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the authorities set over us

  • 1 gesteld

    1 [in een bepaalde gesteldheid] 〈zie voorbeelden 1〉
    2 [dol op] keen (on) ⇒ fond (of)
    3 [aangewezen] appointed
    ♦voorbeelden:
    1   met haar is het anders gesteld • she's in a different position
         het is er droevig mee gesteld • it's a sorry state of affairs
         hoe is het gesteld met …? • how's …?, what's the news of …?
    2   zij zijn erop gesteld (dat) • they would like it (if), they are set on (…-ing)
         gesteld zijn op iemand • be fond of/ 〈 voornamelijk romantisch〉 keen on someone
         erg op comfort gesteld zijn • like one's comfort
    3   de boven ons gestelde machten • the authorities set over us
         binnen de gestelde tijd • within the time specified/ 〈 juridisch〉 appointed
         beantwoorden aan de gestelde verwachtingen • come up to expectations
    II 〈 bijwoord〉
    1 [aangenomen] suppose ⇒ supposing, what if

    Van Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > gesteld

  • 2 de boven ons gestelde machten

    de boven ons gestelde machten

    Van Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > de boven ons gestelde machten

  • 3 ir en contra de

    (v.) = contravene, fly in + the face of, go against, militate against, stand in + contrast to, tell against, be at odds with, work at + cross purposes, be at cross purposes, turn against, play against, be contrary to, run up against, work against, set against, run + counter to, run + contrary to, be at loggerheads with, argue against, stand in + sharp contrast to, speak against, run + afoul of, fall + afoul of
    Ex. Any mis-spellings, poor grammar and verbose phrasing and any other features that contravene good abstracting practice must be eliminated.
    Ex. If a planned activity flies in the face of human nature, its success will be only as great as the non-human factors can ensure.
    Ex. But since the project, development have largely gone against it, with many libraries installing their own data systems.
    Ex. Local interpretations of the rules, and modifications to suit local circumstances, certainly militate against standard records.
    Ex. To sum it up, ISBD stands in sharp contrast to the ideal of concise and clear entries followed by the founders of Anglo-American cataloging.
    Ex. What factors told against them?.
    Ex. These activities may also be at odds with processes routinely applied across the board, such as lamination.
    Ex. Libraries in developing countries may represent part of an alien cultural package, an importation ill suited to the country's needs, even working at cross purposes to the people's interests.
    Ex. These two functions of the library have often been at cross purposes to one another, because each has been associated with a conflicting view of the kind and amount of assistance to be offered to the reader.
    Ex. By imposing a ban one is only likely to set up antagonism and frustration which will turn against the very thing we are trying to encourage.
    Ex. For me a picture of myself in a dentist's waiting room is a perfect metaphor for set and setting very much in play against the easily obtained pleasures I usually get from reading.
    Ex. This is a rather unexpected conclusion, and is of course contrary to most of what has been stated in this text; it is also contrary to the experience of large numbers of librarians, who have found that controlled vocabularies are helpful in practice.
    Ex. Some of the information from the EEC Government in Brussels is provided off the record, which sometimes runs up against the UK Government's wall of secrecy.
    Ex. Which means we must create a reading environment that helps and encourages reading rather than works against it.
    Ex. Classes of children can sometimes prove to be stubbornly set against having anything to do with book introductions, and it is better then to engage them in other activities rather than be doggedly determined to have one's own way and to go on in the face of their antagonism.
    Ex. Unfortunately the Library of Congress still has a policy which runs counter to this need.
    Ex. This runs contrary to earlier user studies, particularly those of scientists and engineers, which concluded that perceived source accessibility was the overwhelming factor in source selection.
    Ex. Sharp of tongue, Watterston was often at loggerheads with the authorities, particularly the Joint Library Committee.
    Ex. Some teachers argue against book clubs, claiming that they bring together only a certain kind of avid reader, the literary equivalent of the religiously effete and over-pious.
    Ex. To sum it up, ISBD stands in sharp contrast to the ideal of concise and clear entries followed by the founders of Anglo-American cataloging.
    Ex. As a result public libraries came into disrepute and even today authorities speak against them.
    Ex. Unfortunately for them, this approach runs afoul of Iraqi tribal customs since they are, reportedly, endogamous with respect to tribe.
    Ex. As some of her prophecies came true, she fell afoul of the authorities and was arrested by the Holy Order.
    * * *
    (v.) = contravene, fly in + the face of, go against, militate against, stand in + contrast to, tell against, be at odds with, work at + cross purposes, be at cross purposes, turn against, play against, be contrary to, run up against, work against, set against, run + counter to, run + contrary to, be at loggerheads with, argue against, stand in + sharp contrast to, speak against, run + afoul of, fall + afoul of

    Ex: Any mis-spellings, poor grammar and verbose phrasing and any other features that contravene good abstracting practice must be eliminated.

    Ex: If a planned activity flies in the face of human nature, its success will be only as great as the non-human factors can ensure.
    Ex: But since the project, development have largely gone against it, with many libraries installing their own data systems.
    Ex: Local interpretations of the rules, and modifications to suit local circumstances, certainly militate against standard records.
    Ex: To sum it up, ISBD stands in sharp contrast to the ideal of concise and clear entries followed by the founders of Anglo-American cataloging.
    Ex: What factors told against them?.
    Ex: These activities may also be at odds with processes routinely applied across the board, such as lamination.
    Ex: Libraries in developing countries may represent part of an alien cultural package, an importation ill suited to the country's needs, even working at cross purposes to the people's interests.
    Ex: These two functions of the library have often been at cross purposes to one another, because each has been associated with a conflicting view of the kind and amount of assistance to be offered to the reader.
    Ex: By imposing a ban one is only likely to set up antagonism and frustration which will turn against the very thing we are trying to encourage.
    Ex: For me a picture of myself in a dentist's waiting room is a perfect metaphor for set and setting very much in play against the easily obtained pleasures I usually get from reading.
    Ex: This is a rather unexpected conclusion, and is of course contrary to most of what has been stated in this text; it is also contrary to the experience of large numbers of librarians, who have found that controlled vocabularies are helpful in practice.
    Ex: Some of the information from the EEC Government in Brussels is provided off the record, which sometimes runs up against the UK Government's wall of secrecy.
    Ex: Which means we must create a reading environment that helps and encourages reading rather than works against it.
    Ex: Classes of children can sometimes prove to be stubbornly set against having anything to do with book introductions, and it is better then to engage them in other activities rather than be doggedly determined to have one's own way and to go on in the face of their antagonism.
    Ex: Unfortunately the Library of Congress still has a policy which runs counter to this need.
    Ex: This runs contrary to earlier user studies, particularly those of scientists and engineers, which concluded that perceived source accessibility was the overwhelming factor in source selection.
    Ex: Sharp of tongue, Watterston was often at loggerheads with the authorities, particularly the Joint Library Committee.
    Ex: Some teachers argue against book clubs, claiming that they bring together only a certain kind of avid reader, the literary equivalent of the religiously effete and over-pious.
    Ex: To sum it up, ISBD stands in sharp contrast to the ideal of concise and clear entries followed by the founders of Anglo-American cataloging.
    Ex: As a result public libraries came into disrepute and even today authorities speak against them.
    Ex: Unfortunately for them, this approach runs afoul of Iraqi tribal customs since they are, reportedly, endogamous with respect to tribe.
    Ex: As some of her prophecies came true, she fell afoul of the authorities and was arrested by the Holy Order.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ir en contra de

  • 4 власть власт·ь

    быть / находиться / стоять у власти — to be in / to hold power; (о партии) to hold office

    вернуть / вновь обрести власть — to regain power

    взять власть — to take / to assume power

    демонстрировать силу власти — to demonstrate / to display power

    достичь власти — to achieve / to attain / to reach power

    жаждать власти — to lust / to thirst for power

    завоевать власть — to win / to conquer power

    захватить власть — to seize / to take power

    злоупотреблять властью — to abuse / authority power, to strain one's authority / powers

    лишать власти — to deprive / to shear / to strip (smb.) of power

    облекать кого-л. властью — to lodge power with smb. / in the hands of smb.; to vest power in smb.; to delegate power to smb.

    осуществлять власть — to exercise power / authority

    отдать / передать власть кому-л. — to repose power in smb.'s hands, to hand over power to smb.

    поставить у власти — to install / to put (smb.) in power / in office

    предоставлять кому-л. власть — to confer power / authority upon smb.; to grant power / authority to smb.

    прийти к власти — to come to / to win power; to get into the saddle разг.

    приобретать власть — to acquire power, to gain in authority

    сохранить власть — to keep / to maintain power

    узурпировать власть — to usurp power / authority

    урезывать власть — to curtail / to curb power

    установить власть — to establish / to set up authority

    законная власть — lawful / legitimate authority

    неограниченная власть — absolute / unlimited / unrestricted power

    борьба за власть — struggle / race for power

    власть, установленная законом — statutory authority

    внешние атрибуты власти (приёмы, протокол и т.п.) — trappings of power

    захват власти — assumption / seizure of power

    злоупотребление властью — abuse of power, misuse of authority / power

    лицо, облечённое властью — man set in authority

    пребывание у власти — tenure of office / being in power

    период пребывания у власти (политической партии, лица) — innings

    приход к власти — accession / coming to power

    проявление власти со стороны какого-л. государства по отношению к иностранным судам — exercise of the authority of a state over foreign vessels

    руководители, облечённые властью — leaders invested with power

    2) (система, форма правления) power, form of government; Branch, Branch of Government амер.

    верховная власть — supreme / sovereign power, supreme authority

    государственная власть — state power / authority; powers of the state

    высшие органы государственной власти — higher bo-dies of state authority, supreme organs of state power

    законодательная власть — legislative power / authority, edictal powers

    исполнительная власть — executive power / authority, the executive; executive body (орган); executive branch амер.

    советская власть, власть Советов ист. — Soviet power, Soviet form of government

    судебная власть — judicial authority / power, judiciary department; judicial branch амер.

    "власть за троном" — gray eminence

    власть, основанная на кодексе законов — nomocracy

    власть, осуществляемая самим народом — government by the people

    ограничивать власть парламента — to limit / to restrain the power of parliament

    власть, принадлежащая народу — authority vested in the people

    власть трудящихся — power / rule of the working people

    власть, установленная законом — statutory authority

    высшие эшелоны власти — higher / top echelons of power

    органы власти — bodies / organs of power

    вышестоящие органы власти — higher organs / bodies of power

    местные органы власти — local government bodies / organs

    3) мн. (должностные лица, администрация) authority, autborities, administration

    колониальные власти ист. — colonial authorities / administration

    местные власти, власти на местах — local authorities / adminisration

    наднациональные власти, обеспечивающие соблюдение норм права — supranational law enforcing power

    оккупационные власти — occupying authority, occupation authorities

    Russian-english dctionary of diplomacy > власть власт·ь

  • 5 Spiel

    n; -(e)s, -e
    1. nur Sg. (das Spielen) play(ing); um Geld: gambling; dem Spiel verfallen sein be an inveterate gambler; die Kinder sind in ihr Spiel vertieft the children are absorbed in their play
    2. (Gesellschaftsspiel, Ballspiel, Glücksspiel, Brettspiel, Partie) game; (bes. Mannschaftssport) match; Spiel, Satz und Sieg Tennis: game, set and match; im Spiel sein Ball: be in play; fig. be involved ( bei in); ins Spiel bringen SPORT (jemanden) bring s.o. on; fig. (etw.) bring s.th. into play; (jemanden) get s.o. involved; aus dem Spiel nehmen SPORT take s.o. off; das Spiel bestimmen SPORT decide the match; das Spiel machen Fußball etc.: control ( oder dominate) the game; machen Sie Ihr Spiel! Roulette: faites vos jeux; wie steht das Spiel? SPORT what’s the score?; leichtes Spiel haben have an easy win; fig. have an easy job of it; das Spiel ist aus the game’s over; fig. the game’s up; das Spiel aufgeben throw in the towel
    3. (Schauspiel) play
    4. (Spielweise) Theat., MUS. playing, performance; SPORT play; gefährliches Spiel Fußball: dangerous play; fig. ( auch gewagtes Spiel) gamble
    5. meist Sg.; fig.: Spiel der Farben etc. play of colo(u)rs etc.; das Spiel von Licht und Schatten the play of light and shade; ein Spiel des Zufalls one of fortune’s little tricks; das Spiel des Schicksals the vagaries Pl. of fortune; ein seltsames Spiel der Natur a freak of nature; ein Spiel mit dem Feuer playing with fire; ein Spiel mit der Liebe trifling with love; ein Spiel mit Worten a play on words
    6. Koll. (Brett, Figuren etc.) set, game; ein Spiel Karten a pack ( oder deck) of cards; ein Spiel aufstellen lay out a game
    7. fig.: freies Spiel haben have the field to o.s.; jemandem das Spiel verderben spoil things for s.o.; jemandes Spiel durchschauen see through s.o.’s (little) game; freies Spiel der Kräfte free interplay of forces; auf dem Spiel stehen be at stake; aufs Spiel setzen (put at) risk; jemanden / etw. aus dem Spiel lassen leave s.o. / s.th. out of it; lass mich aus dem Spiel count me out; ein doppeltes Spiel mit jemandem treiben double-cross s.o.; sein Spiel mit jemandem treiben play games with s.o.; gewonnenes Spiel haben have the game in one’s hand; es war eine gehörige Portion Glück im Spiel there was a fair bit of luck involved; genug des grausamen Spiels! umg. that’ll do!; die Hand im Spiel haben have a finger in the pie
    8. TECH. play; erwünschtes: clearance; zulässiges: allowance; die Lenkung / Bremse hat zu viel Spiel there is too much play in the steering / the brake needs taking up ( oder adjusting); siehe auch abgekartet, Miene, olympisch etc.
    * * *
    das Spiel
    (Gesellschaftsspiel) game; party game;
    (Spielen) play;
    * * *
    [ʃpiːl]
    nt -(e)s, -e
    1) (=Unterhaltungsspiel, Glücksspiel SPORT, TENNIS) game; (= Wettkampfspiel, Fußballspiel) game, match; (THEAT = Stück) play; (fig = eine Leichtigkeit) child's play no art

    ein Spíél spielen (lit, fig) — to play a game

    im Spíél sein (lit) — to be in the game; (fig) to be involved or at work

    die Kräfte, die hier mit im Spíél waren — the forces which were at play here

    das Leben ist kein Spíél — life is not a game

    das Spíél verloren geben — to give the game up for lost; (fig) to throw in the towel

    machen Sie ihr Spíél! — place your bets!, faites vos jeux

    das Spíél machen (Sport) — to make the play

    jdn ins Spíél schicken (Sport) — to send sb on

    jdn aus dem Spíél nehmen (Sport) — to take sb off

    2) (= das Spielen, Spielweise) play(ing); (MUS, THEAT) playing; (SPORT) play; (bei Glücksspielen) gambling

    das Spíél ist für die Entwicklung des Kindes wichtig — play(ing) is important for children's development

    stör die Kinder nicht beim Spíél — don't disturb the children while they're playing or at play

    stummes Spíél — miming

    3) (= Bewegung, Zusammenspiel) play

    Spíél der Hände — hand movements

    das (freie) Spíél der Kräfte — the (free) (inter)play of forces

    Spíél der Lichter —

    das Spíél der Wellen — the play of the waves

    4)

    ein Spíél des Schicksals or Zufalls — a whim of fate

    5) (= Spielzubehör) game; (CARDS) deck, pack; (= Satz) set

    führen Sie auch Spíéle? — do you have games?

    das Monopolyspiel ist nicht mehr vollständig — the Monopoly® set has something missing

