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  • 1 dañar

    v.
    to damage, to harm, to hurt, to knock up.
    * * *
    1 (causar dolor) to hurt, harm
    2 (estropear) to damage, spoil
    3 figurado to damage, stain
    1 (estropearse) to get damaged, spoil; (alimentos) to go bad, go off
    * * *
    verb
    2) harm, hurt
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) [+ objeto, pelo, piel, salud] to damage, harm

    dañar la vista —

    2) [+ cosecha] to damage, spoil
    3) [+ reputación, carrera, proyecto] to damage, harm
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo ( hacer daño a)
    a) <honra/reputación> to damage, harm
    b) <fruta/mercancías/instalaciones> to damage; < cosecha> to damage, spoil
    c) <salud/organismo> to be bad for, damage
    2.
    dañarse v pron
    1)
    a) cosecha to be/get damaged o spoiled; comestibles/mercancías/muebles to be/get damaged
    b) persona < salud> to damage
    2) (Col, Ven)
    a) carne/comida to rot, go bad
    b) auto to break down; aparato to break
    * * *
    = damage, impair, cause + erosion, injure, do + harm.
    Ex. Single holds are useful, for example, when a particular copy of a document is damaged or needs rebinding.
    Ex. It is difficult to neglect either entirely, without impairing the effectiveness in fulfilling the other objective.
    Ex. The replacement of the book catalog by the card catalog has caused a grave erosion of the ideal catalog sought by Panizzi and Cutter.
    Ex. Dialog is being injured and will continue to be injured if the American Chemical Society continues to assert falsely that Dialog is underpaying royalties.
    Ex. Miss Laski suggests that the depiction of life found in many novels is naive, over-simplified and, as a constant diet, can do more harm than good.
    ----
    * dañar la credibilidad (de Alguien) = damage + credibility.
    * dañar la credibilidad (de Alguien/Algo) = impair + credibility.
    * dañarse = hurt + Reflexivo, injure + Reflexivo.
    * que no daña el medio ambiente = environmentally sound, environmentally friendly, eco-friendly.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo ( hacer daño a)
    a) <honra/reputación> to damage, harm
    b) <fruta/mercancías/instalaciones> to damage; < cosecha> to damage, spoil
    c) <salud/organismo> to be bad for, damage
    2.
    dañarse v pron
    1)
    a) cosecha to be/get damaged o spoiled; comestibles/mercancías/muebles to be/get damaged
    b) persona < salud> to damage
    2) (Col, Ven)
    a) carne/comida to rot, go bad
    b) auto to break down; aparato to break
    * * *
    = damage, impair, cause + erosion, injure, do + harm.

    Ex: Single holds are useful, for example, when a particular copy of a document is damaged or needs rebinding.

    Ex: It is difficult to neglect either entirely, without impairing the effectiveness in fulfilling the other objective.
    Ex: The replacement of the book catalog by the card catalog has caused a grave erosion of the ideal catalog sought by Panizzi and Cutter.
    Ex: Dialog is being injured and will continue to be injured if the American Chemical Society continues to assert falsely that Dialog is underpaying royalties.
    Ex: Miss Laski suggests that the depiction of life found in many novels is naive, over-simplified and, as a constant diet, can do more harm than good.
    * dañar la credibilidad (de Alguien) = damage + credibility.
    * dañar la credibilidad (de Alguien/Algo) = impair + credibility.
    * dañarse = hurt + Reflexivo, injure + Reflexivo.
    * que no daña el medio ambiente = environmentally sound, environmentally friendly, eco-friendly.

    * * *
    dañar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 ‹honra/reputación› to damage, harm
    2 ‹fruta› to damage; ‹mercancías› to damage; ‹instalaciones/locales› to damage
    3 «helada/lluvia» ‹cosecha› to damage, spoil
    4 ‹salud/organismo› to be bad for, damage
    escuchar esa música tan fuerte te puede dañar el oído listening to loud music like that can be bad for o can damage your hearing
    esa luz me daña la vista that light hurts my eyes
    B ( Col) ‹reloj/aparato› to break
    A
    1 «cosecha» to be/get damaged o spoiled; «comestibles/frutas» to be/get damaged; «mercancías/muebles» to be/get damaged
    2 «persona» ‹salud› to damage
    B (Col, Ven) (estropearse)
    1 «fruta/carne» to rot, go bad
    2 «auto» to break down; «aparato» to break
    * * *

     

    dañar ( conjugate dañar) verbo transitivo ( en general) to damage;
    ‹salud/organismo› to be bad for
    dañarse verbo pronominal
    1 ( en general) to be/get damaged;
    ‹ salud› to damage
    2 (Col, Ven)
    a) [carne/comida] to rot, go bad


    [ aparato] to break
    dañar verbo transitivo
    1 (deteriorar, estropear) to damage: este producto puede dañar el esmalte, this product is damaging to the enamelwork
    2 (herir) to hurt, (perjudicar, molestar) to harm, prejudice
    ' dañar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    estropear
    - perjudicar
    English:
    damage
    - impair
    - injure
    - vandalize
    - poison
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [persona] to hurt;
    [vista] to harm, to damage;
    el tabaco daña la salud tobacco damages your health
    2. [pieza, objeto, edificio, carretera] to damage;
    [cosecha] to harm, to damage; [fruta, mercancía] to damage, to spoil
    3. [prestigio, reputación] to damage, to harm
    * * *
    v/t harm; cosa damage
    * * *
    dañar vt
    1) : to damage, to spoil
    2) : to harm, to hurt
    * * *
    dañar vb (estropear) to damage

    Spanish-English dictionary > dañar

  • 2 danno

    "damage;
    Schaden;
    sinistro (seguro)"
    * * *
    m damage
    ( a persona) harm
    risarcire i danni a qualcuno compensate someone for the damage
    danni pl all'ambiente environmental damage, damage to the environment
    * * *
    danno s.m.
    1 damage, harm, injury, detriment; ( derivante da perdita) loss: danno rilevante, heavy damage; nessun danno alle persone, no one was hurt (o there were no casualties); cagionare, causare un danno, to cause damage; recare danno a qlcu., to do s.o. harm (o an injury); i danni causati dalla tempesta furono rilevanti, the damage caused (o done) by the storm was very heavy; la siccità ha causato danni irreparabili all'agricoltura, the drought has caused irreparable damage to agriculture; quella campagna ha causato un danno irreparabile alla nostra causa, the campaign has done our cause irreparable damage (o harm); accertare, constatare i danni, to ascertain (o to check) the damage; essere esposto a danno, to be liable to damage; evitare un danno, to avoid damage; patire, subire un danno, to suffer damage (o a loss); preservarsi da un danno, to guard oneself against damage; ricuperare i danni, to recover damages; riparare il danno, to repair (o to make good) the damage (o to make good the loss); valutare i danni, to estimate the damage (o the losses); non tentare di ripararlo, fai solo danni!, don't try and repair it, you are only damaging it!; un attentato a danno del presidente, an attempt on the life of (o against) the president; continuava a lavorare sette giorni alla settimana a danno della propria salute, he continued to work seven days a week to the detriment of his health // a mio danno, to my prejudice; ( a mie spese) to my cost (o at my expense) // (dir.): danno diretto, immediate damage; danni liquidati, non liquidati, liquidated, unliquidated damages; domanda di danni, claim for damages; chiedere i danni a qlcu., to make a claim for damages to s.o. (o to claim damages from s.o.); in caso di perdita o danno, in case of loss or damage; responsabilità dei danni, liability for damages; il responsabile dei danni, the wrongdoer; avere diritto al risarcimento dei danni, to be entitled to damages; citare qlcu. per danni, to sue s.o. for damages (o to bring an action for damages against s.o.); condannare al risarcimento dei danni, to condemn to pay damages; pagare, risarcire i danni, to pay damages (o for the damage); danno ambientale, environmental damage; danno morale, moral damage; risarcimento del danno morale, (spec. amer.) solatium; danni punitivi, punitive (o exemplary) damages; danni di guerra, ( fra nazioni) reparations, ( a privati cittadini) war damages
    2 (letter.) grief, sorrow, trouble.
    * * *
    I ['danno] sm
    (gen) damage, (a persona) harm, injury

    arrecare danno a qn — to harm sb, do sb harm

    chiedere/risarcire i danni — to sue for/pay damages

    II ['danno] vb
    See:
    * * *
    ['danno]
    sostantivo maschile damage U (anche dir.); (a persona) harm, injury

    fare, causare -i — to do, cause damage

    i -i del gelo, dell'acqua — frost, water damage II danni m.pl. (indennizzo) damages

    ••
    * * *
    danno
    /'danno/
    I sostantivo m.
     damage U (anche dir.); (a persona) harm, injury; fare, causare -i to do, cause damage; subire un danno to come to harm; i -i del gelo, dell'acqua frost, water damage II danni m.pl. (indennizzo) damages; citare per -i to sue for damages; chiedere (il risarcimento de)i -i to claim for damages
    aggiungere la beffa al danno to add insult to injury
    \
    danno materiale damage to property; danno morale moral damages.

    Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > danno

  • 3 atentado

    m.
    attempted murder, felonious intent, attack, attempt.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: atentar.
    * * *
    1 (ataque) attack, assault
    2 (afrenta) affront
    \
    atentado terrorista terrorist attack
    * * *
    noun m.
    attack, attempt
    * * *
    1.
    ADJ (=prudente) prudent, cautious; (=moderado) moderate
    2.
    SM (=ofensa) offence, felony (EEUU); (=crimen) outrage, crime; (=ataque) assault, attack; (Pol) attempt

    atentado a o contra la vida de algn — attempt on sb's life

    atentado contra el pudor, atentado contra la honra — indecent assault

    atentado suicida — suicide bombing, suicide attack

    * * *
    a) ( ataque)
    b) ( afrenta)

    atentado a or contra algo — a honor/dignidad/moral affront to something

    * * *
    = bombing, assassination attempt.
    Ex. Despite damage from bombing, triple digit inflation, and staff shortages, many libraries functioned throughout the conflict.
    Ex. Victim of an apparent assassination attempt, his face was left permanently disfigured and pockmarked.
    ----
    * atentado contra la dignidad humana = assault on people's dignity, assault on human dignity.
    * atentado contra la libertad = war on liberty.
    * atentado golpista = attempted coup, coup attempt.
    * atentado terrorista = terrorist attack, terror attack.
    * * *
    a) ( ataque)
    b) ( afrenta)

    atentado a or contra algo — a honor/dignidad/moral affront to something

    * * *
    = bombing, assassination attempt.

    Ex: Despite damage from bombing, triple digit inflation, and staff shortages, many libraries functioned throughout the conflict.

    Ex: Victim of an apparent assassination attempt, his face was left permanently disfigured and pockmarked.
    * atentado contra la dignidad humana = assault on people's dignity, assault on human dignity.
    * atentado contra la libertad = war on liberty.
    * atentado golpista = attempted coup, coup attempt.
    * atentado terrorista = terrorist attack, terror attack.

