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make appointments for

  • 1 назначать встречу с

    Русско-английский большой базовый словарь > назначать встречу с

  • 2 назначить встречу

    Русско-английский большой базовый словарь > назначить встречу

  • 3 назначит встречу

    Бизнес, юриспруденция. Русско-английский словарь > назначит встречу

  • 4 назначать

    1. гл. appoint
    2. гл. specify

    назначать припуск на … — specify an allowance for …

    3. гл. call for

    назначать цену за; назначение цены заcharging for

    4. гл. assign
    Синонимический ряд:
    1. предназначать (глаг.) определять; предназначать; предопределять; предуготовлять; ставить; судить
    2. прописывать (глаг.) прописывать

    Русско-английский большой базовый словарь > назначать

  • 5 Termin

    m; -s, -e
    1. (vereinbarte Zusammenkunft, auch beim Arzt etc.) appointment ( bei with); (vereinbarter Tag) date; (Stunde) time; JUR. (Verhandlung) hearing; ein Termin beim Arzt auch an appointment at the doctor’s; einen Termin festsetzen fix ( oder agree on) a date; ich habe mir für morgen einen Termin geben lassen I’ve got an appointment ( oder they’ve put me down) for tomorrow; sich (Dat) einen Termin holen get an appointment; viele Termine haben have a busy schedule, have a lot of appointments (to keep) ( oder things on umg. oder engagements förm.); einen Termin vereinbaren / absagen / verlegen make / cancel / postpone ( oder put off) an appointment; einen Termin vereinbaren auch agree a date ( oder time); an einen Termin gebunden sein have an appointment ( oder date umg.) one must keep, be committed to a meeting ( oder engagement förm.); der Termin steht fest / noch nicht fest the date ( oder time) has been / has still to be fixed ( oder decided)
    2. (Abgabetermin, Fristablauf) deadline, last date, latest time; der Termin für die Abgabe des Manuskripts the deadline for handing in ( oder submission of) the manuscript; letzter oder endgültiger Termin final deadline; einen Termin einhalten meet a deadline
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    der Termin
    appointment; date; deadline; time limit; engagement
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    Ter|min [tɛr'miːn]
    m -s, -e
    date; (für Fertigstellung) deadline; (COMM = Liefertag) delivery date; (bei Arzt, Besprechung etc) appointment; (SPORT) fixture; (JUR = Verhandlung) hearing

    der letzte Termín — the deadline, the last date; (bei Bewerbung etc) the closing date

    einen Termín geben lassen — to make an appointment

    einen Termín in der Autowerkstatt geben lassen — to book one's car/van etc into the garage

    schon einen anderen Termín haben — to have a prior engagement

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    Ter·min
    <-s, -e>
    [tɛrˈmi:n]
    m
    einen \Termin [bei jdm] [für etw akk] haben to have an appointment [with sb] [for sth]
    sich dat einen \Termin [für etw akk] geben lassen to make an appointment [for sth]
    einen \Termin vereinbaren to arrange an appointment
    einen \Termin verpassen [o versäumen] to miss an appointment
    etw auf einen späteren \Termin verschieben to postpone sth
    zu einem bestimmten \Termin fällig werden to mature on a particular date
    an feste \Termin gebunden sein to have fixed dates
    der \Termin für die Veröffentlichung steht schon fest the deadline for publishing has already been fixed
    der letzte \Termin the deadline [or latest date]; SPORT fixture
    \Termin zur mündlichen Verhandlung date of hearing
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    der; Termins, Termine
    1) (festgelegter Zeitpunkt) date; (Anmeldung) appointment; (Verabredung) engagement

    sich (Dat.) einen Termin geben lassen — make an appointment

    2) (Rechtsw.) hearing
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    Termin m; -s, -e
    1. (vereinbarte Zusammenkunft, auch beim Arzt etc) appointment (
    bei with); (vereinbarter Tag) date; (Stunde) time; JUR (Verhandlung) hearing;
    ein Termin beim Arzt auch an appointment at the doctor’s;
    einen Termin festsetzen fix ( oder agree on) a date;
    ich habe mir für morgen einen Termin geben I’ve got an appointment ( oder they’ve put me down) for tomorrow;
    sich (dat)
    einen Termin holen get an appointment;
    viele Termine haben have a busy schedule, have a lot of appointments (to keep) ( oder things on umg oder engagements form);
    einen Termin vereinbaren/absagen/verlegen make/cancel/postpone ( oder put off) an appointment;
    einen Termin vereinbaren auch agree a date ( oder time);
    an einen Termin gebunden sein have an appointment ( oder date umg) one must keep, be committed to a meeting ( oder engagement form);
    der Termin steht fest/noch nicht fest the date ( oder time) has been/has still to be fixed ( oder decided)
    2. (Abgabetermin, Fristablauf) deadline, last date, latest time;
    der Termin für die Abgabe des Manuskripts the deadline for handing in ( oder submission of) the manuscript;
    endgültiger Termin final deadline;
    einen Termin einhalten meet a deadline
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    der; Termins, Termine
    1) (festgelegter Zeitpunkt) date; (Anmeldung) appointment; (Verabredung) engagement

    sich (Dat.) einen Termin geben lassen — make an appointment

    2) (Rechtsw.) hearing
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    -e m.
    appointed time n.
    appointment n.
    date n.
    term n.
    time limit n.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Termin

  • 6 Bestellung

    f
    1.
    a) (Auftrag) order; auf Bestellung anfertigen make to order; eine Bestellung aufgeben place an order ( bei with); im Restaurant: give one’s order; die Bestellung läuft the order is being processed;
    2. (Reservierung) booking, Am. auch reservation
    3. (bestellter Patient etc.) person with an appointment; wir haben heute morgen schon sechs Bestellungen six people already have appointments (with us) for this morning
    4. (Übermittlung) delivery; (Botschaft) message; eine Bestellung ausrichten pass on a message
    5. (Ernennung) appointment; das Gericht hat die Bestellung eines Vormundes angeordnet the court arranged for the appointment of a guardian
    6. AGR. cultivation
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    die Bestellung
    booking; commission; customer order; errand; order; purchasing order; sales order
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    Be|stẹl|lung
    f
    1) (= Anforderung, das Angeforderte) order; (= das Bestellen) ordering
    2) (= das Reservieren) booking, reservation
    3) (= Nachricht) message
    4) (= Ernennung) nomination, appointment
    5) (von Acker, Land) tilling
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    (something supplied: Your order is nearly ready.) order
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    Be·stel·lung
    <-, -en>
    f
    die/eine \Bestellung einer S. gen [bei jdm/aus etw dat] the/an order for sth [from sb/sth]
    \Bestellung aus einem Katalog ordering from a catalogue
    eine \Bestellung entgegennehmen/bearbeiten to take/process an order; (bestellte Ware) order, ordered goods
    eine \Bestellung machen [o aufgeben] to order, to make [or place] an order
    auf \Bestellung arbeiten to work to order
    etw auf \Bestellung machen [o anfertigen] to make sth to order
    auf \Bestellung gemacht made to order
    manche Gerichte gibt es nur auf \Bestellung some dishes have to be ordered in advance
    3. TOURIST reservation, booking
    4. (Übermittlung) delivery
    er bat sie um \Bestellung von Grüßen an seinen Bekannten he asked her to pass on his good wishes [or give his regards] to his friends
    5. AGR cultivation
    6. ADMIN nomination, appointment
    \Bestellung eines Gutachters appointment of an expert
    \Bestellung eines Gutachtens request for an expert opinion
    \Bestellung zum Vormund appointment as guardian
    7.
    auf \Bestellung (einfach so) just like that
    wie auf \Bestellung (wie gerufen) in the nick of time, coming in handy
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    1) order (über + Akk. for); (das Bestellen) ordering no indef. art.
    2) (Reservierung) reservation
    3) (das Ernennen) appointment
    4) (das Bearbeiten) cultivation; tilling
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    1. (Auftrag) order;
    eine Bestellung aufgeben place an order (
    bei with); im Restaurant: give one’s order;
    die Bestellung läuft the order is being processed; (bestellte Ware) order
    2. (Reservierung) booking, US auch reservation
    3. (bestellter Patient etc) person with an appointment;
    wir haben heute morgen schon sechs Bestellungen six people already have appointments (with us) for this morning
    4. (Übermittlung) delivery; (Botschaft) message;
    eine Bestellung ausrichten pass on a message
    5. (Ernennung) appointment;
    das Gericht hat die Bestellung eines Vormundes angeordnet the court arranged for the appointment of a guardian
    6. AGR cultivation
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    1) order (über + Akk. for); (das Bestellen) ordering no indef. art.
    2) (Reservierung) reservation
    3) (das Ernennen) appointment
    4) (das Bearbeiten) cultivation; tilling
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    f.
    appointment n.
    commission (order) n.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Bestellung

  • 7 offre

    offre [ɔfʀ]
    feminine noun
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    ɔfʀ
    1) ( proposition) offer

    ‘offre d'emploi’ — ‘situation vacant’

    ‘cadres: offres d'emploi’ — ‘managerial appointments’

    ‘locations: offres’ — ‘accommodation to let’ GB, ‘rentals’ US

    2) Économie supply
    Phrasal Verbs:
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    ɔfʀ
    1. vb
    See:
    2. nf (= proposition, promotion)
    offer
    2) ADMINISTRATION (= soumission) tender
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    offre nf
    1 ( proposition) offer; faire une offre to make an offer; offre d'achat/de vente offer to buy/to sell; leur offre de dialogue/de compromis their offer to talk/to compromise; présenter ses offres de service fml to offer one's services; ‘offre d'emploi’ ‘situation vacant’; répondre à une offre d'emploi to reply to a job advertisement; faire paraître une offre d'emploi to advertise a job; ‘cadres: offres d'emploi’ ‘managerial appointments’; ‘locations: offres’ ‘accommodation to let’ GB, ‘rentals’ US;
    2 Écon supply; l'équilibre entre l'offre et la demande the balance between supply and demand; l'excédent de l'offre surplus supply.
    offre d'achat bid; lancer une offre d'achat to launch a bid (sur for); offre publique d'achat, OPA takeover bid; lancer une offre publique d'achat to make a takeover bid; offre publique d'échange, OPE share exchange offer; offre publique de vente, OPV public offer.
    [ɔfr] nom féminin
    1. [proposition] offer
    a. to make an offer of 1,000 euros
    b. [aux enchères] to bid 1,000 euros
    ‘offre valable jusqu'au 31 mai’ ‘offer closes May 31st’
    offres d'emploi ‘situations vacant’
    offre de monnaie/devises money/currency supply

    Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > offre

  • 8 concertar una cita

    (v.) = make + appointment
    Ex. For example, an unwed woman who fears she is pregnant may have appointments made for her at a medical clinic.
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    (v.) = make + appointment

    Ex: For example, an unwed woman who fears she is pregnant may have appointments made for her at a medical clinic.

