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41 Historical Portugal
Before Romans described western Iberia or Hispania as "Lusitania," ancient Iberians inhabited the land. Phoenician and Greek trading settlements grew up in the Tagus estuary area and nearby coasts. Beginning around 202 BCE, Romans invaded what is today southern Portugal. With Rome's defeat of Carthage, Romans proceeded to conquer and rule the western region north of the Tagus, which they named Roman "Lusitania." In the fourth century CE, as Rome's rule weakened, the area experienced yet another invasion—Germanic tribes, principally the Suevi, who eventually were Christianized. During the sixth century CE, the Suevi kingdom was superseded by yet another Germanic tribe—the Christian Visigoths.A major turning point in Portugal's history came in 711, as Muslim armies from North Africa, consisting of both Arab and Berber elements, invaded the Iberian Peninsula from across the Straits of Gibraltar. They entered what is now Portugal in 714, and proceeded to conquer most of the country except for the far north. For the next half a millennium, Islam and Muslim presence in Portugal left a significant mark upon the politics, government, language, and culture of the country.Islam, Reconquest, and Portugal Created, 714-1140The long frontier struggle between Muslim invaders and Christian communities in the north of the Iberian peninsula was called the Reconquista (Reconquest). It was during this struggle that the first dynasty of Portuguese kings (Burgundian) emerged and the independent monarchy of Portugal was established. Christian forces moved south from what is now the extreme north of Portugal and gradually defeated Muslim forces, besieging and capturing towns under Muslim sway. In the ninth century, as Christian forces slowly made their way southward, Christian elements were dominant only in the area between Minho province and the Douro River; this region became known as "territorium Portu-calense."In the 11th century, the advance of the Reconquest quickened as local Christian armies were reinforced by crusading knights from what is now France and England. Christian forces took Montemor (1034), at the Mondego River; Lamego (1058); Viseu (1058); and Coimbra (1064). In 1095, the king of Castile and Léon granted the country of "Portu-cale," what became northern Portugal, to a Burgundian count who had emigrated from France. This was the foundation of Portugal. In 1139, a descendant of this count, Afonso Henriques, proclaimed himself "King of Portugal." He was Portugal's first monarch, the "Founder," and the first of the Burgundian dynasty, which ruled until 1385.The emergence of Portugal in the 12th century as a separate monarchy in Iberia occurred before the Christian Reconquest of the peninsula. In the 1140s, the pope in Rome recognized Afonso Henriques as king of Portugal. In 1147, after a long, bloody siege, Muslim-occupied Lisbon fell to Afonso Henriques's army. Lisbon was the greatest prize of the 500-year war. Assisting this effort were English crusaders on their way to the Holy Land; the first bishop of Lisbon was an Englishman. When the Portuguese captured Faro and Silves in the Algarve province in 1248-50, the Reconquest of the extreme western portion of the Iberian peninsula was complete—significantly, more than two centuries before the Spanish crown completed the Reconquest of the eastern portion by capturing Granada in 1492.Consolidation and Independence of Burgundian Portugal, 1140-1385Two main themes of Portugal's early existence as a monarchy are the consolidation of control over the realm and the defeat of a Castil-ian threat from the east to its independence. At the end of this period came the birth of a new royal dynasty (Aviz), which prepared to carry the Christian Reconquest beyond continental Portugal across the straits of Gibraltar to North Africa. There was a variety of motives behind these developments. Portugal's independent existence was imperiled by threats from neighboring Iberian kingdoms to the north and east. Politics were dominated not only by efforts against the Muslims inPortugal (until 1250) and in nearby southern Spain (until 1492), but also by internecine warfare among the kingdoms of Castile, Léon, Aragon, and Portugal. A final comeback of Muslim forces was defeated at the battle of Salado (1340) by allied Castilian and Portuguese forces. In the emerging Kingdom of Portugal, the monarch gradually gained power over and neutralized the nobility and the Church.The historic and commonplace Portuguese saying "From Spain, neither a good wind nor a good marriage" was literally played out in diplomacy and war in the late 14th-century struggles for mastery in the peninsula. Larger, more populous Castile was pitted against smaller Portugal. Castile's Juan I intended to force a union between Castile and Portugal during this era of confusion and conflict. In late 1383, Portugal's King Fernando, the last king of the Burgundian dynasty, suddenly died prematurely at age 38, and the Master of Aviz, Portugal's most powerful nobleman, took up the cause of independence and resistance against Castile's invasion. The Master of Aviz, who became King João I of Portugal, was able to obtain foreign assistance. With the aid of English archers, Joao's armies defeated the Castilians in the crucial battle of Aljubarrota, on 14 August 1385, a victory that assured the independence of the Portuguese monarchy from its Castilian nemesis for several centuries.Aviz Dynasty and Portugal's First Overseas Empire, 1385-1580The results of the victory at Aljubarrota, much celebrated in Portugal's art and monuments, and the rise of the Aviz dynasty also helped to establish a new merchant class in Lisbon and Oporto, Portugal's second city. This group supported King João I's program of carrying the Reconquest to North Africa, since it was interested in expanding Portugal's foreign commerce and tapping into Muslim trade routes and resources in Africa. With the Reconquest against the Muslims completed in Portugal and the threat from Castile thwarted for the moment, the Aviz dynasty launched an era of overseas conquest, exploration, and trade. These efforts dominated Portugal's 15th and 16th centuries.The overseas empire and age of Discoveries began with Portugal's bold conquest in 1415 of the Moroccan city of Ceuta. One royal member of the 1415 expedition was young, 21-year-old Prince Henry, later known in history as "Prince Henry the Navigator." His part in the capture of Ceuta won Henry his knighthood and began Portugal's "Marvelous Century," during which the small kingdom was counted as a European and world power of consequence. Henry was the son of King João I and his English queen, Philippa of Lancaster, but he did not inherit the throne. Instead, he spent most of his life and his fortune, and that of the wealthy military Order of Christ, on various imperial ventures and on voyages of exploration down the African coast and into the Atlantic. While mythology has surrounded Henry's controversial role in the Discoveries, and this role has been exaggerated, there is no doubt that he played a vital part in the initiation of Portugal's first overseas empire and in encouraging exploration. He was naturally curious, had a sense of mission for Portugal, and was a strong leader. He also had wealth to expend; at least a third of the African voyages of the time were under his sponsorship. If Prince Henry himself knew little science, significant scientific advances in navigation were made in his day.What were Portugal's motives for this new imperial effort? The well-worn historical cliche of "God, Glory, and Gold" can only partly explain the motivation of a small kingdom with few natural resources and barely 1 million people, which was greatly outnumbered by the other powers it confronted. Among Portuguese objectives were the desire to exploit known North African trade routes and resources (gold, wheat, leather, weaponry, and other goods that were scarce in Iberia); the need to outflank the Muslim world in the Mediterranean by sailing around Africa, attacking Muslims en route; and the wish to ally with Christian kingdoms beyond Africa. This enterprise also involved a strategy of breaking the Venetian spice monopoly by trading directly with the East by means of discovering and exploiting a sea route around Africa to Asia. Besides the commercial motives, Portugal nurtured a strong crusading sense of Christian mission, and various classes in the kingdom saw an opportunity for fame and gain.By the time of Prince Henry's death in 1460, Portugal had gained control of the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeiras, begun to colonize the Cape Verde Islands, failed to conquer the Canary Islands from Castile, captured various cities on Morocco's coast, and explored as far as Senegal, West Africa, down the African coast. By 1488, Bar-tolomeu Dias had rounded the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa and thereby discovered the way to the Indian Ocean.Portugal's largely coastal African empire and later its fragile Asian empire brought unexpected wealth but were purchased at a high price. Costs included wars of conquest and defense against rival powers, manning the far-flung navel and trade fleets and scattered castle-fortresses, and staffing its small but fierce armies, all of which entailed a loss of skills and population to maintain a scattered empire. Always short of capital, the monarchy became indebted to bankers. There were many defeats beginning in the 16th century at the hands of the larger imperial European monarchies (Spain, France, England, and Holland) and many attacks on Portugal and its strung-out empire. Typically, there was also the conflict that arose when a tenuously held world empire that rarely if ever paid its way demanded finance and manpower Portugal itself lacked.The first 80 years of the glorious imperial era, the golden age of Portugal's imperial power and world influence, was an African phase. During 1415-88, Portuguese navigators and explorers in small ships, some of them caravelas (caravels), explored the treacherous, disease-ridden coasts of Africa from Morocco to South Africa beyond the Cape of Good Hope. By the 1470s, the Portuguese had reached the Gulf of Guinea and, in the early 1480s, what is now Angola. Bartolomeu Dias's extraordinary voyage of 1487-88 to South Africa's coast and the edge of the Indian Ocean convinced Portugal that the best route to Asia's spices and Christians lay south, around the tip of southern Africa. Between 1488 and 1495, there was a hiatus caused in part by domestic conflict in Portugal, discussion of resources available for further conquests beyond Africa in Asia, and serious questions as to Portugal's capacity to reach beyond Africa. In 1495, King Manuel and his council decided to strike for Asia, whatever the consequences. In 1497-99, Vasco da Gama, under royal orders, made the epic two-year voyage that discovered the sea route to western India (Asia), outflanked Islam and Venice, and began Portugal's Asian empire. Within 50 years, Portugal had discovered and begun the exploitation of its largest colony, Brazil, and set up forts and trading posts from the Middle East (Aden and Ormuz), India (Calicut, Goa, etc.), Malacca, and Indonesia to Macau in China.By the 1550s, parts of its largely coastal, maritime trading post empire from Morocco to the Moluccas were under siege from various hostile forces, including Muslims, Christians, and Hindi. Although Moroccan forces expelled the Portuguese from the major coastal cities by 1550, the rival European monarchies of Castile (Spain), England, France, and later Holland began to seize portions of her undermanned, outgunned maritime empire.In 1580, Phillip II of Spain, whose mother was a Portuguese princess and who had a strong claim to the Portuguese throne, invaded Portugal, claimed the throne, and assumed control over the realm and, by extension, its African, Asian, and American empires. Phillip II filled the power vacuum that appeared in Portugal following the loss of most of Portugal's army and its young, headstrong King Sebastião in a disastrous war in Morocco. Sebastiao's death in battle (1578) and the lack of a natural heir to succeed him, as well as the weak leadership of the cardinal who briefly assumed control in Lisbon, led to a crisis that Spain's strong monarch exploited. As a result, Portugal lost its independence to Spain for a period of 60 years.Portugal under Spanish Rule, 1580-1640Despite the disastrous nature of Portugal's experience under Spanish rule, "The Babylonian Captivity" gave birth to modern Portuguese nationalism, its second overseas empire, and its modern alliance system with England. Although Spain allowed Portugal's weakened empire some autonomy, Spanish rule in Portugal became increasingly burdensome and unacceptable. Spain's ambitious imperial efforts in Europe and overseas had an impact on the Portuguese as Spain made greater and greater demands on its smaller neighbor for manpower and money. Portugal's culture underwent a controversial Castilianization, while its empire became hostage to Spain's fortunes. New rival powers England, France, and Holland attacked and took parts of Spain's empire and at the same time attacked Portugal's empire, as well as the mother country.Portugal's empire bore the consequences of being attacked by Spain's bitter enemies in what was a form of world war. Portuguese losses were heavy. By 1640, Portugal had lost most of its Moroccan cities as well as Ceylon, the Moluccas, and sections of India. With this, Portugal's Asian empire was gravely weakened. Only Goa, Damão, Diu, Bombay, Timor, and Macau remained and, in Brazil, Dutch forces occupied the northeast.On 1 December 1640, long commemorated as a national holiday, Portuguese rebels led by the duke of Braganza overthrew Spanish domination and took advantage of Spanish weakness following a more serious rebellion in Catalonia. Portugal regained independence from Spain, but at a price: dependence on foreign assistance to maintain its independence in the form of the renewal of the alliance with England.Restoration and Second Empire, 1640-1822Foreign affairs and empire dominated the restoration era and aftermath, and Portugal again briefly enjoyed greater European power and prestige. The Anglo-Portuguese Alliance was renewed and strengthened in treaties of 1642, 1654, and 1661, and Portugal's independence from Spain was underwritten by English pledges and armed assistance. In a Luso-Spanish treaty of 1668, Spain recognized Portugal's independence. Portugal's alliance with England was a marriage of convenience and necessity between two monarchies with important religious, cultural, and social differences. In return for legal, diplomatic, and trade privileges, as well as the use during war and peace of Portugal's great Lisbon harbor and colonial ports for England's navy, England pledged to protect Portugal and its scattered empire from any attack. The previously cited 17th-century alliance treaties were renewed later in the Treaty of Windsor, signed in London in 1899. On at least 10 different occasions after 1640, and during the next two centuries, England was central in helping prevent or repel foreign invasions of its ally, Portugal.Portugal's second empire (1640-1822) was largely Brazil-oriented. Portuguese colonization, exploitation of wealth, and emigration focused on Portuguese America, and imperial revenues came chiefly from Brazil. Between 1670 and 1740, Portugal's royalty and nobility grew wealthier on funds derived from Brazilian gold, diamonds, sugar, tobacco, and other crops, an enterprise supported by the Atlantic slave trade and the supply of African slave labor from West Africa and Angola. Visitors today can see where much of that wealth was invested: Portugal's rich legacy of monumental architecture. Meanwhile, the African slave trade took a toll in Angola and West Africa.In continental Portugal, absolutist monarchy dominated politics and government, and there was a struggle for position and power between the monarchy and other institutions, such as the Church and nobility. King José I's chief minister, usually known in history as the marquis of Pombal (ruled 1750-77), sharply suppressed the nobility and theChurch (including the Inquisition, now a weak institution) and expelled the Jesuits. Pombal also made an effort to reduce economic dependence on England, Portugal's oldest ally. But his successes did not last much beyond his disputed time in office.Beginning in the late 18th century, the European-wide impact of the French Revolution and the rise of Napoleon placed Portugal in a vulnerable position. With the monarchy ineffectively led by an insane queen (Maria I) and her indecisive regent son (João VI), Portugal again became the focus of foreign ambition and aggression. With England unable to provide decisive assistance in time, France—with Spain's consent—invaded Portugal in 1807. As Napoleon's army under General Junot entered Lisbon meeting no resistance, Portugal's royal family fled on a British fleet to Brazil, where it remained in exile until 1821. In the meantime, Portugal's overseas empire was again under threat. There was a power vacuum as the monarch was absent, foreign armies were present, and new political notions of liberalism and constitutional monarchy were exciting various groups of citizens.Again England came to the rescue, this time in the form of the armies of the duke of Wellington. Three successive French invasions of Portugal were defeated and expelled, and Wellington succeeded in carrying the war against Napoleon across the Portuguese frontier into Spain. The presence of the English army, the new French-born liberal ideas, and the political vacuum combined to create revolutionary conditions. The French invasions and the peninsular wars, where Portuguese armed forces played a key role, marked the beginning of a new era in politics.Liberalism and Constitutional Monarchy, 1822-1910During 1807-22, foreign invasions, war, and civil strife over conflicting political ideas gravely damaged Portugal's commerce, economy, and novice industry. The next terrible blow was the loss of Brazil in 1822, the jewel in the imperial crown. Portugal's very independence seemed to be at risk. In vain, Portugal sought to resist Brazilian independence by force, but in 1825 it formally acknowledged Brazilian independence by treaty.Portugal's slow recovery from the destructive French invasions and the "war of independence" was complicated by civil strife over the form of constitutional monarchy that best suited Portugal. After struggles over these issues between 1820 and 1834, Portugal settled somewhat uncertainly into a moderate constitutional monarchy whose constitution (Charter of 1826) lent it strong political powers to exert a moderating influence between the executive and legislative branches of the government. It also featured a new upper middle class based on land ownership and commerce; a Catholic Church that, although still important, lived with reduced privileges and property; a largely African (third) empire to which Lisbon and Oporto devoted increasing spiritual and material resources, starting with the liberal imperial plans of 1836 and 1851, and continuing with the work of institutions like the Lisbon Society of Geography (established 1875); and a mass of rural peasants whose bonds to the land weakened after 1850 and who began to immigrate in increasing numbers to Brazil and North America.Chronic military intervention in national politics began in 19th-century Portugal. Such intervention, usually commencing with coups or pronunciamentos (military revolts), was a shortcut to the spoils of political office and could reflect popular discontent as well as the power of personalities. An early example of this was the 1817 golpe (coup) attempt of General Gomes Freire against British military rule in Portugal before the return of King João VI from Brazil. Except for a more stable period from 1851 to 1880, military intervention in politics, or the threat thereof, became a feature of the constitutional monarchy's political life, and it continued into the First Republic and the subsequent Estado Novo.Beginning with the Regeneration period (1851-80), Portugal experienced greater political stability and economic progress. Military intervention in politics virtually ceased; industrialization and construction of railroads, roads, and bridges proceeded; two political parties (Regenerators and Historicals) worked out a system of rotation in power; and leading intellectuals sparked a cultural revival in several fields. In 19th-century literature, there was a new golden age led by such figures as Alexandre Herculano (historian), Eça de Queirós (novelist), Almeida Garrett (playwright and essayist), Antero de Quental (poet), and Joaquim Oliveira Martins (historian and social scientist). In its third overseas empire, Portugal attempted to replace the slave trade and slavery with legitimate economic activities; to reform the administration; and to expand Portuguese holdings beyond coastal footholds deep into the African hinterlands in West, West Central, and East Africa. After 1841, to some extent, and especially after 1870, colonial affairs, combined with intense nationalism, pressures for economic profit in Africa, sentiment for national revival, and the drift of European affairs would make or break Lisbon governments.Beginning with the political crisis that arose out of the "English Ultimatum" affair of January 1890, the monarchy became discredtted and identified with the poorly functioning government, political parties splintered, and republicanism found more supporters. Portugal participated in the "Scramble for Africa," expanding its African holdings, but failed to annex territory connecting Angola and Mozambique. A growing foreign debt and state bankruptcy as of the early 1890s damaged the constitutional monarchy's reputation, despite the efforts of King Carlos in diplomacy, the renewal of the alliance in the Windsor Treaty of 1899, and the successful if bloody colonial wars in the empire (1880-97). Republicanism proclaimed that Portugal's weak economy and poor society were due to two historic institutions: the monarchy and the Catholic Church. A republic, its stalwarts claimed, would bring greater individual liberty; efficient, if more decentralized government; and a stronger colonial program while stripping the Church of its role in both society and education.As the monarchy lost support and republicans became more aggressive, violence increased in politics. King Carlos I and his heir Luís were murdered in Lisbon by anarchist-republicans on 1 February 