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solve this crisis

  • 1 resolver una crisis

    (v.) = solve + crisis
    Ex. In the final analysis, flexibility in pursuing different options to suit needs, combined with excellent communications all around will help solve this crisis.
    * * *
    (v.) = solve + crisis

    Ex: In the final analysis, flexibility in pursuing different options to suit needs, combined with excellent communications all around will help solve this crisis.

    Spanish-English dictionary > resolver una crisis

  • 2 rascarse la barriga

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    (v.) = sit on + Posesivo + butt, sit on + Posesivo + backside
    Ex. 'He went and fought for this country, and he got wounded and that is more than most people who are sitting on their butt,' she said.
    Ex. If the bureaucrats think that sitting on their backside and holding meeting upon meeting will solve this crisis, then God help this nation.
    * * *
    (v.) = sit on + Posesivo + butt, sit on + Posesivo + backside

    Ex: 'He went and fought for this country, and he got wounded and that is more than most people who are sitting on their butt,' she said.

    Ex: If the bureaucrats think that sitting on their backside and holding meeting upon meeting will solve this crisis, then God help this nation.

    Spanish-English dictionary > rascarse la barriga

  • 3 rascarse los huevos

    (v.) = sit on + Posesivo + butt, sit on + Posesivo + backside
    Ex. 'He went and fought for this country, and he got wounded and that is more than most people who are sitting on their butt,' she said.
    Ex. If the bureaucrats think that sitting on their backside and holding meeting upon meeting will solve this crisis, then God help this nation.
    * * *
    (v.) = sit on + Posesivo + butt, sit on + Posesivo + backside

    Ex: 'He went and fought for this country, and he got wounded and that is more than most people who are sitting on their butt,' she said.

    Ex: If the bureaucrats think that sitting on their backside and holding meeting upon meeting will solve this crisis, then God help this nation.

    Spanish-English dictionary > rascarse los huevos

  • 4 adaptarse a una necesidad

    (v.) = suit + need
    Ex. In the final analysis, flexibility in pursuing different options to suit needs, combined with excellent communications all around will help solve this crisis.
    * * *
    (v.) = suit + need

    Ex: In the final analysis, flexibility in pursuing different options to suit needs, combined with excellent communications all around will help solve this crisis.

    Spanish-English dictionary > adaptarse a una necesidad

  • 5 en todas partes

    = all around, far and wide
    Ex. In the final analysis, flexibility in pursuing different options to suit needs, combined with excellent communications all around will help solve this crisis.
    Ex. He is known far and wide.
    * * *
    = all around, far and wide

    Ex: In the final analysis, flexibility in pursuing different options to suit needs, combined with excellent communications all around will help solve this crisis.

    Ex: He is known far and wide.

    Spanish-English dictionary > en todas partes

  • 6 por doquier

    everywhere
    * * *
    Ex. In the final analysis, flexibility in pursuing different options to suit needs, combined with excellent communications all around will help solve this crisis.
    * * *

    Ex: In the final analysis, flexibility in pursuing different options to suit needs, combined with excellent communications all around will help solve this crisis.

    Spanish-English dictionary > por doquier

  • 7 por todas partes

    everywhere
    * * *
    = all over the place, everywhere, widely, all around, far and wide
    Ex. The main rule, however, is do not have loose cables hanging all over the place -- not only is it unsightly but also extremely dangerous.
    Ex. DOBIS/LIBIS stores library files that contain more or less the same information found in manual files in libraries everywhere.
    Ex. An aggressive approach is made to publicity, with posters and leaflets distributed widely, visits to local shops, post offices, doctors surgeries etc, to drum up business, and the use of volunteers to hand out leaflets at street corners = Se inicia una campaña de publicidad enérgica, distribuyendo de forma general folletos y pósteres, visitando las tiendas, oficinas de correos y consultorías médicas de la localidad, etc., para promocionar el negocio, además de utilizar voluntarios para distribuir prospectos por las esquinas de las calles.
    Ex. In the final analysis, flexibility in pursuing different options to suit needs, combined with excellent communications all around will help solve this crisis.
    Ex. He is known far and wide.
    * * *
    = all over the place, everywhere, widely, all around, far and wide

    Ex: The main rule, however, is do not have loose cables hanging all over the place -- not only is it unsightly but also extremely dangerous.

    Ex: DOBIS/LIBIS stores library files that contain more or less the same information found in manual files in libraries everywhere.
    Ex: An aggressive approach is made to publicity, with posters and leaflets distributed widely, visits to local shops, post offices, doctors surgeries etc, to drum up business, and the use of volunteers to hand out leaflets at street corners = Se inicia una campaña de publicidad enérgica, distribuyendo de forma general folletos y pósteres, visitando las tiendas, oficinas de correos y consultorías médicas de la localidad, etc., para promocionar el negocio, además de utilizar voluntarios para distribuir prospectos por las esquinas de las calles.
    Ex: In the final analysis, flexibility in pursuing different options to suit needs, combined with excellent communications all around will help solve this crisis.
    Ex: He is known far and wide.

    Spanish-English dictionary > por todas partes

  • 8 preparar

    v.
    1 to prepare.
    voy a preparar la cena/el arroz I'm going to get dinner ready/cook the rice
    le hemos preparado una sorpresa we've got a surprise for him
    Ella prepara la ropa She prepares the clothes.
    Ella preparó la carne ayer She prepared=seasoned the meat yesterday.
    2 to prepare for (examen).
    3 to train (sport).
    La agencia preparó al espía The Agency trained the spy.
    4 to arrange for, to organize, to prepare.
    Ella prepara el viaje She arranges for the trip.
    * * *
    1 to prepare, get ready
    ■ ¿habéis preparado el viaje? have you arranged the trip?
    2 (enseñar) to teach
    3 DEPORTE (entrenar) to train, coach
    4 (estudiar) to revise for, work for
    ■ ¿has preparado el examen de inglés? have you studied for the English exam?
    \
    preparar oposiciones to study for competitive exams
    * * *
    verb
    2) coach, train
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=dejar listo) [+ comida] to make, prepare; [+ habitación, casa] to prepare, get ready; [+ compuesto, derivado] (Quím) to prepare, make up

    estoy preparando la cena — I'm making o preparing dinner, I'm getting dinner ready

    ¿te preparo un café? — shall I make you a coffee?

    ¿me puedes preparar la cuenta, por favor? — can you make my bill up, please?

    terreno 2., 4)
    2) (=organizar) [+ acción, viaje] to prepare; [+ ejemplar, revista] to prepare, work on

    estamos preparando el siguiente número de la revista — we're working on o preparing the next issue of the magazine

    3) (=instruir) [para un partido] to train, coach; [para examen, oposición] to coach, tutor

    lleva meses preparando al equipo — he has been training o coaching the team for months

    la están preparando en una academia — they are preparing o coaching her in a private school, she is being tutored in a private school

    4) [+ examen, prueba] to study for, prepare for

    llevo semanas preparando este examen — I have been studying o preparing for this exam for weeks

    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) < plato> to make, prepare; < comida> to prepare, get... ready; < medicamento> to prepare, make up; < habitación> to prepare, get... ready; < cuenta> to draw up (AmE), make up (BrE)
    2) <examen/prueba> to prepare
    3) < persona> ( para examen) to tutor, coach (BrE); ( para partido) to train, coach, prepare; (para tarea, reto) to prepare
    2.
    prepararse v pron
    1) tormenta/crisis to brew
    2) (refl) ( disponerse)

    se preparó para darle la mala noticia — he got ready o prepared himself to give her the bad news

    3) (refl) ( formarse) to prepare

    prepararse para algo — <para examen/competición> to prepare for something

    * * *
    = draw, draw up, gear (to/toward(s)/for), prepare, put together, train, marshal, set + aside, brief, coach, tool up, groom, brew, ready, concoct, gird for.
    Ex. For example, when setting up the format for records in a data base, the user can draw a form on the screen, complete with headings for each field, and then, the data is entered into the form.
    Ex. At the IFLA General Council the two Sections drew up the terms of reference and proposed as members some ten representatives of national libraries.
    Ex. Most of the main subject headings lists are geared to the alphabetical subject approach found in dictionary catalogues.
    Ex. A summary at the beginning of a document serves to prepare the reader to proceed to the remainder of the text.
    Ex. I have many people to acknowledge, beginning with my co-editor who offered untiring support and many useful suggestions in putting together the institutes.
    Ex. The larger abstracting organisations train their own abstractors.
    Ex. The use of new information technologies ought to be marshalled for use in the developing countries.
    Ex. We set aside places to sleep and cook and wash and defecate.
    Ex. This may or may not be the case, but particularly in these areas staff must be informed and briefed so that misunderstandings do not arise.
    Ex. The rapidly changing environment is forcing many librarians to seek new strategies for coaching researchers through the maze of electronic information sources = Los continuos cambios de nuestro entorno están obligando a muchos bibliotecarios a encontrar nuevas estrategias para guiar a los investigadores por el laberinto de las fuentes de información electrónicas.
    Ex. The article is entitled ' Tooling up for a revolution'.
    Ex. Iran is trying to form an unholy alliance with al-Qaeda by grooming a new generation of leaders to take over from Osama bin Laden.
    Ex. The goddess owned a potent magick cauldron in which she planned to brew a special liquid for her ugly son.
    Ex. A woman died yesterday while being readied for cosmetic surgery.
    Ex. Their unquenchable thirst for revenge enabled them to concoct a diabolical scheme.
    Ex. Australia's government girded on Monday for a battle with miners over its plan to slap the industry with a new 40 percent profits tax.
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    * preparar a la brasa = grill, broil.
    * preparar a la parrilla = grill, broil.
    * preparar a la plancha = griddle.
    * preparar algo = put + a few things + together.
    * preparar de un modo rápido = throw together.
    * preparar el camino = set + the scene, smooth + the way, open + the way, set + the stage, pave + the path (for/towards/to), pave + the way (for/towards/to), pave + the road (for/towards/to).
    * preparar el camino para = smooth + the path of.
    * preparar el terreno = pave + the way (for/towards/to), set + the scene, clear + the path, smooth + the way, set + the stage, pave + the path (for/towards/to), pave + the path (for/towards/to), lay + the groundwork for, pave + the road (for/towards/to), clear + the way.
    * preparar el terreno para = lead up to, smooth + the path of, clear + the ground for, fertilise + the ground for.
    * preparar en el microondas = microwave.
    * preparar la comida = cook + meal.
    * preparar para el futuro = future-proof.
    * preparar rápidamente = rustle up.
    * prepararse = do + homework, brace + Reflexivo, get + ready.
    * prepararse para = gear up for, ready + Reflexivo + to/for, saddle up for, brace for, get + ready to.
    * prepararse para el futuro = embrace + the future.
    * prepararse para la tormenta = batten down, batten down + the hatches.
    * prepararse para lo peor = batten down, batten down + the hatches.
    * preparar una defensa = mount + defence.
    * preparar una ensalada = toss + a salad.
    * preparar una superficie de nuevo = resurface.
    * preparar un ataque = mount + attack.
    * preparar una tela = dress + cloth.
    * preparar un contraataque = mount + counterattack.
    * preparar un trabajo de clase = research + paper.
    * prepárate = get + ready.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) < plato> to make, prepare; < comida> to prepare, get... ready; < medicamento> to prepare, make up; < habitación> to prepare, get... ready; < cuenta> to draw up (AmE), make up (BrE)
    2) <examen/prueba> to prepare
    3) < persona> ( para examen) to tutor, coach (BrE); ( para partido) to train, coach, prepare; (para tarea, reto) to prepare
    2.
    prepararse v pron
    1) tormenta/crisis to brew
    2) (refl) ( disponerse)

    se preparó para darle la mala noticia — he got ready o prepared himself to give her the bad news

    3) (refl) ( formarse) to prepare

    prepararse para algo — <para examen/competición> to prepare for something

    * * *
    = draw, draw up, gear (to/toward(s)/for), prepare, put together, train, marshal, set + aside, brief, coach, tool up, groom, brew, ready, concoct, gird for.

    Ex: For example, when setting up the format for records in a data base, the user can draw a form on the screen, complete with headings for each field, and then, the data is entered into the form.

    Ex: At the IFLA General Council the two Sections drew up the terms of reference and proposed as members some ten representatives of national libraries.
    Ex: Most of the main subject headings lists are geared to the alphabetical subject approach found in dictionary catalogues.
    Ex: A summary at the beginning of a document serves to prepare the reader to proceed to the remainder of the text.
    Ex: I have many people to acknowledge, beginning with my co-editor who offered untiring support and many useful suggestions in putting together the institutes.
    Ex: The larger abstracting organisations train their own abstractors.
    Ex: The use of new information technologies ought to be marshalled for use in the developing countries.
    Ex: We set aside places to sleep and cook and wash and defecate.
    Ex: This may or may not be the case, but particularly in these areas staff must be informed and briefed so that misunderstandings do not arise.
    Ex: The rapidly changing environment is forcing many librarians to seek new strategies for coaching researchers through the maze of electronic information sources = Los continuos cambios de nuestro entorno están obligando a muchos bibliotecarios a encontrar nuevas estrategias para guiar a los investigadores por el laberinto de las fuentes de información electrónicas.
    Ex: The article is entitled ' Tooling up for a revolution'.
    Ex: Iran is trying to form an unholy alliance with al-Qaeda by grooming a new generation of leaders to take over from Osama bin Laden.
    Ex: The goddess owned a potent magick cauldron in which she planned to brew a special liquid for her ugly son.
    Ex: A woman died yesterday while being readied for cosmetic surgery.
    Ex: Their unquenchable thirst for revenge enabled them to concoct a diabolical scheme.
    Ex: Australia's government girded on Monday for a battle with miners over its plan to slap the industry with a new 40 percent profits tax.
    * preparar a la brasa = grill, broil.
    * preparar a la parrilla = grill, broil.
    * preparar a la plancha = griddle.
    * preparar algo = put + a few things + together.
    * preparar de un modo rápido = throw together.
    * preparar el camino = set + the scene, smooth + the way, open + the way, set + the stage, pave + the path (for/towards/to), pave + the way (for/towards/to), pave + the road (for/towards/to).
    * preparar el camino para = smooth + the path of.
    * preparar el terreno = pave + the way (for/towards/to), set + the scene, clear + the path, smooth + the way, set + the stage, pave + the path (for/towards/to), pave + the path (for/towards/to), lay + the groundwork for, pave + the road (for/towards/to), clear + the way.
    * preparar el terreno para = lead up to, smooth + the path of, clear + the ground for, fertilise + the ground for.
    * preparar en el microondas = microwave.
    * preparar la comida = cook + meal.
    * preparar para el futuro = future-proof.
    * preparar rápidamente = rustle up.
    * prepararse = do + homework, brace + Reflexivo, get + ready.
    * prepararse para = gear up for, ready + Reflexivo + to/for, saddle up for, brace for, get + ready to.
    * prepararse para el futuro = embrace + the future.
    * prepararse para la tormenta = batten down, batten down + the hatches.
    * prepararse para lo peor = batten down, batten down + the hatches.
    * preparar una defensa = mount + defence.
    * preparar una ensalada = toss + a salad.
    * preparar una superficie de nuevo = resurface.
    * preparar un ataque = mount + attack.
    * preparar una tela = dress + cloth.
    * preparar un contraataque = mount + counterattack.
    * preparar un trabajo de clase = research + paper.
    * prepárate = get + ready.

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    preparar [A1 ]
    vt
    A ‹plato› to make, prepare; ‹comida› to prepare, get … ready; ‹medicamento› to prepare, make up
    tengo que preparar la comida I have to get lunch ready o make lunch
    nos había preparado un postre riquísimo he had made a delicious dessert for us
    preparó la habitación para los invitados she prepared the room o got the room ready for the guests
    verás la sorpresa que te tengo preparada just wait till you see the surprise I've got (waiting) for you
    prepáreme la cuenta por favor can you draw up my check, please? ( AmE), can you make up my bill, please? ( BrE)
    terreno2 m C. (↑ terreno (2))
    B ‹examen/prueba› to prepare
    ha preparado la asignatura a fondo she's prepared the subject very thoroughly
    prepara su participación en los campeonatos he is training o preparing for the championships
    C ‹persona› (para un examen) to tutor, coach ( BrE); (para un partido) to train, coach, prepare; (para una tarea, un reto) to prepare
    no ha sabido preparar a los hijos para la vida he has failed to prepare his children for life
    ¿sabes quién la prepara para el examen? do you know who's tutoring o coaching her for the exam?
    antes de darle la noticia habrá que prepararla the news will have to be broken to her gently
    no estaba preparada para esa grata sorpresa she wasn't prepared for o expecting such a pleasant surprise
    A «tormenta» to brew
    se prepara una crisis en la zona there's a crisis brewing in the region
    B ( refl)
    (disponerse): prepárate que me vas a escuchar just you listen to me!
    prepararse PARA algo to get ready FOR sth
    se preparó para darle la mala noticia he got ready o prepared himself to give her the bad news
    C ( refl) (formarse) to prepare
    se prepara para el examen de ingreso en la Universidad she's preparing for the University entrance examination
    se prepara para las Olimpiadas he is training o preparing for the Olympics
    no se ha preparado bien (para) la prueba she hasn't studied hard enough o done enough work for the test, she isn't well enough prepared for the test
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    preparar ( conjugate preparar) verbo transitivo
    1 ‹ plato› to make, prepare;
    ‹ comida› to prepare, get … ready;
    ‹ medicamento› to prepare, make up;
    ‹ habitación› to prepare, get … ready;
    ‹ cuenta› to draw up (AmE), make up (BrE)
    2 ‹examen/prueba› to prepare
    3 ‹ persona› ( para examen) to tutor, coach (BrE);
    ( para partido) to train, coach, prepare;
    (para tarea, reto) to prepare
    prepararse verbo pronominal
    1 ( refl) ( disponerse): prepararse PARA algo to get ready for sth
    2 ( refl) ( formarse) to prepare;
    prepararse para algo ‹para examen/competición› to prepare for sth
    preparar verbo transitivo
    1 to prepare, get ready
    preparar una fiesta, to prepare a party
    2 Dep to train, coach
    ' preparar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    capacitar
    - despreocuparse
    - disponer
    - planear
    - sabática
    - sabático
    - terrena
    - terreno
    - urdir
    - arreglar
    - corresponder
    - hacer
    English:
    brew
    - coach
    - concoct
    - cook
    - detailed
    - draw up
    - fix
    - get
    - groom
    - lay out
    - make
    - make out
    - make up
    - microwave
    - mix
    - prep
    - prepare
    - prime
    - rind
    - roll out
    - set
    - study
    - way
    - whip up
    - add
    - can
    - curry
    - dispense
    - do
    - draft
    - draw
    - dress
    - ease
    - equip
    - gear
    - mount
    - plan
    - put
    - ready
    - run
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [disponer, elaborar] to prepare;
    [trampa] to set, to lay; [maletas] to pack;
    estaban preparando un robo they were planning a robbery;
    voy a preparar la cena/el arroz I'm going to get dinner ready/cook the rice;
    nos preparó una cena estupenda she made o cooked a delicious evening meal for us;
    ¿quién prepara la comida en tu casa? who does the cooking in your household?;
    le hemos preparado una sorpresa we've got a surprise for you
    2. [examen, oposiciones, prueba] to prepare for
    3. [entrenar, adiestrar] [físicamente] to train;
    [tácticamente] to coach; [alumnos] to coach; [animales] to train;
    no nos habían preparado para solucionar este tipo de problemas we hadn't been taught to solve this type of problem
    * * *
    v/t prepare, get ready
    * * *
    1) : to prepare, to make ready
    2) : to teach, to train, to coach
    * * *
    1. (en general) to prepare / to get ready
    2. (entrenar) to train / to coach
    preparar un examen to study for an exam [pt. & pp. studied]

    Spanish-English dictionary > preparar

  • 9 problema

    m.
    1 problem.
    el problema del terrorismo the terrorist problem, the problem of terrorism
    los niños no causan más que problemas children cause nothing but trouble o problems
    el problema es que no nos queda tiempo the problem o thing is that we don't have any time left
    2 glitch, bug.
    * * *
    1 problem
    \
    dar problemas to cause problems
    tener problemas con to have trouble with
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    1. SM
    1) (=dificultad) problem

    ¿tienes problemas de dinero? — do you have any money worries o financial problems?