    Spanish-English dictionary > concertar una cita

  • 9 führen

    I v/t
    1. lead (nach, zu to); (geleiten) auch take, escort; zu einem Platz: auch usher; (jemandem den Weg zeigen) lead, guide; (zwangsweise) escort; an oder bei der Hand führen take s.o. by the hand; an der Leine / am Zügel führen walk on the lead / lead by the reins; Besucher in ein Zimmer führen show ( oder lead oder usher) into a room; jemanden durch die Firma / Wohnung führen show s.o. (a)round the firm (Am. company) / the apartment (Brit. auch flat); die Polizei auf jemandes Spur führen fig. put the police on s.o.’s track; was führt dich zu mir? fig. what brings you here?; meine Reise führte mich nach Spanien fig. my trip took me to Spain; Versuchung
    2. (irgendwohin gelangen lassen): jemandem die Hand führen guide s.o.’s hand (auch fig.); zum Mund führen raise to one’s lips; ein Kabel durch ein Rohr führen pass a cable through a pipe; eine Straße um einen Ort führen take a road (a)round a place, bypass a place
    3. (handhaben) handle, wield; sie führt den Ball sicher Basketball etc.: she’s got good ball control
    4. Amtsspr. (Auto, Zug etc.) drive; (Flugzeug etc.) pilot, fly; (Schiff) navigate
    5. bei oder mit sich führen have on one, carry; (Fracht, Ladung etc.) carry; Erz führen bear ( oder contain) ore; Strom führen ETECH. be live; (leiten) conduct current; der Fluss führt Sand ( mit sich) the river carries sand with it; Hochwasser
    6. (anführen) lead, head; (Leitung haben) be in charge of; MIL. auch command; (Geschäft, Haushalt etc.) manage, run; (lenkend beeinflussen) guide; eine Armee in den Kampf / zum Sieg führen lead an army into battle / to victory; in den Ruin führen (Firma etc.) lead to ruin; eine Klasse zum Abitur führen take a class through to the Abitur exam; er führt seine Mitarbeiter mit fester Hand he manages his colleagues with a firm hand; Aufsicht, geführt, Kommando, Vorsitz etc.
    7. (Gespräch, Verhandlung etc.) carry on, have; (Telefongespräch) make; (Prozess) conduct; (Buch, Liste, Protokoll etc.) keep; (Konto) manage; ein geruhsames etc. Leben führen lead ( oder live) a peaceful etc. life; sie führen eine gute Ehe they’re happily married, they have a good (husband-and-wife) relationship; etw. zu Ende führen finish s.th.; Beweis, Krieg, Regie etc.
    8. (Namen) bear, go by ( oder under) the name of; (Nummer, Wappen) have; (Flagge) carry, fly; (Titel) Person: hold; Buch etc.: have; den Titel... führen Buch: auch be entitled...
    9. (Ware) auf Lager: stock; zum Verkauf: auch sell, have; führen Sie Campingartikel? do you have ( oder sell oder stock) camping gear?; auf oder in einer Liste führen list, make a list of; ( auf oder in einer Liste) geführt werden appear on a list, be listed; als vermisst geführt werden be posted as missing
    10. (Reden, Sprache) use; ständig im Munde führen be constantly talking about; (Wendung) be constantly using
    11. fig. Feld, Schild2 1 etc.
    II v/i
    1. lead (nach, zu to); Tal, Tür etc.: auch open (into); unser Weg führte durch einen Wald / über eine Brücke our route led ( oder passed) through a wood / over a bridge
    2. beim Tanzen: lead, steer
    3. SPORT: führen über (+ Akk) (dauern) last; der Kampf führt über zehn Runden the fight is over ten rounds
    4. (führend sein) lead; SPORT auch be in the lead; mit zwei Toren führen be two goals ahead, have a two-goal lead; mit 3:1 führen be 3-1 up; mit 3:1 gegen X führen lead X by 3-1
    5. fig.: durch das Programm / den Abend führt X your guide ( oder presenter) for the program(me) / evening is X; führen zu lead to, end in; (zur Folge haben) result in; das führt zu nichts that won’t get you ( oder us etc.) anywhere; das führt zu keinem Ergebnis that won’t produce a result; das führt zu weit that’s ( oder that would be) going too far; wohin soll das noch führen? where will all this lead ( oder end up)?
    III v/refl conduct o.s.; bes. Schüler: behave (o.s.); sich gut führen behave (well)
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    (befördern) to carry;
    (herumführen) to guide;
    (leiten) to lead; to shepherd; to conduct;
    (lenken) to drive; to pilot; to steer
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    füh|ren ['fyːrən]
    1. vt
    1) (= geleiten) to take; (= vorangehen, - fahren) to lead

    eine alte Dame über die Straße fǘhren — to help an old lady over the road

    er führte uns durch das Schlosshe showed us (a)round the castle

    er führte uns durch Italienhe was our guide in Italy

    eine Klasse zum Abitur fǘhren — ≈ to see a class through to A-levels (Brit) or to their high school diploma (US)

    jdn zum (Trau)altar fǘhren — to lead sb to the altar

    2) (= leiten) Geschäft, Betrieb etc to run; Gruppe, Expedition etc to lead, to head; Schiff to captain; Armee etc to command
    3) (= in eine Situation bringen) to get (inf), to lead; (= veranlassen zu kommen/gehen) to bring/take

    der Hinweis führte die Polizei auf die Spur des Diebesthat tip put the police on the trail of the thief

    das führt uns auf das Thema... — that brings or leads us (on)to the subject...

    ein Land ins Chaos fǘhren — to reduce a country to chaos

    4) (= registriert haben) to have a record of

    wir fǘhren keinen Meier in unserer Kartei — we have no( record of a) Meier on our files

    5) (= handhaben) Pinsel, Bogen, Kamera etc to wield

    den Löffel zum Mund/das Glas an die Lippen fǘhren —

    die Hand an die Mütze fǘhren — to touch one's cap

    6) (= entlangführen) Leitung, Draht to carry
    7) (form = steuern) Kraftfahrzeug to drive; Flugzeug to fly, to pilot; Kran, Fahrstuhl to operate; Schiff to sail
    8) (= transportieren) to carry; (= haben) Autokennzeichen, Wappen, Namen to have, to bear; Titel to have; (= selbst gebrauchen) to use

    Geld/seine Papiere bei sich fǘhren (form) — to carry money/one's papers on one's person

    9) (= im Angebot haben) to stock, to carry (spec), to keep

    etw ständig im Munde fǘhren — to be always talking about sth

    2. vi
    1) (= in Führung liegen) to lead; (bei Wettkämpfen) to be in the lead, to lead

    die Mannschaft führt mit 10 Punkten Vorsprungthe team has a lead of 10 points, the team is in the lead or is leading by 10 points

    2) (= verlaufen) (Straße) to go; (Kabel, Pipeline etc) to run; (Spur) to lead

    das Rennen führt über 10 Runden/durch ganz Frankreich — the race takes place over 10 laps/covers France

    die Straße führt nach Kiel/am Rhein entlang — the road goes to Kiel/runs or goes along the Rhine

    die Brücke führt über die Elbethe bridge crosses or spans the Elbe

    3)

    (= als Ergebnis haben) zu etw fǘhren — to lead to sth, to result in sth

    das führt zu nichtsthat will come to nothing

    es führte zu dem Ergebnis, dass er entlassen wurde — it resulted in or led to his being dismissed

    das führt dazu, dass noch mehr Stellen abgebaut werden — it'll lead to or end in further staff reductions or job cuts

    wohin soll das alles nur fǘhren? — where is it all leading (us)?

    3. vr
    form = sich benehmen) to conduct oneself, to deport oneself (form)
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    1) (to turn or fork: The road bears left here.) bear
    2) (to lead or guide: We were conducted down a narrow path by the guide; He conducted the tour.) conduct
    3) (to lead to: Where does this road go?) go
    4) (to lead, direct or show the way: I don't know how to get to your house - I'll need someone to guide me; Your comments guided me in my final choice.) guide
    5) (to make entries in (a diary, accounts etc): She keeps a diary to remind her of her appointments; He kept the accounts for the club.) keep
    6) (to guide or direct or cause to go in a certain direction: Follow my car and I'll lead you to the motorway; She took the child by the hand and led him across the road; He was leading the horse into the stable; The sound of hammering led us to the garage; You led us to believe that we would be paid!) lead
    7) (to go or carry to a particular place or along a particular course: A small path leads through the woods.) lead
    8) ((with to) to cause or bring about a certain situation or state of affairs: The heavy rain led to serious floods.) lead
    9) (to live (a certain kind of life): She leads a pleasant existence on a Greek island.) lead
    10) (to keep a supply of for sale: Does this shop stock writing-paper?) stock
    11) ((often with around, in, out etc) to guide or lead carefully: He shepherded me through a maze of corridors.) shepherd
    12) (to lead, escort: The waiter ushered him to a table.) usher
    13) (to carry on or engage in (especially a war): The North waged war on/against the South.) wage
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    füh·ren
    [ˈfy:rən]
    I. vt
    jdn aus etw dat/in etw akk \führen to lead sb into/out of sth
    jdn in einen Raum \führen to lead [or usher] sb into a room
    jdn durch/über etw akk \führen to lead sb through/across [or over] sth
    eine alte Dame über die Straße \führen to help an old lady across [or over] the road
    jdn zu etw/jdm \führen (hinbringen) to take sb to sth/sb; (herbringen) to bring sb to sth/sb; (vorangehen) to lead sb to sth/sb
    was führt Sie zu mir? (geh) what brings you to me? form
    jdn zu seinem Platz \führen to lead [or usher] sb to their seat
    jdn zum Traualtar \führen to lead sb to the altar
    2. (umherführen, den Weg zeigen)
    jdn \führen to guide sb
    einen Blinden \führen to guide a blind person
    jdn durch ein Museum/ein Schloss/eine Stadt \führen to show sb round a museum/a castle/a town
    er führte uns durch London he was our guide in London
    jdn \führen to lead sb/sth
    eine Armee \führen to command an army
    eine Expedition/eine Gruppe/eine Mannschaft \führen to lead an expedition/a group/a team
    etw \führen to run sth
    einen Betrieb/ein Geschäft \führen to run [or manage] a company/a business
    jdn \führen to lead sb
    er führt seine Angestellten mit fester Hand he leads [or directs] his employees with a firm hand
    sie weiß die Schüler zu \führen she knows how to lead the students
    5. (bringen, lenken)
    jdn auf etw akk \führen to lead sb to sth
    der Hinweis führte die Polizei auf die Spur des Diebes the tip put the police on the trail of the thief
    das führt uns auf das Thema... that brings [or leads] us on[to] the subject...
    jdn auf Abwege \führen to lead sb astray
    etw zu Ende \führen to complete sth
    6. (laufend ergänzen)
    eine Liste/ein Verzeichnis \führen to keep a list/a register
    jdn/etw auf einer Liste/in einem Verzeichnis \führen to have a record of sb/sth on a list/in a register
    wir \führen keinen Schmidt in unserer Kartei we have no [record of a] Schmidt on our files
    8. (bewegen)
    einen Bogen [über die Saiten] \führen to wield a bow [across the strings]
    die Kamera [an etw akk] \führen to guide the camera [towards sth]; (durch Teleobjektiv) to zoom in [on sth]
    die Kamera ruhig \führen to operate the camera with a steady hand
    etw zum Mund[e] \führen to raise sth to one's mouth
    sie führte ihr Glas zum Mund she raised her glass to her lips
    einen Pinsel [über etw akk] \führen to wield a brush [over sth]
    etw durch/über etw akk \führen to lay sth through/across [or over] sth
    er führte das Satellitenkabel durch die Wand he laid [or fed] the satellite cable through the wall
    10. (geh: steuern)
    ein Flugzeug \führen to fly a plane
    ein Kraftfahrzeug/einen Zug \führen to drive a motor vehicle/a train
    einen Kran/eine Maschine \führen to operate a crane/a machine
    11. (geh: tragen)
    einen Namen \führen to go by [or form to bear] a name
    verheiratete Frauen \führen oft ihren Mädchennamen weiter married women often retain [or still go by] their maiden name
    welchen Namen wirst du nach der Hochzeit \führen? which name will you use when you're married?
    unser Mann führt den Decknamen ‚Hans‘ our man goes by the alias of ‘Hans’
    einen Titel \führen to hold [or form bear] a title
    etw im Wappen \führen to bear sth on one's coat of arms form
    12. (geh: haben)
    Gepäck bei [o mit] sich dat \führen to be carrying luggage
    seine Papiere/eine Schusswaffe bei [o mit] sich dat \führen to carry one's papers/a firearm on one, to carry around one's papers/a firearm sep
    etw \führen to stock [or spec carry] sth; (verkaufen) to sell sth
    einen Prozess/Verhandlungen \führen to conduct a case/negotiations
    II. vi
    1. (in Führung liegen) to be in the lead
    mit drei Punkten/einer halben Runde \führen to have a lead of [or to be in the lead by] three points/half a lap
    2. (verlaufen) to lead, to go
    wohin führt diese Straße/dieser Weg? where does this road/this path lead [or go] to?
    die Straße führt am Fluss entlang the road runs [or goes] along the river
    durch/über etw akk \führen Weg to lead [or go] through/over sth; Straße to lead [or go] [or run] through/over sth; Kabel, Pipeline to run through/over sth; Spuren to lead through/across sth
    die Brücke führt über den Rhein the bridge crosses [over] [or spans] the Rhine [or goes over
    zu etw dat \führen to lead to sth, to result in sth
    das führte dazu, dass er entlassen wurde this led to [or resulted in] his [or him] being dismissed
    [all] das führt [euch/uns] doch zu nichts that will [all] get you/us nowhere
    III. vr (geh: sich benehmen)
    sich akk \führen to conduct oneself form
    sich akk gut/schlecht \führen to conduct oneself well/badly [or to misbehave]
    * * *
    1.
    1) lead

    durch das Programm führt [Sie] Klaus Frank — Klaus Frank will present the programme

    2) (Kaufmannsspr.) stock, sell < goods>

    ein Orts-/Ferngespräch führen — make a local/long-distance call

    einen Prozess [gegen jemanden] führen — take legal action [against somebody]

    4) (verantwortlich leiten) manage, run <company, business, pub, etc.>; lead < party, country>; command < regiment>; chair < committee>
    5) (gelangen lassen) <journey, road> take
    6) (Amtsspr.) drive <train, motor, vehicle>; navigate < ship>; fly < aircraft>
    7) (verlaufen lassen) take <road, cable, etc.>
    8) (als Kennzeichnung, Bezeichnung haben) bear

    einen Titel/Künstlernamen führen — have a title/use a stage name

    den Titel ‘Professor’ führen — use the title of professor

    9) (angelegt haben) keep <diary, list, file>
    10) (befördern) carry
    12) (tragen)

    etwas bei od. mit sich führen — have something on one

    2.
    1) lead

    die Straße führt nach.../durch.../über... — the road leads or goes to.../goes through.../goes over...

    das würde zu weit führen(fig.) that would be taking things too far

    2) (an der Spitze liegen) lead; be ahead

    in der Tabelle führen — be the league leaders; be at the top of the league

    3)

    zu etwas führen(etwas bewirken) lead to something

    das führt zu nichts(ugs.) that won't get you/us etc. anywhere (coll.)

