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1 key
رَئِيسِيّ \ central: chief; of greatest importance: Social equality is the central aim of this government. chief: most important; main: Our chief crop is corn. key: important, so that others depend on it: The ship’s engineer holds a key position. leading: chief; most important: a leading artist; the town’s leading store. main: chief; most important: my main reasons; a main road. major: greater; very great: The major part of the work is done. He has a major share in the business. principal: main; chief: the principal rivers of Europe. staple: (of crops, produce, etc.) usual; main: Rice is the staple food of some countries. -
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رَئِيسِيّ \ central: chief; of greatest importance: Social equality is the central aim of this government. chief: most important; main: Our chief crop is corn. key: important, so that others depend on it: The ship’s engineer holds a key position. leading: chief; most important: a leading artist; the town’s leading store. main: chief; most important: my main reasons; a main road. major: greater; very great: The major part of the work is done. He has a major share in the business. principal: main; chief: the principal rivers of Europe. staple: (of crops, produce, etc.) usual; main: Rice is the staple food of some countries. -
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4 majeur
majeur, e [maʒœʀ]1. adjectivea. ( = important) major2. masculine noun( = doigt) middle finger3. feminine noun* * *maʒœʀ* * *maʒœʀ majeur, -e1. adj1) (plus important) major2) DROIT of ageêtre majeur — to be 18, to be of age
Tu feras ce que tu voudras quand tu seras majeure. — You can do what you like once you're 18.
Elle sera majeure en août. — She comes of age in August.
2. nm/fDROIT adult, person of majority age3. nm(= doigt) middle finger* * *A adj1 Jur of age ( jamais épith) spéc; être majeur to be over 18 ou of age spéc; elle sera majeure en mai she will be 18 in May ou come of age in May spéc; les étudiants majeurs students (who are) over 18;2 ( le plus important) [cause, défi] main, major; ( en logique) [terme, prémisse] major; c'est un problème majeur it's a major problem; c'est le problème majeur it's the main problem; la majeure partie de ma carrière most of ou the major part of my career; en majeure partie for the most part;3 Mus major; en ré majeur in D major;4 Jeux tierce/quinte majeure tierce/ quint major;5 Relig ordres majeurs major orders.C nm ( doigt) middle finger.le bonheur de son fils est son souci majeur his son's happiness is his major ou principal concernla majeure partie des gens the majority of people, most peoplela raison majeure the main ou chief reason2. [grave] major3. [adulte]tu auras une voiture quand tu seras majeur you'll have a car when you come of age ou when you reach your majority (soutenu)je n'ai pas besoin de tes conseils, je suis majeur (et vacciné) (familier) I don't want any of your advice, I'm old enough to look after myself nowle mode majeur the major key ou mode5. RELIGION————————nom masculin1. [doigt] middle finger3. MUSIQUE major key ou mode————————majeure nom fémininen majeure partie locution adverbialeson œuvre est en majeure partie hermétique the major part ou the bulk of his work is abstruse -
5 tono
m.1 tone.¡no me hables en ese tono! don't speak to me in that tone (of voice)!subir el tono, subir de tono to get o grow louder; (volumen, ruido) to get angrier and angrier (situación)tono de voz tone of voice2 shade, tone.tono de piel complexion3 tone.tono muscular muscle tone4 key (Music) (tonalidad).tono mayor major keytono menor minor key5 vigor, strength, vigour.6 hue, tone, shade, color.* * *1 (gen) tone2 (energía) energy\a tono con in tune with, in harmony withbajar de tono / bajar el tono to lower one's voice 2 figurado to tone downdar tono / dar buen tono figurado to give class, give prestigedarse tono figurado to put on airsde mal tono figurado vulgaren tono airado in an angry tonefuera de tono figurado inappropriate, out of placesin venir a tono figurado for no good reasonsubir de tono / subir el tono to speak louder 2 figurado to warm uptono mayor MÚSICA major keytono menor MÚSICA minor key* * *noun m.1) tone2) key, pitch3) shade* * *SM1) [de sonido] toneen tono bajo — in low tones, in a low tone
baja/sube un poco el tono del televisor — turn down/up the television a little
tono de marcar — (Telec) dialling tone, dial tone (EEUU)
tono de llamada — (Telec) ringtone
-ya me he dado cuenta -dijo, alzando el tono de voz — "I can see that," he said, raising his voice
2) [de palabras, discusión, escrito] tone¡cómo hablas en ese tono a tu padre! — how dare you speak to your father in that tone (of voice)!
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bajar el tono — to soften one's tonebajar el tono de algo — to soften the tone of sth, tone sth down
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cambiar de tono — to change one's tonecuando le dije eso se serenó y cambió de tono — when I told him that he calmed down and changed his tone o his tone changed
fue él quien cambió el tono de la conversación — it was him that changed the tone of the conversation
la reunión cambió de tono pasadas las nueve de la noche — the tone of the meeting changed after nine o'clock
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a este tono — in the same vein•
subir de tono — [discusión, conversación] to grow o become heated; [conflicto] to intensify; [quejas] to grow louderla oposición está subiendo el tono de sus ataques al gobierno — the opposition is stepping up o intensifying its attacks on the government
3)• a tono — matching
una escena final divertida, muy a tono con el resto de la película — an amusing final scene, very much in keeping with the rest of the film
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ponerse a tono — (=prepararse físicamente) to get (o.s.) into shape; (=animarse) to perk o.s. up *voy a tomarme un whisky doble, a ver si me pongo a tono — I'm going to have a double whisky to perk myself up *
4) (=clase, distinción)•
una familia de tono — a good family•
ser de buen/mal tono: ir a los balnearios era entonces una actividad de buen tono — visiting spas was quite the done thing thenes de mal tono hablar de esos temas — it is bad form to talk about such matters, it's (simply) not done to talk about such things
5) [de color] shade, toneen tonos grises y azules — in shades of grey and blue, in grey and blue tones
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tonos pastel — pastel shades, pastel tones6) (Anat, Med) tone7) (Mús) (=intervalo) tone; (=tonalidad) key; (=altura) pitch8) (Mús) (=diapasón) tuning fork; (=corredera) slide* * *1) ( altura de la voz) pitch, tone; ( manera de expresarse) tone2) (tendencia, matiz) tonefuera de tono — < reacción> uncalled-for; < comentario> inopportune
ponerse a tono — (fam) to get in the mood (colloq)
ser de buen/mal tono — to be in good/bad taste
3) ( de color) shade4) (Mús) key5) (Audio, Rad, TV) tonebajar el tono — ( reducir el volumen) to turn the volume down; ( hablar con menos arrogancia)
subir el tono — ( elevar el volumen) to turn up the volume; ( insolentarse) to raise one's voice
6) ( del teléfono) toneeste teléfono no tiene tono — I can't get a dial tone (AmE) o (BrE) dialling tone on this phone
7) ( de músculos) tone* * *= tenor, tone, overtone, quality, shading, pitch, undertone, chime.Nota: De timbre, campana, reloj, móvil o similar.Ex. My second point may be a slightly tangential, but I hope it is a concrete reaction to the general tenor of Mr. Lubetzky's remarks and the general subject posed.Ex. 'Get on with this,' the principal dictated, in a somewhat less severe tone.Ex. Those materials they describe as ephemera must be collected and despite the derogatory overtones of the descriptor, carefully organized.Ex. 'I'm rather surprised that Arnold would have bothered you with such a trivial matter, Ms. Bragge,' Wronski said with a reassuring smile which had an almost fatherly quality.Ex. The darkest and the lightest shading took the shortest amount of time, the medium shading the longest.Ex. The heading PITCH (Music) illustrates how to qualify a word by another in parenthesis to clarify the meaning = El encabezamiento TONO (Música) ilustra cómo modificar una palabra con otra entre paréntesis para aclarar el significado.Ex. Speakers covered the history of the campaign to alert parents to racist undertones in children's books.Ex. After hearing the chimes, dial your ten-digit customer identification number.----* cambiar el tono = modulate.* con un tono + Adjetivo = in a + Adjetivo + tone.* dar tono = tone.* dar un tono = give + effect.* de dos tonos = bitonal.* de tono + Adjetivo = Adjetivo + in tone.* en tono cáustico = scathingly.* en tono mordaz = scathingly.* en tono reprobatorio = reprovingly, reproachfully.* en tono sarcástico = sardonically.* establecer el tono = set + the theme.* marcar el tono = establish + the tone.* recitar en tono monótono = chant.* relativo al tono = tonal.* subido de tono = risqué, racy [racier -comp., raciest -sup.], bawdy [bawdier -comp., bawdiest -sup.].* tener un tono + Adjetivo = have + a + Adjetivo + quality.* terminar en un tono + Adjetivo = end on + a + Adjetivo + note.* tomar un tono + Adjetivo = take on + Adjetivo + character.* tono apagado = flat tone.* tono auditivo = audio tune.* tono continuo modulado = half-tone.* tono de llamada = dial tone.* tono de voz = tone of voice.* tono ligero = light touch.* tono muscular = muscle tone.* tono rojizo = reddishness.* tono superficial = light touch.* voz + adquirir + tono = voice + take on + quality.* * *1) ( altura de la voz) pitch, tone; ( manera de expresarse) tone2) (tendencia, matiz) tonefuera de tono — < reacción> uncalled-for; < comentario> inopportune
ponerse a tono — (fam) to get in the mood (colloq)
ser de buen/mal tono — to be in good/bad taste
3) ( de color) shade4) (Mús) key5) (Audio, Rad, TV) tonebajar el tono — ( reducir el volumen) to turn the volume down; ( hablar con menos arrogancia)
subir el tono — ( elevar el volumen) to turn up the volume; ( insolentarse) to raise one's voice
6) ( del teléfono) toneeste teléfono no tiene tono — I can't get a dial tone (AmE) o (BrE) dialling tone on this phone
7) ( de músculos) tone* * *= tenor, tone, overtone, quality, shading, pitch, undertone, chime.Nota: De timbre, campana, reloj, móvil o similar.Ex: My second point may be a slightly tangential, but I hope it is a concrete reaction to the general tenor of Mr. Lubetzky's remarks and the general subject posed.
Ex: 'Get on with this,' the principal dictated, in a somewhat less severe tone.Ex: Those materials they describe as ephemera must be collected and despite the derogatory overtones of the descriptor, carefully organized.Ex: 'I'm rather surprised that Arnold would have bothered you with such a trivial matter, Ms. Bragge,' Wronski said with a reassuring smile which had an almost fatherly quality.Ex: The darkest and the lightest shading took the shortest amount of time, the medium shading the longest.Ex: The heading PITCH (Music) illustrates how to qualify a word by another in parenthesis to clarify the meaning = El encabezamiento TONO (Música) ilustra cómo modificar una palabra con otra entre paréntesis para aclarar el significado.Ex: Speakers covered the history of the campaign to alert parents to racist undertones in children's books.Ex: After hearing the chimes, dial your ten-digit customer identification number.* cambiar el tono = modulate.* con un tono + Adjetivo = in a + Adjetivo + tone.* dar tono = tone.* dar un tono = give + effect.* de dos tonos = bitonal.* de tono + Adjetivo = Adjetivo + in tone.* en tono cáustico = scathingly.* en tono mordaz = scathingly.* en tono reprobatorio = reprovingly, reproachfully.* en tono sarcástico = sardonically.* establecer el tono = set + the theme.* marcar el tono = establish + the tone.* recitar en tono monótono = chant.* relativo al tono = tonal.* subido de tono = risqué, racy [racier -comp., raciest -sup.], bawdy [bawdier -comp., bawdiest -sup.].* tener un tono + Adjetivo = have + a + Adjetivo + quality.* terminar en un tono + Adjetivo = end on + a + Adjetivo + note.* tomar un tono + Adjetivo = take on + Adjetivo + character.* tono apagado = flat tone.* tono auditivo = audio tune.* tono continuo modulado = half-tone.* tono de llamada = dial tone.* tono de voz = tone of voice.* tono ligero = light touch.* tono muscular = muscle tone.* tono rojizo = reddishness.* tono superficial = light touch.* voz + adquirir + tono = voice + take on + quality.* * *tono grave serious toneen tono cariñoso in an affectionate tone of voicese lo he dicho en todos los tonos I've told him time and time again, I've tried telling him every way I can think ofen tono de reproche reproachfully—me da igual —contestó en tono despectivo it's all the same to me, she answered scornfullyno es lo que me dijo, sino el tono en que lo dijo it isn't what he said, it's the way he said it o it's the tone he usedB (tendencia, matiz) toneel tono general de la conversación fue amistoso the general tone of the conversation was friendlya tono con in keeping with, in tune withno estuvo muy a tono con la ocasión it wasn't very in keeping with the occasionpara estar a tono con los tiempos to keep up with the timesfuera de tono: su reacción estuvo bastante fuera de tono her reaction was rather out of placesiempre hace comentarios fuera de tono he's always making inopportune remarksno venir a tono to be out of placeser de buen/mal tono to be in good/bad tasteC (de un color) shadeéste es un tono de gris más oscuro this is a darker shade of graytonos pastel pastel shadessubido de tono risquéD ( Mús) keyCompuesto:tono mayor/menormajor/minor keybajar el tono (reducir el volumen) to lower the volume, turn the volume down(hablar con menos arrogancia): baja el tonito que soy tu madre don't take that tone with me, I'm your motherF (del teléfono) toneeste teléfono no tiene or no da tono I can't get a dial tone ( AmE) o ( BrE) dialling tone on this phoneCompuestos:● tono de discar or marcarringing toneG (de músculos) tone* * *
tono sustantivo masculino
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en tono de reproche reproachfully;
el tono en que lo dijo the way he said it;
el tono general de la conversación the general tone of the conversationb) (Rad, Telec, TV) tone;
este teléfono no da or tiene tono I can't get a dial tone (AmE) o (BrE) dialling tone on this phone;
tono de marcar or (AmL) de discado or (AmS) de discar dial tone (AmE), dialling tone (BrE);
no venir a tono to be out of place
2 ( de color) shade;◊ subido de tono risqué
3 (Mús) key
tono sustantivo masculino
1 (de la voz: intensidad) tone, pitch
un tono alto/bajo, a high/low pitch
(: modo) lo dijo en tono despectivo, he said it in a contemptuous tone
2 (de un color) shade, tone
diferentes tonos de verde, different shades of green
3 Mús key
4 (del teléfono) tone
♦ Locuciones: familiar darse tono, to put on airs
a tono con, in tune with
a tono con los tiempos, in keeping with the times
de buen/mal tono, in good/bad taste
fuera de tono, inappropiate, out of place
figurado (algo grosero, obsceno) subido de tono, arrogant, (altanero) haughty
' tono' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acre
- agradar
- aguda
- agudo
- alta
- alto
- atonía
- bajar
- clave
- grave
- inflexión
- jovial
- rebajar
- salida
- sarcástica
- sarcástico
- sorna
- suave
- suavidad
- subida
- subido
- abrupto
- ácido
- agrio
- amigable
- atenuar
- bajo
- brusco
- burlón
- cálido
- cansado
- cantarín
- cortante
- decidido
- despectivo
- destemplado
- disuasivo
- elevar
- endulzar
- familiar
- humilde
- imperativo
- impertinente
- irónico
- magistral
- pastoso
- resuelto
- sequedad
- tajante
- teatral
English:
abrupt
- bawdy
- chord
- emphatic
- friendly
- hue
- injured
- key
- measured
- menace
- off-color
- off-colour
- pitch
- pose
- shade
- subdued
- talk down
- tone
- tune
- unnatural
- urgent
- coloring
- critically
- dial
- gentle
- high
- lilt
- monotone
- name
- note
- off
- pastel
- pleasantly
- racy
- rise
- risqué
- show
- step
- talk
- tint
- valentine
* * *tono nm1. [de sonido] tone;bajar el tono to lower one's voice;dar el tono to set the tonetono continuo [de teléfono] Br dialling o US dial tone; Andes, RP tono de discado o de discar [de teléfono] Br dialling o US dial tone;2. [de palabras, escrito, discurso] tone;el tono con el que lo dijo the tone she said it in, the tone in which she said it;¡no me hables en ese tono! don't speak to me in that tone (of voice)!;habló con tono serio he spoke in a serious tone of voice;lo dijo en tono de broma she said it jokingly;la novela es de tono humorístico the novel is humorous in tone;bajar de tono to quieten down;cambiar de tono: la reunión fue cambiando de tono the tone o atmosphere of the meeting gradually changed;aquí el texto cambia de tono at this point in the text the tone changes;subir el tono, subir de tono [volumen, ruido] to get o grow louder;[situación] to get angrier;el murmullo/la protesta subió de tono the murmuring/the protests grew louder;la conversación subió de tono the conversation got more heated;subido de tono [atrevido, picante] risqué;[impertinente] impertinent3. [de color] shade, tone;en tonos ocres/pastel in ochre/pastel shades o tones;tono de piel complexion4. [de músculo] tonetono muscular muscle tone [altura] pitch; [intervalo] tone, US step tono agudo high pitch;tono grave low pitch;tono mayor major key;tono menor minor key;tono puro simple tone7. [en frases]a tono: cortinas y cojines a tono matching curtains and cushions;estar a tono con to suit;un traje/discurso a tono con las circunstancias a dress/speech appropriate to o in keeping with the circumstances;Famponerse a tono [emborracharse] to get in the mood;de buen tono elegant, tasteful;ser de buen tono to be the done thing;no es de buen tono mencionar la guerra it is not done to mention the war;de mal tono crass, vulgar;Famdarse tono to give oneself airs;fuera de tono out of place* * *m MÚS, MED, PINT tone;estar a tono con algo be in harmony with sth;ponerse a tono get into the mood* * *tono nm1) : tonetono muscular: muscle tone2) : shade (of colors)3) : key (in music)* * *tono n1. (de sonido, voz) tone2. (de color) shade -
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adj.1 important (destacado, significativo).2 considerable.3 significant, considerable, sizable.* * *► adjetivo2 (influyente) important* * *adj.* * *ADJ1) (=trascendental) [información, persona] important; [acontecimiento] significant, important; [papel, factor, parte] important, major; [cambio] significant, majoruno de los momentos más importantes de mi vida — one of the most significant o important moments in my life
un paso importante para la democracia — an important o a big o a major step for democracy
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dárselas de importante — to give o.s. airs•
lo importante es... — the main thing is...•
poco importante — unimportant2) [como intensificador] [cantidad, pérdida] considerable; [herida] serious; [retraso] considerable, serious* * *a) <noticia/persona> important; <acontecimiento/cambio> important, significant¿qué dice la carta? - nada importante — what does the letter say? - nothing of any importance o nothing much
lo importante es... — the important thing is...