    2) (Mat) problem
    3) Méx (=accidente) accident, mishap
    2.
    ADJ INV (=problemático) problem antes de s
    * * *
    masculino problem

    resolver/solucionar un problema — to solve a problem

    si se enteran, vas a tener problemas — if they find out, you'll be in trouble

    no te hagas problema — (AmL) don't worry about it

    * * *
    = dilemma, issue, problem, rough spot, snag, bug, hitch, mischief, trouble spot, tyranny, catch, tribulation, show-stopper [showstopper], hassle, rub, kink, kicker.
    Ex. Unfortunately documents which present dilemmas in the selection of author headings are present in even the smallest library collections.
    Ex. These issues are reviewed more thoroughly in chapter 10.
    Ex. When the cataloguer turns to the description of a piece of music a common problem will be the absence of a title page to be used as the chief source of information.
    Ex. But despite the many catalog worlds, and herein lies the rub -- or at least a rough spot -- we have been proceeding on the assumption that the catalog exists in the form of the data distributed by the Library of Congress.
    Ex. Another snag was the existence of entrenched divergent cataloguing habits among the multinational staff, not to mention their fear of the unknown = Otro problema era la existencia de hábitos de catalogación divergentes y ya arraigados entre el personal multinacional, por no mencionar su miedo hacia lo desconocido.
    Ex. A bug is an error in a program or an equipment malfunction.
    Ex. Keeping pace with these changes may well mean more work than the seven year hitch experienced by DC users.
    Ex. The author discusses the characteristics of programs designed specifically to cause mischief to computer owners who download and run the programs = El autor analiza las características de los programas diseñados específicamente para causar problemas a los propietarios de ordenadores que los descargan y ejecutan.
    Ex. The statistics collected served as an early warning signal for trouble spots.
    Ex. Information access, such as satellites, overcomes the tyranny of distance for students, teachers and researchers in Australasia.
    Ex. Whilst these achievements are commendable, there is a catch in them -- there can be used to 'intensify' the economic exploitation of women.
    Ex. The author discusses the tribulations of equipment selection.
    Ex. In engineering use, a show-stopper is usually some aspect of a project that is so bad that it threatens to cancel the project unless it is corrected.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'How to implement electronic subscriptions replacing the routing list hassle'.
    Ex. But as elegant and efficient as this seems, this strategy has a rub - you've got to have technology to track shipments, since you're ultimately responsible for purchases, warranties and returns.
    Ex. However, like any emerging technology, there are still a few kinks in the system.
    Ex. The kicker is that this type of money transfer service is less convenient and no safer than many online money transfers.
    ----
    * abordar un problema = address + problem.
    * acción de averiguar y resolver problemas = troubleshooting [trouble shooting].
    * aclarar un problema = clear up + problem.
    * acometer un problema = attack + problem.
    * acosado por problemas = beset with + problems.
    * acotar un problema = delineate + problem.
    * acuciado por problemas = embattled.
    * acumular problemas = build up + problems.
    * afrontar los problemas cotidianos = grapple with + life's problems.
    * afrontar un problema = face + issue, confront + problem.
    * agobiado por problemas = beset with + problems.
    * agravar un problema = compound + problem.
    * ahí está el problema = herein lies the rub, there's the rub.
    * anticipar un problema = anticipate + problem.
    * aprendizaje a través de solución de problemas = problem based learning.
    * aquejado de problemas = troubled, ailing.
    * arreglar un problema = fix + problem.
    * asediado por problemas = embattled.
    * atajar un problema = grapple with + problem.
    * ausencia de problemas = smoothness.
    * averiguar un problema = investigate + problem.
    * buscar problemas = ask for + trouble, court + disaster, make + trouble.
    * capacidad de resolver problemas = problem-solving ability.
    * causar problemas = cause + problems, cause + trouble, make + trouble.
    * combatir un problema = combat + problem.
    * complicar un problema = compound + problem.
    * con problemas = in hot water.
    * con problemas de aprendizaje = learning disabled.
    * con problemas de lectura = print disabled.
    * con problemas de vista = vision impaired.
    * con problemas visuales = vision impaired.
    * considerar un problema = consider + problem.
    * convertirse en un gran problema = grow to + a crisis.
    * corregir un problema = correct + problem.
    * crear problemas = make + waves, build up + problems, make + trouble.
    * darle vueltas a un problema = puzzle over + problem.
    * dar lugar a problemas = give + rise to problems.
    * dar problemas = play up.
    * darse cuenta de un problema = alight on + problem.
    * debatir un problema = discuss + problem.
    * decisión precipitada ante un problema = crisis decision.
    * dedicar + Posesivo + atención a un problema = turn + Posesivo + attention to problem.
    * definición del problema = problem statement.
    * definir un problema = delineate + problem.
    * delimitar un problema = isolate + problem.
    * desarrollarse sin problemas = go + smoothly.
    * detectar un problema = spot + problem, spot + trouble.
    * diagnosticar el problema = diagnose + problem.
    * dirigir + Posesivo + atención a un problema = turn + Posesivo + attention to problem.
    * el final de los problemas = the light at the end of the tunnel.
    * eliminar un problema = sweep away + problem, work out + kink.
    * el problema no es el qué, sino el cómo = the devil (is/lives) in the details.
    * el problema obvio = the elephant in the room.
    * el único problema = a fly in the soup, the fly in the ointment.
    * el verdadero problema = the elephant in the room.
    * encontrar el modo de paliar un problema = find + way (a)round + problem.
    * encontrarse con problemas = run into + trouble.
    * encontrarse con un problema = encounter + problem, meet with + problem, run up against + issue, come across + problem.
    * enfrentarse a un problema = challenge + threat, confront + question, cope with + problem, face + issue, face + issue, face + problem, come up against + problem, struggle with + issue, wrestle with + problem, deal with + issue.
    * enfrentarse un problema = confront + problem, experience + problem.
    * enunciado del problema = problem statement.
    * esbozar un problema = outline + problem.
    * ese es el problema = herein lies the rub, there's the rub.
    * esquivar el problema = sidestep + the problem.
    * esquivar un problema = duck + issue.
    * estar lleno de problemas = bristle with + problems.
    * evitar problemas = stay out of + trouble.
    * evitar un problema = avoid + problem.
    * exarcerbar un problema = inflame + problem.
    * exteriorizar un problema = externalise + problem.
    * forma de evitar un problema = way round + problem.
    * franquear un problema = negotiate + problem.
    * hacer frente a un problema = attack + problem, combat + problem, wrestle with + problem.
    * identificar un problema = outline + problem, identify + problem, isolate + problem.
    * ilustrar un problema = illustrate + problem.
    * investigar un problema = investigate + problem.
    * libre de problemas = problem-free, trouble free [trouble-free].
    * lleno de problemas = plagued with problems, problem-ridden.
    * llevarse los problemas a casa = bring + problems home.
    * mencionar un problema = bring + problem up.
    * meterse en problemas = get into + trouble.
    * mitigar un problema = alleviate + problem.
    * no haber problemas = be fine.
    * no tener ningún problema con = be okay with.
    * no terminar nunca de tener problemas con = have + no end of problems with.
    * obtener el enunciado del problema = elicit + problem statement.
    * ocasionar problemas = cause + problems.
    * orientado hacia la resolución de problemas = problem-orientated, problem-oriented.
    * paliar problemas = minimise + problems.
    * paliar un problema = solve + problem.
    * percatarse de un problema = alight on + problem.
    * persona con problemas de aprendizaje = learning disabled person.
    * persona o mecanismo que resuelve problemas = solver.
    * persona que intenta averiguar y resolver problemas = troubleshooter.
    * personas con problemas de lectura = print handicapped people, print handicapped, the.
    * personas con problemas de lectura de la letra impresa = print disabled people.
    * personas con problemas de vista, las = visually impaired, the, visually disabled, the, visually handicapped, the, visually impaired people (VIPs), visually challenged, the.
    * personas con problemas mentales = disturbed people.
    * persona sin problemas de vista = sighted person.
    * plagado de problemas = plagued with problems, problem-wracked [problem-racked].
    * plagar de problemas = bedevil.
    * plantear un problema = pose + dilemma, pose + problem, raise + question, raise + concern, raise + issue, raise + problem, articulate + problem.
    * presentar problemas = present + problems.
    * presentar un problema = pose + problem, air + problem.
    * prestar + Posesivo + atención a un problema = turn + Posesivo + attention to problem.
    * problema + acosar = problem + dog.
    * problema acuciante = pressing problem.
    * problema + acuciar = problem + beset.
    * problema + afectar = problem + afflict, problem + plague.
    * problema + afligir = problem + afflict.
    * problema + agravar = problem + exacerbate.
    * problema alimenticio = eating problem.
    * problema asociado = attending problem.
    * problema auditivo = hearing problem.
    * problema + avecinarse = problem + lie ahead.
    * problema cada vez mayor = growing problem.
    * problema con el alcohol = drinking problem.
    * problema con los niños de la llave = latchkey problem.
    * problema cotidiano = daily problem.
    * problema de comportamiento = behaviour problem, behavioural problem.
    * problema de espacio = space problem.
    * problema de imagen = image problem.
    * problema de peso = weight problem.
    * problema de salud = health problem.
    * problema + desaparecer = problem + go away.
    * problema de seguridad = security problem.
    * problema diario = daily problem.
    * problema difícil = thorny problem, poser.
    * problema difícil de resolver = tough nut to crack, hard nut to crack, brain tickler.
    * problema doméstico = domestic problem.
    * problema económico = economic problem, financial problem.
    * problema + encontrarse = problem + lie.
    * problema en la escuela = school problem.
    * problema escolar = school problem.
    * problema espinoso = knotty problem, thorny problem, thorny issue, thorny question.
    * problema + estar = problem + lie, problem + come with.
    * problema familiar = family problem.
    * problema informático = computing problem.
    * problema inicial = startup problem.
    * problema insoluble = insoluble problem.
    * problema monetario = monetary problem.
    * problema motriz = motor disability.
    * problema peliagudo = thorny problem, thorny issue, thorny question.
    * problema + persistir = problem + persist.
    * problema personal = personal problem.
    * problema + plantearse = problem + come with.
    * problema práctico = practical problem.
    * problema racial = racial conflict, ethnic conflict.
    * problema + radicar = trouble + lie.
    * problema real = real problem.
    * problema + residir = problem + reside, problem + lie, problem + come with.
    * problemas = trouble, crisis [crises, -pl.], problem areas, trials and tribulations, trouble at mill.
    * problemas auditivos = impaired hearing, hearing impairment, hearing disability.
    * problemas cada vez mayores = mounting problems.
    * problemas con el alcohol = problem drinking.
    * problemas con la bebida = problem drinking.
    * problemas con la vista = poor eyesight.
    * problemas de la vida = life problems [life-problems].
    * problemas del crecimiento = growing pains.
    * problemas de lectura = reading difficulties.
    * problemas dentales = dental disease.
    * problemas de oído = poor hearing.
    * problema seguro = accident waiting to happen.
    * problemas familiares = family crisis.
    * problemas + girar en torno a = problems + turn on, problems + revolve around.
    * problemas inherentes al crecimiento = growing pains.
    * problemas iniciales = teething problems, teething troubles, growing pains.
    * problema siquiátrico = psychiatric problem.
    * problema social = societal problem, social problem.
    * problemas sociales = social crisis.
    * problema + surgir = problem + arise, problem + surface, problem + come with.
    * problemas visuales = visual impairment.
    * problema técnico = glitch, technical difficulty, technical problem.
    * problema técnico desconocido = gremlin.
    * quitar importancia a un problema = trivialise + trouble.
    * raíz del problema, la = root of the problem, the.
    * resolución de problemas = problem solving [problem-solving].
    * resolver los problemas = iron out + the bugs.
    * resolver un problema = resolve + issue, resolve + problem, solve + problem, work out + problem, unlock + problem, settle + problem, sort out + problem, clear up + problem, work + problem + through, address + limitation, straighten out + problem, iron out + problem, work out + kink.
    * sacar a colación un problema = bring + problem up.
    * salvar un problema = circumvent + problem, negotiate + problem.
    * ser un problema = be at issue.
    * sin meterse en problemas = keep out of + trouble.
    * sin problemas = smoothly, smooth [smoother -comp., smoothest -sup.], problem-free, trouble free [trouble-free], without a hitch, unproblematically, carefree, without difficulty, in good standing.
    * sin problemas de vista = sighted.
    * solución a problemas = problem solution.
    * solucionar los problemas = put + things right.
    * solucionar problemas = problem solving [problem-solving].
    * solucionar un problema = solve + problem, settle + problem, iron out + problem.
    * subproblema = sub-problem [subproblem].
    * subsanar un problema = remedy + problem.
    * superar el problema de credibilidad = overcome + credibility gap.
    * superar un problema = surmount + problem, conquer + problem, get over + problem.
    * surgir un problema de credibilidad = credibility gap + arise.
    * suscitar un problema = provoke + problem, raise + problem, raise + concern.
    * tener problema con Algo = experience + trouble with.
    * tener problemas = have + problems.
    * tener problemas con = fall + foul of, run + afoul of problems, run + afoul of, fall + afoul of.
    * tener problemas con la ley = fall + foul of the law, go + afoul of the law, fall + afoul of the law.
    * tener un problema = experience + problem.
    * tener un problema medio resuelto = have + problem half licked.
    * tocar un problema = touch on/upon + problem.
    * toparse con un problema = encounter + problem, come across + problem.
    * tratar un problema = address + problem, deal with + problem, handle + problem, tackle + problem, address + limitation, grapple with + problem, treat + problem, address + concern.
    * tratar un problema de pasada = touch on/upon + problem.
    * trivializar un problema = trivialise + trouble.
    * tropezar con problemas = run into + problems.
    * * *
    masculino problem

    resolver/solucionar un problema — to solve a problem

    si se enteran, vas a tener problemas — if they find out, you'll be in trouble

    no te hagas problema — (AmL) don't worry about it

    * * *
    = dilemma, issue, problem, rough spot, snag, bug, hitch, mischief, trouble spot, tyranny, catch, tribulation, show-stopper [showstopper], hassle, rub, kink, kicker.

    Ex: Unfortunately documents which present dilemmas in the selection of author headings are present in even the smallest library collections.

    Ex: These issues are reviewed more thoroughly in chapter 10.
    Ex: When the cataloguer turns to the description of a piece of music a common problem will be the absence of a title page to be used as the chief source of information.
    Ex: But despite the many catalog worlds, and herein lies the rub -- or at least a rough spot -- we have been proceeding on the assumption that the catalog exists in the form of the data distributed by the Library of Congress.
    Ex: Another snag was the existence of entrenched divergent cataloguing habits among the multinational staff, not to mention their fear of the unknown = Otro problema era la existencia de hábitos de catalogación divergentes y ya arraigados entre el personal multinacional, por no mencionar su miedo hacia lo desconocido.
    Ex: A bug is an error in a program or an equipment malfunction.
    Ex: Keeping pace with these changes may well mean more work than the seven year hitch experienced by DC users.
    Ex: The author discusses the characteristics of programs designed specifically to cause mischief to computer owners who download and run the programs = El autor analiza las características de los programas diseñados específicamente para causar problemas a los propietarios de ordenadores que los descargan y ejecutan.
    Ex: The statistics collected served as an early warning signal for trouble spots.
    Ex: Information access, such as satellites, overcomes the tyranny of distance for students, teachers and researchers in Australasia.
    Ex: Whilst these achievements are commendable, there is a catch in them -- there can be used to 'intensify' the economic exploitation of women.
    Ex: The author discusses the tribulations of equipment selection.
    Ex: In engineering use, a show-stopper is usually some aspect of a project that is so bad that it threatens to cancel the project unless it is corrected.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'How to implement electronic subscriptions replacing the routing list hassle'.
    Ex: But as elegant and efficient as this seems, this strategy has a rub - you've got to have technology to track shipments, since you're ultimately responsible for purchases, warranties and returns.
    Ex: However, like any emerging technology, there are still a few kinks in the system.
    Ex: The kicker is that this type of money transfer service is less convenient and no safer than many online money transfers.
    * abordar un problema = address + problem.
    * acción de averiguar y resolver problemas = troubleshooting [trouble shooting].
    * aclarar un problema = clear up + problem.
    * acometer un problema = attack + problem.
    * acosado por problemas = beset with + problems.
    * acotar un problema = delineate + problem.
    * acuciado por problemas = embattled.
    * acumular problemas = build up + problems.
    * afrontar los problemas cotidianos = grapple with + life's problems.
    * afrontar un problema = face + issue, confront + problem.
    * agobiado por problemas = beset with + problems.
    * agravar un problema = compound + problem.
    * ahí está el problema = herein lies the rub, there's the rub.
    * anticipar un problema = anticipate + problem.
    * aprendizaje a través de solución de problemas = problem based learning.
    * aquejado de problemas = troubled, ailing.
    * arreglar un problema = fix + problem.
    * asediado por problemas = embattled.
    * atajar un problema = grapple with + problem.
    * ausencia de problemas = smoothness.
    * averiguar un problema = investigate + problem.
    * buscar problemas = ask for + trouble, court + disaster, make + trouble.
    * capacidad de resolver problemas = problem-solving ability.
    * causar problemas = cause + problems, cause + trouble, make + trouble.
    * combatir un problema = combat + problem.
    * complicar un problema = compound + problem.
    * con problemas = in hot water.
    * con problemas de aprendizaje = learning disabled.
    * con problemas de lectura = print disabled.
    * con problemas de vista = vision impaired.
    * con problemas visuales = vision impaired.
    * considerar un problema = consider + problem.
    * convertirse en un gran problema = grow to + a crisis.
    * corregir un problema = correct + problem.
    * crear problemas = make + waves, build up + problems, make + trouble.
    * darle vueltas a un problema = puzzle over + problem.
    * dar lugar a problemas = give + rise to problems.
    * dar problemas = play up.
    * darse cuenta de un problema = alight on + problem.
    * debatir un problema = discuss + problem.
    * decisión precipitada ante un problema = crisis decision.
    * dedicar + Posesivo + atención a un problema = turn + Posesivo + attention to problem.
    * definición del problema = problem statement.
    * definir un problema = delineate + problem.
    * delimitar un problema = isolate + problem.
    * desarrollarse sin problemas = go + smoothly.
    * detectar un problema = spot + problem, spot + trouble.
    * diagnosticar el problema = diagnose + problem.
    * dirigir + Posesivo + atención a un problema = turn + Posesivo + attention to problem.
    * el final de los problemas = the light at the end of the tunnel.
    * eliminar un problema = sweep away + problem, work out + kink.
    * el problema no es el qué, sino el cómo = the devil (is/lives) in the details.
    * el problema obvio = the elephant in the room.
    * el único problema = a fly in the soup, the fly in the ointment.
    * el verdadero problema = the elephant in the room.
    * encontrar el modo de paliar un problema = find + way (a)round + problem.
    * encontrarse con problemas = run into + trouble.
    * encontrarse con un problema = encounter + problem, meet with + problem, run up against + issue, come across + problem.
    * enfrentarse a un problema = challenge + threat, confront + question, cope with + problem, face + issue, face + issue, face + problem, come up against + problem, struggle with + issue, wrestle with + problem, deal with + issue.
    * enfrentarse un problema = confront + problem, experience + problem.
    * enunciado del problema = problem statement.
    * esbozar un problema = outline + problem.
    * ese es el problema = herein lies the rub, there's the rub.
    * esquivar el problema = sidestep + the problem.
    * esquivar un problema = duck + issue.
    * estar lleno de problemas = bristle with + problems.
    * evitar problemas = stay out of + trouble.
    * evitar un problema = avoid + problem.
    * exarcerbar un problema = inflame + problem.
    * exteriorizar un problema = externalise + problem.
    * forma de evitar un problema = way round + problem.
    * franquear un problema = negotiate + problem.
    * hacer frente a un problema = attack + problem, combat + problem, wrestle with + problem.
    * identificar un problema = outline + problem, identify + problem, isolate + problem.
    * ilustrar un problema = illustrate + problem.
    * investigar un problema = investigate + problem.
    * libre de problemas = problem-free, trouble free [trouble-free].
    * lleno de problemas = plagued with problems, problem-ridden.
    * llevarse los problemas a casa = bring + problems home.
    * mencionar un problema = bring + problem up.
    * meterse en problemas = get into + trouble.
    * mitigar un problema = alleviate + problem.
    * no haber problemas = be fine.
    * no tener ningún problema con = be okay with.
    * no terminar nunca de tener problemas con = have + no end of problems with.
    * obtener el enunciado del problema = elicit + problem statement.
    * ocasionar problemas = cause + problems.
    * orientado hacia la resolución de problemas = problem-orientated, problem-oriented.
    * paliar problemas = minimise + problems.
    * paliar un problema = solve + problem.
    * percatarse de un problema = alight on + problem.
    * persona con problemas de aprendizaje = learning disabled person.
    * persona o mecanismo que resuelve problemas = solver.
    * persona que intenta averiguar y resolver problemas = troubleshooter.
    * personas con problemas de lectura = print handicapped people, print handicapped, the.
    * personas con problemas de lectura de la letra impresa = print disabled people.
    * personas con problemas de vista, las = visually impaired, the, visually disabled, the, visually handicapped, the, visually impaired people (VIPs), visually challenged, the.
    * personas con problemas mentales = disturbed people.
    * persona sin problemas de vista = sighted person.
    * plagado de problemas = plagued with problems, problem-wracked [problem-racked].
    * plagar de problemas = bedevil.
    * plantear un problema = pose + dilemma, pose + problem, raise + question, raise + concern, raise + issue, raise + problem, articulate + problem.
    * presentar problemas = present + problems.
    * presentar un problema = pose + problem, air + problem.
    * prestar + Posesivo + atención a un problema = turn + Posesivo + attention to problem.
    * problema + acosar = problem + dog.
    * problema acuciante = pressing problem.
    * problema + acuciar = problem + beset.
    * problema + afectar = problem + afflict, problem + plague.
    * problema + afligir = problem + afflict.
    * problema + agravar = problem + exacerbate.
    * problema alimenticio = eating problem.
    * problema asociado = attending problem.
    * problema auditivo = hearing problem.
    * problema + avecinarse = problem + lie ahead.
    * problema cada vez mayor = growing problem.
    * problema con el alcohol = drinking problem.
    * problema con los niños de la llave = latchkey problem.
    * problema cotidiano = daily problem.
    * problema de comportamiento = behaviour problem, behavioural problem.
    * problema de espacio = space problem.
    * problema de imagen = image problem.
    * problema de peso = weight problem.
    * problema de salud = health problem.
    * problema + desaparecer = problem + go away.
    * problema de seguridad = security problem.
    * problema diario = daily problem.
    * problema difícil = thorny problem, poser.
    * problema difícil de resolver = tough nut to crack, hard nut to crack, brain tickler.
    * problema doméstico = domestic problem.
    * problema económico = economic problem, financial problem.
    * problema + encontrarse = problem + lie.
    * problema en la escuela = school problem.
    * problema escolar = school problem.
    * problema espinoso = knotty problem, thorny problem, thorny issue, thorny question.
    * problema + estar = problem + lie, problem + come with.
    * problema familiar = family problem.
    * problema informático = computing problem.
    * problema inicial = startup problem.
    * problema insoluble = insoluble problem.
    * problema monetario = monetary problem.
    * problema motriz = motor disability.
    * problema peliagudo = thorny problem, thorny issue, thorny question.
    * problema pequeño = a cloud no bigger than a man's hand.
    * problema + persistir = problem + persist.
    * problema personal = personal problem.
    * problema + plantearse = problem + come with.
    * problema práctico = practical problem.
    * problema racial = racial conflict, ethnic conflict.
    * problema + radicar = trouble + lie.
    * problema real = real problem.
    * problema + residir = problem + reside, problem + lie, problem + come with.
    * problemas = trouble, crisis [crises, -pl.], problem areas, trials and tribulations, trouble at mill.
    * problemas auditivos = impaired hearing, hearing impairment, hearing disability.
    * problemas cada vez mayores = mounting problems.
    * problemas con el alcohol = problem drinking.
    * problemas con la bebida = problem drinking.
    * problemas con la vista = poor eyesight.
    * problemas de la vida = life problems [life-problems].
    * problemas del crecimiento = growing pains.
    * problemas de lectura = reading difficulties.
    * problemas dentales = dental disease.
    * problemas de oído = poor hearing.
    * problema seguro = accident waiting to happen.
    * problemas familiares = family crisis.
    * problemas + girar en torno a = problems + turn on, problems + revolve around.
    * problemas inherentes al crecimiento = growing pains.
    * problemas iniciales = teething problems, teething troubles, growing pains.
    * problema siquiátrico = psychiatric problem.
    * problema social = societal problem, social problem.
    * problemas sociales = social crisis.
    * problema + surgir = problem + arise, problem + surface, problem + come with.
    * problemas visuales = visual impairment.
    * problema técnico = glitch, technical difficulty, technical problem.
    * problema técnico desconocido = gremlin.
    * quitar importancia a un problema = trivialise + trouble.
    * raíz del problema, la = root of the problem, the.
    * resolución de problemas = problem solving [problem-solving].
    * resolver los problemas = iron out + the bugs.
    * resolver un problema = resolve + issue, resolve + problem, solve + problem, work out + problem, unlock + problem, settle + problem, sort out + problem, clear up + problem, work + problem + through, address + limitation, straighten out + problem, iron out + problem, work out + kink.
    * sacar a colación un problema = bring + problem up.
    * salvar un problema = circumvent + problem, negotiate + problem.
    * ser un problema = be at issue.
    * sin meterse en problemas = keep out of + trouble.
    * sin problemas = smoothly, smooth [smoother -comp., smoothest -sup.], problem-free, trouble free [trouble-free], without a hitch, unproblematically, carefree, without difficulty, in good standing.
    * sin problemas de vista = sighted.
    * solución a problemas = problem solution.
    * solucionar los problemas = put + things right.
    * solucionar problemas = problem solving [problem-solving].
    * solucionar un problema = solve + problem, settle + problem, iron out + problem.
    * subproblema = sub-problem [subproblem].
    * subsanar un problema = remedy + problem.
    * superar el problema de credibilidad = overcome + credibility gap.
    * superar un problema = surmount + problem, conquer + problem, get over + problem.
    * surgir un problema de credibilidad = credibility gap + arise.
    * suscitar un problema = provoke + problem, raise + problem, raise + concern.
    * tener problema con Algo = experience + trouble with.
    * tener problemas = have + problems.
    * tener problemas con = fall + foul of, run + afoul of problems, run + afoul of, fall + afoul of.
    * tener problemas con la ley = fall + foul of the law, go + afoul of the law, fall + afoul of the law.
    * tener un problema = experience + problem.
    * tener un problema medio resuelto = have + problem half licked.
    * tocar un problema = touch on/upon + problem.
    * toparse con un problema = encounter + problem, come across + problem.
    * tratar un problema = address + problem, deal with + problem, handle + problem, tackle + problem, address + limitation, grapple with + problem, treat + problem, address + concern.
    * tratar un problema de pasada = touch on/upon + problem.
    * trivializar un problema = trivialise + trouble.
    * tropezar con problemas = run into + problems.

