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2 police

1) поліція, поліцейські; охорона порядку, підтримання порядку

2) нести поліцейську службу, охороняти порядок, підтримувати порядок; забезпечувати поліцейською охороною

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police interrogation of murder suspect — допит поліцією підозрюваного у вбивстві

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4 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 During the sixth century CE, the Suevi kingdom was superseded by yet another Germanic tribe—the Christian Visigoths.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.

    Contemporary Portugal

   Owing to its geographic location on the southwestern most edge of continental Europe, Portugal has been historically in but not of Europe. Almost from the beginning of its existence in the 12th century as an independent monarchy, Portugal turned its back on Europe and oriented itself toward the Atlantic Ocean. After carving out a Christian kingdom on the western portion of the Iberian peninsula, Portuguese kings gradually built and maintained a vast seaborne global empire that became central to the way Portugal understood its individuality as a nation-state. While the creation of this empire allows Portugal to claim an unusual number of "firsts" or distinctions in world and Western history, it also retarded Portugal's economic, social, and political development. It can be reasonably argued that the Revolution of 25 April 1974 was the most decisive event in Portugal's long history because it finally ended Portugal's oceanic mission and view of itself as an imperial power. After the 1974 Revolution, Portugal turned away from its global mission and vigorously reoriented itself toward Europe. Contemporary Portugal is now both in and of Europe.

   The turn toward Europe began immediately after 25 April 1974. Portugal granted independence to its African colonies in 1975. It was admitted to the European Council and took the first steps toward accession to the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1976. On 28 March 1977, the Portuguese government officially applied for EEC membership. Because of Portugal's economic and social backwardness, which would require vast sums of EEC money to overcome, negotiations for membership were long and difficult. Finally, a treaty of accession was signed on 12 June 1985. Portugal officially joined the EEC (the European Union [EU] since 1993) on 1 January 1986. Since becoming a full-fledged member of the EU, Portugal has been steadily overcoming the economic and social underdevelopment caused by its imperial past and is becoming more like the rest of Europe.

   Membership in the EU has speeded up the structural transformation of Portugal's economy, which actually began during the Estado Novo. Investments made by the Estado Novo in Portugal's economy began to shift employment out of the agricultural sector, which, in 1950, accounted for 50 percent of Portugal's economically active population. Today, only 10 percent of the economically active population is employed in the agricultural sector (the highest among EU member states); 30 percent in the industrial sector (also the highest among EU member states); and 60 percent in the service sector (the lowest among EU member states). The economically active population numbers about 5,000,000 employed, 56 percent of whom are women. Women workers are the majority of the workforce in the agricultural and service sectors (the highest among the EU member states). The expansion of the service sector has been primarily in health care and education. Portugal has had the lowest unemployment rates among EU member states, with the overall rate never being more than 10 percent of the active population. Since joining the EU, the number of employers increased from 2.6 percent to 5.8 percent of the active population; self-employed from 16 to 19 percent; and employees from 65 to 70 percent. Twenty-six percent of the employers are women. Unemployment tends to hit younger workers in industry and transportation, women employed in domestic service, workers on short-term contracts, and poorly educated workers. Salaried workers earn only 63 percent of the EU average, and hourly workers only one-third to one-half of that earned by their EU counterparts. Despite having had the second highest growth of gross national product (GNP) per inhabitant (after Ireland) among EU member states, the above data suggest that while much has been accomplished in terms of modernizing the Portuguese economy, much remains to be done to bring Portugal's economy up to the level of the "average" EU member state.

   Membership in the EU has also speeded up changes in Portuguese society. Over the last 30 years, coastalization and urbanization have intensified. Fully 50 percent of Portuguese live in the coastal urban conurbations of Lisbon, Oporto, Braga, Aveiro, Coimbra, Viseu, Évora, and Faro. The Portuguese population is one of the oldest among EU member states (17.3 percent are 65 years of age or older) thanks to a considerable increase in life expectancy at birth (77.87 years for the total population, 74.6 years for men, 81.36 years for women) and one of the lowest birthrates (10.59 births/1,000) in Europe. Family size averages 2.8 persons per household, with the strict nuclear family (one or two generations) in which both parents work being typical. Common law marriages, cohabitating couples, and single-parent households are more and more common. The divorce rate has also increased. "Youth Culture" has developed. The young have their own meeting places, leisure-time activities, and nightlife (bars, clubs, and discos).

   All Portuguese citizens, whether they have contributed or not, have a right to an old-age pension, invalidity benefits, widowed persons' pension, as well as payments for disabilities, children, unemployment, and large families. There is a national minimum wage (€385 per month), which is low by EU standards. The rapid aging of Portugal's population has changed the ratio of contributors to pensioners to 1.7, the lowest in the EU. This has created deficits in Portugal's social security fund.

   The adult literacy rate is about 92 percent. Illiteracy is still found among the elderly. Although universal compulsory education up to grade 9 was achieved in 1980, only 21.2 percent of the population aged 25-64 had undergone secondary education, compared to an EU average of 65.7 percent. Portugal's higher education system currently consists of 14 state universities and 14 private universities, 15 state polytechnic institutions, one Catholic university, and one military academy. All in all, Portugal spends a greater percentage of its state budget on education than most EU member states. Despite this high level of expenditure, the troubled Portuguese education system does not perform well. Early leaving and repetition rates are among the highest among EU member states.

   After the Revolution of 25 April 1974, Portugal created a National Health Service, which today consists of 221 hospitals and 512 medical centers employing 33,751 doctors and 41,799 nurses. Like its education system, Portugal's medical system is inefficient. There are long waiting lists for appointments with specialists and for surgical procedures.

   Structural changes in Portugal's economy and society mean that social life in Portugal is not too different from that in other EU member states. A mass consumption society has been created. Televisions, telephones, refrigerators, cars, music equipment, mobile phones, and personal computers are commonplace. Sixty percent of Portuguese households possess at least one automobile, and 65 percent of Portuguese own their own home. Portuguese citizens are more aware of their legal rights than ever before. This has resulted in a trebling of the number of legal proceeding since 1960 and an eight-fold increase in the number of lawyers. In general, Portuguese society has become more permissive and secular; the Catholic Church and the armed forces are much less influential than in the past. Portugal's population is also much more culturally, religiously, and ethnically diverse, a consequence of the coming to Portugal of hundreds of thousands of immigrants, mainly from former African colonies.

   Portuguese are becoming more cosmopolitan and sophisticated through the impact of world media, the Internet, and the World Wide Web. A prime case in point came in the summer and early fall of 1999, with the extraordinary events in East Timor and the massive Portuguese popular responses. An internationally monitored referendum in East Timor, Portugal's former colony in the Indonesian archipelago and under Indonesian occupation from late 1975 to summer 1999, resulted in a vote of 78.5 percent for rejecting integration with Indonesia and for independence. When Indonesian prointegration gangs, aided by the Indonesian military, responded to the referendum with widespread brutality and threatened to reverse the verdict of the referendum, there was a spontaneous popular outpouring of protest in the cities and towns of Portugal. An avalanche of Portuguese e-mail fell on leaders and groups in the UN and in certain countries around the world as Portugal's diplomats, perhaps to compensate for the weak initial response to Indonesian armed aggression in 1975, called for the protection of East Timor as an independent state and for UN intervention to thwart Indonesian action. Using global communications networks, the Portuguese were able to mobilize UN and world public opinion against Indonesian actions and aided the eventual independence of East Timor on 20 May 2002.

   From the Revolution of 25 April 1974 until the 1990s, Portugal had a large number of political parties, one of the largest Communist parties in western Europe, frequent elections, and endemic cabinet instability. Since the 1990s, the number of political parties has been dramatically reduced and cabinet stability increased. Gradually, the Portuguese electorate has concentrated around two larger parties, the right-of-center Social Democrats (PSD) and the left-of-center Socialist (PS). In the 1980s, these two parties together garnered 65 percent of the vote and 70 percent of the seats in parliament. In 2005, these percentages had risen to 74 percent and 85 percent, respectively. In effect, Portugal is currently a two-party dominant system in which the two largest parties — PS and PSD—alternate in and out of power, not unlike the rotation of the two main political parties (the Regenerators and the Historicals) during the last decades (1850s to 1880s) of the liberal constitutional monarchy. As Portugal's democracy has consolidated, turnout rates for the eligible electorate have declined. In the 1970s, turnout was 85 percent. In Portugal's most recent parliamentary election (2005), turnout had fallen to 65 percent of the eligible electorate.

   Portugal has benefited greatly from membership in the EU, and whatever doubts remain about the price paid for membership, no Portuguese government in the near future can afford to sever this connection. The vast majority of Portuguese citizens see membership in the EU as a "good thing" and strongly believe that Portugal has benefited from membership. Only the Communist Party opposed membership because it reduces national sovereignty, serves the interests of capitalists not workers, and suffers from a democratic deficit. Despite the high level of support for the EU, Portuguese voters are increasingly not voting in elections for the European Parliament, however. Turnout for European Parliament elections fell from 40 percent of the eligible electorate in the 1999 elections to 38 percent in the 2004 elections.

   In sum, Portugal's turn toward Europe has done much to overcome its backwardness. However, despite the economic, social, and political progress made since 1986, Portugal has a long way to go before it can claim to be on a par with the level found even in Spain, much less the rest of western Europe. As Portugal struggles to move from underde-velopment, especially in the rural areas away from the coast, it must keep in mind the perils of too rapid modern development, which could damage two of its most precious assets: its scenery and environment. The growth and future prosperity of the economy will depend on the degree to which the government and the private sector will remain stewards of clean air, soil, water, and other finite resources on which the tourism industry depends and on which Portugal's world image as a unique place to visit rests. Currently, Portugal is investing heavily in renewable energy from solar, wind, and wave power in order to account for about 50 percent of its electricity needs by 2010. Portugal opened the world's largest solar power plant and the world's first commercial wave power farm in 2006.