1908. Following a military and civil insurrection and fighting between monarchist and republican forces, on 5 October 1910, King Manuel II fled Portugal and a republic was proclaimed.First Parliamentary Republic, 1910-26Portugal's first attempt at republican government was the most unstable, turbulent parliamentary republic in the history of 20th-century Western Europe. During a little under 16 years of the republic, there were 45 governments, a number of legislatures that did not complete normal terms, military coups, and only one president who completed his four-year term in office. Portuguese society was poorly prepared for this political experiment. Among the deadly legacies of the monarchy were a huge public debt; a largely rural, apolitical, and illiterate peasant population; conflict over the causes of the country's misfortunes; and lack of experience with a pluralist, democratic system.The republic had some talented leadership but lacked popular, institutional, and economic support. The 1911 republican constitution established only a limited democracy, as only a small portion of the adult male citizenry was eligible to vote. In a country where the majority was Catholic, the republic passed harshly anticlerical laws, and its institutions and supporters persecuted both the Church and its adherents. During its brief disjointed life, the First Republic drafted important reform plans in economic, social, and educational affairs; actively promoted development in the empire; and pursued a liberal, generous foreign policy. Following British requests for Portugal's assistance in World War I, Portugal entered the war on the Allied side in March 1916 and sent armies to Flanders and Portuguese Africa. Portugal's intervention in that conflict, however, was too costly in many respects, and the ultimate failure of the republic in part may be ascribed to Portugal's World War I activities.Unfortunately for the republic, its time coincided with new threats to Portugal's African possessions: World War I, social and political demands from various classes that could not be reconciled, excessive military intervention in politics, and, in particular, the worst economic and financial crisis Portugal had experienced since the 16th and 17th centuries. After the original Portuguese Republican Party (PRP, also known as the "Democrats") splintered into three warring groups in 1912, no true multiparty system emerged. The Democrats, except for only one or two elections, held an iron monopoly of electoral power, and political corruption became a major issue. As extreme right-wing dictatorships elsewhere in Europe began to take power in Italy (1922), neighboring Spain (1923), and Greece (1925), what scant popular support remained for the republic collapsed. Backed by a right-wing coalition of landowners from Alentejo, clergy, Coimbra University faculty and students, Catholic organizations, and big business, career military officers led by General Gomes da Costa executed a coup on 28 May 1926, turned out the last republican government, and established a military government.The Estado Novo (New State), 1926-74During the military phase (1926-32) of the Estado Novo, professional military officers, largely from the army, governed and administered Portugal and held key cabinet posts, but soon discovered that the military possessed no magic formula that could readily solve the problems inherited from the First Republic. Especially during the years 1926-31, the military dictatorship, even with its political repression of republican activities and institutions (military censorship of the press, political police action, and closure of the republic's rowdy parliament), was characterized by similar weaknesses: personalism and factionalism; military coups and political instability, including civil strife and loss of life; state debt and bankruptcy; and a weak economy. "Barracks parliamentarism" was not an acceptable alternative even to the "Nightmare Republic."Led by General Óscar Carmona, who had replaced and sent into exile General Gomes da Costa, the military dictatorship turned to a civilian expert in finance and economics to break the budget impasse and bring coherence to the disorganized system. Appointed minister of finance on 27 April 1928, the Coimbra University Law School professor of economics Antônio de Oliveira Salazar (1889-1970) first reformed finance, helped balance the budget, and then turned to other concerns as he garnered extraordinary governing powers. In 1930, he was appointed interim head of another key ministry (Colonies) and within a few years had become, in effect, a civilian dictator who, with the military hierarchy's support, provided the government with coherence, a program, and a set of policies.For nearly 40 years after he was appointed the first civilian prime minister in 1932, Salazar's personality dominated the government. Unlike extreme right-wing dictators elsewhere in Europe, Salazar was directly appointed by the army but was never endorsed by a popular political party, street militia, or voter base. The scholarly, reclusive former Coimbra University professor built up what became known after 1932 as the Estado Novo ("New State"), which at the time of its overthrow by another military coup in 1974, was the longest surviving authoritarian regime in Western Europe. The system of Salazar and the largely academic and technocratic ruling group he gathered in his cabinets was based on the central bureaucracy of the state, which was supported by the president of the republic—always a senior career military officer, General Óscar Carmona (1928-51), General Craveiro Lopes (1951-58), and Admiral Américo Tómaz (1958-74)—and the complicity of various institutions. These included a rubber-stamp legislature called the National Assembly (1935-74) and a political police known under various names: PVDE (1932-45), PIDE (1945-69),and DGS (1969-74). Other defenders of the Estado Novo security were paramilitary organizations such as the National Republican Guard (GNR); the Portuguese Legion (PL); and the Portuguese Youth [Movement]. In addition to censorship of the media, theater, and books, there was political repression and a deliberate policy of depoliticization. All political parties except for the approved movement of regime loyalists, the União Nacional or (National Union), were banned.The most vigorous and more popular period of the New State was 1932-44, when the basic structures were established. Never monolithic or entirely the work of one person (Salazar), the New State was constructed with the assistance of several dozen top associates who were mainly academics from law schools, some technocrats with specialized skills, and a handful of trusted career military officers. The 1933 Constitution declared Portugal to be a "unitary, corporative Republic," and pressures to restore the monarchy were resisted. Although some of the regime's followers were fascists and pseudofascists, many more were conservative Catholics, integralists, nationalists, and monarchists of different varieties, and even some reactionary republicans. If the New State was authoritarian, it was not totalitarian and, unlike fascism in Benito Mussolini's Italy or Adolf Hitler's Germany, it usually employed the minimum of violence necessary to defeat what remained a largely fractious, incoherent opposition.With the tumultuous Second Republic and the subsequent civil war in nearby Spain, the regime felt threatened and reinforced its defenses. During what Salazar rightly perceived as a time of foreign policy crisis for Portugal (1936-45), he assumed control of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From there, he pursued four basic foreign policy objectives: supporting the Nationalist rebels of General Francisco Franco in the Spanish Civil War (1936-39) and concluding defense treaties with a triumphant Franco; ensuring that General Franco in an exhausted Spain did not enter World War II on the Axis side; maintaining Portuguese neutrality in World War II with a post-1942 tilt toward the Allies, including granting Britain and the United States use of bases in the Azores Islands; and preserving and protecting Portugal's Atlantic Islands and its extensive, if poor, overseas empire in Africa and Asia.During the middle years of the New State (1944-58), many key Salazar associates in government either died or resigned, and there was greater social unrest in the form of unprecedented strikes and clandestine Communist activities, intensified opposition, and new threatening international pressures on Portugal's overseas empire. During the earlier phase of the Cold War (1947-60), Portugal became a steadfast, if weak, member of the US-dominated North Atlantic Treaty Organization alliance and, in 1955, with American support, Portugal joined the United Nations (UN). Colonial affairs remained a central concern of the regime. As of 1939, Portugal was the third largest colonial power in the world and possessed territories in tropical Africa (Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, and São Tomé and Príncipe Islands) and the remnants of its 16th-century empire in Asia (Goa, Damão, Diu, East Timor, and Macau). Beginning in the early 1950s, following the independence of India in 1947, Portugal resisted Indian pressures to decolonize Portuguese India and used police forces to discourage internal opposition in its Asian and African colonies.The later years of the New State (1958-68) witnessed the aging of the increasingly isolated but feared Salazar and new threats both at home and overseas. Although the regime easily overcame the brief oppositionist threat from rival presidential candidate General Humberto Delgado in the spring of 1958, new developments in the African and Asian empires imperiled the authoritarian system. In February 1961, oppositionists hijacked the Portuguese ocean liner Santa Maria and, in following weeks, African insurgents in northern Angola, although they failed to expel the Portuguese, gained worldwide media attention, discredited the New State, and began the 13-year colonial war. After thwarting a dissident military coup against his continued leadership, Salazar and his ruling group mobilized military repression in Angola and attempted to develop the African colonies at a faster pace in order to ensure Portuguese control. Meanwhile, the other European colonial powers (Britain, France, Belgium, and Spain) rapidly granted political independence to their African territories.At the time of Salazar's removal from power in September 1968, following a stroke, Portugal's efforts to maintain control over its colonies appeared to be successful. President Americo Tomás appointed Dr. Marcello Caetano as Salazar's successor as prime minister. While maintaining the New State's basic structures, and continuing the regime's essential colonial policy, Caetano attempted wider reforms in colonial administration and some devolution of power from Lisbon, as well as more freedom of expression in Lisbon. Still, a great deal of the budget was devoted to supporting the wars against the insurgencies in Africa. Meanwhile in Asia, Portuguese India had fallen when the Indian army invaded in December 1961. The loss of Goa was a psychological blow to the leadership of the New State, and of the Asian empire only East Timor and Macau remained.The Caetano years (1968-74) were but a hiatus between the waning Salazar era and a new regime. There was greater political freedom and rapid economic growth (5-6 percent annually to late 1973), but Caetano's government was unable to reform the old system thoroughly and refused to consider new methods either at home or in the empire. In the end, regime change came from junior officers of the professional military who organized the Armed Forces Movement (MFA) against the Caetano government. It was this group of several hundred officers, mainly in the army and navy, which engineered a largely bloodless coup in Lisbon on 25 April 1974. Their unexpected action brought down the 48-year-old New State and made possible the eventual establishment and consolidation of democratic governance in Portugal, as well as a reorientation of the country away from the Atlantic toward Europe.Revolution of Carnations, 1974-76Following successful military operations of the Armed Forces Movement against the Caetano government, Portugal experienced what became known as the "Revolution of Carnations." It so happened that during the rainy week of the military golpe, Lisbon flower shops were featuring carnations, and the revolutionaries and their supporters adopted the red carnation as the common symbol of the event, as well as of the new freedom from dictatorship. The MFA, whose leaders at first were mostly little-known majors and captains, proclaimed a three-fold program of change for the new Portugal: democracy; decolonization of the overseas empire, after ending the colonial wars; and developing a backward economy in the spirit of opportunity and equality. During the first 24 months after the coup, there was civil strife, some anarchy, and a power struggle. With the passing of the Estado Novo, public euphoria burst forth as the new provisional military government proclaimed the freedoms of speech, press, and assembly, and abolished censorship, the political police, the Portuguese Legion, Portuguese Youth, and other New State organizations, including the National Union. Scores of political parties were born and joined the senior political party, the Portuguese Community Party (PCP), and the Socialist Party (PS), founded shortly before the coup.Portugal's Revolution of Carnations went through several phases. There was an attempt to take control by radical leftists, including the PCP and its allies. This was thwarted by moderate officers in the army, as well as by the efforts of two political parties: the PS and the Social Democrats (PPD, later PSD). The first phase was from April to September 1974. Provisional president General Antonio Spínola, whose 1974 book Portugal and the Future had helped prepare public opinion for the coup, met irresistible leftist pressures. After Spinola's efforts to avoid rapid decolonization of the African empire failed, he resigned in September 1974. During the second phase, from September 1974 to March 1975, radical military officers gained control, but a coup attempt by General Spínola and his supporters in Lisbon in March 1975 failed and Spínola fled to Spain.In the third phase of the Revolution, March-November 1975, a strong leftist reaction followed. Farm workers occupied and "nationalized" 1.1 million hectares of farmland in the Alentejo province, and radical military officers in the provisional government ordered the nationalization of Portuguese banks (foreign banks were exempted), utilities, and major industries, or about 60 percent of the economic system. There were power struggles among various political parties — a total of 50 emerged—and in the streets there was civil strife among labor, military, and law enforcement groups. A constituent assembly, elected on 25 April 1975, in Portugal's first free elections since 1926, drafted a democratic constitution. The Council of the Revolution (CR), briefly a revolutionary military watchdog committee, was entrenched as part of the government under the constitution, until a later revision. During the chaotic year of 1975, about 30 persons were killed in political frays while unstable provisional governments came and went. On 25 November 1975, moderate military forces led by Colonel Ramalho Eanes, who later was twice elected president of the republic (1976 and 1981), defeated radical, leftist military groups' revolutionary conspiracies.In the meantime, Portugal's scattered overseas empire experienced a precipitous and unprepared decolonization. One by one, the former colonies were granted and accepted independence—Guinea-Bissau (September 1974), Cape Verde Islands (July 1975), and Mozambique (July 1975). Portugal offered to turn over Macau to the People's Republic of China, but the offer was refused then and later negotiations led to the establishment of a formal decolonization or hand-over date of 1999. But in two former colonies, the process of decolonization had tragic results.In Angola, decolonization negotiations were greatly complicated by the fact that there were three rival nationalist movements in a struggle for power. The January 1975 Alvor Agreement signed by Portugal and these three parties was not effectively implemented. A bloody civil war broke out in Angola in the spring of 1975 and, when Portuguese armed forces withdrew and declared that Angola was independent on 11 November 1975, the bloodshed only increased. Meanwhile, most of the white Portuguese settlers from Angola and Mozambique fled during the course of 1975. Together with African refugees, more than 600,000 of these retornados ("returned ones") went by ship and air to Portugal and thousands more to Namibia, South Africa, Brazil, Canada, and the United States.The second major decolonization disaster was in Portugal's colony of East Timor in the Indonesian archipelago. Portugal's capacity to supervise and control a peaceful transition to independence in this isolated, neglected colony was limited by the strength of giant Indonesia, distance from Lisbon, and Portugal's revolutionary disorder and inability to defend Timor. In early December 1975, before Portugal granted formal independence and as one party, FRETILIN, unilaterally declared East Timor's independence, Indonesia's armed forces invaded, conquered, and annexed East Timor. Indonesian occupation encountered East Timorese resistance, and a heavy loss of life followed. The East Timor question remained a contentious international issue in the UN, as well as in Lisbon and Jakarta, for more than 20 years following Indonesia's invasion and annexation of the former colony of Portugal. Major changes occurred, beginning in 1998, after Indonesia underwent a political revolution and allowed a referendum in East Timor to decide that territory's political future in August 1999. Most East Timorese chose independence, but Indonesian forces resisted that verdict untilUN intervention in September 1999. Following UN rule for several years, East Timor attained full independence on 20 May 2002.Consolidation of Democracy, 1976-2000After several free elections and record voter turnouts between 25 April 1975 and June 1976, civil war was averted and Portugal's second democratic republic began to stabilize. The MFA was dissolved, the military were returned to the barracks, and increasingly elected civilians took over the government of the country. The 1976 Constitution was revised several times beginning in 1982 and 1989, in order to reempha-size the principle of free enterprise in the economy while much of the large, nationalized sector was privatized. In June 1976, General Ram-alho Eanes was elected the first constitutional president of the republic (five-year term), and he appointed socialist leader Dr. Mário Soares as prime minister of the first constitutional government.From 1976 to 1985, Portugal's new system featured a weak economy and finances, labor unrest, and administrative and political instability. The difficult consolidation of democratic governance was eased in part by the strong currency and gold reserves inherited from the Estado Novo, but Lisbon seemed unable to cope with high unemployment, new debt, the complex impact of the refugees from Africa, world recession, and the agitation of political parties. Four major parties emerged from the maelstrom of 1974-75, except for the Communist Party, all newly founded. They were, from left to right, the Communists (PCP); the Socialists (PS), who managed to dominate governments and the legislature but not win a majority in the Assembly of the Republic; the Social Democrats (PSD); and the Christian Democrats (CDS). During this period, the annual growth rate was low (l-2 percent), and the nationalized sector of the economy stagnated.Enhanced economic growth, greater political stability, and more effective central government as of 1985, and especially 1987, were due to several developments. In 1977, Portugal applied for membership in the European Economic Community (EEC), now the European Union (EU) since 1993. In January 1986, with Spain, Portugal was granted membership, and economic and financial progress in the intervening years has been significantly influenced by the comparatively large investment, loans, technology, advice, and other assistance from the EEC. Low unemployment, high annual growth rates (5 percent), and moderate inflation have also been induced by the new political and administrative stability in Lisbon. Led by Prime Minister Cavaco Silva, an economist who was trained abroad, the PSD's strong organization, management, and electoral support since 1985 have assisted in encouraging economic recovery and development. In 1985, the PSD turned the PS out of office and won the general election, although they did not have an absolute majority of assembly seats. In 1986, Mário Soares was elected president of the republic, the first civilian to hold that office since the First Republic. In the elections of 1987 and 1991, however, the PSD was returned to power with clear majorities of over 50 percent of the vote.Although the PSD received 50.4 percent of the vote in the 1991 parliamentary elections and held a 42-seat majority in the Assembly of the Republic, the party began to lose public support following media revelations regarding corruption and complaints about Prime Minister Cavaco Silva's perceived arrogant leadership style. President Mário Soares voiced criticism of the PSD's seemingly untouchable majority and described a "tyranny of the majority." Economic growth slowed down. In the parliamentary elections of 1995 and the presidential election of 1996, the PSD's dominance ended for the time being. Prime Minister Antônio Guterres came to office when the PS won the October 1995 elections, and in the subsequent presidential contest, in January 1996, socialist Jorge Sampaio, the former mayor of Lisbon, was elected president of the republic, thus defeating Cavaco Silva's bid. Young and popular, Guterres moved the PS toward the center of the political spectrum. Under Guterres, the PS won the October 1999 parliamentary elections. The PS defeated the PSD but did not manage to win a clear, working majority of seats, and this made the PS dependent upon alliances with smaller parties, including the PCP.In the local elections in December 2001, the PSD's criticism of PS's heavy public spending allowed the PSD to take control of the key cities of Lisbon, Oporto, and Coimbra. Guterres resigned, and parliamentary elections were brought forward