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  • 1 ensartar

    v.
    1 to string (perlas).
    ensartó las verduras en pinchos he threaded the vegetables on skewers
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    1 (cuentas) to string (together), thread; (aguja) to thread
    2 figurado to reel off, rattle off
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    verb
    to thread, string
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    1. VT
    1) (=pinchar) [+ cuentas] to string; [+ aguja] to thread; [+ carne] to spit
    2) [+ ideas] to string together; [+ disculpas] to reel off
    3) Chile, Méx (=engañar) to deceive
    2.
    See:
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    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) <perlas/cuentas> to string
    b) ( con pincho) to skewer
    c) ( enhebrar) to thread
    d) ( clavar)
    2) < disparates> to reel off, trot out; < insultos> to come out with a string o stream of
    2.
    ensartarse v pron
    a) (AmL fam) (en discusión, asunto) to get involved
    b) (CS fam) ( engañarse)
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    = string.
    Nota: Verbo irregular: pasado y participio strung.
    Ex. There is no question of stringing together simple concepts in a preferred citation order to produce a single index description of the summarized subject content of a document.
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    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) <perlas/cuentas> to string
    b) ( con pincho) to skewer
    c) ( enhebrar) to thread
    d) ( clavar)
    2) < disparates> to reel off, trot out; < insultos> to come out with a string o stream of
    2.
    ensartarse v pron
    a) (AmL fam) (en discusión, asunto) to get involved
    b) (CS fam) ( engañarse)
    * * *
    Nota: Verbo irregular: pasado y participio strung.

    Ex: There is no question of stringing together simple concepts in a preferred citation order to produce a single index description of the summarized subject content of a document.

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    ensartar [A1 ]
    vt
    A
    1 ‹perlas/cuentas› to string
    2 (con un pincho) to skewer
    3 ‹aguja› to thread
    B ‹disparates› to reel off, trot out; ‹insultos› to come out with a string o stream o barrage of
    1 ( AmL fam) (en una discusión, un asunto) to get involved
    2 (CS fam) (clavarse) to be taken in ( colloq), to be suckered ( AmE colloq) ensartarse CON algn to be wrong ABOUT sb
    me ensarté con el auto que compré the car turned out to be a bad buy
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    ensartar ( conjugate ensartar) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹perlas/cuentas› to string



    d) ( clavar) ensartar algo en algo to stick sth in(to) sth

    ensartar verbo transitivo
    1 (cuentas de un collar, etc) to string
    2 (con un pincho) to spit
    3 (ideas) to link
    ' ensartar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    brocheta
    English:
    string
    - thread
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    ♦ vt
    1. [con hilo] [perlas] to string;
    [aguja] to thread
    2. [con algo puntiagudo] [comida] to skewer;
    [torero] to gore;
    ensartó las verduras en pinchos he threaded the vegetables on skewers;
    le ensartó el puñal en la espalda she plunged the dagger into his back
    3. [cosas inconexas] to reel o rattle off;
    ensartar mentiras to tell one lie after another
    4. Am Fam [engañar] to rip off;
    me ensartaron con estos CDs these CDs were a rip-off
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    v/t
    1 en hilo string
    2 aguja thread
    3 con espada run through
    4 L.Am. ( engañar) trick, trap
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    1) enhebrar: to string, to thread
    2) : to skewer, to pierce

    Spanish-English dictionary > ensartar

  • 2 shop

    1. noun
    1) (premises) Laden, der; Geschäft, das

    keep a shop — einen Laden od. ein Geschäft haben

    keep [the] shop for somebody — jemanden im Laden od. Geschäft vertreten

    all over the shop — (fig. coll.) überall

    set up shop — ein Geschäft eröffnen; (as a lawyer, dentist, etc.) eine Praxis aufmachen

    3) (workshop) Werkstatt, die
    2. intransitive verb,
    - pp- einkaufen

    shop or go shopping for shoes — Schuhe kaufen gehen

    3. transitive verb,
    - pp- (Brit. sl.) verpfeifen
    Phrasal Verbs:
    - academic.ru/91520/shop_around">shop around
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    [ʃop] 1. noun
    1) (a place where goods are sold: a baker's shop.) der Laden
    2) (a workshop, or a place where any kind of industry is carried on: a machine-shop.) der Berieb
    2. verb
    ((often go shopping) to visit shops for the purpose of buying: We shop on Saturdays; She goes shopping once a week.) einkaufen
    - shopper
    - shopping
    - shop assistant
    - shop floor
    - shopkeeper
    - shoplifter
    - shoplifting
    - shopping centre
    - shopping mall
    - shop around
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    [ʃɒp, AM ʃɑ:p]
    I. n
    1. (store) Geschäft nt, Laden m
    his latest novel will be in the \shops by Christmas sein neuester Roman wird bis Weihnachten erscheinen
    baker's \shop esp BRIT Bäckerei f
    betting \shop BRIT Wettbüro nt
    book \shop Buchladen m
    record \shop Schallplattengeschäft nt
    sweet [or AM candy] \shop Süßwarenladen m, Zuckerlgeschäft nt ÖSTERR
    to go to the \shops einkaufen gehen
    to set up \shop (open a shop) ein Geschäft eröffnen [o fam aufmachen]; (start out in business) ein Unternehmen eröffnen; lawyer eine Kanzlei eröffnen
    to set up \shop as a baker eine Bäckerei eröffnen
    to set up \shop on one's own sich akk selbstständig machen
    to shut [or AM close] up \shop sein Geschäft [o Unternehmen] schließen
    she shut up \shop as a software consultant sie hörte auf, als Softwareberaterin zu arbeiten
    the only lawyer in town shut up \shop der einzige Anwalt der Stadt schloss seine Kanzlei
    2. BRIT, AUS (shopping) Einkauf m
    to do the \shop einkaufen [gehen]
    to do the weekly \shop den Wocheneinkauf erledigen
    3. (workshop) Werkstatt f
    engineering \shop BRIT Konstruktionsbüro nt
    repair \shop [Reparatur]werkstatt f
    closed [or AM union] \shop gewerkschaftspflichtiger Betrieb
    4.
    ▶ to be all over the \shop BRIT ( fam) ein [völliges] Durcheinander sein
    ▶ to talk \shop über die Arbeit reden
    II. vi
    <- pp->
    einkaufen
    to \shop at the market auf dem Markt einkaufen
    to \shop at Marks and Spencers bei Marks and Spencers einkaufen
    to \shop till you drop ( hum) eine Shoppingorgie veranstalten hum
    ▪ to \shop for sth etw einkaufen
    to \shop for bargains auf Schnäppchenjagd sein fam
    III. vt
    <- pp->
    1. BRIT (sl: inform)
    ▪ to \shop sb to sb jdn bei jdm verpfeifen fam
    2. (go shopping somewhere)
    ▪ to \shop sth certain shop irgendwo einkaufen gehen
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    [ʃɒp]
    1. n
    1) (esp Brit) Geschäft nt, Laden m; (= large store) Kaufhaus nt

    I have to go to the shops —

    to set up shop — ein Geschäft or einen Laden eröffnen

    to shut up or close up shop — zumachen, schließen

    you've come to the wrong shop (fig inf) — da sind Sie an der falschen Adresse

    all over the shop ( Brit inf ) — in der ganzen Gegend herum (inf)

    to talk shop — über die or von der Arbeit reden; (esp of professional people) fachsimpeln

    no shop, please! — keine Fachsimpelei, bitte!

    2) (= workshop) Werkstatt f; (= workers) Arbeiter pl, Arbeiterschaft f

    = shopping) to do one's weekly shop — seinen wöchentlichen Einkauf erledigen

    2. vi
    einkaufen, Einkäufe machen

    we spend Saturday mornings shopping —

    3. vt (Brit inf)
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    shop [ʃɒp; US ʃɑp]
    A s
    1. a) (Kauf)Laden m, Geschäft n: these CDs are not available in any shops sind im Handel nicht erhältlich;
    set up shop ein Geschäft eröffnen;
    set up shop as a lawyer eine Anwaltspraxis eröffnen;
    come to the wrong shop umg an die falsche Adresse geraten;
    all over the shop Br umg in der ganzen Gegend (herum), überall verstreut; in alle Himmelsrichtungen;
    shut up shop das Geschäft (am Abend od für immer) schließen, den Laden dichtmachen umg; → keep B 13
    b) US Abteilung f (eines Kaufhauses etc)
    2. Werkstatt f:
    carpenter’s shop Schreinerwerkstatt f, Schreinerei f
    3. Betrieb m, Fabrik f, Werk n:
    talk shop fachsimpeln; → closed shop, open shop
    4. besonders Br Einkauf m
    B v/i einkaufen, Einkäufe machen:
    go shopping einkaufen gehen;
    a) (vor dem Einkaufen) die Preise vergleichen,
    b) fig sich umsehen ( for nach);
    shop ( oder go shopping) for sth etwas kaufen gehen;
    I was shopping for a pair of shoes, but … ich wollte mir ein Paar Schuhe kaufen, aber …
    C v/t besonders Br sl einen Komplizen etc verpfeifen
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    1. noun
    1) (premises) Laden, der; Geschäft, das

    keep a shop — einen Laden od. ein Geschäft haben

    keep [the] shop for somebody — jemanden im Laden od. Geschäft vertreten

    all over the shop — (fig. coll.) überall

    set up shop — ein Geschäft eröffnen; (as a lawyer, dentist, etc.) eine Praxis aufmachen

    3) (workshop) Werkstatt, die
    2. intransitive verb,
    - pp- einkaufen

    shop or go shopping for shoes — Schuhe kaufen gehen

    3. transitive verb,
    - pp- (Brit. sl.) verpfeifen
    Phrasal Verbs:
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    n.
    Geschäft -e n.
    Laden ¨-- m. v.
    einkaufen v.

    English-german dictionary > shop

  • 3 Christian Democratic Party

       Established originally as the Centro Democático e Social (CDS) in May 1974, following the fall of the Estado Novo, the CDS was supported by conservatives inspired by Christian humanism and Catholic social doctrines. In the first democratic elections after the Revolution of 25 April 1974, which were held on 25 April 1975, the CDS won only a disappointing 7.6 percent of the vote for the Constituent Assembly. In the following general elections for the Assembly of the Republic, in April 1976, however, the party more than doubled its votes to 16 percent and surpassed the number of votes for the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP). In 1979-80, the Christian Democrats joined the Social Democratic Party (PSD) in a coalition called the Aliança Democrática (Democratic Alliance), a grouping that defeated the Socialist Party (PS) in the succeeding elections. The Christian Democrats remained in the background as the principal party rivals for power were the PS and the PSD.
       In the 1990s, the CDS altered its name to the Partido Popular (PP) and featured new leaders such as party chief Paulo Portas. While the democratic Portuguese system had become virtually a two-party dominant system by the 1980s and 1990s, the PP would have opportunities, depending upon circumstances, to share power in another coalition with one of the two larger, major parties, the PS or PSD. Indeed, parliamentary election results in March 2002 gave the party just such an opportunity, as the PP won 14 percent of the vote, thus surpassing for the first time since the 1975 elections the PCP, which was reduced to 12 percent of the vote. The PP thus gained new influence as the PSD, which won the largest number of seats in this election, was obliged to share governance with the PP in order to have a working majority in the legislature.
       Various right-wing lobbies and interest groups influenced the PP. In early 2000, the PP proposed a law to the Assembly of the Republic whereby former colonists, now mainly resident in Portugal, who had lost property in Portugal's former colonies of Angola and Mozambique, would be compensated by Portugal for material losses during decolonization. The PP leadership argued that the manner in which the governments after the Revolution of 25 April 1974 administered the disputed, controversial decolonization process in these territories made the government responsible for compensating Portuguese citizens for such losses. The PS-dominated government of then prime minister, Antônio Guterres, argued, however, that independent governments of those former colonies were responsible for any compensation due. Thus, Guterres declined to accept the proposed legislation. This proposal by the PP and others like it followed upon other proposed laws such as Law 20, 19 June 1997, put before the Assembly of the Republic, which was passed under the aegis of the PS. This law pledged to compensate opposition militants (the survivors) who had opposed the Estado Novo and had spent years in exile, as well as in clandestine activities. Such compensations would come in the form of pensions and social security benefits. Given the strength of conservative constituencies and former settlers' lobbies, it is likely that the Christian Democrats will introduce more such proposed laws in future parliamentary sessions.

    Historical dictionary of Portugal > Christian Democratic Party

  • 4 CD

    [si:'di:] noun (abbreviation)
    (compact disc.) CD, disco compacto
    - CD-ROM
    CD n disco compacto / compact disc
    Multiple Entries: C.D.     CD     cd
    CD sustantivo masculino (
    ◊ compact disc) CD

    cd Fís (abr de candela) candela, cd 'CD' also found in these entries: Spanish: cd - CD-I - CD-ROM - compacta - compacto - editar - lector - lectora - compact disc - disco English: CD - CD player - CD-ROM - compact disc - play - track - burn
    CD
    tr['siː'diː]
    CD [.si:'di:] n
    : CD m, disco m compacto
    CD (abbrev. for: compact disc)
    n.
    • CD (abrev. inglesa de: disco compacto)
    noun (= compact disc or (AmE also) disk) CD m; (before n)

    CD burner — quemador m de CDs

    CD changer — cambiador m de CDs

    CD writer — ( Comput) grabadora f de CDs

    1. N ABBR
    1) = compact disc CD m
    2) = Corps Diplomatique C.D.
    3) = Civil Defence (Corps)
    4) (US)
    (Pol) = Congressional District
    5) (Pol)
    = Conference on Disarmament
    2.
    CPD

    CD burner, CD writer — grabadora f de CD

    CD drive N — unidad f de CD

    CD player N — lector m de CD

    CD rack N — estante m para CDs, torre m para CDs

    CD recorder N — grabadora m de CD

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    noun (= compact disc or (AmE also) disk) CD m; (before n)

    CD burner — quemador m de CDs

    CD changer — cambiador m de CDs

    CD writer — ( Comput) grabadora f de CDs

    English-spanish dictionary > CD

  • 5 Historical Portugal

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

    Historical dictionary of Portugal > Historical Portugal

  • 6 ganz

    I Adj.
    1. (gesamt) whole, entire; (vollständig) complete; ganz Deutschland the whole ( oder all) of Germany; die ganze Stadt the whole town; in oder durch ganz Amerika all over America; in der ganzen Welt all over the world; ganze Länge total ( oder overall) length; ganze Note MUS. semibreve, Am. whole note; ganze Pause MUS. semibreve (Am. whole note) rest; ganze Zahl MATH. whole number; den ganzen Morgen / Tag all morning / day; die ganze Nacht ( hindurch) all night long; die ganze Zeit all the time, the whole time; zwei ganze Stunden (nicht weniger) (for) two solid hours; den ganzen Goethe lesen etc.: the whole ( oder all) of Goethe; von ganzem Herzen with all my etc. heart
    2. meist präd.; (unbeschädigt) in one piece, intact; wieder ganz machen mend; die Tasse ist noch ganz auch the cup didn’t break
    3. mit Pl., attr.; umg. (alle) all (of); meine ganzen Schuhe all (of) my shoes; schau mal, die ganzen Leute! look at all the people!
    4. attr.; umg. (ziemlich) quite (a); eine ganze Menge quite a lot; eine ganze Weile oder Zeit brauchen / dauern take / last quite a while ( oder time); ein ganzer Haufen oder eine ganze Stange Geld umg. quite a lot of money
    5. umg. (echt, wahr) real; ein ganzer Kerl a real ( oder proper) man; die Aufgabe erfordert einen ganzen Mann this is a job for a real man
    6. attr.; umg. (nur, bloß) just, only; es hat ganze fünf Minuten gedauert it didn’t take more than five minutes, it was all over in five minutes; er hat mir ganze zehn Euro gegeben all he gave me was ten euros; es hat mich ganze 50 Euro gekostet it only cost me 50 euros; sie ist ganze zehn Jahre alt she’s only ten years old
    II Adv.
    1. ganz ( und gar) completely, totally; ganz und gar nicht not at all; ganz aufessen eat s.th. all up; etw. ganz bezahlen pay s.th. in full; ganz durcheinander in total confusion ( oder disorder); ganz durchnässt wet (all the way) through; ganz nass sopping ( oder dripping) wet, drenched, all wet; ganz zu schweigen von not to mention; das ist was ganz anderes that’s a completely different matter, that’s something else entirely; das ist ganz unmöglich that is quite impossible; das hab ich ganz allein gemacht I did it entirely on my own; ( ich bin) ganz Ihrer Meinung I quite agree; nicht ganz zehn just under ten, coming up for ten umg.
    2. (sehr) very, really; ein ganz kleines Stück a tiny piece ( oder bit); ein ganz kleines bisschen oder ein ganz klein wenig a tiny bit; ganz besonders, weil (e)specially since; ganz gewiss certainly; (ohne Zweifel) (oh,) definitely; ganz in der Nähe very close by
    3. (genau) just, exactly, quite; nicht ganz dasselbe not quite the same thing; sie hat ganz dasselbe gesagt she said exactly the same thing; es sieht ganz danach aus, als ob... it looks very much as if...; ganz wie du willst just as you like
    4. (ziemlich, leidlich) quite, pretty umg.; ganz gut quite good, not bad umg.; es hat mir ganz gut gefallen I quite liked ( oder enjoyed) it; ganz schön viel quite a lot, a fair bit umg.; ganz schön dreckig etc. umg. pretty dirty etc.; ich würde es ganz gern machen, aber... I’d like to, but...
    5. umg., verstärkend: ich bin ganz Ohr I’m all ears; sie ist ganz der oder ihr Vater she’s just like her father, she’s a chip off the old block umg.; ganz Kavalier, ließ er ihr den Vortritt being the perfect gentleman, he let her go first; er, ganz verfolgte Unschuld, protestierte heftig all ( oder the picture of) injured innocence, he protested loudly
    * * *
    integral (Adj.); total (Adj.); wholly (Adv.); in full (Adv.); quite (Adv.); entire (Adj.); all (Adj.); whole (Adj.)
    * * *
    gạnz [gants]
    1. adj
    1) whole, entire; (= vollständig) complete; Wahrheit whole

    eine ganze Zahl — a whole number, an integer

    eine ganze Note (Mus) — a semibreve (Brit), a whole note (US)

    eine ganze Pause (Mus) — a semibreve (Brit) or whole note (US) rest

    die ganze Mannschaft war... — the whole or entire team was..., all the team were...