    * * *
    1 ( Mat) problem
    resolver un problema to solve a problem
    2 (dificultad, preocupación) problem
    nos está creando muchos problemas it is causing us a lot of problems o a lot of trouble
    problemas económicos financial difficulties o problems
    me gustaría ir, el problema es que no tengo dinero I'd like to go, the snag o trouble o problem o thing is I don't have any money
    los coches viejos siempre dan muchos problemas old cars always give a lot of trouble, old cars always play up a lot ( colloq)
    si se enteran, vas a tener problemas if they find out, you'll be in trouble
    no te hagas problema ( AmL); don't worry about it
    * * *

     

    problema sustantivo masculino
    problem;
    ◊ resolver/solucionar un problema to solve a problem;

    los coches viejos dan muchos problemas old cars give a lot of trouble;
    no te hagas problema (AmL) don't worry about it
    problema sustantivo masculino problem: les está dando muchos problemas, it is giving them a lot of trouble
    problemas económicos, financial difficulties

    ' problema' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abordar
    - acotar
    - circunscribirse
    - comprensión
    - conciencia
    - concienciarse
    - conjuntamente
    - contingente
    - deforestación
    - desarrollo
    - desforestación
    - desmenuzar
    - diferente
    - drogodependencia
    - eficacia
    - encarar
    - endemoniada
    - endemoniado
    - enfocar
    - enfocada
    - enfocado
    - enfoque
    - enrevesada
    - enrevesado
    - enunciado
    - inconveniente
    - intrincada
    - intrincado
    - magnitud
    - mano
    - orden
    - plantear
    - presentarse
    - profundizar
    - profundidad
    - radicar
    - raíz
    - remediar
    - remontar
    - replantear
    - resolución
    - resolver
    - robar
    - rompecabezas
    - salida
    - sencilla
    - sencillez
    - sencillo
    - sensibilizar
    - sinsabor
    English:
    answer
    - appreciate
    - appreciation
    - approach
    - approachable
    - arithmetic
    - attack
    - avenue
    - awkward
    - bit
    - bypass
    - can
    - care
    - central
    - come up
    - compound
    - deal with
    - define
    - devil
    - difficulty
    - emerge
    - emotional
    - form
    - formidable
    - graft
    - grapple
    - growing
    - hard
    - hassle
    - ignore
    - issue
    - knotty
    - knowledge
    - land
    - lie
    - magnitude
    - major
    - matter
    - meditate
    - meet with
    - nut
    - object
    - outstanding
    - overcome
    - pin down
    - pose
    - present
    - problem
    - question
    - relation
    * * *
    1. [dificultad] problem;
    el problema del terrorismo the terrorist problem, the problem of terrorism;
    los niños no causan más que problemas children cause nothing but trouble o problems;
    no quiero más problemas I don't want any more trouble;
    el problema es que no nos queda tiempo the problem o thing is that we don't have any time left;
    Am
    no te hagas problema don't worry about it
    2. [matemático] problem;
    resolver un problema to solve a problem
    * * *
    m problem;
    sin problema without difficulty, without any problems
    * * *
    : problem
    * * *
    problema n problem

    Spanish-English dictionary > problema

  • 10 resolver

    v.
    1 to resolve (solucionar) (duda, crisis).
    Ella resuelve el asunto She resolves the issue.
    2 to settle (partido, disputa, conflicto).
    una canasta en el último segundo resolvió el partido a favor del equipo visitante a basket in the last second of the game secured victory for the visitors
    3 to solve, to work out, to figure out, to find the solution to.
    Ella resuelve el caso She solves the case.
    4 to resolve to, to decide to, to make one's mind to.
    Ella resuelve partir She resolves to leave.
    5 to take a resolution, to resolve, to rule.
    6 to annul.
    Ella resuelve el juicio She annuls the trial.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ MOVER], like link=mover mover (pp resuelto,-a)
    1 (solucionar - gen) to resolve, solve; (- asunto, conflicto) to resolve, settle; (- dificultad) to overcome
    2 (decidir) to resolve, decide (-, to)
    3 (deshacer) to resolve
    4 QUÍMICA to dissolve
    1 (solucionarse) to be solved; (resultar) to work out
    2 (reducirse) to end up (en, in), turn out
    3 (decidirse) to resolve (a, -), make up one's mind (a, to), decide (a, to)
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    ( pp resuelto)
    1. VT
    1) [+ problema] to solve; [+ duda] to settle; [+ asunto] to decide, settle; [+ crimen] to solve
    2) (Quím) to dissolve
    3) [+ cuerpo de materiales] to analyse, divide up, resolve (en into)
    2. VI
    1) (=juzgar) to rule, decide

    resolver a favor de algn — to rule o decide in sb's favour

    2) (=decidirse por)
    3.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) <crimen/problema> to solve; <asunto/conflicto> to resolve, settle

    ¿me puedes resolver una duda? — could you clear up one point for me?

    2) ( decidir) to decide

    resolver + inf — to decide o resolve to + inf

    2.
    resolver vi juez to rule, decide
    3.
    resolverse v pron to decide
    * * *
    = resolve, solve, sort out, work out, get to + the bottom of, unravel, get to + the root of.
    Ex. The technology can, at the same time, be used to make its single greatest contribution by serving as the medium by which the incompatible requirements imposed on the catalog are resolved.
    Ex. I must warn you though that this might not solve anything.
    Ex. It is true that assignments were being heaped upon him with immense rapidity, but he would be able to sort them out and contrive solutions.
    Ex. The details of how the assignment of numbers by authorized agencies would be controlled have yet to be worked out.
    Ex. He does not always get to the bottom of the questions raised in this ambitious study.
    Ex. Patents abstracting is a special skill, involving not only a technical knowledge, but also a facility for unravelling the special legalistic jargon in which patents abound.
    Ex. One of them snipped Ben Kline's life short, and Marla's determined to get to the root of a case that's anything but cut and dried.
    ----
    * acción de averiguar y resolver problemas = troubleshooting [trouble shooting].
    * asunto sin resolver = unfinished business, unresolved matter.
    * capacidad de resolver problemas = problem-solving ability.
    * persona o mecanismo que resuelve problemas = solver.
    * persona que intenta averiguar y resolver problemas = troubleshooter.
    * problema difícil de resolver = tough nut to crack, hard nut to crack, brain tickler.
    * resolver el dilema = tell + the tale.
    * resolver el dilema de forma contundente = clinch + the argument.
    * resolver las cuestiones menores = work out + details.
    * resolver las diferencias = iron out + differences, resolve + Posesivo + differences, settling of differences, flatten out + differences, flush out + differences, settle + Posesivo + differences.
    * resolver las dudas = solve + Posesivo + doubts.
    * resolver los pormenores = work out + details.
    * resolver los problemas = iron out + the bugs.
    * resolver una crisis = solve + crisis.
    * resolver una cuestión = resolve + point, resolve + question, issue + settle.
    * resolver una diferencia = negotiate + difference.
    * resolver una disputa = settle + dispute.
    * resolver una necesidad = address + requirement.
    * resolver una situación = manage + situation, resolve + situation.
    * resolver un caso = crack + a case.
    * resolver un dilema = resolve + dilemma.
    * resolver un litigio = settle + dispute.
    * resolver un misterio = solve + mystery, unravel + mystery.
    * resolver un problema = resolve + issue, resolve + problem, solve + problem, work out + problem, unlock + problem, settle + problem, sort out + problem, clear up + problem, work + problem + through, address + limitation, straighten out + problem, iron out + problem, work out + kink.
    * sin resolver = unresolved, unsolved, unsettled, uncleared.
    * tener un problema medio resuelto = have + problem half licked.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) <crimen/problema> to solve; <asunto/conflicto> to resolve, settle

    ¿me puedes resolver una duda? — could you clear up one point for me?

    2) ( decidir) to decide

    resolver + inf — to decide o resolve to + inf

    2.
    resolver vi juez to rule, decide
    3.
    resolverse v pron to decide
    * * *
    = resolve, solve, sort out, work out, get to + the bottom of, unravel, get to + the root of.

    Ex: The technology can, at the same time, be used to make its single greatest contribution by serving as the medium by which the incompatible requirements imposed on the catalog are resolved.

    Ex: I must warn you though that this might not solve anything.
    Ex: It is true that assignments were being heaped upon him with immense rapidity, but he would be able to sort them out and contrive solutions.
    Ex: The details of how the assignment of numbers by authorized agencies would be controlled have yet to be worked out.
    Ex: He does not always get to the bottom of the questions raised in this ambitious study.
    Ex: Patents abstracting is a special skill, involving not only a technical knowledge, but also a facility for unravelling the special legalistic jargon in which patents abound.
    Ex: One of them snipped Ben Kline's life short, and Marla's determined to get to the root of a case that's anything but cut and dried.
    * acción de averiguar y resolver problemas = troubleshooting [trouble shooting].
    * asunto sin resolver = unfinished business, unresolved matter.
    * capacidad de resolver problemas = problem-solving ability.
    * persona o mecanismo que resuelve problemas = solver.
    * persona que intenta averiguar y resolver problemas = troubleshooter.
    * problema difícil de resolver = tough nut to crack, hard nut to crack, brain tickler.
    * resolver el dilema = tell + the tale.
    * resolver el dilema de forma contundente = clinch + the argument.
    * resolver las cuestiones menores = work out + details.
    * resolver las diferencias = iron out + differences, resolve + Posesivo + differences, settling of differences, flatten out + differences, flush out + differences, settle + Posesivo + differences.
    * resolver las dudas = solve + Posesivo + doubts.
    * resolver los pormenores = work out + details.
    * resolver los problemas = iron out + the bugs.
    * resolver una crisis = solve + crisis.
    * resolver una cuestión = resolve + point, resolve + question, issue + settle.
    * resolver una diferencia = negotiate + difference.
    * resolver una disputa = settle + dispute.
    * resolver una necesidad = address + requirement.
    * resolver una situación = manage + situation, resolve + situation.
    * resolver un caso = crack + a case.
    * resolver un dilema = resolve + dilemma.
    * resolver un litigio = settle + dispute.
    * resolver un misterio = solve + mystery, unravel + mystery.
    * resolver un problema = resolve + issue, resolve + problem, solve + problem, work out + problem, unlock + problem, settle + problem, sort out + problem, clear up + problem, work + problem + through, address + limitation, straighten out + problem, iron out + problem, work out + kink.
    * sin resolver = unresolved, unsolved, unsettled, uncleared.
    * tener un problema medio resuelto = have + problem half licked.

    * * *
    vt
    A ‹crimen/problema› to solve; ‹asunto/conflicto› to resolve, settle
    unas dificultades que estoy tratando de resolver some difficulties that I am trying to solve o sort out
    a ver si me resuelves una duda I wonder if you could clear up one point for me
    tiene resuelto su futuro his future is settled
    B (decidir) to decide
    ¿qué has resuelto? what have you decided?
    el gol que resolvió el partido ( period); the goal that decided o settled the game
    resolver + INF to decide o resolve to + INF
    resolvieron no comunicarles los resultados they decided o resolved not to tell them the results
    C ‹contrato› to end, terminate
    ■ resolver
    vi
    «juez» to rule, decide
    to decide
    se resolvieron por la segunda opción or a favor de la segunda opción they decided on the second option
    se resolvieron a aceptar la propuesta they decided o resolved o made up their minds to accept the proposal
    no se resuelve a abandonarlo she can't bring herself to leave him
    * * *

     

    resolver ( conjugate resolver) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹crimen/problema/misterio› to solve, clear up;

    ‹asunto/conflicto› to resolve, settle;
    ‹ duda› to clear up;


    resolver verbo transitivo
    1 (tomar una determinación) to resolve
    2 (un asunto, problema) to solve, resolve: debo resolver algunas cuestiones antes de irme, I need to sort out some problems before I go
    3 (zanjar) to settle: aquel gol resolvió el partido, that goal settled the match
    ' resolver' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    multiplicación
    - pendiente
    - sacar
    - solventar
    - vida
    - asignatura
    - chabolismo
    - definitivamente
    - diferencia
    - problema
    - resuelto
    English:
    air
    - answer
    - arbitration
    - arithmetic
    - clear up
    - clinch
    - clue
    - crack
    - decide
    - dispose of
    - go on
    - grapple
    - iron out
    - knowledge
    - mismanage
    - open-and-shut
    - resolve
    - rule out
    - settle
    - slug out
    - smooth out
    - solve
    - sort out
    - straighten out
    - trouble
    - work out
    - figure
    - go
    - iron
    - rule
    - straighten
    - thrash
    - unsettled
    - work
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [solucionar] [duda, crisis] to resolve;
    [problema, caso, crucigrama, acertijo] to solve
    2. [partido, disputa, conflicto] to settle;
    una canasta en el último segundo resolvió el partido a favor del equipo visitante a basket in the last second of the game secured victory for the visitors
    3. [decidir]
    resolver hacer algo to decide to do sth;
    resolvió llamar a la policía she decided to call the police
    * * *
    <part resuelto> v/t problema solve
    * * *
    resolver {89} vt
    1) : to resolve, to settle
    2) : to decide
    * * *
    1. (solucionar) to solve
    2. (ocuparse de) to sort out / to settle
    3. (decidir) to decide

    Spanish-English dictionary > resolver

  • 11 sacar

    v.
    1 to take out.
    sacar algo de to take something out of
    sacó la mano/la cabeza por la ventanilla he stuck his hand/head out of the window
    nos sacaron algo de comer they gave us something to eat
    Ellos sacaron a los perros They took out the dogs.
    2 to remove.
    el dentista me sacó una muela I had a tooth out at the dentist's
    3 to get (obtener) (carné, entradas, buenas notas).
    ¿qué sacaste en el examen de inglés? what did you get for o in your English exam?
    sacar dinero del banco to get o take some money out of the bank
    la sidra se saca de las manzanas cider is made from apples
    ¿y qué sacamos con reñirle? what do we gain by telling him off?, what's the point in telling him off?
    Ella saca provecho She gets benefits.
    siempre me sacan fatal en las fotos I always look terrible in photos
    5 to bring out (al mercado) (nuevo producto, modelo).
    6 to work out, to do.
    sacar la cuenta/la solución to work out the total/the answer
    sacar una conclusión to come to a conclusion
    7 to gather, to understand.
    lo leí tres veces, pero no saqué nada en claro o limpio I read it three times, but I couldn't make much sense of it
    8 to let out (item of clothing) (de ancho). (peninsular Spanish)
    9 to take off. ( Latin American Spanish)
    sácale la ropa al niño get the child undressed
    10 to throw in (sport) (con la mano).
    11 to put the ball into play (sport).
    sacar de banda/de esquina/de puerta to take a throw-in/corner/goal kick
    12 to stick out, to put out one's, to put out, to show.
    María saca la lengua Mary sticks out her tongue.
    13 to serve the ball.
    Ricardo saca Richard serves the ball.
    14 to be obtained from.
    Se te saca información Information is obtained from you.
    15 to be extracted from, to be removed from.
    Se me sacó una muela A molar was extracted from me.
    * * *
    (c changes to qu before e)
    Past Indicative
    saqué, sacaste, sacó, sacamos, sacasteis, sacaron.
    Present Subjunctive
    Imperative
    saca (tú), saque (él/Vd.), saquemos (nos.), sacad (vos.), saquen (ellos/Vds.).
    * * *
    verb
    2) get, obtain
    4) produce, invent
    7) release (a book, a disc, a film)
    * * *
    Para las expresiones sacar adelante, sacar brillo, sacar algo en claro, sacar los colores a algn, sacar faltas a algo, sacar algo en limpio, sacar provecho, sacar a relucir, ver la otra entrada.
    1. VERBO TRANSITIVO
    1) (=poner fuera) to take out, get out

    sacó el revólver y disparó — he drew his revolver and fired, he took {o} got his revolver out and fired

    saca la basura, por favor — please put {o} take the rubbish out

    • sacar a algn a [bailar] — to get sb up for a dance

    • sacar algo/a algn [de], sacó toda su ropa del armario — she took all his clothes out of the wardrobe, she removed all his clothes from the wardrobe

    voy a sacar dinero del cajero — I'm going to take {o} get some money out of the machine

    ¡sacadme de aquí! — get me out of here!

    • sacar a [pasear] a algn — to take sb (out) for a walk

    2) [de una persona] [+ diente] to take out

    ¡deja ese palo, que me vas a sacar un ojo! — stop playing with that stick, you're going to poke my eye out!

    • sacar [sangre] a algn — to take blood from sb

    3) [con partes del cuerpo] to stick out
    pecho I, 1)
    4) (=obtener)
    a) [+ notas, diputados] to get

    ¿y tú qué sacas con denunciarlo a la policía? — and what do you get out of {o} gain from reporting him to the police?

    no consiguió sacar todos los exámenes en junio Esp — she didn't manage to pass {o} get all her exams in June

    sacó un seis — [con dados] he threw a six

    b) [+ dinero]

    lo hago para sacar unos euros — I do it to earn {o} make a bit of money

    sacó el premio gordo — he got {o} won the jackpot

    sacamos una ganancia de... — we made a profit of...

    c) [+ puesto] to get
    d) [+ información] to get

    los datos están sacados de dos libros — the statistics are taken {o} come from two books

    ¿de dónde has sacado esa idea? — where did you get that idea?

