a terrible piece of news, aprire con una notizia terribile
    6 (elettr.) essere in anticipo
    ● to lead sb. by the hand, condurre q. per mano □ to lead sb. by the nose, tenere q. al guinzaglio; tenere il piede sul collo a q. □ to lead sb. captive, far prigioniero q. □ to lead the dance, aprire le danze □ to lead a double life, avere una doppia vita □ to lead the fashion, dettare la moda □ ( sport) to lead from the start, prendere subito il comando ( della corsa) □ (fam.) to lead sb. a hard life, rendere la vita difficile a q.; tormentare q. □ (fig.) to lead sb. a merry (o a pretty) dance, menare q. per il naso; portare a spasso q. (fig.) □ to lead a parade, aprire una sfilata □ ( sport) to lead the race, condurre (la corsa); aprire la corsa; essere in testa □ to lead the way, fare strada; (fig.) prendere l'iniziativa □ to lead with one's chin, ( boxe) cominciare l'incontro con il mento scoperto; (fig.) gettarsi ( in una discussione, ecc.) a capofitto; esporsi; scoprirsi; essere avventato □ led horse, cavallo condotto a mano; cavallo di riserva □ (prov.) One thing leads to another, da cosa nasce cosa.
    * * *
    I 1. [liːd]

    to be in the lead to have the lead essere in testa o al primo posto; to go into the lead to take the lead — passare in testa, assumere il comando

    to follow sb.'s lead — seguire l'esempio di qcn

    4) (clue) pista f., indizio m.
    5) teatr. cinem. parte f. principale, ruolo m. principale
    6) giorn.
    7) el. (wire) filo m.
    8) BE (for dog) guinzaglio m.
    2.
    modificatore [guitarist, guitar] primo; [ role] principale; [ article] d'apertura
    II 1. [liːd]
    verbo transitivo (pass., p.pass. led)
    1) (guide, escort) guidare, condurre [ person] (to sth. a qcs.; to sb. da qcn.)

    to lead sb. away — condurre via o allontanare qcn.

    to lead sb. across the road — fare attraversare la strada a qcn

    2) (bring) [path, sign] portare (to a), guidare (to da, verso); [ smell] guidare [ person] (to da, verso)
    3) (be leader of) guidare [army, team, attack, procession]; dirigere [orchestra, research]
    4) sport comm. (be ahead of) condurre su, essere in vantaggio su [ rival]; guidare su [ team]

    to lead the field — (in commerce, research) essere il leader nel settore; (in race) condurre, essere in testa

    5) (cause, influence)

    to lead sb. to do — portare qcn. a fare

    6) (conduct, have) condurre, fare [ active life]
    2.
    verbo intransitivo (pass., p.pass. led)
    1) (go, be directed)

    to lead to — [ path] condurre, portare a; [ door] dare su; [exit, trapdoor] portare a

    to lead to — portare a [complication, discovery, accident, response]

    one thing led to another, and we... — da cosa nacque cosa, e noi

    3) (be ahead) [ company] essere in testa; [runner, car, team] condurre, essere in testa, essere al comando
    4) (go first) (in walk) fare strada; (in procession) essere in testa; (in action, discussion) prendere l'iniziativa
    5) (in dancing) condurre, guidare
    6) giorn.

    to lead with — mettere in prima pagina [story, headline]

    8) (in cards) essere di mano
    •
    ••

    to lead the way — (go first) fare strada; (guide others) mostrare la via o strada; (be ahead, winning) essere in testa

    III 1. [led]
    1) (metal) piombo m.
    2) colloq. fig. (bullets) piombo m.
    3) (anche blacklead) (graphite) grafite f.; (in pencil) mina f.
    4) mar. (for sounding) piombo m., scandaglio m.
    5) BE (for roofing) piombo m.
    2.

    lead poisoning — avvelenamento da piombo, saturnismo

    ••

    to fill o pump sb. full of lead colloq. riempire qcn. di piombo; to get the lead out AE colloq. (stop loafing) darsi una mossa; (speed up) liberarsi della zavorra; to go over AE o down BE like a lead balloon — colloq. fallire miseramente

    English-Italian dictionary > lead

  • 5 lead

    1. I
    1) I'll lead, you must follow me я пойду первым /впереди/, ты должен идти /следовать/ за мной; who is going to lead? кто поведет /пойдет первым/?
    2) this candidate leads этот кандидат впереди /обогнал, обошел своих соперников/; as a teacher he leads он лучше всех других учителей
    2. II
    1) lead somewhere lead inward (downward, upward, etc.) вести /идти/ вовнутрь и т. д., lead back приводить обратно, веста назад; this road leads back to the village эта дорога ведет обратно в деревню; this passage leads nowhere этот проход никуда не ведет, это lead тупик; where does this road lead? куда ведет эта дорога?, all your tricks will lead nowhere все ваши уловки ни к чему не приведут
    2) lead at some time our candidate appeared to be leading from the first казалось, что с самого начала большинство поддерживало нашего кандидата
    3. III
    1) lead smth., smb. lead a demonstration (a procession, a regiment, etc.) идти впереди /во главе/ демонстрации и т. д.; he led the platoon он шел впереди /во главе/ взвода, он вел за собой взвод; lead a blind man вести /быть поводырем у/ слепого; lead a horse вести лошадь на поводу; lead the fashion быть законодателем моды; lead the way идти впереди, указывать дорогу; who will lead the way? кто нас поведет?
    2) lead smb., smth. lead a youth organization (an expedition, an excursion, a party, the struggle for peace, a strike, a mutiny, etc.) возглавлять молодежную организацию и т.д., руководить молодежной организацией и т. д.; lead an orchestra дирижировать оркестром; lead a choir руководить хором; lead an army командовать армией
    3) lead smth. lead a quiet (happy, good, moral, double, etc.) life веста спокойную и т. д. жизнь; he led a miserable existence он влачил жалкое существование
    4. IV
    lead smb. somewhere lead smb. upstairs (downstairs, home, etc.) вести /провести, проводить/ кого-л. наверх и т. д.; lead smb. back приводить кого-л. обратно; this leads us back to my first point это нас возвращает к тому, что я сказал вначале || lead smb. astray сбить кого-л. с правильного пути; our guide led us astray наш проводник сбился с пути [, и мы заблудились], наш проводник завел нас не туда; he led her astray он сбил ее с пути истинного
    5. V
    lead smb. smth. lead smb. a merry life (a dog's life /the life of a dog/, a sad life, etc.) устроить /создать/ кому-л. веселую жизнь и т. д. || lead smb. a (pretty) dance водить кого-л. за нос, заставлять кого-л. мучиться
    6. VII
    lead smb. to do smth. lead smb. to agree (to leave one's country, to refuse, to look again, etc.) заставить кого-л. согласиться и т. д., fear led him to tell lies страх заставил его лгать; compunction may lead you to better your conduct раскаяние может заставить вас вести себя лучше; the report led me to alter my decision доклад заставил меня изменить решение; his behaviour led me to conclude that... из его поведения я заключил, что...
    7. XI
    1) be led somewhere we were led into a room нас провели в комнату; be fed to smth. we are led to another conclusion нас это приводит к другим выводам || be led astray оказаться сбитым с прямого пути; the boy was led astray by evil companions мальчика сбили с пути [истинного] дурные товарищи
    2) be fed he may be led его можно уговорить /склонить на свою сторону/; be led to do smth. I am led to agree with you я склонен согласиться с вами; I have been led to believe that... мне дали понять, что...; be led in some manner some people are (not) easily led есть люди, которые /некоторые люди/ легко (нелегко) поддаются влиянию; you are too easily led ты слишком податлив
    8. XVI
    1) lead to (through, out of, into, etc.) smth. lead to the room (to the river, to the village, through the forest, to the left, out of the hall, to the town of N, across the river, etc.) вести /привести/ в комнату и т.д., this staircase leads to the attic эта лестница ведет на чердак; this path leads into the garden эта дорожка ведет в сад
    2) lead to smth. lead to serious consequences (to misunderstanding, to the conclusion that..., to arguments, to disaster, to bankruptcy, etc.) приводить к серьезным последствиям и т. д., it led to nothing это ни к чему не привело; one thing leads to another одно цепляется за другое; this eventually led to a brilliant discovery в конечном итоге это привело к блестящему открытию
    3) lead in smth. lead in coal production ( in oil production, in all the subjects, etc.) быть первым /занимать первое место/ по производству угля и т. д.; lead by smth. the big horse was leading by a length большая лошадь шла на корпус впереди; that cyclist is leading by 20 metres велосипедист оторвался от соперников /опережает соперников/ на двадцать метров; lead through smth. his horse led through the race его лошадь шла первой весь забег /вела забег/
    9. XXI1
    1) lead smb. (in)to (out of, across, etc.) smth. lead smb. into the house ввести кого-л. в дом; lead smb. out of the house (out of the forest, etc.) вывести кого-л. из дома и т. д.; lead smb. across the street перевести кого-л. через улицу /на другую сторону улицы/; lead smb. through a series of caves (through the forest, etc.) провести кого-л. через пещеры и т. д., Hannibal led his people (his army) over the Alps Ганнибал провел своих солдат (свою армию) через Альпы; the policeman led him to the station полицейский отвел его в участок; this path will lead you straight to the village эта тропинка приведет вас прямо в деревню; chance led him to London случай привел его в Лондон; lead smb. by smth. lead smb. by the hand (by the arm, etc.) вести кого-л. за руку и т. д., lead smb. by the rope тащить кого-л. на веревке; lead a horse by the bridle вести лошадь под уздцы; lead smb., smth. into smth. lead the party into the forest повести группу в лес
    2) lead smb. into smth. lead smb. into arguments заставлять кого-л. вступать в споры; lead smb. into error вводить кого-л. в заблуждение; don't lead me into temptation не соблазняйте меня, не вводите меня в соблазн; lead smb. to smth. lead smb. to a conclusion (to a decision, to a resolution, etc.) приводить кого-л. к выводу /к заключению/ и т. д.