    die ganzen Tassen/Kinder (inf) — all the cups/children

    ganz England/London — the whole of England/London (Brit), all (of) England/London

    wir fuhren durch ganz England — we travelled (Brit) or traveled (US) all over England

    in ganz England/London — in the whole of (Brit) or in all England/London

    die ganze Zeit — all the time, the whole time

    der ganze Kram — the whole lot (Brit), all the stuff (US)

    sein ganzes Geld/Vermögen — all his money/fortune, his entire or whole fortune

    ein ganzer Mann — a real or proper man

    See:
    → Arbeit
    2)

    Käse/eine Sammlung ganz or im Ganzen kaufen — to buy a whole cheese/a collection as a whole

    im (Großen und) Ganzen (genommen) — on the whole, by and large, (taken) all in all

    3) (inf = unbeschädigt) intact

    wieder ganz sein — to be mended

    4) (inf = nicht mehr als) all of
    2. adv
    (= völlig) quite; (= vollständig, ausnahmslos) completely; (= ziemlich, leidlich) quite; (= sehr) really; (= genau) exactly, just

    ganz hinten/vorn — right at the back/front

    nicht ganz — not quite

    ganz gewiss! — most certainly, absolutely

    ein ganz billiger Trick/böser Kerl — a really cheap trick/evil character

    so ganz vergnügt/traurig etc — so very happy/sad etc

    ganz Aufmerksamkeit/Demut etc sein — to be all attention/humility etc

    etwas ganz Intelligentes/Verrücktes etc — something really clever/mad etc

    ganz wie Sie meinen — just as you think (best)

    ganz gleich wer — it doesn't matter who, no matter who

    eine Zeitschrift ganz lesen — to read a magazine right through, to read a magazine from cover to cover

    das habe ich nicht ganz gelesen — I haven't read it all yet, I haven't finished reading it yet

    ganz und gar — completely, utterly

    ganz und gar nicht — not at all, not in the least

    ich habe ganz den Eindruck, dass... — I've rather got the impression that...

    das mag ich ganz besonders gern[e] — I'm particularly or especially fond of that

    etw ganz oder gar nicht machen — to do sth properly or not at all

    * * *
    1) (the whole (of): He ate all the cake; He has spent all of his money.) all
    2) (entirely: all alone; dressed all in white.) all
    3) (whole: I spent the entire day on the beach.) entire
    4) full
    5) (completely: Finish off your work.) off
    6) (completely; entirely: This is quite impossible.) quite
    7) (fairly; rather; to a certain extent: It's quite warm today; He's quite a good artist; I quite like the idea.) quite
    8) (completely; all the way: The bullet went right through his arm.) right
    9) very
    10) (including everything and/or everyone; complete: The whole staff collected the money for your present; a whole pineapple.) whole
    11) (not broken; in one piece: She swallowed the biscuit whole.) whole
    * * *
    [ˈgants]
    1. attr, + sing n (gesamt) all, whole; (vollständig) entire
    er widmete dem Projekt seine \ganze Energie he dedicated all his energy to the project
    es regnet schon den \ganzen Tag it's been raining all [or the whole] [or the entire] day
    ist das Ihre \ganze Auswahl an CDs? are those all the CDs you've got?
    \ganz Berlin schaute zu, als das letzte Stück Mauer entfernt wurde the whole of [or all] Berlin looked on as the last piece of the wall was removed
    der \ganze Schrott wanderte in den Müll all that [or the entire] rubbish ended up on the scrap heap
    das \ganze Theater wegen einer Frau! all that fuss over a woman!
    die \ganze Arbeit all the work
    \ganz Deutschland/England the whole of Germany/England
    diese Verordnung gilt in \ganz Europa this regulation applies throughout [or to the whole of] Europe
    wir fuhren durch \ganz Italien we travelled all over Italy
    ein \ganzer Mann a real man
    die \ganze Wahrheit the whole truth
    die \ganze Zeit all the time, the whole time
    2. attr, + pl n (fam: alle) all
    die \ganzen Autos in unserer Straße wurden beschädigt all the cars in our street where damaged
    wo kamen denn plötzlich die \ganzen Menschen her? where did all these people suddenly come from?
    man hat mir die \ganzen 500 Euro geklaut! all my 500 euros were stolen!
    3. attr (mit Zahlwort)
    eine \ganze Drehung a complete turn
    eine \ganze Note a semibreve, a whole note AM
    \ganze Zahl whole number, integer
    4. attr (fam: ziemlich)
    eine \ganze Menge/Weile quite a lot/while
    5. (fam: unbeschädigt) intact
    hoffentlich sind unsere guten Gläser noch \ganz I hope our good glasses are still in one piece
    sie gab mir nur ihre kaputten Spielsachen und behielt die \ganzen she only gave me her broken toys and kept the intact ones
    etw wieder \ganz machen to mend sth
    wieder \ganz sein to be mended
    das Auto ist wieder \ganz the car has been repaired
    6. attr (fam: gerade mal) all of; (nicht mehr als) no more than
    der Fernseher hat \ganze 50 Euro gekostet the television cost all of 50 euros
    sie verdient \ganze 3.200 Euro im Monat she earns all of 3,200 euros a month
    er hat dafür gerade mal \ganze zehn Minuten gebraucht it didn't take him more than ten minutes
    für fünf Stunden Schwerarbeit habe ich \ganze 50 Euro bekommen all I got for five hours' heavy work was 50 euros
    II. adv
    1. (wirklich) really; (sehr) very
    das war \ganz lieb von dir that was really kind of you
    er sagte etwas \ganz Dummes he said something really stupid
    er ist ein \ganz Ausgebuffter (fam) he's really a shrewd one
    das hast du ja \ganz toll hinbekommen! (a. iron) you've made a really good job of that! a. iron
    der Kuchen ist dir \ganz wunderbar gelungen you've made a really good job of this cake
    ist das auch \ganz bestimmt die Wahrheit? are you sure you're telling the whole truth?
    \ganz besonders particularly, especially
    das war \ganz besonders ungeschickt von dir that was particularly careless of you!
    ein \ganz kleines bisschen [o klein wenig] just a little bit
    2. (ziemlich) quite
    ich verdiene eigentlich ein \ganz gutes Gehalt I earn quite a good salary really
    der Vorschlag ist \ganz interessant the proposal is quite interesting
    es hat ihr hier \ganz gut gefallen she quite liked it here
    das hat \ganz schön lang gedauert (fam) it took quite a time
    die Kinder waren \ganz schön dreckig (fam) the children were pretty dirty
    ▪ etw \ganz tun:
    du musst das Bild nicht \ganz ausmalen you don't have to colour [or AM -or] in all the picture
    ich habe den Film nicht \ganz gesehen I didn't see all the film
    hast du die Wand schon \ganz gestrichen? have you painted all the wall?, have you finished painting the wall?
    etw \ganz lesen to read sth from cover to cover
    ich habe die Zeitschrift noch nicht \ganz gelesen I haven't finished reading the magazine yet
    4. (über und über, durch und durch) completely, totally
    \ganz nass sein to be all wet
    \ganz mit Schlamm bedeckt sein to be completely [or totally] covered in mud
    5. (absolut) completely, totally
    er ist \ganz der Vater he is just like his father
    sie war ganz Aufmerksamkeit she was all attention
    [ich bin] \ganz Ihrer Meinung I quite agree
    \ganz wie Sie meinen/wünschen just as you think best/wish
    \ganz allein sein to be all alone
    \ganz und gar completely, utterly
    das ist \ganz und gar etwas anderes that is something completely [or totally] different
    \ganz und gar nicht not at all, not in the least
    etw \ganz oder gar nicht machen to do sth properly or not at all
    \ganz gewiss definitely
    \ganz gleich no matter
    \ganz gleich, was passiert, ich bleibe bei dir no matter what happens, I stay with you
    ich muss diesen Wagen haben, \ganz gleich, was er kostet! I must have this car, no matter what it costs
    jdm \ganz gleich sein to be all the same to sb
    das ist mir \ganz gleich it's all the same to me
    nicht \ganz not quite
    es ist noch nicht \ganz Mitternacht it is not quite midnight yet
    er ist noch nicht \ganz achtzehn he is just under eighteen
    das ist nicht \ganz dasselbe that's not quite the same thing
    \ganz Recht haben to be quite [or absolutely] right
    \ganz hinten/vorne right at the back/front
    * * *
    1.
    1) nicht präd. (gesamt) whole; entire

    die ganze Straße — (alle Bewohner) everybody in the street

    die ganze Geschichte od. Sache — (ugs.) the whole story or business

    2) nicht präd. (ugs.): (sämtlich)

    die ganzen Leute — usw. all the people etc.

    3) nicht präd. (vollständig) whole <number, truth>

    eine ganze Note — (Musik) a semibreve (Brit.); a whole note (Amer.)

    im [Großen und] Ganzen — on the whole; all in all

    4) nicht präd. (ugs.): (ziemlich groß)

    eine ganze Menge/ein ganzer Haufen — quite a lot/quite a pile

    5) (ugs.): (unversehrt) intact
    6) nicht präd. (ugs.): (nur) all of

    ganze 14 Jahre alt — all of fourteen [years old]

    2.
    1) (vollkommen) quite

    das ist mir ganz egal — it's all the same to me; I don't care

    etwas ganz vergessen — completely or quite forget something

    etwas ganz allein tun od. machen — do something entirely on one's own

    sie ist ganz die Mutter — she's the image of or just like her mother

    ganz und gar — totally; utterly

    2) (sehr, ziemlich) quite
    * * *
    A. adj
    1. (gesamt) whole, entire; (vollständig) complete;
    ganz Deutschland the whole ( oder all) of Germany;
    die ganze Stadt the whole town;
    in oder
    durch ganz Amerika all over America;
    in der ganzen Welt all over the world;
    ganze Länge total ( oder overall) length;
    ganze Note MUS semibreve, US whole note;
    ganze Pause MUS semibreve (US whole note) rest;
    ganze Zahl MATH whole number;
    den ganzen Morgen/Tag all morning/day;
    die ganze Nacht (hindurch) all night long;
    die ganze Zeit all the time, the whole time;
    zwei ganze Stunden (nicht weniger) (for) two solid hours;
    den ganzen Goethe lesen etc: the whole ( oder all) of Goethe;
    von ganzem Herzen with all my etc heart
    2. meist präd; (unbeschädigt) in one piece, intact;
    die Tasse ist noch ganz auch the cup didn’t break
    3. mit pl, attr; umg (alle) all (of);
    meine ganzen Schuhe all (of) my shoes;
    schau mal, die ganzen Leute! look at all the people!
    4. attr; umg (ziemlich) quite (a);
    eine ganze Menge quite a lot;
    Zeit brauchen/dauern take/last quite a while ( oder time);
    eine ganze Stange Geld umg quite a lot of money
    5. umg (echt, wahr) real;
    ein ganzer Kerl a real ( oder proper) man;
    die Aufgabe erfordert einen ganzen Mann this is a job for a real man
    6. attr; umg (nur, bloß) just, only;
    es hat ganze fünf Minuten gedauert it didn’t take more than five minutes, it was all over in five minutes;
    er hat mir ganze zehn Euro gegeben all he gave me was ten euros;
    es hat mich ganze 50 Euro gekostet it only cost me 50 euros;
    sie ist ganze zehn Jahre alt she’s only ten years old
    B. adv
    1.
    ganz (und gar) completely, totally;
    ganz und gar nicht not at all;
    ganz aufessen eat sth all up;
    etwas ganz bezahlen pay sth in full;
    ganz durcheinander in total confusion ( oder disorder);
    ganz durchnässt wet (all the way) through;
    ganz nass sopping ( oder dripping) wet, drenched, all wet;
    ganz zu schweigen von not to mention;
    das ist was ganz anderes that’s a completely different matter, that’s something else entirely;
    das ist ganz unmöglich that is quite impossible;
    das hab ich ganz allein gemacht I did it entirely on my own;
    (ich bin) ganz Ihrer Meinung I quite agree;
    nicht ganz zehn just under ten, coming up for ten umg
    2. (sehr) very, really;
    ein ganz kleines Stück a tiny piece ( oder bit);
    ganz besonders, weil (e)specially since;
    ganz gewiss certainly; (ohne Zweifel) (oh,) definitely;
    ganz in der Nähe very close by
    3. (genau) just, exactly, quite;
    nicht ganz dasselbe not quite the same thing;
    sie hat ganz dasselbe gesagt she said exactly the same thing;
    es sieht ganz danach aus, als ob … it looks very much as if …;
    ganz wie du willst just as you like
    4. (ziemlich, leidlich) quite, pretty umg;
    ganz gut quite good, not bad umg;
    es hat mir ganz gut gefallen I quite liked ( oder enjoyed) it;
    ganz schön viel quite a lot, a fair bit umg;
    ganz schön dreckig etc umg pretty dirty etc;
    ich würde es ganz gern machen, aber … I’d like to, but …
    5. umg, verstärkend:
    ich bin ganz Ohr I’m all ears;
    ihr Vater she’s just like her father, she’s a chip off the old block umg;
    ganz Kavalier, ließ er ihr den Vortritt being the perfect gentleman, he let her go first;
    er, ganz verfolgte Unschuld, protestierte heftig all ( oder the picture of) injured innocence, he protested loudly
    * * *
    1.
    1) nicht präd. (gesamt) whole; entire

    die ganze Straße — (alle Bewohner) everybody in the street

    die ganze Geschichte od. Sache — (ugs.) the whole story or business

    2) nicht präd. (ugs.): (sämtlich)

    die ganzen Leute — usw. all the people etc.

    3) nicht präd. (vollständig) whole <number, truth>

    eine ganze Note — (Musik) a semibreve (Brit.); a whole note (Amer.)

    im [Großen und] Ganzen — on the whole; all in all

    4) nicht präd. (ugs.): (ziemlich groß)

    eine ganze Menge/ein ganzer Haufen — quite a lot/quite a pile

    5) (ugs.): (unversehrt) intact
    6) nicht präd. (ugs.): (nur) all of

    ganze 14 Jahre alt — all of fourteen [years old]

    2.
    1) (vollkommen) quite

    das ist mir ganz egal — it's all the same to me; I don't care

    etwas ganz vergessen — completely or quite forget something

    etwas ganz allein tun od. machen — do something entirely on one's own

    sie ist ganz die Mutter — she's the image of or just like her mother

    ganz und gar — totally; utterly

    2) (sehr, ziemlich) quite
    * * *
    adj.
    all adj.
    entire adj.
    total adj.
    unmitigated adj.
    whole adj. adv.
    integrally adv.
    quite adv.
    unmitigatedly adv.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > ganz

  • 7 hold

    I noun
    (of ship) Laderaum, der; (of aircraft) Frachtraum, der
    II 1. transitive verb,
    1) (grasp) halten; (carry) tragen; (keep fast) festhalten
    2) (support) [tragendes Teil:] halten, stützen, tragen [Decke, Dach usw.]; aufnehmen [Gewicht, Kraft]
    3) (keep in position) halten
    4) (grasp to control) halten [Kind, Hund, Zügel]
    5) (keep in particular attitude)

    hold oneself ready or in readiness — sich bereit od. in Bereitschaft halten

    hold one's head high — (fig.) (be confident) selbstbewusst sein od. auftreten; (be proud) den Kopf hoch tragen

    6) (contain) enthalten; bergen [Gefahr, Geheimnis]; (be able to contain) fassen [Liter, Personen usw.]

    the room holds ten people — in dem Raum haben 10 Leute Platz; der Raum bietet 10 Leuten Platz

    hold water — [Behälter:] wasserdicht sein; Wasser halten; (fig.) [Argument, Theorie:] stichhaltig sein, hieb- und stichfest sein

    7) (not be intoxicated by)

    he can/can't hold his drink or liquor — er kann etwas/nichts vertragen

    8) (possess) besitzen; haben
    9) (have gained) halten [Rekord]; haben [Diplom, Doktorgrad]
    10) (keep possession of) halten [Stützpunkt, Stadt, Stellung]; (Mus.): (sustain) [aus]halten [Ton]

    hold one's own — (fig.) sich behaupten

    hold one's position — (fig.) auf seinem Standpunkt beharren

    11) (occupy) innehaben, (geh.) bekleiden [Posten, Amt, Stellung]

    hold office — im Amt sein

    hold the line — (Teleph.) am Apparat bleiben

    12) (engross) fesseln, (geh.) gefangen halten [Aufmerksamkeit, Publikum]
    13) (keep in specified condition) halten

    hold the ladder steady — die Leiter festhalten; see also academic.ru/5877/bay">bay III 1.; ransom 1.