   An American documentary film on Portugal produced in the 1970s described this little country as having "a Past in Search of a Future." In the years after the Revolution of 25 April 1974, it could be said that Portugal is now living in "a Present in Search of a Future." Increasingly, that future lies in Europe as an active and productive member of the EU.

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5 público

adj.

public, open, overt, communal.

m.

public, paying spectators, assistance, audience.

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público

► adjetivo

1 public

► nombre masculino público

1 (de un espectáculo) audience; (de televisión) audience, viewers plural

■ el público aplaudió entusiasmado the audience applauded warmly

■ no es autor de mucho público he is not a very popular author

■ no hay mucho público hoy there aren't many people today

■ su público la sigue incondicionalmente her fans follow her everywhere

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FRASEOLOGÍA

en público in public

hacer público,-a (comunicado) to announce (publicly)

ser del dominio público to be common knowledge

ser un peligro público to be a public nuisance

el gran público the general public

opinión pública public opinion

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público

► nombre masculino

1 (de un espectáculo) audience; (de televisión) audience, viewers plural

■ el público aplaudió entusiasmado the audience applauded warmly

■ no es autor de mucho público he is not a very popular author

■ no hay mucho público hoy there aren't many people today

■ su público la sigue incondicionalmente her fans follow her everywhere

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1. (f. - pública)
adj.

public
2. noun m.
audience

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1. ADJ

1) (=de los ciudadanos, del Estado) [transporte, teléfono, organismo, gasto] public

la gravedad de la situación es de dominio público — the seriousness of the situation is public knowledge

• colegio público — state school

• dinero público — public money, government funds pl

• es un peligro público en la carretera — he is a danger to the public, he's a public menace on the roads *

• la vía pública — the street, the public highway frm
administración 1), deuda 2), opinión, sector
2) (=no íntimo) [acto, escándalo] public

los acusaron de escándalo público — they were accused of public indecency

se retiró de la vida pública — he retired from public life

• hacer algo público — to make sth public

en un comunicado de prensa hecho público ayer — in a press release issued yesterday

• su incompetencia fue pública y notoria — his incompetence was blatantly obvious o was plain for all to see
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2. SM

1) (=audiencia) (Mús, Teat) audience; (Dep, Taur) spectators pl, crowd; (TV) [en el plató] audience; [en casa] viewers pl, audience

había poco público en la sala — there weren't many people in the audience

apta para todos los públicos — certificate U, G movie (EEUU)

el estadio estaba lleno de público — the stadium was full of spectators, there was a big crowd in the stadium

el público presente en el plató — the studio audience

un programa con gran audiencia de público — a programme with a large number of viewers o a large audience

aviso al público — public notice

• en público — [actuar, hablar] in public; [actuación, presentación, aparición] public

• el gran público — [gen] the general public

escribe para el gran público — she writes for the average reader

público adulto — adult audience

público infantil — children's audience

un programa de televisión dirigido al público infantil — a television programme for children o aimed at a children's audience

público objetivo — (Com) target customers pl ; (TV) target audience

2) (=seguidores)

a) [de periódico, escritor] readers pl, readership

no es lo que quiere nuestro público — it's not what our readers want o our readership wants

un diario para un público muy especializado — a newspaper for a very specialized readership

b) [de cantante] fans pl

su público le sigue siendo fiel — her fans are still loyal to her

3) [de oficina, banco, museo]

nuestros precios están expuestos al público — our prices are displayed publicly

a las dos cerramos al público — we close (to the public) at two o'clock

horario de atención al público — [en bancos] hours of business; [en tiendas] opening hours

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I
adjetivo public

hacer público algo — to announce something

es un peligro público — he's a danger to the public
II
masculino ( en teatro) audience, public; (Dep) spectators (pl); ( de publicación) readership

asistió poco público al partido — few people attended the game, there were few spectators at the game

horario de atención al público — ( en oficinas públicas) opening hours; ( en bancos) hours of business

la exposición está abierta al público — the exhibit (AmE) o (BrE) exhibition is open to the public

película apta para todos los públicos or (CS) para todo público — `G' movie (AmE), `U' film (BrE)

el público en general — the general public

un manual escrito para el gran público — a manual written for the layperson o non-specialist

hablar en público — to speak in public

no le gusta tocar el piano en público — she doesn't like playing the piano in front of an audience

salir al público — (Andes) periódico/revista to come out, appear; noticia/información to be published

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I
adjetivo public

hacer público algo — to announce something

es un peligro público — he's a danger to the public
II
masculino ( en teatro) audience, public; (Dep) spectators (pl); ( de publicación) readership

asistió poco público al partido — few people attended the game, there were few spectators at the game

horario de atención al público — ( en oficinas públicas) opening hours; ( en bancos) hours of business

la exposición está abierta al público — the exhibit (AmE) o (BrE) exhibition is open to the public

película apta para todos los públicos or (CS) para todo público — `G' movie (AmE), `U' film (BrE)

el público en general — the general public

un manual escrito para el gran público — a manual written for the layperson o non-specialist

hablar en público — to speak in public

no le gusta tocar el piano en público — she doesn't like playing the piano in front of an audience

salir al público — (Andes) periódico/revista to come out, appear; noticia/información to be published

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público¹

¹ = audience, public.

Nota: Nombre.

Ex: Various publishers have reputations for specific styles, subject areas or works for specific audiences.

Ex: There is no single public of library users; there are several publics.

* abierto al público = open for public viewing.

* accesible por el público en general = publicly accessible.

* contacto con el público = public contact.

* dedicado al público = public-oriented.

* del público asistente = from the floor.

* derecho sobre el préstamo al público (PLR) = public lending right (PLR).

* dirigido al público = public-oriented.

* disponible al público en general = publicly available.

* dosiers de información para el público = self-help pack of information.

* éxito de público = blockbuster.

* horario de apertura al público = banking hours.

* horario de atención al público = opening hours, hours of operation, banking hours.

* mantenerse alejado de la mirada del público = shun + the public eye, keep out of + the public eye.

* mostrador de atención al público = service desk, public service desk, service counter.

* nivel del público = audience level.

* no estar expuesto al público = be out of the public eye.

* precio de venta al público = cover price, list price, listed price.

* precio de venta al público (P.V.P.) = retail price.

* público adulto = adult audience.

* público al que va dirigido = intended audience, subject audience, target audience, targeted audience.

* público en general = broader audience, broad audience, broad public, broader public.

* público en general, el = general public, the.

* público específico = niche audience.

* público fiel = devoted audience.

* público joven = young audience.

* público obligado a escuchar = captive audience.

* servir a un público de = serve + a population of.

* tiempo durante el cual el ordenador no está disponible al público = down time.

* venta directa al público = sale + over the counter.

público²

² = public, publicly held.

Ex: Data-capture units are light pens, and such units can be made available at various locations in the library for public consultation.

Ex: The article 'Time to climb off the fence' discusses the policy concerning publicly held data both in the USA and Europe.

* administración pública = public administration.

* a juicio público = in the public eye.

* a la opinión pública = in the public eye.

* alteración del orden público = disorderly conduct, public order offence, breach of the peace.

* alterar el orden público = breach + the peace, disturb + the peace.

* alto cargo público = senior public official.

* alumbrado público = street lighting.

* ámbito público, el = public sector, the.

* ante la opinión pública = in the public eye.

* Archivo Británico de Documentos Públicos = British Public Record Office.

* archivo de documentos públicos = record office.

* asamblea pública = public meeting.

* aseo público = public restroom.

* asuntos públicos = public affairs.

* auditor público = public auditor.

* autoridad pública = senior public official.

* azotamiento público = public whipping.

* beneficio público = public interest.

* biblioteca pública = public library, public library service.

* bono de transporte público = travel card.

* campaña de relaciones públicas = public relations campaign.

* castigo público = public whipping.

* concurso público = bidding, tender, tender procedure, tendering, tendering procedure, tendering process.

* concurso público de licitación = competitive tendering.

* con mucho público = well attended [well-attended].

* convocatoria pública = tender, tender procedure, tendering, bid, tendering procedure, tendering process.

* cultura pública = public culture.

* debate público = public debate.

* de carácter público = state-owned, government-owned, state-run, government-run, publicly owned [publicly-owned], publicly supported, publicly held.

* derecho público = public law.

* desorden público = public disorder.

* de titularidad pública = government-owned, state-owned, state-run, government-run, publicly owned [publicly-owned], publicly supported.

* dinero público = public tax money.

* dinero público, el = public's dollars, the.

* dirigente público = senior public official.

* discurso público = public speech.

* edificio público = municipal building, public building.

* empresa de servicios públicos = utility company, public utility.

* empresa pública = public firm.

* encargado de relaciones públicas = public liaison.

* enemigo público = public enemy.

* enemigo público número uno = public enemy number one.

* en público = publicly, in public.

* escándalo público = public scandal.

* esfera pública, la = public sphere, the.

* espacio público = public area, commons.

* espacio público común = commons.

* fijar una nota en un sitio públ = post.

* financiado con dinero público = publicly financed.

* fuerzas del orden público = police force.

* fundación de beneficiencia pública = public trust.

* gasto público = government spending, government expenditure.

* hablar en público = public speaking, speak in + public.

* hacer público = make + public, proclaim, publicise [publicize, -USA], go + public, issue + statement.

* hacerse público = go + live, go + public, come out in + the open.

* huelga del transporte público = public transport strike.

* imagen pública = public image.

* indignación pública = public outrage.

* influir en la opinión pública = influence + public opinion.

* ingresos públicos provenientes del petróleo = oil revenues.

* institución pública = public institution.

* interés público = public interest.

* jardín público = public garden.