    * * *
    1
    (ataque): murió víctima de un atentado terrorista she died in a terrorist attack ( o shooting etc)
    llevaron a cabo un atentado contra el presidente they carried out an assassination attempt on the president, they tried to assassinate ( o shoot etc) the president
    un atentado contra la seguridad del Estado a threat to national security
    2 (afrenta) atentado CONTRA or A algo:
    su manera de vestir es un atentado a or contra la moral the way she dresses is an affront to morality
    esto constituye un atentado a or contra su dignidad y libertad this constitutes an attack on his dignity and freedom
    * * *

    Del verbo atentar: ( conjugate atentar)

    atentado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    atentado    
    atentar
    atentado sustantivo masculino
    a) ( ataque):


    un atentado contra el presidente an assassination attempt on the president
    b) ( afrenta) atentado contra or a algo ‹a honor/dignidad› affront to sth;


    atentar ( conjugate atentar) verbo intransitivo:

    atentado contra la seguridad del Estado to threaten national security
    atentado sustantivo masculino attack
    un atentado contra la intimidad, an outrage against privacy
    atentado terrorista, terrorist attack
    atentar verbo intransitivo esta mañana atentaron contra la vida de un famoso escritor, there was an attempt on a famous writer's life this morning

    ' atentado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    indemne
    - reivindicación
    - respiración
    - terrorista
    - brutal
    - costar
    - frustrado
    - reivindicar
    - repudiar
    - responsabilizar
    - responsable
    - sufrir
    English:
    attack
    - attempt
    - bombing
    - claim
    - offense
    * * *
    1. [ataque violento]
    atentado (terrorista) terrorist attack;
    sufrir un atentado [persona] to be the victim of a terrorist/Mafia/ etc attack;
    un atentado con bomba a bomb attack, a bombing;
    un atentado contra el presidente an attempt on the president's life
    2. [afronta] crime;
    la construcción de la cementera es un atentado contra el medio ambiente the building of the cement factory is a crime against the environment;
    la ley es un atentado contra la libertad de expresión the law constitutes an attack on freedom of expression
    * * *
    m attack (contra, a on)
    * * *
    : attack, assault
    * * *
    1. (ataque) attack

    Spanish-English dictionary > atentado

  • 4 attack

    [ə'tæk] 1. verb
    1) (to make a sudden, violent attempt to hurt or damage: He attacked me with a knife; The village was attacked from the air.) angribe
    2) (to speak or write against: The Prime Minister's policy was attacked in the newspapers.) angribe; kritisere
    3) ((in games) to attempt to score a goal.) angribe
    4) (to make a vigorous start on: It's time we attacked that pile of work.) give sig i kast med; tage fat på
    2. noun
    1) (an act or the action of attacking: The brutal attack killed the old man; They made an air attack on the town.) overfald; angreb
    2) (a sudden bout of illness: heart attack; an attack of 'flu.) anfald
    * * *
    [ə'tæk] 1. verb
    1) (to make a sudden, violent attempt to hurt or damage: He attacked me with a knife; The village was attacked from the air.) angribe
    2) (to speak or write against: The Prime Minister's policy was attacked in the newspapers.) angribe; kritisere
    3) ((in games) to attempt to score a goal.) angribe
    4) (to make a vigorous start on: It's time we attacked that pile of work.) give sig i kast med; tage fat på
    2. noun
    1) (an act or the action of attacking: The brutal attack killed the old man; They made an air attack on the town.) overfald; angreb
    2) (a sudden bout of illness: heart attack; an attack of 'flu.) anfald

    English-Danish dictionary > attack

  • 5 averiguar

    v.
    1 to find out.
    2 to quarrel, to argue.
    * * *
    (unstressed u; gu changes to gü before e)
    Past Indicative
    averigüé, averiguaste, averiguó, averiguamos, averiguasteis, averiguaron.
    Present Subjunctive
    Imperative
    averigua (tú), averigüe (él/Vd.), averigüemos (nos.), averiguad (vos.), averigüen (ellos/Vds.).
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1.
    VT to find out, establish frm

    nunca averiguaron quién era el asesino — they never found out o frm established o discovered who the killer was

    ya han averiguado la identidad del padre — they have found out o frm established o discovered the identity of the father

    averiguar las causas de un problema — to find out o frm establish the causes of a problem

    un estudio para averiguar el alcance de la tragedia — a study to find out o frm establish the extent of the tragedy

    han averiguado que el presidente malversaba fondos — it has been established o discovered that the president was embezzling funds

    -¿quién ha roto el vaso? -¡averigua! — "who broke the glass?" - "who knows!"

    2.
    VI CAm, Méx * (=pelear) to quarrel
    3.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo to find out

    averigua a qué hora sale el tren — find out o check what time the train leaves

    2.
    averiguar vi (Méx) to quarrel, argue

    averiguárselas — (Méx)

    averiguárselas con alguien — (Méx) to deal with somebody

    * * *
    = ascertain, find out, uncover, come to + light, puzzle out, figure out, lay + hands on, check into, check up on, keep + tabs on, get + a sense of, make + enquiry, gain + a sense of, tease apart, ferret out, suss (out).
    Ex. If no edition or imprint date can be ascertained, then an attempt is made to provide a date from amongst any other dates given on the work, such as copyright dates, and reprint dates.
    Ex. For example, a person can consult the system holdings files to find out whether a library in the network owns a copy of the document.
    Ex. It requires an extraordinarily astute librarian to uncover this shortcoming at the interview stage.
    Ex. A further disquieting feature which came to light was the number of people who did not approach staff for help.
    Ex. It is certainly easier to ask for the trusted opinion of a relative or friend than to try and puzzle out where other sources of answers might be found.
    Ex. It turns out that the public, the students, have figured out that that's a way of doing some kind of subject searching, and they do it all the time.
    Ex. It is, therefore, expedient to look into history to lay hands on the root of the problem.
    Ex. You might want to check into local firms that do that sort of work.
    Ex. The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.
    Ex. The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.
    Ex. Jones (1997) examined several young adult Web pages to get a sense of the quantity and quality of teen Web pages in libraries around the country.
    Ex. The author discusses the general tendency noted for more girls than boys to make enquiries at the library.
    Ex. The best way of gaining some sense of what life used to be like is through the literature of the time.
    Ex. The author and his colleagues embarked on a series of studies to tease apart hereditary and environmental factors thought to be implicated in schizophrenia.
    Ex. As a rule analysts are left on their own to ferret out useful and appropriate areas to be investigated.
    Ex. He was incredulous when he sussed that the noises came from bona-fide gibbons.
    ----
    * acción de averiguar y resolver problemas = troubleshooting [trouble shooting].
    * averiguar cómo = figure out how.
    * averiguar el límite de Algo = plumb + the depths of.
    * averiguar el precio = cost.
    * averiguar la verdad = discern + the truth.
    * averiguar lo que ocurre alrededor = put + Posesivo + ear to the ground.
    * averiguárselas = manage to, get by.
    * averiguar un problema = investigate + problem.
    * persona que intenta averiguar y resolver problemas = troubleshooter.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo to find out

    averigua a qué hora sale el tren — find out o check what time the train leaves

    2.
    averiguar vi (Méx) to quarrel, argue

    averiguárselas — (Méx)

    averiguárselas con alguien — (Méx) to deal with somebody

    * * *
    = ascertain, find out, uncover, come to + light, puzzle out, figure out, lay + hands on, check into, check up on, keep + tabs on, get + a sense of, make + enquiry, gain + a sense of, tease apart, ferret out, suss (out).

    Ex: If no edition or imprint date can be ascertained, then an attempt is made to provide a date from amongst any other dates given on the work, such as copyright dates, and reprint dates.

    Ex: For example, a person can consult the system holdings files to find out whether a library in the network owns a copy of the document.
    Ex: It requires an extraordinarily astute librarian to uncover this shortcoming at the interview stage.
    Ex: A further disquieting feature which came to light was the number of people who did not approach staff for help.
    Ex: It is certainly easier to ask for the trusted opinion of a relative or friend than to try and puzzle out where other sources of answers might be found.
    Ex: It turns out that the public, the students, have figured out that that's a way of doing some kind of subject searching, and they do it all the time.
    Ex: It is, therefore, expedient to look into history to lay hands on the root of the problem.
    Ex: You might want to check into local firms that do that sort of work.
    Ex: The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.
    Ex: The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.
    Ex: Jones (1997) examined several young adult Web pages to get a sense of the quantity and quality of teen Web pages in libraries around the country.
    Ex: The author discusses the general tendency noted for more girls than boys to make enquiries at the library.
    Ex: The best way of gaining some sense of what life used to be like is through the literature of the time.
    Ex: The author and his colleagues embarked on a series of studies to tease apart hereditary and environmental factors thought to be implicated in schizophrenia.
    Ex: As a rule analysts are left on their own to ferret out useful and appropriate areas to be investigated.
    Ex: He was incredulous when he sussed that the noises came from bona-fide gibbons.
    * acción de averiguar y resolver problemas = troubleshooting [trouble shooting].
    * averiguar cómo = figure out how.
    * averiguar el límite de Algo = plumb + the depths of.
    * averiguar el precio = cost.
    * averiguar la verdad = discern + the truth.
    * averiguar lo que ocurre alrededor = put + Posesivo + ear to the ground.
    * averiguárselas = manage to, get by.
    * averiguar un problema = investigate + problem.
    * persona que intenta averiguar y resolver problemas = troubleshooter.

    * * *
    vt
    to find out
    se trata de averiguar el motivo de esta tragedia the aim is to establish the cause of o to find out what caused this tragedy
    no pudieron averiguar su paradero they couldn't find out where he was, they were unable to ascertain his whereabouts ( frml)
    averigua a qué hora sale el tren find out o check what time the train leaves
    ■ averiguar
    vi
    ( Méx) to quarrel, argue
    averiguárselas ( Méx): me las averiguaré para conseguir el dinero I'll manage to get the money somehow
    averiguárselas con algn ( Méx); to deal with sb
    * * *

     

    Multiple Entries:
    averiguar    
    averiguar algo
    averiguar ( conjugate averiguar) verbo transitivo
    to find out
    verbo intransitivo (Méx) to quarrel, argue;
    ◊ averiguárselas (Méx) to manage

    averiguar verbo transitivo to ascertain

    ' averiguar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    ver
    - descubrir
    - enterarse
    English:
    ascertain
    - check up on
    - find out
    - trace back
    - find
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    [indagar] to find out
    ♦ vi
    CAm, Méx [discutir] to argue, to quarrel
    * * *
    I v/t find out
    II v/i C.Am., Méx ( discutir) argue
    * * *
    averiguar {10} vt
    1) : to find out, to ascertain
    2) : to investigate
    * * *
    averiguar vb to find out [pt. & pp. found]