    14) (detain) (in custody) in Haft halten, festhalten; (imprison) festsetzen; inhaftieren; (arrest) festnehmen
    15) (oblige to adhere)

    hold somebody to the terms of the contract/to a promise — darauf bestehen, dass jemand sich an die Vertragsbestimmungen hält/dass jemand ein Versprechen hält od. einlöst

    hold one's opponent [to a draw] — ein Unentschieden [gegen den Gegner] halten od. verteidigen

    17) (cause to take place) stattfinden lassen; abhalten [Veranstaltung, Konferenz, Gottesdienst, Sitzung, Prüfung]; veranstalten [Festival, Auktion]; austragen [Meisterschaften]; führen [Unterhaltung, Gespräch, Korrespondenz]; durchführen [Untersuchung]; geben [Empfang]; halten [Vortrag, Rede]
    18) (restrain) [fest]halten

    hold one's fire — [noch] nicht schießen; (fig.): (refrain from criticism) mit seiner Kritik zurückhalten

    19) (coll.): (withhold) zurückhalten

    hold it! — [einen] Moment mal!; see also horse 1)

    20) (think, believe)

    hold a view or an opinion — eine Ansicht haben (on über + Akk.)

    hold that... — dafürhalten, dass...; der Ansicht sein, dass...

    hold somebody/oneself guilty/blameless — jemanden/sich für schuldig/unschuldig halten ( for an + Dat.)

    hold something against somebody — jemandem etwas vorwerfen; see also dear 1. 1); responsible 1)

    2. intransitive verb,
    1) (not give way) [Seil, Nagel, Anker, Schloss, Angeklebtes:] halten; [Damm:] [stand]halten
    2) (remain unchanged) anhalten; [an]dauern; [Wetter:] sich halten, so bleiben; [Angebot, Versprechen:] gelten

    hold to something — bei etwas bleiben; an etwas (Dat.) festhalten

    hold [good or true] — gelten; Gültigkeit haben

    3. noun
    1) (grasp) Griff, der

    grab or seize hold of something — etwas ergreifen

    get or lay or take hold of something — etwas fassen od. packen

    take hold — (fig.) sich durchsetzen; [Krankheit:] fortschreiten

    get hold of something — (fig.) etwas bekommen od. auftreiben

    get hold of somebody — (fig.) jemanden erreichen

    have a hold over somebody — jemanden in der Hand halten; see also catch 1. 1)

    2) (influence) Einfluss, der (on, over auf + Akk.)
    3) (Sport) Griff, der

    there are no holds barred — (fig.) alles ist erlaubt

    4) (thing to hold by) Griff, der
    5)

    put on hold — auf Eis legen [Plan, Programm]

    Phrasal Verbs:
    - hold back
    - hold down
    - hold forth
    - hold off
    - hold on
    - hold out
    - hold over
    - hold up
    - hold with
    * * *
    I 1. [həuld] past tense, past participle - held; verb
    1) (to have in one's hand(s) or between one's hands: He was holding a knife; Hold that dish with both hands; He held the little boy's hand; He held the mouse by its tail.) halten
    2) (to have in a part, or between parts, of the body, or between parts of a tool etc: He held the pencil in his teeth; She was holding a pile of books in her arms; Hold the stamp with tweezers.) halten
    3) (to support or keep from moving, running away, falling etc: What holds that shelf up?; He held the door closed by leaning against it; Hold your hands above your head; Hold his arms so that he can't struggle.) halten
    4) (to remain in position, fixed etc when under strain: I've tied the two pieces of string together, but I'm not sure the knot will hold; Will the anchor hold in a storm?) halten
    5) (to keep (a person) in some place or in one's power: The police are holding a man for questioning in connection with the murder; He was held captive.) festhalten
    6) (to (be able to) contain: This jug holds two pints; You can't hold water in a handkerchief; This drawer holds all my shirts.) (ent)halten
    7) (to cause to take place: The meeting will be held next week; We'll hold the meeting in the hall.) abhalten
    8) (to keep (oneself), or to be, in a particular state or condition: We'll hold ourselves in readiness in case you send for us; She holds herself very erect.) halten
    9) (to have or be in (a job etc): He held the position of company secretary for five years.) beibehalten
    10) (to think strongly; to believe; to consider or regard: I hold that this was the right decision; He holds me( to be) responsible for everyone's mistakes; He is held in great respect; He holds certain very odd beliefs.) die Aussicht haben
    11) (to continue to be valid or apply: Our offer will hold until next week; These rules hold under all circumstances.) gelten
    12) ((with to) to force (a person) to do something he has promised to do: I intend to hold him to his promises.) festhalten
    13) (to defend: They held the castle against the enemy.) (stand)halten
    14) (not to be beaten by: The general realized that the soldiers could not hold the enemy for long.) standhalten
    15) (to keep (a person's attention): If you can't hold your pupils' attention, you can't be a good teacher.) fesseln
    16) (to keep someone in a certain state: Don't hold us in suspense, what was the final decision?) abhalten
    17) (to celebrate: The festival is held on 24 June.) innehaben
    18) (to be the owner of: He holds shares in this company.) sich halten
    19) ((of good weather) to continue: I hope the weather holds until after the school sports.) warten
    20) ((also hold the line) (of a person who is making a telephone call) to wait: Mr Brown is busy at the moment - will you hold or would you like him to call you back?) aushalten
    21) (to continue to sing: Please hold that note for four whole beats.) aufbewahren
    22) (to keep (something): They'll hold your luggage at the station until you collect it.) bringen
    23) ((of the future) to be going to produce: I wonder what the future holds for me?)
    2. noun
    1) (the act of holding: He caught/got/laid/took hold of the rope and pulled; Keep hold of that rope.) der Halt
    2) (power; influence: He has a strange hold over that girl.) die Gewalt
    3) ((in wrestling etc) a manner of holding one's opponent: The wrestler invented a new hold.) der Griff
    •
    - -holder
    - hold-all
    - get hold of
    - hold back
    - hold down
    - hold forth
    - hold good
    - hold it
    - hold off
    - hold on
    - hold out
    - hold one's own
    - hold one's tongue
    - hold up
    - hold-up
    - hold with     II [həuld] noun
    ((in ships) the place, below the deck, where cargo is stored.) der Schiffsraum
    * * *
    [həʊld, AM hoʊld]
    I. NOUN
    1. (grasp, grip) Halt m kein pl
    to catch [or grab] [or get [a]] [or take [a]] \hold of sb/sth jdn/etw ergreifen
    grab \hold of my hand and I'll pull you up nimm meine Hand und ich ziehe dich hoch
    I just managed to grab \hold of Lucy before she fell in the pool ich konnte Lucy gerade noch schnappen, bevor sie in den Pool fiel fam
    to keep \hold of sth etw festhalten
    sb loses \hold of sth jdm entgleitet etw
    sb loses \hold of the reins jdm gleiten die Zügel aus der Hand
    2. ( fig)
    to take \hold of sth custom, fashion auf etw akk überschwappen fam; fire, epidemic, disease auf etw akk übergreifen
    3. (esp climbing) Halt m kein pl
    it's a difficult mountain to climb as there aren't many \holds der Berg ist schwierig zu erklettern, weil in der Wand nicht viele Griffe sind
    to lose one's \hold den Halt verlieren
    4. (wrestling, martial arts) Griff m
    no \holds barred contest Wettbewerb, bei dem alle Griffe erlaubt sind
    to break free from sb's \hold sich akk aus jds Griff befreien
    to loosen one's \hold on sb/sth den Griff an jdm/etw lockern
    to release one's \hold on sb/sth jdn/etw loslassen
    to be on \hold in der Warteschleife sein
    to put sb on \hold jdn in die Warteschleife schalten
    his phone is engaged, can I put you on \hold? bei ihm ist besetzt, wollen Sie warten?
    6. (delay)
    to be on \hold auf Eis liegen fig
    to put sth on \hold etw auf Eis legen fig
    can we put this discussion on \hold until tomorrow? können wir diese Diskussion auf morgen verschieben?
    7. (control, influence) Kontrolle f
    the allies maintained their \hold on the port throughout the war die Alliierten hielten den Hafen während des gesamten Krieges besetzt
    get \hold of yourself! reiß dich zusammen! fam
    to lose one's \hold on life mit dem Leben nicht mehr fertigwerden
    to lose one's \hold on reality den Sinn für die Realität verlieren
    to have a [strong] \hold on [or over] sb [starken] Einfluss auf jdn haben
    he hasn't got any \hold over [or on] me er kann mir nichts anhaben
    no \holds barred ohne jegliches Tabu
    when he argues with his girlfriend there are no \holds barred wenn er mit seiner Freundin streitet, kennt er kein Pardon
    9. ( fig: find)
    to get \hold of sb/sth jdn/etw auftreiben fam
    I'll get \hold of some crockery for the picnic ich besorge Geschirr für das Picknick
    I'll get \hold of John if you phone the others wenn du die anderen anrufst, versuche ich, John zu erreichen
    to get \hold of information Informationen sammeln
    to get \hold of sth etw verstehen
    to get \hold of the wrong idea etw falsch verstehen
    don't get \hold of the wrong idea versteh mich nicht falsch
    the student already has a good \hold of the subject der Student weiß bereits recht gut über das Thema Bescheid
    11. FASHION of hairspray, mousse Halt m kein pl
    normal/strong/extra strong \hold normaler/starker/extrastarker Halt
    12. NAUT, AVIAT Frachtraum m
    13. COMPUT Halteimpuls m
    <held, held>
    1. (grasp, grip)
    ▪ to \hold sb/sth [tight [or tightly]] jdn/etw [fest]halten
    to \hold sb in one's arms jdn in den Armen halten
    to \hold the door open for sb jdm die Tür aufhalten
    to \hold a gun eine Waffe [in der Hand] halten
    to \hold hands Händchen halten fam
    to \hold sb's hand jds Hand halten
    to \hold sth in one's hand etw in der Hand halten
    to \hold one's nose sich dat die Nase zuhalten
    to \hold sth in place etw halten; AUTO
    to \hold the road eine gute Straßenlage haben
    the latest model \holds the road well when cornering das neueste Modell weist in den Kurven gutes Fahrverhalten auf
    to \hold one's sides with laughter sich dat die Seiten vor Lachen halten, sich akk vor Lachen krümmen
    ▪ to \hold sb/sth jdn/etw [aus]halten [o tragen]
    will the rope \hold my weight? wird das Seil mein Gewicht aushalten?
    to \hold one's head high ( fig) erhobenen Hauptes dastehen
    to \hold one's peace ( fig) den Mund halten fam
    to \hold oneself badly sich akk gehenlassen fam
    to \hold oneself in readiness sich akk bereithalten
    to \hold oneself upright sich akk gerade halten
    to \hold oneself well sich akk gut halten
    to \hold sb's attention [or interest] jdn fesseln
    to \hold sb [in custody]/hostage/prisoner jdn in Haft/als Geisel/gefangen halten
    to be able to \hold one's drink [or AM also liquor] Alkohol vertragen
    to \hold [on to] the lead in Führung bleiben
    to \hold sb to ransom jdn bis zur Zahlung eines Lösegelds gefangen halten
    to \hold one's course seinen Kurs [beibe]halten a. fig
    to \hold course for sth NAUT, AVIAT auf etw akk Kurs nehmen
    to \hold a note einen Ton halten
    to \hold the prices at an acceptable level die Preise auf einem vernünftigen Niveau halten
    to \hold one's serve SPORT den Aufschlag halten
    sth is \holding its value pictures, antiques etw behält seinen Wert
    to \hold sb to his/her word jdn beim Wort nehmen
    6. (delay, stop)
    ▪ to \hold sth etw zurückhalten
    we'll \hold lunch until you get here wir warten mit dem Essen, bis du hier bist
    will you \hold my calls for the next half hour, please? können Sie bitte die nächste halbe Stunde niemanden durchstellen?
    she's on the phone at the moment, will you \hold the line? sie spricht gerade, möchten Sie warten [o fam dranbleiben]?
    we'll \hold the front page until we have all the details wir halten die erste Seite frei, bis wir alle Einzelheiten haben
    \hold everything! (when sth occurs to sb) stopp!, warte!; (when sceptical) moment mal fam
    \hold it [right there]! stopp!
    ok, \hold it! PHOT gut, bleib so!
    to \hold sth in abeyance etw ruhenlassen
    to \hold one's breath die Luft anhalten
    he said he'd finish the report by tomorrow but I'm not \holding my breath ( fig) er sagte, er würde den Bericht bis morgen fertig machen, aber ich verlasse mich lieber nicht darauf
    to \hold one's fire MIL das Feuer einstellen, nicht gleich sein ganzes Pulver verschießen fig fam
    \hold your fire! nicht schießen!; ( fig)
    stop shouting at me and \hold your fire! hör auf mich anzubrüllen und reg dich ab! fam
    to \hold confiscated goods/a parcel konfiszierte Waren/ein Paket einbehalten
    ▪ to \hold sth bottle, glass, box etw fassen; COMPUT etw speichern
    one bag won't \hold all of the shopping der Einkauf passt nicht in eine Tüte
    this room \holds 40 people dieser Raum bietet 40 Personen Platz
    the CD rack \holds 100 CDs in den CD-Ständer passen 100 CDs
    my brain can't \hold so much information at one time ich kann mir nicht so viel auf einmal merken
    this hard disk \holds 13 gigabytes diese Festplatte hat ein Speichervolumen von 13 Gigabyte
    8. (involve)
    ▪ to \hold sth for sth für jdn mit etw dat verbunden sein
    fire seems to \hold a fascination for most people Feuer scheint auf die meisten Menschen eine Faszination auszuüben
    death \holds no fear for her der Tod macht ihr keine Angst
    sth \holds many disappointments/surprises etw hält viele Enttäuschungen/Überraschungen bereit
    to \hold land Land besitzen
    ▪ to \hold that... der Meinung sein, dass...
    * * *
    hold1 [həʊld] s FLUG, SCHIFF Lade-, Frachtraum m
    hold2 [həʊld]
    A s
    1. Halt m, Griff m:
    catch ( oder get, lay, seize, take) hold of sth etwas ergreifen oder in die Hand bekommen oder zu fassen bekommen oder umg erwischen;
    get hold of sb jemanden erwischen,;
    I couldn’t get hold of the money ich konnte das Geld nicht auftreiben;
    keep hold of festhalten;
    let go ( oder quit) one’s hold of sth etwas loslassen;
    miss one’s hold danebengreifen
    2. Halt m, Griff m, Stütze f:
    afford no hold keinen Halt bieten;
    lose one’s hold den Halt verlieren
    3. Ringen: Griff m:
    (with) no holds barred fig mit allen Mitteln oder Tricks;
    in politics no holds are barred fig in der Politik wird mit harten Bandagen gekämpft
    4. (on, over, of) Gewalt f, Macht f (über akk), Einfluss m (auf akk):
    get a hold on sb jemanden unter seinen Einfluss oder in seine Macht bekommen;
    get hold of o.s. sich in die Gewalt bekommen;
    have a (firm) hold on sb jemanden in seiner Gewalt haben, jemanden beherrschen;
    lose hold of o.s. die Fassung verlieren
    5. US Einhalt m:
    put a hold on sth etwas stoppen
    6. US Haft f, Gewahrsam m
    7. MUS Fermate f, Haltezeichen n
    8. Raumfahrt: Unterbrechung f des Countdown
    a) fig etwas auf Eis legen,
    b) TEL jemanden auf Warten schalten
    10. obs Festung f
    B v/t prät und pperf held [held], pperf JUR oder obs auch holden [ˈhəʊldən]
    1. (fest)halten:
    hold sb’s hand jemanden an der Hand halten;
    the goalkeeper failed to hold the ball (Fußball) der Torhüter konnte den Ball nicht festhalten
    2. sich die Nase, die Ohren zuhalten:
    hold one’s nose( ears)
    3. ein Gewicht etc tragen, (aus)halten
    4. (in einem Zustand etc) halten:
    hold o.s. erect sich gerade halten;
    hold (o.s.) ready (sich) bereithalten;
    the way he holds himself (so) wie er sich benimmt;
    with one’s head held high hoch erhobenen Hauptes
    5. (zurück-, ein)behalten:
    hold the shipment die Sendung zurück(be)halten;
    hold the mustard (im Restaurant etc) bes US (bitte) ohne Senf
    6. zurück-, abhalten ( beide:
    from von), an-, aufhalten, im Zaume halten, zügeln:
    hold sb from doing sth jemanden davon abhalten, etwas zu tun;
    there is no holding him er ist nicht zu halten oder zu bändigen oder zu bremsen;
    hold the enemy den Feind aufhalten
    7. US
    a) festnehmen:
    b) in Haft halten
    8. SPORT sich erfolgreich gegen einen Gegner verteidigen
    9. jemanden festlegen (to auf akk):
    hold sb to his word jemanden beim Wort nehmen
    10. a) Wahlen, eine Versammlung, eine Pressekonferenz etc abhalten
    b) ein Fest etc veranstalten
    c) eine Rede halten
    d) SPORT eine Meisterschaft etc austragen
    11. einen Kurs etc beibehalten:
    hold prices at the same level die Preise (auf dem gleichen Niveau) halten;
    hold the pace SPORT das Tempo halten
    12. Alkohol vertragen:
    hold one’s liquor ( oder drink) well eine ganze Menge vertragen;
    he can’t hold his liquor er verträgt nichts
    13. a) MIL und fig eine Stellung halten, behaupten:
    hold one’s own (with) sich behaupten (gegen), bestehen (neben);
    hold the stage fig die Szene beherrschen, im Mittelpunkt stehen (Person); → fort 1, ground1 A 7, stage A 3
    b) Tennis: seinen Aufschlag halten, durchbringen
    14. innehaben:
    a) Land, Rechte etc besitzen: → account C 1
    b) ein Amt etc bekleiden
    15. einen Platz etc einnehmen, (inne)haben, einen Rekord halten:
    hold an academic degree einen akademischen Titel führen
    16. fassen:
    a) enthalten:
    b) Platz bieten für, unterbringen:
    this hall holds 800 in diesen Saal gehen 800 Personen
    17. enthalten, fig auch zum Inhalt haben:
    the room holds period furniture das Zimmer ist mit Stilmöbeln eingerichtet;
    the place holds many memories der Ort ist voll von Erinnerungen;
    each picture holds a memory mit jedem Bild ist eine Erinnerung verbunden;
    it holds no pleasure for him er findet kein Vergnügen daran;
    life holds many surprises das Leben ist voller Überraschungen
    18. Bewunderung, Sympathie etc hegen, haben ( beide:
    for für):
    hold no prejudice kein Vorurteil haben
    19. behaupten:
    hold (the view) that … die Ansicht vertreten oder der Ansicht sein, dass …
    20. halten für, betrachten als:
    I hold him to be a fool ich halte ihn für einen Narren;
    it is held to be wise man hält es für klug ( to do zu tun)
    21. halten:
    hold sb dear jemanden lieb haben;
    hold sb responsible jemanden verantwortlich machen; → contempt 1, esteem B
    22. besonders JUR entscheiden ( that dass)
    23. die Zuhörer etc fesseln, in Spannung halten:
    hold sb’s attention jemandes Aufmerksamkeit fesseln oder wachhalten
    24. US ein Hotelzimmer etc reservieren
    25. hold to US beschränken auf (akk)
    a) jemandem etwas vorhalten oder vorwerfen,
    b) jemandem etwas übel nehmen oder nachtragen
    27. US jemandem (aus)reichen:
    28. MUS einen Ton (aus)halten
    29. hold sth over sb jemanden mit etwas einschüchtern oder erpressen
    C v/i
    1. halten, nicht (zer)reißen oder (zer)brechen
    2. stand-, aushalten, sich halten
    3. (sich) festhalten (by, to an dat)
    4. bleiben:
    hold on one’s course seinen Kurs weiterverfolgen;
    hold on one’s way seinen Weg weitergehen;
    hold onto → hold on 1, 2, 7; → fast2 B
    5. sich verhalten:
    hold still stillhalten
    6. sein Recht ableiten (of, from von)
    7. auch hold good (weiterhin) gelten, gültig sein oder bleiben:
    the rule holds of ( oder in) all cases die Regel gilt in allen Fällen
    8. anhalten, andauern:
    my luck held das Glück blieb mir treu
    9. einhalten:
    hold! halt!
    10. hold by ( oder to) jemandem od einer Sache treu bleiben
    a) übereinstimmen mit,
    b) einverstanden sein mit
    12. stattfinden
    * * *
    I noun
    (of ship) Laderaum, der; (of aircraft) Frachtraum, der
    II 1. transitive verb,
    1) (grasp) halten; (carry) tragen; (keep fast) festhalten
    2) (support) [tragendes Teil:] halten, stützen, tragen [Decke, Dach usw.]; aufnehmen [Gewicht, Kraft]
    4) (grasp to control) halten [Kind, Hund, Zügel]

