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junior [ˈdʒu:nɪər]1. adjective• John Smith, Junior John Smith filsb. (in position) [employee, job] subalternec. (Sport) [competition, team, title] junior ; ( = under 11) ≈ de poussins ; ( = 12 to 13) ≈ de benjamins ; ( = 14 to 15) ≈ de minimes ; ( = 16 to 17) ≈ de cadets ; ( = 18 to 19) ≈ de juniors2. nounb. (British) (at school) petit (e) élève m(f) (de 7 à 11 ans) ; (US) (at school) élève mf de classe de première ; (US) (at university) étudiant (e) m(f) de troisième annéec. (Sport) junior mf ; ( = under 11) ≈ poussin m ; ( = 12 to 13) ≈ benjamin(e) m(f) ; ( = 14 to 15) ≈ minime mf ; ( = 16 to 17) ≈ cadet(te) m(f) ; ( = 18 to 19) ≈ junior mf3. compounds* * *['dʒuːnɪə(r)] 1.1) ( younger person) cadet/-ette m/f2) ( low-ranking worker) subalterne mf3) GB School élève mf du primaire4) US University ≈ étudiant/-e m/f de premier cycle; ( in high school) ≈ élève mf de première2.1) ( low-ranking) [colleague, worker] ( inferior) subalterne; ( trainee) débutant; [post, rank, position] subalterne2) ( young) [person] jeune; [fashion, activity] pour les jeunes3) Sport [race, team] des cadets; [player, high-jumper] jeune4) ( the younger) (also Junior)Bob Mortimer junior — Bob Mortimer fils or junior
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1. adjective1) (below a certain age) jünger2) (of lower rank) rangniedriger [Person]; einfach [Angestellter]3) appended to name (the younger)4) (Amer. Sch., Univ.)2. noun•• Cultural note:be [six years] somebody's junior — [sechs Jahre] jünger sein als jemand
Eine Schule in den USA, die für die Ausbildung zwischen der academic.ru/23755/elementary_school">elementary school und der high school sorgt und normalerweise an eine high school angeschlossen ist* * *['‹u:njə] 1. noun, adjective((a person who is) younger in years or lower in rank or authority: He is two years my junior; The school sent two juniors and one senior to take part; junior pupils; He is junior to me in the firm; the junior school.) der/die Jüngere, der/die Untergeordnete;jünger2. adjective((often abbreviated to Jnr, Jr or Jun. when written) used to indicate the son of a person who is still alive and who has the same name: John Jones Junior.) junior3. noun((especially American) a name for the child (usually a son) of a family: Do bring Junior!)* * *jun·ior[ˈʤu:niəʳ, AM -njɚ]I. adjJames Dawson, J\junior James Dawson junior\junior college AM Juniorencollege nt, Vorbereitungscollege nt (die beiden ersten Studienjahre umfassende Einrichtung)\junior high school AM Aufbauschule f (umfasst in der Regel die Klassenstufen 7—9)4. (low rank) untergeordnetI'm too \junior to apply for this job ich habe eine zu niedrige Position inne, um mich für diese Stelle bewerben zu können\junior barrister BRIT angehender Rechtsanwalt/angehende Rechtsanwältin, Rechtsanwaltspraktikant(in) m(f)\junior officer/soldier rangniederer Offizier/Soldat\junior partner Juniorpartner(in) m(f)II. nI've asked Mom to take care of J\junior ich habe Mama gebeten, auf den Jungen [o unseren Sohn] aufzupassenhe's two years my \junior er ist zwei Jahre jünger als ich3. (low-ranking person) unterer Angestellter/untere Angestellteoffice \junior Bürogehilfe, -gehilfin m, f5. BRIT SCHto move up to the J\juniors in die Grundschule [o SCHWEIZ Primarschule] kommen* * *['dZuːnɪə(r)]1. adj1) (= younger) jüngerHiram Schwarz, junior — Hiram Schwarz junior
Smith, junior (at school) —
3) (SPORT) Junioren-, der Junioren2. n1) Jüngere(r) mfhe is my junior by two years, he is two years my junior —
where's junior? — wo ist der Junior?
2) (Brit SCH) (at primary school) Grundschüler(in) m(f); (at secondary school) Unterstufenschüler(in) m(f)3) (US UNIV) Student(in) im vorletzten Studienjahrthe juniors — die Junioren/Juniorinnen pl
* * *junior [ˈdʒuːnjə(r)]A adjGeorge Smith, Jr.;Smith Jr. Smith II (von Schülern)2. jünger(er, e, es), untergeordnet, zweit(er, e, es):a) untere(r) Büroangestellte(r),b) zweite(r) Buchhalter(in),c) JUR Br Anwaltspraktikant(in);3. a) SCHULE Unter…:the junior classes pl die Unterstufe4. JUR rangjünger(er, e, es), (im Rang) nachstehend:junior lien US nachrangiges Pfandrecht5. SPORT Junioren…:6. Kinder…, Jugend…:7. US jugendlich, jung (Haut etc)8. US umg kleiner(er, e, es):B s1. Jüngere(r) m/f(m):he is my junior by two years, he is two years my junior er ist zwei Jahre jünger als ich;my juniors Leute, die jünger sind als ich2. UNIV US Student(in) im vorletzten Studienjahra) Junior m (Sohn mit dem Vornamen des Vaters),b) allg der Sohn, der Junge,c) bes US umg Kleine(r) m5. Untergeordnete(r) m/f(m) (im Amt), jüngere(r) Angestellte(r):a) er untersteht mir in diesem Amt,b) er ist in dieses Amt nach mir eingetreten6. SPORT Junior m, Juniorin f* * *1. adjective1) (below a certain age) jünger2) (of lower rank) rangniedriger [Person]; einfach [Angestellter]3) appended to name (the younger)Mr Smith Junior — Mr. Smith junior
4) (Amer. Sch., Univ.)2. noun•• Cultural note:be [six years] somebody's junior — [sechs Jahre] jünger sein als jemand
Eine Schule in den USA, die für die Ausbildung zwischen der elementary school und der high school sorgt und normalerweise an eine high school angeschlossen ist* * *adj.Nachwuchs- präfix.jünger adj. -
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أصْغَر سِنًّا أو مَرْتَبَةً مِن \ junior: younger; lower in rank: the junior classes in a school; a junior officer; junior to me. -
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1) lower; bottom; (ganz unten) bottomdas unter...e/unter...ste Stockwerk — the lower/bottom storey
das Unterste zuoberst kehren — (ugs.) turn everything upside down
2) lower <Rhine, Nile, etc.>3) (in der Rangfolge o. ä.) lower; lesser < authority>die unter...en Klassen der Schule — the junior classes or forms of the school
* * *1) lower; bottom; (ganz unten) bottomdas unter...e/unter...ste Stockwerk — the lower/bottom storey
das Unterste zuoberst kehren — (ugs.) turn everything upside down
2) lower <Rhine, Nile, etc.>3) (in der Rangfolge o. ä.) lower; lesser < authority>die unter...en Klassen der Schule — the junior classes or forms of the school
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6 classe
classe [klαs]1. feminine nouna. ( = catégorie) class• classe moyenne inférieure/supérieure lower/upper middle classb. (Transport) class• compartiment de 1ère/2e classe 1st/2nd class compartment• voyager en 1ère classe to travel 1st class• classe affaires/économique business/economy classc. ( = valeur) class• elle a de la classe or elle a la classe (inf) she's got classd. ( = élèves) class ; ( = année d'études) year• les grandes/petites classes the senior/junior classes• partir en classe de neige ≈ to go on a school ski tripe. ( = cours) class• pendant/après la classe or les heures de classe during/after school• la classe se termine or les élèves sortent de classe à 16 heures school finishes at 4 o'clock• la classe de 1997 ( = contingent) the class of '972. invariable adjective* * *klas4) Sociologie, Politique class5) ( catégorie) class (de of)6) ( rang) gén class; Administration grade7) ( élégance) classc'est pas la classe! — (colloq) that's not very stylish!
billet de première/seconde classe — first-/second-class ou standard GB ticket
9) Arméefaire ses classes — lit to do one's basic training; fig to start out
un cinéaste qui a fait ses classes à la télévision — fig a film director who started out in television
•Phrasal Verbs:* * *klɒs nf1) (catégorie) class2) (= niveau) class3) MILITAIREun soldat de deuxième classe (armée de terre) — private, (armée de l'air) aircraftman Grande-Bretagne airman basic USA
faire ses classes MILITAIRE — to do one's training
4) (dans les transports en commun) class5) (= local d'enseignement) classroom6) (= leçon) classOn a classe à 10h. — We have a lesson at 10 o'clock.
7) (= niveau scolaire) year, grade USA8) (= élèves) classC'est la meilleure élève de la classe. — She's the best pupil in the class.