from 2004 to March 2002. The PSD won a narrow victory with 40 percent of the votes, and Jose Durão Barroso became prime minister. Having failed to win a majority of the seats in parliament forced the PSD to govern in coalition with the right-wing Popular Party (PP) led by Paulo Portas. Durão Barroso set about reducing government spending by cutting the budgets of local authorities, freezing civil service hiring, and reviving the economy by accelerating privatization of state-owned enterprises. These measures provoked a 24-hour strike by public-sector workers. Durão Barroso reacted with vows to press ahead with budget-cutting measures and imposed a wage freeze on all employees earning more than €1,000, which affected more than one-half of Portugal's work force.In June 2004, Durão Barroso was invited by Romano Prodi to succeed him as president of the European Commission. Durão Barroso accepted and resigned the prime ministership in July. Pedro Santana Lopes, the leader of the PSD, became prime minister. Already unpopular at the time of Durão Barroso's resignation, the PSD-led government became increasingly unpopular under Santana Lopes. A month-long delay in the start of the school year and confusion over his plan to cut taxes and raise public-sector salaries, eroded confidence even more. By November, Santana Lopes's government was so unpopular that President Jorge Sampaio was obliged to dissolve parliament and hold new elections, two years ahead of schedule.Parliamentary elections were held on 20 February 2005. The PS, which had promised the electorate disciplined and transparent governance, educational reform, the alleviation of poverty, and a boost in employment, won 45 percent of the vote and the majority of the seats in parliament. The leader of the PS, José Sôcrates became prime minister on 12 March 2005. In the regularly scheduled presidential elections held on 6 January 2006, the former leader of the PSD and prime minister, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, won a narrow victory and became president on 9 March 2006. With a mass protest, public teachers' strike, and street demonstrations in March 2008, Portugal's media, educational, and social systems experienced more severe pressures. With the spreading global recession beginning in September 2008, Portugal's economic and financial systems became more troubled.Owing to its geographic location on the southwestern most edge of continental Europe, Portugal has been historically in but not of Europe. Almost from the beginning of its existence in the 12th century as an independent monarchy, Portugal turned its back on Europe and oriented itself toward the Atlantic Ocean. After carving out a Christian kingdom on the western portion of the Iberian peninsula, Portuguese kings gradually built and maintained a vast seaborne global empire that became central to the way Portugal understood its individuality as a nation-state. While the creation of this empire allows Portugal to claim an unusual number of "firsts" or distinctions in world and Western history, it also retarded Portugal's economic, social, and political development. It can be reasonably argued that the Revolution of 25 April 1974 was the most decisive event in Portugal's long history because it finally ended Portugal's oceanic mission and view of itself as an imperial power. After the 1974 Revolution, Portugal turned away from its global mission and vigorously reoriented itself toward Europe. Contemporary Portugal is now both in and of Europe.The turn toward Europe began immediately after 25 April 1974. Portugal granted independence to its African colonies in 1975. It was admitted to the European Council and took the first steps toward accession to the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1976. On 28 March 1977, the Portuguese government officially applied for EEC membership. Because of Portugal's economic and social backwardness, which would require vast sums of EEC money to overcome, negotiations for membership were long and difficult. Finally, a treaty of accession was signed on 12 June 1985. Portugal officially joined the EEC (the European Union [EU] since 1993) on 1 January 1986. Since becoming a full-fledged member of the EU, Portugal has been steadily overcoming the economic and social underdevelopment caused by its imperial past and is becoming more like the rest of Europe.Membership in the EU has speeded up the structural transformation of Portugal's economy, which actually began during the Estado Novo. Investments made by the Estado Novo in Portugal's economy began to shift employment out of the agricultural sector, which, in 1950, accounted for 50 percent of Portugal's economically active population. Today, only 10 percent of the economically active population is employed in the agricultural sector (the highest among EU member states); 30 percent in the industrial sector (also the highest among EU member states); and 60 percent in the service sector (the lowest among EU member states). The economically active population numbers about 5,000,000 employed, 56 percent of whom are women. Women workers are the majority of the workforce in the agricultural and service sectors (the highest among the EU member states). The expansion of the service sector has been primarily in health care and education. Portugal has had the lowest unemployment rates among EU member states, with the overall rate never being more than 10 percent of the active population. Since joining the EU, the number of employers increased from 2.6 percent to 5.8 percent of the active population; self-employed from 16 to 19 percent; and employees from 65 to 70 percent. Twenty-six percent of the employers are women. Unemployment tends to hit younger workers in industry and transportation, women employed in domestic service, workers on short-term contracts, and poorly educated workers. Salaried workers earn only 63 percent of the EU average, and hourly workers only one-third to one-half of that earned by their EU counterparts. Despite having had the second highest growth of gross national product (GNP) per inhabitant (after Ireland) among EU member states, the above data suggest that while much has been accomplished in terms of modernizing the Portuguese economy, much remains to be done to bring Portugal's economy up to the level of the "average" EU member state.Membership in the EU has also speeded up changes in Portuguese society. Over the last 30 years, coastalization and urbanization have intensified. Fully 50 percent of Portuguese live in the coastal urban conurbations of Lisbon, Oporto, Braga, Aveiro, Coimbra, Viseu, Évora, and Faro. The Portuguese population is one of the oldest among EU member states (17.3 percent are 65 years of age or older) thanks to a considerable increase in life expectancy at birth (77.87 years for the total population, 74.6 years for men, 81.36 years for women) and one of the lowest birthrates (10.59 births/1,000) in Europe. Family size averages 2.8 persons per household, with the strict nuclear family (one or two generations) in which both parents work being typical. Common law marriages, cohabitating couples, and single-parent households are more and more common. The divorce rate has also increased. "Youth Culture" has developed. The young have their own meeting places, leisure-time activities, and nightlife (bars, clubs, and discos).All Portuguese citizens, whether they have contributed or not, have a right to an old-age pension, invalidity benefits, widowed persons' pension, as well as payments for disabilities, children, unemployment, and large families. There is a national minimum wage (€385 per month), which is low by EU standards. The rapid aging of Portugal's population has changed the ratio of contributors to pensioners to 1.7, the lowest in the EU. This has created deficits in Portugal's social security fund.The adult literacy rate is about 92 percent. Illiteracy is still found among the elderly. Although universal compulsory education up to grade 9 was achieved in 1980, only 21.2 percent of the population aged 25-64 had undergone secondary education, compared to an EU average of 65.7 percent. Portugal's higher education system currently consists of 14 state universities and 14 private universities, 15 state polytechnic institutions, one Catholic university, and one military academy. All in all, Portugal spends a greater percentage of its state budget on education than most EU member states. Despite this high level of expenditure, the troubled Portuguese education system does not perform well. Early leaving and repetition rates are among the highest among EU member states.After the Revolution of 25 April 1974, Portugal created a National Health Service, which today consists of 221 hospitals and 512 medical centers employing 33,751 doctors and 41,799 nurses. Like its education system, Portugal's medical system is inefficient. There are long waiting lists for appointments with specialists and for surgical procedures.Structural changes in Portugal's economy and society mean that social life in Portugal is not too different from that in other EU member states. A mass consumption society has been created. Televisions, telephones, refrigerators, cars, music equipment, mobile phones, and personal computers are commonplace. Sixty percent of Portuguese households possess at least one automobile, and 65 percent of Portuguese own their own home. Portuguese citizens are more aware of their legal rights than ever before. This has resulted in a trebling of the number of legal proceeding since 1960 and an eight-fold increase in the number of lawyers. In general, Portuguese society has become more permissive and secular; the Catholic Church and the armed forces are much less influential than in the past. Portugal's population is also much more culturally, religiously, and ethnically diverse, a consequence of the coming to Portugal of hundreds of thousands of immigrants, mainly from former African colonies.Portuguese are becoming more cosmopolitan and sophisticated through the impact of world media, the Internet, and the World Wide Web. A prime case in point came in the summer and early fall of 1999, with the extraordinary events in East Timor and the massive Portuguese popular responses. An internationally monitored referendum in East Timor, Portugal's former colony in the Indonesian archipelago and under Indonesian occupation from late 1975 to summer 1999, resulted in a vote of 78.5 percent for rejecting integration with Indonesia and for independence. When Indonesian prointegration gangs, aided by the Indonesian military, responded to the referendum with widespread brutality and threatened to reverse the verdict of the referendum, there was a spontaneous popular outpouring of protest in the cities and towns of Portugal. An avalanche of Portuguese e-mail fell on leaders and groups in the UN and in certain countries around the world as Portugal's diplomats, perhaps to compensate for the weak initial response to Indonesian armed aggression in 1975, called for the protection of East Timor as an independent state and for UN intervention to thwart Indonesian action. Using global communications networks, the Portuguese were able to mobilize UN and world public opinion against Indonesian actions and aided the eventual independence of East Timor on 20 May 2002.From the Revolution of 25 April 1974 until the 1990s, Portugal had a large number of political parties, one of the largest Communist parties in western Europe, frequent elections, and endemic cabinet instability. Since the 1990s, the number of political parties has been dramatically reduced and cabinet stability increased. Gradually, the Portuguese electorate has concentrated around two larger parties, the right-of-center Social Democrats (PSD) and the left-of-center Socialist (PS). In the 1980s, these two parties together garnered 65 percent of the vote and 70 percent of the seats in parliament. In 2005, these percentages had risen to 74 percent and 85 percent, respectively. In effect, Portugal is currently a two-party dominant system in which the two largest parties — PS and PSD—alternate in and out of power, not unlike the rotation of the two main political parties (the Regenerators and the Historicals) during the last decades (1850s to 1880s) of the liberal constitutional monarchy. As Portugal's democracy has consolidated, turnout rates for the eligible electorate have declined. In the 1970s, turnout was 85 percent. In Portugal's most recent parliamentary election (2005), turnout had fallen to 65 percent of the eligible electorate.Portugal has benefited greatly from membership in the EU, and whatever doubts remain about the price paid for membership, no Portuguese government in the near future can afford to sever this connection. The vast majority of Portuguese citizens see membership in the EU as a "good thing" and strongly believe that Portugal has benefited from membership. Only the Communist Party opposed membership because it reduces national sovereignty, serves the interests of capitalists not workers, and suffers from a democratic deficit. Despite the high level of support for the EU, Portuguese voters are increasingly not voting in elections for the European Parliament, however. Turnout for European Parliament elections fell from 40 percent of the eligible electorate in the 1999 elections to 38 percent in the 2004 elections.In sum, Portugal's turn toward Europe has done much to overcome its backwardness. However, despite the economic, social, and political progress made since 1986, Portugal has a long way to go before it can claim to be on a par with the level found even in Spain, much less the rest of western Europe. As Portugal struggles to move from underde-velopment, especially in the rural areas away from the coast, it must keep in mind the perils of too rapid modern development, which could damage two of its most precious assets: its scenery and environment. The growth and future prosperity of the economy will depend on the degree to which the government and the private sector will remain stewards of clean air, soil, water, and other finite resources on which the tourism industry depends and on which Portugal's world image as a unique place to visit rests. Currently, Portugal is investing heavily in renewable energy from solar, wind, and wave power in order to account for about 50 percent of its electricity needs by 2010. Portugal opened the world's largest solar power plant and the world's first commercial wave power farm in 2006.An American documentary film on Portugal produced in the 1970s described this little country as having "a Past in Search of a Future." In the years after the Revolution of 25 April 1974, it could be said that Portugal is now living in "a Present in Search of a Future." Increasingly, that future lies in Europe as an active and productive member of the EU. -
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m.1 body.a cuerpo without a coat onde cuerpo entero full-length (retrato, espejo)en cuerpo y alma body and soulluchar cuerpo a cuerpo to fight hand-to-handde cuerpo presente (lying) in statetomar cuerpo to take shapevivir a cuerpo de rey to live like a king¡cuerpo a tierra! hit the ground!, get down!cuerpo celeste heavenly bodycuerpo extraño foreign bodyel cuerpo humano the human body2 main body (parte principal).3 thickness (consistencia).mover hasta que la mezcla tome cuerpo stir until the mixture thickensel proyecto de nuevo aeropuerto va tomando cuerpo the new airport project is taking shape4 corps.cuerpo diplomático diplomatic corpscuerpo de policía police force5 section (parte de armario, edificio).6 point (Imprenta) (de letra).7 corpus, body, main section of a bodily part, main section of an organism.8 mass of tissue, corpus.* * *1 ANATOMÍA body2 (constitución) build4 (tronco) trunk5 (grupo) body, force, corps6 (cadáver) corpse, body7 (parte) section, part; (parte principal) main part, main body8 QUÍMICA substance9 FÍSICA body10 (vino, tela, etc) body11 DEPORTE length\a cuerpo descubierto defenceless (US defenseless)cuerpo a cuerpo hand-to-handde cuerpo entero full-lengthen cuerpo y alma figurado heart and soul, body and soulestar de cuerpo presente to lie in statehacer de cuerpo eufemístico to relieve oneselfno tener nada en el cuerpo to have an empty stomachtener buen cuerpo to have a good figuretomar cuerpo figurado to take shapecuerpo de baile corps de balletcuerpo del delito DERECHO evidence, corpus delicticuerpo diplomático diplomatic corpscuerpo legislativo legislative bodycuerpo geométrico regular solidcuerpos celestes heavenly bodies* * *noun m.1) body2) corps* * *SM1) (Anat) bodyme dolía todo el cuerpo — my body was aching all over, I was aching all over
cuerpo a cuerpo —
un cuerpo a cuerpo entre los dos políticos — a head-on o head-to-head confrontation between the two politicians
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cuerpo serrano — hum body to die for•
¡cuerpo a tierra! — hit the ground!dar con el cuerpo en tierra — to fall down, fall to the ground
a cuerpo gentil —
a cuerpo de rey —
hurtó el cuerpo y eludió a sus vecinos — he sneaked off o away and avoided his neighbours
pedirle a algn algo el cuerpo —
hice lo que en ese momento me pedía el cuerpo — I did what my body was telling me to do at that moment
2) (=cadáver) body, corpseencontraron el cuerpo entre los matorrales — they found the body o corpse in the bushes
de cuerpo presente: su marido aún estaba de cuerpo presente — her husband had not yet been buried
funeral de cuerpo presente — funeral service, funeral
3) (=grupo)cuerpo de bomberos — fire brigade, fire department (EEUU)
4) (=parte) [de mueble] section, part; [de un vestido] bodice; (=parte principal) main body5) (=objeto) body, object6) (=consistencia) [de vino] body•
dar cuerpo a algo, el suavizante que da cuerpo a su cabello — the conditioner that gives your hair bodysugirieron varios puntos para dar cuerpo al proyecto — they suggested several points to round out o give more substance to the project
7) (Tip) [de letra] point, point size* * *1)a) (Anat) bodytenía el miedo metido en el cuerpo — (fam) he was scared stiff (colloq)
a cuerpo de rey — (fam)
a cuerpo gentil — (fam) without a coat (o sweater etc)
echarse algo al cuerpo — (fam) < comida> to have something to eat; < bebida> to have something to drink
pedirle el cuerpo algo a alguien — (fam)
sacar(le) el cuerpo a alguien — (AmL fam) to steer clear of somebody
sacar(le) el cuerpo a algo — (AmL fam) ( a trabajo) to get out of something; ( a responsabilidad) to evade o shirk something
b) ( cadáver) body, corpseencontraron su cuerpo sin vida junto al río — (period) his lifeless body was found by the river (frml)
c) ( tronco) body2) (Equ) length3)a) ( parte principal) main bodyb) ( de mueble) part; ( de edificio) section4) (conjunto de personas, de ideas, normas) body6) (consistencia, densidad) bodydar/tomar cuerpo — idea/escultura to take shape
* * *= body, body, type size, body-size, corps, shank, cadaver, soma.Ex. But when he speaks to me he always scans my body and stares at my breasts.Ex. Cartographic materials are, according to AACR2, all the materials that represent, in whole or in part, the earth or any celestial body.Ex. Using golf-ball or daisy-wheel typewriters a good range of typefaces can be used on the same page; different type sizes can also be used.Ex. A fount of type was a set of letters and other symbols in which each was supplied in approximate proportion to its frequency of use, all being of one body-size and design.Ex. Quality abstracting services take pride in their corps of abstractors.Ex. Another device was to make matrices for accented sorts with the punches already used for unaccented sorts: the letter punch was stepped on its shank so that one of several accent punches could be bound on to the step to make a combined punch.Ex. Rather than bringing in butchers to do the handiwork of his dissections, Vesalius himself worked on the human cadavers and said that students of medicine should do the same.Ex. Pyramidal neurons, also known as pyramidal cells, are neurons with a pyramidal-shaped cell body ( soma) and two distinct dendritic trees.----* a cuerpo de rey = the lap of luxury.* crema para el cuerlpo = body lotion.* cuerpo calloso = corpus callosum.* cuerpo celeste = celestial body, heavenly body.* cuerpo Danone = body beautiful.* cuerpo de animal muerto = carcass.* cuerpo de bomberos = fire department.* cuerpo de estanterías = bay of shelves, range of shelving, range, bay of shelving.* cuerpo de estanterías por materia = subject bay.* cuerpo de inspectores = inspectorate.* cuerpo de la ficha = body of the card.* Cuerpo de Marina = Navy Corps.* Cuerpo de Paz, el = Peace Corps.* Cuerpo de Zapadores = Army Corps Engineers.* cuerpo expedicionario = expeditionary force.* cuerpo extraño = foreign body.* cuerpo humano, el = human body, the.* cuerpo político, el = body politic, the.* cuerpo sin vida = dead body.* culto al cuerpo = cult of the body, body beautiful.* dar cuerpo = give + substance.* dar cuerpo a = flesh out.* dar cuerpo y forma a = lend + substance and form to.* de cuerpo largo = long-bodied.* del cuerpo = body.* foto de medio cuerpo = mugshot [mug shot].* ingeniero del cuerpo de zapadores = Army Corps engineer.* luchar cuerpo a cuerpo = clinch.* miembro del cuerpo = limb.* órgano del cuerpo = limb, body part.* pegado al cuerpo = slinky [slinkier -comp., slinkiest -sup.].* ponerse en forma para la lucir el cuerpo en la playa = get + beach-fit.* que cubre todo el cuerpo = head to toe.* seguro por pérdida de un miembro del cuerpo = dismemberment insurance.* temperatura del cuerpo = body temperature.* vivir a cuerpo de rey = live like + a king, live in + the lap of luxury.* * *1)a) (Anat) bodytenía el miedo metido en el cuerpo — (fam) he was scared stiff (colloq)
a cuerpo de rey — (fam)
a cuerpo gentil — (fam) without a coat (o sweater etc)
echarse algo al cuerpo — (fam) < comida> to have something to eat; < bebida> to have something to drink
pedirle el cuerpo algo a alguien — (fam)
sacar(le) el cuerpo a alguien — (AmL fam) to steer clear of somebody
sacar(le) el cuerpo a algo — (AmL fam) ( a trabajo) to get out of something; ( a responsabilidad) to evade o shirk something
b) ( cadáver) body, corpseencontraron su cuerpo sin vida junto al río — (period) his lifeless body was found by the river (frml)
c) ( tronco) body2) (Equ) length3)a) ( parte principal) main bodyb) ( de mueble) part; ( de edificio) section4) (conjunto de personas, de ideas, normas) body6) (consistencia, densidad) bodydar/tomar cuerpo — idea/escultura to take shape
* * *= body, body, type size, body-size, corps, shank, cadaver, soma.Ex: But when he speaks to me he always scans my body and stares at my breasts.