    hold oneself ready or in readiness — sich bereit od. in Bereitschaft halten

    hold one's head high — (fig.) (be confident) selbstbewusst sein od. auftreten; (be proud) den Kopf hoch tragen

    6) (contain) enthalten; bergen [Gefahr, Geheimnis]; (be able to contain) fassen [Liter, Personen usw.]

    the room holds ten people — in dem Raum haben 10 Leute Platz; der Raum bietet 10 Leuten Platz

    hold water — [Behälter:] wasserdicht sein; Wasser halten; (fig.) [Argument, Theorie:] stichhaltig sein, hieb- und stichfest sein

    he can/can't hold his drink or liquor — er kann etwas/nichts vertragen

    8) (possess) besitzen; haben
    9) (have gained) halten [Rekord]; haben [Diplom, Doktorgrad]
    10) (keep possession of) halten [Stützpunkt, Stadt, Stellung]; (Mus.): (sustain) [aus]halten [Ton]

    hold one's own — (fig.) sich behaupten

    hold one's position — (fig.) auf seinem Standpunkt beharren

    11) (occupy) innehaben, (geh.) bekleiden [Posten, Amt, Stellung]

    hold the line — (Teleph.) am Apparat bleiben

    12) (engross) fesseln, (geh.) gefangen halten [Aufmerksamkeit, Publikum]

    hold the ladder steady — die Leiter festhalten; see also bay III 1.; ransom 1.

    14) (detain) (in custody) in Haft halten, festhalten; (imprison) festsetzen; inhaftieren; (arrest) festnehmen

    hold somebody to the terms of the contract/to a promise — darauf bestehen, dass jemand sich an die Vertragsbestimmungen hält/dass jemand ein Versprechen hält od. einlöst

    16) (Sport): (restrict)

    hold one's opponent [to a draw] — ein Unentschieden [gegen den Gegner] halten od. verteidigen

    17) (cause to take place) stattfinden lassen; abhalten [Veranstaltung, Konferenz, Gottesdienst, Sitzung, Prüfung]; veranstalten [Festival, Auktion]; austragen [Meisterschaften]; führen [Unterhaltung, Gespräch, Korrespondenz]; durchführen [Untersuchung]; geben [Empfang]; halten [Vortrag, Rede]
    18) (restrain) [fest]halten

    hold one's fire — [noch] nicht schießen; (fig.): (refrain from criticism) mit seiner Kritik zurückhalten

    19) (coll.): (withhold) zurückhalten

    hold it! — [einen] Moment mal!; see also horse 1)

    20) (think, believe)

    hold a view or an opinion — eine Ansicht haben (on über + Akk.)

    hold that... — dafürhalten, dass...; der Ansicht sein, dass...

    hold somebody/oneself guilty/blameless — jemanden/sich für schuldig/unschuldig halten ( for an + Dat.)

    hold something against somebody — jemandem etwas vorwerfen; see also dear 1. 1); responsible 1)

    2. intransitive verb,
    1) (not give way) [Seil, Nagel, Anker, Schloss, Angeklebtes:] halten; [Damm:] [stand]halten
    2) (remain unchanged) anhalten; [an]dauern; [Wetter:] sich halten, so bleiben; [Angebot, Versprechen:] gelten

    hold to something — bei etwas bleiben; an etwas (Dat.) festhalten

    hold [good or true] — gelten; Gültigkeit haben

    3. noun
    1) (grasp) Griff, der

    grab or seize hold of something — etwas ergreifen

    get or lay or take hold of something — etwas fassen od. packen

    take hold — (fig.) sich durchsetzen; [Krankheit:] fortschreiten

    get hold of something — (fig.) etwas bekommen od. auftreiben

    get hold of somebody — (fig.) jemanden erreichen

    have a hold over somebody — jemanden in der Hand halten; see also catch 1. 1)

    2) (influence) Einfluss, der (on, over auf + Akk.)
    3) (Sport) Griff, der

    there are no holds barred — (fig.) alles ist erlaubt

    4) (thing to hold by) Griff, der
    5)

    put on hold — auf Eis legen [Plan, Programm]

    Phrasal Verbs:
    * * *
    (keep) something in suspense expr.
    etwas in der Schwebe halten ausdr.
    im ungewissen lassen ausdr. (point) something out to someone expr.
    jemandem etwas entgegenhalten ausdr. (a meeting, etc.) v.
    abhalten (Treffen, Versammlung) v. (possess) v.
    innehaben v. v.
    (§ p.,p.p.: held)
    = abhalten (Treffen) v.
    beibehalten v.
    bereithalten v.
    enthalten v.
    festhalten v.
    halten v.
    (§ p.,pp.: hielt, gehalten)

    English-german dictionary > hold

  • 8 manta

    f.
    1 blanket.
    manta eléctrica electric blanket
    2 manta ray (fish).
    3 poncho.
    4 calico.
    * * *
    1 (gen) blanket
    1 familiar (perezoso) lazybones
    \
    a manta familiar by the dozen
    liarse la manta a la cabeza to take the plunge, throw caution to the wind
    tirar de la manta to let the cat out of the bag
    manta de viaje travelling rug
    manta eléctrica electric blanket
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    I
    SF
    1) [para taparse] blanket

    a manta —

    manta de viaje — travelling rug, traveling rug (EEUU)

    2) LAm (=calicó) coarse cotton cloth ; (=poncho) poncho
    3) * (=paliza) hiding
    4) (Zool) manta ray
    II *
    1.
    2.
    SMF idler, slacker
    3.
    * * *
    I
    1) ( de cama) blanket

    a manta — (Esp)

    liarse la manta a la cabeza — (Esp) to throw caution to the wind

    tirar de la manta — to reveal the truth

    2) (Chi) ( poncho) poncho
    3) (Méx) ( tela) a coarse muslin-like cloth, calico (BrE)
    II
    masculino (Esp fam) layabout (colloq), bum (AmE colloq)
    * * *
    Ex. A bottle containing blanket wash solvent is incorporated in the machine and the process is activated by depressing and holding a lever.
    ----
    * liarse la manta a la cabeza = jump in + head first, jump in at + the deep end, throw + caution to the wind.
    * llover a mantas = hammer + it down with rain, teem with + rain, lash + it down with rain, piss + it down with rain, chuck + it down with rain, pelt + (it down) with rain, tip + it down with rain, rain + cats and dogs, the heavens + open, rain + pour down, pour down, pour down with + rain.
    * manta de agua = downpour, rainstorm, pelting rain, soaking rain.
    * manta de pelo = hair coat.
    * manta eléctrica = electric blanket.
    * tirar de la manta = let + the cat out of the bag, blow + the gaff, spill + the beans.
    * * *
    I
    1) ( de cama) blanket

    a manta — (Esp)

    liarse la manta a la cabeza — (Esp) to throw caution to the wind

    tirar de la manta — to reveal the truth

    2) (Chi) ( poncho) poncho
    3) (Méx) ( tela) a coarse muslin-like cloth, calico (BrE)
    II
    masculino (Esp fam) layabout (colloq), bum (AmE colloq)
    * * *

    Ex: A bottle containing blanket wash solvent is incorporated in the machine and the process is activated by depressing and holding a lever.

    * liarse la manta a la cabeza = jump in + head first, jump in at + the deep end, throw + caution to the wind.
    * llover a mantas = hammer + it down with rain, teem with + rain, lash + it down with rain, piss + it down with rain, chuck + it down with rain, pelt + (it down) with rain, tip + it down with rain, rain + cats and dogs, the heavens + open, rain + pour down, pour down, pour down with + rain.
    * manta de agua = downpour, rainstorm, pelting rain, soaking rain.
    * manta de pelo = hair coat.
    * manta eléctrica = electric blanket.
    * tirar de la manta = let + the cat out of the bag, blow + the gaff, spill + the beans.

    * * *
    A (de cama) blanket
    a manta ( Esp): había comida a manta there was stacks of food ( colloq)
    hay restaurantes a manta there are hundreds of restaurants
    liarse la manta a la cabeza ( Esp); to throw caution to the wind
    tirar de la manta to reveal the truth
    tenía miedo de que alguien tirara de la manta she was afraid someone would reveal o tell the truth
    Compuestos:
    ● manta apagafuegos or ignífuga
    fire blanket
    travel rug, travelling rug ( BrE)
    electric blanket
    B
    ( Zool) tb manta raya devilfish, manta ray
    C ( Chi) (poncho) poncho
    D ( Méx) (tela) calico
    Compuesto:
    ( Méx) muslin
    ( Esp fam)
    layabout ( colloq), bum ( AmE colloq)
    * * *

     

    manta sustantivo femenino
    1 ( de cama) blanket
    2 (Chi) ( poncho) poncho
    3 (Méx) ( tela) a coarse muslin-like cloth, calico (BrE)
    manta
    I sustantivo femenino
    1 blanket
    2 fam (gran cantidad) le dio una manta de sopapos, he gave her a beating
    II mf fam (torpe) clumsy o useless person
    ' manta' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abrigar
    - encima
    - envolverse
    - tender
    - abrigo
    - airear
    - cobija
    - cubrir
    - envolver
    - envuelto
    - escocés
    - picar
    English:
    beat out
    - blanket
    - electric blanket
    - game
    - shake
    - electric
    - rug
    - tuck
    * * *
    manta1 nf
    1. [abrigo] blanket;
    liarse la manta a la cabeza to take the plunge;
    tirar de la manta to let the cat out of the bag
    manta eléctrica electric blanket
    2. [pez] manta ray
    3. Méx [algodón] = coarse cotton cloth
    manta de cielo muslin
    4. Méx [pancarta] cloth banner
    5. Ven [vestido] = traditional Indian woman's dress
    6. Esp Fam
    a manta [muchísimo] in abundance;
    llovía a manta it was pouring down;
    han cosechado éxitos a manta they have had loads of hits
    7.
    la manta [venta cellejera] the bootleg CD market [where wares are displayed on a blanket];
    CDs de manta bootleg CDs
    manta2 nmf
    Esp Fam [persona] idler, Br layabout;
    ser un manta to be a waste of space;
    hacer el manta [vaguear] to bum around
    * * *
    f
    I blanket;
    a manta fam in abundance;
    tirar de la manta fig uncover the truth;
    liarse la manta a la cabeza fig fam throw caution to the wind
    II m/f
    :
    fig be a lazy so-and-so fam
    * * *
    manta nf
    1) cobija, frazada: blanket
    2) : poncho
    3) Mex : coarse cotton fabric
    * * *
    manta n blanket

    Spanish-English dictionary > manta

  • 9 botado

    adj.
    1 cheeky (descarado).
    2 spendthrift (gastador). (Central America)
    3 resigned, ready for anything. (Andes)
    4 dirt cheap. (Central America)
    5 blind drunk (borracho). (Central America)
    6 thrown-away.
    7 foundling.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: botar.
    * * *
    botado, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) (=descarado) cheeky, sassy (EEUU) *
    2) Méx * (=barato) dirt cheap
    3) CAm (=despilfarrador) spendthrift
    4) And (=resignado) resigned; (=dispuesto para todo) ready for anything, resolute
    5) CAm, Méx (=borracho) blind drunk
    2. SM / F
    1) LAm
    (tb: niño/a botado/a) foundling
    2) And (=vago) good-for-nothing, bum (EEUU) *
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    1) [estar] (Andes, Ven fam) ( barato) dirt cheap (colloq)
    2) (Andes, Ven fam) ( fácil) dead easy (colloq)
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    1) [estar] (Andes, Ven fam) ( barato) dirt cheap (colloq)
    2) (Andes, Ven fam) ( fácil) dead easy (colloq)
    * * *
    botado -da
    A ( Andes fam) (barato) dirt cheap ( colloq)
    B ( Andes fam) (fácil) dead easy ( colloq)
    el examen estaba botado the exam was a cinch o a piece of cake o was dead easy ( colloq)
    C ( Col fam) ‹persona› flush ( colloq)
    * * *