    ¿de dónde has sacado esa chica tan guapa? — where did you get {o} find such a beautiful girlfriend?

    e)

    sacar algo de — [+ fruto, material] to extract sth from

    f)

    le sacaron toda la información que necesitaban — they got all the information they needed from {o} out of him

    g) [+ conclusión] to draw

    ¿qué conclusión se puede sacar de todo esto? — what can be concluded from all of this?, what conclusion can be drawn from all of this?

    lo que se saca de todo esto es que... — the conclusion to be drawn from all this is that...

    h) [+ característica]
    5) (=comprar) [+ entradas] to get
    6) (=lanzar) [+ modelo nuevo] to bring out; [+ libro] to bring out, publish; [+ disco] to release; [+ moda] to create
    7) (=hacer) [+ foto] to take; [+ copia] to make
    8) (=resolver)
    9) (=mostrar)
    10) (=mencionar)
    11) esp LAm (=quitar) [+ ropa] to take off; [+ mancha] to get out {o} off, remove frm
    12) (=aventajar en)
    13) (=salvar) to get out
    apuro 1)
    14) (=poner) [+ apodo, mote] to give
    15) (Dep)
    a) (Tenis) to serve
    b) (Ftbl)

    saca el balón Kiko — [en saque de banda] the throw-in is taken by Kiko; [en falta] Kiko takes the free kick

    16) (Cos) [+ prenda de vestir] (=ensanchar) to let out; (=alargar) to let down
    17) (Naipes) to play
    2. VERBO INTRANSITIVO
    1) (Tenis) to serve
    2) (Ftbl) [en córner, tiro libre] to take the kick; [en saque de banda] to take the throw-in

    después de marcar un gol, saca el contrario — after a goal has been scored, the opposing team kicks off

    3.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) ( extraer)
    a) <billetera/lápiz> to take out, get out; <pistola/espada> to draw

    lo saqué del cajón — I took o got it out of the drawer

    b) < muela> to pull out, take out; <riñón/cálculo> to remove
    c) <diamantes/cobre> to extract, mine

    sacar petróleo de debajo del mar — to get oil o (frml) extract petroleum from under the sea

    d) <carta/ficha> to draw
    2) (poner, llevar fuera)
    a) <maceta/mesa/basura> to take out

    sacar algo/a alguien DE algo — to get something/somebody out of something

    b) ( invitar)
    c) < parte del cuerpo> to put out

    me sacó la lengua — he stuck o put his tongue out at me

    3) ( retirar) to take out

    sacar dinero del banco — to take out o withdraw money from the bank

    5) (Esp) < dobladillo> to let down; <pantalón/falda> ( alargar) to let down; ( ensanchar) to let out
    6) ( obtener)
    <pasaporte/permiso> to get; < entrada> to get, buy

    ya saqué el pasaje or (Esp) he sacado el billete — I've already bought the ticket o got my ticket

    7)
    a) <calificación/nota> to get
    b) <votos/puntos> to get
    c) ( en juegos de azar) < premio> to get, win
    d) < conclusión> to draw
    e) <suma/cuenta> to do, work out
    8) < beneficio> to get; < ganancia> to make

    ¿qué sacas con eso? — what do you gain by doing that?

    saco $3.000 mensuales — I take home $3,000 a month

    el hijo ya le saca 10 centímetros — (fam) his son is already 10 centimeters taller than he is

    sacar algo DE algo: sacaron mucho dinero de la venta they made a lot of money from the sale; no ha sacado ningún provecho del curso — she hasn't got anything out of the course

    9)

    sacar algo DE algo — <idea/información> to get something from something; <porciones/unidades> to get something out of something

    sacarle algo A alguien — <dinero/información> to get something out of somebody

    10) < brillo> to bring out
    11)
    a) < libro> to publish, bring out; < disco> to bring out, release; <modelo/producto> to bring out
    b) < tema> to bring up
    c) < foto> to take; < copia> to make, take; < apuntes> to make, take
    d) (Esp) <defecto/falta> (+ me/te/le etc) to find
    12)

    sacar adelante — < proyecto> ( poner en marcha) to get something off the ground; ( salvar de la crisis) to keep something going

    13) (Dep) <tiro libre/falta> to take
    14) ( quitar)
    (esp AmL)
    a)

    sacarle algo A alguien — <botas/gorro> to take something off somebody; <juguetes/plata> (RPl) to take something from somebody

    no se lo saques, que es suyo — don't take it (away) from him, it's his

    ¿cuánto te sacan en impuestos? — how much do they take off in taxes?

    b)

    sacarle algo a algo — <tapa/cubierta> to take something off something

    c) ( retirar)
    15) (esp AmL) ( hacer desaparecer) < mancha> to remove, get... out
    2.
    sacar vi (Dep) (en tenis, vóleibol) to serve; ( en fútbol) to kick off

    sacar de puerta/de esquina — to take the goal kick/to take the corner

    3.
    sacarse v pron (refl)
    1) ( extraer)

    ten cuidado, te vas a sacar un ojo — be careful or you'll poke o take your eye out

    me tengo que sacar una muela — (caus) I have to have a tooth out

    2) (AmL) ( quitarse) <ropa/zapatos> to take off; < maquillaje> to remove, take off

    sácate el pelo de la cara — get o take your hair out of your eyes

    3)
    a) (caus) < foto>
    b) (AmL) <calificación/nota> to get
    * * *
    = draw from, pull out, remove, take out, withdraw, draw, pull from, put out, scoop (out), pull off, ferret out, winkle out.
    Ex. These headings may be drawn from an alphabetical list of subject headings or from a classification scheme.
    Ex. We go to that record, pull it out, change the item's priority and upgrade it so it gets out to you quickly.
    Ex. Folders allow a set of papers to be kept together when a set on a given topic is removed from the file.
    Ex. A borrower may sometimes wish to take out a book which has already been loaned out.
    Ex. Thus, all cards corresponding to documents covering 'Curricula' are withdrawn from the pack.
    Ex. The 'Root Thesaurus' presents other refinements which permit the part of the hierarchy from which a term is drawn to be specified.
    Ex. The data is pulled directly from all the bibliographic data bases on DIALOG that have a JN field.
    Ex. Naturally people will handle books before they decide to buy them, which means that no more than a couple of copies of each title should be put out so that reserve stock is prevented from getting grubby.
    Ex. This service will be useful for end users and for scooping out the availability of information on STN for a variety of search topics.
    Ex. The ionisation in the air pulls off massive, if random charges so the speed of lightning is actually less than that of the speed of light.
    Ex. As a rule analysts are left on their own to ferret out useful and appropriate areas to be investigated.
    Ex. Small business operators can be easy prey for scamsters trying to winkle out money for unsolicited - and unneeded - 'services'.
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    * cría cuervos y te sacarán y los ojos = you've made your bed, now you must lie in it!.
    * sacando provecho de = on the coattails of.
    * sacar a Alguien de quicio = get on + Posesivo + nerves, drive + Alguien + up a wall, drive + Alguien + to despair, drive + Alguien + mad, drive + Alguien + insane, drive + Alguien + crazy, drive + Alguien + nuts, drive + Alguien + potty.
    * sacar acciones al mercado = go + public.
    * sacar a colación = bring + Nombre + up.
    * sacar a colación una cuestión = bring up + matter, bring up + issue, bring up + point.
    * sacar a colación una idea = bring up + idea.
    * sacar a colación un problema = bring + problem up.
    * sacar a colación un tema = bring up + topic, bring up + subject.
    * sacar a concurso = tender for, tender out.
    * sacar a concurso público = bid, bid + Posesivo + business, tender for, tender out.
    * sacar a convocatoria pública = tender for, tender out, bid.
    * sacar a flote = get + Nombre + back on + Posesivo + feet.
    * sacar a golpes = punch out.
    * sacar a la luz = bring to + light, dredge up.
    * sacar Algo a relucir = bring + Nombre + to the surface.
    * sacar Algo de = take + Nombre + out of.
    * sacar a licitación = tender for, tender out.
    * sacar al mercado = bring to + market.
    * sacar a relucir = bring to + the surface, bring to + light, bring to + the fore.
    * sacar a relucir diferencias = turn up + differences.
    * sacar a relucir las mejores cualidades de = bring out + the best in.
    * sacar a relucir lo peor de = bring out + the worst in.
    * sacar a relucir los trapos sucios delante de otros = wash + dirty linen in front of others.
    * sacar a relucir los trapos sucios en público = air + dirty linen in public.
    * sacar arrastrando = haul out.
    * sacar brillo = polish.
    * sacar brillo a = buff, buff up.
    * sacar conclusiones = draw + implications.
    * sacar conclusiones generales = generalise [generalize, -USA].
    * sacar conclusiones precipitadas = jump to + conclusions.
    * sacar con sifón = siphon out.
    * sacar con una bomba = pump out.
    * sacar de = carry out of, wretch from, tilt + Nombre + out of, take from, catapult + Nombre + out of.
    * sacar de apuros = bail out, bale out.
    * sacar de contrabando = smuggle out.
    * sacar de la inactividad = take + Nombre + out of the doldrums.
    * sacar de las casillas = piss + Nombre + off.
    * sacar del mismo molde = cast in + the same mould as.
    * sacar de + Posesivo + casillas = drive + Alguien + (a)round the bend.
    * sacar de quicio = drive + Alguien + (a)round the bend, exasperate, grind on + Posesivo + nerves, piss + Nombre + off.
    * sacar dinero = draw + cash, draw out + cash.
    * sacar el abrebotellas = pull out + the corks.
    * sacar el máximo partido = exploit + full potential, take + full advantage (of), take + the best advantage.
    * sacar el máximo partido a = get + the most out of.
    * sacar el máximo partido a Algo = reach + the full potential of.
    * sacar el máximo partido de = harness + the power of, make + the best of.
    * sacar el máximo partido de Algo = make + the most of.
    * sacar el máximo provecho de = get + the most out of.
    * sacar el máximo provecho de Algo = make + the most of.
    * sacar el mayor partido al dinero de uno = get + the most for + Posesivo + money.
    * sacar el mejor partido de = get + the best out of.
    * sacar el mejor partido de Algo = make + the best advantage of, make + the best use of, make + the best possible use of.
    * sacar el mejor partido posible = get + the best of both worlds, get + the best of all worlds.
    * sacar en préstamo = charge out, check out.
    * sacar extractos de = excerpt.
    * sacar faltas = find + fault with.
    * sacar haciendo palanca = pry + Nombre + out, prise + Nombre + out.
    * sacar haciendo sifón = siphon out.
    * sacar ilegalmente = smuggle out.
    * sacar la basura = take out + the garbage.
    * sacar las castañas del fuego = sort out + the mess, pick up + the pieces.
    * sacar las cosas de quicio = blow + things (up) out of (all) proportion.
    * sacar lecciones de = draw + lessons from.
    * sacarle defectos a todo = nitpick.
    * sacarle dinero a Alguien = wrestle + money from.
    * sacarle faltas a todo = nitpick.
    * sacarle las castañas del fuego a Alguien = pull + Posesivo + chestnuts out of the fire.
    * sacarle partido a = make + an opportunity (out) of.
    * sacarle un bocado a = take + a bite out of.
    * sacar libro en préstamo = borrow + book.
    * sacar los pies del plato = break out of + the box.
    * sacar los pies del tiesto = break out of + the box.
    * sacar más partido = get + more for + Posesivo + money.
    * sacar mayor partido a = squeeze + more life out of.
    * sacar mayor provecho = stretch + further.
    * sacar mejor partido = get + more for + Posesivo + money.
    * sacar + Nombre + de = extricate + Nombre + from.
    * sacar partido = take + advantage (of), exploit + benefits.
    * sacar partido a una oportunidad = capitalise on + opportunity.
    * sacar perforando = drill out.
    * sacar poco a poco = tease out.
    * sacar por impresora = print + off-line, print out + off-line.
    * sacar provecho a una oportunidad = capitalise on + opportunity.
    * sacar provecho de = capitalise on/upon [capitalize, -USA], cash in on, ride (on) + Posesivo + coattails.
    * sacar punta = sharpen.
    * sacar rápidamente = whip out.
    * sacarse los mocos = pick + Posesivo + nose.
    * sacar tirando = haul out.
    * sacar una conclusión = draw + conclusion.
    * sacar una deducción = draw + inference.
    * sacar una foto = take + a shot.
    * sacar una fotografía = take + picture.
    * sacar una impresión = gain + picture.
    * sacar una prueba = pull + a proof.
    * sacar unas notazas = pass with + flying colours.
    * sacar un diez = score + an A.
    * sacar un ojo = gouge + eye out.
    * sacar ventaja = gain + one-upmanship.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) ( extraer)
    a) <billetera/lápiz> to take out, get out; <pistola/espada> to draw

    lo saqué del cajón — I took o got it out of the drawer

    b) < muela> to pull out, take out; <riñón/cálculo> to remove
    c) <diamantes/cobre> to extract, mine

    sacar petróleo de debajo del mar — to get oil o (frml) extract petroleum from under the sea

    d) <carta/ficha> to draw
    2) (poner, llevar fuera)
    a) <maceta/mesa/basura> to take out

    sacar algo/a alguien DE algo — to get something/somebody out of something

    b) ( invitar)
    c) < parte del cuerpo> to put out

    me sacó la lengua — he stuck o put his tongue out at me

    3) ( retirar) to take out

    sacar dinero del banco — to take out o withdraw money from the bank

    5) (Esp) < dobladillo> to let down; <pantalón/falda> ( alargar) to let down; ( ensanchar) to let out
    6) ( obtener)
    <pasaporte/permiso> to get; < entrada> to get, buy

    ya saqué el pasaje or (Esp) he sacado el billete — I've already bought the ticket o got my ticket

    7)
    a) <calificación/nota> to get
    b) <votos/puntos> to get
    c) ( en juegos de azar) < premio> to get, win
    d) < conclusión> to draw
    e) <suma/cuenta> to do, work out
    8) < beneficio> to get; < ganancia> to make

    ¿qué sacas con eso? — what do you gain by doing that?

    saco $3.000 mensuales — I take home $3,000 a month

    el hijo ya le saca 10 centímetros — (fam) his son is already 10 centimeters taller than he is

    sacar algo DE algo: sacaron mucho dinero de la venta they made a lot of money from the sale; no ha sacado ningún provecho del curso — she hasn't got anything out of the course

    9)

    sacar algo DE algo — <idea/información> to get something from something; <porciones/unidades> to get something out of something

    sacarle algo A alguien — <dinero/información> to get something out of somebody

    10) < brillo> to bring out
    11)
    a) < libro> to publish, bring out; < disco> to bring out, release; <modelo/producto> to bring out
    b) < tema> to bring up
    c) < foto> to take; < copia> to make, take; < apuntes> to make, take
    d) (Esp) <defecto/falta> (+ me/te/le etc) to find
    12)

    sacar adelante — < proyecto> ( poner en marcha) to get something off the ground; ( salvar de la crisis) to keep something going

    13) (Dep) <tiro libre/falta> to take
    14) ( quitar)
    (esp AmL)
    a)

    sacarle algo A alguien — <botas/gorro> to take something off somebody; <juguetes/plata> (RPl) to take something from somebody

    no se lo saques, que es suyo — don't take it (away) from him, it's his

    ¿cuánto te sacan en impuestos? — how much do they take off in taxes?

    b)

    sacarle algo a algo — <tapa/cubierta> to take something off something

    c) ( retirar)
    15) (esp AmL) ( hacer desaparecer) < mancha> to remove, get... out
    2.
    sacar vi (Dep) (en tenis, vóleibol) to serve; ( en fútbol) to kick off

    sacar de puerta/de esquina — to take the goal kick/to take the corner

    3.
    sacarse v pron (refl)
    1) ( extraer)

    ten cuidado, te vas a sacar un ojo — be careful or you'll poke o take your eye out

    me tengo que sacar una muela — (caus) I have to have a tooth out

    2) (AmL) ( quitarse) <ropa/zapatos> to take off; < maquillaje> to remove, take off

    sácate el pelo de la cara — get o take your hair out of your eyes

    3)
    a) (caus) < foto>
    b) (AmL) <calificación/nota> to get
    * * *
    = draw from, pull out, remove, take out, withdraw, draw, pull from, put out, scoop (out), pull off, ferret out, winkle out.

    Ex: These headings may be drawn from an alphabetical list of subject headings or from a classification scheme.

    Ex: We go to that record, pull it out, change the item's priority and upgrade it so it gets out to you quickly.
    Ex: Folders allow a set of papers to be kept together when a set on a given topic is removed from the file.
    Ex: A borrower may sometimes wish to take out a book which has already been loaned out.
    Ex: Thus, all cards corresponding to documents covering 'Curricula' are withdrawn from the pack.
    Ex: The 'Root Thesaurus' presents other refinements which permit the part of the hierarchy from which a term is drawn to be specified.
    Ex: The data is pulled directly from all the bibliographic data bases on DIALOG that have a JN field.
    Ex: Naturally people will handle books before they decide to buy them, which means that no more than a couple of copies of each title should be put out so that reserve stock is prevented from getting grubby.
    Ex: This service will be useful for end users and for scooping out the availability of information on STN for a variety of search topics.
    Ex: The ionisation in the air pulls off massive, if random charges so the speed of lightning is actually less than that of the speed of light.
    Ex: As a rule analysts are left on their own to ferret out useful and appropriate areas to be investigated.
    Ex: Small business operators can be easy prey for scamsters trying to winkle out money for unsolicited - and unneeded - 'services'.
    * cría cuervos y te sacarán y los ojos = you've made your bed, now you must lie in it!.
    * sacando provecho de = on the coattails of.
    * sacar a Alguien de quicio = get on + Posesivo + nerves, drive + Alguien + up a wall, drive + Alguien + to despair, drive + Alguien + mad, drive + Alguien + insane, drive + Alguien + crazy, drive + Alguien + nuts, drive + Alguien + potty.
    * sacar acciones al mercado = go + public.
    * sacar a colación = bring + Nombre + up.
    * sacar a colación una cuestión = bring up + matter, bring up + issue, bring up + point.
    * sacar a colación una idea = bring up + idea.
    * sacar a colación un problema = bring + problem up.
    * sacar a colación un tema = bring up + topic, bring up + subject.
    * sacar a concurso = tender for, tender out.
    * sacar a concurso público = bid, bid + Posesivo + business, tender for, tender out.
    * sacar a convocatoria pública = tender for, tender out, bid.
    * sacar a flote = get + Nombre + back on + Posesivo + feet.
    * sacar a golpes = punch out.
    * sacar a la luz = bring to + light, dredge up.
    * sacar Algo a relucir = bring + Nombre + to the surface.
    * sacar Algo de = take + Nombre + out of.
    * sacar a licitación = tender for, tender out.
    * sacar al mercado = bring to + market.
    * sacar a relucir = bring to + the surface, bring to + light, bring to + the fore.
    * sacar a relucir diferencias = turn up + differences.
    * sacar a relucir las mejores cualidades de = bring out + the best in.
    * sacar a relucir lo peor de = bring out + the worst in.
    * sacar a relucir los trapos sucios delante de otros = wash + dirty linen in front of others.
    * sacar a relucir los trapos sucios en público = air + dirty linen in public.
    * sacar arrastrando = haul out.
    * sacar brillo = polish.
    * sacar brillo a = buff, buff up.
    * sacar conclusiones = draw + implications.
    * sacar conclusiones generales = generalise [generalize, -USA].
    * sacar conclusiones precipitadas = jump to + conclusions.
    * sacar con sifón = siphon out.
    * sacar con una bomba = pump out.
    * sacar de = carry out of, wretch from, tilt + Nombre + out of, take from, catapult + Nombre + out of.
    * sacar de apuros = bail out, bale out.
    * sacar de contrabando = smuggle out.
    * sacar de la inactividad = take + Nombre + out of the doldrums.
    * sacar de las casillas = piss + Nombre + off.
    * sacar del mismo molde = cast in + the same mould as.
    * sacar de + Posesivo + casillas = drive + Alguien + (a)round the bend.
    * sacar de quicio = drive + Alguien + (a)round the bend, exasperate, grind on + Posesivo + nerves, piss + Nombre + off.
    * sacar dinero = draw + cash, draw out + cash.
    * sacar el abrebotellas = pull out + the corks.
    * sacar el máximo partido = exploit + full potential, take + full advantage (of), take + the best advantage.
    * sacar el máximo partido a = get + the most out of.
    * sacar el máximo partido a Algo = reach + the full potential of.
    * sacar el máximo partido de = harness + the power of, make + the best of.
    * sacar el máximo partido de Algo = make + the most of.
    * sacar el máximo provecho de = get + the most out of.
    * sacar el máximo provecho de Algo = make + the most of.
    * sacar el mayor partido al dinero de uno = get + the most for + Posesivo + money.
    * sacar el mejor partido de = get + the best out of.
    * sacar el mejor partido de Algo = make + the best advantage of, make + the best use of, make + the best possible use of.
    * sacar el mejor partido posible = get + the best of both worlds, get + the best of all worlds.
    * sacar en préstamo = charge out, check out.
    * sacar extractos de = excerpt.
    * sacar faltas = find + fault with.
    * sacar haciendo palanca = pry + Nombre + out, prise + Nombre + out.
    * sacar haciendo sifón = siphon out.
    * sacar ilegalmente = smuggle out.
    * sacar la basura = take out + the garbage.
    * sacar las castañas del fuego = sort out + the mess, pick up + the pieces.
    * sacar las cosas de quicio = blow + things (up) out of (all) proportion.
    * sacar lecciones de = draw + lessons from.
    * sacarle defectos a todo = nitpick.
    * sacarle dinero a Alguien = wrestle + money from.
    * sacarle faltas a todo = nitpick.
    * sacarle las castañas del fuego a Alguien = pull + Posesivo + chestnuts out of the fire.
    * sacarle partido a = make + an opportunity (out) of.
    * sacarle un bocado a = take + a bite out of.
    * sacar libro en préstamo = borrow + book.
    * sacar los pies del plato = break out of + the box.
    * sacar los pies del tiesto = break out of + the box.
    * sacar más partido = get + more for + Posesivo + money.
    * sacar mayor partido a = squeeze + more life out of.
    * sacar mayor provecho = stretch + further.
    * sacar mejor partido = get + more for + Posesivo + money.
    * sacar + Nombre + de = extricate + Nombre + from.
    * sacar partido = take + advantage (of), exploit + benefits.
    * sacar partido a una oportunidad = capitalise on + opportunity.
    * sacar perforando = drill out.
    * sacar poco a poco = tease out.
    * sacar por impresora = print + off-line, print out + off-line.
    * sacar provecho a una oportunidad = capitalise on + opportunity.
    * sacar provecho de = capitalise on/upon [capitalize, -USA], cash in on, ride (on) + Posesivo + coattails.
    * sacar punta = sharpen.
    * sacar rápidamente = whip out.
    * sacarse los mocos = pick + Posesivo + nose.
    * sacar tirando = haul out.
    * sacar una conclusión = draw + conclusion.
    * sacar una deducción = draw + inference.
    * sacar una foto = take + a shot.
    * sacar una fotografía = take + picture.
    * sacar una impresión = gain + picture.
    * sacar una prueba = pull + a proof.
    * sacar unas notazas = pass with + flying colours.
    * sacar un diez = score + an A.
    * sacar un ojo = gouge + eye out.
    * sacar ventaja = gain + one-upmanship.