* * *classe nf1 Scol ( groupe d'élèves) class, form GB; ( niveau) year, form GB, grade US; une classe turbulente/studieuse a rowdy/hard-working class ou form GB; les classes primaires/de maternelle primary (school)/nursery classes; les classes du secondaire secondary school classes ou forms GB, ≈ junior high school and high school US; redoubler une classe to repeat a year; passer dans la classe supérieure to go up a year; être le premier/dernier de sa classe to be ou come top/bottom of the class;2 Scol ( cours) class, lesson; une classe de dessin a drawing class ou lesson; les élèves de Mme Dupont n'auront pas classe demain Mrs Dupont's class won't be having any lessons tomorrow; parler en classe to talk in class; faire la classe to teach; le soir après la classe in the evening after school;3 Scol ( salle) classroom; il s'est fait mettre à la porte de la classe he was sent out of the classroom;4 Sociol, Pol class; les classes sociales the social classes; la classe ouvrière/dirigeante the working/ruling class; les classes moyennes the middle classes; une société sans classes a classless society; classe politique political class ou community;5 ( catégorie) class (de of); la classe des mammifères the class of mammals; les artistes sont une classe à part artists are a class apart; classe grammaticale Ling grammatical class;6 gén class; ( rang) Admin grade; produits/champagne de première classe first-class products/champagne;7 ( élégance) class; avoir de la classe to have class; il a beaucoup de classe he has real class; ça, c'est la classe◑! now that's class ou style○!; c'est pas la classe◑! that's not very stylish!; elle est très classe◑ she's really classy○;8 Transp class; billet de première/seconde classe first-/second-class ou standard GB ticket; classe touristes/affaires economy ou tourist/business class; voyager en première classe to travel first class;9 Mil annual levy ou draft; la classe 1990 the 1990 levy ou draft; faire ses classes lit to do one's basic training; fig to start out; un cinéaste qui a fait ses classes à la télévision fig a film director who started out in television.classe d'adaptation special needs class; classe d'âge age group; classe de mer educational schooltrip to the seaside; classe de nature schooltrip to the countryside; classe de neige schooltrip in the mountains; classe de transition Scol remedial class; classe verte = classe de nature; les classes creuses age groups depleted by low birthrate; classes préparatoires (aux grandes écoles) preparatory classes for entrance to Grandes Écoles.ⓘ Classe de neige The classe de neige denotes the period of about a week which school classes spend in a mountain area when ski tuition is integrated with normal school work. The classe de nature or classe verte similarly refers to the week-long stay by school pupils in the countryside where nature study is integrated with normal school work.[klas] nom fémininA.[ÉDUCATION]1. [salle] classroom2. [groupe] classa. [être enseignant] to teachb. [donner un cours] to teach ou to take a classrefaire ou redoubler une classe to repeat a yearclasses préparatoiresschools specializing in preparing pupils to take Grandes Écoles entrance examsB.[DANS UNE HIÉRARCHIE]former une classe à part to be in a class ou league of one's ownles classes populaires ou laborieuses the working classesles classes moyennes/dirigeantes the middle/ruling classes4. TRANSPORTS classbillet de première/deuxième classe first-/second-class ticketavec classe smartly, with eleganceC.[MILITAIRE] annual contingent————————[klas] adjectif————————classes nom féminin pluriel————————en classe locution adverbialea. [pour la première fois] to start schoolb. [à la rentrée] to go back to school, to start school againAfter the baccalauréat very successful students may choose to attend the classes préparatoires, intensive courses organized in lycées. Students are completely immersed in their subject and do little else than prepare for the competitive grandes écoles entrance exams. If they do not succeed, two years of prépas are considered equivalent to a DEUG, and these students often continue at a university. -
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classe [klαs]1. feminine nouna. ( = catégorie) class• classe moyenne inférieure/supérieure lower/upper middle classb. (Transport) class• compartiment de 1ère/2e classe 1st/2nd class compartment• voyager en 1ère classe to travel 1st class• classe affaires/économique business/economy classc. ( = valeur) class• elle a de la classe or elle a la classe (inf) she's got classd. ( = élèves) class ; ( = année d'études) year• les grandes/petites classes the senior/junior classes• partir en classe de neige ≈ to go on a school ski tripe. ( = cours) class• pendant/après la classe or les heures de classe during/after school• la classe se termine or les élèves sortent de classe à 16 heures school finishes at 4 o'clock• la classe de 1997 ( = contingent) the class of '972. invariable adjective* * *klas4) Sociologie, Politique class5) ( catégorie) class (de of)6) ( rang) gén class; Administration grade7) ( élégance) classc'est pas la classe! — (colloq) that's not very stylish!
billet de première/seconde classe — first-/second-class ou standard GB ticket
9) Arméefaire ses classes — lit to do one's basic training; fig to start out
un cinéaste qui a fait ses classes à la télévision — fig a film director who started out in television
•Phrasal Verbs:* * *klɒs nf1) (catégorie) class2) (= niveau) class3) MILITAIREun soldat de deuxième classe (armée de terre) — private, (armée de l'air) aircraftman Grande-Bretagne airman basic USA
faire ses classes MILITAIRE — to do one's training
4) (dans les transports en commun) class5) (= local d'enseignement) classroom6) (= leçon) classOn a classe à 10h. — We have a lesson at 10 o'clock.
7) (= niveau scolaire) year, grade USA8) (= élèves) classC'est la meilleure élève de la classe. — She's the best pupil in the class.
* * *classe nf1 Scol ( groupe d'élèves) class, form GB; ( niveau) year, form GB, grade US; une classe turbulente/studieuse a rowdy/hard-working class ou form GB; les classes primaires/de maternelle primary (school)/nursery classes; les classes du secondaire secondary school classes ou forms GB, ≈ junior high school and high school US; redoubler une classe to repeat a year; passer dans la classe supérieure to go up a year; être le premier/dernier de sa classe to be ou come top/bottom of the class;2 Scol ( cours) class, lesson; une classe de dessin a drawing class ou lesson; les élèves de Mme Dupont n'auront pas classe demain Mrs Dupont's class won't be having any lessons tomorrow; parler en classe to talk in class; faire la classe to teach; le soir après la classe in the evening after school;3 Scol ( salle) classroom; il s'est fait mettre à la porte de la classe he was sent out of the classroom;4 Sociol, Pol class; les classes sociales the social classes; la classe ouvrière/dirigeante the working/ruling class; les classes moyennes the middle classes; une société sans classes a classless society; classe politique political class ou community;5 ( catégorie) class (de of); la classe des mammifères the class of mammals; les artistes sont une classe à part artists are a class apart; classe grammaticale Ling grammatical class;6 gén class; ( rang) Admin grade; produits/champagne de première classe first-class products/champagne;7 ( élégance) class; avoir de la classe to have class; il a beaucoup de classe he has real class; ça, c'est la classe◑! now that's class ou style○!; c'est pas la classe◑! that's not very stylish!; elle est très classe◑ she's really classy○;8 Transp class; billet de première/seconde classe first-/second-class ou standard GB ticket; classe touristes/affaires economy ou tourist/business class; voyager en première classe to travel first class;9 Mil annual levy ou draft; la classe 1990 the 1990 levy ou draft; faire ses classes lit to do one's basic training; fig to start out; un cinéaste qui a fait ses classes à la télévision fig a film director who started out in television.classe d'adaptation special needs class; classe d'âge age group; classe de mer educational schooltrip to the seaside; classe de nature schooltrip to the countryside; classe de neige schooltrip in the mountains; classe de transition Scol remedial class; classe verte = classe de nature; les classes creuses age groups depleted by low birthrate; classes préparatoires (aux grandes écoles) preparatory classes for entrance to Grandes Écoles.ⓘ Classe de neige The classe de neige denotes the period of about a week which school classes spend in a mountain area when ski tuition is integrated with normal school work. The classe de nature or classe verte similarly refers to the week-long stay by school pupils in the countryside where nature study is integrated with normal school work.pour moi, c'est une affaire classée all that's over and done with ou the matter's closed as far as I'm concerned2. [protégé] listedmonument/château classé listed ou scheduled building/castle3. SPORT -
8 petit
petit, e [p(ə)ti, it]━━━━━━━━━1. adjective2. adverb5. compounds━━━━━━━━━1. <━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque petit fait partie d'une locution comme entrer par la petite porte, reportez-vous à l'autre mot.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━b. ( = jeune) little• je ne suis plus un petit garçon ! I'm not a child anymore!d. ( = mince) [tranche] thine. ( = court) [promenade, voyage] shortf. ( = miniature, jouet) toyh. ( = peu important) [commerçant, pays, entreprise, groupe] small ; [opération, détail, romancier] minor ; [amélioration, changement, inconvénient, odeur, rhume] slight ; [espoir, chance] faint ; [cadeau, soirée] littlei. ( = maladif) avoir une petite mine to look palej. ( = mesquin) [attitude, action] meank. (locutions) vous prendrez bien un petit verre ? you'll have a little drink, won't you?• petit con ! (vulg!) stupid jerk! (inf!)2. <3. <a. ( = enfant) little boyc. ( = jeune animal) les petits the young• faire des petits to have kittens (or puppies or lambs etc)d. ( = homme de petite taille) small man4. <5. <► petit pain ≈ bread roll► la petite reine ( = vélo) the bicycle► petit salé ( = porc) salt pork* * *
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petite p(ə)ti, it adjectif1) ( en taille) small, littlese faire tout petit — fig to try to make oneself inconspicuous
2) (en longueur, durée) short3) ( en âge) young, littlepetit ours/renard/lion — bear/fox/lion cub
4) [appétit, quantité, groupe] small; [mangeur] light; [salaire] low; [averse] light; [cri, rire, souci] little; [chance, rhume] slight; [détail, défaut] minor5) ( dans une hiérarchie) [marque] lesser known; [emploi] modest; [fonctionnaire] low-ranking; [poète] minor6) fig littlemon petit papa — darling daddy (colloq)
passe-moi un petit coup de fil — (colloq) give me a call
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nom masculin, fémininle petit — ( de deux) the younger one; ( de plus de deux) the youngest one
2) ( adulte de petite taille) small man/woman
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voir petit — ( sous-estimer) to underestimate; ( être sans ambition) to have no ambition
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nom masculin1) ( jeune animal)faire des petits — [chienne] to have puppies; fig [argent] to grow
2) ( personne modeste)•Phrasal Verbs:* * *p(ə)ti, it petit, -e1. adj1) (par la taille, les dimensions) (main, objet, colline) smallIl est petit pour son âge. — He's small for his age.
de petite taille (personne) — short, small, (arbre) small
Sonia habite une petite ville. — Sonia lives in a small town.
