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  • 1 unemployment

    1) (the state of being unemployed: If the factory is closed, many men will face unemployment.) desempleo, paro
    2) (the numbers of people without work: Unemployment has reached record figures this year.) desempleo, paro
    unemployment n desempleo / paro
    tr[ʌnɪm'plɔɪmənt]
    1 paro, desempleo
    2 (percentage) número de parados
    \
    SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
    unemployment benefit subsidio de desempleo
    unemployment compensation SMALLAMERICAN ENGLISH/SMALL subsidio de desempleo
    unemployment [.ʌnɪm'plɔɪmənt] n
    : desempleo m
    n.
    • cesantía s.f.
    • desempleo s.m.
    • desocupación s.f.
    • paro s.m.
    'ʌnɪm'plɔɪmənt
    mass noun
    a) ( being out of work) desempleo m, desocupación f, paro m (Esp), cesantía f (Chi); (before n)

    unemployment benefit o (AmE also) compensation — subsidio m de desempleo, paro m (Esp), subsidio m de cesantía (Chi)

    b) ( number of unemployed) desempleo m, número m de desempleados, paro m (Esp), cesantía f (Chi)
    ['ʌnɪm'plɔɪmǝnt]
    1.
    N desempleo m, paro m (Sp), cesantía f (Chile)
    2.
    CPD

    unemployment benefit (Brit) N —

    unemployment compensation (US) N — subsidio m de desempleo or (Sp) paro

    unemployment figures NPL — cifras fpl de desempleo, cifras fpl del paro (Sp)

    unemployment line N — (US) fila f de parados, cola f del paro (Sp)

    unemployment rate N — tasa f de desempleo, tasa m de paro (Sp)

    * * *
    ['ʌnɪm'plɔɪmənt]
    mass noun
    a) ( being out of work) desempleo m, desocupación f, paro m (Esp), cesantía f (Chi); (before n)

    unemployment benefit o (AmE also) compensation — subsidio m de desempleo, paro m (Esp), subsidio m de cesantía (Chi)

    b) ( number of unemployed) desempleo m, número m de desempleados, paro m (Esp), cesantía f (Chi)