Ex: Cartographic materials are, according to AACR2, all the materials that represent, in whole or in part, the earth or any celestial body.Ex: Using golf-ball or daisy-wheel typewriters a good range of typefaces can be used on the same page; different type sizes can also be used.Ex: A fount of type was a set of letters and other symbols in which each was supplied in approximate proportion to its frequency of use, all being of one body-size and design.Ex: Quality abstracting services take pride in their corps of abstractors.Ex: Another device was to make matrices for accented sorts with the punches already used for unaccented sorts: the letter punch was stepped on its shank so that one of several accent punches could be bound on to the step to make a combined punch.Ex: Rather than bringing in butchers to do the handiwork of his dissections, Vesalius himself worked on the human cadavers and said that students of medicine should do the same.Ex: Pyramidal neurons, also known as pyramidal cells, are neurons with a pyramidal-shaped cell body ( soma) and two distinct dendritic trees.* a cuerpo de rey = the lap of luxury.* crema para el cuerlpo = body lotion.* cuerpo calloso = corpus callosum.* cuerpo celeste = celestial body, heavenly body.* cuerpo Danone = body beautiful.* cuerpo de animal muerto = carcass.* cuerpo de bomberos = fire department.* cuerpo de estanterías = bay of shelves, range of shelving, range, bay of shelving.* cuerpo de estanterías por materia = subject bay.* cuerpo de inspectores = inspectorate.* cuerpo de la ficha = body of the card.* Cuerpo de Marina = Navy Corps.* Cuerpo de Paz, el = Peace Corps.* Cuerpo de Zapadores = Army Corps Engineers.* cuerpo expedicionario = expeditionary force.* cuerpo extraño = foreign body.* cuerpo humano, el = human body, the.* cuerpo político, el = body politic, the.* cuerpo sin vida = dead body.* culto al cuerpo = cult of the body, body beautiful.* dar cuerpo = give + substance.* dar cuerpo a = flesh out.* dar cuerpo y forma a = lend + substance and form to.* de cuerpo largo = long-bodied.* del cuerpo = body.* foto de medio cuerpo = mugshot [mug shot].* ingeniero del cuerpo de zapadores = Army Corps engineer.* luchar cuerpo a cuerpo = clinch.* miembro del cuerpo = limb.* órgano del cuerpo = limb, body part.* pegado al cuerpo = slinky [slinkier -comp., slinkiest -sup.].* ponerse en forma para la lucir el cuerpo en la playa = get + beach-fit.* que cubre todo el cuerpo = head to toe.* seguro por pérdida de un miembro del cuerpo = dismemberment insurance.* temperatura del cuerpo = body temperature.* vivir a cuerpo de rey = live like + a king, live in + the lap of luxury.* * *A1 [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] ( Anat) bodyle dolía todo el cuerpo his whole body achedes de cuerpo muy menudo she's very slightly built o she has a very slight buildun retrato/espejo de cuerpo entero a full-length portrait/mirrornos atendieron a cuerpo de rey they treated us like royalty, they gave us real V.I.P. treatment ( colloq)cuerpo a cuerpo hand-to-handen un combate cuerpo a cuerpo in hand-to-hand combatdárselo a algn el cuerpo ( fam): me lo daba el cuerpo que algo había ocurrido I had a feeling that something had happenedecharse algo al cuerpo ( fam); ‹comida› to have sth to eat;‹bebida› to have sth to drink, knock sth back ( colloq)en cuerpo y alma ( fam); wholeheartedlyhurtarle el cuerpo a algo to dodge sthlogró hurtarle el cuerpo al golpe she managed to dodge the blowel cuerpo le pedía un descanso he felt he had to have a rest, his body was crying out for a restpintar or retratar a algn de cuerpo entero: en pocas líneas pinta al personaje de cuerpo entero in a few lines she gives you a complete picture of what the character is likeeso lo pinta de cuerpo entero that shows him in his true colors, that shows him for what he issacar(le) el cuerpo a algo ( AmL fam) (a un trabajo) to get out of sth; (a una responsabilidad) to evade o shirk sth2 (cadáver) body, corpseallí encontraron su cuerpo sin vida ( frml); his lifeless body was found there3 (tronco) bodyCompuesto:corpus delictiganó por tres cuerpos de ventaja she won by three lengthsC1 (parte principal) main body2 (de un mueble) part; (de un edificio) sectionun armario de dos cuerpos a double wardrobe1 (de personas) bodyse negaron a hacer declaraciones como cuerpo they refused to make any statement as a body o groupsu separación del cuerpo his dismissal from the force ( o service etc)2 (de ideas, normas) bodyCompuestos:corps de balletbody of teachingbody of lawspeace corpspolice forcesecurity corpsdiplomatic corpselectoratelegislative bodymedical corpsE ( Fís)1 (objeto) body, object2 (sustancia) substanceCompuestos:heavenly bodycompoundforeign bodygeometric shape o figureelementF (consistencia, densidad) bodyuna tela de mucho cuerpo a heavy clothun vino de mucho cuerpo a full-bodied winele da cuerpo al pelo it gives the hair bodydar/tomar cuerpo: la escultura iba tomando cuerpo the sculpture was taking shapehay que dar cuerpo legal a estas asociaciones we have to give legal status to these organizationsG ( Impr) point size* * *
cuerpo sustantivo masculino
1a) (Anat) body;
retrato/espejo de cuerpo entero full-length portrait/mirror;
cuerpo a cuerpo hand-to-hand
2 (conjunto de personas, de ideas, normas) body;
cuerpo de policía police force;
cuerpo diplomático diplomatic corps
3 (consistencia, densidad) body;
‹ vino› full-bodied
cuerpo sustantivo masculino
1 body
2 (humano) body, (tronco humano) trunk
3 (cadáver) corpse
4 (de un edificio o mueble) section, part
un armario de tres cuerpos, a wardrobe with three sections
(de un libro, una doctrina) body
5 (grupo) corps, force
cuerpo de bomberos, fire brigade
cuerpo diplomático, diplomatic corps
♦ Locuciones: figurado tomar cuerpo, to take shape
a cuerpo de rey, like a king
cuerpo a cuerpo, hand-to-hand
de cuerpo entero, full-length
de cuerpo presente, lying in state
un retrato de medio cuerpo, a half portrait
' cuerpo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abotargarse
- adormecerse
- apéndice
- caída
- caído
- cd
- deformar
- deformarse
- delito
- derecha
- derecho
- desnuda
- desnudo
- dilatar
- dilatarse
- diplomática
- diplomático
- el
- encima
- encoger
- extraña
- extraño
- grasa
- guardia
- holgada
- holgado
- inclinación
- interfecta
- interfecto
- línea
- llaga
- lugar
- perecedera
- perecedero
- proporcionada
- proporcionado
- quiebro
- rebanar
- reclinar
- silueta
- titilar
- vaivén
- volverse
- abotagado
- asamblea
- bola
- bombero
- bulto
- cana
- carga
English:
attitude
- bar
- beauty spot
- bodice
- body
- bow
- bruise
- corps
- decay
- diplomatic corps
- figure
- fire brigade
- fire department
- force
- full-length
- hair
- legislative
- over
- police force
- position
- proportionate
- their
- tingly
- carcass
- department
- faculty
- fellow
- fire
- foreign
- full
- length
- profession
- riddle
- rigor mortis
- wash
* * *cuerpo nm1. [objeto material] bodyAstron cuerpo celeste heavenly body; Quím cuerpo compuesto compound;cuerpo extraño foreign body;Náut cuerpo muerto mooring buoy; Fís cuerpo negro black body; Quím cuerpo simple element2. [de persona, animal] body;el cuerpo humano the human body;tiene un cuerpo estupendo he's got a great body;¡cuerpo a tierra! hit the ground!, get down!;luchar cuerpo a cuerpo to fight hand-to-hand;de medio cuerpo [retrato, espejo] half-length;de cuerpo entero [retrato, espejo] full-length;Fama cuerpo (gentil) without a coat on;a cuerpo descubierto o [m5]limpio: se enfrentaron a cuerpo descubierto o [m5] limpio they fought each other hand-to-hand;dar con el cuerpo en la tierra to fall down;Famdejar mal cuerpo: la comida le dejó muy mal cuerpo the meal disagreed with him;la discusión con mi padre me dejó muy mal cuerpo the argument with my father left a bad taste in my mouth;en cuerpo y alma: se dedicó en cuerpo y alma a ayudar a los necesitados he devoted himself body and soul to helping the poor;se entrega en cuerpo y alma a la empresa she gives her all for the company;Famdemasiado para el cuerpo: ¡esta película es demasiado para el cuerpo! this movie o Br film is just great!, Br this film is the business!;echarse algo al cuerpo: se echó al cuerpo dos botellas de vino he downed two bottles of wine;Fam Eufhacer de cuerpo to relieve oneself;le metieron el miedo en el cuerpo they filled her with fear, they scared her stiff;Fampedir algo el cuerpo: esta noche el cuerpo me pide bailar I'm in the mood for dancing tonight;no bebas más si no te lo pide el cuerpo don't have any more to drink if you don't feel like it;Am Famsacarle el cuerpo a algo to get out of (doing) sth;RP Fama pesar de todo lo que le dije, después se me acercó muy suelto de cuerpo despite everything I said to him, he came up to me later as cool o nice as you like;Famtratar a alguien a cuerpo de rey to treat sb like royalty o like a king;Famvivir a cuerpo de rey to live like a king3. [tronco] trunk4. [parte principal] main body;el cuerpo del libro the main part o body of the book5. [densidad, consistencia] thickness;la tela de este vestido tiene mucho cuerpo this dress is made from a very heavy cloth;un vino con mucho cuerpo a full-bodied wine;dar cuerpo a [salsa] to thicken;tomar cuerpo: mover hasta que la mezcla tome cuerpo stir until the mixture thickens;están tomando cuerpo los rumores de remodelación del gobierno the rumoured cabinet reshuffle is beginning to look like a distinct possibility;el proyecto de nuevo aeropuerto va tomando cuerpo the new airport project is taking shape6. [cadáver] body, corpse;de cuerpo presente (lying) in state7. [corporación consular, militar] corps;el agente fue expulsado del cuerpo por indisciplina the policeman was thrown out of the force for indisciplinecuerpo de baile dance company;cuerpo diplomático diplomatic corps;cuerpo del ejército army corps;cuerpo expedicionario expeditionary force;cuerpo médico medical corps;cuerpo de policía police force8. [conjunto de informaciones] body;cuerpo de doctrina body of ideas, doctrine;cuerpo legal body of legislation9. [parte de armario, edificio] section10. [parte de vestido] body, bodice11. [en carreras] length;el caballo ganó por cuatro cuerpos the horse won by four lengths13. Imprenta point;letra de cuerpo diez ten point font* * *m1 body;cuerpo a cuerpo hand-to-hand;retrato de cuerpo entero/de medio cuerpo full-length/half-length portrait;a cuerpo de rey like a king;en cuerpo y alma body and soul;aún estaba de cuerpo presente he had not yet been buried;me lo pide el cuerpo I feel like it;hacer del cuerpo euph do one’s business2 de policía force;cuerpo (de ejército) corps3:tomar cuerpo take shape* * *cuerpo nm1) : body2) : corps* * *cuerpo n2. (tronco) trunk -
43 reorganización
f.1 reorganization, realignment, reorganisation.2 reorganization, reshuffle, shake-up, shakeup.* * *1 reorganization\reorganización ministerial cabinet reshuffle* * *noun f.* * ** * *femenino reorganization* * *= reorganisation [reorganization, -USA], repackaging [re-packaging], redeployment, redevelopment [re-development], reshuffling, respacing, makeover [make-over], makeover [make-over], rethinking [re-thinking], rethink [re-think], shake-up, reshuffle.Ex. To reallocate the records by spreading them out evenly in the available space, a procedure called ' reorganisation' is used.Ex. Repackaging is the extraction of the meaning from the information sources discovered, rewording it, perhaps summarising it, and re-presenting it in a form more easily assimilable by the enquirer.Ex. What I would like to see would be the redeployment of staffs of libraries.Ex. The board chose to place the redevelopment issue in the hands of a committee, on which users formed the majority.Ex. This article describes the reshuffling of key executives by American Telephone and Telegraph Company (ATandT).Ex. This article describes a project undertaken at Aston University Library to use the spreadsheet package Excel to assist in planning the respacing of the periodical stock.Ex. The article is entitled 'TI: 'Changing floors': a summer 2000 stock makeover for the Robinson Library'.Ex. The article is entitled 'TI: 'Changing floors': a summer 2000 stock makeover for the Robinson Library'.Ex. To enable librarians to face this challenge requires a radical re-thinking of library school syllabuses.Ex. In this article a re-think about the nature of university education is given.Ex. She is quitting as finance director of the Sainsbury supermarket chain after a boardroom shake-up with a golden handshake likely to top £500000.Ex. The strongest clue that a reshuffle is on the cards is the regularity with which the press has started to attack specific ministers.* * *femenino reorganization* * *= reorganisation [reorganization, -USA], repackaging [re-packaging], redeployment, redevelopment [re-development], reshuffling, respacing, makeover [make-over], makeover [make-over], rethinking [re-thinking], rethink [re-think], shake-up, reshuffle.Ex: To reallocate the records by spreading them out evenly in the available space, a procedure called ' reorganisation' is used.
Ex: Repackaging is the extraction of the meaning from the information sources discovered, rewording it, perhaps summarising it, and re-presenting it in a form more easily assimilable by the enquirer.Ex: What I would like to see would be the redeployment of staffs of libraries.Ex: The board chose to place the redevelopment issue in the hands of a committee, on which users formed the majority.Ex: This article describes the reshuffling of key executives by American Telephone and Telegraph Company (ATandT).Ex: This article describes a project undertaken at Aston University Library to use the spreadsheet package Excel to assist in planning the respacing of the periodical stock.Ex: The article is entitled 'TI: 'Changing floors': a summer 2000 stock makeover for the Robinson Library'.Ex: The article is entitled 'TI: 'Changing floors': a summer 2000 stock makeover for the Robinson Library'.Ex: To enable librarians to face this challenge requires a radical re-thinking of library school syllabuses.Ex: In this article a re-think about the nature of university education is given.Ex: She is quitting as finance director of the Sainsbury supermarket chain after a boardroom shake-up with a golden handshake likely to top £500000.Ex: The strongest clue that a reshuffle is on the cards is the regularity with which the press has started to attack specific ministers.* * *reorganization* * *[reestructuración] reorganization; [del gobierno] reshuffle* * *f reorganization -
44 tête
tête [tεt]━━━━━━━━━2. compounds━━━━━━━━━1. <a. [de personne, animal] head• faire la tête au carré à qn (inf!) to smash sb's face in (inf!)• tenir tête à qn/qch to stand up to sb/sth• gagner d'une tête [cheval] to win by a head• avoir la tête dure ( = têtu) to be stubbornb. ( = visage, expression) face• quand il a appris la nouvelle il a fait une drôle de tête ! you should have seen his face when he heard the news!• il en fait une tête ! just look at his face!c. ( = personne) head• le repas coûtera 150 € par tête de pipe (inf!) the meal will cost 150 euros a headd. ( = partie supérieure) [de clou, marteau] head ; [d'arbre] tope. ( = partie antérieure) headf. ( = facultés mentales) avoir toute sa tête to have all one's faculties• où ai-je la tête ? whatever am I thinking of?• c'est une tête en maths he's (or she's) really good at mathsg. (Football) headerh. (locutions)• foncer or se jeter tête baissée dans to rush headlong into► la tête haute• marcher la tête haute to walk with one's head held high► coup de tête head-butt ; (figurative) sudden impulse• être à la tête d'un mouvement/d'une affaire ( = diriger) to head a movement/a business• se trouver à la tête d'une petite fortune to find o.s. the owner of a small fortune► de la tête aux pieds from head to foot► en tête• on monte en tête ou en queue ? shall we get on at the front or the back?• dans les sondages, il arrive largement en tête he's well ahead in the polls2. <► tête de nœud (vulg!) dickhead (vulg!)* * *tɛt1) gén headla tête basse — ( humblement) with one's head bowed
la tête haute — ( dignement) with one's head held high
tête baissée — [se lancer, foncer] headlong
la tête en bas — [être suspendu, se retrouver] upside down
au-dessus de nos têtes — ( en l'air) overhead
être tombé sur la tête — (colloq) fig to have gone off one's rocker (colloq)
2) ( dessus du crâne) head3) ( visage) faceune bonne/sale tête — a nice/nasty face
tu en fais une tête! — what a face!, why the long face?
tu as une tête à faire peur, aujourd'hui! — you look dreadful today!
4) ( esprit) mindde tête — [citer, réciter] from memory; [calculer] in one's head
ça (ne) va pas, la tête? — (colloq) are you out of your mind or what?
mets-lui ça dans la tête — drum it into him/her
se mettre dans la or en tête de faire — to take it into one's head to do
monter à la tête de quelqu'un, faire tourner la tête de quelqu'un — [alcool, succès] to go to somebody's head
il n'est pas bien dans sa tête — (colloq) he isn't right in the head
5) ( personne) faceavoir ses têtes — to have one's favourites [BrE]
en tête à tête — [être, dîner] alone together
6) ( mesure de longueur) headgagner d'une courte tête — [personne] to win by a narrow margin; [cheval] to win by a short head
7) ( unité de troupeau) head (inv)8) ( individu)par tête — gén a head, each; ( dans des statistiques) per capita
par tête de pipe — (colloq) each
9) ( vie) headvouloir la tête de quelqu'un — ( mort) to want somebody's head; ( disgrâce) to be after somebody's head
risquer sa tête — to risk one's neck (colloq)
des têtes vont tomber — fig heads will roll
10) ( direction)11) ( premières places) topêtre en tête — (de liste, classement) to be at the top; (d'élection, de course, sondage) to be in the lead
le gouvernement, le premier ministre en tête, a décidé que... — the government, led by the Prime Minister, has decided that...
des tas de gens viendront, ta femme en tête — heaps of people are coming, your wife to begin with
12) ( extrémité) ( de train) front; (de convoi, cortège) head; (d'arbre, de mât) top; (de vis, rivet, clou) head13) Sport ( au football) header15) ( en électronique) (d'enregistrement, effacement) head; ( d'électrophone) cartridgetête de lecture — (de magnétophone, magnétoscope) head
•Phrasal Verbs:••j'en mettrais ma tête à couper or sur le billot — I'd swear to it
en avoir par-dessus la tête — (colloq) to be fed up to the back teeth (colloq)
se prendre la tête à deux mains — (colloq) ( pour réfléchir) to rack one's brains (colloq)
prendre la tête — (colloq) to be a drag (colloq)
se prendre la tête — (colloq) to do one's head in (colloq)
* * *tɛt nf1) [personne, animal] headla tête la première [tomber] — head first
2) (= visage, expression) face3) FOOTBALL headerfaire une tête — to head the ball, to do a header
4) (= position)en tête SPORT — in the lead, (d'un cortège) at the front, at the head
en tête de SPORT — leading, [cortège] leading
à la tête de [organisation] — at the head of, in charge of
prendre la tête de [peloton, course] — to take the lead in, [organisation, société] to become the head of
calculer qch de tête — to work sth out in one's head, to do a mental calculation of sth
perdre la tête (= s'affoler) — to lose one's head, (= devenir fou) to go off one's head
ça ne va pas, la tête? * — are you crazy?
tenir tête à qn — to stand up to sb, to defy sb
* * *tête ⇒ Le corps humain nf1 gén (d'animal, insecte, de personne, plante) head; bouger la tête to move one's head; dessiner une tête de femme to draw a woman's head; statue à tête de chien statue with a dog's head; en pleine tête (right) in the head; blessure à la tête head injury; frapper qn à la tête to hit sb on the head; la tête la première [tomber, plonger] head first; la tête basse ( humblement) with one's head bowed; la tête haute ( dignement) with one's head held high; garder la tête haute fig to hold one's head high; tête baissée [se lancer, foncer] headlong; la tête en bas [être suspendu, se retrouver] upside down; au-dessus de nos têtes ( en l'air) overhead; sans tête [corps, cadavre] headless; coup de tête headbutt; donner un coup de tête à qn to headbutt sb; tomber sur la tête lit to fall on one's head; être tombé sur la tête○ fig to have gone off one's rocker○; salut, p’tite tête○! hello, bonehead○!; ⇒ bille, coûter, donner, gros;2 ( dessus du crâne) head; se couvrir/se gratter la tête to cover/to scratch one's head; avoir la tête rasée to have a shaven head; sortir tête nue or sans rien sur la tête to go out bareheaded; se laver la tête to wash one's hair; j'ai la tête toute mouillée my hair's all wet;3 ( visage) face; une bonne/sale tête a nice/nasty face; il a une belle tête he's got a nice face; si tu avais vu ta tête! you should have seen your face!; t'as vu la tête qu'il a tirée○? did you see his face?; tu en fais une tête! what a face you're pulling!; ne fais pas cette tête-là! don't pull such a face!; faire une tête longue comme ça○ to look miserable; il a fait une drôle de tête quand il m'a vu he pulled a face when he saw me; quelle tête va-t-il faire? how's he going to react?; faire une tête de circonstance to assume a suitable expression; à cette nouvelle, il a changé de tête on hearing this, his face fell; il (me) fait la tête he's sulking; ne fais pas ta mauvaise tête don't be so difficult; elle fait sa mauvaise tête she's being difficult; il a une tête à tricher he looks like a cheat; elle a une tête à être du quartier she looks like a local; tu as une tête à faire peur, aujourd'hui! you look dreadful today!; se faire la or une tête de Pierrot to make oneself up as (a) Pierrot; ⇒ six;4 ( esprit) de tête [citer, réciter] from memory; [calculer] in one's head; tu n'as pas de tête! you have a mind like a sieve!; avoir en tête de faire to have it in mind to do; avoir qch en tête to have sth in mind; j'ai bien d'autres choses en tête pour le moment I've got a lot of other things on my mind at the moment; je n'ai pas la référence en tête I can't recall the reference; où avais-je la tête? whatever was I thinking of?; ça (ne) va pas, la tête○? are you feeling all right?; j'ai la tête vide my mind is a blank; j'avais la tête ailleurs I was dreaming, I was thinking of something else; elle n'a pas la tête à ce qu'elle fait her mind isn't on what she's doing; avoir la tête pleine de projets, avoir des projets plein la tête to have one's head full of plans; quand il a quelque chose dans la or en tête, il ne l'a pas ailleurs○ once he's got GB ou gotten US something into his head, he can't think of anything else; n'avoir rien dans la tête to be empty-headed, to be an airhead○; c'est lui qui t'a mis ça dans la tête! you got that idea from him!; mets-lui ça dans la tête drum it into him/her; se mettre dans la or en tête que to get it into one's head that; se mettre dans la or en tête de faire to take it into one's head to do; mets-toi bien ça dans la tête! get it into your head once and for all!; mettez-vous dans la tête que je ne signerai pas get it into your head that I won't sign; passer par la tête de qn [idée] to cross sb's mind; on ne sait jamais ce qui leur passe par la tête you never know what's going through their minds; passer au-dessus de la tête de qn to be ou go (right) over sb's head; sortir de la tête de qn to slip sb's mind; ça m'est sorti de la tête it