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  • 21 Ende

    n; -s, -n
    1. räumlich: end; am Ende des Zuges einsteigen get in at the back of the train; das vordere / hintere Ende the front (end) ( oder forward end) / the back, the rear (end); das obere / untere Ende the top (end) / bottom (end); das ( letzte) Ende der Wurst the last bit ( oder tail-end umg.) of the sausage; etw. am falschen oder verkehrten Ende anpacken fig. tackle s.th. the wrong way (a)round, put the cart before the horse; am Ende der Welt wohnen umg. live at the back of beyond ( oder way out in the sticks)
    2. nur Sg.; eines Zeitraums: end, close; Ende Januar at the end of January; am oder zu / gegen Ende des Monats at / toward(s) the end of the month; noch vor Ende dieser Woche by the end of this week, before the week is out geh.; bis ans Ende aller Tage oder Zeiten until the end of time; Ende der Dreißigerjahre oder dreißiger Jahre in the late thirties, at the end of the thirties; sie ist Ende zwanzig she’s in her late twenties
    3. (Schluss) end, close; eines Films etc.: ending; Auslaufen eines Vertrags: expiry; einer Frist: end, expiry; (Ergebnis) result, outcome; Ende! FUNK. over!; ohne Ende endless, unending; und damit Ende! and that’s that! ( oder it!); er findet kein Ende he can’t stop, he doesn’t know where ( oder when) to stop; bis zum bitteren Ende to the bitter end; letzten Endes after all, ultimately, in the end, at the end of the day, when all is said and done; die Arbeit geht ihrem Ende entgegen is nearing completion; ohne dass ein Ende abzusehen wäre oder ... und kein Ende in Sicht with no end in sight; das bedeutet das Ende von that’s ( oder that means, that spells) the end of; einer Sache ein Ende machen oder bereiten put a stop ( oder an end) to s.th.; seinem Leben ein Ende machen oder setzen die by one’s own hand geh., end it all umg.; alles hat einmal ein Ende all (good) things come to an end; das muss ein Ende haben oder nehmen it’s got to stop; es nimmt kein Ende it just goes on and on; ein schlimmes oder böses Ende nehmen come to a bad end; mit dir wird es noch ein schlimmes Ende nehmen you’ll come to a bad end; das dicke Ende kommt nach oder noch umg. the worst is yet to come, there’s worse to come, it gets worse; das Ende vom Lied war fig. the end of the story was, what happened in the end was, the upshot of it (all) was umg.; Ende gut, alles gut Sprichw. all’s well that ends well; lieber ein Ende mit Schrecken als ein Schrecken ohne Ende Sprichw. etwa better bite the bullet ( oder face the music), don’t prolong the agony
    4. am Ende (schließlich) in the end, eventually; (auf die Dauer) in the long run, eventually; am Ende mussten wir hinlaufen we ended ( oder wound umg.) up having to walk (there)
    5. am Ende (fertig, erledigt, kaputt) finished, done, on one’s last legs; ich bin am Ende (kann nicht mehr) I’m finished, I’ve had it umg., Brit. auch I’m all in umg.; der Wagen ist ( ziemlich) am Ende umg. the car’s (just about) had it, the car’s on its last legs; ich bin mit meiner Geduld / meinen Nerven am Ende I’ve been patient (for) long enough / I can’t stand the strain any longer; ich bin mit meinem Latein oder meiner Weisheit am Ende I’ve run out of ideas ( oder suggestions etc.); stärker: I’m at my wits’ end
    6. am Ende (vielleicht, womöglich, etwa) maybe, could be, perhaps; am Ende stimmt das sogar! it could even be true!; meinst du das am Ende ernst? are you actually serious about this?, I’m beginning to think you mean it
    7. zu Ende bringen oder führen finish, complete, see s.th. through; zu Ende gehen (enden) (come to an) end, finish; allmählich: draw to a close; (knapp werden) run short ( oder low); etw. zu Ende denken think s.th. out fully, think s.th. through; zu Ende lesen / schreiben etc. finish (reading / writing etc.); zu Ende sein Schule, Krieg, Wartezeit etc.: be over; Film, Spiel etc.: have finished; Geduld, Vorräte: be at an end, be exhausted, have run out; Vorräte: auch be finished
    8. nur Sg.; lit. (Zweck) end, purpose; zu welchem Ende? to what end?
    9. nur Sg.; lit. euph. (Tod) end; sein Ende nahen fühlen sense that one’s end is near ( oder that one has not long to live); es geht zu Ende mit ihm he’s going ( oder slipping) fast, it won’t be long now
    10. umg. (kleines Stück) bit, piece, scrap; sie hatte ein Ende Schnur in der Tasche she had a ( oder an odd) piece of string in her pocket
    11. nur Sg.; umg.: es ist noch ein ganzes oder ziemliches Ende it’s a long way (off) yet, there’s quite a distance still
    12. Jägerspr., des Geweihs: point
    13. NAUT. line, rope
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    das Ende
    (Ablauf) expiration;
    (Abschluss) termination; close; windup; ending; finish; end;
    (Ergebnis) result; conclusion; outcome;
    (Tod) quietus
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    Ẹn|de ['ɛndə]
    nt -s, -n
    end; (eines Jahrhunderts etc auch) close; (= Ausgang, Ergebnis) outcome, result; (= Ausgang eines Films, Romans etc) ending; (HUNT = Geweihende) point; (inf = Stückchen) (small) piece; (inf = Strecke) way, stretch; (NAUT = Tau) (rope's) end

    Ende Mai/der Woche — at the end of May/the week

    er ist Ende vierzig — he is in his late forties

    er wohnt am Ende der Welt (inf) — he lives at the back of beyond, he lives in the middle of nowhere

    bis ans Ende der Welt — to the ends of the earth

    lieber ein Ende mit Schrecken als ein Schrecken ohne Ende (Prov) — it's best to get unpleasant things over and done with

    letzten Endes — when all is said and done, after all

    ein Ende machen — to put an end to sth

    (bei or mit etw) kein Ende finden (inf) — to be unable to stop (sth or telling/doing etc sth)

    damit muss es jetzt ein Ende haben — there has to be an end to this now, this must stop now

    das nimmt or findet gar kein Ende (inf) — there's no sign of it stopping, there's no end to it

    ... und kein Ende —... with no end in sight,... without end

    es war des Staunens/Jubels etc kein Ende (old, liter) — there was no end to the surprise/celebrations etc

    es ist noch ein gutes or ganzes Ende (inf) — there's still quite a way to go (yet)

    (am) Ende des Monats — at the end of the month

    mit etw am Ende sein — to be at the end of sth, to have reached the end of sth; (Vorrat) to have run out of sth

    ein Problem am richtigen/falschen or verkehrten Ende anfassen — to tackle a problem from the right/wrong end

    Leiden ohne Ende — endless suffering, suffering without end

    zu Ende — finished, over, at an end

    ein Buch/einen Brief zu Ende lesen/schreiben — to finish (reading/writing) a book/letter

    zu Ende gehen — to come to an end; (Vorräte) to run out

    zu dem Ende, dass... (obs) — to the end that... (form)

    zu diesem Ende (obs) — to this end (form)

    Ende gut, alles gut (Prov) — all's well that ends well (Prov)

    alles hat einmal ein Ende (Prov) — everything must come to an end some time; (angenehme Dinge) all good things must come to an end (Prov)

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    das
    1) (a stop, end or finish: the close of day; towards the close of the nineteenth century.) close
    2) (the last or farthest part of the length of something: the house at the end of the road; both ends of the room; Put the tables end to end (= with the end of one touching the end of another); ( also adjective) We live in the end house.) end
    3) (the finish or conclusion: the end of the week; The talks have come to an end; The affair is at an end; He is at the end of his strength; They fought bravely to the end; If she wins the prize we'll never hear the end of it (= she will often talk about it).) end
    4) (the end, especially of a story, poem etc: Fairy stories have happy endings.) ending
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    En·de
    <-s, -n>
    [ˈɛndə]
    nt
    1. (räumlich) end
    er setzte sich ganz ans \Ende des Tisches he sat down at the far end of the table
    das äußerste \Ende the extreme end
    von allen \Enden from all parts
    am \Ende at the end
    sie wohnt ganz am \Ende der Straße she lives at the far end of the road
    sie ging am \Ende der Prozession she walked at the tail of the procession
    das Telefon befindet sich am \Ende des Zuges the telephone is at the end [or rear] of the train
    das obere/untere \Ende der Treppe the head/foot end of the stairs
    am unteren/oberen \Ende des Tisches at the far end/the head of the table
    am \Ende der Seite at the foot [or the bottom] of the page
    etw zu \Ende lesen/schreiben to finish reading/writing sth
    das spitze \Ende eines Bleistifts the tip of a pencil
    2. kein pl (Zeitpunkt) end no pl
    \Ende August/des Monats/2004 [at] the end of August/the month/2004
    sie kommt gegen \Ende August she's coming towards the end of August
    das \Ende des Jahrhunderts the end [or close] of the century
    sie ist \Ende 1948 geboren she was born at the end of 1948
    bis ans \Ende aller Tage [o Zeiten] until the end of time
    \Ende zwanzig [o 20] sein to be in one's late twenties [or 20s]
    am \Ende der zwanziger [o 20er] Jahre in the late twenties [or 20s
    3. kein pl (Schluss, Abschluss) end no pl
    „\Ende der Durchsage“ “end of the message”
    es ist kein \Ende abzusehen there is no end in sight
    damit muss es jetzt ein \Ende haben this must stop now
    \Ende des Zitats end of the quotation
    am \Ende (fam) finally, at [or in] the end
    bis zum bitteren \Ende to the bitter end
    ein böses [o kein gutes] [o ein unrühmliches] \Ende nehmen to come to a bad end
    bei [o mit] etw dat kein \Ende finden (fam) to not stop doing sth
    einer S. dat ein \Ende machen [o bereiten] to put an end to sth
    das \Ende nahen fühlen to feel the end approaching
    ein \Ende nehmen (fam) to come to an end
    das nimmt gar kein \Ende there's no end to it
    ohne \Ende without end, endless
    Fehler ohne \Ende any number of mistakes
    Qualen ohne \Ende suffering without end, endless suffering
    sich akk ohne \Ende freuen to be terribly pleased, to be delighted
    das \Ende eines Projekts the conclusion of a project
    etw zu \Ende bringen [o führen] to complete sth
    dem \Ende zu gehen to draw to a close
    etw geht zu \Ende sth is nearly finished
    alles geht mal zu [o hat mal ein] \Ende nothing lasts forever, all things must come to an end; (Angenehmes) all good things must come to an end [some time]
    etw zu einem guten \Ende bringen [o führen] to complete sth successfully
    etw zu \Ende lesen to finish reading sth
    zu \Ende sein to finish, to end; (vorbei sein) to be over
    wo ist die Straße zu \Ende? where does the road end?
    der Film ist bald zu \Ende the film finishes soon
    unser Urlaub ist leider zu \Ende unfortunately, our holiday is over [or is finished]
    wann ist die Schule/das Spiel zu \Ende? when is school/the game over?, when does school/the game finish?
    das Spiel ist bald zu \Ende the game will end soon
    die Stunde ist in 10 Minuten zu \Ende the lesson will end [or finish] in ten minutes
    meine Geduld ist zu \Ende my patience has run out
    4. FILM, LIT (Ausgang) ending
    die Geschichte hat ein gutes \Ende the story has a happy ending
    5. kein pl JUR termination no pl; (Ablauf) expiry no pl
    bei \Ende des Vertrags [up]on termination of the contract
    6. kein pl (geh: Tod) end no pl
    er fand ein tragisches \Ende he met a tragic end form
    sie fühlte ihr \Ende nahen she felt that her end was near
    es geht mit ihr zu \Ende she is nearing her end form
    seinem Leben ein \Ende setzen to put an end to one's life form, to commit suicide
    ein \Ende Brot a crust of bread
    8. kein pl (fam: Strecke) way no pl
    von hier bis zum See ist es ein ganzes \Ende it's quite a way from here to the lake
    wir haben noch ein schönes \Ende Weges vor uns we have a considerable way [or fam a pretty long way] to go yet
    9. JAGD (Geweihende) point, tine spec
    das Geweih dieses Hirsches hat zwölf \Enden this stag's antlers have twelve points
    10.
    ▶ am \Ende [seiner Kräfte] sein (fam) to be at the end of one's tether fam
    ▶ mit etw dat am \Ende sein to run out of sth
    er war bei dieser Frage mit seinem Wissen am \Ende this question baffled him
    ich bin mit meiner Geduld/Weisheit am \Ende I've run out of patience/ideas
    ▶ das dicke \Ende (fam) the worst
    ▶ das \Ende der Fahnenstange (fam) as far as one can go, the limit
    \Ende der Fahnenstange! that's the limit!
    ▶ etw akk am falschen \Ende anfassen to begin at the wrong end, to go about sth the wrong way
    ▶ \Ende gut, alles gut (prov) all's well that ends well prov
    ▶ letzten \Endes (zuletzt) in the end; (immerhin) after all, at the end of the day fig fam
    ▶ das \Ende vom Lied (fam) the upshot
    ▶ lieber ein \Ende mit Schrecken als ein Schrecken ohne \Ende (prov) it's better to end with a short, sharp shock than to prolong the agony
    ▶ am \Ende der Welt (fam) at the back of beyond fam, in the middle of nowhere fam
    sie wohnt am \Ende der Welt she lives at the back of beyond fam
    ▶ das \Ende der Welt ist nahe! the end of the world is nigh! poet
    ▶ jdm bis ans \Ende der Welt folgen to follow sb to the ends of the earth
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    das; Endes, Enden
    1) end

    am Ende — at the end; (schließlich) in the end

    am Ende der Welt — (scherzh.) at the back of beyond

    am/bis/gegen Ende des Monats/der Woche — at/by/towards the end of the month/week

    zu Ende sein — <patience, hostility, war> be at an end

    die Schule/das Kino/das Spiel ist zu Ende — school is over/the film/game has finished

    zu Ende gehen — < period of time> come to an end; <supplies, savings> run out; < contract> expire

    etwas zu Ende führen od. bringen — finish something

    Ende gut, alles gut — all's well that ends well (prov.)

    ein/kein Ende nehmen — come to an end/never come to an end

    einer Sache/seinem Leben ein Ende machen od. setzen — (geh.) put an end to something/take one's life

    am Ende sein — (ugs.) be at the end of one's tether

    2) (ugs.): (kleines Stück) bit; piece
    3) (ugs.): (Strecke)
    4) (Jägerspr.) point
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    Ende n; -s, -n
    1. räumlich: end;
    am Ende des Zuges einsteigen get in at the back of the train;
    das vordere/hintere Ende the front (end) ( oder forward end)/the back, the rear (end);
    das obere/untere Ende the top (end)/bottom (end);
    das (letzte) Ende der Wurst the last bit ( oder tail-end umg) of the sausage;
    verkehrten Ende anpacken fig tackle sth the wrong way (a)round, put the cart before the horse;
    am Ende der Welt wohnen umg live at the back of beyond ( oder way out in the sticks)
    2. nur sg; eines Zeitraums: end, close;
    Ende Januar at the end of January;
    am oder
    zu/gegen Ende des Monats at/toward(s) the end of the month;
    noch vor Ende dieser Woche by the end of this week, before the week is out geh;
    Zeiten until the end of time;
    dreißiger Jahre in the late thirties, at the end of the thirties;
    sie ist Ende zwanzig she’s in her late twenties
    3. (Schluss) end, close; eines Films etc: ending; Auslaufen eines Vertrags: expiry; einer Frist: end, expiry; (Ergebnis) result, outcome;
    Ende! RADIO over!;
    ohne Ende endless, unending;
    und damit Ende! and that’s that! ( oder it!);
    er findet kein Ende he can’t stop, he doesn’t know where ( oder when) to stop;
    bis zum bitteren Ende to the bitter end;
    letzten Endes after all, ultimately, in the end, at the end of the day, when all is said and done;
    geht ihrem Ende entgegen is nearing completion;
    … und kein Ende in Sicht with no end in sight;
    das bedeutet das Ende von that’s ( oder that means, that spells) the end of;
    bereiten put a stop ( oder an end) to sth;
    setzen die by one’s own hand geh, end it all umg;
    alles hat einmal ein Ende all (good) things come to an end;
    nehmen it’s got to stop;
    es nimmt kein Ende it just goes on and on;
    böses Ende nehmen come to a bad end;
    noch umg the worst is yet to come, there’s worse to come, it gets worse;
    das Ende vom Lied war fig the end of the story was, what happened in the end was, the upshot of it (all) was umg;
    Ende gut, alles gut sprichw all’s well that ends well;
    lieber ein Ende mit Schrecken als ein Schrecken ohne Ende sprichw etwa better bite the bullet ( oder face the music), don’t prolong the agony
    4.
    am Ende (schließlich) in the end, eventually; (auf die Dauer) in the long run, eventually;
    am Ende mussten wir hinlaufen we ended ( oder wound umg) up having to walk (there)
    5.
    am Ende (fertig, erledigt, kaputt) finished, done, on one’s last legs;
    ich bin am Ende (kann nicht mehr) I’m finished, I’ve had it umg, Br auch I’m all in umg;
    der Wagen ist (ziemlich) am Ende umg the car’s (just about) had it, the car’s on its last legs;
    ich bin mit meiner Geduld/meinen Nerven am Ende I’ve been patient( for) long enough/I can’t stand the strain any longer;
    meiner Weisheit am Ende I’ve run out of ideas ( oder suggestions etc); stärker: I’m at my wits’ end
    6.
    am Ende (vielleicht, womöglich, etwa) maybe, could be, perhaps;
    am Ende stimmt das sogar! it could even be true!;
    meinst du das am Ende ernst? are you actually serious about this?, I’m beginning to think you mean it
    7.
    führen finish, complete, see sth through;
    zu Ende gehen (enden) (come to an) end, finish; allmählich: draw to a close; (knapp werden) run short ( oder low);
    etwas zu Ende denken think sth out fully, think sth through;
    zu Ende lesen/schreiben etc finish (reading/writing etc);
    zu Ende sein Schule, Krieg, Wartezeit etc: be over; Film, Spiel etc: have finished; Geduld, Vorräte: be at an end, be exhausted, have run out; Vorräte: auch be finished
    8. nur sg; liter (Zweck) end, purpose;
    zu welchem Ende? to what end?
    9. nur sg; liter euph (Tod) end;
    sein Ende nahen fühlen sense that one’s end is near ( oder that one has not long to live);
    es geht zu Ende mit ihm he’s going ( oder slipping) fast, it won’t be long now
    10. umg (kleines Stück) bit, piece, scrap;
    sie hatte ein Ende Schnur in der Tasche she had a ( oder an odd) piece of string in her pocket
    11. nur sg; umg:
    ziemliches Ende it’s a long way (off) yet, there’s quite a distance still
    12. JAGD, des Geweihs: point
    13. SCHIFF line, rope
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    das; Endes, Enden
    1) end

    am Ende — at the end; (schließlich) in the end

    am Ende der Welt — (scherzh.) at the back of beyond

    am/bis/gegen Ende des Monats/der Woche — at/by/towards the end of the month/week

    zu Ende sein — <patience, hostility, war> be at an end

    die Schule/das Kino/das Spiel ist zu Ende — school is over/the film/game has finished

    zu Ende gehen — < period of time> come to an end; <supplies, savings> run out; < contract> expire

    etwas zu Ende führen od. bringen — finish something

    Ende gut, alles gut — all's well that ends well (prov.)

    ein/kein Ende nehmen — come to an end/never come to an end

    einer Sache/seinem Leben ein Ende machen od. setzen — (geh.) put an end to something/take one's life

    am Ende sein — (ugs.) be at the end of one's tether

    2) (ugs.): (kleines Stück) bit; piece
    3) (ugs.): (Strecke)
    4) (Jägerspr.) point
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    -n n.
    end n.
    ending n.
    expiration n.
    finish n.
    outcome n.
    quietus n.
    result n.
    tail n.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Ende