dárselas de or hacerse el importante — to give oneself airs
b) < pérdidas> serious, considerable; < daños> severe, considerable; < cantidad> considerable, significant* * *= considerable, important, major, notable, prominent, relevant, remarkable, significant, significantly, substantial, weighty, consequential, solid, acute, appreciable, major, mighty [mightier -comp., mightiest -sup.], goodly [goodlier -comp., goodliest -sup.], key, meaningful, vital, hefty [heftier -comp., heftiest -sup.], of consequence, meaty [meatier -comp., meatiest -sup.], seminal.Ex. The need to become familiar with different command languages for different hosts is a considerable barrier to effective retrieval.Ex. Accessibility to the documents stored in files is an important factor, so the physical storage is important.Ex. This scheme aims for a more helpful order than the major schemes, by following the groupings of subjects as they are taught in schools.Ex. There are notable differences in practice between the United States and the United Kingdom.Ex. Classification is also prominent in the physical arrangement of documents.Ex. Most such bulletins list titles or abstracts, together with citations of relevant new documents in the subject area.Ex. Two remarkable features of the BM code are its acceptance of corporate authorship, and its use of form headings.Ex. With online display, the alphabetical arrangement can become less significant, since all look-ups can be achieved with the computer, and there is less need for the scanning of alphabetical lists.Ex. The problem of their citation looms less significantly in abstracting and indexing products than that of the citation of periodical articles.Ex. This data base will eventually become a very substantial bibliographic data base.Ex. Whether the juxtaposition of language with literature is as weighty an advantage as has on occasion been claimed is, I think, debatable.Ex. The democratisation of Russian intellectual life was one of the most consequential of the dramatic social and political changes that took place in Russia in the 1860s.Ex. There is no doubt that the ideas put forward by Coates and their implementation in BTI have been a solid step forward in the theory of alphabetical subject headings.Ex. In some areas of study, notably the social sciences, the problems vocabulary are acute.Ex. Cannabis often shows no appreciable effects the first time it is taken.Ex. In the face of present priorities and staff commitments, the Library feels that it cannot undertake a comprehensive study of the subject heading system that would pave the way for a major restructuring of the system.Ex. The October 2002 issue of CONVERGE magazine lists their picks for the 'Shapers of the Future 2002' -- 'today's leaders and innovators who have dreamed and accomplished mighty things in technology and education'.Ex. However, we must not forget the book which the critics acclaim and which also sells in goodly numbers.Ex. This meeting brought together representatives of the key organizations in the community.Ex. Each operator has a filing value which has been designate in order to ensure that terms appear in the index string in an order that will produce a meaningful set of index entries.Ex. The pressures of the marketplace mean that any vital facility must be offered by all of the major hosts.Ex. Research publication had to adopt the same economic model as trade publication, and research libraries the world over paid the hefty price = Las publicaciones científicas tuvieron que adoptar el mismo modelo económico que las publicaciones comerciales y las bibliotecas universitarias de todo el mundo pagaron un precio elevado.Ex. We have the right and responsibility to make wise decisions in 'times of consequence'.Ex. We want Robyn to write about really meaty issues every week, instead of talking about spousal abuse.Ex. He has published seminal papers on automated cataloging and authority control in Library Journal, Library Quarterly, and Journal of Library Automation.----* acontecimiento importante = milestone, red carpet event.* considerar importante = hold + Nombre + dear.* continuar siendo importante = remain + big.* economizar en cosas importantes y derrochar en nimiedades = penny wise, pound foolish.* el último pero no el menos importante = the last but by no means least.* es importante destacar = importantly.* evento importante = milestone.* hacer que sea importante = render + important.* hacerse cada vez más importante = increase in + importance.* la parte más importante = the heart of.* llegar a un momento importante en + Posesivo + historia = reach + milestone.* lo más importante = most of all.* lo que es más importante = most importantly, more importantly, most of all, most important.* lo que es muy importante = importantly.* más importante = foremost.* más importante aun = more significantly.* menos importante, el = least, the.* muy importante = critical, very importantly, big time.* poco importante = small-time.* por último pero no menos importante = last but not least.* sentirse importante = feel + important.* ser Algo muy importante = loom + large.* ser cada vez más importante = increase in + importance.* ser importante = be of importance, be of consequence.* suceso importante = critical incident.* suma importante = princely sum.* último pero no el menos importante, el = final and not the least important, the.* uno de los + Nombre + más importante = not the least + Nombre, not the least of + Nombre.* * *a) <noticia/persona> important; <acontecimiento/cambio> important, significant¿qué dice la carta? - nada importante — what does the letter say? - nothing of any importance o nothing much
lo importante es... — the important thing is...
dárselas de or hacerse el importante — to give oneself airs
b) < pérdidas> serious, considerable; < daños> severe, considerable; < cantidad> considerable, significant* * *= considerable, important, major, notable, prominent, relevant, remarkable, significant, significantly, substantial, weighty, consequential, solid, acute, appreciable, major, mighty [mightier -comp., mightiest -sup.], goodly [goodlier -comp., goodliest -sup.], key, meaningful, vital, hefty [heftier -comp., heftiest -sup.], of consequence, meaty [meatier -comp., meatiest -sup.], seminal.Ex: The need to become familiar with different command languages for different hosts is a considerable barrier to effective retrieval.
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— nada importante what does the letter say? — nothing of any importance o nothing muchlo importante es participar the important thing is to take partes importante que vayas it's important that you godárselas de or hacerse el importante to give oneself airs2 ‹pérdidas› serious, considerable; ‹cantidad› considerable, significantuna importante suma de dinero a large o considerable o significant sum of moneyla tormenta causó importantes daños the storm caused severe o considerable damageun número importante de ciudadanos a significant o considerable o large number of citizens* * *
Multiple Entries:
algo importante
importante
importante adjetivo
‹acontecimiento/cambio› important, significant;
dárselas de or hacerse el importante to give oneself airs
‹ daños› severe, considerable;
‹ cantidad› considerable, significant
importante adjetivo important, significant: un importante geólogo dará la conferencia, a noted geologist will give the lecture
una cantidad importante, a considerable amount
' importante' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bonita
- bonito
- categoría
- ciudad
- comodidad
- consignar
- cosa
- cualquiera
- despreciable
- eje
- eslabón
- floricultura
- gorda
- gordo
- historia
- histórica
- histórico
- inmediatez
- menos
- nada
- núcleo
- opinar
- personaje
- pintar
- poderosa
- poderoso
- reseñar
- sabrosa
- sabroso
- salario
- señalada
- señalado
- señor
- suma
- sustancial
- sustantiva
- sustantivo
- tomo
- viso
- indiferente
- notable
- papel
- parecer
- personalidad
- pez
- que
- trascendental
- trascendente
- un
- visita
English:
amount to
- appreciable
- armory
- armoury
- assassin
- assassination
- big
- consideration
- depreciate
- edit
- flagship
- grain
- grand
- great
- head-hunt
- high
- if
- important
- increasingly
- large
- last
- leading
- least
- major
- mean
- morality
- prominent
- significant
- sponsor
- thing
- VIP
- weighty
- assassinate
- come
- considerable
- feature
- feel
- first
- foremost
- name
- priority
- strongly
- substantial
* * *importante adj1. [destacado, significativo] important;el descontento está adquiriendo proporciones importantes dissatisfaction is becoming widespread;ocupa un cargo importante en el ministerio he has an important job at the ministry;ella es muy importante para mí she's very important to me;lo importante es hacerlo despacio the important thing is to do it slowly;no te preocupes, lo importante es que tengas buena salud don't worry, the most important thing is for you to be healthy;dárselas de importante, hacerse el/la importante to give oneself airs, to act all important2. [cantidad] considerable;[lesión] serious;una cantidad importante de dinero a significant o considerable sum of money;el tren llegó con un retraso importante the train was very late* * *adj important* * *importante adj: important♦ importantemente adv* * *importante adj1. (en general) important2. (considerable) considerable -
7 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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IIlo principal es que... — the main thing is that...
a) (Fin) principal, capitalb) (en teatro, cine) dress circle, mezzanine (AmE)* * *= capital, chief, dominant, essential, foremost, leading, main, major, primary, principal, top, key, lead, premier, overriding, prime, staple, number one, top-of-mind, cardinal, master.Ex: Following internal discussion, it was agreed that a new library should be given the University's top priority in any forthcoming capital building project.
Ex: This section reviews the chief factors that must be taken into account in selecting an appropriate software package.Ex: English is the dominant language for the dissemination of information.Ex: The preceding chapter has introduced the essential characteristics of bibliographic descriptions.Ex: Foremost among those recommendations was one pertaining to the development of a UNIMARC format for authorities.Ex: In addition to her reputation as a leading expert in information control, Phyllis Richmond is another of ISAD's official reviewers of the AACR2's draft.Ex: The main rule, however, is do not have loose cables hanging all over the place -- not only is it unsightly but also extremely dangerous.Ex: This scheme aims for a more helpful order than the major schemes, by following the groupings of subjects as they are taught in schools.Ex: The primary components in this area are place of publication, publisher's name and date of publication (that is, the date of edition).Ex: If responsibility is shared between mor than three persons or corporate bodies (and no principal author is indicated), then entry is made under the title.Ex: ISI's indexes let you locate research in the world's top journals by citation, title word, author, institution, or journal.Ex: This meeting brought together representatives of the key organizations in the community.Ex: The United Nations declared 1990 as International Literacy Year (ILY) with Unesco designated as the lead agency for ILY.Ex: It is the country's premier research library for the natural sciences, engineering, technology and industrial property.Ex: Consequently, the overriding demand made by the academic community is bibliographical in nature.Ex: For instance, my sporting goods store is on the ground level and to the right -- prime mall location.Ex: UK libraries and the BBC Continuing Education have the same staple customer group.Ex: Eyestrain is the number one complaint of computer users.Ex: Computer security is a top-of-mind subject for both IT managers and their corporate bosses.Ex: To underestimate your enemy is committing the cardinal mistake and often the last you'll make!.Ex: The great significance of a fully developed network will be that it will relieve libraries of the necessity of maintaining their own copies of the master data base.* actividad principal = core activity.* actor principal = lead character, leading man.* actor principal, el = main character, the, main actor, the.* administrador principal = top administrator.* apartarse de los caminos principales = go + off-road.* asesor principal = senior adviser, senior consultant.* calle principal, la = high street, the, main street, the.* carretera principal = major road.* comida principal = main meal.* consejero principal = senior adviser, senior consultant.* director principal = senior director.* dormitorio principal = master bedroom, master suite.* el principal = the number one.* en la corriente principal de = in the mainstream of.* en la tendencia principal de = in the mainstream of.* frase que recoge el tema principal del artículo = topic sentence.* fuente principal de información = chief source of information.* guía principal = guiding principle.* la cosa principal = the number one thing.* la parte principal de = the bulk of.* motivo principal = prime cause.* papel principal = title role.* parte principal del texto = meat of the text.* personaje principal = lead character.* personaje principal, el = main character, the, main actor, the.* plato principal = entrée, main entrée.* ponencia principal = keynote presentation.* primero y principal = first and foremost.* principal razón = prime cause.* principal sospechoso = leading suspect.* principal sostén de la familia = breadwinner [bread winner].* programa principal = Core Programme.* protagonista principal = centrepiece [centerpiece, -USA], lead character.* protagonista principal, el = main character, the, main actor, the.* recurso principal = primary resource.* semiprincipal = semi-main.* ser lo principal de = be at the core of, be at the heart of.* * *‹entrada› main; ‹carretera/calle› mainel papel principal lo hacía Azucena Romero the main part o leading role was played by Azucena Romeroel personaje principal se suicida al final the main character commits suicide at the endlo principal es que no se hizo daño the main thing is that he didn't hurt himselflo principal es la salud there's nothing more important than your health1 ( Fin) principal, capital* * *
principal adjetivo
main;
‹ papel› leading ( before n);◊ lo principal es que… the main thing is that…
principal adjetivo main, principal
' principal' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
central
- constreñir
- dirección
- director
- directora
- eclipsar
- maestra
- maestro
- mayor
- nudo
- puerta
- requerir
- sita
- sito
- soler
- subdirector
- subdirectora
- mayordomo
- mayoritario
- plato
- portón
- protagonista
English:
already
- anchor
- attraction
- averse
- bed
- body
- bomb
- bread-and-butter
- by
- central
- chief
- dash
- deputy
- dinner
- do
- enjoy
- flagship
- foremost
- head
- high
- high road
- imagine
- irony
- lead
- lead off from
- lead story
- leading
- leading lady
- leading man
- main
- mainland
- mainstay
- master
- mind
- objective
- on
- opposed
- premier
- primary
- prime
- principal
- road
- runaway
- title role
- trunk road
- upstage
- course
- limb
- major
- rat
* * *♦ adj1. [más importante] main, principal;me han dado el papel principal de la obra de teatro I've been given the leading o lead role in the play;puerta principal front door;lo principal the main thing2. [oración] main♦ nm1. [piso] Br first floor, US second floor2. Fin principal* * *I adj main, principal;lo principal the main o most important thingII m second floor, Brfirst floor* * *principal adj1) : main, principal2) : foremost, leadingprincipal nm: capital, principal* * *principal1 adj mainprincipal2 n first floor -
9 основной
1. bacbone2. chiefосновная проблема, главный вопрос — chief problem
основное, что нужно сделать — the chief thing to do
3. constitutive4. dominant5. governing6. organicосновной закон; конституция — organic law
7. ultimate8. key9. overriding10. rootосновная причина, первопричина — root cause
основной, основополагающий принцип — root principle
11. mainframe12. base13. ground14. matrix15. backbone16. basal17. basic18. major19. master20. most basic21. underlying22. fundamental; basic; principal; primary; original23. capitalосновная ошибка; роковое заблуждение — capital error
24. cardinal25. elemental26. main27. primary28. prime29. primitive30. principal31. radical32. stapleглавные продукты, основные товары — staple commodities
Синонимический ряд:главной (прил.) главнейшей; главнейшею; главной; коренной; коренною; первой; первостатейной; первостатейною; первостепенной; первостепенною; первою; стержневой; стержневою; узловой; узловою; центральной; центральною -
10 Dur
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11 autor
m.1 author, writer, literary person, literary man.2 author, originator, maker.3 perpetrator.* * *► nombre masculino,nombre femenino2 (inventor) inventor3 (responsable - gen) person responsible; (- de delito) perpetrator■ ha sido detenido como presunto autor del homicidio de Juan Sella he has been arrested charged with the murder of Juan Sella\autor de teatro playwright* * *(f. - autora)noun* * *autor, -aSM / F1) [de obra] author, writer; [de idea] creator, originator, inventor2) [de delito] perpetratorel autor material — the person directly responsible (for the crime)
* * *- tora masculino, femeninoa) (de libro, poema) author, writer; ( de canción) writer; ( de obra teatral) playwrightb) ( de delito) perpetrator (frml)el autor intelectual del robo — (AmL) the brains o mastermind behind the robbery
* * *= author [authoress, -fem.], creator, originator.Ex. The author of a document is the person or organisation responsible for its creation, that is, the writer of a text, the illustrator in respect for illustrations and others responsible for the intellectual content of a work.Ex. An important feature of the scheme in its creator's eyes was the relative index.Ex. Clearly, the originators of the major schemes cannot be criticised for be ignorant of these principles.----* acceso a la información por el autor = author approach.* afiliación del autor = author affiliation.* análisis de cocitas de autores = author co-citation analysis.* asiento de autor = author entry.* asiento secundario por autor y título = author-title added entry, name-title added entry.* autor citado = cited author.* autor corporativo = corporate author, corporate authorship.* autor creativo = creative author.* autor de canciones = songwriter [song writer].* autor de enciclopedias = encyclopaedist [encyclopedist, -USA].* autor de obras de teatro = playwright.* autor de una matanza = mass murderer.* autor de un delito = perpetrator.* autor de un fraude = fraudster, scammer.* autor dramático = playwright.* autor-editor = self-publisher, self-publishing author.* autor fantasma = ghost author.* autor honorario = honorary author, guest author, gift author.* autor literario = literary writer.* autor original = original author.* autor personal = personal author.* autor personal único = single personal authorship.* autor principal = main author.* autor secundario = secondary author.* buscar por autor y título = search by + name-title key.* búsqueda por autor = author searching.* búsqueda por autor/título = author/title search.* catálogo de autores = author catalogue.* catálogo de autores y títulos = author/title catalogue.* clave de búsqueda por nombre de autor = author key.* con derecho de autor = copyright-protected.* con derechos de autor = copyrightable, royalty-paid.* correcciones de autor = author's corrections.* derecho de autor de la Corona = Crown copyright.* derechos de autor = copyright, royalty [royalties, -pl.].* de varios autores = multi-author.* edición de autor = self-publishing.* encabezamiento de autor = author heading.* entidad como autor = corporate authorship.* escrito por un solo autor = single authored [single-authored].* escrito por varios autores = multiauthored [multi-authored], collaboratively authored.* hecho por el autor = author-prepared, author-prepared.* índice de autores = author index.* Indice de Autores Corporativos = Corporate Index.* infracción del derecho de autor = copyright infringement.* instrucciones para los autores = style sheet.* ley de derechos de autor = copyright law.* libre de derechos de autor = royalty-free.* lugar de trabajo del autor = author affiliation.* material editado por el propio autor = self-published material.* material protegido por el derecho de autor = copyright material, copyrighted material.* mención de derecho de autor = statement of copyright.* no actuando en capacidad de autor = non-authorial.* nombre de autor = author name.* obra amparada por el derecho de autor = copyright work.* oficina de derechos de autor = copyright office.* porcentaje de autores servidos = author fill rate.* productividad del autor = author productivity.* programas distribuidos por el autor = shareware.* propietario de los derechos de autor = rightholder.* protegido por el derecho de autor = copyrighted, copyright-protected.* referencia de autor y título = author-title reference, name-title reference.* resumen de autor = author abstract.* secuencia ordenada alfabéticamente por el nombre del autor = author sequence.* Sociedad Americana de Compositores, Autores y Editores = American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP).* sociedad de gestión de derechos de autor = copyright collective, copyright collecting society, copyright collecting agency.* titular del derecho de autor = rights-holder [rightsholder], copyright holder.* titular de los derechos de autor = rights-owner.* * *- tora masculino, femeninoa) (de libro, poema) author, writer; ( de canción) writer; ( de obra teatral) playwrightb) ( de delito) perpetrator (frml)el autor intelectual del robo — (AmL) the brains o mastermind behind the robbery
* * *= author [authoress, -fem.], creator, originator.Ex: The author of a document is the person or organisation responsible for its creation, that is, the writer of a text, the illustrator in respect for illustrations and others responsible for the intellectual content of a work.