slipped my mind; cette fille lui a fait perdre la tête he's lost his head over that girl; monter la tête à Pierre contre Paul to turn Pierre against Paul; j'ai la tête qui tourne my head's spinning; ça me fait tourner la tête it's making my head spin; monter à la tête, faire tourner la tête de qn [alcool, succès] to go to sb's head; elle t'a fait tourner la tête she's turned your head; il n'est pas bien dans sa tête○ he isn't right in the head; il a encore toute sa tête (à lui) he's still got all his faculties ou marbles○; il n'a plus sa tête à lui he's no longer in possession of all his faculties, he's lost his marbles○; n'en faire qu'à sa tête to go one's own way; tenir tête à qn to stand up to sb; sur un coup de tête on an impulse; ⇒ fort;5 ( personne) face; j'ai déjà vu cette tête-là quelque part I've seen that face somewhere before; voir de nouvelles têtes to see new faces; avoir ses têtes to have one's favouritesGB; en tête à tête [être, rester, dîner] alone together; être (en) tête à tête avec qn to be alone with sb; rencontrer qn en tête à tête to have a meeting with sb in private; un dîner en tête à tête an intimate dinner for two;6 ( mesure de longueur) head; avoir une tête de plus que qn, dépasser qn d'une tête to be a head taller than sb; gagner d'une courte tête [personne] to win by a narrow margin; [cheval] to win by a short head; avoir une tête d'avance sur qn to be a short length in front of sb;7 ( unité de troupeau) head ( inv); 30 têtes de bétail 30 head of cattle; un troupeau de 500 têtes a herd of 500 head;8 ( individu) par tête gén a head, each; Stat per capita; par tête de pipe○ each; ça fera 100 euros par tête it'll be 100 euros each ou a head; le PNB par tête the per capita GNP;9 ( vie) head; ma tête est mise à prix there's a price on my head; vouloir la tête de qn ( mort) to want sb's head; ( disgrâce) to be after sb's head; risquer sa tête to risk one's neck○; des têtes vont tomber fig heads will roll;10 ( direction) frapper une révolte à la tête to go for the leaders of an uprising; le groupe de tête the leading group; c'est lui la tête pensante du projet/mouvement/gang he's the brains behind the project/movement/gang; être à la tête d'un mouvement/parti to be at the head of a movement/party; il restera à la tête du groupe he will stay on as head of the group; il a été nommé à la tête du groupe he was appointed head of the group; on l'a rappelé à la tête de l'équipe he was called back to head up ou lead the team; prendre la tête du parti to become leader of the party; prendre la tête des opérations to take charge of operations; être à la tête d'une immense fortune to be the possessor of a huge fortune;11 ( premières places) top; les él èves qui forment la tête de la classe the pupils at the top of the class; les candidats en tête de liste the candidates at the top of the list; être en tête (de liste, classement) to be at the top; (d'élection, de course, sondage) to be in the lead; venir en tête to come first; marcher en tête to walk at the front; à la tête d'un cortège at the head of a procession; marcher en tête d'un cortège to head ou lead a procession; il est en tête au premier tour Pol he's in the lead after the first round; il est en tête dans les sondages he's leading in the polls; l'équipe de tête au championnat the leading team in the championship; arriver en tête [coureur] to come in first; [candidat] to come first; le gouvernement, le premier ministre en tête, a décidé que… the government, led by the Prime Minister, has decided that…; des tas de gens viendront, ta femme en tête heaps of people are coming, your wife to begin with; en tête de phrase at the beginning of a sentence;12 ( extrémité) ( de train) front; (de convoi, cortège) head; (d'arbre, de mât) top; (de vis, rivet, clou) head; les wagons de tête the front carriages GB ou cars US; une place en tête de train a seat at the front of the train; je préfère m'asseoir en tête I prefer to sit at the front; la tête du convoi s'est engagée sur le pont the head of the convoy went onto the bridge; l'avion a rasé la tête des arbres the plane clipped the tops of the trees ou the treetops; en tête de file first in line; ⇒ queue;14 Mil ( d'engin) warhead; tête chimique/nucléaire chemical/nuclear warhead; missile à têtes multiples multiple-warhead missile;15 Électron (d'enregistrement, effacement) head; ( d'électrophone) cartridge; tête de lecture (de magnétophone, magnétoscope) head.tête d'affiche Cin, Théât top of the bill; tête d'ail Bot, Culin head of garlic; tête en l'air scatterbrain; être tête en l'air to be scatterbrained; tête blonde ( enfant) little one; nos chères têtes blondes hum our little darlings; tête brûlée daredevil; tête de chapitre chapter heading; tête chercheuse Mil homing device; missile à tête chercheuse homing missile; tête à claques○ pain○; quelle tête à claques, ce type! he's somebody you could cheerfully punch in the face; tête de cochon○ = tête de lard; tête couronnée crowned head; tête de delco® Aut distributor cap; tête d'écriture Ordinat write ou writing head; tête d'effacement Ordinat erase ou erasing head; tête d'épingle lit, fig pinhead; tête flottante Ordinat floating head; tête de lard○ péj ( têtu) mule; ( mauvais caractère) grouch; tête de ligne Transp end of the line; tête de linotte scatterbrain; tête de liste Pol chief candidate; tête de lit bedhead GB, headboard; tête magnétique magnetic head; tête de mort ( crâne) skull; ( symbole de mort) death's head; ( emblème de pirates) skull and crossbones (+ v sg); tête de mule○ mule; être une vraie tête de mule to be as stubborn as a mule; tête de nègre Culin chocolate marshmallow; tête de nœud● offensive prick●; tête d'oiseau○ péj featherbrain; tête de pioche○ = tête de mule; tête de pont Mil bridgehead; tête de série Sport seeded player; tête de série numéro deux number two seed; tête de Turc○ whipping boy; être la tête de Turc de qn to be sb's whipping boy; tête de veau Culin calf's head.j'en mettrais ma tête à couper or sur le billot I'd put my head on the block; en avoir par-dessus la tête to be fed up to the back teeth○ (de with); se prendre la tête à deux mains ( pour réfléchir)○ to rack one's brains○; prendre la tête○, être une (vraie) prise de tête○ to be a drag○.[tɛt] nom fémininA.[PARTIE DU CORPS]j'ai la tête qui tourne [malaise] my head is spinningne tourne pas la tête, elle nous regarde don't look round, she's watching usdès qu'il m'a vu, il a tourné la tête as soon as he saw me, he looked awayfaire une grosse tête (familier) ou la tête au carré (familier) à quelqu'un to smash somebody's head ou face inj'en donnerais ou j'en mettrais ma tête à couper I'd stake my life on itil ne réfléchit jamais, il fonce tête baissée he always charges in ou ahead without thinkingse cogner ou se taper la tête contre les murs to bang one's head against a (brick) wall2. [en référence à la chevelure, à la coiffure]nos chères têtes blondes [les enfants] our little darlings3. [visage, expression] faceavec lui, c'est à la tête du clienta. [restaurant] he charges what he feels likeb. [professeur] he gives you a good mark if he likes your face4. [mesure] headB.[SIÈGE DE LA PENSÉE]se mettre dans la tête ou en tête de faire quelque chose to make up one's mind to do somethingavoir la tête chaude, avoir la tête près du bonnet to be quick-tempereda. [succès] to go to somebody's headb. [chagrin] to unbalance somebodyavoir la tête vide/dure to be empty-headed/stubbornexcuse-moi, j'avais la tête ailleurs sorry, I was thinking about something else ou I was miles awayil n'a pas de tête [il est étourdi] he is scatterbrained ou a scatterbrainça m'est sorti de la tête I forgot, it slipped my mind2. [sang-froid, présence d'esprit] headavoir ou garder la tête froide to keep a cool headC.[PERSONNE, ANIMAL]1. [individu] personêtre une tête de lard ou de mule to be as stubborn as a mule, to be pig-headedtête de linotte ou d'oiseau ou sans cervelle scatterbrainjouer ou risquer sa tête to risk one's skinsauver sa tête to save one's skin ou neck4. [animal d'un troupeau] head (invariable)D.[PARTIE HAUTE, PARTIE AVANT, DÉBUT]1. [faîte] top2. [partie avant] front endprendre la tête du défilé to head ou to lead the processiona. [marcher au premier rang] to take the leadb. [commander, diriger] to take overa. [généralement] terminus, end of the line3. [début]6. ACOUSTIQUE head8. INFORMATIQUE heada. [sur rivière] bridgeheadb. [sur plage] beachheadà la tête de locution prépositionnelle1. [en possession de]elle s'est trouvée à la tête d'une grosse fortune she found herself in possession of a great fortune2. [au premier rang de] at the head ou front of————————de tête locution adjectivale1. [femme, homme] able2. [convoi, voiture] front (avant nom)————————de tête locution adverbiale[calculer] in one's headde tête, je dirais que nous étions vingt at a guess I'd say there were twenty of us————————en tête locution adverbiale1. [devant]a. [généralement] to be at the frontb. [dans une course, une compétition] to (be in the) lead2. [à l'esprit]en tête à tête locution adverbialeen tête de locution prépositionnelle1. [au début de] at the beginning ou start of2. [à l'avant de] at the head ou front ofles dirigeants syndicaux marchent en tête du défilé the union leaders are marching at the head of the procession3. [au premier rang de] at the top of————————par tête locution adverbialeça coûtera 40 euros par tête it'll cost 40 euros a head ou per head ou apiece→ link=parpar tête————————sur la tête de locution prépositionnelle1. [sur la personne de]le mécontentement populaire s'est répercuté sur la tête du Premier ministre popular discontent turned towards the Prime Minister2. [au nom de] in the name of3. [en prêtant serment]————————tête brûlée nom féminin————————tête de mort nom féminin1. [crâne] skull————————→ link=tête-de-nègretête-de-nègre (nom féminin)————————tête de Turc nom féminin -
45 practice
A n1 ¢ ( exercises) exercices mpl ; ( experience) entraînement m ; it's just a matter of practice ce n'est qu'une question d'entraînement ; to do one's piano practice faire ses exercices de piano, travailler son piano ; to have had practice in ou at sth/in ou at doing avoir l'expérience en qch/pour ce qui est de faire ; it's all good practice cela fait partie de l'entraînement ; to be in practice ( for sport) être bien entraîné ; ( for music) être bien exercé ; to be out of practice être rouillé ○ ;2 ( meeting) ( for sport) entraînement m ; (for music, drama) répétition f ; I've got football practice tonight j'ai un entraînement de football ce soir ;3 ( procedure) pratique f, usage m ; it's standard/common practice to do il est d'usage/courant de faire ; against normal practice contre l'usage ; business practice usage en affaires ; it's normal business practice to do il est courant de faire ;4 ∁ ( habit) habitude f ; my usual practice is to do j'ai l'habitude de faire ; to make a practice of doing, to make it a practice to do prendre l'habitude de faire ; as is my usual practice comme je le fais d'habitude ;5 ( custom) coutume f ; the practice of doing la coutume selon laquelle on fait ; they make a practice of doing, they make it a practice to do c'est la coutume chez eux de faire ;6 (business of doctor, lawyer) cabinet m ; to have a practice in London avoir un cabinet à Londres ; to be in practice exercer ; to be in practice in Oxford exercer à Oxford ; to set up in ou go into practice ( as doctor) s'établir en tant que médecin ; ( in law) s'établir en tant que juriste ;7 ¢ ( as opposed to theory) pratique f ; in practice en pratique ; to put sth into practice mettre qch en pratique. -
46 consiglio
m (pl -gli) piece of advice( organo amministrativo) councilconsiglio d'amministrazione board (of directors)Consiglio d'Europa Council of Europeconsiglio dei ministri Cabinet* * *consiglio s.m.1 advice [U], counsel [U]; ( suggerimento) suggestion: consiglio disinteressato, disinterested advice; un buon consiglio, a good piece of advice; ascolta i miei consigli, take my advice; vuoi un consiglio?, do you want a bit of advice?; chiedere il consiglio di qlcu., to consult s.o. (o to seek s.o.'s advice); rifiutare un consiglio, ( respingerlo) to reject s.o.'s advice; ( rifiutarsi di darlo) to refuse to give advice; seguire il consiglio di qlcu., to follow s.o.'s advice2 ( organo collegiale) council, board: (amm.) consiglio comunale, town council; consiglio dei ministri, council of ministers (o Cabinet); consiglio di Stato, Council of State; consiglio Superiore della Magistratura (abbr. CSM), magistrates' governing council; consiglio di amministrazione, direttivo, board of directors (o directorate); consiglio di amministrazione locale, local board; consiglio di amministrazione fiduciaria, board of trustees; consiglio di fabbrica, di azienda, works committee; consiglio di gestione, works council; convocare il consiglio, to convene the council// consiglio di famiglia, family council // (econ.): Consiglio Nazionale dei Consumatori, National Consumer Council; Consiglio Nazionale dell'Economia e del Lavoro, National Council of Economy and Labour; Consiglio della Riserva Federale, Federal Reserve Board // Consiglio di sicurezza ( dell'ONU), Security Council // consiglio d'istituto, parent-teacher-student association; consiglio di classe, parent-teacher-student association representing a class3 (letter.) ( riflessione) reflection, deliberation// la notte porta consiglio, sleep on it (o tomorrow is another day)4 (letter.) ( decisione) decision, resolution// mutare consiglio, to change one's mind // venire a più miti consigli, to see reason (o to lower one's expectations).* * *1) (suggerimento) advice U (su, riguardo a on, about); suggestion (su about; riguardo a as to)un consiglio — a word o piece of advice
dare un consiglio a qcn. — to give sb. advice
chiedere consiglio a qcn. — to ask (for) sb.'s advice
dietro, su consiglio di qcn. — on sb.'s advice, at o on sb.'s suggestion
2) (riunione, consulto) council, meeting3) (organo collegiale) council, board•consiglio di amministrazione — board of directors, directorate
consiglio comunale — city o town BE council
consiglio di fabbrica — works committee o council BE
Consiglio dei Ministri — = council of ministers
Consiglio di Stato — = in Italy, the main legal, administrative and judiciary body
Consiglio superiore della Magistratura — = in Italy, superior council of judges
* * *consigliopl. - gli /kon'siλλo, λi/sostantivo m.1 (suggerimento) advice U (su, riguardo a on, about); suggestion (su about; riguardo a as to); un consiglio a word o piece of advice; dare un consiglio a qcn. to give sb. advice; se posso darle un consiglio if I may make a suggestion; chiedere consiglio a qcn. to ask (for) sb.'s advice; dietro, su consiglio di qcn. on sb.'s advice, at o on sb.'s suggestion2 (riunione, consulto) council, meeting3 (organo collegiale) council, boardconsiglio di amministrazione board of directors, directorate; consiglio comunale city o town BE council; consiglio direttivo executive council; Consiglio d'Europa Council of Europe; consiglio di fabbrica works committee o council BE; consiglio d'istituto school council; Consiglio dei Ministri = council of ministers; Consiglio di Sicurezza Security Council; Consiglio di Stato = in Italy, the main legal, administrative and judiciary body; Consiglio superiore della Magistratura = in Italy, superior council of judges. -
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48 sombra
f.1 shadow (proyección) (fenómeno).dar sombra a to cast a shadow overreírse de su propia sombra to make a joke of everything, to laugh at everythingtener mala sombra (informal figurative) to be nasty o a swinesombra de ojos eyeshadow2 shade.3 background (anonimato).permanecer en la sombra to stay out of the limelight4 stain, blemish.5 trace, touch (atisbo, apariencia).no tener ni sombra de not to have the slightest bit of6 darkness.7 gaps in one's knowledge (ignorancia).8 lamp shade, shade, lampshade.9 person follower, tail.pres.indicat.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: sombrar.* * *1 (falta de sol) shade2 (silueta) shadow3 (espectro) ghost, shade4 figurado (oscuridad en el alma) darkness, obscurity5 figurado (persona que sigue a otra) shadow9 figurado (parte pequeña) trace, shadow, bit10 figurado (clandestinidad) secrecy11 (en los toros) part of the bullring in the shade\a la sombra in the shade 2 (en la cárcel) inside, in the nickdar sombra to shade, give shadeen la sombra figurado shadowhacer sombra to cast a shadow 2 figurado to overshadowni por sombra figurado not in the leastni sombra de figurado not a trace ofno fiarse ni de su sombra figurado to be very distrustfulreírse de su propia sombra figurado to laugh at everythingtener buena sombra familiar (tener suerte) to have a lucky streak 2 (ser gracioso) to be witty, be funnytener mala sombra familiar (no tener suerte) to be unlucky 2 (ser desagradable) to be a nasty piece of worksombra de duda shadow of doubtsombra de ojos eye shadowsombras chinescas shadow theatre (US theater) sing* * *noun f.1) shade2) shadow* * *SF1) [proyectada por un objeto] shadowdar o hacer sombra — to cast a shadow
el ciprés da o hace una sombra alargada — cypress trees cast a long shadow
un árbol que da o hace sombra — a shady tree
sombras chinescas — shadow play sing, pantomime sing
2) (=zona sin sol) shadeven, siéntate aquí a la sombra — come and sit here in the shade
3) (=rastro) shadow4) (=suerte) luck¡qué mala sombra! — how unlucky!, what bad luck!
5) (=gracia)tiene muy buena sombra para contar chistes — he's got a knack o gift for telling jokes, he's very funny telling jokes
6) (=mancha) (lit) dark patch, stain; (fig) stain, blotes una sombra en su carácter — it is a stain o blot on his character
7) (=fantasma) shade, ghost8) (Arte) shade9) (Boxeo) shadow-boxing13) † pl sombras (=oscuridad) darkness sing, obscurity sing ; (=ignorancia) ignorance sing ; (=pesimismo) sombreness sing* * *1)a) ( lugar sin sol) shade; ( proyección) shadowsentarse a or en la sombra — to sit in the shade
quítate que me haces or das sombra — move out of the way, you're blocking (out) the sun
parece mi sombra, me sigue a todas partes — he's like my shadow, he follows me everywhere
a la sombra de alguien — under the protection o the wing of somebody
b) (Espec, Taur)c) (atisbo, indicio)d) ( mancha) blemish2) (Art) shade3) (fam) ( cárcel) cooler (AmE colloq), nick (BrE colloq)* * *= shadow, shading.Ex. This earliest wove paper was only partially successful, since the mesh was fastened as usual to the bars of the frame, and the shadows of the bars showed clearly in the paper.Ex. The darkest and the lightest shading took the shortest amount of time, the medium shading the longest.----* a la sombra de = in the shadow of, shadowed by.* dar sombra = shade.* héroe en la sombra = unsung hero.* líneas de sombras = hachures.* no ser ni sombra de lo que se ha sido antes = a shadow of + Posesivo + former self.* protección solar mediante sombras = solar shading.* proyectar sombra = throw + shadow.* proyectar una larga sombra sobre = cast + a long shadow over.* proyectar una sombra sobre = cast + a shadow over.* sin la menor sombra de duda = without a shadow of a doubt.* sombra arquitectónica = architectural shading.* sombra de ojos = eye shadow.* sombras = hachures.* * *1)a) ( lugar sin sol) shade; ( proyección) shadowsentarse a or en la sombra — to sit in the shade
quítate que me haces or das sombra — move out of the way, you're blocking (out) the sun
parece mi sombra, me sigue a todas partes — he's like my shadow, he follows me everywhere
a la sombra de alguien — under the protection o the wing of somebody
b) (Espec, Taur)c) (atisbo, indicio)d) ( mancha) blemish2) (Art) shade3) (fam) ( cárcel) cooler (AmE colloq), nick (BrE colloq)* * *= shadow, shading.Ex: This earliest wove paper was only partially successful, since the mesh was fastened as usual to the bars of the frame, and the shadows of the bars showed clearly in the paper.
Ex: The darkest and the lightest shading took the shortest amount of time, the medium shading the longest.* a la sombra de = in the shadow of, shadowed by.* dar sombra = shade.* héroe en la sombra = unsung hero.* líneas de sombras = hachures.* no ser ni sombra de lo que se ha sido antes = a shadow of + Posesivo + former self.* protección solar mediante sombras = solar shading.* proyectar sombra = throw + shadow.* proyectar una larga sombra sobre = cast + a long shadow over.* proyectar una sombra sobre = cast + a shadow over.* sin la menor sombra de duda = without a shadow of a doubt.* sombra arquitectónica = architectural shading.* sombra de ojos = eye shadow.* sombras = hachures.* * *A1 (lugar sin sol) shade; (proyección) shadowa la sombra de un ciprés in the shade of a cypress treese alargaban las sombras de los árboles the shadows of the trees were lengtheningsentarse a or en la sombra to sit in the shadehay 30° a la sombra it is 30° in the shadeeste árbol casi no da sombra this tree gives hardly any shadequítate de aquí que me haces or das sombra move out of the way, you're blocking (out) the sun o you're in my sunallí hay una sombra, vamos a aparcar ( fam); there's some shade o a shaded spot over there, let's parkparece mi sombra, me sigue a todas partes he's like my shadow, he follows me everywhereno es (ni) sombra de lo que era he's a shadow of his former selfa la sombra de algn under the protection of sb, under the wing ofhacer sombra a algn to overshadow sb, put sb in the shadetener mala sombra to be a nasty piece of work ( colloq), to be an unpleasant characterlocalidades a la sombra more expensive seats ( in the shade)3(atisbo, indicio): sin la menor sombra de duda without a shadow of a doubtno tiene ni sombra de vergüenza he hasn't an ounce of shame4 (mancha) blemishen su historial no hay ninguna sombra there is no blemish on his record o his record is spotlessCompuestos:● sombra de or para ojoseyeshadowfpl shadow playB1 ( Art) shade2 (color) umberCompuesto:burnt umberse pasó ocho años a la sombra he spent eight years inside ( colloq)* * *
sombra sustantivo femenino ( lugar sin sol) shade;
( proyección) shadow;
sentarse a or en la sombra to sit in the shade;
este árbol casi no da sombra this tree gives hardly any shade;
sombra de or para ojos eyeshadow
sombra sustantivo femenino
1 (ausencia de sol) shade: deja el coche a la sombra, park the car in the shade
2 (proyección de una silueta) shadow
sombras chinescas, shadow theatre
3 (amparo, protección) shelter
4 fig fam (pizca, traza) no tiene ni sombra de vergüenza, he has no shame
sin la menor sombra de duda, without a shadow of a doubt
5 Cosm sombra de ojos, eyeshadow
6 (clandestinidad, desconocimiento público) dirige la empresa en la sombra, he manages the company behind the scenes
♦ Locuciones: hacer sombra, (eclipsar, deslucir) to put in the shade
tener buena sombra, (buen carácter) to be cheerful
(tener buena suerte) to be lucky
tener mala sombra, (genio, carácter) to be nasty, (mala suerte) to be jinxed
familiar a la sombra, in jail, inside
Shade se refiere a la zona donde no llega la luz: 30 grados en la sombra, 30 degrees in the shade; ¿nos sentamos en la sombra (de este árbol)?, shall we sit in the shade (of this tree)?, mientras que shadow describe la silueta creada por un objeto colocado delante de un foco de luz: Su sombra era muy larga. His shadow was very long.