* lo público = publicness.

* mantener el orden público = maintain + public order.

* mercado público = public market.

* módulo de catálogo de acceso público en línea = online public access catalogue module.

* monumento público conmemorativo = public memorial.

* notario público = notary.

* NYPL (Biblioteca Pública de Nueva York) = NYPL (New York Public Library).

* obras públicas = public works.

* opinión pública, la = public mind, the.

* ordenadores de uso público = PAWS (Public access workstations).

* orden público = public order.

* organismo de beneficiencia pública = public trust.

* organismo público = public body.

* organizar un acto público = organise + function.

* parque público = public park.

* pegar una nota en un sitio público = post.

* peligro público = public danger.

* personaje público = public figure.

* poner una nota en un sitio público = post.

* protesta pública = public protest.

* relaciones públicas = public relations (PR), public liaison.

* reunión pública = public meeting.

* reyerta pública = affray.

* sacar a concurso público = tender for, tender out.

* sacar a convocatoria pública = tender for, tender out, bid.

* sacar a relucir los trapos sucios en público = air + dirty linen in public.

* sector público, el = public sector, the.

* seguridad pública = public safety.

* servicio público = amenity, utility service.

* sistema de transporte público = public transport system.

* sistema de videotexto público = public viewdata system.

* transporte local público = local public transport.

* transporte público = public transportation.

* transporte urbano público = local public transport.

* turbar el orden público = disturb + the peace, breach + the peace.

* uso público en la propia biblioteca = in-library use.

* vereda pública = public footpath.

* vida pública = public life.

* zona pública = public area.

* * *

público¹ -ca

adjective

1 ‹transporte/teléfono/bienestar› public; ‹acto/lugar/establecimiento› public

conduciendo es un peligro público he's a public menace o a danger to the public when he's behind the wheel

2 (del Estado) ‹gasto/sector/organismo› public administración, deuda, etc

3 (conocido por todos) ‹escándalo› public

cuando hicieron pública la fecha when they announced the date, when they made the date public

4 ‹vida› public

público²

masculine

(en un teatro) audience, public; ( Dep) spectators (pl)

asistió muy poco público al partido very few people attended the game, there were very few spectators at the game

se concentró gran cantidad de público frente al palacio a great crowd gathered in front of the palace

[ S ] horario de atención al público (en oficinas públicas) opening hours; (en bancos) hours of business

la exposición está abierta al público the exhibit ( AmE) o ( BrE) exhibition is open to the public

películas aptas para todos los públicos or (CS) para todo público `G' movies ( AmE), `U' films ( BrE)

la obra está pensada para un público joven the play is aimed at a young audience

el público televidente or telespectador the (television) viewing public

su público le ha permanecido fiel a través de los años her fans have remained loyal to her over the years

el público en general the general public

un programa para un público que quiere mantenerse informado a program for people who want to keep informed

una revista para un público muy especializado a magazine aimed at a very specialized readership

un libro de ordenadores escrito para el gran público a book on computers written for the layperson o non-specialist

escribe novelas destinadas a complacer al gran público she writes popular fiction

se pone muy nervioso cuando habla en público he gets very nervous when he has to speak in public

no le gusta tocar el piano en público she doesn't like playing the piano in front of an audience

salir al público ( Andes) «periódico/revista» to come out, appear, be published;

«noticia/información» to be published

* * *

Del verbo publicar: ( conjugate publicar)

publico es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

publicó es:

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

Multiple Entries:
publicar
público
publicar ( conjugate publicar) verbo transitivo
a) ‹artículo/noticia› to publish

b) ( divulgar) to divulge, disclose

público 1
◊ -ca adjetivo

public;
hacer público algo to announce sth;
es un peligro público he's a danger to the public
público 2 sustantivo masculino ( en teatro) audience, public;

(Dep) spectators (pl);
( on signs) horario de atención al público ( en oficinas públicas) opening hours;
( en bancos) hours of business;
◊ película apta para todo(s) (los) público(s) `G' movie (AmE), `U' film (BrE);

el público en general the general public;
en público ‹ hablar› in public;

‹cantar/bailar› in front of an audience;
◊ salir al público (Andes) [periódico/revista] to come out, appear;

[noticia/información] to be published
publicar verbo transitivo
1 (libro, etc) to publish: publicó su primera novela, she published her first novel
2 (divulgar) to publicize
público,-a
I adjetivo
1 public
hacer público algo, to announce sthg
2 (de control estatal) public
una biblioteca pública, a public library
un colegio público, a state school
una empresa pública, a state-owned company
II sustantivo masculino
1 public: el museo cierra al público los lunes, the museum closes to the public on Mondays
una película para todos los públicos, a film suitable for the general public
2 Cine Teat audience
3 (en deporte) crowd, spectators pl
4 (de publicaciones) readership
♦ Locuciones: en público, in public
ser de dominio público, to be common knowledge
' público' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abarrotar
- acto
- afluencia
- alteración
- alumbrada
- alumbrado
- antro
- atizar
- audiencia
- auditorio
- cachondeo
- colegio
- concurrencia
- conocer
- consejo
- conserje
- desalojo
- desarrollarse
- desorden
- dominio
- electrizar
- encantar
- enmudecer
- erario
- expectante
- farol
- funcionaria
- funcionario
- galería
- íntima
- íntimo
- mezclarse
- opositor
- opositora
- parque
- peligro
- portera
- portero
- privada
- privado
- publicar
- pública
- PVP
- reparo
- revisor
- revisora
- sala
- sector
- sentenciar
- sombra
English:
address
- Amtrak
- appear
- appearance
- applaud
- appreciative
- arouse
- audience
- boo
- breach
- break
- cannon
- clinic
- coinbox
- come on
- crowd
- curtail
- declare
- decree
- disorder
- disorderly
- disturb
- domain
- general public
- grip
- hiss
- hoot
- lavatory
- mainstream
- menace
- open
- out
- pay phone
- phone-in
- pitch
- promenade concert
- public
- public convenience
- public funds
- publicize
- purse
- release
- request
- responsive
- restricted
- retail
- retail price
- roar
- speaker
- state

* * *

público, -a

♦ adj

1. [colegio, transporte, teléfono, servicio] public;

en público in public;

no le gusta hablar en público she doesn't like speaking in public;

hacer algo público to make sth public;

personaje público public figure;

un acto público en honor al escritor fallecido a public ceremony in honour of the late writer;

ese andamio es un peligro público that scaffolding is a danger to the public;

eso es de dominio público that's public knowledge

2. [del Estado] public;

el sector público the public sector;

un funcionario público a public sector worker

3. [conocido] public;

ser público to be common knowledge

♦ nm

1. [en espectáculo] audience;
[en encuentro deportivo] crowd;
una película dirigida al público infantil a movie aimed at young audiences;

para todos los públicos, CSur [m5] para todo público (suitable) for all ages;
[película] Br ≈ U, US ≈ G;
muy poco público asistió al encuentro very few people attended the game;

tiene un público fiel she has a loyal following

2. [comunidad] public;

el gran público the (general) public;

abierto al público open to the public

* * *

público

I adj public; escuela public, Br

state;

hacer público make public, announce;

hacerse público become public o known

II m public; TEA audience; DEP spectators pl, crowd;

el gran público the general public;