    Del verbo botar: ( conjugate botar)

    botado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    botado    
    botar
    botado
    ◊ -da adjetivo [estar] (AmS exc RPl fam)

    a) ( barato) dirt cheap (colloq)

    b) ( fácil) dead easy (colloq)

    botar ( conjugate botar) verbo transitivo
    1 ‹ barco› to launch
    2 ‹ pelota› to bounce
    3 (AmL exc RPl) ( tirar) to throw … out;

    bótalo a la basura chuck o throw it out (colloq);
    botado el dinero to throw your money away
    4 (AmL exc RPl fam)
    a) ( echar — de lugar) to throw … out (colloq);

    (— de trabajo) to fire (colloq), to sack (BrE colloq)
    b) ( abandonar) ‹novio/novia› to chuck (colloq), to ditch (colloq);

    ‹marido/esposa› to leave;

    5 (AmL exc RPl fam) ( derribar) ‹puerta/árbol› to knock down;
    ‹botella/taza› to knock over;
    ◊ no empujes que me botas stop pushing, you're going to knock me over

    6 (AmL exc RPl) ( perder) ‹aceite/gasolina› to leak
    verbo intransitivo (Esp) [ pelota] to bounce
    botarse verbo pronominal (AmL exc CS fam)


    botar
    I verbo intransitivo
    1 (una persona) to jump
    2 (un objeto) to bounce
    II verbo transitivo
    1 Náut to launch
    2 (un balón, pelota) to bounce
    3 LAm (echar de un lugar, despedir) to throw o chuck out
    ' botado' also found in these entries:
    English:
    cinch
    - strand
    * * *
    botado, -a adj
    Andes Fam
    1. [fácil] easy, simple;
    eso está botado that's easy o simple
    2. [barato]
    los CDs andan o [m5] están botados the CDs cost peanuts o are dirt cheap
    * * *
    L.Am. fam
    I adj ( barato) dirt cheap fam
    II m, botada f abandoned child

    Spanish-English dictionary > botado

  • 10 quemar

    v.
    1 to burn.
    quemaron una bandera americana they set fire to an American flag
    El fuego quemó las cortinas The fire burned=burnt the curtains.
    Elsa quemó la madera Elsa burned=set fire to the wood.
    2 to go through, to fritter away (malgastar) (ahorros).
    3 to burn out (informal) (desgastar).
    4 to be (scalding) hot (estar caliente).
    ten cuidado que la sopa quema be careful, the soup's (scalding) hot
    5 to burn off, to consume, to burn up.
    El ejercicio quema calorías Exercise burns off calories.
    6 to be scorching, to be beating down, to be blazing down, to be blazing out.
    Este sol quema This sun is scorching.
    * * *
    1 (gen) to burn; (plants) to scorch
    2 (incendiar) to set on fire
    3 (destilar) to distil
    4 figurado (dinero) to throw away, squander
    5 familiar (acabar) to burn out
    1 (estar muy caliente) to be burning hot
    1 (persona) to burn oneself; (cosa) to be burnt
    2 figurado (deteriorarse el prestigio) to burn oneself out; (en política) to be a has-been
    3 figurado (ir a acertar) to get warm
    ■ ¡que te quemas! you're getting warm!
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=hacer arder)
    a) [fuego, sol] [+ papeles, mueble, arroz, patatas] to burn; [+ edificio] to burn down; [+ coche] to set fire to

    el incendio ha quemado varias hectáreas de bosque — the fire has destroyed o burned down several hectares of woodland

    he quemado la camisa con la plancha — I scorched o burned my shirt with the iron

    nave 1)
    b) [líquido hirviendo] to scald; [ácido, frío, helada] to burn
    2) (=dar sensación de calor) [radiador, especia picante] to burn
    3) [+ fusible] to blow
    4) (=gastar)
    a) [+ calorías] to burn, burn up; [+ energías] to burn off
    b) [+ fortuna] to squander; [+ dinero] to blow *, squander; [+ recursos] to use up
    5) * (=fastidiar) to bug *, get *

    lo que más me quemó fue que me tratara como a un estúpido — what bugged * me o got * me most was the way he treated me as if I was stupid

    6) (=desgastar) [+ político, gobierno] to destroy, be the ruin of
    7) (Com) [+ precios] to slash, cut; [+ géneros] to sell off cheap
    8) Cuba (=estafar) to swindle
    9) CAm (=denunciar) to denounce, inform on
    10) Ven * [con arma de fuego] to shoot
    11) Arg, Uru
    2. VI
    1) (=arder) [comida, líquido, metal] to be boiling (hot); [mejillas] to be burning

    ¡cómo quema el sol! — the sun's really scorching (hot)!

    este sol no quema nada — LAm you won't get tanned in this sun

    2) (=picar) [especia, picante] to burn
    3.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) <basura/documentos> to burn
    b) <herejes/brujas> to burn... at the stake
    2) <leña/combustible> to burn; < calorías> to burn up; < grasa> to burn off
    a) <comida/mesa/mantel> to burn; ( con la plancha) to scorch
    b) líquido/vapor to scald
    c) ácido <ropa/piel> to burn
    d) < motor> to burn... out; < fusible> to blow
    e) sol < plantas> to scorch; < piel> to burn; ( broncear) (AmL) to tan
    4) ( malgastar) <fortuna/herencia> to squander
    2.
    quemar vi
    1) ( estar muy caliente) plato/fuente to be very hot; café/sopa to be boiling (hot) (colloq)
    2) sol to burn
    3.
    quemarse v pron
    1)
    a) (refl) (con fuego, calor) to burn oneself; (con líquido, vapor) to scald oneself; <mano/lengua> to burn; <pelo/cejas> to singe
    b) (fam) ( en juegos)

    caliente, caliente... te quemaste! — getting warmer, warmer... you're burning! (colloq)

    c) ( al sol - ponerse rojo) to get burned; (- broncearse) (AmL) to tan
    2)
    a) ( destruirse) papeles to get burned; edificio to burn down
    b) ( sufrir daños) alfombra/vestido to get burned; comida to burn; (+ me/te/le etc)
    3) persona ( desgastarse) to burn oneself out; ( pasar de moda)
    * * *
    = burn, set + Nombre + on fire, torch, ignite, set + ablaze, incinerate, scorch, sear, singe, scald.
    Ex. In Italy, Mussoline was burning books and suppressing libraries with appalling regularity.
    Ex. The second example relates to a bibliographical puzzle concerning the bowdlerized British version of William Styron's novel 'Set this house on fire'.
    Ex. Alenxandria's library was torched and completely destroyed by the brutal Roman emperor Aurelian in A.D. 270.
    Ex. Nitrate film ignites readily, burns fiercely, virtually inextinguishably and with highly toxic fumes.
    Ex. The day ended in a riot during which the town hall was set ablaze.
    Ex. This is a project to incinerate an estimated 700, 000 tonnes of toxic sludge created as a byproduct of a century of steelmaking.
    Ex. If badly affected, spots run together, and leaves appear scorched.
    Ex. Searing meat is the process for caramelising the sugars present in meat and forming an aesthetic crust around its surface.
    Ex. Soon Frank's shoulders baked, and he could feel the day's heat singeing his cheeks and forehead.
    Ex. In the morning my shower started to splurt out boiling water, scalding my head so badly it has blistered.
    ----
    * fusible + quemarse = blow + a fuse.
    * más quemado que la pipa (de) un indio = completely burned-out.
    * quemar completamente = burn out.
    * quemarse = go up in + flames.
    * quemarse completamente = go up in + smoke.
    * sin quemar = unburned.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) <basura/documentos> to burn
    b) <herejes/brujas> to burn... at the stake
    2) <leña/combustible> to burn; < calorías> to burn up; < grasa> to burn off
    a) <comida/mesa/mantel> to burn; ( con la plancha) to scorch
    b) líquido/vapor to scald
    c) ácido <ropa/piel> to burn
    d) < motor> to burn... out; < fusible> to blow
    e) sol < plantas> to scorch; < piel> to burn; ( broncear) (AmL) to tan
    4) ( malgastar) <fortuna/herencia> to squander
    2.
    quemar vi
    1) ( estar muy caliente) plato/fuente to be very hot; café/sopa to be boiling (hot) (colloq)
    2) sol to burn
    3.
    quemarse v pron
    1)
    a) (refl) (con fuego, calor) to burn oneself; (con líquido, vapor) to scald oneself; <mano/lengua> to burn; <pelo/cejas> to singe
    b) (fam) ( en juegos)

    caliente, caliente... te quemaste! — getting warmer, warmer... you're burning! (colloq)

    c) ( al sol - ponerse rojo) to get burned; (- broncearse) (AmL) to tan
    2)
    a) ( destruirse) papeles to get burned; edificio to burn down
    b) ( sufrir daños) alfombra/vestido to get burned; comida to burn; (+ me/te/le etc)
    3) persona ( desgastarse) to burn oneself out; ( pasar de moda)
    * * *
    = burn, set + Nombre + on fire, torch, ignite, set + ablaze, incinerate, scorch, sear, singe, scald.

    Ex: In Italy, Mussoline was burning books and suppressing libraries with appalling regularity.

    Ex: The second example relates to a bibliographical puzzle concerning the bowdlerized British version of William Styron's novel 'Set this house on fire'.
    Ex: Alenxandria's library was torched and completely destroyed by the brutal Roman emperor Aurelian in A.D. 270.
    Ex: Nitrate film ignites readily, burns fiercely, virtually inextinguishably and with highly toxic fumes.
    Ex: The day ended in a riot during which the town hall was set ablaze.
    Ex: This is a project to incinerate an estimated 700, 000 tonnes of toxic sludge created as a byproduct of a century of steelmaking.
    Ex: If badly affected, spots run together, and leaves appear scorched.
    Ex: Searing meat is the process for caramelising the sugars present in meat and forming an aesthetic crust around its surface.
    Ex: Soon Frank's shoulders baked, and he could feel the day's heat singeing his cheeks and forehead.
    Ex: In the morning my shower started to splurt out boiling water, scalding my head so badly it has blistered.
    * fusible + quemarse = blow + a fuse.
    * más quemado que la pipa (de) un indio = completely burned-out.
    * quemar completamente = burn out.
    * quemarse = go up in + flames.
    * quemarse completamente = go up in + smoke.
    * sin quemar = unburned.

    * * *
    quemar [A1 ]
    vt
    A (destruir, eliminar)
    1 ‹basura/documentos› to burn; ‹gases› to burn off
    2 (en la hoguera) ‹herejes/brujas› to burn … at the stake
    B
    1 ‹leña/combustible/incienso› to burn
    2 ‹calorías› to burn up; ‹grasa› to burn off
    1 ‹comida› to burn; ‹mesa/mantel› to burn; (con la plancha) to scorch
    me quemó con el cigarrillo he burned me with his cigarette
    2 «líquido/vapor» to scald
    3 «ácido» ‹ropa/piel› to burn
    4 ‹motor› to burn… out; ‹fusible› to blow
    D
    1 «sol» ‹plantas› to scorch
    la helada quemó los geranios the frost burned o damaged the geraniums
    2 «sol» ‹piel› (poner rojo) to burn; (broncear) ( AmL) to tan
    E (malgastar) ‹fortuna/herencia› to squander
    F
    ( RPl arg) (hacer quedar mal) ‹persona› lo quemaron publicando esa foto it made him look ridiculous o it was very embarrassing for him when they published that photo
    loco, me quemaste diciéndole eso you idiot, you really messed me up ( AmE) o ( BrE) dropped me in it by telling him that ( colloq)
    G ‹CD› to burn
    ■ quemar
    vi
    A (estar muy caliente) «plato/fuente» to be very hot; «café/sopa» to be boiling ( colloq), to be boiling hot ( colloq), to be very hot
    B «sol» to burn
    aunque está nublado el sol quema igual even though it's cloudy, you can still get burned
    a estas horas el sol quema mucho at this time of day, the sun is very strong o really burns
    A
    1 ( refl) (lastimarse) to burn oneself; (con líquido, vapor) to scald oneself; ‹mano/lengua› to burn; ‹pelo/cejas› to singe
    me quemé con la plancha I burned myself on the iron
    2 ( fam)
    (en juegos): caliente, caliente … ¡te quemaste! getting warmer, warmer … you're burning o boiling! ( colloq)
    3 (al sol — ponerse rojo) to get burned; (— broncearse) ( AmL) to tan
    B
    1 (destruirse) «papeles» to get burned o burnt; «edificio» to burn down
    2 (sufrir daños) «alfombra/vestido» to get burned o burnt; «comida» to burn
    aquí se está quemando algo something's burning
    (+ me/te/le etc): se me quemaron las tostadas I burned the toast, the toast burned
    C «persona»
    1 (desgastarse, agotarse) to burn oneself out
    2
    (pasarse de moda): un cantante que se quemó en un par de años a singer who disappeared from the scene after a couple of years
    en el mundo del espectáculo te quemas rápidamente in show business you're only famous for a short time
    D
    ( RPl arg) «persona» (quedar mal): te quemás si les hacés un regalo así it'll look really bad if you give them a gift like that
    no digas eso en la entrevista porque te quemás don't say that in your interview or you'll blow your chances ( colloq)
    * * *

     

    quemar ( conjugate quemar) verbo transitivo
    1
    a) ‹basura/documentos/leña/CDs› to burn

    b) ‹herejes/brujas› to burn … at the stake

    2 ‹ calorías› to burn up;
    ‹ grasa› to burn off
    3
    a) ‹comida/mesa/mantel› to burn;

    ( con la plancha) to scorch
    b) [líquido/vapor] to scald

    c) [ ácido] ‹ropa/piel› to burn

    d) ‹ motor› to burn … out;

    ‹ fusible› to blow
    e) [ sol] ‹ plantas› to scorch;

    ‹ piel› to burn;
    ( broncear) (AmL) to tan
    verbo intransitivo
    a) [plato/sartén] to be very hot;

    [café/sopa] to be boiling (hot) (colloq)
    b) [ sol] to burn

    quemarse verbo pronominal
    1
    a) ( refl) (con fuego, calor) to burn oneself;

    (con líquido, vapor) to scald oneself;
    ‹mano/lengua› to burn;
    ‹pelo/cejas› to singe

    (— broncearse) (AmL) to tan
    2

    [ edificio] to burn down
    b) ( sufrir daños) [alfombra/vestido] to get burned;

    [ comida] to burn;

    3 [ persona] ( desgastarse) to burn oneself out
    quemar
    I verbo transitivo
    1 (con el sol, fuego, etc) to burn
    2 (con líquido) to scald
    3 fam (psíquicamente) to burn out
    II vi (una bebida, etc) to be boiling hot
    ' quemar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    achicharrar
    - nave
    - abrasar
    - incendiar
    English:
    burn
    - burn out
    - burn up
    - sear
    - wood
    - work off
    - blow
    - frost
    - scorch
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [sol, con fuego, calor] to burn;
    [con líquido hirviendo] to scald;
    quemaron una bandera americana they set fire to an American flag;
    has quemado los macarrones you've burnt the macaroni;
    quemaban a los herejes en la hoguera heretics were burnt at the stake;
    quemar etapas [ir rápido] to come on in leaps and bounds, to progress rapidly;
    [ir demasiado rápido] to cut corners;
    quemar el último cartucho to play one's last card
    2. [calorías] to burn up;
    [grasa] to burn off
    3. [plantas]
    la helada quemó las plantas the frost killed the plants;
    el sol quemó las plantas the plants withered in the sun
    4. [malgastar] to run through, to fritter away;
    quemó sus ahorros en pocos meses she ran through her savings in just a few months
    5. Fam [desgastar] to burn out
    6. CAm, Méx [delatar] to denounce, to inform on
    7. Carib, Méx [estafar] to swindle
    8. RP Fam [balear] to shoot
    9. RP Fam [dejar mal a]
    quemar a alguien to make sb look bad;
    me quemaron con la publicación de esa noticia they really landed me in it by publishing that story
    ♦ vi
    1. [estar caliente] to be (scalding) hot;
    ten cuidado que la sopa quema be careful, the soup's (scalding) hot
    2. Fam [desgastar]
    la política quema politics burns you out
    * * *
    I v/t
    1 burn
    2 con agua scald
    3 fam
    recursos use up; dinero blow fam
    II v/i be very hot
    * * *
    quemar vt
    : to burn, to set fire to
    quemar vi
    : to be burning hot
    * * *
    quemar vb
    1. (en general) to burn [pt. & pp. burnt]
    2. (edificio, etc) to burn down
    3. (estar muy caliente) to be burning hot / to be very hot
    ¡cuidado que quema! be careful, it's very hot!