    * * *
    sacar [A2 ]
    vt
    1 ‹cartera/dinero/lápiz› to take out, get out; ‹pistola› to draw, get out; ‹espada› to draw sacar algo DE algo to take sth OUT OF sth
    lo saqué del cajón I took o got it out of the drawer
    sacar el pollo del horno take the chicken out of the oven, remove the chicken from the oven ( frml)
    sacaron agua del pozo they drew water from the well
    2 ‹muela› to pull out, take out; ‹riñón/cálculo› to remove
    me sacaron sangre para hacer los análisis they took some blood to do the tests
    saqué la astilla con unas pinzas I got the splinter out with a pair of tweezers
    deja que te saque esa espinilla let me squeeze that pimple for you
    me vas a sacar un ojo con ese paraguas you'll have o poke my eye out with that umbrella!
    3 ‹diamantes/cobre› to extract, mine
    sacamos petróleo de debajo del mar we get oil o ( frml) extract petroleum from under the sea
    4 ‹conclusión› to draw
    ¿sacaste algo en limpio de todo eso? did you (manage to) make anything of all that?
    primero tienes que sacar la raíz cuadrada first you have to find o extract the square root
    B (de una situación) sacar a algn DE algo:
    aquel dinero los sacó de la miseria that money released them from their life of poverty
    ¿quién lo va a sacar de su error? who's going to tell him he's wrong o put him right?
    me sacó de una situación muy difícil she got me out of a really tight spot
    pagaron la fianza y la sacaron de la cárcel they put up bail and got her out of prison
    ¿por qué lo sacaron del colegio? why did they take him out of o take him away from the school?
    C (de una cuenta, un fondo) to take out, get out ( colloq)
    tengo que sacar dinero del banco/de la otra cuenta I have to get o draw some money out of the bank/draw o take some money out of the other account
    sólo puede sacar tres libros you can only take out o borrow three books
    D ‹cuenta/suma/ecuación› to do, work out; ‹adivinanza› to work out
    saca la cuenta y dime cuánto te debo work it out and tell me how much I owe you
    E (poner, llevar fuera)
    1 ‹maceta/mesa› to take out
    saca las plantas al balcón put the plants out on the balcony, take the plants out onto the balcony
    ¿has sacado la basura? have you put o taken the garbage ( AmE) o ( BrE) rubbish out?
    sácalo aquí al sol bring it out here into the sun
    sacaron el sofá por la ventana they got the sofa out through the window
    sacar algo DE algo to take o get sth OUT OF sth
    no puedo sacar el coche del garaje I can't get the car out of the garage
    2 ‹persona/perro›
    los saqué a dar una vuelta en coche I took them out for a ride (in the car)
    lo tuvimos que sacar por la ventana we had to get him out through the window
    la sacaron en brazos they carried her out
    saca el perro a pasear take the dog out for a walk
    sacar a algn DE algo to get sb OUT OF sth
    ¡socorro! ¡sáquenme de aquí! help! get me out of here!
    su marido no la saca nunca de casa her husband never takes her out
    lo sacaron de allí a patadas they kicked him out of there
    3
    sacar a algn a bailar to ask sb to dance
    4 ‹parte del cuerpo›
    saca (el) pecho stick your chest out
    me sacó la lengua he stuck o put his tongue out at me
    no saques la cabeza por la ventanilla don't put your head out of the window
    F (poner en juego) ‹carta› to play, put down; ‹pieza/ficha› to bring out
    G ‹dobladillo› to let down ‹pantalón/falda› (alargar) to let down; (ensanchar) to let out
    A ‹pasaporte/permiso› to get; ‹entrada› to get, buy
    ya he sacado el pasaje or ( Esp) billete I've already bought the ticket o got my ticket
    ¿sacaste hora para la peluquería? did you make an appointment at the hairdresser's?
    he sacado número para la consulta de mañana I've made an appointment with the doctor tomorrow
    sacar una reserva to make a reservation, to book
    ¡qué tipo más buen mozo! ¿de dónde lo habrá sacado? wow, he's good-looking! where do you think she got hold of o found him? ( colloq)
    B
    1 sacar algo DE algo ‹idea/información› to get sth FROM sth
    saqué los datos del informe oficial I got o took the information from the official report
    2 sacarle algo A algn ‹dinero/información› to get sth OUT OF sb
    no le pude sacar ni un peso para la colecta I couldn't get a penny out of him for the collection
    le sacaron el nombre de su cómplice they got the name of his accomplice out of him, they extracted the name of his accomplice from him
    a ver si le sacas quién se lo dijo see if you can find out who told her, try and get out of her who it was who told her
    C
    1 ‹calificación/nota› to get
    saqué un cinco en química I got five out of ten in chemistry
    2 ‹votos/puntos› to get
    el partido sacó tres escaños the party got o won three seats
    3 (en juegos de azar) ‹premio› to get, win
    cuando saque la lotería when I win the lottery
    tiró los dados y sacó un seis she threw the dice and got a six
    saqué la pajita más corta I drew the short straw
    4 ( Esp) ‹examen/asignatura› to pass
    no creo que saque la física en junio I don't think I'll pass o get through physics in June
    D ‹brillo› to bring out
    frotar para sacarle brillo rub to bring out the shine o to make it shine
    esa caminata le sacó los colores that walk brought the color to her cheeks
    punta2 (↑ punta (2))
    E ‹beneficio› to get
    no vas a sacar nada hablándole así you won't get anywhere talking to him like that
    ¿qué sacas con amargarle la vida? what do you gain by making his life a misery?
    le sacó mucho partido a la situación he took full advantage of the situation
    con este trabajito saco (lo suficiente) para mis vicios I earn a little pocket money with this job
    saqué unas £200 en limpio I made a clear £200
    le sacó diez segundos (de ventaja) a Martínez he took a ten-second lead over Martínez
    el hijo ya le saca 10 centímetros ( fam); his son is already 10 centimeters taller than he is
    sacar algo DE algo:
    no ha sacado ningún provecho del cursillo she hasn't got anything out of o ( frml) hasn't derived any benefit from the course
    tienes que aprender a sacar partido de estas situaciones you have to learn to take advantage of these situations
    no sacaron mucho dinero de la venta they didn't make much money on o out of o from the sale
    F sacar algo DE algo ‹porciones/unidades› to get sth OUT OF sth
    de esa masa puedes sacar dos pasteles there's enough pastry there to make o for two pies, you can get two pies out of that amount of pastry
    G
    (heredar): ha sacado los ojos verdes de la madre he's got his mother's green eyes, he gets his green eyes from his mother
    A
    1 ‹libro› to publish, bring out; ‹película/disco› to bring out, release; ‹modelo/producto› to bring out
    han vuelto a sacar la moda de la minifalda the miniskirt is back in fashion
    sacaron el reportaje en primera plana the report was published o printed o the report appeared on the front page
    2 ‹tema› to bring up
    3 ( Esp) ‹defecto/falta› (+ me/te/le etc) to find
    a todo le tiene que sacar faltas he always has to find fault with everything
    4 ( Esp) ‹apodo› to give
    B
    sacar adelante: gracias a su empeño sacaron adelante el proyecto thanks to her determination they managed to get the project off the ground/keep the project going
    luché tanto para sacar adelante a mis hijos I fought so hard to give my children a good start in life
    tengo que sacar adelante la misión que me fue encomendada I have to carry out the mission that has been entrusted to me
    C
    1 ‹foto› to take
    2 ‹copia› to make, take
    3 ‹apuntes› to make, take
    D ( Dep) ‹tiro libre/falta› to take
    A ( esp AmL)
    1 ‹botas/gorro/tapa› sacarle algo A algn/algo to take sth OFF sb/sth
    ¿me sacas las botas? can you pull o take my boots off?
    tengo que sacarles el polvo a los muebles I have to dust the furniture
    2
    (apartar): saca esto de aquí que estorba take this away, it's in the way
    saquen los libros de la mesa take the books off the table
    mejor sacarlo de en medio ahora we'd better get it out of the way now
    3 ‹programa› to switch off; ‹disco› to take off
    B
    ( RPl) ‹pertenencia› sacarle algo a algn to take sth from sb
    no se lo saques, que es suyo don't take it (away) from him, it's his
    ¿cuánto te sacan en impuestos? how much do they take off in taxes?, how much do you get deducted o ( AmE) withheld in taxes?
    no me saques la silla don't take o ( BrE colloq) pinch my seat
    C ( esp AmL) (hacer desaparecer) ‹mancha› to remove, get … out; ‹dolor› to get rid of
    es una idea descabellada, a ver si se la podemos sacar de la cabeza it's a crazy idea, we should try to talk him out of it
    me sacas un peso de encima you've taken a great weight off my mind
    tenemos que sacarle esa costumbre we have to break him of that habit
    ■ sacar
    vi
    1 (en tenis, vóleibol) to serve
    2 (en fútbol) to kick off
    sacó de puerta/de esquina he took the goal kick/corner
    saca de banda he takes the throw-in
    ( refl)
    A
    (extraer): ten cuidado, te vas a sacar un ojo be careful or you'll poke o take your eye out
    me tengo que sacar una muela ( caus) I have to have a tooth out
    sacarse algo DE algo to take sth OUT OF sth
    sácate las manos de los bolsillos take your hands out of your pockets
    sácate el dedo de la nariz don't pick your nose
    B ( esp AmL)
    1 ‹ropa/zapatos› to take off
    se sacó el reloj she took off her watch
    2
    (apartar, hacer desaparecer): sácate el pelo de la cara get o take your hair out of your eyes
    sacarse el maquillaje to remove o take off one's makeup
    no me puedo sacar el dolor con nada no matter what I do I can't seem to get rid of the pain
    no pudimos sacárnoslo de encima we just couldn't get rid of him
    C (Chi, Méx) ‹calificación/nota› to get
    me saqué un 6 en español I got 6 out of 10 in Spanish
    * * *

     

    sacar ( conjugate sacar) verbo transitivo
    1 ( extraer)
    a) ‹billetera/lápiz› to take out, get out;

    ‹pistola/espada› to draw;
    sacar algo DE algo to take o get sth out of sth;
    ◊ lo saqué del cajón I took o got it out of the drawer


    ‹riñón/cálculo› to remove;

    c) ‹diamantes/cobre/petróleo› to extract

    d) ‹carta/ficha› to draw

    2 (poner, llevar fuera)
    a) ‹maceta/mesa/basura› to take out;


    tuvimos que sacarlo por la ventana we had to get it out through the window;
    sacar el perro a pasear to take the dog out for a walk;
    sacar el coche del garaje to get the car out of the garage
    b) ( invitar):


    sacar a algn a bailar to ask sb to dance

    ◊ me sacó la lengua he stuck o put his tongue out at me

    3 ( retirar) to take out;
    ◊ sacar dinero del banco to take out o withdraw money from the bank

    4 ( de una situación difícil) sacar a algn DE algo ‹de apuro/atolladero› to get sb out of sth
    5 (Esp) ‹ dobladillo› to let down;
    ‹pantalón/falda› ( alargar) to let down;
    ( ensanchar) to let out
    ( obtener)
    1 ‹pasaporte/permiso› to get;
    ‹entrada/billete› to get, buy
    2
    a) ‹votos/puntos/calificación› to get

    b) ‹ premio› to get, win


    d) ‹suma/cuenta› to do, work out

    3 ‹ beneficio› to get;
    ‹ ganancia› to make;
    ◊ ¿qué sacas con eso? what do you gain by doing that?;

    no sacó ningún provecho del curso she didn't get anything out of the course
    4 sacar algo DE algo ‹idea/información› to get sth from sth;
    ‹porciones/unidades› to get sth out of sth;
    sacarle algo A algn ‹dinero/información› to get sth out of sb
    5 ‹ brillo› to bring out;

    1

    ‹ disco› to bring out, release;
    ‹modelo/producto› to bring out
    b) ‹ tema› to bring up

    c) ‹ foto› to take;

    ‹ copia› to make, take;
    ‹ apuntes› to make, take;

    d) (Esp) ‹defecto/falta› (+ me/te/le etc) to find;


    2


    ( salvar de la crisis) to keep sth going;

    3 (Dep) ‹tiro libre/falta› to take
    ( quitar) (esp AmL)
    a) sacarle algo A algn ‹botas/gorro› to take sth off sb

    b) sacarle algo a algo ‹tapa/cubierta› to take sth off sth

    c) ( retirar):


    saquen los libros de la mesa take the books off the table
    d) ( hacer desaparecer) ‹ mancha› to remove, get … out

    verbo intransitivo (Dep) (en tenis, vóleibol) to serve;
    ( en fútbol) to kick off
    sacarse verbo pronominal ( refl)
    1 ( extraer) ‹astilla/púa› to take … out;
    ‹ ojo› to poke … out;

    sacarse algo DE algo to take sth out of sth;
    sácate las manos de los bolsillos take your hands out of your pockets
    2 (AmL) ( quitarse) ‹ropa/zapatos› to take off;
    ‹ maquillaje› to remove, take off
    3
    a) ( caus) ‹ foto›:


    b) (AmL) ‹calificación/nota› to get

    sacar
    I verbo transitivo
    1 (de un sitio) to take out
    sacar la cabeza por la ventana, to stick one's head out of the window
    sacar dinero del banco, to withdraw money from the bank
    2 (un beneficio, etc) to get
    3 (extraer una cosa de otra) to extract, get: de la uva se saca vino, you get wine from grapes
    4 (una solución) to work out
    sacar conclusiones, to draw conclusions
    5 (descubrir, resolver) no consigo sacar esta ecuación, I can't resolve this equation
    6 (un documento) to get
    7 (una entrada, un billete) to buy, get
    8 (de una mala situación) sacar a alguien de algo, to get sb out of sthg
    sacar de la pobreza, to save from poverty
    9 (manifestar, dar a conocer) de repente, sacó su malhumor, he got into a strop all of a sudden
    10 (una novedad) han sacado un nuevo modelo de televisor, they've brought out a new television model again
    11 (poner en circulación) to bring out, release
    12 familiar (producir) esa máquina saca más de 2.500 piezas a la hora, this machine can produce more than 2,500 parts an hour
    (una fotografía, una copia) to take
    13 familiar (aparecer alguien o algo en un medio de comunicación) lo sacaron por la tele, it was on television
    14 familiar (superar a alguien en algo) ha crecido mucho, ya le saca la cabeza a su padre, he's grown a lot o he's already taller than his father
    15 (un jugador una carta o una ficha) to draw
    16 (una mancha) to get out
    17 Cost (de largo) to let down
    (de ancho) to let out
    II vi Dep (en tenis) to serve
    (en fútbol, baloncesto, etc) to kick off
    ♦ Locuciones: sacar a alguien a bailar, to ask sb to dance
    sacar a relucir, to point out
    sacar adelante, to keep going
    sacar en claro o limpio, to make sense of
    sacar la lengua, to stick one's tongue out
    sacar pecho, to thrust one's chest out
    ' sacar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    achicar
    - basura
    - bota
    - brillo
    - cara
    - casilla
    - chupar
    - clara
    - claro
    - colación
    - concurso
    - contrarreloj
    - descargar
    - desorbitar
    - destripar
    - espaldarazo
    - estárter
    - exigible
    - flote
    - fuego
    - invertir
    - jugo
    - liberar
    - listada
    - listado
    - moldear
    - noria
    - pegote
    - penetrar
    - provecho
    - punta
    - quicio
    - relucir
    - sacacorchos
    - sangrar
    - subastar
    - tajada
    - trapo
    - varar
    - ajustar
    - apunte
    - billete
    - carné
    - cuenta
    - desengañar
    - esquina
    - limpio
    - luz
    - músculo
    - nota
    English:
    assign
    - back
    - bail out
    - bash out
    - benefit
    - book
    - bring out
    - capital
    - capitalize
    - carry
    - carry through
    - centre
    - cheese
    - dig out
    - dig up
    - dislodge
    - draw
    - draw out
    - dredge up
    - exercise
    - extricate
    - find
    - float
    - from
    - get out
    - get round to
    - gouge out
    - jam
    - job
    - jump
    - out
    - photograph
    - poke out
    - polish
    - polish up
    - produce
    - profit
    - pull
    - pull out
    - pump out
    - put out
    - reel in
    - release
    - responsible
    - run off
    - scoop
    - scoop out
    - score
    - serve
    - sharpen
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [poner fuera, hacer salir, extraer] to take out;
    [pistola, navaja, espada] to draw; [naipe, ficha] to play; [carbón, oro, petróleo] to extract;
    sacar agua de un pozo to draw water from a well;
    sacó la lengua she stuck her tongue out;
    ¡saca las manos de los bolsillos! take your hands out of your pockets!;
    sacó la mano/la cabeza por la ventanilla he stuck his hand/head out of the window;
    habrá que sacar los zapatos a la terraza we'll have to put our shoes out on the balcony;
    ¿de qué carpeta has sacado estos papeles? which folder did you take these papers out of?;
    ¿cómo lo vamos a sacar de ahí? how are we going to get him out of there?;
    me sacaron de allí/a la calle por la fuerza they threw me out of there/into the street by force;
    sacar a alguien a bailar to ask sb to dance;
    sacar a pasear al perro to walk the dog, to take the dog for a walk;
    nos sacaron algo de comer they gave us something to eat;
    Ven Fam
    2. [quitar] to remove (de from); [manchas] to get out, to remove (de from); [espinas] to get o pull out (de from);
    el dentista me sacó una muela I had a tooth out at the dentist's;
    sacarle sangre a alguien to draw blood from sb;
    RP
    ¿quién me sacó el diccionario? who's taken my dictionary?
    3. [obtener] [carné, certificado, buenas notas] to get;
    [entradas, billetes, pasajes] to get, to buy; [datos, información] to get, to obtain; [premio] to win;
    ¿qué sacaste en el examen de inglés? what did you get for o in your English exam?;
    saqué un ocho I got eight out of ten;
    sacar beneficios (a o [m5] de un negocio) to make a profit (from a business);
    sacar dinero del banco to get o take some money out of the bank;
    ¿de dónde has sacado esa idea? where did you get that idea (from)?;
    lo que sigue está sacado de la Constitución the following is an extract from the Constitution;
    la sidra se saca de las manzanas cider is made from apples;
    de esta pizza no sacas más de seis raciones you won't get more than six portions from this pizza;
    ¿y qué sacamos con reñirle? what do we gain by telling him off?, what's the point in telling him off?;
    ¿y yo qué saco? what's in it for me?
    4. [librar, salvar]
    sacar a alguien de algo to get sb out of sth;
    gracias por sacarme del apuro thanks for getting me out of trouble;
    5.000 pesos no nos van a sacar de pobres 5.000 pesos isn't exactly enough for us never to have to work again
    5. [realizar] [foto] to take;
    [fotocopia] to make; RP [apuntes, notas] to take;
    siempre me sacan fatal en las fotos I always look terrible in photos;
    juntaos, que no os saco a todos move closer together, I can't fit you all in the photo like that
    6. [sonsacar]
    sacar algo a alguien to get sth out of sb;
    no me sacarán nada they won't get anything out of me
    7. [nuevo producto, modelo, libro] to bring out;
    [disco] to release;
    ha sacado un nuevo disco/una nueva novela he has a new record/novel out
    8. [manifestar]
    sacar (a relucir) algo to bring sth up;
    yo no fui el que sacó el tema it wasn't me who brought the matter up in the first place;
    sacó su mal humor a relucir he let his bad temper show
    9. [resolver, encontrar] to do, to work out;
    [crucigrama] to do, to solve;
    sacar la cuenta/la solución to work out the total/the answer;
    sacar la respuesta correcta to get the right answer;
    siempre está sacando defectos a la gente she's always finding fault with people
    10. [deducir] to gather, to understand;
    sacar una conclusión to come to a conclusion;
    sacar algo en consecuencia de algo to conclude o deduce sth from sth;
    lo leí tres veces, pero no saqué nada en claro o [m5] limpio I read it three times, but I couldn't make much sense of it
    11. [aventajar en]
    sacó tres minutos a su rival he was three minutes ahead of his rival;
    mi hijo ya me saca la cabeza my son's already a head taller than me
    12. [en medios de comunicación] to show;
    sacaron imágenes en el telediario they showed pictures on the news;
    sacaron imágenes en el periódico they printed pictures in the newspaper;
    la sacaron en o [m5] por televisión she was on television
    13. Esp [prenda] [de ancho] to let out;
    [de largo] to let down
    14. Am [camisa, zapatos] to take off;
    sácale la ropa al niño get the child undressed
    15. [en deportes] [en tenis, voleibol] to serve;
    sacar un córner/una falta to take a corner/free kick
    16.
    sacar adelante [hijos] to provide for;
    [negocio, proyecto] to make a go of;
    sacó sus estudios adelante she successfully completed her studies;
    no sé cómo vamos a sacar adelante la empresa I don't know how we're going to keep the company going;
    saca adelante a su familia con un mísero salario he supports his family on a miserable salary
    ♦ vi
    [en fútbol, baloncesto, hockey] to put the ball into play; [en tenis, voleibol] to serve;
    sacar de banda/de esquina/de puerta to take a throw-in/corner/goal kick
    * * *
    v/t
    1 take out;
    sacar de paseo take for a walk;
    sacar a alguien a bailar ask s.o. to dance
    2 mancha take out, remove
    3 disco, libro bring out
    4 fotocopias make;
    le sacó bien PINT, FOT that’s a good picture of you
    5 ( conseguir) get;
    sacar información get information;
    ¿de dónde has sacado el dinero? where did you get the money from?;
    sacar un buen sueldo make good money
    6
    :
    sacar a alguien de sí drive s.o. mad;
    sacar algo en claro ( entender) make sense of sth;
    me saca dos años he is two years older than me
    * * *
    sacar {72} vt
    1) : to pull out, to take out
    saca el pollo del congelador: take the chicken out of the freezer
    2) : to get, to obtain
    saqué un 100 en el examen: I got 100 on the exam
    3) : to get out, to extract
    le saqué la información: I got the information from him
    4) : to stick out
    sacar la lengua: to stick out one's tongue
    5) : to bring out, to introduce
    sacar un libro: to publish a book
    sacaron una moda nueva: they introduced a new style
    6) : to take (photos)
    7) : to make (copies)
    sacar vi
    1) : to kick off (in soccer or football)
    2) : to serve (in sports)
    * * *
    sacar vb
    1. (extraer) to take out [pt. took; pp. taken]
    2. (conseguir) to get
    3. (arrancar) to get out
    4. (adquirir) to buy [pt. & pp. bought] / to get
    5. (poner en circulación) to bring out [pt. & pp. brought]
    6. (hacer una foto) to take [pt. took; pp. taken]
    7. (parte del cuerpo) to stick out [pt. & pp. stuck]
    8. (producir) to make
    9. (invitar) to ask
    10. (en tenis) to serve
    12. (aventajar) to get ahead of

    Spanish-English dictionary > sacar

  • 12 Historical Portugal

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

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  • 13 encontrar

    v.
    1 to find.
    lo encontré durmiendo I found him sleeping
    Ella encuentra monedas en la calle She finds coins in the street.
    Ella encontró su destino She found her destiny.
    2 to encounter (dificultades).
    3 to find.
    no lo encuentro tan divertido como dice la gente I don't find it o think it is as funny as people say
    no sé qué le encuentran a ese pintor I don't know what they see in that painter
    4 to meet, to encounter, to come upon, to find.
    Ella encontró a su media naranja She met her better half.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ CONTAR], like link=contar contar
    1 (gen) to find
    2 (una persona sin buscar) to come across, meet, bump into
    3 (dificultades) to run into, come up against
    4 (creer) to think, find
    5 (notar) to find
    6 (chocar) to collide
    1 (estar) to be
    2 (persona) to meet; (por casualidad) to bump into, run into, meet
    3 (dificultades) to run into
    4 (chocar) to collide
    5 figurado (sentirse) to feel, be
    \
    encontrarse con ganas de hacer algo / encontrarse con fuerzas para hacer algo to feel like doing something
    * * *
    verb
    2) meet
    •
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=hallar buscando) to find

    no encuentro mi nombre en la lista — I can't find o see my name on the list

    2) [por casualidad] [+ objeto, dinero] to find, come across; [+ persona] to meet, run into

    le encontraron un tumor — they found him to have a tumour, he was found to have a tumour

    • encontrar a algn haciendo algo — to find sb doing sth

    3) [+ oposición] to meet with, encounter; [+ problema] to find, encounter, come across

    encontrar dificultades — to encounter difficulties, run into trouble

    4) (=percibir) to see
    5) (=considerar) to find

    ¿encuentras el libro fácil de leer? — do you find the book easy to read?