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  • 2 Historical Portugal

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

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    put
    A n Fin = put option.
    B vtr ( p prés - tt- ; prét, pp put)
    1 ( place) mettre [object] ; put them here please mettez-les ici s'il vous plaît ; to put sth on/under/around etc mettre qch sur/sous/autour de etc ; to put a stamp on a letter mettre un timbre sur une lettre ; to put a lock on the door/a button on a shirt mettre une serrure sur la porte/un bouton sur une chemise ; to put one's arm around sb mettre son bras autour de qn ; to put one's hands in one's pockets mettre les mains dans ses poches ; to put sth in a safe place mettre qch en lieu sûr ; to put sugar in one's tea mettre du sucre dans son thé ; to put more sugar in one's tea ajouter du sucre dans son thé ; to put more soap in the bathroom remettre du savon dans la salle de bains ;
    2 ( cause to go or undergo) to put sth through glisser qch dans [letterbox] ; passer qch par [window] ; faire passer qch à [mincer] ; to put one's head through the window passer la tête par la fenêtre ; to put one's fist through the window casser la fenêtre d'un coup de poing ; to put sth through the books Accts faire passer qch dans les frais généraux ; to put sth through a test faire passer un test à qch ; to put sth through a process faire suivre un processus à qch ; to put sb through envoyer qn à [university, college] ; faire passer qn par [suffering, ordeal] ; faire passer [qch] à qn [test] ; faire suivre [qch] à qn [course] ; after all you've put me through après tout ce que tu m'as fait subir ; to put sb through hell faire souffrir mille morts à qn ; to put one's hand/finger to porter la main/le doigt à [mouth] ;
    3 ( cause to be or do) mettre [person] ; to put sb in prison/on a diet mettre qn en prison/au régime ; to put sb on the train mettre qn dans le train ; to put sb in goal/in defence GB mettre qn dans les buts/en défense ; to put sb in a bad mood/in an awkward position mettre qn de mauvaise humeur/dans une situation délicate ; to put sb to work mettre qn au travail ; to put sb to mending/washing sth faire réparer/laver qch à qn ;
    4 (devote, invest) to put money/energy into sth investir de l'argent/son énergie dans qch ; if you put some effort into your work, you will improve si tu fais des efforts, ton travail sera meilleur ; to put a lot into s'engager à fond pour [work, project] ; sacrifier beaucoup à [marriage] ; to put a lot of effort into sth faire beaucoup d'efforts pour qch ; she puts a lot of herself into her novels il y a beaucoup d'éléments autobiographiques dans ses romans ;
    5 ( add) to put sth towards mettre qch pour [holiday, gift, fund] ; put it towards some new clothes dépense-le en nouveaux vêtements ; to put tax/duty on sth taxer/imposer qch ; to put a penny on income tax GB augmenter d'un pourcent l'impôt sur le revenu ;
    6 ( express) how would you put that in French? comment dirait-on ça en français? ; how can I put it? comment dirai-je? ; it was-how can I put it-unusual c'était-comment dire-original ; that's one way of putting it! iron on peut le dire comme ça! ; as Sartre puts it comme le dit Sartre ; to put it simply pour le dire simplement ; to put it bluntly pour parler franchement ; let me put it another way laissez-moi m'exprimer différemment ; that was very well ou nicely put c'était très bien tourné ; to put one's feelings/one's anger into words trouver les mots pour exprimer ses sentiments/sa colère ; to put sth in writing mettre qch par écrit ;
    7 ( offer for consideration) présenter [argument, point of view, proposal] ; to put sth to soumettre qch à [meeting, conference, board] ; to put sth to the vote mettre qch au vote ; I put it to you that Jur j'ai la présomption que ;
    8 (rate, rank) placer ; where would you put it on a scale of one to ten? où est-ce que tu placerais cela sur une échelle allant de un à dix? ; to put sb in the top rank of artists placer qn au premier rang des artistes ; I put a sense of humour before good looks je place le sens de l'humour avant la beauté ; I put a sense of humour first pour moi le plus important c'est le sens de l'humour ; to put children/safety first faire passer les enfants/la sécurité avant tout ; to put one's family before everything faire passer sa famille avant tout ;
    9 ( estimate) to put sth at évaluer qch à [sum] ; to put the value of sth at estimer la valeur de qch à [sum] ; I'd put him at about 40 je lui donnerais à peu près 40 ans ;
    10 Sport lancer [shot] ;
    11 Agric ( for mating) to put a heifer/mare to amener une génisse/jument à [male].
    C v refl ( p prés - tt- ; prét, pp put) to put oneself in a strong position/in sb's place se mettre dans une position de force/à la place de qn.
    I didn't know where to put myself je ne savais pas où me mettre ; I wouldn't put it past him! je ne pense pas que ça le gênerait! (to do de faire) ; I wouldn't put anything past her! je la crois capable de tout! ; put it there ○ ! ( invitation to shake hands) tope là! ; to put it about a bit ◑ péj coucher à droite et à gauche ◑ ; to put one over ou across GB on sb ○ faire marcher qn ○.
    ■ put about:
    ▶ put about Naut virer de bord ;
    ▶ put [sth] about, put about [sth]
    1 ( spread) faire circuler [rumour, gossip, story] ; to put (it) about that faire courir le bruit que ; it is being put about that le bruit court que ;
    2 Naut faire virer de bord [vessel].
    ▶ put across [sth], put [sth] across communiquer [idea, message, concept, case, point of view] ; mettre [qch] en valeur [personality] ; to put oneself across se mettre en valeur.
    ■ put aside:
    ▶ put aside [sth], put [sth] aside mettre [qch] de côté [money, article, differences, divisions, mistrust].
    ■ put away:
    ▶ put away [sth], put [sth] away
    1 ( tidy away) ranger [toys, dishes] ;
    2 ( save) mettre [qch] de côté [money] ;
    3 ○ ( consume) avaler [food] ; descendre ○ [drink] ;
    ▶ put away [sb] ○, put [sb] away ○
    1 ( in mental hospital) enfermer ; he had to be put away il a fallu l'enfermer ;
    2 ( in prison) boucler ○ [person] (for pour).
    ■ put back:
    ▶ put back [sth], put [sth] back
    1 (return, restore) remettre [object] ; to put sth back where it belongs remettre qch à sa place ;
    2 ( postpone) remettre, repousser [meeting, departure] (to à ; until jusqu'à) ; repousser [date] ;
    3 retarder [clock, watch] ; remember to put your clocks back an hour n'oubliez pas de retarder votre pendule d'une heure ;
    4 ( delay) retarder [project, production, deliveries] (by de) ;
    5 ○ ( knock back) descendre ○ [drink, quantity].
    ■ put by GB:
    ▶ put [sth] by, put by [sth] mettre [qch] de côté [money] ; to have a bit (of money) put by avoir un peu d'argent de côté.
    ■ put down:
    ▶ put down ( land) [aircraft] atterrir (on sur) ;
    ▶ put [sth] down, put down [sth]
    1 (on ground, table) poser [object, plane] (on sur) ; mettre [rat poison etc] ;
    2 ( suppress) réprimer [uprising, revolt, opposition] ;
    3 ( write down) mettre (par écrit) [date, time, name] ; put down whatever you like mets ce que tu veux ;
    4 ( ascribe) to put sth down to mettre qch sur le compte de [incompetence, human error etc] ; to put sth down to the fact that imputer qch au fait que ;
    5 ( charge) to put sth down to mettre qch sur [account] ;
    6 Vet ( by injection) piquer ; ( by other method) abattre ; to have a dog put down faire piquer un chien ;
    7 (advance, deposit) to put down a deposit verser des arrhes ; to put £50 down on sth verser 50 livres d'arrhes sur qch ;
    8 (lay down, store) mettre [qch] en cave [wine] ; affiner [cheese] ;
    9 ( put on agenda) inscrire [qch] à l'ordre du jour [motion] ;
    ▶ put [sb] down, put down [sb]
    1 ( drop off) déposer [passenger] ; to put sb down on the corner déposer qn au coin de la rue ;
    2 ○ ( humiliate) rabaisser [person] ;
    3 gen Sch ( into lower group) faire descendre [pupil, team] (from de ; to, into à) ;
    4 (classify, count in) to put sb down as considérer qn comme [possibility, candidate, fool] ; I'd never have put you down as a Scotsman! je ne t'aurais jamais pris pour un Écossais! ; to put sb down for ( note as wanting or offering) compter [qch] pour qn [contribution] ; ( put on waiting list) inscrire qn sur la liste d'attente pour [school, club] ; put me down for a meal compte un repas pour moi ; to put sb down for £10 compter 10 livres pour qn ; to put sb down for three tickets réserver trois billets pour qn.
    ▶ put forth [sth], put [sth] forth
    1 présenter [shoots, leaves, buds] ;
    2 fig émettre [idea, theory].
    ▶ put forward [sth], put [sth] forward
    1 ( propose) avancer [idea, theory, name] ; soumettre [plan, proposal, suggestion] ; émettre [opinion] ;
    2 ( in time) avancer [meeting, date, clock] (by de ; to à) ; don't forget to put your clocks forward one hour n'oubliez pas d'avancer votre pendule d'une heure ;
    ▶ put [sb] forward, put forward [sb] présenter la candidature de (for pour) ;
    ▶ put sb forward as présenter qn comme [candidate] ; to put oneself forward présenter sa candidature, se présenter ; to put oneself forward as a candidate présenter sa candidature ; to put oneself forward for se présenter pour [post].
    ■ put in:
    ▶ put in
    1 [ship] faire escale (at à ; to dans ; for pour) ;
    2 ( apply) to put in for [person] postuler pour [job, promotion, rise] ; demander [transfer, overtime] ;
    ▶ put in [sth], put [sth] in
    1 (fit, install) installer [central heating, shower, kitchen] ; to have sth put in faire installer qch ;
    2 ( make) faire [request, claim, offer, bid] ; to put in an application for déposer une demande de [visa, passport] ; poser sa candidature pour [job] ; to put in a protest protester ; to put in an appearance faire une apparition ;
    3 ( contribute) passer [time, hours, days] ; contribuer pour [sum, amount] ; they are each putting in £1 m chacun apporte une contribution d'un million de livres ; to put in a lot of time doing consacrer beaucoup de temps à faire ; to put in a good day's work avoir une bonne journée de travail ; to put in a lot of work se donner beaucoup de mal ; thank you for all the work you've put in merci pour tout le mal que tu t'es donné ;
    4 ( insert) mettre [paragraph, word, reference] ; to put in that mettre que ; to put in how/why expliquer comment/pourquoi ;
    5 ( elect) élire ; that puts the Conservatives in again les conservateurs ont donc été élus encore une fois ;
    ▶ put [sb] in for présenter [qn] pour [exam, scholarship] ; poser la candidature de [qn] pour [promotion, job] ; recommander [qn] pour [prize, award] ; to put oneself in for poser sa candidature pour [job, promotion].
    ■ put off:
    ▶ put off Naut partir ;
    ▶ put off from s'éloigner de [quay, jetty] ;
    ▶ put off [sth], put [sth] off
    1 (delay, defer) remettre [qch] (à plus tard) [wedding, meeting] ; to put sth off until June/until after Christmas remettre qch à juin/à après Noël ; I should see a doctor, but I keep putting it off je devrais voir un médecin, mais je remets toujours ça à plus tard ; to put off visiting sb/doing one's homework remettre à plus tard une visite chez qn/ses devoirs ;
    2 ( turn off) éteindre [light, radio] ; couper [radiator, heating] ;
    ▶ put off [sb], put [sb] off
    1 (fob off, postpone seeing) décommander [guest] ; dissuader [person] ; to put sb off coming with an excuse trouver une excuse pour dissuader qn de venir ; to be easily put off se décourager facilement ;
    2 ( repel) [appearance, smell, colour] dégoûter ; [manner, person] déconcerter ; to put sb off sth dégoûter qn de qch ; don't be put off by the colour-it tastes delicious! ne te laisse pas dégoûter par la couleur-c'est délicieux! ;
    3 GB ( distract) distraire ; stop trying to put me off! arrête de me distraire! ; you're putting me off my work tu me distrais de mon travail ;
    4 ( drop off) déposer [passenger].
    ■ put on:
    ▶ put on [sth], put [sth] on
    1 mettre [garment, hat, cream, lipstick] ;
    2 (switch on, operate) allumer [light, gas, radio, heating] ; mettre [record, tape, music] ; to put the kettle on mettre de l'eau à chauffer ; to put the brakes on freiner ;
    3 ( gain) prendre [weight, kilo] ;
    4 ( add) rajouter [extra duty, tax] ;
    5 ( produce) monter [play, exhibition] ;
    6 (assume, adopt) prendre [air, accent, look, expression] ; he's putting it on il fait semblant ;
    7 (lay on, offer) ajouter [extra train, bus service] ; proposer [meal, dish] ;
    8 ( put forward) avancer [clock] ;
    9 Turf ( bet) parier [amount] ; to put a bet on faire un pari ;
    ▶ put [sb] on
    1 Telecom ( connect) passer ; I'll put him on je vous le passe ;
    2 ○ US faire marcher ○ [person] ;
    3 ( recommend) to put sb on to sth indiquer qch à qn ; who put you on to me? qui vous a envoyé à moi? ;
    4 ( put on track of) to put sb on to mettre qn sur la piste de [killer, criminal, runaway].
    ■ put out:
    ▶ put out
    1 Naut partir (from de) ; to put out to sea mettre à la mer ;
    2 ◑ US péj coucher avec n'importe qui ○ ;
    ▶ put out [sth], put [sth] out
    1 ( extend) tendre [hand, arm, foot, leg] ; to put out one's tongue tirer la langue ;
    2 ( extinguish) éteindre [fire, cigarette, candle, light] ;
    3 ( take outside) sortir [bin, garbage] ; faire sortir [cat] ;
    4 ( issue) diffuser [description, report, warning] ; faire [statement] ; propager [rumour] ;
    5 (make available, arrange) mettre [food, dishes, towels etc] ;
    6 ( sprout) déployer [shoot, bud, root] ;
    7 ( cause to be wrong) fausser [figure, estimate, result] ;
    8 ( dislocate) se démettre [shoulder, ankle] ;
    9 ( subcontract) confier [qch] en sous-traitance [work] (to à) ;
    ▶ put [sb] out
    1 ( inconvenience) déranger ; to put oneself out se mettre en quatre ○ (to do pour faire) ; to put oneself out for sb se donner beaucoup de mal pour qn ; don't put yourself out for us ne vous dérangez pas pour nous ;
    2 ( annoy) contrarier ; he looked really put out il avait l'air vraiment contrarié ;
    3 ( evict) expulser.
    ▶ put [sth] through, put through [sth]
    1 ( implement) faire passer [reform, bill, amendment, plan, measure] ;
    2 Telecom ( transfer) passer [call] (to à) ; she put through a call from my husband elle m'a passé mon mari ○ ;
    ▶ put [sb] through Telecom passer [caller] (to à) ; I'm just putting you through je vous le/la passe ; I was put through to another department on m'a passé un autre service.
    ▶ put [sb/sth] together, put together [sb/sth]
    1 ( assemble) assembler [pieces, parts] ; to put sth together again, to put sth back together reconstituer qch ; more/smarter than all the rest put together plus/plus intelligent que tous les autres réunis ;
    2 ( place together) mettre ensemble [animals, objects, people] ;
    3 ( form) former [coalition, partnership, group, team, consortium] ;
    4 (edit, make) constituer [file, portfolio, anthology] ; rédiger [newsletter, leaflet] ; établir [list] ; faire [film, programme, video] ;
    5 ( concoct) improviser [meal] ;
    6 ( present) constituer [case] ; construire [argument, essay].
    ■ put up:
    ▶ put up
    1 ( stay) to put up at sb's se faire héberger par qn ; to put up in a hotel descendre à l'hôtel ;
    2 to put up with ( tolerate) supporter [behaviour, person] ; to have a lot to put up with avoir beaucoup de choses à supporter ;
    ▶ put up [sth] opposer [resistance] ; to put up a fight/struggle combattre ; to put up a good performance [team, competitor] bien se défendre ;
    ▶ put [sth] up, put up [sth]
    1 ( raise) hisser [flag, sail] ; relever [hair] ; to put up one's hand/leg lever la main/la jambe ; put your hands up! ( in class) levez le doigt! ; put 'em up ○ ! ( to fight) bats-toi! ; ( to surrender) haut les mains! ;
    2 ( post up) mettre [sign, poster, notice, plaque, decorations] ; afficher [list] ; to put sth up on the wall/on the board afficher qch sur le mur/au tableau ;
    3 (build, erect) dresser [fence, barrier, tent] ; construire [building, memorial] ;
    4 (increase, raise) augmenter [rent, prices, tax] ; faire monter [temperature, pressure] ;
    5 ( provide) fournir [money, amount, percentage] (for pour ; to do pour faire) ;
    6 ( present) soumettre [proposal, argument] ; to put sth up for discussion soumettre qch à la discussion ;
    7 ( put in orbit) placer [qch] en orbite [satellite, probe] ;
    ▶ put [sb] up, put up [sb]
    1 ( lodge) héberger ;
    2 ( as candidate) présenter [candidate] ; to put sb up for proposer qn comme [leader, chairman] ; proposer qn pour [promotion, position] ; to put oneself up for se proposer comme [chairman] ; se proposer pour [post] ;
    3 ( promote) faire passer [qn] au niveau supérieur [pupil] ; to be put up [pupil, team] monter (to dans) ;
    4 ( incite) to put sb up to sth/to doing pousser [qn] à/à faire ; somebody must have put her up to it quelqu'un a dû l'y pousser.
    ■ put upon:
    ▶ put upon [sb] abuser de [person] ; to be put upon se faire marcher sur les pieds ; to feel put upon avoir l'impression de se faire marcher sur les pieds ; I won't be put upon any more je ne me ferai plus jamais avoir ○.

