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must not be ruled out

  • 1 возможность

    possibility, feasibility, capability, opportunity, chance
    • Более того, имеется возможность (= вероятность), что... - More than this, there is the possibility that...
    • Возникла возможность производить... - It has been found possible to produce...
    • В данном случае единственной возможностью является... - For this case, the only recourse is to...
    • Возможность выполнения этого требования обсуждается ниже. - The possibility of fulfilling this requirement is discussed below.
    • Возможность ошибки обычно проистекает из... - The possibility of error usually arises from...
    • Возникает еще одна возможность... - A further possibility arises that...
    • Имеются различные возмогкности, которые зависят от особенностей (= природы) (метода и т. п.). - There are various possibilities depending on the nature of...
    • Исследуем возможность... - Let us investigate the possibility of...
    • Мы заинтересованы в возможности... - We are interested in the possibility of...
    • Мы не можем исключать возможность того, что... - We cannot rule out the possibility of...
    • Мы также используем (благоприятную) возможность (поблагодарить, отметить и т. п.)... - We also take the opportunity to...
    • Нам будет часто еще предоставляться возможность поговорить о... - We shall often have occasion to speak of...
    • Не следует исключать эту возможность. - This possibility must not be ruled out.
    • Нет никаких данных относительно возможности... - There is no evidence that it is possible to...
    • Обсуждая данную проблему, мы пренебрегли возможностью... - In discussing this problem we have neglected the possibility that...
    • Обычно имеется возможность выбрать... - It is usually possible to choose...
    • Однако у нас еще будет возможность (рассмотреть более подробно и т. п.)... - We shall, however, have occasion to...
    • Одной из возможностей было бы (использовать и т. п.).. - One possibility would be to...
    • Одной из возможностей здесь является использование... - One possibility is to use...
    • Остается лишь возможность предположить, что... - The remaining possibility is to assume that...
    • Отсюда следует, что существует возможность для использования... - It follows that the possibility exists for the use of...
    • Полезно иметь возможность... - It is useful to be able to...
    • Полезно иметь возможность отчетливо представлять себе... - It is useful to be able to visualize...
    • Следовательно мы обязаны помнить относительно возможности... - We must keep in mind, therefore, the possibility of...
    • Следовательно, важно иметь возможность определить, действительно ли... - It is therefore important to be able to determine whether...
    • Среди прочих возможностей, серьезное внимание будет уделено... - Among other possibilities, serious consideration has been given to...
    • Это дает возможность... - This raises the possibility that...
    • Три следующие примера иллюстрируют эту возможность. - The next three examples illustrate this possibility.
    • У нас уже была реальная возможность... - We have already had an opportunity to...
    • У нас часто будет возможность... - We shall have frequent occasion to...
    • У нас часто будет возможность ссылаться на... - We shall have frequent occasion to refer to...
    • Чтобы исключить возможность любой двусмысленности или неточности, мы будем... - То avoid any possibility of confusion we shall...
    • Чтобы иметь возможность ссылаться, мы будем... - For purposes of reference we shall...
    • Эта возможность еще более вероятна в специальных приложениях, где... - This possibility is even more likely in special applications, where...
    • Эти две основные возможности иллюстрируются на рис. 1. - The two main possibilities are illustrated in Figure 1.
    • Это связано с возможностью (= вероятностью)... - This is linked with the possibility of...
    • Этот список не исчерпывает всех возможностей. - This list does not exhaust the possibilities.
    • Ясно, что имеются большие возможности для улучшения при изучении... - Clearly, there is considerable room for improvement in the study of...

    Русско-английский словарь научного общения > возможность

  • 2 исключать

    (= исключить, удалить, убрать, выбросить) exclude, eliminate, except, preclude, drop
    • Данный член можно исключить из системы уравнений. - This term can be eliminated from the set of equations.
    • Мы не можем исключать возможность того, что... - We cannot rule out the possibility of...
    • Мы также исключим из рассмотрения два класса (= множества)... - We also exclude from consideration two classes of...
    • Не исключено, что... - It is not inconceivable that...; It is not improbable that...
    • Не следует исключать эту возможность. - This possibility must not be ruled out.
    • Теперь мы исключим предположение, что... - We now remove the assumption that...
    • Эта модель не исключает существования... - This model does not exclude the existence of...
    • Эти условия являются лишь достаточными для того, чтобы исключить... - These conditions are just sufficient for the elimination of...
    • Это исключает некоторые, но не все (случаи, возможности и т. п.) из... - This excludes some, but not all, of the...
    • Это исключает необходимость... - This eliminates the need for...
    • Это исключит необходимость... - This will eliminate the need to...
    • Это не исключает возможности наличия... - This does not preclude the presence of...
    • Это не исключает использование какого-либо частного метода. - This does not preclude the use of a particular method.

    Русско-английский словарь научного общения > исключать

  • 3 исключать

    (кого-л./что-л.)
    несовер. - исключать; совер. - исключить
    exclude, leave out; expel

    не исключено, что — it is not inconceivable/improbable that...

    Русско-английский словарь по общей лексике > исключать

  • 4 не следует исключать

    Русско-английский научно-технический словарь переводчика > не следует исключать

  • 5 не следует исключать эту возможность

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > не следует исключать эту возможность

  • 6 descartar

    v.
    1 to refuse, to reject (ayuda).
    2 to discard, to dismiss, to put aside, to drop away.
    Ricardo descartó la violencia Richard discarded violence.
    María descartó los tomates verdes Mary discarded the green tomatoes.
    * * *
    1 to discard, reject, rule out
    1 (cartas) to discard, throw away
    \
    quedar descartado,-a to be left out, be ruled out
    * * *
    verb
    to rule out, reject
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=eliminar) [+ candidato, plan, opción] to reject, rule out; [+ posibilidad, hipótesis] to dismiss, discount

    no hay que descartar la existencia de agua en el planeta — we cannot dismiss o discount the possibility of water on the planet

    2) (Naipes) to throw away, discard
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo <plan/posibilidad> to rule out, dismiss; < candidato> to reject, rule out
    2.
    descartarse v pron ( en cartas) to discard
    * * *
    = dismiss, rule out, discount, foreclose, write off, count + Nombre + out, scrap.
    Ex. It is too early to dismiss those physical forms associated with non-computerised cataloguing and indexing.
    Ex. If, however, we index documents about primary schools under the term primary school, we can immediately rule out a lot of irrelevant documents in our search.
    Ex. Assistance from part-time librarians should not be totally discounted, however.
    Ex. The USA must act quickly before the rush of events forecloses some of the options now available for developing and managing this technology.
    Ex. They express concern over Povinelli's certainty in writing off that multicultural project, however.
    Ex. Right now, there is no clear Republican candidate, though the inimitable Joe Kelly can never be counted out until the deadline passes.
    Ex. There have even been rumours of plans to scrap most of the industrial side of its work and disperse key elements, such as the work on regional and industrial aid, to the provinces.
    ----
    * descartar Algo = put + Nombre + out of the question.
    * descartar una idea = dismiss + idea, discount + notion.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo <plan/posibilidad> to rule out, dismiss; < candidato> to reject, rule out
    2.
    descartarse v pron ( en cartas) to discard
    * * *
    = dismiss, rule out, discount, foreclose, write off, count + Nombre + out, scrap.

    Ex: It is too early to dismiss those physical forms associated with non-computerised cataloguing and indexing.

    Ex: If, however, we index documents about primary schools under the term primary school, we can immediately rule out a lot of irrelevant documents in our search.
    Ex: Assistance from part-time librarians should not be totally discounted, however.
    Ex: The USA must act quickly before the rush of events forecloses some of the options now available for developing and managing this technology.
    Ex: They express concern over Povinelli's certainty in writing off that multicultural project, however.
    Ex: Right now, there is no clear Republican candidate, though the inimitable Joe Kelly can never be counted out until the deadline passes.
    Ex: There have even been rumours of plans to scrap most of the industrial side of its work and disperse key elements, such as the work on regional and industrial aid, to the provinces.
    * descartar Algo = put + Nombre + out of the question.
    * descartar una idea = dismiss + idea, discount + notion.

    * * *
    descartar [A1 ]
    vt
    ‹plan/posibilidad› to rule out, discount; ‹candidato› to reject, rule out
    lo de ir en tren ha quedado descartado I/we've ruled out the idea of going by train
    (en cartas) to discard descartarse DE algo to throw sth away, discard sth
    * * *

     

    descartar ( conjugate descartar) verbo transitivo
    to rule out
    descartar verbo transitivo to rule out: han descartado nuestra propuesta, they've ruled out our proposal
    ' descartar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    desechar
    - desterrar
    English:
    discard
    - discount
    - dismiss
    - preclude
    - rule out
    - scrap
    - write off
    - eliminate
    - rule
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [posibilidad, idea] to rule out;
    [plan] to reject; [persona] to reject, to rule out; [ayuda] to refuse, to reject;
    no descartamos un pacto con la izquierda moderada we don't rule out a pact with the moderate left;
    ha quedado descartado que el tumor sea maligno any possibility that the tumour might be malignant has been ruled out
    2. Am [tirar] to throw out, to discard;
    habrá que descartar todos los libros viejos all the old books will have to be thrown out
    * * *
    v/t rule out
    * * *
    : to rule out, to reject

    Spanish-English dictionary > descartar

  • 7 Language

       Philosophy is written in that great book, the universe, which is always open, right before our eyes. But one cannot understand this book without first learning to understand the language and to know the characters in which it is written. It is written in the language of mathematics, and the characters are triangles, circles, and other figures. Without these, one cannot understand a single word of it, and just wanders in a dark labyrinth. (Galileo, 1990, p. 232)
       It never happens that it [a nonhuman animal] arranges its speech in various ways in order to reply appropriately to everything that may be said in its presence, as even the lowest type of man can do. (Descartes, 1970a, p. 116)
       It is a very remarkable fact that there are none so depraved and stupid, without even excepting idiots, that they cannot arrange different words together, forming of them a statement by which they make known their thoughts; while, on the other hand, there is no other animal, however perfect and fortunately circumstanced it may be, which can do the same. (Descartes, 1967, p. 116)
       Human beings do not live in the object world alone, nor alone in the world of social activity as ordinarily understood, but are very much at the mercy of the particular language which has become the medium of expression for their society. It is quite an illusion to imagine that one adjusts to reality essentially without the use of language and that language is merely an incidental means of solving specific problems of communication or reflection. The fact of the matter is that the "real world" is to a large extent unconsciously built on the language habits of the group.... We see and hear and otherwise experience very largely as we do because the language habits of our community predispose certain choices of interpretation. (Sapir, 1921, p. 75)
       It powerfully conditions all our thinking about social problems and processes.... No two languages are ever sufficiently similar to be considered as representing the same social reality. The worlds in which different societies live are distinct worlds, not merely the same worlds with different labels attached. (Sapir, 1985, p. 162)
       [A list of language games, not meant to be exhaustive:]
       Giving orders, and obeying them- Describing the appearance of an object, or giving its measurements- Constructing an object from a description (a drawing)Reporting an eventSpeculating about an eventForming and testing a hypothesisPresenting the results of an experiment in tables and diagramsMaking up a story; and reading itPlay actingSinging catchesGuessing riddlesMaking a joke; and telling it
       Solving a problem in practical arithmeticTranslating from one language into another
       LANGUAGE Asking, thanking, cursing, greeting, and praying-. (Wittgenstein, 1953, Pt. I, No. 23, pp. 11 e-12 e)
       We dissect nature along lines laid down by our native languages.... The world is presented in a kaleidoscopic flux of impressions which has to be organized by our minds-and this means largely by the linguistic systems in our minds.... No individual is free to describe nature with absolute impartiality but is constrained to certain modes of interpretation even while he thinks himself most free. (Whorf, 1956, pp. 153, 213-214)
       We dissect nature along the lines laid down by our native languages.
       The categories and types that we isolate from the world of phenomena we do not find there because they stare every observer in the face; on the contrary, the world is presented in a kaleidoscopic flux of impressions which has to be organized by our minds-and this means largely by the linguistic systems in our minds.... We are thus introduced to a new principle of relativity, which holds that all observers are not led by the same physical evidence to the same picture of the universe, unless their linguistic backgrounds are similar or can in some way be calibrated. (Whorf, 1956, pp. 213-214)
       9) The Forms of a Person's Thoughts Are Controlled by Unperceived Patterns of His Own Language
       The forms of a person's thoughts are controlled by inexorable laws of pattern of which he is unconscious. These patterns are the unperceived intricate systematizations of his own language-shown readily enough by a candid comparison and contrast with other languages, especially those of a different linguistic family. (Whorf, 1956, p. 252)
       It has come to be commonly held that many utterances which look like statements are either not intended at all, or only intended in part, to record or impart straightforward information about the facts.... Many traditional philosophical perplexities have arisen through a mistake-the mistake of taking as straightforward statements of fact utterances which are either (in interesting non-grammatical ways) nonsensical or else intended as something quite different. (Austin, 1962, pp. 2-3)
       In general, one might define a complex of semantic components connected by logical constants as a concept. The dictionary of a language is then a system of concepts in which a phonological form and certain syntactic and morphological characteristics are assigned to each concept. This system of concepts is structured by several types of relations. It is supplemented, furthermore, by redundancy or implicational rules..., representing general properties of the whole system of concepts.... At least a relevant part of these general rules is not bound to particular languages, but represents presumably universal structures of natural languages. They are not learned, but are rather a part of the human ability to acquire an arbitrary natural language. (Bierwisch, 1970, pp. 171-172)
       In studying the evolution of mind, we cannot guess to what extent there are physically possible alternatives to, say, transformational generative grammar, for an organism meeting certain other physical conditions characteristic of humans. Conceivably, there are none-or very few-in which case talk about evolution of the language capacity is beside the point. (Chomsky, 1972, p. 98)
       [It is] truth value rather than syntactic well-formedness that chiefly governs explicit verbal reinforcement by parents-which renders mildly paradoxical the fact that the usual product of such a training schedule is an adult whose speech is highly grammatical but not notably truthful. (R. O. Brown, 1973, p. 330)
       he conceptual base is responsible for formally representing the concepts underlying an utterance.... A given word in a language may or may not have one or more concepts underlying it.... On the sentential level, the utterances of a given language are encoded within a syntactic structure of that language. The basic construction of the sentential level is the sentence.
       The next highest level... is the conceptual level. We call the basic construction of this level the conceptualization. A conceptualization consists of concepts and certain relations among those concepts. We can consider that both levels exist at the same point in time and that for any unit on one level, some corresponding realizate exists on the other level. This realizate may be null or extremely complex.... Conceptualizations may relate to other conceptualizations by nesting or other specified relationships. (Schank, 1973, pp. 191-192)
       The mathematics of multi-dimensional interactive spaces and lattices, the projection of "computer behavior" on to possible models of cerebral functions, the theoretical and mechanical investigation of artificial intelligence, are producing a stream of sophisticated, often suggestive ideas.
       But it is, I believe, fair to say that nothing put forward until now in either theoretic design or mechanical mimicry comes even remotely in reach of the most rudimentary linguistic realities. (Steiner, 1975, p. 284)
       The step from the simple tool to the master tool, a tool to make tools (what we would now call a machine tool), seems to me indeed to parallel the final step to human language, which I call reconstitution. It expresses in a practical and social context the same understanding of hierarchy, and shows the same analysis by function as a basis for synthesis. (Bronowski, 1977, pp. 127-128)
        t is the language donn eґ in which we conduct our lives.... We have no other. And the danger is that formal linguistic models, in their loosely argued analogy with the axiomatic structure of the mathematical sciences, may block perception.... It is quite conceivable that, in language, continuous induction from simple, elemental units to more complex, realistic forms is not justified. The extent and formal "undecidability" of context-and every linguistic particle above the level of the phoneme is context-bound-may make it impossible, except in the most abstract, meta-linguistic sense, to pass from "pro-verbs," "kernals," or "deep deep structures" to actual speech. (Steiner, 1975, pp. 111-113)
       A higher-level formal language is an abstract machine. (Weizenbaum, 1976, p. 113)
       Jakobson sees metaphor and metonymy as the characteristic modes of binarily opposed polarities which between them underpin the two-fold process of selection and combination by which linguistic signs are formed.... Thus messages are constructed, as Saussure said, by a combination of a "horizontal" movement, which combines words together, and a "vertical" movement, which selects the particular words from the available inventory or "inner storehouse" of the language. The combinative (or syntagmatic) process manifests itself in contiguity (one word being placed next to another) and its mode is metonymic. The selective (or associative) process manifests itself in similarity (one word or concept being "like" another) and its mode is metaphoric. The "opposition" of metaphor and metonymy therefore may be said to represent in effect the essence of the total opposition between the synchronic mode of language (its immediate, coexistent, "vertical" relationships) and its diachronic mode (its sequential, successive, lineal progressive relationships). (Hawkes, 1977, pp. 77-78)
       It is striking that the layered structure that man has given to language constantly reappears in his analyses of nature. (Bronowski, 1977, p. 121)
       First, [an ideal intertheoretic reduction] provides us with a set of rules"correspondence rules" or "bridge laws," as the standard vernacular has it-which effect a mapping of the terms of the old theory (T o) onto a subset of the expressions of the new or reducing theory (T n). These rules guide the application of those selected expressions of T n in the following way: we are free to make singular applications of their correspondencerule doppelgangers in T o....
       Second, and equally important, a successful reduction ideally has the outcome that, under the term mapping effected by the correspondence rules, the central principles of T o (those of semantic and systematic importance) are mapped onto general sentences of T n that are theorems of Tn. (P. Churchland, 1979, p. 81)
       If non-linguistic factors must be included in grammar: beliefs, attitudes, etc. [this would] amount to a rejection of the initial idealization of language as an object of study. A priori such a move cannot be ruled out, but it must be empirically motivated. If it proves to be correct, I would conclude that language is a chaos that is not worth studying.... Note that the question is not whether beliefs or attitudes, and so on, play a role in linguistic behavior and linguistic judgments... [but rather] whether distinct cognitive structures can be identified, which interact in the real use of language and linguistic judgments, the grammatical system being one of these. (Chomsky, 1979, pp. 140, 152-153)
        23) Language Is Inevitably Influenced by Specific Contexts of Human Interaction
       Language cannot be studied in isolation from the investigation of "rationality." It cannot afford to neglect our everyday assumptions concerning the total behavior of a reasonable person.... An integrational linguistics must recognize that human beings inhabit a communicational space which is not neatly compartmentalized into language and nonlanguage.... It renounces in advance the possibility of setting up systems of forms and meanings which will "account for" a central core of linguistic behavior irrespective of the situation and communicational purposes involved. (Harris, 1981, p. 165)
       By innate [linguistic knowledge], Chomsky simply means "genetically programmed." He does not literally think that children are born with language in their heads ready to be spoken. He merely claims that a "blueprint is there, which is brought into use when the child reaches a certain point in her general development. With the help of this blueprint, she analyzes the language she hears around her more readily than she would if she were totally unprepared for the strange gabbling sounds which emerge from human mouths. (Aitchison, 1987, p. 31)
       Looking at ourselves from the computer viewpoint, we cannot avoid seeing that natural language is our most important "programming language." This means that a vast portion of our knowledge and activity is, for us, best communicated and understood in our natural language.... One could say that natural language was our first great original artifact and, since, as we increasingly realize, languages are machines, so natural language, with our brains to run it, was our primal invention of the universal computer. One could say this except for the sneaking suspicion that language isn't something we invented but something we became, not something we constructed but something in which we created, and recreated, ourselves. (Leiber, 1991, p. 8)