    Spanish-English dictionary > averiguar

  • 6 angreifen

    (unreg., trennb., hat -ge-)
    I vt/i
    1. attack (auch Sport und fig.); ungestüm: assail; JUR. (tätlich angreifen) assault; angegriffen werden auch fig. be attacked, come under attack
    2. (Aufgabe) tackle
    II v/t
    1. fig. siehe I.1.
    2. (schwächen) weaken; (Augen etc.) strain; (Gesundheit) affect; angegriffen
    3. CHEM. corrode
    4. (Vorräte, Ersparnisse) break into
    5. südd. umg. (berühren) touch
    III v/i PHYS. (Kraft) act ( in einem Punkt on a point)
    IV v/refl südd. umg.: sich weich etc. angreifen (anfühlen) feel soft etc.
    * * *
    das Angreifen
    (Sport) tackle
    * * *
    an|grei|fen ['angr-] sep
    1. vt
    1) (=überfallen, kritisieren SPORT) to attack
    2) (= schwächen) Organismus, Organ, Nerven to weaken; Gesundheit, Pflanzen to affect; (= ermüden, anstrengen) to strain; (= schädlich sein für, zersetzen) Lack, Farbe to attack

    seine Krankheit hat ihn sehr angegriffen — his illness weakened him greatly

    See:
    → auch angegriffen
    3) (= anbrechen) Vorräte, Geld to break into, to draw on
    4) (dial = anfassen) to touch
    5) (fig = unternehmen, anpacken) to attack, to tackle
    2. vi
    1) (MIL, SPORT fig) to attack
    2) (geh = ansetzen) to proceed, to start (
    an +dat from)
    3) (dial = anfassen) to touch
    3. vr
    dial = sich anfühlen) to feel
    * * *
    1) (to make a sudden, violent attempt to hurt or damage: He attacked me with a knife; The village was attacked from the air.) attack
    2) (to speak or write against: The Prime Minister's policy was attacked in the newspapers.) attack
    3) ((in games) to attempt to score a goal.) attack
    4) (to withdraw amounts from (a supply, eg of money): I've been dipping into my savings recently.) dip into
    5) (to attack by moving quickly (towards): We charged (towards) the enemy on horseback.) charge
    6) (to join battle with: The two armies were fiercely engaged.) engage
    7) ((of an enemy) to enter( a country etc) with an army: Britain was twice invaded by the Romans.) invade
    8) (an act of tackling: a rugby tackle.) tackle
    9) (in football, hockey etc, to (try to) take the ball etc from (a player in the other team): He tackled his opponent.) tackle
    * * *
    an|grei·fen
    I. vt
    1. MIL, SPORT (attackieren, vorgehen)
    ▪ jdn/etw \angreifen to attack sb/sth
    ▪ angegriffen under attack pred
    ▪ jdn/etw \angreifen to attack sb/sth
    ▪ etw \angreifen to damage sth
    das Nervensystem \angreifen to attack the nervous system
    ▪ [etw ist] angegriffen [sth is] weakened
    eine angegriffene Gesundheit weakened health no pl, no indef art
    ▪ etw \angreifen to attack [or corrode] sth
    ▪ jdn/etw \angreifen to affect sb/sth, to put a strain on sb
    die schlechte Nachricht hat sie doch angegriffen the bad news [visibly] affected her
    die Gesundheit \angreifen to harm [or impair] the [or one's] health
    die lange Erkrankung hat sie spürbar angegriffen she was visibly weakened by the long illness
    ▪ angegriffen sein to be exhausted
    nervlich angegriffen sein to have strained nerves
    ▪ etw \angreifen to [take] hold [of] sth
    ▪ etw \angreifen to break into sth
    II. vi
    1. MIL, SPORT (attackieren, vorgehen) to attack
    2. (fig: aggressiv Kritik üben) to attack
    3. MED, PHARM (wirken)
    ▪ irgendwo \angreifen to have an affect somewhere
    4. DIAL (anfassen, anpacken)
    ▪ [irgendwo] \angreifen to [take] hold [of] [somewhere]
    greif mal [mit] an! [can [or will] you] lend a hand!
    * * *
    1.
    unregelmäßiges transitives Verb
    1) (auch fig.) attack
    2) (schwächen) weaken, affect <health, heart>; affect <stomach, intestine, voice>; weaken < person>
    3) ([be]schädigen) attack < metal>; harm < hands>
    4) (anbrechen) break into <supplies, savings, etc.>
    2.
    unregelmäßiges intransitives Verb (auch fig.) attack
    * * *
    angreifen (irr, trennb, hat -ge-)
    A. v/t & v/i
    1. attack (auch Sport und fig); ungestüm: assail; JUR (tätlich angreifen) assault;
    angegriffen werden auch fig be attacked, come under attack
    2. (Aufgabe) tackle
    B. v/t
    1. fig → A 1
    2. (schwächen) weaken; (Augen etc) strain; (Gesundheit) affect; → angegriffen
    3. CHEM corrode
    4. (Vorräte, Ersparnisse) break into
    5. südd umg (berühren) touch
    C. v/i PHYS (Kraft) act (
    in einem Punkt on a point)
    D. v/r südd umg:
    angreifen (anfühlen) feel soft etc
    * * *
    1.
    unregelmäßiges transitives Verb
    1) (auch fig.) attack
    2) (schwächen) weaken, affect <health, heart>; affect <stomach, intestine, voice>; weaken < person>
    3) ([be]schädigen) attack < metal>; harm < hands>
    4) (anbrechen) break into <supplies, savings, etc.>
    2.
    unregelmäßiges intransitives Verb (auch fig.) attack
    * * *
    v.
    to affront v.
    to assault v.
    to attack v.
    to offend v.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > angreifen

  • 7 attack

    1.
    [ə'tæk]transitive verb
    1) angreifen; (ambush, raid) überfallen; (fig.): (criticize) attackieren
    2) [Krankheit:] befallen
    3) (start work on) in Angriff nehmen
    4) (act harmfully on) angreifen [Metall, Oberfläche]
    2. intransitive verb 3. noun
    1) (on enemy) Angriff, der; (on person) Überfall, der; (fig.): (criticism) Attacke, die; Angriff, der
    2)

    make a spirited attack on something — (start) etwas beherzt in Angriff nehmen

    3) (of illness, lit. or fig.) Anfall, der
    * * *
    [ə'tæk] 1. verb
    1) (to make a sudden, violent attempt to hurt or damage: He attacked me with a knife; The village was attacked from the air.) angreifen
    2) (to speak or write against: The Prime Minister's policy was attacked in the newspapers.) angreifen
    3) ((in games) to attempt to score a goal.) angreifen
    4) (to make a vigorous start on: It's time we attacked that pile of work.) in Angriff nehmen
    2. noun
    1) (an act or the action of attacking: The brutal attack killed the old man; They made an air attack on the town.) der Angriff
    2) (a sudden bout of illness: heart attack; an attack of 'flu.) der Anfall
    * * *
    at·tack
    [əˈtæk]
    I. n
    1. (assault) Angriff m
    all-out \attack Großangriff m
    to launch [or make] an \attack against [or on] sb/sth einen Angriff auf jdn/etw unternehmen [o starten], jdn/etw angreifen
    to be [or go] on the \attack zum Angriff übergehen
    to be [or come] under \attack angegriffen werden
    2. (bout) Anfall m
    he is embarrassed by his \attacks of shyness es ist ihm peinlich, dass ihn immer wieder die Schüchternheit überkommt
    asthma \attack Asthmaanfall m
    \attack of the giggles Lachanfall m
    \attack of hysteria hysterischer Anfall
    3. no pl (severe criticism) Angriff m
    to come under \attack unter Beschuss geraten fig
    4. (in team sports) Angriff m
    the team has a strong \attack die Mannschaft ist sehr angriffsstark
    to be strong in [or AM on] \attack angriffsstark sein
    5.
    ▶ the best method of defence is \attack ( prov) Angriff ist die beste Verteidigung prov
    II. vt
    ▪ to \attack sb/sth jdn/etw angreifen
    ▪ to \attack sb dog jdn anfallen; criminal jdn überfallen
    2. (cause damage)
    ▪ to \attack sb/sth illness, pest, insects jdn/etw angreifen
    these rose bushes are being \attacked by greenfly diese Rosensträucher sind vollkommen verlaust
    3. SPORT (try to score)
    to \attack the ball/goal den Ball/das Tor angreifen
    4. ( fig: tackle)
    to \attack a problem ein Problem anpacken [o angehen] [o in Angriff nehmen
    ▪ to \attack sth sich akk über etw akk hermachen, über etw akk herfallen
    to \attack the fridge den Kühlschrank plündern
    III. vi angreifen
    * * *
    [ə'tk]
    1. n
    1) (MIL, SPORT fig) Angriff m (on auf +acc)

    to be under attack — angegriffen werden; (fig also) unter Beschuss stehen

    to launch an attack — einen Angriff vortragen or machen (on auf +acc ); (on sb's character) angreifen (

    on +acc )
    2. vt
    1) (MIL, SPORT fig) angreifen; (from ambush, in robbery etc) überfallen
    2) (= tackle) task, problem, sonata in Angriff nehmen
    3) (MED illness) befallen
    3. vi
    angreifen
    * * *
    attack [əˈtæk]
    A v/t
    1. angreifen ( auch MIL, SPORT, Schach etc), anfallen, überfallen
    2. fig angreifen, herfallen über (akk), attackieren, scharf kritisieren
    3. fig eine Arbeit etc in Angriff nehmen, anpacken, über eine Mahlzeit etc herfallen
    4. fig
    a) befallen (Krankheit)
    b) CHEM angreifen, anfressen:
    5. MUS den Ton (sicher oder genau) ansetzen, einsetzen mit
    B v/i
    1. angreifen ( auch SPORT etc)
    2. MUS ein-, ansetzen
    C s
    1. Angriff m ( auch MIL, SPORT, Schach etc), Überfall m (on, upon auf akk):
    attack is the best form of defence (US defense) Angriff ist die beste Verteidigung (a. fig);
    be under attack angegriffen werden;
    attack in waves MIL rollender Angriff;
    attack dog US auf den Mann dressierter Hund
    2. fig Angriff m, Attacke f, (scharfe) Kritik:
    be (to come) under attack unter Beschuss stehen (kommen)
    3. MED Attacke f, Anfall m:
    attack of fever Fieberanfall m;
    attack of giddiness Schwindelanfall
    4. fig Inangriffnahme f (einer Arbeit etc)
    5. CHEM Angriff m, Einwirkung f (on, upon auf akk):
    6. MUS (sicherer oder genauer) Ein- oder Ansatz, (Jazz) Attacke f
    * * *
    1.
    [ə'tæk]transitive verb
    1) angreifen; (ambush, raid) überfallen; (fig.): (criticize) attackieren
    2) [Krankheit:] befallen
    3) (start work on) in Angriff nehmen
    4) (act harmfully on) angreifen [Metall, Oberfläche]
    2. intransitive verb 3. noun
    1) (on enemy) Angriff, der; (on person) Überfall, der; (fig.): (criticism) Attacke, die; Angriff, der
    2)

    make a spirited attack on something — (start) etwas beherzt in Angriff nehmen

    3) (of illness, lit. or fig.) Anfall, der
    * * *
    (on) n.
    Überfall -¨e (auf) m. n.
    Anfall -¨e m.
    Angriff -e m.
    Anschlag -¨e m. v.
    angreifen v.
    attackieren v.
    einen Anschlag verüben auf ausdr.

