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1 thousand

1. plurals - thousand, thousands; noun
1) (the number 1,000: one thousand; two thousand; several thousand.) mil

2) (the figure 1,000.) (número) mil

3) (a thousand pounds or dollars: This cost us several thousand(s).) mil/miles (en |plural|)

2. adjective
(1,000 in number: a few thousand people; I have a couple of thousand pounds.) mil

- thousand-
- thousandth
- thousands of

thousand num mil

there were thousands of people there había miles de personas

thousand

tr['ɵaʊzənd]

noun

1 mil nombre masculino

■ there were thousands of people había miles de personas

adjective

1 mil

■ it costs a thousand euros cuesta mil euros

thousand ['ɵaʊzənd] adj

: mil

thousand n, pl - sands or - sand : mil m

thousand

adj.

• mil adj.

n.

• mil s.m.

• millar s.m.

'θaʊzṇd
noun mil m

a thousand thanks — mil gracias, un millón de gracias; see also hundred

['θaʊzǝnd]
1.

ADJ, PRON mil

2.

N (=numeral) mil m

a thousand, one thousand — mil

two/five thousand — dos/cinco mil

a thousand and one/two — mil uno/dos

I've got a thousand and one things to do — tengo la mar de cosas que hacer *

they sell them by the thousand — los venden a millares

in their thousands — a millares

thousands of... — miles de...

I've told you a thousand times or thousands of times — te lo he dicho mil veces

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['θaʊzṇd]
noun mil m

a thousand thanks — mil gracias, un millón de gracias; see also hundred

English-spanish dictionary > thousand
2 thousand

1. adjective
1) tausend

a or one thousand — eintausend

two/several thousand — zweitausend/mehrere tausend

one and a half thousand — [ein]tausendfünfhundert

a or one thousand and one — [ein]tausend[und]eins

a or one thousand and one people — [ein]tausendundeine Person

2)

a thousand [and one] — (fig.): (innumerable) tausend (ugs.)

a thousand thanks — tausend Dank. See also academic.ru/23561/eight">eight 1.
2. noun
1) (number) tausend

a or one/two thousand — ein-/zweitausend

a thousand and one — [ein]tausend[und]eins

a thousand-to-one chance — eine Chance von tausend zu eins

2) (symbol, written figure) Tausend, die; (in adding numbers by columns) Tausender, der (Math.); (set or group) Tausend, das

3) (indefinite amount) thousands Tausende. See also eight 2. 1)

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1. plurals - thousand, thousands; noun
1) (the number 1,000: one thousand; two thousand; several thousand.) das Tausend

2) (the figure 1,000.) die Tausend

3) (a thousand pounds or dollars: This cost us several thousand(s).) Tausende(pl.)
2. adjective
(1,000 in number: a few thousand people; I have a couple of thousand pounds.) tausend

- thousand-
- thousandth
- thousands of
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thou·sand

[ˈθaʊz^ənd]

I. n

1. no pl (number) Tausend f, Tausender m SCHWEIZ

page/number one \thousand Seite/Nummer [ein]tausend

one \thousand/two \thousand [ein]tausend/zweitausend

as a father, he's one in a \thousand er ist ein fantastischer Vater

2. no pl (year)

two \thousand and one [das Jahr] zweitausend und eins

3. no pl (quantity)

a \thousand pounds [ein]tausend Pfund

4. pl (lots)

▪ \thousands Tausende pl

a crowd of \thousands watched the procession mehrere tausend Menschen kamen zu der Prozession

II. adj det, attr, inv (numbering 1000) tausend

I've said it a \thousand times ich habe es jetzt unzählige Male gesagt

not [or never] in a \thousand years nie im Leben

▶ the sixty-four \thousand dollar question die [alles] entscheidende Frage

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['TaUzənd]
1. adj
tausend
a thousand — (ein)tausend

two thousand — zweitausend

a thousand times — tausendmal

a thousand and one/two — tausend(und)eins/-zwei

I have a thousand and one ( different) things to do (inf) —

Thousand Island dressing — Thousand-Islands-Dressing nt

2. n
Tausend nt
the thousands (Math) — die Tausender

there were thousands of people present the year three thousand — es waren Tausende or tausende (von Menschen) anwesend das Jahr dreitausend

people arrived in their thousands — die Menschen kamen zu tausenden or Tausenden

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thousand [ˈθaʊznd]

A adj

1. tausend:

a (one) thousand (ein)tausend;

The Thousand and One Nights Tausendundeine Nacht

2. auch thousand and one fig tausend, unzählige, zahllose:

a thousand apologies;

die a thousand deaths

a) vor Scham fast in den Boden sinken,

b) tausend Ängste ausstehen;

a thousand thanks tausend Dank; → pity A 2

B s

1. Tausend n (Einheit):

thousands Tausende;

many thousands of times vieltausendmal;

they came in their thousands ( oder by the thousand) sie kamen zu Tausenden;

one in a thousand ein(er, e, es) unter tausend

2. Tausend f (Zahl)

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1. adjective
1) tausend

a or one thousand — eintausend

two/several thousand — zweitausend/mehrere tausend

one and a half thousand — [ein]tausendfünfhundert

a or one thousand and one — [ein]tausend[und]eins

a or one thousand and one people — [ein]tausendundeine Person

2)

a thousand [and one] — (fig.): (innumerable) tausend (ugs.)

a thousand thanks — tausend Dank. See also eight 1.
2. noun
1) (number) tausend

a or one/two thousand — ein-/zweitausend

a thousand and one — [ein]tausend[und]eins

a thousand-to-one chance — eine Chance von tausend zu eins

2) (symbol, written figure) Tausend, die; (in adding numbers by columns) Tausender, der (Math.); (set or group) Tausend, das

3) (indefinite amount) thousands Tausende. See also eight 2. 1)

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adj.

tausend adj.

English-german dictionary > thousand
3 thousand

thousand ['θaʊzənd]

1 adjective

mille;

∎ a thousand years mille ans, un millénaire;

∎ five thousand people cinq mille personnes;

∎ I've already told you a thousand times je te l'ai déjà dit mille fois;

∎ I've got a thousand and one things to ask you/to do j'ai mille choses à vous demander/à faire

2 noun

mille m inv;

∎ in the year two thousand en l'an deux mille;

∎ there were thousands of people il y avait des milliers de personnes;

∎ how many people were there? - about a thousand combien de gens étaient là? - un millier;

∎ she's one in a thousand c'est la femme entre mille

►► Thousand Island dressing = sauce à base de mayonnaise, de ketchup et de cornichons hachés

✾ Book 'The Thousand and One Nights' 'Les Mille et une nuits'

Un panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > thousand
4 upon

1) (to meet by accident: I chanced on a friend of yours.) encontrarse por casualidad

2) (to discover by accident: I chanced upon some information.) tropezarse con

upon prep sobre / encima de

Es lo mismo que on

upon

tr[ə'pɒn]

preposition

1 formal use en, sobre Table 1SMALLNOTA/SMALL See also on/Table 1

upon [ə'pɔn, ə'pɑn] prep

: en, sobre

upon the desk: sobre el escritorio

upon leaving: al salir

questions upon questions: pregunta tras pregunta

upon

prep.

• contra prep.

• en prep.

• encima de prep.

• hacia prep.

• sobre prep.

• tras prep.

ə'pɑːn, ə'pɒn
preposition (frml)

a) (on)

she placed the cards upon the table — puso las cartas sobre la mesa

upon their arrival, they were shown to their room — a su llegada, se los condujo a su habitación

there are trains upon the hour, every hour — hay un tren por hora, a la hora en punto

upon -ing — al + inf

upon entering the room — al entrar a la habitación

b) ( indicating imminent or unexpected arrival)

to be upon somebody: the enemy was upon us teníamos al enemigo encima; winter is already upon us — ya estamos prácticamente en invierno

c) ( indicating large numbers)

thousands upon thousands — miles y miles

[ǝ'pɒn]
PREP
1) (with place, position) sobre

he placed the tray upon the table — puso la bandeja sobre la mesa

I saw pictures of him walking upon the moon — vi fotos de él caminando sobre la luna

he had a suspicious look upon his face — en su rostro había una mirada sospechosa

he recalled the attacks upon him — recordó los ataques que recibió

upon my word! — † ¡caramba!

2) (with time)

he emigrated upon the death of his son — emigró tras la muerte de su hijo

upon hearing this she wept — al oír esto, lloró

upon entering the church, take the door on the left — al entrar en la iglesia, siga por la puerta de la izquierda

Christmas is almost upon us again — las Navidades ya están otra vez encima

3) (with large numbers)

row upon row of women surged forwards — hilera tras hilera de mujeres iban avanzando

thousands upon thousands of people were arriving — iban llegando miles y miles de personas
on, once 1., 2)
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[ə'pɑːn, ə'pɒn]
preposition (frml)

a) (on)

she placed the cards upon the table — puso las cartas sobre la mesa

upon their arrival, they were shown to their room — a su llegada, se los condujo a su habitación

there are trains upon the hour, every hour — hay un tren por hora, a la hora en punto

upon -ing — al + inf

upon entering the room — al entrar a la habitación

b) ( indicating imminent or unexpected arrival)

to be upon somebody: the enemy was upon us teníamos al enemigo encima; winter is already upon us — ya estamos prácticamente en invierno

c) ( indicating large numbers)

thousands upon thousands — miles y miles

English-spanish dictionary > upon
5 thousand

1. [ʹθaʋz(ə)nd] n
1) (число) тысяча, одна тысяча

a thousand of people - тысяча людей

a thousand of his soldiers - тысяча его солдат

there were a thousand of them - их было тысяча (человек)

they amounted to some thousands - их насчитывалось до нескольких тысяч

one in a thousand - один на тысячу [ср. тж. ♢ ]

2) обыкн. pl тысячи, множество

thousands of people - тысячи /толпы/ людей

thousands upon thousands - тысячи и тысячи, бесчисленное множество

in thousands of varieties - в тысячах разновидностей /вариантов/

to die [to come] in thousands - умирать [приезжать] тысячами

♢ one in /among/ a thousand - один из немногих, исключительный [ср. тж. 1)]
2. [ʹθaʋz(ə)nd] num
1) (число) тысяча

two thousand houses - две тысячи домов

a thousand million - тысяча миллионов, миллиард

several thousand inhabitants - несколько тысяч жителей

two hundred thousand books - двести тысяч книг

to pay five thousand pounds for the picture - заплатить пять тысяч фунтов за картину

2) (номер) тысяча, (номер) тысячный

page thousand - тысячная страница

Room one thousand and ten - комната (номер) (одна) тысяча десять

3) тысяча лет, тысячелетие

the year four thousand B.C. - четыре тысячи лет до нашей эры

4) тысяча фунтов стерлингов

a man of twenty thousand a year - человек с доходом в двадцать тысяч фунтов стерлингов в год

5) уст. эллипт. тысяча каких-л. единиц (веса, длины и т. п.)

|| a thousand and one, a thousand and two, etc - тысяча один, тысяча два и т. д.

four thousand one hundred and one [two, etc] - четыре тысячи сто один [два и т. д.]

the thousand-one-hundred-and-first, the thousand-one-hundred-and-second, etc - тысяча сто первый, тысяча сто второй и т. д.

♢ (a) thousand and one - множество

I have a thousand and one things to ask you - у меня к вам уйма вопросов /тысяча и один вопрос/

the thousand and one small worries of life - тысячи мелких жизненных забот; ≅ суета сует

he made a thousand and one excuses - он тысячу раз извинялся

a thousand thanks - премного благодарен

a thousand apologies - тысячу извинений

no, a thousand times no! - нет и нет!, тысячу раз нет!

the upper ten thousand см. upper II ♢

НБАРС > thousand
6 crowd

1. noun
1) (a number of persons or things gathered together: A crowd of people gathered in the street.) multitud, muchedumbre

2) (a group of friends, usually known to one another: John's friends are a nice crowd.) grupo, peña

2. verb
1) (to gather in a large group: They crowded round the injured motorcyclist.) agolparse, congregarse, reunirse

2) (to fill too full by coming together in: Sightseers crowded the building.) abarrotar, atestar, llenar hasta los topes

•

- crowded

crowd¹ n muchedumbre / multitud

a huge crowd of people filled the streets una enorme multitud de gente llenaba las calles

crowd² vb apiñarse

fans crowded round the star los fans se apiñaban alrededor de la estrella

crowd

tr[kraʊd]

noun

1 (large number of people) multitud nombre femenino, muchedumbre nombre femenino, gentío; (at match, concert, etc) público

■ a crowd gathered se formó una muchedumbre

■ the local derby drew a large crowd el derby atrajo mucho público

■ there were crowds of people había muchísima gente

2 (particular group) gente nombre femenino; (clique) pandilla, grupo

transitive verb

1 (fill) llenar, atestar, abarrotar; (cram) meter, apiñar

2 familiar (push, put pressure on) acosar, hostigar

intransitive verb

1 apiñarse, aglomerarse, agolparse

■ people crowded round her la gente se aglomeraba a su alrededor

\

SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

to follow the crowd / move with the crowd seguir a la mayoría, dejarse llevar por la corriente

crowd control control nombre masculino de multitudes

crowd scene SMALLCINEMA/SMALL escena de masas

crowd ['kraʊd] vi

: aglomerarse, amontonarse

crowd vt

: atestar, atiborrar, llenar

crowd n

: multitud f, muchedumbre f, gentío m

crowd

n.

• agolpamiento s.m.

• apiñadura s.f.

• bulla s.f.

• caterva s.f.

• cofradía s.f.

• enjambre s.m.

• gentío s.m.

• manada s.f.

• montón s.m.

• muchedumbre s.f.

• multitud s.f.

• tropa s.f.

• turba s.f.

v.

• apañuscar v.

• apiñar v.

• apretujar v.