    English-Russian dictionary of verb phrases > lead

  • 6 lead

    Ⅰ.
    lead1 [led]
    1 noun
    (a) (metal) plomb m;
    ∎ it's made of lead c'est en plomb
    ∎ they pumped him full of lead ils l'ont plombé
    (c) (in pencil) mine f
    (d) (piece of lead → for sounding) plomb m (de sonde); (→ on car wheel, fishing line) plomb m; Typography interligne m
    ∎ to get the lead out (of one's pants) se magner (le train);
    ∎ very familiar that'll put some lead in your pencil! (invigorate) ça te requinquera!;
    ∎ very familiar to have lead in one's pencil (be sexually potent) ne pas avoir de problèmes pour bander
    (a) (seal) plomber
    (b) Typography interligner
    (made of lead) de ou en plomb; (containing lead) plombifère;
    ∎ familiar to go down like a lead balloon tomber à plat□
    British Building industry (on roof) plombs mpl (de couverture); (on window) plombures fpl, plombs mpl
    ►► lead crystal verre m de ou au plomb;
    lead glass verre m de ou au plomb;
    lead ore minerai m de plomb;
    lead oxide oxyde m de plomb;
    lead paint peinture f à base de plomb;
    lead pencil crayon m noir ou à papier ou à mine de plomb;
    lead poisoning Medicine intoxication f par le plomb, saturnisme m; American familiar (death) mort f par balle(s); (injury) blessure f par balle(s);
    ∎ American familiar to get lead poisoning être tué/blessé par balle(s);
    lead pipe tuyau m de plomb;
    lead shot grenaille f de plomb
    Typography (lines of text) augmenter l'interlignage de
    Ⅱ.
    lead2 [li:d]
    tête ⇒ 1 (a) initiative ⇒ 1 (b) indice ⇒ 1 (c) gros titre ⇒ 1 (d) rôle principal ⇒ 1 (e) laisse ⇒ 1 (g) fil ⇒ 1 (h) mener ⇒ 2 (a), 2 (c), 2 (e) être à la tête de ⇒ 2 (b) diriger ⇒ 2 (b) amener ⇒ 2 (d) aller devant ⇒ 3 (d) principal ⇒ 4
    (pt & pp led [led])
    1 noun
    (a) Sport tête f;
    ∎ to be in the lead être en tête, mener;
    ∎ to go into or to take the lead (in race) prendre la tête; (in match) mener;
    ∎ to have a 10-point/10-length lead avoir 10 points/10 longueurs d'avance;
    ∎ to have a good lead over the rest of the field avoir une bonne avance sur les autres concurrents;
    ∎ he's opened up a tremendous lead il a pris une avance considérable;
    ∎ France are hanging on to the lead (in race) la France reste en tête de la course; (in points table) la France reste en tête du classement
    (b) (initiative) initiative f;
    ∎ he took the lead in asking questions il fut le premier à poser des questions;
    ∎ take your lead from me prenez exemple sur moi;
    ∎ to follow sb's lead suivre l'exemple de qn;
    ∎ it's up to the government to give a lead on housing policy c'est au gouvernement (qu'il revient) de donner l'exemple en matière de politique du logement
    (c) (indication, clue) indice m, piste f;
    ∎ to give sb a lead mettre qn sur la voie;
    ∎ the police have several leads la police tient plusieurs pistes;
    ∎ we're currently following up an important lead nous sommes actuellement sur une piste prometteuse
    (d) British Press gros titre m;
    ∎ the news made the lead in all the papers la nouvelle était à la une de tous les journaux;
    ∎ the 'Telegraph' opens with a lead on the Middle East crisis le 'Telegraph' consacre sa une à la crise au Proche-Orient
    (e) Cinema & Theatre (role) rôle m principal; (actor) premier rôle m masculin; (actress) premier rôle m féminin;
    ∎ Jude Law plays the male lead Jude Law tient le premier rôle masculin
    ∎ to have the lead jouer le premier;
    ∎ your lead! à vous de jouer!;
    ∎ whose lead is it? c'est à qui de jouer?;
    ∎ you must follow the lead il faut fournir à la couleur demandée;
    ∎ a heart lead une ouverture à cœur
    (g) (for dog) laisse f;
    ∎ dogs must be kept on a lead (sign) les chiens doivent être tenus en laisse
    (i) (in ice) chenal m
    (a) (take, guide) mener, emmener, conduire;
    ∎ to lead sb somewhere mener ou conduire qn quelque part;
    ∎ I was led into the garden on m'a emmené ou conduit dans le jardin;
    ∎ he led them across the lawn il leur fit traverser la pelouse;
    ∎ she led him down the stairs elle lui fit descendre l'escalier;
    ∎ she led them to safety elle les a conduits en lieu sûr;
    ∎ to lead an army into battle mener une armée au combat;
    ∎ to lead a team to victory mener une équipe à la victoire;
    ∎ the captain led the team onto the field le capitaine a conduit son équipe sur le terrain;
    ∎ she led them through the garden (to get out) elle les fit passer par le jardin; (to visit) elle leur fit visiter le jardin;
    ∎ literary he led her to the altar il la prit pour épouse;
    ∎ to lead the way montrer le chemin;
    ∎ police motorcyclists led the way des motards de la police ouvraient la route;
    ∎ they led the cable along the edge of the floor ils ont fait passé le câble par terre, le long du mur;
    ∎ Bible lead us not into temptation ne nous soumets pas à la tentation;
    ∎ proverb you can lead a horse to water but you cannot make him drink on ne saurait faire boire un âne qui n'a pas soif;
    ∎ figurative to lead sb up the garden path mener qn en bateau
    (b) (be leader of) être à la tête de, diriger; (orchestra) diriger;
    ∎ to lead the prayers/singing diriger la prière/les chants
    ∎ Stardust is leading Black Beauty by 10 lengths Stardust a pris 10 longueurs d'avance sur Black Beauty;
    ∎ to lead the field mener;
    ∎ to lead sb by 8 points avoir une avance sur qn de 8 points;
    ∎ figurative Great Britain leads the field in heart transplant technology la Grande-Bretagne est le pays le plus avancé dans le domaine des greffes cardiaques
    (d) (induce) amener;
    ∎ to lead sb to do sth amener qn à faire qch;
    ∎ despair led him to commit suicide le désespoir l'a poussé au suicide;
    ∎ he led me to believe (that) he was innocent il m'a amené à croire qu'il était innocent;
    ∎ everything leads us to believe (that) she is still alive tout porte à croire ou nous avons toutes les raisons de croire qu'elle est encore en vie;
    ∎ I was led to the conclusion that he had been lying all along je suis arrivé à la conclusion qu'il mentait depuis le début;
    ∎ what led you to apply for this job? qu'est-ce qui vous a conduit ou amené à postuler?;
    ∎ he is easily led il se laisse facilement influencer;
    ∎ figurative subsequent events led the country into war des événements ultérieurs ont entraîné le pays dans la guerre;
    ∎ this leads me to my second point ceci m'amène à ma seconde remarque;
    ∎ he led the conversation round to money again il a ramené la conversation sur la question de l'argent
    (e) (life) mener;
    ∎ he has lead a life of debauchery il a mené une vie de débauche;
    ∎ she has led a full and happy life elle a eu une vie heureuse et bien remplie
    (f) Cards demander, jouer;
    ∎ to lead trumps demander ou jouer atout;
    ∎ what was led? qu'est-ce qui a été demandé?
    ∎ to lead a witness poser des questions tendancieuses à un témoin
    (a) (go) mener;
    ∎ this path leads to the village ce chemin mène au village;
    ∎ where does this door lead to? sur quoi ouvre cette porte?;
    ∎ the stairs lead to the cellar l'escalier mène ou conduit à la cave;
    ∎ take the street that leads away from the station prenez la rue qui part de la gare;
    ∎ that road leads nowhere cette route ne mène nulle part;
    ∎ figurative this is leading nowhere! cela ne rime à rien!
    (b) Sport mener, être en tête;
    ∎ to lead by 2 metres avoir 2 mètres d'avance;
    ∎ to lead by 3 points to 1 mener par 3 points à 1;
    ∎ Black Beauty is leading Black Beauty est en tête
    ∎ hearts led cœur (a été) demandé;
    ∎ Joanne to lead c'est à Joanne de jouer
    (d) (go in front) aller devant; (in mountaineering) grimper en tête;
    ∎ if you lead, I'll follow allez-y, je vous suis
    ∎ to lead with sth mettre qch à la une;
    ∎ the 'Times' led with news of the plane hijack le détournement d'avion faisait la une ou était en première page du 'Times'
    ∎ he leads with his right il attaque toujours du droit ou de la droite
    (g) (in dancing) conduire
    (h) Law être l'avocat principal;
    ∎ he led for the prosecution il dirigea l'accusation en tant qu'avocat principal
    (actor, singer) principal, premier; Press (article) de tête
    ►► Commerce leads and lags termaillage m;
    Banking & Stock Exchange lead manager (banque f) chef m de file;
    lead time Industry délai m de préparation; Commerce délai m de livraison;
    Marketing lead user utilisateur(trice) m,f pilote
    emmener;
    ∎ the guards led him away les gardes l'ont emmené;
    ∎ he led her away from the scene of the accident il l'éloigna du lieu de l'accident
    ramener, reconduire;
    ∎ they led him back to his room ils l'ont ramené ou reconduit à sa chambre;
    ∎ she led the conversation back to the question of money elle a ramené la conversation sur la question de l'argent
    ∎ this path leads back to the beach ce chemin ramène à la plage
    (in conversation) commencer, débuter; (in debate) entamer les débats; (in game) jouer le(la) premier(ère); (at dance) ouvrir le bal; (in relay race) être le premier relayeur
    (a) (begin) commencer, entamer
    (b) (go from) partir de;
    ∎ several avenues lead off the square plusieurs avenues partent de la place
    (person) conduire;
    ∎ they were led off to jail ils ont été conduits ou emmenés en prison
    ➲ lead on
    aller ou marcher devant;
    ∎ lead on! allez-y!
    ∎ to lead sb on faire marcher qn;
    ∎ you shouldn't lead him on like that vous ne devriez pas le faire marcher comme ça
    (b) (bring on) faire entrer;
    ∎ lead on the horses! faites entrer les chevaux!
    ∎ this leads me on to my second point ceci m'amène à mon deuxième point
    (result in, have as consequence) mener ou aboutir à;
    ∎ what's all this leading to? sur quoi tout ceci va-t-il déboucher?;
    ∎ the decision led to panic on Wall Street la décision a semé la panique à Wall Street;
    ∎ one thing led to another une chose en amenait une autre;
    ∎ a course leading to a degree un cursus qui débouche sur un diplôme;
    ∎ several factors led to his decision to leave plusieurs facteurs le poussèrent ou l'amenèrent à décider de partir;
    ∎ this led to several of them losing their jobs à cause de cela, plusieurs d'entre eux ont perdu leur emploi;
    ∎ drinking too much can lead to violence l'excès d'alcool peut conduire à la violence;
    ∎ his statement led to a misunderstanding sa déclaration est à l'origine d'un malentendu;
    ∎ this could lead to some confusion ça pourrait provoquer une certaine confusion;
    ∎ her research led to nothing ses recherches n'ont abouti à rien ou n'ont rien donné
    (a) (path, road) conduire à, mener à;
    ∎ a narrow path led up to the house un étroit sentier menait jusqu'à la maison;
    ∎ those stairs lead up to the attic cet escalier mène au grenier
    ∎ she's leading up to something je me demande où elle veut en venir;
    ∎ what are you leading up to? où voulez-vous en venir?;
    ∎ I was just leading up to that j'allais justement y venir
    (c) (precede, cause)
    ∎ the events leading up to the war les événements qui devaient déclencher la guerre;
    ∎ in the months leading up to her death pendant les mois qui précédèrent sa mort;
    ∎ Music the chords that lead up to the final movement les accords qui introduisent le dernier mouvement
    ⓘ Lead on, MacDuff Cette phrase ("après toi, MacDuff") est une déformation d'un vers de Macbeth de Shakespeare, dans un passage où Macbeth défie à l'épée son ennemi MacDuff en prononçant les mots lay on, MacDuff ("frappe, MacDuff"). On utilise la version modifiée de cette phrase de façon humoristique lorsque l'on demande à quelqu'un d'ouvrir la marche.