    English-german dictionary > attack

  • 8 eludir

    v.
    1 to avoid.
    eludir a la prensa to avoid the press
    Elude sus responsabilidades a menudo He often avoids his responsibilities.
    2 to elude, to be out of the grasp of, to be out of someone's grasp, to get out of someone's grasp.
    El significado de esto elude a Ricardo The significance of this eludes Richard.
    * * *
    1 (responsabilidad, justicia, etc) to evade
    2 (pregunta) to avoid, evade; (persona) to avoid
    * * *
    VT
    1) (=evitar) [+ problema, responsabilidad] to evade; [+ control, vigilancia] to dodge; [+ pago, impuesto] to avoid

    no eludas mis preguntas — don't evade o avoid my questions

    2) [+ persona] to avoid
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) <problema/compromiso/pago> to evade, avoid
    b) < persona> to avoid
    * * *
    = bypass [by-pass], dodge, elude, escape, evade, deflect, parry, baulk [balk, -USA], fend off, steer + clear of, give + Nombre + a wide berth, duck out of, steer away from.
    Ex. She repeatedly bypassed the catalog because she was an inveterate fiction reader and approached the A section of the fiction shelf expecting to find Sholom Aleichem under ALEICHEM.
    Ex. But he was wiry and wily, too, and he could often out-run, track, back-track, double-back, and finally dodge unseen in the subway.
    Ex. The definition of a 'work' has eluded cataloguers for many years, and AACR2 has not found a solution.
    Ex. Other words may be included in a stop-wordlist for some applications, but escape inclusion in other circumstances.
    Ex. Wastage is sometimes defined as material which temporarily or permanently has evaded the usual lending procedures due to misplacement, damage, non-registration, theft or non-returns.
    Ex. Questions such as 'Can I help you?' on the part of the librarian are easily deflected by a hasty, perhaps automatic and ill-considered, 'Oh, no thanks' by the user.
    Ex. 'What if we got the other departments to pay for their own services and materials?' she parried, seeing a faint ray of hope in the idea.
    Ex. While many scholars concede that military interventions are sometimes permissible, they balk when it comes to deciding whether they are ever a moral duty.
    Ex. During the rutting season, they are used to fend off other males in an attempt to gather a harem of females to breed with.
    Ex. This entire target market has steered clear of the public library.
    Ex. Under the new law, motorists must give 'a wide berth' to stationary emergency vehicles displaying blue, red, or amber emergency warning lights.
    Ex. There's no polite way to duck out of a dinner party.
    Ex. This article gives guidance for steering away from some of the more obvious pitfalls when buying software.
    ----
    * agacharse para eludir = duck out of + harm's way.
    * eludir la necesidad de = bypass + the need (for).
    * eludir responsabilidad = pass + the buck.
    * eludirse = duck away.
    * eludir una cuestión = dodge + issue.
    * eludir una obligación = duck + an obligation.
    * eludir una oposición = negotiate + resistance.
    * eludir una responsabilidad = shirk + responsibility.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) <problema/compromiso/pago> to evade, avoid
    b) < persona> to avoid
    * * *
    = bypass [by-pass], dodge, elude, escape, evade, deflect, parry, baulk [balk, -USA], fend off, steer + clear of, give + Nombre + a wide berth, duck out of, steer away from.

    Ex: She repeatedly bypassed the catalog because she was an inveterate fiction reader and approached the A section of the fiction shelf expecting to find Sholom Aleichem under ALEICHEM.

    Ex: But he was wiry and wily, too, and he could often out-run, track, back-track, double-back, and finally dodge unseen in the subway.
    Ex: The definition of a 'work' has eluded cataloguers for many years, and AACR2 has not found a solution.
    Ex: Other words may be included in a stop-wordlist for some applications, but escape inclusion in other circumstances.
    Ex: Wastage is sometimes defined as material which temporarily or permanently has evaded the usual lending procedures due to misplacement, damage, non-registration, theft or non-returns.
    Ex: Questions such as 'Can I help you?' on the part of the librarian are easily deflected by a hasty, perhaps automatic and ill-considered, 'Oh, no thanks' by the user.
    Ex: 'What if we got the other departments to pay for their own services and materials?' she parried, seeing a faint ray of hope in the idea.
    Ex: While many scholars concede that military interventions are sometimes permissible, they balk when it comes to deciding whether they are ever a moral duty.
    Ex: During the rutting season, they are used to fend off other males in an attempt to gather a harem of females to breed with.
    Ex: This entire target market has steered clear of the public library.
    Ex: Under the new law, motorists must give 'a wide berth' to stationary emergency vehicles displaying blue, red, or amber emergency warning lights.
    Ex: There's no polite way to duck out of a dinner party.
    Ex: This article gives guidance for steering away from some of the more obvious pitfalls when buying software.
    * agacharse para eludir = duck out of + harm's way.
    * eludir la necesidad de = bypass + the need (for).
    * eludir responsabilidad = pass + the buck.
    * eludirse = duck away.
    * eludir una cuestión = dodge + issue.
    * eludir una obligación = duck + an obligation.
    * eludir una oposición = negotiate + resistance.
    * eludir una responsabilidad = shirk + responsibility.

    * * *
    eludir [I1 ]
    vt
    1 ‹problema› to evade, avoid, dodge; ‹pago› to avoid, evade
    un compromiso que no puedes eludir an obligation which you can't evade o duck
    eludió la persecución de la policía she escaped from o she avoided capture by her police pursuers
    me eludió la mirada she avoided my gaze, she avoided looking me in the eye
    2 ‹persona› to avoid
    me ha estado eludiendo toda la semana she's been avoiding o dodging me all week
    consiguió eludir a los periodistas he managed to avoid o elude the reporters
    * * *

    eludir ( conjugate eludir) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹problema/compromiso/pago› to evade, avoid

    b) ‹ persona› to avoid

    eludir verbo transitivo to avoid
    ' eludir' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    capear
    - desentenderse
    - evitar
    English:
    avoid
    - dodge
    - duck
    - elude
    - evade
    - fend off
    - skirt
    - berth
    - bypass
    - divert
    - fend
    - get
    - parry
    - shirk
    - side
    * * *
    eludir vt
    1. [evitar] [compromiso, responsabilidad] to avoid, to evade;
    [problema, dificultad, tema] to avoid; [pregunta] to evade, to avoid, to dodge;
    eludir el pago de una deuda to avoid paying a debt;
    eludir al fisco to avoid paying taxes;
    eludir el servicio militar to avoid o get out of doing military service;
    eludió hacer declaraciones he avoided making any statement;
    eludió su mirada she avoided his eyes
    2. [perseguidores]
    eludir a to avoid, to evade;
    consiguió eludir a la policía he managed to avoid the police;
    Der
    * * *
    v/t evade, avoid
    * * *
    eludir vt
    evadir: to evade, to avoid, to elude
    * * *
    eludir vb to avoid

    Spanish-English dictionary > eludir

  • 9 integridad física

    personal safety; un acto que atentó contra su integridad física an attempt against her life
    * * *
    (n.) = life and limb, physical condition
    Ex. This is a special issue devoted partly to the theme: Life and limb: issues of security and safety.
    Ex. Aspects of physical condition, including pH, brittleness, mutilation, and environmental damage were surveyed = Los aspectos del estado físico que se estudiaron fueron el pH, la fragilidad, la mutilación y los daños producidos por las condiciones ambientales.
    * * *
    personal safety; un acto que atentó contra su integridad física an attempt against her life
    * * *
    (n.) = life and limb, physical condition

    Ex: This is a special issue devoted partly to the theme: Life and limb: issues of security and safety.

    Ex: Aspects of physical condition, including pH, brittleness, mutilation, and environmental damage were surveyed = Los aspectos del estado físico que se estudiaron fueron el pH, la fragilidad, la mutilación y los daños producidos por las condiciones ambientales.

    Spanish-English dictionary > integridad física

  • 10 intencionado

    adj.
    intentional, purposeful, deliberate, purposive.
    * * *
    1 deliberate, intentional
    \
    bien intencionado,-a (acción) well-meant 2 (persona) well-meaning
    mal intencionado,-a malicious
    * * *
    (f. - intencionada)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=deliberado) deliberate, intentional
    2)

    bien intencionado — [persona] well-meaning, well-intentioned; [acto] well-meant, well-intentioned

    3)

    mal intencionado — [persona] ill-meaning, hostile; [acto] ill-meant, ill-intentioned

    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) ( hecho a propósito) deliberate, intentional
    b)

    mal intencionado — malicious, hostile

    c)

    bien intencionado — <plan/medida> well-intentioned; < persona> well-meaning, well-intentioned

    * * *
    = intended, willing, wilful [willful, -USA], willful [wilful, -UK], constructive, knowing, calculated.
    Ex. In all 20 per cent of visitors went out of the bookshop with a book they had intended to buy, 15 per cent went out with a book they had not intended to buy and 67 went out with both intended and unintended purchases.
    Ex. Any attempt to coerce a response without good reason based on that child's present predicament is to place in jeopardy the child's willing engagement now and in the future.
    Ex. Library rules and regulations are not enforceable at law, but wilful offenders may be blacklisted and banned from library use.
    Ex. This article examines some of the policies and procedures that can be implemented to minimise the possibility of theft or of willful damage to manuscripts by researchers or staff.
    Ex. A legal link was found between the 18th-century populist radical John Wilkes and the sensationalist tabloid neswpaper, the Sunday Sport, in the summary procedure for dealing with constructive contempts of court.
    Ex. 'Much as I hate to admit it,' she added, her face creasing in a knowing smile, 'some of my best friends are librarians, and I can't get over how they tear their colleagues to shreds when they're together' = "Siento mucho admitirlo", ella añadió mientras su cara se arrugaba dibujándose en ella una sonrisa de complicidad, "algunos de mis mejores amigos son bibliotecarios y no puedo entender cómo critican a otros colegas suyos cuando se jutan".
    Ex. He was accused of being a calculated killer who knowingly committed vicious crimes.
    ----
    * bienintencionado = well-intentioned, well meant, well-intended, well-meaning.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) ( hecho a propósito) deliberate, intentional
    b)

    mal intencionado — malicious, hostile

    c)

    bien intencionado — <plan/medida> well-intentioned; < persona> well-meaning, well-intentioned

    * * *
    = intended, willing, wilful [willful, -USA], willful [wilful, -UK], constructive, knowing, calculated.

    Ex: In all 20 per cent of visitors went out of the bookshop with a book they had intended to buy, 15 per cent went out with a book they had not intended to buy and 67 went out with both intended and unintended purchases.

    Ex: Any attempt to coerce a response without good reason based on that child's present predicament is to place in jeopardy the child's willing engagement now and in the future.
    Ex: Library rules and regulations are not enforceable at law, but wilful offenders may be blacklisted and banned from library use.
    Ex: This article examines some of the policies and procedures that can be implemented to minimise the possibility of theft or of willful damage to manuscripts by researchers or staff.
    Ex: A legal link was found between the 18th-century populist radical John Wilkes and the sensationalist tabloid neswpaper, the Sunday Sport, in the summary procedure for dealing with constructive contempts of court.
    Ex: 'Much as I hate to admit it,' she added, her face creasing in a knowing smile, 'some of my best friends are librarians, and I can't get over how they tear their colleagues to shreds when they're together' = "Siento mucho admitirlo", ella añadió mientras su cara se arrugaba dibujándose en ella una sonrisa de complicidad, "algunos de mis mejores amigos son bibliotecarios y no puedo entender cómo critican a otros colegas suyos cuando se jutan".
    Ex: He was accused of being a calculated killer who knowingly committed vicious crimes.
    * bienintencionado = well-intentioned, well meant, well-intended, well-meaning.