    7) (TECH) (free) play; (= Spielraum) clearance
    8) (HUNT) tail
    9) (fig)

    das ist ein Spíél mit dem Feuer — that's playing with fire

    leichtes Spíél (mit or bei jdm) haben — to have an easy job of it (with sb)

    bei den einfachen Bauern hatten die Betrüger leichtes Spíél — the simple peasants were easy prey for the swindlers

    das Spíél ist aus — the game's up

    die Hand or Finger im Spíél haben — to have a hand in it

    jdn/etw aus dem Spíél lassen — to leave or keep sb/sth out of it

    aus dem Spíél bleiben — to stay or keep out of it

    jdn/etw ins Spíél bringen — to bring sb/sth into it

    etw aufs Spíél setzen — to put sth at stake or on the line (inf), to risk sth

    auf dem Spíél(e) stehen — to be at stake

    sein Spíél mit jdm treiben — to play games with sb

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    das
    1) (a set of (fifty-two) playing-cards: a pack of cards.) pack
    2) (an enjoyable activity, which eg children play: a game of pretending.) game
    3) (a competitive form of activity, with rules: Football, tennis and chess are games.) game
    4) (a match or part of a match: a game of tennis; winning (by) three games to one.) game
    5) (recreation; amusement: A person must have time for both work and play.) play
    6) (the playing of a game: At the start of today's play, England was leading India by fifteen runs.) play
    7) (a game or match to be played.) tie
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    <-[e]s, -e>
    [ʃpi:l]
    nt
    er sah dem \Spiel der Kinder zu he watched the children playing [or at play]
    er war ganz in sein \Spiel [mit den Zinnsoldaten] vertieft he was completely absorbed in play[ing with the tin soldiers]
    jd hat freies \Spiel sb can do what he/she wants [or as he/she pleases]
    im \Spiel innehalten to stop playing
    wie im \Spiel as if it were child's play
    das königliche \Spiel chess
    ein \Spiel machen (spielen) to play a game; (gewinnen) to win [a game]
    ein \Spiel spielen to play a game
    jdm bei einem \Spiel zusehen to watch sb play [a game]
    3. (Wettspiel) gambling no art, no pl, gaming no art, no pl
    machen Sie Ihr \Spiel! (Roulette) place your bets!, faites vos jeux!
    ein ehrliches/gefährliches \Spiel (fig) an honest/a dangerous game
    das ist ein gefährliches \Spiel that's a dangerous game, that's playing with fire
    sein Geld beim \Spiel verlieren to gamble away sep one's money
    dem \Spiel verfallen sein to be addicted to gambling [or gaming
    4. SPORT (Wettkampf) game; BOXEN, FBALL a. match
    das \Spiel steht 1:0 it's 1-0
    das \Spiel endete 1:0 the game/match ended 1-0
    das \Spiel machen to call the shots [or tune]
    einen Spieler aus dem/ins \Spiel nehmen to take off sep/send on sep a player
    die Olympischen \Spiele the Olympic Games
    das \Spiel verloren geben to give up sep the game/match for lost; BOXEN a. to throw in the towel [or sponge
    5. kein pl (Spielweise) game
    6. (Abschnitt) game
    \Spiel, Satz und Sieg Becker game, set[,] and match to Becker
    7. (Spielgegenstände) game; (Karten) pack BRIT [or AM deck] [of cards]
    das \Spiel ist nicht vollständig there's a piece/there are some pieces missing
    ein \Spiel Karten a pack BRIT [or AM deck] of cards
    8. (Satz) set
    ein \Spiel Knöpfe a set of buttons
    9. kein pl (Schauspielerei) performance
    10. kein pl Musiker performance, playing no indef art
    sie hörte dem \Spiel des Pianisten zu she listened to the pianist playing
    mit klingendem \Spiel (veraltend) with the band playing
    ein \Spiel im \Spiel LIT a play within a play
    12. SCHWEIZ (Kapelle) marching band + sing/pl vb
    13. kein pl (Bewegung)
    das freie \Spiel der Kräfte the free play of forces
    das \Spiel des Schicksals [o Zufalls] the whim[s pl] of chance
    14. kein pl (selten: Übergehen)
    ein \Spiel ins Gelbliche/Rötliche a yellowish/reddish tinge
    das war ein \Spiel mit dem Leben you etc. were risking your etc. life
    ein abgekartetes \Spiel a set-up fam
    ein abgekartetes \Spiel sein to be a set-up fam, to be rigged [in advance]
    aus dem \Spiel wurde bitterer Ernst the game turned deadly serious
    ein doppeltes \Spiel treiben to double-cross sb
    ein falsches \Spiel treiben to play sb false
    genug des grausamen \Spiels! (hum) enough is enough!
    das \Spiel mit der Liebe playing with love
    [s]ein \Spiel mit jdm/etw treiben to play games with sb/sth
    das \Spiel zu weit treiben to push one's luck too far
    ▪ für jdn ein \Spiel sein to be a game to sb
    16. TECH (Abstand) play no indef art, no pl; (erwünscht) clearance; (unerwünscht) slackness no pl; (zulässig) allowance; (Rückschlag) backlash no pl
    17. JAGD (Schwanz) tail
    18.
    ▶ aus dem \Spiel bleiben to stay out of it
    ▶ jdn/etw [mit] ins \Spiel bringen to bring sb/sth into it
    ▶ ein \Spiel mit dem Feuer playing with fire
    ▶ bei jdm gewonnenes \Spiel haben to be home and dry BRIT [or AM home free] [with sb]
    ▶ [bei etw dat] [mit] im \Spiel sein to be involved [or at play] [in sth]
    ▶ ins \Spiel kommen to come into it; Person a. to become involved; Faktor to come into play
    ▶ jdn/etw aus dem \Spiel lassen to keep [or leave] sb/sth out of it
    ▶ ein leichtes \Spiel [mit jdm/etw] haben to have an easy job of it, to have an easy job with sb/sth
    man hat mit ihr leichtes \Spiel she's easy game for anyone
    ▶ Pech im \Spiel, Glück in der Liebe (prov) ≈lucky at cards, unlucky in love prov
    ▶ etw aufs \Spiel setzen to put sth on the line [or at stake], to risk sth
    ▶ auf dem \Spiel stehen to be at stake
    ▶ jdm das \Spiel verderben to ruin sb's plans
    ▶ das \Spiel verloren geben to throw in the towel [or sponge]
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    das; Spiel[e]s, Spiele
    1) (das Spielen, Spielerei) play

    ein Spiel mit dem Feuer — (fig.) playing with fire

    2) (GlücksSpiel; GesellschaftsSpiel) game; (WettSpiel) game; match

    etwas aufs Spiel setzen — put something at stake; risk something

    jemanden/etwas aus dem Spiel lassen — (fig.) leave somebody/something out of it

    ins Spiel kommen — (fig.) < factor> come into play; <person, authorities, etc.> become involved; <matter, subject, etc.> come into it

    im Spiel sein — (fig.) be involved

    3) (Utensilien) game
    4) o. Pl. (eines Schauspielers) performance
    5) (eines Musikers) performance; playing
    7) (SchauSpiel) play
    * * *
    Spiel n; -(e)s, -e
    1. nur sg (das Spielen) play(ing); um Geld: gambling;
    dem Spiel verfallen sein be an inveterate gambler;
    die Kinder sind in ihr Spiel vertieft the children are absorbed in their play
    2. (Gesellschaftsspiel, Ballspiel, Glücksspiel, Brettspiel, Partie) game; (besonders Mannschaftssport) match;
    Spiel, Satz und Sieg Tennis: game, set and match;
    im Spiel sein Ball: be in play; fig be involved (
    bei in);
    ins Spiel bringen SPORT (jemanden) bring sb on; fig (etwas) bring sth into play; (jemanden) get sb involved;
    aus dem Spiel nehmen SPORT take sb off;
    das Spiel bestimmen SPORT decide the match;
    das Spiel machen Fußball etc: control ( oder dominate) the game;
    machen Sie Ihr Spiel! Roulette: faites vos jeux;
    wie steht das Spiel? SPORT what’s the score?;
    leichtes Spiel haben have an easy win; fig have an easy job of it;
    das Spiel ist aus the game’s over; fig the game’s up;
    das Spiel aufgeben throw in the towel
    3. (Schauspiel) play
    4. (Spielweise) THEAT, MUS playing, performance; SPORT play;
    gefährliches Spiel Fußball: dangerous play; fig ( auch
    5. meist sg; fig:
    Spiel der Farben etc play of colo(u)rs etc;
    das Spiel von Licht und Schatten the play of light and shade;
    ein Spiel des Zufalls one of fortune’s little tricks;
    das Spiel des Schicksals the vagaries pl of fortune;
    ein seltsames Spiel der Natur a freak of nature;
    ein Spiel mit dem Feuer playing with fire;
    ein Spiel mit der Liebe trifling with love;
    ein Spiel mit Worten a play on words
    6. koll (Brett, Figuren etc) set, game;
    ein Spiel Karten a pack ( oder deck) of cards;
    ein Spiel aufstellen lay out a game
    7. fig:
    freies Spiel haben have the field to o.s.;
    jemandem das Spiel verderben spoil things for sb;
    jemandes Spiel durchschauen see through sb’s (little) game;
    freies Spiel der Kräfte free interplay of forces;
    auf dem Spiel stehen be at stake;
    aufs Spiel setzen (put at) risk;
    jemanden/etwas aus dem Spiel lassen leave sb/sth out of it;
    sein Spiel mit jemandem treiben play games with sb;
    gewonnenes Spiel haben have the game in one’s hand;
    es war eine gehörige Portion Glück im Spiel there was a fair bit of luck involved;
    genug des grausamen Spiels! umg that’ll do!;
    die Hand im Spiel haben have a finger in the pie
    8. TECH play; erwünschtes: clearance; zulässiges: allowance;
    die Lenkung/Bremse hat zu viel Spiel there is too much play in the steering/the brake needs taking up ( oder adjusting); → auch abgekartet, Miene, olympisch etc
    * * *
    das; Spiel[e]s, Spiele
    1) (das Spielen, Spielerei) play

    ein Spiel mit dem Feuer — (fig.) playing with fire

    2) (GlücksSpiel; GesellschaftsSpiel) game; (WettSpiel) game; match

    etwas aufs Spiel setzen — put something at stake; risk something

    jemanden/etwas aus dem Spiel lassen — (fig.) leave somebody/something out of it

    ins Spiel kommen — (fig.) < factor> come into play; <person, authorities, etc.> become involved; <matter, subject, etc.> come into it

    im Spiel sein — (fig.) be involved

    3) (Utensilien) game
    4) o. Pl. (eines Schauspielers) performance
    5) (eines Musikers) performance; playing
    7) (SchauSpiel) play
    * * *
    -e (mechanisch) n.
    play n.
    slack n. -e n.
    game n.
    match n.
    (§ pl.: matches)
    play n.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Spiel

  • 6 superar

    v.
    1 to beat.
    queremos superar los resultados del año pasado we want to improve on o beat last year's results
    me superó por dos décimas de segundo she beat me by two tenths of a second
    superar algo/a alguien en algo to beat something/somebody for something
    nos superan en número they outnumber us
    me supera en altura/inteligencia he's taller/cleverer than me
    2 to overtake, to pass.
    3 to overcome.
    superar un examen to get through an exam
    tener algo superado to have got over something
    Ellos superan la adversidad They overcome adversity.
    4 to surpass, to exceed, to best, to excel.
    María supera a sus colegas Mary surpasses her colleagues.
    5 to outdo, to win over.
    * * *
    1 (exceder) to surpass, exceed, excel
    2 (obstáculo etc) to overcome, surmount
    1 (sobrepasarse) to excel oneself
    2 (mejorarse) to improve oneself, better oneself
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=aventajar) [+ contrincante, adversario] to overcome; [+ límite] to go beyond; [+ récord, marca] to break

    superar a algn en algo: superó al adversario en cuatro puntos — she beat her opponent by four points

    2) (=pasar con éxito) [+ dificultad] to overcome; [+ enfermedad, crisis] to get over
    3) [+ etapa] to get past
    4) [+ prueba, examen] to pass
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) (ser superior a, mayor que) to exceed, go beyond
    b) ( mejorar) < marca> to beat
    2)
    a) (vencer, sobreponerse a) <timidez/dificultad/etapa> to overcome; < trauma> to get over
    b) (frml) <examen/prueba> to pass
    2.
    superarse v pron to better oneself
    * * *
    = beat, circumvent, go beyond, outperform [out-perform], outweigh, overcome, overtake, score over, outgrow, surpass, survive, go far beyond, extend + far beyond, top, outbalance, outrank, weather, get through, one-up, outwit, outdo, outsmart, ride out, exceed, outfox, go + past, outrun [out-run], best, trump, move on from, go + one better.
    Ex. It would certainly beat the usual file clerk.
    Ex. Plainly, the familiarization stage is circumvented in a computer-based indexing system with machine-assigned terms.
    Ex. Maybe the answer is some kind of localized Ceefax or Oracle information service that could be obtained free through one's television set but went beyond the mainly trivia that these services currently provide.
    Ex. Numerous experiment have tried to determine if free-text searching outperform searching with the aid of a controlled index language.
    Ex. It may be decided that the practical impediments to the distribution and assignment of such numbers outweigh their potential usefulness.
    Ex. Analytical cataloguing seeks to overcome physical packaging.
    Ex. Why have card-based systems been overtaken by computer databases?.
    Ex. A Permuterm index scores over a Double-KWIC index in that it avoids repetitive printing of one title.
    Ex. We outgrow the school, we cannot outgrow the library.
    Ex. The advantages of the system far surpass any disadvantages.
    Ex. The chairwoman of the board had decided that as part of the screening process those who had successfully survived the initial winnowing should furnish the board with tangible evidence of how they might perform on a specific assignment.
    Ex. These changes in the physical form of the catalog have implications which go far beyond changes in form or even in improvements in speed and convenience to the catalog user.
    Ex. We have seen that the relationships of the Publications Office with the institutions and other bodies of the European Communities may in theory, but do not yet in practice extend far beyond those with the six managing institutions.
    Ex. As public library circ declines, spending continues to top inflation.
    Ex. The large profits to be made in this field will outbalance the problems that may lie ahead.
    Ex. One node in the star graphic completely outranks the others, while the other six themselves are interchangeable.
    Ex. The small publishers seem to be weathering the industry changes, and have expectations of growth.
    Ex. I think that the so-called average person often exhibits a great deal of heroism in getting through an ordinary day.
    Ex. This remake of William Castle's action adventure adds a genuinely supernatural plot to the old story of the duplicitous wife scheming to kill her husband but being one-upped by his even more ingenious counterplots.
    Ex. Two dangerous trysts are spied upon by a third and hostile party, whose presence is detected by the lovers who act in consort to outwit him.
    Ex. This novel is narrated by William, an underachiever who is constantly outdone by his charming and lovable identical twin brother.
    Ex. Smart and speedy start-ups blindside mature companies with their inventiveness then grow up into mature companies and are outsmarted in their turn.
    Ex. Without any significant restructuring, the LIS programme in Iran will provide little in the way of riding out the rapid transition that the field is currently experiencing.
    Ex. In the same way, files of item record cards can be difficult to manage if the file size exceeds, say, 2000 cards.
    Ex. It also led to a continuing guerilla war between the authorities and caricaturists who sought to evade, outfox, or entirely defy them.
    Ex. Unfortunately, its conclusions are completely pedestrian, rarely going past the fact that there were old people in England in the late Middle Ages.
    Ex. But he was wiry and wily, too, and he could often out-run, track, back-track, double-back, and finally dodge unseen in the subway.
    Ex. Back in 2001, the tossed salad they prepared fed some 5,000, which then bested the record held by a community in Utah in the United States.
    Ex. If prejudice is allowed to trump the rights that all citizens should enjoy, then everyone's freedoms are ultimately endangered.
    Ex. He is moving on from the past and looking forward to a tremendous future helping to educate parents from his personal experiences.
    Ex. I think Murray will go one better than Wimbledon, but will lose to Federer again in the final.
    ----
    * ayudar a superar = get + Nombre + through.
    * capaz de adaptarse y superar adversidades = resilient.
    * con el propósito de superarse uno mismo = self-improvement-oriented.
    * nada supera a = nothing beats....
    * no superar la prueba de = not stand the test of.
    * ser difícil de superar = take + some beating.
    * sin ser superado = unsurpassed.
    * superar Algo = put + Nombre + behind.
    * superar barreras = hurdle + barriers.
    * superar el intento = resist + effort.
    * superar el miedo = overcome + Posesivo + fear, conquer + fear.
    * superar el nerviosismo = overcome + nervousness.
    * superar el problema de credibilidad = overcome + credibility gap.
    * superar en número = outnumber.
    * superar la barrera del tiempo = cross + time barriers.
    * superar la etapa de = move on from.
    * superar las expectativas = exceed + expectations.
    * superarse a sí mismo = pull + Reflexivo + up(wards) by + Posesivo + (own) bootstraps.
    * superarse a Uno Mismo = make + the best of + Reflexivo.
    * superarse para hacer frente a Algo = rise to + meet.
    * superar una barrera = conquer + barrier.
    * superar una crisis = ford + crisis, survive + crisis.
    * superar una deficiencia = overcome + weakness.
    * superar una dificultad = overcome + difficulty, get over + difficulty.
    * superar una limitación = overcome + limitation, tackle + limitation.
    * superar un análisis minucioso = stand up to + scrutiny, stand up to + examination.
    * superar una situación difícil = weather + the bumpy ride, weather + the storm.
    * superar un examen = pass + examination, pass + an exam.
    * superar un obstáculo = overcome + obstacle, jump over + hurdle, overcome + barrier, conquer + barrier.
    * superar un peligro = overcome + danger.
    * superar un problema = surmount + problem, conquer + problem, get over + problem.
    * verse superado sólo por = be second only to.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) (ser superior a, mayor que) to exceed, go beyond
    b) ( mejorar) < marca> to beat
    2)
    a) (vencer, sobreponerse a) <timidez/dificultad/etapa> to overcome; < trauma> to get over
    b) (frml) <examen/prueba> to pass
    2.
    superarse v pron to better oneself
    * * *
    = beat, circumvent, go beyond, outperform [out-perform], outweigh, overcome, overtake, score over, outgrow, surpass, survive, go far beyond, extend + far beyond, top, outbalance, outrank, weather, get through, one-up, outwit, outdo, outsmart, ride out, exceed, outfox, go + past, outrun [out-run], best, trump, move on from, go + one better.

    Ex: It would certainly beat the usual file clerk.