  • 22 Economy

       Portugal's economy, under the influence of the European Economic Community (EEC), and later with the assistance of the European Union (EU), grew rapidly in 1985-86; through 1992, the average annual growth was 4-5 percent. While such growth rates did not last into the late 1990s, portions of Portugal's society achieved unprecedented prosperity, although poverty remained entrenched. It is important, however, to place this current growth, which includes some not altogether desirable developments, in historical perspective. On at least three occasions in this century, Portugal's economy has experienced severe dislocation and instability: during the turbulent First Republic (1911-25); during the Estado Novo, when the world Depression came into play (1930-39); and during the aftermath of the Revolution of 25 April, 1974. At other periods, and even during the Estado Novo, there were eras of relatively steady growth and development, despite the fact that Portugal's weak economy lagged behind industrialized Western Europe's economies, perhaps more than Prime Minister Antônio de Oliveira Salazar wished to admit to the public or to foreigners.
       For a number of reasons, Portugal's backward economy underwent considerable growth and development following the beginning of the colonial wars in Africa in early 1961. Recent research findings suggest that, contrary to the "stagnation thesis" that states that the Estado Novo economy during the last 14 years of its existence experienced little or no growth, there were important changes, policy shifts, structural evolution, and impressive growth rates. In fact, the average annual gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate (1961-74) was about 7 percent. The war in Africa was one significant factor in the post-1961 economic changes. The new costs of finance and spending on the military and police actions in the African and Asian empires in 1961 and thereafter forced changes in economic policy.
       Starting in 1963-64, the relatively closed economy was opened up to foreign investment, and Lisbon began to use deficit financing and more borrowing at home and abroad. Increased foreign investment, residence, and technical and military assistance also had effects on economic growth and development. Salazar's government moved toward greater trade and integration with various international bodies by signing agreements with the European Free Trade Association and several international finance groups. New multinational corporations began to operate in the country, along with foreign-based banks. Meanwhile, foreign tourism increased massively from the early 1960s on, and the tourism industry experienced unprecedented expansion. By 1973-74, Portugal received more than 8 million tourists annually for the first time.
       Under Prime Minister Marcello Caetano, other important economic changes occurred. High annual economic growth rates continued until the world energy crisis inflation and a recession hit Portugal in 1973. Caetano's system, through new development plans, modernized aspects of the agricultural, industrial, and service sectors and linked reform in education with plans for social change. It also introduced cadres of forward-looking technocrats at various levels. The general motto of Caetano's version of the Estado Novo was "Evolution with Continuity," but he was unable to solve the key problems, which were more political and social than economic. As the boom period went "bust" in 1973-74, and growth slowed greatly, it became clear that Caetano and his governing circle had no way out of the African wars and could find no easy compromise solution to the need to democratize Portugal's restive society. The economic background of the Revolution of 25 April 1974 was a severe energy shortage caused by the world energy crisis and Arab oil boycott, as well as high general inflation, increasing debts from the African wars, and a weakening currency. While the regime prescribed greater Portuguese investment in Africa, in fact Portuguese businesses were increasingly investing outside of the escudo area in Western Europe and the United States.
       During the two years of political and social turmoil following the Revolution of 25 April 1974, the economy weakened. Production, income, reserves, and annual growth fell drastically during 1974-76. Amidst labor-management conflict, there was a burst of strikes, and income and productivity plummeted. Ironically, one factor that cushioned the economic impact of the revolution was the significant gold reserve supply that the Estado Novo had accumulated, principally during Salazar's years. Another factor was emigration from Portugal and the former colonies in Africa, which to a degree reduced pressures for employment. The sudden infusion of more than 600,000 refugees from Africa did increase the unemployment rate, which in 1975 was 10-15 percent. But, by 1990, the unemployment rate was down to about 5-6 percent.
       After 1985, Portugal's economy experienced high growth rates again, which averaged 4-5 percent through 1992. Substantial economic assistance from the EEC and individual countries such as the United States, as well as the political stability and administrative continuity that derived from majority Social Democratic Party (PSD) governments starting in mid-1987, supported new growth and development in the EEC's second poorest country. With rapid infrastruc-tural change and some unregulated development, Portugal's leaders harbored a justifiable concern that a fragile environment and ecology were under new, unacceptable pressures. Among other improvements in the standard of living since 1974 was an increase in per capita income. By 1991, the average minimum monthly wage was about 40,000 escudos, and per capita income was about $5,000 per annum. By the end of the 20th century, despite continuing poverty at several levels in Portugal, Portugal's economy had made significant progress. In the space of 15 years, Portugal had halved the large gap in living standards between itself and the remainder of the EU. For example, when Portugal joined the EU in 1986, its GDP, in terms of purchasing power-parity, was only 53 percent of the EU average. By 2000, Portugal's GDP had reached 75 percent of the EU average, a considerable achievement. Whether Portugal could narrow this gap even further in a reasonable amount of time remained a sensitive question in Lisbon. Besides structural poverty and the fact that, in 2006, the EU largesse in structural funds (loans and grants) virtually ceased, a major challenge for Portugal's economy will be to reduce the size of the public sector (about 50 percent of GDP is in the central government) to increase productivity, attract outside investment, and diversify the economy. For Portugal's economic planners, the 21st century promises to be challenging.

    Historical dictionary of Portugal > Economy

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    I Präp.
    1. bei Zeitdauer: till, until; bis heute so far, to date; betont: to this day; bis dato förm. to date allg.; bis jetzt up to now; so far; bis jetzt noch nicht not (as) yet; ich habe bis jetzt nichts gehört I haven’t heard anything yet ( oder so far); bis dahin until then; (in der Zwischenzeit) in the meantime; siehe auch 2; bis auf weiteres for the present; Amtsspr. until further notice; bis in die Nacht into the night; bis spät in die Nacht until the early ( oder wee) hours; die Sonne schien bis zum Sonntag the sun shone (up) until Sunday; bis zum späten Nachmittag till late in the afternoon; bis vor einigen Jahren until a few years ago; bis Ende Mai habe ich zu tun I’m busy until the end of May, Am. auch I’m busy through May; bis zum Ende (right) to the end; bis wann wird es dauern? how long will it last?; mit Datum: in der Zeit vom... bis... between... and...; von morgens acht bis abends sechs from eight in the morning until six at night; von Montag bis Freitag Monday to (Am. auch through) Friday; bis einschließlich / ausschließlich up to and including / not including; bis morgen / Montag / bald! see you tomorrow / (on) Monday / soon; bis dann / später / gleich! umg. see you then ( oder later) / later / in a moment
    2. (bis spätestens) by; mit Verbkonstruktion: by the time...; bis er zurückkommt, ist es schon dunkel by the time he gets back, it will be dark; es muss bis Freitag eingereicht werden it has to be handed in by Friday; bis wann ist es fertig? when will it be ready by?; bis wann hast du Zeit? how much time have you got?; bis wann willst du es wieder haben? when do you want it back by?; bis ( spätestens) morgen weiß ich Bescheid I’ll know for definite (Am. sure) by tomorrow (at the latest); die Fotos sind bis frühestens übermorgen fertig the photos will be ready the day after tomorrow at the earliest; ich bin noch bis sechs Uhr im Büro I’ll be at work until six o’clock; bis Ende April ist er wieder zurück he will be back by the end of April; alle bis... eingegangenen Bewerbungen all applications received by ( oder before)...; er hätte bis jetzt da sein müssen he should have been there by now; bis dahin werden wir fertig sein etc. by then, by that time
    3. räumlich: to, up to, as far as; fährt der Bus bis Glasgow? does this bus go to Glasgow?; bis hierher up to here; bis hierher und nicht weiter auch fig. this far and no further; bis dahin as far as that ( oder there); bis dahin ist es nicht weit that’s not far; bis wohin? how far?; bis ans Knie up to one’s knees; Kleid: down to the knee; von hier bis New York from here to New York; wie weit ist es noch bis nach Innsbruck? how far is it to Innsbruck?, how far have we got to go (before we get) to Innsbruck?; weiterlesen bis Seite zwölf continue to read to page twelve; bis vor das Haus fahren drive up to the front door of the house, drive (right) up to the house; er folgte mir bis ins Hotelfoyer he followed me (right) into the lobby of the hotel ( nicht weiter: as far as the lobby of the hotel); der Blick reicht bis weit ins Tal the view stretches right into the valley; der Ball flog bis hinter den Zaun the ball went over the fence; hier 1, oben etc.
    4. Zahlenangabe: bis zu 100 Mann up to..., as many as...; bis zu 9 Meter hoch up to..., as high as...; bis 20 zählen count (up) to 20; Kinder bis zwölf Jahre children up to the age of twelve oder up to twelve years of age; bis auf das letzte Stück down to the last bit (Kuchen etc.: piece)
    5. bis aufs Höchste to the utmost; bis ins Kleinste down to the last detail; bis zur Tollkühnheit to the point of rashness; bis zum Überdruss ad nauseam; bis auf die Haut nass werden be soaked to the skin; Bewusstlosigkeit etc.
    6. (mit Ausnahme von) bis auf except, with the exception of; alle bis auf einen all except ( oder but) one; bis auf drei sind alle gekommen all except three have come; letzt... 1, 4
    II Konj.
    1. till, until; (bis spätestens) by the time; es wird eine Zeitlang dauern, bis er es merkt it will take a while for him to find out ( oder before he finds out); er kommt nicht, bis ich ihn rufe he won’t come until ( oder unless) I call him; du gehst nicht, bis du aufgeräumt hast you’re not going until ( oder before) you’ve tidied (Am. cleaned) up; bis dass der Tod euch scheidet until death do you part; bis ich das gefunden habe! verärgert: if I don’t find it soon!, by the time I find it...!
    2. zwischen Zahladjektiven: to; 7 bis 10 Tage from 7 to 10 days, between 7 and 10 days; 5 bis 6 Wagen 5 to 6 cars
    3. heiter bis wolkig / sonnig bis leicht bedeckt im Wetterbericht: generally fine, cloudy in places / sunny with light cloud cover; die Tendenz war lustlos bis verhalten an der Börse: the tendency was slack to cautious
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    until (Präp.); to (Präp.); by (Präp.); unto (Präp.); as far as (Präp.); till (Präp.)
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    bịs I [bɪs]
    adv (MUS)
    bis, twice II [bɪs]
    1. PRÄPOSITION (+acc)
    1) zeitlich until; (= bis spätestens) byIm Sinne von bis spätestens wird bis meist mit by übersetzt.

    bis 5 Uhr mache ich Hausaufgaben, und dann... — I do my homework until 5 o'clock, and then...

    das muss bis Ende Mai warten — that will have to wait until or till the end of May

    ich kann nur ( noch) bis nächste Woche warten — I can only wait until next week, no longer

    er ist bis gegen 5 Uhr noch da — he'll be there (up) until or till about 5 o'clock

    bis zum Schluss war unklar, wie der Prozess ausgehen würde — the outcome of the trial was in doubt right up to the end

    es dauert mindestens/höchstens bis nächste Woche — it will take until next week at the very least/most

    bis jetzt hat er nichts gesagt — up to now or so far he has said nothing

    bis spätestens Montag darfst du es behalten — you can keep it until Monday, no longer

    die Wäsche ist frühestens bis nächsten Montag fertig — the laundry won't be ready until or before next Monday at the earliest

    dieser Brauch hat sich bis ins 19. Jahrhundert gehalten — this custom continued into the 19th century

    bis in den Sommer/die Nacht hinein — into the summer/night

    bis 5 Uhr kann ich das unmöglich machen/gemacht haben — I can't possibly do it/get it done by 5 o'clock

    das sollte bis zum nächsten Sommer fertig sein — it should be finished by next summer

    das hätte eigentlich bis jetzt fertig sein müssen — that should really have been finished by now

    bis einschließlich 5. Mai — up to and including 5th May

    bis ausschließlich 5. Mai — up to but not including 5th May

    bis bald/später/morgen! — see you soon/later/tomorrow!

    bis wann bleibt ihr hier? — how long are you staying here?

    sie geht bis auf Weiteres auf die Schule in der Kantstraße — for the time being, she'll continue going to the school on Kantstraße

    bis dann! — see you then!diams; von... bis... from... to or till or through (US)...; (mit Uhrzeiten) from... till or to...

    vom 10. Mai bis 12. Oktober — from 10th May until 12th October

    vom 10. Mai bis einschließlich 12. Oktober — from 10th May until 12th October inclusive

    2) räumlich to; (in Buch, Film, Erzählung) up to

    bis durch/über/unter — right through/over/under

    bis ins Letzte or Kleinste — down to the smallest detail

    bis wo/wohin? — how far?

    wie weit ist es zum nächsten Supermarkt? – bis dorthin sind es nur 5 km — how far is the nearest supermarket? – it's only 5km (away)

    bis hierher hast du ja recht gehabt — so or this far you've been right

    ich gehe bis hierher, aber nicht weiter — I'll go as far as that, but no further

    bis einschließlich Kapitel 3 — up to the end of chapter 3

    Kinder bis sechs Jahre, bis sechs Jahre alte Kinder — children up to the age of six

    4) andere Wendungendiams; bis zu (= bis zu einer oberen Grenze von) up to; (= bis zu einer unteren Grenze von) (down) to

    es sind alle gekommen, bis auf Sandra — they all came, except Sandra

    das Schiff ging unter und sie ertranken alle, bis auf den letzten Mann — the ship sank and every single one of them drowned

    2. BINDEWORT
    2) unterordnend zeitlich until, till; (= nicht später als) by the time

    ich warte noch, bis es dunkel wird — I'll wait until or till it gets dark

    bis es dunkel wird, möchte ich zu Hause sein — I want to get home before it gets dark

    das muss gemacht sein, bis ich nach Hause komme — it must be done by the time I come home

    du gehst hier nicht weg, bis das (nicht) gemacht ist — you're not leaving until or before it's done

    3) = sobald Aus inf when

    gleich bis er kommt — the moment he comes (inf), as soon as he comes

    * * *
    1) (to the place or point mentioned: We walked as far as the lake.) as far as
    2) (as far, or as much, as: He counted up to 100; Up to now, the work has been easy.) up to
    3) (to the time of or when: I'll wait till six o'clock; Go on till you reach the station.) till
    4) (as far as: His story is a lie from beginning to end.) to
    5) (until: Did you stay to the end of the concert?) to
    6) (to the time of or when: He was here until one o'clock; I won't know until I get a letter from him.) until
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    [bɪs]
    I. präp + akk
    1. (zeitlich) till, until; (nicht später als) by
    \bis anhin SCHWEIZ up to now
    \bis bald/gleich see you soon/in a little while [or a minute]
    \bis dahin/dann by then
    \bis dann! till then!
    \bis dahin bin ich alt und grau! I'll be old and grey by then!
    \bis dahin war alles gut gegangen until then everything had gone well
    \bis einschließlich [o SCHWEIZ und mit] up to and including
    das Angebot läuft noch \bis einschließlich 15.Oktober the offer runs up to and including October 15
    ich habe noch \bis einschließlich Dienstag Urlaub I am on holidays until Wednesday
    \bis jetzt up to now, so far; (spätestens jetzt) by now
    \bis jetzt haben wir 200.000 Ausgaben verkauft up to now [or so far] we've sold 200,000 copies
    \bis jetzt ist noch alles ruhig so far everything is still quiet
    das hätte \bis jetzt erledigt sein sollen that should have been done by now
    \bis jetzt noch nicht not yet
    irgendwelche Beschwerden? — nein, \bis jetzt jedenfalls noch nicht! any complaints? — no, nothing so far anyway
    \bis Montag/morgen/nächste Woche/später till Monday/tomorrow/next week/later
    \bis Montag/morgen/nächste Woche fertig sein müssen to have to be ready by Monday/tomorrow/next month
    dann bis später/Montag! see you later/on Monday!
    \bis spätestens... by... at the latest
    er bleibt \bis spätestens Freitag he is going to stay until Friday at the latest
    der Text muss \bis spätestens Montag fertig sein the text hast to be ready by Monday at the latest
    \bis [gegen] 8 Uhr until [about] 8 o' clock
    \bis wann until when
    \bis wann gilt der Fahrplan? when is the timetable valid till?, how long is the timetable valid?
    \bis wann weiß ich, ob Sie das Angebot annehmen? [by] when will I know, whether you're going to accept the offer?
    \bis wann bleibst du? how long are you staying [for]?
    \bis zu diesem Zeitpunkt up to this time
    ▪ \bis in etw akk into sth
    \bis spät in die Nacht long into the night
    \bis in die frühen Morgenstunden until the early hours [of the morning]
    ▪ von... [an] \bis... from... until...
    von Montag \bis Samstag from Monday to Saturday, Monday through Saturday AM
    ich bin von heute [an] \bis einschließlich Mittwoch auf einer Tagung I'm at a meeting from today until the end of Wednesday [or until Wednesday inclusive]
    ▪ \bis zu etw dat until [or till] sth; (nicht später als) by sth
    \bis zu dieser Stunde habe ich davon nichts gewusst! I knew nothing about it until now
    das Projekt dürfte \bis zum Jahresende abgeschlossen sein the project should be finished by [or before] the end of the year
    sie war \bis zum 17. Lebensjahr im Internat she was at boarding school until she was 17
    jetzt sind es nur noch zwei Stunden \bis nach Hause it's only another two hours until we get home
    2. (räumlich) to; (nicht weiter als) as far as
    der Zug geht nur \bis Wertheim the train's only going as far as Wertheim
    jdn von oben \bis unten mustern to look sb up and down
    er musterte ihn von oben \bis unten he looked him up and down
    der Hof geht genau \bis dahinten hin the yard runs right through to the back
    \bis dahin/dorthin [up] to there
    \bis dorthin sind es nur 3 Kilometer it's only 3 kilometres there
    siehst du die Sandbank? wir schwimmen \bis dahin can you see the sandbank? we'll swim out to there
    \bis dahin/hierhin [o hierher] up to that/this point
    \bis dahin kenne ich den Film I know the film up to that point
    \bis hierher und nicht weiter as far as here [or up to here] and no further
    \bis wohin [o (fam) wo] where to
    bis wohin können Sie mich mitnehmen? where can you take me to?, how far can you take me?
    \bis wohin sind wir in der letzten Stunde gekommen? where did we get to [or how far did we get] in the last lesson?
    ▪ \bis an/in/über/unter etw akk up to/into/over/under sth
    die Äste reichen [ganz] \bis ans Haus the branches reach [right] up to the house
    der Rock ging ihr \bis ans Knie the skirt reached down to her knees
    ▪ \bis vor etw akk/zu etw dat [up] to sth
    3. (bei Zahlenangaben) up to
    die Tagestemperaturen steigen \bis 30°C daytime temperatures rise to 30°C
    ich zähle \bis drei I'll count [up] to three
    Kinder \bis 6 Jahre children up to [the age of] 6
    ▪ \bis zu etw dat up to sth
    wir erwarten \bis zu 100 Personen we expect as many as 100 people
    die Pflanze kann \bis zu 2 Metern hoch wachsen the plant can grow as high as 2 metres
    Jugendliche \bis zu 18 Jahren adolescents up to [the age of] 18
    4. (mit Ausnahme von)
    ▪ \bis auf [o SCHWEIZ an] jdn/etw except [for] sb/sth
    ▪ \bis auf jdn/etw down to sb/sth
    II. konj
    400 \bis 500 Gramm Schinken 400 to 500 grams of ham
    5 \bis 10 Tage from 5 to [or between 5 and] 10 days
    das Wetter morgen: bewölkt \bis bedeckt und strichweise leichter Regen the weather for tomorrow: cloudy or overcast with light rain in places
    2. (unterordnend) till, until; (bevor) by the time; (bevor nicht) till, until
    ich möchte mit meiner Entscheidung warten, \bis ich mehr Informationen habe I'd like to wait with my decision until I've got more information
    \bis es dunkel wird, möchte ich zu Hause sein I want to be home by the time it gets dark
    ich warte noch, \bis es dunkel wird I'll wait until it gets dark
    \bis die Hausaufgaben gemacht sind, geht ihr nicht raus! you're not going out until your homework's done!
    III. adv MUS bis spec
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    1.
    1) (zeitlich) until; till; (die ganze Zeit über und bis zu einem bestimmten Zeitpunkt) up to; up until; up till; (nicht später als) by

    bis gestern glaubte ich... — [up] until yesterday I had thought...

    von Dienstag bis Donnerstag — from Tuesday to Thursday; Tuesday through Thursday (Amer.)

    von sechs bis sieben [Uhr] — from six until or till seven [o'clock]

    bis Ende März ist er zurück/verreist — he'll be back by/away until the end of March

    bis wann dauert das Konzert? — till or until when does the concert go on?

    bis dann/gleich/später/morgen/nachher! — see you then/in a while/later/tomorrow/later!