    3.

    sich gut/schlecht führen — conduct oneself or behave well/badly

    * * *
    A. v/t
    1. lead (
    nach, zu to); (geleiten) auch take, escort; zu einem Platz: auch usher; (jemandem den Weg zeigen) lead, guide; (zwangsweise) escort;
    an oder
    bei der Hand führen take sb by the hand;
    an der Leine/am Zügel führen walk on the lead/lead by the reins;
    in ein Zimmer führen show ( oder lead oder usher) into a room;
    jemanden durch die Firma/Wohnung führen show sb (a)round the firm (US company)/the apartment (Br auch flat);
    die Polizei auf jemandes Spur führen fig put the police on sb’s track;
    was führt dich zu mir? fig what brings you here?;
    meine Reise führte mich nach Spanien fig my trip took me to Spain; Versuchung
    2. (irgendwohin gelangen lassen):
    jemandem die Hand führen guide sb’s hand (auch fig);
    zum Mund führen raise to one’s lips;
    ein Kabel durch ein Rohr führen pass a cable through a pipe;
    eine Straße um einen Ort führen take a road (a)round a place, bypass a place
    3. (handhaben) handle, wield;
    sie führt den Ball sicher Basketball etc: she’s got good ball control
    4. ADMIN (Auto, Zug etc) drive; (Flugzeug etc) pilot, fly; (Schiff) navigate
    5.
    mit sich führen have on one, carry; (Fracht, Ladung etc) carry;
    Erz führen bear ( oder contain) ore;
    Strom führen ELEK be live; (leiten) conduct current;
    der Fluss führt Sand (mit sich) the river carries sand with it; Hochwasser
    6. (anführen) lead, head; (Leitung haben) be in charge of; MIL auch command; (Geschäft, Haushalt etc) manage, run; (lenkend beeinflussen) guide;
    eine Armee in den Kampf/zum Sieg führen lead an army into battle/to victory;
    in den Ruin führen (Firma etc) lead to ruin;
    eine Klasse zum Abitur führen take a class through to the Abitur exam;
    er führt seine Mitarbeiter mit fester Hand he manages his colleagues with a firm hand; Aufsicht, geführt, Kommando, Vorsitz etc
    7. (Gespräch, Verhandlung etc) carry on, have; (Telefongespräch) make; (Prozess) conduct; (Buch, Liste, Protokoll etc) keep; (Konto) manage;
    Leben führen lead ( oder live) a peaceful etc life;
    sie führen eine gute Ehe they’re happily married, they have a good (husband-and-wife) relationship;
    etwas zu Ende führen finish sth; Beweis, Krieg, Regie etc
    8. (Namen) bear, go by ( oder under) the name of; (Nummer, Wappen) have; (Flagge) carry, fly; (Titel) Person: hold; Buch etc: have;
    den Titel … führen Buch: auch be entitled …
    9. (Ware) auf Lager: stock; zum Verkauf: auch sell, have;
    führen Sie Campingartikel? do you have ( oder sell oder stock) camping gear?;
    in einer Liste führen list, make a list of;
    (
    geführt werden appear on a list, be listed;
    als vermisst geführt werden be posted as missing
    10. (Reden, Sprache) use;
    ständig im Munde führen be constantly talking about; (Wendung) be constantly using
    11. fig Feld, Schild2 1 etc
    B. v/i
    1. lead (
    nach, zu to); Tal, Tür etc: auch open (into);
    unser Weg führte durch einen Wald/über eine Brücke our route led ( oder passed) through a wood/over a bridge
    2. beim Tanzen: lead, steer
    3. SPORT:
    führen über (+akk) (dauern) last;
    der Kampf führt über zehn Runden the fight is over ten rounds
    4. (führend sein) lead; SPORT auch be in the lead;
    mit zwei Toren führen be two goals ahead, have a two-goal lead;
    mit 3:1 führen be 3-1 up;
    mit 3:1 gegen X führen lead X by 3-1
    5. fig:
    durch das Programm/den Abend führt X your guide ( oder presenter) for the program(me)/evening is X;
    führen zu lead to, end in; (zur Folge haben) result in;
    das führt zu nichts that won’t get you ( oder us etc) anywhere;
    das führt zu keinem Ergebnis that won’t produce a result;
    das führt zu weit that’s ( oder that would be) going too far;
    wohin soll das noch führen? where will all this lead ( oder end up)?
    C. v/r conduct o.s.; besonders Schüler: behave (o.s.);
    sich gut führen behave (well)
    * * *
    1.
    1) lead

    durch das Programm führt [Sie] Klaus Frank — Klaus Frank will present the programme

    2) (Kaufmannsspr.) stock, sell < goods>

    ein Orts-/Ferngespräch führen — make a local/long-distance call

    einen Prozess [gegen jemanden] führen — take legal action [against somebody]

    4) (verantwortlich leiten) manage, run <company, business, pub, etc.>; lead <party, country>; command < regiment>; chair < committee>
    5) (gelangen lassen) <journey, road> take
    6) (Amtsspr.) drive <train, motor, vehicle>; navigate < ship>; fly < aircraft>
    7) (verlaufen lassen) take <road, cable, etc.>
    8) (als Kennzeichnung, Bezeichnung haben) bear

    einen Titel/Künstlernamen führen — have a title/use a stage name

    den Titel ‘Professor’ führen — use the title of professor

    9) (angelegt haben) keep <diary, list, file>
    10) (befördern) carry

    etwas bei od. mit sich führen — have something on one

    2.
    1) lead

    die Straße führt nach.../durch.../über... — the road leads or goes to.../goes through.../goes over...

    das würde zu weit führen(fig.) that would be taking things too far

    2) (an der Spitze liegen) lead; be ahead

    in der Tabelle führen — be the league leaders; be at the top of the league

    3)

    zu etwas führen(etwas bewirken) lead to something

    das führt zu nichts(ugs.) that won't get you/us etc. anywhere (coll.)

    3.

    sich gut/schlecht führen — conduct oneself or behave well/badly

    * * *
    v.
    to conduct v.
    to go v.
    (§ p.,p.p.: went, gone)
    to guide v.
    to lead v.
    (§ p.,p.p.: led)
    to steer v.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > führen

  • 10 temer

    v.
    1 to fear, to be afraid of (tener miedo de).
    yo no te temo I'm not afraid of you
    temo herir sus sentimientos I'm afraid of hurting her feelings
    Ella teme lo peor She fears the worst.
    Ella teme She is afraid.
    2 to fear.
    3 to be afraid.
    no temas don't worry
    le teme mucho al fuego she's very afraid of fire
    temer por to fear for
    4 to be afraid to, to be afraid of, to dread to, to fear to.
    Ella teme cometer un error She is afraid to make a mistake.
    * * *
    1 (tener miedo) to fear, be afraid of
    2 (sospechar) to fear, be afraid
    3 RELIGIÓN to fear
    1 (tener miedo) to be afraid
    2 (preocuparse) to worry
    1 to be afraid
    \
    era de temer it had to happen
    me lo temía I was afraid this would happen
    temer por to be afraid for, fear for, be in fear of
    * * *
    verb
    to fear, dread
    * * *
    1.
    VT [+ persona, castigo, consecuencias] to be afraid of, fear

    teme al profesorhe's afraid o frightened of the teacher

    temer que — to be afraid (that), fear (that)

    teme que no vaya a volvershe's afraid o she fears (that) he might not come back

    2.
    3.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo <castigo/reacción> to fear, dread; < persona> to be afraid of

    temer + INF — to be frightened o afraid of -ing

    temer QUE + SUBJ: teme que le echen la culpa a él — he's afraid that they'll blame him for it

    2.
    temer vi to be afraid

    estos niños son de temer — (fam) these kids are terrible! (colloq)

    temer POR algo/alguien — to fear for something/somebody

    3.
    temerse v pron
    a) ( sospechar) to fear

    ya me lo temía — I knew this/that would happen

    me temo que... — I fear that...

    b) ( en fórmulas de cortesía) to be afraid
    * * *
    = fear, be afraid, flinch at/from, dread, be frightful of, be apprehensive (about).
    Ex. For example, an unwed woman who fears she is pregnant may have appointments made for her at a medical clinic.
    Ex. I am afraid I shall disappoint again, for this book is not a polemical document, nor is it even a personal view of community information.
    Ex. It is increasingly obvious that we are as a nation one and indivisible, that divisive tendencies are a thing of the past, but there are still too many inheritors of the old indifference, and who flinch at co-operation as at an evil.
    Ex. At least it is the part most dreaded by employees and supervisors.
    Ex. 'No, let a charming chintz and Brussels lace wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face so as not to be frightful of death'.
    Ex. His actions have bothered me to the extent that I have difficulty working with him without always being apprehensive.
    ----
    * hacer temer = misgive.
    * temer por = become + apprehensive about.
    * temer tratar = fear to + tread.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo <castigo/reacción> to fear, dread; < persona> to be afraid of

    temer + INF — to be frightened o afraid of -ing

    temer QUE + SUBJ: teme que le echen la culpa a él — he's afraid that they'll blame him for it

    2.
    temer vi to be afraid

    estos niños son de temer — (fam) these kids are terrible! (colloq)

    temer POR algo/alguien — to fear for something/somebody

    3.
    temerse v pron
    a) ( sospechar) to fear

    ya me lo temía — I knew this/that would happen

    me temo que... — I fear that...

    b) ( en fórmulas de cortesía) to be afraid
    * * *
    = fear, be afraid, flinch at/from, dread, be frightful of, be apprehensive (about).

    Ex: For example, an unwed woman who fears she is pregnant may have appointments made for her at a medical clinic.

    Ex: I am afraid I shall disappoint again, for this book is not a polemical document, nor is it even a personal view of community information.
    Ex: It is increasingly obvious that we are as a nation one and indivisible, that divisive tendencies are a thing of the past, but there are still too many inheritors of the old indifference, and who flinch at co-operation as at an evil.
    Ex: At least it is the part most dreaded by employees and supervisors.
    Ex: 'No, let a charming chintz and Brussels lace wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face so as not to be frightful of death'.
    Ex: His actions have bothered me to the extent that I have difficulty working with him without always being apprehensive.
    * hacer temer = misgive.
    * temer por = become + apprehensive about.
    * temer tratar = fear to + tread.