    Ex: Plainly, the familiarization stage is circumvented in a computer-based indexing system with machine-assigned terms.
    Ex: Maybe the answer is some kind of localized Ceefax or Oracle information service that could be obtained free through one's television set but went beyond the mainly trivia that these services currently provide.
    Ex: Numerous experiment have tried to determine if free-text searching outperform searching with the aid of a controlled index language.
    Ex: It may be decided that the practical impediments to the distribution and assignment of such numbers outweigh their potential usefulness.
    Ex: Analytical cataloguing seeks to overcome physical packaging.
    Ex: Why have card-based systems been overtaken by computer databases?.
    Ex: A Permuterm index scores over a Double-KWIC index in that it avoids repetitive printing of one title.
    Ex: We outgrow the school, we cannot outgrow the library.
    Ex: The advantages of the system far surpass any disadvantages.
    Ex: The chairwoman of the board had decided that as part of the screening process those who had successfully survived the initial winnowing should furnish the board with tangible evidence of how they might perform on a specific assignment.
    Ex: These changes in the physical form of the catalog have implications which go far beyond changes in form or even in improvements in speed and convenience to the catalog user.
    Ex: We have seen that the relationships of the Publications Office with the institutions and other bodies of the European Communities may in theory, but do not yet in practice extend far beyond those with the six managing institutions.
    Ex: As public library circ declines, spending continues to top inflation.
    Ex: The large profits to be made in this field will outbalance the problems that may lie ahead.
    Ex: One node in the star graphic completely outranks the others, while the other six themselves are interchangeable.
    Ex: The small publishers seem to be weathering the industry changes, and have expectations of growth.
    Ex: I think that the so-called average person often exhibits a great deal of heroism in getting through an ordinary day.
    Ex: This remake of William Castle's action adventure adds a genuinely supernatural plot to the old story of the duplicitous wife scheming to kill her husband but being one-upped by his even more ingenious counterplots.
    Ex: Two dangerous trysts are spied upon by a third and hostile party, whose presence is detected by the lovers who act in consort to outwit him.
    Ex: This novel is narrated by William, an underachiever who is constantly outdone by his charming and lovable identical twin brother.
    Ex: Smart and speedy start-ups blindside mature companies with their inventiveness then grow up into mature companies and are outsmarted in their turn.
    Ex: Without any significant restructuring, the LIS programme in Iran will provide little in the way of riding out the rapid transition that the field is currently experiencing.
    Ex: In the same way, files of item record cards can be difficult to manage if the file size exceeds, say, 2000 cards.
    Ex: It also led to a continuing guerilla war between the authorities and caricaturists who sought to evade, outfox, or entirely defy them.
    Ex: Unfortunately, its conclusions are completely pedestrian, rarely going past the fact that there were old people in England in the late Middle Ages.
    Ex: But he was wiry and wily, too, and he could often out-run, track, back-track, double-back, and finally dodge unseen in the subway.
    Ex: Back in 2001, the tossed salad they prepared fed some 5,000, which then bested the record held by a community in Utah in the United States.
    Ex: If prejudice is allowed to trump the rights that all citizens should enjoy, then everyone's freedoms are ultimately endangered.
    Ex: He is moving on from the past and looking forward to a tremendous future helping to educate parents from his personal experiences.
    Ex: I think Murray will go one better than Wimbledon, but will lose to Federer again in the final.
    * ayudar a superar = get + Nombre + through.
    * capaz de adaptarse y superar adversidades = resilient.
    * con el propósito de superarse uno mismo = self-improvement-oriented.
    * nada supera a = nothing beats....
    * no superar la prueba de = not stand the test of.
    * ser difícil de superar = take + some beating.
    * sin ser superado = unsurpassed.
    * superar Algo = put + Nombre + behind.
    * superar barreras = hurdle + barriers.
    * superar el intento = resist + effort.
    * superar el miedo = overcome + Posesivo + fear, conquer + fear.
    * superar el nerviosismo = overcome + nervousness.
    * superar el problema de credibilidad = overcome + credibility gap.
    * superar en número = outnumber.
    * superar la barrera del tiempo = cross + time barriers.
    * superar la etapa de = move on from.
    * superar las expectativas = exceed + expectations.
    * superarse a sí mismo = pull + Reflexivo + up(wards) by + Posesivo + (own) bootstraps.
    * superarse a Uno Mismo = make + the best of + Reflexivo.
    * superarse para hacer frente a Algo = rise to + meet.
    * superar una barrera = conquer + barrier.
    * superar una crisis = ford + crisis, survive + crisis.
    * superar una deficiencia = overcome + weakness.
    * superar una dificultad = overcome + difficulty, get over + difficulty.
    * superar una limitación = overcome + limitation, tackle + limitation.
    * superar un análisis minucioso = stand up to + scrutiny, stand up to + examination.
    * superar una situación difícil = weather + the bumpy ride, weather + the storm.
    * superar un examen = pass + examination, pass + an exam.
    * superar un obstáculo = overcome + obstacle, jump over + hurdle, overcome + barrier, conquer + barrier.
    * superar un peligro = overcome + danger.
    * superar un problema = surmount + problem, conquer + problem, get over + problem.
    * verse superado sólo por = be second only to.

    * * *
    superar [A1 ]
    vt
    A
    1 (ser superior a, mayor que) to exceed, go beyond
    un éxito que supera todas las expectativas a success which goes beyond o exceeds o surpasses all expectations
    la realidad supera a la ficción fact o truth is stranger than fiction
    el horror de estas escenas supera todo lo imaginable the horror of these scenes goes beyond anything one could imagine
    nadie lo supera en experiencia ni habilidad nobody can surpass him in experience or skill, nobody can surpass his experience or skill
    nos superan en número they outnumber us
    supera en estatura a su hermano mayor he's taller than his elder brother
    supera en tres puntos la cifra de ayer it is three points higher than yesterday's figure, it surpasses yesterday's figure by three points
    2 (mejorar) to beat
    logró superar su propio récord he managed to beat his own record
    ese método está totalmente superado that method has been completely superseded
    B
    1 (vencer, sobreponerse a) ‹timidez/dificultad/etapa› to overcome
    trata de superar estas diferencias try to overcome o get over these differences
    no ha logrado superar el trauma que le supuso el accidente he has not got(ten) over the trauma of the accident
    ya hemos superado la etapa más difícil we've already got(ten) through o over the most difficult stage
    hace tres meses que rompimos pero ya lo tengo superado we split up three months ago but I've got(ten) over it o I'm over it now
    2 ( frml); ‹examen/prueba› to pass
    to better oneself
    * * *

     

    superar ( conjugate superar) verbo transitivo
    1


    nadie lo supera en experiencia no one has more experience than him;
    supera en estatura a su hermano he's taller than his brother
    b) ( mejorar) ‹ marca› to beat

    2
    a) (vencer, sobreponerse a) ‹timidez/dificultad/etapa› to overcome;

    ‹ trauma› to get over
    b) (frml) ‹examen/prueba› to pass

    superarse verbo pronominal
    to better oneself
    superar verbo transitivo
    1 (estar por encima de) to exceed: tu hermana te supera en altura, your sister is taller than you
    la temperatura superó los treinta grados, the temperature rose above thirty degrees
    (expectativas) esto supera todo lo imaginado, this defies the imagination
    (un récord, una marca) to beat, break
    2 (pasar, sobreponerse) to overcome
    (un examen) to pass, get through
    ' superar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    atonía
    - ganar
    - sacar
    - salir
    - salvar
    - sobreponerse
    - vencer
    - volver
    - cabeza
    - creces
    - exceder
    - marca
    English:
    beat
    - beating
    - carry through
    - coast
    - corner
    - deal with
    - excel
    - get over
    - get past
    - handicap
    - improve on
    - outdo
    - outnumber
    - overcome
    - overtake
    - pull through
    - surmount
    - surpass
    - top
    - exceed
    - get
    - negotiate
    - out
    - over
    - rise
    - shrug
    - survive
    - transcend
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [aventajar] to beat;
    superar algo/a alguien en algo to beat sth/sb for sth;
    nos superan en número they outnumber us;
    me supera en altura/inteligencia he's taller/cleverer than me
    2. [sobrepasar] [récord] to break;
    queremos superar los resultados del año pasado we want to improve on o beat last year's results;
    me superó por dos décimas de segundo she beat me by two tenths of a second
    3. [adelantar] to overtake, to pass;
    superó a su rival en la recta final she overtook her rival on the home straight
    4. [época, técnica]
    estar superado to have been superseded
    5. [complejo, crisis, enfermedad] to overcome, to get over;
    no ha superado la pérdida de su mujer he has not overcome the loss of his wife;
    tener algo superado to have got over sth
    6. [examen, prueba] to pass
    * * *
    v/t persona beat; límite go beyond, exceed; obstáculo overcome, surmount
    * * *
    1) : to surpass, to exceed
    2) : to overcome, to surmount
    * * *
    1. (vencer problema, etc) to overcome [pt. overcame; pp. overcome]
    2. (pasar) to pass
    3. (ser mejor) to be better / to surpass
    4. (ser más) to be more / to be over
    el porcentaje de aprobados supera el 85% the percentage of passes is over 85%

    Spanish-English dictionary > superar

  • 7 remettre

    remettre [ʀ(ə)mεtʀ]
    ➭ TABLE 56
    1. transitive verb
       a. ( = replacer) [+ objet] to put back
    • remettre debout [+ enfant] to stand back on his feet ; [+ objet] to stand up again
       b. [+ vêtement, chapeau] to put back on
       c. ( = replacer dans une situation) remettre un appareil en marche to restart a machine
       d. [+ lettre, paquet] to deliver ; [+ clés, rançon] to hand over ; [+ récompense] to present ; [+ devoir, démission] to hand in (à to)
       e. [+ date, décision, réunion] to postpone (à until ) ; (Law) to adjourn (à until)
    • remettre un rendez-vous à jeudi/au 8 to postpone an appointment till Thursday/the 8th(PROV) il ne faut jamais remettre à demain or au lendemain ce qu'on peut faire le jour même(PROV) never put off till tomorrow what you can do today
       f. ( = se rappeler) to remember
    • remettre qch en esprit or en mémoire à qn ( = rappeler) to remind sb of sth
       g. [+ vinaigre, sel] to add more ; [+ verre, coussin] to add ; [+ maquillage] to put on some more
    • j'ai froid, je vais remettre un tricot I'm cold, I'll go and put another jersey on
       h. [+ radio, chauffage] to switch on again
       j. ► remettre ça (inf) ( = recommencer)
    on remet ça ? [+ partie de cartes] shall we have another game? ; (au café) shall we have another drink?
    • garçon, remettez-nous ça ! the same again please! (inf)
    • les voilà qui remettent ça ! there they go again! (inf)
    2. reflexive verb
       a. ( = recouvrer la santé) to recover
    • se remettre d'une maladie/d'un accident to recover from an illness/an accident
    • remettez-vous ! pull yourself together!
    • après leur départ il se remit à travailler or au travail after they had gone he started working again
       d. ( = se réconcilier) se remettre avec qn to make it up with sb
    * * *
    ʀ(ə)mɛtʀ
    1.
    1) ( replacer)

    remettre quelque chose dans/sur — to put something back in/on

    remettre quelque chose à cuire — ( sur la cuisinière) to put something back on the ring

    2) ( donner)

    remettre à quelqu'un — to hand [something] over to somebody [clés, rançon]; to hand [something] in to somebody [lettre, rapport]; to present [something] to somebody [récompense, trophée]

    3) ( rétablir)

    remettre quelque chose droit or d'aplomb — to put something straight again

    4) ( différer) to postpone, to put off [visite, voyage]; to defer [jugement]
    5) ( faire fonctionner de nouveau) to put [something] on again, to put [something] back on [gaz, chauffage]; to play [something] again [disque, chanson]; to turn [something] on again [contact]; to switch on again [essuie-glaces, phares]
    6) ( remplacer)
    7) ( ajouter) to add some more [sel, bois, pl âtre]; to add another [bouton, clou]
    8) ( porter de nouveau) ( ce que l'on vient d'enlever) to put [something] back on [chaussures, manteau, bijou]; ( ce que l'on portait dans le passé)

    il va falloir remettre les bottes, c'est l'hiver — we'll have to start wearing our boots again, it's winter

    9) Médecine to put [something] back in place [épaule, cheville]
    10) ( réconforter) [remontant, médicament] to make [somebody] feel better

    remettre quelqu'un/le visage de quelqu'un — to remember somebody/sb's face

    13) (colloq) ( recommencer)

    on s'est bien amusé, quand est-ce qu'on remet ça? — that was fun, when are we going to do it again?


    2.
    se remettre verbe pronominal
    1) ( retourner)

    se remettre à un endroit — to go ou get back to a place

    se remettre de — to recover from [maladie, accident]; to get over [émotion, échec]

    * * *
    ʀ(ə)mɛtʀ vt
    1) [vêtement]

    remettre qch — to put sth back on, to put sth on again

    Elle a remis son pull. — She put her sweater back on.

    2) (= replacer)

    Il a remis sa veste dans l'armoire. — He put his jacket back in the wardrobe.

    3) (= ajouter)
    4)

    Ça va le remettre en moins de deux. — He'll be back on his feet in no time.

    5)
    6) (= donner)

    remettre qch à qn [paquet, argent] — to hand sth over to sb, to give sth to sb, [prix, décoration] to present sb with sth

    7) (= ajourner) [réunion, décision] to postpone, to put off

    J'ai dû remettre mon rendez-vous. — I've had to put my appointment off.

    remettre qch à — to postpone sth until, to put sth off until

    il ne faut jamais remettre au lendemain ce que l'on peut faire le jour même — never put off until tomorrow what you can do today

    * * *
    remettre verb table: mettre
    A vtr
    1 ( replacer) remettre qch dans/sur to put sth back in/on; remettez la bouteille au frais put the bottle back to cool; remets ce livre là où tu l'as pris! put that book back where you found it!; remettre qch à cuire ( sur la cuisinière) to put sth back on the ring; ( dans le four) to put sth back in the oven; remettre qch à sécher ( dehors) to hang the washing ou wash US out again; remettre la main sur qch to put one's hands on sth again; remettre qch en mémoire à qn to remind sb of sth; remettre qn en prison/en pension to send sb back to prison/to boarding school; remettre qn dans un service to put sb back in a department;
    2 ( donner) remettre qch à qn to hand sth over to sb [clés, rançon]; to hand sth in to sb [lettre, colis, rapport, devoir]; to present sth to sb [récompense, trophée, médaille]; remettre sa démission to hand in one's resignation (à qn to sb); remettre sa vie entre les mains de qn to put one's life in sb's hands; remettre qn entre les mains de la justice to hand sb over to the law;
    3 ( rétablir) remettre qch droit or d'aplomb to put sth straight again; remettre qch à plat to lay sth down again; remettre qch sur le côté to put sth back on its side; remettre qch debout to stand sth back up;
    4 ( différer) to postpone, to put off [visite, voyage, rendez-vous, réunion]; to defer [jugement]; remettre une visite à une date ultérieure to postpone a visit until a later date; nous avons remis la réunion à jeudi we've put the meeting off until Thursday; remettre qch au lendemain/à plus tard to put sth off until tomorrow/until later;
    5 ( faire fonctionner de nouveau) to put [sth] on again, to put [sth] back on [gaz, électricité, chauffage, ventilateur]; to play [sth] again [disque, cassette, chanson]; to turn [sth] on again [contact]; tu peux remettre le courant, j'ai terminé you can put the electricity back on, I've finished; remettre les essuie-glaces/phares to switch the windscreen GB ou windshield US wipers/headlights on again;
    6 ( remplacer) remettre un bouton à qch to put a new button on sth; remettre une poignée to put a new handle on; remettre une vis/vitre to put a new screw/windowpane in;
    7 ( ajouter) to add some more [sel, poivre, bois, plâtre, papier]; to add another [bouton, vis, clou]; to put in another [suppositoire]; remets un peu d'eau/d'huile add a bit more water/oil; remettre de l'argent dans qch to put some more money in sth; j'ai remis 15 euros I've put in another 15 euros; remettez-moi quelques tomates○ give me a few more tomatoes;
    8 ( porter de nouveau) ( ce que l'on vient d'enlever) to put [sth] back on [chaussures, manteau, bijou]; ( ce que l'on portait dans le passé) to wear [sth] again [chaussures, manteau, bijou]; tu peux remettre tes chaussures, on s'en va you can put your shoes back on, we're going; ne remets pas ces chaussettes, elles sont sales don't wear these socks again, they're dirty; il va falloir remettre les bottes, c'est l'hiver we'll have to start wearing our boots again, it's winter;
    9 Méd to put [sth] back [épaule, cheville];
    10 ( réconforter) [remontant, médicament] to make [sb] feel better; buvez, cela vous remettra drink up, it'll make you feel better;
    11 ( se souvenir de) remettre qn/le visage de qn to remember sb/sb's face;
    12 ( faire grâce de) remettre une dette à qn to let sb off a debt; remettre une peine à qn to give sb remission; remettre ses péchés à qn to forgive sb's sins;
    13 ○( recommencer) remettre ça to start again; tu ne vas pas remettre ça! you're not going to start again, are you?; on s'est bien amusé, quand est-ce qu'on remet ça? that was fun, when are we going to do it again?
    1 ( retourner) se remettre à un endroit to go ou get back to a place; remets-toi là/devant lui get back there/in front of him; se remettre au lit/à sa place/à table to go back to bed/to one's seat/to the table; se remettre en rang to get back in line; se remettre debout to get ou stand up again; se remettre en selle to get back in the saddle;
    2 ( s'appliquer à nouveau) se remettre du mascara/rouge à lèvres to put on some more mascara/lipstick; se remettre un suppositoire to put in another suppository;
    3 ( recommencer) se remettre au travail to go back to work; se remettre au dessin/tennis/piano to start drawing/playing tennis/playing the piano again; se remettre à faire to start doing again; se remettre à boire/espérer/pleurer to start drinking/hoping/crying again; il s'est remis à neiger/faire du vent it's started to snow/to get windy again;
    4 ( porter sur soi à nouveau) se remettre en jean/jupe to wear jeans/a skirt again;
    5 ( se rétablir) se remettre de to recover from [maladie, accouchement, accident]; to get over [déception, émotion, échec, décès]; il ne s'est jamais vraiment remis de sa chute he never really recovered from his fall; remets-toi vite! get well soon!; t'es-tu remis de tes émotions? have you got over the shock?; il ne se remet pas de son divorce he can't get over his divorce;
    6 ( faire confiance) s'en remettre à qn to leave it to sb; s'en remettre à la décision/aux conclusions de qn to accept sb's decision/conclusions;
    7 ( reprendre une vie de couple) se remettre avec qn to get back together with sb; ils se sont remis ensemble après un an de séparation they got back together after splitting up for a year;
    8 ( se rappeler) se remettre qn/le visage de qn to remember sb/sb's face.
    [rəmɛtr] verbe transitif
    1. [replacer - généralement] to put back (separable) ; [ - horizontalement] to lay, to put
    [personne]
    [pour remplacer]
    2. [rétablir dans un état]
    3. [rajouter] to add
    il est assez puni comme ça, n'en remets pas (familier) he's been punished enough already, no need to rub it in
    4. [vêtements, chaussures] to put on (separable) again, to put back on (separable)
    5. [recommencer]
    remettre ça (familier) : voilà qu'elle remet ça! there she goes again!, she's at it again!
    allez, on remet ça! [au café] come on, let's have another round ou another one!
    6. [donner - colis, lettre, message] to deliver, to hand over (separable) ; [ - objet, dossier à régler, rançon] to hand over (separable), to give ; [ - dossier d'inscription, dissertation] to hand ou to give in (separable) ; [ - pétition, rapport] to present, to hand in ; [ - démission] to hand in, to tender
    (soutenu) - médaille, récompense] to present, to give
    remettre quelqu'un aux autorités to hand ou to turn somebody over to the authorities
    7. [confier] to place
    remettre son âme à Dieu to commit one's soul to God, to place one's soul in God's keeping
    8. [rendre - copies] to hand ou to give back (separable) ; [ - clés] to hand back (separable), to return
    9. [ajourner - entrevue] to put off (separable), to postpone, to put back (separable) (UK) ; [ - décision] to put off (separable), to defer
    remettre quelque chose à huitaine to postpone something ou to put something off for a week
    10. MÉDECINE [replacer - articulation, os] to put back (separable) in place
    11. [reconnaître - personne] to remember
    12. [faire grâce de - peine de prison] to remit
    [pardonner - péché] to forgive, to remit (soutenu) ; [ - offense] to forgive, to pardon
    13. (Belgique) [vomir] to vomit
    ————————
    se remettre verbe pronominal (emploi réfléchi)
    [se livrer]
    se remettre entre les mains de quelqu'un to put ou to place oneself in somebody's hands
    ————————
    se remettre verbe pronominal intransitif
    1. [se replacer - dans une position, un état]
    se remettre debout to stand up again, to get back up
    a. [se réconcilier] to make it up with somebody
    b. [se réinstaller] to go ou to be back with somebody again
    se remettre d'un accident to recover from ou to get over an accident
    allons, remets-toi! come on, pull yourself together ou get a grip on yourself!
    ————————
    se remettre à verbe pronominal plus préposition
    1. [recommencer à]
    se remettre à (faire) quelque chose to start (doing) something again, to take up (doing) something again
    la pluie se remet à tomber, il se remet à pleuvoir the rain's starting again, it's started raining again
    ————————
    s'en remettre à verbe pronominal plus préposition

    Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > remettre

  • 8 presentar

    v.
    1 to present.
    Ella presenta soluciones She presents solutions.
    Ella le presenta a Ricardo un regalo She presents Richard a gift.
    Ellos presentan a los candidatos They present=field the candidates.
    2 to make (ofrecer) (disculpas, excusas).
    3 to introduce (person).
    me presentó a sus amigos she introduced me to her friends
    me parece que no nos han presentado I don't think we've been introduced
    Juan, te presento a Carmen Juan, this is Carmen
    permítame que le presente a nuestra directora allow me to introduce you to our manager, I'd like you to meet our manager
    Ella presenta a los invitados She introduces the guests.
    4 to have, to show (tener) (aspecto).
    presenta difícil solución it's going to be difficult to solve
    Ella le presenta al público una obra She shows the public a play.
    5 to host, to be the host of, to act as a compere for, to compere.
    Ella presenta el programa She hosts the program.
    * * *
    1 (gen) to present; (mostrar) to show
    2 (entregar) to hand in
    3 (sacar al mercado) to launch
    4 (personas) to introduce
    ■ ¿te han presentado ya? have you been introduced yet?
    5 TELEVISIÓN to present
    6 (ofrecer) to offer, show
    1 (comparecer) to turn up
    2 (para elección) to stand; (en un concurso) to enter
    \
    presentar una denuncia to lodge a complaint
    presentar una ponencia to present a paper
    * * *
    verb
    •
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=enseñar, exponer) [gen] to present; [+ moción, candidato] to propose, put forward; [+ pruebas, informe] to submit; [+ documento, pasaporte] to show

    presentar una propuesta — to make o present a proposal

    presentar algo al cobro o al pago — (Com) to present sth for payment

    2) (=entregar) to hand in

    presentó la dimisión — he handed in his resignation, he resigned

    3) (=mostrar) [+ señal, síntoma] to show
    4) (=exponer al público) [+ producto, disco, libro] to launch
    5) [en espectáculo] [+ obra] to perform; [+ actor, actriz] to present, feature
    6) (=ser presentador de) [+ programa televisivo] to present, host

    J. Pérez presenta el programa — the programme is presented o hosted by J. Pérez

    ¿quién presenta ahora las noticias de las nueve? — who presents o reads the nine o'clock news now?

    7) (=tener) to have
    8) [+ persona] to introduce

    a ver si te presento a mi amiga Jacinta — you must meet my friend Jacinta, I must introduce you to my friend Jacinta

    ser presentada en sociedad — to come out, make one's début

    9) (=ofrecer) [+ disculpa] to offer, make

    le presento mis consideraciones — [en carta] yours faithfully

    10) (Mil)

    presentar batalla — (lit) to draw up in battle array; (fig) to offer resistance

    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) ( mostrar) to present
    b) ( exponer por primera vez) <libro/disco> to launch; < obra de arte> to present; < colección de moda> to present, exhibit
    c) ( entregar) <informe/solicitud> to submit

    le presenté el pasaporte — I gave him my passport, I presented my passport to him

    d) ( enseñar) to show
    e) <disculpas/excusas> to make; < dimisión> to hand in, submit; < queja> to file, make

    presentaron una denuncia — they reported the matter (to the police), they made an official complaint

    f) (Mil)
    2) (TV) < programa> to present, introduce
    3) < persona> to introduce

    te presento a mi hermana — I'd like you to meet my sister, this is my sister

    4) <novedad/ventaja> to offer; < síntoma> to show
    2.
    presentarse v pron
    1)
    a) ( en lugar) to turn up, appear
    b) (a concurso, examen)

    se presentó al examen — she took o (BrE) sat the exam

    se presenta como candidato independiente — he's running (AmE) o (BrE) he's standing as an independent

    2) dificultad/problema to arise, come up, crop up (colloq)

    si se me presenta la oportunidad — if I get the opportunity, if the opportunity arises

    3) ( darse a conocer) to introduce oneself
    * * *
    = bring to + the attention, display, draw, exhibit, expose, feature, introduce, open up, pose, present, provide with, set out, subject, throw up, render, put before, produce, table, submit, unveil, showcase, surrender, lay out, roll out, construct, tender, come up with, report, bring forward, deliver.
    Ex. Many displays are changed from time to time (for example, once a week, or once a month) so that various sections of the stock may be brought to the attention of the library's public over a period of time.
    Ex. The command function 'DISPLAY' is used to display a list of alphabetically linked terms.
    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. These headings, therefore, in addition to exhibiting a bias in favor of the majority, actively hinder access.
    Ex. The reputation of the information and its authority will be more exposed to examination.
    Ex. Other catalogues and bibliographies only feature added entries under title where it is deemed that the author main entry heading is not likely to be obvious to the users.
    Ex. The report introduced a range of ideas which have influenced subsequent code construction.
    Ex. Here is a key paper by a non librarian which opens up a new and constructive approach to library purpose.
    Ex. This illustrates the puzzle that differential policies pose for users.
    Ex. Informative abstract present as much as possible of the quantitative or qualitative information contained in a document.
    Ex. Many libraries provide users with photocopies of contents pages of selected journals.
    Ex. A short score is a sketch made by a composer for an ensemble work, with the main features of the composition set out on a few staves.
    Ex. Author abstracts are the abstracts prepared by authors of the document that has been subjected to abstracting.
    Ex. Demands from clients will often throw up an occurrence of similar problems, revealing perhaps the operation of an injustice, the lack of an amenity in the neighbourhood, or simply bureaucratic inefficiency.
    Ex. The eventuality is, admittedly, remote but it is also necessary to render the imprint statement in this amount of detail.
    Ex. The art of documentation is the process by which the documentalist is enabled to put before the creative specialist the existing literature bearing on the subject of his investigation.
    Ex. The perfect librarian may be defined as one who produces the information a reader requires as soon as the reader asks for it.
    Ex. This list indicates the dates the reports were tabled and any further action take.
    Ex. Most publications are probably free distribution material and whilst that does not absolve the publishers from the obligation of legal deposit it is probable that many local authorities do not submit their materials.
    Ex. Here is an institution which knows, neither rank nor wealth within its walls, which stops the ignorant peer or the ignorant monarch at its threshold, and declines to unveil to him its treasures, or to waste time upon him, and yet welcomes the workman according to his knowledge or thirst for knowledge.
    Ex. Officially known as SOLEX, this exhibition showcases mainly IT based products for the legal profession.
    Ex. The book's date label is stamped in the usual way, and the reader must surrender one token for each book he is borrowing.
    Ex. There should be plenty of space to lay out all the books attractively and for people to move about without feeling too crowded.
    Ex. I don't need to tell those of you from higher education institutions how course management systems are starting to really proliferate and roll out in higher education.
    Ex. It is argued that newspaper reporting of bigamy constructs bigamists as being a threat to the institution of marriage.
    Ex. This address was tendered at the State Library of Victoria, Nov 88, to mark the retirement of Professor Jean Whyte.
    Ex. Derfer corroborated her: 'I'd be very proud of you if you could come up with the means to draft a model collection development policy'.
    Ex. Criticism is not appropriate in a style which aims to report, but not comment upon the content of the original document.
    Ex. They also intend to bring forward legislation to provide that the maximum amount of compensation should be £500,000.
    Ex. The result could be termed a full-provision data base -- a data base including both text and reference, and delivering much more than the 2 added together.
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    * argumento que presenta sólo un punto de vista = one-sided argument.
    * oportunidad + presentarse = opportunity + knock, opportunity + present + Reflexivo.
    * presentar Algo desde una nueva óptica = throw + Nombre + in a new light, throw + new light on.
    * presentar Algo desde un nuevo ángulo = throw + new light on.
    * presentar argumentos a favor = make + a case for.
    * presentar argumentos a favor de = present + arguments in favour of.
    * presentar como = make + Nombre + out to be.
    * presentar conclusiones = provide + conclusions.
    * presentar conocimiento = package + knowledge.
    * presentar deficiencias = fall + short.
    * presentar de manera esquemática = give + overview.
    * presentar dentro de = package.
    * presentar Algo desde una nueva perspectiva = shed + new light on, throw + new light on.
    * presentar detalladamente = spread out.
    * presentar dificultad = present + difficulty.
    * presentar en forma de tabla = tabulate.
    * presentar en pantalla = call up, print + online, bring up, screen.
    * presentar evidencia a favor de = present + case for.
    * presentar información = submit + information, package + information.
    * presentar información de varios modos = repackage + information.
    * presentar la evolución de Algo = chart + the history.
    * presentar la oportunidad = allow + the opportunity to.
    * presentar las pruebas ante = lay + evidence before.
    * presentar peligro = present + danger.
    * presentar + Posesivo + respetos = pay + Posesivo + respects.
    * presentar posibilidades = present + possibilities, open (up) + avenues.
    * presentar problemas = present + problems.
    * presentar pruebas = give + evidence.
    * presentar resultados = report + findings, report + results.
    * presentar reto = defy.
    * presentarse = come in, manifest + Reflexivo, turn up, show up, unfold, come forward, come with.
    * presentarse a = stand for.
    * presentarse a una elección = stand for + election, run for + election.
    * presentarse desde una nueva perspectiva = stand in + a new light.
    * presentar (según) = cast (in/into).
    * presentarse una ocasión = occasion + arise.
    * presentar similitudes = share + similarities.
    * presentar una amenaza = pose + threat.
    * presentar una comunicación = deliver + paper, give + paper, present + paper.
    * presentar una contribución = present + contribution.
    * presentar una demanda = file + suit against, file + lawsuit against.
    * presentar una demanda judicial = take + legal action, take + legal proceedings.
    * presentar una denuncia = file + police report.
    * presentar una factura = submit + bill.
    * presentar una idea = make + point, put forward + idea, offer + perspective, present + idea.
    * presentar una imagen = present + picture, paint + a picture, present + an image.
    * presentar una oportunidad = afford + opportunity.
    * presentar una petición = submit + petition.
    * presentar una ponencia = give + paper, read + paper.
    * presentar una propuesta = submit + proposal.
    * presentar una queja = register + complaint, lodge + complaint, file + complaint, file + grievance.
    * presentar una reclamación = enter + complaint, place + claim, file + complaint.
    * presentar un argumento = advance + argument.
    * presentar una solicitud = submit + application.
    * presentar un aspecto = present + a picture.
    * presentar un aspecto de = wear + a look of.
    * presentar una visión = present + a picture.
    * presentar una visión global = give + overview, present + an overview, present + an overall picture, give + an overall picture, overview.
    * presentar un buen aspecto = look + good.
    * presentar un dilema = present + dilemma.
    * presentar un frente común = present + common front.
    * presentar un informe = give + a report, present + report.
    * presentar un obstáculo = pose + obstacle.
    * presentar un peligro = pose + danger.
    * presentar un problema = pose + problem, air + problem.
    * presentar un programa = present + programme.
    * presentar un proyecto = submit + project, present + project.
    * presentar un resumen = give + summary.
    * presentar un reto = present + challenge, provide + challenge.
    * presentar un riesgo = pose + risk.
    * presentar vestigios de = bear + traces of.
    * seleccionar y presentar en un documento = package.
    * volver a presentar = resubmit [re-submit].
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) ( mostrar) to present
    b) ( exponer por primera vez) <libro/disco> to launch; < obra de arte> to present; < colección de moda> to present, exhibit
    c) ( entregar) <informe/solicitud> to submit

    le presenté el pasaporte — I gave him my passport, I presented my passport to him

    d) ( enseñar) to show
    e) <disculpas/excusas> to make; < dimisión> to hand in, submit; < queja> to file, make

    presentaron una denuncia — they reported the matter (to the police), they made an official complaint

    f) (Mil)
    2) (TV) < programa> to present, introduce
    3) < persona> to introduce

    te presento a mi hermana — I'd like you to meet my sister, this is my sister

    4) <novedad/ventaja> to offer; < síntoma> to show
    2.
    presentarse v pron
    1)
    a) ( en lugar) to turn up, appear
    b) (a concurso, examen)

    se presentó al examen — she took o (BrE) sat the exam

    se presenta como candidato independiente — he's running (AmE) o (BrE) he's standing as an independent

    2) dificultad/problema to arise, come up, crop up (colloq)

    si se me presenta la oportunidad — if I get the opportunity, if the opportunity arises

    3) ( darse a conocer) to introduce oneself
    * * *
    presentar (según)
    (v.) = cast (in/into)

    Ex: Which of the following subject analyses is cast in the citation order PMEST?.

    = bring to + the attention, display, draw, exhibit, expose, feature, introduce, open up, pose, present, provide with, set out, subject, throw up, render, put before, produce, table, submit, unveil, showcase, surrender, lay out, roll out, construct, tender, come up with, report, bring forward, deliver.

    Ex: Many displays are changed from time to time (for example, once a week, or once a month) so that various sections of the stock may be brought to the attention of the library's public over a period of time.