• atestar v.

kraʊd
I

noun

a) ( gathering of people) muchedumbre f, multitud f, gentío m

the game attracted a good crowd — el partido atrajo mucho público

there was quite a crowd — había mucha gente

crowds of shoppers — multitud de clientes

b) (masses, average folk) (pej)

to go with o follow the crowd — seguir* (a) la manada, dejarse arrastrar or llevar por la corriente

to stand out from/rise above the crowd — destacar(se)*

c) (group, set) (colloq)

they are a nice crowd — son gente simpática

I thought she was one of Jane's crowd — creí que era de la pandilla or del grupo de Jane

d) ( large number) (colloq) (no pl) montón m

II
1.

intransitive verb aglomerarse

they crowded around him — se aglomeraron a su alrededor

they crowded into the hall — entraron en tropel a la sala

2.

vt \<\<people\>\> \<\<hall/entrance\>\> llenar, abarrotar

don't try to crowd everything onto one page — no trates de meter todo en una página; see also crowded

[kraʊd]
1. N

1) (=mass of people) multitud f, muchedumbre f

he disappeared into the crowd — desapareció entre la multitud or la muchedumbre or el gentío

she lost him in the crowd — lo perdió de vista entre la multitud or la muchedumbre or el gentío

crowds of people — una multitud de gente

there was quite a crowd — había bastante gente

they always go round in a crowd — siempre salen en grupo

accidents always draw a crowd — los accidentes siempre atraen a un gentío

she's the sort of person who stands out in a crowd — es la típica persona que (se) destaca en un grupo de gente

2) (=spectators) público m, espectadores mpl

a crowd of 10,000 watched the parade — 10.000 espectadores presenciaron el desfile

the away/home crowd — (Ftbl) los seguidores del equipo visitante/de casa

the match drew a big crowd — el partido atrajo mucho público

he certainly draws the crowds — [performer] no cabe duda de que atrae mucho público

3) * (=social group) gente f

I don't like that crowd at all — esa gente no me gusta nada

she got in with a nice crowd at work — se juntó con (una) gente maja en el trabajo

all the old crowd have come out for the occasion — la antigua pandilla ha salido para celebrar la ocasión

4) (=common people)

the crowd: she's just one of the crowd — es del montón

to follow the crowd — (fig) dejarse llevar por los demás or por la corriente

he likes to stand out from the crowd — le gusta distinguirse de los demás

2. VT

1) (=fill) [+ place] atestar, llenar

demonstrators crowded the streets — los manifestantes atestaron or llenaron las calles

new buildings crowd the narrow lanes of the old town — los nuevos edificios se apiñan en los estrechos callejones del casco viejo

the thoughts that crowded her mind — los pensamientos que le inundaban la mente

2) (=squeeze, force) apiñar

they crowded the prisoners into trucks — apiñaron a los prisioneros en unos camiones

3) (=press against) empujar

they crowded me against the wall — me empujaron contra la pared

4) (fig) (=harass) agobiar

I do things at my own pace, so don't crowd me — deja de agobiarme, me gusta trabajar a mi ritmo

3.

VI (=gather together) apiñarse

they crowded at the window to see him — se apiñaron en la ventana para verlo

to crowd in — entrar en tropel

memories crowded in on me — me inundó una ola de recuerdos

dense vegetation crowded in on both sides of the road — la vegetación crecía espesa a ambos lados de la carretera

I feel as if everything's crowding in on me — me siento desbordado por todo

we all crowded into her little flat — todos nos metimos en su pisito, abarrotándolo de gente

thousands of people have crowded into the capital — miles de personas han llegado en tropel a la capital

to crowd around or round sth/sb — apiñarse alrededor de algo/algn

4.

CPD

crowd control N — control m de masas

crowd scene N — (Cine, Theat) escena f masiva or multitudinaria

- crowd out

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[kraʊd]
I

noun

a) ( gathering of people) muchedumbre f, multitud f, gentío m

the game attracted a good crowd — el partido atrajo mucho público

there was quite a crowd — había mucha gente

crowds of shoppers — multitud de clientes

b) (masses, average folk) (pej)

to go with o follow the crowd — seguir* (a) la manada, dejarse arrastrar or llevar por la corriente

to stand out from/rise above the crowd — destacar(se)*

c) (group, set) (colloq)

they are a nice crowd — son gente simpática

I thought she was one of Jane's crowd — creí que era de la pandilla or del grupo de Jane

d) ( large number) (colloq) (no pl) montón m

II
1.

intransitive verb aglomerarse

they crowded around him — se aglomeraron a su alrededor

they crowded into the hall — entraron en tropel a la sala

2.

vt \<\<people\>\> \<\<hall/entrance\>\> llenar, abarrotar

don't try to crowd everything onto one page — no trates de meter todo en una página; see also crowded

English-spanish dictionary > crowd
7 thousand

1. n тысяча, одна тысяча

a thousand of people — тысяча людей

a thousand of his soldiers — тысяча его солдат

there were a thousand of them — их было тысяча

thousand watt — мощностью тысяча ватт

a thousand head of cattle — тысяча голов скота

a thousand million — тысяча миллионов, миллиард

several thousand inhabitants — несколько тысяч жителей

ten thousand cattle — десять тысяч голов рогатого скота

2. n обыкн. тысячи, множество

thousands of people — тысячи людей

thousands upon thousands — тысячи и тысячи, бесчисленное множество

some thousand — около тысячи

a man of a thousand — один из тысячи

two thousand houses — две тысячи домов

a run of three thousand — тираж в три тысячи

to lose a cool thousand — потерять целую тысячу

3. num тысяча, тысячный

page thousand — тысячная страница

to increase to fifty thousand — возрасти до пятидесяти тысяч

4. num тысяча лет, тысячелетие

the year four thousand — четыре тысячи лет до нашей эры

a hall seated to hold a thousand — в зале тысяча сидячих мест

5. num тысяча фунтов стерлингов

a man of twenty thousand a year — человек с доходом в двадцать тысяч фунтов стерлингов в год

four thousand one hundred and one — четыре тысячи сто один

I have a thousand and one things to ask you — у меня к вам уйма вопросов

the thousand and one small worries of life — тысячи мелких жизненных забот;

he made a thousand and one excuses — он тысячу раз извинялся

a thousand thanks — премного благодарен

a thousand apologies — тысячу извинений

he was pulling down ten thousand a year — он огребал десять тысяч в год

Синонимический ряд:

scads (noun) gobs; heap; heaps; jillion; jillions; load; loads; million; millions; oodles; quantities; reams; scads; slather; slathers; slew; thousands; trillion; trillions; wad; wads

English-Russian base dictionary > thousand
8 but

[bʌt]
cj

1) но, а, однако, тем не менее, хотя, несмотря на, зато

I was not there but my brother was. — Я не был там, но мой брат был.

They returned tired, but happy. — Они вернулись усталые, но счастливые.

That is the rule, but there are many exceptions. — Это правило, но есть много исключений.

It had been raining hard all morning but thousands of people turned up to watch the procession. — Хотя все утро шел сильный дождь, тысячи людей пришли посмотреть процессию.

- not he, but his brother

2) кроме, за исключением, кроме того

- all but one
- last but one
- next but one
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(1.) Союз but вводит противоречащие или ограничивающие друг друга слова и предложения: Not he but his brother. Не он, а его брат. She felt tired but happy. Она чувствовала себя усталой, но счастливой. My room is small, but it is comfortable. Моя комната невелика, но уютна/ удобна. There was nothing else for us to do but obey. Нам не оставалось ничего другого, как подчиниться. В начале предложения but часто указывает на переход к другой теме разговора: But non to the main question. Ну, а теперь перейдем к основному вопросу. (2.) Личные местоимения, следующие за but 2. употребляются в форме объектного падежа: Who would do a thing like that? Nobody but her (him, me). Кто может такое сделать? Никто, кроме нее (Только она одна). Глагол, следующий за but 2. используется в форме инфинитива, частица to может быть опущена: I couldn't do anything but just sit here and hope. Мне ничего не оставалось делать, кроме как сидеть и надеяться. (3.) Придаточное предложение или отдельные слова и словосочетания, вводимые but после отрицаний, используются для того, чтобы подчеркнуть, что справедлива именно вторая часть высказывания (введенная but): They purpose of the scheme is not to help the employers but to provide work for young people. Цель этого проекта не помочь предпринимателям, а предоставить работу (создать рабочие места) молодежи (для молодежи). There is no doubt but that he is guilty. Нет сомнений в том, что он виновен. (4.) But 2. используется только после слов all - все, every one - каждый, any - любой, no - не и их производных, а так же в вопросах, начинающихся с what, who и where: We are all here but Mary. Мы все здесь, за исключением Мэри. Every one knows the answer but me. Ответ знали все, кроме меня. Who but John would say that? Кто кроме Джона скажет так (это)? (5.) Значение противопоставления, контраста, ограничения может быть передано, кроме but, рядом других близкозначных слов и словосочетаний, таких, как yet - и все же, тем не менее: She drove very fast to the airport, yet she missed the plane. Она ехала в аэропорт очень быстро, тем не менее на самолет она опоздала; although/even though - хотя: Although/even thought my room is very small, it is very comfortable. Хотя комната у меня маленькая, она очень уютна/удобна; in spite of the fact that/despite the fact that - несмотря на то, что: In spite of the fact that my room is very small, it is very comfortable. Несмотря на то, что комната у меня маленькая, она очень удобна; however - однако: My room is small, however it is very comfortable. Моя комната невелика, однако она очень удобна; except a, после слов not и always - excepting - кроме, за исключением: The window is never opened except in summer. Это окно никогда не открывается, кроме как летом (Это окно открывается только летом). They were all saved except the captain. Спасли всех, кроме капитана. They were all saved not excepting the captain. Спасли всех, в том числе и капитана. Except - наиболее близкое по значению к but, несколько более официально, но по сравнению с but не ограничено в своем употреблении характером сочетающихся с ним слов: not only but also - не только… но и: He was not only foolish but also stubborn; however - однако. (6.) Когда but и yet соединяют два предложения, то эти предложения отделяются запятой (,): My room is very small, but it is comfortable. (7.) Когда however, even so соединяют два предложения, то они отделяются точкой с запятой (;), а слова however, even so отделяются запятой (,): I agree with you; however, we cannot accept your plan. (8.) Часть предложения, вводимая although/even though, in spite of the fact that/despite the fact that, может стоять в начале или конце предложения. Если эта часть предложения стоит в начале, перед главным предложением, то оно отделяется от него запятой (,): Although my room was small, it was very comfortable. Если же такое придаточное стоит после главного, то запятая не ставится: My room is very comfortable although it is small. (9.) Сочетание can't/could not but do smth соответствует русскому не мог не: I could not but admire her. Я не мог ею не восхищаться. (10.). Сочетание next but one значит - через один (одну): Your stop is next but one. Вам выходить через одну остановку. Сочетание last but one значит - предпоследний: He was last but one in the race. В гонках он оказался (пришел) предпоследним

English-Russian combinatory dictionary > but
9 jam

‹æm
I noun
(a thick sticky substance made of fruit etc preserved by being boiled with sugar: raspberry jam; (also adjective) a jam sandwich.) mermelada, confitura

- jammy

II
1. past tense, past participle - jammed; verb
1) (to crowd full: The gateway was jammed with angry people.) abarrotar

2) (to squeeze, press or wedge tightly or firmly: He jammed his foot in the doorway.) embutir, meter a la fuerza

3) (to stick and (cause to) be unable to move: The door / steering-wheel has jammed.) atrancarse

4) ((of a radio station) to cause interference with (another radio station's broadcast) by sending out signals on a similar wavelength.) bloquear

2. noun
1) (a crowding together of vehicles, people etc so that movement is difficult or impossible: traffic-jams.) atasco, embotellamiento

2) (a difficult situation: I'm in a bit of a jam - I haven't got enough money to pay for this meal.) apuro, aprieto

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- jam on

jam¹ n

1. mermelada

strawberry jam mermelada de fresa

Recuerda que la mermelada de cítricos no se llama jam sino marmalade

orange marmalade mermelada de naranja

2. atasco

a traffic jam un embotellamiento

jam² vb

1. meter

she jammed her things into a bag metió sus cosas en una bolsa

2. atascarse / atrancarse / bloquearse

the door is jammed, I can't open it se ha atrancado la puerta y no puedo abrirla

the lever jammed and I couldn't move it la palanca se bloqueó y no pude moverla

El pasado y participio pasado de jam se escribe jammed; el gerundio se escribe jamming

jam

tr[ʤæm]

noun

1 (tight spot) aprieto, apuro

transitive verb

1 (fill) abarrotar, atestar

■ thousands of people jammed the streets miles de personas abarrotaban las calles

2 (cram) embutir, meter a la fuerza

■ she jammed all her things into the bag embutió todas sus cosas en la bolsa

3 SMALLRADIO/SMALL interferir

■ the rebels jammed government radio broadcasts los rebeldes interfirieron las emisiones de radio del gobierno

4 (block) bloquear

■ the switchboard was jammed with calls of complaint las llamadas de protesta bloquearon la centralita

intransitive verb

1 (stick) atrancarse

■ the door is jammed, I can't open it la puerta se ha atrancado, no puedo abrirla

2 (machine parts) atascarse, agarrotarse

■ the lock has jammed, it won't open se ha atascado la cerradura, no abre

3 SMALLMUSIC/SMALL tocar en una sesión improvisada de jazz o rock

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

to get into a jam meterse en un apuro

to jam the brakes on pegar un frenazo, frenar de golpe

jam session sesión improvisada de jazz o rock

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jam

tr[ʤæm]

noun

1 mermelada, confitura

2 familiar (luck) churra

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

jam jar bote nombre masculino de mermelada

jam ['ʤæm] v, jammed ; jamming vt

1) cram: apiñar, embutir

2) block: atascar, atorar

3)

to jam on the brakes : frenar en seco

jam vi

stick: atascarse, atrancarse

jam n

1) or traffic jam : atasco m, embotellamiento m (de tráfico)

2) predicament: lío m, aprieto m, apuro m

3) : mermelada f

strawberry jam: mermelada de fresa

jam (Made from fruit)

n.

• mermelada (de naranja) s.f.

n.

• agolpamiento s.m.

• atasco s.m.

• brete s.m.

• compota s.f.

• confitura s.f.

• conserva s.f.

• estrujón s.m.

• lío s.m.

• pellejería s.f.

• reventón s.m.

v.

• apañuscar v.

• apiñar v.

• apretar v.

• atascar v.

• atorar v.

• entorpecer v.

• machacar v.

dʒæm
I

noun

1) u c ( Culin) mermelada f, dulce m (RPl)

2) c ( difficult situation) (colloq) aprieto m

to be in a jam — estar* en un aprieto or en apuros

to get into a jam — meterse en un lío (fam)

3) c ( traffic jam) atasco m, embotellamiento m

II
1.