    Historical dictionary of quotations in cognitive science > Language

  • 8 baja

    f.
    1 drop, fall (descenso).
    redondear el precio a la baja to round the price down
    el precio del cacao sigue a la baja the price of cocoa is continuing to fall
    tendencia a la baja downward trend
    2 redundancy (cese) (forzado).
    dar de baja a alguien to lay somebody off; (en empresa) to expel somebody (en club, sindicato)
    3 sick leave (por enfermedad) (permiso). (peninsular Spanish)
    estar/darse de baja to be on/take sick leave
    baja por maternidad maternity leave
    4 loss, casualty (military).
    bajas civiles civilian casualties
    5 pasha, Moslem honorary title, Moslem honourary title, pacha.
    6 doctor's excuse, doctor's line, doctor's note.
    7 lay off period.
    8 termination of employment.
    pres.indicat.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: bajar.
    * * *
    1 (descenso) fall, drop
    2 MILITAR casualty
    3 (por enfermedad) sick leave; (justificante) medical certificate, doctor's note
    \
    dar de baja (a enfermo) to give a sick note to 2 (a socio de club) to expel 3 (a soldado) to declare missing
    darse de baja (de un club) to cancel one's membership, leave, drop out 2 (en una suscripción) to cancel one's subscription 3 (por enfermedad) to take sick leave
    estar de baja (enfermo) to be off sick 2 (pasado) to be dropping, on the way out
    estar en baja to be dropping, on the way out
    ser baja (deportista) to be injured, not be playing 2 (militar) to be reported missing
    * * *
    1. f., (m. - bajo) 2. noun f.
    2) fall, drop, slump
    •
    - darse de baja
    - estar de baja
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=descenso) fall, drop

    • a la baja — [evolución, tendencia] downward

    • abrir a la baja — (Bolsa) to open down

    • cerrar a la baja — (Bolsa) to close down

    la Bolsa cerró a la baja en el día de ayer — the Stock Exchange closed down o was down at the close of trading yesterday

    • corregir algo a la baja — to adjust sth downwards

    • cotizarse a la baja — (Bolsa) to trade low

    • estar en baja — to be in decline

    la Bolsa está en baja — there is a downward trend in the Stock Exchange, the Stock Exchange is in decline

    2) (=cese)
    [en organización, suscripción, trabajo]

    el nuevo estilo de la revista ha causado numerosas bajas — the new style of the magazine has led many people to cancel their subscription

    • dar de baja — [+ socio] to expel; [+ abogado, médico] to strike off; [+ militar] to discharge; [+ empleado] to dismiss, fire; [+ empresa, sociedad] to dissolve; [+ coche] to take out of circulation; [+ avión, tren] to decommission; [+ teléfono, luz] to have disconnected

    la dieron de baja del club por no pagar la suscripción — her membership of the club was cancelled because she had failed to pay her subscription

    • darse de baja — [de club, institución, partido] to leave; [de revista, periódico] to cancel one's subscription

    • pedir la baja — to hand in one's resignation

    baja voluntaria — [por dimisión] voluntary redundancy; [por jubilación] early retirement

    3) (=ausencia laboral)

    • dar de baja, se le dará de baja a partir del día de la operación — she will be on sick leave from the day of the operation

    • estar de baja — to be on sick leave, be off sick

    • pedir la baja — to ask for o apply for sick leave

    4) (Dep) [por descalificación] suspension; [por lesión] injury
    5) Esp (Med) (=certificado) medical certificate, sick note *
    6) (Mil) (=víctima) casualty
    * * *
    1) ( descenso) fall, drop

    a la baja: tendencia a la baja downward trend; los que juegan a la baja — those who are selling for a fall, the bears

    2)
    a) (Esp) (Rels Labs) ( permiso) sick leave; ( certificado) medical certificate

    está (dado) de baja — he's off sick o on sick leave

    b) (Dep)
    c) (Mil) ( muerte) loss, casualty
    3)

    ha habido varias bajas — ( en clase) several students have dropped out o left; ( en asociación) several members have left

    darse de baja — ( en club) to cancel one's membership, leave; ( en partido) to resign, leave

    causó baja en nuestra empresa — (Esp) he left our employment

    b) (Mil) ( cese) discharge
    c) ( en puesto)

    el equipo lo dio de baja — the club cut him (AmE), the club released him (BrE)

    •
    * * *
    1) ( descenso) fall, drop

    a la baja: tendencia a la baja downward trend; los que juegan a la baja — those who are selling for a fall, the bears

    2)
    a) (Esp) (Rels Labs) ( permiso) sick leave; ( certificado) medical certificate

    está (dado) de baja — he's off sick o on sick leave

    b) (Dep)
    c) (Mil) ( muerte) loss, casualty
    3)

    ha habido varias bajas — ( en clase) several students have dropped out o left; ( en asociación) several members have left

    darse de baja — ( en club) to cancel one's membership, leave; ( en partido) to resign, leave

    causó baja en nuestra empresa — (Esp) he left our employment

    b) (Mil) ( cese) discharge
    c) ( en puesto)

    el equipo lo dio de baja — the club cut him (AmE), the club released him (BrE)

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    * * *
    baja1
    1 = drop, fall.

    Ex: Perfect recall can only be achieved by a drop in the proportion of relevant documents considered.

    Ex: There has been a rapid increase in the number and costs of science, technology and medicine scholarly titles in recent years, and a fall in subscriptions.
    * a la baja = on the wane.
    * estar a la baja = be down.
    * ir a la baja = be down.
    * Nombre + a la baja = Nombre + down.

    baja2
    2 = leave.

    Ex: The induction course will give all the necessary employment details relating to such matters as the amount of leave entitlement, insurance stoppages, what to do in case of sickness, etc..

    * baja maternal = maternity leave, maternal leave.
    * baja paternal = paternal leave.
    * baja por enfermedad = sick leave, sickness leave.
    * baja por maternidad = maternity leave, parental leave, maternal leave.
    * baja por paternidad = paternal leave.
    * baja temporal = temporary leave.
    * dar de baja = take out of + circulation.
    * estar de baja = be off work.
    * estar de baja por enfermedad = be off work sick.

    baja3

    Ex: No area of library operations would be unaffected -- from the selection of materials to the hiring and termination of personnel.

    * dado de baja = written-off.
    * darse de baja de una suscripción = unsubscribe.

    baja4

    Ex: Unfortunately, there are indications that the use of rubber stamps in libraries may be among the first casualties of the information revolution.

    * baja de guerra = war casualty.
    * baja en combate = combat casualty.

    * * *
    A (descenso) fall, drop
    una baja en el número de inscripciones a fall o drop in the number of enrollments
    su popularidad está en baja his popularity is waning o declining o on the wane
    hubo una baja de tensión ( RPl); there was a drop in voltage
    a la baja: el precio del crudo sigue a la baja the price of crude oil continues to fall
    continúa la tendencia a la baja en las cuatro bolsas the downward trend continues o stocks continue to fall on all four exchanges
    los que jugaban a la baja those who were selling for a fall, the bears
    B
    1
    ( Esp) ( Dep): Pardo es baja para el partido del domingo Pardo is out of Sunday's game
    el equipo tiene varias bajas the team is without several of its usual players
    2 ( Mil) (muerte) loss, casualty
    los rebeldes tuvieron trece bajas the rebels lost thirteen men
    registraron varias bajas they suffered several casualties o the loss of several men
    3 ( Esp) ( Rels Labs) (permiso) sick leave; (certificado) medical certificate
    debe presentar la baja you must produce your medical certificate
    está (dado) de baja desde hace dos meses he's been off sick o on sick leave for two months
    Compuesto:
    maternity leave
    C
    1
    (en un club, una organización): ha habido or se han registrado or se han producido varias bajas (en una clase) several students have dropped out o left; (en una asociación) several members have left
    lo dieron de baja en el club por no pagar la cuota they canceled his membership of the club o threw him out of the club for not paying his subscription
    darse de baja (en un club) to cancel one's membership, leave; (en un partido) to resign, leave; (en el consulado) to have one's name removed from the register; (de un sitio web) to unsubscribe
    2 ( Mil) (cese) discharge
    pidió la baja en el ejército he applied for a discharge o to be discharged from the army
    fue dado de baja he was discharged
    3
    (en un puesto): la empresa lo dio de baja the company dismissed him, the company cut him ( AmE), the company sacked him ( BrE)
    lo dieron de baja por invalidez he was dismissed because of illness o on health grounds
    durante los tres meses posteriores a la fecha de la baja in the three months following termination of employment
    causó baja en nuestra organización en mayo de 2008 ( Esp); he left our employment o ( frml) employ in May 2008
    Compuestos:
    voluntary redundancy ( with incentive payment)
    reducir la plantilla mediante bajas vegetativas to reduce the workforce by attrition ( AmE) o ( BrE) natural wastage
    voluntary redundancy
    * * *

     

    Del verbo bajar: ( conjugate bajar)

    baja es:

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

    2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

    Multiple Entries:
    baja    
    bajar
    baja sustantivo femenino
    1 ( descenso) fall, drop;
    ◊ una baja en los precios a fall o drop in prices;

    la baja de las tasas de interés the cut in interest rates;
    tendencia a la baja downward trend
    2
    a) (Esp) (Rels Labs) ( permiso) sick leave;

    ( certificado) medical certificate;
    ◊ está (dado) de baja he's off sick o on sick leave;

    baja por maternidad (Esp) maternity leave
    b) (Dep):


    c) (Mil) ( muerte) loss, casualty

    3 ( en entidad):


    ( en partido) to resign, leave;
    (Mil) ( cese) discharge;

    bajar ( conjugate bajar) verbo intransitivo
    1
    a) [ascensor/persona] ( alejándose) to go down;

    ( acercándose) to come down;
    ◊ baja por las escaleras to go/come down the stairs;

    ya bajo I'll be right down
    b) ( apearse) baja de algo ‹de tren/avión› to get off sth;

    ‹ de coche› to get out of sth;
    ‹de caballo/bicicleta› to get off sth
    c) (Dep) [ equipo] to go down

    2

    b) [fiebre/tensión] to go down, drop;

    [ hinchazón] to go down;
    [ temperatura] to fall, drop
    c) [precio/valor] to fall, drop;

    [ calidad] to deteriorate;
    [ popularidad] to diminish;

    verbo transitivo
    1 ‹escalera/cuesta› to go down
    2 ‹brazo/mano› to put down, lower
    3
    a) baja algo (de algo) ‹de armario/estante› to get sth down (from sth);

    ‹ del piso de arriba› ( traer) to bring sth down (from sth);
    ( llevar) to take sth down (to sth)
    b) baja a algn de algo ‹de mesa/caballo› to get sb off sth

    4
    a) ‹persiana/telón› to lower;

    ‹ ventanilla› to open

    5 ‹ precio› to lower;
    ‹ fiebre› to bring down;
    ‹ volumen› to turn down;
    ‹ voz› to lower
    bajarse verbo pronominal
    1 ( apearse) bajase de algo ‹de tren/autobús› to get off sth;
    ‹ de coche› to get out of sth;
    ‹de caballo/bicicleta› to get off sth;
    ‹de pared/árbol› to get down off sth
    2 ‹ pantalones› to take down;
    ‹ falda› to pull down
    bajo,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 low
    2 (de poca estatura) short: es muy bajo para jugar al baloncesto, he's a bit too short to play basketball
    3 (poco intenso) faint, soft: en este local la música está baja, the music isn't very loud here
    4 (escaso) poor: su nivel es muy bajo, his level is very low
    este queso es bajo en calorías, this cheese is low in calories
    5 Mús low
    6 fig (mezquino, vil, ruin) base, despicable: tiene muy bajos instintos, he's absolutely contemptible
    bajos fondos, the underworld
    la clase baja, the lower class
    II adverbio low: habla bajo, por favor, please speak quietly
    por lo b., (a sus espaldas, disimuladamente) on the sly: con Pedro es muy amable, pero por lo bajo echa pestes de él, she's very nice to Pedro, but she's always slagging him off behind his back
    (como mínimo) at least: ese libro cuesta cinco mil pesetas tirando por lo bajo, that book costs at least five thousand pesetas
    III sustantivo masculino
    1 Mús (instrumento, cantante, instrumentista) bass
    2 (de un edificio) ground floor
    3 (de una prenda) hem
    IV mpl Mec underneath: las piedras del camino le rozaron los bajos del coche, we scratched the bottom of the car against the stones on the road
    V preposición
    1 (lugar) under, underneath
    bajo techo, under shelter
    bajo tierra, underground
    bajo la tormenta, in the storm
    2 Pol Hist under
    bajo la dictadura, under the dictatorship 3 bajo cero, (temperatura) below zero
    4 Jur under
    bajo fianza, on bail
    bajo juramento, under oath
    bajo multa de cien mil pesetas, subject to a fine of one hundred thousand pesetas
    bajo ningún concepto, under no circumstances
    firmó la declaración bajo presión, she signed the declaration under pressure
    La traducción más común del adjetivo es low. Sin embargo, recuerda que cuando quieres describir a una persona debes usar la palabra short: Es muy bajo para su edad. He's very short for his age.
    baja sustantivo femenino
    1 (informe médico) sick note
    baja por enfermedad, sick leave
    baja por maternidad, maternity leave
    2 (descenso) drop, fall
    3 Mil (víctima, herido) casualty: nuestro ejército no ha sufrido bajas, we haven't suffered any casualties
    ♦ Locuciones: coger la baja, (por enfermedad) to take sick leave
    darse de baja, (de una asociación, una actividad) to resign [de, from], drop out [de, of]
    estar de baja, (por enfermedad) to be off sick
    Fin jugar a la baja, to operate for a fall
    bajar
    I verbo transitivo
    1 (descender) to come o go down: bajé corriendo la cuesta, I ran downhill ➣ Ver nota en ir 2 (llevar algo abajo) to bring o get o take down: baja los disfraces del trastero, bring the costumes down from the attic
    3 (un telón) to lower
    (una persiana) to let down
    (la cabeza) to bow o lower
    4 (reducir el volumen) to turn down
    (la voz) to lower
    5 (los precios, etc) to reduce, cut
    6 (ropa, dobladillo) tengo que bajar el vestido, I've got to let the hem down
    7 Mús tienes que bajar un tono, you've got to go down a tone
    II verbo intransitivo
    1 to go o come down: bajamos al bar, we went down to the bar
    2 (apearse de un tren, un autobús) to get off
    (de un coche) to get out [de, of]: tienes que bajarte en la siguiente parada, you've got to get off at the next stop
    3 (disminuir la temperatura, los precios) to fall, drop: ha bajado su cotización en la bolsa, its share prices have dropped in the stock exchange
    ' baja' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bajar
    - bajinis
    - bajo
    - borrarse
    - cabeza
    - cámara
    - despacio
    - estar
    - estofa
    - forma
    - fresca
    - fresco
    - grosera
    - grosero
    - jugar
    - marea
    - media
    - medio
    - planta
    - riñón
    - telebasura
    - temblor
    - temporada
    - tensión
    - tintorro
    - voz
    - clase
    - fondo
    - incapacidad
    - petiso
    - renacuajo
    - roto
    English:
    alternate
    - attrition rate
    - breath
    - breathe
    - casualty
    - discharge
    - downstairs
    - downturn
    - downward
    - downwards
    - fall behind
    - floor
    - form
    - ground floor
    - house
    - low-calorie
    - lower
    - lower-class
    - off
    - off-peak
    - quietly
    - season
    - shoddiness
    - sick
    - sick-leave
    - simmer
    - slide
    - undertone
    - voice
    - whisper
    - work
    - down
    - drop
    - go
    - ground
    - hushed
    - low
    - red
    - slump
    - small
    - sweep
    - tide
    - under
    - voluntary
    - water
    - way
    * * *
    baja nf
    1. [descenso] drop, fall;
    una baja en las temperaturas a drop in temperature;
    no se descarta una baja en los tipos de interés a cut in interest rates isn't being ruled out;
    redondear el precio a la baja to round the price down;
    el precio del cacao sigue a la baja the price of cocoa is continuing to fall, the slump in the price of cocoa is continuing;
    la bolsa de Madrid sigue a la baja share prices on the Madrid stock exchange are continuing to fall;
    tendencia a la baja downward trend;
    las eléctricas cotizaron ayer a la baja share prices for the electricity companies fell yesterday;
    Fin
    jugar a la baja to bear the market
    2. [cese] lay-off, Br redundancy;
    han anunciado veinte bajas [forzadas] they have announced twenty lay-offs o Br redundancies;
    la empresa ha sufrido bajas entre sus directivos [voluntarias] a number of managers have left the firm;
    la pérdida de las elecciones provocó cientos de bajas en el partido the election defeat caused hundreds of people to leave the party;
    dar de baja a alguien [en una empresa] to lay sb off;
    [en un club, sindicato] to expel sb;
    darse de baja (de) [dimitir] to resign (from);
    [salirse] to drop out (of);
    pedir la baja [de un club, organización] to ask to leave;
    [del ejército] to apply for a discharge baja incentivada voluntary lay-off o Br redundancy;
    baja retribuida paid leave;
    baja no retribuida unpaid leave;
    baja con sueldo paid leave;
    baja sin sueldo unpaid leave
    3. Esp [por enfermedad] [permiso] sick leave;
    [documento] sick note, doctor's certificate;
    estar/darse de baja to be on/take sick leave
    baja por enfermedad sick leave;
    baja por maternidad maternity leave;
    baja por paternidad paternity leave
    4. Mil loss, casualty;
    se registraron numerosas bajas en el combate they suffered heavy casualties in the battle, a number of people were lost in the battle
    5. Dep [por lesión] casualty, injured player;
    [por sanción] suspended player;
    al no haberse recuperado todavía, el brasileño causa o [m5] es baja para el próximo encuentro as he still hasn't recovered from injury, the Brazilian is out of the next game;
    acudieron a la final con varias bajas importantes they went into the final with a number of important players missing
    * * *
    f
    1 descenso fall, drop;
    jugar a la baja FIN gamble on a bear market
    2 persona casualty;
    bajas pl MIL casualties
    :
    causar baja resign, leave;
    dar de baja dismiss;
    darse de baja resign, leave ( por because of);
    estar de baja (por enfermedad) be off sick, be on sick leave
    * * *
    baja nf
    1) descenso: fall, drop
    2) : slump, recession
    3) : loss, casualty
    4)
    dar de baja : to discharge, to dismiss
    5)
    darse de baja : to withdraw, to drop out
    * * *
    baja n
    1. (disminución) fall / drop
    3. (persona muerta) casualty [pl. casualties]
    4. (documento) sick note / doctor's note
    estar de baja to be off sick / to be on sick leave