2) (valeur affective) littlePhyllis a une jolie petite maison. — Phyllis has a nice little house.
On a ouvert une petite bouteille de Chinon. — We've opened a little bottle of Chinon.
3) (peu important) (problème) small, minor, (progrès) little4) (= faible) (pluie, bruit) slight5) (en âge) (enfant) small, littleC'est dangereux pour les petits enfants. — It's dangerous for small children.
6) (= court) (voyage, présentation) little, (roman) short7) (= mesquin) mean2. nm/f1) (= enfant) child, little oneEmmène les petits au cinéma. — Take the children to the cinema.
Le petit de Sylvie a une mauvaise grippe. — Sylvie's little son has got bad a bad dose of flu.
les tout-petits — the little ones, the tiny tots
2) (= cadet) little one, youngestNicolas, c'est le petit. — Nicolas is the little one., Nicolas is the youngest.
mon petit (nuance ironique) — dear, (à son fils, un petit garçon) son
ma petite (nuance ironique) — dear, young lady, (à sa fille, une fillette) sweetheart
3. nm[animal]faire des petits [chatte] — to have kittens, [chienne] to have puppies
4. advpetit à petit — little by little, gradually
* * *A adj1 ( en taille) [personne, pied, objet, arbre, entreprise] ( objectivement) small; ( subjectivement) little; il est petit pour son âge he's small for his age; les mêmes, mais en plus petit the same ones, but smaller; le 36, c'est trop petit 36 is too small; le monde est petit! it's a small world!; un homme de petite taille, un homme petit a short ou small man; petit et trapu short and stocky; un petit homme timide a shy little man; la petite blonde, là-bas the little blonde, over there; une toute petite pièce/femme a tiny room/woman; se faire tout petit fig to try to make oneself inconspicuous; c'est Versailles en plus petit it's a miniature Versailles; ⇒ bête, doigt, lorgnette, plat, ruisseau;2 (en longueur, durée) [foulée, promenade, distance, paragraphe] short; par petites étapes in easy stages; ⇒ semaine;3 ( en âge) ( objectivement) young; ( subjectivement) little; il est trop petit pour comprendre he's too young to understand; c'est la plus petite she's the youngest; je t'ai connu petit I knew you when you were little; mon petit frère my little brother; ( bébé) my baby brother; le petit Jésus baby Jesus; petit garçon little boy; petite fille little girl; une petite Française a French girl; le petit nouveau the new boy; les petits enfants small ou young children; c'est notre petit dernier he's our youngest; petit chat kitten; petit chien puppy; petit ours/renard/lion bear/fox/lion cub;4 (en quantité, prix, force) [somme, appétit, majorité, volume, quantité, groupe] small; [mangeur, buveur] light; [salaire, loyer] low; [tape, vent, averse] light; [cri, rire, sourire] little; [goût, espoir, chance] slight; d'une petite voix timide in a timid little voice; une petite pluie fine a fine drizzle; ça a un petit goût de cerise it tastes slightly of cherries; avoir une petite santé to have poor health; fais un petit effort make an effort; un (tout) petit peu de sel (just) a little salt; un petit sourire coquin/supérieur a mischievous/superior little smile; ⇒ feu;5 ( en gravité) [inconvénient, détail, défaut, opération] minor; [rhume] slight; [égratignure, souci] little;6 ( dans une hiérarchie) [marque, cru] lesser known; [situation, emploi] modest; [fonctionnaire, dignitaire] low-ranking; [poète] minor; les petites routes minor roads; le petit personnel low-grade staff; les petites gens ordinary people; un petit escroc a small-time crook; ⇒ soldat;7 ( pour minimiser) little; chante-nous une petite chanson give us a little song; un petit coup de rouge a little glass of red wine; un petit visage triste a sad little face; un bon petit vin/restaurant a nice little wine/restaurant; un petit cadeau/secret a little gift/secret; une petite faveur a little favourGB; de bons petits plats tasty dishes; un petit coin tranquille a quiet spot; envoie-moi un petit mot drop me a line; passe-moi un petit coup de fil○ give me a ring GB ou call; avoir de petites attentions pour qn to make a fuss of sb GB, to fuss over sb; il faut une petite signature ici could I ask you to sign here, please?; je n'ai eu que deux petites semaines de congé! I only had two short weeks off!; j'en ai pour une petite minute/heure it won't take me a minute/more than an hour; une petite trentaine de personnes under thirty people;8 ( en sentiment) mon petit Pierre my dear Pierre; mon petit papa darling daddy; mon petit chéri/ange my darling/angel; mon petit chou○ or poulet○ sweetie○, honey○; une petite garce◑ a bitch◑; un petit imbécile an idiot; très préoccupée de sa petite personne very taken up with herself; il tient à sa petite tranquillité he likes a nice quiet life;9 ( mesquin) [personne, procédé] petty, mean; ( étroit) [conception] narrow; les petits esprits small-minded people.B nm,f1 ( enfant) little boy/girl, child; ( benjamin) le petit ( de deux) the younger one; ( de plus de deux) the youngest one; les petits the children, the kids○; pauvre petit! poor thing!; la petite Martin the Martin girl; les petits Martin the Martin children; ils ont deux petits they have two children; elle a eu un petit she's had a baby; n'aie pas peur, mon petit don't be afraid;2 ( adulte de petite taille) small man/woman; les petits small people.C adv voir petit ( sous-estimer) to underestimate; ( être sans ambition) to have no ambition; chausser/tailler petit [chaussures, vêtements] to be small-fitting; petit à petit little by little, gradually; ⇒ oiseau.D nm1 ( jeune animal) petits young; ( chats) kittens; ( chiens) puppies; (loups, lions, ours) cubs, young; le mammifère allaite ses petits mammals suckle their young; la lionne et ses petits the lioness and her cubs ou young; comment s'appelle le petit de la chèvre? what do you call a baby ou young goat?; faire des petits [chienne] to have puppies; fig ( se multiplier) [argent] to grow; ( se briser) [vase] to end up in bits;2 ( personne modeste) les petits ordinary people; un petit de la finance a minor figure in the world of finance.petit aigle Zool scops owl; petit ami boyfriend; petit bassin Anat lower pelvis; ( de piscine) small pool; petit blanc ( vin) small glass of white wine; petit bleu† Postes telegram; petit bois ( d'allumage) kindling; petit cacatois fore royal sail; petit chef petty tyrant; jouer au petit chef to throw one's weight around○; petit coin○ euph ( toilettes) loo○ GB, bathroom US; aller au petit coin to go to the loo○ GB ou bathroom US; petit commerçant small trader; petit commerce small traders (pl); petit crème small espresso with milk; petit déjeuner breakfast; petit endroit = petit coin; petit four petit four; petit hunier Naut fore topsail; petit juif○ funny bone; petit linge underwear; laver son petit linge to wash one's smalls○; petit maître minor master; petit noir coffee; petit nom○ ( prénom) first name; petit paquet small packet; petit perroquet Naut fore topgallant sail; petit peuple lower classes (pl); petit point petit point; petit pois (garden) pea, petit pois; petit porteur small shareholder; petit pot ( pour bébés) jar of baby food; petit quart Naut dogwatch; petit rat (de l'Opéra) pupil at Paris Opéra's ballet school; petit roque ( aux échecs) castling short; petit salé streaky salted pork; petit trot jog trot; petite amie girlfriend; petite annonce Presse classified advertisement ou ad○; petite caisse petty cash; petite école○ ≈ nursery school; petite main seamstress (at a top fashion house); petite mort orgasm; petite nature weakling; petite phrase (memorable) saying; petite reine Sport cycling; petite souris tooth fairy; petite vérole smallpox; petite voiture toy car; petites annonces matrimoniales personal ads; petites classes○ Scol younger children; petites et moyennes entreprises, PME small and medium enterprises, SMEs; petites sœurs des pauvres Little Sisters of the Poor; petits chevaux Jeux ≈ ludo (sg); petits métiers du passé traditional crafts.( féminin petite) [p(ə)ti, p(ə)tit] (devant nom masculin commençant par voyelle ou h muet [p(ə)tit]) adjectifune personne de petite taille a small ou short personil y a un petit mur entre les deux jardins there's a low ou small wall between the two gardensa. (familier) [femme] a tiny little womanb. [fillette] a tiny little girla. [de bébé] little fat legsb. [d'adulte] short fat legselle a de petits pieds she's got small ou little feetun petit "a" a lower-case ou small "a"se faire tout petit [passer inaperçu] to make oneself inconspicuous, to keep a low profilea. [par respect ou timidité] to humble oneself before somebodyb. [par poltronnerie] to cower ou to shrink before somebody[exprime l'approximation]on y sera dans une petite heure we'll be there in a bit less than ou in under an houril y a un petit kilomètre d'ici à la ferme ≃ it's no more than ou just under three quarters of a mile from here to the farm2. [faible] smallexpédition/émission à petit budget low-budget expedition/programmepetit loyer low ou moderate rentpetite retraite/rente small pension/annuityune petite Chinoise a young ou little Chinese girlun petit lion/léopard a lion/leopard cubun petit éléphant a baby elephant, an elephant calfun petit séjour a short ou brief stay5. [dans une hiérarchie]les petits agriculteurs/propriétaires small farmers/landownersa. [sommes] low salaries, small wagesb. [employés] low-paid workersil s'est trouvé un petit emploi au service exportation he found a minor post in the export departmentpetit peintre/poète minor painter/poetune petite intervention chirurgicale minor surgery, a small ou minor operationil y a un petit défaut there's a slight ou small ou minor defectj'ai eu un petit rhume I had a bit of a cold ou a slight cold7. [léger] slight8. [avec une valeur affective] littlej'ai trouvé une petite couturière/un petit garagiste I've found a very good little seamstress/garagefais-moi une petite place make a little space for me, give me a (little) ou tiny bit of roomalors, mon petit Paul, comment ça va?a. [dit par une femme] how's life, Paul, dear?b. [dit par un homme plus âgé] how's life, young Paul?[pour encourager]tu mangeras bien une petite glace! come on, have an ice cream!je n'ai pas le temps de faire un match — juste un petit! I've no time to play a match — come on, just a quick one![avec une valeur admirative]petit débrouillard! you're smart!, you don't miss a thing!