    2) (räumlich, fig.) to

    nur bis Seite 100 — only up to or as far as page 100

    bis 5 000 Euro — up to 5,000 euros

    Kinder bis 6 Jahre — children up to the age of six or up to six years of age

    2.
    1)

    Städte bis zu 50 000 Einwohnern — towns of up to 50,000 inhabitants

    2)

    bis auf — (einschließlich) down to; (mit Ausnahme von) except for

    3.
    2) (unterordnend) until; till; (österr.): (sobald) when
    * * *
    A. präp
    1. bei Zeitdauer: till, until;
    bis heute so far, to date; betont: to this day;
    bis dato form to date allg;
    bis jetzt up to now; so far;
    bis jetzt noch nicht not (as) yet;
    ich habe bis jetzt nichts gehört I haven’t heard anything yet ( oder so far);
    bis dahin until then; (in der Zwischenzeit) in the meantime; → auch 2;
    bis auf weiteres for the present; ADMIN until further notice;
    bis in die Nacht into the night;
    bis spät in die Nacht until the early ( oder wee) hours;
    die Sonne schien bis zum Sonntag the sun shone (up) until Sunday;
    bis zum späten Nachmittag till late in the afternoon;
    bis vor einigen Jahren until a few years ago;
    bis Ende Mai habe ich zu tun I’m busy until the end of May, US auch I’m busy through May;
    bis zum Ende (right) to the end;
    bis wann wird es dauern? how long will it last?; mit Datum:
    in der Zeit vom … bis … between … and …;
    von morgens acht bis abends sechs from eight in the morning until six at night;
    von Montag bis Freitag Monday to (US auch through) Friday;
    bis einschließlich/ausschließlich up to and including/not including;
    bis morgen/Montag/bald! see you tomorrow/(on) Monday/soon;
    bis dann/später/gleich! umg see you then ( oder later)/later/in a moment
    2. (bis spätestens) by; mit Verbkonstruktion: by the time …;
    bis er zurückkommt, ist es schon dunkel by the time he gets back, it will be dark;
    es muss bis Freitag eingereicht werden it has to be handed in by Friday;
    bis wann ist es fertig? when will it be ready by?;
    bis wann hast du Zeit? how much time have you got?;
    bis wann willst du es wieder haben? when do you want it back by?;
    bis (spätestens) morgen weiß ich Bescheid I’ll know for definite (US sure) by tomorrow (at the latest);
    die Fotos sind bis frühestens übermorgen fertig the photos will be ready the day after tomorrow at the earliest;
    ich bin noch bis sechs Uhr im Büro I’ll be at work until six o’clock;
    bis Ende April ist er wieder zurück he will be back by the end of April;
    alle bis … eingegangenen Bewerbungen all applications received by ( oder before) …;
    er hätte bis jetzt da sein müssen he should have been there by now;
    bis dahin werden wir fertig sein etc by then, by that time
    3. räumlich: to, up to, as far as;
    fährt der Bus bis Glasgow? does this bus go to Glasgow?;
    bis hierher up to here;
    bis hierher und nicht weiter auch fig this far and no further;
    bis dahin as far as that ( oder there);
    bis dahin ist es nicht weit that’s not far;
    bis wohin? how far?;
    bis ans Knie up to one’s knees; Kleid: down to the knee;
    von hier bis New York from here to New York;
    wie weit ist es noch bis nach Innsbruck? how far is it to Innsbruck?, how far have we got to go (before we get) to Innsbruck?;
    weiterlesen bis Seite zwölf continue to read to page twelve;
    bis vor das Haus fahren drive up to the front door of the house, drive (right) up to the house;
    er folgte mir bis ins Hotelfoyer he followed me (right) into the lobby of the hotel ( nicht weiter: as far as the lobby of the hotel);
    der Blick reicht bis weit ins Tal the view stretches right into the valley;
    der Ball flog bis hinter den Zaun the ball went over the fence; → hier 1, oben etc
    bis zu 100 Mann up to …, as many as …;
    hoch up to …, as high as …;
    bis 20 zählen count (up) to 20;
    Kinder bis zwölf Jahre children up to the age of twelve oder up to twelve years of age;
    bis auf das letzte Stück down to the last bit (Kuchen etc: piece)
    5.
    bis aufs Höchste to the utmost;
    bis ins Kleinste down to the last detail;
    bis zur Tollkühnheit to the point of rashness;
    bis zum Überdruss ad nauseam;
    bis auf die Haut nass werden be soaked to the skin; → Bewusstlosigkeit etc
    bis auf except, with the exception of;
    alle bis auf einen all except ( oder but) one;
    bis auf drei sind alle gekommen all except three have come; → letzt…
    B. konj
    1. till, until; (bis spätestens) by the time;
    es wird eine Zeitlang dauern, bis er es merkt it will take a while for him to find out ( oder before he finds out);
    er kommt nicht, bis ich ihn rufe he won’t come until ( oder unless) I call him;
    du gehst nicht, bis du aufgeräumt hast you’re not going until ( oder before) you’ve tidied (US cleaned) up;
    bis dass der Tod euch scheidet until death do you part;
    bis ich das gefunden habe! verärgert: if I don’t find it soon!, by the time I find it …!
    7 bis 10 Tage from 7 to 10 days, between 7 and 10 days;
    5 bis 6 Wagen 5 to 6 cars
    3.
    heiter bis wolkig/sonnig bis leicht bedeckt im Wetterbericht: generally fine, cloudy in places/sunny with light cloud cover;
    die Tendenz war lustlos bis verhalten an der Börse: the tendency was slack to cautious
    * * *
    1.
    1) (zeitlich) until; till; (die ganze Zeit über und bis zu einem bestimmten Zeitpunkt) up to; up until; up till; (nicht später als) by

    bis gestern glaubte ich... — [up] until yesterday I had thought...

    von Dienstag bis Donnerstag — from Tuesday to Thursday; Tuesday through Thursday (Amer.)

    von sechs bis sieben [Uhr] — from six until or till seven [o'clock]

    bis Ende März ist er zurück/verreist — he'll be back by/away until the end of March

    bis wann dauert das Konzert? — till or until when does the concert go on?

    bis dann/gleich/später/morgen/nachher! — see you then/in a while/later/tomorrow/later!

    2) (räumlich, fig.) to

    nur bis Seite 100 — only up to or as far as page 100

    bis 5 000 Euro — up to 5,000 euros

    Kinder bis 6 Jahre — children up to the age of six or up to six years of age

    2.
    1)

    Städte bis zu 50 000 Einwohnern — towns of up to 50,000 inhabitants

    2)

    bis auf — (einschließlich) down to; (mit Ausnahme von) except for

    3.
    2) (unterordnend) until; till; (österr.): (sobald) when
    * * *
    (dass) konj.
    until conj. (zu) konj.
    till conj. konj.
    till conj.
    unless conj. präp.
    as far as prep.
    by prep.
    until conj.

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  • 24 Costa Gomes, Francisco da

    (1914-2001)
       Career military officer, key personality, and authority in transition from dictatorship to democracy, and president of the republic. Born in the remote, poor, Trás-Os-Montes district, Costa Gomes was trained as an army officer and gained experience and promotions in many postings in Portugal's overseas empire from Macau, China, to Angola and Mozambique. As a lieutenant colonel in the post of undersecretary of the army in April 1961, he was implicated in a military coup plot to overthrow Prime Minister Antônio de Oliveira Salazar. Although he was fired, Costa Gomes rebuilt his bridges, was promoted to brigadier general in 1964, and soon was appointed to important commands in the colonial wars in Portuguese Africa: first in Mozambique (1965-69) and then in Angola (1970-72). In September 1972, he returned to Portugal as head of the joint chiefs of staff, a post he kept until he broke with Prime Minister Marcello Caetano in early 1974.
       During the last part of Caetano's governance, General Costa Gomes, in tandem with his senior, more famous and charismatic colleague in arms, General Antônio de Spínola, was involved in activities that led to the organization of a successful military coup on 25 April 1974, which overthrew the 48-year-old Estado Novo. Although younger officers did most of the work organizing this action, Costa Gomes played a key role, including authorizing the publication of the sensational book by General Spínola, Portugal e o Futuro, published only two months before the Revolution of Carnations in February 1974. Spinola's book acknowledged that Portugal had to find a political not a military solution to the wars in her African colonies, and the public reception of the work helped prepare the atmosphere for a bloodless coup.
       After the successful coup by the Armed Forces Movement and the Revolution of 25 April 1974, Costa Gomes was appointed chief of defense staff. When General Spínola resigned in September 1974, Costa Gomes became president, a post he ably filled until June 1976, when General Ramalho Eanes was elected president of the republic. Costa Gomes soon withdrew from the public eye, but in 1981 was promoted to Portugal's highest military rank of marshal.

    Historical dictionary of Portugal > Costa Gomes, Francisco da

  • 25 Socialist Party / Partido Socialista

    (PS)
       Although the Socialist Party's origins can be traced back to the 1850s, its existence has not been continuous. The party did not achieve or maintain a large base of support until after the Revolution of 25 April 1974. Historically, it played only a minor political role when compared to other European socialist parties.
       During the Estado Novo, the PS found it difficult to maintain a clandestine existence, and the already weak party literally withered away. Different groups and associations endeavored to keep socialist ideals alive, but they failed to create an organizational structure that would endure. In 1964, Mário Soares, Francisco Ramos da Costa, and Manuel Tito de Morais established the Portuguese Socialist Action / Acção Socialista Português (ASP) in Geneva, a group of individuals with similar views rather than a true political party. Most members were middle-class professionals committed to democratizing the nation. The rigidity of the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) led some to join the ASP.
       By the early 1970s, ASP nuclei existed beyond Portugal in Paris, London, Rome, Brussels, Frankfurt, Sweden, and Switzerland; these consisted of members studying, working, teaching, researching, or in other activities. Extensive connections were developed with other foreign socialist parties. Changing conditions in Portugal, as well as the colonial wars, led several ASP members to advocate the creation of a real political party, strengthening the organization within Portugal, and positioning this to compete for power once the regime changed.
       The current PS was founded clandestinely on 19 April 1973, by a group of 27 exiled Portuguese and domestic ASP representatives at the Kurt Schumacher Academy of the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung in Bad Munstereifel, West Germany. The founding philosophy was influenced by nondogmatic Marxism as militants sought to create a classless society. The rhetoric was to be revolutionary to outflank its competitors, especially the PCP, on its left. The party hoped to attract reform-minded Catholics and other groups that were committed to democracy but could not support the communists.
       At the time of the 1974 revolution, the PS was little more than an elite faction based mainly among exiles. It was weakly organized and had little grassroots support outside the major cities and larger towns. Its organization did not improve significantly until the campaign for the April 1975 constituent elections. Since then, the PS has become very pragmatic and moderate and has increasingly diluted its socialist program until it has become a center-left party. Among the party's most consistent principles in its platform since the late 1970s has been its support for Portugal's membership in the European Economic Community (EEC) and the European Union (EU), a view that clashed with those of its rivals to the left, especially the PCP. Given the PS's broad base of support, the increased distance between its leftist rhetoric and its more conservative actions has led to sharp internal divisions in the party. The PS and the Social Democratic Party (PSD) are now the two dominant parties in the Portuguese political party system.
       In doctrine and rhetoric the PS has undergone a de-Marxification and a movement toward the center as a means to challenge its principal rival for hegemony, the PSD. The uneven record of the PS in general elections since its victory in 1975, and sometimes its failure to keep strong legislative majorities, have discouraged voters. While the party lost the 1979 and 1980 general elections, it triumphed in the 1983 elections, when it won 36 percent of the vote, but it still did not gain an absolute majority in the Assembly of the Republic. The PSD led by Cavaco Silva dominated elections from 1985 to 1995, only to be defeated by the PS in the 1995 general elections. By 2000, the PS had conquered the commanding heights of the polity: President Jorge Sampaio had been reelected for a second term, PS prime minister António Guterres was entrenched, and the mayor of Lisbon was João Soares, son of the former socialist president, Mário Soares (1986-96).
       The ideological transformation of the PS occurred gradually after 1975, within the context of a strong PSD, an increasingly conservative electorate, and the de-Marxification of other European Socialist parties, including those in Germany and Scandinavia. While the PS paid less attention to the PCP on its left and more attention to the PSD, party leaders shed Marxist trappings. In the 1986 PS official program, for example, the text does not include the word Marxism.
       Despite the party's election victories in the mid- and late-1990s, the leadership discovered that their grasp of power and their hegemony in governance at various levels was threatened by various factors: President Jorge Sampaio's second term, the constitution mandated, had to be his last.
       Following the defeat of the PS by the PSD in the municipal elections of December 2001, Premier Antônio Guterres resigned his post, and President Sampaio dissolved parliament and called parliamentary elections for the spring. In the 17 March 2002 elections, following Guterres's resignation as party leader, the PS was defeated by the PSD by a vote of 40 percent to 38 percent. Among the factors that brought about the socialists' departure from office was the worsening post-September 11 economy and disarray within the PS leadership circles, as well as charges of corruption among PS office holders. However, the PS won 45 percent of the vote in parliamentary elections of 2005, and the leader of the party, José Sócrates, a self-described "market-oriented socialist" became prime minister.

    Historical dictionary of Portugal > Socialist Party / Partido Socialista

  • 26 Wood, Henry Alexander Wise

    SUBJECT AREA: Paper and printing
    [br]
    b. 1 March 1866 New York, USA
    d. 9 April 1939 USA
    [br]
    American manufacturer and inventor of printing machinery, including a stereotype casting machine.
    [br]
    The son of a Congressman and mayor of New York, Wood was educated at Media Academy in Pennsylvania, specializing in scientific subjects. The death of his father in 1881 prevented his going on to college and he went to work at the Campbell Printing and Manufacturing Company, of which he became President in 1896. In the meantime, he had married the daughter of J.L.Brower, the previous head of the company. Later business consolidations brought into being the Wood Newspaper Machine Corporation.
    Wood was responsible for a series of inventions that brought great benefit to the newspaperprinting processes. Most notable was the Autoplate, patented first in 1900 and finally in 1903. This enabled a whole page of newspaper type to be cast in metal at once, saving much time and effort in the forming of stereotypes; this invention earned him the Elliott Cresson gold medal of the Franklin Institute in 1909. Other inventions were the Autoreel, a high-speed press-feeder device, and the Autopaster, which automatically replaced a spent paper roll with a new one in a newspaper press, without the need to stop the press. Wood's improved presses and inventions increased the speed of newspaper production from 24,000 to 60,000 copies per hour, printed and folded.
    He was also much interested in aviation and was an early member of the Aero Club of America, becoming its Vice-President for six years. He helped to found the magazine Flying and was its Editor from 1911 to 1919. He had predicted the part played by aircraft and submarines during the Second World War and was invited to join a panel of consulting inventors and engineers to assist the development of the US Navy. He was soon at odds with the authorities, however, and he resigned in 1915. After the war, he spent time in vigorous campaigning against immigration, America's entry into the League of Nations and on many other issues, in all of which he was highly controversial. Nevertheless, he retained his interest in the newspaper-machinery business, remaining President of his company until 1935 and Chairman of the Board thereafter. In 1934 he became Chairman of the NRA Code Authority of the newspaper-machine industry.
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    Further Reading
    Obituary, 1939, New York Times (10 April). Obituary, 1939, New York Herald Tribune (10 April).
    LRD

    Biographical history of technology > Wood, Henry Alexander Wise

  • 27 liegen

    v/i; liegt, lag, hat (südd., österr., schw.: ist) gelegen
    1. Sache: lie; die Flaschen müssen liegen the bottles have to lie flat; der Boden lag voller Zeitungen the floor was strewn with newspapers; der Schnee lag meterhoch the snow was piled up to a height of several met|res (Am. -ers); es lag viel Schnee there was a lot of snow (on the ground); liegt mein Haar richtig? is my hair all right?; der Griff liegt gut in der Hand the grip sits nicely in your hand
    2. Person: lie; im Gras / auf dem Bett liegen lie in the grass / on the bed; liegen bleiben (nicht aufstehen) not get up; im Bett: auch stay in bed; Boxen: stay down; er blieb verletzt liegen he was unable to get up because he was injured
    3. Kranker: be in bed; weitS. (krank sein) be laid up; liegen müssen Kranker: have to stay in bed; flach: have to lie flat; er hat drei Wochen gelegen he was in bed ( oder was laid up) for three weeks
    4. (gelegen sein) Stadt etc.: lie, be (situated); Gebäude: be (situated oder located); das Dorf liegt hoch über dem Tal the village is (situated) high above the valley; liegen nach Haus: face; Zimmer: auch look out on, overlook
    5. NAUT., Schiff: lie; im Hafen liegt seit gestern eine Segelyacht there’s been a yacht in (the) harbo(u)r since yesterday
    6. fig.: da liegt der Fehler that’s where the trouble lies; wie die Sache jetzt liegt as matters (now) stand, as things are at the moment; es liegt hinter uns it’s behind us; da liegt noch einiges vor uns we’ve got quite a lot coming up; in ihrer Stimme lag leise Ironie there was a hint of irony in her voice; das lag nicht in meiner Absicht that was not my intention; die Schwierigkeit liegt darin, dass... the problem is that...
    7. liegen bleiben Sachen: be left ( auf + Dat on); Schnee: settle; (vergessen werden) be left (behind); auch fig. be forgotten; fig. Arbeit: be left unfinished; WIRTS., Waren: be left unsold; umg. be left on the shelf; mit dem Auto: unterwegs liegen bleiben have a breakdown on the way; das kann liegen bleiben fig. that can wait; liegen geblieben (vergessen) forgotten; Auto etc.: stranded; (aufgegeben) abandoned; liegen gebliebene Bücher etc. books etc. left behind
    8. liegen lassen (vergessen) leave behind, forget; (in Ruhe lassen) leave alone; (Arbeit) leave (unfinished); die Arbeit liegen lassen (unterbrechen) stop work; plötzlich: drop everything; Fabrikarbeiter: down tools, Am. walk out; alles liegen lassen (nicht aufräumen) leave everything lying around, not clean up; lass es liegen! don’t touch it!; links I
    9. (gemäß sein) das liegt mir nicht it’s not my thing; er liegt mir überhaupt nicht he’s not my type of person; als Mann: he’s not my type; nichts liegt mir ferner nothing could be further from my mind
    10. mit Präp.: liegen an (+ Dat) be near; an einer Straße, einem Fluss: be on; (dicht an) be next to; fig., Ursache: be because of; an der Spitze etc. liegen be in front etc.; es liegt an dir Schuld: it’s your fault; etw. zu tun: it’s up to you; an mir solls nicht liegen I’ll certainly do my best; (ich werde dir nicht im Weg stehen) I won’t stand in the way; an mir solls nicht liegen, wenn die Sache schief geht it won’t be my fault ( oder through any fault of mine) if it goes wrong; es liegt daran, dass... it’s because...; es liegt mir daran zu (+ Inf.) I’m keen (Am. eager) to (+ Inf.) es liegt mir sehr viel daran it means a lot to me; es liegt mir viel an ihr she means a lot to me; mir liegt viel an deiner Mitarbeit your cooperation is very important to me; es liegt mir nichts daran it doesn’t mean much to me; es liegt mir nichts daran zu gewinnen it doesn’t make any difference to me whether I win or not
    11. mit Präp.: liegen auf (+ Akk) lie on; Akzent: be on; der Wagen liegt gut ( auf der Straße) the car holds (the road) well; es liegt Nebel auf den Feldern mist is hanging over the fields; Hand1 3, Seele1
    12. mit Präp.: der Gewinn liegt bei fünf Millionen there is a profit of five million; die Temperaturen liegen bei 30 Grad temperatures are ( im Wetterbericht: will be) around 30 degrees (centigrade); die Entscheidung liegt bei dir it’s your decision, it’s up to you; Blut 1, Magen etc.
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    to recline; to be situated; to lie; to be
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    lie|gen
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    1) (to be in or take a more or less flat position: She went into the bedroom and lay on the bed; The book was lying in the hall.) lie
    2) (to be situated; to be in a particular place etc: The farm lay three miles from the sea; His interest lies in farming.) lie
    3) ((with with) (of a duty etc) to belong to: The choice rests with you.) rest
    4) (to lie or rest; to have a certain position: The parcel is sitting on the table.) sit
    5) (to be in a particular state, condition or situation: As matters stand, we can do nothing to help; How do you stand financially?) stand
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    lie·gen
    < lag, gelegen>
    [ˈli:gn̩]
    vi Hilfsverb: haben o SÜDD, ÖSTERR, SCHWEIZ sein
    1. (sich in horizontaler Lage befinden) to lie
    ich liege noch im Bett I'm still [lying] in bed
    während der Krankheit musste sie \liegen while she was ill she had to lie down all the time
    Weinflaschen müssen \liegen wine bottles should lie flat
    hast du irgendwo meine Schlüssel \liegen gesehen? have you seen my keys lying [around] anywhere?
    deine Brille müsste eigentlich auf dem Schreibtisch \liegen your glasses should be [lying] on the desk
    Herzkranke müssen hoch/höher \liegen people with heart problems should lie with their heads raised
    das Flugzeug lag ganz ruhig in der Luft the plane was flying quite smoothly
    der Wagen liegt gut auf der Straße the car holds the road well
    auf dieser Matratze liegt man weich/weicher this mattress is soft/softer for lying on
    in diesem Bett liegt es sich hart/weich this bed is hard/soft
    krank im Bett \liegen to be ill in bed
    im Krankenhaus/auf Station 2 \liegen to be in hospital/in ward 2
    unbequem \liegen to lie uncomfortably [or in an uncomfortable position]
    \liegen bleiben (im Bett) to stay in bed; (nicht aufstehen) to remain lying [down]
    bleib \liegen! don't get up!, stay down!
    sie blieb bewusstlos auf dem Boden \liegen she lay unconscious on the floor; s.a. Knie, links, stehen
    2. (sich befinden) to be [lying]
    ein Lächeln lag auf seinem Gesicht there was a smile on his face
    die Stadt lag in dichtem Nebel the town was enveloped in thick fog, thick fog hung [or lay] over the town
    die Betonung liegt auf der zweiten Silbe the stress is on the second syllable
    ich habe noch einen guten Wein im Keller \liegen I have a good wine in the cellar
    etw liegt [nicht] in jds Absicht sth is [not] sb's intention
    es liegt nicht in meiner Absicht, das zu tun it is not my intention to do that
    etw liegt nicht in jds Hand/Macht sth is out of sb's hands/not within sb's power
    das liegt leider nicht in meiner Hand/Macht unfortunately that is out of my hands/not within my power
    verstreut \liegen to be [or lie] scattered
    [irgendwo] \liegen bleiben (nicht weggenommen werden) to be left [somewhere]
    Hände weg, das Buch bleibt [da] \liegen! hands off, the book's going nowhere!
    etw \liegen lassen (zurücklassen) to leave sth [there]; (verstreut) to leave sth lying about [or around]
    er ließ die Briefe auf dem Tisch liegen he left the letters [lying] on the desk
    er ließ alles \liegen und eilte ihr zur Hilfe he dropped everything to [go and] help her
    3. (sich abgesetzt haben) Schnee to lie; Hitze, Nebel a. to hang
    der Schnee lag 1 Meter hoch the snow was 1 metre deep
    es liegt Schnee auf den Bergen there is snow [lying] on the hills
    hier in den Bergen liegt oft bis Mitte April noch Schnee here in the mountains the snow often lies on the ground until mid-April
    auf den Autos liegt weißer Reif there is a white [covering of] frost on the cars
    bei euch liegt aber viel Staub it's very dusty [in] here
    über allen Möbeln lag eine dicke Staubschicht there was a thick layer of dust over all the furniture
    4. (vergessen werden)
    irgendwo \liegen bleiben to be [or get] left behind somewhere
    mein Hut muss in dem Restaurant \liegen geblieben sein I must have left my hat in the restaurant
    etw \liegen lassen to leave sth behind
    verflixt, ich muss meinen Schirm in der U-Bahn \liegen gelassen haben! damn, I must have left my umbrella [behind] on the underground!
    5. (nicht erledigt werden)
    \liegen bleiben to be left [undone], not to get done
    diese Briefe können bis morgen \liegen bleiben these letters can wait until tomorrow
    etw \liegen lassen to leave sth [undone]
    \liegen bleiben (nicht verkauft werden) to remain unsold, not to sell
    wenn uns diese Waren \liegen bleiben... if we are left with these things [on our hands]...
    7. (geografisch gelegen sein) to be; Haus, Stadt etc. a. to be situated [or located], to lie
    ihr Haus liegt an einem romantischen See their house is situated by a romantic lake
    das liegt auf dem Weg/ganz in der Nähe it's on the way/quite nearby
    eine bildhübsch/ruhig/verkehrsgünstig gelegene Villa a villa in a picturesque/quiet/easily accessible location
    etw links/rechts \liegen lassen to leave sth on one's left/right
    nach Norden/zum Garten/zur Straße \liegen to face north/the garden/the road
    diese Wohnung liegt nach vorn zur Straße [hinaus] this flat faces [out onto] the street
    das Fenster liegt zum Garten the window faces the garden
    verkehrsgünstig \liegen Stadt to have good communications
    8. (begraben sein)
    ▪ irgendwo \liegen to be [or lie] buried somewhere
    ▪ irgendwo \liegen to be [moored] somewhere
    ein paar Fischerboote lagen am Kai a couple of fishing boots were moored to the quay
    10. MIL
    ▪ irgendwo liegen Truppen to be stationed
    vor Paris \liegen to be stationed outside Paris
    irgendwo [in Quartier] \liegen to be quartered somewhere
    11. AUTO (nicht weiterfahren können)
    \liegen bleiben to break down [or have a breakdown], to conk out fam
    12. (zeitlich) to be
    das liegt noch vor mir/schon hinter mir I still have that to come/that's all behind me now
    die Stunden, die zwischen den Prüfungen lagen the hours between the examinations
    13. (in einem Wettbewerb)
    ▪ irgendwo \liegen to be [or lie] somewhere
    wie \liegen unsere Schwimmer eigentlich im Wettbewerb? how are our swimmers doing in the competition?
    die Mannschaft liegt jetzt auf dem zweiten Tabellenplatz the team is now second in the division
    in den Charts an erster Stelle \liegen to top the charts
    in Führung/auf den hinteren Plätzen/an der Spitze \liegen to be in the lead/at the bottom/right out in front
    14. (gestylt sein)
    gut \liegen Haare to stay in place [well]
    richtig/nicht richtig \liegen to be/not be in the right place
    15. (bedeckt sein)
    der Tisch liegt voller Bücher the desk is covered with books
    16. MODE (eine bestimmte Breite haben)
    ▪ irgendwie \liegen Stoff to be a certain size
    wie breit liegt dieser Seidenstoff? how wide is this silk material?
    der Stoff liegt quer/90 cm breit the material is on the cross/is 90 cm wide
    17. ÖKON
    ▪ bei [o um] ... \liegen to cost...
    ▪ zwischen... und... \liegen to cost between... and..., to be priced at between... and...
    der Preis dürfte [irgendwo] bei 4.500 Euro \liegen the price is likely to be [around] 4,500 euros
    damit \liegen Sie um 185.000 Euro höher that would put the price up by 185,000 euros
    damit \liegen Sie schnell bei 1,3 Millionen Euro Baukosten that would soon push the building costs up to 1.3 million euros
    18. (begründet sein)
    ▪ an jdm/etw \liegen to be caused [or because of] by sb/sth
    woran liegt es? why is that?, what is the reason [for that]?
    es liegt daran, dass... it is because...
    ich weiß nicht, woran es liegt I don't know what the reason is
    woran mag es nur \liegen, dass mir immer alles misslingt? why is it that everything I do goes wrong?
    an mir soll es nicht \liegen! don't let me stop you!, I won't stand in your way!
    19. (wichtig sein)
    ▪ jdm liegt etw an jdm/etw sb attaches a certain importance to sb/sth
    du weißt doch, wie sehr mir daran liegt you know how important it is to me
    es liegt mir schon etwas an ihr I do care about her [a bit]
    ihm liegt [einiges] daran, respektiert zu werden it is of [some] importance to him to be respected
    jdm ist etwas/nichts/viel an jdm/etw gelegen sb/sth means something/nothing/a lot to sb
    an diesem uninteressanten Stellenangebot war mir nichts gelegen I didn't bother [even] considering this unappealing job offer
    es liegt jdm nichts/wenig an etw sth doesn't matter at all/much to sb, sth isn't at all/not very important to sb
    es liegt jdm viel an etw sth matters a lot to sb, sth is very important to sb
    es liegt ihm sehr viel an seiner Arbeit his job matters a lot to him
    20. oft verneint (jdm gemäß sein)
    ▪ etw liegt jdm sb likes sth; (entspricht jds Begabung) sb is good at sth
    Mathe scheint dir wirklich zu \liegen (fam) maths seems right up your street fam
    diese Arbeit liegt mir total (fam) this job suits me down to the ground fam
    ▪ etw liegt jdm nicht (jd hat kein Talent) sb has no aptitude for sth; (es gefällt jdm nicht) sth doesn't appeal to sb; (jd mag es nicht) sb doesn't like [or care for] sth
    Französisch liegt ihm nicht he has no aptitude for French
    körperliche Arbeit liegt ihr weniger she's not really cut out for physical work
    Peter ist ganz nett, aber er liegt mir irgendwie nicht Peter's nice enough but not really my cup of tea
    21. (lasten)
    ▪ auf jdm \liegen to weigh down [up]on sb
    auf ihr liegt eine große Verantwortung a heavy responsibility rests on her shoulders
    auf ihm scheint ein Fluch zu \liegen there seems to be a curse on him
    die Schuld lag schwer auf ihm his guilt weighed heavily on him; s.a. Magen
    22. (abhängig sein)
    ▪ bei jdm \liegen to be up to sb
    das liegt ganz bei dir that is completely up to you
    die Entscheidung liegt bei dir/beim Volk the decision rests with you/the people
    die Verantwortung liegt bei dir it's your responsibility
    23. (stehen, sich verhalten) to be
    die Sache liegt ganz anders the situation is quite different; s.a. Ding
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    unregelmäßiges intransitives Verb
    1) lie; < person> be lying down