' sombra' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
A
- poner
- proyectar
- proyectarse
- sol
- alargar
- bien
- proyección
English:
afford
- cast
- eyeshadow
- overshadow
- shade
- shadow
- shady
- shape
- shelter
- suggestion
- vestige
- eye
- high
- inside
- stay
* * *sombra nf1. [proyección] [fenómeno, silueta] shadow;[zona] shade;a la sombra in the shade;a la sombra de un árbol in the shade of a tree;a la sombra de su padre [bajo su protección] under the protection of his father;su sombra se reflejaba en la pared his shadow fell on the wall;las higueras dan muy buena sombra fig trees give a lot of shade;dar sombra a to cast a shadow over;Fampasó un año a la sombra [en la cárcel] he spent a year in the slammer;el asesino desapareció en las sombras de la noche the murderer disappeared into the shadows of the night;Vulgme cago en tu sombra screw you!;Famno se fía ni de su propia sombra he wouldn't trust his own mother;hacer sombra a alguien to overshadow sb;se ríe de su propia sombra she makes a joke of everything;ser la sombra de alguien to be like sb's shadow;Famtener mala sombra to be mean o nasty;¡qué mala sombra! ¿por qué no le has dicho la verdad? that was mean of you! why didn't you tell her the truth?sombras chinescas [marionetas] shadow puppets;hacer sombras chinescas [con las manos] to make shadow pictures2. [en pintura] shade3. sombra de ojos eye shadow4. [anonimato] background;permanecer en la sombra to stay in the background5. [imperfección] stain, blemish;tiene un currículum sin sombras she has an unblemished record6. [atisbo, apariencia] trace, touch;una sombra de felicidad se asomó en su rostro the flicker of a happy smile appeared on his face;sin sombra de duda without a shadow of a doubt;no es ni sombra de lo que era he's a shadow of his former self7. [suerte]buena/mala sombra good/bad luck8. Taurom = most expensive seats in bullring, located in the shade9. [oscuridad, inquietud] darkness;su muerte sumió al país en la sombra his death plunged the country into darkness10. [misterio] mystery;las sombras que rodean al secuestro del embajador the mystery surrounding the ambassador's kidnapping* * *f1 shadow;a la sombra de un árbol in the shade of a tree;estar a la sombra be in the shade;a la sombra de fig under the protection of;hacer sombra a alguien fig fam to overshadow s.o., put s.o. in the shade;mantenerse en la sombra fig stay behind the scenes;no es ni sombra de lo que era he bears no resemblance to his former self;tener mala sombra be a nasty piece of work2:* * *sombra nf1) : shadow2) : shade3) sombras nfpl: darkness, shadows pl4)sin sombra de duda : without a shadow of a doubt* * *sombra n1. (lugar sin sol) shade2. (silueta) shadowa medida que el sol se pone, las sombras se alargan as the sun sets, the shadows get longer -
49 case
case [keɪs]1. nouna. ( = fact, example) cas m• is it the case that...? est-il vrai que... ?• I'm in charge here, in case you've forgotten! (inf) c'est moi qui commande ici, au cas où vous l'auriez oublié !• there is a strong case for compulsory vaccination les partisans de la vaccination obligatoire ont de solides arguments• to have a good/strong case avoir de bons/solides argumentsd. (British = suitcase) valise f ; ( = box) (for bottles) caisse f ; (for goods on display) vitrine f ; (for jewels) coffret m ; (for camera, binoculars) étui m• violin/umbrella case étui m à violon/parapluie2. compounds* * *I 1. [keɪs]1) (instance, example) cas min which case —
in that case — en ce cas, dans ce cas-là
in such ou these cases — dans un cas pareil
in 7 out of 10 cases — 7 fois sur 10, dans 7 cas sur 10
a case in point — un cas d'espèce, un exemple typique
2) (state of affairs, situation) cas msuch ou this being the case — en ce cas, dans ce cas-là
is it the case that...? — est-il vrai que...?
as ou whatever the case may be — selon le(s) cas
should this be the case ou if this is the case — si c'est le cas
3) Lawthe case for the State — US l'accusation f
the case is closed — Law, fig l'affaire or la cause est entendue
4) ( convincing argument) arguments mplthere's a strong case for/against doing — il y a de bonnes raisons pour/pour ne pas faire
5) ( trial) affaire f, procès mdivorce/murder case — procès en divorce/pour meurtre
famous cases — causes fpl célèbres
6) ( criminal investigation)to work ou be on a case — enquêter sur une affaire
8) ( client) cas m9) (colloq) ( person)a hard case — un dur; head case
10) Linguistics cas m2. 3.in case conjunctional phrase au cas où (+ conditional)4.in case of prepositional phrase en cas deII 1. [keɪs]1) ( suitcase) valise f2) (crate, chest) caisse f3) ( display cabinet) vitrine f4) (for spectacles, binoculars, cartridge, weapon) étui m; ( for jewels) écrin m; (of camera, watch) boîtier m; (of piano, clock) caisse f2.(colloq) transitive verb ( reconnoitre) -
50 practice
practice ['præktɪs]1 noun∎ tribal/religious practices pratiques fpl tribales/religieuses;∎ they make a regular practice of going jogging on Sundays ils font régulièrement du jogging le dimanche;∎ he makes a practice of voting against or he makes it a practice to vote against the government il se fait une règle de voter contre le gouvernement;∎ they've introduced the practice of morning prayer ils ont introduit la prière du matin;∎ it's not company practice to refund deposits il n'est pas dans les habitudes de la société de rembourser les arrhes;∎ it's normal practice among most shopkeepers c'est une pratique courante chez les commerçants;∎ it's our usual practice c'est ce que nous faisons habituellement, c'est notre politique habituelle;∎ it's standard practice to make a written request la procédure habituelle veut que l'on fasse une demande par écrit(b) (exercise → of profession, witchcraft, archery) pratique f(c) (training) entraînement m; (rehearsal) répétition f; (study → of instrument) étude f, travail m;∎ I've had a lot of practice at or in dealing with difficult negotiations j'ai une grande habitude des négociations difficiles;∎ it's good practice for your interview c'est un bon entraînement pour votre entrevue;∎ to be in practice être bien entraîné;∎ to be out of practice manquer d'entraînement;∎ I'm getting out of practice (on piano) je commence à avoir les doigts rouillés; (at sport) je commence à manquer d'entraînement; (at skill) je commence à perdre la main;∎ it's time for your piano practice c'est l'heure de travailler ton piano;∎ Sport Schumacher was fastest in practice Schumacher a été le plus rapide aux essais;∎ proverb practice makes perfect c'est en forgeant qu'on devient forgeron(e) (practical application) pratique f;∎ to put sth in or into practice mettre qch en pratique;∎ in practice dans la pratique(f) (professional activity) exercice m;∎ to be in practice as a doctor exercer en tant que médecin;∎ to go into or to set up in practice as a doctor s'installer comme médecin, ouvrir un cabinet de médecin;∎ medical/legal practice l'exercice m de la médecine/de la profession d'avocat∎ he has a country practice il est médecin de campagne(game, run, session) d'entraînement►► Golf practice ground practice m;Sport practice match match m d'entraînement -
51 estructura
f.structure.estructura profunda/superficial deep/surface structurepres.indicat.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: estructurar.imperat.2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: estructurar.* * *1 (gen) structure2 (armazón) frame, framework* * *noun f.1) structure2) framework* * *SF1) [de poema, célula, organización] structureestructura profunda — (Ling) deep structure
estructura superficial — (Ling) surface structure
2) [de edificio] frame, framework* * *a) (de edificio, puente) structure, framework; ( de mueble) frame; (de célula, mineral) structureb) (de oración, novela) structurec) ( de empresa) structure; ( de sociedad) structure, framework* * *= frame, framework, pattern, structure, texture, lattice, fabric, carcass.Ex. Next the book was placed on the sewing frame, and the folded sheets were sewn by hand with needle and thread on to four or five cords or thongs.Ex. The intention is to establish a general framework, and then to give exceptions or further explanation and examples for each area in turn.Ex. In the same way that citation orders may have more or less theoretical foundations, equally reference generation may follow a predetermined pattern.Ex. This chapter does not consider the principles underlying AACR, nor does it review the structure of the code to any significant extent.Ex. The fruits of Mr. Kilgour's labors and creations have substantially altered the texture of contemporary America library service = Los frutos de los trabajos y creaciones del Sr. Kilgour han alterado sustancialmente la naturaleza del servicio bibliotecario de la América contemporánea.Ex. Special attention should be given to Figure 2, which proposes two lattices (or ladders) for career movement in libraries.Ex. The conventional pattern of change has been an evolutionary introduction of the use of technology with no unusual signs of strain in the organizational fabric.Ex. The bathroom cabinet carcass is made of plywood.----* con estructura de acero = steel-framed.* con estructura de madera = timber-framed.* de estructura de acero = steel-framed.* de estructura de madera = timber-framed.* DSIS (Sistema de Indización de Estructura Profunda) = DISI (Deep Structure Indexing System).* estructura arbórea = tree structure.* estructura básica = skeleton.* estructura de apoyo = support structure.* estructura de datos = data structure.* estructura de ficheros = file design.* estructura de la institución = organisational structure.* estructura del edificio = building shell.* estructura del registro = record structure.* estructura demográfica = demographics.* estructura de poder = power structure.* estructura de red = network structure.* estructura jerárquica = chain of command, hierarchical structure.* estructura jerárquica de gestión = line management.* estructura jerárquica de una organización = hierarchy ladder.* estructura laboral = job structuring.* estructura lógica = logical data structure.* estructura molecular = molecular structure.* estructura organizativa = organisational structure.* estructura piramidal = pyramid structure.* estructura química = chemical structure.* estructura relacional = relation structure.* estructura social = social structure.* fichero con estructura de red = networked file.* libro con estructura plegable = pop-up book.* reparador de estructuras altas = steeplejack.* sin estructura = unstructured.* Sistema de Indización de Estructura Profunda (DSIS) = Deep Structure Indexing System (DSIS).* una estructura de = a pattern of.* vivienda con estructura de madera = frame dwelling.* * *a) (de edificio, puente) structure, framework; ( de mueble) frame; (de célula, mineral) structureb) (de oración, novela) structurec) ( de empresa) structure; ( de sociedad) structure, framework* * *= frame, framework, pattern, structure, texture, lattice, fabric, carcass.Ex: Next the book was placed on the sewing frame, and the folded sheets were sewn by hand with needle and thread on to four or five cords or thongs.
Ex: The intention is to establish a general framework, and then to give exceptions or further explanation and examples for each area in turn.Ex: In the same way that citation orders may have more or less theoretical foundations, equally reference generation may follow a predetermined pattern.Ex: This chapter does not consider the principles underlying AACR, nor does it review the structure of the code to any significant extent.Ex: The fruits of Mr. Kilgour's labors and creations have substantially altered the texture of contemporary America library service = Los frutos de los trabajos y creaciones del Sr. Kilgour han alterado sustancialmente la naturaleza del servicio bibliotecario de la América contemporánea.Ex: Special attention should be given to Figure 2, which proposes two lattices (or ladders) for career movement in libraries.Ex: The conventional pattern of change has been an evolutionary introduction of the use of technology with no unusual signs of strain in the organizational fabric.Ex: The bathroom cabinet carcass is made of plywood.* con estructura de acero = steel-framed.* con estructura de madera = timber-framed.* de estructura de acero = steel-framed.* de estructura de madera = timber-framed.* DSIS (Sistema de Indización de Estructura Profunda) = DISI (Deep Structure Indexing System).* estructura arbórea = tree structure.* estructura básica = skeleton.* estructura de apoyo = support structure.* estructura de datos = data structure.* estructura de ficheros = file design.* estructura de la institución = organisational structure.* estructura del edificio = building shell.* estructura del registro = record structure.* estructura demográfica = demographics.* estructura de poder = power structure.* estructura de red = network structure.* estructura jerárquica = chain of command, hierarchical structure.* estructura jerárquica de gestión = line management.* estructura jerárquica de una organización = hierarchy ladder.* estructura laboral = job structuring.* estructura lógica = logical data structure.* estructura molecular = molecular structure.* estructura organizativa = organisational structure.* estructura piramidal = pyramid structure.* estructura química = chemical structure.* estructura relacional = relation structure.* estructura social = social structure.* fichero con estructura de red = networked file.* libro con estructura plegable = pop-up book.* reparador de estructuras altas = steeplejack.* sin estructura = unstructured.* Sistema de Indización de Estructura Profunda (DSIS) = Deep Structure Indexing System (DSIS).* una estructura de = a pattern of.* vivienda con estructura de madera = frame dwelling.* * *1 (de un edificio, puente) structure, framework; (de un mueble) frame; (de una célula, un mineral) structureuna estructura de madera/hormigón a wooden/concrete structure2 (de una oración, frase) structure; (de una novela, un poema) structure3 (de una empresa) structure; (de una sociedad) structure, frameworkla estructura social en la Edad Media the social framework in the Middle Agesla estructura jerárquica dentro de la empresa the hierarchical structure within the companyCompuesto:estructura profunda/superficialdeep/surface structure* * *
Del verbo estructurar: ( conjugate estructurar)
estructura es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo
Multiple Entries:
estructura
estructurar
estructura sustantivo femenino
structure
estructurar ( conjugate estructurar) verbo transitivo
to structure, to organize
estructura sustantivo femenino
1 structure
2 (de un edificio, etc) frame, framework
estructurar verbo transitivo to structure, organize
' estructura' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
armadura
- armazón
- esqueleto
- primitiva
- primitivo
- tubular
- aparato
- carcasa
- compacto
- construcción
- enclenque
- fuerza
- sostener
English:
climbing frame
- deserve
- fabric
- frame
- framework
- inner
- let
- make-up
- shaky
- shelter
- structure
- take down
- top-heavy
- unsafe
- construction
* * *estructura nf1. [de sustancia, cuerpo, de organización] structure;la estructura del átomo the structure of the atom;la estructura social en la India the structure of Indian society2. [de edificio, mueble, nave] frame, frameworkestructura profunda deep structure;estructura superficial surface structure* * *f structure* * *estructura nf: structure, framework* * *estructura n structure -
52 wet
I 1. [wet]2) (freshly applied) [paint, ink] frescoto keep sth. wet — non fare asciugare qcs
3) (rainy) [weather, season, day] piovoso; [ conditions] di umiditàtomorrow, the North will be wet — domani pioverà al nord
5) BE pol. [cabinet, MP] moderato2.1) (dampness) umidità f.to perform well in the wet — [ tyre] offrire buone prestazioni sul bagnato
3) BE pol. conservatore m. (-trice) moderato (-a)II 1. [wet]1) bagnare [floor, object, clothes]2.to wet one's pants — farsi la pipì o farsela addosso
to wet oneself — farsi la pipì o farsela addosso
* * *[wet] 1. adjective1) (containing, soaked in, or covered with, water or another liquid: We got soaking wet when it began to rain; His shirt was wet through with sweat; wet hair; The car skidded on the wet road.) bagnato2) (rainy: a wet day; wet weather; It was wet yesterday.) piovoso2. verb(to make wet: She wet her hair and put shampoo on it; The baby has wet himself / his nappy / the bed.) bagnare3. noun1) (moisture: a patch of wet.) umido2) (rain: Don't go out in the wet.) pioggia•- wetness- wet blanket
- wet-nurse
- wetsuit
- wet through* * *I 1. [wet]2) (freshly applied) [paint, ink] frescoto keep sth. wet — non fare asciugare qcs
3) (rainy) [weather, season, day] piovoso; [ conditions] di umiditàtomorrow, the North will be wet — domani pioverà al nord
5) BE pol. [cabinet, MP] moderato2.1) (dampness) umidità f.to perform well in the wet — [ tyre] offrire buone prestazioni sul bagnato
3) BE pol. conservatore m. (-trice) moderato (-a)II 1. [wet]1) bagnare [floor, object, clothes]2.to wet one's pants — farsi la pipì o farsela addosso
to wet oneself — farsi la pipì o farsela addosso
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53 interior
adj.1 inside, inner.ropa interior underwear2 domestic (politics) (comercio, política).3 inland (geography).4 interior, inside, indoor, inland.5 internal.f. & m.central midfielder (sport) (jugador).interior derecho/izquierdo inside right/leftm.1 interior (parte de dentro).el interior del edificio the inside of the buildingen el interior de inside2 interior, inland area (geography).3 inner self, heart.en mi interior deep down4 underpants (calzoncillos). (Colombian Spanish, Venezuelan Spanish)5 inside, interior.6 indoor scene.7 provinces.* * *► adjetivo■ es un piso muy oscuro porque es todo interior it's a very dark flat as none of the rooms has an outside window2 (del país) domestic, internal3 GEOGRAFÍA inland1 (en una vivienda) inside2 (conciencia) inside3 GEOGRAFÍA interior4 Interior Ministry of the Interior, ≈ GB Home Office, ≈ US Department of the Interior1 (en cine) interiors, interior shots\patio interior inner courtyard* * *1. adj.1) interior2) inner3) internal4) indoor2. noun m.1) inside2) interior3) inland* * *1. ADJ1) [espacio] interior; [patio] inner, interior; [escalera] internal, interior; [bolsillo] inside; [paz, fuerza] innerla parte interior de la casa — the inside o interior of the house
en la parte interior — inside, on the inside
habitación/piso interior — room/flat without a view onto the street
ropapista interior — (Dep) inside lane
2) (=nacional) [comercio, política, mercado] domestic3) (Geog) inland2. SM1) (=parte interna) inside, interiorel interior quedó destrozado por el fuego — the inside o interior was destroyed by the fire
el interior de la cueva — the inside o interior of the cave
2) (=alma) soul3) (Geog) interiorno soy de la costa, soy del interior — I'm not from the coast, I'm from inland
4)(Ministerio del) Interior — (Pol) ≈ Home Office, ≈ Justice Department (EEUU)
5) (Dep) inside-forward6) pl interiores (Cine) interiors* * *Ia) <patio/escalera> interior, internal, inside (before n); <habitación/piso> with windows facing onto a central staircase or patiob) <bolsillo/revestimiento> inside (before n)en la parte interior — inside o on the inside
c) <vida/mundo> innerd) <política/comercio> domestic, internalII1)a) ( parte de dentro)b) ( de un país) interiorc) (Méx, RPl, Ven) ( provincias) provinces (pl)d) ( de una persona)2) Interior masculino (period) ( Ministerio del Interior) Ministry of the Interior, ≈Department of the Interior ( in US), ≈Home Office ( in UK)3) interiores masculino plural (Cin) interior shots (pl)4) interiores masculino plural (Col, Ven) (Indum) underwear* * *= interior, intra- + Nombre, indoor, inland.Ex. The variety of reader places in a library adds interest to the interior but also provide for the many preferences of the users, some of whom seem to prefer a very busy location.Ex. The Nomenclature of Goods for the External Trade Statistics of the Community and Statistics of Trade between Member States (NIMEXE) was devised in order to facilitate the presentation of comparable statistics on intra- and extra- Community trade.Ex. If we wanted to gather everything on particular plants together under the general heading 'Horticulture,' we might change the above example to 635.9(582.675)65 to make the main facet the individual plant (in this case anemones), with environment ( indoor...) a secondary feature.Ex. However, diaries and photos also show the efforts of all expedition members to fulfil Wegener's plans for a meteorological and glaciological profile of Greenland's entire inland ice cap.----* camiseta interior de tirantes = singlet, vest.* decoración de interiores = interior landscaping, interior decoration, interior design.* decorador de interiores = interior designer.* del interior = inland.* desierto interior de Australia, el = outback, the.* diseño de interiores = interior design.* en su interior = between its covers.* escuchar la voz interior = listen to + the voice within.* hacia el interior y el exterior de = in and out of.* interior de la cubierta = inside cover.* jardín interior = internal garden.* la voz interior = the voice within.* Ministerio del Interior, el = Home Office, the.* Ministro del Interior = Minister of Internal Affairs, Home Secretary.* mobiliario y decoración interior = furnishings, home furnishings.* patio interior = enclosed courtyard.* paz interior = peace of mind, inner peace.* planta de interior = houseplant.* prenda de ropa interior = undergarment.* prenda interior = undergarment.* ropa interior = undies, underclothes.* sólo con la ropa interior puesta = in + Posesivo + underclothes.* vaciar el interior de Algo = gut.* vuelo interior = domestic flight.* zona del interior = hinterland.* zona interior despoblada = backcountry.* zonas inhabitadas del interior = back country.* zonas salvajes del interior = back country.* * *Ia) <patio/escalera> interior, internal, inside (before n); <habitación/piso> with windows facing onto a central staircase or patiob) <bolsillo/revestimiento> inside (before n)en la parte interior — inside o on the inside
c) <vida/mundo> innerd) <política/comercio> domestic, internalII1)a) ( parte de dentro)b) ( de un país) interiorc) (Méx, RPl, Ven) ( provincias) provinces (pl)d) ( de una persona)2) Interior masculino (period) ( Ministerio del Interior) Ministry of the Interior, ≈Department of the Interior ( in US), ≈Home Office ( in UK)3) interiores masculino plural (Cin) interior shots (pl)4) interiores masculino plural (Col, Ven) (Indum) underwear* * *= interior, intra- + Nombre, indoor, inland.Ex: The variety of reader places in a library adds interest to the interior but also provide for the many preferences of the users, some of whom seem to prefer a very busy location.
