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1 Masse
f; -, -n1. (Materie, ungeformter Stoff) mass2. umg. (große Menge) masses ( oder loads) Pl. of; von Dingen: auch umg. heaps ( oder piles) of; sie verdient eine Masse Geld she earns stacks of money; in Massen in masses; sie kommen in Massen they come in droves; ... in Massen masses of...; Dinge: auch loads ( oder heaps, piles) of...; die Masse bringts it’s quantity that counts3. (Großteil) bulk, majority4. (Menschenmasse) crowd, mass of people; die breite Masse the great mass of the population; die arbeitende Masse the working masses Pl.5. ETECH. earth, Am. ground; etw. an Masse legen earth (Am. ground) s.th.7. PHYS. mass8. JUR. Erbmasse, Konkursmasse etc.; mangels* * *die Masse(Elektrizität) ground; earth;(Menschenmenge) crowd; the masses;(Substanz) mass;(Volumen) shoal; bulk* * *Mạs|se ['masə]f -, -n1) (= Stoff) mass; (COOK) mixtureeine ganze Masse (inf) — a lot, a great deal
sie kamen in wahren Massen — they came in droves, they came in their thousands
die Masse muss es bringen (Comm) — the profit only comes with quantity
die wenigen guten Bücher gehen in der Masse der Neuerscheinungen unter — the few good books are lost in the mass of new titles
3) (= Menschenmenge) crowdin der Masse untertauchen — to disappear into the crowd
der Geschmack der Masse — the taste of the masses
mit der Masse gehen — to go with the flow (inf)
* * *die1) (a mass: a huge body of evidence.) body2) ((great) size or mass: the bulk of a parcel; His huge bulk appeared round the corner.) bulk3) (a large quantity or number: lots of people; She had lots and lots of food left over from the party.) lots4) (a large lump or quantity, gathered together: a mass of concrete/people.) mass5) (a large quantity: I've masses of work / things to do.) mass7) (amount: A large volume of work remains to be done.) volume* * *Mas·se<-, -n>[ˈmasə]f1. (breiiges Material) masseine klebrige/träge \Masse a sticky/viscous mass2. (Backteig) mixture\Massen von Tauben hundreds/thousands, etc. [or fam loads] of pigeonsin \Massen in droves, in their [or AM by the] hundreds/thousands, etc.eine [ganze] \Masse [etw] (fam) a lot [or great deal] [of sth]mangels \Masse ÖKON for lack of assets4. (Mehrheit) majority5. PHYS mass* * *die; Masse, Massen1) mass; (Kochk.) mixture2) (Menge) massdie Masse macht's — (ugs.) it's quantity that's important
sie kamen in Massen — they came in their masses or in droves
das ist eine ganze Masse — (ugs.) that's a lot (coll.) or a great deal
die breite Masse — the bulk or broad mass of the population
4) (Physik) mass* * *1. (Materie, ungeformter Stoff) masssie verdient eine Masse Geld she earns stacks of money;in Massen in masses;sie kommen in Massen they come in droves;die Masse bringts it’s quantity that counts3. (Großteil) bulk, majority4. (Menschenmasse) crowd, mass of people;die breite Masse the great mass of the population;die arbeitende Masse the working masses pl5. ELEK earth, US ground;etwas an Masse legen earth (US ground) sth7. PHYS mass* * *die; Masse, Massen1) mass; (Kochk.) mixture2) (Menge) massdie Masse macht's — (ugs.) it's quantity that's important
sie kamen in Massen — they came in their masses or in droves
das ist eine ganze Masse — (ugs.) that's a lot (coll.) or a great deal
die breite Masse — the bulk or broad mass of the population
4) (Physik) mass* * *-n (elektrisch) f.earth n.ground (US) n. -n f.bulk n.majority n.mass n.(§ pl.: masses)masses n. -
2 thousand
1. adjective1) tausenda or one thousand — eintausend
two/several thousand — zweitausend/mehrere tausend
one and a half thousand — [ein]tausendfünfhundert
a or one thousand and one — [ein]tausend[und]eins
a or one thousand and one people — [ein]tausendundeine Person
2)a thousand [and one] — (fig.): (innumerable) tausend (ugs.)
2. nouna thousand thanks — tausend Dank. See also academic.ru/23561/eight">eight 1.
1) (number) tausenda or one/two thousand — ein-/zweitausend
a thousand and one — [ein]tausend[und]eins
2) (symbol, written figure) Tausend, die; (in adding numbers by columns) Tausender, der (Math.); (set or group) Tausend, das3) (indefinite amount) thousands Tausende. See also eight 2. 1)* * *1. plurals - thousand, thousands; noun2) (the figure 1,000.) die Tausend2. adjective- thousand-- thousandth
- thousands of* * *thou·sand[ˈθaʊzənd]I. npage/number one \thousand Seite/Nummer [ein]tausendone \thousand/two \thousand [ein]tausend/zweitausendas a father, he's one in a \thousand er ist ein fantastischer Vatertwo \thousand and one [das Jahr] zweitausend und einsa \thousand pounds [ein]tausend Pfund▪ \thousands Tausende pla crowd of \thousands watched the procession mehrere tausend Menschen kamen zu der ProzessionI've said it a \thousand times ich habe es jetzt unzählige Male gesagt▶ the sixty-four \thousand dollar question die [alles] entscheidende Frage* * *['TaUzənd]1. adjtausenda thousand and one/two — tausend(und)eins/-zwei
I have a thousand and one ( different) things to do (inf) —
2. nTausend ntthere were thousands of people present the year three thousand — es waren Tausende or tausende (von Menschen) anwesend das Jahr dreitausend
* * *thousand [ˈθaʊznd]A adj1. tausend:a (one) thousand (ein)tausend;The Thousand and One Nights Tausendundeine Nachta) vor Scham fast in den Boden sinken,b) tausend Ängste ausstehen;B s1. Tausend n (Einheit):thousands Tausende;many thousands of times vieltausendmal;one in a thousand ein(er, e, es) unter tausend2. Tausend f (Zahl)* * *1. adjective1) tausenda or one thousand — eintausend
two/several thousand — zweitausend/mehrere tausend
one and a half thousand — [ein]tausendfünfhundert
a or one thousand and one — [ein]tausend[und]eins
a or one thousand and one people — [ein]tausendundeine Person
2)a thousand [and one] — (fig.): (innumerable) tausend (ugs.)
2. nouna thousand thanks — tausend Dank. See also eight 1.
1) (number) tausenda or one/two thousand — ein-/zweitausend
a thousand and one — [ein]tausend[und]eins
2) (symbol, written figure) Tausend, die; (in adding numbers by columns) Tausender, der (Math.); (set or group) Tausend, das* * *adj.tausend adj. -
3 thousand
1. plurals - thousand, thousands; noun1) (the number 1,000: one thousand; two thousand; several thousand.) tisoč2) (the figure 1,000.) tisočica3) (a thousand pounds or dollars: This cost us several thousand(s).) tisočak2. adjective(1,000 in number: a few thousand people; I have a couple of thousand pounds.) tisoč- thousandth
- thousands of* * *[máuzənd]1.adjectivetisočthousand and one figuratively brezštevilena thousand times — better tisočkrat bolje;2.nountisoč(ica)one in a thousand — eden od tisoč; edinstven -
4 in
in [ɪn]dans ⇒ 1A (a)-(e), 1B (c), 1C (d), 1D (a), 1F (a) à ⇒ 1A (g), 1F (b) en ⇒ 1A (h), 1B (a), 1B (b), 1C (a), 1C (b), 1C (d), 1E (b), 1F (b) chez ⇒ 1C (f) sur ⇒ 1G (b) à l'intérieur ⇒ 2A (a) à la mode ⇒ 2E (b), 3 (a)A.∎ in a box dans une boîte;∎ what have you got in your pockets? qu'est-ce que tu as dans tes poches?;∎ she was sitting in an armchair elle était assise dans un fauteuil;∎ in the house dans la maison;∎ in Catherine's house chez Catherine;∎ they're playing in the garden/living room/street ils jouent dans le jardin/le salon/la rue;∎ we live in a village nous habitons un village;∎ he's still in bed/in the bath il est encore au lit/dans son bain;∎ she shut herself up in her bedroom elle s'est enfermée dans sa chambre;∎ the light's gone in the fridge la lumière du réfrigérateur ne marche plus;∎ Law in camera à huis clos∎ she trailed her hand in the water elle laissait traîner sa main dans l'eau;∎ there's a smell of spring in the air ça sent le printemps;∎ we swam in the sea nous nous sommes baignés dans la mer(c) (indicating movement) dans;∎ put it in your pocket mets-le dans ta poche;∎ throw the letter in the bin jette la lettre à la poubelle;∎ we headed in the direction of the port nous nous sommes dirigés vers le port∎ he had a knife in his hand il avait un couteau dans ou à la main;∎ she held her tight in her arms elle la serrait dans ses bras;∎ with tears in his eyes les larmes aux yeux(e) (on or behind a surface) dans;∎ a hole in the wall un trou dans le mur;∎ there were deep cuts in the surface la surface était marquée de profondes entailles;∎ a reflection in the mirror un reflet dans la glace;∎ how much is that jumper in the window? combien coûte ce pull dans la vitrine?;∎ who's that man in the photo? qui est cet homme sur la photo?∎ she's in hospital/in prison elle est à l'hôpital/en prison;∎ he teaches in a language school il enseigne dans une école de langues∎ in Paris à Paris;∎ in France en France;∎ in Afghanistan en Afghanistan;∎ in the States aux États-Unis;∎ in Portugal au Portugal;∎ in the Pacific dans l'océan Pacifique;∎ in the Third World dans les pays du tiers-monde∎ he was in a suit il était en costume;∎ she was still in her dressing gown elle était encore en robe de chambre;∎ he always dresses in green il s'habille toujours en vert;∎ who's that woman in the hat? qui est la femme avec le ou au chapeau?;∎ in uniform/mourning en uniforme/deuil∎ sardines in tomato sauce des sardines à la sauce tomate;∎ beef in a red wine sauce bœuf mijoté dans une sauce au vin rouge;∎ fish in breadcrumbs poisson pané;∎ we were up to our waists in mud nous étions dans la boue jusqu'à la tailleB.∎ in 1992 en 1992;∎ in March en mars, au mois de mars;∎ in the thirties dans les années trente;∎ in (the) summer/autumn/winter en été/automne/hiver;∎ in (the) spring au printemps;∎ he doesn't work in the afternoon/morning il ne travaille pas l'après-midi/le matin;∎ I'll come in the afternoon/morning je viendrai l'après-midi/le matin;∎ at 5 o'clock in the afternoon/morning à 5 heures de l'après-midi/du matin;∎ in the future à l'avenir;∎ in the past autrefois∎ he cooked the meal in ten minutes il prépara le repas en dix minutes∎ I'll be back in five minutes je reviens dans cinq minutes, j'en ai pour cinq minutes∎ we haven't had a proper talk in ages nous n'avons pas eu de véritable conversation depuis très longtemps;∎ I hadn't seen her in years ça faisait des années que je ne l'avais pas vue∎ in my absence en ou pendant mon absence;∎ in the ensuing chaos dans la confusion qui s'ensuivitC.(a) (indicating arrangement, shape) en;∎ in five rows/parts en cinq rangées/parties;∎ stand in a circle mettez-vous en cercle;∎ line up in twos mettez-vous par deux;∎ cut the cake in three/in half coupe le gâteau en trois/en deux;∎ she had her hair up in a ponytail ses cheveux étaient relevés en queue de cheval(b) (indicating form, method)∎ in cash en liquide;∎ in writing par écrit;∎ in English/French en anglais/français;∎ written in ink écrit à l'encre;∎ do you have these shoes in a 5? est-ce que vous auriez ces chaussures en 38?;∎ have you got this jacket in a large? est-ce que vous auriez cette veste dans une taille plus grande?;∎ does it come in red? est-ce que ça existe ou est-ce que ça se fait en rouge?∎ she's in a bit of a state elle est dans tous ses états;∎ to be in love être amoureux;∎ don't keep us in suspense ne nous tiens pas en haleine plus longtemps;∎ he watched in wonderment il regardait avec émerveillement(d) (indicating state, situation) dans, en;∎ in the present circumstances dans les circonstances actuelles;∎ in the dark dans l'obscurité;∎ in this weather par ou avec ce temps;∎ in the sun au soleil;∎ in the rain/snow sous la pluie/neige;∎ in danger/silence en danger/silence;∎ in my presence en ma présence;∎ she's got her leg in plaster elle a une jambe plâtrée ou dans le plâtre∎ in blossom en fleur ou fleurs;∎ in pup/calf/cub plein;∎ American in heat en chaleur∎ a disease common in five-year-olds une maladie très répandue chez les enfants de cinq ans;∎ the sense of smell is more developed in dogs l'odorat est plus développé chez les chiensD.(a) (forming part of) dans;∎ in chapter six dans le chapitre six;∎ we were standing in a queue nous faisions la queue;∎ she's appearing in his new play/film elle joue dans sa nouvelle pièce/son nouveau film;∎ he has two Picassos in his collection il a deux Picasso dans sa collection;∎ this is a common theme in Shakespeare's work c'est un thème fréquent dans les œuvres de Shakespeare;∎ the best player in the team le meilleur joueur de l'équipe;∎ how many feet are there in a metre? combien de pieds y a-t-il dans un mètre?;∎ service is included in the price le service est inclus dans le prix∎ she hasn't got it in her to be nasty elle est bien incapable de méchanceté;∎ I didn't think she had it in her je ne l'en croyais pas capable;∎ it's the Irish in me c'est mon côté irlandais∎ she has no confidence in him elle n'a aucune confiance en lui;∎ they showed no interest in my work mon travail n'a pas eu l'air de les intéresser le moins du monde∎ in my opinion or view à mon avisE.(a) (indicating purpose, cause)∎ he charged the door in an effort to get free dans un effort pour se libérer, il donna un grand coup dans la porte;∎ in reply or response to your letter... en réponse à votre lettre...;∎ there's no point in complaining il est inutile de ou ça ne sert à rien de se plaindre(b) (as a result of) en;∎ in doing so, you only encourage him en faisant cela, vous ne faites que l'encourager;∎ in attempting to save her son's life, she almost died en essayant de sauver son fils, elle a failli mourir∎ it's five feet in length ça fait cinq pieds de long;∎ the town has grown considerably in size la ville s'est beaucoup agrandie;∎ a change in direction un changement de direction;∎ he's behind in maths il ne suit pas en maths;∎ spinach is rich in iron les épinards sont riches en fer;∎ we've found the ideal candidate in Richard nous avons trouvé en Richard le candidat idéal∎ I've got a pain in my arm j'ai une douleur au ou dans le brasF.(a) (indicating specified field, sphere of activity) dans;∎ to be in the army/navy être dans l'armée/la marine;∎ she's in advertising elle est dans la publicité;∎ an expert in economics un expert en économie politique;∎ he's in business with his sister il dirige une entreprise avec sa sœur;∎ there have been tremendous advances in the treatment of cancer de grands progrès ont été faits dans le traitement du cancer;∎ a degree in Italian une licence d'italien∎ our days were spent in swimming and sailing nous passions nos journées à nager et à faire de la voile;∎ they spent hours (engaged) in complex negotiations ils ont passé des heures en négociations difficiles;∎ you took your time in getting here! tu en as mis du temps à venir!G.