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  • 9 כיפה

    כִּיפָּה, כִּפָּהf. (b. h.; כָּפַף) 1) arch, doorway, bow. Yeb.80b עושה כ׳ forms a bow (when urinating). Yoma 11b; Erub.11b כ׳ר״מוכ׳ as to an arched doorway R. M. says, it requires a Mzuzah. Tosef. ib. VII (V), 2 עד מקום הכי׳ (ed. Zuck. הקופא) to the site of the (now ruined) arch (of Tiberias); Y. ib. V, 22d bot. עד הכ׳. Y.Naz.VII, 56a top הגיעו לכ׳ when they arrived at the arch (or arcade). Ab. Zar.I, 7 (16a) כ׳ שמעמידיןוכ׳ the arched chamber in the bath where they put up idolatrous statues. Pesik. R. s. 41 כ׳ של חשבונות … אותה כ׳ an arcade named Arch of Accounts (a sort of Exchange) existed outside of Jerusalem, and they used to go out and settle their accounts under this arcade Tanḥ. Bshall. 17 (ref. to קפאו, Ex. 15:8) כמין כפה (Mekh. ib., Shir. s.6 קופה) like a vault; a. e.Esp. כִּיפַּת הרקיע, or כִּופָּה the heavenly arch, sky (believed to be a solid mass). (Gen. R. s. 48, beg. Ib. s. 4 הרקיע … ולמעלה … כ׳וכ׳ the firmament is like a lake, and above the lake is the arch, and owing to the heat of the lake the arch exudes drops B. Bath.25b אחורי כ׳ back of (above) the sky. Meg.11a ג׳ מלכו תחת הכ׳ Ms. M. 2 (ed. בכ׳, Ms. M. 1 בקופה) three persons ruled over the whole world; a. e. 2) a vaulted chamber, prison. Snh.IX, 3 כונסין אותן לכ׳ they put them in prison (for life). Ib. 5. 3) skull-cap, cap. Y.Gitt.IV, 45d bot.; Bab. ib. 20a; v. אנדכתרי; Treat. ʿĂbadim ch. III (ed. Kirchh.) קיפה. Sabb.57b כ׳ של צמר a woolen cap, v. כָּבוּל II. Y. ib. V, end, 7c כ׳ של צמר a woolen cap on the head of a lamb, v. חָנוּן I; a. e.Tosef.Mikv.IV, 5, v. infra.4) (cmp. קוּפָּה) heap, pile. Y.Snh.X, 27d bot.; Y.M. Kat. III, 83c top כ׳ של אבנים a heap of stones; Gen. R. s. 100 כִּיפַּת אבנים Ḥull.129a כִּיפַּת שאורוכ׳ a heap (lump) of leavened dough which one intended to use as a block to sit on; Pes.45b כופת some ed. (corr. acc.; Ms. M. 2 כי׳; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 90); v. כּוֹפֶת.Pl. כִּיפִּין, כִּפִּים (or כֵּיפִ׳ fr. כֵּיף) a) top-branches ( arches) of palm-trees. Tosef.Shebi., VII, 16 על (של) בין הכֵּיפִ׳ ed. Zuck. (Var. על מה שבכי׳, שבכופין); Pes.53a על של בין הכ׳ as long as there are fruits in the tops. Tosef.Kel.B. Bath, II, 1 שכיפת שת׳ כ׳של תמרהוכ׳ (R. S. to Kel. XXII, 9 כופות) who tied together two palm branches and sat upon them. Sabb.XXIV, 2 מפספסין את הכ׳ you may spread the bunches of branches (for fodder), contrad. to זִירִין a. פְּקִיעִין. Ib. 155a כ׳ תלתא bunches are called kippin when tied with three bands.b) billow-crests, surf. Sot.34a. Ḥag.19a; Ḥull.31b אין מטבילין בכ׳ you must not immerse vessels in the surf (caps of waves), contrad. to ראשין; Tosef.Mikv.IV, 5 בכיפא ed. Zuck. (oth. ed. בכיפה).

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  • 10 כפה

    כִּיפָּה, כִּפָּהf. (b. h.; כָּפַף) 1) arch, doorway, bow. Yeb.80b עושה כ׳ forms a bow (when urinating). Yoma 11b; Erub.11b כ׳ר״מוכ׳ as to an arched doorway R. M. says, it requires a Mzuzah. Tosef. ib. VII (V), 2 עד מקום הכי׳ (ed. Zuck. הקופא) to the site of the (now ruined) arch (of Tiberias); Y. ib. V, 22d bot. עד הכ׳. Y.Naz.VII, 56a top הגיעו לכ׳ when they arrived at the arch (or arcade). Ab. Zar.I, 7 (16a) כ׳ שמעמידיןוכ׳ the arched chamber in the bath where they put up idolatrous statues. Pesik. R. s. 41 כ׳ של חשבונות … אותה כ׳ an arcade named Arch of Accounts (a sort of Exchange) existed outside of Jerusalem, and they used to go out and settle their accounts under this arcade Tanḥ. Bshall. 17 (ref. to קפאו, Ex. 15:8) כמין כפה (Mekh. ib., Shir. s.6 קופה) like a vault; a. e.Esp. כִּיפַּת הרקיע, or כִּופָּה the heavenly arch, sky (believed to be a solid mass). (Gen. R. s. 48, beg. Ib. s. 4 הרקיע … ולמעלה … כ׳וכ׳ the firmament is like a lake, and above the lake is the arch, and owing to the heat of the lake the arch exudes drops B. Bath.25b אחורי כ׳ back of (above) the sky. Meg.11a ג׳ מלכו תחת הכ׳ Ms. M. 2 (ed. בכ׳, Ms. M. 1 בקופה) three persons ruled over the whole world; a. e. 2) a vaulted chamber, prison. Snh.IX, 3 כונסין אותן לכ׳ they put them in prison (for life). Ib. 5. 3) skull-cap, cap. Y.Gitt.IV, 45d bot.; Bab. ib. 20a; v. אנדכתרי; Treat. ʿĂbadim ch. III (ed. Kirchh.) קיפה. Sabb.57b כ׳ של צמר a woolen cap, v. כָּבוּל II. Y. ib. V, end, 7c כ׳ של צמר a woolen cap on the head of a lamb, v. חָנוּן I; a. e.Tosef.Mikv.IV, 5, v. infra.4) (cmp. קוּפָּה) heap, pile. Y.Snh.X, 27d bot.; Y.M. Kat. III, 83c top כ׳ של אבנים a heap of stones; Gen. R. s. 100 כִּיפַּת אבנים Ḥull.129a כִּיפַּת שאורוכ׳ a heap (lump) of leavened dough which one intended to use as a block to sit on; Pes.45b כופת some ed. (corr. acc.; Ms. M. 2 כי׳; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 90); v. כּוֹפֶת.Pl. כִּיפִּין, כִּפִּים (or כֵּיפִ׳ fr. כֵּיף) a) top-branches ( arches) of palm-trees. Tosef.Shebi., VII, 16 על (של) בין הכֵּיפִ׳ ed. Zuck. (Var. על מה שבכי׳, שבכופין); Pes.53a על של בין הכ׳ as long as there are fruits in the tops. Tosef.Kel.B. Bath, II, 1 שכיפת שת׳ כ׳של תמרהוכ׳ (R. S. to Kel. XXII, 9 כופות) who tied together two palm branches and sat upon them. Sabb.XXIV, 2 מפספסין את הכ׳ you may spread the bunches of branches (for fodder), contrad. to זִירִין a. פְּקִיעִין. Ib. 155a כ׳ תלתא bunches are called kippin when tied with three bands.b) billow-crests, surf. Sot.34a. Ḥag.19a; Ḥull.31b אין מטבילין בכ׳ you must not immerse vessels in the surf (caps of waves), contrad. to ראשין; Tosef.Mikv.IV, 5 בכיפא ed. Zuck. (oth. ed. בכיפה).

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  • 11 כִּיפָּה

    כִּיפָּה, כִּפָּהf. (b. h.; כָּפַף) 1) arch, doorway, bow. Yeb.80b עושה כ׳ forms a bow (when urinating). Yoma 11b; Erub.11b כ׳ר״מוכ׳ as to an arched doorway R. M. says, it requires a Mzuzah. Tosef. ib. VII (V), 2 עד מקום הכי׳ (ed. Zuck. הקופא) to the site of the (now ruined) arch (of Tiberias); Y. ib. V, 22d bot. עד הכ׳. Y.Naz.VII, 56a top הגיעו לכ׳ when they arrived at the arch (or arcade). Ab. Zar.I, 7 (16a) כ׳ שמעמידיןוכ׳ the arched chamber in the bath where they put up idolatrous statues. Pesik. R. s. 41 כ׳ של חשבונות … אותה כ׳ an arcade named Arch of Accounts (a sort of Exchange) existed outside of Jerusalem, and they used to go out and settle their accounts under this arcade Tanḥ. Bshall. 17 (ref. to קפאו, Ex. 15:8) כמין כפה (Mekh. ib., Shir. s.6 קופה) like a vault; a. e.Esp. כִּיפַּת הרקיע, or כִּופָּה the heavenly arch, sky (believed to be a solid mass). (Gen. R. s. 48, beg. Ib. s. 4 הרקיע … ולמעלה … כ׳וכ׳ the firmament is like a lake, and above the lake is the arch, and owing to the heat of the lake the arch exudes drops B. Bath.25b אחורי כ׳ back of (above) the sky. Meg.11a ג׳ מלכו תחת הכ׳ Ms. M. 2 (ed. בכ׳, Ms. M. 1 בקופה) three persons ruled over the whole world; a. e. 2) a vaulted chamber, prison. Snh.IX, 3 כונסין אותן לכ׳ they put them in prison (for life). Ib. 5. 3) skull-cap, cap. Y.Gitt.IV, 45d bot.; Bab. ib. 20a; v. אנדכתרי; Treat. ʿĂbadim ch. III (ed. Kirchh.) קיפה. Sabb.57b כ׳ של צמר a woolen cap, v. כָּבוּל II. Y. ib. V, end, 7c כ׳ של צמר a woolen cap on the head of a lamb, v. חָנוּן I; a. e.Tosef.Mikv.IV, 5, v. infra.4) (cmp. קוּפָּה) heap, pile. Y.Snh.X, 27d bot.; Y.M. Kat. III, 83c top כ׳ של אבנים a heap of stones; Gen. R. s. 100 כִּיפַּת אבנים Ḥull.129a כִּיפַּת שאורוכ׳ a heap (lump) of leavened dough which one intended to use as a block to sit on; Pes.45b כופת some ed. (corr. acc.; Ms. M. 2 כי׳; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 90); v. כּוֹפֶת.Pl. כִּיפִּין, כִּפִּים (or כֵּיפִ׳ fr. כֵּיף) a) top-branches ( arches) of palm-trees. Tosef.Shebi., VII, 16 על (של) בין הכֵּיפִ׳ ed. Zuck. (Var. על מה שבכי׳, שבכופין); Pes.53a על של בין הכ׳ as long as there are fruits in the tops. Tosef.Kel.B. Bath, II, 1 שכיפת שת׳ כ׳של תמרהוכ׳ (R. S. to Kel. XXII, 9 כופות) who tied together two palm branches and sat upon them. Sabb.XXIV, 2 מפספסין את הכ׳ you may spread the bunches of branches (for fodder), contrad. to זִירִין a. פְּקִיעִין. Ib. 155a כ׳ תלתא bunches are called kippin when tied with three bands.b) billow-crests, surf. Sot.34a. Ḥag.19a; Ḥull.31b אין מטבילין בכ׳ you must not immerse vessels in the surf (caps of waves), contrad. to ראשין; Tosef.Mikv.IV, 5 בכיפא ed. Zuck. (oth. ed. בכיפה).

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  • 12 כִּפָּה

    כִּיפָּה, כִּפָּהf. (b. h.; כָּפַף) 1) arch, doorway, bow. Yeb.80b עושה כ׳ forms a bow (when urinating). Yoma 11b; Erub.11b כ׳ר״מוכ׳ as to an arched doorway R. M. says, it requires a Mzuzah. Tosef. ib. VII (V), 2 עד מקום הכי׳ (ed. Zuck. הקופא) to the site of the (now ruined) arch (of Tiberias); Y. ib. V, 22d bot. עד הכ׳. Y.Naz.VII, 56a top הגיעו לכ׳ when they arrived at the arch (or arcade). Ab. Zar.I, 7 (16a) כ׳ שמעמידיןוכ׳ the arched chamber in the bath where they put up idolatrous statues. Pesik. R. s. 41 כ׳ של חשבונות … אותה כ׳ an arcade named Arch of Accounts (a sort of Exchange) existed outside of Jerusalem, and they used to go out and settle their accounts under this arcade Tanḥ. Bshall. 17 (ref. to קפאו, Ex. 15:8) כמין כפה (Mekh. ib., Shir. s.6 קופה) like a vault; a. e.Esp. כִּיפַּת הרקיע, or כִּופָּה the heavenly arch, sky (believed to be a solid mass). (Gen. R. s. 48, beg. Ib. s. 4 הרקיע … ולמעלה … כ׳וכ׳ the firmament is like a lake, and above the lake is the arch, and owing to the heat of the lake the arch exudes drops B. Bath.25b אחורי כ׳ back of (above) the sky. Meg.11a ג׳ מלכו תחת הכ׳ Ms. M. 2 (ed. בכ׳, Ms. M. 1 בקופה) three persons ruled over the whole world; a. e. 2) a vaulted chamber, prison. Snh.IX, 3 כונסין אותן לכ׳ they put them in prison (for life). Ib. 5. 3) skull-cap, cap. Y.Gitt.IV, 45d bot.; Bab. ib. 20a; v. אנדכתרי; Treat. ʿĂbadim ch. III (ed. Kirchh.) קיפה. Sabb.57b כ׳ של צמר a woolen cap, v. כָּבוּל II. Y. ib. V, end, 7c כ׳ של צמר a woolen cap on the head of a lamb, v. חָנוּן I; a. e.Tosef.Mikv.IV, 5, v. infra.4) (cmp. קוּפָּה) heap, pile. Y.Snh.X, 27d bot.; Y.M. Kat. III, 83c top כ׳ של אבנים a heap of stones; Gen. R. s. 100 כִּיפַּת אבנים Ḥull.129a כִּיפַּת שאורוכ׳ a heap (lump) of leavened dough which one intended to use as a block to sit on; Pes.45b כופת some ed. (corr. acc.; Ms. M. 2 כי׳; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 90); v. כּוֹפֶת.Pl. כִּיפִּין, כִּפִּים (or כֵּיפִ׳ fr. כֵּיף) a) top-branches ( arches) of palm-trees. Tosef.Shebi., VII, 16 על (של) בין הכֵּיפִ׳ ed. Zuck. (Var. על מה שבכי׳, שבכופין); Pes.53a על של בין הכ׳ as long as there are fruits in the tops. Tosef.Kel.B. Bath, II, 1 שכיפת שת׳ כ׳של תמרהוכ׳ (R. S. to Kel. XXII, 9 כופות) who tied together two palm branches and sat upon them. Sabb.XXIV, 2 מפספסין את הכ׳ you may spread the bunches of branches (for fodder), contrad. to זִירִין a. פְּקִיעִין. Ib. 155a כ׳ תלתא bunches are called kippin when tied with three bands.b) billow-crests, surf. Sot.34a. Ḥag.19a; Ḥull.31b אין מטבילין בכ׳ you must not immerse vessels in the surf (caps of waves), contrad. to ראשין; Tosef.Mikv.IV, 5 בכיפא ed. Zuck. (oth. ed. בכיפה).

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  • 13 dominar

    v.
    1 to control (controlar) (pasión, nervios, caballo).
    era imposible dominar el vehículo it was impossible to maintain control of the vehicle
    2 to overcome.
    lo dominaba el deseo irrefrenable de besarla he was overcome by an irresistible desire to kiss her
    3 to master (conocer) (técnica, tema).
    domina varias lenguas she speaks various languages fluently
    ha conseguido dominar el inglés en pocos meses he managed to acquire a good command of English within a few months
    4 to overlook.
    desde aquí se domina todo Bilbao you can see the whole of Bilbao from here
    5 to predominate.
    6 to dominate, to domineer, to bestride, to have sway over.
    El tirano domina al pueblo The tyrant dominates the people.
    Ella domina su ira She dominates her anger.
    7 to tower above, to dominate.
    El cerro domina el horizonte The hill dominates the horizon.
    8 to have the control, to dominate, to have ascendancy, to have the ascendancy.
    Ella domina She has the control.
    9 to calm down forcibly, to calm down.
    10 to take over.
    * * *
    1 (tener bajo dominio) to dominate
    2 (avasallar) to domineer
    3 (controlar) to control, restrain
    4 (conocer a fondo) to master
    5 (ver) to overlook, dominate
    1 (ser superior) to dominate
    2 (destacar) to stand out
    3 (predominar) to predominate
    1 (controlarse) to control oneself, restrain oneself
    * * *
    verb
    •
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=controlar) [+ población, territorio] to dominate; [+ países] to rule, rule over; [+ adversario] to overpower; [+ caballo] to control
    2) (=contener) [+ incendio, epidemia] to check, bring under control; [+ rebelión] to put down, suppress; [+ pasión] to control, master; [+ nervios, emoción] to control; [+ dolor] to overcome
    3) [+ técnica, tema] to master
    4) (=estar por encima de)
    2. VI
    1) [edificio] to tower
    2) (=predominar) [color, rasgo] to stand out; [opinión, tendencia] to predominate
    3.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) ( controlar) <nación/territorio/persona> to dominate; <pasión/cólera> to control; <vehiculo/caballo> to control

    dominado por la ambición/los celos — ruled by ambition/consumed by jealousy

    b) < idioma> to have a good command of; <tema/asignatura> to know... very well
    d) montaña/torre to dominate
    2.
    dominar vi color/tendencia to predominate; opinión to prevail; equipo to dominate
    3.
    dominarse v pron persona to restrain o control oneself
    * * *
    = dominate, dominate + the scene, get + command of, tame, subdue, master, command, conquer, preponderate, overtake, overlook, gain + control (over/of), get + a grip on, tower above/over, pervade, hold + sway (over), be king, lord over, lord it over, keep + a tight hold on.
    Ex. The ideology advocated by Panizzi has since dominated not only Anglo-American but Western cataloging generally.
    Ex. This may have something to do with the absence of CABx, who seem to have dominated the scene in other states.
    Ex. The great storyteller, FC Sayers, having advised the beginner to 'steep himself in folklore until the elemental themes are part of himself,' explains how best to get command of a tale.
    Ex. The problem reside in the fact that they environment we seek to tame and control is an open, unstructured dynamic process, while human organizations are static and highly resistant to change.
    Ex. Anyway, experience had taught him that a subordinate who attempts to subdue a superordinate is almost always lost; the superordinate has too many advantages in such a contest.
    Ex. The library director strove to master his frustration.
    Ex. Very few engravers commanded the necessary artistry.
    Ex. The tools and technologies provided by the Internet enable scholars to communicate or disseminate information in ways which conquer the barriers of time and space.
    Ex. The indexing languages used in science and technology were first in the field, and still preponderate, both in areas covered and in number.
    Ex. E-Books, while a curiosity and a lot of fun, do not seem to be overtaking the mass market.
    Ex. In this sense the British Council libraries may be seen as a window, overlooking the British Isles, their virtues and characteristics.
    Ex. Gradually many of these conquerors came to realize that, although military might was necessary to gain control over an area, sheer force of arms was not sufficient to govern effectively.
    Ex. The article ' Getting a grip on change' argues that only by confronting the challenges and inevitability of change can libraries retain their relevancy in the information age.
    Ex. Prague represents a unique collection of historical monuments dominated by Prague Castle towering high above the city.
    Ex. I strongly believe that we must cultivate a more positive attitude towards change in the field of library work, and that this attitude must pervade all levels of librarianship.
    Ex. This ideology appealed widely to the librarian as well as the library user and held sway for nearly a quarter of a millennium when, in 1841, a catalytic event in the history of cataloging took place.
    Ex. Despite the electronics invasion, books are still king, and book fairs keeps on growing every year.
    Ex. She argues that the way yeoman farmers lorded over their wives and dependents was similar to the way wealthy planters lorded over their slaves.
    Ex. They believe that the main use for government is for some people to lord it over others at their expense.
    Ex. A study of telly-addicts has found that in 45 per cent of homes mums keep a tight hold on the remote control.
    ----
    * dominar a Alguien = have + Nombre + under + Posesivo + thumb, bring + Nombre + under + Posesivo + sway.
    * dominar aún más = tighten + Posesivo + grip on.
    * dominar el miedo = conquer + fear.
    * dominar la situación = tame + the beast.
    * dominar por completo = sweep + the board.
    * dominar una destreza = master + skill.
    * dominar una técnica = master + technique.
    * la mano que mece la cuna es la mano que domina el mundo = the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) ( controlar) <nación/territorio/persona> to dominate; <pasión/cólera> to control; <vehiculo/caballo> to control

    dominado por la ambición/los celos — ruled by ambition/consumed by jealousy

    b) < idioma> to have a good command of; <tema/asignatura> to know... very well
    d) montaña/torre to dominate
    2.
    dominar vi color/tendencia to predominate; opinión to prevail; equipo to dominate
    3.
    dominarse v pron persona to restrain o control oneself
    * * *
    = dominate, dominate + the scene, get + command of, tame, subdue, master, command, conquer, preponderate, overtake, overlook, gain + control (over/of), get + a grip on, tower above/over, pervade, hold + sway (over), be king, lord over, lord it over, keep + a tight hold on.