(euphémisme) [notable][avec une valeur dépréciative]j'en ai assez de ses petits mystères/petites manigances! I'm fed up with her little mysteries/intrigues!————————, petite [p(ə)ti, p(ə)tit] (devant nom masculin commençant par voyelle ou h muet [p(ə)tit]) nom masculin, nom fémininc'est la petite d'en face (familier) it's the girl from across the street, it's the daughter of the people across the street, it's across the road's daughter (UK)quant aux petits, nous les emmènerons au zoo as for the younger children, we'll take them to the zooc'est un livre qui fera les délices des petits comme des grands this book will delight young and old (alike)4. [avec une valeur affective - à un jeune] dear ; [ - à un bébé] little onea. [à un homme] dearmon petit, je suis fier de toia. [à un garçon] young man, I'm proud of youb. [à une fille] young lady, I'm proud of youviens, mon tout petit come here (my) little oneça, ma petite, vous ne l'emporterez pas au paradis! you'll never get away with it, my dear!la pauvre petite, comment va-t-elle faire? poor thing, however will she manage?————————nom masculin1. [animal] babya. [généralement] her youngb. [chatte] her kittensc. [chienne] her puppiesd. [tigresse, louve] her cubsa. [chienne] to have pupsb. [chatte] to have kittens2. [dans une hiérarchie]dans la course aux marchés, les petits sont piétinés in the race to gain markets, small firms ou businesses get trampled underfoot————————adverbe1. COMMERCEc'est un 38 mais ce modèle chausse/taille petit it says 38 but this style is a small fitting (UK) runs small (US)2. [juste]————————en petit locution adverbiale[en petits caractères] in small characters ou letters[en miniature] in miniaturepetit à petit locution adverbiale -
9 superiore
"upper;Übergeordnet;superior"* * *1. adj topqualità superiorsuperiore alla media better than average2. m superior* * *superiore agg.1 ( in senso assoluto) superior: un essere superiore, a superior being; una mente superiore, a superior mind; una persona superiore, an outstanding person; qualità superiore, superior quality: merce di qualità superiore, first-class goods // ha sempre un'aria superiore, ( di superiorità) he always has a superior air (o an air of superiority)2 ( con valore comparativo) superior: è superiore a tutti noi in intelligenza, he is superior to us all in intelligence; fummo travolti da una forza superiore, we were overwhelmed by a superior force; la squadra avversaria era nettamente superiore, the opposing team was definitely superior; i nemici erano superiori in numero, the enemy were superior in number3 ( più alto, più elevato) higher: un grado superiore, a higher degree; prezzo, temperatura, velocità superiore, higher price, temperature, speed; una somma superiore, a larger amount; vendere a prezzo superiore, to sell at a higher price4 ( sovrastante) upper: labbro, mascella, arto superiore, upper lip, jaw, limb; i piani superiori di una casa, the upper floors of a house; abita al piano superiore, he lives on the floor above; ( di una casa a due piani) he lives on the upper floor; il corso superiore di un fiume, the upper course of a river; le regioni superiori dell'atmosfera, the upper atmosphere // le classi superiori, the upper classes // (geol.) cretaceo superiore, Upper Cretaceous5 ( al di sopra) above: superiore alla media, above average: statura superiore alla media, above average height; è superiore a ogni sospetto, critica, lode, he is above suspicion, criticism, praise; è superiore a queste meschinità, he is above (o superior to) such meanness; è un prezzo superiore alle mie possibilità, it's a price above (o beyond) my possibilities; obbedire a ordini superiori, to obey orders from above7 ( più avanzato) advanced: matematica superiore, advanced mathematics; scuola superiore di disegno, advanced school of drawing; studi superiori, advanced studies; istruzione superiore, higher education◆ s.m.1 superior: rispettoso con i superiori, respectful to one's superiors; fu chiamato dal suo superiore, he was called by his superior; un ufficiale deve ubbidire ai superiori, an officer must obey his superiors (in rank)* * *[supe'rjore]1. agg2) (che sta più in alto: rami, classe) upper, (livello) higheril corso superiore di un fiume — the upper reaches pl of a river
al piano superiore — on the upper floor, (di edificio a più piani) on the floor above
scuola superiore; scuole superiori — secondary school Brit, senior high (school) Am
2. sm3. sfplle superiori — secondary school Brit, senior high (school) Am
* * *[supe'rjore] 1.1) (di sopra) [arti, labbro, mascella, piano] upper; [ parte] top, upper2) (in valore) [temperatura, velocità, costo] higher (a than); [ dimensioni] bigger (a than); [ durata] longer (a than)temperature -i ai 5°C — temperatures above 5°C
tassi d'interesse -i al 3% — interest rates higher than o above 3%
3) (migliore) superior (a to)sentirsi superiore a qcn. — to feel superior to sb
4) (in una gerarchia) [gradi, classi] upper2.sostantivo maschile1) (capo) superior, senior2) relig. superior3.sostantivo femminile plurale superiori scol. = course of studies following middle school or junior high school and preceeding university* * *superiore/supe'rjore/1 (di sopra) [arti, labbro, mascella, piano] upper; [ parte] top, upper; abitare al piano superiore to live upstairs2 (in valore) [temperatura, velocità, costo] higher ( a than); [ dimensioni] bigger ( a than); [ durata] longer ( a than); superiore alla media above average; temperature -i ai 5°C temperatures above 5°C; tassi d'interesse -i al 3% interest rates higher than o above 3%; assegni -i ai 100 euro cheques (for) over 100 euros; essere in numero superiore o numericamente superiore to be greater in number3 (migliore) superior ( a to); una mente superiore a superior mind; sentirsi superiore a qcn. to feel superior to sb.4 (in una gerarchia) [ gradi, classi] upper; istruzione superiore higher education1 (capo) superior, senior2 relig. superiorIII superiori f.pl.scol. = course of studies following middle school or junior high school and preceeding university. -
10 inferiore
1. adj lowerfig inferior (a to)di qualità inferiore of inferior qualityessere inferiore a qualcuno be inferior to someone, be someone's inferiorinferiore alla media below average2. m f inferior( subalterno) subordinate* * *inferiore agg.1 (meno buono, non all'altezza) inferior (to): sentirsi inferiore, to feel inferior; merci di qualità inferiore, goods of inferior quality (o second-rate o low-quality goods); è inferiore a loro in intelligenza, he's inferior to them in intelligence // si dimostrò inferiore alle aspettative, he proved to be below expectation // fu inferiore alla sua fama, he did not live up to his reputation2 (più basso, meno elevato) lower: temperatura, velocità inferiore, lower temperature, speed; quel negozio pratica prezzi inferiori, that shop has lower prices; il corso inferiore di un fiume, the lower course of a river; gli appartamenti ai piani inferiori costano meno, the flats on the lower floors cost less // (geol.) cretaceo inferiore, Lower Cretaceous // le classi inferiori, the lower classes3 (sottostante) lower; below: labbro, mascella inferiore, lower lip, jaw; abita al piano inferiore, he lives on the floor below4 (di grado) junior: ufficiali inferiori, junior officers◆ s.m. (subalterno) subordinate.* * *[infe'rjore]1. agg(parte, rango, velocità) lower, (quantità, numero) smaller, (qualità, intelligenza) inferioril piano inferiore — the next floor down, the floor below
inferiore a — (numero, quantità) less o smaller than, below, (meno buono) inferior to
2. sm/f* * *[infe'rjore] 1.1) (sottostante) [arti, labbro, mascella, piano] lower; [ parte] bottom, lower2) (in valore) [temperatura, velocità, costo, salario, numero] lower (a than); [ durata] shorter (a than); [taglia, dimensione] smaller (a than)temperature -i ai 30 gradi — temperatures lower than o under 30 degrees
tassi d'interesse -i al 5% — interest rates below 5%
3) (peggiore) inferior (a to)la sua prestazione è stata inferiore alle aspettative — his performance didn't come up to expectations
fare sentire qcn. inferiore — to make sb. feel inferior
4) (in una gerarchia) [gradi, classi] lower2.sostantivo maschile e sostantivo femminile inferior, subordinate* * *inferiore/infe'rjore/1 (sottostante) [arti, labbro, mascella, piano] lower; [ parte] bottom, lower; abitare al piano inferiore to live downstairs2 (in valore) [temperatura, velocità, costo, salario, numero] lower (a than); [ durata] shorter (a than); [taglia, dimensione] smaller (a than); temperature -i ai 30 gradi temperatures lower than o under 30 degrees; la visibilità è inferiore ai 50 metri visibility is below 50 metres; inferiore alla media below average; tassi d'interesse -i al 5% interest rates below 5%3 (peggiore) inferior (a to); la sua prestazione è stata inferiore alle aspettative his performance didn't come up to expectations; fare sentire qcn. inferiore to make sb. feel inferior4 (in una gerarchia) [gradi, classi] lowerII m. e f.inferior, subordinate. -
11 scuola