    Ex: The command function 'DISPLAY' is used to display a list of alphabetically linked terms.
    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: These headings, therefore, in addition to exhibiting a bias in favor of the majority, actively hinder access.
    Ex: The reputation of the information and its authority will be more exposed to examination.
    Ex: Other catalogues and bibliographies only feature added entries under title where it is deemed that the author main entry heading is not likely to be obvious to the users.
    Ex: The report introduced a range of ideas which have influenced subsequent code construction.
    Ex: Here is a key paper by a non librarian which opens up a new and constructive approach to library purpose.
    Ex: This illustrates the puzzle that differential policies pose for users.
    Ex: Informative abstract present as much as possible of the quantitative or qualitative information contained in a document.
    Ex: Many libraries provide users with photocopies of contents pages of selected journals.
    Ex: A short score is a sketch made by a composer for an ensemble work, with the main features of the composition set out on a few staves.
    Ex: Author abstracts are the abstracts prepared by authors of the document that has been subjected to abstracting.
    Ex: Demands from clients will often throw up an occurrence of similar problems, revealing perhaps the operation of an injustice, the lack of an amenity in the neighbourhood, or simply bureaucratic inefficiency.
    Ex: The eventuality is, admittedly, remote but it is also necessary to render the imprint statement in this amount of detail.
    Ex: The art of documentation is the process by which the documentalist is enabled to put before the creative specialist the existing literature bearing on the subject of his investigation.
    Ex: The perfect librarian may be defined as one who produces the information a reader requires as soon as the reader asks for it.
    Ex: This list indicates the dates the reports were tabled and any further action take.
    Ex: Most publications are probably free distribution material and whilst that does not absolve the publishers from the obligation of legal deposit it is probable that many local authorities do not submit their materials.
    Ex: Here is an institution which knows, neither rank nor wealth within its walls, which stops the ignorant peer or the ignorant monarch at its threshold, and declines to unveil to him its treasures, or to waste time upon him, and yet welcomes the workman according to his knowledge or thirst for knowledge.
    Ex: Officially known as SOLEX, this exhibition showcases mainly IT based products for the legal profession.
    Ex: The book's date label is stamped in the usual way, and the reader must surrender one token for each book he is borrowing.
    Ex: There should be plenty of space to lay out all the books attractively and for people to move about without feeling too crowded.
    Ex: I don't need to tell those of you from higher education institutions how course management systems are starting to really proliferate and roll out in higher education.
    Ex: It is argued that newspaper reporting of bigamy constructs bigamists as being a threat to the institution of marriage.
    Ex: This address was tendered at the State Library of Victoria, Nov 88, to mark the retirement of Professor Jean Whyte.
    Ex: Derfer corroborated her: 'I'd be very proud of you if you could come up with the means to draft a model collection development policy'.
    Ex: Criticism is not appropriate in a style which aims to report, but not comment upon the content of the original document.
    Ex: They also intend to bring forward legislation to provide that the maximum amount of compensation should be £500,000.
    Ex: The result could be termed a full-provision data base -- a data base including both text and reference, and delivering much more than the 2 added together.
    * argumento que presenta sólo un punto de vista = one-sided argument.
    * oportunidad + presentarse = opportunity + knock, opportunity + present + Reflexivo.
    * presentar Algo desde una nueva óptica = throw + Nombre + in a new light, throw + new light on.
    * presentar Algo desde un nuevo ángulo = throw + new light on.
    * presentar argumentos a favor = make + a case for.
    * presentar argumentos a favor de = present + arguments in favour of.
    * presentar como = make + Nombre + out to be.
    * presentar conclusiones = provide + conclusions.
    * presentar conocimiento = package + knowledge.
    * presentar deficiencias = fall + short.
    * presentar de manera esquemática = give + overview.
    * presentar dentro de = package.
    * presentar Algo desde una nueva perspectiva = shed + new light on, throw + new light on.
    * presentar detalladamente = spread out.
    * presentar dificultad = present + difficulty.
    * presentar en forma de tabla = tabulate.
    * presentar en pantalla = call up, print + online, bring up, screen.
    * presentar evidencia a favor de = present + case for.
    * presentar información = submit + information, package + information.
    * presentar información de varios modos = repackage + information.
    * presentar la evolución de Algo = chart + the history.
    * presentar la oportunidad = allow + the opportunity to.
    * presentar las pruebas ante = lay + evidence before.
    * presentar peligro = present + danger.
    * presentar + Posesivo + respetos = pay + Posesivo + respects.
    * presentar posibilidades = present + possibilities, open (up) + avenues.
    * presentar problemas = present + problems.
    * presentar pruebas = give + evidence.
    * presentar resultados = report + findings, report + results.
    * presentar reto = defy.
    * presentarse = come in, manifest + Reflexivo, turn up, show up, unfold, come forward, come with.
    * presentarse a = stand for.
    * presentarse a una elección = stand for + election, run for + election.
    * presentarse desde una nueva perspectiva = stand in + a new light.
    * presentar (según) = cast (in/into).
    * presentarse una ocasión = occasion + arise.
    * presentar similitudes = share + similarities.
    * presentar una amenaza = pose + threat.
    * presentar una comunicación = deliver + paper, give + paper, present + paper.
    * presentar una contribución = present + contribution.
    * presentar una demanda = file + suit against, file + lawsuit against.
    * presentar una demanda judicial = take + legal action, take + legal proceedings.
    * presentar una denuncia = file + police report.
    * presentar una factura = submit + bill.
    * presentar una idea = make + point, put forward + idea, offer + perspective, present + idea.
    * presentar una imagen = present + picture, paint + a picture, present + an image.
    * presentar una oportunidad = afford + opportunity.
    * presentar una petición = submit + petition.
    * presentar una ponencia = give + paper, read + paper.
    * presentar una propuesta = submit + proposal.
    * presentar una queja = register + complaint, lodge + complaint, file + complaint, file + grievance.
    * presentar una reclamación = enter + complaint, place + claim, file + complaint.
    * presentar un argumento = advance + argument.
    * presentar una solicitud = submit + application.
    * presentar un aspecto = present + a picture.
    * presentar un aspecto de = wear + a look of.
    * presentar una visión = present + a picture.
    * presentar una visión global = give + overview, present + an overview, present + an overall picture, give + an overall picture, overview.
    * presentar un buen aspecto = look + good.
    * presentar un dilema = present + dilemma.
    * presentar un frente común = present + common front.
    * presentar un informe = give + a report, present + report.
    * presentar un obstáculo = pose + obstacle.
    * presentar un peligro = pose + danger.
    * presentar un problema = pose + problem, air + problem.
    * presentar un programa = present + programme.
    * presentar un proyecto = submit + project, present + project.
    * presentar un resumen = give + summary.
    * presentar un reto = present + challenge, provide + challenge.
    * presentar un riesgo = pose + risk.
    * presentar vestigios de = bear + traces of.
    * seleccionar y presentar en un documento = package.
    * volver a presentar = resubmit [re-submit].

    * * *
    presentar [A1 ]
    vt
    A
    1 (mostrar) to present
    un producto bien presentado a well-presented product
    2 (exponer por primera vez) ‹libro/disco› to launch
    presentó sus nuevos cuadros she presented her new paintings
    presentará su colección de otoño en Londres he will present o exhibit his autumn collection in London
    el nuevo XS34 se presentará al público en el salón de Turín the new XS34 will be on display (to the public) for the first time at the Turin show
    3 (entregar) ‹informe/solicitud› to submit
    le presenté el pasaporte para que me lo sellara I gave him my passport for stamping, I presented my passport to him for stamping
    tengo que presentar los planes mañana I have to submit o present the plans tomorrow
    4 (enseñar) to show
    hay que presentar el carné para entrar you have to show your membership card to get in
    5 ‹disculpas/excusas› to make
    fui a presentar mis respetos I went to pay my respects
    presentó su dimisión she handed in o submitted her resignation, she resigned
    pienso presentar una queja I intend filing o making a complaint
    presentaron una denuncia they reported the matter (to the police), they made an official complaint
    presentar pruebas to present evidence
    presentar cargos to bring charges
    presentar una demanda to bring a lawsuit
    6 ( Mil):
    presentar armas to present arms
    B (TV) ‹programa› to present, introduce
    C [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] ‹persona› to introduce
    el director presentó al conferenciante the director introduced the speaker
    me presentó a su familia he introduced me to his family
    te presento a mi hermana I'd like you to meet my sister/this is my sister
    D
    (mostrar, ofrecer): el nuevo modelo presenta algunas novedades the latest model has o offers some new features
    presenta muchas ventajas para el consumidor it offers the consumer many advantages
    el paciente no presentaba síntomas de intoxicación the patient showed no signs of food poisoning
    el cadáver presenta un impacto de bala en el costado ( frml); there is a bullet wound in the side of the body, the body has a bullet wound in the side
    A
    1 (en un lugar) to turn up, appear
    se presentó en casa sin avisar he turned up o showed up o appeared at the house unexpectedly
    se presentó voluntariamente a la policía he turned himself in to the police
    tendrá que presentarse ante el juez he will have to appear before the judge
    2
    (a un concurso, examen): se presentó al examen she took o ( BrE) sat the exam
    me presenté al concurso I entered the competition
    se presenta como candidato independiente he's an independent candidate, he's running as an independent ( AmE), he's standing as an independent ( BrE)
    se presentó para el cargo de director he applied for the post of director
    B «dificultad/problema» to arise, come up, crop up ( colloq)
    estaré allí salvo que se presente algún impedimento I'll be there unless something crops up o comes up
    si se me presenta la oportunidad if I get the opportunity, if the opportunity arises
    el futuro se presenta prometedor the future looks promising
    el asunto se presenta muy mal things are looking very bad
    C (darse a conocer) to introduce oneself
    permítame que me presente allow me to introduce myself
    presentarse en sociedad to make one's debut (in society)
    * * *

     

    presentar ( conjugate presentar) verbo transitivo
    1

    b) ( exponer por primera vez) ‹libro/disco› to launch;

    ‹ obra de arte› to present;
    ‹ colección de moda› to present, exhibit
    c) ( entregar) ‹informe/solicitud› to submit;

    ‹ trabajo› to hand in;
    ‹ renuncia› to hand in, submit
    d) ( enseñar) ‹carnet/pasaporte› to show

    e) ‹disculpas/excusas› to make;

    ‹ queja› to file, make;
    ‹ cargos› to bring;

    presentar pruebas to present evidence
    f) (Mil):


    2 (TV) ‹ programa› to present, introduce
    3 ‹ persona› to introduce;

    4 ‹novedad/ventaja› to offer;
    ‹ síntoma› to show
    presentarse verbo pronominal
    1


    b) presentarse a algo ‹ a examen› to take sth;

    ‹ a concurso› to enter sth;
    ‹ a elecciones› to take part in sth;
    ◊ se presenta como candidato independiente he's running (AmE) o (BrE) he's standing as an independent;

    presentarse para un cargo to apply for a post
    2 [dificultad/problema] to arise, come up;
    [ oportunidad] to arise
    3 ( darse a conocer) to introduce oneself
    presentar verbo transitivo
    1 (un programa, pruebas, etc) to present
    2 (un producto) to launch
    3 (a una persona) to introduce
    4 (síntomas, características, etc) to have, show
    5 (disculpas) to give, present
    (condolencias) to give, pay
    6 (la dimisión) to hand in
    7 (una queja) to file, make
    ' presentar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    alegar
    - compeler
    - convenir
    - dimisión
    - esquema
    - revestir
    - dar
    - demanda
    - denuncia
    - introducir
    - licitar
    - moción
    - queja
    - querella
    - renuncia
    English:
    bring forward
    - charge
    - claim
    - field
    - file
    - hand in
    - host
    - introduce
    - lay
    - lodge
    - make out
    - model
    - pay
    - present
    - press
    - produce
    - put in
    - put on
    - put up
    - register
    - render
    - replay
    - report
    - represent
    - rerun
    - respect
    - serve up
    - set out
    - show
    - slant
    - star
    - submit
    - table
    - this
    - bring
    - come
    - display
    - enter
    - exhibit
    - float
    - hand
    - notice
    - propose
    - put
    - retake
    - sponsor
    - tender
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [mostrar, entregar] to present;
    [dimisión] to tender, to hand in; [tesis] to hand in, to submit; [pruebas, propuesta] to submit; [recurso, denuncia] to lodge; [solicitud] to make; [moción] to propose;
    presente su pasaporte en la ventanilla show your passport at the window;
    presentar cargos/una demanda contra alguien to bring charges/an action against sb;
    ¡presenten armas! [en ejército] present arms!;
    es un trabajo muy bien presentado it is a very well presented piece of work
    2. [dar a conocer] to introduce;
    me presentó a sus amigos she introduced me to her friends;
    Juan, te presento a Carmen Juan, this is Carmen;
    me parece que no nos han presentado I don't think we've been introduced;
    permítame que le presente a nuestra directora allow me to introduce you to our manager, I'd like you to meet our manager;
    no se conocían, pero yo los presenté they didn't know each other, but I introduced them (to each other)
    3. [anunciar] [programa de radio o televisión] to present;
    [espectáculo] to compere;
    la mujer que presenta el telediario the woman who reads the news on TV
    4. [proponer para competición] [obra] to enter;
    presentar una novela a un premio literario to enter a novel for a literary prize;
    presentar una película a concurso to enter a film at a film festival;
    presentar a alguien para algo to propose sb for sth, to put sb forward for sth;
    el partido presentará a la señora Cruz para la alcaldía the party is putting Mrs Cruz forward for the office of mayor, Mrs Cruz will be the party's candidate for the office of mayor
    5. [exhibir por primera vez] [planes, presupuestos] to present;
    [película] to premiere; [libro, disco] to launch;
    el club presentó a su último fichaje ante la prensa the club introduced its new signing to the press
    6. [ofrecer] [disculpas, excusas] to make;
    [respetos] to pay;
    nos presentó (sus) disculpas he made his excuses to us
    7. [tener] [aspecto, características, novedades] to have;
    este fondo de inversión presenta grandes ventajas this investment fund offers o has big advantages;
    la playa presenta un aspecto deplorable the beach is in a terrible state;
    presenta difícil solución it's going to be difficult to solve;
    el paciente presentaba síntomas de deshidratación the patient presented symptoms of dehydration
    * * *
    v/t
    1 TV present
    2 a alguien introduce
    3 producto launch
    4 solicitud submit
    * * *
    1) : to present, to show
    2) : to offer, to give
    3) : to submit (a document), to launch (a product)
    4) : to introduce (a person)
    * * *
    1. (personas) to introduce
    te presento a Iván this is Iván / meet Iván
    2. (programa, idea, propuesta) to present
    3. (un producto) to launch
    4. (señales, aspecto) to have / to show [pt. showed; pp. shown]

    Spanish-English dictionary > presentar

  • 9 dirigir

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    dirigir el tráfico — to direct o control the traffic

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

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

    b)

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

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

    3) ( encaminar)

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

    2.
    dirigirse v pron
    2)

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

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

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

    dirigir el tráfico — to direct o control the traffic

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

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

    b)

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

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

    3) ( encaminar)

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

    2.
    dirigirse v pron
    2)

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

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

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

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

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

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

     

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

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

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

    ‹ críticas› to direct sth to sb;

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

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

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

    Spanish-English dictionary > dirigir

  • 10 Sperry, Elmer Ambrose

    [br]
    b. 21 October 1860 Cincinnatus, Cortland County, New York, USA
    d. 16 June 1930 Brooklyn, New York, USA
    [br]
    American entrepreneur who invented the gyrocompass.
    [br]
    Sperry was born into a farming community in Cortland County. He received a rudimentary education at the local school, but an interest in mechanical devices was aroused by the agricultural machinery he saw around him. His attendance at the Normal School in Cortland provided a useful theoretical background to his practical knowledge. He emerged in 1880 with an urge to pursue invention in electrical engineering, then a new and growing branch of technology. Within two years he was able to patent and demonstrate his arc lighting system, complete with its own generator, incorporating new methods of regulating its output. The Sperry Electric Light, Motor and Car Brake Company was set up to make and market the system, but it was difficult to keep pace with electric-lighting developments such as the incandescent lamp and alternating current, and the company ceased in 1887 and was replaced by the Sperry Electric Company, which itself was taken over by the General Electric Company.
    In the 1890s Sperry made useful inventions in electric mining machinery and then in electric street-or tramcars, with his patent electric brake and control system. The patents for the brake were important enough to be bought by General Electric. From 1894 to 1900 he was manufacturing electric motor cars of his own design, and in 1900 he set up a laboratory in Washington, where he pursued various electrochemical processes.
    In 1896 he began to work on the practical application of the principle of the gyroscope, where Sperry achieved his most notable inventions, the first of which was the gyrostabilizer for ships. The relatively narrow-hulled steamship rolled badly in heavy seas and in 1904 Ernst Otto Schuck, a German naval engineer, and Louis Brennan in England began experiments to correct this; their work stimulated Sperry to develop his own device. In 1908 he patented the active gyrostabilizer, which acted to correct a ship's roll as soon as it started. Three years later the US Navy agreed to try it on a destroyer, the USS Worden. The successful trials of the following year led to widespread adoption. Meanwhile, in 1910, Sperry set up the Sperry Gyroscope Company to extend the application to commercial shipping.
    At the same time, Sperry was working to apply the gyroscope principle to the ship's compass. The magnetic compass had worked well in wooden ships, but iron hulls and electrical machinery confused it. The great powers' race to build up their navies instigated an urgent search for a solution. In Germany, Anschütz-Kämpfe (1872–1931) in 1903 tested a form of gyrocompass and was encouraged by the authorities to demonstrate the device on the German flagship, the Deutschland. Its success led Sperry to develop his own version: fortunately for him, the US Navy preferred a home-grown product to a German one and gave Sperry all the backing he needed. A successful trial on a destroyer led to widespread acceptance in the US Navy, and Sperry was soon receiving orders from the British Admiralty and the Russian Navy.
    In the rapidly developing field of aeronautics, automatic stabilization was becoming an urgent need. In 1912 Sperry began work on a gyrostabilizer for aircraft. Two years later he was able to stage a spectacular demonstration of such a device at an air show near Paris.
    Sperry continued research, development and promotion in military and aviation technology almost to the last. In 1926 he sold the Sperry Gyroscope Company to enable him to devote more time to invention.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    John Fritz Medal 1927. President, American Society of Mechanical Engineers 1928.
    Bibliography
    Sperry filed over 400 patents, of which two can be singled out: 1908. US patent no. 434,048 (ship gyroscope); 1909. US patent no. 519,533 (ship gyrocompass set).
    Further Reading
    T.P.Hughes, 1971, Elmer Sperry, Inventor and Engineer, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press (a full and well-documented biography, with lists of his patents and published writings).
    LRD

    Biographical history of technology > Sperry, Elmer Ambrose

  • 11 sobrepasar

    v.
    1 to exceed.
    2 to surpass, to get beyond, to exceed, to top.
    Antonio sobrepasó los límites Anthony surpassed the limits.
    3 to overtake, to be overpassing, to move past, to overpass.
    El auto sobrepasó a Ricardo The car overtook Richard.
    * * *
    1 to exceed, surpass, be in excess of
    2 (competición) to beat
    * * *
    verb
    to surpass, exceed
    * * *
    1.
    VT [+ límite, esperanzas] to exceed; [+ rival, récord] to beat; [+ pista de aterrizaje] to overshoot
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) <nivel/cantidad> to exceed, go above

    sobrepasar el límite de velocidad — to exceed o go over o break the speed limit

    sobrepasó el tiempo permitido en 2 segundos — she went over o exceeded the time allowed by 2 seconds

    b) < persona> ( en capacidad) to outstrip; ( en altura) to overtake
    c) (Aviac) < pista> to overshoot
    2.
    sobrepasarse v pron
    a) ( excederse)
    b) ( propasarse) to go too far
    * * *
    = outrun [out-run], outweigh, surpass, go far beyond, extend + far beyond, go over, top, outbalance, overstep, go + past.
    Ex. But he was wiry and wily, too, and he could often out-run, track, back-track, double-back, and finally dodge unseen in the subway.
    Ex. It may be decided that the practical impediments to the distribution and assignment of such numbers outweigh their potential usefulness.
    Ex. The advantages of the system far surpass any disadvantages.
    Ex. These changes in the physical form of the catalog have implications which go far beyond changes in form or even in improvements in speed and convenience to the catalog user.
    Ex. We have seen that the relationships of the Publications Office with the institutions and other bodies of the European Communities may in theory, but do not yet in practice extend far beyond those with the six managing institutions.
    Ex. Unless corrective action is taken the library will go over the budgeted amount in that category.
    Ex. As public library circ declines, spending continues to top inflation.
    Ex. The large profits to be made in this field will outbalance the problems that may lie ahead.
    Ex. Permission is not sought when purchasing other categories of materials and so the board is overstepping its policy and fiscal authority and assuming management responsibilities.
    Ex. Unfortunately, its conclusions are completely pedestrian, rarely going past the fact that there were old people in England in the late Middle Ages.
    ----
    * sobrepasar con creces = be well in excess of.
    * sobrepasar las posibilidades de Alguien = be beyond + Posesivo + capabilities.
    * sobrepasarse = overreach + Reflexivo.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) <nivel/cantidad> to exceed, go above

    sobrepasar el límite de velocidad — to exceed o go over o break the speed limit

    sobrepasó el tiempo permitido en 2 segundos — she went over o exceeded the time allowed by 2 seconds

    b) < persona> ( en capacidad) to outstrip; ( en altura) to overtake
    c) (Aviac) < pista> to overshoot
    2.
    sobrepasarse v pron
    a) ( excederse)
    b) ( propasarse) to go too far
    * * *
    = outrun [out-run], outweigh, surpass, go far beyond, extend + far beyond, go over, top, outbalance, overstep, go + past.