(a) (indicating approximate number, amount)∎ people arrived in droves/in dribs and drabs les gens sont arrivés en foule/par petits groupes;∎ they came in their thousands ils sont venus par milliers;∎ he's in his forties il a la quarantaine;∎ the temperature was in the nineties la température était dans les trente degrés(b) (in ratios) sur;∎ one child in three un enfant sur trois;∎ a one-in-five hill une pente de 20 pour cent;∎ once in ten years une fois tous les dix ans2 adverbA.(a) (into an enclosed space) à l'intérieur, dedans;∎ she opened the door and looked in elle ouvrit la porte et regarda à l'intérieur;∎ he jumped in il sauta dedans∎ breathe in then out inspirez puis expirez;∎ we can't take in any more refugees nous ne pouvons pas accueillir plus de réfugiés;∎ she's been in and out of mental hospitals all her life elle a passé presque toute sa vie dans des hôpitaux psychiatriques;∎ she and I were always in and out of each other's houses nous étions tout le temps fourrées l'une chez l'autre∎ is your wife/the boss in? est-ce que votre femme/le patron est là?;∎ it's nice to spend an evening in c'est agréable de passer une soirée chez soi;∎ to eat/to stay in manger/rester à la maison;∎ we've got the builders in nous avons des ouvriers à la maison;∎ he usually comes in about 10 o'clock en général, il est là vers 10 heures;∎ familiar what's he in for? (in prison) pourquoi est-ce qu'il fait de la tôle?; (in hospital) pourquoi est-ce qu'il est à l'hôpital?□B.∎ to go in entrer;∎ come in! entrez!;∎ to saunter/to run in entrer d'un pas nonchalant/en courant;∎ in we go! on y va!∎ the bus isn't in yet le bus n'est pas encore arrivé;∎ what time does your train get in? quand est-ce que votre train arrive?∎ the walls fell in les murs se sont écroulés;∎ the edges bend in le bord est recourbé∎ the tide is in la marée est hauteC.∎ write in for further information écrivez-nous pour plus de renseignements;∎ entries must be in by 1 May les bulletins doivent nous parvenir avant le 1 mai;∎ offers of help poured in les propositions d'aide sont arrivées en masse(b) (indicating participation, addition)∎ to be in at the start/finish of sth assister au début/à la fin de qch;∎ we asked if we could join in nous avons demandé si nous pouvions participer;∎ stir in the sliced onions ajouter les oignons en lamelles;∎ fill in the blanks remplissez les espaces videsD.∎ the ball was in la balle était bonne(b) (in cricket) à l'attaque;∎ the other side went in first c'est l'autre équipe qui était d'abord à l'attaqueE.∎ he failed to get in at the last election il n'a pas été élu aux dernières élections(b) (in fashion) à la mode;∎ short skirts are coming back in les jupes courtes reviennent à la modeF.∎ you're in for a bit of a disappointment tu vas être déçu;∎ he's in for a surprise/shock il va avoir une surprise/un choc;∎ we're in for a storm nous aurons sûrement de l'orage;∎ they don't know what they're in for ils ne savent pas ce qui les attend;∎ now he's really in for it cette fois-ci, il va y avoir droit;∎ he's in on the secret il est dans le secret;∎ he's in on it il est dans le coup;∎ we were all in on the plot on était tous au courant;∎ I wasn't in on that particular conversation je n'étais pas là pendant cette conversation;∎ familiar to be in with sb être en bons termes avec qn;∎ he's trying to get in with the boss il essaie de se faire bien voir du patron(a) (fashionable) à la mode□, branché;∎ that nightclub is very in cette boîte est très à la mode;∎ it's the in place to go c'est l'endroit branché du moment;∎ to be the in thing être à la mode;∎ the in crowd les gens dans le coup∎ it's an in joke c'est une plaisanterie entre nous/elles/ etc □4 noun∎ to have an in avoir de l'influence;∎ he has an in with the senator il a ses entrées chez le sénateur∎ the ins and outs (of a situation) les tenants et les aboutissants (d'une situation)en tout;∎ there are 30 in all il y en a 30 en tout1 adverb∎ a row of bushes with little clumps of flowers in between une rangée d'arbustes séparés par des petites touffes de fleurs;∎ he's neither right nor left but somewhere in between il n'est ni de droite ni de gauche mais quelque part entre les deux;∎ she either plays very well or very badly, never in between elle joue très bien ou très mal, jamais entre les deuxentreen soi;∎ the town is not in itself beautiful but it has style la ville n'est pas belle en soi mais elle a de l'allure;∎ this was in itself an achievement c'était déjà un exploit en soipuisque;∎ I'm not badly off in that I have a job and a flat but... je ne peux pas me plaindre puisque j'ai un emploi et un appartement mais...;∎ we are lucky in that there are only a few of us nous avons de la chance d'être si peu nombreux►► Computing in box (for e-mail) boîte f de réception, corbeille f d'arrivée -
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1. adjective1) hunderta or one hundred — [ein]hundert
two/several hundred — zweihundert/mehrere hundert
a or one hundred and one — [ein]hundert[und]eins
a or one hundred and one people — hundert[und]ein Menschen od. Mensch
2)a hundred [and one] — (fig.): (innumerable) hundert (ugs.)
3)a or one hundred per cent — hundertprozentig
2. nounI'm not a hundred per cent at the moment — (fig.) momentan geht es mir nicht sehr gut. See also academic.ru/23561/eight">eight 1.
1) (number) hunderta or one/two hundred — [ein]hundert/zweihundert
not if I live to be a hundred — nie im Leben
in or by hundreds — hundertweise
the seventeen-hundreds — etc. das achtzehnte usw. Jahrhundert
a hundred and one — etc. [ein]hundert[und]eins usw.
it's a hundred to one that... — die Chancen stehen hundert zu eins, dass...
3) (indefinite amount) hundreds Hunderte Pl.hundreds of times — hundertmal. See also eight 2. 1)
* * *1. noun1) ((plural hundred) the number 100: Ten times ten is a hundred; more than one/a hundred; There must be at least six hundred of them here.) das Hundert2) (the figure 100.) die Hundert4) ((plural hundred) a hundred pounds or dollars: I lost several hundred at the casino last night.) der Hunderter2. adjective2) (aged 100: He is a hundred today.) hundert•- hundred-- hundredfold
- hundredth
- hundreds of* * *hun·dred[ˈhʌndrəd]I. n1.<pl ->(number) Hundert fthe chances are one in a \hundred that he'll live die Chancen stehen eins zu hundert, dass er überlebtsixty out of a \hundred agree with the president sechzig von hundert stimmen dem Präsidenten zuI'll bet you a \hundred to one my team will win ich wette hundert zu eins, dass meine Mannschaft gewinnttwo/three/eight \hundred zwei-/drei-/achthundertthis new car is selling by the \hundreds dieses Auto wird zu Hunderten verkauft\hundreds and \hundreds Hunderte und aber Hunderte\hundreds of cars/people/pounds Hunderte von Autos/Leuten/Pfund2.<pl ->(miles, kilometres per hour)to drive a \hundred hundert [o fam mit hundert Sachen] fahren3.<pl ->to be/turn a \hundred hundert Jahre alt sein/werdento live to be a \hundred hundert Jahre alt werden4. (with centuries)the eighteen/fifteen/twelve \hundreds das achtzehnte/fünfzehnte/zwölfte JahrhundertII. adj attr, inv hundertwe've driven a \hundred miles in the last hour wir sind in der letzten Stunde [ein]hundert Meilen gefahrena \hundred and one/five/nine [ein]hundert[und]eins/-fünf/-neun\hundred and first/second/fifth hundert[und]erste(r, s)/-zweite(r, s)/-fünfte(r, s)to work a \hundred per cent hundertprozentig arbeitennever in a \hundred years nie im Leben* * *['hʌndrɪd]1. adjhunderttwo/several hundred years — zweihundert/mehrere hundert or Hundert Jahre
a or one hundred and one (lit) — (ein)hundert(und)eins; (fig) tausend
a or one hundred and two/ten — (ein)hundert(und)zwei/-zehn
(one) hundred and first/second etc — hundert(und)erste(r, s)/-zweite(r, s) etc
a (one) hundred per cent increase — eine hundertprozentige Erhöhung, eine Erhöhung von or um hundert Prozent
I'm not a or one hundred per cent fit/sure — ich bin nicht hundertprozentig fit/sicher
2. nhundert num; (written figure) Hundert fhundreds (lit, fig) — hunderte or Hunderte pl; ( Math : figures in column ) Hunderter pl
to count up to a or one hundred —
an audience of a or one/two hundred — hundert/zweihundert Zuschauer
hundreds of times — hundertmal, hunderte or Hunderte von Malen
hundreds and hundreds — Hunderte und Aberhunderte, hunderte und aberhunderte
to sell sth by the hundred (lit, fig) — etw im Hundert verkaufen
it'll cost you a hundred — das wird dich einen Hunderter kosten
to live to be a hundred — hundert Jahre alt werden
they came in ( their) hundreds or by the hundred — sie kamen zu hunderten or Hunderten
* * *A adj1. hundert:a (one) hundred (ein)hundert;several hundred men mehrere hundert MannB s1. Hundert n (Einheit):hundreds and hundreds Hunderte und Aberhunderte;by the hundred, by hundreds hundertweise, immer hundert auf einmal;several hundred mehrere Hundert;hundreds of thousands Hunderttausende;hundreds of times hundertmal;2. Hundert f (Zahl)3. MATH Hunderter m4. Br HIST Zent f (Unterbezirk einer Grafschaft)h., H. abk1. height H3. hundred4. husband* * *1. adjective1) hunderta or one hundred — [ein]hundert
two/several hundred — zweihundert/mehrere hundert
a or one hundred and one — [ein]hundert[und]eins
a or one hundred and one people — hundert[und]ein Menschen od. Mensch
2)a hundred [and one] — (fig.): (innumerable) hundert (ugs.)
3)a or one hundred per cent — hundertprozentig
2. nounI'm not a hundred per cent at the moment — (fig.) momentan geht es mir nicht sehr gut. See also eight 1.
1) (number) hunderta or one/two hundred — [ein]hundert/zweihundert
in or by hundreds — hundertweise
the seventeen-hundreds — etc. das achtzehnte usw. Jahrhundert
a hundred and one — etc. [ein]hundert[und]eins usw.
it's a hundred to one that... — die Chancen stehen hundert zu eins, dass...
2) (symbol, written figure) Hundert, die; (hundred-pound etc. note) Hunderter, der3) (indefinite amount) hundreds Hunderte Pl.hundreds of times — hundertmal. See also eight 2. 1)
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6 ciento
f. & m.a or one hundred.ciento cincuenta a o one hundred and fiftycientos de hundreds ofpor ciento percenteran ciento y la madre (informal figurative) everybody and his dog was there;m.hundred.* * *► adjetivo1 one hundred, a hundred1 (número) hundred\por ciento per cent* * *1.ADJ PRON a hundred, one hundredciento veinte — one hundred and twenty, a hundred and twenty
2. SM1) a hundred, one hundreda o por cientos: casos como este se producen a o por cientos — there are cases like this by the hundred, there are hundreds of cases like this
las víctimas se cuentan a o por cientos — the death toll runs into hundreds
see CIEN, CIENTO¡allí había ciento y la madre! — the world and his wife were there *, there were loads of people there *
2)el ciento por ciento — a o one hundred per cent
el ciento por ciento de las participantes son mujeres — a o one hundred per cent of the participants are women
los hoteles están al ciento por ciento de su capacidad — the hotels are full to capacity, the hotels have a hundred per cent occupancy
* * *Iadjetivo/pronombre (delante de otro número) a/one hundredIIciento dos/cincuenta — a/one hundred and two/and fifty; para ejemplos ver quinientos
a) ( número)cientos de libros/miles — hundreds of books/of thousands
a cientos: vinieron a cientos — they came in the (AmE) o (BrE) in their hundreds
b)un descuento del 20% — a 20% discount
* * *Iadjetivo/pronombre (delante de otro número) a/one hundredIIciento dos/cincuenta — a/one hundred and two/and fifty; para ejemplos ver quinientos
a) ( número)cientos de libros/miles — hundreds of books/of thousands
a cientos: vinieron a cientos — they came in the (AmE) o (BrE) in their hundreds
b)un descuento del 20% — a 20% discount
* * *adjective / pronoun[ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] a/one hundredciento dos a hundred and twociento cincuenta mil a/one hundred and fifty thousand(número): cientos de libros hundreds of bookscientos de miles de dólares hundreds of thousands of dollars(el) ciento y la madre ( Esp fam): se juntaron allí el ciento y la madre a whole crowd of people met up there, everyone and his brother was there ( AmE), the world and his wife were there ( BrE)por ciento percentel 10% de 9.300 10% of 9,300un descuento del 20% a 20% discount* * *
ciento adjetivo/pronombre ( delante de otro número) a/one hundred;◊ ciento dos a/one hundred and two;
para ejemplos ver quinientos
■ sustantivo masculinoa) ( número):
vinieron a cientos they came in the (AmE) o (BrE) in their hundredsb)
cien por ciento a hundred percent
ciento
I adjetivo hundred
ciento veintitrés, one hundred and twenty three
II sustantivo masculino
1 (gran cantidad) había cientos de niños, there were hundreds of children there
2 por ciento, per cent
un descuento del diez por ciento, a ten per cent discount
tanto por ciento, percentage
♦ Locuciones: eran ciento y la madre, the world and his wife were there
' ciento' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
giro
- pico
- por
- producción
- tanta
- tanto
- en
- pájaro
English:
appreciate
- bird
- cent
- down
- hundred
- per cent
- U-turn
- voter
- percent
- time
* * *ciento núma o one hundred;ciento cincuenta a o one hundred and fifty;cientos de hundreds of;por ciento percent;Famdarle ciento y raya a alguien to run rings around sb;Fameran ciento y la madre everybody and his dog o the world and his wife was there;ver también treinta* * *pron1 a oone hundred;cientos de hundreds of;ciento y la madre fam the world and his wife fam2:el cinco por ciento five percent;cien por ciento one hundred per cent, totally* * *ciento uno: one hundred and oneciento nm1) : hundred, group of a hundred2)por ciento : percent* * *ciento num a hundred / one hundred -
7 by
I 1. prepositionby the window/river — am Fenster/Fluss
2) (to position beside) zu3) (about, in the possession of) bei4)5)by herself — etc. see academic.ru/34615/herself">herself 1)
6) (along) entlangby the river — am od. den Fluss entlang
7) (via) über (+ Akk.)leave by the door/window — zur Tür hinausgehen/zum Fenster hinaussteigen
we came by the quickest/shortest route — wir sind die schnellste/kürzeste Strecke gefahren
8) (passing) vorbei an (+ Dat.)run/drive by somebody/something — an jemandem/etwas vorbeilaufen/vorbeifahren
9) (during) beiby day/night — bei Tag/Nacht; tagsüber/nachts
10) (through the agency of) vonwritten by... — geschrieben von...
11) (through the means of) durchhe was killed by lightning/a falling chimney — er ist vom Blitz/von einem umstürzenden Schornstein erschlagen worden
heated by gas/oil — mit Gas/Öl geheizt; gas-/ölbeheizt
by bus/ship — etc. mit dem Bus/Schiff usw.
by air/sea — mit dem Flugzeug/Schiff
12) (not later than) bisby now/this time — inzwischen
by the time this letter reaches you — bis dich dieser Brief erreicht
by the 20th — bis zum 20.