f schoolscuola di lingue language schoolscuola elementare primary schoolscuola media secondary schoolscuola serale evening classes plscuola superiore high schoolscuola guida driving schoolandare a scuola go to school* * *scuola s.f.1 school; ( istruzione) education: scuola materna, nursery school; scuola elementare, primary (o elementary) school; scuola media inferiore, secondary school (o amer. junior high school); scuola media superiore, secondary school (o amer. high school); scuola mista, mixed school; scuola parificata, state-recognised private school; scuola parrocchiale, parish school; scuola privata, private school; scuola pubblica, state school; scuola dell'obbligo, compulsory education; scuola rurale, rural (o village) school; scuola a tempo pieno, full-time school; scuola diurna, day-classes; scuola serale, evening classes (o evening school); scuola all'aperto, open-air school; scuola magistrale, (teachers) training college; scuola tecnica, technical school; scuola commerciale, commercial school (o school of commerce); scuola aziendale, business school; scuola professionale, vocational (o trade) school; scuola di economia, school of economics; scuola di ballo, dancing school; scuola di disegno, drawing (o art) school; scuola di equitazione, riding school; scuola di scherma, fencing school; scuola di taglio, school of dress-making; compagno di scuola, school-friend (o schoolfellow o schoolmate); maestra di scuola, schoolmistress (o schoolteacher); maestro di scuola, schoolmaster (o schoolteacher); andare a scuola, to go to school; quando riapre la scuola?, when will school start again?; lasciare la scuola, to leave school; la scuola non gli piace, he does not like school // marinare la scuola, to play truant // cantiere scuola, workshop // nave scuola, training ship // alta scuola, haute école2 ( lezione) school, lesson (anche fig.); ( esempio) example: ieri non avemmo scuola, yesterday we had no lessons (o school); faccio scuola dalle 17 alle 21, I teach from 5 o'clock to 9 o'clock; questo periodo all'estero sarà un'ottima scuola per lui, this period abroad will be a very good experience for him; la scuola dell'esperienza, the school of experience; ciò ti serva di scuola, let this be a lesson (o an example) to you // seguire la scuola di qlcu., to follow s.o.'s example3 (arte, fil., scient.) school: (pitt.) la scuola fiamminga, fiorentina, the Dutch, Florentine school; (lett.) la scuola romantica, the Romantic school; (fil.) la scuola socratica, platonica, the Socratic, Platonic school // cresciuto alla scuola del materialismo, reared in the school of materialism // appartiene alla vecchia scuola, he belongs to the old school // fare scuola, to create a school (o to set a fashion).* * *['skwɔla]1. sf(istituzione, edificio) school2. agg invSee:Cultural note: scuola Following the passage of the law on educational reform in 2003, Italian children go to "scuola dell'infanzia" for three years (age 3-6), after which they attend "scuola primaria" for five years (age 6-11). The first stage of education is then completed by three years of "scuola secondaria di primo grado" (age 11-14). For the second stage of their education, students can choose between various types of school and can specialize in various subjects.* * *['skwɔla]sostantivo femminile1) schoolessere, andare a scuola — to be at, to go to school
avere scuola — (lezione) to have school
2) (sistema) education (system)3) (fonte di formazione) school (di of), training (di for, in)scuola di vita — school of hard knocks, university of life, training for life
4) art. letter. filos. school•scuola elementare — primary o elementary school, grade school AE
scuola di lingue — school of languages, language school
scuola magistrale — = formerly, high school specializing in education
scuola materna — nursery school, kindergarten, preschool AE
scuola media inferiore — = three years post elementary course, middle school BE, junior high school AE
scuola media superiore — = course of studies following middle school/junior high school and preceding university
scuola pubblica — state school, public school AE
scuola serale — evening school, night school
scuola di stato o statale state school; scuola superiore — secondary school
••fare scuola — (insegnare) to teach (school); (avere seguaci) to gain a following
* * *scuola/'skwɔla/sostantivo f.1 school; essere, andare a scuola to be at, to go to school; la scuola è finita school is over; fin dai tempi della scuola since one's schooldays; avere scuola (lezione) to have school2 (sistema) education (system); riformare la scuola to reform the education system3 (fonte di formazione) school (di of), training (di for, in); scuola di vita school of hard knocks, university of life, training for life; della vecchia scuola of the old school\scuola alberghiera hotel-management school; scuola di ballo dancing school; scuola per corrispondenza correspondence college; scuola di danza ballet school; scuola elementare primary o elementary school, grade school AE; scuola guida driving school; scuola di lingue school of languages, language school; scuola magistrale = formerly, high school specializing in education; scuola materna nursery school, kindergarten, preschool AE; scuola media inferiore = three years post elementary course, middle school BE, junior high school AE; scuola media superiore = course of studies following middle school/junior high school and preceding university; scuola dell'obbligo compulsory education; scuola privata private school; scuola professionale vocational school; scuola pubblica state school, public school AE; scuola secondaria → scuola superiore; scuola serale evening school, night school; scuola di stato o statale state school; scuola superiore secondary school. -
12 Historical Portugal
Before Romans described western Iberia or Hispania as "Lusitania," ancient Iberians inhabited the land. Phoenician and Greek trading settlements grew up in the Tagus estuary area and nearby coasts. Beginning around 202 BCE, Romans invaded what is today southern Portugal. With Rome's defeat of Carthage, Romans proceeded to conquer and rule the western region north of the Tagus, which they named Roman "Lusitania." In the fourth century CE, as Rome's rule weakened, the area experienced yet another invasion—Germanic tribes, principally the Suevi, who eventually were Christianized. During the sixth century CE, the Suevi kingdom was superseded by yet another Germanic tribe—the Christian Visigoths.A major turning point in Portugal's history came in 711, as Muslim armies from North Africa, consisting of both Arab and Berber elements, invaded the Iberian Peninsula from across the Straits of Gibraltar. They entered what is now Portugal in 714, and proceeded to conquer most of the country except for the far north. For the next half a millennium, Islam and Muslim presence in Portugal left a significant mark upon the politics, government, language, and culture of the country.Islam, Reconquest, and Portugal Created, 714-1140The 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, 1140-1385Two 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 inPortugal (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, 1385-1580The 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, 1580-1640Despite 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, 1640-1822Foreign 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 theChurch (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, 1822-1910During 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, 1910-26Portugal'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), 1926-74During 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, 1974-76Following 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 untilUN intervention in September 1999. Following UN rule for several years, East Timor attained full independence on 20 May 2002.Consolidation of Democracy, 1976-2000After 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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m.1 year.2 course (lecciones).un curso de inglés/informática an English/computing coursecurso por correspondencia correspondence coursecurso intensivo crash course3 textbook (texto, manual).4 course (dirección) (de río, acontecimientos).dar curso a algo to give free rein to something; (dar rienda suelta) to process o deal with something (tramitar)en el curso de una semana ha habido tres accidentes there have been three accidents in the course of a weekla situación comenzará a mejorar en el curso de un año the situation will begin to improve within a yearseguir su curso to go on, to continue5 trend, development.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: cursar.* * *1 (dirección) course, direction■ ¿cuándo empieza el curso? when do classes start?3 (río) flow, current\dejar que las cosas sigan su curso figurado to let things take their courseen el curso de... figurado during the course of...estar en curso figurado to be under wayaño en curso current yearcurso acelerado crash coursemes en curso current monthmoneda de curso legal legal tender* * *noun m.1) course2) school year* * *SM1) (Escol, Univ) (=año escolar) year; (=clase) year, class ( esp EEUU)los alumnos del segundo curso — second year pupils, the second years
curso escolar — school year, academic year
2) (=estudios) courseapertura/clausura de curso — beginning/end of term
curso acelerado — crash course, intensive course
curso intensivo — crash course, intensive course
3) [de río] coursecurso de agua, curso fluvial — watercourse
4) (=desarrollo) courseun nuevo tratamiento que retrasa el curso de la enfermedad — a new treatment which delays the course of the illness
seguimos por la tele el curso de la carrera — we watched the progress o course of the race on TV
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en curso, el proceso judicial está en curso — the case is under way o in progressel año en curso — the present year, the current year
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en el curso de, en el curso de la entrevista — during the interview, in o during the course of the interview5) frm•
dar curso a algo, dar curso a una solicitud — to deal with an applicationestaba dando curso a las instrucciones recibidas — she was carrying out the instructions she had received
dar libre curso a algo: dio libre curso a sus pensamientos — he gave free rein to his thoughts
6) (Com)* * *1) (Educ)a) ( año académico) yearel curso escolar/universitario — the academic year
b) ( clases) coursec) ( grupo de alumnos) year2)a) (transcurso, desarrollo) courseel año/el mes en curso — (frml) the current year/month (frml)
dar curso a algo — (a una instancia/solicitud) to start to process something; ( a la imaginación) to give free rein to something
b) ( de río) course3) ( circulación)monedas/billetes de curso legal — legal tender, legal currency
* * *1) (Educ)a) ( año académico) yearel curso escolar/universitario — the academic year
b) ( clases) coursec) ( grupo de alumnos) year2)a) (transcurso, desarrollo) courseel año/el mes en curso — (frml) the current year/month (frml)
dar curso a algo — (a una instancia/solicitud) to start to process something; ( a la imaginación) to give free rein to something
b) ( de río) course3) ( circulación)monedas/billetes de curso legal — legal tender, legal currency
* * *curso11 = course, taught course, year, course unit, grade.Ex: Earlier in this course we defined a compound subject as consisting, at the level of summarization, of a basic subject and two or more of its isolates.