    Big English-French dictionary > put

  • 4 term

    n
    1) срок (тюремного заключения, пребывания на посту и т.п.); предел; период
    2) термин; выражение
    3) pl условия; отношения
    •

    to abide by terms — выполнять / соблюдать условия

    to accept the terms — принимать условия; соглашаться на условия

    to agree to smb's terms — соглашаться на чьи-л. условия

    to be on bad / good terms — быть в плохих / хороших отношениях

    to begin one's term of office — начинать срок своего пребывания у власти

    to come to term with what happened — примиряться с тем, что произошло

    to complete one's term — отбыть наказание

    to couch smth in very friendly terms — излагать что-л. в очень дружелюбных выражениях

    to cut short smb's term — сокращать срок пребывания кого-л. у власти / в заключении

    to dictate one's term — диктовать свои условия

    to discuss smth in general terms — обсуждать что-л. в общем виде

    to extend smb's term (in office) — продлевать срок чьего-л. пребывания у власти

    to give smb a six-year term — приговаривать кого-л. к шестилетнему тюремному заключению

    to impose long prison terms — приговаривать кого-л. к длительным срокам тюремного заключения

    to improve the terms of trade — улучшать / совершенствовать условия торговли

    to last one's full term of office — дотягивать до конца установленного срока пребывания у власти

    to protest to smb in the strongest terms — заявлять кому-л. резкий протест

    to return smb to his third term of office — избирать кого-л. на третий срок

    to sentence smb to a long prison term — приговаривать кого-л. к длительному тюремному заключению

    to serve one's term under a harsh regime — отбывать заключение в тюрьме строго режима

    to serve out the remainder of one's term as President — дослужить до конца срока в качестве президента