13) (indicating unit of time) pro; (indicating unit of length, weight, etc.) -weiseby the second/minute/hour — pro Sekunde/Minute/Stunde
you can hire a car by the day or by the week — man kann sich (Dat.) ein Auto tageweise oder wochenweise mieten
day by day/month by month, by the day/month — (as each day/month passes) Tag für Tag/Monat für Monat
cloth by the metre — Stoff am Meter
sell something by the packet/ton/dozen — etwas paket-/tonnenweise/im Dutzend verkaufen
10 ft. by 20 ft. — 10 [Fuß] mal 20 Fuß
14) (indicating amount)two by two/three by three/four by four — zu zweit/dritt/viert
15) (indicating factor) durch16) (indicating extent) umwider by a foot — um einen Fuß breiter
17) (according to) nach18) in oaths bei2. adverbby [Almighty] God — bei Gott[, dem Allmächtigen]
1) (past) vorbeidrive/run/flow by — vorbeifahren/-laufen/-fließen
2) (near)close/near by — in der Nähe
3)IIby and large — im großen und ganzen
* * *1. preposition2) (past: going by the house.) vorbei3) (through; along; across: We came by the main road.) über4) (used (in the passive voice) to show the person or thing which performs an action: struck by a stone.) von7) ((of time) not later than: by 6 o'clock.) um8) (during the time of.) während9) (to the extent of: taller by ten centimetres.) um10) (used to give measurements etc: 4 metres by 2 metres.) mal12) (in respect of: a teacher by profession.) von2. adverb1) (near: They stood by and watched.) dabei2) (past: A dog ran by.) vorbei3) (aside; away: money put by for an emergency.) beiseite•- bygones: let bygones be bygones- bypass 3. verb- by-product- bystander
- by and by
- by and large
- by oneself
- by the way* * *by[baɪ]I. prep1. (beside) bei, ana hotel \by the river ein Hotel am Flussmy desk is \by the window mein Schreibtisch steht am Fenstercome and sit \by me komm und setz dich zu mir [o neben mich]\by the roadside am Straßenrand\by sb's side an jds Seite2. (part of sb/sth) beito grab sb \by the arm jdn am Arm packento seize sb \by their hair jdn am Schopf packento take sb \by the hand jdn bei der Hand nehmen3. (past and beyond) vorbeihe drove \by our house er ist an unserem Haus vorbeigefahrenshe walked \by me without speaking sie ging, ohne etwas zu sagen, an mir vorbei\by the door durch die Tür4. (not later than) bis\by five o'clock/tomorrow [spätestens] bis fünf Uhr/morgen\by 14 February [spätestens] bis zum 14.02.\by now [or this time] inzwischenshe ought to have arrived \by now sie müsste inzwischen angekommen sein\by the time... bis...\by the time [that] this letter reaches you I will have left London wenn dieser Brief dich erreicht, werde ich schon nicht mehr in London sein5. (during) beithey ate \by candlelight sie aßen bei Kerzenlicht\by day/night tagsüber [o bei Tag] /nachts [o bei Nacht6. (happening progressively) fürthe children came in two \by two die Kinder kamen in Zweiergruppen hereinthe situation becomes worse \by the day die Lage verschlechtert sich von Tag zu Tagbit \by bit nach und nachday \by day Tag für Tagminute \by minute Minute um Minute, im Minutenabstand7. (agent) von, durchthe cake is made \by Anne der Kuchen ist von Anne [gebacken], den Kuchen hat Anne gebackenan attack \by the enemy ein Angriff durch den Feind, ein Feindangriffa book/painting \by Irene ein Buch/ein Gemälde von Irenea decision \by his father eine Entscheidung seines Vaters8. (cause) von, durchthe damage was caused \by fire der Schaden wurde durch einen Brand verursacht\by chance durch Zufall, zufällig\by contrast im GegensatzRichard, \by contrast, works very much Richard hingegen arbeitet sehr vieldeath \by misadventure Tod durch Unfall9. (with -ing)you switch it on \by pressing this button man schaltet es ein, indem man auf diesen Knopf drückt10. (method) mitto pay \by cheque mit Scheck bezahlento contact sb \by letter jdn anschreiben11. (means of transport) mitto travel \by air fliegen\by boat/bus/car/train mit dem Schiff/Bus/Auto/Zugto travel \by road über Land fahrento travel \by sea auf dem Seeweg reisen12. (parent) vonshe's his daughter \by his second wife sie ist seine Tochter mit seiner zweiten Frau [o aus zweiter Ehe]a black filly \by Golden Summer ein schwarzes Fohlen von Golden Summer13. (term) mitwhat is meant \by ‘cool’? was bedeutet ‚cool‘?14. (name of a person) beihe mostly calls her \by her last name er redet sie meistens mit ihrem Nachnamen an15. (according to) nach, vonI'm German \by birth von Geburt bin ich Deutsche\by my watch it's six o'clock nach meiner Uhr ist es sechshe could tell \by the look on her face that... er konnte an ihrem Gesichtsausdruck ablesen, dass...\by law, he's still a child dem Gesetz nach [o laut Gesetz] ist er noch ein Kindthat's all right \by me ich bin damit einverstandento live \by the rules sich akk an die Vorschriften halten\by trade [or profession] von Beruf16. (quantity)he rented the car \by the day er hat den Wagen tageweise gemietetit's sold \by the metre es wird am Meter verkauftto sell \by the dozen/hundred/thousand zu Dutzenden/Hunderten/Tausenden verkaufento get paid \by the hour stundenweise bezahlt werden17. (margin) umprices went up \by 20% die Preise sind um 20 % gestiegenthe bullet missed her \by two centimetres die Kugel verfehlte sie um zwei Zentimeter [o ging nur zwei Zentimeter an ihr vorbei]it would be better \by far to... es wäre weitaus besser,...18. (measurements) malthe room measures 5 metres \by 8 metres das Zimmer misst 5 mal 8 Meter19. MATH8 multiplied \by 3 equals 24 8 mal 3 macht 248 divided \by 4 equals 2 8 geteilt durch 4 ist 2he multiplied it \by 20 er hat es mit 20 multipliziert20. (in oaths) beiI swear \by Almighty God that... ich schwöre bei dem allmächtigen Gott, dass...1. (past) vorbeiexcuse me, I can't get \by Entschuldigung, ich komme nicht vorbeitime goes \by so quickly die Zeit vergeht so schnellto come \by vorbeikommenI'll come \by tomorrow ich komme morgen mal vorbeito drive \by vorbeifahrento pass \by vorbeikommento speed \by sb/sth an jdm/etw vorbeisausen2. (near) in der Näheclose \by ganz in der Nähe, in unmittelbarer Nähe3. (in reserve)4.▶ \by and large im Großen und Ganzento live \by oneself allein leben; (unaided) selbsthe can dress \by himself er kann sich selbst [o alleine] anziehen▶ \by the \by nebenbei bemerktwhere's Jane, \by the \by? wo ist denn eigentlich Jane?* * *[baɪ]1. prep1) (= close to) bei, an (+dat); (with movement) an (+acc); (= next to) neben (+dat); (with movement) neben (+acc)by the window/fire/river — am or beim Fenster/Feuer/Fluss
by the sea — Ferien pl an der See
come and sit by me — komm, setz dich neben mich
2) (= via) über (+acc)3)(= past)
to go/rush etc by sb/sth — an jdm/etw vorbeigehen/-eilen etc4)= during) by day/night — bei Tag/Nacht5) (time = not later than) biscan you do it by tomorrow? — kannst du es bis morgen machen?
by the time I got there, he had gone — bis ich dorthin kam, war er gegangen
but by that time or by then I had realized that... — aber bis dahin war mir klar geworden, dass...
but by that time or by then it will be too late —
but by that time or by then he will have forgotten — aber bis dann or dahin hat er es schon vergessen
6)by the inch/kilo/hour/month — zoll-/kilo-/stunden-/monatsweise7) (indicating agent, cause) vonindicated by an asterisk —
8)(indicating method, means, manner: see also nouns)
by bus/car/bicycle — mit dem or per Bus/Auto/Fahrrador check (US) — mit Scheck bezahlen
by daylight/moonlight — bei Tag(eslicht)/im Mondschein
to know sb by name/sight — jdn dem Namen nach/vom Sehen her kennen
to be known by the name of... — unter dem Namen... bekannt sein
by myself/himself etc — allein
9)by saving hard he managed to... — durch eisernes Sparen or dadurch, dass er eisern sparte, gelang es ihm...
by turning this knob —
by saying that I didn't mean... — ich habe damit nicht gemeint...
animals which move by wriggling — Tiere, die sich schlängelnd fortbewegen
he could walk by supporting himself on... — gestützt auf... könnte er gehen
10) (according to: see also nouns) nachto call sb/sth by his/its proper name — jdn/etw beim richtigen Namen nennen
if it's OK by you/him etc — wenn es Ihnen/ihm etc recht ist
it's all right by me — von mir aus gern or schon
11) (measuring difference) umit missed me by inches — es verfehlte mich um Zentimeter
12) (MATH, MEASURE)to divide/multiply by — dividieren durch/multiplizieren mit
13)(points of compass)
South by South West — Südsüdwest14) (in oaths) beiI swear by Almighty God —
by heaven, I'll get you for this — das sollst or wirst du mir, bei Gott, büßen!
15)by the right! (Mil) — rechts, links...!
16)2. adv1)(= past)
to pass/wander/rush etc by — vorbei- or vorüberkommen/-wandern/-eilen etc2)(= in reserve)
to put or lay by — beiseitelegen3)by and by — irgendwann; (with past tense) nach einiger Zeit* * *by1 [baı]A präpa house by the river ein Haus beim oder am Fluss;side by side Seite an Seite3. über (akk):4. auf (dat), entlang (akk oder dat) (Weg etc):come by another road eine andere Straße entlangkommen6. (zeitlich) bis zu, bis um, bis spätestens:be here by 4.30 sei spätestens um 4 Uhr 30 hier;a) bis dahin, unterdessen,b) um diese Zeit, (ungefähr) zu diesem Zeitpunkt; → now1 Bes Redew8. nach, …weise:9. nach, gemäß:it is ten by my watch nach oder auf meiner Uhr ist es zehn11. von, durch (Urheberschaft):she has a son by him sie hat einen Sohn von ihm;he has a daughter by his first marriage er hat eine Tochter aus erster Ehe;a play by Shaw ein Stück von Shaw;12. mittels, mit Hilfe von, mit, durch:written by pencil mit Bleistift geschrieben;by listening durch Zuhören;13. um (bei Größenverhältnissen):be (too) short by an inch um einen Zoll zu kurz sein14. MATHa) mal:b) durch:B adv1. nahe, da(bei):by and large im Großen und Ganzen;a) bald, demnächst,b) nach und nach,* * *I 1. preposition1) (near, beside) an (+ Dat.); bei; (next to) nebenby the window/river — am Fenster/Fluss
2) (to position beside) zu3) (about, in the possession of) bei4)5)by herself — etc. see herself 1)
6) (along) entlangby the river — am od. den Fluss entlang
7) (via) über (+ Akk.)leave by the door/window — zur Tür hinausgehen/zum Fenster hinaussteigen
we came by the quickest/shortest route — wir sind die schnellste/kürzeste Strecke gefahren
8) (passing) vorbei an (+ Dat.)run/drive by somebody/something — an jemandem/etwas vorbeilaufen/vorbeifahren
9) (during) beiby day/night — bei Tag/Nacht; tagsüber/nachts
10) (through the agency of) vonwritten by... — geschrieben von...
11) (through the means of) durchhe was killed by lightning/a falling chimney — er ist vom Blitz/von einem umstürzenden Schornstein erschlagen worden
heated by gas/oil — mit Gas/Öl geheizt; gas-/ölbeheizt
by bus/ship — etc. mit dem Bus/Schiff usw.
by air/sea — mit dem Flugzeug/Schiff
12) (not later than) bisby now/this time — inzwischen
by the 20th — bis zum 20.