    * * *
    1 (hecho a propósito) deliberate, intentional
    el incendio fue intencionado the fire was started deliberately
    2
    mal intencionado malicious, hostile
    3
    bien intencionado ‹plan/medida› well-intentioned;
    ‹persona› well-meaning, well-intentioned
    * * *

    intencionado

    mal intencionado malicious, hostile;
    bien intencionado well-intentioned
    intencionado,-a adjetivo deliberate

    ' intencionado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    intencionada
    English:
    calculated
    - deliberate
    - intentional
    - well-intentioned
    - well-meaning
    - wilful
    - wilfull
    - willful
    * * *
    intencionado, -a adj
    intentional, deliberate;
    cometió una falta de forma intencionada he committed a deliberate foul;
    bien intencionado [acción] well-meant;
    [persona] well-meaning;
    mal intencionado [acción] ill-meant, ill-intentioned;
    [persona] malevolent
    * * *
    adj deliberate
    * * *
    intencionado adj deliberate

    Spanish-English dictionary > intencionado

  • 11 sufrir

    v.
    1 to suffer.
    no sufrió daños it wasn't damaged
    sufrió una agresión he was the victim of an attack
    sufrir del estómago to have a stomach complaint
    Los chicos penan en su cuarto The boys suffer in their room.
    2 to bear, to stand.
    tengo que sufrir sus manías I have to put up with his idiosyncrasies
    No pudo sufrirla I cannot stand her.
    3 to undergo, to experience.
    la Bolsa sufrió una caída the stock market fell
    la empresa ha sufrido pérdidas the company has reported o made losses
    * * *
    1 (padecer) to suffer
    2 (accidente, ataque) to have; (operación) to undergo
    3 (dificultades, cambios) to experience; (derrota, consecuencias) to suffer
    4 (aguantar) to bear, stand, put up with
    5 (consentir) to tolerate
    1 (padecer) to suffer
    \
    hacer sufrir a alguien to cause somebody pain, make somebody suffer
    sufrir del corazón to have a heart condition
    sufrir hambre to go hungry
    sufrir vergüenza to be ashamed
    * * *
    verb
    2) endure, bear
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=tener) [+ accidente] to have, suffer; [+ consecuencias, revés] to suffer; [+ cambio] to undergo; [+ intervención quirúrgica] to have, undergo; [+ pérdida] to suffer, sustain
    2) (=soportar)

    no puede sufrir que la imiten — she can't bear o stand people imitating her

    3) [+ examen, prueba] to undergo
    4) frm (=sostener) to hold up, support
    2.

    sufre mucho de los pies — she suffers a lot o has a lot of trouble with her feet

    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) <dolores/molestias> to suffer
    b) <derrota/persecución/consecuencias> to suffer; < cambio> to undergo; < accidente> to have
    c) ( soportar) (en frases negativas) to bear

    no puedo sufrir que se ría de mí — I can't bear o stand him laughing at me

    2.
    sufrir vi to suffer

    sufre del hígado — she suffers from o has a liver complaint

    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) <dolores/molestias> to suffer
    b) <derrota/persecución/consecuencias> to suffer; < cambio> to undergo; < accidente> to have
    c) ( soportar) (en frases negativas) to bear

    no puedo sufrir que se ría de mí — I can't bear o stand him laughing at me

    2.
    sufrir vi to suffer

    sufre del hígado — she suffers from o has a liver complaint

    * * *
    sufrir1
    1 = grieve, suffer, pine, suffer.

    Ex: If we take Cindi, Albert will almost surely grieve.

    Ex: Since the introduction of computer-based indexing systems alphabetical indexing languages have become more prevalent, and UDC has suffered a reduction in use.
    Ex: The 2.1 km trail is perfect for working up a thirst - just long enough to make you feel like you got a bit of exercise, but short enough that you aren't pining for very long.
    Ex: In this study of sapphism in the British novel, Moore often directs our attention to the periphery of sapphic romances, when an abjected body suffers on behalf of the stainless heroine.
    * cuando a Alguien le ocurre Algo, Otra Persona sufre las consecuencias = when + Alguien + sneeze, + Otro + catch cold.
    * dejar de hacer sufrir = put + Nombre + out of + Posesivo + misery.
    * sufrir un suplicio = agonise over [agonize, -USA].

    sufrir2
    2 = experience, feel, sustain, stew, undergo.
    Nota: Verbo irregular: pasado underwent, participio undergone.

    Ex: If facilities like these are not supported by the data base design, the users of the system will experience slow response times.

    Ex: Public libraries, especially in New York City, are feeling severe budget crunches, because we really haven't been relevant to people and, therefore, nobody uses us = Las bibliotecas públicas, especialmente de la ciudad de Nueva York, están sufriendo graves recortes presupuestarios debido a que la gente no nos ha encontrado necesarios y, por lo tanto, nadie nos utiliza.
    Ex: In soccer, females injured their toe 17% more than males and sustained 19% more fractures.
    Ex: He was unhappy about Rosecrans grabbing the limelight and just getting too big for his breeches and decided to let him stew a little bit.
    Ex: Syntactic relationships arise from the syntax of the document which is undergoing analysis, and derive solely from literary warrant.
    * no sufrir cambios = remain + normal.
    * persona que sufre de insomio = insomniac.
    * sufrir daños = suffer + damage, suffer + harm, come to + harm.
    * sufrir el acoso de = run + the gauntlet of.
    * sufrir el efecto de Algo = suffer + effect.
    * sufrir las consecuencias = suffer + consequences, take it on + the chin.
    * sufrir las consecuencias de Algo = suffer + effect.
    * sufrir pérdidas = make + a loss.
    * sufrir una catástrofe = experience + disaster.
    * sufrir una depresión nerviosa = have + a breakdown.
    * sufrir una experiencia = undergo + experience.
    * sufrir una pérdida = suffer + loss.
    * sufrir un ataque = be under attack, be under assault.
    * sufrir un cambio = experience + change, undergo + change.
    * sufrir un contratiempo = suffer + bruises.
    * sufrir un inconveniente = suffer + inconvenience.
    * sufrir un retraso = encounter + delay.
    * sufrir un revés = take + an unfortunate turn, take + a pounding, take + a beating.

    * * *
    sufrir [I1 ]
    vt
    1 ‹dolores/molestias› to suffer; ‹persecución/exilio› to suffer
    sufre lesiones de gravedad he has serious injuries
    sufrió una grave enfermedad she had a serious illness
    2 ‹derrota/castigo› to suffer; ‹cambio› to undergo
    sufrieron un accidente en el camino de descenso they had an accident on the way down
    había sufrido otro atentado en 1992 he had been the target of a previous attack in 1992, there had been a previous attempt on his life in 1992
    nuestro ejército sufrió bajas importantes our army suffered serious losses
    el avión sufrió un retraso de dos horas the plane was two hours late
    el dólar sufrió un fuerte descenso the dollar suffered a sharp fall
    uno de los motores sufrió una avería one of the engines broke down
    ahora tendrás que sufrir las consecuencias now you'll have to suffer the consequences
    son los que más sufren la crisis económica they are the ones hardest hit by the economic crisis
    no puedo sufrir que se ría de mí I can't bear o stand him laughing at me, I can't bear o stand it when he laughs at me
    es que no puedo sufrirla I just can't bear o stand her
    ■ sufrir
    vi
    to suffer
    murió de repente, sin sufrir she died suddenly, she didn't suffer
    está sufriendo mucho con los dolores she's suffering a great deal with the pain
    sufrir DE algo to suffer FROM sth
    sufre del hígado/los riñones she suffers from o has a liver/kidney complaint
    * * *

     

    sufrir ( conjugate sufrir) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹dolores/molestias› to suffer;


    b) ‹derrota/persecución/consecuencias› to suffer;

    ‹ cambio› to undergo;
    ‹ accidente› to have;

    el coche sufrió una avería the car broke down
    verbo intransitivo
    to suffer;
    sufrir de algo to suffer from sth
    sufrir
    I verbo intransitivo to suffer: sufre de reumatismo, he suffers from rheumatism
    II verbo transitivo
    1 (un daño, un perjuicio) to suffer: sufría una extraña enfermedad, he had a rare illness
    (un accidente) to have
    (una derrota) to suffer
    (una operación) to undergo
    2 (cambios) to undergo: en la adolescencia se sufre una gran transformación, you go through a lot of changes during adolescence
    3 (soportar, aguantar) to bear: tuvimos que sufrir sus chistes machistas, we had to put up with his sexist jokes
    ' sufrir' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    atravesada
    - atravesado
    - castigar
    - desengaño
    - llevar
    - martirizar
    - padecer
    - pasar
    - soportar
    - accidente
    - caída
    - contratiempo
    - daño
    - desmayo
    - experimentar
    - herida
    - persecución
    - quemar
    - regodearse
    - resentirse
    English:
    break down
    - brunt
    - collapse
    - crack
    - crack up
    - experience
    - have
    - incur
    - meet with
    - penalty
    - relapse
    - squirm
    - suffer
    - sustain
    - undergo
    - concuss
    - die
    - grieve
    - height
    - hemorrhage
    - hurt
    - mutate
    - rack
    - receive
    - under
    - weak
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [padecer] to suffer;
    [accidente] to have;
    sufre frecuentes ataques epilépticos she often has epileptic fits;
    sufrió persecución por sus ideas she suffered persecution for her ideas;
    no sufrió daños it wasn't damaged;
    sufrió una agresión/un atentado he was attacked/an attempt was made on his life;
    sufrí una vergüenza increíble I felt incredibly embarrassed;
    la empresa ha sufrido pérdidas the company has reported o made losses;
    el ejército invasor sufrió numerosas bajas the invading army suffered numerous casualties
    2. [soportar] to put up with, to bear;
    tengo que sufrir sus manías I have to put up with his idiosyncrasies;
    a tu jefe no hay quien lo sufra your boss is impossible to put up with
    3. [experimentar] to undergo, to experience;
    la Bolsa sufrió una caída the stock market fell;
    ♦ vi
    [padecer] to suffer;
    sufrió mucho antes de morir she suffered a lot before she died;
    sufre mucho si su hijo no lo llama he gets very anxious if his son doesn't call him;
    sufrir de [enfermedad] to suffer from;
    sufrir del estómago/riñón to have stomach/kidney trouble o a stomach/kidney complaint
    * * *
    I v/t fig
    suffer, put up with
    II v/i suffer (de from);
    sufre del estómago he has stomach problems
    * * *
    sufrir vt
    1) : to suffer
    sufrir una pérdida: to suffer a loss
    2) : to tolerate, to put up with
    ella no lo puede sufrir: she can't stand him
    sufrir vi
    : to suffer
    * * *
    sufrir vb (en general) to suffer

    Spanish-English dictionary > sufrir

  • 12 Historical Portugal

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

    Historical dictionary of Portugal > Historical Portugal

  • 13 recoup

    rɪˈku:p гл.
    1) возмещать, компенсировать to recoup a person for loss/damage ≈ возмещать кому-л. убытки Will you be recouped for your travelling costs while on the firm's business? ≈ Фирма компенсирует тебе расходы за командировку? Syn: compensate, recompense
    2) юр. вычитать, удерживать ∙ Syn: recover преим. (юридическое) компенсировать, возмещать - to * smb. for loss возмещать кому-л. убытки вернуть себе утраченное;
    отыграться (тж. to * oneself) - to * one's losses, to * oneself for one's losses возместить свои потери /убытки/ - an attempt to * one's fortune at the gambling table попытка вернуть себе состояние азартной игрой вычитать;
    удерживать производить расчет recoup компенсировать, возмещать;
    to recoup a person for loss (или damage) возмещать (кому-л.) убытки ~ юр. удерживать часть должного, вычитать recoup компенсировать, возмещать;
    to recoup a person for loss (или damage) возмещать (кому-л.) убытки

    Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > recoup

  • 14 attack

    ə'tæk
    1. verb
    1) (to make a sudden, violent attempt to hurt or damage: He attacked me with a knife; The village was attacked from the air.) atacar
    2) (to speak or write against: The Prime Minister's policy was attacked in the newspapers.) atacar
    3) ((in games) to attempt to score a goal.) atacar
    4) (to make a vigorous start on: It's time we attacked that pile of work.) lanzarse (a)