en público in public

* * *

público, -ca adj

: public

♦ públicamente adv

público nm

1) : public

2) : audience, spectators pl

* * *

público¹ adj

1. (en general) public

transporte público public transport

teléfono público public telephone

2. (del Estado) state

un colegio público a state school

público² n

1. (en general) public

no está abierto al público it isn't open to the public

2. (en un cine, teatro, etc) audience

un público infantil an audience of children

3. (en un estadio, etc) crowd / spectators

el público aclamó a los atletas the spectators applauded the athletes

en público in public

Spanish-English dictionary > público
6 department

dɪˈpɑ:tmənt сущ.
1) (подразделение в каком-л. учреждении, заведении) а) отдел, отделение accounting department accounts department infants department postnatal department admission department casualty department emergency department finance department fire department health department intelligence department line department pathologic pregnancy department personnel department police department recreation department sanitation department service department б) воен. войсковой округ в) факультет, кафедра anthropology department ≈ кафедра антропологии astronomy department ≈ кафедра астрономии biology department ≈ кафедра биологии chemistry department ≈ кафедра химии classics department ≈ кафедра классической филологии economics department ≈ кафедра экономики English department ≈ кафедра английского языка geology department ≈ кафедра геологии history department ≈ кафедра истории linguistics department ≈ кафедра лингвистики mathematics department ≈ кафедра математики music department ≈ кафедра музыки philosophy department ≈ кафедра философии physics department ≈ кафедра физики germanic philology department ≈ кафедра германской филологии political science department ≈ кафедра политологии psychology department ≈ кафедра психологии Slavic, Slavonic department ≈ кафедра славистики sociology department ≈ кафедра социологии
2) а) ведомство, департамент, министерство The regulation of other departments subordinate to the Treasury. ≈ Управление другими ведомствами, подчиненными Казначейству. State Department Department of the Navy б) департамент (единица административного деления Французской Республики)
3) область, отрасль (науки, знания) Syn: branch, province отдел;
отделение - press * отдел печати - export * отдел экспорта - accounting /accountant's/ * бухгалтерия - letters * отдел писем (в газете, журнале и т. п.) - first * первый отдел - dispatch * экспедиция помещение, занимаемое отделом и т. п. цех магазин - fancy goods * галантерейный магазин, галантерея департамент;
управление;
служба - Factory D. промышленное управление - Science and Art D. управление по делам науки и искусства - Water D. департамент водоснабжения (при муниципалитете) (американизм) министерство, ведомство - State D., D. of State государственный департамент, министерство иностранных дел - D. of Defense министерство обороны - D. of the Navy министерство военно-морского флота - D. of the Air Force министерство военно-воздушных сил - D. of the Army министерство сухопутных сил - D. of health, Education and Welfare министерство здравоохранения, просвещения и социального обеспечения власть - legislative * законодательная власть факультет;
кафедра - physics * физический факультет - the * of modern langauges кафедра новых языков административная область;
округ;
департамент (особ. во Франции) - the D. of Seine and Oise департамент Сены и Уазы войсковой, военный округ отрасль, область (знаний, науки) - * of knowledge /learning/ отрасль знаний accounting ~ бухгалтерия accounting ~ главная бухгалтерия компании accounts ~ бюро отчетности accounts ~ отдел расчетов accounts ~ отдел финансовых отчетов accounts receivable ~ отдел учета дебиторской задолженности advertising ~ отдел рекламы aerological ~ аэрологическое отделение appeals ~ отдел по апелляциям appellate ~ отдел по апелляциям archives ~ архивный отдел assistant head of ~ заместитель начальника отдела audit ~ ревизионный отдел bank ~ отделение банка bank investment ~ отдел банковских инвестиций bank trust ~ отдел доверительных операций банка bank trust ~ трастовый отдел банка billing ~ отдел выписки счетов bookkeeping ~ бухгалтерия budget ~ бюджетный отдел cartage ~ отдел перевозок cash ~ касса в банке cash ~ кассово-контрольный пункт cash ~ кассовый отдел central customs administration ~ отдел управления центральной таможни city treasurer's ~ департамент городского казначея claims ~ отдел претензий claims ~ отдел рекламаций commercial ~ коммерческий отдел commercial ~ торговый отдел complaints ~ отдел рекламаций correspondence ~ отдел корреспонденции data processing ~ вчт. отдел обработки данных department ведомство;
департамент ~ ведомство ~ войсковой округ ~ департамент ~ кафедра ~ магазин ~ министерство ~ амер. министерство;
State Department государственный департамент (министерство иностранных дел США) ;
Department of the Navy военно-морское министерство США ~ область, отрасль (науки, знания) ~ отдел, министерство, департамент ~ отдел;
отделение;
the men's clothing department отдел мужского готового платья (в магазине) ~ отдел ~ отделение ~ отрасль ~ служба ~ управление ~ факультет ~ цех, отделение ~ цех Department: Department: Inland Revenue ~ Управление налоговых сборов (Великобритания) department: department: inspection ~ отдел технического контроля Department: Department: Prime Minister's ~ канцелярия премьер-министра department: department: production ~ производственное подразделение Department: Department: State ~ государственный департамент (США) department: department: stock ~ отдел ценных бумаг( банка) Department: Department: Treasury ~ министерство финансов( США) department: department: trustee ~ отдел доверительных операций ~ attr. ведомственный;
относящийся к ведомству;
department hospital районный госпиталь ~ attr. ведомственный;
относящийся к ведомству;
department hospital районный госпиталь ~ of head office отдел главной конторы ~ of social affairs and health департамент по социальным вопросам и здравоохранению ~ амер. министерство;
State Department государственный департамент (министерство иностранных дел США) ;
Department of the Navy военно-морское министерство США dispatch ~ отдел отправки dispatch ~ экспедиция export ~ отдел экспорта finance ~ финансовый отдел fire ~ отделение пожарной охраны foreign ~ иностранный отдел forwarding ~ экспедиторское отделение goods receiving ~ отдел приемки товаров government ~ правительственное ведомство government ~ правительственное учреждение department: inspection ~ отдел технического контроля international ~ международный отдел international sales ~ отделение международной торговли inventory accounting ~ отдел учета запасов invoicing ~ отдел выписки счетов-фактур layout ~ отдел макетирования legal ~ юридический отдел loan ~ ссудный отдел банка machinery ~ машинное отделение mail ~ почтовое отделение maintenance ~ вчт. отдел технического обслуживания maintenance ~ отдел технического обслуживания marketing ~ коммерческий отдел marketing ~ отдел сбыта media ~ отдел средств рекламы ~ отдел;
отделение;
the men's clothing department отдел мужского готового платья (в магазине) municipal ~ муниципальный отдел municipal treasurer's ~ финансовый отдел муниципалитета off-line ~ самостоятельный отдел operational ~ производственный отдел order ~ отдел заказов out-patient ~ амбулаторное отделение packing ~ отдел упаковки packing ~ отдел фасовки payroll ~ отдел труда и зарплаты payroll ~ финансовая часть pension ~ пенсионный отдел personnel ~ отдел кадров personnel: ~ management руководство кадрами;
personnel department отдел кадров или личного состава planning ~ отдел планирования planning ~ плановый отдел political ~ исполнительная и законодательная власть political ~ политическая власть political ~ политический отдел postal ~ почтовое отделение department: production ~ производственное подразделение production ~ производственный отдел production ~ цех основного профиля производства project ~ проектный отдел public prosecutions ~ прокуратура public relations ~ отдел по связям с общественными организациями relations: public ~ department отдел информации коммерческого предприятия;
public relations officer служащий отдела информации;
public relations man агент по рекламе public ~ department пресс-бюро;
отдел информации publicity ~ отдел рекламы и пропаганды purchasing ~ отдел закупок purchasing ~ отдел материально-технического снабжения real estate ~ отдел, ведущий операции с недвижимостью records ~ отдел учета relevant government ~ компетентный правительственный орган research ~ научно-исследовательский отдел safe-custody ~ отдел охраны банка safe-custody ~ служба охраны банка safe-deposit ~ отдел вкладов банка sales ~ отдел сбыта securities ~ отдел ценных бумаг security ~ отдел банка, специализирующийся на управлении портфелем ценных бумаг service ~ отдел обслуживания shipping ~ отдел отгрузки продукции social services ~ отдел социальных услуг spending ~ отдел расходов staff ~ отдел главной конторы staff ~ отдел кадров standards ~ отдел стандартов ~ амер. министерство;
State Department государственный департамент (министерство иностранных дел США) ;
Department of the Navy военно-морское министерство США Department: Department: State ~ государственный департамент (США) department: stock ~ отдел ценных бумаг (банка) systems ~ вчт. отдел систем trading ~ торговый отдел department: trustee ~ отдел доверительных операций vaults ~ помещение банка для сейфов veterinary ~ ветеринарное отделение

Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > department
7 power

1. noun
1) (ability) Kraft, die

do all in one's power to help somebody — alles in seiner Macht od. seinen Kräften Stehende tun, um jemandem zu helfen

2) (faculty) Fähigkeit, die; Vermögen, das (geh.); (talent) Begabung, die; Talent, das

psychic powers — übersinnliche Kräfte

powers of persuasion — Überredungskünste

3) (vigour, intensity) (of sun's rays) Kraft, die; (of sermon, performance) Eindringlichkeit, die; (solidity, physical strength) Kraft, die; (of a blow) Wucht, die

4) (authority) Macht, die, Herrschaft, die ( over über + Akk.)

she was in his power — sie war in seiner Gewalt

5) (personal ascendancy)

[exercise/get] power — Einfluss [ausüben/gewinnen] ( over auf + Akk.)

6) (political or social ascendancy) Macht, die

hold power — an der Macht sein

come into power — an die Macht kommen

balance of power — Kräftegleichgewicht, das

hold the balance of power — das Zünglein an der Waage sein

7) (authorization) Vollmacht, die

8) (influential person) Autorität, die; (influential thing) Machtfaktor, der

be the power behind the throne — (Polit.) die graue Eminenz sein

the powers that be — die maßgeblichen Stellen; die da oben (ugs.)

9) (State) Macht, die

10) (coll.): (large amount) Menge, die (ugs.)

do somebody a power of good — jemandem außerordentlich gut tun

11) (Math.) Potenz, die

3 to the power of 4 — 3 hoch 4

12) (mechanical, electrical) Kraft, die; (electric current) Strom, der; (of loudspeaker, engine, etc.) Leistung, die

13) (deity) Macht, die

the powers of darkness — die Mächte der Finsternis
2. transitive verb
[Treibstoff, Dampf, Strom, Gas:] antreiben; [Batterie:] mit Energie versehen od. versorgen

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noun

1) ((an) ability: A witch has magic power; A cat has the power of seeing in the dark; He no longer has the power to walk.) die Kraft

2) (strength, force or energy: muscle power; water-power; ( also adjective) a power tool (=a tool operated by electricity etc. not by hand).) die Kraft; mit Elektrizität betrieben

3) (authority or control: political groups fighting for power; How much power does the Queen have?; I have him in my power at last) die Macht

4) (a right belonging to eg a person in authority: The police have the power of arrest.) die Befugnis

5) (a person with great authority or influence: He is quite a power in the town.) einflußreiche Persönlichkeit

6) (a strong and influential country: the Western powers.) die Macht

7) (the result obtained by multiplying a number by itself a given number of times: 2 × 2 × 2 or 2³ is the third power of 2, or 2 to the power of 3.) die Potenz

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pow·er

[ˈpaʊəʳ, AM -ɚ]

I. n

1. no pl (control) Macht f; (influence) Einfluss m

gay/black \power movement Schwulenbewegung f/schwarze Bürgerrechtsbewegung

to be in sb's \power völlig unter jds Einfluss stehen

to have sb in one's \power jdn in seiner Gewalt haben

to have \power over sb/sth (control) Macht über jdn/etw haben; (influence) Einfluss auf jdn/etw haben

he has a mysterious \power over her sie ist ihm auf eine rätselhafte Art verfallen

2. no pl (political control) Macht f

absolute \power absolute Macht

to come to \power an die Macht kommen

executive/legislative \power die exekutive/legislative Gewalt

to fall from \power die Macht abgeben müssen

to be in/out of \power an der Macht/nicht an der Macht sein

to restore sb to \power jdn wieder an die Macht bringen

to be returned to \power wieder [o erneut] an die Macht kommen

to seize \power die Macht ergreifen [o übernehmen

3. (nation) [Führungs]macht f

industrial/military \power Industriemacht/Militärmacht f

naval [or sea] \power Seemacht f

nuclear \power Atommacht f

the West's leading \powers die westlichen Führungsmächte

world \power Weltmacht f

4. (person, group) Macht f; (person also) treibende Kraft

▪ \powers pl (group) Kräfte pl

she is becoming an increasingly important \power in the company sie wird innerhalb des Unternehmens zunehmend wichtiger

Mother Teresa was a \power for good Mutter Teresa hat viel Gutes bewirkt

the \powers of darkness die Mächte pl der Finsternis

5. no pl (right) Berechtigung f, Befugnis f

it is [with]in my \power to order your arrest ich bin dazu berechtigt, Sie unter Arrest zu stellen

to have the \power of veto das Vetorecht haben

6. (authority)

▪ \powers pl Kompetenz[en] f[pl]

to act beyond one's \powers seine Kompetenzen überschreiten

to give sb full \powers to do sth jdn bevollmächtigen, etw zu tun

7. no pl (ability) Vermögen nt, Macht f

it is beyond my \power to... es steht nicht in meiner Macht,...

the doctors will soon have it within their \power to... die Ärzte werden bald in der Lage sein,...