    to spell out one's terms for peace — излагать свои условия мира

    to win one's second term in office — быть избранным на второй срок

    - arbitration term
    - bid for a fourth term in office
    - binding terms of contract
    - ceasefire terms
    - concessionaire terms
    - couched in polite terms
    - deferred payment terms
    - disastrous entry terms
    - early in smb's term
    - easy terms
    - equal terms
    - expiration of the term of office
    - expired term
    - favorable terms
    - fettering terms
    - fixed term
    - for an indefinite term
    - harsh jail term
    - harsh terms
    - hostile terms
    - humiliating peace terms
    - in absolute terms
    - in diplomatic terms
    - in distinct term
    - in dollar terms
    - in general terms
    - in military terms
    - in monetary terms
    - in money terms
    - in no uncertain terms
    - in numerical terms
    - in per capita terms
    - in percentage terms
    - in physical terms
    - in quantitative terms
    - in real terms
    - in restrained terms
    - in strong terms
    - in terms of figures
    - in terms of gold
    - in terms of money
    - in terms of numbers
    - in terms of percentage points
    - in terms of production
    - in terms of value
    - in terms of
    - in terms
    - in the clearest terms
    - in the long term
    - in unequivocal terms
    - in unmistakable terms
    - in value terms
    - initial term of a convention
    - intermediate term
    - long term
    - mutually acceptable terms
    - mutually advantageous terms
    - on acceptable terms
    - on advantageous terms
    - on beneficial terms
    - on conventional terms
    - on easy terms
    - on equal terms
    - on even terms
    - on favorable terms
    - on hard terms
    - on highly concessional interest terms
    - on hire-purchase terms
    - on lobby terms
    - on low interest terms
    - on most favored nation term
    - on much easier terms
    - on mutually advantageous terms
    - on reasonable terms
    - on soft terms
    - on straight business terms
    - on term of complete equality
    - on terms
    - on the usual trade terms
    - one-sided terms
    - out-of-court compensation terms
    - peace terms
    - political term
    - preferential term for the supply of smth
    - prior to the expiration of the term
    - prison term
    - prison terms ranging from five years to life
    - probationary term
    - prolongation of the term
    - shipping terms
    - short term
    - smb's second / third term in office
    - soft terms
    - term in office ends in December
    - term in office expires in December
    - terms and conditions
    - terms of a contract
    - terms of a treaty
    - terms of an agreement
    - terms of delivery
    - terms of existing international instruments
    - terms of financing
    - terms of interest
    - terms of office
    - terms of payment
    - terms of reference
    - terms of sale     - terms of trade
    - terms ranging from 18 months to 7 years
    - terms required of smb
    - tough terms
    - trade terms
    - trial term
    - two-year term
    - unacceptable terms
    - under the terms of a clearing agreement
    - under the terms of the peace plan
    - under the terms of the treaty
    - unexpired term
    - usual terms

    Politics english-russian dictionary > term

  • 5 commission

    kə'miʃən
    1.
    1) (money earned by a person who sells things for someone else.)
    2) (an order for a work of art: a commission to paint the president's portrait.)
    3) (an official paper giving authority, especially to an army officer etc: My son got his commission last year.)
    4) (an official group appointed to report on a specific matter: a commission of enquiry.)

    2. verb
    1) (to give an order (especially for a work of art) to: He was commissioned to paint the Lord Mayor's portrait.) encargar
    2) (to give a military commission to.) nombrar
    •
    - commissioner
    - in/out of commission
    commission n comisión
    tr[kə'mɪʃən]
    1 SMALLCOMMERCE/SMALL comisión nombre femenino
    ■ he gets a 10% commisssion cobra el 10% de comisión
    2 (piece of work) encargo
    4 SMALLMILITARY/SMALL (rank) grado de oficial; (document) nombramiento
    1 (order) encargar
    2 SMALLMILITARY/SMALL nombrar
    3 SMALLMARITIME/SMALL (ship) poner en servicio
    \
    SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
    to be in commission estar en servicio
    to be out of commission estar fuera de servicio
    commissioned officer oficial nombre masculino (del ejército)
    commission [kə'mɪʃən] vt
    1) : nombrar (un oficial)
    2) : comisionar, encargar
    to commission a painting: encargar una pintura
    1) : nombramiento m (al grado de oficial)
    2) committee: comisión f, comité m
    3) committing: comisión f, realización f (de un acto)
    4) percentage: comisión f
    sales commissions: comisiones de venta
    n.
    • cometido s.m.
    • comisión s.f.
    • encargo s.m.
    • encomienda s.f.
    • nombramiento s.m.
    v.
    • comisionar v.
    • nombrar v.

    I kə'mɪʃən
    1) c ( group) comisión f

    the European Commission — la Comisión Europea or de las Comunidades Europeas

    2) c u ( for sales) comisión f
    3) c
    a) (for music, painting, building) encargo m, comisión f (esp AmL)
    b) ( office) ( Govt) cargo m
    4) u ( use) servicio m

    to be out of commission — \<\<ship\>\> estar* fuera de servicio; \<\<machine\>\> no funcionar


    II
    1)
    a)

    to commission somebody to + INF — \<\<artist/writer/researcher\>\> encargarle* a alguien que (+ subj)

    b) \<\<painting/novel/study\>\> encargar*, comisionar (esp AmL)
    2)
    a) ( Mil) nombrar oficial
    b) ( Naut) \<\<ship\>\> poner* en servicio
    [kǝ'mɪʃǝn]
    1. N
    1) (=committee) comisión f

    commission of inquiry — comisión f investigadora

    2) (=order for work, esp of artist) comisión f
    3) (for salesman) comisión f

    to sell things on commission or on a commission basis — vender cosas a comisión

    I get 10% commission — me dan el 10 por ciento de comisión

    4) (Mil) (=position) graduación f de oficial; (=warrant) nombramiento m
    5) (=use, service) servicio m
    6) [of crime] perpetración f
    2. VT
    1) [+ artist etc] hacer un encargo a; [+ picture] encargar, comisionar (esp LAm); [+ article] encargar
    2) (Mil) [+ officer] nombrar; [+ ship] poner en servicio
    3.
    CPD

    Commission for Racial Equality N — (Brit) comisión para la igualdad racial

    * * *

    I [kə'mɪʃən]
    1) c ( group) comisión f

    the European Commission — la Comisión Europea or de las Comunidades Europeas

    2) c u ( for sales) comisión f
    3) c
    a) (for music, painting, building) encargo m, comisión f (esp AmL)
    b) ( office) ( Govt) cargo m
    4) u ( use) servicio m

    to be out of commission — \<\<ship\>\> estar* fuera de servicio; \<\<machine\>\> no funcionar


    II
    1)
    a)

    to commission somebody to + INF — \<\<artist/writer/researcher\>\> encargarle* a alguien que (+ subj)

    b) \<\<painting/novel/study\>\> encargar*, comisionar (esp AmL)
    2)
    a) ( Mil) nombrar oficial
    b) ( Naut) \<\<ship\>\> poner* en servicio