Ex: An important feature of the scheme in its creator's eyes was the relative index.Ex: Clearly, the originators of the major schemes cannot be criticised for be ignorant of these principles.* acceso a la información por el autor = author approach.* afiliación del autor = author affiliation.* análisis de cocitas de autores = author co-citation analysis.* asiento de autor = author entry.* asiento secundario por autor y título = author-title added entry, name-title added entry.* autor citado = cited author.* autor corporativo = corporate author, corporate authorship.* autor creativo = creative author.* autor de canciones = songwriter [song writer].* autor de enciclopedias = encyclopaedist [encyclopedist, -USA].* autor de obras de teatro = playwright.* autor de una matanza = mass murderer.* autor de un delito = perpetrator.* autor de un fraude = fraudster, scammer.* autor dramático = playwright.* autor-editor = self-publisher, self-publishing author.* autor fantasma = ghost author.* autor honorario = honorary author, guest author, gift author.* autor literario = literary writer.* autor original = original author.* autor personal = personal author.* autor personal único = single personal authorship.* autor principal = main author.* autor secundario = secondary author.* buscar por autor y título = search by + name-title key.* búsqueda por autor = author searching.* búsqueda por autor/título = author/title search.* catálogo de autores = author catalogue.* catálogo de autores y títulos = author/title catalogue.* clave de búsqueda por nombre de autor = author key.* con derecho de autor = copyright-protected.* con derechos de autor = copyrightable, royalty-paid.* correcciones de autor = author's corrections.* derecho de autor de la Corona = Crown copyright.* derechos de autor = copyright, royalty [royalties, -pl.].* de varios autores = multi-author.* edición de autor = self-publishing.* encabezamiento de autor = author heading.* entidad como autor = corporate authorship.* escrito por un solo autor = single authored [single-authored].* escrito por varios autores = multiauthored [multi-authored], collaboratively authored.* hecho por el autor = author-prepared, author-prepared.* índice de autores = author index.* Indice de Autores Corporativos = Corporate Index.* infracción del derecho de autor = copyright infringement.* instrucciones para los autores = style sheet.* ley de derechos de autor = copyright law.* libre de derechos de autor = royalty-free.* lugar de trabajo del autor = author affiliation.* material editado por el propio autor = self-published material.* material protegido por el derecho de autor = copyright material, copyrighted material.* mención de derecho de autor = statement of copyright.* no actuando en capacidad de autor = non-authorial.* nombre de autor = author name.* obra amparada por el derecho de autor = copyright work.* oficina de derechos de autor = copyright office.* porcentaje de autores servidos = author fill rate.* productividad del autor = author productivity.* programas distribuidos por el autor = shareware.* propietario de los derechos de autor = rightholder.* protegido por el derecho de autor = copyrighted, copyright-protected.* referencia de autor y título = author-title reference, name-title reference.* resumen de autor = author abstract.* secuencia ordenada alfabéticamente por el nombre del autor = author sequence.* Sociedad Americana de Compositores, Autores y Editores = American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP).* sociedad de gestión de derechos de autor = copyright collective, copyright collecting society, copyright collecting agency.* titular del derecho de autor = rights-holder [rightsholder], copyright holder.* titular de los derechos de autor = rights-owner.* * *masculine, feminine1 (de un libro, poema) author, writer; (de una canción) writeruna obra de autor anónimo an anomymous workel autor de la obra the playwright, the person who wrote the play2 (de un delito) perpetrator ( frml)los autores del atraco the perpetrators of the robbery, those responsible for the robberyel autor del gol the goalscorerel autor del proyecto the originator o author of the plan, the person who conceived the planel autor intelectual del robo ( AmL); the brains o mastermind behind the robbery, the man who planned the robbery* * *
autor◊ - tora sustantivo masculino, femenino
( de canción) writer;
( de obra teatral) playwright
autor,-ora m,f (hombre) author
(mujer) authoress
(de un crimen) perpetrator
' autor' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
anonimato
- autora
- caracterización
- cita
- clásica
- clásico
- dato
- derecha
- derecho
- hallazgo
- incidir
- precursor
- precursora
- semblanza
- artífice
- comprometer
- conocer
- dramático
- escribir
- humorista
- inédito
- material
- poco
- seguir
- teatral
English:
author
- best-selling
- byline
- classic
- copyright
- exemplify
- historian
- infringement
- obscure
- of
- royalty
- set out
- writer
- best-seller
- brains
- perpetrator
* * *autor, -ora nm,f1. [de libro, estudio] author;[de cuadro] painter; [de canción] writer; [de película] maker; [de sinfonía] composer; [de ley] instigator;el autor de la propuesta the person who made the proposal;el autor del paisaje the artist who painted the landscape;2. [de crimen, fechoría] perpetrator;fue encarcelado como autor de un delito de robo he was sent to prison for committing a robbery;el autor material de un secuestro the person responsible for carrying out a kidnapping;la autora intelectual del crimen the woman who masterminded the crime3. [de gol, canasta] scorer;el autor del gol the goalscorer* * ** * *1) : author2) : perpetrator* * *autor n1. (escritor) writer / author2. (compositor) composer -
12 eliminar
v.to eliminate.El líquido eliminó las manchas The liquid eliminated the stains.El mafioso eliminó al testigo The mobster eliminated the witness.* * *1 (gen) to eliminate, exclude2 (esperanzas, miedos, etc) to get rid of, cast aside* * *verb1) to eliminate2) remove3) kill* * *1. VT1) (=hacer desaparecer) [+ mancha, obstáculo] to remove, get rid of; [+ residuos] to dispose of; [+ pobreza] to eliminate, eradicate; [+ posibilidad] to rule outeliminar un directorio — (Inform) to remove o delete a directory
2) [+ concursante, deportista] to knock out, eliminatefueron eliminados de la competición — they were knocked out of o eliminated from the competition
3) euf (=matar) to eliminate, do away with *4) [+ incógnita] to eliminate5) (Fisiol) to eliminate2.See:* * *verbo transitivo1)b) < candidato> to eliminate; (Dep) to eliminate, knock outc) (euf) ( matar) to eliminate (euph), to get rid of (euph)d) < residuos> to dispose of2) <toxinas/grasas> to eliminate3) (Mat) < incógnita> to eliminate* * *= abort, cut off, delete, detach, disband, discard, dispose of, do away with, eliminate, eradicate, erase, erode, kill, obviate, purge, remove, rid, suppress, take out, withdraw, screen out, retire, squeeze out, decrement, dispel, weed out, axe [ax, -USA], abolish, pare out, chop off, excise, obliterate, scrap, take off, expunge, cut out, put to + rest, sweep away, root out, nix, drive out, deselect, strip away, roll back, efface, cashier, clear out, weed, sunset, stomp + Nombre + out, zap, take + Nombre + out.Ex. It is important to know what police or fire responses are triggered by alarms and how that reaction can be aborted and the alarm silenced.Ex. The only way to solve these problems is either to revise your catalog in its totality or to cut it off.Ex. Expressive notation is generally easier to truncate, that is, delete final characters to create the notation for a more general subject.Ex. The words from the deleted abstract in the abstract word file will be detached when DOBIS/LIBIS is not busy with other work.Ex. With the completion of the draft in 1983, the Working Group on an International Authority System was officially disbanded.Ex. The dates should be checked regularly and updated so that old dates are discarded and new ones entered.Ex. List and describe the steps involved in withdrawing and disposing of books which are no longer required.Ex. DOBIS/LIBIS does away with the multiplicity of files and catalogs.Ex. Obviously, computers and the use of notation in computerised systems may place additional constraints upon the nature of the notation, or may eliminate the need to consider some of the characteristics below.Ex. In this instance links would be insufficient to eradicate the false drop.Ex. Pressing the delete key erases a characters without leaving a blank space.Ex. These arrangements should also erode price differentials between Europe and the US, and permit each country to support its own online services.Ex. He was looking for the book 'Flowers and Bullets and Freedom to kill' = Estaba buscando el libro "Flores, balas y libertad para matar".Ex. The intercalation of (41-4) after 329 obviates this function.Ex. The system requests the number of the borrower and then purges that borrower's name and number from its files.Ex. Folders allow a set of papers to be kept together when a set on a given topic is removed from the file.Ex. This function can be used to rid access-point files of unused entries.Ex. It is possible to suppress references and to omit steps in a hierarchy.Ex. A scheme should allow reduction, to take out subjects and their subdivisions which are no longer used.Ex. Thus, all cards corresponding to documents covering 'Curricula' are withdrawn from the pack.Ex. Most journals rely for a substantial part of their income on advertisements; how would advertisers view the prospect of being selectively screened out by readers?.Ex. This article stresses the importance for libraries of making current informationav ailable on AIDS, and of retiring out-of-date information on the subject.Ex. Subjects not in the core of major employment areas are likely to be squeezed out of the standard curriculum.Ex. Document terms absent from the original query were decremented.Ex. But years and experience do not always dispel the sense of unease.Ex. Information services administrators expect library schools to uphold admission standards and weed out unsuitable candidates.Ex. 'He's been trying to cover up his tracks; those engineers who got axed were his scapegoats'.Ex. Who knows? If we can abolish the card catalogue and replace it with some form more acceptable to library users, they may even begin to use library catalogues!.Ex. Because the assumption in this method is that none of the preceding years' operations are worth continuing unless they can be shown to be necessary, zero-based budgeting (ZZB) can be useful for paring out the deadwood of obsolete or uselessly extravagant programs.Ex. Others chop off old records to remain within the limits of 680 MB.Ex. Once a new digitized system has been introduced irrelevancies and redundant features can more easily be seen and excised.Ex. Typing errors cannot be obliterated with a normal erasing fluid as this would print and appear as a blotch on the copies.Ex. There have even been rumours of plans to scrap most of the industrial side of its work and disperse key elements, such as the work on regional and industrial aid, to the provinces.Ex. This article examines the controversial issue about whether to expunge books about satanism from the library shelves.Ex. In order to support a core acquistions programme of essential materials for its users, a library will more readily cut out material on the fringe of its needs if such material can be obtained by a good document supply system.Ex. Careful investigation by the library board of the possibilities inherent in system membership usually puts to rest preconceived fears.Ex. Librarians should ensure that the principles they stand for are not swept away on a tide of technological jingoism.Ex. Libraries should root out unproductive and obsolete activities.Ex. This play was nixed by school officials on the grounds that the subject of sweatshops was not appropriate for that age group.Ex. The development of user-friendly interfaces to data bases may drive out the unspecialised information broker in the long run.Ex. There is a need to provide public access to the Internet and to develop guidelines for selecting and deselecting appropriate resources.Ex. Like its predecessor, it wants to strip away the sentimentality surrounding male-female relationships and reveal the ugly, unvarnished truth.Ex. Some Russia specialists say President Putin is rolling back liberal economic and political reforms ushered in by his predecessor.Ex. The beauty, the aliveness, the creativity, the passion that made her lovable and gave her life meaning has been effaced.Ex. His case was referred to the next session, and in the following May he was cashiered.Ex. Pockets of resistance still remain in Fallujah, but the vast majority of insurgents have been cleared out.Ex. It seems to me that the electronic catalog provides the ability to build a file that can, in fact, be easily weeded.Ex. It's instructive to remember just how passionately the media hyped the dangers of ' sunsetting' the ban.Ex. Like I said, no wonder racism won't die, it takes BOTH sides to stomp it out, not just one!.Ex. This electric fly swatter will zap any fly or mosquito with 1500 volts.Ex. My lasting image of Omar is of him crouched in the rubble waiting for U.S. troops to get close enough so he could take one of them out.----* ayudar a eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.* eliminar al intermediario = cut out + the middleman.* eliminar ambigüedades = disambiguate.* eliminar barreras = flatten + barriers, tackle + barriers, erase + boundaries.* eliminar de un golpe = eliminate + at a stroke.* eliminar de un texto = redact out, redact.* eliminar diferencias = flatten out + differences.* eliminar el hielo = de-ice [deice].* eliminar el sarro = descale.* eliminar gases = pass + gas, break + wind, pass + wind.* eliminar la necesidad de = remove + the need for.* eliminar las barreras = break down + barriers.* eliminar las diferencias = iron out + differences.* eliminar los duplicados = deduplicate.* eliminar + Nombre = clear of + Nombre.* eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.* eliminar por etapas = phase out.* eliminar progresivamente = phase out.* eliminar puestos de trabajo = shed + jobs, axe + jobs, cut + jobs.* eliminar puliendo = buff out.* eliminar una barrera = topple + barrier.* eliminar una ecuación de búsqueda = clear + search.* eliminar un error = remove + error.* eliminar un obstáculo = remove + barrier, sweep away + obstacle.* eliminar un problema = sweep away + problem, work out + kink.* * *verbo transitivo1)b) < candidato> to eliminate; (Dep) to eliminate, knock outc) (euf) ( matar) to eliminate (euph), to get rid of (euph)d) < residuos> to dispose of2) <toxinas/grasas> to eliminate3) (Mat) < incógnita> to eliminate* * *= abort, cut off, delete, detach, disband, discard, dispose of, do away with, eliminate, eradicate, erase, erode, kill, obviate, purge, remove, rid, suppress, take out, withdraw, screen out, retire, squeeze out, decrement, dispel, weed out, axe [ax, -USA], abolish, pare out, chop off, excise, obliterate, scrap, take off, expunge, cut out, put to + rest, sweep away, root out, nix, drive out, deselect, strip away, roll back, efface, cashier, clear out, weed, sunset, stomp + Nombre + out, zap, take + Nombre + out.Ex: It is important to know what police or fire responses are triggered by alarms and how that reaction can be aborted and the alarm silenced.