- mm- transitive verb

1)

a) ( cram)

to jam something INTO something — meter algo en algo

b) (congest, block) \<\<road\>\> atestar

the switchboard was jammed with calls — la centralita estaba saturada de llamadas

2) ( wedge firmly)

he jammed his foot in the door — metió el pie entre la puerta y el marco

the car was jammed in between two trucks — el coche estaba atascado entre dos camiones

3) ( Rad) interferir*

2.

vi \<\<brakes\>\> bloquearse; \<\<machine\>\> trancarse*; \<\<switch/lock\>\> trabarse, trancarse*; \<\<gun\>\> encasquillarse

Phrasal Verbs:

- jam on

I [dʒæm] (Brit)
1. N

1) (=food) mermelada f

strawberry jam — mermelada f de fresas

you want jam on it! * — (fig) ¡y un jamón!

- the jam is spread very thin

2) * (=luck) chorra * f

look at that for jam! — ¡qué chorra tiene el tío! *

2.

VT hacer mermelada de

3.

CPD

jam jar N — (Brit) tarro m de mermelada, pote m de mermelada

jam pot N (Brit) — = jam jar

jam roll N — (Brit) brazo m de gitano con mermelada

jam tart N — tarta f de mermelada

II [dʒæm]
1. N

1) [of people] aglomeración f

you never saw such a jam! — ¡había que ver cómo se agolpaba la gente!

there was a jam in the doorway — había una aglomeración de gente en la puerta, se había agolpado la gente en la puerta

2) (=traffic jam) embotellamiento m, atasco m

a 5km jam of cars — una caravana or un atasco de coches de 5km

there are always jams here — aquí siempre se atasca el tráfico, aquí siempre hay atascos

3) (=obstruction) atasco m

there's a jam in the pipe — se ha atascado or está atascada la cañería

4) (fig) * (=difficulty) apuro m, aprieto m

to be in a jam — estar en un aprieto, estar en apuros

to get into a jam — meterse en un aprieto, meterse en apuros

to get sb out of a jam — sacar a algn del apuro

2. VT

1) (=block) [+ mechanism, drawer, pipe] atascar; [+ wheel] trabar; [+ exit, road] cerrar, obstruir

it's got jammed — se ha atascado, no se puede mover/quitar/retirar etc

2) (=cram) [+ passage, exit] atestar, abarrotar; [+ container] atestar, llenar

people jammed the exits — la gente se agolpaba en las salidas

• I jammed my finger in the door — me pillé el dedo con la puerta

• to jam sth into a box — meter algo a la fuerza en una caja

• we were all jammed together — estábamos todos apiñados

• the room was jammed with people — el cuarto estaba atestado de gente

streets jammed with cars — calles atestadas de coches

3) (Telec, Rad) interferir

3. VI

1) [mechanism, drawer, pipe] atascarse, atorarse (LAm); [nut, part, wheel] atascarse, atrancarse; [gun] encasquillarse

this part has jammed — esta pieza se ha atascado, no se puede mover esta pieza

the drawer had jammed (shut/open) — el cajón no se podía abrir/cerrar

2) (Mus) * improvisar

4.

CPD

jam session N — jam session f (actuación improvisada de jazz, rock etc)

- jam in

- jam on

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[dʒæm]
I

noun

1) u c ( Culin) mermelada f, dulce m (RPl)

2) c ( difficult situation) (colloq) aprieto m

to be in a jam — estar* en un aprieto or en apuros

to get into a jam — meterse en un lío (fam)

3) c ( traffic jam) atasco m, embotellamiento m

II
1.

- mm- transitive verb

1)

a) ( cram)

to jam something INTO something — meter algo en algo

b) (congest, block) \<\<road\>\> atestar

the switchboard was jammed with calls — la centralita estaba saturada de llamadas

2) ( wedge firmly)

he jammed his foot in the door — metió el pie entre la puerta y el marco

the car was jammed in between two trucks — el coche estaba atascado entre dos camiones

3) ( Rad) interferir*

2.

vi \<\<brakes\>\> bloquearse; \<\<machine\>\> trancarse*; \<\<switch/lock\>\> trabarse, trancarse*; \<\<gun\>\> encasquillarse

Phrasal Verbs:

- jam on

English-spanish dictionary > jam
10 tight

1. adjective
1) (fitting very or too closely: I couldn't open the box because the lid was too tight; My trousers are too tight.) apretado; estrecho

2) (stretched to a great extent; not loose: He made sure that the ropes were tight.) apretado

3) ((of control etc) strict and very careful: She keeps (a) tight control over her emotions.) riguroso, estricto

4) (not allowing much time: We hope to finish this next week but the schedule's a bit tight.) apretado

2. adverb
((also tightly) closely; with no extra room or space: The bags were packed tight / tightly packed.) bien cerrado; apretado

- - tight
- tighten
- tightness
- tights
- tight-fisted
- tightrope
- a tight corner/spot
- tighten one's belt

tight adj

1. apretado

this belt is too tight el cinturón está demasiado apretado

2. ajustado / ceñido

tight trousers pantalones ajustados

this collar is too tight este cuello me aprieta mucho

tight

tr[taɪt]

adjective

1 (firmly fastened) apretado,-a, duro,-a

2 (taut) tensado,-a, tirante, tenso,-a; (chest) oprimido

3 (clothes) ajustado,-a, ceñido,-a

4 (not leaky) hermético,-a, impermeable

5 (hold) estrecho,-a, fuerte

6 (packed together) apretado,-a

7 (strict - schedule) apretado,-a; (- security) estricto,-a, riguroso,-a

8 familiar (mean) agarrado,-a, tacaño,-a

9 familiar (drunk) borracho,-a

10 (not easily obtainable) escaso,-a

11 (contest) reñido,-a

12 (bend) cerrado,-a

adverb

1 firmemente, fuerte

■ hold (on) tight! ¡agárrate fuerte!

■ close your eyes tight cierra bien los ojos

■ hold me tight abrázame fuerte

■ sit tight ¡no te muevas!

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

to be a tight squeeze estar apretados,-as

tight spot aprieto

tight ['taɪt] adv

tightly: bien, fuerte

shut it tight: ciérralo bien

tight adj

1) : bien cerrado, hermético

a tight seal: un cierre hermético

2) strict: estricto, severo

3) taut: tirante, tenso

4) snug: apretado, ajustado, ceñido

a tight dress: un vestido ceñido

5) difficult: difícil

to be in a tight spot: estar en un aprieto

6) stingy: apretado, avaro, agarrado fam

7) close: reñido

a tight game: un juego reñido

8) scarce: escaso

money is tight: escasea el dinero

tight

adj.

• ajustado, -a adj.

• apretado, -a adj.

• bien cerrado adj.

• chupado, -a adj.

• difícil adj.

• estanco, -a adj.

• estrecho, -a adj.

• firme adj.

• hermético, -a adj.

• premioso, -a adj.

• prieto, -a adj.

• teso, -a adj.

• tieso, -a adj.

• tirante adj.

adv.

• firmemente adv.

n.

• traje de malla s.m.

I taɪt
adjective -er, -est

1)

a) ( fitting closely) <dress/skirt> ajustado, ceñido; (if uncomfortable, unsightly) apretado

b) (stiff, hard to move) <screw/bolt> apretado, duro

c) ( with nothing to spare) < margin> estrecho; < schedule> apretado

there's room for four, but it's a tight squeeze — caben cuatro, pero bastante apretados

to be on a tight budget — tener* un presupuesto muy limitado

money's tight — están (or estamos etc) apretados or escasos de dinero

d) ( close) <game/finish> reñido

e) ( restricted)

I can't breathe; my chest feels tight — no puedo respirar, siento una opresión en el pecho

2)

a) ( firm) < embrace> estrecho, apretado, fuerte

b) ( strict) <security/control> estricto

he keeps a tight hold on expenditure — mantiene estricto control sobre los gastos

3)

a) ( sharp) < bend> cerrado

b) ( closely formed) <knot/knitting> apretado

4)

a) ( taut) <cord/thread> tirante, tenso

b) ( not leaky) < seal> hermético

5) (difficult, problematic) < situation> difícil

6) (colloq)

a) ( mean) tightfisted

b) ( drunk) (pred) borracho, como una cuba (fam)

to get tight — emborracharse

II

adverb

hold (on) tight! — agárrate bien or fuerte!

screw the lid on tight — aprieta bien el tapón

sleep tight! — que duermas bien!

we'll have to sit tight and see what happens — vamos a tener que esperar a ver qué pasa

[taɪt]
1. ADJ
(compar tighter) (superl tightest)
1) [clothes, jeans] (=close-fitting) ajustado, ceñido; (=uncomfortably tight) apretado, estrecho

my shoes are too tight — me aprietan los zapatos

the hat was a tight fit — el sombrero quedaba muy apretado or muy justo

2) (=stretched out) [rope, skin] tirante

my skin feels tight — tengo la piel tirante, me tira la piel

to pull sth tight — tensar algo

- as tight as a drum

she has a body as tight as a drum — tiene el cuerpo firme como una piedra

- keep a tight rein on sth/sb
skin-tight
3) (=not loose) [screw, knot, curl] apretado; [seal] hermético; [embrace, grip] fuerte

his fingers were tight on Thomas's arm — le apretaba el brazo a Thomas fuertemente con los dedos

the insect curled up in a tight ball — el insecto se enroscó formando una pequeña bola

• to have a tight grip on sth — (on power, economy) ejercer un firme control sobre algo

to keep a tight grip on sth — (on finances, discipline) mantener un firme control de algo

• to have a tight hold of sth — tener algo bien agarrado

to keep a tight hold of sth — agarrar algo con fuerza

• it was a tight squeeze in the lift — íbamos muy apretados or apiñados en el ascensor

- keep a tight lid on sth
airtight, watertight
4) (=tense) [voice, throat, smile] tenso; [muscle] tenso, tirante

my chest feels tight — siento una opresión en el pecho

5) (=strict) [schedule] apretado; [budget] ajustado, limitado; [control] estricto

security will be tight — habrá fuertes medidas de seguridad

6) (=close-knit) [group, community] muy unido

7) (=sharp) [bend] cerrado

to make a tight turn — girar bruscamente, dar un giro brusco

8) * (=scarce) [space, resources] limitado, escaso

things were tight during the war — el dinero era escaso durante la guerra

when we first got married money was tight — al principio de casarnos estábamos bastante escasos de dinero

9) * (=difficult) [situation] apurado, difícil

- be in a tight corner or spot

10) (=close) [competition, match] reñido

11) * (=drunk) mamado *, tomado (LAm) *

to get tight — agarrarse una moña *, cogérsela *

12) * (=tight-fisted) agarrado *

2.

ADV [hold, grip] bien, con fuerza; [squeeze] con fuerza; [shut, seal, tie] bien

• hold (on) tight! — ¡agárrate or sujétate bien!, ¡agárrate or sujétate fuerte!

• to be packed tight (with sth) — estar lleno hasta arriba (de algo) *, estar abarrotado (de algo) *

to sit tight —

do we just sit tight while thousands of people are dying? — ¿vamos a quedarnos cruzados de brazos or sin hacer nada mientras mueren miles de personas?

- sleep tight!

3.

CPD

tight end N — (US) tight end m (en fútbol americano)

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I [taɪt]
adjective -er, -est

1)

a) ( fitting closely) <dress/skirt> ajustado, ceñido; (if uncomfortable, unsightly) apretado

b) (stiff, hard to move) <screw/bolt> apretado, duro

c) ( with nothing to spare) < margin> estrecho; < schedule> apretado

there's room for four, but it's a tight squeeze — caben cuatro, pero bastante apretados

to be on a tight budget — tener* un presupuesto muy limitado

money's tight — están (or estamos etc) apretados or escasos de dinero

d) ( close) <game/finish> reñido

e) ( restricted)

I can't breathe; my chest feels tight — no puedo respirar, siento una opresión en el pecho

2)

a) ( firm) < embrace> estrecho, apretado, fuerte

b) ( strict) <security/control> estricto

he keeps a tight hold on expenditure — mantiene estricto control sobre los gastos

3)

a) ( sharp) < bend> cerrado

b) ( closely formed) <knot/knitting> apretado

4)

a) ( taut) <cord/thread> tirante, tenso

b) ( not leaky) < seal> hermético

5) (difficult, problematic) < situation> difícil

6) (colloq)

a) ( mean) tightfisted

b) ( drunk) (pred) borracho, como una cuba (fam)

to get tight — emborracharse

II

adverb

hold (on) tight! — agárrate bien or fuerte!

screw the lid on tight — aprieta bien el tapón

sleep tight! — que duermas bien!

we'll have to sit tight and see what happens — vamos a tener que esperar a ver qué pasa

English-spanish dictionary > tight
11 view

1. noun
1) (range of vision) Sicht, die

get a good view of something — etwas gut sehen können

have a clear/distant view of something — etwas deutlich/in der Ferne sehen können

be out of/in view — nicht zu sehen/zu sehen sein

come into view — in Sicht kommen

our hotel has a good view of the sea — von unserem Hotel aus kann man das Meer gut sehen

2) (what is seen) Aussicht, die

the views from here — die Aussicht von hier

a room with a view — ein Zimmer mit Aussicht

3) (picture) Ansicht, die

photographic view — Foto, das

4) (opinion) Ansicht, die

what is your view or are your views on this? — was meinst du dazu?

don't you have any view[s] about it? — hast du keine Meinung dazu?

the general/majority view is that... — die Allgemeinheit/Mehrheit ist der Ansicht, dass...

take a favourable view of something — etwas billigen

have or hold views about or on something — eine Meinung über etwas (Akk.) haben

hold or take the view that... — der Ansicht sein, dass...

in my view — meiner Ansicht nach

in somebody's view — nach jemandes Ansicht

I take a different view — ich bin anderer Ansicht

take a critical/grave/optimistic view of something — etwas kritisch/ernst/optimistisch beurteilen

5)

be on view — [Waren, Haus:] besichtigt werden können; [Bauplan:] [zur Einsicht] ausliegen

in view of something — (fig.) angesichts einer Sache

with a view to or with a or the view of doing something — in der Absicht, etwas zu tun

with a view to something — (fig.) mit etwas im Auge

with this in view — in Anbetracht dessen; see also academic.ru/56438/point">point I 1.

6) (survey) Betrachtung, die; (of house, site) Besichtigung, die
2. transitive verb
1) (look at) sich (Dat.) ansehen

2) (consider) betrachten; beurteilen [Situation, Problem]

viewed in this light... — so gesehen...