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  • 7 lead

    I 1. li:d past tense, past participle - led; verb
    1) (to guide or direct or cause to go in a certain direction: Follow my car and I'll lead you to the motorway; She took the child by the hand and led him across the road; He was leading the horse into the stable; The sound of hammering led us to the garage; You led us to believe that we would be paid!) lede, leie; føre
    2) (to go or carry to a particular place or along a particular course: A small path leads through the woods.) lede, bære
    3) ((with to) to cause or bring about a certain situation or state of affairs: The heavy rain led to serious floods.) føre (til)
    4) (to be first (in): An official car led the procession; He is still leading in the competition.) gå i spissen for, lede (an)
    5) (to live (a certain kind of life): She leads a pleasant existence on a Greek island.) føre
    2. noun
    1) (the front place or position: He has taken over the lead in the race.) ledelse, tet
    2) (the state of being first: We have a lead over the rest of the world in this kind of research.) ledelse
    3) (the act of leading: We all followed his lead.) ledelse, førerskap
    4) (the amount by which one is ahead of others: He has a lead of twenty metres (over the man in second place).) forsprang
    5) (a leather strap or chain for leading a dog etc: All dogs must be kept on a lead.) bånd, reim
    6) (a piece of information which will help to solve a mystery etc: The police have several leads concerning the identity of the thief.) spor, hint
    7) (a leading part in a play etc: Who plays the lead in that film?) hovedrolle, helt(inne)
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    - leadership
    - lead on
    - lead up the garden path
    - lead up to
    - lead the way     II led noun
    1) (( also adjective) (of) an element, a soft, heavy, bluish-grey metal: lead pipes; Are these pipes made of lead or copper?) bly
    2) (the part of a pencil that leaves a mark: The lead of my pencil has broken.) blyantstift
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    bly
    --------
    forsprang
    --------
    lede
    I
    subst. \/led\/
    1) ( kjemi) bly
    2) ( i blyant) grafitt, bly, (blyant)spiss
    3) ( i våpen) kule, kuler, bly
    4) ( poetisk) lodd, skjebne
    5) ( sjøfart) lodd, blylodd
    6) ( fiske) søkke, blysøkke
    7) plombe, blysegl
    8) ( boktrykking) reglett (metallplate som skiller linjene i sats fra hverandre
    arm the lead ( sjøfart) sette talg på loddet
    get the lead out (amer., hverdagslig) få opp farten, få ut fingeren
    go over like a lead balloon ( hverdagslig) falle til jorden, mislykkes totalt
    lead in one's pencil (hverdagslig, særlig amer.) futt, (seksuell) energi
    leads ( bygg) blytak, blyplater til taktekking blyinnfatning (i vinduer) hefteblikk
    swing the lead ( slang) skulke, stikke av, snike seg unna ( slang) simulere, spille syk
    II
    subst. \/liːd\/
    1) ledelse, anførsel, førerskap
    2) ledelse, forsprang, tet
    3) ledetråd, spor, tips, hint, vink
    4) ( kortspill) utspill (også overført), forhånd
    5) ( sport) første kast
    6) ( teater) hovedrolle, hovedrolleinnehaver
    7) ( musikk) tittelparti
    8) ( elektronikk) ledning, kabel, leder
    9) ( handel) leveringstid, tid mellom planlegging og produksjon av et produkt
    10) ( hundeutstyr) bånd, kobbel, lenke, reim
    11) ( gruvedrift) gang, åre
    12) ( teknikk) renne, kvernrenne
    13) ( sjø) isrenne, råk, renne mellom isflak
    follow somebody's lead følge noens eksempel
    forge into the lead (sport o.l.) presse seg opp i ledelsen
    give a lead ( overført) ta et initiativ, gå i bresjen, vise vei gå først, hoppe først (e.l.)
    give somebody a lead oppmuntre noen til å komme etter gi noen en ledetråd
    give the lead ( overført) angi tonen
    have a lead of ha en ledelse på, lede med
    lead ( i avis e.l.) viktigste nyhet, førstesidenyhet
    ingress, nyhetssammendrag
    return one's partner's lead ( kortspill) svare på makkerens invitasjon
    take the lead ta ledelsen, gå opp i ledelsen, legge seg i teten ta initiativet til
    III
    verb \/led\/
    1) ( teknikk) tekke med bly, blande med bly, kle med bly
    2) ( teknikk) innfatte med bly
    3) ( teknikk) glassere med blyglasur
    4) ( sjøfart) lodde
    5) plombere (med blyforsegling)
    6) ( boktrykking) skyte
    IV
    verb ( led - led) \/liːd\/
    1) lede, anføre, vise vei, dirigere, stå i spissen for
    2) lede, gå foran, være først
    3) ( sport) lede, ligge i tet
    lede feltet, ligge i tet
    4) ( også overført) leie, føre, trekke (et dyr)
    han er lett å lede, han er lettpåvirkelig
    5) forårsake
    6) ( om vei e.l.) gå, føre, lede
    7) føre, leve
    8) la føre, la leve, la tilbringe
    • what a life that man led me!
    9) ( kortspill) spille ut, ha utspillet
    10) ( jakt) sikte foran (et bevegelig mål)
    all roads lead to Rome ( ordspråk) alle veier fører til Rom
    lead astray føre vill ( overført) føre på avveier, føre på gale veier, forlede
    lead away føre bort
    be lead away by ( overført) la seg rives med av, la seg forlede av
    lead by ( sport) lede med
    lead by the hand leie, føre ved hånden
    lead by the nose ( om dyr) trekke etter nesen (overført, hverdagslig) trekke etter nesen, ha full kontroll
    lead captive ta til fange, føre bort i fangenskap
    lead for the defence ( jus) lede forsvaret, være ledende forsvarsadvokat
    lead from the front gå i bresjen
    lead into føre inn i
    lead off føre bort åpne, innlede, begynne
    anføre, gå i spissen
    ( kortspill) spille ut
    lead on fremad
    lead on to føre samtalen inn på
    lead out by opp, føre ut i dansen ( kortspill) spille ut, spille opp til
    lead out into\/onto føre ut til, stå i forbindelse
    lead out of føre ut av
    lead somebody a dog's life gjøre livet surt for noen
    lead somebody on lokke noen, oppmuntre noen, forlede noen, lure noen (til å gjøre noe uklokt)
    han driver bare gjøn med deg, han bare tuller
    lead somebody on to føre noen inn på, lede noen inn på
    lead somebody up the garden path eller lead somebody down the garden path (overført, hverdagslig) villede noen, lure noen opp i stry, sende noen på bærtur
    lead the fashion føre moten, være toneangivende
    lead to lede til, føre til, medføre, resultere i
    det er risikabelt, det kan forårsake ubehageligheter
    lead to something få noe til å skje, føre til noe
    lead up to føre til, føre frem til, lede til, resultere i, være innledning til
    ( kortspill) spille ut, spille opp
    lead well ( i dans) føre bra, være flink til å føre
    lead with ( om avis) ha på førstesiden, ha som første nyhet, begynne med
    lead with one's chin ( boksing) bokse uten hakebeskyttelse ( overført) opptre uvørent, si noe ubetenktsomt
    V
    adj. \/led\/
    av bly, bly-