Ex: The only way to solve these problems is either to revise your catalog in its totality or to cut it off.Ex: Expressive notation is generally easier to truncate, that is, delete final characters to create the notation for a more general subject.Ex: The words from the deleted abstract in the abstract word file will be detached when DOBIS/LIBIS is not busy with other work.Ex: With the completion of the draft in 1983, the Working Group on an International Authority System was officially disbanded.Ex: The dates should be checked regularly and updated so that old dates are discarded and new ones entered.Ex: List and describe the steps involved in withdrawing and disposing of books which are no longer required.Ex: DOBIS/LIBIS does away with the multiplicity of files and catalogs.Ex: Obviously, computers and the use of notation in computerised systems may place additional constraints upon the nature of the notation, or may eliminate the need to consider some of the characteristics below.Ex: In this instance links would be insufficient to eradicate the false drop.Ex: Pressing the delete key erases a characters without leaving a blank space.Ex: These arrangements should also erode price differentials between Europe and the US, and permit each country to support its own online services.Ex: He was looking for the book 'Flowers and Bullets and Freedom to kill' = Estaba buscando el libro "Flores, balas y libertad para matar".Ex: The intercalation of (41-4) after 329 obviates this function.Ex: The system requests the number of the borrower and then purges that borrower's name and number from its files.Ex: Folders allow a set of papers to be kept together when a set on a given topic is removed from the file.Ex: This function can be used to rid access-point files of unused entries.Ex: It is possible to suppress references and to omit steps in a hierarchy.Ex: A scheme should allow reduction, to take out subjects and their subdivisions which are no longer used.Ex: Thus, all cards corresponding to documents covering 'Curricula' are withdrawn from the pack.Ex: Most journals rely for a substantial part of their income on advertisements; how would advertisers view the prospect of being selectively screened out by readers?.Ex: This article stresses the importance for libraries of making current informationav ailable on AIDS, and of retiring out-of-date information on the subject.Ex: Subjects not in the core of major employment areas are likely to be squeezed out of the standard curriculum.Ex: Document terms absent from the original query were decremented.Ex: But years and experience do not always dispel the sense of unease.Ex: Information services administrators expect library schools to uphold admission standards and weed out unsuitable candidates.Ex: 'He's been trying to cover up his tracks; those engineers who got axed were his scapegoats'.Ex: Who knows? If we can abolish the card catalogue and replace it with some form more acceptable to library users, they may even begin to use library catalogues!.Ex: Because the assumption in this method is that none of the preceding years' operations are worth continuing unless they can be shown to be necessary, zero-based budgeting (ZZB) can be useful for paring out the deadwood of obsolete or uselessly extravagant programs.Ex: Others chop off old records to remain within the limits of 680 MB.Ex: Once a new digitized system has been introduced irrelevancies and redundant features can more easily be seen and excised.Ex: Typing errors cannot be obliterated with a normal erasing fluid as this would print and appear as a blotch on the copies.Ex: There have even been rumours of plans to scrap most of the industrial side of its work and disperse key elements, such as the work on regional and industrial aid, to the provinces.Ex: This article examines the controversial issue about whether to expunge books about satanism from the library shelves.Ex: In order to support a core acquistions programme of essential materials for its users, a library will more readily cut out material on the fringe of its needs if such material can be obtained by a good document supply system.Ex: Careful investigation by the library board of the possibilities inherent in system membership usually puts to rest preconceived fears.Ex: Librarians should ensure that the principles they stand for are not swept away on a tide of technological jingoism.Ex: Libraries should root out unproductive and obsolete activities.Ex: This play was nixed by school officials on the grounds that the subject of sweatshops was not appropriate for that age group.Ex: The development of user-friendly interfaces to data bases may drive out the unspecialised information broker in the long run.Ex: There is a need to provide public access to the Internet and to develop guidelines for selecting and deselecting appropriate resources.Ex: Like its predecessor, it wants to strip away the sentimentality surrounding male-female relationships and reveal the ugly, unvarnished truth.Ex: Some Russia specialists say President Putin is rolling back liberal economic and political reforms ushered in by his predecessor.Ex: The beauty, the aliveness, the creativity, the passion that made her lovable and gave her life meaning has been effaced.Ex: His case was referred to the next session, and in the following May he was cashiered.Ex: Pockets of resistance still remain in Fallujah, but the vast majority of insurgents have been cleared out.Ex: It seems to me that the electronic catalog provides the ability to build a file that can, in fact, be easily weeded.Ex: It's instructive to remember just how passionately the media hyped the dangers of ' sunsetting' the ban.Ex: Like I said, no wonder racism won't die, it takes BOTH sides to stomp it out, not just one!.Ex: This electric fly swatter will zap any fly or mosquito with 1500 volts.Ex: My lasting image of Omar is of him crouched in the rubble waiting for U.S. troops to get close enough so he could take one of them out.* ayudar a eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.* eliminar al intermediario = cut out + the middleman.* eliminar ambigüedades = disambiguate.* eliminar barreras = flatten + barriers, tackle + barriers, erase + boundaries.* eliminar de un golpe = eliminate + at a stroke.* eliminar de un texto = redact out, redact.* eliminar diferencias = flatten out + differences.* eliminar el hielo = de-ice [deice].* eliminar el sarro = descale.* eliminar gases = pass + gas, break + wind, pass + wind.* eliminar la necesidad de = remove + the need for.* eliminar las barreras = break down + barriers.* eliminar las diferencias = iron out + differences.* eliminar los duplicados = deduplicate.* eliminar + Nombre = clear of + Nombre.* eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.* eliminar por etapas = phase out.* eliminar progresivamente = phase out.* eliminar puestos de trabajo = shed + jobs, axe + jobs, cut + jobs.* eliminar puliendo = buff out.* eliminar una barrera = topple + barrier.* eliminar una ecuación de búsqueda = clear + search.* eliminar un error = remove + error.* eliminar un obstáculo = remove + barrier, sweep away + obstacle.* eliminar un problema = sweep away + problem, work out + kink.* * *eliminar [A1 ]vtA1 ‹obstáculo› to remove; ‹párrafo› to delete, removepara eliminar las cucarachas to get rid of o exterminate o kill cockroaches2 ‹equipo/candidato› to eliminatefueron eliminados del torneo they were knocked out of o eliminated from the tournamentB ‹toxinas/grasas› to eliminateC ( Mat) ‹incógnita› to eliminate* * *
eliminar ( conjugate eliminar) verbo transitivo
‹ párrafo› to delete, remove
(Dep) to eliminate, knock out
eliminar verbo transitivo to eliminate
' eliminar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acabar
- cortar
- descalificar
- michelín
- quitar
- sonda
- terminar
- tranquilizar
English:
cut out
- debug
- eliminate
- face
- hit list
- knock out
- liquidate
- obliterate
- remove
- weed
- cut
- delete
- do
- knock
- take
- zap
* * *eliminar vt1. [en juego, deporte, concurso] to eliminate (de from);el que menos puntos consiga queda eliminado the person who scores the lowest number of points is eliminated;lo eliminaron en la segunda ronda he was eliminated o knocked out in the second round2. [acabar con] [contaminación] to eliminate;[grasas, toxinas] to eliminate, to get rid of; [residuos] to dispose of; [manchas] to remove, to get rid of; [fronteras, obstáculos] to remove, to eliminate;eliminó algunos trozos de su discurso he cut out some parts of his speech* * *v/t1 eliminate2 desperdicios dispose of3 INFOR delete* * *eliminar vt1) : to eliminate, to remove2) : to do in, to kill* * *eliminar vb1. (en general) to eliminatela policía lo eliminó de la lista de sospechosos the police eliminated him from the list of suspects2. (manchas) to remove -
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f.1 piece of evidence.no tengo pruebas I have no proof o evidence2 sign.en o como prueba de in o as proof of3 test.prueba de alcoholemia breath testprueba del embarazo pregnancy testla prueba de fuego the acid testprueba de resistencia endurance test4 test.prueba de acceso entrance examinationprueba de aptitud aptitude test5 ordeal, trial (trance).6 event (sport).7 proof (Imprenta).8 sample.9 audition.pres.indicat.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: probar.imperat.2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: probar.* * *1 (demostración) proof2 (experimento) experiment, trial■ hemos hecho la prueba de no regañarla a ver qué pasa we've tried not telling her off to see what happens3 (examen) test4 TÉCNICA trial5 MEDICINA test6 DEPORTE event7 DERECHO evidence8 (en imprenta) proof9 (en costura) fitting\a prueba de proof againsten prueba de as a sign ofponer a prueba to put to the testprueba de acceso entrance examinationprueba de fuego acid testprueba del embarazo pregnancy testprueba nuclear nuclear test* * *noun f.1) proof2) evidence3) event4) test, trial5) token* * *SF1) (=demostración) proof¿tiene usted prueba de ello? — can you prove it?, do you have proof?
eso es la prueba de que él lo hizo — this proves that he did it, this is the proof that he did it
es prueba de que tiene buena salud — that proves o shows he's in good health
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ser buena prueba de algo — to be clear proof of sthel resultado es buena prueba de su profesionalidad — the result is clear proof of her professionalism
Alonso dio buena prueba de su calidad como orador — Alonso clearly demonstrated his quality as a speaker, Alonso gave clear proof of his quality as a speaker
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como o en prueba de — in proof ofcomo o en prueba de lo cual — in proof of which
me lo dio como o en prueba de amistad — he gave it to me as a token of friendship
como o en prueba de que no es así te lo ofrezco gratis — to prove that that isn't the case, I'll give it to you for free
2) (Jur) piece of evidence3) (=examen) (Escol, Univ, Med) test; [de actor] (Cine) screen test; (Teat) auditionprueba de acceso — entrance test, entrance examination
prueba de alcoholemia — Breathalyzer ® test
prueba de selectividad — (Univ) entrance examination
prueba práctica — practical, practical test
4) (=ensayo)a) [gen]•
período de prueba — [de persona] probationary period; [de producto] trial period•
estar en (fase de) pruebas — to be on trialemitir en pruebas — (TV) to broadcast test transmissions
b)• a prueba — (Téc) on trial; (Com) on approval, on trial
c)• a prueba de, a prueba de agua — waterproof
a prueba de bomba(s) — (lit) bombproof, shellproof
prueba en carretera — (Aut) test drive
5) (Dep) (=disciplina) event; (=carrera) racela prueba individual — (Tenis) the singles
prueba campo a través — (Atletismo) cross-country race; (Hípica) cross-country trial
prueba de carretera — (Ciclismo) road race
prueba de relevos — relay, relay race
prueba de vallas — hurdles, hurdles race
prueba en ruta — (Ciclismo) road race
prueba por equipos — (Ciclismo) team trial
6) (Cos) fitting7) (Fot) print8) [de comida] (=acto) testing, sampling; (=cantidad) taste, sample10) pl pruebas (Tip) proofsprimeras pruebas — first proofs, galleys
* * *I1)a) (demostración, testimonio) proofno dio la menor prueba de estar sufriendo — he didn't give the slightest hint o indication that he was suffering
en or como prueba de mi agradecimiento — as a token of my gratitude
b) (Der) piece of evidence2) (Educ) test; (Cin) screen test, audition; (Teatr) audition3)a) (ensayo, experimento)b) ( circunstancia difícil)la enfermedad de su padre fue una dura prueba para ella — her father's illness was a testing time for her
c) (en locs)a prueba: tomar a alguien a prueba to take somebody on for a trial period; tener algo a prueba to have something on trial; poner algo a prueba to put something to the test; estás poniendo a prueba mi paciencia you're trying my patience; a prueba de: un reloj a prueba de golpes a shockproof watch; un dispositivo a prueba de ladrones a burglarproof mechanism; cristal a prueba de balas — bulletproof glass
d) ( en costura) fitting4) (Fot, Impr) proof5) (Dep)IIla prueba de los 1.500 metros — the 1,500 meters (event o race)
* * *= assaying, edit sheet, engraving, field trial, galley, page proof, proof slip, proofsheet, proving trial, trial, trial print, trial run, tangible evidence, reassurance, test, proof copy, proof, galley proof, proof sheet, lab test, test session, test drive, test run, modelling exercise, performance test, ordeal, audition, tryout.Ex. Suppose you have classified, by UDC, the document 'Select methods of metallurgical assaying', class number 669.9.Ex. To print MARC record edit sheets, press 'Alt F3', which means to press and hold down the 'Alt' key, followed by pressing the 'F3' key.Ex. An art print is an engraving, etching, lithograph, etc. printed from the plate prepared by the artist.Ex. Telidon was first demonstrated in 1978, and small-scale field trials videotex and teletext started in 1980.Ex. Final editing and corrections are done on this terminal, and galleys are sent to the customer.Ex. Catalogue cards are available for each item recorded in the weekly BNB, and for Cataloguing-in-Publication (CIP) records prepared from the page proofs of forthcoming titles.Ex. Since it seems clear that many libraries will not be automating, they will have to depend on traditional sources of cataloging data such as cards, proof slips, and book catalogs.Ex. Alternatively a library may receive proofsheets of every LC catalogue record, and make a selection from these when items arrive.Ex. Bureaux can be useful for proving trials, and the deferment of commitments until a suitable size of data base has been accumulated in the computer system.Ex. The intention was to determine which department within each library has the responsibility for arranging trials of products.Ex. Trial prints (proofs) of the formes were then made, and compared with the copy from which they had been set.Ex. This course can be taken by librarians as well as readers and its trial run started in 1987.Ex. The chairwoman of the board had decided that as part of the screening process those who had successfully survived the initial winnowing should furnish the board with tangible evidence of how they might perform on a specific assignment.Ex. Such reassurance becomes particularly important if the inquirer has not sampled the file, either in a printed format or in browsing online.Ex. The suppliers claim that tests show this to be sufficient for 980 of all entries.Ex. One can only point to the efforts being made at BNB to produce cataloguing records as quickly as possible from proof copies if at all feasible.Ex. The catalogue has been automated since 1984, and further proof of the library's value and ability to move with the times are shown by its 8,400 plus individual members.Ex. Checking is carried out by comparison of the galley proof against the manuscript.Ex. These have the advantages of economy, and (if the subscriber desires) selectivity because the records on the proof sheets are divided into broad categories which can be obtained separately.Ex. The article 'Search engine showdown' reports the results of lab tests carried out on 7 major World Wide Web (WWW) search engines available free of charge on the Internet.Ex. A cognitive walkthrough consists of a re-enactment of a test session in which the user is queried about their movements and decisions throughout the test session.Ex. The author presents an evaluation of PatentView in terms of product information, search and retrieval facilities, documentation, and test drive.Ex. Test run results show that by taking advantage of the favourable properties of holography shorter response times are obtained.Ex. The modelling exercise would indicate which model was most economic and which was most cost-effective.Ex. The domains covered in the performance tests for the area of cosmetology were: hair cut, permanent wave, shampooing, wigs and hairpieces, skin care, hair conditioners (scalp and treatment), and manicuring.Ex. The article has the title ' Ordeals of a frustrated European intermediary with competitive intelligence searching'.Ex. Applicants may receive information regarding these auditions by sending a one-page written resume to this office no later than October 20, 2008.Ex. Nearly 200 players submitted applications to be considered for the tryouts and the pool was narrowed to 84.----* anterior a la prueba = pretrial.* antes de la prueba = pretest [pre-test].* a prueba = on trial.* a prueba de bombas = ruggedised [ruggedized, -USA], bomb-proof.* a prueba de conejos = rabbit-proof.* a prueba de fallos = fail-safe.