    Ex: The ideology advocated by Panizzi has since dominated not only Anglo-American but Western cataloging generally.

    Ex: This may have something to do with the absence of CABx, who seem to have dominated the scene in other states.
    Ex: The great storyteller, FC Sayers, having advised the beginner to 'steep himself in folklore until the elemental themes are part of himself,' explains how best to get command of a tale.
    Ex: The problem reside in the fact that they environment we seek to tame and control is an open, unstructured dynamic process, while human organizations are static and highly resistant to change.
    Ex: Anyway, experience had taught him that a subordinate who attempts to subdue a superordinate is almost always lost; the superordinate has too many advantages in such a contest.
    Ex: The library director strove to master his frustration.
    Ex: Very few engravers commanded the necessary artistry.
    Ex: The tools and technologies provided by the Internet enable scholars to communicate or disseminate information in ways which conquer the barriers of time and space.
    Ex: The indexing languages used in science and technology were first in the field, and still preponderate, both in areas covered and in number.
    Ex: E-Books, while a curiosity and a lot of fun, do not seem to be overtaking the mass market.
    Ex: In this sense the British Council libraries may be seen as a window, overlooking the British Isles, their virtues and characteristics.
    Ex: Gradually many of these conquerors came to realize that, although military might was necessary to gain control over an area, sheer force of arms was not sufficient to govern effectively.
    Ex: The article ' Getting a grip on change' argues that only by confronting the challenges and inevitability of change can libraries retain their relevancy in the information age.
    Ex: Prague represents a unique collection of historical monuments dominated by Prague Castle towering high above the city.
    Ex: I strongly believe that we must cultivate a more positive attitude towards change in the field of library work, and that this attitude must pervade all levels of librarianship.
    Ex: This ideology appealed widely to the librarian as well as the library user and held sway for nearly a quarter of a millennium when, in 1841, a catalytic event in the history of cataloging took place.
    Ex: Despite the electronics invasion, books are still king, and book fairs keeps on growing every year.
    Ex: She argues that the way yeoman farmers lorded over their wives and dependents was similar to the way wealthy planters lorded over their slaves.
    Ex: They believe that the main use for government is for some people to lord it over others at their expense.
    Ex: A study of telly-addicts has found that in 45 per cent of homes mums keep a tight hold on the remote control.
    * dominar a Alguien = have + Nombre + under + Posesivo + thumb, bring + Nombre + under + Posesivo + sway.
    * dominar aún más = tighten + Posesivo + grip on.
    * dominar el miedo = conquer + fear.
    * dominar la situación = tame + the beast.
    * dominar por completo = sweep + the board.
    * dominar una destreza = master + skill.
    * dominar una técnica = master + technique.
    * la mano que mece la cuna es la mano que domina el mundo = the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

    * * *
    dominar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 (controlar) ‹nación/territorio› to dominate; ‹persona› to dominate; ‹pasión/cólera› to control
    tiene a los niños totalmente dominados she has the children well under her thumb o under control
    dominado por la ambición ruled by ambition
    dominado por los celos consumed by jealousy
    no logró dominar su ira she couldn't contain o control her anger
    el equipo que dominó el encuentro the team which dominated the match
    no logró dominar el vehículo/caballo he couldn't get control of the vehicle/horse
    la policía dominó la situación en todo momento the police had the situation under control at all times
    2 ‹tema/idioma›
    no domino el tema I'm no expert on the subject
    domina el francés she has a good command of French
    nunca voy a poder dominar el inglés I'll never be able to master English
    3
    (abarcar con la vista): desde allí se domina toda la bahía there's a view over the whole bay from there, from there you can look out over the whole bay
    4 «montaña/torre» to dominate
    ■ dominar
    vi
    «color/tendencia» to predominate; «opinión» to prevail
    el tema que dominó en las negociones the subject which dominated the talks
    el equipo visitante dominó durante el segundo tiempo the visitors dominated the second half o were on top in the second half
    «persona» to restrain o control oneself
    * * *

     

    dominar ( conjugate dominar) verbo transitivo
    a) ( controlar) ‹nación/territorio/persona› to dominate;

    ‹pasión/cólera› to control;
    ‹vehículo/caballo› to control;
    ◊ dominado por la ambición/los celos ruled by ambition/consumed by jealousy


    ‹tema/asignatura› to know … very well


    verbo intransitivo [color/tendencia] to predominate;
    [ opinión] to prevail;
    [ equipo] to dominate
    dominarse verbo pronominal [ persona] to restrain o control oneself
    dominar
    I verbo transitivo
    1 (un pueblo, país) to dominate, rule
    2 (contener, controlar) to control
    3 (conocer perfectamente: un idioma) to speak very well
    (: un asunto, una actividad) to master
    4 (con la vista) to overlook
    II verbo intransitivo
    1 to dominate
    2 (un color, una característica) to stand out
    ' dominar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abarcar
    - imperar
    - imponerse
    - vencer
    - conocer
    - dejar
    - reducir
    - someter
    - sujetar
    English:
    control
    - curb
    - dominate
    - hold down
    - master
    - overpower
    - pervade
    - restrain
    - subdue
    - sway
    - tower
    - over
    - rule
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [controlar] [país, territorio, pueblo] to dominate, to rule (over);
    [persona, caballo] to control; [emociones, nervios] to control, to keep under control; [situación] to be in control of; [incendio, epidemia] to bring under control; [rebelión] to put down; [partido] to dominate;
    la guerrilla domina toda esta zona guerrillas control this entire area;
    la policía logró dominar a los alborotadores the police managed to bring the troublemakers under control;
    tiene al marido dominado she has her husband under her thumb;
    era imposible dominar el vehículo it was impossible to maintain control of the vehicle;
    no supo dominar sus nervios she couldn't control her nervousness;
    el equipo local dominó el partido en todo momento the local team dominated the game from the beginning
    2. [sujeto: pasión, nervios, emociones] to overcome;
    lo dominaba el deseo irrefrenable de besarla he was overcome by an irresistible desire to kiss her
    3. [ser experto en] [técnica, tema] to master;
    [lengua] to be fluent in;
    domina a la perfección los temas de contabilidad he has a perfect mastery of accounting;
    domina varias lenguas she speaks various languages fluently;
    ha conseguido dominar el inglés en pocos meses he managed to acquire a good command of English in a few months;
    ¡cómo domina el balón! what great ball control!
    4. [divisar] to overlook;
    desde aquí se domina todo Bilbao you can see the whole of Bilbao from here
    5. [destacar por encima de] to dominate;
    el castillo domina el pueblo the castle dominates the town
    ♦ vi
    [predominar] to predominate;
    una zona donde domina el voto socialista an area with a predominantly socialist vote
    * * *
    I v/t
    1 persona, mercado dominate
    2 idioma have a good command of
    II v/i dominate
    * * *
    1) : to dominate
    2) : to master, to be proficient at
    : to predominate, to prevail
    * * *
    1. (en general) to dominate
    2. (tener bajo poder) to rule over
    3. (controlar) to control
    4. (contener) to bring under control [pt. & pp. brought]
    5. (idioma) to be fluent in
    6. (otras materias) to be good at / to be an expert on

    Spanish-English dictionary > dominar

  • 14 Historical Portugal

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

    Historical dictionary of Portugal > Historical Portugal

  • 15 disponer

    v.
    1 to arrange.
    dispuso todo para el viaje he got everything ready for the journey
    Ella dispone las flores She arranges flowers.
    2 to lay on (cena, comida).
    3 to decide (decidir) (sujeto: persona).
    el juez dispuso que se cerrara el local the judge ordered that the premises be closed
    en su testamento dispuso que… she stated in her will that…
    según lo dispuesto en el artículo 8,… according to the provisions of Article 8,…
    4 to determine, to decide.
    Ella dispone las reglas She determines the rules.
    5 to decide to, to determine to, to resolve to.
    Ella dispone ahorrar She decides to save.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ PONER], like link=poner poner (pp dispuesto,-a)
    1 (colocar) to dispose, arrange, set out
    2 (preparar) to prepare, get ready
    3 (ordenar) to order, decree
    4 DERECHO to provide, stipulate
    1 (tener) to have (de, -)
    2 (hacer uso) to make use (de, of), have the use (de, of)
    1 (prepararse) to get ready (a, to), prepare (a, to)
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    ( pp dispuesto)
    1. VT
    1) (=colocar) [por orden] to arrange; [en fila] to line up; [de otro modo] to set out

    dispón las sillas en círculo — set out o arrange the chairs in a circle

    2) (=preparar) to prepare, get ready

    dispuso la sala para el concierto — he prepared the hall o he got the hall ready for the concert

    3) (=mandar)
    a) [persona, comisión] to order; [juez] to rule, decree, order

    el juez ha dispuesto que tenía que pagar la multa — the judge ruled o decreed o ordered that he must pay the fine

    b) [en código, testamento] to lay down, stipulate

    el artículo 52 dispone que... — Article 52 lays down o stipulates that...

    dispuso que su patrimonio no fuera dividido — she laid down o stipulated that her estate should not be divided

    2. VI
    1)

    disponer de algo — (=tener) to have sth (at one's disposal)

    disponemos de muy poco tiempo — there is very little time available (to us), we have very little time (at our disposal)

    los medios de que disponemos — the means available to us, the means at our disposal

    2)

    disponer de algo — (=hacer uso de) to make use of sth, use sth

    3.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) (frml) (establecer, ordenar) ley to provide (frml), to stipulate (frml); rey to decree; general/juez to order

    disponer que + subj: dispuso que todos sus bienes pasaran a la Iglesia he stipulated that his entire estate should go to the Church; el juez dispuso que fuera puesta en libertad — the judge ordered her release

    2) (frml) (colocar, arreglar) to arrange, set out, lay out
    2.

    disponer de alguien/algo — to have somebody/something at one's disposal

    puede disponer de mí para lo que guste — (frml) I am at your disposal (frml)

    ¿dispones de un minuto? — do you have a minute?, have you got a minute?

    3.
    disponerse v pron (frml)

    disponerse a + inf: mientras se disponían a tomar le tren as they were about to catch the train; la tropa se dispuso a atacar — the troops prepared to attack

    * * *
    = set, set + aside, dispose, set out, lay out.
    Ex. If no fines are to be charged for a particular combination of borrower and material type, set the maximum fine to zero.
    Ex. A special note has been set aside for information about the person who is making the catalog entry.
    Ex. This system promises to augment existing networks with the appropriate intelligence which will enable them to build, test, manage, maintain, change, dispose and withdraw services easily, rapidly and cost effectively.
    Ex. The regulation sets out the requirement for compulsory notification of agreements to the Commission and gives the Commission powers to grant exemption to the rules.
    Ex. There should be plenty of space to lay out all the books attractively and for people to move about without feeling too crowded.
    ----
    * cómo disponer de (algo) = disposition.
    * disponer de = command, have + in place, make + use of, have at + Posesivo + disposal.
    * disponer de fax = be telefacsimile capable.
    * disponer de fondos = dispose of + funds.
    * disponer de un rato libre = spare + time.
    * el hombre propone y Dios dispone = Man proposes, God disposes.
    * plan de cómo disponer de Algo = disposition instruction.
    * sin disponer de = in the absence of.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) (frml) (establecer, ordenar) ley to provide (frml), to stipulate (frml); rey to decree; general/juez to order

    disponer que + subj: dispuso que todos sus bienes pasaran a la Iglesia he stipulated that his entire estate should go to the Church; el juez dispuso que fuera puesta en libertad — the judge ordered her release

    2) (frml) (colocar, arreglar) to arrange, set out, lay out
    2.

    disponer de alguien/algo — to have somebody/something at one's disposal

    puede disponer de mí para lo que guste — (frml) I am at your disposal (frml)

    ¿dispones de un minuto? — do you have a minute?, have you got a minute?

    3.
    disponerse v pron (frml)

    disponerse a + inf: mientras se disponían a tomar le tren as they were about to catch the train; la tropa se dispuso a atacar — the troops prepared to attack

    * * *
    = set, set + aside, dispose, set out, lay out.

    Ex: If no fines are to be charged for a particular combination of borrower and material type, set the maximum fine to zero.

    Ex: A special note has been set aside for information about the person who is making the catalog entry.
    Ex: This system promises to augment existing networks with the appropriate intelligence which will enable them to build, test, manage, maintain, change, dispose and withdraw services easily, rapidly and cost effectively.
    Ex: The regulation sets out the requirement for compulsory notification of agreements to the Commission and gives the Commission powers to grant exemption to the rules.
    Ex: There should be plenty of space to lay out all the books attractively and for people to move about without feeling too crowded.
    * cómo disponer de (algo) = disposition.
    * disponer de = command, have + in place, make + use of, have at + Posesivo + disposal.
    * disponer de fax = be telefacsimile capable.
    * disponer de fondos = dispose of + funds.
    * disponer de un rato libre = spare + time.
    * el hombre propone y Dios dispone = Man proposes, God disposes.
    * plan de cómo disponer de Algo = disposition instruction.
    * sin disponer de = in the absence of.

    * * *
    vt
    A ( frml) (establecer, ordenar) to provide ( frml), to stipulate ( frml)
    la ley dispone que … the law provides o stipulates that …
    en cumplimiento con lo dispuesto en el artículo primero in accordance with the provisions of article one
    disponer + INF:
    la junta ha dispuesto subir la cuota de los socios the committee has decided to increase membership fees
    el juez dispuso cumplir la orden de inmediato the judge ruled that the order be complied with immediately
    disponer QUE + SUBJ:
    dispuso que todos sus bienes pasaran a la Iglesia he laid down o stipulated that his entire estate should go to the Church, he bequeathed his entire estate to the Church
    se dispuso que se efectuara por la noche it was decided that it should be carried out at night
    el juez dispuso que fuera puesta en libertad the judge ordered her release o ordered that she should be freed
    la ley dispone que se haga así the law stipulates o says that it must be done like this
    B ( frml) (colocar, arreglar) to arrange, set out, lay out
    ■ disponer
    vi
    1 (tener a disposición) disponer DE algn/algo to have sb/sth at one's disposal
    puede disponer de mí para lo que guste ( frml); I am at your disposal ( frml)
    ¿dispones de un minuto? do you have a minute?, have you got a minute?
    ya ni puedo disponer de lo que es mío now I can't even do what I like with what's mine
    dispone de cuatro años para pagar you have four years in which to pay
    con los recursos de que dispongo with the means available to me o at my disposal
    2 (vender, dar) disponer DE algo to dispose OF sth
    ( frml) disponerse A + INF:
    mientras se disponían a tomar un tren as they were preparing to o were about to catch a train
    la tropa se dispuso a atacar the troops made ready to o prepared to attack
    se había dispuesto a lograrlo en un plazo de dos años she had resolved to achieve it within two years
    * * *

     

    disponer ( conjugate disponer) verbo transitivo
    1 (frml) (establecer, ordenar) [ ley] to provide (frml), to stipulate (frml);
    [ rey] to decree;
    [general/juez] to order
    2 (frml) (colocar, arreglar) to arrange, set out, lay out
    verbo intransitivo: disponer de algo ‹de tiempo/ayuda› to have sth;
    ◊ con los recursos de que dispongo with the means available to me o at my disposal

    disponerse verbo pronominal (frml) mientras se disponían a tomar el tren as they were about to catch the train;
    la tropa se dispuso a atacar the troops prepared to attack
    disponer
    I verbo transitivo
    1 (colocar) to arrange, set out
    2 (preparar) to prepare: lo dispuso todo para el encuentro, she prepared everything for the meeting
    3 (mandar, establecer) to lay down, state: así lo dispuso en su testamento, so he stipulated in his will
    II verbo intransitivo disponer de, to have at one's disposal

    ' disponer' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    como
    - prever
    - arreglar
    - dispuse
    - distribuir
    - establecer
    - tener
    English:
    boast
    - dispose
    - lay out
    - redeploy
    - set out
    - disposal
    - dispose of
    - lay
    - put
    - will
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [colocar] to arrange;
    dispuso los libros por orden alfabético she arranged the books in alphabetical order
    2. [arreglar, preparar] to arrange;
    dispuso todo para el viaje he made all the arrangements for the journey;
    dispuso el salón para recibir a sus invitados she got the living-room ready for the guests
    3. [cena, comida] to lay on
    4. [determinar] [sujeto: persona] to decide;
    [sujeto: ley, cláusula] to stipulate;
    el juez dispuso que se cerrara el local the judge ordered that the premises be closed;
    en su testamento dispuso que… she stated in her will that…;
    el consejo de administración dispuso ampliar el capital de la empresa the board of directors decided to increase the company's capital;
    el gobierno dispuso que se hiciera así it was the government's decision that it should be done that way;
    según lo dispuesto en el artículo 8,… according to the provisions of Article 8,…;
    la ley dispone que no haya pena de cárcel para mayores de setenta y cinco años the law stipulates o lays down that people over the age of seventy-five cannot be sent to prison
    ♦ vi
    1.
    disponer de [poseer] to have;
    dispongo de todo el tiempo del mundo I have all the time in the world;
    el hotel dispone de piscina y cancha de tenis the hotel has a swimming pool and a tennis court;
    el personal de que disponemos no es suficiente the number of staff we have at the moment is insufficient
    2.
    disponer de [usar] to make use of;
    dispón de mi casa siempre que quieras you're welcome in my house whenever you like;
    puede disponer de mí para lo que quiera I'm entirely at your disposal if ever you need anything
    * * *
    <part dispuesto>
    I v/t
    1 ( arreglar) arrange
    2 ( preparar) prepare
    3 ( ordenar) stipulate
    II v/i
    :
    disponer de algo have sth at one’s disposal
    * * *
    disponer {60} vt
    1) : to arrange, to lay out
    2) : to stipulate, to order
    3) : to prepare
    disponer de : to have at one's disposal
    * * *
    1. (tener) to have
    2. (utilizar) to use