    Spanish-English dictionary > quemar

  • 11 Political parties

       Portugal's political party system began only in the 19th century, and the first published, distinct political party program appeared about 1843. Under the constitutional monarchy (1834-1910), a number of political groupings or factions took the name of a political figure or soldier or, more commonly until the second half of the century, the name of the particular constitution they supported. For example, some were called "Septembrists," after the group that supported the 1836 (September) Revolution and the 1822 Constitution. Others described themselves as "Chartists" after King Pedro IV's 1826 Charter ( Carta). From the Regeneration to the fall of the monarchy in 1910, the leading political parties were the Regenerators and the Progressists (or Historicals). During the first parliamentary republic (1910-26), the leading political parties were the Portuguese Republican Party or "The Democrats," the Evolutionists, the Unionists, various monarchist factions, the Liberals, and the Nationalists. Small leftist parties were also established or reestablished after the collapse of President Sidónio Pais's New Republic (1917-18), the Socialist Party (PS) and the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP).
       Under the Estado Novo dictatorship (1926-74), all political parties and civic associations (such as the Masons) were banned in 1935, and the only legitimate political movement allowed was the regime's creature, the União Nacional (1930-74). Various oppositionist parties and factions began to participate in the rigged elections of the Estado Novo, beginning with the municipal elections of 1942 and continuing with general elections for president of the republic or the National Assembly (legislature) in 1945, 1949, 1951, 1958, 1961, 1969, 1972, etc. Among these parties were elements of the Communist Party, remnants of the old Portuguese Republican Party elite and of the old Socialist Party (originally founded in 1875), various workers' groups, and special electoral committees allowed by the regime to campaign during brief preelectoral exercises.
       The Revolution of 25 April 1974 swept away the regime's institutions and ushered in a flood of new political groups. During 1974 and 1975, about 60 new political parties and factions sprung up, but the PCP remained the senior, experienced political party. During the period of fallout and adjustment to the new pluralist, multiparty system of democracy (1974-85), four main political parties became the principal ones and garnered the largest percentage of votes in the many general and municipal elections held between the first free election of 25 April 1975, and the general election of 1985. These parties were the PCP, the PS, the Social Democrat Party (PSD), and the Social Democratic Center Party (CDS) or "Christian Democrats." Until 1985-87, the socialists were ahead in votes, but the social democrats were victorious, with clear majorities in 1987 and 1991. In the general elections of 1995 and 1999, the PS returned to power in the legislature, and in the presidential elections of 1996 and 2001, the victor was the socialist leader Jorge Sampaio. The PSD replaced the socialists in power in the 2002 general election.
        See also Left Bloc.

    Historical dictionary of Portugal > Political parties

  • 12 learning aid

    1) обр. помощь в обучении ( как правило о предметах)

    The guide also contains a sample final exam which can serve as an additional learning aid. — Это руководство содержит образец итоговых экзаменационных заданий, который может оказать дополнительную помощь в обучении.

    See:
    2) обр. учебное пособие, учебник (может обозначать не только книгу, но и кассеты, компакт-диски, комплекты материалов и т. п.)

    a learning aid, incorporating two CDs and a book — учебное пособие, включающее два компакт-диска и книгу

    These tapes are an excellent learning aid. — Эти кассеты представляют собой превосходное учебное пособие.

    Syn:

    Англо-русский экономический словарь > learning aid

  • 13 audio forms of media

    звуковые средства информации (компакт-диски, пластинки, кассеты и т.п.)

    And then there are what we call the audio forms of media where children can listen. CDs and radios are probably the best examples, because a lot of children have access to these especially radios.

    Англо-русский универсальный дополнительный практический переводческий словарь И. Мостицкого > audio forms of media

  • 14 schön

    Adv.
    1. mit Zeitangaben: already; schon damals even then; schon früher before; (vor langer Zeit) a long time ago; schon immer always, all along; schon oft often (enough); schon wieder again; schon wieder! not again!; schon nach fünf Minuten after only five minutes; nach fünf Minuten war er schon fort etc. five minutes later he’d already gone etc.; schon von Anfang an right from the start, from the word go umg.; es ist schon 12 Uhr it’s twelve o’clock already; schon am nächsten Tag the very next day; schon um 6 Uhr waren sie auf they were already up at 6 o’clock; schon im 16. Jahrhundert as early ( oder as far back) as the 16th century; schon im 16. Jahrhundert gab es die Krankheit the disease was already around in the 16th century; das ist schon lange her that was long ago ( oder way back); das war schon vor zwanzig Jahren that was twenty (whole) years ago; wie lange sind Sie schon hier? how long have you been here?
    2. (bereits) already; (schon einmal, zuvor) before; (bis jetzt) so far; in Fragen: yet; (jemals) ever; ich habe schon eins umg. I’ve already got one; hast du schon einmal...? have you ever...?; sind Sie schon ( einmal) in Spanien gewesen? have you ever been to Spain?; ich war schon ein paar Mal / oft dort I’ve been there a couple of times / frequently; kennen Sie schon Herrn X? have you met Mr ( oder Mr.) X?, do you know Mr ( oder Mr.) X?; wir kennen uns schon we’ve met, we do know one another; ich habe ihn schon ( einmal) gesehen I’ve seen him before somewhere; danke, ich habe schon zu trinken etc.: no thanks, I’m fine; da ist er ja schon wieder he’s (iro. look who’s) back again; das kenne ich schon I know that, I’ve seen that before; bei Entschuldigungen: I’ve heard that one before; das kennen wir schon we know all about that, that’s an old one; ich habe schon bessere Weine getrunken I’ve tasted better wines in my time; hast du schon gehört? have you heard?; hast du schon mit ihm gesprochen? have you talked to him yet?; ist er schon da? has he come yet?, is he here yet?; (früher als erwartet) is he here already?; was, ( du bist) schon zurück? what, back already?; werden Sie schon bedient? are you being served?; ich bekomme schon it’s OK, I’m being looked after; er wollte schon gehen he was about ( oder all set) to go; warum willst du schon gehen? why are you leaving so early?
    3. zur Betonung (sogar, selbst) even; schon ein Milligramm des Gifts kann tödlich sein just ( oder even) one milligram(me) of the poison can kill you; ein Anruf hätte schon genügt (just) a phone call would have been enough; schon ein Unentschieden wäre ein Erfolg even a draw would be a success; schon für 10 Euro for only 10 euros; Herrenhemden schon ab 5 Euro men’s shirts from as little as 5 euros; ich komme (ja) schon! (I’m) coming!; da sind wir (ja) schon! here we are; schon war ich sauer umg. I was getting really annoyed; was gibt es denn ( nun) schon wieder? what is it now ( oder this time)?; ich verstehe schon I see
    4. (allein) schon seine Stimme just to hear his voice, his voice alone; schon der Name the mere (mention of the oder his etc.) name, just to hear the ( oder his etc.) name; schon der Anblick just to see it; schon der Gedanke the very idea, the mere thought (of it); schon deswegen if only for that (reason); schon wegen if only because of; der Kinder etc.: if only for the sake of; schon weil if only because; schon sie zu sehen (even) just to see her
    5. versichernd, verstärkend: sie wird’s schon schaffen she’ll make it all right; beruhigend: auch don’t worry, she’ll make it; er kommt schon noch he’ll come eventually; die Zinsen steigen schon noch the interest rates are bound to go up; the interest rates will go up, you’ll see; ich mach’s schon leave it to me; es wird schon gehen it’ll be all right, I’ll etc. manage (somehow); das ist schon möglich that could be; betonter: that’s quite possible; das lässt sich schon machen mit Vorbehalt: we etc. might be able to do that, it’s doable; (es ist kein Problem) that’s no problem, no problem umg.; wir können schon mit ihm reden (sind bereit) we don’t mind talking to him; ich kann mir schon denken, was... I can (just) imagine what...; er ist schon eingebildet he’s certainly bigheaded; das war schon Glückssache that really was a stroke of luck; das ist schon eine große Frechheit! that really is a bit much; schon gut! it’s all right, never mind; (das reicht) that’ll do
    6. umg., auffordernd, ermunternd: mach schon! get a move on, will you?; komm schon! come on, then; geh schon! go on, then; nun sag schon, wie’s war come on, tell us ( oder me) what it was like; gib’s schon zu! come on, admit it!
    7. einräumend oder bedingend: schon, aber... yes, but...; ich verstehe / möchte schon, aber... I can see that / I’d like to, but...; ich kenne sie schon, aber... I do know her, but...; sie müsste sich schon etwas mehr anstrengen she’d have to make more of an effort, of course; das ist schon wahr, aber... that’s (certainly) ( oder may be) true, but...; wenn du schon ( mal) da bist since you’re here
    8. (ohnehin) es ist so schon teuer genug it’s expensive enough as it is; schon gar nicht least of all; morgen schon gar nicht least of all tomorrow
    9. umg., rhetorisch: na wenn schon! so what; iro. so?; was macht das schon? what does it matter?; was heißt das schon? so?, that doesn’t mean a thing; wem nützt das schon? who is that supposed to help?; wer braucht / kauft so was schon? who on earth needs / buys something like that?; was verstehst du schon davon? what do you know about it?; wer könnte da schon nein sagen? who could possibly say no (to that)?; wer ist da? - na, wer schon? who’s there? - who do you think?
    10. umg.: wenn schon, denn schon (wenn man sich auf etw. einlässt) in for a penny (Am. dime), in for a pound (Am. dollar); (wenn man etw. unternimmt) anything worth doing, is worth doing well
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    ever; already; yet; by now
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    [ʃøːn]
    1. adj
    1) (= hübsch anzusehen) beautiful, lovely; Mann handsome

    na, schö́nes Kind (inf) — well then, beautiful (inf)

    See:
    → Auge
    2) (= nett, angenehm) good; Erlebnis, Stimme, Musik, Wetter good, lovely; Gelegenheit great, splendid

    die schö́nen Künste — the fine arts

    die schö́ne Literatur — belles-lettres sing

    das ist ein schö́ner Tod — that's a good way to die

    eines schö́nen Tages — one fine day

    (wieder) in schö́nster Ordnung (nach Krach etc) — back to normal (again)

    in schö́nster Eintracht or Harmonie — in perfect harmony

    das Schöne beim Skilaufen ist... — the nice thing about skiing is...

    das Schönste daran ist... — the beauty of it is..., the nicest or best thing about it is...

    schö́ne Ferien!, schö́nen Urlaub! — have a good or nice holiday (esp Brit) or vacation (US)

    schö́nes Wochenende — have a good or nice weekend

    schö́nen guten Tag — a very good morning/afternoon/evening to you

    war es schö́n im Urlaub? — did you have a nice or good holiday (esp Brit) or vacation (US)?

    war es schö́n bei Tante Veronika? — did you have a nice or good time at Aunt Veronika's?

    schö́n, dass du gekommen bist — nice of you to come

    es ist schö́n, dass du wieder da bist — it's good to have you back

    schö́ner, heißer Kaffee — nice hot coffee

    ein schö́ner frischer Wind — a nice fresh wind

    3) (iro) Unordnung fine, nice, lovely; Überraschung, Wetter lovely; Unsinn, Frechheit absolute

    du bist mir ein schö́ner Freund/Vater/Held etc — a fine friend/father/hero etc you are, you're some friend/father/hero etc

    du machst or das sind mir ja schö́ne Sachen or Geschichten — here's or this is a pretty state of things, here's a pretty kettle of fish (inf)

    von dir hört man schö́ne Sachen or Geschichten — I've been hearing some nice or fine things about you

    das wäre ja noch schö́ner (inf) — that's (just) too much!

    es wird immer schö́ner (inf) — things are going from bad to worse

    See:
    4) (inf = gut) nice

    das war nicht schö́n von dir (inf) — that wasn't very nice of you

    zu schö́n, um wahr zu sein (inf) — too good to be true

    schö́n, schö́n, (also) schö́n, sehr schö́n, na schö́n — fine, okay, all right

    schö́n und gut, aber... — (that's) all well and good but..., that's all very well but...

    5) (= beträchtlich, groß) Erfolg great; Strecke, Stück Arbeit, Alter good

    ein schö́nes Stück weiterkommen — to make good progress

    eine ganz schö́ne Leistung — quite an achievement

    eine ganz schö́ne Arbeit — quite a lot of work

    eine ganz schö́ne Menge — quite a lot

    das hat eine schö́ne Stange Geld gekostet (inf) — that cost a pretty penny

    2. adv
    1)

    (= hübsch) sich schö́n anziehen — to get dressed up

    schö́n machen (Kind) — to dress up; (Wohnung, Straßen) to decorate

    sich schö́n machen — to get dressed up, to dress (oneself) up

    2) (bei Verben) (= gut) well; sich waschen, verarbeiten lassen easily; scheinen brightly; schreiben beautifully; (= richtig, genau) ansehen, durchlesen etc carefully

    es schö́n haben — to be well off; (im Urlaub etc) to have a good time (of it)

    etw am schö́nsten machen — to do sth best

    See:
    → danke, bitte
    3)

    (= angenehm) schö́n weich/warm/stark etc — nice and soft/warm/strong etc

    4)

    (bei Wünschen) schlaf schö́n — sleep well

    amüsiere dich schö́n — have a nice or good time

    erhole dich schö́n — have a good rest

    See:
    5) (inf = brav, lieb) nicely

    iss mal schö́n deinen Teller leer — eat it all up nicely (now), be a good girl/boy and eat it all up

    sag schö́n "Guten Tag" — say "hello" nicely

    sei schö́n still/ordentlich etc (als Aufforderung) — be nice and quiet/tidy etc

    sei schö́n brav — be a good boy/girl

    fahr schö́n langsam — drive nice and slowly

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    6) (inf = sehr, ziemlich) really