* a prueba de incendios = fireproof [fire-proof].* a prueba de inendios = fireproof [fire-proof].* a prueba de niños = childproof.* a prueba de robos = theft proof.* a prueba de tornados = tornado proof.* a prueba de un tratamiento duro = ruggedised [ruggedized, -USA].* a prueba de viento = windproof.* a toda prueba = unswerving.* banco de pruebas = testbed [test bed], benchmarking.* cada vez más pruebas = accumulating evidence.* carga de la prueba, la = burden of proof, the.* chaleco a prueba de balas = bullet-proof vest.* como prueba de = as a token of, as a sign of.* como prueba de agradecimiento = as a token of thanks.* como prueba de + Posesivo + agradecimiento = as a token of + Posesivo + appreciation.* como prueba de + Posesivo + gratitud = as a token of + Posesivo + gratitude.* como pruebas = in evidence.* corrección de pruebas = proofreading, proof correction.* corrector de pruebas = proofreader, corrector.* corregir pruebas = proof, proofread.* corregir una prueba = correct + proof.* dar pruebas = provide + evidence.* demostrar Algo con pruebas = demonstrate + in print.* de prueba = on a trial basis, trial, probationary, on trial.* después de la prueba = posttest [post-test].* durante un período de prueba = on a trial basis.* encontrar pruebas = find + evidence.* en prueba = on trial.* existir pruebas de que = there + be + evidence that.* falta de pruebas = lack of evidence to the contrary.* hacer la prueba = give + it a whirl, give + it a shot, give + it a try.* hacer pruebas = prove + trials.* hacer una prueba = audition.* haciendo pruebas = trial and error.* las pruebas = the writing on the wall.* lugar de prueba alfa = alpha test site, alpha site.* lugar de prueba beta = beta test site.* lugar de pruebas = test site.* no superar la prueba de = not stand the test of.* oferta de prueba = trial offer.* pasar la prueba = pass + muster.* pasar una prueba = endure + ordeal, pass + a test, stand up.* pasar una prueba de sobra = pass with + flying colours.* período de prueba = probationary period, trial period, trial run, probation, period of probation, probation period.* peso de la prueba, el = burden of proof, the.* poner Algo a prueba = push + Nombre + to + Posesivo + limits.* poner a prueba = stretch, tax, try, strain, overtax, pilot, put to + the test, test, trial, overstretch, push + the envelope, put + Nombre + to the test, try + Nombre + on, push + Nombre + to the edge.* poner a prueba la paciencia de un santo = test + Posesivo + patience, try + Nombre + patience, try + the patience of a saint.* poner a prueba la paciencia de un santo = test + the patience of a saint.* poner a prueba una idea = test + idea, pilot + idea.* poseer pruebas = have + evidence.* posterior a la prueba = post-test.* presentar las pruebas ante = lay + evidence before.* presentar pruebas = give + evidence.* programa de prueba beta = beta test programme.* proporcionar pruebas = provide + evidence.* prueba beta = beta test.* prueba cloze = cloze test.* prueba concluyente = conclusive evidence.* prueba de acidez = litmus test.* prueba de alcoholemia = breath test, alcohol testing.* prueba de antidopaje = drug testing.* prueba de antidoping = drug testing.* prueba decisiva = litmus test.* prueba de compra = proof of purchase.* prueba de desgaste = wear test.* prueba de detección de consumo de drogas = drug testing.* prueba de detección del cáncer = health facility, cancer screening.* prueba de fuego, la = acid test, the.* prueba de identidad = proof of identity.* prueba de laboratorio = lab test.* prueba de la densidad = density test.* prueba de la máxima proximidad = nearest neighbour test.* prueba del embarazo = pregnancy test.* prueba del hecho de que = evidence of the fact that.* prueba del solapamiento = overlap test.* prueba de paternidad = paternity test.* prueba de prensa = press proof.* prueba de referencia = benchmark test.* prueba de rendimiento = benchmark, benchtest, achievement test, performance test.* prueba determinante = litmus test.* prueba de tornasol = litmus test.* prueba de validación = validation test.* prueba documental = documentary evidence.* prueba dura = ordeal.* prueba evidente = living proof.* prueba fehaciente = competent proof, living proof.* prueba final = final.* prueba inequívoca = ironclad proof.* prueba in situ = field test.* prueba nuclear = nuclear weapons testing.* prueba palpable = living proof.* prueba rápida = quiz form, quiz [quizzes, -pl.].* pruebas = evidence, proofs, testing.* pruebas cada vez más concluyentes = mounting evidence.* pruebas circunstanciales = circumstantial evidence.* pruebas contundentes = hard evidence.* pruebas convincentes = convincing evidence.* pruebas de rendimiento = benchmarking.* pruebas en contra = evidence to the contrary.* pruebas forenses = forensic evidence.* pruebas indirectas = circumstantial evidence.* prueba sobre el terreno = field test, field trial.* pruebas previas = prior art.* prueba univariante = univariate test.* prueba viviente = living proof.* puesta a prueba = trying, piloting.* puesto a prueba = overstretched.* realizar una prueba = conduct + trial, take + test.* recoger pruebas = collect + evidence, gather + evidence, accumulate + evidence.* resultados de pruebas = test data.* sacar una prueba = pull + a proof.* ser la prueba de fuego de Algo = test + Nombre + to the limit.* ser prueba suficiente = be proof enough.* ser una prueba más de = strengthen + evidence.* someter a prueba = place + strain on.* terreno de pruebas = testing ground.* tira de prueba = test strip.* versión de prueba = test drive, trial version.* * *I1)a) (demostración, testimonio) proofno dio la menor prueba de estar sufriendo — he didn't give the slightest hint o indication that he was suffering
en or como prueba de mi agradecimiento — as a token of my gratitude
b) (Der) piece of evidence2) (Educ) test; (Cin) screen test, audition; (Teatr) audition3)a) (ensayo, experimento)b) ( circunstancia difícil)la enfermedad de su padre fue una dura prueba para ella — her father's illness was a testing time for her
c) (en locs)a prueba: tomar a alguien a prueba to take somebody on for a trial period; tener algo a prueba to have something on trial; poner algo a prueba to put something to the test; estás poniendo a prueba mi paciencia you're trying my patience; a prueba de: un reloj a prueba de golpes a shockproof watch; un dispositivo a prueba de ladrones a burglarproof mechanism; cristal a prueba de balas — bulletproof glass
d) ( en costura) fitting4) (Fot, Impr) proof5) (Dep)IIla prueba de los 1.500 metros — the 1,500 meters (event o race)
* * *= assaying, edit sheet, engraving, field trial, galley, page proof, proof slip, proofsheet, proving trial, trial, trial print, trial run, tangible evidence, reassurance, test, proof copy, proof, galley proof, proof sheet, lab test, test session, test drive, test run, modelling exercise, performance test, ordeal, audition, tryout.Ex: Suppose you have classified, by UDC, the document 'Select methods of metallurgical assaying', class number 669.9.
Ex: To print MARC record edit sheets, press 'Alt F3', which means to press and hold down the 'Alt' key, followed by pressing the 'F3' key.Ex: An art print is an engraving, etching, lithograph, etc. printed from the plate prepared by the artist.Ex: Telidon was first demonstrated in 1978, and small-scale field trials videotex and teletext started in 1980.Ex: Final editing and corrections are done on this terminal, and galleys are sent to the customer.Ex: Catalogue cards are available for each item recorded in the weekly BNB, and for Cataloguing-in-Publication (CIP) records prepared from the page proofs of forthcoming titles.Ex: Since it seems clear that many libraries will not be automating, they will have to depend on traditional sources of cataloging data such as cards, proof slips, and book catalogs.Ex: Alternatively a library may receive proofsheets of every LC catalogue record, and make a selection from these when items arrive.Ex: Bureaux can be useful for proving trials, and the deferment of commitments until a suitable size of data base has been accumulated in the computer system.Ex: The intention was to determine which department within each library has the responsibility for arranging trials of products.Ex: Trial prints (proofs) of the formes were then made, and compared with the copy from which they had been set.Ex: This course can be taken by librarians as well as readers and its trial run started in 1987.Ex: The chairwoman of the board had decided that as part of the screening process those who had successfully survived the initial winnowing should furnish the board with tangible evidence of how they might perform on a specific assignment.Ex: Such reassurance becomes particularly important if the inquirer has not sampled the file, either in a printed format or in browsing online.Ex: The suppliers claim that tests show this to be sufficient for 980 of all entries.Ex: One can only point to the efforts being made at BNB to produce cataloguing records as quickly as possible from proof copies if at all feasible.Ex: The catalogue has been automated since 1984, and further proof of the library's value and ability to move with the times are shown by its 8,400 plus individual members.Ex: Checking is carried out by comparison of the galley proof against the manuscript.Ex: These have the advantages of economy, and (if the subscriber desires) selectivity because the records on the proof sheets are divided into broad categories which can be obtained separately.Ex: The article 'Search engine showdown' reports the results of lab tests carried out on 7 major World Wide Web (WWW) search engines available free of charge on the Internet.Ex: A cognitive walkthrough consists of a re-enactment of a test session in which the user is queried about their movements and decisions throughout the test session.Ex: The author presents an evaluation of PatentView in terms of product information, search and retrieval facilities, documentation, and test drive.Ex: Test run results show that by taking advantage of the favourable properties of holography shorter response times are obtained.Ex: The modelling exercise would indicate which model was most economic and which was most cost-effective.Ex: The domains covered in the performance tests for the area of cosmetology were: hair cut, permanent wave, shampooing, wigs and hairpieces, skin care, hair conditioners (scalp and treatment), and manicuring.Ex: The article has the title ' Ordeals of a frustrated European intermediary with competitive intelligence searching'.Ex: Applicants may receive information regarding these auditions by sending a one-page written resume to this office no later than October 20, 2008.Ex: Nearly 200 players submitted applications to be considered for the tryouts and the pool was narrowed to 84.* anterior a la prueba = pretrial.* antes de la prueba = pretest [pre-test].* a prueba = on trial.* a prueba de bombas = ruggedised [ruggedized, -USA], bomb-proof.* a prueba de conejos = rabbit-proof.* a prueba de fallos = fail-safe.* a prueba de incendios = fireproof [fire-proof].* a prueba de inendios = fireproof [fire-proof].* a prueba de niños = childproof.* a prueba de robos = theft proof.* a prueba de tornados = tornado proof.* a prueba de un tratamiento duro = ruggedised [ruggedized, -USA].* a prueba de viento = windproof.* a toda prueba = unswerving.* banco de pruebas = testbed [test bed], benchmarking.* cada vez más pruebas = accumulating evidence.* carga de la prueba, la = burden of proof, the.* chaleco a prueba de balas = bullet-proof vest.* como prueba de = as a token of, as a sign of.* como prueba de agradecimiento = as a token of thanks.* como prueba de + Posesivo + agradecimiento = as a token of + Posesivo + appreciation.* como prueba de + Posesivo + gratitud = as a token of + Posesivo + gratitude.* como pruebas = in evidence.* corrección de pruebas = proofreading, proof correction.* corrector de pruebas = proofreader, corrector.* corregir pruebas = proof, proofread.* corregir una prueba = correct + proof.* dar pruebas = provide + evidence.* demostrar Algo con pruebas = demonstrate + in print.* de prueba = on a trial basis, trial, probationary, on trial.* después de la prueba = posttest [post-test].* durante un período de prueba = on a trial basis.* encontrar pruebas = find + evidence.* en prueba = on trial.* existir pruebas de que = there + be + evidence that.* falta de pruebas = lack of evidence to the contrary.* hacer la prueba = give + it a whirl, give + it a shot, give + it a try.* hacer pruebas = prove + trials.* hacer una prueba = audition.* haciendo pruebas = trial and error.* las pruebas = the writing on the wall.* lugar de prueba alfa = alpha test site, alpha site.* lugar de prueba beta = beta test site.* lugar de pruebas = test site.* no superar la prueba de = not stand the test of.* oferta de prueba = trial offer.* pasar la prueba = pass + muster.* pasar una prueba = endure + ordeal, pass + a test, stand up.* pasar una prueba de sobra = pass with + flying colours.* período de prueba = probationary period, trial period, trial run, probation, period of probation, probation period.* peso de la prueba, el = burden of proof, the.* poner Algo a prueba = push + Nombre + to + Posesivo + limits.* poner a prueba = stretch, tax, try, strain, overtax, pilot, put to + the test, test, trial, overstretch, push + the envelope, put + Nombre + to the test, try + Nombre + on, push + Nombre + to the edge.* poner a prueba la paciencia de un santo = test + Posesivo + patience, try + Nombre + patience, try + the patience of a saint.* poner a prueba la paciencia de un santo = test + the patience of a saint.* poner a prueba una idea = test + idea, pilot + idea.* poseer pruebas = have + evidence.* posterior a la prueba = post-test.* presentar las pruebas ante = lay + evidence before.* presentar pruebas = give + evidence.* programa de prueba beta = beta test programme.* proporcionar pruebas = provide + evidence.* prueba beta = beta test.* prueba cloze = cloze test.* prueba concluyente = conclusive evidence.* prueba de acidez = litmus test.* prueba de alcoholemia = breath test, alcohol testing.* prueba de antidopaje = drug testing.* prueba de antidoping = drug testing.* prueba decisiva = litmus test.* prueba de compra = proof of purchase.* prueba de desgaste = wear test.* prueba de detección de consumo de drogas = drug testing.* prueba de detección del cáncer = health facility, cancer screening.* prueba de fuego, la = acid test, the.* prueba de identidad = proof of identity.* prueba de laboratorio = lab test.* prueba de la densidad = density test.* prueba de la máxima proximidad = nearest neighbour test.* prueba del embarazo = pregnancy test.* prueba del hecho de que = evidence of the fact that.* prueba del solapamiento = overlap test.* prueba de paternidad = paternity test.* prueba de prensa = press proof.* prueba de referencia = benchmark test.* prueba de rendimiento = benchmark, benchtest, achievement test, performance test.* prueba determinante = litmus test.* prueba de tornasol = litmus test.* prueba de validación = validation test.* prueba documental = documentary evidence.* prueba dura = ordeal.* prueba evidente = living proof.* prueba fehaciente = competent proof, living proof.* prueba final = final.* prueba inequívoca = ironclad proof.* prueba in situ = field test.* prueba nuclear = nuclear weapons testing.* prueba palpable = living proof.* prueba rápida = quiz form, quiz [quizzes, -pl.].* pruebas = evidence, proofs, testing.* pruebas cada vez más concluyentes = mounting evidence.* pruebas circunstanciales = circumstantial evidence.* pruebas contundentes = hard evidence.* pruebas convincentes = convincing evidence.* pruebas de rendimiento = benchmarking.* pruebas en contra = evidence to the contrary.* pruebas forenses = forensic evidence.* pruebas indirectas = circumstantial evidence.* prueba sobre el terreno = field test, field trial.* pruebas previas = prior art.* prueba univariante = univariate test.* prueba viviente = living proof.* puesta a prueba = trying, piloting.* puesto a prueba = overstretched.* realizar una prueba = conduct + trial, take + test.* recoger pruebas = collect + evidence, gather + evidence, accumulate + evidence.* resultados de pruebas = test data.* sacar una prueba = pull + a proof.* ser la prueba de fuego de Algo = test + Nombre + to the limit.* ser prueba suficiente = be proof enough.* ser una prueba más de = strengthen + evidence.* someter a prueba = place + strain on.* terreno de pruebas = testing ground.* tira de prueba = test strip.* versión de prueba = test drive, trial version.* * *A1(demostración, señal): te ha llamado, eso es prueba de que le caes bien he called you, that shows o that proves he likes you, he called you, that's a sure sign that he likes youno había estudiado nada, la prueba está en que no contestó ni una pregunta it was quite clear o evident that he hadn't done any studying, he didn't answer a single questiondio constantes pruebas de su lealtad he proved his loyalty over and over againno dio la menor prueba de estar sufriendo he didn't give the slightest hint o indication that he was sufferingacepta este regalo en or como prueba de mi agradecimiento accept this gift as a token of my gratitude2 ( Der)(cosa, argumento): retiraron la acusación por falta de pruebas the charge was withdrawn owing to lack of evidenceno hay pruebas de que eso sea verdad there's no proof that that's truetendrá que presentar pruebas de ello he will have to provide evidence to prove it, he'll have to prove itesta nueva prueba this new (piece of) evidenceesto es prueba concluyente de que nos mintió this is conclusive proof that he lied to usa las pruebas me remito this/that proves it3 ( Mat):hacer la prueba de una operación to check one's calculationsCompuestos:circumstantial evidenceproof of purchasela prueba del absurdo reductio ad absurdumfpl material evidenceCompuestos:aptitude testacid testes un papel verdaderamente difícil, que va a ser su prueba de fuego como actor it's a really difficult part, which will be the acid test of his acting abilityplacement test, grading testC1(ensayo, experimento): ¿qué pasa si aprietas este botón? — no sé, hagamos la prueba what happens if you press this button? — I don't know, let's try it and see¿por qué no haces la prueba de dejarlo en remojo? why don't you try leaving it to soak?¡mira que te pego! — ¿a ver? ¡haz la prueba! (CS fam); I'll hit you! — oh yeah? let's see you try! ( colloq)2 ( en locs):a prueba: no tenía experiencia pero lo tomaron a prueba he had no experience but they took him on for a trial period o on probationtenemos esta fotocopiadora a prueba we have this photocopier on trialllévelo a prueba take it on trial o on approvalponer algo a prueba to put sth to the testestás poniendo a prueba mi paciencia you're trying my patiencea prueba de: un reloj a prueba de golpes a shockproof watchun dispositivo a prueba de ladrones a burglarproof mechanisma prueba de niños ( hum); childproofcristal a prueba de balas bulletproof glassdio unos argumentos a prueba de balas she put forward some rock solid o cast-iron arguments3 (en costura) fittingCompuestos:laboratory trial o test● prueba del alcohol or de la alcoholemiapregnancy testnuclear test● prueba patrón or de referenciabenchmarkhacer la prueba patrón or de referencia to benchmarkfpl weapons testingcorregir pruebas to proofreadCompuestos:artist's proof● prueba de galera or imprentagalley proofE1 ( Dep):en las pruebas de clasificación in the qualifying heatsla prueba de los 1.500 metros the 1,500 meters event o race, the 1,500 meterslas pruebas de descenso the downhill events2 ( AmL) (ejercicio) feat, actCompuesto:road race* * *