    English-Norwegian dictionary > lead

  • 8 lead

    I.
    lead1 [li:d]
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    1. noun
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    ► vb: pret, ptp led
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    1. noun
       a. (Sport) to be in the lead (in match) mener ; (in race, league) être en tête
    • to take the lead (in race) prendre la tête ; (in match, league) mener
    • to have a two-minute/ten-metre lead over sb avoir deux minutes/dix mètres d'avance sur qn
       c. ( = clue) piste f
       d. (in play, film) rôle m principal
    • male/female lead premier rôle m masculin/féminin
       e. ( = leash) laisse f
       f. ( = electrical flex) fil m
       g. ( = news article) article m à la une ; ( = editorial) éditorial m
       a. ( = show the way to) [+ person, horse] conduire (to à ) ; [+ procession, parade] être à la tête de
    • to lead sb in/out/across faire entrer/sortir/traverser qn
    ► to lead the way ( = go ahead) aller devant ; ( = show the way) montrer le chemin
    • he led the way to the garage il nous (or les etc) a menés jusqu'au garage
    • will you lead the way? passez devant, nous vous suivons
       b. ( = be leader of) [+ government, team] être à la tête de ; [+ regiment] commander
       d. [+ life, existence] mener
       e. ( = induce, bring) amener
    • I am led to the conclusion that... je suis amené à conclure que...
    • what led you to think that? qu'est-ce qui vous a amené à penser ça ?
       a. ( = be ahead) (in match) mener ; (in race) être en tête
    • which horse is leading? quel est le cheval en tête ?
    • to lead by half a length/three points avoir une demi-longueur/trois points d'avance
       b. ( = go ahead) aller devant ; ( = show the way) montrer le chemin
    • you lead, I'll follow passez devant, je vous suis
       c. [dancer] mener
       d. [road, corridor, door] mener (to à)
    • where is all this leading? (trend, events) où cela va-t-il nous mener ? ; (questions, reasoning) où veut-il (or voulez-vous etc) en venir ?
    • the streets that lead into/from the square les rues qui débouchent sur/partent de la place
       e. ► to lead to
    • one thing led to another and we... une chose en amenant une autre, nous...
    ( = begin) commencer
    [corridor, path] partir de
    = lead away► lead on
    ( = lead the way) marcher devant
    ( = tease) taquiner ; ( = fool) duper ; ( = raise hopes in) donner de faux espoirs à ; (sexually) allumer (inf)► lead up intransitive verb
       a. [path] conduire
       b. ( = precede) précéder
       c. ( = lead on) what are you leading up to? où voulez-vous en venir ?
    II.
    lead2 [led]
    1. noun
       a. ( = metal) plomb m
       b. [of pencil] mine f
    [object, weight] en plomb
    ► lead replacement petrol noun ≈ super m
    * * *
    I 1. [liːd]

    to be in the lead —

    to go into the lead —

    2) ( amount by which one is winning) avance f ( over sur)

    to take the lead in doing — être le premier/la première à faire

    4) ( clue) piste f
    5) Theatre, Cinema ( rôle) rôle m principal
    7) Electricity ( wire) fil m
    8) GB ( for dog) laisse f
    2.
    noun modifier [ guitarist, guitar] premier/-ière (before n); [ role, singer] principal
    3.
    transitive verb (prét, pp led)
    1) (guide, escort) mener, conduire [person] ( to something à quelque chose; to somebody auprès de quelqu'un; out of hors de; through à travers)
    2) ( bring) [path, sign, smell] mener [person] (to à)

    he led me to expect that... — d'après ce qu'il m'avait dit je m'attendais à ce que (+ subj)

    3) ( be leader of) mener [army, team, attack, strike, procession]; diriger [orchestra, research]
    4) Sport, Commerce ( be ahead of) avoir une avance sur [rival, team]

    to lead the field — (in commerce, research) être le plus avancé; ( in race) mener, être en tête

    5) (conduct, have) mener [active life]
    4.
    intransitive verb (prét, pp led)
    1) (go, be directed)

    to lead to — [path] mener à; [door] s'ouvrir sur; [exit, trapdoor] donner accès à

    2) ( result in)

    to lead to — entraîner [complication, discovery, accident, response]

    one thing led to another, and we... — de fil en aiguille, nous...

    3) ( be ahead) [runner, car, company] être en tête; [team, side] mener
    4) ( go first) (in walk, procession) aller devant; (in action, discussion) prendre l'initiative
    5) ( in dancing) conduire

    to lead with — mettre [quelque chose] à la une (colloq) [story, headline]

    7) ( in boxing)

    to lead with one's left/right — attaquer de gauche/de droite

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    Phrasal Verbs:
    ••

    to lead the way — ( go first) passer devant; ( guide others) montrer le chemin; (be ahead, winning) être en tête

    II [led]
    1) ( metal) plomb m
    2) (colloq) fig ( bullets) pruneaux (colloq) mpl
    3) (also black lead) ( graphite) mine f de plomb; ( in pencil) mine f
    4) ( of window) (baguette f de) plomb m

    leads — ( of windows) plombure f [U]

    5) GB ( for roofing) couverture f de plomb [U]
    ••

    to fill ou pump somebody full of lead — (colloq) cribler quelqu'un de balles (colloq)

    to get the lead out — (colloq) US ( stop loafing) se bouger; ( speed up) se grouiller (colloq)

    to go over US ou down GB like a lead balloon — (colloq) tomber à plat (colloq)

    English-French dictionary > lead

  • 9 manejable

    manejable adjetivo 1 ‹ coche› maneuverable( conjugate maneuverable); ‹ máquina› easy-to-use; ‹ pelo› manageable 2 ‹ persona› easily led, easily manipulated
    manejable adjetivo
    1 (objeto) easy to use (vehículo) easy to drive
    2 (persona) easily led ' manejable' also found in these entries: English: manageable

    English-spanish dictionary > manejable

  • 10 lead

    I [led] 1. сущ.
    1) хим. свинец
    - white lead
    2) = black lead графит для карандашей; грифель
    Syn:
    3) разг.; = cold lead пуля
    4) диал. бак, котёл
    5)
    а) мор. лот

    to heave / cast the lead — бросать лот; измерять глубину лотом

    б) грузило, отвес
    6) ( leads) свинцовые полосы для покрытия крыши; покрытая свинцом крыша; плоская крыша
    7) ( leads) полигр. шпоны
    ••
    - swing the lead
    - put lead in one's pencil 2. прил. 3. гл.
    1) тех. освинцовывать, покрывать свинцом
    2) полигр. разделять шпонами
    II [liːd] 1. сущ.
    1)
    а) лидерство; руководство; инициатива

    to assume / take the lead — взять на себя инициативу, выступить инициатором; брать на себя руководство

    to build up / increase one's lead — укреплять лидирующую позицию

    to give up / lose / relinquish the lead — уступать лидерство

    to hold / maintain the lead — держать лидерство

    Syn:
    б) пример, образец

    Most of the legislators followed the lead of the governor. — Большинство законодателей последовали примеру губернатора.

    to follow the lead of smb. — следовать примеру кого-л.

    Syn:
    в) директива, указание
    г) ключ (к разгадке чего-л.); указатель, намёк

    to run / track down a lead — найти решение

    The police haven't a single lead. — У полиции нет ни единой зацепки.

    Syn:
    д) журн. краткое изложение газетной статьи ( помещается непосредственно перед статьёй); первое, наиболее важное сообщение в сводке, информационном сообщении
    2) первое место, место впереди; спорт. преимущество, перевес

    in the lead — в положении лидера, в лидирующей позиции

    to gain / have the lead — занять первое место

    Each of our porters took the lead in turn. — Каждый наш носильщик по очереди занимал место во главе (отряда).

    The black horse took the lead. — Чёрная лошадь вышла вперёд.

    Your candidate has a slight lead. — Ваш кандидат немного впереди.

    3)
    в) тропинка; аллея
    г) поводок, цепь ( на которой водят собак)
    4) карт. первый ход ( когда берутся взятки); карта или масть, с которой идут

    to return one's partner's lead — получив руку, ходить с той же масти, что партнёр

    6) геол.
    Syn:
    б) = deep-lead / great-blue-lead золотоносный песок ( наносные залежи золота вдоль русла древних рек)
    7) театр.; кино
    Syn:
    leading role, star part
    8) муз. наиболее яркая часть пьесы (исполняемая оркестром, особенно джаз-бандом; солирующий исполнитель или инструмент; начальная часть пассажа, исполняемая солирующим инструментом)
    9) эл. подводящий провод
    10) тех.
    а) опережение, предварение (впуска пара и т. п.)
    б) шаг (спирали, винта), ход ( поршня)
    в) стрела, укосина
    11) воен. упреждение, приведение огня ( по движущейся цели)
    12) концерт, даваемый в пользу нуждающегося, больного человека его друзьями; от friendly lead
    2. прил.
    передний; передовой, лидирующий
    3. гл.; прош. вр., прич. прош. вр. led
    1)
    а) вести, сопровождать, быть проводником; вести (за руку, на поводке); воен. возглавить войско и направить движение

    to lead (a bride) to the altar, to church — вести (невесту) к алтарю, жениться

    They led us down to the river. — Они вывели нас к реке.

    She led the group from the bus to the auditorium. — Она провела группу из автобуса в аудиторию.

    The prisoners were led into the courtroom. — Заключённых ввели в зал суда.

    He longed to lead his men on to victory. — Он мечтал повести свои войска к победе.

    Syn:

    I led him by roughly two feet and pressed the trigger of the Luger. (D. Hamilton) — Я взял упреждение на два фута и спустил курок.

    2) влиять, склонять, убеждать

    The candidate's integrity and strength led the voters to support him. — Честность и сила кандидата побудили избирателей оказать ему поддержку.

    She knew the colonel was easily led. — Она знала, что полковник легко поддаётся убеждению.

    There was nothing in the prospectus to lead him to such a conclusion. — В проспекте не было ничего, что могло бы привести его к такому заключению.

    Syn:
    3)
    а) вести, служить каналом

    The path leads down to the river. — Тропинка ведёт к реке.

    Their road led them through a little copse. — Дорога вела их через небольшую рощицу.

    The road leads back to town. — Эта дорога ведёт обратно в город.

    The path leads down to the main road. — Дорожка приводит к главной дороге.

    Road signs lead the traffic out of the city. — Дорожные знаки указывают транспорту выезд из города.

    б) вести, приводить (о мотивах, условиях, обстоятельствах)

    Chance led him to London. — Случай привёл его в Лондон.