I view the matter differently — ich sehe das anders

3) (inspect) besichtigen

ask to view something — darum bitten, etwas besichtigen zu dürfen
3. intransitive verb
(Telev.) fernsehen

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[vju:] 1. noun
1) ((an outlook on to, or picture of) a scene: Your house has a fine view of the hills; He painted a view of the harbour.) die (An)Sicht

2) (an opinion: Tell me your view/views on the subject.) die Ansicht

3) (an act of seeing or inspecting: We were given a private view of the exhibition before it was opened to the public.) die Besichtigung
2. verb
(to look at, or regard (something): She viewed the scene with astonishment.) betrachten

- viewer
- viewpoint
- in view of
- on view
- point of view
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view

[vju:]

I. n

1. no pl (sight) Sicht f

in full \view of all the spectators vor den Augen aller Zuschauer

to block [or obstruct] sb's \view jds Sicht behindern

to come into \view in Sicht kommen, sichtbar werden

to disappear from [or out of] \view [in der Ferne] verschwinden

to hide [or shield] from \view sich akk dem Blick entziehen

the house is hidden from \view behind a high hedge das Haus liegt den Blicken entzogen hinter einer hohen Hecke

to keep sb/sth in \view jdn/etw im Auge behalten

2. (panorama) [Aus]blick m, Aussicht f

we have a clear \view of the sea wir haben freien Blick aufs Meer

the \view from our living room over the valley is breathtaking der [Aus]blick von unserem Wohnzimmer über das Tal ist atemberaubend

he paints rural \views er malt ländliche Motive

he lifted his daughter up so that she could get a better \view er hob seine Tochter hoch, sodass sie besser sehen konnte

to have a bird's-eye \view of sth etw aus der Vogelperspektive sehen

panoramic \view Panoramablick m

to afford a \view einen Blick [o eine Aussicht] bieten

3. (opportunity to observe) Besichtigung f

4. no pl (for observation)

to be on \view works of art ausgestellt werden

to be on \view to the public der Öffentlichkeit zugänglich sein

5. (opinion) Ansicht f, Meinung f (about/on über + akk)

in sb's \view nach jds Einschätzung

what are your \views on this issue? was meinen Sie zu dieser Frage?

it's my \view that the price is much too high meiner Meinung nach ist der Preis viel zu hoch

exchange of \views Meinungsaustausch m

\view of the market Markteinschätzung f

point of \view Gesichtspunkt m, Standpunkt m

from my point of \view... meiner Meinung nach...

world \view Weltanschauung f

conflicting \views widersprüchliche Meinungen

jaundiced/prevailing \view zynische/vorherrschende Meinung

there is a prevailing \view that... es herrscht die Ansicht, dass...

to air one's \views seine Ansichten darlegen

to echo [or endorse] a \view sich akk einer Meinung anschließen

to express a \view eine Meinung ausdrücken [o zum Ausdruck bringen]

to have [or take] a \view eine Meinung vertreten

to have an optimistic \view of life eine optimistische Lebenseinstellung haben

to take a dim [or poor] \view of sth nicht viel von etw dat halten

to have [or hold] [or take] the \view that... der Meinung sein, dass...

to have [or hold] \views about [or on] sb/sth Ansichten über jdn/etw haben

to hold strong \views about sth über etw akk strenge Ansichten haben

to make a \view known eine Ansicht mitteilen

to share a \view gleicher Meinung sein, eine Ansicht teilen

this \view is not widely shared diese Ansicht wird nicht von vielen geteilt

▪ in sb's \view jds Ansicht nach

6. ( fig: perspective) Ansicht f

from the money point of \view, the plan is very attractive but from the work point of \view, it's a disaster vom Finanziellen her gesehen ist der Plan sehr verlockend, aber von der Arbeit her ist er eine Katastrophe

we take a very serious \view of the situation wir nehmen die Situation sehr ernst

to take a long-/short-term \view eine langfristige/vorläufige Perspektive einnehmen

to take an overall \view of sth etw von allen Seiten betrachten

▪ in \view of sth angesichts [o in Anbetracht] einer S. gen

▪ with a \view to doing sth mit der Absicht, etw zu tun

7. (idea) Vorstellung f

have you anything in \view for when you leave college? hast du [schon] irgendeine Idee, was du machen willst, wenn du vom College abgehst?

II. vt

1. (watch)

▪ to \view sth [from sth] etw [von etw dat aus] betrachten; (as a spectator) etw dat [von etw dat aus] zusehen [ o bes SÜDD, ÖSTERR, SCHWEIZ zuschauen

2. ( fig: consider)

▪ to \view sb/sth [as sb/sth] jdn/etw [als jdn/etw] betrachten

we \view the situation with concern wir betrachten die Lage mit Besorgnis

to \view sth from a different angle etw aus einem anderen Blickwinkel betrachten

3. (inspect)

▪ to \view sth sich dat etw ansehen

to \view a flat/a house eine Wohnung/ein Haus besichtigen

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[vjuː]
1. n

1) (= range of vision) Sicht f

in full view of thousands of people — vor den Augen von tausenden or Tausenden von Menschen

the magician placed the box in full view of the audience — der Zauberer stellte die Kiste so auf, dass das ganze Publikum sie sehen konnte

the ship came into view —

I came into view of the lake — der See kam in Sicht or lag vor mir

to keep sth in view — etw im Auge behalten

the cameraman had a job keeping the plane in view — der Kameramann fand es schwierig, das Flugzeug zu verfolgen

to go out of view — außer Sicht kommen, verschwinden

the house is within view of the sea —

the house is exposed to view from passing trains — das Haus kann von vorbeifahrenden Zügen aus eingesehen werden

hidden from view — verborgen, versteckt

the horses were hidden from view behind the trees — die Pferde waren von den Bäumen verdeckt

she keeps the old china hidden from view — sie bewahrt das alte Porzellan im Verborgenen auf

the house is hidden from view from the main road — das Haus ist von der Hauptstraße aus nicht zu sehen

on view (for purchasing) — zur Ansicht; (of exhibits) ausgestellt

the painting will be on view tomorrow — das Bild kann morgen besichtigt werden

2) (= prospect, sight) Aussicht f

there is a splendid view from here/from the top — von hier/von der Spitze hat man einen herrlichen Blick or eine wunderschöne Aussicht

a view over... — ein Blick m über... (acc)

a good view of the sea — ein schöner Blick auf das Meer

a room with a view — ein Zimmer mit schöner Aussicht

I only got a side view of his head — ich habe seinen Kopf nur im Profil gesehen

he stood up to get a better view — er stand auf, um besser sehen zu können

3) (= photograph etc) Ansicht f (ALSO COMPUT)

I want to take a view of the forest — ich möchte eine Aufnahme vom Wald machen

views of London — Ansichten pl or Stadtbilder pl von London

views of the Alps — Alpenbilder

quick view (Comput) — Schnellansicht f

4) (= opinion) Ansicht f, Meinung f

in my view — meiner Ansicht or Meinung nach

to have or hold views on sth — Ansichten über etw (acc) haben

what are his views on this problem? — was meint er zu diesem Problem?

do you have any special views on the matter? — haben Sie eine besondere Meinung zu dieser Sache?

I have no views on that — ich habe keine Meinung dazu

to take the view that... — die Ansicht vertreten, dass...

or poor view of sb's conduct — jds Verhalten missbilligen

See:

→ point

5)

(= mental survey) an idealistic view of the world — eine idealistische Welt(an)sicht

a general or overall view of a problem —

a clear view of the facts — eine klare Übersicht über die Fakten

in view of — wegen (+gen), angesichts (+gen)

at first view —

we must not lose from view the fact that... I'll keep it in view — wir dürfen die Tatsache nicht aus dem Auge verlieren, dass... ich werde es im Auge behalten

6) (= intention, plan) Absicht f

to have sth in view — etw beabsichtigen

with a view to doing sth — mit der Absicht, etw zu tun

with this in view — im Hinblick darauf

he has the weekend in view when he says... — er denkt an das Wochenende, wenn er sagt...

2. vt

1) (= see) betrachten

2) (= examine) house besichtigen

3) (= consider) problem etc sehen

he views the prospect with dismay — er sieht dieser Sache mit Schrecken entgegen

4) (COMPUT: command) anzeigen

3. vi
(= watch television) fernsehen
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view [vjuː]

A v/t

1. obs sehen, erblicken

2. (sich) etwas ansehen, besichtigen, in Augenschein nehmen:

view a flat eine Wohnung besichtigen

3. prüfen, untersuchen ( beide auch JUR)

4. fig (an)sehen, auffassen, betrachten, beurteilen ( alle:

as als)

B v/i fernsehen

C s

1. Besichtigung f, Inaugenscheinnahme f:

at first view auf den ersten Blick;

on nearer view bei näherer Betrachtung;

be plain to (the) view gut sichtbar sein

2. Prüfung f, Untersuchung f ( auch JUR)

3. Sicht f (auch fig):

in view

a) in Sicht, sichtbar,

b) fig in (Aus)Sicht;

in view of fig im Hinblick auf (akk), in Anbetracht oder angesichts (gen);

in full view of direkt vor jemandes Augen;

get a full view of etwas ganz zu sehen bekommen;

on view zu besichtigen(d), ausgestellt;

on the long view fig auf weite Sicht;

out of view außer Sicht, nicht mehr zu sehen;

come in view in Sicht kommen, sichtbar werden;

have in view fig im Auge haben, denken an (akk), beabsichtigen;

keep sth in view fig etwas im Auge behalten;

lose view of aus den Augen verlieren;

there is no view of success es besteht keine Aussicht auf Erfolg

4. a) (Aus)Sicht f, (Aus-)Blick m (of, over auf akk):

there is a grand view of the mountains from here von hier hat man einen herrlichen Blick auf die Berge

b) Szenerie f, Blick m

5. MAL, FOTO Ansicht f, Bild n:

views of London

6. (kritischer) Überblick (of über akk)

7. Absicht f:

with a view to

a) mit oder in der Absicht ( doing zu tun), zu dem Zwecke (gen), um zu (inf),

b) im Hinblick auf (akk)

8. (of, on) Ansicht f, Meinung f, Urteil n (von, über akk), Auffassung f (von):

view of life Lebensanschauung f;

in my view in meinen Augen, meines Erachtens;

what is your view on …? was halten Sie von …?, wie beurteilen Sie …?;

be of ( oder take) the view that … der Ansicht sein oder die Ansicht vertreten, dass …;

it is my view that … ich bin der Ansicht, dass …;

be of the same view der gleichen Ansicht sein;

form a view on sich ein Urteil bilden über (akk);

hold extreme views extreme Ansichten vertreten;

take a bright (dim, grave, strong) view of etwas optimistisch (pessimistisch, ernst, hart) beurteilen

9. Vorführung f:

the private view of a film

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1. noun
1) (range of vision) Sicht, die

get a good view of something — etwas gut sehen können

have a clear/distant view of something — etwas deutlich/in der Ferne sehen können

be out of/in view — nicht zu sehen/zu sehen sein

come into view — in Sicht kommen

our hotel has a good view of the sea — von unserem Hotel aus kann man das Meer gut sehen

2) (what is seen) Aussicht, die

the views from here — die Aussicht von hier

a room with a view — ein Zimmer mit Aussicht

3) (picture) Ansicht, die

photographic view — Foto, das

4) (opinion) Ansicht, die

what is your view or are your views on this? — was meinst du dazu?

don't you have any view[s] about it? — hast du keine Meinung dazu?

the general/majority view is that... — die Allgemeinheit/Mehrheit ist der Ansicht, dass...

take a favourable view of something — etwas billigen

have or hold views about or on something — eine Meinung über etwas (Akk.) haben

hold or take the view that... — der Ansicht sein, dass...

in my view — meiner Ansicht nach

in somebody's view — nach jemandes Ansicht

I take a different view — ich bin anderer Ansicht

take a critical/grave/optimistic view of something — etwas kritisch/ernst/optimistisch beurteilen

5)

be on view — [Waren, Haus:] besichtigt werden können; [Bauplan:] [zur Einsicht] ausliegen

in view of something — (fig.) angesichts einer Sache

with a view to or with a or the view of doing something — in der Absicht, etwas zu tun

with a view to something — (fig.) mit etwas im Auge

with this in view — in Anbetracht dessen; see also point I 1.

6) (survey) Betrachtung, die; (of house, site) Besichtigung, die
2. transitive verb
1) (look at) sich (Dat.) ansehen

2) (consider) betrachten; beurteilen [Situation, Problem]

viewed in this light... — so gesehen...

I view the matter differently — ich sehe das anders

3) (inspect) besichtigen

ask to view something — darum bitten, etwas besichtigen zu dürfen
3. intransitive verb
(Telev.) fernsehen

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v.

betrachten v.

prüfen v.

sehen v.

(§ p.,pp.: sah, gesehen) (in regard to) n.

Hinblick -e m. (of) n.

Betrachtungsweise f. n.

Anblick -e m.

Anschauung f.

Ansicht -en f.

Auffassung f.

Aussicht -en f.

Betrachtung f.

Blick -e m.