    Ex: But he was wiry and wily, too, and he could often out-run, track, back-track, double-back, and finally dodge unseen in the subway.

    Ex: It may be decided that the practical impediments to the distribution and assignment of such numbers outweigh their potential usefulness.
    Ex: The advantages of the system far surpass any disadvantages.
    Ex: These changes in the physical form of the catalog have implications which go far beyond changes in form or even in improvements in speed and convenience to the catalog user.
    Ex: We have seen that the relationships of the Publications Office with the institutions and other bodies of the European Communities may in theory, but do not yet in practice extend far beyond those with the six managing institutions.
    Ex: Unless corrective action is taken the library will go over the budgeted amount in that category.
    Ex: As public library circ declines, spending continues to top inflation.
    Ex: The large profits to be made in this field will outbalance the problems that may lie ahead.
    Ex: Permission is not sought when purchasing other categories of materials and so the board is overstepping its policy and fiscal authority and assuming management responsibilities.
    Ex: Unfortunately, its conclusions are completely pedestrian, rarely going past the fact that there were old people in England in the late Middle Ages.
    * sobrepasar con creces = be well in excess of.
    * sobrepasar las posibilidades de Alguien = be beyond + Posesivo + capabilities.
    * sobrepasarse = overreach + Reflexivo.

    * * *
    sobrepasar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 ‹nivel/cantidad› to exceed, go above
    sobrepasar el límite de velocidad to exceed o go over o break the speed limit
    sobrepasaron los límites establecidos por las autoridades they went beyond o exceeded the limits set by the authorities
    sobrepasó el tiempo permitido en 2 segundos she went over o exceeded the time allowed by 2 seconds
    en marzo las entradas sobrepasaron $100.000 income in March topped o exceeded $100,000
    sobrepasar la barrera del sonido to break the sound barrier
    2 ‹persona› (en capacidad) to outstrip; (en altura) to overtake
    3 ( Aviac) ‹pista› to overshoot
    1
    (excederse): me he sobrepasado en los gastos I've overspent
    2 (propasarse) to go too far
    * * *

     

    sobrepasar ( conjugate sobrepasar) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹nivel/cantidad› to exceed, go above;

    ◊ sobrepasar el límite de velocidad to exceed o go over the speed limit


    ( en altura) to overtake
    sobrepasar verbo transitivo
    1 (un límite, una cantidad) to exceed: no debemos sobrepasar ciertos límites, we must not go beyond certain limits
    2 (aventajar) to be ahead of: te sobrepasa en altura, he's already taller than you
    ' sobrepasar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    adelantar
    - pasar
    - rebasar
    - traspasar
    English:
    exceed
    - out
    - over
    - pass
    - transgress
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [exceder] to exceed;
    su sueldo no sobrepasa el de sus compañeros his pay is no higher than that of his colleagues;
    sobrepasó la barrera del sonido it broke the sound barrier;
    en este caso, la realidad sobrepasa a la ficción in this instance, reality is stranger than fiction
    2. [aventajar]
    me sobrepasa en altura he's taller than me;
    lo sobrepasa en inteligencia she's more intelligent than he is
    * * *
    v/t exceed, surpass;
    me sobrepasa en altura he is taller than me
    * * *
    : to exceed, to surpass
    * * *
    1. (cantidad, límite) to exceed
    2. (récord) to beat [pt. beat; pp. beaten]

    Spanish-English dictionary > sobrepasar

  • 12 sentado

    adj.
    1 seated, sitting, sitting-down.
    2 sejant, sejeant.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: sentar.
    * * *
    1→ link=sentar sentar
    1 seated, sitting
    2 (establecido) established, settled
    3 figurado (juicioso) sensible, wise
    \
    dar algo por sentado,-a to take something for granted
    dejar sentado que... to make it clear that...
    * * *
    ADJ
    1)

    estar sentado — to be sitting, be seated

    estaba sentado a mi lado — he was sitting o seated next to me

    si crees que te lo devolverá ya puedes esperar sentado — if you think he's going to give it back to you you've got another think coming * o you can think again

    2)

    di por sentado que estabas de acuerdo — I took it for granted that you were in agreement, I assumed you were in agreement

    3)

    dejar sentado: quiero dejar sentado que... — I want to make it clear that...

    4) [carácter, personalidad] balanced
    * * *
    - da adjetivo sitting, seated (frml)

    pueden permanecer sentados — (frml) you may remain seated (frml)

    dar algo por sentado — to assume something

    dejar algo sentado: quiero dejar bien sentado que... I would like to make it quite clear that...; esperar(se) sentado (fam & iró): si crees que voy a prestártelo, puedes esperar sentado — if you think I'm going to lend it to you you've got another think coming (colloq)

    * * *
    = in a sitting position, a-sitting, seated.
    Ex. I can see a staff member in a sitting position with hand held on the brow covering the eye vision and engrossed in reading.
    Ex. The fifth kind of relationship is that in which an entity is defined by one of its attributes; for example, in Lewis Carroll's poem, 'I'll tell thee everything I can: I saw an aged, aged man, a-sitting on a gate'.
    Ex. Some of the blackgammon playing pieces lost included a centaur with bow, a hooded archer, a violinist and a seated harpist.
    ----
    * dando por sentado que = based on the understanding that, on the understanding that.
    * dar por sentado = take for + granted.
    * dar por sentado Algo que realmente no lo está = beg + the question.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo sitting, seated (frml)

    pueden permanecer sentados — (frml) you may remain seated (frml)

    dar algo por sentado — to assume something

    dejar algo sentado: quiero dejar bien sentado que... I would like to make it quite clear that...; esperar(se) sentado (fam & iró): si crees que voy a prestártelo, puedes esperar sentado — if you think I'm going to lend it to you you've got another think coming (colloq)

    * * *
    = in a sitting position, a-sitting, seated.

    Ex: I can see a staff member in a sitting position with hand held on the brow covering the eye vision and engrossed in reading.

    Ex: The fifth kind of relationship is that in which an entity is defined by one of its attributes; for example, in Lewis Carroll's poem, 'I'll tell thee everything I can: I saw an aged, aged man, a-sitting on a gate'.
    Ex: Some of the blackgammon playing pieces lost included a centaur with bow, a hooded archer, a violinist and a seated harpist.
    * dando por sentado que = based on the understanding that, on the understanding that.
    * dar por sentado = take for + granted.
    * dar por sentado Algo que realmente no lo está = beg + the question.

    * * *
    sentado -da
    sitting, seated ( frml)
    ya estaban sentados a la mesa they were already (sitting) at the table
    quédate or estáte aquí sentadito y sin moverte now sit here and don't move
    pueden permanecer sentados ( frml); you may remain seated ( frml)
    llevamos más de una hora aquí sentados we've been sitting here for over an hour
    dar por sentado: estás dando demasiado por sentado you're taking too much for granted
    doy por sentado que me ayudarás I'm assuming that you'll help me, I'm counting on you to help me
    dejar algo sentado: con su obra dejó sentados los principios de la nueva teoría with his work he firmly established o laid down the principles of the new theory
    quiero dejar bien sentado que … I would like to make it clear that …
    esperar(se) sentado ( fam iró): si crees que lo voy a tener listo para el lunes, espérate sentado if you think I'm going to have it ready by Monday, you'll have a long wait o you've got another think coming ( colloq)
    * * *

     

    Del verbo sentar: ( conjugate sentar)

    sentado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    sentado    
    sentar
    sentado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    sitting, seated (frml);
    estaban sentados a la mesa they were (sitting) at the table;
    dar algo por sentado to assume sth
    sentar ( conjugate sentar) verbo intransitivo (+ me/te/le etc)
    a) [ropa/color] (+ compl):


    b) [comida/bebida/clima] (+ compl):


    me sentó bien el descanso the rest did me a lot of good
    c) [actitud/comentario] (+ compl):


    verbo transitivo
    1 ‹niño/muñeca› to sit;
    ‹ invitado› to seat, sit
    2 ( establecer) to establish
    sentarse verbo pronominal
    to sit;

    siéntese, por favor please (do) sit down
    sentado,-a adjetivo
    1 (persona) wise, sensible
    2 (vida) settled
    3 (procedimiento, idea) set: dejó bien sentadas sus condiciones, he made his conditions very clear
    ♦ Locuciones: dar algo por sentado, to take sthg for granted
    sentar
    I verbo transitivo
    1 (en una silla) to sit: nos sentaron en la mesa del fondo, we sat at the back table
    2 (establecer) sentar las bases, to lay the foundations
    sentar precedente, to establish a precedent
    II verbo intransitivo 1 sentar bien/mal algo a alguien, (un peinado, vestido) to suit sb/not to suit sb
    (una comida, bebida, clima) to agree/disagree with sb: un baño caliente te sentará bien, a hot bath will do you good
    2 (un comentario, una broma) ¿cómo le sentó la noticia?, how did he take the news?
    le sentó fatal, he took it badly
    me sienta muy mal que haga esos comentarios, it really upsets me that he makes those remarks
    Cuando se habla de la moda (ropa o color), la traducción más común es to suit. Pero si te refieres únicamente a la talla, es mejor que uses el verbo to fit: Este jersey no te sienta bien. This jersey doesn't suit you (cuando el estilo o el color no son los adecuados). This jersey doesn't fit you (cuando estás hablando de la talla).

    ' sentado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    espachurrar
    - esperar
    - sentada
    - establecer
    - estar
    English:
    atop
    - beg
    - board
    - grant
    - highchair
    - read
    - rotten
    - sit
    - sit about
    - sit around
    - sitting
    - soon
    - stand
    - astride
    - seat
    - than
    * * *
    sentado, -a adj
    1. [juicioso] sensible, steady
    2. [en asiento] seated;
    estar sentado to be sitting down;
    espérame sentado en recepción sit and wait for me in reception;
    Fam
    si crees que te voy a dejar dinero, puedes esperar sentado if you think I'm going to lend you some money, you've got another think coming
    3. Bot stemless
    4. [establecido]
    dar algo por sentado to take sth for granted, to assume sth;
    di por sentado que ibas a venir I took it for granted that you would be coming;
    las autoridades dan por sentado que es el líder de la banda the authorities are assuming that he is the leader of the gang;
    doy por sentado que estás de acuerdo con mi idea I'm assuming you agree with my idea;
    dejar sentado que… to make it clear that…;
    dejó sentado que no estaba satisfecho con la solución he made it clear that he was not satisfied with the solution
    * * *
    adj
    1 sitting, seated;
    estar sentado be sitting, be seated
    2
    :
    dar por sentado fig take for granted, assume
    * * *
    sentado, -da adj
    1) : sitting, seated
    2) : established, settled
    dar por sentado: to take for granted
    dejar sentado: to make clear
    3) : sensible, steady, judicious
    * * *
    sentado adj sitting

    Spanish-English dictionary > sentado

  • 13 broma

    f.
    1 joke (ocurrencia, chiste).
    gastar una broma a alguien to play a joke/prank on somebody
    en o de broma as a joke
    bromas aparte joking apart
    fuera de broma joking apart
    no estar para bromas not to be in the mood for jokes
    tomar algo a broma not to take something seriously
    ni en o de broma no way, not on your life
    broma pesada nasty practical joke
    2 shipworm.
    pres.indicat.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: bromar.
    imperat.
    2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: bromar.
    * * *
    1 joke
    ■ no es broma I'm not joking, it's not a joke
    \
    bromas aparte joking apart
    decir algo en broma to joke about something
    entre bromas y veras half jokingly
    gastar una broma a alguien to play a joke on somebody
    no estar para bromas not to be in the mood for messing about
    tomar algo a broma to treat something as a joke, not take something seriously
    broma pesada practical joke
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=cachondeo)

    ni en broma — never, not on any account

    lo decía en broma — I was only joking, I was only kidding *

    2) (=chiste) joke

    no es ninguna broma — it's no joke, this is serious

    bromas aparte... — joking aside...

    ¡déjate de bromas! — quit fooling!, joke over!

    • gastar bromas — to tell jokes

    • estar para bromas, ¡para bromas estoy! — iró a fine time for joking!

    • entre bromas y veras — half-joking(ly)

    broma pesada — practical joke, hoax

    3) Caribe, Cono Sur (=decepción) disappointment; (=molestia) vexation, annoyance
    4) (Zool) shipworm
    * * *
    a) ( chiste) joke

    hacerle or gastarle una broma a alguien — to play a (practical) joke on somebody

    fuera de broma(s) or bromas aparte — joking apart

    lo dije de or en broma — I was joking, I said it as a joke

    ¿que yo se lo diga? ¿estás de broma? — me tell him? are you kidding? (colloq)

    ni en broma — no way (colloq)

    b) (fam & iró) ( asunto) business (colloq)
    * * *
    = lark, joke, hoax, practical joke, prank, caper, wisecrack, joking, teasing.
    Ex. He applied for the director's job in Earnscliffe library -- almost as a lark, for he did not think he had a chance of getting it.
    Ex. Stories range from one-sentence statements we call jokes and wise sayings, through gossip to the most profound and complicated structures we call novels and poems and plays.
    Ex. This article examines several controversial cataloguing problems, including the classification of anti-Semitic works and books proven to be forgeries or hoaxes.
    Ex. The author shows that manufactured practical jokes such as the whoopie cushion, squirting flower and fake animal feces are being used, carnivalistically and humorously, as a conscious and unconscious comment on larger social situations.
    Ex. The writer discusses the pranks and lies that are practiced on April Fools' Day around the world.
    Ex. Who was the mastermind of the Watergate caper & for what purpose has never been revealed.
    Ex. A crowd-pleaser at any tournament, Didrikson played to the gallery with wisecracks and displays of athleticism.
    Ex. In some instance the joking or teasing is only verbal, in others it includes horseplay; in some it includes elments of obscenity, it others not.
    Ex. In some instances the joking or teasing is only verbal, in others it includes horseplay; in some it includes elments of obscenity, it others not.
    ----
    * ¿lo dices en broma? = you must be kidding!.
    * blanco de las bromas, el = butt of jokes, the.
    * broma pesada = practical joke.
    * bromas = bantering, ribbing.
    * caer en una broma = fall for + it.
    * creerse una broma = fall for + a joke, fall for + it.
    * de broma = humorously, teasingly.
    * en broma = teasingly.
    * gastar bromas = prank, banter.
    * gastar gromas = play + pranks.
    * hacer bromas = banter.
    * ¿lo dices en broma? = you must be joking!.
    * medio en broma = tongue-in-cheek.
    * no ser broma = be no joke.
    * * *
    a) ( chiste) joke

    hacerle or gastarle una broma a alguien — to play a (practical) joke on somebody

    fuera de broma(s) or bromas aparte — joking apart

    lo dije de or en broma — I was joking, I said it as a joke

    ¿que yo se lo diga? ¿estás de broma? — me tell him? are you kidding? (colloq)

    ni en broma — no way (colloq)

    b) (fam & iró) ( asunto) business (colloq)
    * * *
    = lark, joke, hoax, practical joke, prank, caper, wisecrack, joking, teasing.

    Ex: He applied for the director's job in Earnscliffe library -- almost as a lark, for he did not think he had a chance of getting it.

    Ex: Stories range from one-sentence statements we call jokes and wise sayings, through gossip to the most profound and complicated structures we call novels and poems and plays.
    Ex: This article examines several controversial cataloguing problems, including the classification of anti-Semitic works and books proven to be forgeries or hoaxes.
    Ex: The author shows that manufactured practical jokes such as the whoopie cushion, squirting flower and fake animal feces are being used, carnivalistically and humorously, as a conscious and unconscious comment on larger social situations.
    Ex: The writer discusses the pranks and lies that are practiced on April Fools' Day around the world.
    Ex: Who was the mastermind of the Watergate caper & for what purpose has never been revealed.
    Ex: A crowd-pleaser at any tournament, Didrikson played to the gallery with wisecracks and displays of athleticism.
    Ex: In some instance the joking or teasing is only verbal, in others it includes horseplay; in some it includes elments of obscenity, it others not.
    Ex: In some instances the joking or teasing is only verbal, in others it includes horseplay; in some it includes elments of obscenity, it others not.
    * ¿lo dices en broma? = you must be kidding!.
    * blanco de las bromas, el = butt of jokes, the.
    * broma pesada = practical joke.
    * bromas = bantering, ribbing.
    * caer en una broma = fall for + it.
    * creerse una broma = fall for + a joke, fall for + it.
    * de broma = humorously, teasingly.
    * en broma = teasingly.
    * gastar bromas = prank, banter.
    * gastar gromas = play + pranks.
    * hacer bromas = banter.
    * ¿lo dices en broma? = you must be joking!.
    * medio en broma = tongue-in-cheek.
    * no ser broma = be no joke.