    ¿cómo encontraste a tus padres después del viaje? — how did you find your parents after the trip?

    ¿qué tal me encuentras? — how do I look?

    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) ( buscando) <casa/trabajo/persona> to find
    b) ( casualmente) <cartera/billete> to find, come across
    2) ( descubrir) <falta/error> to find, spot; <cáncer/quiste> to find, discover
    3) <obstáculo/dificultad> to meet (with), encounter

    allí encontró la muerte — (period) he met his death there

    4) (+ compl)

    ¿cómo encontraste el país? — how did the country seem to you?

    2.
    1) encontrarse v pron
    2)

    encontrarse con alguien — to meet somebody, bump into somebody (colloq)

    b) (refl) (Psic) tb
    3) (recípr)
    a) ( reunirse) to meet; ( por casualidad) to meet, bump into each other (colloq)
    b) carreteras/líneas to meet
    4) (enf) ( inesperadamente) < persona> to meet, bump into (colloq); <billete/cartera> to find, come across
    5) (frml) ( estar) to be
    * * *
    = dig up, encounter, find, locate, spot, trace, track, turn up, find + Posesivo + way to, disinter, ferret out, root out, lay + hands on, come by, track down, bump into.
    Ex. The list of changed headings is almost literally endless if you have the patience to dig them all up.
    Ex. This simple observation also goes some of the way towards explaining the variety of tools, methods and systems which are encountered in the organisation knowledge.
    Ex. Wherever abstracts are found they are included to save the user's time in information gathering and selection.
    Ex. This order suffices for a list whose purpose is to identify and locate documents, whose bibliographic details are already known.
    Ex. When all necessary amendments have been spotted, edit the draft abstract and make any improvements to the style that are possible.
    Ex. The author approach remains an important means of tracing a specific document.
    Ex. The index fields are used for tracking annual indexes.
    Ex. Although I have not done a complete analytical search of library literature for discussions of the structures of catalogs, preliminary searches have turned up little except for historical discussions.
    Ex. He found his way quickly and easily to the materials he needed.
    Ex. Tests such as this one will often disinter the real citation intended but it is a time consuming task.
    Ex. As a rule analysts are left on their own to ferret out useful and appropriate areas to be investigated.
    Ex. The article has the title ' Rooting out journals on the Net'.
    Ex. It is, therefore, expedient to look into history to lay hands on the root of the problem.
    Ex. This article shows how teachers came by such information and the use they made it of in their work.
    Ex. In stepping away from the genre's glamorous robberies and flashy lifestyle, this stealthy, potent movie tracks down the British gangster icon to its inevitable end.
    Ex. Slake is such a dreamer that he bumps into lampposts.
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    * buscar y encontrar = match.
    * difícil de encontrar = hard-to-find.
    * dificultad + encontrarse = difficulty + lie.
    * el que lo encuentre se lo queda = finders keepers.
    * encontrar aceptación = find + favour, find + acceptance, find + a home.
    * encontrar + Adjetivo + de + Infinitivo = find it + Adjetivo + to + Infinitivo.
    * encontrar afinidades = find + common ground.
    * encontrar Algo demasiado difícil = be out of + Posesivo + league.
    * encontrar Algo difícil = have + a hard time, have + a tough time.
    * encontrar alojamiento = find + a home.
    * encontrar aplicación práctica = find + application.
    * encontrar casa = find + a home.
    * encontrar confortable = find + comfortable.
    * encontrar cosas comunes = find + common ground.
    * encontrar defectos = fault.
    * encontrar defectos en = find + fault with, see + faults in.
    * encontrar difícil de explicar = be hard put to explain.
    * encontrar difícil + Infinitivo = find it hard to + Infinitivo.
    * encontrar dificultades = encounter + difficulties, encounter + limitations.
    * encontrar eco en = find + echo in.
    * encontrar el camino = wayfinding, wind + Posesivo + way.
    * encontrar el camino de vuelta = find + Posesivo + way back.
    * encontrar el dinero = come up with + the money.
    * encontrar el equilibrio = strike + the right note.
    * encontrar el modo de = find + way of/to.
    * encontrar el modo de paliar un problema = find + way (a)round + problem.
    * encontrar el modo de regresar = find + Posesivo + way back.
    * encontrar el punto medio = strike + the right note.
    * encontrar el tiempo = make + an opportunity.
    * encontrar en abundancia = find + in abundance.
    * encontrar evidencias = find + evidence.
    * encontrar expresión = find + expression.
    * encontrar información = dredge up + information.
    * encontrar justificación = build + a case for.
    * encontrar la forma de = devise + ways.
    * encontrar la horma de + Posesivo + zapato = meet + Posesivo + match.
    * encontrar la realización de Uno = be + Posesivo + big scene.
    * encontrar la salida a = find + a/the way out of.
    * encontrarle defectos a todo = nitpick.
    * encontrarle el truco a Algo = have + a handle on, get + a handle on.
    * encontrarle el truquillo a Algo = have + a handle on, get + a handle on.
    * encontrarle faltas a todo = nitpick.
    * encontrar limitaciones = encounter + limitations.
    * encontrar muy difícil = be hard-pushed to.
    * encontrar oposición = meet with + opposition, find + opposition.
    * encontrar placer = find + delight, find + enjoyment.
    * encontrar por casualidad = come across, chance on/upon, stumble on.
    * encontrar pruebas = find + evidence.
    * encontrarse = occur, be positioned, reside, stand on, come upon, be poised, meet up, find + Reflexivo.
    * encontrarse a gusto = be at ease.
    * encontrarse ante un reto = in the face of + challenge.
    * encontrarse cara a cara = come + face to face.
    * encontrarse con = meet, run into, cross + Posesivo + path.
    * encontrarse con dificultades = run up against + difficulties.
    * encontrarse confortable = be at ease.
    * encontrarse con problemas = run into + trouble.
    * encontrarse con sorpresas = encounter + surprises.
    * encontrarse con una barrera = face + barrier.
    * encontrarse con una limitación = face + limitation.
    * encontrarse con una situación = come across + situation, meet + situation.
    * encontrarse con una sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening + be in store, be in for a rude awakening.
    * encontrarse con una traba = face + limitation, face + barrier.
    * encontrarse con un obstáculo = face + obstacle.
    * encontrarse con un problema = encounter + problem, meet with + problem, run up against + issue, come across + problem.
    * encontrarse en = lie (in), be based at.
    * encontrarse en casa = be in.
    * encontrarse en dificultades = find + Reflexivo + in difficulties.
    * encontrarse en el trasfondo de = lie at + the root of.
    * encontrarse en una mejor situación económica = be economically better off.
    * encontrarse en un dilema = be caught in a conundrum.
    * encontrarse en un impás = face + impasse.
    * encontrarse en ventaja = find + Reflexivo + at an advantage.
    * encontrarse fuera de lugar = be out of + Posesivo + element, be out of place.
    * encontrar simpatizadores = find + friends.
    * encontrar suerte = be in for a good thing, come in for + a good thing, be into a good thing.
    * encontrar su propio modo de actuar = find + Posesivo + own way.
    * encontrar su sitio = find + a home.
    * encontrar tiempo = find + time.
    * encontrar trabajo = find + a job.
    * encontrar trabajo en una biblioteca = join + library.
    * encontrar una salida a = find + a/the way out of.
    * encontrar una solución = find + solution, develop + solution.
    * encontrar un chollo = come in for + a good thing, be in for a good thing, be into a good thing.
    * encontrar un equilibrio = find + a balance.
    * encontrar un hueco = find + a home.
    * encontrar un término medio entre... y = tread + a middle path between... and.
    * intentar encontrar un término medio entre... y... = tread + a delicate line between... and.
    * no encontrar nada + Adjetivo = find far from + Adjetivo.
    * no encontrar palabras = be at a loss for words, be lost for words.
    * orígenes + encontrarse = origins + lie.
    * problema + encontrarse = problem + lie.
    * respuesta + encontrar = answer + lie.
    * ser difícil de encontrar = be hard to find.
    * solución + encontrarse en = solution + lie in.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) ( buscando) <casa/trabajo/persona> to find
    b) ( casualmente) <cartera/billete> to find, come across
    2) ( descubrir) <falta/error> to find, spot; <cáncer/quiste> to find, discover
    3) <obstáculo/dificultad> to meet (with), encounter

    allí encontró la muerte — (period) he met his death there

    4) (+ compl)

    ¿cómo encontraste el país? — how did the country seem to you?

    2.
    1) encontrarse v pron
    2)

    encontrarse con alguien — to meet somebody, bump into somebody (colloq)

    b) (refl) (Psic) tb
    3) (recípr)
    a) ( reunirse) to meet; ( por casualidad) to meet, bump into each other (colloq)
    b) carreteras/líneas to meet
    4) (enf) ( inesperadamente) < persona> to meet, bump into (colloq); <billete/cartera> to find, come across
    5) (frml) ( estar) to be
    * * *
    = dig up, encounter, find, locate, spot, trace, track, turn up, find + Posesivo + way to, disinter, ferret out, root out, lay + hands on, come by, track down, bump into.

    Ex: The list of changed headings is almost literally endless if you have the patience to dig them all up.

    Ex: This simple observation also goes some of the way towards explaining the variety of tools, methods and systems which are encountered in the organisation knowledge.
    Ex: Wherever abstracts are found they are included to save the user's time in information gathering and selection.
    Ex: This order suffices for a list whose purpose is to identify and locate documents, whose bibliographic details are already known.
    Ex: When all necessary amendments have been spotted, edit the draft abstract and make any improvements to the style that are possible.
    Ex: The author approach remains an important means of tracing a specific document.
    Ex: The index fields are used for tracking annual indexes.
    Ex: Although I have not done a complete analytical search of library literature for discussions of the structures of catalogs, preliminary searches have turned up little except for historical discussions.
    Ex: He found his way quickly and easily to the materials he needed.
    Ex: Tests such as this one will often disinter the real citation intended but it is a time consuming task.
    Ex: As a rule analysts are left on their own to ferret out useful and appropriate areas to be investigated.
    Ex: The article has the title ' Rooting out journals on the Net'.
    Ex: It is, therefore, expedient to look into history to lay hands on the root of the problem.
    Ex: This article shows how teachers came by such information and the use they made it of in their work.
    Ex: In stepping away from the genre's glamorous robberies and flashy lifestyle, this stealthy, potent movie tracks down the British gangster icon to its inevitable end.
    Ex: Slake is such a dreamer that he bumps into lampposts.
    * buscar y encontrar = match.
    * difícil de encontrar = hard-to-find.
    * dificultad + encontrarse = difficulty + lie.
    * el que lo encuentre se lo queda = finders keepers.
    * encontrar aceptación = find + favour, find + acceptance, find + a home.
    * encontrar + Adjetivo + de + Infinitivo = find it + Adjetivo + to + Infinitivo.
    * encontrar afinidades = find + common ground.
    * encontrar Algo demasiado difícil = be out of + Posesivo + league.
    * encontrar Algo difícil = have + a hard time, have + a tough time.
    * encontrar alojamiento = find + a home.
    * encontrar aplicación práctica = find + application.
    * encontrar casa = find + a home.
    * encontrar confortable = find + comfortable.
    * encontrar cosas comunes = find + common ground.
    * encontrar defectos = fault.
    * encontrar defectos en = find + fault with, see + faults in.
    * encontrar difícil de explicar = be hard put to explain.
    * encontrar difícil + Infinitivo = find it hard to + Infinitivo.
    * encontrar dificultades = encounter + difficulties, encounter + limitations.
    * encontrar eco en = find + echo in.
    * encontrar el camino = wayfinding, wind + Posesivo + way.
    * encontrar el camino de vuelta = find + Posesivo + way back.
    * encontrar el dinero = come up with + the money.
    * encontrar el equilibrio = strike + the right note.
    * encontrar el modo de = find + way of/to.
    * encontrar el modo de paliar un problema = find + way (a)round + problem.
    * encontrar el modo de regresar = find + Posesivo + way back.
    * encontrar el punto medio = strike + the right note.
    * encontrar el tiempo = make + an opportunity.
    * encontrar en abundancia = find + in abundance.
    * encontrar evidencias = find + evidence.
    * encontrar expresión = find + expression.
    * encontrar información = dredge up + information.
    * encontrar justificación = build + a case for.
    * encontrar la forma de = devise + ways.
    * encontrar la horma de + Posesivo + zapato = meet + Posesivo + match.
    * encontrar la realización de Uno = be + Posesivo + big scene.
    * encontrar la salida a = find + a/the way out of.
    * encontrarle defectos a todo = nitpick.
    * encontrarle el truco a Algo = have + a handle on, get + a handle on.
    * encontrarle el truquillo a Algo = have + a handle on, get + a handle on.
    * encontrarle faltas a todo = nitpick.
    * encontrar limitaciones = encounter + limitations.
    * encontrar muy difícil = be hard-pushed to.
    * encontrar oposición = meet with + opposition, find + opposition.
    * encontrar placer = find + delight, find + enjoyment.
    * encontrar por casualidad = come across, chance on/upon, stumble on.
    * encontrar pruebas = find + evidence.
    * encontrarse = occur, be positioned, reside, stand on, come upon, be poised, meet up, find + Reflexivo.
    * encontrarse a gusto = be at ease.
    * encontrarse ante un reto = in the face of + challenge.
    * encontrarse cara a cara = come + face to face.
    * encontrarse con = meet, run into, cross + Posesivo + path.
    * encontrarse con dificultades = run up against + difficulties.
    * encontrarse confortable = be at ease.
    * encontrarse con problemas = run into + trouble.
    * encontrarse con sorpresas = encounter + surprises.
    * encontrarse con una barrera = face + barrier.
    * encontrarse con una limitación = face + limitation.
    * encontrarse con una situación = come across + situation, meet + situation.
    * encontrarse con una sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening + be in store, be in for a rude awakening.
    * encontrarse con una traba = face + limitation, face + barrier.
    * encontrarse con un obstáculo = face + obstacle.
    * encontrarse con un problema = encounter + problem, meet with + problem, run up against + issue, come across + problem.
    * encontrarse en = lie (in), be based at.
    * encontrarse en casa = be in.
    * encontrarse en dificultades = find + Reflexivo + in difficulties.
    * encontrarse en el trasfondo de = lie at + the root of.
    * encontrarse en una mejor situación económica = be economically better off.
    * encontrarse en un dilema = be caught in a conundrum.
    * encontrarse en un impás = face + impasse.
    * encontrarse en ventaja = find + Reflexivo + at an advantage.
    * encontrarse fuera de lugar = be out of + Posesivo + element, be out of place.
    * encontrar simpatizadores = find + friends.
    * encontrar suerte = be in for a good thing, come in for + a good thing, be into a good thing.
    * encontrar su propio modo de actuar = find + Posesivo + own way.
    * encontrar su sitio = find + a home.
    * encontrar tiempo = find + time.
    * encontrar trabajo = find + a job.
    * encontrar trabajo en una biblioteca = join + library.
    * encontrar una salida a = find + a/the way out of.
    * encontrar una solución = find + solution, develop + solution.
    * encontrar un chollo = come in for + a good thing, be in for a good thing, be into a good thing.
    * encontrar un equilibrio = find + a balance.
    * encontrar un hueco = find + a home.
    * encontrar un término medio entre... y = tread + a middle path between... and.
    * intentar encontrar un término medio entre... y... = tread + a delicate line between... and.
    * no encontrar nada + Adjetivo = find far from + Adjetivo.
    * no encontrar palabras = be at a loss for words, be lost for words.
    * orígenes + encontrarse = origins + lie.
    * problema + encontrarse = problem + lie.
    * respuesta + encontrar = answer + lie.
    * ser difícil de encontrar = be hard to find.
    * solución + encontrarse en = solution + lie in.

    * * *
    vt
    A
    1 (buscando) ‹casa/trabajo/persona› to find
    por fin encontró el vestido que quería she finally found the dress she wanted
    no encuentro mi nombre en la lista I can't see o find my name on the list
    ¿dónde puedo encontrar al director? where can I find the manager?
    no encontré entradas para el teatro I couldn't get tickets for the theater
    yo a esto no le encuentro lógica I can't see the logic in this
    lo encontré llorando I found him crying
    2 (casualmente) ‹cartera/billete› to find, come across, come upon o on
    lo encontré (de casualidad) I found it o came across it o came on o upon it (by chance)
    B (descubrir) ‹falta/error› to find, spot; ‹cáncer/quiste› to find, discover
    le encontraron un tumor they found o discovered that he had a tumor
    C ‹obstáculo/dificultad› to meet with, meet, encounter
    no encontró ninguna oposición a su plan his plan didn't meet with o come up against o encounter any opposition
    el accidente donde encontró la muerte ( period); the accident in which he met his death
    Sentido II (+ compl):
    te encuentro muy cambiado you've changed a lot, you look very different
    ¡qué bien te encuentro! you look so well!
    encuentro ridículo todo este protocolo I find all this formality ridiculous, all this formality seems ridiculous to me
    ¿cómo encontraste el país después de tantos años? what did you make of the country o how did the country seem to you after all these years?
    encontré muy acertadas sus intervenciones I found his comments very relevant, I thought his comments were very relevant
    la encuentro muy desmejorada she seems a lot worse
    lo encuentro muy aburrido I find him very boring, I think he is very boring
    encontré la puerta cerrada I found the door shut
    A
    1 (por casualidad) encontrarse CON algn to meet sb, bump o run INTO sb ( colloq)
    2 ( refl) ( Psic) tb
    encontrarse a sí mismo to find oneself
    B ( recípr)
    1 (reunirse) to meet; (por casualidad) to meet, bump o run into each other ( colloq)
    hemos quedado en encontrarnos en la estación we've arranged to meet at the station
    2 «carreteras/líneas» to meet
    C ( enf) (inesperadamente) ‹persona› to meet, bump o run into ( colloq); ‹billete/cartera› to find, come across, come on
    cuando volvió se encontró la casa patas arriba when he returned he found the house in a mess
    encontrarse CON algo:
    cuando volví me encontré con que todos se habían ido I got back to find that they had all gone, when I got back I found they had all gone
    A (en un estado, una situación) to be
    hoy me encuentro mucho mejor I am feeling a lot better today
    el enfermo se encuentra fuera de peligro the patient is out of danger
    la oficina se encontraba vacía the office was empty
    no se encuentra con fuerzas para continuar he doesn't have the strength to go on
    el jefe se encuentra en una reunión the boss is in a meeting
    la catedral se encuentra en el centro de la ciudad the cathedral is situated in the city center
    entre las obras expuestas se encuentra su famosa Última Cena among the works on display is his famous Last Supper
    en este momento el doctor no se encuentra the doctor is not here o is not in at the moment
    * * *

     

    encontrar ( conjugate encontrar) verbo transitivo
    1
    a) ( buscando) ‹casa/trabajo/persona› to find;


    no le encuentro lógica I can't see the logic in it
    b) ( casualmente) ‹cartera/billete› to find, come across

    c) ( descubrir) ‹falta/error› to find, spot;

    ‹cáncer/quiste› to find, discover
    d) ‹obstáculo/dificultad› to meet (with), encounter

    2 (+ compl):

    lo encuentro ridículo I find it ridiculous;
    ¿cómo encontraste el país? how did the country seem to you?
    encontrarse verbo pronominal
    1 ( por casualidad) encontrarse con algn to meet sb, bump into sb (colloq)
    2 ( recípr)

    ( por casualidad) to meet, bump into each other (colloq)
    b) [carreteras/líneas] to meet

    3 ( enf) ( inesperadamente) ‹billete/cartera› to find, come across;

    4 (frml) ( estar) to be;

    el hotel se encuentra cerca de la estación the hotel is (located) near the station
    encontrar verbo transitivo
    1 (algo/alguien buscado) to find: no encuentro el momento adecuado para decírselo, I can't find the right time to tell him
    2 (tropezar) to meet: encontré a Luisa en el cine, I met Luisa at the cinema
    encontrarás serias dificultades, you'll come up against serious difficulties
    3 (considerar, parecer) lo encuentro de mal gusto, I find it in bad taste
    ' encontrar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    acertar
    - aparecer
    - aterrizar
    - atinar
    - colocarse
    - desconocer
    - discografía
    - fórmula
    - hallar
    - horma
    - mariposear
    - parte
    - buscar
    - dar
    - encuentra
    - esquivo
    - solución
    - ver
    English:
    bear
    - difficulty
    - dig around
    - discover
    - find
    - fit in
    - flesh
    - forgetful
    - get
    - grade
    - housekeeper
    - intensify
    - intimate
    - locate
    - lodging
    - loophole
    - pent-up
    - replacement
    - scrabble
    - speed up
    - store up
    - strike
    - traceable
    - trail
    - try
    - be
    - come
    - encounter
    - explain
    - fumble
    - high
    - meet
    - run
    - seek
    - solve
    - spot
    - stumble
    - time
    - word
    - work
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [buscando, por casualidad] to find;
    he encontrado el paraguas I've found my umbrella;
    encontré el libro que buscaba I found the book I was looking for;
    le han encontrado un cáncer they've diagnosed her as having cancer;
    encontré la mesa puesta I found the table already set;
    lo encontré durmiendo I found him sleeping;
    no encuentro palabras para expresar mi gratitud I can't find the words to express my gratitude;
    CSur Fam
    encontrar la vuelta a algo to get to grips with sth
    2. [dificultades] to encounter;
    no encontraron ninguna oposición al proyecto they encountered no opposition to the project
    3. [juzgar, considerar] to find;
    encontré muy positivos tus comentarios I found your comments very positive;
    encuentro infantil tu actitud I find your attitude childish;
    encuentro la ciudad/a tu hermana muy cambiada the city/your sister has changed a lot, I find the city/your sister much changed;
    no lo encuentro tan divertido como dice la gente I don't find it o think it is as funny as people say;
    no sé qué le encuentran a ese pintor I don't know what they see in that painter
    * * *
    v/t find
    * * *
    encontrar {19} vt
    1) hallar: to find
    2) : to encounter, to meet
    * * *
    encontrar vb to find [pt. & pp. found]
    ¿has encontrado las llaves? have you found your keys?