\power of absorption Absorptionsvermögen nt

to do everything in one's \power alles in seiner Macht Stehende tun

to have the [or have it in one's] \power to do sth die Fähigkeit haben, etw zu tun, etw tun können

they have the \power to destroy us sie haben die Macht, uns zu zerstören

8. (skills)

▪ \powers pl Vermögen nt kein pl, Fähigkeiten pl

\powers of concentration Konzentrationsfähigkeit f

\powers of endurance Durchhaltevermögen nt

to be at the height [or peak] of one's \powers auf dem Höhepunkt seiner Leistungsfähigkeit sein

intellectual/mental \powers intellektuelle/geistige Fähigkeiten

\powers of observation Beobachtungsfähigkeit f

\powers of persuasion Überzeugungskraft f

9. no pl (strength) Kraft f, Stärke f; (of sea, wind, explosion) Gewalt f; (of nation, political party) Stärke f, Macht f

economic \power Wirtschaftsmacht f

explosive \power Sprengkraft f a. fig

military \power militärische Stärke

10. no pl (emotion) Intensität f; of words Macht f

a poet of immense \power eine Dichterin von unglaublicher Ausdruckskraft

11. no pl (electricity) Strom m, Elektrizität f

to cut off the \power den Strom abstellen

to disconnect the \power den Strom abschalten

hydroelectric \power Wasserkraft f

nuclear \power Atomenergie f

solar \power Solarenergie f, Sonnenenergie f

source of \power Energiequelle f, Energielieferant m

12. no pl (output) Leistung f, Kraft f

full \power ahead! volle Kraft voraus!

13. no pl (dioptres) Stärke f

what's the magnification \power of your binoculars? wie stark ist Ihr Fernglas?

14. no pl MATH Potenz f

\power of ten Zehnerpotenz f

two to the \power [of] four [or to the fourth \power] zwei hoch vier

three raised to the \power of six drei in die sechste Potenz erhoben

15.

▶ the \powers that be die Mächtigen

it's up to the \powers that be to decide what... sollen die da oben doch entscheiden, was... fam

▶ to do sb a \power of good ( fam) jdm wirklich gut tun

▶ more \power to your elbow [or AM to you]! nur zu!, viel Erfolg!

▶ \power behind the throne graue Eminenz

II. n modifier

1. (electric) (source, supply) Strom-

\power failure [or loss] Stromausfall m

\power industry Energiewirtschaft f

\power output elektrische Leistung, Stromleistung f

\power switch [Strom]schalter m

2. (political) (block, game, structure) Macht-

\power politics Machtpolitik f

\power struggle Machtkampf m

\power vacuum Machtvakuum nt

III. vi

1. (speed)

▪ to \power somewhere irgendwohin sausen [o fam rasen

2. (work hard) sich akk mächtig ins Zeug legen fam

IV. vt

▪ to \power sth etw antreiben

diesel-\powered trucks Lkws mit Dieselantrieb

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['paʊə(r)]
1. n

1) no pl (= physical strength) Kraft f; (= force of blow, explosion etc) Stärke f, Gewalt f, Wucht f; (fig of argument etc) Überzeugungskraft f

the power of love/logic/tradition — die Macht der Liebe/Logik/Tradition

earning power — mögliche Verdiensthöhe

purchasing or spending power — Kaufkraft f

2) (= faculty, ability of hearing, imagination) Vermögen nt no pl

his powers of hearing — sein Hörvermögen nt

mental/hypnotic powers — geistige/hypnotische Kräfte pl

to weaken their power(s) of resistance — um ihre Widerstandskraft zu schwächen

3) (= capacity, ability to help etc) Macht f

he did all in his power to help them —

it's beyond my power or not within my power to... — es steht nicht in meiner Macht, zu...

4) (no pl = sphere or strength of influence, authority) Macht f; (JUR, parental) Gewalt f; (usu pl = thing one has authority to do) Befugnis f

he has the power to act — er ist handlungsberechtigt

the power of the police/of the law — die Macht der Polizei/des Gesetzes

to be in sb's power — in jds Gewalt (dat) sein

that does not fall within my power(s) — das fällt nicht in meinen Machtbereich

that is beyond or outside my power(s) — das überschreitet meine Befugnisse

power of attorney (Jur) — (Handlungs)vollmacht f

the party now in power — die Partei, die im Augenblick an der Macht ist

to fall from power — abgesetzt werden

to come into power — an die Macht kommen

they have no power over economic matters — in Wirtschaftsfragen haben sie keine Befugnisse

I have no power over her — ich habe keine Gewalt über sie

he has been given full power(s) to make all decisions —

that man has no power over his destiny — dass der Mensch keine Gewalt über sein Schicksal hat

"student/worker power" — "Macht den Studenten/Arbeitern"

5) (= person or institution having authority) Autorität f, Machtfaktor m

to be the power behind the scenes/throne — die graue Eminenz sein

the powers that be (inf) — die da oben (inf)

the powers of darkness/evil — die Mächte der Finsternis/des Bösen

6) (= nation) Macht f

a four-power conference — eine Viermächtekonferenz

a naval power — eine Seemacht

7) (= source of energy nuclear, electric power etc) Energie f; (of water, steam) Energie f, Kraft f

power on/off (technical device) —

the ship made port under her own power — das Schiff lief mit eigener Kraft in den Hafen ein

8) (of engine, machine, loudspeakers, transmitter) Leistung f; (of microscope, lens, sun's rays, drug, chemical) Stärke f

the power of suggestion —

a low-power microscope a 10-power magnification — ein schwaches Mikroskop eine 10fache Vergrößerung

microwave on full power for one minute — eine Minute bei voller Leistung in der Mikrowelle erhitzen

9) (MATH) Potenz f

to the power (of) 2 — hoch 2, in der 2. Potenz

to raise 2 to the power (of) 5 — 2 mit 5 potenzieren

10) (inf

= a lot of) a power of help — eine wertvolle or große Hilfe

that did me a power of good — das hat mir unheimlich gutgetan (inf)

2. vt
(engine) antreiben; (fuel) betreiben
powered by electricity/by jet engines — mit Elektro-/Düsenantrieb

as he powers his way down the straight — wie er die Gerade entlangbraust

he powered the ball into the net — er schoss den Ball mit Wucht ins Netz

3. vi
(runner, racing car) rasen
he powered away from the rest of the field — er raste dem übrigen Feld davon

the swimmer powered through the water —

we're powering through the work now — unsere Arbeit geht jetzt mit Riesenschritten voran

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power [ˈpaʊə(r)]

A s

1. Kraft f, Stärke f, Macht f, Vermögen n:

it was out of ( oder not in) his power to do it es stand nicht in seiner Macht, es zu tun;

more power to your elbow! bes Br umg viel Erfolg!;

do all in one’s power alles tun, was in seiner Macht steht;

it is beyond my power es übersteigt meine Kraft

2. (auch physische) Kraft, Energie f

3. Wucht f, Gewalt f, Kraft f

4. meist pl

a) (hypnotische etc) Kräfte pl

b) (geistige) Fähigkeiten pl:

power to concentrate, power(s) of concentration Konzentrationsvermögen n, -fähigkeit f; → observation A 3, persuasion 2 Talent n

5. Macht f, Gewalt f, Autorität f, Herrschaft f ( alle:

over über akk):

the power of money die Macht des Geldes;

be in power an der Macht oder umg am Ruder sein;

be in sb’s power in jemandes Gewalt sein;

come into power an die Macht oder umg ans Ruder kommen, zur Macht gelangen;

have sb in one’s power jemanden in seiner Gewalt haben;

have (no) power over sb (keinen) Einfluss auf jemanden haben; → key¹ A 1

6. JUR (Handlungs-, Vertretungs)Vollmacht f, Befugnis f:

power of testation Testierfähigkeit f; → attorney b, full¹ A 11, go beyond

7. POL Gewalt f (als Staatsfunktion): → legislative A 1, separation 1, etc

8. POL (Macht)Befugnis f, (Amts)Gewalt f

9. POL Macht f, Staat m: → Great Powers

10. Machtfaktor m, einflussreiche Stelle oder Person:

the powers that be die maßgeblichen (Regierungs)Stellen;

power behind the throne graue Eminenz

11. höhere Macht:

the heavenly powers die himmlischen Mächte; → darkness 4

12. Powers pl REL Mächte pl (6. Ordnung der Engel)

13. umg Menge f:

a power of people;

it did him a power of good es hat ihm unwahrscheinlich gutgetan

14. MATH Potenz f:

power series Potenzreihe f;

raise to the third power in die dritte Potenz erheben

15. ELEK, PHYS Kraft f, Leistung f, Energie f:

power per unit surface ( oder area) Flächenleistung

16. ELEK (Stark)Strom m

17. RADIO, TV Sendestärke f

18. TECH

a) mechanische Kraft, Antriebskraft f

b) → horsepower 1:

power on

a) mit laufendem Motor,

b) (mit) Vollgas;

power off mit abgestelltem Motor, im Leerlauf;

under one’s own power mit eigener Kraft, fig a. unter eigener Regie

19. OPT Vergrößerungskraft f, (Brenn)Stärke f (einer Linse)

B v/t TECH mit (mechanischer etc) Kraft betreiben, antreiben, (mit Motor) ausrüsten: → rocket-powered

C v/i TECH mit Motorkraft fahren

p. abk

1. page S.