Ex: During the early 1970s European studies became a fashionable growth area boosted by the trend towards inter-disciplinarity in taught courses.Ex: General lectures to a whole year, or even several courses, are supplemented with more specialised tutorials or practicals, frequently in small groups.Ex: This paper discusses the library education programme in the 1st library school in Nigeria to offer the course unit system as operated in the USA.Ex: Each grade tackles a different genre e.g. fifth graders read historical fiction.* alumno de cuarto curso = fourth grader.* alumno de primer curso = first grader.* alumno de quinto curso = fifth grader.* alumno de segundo curso = second grader.* alumno de séptimo curso = seventh grader.* alumno de sexto curso = sixth grader.* alumno de tercer curso = third grader.* alumno de un curso = grader.* asistir a un curso = attend + course.* bibliografía recomendada para el curso = course reading.* calificación del curso = course grade.* celebrar un curso especial = hold + institute.* curso académico = academic course.* curso acelerado = crash course.* curso a distancia = telecourse.* curso a tiempo completo = full-time course.* curso con créditos = credit course.* curso de clases magistrales = lecture course.* curso de diplomatura = undergraduate course, honours course.* curso de formación = training course.* curso de formación continua = continuing education course.* curso de iniciación = induction course.* curso de licenciatura = postgraduate course.* curso de orientación = orientation.* curso de reciclaje = refresher course, retraining course.* curso de verano = summer institute, summer session.* curso escolar = school year.* curso inferior = junior class.* curso intensivo = intensive course, crash course.* curso intensivo con residencia = residential programme.* curso introductorio = induction course.* curso mixto de clases y práctica en la empresa = sandwich course.* curso modular = modular course.* curso para alumnos con matrícula libre = part-time course.* curso por correspondencia = correspondence course.* curso que abarca varias disciplinas = umbrella course.* curso que tiene lugar fuera de la universidad = extension course, off-campus course.* cursos = coursework [course work].* cursos de gestión de información = management course.* cursos de verano = summer school.* cursos en línea = courseware.* curso superior = senior class.* cursos virtuales = courseware.* demasiado mayor para su curso = overage for grade.* director de curso = course leader.* discurso de fin de curso = commencement salutatory.* diseñador de curso = course planner.* documentación de un curso = course pack.* estudiante de cursos superiores = upperclassman.* estudiante de último curso = final year student.* estudiante universitario de último curso = senior major.* hacer un curso = take + course.* material del curso = course material, curriculum material, curriculum resource.* nota del curso = course grade.* oferta de cursos = course offering.* ofrecer un curso = offer + course.* organizar un curso = arrange + course, run + course.* primer curso = first grade.* programa de curso = course program(me).* programa del curso = course syllabus.* quinto curso = fifth grade.* realización de cursos = coursework [course work].* repetición de cursos = grade retention.* segundo curso = second grade.* sistema virtual de gestión de cursos = course management system.curso22 = course.Ex: The course of the race contains many steep hills, often paved with cobblestones.
* bibliografía en curso = current bibliography.* curso de agua = water body [waterbody].* curso de un río = course of a river.* desviarse del curso = veer from + course.* en curso = in process, underway [under way], in progress, ongoing [on-going], afoot, current, under preparation.* en el curso de la historia = in the course of history.* en el curso normal de = in the mainstream of.* en el curso normal de las cosas = in the normal run of things, in the normal run of events.* en el curso normal de los acontecimientos = in the normal run of events, in the normal run of things.* fichero de catalogación en curso = in-process cataloguing file.* marcar el curso = chart + course.* moneda de curso legal = legal tender.* proyecto en curso = work in progress.* publicación periódica en curso = current periodical.* publicación seriada en curso = current serial.* revista en curso = current journal.* seguir un curso de acción = follow + track.* trabajo en curso = work in progress.* * *A ( Educ)1 (año académico) yearestá en (el) tercer curso he's in the third yearel curso escolar/universitario the academic year2 (clases) courseestá haciendo un curso de contabilidad she's doing an accountancy course, she's doing a course in accountancy o accounting3 (grupo de alumnos) yearuna chica de mi curso a girl in my yearCompuestos:● curso acelerado or intensivocrash o intensive coursecorrespondence courseB1(transcurso, desarrollo): en el curso de la reunión in the course of o during the meetingseguir atentamente el curso de los acontecimientos to follow the development of events very closelyes su segunda visita en el curso del año it is her second visit this yeardar curso a algo ‹a una instancia/solicitud› to start to process sth;‹a la imaginación› to give free rein to sthdio libre curso a su indignación he gave vent to his indignation2 (de un río) courseríos de curso rápido fast flowing riversC(circulación): monedas/billetes de curso legal legal tender, legal currency* * *
Del verbo cursar: ( conjugate cursar)
curso es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
cursó es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
cursar
curso
cursar ( conjugate cursar) verbo transitivo ( estudiar):
cursó estudios de Derecho she did o studied o (BrE) read Law
curso sustantivo masculino
1 (Educ)
el curso escolar/universitario the academic year
◊ curso intensivo crash o intensive course;
Ccurso de Orientación Universitaria ( en Esp) pre-university course;
curso por correspondencia correspondence course
2
3 ( circulación):
cursar verbo transitivo
1 (estudiar) to study
2 (enviar) to send
(tramitar) to process
curso sustantivo masculino
1 (marcha de acontecimientos, río) course
(transcurso) en el curso de estos años he ido conociéndola, I've got to know her over the years
estará listo en el curso de esta semana, it'll be ready in the course of this week
año o mes en curso, current year o month
2 (rumbo, trayectoria) course: cada uno siguió su curso, each of them took his own course
3 (año académico) year
(niños de una misma clase) class
4 (clases sobre una materia) course
5 Fin moneda de curso legal, legal tender
' curso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
COU
- de
- dinamizar
- entrada
- entrado
- ser
- iniciación
- invertir
- marcha
- nos
- pelada
- pelado
- reciclaje
- retener
- satisfacción
- seguir
- acabar
- acceso
- acelerado
- año
- apertura
- apuntar
- base
- bibliografía
- corriente
- corto
- cursar
- cursillo
- delegado
- dictar
- duración
- elemental
- grado
- iniciar
- inscribir
- inscripción
- pasar
- perder
- preámbulo
- preparatorio
- programa
- repetir
- reprobar
- sacar
- semestral
- semestre
- teórico
- terminar
- torcer
- tutor
English:
A-level
- academy
- advanced
- ancillary
- correspondence course
- course
- crash course
- current
- go along with
- graduate
- intensive
- legal tender
- nature
- ongoing
- PGCE
- postgraduate
- profit
- progress
- required
- sandwich course
- senior
- tender
- year
- bias
- blow
- correspondence
- drop
- form
- foundation
- go
- grade
- home
- legal
- lower
- on
- process
- program
- retrain
- sophomore
- summer
- though
* * *curso nm1. [año académico] year;¿en qué curso estás? what year are you in?curso académico academic year;curso escolar school year2. [lecciones] course;un curso de inglés/informática an English/computing coursecurso por correspondencia correspondence course;curso intensivo crash course;Educ curso puente = intermediate course which enables a university student to change degree courses3. [grupo de alumnos] class4. [texto, manual] textbook5. [evolución] [de acontecimientos] course;[de la economía] trend;el curso de la enfermedad es positivo he has taken a turn for the better;dar curso a algo [dar rienda suelta] to give free rein to sth;[tramitar] to process sth, to deal with sth;en el curso de una semana ha habido tres accidentes there have been three accidents in the course of a week;la situación comenzará a mejorar en el curso de un año the situation will begin to improve within a year;en curso [mes, año] current;[trabajo] in progress;seguir su curso to go on, to continue6. [circulación]billete/moneda de curso legal legal tender7. [de río] course;el curso alto/medio the upper/middle reaches* * *m1 course;en el curso de in the course of2 COM:moneda de curso legal legal tender3 EDU:pasar de curso move up a grade;perder el curso miss the school year;repetir curso repeat a grade* * *curso nm1) : course, direction2) : school year3) : course, subject (in school)* * *curso n1. (en general) course2. (año) year¿qué curso haces? what year are you in? -