Del verbo probar: ( conjugate probar)
prueba es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo
Multiple Entries:
probar
prueba
probar ( conjugate probar) verbo transitivo
1 ( demostrar) ‹teoría/inocencia› to prove
2
( por primera vez) to try
‹coche/mecanismo› to try out
pruebale algo A algn to try sth on sb
‹arma/vehículo› to test (out)
verbo intransitivo ( intentar) to try;
prueba A hacer algo to try doing sth
probarse verbo pronominal ‹ropa/zapatos› to try on
prueba sustantivo femenino
1
eso es prueba de que le caes bien that proves he likes you;
en or como prueba de mi agradecimiento as a token of my gratitudeb) (Der) piece of evidence
2 (Educ) test;
(Cin) screen test, audition;
(Teatr) audition
3
prueba de la alcoholemia Breathalyzer® test, sobriety test (AmE), drunkometer test (AmE);
prueba del embarazo pregnancy testb) ( en locs)◊ a prueba: tomar a algn a prueba to take sb on for a trial period;
tener algo a prueba to have sth on trial;
poner algo a prueba to put sth to the test;
a prueba de golpes/de balas shockproof/bulletproof
4 (Fot, Impr) proof;
5 (Dep):
la prueba de los 1.500 metros the 1,500 meters (event o race)
probar
I verbo transitivo
1 (una teoría, un hecho) to prove
2 (una máquina, un aparato, etc) to test
3 (comida, bebida) to try
(sabor, etc) to taste: no prueba el alcohol, he never touches alcohol
II vi (intentar) to try ➣ Ver nota en try
prueba sustantivo femenino
1 proof
corregir pruebas, to proofread
como prueba de mi amistad, as a sign of my friendship
2 (experimento, examen, etc) test, trial
poner algo a prueba, to put sthg to the test: puso a prueba mi paciencia, she put my patience to the test
figurado la prueba de fuego, the acid test
prueba de alcoholemia, sobriety test, Breathalyzer(tm) test
3 (competición) event
4 Jur piece of evidence: no tienes pruebas, you have no evidence
♦ Locuciones: a prueba (en un trabajo) on trial: le cogieron quince días a prueba, they took him on for a two-week trial period
a prueba de: a prueba de balas, bulletproof
a prueba de golpes, shockproof
' prueba' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acceso
- alcoholemia
- cala
- comprometedor
- comprometedora
- constancia
- ensayo
- escarceo
- estrellarse
- indicio
- preliminar
- presentarse
- probar
- psicotécnica
- psicotécnico
- selectividad
- someter
- suficiencia
- terminante
- testimonio
- admisión
- audición
- bala
- concluyente
- contundente
- convivencia
- corregir
- correr
- decisivo
- delator
- documental
- ejercicio
- evaluación
- exigente
- fondo
- individual
- justificación
- muestra
- otro
- pasar
- preparar
- puntaje
- puntuar
- resistencia
- superar
English:
acid test
- aptitude test
- audition
- burden
- childproof
- contest
- demonstration
- discovery
- dummy run
- event
- exhibit
- fitting
- idiot-proof
- positive
- preponderance
- probation
- proof
- qualifying
- shellproof
- shockproof
- shred
- strain
- tax
- test
- test drive
- test run
- touch
- trial
- try
- windproof
- air
- approval
- bear
- Breathalyzer
- cast
- endurance
- failing
- go
- heat
- litmus
- one
- over
- pace
- pilot
- probationary
- quiz
- screen
- see
- sobriety
- token
* * *♦ nf1. [demostración] proof;no existe ninguna prueba de que haya copiado en el examen there is no proof that he copied during the exam;dio pruebas irrefutables de que era inocente she gave irrefutable proof of her innocence, she proved beyond doubt that she was innocent;no tengo pruebas I have no proof;¡ahí tienes la prueba! that proves it!2. Der piece of evidence;pruebas evidence, proof;fue absuelto por falta de pruebas he was acquitted owing to a lack of evidence;presentar pruebas to submit evidence;a las pruebas me remito the evidence will bear me outpruebas indiciarias circumstantial evidence;pruebas de indicios circumstantial evidence;pruebas instrumentales documentary evidence3. [manifestación, señal] sign;eso es prueba de que les importa this proves they care, this is a sign that they care;a mitad de carrera empezó a dar pruebas de cansancio halfway through the race she started to show signs of tiring;le hice el regalo como prueba de agradecimiento/mi amor I gave her the present as a token of my gratitude/love4. [examen académico] test;el examen consta de una prueba escrita y otra oral the exam has an oral part and a written partprueba de acceso entrance examination;prueba de aptitud aptitude test5. [comprobación, ensayo, experimento] test;hicimos la prueba de cambiar las pilas we tried changing the batteries;¡haga usted la prueba! try it and see!;hacerle a alguien una prueba to test sb, to give sb a test;RP Famhacer la prueba: te voy a abandonar para siempre – hacé la prueba I'm going to walk out and leave you for good – go on, then!prueba del ADN DNA test;prueba del alcohol Breathalyser® test;hacer la prueba del alcohol a alguien to breathalyse sb;prueba antidopaje drugs test;prueba antidoping drugs test;hacer la prueba antidoping a alguien to test sb for drugs;prueba del embarazo pregnancy test;hacerse la prueba del embarazo to take a pregnancy test;Fig la prueba de fuego the acid test;prueba nuclear nuclear test;pruebas nucleares nuclear testing;prueba de (la) paternidad paternity test;prueba de resistencia endurance test;la prueba del sida AIDS test;hacerle a alguien la prueba del sida to test sb for AIDS;hacerse la prueba del sida to have an AIDS test;prueba de sonido sound check6. [trance] ordeal, trial;la distancia fue una dura prueba para su relación being separated really put their relationship to the test7. Dep event;la prueba de los 110 metros vallas the 110 metres hurdles;la prueba de lanzamiento de jabalina the javelin;una prueba ciclista a cycling raceprueba clásica classic;prueba clasificatoria heat;prueba eliminatoria heat;prueba de saltos [de equitación] show jumping (competition)8. Imprenta proof;corregir pruebas, hacer corrección de pruebas to proofreadprueba positiva print10. Am [ejercicio] acrobatic feat♦ a prueba loc adj[trabajador] on probation; [producto comprado] on trial o approval;poner a prueba la paciencia de alguien to try sb's patience;poner algo/a alguien a prueba to put sth/sb to the test;fe a toda prueba unshakeable faith;* * *f1 tb TIP proof;en prueba de as proof of;dar pruebas de prove, give proof of2 JUR piece of evidence;por falta de pruebas for lack of evidence3 DEP event4 EDU test;admisión entrance exam:a prueba de bala bulletproof;a prueba de agua waterproof;a prueba de aire airtight;a prueba de fuego fireproof;a prueba de choques shock-resistant;poner algo a prueba put sth to the test* * *prueba nf1) : proof, evidence2) : trial, test3) : proof (in printing or photography)4) : event, qualifying round (in sports)5)a prueba de agua : waterproof6)prueba de fuego : acid test7)poner a prueba : to put to the test* * *prueba n1. (examen, análisis) test2. (en deportes) event3. (testimonio) proof -
14 importante
important* * *importante agg.1 (di cosa) important, major, momentous; key (attr.): il film rappresenta un avvenimento importante nella carriera del regista, the film is an important (o significant) event in the director's career; l'accaduto avrà conseguenze importanti per la sua carriera, the incident will have important (o major) consequences on his career; è una decisione importante, it's an important (o major o momentous) decision; un problema importante, a weighty (o momentous) problem; un'importante industria, a key industry; un affare importante, a big deal; l'apartheid è stato uno dei temi più importanti della sua campagna elettorale, apartheid was one of the major issues in his election campaign; il nostro secolo ha visto molte scoperte importanti in campo scientifico, our century has seen many major discoveries in the field of science; è il pezzo più importante della sua collezione, it's the centrepiece of the collection; ti devo dire una cosa importantissima, I have to tell you something very important2 (di persona) important, eminent: è diventato importante, he has become important; c'erano molte persone importanti, there were a lot of important people; un importante uomo d'affari, an important businessman◆ s.m. important thing, (main) point: l'importante è che non rifiuti, the most important thing is that he should not refuse; questo è l'importante!, this is the (main) point!; cosa c'è di così importante da svegliarmi alle 3 del mattino?, what is so urgent that you have to wake me up at 3 o' clock in the morning?* * *[impor'tante]1. aggpoco importante — of little importance o significance
2. sml'importante è... — the important thing is..., what is important is...
* * *[impor'tante] 1.1) important2) [ naso] big, prominent2.sostantivo maschile* * *importante/impor'tante/1 important2 [ naso] big, prominentl'importante è partecipare the main thing is to participate; l'importante è fare the (most) important thing is to do. -
15 protagonista
f. & m.1 main or central character.2 leading man, chief character, hero, lead.3 leading lady.* * *► adjetivo1 main, leading1 (de película - actor) leading man; (- actriz) leading lady2 (de novela, obra de teatro) main character, protagonist3 (de un hecho) main protagonist■ el protagonista del escándalo financiero del año the central character in the financial scandal of the year\* * *noun mf.protagonist, main character, hero / heroine* * *1.ADJ central, leadingtuvo un papel protagonista en las negociaciones — she played a central o leading role in the negotiations
2. SMF1) [en hecho real] main figure2) (=personaje) [de obra literaria] main character, protagonist frm; [de película, serie] main character, leadel protagonista no muere en la película — the main character o lead doesn't die in the film
3) (=actor, actriz) star* * *masculino y femeninoa) (Cin, Teatr)b) ( personaje) main character, protagonistc) ( de suceso)* * *= actor [actress, -fem.], character, protagonist, stakeholder, player, force multiplier, leading man.Ex. Institutionalization occurs whenever there is a reciprocal typification of habitualized actions by types of actors.Ex. In the meantime, a serious oral history project is fundamental to the preservation of the memories of those characters in the drama while they are still available.Ex. Protagonists such as Dr. Watson and Sherlock Holmes have become pseudopersonalities.Ex. This has two purposes: as an assessment of how the service is performing, and as an accountability factor to the stakeholders.Ex. It is little wonder that all players in the serials information chain -- publishers, subscriptions agents and librarians alike -- are taking a long hard look at what they are doing and attempting to forecast what the future might hold for them.Ex. The article 'Television: force multiplier or town crier in the global village?' discusses how television has changed from being a passive observer of events to being a significant player in international affairs.Ex. Tinseltown's leading men never get their due on the red carpet.----* papel protagonista = title role.* protagonista, el = main character, the, main actor, the.* protagonista principal = key player, centrepiece [centerpiece, -USA], lead character.* protagonista principal, el = main character, the, main actor, the.* * *masculino y femeninoa) (Cin, Teatr)b) ( personaje) main character, protagonistc) ( de suceso)* * *el protagonista(n.) = main character, the, main actor, theEx: Quietly spoken, introverted Henry, the main character, tries to get casual jobs (anything, like a factotum) around Los Angeles.
Ex: Moreover, it does not diminish the role of states as the main actors in international politics.= actor [actress, -fem.], character, protagonist, stakeholder, player, force multiplier, leading man.Ex: Institutionalization occurs whenever there is a reciprocal typification of habitualized actions by types of actors.
Ex: In the meantime, a serious oral history project is fundamental to the preservation of the memories of those characters in the drama while they are still available.Ex: Protagonists such as Dr. Watson and Sherlock Holmes have become pseudopersonalities.Ex: This has two purposes: as an assessment of how the service is performing, and as an accountability factor to the stakeholders.Ex: It is little wonder that all players in the serials information chain -- publishers, subscriptions agents and librarians alike -- are taking a long hard look at what they are doing and attempting to forecast what the future might hold for them.Ex: The article 'Television: force multiplier or town crier in the global village?' discusses how television has changed from being a passive observer of events to being a significant player in international affairs.Ex: Tinseltown's leading men never get their due on the red carpet.* papel protagonista = title role.* protagonista, el = main character, the, main actor, the.* protagonista principal = key player, centrepiece [centerpiece, -USA], lead character.* protagonista principal, el = main character, the, main actor, the.* * *1(actor): el protagonista de la nueva serie the star of the new series, the actor who is playing the leading role in the new series2 (personaje) main characterel protagonista de la novela the main character o protagonist of the novelel típico protagonista de capa y espada the typical hero of swashbuckling movies3(de un suceso): los protagonistas de la revolución those who played a leading role in the revolutionlos principales protagonistas de nuestra historia the major figures of our historyescultura y pintura son protagonistas en esta exposición sculpture and painting are the main features of this exhibit ( AmE) o ( BrE) exhibition* * *
protagonista sustantivo masculino y femenino
b) ( actor)
los principales protagonistas de nuestra historia the major figures of our history
protagonista mf
1 (personaje) main character
2 (actor) leading actor, (actriz) leading actress
3 (en una velada, etc) main protagonist
' protagonista' also found in these entries:
English:
hero
- heroine
- leading lady
- leading man
- principal
- protagonist
- star
- leading
* * *protagonista nmf1. [de libro, película] main o central character;[de obra de teatro] lead, leading role;un actor que sólo acepta papeles de protagonista an actor who only accepts leading rolesser protagonista de [acontecimiento histórico] to play a leading part in;[accidente] to be one of the main people involved in; [entrevista, estudio] to be the subject of* * *m/f1 personaje main characterpapel de protagonista leading role* * *protagonista nmf1) : protagonist, main character2) : leader* * *protagonista n main character -
16 tonalidad
f.1 key (Music).2 tone.3 tonality, pitch, key.4 hue.* * *1 tonality, tone* * *SF1) (Mús) tonality; (Radio) tone2) (Arte) (=tono) shade; (=colores) colour scheme, color scheme (EEUU)* * *femenino (Art, Mús) tonality* * *= key, shade, tone.Ex. In particular, a title that consists solely of the name(s) of type(s) of composition requires the following elements in addition to the statement of the medium of performance: serial number, opus number or thematic index number, key.Ex. Partly because of the fact that documents have shades of relevance to a given topic this is an impossible objective.Ex. 'Get on with this,' the principal dictated, in a somewhat less severe tone.----* de diferentes tonalidades de gris = grey scale [gray scale].* de dos tonalidades = bitonal.* desde el punto de vista de la tonalidad = tonally.* relativo a la tonalidad = tonal.* tonalidad grisácea = greyness.* * *femenino (Art, Mús) tonality* * *= key, shade, tone.Ex: In particular, a title that consists solely of the name(s) of type(s) of composition requires the following elements in addition to the statement of the medium of performance: serial number, opus number or thematic index number, key.