    Spanish-English dictionary > disponer

  • 16 reggere

    1. v/t ( sostenere) support
    ( sopportare) bear
    grammar take
    2. v/i di tempo last
    di ragionamento stand up
    fig non reggo più I can't take any more
    * * *
    reggere v.tr.
    1 ( sostenere, sorreggere) to bear*, to support, to carry, to hold*: l'arco è retto da due pilastri, the arch is supported by two pillars; quattro pilastri reggono il tetto, four pillars hold up (o support) the roof; questa mensola non può reggere tanti libri, this shelf won't hold so many books; quella corda non lo reggerà, that rope will not hold him; questa carriola non regge più di così, this wheelbarrow cannot carry more than that; le gambe non mi reggono più, my legs cannot carry me any longer; lo reggeva per il braccio, she was holding him up by the arm; reggere un bimbo fra le braccia, to hold a child in one's arms; reggimi il bastone, il cappello, hold my stick, my hat; reggere un peso, to bear a weight // il partito al potere è retto dalla stampa, the party in power is sustained (o supported) by the press // reggere il moccolo, la candela, (fig., fam.) to play gooseberry
    2 (fig.) ( sopportare) to stand*: si è licenziato perché non reggeva il ritmo di lavoro, he gave up the job because he couldn't stand the pace of the work (o couldn't keep pace with the work); quando fa così non lo reggo proprio, I really can't stand (o bear) him when he acts like that; reggere la prova, to stand the test; reggere la spesa, to stand the expense // non reggo bene il vino, I can't take much wine
    3 ( governare) to rule (over): reggere un impero, to rule over an empire; reggere un paese, to rule a country // reggere il governo, to hold government
    4 ( dirigere) to manage; to run*: reggere un'azienda, to manage (o to run) a firm; reggere una scuola, to run a school
    5 (gramm.) to govern, to take*: preposizione che regge l'accusativo, preposition which governs (o takes) the accusative; un verbo che regge l'infinito, a verb which must be followed by (o which takes o which governs) the infinitive
    ◆ v. intr.
    1 ( resistere) to hold* (out): il nemico non reggerà a lungo, the enemy will not hold out long; questa corda, questo ramo non regge, this rope, this branch will break; questo edificio reggerà almeno cent'anni, this building will stand a hundred years at least // sono stanco, non reggo più, I'm tired, I cannot hold out any longer // non mi regge il cuore a vederlo così afflitto, my heart breaks (o it breaks my heart) to see him so sad; non mi regge il cuore di farlo; I have not the heart to do it
    2 (fig.) ( sopportare) to stand* (sthg.), to stand* up to (sthg.), to bear*: quella ditta non ha retto alla concorrenza, that firm did not stand up to competition; il suo ultimo libro non regge al confronto con i precedenti, his latest book doesn't bear comparison with his earlier works; reggere al caldo, al freddo, to stand (o to bear) the heat, the cold; reggere alle fatiche, to stand up to hard work; reggere alla prova, to stand the test; reggere alle lusinghe, to resist flattery // non regge allo scherzo, he can't take a joke
    3 (fig.) ( essere plausibile) to stand* up, to hold* water: questa teoria non regge, this theory does not stand; le sue opinioni non reggono, his opinions do not hold water; le vostre accuse non reggono, there are no grounds for your accusations
    4 ( durare) to last, to hold* (out): questo bel tempo non reggerà molto a lungo, this fine weather will not hold out (o last) long; la situazione non resse a lungo, the situation did not last long
    5 (avere il dominio, il potere) to be in power, to hold* power, to hold* sway: in quel paese reggono i monarchici, the monarchists are in power (o hold sway) in that country.
    ◘ reggersi v.rifl. o intr.pron.
    1 ( sostenersi) to stand*, to hold* on to (sthg.) (anche fig.): reggere agli appositi sostegni, to hold on to the handgrips provided; si regge in piedi, sulle gambe a fatica, he can hardly stand; ero così stanco che non mi reggevo più, I was so tired that I could not hold out any longer // reggere a galla, to float // con tante spese la ditta stenta a reggere, with so much expense the firm can hardly keep going // erano tanto ubriachi che dovevano reggere l'un l'altro, they were so drunk that they had to hold each other up
    2 ( governarsi) to be ruled: quel paese si regge a repubblica, that country is a republic.
    * * *
    1. ['rɛddʒere]
    vb irreg vt
    1) (tenere: persona) to hold up, support, (pacco, valigia, timone) to hold

    reggi questa borsa, per favore — hold this bag, please

    2) (sopportare: peso) to bear, carry, (fig : situazione) to stand, bear

    non lo reggo più — (fig : persona) I can't put up with him any more

    3) (Gramm: sogg: proposizione) to govern, take, be followed by
    4) (essere a capo di: Stato) to govern, rule, (ditta) to run, manage
    2. vi (aus avere)
    1) (resistere) to hold on

    reggere a — (peso, pressione) to bear, (urto) to stand up to

    non regge al paragone — it (o he ecc) doesn't stand comparison

    2) (durare: bel tempo, situazione) to last
    3) (fig : stare in piedi: teoria) to hold up, hold water
    1) (stare dritto) to stand, (fig : dominarsi) to control o.s.

    (tenersi) reggersi a — to hold on to

    (fig : ipotesi) reggersi su — to be based on

    reggersi sulle gambe o in piedi — to stand up

    2)

    (uso reciproco) reggersi a vicenda — to support each another

    * * *
    ['rɛddʒere] 1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) (impedire la caduta di) [ persona] to hold* [ scala]; to hold* up [anziano, ubriaco]; [ cintura] to hold* up [ pantaloni]; (tenere in mano) [ persona] to hold* [ oggetto]

    reggimi gli sci — please, hold the skis

    2) (sostenere) [colonna, struttura] to bear*, to hold*, to support [tetto, peso]

    reggere qcs. sulle spalle — to carry sth. on one's back

    3) (resistere a, far fronte a) to stand* [ prova]; to withstand*, to absorb [ impatto]; to stand*, to handle [ ritmo]; to bear* [ dolore]; to hold* [ sguardo]

    reggere il mare — [ nave] to be seaworthy

    5) (governare) to rule [ paese]; (amministrare) to manage, to run* [ azienda]
    6) ling. to govern, to take*
    2.
    verbo intransitivo (aus. avere)

    reggere a — to withstand [assalto, urto, shock]; to stand up to [sforzo, fatica]

    reggere alla tensione — [ persona] to take the strain

    reggere al confronto con — to bear o stand comparison with, to compare favourably with

    ha smesso di fumare, ma non reggerà a lungo! — he's given up smoking, but he'll never last out!

    2) (essere valido) [teoria, ipotesi] to hold* (good); [ accusa] to hold* up; [ alibi] to stand* up
    3) colloq. (durare) [ tempo] to last, to hold*; [ matrimonio] to hold* together
    3.
    verbo pronominale reggersi
    1) (sostenersi) to stand*

    reggere a — to hold on o cling on to [ ringhiera]

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    * * *
    reggere
    /'rεddʒere/ [59]
     1 (impedire la caduta di) [ persona] to hold* [ scala]; to hold* up [anziano, ubriaco]; [ cintura] to hold* up [ pantaloni]; (tenere in mano) [ persona] to hold* [ oggetto]; reggimi gli sci please, hold the skis
     2 (sostenere) [colonna, struttura] to bear*, to hold*, to support [tetto, peso]; reggere qcs. sulle spalle to carry sth. on one's back; il ramo non ti regge the branch won't hold you; le gambe non mi reggevano più my legs couldn't carry me any longer
     3 (resistere a, far fronte a) to stand* [ prova]; to withstand*, to absorb [ impatto]; to stand*, to handle [ ritmo]; to bear* [ dolore]; to hold* [ sguardo]; reggere l'alcol to (be able to) hold one's drink; reggere il mare [ nave] to be seaworthy
     4 (sopportare) non la reggo I can't stand her
     5 (governare) to rule [ paese]; (amministrare) to manage, to run* [ azienda]
     6 ling. to govern, to take*
     (aus. avere)
     1 (resistere) reggere a to withstand [assalto, urto, shock]; to stand up to [sforzo, fatica]; reggere alla tensione [ persona] to take the strain; reggere al confronto con to bear o stand comparison with, to compare favourably with; ha smesso di fumare, ma non reggerà a lungo! he's given up smoking, but he'll never last out!
     2 (essere valido) [teoria, ipotesi] to hold* (good); [ accusa] to hold* up; [ alibi] to stand* up
     3 colloq. (durare) [ tempo] to last, to hold*; [ matrimonio] to hold* together
    III reggersi verbo pronominale
     1 (sostenersi) to stand*; - rsi in piedi to stand up; fa fatica a -rsi in piedi he can hardly stand; non si regge sulle gambe he can't stand up
     2 (aggrapparsi) reggere a to hold on o cling on to [ ringhiera]; reggiti forte! hold tight!
     3 (governarsi) - rsi a repubblica to be a republic
    reggere il colpo to tough it out.

    Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > reggere

  • 17 papel

    m.
    1 paper (material).
    papel de embalar o envolver wrapping paper
    papel de estaño tin o aluminum foil
    papel de estraza brown paper
    papel de fumar cigarette paper
    papel higiénico toilet paper
    papel de lija sandpaper
    papel milimetrado graph paper
    papel de periódico newspaper, newsprint
    papel pintado wallpaper
    papel de regalo wrapping paper, gift-wrapping
    papel secante blotting paper
    papel de seda tissue paper
    papel sellado o timbrado stamp, stamped paper
    papel vegetal tracing paper
    un papel en blanco a blank sheet of paper
    papel de aluminio tin o aluminum foil
    papel de barba untrimmed paper
    papel biblia bible paper
    papel carbón carbon paper
    papel de carta notepaper
    papel cebolla onionskin
    papel celofán Cellophane®
    papel de cocina kitchen roll
    papel cuadriculado graph paper
    2 role, part (en película, teatro) (& figurative).
    desempeñar o hacer el papel de to play the role o part of
    hacer buen/mal papel to do well/badly
    papel principal/secundario main/minor part
    3 paper (finance).
    papel de pagos = special stamps for making certain payments to the State
    papel del Estado government bonds
    papel moneda paper money, banknotes
    4 piece of paper.
    * * *
    1 (gen) paper; (hoja) piece of paper
    2 (en obra, película) role, part
    ■ ¿qué papel te ha tocado en la obra? what's your role in the play?
    3 (función) role
    ■ ¿qué papel desempeñas en la empresa? what's your role in the company?
    ■ ¿tienes los papeles en regla? are your papers in order?
    \
    hacer el papel to pretend
    hacer el papel de alguien (en teatro, cine) to play the part of somebody
    hacer mal papel to do badly
    hacer buen papel to do well
    aprenderse el papel to learn one's lines
    saberse el papel to know one's lines
    perder los papeles to lose control
    ser papel mojado to be worthless, not be worth the paper it's printed on
    sobre el papel on paper
    papel de aluminio aluminium foil
    papel de arroz rice paper
    papel de calcar tracing paper
    papel de carta writing paper
    papel de escribir notepaper, writing paper
    papel de estraza brown paper
    papel de fumar cigarette paper
    papel de lija sandpaper
    papel de plata silver foil, tinfoil
    papel de seda tissue paper
    papel carbón carbon paper
    papel cebolla onionskin
    papel celo sticky tape, Sellotape
    papel charol glazed paper
    papel cuadriculado squared paper
    papel guarro artist's paper
    papel higiénico toilet paper
    papel maché papier-mâché
    papel moneda paper money
    papel parafinado greaseproof paper
    papel pintado wallpaper
    papel satinado glossy paper
    papel secante blotting paper
    * * *
    noun m.
    2) part, role
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=material) paper

    un papel — [pequeño] a piece of paper; (=hoja, folio) a sheet of paper

    papel confort — Chile toilet paper

    papel craft — CAm, Méx waxed paper

    papel cuadriculado — squared paper, graph paper

    papel de aluminio — tinfoil, aluminium o (EEUU) aluminum foil

    papel de calcar, papel de calco — tracing paper

    papel de embalaje, papel de embalar — wrapping paper

    papel de estaño — tinfoil, aluminium o (EEUU) aluminum foil

    papel de excusado — † toilet paper

    entre ellos no cabía un papel de fumar — Esp you couldn't have got a razor's edge between them

    papel de oficio — LAm official foolscap paper

    papel de regalo — gift wrap, wrapping paper

    papel fiduciario — fiduciary issue, fiat currency

    papel madera — Cono Sur brown wrapping paper

    papel mojado — scrap of paper, worthless bit of paper

    papel sanitario — Méx toilet paper

    papel timbrado — stamp, stamp paper

    papel usado, papeles usados — wastepaper sing

    2) pl papeles (=documentos) papers, documents; (=carnet) identification papers

    los papeles, por favor — your papers, please

    3) (=actuación) (Cine, Teat) part, role; (fig) role

    tuvo que desempeñar un papel secundario — he had to play second fiddle, he had to take a minor role

    hacer buen/mal papel — to make a good/bad impression

    4) (=billetes)

    papel moneda — paper money, banknotes pl

    5) (Econ) (=bonos) stocks and shares pl
    6) Esp ** 1,000-peseta note; And one-peso note
    7) LAm (=bolsa) bag
    PAPEL El sustantivo papel se puede traducir en inglés por paper o por piece of paper. ► Lo traducimos por paper cuando nos referimos al papel como material: ¿Todo el mundo tiene lápiz y papel? Has everybody got a pencil and paper? ► Si papel se refiere a una hoja de papel no lo traducimos por paper, sino por a piece of paper si nos referimos a un trozo de papel pequeño y por a sheet of paper si nos referimos a una hoja de papel o a un folio: ¿Has visto el papel en el que estaba apuntando mis notas? Have you seen that sheet of paper I was making notes on? Apúntalo en este papel Write it down on this piece of paper ► Si nos referimos a varias hojas o trozos de papel en blanco utilizamos sheets o pieces: Necesitamos varios papeles We need several pieces of paper ► Si nos referimos a papeles que ya están escritos, se pueden traducir por papers: Tengo que ordenar todos estos papeles I must sort out all these papers Para otros usos y ejemplos ver la entrada
    * * *
    1) ( material) paper

    toalla/pañuelo de papel — paper towel/tissue

    2) ( documento) document, paper
    3) (Fin)
    a) ( valores) commercial paper
    b) ( dinero) tb
    4)
    a) (Cin, Teatr) role, part

    hizo un lamentable/triste papel en el congreso — his performance at the conference was abysmal/terrible

    c) ( función) role
    * * *
    1) ( material) paper

    toalla/pañuelo de papel — paper towel/tissue

    2) ( documento) document, paper
    3) (Fin)
    a) ( valores) commercial paper
    b) ( dinero) tb
    4)
    a) (Cin, Teatr) role, part

    hizo un lamentable/triste papel en el congreso — his performance at the conference was abysmal/terrible

    c) ( función) role
    * * *
    papel1
    1 = role.

    Ex: The role of analytical entries in an online catalogue is less clear.

    * adoptar un papel = take + role.
    * asumir el papel = dress + the part.
    * asumir el papel de = step into + the role of.
    * asumir el papel de Alguien = step into + the shoes of, stand in + Posesivo + shoes.
    * asumir un papel = assume + role.
    * confundir los papeles = blur + roles.
    * desdibujar los papeles = blur + roles.
    * desempeñar un papel = fulfil + role, perform + role, fit into + the picture, play + role.
    * desempeñar un papel secundario = play + second fiddle.
    * examinar el papel de Algo = investigate + role.
    * identificarse con un papel = project + Reflexivo + into + role.
    * inversión de papeles = reversal of roles, role reversal.
    * jugar un papel = play + role.
    * papel central = pivotal role.
    * papel de regulación y supervisión = stewardship.
    * papel de reparto = secondary role.
    * papel esencial = pivotal role, vital role.
    * papel fundamental = pivotal role.
    * papel principal = title role.
    * papel protagonista = title role.
    * papel secundario = secondary role.
    * papel vital = vital role.
    * perder los papeles = lose + control (of), lose + Posesivo + cool, lose + Posesivo + head, fly off + the handle, freak out, flip out.
    * por su papel = in its role.
    * tomar un papel secundario = take + a back seat.

    papel2
    2 = paper, stationery, paper stock.

    Ex: Folders allow a set of papers to be kept together when a set on a given topic is removed from the file.