13) (indicating unit of time) pro; (indicating unit of length, weight, etc.) -weiseby the second/minute/hour — pro Sekunde/Minute/Stunde
you can hire a car by the day or by the week — man kann sich (Dat.) ein Auto tageweise oder wochenweise mieten
day by day/month by month, by the day/month — (as each day/month passes) Tag für Tag/Monat für Monat
sell something by the packet/ton/dozen — etwas paket-/tonnenweise/im Dutzend verkaufen
10 ft. by 20 ft. — 10 [Fuß] mal 20 Fuß
two by two/three by three/four by four — zu zweit/dritt/viert
15) (indicating factor) durch16) (indicating extent) um17) (according to) nach18) in oaths bei2. adverbby [Almighty] God — bei Gott[, dem Allmächtigen]
1) (past) vorbeidrive/run/flow by — vorbeifahren/-laufen/-fließen
2) (near)close/near by — in der Nähe
3)II* * *prep.an präp.bei präp.bis präp.durch präp.neben präp.von präp.über präp. -
8 migliaio
m (pl -aia f) thousandun migliaio a or one thousandfig un migliaio di persone thousands of peoplea migliaia in their thousands* * *migliaio s.m. (about a) thousand; thousand odd: migliaia di persone, thousands of people; un migliaio di uomini, about a thousand men; a migliaia, by (o in) thousands (o by the thousand): arrivarono a migliaia, they came in thousands; centinaia di migliaia, hundreds of thousands; l'ho pagato qualche migliaio di euro, I paid a few thousand euros for it.* * *1.pl.f. -a [miʎ'ʎajo] sostantivo maschile1) (mille) (a) thousand; (circa mille) about a thousand2.te l'ho ho detto un migliaio o -a di volte I've told you thousands of times o a thousand times; a -a — in (their) thousands
* * *migliaiopl.f. -a /miλ'λajo/I sostantivo m.1 (mille) (a) thousand; (circa mille) about a thousand; danni per -a di sterline thousands of pounds' worth of damage; decine di -a tens of thousands2 (grande numero) te l'ho ho detto un migliaio o -a di volte I've told you thousands of times o a thousand times; a -a in (their) thousandsII migliaia f.pl.mat. thousands. -
9 in
[ɪn] prepthe butter is \in the fridge die Butter ist im Kühlschrank;they live \in a cottage sie wohnen in einer Hütte;to be \in bed im Bett sein;to ride \in a car [im] Auto fahren;he likes swimming \in lakes er schwimmt gerne in Seen;it was covered \in dirt es war mit Schmutz überzogen;to lie \in the sun in der Sonne baden [o liegen];to find information \in the internet Informationen im Internet finden;she has over $100,000 \in a savings account sie hat über $100.000 auf einem Sparkonto;I've got a pain \in my back ich habe Schmerzen im Rücken;\in sb's head in jds Kopf;I never know what's going on \in her head ich weiß nie, was in ihrem Kopf vorgeht;to be \in hospital im Krankenhaus sein;to be \in and out of sth immer wieder in etw dat sein;she's been \in and out of hospitals ever since the accident sie war seit dem Unfall immer wieder im Krankenhausthere are several gangs \in my neighbourhood in meiner Umgebung gab es mehrere Gangs;down below \in the valley unten im Tal;I got stuck \in a traffic jam ich bin in einen Stau gekommen;to stand \in the road auf der Straße sehen;the ducks swam \in the pond die Enten schwammen im Teich;I live \in New York ich lebe in New York;to look at oneself \in the mirror sich akk im Spiegel betrachten;\in the middle of sth in der Mitte von etw dat\in the window im Fenster;the lady stood \in the doorway die Frau stand im Eingangto get \in the car ins Auto steigen;I just put too much milk \in my coffee ich habe zu viel Milch in meinen Kaffee getan;they decided to invest their savings \in stocks sie entschieden sich dazu, ihre Ersparnisse in Aktien anzulegen;to invest \in the future in die Zukunft investieren5) (Am) (at) auf +dat;is Erika still \in school? ist Erika noch auf der Schule?;Boris is \in college Boris ist auf dem Collegewho's the woman \in that painting? wer ist die Frau auf diesem Bild?;he was singer \in a band er war Sänger in einer Band;over 20 horses were \in the race an dem Rennen nahmen 20 Pferde teil;he looked for her face \in the crowd er suchte ihre Gesicht in der Menge;these themes can often be found \in Schiller diese Themen kommen bei Schiller oft vor;what do you look for \in a relationship? was erwartest du in einer Beziehung?;you're with us \in our thoughts wir denken an dich7) ( involved with)\in sth in etw dat;she works \in publishing sie arbeitet bei einem Verlag;they enlisted \in the army for two years sie verpflichteten sich für zwei Jahre als Soldaten;a degree \in sth ein Abschluss in etw dat;\in search of sb/ sth auf der Suche nach jdm/etwthe man [dressed] \in the grey suit der Mann in dem grauen Anzug;you look nice \in green grün steht dir;\in the nude nackt;to sunbathe \in the nude nackt sonnenbadencheques should be written \in ink Schecks sollten mit Tinte ausgefüllt werden; French, English auf +dat;they spoke \in Russian the whole time sie sprachen die ganze Zeit auf Russisch;can you give me that offer \in writing? können Sie mir dieses Angebot schriftlich geben?;\in a small voice mit leiser Stimme;\in all honesty in aller Aufrichtigkeit;to tell sb sth \in all seriousness jdm etw in vollem Ernst sagen;to pay \in dollars mit [o in] Dollar zahlen;to write \in short simple sentences in kurzen einfachen Sätzen schreiben;to swear \in an oath einen Eid schwören;she told me \in a promise that she would wait for me sie hat mir versprochen, auf mich zu warten;to say sth \in a nutshell etw in aller Kürze sagen;\in conclusion schließlich, zum Schluss;he always talks \in a whisper er spricht immer sehr leise;to speak to sb \in a normal tone of voice sich akk mit jdm normal unterhalten;to listen to music \in stereo Musik stereo hören;Mozart's Piano Concerto \in E flat Mozarts Klavierkonzert in E-Moll;\in fact tatsächlich, in Wirklichkeit;\in the form of sth in Form von dat;\in the form of a request in Form einer Anfrage\in the morning/ evening am Morgen/Abend;did you hear the thunder \in the night? hast du heute Nacht den Donner gehört?;\in the autumn/ spring im Herbst/Frühling;we're going to Italy \in April wir fahren im April nach Italien;\in the late 60s in den späten Sechzigern;they met \in 1885 sie trafen sich 1885;she hasn't heard from him \in six months sie hat seit sechs Monaten nichts mehr von ihm gehört;I haven't done that \in a long time ich habe das lange Zeit nicht mehr gemacht;to be with the Lord \in eternity bei Gott im Himmel sein;\in the aftermath of the earthquake in der Zeit nach dem Erdbebendinner will be ready \in ten minutes das Essen ist in zehn Minuten fertig;\in the end am Ende, schließlich\in two weeks;we need that contract signed \in two days der Vertrag muss in zwei Tagen unterzeichnet sein;they completed the journey \in record time sie haben die Reise in einer Rekordzeit beendetthe house should be coming up \in about one mile das Haus müsste nach einer Meile auftauchen\in anger im Zorn;\in horror voller Entsetzen;to live \in luxury im Luxus leben;\in the secret im Geheimen, heimlich;\in private vertraulich;she was \in stress at the moment sie war gerade im Stress;he left \in a hurry sie ging in aller Eile davon;to be \in doubt zweifeln;to get \in trouble Schwierigkeiten bekommen;he cried out \in pain er schrie vor Schmerzen;she was \in a good mood that day ihre Stimmung an diesem Tag war gut;he always drinks \in excess er trinkt immer zu viel;to be \in no doubt nicht an etw dat zweifeln;to fall \in love [with sb] sich akk [in jdn] verlieben;to come \in question in Frage gestellt werden;\in a state of sth in einem Zustand von etw dat;\in a state of panic in Panik;everything is \in a state of chaos alles ist in einem chaotischen Zustand;\in his excitement in seiner Begeisterung15) ( as result of)\in exchange als Ersatz, dafür;\in response to als Antwort auf +akk;\in refusing to work abroad, she missed a good job weil sie sich weigerte, im Ausland zu arbeiten, entging ihr ein guter Job;\in doing so dabei, damit;\in that... ( form) insofern als;I was fortunate \in that I had friends ich hatte Glück, weil ich Freunde hattethen we sat down \in a circle wir setzten uns in einem Kreis hin;get together \in groups of four! bildet Vierergruppen!;sometimes customers buy books \in twos manchmal kaufen Kunden Bücher doppelt;slice the potatoes \in two beforehand! schneiden Sie die Kartoffel vorher einmal durch!;to die \in their thousands zu Tausenden sterben;he ripped up the note \in pieces er zerriss den Notizzettel in kleine Fetzen;\in total insgesamtsix pence \in the pound sechs Pennys pro Pfund;one \in ten people jeder zehnte;she has a one \in three chance ihre Chancen stehen eins zu drei;he is deaf \in his left ear er hört auf dem linken Ohr nichts;to be equal \in weight gleich viel wiegen;he's about six foot \in height er ist ca. zwei Meter groß;dark \in colour dunkelfarbig;difference \in quality Qualitätsunterschied m;it's not \in his nature es liegt nicht in seiner Natur;\in every respect in jeder Hinsicht;\in sb mit jdm;\in Kim, he's got a very good friend as well as a lover mit Kim hat er eine sehr gute Freundin und Liebhaberin;it isn't \in sb to do sth jd ist nicht zu etw dat in der Lage;it's not \in me to lie ich kann nicht lügen;to not have it \in one to do sth nicht in der Lage sein, etw zu tunto be \in one's forties in den Vierzigern sein;temperatures tomorrow will be \in the mid-twenties die Temperaturen bewegen sich um 25 Gradto assist a doctor \in an operation einem Arzt bei einer Operation assistieren;the whole family shared \in his success die ganze Familie nahm Anteil an seinem Erfolg;don't interfere \in my business unasked! mische dich nicht ungefragt in meine Angelegenheiten ein!;she's interested \in photography sie interessiert sich für Fotografie after nwe have confidence \in you wir vertrauen dir;she had no say \in the decision sie hatte keinen Einfluss auf die Entscheidung;a change \in sth eine Änderung in etw dat;she underwent a change \in style sie hat ihren Stil geändert\in sth anstatt etw +dat;he came to the party \in his friend's place er kam anstatt seinem Freund auf die Party;\in God's/ heaven's name um Gottes/Himmels willen;\in lieu of sth anstelle von, anstattPHRASES:to put one's foot \in one's mouth [or it] ins Fettnäpfchen treten;to follow \in sb's footsteps in jds Fußstapfen treten;\in hell ( fam) überhaupt;\in line übereinstimmend;they tried to keep their children \in line sie versuchten, die Kinder bei der Stange zu halten;to put sb \in their place jdn in seine Schranken weisen;to leave sth \in one's wake etw zur Folge haben;\in stereo gleichzeitig;\in all insgesamt;there were 10 of us \in all wir waren zu zehnt;all \in all alles in allem;all \in all it's been a good year insgesamt gesehen war es ein gutes Jahr adv1) ( into sth and hither) herein;come \in! herein!;the sea was freezing, but \in she went das Meer war eiskalt, doch sie kannte nichts und ging hinein2) ( there) da;( at home) zu Hause;is David \in? ist David da?;to have a quiet evening \in einen ruhigen Abend zu Hause verbringen3) ( at arrival point)to be due \in fällig sein;the train is due \in any moment now der Zug müsste jetzt jeden Moment [an]kommen;( towards land) landeinwärts;the tide comes \in very quickly here die Flut kommt hier sehr rasch herein;we stood on the harbour for a while watching the ship come \in wir standen eine Zeitlang am Hafen und beobachteten das einlaufende Schiff4) ( inside) nach innen;could you bring the clothes \in? könntest du die Wäsche 'reinholen?;I didn't hear you come \in ich habe dich nicht [ins Haus] kommen hören;the farmer brought the harvest \in der Bauer brachte die Ernte ein;the roof of their house caved \in das Dach ihres Hauses fiel in sich zusammen5) ( submitted)when does your essay have to be \in? wann musst du deinen Essay abgeben?the ball was definitely \in! der Ball war keineswegs im Aus!;to be \in player am Ball sein7) ( take part)to go \in for sth an etw dat teilnehmen;I never went \in for collecting stamps mit Briefmarken sammeln habe ich mich nie abgegebenPHRASES:day \in, day out tagein, tagaus;\in between dazwischen;to be \in on sth über etw akk Bescheid wissen;to be \in with sb mit jdm zusammen sein;to let sb \in on sth jdm etw verraten adj1) ( leading in) einwärts;the door \in opens inwards die Tür hinein geht nach innen auf;\in basket Behälter m für eingehende Postsendungen2) ( in fashion) in;he's \in with the boss at the moment zurzeit ist er beim Chef gut angeschrieben;she just says those things to get \in with the teacher die sagt so was doch bloß, um sich beim Lehrer lieb Kind zu machenpumpkins are \in! Kürbisse jetzt frisch! n( connection) Kontakt[e] m[pl];he wants to get involved with that group but doesn't have an \in er würde gern mit dieser Gruppe in Kontakt kommen, aber bis jetzt fehlt ihm die EintrittskartePHRASES:the \ins and outs of sth jedes kleine Detail einer S. gen;to understand the \ins and outs of sth etw hundertprozentig verstehen -
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1.[ɒn]prepositionput something on the table — etwas auf den Tisch legen od. stellen
be on the table — auf dem Tisch sein
write something on the wall — etwas an die Wand schreiben
be hanging on the wall — an der Wand hängen
have something on one — etwas bei sich (Dat.) haben
be on the board/committee — im Vorstand/Ausschuss sein
2) (with basis, motive, etc. of)on the evidence — aufgrund des Beweismaterials
on the assumption/hypothesis that... — angenommen,...
3) in expressions of time an [einem Abend, Tag usw.]it's just on nine — es ist gerade neun
on [his] arrival — bei seiner Ankunft
on entering the room... — beim Betreten des Zimmers...
on time or schedule — pünktlich
4) expr. state etcthe drinks are on me — (coll.) die Getränke gehen auf mich
be on £20,000 a year — 20 000 Pfund im Jahr kriegen od. haben
5) (concerning, about) über (+ Akk.)2. adverb1)with/without a hat/coat on — mit/ohne Hut/Mantel
boil something with/without the lid on — etwas in geschlossenem/offenem Topf kochen
2) (in some direction)the light/radio etc. is on — das Licht/Radio usw. ist an
4) (arranged)is Sunday's picnic on? — findet das Picknick am Sonntag statt?
5) (being performed)what's on at the cinema? — was gibt es od. was läuft im Kino?
his play is currently on in London — sein Stück wird zur Zeit in London aufgeführt od. gespielt
6) (on duty)come/be on — seinen Dienst antreten/Dienst haben
7)something is on (feasible) /not on — etwas ist möglich/ausgeschlossen
you're on! — (coll.): (I agree) abgemacht!; (making bet) die Wette gilt!
be on about somebody/something — (coll.) [dauernd] über jemanden/etwas sprechen
what is he on about? — was will er [sagen]?
be on at/keep on and on at somebody — (coll.) jemandem in den Ohren/dauernd in den Ohren liegen (ugs.)
on to, onto — auf (+ Akk.)