    Instinct early led him into the political arena. — Природное чутьё рано привело его на политическую арену.

    в) ( lead to) приводить к (каким-л. результатам); быть причиной (чего-л.)

    Social drinking may lead to alcoholism. — Пьянство в компаниях может привести к алкоголизму.

    г) ( lead into) приводить к (чему-л., обычно плохому), ввергать во (что-л.)

    Behaviour like this will lead you into trouble. — С таким поведением вам гарантированы неприятности.

    4) вести (какой-л. образ жизни)

    He leads a full, active life. — Он живёт полной насыщенной жизнью.

    - lead a depraved life
    - lead a loose life
    - lead a dissolute life
    Syn:
    5) возглавлять, руководить, управлять, командовать

    to lead a band / an orchestra — руководить оркестром, дирижировать оркестром

    The vice-chairman will lead the meeting. — Собрание будет вести заместитель председателя.

    The quarterback leads the football team. — Защитник возглавляет свою команду.

    Of the causes pneumonia led the list. — Пневмония возглавляет список всех болезней.

    Syn:
    6)
    а) быть первым, опережать ( в состязании); иметь преимущество, превосходить

    As a teacher he leads. — Как учитель он превосходит всех других.

    б) ( lead into) приступать к (чему-л.), вступать во (что-л.)

    The pianist led into the next piece of music. — Пианист перешёл к новой мелодии.

    7) юр. действовать в качестве главного адвоката в деле, возглавлять (защиту, обвинение)
    8) карт. ходить первым, иметь руку; начать игру или круг с ( определённой карты или масти)

    Lead originally from your strongest suit. — Сначала ходи с масти, которой у тебя больше всего.

    I led the king of trumps. — Я положил козырного короля.

    9) тех. опережать
    •
    - lead back to
    - lead off
    - lead on
    - lead out
    - lead through
    - lead up to
    ••
    - lead smb. a dance
    - lead smb. a chase
    - lead the dance
    - lead the van
    - lead by the nose
    - lead me to
    - lead with one's chin

    Англо-русский современный словарь > lead

  • 11 lead

    I.
    A n
    1 (winning position in race, game, poll, quiz) to be in the lead, to have the lead être en tête ; to go into the lead, to take the lead passer en tête ; this gave him the lead ceci lui a permis de passer en tête ; to move into an early lead passer rapidement en tête ; to share the lead se partager la première place ;
    2 ( amount by which one is winning) avance f (over sur) ; to have a lead of three points/half a lap avoir trois points/un demi-tour de piste d'avance ; to have a six second/three-goal lead avoir six secondes/trois buts d'avance ; to increase one's lead creuser l'écart (by de) ; to increase one's lead in the polls to 20% atteindre une avance de 20% dans les sondages ;
    3 ( initiative) to take the lead prendre l'initiative ; to take the lead in doing être le premier/la première à faire ; to give a ou the lead donner l'exemple (in doing en faisant) ; to follow sb's lead suivre l'exemple de qn ;
    4 ( clue) piste f ; to have a number of leads to pursue avoir plusieurs pistes à suivre ; this was our first real lead c'était notre première vraie piste ; to give sb a lead as to mettre qn sur la piste ou la voie de [solution, perpetrator] ;
    5 Theat, Cin ( role) rôle m principal, premier rôle m ; to play the lead jouer le rôle principal ; who was the male/female lead? qui était l'acteur/l'actrice qui jouait le rôle principal? ;
    6 Journ ( story) to be the lead être à la une ○ ; to be the lead in all the papers faire la une ○ de tous les journaux ;
    7 Elec ( wire) fil m ;
    8 GB ( for dog) laisse f ; on a lead en laisse ; to let the dog off the lead lâcher le chien ;
    9 ( in cards) it's Nina's lead c'est à Nina de jouer en premier.
    B modif [guitarist, guitar] premier/-ière (before n) ; [role, singer] principal ; [article] principal, à la une ○.
    C vtr ( prét, pp led)
    1 (guide, escort) mener, conduire [person] (to sth à qch ; to sb auprès de qn ; out of hors de ; through à travers) ; to lead sb into the house/into the kitchen mener or conduire qn dans la maison/à la cuisine ; to lead sb up/down mener or conduire qn en haut de/en bas de [hill, staircase] ; to lead sb back ramener or reconduire qn (to à) ; to lead sb away éloigner qn (from de) ; to lead sb across the road faire traverser la rue à qn ; to lead sb to safety/into a trap conduire qn en lieu sûr/dans un piège ;
    2 (pull, take by hand or bridle) mener [child, prisoner, horse] (to à ; into dans ; by par) ; to lead sb to his cell conduire qn dans sa cellule ;
    3 ( bring) [path, route, sign, clue, sound, smell] mener [person] (to à) ; where is this discussion leading us? à quoi cette conversation nous mène-t-elle? ; this leads me to my main point ceci m'amène à mon sujet principal ; to lead the conversation onto amener la conversation sur ;
    4 ( be leader of) mener [army, team, expedition, attack, strike, revolt, proceedings, procession, parade] ; diriger [orchestra, research] ; to lead sb to victory mener qn à la victoire ; to lead the debate mener les débats ; to lead a congregation in prayer entonner les prières ; to lead the dancing ouvrir le bal ;
    5 Sport, Comm ( be ahead of) avoir une avance sur [rival, team] ; to be leading sb by 10 metres avoir une avance de 10 mètres sur qn, devancer qn de 10 mètres ; to be leading Liverpool 4-2 mener par 4 buts à 2 dans le match contre Liverpool ; to lead the world être au premier rang mondial ; to lead the field (in commerce, research) être le plus avancé ; ( in race) mener, être en tête ; to lead the market être le leader du marché ;
    6 (cause, influence) to lead sb to do amener qn à faire ; to lead sb to believe/hope that amener qn à croire /espérer que ; to be led to believe that être amené à croire que ; he led me to expect that d'après ce qu'il m'avait dit je m'attendais à ce que (+ subj) ; what led you to this conclusion? qu'est-ce qui vous a amené à cette conclusion? ; everything leads me to conclude that tout me porte à conclure que ; to be easily led être très influençable ;
    7 (conduct, have) mener [active life, lazy life] ; to lead a life of luxury/idleness vivre dans le luxe/l'oisiveté ;
    8 Jur to lead a witness interroger un témoin en lui suggérant les réponses ;
    9 Games ( in cards) jouer [card].
    D vi ( prét, pp led)
    1 (go, be directed) to lead to [path, route] mener à ; [door] s'ouvrir sur ; [exit, trapdoor] donner accès à ; to lead back to ramener à ; to lead off the corridor [passage] partir du couloir ; [door] s'ouvrir sur le couloir ; footsteps led away from the scene des traces de pas partaient du lieu ;
    2 ( result in) to lead to entraîner [complication, discovery, accident, response] ; it was bound to lead to trouble ça devait mal finir ; one thing led to another, and we… de fil en aiguille, nous… ;
    3 ( be ahead) [runner, car, company] être en tête ; [team, side] mener ; to lead by three games/15 seconds avoir trois jeux/15 secondes d'avance ; to be leading in the arms race être en tête dans la course aux armements ;
    4 ( go first) (in walk, procession) aller devant ; (in action, discussion) prendre l'initiative ;
    5 ( in dancing) conduire ;
    6 Jur to lead for être l'avocat principal de [defence, prosecution] ;
    7 Journ to lead with mettre [qch] à la une ○ [story, headline, picture] ;
    8 ( in boxing) to lead with one's left/right attaquer de gauche/de droite ;
    9 ( in cards) jouer le premier/la première.
    to lead the way ( go first) passer devant ; ( guide others) montrer le chemin ; (be ahead, winning) être en tête ; to lead the way up/down/into passer devant pour monter/descendre/entrer dans ; to lead the way in space research être le numéro un dans le domaine de la recherche spatiale.
    ■ lead off ( begin) commencer (with par).
    ■ lead on:
    ▶ lead [sb] on
    1 ( give false hope) mener [qn] en bateau ○ [client, investor, searcher] ;
    2 ( sexually) provoquer ;
    3 ( influence) influencer.
    ▶ lead up to [sth]
    1 ( precede) précéder ; the years leading up to the war les années qui ont précédé la guerre ;
    2 ( culminate in) se terminer par [argument, outburst] ;
    3 ( introduce) amener [topic] ; I had a feeling you were leading up to that je sentais que tu voulais en venir là.
    II.
    A n
    1 ( metal) plomb m ; white lead céruse f ; red lead minium m ;
    2 ○ fig ( bullets) pruneaux ○ mpl ;
    3 ( also black lead) ( graphite) mine f de plomb ; ( in pencil) mine f ;
    4 (on fishing line, in gun cartridge etc) plomb m ;
    5 Naut ( for sounding) plomb m (de sonde) ;
    6 Print interligne f ;
    7 Constr ( of window) (baguette f de) plomb m ; leads ( of windows) plombure f ¢ ;
    8 GB ( for roofing) couverture f de plomb ¢.
    B modif [paint, piping, weight] en or de plomb.
    to fill ou pump sb full of lead ○ cribler qn de balles ○ ; to get the lead out ○ US ( stop loafing) se bouger ; ( speed up) se grouiller ○ ; to go over US ou down GB like a lead balloon ○ tomber à plat ○ ; to swing the lead ○ † GB tirer au flanc ○.

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  • 12 lead

    N
    1. नेतृत्व
    He has given the lead & others may follow it.
    2. अन्तर
    His lead is now more than 10,000.
    3. मुख्य भूमिका\{नाटक इत्यादि में\}
    He has played the lead in a film on Sardar Patel.
    4. सुराग
    The lead led to the arrest of the criminal.
    5. लीड\{तार\}
    There is nothing wrong with the VCR. Something has gone wrong with the lead causing disturbance in the monitor.
    6. सीसा
    Pencil has lead in it.
    --------
    V
    1. मार्ग दिखाना
    He led me to his room.
    2. मार्ग मिलना
    The trail of blood on the road led the police to the criminal.
    3. प्रभावित करना[होना]
    He is easily led away by other's opinions.
    4. व्यतीत करना
    Many people lead a miserable life due to poverty.
    5. आगे होना
    This candidate is leading by 10,000 votes.
    6. ताश का पहला पत्ता चलना
    He led a heart.
    7. नेतृत्व करना
    The captain led his soldiers from the front.