Ex: The Nomenclature of Goods for the External Trade Statistics of the Community and Statistics of Trade between Member States (NIMEXE) was devised in order to facilitate the presentation of comparable statistics on intra- and extra- Community trade.Ex: If we wanted to gather everything on particular plants together under the general heading 'Horticulture,' we might change the above example to 635.9(582.675)65 to make the main facet the individual plant (in this case anemones), with environment ( indoor...) a secondary feature.Ex: However, diaries and photos also show the efforts of all expedition members to fulfil Wegener's plans for a meteorological and glaciological profile of Greenland's entire inland ice cap.* camiseta interior de tirantes = singlet, vest.* decoración de interiores = interior landscaping, interior decoration, interior design.* decorador de interiores = interior designer.* del interior = inland.* desierto interior de Australia, el = outback, the.* diseño de interiores = interior design.* en su interior = between its covers.* escuchar la voz interior = listen to + the voice within.* hacia el interior y el exterior de = in and out of.* interior de la cubierta = inside cover.* jardín interior = internal garden.* la voz interior = the voice within.* Ministerio del Interior, el = Home Office, the.* Ministro del Interior = Minister of Internal Affairs, Home Secretary.* mobiliario y decoración interior = furnishings, home furnishings.* patio interior = enclosed courtyard.* paz interior = peace of mind, inner peace.* planta de interior = houseplant.* prenda de ropa interior = undergarment.* prenda interior = undergarment.* ropa interior = undies, underclothes.* sólo con la ropa interior puesta = in + Posesivo + underclothes.* vaciar el interior de Algo = gut.* vuelo interior = domestic flight.* zona del interior = hinterland.* zona interior despoblada = backcountry.* zonas inhabitadas del interior = back country.* zonas salvajes del interior = back country.* * *1 ‹patio/escalera› interior, internal, inside ( before n); ‹habitación/piso› with windows facing onto a central staircase or patio2 ‹bolsillo/revestimiento› inside ( before n)la parte interior del colchón the inside o interior of the mattressen la parte interior inside o on the inside3 ‹vida/mundo› inneroyó una voz interior que la recriminaba she heard an inner voice reproaching her4 ‹política/comercio› domestic, internalA1(parte de dentro): el interior del cajón estaba vacío the drawer was emptyveía lo que ocurría en el interior de la habitación she could see what was happening inside the roomel interior estaba en perfectas condiciones the interior was in perfect condition, inside it was in perfect condition2 (de un país) interiorel interior es muy montañoso the interior is very mountainous, inland it is very mountainousen el interior in the provinces, away from the capital4(de una persona): en su interior estaba muy intranquilo inside o inwardly he was very worrieden el interior de su alma la amaba deep down he really loved herCompuestos:masculine and feminine inside rightmasculine and feminine inside leftBInterior masculine ( period) (Ministerio del Interior) Ministry of the Interior, ≈ Department of the Interior ( in US), ≈ Home Office ( in UK)* * *
interior adjetivo
‹habitación/piso› with windows facing onto a central staircase or patio
◊ en la parte interior inside o on the inside
■ sustantivo masculino
1
( de edificio) interior, inside;
( de un país) interior;
c) ( de una persona):
allá en su interior la amaba deep down he really loved her
2◊ Interior sustantivo masculino (period) ( Ministerio del Interior) Ministry of the Interior, ≈ Department of the Interior ( in US), ≈ Home Office ( in UK)
3◊ interiores sustantivo masculino plural (Col, Ven) (Indum) underwear
interior
I adjetivo
1 inner, inside, interior: es un piso interior, the flat doesn't overlook the street
ropa interior, underwear
2 (espiritual) inward, interior
monólogo interior, interior monologue
3 Pol domestic, internal
comercio interior, inland o domestic trade
4 Geography inland
II sustantivo masculino
1 inside, interior
figurado en mi interior estaba arrepentida, deep down I was sorry
2 Geography interior
3 Pol Ministerio del Interior, Home Office, US Department of the Interior ➣ Ver nota en ministerio 4 Cine (usu pl) están rodando interiores, they are filming interiors
' interior' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
adentro
- baldosa
- camiseta
- chimenea
- combinación
- comercio
- corral
- decoración
- decorador
- decoradora
- dentro
- destripar
- faja
- fondo
- forrar
- forro
- homóloga
- homólogo
- iluminación
- interiorismo
- interiorista
- lencería
- linterna
- ministerio
- ministra
- ministro
- nacional
- PIB
- prenda
- producto
- revocar
- ropa
- seno
- vacía
- vacío
- corpiño
- enagua
- franela
- galería
- planta
- política
- relleno
- retrovisor
- secretario
- slip
English:
affair
- bodice
- brassiere
- corner
- design
- emptiness
- GDP
- gut
- home
- Home Secretary
- inboard
- indoor
- inland
- inner
- inside
- interior
- internal
- inward
- offshore
- passage
- passageway
- shadow cabinet
- slip
- small
- sparsely
- stream
- trade
- underclothes
- underwear
- unspoken
- wall
- within
- house
- ledge
- out
- pith
- quadrangle
- revamp
- under
* * *♦ adj1. [de dentro] inside, inner;[patio, jardín] interior, inside; [habitación, vida] inner;ropa interior, prendas interiores underwear;adelantó por la calle interior he overtook on the inside2. [nacional] domestic;comercio interior domestic trade;un asunto de política interior a domestic (policy) issue3. Geog inland♦ nm1. [parte de dentro] inside, interior;desalojaron el interior del edificio they evacuated the (inside of the) building;pintaron el interior de la habitación they painted the room;en el interior del hotel se agolpaban las admiradoras his admirers formed a crowd inside the hotel;en el interior de la botella había un mensaje there was a message inside the bottle2. [de país] interior, inland area3. [de una persona] inner self, heart;en mi interior deep down4. Col, Ven [calzoncillos] underpants♦ nmfDep [jugador] central midfielder interior izquierdo inside left;interior derecho inside right* * *I adj1 interior; bolsillo inside atr2 COM, POL domesticII m1 interior;en su interior fig inwardly2 DEP inside-forward, central midfielder3:* * *interior adj: interior, innerinterior nm1) : interior, inside2) : inland region* * *interior1 adj1. (jardín, patio) interior2. (habitación, piso) inner3. (bolsillo) inside4. (comercio, política) domesticinterior2 n interior / insideen el interior de inside / in -
54 oposición
f.1 opposition, reluctance, resistance.2 opposition, reaction, counteraction, objection.3 Opposition benches.* * *1 (antagonismo) opposition2 (examen) competitive examination\preparar las oposiciones to study for a competitive exam* * *noun f.1) opposition* * *SF1) [gen] oppositionoposición frontal — direct opposition, total opposition
2) Esp(tb: oposiciones) Civil Service examinationhay varias plazas de libre oposición o de oposición libre — there are several places that will be filled on the basis of a competitive examination
OPOSICIONES Being a civil servant in Spain means having a job for life, but applicants for public-sector jobs must pass competitive exams called oposiciones. The candidates (opositores) must sit a series of written exams and/or attend interviews. Some applicants spend years studying for and resitting exams, so preparing candidates for oposiciones is a major source of work for many academias. All public-sector appointments that are open to competition are published in the BOE, an official government publication.hacer oposiciones a..., presentarse a unas oposiciones a... — to sit an examination for...
See:ver nota culturelle ACADEMIA in academia,* * *1)a) ( enfrentamiento) oppositionb) (Pol) opposition2) (Esp, Ven) ( concurso) (public) competitive examination•• Cultural note:hacer oposiciones — to take o (BrE) sit a competitive examination
In Spain, competitive examinations for people wanting a public-sector job, to teach in a state secondary school, or to become a judge. The large number of candidates, or opositores - much higher than the number of posts available - means that the exams are very difficult. Those successful obtain very secure employment. Many people have private coaching for the exams* * *= opposition, antagonism, counteraction [counter-action].Ex. I would like to ask each of them to tell us whether in fact there is a clear difference of opinion and direct opposition or whether there is no real inconsistency.Ex. The influx of large numbers of Spanish-speaking people has brought to the surface feelings of antagonism on the part established residents, who feel threatened by the 'encroachment' of 'have-nots' into their neighborhoods.Ex. For the individual who seeks to react rationally, whether by personal complaint or collective counteraction, it is often difficult even to discover the information which is needed to make a start.----* eludir una oposición = negotiate + resistance.* encontrar oposición = meet with + opposition, find + opposition.* en oposición a = as against, versus (vs - abreviatura).* grupo de la oposición = opposition group.* oposición + crear = opposition + line up.* oposición, la = political opposition, the.* oposición política, la = political opposition, the.* partido de la oposición = opposition party.* sin oposición = without opposition, unchallenged, unopposed.* * *1)a) ( enfrentamiento) oppositionb) (Pol) opposition2) (Esp, Ven) ( concurso) (public) competitive examination•• Cultural note:hacer oposiciones — to take o (BrE) sit a competitive examination
In Spain, competitive examinations for people wanting a public-sector job, to teach in a state secondary school, or to become a judge. The large number of candidates, or opositores - much higher than the number of posts available - means that the exams are very difficult. Those successful obtain very secure employment. Many people have private coaching for the exams* * *la oposición(n.) = political opposition, theEx: He then took the wind out of the sails of the political opposition two weeks ago when they had him on the run and he agreed to a general election.
= opposition, antagonism, counteraction [counter-action].Ex: I would like to ask each of them to tell us whether in fact there is a clear difference of opinion and direct opposition or whether there is no real inconsistency.
Ex: The influx of large numbers of Spanish-speaking people has brought to the surface feelings of antagonism on the part established residents, who feel threatened by the 'encroachment' of 'have-nots' into their neighborhoods.Ex: For the individual who seeks to react rationally, whether by personal complaint or collective counteraction, it is often difficult even to discover the information which is needed to make a start.* eludir una oposición = negotiate + resistance.* encontrar oposición = meet with + opposition, find + opposition.* en oposición a = as against, versus (vs - abreviatura).* grupo de la oposición = opposition group.* oposición + crear = opposition + line up.* oposición, la = political opposition, the.* oposición política, la = political opposition, the.* partido de la oposición = opposition party.* sin oposición = without opposition, unchallenged, unopposed.* * *oposiciones (↑ oposición a1)A1 (enfrentamiento) opposition oposición A algo opposition TO sthhubo una fuerte oposición popular a la nueva ley there was strong popular opposition to the law2 ( Pol) oppositionganó la plaza por oposición he got the post by taking o ( BrE) sitting a competitive examinationestoy preparando oposiciones I'm studying for my exams* * *
oposición sustantivo femenino
1 ( en general) opposition
2 (Esp, Ven) ( concurso) (public) competitive examination;◊ hacer oposiciones to take o (BrE) sit a competitive examination
oposición sustantivo femenino
1 (enfrentamiento, disparidad) opposition: la oposición votó en contra de la ley, the opposition voted against the bill
2 (examen para funcionario) competitive/entrance examination: se presentará a la próxima oposición para profesor universitario, he'll take the next competitive exam for the position of university professor
' oposición' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acosar
- brecha
- contra
- convocatoria
- encontrarse
- firme
- flexibilizar
- interpelar
- líder
- manifestarse
- pasarse
- resistencia
- salpicar
- temario
- tribunal
- callar
- criollo
- declarar
- frontal
- partido
- provincia
- tierra
English:
call
- opposition
- quash
- shadow cabinet
- stand down
- uncontested
- unopposed
- back
- face
- minority
* * *oposición nf1. [resistencia] opposition (a to);la oposición de mis padres a que haga este viaje es total my parents are totally opposed to me going on this triplos partidos de la oposición the opposition parties3. [examen] = competitive public examination for employment in the civil service, education, legal system etc;oposición a profesor = public examination to obtain a state teaching post;preparar oposiciones to be studying for a public examination;conseguir una plaza por oposición to obtain a post by sitting a public examinationOPOSICIONESWhen a Spanish person wishes to work in the civil service (this includes becoming a teacher in a state school), he or she has to take oposiciones. These are public examinations held to fill vacancies on a national, provincial or local basis. The positions attained through these exams normally imply a job for life (with a working day from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.), and they are much sought after in a country with a tradition of high unemployment. There are usually far too many candidates for every job advertised, so the requirements listed can be extremely rigorous: if you apply to be a postal worker or a clerk you may have to show an in-depth knowledge of the Constitution and of Spanish cultural issues. This is why many people spend years preparing for these examinations, especially for posts with more responsibility.* * *f1 POL opposition2:oposiciones pl official entrance exams* * ** * *1. (en general) opposition2. (examen) competitive examination -
55 curiosité
curiosité [kyʀjozite]feminine noun• par curiosité out of curiosity (PROV) la curiosité est un vilain défaut(PROV) curiosity killed the cat* * *kyʀjozite1) ( défaut) curiosity2) ( désir de connaître) curiosity ( pour about)avec curiosité — [dévisager, regarder] curiously
3) ( objet) strange object4) ( étrangeté)* * *kyʀjozite nf1) (soif de découvrir) curiosity2) (= indiscrétion) curiosity3) (= objet de collection) curio4) (= site intéressant) place of interest* * *curiosité nf1 ( défaut) curiosity; par curiosité out of curiosity; par pure or simple curiosité purely ou simply out of curiosity; il est d'une curiosité! he is so curious!; susciter des curiosités to make a lot of people curious; la curiosité est un vilain défaut curiosity killed the cat;2 ( désir de connaître) curiosity; curiosité intellectuelle intellectual curiosity; sa curiosité pour his/her curiosity about; avec curiosité [dévisager, regarder] curiously; se demander avec curiosité si to be curious to know if;3 ( objet) strange object; ( de collection) curio, curiosity; cabinet des curiosités cabinet of curios; magasin de curiosité curiosity shop;4 ( étrangeté) objet d'une grande curiosité very curious object.[kyrjozite] nom fémininpar (pure) curiosité out of (sheer) curiosity, just for curiosity's sake2. [intérêt] curiosity————————curiosités nom féminin pluriel -
56 turn out
1. transitive verb1) (expel) hinauswerfen (ugs.)turn somebody out of a room/out into the street — jemanden aus einem Zimmer weisen od. (ugs.) werfen/auf die Straße werfen od. setzen
2) (switch off) ausschalten; abdrehen [Gas]3) (incline outwards) nach außen drehen [Füße, Zehen]4) (equip) ausstaffieren6) (Brit.) (empty) ausräumen; ausschütten [Büchse]; leeren [Inhalt eines Koffers, einer Büchse]; stürzen [Götterspeise, Pudding] ( on to auf + Akk.); (clean) [gründlich] aufräumen; (get rid of) wegwerfen2. intransitive verbturn out one's pockets — seine Taschen umdrehen
1) (prove to be)somebody/something turns out to be something — jemand/etwas stellt sich als jemand/etwas heraus od. erweist sich als jemand/etwas
it turns out that... — es stellt sich heraus, dass...
as it turned out, as things turned out — wie sich [nachher] herausstellte
2) (come to be eventually)see how things turn out — sehen, wie sich die Dinge entwickeln
everything turned out well/all right in the end — alles endete gut
3) (end)4) (appear) [Menge, Fans usw.:] erscheinenhe turns out every Saturday to watch his team — er kommt jeden Samstag, um seine Mannschaft zu sehen
* * *2) (to make or produce: The factory turns out ten finished articles an hour.) herstellen3) (to empty or clear: I turned out the cupboard.) ausräumen4) ((of a crowd) to come out; to get together for a (public) meeting, celebration etc: A large crowd turned out to see the procession.) herauskommen5) (to turn off: Turn out the light!) ausschalten6) (to happen or prove to be: He turned out to be right; It turned out that he was right.) sich herausstellen* * *◆ turn outI. vithings didn't really \turn out out the way we wanted die Dinge haben sich nicht so entwickelt, wie wir es uns gewünscht habenhow did it \turn out out? wie ist es gelaufen? famthank God everything \turn outed out well zum Glück war am Ende alles gutit depends how things \turn out out das kommt drauf an, wie sich die Dinge entwickelnthe evening \turn outed out pleasant es wurde ein netter Abendhe \turn outed out to be quite a nice guy am Ende war er doch eigentlich ganz nettit \turn outed out that... es stellte sich heraus, dass...3. (come to) erscheinenthousands \turn outed out for the demonstration against the government's new policy Tausende gingen auf die Straße, um gegen die neue Politik der Regierung zu demonstrierenII. vt1. (switch off)to \turn out out the gas das Gas abstellento \turn out out a lamp/the radio/the TV eine Lampe/das Radio/den Fernseher ausschalten [o ausmachen] [o SCHWEIZ a. abstellen]to \turn out out the light[s] das Licht ausmachen [o ÖSTERR abdrehen2. (kick out)3. (empty contents)▪ to \turn out out ⇆ sth etw [aus]leerento \turn out out one's pockets die Taschen umdrehen4. (manufacture, produce)▪ to \turn out out ⇆ sth etw produzieren▪ to \turn out out ⇆ sb specialists, experts jdn hervorbringenhe \turn outs out about ten articles a week for the paper er schreibt in der Woche etwa zehn Artikel für die Zeitungto \turn out out sth by the dozens/hundreds/thousands etw dutzendweise/in großer Zahl/in Unmengen produzieren5. FOOD▪ to \turn out out ⇆ sth cake, jelly etw stürzenshe \turn outs her feet out sie läuft nach außen7. (clean)8. MILto \turn out the guard out die Wache antreten lassenhe is normally \turn outed out very smartly meistens zieht er sich sehr schick an* * *A v/t1. hinauswerfen, wegjagen, vertreiben2. entlassen (of aus einem Amt etc)3. eine Regierung stürzen4. Vieh auf die Weide treiben5. seine Taschen umdrehen, -stülpen6. einen Schrank, ein Zimmer etc ausräumenb) pej Bücher etc produzierenc) fig Wissenschaftler etc hervorbringen (Universität etc):Oxford has turned out many statesmen aus Oxford sind schon viele Staatsmänner hervorgegangen10. ausstatten, herrichten, besonders kleiden:well turned-out gut gekleidet11. MILa) antreten lassenb) die Wache heraustreten lassenB v/i1. a) hinausziehen, -gehenb) MIL ausrücken (auch Feuerwehr etc)d) MIL antretene) WIRTSCH besonders Br in Streik tretenf) (aus dem Bett) aufstehen2. herauskommen (of aus)4. sich gestalten, gut etc ausgehen, ablaufen5. sich erweisen oder entpuppen als, sich herausstellen:he turned out (to be) a good swimmer er entpuppte sich als guter Schwimmer;she turned out to be right es stellte sich heraus, dass sie recht hatte;it turned out that he had never been there es stellte sich heraus, dass er nie dort gewesen war* * *1. transitive verb1) (expel) hinauswerfen (ugs.)turn somebody out of a room/out into the street — jemanden aus einem Zimmer weisen od. (ugs.) werfen/auf die Straße werfen od. setzen
2) (switch off) ausschalten; abdrehen [Gas]3) (incline outwards) nach außen drehen [Füße, Zehen]4) (equip) ausstaffieren5) (produce) produzieren; hervorbringen [Fachkräfte, Spezialisten]; (in great quantities) ausstoßen6) (Brit.) (empty) ausräumen; ausschütten [Büchse]; leeren [Inhalt eines Koffers, einer Büchse]; stürzen [Götterspeise, Pudding] ( on to auf + Akk.); (clean) [gründlich] aufräumen; (get rid of) wegwerfen2. intransitive verbsomebody/something turns out to be something — jemand/etwas stellt sich als jemand/etwas heraus od. erweist sich als jemand/etwas
it turns out that... — es stellt sich heraus, dass...