    * * *
    A
    1 (chiste) joke
    hacerle or gastarle una broma a algn to play a (practical) joke on sb
    déjate de bromas stop kidding around ( colloq)
    no estoy para bromas I'm not in the mood for jokes
    una broma que tuvo trágicas consecuencias a practical joke which ended in tragedy
    fuera de broma(s) or bromas aparte joking apart
    lo dije de or en broma I was joking, I said it as a joke o in jest
    lo dijo medio en serio, medio en broma she said it kind of half serious, half joking
    ¿que vaya yo a decírselo? ¿estás de broma? me go and tell him? are you kidding? ( colloq)
    entre bromas y veras half-jokingly
    ni en broma no way ( colloq)
    ¿vas a aceptar el trabajo? — ni en broma are you going to take the job? — no way! o not on your life!
    2 ( fam iró) (asunto) business ( colloq)
    la bromita nos costó un dineral that little business o episode o affair cost us a fortune
    B ( Náut) shipworm
    * * *

     

    broma sustantivo femenino
    joke;
    hacerle or gastarle una broma a algn to play a (practical) joke on sb;

    no estoy para bromas I'm not in the mood for jokes;
    bromas aparte joking apart;
    lo dije de or en broma I was joking;
    ni en broma no way (colloq)
    broma f (chiste) joke
    broma pesada, practical joke
    ♦ Locuciones: gastar una broma, to play a joke
    hablar en broma, to be joking
    hacer algo en broma, to do something as a joke
    bromas aparte, joking apart
    ¡ni en broma!, not on your life!: no digas eso ni en broma, don't say that, even as a joke

    ' broma' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    burla
    - captar
    - degenerar
    - eh
    - ser
    - estar
    - gastar
    - hablar
    - ni
    - novatada
    - pescar
    - saber
    - sentar
    - tomar
    - aguantar
    - burlón
    - cachar
    - chirigota
    - chiste
    - cosa
    - gracia
    - guasa
    - gusto
    - humorada
    - inocente
    - joda
    - pega
    - pesadez
    - plan
    - tomadura de pelo
    English:
    caper
    - carry
    - fun
    - half-serious
    - hoax
    - jest
    - joke
    - lark
    - laugh
    - misfire
    - play
    - practical joke
    - prank
    - quip
    - send
    - treat
    - trick
    - playfully
    - practical
    - take
    - tongue
    - wise
    * * *
    broma1 nf
    1. [ocurrencia, chiste] joke;
    [jugarreta] prank, practical joke;
    gastar una broma a alguien to play a joke o prank on sb;
    en o [m5] de broma as a joke;
    tomar algo a broma not to take sth seriously;
    no estar para bromas not to be in the mood for jokes;
    estás de broma, ¿no? you must be joking!;
    hoy estoy con ganas de broma I'm in a mischievous mood today;
    entre bromas y veras half-jokingly;
    fuera de broma, bromas aparte joking apart;
    ni en o [m5] de broma no way, not on your life;
    no se lo digas ni en broma don't you even think about telling her;
    no aceptaremos ni en broma no way will we accept
    broma de mal gusto bad joke;
    broma pesada nasty practical joke
    2. Fam Irónico [cosa cara]
    me salió la broma por 400 euros that little business set me back 400 euros
    3. Fam [contrariedad] pain;
    el aeropuerto estaba cerrado y no pudimos salir – ¡menuda broma! the airport was closed and we were stranded – what a pain!
    4. Ven Fam [objeto] thing, Br effort;
    ¿para qué sirve esa broma? [en aparato] what's that thing for?;
    me gusta esa broma que llevas puesta that's a very nice little affair you're wearing
    broma2 nf
    [molusco] shipworm
    * * *
    f joke;
    en broma as a joke;
    entre bromas y veras half joking;
    bromas aparte joking apart;
    gastar bromas play jokes;
    estaba de broma he was joking;
    tomar algo a broma take sth as a joke;
    no estoy para bromas I’m not in the mood for jokes
    * * *
    broma nf
    1) chiste: joke, prank
    2) : fun, merriment
    3)
    en broma : in jest, jokingly
    * * *
    broma n joke

    Spanish-English dictionary > broma

  • 14 Steuer

    n; -s, -; MOT. (steering) wheel; NAUT. helm; FLUG. controls Pl.; (Seitensteuer) rudder; am Steuer sitzen be seated at the wheel (NAUT. helm, FLUG. controls); das Steuer herumreißen wrench the wheel (NAUT. helm) hard over; das Steuer übernehmen take over at the wheel (NAUT., fig. at the helm); FLUG. take over (at) the controls; am Steuer sein fig. be at the helm ( oder controls); das Steuer fest in der Hand haben fig. be firmly in control; das Steuer herumwerfen fig. alter course (radically)
    —
    f; -, -n tax ( auf + Dat on); kommunale: local tax; in GB: council tax; auf Gütern: duty; direkte / indirekte Steuern direct / indirect taxes ( oder taxation); von der Steuer absetzen set against tax; erheben 5
    * * *
    das Steuer
    (Auto) wheel; steering wheel;
    (Schiff) helm; rudder;
    die Steuer
    levy; impost; tax
    * * *
    Steu|er I ['ʃtɔyɐ]
    nt -s, - (NAUT)
    helm, tiller; (AUT) (steering) wheel; (AVIAT) control column, controls pl

    am Stéúer sitzen or sein, hinter dem Stéúer sitzen (inf) (Aut) — to be at or behind the wheel, to drive; (Aviat) to be at the controls

    jdn ans Stéúer lassen (Aut) — to let sb drive, to let sb take the wheel

    das Stéúer übernehmen (lit, fig) — to take over; (lit auch) to take (over) the helm/wheel/controls; (fig auch) to take the helm

    das Stéúer fest in der Hand haben (fig) — to be firmly in control, to have things firmly under control

    das Stéúer herumwerfen or herumreißen (fig) — to turn the tide of events

    II
    f -, -n
    1) (= Abgabe) tax; (an Gemeinde) council tax (Brit), local tax (US); (von Firmen) rates pl (Brit), corporate property tax (US)

    Stéúern — tax

    Stéúern zahlen — to pay tax

    ich bezahle 35% Stéúern — I pay 35% tax

    in Schweden zahlt man hohe Stéúern — in Sweden tax is very high, in Sweden people are highly taxed

    die Stéúern herabsetzen — to reduce taxation, to cut tax or taxes

    der Stéúer unterliegen (form) — to be liable or subject to tax, to be taxable

    Gewinn vor/nach Stéúern — pre-/after-tax profit, profit before/after tax

    2) (inf = Steuerbehörde)

    die Stéúer — the tax people pl (inf) or authorities pl, the Inland Revenue (Brit), the Internal Revenue Service (US)

    * * *
    (money, eg a percentage of a person's income or of the price of goods etc taken by the government to help pay for the running of the state: income tax; a tax on tobacco.) tax
    * * *
    Steu·er1
    <-s, ->
    [ˈʃtɔyɐ]
    nt
    1. AUTO [steering] wheel
    jdn ans \Steuer lassen to let sb drive [or get behind the wheel]
    am [o hinterm] \Steuer sitzen (fam) to drive, to be behind the wheel
    2. NAUT [ship's] wheel, helm
    am \Steuer stehen [o sein] to be at the helm [or wheel
    3.
    ▶ das \Steuer herumwerfen POL to change course
    Steu·er2
    <-, -n>
    [ˈʃtɔyɐ]
    f ÖKON tax
    fällige \Steuern matured taxes
    kommunale \Steuern community charge
    progressive \Steuer graduated tax
    \Steuern abführen [o entrichten] to pay taxes
    etw von der \Steuer absetzen to set off sth sep against tax
    eine \Steuer auf etw akk erheben to impose a tax on sth
    jdn zur \Steuer heranziehen to tax sb
    der \Steuer unterliegen to be subject to taxation, to be taxable
    \Steuern zahlen to pay tax[es]
    nach \Steuern after tax
    \Steuern vom Einkommen taxes on income
    vor \Steuer before tax [or pre-tax]
    Steu·er3
    <->
    [ˈʃtɔyɐ]
    f kein pl (fam: Finanzamt)
    ▪ die [Leute von der] \Steuer the taxman
    * * *
    I
    das; Steuers, Steuer (von Fahrzeugen) [steering-]wheel; (von Schiffen) helm

    sich ans od. hinters Steuer setzen — get behind the wheel

    das Steuer übernehmen — take over the wheel or the driving; (bei Schiffen, fig.) take over the helm

    Trunkenheit am Steuer — drunken driving; being drunk at the wheel

    II
    die; Steuer, Steuern
    1) tax

    Steuern zahlen — (Lohn-/Einkommensteuer) pay tax

    2) o. Pl. (ugs.): (Behörde) tax authorities pl
    * * *
    Steuer1 n; -s, -; AUTO (steering) wheel; SCHIFF helm; FLUG controls pl; (Seitensteuer) rudder;
    am Steuer sitzen be seated at the wheel (SCHIFF helm, FLUG controls);
    das Steuer herumreißen wrench the wheel (SCHIFF helm) hard over;
    das Steuer übernehmen take over at the wheel (SCHIFF, fig at the helm); FLUG take over (at) the controls;
    am Steuer sein fig be at the helm ( oder controls);
    das Steuer fest in der Hand haben fig be firmly in control;
    das Steuer herumwerfen fig alter course (radically)
    Steuer2 f; -, -n tax (
    auf +dat on); kommunale: local tax; in GB: council tax; auf Gütern: duty;
    direkte/indirekte Steuern direct/indirect taxes ( oder taxation);
    von der Steuer absetzen set against tax; → erheben 5
    * * *
    I
    das; Steuers, Steuer (von Fahrzeugen) [steering-]wheel; (von Schiffen) helm

    sich ans od. hinters Steuer setzen — get behind the wheel

    das Steuer übernehmen — take over the wheel or the driving; (bei Schiffen, fig.) take over the helm

    Trunkenheit am Steuer — drunken driving; being drunk at the wheel

    II
    die; Steuer, Steuern
    1) tax

    Steuern zahlen — (Lohn-/Einkommensteuer) pay tax

    2) o. Pl. (ugs.): (Behörde) tax authorities pl
    * * *
    -n (auf) f.
    tax (on) n. -n (indirekte) f.
    duty n. -n f.
    duty (tax) n.
    tax n. n.
    helm n.
    rudder n.
    steering wheel (Auto) n.
    steering wheel n.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Steuer

  • 15 steuer

    n; -s, -; MOT. (steering) wheel; NAUT. helm; FLUG. controls Pl.; (Seitensteuer) rudder; am Steuer sitzen be seated at the wheel (NAUT. helm, FLUG. controls); das Steuer herumreißen wrench the wheel (NAUT. helm) hard over; das Steuer übernehmen take over at the wheel (NAUT., fig. at the helm); FLUG. take over (at) the controls; am Steuer sein fig. be at the helm ( oder controls); das Steuer fest in der Hand haben fig. be firmly in control; das Steuer herumwerfen fig. alter course (radically)
    —
    f; -, -n tax ( auf + Dat on); kommunale: local tax; in GB: council tax; auf Gütern: duty; direkte / indirekte Steuern direct / indirect taxes ( oder taxation); von der Steuer absetzen set against tax; erheben 5
    * * *
    das Steuer
    (Auto) wheel; steering wheel;
    (Schiff) helm; rudder;
    die Steuer
    levy; impost; tax
    * * *
    Steu|er I ['ʃtɔyɐ]
    nt -s, - (NAUT)
    helm, tiller; (AUT) (steering) wheel; (AVIAT) control column, controls pl

    am Stéúer sitzen or sein, hinter dem Stéúer sitzen (inf) (Aut) — to be at or behind the wheel, to drive; (Aviat) to be at the controls

    jdn ans Stéúer lassen (Aut) — to let sb drive, to let sb take the wheel

    das Stéúer übernehmen (lit, fig) — to take over; (lit auch) to take (over) the helm/wheel/controls; (fig auch) to take the helm

    das Stéúer fest in der Hand haben (fig) — to be firmly in control, to have things firmly under control

    das Stéúer herumwerfen or herumreißen (fig) — to turn the tide of events

    II
    f -, -n
    1) (= Abgabe) tax; (an Gemeinde) council tax (Brit), local tax (US); (von Firmen) rates pl (Brit), corporate property tax (US)

    Stéúern — tax

    Stéúern zahlen — to pay tax

    ich bezahle 35% Stéúern — I pay 35% tax

    in Schweden zahlt man hohe Stéúern — in Sweden tax is very high, in Sweden people are highly taxed

    die Stéúern herabsetzen — to reduce taxation, to cut tax or taxes

    der Stéúer unterliegen (form) — to be liable or subject to tax, to be taxable

    Gewinn vor/nach Stéúern — pre-/after-tax profit, profit before/after tax

    2) (inf = Steuerbehörde)

    die Stéúer — the tax people pl (inf) or authorities pl, the Inland Revenue (Brit), the Internal Revenue Service (US)

    * * *
    (money, eg a percentage of a person's income or of the price of goods etc taken by the government to help pay for the running of the state: income tax; a tax on tobacco.) tax
    * * *
    Steu·er1
    <-s, ->
    [ˈʃtɔyɐ]
    nt
    1. AUTO [steering] wheel
    jdn ans \Steuer lassen to let sb drive [or get behind the wheel]
    am [o hinterm] \Steuer sitzen (fam) to drive, to be behind the wheel
    2. NAUT [ship's] wheel, helm
    am \Steuer stehen [o sein] to be at the helm [or wheel
    3.
    ▶ das \Steuer herumwerfen POL to change course
    Steu·er2
    <-, -n>
    [ˈʃtɔyɐ]
    f ÖKON tax
    fällige \Steuern matured taxes
    kommunale \Steuern community charge
    progressive \Steuer graduated tax
    \Steuern abführen [o entrichten] to pay taxes
    etw von der \Steuer absetzen to set off sth sep against tax
    eine \Steuer auf etw akk erheben to impose a tax on sth
    jdn zur \Steuer heranziehen to tax sb
    der \Steuer unterliegen to be subject to taxation, to be taxable
    \Steuern zahlen to pay tax[es]
    nach \Steuern after tax
    \Steuern vom Einkommen taxes on income
    vor \Steuer before tax [or pre-tax]
    Steu·er3
    <->
    [ˈʃtɔyɐ]
    f kein pl (fam: Finanzamt)
    ▪ die [Leute von der] \Steuer the taxman
    * * *
    I
    das; Steuers, Steuer (von Fahrzeugen) [steering-]wheel; (von Schiffen) helm

    sich ans od. hinters Steuer setzen — get behind the wheel

    das Steuer übernehmen — take over the wheel or the driving; (bei Schiffen, fig.) take over the helm

    Trunkenheit am Steuer — drunken driving; being drunk at the wheel

    II
    die; Steuer, Steuern
    1) tax

    Steuern zahlen — (Lohn-/Einkommensteuer) pay tax

    2) o. Pl. (ugs.): (Behörde) tax authorities pl
    * * *
    …steuer f im subst:
    Bundessteuer federal tax;
    Ländersteuer tax imposed by a Land;
    Besitzsteuer property tax;
    Objektsteuer impersonal tax;
    Subjektsteuer personal tax;
    Substanzsteuer tax on assets;
    Verkehrssteuer transaction tax
    * * *
    I
    das; Steuers, Steuer (von Fahrzeugen) [steering-]wheel; (von Schiffen) helm

    sich ans od. hinters Steuer setzen — get behind the wheel

    das Steuer übernehmen — take over the wheel or the driving; (bei Schiffen, fig.) take over the helm

    Trunkenheit am Steuer — drunken driving; being drunk at the wheel

    II
    die; Steuer, Steuern
    1) tax

    Steuern zahlen — (Lohn-/Einkommensteuer) pay tax

    2) o. Pl. (ugs.): (Behörde) tax authorities pl
    * * *
    -n (auf) f.
    tax (on) n. -n (indirekte) f.
    duty n. -n f.
    duty (tax) n.
    tax n. n.
    helm n.
    rudder n.
    steering wheel (Auto) n.
    steering wheel n.