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  • 13 lead *****

    I [liːd] led vb: pt, pp
    1. vt
    1) (conduct) condurre
    2) (be the leader of: government) essere a capo di, (party) essere alla guida or a capo di, (expedition, movement) guidare, (revolution) capeggiare, (team) capitanare, (league, procession) essere in testa a, (orchestra) Brit essere il primo violino di, Am dirigere

    to lead the field — essere in testa, fig essere all'avanguardia nel campo

    3) (life, existence) condurre
    4) (induce) indurre, portare

    to lead sb to believe that... — far credere a qn che...

    it led me to the conclusion that... — mi ha portato alla conclusione che...

    2. vi
    1) (go in front) andare avanti, Cards essere di mano
    2) (in match, race) essere in testa
    3) (street, corridor) portare
    4)

    (result in) to lead to — portare a

    one thing led to another... — una cosa tira l'altra...

    3. n
    1) (front position) posizione f di testa, (distance, time ahead) vantaggio

    to be in the lead Sport — essere in testa, fig essere all'avanguardia

    to be in the lead by 5 points to 4 — condurre or essere in testa per 5 a 4

    to take the lead Sport — passare in testa, fig prendere l'iniziativa

    2) Elec filo (elettrico)
    3) (for dog) guinzaglio
    4) (clue) indizio, pista
    5) Theatre parte f or ruolo principale

    male/female lead — protagonista m/f maschile/femminile

    •
    II [lɛd]
    1. n
    (metal) piombo, (in pencil) mina, (for sounding) scandaglio
    2. adj
    (pipes) di piombo, (paint) a base di piombo

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  • 14 weak

    adjective
    1) (lit. or fig.) schwach; matt [Lächeln]; schwach ausgeprägt [Kinn]; jämmerlich [Kapitulation]; (easily led) labil [Charakter, Person]

    go/feel weak at the knees — weiche Knie kriegen/haben

    weak eyes or sight — schlechte Augen

    his French/maths is rather weak, he's rather weak in French/maths — in Französisch/Mathematik ist er ziemlich schwach

    somebody's weak side or point — jemandes schwache Seite od. schwacher Punkt od. Schwachpunkt

    he has only a weak case — seine Sache steht auf schwachen Füßen

    2) (watery) schwach [Kaffee, Tee]; wässrig, wässerig [Suppe]; dünn [Bier, Suppe, Kaffee, Tee]
    * * *
    [wi:k]
    1) (lacking in physical strength: Her illness has made her very weak.) schwach
    2) (not strong in character: I'm very weak when it comes to giving up cigarettes.) schwach
    3) ((of a liquid) diluted; not strong: weak tea.) dünn
    4) ((of an explanation etc) not convincing.) schwach
    5) ((of a joke) not particularly funny.) schwach
    •
    - academic.ru/81470/weakly">weakly
    - weaken
    - weakling
    - weakness
    - have a weakness for
    * * *
    [wi:k]
    1. (not strong) schwach; coffee, tea schwach, dünn
    to be/feel as \weak as a kitten ganz matt sein/sich akk ganz schlapp fühlen fam
    to be/go \weak at the knees weiche Knie haben/bekommen
    to be \weak with desire/hunger/thirst schwach vor Begierde/Hunger/Durst sein
    to feel \weak sich akk schwach fühlen
    \weak chin schwach ausgeprägtes Kinn
    \weak link ( fig) schwaches Glied fig
    \weak spot ( fig) schwache Stelle fig
    the \weaker sex das schwache Geschlecht fig
    2. (ineffective) leader unfähig, schwach; argument, attempt schwach
    ▪ to be \weak [on sth] [in etw dat] schwach sein
    the report is strong on criticism but rather \weak on suggestions for improvement der Bericht übt scharfe Kritik, bietet aber kaum Verbesserungsvorschläge
    3. (below standard) schwach
    he was always \weak at languages but strong at science er war schon immer schwach in Sprachen, dafür aber gut in Naturwissenschaften
    * * *
    [wiːk]
    1. adj (+er)
    schwach; character labil; tea, solution etc dünn; stomach empfindlich

    to go/feel weak at the knees (after illness) — sich wackelig fühlen, wackelig or schwach auf den Beinen sein (inf); (with fear, excitement etc) weiche Knie haben/bekommen

    her maths is weak, she is weak at or in maths — sie ist schwach in Mathe

    what are his weak points? — wo liegen seine Schwächen?

    the weak link (in the chain) — das schwache Glied in der Kette

    2. n
    * * *
    weak [wiːk] adj (adv weakly)
    1. allg schwach (Argument, Stimme, Widerstand etc):
    weak from hunger hungergeschwächt;
    be weak at the knees umg weiche Knie haben;
    weak in ( oder at) Latin schwach in Latein;
    weak at home SPORT heimschwach; → sex A 2
    2. MED schwach:
    a) empfindlich (Magen etc): → nerve A 1
    b) kränklich
    3. (charakter)schwach, haltlos, labil: → point A 24
    4. schwach, dünn (Tee etc)
    5. LING schwach (Akzent):
    weak ending LIT proklitisches Versende;
    weak inflection (bes Br inflexion) schwache Flexion
    6. WIRTSCH schwach, flau (Markt etc)
    7. FOTO schwach, weich (Negativ)
    * * *
    adjective
    1) (lit. or fig.) schwach; matt [Lächeln]; schwach ausgeprägt [Kinn]; jämmerlich [Kapitulation]; (easily led) labil [Charakter, Person]

    go/feel weak at the knees — weiche Knie kriegen/haben

    weak eyes or sight — schlechte Augen

    his French/maths is rather weak, he's rather weak in French/maths — in Französisch/Mathematik ist er ziemlich schwach

    somebody's weak side or point — jemandes schwache Seite od. schwacher Punkt od. Schwachpunkt

    2) (watery) schwach [Kaffee, Tee]; wässrig, wässerig [Suppe]; dünn [Bier, Suppe, Kaffee, Tee]
    * * *
    adj.
    energielos adj.
    schwach adj.

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  • 15 lead away

    фраз. гл. увлечь, увести

    The police at last caught the young thief and led him away. — Полиции, наконец, удалось поймать и арестовать молодого вора.

    Grace is easily led away. — Грейс легко увлекается.

    Англо-русский современный словарь > lead away

  • 16 astray

    astray [ə'streɪ]
    ∎ to go astray s'égarer, se perdre;
    ∎ the letter went astray la lettre s'est perdue;
    ∎ my pen seems to have gone astray j'ai égaré mon stylo
    ∎ to go astray (morally) se dévoyer, se détourner du droit chemin;
    ∎ to lead sb astray (misinform) mettre ou diriger qn sur une fausse piste; (morally) détourner qn du droit chemin;
    ∎ don't be led astray by their so-called expertise ne vous laissez pas tromper ou abuser par leur soi-disant compétence;
    ∎ he's easily led astray il se laisse facilement entraîner hors du droit chemin

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  • 17 make allowance for smth.

    (make allowance(s) for smth.)
    принимать что-л. во внимание, в расчёт, учитывать что-л., делать скидку, поправку на что-л

    ‘Oh, mother, you don't know men as I do,’ said Catalina. ‘They're weak and easily led. How could the world go on if we did not make allowances for their foolishness?’ (W. S. Maugham, ‘Catalina’, ch. 22) — - Но, мама, ты же не знаешь мужчин так, как знаю их я, - сказала Каталина. - Они существа слабые и легко поддаются влиянию. Как бы существовал мир, если бы мы, женщины, не прощали им глупых поступков?

    He was a jovial fellow. He could not speak without bellowing, Miss Reid thought, him quite an eccentric, but she had a keen sense of humour and was prepared to make allowances for that. (W. S. Maugham, ‘Complete Short Stories’, ‘Winter Cruise’) — Капитан был жизнерадостным и шумным человеком. Мисс Рейд считала его чудаком, но со свойственным ей чувством юмора всегда находила оправдание его чудачествам.

    ...but when you have made every allowance for the latitude and the season, it was a good day. (J. B. Priestley, ‘They Walk in the City’, ch. XII) —...принимая во внимание географическую широту места и время года, день все же можно было назвать хорошим.