as it turned out, as things turned out — wie sich [nachher] herausstellte
see how things turn out — sehen, wie sich die Dinge entwickeln
everything turned out well/all right in the end — alles endete gut
3) (end)4) (appear) [Menge, Fans usw.:] erscheinenhe turns out every Saturday to watch his team — er kommt jeden Samstag, um seine Mannschaft zu sehen
* * *v.ausfallen v.hinauswerfen v.produzieren v. -
57 record
rapport ⇒ 1 (a) dossier ⇒ 1 (a), 1 (b) procès-verbal ⇒ 1 (a) antécédents ⇒ 1 (b) disque ⇒ 1 (c) record ⇒ 1 (d), 3 noter ⇒ 4 (a) enregistrer ⇒ 4 (a)-(c), 5 rapporter ⇒ 4 (a) marquer ⇒ 4 (b), 4 (d)(a) (account, report) rapport m; (file) dossier m; (note) note f; (of attendance) registre m; (of proceedings, debate) procès-verbal m, compte rendu m;∎ to make a record of sth noter qch;∎ Law to strike sth from the record rayer qch du procès-verbal;∎ they keep a record of all deposits/all comings and goings ils enregistrent tous les versements/toutes les allées et venues;∎ there is no record of their visit il n'existe aucune trace de leur visite;∎ do you have any record of the transaction? avez-vous gardé une trace de la transaction?;∎ there's no record of it anywhere ce n'est mentionné nulle part;∎ the apparatus gives a permanent record of ground movements l'appareil enregistre en permanence les mouvements du sol;∎ the book provides a record of 19th-century Parisian society le livre évoque la société parisienne du XIXème siècle;∎ the carvings are a record of civilization on the island les sculptures témoignent de l'existence d'une civilisation sur l'île;∎ the wettest June since records began le mois de juin le plus humide depuis que l'on tient des statistiques;∎ public records office archives fpl nationales;∎ police accident records liste f des accidents enregistrés par la police;∎ a newspaper of record un journal qui fait autorité;∎ to put or to set the record straight mettre les choses au clair(b) (past history) passé m, antécédents mpl; (reputation) réputation f; (criminal or police file) casier m (judiciaire);∎ his past record with the firm son passé dans l'entreprise;∎ given your record as a late payer vu vos antécédents de mauvais payeur;∎ she has an excellent attendance record elle a été très assidue, elle n'a presque jamais été absente;∎ the plane has a good safety record l'avion est réputé pour sa sécurité;∎ the makers have an excellent record for high quality les fabricants sont très réputés pour l'excellente qualité de leurs produits;∎ to have a (criminal) record avoir un casier judiciaire;∎ to have a clean record avoir un casier judiciaire vierge;∎ he has a record of previous convictions il a déjà été condamné;∎ Military service or army record états mpl de service;∎ school record dossier m scolaire∎ to play or to put on a record mettre ou passer un disque;∎ to make or to cut a record faire ou graver un disque∎ to set/to break a record établir/battre un record;∎ to hold the record (for) détenir le record (de);∎ the 200 m record le record du 200 m['rekɔ:d] (shop, collector) de disques['rekɔ:d] (summer, temperature) record (inv);∎ in record time en un temps record;∎ to reach record levels atteindre un niveau record;∎ a record number of spectators une affluence record;∎ a record score un score record;∎ unemployment is at a record high/low le chômage a atteint son chiffre le plus haut/bas(a) (take note of → fact, complaint, detail) noter, enregistrer, consigner; (→ in archives, on computer) enregistrer; (give account of → events) attester, rapporter; (→ thoughts, ideas) noter (par écrit), consigner, mettre sur papier; Law (judgment) minuter;∎ your objection has been recorded nous avons pris acte de votre objection;∎ to record the minutes or the proceedings of a meeting faire le procès-verbal ou le compte rendu d'une réunion;∎ no biography records the visit aucune biographie ne fait mention de ou n'atteste la visite;∎ the debate was recorded in the newsletter le débat a été rapporté dans le bulletin d'informations;∎ their answer was not recorded leur réponse n'a pas été enregistrée;∎ a photograph was taken to record the event une photographie a été prise pour rappeler cet événement;∎ the book records life in medieval England le livre dépeint ou évoque la vie en Angleterre au Moyen Âge;∎ history records that 30,000 soldiers took part selon les livres d'histoire, 30 000 soldats y ont participé;∎ Parliament to record a vote (MP) voter;∎ how many votes were recorded? combien de voix ont été exprimées?∎ the thermometer records 10° le thermomètre marque 10°;∎ temperatures of 50° were recorded on a relevé des températures de 50°(c) (music, tape, TV programme) enregistrer;∎ the group are in the studio recording their new album le groupe est dans le studio en train d'enregistrer son nouveau disque∎ he recorded a time of 10.7 seconds for the 100 metres il a couru le 100 m en 10,7 secondes[rɪ'kɔ:d] (on tape, video) enregistrer;∎ leave the video, it's recording laisse le magnétoscope, il est en train d'enregistrer;∎ his voice doesn't record well sa voix ne se prête pas bien à l'enregistrementpour mémoire, pour la petite histoire;∎ just for the record, you started it! je te signale au passage que c'est toi qui as commencé!confidentiel;∎ I want these remarks to be off the record je veux que ces remarques restent confidentielles;∎ the negotiations were off the record (secret) les négociations étaient secrètes; (unofficial) les négociations étaient officieuses; (not reported) les négociations n'ont pas été rapportées (dans la presse); (not recorded) les négociations n'ont pas été enregistrées;∎ all this is strictly off the record tout ceci doit rester strictement entre nous2 adverb∎ he admitted off the record that he had known il a admis en privé qu'il était au courantenregistré;∎ it's on record that you were informed il est établi que vous étiez au courant;∎ we have it on record that… il est attesté ou établi que…+ indicative;∎ it isn't on record il n'y en a aucune trace;∎ to put or to place sth on record (say) dire ou déclarer qch officiellement; (write) consigner qch par écrit;∎ I wish to go on record as saying that… je voudrais dire officiellement ou publiquement que…+ indicative;∎ it's the wettest June on record c'est le mois de juin le plus humide que l'on ait connu;∎ it's the only example on record c'est le seul exemple connu►► record buff discophile mf;record cabinet discothèque f (meuble);record card fiche f;record company maison f de disques;record deck platine f (tourne-disque);record holder (man) recordman m, détenteur m d'un record; (woman) recordwoman f, détentrice f d'un record;record label label m;record library discothèque f (de prêt);record player tourne-disque m, platine f (disques);record producer producteur m de disques;record token chèque-disque m -
58 war
1. n1) війна; бойові діїshooting war — гаряча (справжня) війна
war of siege — блокада; позиційна війна
to go to war (against) — вдаватися до зброї (проти когось); починати війну (з кимсь); іти на фронт (на війну)
to wage (to make, to levy) war on (against) smb. — вести війну (воювати) з кимсь
2) боротьба; ворожнеча; ворожістьwar of the elements — боротьба стихій, стихійне лихо
3) поет. зброя; війська4) поет. битваwar bonds — фін. облігації воєнних позик
war brides — амер. дружини американських військовослужбовців, що одружилися під час служби за межами США
W. Book — військ. мобілізаційний розклад
war build-up — військ., розм. воєнні приготування; зосередження військ
war cabinet — військовий кабінет; уряд воєнного часу
W. College — військовий коледж
W. Department — військове міністерство (у США)
war eagle — орн. беркут
war effort — мобілізація усіх сил на оборону країни; робота для потреб фронту
war fever — мед. висипний («воєнний») тиф
war footing — воєнне становище; бойова готовність
war guilt — відповідальність (вина) за розв'язування війни
war hawk — амер. палій війни
W. House — військ., розм. військове міністерство
war loss — військ. воєнні втрати; корабель, що потонув під час воєнних дій
W. Office — військове міністерство (у Великій Британії)
war outfit — військове майно; бойова техніка; озброєння і обмундирування воєнного часу
war room — мор. командний пункт
war strength — бойовий склад; чисельність за штатами воєнного часу
war to the knife — військ. війна на винищення
war usage — юр. звичай війни
private war — кровна помста; самочинні воєнні дії
* * *I [wxː] n1) війна; бойові діїwar of siege — позиційна війна; icт. облогова війна; блокада
he fought in the Second World War /in World War Two/ — він учасник другої світової війни
War between the States — aмep.; icт.;громадянська війна в США (між Північчю та Півднем 1861-1865 pp.)
W. of Independence, Revolutionary W. — aмep.; icт. війна за незалежність (1775-1783 pp.)
the Thirty Years' War — icт. Тридцятирічна війна
War of the Roses — icт. війна Червоної, Білої троянди
2) боротьбаwar of nerves — війна нервів, психологічна війна
war of the elements — боротьба стихій; буря, стихійне лихо
3) ворожнеча, антагонізм4) icт. військаwar to the knife — вiйcьк. війна на винищування; боротьба не на життя, а на смерть
private war — кровна помста; самочинні військові дії ( без санкції уряду)
II [wxː] vto carry the war into the enemy's camp — переносити війну на територію супротивника; наступати; переходити в натиск ( у спорі)
1) книжн. воювати, вести війнуto war down — завоювати, підкорити
2) (with, against) боротися (з кимось, чимось)3) ворогувати, конфліктуватиIII = worse III IV = worse I V = worst IV -
59 MC
1) Компьютерная техника: Manual Compression, Memory Card, Micro Compact, Modular Computing, Multimedia Card2) Спорт: Marathon Concept3) Латинский язык: Medium Coeli4) Военный термин: Joint Military Intelligence College, Maintenance Console, Maneuver Control, Marine Corps, Master Chief, Materiel Command, Midnight Commander, Military Claimant, Military Code, Military Cross, Missile Command, Mission Critical, Mobility Corridor, Morale Check, Morse code, Multi-Channel MC&G Mapping, Charting and Geodesy, Munitions Command, machine carbine, main channel, maintenance center, maintenance code, maintenance cycle, major component, manual control, mapping camera, master commandant, material central, material code, material committee, material control, materiel center, maximum concealable, medical center, medical certificate, medium capacity, message center, metal case, military channels, military characteristics, military college, military community, military construction, military coordination, military correspondent, missile carrier, missile channel, missile checkout, missile code, missile compartment, missile container, missile control, missile crew, mission capable, mission control, mobile communications, mobile control, mode change, mode code, monitoring and control, mortar carrier, motor carrier, motor convoy, motorcar, motorcycle, movement center, movement control, muzzle cap, Military Committee (NATO), Megacycles (superseded by megahertz), modular charge5) Техника: Minuteman computer, Mitsubishi Corporation, machine committee, magnetic course, main circulator, main condenser, maintenance check, maintenance complexity, manual clock, marked capacity, medico-surgical, medium-curing, memory controller, metal clad, metal clad switchgear, metric carat, military computer, minutes charged, miscellaneous data, monitoring center, mud-cut, multichannel voice-frequency telegraphy6) Сельское хозяйство: medico-chirurgical7) Шутливое выражение: Mad Cashier, Mistress Of Chaos8) Химия: Molten Carbonate9) Математика: марковская цепь (Markov chain), метод Монте-Карло10) Метеорология: Meteorological Codes11) Железнодорожный термин: Maine Coast Railroad Corporation12) Юридический термин: Major Case, Male Caller, Move The Crowd13) Экономика: предельные издержки (marginal cost)14) Бухгалтерия: Marketing Cost, Master Card, предельная стоимость капитала (marginal cost of capital), Master Charge (now called MasterCard), добавочная себестоимость (производства дополнительной единицы продукции)15) Автомобильный термин: mixture control16) Грубое выражение: Marketing Crap17) Музыка: Mad Catz, My Computer, аудиокассета, эм-си (Microphone Controller; Master of Ceremony - исполнитель вокала в хип-хоп культуре)18) Политика: Macau19) Психология: multiple choice20) Телекоммуникации: Make Call, main cross-connect, Main Cross-Connect (DEC)21) Сокращение: Mail Centre (UK, 2006), Marine Corps (USA), Master Controller, Master of Ceremonies, Medical Corps, Medium Case bomb, Member of Congress, Missile Center, Missile Controller, Mission Computer, Mission-Capable, Monaco, Motivate The Crowd, Multiply-Convolve, main computer, main coolant, maintenance costs, manhole cover, medicine cabinet, momentary contact, motor chain, multichip, multiple contact, Morning Call (daily, USA), Machine Check, Marginal costs, Master Clock, Master Control, Miniature Camera, Minister Councillor, Multi Channel, Multiple Compartments22) Театр: Music Cinema23) Текстиль: Mini Cutouts24) Университет: Main Campus25) Физика: Magnetic Coil26) Физиология: Mad Cow27) Электроника: Meter Coupled, Microphone Controller, Middle Carbonate, Motorcycle Club, Multipoint Controller28) Вычислительная техника: magnetic core29) Нефть: Ministry of Construction, mud cut, загрязнённый буровым раствором (mud-cut), метрический карат (metric carat), проверка технического состояния (maintenance check)30) Биохимия: Mast Cells31) Банковское дело: кредит по операциям с маржей (marginal credit)32) Организация производства: получение разрешений, разрешения должны быть получены, разрешения получены33) Транспорт: Marine Commercial, Motor Coach, Moved Centerline, Mystery Car34) Силикатное производство: magnesia-chrome35) Фирменный знак: M Care, McCoy, Merciless Creations, Mystic Crystals36) Реклама: ведущий37) СМИ: Main Character, Media Card, Micro Cassette, Movie Clip, Multimedia Content38) Деловая лексика: Marginal Cost, Mic Controller, market capitalisation39) Глоссарий компании Сахалин Энерджи: Main Contractor, Mechanical Completion40) Образование: Men's Club41) Инвестиции: marginal credit42) Сетевые технологии: Motorola Corp., Multi Computer43) Полимеры: marginal check, medium curing, moisture content44) Программирование: Master Clear45) Автоматика: machining center, magnetic card46) Контроль качества: Monte Carlo (method)47) Океанография: Maritime Commission48) Сахалин Ю: marshalling cabinet49) Расширение файла: M3CG intermediate language file (Modula-3), Manual Chapter (NRC Inspection Manual)50) SAP.тех. код поиска51) Нефть и газ: manual call point, medium pressure steam condensate, motor control block, завершение механической части52) Военно-политический термин: Military Committee53) Электротехника: making capacity, mercury contact, metal-clad, multiple contacts54) Фармация: (масс-спектрометрия) МS (http://www.bioinformatix.ru/metabolomika/metabolomika-i-metabonomika-sovremennyie-tehnologii-toksilogicheskih-issledovaniy-chast-3.html)55) Hi-Fi. moving coil56) Должность: Mastered The Craft, Microsoft Certified, Music Composer57) Чат: Microphone Commando58) Правительство: Motor City59) НАСА: Mars Crosser60) Программное обеспечение: Master Copy61) Хобби: Music Cards -
60 Mc
1) Компьютерная техника: Manual Compression, Memory Card, Micro Compact, Modular Computing, Multimedia Card2) Спорт: Marathon Concept3) Латинский язык: Medium Coeli4) Военный термин: Joint Military Intelligence College, Maintenance Console, Maneuver Control, Marine Corps, Master Chief, Materiel Command, Midnight Commander, Military Claimant, Military Code, Military Cross, Missile Command, Mission Critical, Mobility Corridor, Morale Check, Morse code, Multi-Channel MC&G Mapping, Charting and Geodesy, Munitions Command, machine carbine, main channel, maintenance center, maintenance code, maintenance cycle, major component, manual control, mapping camera, master commandant, material central, material code, material committee, material control, materiel center, maximum concealable, medical center, medical certificate, medium capacity, message center, metal case, military channels, military characteristics, military college, military community, military construction, military coordination, military correspondent, missile carrier, missile channel, missile checkout, missile code, missile compartment, missile container, missile control, missile crew, mission capable, mission control, mobile communications, mobile control, mode change, mode code, monitoring and control, mortar carrier, motor carrier, motor convoy, motorcar, motorcycle, movement center, movement control, muzzle cap, Military Committee (NATO), Megacycles (superseded by megahertz), modular charge5) Техника: Minuteman computer, Mitsubishi Corporation, machine committee, magnetic course, main circulator, main condenser, maintenance check, maintenance complexity, manual clock, marked capacity, medico-surgical, medium-curing, memory controller, metal clad, metal clad switchgear, metric carat, military computer, minutes charged, miscellaneous data, monitoring center, mud-cut, multichannel voice-frequency telegraphy6) Сельское хозяйство: medico-chirurgical7) Шутливое выражение: Mad Cashier, Mistress Of Chaos8) Химия: Molten Carbonate9) Математика: марковская цепь (Markov chain), метод Монте-Карло10) Метеорология: Meteorological Codes11) Железнодорожный термин: Maine Coast Railroad Corporation12) Юридический термин: Major Case, Male Caller, Move The Crowd13) Экономика: предельные издержки (marginal cost)14) Бухгалтерия: Marketing Cost, Master Card, предельная стоимость капитала (marginal cost of capital), Master Charge (now called MasterCard), добавочная себестоимость (производства дополнительной единицы продукции)15) Автомобильный термин: mixture control16) Грубое выражение: Marketing Crap17) Музыка: Mad Catz, My Computer, аудиокассета, эм-си (Microphone Controller; Master of Ceremony - исполнитель вокала в хип-хоп культуре)18) Политика: Macau19) Психология: multiple choice20) Телекоммуникации: Make Call, main cross-connect, Main Cross-Connect (DEC)21) Сокращение: Mail Centre (UK, 2006), Marine Corps (USA), Master Controller, Master of Ceremonies, Medical Corps, Medium Case bomb, Member of Congress, Missile Center, Missile Controller, Mission Computer, Mission-Capable, Monaco, Motivate The Crowd, Multiply-Convolve, main computer, main coolant, maintenance costs, manhole cover, medicine cabinet, momentary contact, motor chain, multichip, multiple contact, Morning Call (daily, USA), Machine Check, Marginal costs, Master Clock, Master Control, Miniature Camera, Minister Councillor, Multi Channel, Multiple Compartments22) Театр: Music Cinema23) Текстиль: Mini Cutouts24) Университет: Main Campus25) Физика: Magnetic Coil26) Физиология: Mad Cow27) Электроника: Meter Coupled, Microphone Controller, Middle Carbonate, Motorcycle Club, Multipoint Controller28) Вычислительная техника: magnetic core29) Нефть: Ministry of Construction, mud cut, загрязнённый буровым раствором (mud-cut), метрический карат (metric carat), проверка технического состояния (maintenance check)30) Биохимия: Mast Cells31) Банковское дело: кредит по операциям с маржей (marginal credit)32) Организация производства: получение разрешений, разрешения должны быть получены, разрешения получены33) Транспорт: Marine Commercial, Motor Coach, Moved Centerline, Mystery Car34) Силикатное производство: magnesia-chrome35) Фирменный знак: M Care, McCoy, Merciless Creations, Mystic Crystals36) Реклама: ведущий37) СМИ: Main Character, Media Card, Micro Cassette, Movie Clip, Multimedia Content38) Деловая лексика: Marginal Cost, Mic Controller, market capitalisation39) Глоссарий компании Сахалин Энерджи: Main Contractor, Mechanical Completion40) Образование: Men's Club41) Инвестиции: marginal credit42) Сетевые технологии: Motorola Corp., Multi Computer43) Полимеры: marginal check, medium curing, moisture content44) Программирование: Master Clear45) Автоматика: machining center, magnetic card46) Контроль качества: Monte Carlo (method)47) Океанография: Maritime Commission48) Сахалин Ю: marshalling cabinet49) Расширение файла: M3CG intermediate language file (Modula-3), Manual Chapter (NRC Inspection Manual)50) SAP.тех. код поиска51) Нефть и газ: manual call point, medium pressure steam condensate, motor control block, завершение механической части52) Военно-политический термин: Military Committee53) Электротехника: making capacity, mercury contact, metal-clad, multiple contacts54) Фармация: (масс-спектрометрия) МS (http://www.bioinformatix.ru/metabolomika/metabolomika-i-metabonomika-sovremennyie-tehnologii-toksilogicheskih-issledovaniy-chast-3.html)55) Hi-Fi. moving coil56) Должность: Mastered The Craft, Microsoft Certified, Music Composer57) Чат: Microphone Commando58) Правительство: Motor City59) НАСА: Mars Crosser60) Программное обеспечение: Master Copy61) Хобби: Music Cards
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