    während der Krankheit musste er liegen — while he was ill he had to lie down all the time

    im Krankenhaus/auf Station 6 liegen — be in hospital/in ward 6

    [krank] im Bett liegen — be [ill] in bed

    [im Bett] liegen bleiben — stay in bed

    bewusstlos/bewegungslos liegen bleiben — lie unconscious/motionless

    2) (vorhanden sein) lie

    es liegt Schnee auf den Bergen — there is snow [lying] on the hills

    3) (sich befinden) be; < object> be [lying]; <town, house, etc.> be [situated]

    wie die Dinge liegen — as things are or stand [at the moment]

    die Stadt liegt an der Küste — the town is or lies on the coast

    etwas rechts/links liegen lassen — leave something on one's right/left

    das Fenster liegt nach vorn/nach Süden/zum Garten — the window is at the front/faces south/faces the garden

    es liegt nicht in meiner Absicht, das zu tun — it is not my intention to do that

    das Essen lag mir schwer im Magen — the food/meal lay heavy on my stomach

    das liegt noch vor mir/schon hinter mir — I still have that to come/that's all behind me now

    5)

    das liegt an ihm od. bei ihm — it is up to him; (ist seine Schuld) it is his fault

    die Verantwortung/Schuld liegt bei ihm — it is his responsibility/fault

    an mir soll es nicht liegen — I won't stand in your way; (ich werde mich beteiligen) I'm easy (coll.)

    ich weiß nicht, woran es liegt — I don't know what the reason is

    woran mag es nur liegen, dass...? — why ever is it that...?

    es liegt mir nicht — it doesn't suit me; it isn't right for me; (es spricht mich nicht an) it doesn't appeal to me; (ich mag es nicht) I don't like it or care for it

    es liegt ihm nicht, das zu tun — he does not like doing that; (so etwas tut er nicht) it is not his way to do that

    7)

    daran liegt ihm viel/wenig/nichts — he sets great/little/no store by that; it means a lot/little/nothing to him

    an ihm liegt mir schon etwas — I do care about him [a bit]

    9) (bes. Milit.): (verweilen) be; < troops> be stationed; < ship> lie
    10)

    liegen bleiben — < things> stay, be left; (vergessen werden) be left behind; (nicht verkauft werden) remain unsold; (nicht erledigt werden) be left undone; (eine Panne haben) break down

    etwas liegen lassen — (vergessen) leave something [behind]; (unerledigt lassen) leave something undone

    alles liegen und stehen lassen — drop everything; s. auch Straße 1); liegend

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    liegen v/i; liegt, lag, hat (südd, österr, schweiz: ist) gelegen
    1. Sache: lie;
    die Flaschen müssen liegen the bottles have to lie flat;
    der Boden lag voller Zeitungen the floor was strewn with newspapers;
    der Schnee lag meterhoch the snow was piled up to a height of several metres (US -ers);
    es lag viel Schnee there was a lot of snow (on the ground);
    liegt mein Haar richtig? is my hair all right?;
    der Griff liegt gut in der Hand the grip sits nicely in your hand
    2. Person: lie;
    im Gras/auf dem Bett liegen lie in the grass/on the bed;
    liegen bleiben (nicht aufstehen) not get up; im Bett: auch stay in bed; Boxen: stay down;
    er blieb verletzt liegen he was unable to get up because he was injured
    3. Kranker: be in bed; weitS. (krank sein) be laid up;
    liegen müssen Kranker: have to stay in bed; flach: have to lie flat;
    er hat drei Wochen gelegen he was in bed ( oder was laid up) for three weeks
    4. (gelegen sein) Stadt etc: lie, be (situated); Gebäude: be (situated oder located);
    das Dorf liegt hoch über dem Tal the village is (situated) high above the valley;
    liegen nach Haus: face; Zimmer: auch look out on, overlook
    5. SCHIFF, Schiff: lie;
    im Hafen liegt seit gestern eine Segeljacht there’s been a yacht in (the) harbo(u)r since yesterday
    6. fig:
    da liegt der Fehler that’s where the trouble lies;
    wie die Sache jetzt liegt as matters (now) stand, as things are at the moment;
    es liegt hinter uns it’s behind us;
    da liegt noch einiges vor uns we’ve got quite a lot coming up;
    in ihrer Stimme lag leise Ironie there was a hint of irony in her voice;
    das lag nicht in meiner Absicht that was not my intention;
    die Schwierigkeit liegt darin, dass … the problem is that …
    7.
    auf +dat on); Schnee: settle; (vergessen werden) be left (behind); auch fig be forgotten; fig Arbeit: be left unfinished; WIRTSCH, Waren: be left unsold; umg be left on the shelf; mit dem Auto:
    unterwegs liegen bleiben have a breakdown on the way;
    das kann liegen bleiben fig that can wait;
    liegen geblieben (vergessen) forgotten; Auto etc: stranded; (aufgegeben) abandoned;
    liegen gebliebene Bücher etc books etc left behind
    8.
    liegen lassen (vergessen) leave behind, forget; (in Ruhe lassen) leave alone; (Arbeit) leave (unfinished);
    die Arbeit liegen lassen (unterbrechen) stop work; plötzlich: drop everything; Fabrikarbeiter: down tools, US walk out;
    alles liegen lassen (nicht aufräumen) leave everything lying around, not clean up;
    lass es liegen! don’t touch it!; → links A
    das liegt mir nicht it’s not my thing;
    er liegt mir überhaupt nicht he’s not my type of person; als Mann: he’s not my type;
    nichts liegt mir ferner nothing could be further from my mind
    10. mit präp:
    liegen an (+dat) be near; an einer Straße, einem Fluss: be on; (dicht an) be next to; fig, Ursache: be because of;
    liegen be in front etc;
    es liegt an dir Schuld: it’s your fault; etwas zu tun: it’s up to you;
    an mir solls nicht liegen I’ll certainly do my best; (ich werde dir nicht im Weg stehen) I won’t stand in the way;
    an mir solls nicht liegen, wenn die Sache schiefgeht it won’t be my fault ( oder through any fault of mine) if it goes wrong;
    es liegt daran, dass … it’s because …;
    es liegt mir daran zu (+inf) I’m keen (US eager) to (+inf)
    es liegt mir sehr viel daran it means a lot to me;
    es liegt mir viel an ihr she means a lot to me;
    mir liegt viel an deiner Mitarbeit your cooperation is very important to me;
    es liegt mir nichts daran it doesn’t mean much to me;
    es liegt mir nichts daran zu gewinnen it doesn’t make any difference to me whether I win or not
    11. mit präp:
    liegen auf (+akk) lie on; Akzent: be on;
    der Wagen liegt gut (auf der Straße) the car holds (the road) well;
    es liegt Nebel auf den Feldern mist is hanging over the fields; → Hand1 3, Seele1
    12. mit präp:
    der Gewinn liegt bei fünf Millionen there is a profit of five million;
    die Temperaturen liegen bei 30 Grad temperatures are ( im Wetterbericht: will be) around 30 degrees (centigrade);
    die Entscheidung liegt bei dir it’s your decision, it’s up to you; → Blut 1, Magen etc
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    unregelmäßiges intransitives Verb
    1) lie; < person> be lying down

    im Krankenhaus/auf Station 6 liegen — be in hospital/in ward 6

    [krank] im Bett liegen — be [ill] in bed

    [im Bett] liegen bleiben — stay in bed

    bewusstlos/bewegungslos liegen bleiben — lie unconscious/motionless

    es liegt Schnee auf den Bergen — there is snow [lying] on the hills

    3) (sich befinden) be; < object> be [lying]; <town, house, etc.> be [situated]

    wie die Dinge liegen — as things are or stand [at the moment]

    die Stadt liegt an der Küste — the town is or lies on the coast

    etwas rechts/links liegen lassen — leave something on one's right/left

    das Fenster liegt nach vorn/nach Süden/zum Garten — the window is at the front/faces south/faces the garden

    es liegt nicht in meiner Absicht, das zu tun — it is not my intention to do that

    das Essen lag mir schwer im Magen — the food/meal lay heavy on my stomach

    das liegt noch vor mir/schon hinter mir — I still have that to come/that's all behind me now

    5)

    das liegt an ihm od. bei ihm — it is up to him; (ist seine Schuld) it is his fault

    die Verantwortung/Schuld liegt bei ihm — it is his responsibility/fault

    an mir soll es nicht liegen — I won't stand in your way; (ich werde mich beteiligen) I'm easy (coll.)

    ich weiß nicht, woran es liegt — I don't know what the reason is

    woran mag es nur liegen, dass...? — why ever is it that...?

    es liegt mir nicht — it doesn't suit me; it isn't right for me; (es spricht mich nicht an) it doesn't appeal to me; (ich mag es nicht) I don't like it or care for it

    es liegt ihm nicht, das zu tun — he does not like doing that; (so etwas tut er nicht) it is not his way to do that

    7)

    daran liegt ihm viel/wenig/nichts — he sets great/little/no store by that; it means a lot/little/nothing to him

    an ihm liegt mir schon etwas — I do care about him [a bit]

    9) (bes. Milit.): (verweilen) be; < troops> be stationed; < ship> lie
    10)

    liegen bleiben — < things> stay, be left; (vergessen werden) be left behind; (nicht verkauft werden) remain unsold; (nicht erledigt werden) be left undone; (eine Panne haben) break down

    etwas liegen lassen — (vergessen) leave something [behind]; (unerledigt lassen) leave something undone

    alles liegen und stehen lassen — drop everything; s. auch Straße 1); liegend

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    n.
    recumbency n.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > liegen

  • 28 Oktober

    m; -(s), -, meist Sg.; October; April
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    der Oktober
    October
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    Ok|to|ber [ɔk'toːbɐ]
    m -(s), -
    October
    See:
    → auch März
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    (the tenth month of the year, the month following September.) October
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    Ok·to·ber
    <-s, ->
    [ɔkˈto:bɐ]
    m October; s.a. Februar
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    der; Oktober[s], Oktober: October; s. auch April
    •• Cultural note:
    Germany's most famous beer festival (the Munich October festival) actually starts each year in September. Over five million litres of beer are drunk over a period of 16 days. The Oktoberfest goes back to the year 1810, when the Bavarian crown prince and later King Ludwig I married Therese of Saxony-Hildburghausen. A horse race was organized in honour of the couple on the Theresienwiese (Therese's meadow, named after the bride), and almost the entire population of Munich joined in the celebrations. The party was such a success that it became an annual event. Today the Wies'n (meadow), as the locals call the Oktoberfest, looks more like a giant fairground with huge marquees in which the big breweries set up beer halls for visitors to drink many a Maß, eat Weißwurst, Schweinshaxe (pork knuckles) and giant Brezen while listening and singing along to Bavarian music
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    Oktober m; -(s), -, meist sg; October; → April
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    der; Oktober[s], Oktober: October; s. auch April
    •• Cultural note:
    Germany's most famous beer festival (the Munich October festival) actually starts each year in September. Over five million litres of beer are drunk over a period of 16 days. The Oktoberfest goes back to the year 1810, when the Bavarian crown prince and later King Ludwig I married Therese of Saxony-Hildburghausen. A horse race was organized in honour of the couple on the Theresienwiese (Therese's meadow, named after the bride), and almost the entire population of Munich joined in the celebrations. The party was such a success that it became an annual event. Today the Wies'n (meadow), as the locals call the Oktoberfest, looks more like a giant fairground with huge marquees in which the big breweries set up beer halls for visitors to drink many a Maß, eat Weißwurst, Schweinshaxe (pork knuckles) and giant Brezen while listening and singing along to Bavarian music
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    m.
    October n.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Oktober

  • 29 Armed forces

       Although armed force has been a major factor in the development of the Portuguese nation-state, a standing army did not exist until after the War of Restoration (1641-48). During the 18th century, Portugal's small army was drawn into many European wars. In 1811, a combined Anglo-Portuguese army drove the French army of Napoleon out of the country. After Germany declared war on Portugal in March 1916, two Portuguese divisions were conscripted and sent to France, where they sustained heavy casualties at the Battle of Lys in April 1918. As Portugal and Spain were neutral in World War II, the Portuguese Army cooperated with the Spanish army to defend Iberian neutrality. In 1949, Portugal became a founding member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). When the nationalist quest for independence began in Portugal's colonies in Africa ( Angola, Mozambique, and Guinea- Bissau) in the 1960s, the military effort (1961-74) to suppress the nationalists resulted in an expansion of the Portuguese armed forces to about 250,000.
       Since the Revolution of 25 April 1974, the number of personnel on active duty in the army, navy, and air force has been greatly reduced (43,200 in 2007) and given a more direct role in NATO. New NATO commitments led to the organization of the Brigada Mista Independente (Independent Composite Brigade), later converted into the Brigada Aero-Transportada. (Air-Transported Brigade) to be used in the defense of Europe's southern flank. The Portuguese air force and navy are responsible for the defense of the Azores-Madeira-Portugal strategic triangle.
       Chronic military intervention in Portuguese political life began in the 19th century. These interventions usually began with revolts of the military ( pronunciamentos) in order to get rid of what were considered by the armed forces corrupt or incompetent civilian governments. The army overthrew the monarchy on the 5 October 1910 and established Portugal's First Republic. It overthrew the First Republic on 28 May 1926 and established a military dictatorship. The army returned to the barracks during the Estado Novo of Antônio de Oliveira Salazar. The armed forces once again returned to politics when the Armed Forces Movement (MFA) overthrew the Estado Novo on 25 April 1974. After the Revolution of 25 April 1974, the armed forces again played a major role in Portuguese politics through the Council of the Revolution, which was composed of the president of the Republic, Chiefs of the general staff, three service chiefs, and 14 MFA officers. The Council of the Revolution advised the president on the selection of the prime minister and could veto legislation.
       The subordination of the Portuguese armed forces to civilian authority began in 1982, when revisions to the Constitution abolished the Council of the Revolution and redefined the mission of the armed forces to that of safeguarding and defending the national territory. By the early 1990s, the political influence of Portugal armed force had waned and civilian control was reinforced with the National Defense Laws of 1991, which made the chief of the general staff of the armed forces directly responsible to the minister of defense, not the president of the republic, as had been the case previously. As the end of the Cold War had eliminated the threat of a Soviet invasion of western Europe, Portuguese armed forces continues to be scaled back and reorganized. Currently, the focus is on modernization to achieve high operational efficiency in certain areas such as air defense, naval patrols, and rapid-response capability in case of terrorist attack. Compulsory military service was ended in 2004. The Portuguese armed forces have been employed as United Nations peacekeepers in East Timor, Bosnia, Kosovo, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Lebanon.