be on to something — (have discovered something) etwas ausfindig gemacht haben. See also academic.ru/62377/right">right 4. 4)
* * *[on] 1. preposition1) (touching, fixed to, covering etc the upper or outer side of: The book was lying on the table; He was standing on the floor; She wore a hat on her head.) auf, in3) (at or during a certain day, time etc: on Monday; On his arrival, he went straight to bed.) an, bei4) (about: a book on the theatre.) über5) (in the state or process of: He's on holiday.) in6) (supported by: She was standing on one leg.) auf7) (receiving, taking: on drugs; on a diet.) auf9) (towards: They marched on the town.) zu10) (near or beside: a shop on the main road.) an12) (being carried by: The thief had the stolen jewels on him.) mit13) (when (something is, or has been, done): On investigation, there proved to be no need to panic.) als14) (followed by: disaster on disaster.) auf2. adverb1) ((especially of something being worn) so as to be touching, fixed to, covering etc the upper or outer side of: She put her hat on.) auf2) (used to show a continuing state etc, onwards: She kept on asking questions; They moved on.) weiter3) (( also adjective) (of electric light, machines etc) working: The television is on; Turn/Switch the light on.) an4) (( also adjective) (of films etc) able to be seen: There's a good film on at the cinema this week.) hinein5) (( also adjective) in or into a vehicle, train etc: The bus stopped and we got on.) im Gange3. adjective1) (in progress: The game was on.) stattfinden2) (not cancelled: Is the party on tonight?) stattfinden•- oncoming- ongoing
- onwards
- onward
- be on to someone
- be on to
- on and on
- on time
- on to / onto* * *on[ɒn, AM ɑ:n]I. prepthere are many books \on my desk auf meinem Tisch sind viele Bücherlook at that cat \on the chair! schau dir die Katze auf dem Stuhl an!\on top of sth [ganz] oben auf etw datput the pot \on the table! stell den Topf auf den Tisch!he had to walk out \on the roof er musste auf das Dach hinaufshe hung their washing \on the line to dry sie hängte ihre Wäsche zum Trocknen auf die Leinelet's hang a picture \on the wall lass uns ein Bild an die Wand hängento get \on a horse auf ein Pferd aufsteigen, aufsitzen, auf + datour house is \on Sturton Street unser Haus ist in der Sturton Streetthey lay \on the beach sie lagen am Strandthe town is \on the island die Stadt ist auf der Inselher new house is \on the river ihr neues Haus liegt am Fluss\on the balcony/her estate auf dem Balkon/ihrem Gut\on the border an der Grenzethe shop \on the corner der Laden an der Ecke\on the hill/mountain auf dem Hügel/Berg\on the left/right auf der linken/rechten Seite\on track two an Gleis zweiseveral bird houses hung \on the branches an den Ästen hingen mehrere Nistkästena huge chandelier hung \on the ceiling ein großer Kronleuchter hing von der Decke herabwith shoes \on his feet mit Schuhen an den Füßenthe wedding ring \on the ring finger der Ehering am RingfingerI hit my head \on the shelf ich habe mir den Kopf am Regal angestoßenshe tripped \on the wire sie blieb an dem Kabel hängenhe cut his foot \on some glass er hat sich den Fuß an einer Glasscherbe verletztto stumble \on sth über etw akk stolpernto lie \on one's back auf dem Rücken liegento stand \on one's head auf dem Kopf stehento have sth \on one etw bei sich dat habenI thought I had my driver's licence \on me ich dachte, ich hätte meinen Führerschein dabeihave you got a spare cigarette \on you? hast du eine Zigarette für mich übrig?how did you get that blood \on your shirt? wie kommt das Blut auf Ihr Hemd?he had a scratch \on his arm er hatte einen Kratzer am Armthere was a smile \on her face ein Lächeln lag auf ihrem Gesichta documentary \on volcanoes ein Dokumentarfilm über Vulkanehe needs some advice \on how to dress er braucht ein paar Tipps, wie er sich anziehen sollessays \on a wide range of issues Aufsätze zu einer Vielzahl von Themenhe commented \on the allegations er nahm Stellung zu den Vorwürfenhe advised her \on her taxes er beriet sie [o gab ihr Ratschläge] in Sachen SteuernI'll say more \on that subject later ich werde später mehr dazu sagenthey settled \on a price sie einigten sich auf einen Preisto congratulate sb \on sth jdn zu etw dat gratulierento frown \on sth etw missbilligento have something/anything \on sb etw gegen jdn in der Hand habendo the police have anything \on you? hat die Polizei etwas Belastendes gegen dich in der Hand?he reacted \on a hunch er reagierte auf ein Ahnung hinhe quit his job \on the principle that he did not want to work for an oil company er kündigte seine Stelle, weil er nicht für eine Ölgesellschaft arbeiten wolltethey cancelled all flights \on account of the bad weather sie sagten alle Flüge wegen des schlechten Wetters ab\on purpose mit Absicht, absichtlichdependent/reliant \on sb/sth abhängig von jdm/etwto be based \on sth auf etw dat basierento be based \on the ideas of freedom and equality auf den Ideen von Freiheit und Gleichheit basierento rely \on sb sich akk auf jdn verlassenhow many people are \on your staff? wie viele Mitarbeiter haben Sie?have you ever served \on a jury? warst du schon einmal Mitglied in einer Jury?whose side are you \on in this argument? auf welcher Seite stehst du in diesem Streit?a writer \on a women's magazine eine Autorin bei einer Frauenzeitschriftthe dog turned \on its own master der Hund ging auf seinen eigenes Herrchen losthe gangsters pulled a gun \on him die Gangster zielten mit der Pistole auf ihnthousands were marching \on Cologne Tausenden marschierten auf Köln zudon't be so hard \on him! sei nicht so streng mit ihm!criticism has no effect \on him Kritik kann ihm nichts anhabenhe didn't know it but the joke was \on him er wusste nicht, dass es ein Witz über ihn wartwo air raids \on Munich zwei Luftangriffe auf Münchenthey placed certain restrictions \on large companies großen Unternehmen wurden bestimmte Beschränkungen auferlegtthere is a new ban \on the drug die Droge wurde erneut verbotento place a limit \on sth etw begrenzento force one's will \on sb jdm seinen Willen aufzwingento cheat \on sb jdn betrügenhe's \on the phone er ist am Telefonshe weaved the cloth \on the loom sie webte das Tuch auf dem WebstuhlChris is \on drums Chris ist am Schlagzeugwe work \on flexitime wir arbeiten Gleitzeit\on the piano am KlavierI'd like to see that offer \on paper ich hätte dieses Angebot gerne schriftlichI saw myself \on film ich sah mich selbst im Filmwhat's \on TV tonight? was kommt heute Abend im Fernsehen?do you like the jazz \on radio? gefällt dir der Jazz im Radio?I heard the story \on the news today ich habe die Geschichte heute in den Nachrichten gehörta 10-part series \on Channel 3 eine zehnteilige Serie im 3. Programmto be available \on cassette auf Kassette erhältlich seinto store sth \on the computer etw im Computer speichernto put sth down \on paper etw aufschreiben [o BRD, ÖSTERR zu Papier bringen]to come out \on video als Video herauskommen\on the way to town auf dem Weg in die Stadt, mit + datI love travelling \on buses/trains ich fahre gerne mit Bussen/Zügenwe went to France \on the ferry wir fuhren mit der Fähre nach Frankreichhe got some sleep \on the plane er konnte im Flugzeug ein wenig schlafen\on foot/horseback zu Fuß/auf dem Pferdmany shops don't open \on Sundays viele Läden haben an Sonntagen geschlossenwhat are you doing \on Friday? was machst du am Freitag?we always go bowling \on Thursdays wir gehen donnerstags immer kegelnmy birthday's \on the 30th of May ich habe am 30. Mai Geburtstag\on a very hot evening in July an einem sehr heißen Abend im Juli\on Saturday morning/Wednesday evening am Samstagvormittag/Mittwochabend\on his brother's death beim Tod seines Bruders\on the count of three, start running! bei drei lauft ihr los!trains to London leave \on the hour every hour die Züge nach London fahren jeweils zur vollen Stundethe professor entered the room at 1:00 \on the minute der Professor betrat den Raum auf die Minute genau um 13.00 Uhr\on receiving her letter als ich ihren Brief erhielt\on arriving at the station bei der Ankunft im Bahnhof\on arrival/departure bei der Ankunft/Abreise\on the dot [auf die Sekunde] pünktlichto be finished \on schedule planmäßig fertig werdenwe were \on page 42 wir waren auf Seite 42he was out \on errands er machte ein paar Besorgungenwe made a big profit \on that deal wir haben bei diesem Geschäft gut verdient\on business geschäftlich, beruflichto work \on sth an etw dat arbeiten21. (regularly taking)▪ to be \on sth etw nehmenmy doctor put me \on antibiotics mein Arzt setzte mich auf Antibiotikahe lived \on berries and roots er lebte von Beeren und WurzelnRichard lives \on a diet of junk food Richard ernährt sich ausschließlich von Junkfoodto be \on drugs unter Drogen stehen, Drogen nehmento be \on medication Medikamente einnehmenshe wants it done \on the National Health Service sie möchte, dass die gesetzliche Krankenkasse die Kosten übernimmtthis meal is \on me das Essen bezahle ichthe drinks are \on me die Getränke gebe ich austo buy sth \on credit/hire purchase etw auf Kredit/Raten kaufen, von + datdoes this radio run \on batteries? läuft dieses Radio mit Batterien?I've only got £50 a week to live \on ich lebe von nur 50 Pfund pro Wochethey are living \on their savings sie leben von ihren Ersparnissento go \on the dole stempeln gehento live \on welfare von Sozialhilfe lebenI've wasted a lot of money \on this car ich habe für dieses Auto eine Menge Geld ausgegebenhow much interest are you paying \on the loan? wie viel Zinsen zahlst du für diesen Kredit?a few pence \on the electricity bill ein paar Pfennige mehr bei der Stromrechnungdogs should be kept \on their leads Hunde sollten an der Leine geführt werdento be \on the phone AUS, BRIT ans Telefonnetz angeschlossen sein, telefonisch erreichbar seinwe've just moved and we're not \on the phone yet wir sind gerade umgezogen und haben noch kein Telefon\on the agenda/list auf der Tagesordnung/Liste\on the whole im Ganzen, insgesamt\on the whole, it was a good year alles in allem war es ein gutes Jahrit's been \on my mind ich muss immer daran denkenshe had something \on her heart sie hatte etwas auf dem Herzenthat lie has been \on his conscience diese Lüge lastete auf seinem Gewissenthis is \on your shoulders das liegt in deiner Hand, die Verantwortung liegt bei dirthe future of the company is \on your shoulders du hast die Verantwortung für die Zukunft der Firma29. (experiencing)crime is \on the increase again die Verbrechen nehmen wieder zuI'll be away \on a training course ich mache demnächst einen Ausbildungslehrganghe's out \on a date with a woman er hat gerade eine Verabredung mit einer FrauI was \on a long journey ich habe eine lange Reise gemachtwe're going \on vacation in two weeks wir fahren in zwei Wochen in Urlaubto set sth \on fire etw anzündendid you know that she's got a new book \on the go? hast du gewusst, dass sie gerade ein neues Buch schreibt?to be \on strike streiken30. (compared with)I can't improve \on my final offer dieses Angebot ist mein letztes Wortsales are up \on last year der Umsatz ist höher als im letzten Jahrto have nothing [or not have anything] \on sth kein Vergleich mit etw dat seinmy new bike has nothing \on the one that was stolen mein neues Fahrrad ist bei Weitem nicht so gut wie das, das mir gestohlen wurde31. (by chance)▪ \on sb ohne jds Verschuldenshe was really worried when the phone went dead \on her sie machte sich richtig Sorgen, als das Telefon ausfiel, ohne dass sie etwas getan hattethe fire went out \on me das Feuer ist mir einfach ausgegangento chance \on sb jdn [zufällig] treffen, jdm [zufällig] begegnenthe government suffered defeat \on defeat die Regierung erlitt eine Niederlage nach der anderenwave \on wave of refugees has crossed the border immer neue Flüchtlingswellen strömten über die GrenzeClive's team is \on five points while Joan's is \on seven das Team von Clive hat fünf Punkte, das von Joan hat sieben34.▶ to be \on sth BRIT, AUS etw verdienen▶ \on the board in Planung▶ to have time \on one's hands noch genug Zeit haben1. (in contact with) aufmake sure the lid's \on properly pass auf, dass der Deckel richtig zu istthey sewed the man's ear back \on sie haben das Ohr des Mannes wieder angenähtto screw sth \on etw anschraubenI wish you wouldn't screw the lid \on so tightly schraube den Deckel bitte nicht immer so fest2. (on body) anput a jumper \on! zieh einen Pullover drüber!get your shoes \on! zieh dir die Schuhe an!to have/try sth \on etw anhaben/anprobierenwith nothing \on nackt3. (indicating continuance) weiterto get \on with sth mit etw dat weitermachento keep \on doing sth etw weitermachenif the phone's engaged, keep \on trying! wenn besetzt ist, probier es weiter!\on and \on immer weiterthe noise just went \on and \on der Lärm hörte gar nicht mehr aufhe talked \on and \on er redete pausenlos4. (in forward direction) vorwärtswould you pass it \on to Paul? würdest du es an Paul weitergeben?time's getting \on die Zeit vergehtfrom that day \on von diesem Tag anthey never spoke to each other from that day \on seit diesem Tag haben sie kein Wort mehr miteinander gewechseltlater \on späterwhat are you doing later \on? was hast du nachher vor?to urge sb \on jdn anspornenI'd never have managed this if my friend hadn't urged me \on ich hätte das nie geschafft, wenn mein Freund mich nicht dazu gedrängt hätte5. (being shown)▪ to be \on auf dem Programm stehenare there any good films \on at the cinema this week? laufen in dieser Woche irgendwelche guten Filme im Kino?what's \on at the festival? was ist für das Festival geplant?there's a good film \on this afternoon heute Nachmittag kommt ein guter Film6. (scheduled) geplantis the party still \on for tomorrow? ist die Party noch für morgen geplant?I've got nothing \on next week ich habe nächste Woche nichts vorI've got a lot \on this week ich habe mir für diese Woche eine Menge vorgenommen7. (functioning) anthe brakes are \on die Bremsen sind angezogenis the central heating \on? ist die Zentralheizung an?to put the kettle \on das Wasser aufsetzento leave the light \on das Licht anlassento switch/turn sth \on etw einschaltencould you switch \on the radio? könntest du das Radio anmachen?8. (aboard)the horse galloped off as soon as she was \on kaum war sie aufgesessen, da galoppierte das Pferd schon los9. (due to perform)you're \on! du bist dran!10.12.what are you \on about? wovon redest du denn nun schon wieder?he knows what he's \on about er weiß, wovon er redetI never understand what she's \on about ich verstehe nie, wovon sie es hat famshe's still \on at me to get my hair cut sie drängt mich dauernd, mir die Haare schneiden zu lassen▶ to be \on AM aufpassen▶ to hang \on warten▶ head \on frontal▶ \on and off, off and \on hin und wieder, ab und zuthe bike hit our car side \on das Rad prallte von der Seite auf unser Auto▶ this way \on AUS, BRIT auf diese Weise▶ to be well \on spät sein▶ to be well \on in years nicht mehr der Jüngste seinIII. adj inv, attrthis seems to be one of her \on days es scheint einer von ihren guten Tagen zu sein2. ELEC, TECH\on switch Einschalter m* * *[ɒn]1. PREPOSITIONWhen on is the second element in a phrasal verb, eg live on, lecture on, look up the verb. When it is part of a set combination, eg on the right, on request, on occasion, look up the other word.1) indicating place, position auf (+dat); (with vb of motion) auf (+acc); (on vertical surface, part of body) an (+dat); (with vb of motion) an (+acc)he hung it on the wall/nail — er hängte es an die Wand/den Nagel
a house on the coast/main road — ein Haus am Meer/an der Hauptstraße
he hit his head on the table/on the ground — er hat sich (dat) den Kopf am Tisch/auf dem or am Boden angeschlagen
on TV/the radio — im Fernsehen/Radio
held on computer — auf Computer (dat) gespeichert
2)= by means of, using
we went on the train/bus — wir fuhren mit dem Zug/Buson a bicycle — mit dem ( Fahr)rad
on foot/horseback — zu Fuß/Pferd
3) = about, concerning über (+acc)a book on German grammar we read Stalin on Marx — ein Buch über deutsche Grammatik wir lasen Stalins Ausführungen zu Marx
4) in expressions of time an (+dat)stars visible on clear nights — Sterne, die in klaren Nächten sichtbar sind
5)= earning, getting
I'm on £18,000 a year — ich bekomme £ 18.000 im Jahr6) = at the time of bei (+dat)on hearing this he left — als er das hörte, ging er
7) = as a result of auf... (acc) hin8) indicating membership in (+dat)he is on the committee/the board — er gehört dem Ausschuss/Vorstand an, er sitzt im Ausschuss/Vorstand
he is on the "Evening News" — er ist bei der "Evening News"
9)10)= at the expense of
this round is on me — diese Runde geht auf meine Kostenhave it on me — das spendiere ich (dir), ich gebe (dir) das aus
See:→ house11) = compared with im Vergleich zuprices are up on last year( 's) — im Vergleich zum letzten Jahr sind die Preise gestiegen
12)= taking
to be on drugs/the pill — Drogen/die Pille nehmen13)he made mistake on mistake — er machte einen Fehler nach dem anderen14)he played (it) on the violin/trumpet — er spielte (es) auf der Geige/Trompeteon drums/piano — am Schlagzeug/Klavier
Roland Kirk on tenor sax — Roland Kirk, Tenorsaxofon
15) = according to nach (+dat)on your theory — Ihrer Theorie nach or zufolge, nach Ihrer Theorie
2. ADVERB1)= in place, covering
he screwed the lid on — er schraubte den Deckel draufshe had nothing on —
2)put it this way on — stellen/legen Sie es so herum (darauf)3)move on! — gehen Sie weiter!, weitergehen!4)from now on — von jetzt anit was well on in the night — es war zu vorgerückter Stunde, es war spät in der Nacht
5)to keep on talking — immer weiterreden, in einem fort reden6)__diams; on and on they talked on and on — sie redeten und redeten, sie redeten unentwegtshe went on and on — sie hörte gar nicht mehr auf __diams; to be on at sb
he's always on at me — er hackt dauernd auf mir herum, er meckert dauernd an mir herum (inf)
he's always on at me to get my hair cut — er liegt mir dauernd in den Ohren, dass ich mir die Haare schneiden lassen soll
he's been on at me about that several times — er ist mir ein paar Mal damit gekommen (inf) __diams; to be on about sth
she's always on about her experiences in Italy — sie kommt dauernd mit ihren Italienerfahrungen (inf)
what's he on about? —
he knows what he's on about — er weiß, wovon er redet
3. ADJECTIVEthe "on" switch — der Einschalter
in the "on" position —
2) = in place lid, cover draufhis hat/tie was on crookedly — sein Hut saß/sein Schlips hing schief
his hat/coat was already on — er hatte den Hut schon auf/den Mantel schon an
3)= taking place
there's a tennis match on at the moment — ein Tennismatch ist gerade im Gangwhat's on in London? —
4)= being performed, performing
to be on (in theatre, cinema) — gegeben or gezeigt werden; (on TV, radio) gesendet or gezeigt werdenwho's on tonight? (Theat, Film) — wer spielt heute Abend?, wer tritt heute Abend auf?; (TV) wer kommt heute Abend (im Fernsehen)?