    Ex: Dual dictionaries are not card-based, but are computer produced post-co-ordinate indexes where usually two identical lists are printed on continuous computer stationery.
    Ex: As far as durability is concerned, comic books are now published on heavier, higher quality paper stock; the days of newsprint are largely gone = En lo que respecta a la durabilidad, los tebeos se publican ahora en papel de mayor grosor y calidad; los días del papel de "periódico" de baja calidad en general pertenecen al pasado.
    * abanicar el papel = fan (out) + paper.
    * acidez del papel = paper acidity.
    * acolchado con papel = paper padded.
    * atasco de papel = paper jam.
    * bandeja de alimentación de papel = feed tray.
    * basado en el papel = paper-based.
    * bloque de papel = pad of paper.
    * bolsa de papel = paper carrier, paper bag.
    * caja de pañuelos de papel = box of tissue.
    * calidad del papel = paper quality.
    * cinta de papel continuo = web of paper.
    * clip para el papel = paper clip.
    * confección de papel = paper-making [papermaking].
    * con papel de calco intercalado = carbon interleaved paper.
    * copia de papel de calco = carbon copy.
    * copia en papel = hard copy [hardcopy].
    * cubierta de papel = paper cover.
    * dispensador de papel de cocina = kitchen roll holder.
    * dispensador de toallitas de papel = kitchen roll holder.
    * documento en papel = paper document.
    * edición en papel coloreado = coloured-paper issue.
    * encuadernación flexible en papel = limp paper binding.
    * en formato papel = in hard copy, paper-based.
    * en papel = in print, paper-based, in hard copy.
    * envoltorio de papel = paper wrapper.
    * existencias de papel = paper stock.
    * fabricación de papel = paper-making [papermaking], paper manufacturing.
    * fábrica de papel = paper mill, pulp and paper mill.
    * farolillo de papel = Chinese lantern.
    * fibra de papel = paper fibre.
    * forma de papel vitela = wove mould.
    * forma de un solo fondo para papel verjurado = single-faced laid mould.
    * forma para papel verjurado = laid mould.
    * formato de presentación en papel = hard copy format.
    * funda de papel = paper jacket.
    * hoja de papel = slip of paper, sheet of paper.
    * hoja de papel continuo = web of paper.
    * hoja de papel encerada = wax sheet.
    * impresión en papel = print on paper.
    * impreso en papel = paper-printed.
    * industria del papel = paper industry.
    * invasión del papel, la = paper storm, the.
    * letra cuya impresión en papel no está completa = broken letter.
    * mano de papel = quire.
    * máquina continua de papel = paper-making machine.
    * máquina de papel continuo = newsprint machine.
    * máquina de perforar papeles = desk punch.
    * máquina Fourdrinier de papel continuo = newsprint Fourdrinier.
    * mundo del papel impreso, el = paper world, the.
    * oficina sin papel = paperless office.
    * pañuelo de papel = tissue.
    * papel acídico = acidic paper.
    * papel ácido = acid paper, acidic paper.
    * papel adhesivo = contact paper.
    * papel Albal = tinfoil [tin foil], kitchen foil, aluminum foil, aluminium foil.
    * papel alcalino = alkaline paper.
    * papel a mano-máquina = mouldmade paper.
    * papel avitelado = wove paper.
    * papel comercial = commercial paper.
    * papel con membrete = letterhead.
    * papel continuo = web, continuous paper.
    * papel continuo de períodico = newsprint.
    * papel cuadriculado = graph paper.
    * papel cuché = art paper, coated paper.
    * papel de acidez neutralizada = deacidified paper.
    * papel de aluminio = aluminium foil, tinfoil [tin foil], kitchen foil, aluminum foil.
    * papel de arroz = rice paper, pith paper.
    * papel de biblia = Bible paper.
    * papel debilitado = brittle paper.
    * papel de calcar = tracing paper.
    * papel de calco = carbon paper, carbon, tracing paper.
    * papel de cera = greaseproof paper, waxed paper.
    * papel de China = rice paper, pith paper.
    * papel de cocina = paper towel, kitchen paper.
    * papel de colores = coloured paper.
    * papel de embalar = wrapping paper.
    * papel de empapelar = wallpaper.
    * papel de envolver = wrapping paper.
    * papel de envolver regalos = gift wrapping paper.
    * papel de escribir = writing paper.
    * papel de escritura = bond paper.
    * papel de esmeril = emery paper.
    * papel de esparto = esparto paper.
    * papel de imprenta = printing paper, copy paper.
    * papel de lija = sandpaper, emery paper.
    * papel de multicopista = run-off paper.
    * papel de pasta = paste paper.
    * papel de periódico = newsprint.
    * papel de plata = tinfoil [tin foil], kitchen foil, aluminum foil, aluminium foil.
    * papel desacidificado = deacidified paper.
    * papel de seda = tissue paper, tissue sheet.
    * papel de tela = rag paper.
    * papel de tornasol = litmus paper.
    * papel de trapo = rag paper.
    * papel de virutas = woodchip paper.
    * papel digital = digital paper.
    * papel dominante = alpha role.
    * papel durable = durable paper.
    * papel duradero = durable paper.
    * papel esmeril = emery paper.
    * papel estraza = brown paper.
    * papel estucado = art paper, coated paper.
    * papel hecho a mano = hand-made paper.
    * papel hecho a máquina = machine-made paper.
    * papel higiénico = toilet paper, loo paper.
    * papel hilo = bond paper.
    * papel inservible = scrap paper, scrap.
    * papel kraft = kraft.
    * papel lignario = ligneous paper.
    * papel moneda = banknote, paper money.
    * papel neutro = acid-free paper.
    * papel no ácido = acid-free paper.
    * papel perforado continuo = continuous computer stationery.
    * papel permanente = permanent paper, durable paper.
    * papel plastificado = laminated paper, plasticised paper.
    * papel reciclado = recycled paper.
    * papel satinado = glossy paper.
    * papel secante = blotting paper, blotter.
    * papel sin acidez = acid-free paper.
    * papel soporte para estucado = body paper.
    * papel verjurado = laid paper.
    * papel verjurado hecho a máquina = machine-made laid paper.
    * papel verjurado manual = laid hand-made paper.
    * papel vitela = wove paper.
    * pasta de papel = stuff.
    * plato de papel = paper plate.
    * poner papel en la impresora = load + printer.
    * publicación en papel = paper publication.
    * publicación sin papel = paperless publishing.
    * que no está en papel = non-paper [non paper].
    * recipiente de papel = paper container.
    * reproducción en papel = blowback.
    * reproductor de microformas en papel = reader/printer [reader-printer].
    * rollo de papel de cocina = kitchen roll.
    * rollo de papel higiénico = loo roll.
    * rollo de toallitas de papel = kitchen roll.
    * saco de papel = paper sack.
    * separación mediante papel = paper splitting.
    * sin papel = paperless.
    * sobre el papel = in intent, nominally.
    * sociedad del papel = paper society.
    * sociedad sin papel, la = paperless society, the.
    * sólo en papel = print-only.
    * toallita de papel = paper towel, kitchen paper.
    * trozo de papel = slip.
    * un mar de papel = a sea of + paper.

    * * *
    A (material) paper
    necesito papel y lápiz I need a pencil and paper
    ¿tienes un papel? do you have a piece of paper?
    una hoja de papel a piece o sheet of paper
    tenía la mesa cubierta de papeles her table was covered in papers
    el suelo estaba lleno de papeles de caramelos the floor was littered with candy ( AmE) o ( BrE) sweet papers o wrappers
    toalla/pañuelo de papel paper towel/tissue
    blanco como el papel (as) white as a sheet
    perder los papeles to lose one's touch
    el equipo visitante perdió los papeles en la segunda parte the visiting team lost their touch o edge in the second half
    sobre el papel on paper
    Compuestos:
    continuous listing paper
    ● papel Albal®
    amate m 2. (↑ amate)
    India paper, Bible paper
    ● papel carbón or ( RPl) carbónico
    carbon paper
    onionskin paper, onionskin
    cellophane®
    glazed paper
    ( Chi) toilet paper
    continuous listing paper
    ● papel crepé or crêpe
    crepe paper
    squared paper
    coated paper ( AmE), art paper ( BrE)
    tinfoil, aluminum* foil, Bacofoil® ( BrE)
    rice paper
    airmail paper
    untrimmed paper
    (translúcido) tracing paper; (entintado) carbon paper
    (entintado) carbon paper; ( Arquit) film
    writing paper, note paper
    waxed o wax paper, greaseproof paper ( BrE)
    bond paper
    ( Impr) newsprint
    envuélvelo en papel de diario wrap it in newspaper
    wrapping paper
    wrapping paper
    gray* paper
    sandpaper
    ser más basto que un papel de lija ( fam); to be as common as muck ( colloq)
    pattern paper, tear-resistant tissue paper ( used for clothes patterns)
    ( Impr) newsprint
    lo envolvió en papel de periódico she wrapped it in newspaper
    (para cocina) tinfoil, aluminum* foil; (en paquetes de cigarrillos, etc) silver paper
    wrapping paper
    tissue paper
    litmus paper
    glass paper
    ( fam); toilet paper, loo paper ( BrE colloq)
    filter paper
    photographic paper
    ( RPl) glazed paper
    toilet paper
    papier-mâché
    ● papel Manila or ( RPl) madera
    manila paper, manila
    scrap paper, waste paper
    el contrato es papel mojado the contract isn't worth the paper it's written on
    (CS) wallpaper
    ● papel or papelillo de fumar
    cigarette paper
    ( RPl) confetti
    ( Esp) crepe paper
    wallpaper
    newsprint
    recycled paper
    blotting paper
    fiscal paper
    tracing paper
    fiscal paper
    film
    laid paper
    B (documento) document, paper
    los papeles del coche the car documents o papers
    no tenía los papeles en regla her papers were not in order
    C ( Fin)
    1 (valores) commercial paper
    papel moneda paper money
    Compuestos:
    government bonds (pl), government paper
    certificate of payment ( to government agency)
    D
    1 ( Cin, Teatr) role, part
    la actriz que hace el papel de institutriz the actress who plays the part of the governess
    está muy bien en el papel de Robespierre he's very good as Robespierre
    le dieron el papel de San José he was given the part o role of Joseph
    2
    (actuación): hizo un papel lamentable en el congreso his performance at the conference was abysmal, he performed abysmally at the conference
    si no le regalas nada vas a hacer muy mal papel you're going to look very bad if you don't give her anything
    ¡hizo un papel tan ridículo! he made such a fool of himself!
    el coro del colegio hizo un triste papel en el festival the school choir gave a terrible o woeful performance at the festival
    3 (función) role
    jugó un papel decisivo en la campaña it played a decisive role o part in the campaign
    Compuestos:
    supporting o support role
    ( Cin, Teatr) star role
    leading role
    el papel principal que tienen las mujeres en algunos países the lead role that women have in some countries
    ( Cin, Teatr) supporting role
    * * *

     

    papel sustantivo masculino
    1 ( material) paper;

    toalla de papel paper towel;
    papel carbón carbon paper;
    papel cuadriculado/rayado squared/lined paper;
    papel de aluminio tinfoil, aluminum( conjugate aluminum) foil;
    papel de embalar/de envolver/de regalo wrapping paper;
    papel higiénico or de water toilet paper;
    papel picado (RPl) confetti
    2 ( documento) document, paper;

    3
    a) (Cin, Teatr) role, part;




    c) ( función) role;

    ◊ juega un papel importante en … it plays an important role in …

    papel sustantivo masculino
    1 paper
    papel de aluminio, aluminium foil
    papel de fumar, cigarette paper
    papel de lija, sandpaper
    papel higiénico, toilet paper
    Fin papel moneda, paper money, banknotes pl; papel pintado, wallpaper
    2 (trozo, hoja) piece o sheet of paper
    3 (documento) document
    4 Cine Teat role, part
    5 (función, cometido) role
    6 papeles, (documentación) documents, identification papers
    ♦ Locuciones: perder los papeles, to lose one's self-control
    ser algo papel mojado, to be useless
    ' papel' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    arruga
    - arrugar
    - arrugarse
    - blanquear
    - cadeneta
    - calco
    - cartucho
    - como
    - contenedor
    - cuadriculada
    - cuadriculado
    - cucurucho
    - de
    - desempeñar
    - destrozar
    - economizar
    - editar
    - emisión
    - emitir
    - empapelar
    - encarnar
    - ensayar
    - envolver
    - estampar
    - estraza
    - estropear
    - estrujar
    - fábrica
    - filigrana
    - formato
    - gastar
    - gramaje
    - hacer
    - higiénica
    - higiénico
    - hoja
    - impresa
    - impreso
    - interpretar
    - jugar
    - lija
    - milimetrada
    - milimetrado
    - moneda
    - pajarita
    - pauta
    - perforación
    - perforado
    - perforadora
    - picar
    English:
    act
    - ashen
    - ball
    - blank
    - break
    - bring off
    - brown paper
    - carbon copy
    - carbon paper
    - cast
    - clean
    - clip
    - contact paper
    - crackle
    - crease
    - cup
    - currency
    - cut out
    - dare
    - deathly
    - decorate
    - enact
    - envelope
    - foil
    - fold
    - fulfil
    - fulfill
    - grade
    - graph paper
    - greaseproof paper
    - grubby
    - hang
    - heavy
    - high
    - impress
    - imprint
    - landscape
    - lead
    - legal-size
    - letter-size
    - letterhead
    - line
    - lined
    - margin
    - mill
    - minor
    - need
    - newsprint
    - notepaper
    - pad
    * * *
    papel nm
    1. [material] paper;
    [hoja] sheet of paper; [trozo] piece of paper;
    una bolsa de papel a paper bag;
    un papel en blanco a blank sheet of paper;
    espera un momento, que agarro lápiz y papel wait a moment while I get a pencil and paper;
    sobre el papel [teóricamente] on paper;
    perder los papeles [perder control] to lose one's cool, to lose control;
    RP, Ven Fam [estar desorientado] to lose one's touch;
    ser papel mojado to be worthless
    Esp papel albal® tin o aluminium foil;
    papel de aluminio tin o aluminium foil;
    RP papel de armar cigarette paper;
    papel de arroz rice paper;
    papel (de) barba untrimmed paper;
    papel biblia bible paper;
    papel de borrador scrap o waste paper;
    papel de calco o de calcar [transparente] tracing paper;
    [entintado] carbon paper;
    papel carbón o RP carbónico carbon paper;
    papel de carta notepaper;
    papel cebolla onionskin;
    papel celofán Cellophane®;
    papel de cera [para envolver] Br greaseproof paper, US wax paper;
    papel charol coloured tissue paper;
    Chile papel confort toilet paper; Informát papel continuo continuous paper;
    papel couché coated (magazine) paper;
    Am papel crepé crepe paper; Col papel crespón crepe paper;
    papel cuadriculado graph paper;
    papel cuché coated paper;
    papel ecológico acid-free paper;
    papel de embalar o de embalaje wrapping paper;
    papel de envolver wrapping paper;
    papel de estaño tin o aluminium foil;
    papel de estraza brown paper;
    papel de fumar cigarette paper;
    RP papel glasé coloured tissue paper;
    papel higiénico toilet paper;
    papel de lija sandpaper;
    papel maché papier-mâché;
    CSur papel madera brown paper; RP papel manteca [para envolver] Br greaseproof o US wax paper;
    papel milimetrado graph paper;
    Chile papel mural wallpaper; Am papel oficio foolscap;
    papel pautado [para música] (music) manuscript paper, staff paper;
    papel pentagramado [para música] (music) manuscript paper, staff paper;
    papel de periódico newspaper, newsprint;
    RP papel picado confetti; Esp papel pinocho crepe paper;
    papel pintado wallpaper;
    papel de plata tin o aluminium foil;
    papel reciclado recycled paper;
    papel de regalo wrapping paper;
    Cuba papel sanitario toilet paper;
    papel secante blotting paper;
    papel de seda tissue (paper);
    papel sellado stamped paper, = paper bearing an official stamp to show that the corresponding tax has been paid;
    Am & Informát papel tapiz wallpaper; Informát papel térmico thermal paper;
    papel timbrado stamped paper, = paper bearing an official stamp to show that the corresponding tax has been paid;
    Guat, Ven papel toilette o tualé toilet paper; Quím papel tornasol litmus paper;
    papel vegetal tracing paper
    2. [en película, teatro] role, part;
    hacer o [m5] representar el papel de to play the role o part of
    papel principal main part;
    papel secundario minor part
    3. [función] role, part;
    hace el papel de padre y de madre he plays the role of both father and mother;
    desempeña un papel crucial en la compañía she plays a crucial role in the company;
    ¡vaya un papel que vamos a hacer con tantos lesionados! we're going to make a poor showing with so many injuries!;
    hacer (un) buen/mal papel to make a good/poor showing
    4. Fin [valores] stocks and shares
    papel del Estado government bonds;
    papel moneda paper money, banknotes;
    papel de pagos (al Estado) = special stamps for making certain payments to the State
    5. Esp Fam Antes [1.000 pesetas] = thousand pesetas
    6.
    papeles [documentos, identificación] papers;
    los papeles del coche the car's registration documents;
    tener los papeles en regla to have one's papers in order;
    los sin papeles undocumented immigrants
    7. Fam
    los papeles [la prensa escrita] the papers
    * * *
    1 m paper; trozo piece of paper;
    ser papel mojado fig not be worth the paper it’s written on
    2 TEA, fig
    role;
    hacer buen/mal papel fig prove useful/useless;
    perder los papeles lose control
    * * *
    papel nm
    1) : paper, piece of paper
    2) : role, part
    3)
    papel de estaño : tinfoil
    4)
    papel pintado : wallpaper
    5)
    papel higiénico : toilet paper
    6)
    papel de lija : sandpaper
    * * *
    1. (en general) paper
    2. (en el teatro, cine) part
    papel de aluminio silver paper / silver foil