    Historical dictionary of Portugal > Armed forces

  • 30 Christian Democratic Party

       Established originally as the Centro Democático e Social (CDS) in May 1974, following the fall of the Estado Novo, the CDS was supported by conservatives inspired by Christian humanism and Catholic social doctrines. In the first democratic elections after the Revolution of 25 April 1974, which were held on 25 April 1975, the CDS won only a disappointing 7.6 percent of the vote for the Constituent Assembly. In the following general elections for the Assembly of the Republic, in April 1976, however, the party more than doubled its votes to 16 percent and surpassed the number of votes for the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP). In 1979-80, the Christian Democrats joined the Social Democratic Party (PSD) in a coalition called the Aliança Democrática (Democratic Alliance), a grouping that defeated the Socialist Party (PS) in the succeeding elections. The Christian Democrats remained in the background as the principal party rivals for power were the PS and the PSD.
       In the 1990s, the CDS altered its name to the Partido Popular (PP) and featured new leaders such as party chief Paulo Portas. While the democratic Portuguese system had become virtually a two-party dominant system by the 1980s and 1990s, the PP would have opportunities, depending upon circumstances, to share power in another coalition with one of the two larger, major parties, the PS or PSD. Indeed, parliamentary election results in March 2002 gave the party just such an opportunity, as the PP won 14 percent of the vote, thus surpassing for the first time since the 1975 elections the PCP, which was reduced to 12 percent of the vote. The PP thus gained new influence as the PSD, which won the largest number of seats in this election, was obliged to share governance with the PP in order to have a working majority in the legislature.
       Various right-wing lobbies and interest groups influenced the PP. In early 2000, the PP proposed a law to the Assembly of the Republic whereby former colonists, now mainly resident in Portugal, who had lost property in Portugal's former colonies of Angola and Mozambique, would be compensated by Portugal for material losses during decolonization. The PP leadership argued that the manner in which the governments after the Revolution of 25 April 1974 administered the disputed, controversial decolonization process in these territories made the government responsible for compensating Portuguese citizens for such losses. The PS-dominated government of then prime minister, Antônio Guterres, argued, however, that independent governments of those former colonies were responsible for any compensation due. Thus, Guterres declined to accept the proposed legislation. This proposal by the PP and others like it followed upon other proposed laws such as Law 20, 19 June 1997, put before the Assembly of the Republic, which was passed under the aegis of the PS. This law pledged to compensate opposition militants (the survivors) who had opposed the Estado Novo and had spent years in exile, as well as in clandestine activities. Such compensations would come in the form of pensions and social security benefits. Given the strength of conservative constituencies and former settlers' lobbies, it is likely that the Christian Democrats will introduce more such proposed laws in future parliamentary sessions.

    Historical dictionary of Portugal > Christian Democratic Party

  • 31 Brunel, Isambard Kingdom

    [br]
    b. 9 April 1806 Portsea, Hampshire, England
    d. 15 September 1859 18 Duke Street, St James's, London, England
    [br]
    English civil and mechanical engineer.
    [br]
    The son of Marc Isambard Brunel and Sophia Kingdom, he was educated at a private boarding-school in Hove. At the age of 14 he went to the College of Caen and then to the Lycée Henri-Quatre in Paris, after which he was apprenticed to Louis Breguet. In 1822 he returned from France and started working in his father's office, while spending much of his time at the works of Maudslay, Sons \& Field.
    From 1825 to 1828 he worked under his father on the construction of the latter's Thames Tunnel, occupying the position of Engineer-in-Charge, exhibiting great courage and presence of mind in the emergencies which occurred not infrequently. These culminated in January 1828 in the flooding of the tunnel and work was suspended for seven years. For the next five years the young engineer made abortive attempts to find a suitable outlet for his talents, but to little avail. Eventually, in 1831, his design for a suspension bridge over the River Avon at Clifton Gorge was accepted and he was appointed Engineer. (The bridge was eventually finished five years after Brunel's death, as a memorial to him, the delay being due to inadequate financing.) He next planned and supervised improvements to the Bristol docks. In March 1833 he was appointed Engineer of the Bristol Railway, later called the Great Western Railway. He immediately started to survey the route between London and Bristol that was completed by late August that year. On 5 July 1836 he married Mary Horsley and settled into 18 Duke Street, Westminster, London, where he also had his office. Work on the Bristol Railway started in 1836. The foundation stone of the Clifton Suspension Bridge was laid the same year. Whereas George Stephenson had based his standard railway gauge as 4 ft 8½ in (1.44 m), that or a similar gauge being usual for colliery wagonways in the Newcastle area, Brunel adopted the broader gauge of 7 ft (2.13 m). The first stretch of the line, from Paddington to Maidenhead, was opened to traffic on 4 June 1838, and the whole line from London to Bristol was opened in June 1841. The continuation of the line through to Exeter was completed and opened on 1 May 1844. The normal time for the 194-mile (312 km) run from Paddington to Exeter was 5 hours, at an average speed of 38.8 mph (62.4 km/h) including stops. The Great Western line included the Box Tunnel, the longest tunnel to that date at nearly two miles (3.2 km).
    Brunel was the engineer of most of the railways in the West Country, in South Wales and much of Southern Ireland. As railway networks developed, the frequent break of gauge became more of a problem and on 9 July 1845 a Royal Commission was appointed to look into it. In spite of comparative tests, run between Paddington-Didcot and Darlington-York, which showed in favour of Brunel's arrangement, the enquiry ruled in favour of the narrow gauge, 274 miles (441 km) of the former having been built against 1,901 miles (3,059 km) of the latter to that date. The Gauge Act of 1846 forbade the building of any further railways in Britain to any gauge other than 4 ft 8 1/2 in (1.44 m).
    The existence of long and severe gradients on the South Devon Railway led to Brunel's adoption of the atmospheric railway developed by Samuel Clegg and later by the Samuda brothers. In this a pipe of 9 in. (23 cm) or more in diameter was laid between the rails, along the top of which ran a continuous hinged flap of leather backed with iron. At intervals of about 3 miles (4.8 km) were pumping stations to exhaust the pipe. Much trouble was experienced with the flap valve and its lubrication—freezing of the leather in winter, the lubricant being sucked into the pipe or eaten by rats at other times—and the experiment was abandoned at considerable cost.
    Brunel is to be remembered for his two great West Country tubular bridges, the Chepstow and the Tamar Bridge at Saltash, with the latter opened in May 1859, having two main spans of 465 ft (142 m) and a central pier extending 80 ft (24 m) below high water mark and allowing 100 ft (30 m) of headroom above the same. His timber viaducts throughout Devon and Cornwall became a feature of the landscape. The line was extended ultimately to Penzance.
    As early as 1835 Brunel had the idea of extending the line westwards across the Atlantic from Bristol to New York by means of a steamship. In 1836 building commenced and the hull left Bristol in July 1837 for fitting out at Wapping. On 31 March 1838 the ship left again for Bristol but the boiler lagging caught fire and Brunel was injured in the subsequent confusion. On 8 April the ship set sail for New York (under steam), its rival, the 703-ton Sirius, having left four days earlier. The 1,340-ton Great Western arrived only a few hours after the Sirius. The hull was of wood, and was copper-sheathed. In 1838 Brunel planned a larger ship, some 3,000 tons, the Great Britain, which was to have an iron hull.
    The Great Britain was screwdriven and was launched on 19 July 1843,289 ft (88 m) long by 51 ft (15.5 m) at its widest. The ship's first voyage, from Liverpool to New York, began on 26 August 1845. In 1846 it ran aground in Dundrum Bay, County Down, and was later sold for use on the Australian run, on which it sailed no fewer than thirty-two times in twenty-three years, also serving as a troop-ship in the Crimean War. During this war, Brunel designed a 1,000-bed hospital which was shipped out to Renkioi ready for assembly and complete with shower-baths and vapour-baths with printed instructions on how to use them, beds and bedding and water closets with a supply of toilet paper! Brunel's last, largest and most extravagantly conceived ship was the Great Leviathan, eventually named The Great Eastern, which had a double-skinned iron hull, together with both paddles and screw propeller. Brunel designed the ship to carry sufficient coal for the round trip to Australia without refuelling, thus saving the need for and the cost of bunkering, as there were then few bunkering ports throughout the world. The ship's construction was started by John Scott Russell in his yard at Millwall on the Thames, but the building was completed by Brunel due to Russell's bankruptcy in 1856. The hull of the huge vessel was laid down so as to be launched sideways into the river and then to be floated on the tide. Brunel's plan for hydraulic launching gear had been turned down by the directors on the grounds of cost, an economy that proved false in the event. The sideways launch with over 4,000 tons of hydraulic power together with steam winches and floating tugs on the river took over two months, from 3 November 1857 until 13 January 1858. The ship was 680 ft (207 m) long, 83 ft (25 m) beam and 58 ft (18 m) deep; the screw was 24 ft (7.3 m) in diameter and paddles 60 ft (18.3 m) in diameter. Its displacement was 32,000 tons (32,500 tonnes).
    The strain of overwork and the huge responsibilities that lay on Brunel began to tell. He was diagnosed as suffering from Bright's disease, or nephritis, and spent the winter travelling in the Mediterranean and Egypt, returning to England in May 1859. On 5 September he suffered a stroke which left him partially paralysed, and he died ten days later at his Duke Street home.
    [br]
    Further Reading
    L.T.C.Rolt, 1957, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, London: Longmans Green. J.Dugan, 1953, The Great Iron Ship, Hamish Hamilton.
    IMcN

    Biographical history of technology > Brunel, Isambard Kingdom

  • 32 Liegen

    v/i; liegt, lag, hat (südd., österr., schw.: ist) gelegen
    1. Sache: lie; die Flaschen müssen liegen the bottles have to lie flat; der Boden lag voller Zeitungen the floor was strewn with newspapers; der Schnee lag meterhoch the snow was piled up to a height of several met|res (Am. -ers); es lag viel Schnee there was a lot of snow (on the ground); liegt mein Haar richtig? is my hair all right?; der Griff liegt gut in der Hand the grip sits nicely in your hand
    2. Person: lie; im Gras / auf dem Bett liegen lie in the grass / on the bed; liegen bleiben (nicht aufstehen) not get up; im Bett: auch stay in bed; Boxen: stay down; er blieb verletzt liegen he was unable to get up because he was injured
    3. Kranker: be in bed; weitS. (krank sein) be laid up; liegen müssen Kranker: have to stay in bed; flach: have to lie flat; er hat drei Wochen gelegen he was in bed ( oder was laid up) for three weeks
    4. (gelegen sein) Stadt etc.: lie, be (situated); Gebäude: be (situated oder located); das Dorf liegt hoch über dem Tal the village is (situated) high above the valley; liegen nach Haus: face; Zimmer: auch look out on, overlook
    5. NAUT., Schiff: lie; im Hafen liegt seit gestern eine Segelyacht there’s been a yacht in (the) harbo(u)r since yesterday
    6. fig.: da liegt der Fehler that’s where the trouble lies; wie die Sache jetzt liegt as matters (now) stand, as things are at the moment; es liegt hinter uns it’s behind us; da liegt noch einiges vor uns we’ve got quite a lot coming up; in ihrer Stimme lag leise Ironie there was a hint of irony in her voice; das lag nicht in meiner Absicht that was not my intention; die Schwierigkeit liegt darin, dass... the problem is that...
    7. liegen bleiben Sachen: be left ( auf + Dat on); Schnee: settle; (vergessen werden) be left (behind); auch fig. be forgotten; fig. Arbeit: be left unfinished; WIRTS., Waren: be left unsold; umg. be left on the shelf; mit dem Auto: unterwegs liegen bleiben have a breakdown on the way; das kann liegen bleiben fig. that can wait; liegen geblieben (vergessen) forgotten; Auto etc.: stranded; (aufgegeben) abandoned; liegen gebliebene Bücher etc. books etc. left behind
    8. liegen lassen (vergessen) leave behind, forget; (in Ruhe lassen) leave alone; (Arbeit) leave (unfinished); die Arbeit liegen lassen (unterbrechen) stop work; plötzlich: drop everything; Fabrikarbeiter: down tools, Am. walk out; alles liegen lassen (nicht aufräumen) leave everything lying around, not clean up; lass es liegen! don’t touch it!; links I
    9. (gemäß sein) das liegt mir nicht it’s not my thing; er liegt mir überhaupt nicht he’s not my type of person; als Mann: he’s not my type; nichts liegt mir ferner nothing could be further from my mind
    10. mit Präp.: liegen an (+ Dat) be near; an einer Straße, einem Fluss: be on; (dicht an) be next to; fig., Ursache: be because of; an der Spitze etc. liegen be in front etc.; es liegt an dir Schuld: it’s your fault; etw. zu tun: it’s up to you; an mir solls nicht liegen I’ll certainly do my best; (ich werde dir nicht im Weg stehen) I won’t stand in the way; an mir solls nicht liegen, wenn die Sache schief geht it won’t be my fault ( oder through any fault of mine) if it goes wrong; es liegt daran, dass... it’s because...; es liegt mir daran zu (+ Inf.) I’m keen (Am. eager) to (+ Inf.) es liegt mir sehr viel daran it means a lot to me; es liegt mir viel an ihr she means a lot to me; mir liegt viel an deiner Mitarbeit your cooperation is very important to me; es liegt mir nichts daran it doesn’t mean much to me; es liegt mir nichts daran zu gewinnen it doesn’t make any difference to me whether I win or not
    11. mit Präp.: liegen auf (+ Akk) lie on; Akzent: be on; der Wagen liegt gut ( auf der Straße) the car holds (the road) well; es liegt Nebel auf den Feldern mist is hanging over the fields; Hand1 3, Seele1
    12. mit Präp.: der Gewinn liegt bei fünf Millionen there is a profit of five million; die Temperaturen liegen bei 30 Grad temperatures are ( im Wetterbericht: will be) around 30 degrees (centigrade); die Entscheidung liegt bei dir it’s your decision, it’s up to you; Blut 1, Magen etc.
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    to recline; to be situated; to lie; to be
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    lie|gen
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    1) (to be in or take a more or less flat position: She went into the bedroom and lay on the bed; The book was lying in the hall.) lie
    2) (to be situated; to be in a particular place etc: The farm lay three miles from the sea; His interest lies in farming.) lie
    3) ((with with) (of a duty etc) to belong to: The choice rests with you.) rest
    4) (to lie or rest; to have a certain position: The parcel is sitting on the table.) sit
    5) (to be in a particular state, condition or situation: As matters stand, we can do nothing to help; How do you stand financially?) stand
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    lie·gen
    < lag, gelegen>
    [ˈli:gn̩]
    vi Hilfsverb: haben o SÜDD, ÖSTERR, SCHWEIZ sein
    1. (sich in horizontaler Lage befinden) to lie
    ich liege noch im Bett I'm still [lying] in bed
    während der Krankheit musste sie \liegen while she was ill she had to lie down all the time
    Weinflaschen müssen \liegen wine bottles should lie flat
    hast du irgendwo meine Schlüssel \liegen gesehen? have you seen my keys lying [around] anywhere?
    deine Brille müsste eigentlich auf dem Schreibtisch \liegen your glasses should be [lying] on the desk
    Herzkranke müssen hoch/höher \liegen people with heart problems should lie with their heads raised
    das Flugzeug lag ganz ruhig in der Luft the plane was flying quite smoothly
    der Wagen liegt gut auf der Straße the car holds the road well
    auf dieser Matratze liegt man weich/weicher this mattress is soft/softer for lying on
    in diesem Bett liegt es sich hart/weich this bed is hard/soft
    krank im Bett \liegen to be ill in bed
    im Krankenhaus/auf Station 2 \liegen to be in hospital/in ward 2
    unbequem \liegen to lie uncomfortably [or in an uncomfortable position]
    \liegen bleiben (im Bett) to stay in bed; (nicht aufstehen) to remain lying [down]
    bleib \liegen! don't get up!, stay down!
    sie blieb bewusstlos auf dem Boden \liegen she lay unconscious on the floor; s.a. Knie, links, stehen
    2. (sich befinden) to be [lying]
    ein Lächeln lag auf seinem Gesicht there was a smile on his face
    die Stadt lag in dichtem Nebel the town was enveloped in thick fog, thick fog hung [or lay] over the town
    die Betonung liegt auf der zweiten Silbe the stress is on the second syllable
    ich habe noch einen guten Wein im Keller \liegen I have a good wine in the cellar
    etw liegt [nicht] in jds Absicht sth is [not] sb's intention
    es liegt nicht in meiner Absicht, das zu tun it is not my intention to do that
    etw liegt nicht in jds Hand/Macht sth is out of sb's hands/not within sb's power
    das liegt leider nicht in meiner Hand/Macht unfortunately that is out of my hands/not within my power
    verstreut \liegen to be [or lie] scattered
    [irgendwo] \liegen bleiben (nicht weggenommen werden) to be left [somewhere]
    Hände weg, das Buch bleibt [da] \liegen! hands off, the book's going nowhere!
    etw \liegen lassen (zurücklassen) to leave sth [there]; (verstreut) to leave sth lying about [or around]
    er ließ die Briefe auf dem Tisch liegen he left the letters [lying] on the desk
    er ließ alles \liegen und eilte ihr zur Hilfe he dropped everything to [go and] help her
    3. (sich abgesetzt haben) Schnee to lie; Hitze, Nebel a. to hang
    der Schnee lag 1 Meter hoch the snow was 1 metre deep
    es liegt Schnee auf den Bergen there is snow [lying] on the hills
    hier in den Bergen liegt oft bis Mitte April noch Schnee here in the mountains the snow often lies on the ground until mid-April
    auf den Autos liegt weißer Reif there is a white [covering of] frost on the cars
    bei euch liegt aber viel Staub it's very dusty [in] here
    über allen Möbeln lag eine dicke Staubschicht there was a thick layer of dust over all the furniture
    4. (vergessen werden)
    irgendwo \liegen bleiben to be [or get] left behind somewhere
    mein Hut muss in dem Restaurant \liegen geblieben sein I must have left my hat in the restaurant
    etw \liegen lassen to leave sth behind
    verflixt, ich muss meinen Schirm in der U-Bahn \liegen gelassen haben! damn, I must have left my umbrella [behind] on the underground!
    5. (nicht erledigt werden)
    \liegen bleiben to be left [undone], not to get done
    diese Briefe können bis morgen \liegen bleiben these letters can wait until tomorrow
    etw \liegen lassen to leave sth [undone]
    \liegen bleiben (nicht verkauft werden) to remain unsold, not to sell
    wenn uns diese Waren \liegen bleiben... if we are left with these things [on our hands]...
    7. (geografisch gelegen sein) to be; Haus, Stadt etc. a. to be situated [or located], to lie
    ihr Haus liegt an einem romantischen See their house is situated by a romantic lake
    das liegt auf dem Weg/ganz in der Nähe it's on the way/quite nearby
    eine bildhübsch/ruhig/verkehrsgünstig gelegene Villa a villa in a picturesque/quiet/easily accessible location
    etw links/rechts \liegen lassen to leave sth on one's left/right
    nach Norden/zum Garten/zur Straße \liegen to face north/the garden/the road
    diese Wohnung liegt nach vorn zur Straße [hinaus] this flat faces [out onto] the street
    das Fenster liegt zum Garten the window faces the garden
    verkehrsgünstig \liegen Stadt to have good communications
    8. (begraben sein)
    ▪ irgendwo \liegen to be [or lie] buried somewhere
    ▪ irgendwo \liegen to be [moored] somewhere
    ein paar Fischerboote lagen am Kai a couple of fishing boots were moored to the quay
    10. MIL
    ▪ irgendwo liegen Truppen to be stationed
    vor Paris \liegen to be stationed outside Paris
    irgendwo [in Quartier] \liegen to be quartered somewhere
    11. AUTO (nicht weiterfahren können)
    \liegen bleiben to break down [or have a breakdown], to conk out fam
    12. (zeitlich) to be
    das liegt noch vor mir/schon hinter mir I still have that to come/that's all behind me now
    die Stunden, die zwischen den Prüfungen lagen the hours between the examinations
    13. (in einem Wettbewerb)
    ▪ irgendwo \liegen to be [or lie] somewhere
    wie \liegen unsere Schwimmer eigentlich im Wettbewerb? how are our swimmers doing in the competition?
    die Mannschaft liegt jetzt auf dem zweiten Tabellenplatz the team is now second in the division
    in den Charts an erster Stelle \liegen to top the charts
    in Führung/auf den hinteren Plätzen/an der Spitze \liegen to be in the lead/at the bottom/right out in front
    14. (gestylt sein)
    gut \liegen Haare to stay in place [well]
    richtig/nicht richtig \liegen to be/not be in the right place
    15. (bedeckt sein)
    der Tisch liegt voller Bücher the desk is covered with books
    16. MODE (eine bestimmte Breite haben)
    ▪ irgendwie \liegen Stoff to be a certain size
    wie breit liegt dieser Seidenstoff? how wide is this silk material?
    der Stoff liegt quer/90 cm breit the material is on the cross/is 90 cm wide
    17. ÖKON
    ▪ bei [o um] ... \liegen to cost...
    ▪ zwischen... und... \liegen to cost between... and..., to be priced at between... and...
    der Preis dürfte [irgendwo] bei 4.500 Euro \liegen the price is likely to be [around] 4,500 euros
    damit \liegen Sie um 185.000 Euro höher that would put the price up by 185,000 euros
    damit \liegen Sie schnell bei 1,3 Millionen Euro Baukosten that would soon push the building costs up to 1.3 million euros
    18. (begründet sein)
    ▪ an jdm/etw \liegen to be caused [or because of] by sb/sth
    woran liegt es? why is that?, what is the reason [for that]?
    es liegt daran, dass... it is because...
    ich weiß nicht, woran es liegt I don't know what the reason is
    woran mag es nur \liegen, dass mir immer alles misslingt? why is it that everything I do goes wrong?
    an mir soll es nicht \liegen! don't let me stop you!, I won't stand in your way!
    19. (wichtig sein)
    ▪ jdm liegt etw an jdm/etw sb attaches a certain importance to sb/sth
    du weißt doch, wie sehr mir daran liegt you know how important it is to me
    es liegt mir schon etwas an ihr I do care about her [a bit]
    ihm liegt [einiges] daran, respektiert zu werden it is of [some] importance to him to be respected
    jdm ist etwas/nichts/viel an jdm/etw gelegen sb/sth means something/nothing/a lot to sb
    an diesem uninteressanten Stellenangebot war mir nichts gelegen I didn't bother [even] considering this unappealing job offer
    es liegt jdm nichts/wenig an etw sth doesn't matter at all/much to sb, sth isn't at all/not very important to sb
    es liegt jdm viel an etw sth matters a lot to sb, sth is very important to sb
    es liegt ihm sehr viel an seiner Arbeit his job matters a lot to him
    20. oft verneint (jdm gemäß sein)
    ▪ etw liegt jdm sb likes sth; (entspricht jds Begabung) sb is good at sth
    Mathe scheint dir wirklich zu \liegen (fam) maths seems right up your street fam
    diese Arbeit liegt mir total (fam) this job suits me down to the ground fam
    ▪ etw liegt jdm nicht (jd hat kein Talent) sb has no aptitude for sth; (es gefällt jdm nicht) sth doesn't appeal to sb; (jd mag es nicht) sb doesn't like [or care for] sth
    Französisch liegt ihm nicht he has no aptitude for French
    körperliche Arbeit liegt ihr weniger she's not really cut out for physical work
    Peter ist ganz nett, aber er liegt mir irgendwie nicht Peter's nice enough but not really my cup of tea
    21. (lasten)
    ▪ auf jdm \liegen to weigh down [up]on sb
    auf ihr liegt eine große Verantwortung a heavy responsibility rests on her shoulders
    auf ihm scheint ein Fluch zu \liegen there seems to be a curse on him
    die Schuld lag schwer auf ihm his guilt weighed heavily on him; s.a. Magen
    22. (abhängig sein)
    ▪ bei jdm \liegen to be up to sb
    das liegt ganz bei dir that is completely up to you
    die Entscheidung liegt bei dir/beim Volk the decision rests with you/the people
    die Verantwortung liegt bei dir it's your responsibility
    23. (stehen, sich verhalten) to be
    die Sache liegt ganz anders the situation is quite different; s.a. Ding
    * * *
    unregelmäßiges intransitives Verb
    1) lie; < person> be lying down

    während der Krankheit musste er liegen — while he was ill he had to lie down all the time

    im Krankenhaus/auf Station 6 liegen — be in hospital/in ward 6

    [krank] im Bett liegen — be [ill] in bed

    [im Bett] liegen bleiben — stay in bed

    bewusstlos/bewegungslos liegen bleiben — lie unconscious/motionless

    2) (vorhanden sein) lie

    es liegt Schnee auf den Bergen — there is snow [lying] on the hills

    3) (sich befinden) be; < object> be [lying]; <town, house, etc.> be [situated]

    wie die Dinge liegen — as things are or stand [at the moment]

    die Stadt liegt an der Küste — the town is or lies on the coast

    etwas rechts/links liegen lassen — leave something on one's right/left

    das Fenster liegt nach vorn/nach Süden/zum Garten — the window is at the front/faces south/faces the garden

    es liegt nicht in meiner Absicht, das zu tun — it is not my intention to do that

    das Essen lag mir schwer im Magen — the food/meal lay heavy on my stomach

    das liegt noch vor mir/schon hinter mir — I still have that to come/that's all behind me now