2. part T.

3. LING participle Part.

4. past

5. Br penny, pence

6. per

7. post, after

8. power

P abk

1. parking

2. (Schach) pawn

3. PHYS power;

4. PHYS pressure

pr abk

1. pair

2. paper

3. power

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1. noun
1) (ability) Kraft, die

do all in one's power to help somebody — alles in seiner Macht od. seinen Kräften Stehende tun, um jemandem zu helfen

2) (faculty) Fähigkeit, die; Vermögen, das (geh.); (talent) Begabung, die; Talent, das

psychic powers — übersinnliche Kräfte

powers of persuasion — Überredungskünste

3) (vigour, intensity) (of sun's rays) Kraft, die; (of sermon, performance) Eindringlichkeit, die; (solidity, physical strength) Kraft, die; (of a blow) Wucht, die

4) (authority) Macht, die, Herrschaft, die ( over über + Akk.)

she was in his power — sie war in seiner Gewalt

5) (personal ascendancy)

[exercise/get] power — Einfluss [ausüben/gewinnen] ( over auf + Akk.)

6) (political or social ascendancy) Macht, die

hold power — an der Macht sein

come into power — an die Macht kommen

balance of power — Kräftegleichgewicht, das

hold the balance of power — das Zünglein an der Waage sein

7) (authorization) Vollmacht, die

8) (influential person) Autorität, die; (influential thing) Machtfaktor, der

be the power behind the throne — (Polit.) die graue Eminenz sein

the powers that be — die maßgeblichen Stellen; die da oben (ugs.)

9) (State) Macht, die

10) (coll.): (large amount) Menge, die (ugs.)

do somebody a power of good — jemandem außerordentlich gut tun

11) (Math.) Potenz, die

3 to the power of 4 — 3 hoch 4

12) (mechanical, electrical) Kraft, die; (electric current) Strom, der; (of loudspeaker, engine, etc.) Leistung, die

13) (deity) Macht, die

the powers of darkness — die Mächte der Finsternis
2. transitive verb
[Treibstoff, Dampf, Strom, Gas:] antreiben; [Batterie:] mit Energie versehen od. versorgen

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(of) n.

Macht ¨-e (über) f. (exponent, Mathematics) n.

Potenz (n-te von x)

(Mathematik) f. n.

Einfluss -¨e m.

Energie -n f.

Herrschaft f.

Kraft ¨-e f.

Leistung -en f.

Potenz -en f.

Strom ¨-e m.

Vermögen - n.

English-german dictionary > power
8 público2

² = public, publicly held.

Ex. Data-capture units are light pens, and such units can be made available at various locations in the library for public consultation.

Ex. The article 'Time to climb off the fence' discusses the policy concerning publicly held data both in the USA and Europe.

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* administración pública = public administration.

* a juicio público = in the public eye.

* a la opinión pública = in the public eye.

* alteración del orden público = disorderly conduct, public order offence, breach of the peace.

* alterar el orden público = breach + the peace, disturb + the peace.

* alto cargo público = senior public official.

* alumbrado público = street lighting.

* ámbito público, el = public sector, the.

* ante la opinión pública = in the public eye.

* Archivo Británico de Documentos Públicos = British Public Record Office.

* archivo de documentos públicos = record office.

* asamblea pública = public meeting.

* aseo público = public restroom.

* asuntos públicos = public affairs.

* auditor público = public auditor.

* autoridad pública = senior public official.

* azotamiento público = public whipping.

* beneficio público = public interest.

* biblioteca pública = public library, public library service.

* bono de transporte público = travel card.

* campaña de relaciones públicas = public relations campaign.

* castigo público = public whipping.

* concurso público = bidding, tender, tender procedure, tendering, tendering procedure, tendering process.

* concurso público de licitación = competitive tendering.

* con mucho público = well attended [well-attended].

* convocatoria pública = tender, tender procedure, tendering, bid, tendering procedure, tendering process.

* cultura pública = public culture.

* debate público = public debate.

* de carácter público = state-owned, government-owned, state-run, government-run, publicly owned [publicly-owned], publicly supported, publicly held.

* derecho público = public law.

* desorden público = public disorder.

* de titularidad pública = government-owned, state-owned, state-run, government-run, publicly owned [publicly-owned], publicly supported.

* dinero público = public tax money.

* dinero público, el = public's dollars, the.

* dirigente público = senior public official.

* discurso público = public speech.

* edificio público = municipal building, public building.

* empresa de servicios públicos = utility company, public utility.

* empresa pública = public firm.

* encargado de relaciones públicas = public liaison.

* enemigo público = public enemy.

* enemigo público número uno = public enemy number one.

* en público = publicly, in public.

* escándalo público = public scandal.

* esfera pública, la = public sphere, the.

* espacio público = public area, commons.

* espacio público común = commons.

* fijar una nota en un sitio públ = post.

* financiado con dinero público = publicly financed.

* fuerzas del orden público = police force.

* fundación de beneficiencia pública = public trust.

* gasto público = government spending, government expenditure.

* hablar en público = public speaking, speak in + public.

* hacer público = make + public, proclaim, publicise [publicize, -USA], go + public, issue + statement.

* hacerse público = go + live, go + public, come out in + the open.

* huelga del transporte público = public transport strike.

* imagen pública = public image.

* indignación pública = public outrage.

* influir en la opinión pública = influence + public opinion.

* ingresos públicos provenientes del petróleo = oil revenues.

* institución pública = public institution.

* interés público = public interest.

* jardín público = public garden.

* lo público = publicness.

* mantener el orden público = maintain + public order.

* mercado público = public market.

* módulo de catálogo de acceso público en línea = online public access catalogue module.

* monumento público conmemorativo = public memorial.

* notario público = notary.

* NYPL (Biblioteca Pública de Nueva York) = NYPL (New York Public Library).

* obras públicas = public works.

* opinión pública, la = public mind, the.

* ordenadores de uso público = PAWS (Public access workstations).

* orden público = public order.

* organismo de beneficiencia pública = public trust.

* organismo público = public body.

* organizar un acto público = organise + function.

* parque público = public park.

* pegar una nota en un sitio público = post.

* peligro público = public danger.

* personaje público = public figure.

* poner una nota en un sitio público = post.

* protesta pública = public protest.

* relaciones públicas = public relations (PR), public liaison.

* reunión pública = public meeting.

* reyerta pública = affray.

* sacar a concurso público = tender for, tender out.

* sacar a convocatoria pública = tender for, tender out, bid.

* sacar a relucir los trapos sucios en público = air + dirty linen in public.

* sector público, el = public sector, the.

* seguridad pública = public safety.

* servicio público = amenity, utility service.

* sistema de transporte público = public transport system.

* sistema de videotexto público = public viewdata system.

* transporte local público = local public transport.

* transporte público = public transportation.

* transporte urbano público = local public transport.

* turbar el orden público = disturb + the peace, breach + the peace.

* uso público en la propia biblioteca = in-library use.

* vereda pública = public footpath.

* vida pública = public life.

* zona pública = public area.

Spanish-English dictionary > público2
9 public

adjective

(of, for, or concerning, the people (of a community or nation) in general: a public library; a public meeting; Public opinion turned against him; The public announcements are on the back page of the newspaper; This information should be made public and not kept secret any longer.) público

- publicly
- publicity
- publicize
- publicise
- public holiday
- public house
- public relations
- public service announcement
- public spirit
- public-spirited
- public transport
- in public
- the public
- public opinion poll

public¹ adj público

a public library una biblioteca pública

public transport transporte público

public opinion la opinión pública

public² n público

this area is closed to the public esta zona está cerrada al público

in public en público

public

tr['pʌblɪk]

adjective

1 público,-a

noun the public

1 el público

\

SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

in public en público

to be in the public eye ser objeto de interés público

to be public knowledge ser del dominio público

to go public SMALLCOMMERCE/SMALL salir a bolsa

to make public hacer público,-a

public company empresa pública, sociedad nombre femenino anónima

public convenience servicios nombre masculino plural, aseos nombre masculino plural

public holiday fiesta nacional

public house bar nombre masculino, pub nombre masculino

public opinion opinión nombre femenino pública

public prosecutor fiscal nombre masulino o femenino

public relations relaciones nombre femenino plural públicas

public school SMALLBRITISH ENGLISH/SMALL colegio privado 2 SMALLAMERICAN ENGLISH/SMALL colegio público

public sector sector nombre masculino público

public speaker orador,-ra

public speaking oratoria

public transport transporte nombre masculino público

public utility servicio público

public ['pʌblɪk] adj

: público

♦ publicly adv

public n

: público m

public

adj.

• paladino, -a adj.

• placero, -a adj.

• público, -a adj.

n.

• público s.m.