    * * *
    temer [E1 ]
    vt
    ‹castigo/reacción/desenlace› to fear, dread; ‹persona› to be afraid of, fear
    sus hijos la or ( AmL) le temen her children are afraid o frightened of her
    todos temían lo peor they all feared the worst
    temer + INF to be frightened o afraid OF -ING
    temo ofenderlo I'm frightened o afraid of offending him
    temer QUE + SUBJ:
    teme que le echen la culpa a él he's afraid that they'll blame him for it
    temían que pudiera interpretarse mal they were afraid it might be misinterpreted
    ■ temer
    vi
    to be afraid
    no temas, no te voy a hacer daño don't be afraid o don't worry, I'm not going to hurt you
    estos niños son de temer ( fam); these kids are terrible! ( colloq)
    temer POR algo/algn to fear FOR sth/sb
    teme por sus hijos/su vida he fears for his children/his life
    1 (sospechar) to fear
    me temo que nuestro amigo tenía razón I fear o I have an awful feeling that our friend was right
    me temo que no puedo hacer nada más I'm afraid there's nothing more I can do
    * * *

     

    temer ( conjugate temer) verbo transitivocastigo/reacción to fear, dread;
    persona to be afraid of;

    temo ofenderlo I'm afraid of offending him
    verbo intransitivo
    to be afraid;
    no temas don't be afraid
    temerse verbo pronominal


    me temo que tená razón I fear that he was right


    temer
    I verbo transitivo
    1 (sentir miedo, temor) to fear, be afraid: temo que lo haya oído, I'm afraid she heard it
    sus hijos lo temen, his sons are afraid of him
    2 (tener un presagio, presentir) temíamos que no viniera, we were afraid he wouldn't come
    II verbo intransitivo to be afraid: temo por su vida, I'm afraid for his life ➣ Ver nota en afraid y fear
    ' temer' also found in these entries:
    English:
    dread
    - fear
    - afraid
    - to
    * * *
    vt
    1. [tener miedo de] [persona] to fear, to be afraid of;
    [represalias, consecuencias, reacción] to fear, to be afraid of;
    yo no te temo I'm not afraid of you;
    temo herir sus sentimientos I'm afraid of hurting her feelings;
    temen que los despidan they are afraid of losing their jobs;
    Fam
    cuando se pone a hablar le temo my heart sinks whenever he opens his mouth
    2. [sospechar] to fear;
    temo que vamos a tener que trabajar mucho I fear we're going to have to work hard;
    tememos lo peor we fear the worst
    vi
    to be afraid (a of);
    le teme mucho al fuego she's very afraid of fire;
    no temas don't worry;
    temer por to fear for;
    los médicos temen por su vida the doctors fear for her life;
    ser de temer [ser temible] to be formidable o fearsome;
    el equipo polaco es de temer the Polish team are formidable opponents;
    estos críos son de temer these kids are a menace;
    es de temer que… it is to be feared that…;
    son de temer nuevos atentados further attacks are to be feared
    * * *
    v/t be afraid of
    * * *
    temer vt
    : to fear, to dread
    temer vi
    : to be afraid
    * * *
    temer vb to be afraid / to be frightened

    Spanish-English dictionary > temer

  • 11 termin

    m; -s, -e
    1. (vereinbarte Zusammenkunft, auch beim Arzt etc.) appointment ( bei with); (vereinbarter Tag) date; (Stunde) time; JUR. (Verhandlung) hearing; ein Termin beim Arzt auch an appointment at the doctor’s; einen Termin festsetzen fix ( oder agree on) a date; ich habe mir für morgen einen Termin geben lassen I’ve got an appointment ( oder they’ve put me down) for tomorrow; sich (Dat) einen Termin holen get an appointment; viele Termine haben have a busy schedule, have a lot of appointments (to keep) ( oder things on umg. oder engagements förm.); einen Termin vereinbaren / absagen / verlegen make / cancel / postpone ( oder put off) an appointment; einen Termin vereinbaren auch agree a date ( oder time); an einen Termin gebunden sein have an appointment ( oder date umg.) one must keep, be committed to a meeting ( oder engagement förm.); der Termin steht fest / noch nicht fest the date ( oder time) has been / has still to be fixed ( oder decided)
    2. (Abgabetermin, Fristablauf) deadline, last date, latest time; der Termin für die Abgabe des Manuskripts the deadline for handing in ( oder submission of) the manuscript; letzter oder endgültiger Termin final deadline; einen Termin einhalten meet a deadline
    * * *
    der Termin
    appointment; date; deadline; time limit; engagement
    * * *
    Ter|min [tɛr'miːn]
    m -s, -e
    date; (für Fertigstellung) deadline; (COMM = Liefertag) delivery date; (bei Arzt, Besprechung etc) appointment; (SPORT) fixture; (JUR = Verhandlung) hearing

    der letzte Termín — the deadline, the last date; (bei Bewerbung etc) the closing date

    einen Termín geben lassen — to make an appointment

    einen Termín in der Autowerkstatt geben lassen — to book one's car/van etc into the garage

    schon einen anderen Termín haben — to have a prior engagement

    * * *
    * * *
    Ter·min
    <-s, -e>
    [tɛrˈmi:n]
    m
    einen \Termin [bei jdm] [für etw akk] haben to have an appointment [with sb] [for sth]
    sich dat einen \Termin [für etw akk] geben lassen to make an appointment [for sth]
    einen \Termin vereinbaren to arrange an appointment
    einen \Termin verpassen [o versäumen] to miss an appointment
    etw auf einen späteren \Termin verschieben to postpone sth
    zu einem bestimmten \Termin fällig werden to mature on a particular date
    an feste \Termin gebunden sein to have fixed dates
    der \Termin für die Veröffentlichung steht schon fest the deadline for publishing has already been fixed
    der letzte \Termin the deadline [or latest date]; SPORT fixture
    \Termin zur mündlichen Verhandlung date of hearing
    * * *
    der; Termins, Termine
    1) (festgelegter Zeitpunkt) date; (Anmeldung) appointment; (Verabredung) engagement

    sich (Dat.) einen Termin geben lassen — make an appointment

    2) (Rechtsw.) hearing
    * * *
    …termin m im subst
    Einsendetermin closing date;
    Einlieferungstermin delivery date; schärfer: delivery deadline
    Hochzeitstermin wedding date ( oder day);
    Scheidungstermin court date (for the divorce settlement)
    Anwaltstermin appointment with a lawyer;
    Arzttermin doctor’s ( oder medical) appointment
    * * *
    der; Termins, Termine
    1) (festgelegter Zeitpunkt) date; (Anmeldung) appointment; (Verabredung) engagement

    sich (Dat.) einen Termin geben lassen — make an appointment

    2) (Rechtsw.) hearing
    * * *
    -e m.
    appointed time n.
    appointment n.
    date n.
    term n.
    time limit n.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > termin

  • 12 Personal

    Personal n 1. GEN, IND workforce; 2. MGT, PERS personnel, staff, workforce (Beschäftigte) mit Personal ausstatten PERS staff, man mit Personal besetzen PERS man, staff mit Personal besetzt PERS staffed Personal abbauen PERS reduce staff, reduce the workforce, cut the workforce, trim the workforce, shed labour (Rationalisierung) Personal abwerben MGT headhunt Personal einstellen PERS recruit workers, recruit new staff, hire workers Personal freisetzen PERS lay off staff, make staff redundant, shed labour Personal reduzieren PERS reduce staff, reduce the workforce zu viel Personal haben PERS be overstaffed, be overmanned zu wenig Personal haben PERS be short-staffed
    * * *
    n 1. <Geschäft, Ind> workforce; 2. <Mgmnt, Person> personnel, staff, workforce Beschäftigte ■ mit Personal besetzen < Person> man, staff ■ mit Personal besetzt < Person> staffed ■ Personal abbauen < Person> Rationalisierung reduce staff, reduce the workforce, cut the workforce, trim the workforce, shed labour ■ Personal abwerben < Mgmnt> headhunt ■ Personal einstellen < Person> recruit workers, recruit new staff, hire workers ■ Personal freisetzen < Person> lay off staff, make staff redundant, shed labour ■ Personal reduzieren < Person> reduce staff, reduce the workforce ■ zu wenig Personal haben < Person> be short-staffed
    * * *
    Personal
    personnel, staff, crew, employees, (Haushalt) domestic staff, servants, attendants, establishment;
    gut mit Personal versehen well-staffed;
    ärztliches Personal hospital staff;
    Aufsicht führendes Personal supervising staff;
    schlecht ausgebildetes Personal badly trained servants;
    im Außendienst eingesetztes (beschäftigtes) Personal outdoor (field) staff;
    externes Personal external staff;
    fliegendes Personal flying personnel;
    geschultes (qualifiziertes) Personal efficient (skilled, specialized, trained) personnel, (Hotel) good valeting service;
    ingenieurtechnisches Personal engineering manpower;
    leitendes Personal executive personnel (staff);
    ortsansässiges Personal local staff;
    qualifiziertes Personal qualified staff;
    ständiges Personal permanent staff;
    im Außendienst tätiges Personal field (outdoor) staff;
    technisches Personal technical staff;
    teilzeitbeschäftigtes Personal part-time employees;
    überzähliges Personal redundant labo(u)r;
    viel Personal large staff of servants;
    Personal in der Fertigung operational (US) (production) personnel;
    Personal der Hauptbuchhaltung ledger-keeping staff;
    Personal einer diplomatischen Vertretung agency staff;
    Personal abbauen to reduce the staff;
    Personal anwerben (einstellen) to appoint staff, to staff, to recruit personnel;
    Büro mit Personal besetzen to staff an office;
    Personal am Gewinn beteiligen to give the staff a share in the profit;
    [sein] Personal entlassen to dismiss one’s staff;
    dem Personal einen Tag freigeben to give the staff a day off;
    zum Personal gehören to be on the establishment (staff);
    gutes Personal haben to be well staffed;
    zu viel Personal haben to be overstaffed;
    zu wenig Personal haben to be understaffed;
    Personal reduzieren to trim one’s staff;
    über leistungsfähiges Personal verfügen to handle an efficient staff;
    sein gesamtes Personal wechseln to make a clean sweep of one’s staff;
    Personalabbau reduction of (decrease in) staff, staff reduction (cut, layoffs), personnel cutback, retrenchment of employees;
    vorübergehender Personalabbau employee layoff, laying off of personnel;
    Personalabbau durchführen to reduce the establishment;
    Personalabfindungsfonds staff leaving indemnity reserve;
    Personalabteilung personnel (appointments, staff) department, staff administration (Br.), staff superintendent department (Br.), personnel division (US);
    Personalabteilungsleiter personnel officer;
    Personalabwerbung pirating, raiding, head hunting;
    Personalakte case history, personnel file (dossier, folder, jacket), record [of service], employee’s record;
    Personalamt (Kommunen) establishment office (Br.);
    Personalanforderung personnel requisition;
    Personalangaben personal data;
    Personalangelegenheiten personnel matters;
    Personalaufgaben personnel functions;
    Personalaufwand expenditure on personnel (staff), personnel expenditure;
    staatlicher Personalaufwand government payroll;
    Personal- und Sachaufwand staff and material expenses;
    Personalaufwendungen personnel expenses, (Bilanz) salaries and wages;
    Personalausbildung staff (personnel) training;
    Personalausgaben personnel budget (expenses, costs);
    Personalaustausch personnel exchange;
    Personalauswahl selection of personnel, staff selection, recruitment (US);
    Personalauswahlgrundsätze selection standards;
    Personalauswahlprogramm selection program(me);
    Personalausweis identity card (papers), personal identification card;
    zahlbar gegen Vorlage des Personalausweises payable upon submission of proof of identity;
    Personalbearbeiter personnel assistant (technician);
    Personal bedarf, Personalbedürfnisse manpower (staff, employment, personnel) requirements;
    Personalberater personnel counselor;
    Personalberatung employee counselling;
    Personalbeschaffung engagement of staff, personnel recruiting (US), recruitment (US);
    Personalbeschreibung personal particulars;
    mit der Personalbeschreibung übereinstimmen to answer to description;
    Personalbesetzung staff-up, staffing;
    Personalbestand manpower establishment, [strength of the] staff, personnel, manpower, labo(u)r force;
    Personalbestand des Beamtenkörpers strength of the establishment (Br.);
    Personalbestand abbauen (verringern) to cut manning level, to reduce the staff;
    Personalbestandskontrolle personnel inventory;
    Personalbeurteilung performance (employee) appraisal, personnel (merit, US) rating, personnel review, assessment of personnel (US), efficiency report (US);
    Personalbeurteilungsbogen employee rating chart;
    Personalbewegungen staff changes (turnover);
    Personalbogen personal record, personnel (personal history, US) form, qualification (registration, US) card, history sheet (US), (Fragebogen) questionnaire;
    Personalbuchhaltung personnel accounting;
    Personalbudget manpower budget;
    Personalbüro personnel department (division, US), appointments department, personnel office, staff administration (Br.);
    Personal chef, Personaldirektor personnel manager (chief, director, officer, Br.), employment (staff) manager;
    [international operierender] Personaldienstleiter international human resources supplier;
    Personal direktor[in], Personalleiter human resources manager;
    Personaleinsparungen staff savings;
    Personaleinstellung engagement of staff, recruitment (US);
    Personaleinstellungsstab recruiting staff (US);
    Personaleinstellungsverfahren recruitment process (US);
    Personalentlassungen staff layoffs;
    Personalersparnis saving of labo(u)r;
    Personaletat manpower budget;
    Personalfachmann personnel specialist;
    Personalfluktuation staff turnover;
    Personalformblatt personnel (personal history) form, history sheet (US);
    Personalfragebogen questionnaire, application form, preliminary application blank;
    Personalfragebogen erbitten to write for a personal history form;
    Personalfragen personnel (staff) problems;
    Personalführung personnel management;
    Personalfürsorge staff welfare, personnel service (US);
    Personalgesellschaft non-trading partnership (company);
    Personalhaushalt manpower budget.