Ex: Partly because of the fact that documents have shades of relevance to a given topic this is an impossible objective.Ex: 'Get on with this,' the principal dictated, in a somewhat less severe tone.* de diferentes tonalidades de gris = grey scale [gray scale].* de dos tonalidades = bitonal.* desde el punto de vista de la tonalidad = tonally.* relativo a la tonalidad = tonal.* tonalidad grisácea = greyness.* * *1 ( Mús) tonality2 (color, matiz) tonality* * *
tonalidad sustantivo femenino tonality
' tonalidad' also found in these entries:
English:
shade
- tone
* * *tonalidad nf1. Mús key2. [de color] tone* * *f tonality* * *tonalidad nf: tonality -
17 основной
(= центральный, определяющий, доминирующий) basic, basis, fundamental, principal, main, key, primary, essential, general, major, dominant, chief• Безусловно, это следует сделать точно, однако в основном это означает, что... - This has to be made precise of course, but essentially it means that...• В основном мы следуем процедуре (= методу)... - In essence we follow the procedure of...• В основном он используется в/ при... - It is principally used in...• В основном имеется лишь один способ, чтобы... - There is essentially only one way to...• В основном мы занимаемся (чем-л). - We are concerned, for the most part, with...• В основном существуют два типа... - There are basically two types of...• В основном это обобщение (чего-л). - This is essentially a generalization of...• В основном это проблема (чего-л). - - This is essentially a matter of...• В третьей главе мы увидим/встретим другое обобщение той же самой основной идеи. - In Chapter 3 we shall meet another generalization of the same basic idea.• В этой книге мы будем заниматься в основном... - In this book we shall be concerned essentially with...• Возвращаясь теперь к доказательству основной теоремы, мы... - Returning now to the proof of the main theorem, we...• Основная часть вопрос... все еще остается без ответа, хотя... - The question of... is still largely unanswered, although...• Вычисления в основном являются такими же, как... - The calculations are essentially the same as...• Здесь мы, в основном, интересуемся... - Here we are mainly interested in...• Имеется много других примеров, иллюстрирующих основную идею (чего-л). - There are many other examples which illustrate the basic idea of...• Имеются два основных типа (уравнений и т. п.). - There are two major types of...• Кажется, имеются две основные причины (для)... - There seem to be two principle causes for...• Напротив, метеоролог рассуждает в основном в терминах... - The meteorologist, on the other hand, thinks mainly in terms of...• Наш основной результат состоит в следующем. - Our main result is the following.• Наш основной результат состоит в том, что... - Our main result will be that...• Нашей основной целью является описание систематических методов для... - Our first concern is to describe systematic methods for...• Однако в приложениях в основном более полезно думать о... - In application, however, it is generally more useful to think of...• Основная проблема состоит в том, чтобы определить... - The main problem is to determine...• Основное (= существенное) требование, предъявляемое к... состоит в том, чтобы... - The essential feature required of... is that...• Основное преимущество данного метода заключается в том, что... - The chief advantage of the method is that...• Основной идеей здесь является то, что... - The essential idea here is that...• Основной идеей этого параграфа является то, что... - The main idea of this section is that...• Основной слабостью метода является... - The main weakness of the method is...• Основной упор в данном параграфе будет сделан на... - The main emphasis in this section will be on...• Основной целью данной книги является... - The principal aim of the present book is to...• Основным вопросом данной главы является... - Our main business in this chapter is to...• Основным моментом (здесь) является то, что... - The fundamental point is that...• Основным пунктом является то, что... - The main point is that...• Пример 3 иллюстрирует основной принцип... - Example 3 illustrates the general principle that...• Существует несколько основных причин для... - There are several basic reasons for...• Существуют три основных критерия, управляющих... - There are three major criteria governing...• Существуют три основных способа сделать это. - There are three principal ways in which this can be done.• Таким образом, важно узнать основные свойства... - Thus, it is important to understand the basic properties of...• Таким образом, получен следующий основной результат:... - The following key results are therefore obtained:...• Элегантное доказательство, которое мы здесь приводим, в основном принадлежит Гильберту. - The elegant proof we give is essentially due to Hilbert• Эти две основные возможности иллюстрируются на рис. 1. - The two main possibilities are illustrated in Figure 1.• Это делается в основном потому, что... - This is done, essentially, because...• Этот результат в основном согласуется с... - This result is broadly consistent with... -
18 vital
adj.1 vital.ciclo vital life cycle2 full of life, vivacious (person).* * *► adjetivo1 (de la vida) vital2 figurado (esencial) essential, vital3 (persona) lively, full of vitality\órgano vital vital organ* * *adj.* * *ADJ1) (=de la vida) life [antes de s]2) (=fundamental) vital3) (=enérgico) vital, full of vitality4) (Anat) vital* * *1) ( fundamental) vitalbombardearon puntos vitales — they bombarded strategic o key points
2)a) (Biol, Med) < órgano> vital (before n)b) < persona> dynamic, full of life* * *= critical, paramount, vital, mission critical [mission-critical], supreme.Ex. Needless to say, this technique is relatively slow but can be valuable if retrieval speed is not critical.Ex. Practice is paramount.Ex. The pressures of the marketplace mean that any vital facility must be offered by all of the major hosts.Ex. Effectiveness is often measured as the resultant quality of mission critical products of the institution = A menudo la eficacia se mide como la calidad resultante de los productos esenciales de la institución.Ex. The need for organic, in-depth and timely access to legal information is of supreme importance.----* ciclo vital = life cycle [lifecycle/life-cycle].* de vital importancia = vitally important.* energía vital = life force.* espacio vital = life-space.* factor vital = vital factor.* fuerza vital = life force.* función vital = vital role.* órgano vital = vital organ.* papel vital = vital role.* ser de importancia vital = lie at + the heart of.* testamento vital = living will.* vital + Nombre = vitally + Adjetivo.* * *1) ( fundamental) vitalbombardearon puntos vitales — they bombarded strategic o key points
2)a) (Biol, Med) < órgano> vital (before n)b) < persona> dynamic, full of life* * *= critical, paramount, vital, mission critical [mission-critical], supreme.Ex: Needless to say, this technique is relatively slow but can be valuable if retrieval speed is not critical.
Ex: Practice is paramount.Ex: The pressures of the marketplace mean that any vital facility must be offered by all of the major hosts.Ex: Effectiveness is often measured as the resultant quality of mission critical products of the institution = A menudo la eficacia se mide como la calidad resultante de los productos esenciales de la institución.Ex: The need for organic, in-depth and timely access to legal information is of supreme importance.* ciclo vital = life cycle [lifecycle/life-cycle].* de vital importancia = vitally important.* energía vital = life force.* espacio vital = life-space.* factor vital = vital factor.* fuerza vital = life force.* función vital = vital role.* órgano vital = vital organ.* papel vital = vital role.* ser de importancia vital = lie at + the heart of.* testamento vital = living will.* vital + Nombre = vitally + Adjetivo.* * *A (fundamental) vitalun tema de vital importancia a matter of vital importance, an extremely important mattercolocaron barricadas en puntos vitales they set up barricades at strategic o key pointsB2 ‹persona› dynamic, vital, full of lifeC* * *
vital adjetivo
1 ( fundamental) vital;
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vital adjetivo
1 Biol (un órgano, etc) vital
ciclo vital, life cycle
2 (persona dinámica) full of life, lively
3 (de extrema importancia) tu ayuda es de vital importancia para mí, your help is vital to me
' vital' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
elemento
- espacio
- imperiosa
- imperioso
- vida
- viva
- vivo
- constante
English:
lifeblood
- vital
- vital statistics
- vitally
- keep
- life
* * *vital adj1. [órgano, función] vital;energía vital vital o life energy;un instinto vital a vital instinct2. [esencial] vital;su testimonio es vital en este juicio her testimony is vital to this trial;es de vital importancia que vengas it is vitally important for you to come3. [lleno de vitalidad] full of life, vivacious* * *adj1 vital2 persona lively* * *vital adj1) : vital2) : lively, dynamic* * *vital adj1. (de la vida) vital / life2. (esencial) vital3. (dinámico) full of life -
19 grand
grand, e [gʀɑ̃, gʀɑ̃d]1. adjectivea. ( = de haute taille) tall• quand il sera grand [enfant] when he grows up• tu es grand/grande maintenant you're a big boy/girl nowd. (en nombre, en quantité) [vitesse, poids, valeur, puissance] great ; [nombre, quantité] large ; [famille] large, bige. ( = intense) [bruit, cri] loud ; [froid, chaleur] intense ; [vent] strong ; [danger, plaisir, pauvreté] greatf. ( = riche, puissant) [pays, firme, banquier, industriel] leadingg. ( = important) great ; [ville, travail] big• je t'annonce une grande nouvelle ! I've got some great news!h. ( = principal) main• la grande difficulté consiste à... the main difficulty lies in...i. (intensif) [travailleur, collectionneur, ami, rêveur] great ; [buveur, fumeur] heavy ; [mangeur] bigj. ( = remarquable) greatk. ( = de gala) [réception, dîner] grandl. ( = noble) [âme] noble ; [pensée, principe] loftym. ( = exagéré) faire de grandes phrases to voice high-flown sentimentsn. ( = beaucoup de) cela te fera (le plus) grand bien it'll do you the world of good• grand bien vous fasse ! much good may it do you!2. adverb3. masculine nouna. ( = élève) senior boyb. (terme d'affection) viens, mon grand come here, sonc. ( = personne puissante) les grands de ce monde men in high places4. feminine nouna. ( = élève) senior girl5. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━The grandes écoles are competitive-entrance higher education establishments where engineering, business administration and other subjects are taught to a very high standard. The most prestigious include « l'École Polytechnique » (engineering), the three « Écoles normales supérieures » (arts and sciences), « l'ÉNA » (the civil service college), and « HEC » (business administration).Pupils prepare for entrance to the grandes écoles after their « baccalauréat » in two years of « classes préparatoires ». → CLASSES PRÉPARATOIRES CONCOURS ÉCOLE NATIONALE D'ADMINISTRATION* * *
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grande gʀɑ̃, gʀɑ̃d adjectif1) ( de dimensions importantes) ( en hauteur) tall; (en longueur, durée) long; ( en largeur) wide; (en étendue, volume) big2) (nombreux, abondant) large, biglaver à grande eau — to wash [something] in plenty of running water [légumes]; to wash [something] down [sol]
3) ( à un degré élevé) [rêveur, collectionneur, ami] great; [tricheur, joueur] big; [buveur, fumeur] heavy4) ( important) [découverte, expédition, nouvelle] great; [date] important; [rôle] major; [problème, décision] bigla grande majorité — the great ou vast majority
5) ( principal) main6) ( de premier plan) [société, marque] leading7) (brillant, remarquable) [peintre, vin, cause] great; [cœur, âme] nobleLouis le Grand — Louis the Great; esprit
les grandes classes — École the senior forms GB, the upper classes US
9) ( qualifiant une mesure) [hauteur, longueur, distance, valeur] great; [pointure, quantité, étendue] large; [vitesse] high10) (extrême, fort) [bonté, amitié, danger, intérêt] great; [bruit] loud; [froid] severe; [chaleur] intense; [vent] strong, high; [tempête] big, violentà grands cris — loudly; cas, remède
11) ( de rang social élevé) [famille, nom] great12) ( grandiose) [réception, projet] grand13) ( emphatique) [mot] big; [phrase] high-soundinget voilà, tout de suite les grands mots — there you go, straight off the deep end
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adverbe wideouvrir grand ses oreilles — fig to prick up one's ears
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nom masculinles cinq grands — Politique the Big Five
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en grand locution adverbialePhrasal Verbs:* * *ɡʀɑ̃, ɡʀɑ̃d grand, -e1. adj1) (= de haute taille) tallIl est grand pour son âge. — He's tall for his age.
2) (= aîné)C'est sa grande sœur. — She's his big sister.
3) (= adulte)Il est assez grand pour... — He's old enough to...
4) (= gros, vaste, large) big, large5) (importance, stature) greatC'est un grand ami à moi. — He's a great friend of mine.
les grandes lignes CHEMINS DE FER — the main lines
6) (ampleur, degré)les grands blessés; Les grands blessés ont été emmenés à l'hôpital en hélicoptère. — The severely injured were taken to hospital by helicopter.
7) (intensif)Ça te fera beaucoup de bien d'être au grand air. — It'll be very good for you to be out in the open air.
2. adv3. nm/f1) (= élève, enfant) big boy, big girlIl est chez les grands maintenant. — He's in the senior school now.
C'est une grande, elle peut y aller seule. — She's a big girl now, she can go on her own.
2) (= personnage)4. nm* * *A adj1 ( de dimensions importantes) ( en hauteur) [personne, arbre, tour, cierge] tall; (en longueur, durée) [bras, enjambée, promenade, voyage] long; ( en largeur) [angle, marge] wide; (en étendue, volume) [lac, ville, salle, trou, édifice, paquet] large, big; [tas, feu] big; ( démesuré) [pied, nez, bouche] big; un homme (très) grand a (very) tall man; un grand homme brun, un homme grand et brun a tall dark man; plus grand que nature larger than life; ouvrir de grands yeux to open one's eyes wide;2 (nombreux, abondant) [famille, foule] large, big; [fortune] large; grande braderie big sale; pas grand monde not many people; faire de grandes dépenses to spend a lot of money; il fait grand jour it's broad daylight; laver à grande eau to wash [sth] in plenty of running water [légumes]; to wash [sth] down [sol]; à grand renfort de publicité with much publicity;3 ( à un degré élevé) [rêveur, collectionneur, travailleur, ami, ennemi, pécheur] great; [tricheur, joueur, lâcheur, idiot] big; [buveur, fumeur] heavy; grand amateur de ballet great ballet lover; c'est un grand timide he's very shy; les grands malades very sick people; c'est un grand cardiaque he has a serious heart condition;4 ( important) [découverte, migration, expédition, événement, nouvelle, honneur] great; [date] important; [rôle] major; [problème, décision] big; ( principal) main; c'est un grand jour pour elle it's a big day for her; une grande partie de la maison a large part of the house; une grande partie des habitants many of the inhabitants; la grande majorité the great ou vast majority; ⇒ scène;5 ( principal) main; le grand escalier the main staircase; le grand problème/obstacle the main ou major problem/obstacle; les grands axes routiers the main ou trunk GB roads; les grands points du discours the main points of the speech; les grandes lignes d'une politique the broad lines of a policy;6 ( de premier plan) Écon, Pol [pays, société, industriel, marque] leading; les grandes industries the big industries;7 (brillant, remarquable) [peintre, œuvre, civilisation, vin, cause] great; [cœur, âme] noble; c'est un grand homme he's a great man; les grands écrivains great authors; un grand nom de la musique a great musician; un grand monsieur du théâtre a great gentleman of the stage; Louis/Pierre le Grand Louis/Peter the Great; les grands noms du cinéma/de la littérature indienne the big names of the cinema/of Indian literature; de grande classe [produit] high-class; [exploit] admirable; ⇒ esprit;8 ( âgé) [frère, sœur] elder; [élève] senior GB, older; ( adulte) grown-up; mon grand frère my elder brother; les grandes classes Scol the senior forms GB, the upper classes US; quand il sera grand when he grows up; mes enfants sont grands my children are quite old; une grande fille comme toi! a big girl like you!; 12 ans! tu es assez grand pour te débrouiller 12 years old! you're old enough to cope;9 ( qualifiant une mesure) [hauteur, longueur, distance, poids, valeur, âge] great; [dimensions, taille, pointure, quantité, nombre, étendue] large; [vitesse] high; [kilomètre, mois, heure] good; il est grand temps que tu partes it's high time you were off ou you went;10 (intense, extrême, fort) [bonté, lâcheté, pauvreté, amitié, chagrin, faim, danger, différence, intérêt] great; [bruit] great, loud; [froid] severe; [chaleur] intense; [vent] strong, high; [tempête] big, violent; avec grand plaisir with great ou much pleasure; dans le plus grand secret in great secrecy; d'une grande bêtise/timidité very ou extremely stupid/shy; à ma grande honte/surprise much to my shame/surprise; sans grand espoir/enthousiasme without much hope/enthusiasm; sans grande importance not very important; il n'y a pas grand mal à cela/à faire there isn't much harm in that/in doing; avoir grand faim/soif to be very hungry/thirsty; avoir grand besoin de to be badly in need of; ça te ferait le plus grand bien it would do you a world of good; à grands cris loudly; ⇒ cas, remède;11 ( de rang social élevé) [famille, nom] great; grande dame great lady; la grande bourgeoisie the upper middle class;12 ( grandiose) [réception] grand; grands projets grand designs; avoir grande allure, avoir grand air to look very impressive;13 ( emphatique) [mot] big; [phrase] high-sounding; un grand merci a big thank you; faire de grands gestes to wave one's arms about; et voilà, tout de suite les grands mots there you go, straight off the deep end.B nm,f1 ( enfant) big boy/girl; Scol senior GB ou older pupil; il a fait ça tout seul comme un grand he did it all by himself like a big boy; il fait le ménage comme un grand he does the housework like a grown-up; pour les grands et les petits for old and young alike;C adv wide; ouvrir grand la bouche to open one's mouth wide; ouvrir tout grand les bras to throw one's arms open; les fenêtres sont grand(es) ouvertes the windows are wide open; ouvrir la porte