    English-spanish dictionary > commission

  • 6 tanto


    tanto 1 adverbio 1 [ see note under ( aplicado a verbo) so much; ¡es una chica tan amable! she's such a nice girl!; tanto mejor so much the better; tan solo only; tanto es así que … so much so that …; ya no salimos tanto we don't go out so often o so much now; llegó tan tarde que … he arrived so late (that) …; no es tan tímida como parece she's not as shy as she looks; sale tanto como tú he goes out as much as you do; tan pronto como puedas as soon as you can; tanto Suárez como Vargas votaron en contra both Suárez and Vargas voted against 2 (AmL exc RPl)
    ◊ qué tanto/qué tan: ¿qué tanto te duele? how much does it hurt?;
    ¿qué tan alto es? how tall is he? ■ sustantivo masculino 1 ( cantidad): hay que dejar un tanto de depósito you have to put down a certain amount as a deposit 2 ( punto — en fútbol) goal; (— en fútbol americano, tenis, juegos) point 3 ( en locs)
    ◊ al tanto: me puso al tanto she put me in the picture;
    mantenerse al tanto de algo to keep up to date with sth; estar al tanto (pendiente, alerta) to be on the ball (colloq); está al tanto de lo ocurrido he knows what's happened; un tanto somewhat, rather; un tanto triste somewhat sad
    tanto 2
    ◊ -ta adjetivo
    a) ( sing) so much;
    (pl) so many;
    ◊ había tanto espacio/tantos niños there was so much space/there were so many children;
    ¡tanto tiempo sin verte! it's been so long!; tanto dinero/tantos turistas como … as much money/as many tourists as … ■ pronombre 1
    a) ( sing) so much;
    (pl) so many;
    ◊ ¡tengo tanto que hacer! I've so much to do!;
    vinieron tantos que … so many people came (that) …; ¿de verdad gana tanto? does he really earn that much?; no ser para tanto (fam): duele, pero no es para tanto it hurts, but it's not that bad treinta y tantas thirty or so aún faltan dos horas — ¿tanto? there's still two hours to go — what? that long? 2 ( en locs) entre tanto meanwhile, in the meantime; otro tanto as much again; me queda otro tanto por hacer I have as much again still to do; por (lo) tanto therefore
    tanto,-a
    I adjetivo & pron
    1 (gran cantidad, mucho) (con singular) so much (con plural) so many: ¿cómo puedes ahorrar tanto (dinero)?, how are you able to save so much money?
    no necesito tantos folios, I don't need so many sheets of paper
    ¡hace tanto tiempo!, it's been so long!
    no es para tanto, it's not that bad
    2 (cantidad imprecisa) le costó cuarenta y tantos dólares, it cost her forty-odd dollars
    tiene cincuenta y tantos años, he's fifty something o fifty-odd
    3 (en comparaciones: con singular) as much (: en plural) as many: tiene tantos amigos como tú, he has as many friends as you
    II adverbio tanto 1 (hasta tal punto) so much: no deberías beber tanto, you shouldn't drink so much
    si vienes con nosotros, tanto mejor, if you come with us, so much the better
    tanto peor, so much the worse
    2 (referido a tiempo) so long: tardé un mes en escribirlo, - ¿tanto?, I spent one month writing it, - so long? (a menudo) ya no sale tanto, nowadays he doesn't go out so often
    III sustantivo masculino tanto 1 Dep point Ftb goal
    2 (una cantidad determinada) a certain amount Locuciones: figurado apuntarse un tanto, to score a point
    estar al tanto, to be up-to-date
    poner al tanto, to put sb in the picture
    a las tantas: me llamó a las tantas de la madrugada/de la noche, she phoned me in the early hours of the morning/very late at night
    entre tanto, meanwhile
    otro tanto, as much again
    por lo tanto, therefore
    tanto (...) como (...), both: tanto Pedro como María, both Pedro and María
    tanto por ciento, percentage
    un tanto, somewhat, rather, a bit
    un tanto cansado, rather tired
    ¡y tanto!, and how! ' tanto' also found in these entries: Spanish: alquilar - amargada - amargado - atonía - bar - calva - calvo - ciento - cuñada - cuñado - embrutecerse - empañar - escarnio - fastidio - griterío - gusto - hartar - hermano - histórica - histórico - idiotizar - licuación - marcar - mejor - mientras - mucha - mucho - normal - objeto - padre - para - parecerse - permitirse - que - ronca - ronco - satisfacción - sobrino - tanta - tela - toda - todo - tutearse - ver - vencerse - anotar - anular - apuntar - arreglar - así English: acquaint - all - alone - as - awaken - ball - better - bog down - both - critical - delay - din - ear - excitement - fall apart - fuss over - hence - labour - lie down - meantime - meanwhile - monopolize - much - must - name - neither - packaging - picture - point - privy - rupture - score - scorer - so - somewhat - song - spin out - stretch out - such - that - therefore - this - whereas - work - alike - begrudge - cope - every - fail - follow