    Business german-english dictionary > Personal

  • 13 Position

    Position f BÖRSE, FIN, PERS, V&M position auf letzter Position GEN in last position eine marktbeherrschende Position aufbauen BÖRSE corner the market eine Position abwickeln BÖRSE liquidate a position eine Position eröffnen BÖRSE position eine Position glattstellen BÖRSE close out a position eine Position liquidieren BÖRSE liquidate a position eine Position schließen BÖRSE close out a position für eine Position in Betracht gezogen werden PERS be considered for a post (Bewerbung) seine Position halten GEN stand one’s ground
    * * *
    f <Börse, Finanz, Person, V&M> position ■ eine marktbeherrschende Position aufbauen < Börse> corner the market ■ eine Position abwickeln < Börse> liquidate a position ■ eine Position eröffnen < Börse> position ■ eine Position glattstellen < Börse> close out a position ■ eine Position liquidieren < Börse> liquidate a position ■ eine Position schließen < Börse> close out a position ■ für eine Position in Betracht gezogen werden < Person> Bewerbung be considered for a post ■ seine Position halten < Geschäft> stand one's ground
    * * *
    Position
    position, post, employment, job, (in Aufstellung) item, (Buchung) entry, (Rang) standing, status, station, repute;
    jds. Position entsprechend suitable to s. one’s station;
    in einer hohen Position in a high place (position);
    ausbaufähige Position position with good prospects;
    außenwirtschaftliche Position external position;
    berufliche Position job status;
    einflussreiche Position position of influence, purchase;
    einträgliche (ertragreiche) Position lucrative position;
    führende Position leadership (high-paying) position;
    besonders geeignete Position niche;
    gehobene Position advanced position;
    geschäftliche Position station in business;
    kostenvergütete Position pay item;
    leitende Position policy-making (management, managerial) position;
    offene Position open item;
    verantwortliche Position position of responsibility;
    vertragliche Position contractual position;
    wirtschaftliche Position business standing;
    zurückgestellte Position (Bilanz) delayed item;
    Position ohne Aufstiegschancen dead-end job;
    Positionen unter dem Bilanzstrich items below the line in the balance sheet;
    Position auf der mittleren Führungsebene management appointments;
    Positionen für Führungskräfte management appointments;
    Positionen der Haussepartei long positions;
    Position gegenüber dem Weltwährungsfond position in the Fund;
    Position des Zolltarifs tariff heading;
    gewünschte Position angeben to state the position desired;
    nach Positionen aufgliedern to itemize;
    seine Position auf dem Weltmarkt weiter ausbauen to expand its position in the world market further;
    Position ausschreiben to throw a post open to competition;
    sich in einer abhängigen Position befinden to be in a subordinate position;
    im Wirtschaftsleben eine verantwortungsreiche Position bekleiden to hold a position of management responsibility in business;
    gute Position bekommen to drop into a position;
    j. in seiner Position belassen to maintain s. o. in his position;
    sich mit allen nur denkbaren Mitteln um eine Position bemühen to jockey for position;
    Position durch Einschaltung einer Beratungsfirma besetzen to fill a job through selection consultants;
    Position eines Schiffes bestimmen to fix a ship’s position, to take a ship’s bearings;
    sich um eine Position bewerben to apply for a position, to go in for an appointment;
    bescheidene Position einnehmen to occupy a humble station;
    führende Position einnehmen to hold a high-level position;
    verantwortungsvolle Position erhalten to move to a higher position (position of greater responsibility);
    Position eines Generaldirektors erhalten to be given a post as general manager;
    höchst mögliche berufliche Position erreichen to wind up in a top-policy position;
    an einer Position festhalten to stick to a job;
    seine Position festigen to strengthen one’s position;
    einflussreiche Position gewinnen to make one’s mark;
    starke Position haben to be in a strong position;
    hohe Position innehaben to be high up the stick;
    führende Position in der Welt innehaben to be a world leader;
    als Einziger für eine Position infrage kommen to be the only possible man for a position;
    Position schwächen to undermine a position;
    in einer angesehenen Position sein to be of good standing;
    für eine Position nicht geeignet sein to be ineligible for a position;
    für eine Position völlig (gänzlich) ungeeignet (fehl am Platze) sein to be a square peg in a round hole;
    einige Positionen streichen to cancel several items;
    nach einer gesicherten Position trachten to desire status and security;
    seine Position seinen Beziehungen verdanken to owe one’s position to influence;
    seine Position reiner Protektion verdanken to get a job by push;
    seine Position mehr der Protektion als Verdiensten und Fähigkeiten verdanken to obtain one’s position more by favo(u)r than by merit and abilities;
    seine Position verstärken to strengthen one’s hand;
    j. für eine Position vorschlagen to nominate s. o. for a post;
    für eine Position nicht zugelassen werden to be excluded from a post.

    Business german-english dictionary > Position

  • 14 descanso

    m.
    1 rest (reposo).
    tomarse un descanso to take a rest
    2 break (pausa).
    3 relief (alivio).
    4 stair landing, platform of staircase, landing.
    5 coffee break.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: descansar.
    * * *
    1 rest, break
    2 (en un espectáculo) interval; (en un partido) interval, half-time
    3 (alivio) relief, comfort
    ¡qué descanso! what a relief!
    4 (rellano) landing
    \
    ¡descanso! MILITAR at ease!
    sin descanso without a break
    descanso eterno eternal rest
    * * *
    noun m.
    1) rest
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=reposo) rest
    2) (=pausa) break; (Dep) half-time; (Teat) interval, intermission (EEUU)

    hago un descanso cada dos horasI have o take a break every two hours

    3) (=alivio) relief

    ya he aprobado, ¡qué descanso! — I've passed! what a relief!

    4) (Rel)
    5) [en escalera] landing
    6) (Téc) rest, support
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( reposo) rest

    lunes, descanso — (Espec, Teatr) no performance on Mondays

    b) (en trabajo, colegio) break
    c) (Mil)
    d) ( de un muerto) rest
    2) ( intervalo) (Dep) half time; (Teatr) interval
    3) (alivio, tranquilidad) relief
    4) (AmL) ( rellano) landing
    * * *
    = coffee break, free time, respite, recess, rest, work break, half time, break time [breaktime], tea break, reprieve, break.
    Ex. During the coffee break, someone pointed out that most of your readers will look under the term BANTU rather than the technical name.
    Ex. On the other hand, a prolonged sequence of interviews can be equally stressful, and 'free time' should be interspersed with the successive appointments.
    Ex. There are five types of 'gratification', instrumental, prestige, reinforcement, aesthetic and respite, to be derived from the reading of literature.
    Ex. One of the supervisor's jobs is to see that work is prepared for the duty librarian to do during recess and lunchtime.
    Ex. If they are non-librarians they might be released after a suitable period of chastisement but librarians should spend eternity there endlessly looking for 'Smith, E.S.' without rest or sympathy.
    Ex. The personnel policy should also include a statement concerning number and length of work breaks and a statement regarding attendance at library meetings -- who attends, whether time off with pay and/or travel expenses are awarded.
    Ex. The article 'Practitioners v. educators (1-0 at half time)' looks at the problems of selecting students acceptable to both educators and practitioners in librarianship.
    Ex. How about staggering lunch hours and break times? We could send smokers at one time and non-smokers at another.
    Ex. Course fees include study materials, mid-morning coffee, lunch, and afternoon tea breaks but not accommodation.
    Ex. A small, but growing, number of employers are allowing workplace naps; some are actively encouraging this little reprieve from consciousness.
    Ex. Deliberate editing requires time, preferably with a break between editing stints.
    ----
    * área de descanso = rest area, rest stop, lay-by.
    * dar descanso de = give + relief from.
    * darse un descanso = give + Reflexivo + a break, rest on + Posesivo + oars.
    * descanso con refrigerio = refreshment break.
    * descanso de invierno = winterbreak.
    * descanso del mediodía = midday break.
    * descanso en el camino = rest stop.
    * descanso eterno = eternal rest.
    * descanso para comer = meal break.
    * descanso para fumar = smoke break.
    * descanso para ir al baño = bathroom break.
    * día de descanso = holiday.
    * durante el descanso = at breaktime.
    * lugar de descanso = resting place.
    * período de descanso = rest time.
    * sala de descanso = coffee lounge.
    * sin descanso = relentlessly, restlessly, breathlessly, unabated, without a break, without (a) rest, day in and day out, without respite.
    * sin un descanso = without a break, without (a) rest.
    * tomarse un descanso = take + time out, take + Posesivo + break, lie on + Posesivo + oars, rest on + Posesivo + oars.
    * tomarse unos días de descanso = take + a break from work.
    * tomar un descanso = take + a breather, take + a break from work.
    * trabajar sin descanso = work off + Posesivo + shoes, work (a)round + the clock.
    * un día de descanso = a day away from.
    * zona de descanso = rest area.
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( reposo) rest

    lunes, descanso — (Espec, Teatr) no performance on Mondays

    b) (en trabajo, colegio) break
    c) (Mil)
    d) ( de un muerto) rest
    2) ( intervalo) (Dep) half time; (Teatr) interval
    3) (alivio, tranquilidad) relief
    4) (AmL) ( rellano) landing
    * * *
    = coffee break, free time, respite, recess, rest, work break, half time, break time [breaktime], tea break, reprieve, break.

    Ex: During the coffee break, someone pointed out that most of your readers will look under the term BANTU rather than the technical name.

    Ex: On the other hand, a prolonged sequence of interviews can be equally stressful, and 'free time' should be interspersed with the successive appointments.
    Ex: There are five types of 'gratification', instrumental, prestige, reinforcement, aesthetic and respite, to be derived from the reading of literature.
    Ex: One of the supervisor's jobs is to see that work is prepared for the duty librarian to do during recess and lunchtime.
    Ex: If they are non-librarians they might be released after a suitable period of chastisement but librarians should spend eternity there endlessly looking for 'Smith, E.S.' without rest or sympathy.
    Ex: The personnel policy should also include a statement concerning number and length of work breaks and a statement regarding attendance at library meetings -- who attends, whether time off with pay and/or travel expenses are awarded.
    Ex: The article 'Practitioners v. educators (1-0 at half time)' looks at the problems of selecting students acceptable to both educators and practitioners in librarianship.
    Ex: How about staggering lunch hours and break times? We could send smokers at one time and non-smokers at another.
    Ex: Course fees include study materials, mid-morning coffee, lunch, and afternoon tea breaks but not accommodation.
    Ex: A small, but growing, number of employers are allowing workplace naps; some are actively encouraging this little reprieve from consciousness.
    Ex: Deliberate editing requires time, preferably with a break between editing stints.
    * área de descanso = rest area, rest stop, lay-by.
    * dar descanso de = give + relief from.
    * darse un descanso = give + Reflexivo + a break, rest on + Posesivo + oars.
    * descanso con refrigerio = refreshment break.
    * descanso de invierno = winterbreak.
    * descanso del mediodía = midday break.
    * descanso en el camino = rest stop.
    * descanso eterno = eternal rest.
    * descanso para comer = meal break.
    * descanso para fumar = smoke break.
    * descanso para ir al baño = bathroom break.
    * día de descanso = holiday.
    * durante el descanso = at breaktime.
    * lugar de descanso = resting place.
    * período de descanso = rest time.
    * sala de descanso = coffee lounge.
    * sin descanso = relentlessly, restlessly, breathlessly, unabated, without a break, without (a) rest, day in and day out, without respite.
    * sin un descanso = without a break, without (a) rest.
    * tomarse un descanso = take + time out, take + Posesivo + break, lie on + Posesivo + oars, rest on + Posesivo + oars.
    * tomarse unos días de descanso = take + a break from work.
    * tomar un descanso = take + a breather, take + a break from work.
    * trabajar sin descanso = work off + Posesivo + shoes, work (a)round + the clock.
    * un día de descanso = a day away from.
    * zona de descanso = rest area.