    Spanish-English dictionary > encontrar

  • 14 arruinar

    v.
    La lluvia arruinó los cultivos The rain ruined the crops.
    Sus vicios arruinaron a Ricardo His vices brought ruin upon Richard.
    Sus celos arruinaron su fiesta His jealousy ruined her party.
    * * *
    1 to bankrupt, ruin
    2 (estropear) to damage
    1 to be bankrupt, be ruined
    * * *
    verb
    2) wreck, destroy
    •
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=empobrecer) to ruin
    2) (=destruir) to wreck, destroy
    3) LAm (=desvirgar) to deflower
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) ( empobrecer) to ruin
    2) ( estropear) <vida/salud/reputación> to ruin, wreck; <proyecto/cosecha> to ruin; <velada/sorpresa> to spoil, ruin
    2.
    arruinarse v pron

    se arruinó — he lost everything o he was ruined

    2) proyecto/cosecha to be ruined
    * * *
    = ruin, scupper, bankrupt, cast + a blight on, put + Nombre + out of business, go out + the window, bring + ruin to, mangle, wreck, fudge, run down, blight, beggar.
    Ex. Besides, winding up in an exclusive arrangement with a distributor that has rotten customer service ruins any advantage.
    Ex. This arrangement could definitely help solve the librarian's problems, unless unexpected events scupper it.
    Ex. As a writer on the publishing of scholarly books in the USA once put it, 'A book that would bankrupt a scholarly publisher does not fall within the proper domain of scholarly publishing'.
    Ex. Rampant commercialisation of publishing is casting a blight on literature.
    Ex. The author discusses whether it is possible for the scholarly community to take over scholarly publishing altogether and put greedy publishers out of business.
    Ex. The lack of centralisation means that good management goes out the window and everything gets sloppier.
    Ex. He was portrayed as a warmonger who had brought ruin to the state.
    Ex. In places the waters had swept container lorries loaded with goods yards off the road where they now lay twisted and mangled and almost unrecognizable as vehicles.
    Ex. They had made a secret deal with Otto Reich to wreck Cuba's economy.
    Ex. This adaptation of David Leavitt's novel wobbles between comedy and melodrama, ultimately fudging the novel's spiky empathy.
    Ex. It really is time we stopped kow-towing to every Tom, Dick and Harry who runs down our industry.
    Ex. The global outbreak of swine flu has spread fear through the travel sector, blighting any green shoots of recovery from the financial crisis.
    Ex. But other military officers conceded a war would serve little purpose other than to beggar the two already impoverished nations.
    ----
    * arruinarlo = crap it up.
    * arruinar los planes de Alguien = spike + Posesivo + guns.
    * arruinar + Posesivo + imagen = ruin + Posesivo + style, cramp + Posesivo + style.
    * arruinarse = go + bankrupt, go + broke, go to + rack and ruin, go + bust, go to + ruin.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) ( empobrecer) to ruin
    2) ( estropear) <vida/salud/reputación> to ruin, wreck; <proyecto/cosecha> to ruin; <velada/sorpresa> to spoil, ruin
    2.
    arruinarse v pron

    se arruinó — he lost everything o he was ruined

    2) proyecto/cosecha to be ruined
    * * *
    = ruin, scupper, bankrupt, cast + a blight on, put + Nombre + out of business, go out + the window, bring + ruin to, mangle, wreck, fudge, run down, blight, beggar.

    Ex: Besides, winding up in an exclusive arrangement with a distributor that has rotten customer service ruins any advantage.

    Ex: This arrangement could definitely help solve the librarian's problems, unless unexpected events scupper it.
    Ex: As a writer on the publishing of scholarly books in the USA once put it, 'A book that would bankrupt a scholarly publisher does not fall within the proper domain of scholarly publishing'.
    Ex: Rampant commercialisation of publishing is casting a blight on literature.
    Ex: The author discusses whether it is possible for the scholarly community to take over scholarly publishing altogether and put greedy publishers out of business.
    Ex: The lack of centralisation means that good management goes out the window and everything gets sloppier.
    Ex: He was portrayed as a warmonger who had brought ruin to the state.
    Ex: In places the waters had swept container lorries loaded with goods yards off the road where they now lay twisted and mangled and almost unrecognizable as vehicles.
    Ex: They had made a secret deal with Otto Reich to wreck Cuba's economy.
    Ex: This adaptation of David Leavitt's novel wobbles between comedy and melodrama, ultimately fudging the novel's spiky empathy.
    Ex: It really is time we stopped kow-towing to every Tom, Dick and Harry who runs down our industry.
    Ex: The global outbreak of swine flu has spread fear through the travel sector, blighting any green shoots of recovery from the financial crisis.
    Ex: But other military officers conceded a war would serve little purpose other than to beggar the two already impoverished nations.
    * arruinarlo = crap it up.
    * arruinar los planes de Alguien = spike + Posesivo + guns.
    * arruinar + Posesivo + imagen = ruin + Posesivo + style, cramp + Posesivo + style.
    * arruinarse = go + bankrupt, go + broke, go to + rack and ruin, go + bust, go to + ruin.

    * * *
    arruinar [A1 ]
    vt
    A (empobrecer) to ruin, bankrupt
    B (estropear) ‹vida/salud› to ruin, wreck; ‹proyecto/cosecha› to ruin; ‹velada/sorpresa› to spoil, ruin; ‹reputación› to ruin, wreck, destroy
    me arruinaron el vestido en la tintorería they ruined my dress at the dry cleaner's
    A
    (empobrecerse): se arruinó con el crac he lost everything o he was ruined when the market crashed
    por invitarme a una copa no te vas a arruinar ( hum); buying me one drink isn't going to break you ( hum)
    B «proyecto/cosecha» to be ruined
    se me arruinaron los zapatos con la lluvia the rain ruined my shoes, my shoes got ruined in the rain
    * * *

    arruinar ( conjugate arruinar) verbo transitivo
    to ruin
    arruinarse verbo pronominal
    to be ruined
    arruinar verbo transitivo to ruin
    ' arruinar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    definitivamente
    - jorobar
    English:
    bankrupt
    - break
    - do for
    - ruin
    - blight
    - destroy
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [financieramente] to ruin
    2. [estropear] to ruin;
    el pedrisco arruinó la cosecha the hail ruined the crop;
    el alcohol le arruinó la salud alcohol ruined his health;
    el mal tiempo arruinó la ceremonia the bad weather ruined o spoiled the ceremony
    * * *
    v/t ruin
    * * *
    : to ruin, to wreck
    * * *
    arruinar vb (estropear) to ruin

    Spanish-English dictionary > arruinar

  • 15 echar por tierra

    (edificio) to demolish 2 (reputación etc) to ruin
    ————————
    figurado to crush, destroy
    * * *
    (v.) = scupper, blight, cast + a blight on
    Ex. This arrangement could definitely help solve the librarian's problems, unless unexpected events scupper it.
    Ex. The global outbreak of swine flu has spread fear through the travel sector, blighting any green shoots of recovery from the financial crisis.
    Ex. Rampant commercialisation of publishing is casting a blight on literature.
    * * *
    (v.) = scupper, blight, cast + a blight on

    Ex: This arrangement could definitely help solve the librarian's problems, unless unexpected events scupper it.

    Ex: The global outbreak of swine flu has spread fear through the travel sector, blighting any green shoots of recovery from the financial crisis.
    Ex: Rampant commercialisation of publishing is casting a blight on literature.

    Spanish-English dictionary > echar por tierra

  • 16 frustrar

    v.
    1 to frustrate (person).
    El accidente frustró sus planes The accident frustrated her plans.
    Su actitud frustró al gerente His attitude frustrated the manager.
    2 to thwart, to put paid to (posibilidades, ilusiones).
    * * *
    1 (cosa) to frustrate, thwart
    2 (persona) to disappoint
    1 (proyectos, planes) to fail, come to nothing
    2 (persona) to get frustrated, get disappointed
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) [+ persona] to frustrate; [+ proyecto, aspiración, deseo, sueño] to thwart
    2) (=abortar) [+ atentado, operación] to foil
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) < persona> to frustrate; < planes> to thwart; < esperanzas> to dash
    b) < atentado> to foil
    2.
    frustrarse v pron planes to be thwarted, fail; esperanzas to come to nothing
    * * *
    = thwart, scupper, cripple, frustrate, baffle, stymie, foil, defeat, forestall, spoil, hamstring, exasperate, cast + a blight on, blight.
    Ex. A public library's design can go far in either reinforcing or thwarting the intimacy of reading and in determining its success -- functionally, aesthetically and financially.
    Ex. This arrangement could definitely help solve the librarian's problems, unless unexpected events scupper it.
    Ex. The objection to it seems to be that by reading rubbish children cripple their own imaginative, linguistic or moral powers.
    Ex. The psychologist Abraham H Maslow has warned of 'true psychopathological effects when the cognitive needs are frustrated'.
    Ex. As the domain expands, the problem of rule formalisation may even baffle a human expert.
    Ex. So, in a lot of cases the ability to take advantage of technologically sophisticated younger faculty is stymied by these conflicting interests.
    Ex. The author considers the incidence of arson in US libraries and some ways of foiling arsonists through constant vigilance and observation of library users.
    Ex. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of software programs intended to defeat some of these sabotage actions.
    Ex. In order to forestall such an event, some libraries in Britain were stung into action by the publication of an Act of Parliament which totally ignored public libraries.
    Ex. But if set-off did occur and threatened to set back and spoil subsequent impressions of the first forme, the tympan cloth could be rubbed over with lye to clean it.
    Ex. Instead, the proposed regulations would hamstring public access.
    Ex. Radical intellectuals often seem exasperated by what appears as excessive attention paid to conceptualization.
    Ex. Rampant commercialisation of publishing is casting a blight on literature.
    Ex. The global outbreak of swine flu has spread fear through the travel sector, blighting any green shoots of recovery from the financial crisis.
    ----
    * frustrar el esfuerzo = frustrate + effort.
    * frustrar las esperanzas = shatter + Posesivo + hopes, dampen + Posesivo + hopes, dash + Posesivo + hopes.
    * frustrarse = become + frustrated, run into + the sand(s).
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) < persona> to frustrate; < planes> to thwart; < esperanzas> to dash
    b) < atentado> to foil
    2.
    frustrarse v pron planes to be thwarted, fail; esperanzas to come to nothing
    * * *
    = thwart, scupper, cripple, frustrate, baffle, stymie, foil, defeat, forestall, spoil, hamstring, exasperate, cast + a blight on, blight.

    Ex: A public library's design can go far in either reinforcing or thwarting the intimacy of reading and in determining its success -- functionally, aesthetically and financially.

    Ex: This arrangement could definitely help solve the librarian's problems, unless unexpected events scupper it.
    Ex: The objection to it seems to be that by reading rubbish children cripple their own imaginative, linguistic or moral powers.
    Ex: The psychologist Abraham H Maslow has warned of 'true psychopathological effects when the cognitive needs are frustrated'.
    Ex: As the domain expands, the problem of rule formalisation may even baffle a human expert.
    Ex: So, in a lot of cases the ability to take advantage of technologically sophisticated younger faculty is stymied by these conflicting interests.
    Ex: The author considers the incidence of arson in US libraries and some ways of foiling arsonists through constant vigilance and observation of library users.
    Ex: There are hundreds, if not thousands, of software programs intended to defeat some of these sabotage actions.
    Ex: In order to forestall such an event, some libraries in Britain were stung into action by the publication of an Act of Parliament which totally ignored public libraries.
    Ex: But if set-off did occur and threatened to set back and spoil subsequent impressions of the first forme, the tympan cloth could be rubbed over with lye to clean it.
    Ex: Instead, the proposed regulations would hamstring public access.
    Ex: Radical intellectuals often seem exasperated by what appears as excessive attention paid to conceptualization.
    Ex: Rampant commercialisation of publishing is casting a blight on literature.
    Ex: The global outbreak of swine flu has spread fear through the travel sector, blighting any green shoots of recovery from the financial crisis.
    * frustrar el esfuerzo = frustrate + effort.
    * frustrar las esperanzas = shatter + Posesivo + hopes, dampen + Posesivo + hopes, dash + Posesivo + hopes.
    * frustrarse = become + frustrated, run into + the sand(s).

    * * *
    frustrar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 ‹persona› to frustrate; ‹planes› to thwart; ‹esperanzas› to dash
    me frustra que no entiendan I find it frustrating o it frustrates me that they don't understand
    2 ‹atentado› to foil
    «planes» to be thwarted, fail; «esperanzas» to be dashed, come to nothing
    * * *

    frustrar ( conjugate frustrar) verbo transitivo ‹ persona› to frustrate;
    ‹ planes› to thwart;
    ‹ esperanzas› to dash;

    frustrarse verbo pronominal [ planes] to be thwarted, fail;

    [ esperanzas] to come to nothing
    frustrar verbo transitivo to frustrate
    (una esperanza) to disappoint
    ' frustrar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    estropear
    - impedir
    - tronchar
    English:
    defeat
    - disappoint
    - foil
    - frustrate
    - thwart
    - baffle
    - confound
    - cross
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [persona] to frustrate
    2. [posibilidades, ilusiones] to thwart, Br to put paid to;
    [plan, robo] to thwart;
    el mal tiempo frustró nuestras vacaciones the bad weather ruined our holiday
    * * *
    v/t persona frustrate; plan thwart
    * * *
    : to frustrate, to thwart

    Spanish-English dictionary > frustrar

  • 17 Economy

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

    Historical dictionary of Portugal > Economy

  • 18 mal

    adj.
    1 bad, evil.
    2 bad, poor.
    3 bad, deficient, low-quality.
    adv.
    hacer algo mal to do something wrong
    has escrito mal esta palabra you've spelled that word wrong
    hiciste mal en decírselo it was wrong of you to tell him
    portarse mal to behave badly
    la conferencia/reunión salió mal the talk/meeting went badly
    mal vestido badly dressed
    oigo/veo mal I can't hear/see very well
    esta puerta cierra mal this door doesn't shut properly
    Haces las cosas mal siempre! You always do things badly!
    3 hardly.
    mal puede saberlo si no se lo cuentas he's hardly going to know it if you don't tell him
    4 barely, hardly.
    Mal pudimos dormir esa noche We could barely sleep that night.
    m.
    1 harm, damage (daño).
    no te hará ningún mal salir un rato it won't harm you o it won't do you any harm to go out for a while
    mal de ojo evil eye
    2 illness.
    mal de altura o montaña altitude o mountain sickness
    el mal de las vacas locas mad cow disease
    3 evil.
    4 wrong.
    * * *
    1 evil
    2 (daño) harm
    3 (enfermedad) sickness
    2 (enfermo) ill, sick
    ■ me encuentro mal I feel ill, I don't feel well
    4 (difícilmente) hardly, scarcely
    ■ como sigas así, acabarás mal if you keep on like that, you'll end up in trouble
    \
    a grandes males, grandes remedios desperate situations call for desperate measures
    de mal en peor from bad to worse
    estar a mal con alguien to be on bad terms with somebody
    mal que bien one way or another
    mal que les (te, etc) pese whether they (you, etc) like it or not
    menos mal que... it's a good job that..., thank God that...
    no hay mal que cien años dure nothing goes on forever
    no hay mal que por bien no venga every cloud has a silver lining
    mal de altura altitude sickness
    mal de ojo evil eye
    mal de la rosa pellagra
    mal de la tierra homesickness
    mal francés syphilis
    * * *
    1. adv.
    1) badly, poorly
    2. noun m.
    1) evil
    3) harm
    5) illness, disease
    3. adj.
    * * *
    1. ADV
    1) (=imperfectamente) badly

    oigo/veo mal — I can't hear/see well

    si mal no recuerdo — if my memory serves me right, if I remember correctly

    2) (=reprobablemente)

    • hacer mal, hace mal en mentir — he is wrong to lie

    3) (=insuficientemente) poorly

    este disco se vendió muy mal — this record sold very poorly, this record had very poor sales

    • comer mal, en este restaurante se come mal — the food isn't very good in this restaurant

    la niña come mal — the girl isn't eating properly, the girl is off her food

    4) (=sin salud) ill

    encontrarse o sentirse mal — to feel ill

    5) (=desagradablemente)

    ¡no está mal este vino! — this wine isn't bad!

    • caer mal algn, me cae mal su amigo — I don't like his friend

    • decir o hablar mal de algn — to speak ill of sb

    • llevarse mal, me llevo mal con él — I don't get on with him

    • oler mal, esta habitación huele mal — this room smells (bad)

    • pensar mal de algn — to think badly of sb

    • saber mal, sabe mal — it doesn't taste nice

    6) [otras locuciones]

    • estar a mal con algn — to be on bad terms with sb

    • ¡ menos mal! — thank goodness!

    menos mal que... — it's just as well (that)..., it's a good job (that)...

    • ir de mal en peor — to go from bad to worse

    • mal que bien — more or less, just about

    mal que bien lo hemos solucionado — we've more or less o just about managed to solve it

    • tomarse algo (a) mal — to take sth the wrong way

    2.
    CONJ
    3.
    ADJ ver malo 1.
    4. SM
    1) (=maldad)

    combatir el mal — frm to fight against evil

    2) (=perjuicio) harm

    el mal ya está hecho — the harm o damage is done now

    ¡mal haya quien...! — frm a curse on whoever...!

    • dar mal a algn — to make sb suffer

    • darse mal — to torment o.s.

    rebajamos los precios, como mal menor — we cut the prices, as the lesser of two evils

    esa solución no me satisface, pero es un mal menor — I'm not happy with that solution, but it could have been worse

    • parar en mal — to come to a bad end

    3) (=problema) ill
    4) (Med) disease, illness

    mal francés — ( Hist) syphilis

    5)
    6) LAm (Med) epileptic fit
    * * *
    I II
    adjetivo invariable
    1)
    a) (enfermo, con mal aspecto)

    estar mal — to be bad o ill; ( anímicamente) to be in a bad way (colloq)

    me siento mal — I don't feel well, I feel ill

    b) (incómodo, a disgusto)

    ¿tan mal estás aquí que te quieres ir? — are you so unhappy here that you want to leave?

    2) (fam) (en frases negativas) ( refiriéndose al atractivo sexual)

    no está nada mal — he's/she's not at all bad (colloq)

    3) ( desagradable) <oler/saber> bad

    aquí huele mal — there's a horrible smell o it smells in here

    estoy or salí muy mal en esta foto — I look awful in this photograph

    la casa no está mal, pero es cara — the house isn't bad, but it's expensive

    5) ( incorrecto) wrong

    está muy mal no decírselo — it's very wrong o bad not to tell her

    estamos mal de arroz — we're low on o almost out of rice

    III
    1) ( de manera no satisfactoria) <hecho/vestido> badly; <cantar/escribir> badly

    se expresó mal — he didn't express himself very well, he expressed himself badly

    3) ( desfavorablemente) badly, ill

    hablar mal de alguien — to speak badly o ill of somebody

    4)
    a) (de manera errónea, incorrecta) wrong, wrongly

    te han informado mal — you've been badly o wrongly informed

    portarse mal — to behave badly, to misbehave

    hacer mal — (AmL) ( a la salud)

    comí algo que me hizo mal — I ate something which didn't agree with me; ver tb mal IV 2)

    mal que bien — (fam) somehow or other

    mal que me/te/nos pese — whether I/you/we like it or not

    menos mal: menos mal! thank goodness!; menos mal que le avisaron a tiempo! it's just as well they told him in time!; menos mal que no se enteró! it's a good thing she didn't find out! (colloq); estar a mal con alguien to be on bad terms with somebody; tomarse algo a mal — to take something to heart

    •
    IV
    1) (Fil) evil

    el bien y el mal — good and evil, right and wrong

    2) (daño, perjuicio)

    lo que dijo me hizo mucho mal — what he said really hurt me; ver tb mal III 6)

    3) (inconveniente, problema)

    mal de muchos, consuelo de tontos:... pero yo no soy la única - mal de muchos, consuelo de tontos —... but I'm not the only one - well, if that makes you feel better about it (iro)

    4) (Med)
    a) (liter) ( enfermedad) illness
    b) ( epilepsia)

    el mal — ( enfermedad) epilepsy

    5) ( pena) trouble
    * * *
    = ill, malaise, ailment, evil, affliction, wrong, out of sorts, woe, woefulness.
    Ex. Americans, convinced that education could be the panacea for all their ills, answered with vigorous action.
    Ex. He interprets 'alienation' as the ' malaise that affects all of us, leaving us in some measure unable to operate in humane, supportive ways'.
    Ex. In the two years that followed Woodforde had various other ailments, including an inflammation of the eyelid.
    Ex. It is increasingly obvious that we are as a nation one and indivisible, that divisive tendencies are a thing of the past, but there are still too many inheritors of the old indifference, and who flinch at co-operation as at an evil.
    Ex. In the Netherlands there are currently some 20,000 sufferers from this affliction.
    Ex. Librarians have traditionally been concerned with giving rather than selling information and information supplied negligently is dealt with by the law of torts: civil wrongs independent of contract.
    Ex. For example, you already know that living in a windowless room will make you cranky and out of sorts.
    Ex. 'The word's out: all departments have to cut their staffs by 10%' -- Her voice was weak and laden with woe.
    Ex. In presenting this story, Amenabar has managed to avoid both saccharine sentimentality and easy woefulness.
    ----
    * eje del mal = axis of evil.
    * el dinero es el origen de todos los males = money is the root of all evil.
    * el dinero es la fuente de todos los males = money is the root of all evil.
    * evitar el mal = shun + evil.
    * fuente de todos los males, la = root of all evil, the.
    * hacer el mal = do + evil.
    * mal de amores = heartache, lovesick.
    * mal de Parkinson = Parkinson's disease.
    * males de la guerra, los = evils of war, the.
    * origen de todos males, el = root of all evil, the.
    * para colmo de males = to add insult to injury, to add salt to injury, to rub salt in the wound.
    * tener mal de amores = be lovesick.
    * * *
    I II
    adjetivo invariable
    1)
    a) (enfermo, con mal aspecto)

    estar mal — to be bad o ill; ( anímicamente) to be in a bad way (colloq)

    me siento mal — I don't feel well, I feel ill

    b) (incómodo, a disgusto)

    ¿tan mal estás aquí que te quieres ir? — are you so unhappy here that you want to leave?