you're on now (Theat, Rad, TV) — Ihr Auftritt!, Sie sind (jetzt) dran (inf)
tell me when the English team is on — sagen Sie mir, wenn die englische Mannschaft dran ist or drankommt
5)you're on! —
are you on? ( inf = are you with us ) —,, machst du mit?
you're/he's not on ( Brit inf ) — das ist nicht drin (inf)
* * *on [ɒn; US auch ɑn]A präpthe scar on his face die Narbe in seinem Gesicht;a ring on one’s finger ein Ring am Finger;have you got a lighter on you? haben Sie ein Feuerzeug bei sich?;find sth on sb etwas bei jemandem finden4. (Richtung, Ziel) auf (akk) … (hin), an (akk), zu:a blow on the chin ein Schlag ans Kinn;drop sth on the floor etwas auf den Fußboden oder zu Boden fallen lassen;hang sth on a peg etwas an einen Haken hängen5. fig (auf der Grundlage von) auf (akk) … (hin):based on facts auf Tatsachen begründet;live on air von (der) Luft leben;this car runs on petrol dieser Wagen fährt mit Benzin;a scholar on a foundation ein Stipendiat (einer Stiftung);borrow on jewels sich auf Schmuck(stücke) Geld borgen;a duty on silk (ein) Zoll auf Seide;interest on one’s capital Zinsen auf sein Kapitalloss on loss Verlust auf oder über Verlust, ein Verlust nach dem andern;be on one’s second glass bei seinem zweiten Glas seinbe on a committee (the jury, the general staff) zu einem Ausschuss (zu den Geschworenen, zum Generalstab) gehören;be on the “Daily Mail” bei der „Daily Mail“ (beschäftigt) seinbe on sth etwas (ein Medikament etc) (ständig) nehmen;be on pills tablettenabhängig oder -süchtig seina joke on me ein Spaß auf meine Kosten;shut (open) the door on sb jemandem die Tür verschließen (öffnen);the strain tells severely on him die Anstrengung nimmt ihn sichtlich mit;a) jemandem nichts voraus haben,b) jemandem nichts anhaben können;have sth on sb umg eine Handhabe gegen jemanden haben, etwas Belastendes über jemanden wissenan agreement (a lecture, an opinion) on sth;on Sunday, on the 1st of April, on April 1st;on or after April 1st ab oder mit Wirkung vom 1. April;on or before April 1st bis zum oder bis spätestens am 1. April;on being asked als ich etc (danach) gefragt wurde12. nachdem:on leaving school, he … nachdem er die Schule verlassen hatte, …13. gegenüber, im Vergleich zu:losses were £100,000 down on the previous yearB adva) an…:b) auf…:keep one’s hat on3. (a in Zusammensetzungen mit Verben) weiter(…):and so on und so weiter;on and on immer weiter;a) ab und zu,b) ab und an, mit Unterbrechungen;from that day on von dem Tage an;on with the show! weiter im Programm!;C adj präd1. be ona) im Gange sein (Spiel etc), vor sich gehen:what’s on? was ist los?;what’s on in London? was ist in London los?, was tut sich in London?;have you anything on tomorrow? haben Sie morgen etwas vor?;that’s not on! das ist nicht drin! umgb) an sein umg (Licht, Radio, Wasser etc), an-, eingeschaltet sein, laufen, auf sein umg (Hahn):on - off TECH An - Aus;the light is on das Licht brennt oder ist an(geschaltet);the brakes are on die Bremsen sind angezogen;the race is on SPORT das Rennen ist gestartet;you are on! abgemacht!d) d(a)ran (an der Reihe) seine) (mit) dabei sein, mitmachenbe well on ganz schön blau seinabout wegen)* * *1.[ɒn]prepositionput something on the table — etwas auf den Tisch legen od. stellen
have something on one — etwas bei sich (Dat.) haben
on the bus/train — im Bus/Zug; (by bus/train) mit dem Bus/Zug
be on the board/committee — im Vorstand/Ausschuss sein
2) (with basis, motive, etc. of)on the assumption/hypothesis that... — angenommen,...
3) in expressions of time an [einem Abend, Tag usw.]on [his] arrival — bei seiner Ankunft
on entering the room... — beim Betreten des Zimmers...
on time or schedule — pünktlich
4) expr. state etcthe drinks are on me — (coll.) die Getränke gehen auf mich
be on £20,000 a year — 20 000 Pfund im Jahr kriegen od. haben
5) (concerning, about) über (+ Akk.)2. adverb1)with/without a hat/coat on — mit/ohne Hut/Mantel
boil something with/without the lid on — etwas in geschlossenem/offenem Topf kochen
the light/radio etc. is on — das Licht/Radio usw. ist an
4) (arranged)what's on at the cinema? — was gibt es od. was läuft im Kino?
6) (on duty)come/be on — seinen Dienst antreten/Dienst haben
7)something is on (feasible) /not on — etwas ist möglich/ausgeschlossen
you're on! — (coll.): (I agree) abgemacht!; (making bet) die Wette gilt!
be on about somebody/something — (coll.) [dauernd] über jemanden/etwas sprechen
what is he on about? — was will er [sagen]?
be on at/keep on and on at somebody — (coll.) jemandem in den Ohren/dauernd in den Ohren liegen (ugs.)
on to, onto — auf (+ Akk.)
be on to something — (have discovered something) etwas ausfindig gemacht haben. See also right 4. 4)
* * *adj.eingeschaltet adj.in adj. prep.an präp.auf präp.bei präp.über präp. -
11 Historical Portugal
Before Romans described western Iberia or Hispania as "Lusitania," ancient Iberians inhabited the land. Phoenician and Greek trading settlements grew up in the Tagus estuary area and nearby coasts. Beginning around 202 BCE, Romans invaded what is today southern Portugal. With Rome's defeat of Carthage, Romans proceeded to conquer and rule the western region north of the Tagus, which they named Roman "Lusitania." In the fourth century CE, as Rome's rule weakened, the area experienced yet another invasion—Germanic tribes, principally the Suevi, who eventually were Christianized. During the sixth century CE, the Suevi kingdom was superseded by yet another Germanic tribe—the Christian Visigoths.A major turning point in Portugal's history came in 711, as Muslim armies from North Africa, consisting of both Arab and Berber elements, invaded the Iberian Peninsula from across the Straits of Gibraltar. They entered what is now Portugal in 714, and proceeded to conquer most of the country except for the far north. For the next half a millennium, Islam and Muslim presence in Portugal left a significant mark upon the politics, government, language, and culture of the country.Islam, Reconquest, and Portugal Created, 714-1140The long frontier struggle between Muslim invaders and Christian communities in the north of the Iberian peninsula was called the Reconquista (Reconquest). It was during this struggle that the first dynasty of Portuguese kings (Burgundian) emerged and the independent monarchy of Portugal was established. Christian forces moved south from what is now the extreme north of Portugal and gradually defeated Muslim forces, besieging and capturing towns under Muslim sway. In the ninth century, as Christian forces slowly made their way southward, Christian elements were dominant only in the area between Minho province and the Douro River; this region became known as "territorium Portu-calense."In the 11th century, the advance of the Reconquest quickened as local Christian armies were reinforced by crusading knights from what is now France and England. Christian forces took Montemor (1034), at the Mondego River; Lamego (1058); Viseu (1058); and Coimbra (1064). In 1095, the king of Castile and Léon granted the country of "Portu-cale," what became northern Portugal, to a Burgundian count who had emigrated from France. This was the foundation of Portugal. In 1139, a descendant of this count, Afonso Henriques, proclaimed himself "King of Portugal." He was Portugal's first monarch, the "Founder," and the first of the Burgundian dynasty, which ruled until 1385.The emergence of Portugal in the 12th century as a separate monarchy in Iberia occurred before the Christian Reconquest of the peninsula. In the 1140s, the pope in Rome recognized Afonso Henriques as king of Portugal. In 1147, after a long, bloody siege, Muslim-occupied Lisbon fell to Afonso Henriques's army. Lisbon was the greatest prize of the 500-year war. Assisting this effort were English crusaders on their way to the Holy Land; the first bishop of Lisbon was an Englishman. When the Portuguese captured Faro and Silves in the Algarve province in 1248-50, the Reconquest of the extreme western portion of the Iberian peninsula was complete—significantly, more than two centuries before the Spanish crown completed the Reconquest of the eastern portion by capturing Granada in 1492.Consolidation and Independence of Burgundian Portugal, 1140-1385Two main themes of Portugal's early existence as a monarchy are the consolidation of control over the realm and the defeat of a Castil-ian threat from the east to its independence. At the end of this period came the birth of a new royal dynasty (Aviz), which prepared to carry the Christian Reconquest beyond continental Portugal across the straits of Gibraltar to North Africa. There was a variety of motives behind these developments. Portugal's independent existence was imperiled by threats from neighboring Iberian kingdoms to the north and east. Politics were dominated not only by efforts against the Muslims inPortugal (until 1250) and in nearby southern Spain (until 1492), but also by internecine warfare among the kingdoms of Castile, Léon, Aragon, and Portugal. A final comeback of Muslim forces was defeated at the battle of Salado (1340) by allied Castilian and Portuguese forces. In the emerging Kingdom of Portugal, the monarch gradually gained power over and neutralized the nobility and the Church.The historic and commonplace Portuguese saying "From Spain, neither a good wind nor a good marriage" was literally played out in diplomacy and war in the late 14th-century struggles for mastery in the peninsula. Larger, more populous Castile was pitted against smaller Portugal. Castile's Juan I intended to force a union between Castile and Portugal during this era of confusion and conflict. In late 1383, Portugal's King Fernando, the last king of the Burgundian dynasty, suddenly died prematurely at age 38, and the Master of Aviz, Portugal's most powerful nobleman, took up the cause of independence and resistance against Castile's invasion. The Master of Aviz, who became King João I of Portugal, was able to obtain foreign assistance. With the aid of English archers, Joao's armies defeated the Castilians in the crucial battle of Aljubarrota, on 14 August 1385, a victory that assured the independence of the Portuguese monarchy from its Castilian nemesis for several centuries.Aviz Dynasty and Portugal's First Overseas Empire, 1385-1580The results of the victory at Aljubarrota, much celebrated in Portugal's art and monuments, and the rise of the Aviz dynasty also helped to establish a new merchant class in Lisbon and Oporto, Portugal's second city. This group supported King João I's program of carrying the Reconquest to North Africa, since it was interested in expanding Portugal's foreign commerce and tapping into Muslim trade routes and resources in Africa. With the Reconquest against the Muslims completed in Portugal and the threat from Castile thwarted for the moment, the Aviz dynasty launched an era of overseas conquest, exploration, and trade. These efforts dominated Portugal's 15th and 16th centuries.The overseas empire and age of Discoveries began with Portugal's bold conquest in 1415 of the Moroccan city of Ceuta. One royal member of the 1415 expedition was young, 21-year-old Prince Henry, later known in history as "Prince Henry the Navigator." His part in the capture of Ceuta won Henry his knighthood and began Portugal's "Marvelous Century," during which the small kingdom was counted as a European and world power of consequence. Henry was the son of King João I and his English queen, Philippa of Lancaster, but he did not inherit the throne. Instead, he spent most of his life and his fortune, and that of the wealthy military Order of Christ, on various imperial ventures and on voyages of exploration down the African coast and into the Atlantic. While mythology has surrounded Henry's controversial role in the Discoveries, and this role has been exaggerated, there is no doubt that he played a vital part in the initiation of Portugal's first overseas empire and in encouraging exploration. He was naturally curious, had a sense of mission for Portugal, and was a strong leader. He also had wealth to expend; at least a third of the African voyages of the time were under his sponsorship. If Prince Henry himself knew little science, significant scientific advances in navigation were made in his day.What were Portugal's motives for this new imperial effort? The well-worn historical cliche of "God, Glory, and Gold" can only partly explain the motivation of a small kingdom with few natural resources and barely 1 million people, which was greatly outnumbered by the other powers it confronted. Among Portuguese objectives were the desire to exploit known North African trade routes and resources (gold, wheat, leather, weaponry, and other goods that were scarce in Iberia); the need to outflank the Muslim world in the Mediterranean by sailing around Africa, attacking Muslims en route; and the wish to ally with Christian kingdoms beyond Africa. This enterprise also involved a strategy of breaking the Venetian spice monopoly by trading directly with the East by means of discovering and exploiting a sea route around Africa to Asia. Besides the commercial motives, Portugal nurtured a strong crusading sense of Christian mission, and various classes in the kingdom saw an opportunity for fame and gain.By the time of Prince Henry's death in 1460, Portugal had gained control of the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeiras, begun to colonize the Cape Verde Islands, failed to conquer the Canary Islands from Castile, captured various cities on Morocco's coast, and explored as far as Senegal, West Africa, down the African coast. By 1488, Bar-tolomeu Dias had rounded the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa and thereby discovered the way to the Indian Ocean.Portugal's largely coastal African empire and later its fragile Asian empire brought unexpected wealth but were purchased at a high price. Costs included wars of conquest and defense against rival powers, manning the far-flung navel and trade fleets and scattered castle-fortresses, and staffing its small but fierce armies, all of which entailed a loss of skills and population to maintain a scattered empire. Always short of capital, the monarchy became indebted to bankers. There were many defeats beginning in the 16th century at the hands of the larger imperial European monarchies (Spain, France, England, and Holland) and many attacks on Portugal and its strung-out empire. Typically, there was also the conflict that arose when a tenuously held world empire that rarely if ever paid its way demanded finance and manpower Portugal itself lacked.The first 80 years of the glorious imperial era, the golden age of Portugal's imperial power and world influence, was an African phase. During 1415-88, Portuguese navigators and explorers in small ships, some of them caravelas (caravels), explored the treacherous, disease-ridden coasts of Africa from Morocco to South Africa beyond the Cape of Good Hope. By the 1470s, the Portuguese had reached the Gulf of Guinea and, in the early 1480s, what is now Angola. Bartolomeu Dias's extraordinary voyage of 1487-88 to South Africa's coast and the edge of the Indian Ocean convinced Portugal that the best route to Asia's spices and Christians lay south, around the tip of southern Africa. Between 1488 and 1495, there was a hiatus caused in part by domestic conflict in Portugal, discussion of resources available for further conquests beyond Africa in Asia, and serious questions as to Portugal's capacity to reach beyond Africa. In 1495, King Manuel and his council decided to strike for Asia, whatever the consequences. In 1497-99, Vasco da Gama, under royal orders, made the epic two-year voyage that discovered the sea route to western India (Asia), outflanked Islam and Venice, and began Portugal's Asian empire. Within 50 years, Portugal had discovered and begun the exploitation of its largest colony, Brazil, and set up forts and trading posts from the Middle East (Aden and Ormuz), India (Calicut, Goa, etc.), Malacca, and Indonesia to Macau in China.By the 1550s, parts of its largely coastal, maritime trading post empire from Morocco to the Moluccas were under siege from various hostile forces, including Muslims, Christians, and Hindi. Although Moroccan forces expelled the Portuguese from the major coastal cities by 1550, the rival European monarchies of Castile (Spain), England, France, and later Holland began to seize portions of her undermanned, outgunned maritime empire.In 1580, Phillip II of Spain, whose mother was a Portuguese princess and who had a strong claim to the Portuguese throne, invaded Portugal, claimed the throne, and assumed control over the realm and, by extension, its African, Asian, and American empires. Phillip II filled the power vacuum that appeared in Portugal following the loss of most of Portugal's army and its young, headstrong King Sebastião in a disastrous war in Morocco. Sebastiao's death in battle (1578) and the lack of a natural heir to succeed him, as well as the weak leadership of the cardinal who briefly assumed control in Lisbon, led to a crisis that Spain's strong monarch exploited. As a result, Portugal lost its independence to Spain for a period of 60 years.Portugal under Spanish Rule, 1580-1640Despite the disastrous nature of Portugal's experience under Spanish rule, "The Babylonian Captivity" gave birth to modern Portuguese nationalism, its second overseas empire, and its modern alliance system with England. Although Spain allowed Portugal's weakened empire some autonomy, Spanish rule in Portugal became increasingly burdensome and unacceptable. Spain's ambitious imperial efforts in Europe and overseas had an impact on the Portuguese as Spain made greater and greater demands on its smaller neighbor for manpower and money. Portugal's culture underwent a controversial Castilianization, while its empire became hostage to Spain's fortunes. New rival powers England, France, and Holland attacked and took parts of Spain's empire and at the same time attacked Portugal's empire, as well as the mother country.Portugal's empire bore the consequences of being attacked by Spain's bitter enemies in what was a form of world war. Portuguese losses were heavy. By 1640, Portugal had lost most of its Moroccan cities as well as Ceylon, the Moluccas, and sections of India. With this, Portugal's Asian empire was gravely weakened. Only Goa, Damão, Diu, Bombay, Timor, and