English-german dictionary > view
12 cantidad

cantidad sustantivo femenino
a) ( volumen) quantity, amount

b) ( suma de dinero) sum, amount

c) ( número) number;

◊ la cantidad de cartas recibidas the number of letters received

d) ( volumen impresionante):

◊ había cantidad de turistas there were lots of tourists;
¡qué cantidad de gente/de comida había! there were so many people/there was so much food!; tenemos cantidad or cantidades (fam) we have lots o tons (colloq); cualquier cantidad de (AmS) lots of, loads of (colloq)
cantidad
I sustantivo femenino
1 quantity
2 familiar (número o porción grande) lots of: tienes cantidad de libros, you have got thousands of books
3 (suma de dinero) amount, sum: puede fraccionar la cantidad a pagar, you can divide the payment
4 (cifra) figure
II adverbio familiar a lot: me duele la cabeza cantidad, my head aches terribly Locuciones: en cantidad, a lot familiar cantidades industriales, loads, tons ' cantidad' also found in these entries: Spanish: abundar - alcanzar - algo - andar - aproximada - aproximado - aumentar - bárbara - barbaridad - bárbaro - bestialidad - burrada - carga - cien - ciento - colateral - consignar - cuanta - cuanto - desorbitada - desorbitado - diluvio - disconforme - disparate - elevarse - ser - estimable - exacta - exacto - exageración - exagerada - exagerado - existente - exorbitante - fuerte - gasto - grande - hasta - importante - indemnización - inferior - juntar - kilo - lágrima - manta - mar - masa - media - menos - miseria English: adequate - allocation - amount - appreciable - assess - assessment - awful - bare - by - check - commensurate - dash - decline - double - even - fair - fall off - few - flow - generous - gob - growing - host - large - less - little - measure - measure out - minus - nominal - number - of - pay in - printing - put away - quantity - rainfall - readership - respectable - scoop - sink - small - some - sparingly - sufficiency - sum - swell - taste - workload - worth

English-spanish dictionary > cantidad
13 line

I 1.
[laɪn]noun

1) (string, cord, rope, etc.) Leine, die

[fishing-]line — [Angel]schnur, die

2) (telephone or telegraph cable) Leitung, die

our company has 20 lines — unsere Firma hat 20 Anschlüsse

get me a line to Washington — verbinden Sie mich mit Washington

bad line — schlechte Verbindung; see also academic.ru/35190/hold">hold II 1. k

3) (long mark; also Math., Phys.) Linie, die; (less precise or shorter) Strich, der; (Telev.) Zeile, die

4) in pl. (outline of car, ship, etc.) Linien Pl.

5) (boundary) Linie, die

lay something on the line [for somebody] — [jemandem] etwas rundheraus sagen

put oneself on the line — ein Risiko eingehen

6) (row) Reihe, die; (Amer.): (queue) Schlange, die

line of trees — Baumreihe, die

bring somebody into line — dafür sorgen, dass jmd. nicht aus der Reihe tanzt (ugs.)

come or fall into line — sich in die Reihe stellen; [Gruppe:] sich in einer Reihe aufstellen; (fig.) nicht mehr aus der Reihe tanzen (ugs.)

be in line [with something] — [mit etwas] in einer Linie liegen

be in line for promotion — Aussicht auf Beförderung haben

be in/out of line with something — (fig.) mit etwas in/nicht in Einklang stehen

somewhere along the line — irgendwann einmal

7) (row of words on a page) Zeile, die

lines — (actor's part) Text, der

drop me a line — schreib mir ein paar Zeilen

he gave the boy 100 lines — (Sch.) er ließ den Jungen 100 Zeilen abschreiben

8) (system of transport) Linie, die

[shipping] line — Schifffahrtslinie, die

9) (series of persons or things) Reihe, die; (generations of family) Linie, die

be third in line to the throne — dritter in der Thronfolge sein

10) (direction, course) Richtung, die

on the lines of — nach Art (+ Gen.)

on similar lines — auf ähnliche Art

be on the right/wrong lines — in die richtige/falsche Richtung gehen

along or on the same lines — in der gleichen Richtung

be on the same lines — die gleiche Richtung verfolgen

line of thought — Gedankengang, der

take a strong line with somebody — jemandem gegenüber bestimmt od. energisch auftreten

line of action — Vorgehensweise, die

11) (Railw.) Bahnlinie, die; (track) Gleis, das

the Waterloo line, the line to Waterloo — die Linie nach Waterloo

this is the end of the line [for you] — (fig.) dies ist das Aus [für dich]

12) (wrinkle) Falte, die

13) (field of activity) Branche, die; (academic) Fachrichtung, die

what's your line? — in welcher Branche sind Sie?/was ist Ihre Fachrichtung?

he's in the building line — er ist in der Baubranche

be in the line of duty/business — zu den Pflichten/zum Geschäft gehören

14) (Commerc.): (product) Artikel, der; Linie, die (fachspr.)

15) (Fashion) Linie, die

16) (Mil.): (series of defences) Linie, die

enemy lines — feindliche Stellungen od. Linien
2. transitive verb
1) (mark with lines) linieren [Papier]

a lined face — ein faltiges Gesicht

2) (stand at intervals along) säumen (geh.) [Straße, Strecke]

Phrasal Verbs:

- line up
II transitive verb
füttern [Kleidungsstück]; auskleiden [Magen, Nest]; ausschlagen [Schublade usw.]

line one's pockets — (fig.) sich (Dat.) die Taschen füllen

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I 1. noun
1) ((a piece of) thread, cord, rope etc: She hung the washing on the line; a fishing-rod and line.) die Leine

2) (a long, narrow mark, streak or stripe: She drew straight lines across the page; a dotted/wavy line.) die Linie

3) (outline or shape especially relating to length or direction: The ship had very graceful lines; A dancer uses a mirror to improve his line.) die Konturen (pl.)

4) (a groove on the skin; a wrinkle.) die Falte

5) (a row or group of objects or persons arranged side by side or one behind the other: The children stood in a line; a line of trees.) die Reihe

6) (a short letter: I'll drop him a line.) einige Zeilen

7) (a series or group of persons which come one after the other especially in the same family: a line of kings.) die Abstammungslinie

8) (a track or direction: He pointed out the line of the new road; a new line of research.) die Richtung

9) (the railway or a single track of the railway: Passengers must cross the line by the bridge only.) die Eisenbahnlinie, das Gleis

10) (a continuous system (especially of pipes, electrical or telephone cables etc) connecting one place with another: a pipeline; a line of communication; All( telephone) lines are engaged.) die Leitung

11) (a row of written or printed words: The letter contained only three lines; a poem of sixteen lines.) die Zeile

12) (a regular service of ships, aircraft etc: a shipping line.) die Linie

13) (a group or class (of goods for sale) or a field of activity, interest etc: This has been a very popular new line; Computers are not really my line.) das Tätigkeitsfeld

14) (an arrangement of troops, especially when ready to fight: fighting in the front line.) die Linie
2. verb
1) (to form lines along: Crowds lined the pavement to see the Queen.) säumen

2) (to mark with lines.) linieren

•

- lineage
- linear
- lined

- liner

- lines
- linesman
- hard lines! - in line for
- in
- out of line with
- line up
- read between the lines II verb
1) (to cover on the inside: She lined the box with newspaper.) auskleiden

2) (to put a lining in: She lined the dress with silk.) füttern

•

- lined

- liner

- lining

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line¹

[laɪn]

I. NOUN

1. (mark) Linie f

dividing \line Trennungslinie f

straight \line gerade Linie

to draw a \line eine Linie ziehen

2. SPORT Linie f

3. MATH

straight \line Gerade f

4. (wrinkle) Falte f

5. (contour) Linie f

6. MUS Tonfolge f

7. (equator)

▪ the L\line die Linie, der Äquator

8. (boundary) Grenze f, Grenzlinie f

\line of credit FIN Kreditrahmen m, Kreditlinie f

tree [or timber] \line Baumgrenze f

the thin \line between love and hate der schmale Grat zwischen Liebe und Hass

to cross the \line die Grenze überschreiten fig, zu weit gehen

9. (cord) Leine f; (string) Schnur f

[clothes] \line Wäscheleine f

[fishing] \line Angelschnur f

10. TELEC [Telefon]leitung f; (connection to network) Anschluss m

\lines will be open from eight o'clock die Leitungen werden ab acht Uhr frei[geschaltet] sein

can you get me a \line to New York? können Sie mir bitte eine Verbindung nach New York geben?

the \line is engaged/busy die Leitung ist besetzt

please hold the \line! bitte bleiben Sie am Apparat!

get off the \line! geh aus der Leitung!

bad \line schlechte Verbindung

to be/stay on the \line am Apparat sein/bleiben

11. (set of tracks) Gleis nt; (specific train route) Strecke f

the end of the \line die Endstation

to be at [or reach] the end of the \line ( fig) am Ende sein fam

12. (transporting company)

rail \line Eisenbahnlinie f

shipping \line Schifffahrtslinie f; (company) Reederei f

13. (row of words, also in poem) Zeile f

to drop sb a \line jdm ein paar Zeilen schreiben

to read between the \lines ( fig) zwischen den Zeilen lesen

14. (for actor)

▪ \lines pl Text m

to forget/learn one's \lines seinen Text lernen/vergessen

15. (information) Hinweis m

to get a \line on sb/sth etwas über jdn/etw herausfinden

to give sb a \line about sth jdm einen Hinweis auf etw akk geben

to give sb a \line on sb jdm Informationen über jdn besorgen

16. (false account, talk)

he keeps giving me that \line about his computer not working properly er kommt mir immer wieder mit dem Spruch, dass sein Computer nicht richtig funktioniere

I've heard that \line before die Platte kenne ich schon in- und auswendig! fam

17. BRIT (punishment)

▪ \lines pl Strafarbeit f

she got 100 \lines for swearing at her teacher da sie ihren Lehrer beschimpft hatte, musste sie zur Strafe 100 mal... schreiben

18. (row) Reihe f

to be first in \line an erster Stelle stehen; ( fig) ganz vorne dabei sein

to be next in \line als Nächster/Nächste dran sein

to be in a \line in einer Reihe stehen

the cans on the shelf were in a \line die Büchsen waren im Regal aufgereiht

to be in \line for sth mit etw dat an der Reihe sein

to come [or fall] into \line sich akk in einer Reihe aufstellen; single person sich akk einreihen

to form a \line sich akk in einer Reihe aufstellen

to get into \line sich akk hintereinander aufstellen; (next to each other) sich akk in einer Reihe aufstellen

to move into \line sich akk einreihen

in \line with (level with) auf der gleichen Höhe wie

in \line with demand bedarfsgerecht, bedarfsadäquat

in \line with maturity FIN laufzeitbezogen, laufzeitabhängig

in \line with requirements bedürfnisorientiert

in \line with the market marktnah, marktgerecht, marktkonform

to be in \line with sth (similar to) mit etw dat übereinstimmen

the salaries of temporary employees were brought into \line with those of permanent staff die Gehälter Teilzeitbeschäftigter wurden an die der Vollzeitbeschäftigten angeglichen

19. (succession) Linie f

I want to have children to prevent the family \line dying out ich möchte Kinder, damit die Familie nicht ausstirbt

this institute has had a long \line of prestigious physicists working here dieses Institut kann auf eine lange Tradition angesehener Physiker zurückblicken

he is the latest in a long \line of Nobel Prize winners to come from that country er ist der jüngste einer ganzen Reihe von Nobelpreisträgern aus diesem Land

20. esp AM (queue) Schlange f

to get in \line sich akk anstellen

to stand in \line anstehen

21. (product type) Sortiment nt; FASHION Kollektion f

they are thinking about a new \line of vehicles sie denken über eine neue Kraftfahrzeugserie nach; BRIT, AUS

they do an excellent \line in TVs and videos sie stellen erstklassige Fernseher und Videogeräte her

spring/summer/fall/winter \line Frühjahrs-/Sommer-/Herbst-/Winterkollektion f

to have a good \line in [or AM of] sth ( fig) einen großen Vorrat an etw dat haben

22. (area of activity) Gebiet nt

football's never really been my \line mit Fußball konnte ich noch nie besonders viel anfangen

what's your \line? was machen Sie beruflich?

\line of business Branche f

\line of research Forschungsgebiet nt

\line of work Arbeitsgebiet nt

to be in sb's \line jdm liegen

23. (course)

\line of argument Argumentation f

to be in the \line of duty zu jds Pflichten gehören

\line of reasoning Gedankengang m

to take a strong \line with sb jdm gegenüber sehr bestimmt auftreten

to take a strong \line with sth gegen etw akk energisch vorgehen

they did not reveal their \line of inquiry sie teilten nicht mit, in welcher Richtung sie ermittelten

what \line shall we take? wie sollen wir vorgehen?

24. (direction)

▪ along the \lines of...:

she said something along the \lines that he would lose his job if he didn't work harder sie sagte irgendetwas in der Richtung davon, dass er seine Stelle verlieren würde, wenn er nicht härter arbeiten würde

my sister works in publishing and I'm hoping to do something along the same \lines meine Schwester arbeitet im Verlagswesen und ich würde gerne etwas Ähnliches tun

to try a new \line of approach to sth versuchen, etw anders anzugehen

the \line of least resistence der Weg des geringsten Widerstandes

\line of vision Blickrichtung f

to be on the right \lines auf dem richtigen Weg sein

do you think his approach to the problem is on the right \lines? glauben Sie, dass er das Problem richtig angeht?

25. (policy) Linie f

party \line Parteilinie f

to bring sb/sth into \line [with sth] jdn/etw auf gleiche Linie [wie etw akk] bringen

to fall into \line with sth mit etw dat konform gehen

to keep sb in \line dafür sorgen, dass jd nicht aus der Reihe tanzt

to move into \line sich akk anpassen

to step out of \line aus der Reihe tanzen

26. MIL (of defence) Linie f

\line of battle Kampflinie f

behind enemy \lines hinter den feindlichen Stellungen

front \line Front f

27. (quantity of cocaine) Linie f fam

to do a \line of coke, to do \lines koksen fam

28. STOCKEX Aktienpaket nt

29.