    Spanish-English dictionary > papel

  • 18 κόσμος

    κόσμος, ου, ὁ (Hom.+)
    ① that which serves to beautify through decoration, adornment, adorning (Hom.+; Diod S 20, 4, 5 τῶν γυναικῶν τὸν κόσμον; OGI 531, 13; SIG 850, 10; IMaronIsis 41; PEleph 1, 4; PSI 240, 12 γυναικεῖον κόσμον; LXX; TestJud 12:1; JosAs 2:6 al.; Philo, Migr. Abr. 97 γυναικῶν κ.; Jos., Ant. 1, 250; 15, 5; Just., A II, 11, 4f) of women’s attire, etc. ὁ ἔξωθεν … κόσμος external adorning 1 Pt 3:3 (Vi. Hom. 4 of the inward adornment of a woman, beside σωφροσύνη; Crates, Ep. 9; Pythag., Ep. 11, 1; Plut., Mor. 141e; on the topic of external adornment cp. SIG 736, 15–26).
    ② condition of orderliness, orderly arrangement, order (Hom. et al.; s. HDiller, Die vorphilosophische Gebrauch von κ. und κοσμεῖν: BSnell Festschr., ’56, 47–60) μετὰ κόσμου in order Dg 12:9 (text uncertain; s. μετακόσμιος).
    ③ the sum total of everything here and now, the world, the (orderly) universe, in philosophical usage (so, acc. to Plut., Mor. 886b, as early as Pythagoras; certainly Heraclitus, Fgm. 66; Pla., Gorg. 508a, Phdr. 246c; Chrysipp., Fgm. 527 v. Arnim κόσμος σύστημα ἐξ οὐρανοῦ καὶ γῆς καὶ τῶν ἐν τούτοις περιεχομένων φύσεων. Likew. Posidonius in Diog. L. 7, 138; Ps.-Aristot., De Mundo 2 p. 391b, 9ff; 2 and 4 Macc; Wsd; EpArist 254; Philo, Aet. M. 4; Jos., Ant. 1, 21; Test12Patr; SibOr 7, 123; AssMos Fgm. b Denis [=Tromp p. 272]; Just., A I, 20, 2 al.; Ath. 19, 2 al.; Orig., C. Cels. 4, 68, 14; Did., Gen. 36, 7; 137, 13.—The other philosoph. usage, in which κ. denotes the heaven in contrast to the earth, is prob. without mng. for our lit. [unless perh. Phil 2:15 κ.=‘sky’?]). ἡ ἀέναος τοῦ κ. σύστασις the everlasting constitution of the universe 1 Cl 60:1 (cp. OGI 56, 48 εἰς τὸν ἀέναον κ.). Sustained by four elements Hv 3, 13, 3. πρὸ τοῦ τὸν κ. εἶναι before the world existed J 17:5. ἀπὸ καταβολῆς [κόσμου] from the beginning of the world Mt 13:35; 25:34; Lk 11:50; Hb 4:3; 9:26; Rv 13:8; 17:8. Also ἀπʼ ἀρχῆς κ. Mt 24:21 or ἀπὸ κτίσεως κ. Ro 1:20.—B 5:5 ἀπὸ καταβ. κ. evidently means at the foundation of the world (s. Windisch, Hdb. ad loc.). πρὸ καταβολῆς κ. before the foundation of the world J 17:24; Eph 1:4; 1 Pt 1:20 (on the uses w. καταβολή s. that word, 1). οὐδὲν εἴδωλον ἐν κ. no idol has any real existence in the universe (Twentieth Century NT) 1 Cor 8:4. Of the creation in its entirety 3:22. ὁ κόσμος ὅλος = πᾶσα ἡ κτίσις (Sallust. 21 p. 36, 13; TestSol 5:7; TestJob 33:4) Hs 9, 2, 1; 9, 14, 5. φωστῆρες ἐν κόσμῳ stars in the universe Phil 2:15 (s. above). Esp. of the universe as created by God (Epict 4, 7, 6 ὁ θεὸς πάντα πεποίηκεν, τὰ ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ καὶ αὐτὸν τὸν κόσμον ὅλον; Wsd 9:9; 2 Macc 7:23 ὁ τοῦ κ. κτίστης; 4 Macc 5:25; Just., A I, 59, 1 al.; Ath. 8, 2 al.) ὁ ποιήσας τὸν κ. who has made the world Ac 17:24. ὁ κτίστης τοῦ σύμπαντος κ. 1 Cl 19:2; ὁ κτίσας τὸν κ. Hv 1, 3, 4; cp. m 12, 4, 2. ὁ τοῦ παντὸς κ. κυριεύων B 21:5. οὐδʼ εἶναι τὸν κόσμον θεοῦ ἀλλὰ ἀγγέλων AcPlCor 1:15. Christ is called παντὸς τοῦ κ. κύριος 5:5; and the κ. owes its origin to his agency J 1:10b. The world was created for the sake of the church Hv 2, 4, 1.—The universe, as the greatest space conceivable, is not able to contain someth. (Philo, Ebr. 32) J 21:25.
    ④ the sum total of all beings above the level of the animals, the world, as θέατρον ἐγενήθημεν (i.e. οἱ ἀπόστολοι) τῷ κόσμῳ καὶ ἀγγέλοις καὶ ἀνθρώποις 1 Cor 4:9. Here the world is divided into angels and humans (cp. the Stoic definition of the κόσμος in Stob., Ecl. I p. 184, 8 τὸ ἐκ θεῶν καὶ ἀνθρώπων σύστημα; likew. Epict 1, 9, 4.—Acc. to Ocellus Luc. 37, end, the κ. consists of the sphere of the divine beyond the moon and the sphere of the earthly on this side of the moon).
    ⑤ planet earth as a place of inhabitation, the world (SIG 814, 31 [67 A.D.] Nero, ὁ τοῦ παντὸς κόσμου κύριος; the meaning of the birthday of Augustus for the world OGI 458, 40 [=IPriene 105]; 2 Macc 3:12; Jos., Ant. 9, 241; 10, 205; Orig., C. Cels. 4, 68)
    ⓐ gener. Mk 16:15. τὰς βασιλείας τοῦ κ. Mt 4:8; ἐν ὅλῳ τῷ κ. 26:13. Cp. 13:38 (cp. Hs 5, 5, 2); Mk 14:9; Hs 9, 25, 2. τὸ φῶς τοῦ κ. τούτου the light of this world (the sun) J 11:9. In rhetorical exaggeration ἡ πίστις ὑμῶν καταγγέλλεται ἐν ὅλῳ τ. κόσμῳ Ro 1:8 (cp. the Egypt. grave ins APF 5, 1913, 169 no. 24, 8 ὧν ἡ σωφροσύνη κατὰ τὸν κ. λελάληται). Abraham as κληρονόμος κόσμου heir of the world 4:13.—Cp. 1 Cor 14:10; Col 1:6. ἡ ἐν τῷ κ. ἀδελφότης the brotherhood in the (whole) world 1 Pt 5:9. ἐγένετο ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ κ. τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν our Lord has assumed the sovereignty of the world Rv 11:15. τὰ ἔθνη τοῦ κ. (not LXX, but prob. rabbinic אֻמּוֹת הָעוֹלָם=humankind apart fr. Israel; Billerb. II 191; Dalman, Worte 144f) the unconverted in the world Lk 12:30. In this line of development, κόσμος alone serves to designate the polytheistic unconverted world Ro 11:12, 15.—Other worlds (lands) beyond the ocean 1 Cl 20:8.—Many of these pass. bear the connotation of
    ⓑ the world as the habitation of humanity (as SibOr 1, 160). So also Hs 9, 17, 1f. εἰσέρχεσθαι εἰς τὸν κ. of entrance into the world by being born 1 Cl 38:3. ἐκ τοῦ κ. ἐξελθεῖν leave this present world (Philo, Leg. All. 3, 5 ἔξω τ. κόσμου φεύγειν; s. ἐξέρχομαι 5; cp. Hippol., Ref. 5, 16, 7) 1 Cor 5:10b; 2 Cl 8:3. γεννηθῆναι εἰς τὸν κ. be born into the world J 16:21. ἕως ἐσμὲν ἐν τούτῳ τῷ κ. 2 Cl 8:2. οὐδὲν εἰσφέρειν εἰς τὸν κ. (Philo, Spec. Leg. 1, 294 τὸν μηδὲν εἰς τὸν κόσμον εἰσενηνοχότα) 1 Ti 6:7 (Pol 4:1). πολλοὶ πλάνοι ἐξῆλθον εἰς τὸν κ. 2J 7.—ἐν τῷ κόσμω τούτῳ J 12:25 (κ. need not here be understood as an entity hostile to God, but the transition to the nuance in 7b, below, is signalled by the term that follows: ζωὴν αἰώνιον). ἵνα εἰς κόσμον προέλθῃ AcPlCor 2:6.
    ⓒ earth, world in contrast to heaven (Dio Chrys. 19 [36], 59; Iren., 1, 4, 2 [Harv. I 35, 5]; Orig., C. Cels. 8, 15, 24) ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ τούτῳ 2 Cl 19:3.—Esp. when mention is made of the preexistent Christ, who came fr. another world into the κόσμος. So, above all, in John (Bultmann, index I κόσμος) ἔρχεσθαι εἰς τὸν κ. (τοῦτον) J 6:14; 9:39; 11:27; 16:28a; 18:37; specif. also come into the world as light 12:46; cp. 1:9; 3:19. Sending of Jesus into the world 3:17a; 10:36; 17:18; 1J 4:9. His εἶναι ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ J 1:10a; 9:5a; 17:12 v.l. Leaving the world and returning to the Father 13:1a; 16:28b. Cp. 14:19; 17:11a. His kingship is not ἐκ τοῦ κ. τούτου of this world i.e. not derived from the world or conditioned by its terms and evaluations 18:36ab.—Also Χρ. Ἰησοῦς ἦλθεν εἰς τ. κόσμον 1 Ti 1:15; cp. ἐπιστεύθη ἐν κόσμῳ (opp. ἀνελήμφθη ἐν δόξῃ) 3:16.—εἰσερχόμενος εἰς τὸν κ. Hb 10:5.
    ⓓ the world outside in contrast to one’s home PtK 3 p. 15, 13; 19.
    ⑥ humanity in general, the world (TestAbr B 8 p. 113, 11 [Stone p. 74]; ApcEsdr 3:6 p. 27, 14; SibOr 1, 189; Just., A I, 39, 3 al.)
    ⓐ gener. οὐαὶ τῷ κ. ἀπὸ τῶν σκανδάλων woe to humankind because of the things that cause people to sin Mt 18:7; τὸ φῶς τοῦ κ. the light for humanity 5:14; cp. J 8:12; 9:5. ὁ σωτὴρ τοῦ κ. 4:42; 1J 4:14 (this designation is found in inscriptions, esp. oft. of Hadrian [WWeber, Untersuchungen z. Geschichte des Kaisers Hadrianus 1907, 225; 226; 229]).—J 1:29; 3:17b; 17:6.—κρίνειν τὸν κ. (SibOr 4, 184; TestAbr A 13 p. 92, 11 [Stone p. 32]; ApcMos 37) of God, Christ J 12:47a; Ro 3:6; B 4:12; cp. Ro 3:19. Of believers 1 Cor 6:2ab (cp. Sallust. 21 p. 36, 13 the souls of the virtuous, together w. the gods, will rule the whole κόσμος). Of Noah διʼ ἧς (sc. πίστεως) κατέκρινεν τὸν κ. Hb 11:7. ἡ ἁμαρτία εἰς τὸν κ. εἰσῆλθεν Ro 5:12; likew. θάνατος εἰσῆλθεν εἰς τὸν κ. 1 Cl 3:4 (Wsd 2:24; 14:14). Cp. Ro 5:13; 1 Cor 1:27f. περικαθάρματα τοῦ κ. the refuse of humanity 4:13. Of persons before conversion ἄθεοι ἐν τῷ κ. Eph 2:12.—2 Cor 1:12; 5:19; Js 2:5; 1J 2:2; 4:1, 3. ἀρχαῖος κόσμος the people of the ancient world 2 Pt 2:5a; cp. vs. 5b; 3:6. Of pers. of exceptional merit: ὧν οὐκ ἦν ἄξιος ὁ κ. of whom the world was not worthy Hb 11:38.—ὅλος ὁ κ. all the world, everybody Ac 2:47 D; 1 Cl 5:7; cp. ἐν ὅλῳ τῷ κ. 59:2; εἰς ὅλον τὸν κ. Hs 8, 3, 2. Likew. ὁ κόσμος (cp. Philo, De Prov. in Eus., PE 8, 14, 58) ὁ κ. ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ ἀπῆλθεν J 12:19. ταῦτα λαλῶ εἰς τὸν κ. 8:26; ἐν τῷ κ. 17:13; ἐγὼ παρρησίᾳ λελάληκα τῷ κ. 18:20; cp. 7:4; 14:22. ἵνα γνῷ ὁ κ. 14:31; cp. 17:23; ἵνα ὁ κ. πιστεύῃ 17:21.
    ⓑ of all humanity, but especially of believers, as the object of God’s love J 3:16, 17c; 6:33, 51; 12:47b.
    ⑦ the system of human existence in its many aspects, the world
    ⓐ as scene of earthly joys, possessions, cares, sufferings (cp. 4 Macc 8:23) τὸν κ. ὅλον κερδῆσαι gain the whole world Mt 16:26; Mk 8:36; Lk 9:25; 2 Cl 6:2 (cp. Procop. Soph., Ep. 137 the whole οἰκουμένη is an unimportant possession compared to ἀρετή). τὰ τερπνὰ τοῦ κ. the delightful things in the world IRo 6:1. οἱ χρώμενοι τὸν κ. ὡς μὴ καταχρώμενοι those who use the world as though they had no use of it or those who deal with the world as having made no deals with it 1 Cor 7:31a. ἔχειν τὸν βίον τοῦ κ. possess worldly goods 1J 3:17. τὰ τοῦ κόσμου the affairs of the world 1 Cor 7:33f; cp. 1J 2:15f. The latter pass. forms an easy transition to the large number of exprs. (esp. in Paul and John) in which
    ⓑ the world, and everything that belongs to it, appears as that which is hostile to God, i.e. lost in sin, wholly at odds w. anything divine, ruined and depraved (Herm. Wr. 6, 4 [the κόσμος is τὸ πλήρωμα τῆς κακίας]; 13, 1 [ἡ τοῦ κ. ἀπάτη], in Stob. p. 428, 24 Sc.; En 48:7; TestIss 4:6; AscIs 3:25; Hdb., exc. on J 1:10; Bultmann ad loc.—cp. Sotades Maronita [III B.C.] 11 Diehl: the κόσμος is unjust and hostile to great men) IMg 5:2; IRo 2:2. ὁ κόσμος οὗτος this world (in contrast to the heavenly realm) J 8:23; 12:25, 31a; 13:1; 16:11; 18:36; 1J 4:17; 1 Cor 3:19; 5:10a; 7:31b; Hv 4, 3, 2ff; D 10:6; 2 Cl 5:1, 5; (opp. ὁ ἅγιος αἰών) B 10:11. ‘This world’ is ruled by the ἄρχων τοῦ κ. τούτου the prince of this world, the devil J 12:31b; 16:11; without τούτου 14:30. Cp. ὁ κ. ὅλος ἐν τῷ πονηρῷ κεῖται the whole world lies in the power of the evil one 1J 5:19; cp. 4:4; also ὁ αἰὼν τοῦ κ. τούτου Eph 2:2 (s. αἰών 4).—Christians must have nothing to do with this world of sin and separation fr. God: instead of desiring it IRo 7:1, one is to ἄσπιλον ἑαυτὸν τηρεῖν ἀπὸ τοῦ κ. keep oneself untainted by the world Js 1:27. ἀποφεύγειν τὰ μιάσματα τοῦ κ. 2 Pt 2:20; cp. 1:4 (s. ἀποφεύγω 1).—Pol 5:3. ἡ φιλία τοῦ κ. ἔχθρα τ. θεοῦ ἐστιν Js 4:4a; cp. vs. 4b. When such an attitude is taken Christians are naturally hated by the world IRo 3:3; J 15:18, 19ad; 17:14a; 1J 3:13, as their Lord was hated J 7:7; 15:18; cp. 1:10c; 14:17; 16:20.—Also in Paul: God and world in opposition τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ κ. and τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἐκ θεοῦ the spirit of the world and the spirit that comes fr. God 1 Cor 2:12; σοφία τοῦ κ. and σοφία τοῦ θεοῦ 1:20f. ἡ κατὰ θεὸν λύπη and ἡ τοῦ κ. λύπη godly grief and worldly grief 2 Cor 7:10. The world is condemned by God 1 Cor 11:32; yet also the object of the divine plan of salvation 2 Cor 5:19; cp. 1 Cl 7:4; 9:4. A Christian is dead as far as this world is concerned: διʼ οὗ (i.e. Ἰ. Χρ.) ἐμοὶ κ. ἐσταύρωται κἀγὼ κόσμῳ through Christ the world has been crucified for me, and I have been (crucified) to the world Gal 6:14; cp. the question τί ὡς ζῶντες ἐν κ. δογματίζεσθε; Col 2:20b. For στοιχεῖα τοῦ κ. Gal 4:3; Col 2:8, 20a s. στοιχεῖον.—The use of κ. in this sense is even further developed in John. The κ. stands in opposition to God 1J 2:15f and hence is incapable of knowing God J 17:25; cp. 1J 4:5, and excluded fr. Christ’s intercession J 17:9; its views refuted by the Paraclete 16:8. Neither Christ himself 17:14c, 16b; 14:27, nor his own 15:19b; 17:14b, 16a; 1J 3:1 belong in any way to the ‘world’. Rather Christ has chosen them ‘out of the world’ J 15:19c, even though for the present they must still live ‘in the world’ 17:11b; cp. 13:1b; 17:15, 18b. All the trouble that they must undergo because of this, 16:33a, means nothing compared w. the victorious conviction that Christ (and the believers w. him) has overcome ‘the world’ vs. 33b; 1J 5:4f, and that it is doomed to pass away 2:17 (TestJob 33:4; Kephal. I 154, 21: the κόσμος τῆς σαρκός will pass away).
    ⑧ collective aspect of an entity, totality, sum total (SIG 850, 10 τὸν κόσμον τῶν ἔργων (but s. 1 above); Pr 17:6a) ὁ κ. τῆς ἀδικίας ἡ γλῶσσα καθίσταται the tongue becomes (or proves to be) the sum total of iniquity Js 3:6 (so, approx., Meinertz; FHauck.—MDibelius, Windisch and ASchlatter find mng. 7b here, whereas ACarr, Exp. 7th ser., 8, 1909, 318ff thinks of mng. 1). Χρ. τὸν ὑπὲρ τῆς τοῦ παντὸς κόσμου τῶν σῳζομένων σωτηρίας παθόντα Christ, who suffered or died (s. πάσχω 3aα) for the salvation of the sum total of those who are saved MPol 17:2.—FBytomski, D. genet. Entwicklung des Begriffes κόσμος in d. Hl. Schrift: Jahrb. für Philos. und spekul. Theol. 25, 1911, 180–201; 389–413 (only the OT); CSchneider, Pls u. d. Welt: Αγγελος IV ’32, 11–47; EvSchrenck, Der Kosmos-Begriff bei Joh.: Mitteilungen u. Nachrichten f. d. evang. Kirche in Russland 51, 1895, 1–29; RLöwe, Kosmos u. Aion ’35; RBultmann, D. Verständnis v. Welt u. Mensch im NT u. im Griechentum: ThBl 19, ’40, 1–14; GBornkamm, Christus u. die Welt in der urchr. Botschaft: ZTK 47, ’50, 212–26; ALesky, Kosmos ’63; RVölkl, Christ u. Welt nach dem NT ’61; GJohnston, οἰκουμένη and κ. in the NT: NTS 10, ’64, 352–60; NCassem, ibid. 19, ’72/73, 81–91; RBratcher, BT 31, ’80, 430–34.—B. 13; 440. DELG. M-M. EDNT. TW.

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  • 19 dirigir

    v.
    1 to steer (conducir) (coche, barco).
    2 to manage (llevar) (empresa, hotel, hospital).
    dirige mi tesis, me dirige la tesis he's supervising my thesis, he's my PhD supervisor
    3 to direct.
    Ella dirigió el caso She directed the case.
    Ella dirige al equipo She directs the team.
    4 to address (carta, paquete).
    5 to guide (guiar) (person).
    6 to point, to range.
    Ellos dirigen al misil They point the missile.
    7 to drive, to steer, to pilot, to head.
    Ella dirige el avión She drives the plane.
    8 to conduct.
    Ella dirige la orquesta She conducts the orchestra.
    * * *
    (g changes to j before a and o)
    Present Indicative
    dirijo, diriges, dirige, dirigimos, dirigís, dirigen.
    Present Subjunctive
    Imperative
    dirige (tú), dirija (él/Vd.), dirijamos (nos.), dirigid (vos.), dirijan (ellos/Vds.).
    * * *
    verb
    1) to direct, lead
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=orientar) [+ persona] to direct; [+ asunto] to advise, guide

    lo dirigió con ayuda de un mapa — she showed him the way o directed him with the help of a map

    ¿por qué no vas tú delante y nos diriges? — why don't you go first and lead the way?

    palabra 2)
    2) (=apuntar) [+ arma, telescopio] to aim, point (a, hacia at)
    [+ manguera] to turn (a, hacia on) point (a, hacia at)

    dirigió los focos al escenario — he pointed o directed the lights towards the stage

    3) (=destinar)
    a) [+ carta, comentario, pregunta] to address (a to)
    b) [+ libro, programa, producto] to aim (a at)
    c) [+ acusación, críticas] to make (a, contra against)
    level (a, contra at, against) [+ ataques] to make (a, contra against)

    dirigieron graves acusaciones contra el ministro — serious accusations were made against the minister, serious accusations were levelled at o against the minister

    le dirigieron fuertes críticas — he was strongly criticized, he came in for some strong criticism

    d) [+ esfuerzos] to direct (a, hacia to, towards)
    4) (=controlar) [+ empresa, hospital, centro de enseñanza] to run; [+ periódico, revista] to edit, run; [+ expedición, país, sublevación] to lead; [+ maniobra, operación, investigación] to direct, be in charge of; [+ debate] to chair; [+ proceso judicial] to preside over; [+ tesis] to supervise; [+ juego, partido] to referee

    dirigió mal las negociaciones — he handled the negotiations badly, he mismanaged the negotiations

    cotarro 1)
    5) (Cine, Teat) to direct
    6) (Mús) [+ orquesta, concierto] to conduct; [+ coro] to lead

    ¿quién dirigirá el coro? — who will be the choirmaster?, who will lead the choir?