    * * *
    A
    1 (reposo) rest
    no he tenido ni un momento de descanso I haven't had a moment's rest
    es un lugar tranquilo, ideal para el descanso it's a quiet spot, ideal for a restful break
    no hagas ruido, debemos respetar su descanso don't make any noise, we must let him rest
    se ha tomado cuatro días de descanso she has taken four days off
    trabajó sin descanso hasta conseguirlo he worked tirelessly o without a break until he had done it
    [ S ] lunes, descanso ( Espec, Teatr) no performance on Mondays
    2 (período) break
    necesitas un descanso you need a break
    3 ( Mil):
    estaban en posición de descanso they were standing at ease
    se ruega una oración por su eterno descanso we ask you to pray for his eternal rest
    B (intervalo) ( Dep) half time; ( Teatr) interval
    C (alivio, tranquilidad) relief
    ¡qué descanso! estaba tan preocupado what a relief! I was so worried
    D (Col, CS) (rellano) landing
    * * *

     

    Del verbo descansar: ( conjugate descansar)

    descanso es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    descansó es:

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

    Multiple Entries:
    descansar    
    descanso
    descansar ( conjugate descansar) verbo intransitivo
    a) (de actividad, trabajo) to rest, have a rest;


    descanso de algo to have a rest o break from sth
    b) ( yacer) to lie;


    verbo transitivo

    descanso la mente to give one's mind a break o rest
    descanso sustantivo masculino
    1
    a) ( reposo) rest

    b) (en trabajo, colegio) break;


    c) (Mil):


    2 ( intervalo) (Dep) half time;
    (Teatr) interval
    3 (alivio, tranquilidad) relief
    4 (AmL) ( rellano) landing
    descansar verbo intransitivo
    1 to rest, have a rest
    (un momento) to take a break
    2 euf que en paz descanse, may he/she rest in peace o God rest his/her soul
    descanso sustantivo masculino
    1 rest, break: me tomaré un día de descanso, I'll take a day off
    2 Cine Teat interval
    Dep half-time, interval
    3 (alivio) relief
    4 (rellano) landing
    ' descanso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    paréntesis
    - pausa
    - sabática
    - sabático
    - tomarse
    - tregua
    - ganar
    - haber
    - hacer
    - hasta
    - ir
    - prometer
    - reparador
    - reposo
    - respiro
    - sentar
    - venir
    English:
    badly
    - break
    - brief
    - cover
    - earn
    - fight
    - half-time
    - interlude
    - intermission
    - interval
    - keep at
    - lay-by
    - recess
    - rest
    - solidly
    - tea break
    - through
    - well-earned
    - half
    - landing
    - on
    - respite
    - sound
    * * *
    1. [reposo] rest;
    tomarse un descanso to take a rest;
    necesito un descanso, me hace falta un descanso I need a rest;
    los lunes cerramos por descanso semanal we don't open on Mondays;
    sin descanso without a rest o break;
    trabajar/luchar sin descanso to work/fight tirelessly
    2. [pausa] break;
    [en cine] intermission; [en teatro] Br interval, US intermission; [en deporte] [cualquier intermedio] interval; [a mitad del partido] half-time;
    en la escuela hacemos un descanso de veinte minutos at school our break lasts twenty minutes;
    el resultado en el descanso es de una a cero the score at half-time is Br one-nil o US one-zero
    3. [alivio] relief;
    ya no tengo que preocuparme por los exámenes, ¡qué descanso! I don't have to worry about my exams any more, thank God!
    ¡descanso! at ease!
    5. Méx, RP [descansillo] landing
    * * *
    m
    1 rest;
    sin descanso without a break;
    tomarse un descanso take a break, have a rest
    2 DEP half-time; TEA interval
    3 L.Am. ( descansillo) landing
    * * *
    1) : rest, relaxation
    2) : break
    3) : landing (of a staircase)
    4) : intermission
    * * *
    1. (reposo) rest
    unos días de descanso a few days' off / a few days' holiday
    2. (pausa) break
    3. (en un partido) half time
    4. (en el teatro, cine) interval

    Spanish-English dictionary > descanso

  • 15 Regel

    f; -, -n
    1.
    a) rule; (Vorschrift auch) regulation; (Norm) auch norm; (Gewohnheit) auch habit; die Regeln einhalten observe ( oder keep to) the rules; gegen die Regel(n) verstoßen break the rules; nach der Regel according to the rule; in der Regel as a rule; die Regel / schon fast die Regel sein be the rule / almost always the case; zur Regel werden become a rule ( oder habit); sich (Dat) etw. zur Regel machen make it a rule to do s.th., make a habit of doing s.th.; Ausnahme;
    b) nach allen Regeln der Kunst (gründlich, wie es sich gehört) well and truly, good and proper; besiegen: in style; man hat uns nach allen Regeln der Kunst reingelegt we were well and truly had
    2. (Menstruation) period; Koll. periods Pl.; sie hat / bekommt ihre Regel she’s got / is getting her period; wann kommt deine Regel? when’s your period due?; meine Regel ist ausgeblieben I’ve missed my period
    * * *
    die Regel
    (Menstruation) period; menstruation;
    (Vorschrift) rule; norm
    * * *
    Re|gel ['reːgl]
    f -, -n
    1) (= Vorschrift, Norm) rule; (= Verordnung) regulation

    die Régeln der ärztlichen Kunstthe rules of the medical profession

    nach allen Régeln der Kunst (fig)thoroughly

    sie überredete ihn nach allen Régeln der Kunst,... — she used every trick in the book to persuade him...

    2) (= Gewohnheit) habit, rule

    etw zur Régel machen — to make a habit or rule of sth

    in der or aller Régel — as a rule

    zur Régel werden — to become a habit

    3) (= Monatsblutung) period

    die Régel haben/bekommen — to have/get one's period, to menstruate

    sie hat mit zehn ihre Régel bekommen — her periods started when she was ten

    * * *
    die
    1) (what usually happens or is done; a general principle: He is an exception to the rule that fat people are usually happy.) rule
    2) (a general standard that guides one's actions: I make it a rule never to be late for appointments.) rule
    * * *
    Re·gel1
    <-, -n>
    [ˈre:gl̩]
    f
    1. (Vorschrift) rule, regulation
    2. (Norm) rule
    eine ungeschriebene \Regel an unwritten rule
    3. (Gewohnheit) rule
    sich dat etw zur \Regel machen to make a habit [or rule] of sth
    [jdm] zur \Regel werden to become a habit [with sb]
    in der \Regel, in aller \Regel as a rule
    4.
    nach allen \Regeln der Kunst with all the tricks of the trade
    etw nach allen \Regeln der Kunst erklären to explain sth inside out [or thoroughly]
    jdn nach allen \Regeln der Kunst betrügen to utterly deceive sb, to take sb for a ride fam
    keine \Regel ohne Ausnahme (prov) the exception proves the rule prov
    Re·gel2
    <->
    [ˈre:gl̩]
    f kein pl (Menstruation) period
    meine \Regel ist seit zehn Tagen ausgeblieben I'm [or my period is] ten days overdue
    seine \Regel haben/bekommen to have/get one's period
    * * *
    die; Regel, Regeln
    1) rule

    die Regeln eines Spiels/des Anstands — the rules of a game/of decency

    nach allen Regeln der Kunst(fig.) well and truly

    2)

    die Regel seinbe the rule

    in der od. aller Regel — as a rule

    3) (Menstruation) period
    * * *
    Regel f; -, -n
    1. rule; (Vorschrift auch) regulation; (Norm) auch norm; (Gewohnheit) auch habit;
    die Regeln einhalten observe ( oder keep to) the rules;
    nach der Regel according to the rule;
    in der Regel as a rule;
    die Regel/schon fast die Regel sein be the rule/almost always the case;
    zur Regel werden become a rule ( oder habit);
    sich (dat)
    etwas zur Regel machen make it a rule to do sth, make a habit of doing sth; Ausnahme;
    nach allen Regeln der Kunst (gründlich, wie es sich gehört) well and truly, good and proper; besiegen: in style;
    2. (Menstruation) period; koll periods pl;
    sie hat/bekommt ihre Regel she’s got/is getting her period;
    wann kommt deine Regel? when’s your period due?;
    meine Regel ist ausgeblieben I’ve missed my period
    Regel… im subst
    1. (regelnd) control …, regulating;
    Regelschaltung control circuit;
    Regelspannung control voltage;
    Regelventil regulating ( oder control) valve
    2. (einstellbar) variable;
    Regelgetriebe variable speed gear;
    Regeltransformator variable transformer
    3. (normal) standard; (Minimum) minimum, basic;
    Regelausführung, Regelbauart standard (US conventional) design ( oder type);
    Regelspur standard gauge
    4. (Menstruations…) menstrual;
    Regelbeschwerden pl menstrual discomfort, period pains;
    Regelstörung menstrual disorder
    * * *
    die; Regel, Regeln
    1) rule

    die Regeln eines Spiels/des Anstands — the rules of a game/of decency

    nach allen Regeln der Kunst(fig.) well and truly

    2)

    in der od. aller Regel — as a rule

    3) (Menstruation) period
    * * *
    -n f.
    norm n.
    rule n.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Regel

  • 16 tenso

    adj.
    1 tense, stressed, strained, highly-charged.
    2 drawn tight.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: tensar.
    * * *
    1 (cable, cuerda) tense, taut
    * * *
    (f. - tensa)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=tirante) tense, taut
    2) [persona, situación] tense; [relaciones] strained
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    1) <cuerda/cable> taut, tight; < músculo> tense
    2) < persona> tense; < relación> strained, tense; < situación> tense
    * * *
    = stressful, fraught, taut [tauter -comp., tautest -sup.], tight [tighter -comp., tightest -sup.], tense [tenser -comp., tensest -sup.], edgy [edgier -comp., edgiest -sup.], nervy [nervier -comp., nerviest -sup.], uptight, stressed.
    Ex. On the other hand, a prolonged sequence of interviews can be equally stressful, and 'free time' should be interspersed with the successive appointments.
    Ex. The article is entitled ' Fraught years ahead? Trade unions and libraries'.
    Ex. While the stencil is held taut, the cylinder is slowly rotated until the bottom edge of the wax sheet can be clamped in position.
    Ex. The platen was lashed up tight to the toe of the spindle by cords which connected hooks at its four corners to another set of hooks at the four lower corners of the hose.
    Ex. The urgency of his supplication was mirrored in the tense whiteness of his knuckles as he clasped his hands tightly in front of him.
    Ex. His selection of films suggests a temperamental bias toward strong, violent, edgy scenes with killings, face-slappings, and confrontations.
    Ex. The article ' Nervy Days for Office Suppliers' reviews the present state of affairs of office automation.
    Ex. Many of the working-class mothers who take part could be described as uptight.
    Ex. Australia is 'in a different league' to most stressed world economies because of the stability of its banks and China's hunger for its exports.
    ----
    * ponerse en tensión = tense up.
    * ponerse tenso = stress + Nombre + out.
    * situación tensa = stress situation.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    1) <cuerda/cable> taut, tight; < músculo> tense
    2) < persona> tense; < relación> strained, tense; < situación> tense
    * * *
    = stressful, fraught, taut [tauter -comp., tautest -sup.], tight [tighter -comp., tightest -sup.], tense [tenser -comp., tensest -sup.], edgy [edgier -comp., edgiest -sup.], nervy [nervier -comp., nerviest -sup.], uptight, stressed.

    Ex: On the other hand, a prolonged sequence of interviews can be equally stressful, and 'free time' should be interspersed with the successive appointments.

    Ex: The article is entitled ' Fraught years ahead? Trade unions and libraries'.
    Ex: While the stencil is held taut, the cylinder is slowly rotated until the bottom edge of the wax sheet can be clamped in position.
    Ex: The platen was lashed up tight to the toe of the spindle by cords which connected hooks at its four corners to another set of hooks at the four lower corners of the hose.
    Ex: The urgency of his supplication was mirrored in the tense whiteness of his knuckles as he clasped his hands tightly in front of him.
    Ex: His selection of films suggests a temperamental bias toward strong, violent, edgy scenes with killings, face-slappings, and confrontations.
    Ex: The article ' Nervy Days for Office Suppliers' reviews the present state of affairs of office automation.
    Ex: Many of the working-class mothers who take part could be described as uptight.
    Ex: Australia is 'in a different league' to most stressed world economies because of the stability of its banks and China's hunger for its exports.
    * ponerse en tensión = tense up.
    * ponerse tenso = stress + Nombre + out.
    * situación tensa = stress situation.

    * * *
    tenso -sa
    A
    1 ‹cuerda/cable› taut, tight
    2 ‹músculo› tense, tight
    estás muy tenso, procura relajarte un poco you're very tense, try to relax a bit
    continuó con el dedo tenso en el gatillo he kept his finger poised on the trigger
    B
    1 (nervioso) tense
    estaba muy tensa antes del examen she was very tense o nervous o uptight before the exam
    2 ‹relación› strained, tense; ‹situación› tense
    * * *

    Del verbo tensar: ( conjugate tensar)

    tenso es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    tensó es:

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

    Multiple Entries:
    tensar    
    tenso
    tensar ( conjugate tensar) verbo transitivo músculo to tense;
    cuerda/cable to tighten;
    arco to draw;
    relaciones/lazos to strain
    tenso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    1cuerda/cable taut, tight;
    músculo tense
    2persona/situación tense;
    relación strained, tense
    tensar verbo transitivo
    1 (una cuerda, un cable, etc) to tighten: hay que tensar la lona, we must make the canvas taut
    (un arco) to draw
    2 (un músculo) to tense
    tenso,-a adjetivo
    1 (persona) tense: se pone tenso cuando la nombran, he tenses up when she is mentioned
    últimamente estoy muy tenso, I've been very tense lately
    2 (negociaciones, relaciones, etc) strained
    3 (cuerda, cable) tight, taut
    ' tenso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    tensa
    - tirante
    - cargado
    - nervioso
    English:
    nail-biting
    - stiffen
    - strain
    - strained
    - taut
    - tense
    - uptight
    - edgy
    - tight
    - up
    * * *
    tenso, -a adj
    1. [cuerda, cable] taut;
    [arco] drawn; [músculo, cuerpo] tense
    2. [situación, relación, ambiente] tense, strained;
    [persona] tense;
    estar tenso con alguien to be tense with sb;
    ponerse tenso to become tense
    * * *
    adj tense; cuerda, cable taut
    * * *
    tenso, -sa adj
    : tense
    * * *
    tenso adj
    1. (situación, persona) tense
    2. (cuerda, cable) tight

    Spanish-English dictionary > tenso

  • 17 oposición

    f.
    1 opposition, reluctance, resistance.
    2 opposition, reaction, counteraction, objection.
    3 Opposition benches.
    * * *
    1 (antagonismo) opposition
    2 (examen) competitive examination
    \
    preparar las oposiciones to study for a competitive exam
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) [gen] opposition

    oposición frontal — direct opposition, total opposition

    2) Esp
    (tb: oposiciones) Civil Service examination

    hay varias plazas de libre oposición o de oposición libre — there are several places that will be filled on the basis of a competitive examination

    hacer oposiciones a..., presentarse a unas oposiciones a... — to sit an examination for...