    5)

    das liegt an ihm od. bei ihm — it is up to him; (ist seine Schuld) it is his fault

    die Verantwortung/Schuld liegt bei ihm — it is his responsibility/fault

    an mir soll es nicht liegen — I won't stand in your way; (ich werde mich beteiligen) I'm easy (coll.)

    ich weiß nicht, woran es liegt — I don't know what the reason is

    woran mag es nur liegen, dass...? — why ever is it that...?

    es liegt mir nicht — it doesn't suit me; it isn't right for me; (es spricht mich nicht an) it doesn't appeal to me; (ich mag es nicht) I don't like it or care for it

    es liegt ihm nicht, das zu tun — he does not like doing that; (so etwas tut er nicht) it is not his way to do that

    7)

    daran liegt ihm viel/wenig/nichts — he sets great/little/no store by that; it means a lot/little/nothing to him

    an ihm liegt mir schon etwas — I do care about him [a bit]

    9) (bes. Milit.): (verweilen) be; < troops> be stationed; < ship> lie
    10)

    liegen bleiben — < things> stay, be left; (vergessen werden) be left behind; (nicht verkauft werden) remain unsold; (nicht erledigt werden) be left undone; (eine Panne haben) break down

    etwas liegen lassen — (vergessen) leave something [behind]; (unerledigt lassen) leave something undone

    alles liegen und stehen lassen — drop everything; s. auch Straße 1); liegend

    * * *
    Liegen n; -s, kein pl lying; Stellung: lying ( oder horizontal) position;
    im Liegen lying down;
    das Liegen bekommt ihm nicht he can’t take all this lying down
    * * *
    unregelmäßiges intransitives Verb
    1) lie; < person> be lying down

    im Krankenhaus/auf Station 6 liegen — be in hospital/in ward 6

    [krank] im Bett liegen — be [ill] in bed

    [im Bett] liegen bleiben — stay in bed

    bewusstlos/bewegungslos liegen bleiben — lie unconscious/motionless

    es liegt Schnee auf den Bergen — there is snow [lying] on the hills

    3) (sich befinden) be; < object> be [lying]; <town, house, etc.> be [situated]

    wie die Dinge liegen — as things are or stand [at the moment]

    die Stadt liegt an der Küste — the town is or lies on the coast

    etwas rechts/links liegen lassen — leave something on one's right/left

    das Fenster liegt nach vorn/nach Süden/zum Garten — the window is at the front/faces south/faces the garden

    es liegt nicht in meiner Absicht, das zu tun — it is not my intention to do that

    das Essen lag mir schwer im Magen — the food/meal lay heavy on my stomach

    das liegt noch vor mir/schon hinter mir — I still have that to come/that's all behind me now

    5)

    das liegt an ihm od. bei ihm — it is up to him; (ist seine Schuld) it is his fault

    die Verantwortung/Schuld liegt bei ihm — it is his responsibility/fault

    an mir soll es nicht liegen — I won't stand in your way; (ich werde mich beteiligen) I'm easy (coll.)

    ich weiß nicht, woran es liegt — I don't know what the reason is

    woran mag es nur liegen, dass...? — why ever is it that...?

    es liegt mir nicht — it doesn't suit me; it isn't right for me; (es spricht mich nicht an) it doesn't appeal to me; (ich mag es nicht) I don't like it or care for it

    es liegt ihm nicht, das zu tun — he does not like doing that; (so etwas tut er nicht) it is not his way to do that

    7)

    daran liegt ihm viel/wenig/nichts — he sets great/little/no store by that; it means a lot/little/nothing to him

    an ihm liegt mir schon etwas — I do care about him [a bit]

    9) (bes. Milit.): (verweilen) be; < troops> be stationed; < ship> lie
    10)

    liegen bleiben — < things> stay, be left; (vergessen werden) be left behind; (nicht verkauft werden) remain unsold; (nicht erledigt werden) be left undone; (eine Panne haben) break down

    etwas liegen lassen — (vergessen) leave something [behind]; (unerledigt lassen) leave something undone

    alles liegen und stehen lassen — drop everything; s. auch Straße 1); liegend

    * * *
    n.
    recumbency n.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Liegen

  • 33 cuando

    adv.
    when.
    cuando me agacho, me duele la espalda when o whenever I bend down, my back hurts
    cuando quieras whenever you like
    de cuando en cuando, de vez en cuando from time to time, now and again
    cuando más at the most
    cuando menos at least
    conj.
    1 if.
    cuando tú lo dices será verdad it must be true if you say so
    no será tan malo cuando ha vendido tantas copias it can't be that bad if it's sold so many copies
    2 even though (contrast indicates).
    no tiene muchos amigos, cuando en realidad es una persona muy agradable he doesn't have a lot of friends, even though he's actually a very nice person
    * * *
    1 (tiempo) when
    1 (temporal) when, whenever
    3 (causal) since
    1 during, at the time of
    \
    cuando más at the most
    cuando menos at least
    cuando mucho at the most
    de cuando en cuando / de vez en cuando now and then, from time to time
    hasta cuando until
    * * *
    1. prep.
    2) if
    2. conj.
    1) when
    2) if
    * * *
    1. CONJ
    1) [con valor temporal] [en un momento concreto] when; [en cualquier momento] whenever

    cuando iba allí lo veía — whenever I went there I saw him, I used to see him when(ever) I went there

    2) [con valor condicional, causal] if

    cuando él lo dice, será verdad — if he says so, it must be true

    cuando no te ha dicho nada todavía, es que no piensa invitarte — if he hasn't said anything yet, that means he isn't thinking of inviting you

    3) [con valor adversativo] when

    yo lo hago todo, cuando es él quien debería hacerlo — I'm the one that does it all, when it should be him

    aun 3)
    2. ADV
    1)

    fue entonces cuando comprendí la importancia del problema — it was then that o that was when I understood the seriousness of the problem

    en abril es cuando más casos hay — April is when there are most cases, it's in April that there are most cases

    • de cuando en cuando, de vez en cuando — from time to time, now and again, every so often

    2)

    • cuando más — at (the) most

    tardaremos, cuando más, una semana — it will take us a week at (the) most o at the outside

    • cuando menos — at least

    esperamos llegar, cuando menos, a las semifinales — we are hoping to reach the semifinals, at least

    • cuando mucho — at (the) most

    • cuando no — if not

    docenas, cuando no cientos, de películas — dozens, if not hundreds, of films

    3.
    PREP

    cuando niño yo era muy travieso — as a child o when I was a child I was very naughty

    * * *
    I

    cuando éramos pequeños — when we were young; (+ subj)

    ven cuando quieras — come when o whenever you like

    b) ( referido al futuro) (+ subj) when
    2)
    a) (si) if

    cada cuando — (esp AmL) every so often

    de vez en cuando — from time to time, every so often

    cuando más or mucho — at (the) most, at the outside

    II
    * * *
    = at the time (that/of), when, where, at what point.
    Ex. This order is consistent with the established relationships between subjects at the time that the scheme was first published (1876).
    Ex. When the record transfer is complete, the catalog summary screen is shown for the new record so that the user can review and update it.
    Ex. An appreciation of alternative approaches is particularly important in this field where trends towards standardisation are the norm.
    Ex. Libraries are having to decide at what point a service should become chargeable without creating a disadvantage to those who cannot pay = Las bibliotecas tienen que decidir cuándo se debería cobrar por un servicio sin crear un problema para los que no pueden pagar.
    ----
    * aun cuando = even if, even though, even when.
    * cada cuando = every so often, every now and then, every now and again, every once in a while.
    * como cuando + Indicativo = as in + Gerundio.
    * como y cuando = as and when.
    * como y cuando sea + Adjetivo = as + Adjetivo.
    * cuando antes + Pronombre + sea posible = at + Posesivo + earliest convenience, at + Posesivo + earliest convenience.
    * cuando antes pueda = at + Posesivo + earliest convenience.
    * cuando a uno le venga bien = at leisure.
    * cuando el río, suena agua lleva = there's no smoke without fire, where there's smoke there's fire.
    * cuando el río suena agua lleva, donde hay humo hay fuego = there's no smoke without fire.
    * cuando el sol aprieta = during the heat of the day.
    * cuando el tiempo lo permita = when the weather permits.
    * cuando era niño = as a boy.
    * cuando hace frío = in the cold.
    * cuando la marea está alta = at high tide.
    * cuando la marea está baja = at low tide.
    * cuando le surja la necesidad = at + Posesivo + time of need.
    * cuando llegó la hora de + Infinitivo = when it came to + Gerundio.
    * cuando llegue la hora = when the time comes.
    * cuando lo necesite = at + Posesivo + time of need.
    * cuando menos te lo esperes = on any given Sunday.
    * cuando proceda = where appropriate, when applicable.
    * cuando quieras = anytime.
    * cuando sea el caso = when applicable.
    * cuando sea necesario = when necessary.
    * cuando sea pertinente = where applicable, where appropriate.
    * cuando se está en + Nombre = when in + Nombre.
    * cuando se le antoje a Uno = on a whim.
    * cuando se solicite = on demand, on request, upon + request.
    * cuando se trata de + Infinitivo = when it comes to + Gerundio.
    * cuando..., si es que... = if and when.
    * cuando uno se encuentra mejor de ánimo = on the upswing.
    * de cuando en cuando = every once in a while, every so often, every now and then, every now and again.
    * de vez en cuando = from time to time, now and then, now and again, once in a while, every once in a while, at various times, occasionally, off and on, on and off, occasional, every so often, every now and then, every now and again.
    * en aquellas ocasiones cuando = on occasions when.
    * ganar cuando todo parece estar perdido = victory from the jaws of defeat.
    * para cuando = by the time.
    * siempre y cuando = on the condition that, with the condition that, if and when.
    * siempre y cuando + Subjuntivo = provided (that), as long as.
    * * *
    I

    cuando éramos pequeños — when we were young; (+ subj)

    ven cuando quieras — come when o whenever you like

    b) ( referido al futuro) (+ subj) when
    2)
    a) (si) if

    cada cuando — (esp AmL) every so often

    de vez en cuando — from time to time, every so often

    cuando más or mucho — at (the) most, at the outside

    II
    * * *
    = at the time (that/of), when, where, at what point.

    Ex: This order is consistent with the established relationships between subjects at the time that the scheme was first published (1876).

    Ex: When the record transfer is complete, the catalog summary screen is shown for the new record so that the user can review and update it.
    Ex: An appreciation of alternative approaches is particularly important in this field where trends towards standardisation are the norm.
    Ex: Libraries are having to decide at what point a service should become chargeable without creating a disadvantage to those who cannot pay = Las bibliotecas tienen que decidir cuándo se debería cobrar por un servicio sin crear un problema para los que no pueden pagar.
    * aun cuando = even if, even though, even when.
    * cada cuando = every so often, every now and then, every now and again, every once in a while.
    * como cuando + Indicativo = as in + Gerundio.
    * como y cuando = as and when.
    * como y cuando sea + Adjetivo = as + Adjetivo.
    * cuando antes + Pronombre + sea posible = at + Posesivo + earliest convenience, at + Posesivo + earliest convenience.
    * cuando antes pueda = at + Posesivo + earliest convenience.
    * cuando a uno le venga bien = at leisure.
    * cuando el río, suena agua lleva = there's no smoke without fire, where there's smoke there's fire.
    * cuando el río suena agua lleva, donde hay humo hay fuego = there's no smoke without fire.
    * cuando el sol aprieta = during the heat of the day.
    * cuando el tiempo lo permita = when the weather permits.
    * cuando era niño = as a boy.
    * cuando hace frío = in the cold.
    * cuando la marea está alta = at high tide.
    * cuando la marea está baja = at low tide.
    * cuando le surja la necesidad = at + Posesivo + time of need.
    * cuando llegó la hora de + Infinitivo = when it came to + Gerundio.
    * cuando llegue la hora = when the time comes.
    * cuando lo necesite = at + Posesivo + time of need.
    * cuando menos te lo esperes = on any given Sunday.
    * cuando proceda = where appropriate, when applicable.
    * cuando quieras = anytime.
    * cuando sea el caso = when applicable.
    * cuando sea necesario = when necessary.
    * cuando sea pertinente = where applicable, where appropriate.
    * cuando se está en + Nombre = when in + Nombre.
    * cuando se le antoje a Uno = on a whim.
    * cuando se solicite = on demand, on request, upon + request.
    * cuando se trata de + Infinitivo = when it comes to + Gerundio.
    * cuando..., si es que... = if and when.
    * cuando uno se encuentra mejor de ánimo = on the upswing.
    * de cuando en cuando = every once in a while, every so often, every now and then, every now and again.
    * de vez en cuando = from time to time, now and then, now and again, once in a while, every once in a while, at various times, occasionally, off and on, on and off, occasional, every so often, every now and then, every now and again.
    * en aquellas ocasiones cuando = on occasions when.
    * ganar cuando todo parece estar perdido = victory from the jaws of defeat.
    * para cuando = by the time.
    * siempre y cuando = on the condition that, with the condition that, if and when.
    * siempre y cuando + Subjuntivo = provided (that), as long as.

    * * *
    a las siete es cuando me viene mejor seven o'clock is the best time for me
    cuando estoy solo when I'm alone
    justo cuando la fiesta empezaba a animarse just as o just when the party was beginning to liven up
    ¿te acuerdas de cuando éramos pequeños? do you remember when we were young?
    (+ subj): cuando se entere me mata when he finds out he'll kill me!
    ven cuando quieras come when o whenever you like
    B
    1
    (si): cuando él lo dice será verdad if he says so then it must be true
    cuando yo te digo que es un fresco … didn't I tell you he had a nerve?
    se ha molestado cuando soy yo la que debería sentirse ofendida he's upset when really I'm the one who ought to feel offended
    ¿por qué me voy a preocupar cuando a él no le importa? why should I worry if o when he doesn't care?
    C ( en locs):
    cada cuando every so often, from time to time, now and then
    de vez en cuando from time to time, every so often, now and then
    cuando más or mucho at (the) most, at the outside
    cuando menos at least
    cuando quiera whenever
    cuando quiera que ocurren estas tragedias … whenever these tragedies occur …
    ( fam):
    nos conocimos cuando la mili we met when we were doing our military service, we met during our military service
    yo estaba allí cuando la explosión I was there when the explosion happened o at the time of the explosion
    una ermita de cuando los moros a hermitage dating from Moorish times
    * * *

     

    Multiple Entries:
    cuando    
    cuándo
    cuando conjunción

    ◊ ven cuándo quieras come when o whenever you like;

    cuándo se mejore when she gets better;
    ahora es cuándo me viene mejor now is the best time for me
    b) (si) if;


    c) ( en locs)


    de vez en cuando from time to time, every so often
    cuándo adverbio
    when;
    ◊ ¿de cuándo es esa foto? when was that photo taken?;

    ¿desde cuándo lo sabes? how long have you known?;
    ¿desde cuándo? since when?;
    ¡cuándo no! (AmL) as usual!
    cuando
    I adverbio (de tiempo) when
    II conj
    1 (temporal) when: cuando quieras, whenever you want
    cuando termines, when you finish
    2 (condicional) (si) if
    3 (concesiva) (aunque) (aun) cuando, even if
    III preposición during, at the time of
    cuando la guerra, during the war
    cuando joven, when young
    ♦ Locuciones: cuando más/mucho, at the most
    cuando menos, at least
    cuando quiera que, whenever
    de cuando en cuando/de vez en cuando, from time to time
    cuándo adverbio interr when?
    ¿desde cuándo?, since when?
    ¿para cuándo vienes?, when are you coming?