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m ordermettere in ordine tidy upordine alfabetico alphabetical orderordine di pagamento payment orderdi prim'ordine first-rate, first-classordine del giorno agendaordine permanente finance standing order* * *ordine s.m.1 order, arrangement; ( fila, serie) series*, sequence: ordine alfabetico, cronologico, alphabetical, chronological order; ordine logico, logical order; ordine numerico, numerical order; (sport) ordine d'arrivo, order of arrival; in base all'ordine di partenza sono il primo, according to the starting order I am the first; in ordine di età, importanza, in order of age, importance; numero d'ordine, serial number; in ordine di apparizione, in order of appearance; che ordine in camera tua!, what a neat room!; ha la mania dell'ordine, he is obsessed with tidiness; cerchiamo di procedere con ordine, let's try to be methodical; mettetevi in ordine di altezza, line up by height; metter in ordine alfabetico, to put in alphabetical order; mettere in ordine di data, to put in order of date // mettere qlco. in ordine, ( riassettare) to tidy sthg. up (o to put sthg. in order): mettere in ordine la camera, to tidy (up) the bedroom; mettiti in ordine che usciamo, tidy yourself up, we're going out; ho appena finito di rimettere in ordine gli appunti, I've just finished putting my notes in order; mettere in ordine i propri affari, to straighten (out) one's affairs; se non fai un po' di ordine sulla scrivania, non troverai niente!, if you don't tidy (up) your desk, you won't find anything! // tenere in ordine i libri, to keep the books tidy (o in order) // essere in ordine, to be in order, ( di persona) to be tidy: la casa è in perfetto ordine, the house is in perfect order; è tutto in ordine, possiamo partire, everything is in order, we can leave // ordine di idee, scheme of things: ciò non rientra nel mio ordine di idee, this does not enter into my scheme of things; entrare nell'ordine di idee di fare qlco., to come round to the idea of doing sthg. // all'ordine del giorno, on the agenda: questioni all'ordine del giorno, items on the agenda; passare all'ordine del giorno, to proceed with the business on the agenda (o to the business of the day); mettere un argomento all'ordine del giorno, to table an item; è un argomento all'ordine del giorno, (fig.) it's a topical subject; ormai le sue scenate sono all'ordine del giorno, (estens.) his scenes are now everyday occurrences // (mil.) ordine sparso, chiuso, open, close order: avanzare in ordine sparso, to advance in open order // ritirarsi in buon ordine, to retire in good order; il mio progetto era troppo caro e quindi mi sono ritirato in buon ordine, my plan was too expensive so I backed down // (comm.) in ordine a, with regard to (o as to o following): in ordine alla vostra proposta, with regard to your proposal2 ( comando) order, direction: ordine scritto, written order; fino a nuovo ordine, until further orders; per ordine di, by order of; ho l'ordine di restare qui, I have orders to remain here; ricevette l'ordine di andare all'estero, he was ordered abroad; dare ordine che sia fatto qlco., to give orders for sthg. to be done; dare, eseguire un ordine, to give (o to carry out) an order; eseguivo soltanto gli ordini, I was acting under orders; essere agli ordini di qlcu., to be at s.o.'s beck and call, (mil.) to be under s.o.'s orders (o command); ubbidire a un ordine, to obey an order; non prendo ordini da nessuno, I don't take orders from anyone; chi l'ha autorizzato a dare ordini?, who authorized him to give orders? // (mil.) agli ordini!, yes, sir! // parola d'ordine, password: quest'anno nella moda la parola d'ordine è 'minigonna', (fig.) this year in the world of fashion the miniskirt is a must3 (dir.) order, injunction; rule; decree; ( mandato) warrant; writ: ordine di comparizione, summons; ordine di sequestro, writ of attachment4 (econ.) order, request: ordine di pagamento, order of payment (o payment order), (banca) banker's order; ordine di prelievo, stock withdrawal order; ordine di acquisto, purchase order; ordine di merci per l'esportazione, indent; ordine di prova, trial order; ordine verbale, verbal order; ordine inevaso, unfulfilled (o unexecuted) order; ordine aperto, open order; ordini non ancora eseguiti, arretrati, outstanding orders; ordine per corrispondenza, mail order; ordine ripetitivo, ( dello stesso genere di merci) repeat order; dare ordine di pagamento di una fattura, to authorize payment of an invoice; soddisfare un ordine, to execute (o carry out an order); inoltrare un ordine, to send in an order; passare un ordine a qlcu., to place an order with s.o. (o to remit an order to s.o.); accusare ricevuta d'ordine, to acknowledge receipt of an order; annullare un ordine, to cancel an order; confermare un ordine, to confirm an order; evadere un ordine, to fill an order // (Borsa): ordine di Borsa, Stock Market order; ordine al listino, in chiusura, buy on close; ordine condizionato, contingent order; ordine debordant, stop order (o stop-loss order o resting order); ordine migliorando, split order; ordine revocabile, revocable order // (banca): all'ordine di, to the order of; ordine permanente, standing order; ordine di accreditamento, credit order; ordine di bonifico, payment order; ordine di fermo, stop payment; ordine di riscossione, di incasso, collection order5 ( disciplina) order: ordine pubblico, public order; (dir.) delitto contro l'ordine pubblico, breach of the peace; fu ristabilito l'ordine, order was restored; mantenere l'ordine, to keep order; richiamare all'ordine, to call (a meeting) to order6 ( categoria) order, rank, class: tutti gli ordini sociali erano rappresentati, all social classes were represented // ordine professionale, professional association; ordine degli Avvocati, Bar Association; Roll of Solicitors; ordine dei medici, Medical Association // di prim'ordine, first-class (attr.); first-rate: albergo di prim'ordine, first-class hotel; merce di prim'ordine, first-rate goods; artista di prim'ordine, first-rate artist; pranzo di prim'ordine, first-rate dinner; ristorante di infimo ordine, third-class restaurant // (amm.) impiegato d'ordine, junior employee // (dir.) ordine delle ipoteche, rank of mortgages7 ( genere) kind, nature: problemi d'ordine tecnico, problems of a technical nature (o technical problems); questo è un altro ordine di cose, this is a different matter altogether8 ( congregazione) order: ordine cavalleresco, religioso, order of chivalry, religious order // Ordine dei Cavalieri di Malta, Order of the Knights of Malta; Ordine dei Domenicani, Dominican Order9 pl. (eccl.) orders: ordini maggiori, minori, major, minor orders; ordini sacri, Holy Orders; prendere gli ordini sacri, to take Holy Orders10 (mat.) order: ordine di un gruppo, di un'equazione, order of a group, of an equation; relazione d'ordine, order relation // (fis.) ordine di grandezza, order of magnitude* * *['ordine]sostantivo maschile1) (comando) orderdare a qcn. l'ordine di fare — to give an order for sb. to do, to order sb. to do
non prendo -i da nessuno — I won't o don't take orders from anybody
agire su o per ordine di qcn. to act on sb.'s order; avere l'ordine di fare to be under o have orders to do; essere agli -i di qcn. to be under sb.'s orders (anche mil.); agli -i! mil. yes, sir! (anche scherz.); fino a nuovo ordine — until further orders
2) (criterio che ordina) orderin ordine alfabetico, cronologico — in alphabetical, chronological order
mettere in ordine alfabetico — to order alphabetically, to put in alphabetical order
ordine di partenza, di arrivo — sport starting order, order of arrival
avanzare in ordine sparso, serrato — to advance in scattered, close formation
primo, secondo ordine di posti in platea — first, second row of seats in the pit
4) (sistemazione ordinata) orderessere in ordine — [casa, armadio] to be tidy; [affari, conti] to be in order
mettere in ordine — to clear up, to tidy up, to sort out [stanza, armadio]; to order, to arrange, to sort [schedario, nomi, date]; to organize [libri, carte]
mettere ordine nei propri affari — to put o set one's affairs in order
far ordine nella propria vita — to put o set one's life in order, to sort out one's life
5) (disciplina)mantenere, ristabilire l'ordine — to keep, restore order
richiamare qcn. all'ordine — to call sb. to order
ordine pubblico — public order, peace
6) (natura, categoria)dell'ordine del 15% — of BE o in AE the order of 15%
di prim'ordine — first-class, first-rate, high-class
di second'ordine — second-class, second-rate
7) arch. biol. order8) (associazione, confraternita) orderl'ordine degli avvocati — the Bar, bar association AE
9) relig.-i maggiori, minori — major, minor orders
10) relig. (sacramento) ordination, ordering11) stor. order12) econ. orderordine d'acquisto, di vendita, di consegna, di pagamento — buying, selling, delivery, money order
•* * *ordine/'ordine/sostantivo m.1 (comando) order; dare a qcn. l'ordine di fare to give an order for sb. to do, to order sb. to do; ricevere l'ordine di fare to take the order to do; eseguire un ordine to carry out an order; non prendo -i da nessuno I won't o don't take orders from anybody; agire su o per ordine di qcn. to act on sb.'s order; avere l'ordine di fare to be under o have orders to do; essere agli -i di qcn. to be under sb.'s orders (anche mil.); agli -i! mil. yes, sir! (anche scherz.); fino a nuovo ordine until further orders2 (criterio che ordina) order; in ordine alfabetico, cronologico in alphabetical, chronological order; mettere in ordine alfabetico to order alphabetically, to put in alphabetical order; ordine di partenza, di arrivo sport starting order, order of arrival; avanzare in ordine sparso, serrato to advance in scattered, close formation3 (insieme di elementi) primo, secondo ordine di posti in platea first, second row of seats in the pit4 (sistemazione ordinata) order; essere in ordine [ casa, armadio] to be tidy; [ affari, conti] to be in order; tenere una stanza in ordine to keep a room tidy; mettere in ordine to clear up, to tidy up, to sort out [ stanza, armadio]; to order, to arrange, to sort [ schedario, nomi, date]; to organize [ libri, carte]; mettere ordine nei propri affari to put o set one's affairs in order; far ordine nella propria vita to put o set one's life in order, to sort out one's life; è amante dell'ordine e della pulizia he likes order and tidiness5 (disciplina) mantenere, ristabilire l'ordine to keep, restore order; richiamare qcn. all'ordine to call sb. to order; ordine pubblico public order, peace; le forze dell'ordine the police6 (natura, categoria) è un problema di ordine economico it's a problem of an economic nature; è nell'ordine delle cose it's in the natural order of things; dell'ordine del 15% of BE o in AE the order of 15%; di prim'ordine first-class, first-rate, high-class; di second'ordine second-class, second-rate7 arch. biol. order8 (associazione, confraternita) order; ordine cavalleresco order of chivalry; l'ordine dei medici the medical association; l'ordine degli avvocati the Bar, bar association AE11 stor. order; l'Ordine della Giarrettiera the Order of the Garter12 econ. order; ordine d'acquisto, di vendita, di consegna, di pagamento buying, selling, delivery, money order; pagare all'ordine del signor Bianchi to pay to the order of Mr Bianchiordine del giorno agenda; essere all'ordine del giorno to be on the agenda (anche fig.); ordine di grandezza order of magnitude. -
15 ♦ rank