▶ all along the \line auf der ganzen Linie

▶ to bring sb into \line jdn in seine Schranken weisen

▶ in/out of \line with sb/sth mit jdm/etw im/nicht im Einklang

▶ to lay it on the \line die Karten offen auf den Tisch legen

▶ to be on the \line auf dem Spiel stehen

▶ to put sth on the \line etw aufs Spiel setzen

▶ right down the \line esp AM voll und ganz

▶ it was stepping out of \line to tell him that es stand dir nicht zu, ihm das zu sagen

II. TRANSITIVE VERB

1. (mark)

▪ to \line sth paper etw linieren

her face was \lined with agony ihr Gesicht war von tiefem Schmerz gezeichnet

2. (stand at intervals)

to \line the streets die Straßen säumen geh

the streets were \lined with cheering people jubelnde Menschenmengen säumten die Straßen

line²

[laɪn]

vt

1. (cover)

▪ to \line sth clothing etw füttern; drawers etw von innen auslegen; pipes etw auskleiden

2. ( fam: fill)

to \line one's pockets [or purse] [with sth] sich dat die Taschen [mit etw dat] füllen

to \line shelves Regale füllen

to \line one's stomach sich dat den Magen vollschlagen fam

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line¹ [laın]

A s

1. Linie f ( auch SPORT), Strich m:

down the line (Tennis) die Linie entlang, longline;

come off ( oder leave) one’s line sich von der Linie lösen (Tormann);

be rooted to the line auf der Linie kleben (Tormann); → intersection 3 c, whip A 6 b

2. a) (Hand- etc) Linie f:

line of fate Schicksalslinie

b) Falte f, Runzel f:

lines of worry Sorgenfalten

c) Zug m (im Gesicht)

3. Zeile f:

read between the lines fig zwischen den Zeilen lesen; → drop C 9

4. TV (Bild) Zeile f

5. a) Vers m

b) pl THEAT etc Rolle f, Text m: → fluff B 3

c) pl SCHULE Br Strafarbeit f, -aufgabe f

6. pl (meist als sg konstruiert) besonders Br umg Trauschein m

7. umg (on) Information f (über akk), Hinweis m (auf akk)

8. US umg

a) Platte f (Geschwätz)

b) Tour f, Masche f (Trick)

9. Linie f, Richtung f:

line of attack

a) MIL Angriffsrichtung,

b) fig Taktik f;

line of fire MIL etc Schusslinie f;

get into sb’s line of fire jemandem in die Schusslinie geraten;

line of sight

a) Blickrichtung,

b) auch line of vision Gesichtslinie, -achse f;

hung on the line in Augenhöhe aufgehängt (Bild);

he said sth along these lines er sagte etwas in dieser Richtung; → resistance 1

10. pl Grundsätze pl, Richtlinie(n) f(pl):

the lines of his policy die Grundlinien seiner Politik;

on ( oder along) the lines of nach dem Prinzip (gen);

I would like to have sth on ( oder along) the lines of what you have ich möchte etwas von der Art wie Sie haben;

along these lines

a) nach diesen Grundsätzen,

b) folgendermaßen;

along general lines ganz allgemein, in großen Zügen;

along similar lines ähnlich;

it is out of line for sb to do sth es entspricht nicht jemandes Art, etwas zu tun

11. Art f und Weise f, Methode f, Verfahren n:

line of approach (to) Art und Weise (etwas) anzupacken, Methode;

line of argument (Art der) Beweisführung f;

line of reasoning Denkweise;

line of thought

a) Auffassung f,

b) Gedankengang m;

take a strong line energisch auftreten oder werden ( with sb gegenüber jemandem);

take a tougher line toward(s) härter vorgehen gegen, eine härtere Gangart einschlagen gegenüber;

take the line that … den Standpunkt vertreten, dass …;

don’t take that line with me! komm mir ja nicht so!;

in the line of nach Art von (od gen);

on strictly commercial lines auf streng geschäftlicher Grundlage, auf rein kommerzieller Basis; → hard line 1

12. Grenze f (auch fig), Grenzlinie f:

overstep the line of good taste über die Grenzen des guten Geschmacks hinausgehen;

there’s a very fine line between winning and losing Sieg und Niederlage liegen ganz dicht beieinander;

be on the line auf dem Spiel stehen;

your job is on the line auch es geht um deinen Job;

draw the line die Grenze ziehen, haltmachen ( beide:

at bei);

I draw the line at that da hört es bei mir auf;

go on the line US auf den Strich gehen umg;

lay ( oder put) on the line sein Leben, seinen Ruf etc aufs Spiel setzen;

lay it on the line that … in aller Deutlichkeit sagen, dass …;

I’ll lay it on the line for you! umg das kann ich Ihnen genau sagen!;

lines of responsibility Zuständigkeiten; → demarcation

13. pl

a) Linien(führung) pl(f), Konturen pl, Form f

b) Entwurf m

c) TECH Riss m

14. a) Reihe f, Kette f:

a line of poplars eine Pappelreihe

b) besonders US (Menschen-, auch Auto) Schlange f:

stand in line anstehen, Schlange stehen ( beide:

for um, nach);

drive in line AUTO Kolonne fahren;

be in line for fig Aussichten haben auf (akk);

be second in line for the throne an zweiter Stelle der Thronfolge stehen

15. Reihe f, Linie f:

in line with fig in Übereinstimmung oder im Einklang mit;

be in line fig übereinstimmen ( with mit);

out of line aus der Flucht, nicht in einer Linie;

be out of line fig nicht übereinstimmen ( with mit);

bring ( oder get) into line fig

a) in Einklang bringen ( with mit),

b) auf Vordermann bringen umg;

fall into line

a) sich einordnen,

b) MIL (in Reih und Glied) antreten,

c) fig sich anschließen ( with dat);

keep sb in line fig jemanden bei der Stange halten;

step ( oder get) out of line fig aus der Reihe tanzen umg;

in line of duty in Ausübung seines Dienstes oder seiner Pflicht; → toe B 2

16. a) (Abstammungs) Linie f

b) (Ahnen- etc) Reihe f

c) ZOOL (Zucht) Stamm m

d) Familie f, Stamm m, Geschlecht n:

the male line die männliche Linie;

in the direct line in direkter Linie;

line of succession Erbfolge f

17. pl besonders Br Los n, Geschick n: → hard line 2

18. Fach n, Gebiet n, Sparte f:

line (of business) Branche f, Geschäftszweig m;

in the banking line im Bankfach oder -wesen;

that’s not in my line

a) das schlägt nicht in mein Fach,

b) das liegt mir nicht;

that’s more in my line das liegt mir schon eher

19. (Verkehrs-, Eisenbahn- etc) Linie f, Strecke f, Route f, engS. BAHN Gleis n:

the end of the line fig das (bittere) Ende;

that’s the end of the line! fig Endstation!;

he was at the end of the line fig er war am Ende

20. (Flug- etc) Gesellschaft f

21. a) besonders TEL Leitung f:

get off the line aus der Leitung gehen;

hold the line bleiben Sie am Apparat!; → busy A 6, engaged 5, hot line

b) besonders TEL Anschluss m

c) TEL Amt n:

can I have a line, please?

22. TECH (Rohr) Leitung f:

oil line Ölleitung

23. TECH (Fertigungs) Straße f: → packaging B

24. WIRTSCH

a) Sorte f, Warengattung f

b) Posten m, Partie f

c) Sortiment n

d) Artikel m oder pl, Artikelserie f

25. MIL

a) Linie f:

behind the enemy lines hinter den feindlichen Linien;

line of battle Schlacht-, Gefechtslinie;

line of communications rückwärtige Verbindungen pl;

line of defence (US defense) (departure, retreat) Verteidigungs-(Ausgangs-, Rückzugs)linie

b) Front f:

go up the line nach vorn oder an die Front gehen;

all along the line, down the line fig auf der ganzen Linie, auch voll und ganz;

go down the line for US umg sich voll einsetzen für

c) Fronttruppe(n) f(pl)

26. GEOG Längen- oder Breitenkreis m:

the Line der Äquator;

cross the Line den Äquator überqueren

27. SCHIFF Linie f:

line abreast Dwarslinie;

line ahead Kiellinie

28. a) Leine f:

hang the washing up on the line die Wäsche auf die Leine hängen

b) Schnur f

c) Seil n

29. TEL etc

a) Draht m

b) Kabel n

B v/i → line up A 1, A 2

C v/t

1. Papier linieren, liniieren

2. → line up B 1

3. zeichnen

4. skizzieren

5. das Gesicht (zer)furchen

6. (ein)säumen:

lined with trees von Bäumen (ein)gesäumt;

thousands of people lined the streets Tausende von Menschen säumten die Straßen;

soldiers lined the street Soldaten bildeten an der Straße Spalier

line² [laın] v/t

1. ein Kleid etc füttern

2. besonders TECH (auf der Innenseite) überziehen oder belegen, ausfüttern, -gießen, -kleiden, -schlagen ( alle:

with mit), Bremsen, eine Kupplung belegen

3. als Futter oder Überzug dienen für

4. (an)füllen:

line one’s pocket(s) ( oder purse) in die eigene Tasche arbeiten, sich bereichern, sich die Taschen füllen;

line one’s stomach sich den Bauch vollschlagen umg

L., l. abk

1. lake

2. law

3. league

4. left li.

5. line

* * *
I 1.
[laɪn]noun

1) (string, cord, rope, etc.) Leine, die

[fishing-]line — [Angel]schnur, die

2) (telephone or telegraph cable) Leitung, die

our company has 20 lines — unsere Firma hat 20 Anschlüsse

get me a line to Washington — verbinden Sie mich mit Washington

bad line — schlechte Verbindung; see also hold II 1. k

3) (long mark; also Math., Phys.) Linie, die; (less precise or shorter) Strich, der; (Telev.) Zeile, die

4) in pl. (outline of car, ship, etc.) Linien Pl.

5) (boundary) Linie, die

lay something on the line [for somebody] — [jemandem] etwas rundheraus sagen

put oneself on the line — ein Risiko eingehen

6) (row) Reihe, die; (Amer.): (queue) Schlange, die

line of trees — Baumreihe, die

bring somebody into line — dafür sorgen, dass jmd. nicht aus der Reihe tanzt (ugs.)

come or fall into line — sich in die Reihe stellen; [Gruppe:] sich in einer Reihe aufstellen; (fig.) nicht mehr aus der Reihe tanzen (ugs.)

be in line [with something] — [mit etwas] in einer Linie liegen

be in line for promotion — Aussicht auf Beförderung haben

be in/out of line with something — (fig.) mit etwas in/nicht in Einklang stehen

somewhere along the line — irgendwann einmal

7) (row of words on a page) Zeile, die

lines — (actor's part) Text, der

drop me a line — schreib mir ein paar Zeilen

he gave the boy 100 lines — (Sch.) er ließ den Jungen 100 Zeilen abschreiben

8) (system of transport) Linie, die

[shipping] line — Schifffahrtslinie, die

9) (series of persons or things) Reihe, die; (generations of family) Linie, die

be third in line to the throne — dritter in der Thronfolge sein

10) (direction, course) Richtung, die

on the lines of — nach Art (+ Gen.)

on similar lines — auf ähnliche Art

be on the right/wrong lines — in die richtige/falsche Richtung gehen

along or on the same lines — in der gleichen Richtung

be on the same lines — die gleiche Richtung verfolgen

line of thought — Gedankengang, der

take a strong line with somebody — jemandem gegenüber bestimmt od. energisch auftreten

line of action — Vorgehensweise, die

11) (Railw.) Bahnlinie, die; (track) Gleis, das

the Waterloo line, the line to Waterloo — die Linie nach Waterloo

this is the end of the line [for you] — (fig.) dies ist das Aus [für dich]

12) (wrinkle) Falte, die

13) (field of activity) Branche, die; (academic) Fachrichtung, die

what's your line? — in welcher Branche sind Sie?/was ist Ihre Fachrichtung?

he's in the building line — er ist in der Baubranche

be in the line of duty/business — zu den Pflichten/zum Geschäft gehören

14) (Commerc.): (product) Artikel, der; Linie, die (fachspr.)

15) (Fashion) Linie, die

16) (Mil.): (series of defences) Linie, die

enemy lines — feindliche Stellungen od. Linien
2. transitive verb
1) (mark with lines) linieren [Papier]

a lined face — ein faltiges Gesicht

2) (stand at intervals along) säumen (geh.) [Straße, Strecke]

Phrasal Verbs:

- line up
II transitive verb
füttern [Kleidungsstück]; auskleiden [Magen, Nest]; ausschlagen [Schublade usw.]

line one's pockets — (fig.) sich (Dat.) die Taschen füllen

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(US) n.

Schlange -n f.

Schlange -n f.

(Menschen-, Auto (<-s>)-)

Warteschlange f. (railway) n.

Gleis -e n. n.

Branche -n f.

Furche -n f.

Kurs -e (Verkehr) m.

Leine -n f.

Linie -n f.

Reihe -n f.

Richtung -en f.

Runzel -n f.

Strecke -n f.

Strich -e m.

Vers -e m.

Zeile -n f. v.

Spalier bilden ausdr.

auskleiden v.

English-german dictionary > line
14 jam

jam [dʒæm] (pt & pp jammed, cont jamming)

1 noun

(a) Cookery (preserve) confiture f;

∎ strawberry jam confiture f de fraises;

∎ British familiar he wants jam on it! et avec ça, on est difficile!;

∎ British familiar it's a case of jam tomorrow ce sont des promesses en l'air

(b) (traffic jam) bouchon m, embouteillage m, encombrement m

(c) (crowd)

∎ there was a great jam of people outside the theatre il y avait une foule énorme devant le théâtre

(d) familiar (predicament) pétrin m;

∎ I'm in a bit of a jam je suis plutôt dans le pétrin

(e) familiar (by musicians) bœuf m, jam-session f

2 compound-forming noun

(tart, pudding, sandwich) à la confiture

3 transitive verb

(a) (crowd, cram) entasser, tasser; (push roughly, ram) fourrer;

∎ we were jammed in like sardines on était entassés ou serrés comme des sardines;

∎ all my clothes are jammed into one drawer tous mes vêtements sont entassés dans un seul tiroir;

∎ I was jammed (up) against the wall j'étais coincé contre le mur;

∎ he jammed the gun into his pocket il fourra le pistolet dans sa poche;

∎ she jammed her hat on elle enfonça ou vissa son chapeau sur sa tête;

∎ to jam one's foot on the brake(s) écraser le frein ou la pédale de frein

(b) (make stick) coincer, bloquer; (weapon, mechanism) enrayer, bloquer; (pipe) boucher;

∎ she jammed the window shut with a wedge elle coinça ou bloqua la fenêtre avec une cale;

∎ to jam a door open with a book maintenir une porte ouverte à l'aide d'un livre

(c) (congest) encombrer, bloquer, boucher;

∎ a crowd of late arrivals jammed the entrance une foule de retardataires bloquait l'entrée;

∎ the streets were jammed with cars les rues étaient embouteillées

(d) Radio brouiller

(e) Telecommunications (lines) encombrer; (switchboard) faire sauter;

∎ the switchboard was jammed le standard était saturé

4 intransitive verb

(a) (crowd) se tasser, s'entasser;

∎ thousands of people jammed in for the concert des milliers de personnes se sont entassées pour assister au concert

(b) (drawer, window, lift etc) se coincer, se bloquer; (gun, machine) s'enrayer, se bloquer; (brakes, wheel, paper in printer) se bloquer

(c) familiar (play in a jam session) faire un bœuf; (play on one's own) improviser^□ ;

∎ I was just jamming c'était juste de l'impro

(d) (in mountaineering) faire un verrou, coincer

►► British familiar humorous jam sandwich (police car) voiture f de police^□ ;

familiar jam session bœuf m, jam-session f

➲ jam in

1 separable transitive verb

(a) (wedge in) coincer;

∎ the crowd were jamming him in il était coincé par la foule;

∎ her car was being jammed in by a large truck un gros camion était en train de la coincer

(b) (pack or press tightly in → passengers etc) (en)tasser; (→ objects) bourrer;

∎ he had jammed as many quotations as he could find into the essay il avait farci sa dissertation de toutes les citations qu'il avait trouvées

2 intransitive verb

(crowd in) s'entasser;

∎ they all jammed in (into train) ils s'y entassèrent tous;

∎ we won't all be able to jam in at once nous n'allons jamais tous tenir à la fois

➲ jam on separable transitive verb

(a) Cars

∎ to jam on the brakes écraser le frein ou la pédale de frein

(b) (lid, hat etc) enfoncer

Un panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > jam
15 Lisbon

    Lisboa in Portuguese, is the capital of Portugal and capital of the Lisbon district. The city population is just over half a million; greater Lisbon area contains at least 2.5 million. Located on the north bank of one of the greatest harbors in Europe, formed from the estuary of the Tagus River, which flows into the Atlantic, Lisbon has a long and illustrious history. A site of Phoenician and Greek trading communities, Lisbon became an important Roman city. Its name, Lisboa, in Portuguese and Spanish, is a corruption of its Roman name, Felicitas Julia. The city experienced various waves of invaders. Muslims seized it from the Visigoths in the eighth century, and after a long siege Muslim Lisbon fell to the Portuguese Christian forces of King Afonso Henriques in 1147.