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  • 18 Historical Portugal

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

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  • 19 Chronology

      15,000-3,000 BCE Paleolithic cultures in western Portugal.
      400-200 BCE Greek and Carthaginian trade settlements on coast.
      202 BCE Roman armies invade ancient Lusitania.
      137 BCE Intensive Romanization of Lusitania begins.
      410 CE Germanic tribes — Suevi and Visigoths—begin conquest of Roman Lusitania and Galicia.
      714—16 Muslims begin conquest of Visigothic Lusitania.
      1034 Christian Reconquest frontier reaches Mondego River.
      1064 Christians conquer Coimbra.
      1139 Burgundian Count Afonso Henriques proclaims himself king of Portugal; birth of Portugal. Battle of Ourique: Afonso Henriques defeats Muslims.
      1147 With English Crusaders' help, Portuguese seize Lisbon from Muslims.
      1179 Papacy formally recognizes Portugal's independence (Pope Alexander III).
      1226 Campaign to reclaim Alentejo from Muslims begins.
      1249 Last Muslim city (Silves) falls to Portuguese Army.
      1381 Beginning of third war between Castile and Portugal.
      1383 Master of Aviz, João, proclaimed regent by Lisbon populace.
      1385 April: Master of Aviz, João I, proclaimed king of Portugal by Cortes of Coimbra. 14 August: Battle of Aljubarrota, Castilians defeated by royal forces, with assistance of English army.
      1394 Birth of "Prince Henry the Navigator," son of King João I.
      1415 Beginning of overseas expansion as Portugal captures Moroccan city of Ceuta.
      1419 Discovery of Madeira Islands.
      1425-28 Prince D. Pedro, older brother of Prince Henry, travels in Europe.
      1427 Discovery (or rediscovery?) of Azores Islands.
      1434 Prince Henry the Navigator's ships pass beyond Cape Bojador, West Africa.
      1437 Disaster at Tangier, Morocco, as Portuguese fail to capture city.
      1441 First African slaves from western Africa reach Portugal.
      1460 Death of Prince Henry. Portuguese reach what is now Senegal, West Africa.
      1470s Portuguese explore West African coast and reach what is now Ghana and Nigeria and begin colonizing islands of São Tomé and Príncipe.
      1479 Treaty of Alcáçovas between kings of Portugal and Spain.
      1482 Portuguese establish post at São Jorge da Mina, Gold Coast (now Ghana).
      1482-83 Portuguese navigator Diogo Cão reaches mouth of Congo River and Angola.
      1488 Navigator Bartolomeu Dias rounds Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, and finds route to Indian Ocean.
      1492-93 Columbus's first voyage to West Indies.
      1493 Columbus visits Azores and Portugal on return from first voyage; tells of discovery of New World. Treaty of Tordesillas signed between kings of Portugal and Spain: delimits spheres of conquest with line 370 leagues west of Cape Verde Islands (claimed by Portugal); Portugal's sphere to east of line includes, in effect, Brazil.
       King Manuel I and Royal Council decide to continue seeking all-water route around Africa to Asia.
       King Manuel I expels unconverted Jews from Portugal.
      1497-99 Epic voyage of Vasco da Gama from Portugal around Africa to west India, successful completion of sea route to Asia project; da Gama returns to Portugal with samples of Asian spices.
      1500 Bound for India, Navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral "discovers" coast of Brazil and claims it for Portugal.
      1506 Anti-Jewish riots in Lisbon.
       Battle of Diu, India; Portugal's command of Indian Ocean assured for some time with Francisco de Almeida's naval victory over Egyptian and Gujerati fleets.
       Afonso de Albuquerque conquers Goa, India; beginning of Portuguese hegemony in south Asia.
       Portuguese conquest of Malacca; commerce in Spice Islands.
      1519 Magellan begins circumnavigation voyage.
      1536 Inquisition begins in Portugal.
      1543 Portuguese merchants reach Japan.
      1557 Portuguese merchants granted Chinese territory of Macau for trading factory.
      1572 Luís de Camões publishes epic poem, Os Lusíadas.
      1578 Battle of Alcácer-Quivir; Moroccan forces defeat army of King Sebastião of Portugal; King Sebastião dies in battle. Portuguese succession crisis.
      1580 King Phillip II of Spain claims and conquers Portugal; Spanish rule of Portugal, 1580-1640.
      1607-24 Dutch conquer sections of Asia and Brazil formerly held by Portugal.
      1640 1 December: Portuguese revolution in Lisbon overthrows Spanish rule, restores independence. Beginning of Portugal's Braganza royal dynasty.
      1654 Following Dutch invasions and conquest of parts of Brazil and Angola, Dutch expelled by force.
      1661 Anglo-Portuguese Alliance treaty signed: England pledges to defend Portugal "as if it were England itself." Queen Catherine of Bra-ganza marries England's Charles II.
      1668 February: In Portuguese-Spanish peace treaty, Spain recognizes independence of Portugal, thus ending 28-year War of Restoration.
      1703 Methuen Treaties signed, key commercial trade agreement and defense treaty between England and Portugal.
      1750 Pombal becomes chief minister of King José I.
      1755 1 November: Massive Lisbon earthquake, tidal wave, and fire.
      1759 Expulsion of Jesuits from Portugal and colonies.
      1761 Slavery abolished in continental Portugal.
      1769 Abandonment of Mazagão, Morocco, last Portuguese outpost.
      1777 Pombal dismissed as chief minister by Queen Maria I, after death of José I.
      1791 Portugal and United States establish full diplomatic relations.
      1807 November: First Napoleonic invasion; French forces under Junot conquer Portugal. Royal family flees to colony of Brazil and remains there until 1821.
      1809 Second French invasion of Portugal under General Soult.
      1811 Third French invasion of Portugal under General Masséna.
      1813 Following British general Wellington's military victories, French forces evacuate Portugal.
      1817 Liberal, constitutional movements against absolutist monarchist rule break out in Brazil (Pernambuco) and Portugal (Lisbon, under General Gomes Freire); crushed by government. British marshal of Portugal's army, Beresford, rules Portugal.
       Liberal insurrection in army officer corps breaks out in Cadiz, Spain, and influences similar movement in Portugal's armed forces first in Oporto.
       King João VI returns from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and early draft of constitution; era of constitutional monarchy begins.
      1822 7 September: João VI's son Pedro proclaims independence of
       Brazil from Portugal and is named emperor. 23 September: Constitution of 1822 ratified.
       Portugal recognizes sovereign independence of Brazil.
       King João VI dies; power struggle for throne ensues between his sons, brothers Pedro and Miguel; Pedro, emperor of Brazil, abdicates Portuguese throne in favor of his daughter, D. Maria II, too young to assume crown. By agreement, Miguel, uncle of D. Maria, is to accept constitution and rule in her stead.
      1828 Miguel takes throne and abolishes constitution. Sections of Portugal rebel against Miguelite rule.
      1831 Emperor Pedro abdicates throne of Brazil and returns to Portugal to expel King Miguel from Portuguese throne.
      1832-34 Civil war between absolutist King Miguel and constitutionalist Pedro, who abandons throne of Brazil to restore his young daughter Maria to throne of Portugal; Miguel's armed forces defeated by those of Pedro. Miguel leaves for exile and constitution (1826 Charter) is restored.
      1834-53 Constitutional monarchy consolidated under rule of Queen Maria II, who dies in 1853.
      1851-71 Regeneration period of economic development and political stability; public works projects sponsored by Minister Fontes Pereira de Melo.
      1871-90 Rotativism period of alternating party governments; achieves political stability and less military intervention in politics and government. Expansion of colonial territory in tropical Africa.
       January: Following territorial dispute in central Africa, Britain delivers "Ultimatum" to Portugal demanding withdrawal of Portugal's forces from what is now Malawi and Zimbabwe. Portugal's government, humiliated in accepting demand under threat of a diplomatic break, falls. Beginning of governmental and political instability; monarchist decline and republicanism's rise.
       Anglo-Portuguese treaties signed relating to delimitation of frontiers in colonial Africa.
      1899 Treaty of Windsor; renewal of Anglo-Portuguese defense and friendship alliance.
      1903 Triumphal visit of King Edward VII to Portugal.
      1906 Politician João Franco supported by King Carlos I in dictatorship to restore order and reform.
      1908 1 February: Murder in Lisbon of King Carlos I and his heir apparent, Prince Dom Luís, by Portuguese anarchists. Eighteen-year-old King Manuel II assumes throne.
      1910 3-5 October: Following republican-led military insurrection in armed forces, monarchy falls and first Portuguese republic is proclaimed. Beginning of unstable, economically troubled, parliamentary republic form of government.
       May: Violent insurrection in Lisbon overturns government of General Pimenta de Castro; nearly a thousand casualties from several days of armed combat in capital.
       March: Following Portugal's honoring ally Britain's request to confiscate German shipping in Portuguese harbors, Germany declares war on Portugal; Portugal enters World War I on Allied side.
       Portugal organizes and dispatches Portuguese Expeditionary Corps to fight on the Western Front. 9 April: Portuguese forces mauled by German offensive in Battle of Lys. Food rationing and riots in Lisbon. Portuguese military operations in Mozambique against German expedition's invasion from German East Africa. 5 December: Authoritarian, presidentialist government under Major Sidónio Pais takes power in Lisbon, following a successful military coup.
      1918 11 November: Armistice brings cessation of hostilities on Western Front in World War I. Portuguese expeditionary forces stationed in Angola, Mozambique, and Flanders begin return trip to Portugal. 14 December: President Sidónio Pais assassinated. Chaotic period of ephemeral civil war ensues.
      1919-21 Excessively unstable political period, including January
      1919 abortive effort of Portuguese monarchists to restore Braganza dynasty to power. Republican forces prevail, but level of public violence, economic distress, and deprivation remains high.
      1921 October: Political violence attains peak with murder of former prime minister and other prominent political figures in Lisbon. Sectors of armed forces and Guarda Nacional Republicana are mutinous. Year of financial and corruption scandals, including Portuguese bank note (fraud) case; military court acquits guilty military insurrectionists, and one military judge declares "the country is sick."
       28 May: Republic overthrown by military coup or pronunciamento and conspiracy among officer corps. Parliament's doors locked and parliament closed for nearly nine years to January 1935. End of parliamentary republic, Western Europe's most unstable political system in this century, beginning of the Portuguese dictatorship, after 1930 known as the Estado Novo. Officer corps assumes reins of government, initiates military censorship of the press, and suppresses opposition.
       February: Military dictatorship under General Óscar Carmona crushes failed republican armed insurrection in Oporto and Lisbon.
       April: Military dictatorship names Professor Antônio de Oliveira Salazar minister of finance, with dictatorial powers over budget, to stabilize finances and rebuild economy. Insurrectionism among military elements continues into 1931.
      1930 Dr. Salazar named minister for colonies and announces balanced budgets. Salazar consolidates support by various means, including creation of official regime "movement," the National Union. Salazar engineers Colonial Act to ensure Lisbon's control of bankrupt African colonies by means of new fiscal controls and centralization of authority. July: Military dictatorship names Salazar prime minister for first time, and cabinet composition undergoes civilianization; academic colleagues and protégés plan conservative reform and rejuvenation of society, polity, and economy. Regime comes to be called the Estado Novo (New State). New State's constitution ratified by new parliament, the National Assembly; Portugal described in document as "unitary, corporative Republic" and governance influenced by Salazar's stern personality and doctrines such as integralism, Catholicism, and fiscal conservatism.
      1936 Violent instability and ensuing civil war in neighboring Spain, soon internationalized by fascist and communist intervention, shake Estado Novo regime. Pseudofascist period of regime features creation of imitation Fascist institutions to defend regime from leftist threats; Portugal institutes "Portuguese Youth" and "Portuguese Legion."
      1939 3 September: Prime Minister Salazar declares Portugal's neutrality in World War II. October: Anglo-Portuguese agreement grants naval and air base facilities to Britain and later to United States for Battle of the Atlantic and Normandy invasion support. Third Reich protests breach of Portugal's neutrality.
       6 June: On day of Allies' Normandy invasion, Portugal suspends mining and export of wolfram ore to both sides in war.
       8 May: Popular celebrations of Allied victory and Fascist defeat in Lisbon and Oporto coincide with Victory in Europe Day. Following managed elections for Estado Novo's National Assembly in November, regime police, renamed PIDE, with increased powers, represses opposition.
      1947 Abortive military coup in central Portugal easily crushed by regime. Independence of India and initiation of Indian protests against Portuguese colonial rule in Goa and other enclaves.
      1949 Portugal becomes founding member of NATO.
      1951 Portugal alters constitution and renames overseas colonies "Overseas Provinces." Portugal and United States sign military base agreements for use of air and naval facilities in Azores Islands and military aid to Lisbon. President Carmona dies in office, succeeded by General Craveiro Lopes (1951-58). July: Indians occupy enclave of Portuguese India (dependency of Damão) by means of passive resistance movement. August: Indian passive resistance movement in Portuguese India repelled by Portuguese forces with loss of life. December: With U.S. backing, Portugal admitted as member of United Nations (along with Spain). Air force general Humberto Delgado, in opposition, challenges Estado Novo's hand-picked successor to Craveiro Lopes, Admiral Américo Tomás. Delgado rallies coalition of democratic, liberal, and communist opposition but loses rigged election and later flees to exile in Brazil. Portugal joins European Free Trade Association (EFTA).
       January and February: Estado Novo rocked by armed African insurrection in northern Angola, crushed by armed forces. Hijacking of Portuguese ocean liner by ally of Delgado, Captain Henrique Galvão. April: Salazar defeats attempted military coup and reshuffles cabinet with group of younger figures who seek to reform colonial rule and strengthen the regime's image abroad. 18 December: Indian army rapidly defeats Portugal's defense force in Goa, Damão, and Diu and incorporates Portugal's Indian possessions into Indian Union. January: Abortive military coup in Beja, Portugal.
      1965 February: General Delgado and his Brazilian secretary murdered and secretly buried near Spanish frontier by political police, PIDE.
      1968 August and September: Prime Minister Salazar, aged 79, suffers crippling stoke. President Tomás names former cabinet officer Marcello Caetano as Salazar's successor. Caetano institutes modest reforms in Portugal and overseas.
      1971 Caetano government ratifies amended constitution that allows slight devolution and autonomy to overseas provinces in Africa and Asia. Right-wing loyalists oppose reforms in Portugal. 25 April: Military coup engineered by Armed Forces Movement overthrows Estado Novo and establishes provisional government emphasizing democratization, development, and decolonization. Limited resistance by loyalists. President Tomás and Premier Caetano flown to exile first in Madeira and then in Brazil. General Spínola appointed president. September: Revolution moves to left, as President Spínola, thwarted in his program, resigns.
       March: Military coup by conservative forces fails, and leftist response includes nationalization of major portion of economy. Polarization between forces and parties of left and right. 25 November: Military coup by moderate military elements thwarts leftist forces. Constituent Assembly prepares constitution. Revolution moves from left to center and then right.
       March: Constitution ratified by Assembly of the Republic. 25 April: Second general legislative election gives largest share of seats to Socialist Party (PS). Former oppositionist lawyer, Mário Soares, elected deputy and named prime minister.
      1977-85 Political pendulum of democratic Portugal moves from center-left to center-right, as Social Democratic Party (PSD) increases hold on assembly and take office under Prime Minister Cavaco Silva. July
      1985 elections give edge to PSD who advocate strong free-enterprise measures and revision of leftist-generated 1976 Constitution, amended modestly in 1982.
      1986 January: Portugal joins European Economic Community (EEC).
      1987 July: General, legislative elections for assembly give more than 50 percent to PSD led by Prime Minister Cavaco Silva. For first time, since 1974, Portugal has a working majority government.
      1989 June: Following revisions of 1976 Constitution, reprivatization of economy begins, under PS government.
       January: Presidential elections, Mário Soares reelected for second term. July: General, legislative elections for assembly result in new PSD victory and majority government.
       January-July: Portugal holds presidency of the Council of the European Economic Community (EEC). December: Tariff barriers fall as fully integrated Common Market established in the EEC.
       November: Treaty of Maastricht comes into force. The EEC officially becomes the European Union (EU). Portugal is signatory with 11 other member-nations.
       October: General, legislative elections for assembly result in PS victory and naming of Prime Minister Guterres. PS replace PSD as leading political party. November: Excavations for Lisbon bank uncover ancient Phoenician, Roman, and Christian ruins.
       January: General, presidential elections; socialist Jorge Sampaio defeats PSD's Cavaco Silva and assumes presidency from Dr. Mário Soares. July: Community of Portuguese Languages Countries (CPLP) cofounded by Portugal and Brazil.
       May-September: Expo '98 held in Lisbon. Opening of Vasco da Gama Bridge across Tagus River, Europe's longest (17 kilometers/ 11 miles). June: National referendum on abortion law change defeated after low voter turnout. November: National referendum on regionaliza-tion and devolution of power defeated after another low voter turnout.
       October: General, legislative elections: PS victory over PSD lacks clear majority in parliament. Following East Timor referendum, which votes for independence and withdrawal of Indonesia, outburst of popular outrage in streets, media, and communications of Portugal approves armed intervention and administration of United Nations (and withdrawal of Indonesia) in East Timor. Portugal and Indonesia restore diplomatic relations. December: A Special Territory since 1975, Colony of Macau transferred to sovereignty of People's Republic of China.
       January-June: Portugal holds presidency of the Council of the EU; end of Discoveries Historical Commemoration Cycle (1988-2000).
       United Nations forces continue to occupy and administer former colony of East Timor, with Portugal's approval.
       January: General, presidential elections; PS president Sampaio reelected for second term. City of Oporto, "European City of Culture" for the year, hosts arts festival. December: Municipal elections: PSD defeats PS; socialist prime minister Guterres resigns; President Sampaio calls March parliamentary elections.
       1 January: Portugal enters single European Currency system. Euro currency adopted and ceases use of former national currency, the escudo. March: Parliamentary elections; PSD defeats PS and José Durão Barroso becomes prime minister. Military modernization law passed. Portugal holds chairmanship of Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).
       May: Municipal law passed permitting municipalities to reorganize in new ways.
       June: Prime Minister Durão Barroso, invited to succeed Romano Prodi as president of EU Commission, resigns. Pedro Santana Lopes becomes prime minister. European Parliament elections held. Conscription for national service in army and navy ended. Mass grave uncovered at Academy of Sciences Museum, Lisbon, revealing remains of several thousand victims of Lisbon earthquake, 1755.
       February: Parliamentary elections; PS defeats PSD, socialists win first absolute majority in parliament since 1975. José Sócrates becomes prime minister.
       January: Presidential elections; PSD candidate Aníbal Cavaco Silva elected and assumes presidency from Jorge Sampaio. Portugal's national soccer team ranked 7th out of 205 countries by international soccer association. European Union's Bologna Process in educational reform initiated in Portugal.
       July-December: Portugal holds presidency of the Council of the European Union. For reasons of economy, Portugal announces closure of many consulates, especially in France and the eastern US. Government begins official inspections of private institutions of higher education, following scandals.
      2008 January: Prime Minister Sócrates announces location of new Lisbon area airport as Alcochete, on south bank of Tagus River, site of air force shooting range. February: Portuguese Army begins to receive new modern battle tanks (Leopard 2 A6). March: Mass protest of 85,000 public school (primary and secondary levels) teachers in Lisbon schools dispute recent educational policies of minister of education and prime minister.