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  • 16 elevado

    adj.
    1 elevated, upland, high, towering.
    2 lofty, elevated, rarified, rarefied.
    3 dignified.
    4 high.
    5 elevated, high, steep.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: elevar.
    * * *
    1→ link=elevar elevar
    1 (gen) high
    2 figurado lofty, noble
    \
    elevado,-a a MATEMÁTICAS raised to
    * * *
    (f. - elevada)
    adj.
    1) high
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) [en nivel] [precio, temperatura, cantidad] high; [velocidad] high, great; [ritmo] great
    2) [en altura] [edificio] tall; [montaña, terreno] high
    paso II, 1., 2)
    3) (=sublime) [estilo] elevated, lofty; [pensamientos] noble, lofty
    4) [puesto, rango] high, important
    2.
    SM Cuba (Ferro) overhead railway; (Aut) flyover, overpass (EEUU)
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    1) <terreno/montaña> high; < edificio> tall, high
    2) < cantidad> large; <precio/impuestos/índice> high; < pérdidas> heavy, substantial
    3) <categoría/calidad> high; <puesto/posición> high
    4) <ideas/pensamientos> noble, elevated; < estilo> lofty, elevated
    * * *
    = sharply rising, steep [steeper -comp., steepest -sup.], heightened, raised, lofty [loftier -comp., loftiest -sup.], elevated, soaring, hefty [heftier -comp., heftiest -sup.].
    Ex. The end of the eighteenth century saw a sharply rising demand for cheap print, associated with increases in population and in literacy which occurred all over Europe.
    Ex. The graph of the growth of the subject shows an initial flat, a steep climb, a small flat, and a rapid decline.
    Ex. The heightened level of community awareness has led some local authorities to take the initiative and to become information disseminators in their own right.
    Ex. The cords themselves could be placed either outside the backs of the folded sheets, where they would show as raised bands across the spine of the book, or in slots sawn into the folds to give the book a flat back.
    Ex. Librarians across the world should set themselves the lofty task of striving to create a global society in which people enjoy peaceful coexistence.
    Ex. Public investment in rebuilding the church and the gifts of individual donors were important indications of its elevated social standing.
    Ex. Detailed images of soaring aisles, delicate carvings, and stained-glass windows from the 12th and 13th centuries are captured on this new Web site.
    Ex. Research publication had to adopt the same economic model as trade publication, and research libraries the world over paid the hefty price = Las publicaciones científicas tuvieron que adoptar el mismo modelo económico que las publicaciones comerciales y las bibliotecas universitarias de todo el mundo pagaron un precio elevado.
    ----
    * aljibe elevado = water tower.
    * camino elevado = causeway.
    * carretera elevada = causeway.
    * cisterna elevada = water tower.
    * depósito de agua elevado = water tower.
    * excepcionalmente elevado = exceptionally high.
    * ferrocarril elevado = elevated railroad.
    * lo bastante elevado = high enough.
    * Número + elevado a la potencia de + Número = Número + to the power of + Número.
    * paso elevado = overpass.
    * paso elevado de peatones = pedestrian overpass.
    * paso elevado para peatones = pedestrian overpass.
    * posición elevada = high ground.
    * ser elevado = be steep.
    * temperatura elevada = elevated temperature.
    * terreno elevado = high ground.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    1) <terreno/montaña> high; < edificio> tall, high
    2) < cantidad> large; <precio/impuestos/índice> high; < pérdidas> heavy, substantial
    3) <categoría/calidad> high; <puesto/posición> high
    4) <ideas/pensamientos> noble, elevated; < estilo> lofty, elevated
    * * *
    = sharply rising, steep [steeper -comp., steepest -sup.], heightened, raised, lofty [loftier -comp., loftiest -sup.], elevated, soaring, hefty [heftier -comp., heftiest -sup.].

    Ex: The end of the eighteenth century saw a sharply rising demand for cheap print, associated with increases in population and in literacy which occurred all over Europe.

    Ex: The graph of the growth of the subject shows an initial flat, a steep climb, a small flat, and a rapid decline.
    Ex: The heightened level of community awareness has led some local authorities to take the initiative and to become information disseminators in their own right.
    Ex: The cords themselves could be placed either outside the backs of the folded sheets, where they would show as raised bands across the spine of the book, or in slots sawn into the folds to give the book a flat back.
    Ex: Librarians across the world should set themselves the lofty task of striving to create a global society in which people enjoy peaceful coexistence.
    Ex: Public investment in rebuilding the church and the gifts of individual donors were important indications of its elevated social standing.
    Ex: Detailed images of soaring aisles, delicate carvings, and stained-glass windows from the 12th and 13th centuries are captured on this new Web site.
    Ex: Research publication had to adopt the same economic model as trade publication, and research libraries the world over paid the hefty price = Las publicaciones científicas tuvieron que adoptar el mismo modelo económico que las publicaciones comerciales y las bibliotecas universitarias de todo el mundo pagaron un precio elevado.
    * aljibe elevado = water tower.
    * camino elevado = causeway.
    * carretera elevada = causeway.
    * cisterna elevada = water tower.
    * depósito de agua elevado = water tower.
    * excepcionalmente elevado = exceptionally high.
    * ferrocarril elevado = elevated railroad.
    * lo bastante elevado = high enough.
    * Número + elevado a la potencia de + Número = Número + to the power of + Número.
    * paso elevado = overpass.
    * paso elevado de peatones = pedestrian overpass.
    * paso elevado para peatones = pedestrian overpass.
    * posición elevada = high ground.
    * ser elevado = be steep.
    * temperatura elevada = elevated temperature.
    * terreno elevado = high ground.

    * * *
    elevado1 -da
    A ‹terreno/montaña› high; ‹edificio› tall, high
    B ‹cantidad› large; ‹precio/impuestos› high
    un número elevado de casos a large number of cases
    las pérdidas han sido elevadas there have been heavy o substantial losses
    un elevado índice de abstención a high rate of abstention
    C ‹categoría/calidad› high
    tiene un puesto muy elevado he has a very high o important position
    D ‹ideas/pensamientos› noble, elevated; ‹estilo› lofty, elevated
    la conversación adquirió un tono elevado the tone of the conversation became rather highbrow o elevated
    fly
    * * *

    Del verbo elevar: ( conjugate elevar)

    elevado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    elevado    
    elevar
    elevado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    1 ‹terreno/montaña› high;
    ‹ edificio› tall, high
    2
    a) ‹ cantidad› large;

    ‹precio/impuestos› high;
    ‹ pérdidas› heavy, substantial
    b) ‹categoría/calidad/posición› high

    c) ‹ideas/pensamientos› noble, elevated;

    ‹ estilo› lofty, elevated
    elevar ( conjugate elevar) verbo transitivo
    1 (frml)

    b) ‹espíritu/mente› to uplift

    c) ‹muro/nivel› to raise, make … higher

    2 (frml)
    a) ( aumentar) ‹precios/impuestos› to raise, increase;

    ‹ nivel de vida› to raise
    b) ‹voz/tono› to raise

    elevarse verbo pronominal
    1 ( tomar altura) [avión/cometa] to climb, gain height;
    [ globo] to rise, gain height
    2 (frml) ( aumentar) [ temperatura] to rise;
    [precios/impuestos] to rise, increase;
    [tono/voz] to rise
    3 (frml) ( ascender):
    ◊ la cifra se elevaba ya al 13% the figure had already reached 13%

    elevado,-a adjetivo
    1 (temperatura) high
    (torre, construcción) tall
    2 (altruista, espiritual) noble
    elevar verbo transitivo
    1 to raise
    2 Mat to raise (to the power of)
    elevar al cuadrado, to square
    elevar al cubo, to cube
    elevado a la cuarta, etc, potencia, to raise to the power of four, etc
    ' elevado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    alta
    - alto
    - elevar
    - elevada
    - carestía
    - cuadrado
    - grande
    - paso
    English:
    elevate
    - flyover
    - high
    - overhead
    - overpass
    - causeway
    - elevated
    - fly
    - grand
    - lofty
    - over
    - upper
    * * *
    elevado, -a adj
    1. [alto] [monte, terreno, precio, inflación] high;
    un elevado edificio a tall building;
    era de elevada estatura he was tall in stature;
    una persona de elevada estatura a person tall in stature;
    un elevado número de accidentes a large o high number of accidents;
    consiguieron elevados beneficios they made a large profit;
    ocupa un elevado cargo en la empresa she has a high-ranking position in the company
    2. [noble] lofty, noble;
    elevados ideales lofty o noble ideals
    3. [estilo, tono, lenguaje] elevated, sophisticated;
    emplea un vocabulario muy elevado she uses very sophisticated vocabulary
    * * *
    adj high; fig
    elevated
    * * *
    elevado, -da adj
    1) : elevated, lofty
    2) : high
    * * *
    elevado adj high

    Spanish-English dictionary > elevado

  • 17 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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  • 18 Nobel, Immanuel

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    b. 1801 Gävle, Sweden
    d. 3 September 1872 Stockholm, Sweden
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    Swedish inventor and industrialist, particularly noted for his work on mines and explosives.
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    The son of a barber-surgeon who deserted his family to serve in the Swedish army, Nobel showed little interest in academic pursuits as a child and was sent to sea at the age of 16, but jumped ship in Egypt and was eventually employed as an architect by the pasha. Returning to Sweden, he won a scholarship to the Stockholm School of Architecture, where he studied from 1821 to 1825 and was awarded a number of prizes. His interest then leaned towards mechanical matters and he transferred to the Stockholm School of Engineering. Designs for linen-finishing machines won him a prize there, and he also patented a means of transforming rotary into reciprocating movement. He then entered the real-estate business and was successful until a fire in 1833 destroyed his house and everything he owned. By this time he had married and had two sons, with a third, Alfred (of Nobel Prize fame; see Alfred Nobel), on the way. Moving to more modest quarters on the outskirts of Stockholm, Immanuel resumed his inventions, concentrating largely on India rubber, which he applied to surgical instruments and military equipment, including a rubber knapsack.
    It was talk of plans to construct a canal at Suez that first excited his interest in explosives. He saw them as a means of making mining more efficient and began to experiment in his backyard. However, this made him unpopular with his neighbours, and the city authorities ordered him to cease his investigations. By this time he was deeply in debt and in 1837 moved to Finland, leaving his family in Stockholm. He hoped to interest the Russians in land and sea mines and, after some four years, succeeded in obtaining financial backing from the Ministry of War, enabling him to set up a foundry and arms factory in St Petersburg and to bring his family over. By 1850 he was clear of debt in Sweden and had begun to acquire a high reputation as an inventor and industrialist. His invention of the horned contact mine was to be the basic pattern of the sea mine for almost the next 100 years, but he also created and manufactured a central-heating system based on hot-water pipes. His three sons, Ludwig, Robert and Alfred, had now joined him in his business, but even so the outbreak of war with Britain and France in the Crimea placed severe pressures on him. The Russians looked to him to convert their navy from sail to steam, even though he had no experience in naval propulsion, but the aftermath of the Crimean War brought financial ruin once more to Immanuel. Amongst the reforms brought in by Tsar Alexander II was a reliance on imports to equip the armed forces, so all domestic arms contracts were abruptly cancelled, including those being undertaken by Nobel. Unable to raise money from the banks, Immanuel was forced to declare himself bankrupt and leave Russia for his native Sweden. Nobel then reverted to his study of explosives, particularly of how to adapt the then highly unstable nitroglycerine, which had first been developed by Ascanio Sobrero in 1847, for blasting and mining. Nobel believed that this could be done by mixing it with gunpowder, but could not establish the right proportions. His son Alfred pursued the matter semi-independently and eventually evolved the principle of the primary charge (and through it created the blasting cap), having taken out a patent for a nitroglycerine product in his own name; the eventual result of this was called dynamite. Father and son eventually fell out over Alfred's independent line, but worse was to follow. In September 1864 Immanuel's youngest son, Oscar, then studying chemistry at Uppsala University, was killed in an explosion in Alfred's laboratory: Immanuel suffered a stroke, but this only temporarily incapacitated him, and he continued to put forward new ideas. These included making timber a more flexible material through gluing crossed veneers under pressure and bending waste timber under steam, a concept which eventually came to fruition in the form of plywood.
    In 1868 Immanuel and Alfred were jointly awarded the prestigious Letterstedt Prize for their work on explosives, but Alfred never for-gave his father for retaining the medal without offering it to him.
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    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Imperial Gold Medal (Russia) 1853. Swedish Academy of Science Letterstedt Prize (jointly with son Alfred) 1868.
    Bibliography
    Immanuel Nobel produced a short handwritten account of his early life 1813–37, which is now in the possession of one of his descendants. He also had published three short books during the last decade of his life— Cheap Defence of the Country's Roads (on land mines), Cheap Defence of the Archipelagos (on sea mines), and Proposal for the Country's Defence (1871)—as well as his pamphlet (1870) on making wood a more physically flexible product.
    Further Reading
    No biographies of Immanuel Nobel exist, but his life is detailed in a number of books on his son Alfred.
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  • 19 Junkers, Hugo

    SUBJECT AREA: Aerospace
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    b. 3 February 1859 Rheydt, Germany
    d. 3 February 1935 Munich, Germany
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    German aircraft designer, pioneer of all-metal aircraft, including the world's first real airliner.
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    Hugo Junkers trained as an engineer and in 1895 founded the Junkers Company, which manufactured metal products including gas-powered hot-water heaters. He was also Professor of Thermodynamics at the high school in Aachen. The visits to Europe by the Wright brothers in 1908 and 1909 aroused his interest in flight, and in 1910 he was granted a patent for a flying wing, i.e. no fuselage and a thick wing which did not require external bracing wires. Using his sheet-metal experience he built the more conventional Junkers J 1 entirely of iron and steel. It made its first flight in December 1915 but was rather heavy and slow, so Junkers turned to the newly available aluminium alloys and built the J 4 bi-plane, which entered service in 1917. To stiffen the thin aluminium-alloy skins, Junkers used corrugations running fore and aft, a feature of his aircraft for the next twenty years. Incidentally, in 1917 the German authorities persuaded Junkers and Fokker to merge, but the Junkers-Fokker Company was short-lived.
    After the First World War Junkers very rapidly converted to commercial aviation, and in 1919 he produced a single-engined low-wing monoplane capable of carrying four passengers in an enclosed cabin. The robust all-metal F 13 is generally accepted as being the world's first airliner and over three hundred were built and used worldwide: some were still in service eighteen years later. A series of low-wing transport aircraft followed, of which the best known is the Ju 52. The original version had a single engine and first flew in 1930; a three-engined version flew in 1932 and was known as the Ju 52/3m. This was used by many airlines and served with the Luftwaffe throughout the Second World War, with almost five thousand being built.
    Junkers was always ready to try new ideas, such as a flap set aft of the trailing edge of the wing that became known as the "Junkers flap". In 1923 he founded a company to design and manufacture stationary diesel engines and aircraft petrol engines. Work commenced on a diesel aero-engine: this flew in 1929 and a successful range of engines followed later. Probably the most spectacular of Junkers's designs was his G 38 airliner of 1929. This was the world's largest land-plane at the time, with a wing span of 44 m (144 ft). The wing was so thick that some of the thirty-four passengers could sit in the wing and look out through windows in the leading edge. Two were built and were frequently seen on European routes.
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    Bibliography
    1923, "Metal aircraft construction", Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society, London.
    Further Reading
    G.Schmitt, 1988, Hugh Junkers and His Aircraft, Berlin.
    1990, Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War I, London: Jane's (provides details of Junkers's aircraft).
    P. St J.Turner and H.J.Nowarra, 1971, Junkers: An Aircraft Album, London.
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  • 20 Marey, Etienne-Jules

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    b. 5 March 1830 Beaune, France
    d. 15 May 1904 Paris, France
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    French physiologist and pioneer of chronophotography.
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    At the age of 19 Marey went to Paris to study medicine, becoming particularly interested in the problems of the circulation of the blood. In an early communication to the Académie des Sciences he described a much improved device for recording the pulse, the sphygmograph, in which the beats were recorded on a smoked plate. Most of his subsequent work was concerned with methods of recording movement: to study the movement of the horse, he used pneumatic sensors on each hoof to record traces on a smoked drum; this device became known as the Marey recording tambour. His attempts to study the wing movements of a bird in flight in the same way met with limited success since the recording system interfered with free movement. Reading in 1878 of Muybridge's work in America using sequence photography to study animal movement, Marey considered the use of photography himself. In 1882 he developed an idea first used by the astronomer Janssen: a camera in which a series of exposures could be made on a circular photographic plate. Marey's "photographic gun" was rifle shaped and could expose twelve pictures in approximately one second on a circular plate. With this device he was able to study wing movements of birds in free flight. The camera was limited in that it could record only a small number of images, and in the summer of 1882 he developed a new camera, when the French government gave him a grant to set up a physiological research station on land provided by the Parisian authorities near the Porte d'Auteuil. The new design used a fixed plate, on which a series of images were recorded through a rotating shutter. Looking rather like the results provided by a modern stroboscope flash device, the images were partially superimposed if the subject was slow moving, or separated if it was fast. His human subjects were dressed all in white and moved against a black background. An alternative was to dress the subject in black, with highly reflective strips and points along limbs and at joints, to produce a graphic record of the relationships of the parts of the body during action. A one-second-sweep timing clock was included in the scene to enable the precise interval between exposures to be assessed. The fixed-plate cameras were used with considerable success, but the number of individual records on each plate was still limited. With the appearance of Eastman's Kodak roll-film camera in France in September 1888, Marey designed a new camera to use the long rolls of paper film. He described the new apparatus to the Académie des Sciences on 8 October 1888, and three weeks later showed a band of images taken with it at the rate of 20 per second. This camera and its subsequent improvements were the first true cinematographic cameras. The arrival of Eastman's celluloid film late in 1889 made Marey's camera even more practical, and for over a decade the Physiological Research Station made hundreds of sequence studies of animals and humans in motion, at rates of up to 100 pictures per second. Marey pioneered the scientific study of movement using film cameras, introducing techniques of time-lapse, frame-by-frame and slow-motion analysis, macro-and micro-cinematography, superimposed timing clocks, studies of airflow using smoke streams, and other methods still in use in the 1990s. Appointed Professor of Natural History at the Collège de France in 1870, he headed the Institut Marey founded in 1898 to continue these studies. After Marey's death in 1904, the research continued under the direction of his associate Lucien Bull, who developed many new techniques, notably ultra-high-speed cinematography.
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    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Foreign member of the Royal Society 1898. President, Académie des Sciences 1895.
    Bibliography
    1860–1904, Comptes rendus de l'Académie des Sciences de Paris.
    1873, La Machine animale, Paris 1874, Animal Mechanism, London.
    1893, Die Chronophotographie, Berlin. 1894, Le Mouvement, Paris.
    1895, Movement, London.
    1899, La Chronophotographie, Paris.
    Further Reading
    ——1992, Muybridge and the Chronophotographers, London. Jacques Deslandes, 1966, Histoire comparée du cinéma, Vol. I, Paris.
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