♦ rank (1) /ræŋk/n. [cu]1 ( anche mil. e ginnastica) fila; riga: the front [the rear] rank, la prima [l'ultima] fila; serried ranks, schiere serrate; to keep rank, stare nei ranghi; They lined up in ranks of five, si sono disposti in file di cinque2 (mil.) grado: the rank of major, il grado di maggiore; senior [junior] rank, grado superiore [inferiore]; He rose to the rank of inspector, ha ottenuto il grado di ispettore3 (pl.) the ranks (o the rank and file) la base ( di un partito politico, ecc.); (mil.) la truppa; the ranks of organized labour, le fila dei lavoratori organizzati (in sindacati); to join the ranks of the unemployed, finire nel numero dei disoccupati; (mil.) to reduce sb. to the ranks, degradare q. a soldato semplice; (mil. e fig.) to rise from the ranks, scalare i vertici; to swell the ranks, ingrossare le fila4 ceto, rango: people of all ranks and classes, gente d'ogni ceto e classe sociale; a man of ( high) rank, un uomo d'alto rango; a poet of the first rank, un poeta di primo rango● to break ranks, rompere le righe; (fig.) prendere le distanze; Members broke ranks with the party over the issue, i membri hanno preso le distanze dal partito riguardo la questione □ to close ranks ( anche fig.), serrare le fila □ to pull rank ( USA: one's rank) on sb., far pesare il proprio grado (o la propria autorità) su q.rank (2) /ræŋk/a.1 (spreg.) bell'e buono; vero e proprio: rank treason, un tradimento bell'e buono; I'm a rank amateur at photography, sono un fotografo assolutamente dilettante3 grossolano; volgare5 ( di terreno) troppo fertile: rank soil, terreno troppo fertile; ( di pianta) to grow rank, fare troppe foglie● rank pedantry, gretta pedanteriarankly avv. rankness n. [u]. (to) rank /ræŋk/A v. t.1 classificare; considerare: This hotel is ranked as one of the best in the city, questo albergo è considerato uno dei migliori della città; He is ranked third in the world, è classificato al terzo posto della graduatoria mondiale2 ( USA) precedere ( in grado); venire prima di: A general ranks (ingl.: ranks above) a colonel, generale viene prima di colonnello3 mettere in riga; schierareB v. i.1 essere ( il primo, il migliore, ecc.): This school ranks among the top schools in the country, questa scuola è una delle migliori del paese; No doubt China will rank among the Great Powers, senza dubbio la Cina farà parte delle grandi potenze; He ranks third on the list, è terzo nella lista2 essere considerato: He ranks as the best football player in the world, è considerato il miglior calciatore del mondo3 (mil., USA) avere il grado più alto: The major ranked at Fort Laramie, il maggiore era l'ufficiale di grado più alto a Fort Laramie● to rank above, essere superiore a; Salaries in this company rank above average, gli stipendi in questa azienda sono superiori alla media □ to rank after (o next to), venir (subito) dopo ( per grado, importanza): The hereditary prince ranks next to the king, il principe ereditario viene subito dopo il re □ to rank high [low], occupare un posto di rilievo [secondario]; Environmental concern ranks high among people's priorities, la preoccupazione per l'ambiente occupa un posto di rilievo tra le priorità della gente □ to rank with, equivalere a; essere dello stesso livello di; The best Californian wines rank with France's finest, i migliori vini californiani sono dello stesso livello dei vini francesi più raffinati. -
16 universidad
f.university.universidad a distancia = distance learning university, ? Open University (British)* * *1 university\universidad a distancia Open Universityuniversidad laboral technical college* * *noun f.* * *SF universityUniversidad a Distancia — ≈ Open University
universidad laboral — polytechnic, technical school o institute (EEUU)
Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia — ≈ Open University
universidad popular — extramural classes pl, extension courses pl
* * *femenino university* * *= university, college of arts and sciences, college, university college.Ex. Hugh C, Atkinson, Director of the university of Illinois Libraries, has consistently been in the forefront in applying automation to traditional library problems and services.Ex. All state-operated colleges of arts and science in New York state were given funds in fiscal year 1987-88 for collection preparation and barcoding.Ex. Peckham College is a moderately small (1,600 students) private co-educational college in the mid-Atlantic region of the country.Ex. A disaster management workshop was held at Ballarat University College on 11-12 Feb 93.----* biblioteca de universidad politécnica = polytechnic library.* bibliotecario de universidad = academic librarian, university librarian.* científico de la universidad = academic scientist.* Comité de las Universidades Británicas sobre Películas y Vídeos (BUFVC) = British Universities Film and Video Council (BUFVC).* curso que tiene lugar fuera de la universidad = extension course, off-campus course.* Departamento de Financiación de las Universidades (UGC) = University Grants Committee (UGC).* de toda la universidad = university-wide.* estudiante proveniente de otra universidad = transfer student.* fuera de la universidad = off-campus.* página web de universidad = academic site, university site.* para toda la universidad = university-wide.* profesor de universidad = university faculty, university lecturer.* sitio web de universidad = academic site, university site.* universidad a distancia = open university, open college.* Universidad de California = UC (University of California).* Universidad de California en Los Angeles (UCLA) = UCLA (University of California at Los Angeles).* universidad de verano = summer school.* universidad estatal = state university.* universidad laboral = vocational college.* universidad nacional de educación a distancia (UNED) = open university.* universidad politécnica = polytechnic.* universidad privada = private university.* * *femenino university* * *= university, college of arts and sciences, college, university college.Ex: Hugh C, Atkinson, Director of the university of Illinois Libraries, has consistently been in the forefront in applying automation to traditional library problems and services.
Ex: All state-operated colleges of arts and science in New York state were given funds in fiscal year 1987-88 for collection preparation and barcoding.Ex: Peckham College is a moderately small (1,600 students) private co-educational college in the mid-Atlantic region of the country.Ex: A disaster management workshop was held at Ballarat University College on 11-12 Feb 93.* biblioteca de universidad politécnica = polytechnic library.* bibliotecario de universidad = academic librarian, university librarian.* científico de la universidad = academic scientist.* Comité de las Universidades Británicas sobre Películas y Vídeos (BUFVC) = British Universities Film and Video Council (BUFVC).* curso que tiene lugar fuera de la universidad = extension course, off-campus course.* Departamento de Financiación de las Universidades (UGC) = University Grants Committee (UGC).* de toda la universidad = university-wide.* estudiante proveniente de otra universidad = transfer student.* fuera de la universidad = off-campus.* página web de universidad = academic site, university site.* para toda la universidad = university-wide.* profesor de universidad = university faculty, university lecturer.* sitio web de universidad = academic site, university site.* universidad a distancia = open university, open college.* Universidad de California = UC (University of California).* Universidad de California en Los Angeles (UCLA) = UCLA (University of California at Los Angeles).* universidad de verano = summer school.* universidad estatal = state university.* universidad laboral = vocational college.* universidad nacional de educación a distancia (UNED) = open university.* universidad politécnica = polytechnic.* universidad privada = private university.* * *universityCompuestos:( Méx) open universityopen universitystate university≈ technical college ( school with emphasis on vocational training)* * *
universidad sustantivo femenino
university;
universidad a distancia or (Méx) abierta open university;◊ universidad laboral ≈ technical college ( school with emphasis on vocational training)
universidad f (institución, edificio) university
' universidad' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aula
- comedor
- comedora
- departamento
- disminuir
- hispanista
- ingresar
- manchar
- mira
- paso
- UNED
- Univ.
- alumnado
- alumno
- anfiteatro
- cantina
- cátedra
- catedrático
- clase
- claustro
- compañero
- egresado
- egresar
- egreso
- encerrado
- encerrar
- encierro
- entrada
- entrar
- estudiante
- estudiar
- exalumno
- ingreso
- jauja
- masificado
- monitor
- plaza
- politécnico
- porra
- profesor
- rector
- toma
- tomar
- trabajo
- tutor
English:
alumnus
- at
- bursar
- chancellor
- college
- decide on
- department
- do
- doctorate
- dormitory
- education
- fellow
- freshman
- homecoming
- horticulture
- institution
- prep school
- prestige
- process
- scholarship
- school
- send down
- university
- junior
- open
- set
- sophomore
* * *universidad nf1. [centro educativo] universityuniversidad a distancia = distance learning university, Br ≈ Open University;universidad de verano university summer school2. [enseñanza superior] university;la reforma de la universidad university reform* * *f university;universidad a distancia university correspondence school, Br Open University* * *universidad nf: university* * *universidad n university [pl. universities] -
17 grade
grade [greɪd]1. nounc. ( = mark) note f• to get good/poor grades avoir de bonnes/mauvaises notesa. ( = sort out) [+ produce, accommodation, colours, questions] classer ; (by size) [+ apples, eggs] calibrer• the exercises are graded according to difficulty les exercices sont classés selon leur degré de difficultéb. ( = make progressively easier, more difficult, darker, lighter) [+ work, exercises, colours] graduerc. ( = mark) [+ pupil, work] noter3. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Aux États-Unis et au Canada, on désigne sous le nom de grade chacune des douze années de la scolarité obligatoire, depuis le cours préparatoire (« first grade ») jusqu'à la terminale (« twelfth grade »). On notera les surnoms donnés aux élèves des quatre dernières années: « freshman » (petit nouveau) en 9e année (la première année du deuxième cycle du secondaire), « sophomore » en 10e année, « junior » en 11e et « senior » en terminale.* * *[greɪd] 1.1) Commerce qualité fhigh-/low-grade — de qualité supérieure/inférieure
to get grade A ou an A grade — ≈ avoir plus de 16 sur 20
3) ( rank) Administration échelon m; Military rang msalary grade — échelon m de salaire
4) US School ( class) classe fshe's in the eighth grade — ≈ elle est en (classe de) quatrième
grade IV piano — Music niveau 4 de piano
6) US ( gradient) pente f2.transitive verb1) ( categorize) ( by quality) classer ( according to selon); ( by size) calibrer ( according to selon)3) US ( mark) noter [work]5) Agriculture améliorer par sélection3.graded past participle adjective [tests] classé par ordre de difficulté; [hotel] classé NN••
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