    English-spanish dictionary > tanto

  • 7 share

    ̈ɪʃɛə I
    1. сущ.
    1) доля, часть;
    квота a share in ≈ доля в( чем-л.) to do one's share ≈ вложить свою долю;
    войти в долю to go shares in smth. with smb. ≈ делиться чем-л. с кем-л. поровну to have a share in the profits ≈ иметь долю в прибыли equal share ≈ равная доля share of the responsibility ≈ доля ответственности fair share full share large share lion's share major share
    2) участие;
    роль All of us had a share in making the decision. ≈ Каждый из нас может участвовать в принятии решения.
    3) акция;
    доля, пай, часть on shares ≈ на паях ordinary shares preference shares
    4) доля, удел, участь She has had her fair share of tragedies in her life. ≈ На ее долю выпало в жизни много трагедий.
    5) дележ, дележка ∙ share and share alike
    2. гл.
    1) а) делить, распределять;
    разделять (тж. share out) to share the money equally between two brothers ≈ поделить деньги поровну между двумя братьями б) делиться to share one's sandwich with smb. ≈ поделиться с кем-л. бутербродом to share one's problems with smb. ≈ поделиться с кем-л. своими проблемами в) разделять (smth. with smb. - с кем-л. что-л.) ;
    использовать совместно to ` a house with four other people ≈ жить в одном доме вместе с четырьмя другими людьми Bill and I shared an office for years. ≈ мы с Биллом работаем в одном офисе уже много лет.
    2) а) участвовать (в чем-л.;
    тж. share in) Shall we share the driving? ≈ Мы по очереди поведем машину? Newspapers help us to share in the events of the outside world. ≈ Газеты помогают нам принимать участие в событиях, происходящих в мире. Syn: participate, partake б) иметь долю или часть;
    быть пайщиком
    3) перен. разделять а) (мнение, вкусы и т. п.) присоединяться I share your opinion. ≈ Я разделяю Ваше мнение. б) (чужое горе и т. п.) сопереживать All your neighbours share in your sorrow at the loss of your son. ≈ Все соседи разделяют Ваше горе в связи с потерей сына. II сущ.;
    с.-х. лемех, сошник( плуга) доля, часть - one's * of the expences чья-л. доля расходов - to get one's due * of smth. получить полагающуюся часть /долю/ чего-л. - he got his full * он получил свою долю сполна - to give due * of the credit воздать должное - to go /to run, to club/ *s (with smb. in smth.) честно поделиться (чем-л. с кем-л.), делить поровну /пополам/ (что-л. с кем-л.) - I'll go *s with you on that dinner расходы по обеду мы с вами разделим поровну - to take /to go/ smth. * and * alike делить поровну /по-братски/ доля, удел - to fall to smb.'s * выпадать на чью-л. долю, стать чьим-л. уделом - I have had my * of worries на мою долю выпало немало злоключений участие, роль - to have /to take, to bear/ a /one's/ * in smth. принимать участие в чем-л. - to take a * in the conversation участвовать в беседе, вступить в разговор - what * had he in their success? какую роль он сыграл в их успехе? - he had no * in the plot он не принимал участия в заговоре - he must bear his * of responsibility он должен нести свою долю ответственности - he has had no small * in framing the destinies of our country он сыграл не последнюю роль в определении судьбы нашей родины акция;
    пай - to hold *s in a company иметь акции какой-л. компании - co-op * пай в кооперативе - * to bearer акция на предъявителя - * certificate акционерный сертификат, свидетельство на акцию - to allot *s распределять акции (по подписке) - *s have fallen курсы акций упали > *s! чур, поровну! > for my * (редкое) что касается меня (тж. * out) делить, распределять - to * smth. equally поделить что-л. поровну - to * smth. among five men поделить что-л. на пять человек /на пятерых/ делить, разделять (с кем-л. что-л.) - to * smth. with smb. (по) делиться чем-л. с кем-л. - to * one's bread with smb. поделиться с кем-л. хлебом - only we two *d this secret только мы двое знали эту тайну - we * everything у нас все общее - let me * your knowledge поделись со мной своими знаниями - the two chemists *d the Nobel prize Нобелевская премия была присуждена совместно этим двум химикам пользоваться совместно - to * a room with smb. жить вместе /в одной комнате/ с кем-л. - to * a table сидеть за одним столом (обедать, работать и т. п.) - to * a bed делить ложе - to * an umbrella идти вдвоем под одним зонтом - we each have a room of our own but we * a bathroom у нас у каждого своя комната, но ванная одна участвовать (в чем-л.), делить - to * (in) the expenses принять участие в расходах, делить расходы - to * responsibility разделять ответственность - he *s responsibility он тоже несет ответственность - to * and * alike участвовать на равных правах - I am ready to * with you in the costs я готов разделить с вами расходы иметь долю или часть;
    быть пайщиком - to * in a firm быть пайщиком фирмы делить (горе, радость и т. п.) - to * smb.'s lot делить с кем-л. судьбу - he *d the same fate его постигла та же участь разделять (чужое горе и т. п.) ;
    сопереживать - to * (in) smb.'s grief разделять чье-л. горе;
    переживать чужое горе как свое разделять (мнение, вкусы и т. п.) - to * smb.'s likes and dislikes разделять вкусы кого-л. - I * your opinion я разделяю ваше мнение, я присоединяюсь к вашему мнению (сельскохозяйственное) лемех, сошник (плуга) A ~ акция, не дающая владельцу права голоса adjusted ~ of labour in national income скорректированная доля труда в национальном доходе bank ~ банковская акция bearer ~ акция на предъявителя beneficial ~ льготная акция bonus ~ бесплатная акция bonus ~ учредительская акция capital ~ акция capital ~ доля капитала в национальном доходе capture market ~ захватывать долю рынка carried ~ перенесенная доля co-ownership ~ доля совместного владения common ~ обычная акция cumulative preference ~ кумулятивная привилегированная акция cumulative ~ кумулятивная акция deferred ~ акция с отсроченным дивидендом employee ~ scheme программа распределения акций среди работников equity per ~ доля собственного капитала, приходящаяся на акцию equity ~ доля акционерного капитала equity ~ обыкновенная акция equity ~ capital акционерный капитал exempt ~ свободный пай founder's ~ отсроченная акция fractional ~ дробная акция fractional ~ частичная акция to go shares (in smth.) (with smb.) делиться (чем-л. с кем-л.) поровну gross ~ общая доля ~ участие;
    he does more than his share of the work он делает больше, чем должен ( или чем от него требуется) ~ доля, часть;
    he has a large share of self-esteem у него очень развито чувство собственного достоинства he would ~ his last penny with me он поделился бы со мной последним пенсом;
    to share a room (with smb.) жить в одной комнате (с кем-л.) home market ~ доля на внутреннем рынке initial ~ первая акция inscribed ~ именная акция investment trust ~ акция инвестиционного фонда issue a ~ выпускать акцию listed ~ акция, котирующаяся на бирже market ~ удельный вес компании в обороте рынка market ~ удельный вес товара в обороте рынка minimum ~ минимальная доля minority shareholders' ~ доля акционеров, не владеющих контрольным пакетом акций multiple voting ~ акция с несколькими голосами mutual fund ~ доля во взаимном фонде new ~ новая акция no-par value ~ акция без фиксированного номинала nominal ~ именная акция nominal ~ разрешенная к выпуску акция nominative ~ именная акция noncash ~ акция, купленная по безналичному расчету nonspecific ~ неоговоренная доля nonvoting ~ акция, не дающая владельцу право голоса oil ~ акция нефтяной компании share акция;
    пай;
    on shares на паях;
    preferred shares привилегированные акции;
    share and share alike на равных правах;
    shares! чур, поровну! ordinary ~ обыкновенная акция, акция с нефиксированным дивидендом outstanding ~ акция, выпущенная в обращение outstanding ~ неоплаченная акция parent ~ акция родительской компании participating preference ~ привилегированная акция участия partner's ~ доля пайщика partnership ~ доля в товариществе partnership ~ доля участия percentage ~ доля в процентах personal ~ личная доля preferential ~ привилегированная акция preferred ordinary ~ привилегированная обыкновенная акция share акция;
    пай;
    on shares на паях;
    preferred shares привилегированные акции;
    share and share alike на равных правах;
    shares! чур, поровну! pro rata ~ пропорциональная доля profit ~ доля прибыли proportional ~ пропорциональная доля quota ~ долевое участие railway ~ акция железнодорожной компании rateable ~ доля собственности, облагаемая налогом reacquired ~ вновь приобретенная акция redeem a ~ выкупать акцию redeemable preference ~ привилегированная акция, подлежащая выкупу redeemable ~ акция, подлежащая выкупу registered mining ~ зарегистрированная акция горнодобывающей компании registered ~ зарегистрированная акция registered ~ именная акция reinsurance ~ доля участия в перестраховании repayment ~ доля погашения retire a ~ выкупать акцию share акция;
    пай;
    on shares на паях;
    preferred shares привилегированные акции;
    share and share alike на равных правах;
    shares! чур, поровну! ~ акция ~ быть пайщиком ~ делить(ся), распределять (тж. share out) ;
    to share money among five men поделить деньги на пять человек;
    they shared the secret они были посвящены в эту тайну ~ делить ~ делиться ~ доля, часть;
    he has a large share of self-esteem у него очень развито чувство собственного достоинства ~ доля, часть ~ доля ~ доля собственности ~ доля участия ~ иметь долю ~ иметь часть ~ лемех, сошник (плуга) ~ пай, участие, доля участия ~ пай ~ разделять (мнение, вкусы и т. п.) ~ вчт. разделять ~ распределять ~ участвовать;
    быть пайщиком (тж. share in) ;
    to share profits участвовать в прибылях ~ участвовать ~ участие;
    he does more than his share of the work он делает больше, чем должен (или чем от него требуется) ~ участие ~ часть he would ~ his last penny with me он поделился бы со мной последним пенсом;
    to share a room (with smb.) жить в одной комнате (с кем-л.) share акция;
    пай;
    on shares на паях;
    preferred shares привилегированные акции;
    share and share alike на равных правах;
    shares! чур, поровну! ~ for own account относить на собственный счет ~ in cooperative доля собственности в кооперативе ~ in cooperative enterprise доля собственности в кооперативном предприятии ~ in excess of par акция стоимостью выше номинала ~ in inheritance доля в наследстве ~ in legacy доля в завещательном отказе движимости ~ in private company доля в акционерном капитале частной компании ~ in profits доля в прибылях ~ in ship доля собственности на судно ~ делить(ся), распределять (тж. share out) ;
    to share money among five men поделить деньги на пять человек;
    they shared the secret они были посвящены в эту тайну ~ of costs доля затрат ~ of dwelling доля домовладения ~ of expenses доля затрат ~ of exports доля экспорта ~ of ownership доля собственности ~ of participation доля участия ~ of payment разделение оплаты( при разделении рабочего места между двумя или более работниками) ~ of payment разделение социальных выплат (например, между государственным и благотворительными фондами) ~ of proceeds доля выручки ~ of profits доля прибыли ~ of profits часть прибыли ~ of result доля результата ~ of stock акция ~ of stock доля в акционерном капитале ~ of the market доля рынка ~ участвовать;
    быть пайщиком (тж. share in) ;
    to share profits участвовать в прибылях share акция;
    пай;
    on shares на паях;
    preferred shares привилегированные акции;
    share and share alike на равных правах;
    shares! чур, поровну! shares: shares акционерный капитал small-denomination ~ акция с низкой номинальной стоимостью subdivided ~ разделенная акция suspend a ~ приостанавливать операции с определенными акциями ~ делить(ся), распределять (тж. share out) ;
    to share money among five men поделить деньги на пять человек;
    they shared the secret они были посвящены в эту тайну tied ~ связанная акция undivided ~ право на долю vendor's ~ доля поставщика vendor's ~ пай продавца во взаимном фонде voting ~ акция, дающая владельцу право голоса wage ~ доля заработной платы( в национальном доходе)

    Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > share

  • 8 fall

    A n
    1 lit (of person, horse, rocks, curtain) chute f (from de) ; (of snow, hail) chutes fpl ; (of earth, soot) éboulement m ; (of axe, hammer, dice) coup m ; a fall of 20 metres, a 20-metre fall une chute de 20 mètres ; a heavy fall of rain une grosse averse ; to have a fall faire une chute, tomber ;
    2 (in temperature, shares, production, demand, quality, popularity) baisse f (in de) ; ( more drastic) chute f (in de) ; the pound has suffered a sharp fall/a slight fall la livre a subi une forte chute/une légère baisse ; a fall in value une dépréciation ; a fall of 10% to 125 une baisse de 10% pour arriver à 125 ;
    3 (of leader, regime, empire, fortress, town) chute f ; ( of monarchy) renversement m ; ( of seat) perte f ; the government's fall from power la chute du gouvernement ;
    4 fall from grace ou favour disgrâce f ; the Fall Relig la chute ;
    5 US ( autumn) automne m ; in the fall of 1992 à l'automne 1992 ;
    6 (in pitch, intonation) descente f ;
    7 ( in wrestling) tombé m ; ( in judo) chute f.
    B falls npl chutes fpl.
    C vi ( prét fell, pp fallen)
    1 ( come down) tomber ; falling rain la pluie qui tombe ; he was hurt by falling masonry il a été blessé par une pierre qui tombait de la façade ; to fall 10 metres tomber de 10 mètres ; five centimetres of snow fell il est tombé cinq centimètres de neige ; to fall from ou out of tomber de [boat, nest, bag, hands] ; to fall off ou from tomber de [chair, table, roof, bike, wall] ; the skirt falls in pleats from a waistband la jupe tombe en plis à partir de la ceinture ; to fall on tomber sur [person, town] ; it fell on my head cela m'est tombé sur la tête ; to fall on the floor tomber par terre ; to fall on one's back tomber sur le dos ; to fall in ou into tomber dans [bath, river, sink] ; to fall down tomber dans [hole, shaft, stairs] ; to fall under tomber sous [table] ; passer sous [bus, train] ; to fall through passer à travers [ceiling, hole] ; to fall through the air tomber dans le vide ; to fall to earth tomber sur terre ; to fall to the floor ou to the ground tomber par terre ;
    2 ( drop) [speed, volume, quality, standard, level] diminuer ; [temperature, price, inflation, wages, production, number, attendance, morale] baisser ; ( more dramatically) chuter ○, tomber ; to fall (by) baisser de [amount, percentage] ; to fall to descendre à [amount, place] ; to fall from descendre de ; to fall below zero/5% descendre au-dessous de zéro/5% ; to fall in the charts perdre des places dans le hit-parade ;
    3 ( yield position) tomber ; to fall from power tomber ; to fall to tomber aux mains de [enemy, allies] ; the seat fell to Labour le siège a été perdu au profit des travaillistes ;
    4 euph ( die) tomber ; to fall on the battlefield tomber au champ d'honneur ;
    5 fig ( descend) [darkness, night, beam, silence, gaze] tomber (on sur) ; [blame] retomber (on sur) ; [shadow] se projeter (over sur) ; suspicion fell on her husband les soupçons se sont portés sur son mari ;
    6 ( occur) [stress] tomber (on sur) ; Christmas falls on a Monday Noël tombe un lundi ; to fall into/outside a category rentrer/ne pas rentrer dans une catégorie ; to fall under the heading of… se trouver sous la rubrique de… ;
    7 ( be incumbent on) it falls to sb to do c'est à qn de faire, c'est à qn qu'il incombe de faire fml ;
    8 ( throw oneself) to fall into bed/into a chair se laisser tomber sur son lit/dans un fauteuil ; to fall to ou on one's knees tomber à genoux ; to fall at sb's feet se jeter aux pieds de qn ; to fall into sb's/each other's arms tomber dans les bras de qn/l'un de l'autre ; to fall on each other s'embrasser, tomber dans les bras l'un de l'autre ; to fall on sb's neck se jeter au cou de qn ;
    9 [ground] = fall away 2 ;
    10 Relig succomber ;
    11 GB dial ( get pregnant) tomber enceinte.
    did he fall or was he pushed? hum est-ce qu'il est parti de lui-même ou est-ce qu'on l'a forcé? ; the bigger you are ou the higher you climb, the harder you fall plus dure sera la chute ; to stand or fall on sth reposer sur qch, dépendre de qch.
    ■ fall about ○ GB to fall about (laughing ou with laughter) se tordre ○ de rire.
    1 [bike, table] être délabré ; [shoes] être usé ; [car, house, hotel] tomber en ruine ;
    2 [marriage, country] se désagréger ;
    3 ○ [person] craquer ○, perdre ses moyens.
    1 [paint, plaster] se détacher (from de) ;
    2 [ground] descendre en pente (to vers) ;
    3 [demand, support, numbers] diminuer.
    ■ fall back gen reculer ; Mil se replier (to sur).
    ▶ fall back on [sth] avoir recours à [savings, parents, old method] ; to have something to fall back on avoir quelque chose sur quoi se rabattre.
    ▶ fall behind [runner, country, student] se laisser distancer ; [work, studies] prendre du retard ; to fall behind with GB ou in US prendre du retard dans [work, project] ; être en retard pour [payments, rent, correspondence] ;
    ▶ fall behind [sth/sb] se laisser devancer par [horses, classmates, competitors].
    ■ fall down:
    1 lit [person, child, tree, poster] tomber ; [tent, wall, house, scaffolding] s'effondrer ; this whole place is falling down tout tombe en ruine ici ;
    2 GB fig [argument, comparison, plan] faiblir ; where he falls down is… là où il faiblit, c'est… ; to fall down on échouer à cause de [detail, question, obstacle] ; to fall down on a promise/on the job être incapable de tenir sa promesse/de faire le travail.
    ■ fall for:
    ▶ fall for [sth] se laisser prendre à, se faire avoir ○ par [trick, story] ;
    ▶ fall for [sb] tomber amoureux/-euse de [person].
    ■ fall in
    1 [sides, walls, roof] s'écrouler, s'effondrer ;
    2 Mil [soldier] rentrer dans les rangs ; [soldiers] former les rangs ; fall in! à vos rangs!
    ▶ fall in with [sth/sb]
    1 ( get involved with) faire la connaissance de [group] ; to fall in with a bad crowd avoir de mauvaises fréquentations ;
    2 ( go along with) se conformer à [timetable, plans, action] ;
    3 ( be consistent with) être conforme à [expectations, concerns].
    1 lit [person, leaf, hat, label] tomber ;
    2 fig [attendance, takings, sales, output] diminuer ; [enthusiasm, standard, quality] baisser ; [support, interest] retomber ; [curve on graph] décroître.
    ■ fall on:
    ▶ fall on [sth] se jeter sur [food, treasure] ;
    ▶ fall on [sb] attaquer, tomber sur [person].
    ■ fall open [book] tomber ouvert ; [robe] s'entrebâiller.
    ■ fall out:
    1 [page, contact lens] tomber ; his hair/tooth fell out il a perdu ses cheveux/une dent ;
    2 Mil [soldiers] rompre les rangs ; fall out! rompez! ;
    3 ○ ( quarrel) se brouiller, se fâcher (over à propos de) ; to fall out with sb GB ( quarrel) se brouiller or se fâcher avec qn ; US ( have fight) se disputer avec qn ; I've fallen out with him GB je suis brouillé or fâché avec lui ;
    4 GB ( turn out) se passer ; it fell out that… il s'avéra que…
    ■ fall over:
    ▶ fall over [person] tomber (par terre) ; [object] se renverser ;
    ▶ fall over [sth] trébucher sur [object] ; to fall over oneself to help sb ○ se mettre en quatre ○ pour aider qn ; people were fall ing over themselves to buy shares c'était à qui achèterait les actions.
    ■ fall through [plans, deal] échouer, tomber à l'eau ○.
    ■ fall to:
    ▶ fall to attaquer ;
    ▶ fall to doing se mettre à faire.