    ' cuándo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abrir
    - acertar
    - achantarse
    - ahorcarse
    - antojarse
    - apéndice
    - asesinar
    - asomar
    - atravesada
    - atravesado
    - aun
    - avisar
    - baja
    - bajo
    - balón
    - bastante
    - bien
    - bisbiseo
    - bobalicón
    - bobalicona
    - boca
    - caer
    - caerse
    - calmarse
    - campante
    - casarse
    - cerca
    - cerdo
    - cien
    - codazo
    - comecome
    - como
    - cómo
    - componenda
    - cónclave
    - contra
    - cordera
    - cordero
    - corta
    - corto
    - cota
    - cuando
    - dejarse
    - delirio
    - demasiada
    - demasiado
    - demonio
    - derrumbarse
    - desconectarse
    - desde
    English:
    accustom
    - add in
    - admit
    - advise
    - again
    - agree
    - alter
    - alternate
    - antidepressant
    - appreciate
    - apron
    - as
    - ashen
    - ask
    - averse
    - away
    - baby
    - back
    - back off
    - bed
    - beeline
    - behave
    - blow
    - blue
    - bluff
    - blunt
    - blur
    - boo
    - bow out
    - buckle
    - burglar alarm
    - burst
    - by-election
    - cat
    - catch
    - clean
    - come on
    - come out
    - composure
    - console
    - crack
    - crop up
    - cry out for
    - dare
    - deadline
    - delay
    - devil
    - dicey
    - dinner
    - dishearten
    * * *
    ♦ adv
    when;
    cuando llegue el verano iremos de viaje when summer comes we'll go travelling;
    cuando me agacho, me duele la espalda when o whenever I bend down, my back hurts;
    se marchó cuando mejor lo estábamos pasando she left just when we were having a really good time;
    acababa de cerrar la puerta, cuando estalló la bomba I had just closed the door when the bomb went off;
    fue entonces cuando comprendí el problema it was then that I realized the problem;
    para cuando llegamos, la fiesta ya había acabado by the time we arrived the party was already over;
    ven a visitarnos cuando quieras come and stay with us whenever you like;
    cambia mucho de cuando está de buen humor a cuando está enfadado he's very different when he's in a good mood to when he's angry;
    ¿te acuerdas de cuando nos dieron el premio? do you remember when o the time they gave us the prize?;
    apenas se marchó el profesor, cuando todos los alumnos se pusieron a hablar no sooner had the teacher left than all the pupils started talking;
    de cuando en cuando, de vez en cuando from time to time, now and again;
    cuando más, cuando mucho at (the) most;
    cuando más, te ayudaré un rato I'll help you for a short while, but no longer;
    cuando menos at least;
    nos harán falta cuando menos cinco personas we'll need at least five people;
    cuando quiera que me lo encuentro, siempre me sonríe whenever I meet him he smiles at me
    ♦ conj
    1. [si] if;
    cuando tú lo dices será verdad it must be true if you say so;
    cuando no te ha llegado la invitación, será porque no te quieren ver if you haven't received an invitation, it must be because they don't want to see you;
    no será tan malo cuando ha vendido tantas copias it can't be that bad if it's sold so many copies
    2. [después de “aun”] [aunque]
    no mentiría aun cuando le fuera en ello la vida she wouldn't lie even if her life depended on it
    3. [indica contraste]
    no tiene muchos amigos, cuando en realidad es una persona muy agradable he doesn't have a lot of friends, even though he's actually a very nice person
    4. [introduce valoración negativa] when, even though;
    siempre está protestando, cuando es el que más oportunidades recibe he's always complaining even though o when he's the one who gets more chances than anyone else
    ♦ prep
    quemaron ese colegio cuando la guerra that school was burned down during the war;
    son restos de cuando los romanos they are remains from Roman times;
    cuando niño, solía bañarme en este río when I was a boy I used to swim in this river
    * * *
    I conj when; condicional if;
    cuando quieras whenever you want
    II adv when;
    de cuando en cuando from time to time;
    cuando menos at least;
    cuando más, cuando mucho at (the) most
    * * *
    cuándo adv & conj
    1) : when
    ¿cuándo llegará?: when will she arrive?
    no sabemos cuándo será: we don't know when it will be
    2)
    ¿de cuándo acá? : since when?, how come?
    cuando conj
    1) : when
    cuando llegó: when he arrived
    2) : since, if
    cuando lo dices: if you say so
    3)
    cuando más : at the most
    4)
    de vez en cuando : from time to time
    cuando prep
    : during, at the time of
    cuando la guerra: during the war
    * * *
    cuando adv when

    Spanish-English dictionary > cuando

  • 34 Ford, Henry

    [br]
    b. 30 July 1863 Dearborn, Michigan, USA
    d. 7 April 1947 Dearborn, Michigan, USA
    [br]
    American pioneer motor-car maker and developer of mass-production methods.
    [br]
    He was the son of an Irish immigrant farmer, William Ford, and the oldest son to survive of Mary Litogot; his mother died in 1876 with the birth of her sixth child. He went to the village school, and at the age of 16 he was apprenticed to Flower brothers' machine shop and then at the Drydock \& Engineering Works in Detroit. In 1882 he left to return to the family farm and spent some time working with a 1 1/2 hp steam engine doing odd jobs for the farming community at $3 per day. He was then employed as a demonstrator for Westinghouse steam engines. He met Clara Jane Bryant at New Year 1885 and they were married on 11 April 1888. Their only child, Edsel Bryant Ford, was born on 6 November 1893.
    At that time Henry worked on steam engine repairs for the Edison Illuminating Company, where he became Chief Engineer. He became one of a group working to develop a "horseless carriage" in 1896 and in June completed his first vehicle, a "quadri cycle" with a two-cylinder engine. It was built in a brick shed, which had to be partially demolished to get the carriage out.
    Ford became involved in motor racing, at which he was more successful than he was in starting a car-manufacturing company. Several early ventures failed, until the Ford Motor Company of 1903. By October 1908 they had started with production of the Model T. The first, of which over 15 million were built up to the end of its production in May 1927, came out with bought-out steel stampings and a planetary gearbox, and had a one-piece four-cylinder block with a bolt-on head. This was one of the most successful models built by Ford or any other motor manufacturer in the life of the motor car.
    Interchangeability of components was an important element in Ford's philosophy. Ford was a pioneer in the use of vanadium steel for engine components. He adopted the principles of Frederick Taylor, the pioneer of time-and-motion study, and installed the world's first moving assembly line for the production of magnetos, started in 1913. He installed blast furnaces at the factory to make his own steel, and he also promoted research and the cultivation of the soya bean, from which a plastic was derived.
    In October 1913 he introduced the "Five Dollar Day", almost doubling the normal rate of pay. This was a profit-sharing scheme for his employees and contained an element of a reward for good behaviour. About this time he initiated work on an agricultural tractor, the "Fordson" made by a separate company, the directors of which were Henry and his son Edsel.
    In 1915 he chartered the Oscar II, a "peace ship", and with fifty-five delegates sailed for Europe a week before Christmas, docking at Oslo. Their objective was to appeal to all European Heads of State to stop the war. He had hoped to persuade manufacturers to replace armaments with tractors in their production programmes. In the event, Ford took to his bed in the hotel with a chill, stayed there for five days and then sailed for New York and home. He did, however, continue to finance the peace activists who remained in Europe. Back in America, he stood for election to the US Senate but was defeated. He was probably the father of John Dahlinger, illegitimate son of Evangeline Dahlinger, a stenographer employed by the firm and on whom he lavished gifts of cars, clothes and properties. He became the owner of a weekly newspaper, the Dearborn Independent, which became the medium for the expression of many of his more unorthodox ideas. He was involved in a lawsuit with the Chicago Tribune in 1919, during which he was cross-examined on his knowledge of American history: he is reputed to have said "History is bunk". What he actually said was, "History is bunk as it is taught in schools", a very different comment. The lawyers who thus made a fool of him would have been surprised if they could have foreseen the force and energy that their actions were to release. For years Ford employed a team of specialists to scour America and Europe for furniture, artefacts and relics of all kinds, illustrating various aspects of history. Starting with the Wayside Inn from South Sudbury, Massachusetts, buildings were bought, dismantled and moved, to be reconstructed in Greenfield Village, near Dearborn. The courthouse where Abraham Lincoln had practised law and the Ohio bicycle shop where the Wright brothers built their first primitive aeroplane were added to the farmhouse where the proprietor, Henry Ford, had been born. Replicas were made of Independence Hall, Congress Hall and the old City Hall in Philadelphia, and even a reconstruction of Edison's Menlo Park laboratory was installed. The Henry Ford museum was officially opened on 21 October 1929, on the fiftieth anniversary of Edison's invention of the incandescent bulb, but it continued to be a primary preoccupation of the great American car maker until his death.
    Henry Ford was also responsible for a number of aeronautical developments at the Ford Airport at Dearborn. He introduced the first use of radio to guide a commercial aircraft, the first regular airmail service in the United States. He also manufactured the country's first all-metal multi-engined plane, the Ford Tri-Motor.
    Edsel became President of the Ford Motor Company on his father's resignation from that position on 30 December 1918. Following the end of production in May 1927 of the Model T, the replacement Model A was not in production for another six months. During this period Henry Ford, though officially retired from the presidency of the company, repeatedly interfered and countermanded the orders of his son, ostensibly the man in charge. Edsel, who died of stomach cancer at his home at Grosse Point, Detroit, on 26 May 1943, was the father of Henry Ford II. Henry Ford died at his home, "Fair Lane", four years after his son's death.
    [br]
    Bibliography
    1922, with S.Crowther, My Life and Work, London: Heinemann.
    Further Reading
    R.Lacey, 1986, Ford, the Men and the Machine, London: Heinemann. W.C.Richards, 1948, The Last Billionaire, Henry Ford, New York: Charles Scribner.
    IMcN

    Biographical history of technology > Ford, Henry

  • 35 Trevithick, Richard

    [br]
    b. 13 April 1771 Illogan, Cornwall, England
    d. 22 April 1833 Dartford, Kent, England
    [br]
    English engineer, pioneer of non-condensing steam-engines; designed and built the first locomotives.
    [br]
    Trevithick's father was a tin-mine manager, and Trevithick himself, after limited formal education, developed his immense engineering talent among local mining machinery and steam-engines and found employment as a mining engineer. Tall, strong and high-spirited, he was the eternal optimist.
    About 1797 it occurred to him that the separate condenser patent of James Watt could be avoided by employing "strong steam", that is steam at pressures substantially greater than atmospheric, to drive steam-engines: after use, steam could be exhausted to the atmosphere and the condenser eliminated. His first winding engine on this principle came into use in 1799, and subsequently such engines were widely used. To produce high-pressure steam, a stronger boiler was needed than the boilers then in use, in which the pressure vessel was mounted upon masonry above the fire: Trevithick designed the cylindrical boiler, with furnace tube within, from which the Cornish and later the Lancashire boilers evolved.
    Simultaneously he realized that high-pressure steam enabled a compact steam-engine/boiler unit to be built: typically, the Trevithick engine comprised a cylindrical boiler with return firetube, and a cylinder recessed into the boiler. No beam intervened between connecting rod and crank. A master patent was taken out.
    Such an engine was well suited to driving vehicles. Trevithick built his first steam-carriage in 1801, but after a few days' use it overturned on a rough Cornish road and was damaged beyond repair by fire. Nevertheless, it had been the first self-propelled vehicle successfully to carry passengers. His second steam-carriage was driven about the streets of London in 1803, even more successfully; however, it aroused no commercial interest. Meanwhile the Coalbrookdale Company had started to build a locomotive incorporating a Trevithick engine for its tramroads, though little is known of the outcome; however, Samuel Homfray's ironworks at Penydarren, South Wales, was already building engines to Trevithick's design, and in 1804 Trevithick built one there as a locomotive for the Penydarren Tramroad. In this, and in the London steam-carriage, exhaust steam was turned up the chimney to draw the fire. On 21 February the locomotive hauled five wagons with 10 tons of iron and seventy men for 9 miles (14 km): it was the first successful railway locomotive.
    Again, there was no commercial interest, although Trevithick now had nearly fifty stationary engines completed or being built to his design under licence. He experimented with one to power a barge on the Severn and used one to power a dredger on the Thames. He became Engineer to a project to drive a tunnel beneath the Thames at Rotherhithe and was only narrowly defeated, by quicksands. Trevithick then set up, in 1808, a circular tramroad track in London and upon it demonstrated to the admission-fee-paying public the locomotive Catch me who can, built to his design by John Hazledine and J.U. Rastrick.
    In 1809, by which date Trevithick had sold all his interest in the steam-engine patent, he and Robert Dickinson, in partnership, obtained a patent for iron tanks to hold liquid cargo in ships, replacing the wooden casks then used, and started to manufacture them. In 1810, however, he was taken seriously ill with typhus for six months and had to return to Cornwall, and early in 1811 the partners were bankrupt; Trevithick was discharged from bankruptcy only in 1814.
    In the meantime he continued as a steam engineer and produced a single-acting steam engine in which the cut-off could be varied to work the engine expansively by way of a three-way cock actuated by a cam. Then, in 1813, Trevithick was approached by a representative of a company set up to drain the rich but flooded silver-mines at Cerro de Pasco, Peru, at an altitude of 14,000 ft (4,300 m). Low-pressure steam engines, dependent largely upon atmospheric pressure, would not work at such an altitude, but Trevithick's high-pressure engines would. Nine engines and much other mining plant were built by Hazledine and Rastrick and despatched to Peru in 1814, and Trevithick himself followed two years later. However, the war of independence was taking place in Peru, then a Spanish colony, and no sooner had Trevithick, after immense difficulties, put everything in order at the mines then rebels arrived and broke up the machinery, for they saw the mines as a source of supply for the Spanish forces. It was only after innumerable further adventures, during which he encountered and was assisted financially by Robert Stephenson, that Trevithick eventually arrived home in Cornwall in 1827, penniless.
    He petitioned Parliament for a grant in recognition of his improvements to steam-engines and boilers, without success. He was as inventive as ever though: he proposed a hydraulic power transmission system; he was consulted over steam engines for land drainage in Holland; and he suggested a 1,000 ft (305 m) high tower of gilded cast iron to commemorate the Reform Act of 1832. While working on steam propulsion of ships in 1833, he caught pneumonia, from which he died.
    [br]
    Bibliography
    Trevithick took out fourteen patents, solely or in partnership, of which the most important are: 1802, Construction of Steam Engines, British patent no. 2,599. 1808, Stowing Ships' Cargoes, British patent no. 3,172.
    Further Reading
    H.W.Dickinson and A.Titley, 1934, Richard Trevithick. The Engineer and the Man, Cambridge; F.Trevithick, 1872, Life of Richard Trevithick, London (these two are the principal biographies).
    E.A.Forward, 1952, "Links in the history of the locomotive", The Engineer (22 February), 226 (considers the case for the Coalbrookdale locomotive of 1802).
    PJGR

    Biographical history of technology > Trevithick, Richard

  • 36 haben

    n; -s, kein Pl.; FIN. credit (side); Soll und Haben credit and debit
    * * *
    to have; to have got
    * * *
    Ha|ben ['haːbn]
    nt -s, no pl
    credit

    im Háben stehen — to be on the credit side

    * * *
    1) ((also have got) to hold or possess (something which belongs to oneself or to someone else): I have a book of yours at home; He's got your book; I don't have any books by Sir Walter Scott.) have
    2) ((also have got) to possess something as part of oneself or in some way connected with oneself: She has blue eyes; Our house has six rooms; I've got a pain in my stomach.) have
    3) (to produce: He does have some good ideas; She has had a baby.) have
    4) (to enjoy or suffer: We had a lovely holiday.) have
    5) (to think or feel: I have some doubts about this project.) have
    6) ((an entry on) the side of an account on which payments received are entered: Our credits are greater than our debits.) credit
    7) (to feel: He took pleasure/pride / a delight / an interest in his work.) take
    * * *
    Ha·ben
    <-s>
    [ˈha:bn̩]
    nt kein pl credit
    mit etw dat im \Haben sein to be in credit by sth
    * * *
    das; Habens, Haben (Kaufmannsspr.) credit; s. auch Soll 1)
    * * *
    haben; hat, hatte, hat gehabt
    A. v/t
    1. (Arbeit, Erfahrung, Geld, Zeit etc) have (got); (besitzen) auch possess, own;
    haben wollen (wünschen) want (to have); (fordern) want, demand;
    die Erlaubnis/das Recht haben zu (+inf) have permission/the right to (+inf)
    woher hast du das? where did you get that (from)?; (Nachricht etc) where did you hear that?;
    kann ich mal das Salz haben? umg could I have the salt, please?;
    da hast du’s! umg there you are;
    zu haben Ware: available; Haus: for sale;
    ist es noch zu haben? auch is it still going (US up for sale)?;
    sie ist noch zu haben umg, fig she’s not spoken for, she’s (still) available, she’s (still) single;
    dafür bin ich nicht zu haben fig you can count me out; generell: that’s not (really) my thing;
    für ein Bier bin ich immer zu haben fig I’m always game for a beer;
    er hat schon viele Frauen gehabt umg, euph he’s already had a lot of women;
    wer hat, der hat! umg, hum oder iron if you’ve got it, flaunt it;
    was man hat, das hat man a bird in the hand (is worth two in the bush) sprichw, possession is nine points ( oder tenths) of the law;
    er hat’s ja! umg he can afford it; → haste
    2. (Eigenschaft, Krankheit, Unfall, Zustand etc) have (got);
    welche Farbe haben seine Augen? what colo(u)r are his eyes?;
    Glück/Pech haben be lucky/unlucky;
    einen Motorschaden haben have engine trouble;
    es im Hals haben umg have a sore throat;
    er hat Geburtstag it’s his birthday;
    gestern hatten wir Regen we had rain yesterday, it rained here yesterday;
    hast du heute Dienst/Schule/frei? are you on duty/have you got school/are you off today?;
    Mathe haben wir bei Herrn Hanel Mr Hanel takes us for math(s), US We have math with Mr. Hanel;
    in der vierten Stunde haben wir Physik we’ve got physics (in the) fourth period ( oder lesson);
    in Erdkunde haben wir gerade China we’re doing China in geography at the moment;
    da hast du’s! (siehst du?) I told you so
    3. (fühlen):
    Angst/Durst etc
    haben be afraid/thirsty etc;
    Schmerzen haben be in pain, have a pain sg;
    was hast du denn? umg what’s up ( oder wrong)?;
    hast du was? umg is something the matter?
    4. (bestehen aus) comprise, be made up of, consist of; (wiegen) weigh; (messen) measure;
    der Fisch hat zwei Kilo/zwanzig Zentimeter the fish weighs two kilos/is 20 centimetres (US -ers) long;
    ein Kilogramm hat tausend Gramm there are a thousand grams in a kilogram;
    der Verein hat 20 Mitglieder the club has 20 members;
    Deutschland hat 16 Bundesländer Germany is made up of 16 states
    wir haben (jetzt) April/genau sechs Uhr/Montag, den 7.11. it’s April/six o’clock precisely/Monday 7 November (US November 7th);
    wie viel Uhr haben wir? what time is it?;
    in New York haben sie jetzt Nacht it’s nighttime in New York at the moment
    6. umg als Brauch, Mode:
    das hat man jetzt so/wieder/nicht mehr Brauch: it’s what we do nowadays/we’ve gone back to doing it this way/we don’t do it like that any more; Mode: it’s the fashion/back in fashion/out of fashion now
    7. unpers, besonders südd, österr, schweiz:
    es hat there is/are;
    wie viel Grad hat es (draußen)? what’s the temperature (outside)?;
    dieses Jahr hat es wenig Pilze there aren’t very many mushrooms this year;
    was hat’s bei euch für Wetter? what sort of weather are you having?, what’s the weather like where you are?
    8. umg (beendet, bekommen, gemacht etc haben):
    hast du den Abwasch schon? have you finished washing up (yet)? (US finished the dishes [yet]?);
    hat man den Dieb schon? have they caught the thief yet?;
    hab ich dich endlich! (erwischt) got you!, gotcha! umg;
    das werden wir gleich haben! no problem; bei Reparatur etc: we’ll have that done ( oder fixed) in no time;
    ich hab’s bald (I’m) nearly finished;
    hast du’s bald? ungeduldig: how much longer are you going to take?;
    ich hab’s oder
    jetzt hab ich’s! (I’ve) got it!;
    hast du schon Nachricht von ihr? - Nein, hab ich nicht! have you heard from her yet? – No, I haven’t;
    was hast du in Mathe? Note: what did you get in math(s)?;
    dich hat’s wohl! oder
    hat’s dich jetzt ganz? (spinnst du?) you must be mad (US crazy)!, you’re off your head
    9. mit es und adj:
    du hast’s gut you’ve got it good umg, everything’s fine for you;
    ich hab’s eilig I’m in a hurry;
    schön habt ihr es hier it’s lovely for you here;
    jetzt haben wir’s nicht mehr weit not far to go now;
    sie will es so haben that’s the way she wants it;
    wie hätten Sie’s denn gern(e)? how would you like it?
    10. mit zu und inf:
    nichts/viel zu essen haben have nothing/a lot to eat;
    einen Brief zu schreiben haben have a letter to write;
    ich habe noch Geld von ihr zu bekommen I still have some money to come ( oder coming) from her, she still owes me some money;
    du hast hier/mir (gar) nichts zu befehlen oder
    sagen/verbieten it’s not up to you to tell people/me what to do/what not to do;
    was hast du hier zu suchen? (verschwinde!) what are you doing here?
    wo hast du dein Auto (stehen)? where did you leave your car?;
    einen Läufer vor dem Bett (liegen) haben have a rug in front of the bed;
    etwas nicht haben können umg (nicht ertragen, mögen) not be able to stand sth;
    das kann ich nicht haben! I can’t stand it; auf etwas Spezifisches reagierend: I’m not standing for that
    12. mit präp:
    eine Frau/einen Italiener als oder
    zum Chef haben have a woman/an Italian as one’s boss;
    ich habe an ihm einen Freund I have a friend in him;
    ich merke erst jetzt, was ich an ihr gehabt habe it’s only now that I can appreciate what I had in her (bzw what an asset oder a treasure oder a wonderful woman she was);
    er hat etwas Überspanntes an sich there’s something eccentric about him;
    das haben Katzen so an sich that’s just the way cats are;
    was hat es damit auf sich? what’s it all about?, what does it mean?;
    bei sich haben (Geld, Ausweis etc) have on ( oder with) one; (Person) have with one;
    es hat viel für sich there’s a lot to be said for it;
    was hast du gegen ihn? what have you got against him?;
    ich hab nichts gegen Raucher I have nothing against people who smoke;
    jetzt hätte ich nichts gegen ein Nickerchen I wouldn’t mind a little nap now;
    sie hatte alle gegen sich she had everyone against her;
    hinter sich (dat)
    haben (etwas) have been through sth; (jemanden) have sb behind one;
    das hätten wir hinter uns well, that’s that;
    haben have had a tiring day;
    haben be over 50, be the wrong side of 50;
    die Sache hat es in sich umg it’s not easy, it’s a tough one;
    der Likör hat es in sich it’s a pretty strong liqueur;
    hat sie was mit ihm? umg is there something going on between them?;
    hat er es schon mit ihr gehabt? umg has he had it ( oder done it) with her?;
    ich hab’s nicht (so) mit ihr/mit Pizza umg I don’t like ( oder get on [US along] with) her/I don’t go for ( oder I’m not into) pizza;
    die hat’s vielleicht mit i-r Ordnung! umg she’s got a real thing about tidiness;
    keine Eile there’s (still) plenty of time for that, there’s no hurry for that (yet);
    unter sich (dat)
    haben be in charge of; (befehligen) command;
    er hat viel von seinem Vater he takes after his father;
    haben wir gar nichts mehr von dir we’ll never see anything of you;
    wir haben nicht viel von unserem Urlaub gehabt we didn’t get much out of our holiday;
    was habe ich davon? umg what do I get out of it?, what for?;
    das hast du jetzt davon! umg see?;
    das hast du davon, wenn … umg that’s what you get when … ( oder from [+ger]);
    das haben wir noch vor uns that’s still to come, we’ve still got that to come;
    Sie wissen wohl nicht, wen Sie vor sich haben? you obviously don’t know who(m) you’re addressing;
    jemanden zum Feind/Freund haben have sb as an enemy/friend; → Anschein, Auge 1, gehabt, gern(e) etc
    B. v/i mit zu und inf:
    zu arbeiten/gehorchen etc
    haben (müssen) have to work/obey etc;
    ich hab zu tun I’ve got things to do;
    du hast gut lachen/reden you may well laugh/talk
    C. v/r umg:
    hab dich nicht so! don’t make such a fuss; (führ dich nicht so auf) don’t take (US carry) on like that;
    der hat sich vielleicht mit seinen Büchern! he makes such a fuss about his books!;
    und damit hat sich’s! and that’s that, and that’s final;
    es hat sich was damit it’s not that easy;
    hat sich was! some hope!
    D. v/aux have;
    hast du ihn gesehen? have you seen him?;
    ich habe bis jetzt gelesen I have been reading up to now;
    er hat uns gestern besucht he visited us yesterday;
    du hättest es mir sagen sollen you should have told me;
    er hätte es machen können he could have done it
    * * *
    das; Habens, Haben (Kaufmannsspr.) credit; s. auch Soll 1)
    * * *
    v.
    (§ p.,pp.: hatte, gehabt)
    = to have v.
    (§ p.,p.p.: had)
    to have got to expr.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > haben

  • 37 Monat

    m; -(e)s, -e month; der Monat Januar the month of January; ... im Monat verdienen / bezahlen etc.: earn / pay etc.... a ( oder per) month ( oder monthly); im dritten Monat ( schwanger) sein be three months pregnant, be in the third month; Ihr Schreiben vom 20. dieses Monats your letter of the 20th (altm. 20th instant); auf Monate hinaus ausverkauft etc. sold out etc. for months ahead; er bekam acht Monate umg. he got eight months
    * * *
    der Monat
    month
    * * *
    Mo|nat ['moːnat]
    m -(e)s, -e
    month

    der Mónat Mai — the month of May

    im Mónat Mai — in the month of May

    sie ist im sechsten Mónat (schwanger) — she's over five months pregnant or gone (inf), she's in the sixth month

    was verdient er im Mónat? — how much does he earn a month?

    am 12. dieses Mónats or des laufenden Mónats — on the 12th (of this month)

    auf Mónate hinaus — months ahead

    jdn zu drei Mónaten (Haft) verurteilen — to sentence sb to three months' imprisonment, to send sb down for three months (inf)

    von Mónat zu Mónat — month by month

    * * *
    (one of the twelve divisions of the year (January, February etc), varying in length between 28 and 31 days.) month
    * * *
    Mo·nat
    <-[e]s, -e>
    [ˈmo:nat]
    m month
    [im] kommenden/vorigen \Monat next/last month
    im vierten/siebten \Monat sein to be four/seven months pregnant
    auf \Monate hinaus for months to come
    im \Monat a [or per] month
    sie verdient Euro 3.500 im \Monat she earns 3,500 euros a [or per] month
    einmal/zweimal im \Monat once/twice a month
    von \Monat zu \Monat from month to [or by the] month
    * * *
    der; Monats, Monate month

    Ihr Schreiben vom 22. dieses Monats — your letter of the 22nd [inst.]

    sie ist im vierten Monat [schwanger] — she is four months pregnant

    was verdienst du im Monat? — how much do you earn per month?