    7) (=conducir) [+ coche] to drive; [+ barco] to steer; [+ caballo] to lead

    dirigió su coche hacia la izquierda — he steered o drove his car towards the left

    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) < empresa> to manage, run; <periódico/revista> to run, edit; <investigación/tesis> to supervise; < debate> to lead, chair

    dirigir el tráfico — to direct o control the traffic

    b) <obra/película> to direct
    c) < orquesta> to conduct
    2)
    a)

    dirigir algo a alguien — <mensaje/carta> to address something to somebody; < críticas> to direct something to somebody

    b)

    dirigir algo hacia or a algo/alguien — < telescopio> to point something toward(s) something/somebody; < pistola> to point something toward(s) something/somebody

    dirigir la mirada hacia or a algo/alguien — to look at something/somebody

    3) ( encaminar)

    dirigir algo a + inf — < esfuerzos> to channel something into -ing; <energía/atención> to direct something toward(s) -ing

    2.
    dirigirse v pron
    2)

    dirigirse a alguien — ( oralmente) to speak o talk to somebody; ( por escrito) to write to somebody

    me dirijo a Vd. para solicitarle... — (Corresp) I am writing to request...

    * * *
    = address, channel, direct, gear (to/toward(s)/for), lead, man, pitch, route, run, steer, head, signpost, give + direction, angle, rule over, lend + direction, shepherd, choreograph, key + Nombre + to.
    Ex. More can be assumed in instructions addressed to the experienced information searcher than in instructions for the novice.
    Ex. Users make suggestions for modifications and these are then channelled through a series of committees.
    Ex. This statement directs the user to adopt a number more specific terms in preference to the general term.
    Ex. Most of the main subject headings lists are geared to the alphabetical subject approach found in dictionary catalogues.
    Ex. A book index is an alphabetically arranged list of words or terms leading the reader to the numbers of pages on which specific topics are considered, or on which specific names appear.
    Ex. The responsibility for manning the one telephone left at the disposal of a residue of callers fell to a single officer who had other duties to carry out to justify his keep.
    Ex. Thus pitching instructions at the right level can be difficult.
    Ex. Requests which cannot be filled by local or regional libraries are automatically routed by the system to NLM as the library of last resort.
    Ex. The service is run by Radio-Suisse and can be accessed via de PSS.
    Ex. They decided that they had to set up information and referral services to steer people to the correct agency.
    Ex. A stickler for details, sometimes to the point of compulsion, Edmonds was deemed a fortuitous choice to head the monumental reorganization process.
    Ex. There is a need for a firststop organization that could signpost the public through the maze of government agencies and social welfare organizations.
    Ex. To give direction to these physical resources, there are objectives for the project and a framework timetable.
    Ex. This publication seems to find particular favour in law firms, possibly because of its currency and the way it is angled towards the commercial world.
    Ex. From the impressive library of his mansion home on Beacon Hill, Ticknor ruled over Boston's intellectual life and was looked to as the leading arbiter of intellectual and social life in that great city.
    Ex. Policies are guidelines that lend direction to planning and decision-making.
    Ex. He showed the ability of a single mind to shepherd cultural ventures.
    Ex. Response to reading room theft should be carefully choreographed but decisive.
    Ex. The case study found that children do have the ability to use a classification scheme that is keyed to their developmental level.
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    * dirigir el cotarro = call + the shots, be the boss, call + the tune, rule + the roost.
    * dirigir el esfuerzo = direct + effort, direct + energy.
    * dirigir información a = direct + information towards.
    * dirigir interpretación musical = conduct.
    * dirigir la atención = put + focus.
    * dirigir la atención a = turn to, direct + Posesivo + attention to(ward).
    * dirigir la mirada hacia = look toward(s).
    * dirigir la palabra = be civil towards.
    * dirigir los intereses de uno = break into.
    * dirigir + Posesivo + atención = turn + Posesivo + attention, turn + Posesivo + thoughts.
    * dirigir + Posesivo + atención a un problema = turn + Posesivo + attention to problem.
    * dirigir + Posesivo + mirada = turn + Posesivo + thoughts.
    * dirigirse = be headed, head, head out.
    * dirigirse a = aim at, check with, turn over to, turn to, make + Posesivo + way to, set off to, turn to, head for, reach out to, head off for/to.
    * dirigirse a Alguien = approach + Alguien.
    * dirigirse amenazadoramente hacia = bear down on.
    * dirigirse a toda prisa hacia = make + haste towards.
    * dirigirse en multitud = beat + the path to.
    * dirigirse hacia = be on + Posesivo + way to, start toward, move toward(s), be heading towards, head for, turn into.
    * dirigirse hacia + Dirección = push + Dirección.
    * dirigirse hacia el oeste = push + westward(s).
    * dirigirse la palabra = on speaking terms.
    * dirigirse rápidamente hacia = make + haste towards.
    * dirigir una crítica hacia = level + criticism at.
    * dirigir una tesis = supervise + dissertation, supervise + thesis.
    * dirigir un servicio = run + service.
    * lectura no dirigida = undirected reading.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) < empresa> to manage, run; <periódico/revista> to run, edit; <investigación/tesis> to supervise; < debate> to lead, chair

    dirigir el tráfico — to direct o control the traffic

    b) <obra/película> to direct
    c) < orquesta> to conduct
    2)
    a)

    dirigir algo a alguien — <mensaje/carta> to address something to somebody; < críticas> to direct something to somebody

    b)

    dirigir algo hacia or a algo/alguien — < telescopio> to point something toward(s) something/somebody; < pistola> to point something toward(s) something/somebody

    dirigir la mirada hacia or a algo/alguien — to look at something/somebody

    3) ( encaminar)

    dirigir algo a + inf — < esfuerzos> to channel something into -ing; <energía/atención> to direct something toward(s) -ing

    2.
    dirigirse v pron
    2)

    dirigirse a alguien — ( oralmente) to speak o talk to somebody; ( por escrito) to write to somebody

    me dirijo a Vd. para solicitarle... — (Corresp) I am writing to request...

    * * *
    = address, channel, direct, gear (to/toward(s)/for), lead, man, pitch, route, run, steer, head, signpost, give + direction, angle, rule over, lend + direction, shepherd, choreograph, key + Nombre + to.

    Ex: More can be assumed in instructions addressed to the experienced information searcher than in instructions for the novice.

    Ex: Users make suggestions for modifications and these are then channelled through a series of committees.
    Ex: This statement directs the user to adopt a number more specific terms in preference to the general term.
    Ex: Most of the main subject headings lists are geared to the alphabetical subject approach found in dictionary catalogues.
    Ex: A book index is an alphabetically arranged list of words or terms leading the reader to the numbers of pages on which specific topics are considered, or on which specific names appear.
    Ex: The responsibility for manning the one telephone left at the disposal of a residue of callers fell to a single officer who had other duties to carry out to justify his keep.
    Ex: Thus pitching instructions at the right level can be difficult.
    Ex: Requests which cannot be filled by local or regional libraries are automatically routed by the system to NLM as the library of last resort.
    Ex: The service is run by Radio-Suisse and can be accessed via de PSS.
    Ex: They decided that they had to set up information and referral services to steer people to the correct agency.
    Ex: A stickler for details, sometimes to the point of compulsion, Edmonds was deemed a fortuitous choice to head the monumental reorganization process.
    Ex: There is a need for a firststop organization that could signpost the public through the maze of government agencies and social welfare organizations.
    Ex: To give direction to these physical resources, there are objectives for the project and a framework timetable.
    Ex: This publication seems to find particular favour in law firms, possibly because of its currency and the way it is angled towards the commercial world.
    Ex: From the impressive library of his mansion home on Beacon Hill, Ticknor ruled over Boston's intellectual life and was looked to as the leading arbiter of intellectual and social life in that great city.
    Ex: Policies are guidelines that lend direction to planning and decision-making.
    Ex: He showed the ability of a single mind to shepherd cultural ventures.
    Ex: Response to reading room theft should be carefully choreographed but decisive.
    Ex: The case study found that children do have the ability to use a classification scheme that is keyed to their developmental level.
    * dirigir el cotarro = call + the shots, be the boss, call + the tune, rule + the roost.
    * dirigir el esfuerzo = direct + effort, direct + energy.
    * dirigir información a = direct + information towards.
    * dirigir interpretación musical = conduct.
    * dirigir la atención = put + focus.
    * dirigir la atención a = turn to, direct + Posesivo + attention to(ward).
    * dirigir la mirada hacia = look toward(s).
    * dirigir la palabra = be civil towards.
    * dirigir los intereses de uno = break into.
    * dirigir + Posesivo + atención = turn + Posesivo + attention, turn + Posesivo + thoughts.
    * dirigir + Posesivo + atención a un problema = turn + Posesivo + attention to problem.
    * dirigir + Posesivo + mirada = turn + Posesivo + thoughts.
    * dirigirse = be headed, head, head out.
    * dirigirse a = aim at, check with, turn over to, turn to, make + Posesivo + way to, set off to, turn to, head for, reach out to, head off for/to.
    * dirigirse a Alguien = approach + Alguien.
    * dirigirse amenazadoramente hacia = bear down on.
    * dirigirse a toda prisa hacia = make + haste towards.
    * dirigirse en multitud = beat + the path to.
    * dirigirse hacia = be on + Posesivo + way to, start toward, move toward(s), be heading towards, head for, turn into.
    * dirigirse hacia + Dirección = push + Dirección.
    * dirigirse hacia el oeste = push + westward(s).
    * dirigirse la palabra = on speaking terms.
    * dirigirse rápidamente hacia = make + haste towards.
    * dirigir una crítica hacia = level + criticism at.
    * dirigir una tesis = supervise + dissertation, supervise + thesis.
    * dirigir un servicio = run + service.
    * lectura no dirigida = undirected reading.

    * * *
    dirigir [I7 ]
    vt
    A
    1 ‹empresa› to manage, run; ‹periódico/revista› to run, edit; ‹investigación/tesis› to supervise; ‹debate› to lead, chair
    dirigió la operación de rescate he led o directed the rescue operation
    dirigir el tráfico to direct o control the traffic
    2 ‹obra/película› to direct
    3 ‹orquesta› to conduct
    B
    1 ‹mensaje/carta› dirigir algo A algn to address sth TO sb
    esta noche el presidente dirigirá un mensaje a la nación the president will address the nation tonight
    la carta venía dirigida a mí the letter was addressed to me
    dirigió unas palabras de bienvenida a los congresistas he addressed a few words of welcome to the delegates
    las críticas iban dirigidas a los organizadores the criticisms were directed at the organizers
    el folleto va dirigido a padres y educadores the booklet is aimed at parents and teachers
    la pregunta iba dirigida a usted the question was meant for you, I asked you the question
    no me dirigió la palabra he didn't say a word to me
    2 ‹mirada/pasos/telescopio›
    dirigió la mirada hacia el horizonte he looked toward(s) the horizon, he turned his eyes o his gaze toward(s) the horizon
    le dirigió una mirada de reproche she looked at him reproachfully, she gave him a reproachful look
    dirigió sus pasos hacia la esquina he walked toward(s) the corner
    dirigió el telescopio hacia la luna he pointed the telescope toward(s) the moon
    C (encaminar) ‹esfuerzos/acciones› dirigir algo A + INF:
    acciones dirigidas a aliviar el problema measures aimed at alleviating o measures designed to alleviate the problem
    dirigiremos todos nuestros esfuerzos a lograr un acuerdo we shall channel all our efforts into o direct all our efforts toward(s) reaching an agreement
    A
    (ir): nos dirigíamos al aeropuerto we were heading for o we were going to o we were on our way to the airport
    se dirigió a su despacho con paso decidido he strode purposefully toward(s) his office
    se dirigían hacia la frontera they were making o heading for the border
    el buque se dirigía hacia la costa the ship was heading for o toward(s) the coast
    B dirigirse A algn (oralmente) to speak o talk TO sb, address sb ( frml) (por escrito) to write TO sb
    ¿se dirige a mí? are you talking o speaking to me?
    me dirijo a Vd. para solicitarle … ( Corresp) I am writing to request …
    para más información diríjase a … for more information please write to o contact …
    * * *

     

    dirigir ( conjugate dirigir) verbo transitivo
    1
    a) ‹ empresa› to manage, run;

    ‹periódico/revista› to run, edit;
    ‹investigación/tesis› to supervise;
    ‹ debate› to lead, chair;
    ‹ tráfico› to direct
    b) ‹obra/película› to direct;

    ‹ orquesta› to conduct
    2
    a) dirigir algo a algn ‹mensaje/carta› to address sth to sb;

    ‹ críticas› to direct sth to sb;

    no me dirigió la palabra he didn't say a word to me
    b) dirigir algo hacia or a algo/algn ‹ telescopio› to point sth toward(s) sth/sb;

    ‹ pistola› to point sth toward(s) sth/sb;
    dirigir la mirada hacia or a algo/algn to look at sth/sb;

    3 ( encaminar) dirigir algo a hacer algo ‹ esfuerzos› to channel sth into doing sth;
    ‹energía/atención› to direct sth toward(s) doing sth
    dirigirse verbo pronominal
    1 ( encaminarse): dirigirse hacia algo to head for sth
    2 dirigirse a algn ( oralmente) to speak o talk to sb;
    ( por escrito) to write to sb
    dirigir verbo transitivo
    1 (estar al mando de) to direct
    (una empresa) to manage
    (un negocio, una escuela) to run
    (un sindicato, partido) to lead
    (un periódico) to edit
    2 (una orquesta) to conduct
    (una película) to direct
    3 (hacer llegar unas palabras, un escrito) to address
    (una mirada) to give
    4 (encaminar, poner en una dirección) to direct, steer: dirigió el coche hacia la salida, he drove his car to the exit
    dirigió la mirada hacia la caja fuerte, she looked towards the strongbox
    dirigió sus pasos hacia el bosque, he made his way towards the wood
    ' dirigir' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cruzar
    - derivar
    - destinar
    - enchufar
    - enfilar
    - mandar
    - manejar
    - manipular
    - orquestar
    - palabra
    - conducir
    English:
    address
    - aim
    - bend
    - conduct
    - control
    - direct
    - guide
    - lead
    - level
    - manage
    - mastermind
    - operate
    - pitch
    - run
    - shine
    - spearhead
    - steer
    - turn
    - edit
    - head
    - produce
    - target
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [conducir] [coche, barco] to steer;
    [avión] to pilot;
    el canal dirige el agua hacia el interior de la región the canal channels the water towards the interior of the region
    2. [estar al cargo de] [empresa, hotel, hospital] to manage;
    [colegio, cárcel, periódico] to run; [partido, revuelta] to lead; [expedición] to head, to lead; [investigación] to supervise;
    dirige mi tesis, me dirige la tesis he's supervising my thesis, he's my PhD supervisor o US advisor
    3. [película, obra de teatro] to direct;
    [orquesta] to conduct
    4. [apuntar]
    dirigió la mirada hacia la puerta he looked towards the door;
    dirige el telescopio al norte point the telescope towards the north;
    dirigió sus acusaciones a las autoridades her accusations were aimed at the authorities
    5. [dedicar, encaminar]
    nos dirigían miradas de lástima they were giving us pitying looks, they were looking at us pityingly;
    dirigir unas palabras a alguien to speak to sb, to address sb;
    dirige sus esfuerzos a incrementar los beneficios she is directing her efforts towards increasing profits, her efforts are aimed at increasing profits;
    dirigen su iniciativa a conseguir la liberación del secuestrado the aim of their initiative is to secure the release of the prisoner;
    dirigió sus pasos hacia la casa he headed towards the house;
    no me dirigen la palabra they don't speak to me;
    un programa dirigido a los amantes de la música clásica a programme (intended) for lovers of classical music;
    consejos dirigidos a los jóvenes advice aimed at the young
    6. [carta, paquete] to address
    7. [guiar] [persona] to guide
    * * *
    v/t
    1 TEA, película direct; MÚS conduct
    2 COM manage, run
    3
    :
    dirigir una carta a address a letter to;
    dirigir una pregunta a direct a question to
    4 ( conducir) lead
    * * *
    dirigir {35} vt
    1) : to direct, to lead
    2) : to address
    3) : to aim, to point
    4) : to conduct (music)
    * * *
    1. (película, tráfico) to direct
    James Cameron dirigió "Titanic" James Cameron directed "Titanic"
    2. (empresa, equipo) to manage
    ¿quién dirige la selección española? who manages the Spanish national team?
    3. (negocio, organización, sistema) to run [pt. ran; pp. run]
    4. (expedición, investigación, partido) to lead [pt. & pp. led]
    5. (libro, medida) to aim / to direct
    6. (carta, palabras) to address
    7. (orquesta) to conduct

    Spanish-English dictionary > dirigir

  • 20 réglé

    règle [ʀεgl]
    feminine noun
       a. ( = loi) rule
       b. ( = instrument) ruler
       c. ( = menstruation) règles period
       d. (locutions) dans ce métier, la prudence est de règle in this profession, caution is the rule
    • il faut faire la demande dans or selon les règles you must make the request through the proper channels
    ► en règle [comptabilité, papiers] in order ; [attaque, critique] all-out before n
    * * *
    ʀɛgl
    1.
    1) ( instrument) ruler, rule
    2) ( consigne) rule

    respecter les règles du jeu — lit, fig to play the game according to the rules

    dans or selon les règles de l'art — by the rule book

    il se fait une règle or il a pour règle de payer comptant — he makes it a rule to pay cash

    3) ( usage établi) rule

    il est de règle de répondre or qu'on réponde — it is customary to reply


    2.
    règles nom féminin pluriel ( menstruation) period (sg)

    3.
    en règle locution adjective [demande] formal; [papiers, comptes] in order

    4.
    en règle locution adverbiale

    pour passer la frontière, il faut être en règle — to cross the frontier, your papers must be in order

    * * *
    ʀɛɡl
    1. nf
    1) (= instrument) ruler

    Il a souligné son nom avec une règle. — He underlined his name with a ruler.

    2) (= loi, prescription) rule

    C'est la règle. — That's the rule.

    en règle générale — as a rule, as a general rule

    Mes papiers sont en règle. — My papers are in order.

    se mettre en règle [personne] — to put o.s. straight with the authorities

    être de règle (= être de mise) — to be usual

    2. règles nfpl
    PHYSIOLOGIE period sg
    * * *
    A nf
    1 ( instrument) ruler, rule; à la règle with a ruler;
    2 ( consigne) rule; règle de grammaire grammatical rule; règle de conduite rule of conduct; les règles de la bienséance the rules of propriety; la règle du jeu lit, fig the rules of the game; respecter les règles du jeu lit, fig to play the game according to the rules; dans or selon les règles according to the rules; dans or selon les règles de l'art by the rule book; il se fait une règle or il a pour règle de payer comptant he makes it a rule to pay cash;
    3 ( usage établi) rule; c'est la règle that's the rule; en règle générale as a (general) rule; il est de règle de répondre or qu'on réponde it is customary to reply.
    B règles nfpl Physiol period; est-ce qu'elle a ses règles? ( en ce moment) is she having her period?; ( en général) is she having periods?, is she menstruating?
    C en règle loc adj [demande] formal; [avertissement] official; [papiers, comptes] in order; subir un interrogatoire en règle to be given a thorough interrogation.
    D en règle loc adv pour passer la frontière, il faut être en règle to cross the frontier, your papers must be in order; se mettre en règle avec le fisc to get one's tax affairs properly sorted out.
    règle à calcul slide rule; règle graduée graduated ruler; règle d'or golden rule; règle de trois rule of three; règles de sécurité safety regulations.
    ( féminin réglée) [regle] adjectif
    1. [organisé] regular, well-ordered
    2. [rayé ou quadrillé]
    papier réglé ruled ou lined paper
    réglée adjectif féminin

    Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > réglé

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