I 'pʌblɪk
adjective

a) ( of people) público

public opinion — la opinión pública

it is public knowledge — es de dominio público

there is growing public concern — la gente está cada vez más preocupada

it wouldn't be in the public interest — no beneficiaría a la ciudadanía; eye I 1) c)

b) ( concerning the state) público

at public expense — con fondos públicos

public body — organismo m estatal or público

public works — obras fpl públicas

c) <library/garden/footpath> público

it's too public here — aquí no tenemos ninguna privacidad

d) (open, not concealed) <announcement/protest> público

a well-known public figure — un personaje conocido, una persona muy conocida

public speaking — oratoria f

to make something public — hacer* algo público

to go public — (journ) revelar algo a la prensa

e)

to go public — \<\<company\>\> salir* a bolsa

II

noun (+ sing or pl vb)

a) u ( people in general)

the public — el público

b) c ( audience) público m

c)

in public — en público

['pʌblɪk]
1. ADJ

1) (=of the State) público

• they can hire expensive lawyers at public expense — pueden contratar abogados caros a costa de los contribuyentes

• to run for/hold public office — presentarse como candidato a/ostentar un cargo público

• the public purse — el erario público

2) (=of, for, by everyone) público

• they want to deflect public attention from the real issues — quieren desviar la opinión pública de los verdaderos problemas

• to be in the public eye — ser objeto del interés público

he has kept his family out of the public eye — ha mantenido a su familia alejada de la atención pública

• I have decided to resign in the public interest — en el interés de los ciudadanos, he decidido dimitir

• in a bid to gain public support — en un intento de hacerse con el apoyo de la gente

- public enemy number one

3) (=open, not private) [statement, meeting] público; [appearance] en público

it's too public here — aquí estamos demasiado expuestos al público, aquí no tenemos intimidad

can we talk somewhere less public? — ¿podemos hablar en algún sitio más privado or menos expuesto al público?

• to become public — [news, fact] hacerse público

• to be in the public domain — (=not secret) ser de dominio público

• to go public — (Comm) empezar a cotizar en bolsa

they decided to go public about their relationship * — decidieron revelar su relación a la prensa or al público

• it is public knowledge — ya es de dominio público

• to retire from public life — retirarse de la vida pública

to lead an active public life — llevar una vida pública activa

• to make sth public — hacer público algo, publicar algo

4) (=well-known)

a public figure — un personaje público

2. N

1) (=people)

the public — el público

the house is open to the public — la casa está abierta al público

• the general public — el gran público

• a member of the public — un ciudadano

2) (=open place)

in public — en público

3) (=devotees) público m

she couldn't disappoint her public — no podía decepcionar a su público

• the reading/ sporting public — los aficionados a la lectura/al deporte

• the viewing public — los telespectadores

3.

CPD

public access television N — (US) televisión abierta al público

public address system N — (sistema m de) megafonía f, altavoces mpl, altoparlantes mpl (LAm)

public affairs NPL — actividades fpl públicas

public assistance N — (US) asistencia f pública

to be on public assistance — recibir asistencia pública

public bar N — bar m

public body N — organismo m público

public company N — empresa f pública

public convenience N — (Brit) frm servicios mpl, aseos mpl públicos

public debt N — deuda f pública, deuda f del Estado

public defender N — (US) defensor(a) m / f de oficio

public enemy N — enemigo m público

- be Public Enemy No 1 or number one

public enquiry N (Brit) — = public inquiry

public expenditure N — gasto m (del sector) público

public gallery N — (in parliament, courtroom) tribuna f reservada al público

public health N — salud f pública, sanidad f pública

public health inspector N — inspector(a) m / f de salud or sanidad pública

Public Health Service N — (US) ≈ Seguridad f Social, servicio público de asistencia sanitaria

public holiday N — fiesta f nacional, fiesta f oficial, (día m) feriado m (LAm)

public house N — (Brit) frm bar m

public housing N — (US) viviendas mpl de protección oficial

public housing project N — (US) proyecto f de viviendas de protección oficial

public inquiry N — investigación f oficial

public lavatory N — aseos mpl públicos

public law N — (=discipline, body of legislation) derecho m público; (US) (=piece of legislation) ley f pública

public library N — biblioteca f pública

public limited company N — sociedad f anónima

public money N — fondos mpl públicos

public nuisance N — (Jur) molestia f pública

he's a public nuisance — siempre está causando problemas or molestias

to cause a public nuisance — alterar el orden público

public opinion N — opinión f pública

public opinion poll N — sondeo m (de la opinión pública)

public ownership N —

• to be taken into public ownership — pasar a ser propiedad del estado

public property N — (=land, buildings) dominio m público
(fig)
he couldn't handle being public property — no podía soportar ser un personaje público

his private life is public property — su vida privada es de dominio público

public prosecutor N — fiscal mf

the Public Prosecutor's Office — la fiscalía

See:

see cultural note ATTORNEY in attorney

Public Record Office N — (Brit) archivo m nacional

public relations NPL — relaciones fpl públicas

the police action was a public relations disaster — la actuación de la policía fue desastrosa para su imagen

it's just a public relations exercise — es solo una operación publicitaria or de relaciones públicas

public relations officer N — encargado(-a) m / f de relaciones públicas

public school N — (Brit) colegio m privado; (=boarding school) internado m privado; (US) escuela f pública

the public sector N — el sector público

60,000 public-sector jobs must be cut — se deben eliminar 60.000 puestos de funcionario, se deben eliminar 60.000 puestos en el sector público

public sector borrowing requirement N — necesidades fpl de endeudamiento del sector público

public servant N — funcionario(-a) m / f

public service N — (=Civil Service) administración f pública; (usu pl) (=community facility) servicio m público

she will be remembered for a lifetime of public service — se la recordará por cómo entregó su vida al servicio de la comunidad

in doing this they were performing a public service — con esto estaban haciendo un servicio a la comunidad

public service announcement — comunicado m de interés público

public service jobs — puestos mpl de funcionario or en el sector público

public service vehicle — vehículo m de servicio público

public service worker — funcionario(-a) m / f

public service broadcasting N — servicio m público de radio y televisión

public speaker N — orador(a) m / f

she is a good public speaker — habla muy bien en público, es una buena oradora

public speaking N — oratoria f

public spending N — gasto m (del sector) público

public television N — (US) cadenas fpl públicas (de televisión)

public transport, public transportation (US) N — transporte(s) m(pl) público(s)

to ban smoking on public transport — prohibir fumar en los medios de transporte público

public utility N — empresa f del servicio público

public works NPL — obras fpl públicas
PUBLIC ACCESS TELEVISION En Estados Unidos, el término Public Access Television hace referencia a una serie de cadenas no comerciales de televisión por cable que emiten programas de ámbito local o programas dedicados a organizaciones humanitarias sin ánimo de lucro. Entre sus emisiones se incluyen charlas sobre actividades escolares, programas sobre aficiones diversas e incluso discursos de organizaciones racistas. Estas emisiones de acceso público se crearon para dar cabida a temas de interés local e impedir que los canales por cable estuvieran dominados por unos cuantos privilegiados. En virtud de la Ley de Emisiones por Cable, el Cable Act de 1984, cualquier población en que haya algún canal por cable puede obligar a los propietarios de dicho canal a que instalen una cadena adicional de acceso público y provean el equipo, el estudio, los medios técnicos y el personal necesarios para la emisión.
* * *

I ['pʌblɪk]
adjective

a) ( of people) público

public opinion — la opinión pública

it is public knowledge — es de dominio público

there is growing public concern — la gente está cada vez más preocupada

it wouldn't be in the public interest — no beneficiaría a la ciudadanía; eye I 1) c)

b) ( concerning the state) público

at public expense — con fondos públicos

public body — organismo m estatal or público

public works — obras fpl públicas

c) <library/garden/footpath> público

it's too public here — aquí no tenemos ninguna privacidad

d) (open, not concealed) <announcement/protest> público

a well-known public figure — un personaje conocido, una persona muy conocida

public speaking — oratoria f

to make something public — hacer* algo público

to go public — (journ) revelar algo a la prensa

e)

to go public — \<\<company\>\> salir* a bolsa

II

noun (+ sing or pl vb)

a) u ( people in general)

the public — el público

b) c ( audience) público m

c)

in public — en público

English-spanish dictionary > public
10 FSP

1) Общая лексика: Fleet Sales Programme

2) Компьютерная техника: FILE SERVICE Publication, Finite State Process, Free System Projekt

3) Медицина: fibrin split products

4) Военный термин: Field Security Police, Fire Support Plan, Fire Support Planning, Fuel Storage Point, family service program, field security personnel, flash spotting, foreign service pay, forward supply point, frequency sharing plan, full-scale production

5) Техника: fail-safe procedure, file system process, flight strip printer, force sensing probe, forward solar panel, frequency standard, primary, fuel storage pool

6) Математика: процедура для выборки постоянного объёма (fixed sample size procedure)

7) Бухгалтерия: Flexible Spending Plan

8) Грубое выражение: Fuck Shit Piss

9) Сокращение: Flight Screening Program (USA), Food Stamp Program, Fragment Simulator Projectile, Full Spectrum Processing

10) Вычислительная техника: File Slurping Protocol, file service process, процесс обслуживания файлов

11) Нефть: давление на устье скважины при фонтанировании, методика обеспечения безотказной работы при выходе из строя отдельных элементов (fail-safe procedure)

12) Пищевая промышленность: Fine Soybean Powder

13) Фирменный знак: Farnham Sgraffito Pottery

14) Деловая лексика: Fiscally Sponsored Project

15) Бурение: давление на устье при фонтанировании (flowing surface pressure; скважины)

16) Сетевые технологии: File Server Protocol, File Sharing Protocol

17) Химическое оружие: field sampling plan

18) Расширение файла: File Service Protocol

19) Нефть и газ: fixed security post, буферное динамическое давление, динамическое давление на устье скважины, рабочее давление на устье скважины, рабочее устьевое давление, FTP, flowing surface pressure, flowing tubing pressure