Macau remained and, in Brazil, Dutch forces occupied the northeast.On 1 December 1640, long commemorated as a national holiday, Portuguese rebels led by the duke of Braganza overthrew Spanish domination and took advantage of Spanish weakness following a more serious rebellion in Catalonia. Portugal regained independence from Spain, but at a price: dependence on foreign assistance to maintain its independence in the form of the renewal of the alliance with England.Restoration and Second Empire, 1640-1822Foreign affairs and empire dominated the restoration era and aftermath, and Portugal again briefly enjoyed greater European power and prestige. The Anglo-Portuguese Alliance was renewed and strengthened in treaties of 1642, 1654, and 1661, and Portugal's independence from Spain was underwritten by English pledges and armed assistance. In a Luso-Spanish treaty of 1668, Spain recognized Portugal's independence. Portugal's alliance with England was a marriage of convenience and necessity between two monarchies with important religious, cultural, and social differences. In return for legal, diplomatic, and trade privileges, as well as the use during war and peace of Portugal's great Lisbon harbor and colonial ports for England's navy, England pledged to protect Portugal and its scattered empire from any attack. The previously cited 17th-century alliance treaties were renewed later in the Treaty of Windsor, signed in London in 1899. On at least 10 different occasions after 1640, and during the next two centuries, England was central in helping prevent or repel foreign invasions of its ally, Portugal.Portugal's second empire (1640-1822) was largely Brazil-oriented. Portuguese colonization, exploitation of wealth, and emigration focused on Portuguese America, and imperial revenues came chiefly from Brazil. Between 1670 and 1740, Portugal's royalty and nobility grew wealthier on funds derived from Brazilian gold, diamonds, sugar, tobacco, and other crops, an enterprise supported by the Atlantic slave trade and the supply of African slave labor from West Africa and Angola. Visitors today can see where much of that wealth was invested: Portugal's rich legacy of monumental architecture. Meanwhile, the African slave trade took a toll in Angola and West Africa.In continental Portugal, absolutist monarchy dominated politics and government, and there was a struggle for position and power between the monarchy and other institutions, such as the Church and nobility. King José I's chief minister, usually known in history as the marquis of Pombal (ruled 1750-77), sharply suppressed the nobility and theChurch (including the Inquisition, now a weak institution) and expelled the Jesuits. Pombal also made an effort to reduce economic dependence on England, Portugal's oldest ally. But his successes did not last much beyond his disputed time in office.Beginning in the late 18th century, the European-wide impact of the French Revolution and the rise of Napoleon placed Portugal in a vulnerable position. With the monarchy ineffectively led by an insane queen (Maria I) and her indecisive regent son (João VI), Portugal again became the focus of foreign ambition and aggression. With England unable to provide decisive assistance in time, France—with Spain's consent—invaded Portugal in 1807. As Napoleon's army under General Junot entered Lisbon meeting no resistance, Portugal's royal family fled on a British fleet to Brazil, where it remained in exile until 1821. In the meantime, Portugal's overseas empire was again under threat. There was a power vacuum as the monarch was absent, foreign armies were present, and new political notions of liberalism and constitutional monarchy were exciting various groups of citizens.Again England came to the rescue, this time in the form of the armies of the duke of Wellington. Three successive French invasions of Portugal were defeated and expelled, and Wellington succeeded in carrying the war against Napoleon across the Portuguese frontier into Spain. The presence of the English army, the new French-born liberal ideas, and the political vacuum combined to create revolutionary conditions. The French invasions and the peninsular wars, where Portuguese armed forces played a key role, marked the beginning of a new era in politics.Liberalism and Constitutional Monarchy, 1822-1910During 1807-22, foreign invasions, war, and civil strife over conflicting political ideas gravely damaged Portugal's commerce, economy, and novice industry. The next terrible blow was the loss of Brazil in 1822, the jewel in the imperial crown. Portugal's very independence seemed to be at risk. In vain, Portugal sought to resist Brazilian independence by force, but in 1825 it formally acknowledged Brazilian independence by treaty.Portugal's slow recovery from the destructive French invasions and the "war of independence" was complicated by civil strife over the form of constitutional monarchy that best suited Portugal. After struggles over these issues between 1820 and 1834, Portugal settled somewhat uncertainly into a moderate constitutional monarchy whose constitution (Charter of 1826) lent it strong political powers to exert a moderating influence between the executive and legislative branches of the government. It also featured a new upper middle class based on land ownership and commerce; a Catholic Church that, although still important, lived with reduced privileges and property; a largely African (third) empire to which Lisbon and Oporto devoted increasing spiritual and material resources, starting with the liberal imperial plans of 1836 and 1851, and continuing with the work of institutions like the Lisbon Society of Geography (established 1875); and a mass of rural peasants whose bonds to the land weakened after 1850 and who began to immigrate in increasing numbers to Brazil and North America.Chronic military intervention in national politics began in 19th-century Portugal. Such intervention, usually commencing with coups or pronunciamentos (military revolts), was a shortcut to the spoils of political office and could reflect popular discontent as well as the power of personalities. An early example of this was the 1817 golpe (coup) attempt of General Gomes Freire against British military rule in Portugal before the return of King João VI from Brazil. Except for a more stable period from 1851 to 1880, military intervention in politics, or the threat thereof, became a feature of the constitutional monarchy's political life, and it continued into the First Republic and the subsequent Estado Novo.Beginning with the Regeneration period (1851-80), Portugal experienced greater political stability and economic progress. Military intervention in politics virtually ceased; industrialization and construction of railroads, roads, and bridges proceeded; two political parties (Regenerators and Historicals) worked out a system of rotation in power; and leading intellectuals sparked a cultural revival in several fields. In 19th-century literature, there was a new golden age led by such figures as Alexandre Herculano (historian), Eça de Queirós (novelist), Almeida Garrett (playwright and essayist), Antero de Quental (poet), and Joaquim Oliveira Martins (historian and social scientist). In its third overseas empire, Portugal attempted to replace the slave trade and slavery with legitimate economic activities; to reform the administration; and to expand Portuguese holdings beyond coastal footholds deep into the African hinterlands in West, West Central, and East Africa. After 1841, to some extent, and especially after 1870, colonial affairs, combined with intense nationalism, pressures for economic profit in Africa, sentiment for national revival, and the drift of European affairs would make or break Lisbon governments.Beginning with the political crisis that arose out of the "English Ultimatum" affair of January 1890, the monarchy became discredtted and identified with the poorly functioning government, political parties splintered, and republicanism found more supporters. Portugal participated in the "Scramble for Africa," expanding its African holdings, but failed to annex territory connecting Angola and Mozambique. A growing foreign debt and state bankruptcy as of the early 1890s damaged the constitutional monarchy's reputation, despite the efforts of King Carlos in diplomacy, the renewal of the alliance in the Windsor Treaty of 1899, and the successful if bloody colonial wars in the empire (1880-97). Republicanism proclaimed that Portugal's weak economy and poor society were due to two historic institutions: the monarchy and the Catholic Church. A republic, its stalwarts claimed, would bring greater individual liberty; efficient, if more decentralized government; and a stronger colonial program while stripping the Church of its role in both society and education.As the monarchy lost support and republicans became more aggressive, violence increased in politics. King Carlos I and his heir Luís were murdered in Lisbon by anarchist-republicans on 1 February 1908. Following a military and civil insurrection and fighting between monarchist and republican forces, on 5 October 1910, King Manuel II fled Portugal and a republic was proclaimed.First Parliamentary Republic, 1910-26Portugal's first attempt at republican government was the most unstable, turbulent parliamentary republic in the history of 20th-century Western Europe. During a little under 16 years of the republic, there were 45 governments, a number of legislatures that did not complete normal terms, military coups, and only one president who completed his four-year term in office. Portuguese society was poorly prepared for this political experiment. Among the deadly legacies of the monarchy were a huge public debt; a largely rural, apolitical, and illiterate peasant population; conflict over the causes of the country's misfortunes; and lack of experience with a pluralist, democratic system.The republic had some talented leadership but lacked popular, institutional, and economic support. The 1911 republican constitution established only a limited democracy, as only a small portion of the adult male citizenry was eligible to vote. In a country where the majority was Catholic, the republic passed harshly anticlerical laws, and its institutions and supporters persecuted both the Church and its adherents. During its brief disjointed life, the First Republic drafted important reform plans in economic, social, and educational affairs; actively promoted development in the empire; and pursued a liberal, generous foreign policy. Following British requests for Portugal's assistance in World War I, Portugal entered the war on the Allied side in March 1916 and sent armies to Flanders and Portuguese Africa. Portugal's intervention in that conflict, however, was too costly in many respects, and the ultimate failure of the republic in part may be ascribed to Portugal's World War I activities.Unfortunately for the republic, its time coincided with new threats to Portugal's African possessions: World War I, social and political demands from various classes that could not be reconciled, excessive military intervention in politics, and, in particular, the worst economic and financial crisis Portugal had experienced since the 16th and 17th centuries. After the original Portuguese Republican Party (PRP, also known as the "Democrats") splintered into three warring groups in 1912, no true multiparty system emerged. The Democrats, except for only one or two elections, held an iron monopoly of electoral power, and political corruption became a major issue. As extreme right-wing dictatorships elsewhere in Europe began to take power in Italy (1922), neighboring Spain (1923), and Greece (1925), what scant popular support remained for the republic collapsed. Backed by a right-wing coalition of landowners from Alentejo, clergy, Coimbra University faculty and students, Catholic organizations, and big business, career military officers led by General Gomes da Costa executed a coup on 28 May 1926, turned out the last republican government, and established a military government.The Estado Novo (New State), 1926-74During the military phase (1926-32) of the Estado Novo, professional military officers, largely from the army, governed and administered Portugal and held key cabinet posts, but soon discovered that the military possessed no magic formula that could readily solve the problems inherited from the First Republic. Especially during the years 1926-31, the military dictatorship, even with its political repression of republican activities and institutions (military censorship of the press, political police action, and closure of the republic's rowdy parliament), was characterized by similar weaknesses: personalism and factionalism; military coups and political instability, including civil strife and loss of life; state debt and bankruptcy; and a weak economy. "Barracks parliamentarism" was not an acceptable alternative even to the "Nightmare Republic."Led by General Óscar Carmona, who had replaced and sent into exile General Gomes da Costa, the military dictatorship turned to a civilian expert in finance and economics to break the budget impasse and bring coherence to the disorganized system. Appointed minister of finance on 27 April 1928, the Coimbra University Law School professor of economics Antônio de Oliveira Salazar (1889-1970) first reformed finance, helped balance the budget, and then turned to other concerns as he garnered extraordinary governing powers. In 1930, he was appointed interim head of another key ministry (Colonies) and within a few years had become, in effect, a civilian dictator who, with the military hierarchy's support, provided the government with coherence, a program, and a set of policies.For nearly 40 years after he was appointed the first civilian prime minister in 1932, Salazar's personality dominated the government. Unlike extreme right-wing dictators elsewhere in Europe, Salazar was directly appointed by the army but was never endorsed by a popular political party, street militia, or voter base. The scholarly, reclusive former Coimbra University professor built up what became known after 1932 as the Estado Novo ("New State"), which at the time of its overthrow by another military coup in 1974, was the longest surviving authoritarian regime in Western Europe. The system of Salazar and the largely academic and technocratic ruling group he gathered in his cabinets was based on the central bureaucracy of the state, which was supported by the president of the republic—always a senior career military officer, General Óscar Carmona (1928-51), General Craveiro Lopes (1951-58), and Admiral Américo Tómaz (1958-74)—and the complicity of various institutions. These included a rubber-stamp legislature called the National Assembly (1935-74) and a political police known under various names: PVDE (1932-45), PIDE (1945-69),and DGS (1969-74). Other defenders of the Estado Novo security were paramilitary organizations such as the National Republican Guard (GNR); the Portuguese Legion (PL); and the Portuguese Youth [Movement]. In addition to censorship of the media, theater, and books, there was political repression and a deliberate policy of depoliticization. All political parties except for the approved movement of regime loyalists, the União Nacional or (National Union), were banned.The most vigorous and more popular period of the New State was 1932-44, when the basic structures were established. Never monolithic or entirely the work of one person (Salazar), the New State was constructed with the assistance of several dozen top associates who were mainly academics from law schools, some technocrats with specialized skills, and a handful of trusted career military officers. The 1933 Constitution declared Portugal to be a "unitary, corporative Republic," and pressures to restore the monarchy were resisted. Although some of the regime's followers were fascists and pseudofascists, many more were conservative Catholics, integralists, nationalists, and monarchists of different varieties, and even some reactionary republicans. If the New State was authoritarian, it was not totalitarian and, unlike fascism in Benito Mussolini's Italy or Adolf Hitler's Germany, it usually employed the minimum of violence necessary to defeat what remained a largely fractious, incoherent opposition.With the tumultuous Second Republic and the subsequent civil war in nearby Spain, the regime felt threatened and reinforced its defenses. During what Salazar rightly perceived as a time of foreign policy crisis for Portugal (1936-45), he assumed control of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From there, he pursued four basic foreign policy objectives: supporting the Nationalist rebels of General Francisco Franco in the Spanish Civil War (1936-39) and concluding defense treaties with a triumphant Franco; ensuring that General Franco in an exhausted Spain did not enter World War II on the Axis side; maintaining Portuguese neutrality in World War II with a post-1942 tilt toward the Allies, including granting Britain and the United States use of bases in the Azores Islands; and preserving and protecting Portugal's Atlantic Islands and its extensive, if poor, overseas empire in Africa and Asia.During the middle years of the New State (1944-58), many key Salazar associates in government either died or resigned, and there was greater social unrest in the form of unprecedented strikes and clandestine Communist activities, intensified opposition, and new threatening international pressures on Portugal's overseas empire. During the earlier phase of the Cold War (1947-60), Portugal became a steadfast, if weak, member of the US-dominated North Atlantic Treaty Organization alliance and, in 1955, with American support, Portugal joined the United Nations (UN). Colonial affairs remained a central concern of the regime. As of 1939, Portugal was the third largest colonial power in the world and possessed territories in tropical Africa (Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, and São Tomé and Príncipe Islands) and the remnants of its 16th-century empire in Asia (Goa, Damão, Diu, East Timor, and Macau). Beginning in the early 1950s, following the independence of India in 1947, Portugal resisted Indian pressures to decolonize Portuguese India and used police forces to