    Big English-French dictionary > fall

  • 9 allow

    1. I
    we'll come as soon as (when, if) circumstances allow мы придем или приедем, как только (когда, если) позволят обстоятельства
    2. III
    || allow me разрешите!; позвольте!
    3. V
    allow smb. smth.
    1) allow people time for rest (the actors an hour for dressing, the university academic freedom, the faculty the right to decide, etc.) предоставлять /давать/ людям время на отдых и т. д; allow him a free passage разрешить ему бесплатный проезд; this work allows me no free time эта работа совсем не оставляет мне свободного времени; allow smb. money (the children money for school-books, his son Ј 10 a month, etc.) давать /выделять/ кому-л. деньги и т. д., how much money do they allow you for books? сколько вам отпускают /ассигнуют/ денег на книги?; allow the man 5 per cent interest обеспечить кому-л. получение 5 % [от прибыли]; she allowed her imagination full play она дала волю своему воображению
    2) allow the invalid a walk (the man some wine, etc.) разрешать больному прогулку и т. д.
    4. VII
    allow smb. to do smth. allow your friends to help (his neighbour to use his pen, the child to behave like that, your daughter to stay a little longer, him to introduce his friend, oneself to be deceived, oneself to get lazy, etc.) разрешить /позволить/ своим друзьям оказать помощь и т. д.; I can't allow you to speak to him я не могу допустить, чтобы вы с ним говорили; allow me to carry your bag можно я понесу ваш чемодан?; allow smth. to do smth. allow such things to happen допускать /позволить/, чтобы происходили такие вещи; don't allow the door to stand open требуйте, чтобы закрывали дверь
    5. XI
    be allowed usually in the negative smoking (shooting, whistling, etc.) is not allowed [here] [здесь] курить и т. д. воспрещается /не разрешается/; по smoking (no shooting, no whistling, etc.) is allowed [here] не курить и т. д., здесь не курят и т. д.; no dogs are allowed с собаками вход воспрещен; be allowed smth. he will not be allowed this opportunity ему не предоставят такую возможность; I am not allowed smoking (long walks, late hours, etc.) мне запрещено /запрещается/ курить и т. д.; be allowed in some place hunting was never allowed in this part в этих местах никогда не разрешалось охотиться /охота была всегда запрещена/; passengers are not allowed on the bridge пассажирам вход на мистик воспрещен /воспрещается/; be allowed at some time dancing (singing, whistling, etc.) is not allowed after midnight (late at night, etc.) после двенадцати ночи и т. д. танцевать и т. д. не разрешается; talking is not allowed during meals во время еды разговаривать не следует; be allowed to smb. admission is seldom allowed to outsiders посторонних [сюда] обычно не (допускают; be allowed by smb., smth. parking berg is not allowed by authorities стоянка автомашин здесь запрещена дорожной инспекцией; bathing is not allowed by authorities купаться здесь запрещено; this is allowed by the law это разрешается законом; be allowed to do smth. be allowed to mention the fact (to stay up late, to come here, etc.) иметь разрешение упоминать об этом и т. д., I am allowed to go out when I like мне разрешают выходить, когда я захочу; they were not allowed to talk during meals им не разрешали /запрещали, запрещалось/ разговаривать за едой /во время еды/; can I be allowed to go swimming? можно мне пойти купаться?
    6. XVI
    1) allow for smth. allow for delays (for the wind, for shrinkage, for future development, for heat expansion, for readjustments, for accidents, etc.) допускать /предусматривать, учитывать/ опоздание и т. д.; they must allow for human weakness должны же они делать скидку на человеческую слабость; you should allow for travelling expenses вы должны /вам следует/ учесть /предусмотреть/ дорожные расходы; you must allow for his illness вы должны принять во внимание его болезнь
    2) allow of smth. book. allow of some alteration (of a new interpretation, of no reply, etc.) разрешать /допускать/ изменения и т. д.; this information does not allow of such treatment эта информация не поддается такой обработке, эту информацию нельзя обрабатывать таким образом; the matter allows of no delay дело не терпит отлагательства; such conduct allows of no excuse такое поведение не имеет /такому поведению нет/ оправдания
    7. XVII
    1) allow for doing smth. allow for his being ill (for her coming late, for their being unable to come, etc.) учитывать /допускать/, что он может заболеть и т. д.; in making the dress long she allowed for it (s) shrinking она сделала длинное платье, учитывая, что оно может сесть
    2) allow of doing smth. allow of experimenting (of interpreting the facts differently, etc.) разрешить /допускать/ эксперимент /экспериментирование/ и т. д.; this approach (this statement, etc.) allows of interpreting the facts in two different ways этот подход и т. д. позволяет толковать факты двойка /допускает двоякое толкование фактов/; his data does not allow of doubting his conclusions приведенные им факты не допускают сомнений в достоверности /обеспечивают достоверность/ его выводов
    8. XXI1
    1) allow smth. for smth. allow a short interval for rest (a week for this paper, etc.) предоставлять /давать/ короткий перерыв для отдыха и т. д.; when you sell eggs they allow you a certain percentage for breakage при продаже яиц допускается /предусматривается/ определенный процент боя; he allowed a month for proof-reading он оставил /отвел/ месяц на чтение корректуры; they allow quite a large sum of money for books они дают /выделяют/ восьми значительную сумму денег на книги
    2) allow smth. on (to, etc.) smth. allow (no) discussion on the question (не) разрешать обсуждение вопроса; they will not allow access to the garden они не будут пускать в сад
    9. XXV
    allow that... allow that he is right (that she was a bit hasty, etc.) признавать, что он прав и т. д.; allow that she misunderstood me допускать, что она меня неправильно поняла; I allow that I was wrong признаюсь, что я был неправ

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