    OPOSICIONES Being a civil servant in Spain means having a job for life, but applicants for public-sector jobs must pass competitive exams called oposiciones. The candidates (opositores) must sit a series of written exams and/or attend interviews. Some applicants spend years studying for and resitting exams, so preparing candidates for oposiciones is a major source of work for many academias. All public-sector appointments that are open to competition are published in the BOE, an official government publication.
    See:
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( enfrentamiento) opposition
    b) (Pol) opposition
    2) (Esp, Ven) ( concurso) (public) competitive examination

    hacer oposicionesto take o (BrE) sit a competitive examination

    •• Cultural note:
    In Spain, competitive examinations for people wanting a public-sector job, to teach in a state secondary school, or to become a judge. The large number of candidates, or opositores - much higher than the number of posts available - means that the exams are very difficult. Those successful obtain very secure employment. Many people have private coaching for the exams
    * * *
    = opposition, antagonism, counteraction [counter-action].
    Ex. I would like to ask each of them to tell us whether in fact there is a clear difference of opinion and direct opposition or whether there is no real inconsistency.
    Ex. The influx of large numbers of Spanish-speaking people has brought to the surface feelings of antagonism on the part established residents, who feel threatened by the 'encroachment' of 'have-nots' into their neighborhoods.
    Ex. For the individual who seeks to react rationally, whether by personal complaint or collective counteraction, it is often difficult even to discover the information which is needed to make a start.
    ----
    * eludir una oposición = negotiate + resistance.
    * encontrar oposición = meet with + opposition, find + opposition.
    * en oposición a = as against, versus (vs - abreviatura).
    * grupo de la oposición = opposition group.
    * oposición + crear = opposition + line up.
    * oposición, la = political opposition, the.
    * oposición política, la = political opposition, the.
    * partido de la oposición = opposition party.
    * sin oposición = without opposition, unchallenged, unopposed.
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( enfrentamiento) opposition
    b) (Pol) opposition
    2) (Esp, Ven) ( concurso) (public) competitive examination

    hacer oposicionesto take o (BrE) sit a competitive examination

    •• Cultural note:
    In Spain, competitive examinations for people wanting a public-sector job, to teach in a state secondary school, or to become a judge. The large number of candidates, or opositores - much higher than the number of posts available - means that the exams are very difficult. Those successful obtain very secure employment. Many people have private coaching for the exams
    * * *
    la oposición
    (n.) = political opposition, the

    Ex: He then took the wind out of the sails of the political opposition two weeks ago when they had him on the run and he agreed to a general election.

    = opposition, antagonism, counteraction [counter-action].

    Ex: I would like to ask each of them to tell us whether in fact there is a clear difference of opinion and direct opposition or whether there is no real inconsistency.

    Ex: The influx of large numbers of Spanish-speaking people has brought to the surface feelings of antagonism on the part established residents, who feel threatened by the 'encroachment' of 'have-nots' into their neighborhoods.
    Ex: For the individual who seeks to react rationally, whether by personal complaint or collective counteraction, it is often difficult even to discover the information which is needed to make a start.
    * eludir una oposición = negotiate + resistance.
    * encontrar oposición = meet with + opposition, find + opposition.
    * en oposición a = as against, versus (vs - abreviatura).
    * grupo de la oposición = opposition group.
    * oposición + crear = opposition + line up.
    * oposición, la = political opposition, the.
    * oposición política, la = political opposition, the.
    * partido de la oposición = opposition party.
    * sin oposición = without opposition, unchallenged, unopposed.

    * * *
    oposiciones (↑ oposición a1)
    A
    1 (enfrentamiento) opposition oposición A algo opposition TO sth
    hubo una fuerte oposición popular a la nueva ley there was strong popular opposition to the law
    2 ( Pol) opposition
    B ( Esp) (examen) (public) competitive examination
    ganó la plaza por oposición he got the post by taking o ( BrE) sitting a competitive examination
    estoy preparando oposiciones I'm studying for my exams
    * * *

    oposición sustantivo femenino
    1 ( en general) opposition
    2 (Esp, Ven) ( concurso) (public) competitive examination;
    hacer oposiciones to take o (BrE) sit a competitive examination

    oposición sustantivo femenino
    1 (enfrentamiento, disparidad) opposition: la oposición votó en contra de la ley, the opposition voted against the bill
    2 (examen para funcionario) competitive/entrance examination: se presentará a la próxima oposición para profesor universitario, he'll take the next competitive exam for the position of university professor
    ' oposición' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    acosar
    - brecha
    - contra
    - convocatoria
    - encontrarse
    - firme
    - flexibilizar
    - interpelar
    - líder
    - manifestarse
    - pasarse
    - resistencia
    - salpicar
    - temario
    - tribunal
    - callar
    - criollo
    - declarar
    - frontal
    - partido
    - provincia
    - tierra
    English:
    call
    - opposition
    - quash
    - shadow cabinet
    - stand down
    - uncontested
    - unopposed
    - back
    - face
    - minority
    * * *
    1. [resistencia] opposition (a to);
    la oposición de mis padres a que haga este viaje es total my parents are totally opposed to me going on this trip
    2. [política]
    la oposición the opposition;
    los partidos de la oposición the opposition parties
    3. [examen] = competitive public examination for employment in the civil service, education, legal system etc;
    oposición a profesor = public examination to obtain a state teaching post;
    preparar oposiciones to be studying for a public examination;
    conseguir una plaza por oposición to obtain a post by sitting a public examination
    OPOSICIONES
    When a Spanish person wishes to work in the civil service (this includes becoming a teacher in a state school), he or she has to take oposiciones. These are public examinations held to fill vacancies on a national, provincial or local basis. The positions attained through these exams normally imply a job for life (with a working day from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.), and they are much sought after in a country with a tradition of high unemployment. There are usually far too many candidates for every job advertised, so the requirements listed can be extremely rigorous: if you apply to be a postal worker or a clerk you may have to show an in-depth knowledge of the Constitution and of Spanish cultural issues. This is why many people spend years preparing for these examinations, especially for posts with more responsibility.
    * * *
    f
    1 POL opposition
    2
    :
    oposiciones pl official entrance exams
    * * *
    oposición nf, pl - ciones : opposition
    * * *
    1. (en general) opposition
    2. (examen) competitive examination

    Spanish-English dictionary > oposición

  • 18 consulta

    f.
    hacer una consulta a alguien to seek somebody's advice
    libro/obra de consulta reference book/work
    2 surgery (British), office (United States) (doctor's office).
    horas de consulta surgery hours
    pasar consulta to hold a surgery
    3 office.
    4 doctor's office, office, consulting room, practice.
    5 poll.
    6 consult.
    7 advice.
    pres.indicat.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: consultar.
    imperat.
    2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: consultar.
    * * *
    1 (acción) consultation
    2 (consejo) advice, opinion
    ¿te puedo hace una consulta? can I ask you something?
    3 MEDICINA surgery, US doctor's office (consultorio) consulting room
    horas de consulta surgery hours, US office hours
    \
    pasar consulta to see patients, hold surgery
    obra de consulta reference book
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=pregunta) enquiry

    para cualquier consulta, llamen a partir de las cinco — if you have any enquiries, please call after five o'clock

    ¿le puedo hacer una consulta? — can I ask you something?

    biblioteca 1), libro 1), obra 2), b)
    2) (Med) (=visita) consultation; (=local) surgery, consulting room, office (EEUU)

    horas de consulta u horario de consulta — surgery hours

    3) (Pol) (=referéndum) referendum

    consulta popular — referendum, plebiscite

    4) pl consultas (=negociaciones)

    ronda o rueda de consultas — round of talks

    5) (Jur) review
    6) (Inform) enquiry
    * * *
    1) (pregunta, averiguación)

    ¿te puedo hacer una consulta? — can I ask you something?

    de consulta<biblioteca/libro> reference (before n)

    2) (Med)
    a) ( entrevista) consultation

    ¿a qué horas tiene consultas el Dr. Sosa? — what are Dr Sosa's office hours (AmE) o (BrE) surgery times?

    consulta a domiciliohome o house visit

    b) ( reunión) conference
    c) ( consultorio) office (AmE), practice (AmE), surgery (BrE)
    * * *
    = consultation, counselling [counseling, -USA], enquiry [inquiry, -USA], interrogation, look-up [lookup], perusal, surgery, doctor's surgery, surgery, hit, query, consultation exercise, querying.
    Ex. Although this is generally successful, this approach does necessitate the consultation of two chapters.
    Ex. If you do this, the system ANDs together the results of query 1, 'juvenile delinquent', and the new term, ' counseling'.
    Ex. A threshold weight appropriate to the specificity of the searcher's enquiry must be established.
    Ex. These include MUMS (Multiple Use MARC System) in connection with online interrogation and correction of MARC data.
    Ex. With online display, the alphabetical arrangement can become less significant, since all look-ups can be achieved with the computer, and there is less need for the scanning of alphabetical lists.
    Ex. Computer searching has many facilities and permits a more flexible approach to index searching, but printed indexes have the advantage of ease of perusal.
    Ex. The library may also arrange for local councillors to hold a rota of surgeries once a week.
    Ex. The idea has been suggested to set up multipurpose community centres where services like a grocer, a chemist, a doctor's surgery, a family planning clinic, and a bank, could all be located.
    Ex. The scheme is publicized on village notice boards, shops, pubs, surgeries, post offices etc and through the various village organizations.
    Ex. As used in reference to the World Wide Web, 'hit' means a single request from a web browser for a single item from a web server.
    Ex. We might therefore argue that our information retrieval system should enable us to rank documents in response to a query using the weighted vector 'wij'.
    Ex. Following a preliminary survey by Aslib, the council's consultation exercise found that residents opted for service quality over quantity.
    Ex. The project consortium will complete a feasibility study into the automatic indexing of free text and the multilingual querying of text databases = El consorcio creado realizar el proyecto llevará a cabo un estudio de viabilidad sobre la indización automática de texto libre y la consulta en varios idiomas de bases de datos de texto.
    ----
    * abrir una consulta = hang out + Posesivo + shingle.
    * colección de consulta = browsing collection.
    * consulta en sala = in-house materials use.
    * consulta imprecisa = browsing.
    * consulta por materias = subject browsing.
    * consulta rápida = ready reference.
    * consultas = demand load.
    * consultas al directorio = directory assistance.
    * de consulta fácil = scannable.
    * de consulta mediante órdenes = command-based.
    * documento de consulta = discussion document.
    * fondo de consulta en sala = reserve reading collection, reserve collection, reserve shelves, special reserve, reserve book room.
    * función de consulta = enquiry function.
    * horas de consulta = surgery.
    * interfaz gráfico de consulta imprecisa = graphical browser.
    * lenguaje de consulta = query language, access language.
    * libro de consulta en sala = reserve room book.
    * obras de consulta rápida = quick reference material.
    * para futuras consultas = for future reference.
    * porcentaje de satisfacción de consultas imprecisas = browsers' fill rate.
    * primer lugar de consulta = first stop.
    * puesto de consulta = service station.
    * que permite desarrollar menús de consulta = menu-making.
    * reformulación de la consulta = query reformation.
    * sección para el fondo de consulta en sala = reserve room.
    * Servicio de Consulta en Línea de BLAISE = BLAISE-LINE.
    * sesión de consulta = query session.
    * sin conservar información sobre las consultas realizadas anteriormente = stateless.
    * * *
    1) (pregunta, averiguación)

    ¿te puedo hacer una consulta? — can I ask you something?

    de consulta<biblioteca/libro> reference (before n)

    2) (Med)
    a) ( entrevista) consultation

    ¿a qué horas tiene consultas el Dr. Sosa? — what are Dr Sosa's office hours (AmE) o (BrE) surgery times?

    consulta a domiciliohome o house visit

    b) ( reunión) conference
    c) ( consultorio) office (AmE), practice (AmE), surgery (BrE)
    * * *
    = consultation, counselling [counseling, -USA], enquiry [inquiry, -USA], interrogation, look-up [lookup], perusal, surgery, doctor's surgery, surgery, hit, query, consultation exercise, querying.