    2. noun
    1) (an act or the action of attacking: The brutal attack killed the old man; They made an air attack on the town.) ataque
    2) (a sudden bout of illness: heart attack; an attack of 'flu.) ataque
    attack1 n
    1. ataque / atentado
    2. ataque
    a heart attack un ataque cardíaco / un infarto
    attack2 vb
    1. atacar
    2. atacar / agredir
    3. acometer
    tr[ə'tæk]
    1 (gen) atacar; (terrorist) atentar contra
    2 (task, problem) acometer; (person) agredir, atacar
    1 atacar
    \
    SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
    on the attack atacando
    to come under attack ser atacado,-a
    to launch an attack on lanzar un ataque a
    attack [ə'tæk] vt
    1) assault: atacar, asaltar, agredir
    2) tackle: acometer, combatir, enfrentarse con
    1) : ataque m, asalto m, acometida f
    to launch an attack: lanzar un ataque
    2) : ataque m, crisis f
    heart attack: ataque cardíaco, infarto
    attack of nerves: crisis nerviosa
    n.
    • acceso s.m.
    • acometida s.f.
    • acometimiento s.m.
    • arremetida s.f.
    • asalto s.m.
    • ataque s.m.
    • avance s.m.
    • embestida s.f.
    v.
    • acometer v.
    • agredir v.
    • arremeter v.
    • atacar v.
    • avanzar v.
    • opugnar v.
    • saltear v.
    ə'tæk
    I
    1)
    a) c u (physical, verbal) ataque m

    to launch an attack — lanzar* un ataque

    terrorist attacks — atentados mpl terroristas

    attack on/against something/somebody — ataque a/contra algo/alguien

    to come/be under attack — ser* atacado

    b) c ( Med) ataque m

    heart attack — infarto m, ataque m cardíaco or al corazón

    2) u c ( part of team) (BrE Sport) delantera f

    II
    1.
    1) \<\<army/target/policy\>\> atacar*; \<\<person\>\> atacar*, agredir*
    2)
    a) ( begin enthusiastically) \<\<food\>\> atacar*; \<\<task\>\> acometer
    b) ( deal with) \<\<problem\>\> combatir

    2.
    vi (Mil, Sport) atacar*
    [ǝ'tæk]
    1. N
    1) (Mil, Sport) (also fig) ataque m (on a, contra, sobre); (=assault) atentado m, agresión f

    to launch an attack — (Mil) (also fig) lanzar un ataque

    to leave o.s. open to attack — dejarse expuesto a un ataque

    to be/come under attack — ser atacado

    2) (Med) (gen) ataque m ; (=fit) acceso m, crisis f inv

    an attack of nerves — un ataque de nervios, una crisis nerviosa

    heart
    2. VT
    1) (Mil, Sport, Med) (also fig) atacar; (=assault) agredir; [bull etc] embestir
    2) (=tackle) [+ job, problem] enfrentarse con; (=combat) combatir
    3) (Chem) atacar
    3.
    4.
    CPD

    attack dog N — perro m de presa

    * * *
    [ə'tæk]
    I
    1)
    a) c u (physical, verbal) ataque m

    to launch an attack — lanzar* un ataque

    terrorist attacks — atentados mpl terroristas

    attack on/against something/somebody — ataque a/contra algo/alguien

    to come/be under attack — ser* atacado

    b) c ( Med) ataque m

    heart attack — infarto m, ataque m cardíaco or al corazón

    2) u c ( part of team) (BrE Sport) delantera f

    II
    1.
    1) \<\<army/target/policy\>\> atacar*; \<\<person\>\> atacar*, agredir*
    2)
    a) ( begin enthusiastically) \<\<food\>\> atacar*; \<\<task\>\> acometer
    b) ( deal with) \<\<problem\>\> combatir

    2.
    vi (Mil, Sport) atacar*

    English-spanish dictionary > attack

  • 15 good

    ɡud
    1. comparative - better; adjective
    1) (well-behaved; not causing trouble etc: Be good!; She's a good baby.) bueno; educado
    2) (correct, desirable etc: She was a good wife; good manners; good English.) bueno, correcto
    3) (of high quality: good food/literature; His singing is very good.) bueno
    4) (skilful; able to do something well: a good doctor; good at tennis; good with children.) bueno, competente
    5) (kind: You've been very good to him; a good father.) bueno, amable
    6) (helpful; beneficial: Exercise is good for you.; Cheese is good for you.) bueno; útil, beneficioso
    7) (pleased, happy etc: I'm in a good mood today.) bueno, buen (humor), satisfecho, contento
    8) (pleasant; enjoyable: to read a good book; Ice-cream is good to eat.) bueno, agradable
    9) (considerable; enough: a good salary; She talked a good deal of nonsense.) bueno, apropiado, adecuado, suficiente
    10) (suitable: a good man for the job.) bueno, apto, cualificado, adecuado
    11) (sound, fit: good health; good eyesight; a car in good condition.) bueno; sano; en buenas condiciones
    12) (sensible: Can you think of one good reason for doing that?) bueno
    13) (showing approval: We've had very good reports about you.) bueno, positivo
    14) (thorough: a good clean.) bueno; profundo
    15) (healthy or in a positive mood: I don't feel very good this morning.) bien, sano, en forma

    2. noun
    1) (advantage or benefit: He worked for the good of the poor; for your own good; What's the good of a broken-down car?) bien, provecho, beneficio
    2) (goodness: I always try to see the good in people.) bien, bondad, lado bueno

    3. interjection
    (an expression of approval, gladness etc.) bueno, bien

    4. interjection
    ((also my goodness) an expression of surprise etc.) ¡Dios mío!
    - goody
    - goodbye
    - good-day
    - good evening
    - good-for-nothing
    - good humour
    - good-humoured
    - good-humouredly
    - good-looking
    - good morning
    - good afternoon
    - good-day
    - good evening
    - good night
    - good-natured
    - goodwill
    - good will
    - good works
    - as good as
    - be as good as one's word
    - be up to no good
    - deliver the goods
    - for good
    - for goodness' sake
    - good for
    - good for you
    - him
    - Good Friday
    - good gracious
    - good heavens
    - goodness gracious
    - goodness me
    - good old
    - make good
    - no good
    - put in a good word for
    - take something in good part
    - take in good part
    - thank goodness
    - to the good
    good1 adj
    1. bueno
    2. bueno / amable
    he's been very good to me ha sido muy amable conmigo / se ha portado muy bien conmigo
    good for you! ¡bien hecho!
    to be good at something tener facilidad para algo / ser bueno en algo
    El comparativo de good es better; el superlativo es best
    good2 n bien
    what's the good of shouting if nobody can hear you? ¿de qué sirve gritar si nadie te oye?
    tr[gʊd]
    adjective (comp better, superl best)
    1 bueno,-a (before m sing noun) buen
    2 (healthy) sano,-a
    3 (beneficial) bueno,-a
    4 (kind) amable
    5 (well-behaved) bueno,-a
    ■ be good! ¡sé bueno!
    6 (useful) servible
    1 muy
    1 ¡bien!
    1 SMALLCOMMERCE/SMALL (in shop) género m sing, artículos nombre masculino plural
    1 SMALLCOMMERCE/SMALL (merchandise) mercancías nombre femenino plural
    \
    SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
    a good deal bastante
    all in good time todo a su debido tiempo
    as good as como si, prácticamente, casi
    for good para siempre
    for the good of en bien de
    good afternoon buenas tardes
    good evening buenas tardes
    Good Friday Viernes Santo
    good heavens!, good grief! ¡cielo santo!
    good morning buenos días
    good night buenas noches
    it's a good job menos mal
    that's a good one! (joke) ¡ésta sí que es buena!
    to be as good as new estar como nuevo,-a
    to be as good as gold ser un ángel
    to be good at tener aptitudes para
    to be good for a laugh familiar ser muy divertido,-a, ser muy cachondo,-a
    ■ he's good for nothing no sirve para nada, es un inútil
    to be up to no good estar tramando algo
    to deliver the goods (literally) repartir las mercancías 2 (fig) cumplir sus compromisos
    to do good hacer bien
    to feel good sentirse bien
    to have a good time pasarlo bien
    to look good (person) tener buen aspecto 2 (food) tener buena pinta
    to make good (be successful) tener éxito, salir bien 2 (reform) reformarse 3 (compensate) indemnizar
    what's the good of «+ ger»? ¿de qué sirve + inf?
    ■ what's the good of denying it? ¿de qué sirve negarlo?
    goods train tren nombre masculino de mercancías
    goods wagon furgón nombre masculino, vagón nombre masculino de mercancías
    goods yard estación nombre femenino de mercancías
    good ['gʊd] adv
    a good strong rope: una cuerda bien fuerte
    2) well: bien
    good adj, better ['bɛt̬ər] ; best ['bɛst]
    1) pleasant: bueno, agradable
    good news: buenas noticias
    to have a good time: divertirse
    2) beneficial: bueno, beneficioso
    good for a cold: beneficioso para los resfriados
    it's good for you: es bueno para uno
    3) full: completo, entero
    a good hour: una hora entera
    4) considerable: bueno, bastante
    a good many people: muchísima gente, un buen número de gente
    5) attractive, desirable: bueno, bien
    a good salary: un buen sueldo
    to look good: quedar bien
    6) kind, virtuous: bueno, amable
    she's a good person: es buena gente
    that's good of you!: ¡qué amable!
    good deeds: buenas obras
    7) skilled: bueno, hábil
    to be good at: tener facilidad para
    8) sound: bueno, sensato
    good advice: buenos consejos
    9) (in greetings) : bueno
    good morning: buenos días
    good afternoon (evening): buenas tardes
    good night: buenas noches
    good n
    1) right: bien m
    to do good: hacer el bien
    2) goodness: bondad f
    3) benefit: bien m, provecho m
    it's for your own good: es por tu propio bien
    4) goods npl
    property: efectos mpl personales, posesiones fpl
    5) goods npl
    wares: mercancía f, mercadería f, artículos mpl
    6)
    for good : para siempre
    adj.
    • bueno, -a adj.
    n.
    • bien s.m.
    • provecho s.m.

    I gʊd
    1) adjective (comp better; superl best) [The usual translation, bueno, becomes buen when it is used before a masculine singular noun]
    2) <food/quality/book> bueno

    it smells good — huele bien, tiene rico or buen olor (AmL)

    to make good something: they undertook to make good the damage to the car se comprometieron a hacerse cargo de la reparación del coche; our losses were made good by the company la compañía nos compensó las pérdidas; to make good one's escape — lograr huir

    3) ( creditable) <work/progress/results> bueno
    4) (opportune, favorable) <moment/day/opportunity> bueno

    is this a good time to phone? — ¿es buena hora para llamar?

    it's a good job nobody was listening — (colloq) menos mal que nadie estaba escuchando

    5) (advantageous, useful) <deal/offer/advice> bueno

    burn it; that's all it's good for — quémalo, no sirve para otra cosa

    it's a good idea to let them know in advance — convendría or no sería mala idea avisarles de antemano

    good idea!, good thinking! — buena idea!

    6) ( pleasant) bueno

    to be in a good mood — estar* de buen humor

    did you have a good flight? — ¿qué tal el vuelo?

    7) (healthy, wholesome) <diet/habit/exercise> bueno

    I'm not feeling too good — (colloq) no me siento or no me encuentro muy bien

    9)

    good morning — buenos días, buen día (RPl)

    good! now to the next question — bien, pasemos ahora a la siguiente pregunta

    good grief/gracious! — por favor!

    very good, sir/madam — (frml) lo que mande el señor/la señora (frml)

    c) ( for emphasis) (colloq)
    d)

    as good as: it's as good as new está como nuevo; he as good as admitted it — prácticamente lo admitió

    10) (skilled, competent) bueno

    to be good AT something/-ING: to be good at languages tener* facilidad para los idiomas; he's good at ironing plancha muy bien; he is good with dogs/children tiene buena mano con or sabe cómo tratar a los perros/los niños; she is good with her hands — es muy habilidosa or mañosa

    11) (devoted, committed) bueno

    a good Catholic/socialist — un buen católico/socialista

    12)
    a) (virtuous, upright) bueno
    b) ( well-behaved) bueno

    be good — sé bueno, pórtate bien

    13) ( kind) bueno

    to be good TO somebody: she was very good to me fue muy amable conmigo, se portó muy bien conmigo; it was very good of you to come muchas gracias por venir; good old Pete — el bueno de Pete

    14) (decent, acceptable) bueno

    to have a good reputation — tener* buena reputación

    15) ( sound) <customer/payer> bueno
    16) ( valid) <argument/excuse> bueno

    it's simply not good enough! — esto no puede ser!, esto es intolerable!