toute grande to open the door wide; ouvrir grand ses oreilles fig to prick up one's ears; ouvrir tout grand son cœur fig to open one's heart; les bottes chaussent grand the boots are large-fitting; leurs vêtements taillent grand their clothes are cut on the large side; voir grand fig to think big.D nm ( pays) big power; ( entreprise) leader, big name; les grands de ce monde the great and the good; Pol the world's leaders; les cinq grands Pol the Big Five; les grands de l'automobile the top car manufacturers; c'est un grand de la publicité he's big in advertising.E en grand loc adv [ouvrir] wide, completely; faire de l'élevage en grand to breed animals on a large scale; quand ils reçoivent, ils font les choses en grand when they entertain they do things on the grand scale or they really go to town○.grand argentier Hist royal treasurer; hum keeper of the nation's purse, Finance minister; le grand art alchemy; grand banditisme organized crime; grand bassin ( de piscine) main pool; Anat upper pelvis; grand cacatois main royal sail; grand caniche standard poodle; le grand capital Écon big money, big investors pl; grand commis de l'État top civil servant; grand coq de bruyère capercaillie; grand corbeau raven; grand couturier couturier; grand débutant absolute beginner; grand duc Zool eagle owl; grand écart Danse, Sport splits (sg); faire le grand écart to do the splits; le grand écran the big screen; grand électeur ( en France) elector who votes in the elections for the French Senate; ( aux États-Unis) presidential elector; grand ensemble high-density housing complex; la vie dans les grands ensembles high-rise living; grand d'Espagne Spanish grandee; grand foc outer jib; grand frais Météo moderate gale; grand hunier main topsail; grand hunier fixe lower main topsail; grand hunier volant upper main topsail; grand invalide civil, GIC civilian who is registered severely disabled; grand invalide de guerre, GIG Prot Soc ex-serviceman who is registered severely disabled; le grand large Naut the high seas (pl); grand magasin Comm department store; grand maître ( aux échecs) grand master; grand maître de l'ordre des Templiers Hist Grand Master of the Knights Templar; grand mât Naut mainmast; le grand monde high society; le Grand Nord Géog the Far North; Grand Œuvre Great Work; grand officier de la Légion d'Honneur high-ranking officer of the Legion of HonourGB; le Grand Orient the Grand Lodge of France; grand panda giant panda; Grand Pardon Day of Atonement; grand patron Méd senior consultant GB, head doctor US; grand perroquet Naut main topgallant sail; grand prêtre Relig, fig high priest; grand prix Courses Aut, Sport grand prix; le grand public the general public; Comm produit grand public consumer product; grand quart Naut six-hour watch; Grand quartier général, GQG Mil General Headquarters, GHQ; grand quotidien Presse big national daily; grand roque Jeux ( aux échecs) castling long; le Grand Siècle Hist the 17th century (in France); grand teint colourfastGB; grand tétras capercaillie; grand tourisme Courses Aut, Aut GT, gran turismo; le Grand Turc the Sultan; grand veneur Chasse master of the hounds; grande Armée Hist Grande Armée (Napoleon's army); grande Baie Australienne Géog Great Australian Bight; la grande banlieue the outer suburbs (pl); Grande Barrière (de Corail) Géog Great Barrier Reef; la grande bleue the sea; la grande cuisine Culin haute cuisine; grande distribution Écon volume retailing; grand école higher education institution; la Grande Guerre Hist the First World War; grande gueule○ loud mouth○; grande hune Naut maintop; la grande muette the army; la grande muraille de Chine Géog the Great Wall of China; grande personne grown-up, adult; la grande presse Presse the popular dailies (pl); grande puissance Pol superpower; grande roue ( de foire) big wheel GB, Ferris wheel US; grande série Comm mass production; fabriqué en grande série mass-produced; grande surface Comm supermarket; grandes eaux fountains; fig ( pleurs) waterworks; dès qu'on la gronde, ce sont les grandes eaux the minute you tell her off, she turns on the waterworks; grandes lignes Rail main train routes; grandes marées spring tides; grandes ondes Radio long wave (sg); Grandes Plaines Géog Great Plains; les grands blessés the seriously injured; grands corps de l'État Admin senior branches of the civil service; grands espaces Écol open spaces; grands fauves Zool big cats; grands fonds Naut ocean depths; les grands froids the cold of winter; Grands Lacs Géog Great Lakes; grands singes Zool great apes; ⇒ école, voyage.ⓘ Grande école A prestigious third-level institution where admission is usually by competitive entrance examination or concours. Places are much sought after as they are widely considered to guarantee more promising career prospects than the standard university institutions. Many grandes écoles specialize in particular disciplines or fields of study, e.g. ENA, Sciences Po, etc.( féminin grande) [grɑ̃, grɑ̃d] (devant nom masculin commençant par voyelle ou h muet [grɑ̃t]) adjectifA.[ASPECT QUANTITATIF]grand A/B/C capital A/B/Cune grande tour a high ou tall towerun grand fleuve a long ou big riveravoir de grands pieds to have big ou large feetmarcher à grands pas to walk with great ou long strides3. [d'un certain âge - être humain] big[aîné - frère, sœur] big4. [qui dure longtemps] long5. [intense, considérable] greatpendant les grandes chaleurs in high summer, in ou at the height of summerun grand incendie a major ou great firela grande majorité de the great ou vast majority ofils plongent à une grande profondeur they dive very deep ou to a great depth7. [entier]elle m'a fait attendre une grande heure/semaine she made me wait a good hour/a good week9. GÉOGRAPHIE10. ZOOLOGIEB.[ASPECT QUALITATIF]les grands problèmes de notre temps the main ou major ou key issues of our timece sont de grands amis they're great ou very good friendsles grands blessés/brûlés/invalides the seriously wounded/burned/disabled3. [puissant, influent - banque] top ; [ - industriel] top, leading, major ; [ - propriétaire, famille] important ; [ - personnage] great4. [dans une hiérarchie]les grands dignitaires du régime the leading ou important dignitaries of the regime5. [noble]avoir grand air ou grande allure to carry oneself well, to be imposing6. [généralementéreux]il a un grand cœur he's big-hearted, he has a big heart7. [exagéré] biggrands mots high-sounding words, high-flown language8. [fameux, reconnu] greatun grand journaliste a great ou top journalistil ne descend que dans les grands hôtels he only stays in the best hotels ou the most luxurious hotelsle grand film de la soirée tonight's big ou feature filmles grandes dates de l'histoire de France the great ou most significant dates in French history9. HISTOIRE10. [omnipotent, suprême] greatC.[EN INTENSIF]sans grand enthousiasme/intérêt without much enthusiasm/interestsa grande fierté, c'est son jardin he's very proud of ou he takes great pride in his gardenun grand merci à ta sœur lots of thanks to ou a big thank you to your sistercette cuisine a grand besoin d'être nettoyée this kitchen really needs ou is in dire need of a cleantoute la famille au grand complet the whole family, every single member of the familyjamais, au grand jamais je n'accepterai never in a million years will I acceptà sa grande surprise much to his surprise, to his great surprise————————, grande [grɑ̃, grɑ̃d] (devant nom masculin commençant par voyelle ou h muet [grɑ̃t]) nom masculin, nom féminin1. [enfant - d'un certain âge][en appellatif]merci mon grand! thanks, son!allons, ma grande, ne pleure pas! come on now, love, don't cry!comme un grand: je me débrouillerai tout seul, comme un grand/toute seule, comme une grande I'll manage on my own, like a big boy/a big girl[en appellatif]alors, ma grande, tu as pu te reposer un peu? well dear, did you manage to get some rest?[personne de grande taille]pour la photo, les grands se mettront derrière for the photo, tall people ou the taller people will stand at the back————————adverbe1. [vêtement]2. (locution)3. [largement]4. ART————————nom masculin1. PHILOSOPHIE → link=infiniment infiniment2. [entrepreneur, industriel]les grands de l'automobile the major ou leading car manufacturers————————grands nom masculin plurielÉCONOMIE & POLITIQUEles grands [les puissants] the rich (and powerful)les grands de ce monde the people in (positions of) power ou in high places————————en grand locution adverbiale[complètement] on a large scaleil faut aérer la maison en grand the house needs a thorough ou good airinggrande école nom féminingrand ensemble nom masculingrande surface nom fémininThe grandes écoles are relatively small and highly respected higher education establishments. Admission is usually only possible after two years of intensive preparatory studies and a competitive entrance examination. Most have close links with industry. The grandes écoles include l'École des hautes études commerciales or HEC (management and business), l'École polytechnique or l'X (engineering) and l'École normale supérieure (teacher training). -
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I.sur1 [syʀ]a. (position) on ; (avec mouvement) onto ; ( = dans) in ; ( = par-dessus) over ; ( = au-dessus de) above• il y a un sac sur la table/une affiche sur le mur there's a bag on the table/a poster on the wall• il a 1 500 € sur son compte he has 1,500 euros in his account• il neige sur Paris/sur toute l'Europe it's snowing in Paris/all over Europe• s'endormir sur un livre/son travail to fall asleep over a book/over one's work• « travaux sur 5 km » "roadworks for 5km"• gravure sur bois/verre wood/glass engravingc. (temps: proximité, approximation) il est arrivé sur les 2 heures he came at about 2• sur le moment or sur le coup, je n'ai pas compris at the time I didn't understandd. (cause) sur invitation/commande by invitation/order• sur un signe du patron, elle sortit at the boss's signal, she lefte. (moyen, manière) onf. (matière, sujet) on• sur douze verres, six sont ébréchés out of twelve glasses six are chipped• un jour/un vendredi sur trois every third day/Friday• il vient un jour/mercredi sur deux he comes every other day/Wednesdayi. (influence, supériorité) on• avoir des droits sur qn/qch to have rights over sb/to sthj. ► sur ce ( = sur ces mots)sur ce, il est sorti upon which he went out• sur ce, il faut que je vous quitte and now I must leave youII.sur2, e [syʀ]adjective( = aigre) sour* * *Note: Lorsque sur indique une position dans l'espace il se traduit généralement par on: sur la table/une chaise = on the table/a chair; sur la côte/le lac = on the coast/the lakeLorsque sur a une valeur figurée comme dans régner sur, pleurer sur, sur l'honneur, sur place etc la traduction sera fournie dans l'article du deuxième élément, respectivement régner, pleurer, honneur, place etc
I syʀ1) ( dessus) on2) (au-dessus, sans contact) overun pont sur la rivière — a bridge across ou over the river
3) (étendue, surface)4) ( direction)5) ( support matériel) on6) ( au sujet de) [débat, thèse] on; [étude, poème] about7) ( objet d'un travail)une personne sur dix — one person out of ou in ten
9) ( indique l'accumulation) lit upon; fig after10) ( juste après)ils se sont quittés sur ces mots — with these words, they parted
sur ce or quoi — upon which
sur ce, je vous laisse — with that, I must leave you
11) ( pendant)on ne peut pas juger sur une période aussi courte — you can't judge over ou in such a short period
12) Radio, Télévision, Télécommunications on [radio, chaîne, ligne téléphonique]
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I syʀ prép1) (position) onPose-le sur la table. — Put it on the table.
2) (en recouvrant) overPour finir, versez le coulis de fruits rouges sur le gâteau. — And to finish it, pour the coulis of red berries over the cake.
3) (sans contact direct) overIls ont construit un nouveau pont sur le Rhône. — They have built a new bridge over the Rhone.
sur soi; Je n'ai pas d'argent sur moi. — I haven't got any money on me.
4) (direction) towardssur votre droite — on your right, to your right
Vous verrez l'hôpital sur votre droite. — You'll see the hospital on your right., You'll see the hospital to your right.
5) (= à propos de) on, aboutun livre sur Balzac — a book on Balzac, a book about Balzac
une conférence sur l'art roman — a lecture on Romanesque art, a lecture about Romanesque art
6) (dans une proportion) out ofSur 20, 2 sont venus. — Two out of twenty came.
7)un sur 10 (statistiques) — one in 10, ÉDUCATION one out of 10
J'ai eu quatorze sur vingt en maths. — I got 14 out of 20 in maths.
une semaine sur deux — every other week, one week in two
une semaine sur trois — every third week, one week in three
9) (en indiquant l'heure) around10) (cause)11) (répétition)12) (autre locution)Sur ce, il partit sans dire un mot. — Whereupon he left without uttering a word.
Sur ce, il faut que je vous quitte. — And now I must leave you.
II sur, -e* * *I.sur prép❢ Lorsque sur indique une position dans l'espace il se traduit généralement par on: sur la table/une chaise = on the table/a chair; sur la côte/le lac = on the coast/the lake.On trouvera ci-dessous des exemples supplémentaires et exceptions. Lorsque sur a une valeur figurée comme dans régner sur, pleurer sur, sur l'honneur, sur place etc la traduction sera fournie dans l'article du deuxième élément, respectivement régner, pleurer, honneur, place etc.1 ( dessus) on; le verre est sur la table the glass is on the table; prends un verre sur la table take a glass from the table; appliquer la lotion sur vos cheveux apply the lotion to your hair; la clé est sur la porte the key is in the door; passer la main sur une étoffe to run one's hand over a fabric; il doit être sur la route he must be on the road ou on his way by now;2 (au-dessus, sans contact) over; des nuages sur les montagnes/la plaine clouds over the mountaintops/the plain; un pont sur la rivière a bridge across ou over the river; la nuit est tombée/l'orage s'est abattu sur la ville night fell/the storm broke over the city;3 (étendue, surface) la forêt est détruite sur 150 hectares the forest has been destroyed over an area of 150 hectares; une table d'un mètre sur deux a table (of) one metre by two;4 ( direction) se diriger sur Valence to head ou make for Valence; une voiture déboucha sur la droite a car pulled out on the right;5 ( support matériel) on; sur un morceau de papier on a piece of paper; elle est très jolie sur la photo she looks very pretty in the photograph; dessiner sur le sable to draw in the sand;6 ( au sujet de) [débat, exposé, essai, chapitre, thèse] on; [étude, poème] about; [article, livre] on;7 ( objet d'un travail) être sur une affaire to be involved in a business deal; on est sur un gros chantier actuellement we're currently involved in a big construction project;8 ( indique un rapport de proportion) une personne sur dix one person in ou out of ten; une semaine sur trois one week in three; il a fait trois exercices sur quatre he did three exercises out of four; sur 250 employés, il y a seulement 28 femmes out of 250 employees, there are only 28 females; un mardi sur deux every other Tuesday; il y a deux chances sur trois qu'il ne vienne pas there are two chances out of three that he won't come;9 ( indique l'accumulation) lit upon; fig after; entasser pierre sur pierre to pile stone upon stone; faire proposition sur proposition to make one offer after another, to make offer after offer; commettre erreur sur erreur to make one mistake after another, to make mistake after mistake; il a eu deux accidents coup sur coup he had two accidents one after the other;10 ( juste après) ils se sont quittés sur ces mots with these words, they parted; sur le moment at the time; sur ce or quoi upon which, thereupon; sur ce, je vous laisse with that, I must leave you;11 ( pendant) on ne peut pas juger sur une période aussi courte/trois jours you can't decide over ou in such a short period/three days;II.III[syr] préposition1. [dans l'espace - dessus] on ; [ - par-dessus] over ; [ - au sommet de] on top of ; [ - contre] againstelle avait des bleus sur tout le visage she had bruises all over her face, her face was covered in bruisesmonter sur un manège/une bicyclette to get on a roundabout/bicycledemain, du soleil sur le nord tomorrow, there will be sunshine in the northune chambre avec vue sur la mer a room with a view of ou over the seades fenêtres qui donnent sur la rue windows giving onto ou overlooking the streetil y avait un monde fou, on était tous les uns sur les autres there was a huge crowd, we were all crushed up together ou one on top of the other2. [indiquant la direction]sur votre gauche, le Panthéon on ou to your left, the Pantheonobliquer sur la droite to turn ou to bear rightla porte s'est refermée sur elle the door closed behind ou after her‘virages sur 3 km’ ‘bends for 3 km’la foire s'étend sur 3 000 m² the fair covers 3,000 m²sur les quatre heures, quelqu'un a téléphoné (at) around ou about four, somebody phoned[indiquant la proximité]sur le moment ou le coup, je me suis étonné at the time ou at first, I was surprisedil va sur ses 40 ans he's approaching ou nearly 405. [indiquant la durée]c'est un contrat sur cinq ans it's a five-year contract, the contract runs for five yearsje lui ai envoyé lettre sur lettre I sent him letter after ou upon letter7. [indiquant la cause]juger quelqu'un sur ses propos/son apparence to judge somebody by his words/appearance8. [indiquant la manière, l'état, la situation]avoir un effet sur quelqu'un/quelque chose to have an effect on somebody/somethingêtre sur ses gardes/la défensive/le qui-vive to be on one's guard/the defensive/the look-outc'est sur la première chaîne/France Inter it's on channel one/France Inter9. [indiquant le moyen]vivre sur ses économies/un héritage to live off one's savings/a legacyon peut tailler deux jupes sur le même patron you can make two skirts out of ou from the same patternle film se termine sur une vue du Lido the film ends with ou on a view of the Lido10. [indiquant le domaine, le sujet]sur ce point, nous sommes d'accord we agree on that point140 personnes sont sur le projet there are 140 people on ou involved in the project11. [indiquant - une proportion] out of ; [ - une mesure] byun homme sur deux one man in two, every second mansur 100 candidats, 15 ont été retenus 15 out of 100 candidates were shortlistedfaire une enquête sur 1 000 personnes to do a survey of ou involving 1,000 people12. [indiquant une relation de supériorité] over
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