    Ex: Although this is generally successful, this approach does necessitate the consultation of two chapters.

    Ex: If you do this, the system ANDs together the results of query 1, 'juvenile delinquent', and the new term, ' counseling'.
    Ex: A threshold weight appropriate to the specificity of the searcher's enquiry must be established.
    Ex: These include MUMS (Multiple Use MARC System) in connection with online interrogation and correction of MARC data.
    Ex: With online display, the alphabetical arrangement can become less significant, since all look-ups can be achieved with the computer, and there is less need for the scanning of alphabetical lists.
    Ex: Computer searching has many facilities and permits a more flexible approach to index searching, but printed indexes have the advantage of ease of perusal.
    Ex: The library may also arrange for local councillors to hold a rota of surgeries once a week.
    Ex: The idea has been suggested to set up multipurpose community centres where services like a grocer, a chemist, a doctor's surgery, a family planning clinic, and a bank, could all be located.
    Ex: The scheme is publicized on village notice boards, shops, pubs, surgeries, post offices etc and through the various village organizations.
    Ex: As used in reference to the World Wide Web, 'hit' means a single request from a web browser for a single item from a web server.
    Ex: We might therefore argue that our information retrieval system should enable us to rank documents in response to a query using the weighted vector 'wij'.
    Ex: Following a preliminary survey by Aslib, the council's consultation exercise found that residents opted for service quality over quantity.
    Ex: The project consortium will complete a feasibility study into the automatic indexing of free text and the multilingual querying of text databases = El consorcio creado realizar el proyecto llevará a cabo un estudio de viabilidad sobre la indización automática de texto libre y la consulta en varios idiomas de bases de datos de texto.
    * abrir una consulta = hang out + Posesivo + shingle.
    * colección de consulta = browsing collection.
    * consulta en sala = in-house materials use.
    * consulta imprecisa = browsing.
    * consulta por materias = subject browsing.
    * consulta rápida = ready reference.
    * consultas = demand load.
    * consultas al directorio = directory assistance.
    * de consulta fácil = scannable.
    * de consulta mediante órdenes = command-based.
    * documento de consulta = discussion document.
    * fondo de consulta en sala = reserve reading collection, reserve collection, reserve shelves, special reserve, reserve book room.
    * función de consulta = enquiry function.
    * horas de consulta = surgery.
    * interfaz gráfico de consulta imprecisa = graphical browser.
    * lenguaje de consulta = query language, access language.
    * libro de consulta en sala = reserve room book.
    * obras de consulta rápida = quick reference material.
    * para futuras consultas = for future reference.
    * porcentaje de satisfacción de consultas imprecisas = browsers' fill rate.
    * primer lugar de consulta = first stop.
    * puesto de consulta = service station.
    * que permite desarrollar menús de consulta = menu-making.
    * reformulación de la consulta = query reformation.
    * sección para el fondo de consulta en sala = reserve room.
    * Servicio de Consulta en Línea de BLAISE = BLAISE-LINE.
    * sesión de consulta = query session.
    * sin conservar información sobre las consultas realizadas anteriormente = stateless.

    * * *
    A
    (pregunta, averiguación): ¿te puedo hacer una consulta? can I ask your advice o ask you something?
    este problema queda pendiente de consulta this matter is awaiting consultation
    de consulta ‹biblioteca/libro› reference ( before n)
    Compuesto:
    referendum, plebiscite
    B ( Med)
    1 (entrevista) consultation
    ¿cuánto cuesta la consulta? how much does the consultation cost?
    ¿a qué horas pasa or tiene consultas el Dr. Sosa? what are Dr Sosa's office hours ( AmE) o ( BrE) surgery times?
    [ S ] horas de consulta surgery hours
    el doctor está en consulta con un paciente the doctor is seeing a patient
    consulta a domicilio home o house visit
    2 (reunión) conference
    3 (consultorio) office ( AmE), practice ( AmE), surgery ( BrE)
    abrir or instalar una consulta to open a practice o surgery
    * * *

     

    Del verbo consultar: ( conjugate consultar)

    consulta es:

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo

    2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

    Multiple Entries:
    consulta    
    consultar
    consulta sustantivo femenino
    a) (pregunta, averiguación):

    ¿te puedo hacer una consulta? can I ask you something?;

    de consulta ‹biblioteca/libro reference ( before n)

    ( consultorio) office (AmE), practice (AmE), surgery (BrE);
    ¿a qué horas tiene consultas el Dr. Sosa? what are Dr Sosa's office hours (AmE) o (BrE) surgery times?;

    consulta a domicilio home o house visit
    consultar ( conjugate consultar) verbo transitivopersona/obra to consult;
    dato/duda to look up;
    consulta algo con algn to consult sb about sth
    verbo intransitivo: consulta con algn to consult sb
    consulta sustantivo femenino
    1 (petición de consejo) query
    2 (búsqueda de información) search: tras la consulta de los archivos hemos concluido que..., after consulting the archives, we have concluded that...
    3 Med (visita al médico) consultation
    (despacho) GB surgery, US doctor's office
    horas de consulta, GB surgery hours, US office hours
    consulta a domicilio, house call
    consultar verbo transitivo
    1 to consult, seek advice [con, from]
    2 (en un diccionario, etc) to look up
    ' consulta' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    alterna
    - alterno
    - anexa
    - anexo
    - de
    - biblioteca
    - libro
    English:
    consultation
    - consulting
    - establish
    - practice
    - practise
    - reference
    - reference book
    - reference library
    - surgery
    - antenatal
    - office
    * * *
    1. [petición de consejo] [acción] consultation;
    [pregunta] query, enquiry;
    hacer una consulta a alguien to ask sb's advice
    2. [búsqueda de información] consultation;
    la consulta del manual aclaró nuestras dudas consulting the manual cleared up our doubts;
    hacer una consulta a alguien to ask sb's advice;
    libros de consulta reference books
    consulta electoral election(s);
    consulta popular referendum, plebiscite
    3. [de médico] [consultorio] Br surgery, US office
    4. [de médico] [visita] appointment;
    horas de consulta Br surgery hours, US (doctor's) office hours;
    pasar consulta to hold Br a surgery o US (doctor's) office hours;
    tengo consulta con el médico a las seis I've got an appointment with the doctor at six;
    consulta previa petición de hora [en letrero] appointments only, consultation by appointment only
    5.
    llamar a consultas [diplomático] to recall
    * * *
    f
    1 consultation
    2 MED local office, Br
    surgery;
    pasar consulta have office hours, Br have a surgery
    * * *
    1) : consultation
    2) : inquiry
    * * *
    1. (pregunta) enquiry [pl. enquiries]
    2. (lugar, atención) surgery [pl. surgeries]
    3. (visita) visit

    Spanish-English dictionary > consulta

  • 19 rapprocher

    rapprocher [ʀapʀɔ∫e]
    ➭ TABLE 1
    1. transitive verb
       a. ( = approcher) to bring closer (de to)
    il a changé d'emploi, ça le rapproche de chez lui he has changed jobs, so now he's nearer home
       b. ( = réconcilier, réunir) [+ personnes] to bring together
       c. [+ indices, textes] ( = confronter) to put side by side ; ( = établir un lien entre) to establish a connection between
    2. reflexive verb
       a. ( = approcher) [échéance, personne, véhicule, orage] to get closer
    pour se rapprocher de chez lui, il a changé d'emploi to be nearer home he changed jobs
    plus on se rapprochait de l'examen... the closer we came to the exam...
       b. (dans le temps) [crises, bruits] to become more frequent
       c. [personnes] to be reconciled ; [points de vue] to draw closer together ; [sociétés] to form links
    * * *
    ʀapʀɔʃe
    1.
    1) ( rendre plus proche) to move [something] closer [objet] (de to)
    2) ( dans le temps) to bring [something] forward(s) [date, rendez-vous] (de to)
    3) ( disposer à l'entente) to bring [somebody] (closer) together [personnes]

    ses épreuves l'ont rapprochée des pauvres — having suffered herself, she feels for the poor

    4) ( réunir) to bring together [personnes]
    5) ( apparenter) to compare

    2.
    se rapprocher verbe pronominal
    1) ( devenir plus proche) to get closer, to get nearer (de to)

    se rapprocher de — ( processus) to get close to; ( état) to be close to

    * * *
    ʀapʀɔʃe vt
    1) (= mettre plus près) to move closer

    Il a rapproché le fauteuil de la télé. — He moved the armchair closer to the TV.

    2) [deux objets] to move closer together
    3) (= réunir) to bring together

    Cet accident a rapproché les deux frères. — The accident brought the two brothers together.

    4) (= comparer) to establish a parallel between
    * * *
    rapprocher verb table: aimer
    A vtr
    1 ( rendre plus proche) to move [sth] closer [objet] (de to); peux-tu rapprocher la lampe, je n'y vois rien can you move the lamp a bit closer, I can't see a thing; si tu n'y vois rien, rapproche la lampe if you can't see, move the lamp closer; rapproche la chaise du mur move the chair closer to the wall; le courant nous rapproche de la côte the current is taking us toward(s) the coast; le prolongement de la ligne va me rapprocher de mon travail the extension of the line will take me closer to my work; il faut rapprocher les électrodes pour que l'étincelle se produise the electrodes must be moved closer together in order to produce a spark; j'ai dû rapprocher mon fauteuil de la fenêtre I had to move my armchair closer to the window; rapproche les deux vases move the two vases closer together; les jumelles rapprochent les objets fig binoculars make objects seem closer ou nearer;
    2 ( dans le temps) to bring [sth] forward(s) [date, rendez-vous] (de to); ils veulent rapprocher la date des négociations they want to bring the date of the negotiations forward; cette date nous rapproche trop des élections this date brings us too close to the elections;
    3 ( disposer à l'entente) to bring [sb] (closer) together [personnes]; leur passion pour la musique les rapproche they are drawn together by their passion for music; ses épreuves l'ont rapprochée des pauvres her hardships have brought her closer to the poor; ils ont réussi à rapprocher les deux pays they managed to improve relations between the two countries;
    4 ( réunir) to bring together [personnes]; activité/club rapprochant des gens d'horizons très différents activity/club which brings together people from very different walks of life;
    5 ( pour comparer) to compare; la situation est à rapprocher de ce qui s'est passé en 1951 the situation can be compared to what happened in 1951;
    6 ( apparenter) ses caractéristiques le rapprochent plus des mammifères its characteristics make it closer to the mammals.
    1 ( devenir plus proche) to get closer, to get nearer (de to); l'avion/l'orage/l'ennemi se rapproche the plane/the storm/the enemy is getting closer; j'ai choisi ce travail pour me rapprocher d'elle I chose this job so that I could be nearer to her;
    2 ( améliorer des relations) to get closer (de to); ils n'ont rien fait pour se rapprocher de nous they did nothing to get closer to us; il semble que les deux pays se rapprochent relations between the two countries seem to be improving;
    3 ( s'apparenter) se rapprocher de ( processus) to get close to; ( état) to be close to; leurs peintures se rapprochent des fresques antiques their paintings are similar to ancient frescoes; le chimpanzé se rapproche plus de l'homme que du babouin the chimpanzee is more closely related to man than to the baboon.
    [raprɔʃe] verbe transitif
    1. [approcher] to bring closer ou nearer
    ‘à rapprocher’ IMPRIMERIE ‘close up’
    2. [dans le temps]
    l'émission/la fête a été rapprochée à cause des événements the programme/party has been brought forward because of what's happened
    3. [faire paraître proche] to bring closer
    4. [de sa destination]
    rapprocher quelqu'un to take ou to bring somebody closer
    je te dépose à Concorde, ça te rapprochera I'll drop you off at Concorde, that'll get you a bit closer to where you're going
    5. [affectivement] to bring (closer) together
    ça m'a rapproché de mon père it's brought me closer to my father, it's brought my father and me closer together
    6. [comparer] to compare
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    se rapprocher verbe pronominal intransitif
    [venir près] to come close ou closer
    ————————
    se rapprocher de verbe pronominal plus préposition
    1. [se réconcilier avec]
    2. [être comparable à] to be similar to

    Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > rapprocher

  • 20 Historical Portugal

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

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