    17) (substantial, considerable) <meal/salary/distance> bueno

    there were a good many people there — había bastante gente or un buen número de personas allí

    19) (thorough, intense) <rest/scolding> bueno

    II
    1)
    a) u ( moral right) bien m

    to do good — hacer* el bien

    to be up to no good — (colloq) estar* tramando algo, traerse* algo entre manos

    b) ( people)

    the good — (+ pl vb) los buenos

    2) u
    a) ( benefit) bien m

    for the good of somebody/something — por el bien de algn/algo

    to do somebody/something good — hacerle* bien a algn/algo

    lying won't do you any good at all — mentir no te llevará a ninguna parte, no ganarás or no sacarás nada con mentir

    b) ( use)

    are you any good at drawing? — ¿sabes dibujar?

    3) goods pl
    a) ( merchandise) artículos mpl, mercancías fpl, mercaderías fpl (AmS)

    manufactured goods — productos mpl manufacturados, manufacturas fpl

    to come up with o deliver the goods — (colloq) cumplir con lo prometido; (before n) <train, wagon> (BrE) de carga; < depot> de mercancías, de mercaderías (AmS)

    b) ( property) (frml) bienes mpl

    III

    it's been a good long while since... — ha pasado su buen tiempo desde...

    you messed that up good and proper, didn't you? — (BrE colloq) metiste bien la pata, ¿no? (fam)

    2) (AmE colloq) (well, thoroughly) bien
    [ɡʊd]
    1. ADJECTIVE
    (compar better) (superl best) When good is part of a set combination, eg in a good temper, a good deal of, good heavens, look up the noun. The commonest translation of good is bueno, which must be shortened to buen before a masculine singular noun.
    1) (=satisfactory)

    at the end of the day, it's a good investment — a fin de cuentas es una buena inversión

    Note that [bueno]/[buena] {etc} precede the noun in general comments where there is no attempt to compare or rank the person or thing involved:

    if he set his mind to it, he could be a very good painter — si se lo propusiera podría ser muy buen pintor

    [Bueno]/[buena] {etc} follow the noun when there is implied or explicit comparison:

    I'm not saying it's a good thing or a bad thing — no digo que sea una cosa buena, ni mala

    Use [ser] rather than [estar] with [bueno] when translating [to be good], unless describing food: Use [estar] with the adverb [bien] to give a general comment on a situation:

    you've written a book, which is good — has escrito un libro, lo que está bien

    his hearing is good — del oído está bien, el oído lo tiene bien

    b)

    • she's good at maths — se le dan bien las matemáticas, es buena en matemáticas

    • that's good enough for me — eso me basta

    it's just not good enough! — ¡esto no se puede consentir!

    40% of candidates are not good enough to pass — el 40% de los candidatos no dan el nivel or la talla para aprobar

    • to feel good — sentirse bien

    I don't feel very good about that * — (=I'm rather ashamed) me da bastante vergüenza

    • we've never had it so good! * — ¡nunca nos ha ido tan bien!, ¡jamás lo hemos tenido tan fácil!

    • how good is her eyesight? — ¿qué tal está de la vista?

    • you're looking good — ¡qué guapa estás!

    things are looking good — las cosas van bien, la cosa tiene buena pinta *

    • you can have too much of a good thing — lo mucho cansa (y lo poco agrada)

    • it's too good to be true — no puede ser, es demasiado bueno para ser cierto

    he sounds too good to be true! — ¡algún defecto tiene que tener!

    • she's good with cats — entiende bien a los gatos, sabe manejarse bien con los gatos

    good 2., manner 4), a), mood II, 1., time 1., 5)
    2) (=of high quality)
    3) (=pleasant) [holiday, day] bueno, agradable; [weather, news] bueno

    • it was as good as a holiday — aquello fue como unas vacaciones

    • have a good journey! — ¡buen viaje!

    • how good it is to know that...! — ¡cuánto me alegro de saber que...!

    • it's good to see you — me alegro de verte, gusto en verte (LAm)

    • have a good trip! — ¡buen viaje!

    alive, life 1., 3)
    4) (=beneficial, wholesome) [food] bueno, sano; [air] puro, sano

    • it's good for burns — es bueno para las quemaduras

    it's good for you or your health — te hace bien

    all this excitement isn't good for me! — ¡a mí todas estas emociones no me vienen or sientan nada bien!

    it's good for the soul! — hum ¡ennoblece el espíritu!, ¡te enriquece (como persona)!

    5) (=favourable) [moment, chance] bueno

    • it's a good chance to sort things out — es una buena oportunidad de or para arreglar las cosas

    • I tried to find something good to say about him — traté de encontrar algo bueno que decir de él

    • it would be a good thing or idea to ask him — no estaría mal or no sería mala idea preguntárselo

    • this is as good a time as any to do it — es tan buen momento como cualquier otro para hacerlo

    6) (=useful)

    the only good chair — la única silla que está bien, la única silla servible or sana

    • to be good for (doing) sth — servir para (hacer) algo

    he's good for nothing — es un inútil, es completamente inútil

    7) (=sound, valid) [excuse] bueno

    • unless you have a good excuse — a menos que tengas una buena excusa

    • for no good reason — sin motivo alguno

    • he is a good risk — (financially) concederle crédito es un riesgo asumible, se le puede prestar dinero

    word 1., 1)
    8) (=kind)

    • that's very good of you — es usted muy amable, ¡qué amable (de su parte)!

    • he was so good as to come with me — tuvo la amabilidad de acompañarme

    please would you be so good as to help me down with my case? — ¿me hace el favor de bajarme la maleta?, ¿tendría la bondad de bajarme la maleta? more frm

    would you be so good as to sign here? — ¿me hace el favor de firmar aquí?

    • he's a good sort — es buena persona or gente

    • he was good to me — fue muy bueno or amable conmigo, se portó bien conmigo

    nature 1., 2)
    9) (=well-behaved) [child] bueno

    be good! — (morally) ¡sé bueno!; (in behaviour) ¡pórtate bien!; (at this moment) ¡estáte formal!

    - be as good as gold
    10) (=upright, virtuous) bueno

    he's a good man — es una buena persona, es un buen hombre

    • I think I'm as good as him — yo me considero tan buena persona como él

    • yes, my good man — sí, mi querido amigo

    • send us a photo of your good self — frm tenga a bien enviarnos una foto suya

    • she's too good for him — ella es más de lo que él se merece

    lady 1., 5)
    11) (=close) bueno

    • he's a good friend of mine — es un buen amigo mío

    my good friend Fernando — mi buen or querido amigo Fernando

    12) (=middle-class, respectable)

    • to live at a good address — vivir en una buena zona or en un buen barrio

    • he's got no money but he's of good family — no tiene dinero pero es or viene de buena familia

    13) (=creditable)
    14) (=considerable) [supply, number] bueno

    we were kept waiting for a good hour/thirty minutes — nos tuvieron esperando una hora/media hora larga, nos tuvieron esperando por lo menos una hora/media hora

    a good £10 — lo menos 10 libras

    • a good many or few people — bastante gente

    15) (=thorough) [scolding] bueno

    • to have a good cry — llorar a lágrima viva, llorar a moco tendido *

    • to have a good laugh — reírse mucho

    • to take a good look (at sth) — mirar bien (algo)

    • to have a good wash — lavarse bien

    16)

    • good morning — buenos días

    • good afternoon/ evening — buenas tardes

    • good day — † (=hello) ¡buenos días!; (=goodbye) ¡hasta mañana!

    • good night — buenas noches

    • with every good wish, with all good wishes — (in letter) saludos, un fuerte abrazo

    good! — ¡muy bien!

    (that's) good! — ¡qué bien!, ¡qué bueno! (LAm)

    very good, sir — sí, señor

    • good for you! — ¡bien hecho!; (=congratulations) ¡enhorabuena!

    • good one! — (=well done, well said) ¡muy bien!, ¡sí señor!

    old 1., 5) as good as

    as good as saying... — tanto como decir...

    to come good good and... to hold good valer ( for para) it's a good job

    (it's a) good job he came! * — ¡menos mal que ha venido!

    make 1., 3), riddance, thing 2)
    2. ADVERB

    a good long walk — un paseo bien largo, un buen paseo

    - give as good as one gets
    good and proper

    they were cheated good and proper * — les timaron bien timados *, les timaron con todas las de la ley *

    2) (esp US) * (=well) bien

    "how are you?" - "thanks, I'm good" — -¿cómo estás? -muy bien, gracias

    3. NOUN
    1) (=virtuousness) el bien

    • to do good — hacer (el) bien

    • good and evil — el bien y el mal

    • he is a power for good — su influencia es muy buena or beneficiosa, hace mucho bien

    • for good or ill — para bien o para mal

    • there's some good in him — tiene algo bueno

    • to be up to no good * — estar tramando algo

    2) (=advantage, benefit) bien m

    • a rest will do you some good — un descanso te sentará bien

    a (fat) lot of good that will do you! * — iro ¡menudo provecho te va a traer!

    much good may it do you! — ¡no creo que te sirva de mucho!, ¡para lo que te va a servir!

    • for your own good — por tu propio bien

    • to be in good with sb — estar a bien con algn

    • that's all to the good! — ¡menos mal!

    • what good will that do you? — ¿y eso de qué te va a servir?

    what's the good of worrying? — ¿de qué sirve or para qué preocuparse?

    3) (=people of virtue)
    the good los buenos any good

    is he any good? — [worker, singer etc] ¿qué tal lo hace?, ¿lo hace bien?

    is this any good? — ¿sirve esto?

    is she any good at cooking? — ¿qué tal cocina?, ¿cocina bien?

    for good (and all) (=for ever) para siempre no good

    it's no good — (=no use) no sirve

    it's no good, I'll never get it finished in time — así no hay manera, nunca lo terminaré a tiempo

    it's no good worrying — de nada sirve or vale preocuparse, no se saca nada preocupándose

    4.
    COMPOUNDS

    the Good Book N — (Rel) la Biblia

    good deeds NPL — = good works

    Good Friday N — (Rel) Viernes m Santo

    good guy N — (Cine) bueno m

    good looks NPL — atractivo msing físico

    * * *

    I [gʊd]
    1) adjective (comp better; superl best) [The usual translation, bueno, becomes buen when it is used before a masculine singular noun]
    2) <food/quality/book> bueno

    it smells good — huele bien, tiene rico or buen olor (AmL)

    to make good something: they undertook to make good the damage to the car se comprometieron a hacerse cargo de la reparación del coche; our losses were made good by the company la compañía nos compensó las pérdidas; to make good one's escape — lograr huir

    3) ( creditable) <work/progress/results> bueno
    4) (opportune, favorable) <moment/day/opportunity> bueno

    is this a good time to phone? — ¿es buena hora para llamar?

    it's a good job nobody was listening — (colloq) menos mal que nadie estaba escuchando

    5) (advantageous, useful) <deal/offer/advice> bueno

    burn it; that's all it's good for — quémalo, no sirve para otra cosa

    it's a good idea to let them know in advance — convendría or no sería mala idea avisarles de antemano

    good idea!, good thinking! — buena idea!

    6) ( pleasant) bueno

    to be in a good mood — estar* de buen humor

    did you have a good flight? — ¿qué tal el vuelo?