   Lisbon, built on a number of hills, saw most of its major palaces and churches constructed between the 14th and 18th centuries. In the 16th century, the city became the Aviz dynasty's main capital and seat, and a royal palace was built in the lower city along the harbor where ships brought the empire's riches from Africa, Asia, and Brazil. On 1 November 1755, a devastating earthquake wrecked a large part of the main city and destroyed the major buildings, killed or displaced scores of thousands of people, and destroyed important historical records and artifacts. The king's prime minister, the Marquis of Pombal, ordered the city rebuilt. The main lower city center, the baixa ("down town"), was reconstructed according to a master plan that laid out a square grid of streets, spacious squares, and broad avenues, upon which were erected buildings of a uniform height and design. Due to the earthquake's destruction, few buildings, with the exception of the larger cathedrals and palaces, predate 1755. The Baixa Pombalina, as this part of Lisbon is known, was the first planned city in Europe.

   Lisbon is more than the political capital of Portugal, the site of the central government's offices, the legislative, and executive buildings. Lisbon is the economic, social, and cultural capital of the country, as well as the major educational center that contains almost half the country's universities and secondary schools.

   The continuing importance of Lisbon as the country's political heart and mind, despite the justifiable resentment of its northern rival, Oporto, and the university town of Coimbra, was again illustrated in the Revolution of 25 April 1974, which began with a military coup by the Armed Forces Movement there. The Estado Novo was overthrown in a largely bloodless coup organized by career junior military officers whose main strategy was directed toward the conquest and control of the capital. Once the Armed Forces Movement had the city of Lisbon and environs under its control by the afternoon of 25 April 1974, its mastery of the remainder of the country was assured.

   Along with its dominance of the country's economy, politics, and government, Lisbon's cultural offerings remain impressive. The city is a treasure house that contains hundreds of historic houses and squares, churches and cathedrals, ancient palaces, and castles, some reconstructed to appear as they were before the Lisbon earthquake of 1755. There are scores of museums and libraries. Among the more outstanding museums open to the public are the Museu de Arte Antiga and the museums of the Gulbenkian Foundation.

Historical dictionary of Portugal > Lisbon
16 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.

    Contemporary Portugal

   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.

Historical dictionary of Portugal > Historical Portugal
17 number

I 1. ['nʌmbə(r)]
nome

1) numero m.

a three-figure number — un numero a tre cifre

odd, even number — numero dispari, pari

2) (in series) (of bus, house, page, telephone) numero m.

a wrong number — un numero sbagliato

there's no reply at that number — non risponde nessuno a quel numero

to be number three on the list — essere il terzo sulla lista

3) (amount, quantity) numero m., quantità f.

a number of people, times — un certo numero di persone, di volte

for a number of reasons — per un certo numero di ragioni

to come in large numbers — accorrere numerosi o in gran numero

large numbers of people — molte persone

on a number of occasions — in un certo numero di occasioni

many, few in number — molti, pochi

they were ten in number — erano dieci (di numero) o in dieci

in equal numbers — in numero uguale

any number of times — mille volte, molto sovente

times without number — innumerevoli volte

4) (group)

one of our number — uno dei nostri

5) (issue) (of magazine, periodical) numero m.

the May number — il numero di maggio

6) mus. (song) pezzo m., brano m.; teatr. numero m.

7) colloq. (object of admiration)

a little black number — (dress) un bel vestitino nero

that car is a neat little number — quella macchina è un gioiellino

8) ling. numero m.
2.
nome plurale numbers (in company, of army) effettivi m.; (in school) studenti m.; (of crowd) numero m.sing.

to win by force o weight of numbers vincere per superiorità numerica; to make up the numbers — fare il conto

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your number's up! — colloq. è giunta la tua ora!

to do sth. by the numbers — AE o

by numbers — fare qcs. pedissequamente
II 1. ['nʌmbə(r)]
verbo transitivo

1) (allocate number to) numerare

2) (amount to) contare

the regiment numbered 1,000 men — il reggimento contava 1.000 uomini

3) (include) includere, annoverare

to be numbered among the great novelists — essere annoverato tra i grandi romanzieri

4) (be limited)

his days are numbered — ha i giorni contati
2.
verbo intransitivo (comprise in number)

a crowd numbering in the thousands — una folla di migliaia di persone

to number among the great musicians — essere annoverato tra i grandi musicisti

* * *
1. noun
1) ((sometimes abbreviated to no - plural nos - when written in front of a figure) a word or figure showing eg how many of something there are, or the position of something in a series etc: Seven was often considered a magic number; Answer nos 1-10 of exercise 2.) numero

2) (a (large) quantity or group (of people or things): He has a number of records; There were a large number of people in the room.) grande numero

3) (one issue of a magazine: the autumn number.) numero

4) (a popular song or piece of music: He sang his most popular number.) brano, pezzo
2. verb
1) (to put a number on: He numbered the pages in the top corner.) numerare

2) (to include: He numbered her among his closest friends.) includere, annoverare

3) (to come to in total: The group numbered ten.) ammontare a

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- numberless
- number-plate
- his days are numbered
- without number
* * *
I 1. ['nʌmbə(r)]
nome

1) numero m.

a three-figure number — un numero a tre cifre

odd, even number — numero dispari, pari

2) (in series) (of bus, house, page, telephone) numero m.

a wrong number — un numero sbagliato

there's no reply at that number — non risponde nessuno a quel numero

to be number three on the list — essere il terzo sulla lista

3) (amount, quantity) numero m., quantità f.

a number of people, times — un certo numero di persone, di volte

for a number of reasons — per un certo numero di ragioni

to come in large numbers — accorrere numerosi o in gran numero

large numbers of people — molte persone

on a number of occasions — in un certo numero di occasioni

many, few in number — molti, pochi

they were ten in number — erano dieci (di numero) o in dieci

in equal numbers — in numero uguale

any number of times — mille volte, molto sovente

times without number — innumerevoli volte

4) (group)

one of our number — uno dei nostri

5) (issue) (of magazine, periodical) numero m.

the May number — il numero di maggio

6) mus. (song) pezzo m., brano m.; teatr. numero m.

7) colloq. (object of admiration)

a little black number — (dress) un bel vestitino nero

that car is a neat little number — quella macchina è un gioiellino

8) ling. numero m.
2.
nome plurale numbers (in company, of army) effettivi m.; (in school) studenti m.; (of crowd) numero m.sing.

to win by force o weight of numbers vincere per superiorità numerica; to make up the numbers — fare il conto

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your number's up! — colloq. è giunta la tua ora!

to do sth. by the numbers — AE o

by numbers — fare qcs. pedissequamente
II 1. ['nʌmbə(r)]
verbo transitivo

1) (allocate number to) numerare

2) (amount to) contare

the regiment numbered 1,000 men — il reggimento contava 1.000 uomini

3) (include) includere, annoverare

to be numbered among the great novelists — essere annoverato tra i grandi romanzieri

4) (be limited)

his days are numbered — ha i giorni contati
2.
verbo intransitivo (comprise in number)

a crowd numbering in the thousands — una folla di migliaia di persone

to number among the great musicians — essere annoverato tra i grandi musicisti

English-Italian dictionary > number
18 number

1. noun
1) ((sometimes abbreviated to no - plural nos - when written in front of a figure) a word or figure showing eg how many of something there are, or the position of something in a series etc: Seven was often considered a magic number; Answer nos 1-10 of exercise 2.) número

2) (a (large) quantity or group (of people or things): He has a number of records; There were a large number of people in the room.) gran número de, grupo

3) (one issue of a magazine: the autumn number.) número

4) (a popular song or piece of music: He sang his most popular number.) tema

2. verb
1) (to put a number on: He numbered the pages in the top corner.) numerar

2) (to include: He numbered her among his closest friends.) contar

3) (to come to in total: The group numbered ten.) contar

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- numberless
- number-plate
- his days are numbered
- without number

number¹ n

1. número

number one número uno

2. número de teléfono

I haven't got your number no tengo tu número de teléfono

large numbers muchos

large numbers of people demonstrated in the street muchas personas se manifestaron en la calle

a number of varios

a number of people asked me where I had bought my hat varias personas me preguntaron dónde había comprado mi sombrero

number² vb numerar

the seats are numbered los asientos están numerados

number

tr['nʌmbə^SMALLr/SMALL]

noun

1 número

■ if I give you my number, you can call me si te doy mi número, me puedes llamar

■ a large number of people un gran número de personas

■ I thought my number was on that one! ¡pensé que esa bala era para mí!

■ I thought my number was up! ¡creí que me había llegado la hora!

2 (on car) número de matrícula, matrícula

■ did you get his number? ¿le cogiste la matrícula?

3 (of magazine etc) número

4 (song) tema nombre masculino

■ she sang a few Gershwin numbers cantó algunos temas de Gershwin

5 (group) grupo

■ two of their number died of malaria dos de ellos murieron de malaria

6 SMALLLINGUISTICS/SMALL número

■ adjectives agree with the noun in number and gender los adjetivos concuerdan con el substantivo en número y en género

7 familiar (garment) modelo

■ Vicky turned up in a nice little red leather number Vicky se presentó con un modelito de cuero rojo

transitive verb

1 numerar

■ the tickets are not numbered los billetes no están numerados

■ his days are numbered tiene los días contados

2 (count) contar

■ I number her among my friends la cuento entre mis amigos

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

a number of... varios,-as...

any number of... muchísimos,-as...

number one principal, más importante

to be number one ser el número uno, ser el mejor

to look after number one mirar por lo suyo

to have somebody's number tener calado,-a a alguien

... without number un sinfín de...

Number Ten el nº 10 de Downing Street: la residencia oficial del primer ministro británico

number ['nʌmbər] vt

1) count, include: contar, incluir

2) : numerar

number the pages: numera las páginas

3) total: ascender a, sumar

number n

1) : número m

in round numbers: en números redondos

telephone number: número de teléfono

2)

a number of : varios, unos pocos, unos cuantos

number

n.

• cantidad s.f.

• cifra s.f.

• entrega s.f.

• guarismo s.m.

• número (Matemática) s.m.

v.

• ascender a v.

• contar v.

• numerar v.

• poner número a v.

'nʌmbər, 'nʌmbə(r)
I

noun

1) ( digit) número m

in round numbers — en números redondos

2) ( for identification) número m; ( telephone number) número de teléfono

wrong number — número equivocado

page/room number — número de página/de habitación

I'm in number 17 — estoy en la (habitación) 17

she lives at number 48 — vive en el número 48

her/my number is up — le/me ha llegado la hora

to do a number on somebody — (AmE sl) hacérsela* buena a alguien (fam)

to do something by the numbers — (AmE) hacer* algo como Dios manda

to have somebody's number — (esp AmE colloq) tener* calado a alguien (fam)

to look out for o after number one — pensar* ante todo en el propio interés; (before n)

he's hardly your number one fan — no eres precisamente santo de su devoción

3)

a) (amount, quantity) número m

student numbers — el número de estudiantes

in a large number of cases — en un gran número de casos

in a small number of cases — en unos pocos casos, en contados casos

on a number of occasions — en varias ocasiones, varias veces

any number of things could go wrong — hay (una) cantidad de cosas que podrían fallar

b) ( group)

among o in their number — entre ellos, en su grupo

4)

a) (song, tune) número m

b) (issue of magazine, journal) número m

c) ( garment) (colloq) modelo m

she wore a smart little red number — llevaba un elegante modelito rojo

5) numbers pl (AmE colloq)

a) ( lottery) lotería f clandestina, ≈chance m ( en Col)

b) ( results)

I can't say anything till I see the numbers — no puedo decir nada hasta ver las cifras

II
1.

transitive verb

a) ( assign number to) \<\<houses/pages/items\>\> numerar

a numbered (bank) account — una cuenta (bancaria) numerada

b) ( amount to)

the spectators numbered 50,000 — había (un total de) 50.000 espectadores, el número de espectadores ascendía a 50.000

they number thousands — son miles, hay miles de ellos

c) ( count) contar*

they are worthy to be numbered among the saints — merecen que se los cuente entre los santos

his days are numbered — tiene los días contados

2.

vi ( figure) figurar

['nʌmbǝ(r)]
1. N

1) (Math) número m

think of a number, any number — piensa un número, uno cualquiera

an even/odd number — un número par/impar

to do sth by numbers or (US) by the numbers — (fig) hacer algo como es debido

• painting by numbers — pintar siguiendo los números

• to play the numbers — (US) * jugar a la lotería
lucky 1., 2), prime 4., round 1.
2) (=identification number) [of house, room, page] (also Telec) número m; [of car] (also: registration number) matrícula f

we live at number 15 — vivimos en el número 15

my number is 414 3925 — mi (número de) teléfono es el 414 3925

the number 49 bus — el autobús número 49

I don't know her room number — no sé su número de habitación

did you get his number? — ¿has apuntado la matrícula?