    schö́n wehtun — to hurt oneself a lot

    sich schö́n täuschen — to make a big mistake

    sich schö́n ärgern — to be very angry

    jdn schö́n erschrecken — to give sb quite a or a real fright

    ganz schö́n teuer/kalt — pretty expensive/cold

    (ganz) schö́n weit weg — a long or good way off, quite a distance away

    ganz schö́n lange — quite a while

    (ganz) schö́n viel Geld kosten — to cost a pretty penny

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    1) (before a particular time; previously: I had already gone when Tom arrived; I don't want that book - I've read it already.) already
    2) (before the expected time: Are you leaving already?; He hasn't gone already, has he?) already
    3) yet
    * * *
    [ʃo:n]
    I. adv
    sind wir \schon da? are we there yet?
    hast du \schon gehört? have you heard?
    sie kommen \schon heute they're coming today
    du willst \schon gehen? you want to leave now [or already]?
    nach fünf Minuten war ich \schon fertig I was finished after only five minutes, I was already finished after five minutes
    \schon bald darauf very soon after
    ▪ es ist \schon...:
    es ist \schon spät it is already late [or late already
    nur eine Minute, und \schon bin ich weg just one minute, and then I'm gone
    kaum leg ich mich hin, \schon klingelt das Telefon wieder I hardly have time to lie down before the telephone rings yet again form
    kaum verließ sie das Zimmer, \schon rauchte er she had hardly left the room when he lit up
    ihr könnt [ja] \schon [mal] anfangen you can start now
    was, \schon 5 Uhr? what, 5 o'clock already?
    er wiegt \schon 200 kg! he now weighs 200 kg!
    eine kleine Menge kann \schon Wunder wirken just [or even] a small amount can work wonders
    \schon ein Teilerfolg würde sich lohnen even a partial success would be worth it
    CD-Rohlinge gibt es \schon für ein paar Cent blank CDs can be had for as little as a few cents
    \schon 8-Jährige surfen im Internet children as young as eight are surfing the internet
    \schon in den Siebzigern gab es Mikrocomputer there were microcomputers as early as [or back in] the seventies
    \schon Ovid schrieb darüber/über diese Idee that/that idea is as old as Ovid
    \schon als Kind wollte ich Schauspieler werden since I was a child I've always wanted to be an actor
    \schon damals/gestern/jetzt even at that time/even yesterday/even now
    \schon früh early on
    \schon immer always
    sie war \schon immer schwierig she always was difficult
    ich sagte es ja \schon immer I've always said so
    \schon seit Jahren for years [now]
    \schon lange/länger for a long time [now]
    \schon längst (die ganze Zeit) for ages; (vor langer Zeit) ages ago
    \schon oft several times [already]
    das kenn ich \schon I know that already
    ich wollte vorher \schon fragen I wanted to ask anyway
    \schon [ein]mal ever
    hast du \schon mal Austern gegessen? have you ever eaten oysters?
    wie \schon gesagt as was/has been said already [or beforehand]
    wie \schon so oft as was/has been often the case [before]
    warum sich beklagen? es geht uns \schon so schlecht why complain? we're badly off as it is
    \schon darum/deshalb/aus dem Grunde for that reason alone
    \schon die Tatsache, dass... the fact alone that..., the very fact that...
    \schon Grund genug sein to be already reason enough; s.a. allein
    II. part
    das ist \schon eine Schande! that really is a disgrace!
    es ist \schon wahr it's true all right
    ich sehe \schon,... I can see,...
    ich kann mir \schon denken, was du willst I can well imagine what you want
    das will \schon was heißen those are promising words
    du wirst \schon sehen! you'll see!
    es ist \schon angenehm, nichts zu tun it really is pleasant doing nothing
    das will ich nicht, und \schon gar nicht von dir I don't want it, and especially not from you
    \schon wieder [once] again
    nicht das/sie \schon wieder! not that/her again!
    2. (fam: endlich)
    jetzt komm \schon! hurry up!
    hör \schon auf damit! will you stop that!
    sag doch \schon! out with it!
    geh \schon! go on!
    gib \schon her! come on, give it here!
    mach \schon! hurry up!
    wenn du \schon nicht bleibst, [dann] iss eine Kleinigkeit if you really can't stay, then have a bite to eat
    wenn ich euch \schon fahre, dann [aber] vor Mitternacht if I do drive you, then before midnight
    4. (irgendwie) all right
    danke, es geht \schon thanks, I can manage
    es wird \schon klappen it will work out all right
    5. (irgendwann) in the end, one day
    es wird \schon noch [mal] klappen it will work out in the end [or one day
    ich glaube \schon I think so
    so was kann \schon mal vorkommen such things can happen
    Lust hätte ich \schon, nur keine Zeit I do feel like it, I simply don't have time
    das stimmt \schon that's true enough
    das ist \schon möglich/wahr that's possible/true, I suppose
    \schon möglich, aber [o doch] [o nur] nicht sehr wahrscheinlich that's possible, but not very probable
    [ja] \schon[, aber...] [well] yes [or sure] [, but...]
    findest du sie attraktiv? — ja, \schon do you think she's attractive? — yes, she's okay
    \schon gut! okay! fam
    und [o na] wenn \schon! (fam) so what? fam
    wir durften nicht draußen spielen, die anderen [aber] \schon we weren't allowed to play outside, but the others were
    auf dieser Straße kommen Sie nicht nach Köln, auf der \schon you won't get to Cologne on this road, but on that one
    8. (usu pej: ausgerechnet)
    was ist \schon Reichtum? what's wealth of all things?
    was hast du \schon zu sagen? what have you of all people got to say?
    was sind \schon zehn Jahre? what do ten years matter?
    was macht das \schon? what does it matter?
    was nützt das \schon? what possible use is that?
    wen interessiert das \schon? who's possibly interested?
    wenn ich das \schon rieche/sehe! the mere smell/sight of that!
    wenn ich das \schon höre! just hearing about it!; s.a. ja, möglich
    wie war \schon Ihr Name? what was your name again?
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    1.

    er kommt schon heute/ist schon gestern gekommen — he's coming today/he came yesterday

    er ist schon da/[an]gekommen — he is already here/has already arrived

    schon damals/jetzt — even at that time or in those days/even now

    schon [im Jahre] 1926 — as early as 1926; back in 1926

    2) (fast gleichzeitig) there and then

    er schwang sich auf das Fahrrad, und schon war er weg — he jumped on the bicycle and was away [in a flash]

    schon [mal] — now; (inzwischen) meanwhile

    4) (selbst, sogar) even; (nur) only
    5) (ohne Ergänzung, ohne weiteren Zusatz) on its own

    [allein] schon der Gedanke daran ist schrecklich — the mere thought or just the thought of it is dreadful

    schon darum od. aus diesem Grund — for this reason alone

    2.
    1) (verstärkend) really; (gewiss) certainly
    2) (ugs. ungeduldig): (endlich)

    nun komm schon! — come on!; hurry up!

    und wenn schon! — so what; what if he/she/it does/did/was etc.

    er wird sich schon wieder erholen — he'll recover all right; he's sure to recover

    4) (zustimmend, aber etwas einschränkend)

    schon gut — OK (coll.)

    Lust hätte ich schon, nur keine Zeit — I'd certainly like to, but I've no time

    das ist schon möglich, nur... — that is quite possible, only...

    5) (betont): (andererseits)

    er ist nicht besonders intelligent, aber sein Bruder schon — he's not particularly intelligent, but his brother is

    6) (einschränkend, abwertend)

    was weiß der schon! — what does 'he know [about it]!

    * * *
    A. adj
    1. (attraktiv) nice; (ausgesprochen schön) beautiful; Frau: auch attractive; Mann: handsome, good-looking; Kind: lovely; Tier: beautiful;
    schöne Schrift nice handwriting;
    schöne Stimme attractive voice; Singstimme: beautiful voice;
    er ist kein schöner Mann, aber … he’s not good-looking (hum he’s no Adonis), but …;
    eine hinreißend schöne Frau a stunningly beautiful woman;
    sich schön machen dress up, make o.s. smart (US neat); (sich schminken) put one’s make-up ( oder face umg) on;
    sich für jemanden schön machen try to look one’s best for sb;
    sei schön und halt den Mund! umg be a wonderful friend ( oder do me a favo[u]r) and keep your mouth shut
    2.
    die schönen Künste the fine arts;
    schöne Literatur belles-lettres pl, belletristic literature
    3. (gut) good; (nett) nice; (erlesen) fine, choice;
    ein schöner Erfolg a great success;
    schönes Wetter good ( oder fine) weather;
    ein schönes Beispiel der Barockdichtung a fine example of Baroque poetry;
    schönen Dank! many thanks; abweisend: no thank you, thanks but no thanks umg;
    schön! als Zustimmung: all right, fine; umg okay;
    na schön! (also gut) all right then;
    zu schön, um wahr zu sein too good to be true;
    das ist alles schön und gut, aber … that’s all very well, but …;
    das Schöne daran the great thing about it;
    das Schönste kommt noch besonders iron you haven’t heard the best part yet, it gets better; → anrichten
    4. (angenehm) nice, pleasant;
    schöner heißer Tee umg nice hot (cup of) tea;
    ein paar schöne Stunden a few pleasant ( stärker: happy) hours;
    es war sehr schön auf dem Fest it was great ( oder very nice);
    das war ein schöner Tag that was a lovely day;
    schönen Tag noch! besonders US have a nice day;
    schönes Wochenende! have a nice weekend;
    war es schön im Urlaub? did you have a nice holiday?;
    das ist schön von ihm that’s (very) kind ( oder nice) of him;
    schöner Tod easy death;
    schön wär’s! wouldn’t that be nice; (ist unwahrscheinlich) what a hope!, that’ll be the day!;
    er macht nur schöne Worte it’s all fine words with him
    5. umg (beträchtlich) considerable;
    eine schöne Strecke laufen walk quite a way ( oder distance);
    eine ganz schöne Entfernung quite a considerable distance;
    ein schönes Stück vorankommen make a fair bit of progress;
    ein schönes Stück Arbeit a pretty big job;
    eine schöne Summe a tidy sum;
    ein ganz schönes Alter a fine old age;
    das ist ja eine schöne Enttäuschung that’s a big disappointment
    6. umg, iron:
    das sind mir schöne Sachen that’s a fine kettle of fish;
    du bist mir ein schöner Freund a fine friend you are;
    das wäre ja noch schöner! that’d be the last straw, that’s the last thing we want; → Aussicht, Bescherung etc
    7.
    eines schönen Tages one day; zukünftig: one of these days
    B. adv
    1. nicely, beautifully etc; → A
    2. umg (sehr) really, pretty;
    schön warm nice and warm;
    der Kaffee ist schön/ganz schön heiß the coffee is nice and hot/really hot;
    ganz schön kalt auch damned cold;
    sei schön brav! be a good boy ( oder girl) now;
    bleib schön ruhig zum Kind: you be quiet now; (keine Aufregung) just keep calm now;
    es ist ganz schön schwer that’s some weight; (schwierig) it’s pretty difficult;
    du hast mich ganz schön erschreckt you gave me quite a scare;
    da wärst du schön dumm you’d be a right (US complete) fool
    3.
    du hast es schön! lucky you!
    4. umg, iron:
    jetzt steh ich schön da I look a right (US complete) fool now;
    da ist er aber schön angekommen he got more than he had bargained for;
    es kommt noch schöner it gets even better, you haven’t heard the best part yet
    5.
    wie man so schön sagt umg as they say;
    wie es so schön heißt umg as the saying goes; → schönmachen, schöntun
    * * *
    1.

    er kommt schon heute/ist schon gestern gekommen — he's coming today/he came yesterday

    er ist schon da/[an]gekommen — he is already here/has already arrived

    schon damals/jetzt — even at that time or in those days/even now

    schon [im Jahre] 1926 — as early as 1926; back in 1926

    2) (fast gleichzeitig) there and then

    er schwang sich auf das Fahrrad, und schon war er weg — he jumped on the bicycle and was away [in a flash]

    schon [mal] — now; (inzwischen) meanwhile

    4) (selbst, sogar) even; (nur) only
    5) (ohne Ergänzung, ohne weiteren Zusatz) on its own

    [allein] schon der Gedanke daran ist schrecklich — the mere thought or just the thought of it is dreadful

    schon darum od. aus diesem Grund — for this reason alone

    2.
    1) (verstärkend) really; (gewiss) certainly
    2) (ugs. ungeduldig): (endlich)

    nun komm schon! — come on!; hurry up!

    und wenn schon! — so what; what if he/she/it does/did/was etc.

    er wird sich schon wieder erholen — he'll recover all right; he's sure to recover

    4) (zustimmend, aber etwas einschränkend)

    schon gut — OK (coll.)

    Lust hätte ich schon, nur keine Zeit — I'd certainly like to, but I've no time

    das ist schon möglich, nur... — that is quite possible, only...

    5) (betont): (andererseits)

    er ist nicht besonders intelligent, aber sein Bruder schon — he's not particularly intelligent, but his brother is

    6) (einschränkend, abwertend)

    was weiß der schon! — what does 'he know [about it]!

    * * *
    adv.
    already adv.
    yet adv.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > schön

  • 15 play

    plei 1. verb
    1) (to amuse oneself: The child is playing in the garden; He is playing with his toys; The little girl wants to play with her friends.) leke
    2) (to take part in (games etc): He plays football; He is playing in goal; Here's a pack of cards - who wants to play (with me)?; I'm playing golf with him this evening.) spille
    3) (to act in a play etc; to act (a character): She's playing Lady Macbeth; The company is playing in London this week.) spille, opptre i/som
    4) ((of a play etc) to be performed: `Oklahoma' is playing at the local theatre.) oppføres, gå
    5) (to (be able to) perform on (a musical instrument): She plays the piano; Who was playing the piano this morning?; He plays (the oboe) in an orchestra.) spille
    6) ((usually with on) to carry out or do (a trick): He played a trick on me.) spille (noen) et puss
    7) ((usually with at) to compete against (someone) in a game etc: I'll play you at tennis.) spille mot
    8) ((of light) to pass with a flickering movement: The firelight played across the ceiling.) spille, blafre
    9) (to direct (over or towards something): The firemen played their hoses over the burning house.) rette mot
    10) (to put down or produce (a playing-card) as part of a card game: He played the seven of hearts.) spille ut
    2. noun
    1) (recreation; amusement: A person must have time for both work and play.) lek(ing), underholdning
    2) (an acted story; a drama: Shakespeare wrote many great plays.) skuespill, drama, teaterstykke
    3) (the playing of a game: At the start of today's play, England was leading India by fifteen runs.) spill
    4) (freedom of movement (eg in part of a machine).) spillerom, klaring
    •
    - playable
    - playful
    - playfully
    - playfulness
    - playboy
    - playground
    - playing-card
    - playing-field
    - playmate
    - playpen
    - playschool
    - plaything
    - playtime
    - playwright
    - at play
    - bring/come into play
    - child's play
    - in play
    - out of play
    - play at
    - play back
    - play down
    - play fair
    - play for time
    - play havoc with
    - play into someone's hands
    - play off
    - play off against
    - play on
    - play a
    - no part in
    - play safe
    - play the game
    - play up
    lek
    --------
    leke
    --------
    spill
    --------
    spille
    --------
    spøk
    I
    subst. \/pleɪ\/
    1) lek, leking, spill
    2) spøk, tull
    3) ordspill
    4) ( i spill) tur
    5) hasardspill, gambling, spill
    6) spill, fremførelse, forestilling
    7) skuespill, teaterstykke, drama
    • let's go to a play!
    8) spill
    9) bevegelse, gang, virksomhet, aktivitet
    10) spillerom, armslag
    11) slark, klaring, rom, slakk
    slakke på tauet, fire ut mer tau
    12) arbeidsstans, arbeidsnedleggelse
    13) (amerikansk fotball, også play offensive)
    angrepsplan
    allow\/give something full play la noe få fritt spillerom, la noe få utvikle seg fritt
    gi sine evner fritt utløp, la sine evner få utvikle seg uhindret
    at play som deltar i lek
    be at play delta i lek
    be in full play være i full gang
    bring into play sette i bevegelse, sette i gang
    call into play sette i bevegelse, sette i gang, mobilisere, utvikle sette inn, spille inn, gjøre seg gjeldende
    come into play eller be brought into play eller be called into play komme i gang, tre i kraft, gjøre seg gjeldende gjøre seg gjeldende, spille inn
    dirty play skittent spill, stygt spill (i sport)
    fair play fair play, ærlig spill
    free play eller full play fritt spillerom, fritt utløp full handlefrihet
    hold\/keep somebody in play holde noen sysselsatt
    in play på spøk, på tull
    i lek, som lek ( om ball) i spill
    make a play for ( slang) forsøke å sjekke opp
    ( slang) forsøke å vinne til seg, bearbeide
    make play with gjøre et stort nummer av, kokettere med, bruke til å vise seg
    out of play ( om ball) død, ute av spill, ute
    place a play få satt opp et stykke
    play fair with være renhårig mot
    play on words ordspill
    see fair play se til at det går riktig for seg
    slow play ( sport) langsomt spill
    II
    verb \/pleɪ\/
    1) leke
    • what shall we play?
    2) (om sport og spill, også overført) spille
    • let's play cards!
    3) ( sport) spille mot noen, spille mot et lag
    4) spille, beherske (om musikkinstrument), fremføre, lyde (om selve instrumentet)
    • do you play the piano?
    spiller du piano?, kan du spille piano?
    hun spilte en sonate, hun fremførte en sonate
    orgelet spiller, orgelet lyder
    5) (om CD, CD-spiller e.l.) spille
    6) spille (om rolle, drama, forestilling), fremføre (om drama), spille i\/på (om sted)
    fremføre\/spille en farse
    de hadde forestillinger\/konserter i alle storbyene
    7) spille, spille ut (om kort), flytte (om brikke)
    8) ( i spill) vedde, by, gamble
    9) ( om lys) leke, spille, skimre
    10) være i gang, være i funksjon
    11) ( overført) leke
    12) (hverdagslig, spesielt ved streik) gå ledig
    13) ( slang) samarbeide, være med, stille opp
    14) (i sport, om ball eller slag) slå
    15) rette, sikte, holde i gang
    play about løpe omkring og leke
    opptre uansvarlig, tulle
    • stop playing about!
    play about with leke med, klå på, fingre på, pille på
    play along late som om en samarbeider
    play a part spille en rolle ( overført) spille komedie
    play around ha mange kjærlighetsforhold, flørte
    være utro være promiskuøs
    play at gjøre\/gjennomføre halvhjertet late som
    • just what are you playing at?
    play a trick on bedra, lure, narre
    play away spille bort
    play back ( om lydopptak) spille gjennom, høre gjennom
    play down bagatellisere, avdramatisere, tone ned, dysse ned
    play down to the crowd ( overført) spille for galleriet
    played out utbrent, utslitt, tappet for energi gått av moten, ikke lenger nyttig
    den teorien har spilt ut sin rolle, denne teorien har ikke lenger noe for seg
    oppbrukt, ferdig
    play false ( om spill) spille falskt
    play fast and loose with leke med, behandle skjødesløst
    play fetch leke kast pinnen (med hund)
    play first begynne
    play for somebody akkompagnere noen, kompe noen
    play hard to get gjøre seg kostbar, spille kostbar
    play into somebody's hands gi noen overtaket uforvarende
    play it by the ear ta det som det kommer, ta noe som det faller seg
    play it cool ta det rolig, ha is i magen
    play it down on utnytte grovt snyte
    play it low\/down on somebody ( hverdagslig) utnytte noen grovt ( hverdagslig) lure noen, bedra noen
    play low spille med lave innsatser ( musikk) spille lavt
    play off spille ekstra kamp for å avgjøre en uavgjort kamp
    play on\/upon spille på, utnytte
    play one person off against another sette to personer opp mot hverandre
    play oneself out bli utmattet, bli utbrent
    slite seg ut
    play out spille ut, spille til ende bruke opp
    play over spille gjennom
    play safe gardere seg, seife, ikke ta sjanser
    play somebody spille mot noen
    ( i kamp e.l.) la noen spille, sette inn noen, plassere noen, stille opp noen
    play somebody along lure\/villede noen (over tid)
    play the field (amer., hverdagslig) more seg, flørte være rundbrenner, feie over så mange som mulig, ta for seg
    play the fool eller act the fool oppføre seg som en idiot, dumme seg ut
    play the game ( også overført) følge spillereglene
    play up ( britisk) være plagsom, lage trøbbel, gjøre ugagn (om person), lage vanskeligheter ( britisk) gjøre vondt, være til besvær
    det dårlige benet mitt begynner å verke igjen erte, irritere
    sette alle krefter til
    • play up, the Reds!
    kom igjen, det røde laget!
    legge vekt på, fokusere på, slå stort opp, blåse opp, reklamere for
    play up to somebody innsmigre seg hos noen, snakke noen etter munnen
    ( teater eller overført) spille opp til noen støtte noen, bakke opp noen
    play up with ( slang) kullkaste, forpurre, ødelegge
    play well ( om bane e.l.) være god å spille på
    play with oneself ( forskjønnende) onanere, masturbere