    7) (healthy, wholesome) <diet/habit/exercise> bueno

    I'm not feeling too good — (colloq) no me siento or no me encuentro muy bien

    9)

    good morning — buenos días, buen día (RPl)

    good! now to the next question — bien, pasemos ahora a la siguiente pregunta

    good grief/gracious! — por favor!

    very good, sir/madam — (frml) lo que mande el señor/la señora (frml)

    c) ( for emphasis) (colloq)
    d)

    as good as: it's as good as new está como nuevo; he as good as admitted it — prácticamente lo admitió

    10) (skilled, competent) bueno

    to be good AT something/-ING: to be good at languages tener* facilidad para los idiomas; he's good at ironing plancha muy bien; he is good with dogs/children tiene buena mano con or sabe cómo tratar a los perros/los niños; she is good with her hands — es muy habilidosa or mañosa

    11) (devoted, committed) bueno

    a good Catholic/socialist — un buen católico/socialista

    12)
    a) (virtuous, upright) bueno
    b) ( well-behaved) bueno

    be good — sé bueno, pórtate bien

    13) ( kind) bueno

    to be good TO somebody: she was very good to me fue muy amable conmigo, se portó muy bien conmigo; it was very good of you to come muchas gracias por venir; good old Pete — el bueno de Pete

    14) (decent, acceptable) bueno

    to have a good reputation — tener* buena reputación

    15) ( sound) <customer/payer> bueno
    16) ( valid) <argument/excuse> bueno

    it's simply not good enough! — esto no puede ser!, esto es intolerable!

    17) (substantial, considerable) <meal/salary/distance> bueno

    there were a good many people there — había bastante gente or un buen número de personas allí

    19) (thorough, intense) <rest/scolding> bueno

    II
    1)
    a) u ( moral right) bien m

    to do good — hacer* el bien

    to be up to no good — (colloq) estar* tramando algo, traerse* algo entre manos

    b) ( people)

    the good — (+ pl vb) los buenos

    2) u
    a) ( benefit) bien m

    for the good of somebody/something — por el bien de algn/algo

    to do somebody/something good — hacerle* bien a algn/algo

    lying won't do you any good at all — mentir no te llevará a ninguna parte, no ganarás or no sacarás nada con mentir

    b) ( use)

    are you any good at drawing? — ¿sabes dibujar?

    3) goods pl
    a) ( merchandise) artículos mpl, mercancías fpl, mercaderías fpl (AmS)

    manufactured goods — productos mpl manufacturados, manufacturas fpl

    to come up with o deliver the goods — (colloq) cumplir con lo prometido; (before n) <train, wagon> (BrE) de carga; < depot> de mercancías, de mercaderías (AmS)

    b) ( property) (frml) bienes mpl

    III

    it's been a good long while since... — ha pasado su buen tiempo desde...

    you messed that up good and proper, didn't you? — (BrE colloq) metiste bien la pata, ¿no? (fam)

    2) (AmE colloq) (well, thoroughly) bien

    English-spanish dictionary > good

  • 16 attack

    ə'tæk 1. verb
    1) (to make a sudden, violent attempt to hurt or damage: He attacked me with a knife; The village was attacked from the air.) angripe
    2) (to speak or write against: The Prime Minister's policy was attacked in the newspapers.) angripe, kritisere
    3) ((in games) to attempt to score a goal.) angripe
    4) (to make a vigorous start on: It's time we attacked that pile of work.) gå løs på, ta fatt på
    2. noun
    1) (an act or the action of attacking: The brutal attack killed the old man; They made an air attack on the town.) angrep, overfall
    2) (a sudden bout of illness: heart attack; an attack of 'flu.) anfall; (hjerte)infarkt
    angrep
    --------
    angripe
    I
    subst. \/əˈtæk\/
    1) angrep
    2) ( medisin) attakk, anfall
    3) ( musikk) attack (presisjon i åpningen av en solo eller av en ny frase i en solo, spesielt i jazzmusikk)
    4) start, begynnelse, åpning
    attack is the best form of defence angrep er det beste forsvar
    be under attack bli angrepet
    launch\/make an attack upon somebody angripe noen, gå til angrep på
    II
    verb \/əˈtæk\/
    1) angripe, gå løs på, gå til angrep på, anfalle
    2) (om oppgave, problem) gi seg i kast med, angripe
    3) ( sport) være i angrep

    English-Norwegian dictionary > attack

  • 17 evadir

    v.
    1 to evade (impuestos).
    2 to avoid, to dodge, to duck, to elude.
    El ladrón burló la seguridad The thief evaded the security measures.
    * * *
    1 (peligro, respuesta) to avoid; (responsabilidad) to shirk
    2 (capital, impuestos) to evade
    1 (escaparse) to escape
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) [+ problema] to evade, avoid
    2) (Econ) [+ impuestos] to evade; [+ dinero] to pass, get away with
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) <dificultad/peligro/responsabilidad> to avoid, evade; < pregunta> to avoid, sidestep; < tema> to dodge, evade
    2) < impuestos> to evade
    2.
    evadirse v pron
    a) preso to escape
    b)

    evadirse de algo — de responsabilidad/problema to run away from something; de la realidad to escape from something

    * * *
    = dodge, evade, skate over, weasel (on/out of), duck out, welsh on.
    Ex. But he was wiry and wily, too, and he could often out-run, track, back-track, double-back, and finally dodge unseen in the subway.
    Ex. Wastage is sometimes defined as material which temporarily or permanently has evaded the usual lending procedures due to misplacement, damage, non-registration, theft or non-returns.
    Ex. I'm sorry; I didn't wish to skate over that.
    Ex. Christians have of course been weaseling on this issue since Jesus himself evasively weaseled on it.
    Ex. Everyone and their mother (literally) will be ducking out from work early today to be with their nearest and dearest for the long weekend.
    Ex. I am afraid that double dealer Brookenfuehrer has welshed on the deal.
    ----
    * evadir la realidad = escape + reality.
    * evadirse = break out.
    * evadirse de la realidad = escape + reality.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) <dificultad/peligro/responsabilidad> to avoid, evade; < pregunta> to avoid, sidestep; < tema> to dodge, evade
    2) < impuestos> to evade
    2.
    evadirse v pron
    a) preso to escape
    b)

    evadirse de algo — de responsabilidad/problema to run away from something; de la realidad to escape from something

    * * *
    = dodge, evade, skate over, weasel (on/out of), duck out, welsh on.

    Ex: But he was wiry and wily, too, and he could often out-run, track, back-track, double-back, and finally dodge unseen in the subway.

    Ex: Wastage is sometimes defined as material which temporarily or permanently has evaded the usual lending procedures due to misplacement, damage, non-registration, theft or non-returns.
    Ex: I'm sorry; I didn't wish to skate over that.
    Ex: Christians have of course been weaseling on this issue since Jesus himself evasively weaseled on it.
    Ex: Everyone and their mother (literally) will be ducking out from work early today to be with their nearest and dearest for the long weekend.
    Ex: I am afraid that double dealer Brookenfuehrer has welshed on the deal.
    * evadir la realidad = escape + reality.
    * evadirse = break out.
    * evadirse de la realidad = escape + reality.

    * * *
    evadir [I1 ]
    vt
    A ‹dificultad/peligro/problema› to avoid, evade; ‹responsabilidad› to avoid, shirk; ‹pregunta› to avoid, sidestep
    logró evadir el cerco policial he managed to get past the police cordon
    intentando evadir a los periodistas in an attempt to avoid the journalists
    B ‹impuestos› to evade
    1 «preso» to escape
    2 evadirse DE algo ‹de una responsabilidad/un problema› to escape FROM sth
    para evadirse de la realidad to escape from reality
    * * *

    evadir ( conjugate evadir) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹pregunta/peligro/responsabilidad› to avoid;

    ‹ tema› to dodge, evade

    evadirse verbo pronominal

    b) evadirse de algo ‹de responsabilidad/problema› to run away from sth;

    ‹ de la realidad› to escape from sth
    evadir verbo transitivo
    1 (dificultad, tarea) to shirk, avoid
    2 (dinero, impuestos) to evade
    ' evadir' also found in these entries:
    English:
    dodge
    - evade
    - duck
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [problema, peligro, tema] to avoid;
    [compromiso, responsabilidad] to avoid, to evade
    2. [divisas, impuestos] to evade
    * * *
    v/t avoid; impuestos evade
    * * *
    evadir vt
    eludir: to evade, to avoid
    * * *
    evadir vb (pregunta) to avoid

    Spanish-English dictionary > evadir

  • 18 tener cuidado

    v.
    to be careful, to beware, to look out, to take care.
    Ricardo se guarda de los ladrones Richard bewares of thieves.
    * * *
    to be careful
    * * *
    * * *
    (v.) = exercise + care, exercise + caution, proceed + with caution, watch out, take + caution
    Ex. In pursuing brevity, however, care must be exercised to avoid ambiguity.
    Ex. Academic libraries should exercise caution when using impact factors exclusively for journal selection.
    Ex. Since the literature on community information tends to concentrate on a relatively small number of successful examples, any attempt to generalize about developments must proceed with caution.
    Ex. He'll get an ulcer or a heart attack if he doesn't watch out.
    Ex. Caution should be taken if subjects are clothed in tight-fitting swimsuit.
    * * *
    tener cuidado(de)
    (v.) = be careful, be chary of, take + (great) pains to

    Ex: The indexer should be careful not to introduce bias needlessly.

    Ex: Other librarians at the session were chary of committing themselves to doing a certain amount of business with a vendor.
    Ex: Manic-depressives who are aware of their mental illness usually take great pains not to let the cat out of the bag, fearing it will damage their career and poison relationships.

    tener cuidado (de que)
    (v.) = take + care (that)

    Ex: Care should be taken when changing the order information.

    (v.) = exercise + care, exercise + caution, proceed + with caution, watch out, take + caution

    Ex: In pursuing brevity, however, care must be exercised to avoid ambiguity.

    Ex: Academic libraries should exercise caution when using impact factors exclusively for journal selection.
    Ex: Since the literature on community information tends to concentrate on a relatively small number of successful examples, any attempt to generalize about developments must proceed with caution.
    Ex: He'll get an ulcer or a heart attack if he doesn't watch out.
    Ex: Caution should be taken if subjects are clothed in tight-fitting swimsuit.

    Spanish-English dictionary > tener cuidado

  • 19 attack

    [ə'tæk] 1. verb
    1) (to make a sudden, violent attempt to hurt or damage: He attacked me with a knife; The village was attacked from the air.) ráðast á
    2) (to speak or write against: The Prime Minister's policy was attacked in the newspapers.) ráðast á
    3) ((in games) to attempt to score a goal.) sækja
    4) (to make a vigorous start on: It's time we attacked that pile of work.) takast á við
    2. noun
    1) (an act or the action of attacking: The brutal attack killed the old man; They made an air attack on the town.) árás
    2) (a sudden bout of illness: heart attack; an attack of 'flu.) kast, áfall

    English-Icelandic dictionary > attack

  • 20 attack

    roham, támadás to attack: támad
    * * *
    [ə'tæk] 1. verb
    1) (to make a sudden, violent attempt to hurt or damage: He attacked me with a knife; The village was attacked from the air.) megtámad
    2) (to speak or write against: The Prime Minister's policy was attacked in the newspapers.) (meg)támad
    3) ((in games) to attempt to score a goal.) támad
    4) (to make a vigorous start on: It's time we attacked that pile of work.) nekilát
    2. noun
    1) (an act or the action of attacking: The brutal attack killed the old man; They made an air attack on the town.) támadás
    2) (a sudden bout of illness: heart attack; an attack of 'flu.) roham (betegségé)

    English-Hungarian dictionary > attack

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