20) Фармация: Functional Service Provider

21) Правительство: Free State Project

22) Аэропорты: St. Pierre, St. Pierre & Miq

Универсальный англо-русский словарь > FSP
11 authority

1) власть, полномочие; полнота власти; сфера компетенции

2) орган власти; орган управления

3) источник права; закон; прецедент; судебное решение; документ; авторитетный учебник по праву

4) авторитет; авторитетный специалист; авторитетное утверждение

5) авторитетность

6) доказательство; основание

7) доверенность; полномочие; правомочие; разрешение

•

by authority — с разрешения, по полномочию;

authority by estoppel — полномочия агента, неопровержимо презюмируемые на основании поведения принципала;

authority by law — правомочие по закону;

by authority of law — властью, в силу закона;

by state authority — властью штата;

authority conferred by office — власть, полномочия, правомочия по должности;

on authority — на основании; со ссылкой на... ;

source of authority — источник власти или авторитета;

to clothe with authority — облечь властью, полномочиями;

to divest of authority — лишить власти, полномочий, правомочий;

authority to issue warrants — орган власти, полномочный выдавать ордера;

authority to sign — право подписи;

to vest with authority — предоставить власть, полномочия, правомочия;

under authority of — в силу, на основании;

without authority — не будучи управомочен;

without due authority — не будучи должным образом управомочен;

without lawful authority — без законного на то права;

without proper authority — без надлежащего правомочия

international preliminary examining authority — пат. орган международной предварительной экспертизы

- authority of decision
- authority to punish
- by the weight of authority
- authority of government
- authority of law
- absolute authority
- actual authority
- adjudicating authority
- adjudicatory authority
- administering authority
- administrative authority
- apparent authority
- approving authority
- assumed authority
- bad authority
- blanket authority
- broad discretion authority
- broad discretion enforcement authority
- budget authority
- case authority
- chief executive authority
- circuit authorities
- citable authority
- city authorities
- civil authorities
- coercive authority
- committing authority
- competent authority
- constituted authorities
- constitutional authority
- constructive authority
- correctional authorities
- custom authority
- decisive authority
- delegated authority
- demanding authority
- detaining authority
- direct authority
- discretionary authority
- discretion authority
- discretionary diversion authority
- district authorities
- executive authority
- express authority
- express legislative authority
- extraditing authority
- federal authority
- final authority
- forged authority
- full authority
- general authority
- good authority
- implied authority
- incidental authority
- independent authority
- international authority
- investigating authority
- issuing authority
- judicial authority
- law enforcement authority
- lawful authorities
- legal authority
- legislative authority
- licensing authority
- limited authority
- local authority
- managerial authority
- military authority
- municipal authority
- naked authority
- national authority
- naval authorities
- non-constitutional authority
- non-statutory authority
- older authority
- operative authority
- ostensible authority
- parental authority
- parole authority
- patent authority
- penal authorities
- permissive authority
- persuasive authority
- police authority
- policing authority
- political authority
- primary authority
- public authority
- rating authority
- real authority
- receiving authority
- recognized authority
- regal authority
- regulating authority
- requisite authority
- reviewing authority
- rural authorities
- secondary authority
- signatory authority
- special authority
- specific authority
- spending authority
- state authority
- statutory authority
- supervisory authority
- supreme authority
- town authorities
- ultimate authority of decision
- universal authority
- unlimited authority
- urban authorities
- vicarious authority
- youth authority
- regulatory authority

Англо-русский юридический словарь > authority
12 savage

'sævi‹
1. adjective
1) (uncivilized: savage tribes.) salvaje

2) (fierce and cruel: The elephant can be quite savage; bitter and savage remarks.) feroz, violento

2. verb
(to attack: He was savaged by wild animals.) atacar ferozmente, embestir

3. noun
1) (a person in an uncivilized state: tribes of savages.) salvaje

2) (a person who behaves in a cruel, uncivilized way: I hope the police catch the savages who attacked the old lady.) salvaje

•

- savagely
- savageness
- savagery

savage adj

1. feroz / salvaje

a savage beast una bestia salvaje

2. brutal / violento

a savage attack un ataque brutal

savage

tr['sævɪʤ]

adjective

1 (ferocious) feroz; (cruel) cruel; (violent) violento,-a, salvaje; (severe) severo,-a, duro,-a

■ a savage attack un ataque duro

■ savage cuts in public spending recortes drásticos en el gasto público

2 pejorative (primitive) salvaje, primitivo,-a

noun

1 pejorative salvaje nombre masulino o femenino

transitive verb

1 (animal) embestir (contra), atacar salvajemente

2 figurative use (criticize) atacar violentamente, arremeter contra, poner por los suelos

savage ['sævɪʤ] adj

: salvaje, feroz

♦ savagely adv

savage n

: salvaje mf

savage

adj.

• cafre adj.

• ferino, -a adj.

• feroz adj.

• fiero, -a adj.

• inhumano, -a adj.

• salvaje adj.

• salvajino, -a adj.

• sangriento, -a adj.

n.

• cafre s.m.

• salvaje s.m.

I 'sævɪdʒ
adjective

a) (fierce, wild) <beast/attack> salvaje, feroz; < blow> violento; <persecution/criticism> feroz, despiadado; <cuts/reductions> salvaje

b) ( uncivilized) <tribe/people> salvaje

II

noun salvaje mf

III

transitive verb atacar* salvajemente or con fiereza a

the movie was savaged by the critics — los críticos pusieron la película por los suelos

['sævɪdʒ]
1. ADJ

1) (=ferocious) [animal, attack] feroz, salvaje; [person] salvaje; [blow] violento; [war, criticism, remark] despiadado

to have a savage temper — tener un carácter muy violento

2) (=primitive) [custom, tribe] salvaje, primitivo

3) (=drastic) [cuts, reductions] drástico, radical

2.

N salvaje mf ; noble 3.

3. VT

1) (=injure) atacar salvajemente

two children have been savaged by an alsatian — dos niños fueron salvajemente atacados por un pastor alemán

2) (=criticize) atacar ferozmente or despiadadamente

she was savaged by the press — la prensa la atacó ferozmente or despiadadamente, la prensa se ensañó con ella

* * *

I ['sævɪdʒ]
adjective

a) (fierce, wild) <beast/attack> salvaje, feroz; < blow> violento; <persecution/criticism> feroz, despiadado; <cuts/reductions> salvaje

b) ( uncivilized) <tribe/people> salvaje

II

noun salvaje mf

III

transitive verb atacar* salvajemente or con fiereza a

the movie was savaged by the critics — los críticos pusieron la película por los suelos

English-spanish dictionary > savage
13 area

n

1) район; область; зона; регион

2) область деятельности, сфера деятельности, область исследования, сфера исследования, сфера применения, область применения

•

to be in control of an area — контролировать район

to clear an area — очищать район / зону (от кого-л.)

to close off an area — оцеплять район; закрывать доступ в район

to comb an area — прочесывать район

to cordon off an area — оцеплять район; закрывать доступ в район

to declare a state an ecological disaster area — объявлять штат зоной экологического бедствия

to enter an area illegally — незаконно проникать в какой-л. район

to fight over an area — воевать за какой-л. район

to gain control of an area — устанавливать контроль над районом

to keep a grip on an area — удерживать какой-л. район

to look at areas showing most promise — рассматривать вопросы, по которым существует наибольшая вероятность достижения соглашения

to police an area — следить за соблюдением правопорядка в каком-л. районе

to recapture an area for a party — восстанавливать влияние политической партии в каком-л. районе

to regenerate an area — возрождать какой-л. район

to relinquish an area — покидать / оставлять район

to rope / to seal off an area — оцеплять район; закрывать доступ в район

- whites only area
- affluent area
- AFTA
- agricultural area
- area affected by smth
- area at the center of the dispute between smb
- area has been closed to foreign correspondents
- area is under a dusk-to-dawn curfew
- area of concern
- area of condition
- area of co-operation
- area of discussion
- area of disturbances
- area of economic activity
- area of international strife
- area of social life
- area of spending
- area of success
- area of unrest
- areas of agreement
- areas of disagreement
- Asian Free Trade Area
- assembly area
- border area
- built-up area
- catchment area
- city area
- closed area
- closed military area
- concentration area
- conservancy area
- currency area
- danger area
- densely populated area
- depressed area
- deprived area
- devastated area
- developed area
- developing area
- disaster area
- disaster-prone area
- disproportionately developed area
- disputed area
- disputed border area
- distressed area
- dollar area
- drought-affected area
- drought-stricken area
- earthquake-prone area
- ecologic disaster area
- ecological disaster area
- economic area
- economically backward area
- emergency area
- enemy-occupied area
- environmentally sensitive area
- famine-hit area
- flooded area
- free trade area
- fundamental area of contention
- geographical area
- government-controlled area
- grain-growing area
- guerilla-held area
- heavily populated area
- highly politicized area
- impacted area
- industrial area
- irrigated area
- key area
- lethal area
- liberated area
- littoral area
- logistical area
- main area of discussion
- market area
- metropolitan area
- model area
- monetary area
- national-liberation movement area
- navigation area
- negotiating area
- neutral area
- no-go area
- North American Free Trade Area
- occupied area
- oil-producing area
- populated area
- predominantly Protestant area
- priority area
- prohibited area
- residential area
- restricted area
- rioted area
- rural area
- safe area
- sensitive area
- service area
- shipping area
- sparsely populated area
- specified area
- staging area
- sterling area
- strategic area
- strike-affected areas
- thinly populated area
- tightly guarded area
- trade area
- trading area
- trouble area
- underdeveloped area
- underprivileged area
- uninhabited area
- unrest area
- unsettled area
- urban area
- volatile area

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