    English-Norwegian dictionary > play

  • 16 wax

    I 1. wæks noun
    1) (the sticky, fatty substance of which bees make their cells; beeswax.) voks
    2) (the sticky, yellowish substance formed in the ears.) ørevoks
    3) (a manufactured, fatty substance used in polishing, to give a good shine: furniture wax.) polerings-/boningsmiddel
    4) (( also adjective) (also candle-wax) (of) a substance made from paraffin, used in making candles, models etc, that melts when heated: a wax model.) voks(-)
    5) (sealing-wax.) segllakk
    2. verb
    (to smear, polish or rub with wax.) smøre, polere, bone
    - waxen
    - waxy
    - waxwork
    - waxworks     II wæks verb
    1) ((of the moon) to appear to grow in size as more of it becomes visible.) tilta
    2) (an old word for to grow or increase.) vokse, øke
    tilta
    --------
    voks
    I
    subst. \/wæks\/
    1) bivoks
    2) voks
    3) ( foranstilt) voks-
    4) voksfigur
    5) (gammeldags, slang) grammofonplate, vinylplate
    • these newfangled CDs don't do justice to the Beatles, you've got to hear them on wax
    6) skomakerbek
    7) segllakk
    8) skismurning
    be as wax in somebody's hands være som voks i noens hender
    mould somebody like wax ( overført) tvinne noen rundt lillefingeren
    II
    subst. \/wæks\/
    (britisk, gammeldags, hverdagslig) det å bli sint
    in a wax forbannet
    III
    verb \/wæks\/
    1) vokse, bone, polere
    • did you wax the table?
    2) ( skomakerverksted) beke, vokse
    3) ( om ski) smøre, vokse
    4) ( gammeldags) ta opp på grammofon
    IV
    verb \/wæks\/
    1) ( spesielt om månen) tilta, vokse
    2) (gammeldags, litterært) bli, øke (i styrke\/størrelse)
    wax and wane (overført, spesielt om månen) tilta og avta (i styrke), vokse og krympe, veksle

    English-Norwegian dictionary > wax

  • 17 oto

    książk. Ⅰ pron. here
    - oto jestem here I am
    - oto mój paszport here’s a. this is my passport
    - i oto stanął w drzwiach and there he was, standing in the doorway
    Ⅱ part. 1. (przed zaimkiem pytajnym) oto co/dlaczego that’s what/why 2. (wzmacniające) w taki oto sposób (in) this way
    - kupiłam ci tę oto koszulę I bought you this shirt
    - dwie płyty – oto jej cały dorobek two CDs – that’s her entire output
    - tyle oto są warte jej obietnice this is what her promises are worth
    * * *
    part

    oto wszystko, co wiem — that's all I know

    * * *
    particle
    1. here (is l. are); oto on/ona (we własnej osobie) here he/she is (as large as life).
    2. (= mianowicie) here; ten/te oto this/these... here; nabyłem tę papugę w tym oto sklepie I purchased that parrot from this very shop.

    The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > oto

  • 18 quema

    f.
    burning.
    pres.indicat.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: quemar.
    imperat.
    2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: quemar.
    * * *
    1 (acción, efecto) burning
    2 (fuego) fire
    \
    huir de la quema to beat it, flee
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=incendio) fire; (=combustión) burning; LAm (Agr) burning-off (of scrub)

    salvarse de la quema —

    2) Arg (=vertedero) rubbish dump
    3)

    hacer quema — (=acertar) to hit the target

    4) Méx (=peligro) danger
    * * *
    1) ( acción de quemar) burning

    huir de la quema: trataron de huir de la quema — they tried to get out before things got too hot

    2) (AmL) (Agr) burn-off
    3) (Arg) ( basural) garbage dump (AmE), rubbish dump o tip (BrE)
    * * *
    Ex. The author laments the demise of the paper card catalogue as a 'paroxysm of shortsightedness and antiintellectualism' on the part of over zealous librarians, wreaking destruction in a class with the burning of the library at Alexandria.
    ----
    * quema de arbustos = bush burning.
    * quema de libros = book burning.
    * quema de matorrales = bush burning.
    * * *
    1) ( acción de quemar) burning

    huir de la quema: trataron de huir de la quema — they tried to get out before things got too hot

    2) (AmL) (Agr) burn-off
    3) (Arg) ( basural) garbage dump (AmE), rubbish dump o tip (BrE)
    * * *

    Ex: The author laments the demise of the paper card catalogue as a 'paroxysm of shortsightedness and antiintellectualism' on the part of over zealous librarians, wreaking destruction in a class with the burning of the library at Alexandria.

    * quema de arbustos = bush burning.
    * quema de libros = book burning.
    * quema de matorrales = bush burning.

    * * *
    [ S ] prohibida la quema de basuras the burning of garbage ( AmE) o ( BrE) rubbish is prohibited
    huir de la quema: trataron de huir de la quema they tried to get out before things got too hot o before the going got too tough
    pocas estaciones se salvaron de la quema few stations escaped closure o the axe
    B ( Arg) (basurero) garbage dump ( AmE), rubbish dump o tip ( BrE)
    * * *

    Del verbo quemar: ( conjugate quemar)

    quema es:

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo

    2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

    Multiple Entries:
    quema    
    quemar
    quemar ( conjugate quemar) verbo transitivo
    1
    a) ‹basura/documentos/leña/CDs› to burn

    b) ‹herejes/brujas› to burn … at the stake

    2 ‹ calorías› to burn up;
    ‹ grasa› to burn off
    3
    a) ‹comida/mesa/mantel› to burn;

    ( con la plancha) to scorch
    b) [líquido/vapor] to scald

    c) [ ácido] ‹ropa/piel› to burn

    d) ‹ motor› to burn … out;

    ‹ fusible› to blow
    e) [ sol] ‹ plantas› to scorch;

    ‹ piel› to burn;
    ( broncear) (AmL) to tan
    verbo intransitivo
    a) [plato/sartén] to be very hot;

    [café/sopa] to be boiling (hot) (colloq)
    b) [ sol] to burn

    quemarse verbo pronominal
    1
    a) ( refl) (con fuego, calor) to burn oneself;

    (con líquido, vapor) to scald oneself;
    ‹mano/lengua› to burn;
    ‹pelo/cejas› to singe

    (— broncearse) (AmL) to tan
    2

    [ edificio] to burn down
    b) ( sufrir daños) [alfombra/vestido] to get burned;

    [ comida] to burn;

    3 [ persona] ( desgastarse) to burn oneself out
    quema sustantivo femenino burning
    ♦ Locuciones: huir de la quema, to get away
    quemar
    I verbo transitivo
    1 (con el sol, fuego, etc) to burn
    2 (con líquido) to scald
    3 fam (psíquicamente) to burn out
    II vi (una bebida, etc) to be boiling hot
    ' quema' also found in these entries:
    English:
    boiling
    - burning
    * * *
    quema nf
    burning;
    los soldados procedieron a la quema del pueblo the soldiers set fire to the village;
    prohibida la quema de rastrojos stubble burning prohibited;
    huir de la quema to get out before it is too late;
    salvarse de la quema to escape the carnage o rout
    * * *
    f burning
    * * *
    quema nf
    1) fuego: fire
    2) : burning

    Spanish-English dictionary > quema

  • 19 quemado

    adj.
    burned-out, burnt, charred, burned.
    m.
    burning.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: quemar.
    * * *
    1→ link=quemar quemar
    1 burnt (por el sol) sunburnt
    2 figurado (resentido) embittered
    3 familiar (acabado) spent, burnt-out
    \
    ir quemado,-a argot to be dying for it
    oler a quemado to have a burnt smell
    ■ ¿hueles a quemado? can you smell burning?
    saber a quemado to taste burnt, have a burnt taste
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) [por fuego, sol] burned, burnt
    2) (=desprestigiado)
    3) * (=harto) sick and tired *

    la vecina me tiene quemado — I've had it up to here with the woman next door *, I'm sick and tired of the woman next door *

    4) LAm (=bronceado) tanned
    5) Chile * (=falto de suerte) unlucky
    2. SM
    1) (=acto) burning; (Med) cauterization
    2) LAm burnt field
    3) pl quemados (=heridos) burn victims
    unidad 3)
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    1) [ESTAR] <comida/tostada> burnt
    2) [ESTAR]
    a) ( rojo) <cara/espalda> burnt
    b) (AmL) ( bronceado) tanned, brown
    3) [ESTAR]
    a) (desgastado, agotado) burned-out
    b) (fam) ( irritado) annoyed
    c) ( desprestigiado) <político/cantante> finished (colloq)
    4) [SER] (Chi fam) ( con mala suerte) unlucky
    * * *
    = burned-out, burned.
    Ex. The majority of the people in charge of prison libraries are mediocre in their work, institutionalised, burned-out, or all of the above.
    Ex. Canopy light penetration and overstorey tree density were measured in both burned and unburned forests.
    ----
    * más quemado que la pipa (de) un indio = totally burned-out.
    * quemado por el sol = sunburnt [sunburned, -USA].
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    1) [ESTAR] <comida/tostada> burnt
    2) [ESTAR]
    a) ( rojo) <cara/espalda> burnt
    b) (AmL) ( bronceado) tanned, brown
    3) [ESTAR]
    a) (desgastado, agotado) burned-out
    b) (fam) ( irritado) annoyed
    c) ( desprestigiado) <político/cantante> finished (colloq)
    4) [SER] (Chi fam) ( con mala suerte) unlucky
    * * *
    = burned-out, burned.

    Ex: The majority of the people in charge of prison libraries are mediocre in their work, institutionalised, burned-out, or all of the above.

    Ex: Canopy light penetration and overstorey tree density were measured in both burned and unburned forests.
    * más quemado que la pipa (de) un indio = totally burned-out.
    * quemado por el sol = sunburnt [sunburned, -USA].

    * * *
    quemado -da
    A [ ESTAR] ‹comida/tostada› burnt
    esto sabe a quemado this tastes burnt
    aquí huele a quemado I can smell burning
    B [ ESTAR]
    1 (rojo) ‹cara/espalda› burnt
    2 ( AmL) (bronceado) tanned, brown
    C [ ESTAR]
    1 (desgastado, agotado) burned-out
    3 (desprestigiado) ‹político/cantante› finished ( colloq)
    una canción que está quemada a song that has been played to death
    D [ SER] ( Chi fam) (con mala suerte) unlucky
    * * *

    Del verbo quemar: ( conjugate quemar)

    quemado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    algo quemado    
    quemado    
    quemar
    quemado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    1 [ESTAR]
    a) ‹comida/tostada› burnt;


    huele a quemado I can smell burning
    b) ( rojo) ‹cara/espalda› burnt

    c) (AmL) ( bronceado) tanned, brown

    2 [ESTAR] (desgastado, agotado) burned-out
    quemar ( conjugate quemar) verbo transitivo
    1
    a) ‹basura/documentos/leña/CDs› to burn

    b) ‹herejes/brujas› to burn … at the stake

    2 ‹ calorías› to burn up;
    ‹ grasa› to burn off
    3
    a) ‹comida/mesa/mantel› to burn;

    ( con la plancha) to scorch
    b) [líquido/vapor] to scald

    c) [ ácido] ‹ropa/piel› to burn

    d) ‹ motor› to burn … out;

    ‹ fusible› to blow
    e) [ sol] ‹ plantas› to scorch;

    ‹ piel› to burn;
    ( broncear) (AmL) to tan
    verbo intransitivo
    a) [plato/sartén] to be very hot;

    [café/sopa] to be boiling (hot) (colloq)
    b) [ sol] to burn

    quemarse verbo pronominal
    1
    a) ( refl) (con fuego, calor) to burn oneself;

    (con líquido, vapor) to scald oneself;
    ‹mano/lengua› to burn;
    ‹pelo/cejas› to singe

    (— broncearse) (AmL) to tan
    2

    [ edificio] to burn down
    b) ( sufrir daños) [alfombra/vestido] to get burned;

    [ comida] to burn;

    3 [ persona] ( desgastarse) to burn oneself out
    quemado,-a adjetivo
    1 (físicamente) burnt, burned
    quemado por el sol, sunburnt
    2 fig (agotado) burnt-out, finished: este traje está muy quemado, this suit's worn-out
    el primer ministro está muy quemado, the Prime Minister's burnt-out
    3 fam (harto) fed up: el jefe me tiene absolutamente quemado, I've just about had it up to here with my boss
    quemar
    I verbo transitivo
    1 (con el sol, fuego, etc) to burn
    2 (con líquido) to scald
    3 fam (psíquicamente) to burn out
    II vi (una bebida, etc) to be boiling hot
    ' quemado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    caramelo
    - cuerno
    - quemada
    - saber
    English:
    burnt
    - caramel
    - sunburnt
    - smell
    - sun
    * * *
    quemado, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [por fuego] burnt;
    [por agua hirviendo] scalded;
    huele a quemado it smells of burning;
    unidad de quemados [en hospital] burns unit
    2. Am [bronceado] tanned;
    estaba preciosa, bien quemada y con un vestido blanco she looked fabulous with her lovely tan and in her white dress
    3. Fam
    estar quemado [agotado] to be burnt-out;
    [harto] to be fed up;
    está muy quemado con sus compañeros de trabajo he's completely fed up with his colleagues at work
    ♦ nm
    tan;
    estaba preciosa, con un vestido blanco que le realzaba el quemado she looked fabulous in a white dress that set off her tan
    * * *
    adj
    1 burnt;
    oler a quemado smell of burning;
    estar quemado fig be burned out
    2 Méx ( desvirtuado) discredited
    * * *
    quemado, -da adj
    1) : burned, burnt
    2) : annoyed
    3) : burned-out
    * * *
    quemado adj
    1. (por fuego) burnt
    2. (harto, descontento) fed up
    ¡huele a quemado! I can smell burning!

    Spanish-English dictionary > quemado

  • 20 quema

    Del verbo quemar: ( conjugate quemar) \ \
    quema es: \ \
    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo
    2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo
    Multiple Entries: quema     quemar
    quemar ( conjugate quemar) verbo transitivo 1
    a) ‹basura/documentos/leña/CDs› to burn
    b) ‹herejes/brujas› to burn … at the stake
    2 ‹ calorías› to burn up; ‹ grasa› to burn off 3
    a) ‹comida/mesa/mantel› to burn;
    ( con la plancha) to scorch
    b) [líquido/vapor] to scald
    c) [ ácido] ‹ropa/piel› to burn
    d) ‹ motor› to burn … out;
    ‹ fusible› to blow
    e) [ sol] ‹ plantas› to scorch;
    ‹ piel› to burn; ( broncear) (AmL) to tan verbo intransitivo
    a) [plato/sartén] to be very hot;
    [café/sopa] to be boiling (hot) (colloq)
    b) [ sol] to burn
    quemarse verbo pronominal 1
    a) ( refl) (con fuego, calor) to burn oneself;
    (con líquido, vapor) to scald oneself; ‹mano/lengua› to burn; ‹pelo/cejas› to singe (— broncearse) (AmL) to tan 2 [ edificio] to burn down
    b) ( sufrir daños) [alfombra/vestido] to get burned;
    [ comida] to burn; 3 [ persona] ( desgastarse) to burn oneself out
    quema sustantivo femenino burning Locuciones: huir de la quema, to get away
    quemar
    I verbo transitivo
    1 (con el sol, fuego, etc) to burn
    2 (con líquido) to scald
    3 fam (psíquicamente) to burn out
    II vi (una bebida, etc) to be boiling hot ' quema' also found in these entries: English: boiling - burning

    English-spanish dictionary > quema

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