    Historical dictionary of Portugal > Chronology

  • 20 Agricola, Georgius (Georg Bauer)

    SUBJECT AREA: Metallurgy
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    b. 24 March 1494 Glauchau, Saxony
    d. 21 November 1555 Chemnitz, Germany
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    German metallurgist, who wrote the book De Re Metallica under the latinized version of his name.
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    Agricola was a physician, scientist and metallurgist of note and it was this which led to the publication of De Re Metallica. He studied at Leipzig University and between 1518 and 1522 he was a school teacher in Zwickau. Eventually he settled as a physician in Chemnitz. Later he continued his medical practice at Joachimstal in the Erzgebirge. This town was newly built to serve the mining community in what was at the time the most important ore-mining field in both Germany and Europe.
    As a physician in the sixteenth century he would naturally have been concerned with the development of medicines, which would have led him to research the medical properties of ores and base metals. He studied the mineralogy of his area, and the mines, and the miners who were working there. He wrote several books in Latin on geology and mineralogy. His important work during that period was a glossary of mineralogical and mining terms in both Latin and German. It is, however, De Re Metallica for which he is best known. This large volume contains twelve books which deal with mining and metallurgy, including an account of glassmaking. Whilst one can understand the text of this book very easily, the quality of the illustrative woodcuts should not be neglected. These illustrations detail the mines, furnaces, forges and the plant associated with them, unfortunately the name of the artist is unknown. The importance of the work lies in the fact that it is an assemblage of information on all the methods and practices current at that time. The book was clearly intended as a textbook of mining and mineralogy and as such it would have been brought to England by German engineers when they were employed by the Mines Royal in the Keswick area in the late sixteenth century. In addition to his studies in preparation for De Re Metallica, Agricola was an "adventurer" holding shares in the Gottesgab mine in the Erzegebirge.
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    Principal Honours and Distinctions Bibliography
    1556, De Re Metallica, Basel; 1912, trans. H. Hoover and L.H.Hoover, London.
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