• his number came up — (in lottery, raffle) su número salió premiado

• reference number — número de referencia

• Number Ten — (Brit) (Pol) la casa del Primer Ministro británico

• you've got the wrong number — (Telec) se ha equivocado de número

to have sb's number —

I've got his number now * — ya lo tengo calado *

- his number is up
registration 2., serial, telephone
3) (in hierarchy)

it's (at) number three in the charts — está tercero or es el número tres en la lista de éxitos

• number one, she's the world number one — es la campeona mundial

the number one Spanish player — el mejor jugador español, el número uno de los jugadores españoles

I'm your number one fan — soy su más rendido admirador

it's my number one priority — es lo más importante para mí

• he's my number two — es mi inferior inmediato

- look after or look out for number one

he only thinks of number one — solo piensa en sí mismo
opposite 3., 3), public 1., 2)
4) (=quantity, amount) número m

equal numbers of women and men — el mismo número de mujeres y hombres

the slump in student numbers — la caída en picado del número de estudiantes

• a number of — (=several) varios

on a number of occasions — en varias ocasiones

a number of people have mentioned it — varias personas lo han mencionado

in a large number of cases — en muchos casos, en un gran número de casos

in a small number of cases — en contados or unos pocos casos

I've had a fair/an enormous number of letters — he recibido bastantes/muchísimas cartas

• there must be any number of people in my position — debe haber gran cantidad de personas en mi situación

any number can play — puede jugar cualquier número de personas

• they were eight/few in number — eran ocho/pocos

• to make up the numbers — hacer bulto

• times without number — liter un sinfín de veces
force 1., 1), safety 1.
5) (=group)

one of their number — uno de ellos

I include myself in their number — me considero uno de ellos

6) (=edition) número m

the January number — el número de enero
back 6.
7) (=song, act) número m

and for my next number I shall sing... — ahora voy a cantar...

- do a number on sb

8) * (=item of clothing) modelo m

that little number is by Dior — ese modelito es de Dior

9) * (=person)

she's a nice little number — está como un tren *, está más buena que el pan *

10) * (=product)

this wine is a nice little number — este vino no está nada mal

11) * (=job, situation)

a cushy number — un buen chollo (Sp) *

12) (Gram) número m

13) Numbers (in Bible)

(the Book of) Numbers — (el libro de) Números

2. VT

1) (=assign number to) numerar

they are numbered from one to ten — están numerados del uno al diez

numbered (bank) account — cuenta f (bancaria) numerada

2) (=amount to)

they number 700 — son 700, hay 700

the dead numbered several hundred — el número de muertos ascendía a varios centenares

the library numbers 30,000 books — la biblioteca cuenta con 30.000 libros

3) (=include) contar

to number sb among one's friends — contar a algn entre sus amigos

he numbered Beethoven among his pupils — Beethoven era uno de sus discípulos

to be numbered among — figurar entre

4) (=count in numbers) contar

- his days are numbered

3.

VI

to number among — figurar entre

4.

CPD

number cruncher * N — (=machine) procesador m de números; (=person) encargado(-a) m / f de hacer los números *

number crunching N — cálculo m numérico

number plate N — (Brit) (Aut) matrícula f, placa f (esp LAm), chapa f (de matrícula) (S. Cone)

numbers game, numbers racket (US) N — (=lottery) lotería f; (illegal) lotería clandestina

to play the numbers game — jugar a la lotería; (fig) pej dar cifras

number theory N — teoría f numérica

* * *
['nʌmbər, 'nʌmbə(r)]
I

noun

1) ( digit) número m

in round numbers — en números redondos

2) ( for identification) número m; ( telephone number) número de teléfono

wrong number — número equivocado

page/room number — número de página/de habitación

I'm in number 17 — estoy en la (habitación) 17

she lives at number 48 — vive en el número 48

her/my number is up — le/me ha llegado la hora

to do a number on somebody — (AmE sl) hacérsela* buena a alguien (fam)

to do something by the numbers — (AmE) hacer* algo como Dios manda

to have somebody's number — (esp AmE colloq) tener* calado a alguien (fam)

to look out for o after number one — pensar* ante todo en el propio interés; (before n)

he's hardly your number one fan — no eres precisamente santo de su devoción

3)

a) (amount, quantity) número m

student numbers — el número de estudiantes

in a large number of cases — en un gran número de casos

in a small number of cases — en unos pocos casos, en contados casos

on a number of occasions — en varias ocasiones, varias veces

any number of things could go wrong — hay (una) cantidad de cosas que podrían fallar

b) ( group)

among o in their number — entre ellos, en su grupo

4)

a) (song, tune) número m

b) (issue of magazine, journal) número m

c) ( garment) (colloq) modelo m

she wore a smart little red number — llevaba un elegante modelito rojo

5) numbers pl (AmE colloq)

a) ( lottery) lotería f clandestina, ≈chance m ( en Col)

b) ( results)

I can't say anything till I see the numbers — no puedo decir nada hasta ver las cifras

II
1.

transitive verb

a) ( assign number to) \<\<houses/pages/items\>\> numerar

a numbered (bank) account — una cuenta (bancaria) numerada

b) ( amount to)

the spectators numbered 50,000 — había (un total de) 50.000 espectadores, el número de espectadores ascendía a 50.000

they number thousands — son miles, hay miles de ellos

c) ( count) contar*

they are worthy to be numbered among the saints — merecen que se los cuente entre los santos

his days are numbered — tiene los días contados

2.

vi ( figure) figurar

English-spanish dictionary > number
19 number

number [ˈnʌmbə^r]

1. noun

   a. nombre m ; (when written) chiffre m

   b. ( = quantity, amount) nombre m

• a number of people un certain nombre de personnes

• large numbers of people un grand nombre de personnes

• a great number of books/chairs une grande quantité de livres/chaises

• on a number of occasions à plusieurs occasions

• there are a number of things which... il y a un certain nombre de choses qui...

• any number can play le nombre de joueurs est illimité

• I've told you any number of times (inf) je te l'ai dit mille fois

• to win by sheer numbers l'emporter par le nombre

   c. [of bus, page, house, phone, lottery] numéro m

• wrong number faux numéro

• to get a wrong number se tromper de numéro

• that's the wrong number ce n'est pas le bon numéro

• she lives at number four elle habite au numéro quatre

• registration number (of car) (numéro m d')immatriculation f

• to take a car's number relever le numéro d'immatriculation d'une voiture

• I've got his number! (inf) je l'ai repéré !

• his number's up (inf) son compte est bon

   d. [of newspaper, journal] numéro m

   e. [of music hall, circus] numéro m ; [of pianist, band] morceau m ; [of singer] chanson f ; [of dancer] danse f

• there were several dance numbers on the programme le programme comprenait plusieurs numéros de danse

• my next number will be... (singer) je vais maintenant chanter...

2. transitive verb

   a. ( = give a number to) numéroter

• they are numbered from one to ten ils sont numérotés de un à dix

• the houses are not numbered les maisons n'ont pas de numéro

   b. ( = include) compter

• I number him among my friends je le compte parmi mes amis

   c. his days were numbered ses jours étaient comptés

3. compounds

► number one noun

• to be number one (in the charts) être numéro un (au hit-parade)

• he's the number one there c'est lui le numéro un

• the number one English player le meilleur joueur anglais

• to look after number one (inf) penser avant tout à soi ► number plate noun (British) plaque f d'immatriculation

• a car with French number plates une voiture immatriculée en France ► numbers game noun

• to play the numbers game jouer sur les chiffres ► Number 10 noun 10 Downing Street (résidence du Premier ministre) → DOWNING STREET

► number two noun [of political party] numéro deux m

• he's my number two (inf) il est mon second

* * *
['nʌmbə(r)] 1.
noun

1) gen, Linguistics nombre m; ( written figure) chiffre m

a three-figure number — un nombre à trois chiffres

2) (of bus, house, page, telephone) numéro m

a wrong number — un faux numéro

there's no reply at that number — ce numéro ne répond pas

to be number three on the list — être troisième sur la liste

3) (amount, quantity) nombre m

a number of people/times — un certain nombre de personnes/fois

for a number of reasons — pour plusieurs raisons

large numbers of people — beaucoup de gens

on a number of occasions — plusieurs fois

they were sixteen in number — ils étaient (au nombre de) seize

one of our number — un des nôtres

in equal numbers — en nombre égal

any number of times — maintes fois

4) ( issue) (of magazine, periodical) numéro m

the May number — le numéro de mai

5) Music, Theatre ( act) numéro m; ( song) chanson f

6) (colloq) ( object of admiration)

a little black number — ( dress) une petite robe noire

that car is a neat little number — elle est chouette (colloq), cette voiture
2.
numbers plural noun (in company, school) effectifs mpl; (of crowd, army) nombre m

to win by force or weight of numbers — gagner parce que l'on est plus nombreux

to make up the numbers — pour compléter le nombre
3.
transitive verb

1) ( allocate number to) numéroter

2) ( amount to) compter

the regiment numbered 1,000 men — le régiment comptait 1000 hommes

3) ( include) compter ( among parmi)
4.
intransitive verb ( comprise in number)

a crowd numbering in the thousands — une foule de plusieurs milliers de personnes

to number among the great musicians — compter parmi les plus grands musiciens

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your number's up! — (colloq) ton compte est bon!

to do something by the numbers US ou by numbers — faire quelque chose mécaniquement

his days are numbered — ses jours sont comptés

English-French dictionary > number
20 hundred

1. noun
1) ((plural hundred) the number 100: Ten times ten is a hundred; more than one/a hundred; There must be at least six hundred of them here.) cien

2) (the figure 100.) cien

3) (the age of 100: She's over a hundred; a man of a hundred.) cien años

4) ((plural hundred) a hundred pounds or dollars: I lost several hundred at the casino last night.) cientos (de)

2. adjective
1) (100 in number: six hundred people; a few hundred pounds.) cientos

2) (aged 100: He is a hundred today.) cien años, centenario

•

- hundred-
- hundredfold
- hundredth
- hundreds of

hundred num

1. cien / ciento

it cost a hundred pounds costó cien libras

2. centenar

we have hundreds of friends tenemos cientos de amigos / tenemos centenares de amigos

hundred

tr['hʌndrəd]

noun

1 cien

■ a hundred volunteers cien voluntarios

■ a hundred and ten kilos ciento diez kilos

■ five hundred years ago hace quinientos años

■ it costs two hundred euros cuesta doscientas euros

■ a hundred and fifty cars ciento cincuenta coches

■ in the eighteen hundreds en el siglo diecinueve

■ he lived to be a hundred llegó a los cien años

plural noun hundreds

1 (many) centenares nombre masculino plural, cientos nombre masculino plural

■ there were hundreds of cyclists había centenares de ciclistas

■ there are hundreds of ways to save money hay cientos de maneras de ahorrar dinero

\

SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

a hundred per cent (literally) ciento por ciento 2 (figuratively) totalmente

■ a hundred per cent of the votes have been counted el ciento por ciento de los votos han sido escrutados

■ I agree with you a hundred per cent estoy totalmente de acuerdo contigo

hundred ['hʌndrəd] adj

: cien, ciento

hundred n, pl - dreds or - dred : ciento m

hundred

adj.

• cien (to) adj.

n.

• centena s.f.

• centenar s.m.

• cien s.m.

'hʌndrəd
noun cien m

a/one hundred — cien

a/one hundred and one — ciento uno

two hundred — doscientos

five hundred — quinientos

five hundred pages — quinientas páginas

twelve hundred — mil doscientos

fifteen hundred — mil quinientos

in (the year) fifteen hundred — en el (año) mil quinientos

she lived in the seventeen hundreds — vivió en el siglo XVIII

ten hundreds are a thousand — diez centenas son un millar

they are sold by the hundred o in hundreds — se venden de a cien or (Esp) de cien en cien

a/one hundred thousand/million — cien mil/millones

hundreds of times — cientos de veces

I've got a hundred and one things to do — tengo cientos or miles de cosas que hacer

['hʌndrɪd]
1. N

1)

a or one hundred — (before noun, or used alone) cien; (before numbers up to 99) ciento

a or one hundred people — cien personas

to count up to a or one hundred — contar hasta cien

a hundred and one/two — ciento uno/dos

a or one hundred and ten — ciento diez

a or one hundred thousand — cien mil

two hundred — doscientos

three hundred — trescientos

five hundred people — quinientas personas

five hundred and one — quinientos uno

seven hundred euros — setecientos euros

nine hundred pounds — novecientas libras

a hundred per cent — cien por cien

to live to be a hundred — llegar a los cien años

the hundred and first — el centésimo primero

2) (=figure) ciento m

3) (=large number)

in hundreds, by the hundred — a centenares

for hundreds of thousands of years — durante centenares de miles de años

hundreds of people — centenares de personas

I've got hundreds of letters to write — tengo que escribir cientos de cartas

I've told you hundreds of times — te lo he dicho cientos or centenares de veces

I've got a hundred and one things to do — tengo la mar de cosas que hacer

2.

CPD

the Hundred Years' War N — la Guerra de los Cien Años
HUNDRED
"Ciento" or "cien"?
► Use cien before a {noun} (even when it follows mil):
... a or one hundred soldiers...... cien soldados...
... eleven hundred metres...... mil cien metros... NOTE: Don't translate numbers like e leven hundred literally. Translate their equivalent in thousands and hundreds instead. ► Use cien before mil and millón:
... a or one hundred thousand dollars...... cien mil dólares...
... a or one hundred million euros...... cien millones de euros... ► But use cie nto before another {number}:
... a or one hundred and sixteen stamps...... ciento dieciséis sellos... ► When hun dred follows another number, use the compound forms (doscientos, -as, trescientos, -as {etc}) which must agree with the noun:
... two hundred and fifty women...... doscientas cincuenta mujeres... For further uses and examples, see main entry
* * *
['hʌndrəd]
noun cien m

a/one hundred — cien

a/one hundred and one — ciento uno

two hundred — doscientos

five hundred — quinientos

five hundred pages — quinientas páginas

twelve hundred — mil doscientos

fifteen hundred — mil quinientos

in (the year) fifteen hundred — en el (año) mil quinientos

she lived in the seventeen hundreds — vivió en el siglo XVIII

ten hundreds are a thousand — diez centenas son un millar

they are sold by the hundred o in hundreds — se venden de a cien or (Esp) de cien en cien

a/one hundred thousand/million — cien mil/millones

hundreds of times — cientos de veces

I've got a hundred and one things to do — tengo cientos or miles de cosas que hacer

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