    * * *
    Monat m; -(e)s, -e month;
    der Monat Januar the month of January;
    … im Monat verdienen/bezahlen etc: earn/pay etc … a ( oder per) month ( oder monthly);
    im dritten Monat (schwanger) sein be three months pregnant, be in the third month;
    Ihr Schreiben vom 20. dieses Monats your letter of the 20th (obs 20th instant);
    auf Monate hinaus ausverkauft etc sold out etc for months ahead;
    er bekam acht Monate umg he got eight months
    * * *
    der; Monats, Monate month

    Ihr Schreiben vom 22. dieses Monats — your letter of the 22nd [inst.]

    sie ist im vierten Monat [schwanger] — she is four months pregnant

    * * *
    -e m.
    month n.

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  • 38 haben;

    hat, hatte, hat gehabt
    I v/t
    1. (Arbeit, Erfahrung, Geld, Zeit etc.) have (got); (besitzen) auch possess, own; haben wollen (wünschen) want (to have); (fordern) want, demand; die Erlaubnis / das Recht haben zu (+ Inf.) have permission / the right to (+ Inf.) woher hast du das? where did you get that (from)?; (Nachricht etc.) where did you hear that?; kann ich mal das Salz haben? umg. could I have the salt, please?; da hast du’s! umg. there you are; zu haben Ware: available; Haus: for sale; ist es noch zu haben? auch is it still going (Am. up for sale)?; sie ist noch zu haben umg., fig. she’s not spoken for, she’s (still) available, she’s (still) single; dafür bin ich nicht zu haben fig. you can count me out; generell: that’s not (really) my thing; für ein Bier bin ich immer zu haben fig. I’m always game for a beer; er hat schon viele Frauen gehabt umg., euph. he’s already had a lot of women; wer hat, der hat! umg., hum. oder iro. if you’ve got it, flaunt it; was man hat, das hat man a bird in the hand (is worth two in the bush) Sprichw., possession is nine points ( oder tenths) of the law; er hat’s ja! umg. he can afford it; haste
    2. (Eigenschaft, Krankheit, Unfall, Zustand etc.) have (got); welche Farbe haben seine Augen? what colo(u)r are his eyes?; Glück / Pech haben be lucky / unlucky; einen Motorschaden haben have engine trouble; es im Hals haben umg. have a sore throat; er hat Geburtstag it’s his birthday; gestern hatten wir Regen we had rain yesterday, it rained here yesterday; hast du heute Dienst / Schule / frei? are you on duty / have you got school / are you off today?; Mathe haben wir bei Herrn Hanel Mr Hanel takes us for math(s), Am. We have math with Mr. Hanel; in der vierten Stunde haben wir Physik we’ve got physics (in the) fourth period ( oder lesson); in Erdkunde haben wir gerade China we’re doing China in geography at the moment; da hast du’s! (siehst du?) I told you so
    3. (fühlen): Angst / Durst etc. haben be afraid / thirsty etc.; Schmerzen haben be in pain, have a pain Sg.; was hast du denn? umg. what’s up ( oder wrong)?; hast du was? umg. is something the matter?
    4. (bestehen aus) comprise, be made up of, consist of; (wiegen) weigh; (messen) measure; der Fisch hat zwei Kilo / zwanzig Zentimeter the fish weighs two kilos / is 20 centimet|res (Am. -ers) long; ein Kilogramm hat tausend Gramm there are a thousand grams in a kilogram; der Verein hat 20 Mitglieder the club has 20 members; Deutschland hat 16 Bundesländer Germany is made up of 16 states
    5. Zeitangabe: wir haben ( jetzt) April / genau sechs Uhr / Montag, den 7.11. it’s April / six o’clock precisely / Monday 7 November (Am. November 7th); wie viel Uhr haben wir? what time is it?; in New York haben sie jetzt Nacht it’s nighttime in New York at the moment
    6. umg. als Brauch, Mode: das hat man jetzt so / wieder / nicht mehr Brauch: it’s what we do nowadays / we’ve gone back to doing it this way / we don’t do it like that any more; Mode: it’s the fashion / back in fashion / out of fashion now
    7. unpers., bes. südd., österr., schw.: es hat there is / are; wie viel Grad hat es ( draußen)? what’s the temperature (outside)?; dieses Jahr hat es wenig Pilze there aren’t very many mushrooms this year; was hat’s bei euch für Wetter? what sort of weather are you having?, what’s the weather like where you are?
    8. umg. (beendet, bekommen, gemacht etc. haben): hast du den Abwasch schon? have you finished washing up (yet)? (Am. finished the dishes [yet]?); hat man den Dieb schon? have they caught the thief yet?; hab ich dich endlich! (erwischt) got you!, gotcha! umg.; das werden wir gleich haben! no problem; bei Reparatur etc.: we’ll have that done ( oder fixed) in no time; ich hab’s bald (I’m) nearly finished; hast du’s bald? ungeduldig: how much longer are you going to take?; ich hab’s oder jetzt hab ich’s! (I’ve) got it!; hast du schon Nachricht von ihr? - Nein, hab ich nicht! have you heard from her yet? - No, I haven’t; was hast du in Mathe? Note: what did you get in math(s)?; dich hat’s wohl! oder hat’s dich jetzt ganz? (spinnst du?) you must be mad (Am. crazy)!, you’re off your head
    9. mit es und Adj.: du hast’s gut you’ve got it good umg., everything’s fine for you; ich hab’s eilig I’m in a hurry; schön habt ihr es hier it’s lovely for you here; jetzt haben wir’s nicht mehr weit not far to go now; sie will es so haben that’s the way she wants it; wie hätten Sie’s denn gern(e)? how would you like it?
    10. mit zu und Inf.: nichts / viel zu essen haben have nothing / a lot to eat; einen Brief zu schreiben haben have a letter to write; ich habe noch Geld von ihr zu bekommen I still have some money to come ( oder coming) from her, she still owes me some money; du hast hier / mir ( gar) nichts zu befehlen oder sagen / verbieten it’s not up to you to tell people / me what to do / what not to do; was hast du hier zu suchen? (verschwinde!) what are you doing here?
    11. mit Verben: wo hast du dein Auto ( stehen)? where did you leave your car?; einen Läufer vor dem Bett ( liegen) haben have a rug in front of the bed; etw. nicht haben können umg. (nicht ertragen, mögen) not be able to stand s.th.; das kann ich nicht haben! I can’t stand it; auf etwas Spezifisches reagierend: I’m not standing for that
    12. mit Präp.: eine Frau / einen Italiener als oder zum Chef haben have a woman / an Italian as one’s boss; ich habe an ihm einen Freund I have a friend in him; ich merke erst jetzt, was ich an ihr gehabt habe it’s only now that I can appreciate what I had in her (bzw. what an asset oder a treasure oder a wonderful woman she was); er hat etwas Überspanntes an sich there’s something eccentric about him; das haben Katzen so an sich that’s just the way cats are; was hat es damit auf sich? what’s it all about?, what does it mean?; es hat nichts auf sich ( damit) it’s nothing; bei sich haben (Geld, Ausweis etc.) have on ( oder with) one; (Person) have with one; es hat viel für sich there’s a lot to be said for it; was hast du gegen ihn? what have you got against him?; ich hab nichts gegen Raucher I have nothing against people who smoke; jetzt hätte ich nichts gegen ein Nickerchen I wouldn’t mind a little nap now; sie hatte alle gegen sich she had everyone against her; hinter sich (Dat) haben (etw.) have been through s.th.; (jemanden) have s.o. behind one; das hätten wir hinter uns well, that’s that; einen anstrengenden Tag hinter sich (Dat) haben have had a tiring day; die fünfzig hinter sich (Dat) haben be over 50, be the wrong side of 50; die Sache hat es in sich umg. it’s not easy, it’s a tough one; der Likör hat es in sich it’s a pretty strong liqueur; hat sie was mit ihm? umg. is there something going on between them?; hat er es schon mit ihr gehabt? umg. has he had it ( oder done it) with her?; ich hab’s nicht (so) mit ihr / mit Pizza umg. I don’t like ( oder get on [Am. along] with) her / I don’t go for ( oder I’m not into) pizza; die hat’s vielleicht mit i-r Ordnung! umg. she’s got a real thing about tidiness; damit hat es ( noch) Zeit oder keine Eile there’s (still) plenty of time for that, there’s no hurry for that (yet); unter sich (Dat) haben be in charge of; (befehligen) command; er hat viel von seinem Vater he takes after his father; er hat etwas von einem Versager etc. he’s a bit of a quitter; wenn du so viel arbeitest, haben wir gar nichts mehr von dir we’ll never see anything of you; wir haben nicht viel von unserem Urlaub gehabt we didn’t get much out of our holiday; was habe ich davon? umg. what do I get out of it?, what for?; das hast du jetzt davon! umg. see?; das hast du davon, wenn... umg. that’s what you get when... ( oder from [+ Ger.]); das haben wir noch vor uns that’s still to come, we’ve still got that to come; Sie wissen wohl nicht, wen Sie vor sich haben? you obviously don’t know who(m) you’re addressing; jemanden zum Feind / Freund haben have s.o. as an enemy / friend; Anschein, Auge 1, gehabt, gern etc.
    II v/i mit zu und Inf.: zu arbeiten / gehorchen etc. haben (müssen) have to work / obey etc.; ich hab zu tun I’ve got things to do; du hast gut lachen / reden you may well laugh / talk
    III v/refl umg.: hab dich nicht so! don’t make such a fuss; (führ dich nicht so auf) don’t take (Am. carry) on like that; der hat sich vielleicht mit seinen Büchern! he makes such a fuss about his books!; und damit hat sich’s! and that’s that, and that’s final; es hat sich was damit it’s not that easy; hat sich was! some hope!
    IV Hilfsv. have; hast du ihn gesehen? have you seen him?; ich habe bis jetzt gelesen I have been reading up to now; er hat uns gestern besucht he visited us yesterday; du hättest es mir sagen sollen you should have told me; er hätte es machen können he could have done it

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  • 39 Cunhal, Álvaro

    (Barreirinhas)
    (1913-2005)
       Leader of the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP), author, and ideologue. Álvaro Cunhai was a militant of the PCP since the 1930s and was secretary-general from 1961 to 1992. In the midst of Mikail Gorbachev's reforms and perestroika, Cunha refused to alter the PCP's orthodox commitment to the proletariat and Marxism-Leninism. Throughout a long career of participation in the PCP, Cunhal regularly held influential positions in the organization. In 1931, he joined the PCP while a law student in Lisbon and became secretary-general of the Portuguese Communist Youth/Juventude Comunista (JC) in 1935, which included membership in the PCP's central committee. He advanced to the PCP's secretariat in 1942, after playing a leading role in the reorganization of 1940-H that gave the party its present orthodox character. Cunhai dubbed himself "the adopted son of the proletariat" at the 1950 trial that sentenced him to 11 years in prison for communist activity. Because his father was a lawyer-painter-writer and Cunhai received a master's degree in law, his origins were neither peasant nor worker but petit-bourgeois. During his lifetime, he spent 13 years in prison, eight of which were in solitary confinement. On 3 January 1960, he and nine other mostly communist prisoners escaped from Peniche prison and fled the country. The party's main theoretician, Cunhal was elected secretary-general in 1961 and, along with other top leaders, directed the party from abroad while in exile.
       In the aftermath of the Revolution of 25 April 1974 that terminated the Estado Novo and ushered in democracy, Cunhal ended his exile and returned to Portugal. He played important roles in post-1974 political events ranging from leader of the communist offensive during the "hot summer" of 1975, positions of minister-without-portfolio in the first through fifth provisional governments, to his membership in parliament beginning in 1976.
       At the PCP's 14th Congress (1992), Carlos Carvalhas was elected secretary-general to replace Cunhal. Whatever official or unofficial position Cunhal held, however, automatically became an important position within the party. After stepping down as secretary-general, he was elected to head the party's National Council (eliminated in 1996). Many political observers have argued that Cunhal purposely picked a successor who could not outshine him, and it is true that Carvalhas does not have Cunhal's humanistic knowledge, lacks emotion, and is not as eloquent. Cunhai was known not only as a dynamic orator but also as an artist, novelist, and brilliant political tactician. He wrote under several pseudonyms, including Manuel Tiago, who published the well-known Até Amanhã, Camaradas, as well as the novel recently adapted for the film, Cinco Dias, Cinco Noites. Under his own name, he published as well a book on art theory entitled A Arte, O Artista E A Sociedade. He also published volumes of speeches and essays.
       Although he was among the most orthodox leaders of the major Western European Communist parties, Cunhal was not a puppet of the Soviet Union, as many claimed. He was not only a major leader at home, but also in the international communist movement. His orthodoxy was especially useful to the Soviets in their struggle to maintain cohesion in a movement threatened by division from the Eurocommunists in the 1970s. To conclude that Cunhal was a Soviet puppet is to ignore his independent decisions during the Revolution of 25 April 1974. At that time, the Soviets reportedly tried to slow
       Cunhal's revolutionary drive because it ran counter to detente and other Soviet strategies.
       In many ways Cunhal's views were locked in the past. His perception and analyses of modern Portuguese revolutionary conditions did not alter radically from his experiences and analyses of revolutionary conditions in the 1940s. To Cunhal, although some conditions had changed, requiring tactical shifts, the major conflict was the same one that led to the creation of the Communist Information Bureau (Cominform) in 1947. The world was still divided into two camps: American and Western imperialism on one side, and socialism, with its goal to achieve the fullest of democracies, on the other. Cunhal continued to believe that Marxism-Leninism and scientific socialism provide the solutions to resolving the problems of the world until his death in 2005.

    Historical dictionary of Portugal > Cunhal, Álvaro

  • 40 Portuguese Communist Party

    (PCP)
       The Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) has evolved from its early anarcho-syndicalist roots at its formation in 1921. This evolution included the undisciplined years of the 1920s, during which bolshevization began and continued into the 1930s, then through the years of clandestine existence during the Estado Novo, the Stalinization of the 1940s, the "anarcho-liberal shift" of the 1950s, the emergence of Maoist and Trotskyist splinter groups of the 1960s, to legalization after the Revolution of 25 April 1974 as the strongest and oldest political party in Portugal. Documents from the Russian archives have shown that the PCP's history is not a purely "domestic" one. While the PCP was born on its own without Soviet assistance, once it joined the Communist International (CI), it lost a significant amount of autonomy as CI officials increasingly meddled in PCP internal politics by dictating policy, manipulating leadership elections, and often financing party activities.
       Early Portuguese communism was a mix of communist ideological strands accustomed to a spirited internal debate, a lively external debate with its rivals, and a loose organizational structure. The PCP, during its early years, was weak in grassroots membership and was basically a party of "notables." It was predominantly a male organization, with minuscule female participation. It was also primarily an urban party concentrated in Lisbon. The PCP membership declined from 3,000 in 1923 to only 40 in 1928.
       In 1929, the party was reorganized so that it could survive clandestinely. As its activity progressed in the 1930s, a long period of instability dominated its leadership organs as a result of repression, imprisonments, and disorganization. The CI continued to intervene in party affairs through the 1930s, until the PCP was expelled from the CI in 1938-39, apparently because of its conduct during police arrests.
       The years of 1939-41 were difficult ones for the party, not only because of increased domestic repression but also because of internal party splits provoked by the Nazi-Soviet pact and other foreign actions. From 1940 to 1941, two Communist parties struggled to attract the support of the CI and accused each other of "revisionism." The CI was disbanded in 1943, and the PCP was not accepted back into the international communist family until its recognition by the Cominform in 1947.
       The reorganization of 1940-41 finally put the PCP under the firm control of orthodox communists who viewed socialism from a Soviet perspective. Although Soviet support was denied the newly reorganized party at first, the new leaders continued its Stalinization. The enforcement of "democratic centralism" and insistence upon the "dictatorship of the proletariat" became entrenched. The 1940s brought increased growth, as the party reached its membership apex of the clandestine era with 1,200 members in 1943, approximately 4,800 in 1946, and 7,000 in 1947.
       The party fell on hard times in the 1950s. It developed a bad case of paranoia, which led to a witch hunt for infiltrators, informers, and spies in all ranks of the party. The lower membership figures who followed the united antifascist period were reduced further through expulsions of the "traitors." By 1951, the party had been reduced to only 1,000 members. It became a closed, sectarian, suspicious, and paranoiac organization, with diminished strength in almost every region, except in the Alentejo, where the party, through propaganda and ideology more than organizational strength, was able to mobilize strikes of landless peasants in the early 1950s.
       On 3 January 1960, Álvaro Cunhal and nine other political prisoners made a spectacular escape from the Peniche prison and fled the country. Soon after this escape, Cunhal was elected secretary-general and, with other top leaders, directed the PCP from exile. Trotskyite and Maoist fractions emerged within the party in the 1960s, strengthened by the ideological developments in the international communist movement, such as in China and Cuba. The PCP would not tolerate dissent or leftism and began purging the extreme left fractions.
       The PCP intensified its control of the labor movement after the more liberal syndical election regulations under Prime Minister Mar- cello Caetano allowed communists to run for leadership positions in the corporative unions. By 1973, there was general unrest in the labor movement due to deteriorating economic conditions brought on by the colonial wars, as well as by world economic pressures including the Arab oil boycott.
       After the Revolution of 25 April 1974, the PCP enjoyed a unique position: it was the only party to have survived the Estado Novo. It emerged from clandestinity as the best organized political party in Portugal with a leadership hardened by years in jail. Since then, despite the party's stubborn orthodoxy, it has consistently played an important role as a moderating force. As even the Socialist Party (PS) was swept up by the neoliberal tidal wave, albeit a more compassionate variant, increasingly the PCP has played a crucial role in ensuring that interests and perspectives of the traditional Left are aired.
       One of the most consistent planks of the PCP electoral platform has been opposition to every stage of European integration. The party has regularly resisted Portuguese membership in the European Economic Community (EEC) and, following membership beginning in 1986, the party has regularly resisted further integration through the European Union (EU). A major argument has been that EU membership would not resolve Portugal's chronic economic problems but would only increase its dependence on the world. Ever since, the PCP has argued that its opposition to membership was correct and that further involvement with the EU would only result in further economic dependence and a consequent loss of Portuguese national sovereignty. Further, the party maintained that as Portugal's ties with the EU increased, the vulnerable agrarian sector in Portugal would risk further losses.
       Changes in PCP leadership may or may not alter the party's electoral position and role in the political system. As younger generations forget the uniqueness of the party's resistance to the Estado Novo, public images of PCP leadership will change. As the image of Álvaro Cunhal and other historical communist leaders slowly recedes, and the stature of Carlos Carvalhas (general secretary since 1992) and other moderate leaders is enhanced, the party's survival and legitimacy have strengthened. On 6 March 2001, the PCP celebrated its 80th anniversary.
        See also Left Bloc.

    Historical dictionary of Portugal > Portuguese Communist Party

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