    2) (fam) (en frases negativas) ( refiriéndose al atractivo sexual)

    no está nada mal — he's/she's not at all bad (colloq)

    3) ( desagradable) <oler/saber> bad

    aquí huele mal — there's a horrible smell o it smells in here

    estoy or salí muy mal en esta foto — I look awful in this photograph

    la casa no está mal, pero es cara — the house isn't bad, but it's expensive

    5) ( incorrecto) wrong

    está muy mal no decírselo — it's very wrong o bad not to tell her

    estamos mal de arroz — we're low on o almost out of rice

    III
    1) ( de manera no satisfactoria) <hecho/vestido> badly; <cantar/escribir> badly

    se expresó mal — he didn't express himself very well, he expressed himself badly

    3) ( desfavorablemente) badly, ill

    hablar mal de alguien — to speak badly o ill of somebody

    4)
    a) (de manera errónea, incorrecta) wrong, wrongly

    te han informado mal — you've been badly o wrongly informed

    portarse mal — to behave badly, to misbehave

    hacer mal — (AmL) ( a la salud)

    comí algo que me hizo mal — I ate something which didn't agree with me; ver tb mal IV 2)

    mal que bien — (fam) somehow or other

    mal que me/te/nos pese — whether I/you/we like it or not

    menos mal: menos mal! thank goodness!; menos mal que le avisaron a tiempo! it's just as well they told him in time!; menos mal que no se enteró! it's a good thing she didn't find out! (colloq); estar a mal con alguien to be on bad terms with somebody; tomarse algo a mal — to take something to heart

    •
    IV
    1) (Fil) evil

    el bien y el mal — good and evil, right and wrong

    2) (daño, perjuicio)

    lo que dijo me hizo mucho mal — what he said really hurt me; ver tb mal III 6)

    3) (inconveniente, problema)

    mal de muchos, consuelo de tontos:... pero yo no soy la única - mal de muchos, consuelo de tontos —... but I'm not the only one - well, if that makes you feel better about it (iro)

    4) (Med)
    a) (liter) ( enfermedad) illness
    b) ( epilepsia)

    el mal — ( enfermedad) epilepsy

    5) ( pena) trouble
    * * *
    = ill, malaise, ailment, evil, affliction, wrong, out of sorts, woe, woefulness.

    Ex: Americans, convinced that education could be the panacea for all their ills, answered with vigorous action.

    Ex: He interprets 'alienation' as the ' malaise that affects all of us, leaving us in some measure unable to operate in humane, supportive ways'.
    Ex: In the two years that followed Woodforde had various other ailments, including an inflammation of the eyelid.
    Ex: It is increasingly obvious that we are as a nation one and indivisible, that divisive tendencies are a thing of the past, but there are still too many inheritors of the old indifference, and who flinch at co-operation as at an evil.
    Ex: In the Netherlands there are currently some 20,000 sufferers from this affliction.
    Ex: Librarians have traditionally been concerned with giving rather than selling information and information supplied negligently is dealt with by the law of torts: civil wrongs independent of contract.
    Ex: For example, you already know that living in a windowless room will make you cranky and out of sorts.
    Ex: 'The word's out: all departments have to cut their staffs by 10%' -- Her voice was weak and laden with woe.
    Ex: In presenting this story, Amenabar has managed to avoid both saccharine sentimentality and easy woefulness.
    * eje del mal = axis of evil.
    * el dinero es el origen de todos los males = money is the root of all evil.
    * el dinero es la fuente de todos los males = money is the root of all evil.
    * evitar el mal = shun + evil.
    * fuente de todos los males, la = root of all evil, the.
    * hacer el mal = do + evil.
    * mal de amores = heartache, lovesick.
    * mal de Parkinson = Parkinson's disease.
    * males de la guerra, los = evils of war, the.
    * origen de todos males, el = root of all evil, the.
    * para colmo de males = to add insult to injury, to add salt to injury, to rub salt in the wound.
    * tener mal de amores = be lovesick.

    * * *
    mal1
    ver malo1 (↑ malo (1))
    mal2
    A
    1 (enfermo, con mal aspecto) estar mal to be bad o ill; (anímicamente) to be o feel low ( colloq), to be o feel down ( colloq)
    me siento mal I don't feel well, I feel ill
    hace días que ando mal del estómago I've been having trouble with my stomach for some days now
    lo encontré muy mal, pálido y desmejorado he didn't seem at all well, he looked pale and sickly
    está muy mal, no se ha repuesto de lo del marido she's in a bad way, she hasn't got over what happened to her husband
    ¡éste está mal de la cabeza! he's not right in the head
    esas cosas me ponen mal things like that really upset me
    2
    (incómodo, a disgusto): ¿tan mal estás aquí que te quieres ir? are you so unhappy here that you want to leave?
    tú allí estás mal you aren't comfortable there
    (refiriéndose al atractivo sexual): no está nada mal he's/she's not at all bad ( colloq)
    C (desagradable) ‹oler/saber› bad
    aquí huele mal there's a horrible smell in here, it smells in here
    no sabe tan mal it doesn't taste that bad
    esta leche huele mal this milk smells bad o off
    D
    (insatisfactorio): los soufflés siempre me quedan mal my soufflés never turn out right
    estoy or quedé or salí muy mal en esta foto I look awful in this photo
    le queda mal ese peinado that hairstyle doesn't suit her
    la casa no está mal, pero es cara the house isn't bad o is quite nice but it's expensive
    sacarnos un millón no estaría nada mal I wouldn't mind winning a million
    E (incorrecto) wrong
    la fecha está mal the date is wrong
    creo que está muy mal no decírselo I think it's very wrong o bad not to tell her
    está mal que le hables en ese tono it's wrong (of you) to speak to him in that tone
    estuviste muy mal en no ayudarlo it was wrong of you not to help him
    F (indicando escasez) estar mal DE algo:
    estamos mal de dinero we're hard up ( colloq), we're short of money
    estamos mal de arroz we have hardly any rice (left), we're low on o almost out of rice
    mal3
    A (de manera no satisfactoria) ‹hecho/organizado/pintado/vestido› badly
    canta muy mal she sings very badly, she's a very bad singer, she's very bad at singing
    se expresó mal he didn't express himself very well, he expressed himself badly
    te oigo muy mal I can hardly hear you, I can't hear you very well
    en el colegio se come muy mal the food's terrible at school
    le fue mal en los exámenes his exams went badly
    de mal en peor from bad to worse
    B
    (desventajosamente): se casó muy mal she made a bad marriage
    vendieron muy mal la casa they got a terrible price for the house
    el negocio marcha mal the business isn't doing very well
    C (desfavorablemente) badly, ill
    no hables mal de ella don't speak badly o ill of her
    piensa mal de todo el mundo he thinks ill of everyone
    D
    1 (de manera errónea, incorrecta) wrong, wrongly
    lo has hecho mal you've done it wrong
    mi nombre está mal escrito my name has been misspelt, my name is spelt/has been spelt wrong(ly)
    te han informado mal you've been badly o wrongly informed
    te entendí mal I misunderstood you, I didn't understand you properly
    obró or procedió mal he acted wrongly o badly
    haces mal en no ir a verla it's wrong of you not to go and see her
    me contestó muy mal she answered me very rudely o in a very rude manner
    si te portas mal no te traigo más if you behave badly o if you misbehave I won't bring you again
    E
    (difícilmente): mal puedes saber si te gusta si no lo has probado you can hardly say o I don't see how you can say whether you like it when you haven't even tried it
    F ( en locs):
    hacer mal ( AmL) (a la salud): los fritos hacen mal al hígado fried food is bad for the liver
    comí algo que me hizo mal I ate something which didn't agree with me o which made me feel bad o ill
    ver tb mal4 m B. (↑ mal (4))
    mal que bien or ( Chi) mal que mal ( fam); somehow or other
    mal que me/te/nos pese whether I/you/we like it or not
    menos mal: aceptaron tu solicitud — ¡menos mal! they've accepted your application — thank goodness!
    ¡menos mal que le avisaron a tiempo! it's just as well they told him in time!
    ¡menos mal que no se enteró! it's a good thing o ( BrE) a good job she didn't find out! ( colloq)
    estar a mal con algn to be on bad terms with sb
    tomarse algo a mal to take sth to heart
    traer vt B. (↑ traer)
    Compuesto:
    mal nacido, mal nacida
    masculine, feminine swine ( colloq), rat ( colloq) ver tb maleducado1 (↑ maleducado (1)), maleducado2 (↑ maleducado (2))
    mal4
    A ( Fil) evil
    el bien y el mal good and evil, right and wrong
    líbranos del mal deliver us from evil
    B
    (daño, perjuicio): no le perdono todo el mal que me hizo I can't forgive her all the wrong she did me
    le estás haciendo un mal consintiéndole todo you're doing her a disservice o you're not doing her any good by giving in to her all the time
    el divorcio de sus padres le hizo mucho mal her parents' divorce did her a lot of harm
    lo que me dijo me hizo mucho mal what he said hurt me deeply o really hurt me
    ver tb mal3 adv F. (↑ mal (3))
    C
    (inconveniente, problema): los males que aquejan a nuestra sociedad the ills afflicting our society
    la contaminación es uno de los males de nuestro tiempo pollution is one of the evils of our time
    a grandes males grandes remedios desperate situations call for desperate measures
    no hay mal que cien años dure nothing goes on for ever
    no hay mal que por bien no venga every cloud has a silver lining
    mal de muchos, consuelo de tontos: … pero a mucha gente le pasó lo mismo — mal de muchos, consuelo de tontos … but the same thing happened to a lot of other people — so that makes you feel better, does it? ( iro)
    todos mis amigos suspendieron también, así que mal de muchos, consuelo de tontos all my friends failed too, so that's some consolation, I suppose o so that makes things a bit better, I suppose
    quien canta sus males espanta problems don't seem so bad if you keep cheerful
    Compuesto:
    (entre dos alternativas) lesser of two evils
    eso fue un mal menor porque se podría haber matado in fact he was lucky o he can count himself lucky, he could have been killed
    D ( Med)
    1 ( liter) (enfermedad) illness
    2
    (epilepsia): el mal (enfermedad) epilepsy
    cuando le da el mal when she has a fit
    Compuestos:
    Alzheimer's disease
    ( fam):
    tiene mal de amores he's lovesick
    Chagas' disease
    altitude sickness, mountain sickness
    evil eye
    le echó el mal de ojo or (CS) le hizo mal de ojo she gave him the evil eye
    Parkinson's disease
    ( euf); syphilis
    E (pena) trouble
    no me vengas a contar tus males don't come to me with your troubles
    * * *

     

    mal adjetivo: ver
    ◊ malo

    ■ adjetivo invariable
    1 [estar] ( enfermo) ill;
    ( anímicamente) in a bad way (colloq);
    ( incómodo) uncomfortable;

    ¡este está mal de la cabeza! he's not right in the head;
    esas cosas me ponen mal things like that really upset me
    2 (fam) ( en frases negativas) ( refiriéndose al aspecto):
    ◊ no está nada mal she's/he's/it's not at all bad (colloq)

    3 ( insatisfactorio): estoy or salí muy mal en esta foto I look awful in this photograph;

    4 [estar] ( incorrecto) wrong
    5 ( indicando escasez) estar or ir mal de algo ‹de dinero/tiempo› to be short of sth
    ■ adverbio
    1 ( de manera no satisfactoria) ‹vestir/cantar/jugar› badly;

    te oigo muy mal I can hardly hear you;
    el negocio marcha mal the business isn't doing well;
    de mal en peor from bad to worse
    2 ( desfavorablemente) badly, ill;
    ◊ hablar mal de algn to speak badly o ill of sb

    3

    ◊ te han informado mal you've been badly o wrongly informed;

    te entendí mal I misunderstood you
    b) ( de manera reprensible) ‹obrar/partarse› badly;


    me contestó muy mal she answered me very rudely
    4 ( desagradable) ‹oler/saber› bad;
    ◊ aquí huele mal there's a horrible smell o it smells in here

    5 ( en locs)
    ◊ hacer mal (AmL) ( a la salud): esto hace mal al hígado this is bad for the liver;

    el pescado me hizo mal the fish didn't agree with me;
    menos mal: ¡menos mal! thank goodness!;
    ¡menos mal que le avisaron a tiempo! it's just as well they told him in time!;
    tomarse algo a mal to take sth to heart
    ■ sustantivo masculino
    1 (Fil) evil;

    2 (daño, perjuicio):

    3 ( cosa dañina) ill, evil;

    no hay mal que por bien no venga every cloud has a silver lining
    4 (Med) (liter) ( enfermedad) illness;

    mal de (las) altura(s) altitude sickness, mountain sickness
    5 ( pena) trouble
    mal
    I adj (delante de sustantivo masculino) bad
    un mal momento, (inoportuno) a bad time: está atravesando un mal momento, he's going through a bad patch ➣ malo,-a
    II sustantivo masculino
    1 evil, wrong
    más allá del bien y del mal, beyond good and evil
    2 (perjuicio) harm: me ha hecho mucho mal, it really hurt me
    mal de ojo, the evil eye
    3 (dolencia) illness, disease: padece un mal incurable, she suffers from an incurable disease
    III adverbio
    1 (de mala manera, incorrectamente) badly, wrong: oye muy mal, she can hardly hear
    todo me sale mal, everything I do turns out badly
    me siento mal del estómago, I've got an upset stomach
    menos mal que estás aquí, it's a good job you are here
    2 (difícilmente) scarcely, hardly: si no me lo cuentas, mal puedo yo ayudarte, if you don't tell me I can scarcely help you
    ♦ Locuciones: llevar uno mal algo, to take sthg badly: lleva muy mal la muerte de su padre, he took the death of his father really badly
    mal que, even if: tendremos que ir mal que nos pese, whether we like it or not, we'll have to go
    mal que bien, somehow or other: mal que bien vamos tirando, we're managing quite well somehow or other
    ponerse a mal con alguien, to fall out with sb
    tomar uno a mal, to take sthg badly: no te lo tomes a mal, don't take it badly
    ' mal' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    agüero
    - añadidura
    - apestar
    - apestosa
    - apestoso
    - atufar
    - avenida
    - avenido
    - azotea
    - berrear
    - bicho
    - bien
    - caber
    - cabeza
    - caer
    - café
    - calcular
    - caldo
    - camino
    - cantar
    - carácter
    - cardo
    - chabacana
    - chabacano
    - chapuza
    - comportarse
    - comunicada
    - comunicado
    - conservarse
    - contraluz
    - contraria
    - contrario
    - criada
    - criado
    - daño
    - desastre
    - desencajada
    - desencajado
    - deslucir
    - despertar
    - día
    - dinero
    - educada
    - educado
    - efecto
    - empañarse
    - encajar
    - encaminada
    - encaminado
    - encontrar
    English:
    abuse
    - acquit
    - act up
    - agree
    - along
    - amulet
    - astray
    - bad
    - bad-tempered
    - badly
    - barring
    - best
    - bile
    - cheap
    - cloud
    - come off
    - condition
    - deal
    - deliver
    - disagree
    - disapprove
    - disrepair
    - do
    - do with
    - doom
    - downhill
    - embody
    - evil
    - evil eye
    - fit
    - flare up
    - foolish
    - foot
    - frown on
    - gnawing
    - go
    - go down
    - go off
    - god
    - going
    - good
    - greasy
    - grief
    - grim
    - grin
    - grumpy
    - half-baked
    - hash
    - health
    - hinder
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    ver malo
    ♦ nm
    1. [maldad]
    el mal evil;
    Literario
    las fuerzas del mal the forces of darkness o evil
    2. [daño] harm, damage;
    nadie sufrió ningún mal no one was harmed, no one suffered any harm;
    ¿no le hará mal al bebé tanta agua? all that water can't be good for the baby;
    no te hará ningún mal salir un rato it won't harm you o it won't do you any harm to go out for a while;
    mal de ojo evil eye;
    echarle o CSur [m5] hacerle (el) mal de ojo a alguien to give sb the evil eye;
    Arquit el mal de la piedra = the problem of crumbling masonry caused by pollution etc
    3. [enfermedad] illness;
    Fig
    esto te curará todos los males this will make you feel better;
    tener mal de amores to be lovesick
    mal de (las) altura(s) altitude sickness;
    mal de montaña mountain sickness;
    Ven mal de páramo altitude sickness; Fam el mal de las vacas locas mad cow disease
    4. [problema, inconveniente] bad thing;
    el hambre y la pobreza son males que afectan al Tercer Mundo hunger and poverty are problems o ills which affect the Third World;
    entre las dos opciones, es el mal menor it's the lesser of two evils;
    un mal necesario a necessary evil
    5. Comp
    del mal, el menos it's the lesser of two evils;
    la crisis pasará, no hay mal que cien años dure the recession will end sooner or later, these things never last forever;
    a grandes males, grandes remedios drastic situations demand drastic action;
    mal de muchos, consuelo de todos o [m5]de tontos: he suspendido, pero también mis compañeros – mal de muchos, consuelo de tontos o [m5] de todos I failed, but so did my classmates – it doesn't make it all right, just because they did too;
    lo mismo pasa en otros países – mal de muchos, consuelo de tontos o [m5] de todos the same thing happens in other countries – that doesn't make it any better, though;
    no hay mal que por bien no venga every cloud has a silver lining
    ♦ adv
    1. [incorrectamente] wrong;
    obrar mal to do wrong;
    portarse mal to behave badly;
    juzgar mal a alguien to misjudge sb;
    está mal hecho [un informe, un trabajo] it hasn't been done properly;
    [un producto, un aparato] it's badly made;
    eso está mal hecho, no debían haberlo aceptado it was wrong of them, they shouldn't have accepted it;
    está mal eso que has hecho what you've done is wrong;
    hacer algo mal to do sth wrong;
    has escrito mal esta palabra you've spelt that word wrong;
    hiciste mal en decírselo it was wrong of you to tell him;
    está mal que yo lo diga, pero esta sopa esta buenísima this soup is delicious, although I say so myself
    2. [inadecuadamente, insuficientemente] badly;
    creo que me he explicado mal I'm not sure I've explained myself clearly;
    oigo/veo mal I can't hear/see very well;
    el niño come bastante mal the boy isn't eating properly o very well;
    calculé mal el tiempo I miscalculated the time;
    canta muy mal she sings terribly, she's a terrible singer;
    esta puerta cierra mal this door doesn't shut properly;
    andar mal de dinero to be short of money;
    andamos mal de azúcar we're running out of sugar;
    la empresa/el equipo va mal the company/team isn't doing very well;
    va mal en la universidad she's not doing very well at university;
    le fue mal en la entrevista his interview didn't go very well;
    el sueldo no está nada mal the pay's pretty good, the pay isn't at all bad;
    ese chico no está nada mal that boy's not bad o pretty nice;
    la reparación quedó mal it wasn't repaired properly;
    me quedó mal el retrato my portrait didn't come out right;
    la conferencia/reunión salió mal the talk/meeting went badly;
    la fiesta salió mal the party was a failure
    3. [desagradablemente, desfavorablemente]
    encontrarse mal [enfermo] to feel ill;
    [incómodo] to feel uncomfortable;
    estar mal [de salud] to be o feel ill;
    [de calidad] to be bad;
    hablar mal de alguien to speak ill of sb;
    oler mal to smell bad;
    ¡qué mal huele! what a smell!;
    Fam Fig
    esto me huele mal this smells fishy to me;
    pasarlo mal to have a bad time;
    pensar mal de alguien to think ill of sb;
    saber mal to taste bad;
    Fig
    me supo mal que no vinieses a despedirme I was a bit put out that you didn't come to see me off;
    me sabe muy mal que hablen a mis espaldas I don't like it that they talk behind my back;
    sentar mal a alguien [ropa] not to suit sb;
    [comida] to disagree with sb; [comentario, actitud] to upset sb
    4. [difícilmente] hardly;
    mal puede saberlo si no se lo cuentas he's hardly going to know if you don't tell him, how's he supposed to know if you don't tell him?
    5. Comp
    estar a mal con alguien to have fallen out with sb;
    ir de mal en peor to go from bad to worse;
    no estaría mal que… it would be nice if…;
    tomar algo a mal to take sth the wrong way
    ♦ mal que loc conj
    although, even though;
    mal que te pese, las cosas están así whether you like it or not, that's the way things are;
    mal que bien somehow or other
    * * *
    I adj → malo
    II adv badly;
    mal que bien one way or the other;
    ¡no está mal! it isn’t bad!;
    ¡menos mal! thank goodness!;
    no hay mal que por bien no venga every cloud has a silver lining;
    hacer mal en hacer algo be wrong to do sth;
    ir de mal en peor go from bad to worse;
    estar a mal con alguien be on bad terms with s.o.;
    hablar mal de alguien speak ill of s.o.;
    poner mal a alguien criticize s.o.;
    ponerse a mal con alguien fall out with s.o.;
    tomarse algo a mal take sth badly;
    ponerse mal get sick
    III m MED illness;
    el mal menor the lesser of two evils
    * * *
    mal adv
    1) : badly, poorly
    baila muy mal: he dances very badly
    2) : wrong, incorrectly
    me entendió mal: she misunderstood me
    3) : with difficulty, hardly
    mal puedo oírte: I can hardly hear you
    4)
    de mal en peor : from bad to worse
    5)
    menos mal : it could have been worse
    mal adj malo
    mal nm
    1) : evil, wrong
    2) daño: harm, damage
    3) desgracia: misfortune
    4) enfermedad: illness, sickness
    * * *
    mal1 adj bad [comp. worse; superl. worst]
    mal2 adv
    1. (en general) badly [comp. worse; superl. worst]
    2. (de manera desagradable) bad [comp. worse; superl. worst]
    3. (enfermo) ill [comp. worse; superl. worst]
    me encuentro mal I don't feel well / I feel ill
    mal3 n
    1. (daño) harm / wrong
    2. (maldad) evil
    3. (problema) problem

    Spanish-English dictionary > mal

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