discourage internal opposition in its Asian and African colonies.The later years of the New State (1958-68) witnessed the aging of the increasingly isolated but feared Salazar and new threats both at home and overseas. Although the regime easily overcame the brief oppositionist threat from rival presidential candidate General Humberto Delgado in the spring of 1958, new developments in the African and Asian empires imperiled the authoritarian system. In February 1961, oppositionists hijacked the Portuguese ocean liner Santa Maria and, in following weeks, African insurgents in northern Angola, although they failed to expel the Portuguese, gained worldwide media attention, discredited the New State, and began the 13-year colonial war. After thwarting a dissident military coup against his continued leadership, Salazar and his ruling group mobilized military repression in Angola and attempted to develop the African colonies at a faster pace in order to ensure Portuguese control. Meanwhile, the other European colonial powers (Britain, France, Belgium, and Spain) rapidly granted political independence to their African territories.At the time of Salazar's removal from power in September 1968, following a stroke, Portugal's efforts to maintain control over its colonies appeared to be successful. President Americo Tomás appointed Dr. Marcello Caetano as Salazar's successor as prime minister. While maintaining the New State's basic structures, and continuing the regime's essential colonial policy, Caetano attempted wider reforms in colonial administration and some devolution of power from Lisbon, as well as more freedom of expression in Lisbon. Still, a great deal of the budget was devoted to supporting the wars against the insurgencies in Africa. Meanwhile in Asia, Portuguese India had fallen when the Indian army invaded in December 1961. The loss of Goa was a psychological blow to the leadership of the New State, and of the Asian empire only East Timor and Macau remained.The Caetano years (1968-74) were but a hiatus between the waning Salazar era and a new regime. There was greater political freedom and rapid economic growth (5-6 percent annually to late 1973), but Caetano's government was unable to reform the old system thoroughly and refused to consider new methods either at home or in the empire. In the end, regime change came from junior officers of the professional military who organized the Armed Forces Movement (MFA) against the Caetano government. It was this group of several hundred officers, mainly in the army and navy, which engineered a largely bloodless coup in Lisbon on 25 April 1974. Their unexpected action brought down the 48-year-old New State and made possible the eventual establishment and consolidation of democratic governance in Portugal, as well as a reorientation of the country away from the Atlantic toward Europe.Revolution of Carnations, 1974-76Following successful military operations of the Armed Forces Movement against the Caetano government, Portugal experienced what became known as the "Revolution of Carnations." It so happened that during the rainy week of the military golpe, Lisbon flower shops were featuring carnations, and the revolutionaries and their supporters adopted the red carnation as the common symbol of the event, as well as of the new freedom from dictatorship. The MFA, whose leaders at first were mostly little-known majors and captains, proclaimed a three-fold program of change for the new Portugal: democracy; decolonization of the overseas empire, after ending the colonial wars; and developing a backward economy in the spirit of opportunity and equality. During the first 24 months after the coup, there was civil strife, some anarchy, and a power struggle. With the passing of the Estado Novo, public euphoria burst forth as the new provisional military government proclaimed the freedoms of speech, press, and assembly, and abolished censorship, the political police, the Portuguese Legion, Portuguese Youth, and other New State organizations, including the National Union. Scores of political parties were born and joined the senior political party, the Portuguese Community Party (PCP), and the Socialist Party (PS), founded shortly before the coup.Portugal's Revolution of Carnations went through several phases. There was an attempt to take control by radical leftists, including the PCP and its allies. This was thwarted by moderate officers in the army, as well as by the efforts of two political parties: the PS and the Social Democrats (PPD, later PSD). The first phase was from April to September 1974. Provisional president General Antonio Spínola, whose 1974 book Portugal and the Future had helped prepare public opinion for the coup, met irresistible leftist pressures. After Spinola's efforts to avoid rapid decolonization of the African empire failed, he resigned in September 1974. During the second phase, from September 1974 to March 1975, radical military officers gained control, but a coup attempt by General Spínola and his supporters in Lisbon in March 1975 failed and Spínola fled to Spain.In the third phase of the Revolution, March-November 1975, a strong leftist reaction followed. Farm workers occupied and "nationalized" 1.1 million hectares of farmland in the Alentejo province, and radical military officers in the provisional government ordered the nationalization of Portuguese banks (foreign banks were exempted), utilities, and major industries, or about 60 percent of the economic system. There were power struggles among various political parties — a total of 50 emerged—and in the streets there was civil strife among labor, military, and law enforcement groups. A constituent assembly, elected on 25 April 1975, in Portugal's first free elections since 1926, drafted a democratic constitution. The Council of the Revolution (CR), briefly a revolutionary military watchdog committee, was entrenched as part of the government under the constitution, until a later revision. During the chaotic year of 1975, about 30 persons were killed in political frays while unstable provisional governments came and went. On 25 November 1975, moderate military forces led by Colonel Ramalho Eanes, who later was twice elected president of the republic (1976 and 1981), defeated radical, leftist military groups' revolutionary conspiracies.In the meantime, Portugal's scattered overseas empire experienced a precipitous and unprepared decolonization. One by one, the former colonies were granted and accepted independence—Guinea-Bissau (September 1974), Cape Verde Islands (July 1975), and Mozambique (July 1975). Portugal offered to turn over Macau to the People's Republic of China, but the offer was refused then and later negotiations led to the establishment of a formal decolonization or hand-over date of 1999. But in two former colonies, the process of decolonization had tragic results.In Angola, decolonization negotiations were greatly complicated by the fact that there were three rival nationalist movements in a struggle for power. The January 1975 Alvor Agreement signed by Portugal and these three parties was not effectively implemented. A bloody civil war broke out in Angola in the spring of 1975 and, when Portuguese armed forces withdrew and declared that Angola was independent on 11 November 1975, the bloodshed only increased. Meanwhile, most of the white Portuguese settlers from Angola and Mozambique fled during the course of 1975. Together with African refugees, more than 600,000 of these retornados ("returned ones") went by ship and air to Portugal and thousands more to Namibia, South Africa, Brazil, Canada, and the United States.The second major decolonization disaster was in Portugal's colony of East Timor in the Indonesian archipelago. Portugal's capacity to supervise and control a peaceful transition to independence in this isolated, neglected colony was limited by the strength of giant Indonesia, distance from Lisbon, and Portugal's revolutionary disorder and inability to defend Timor. In early December 1975, before Portugal granted formal independence and as one party, FRETILIN, unilaterally declared East Timor's independence, Indonesia's armed forces invaded, conquered, and annexed East Timor. Indonesian occupation encountered East Timorese resistance, and a heavy loss of life followed. The East Timor question remained a contentious international issue in the UN, as well as in Lisbon and Jakarta, for more than 20 years following Indonesia's invasion and annexation of the former colony of Portugal. Major changes occurred, beginning in 1998, after Indonesia underwent a political revolution and allowed a referendum in East Timor to decide that territory's political future in August 1999. Most East Timorese chose independence, but Indonesian forces resisted that verdict untilUN intervention in September 1999. Following UN rule for several years, East Timor attained full independence on 20 May 2002.Consolidation of Democracy, 1976-2000After several free elections and record voter turnouts between 25 April 1975 and June 1976, civil war was averted and Portugal's second democratic republic began to stabilize. The MFA was dissolved, the military were returned to the barracks, and increasingly elected civilians took over the government of the country. The 1976 Constitution was revised several times beginning in 1982 and 1989, in order to reempha-size the principle of free enterprise in the economy while much of the large, nationalized sector was privatized. In June 1976, General Ram-alho Eanes was elected the first constitutional president of the republic (five-year term), and he appointed socialist leader Dr. Mário Soares as prime minister of the first constitutional government.From 1976 to 1985, Portugal's new system featured a weak economy and finances, labor unrest, and administrative and political instability. The difficult consolidation of democratic governance was eased in part by the strong currency and gold reserves inherited from the Estado Novo, but Lisbon seemed unable to cope with high unemployment, new debt, the complex impact of the refugees from Africa, world recession, and the agitation of political parties. Four major parties emerged from the maelstrom of 1974-75, except for the Communist Party, all newly founded. They were, from left to right, the Communists (PCP); the Socialists (PS), who managed to dominate governments and the legislature but not win a majority in the Assembly of the Republic; the Social Democrats (PSD); and the Christian Democrats (CDS). During this period, the annual growth rate was low (l-2 percent), and the nationalized sector of the economy stagnated.Enhanced economic growth, greater political stability, and more effective central government as of 1985, and especially 1987, were due to several developments. In 1977, Portugal applied for membership in the European Economic Community (EEC), now the European Union (EU) since 1993. In January 1986, with Spain, Portugal was granted membership, and economic and financial progress in the intervening years has been significantly influenced by the comparatively large investment, loans, technology, advice, and other assistance from the EEC. Low unemployment, high annual growth rates (5 percent), and moderate inflation have also been induced by the new political and administrative stability in Lisbon. Led by Prime Minister Cavaco Silva, an economist who was trained abroad, the PSD's strong organization, management, and electoral support since 1985 have assisted in encouraging economic recovery and development. In 1985, the PSD turned the PS out of office and won the general election, although they did not have an absolute majority of assembly seats. In 1986, Mário Soares was elected president of the republic, the first civilian to hold that office since the First Republic. In the elections of 1987 and 1991, however, the PSD was returned to power with clear majorities of over 50 percent of the vote.Although the PSD received 50.4 percent of the vote in the 1991 parliamentary elections and held a 42-seat majority in the Assembly of the Republic, the party began to lose public support following media revelations regarding corruption and complaints about Prime Minister Cavaco Silva's perceived arrogant leadership style. President Mário Soares voiced criticism of the PSD's seemingly untouchable majority and described a "tyranny of the majority." Economic growth slowed down. In the parliamentary elections of 1995 and the presidential election of 1996, the PSD's dominance ended for the time being. Prime Minister Antônio Guterres came to office when the PS won the October 1995 elections, and in the subsequent presidential contest, in January 1996, socialist Jorge Sampaio, the former mayor of Lisbon, was elected president of the republic, thus defeating Cavaco Silva's bid. Young and popular, Guterres moved the PS toward the center of the political spectrum. Under Guterres, the PS won the October 1999 parliamentary elections. The PS defeated the PSD but did not manage to win a clear, working majority of seats, and this made the PS dependent upon alliances with smaller parties, including the PCP.In the local elections in December 2001, the PSD's criticism of PS's heavy public spending allowed the PSD to take control of the key cities of Lisbon, Oporto, and Coimbra. Guterres resigned, and parliamentary elections were brought forward from 2004 to March 2002. The PSD won a narrow victory with 40 percent of the votes, and Jose Durão Barroso became prime minister. Having failed to win a majority of the seats in parliament forced the PSD to govern in coalition with the right-wing Popular Party (PP) led by Paulo Portas. Durão Barroso set about reducing government spending by cutting the budgets of local authorities, freezing civil service hiring, and reviving the economy by accelerating privatization of state-owned enterprises. These measures provoked a 24-hour strike by public-sector workers. Durão Barroso reacted with vows to press ahead with budget-cutting measures and imposed a wage freeze on all employees earning more than €1,000, which affected more than one-half of Portugal's work force.In June 2004, Durão Barroso was invited by Romano Prodi to succeed him as president of the European Commission. Durão Barroso accepted and resigned the prime ministership in July. Pedro Santana Lopes, the leader of the PSD, became prime minister. Already unpopular at the time of Durão Barroso's resignation, the PSD-led government became increasingly unpopular under Santana Lopes. A month-long delay in the start of the school year and confusion over his plan to cut taxes and raise public-sector salaries, eroded confidence even more. By November, Santana Lopes's government was so unpopular that President Jorge Sampaio was obliged to dissolve parliament and hold new elections, two years ahead of schedule.Parliamentary elections were held on 20 February 2005. The PS, which had promised the electorate disciplined and transparent governance, educational reform, the alleviation of poverty, and a boost in employment, won 45 percent of the vote and the majority of the seats in parliament. The leader of the PS, José Sôcrates became prime minister on 12 March 2005. In the regularly scheduled presidential elections held on 6 January 2006, the former leader of the PSD and prime minister, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, won a narrow victory and became president on 9 March 2006. With a mass protest, public teachers' strike, and street demonstrations in March 2008, Portugal's media, educational, and social systems experienced more severe pressures. With the spreading global recession beginning in September 2008, Portugal's economic and financial systems became more troubled.Owing to its geographic location on the southwestern most edge of continental Europe, Portugal has been historically in but not of Europe. Almost from the beginning of its existence in the 12th century as an independent monarchy, Portugal turned its back on Europe and oriented itself toward the Atlantic Ocean. After carving out a Christian kingdom on the western portion of the Iberian peninsula, Portuguese kings gradually built and maintained a vast seaborne global empire that became central to the way Portugal understood its individuality as a nation-state. While the creation of this empire allows Portugal to claim an unusual number of "firsts" or distinctions in world and Western history, it also retarded Portugal's economic, social, and political development. It can be reasonably argued that the Revolution of 25 April 1974 was the most decisive event in Portugal's long history because it finally ended Portugal's oceanic mission and view of itself as an imperial power. After the 1974 Revolution, Portugal turned away from its global mission and vigorously reoriented itself toward Europe. Contemporary Portugal is now both in and of Europe.The turn toward Europe began immediately after 25 April 1974. Portugal granted independence to its African colonies in 1975. It was admitted to the European Council and took the first steps toward accession to the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1976. On 28 March 1977, the Portuguese government officially applied for EEC membership. Because of Portugal's economic and social backwardness, which would require vast sums of EEC money to overcome, negotiations for membership were long and difficult. Finally, a treaty of accession was signed on 12 June 1985. Portugal officially joined the EEC (the European Union [EU] since 1993) on 1 January 1986. Since becoming a full-fledged member of the EU, Portugal has been steadily overcoming the economic and social underdevelopment caused by its imperial past and is becoming more like the rest of Europe.Membership in the EU has speeded up the structural transformation of Portugal's economy, which actually began during the Estado Novo. Investments made by the Estado Novo in Portugal's economy began to shift employment out of the agricultural sector, which, in 1950, accounted for 50 percent of Portugal's economically active population. Today, only 10 percent of the economically active population is employed in the agricultural sector (the highest among EU member states); 30 percent in the industrial sector (also the highest among EU member states); and 60 percent in the service sector (the lowest among EU member states). The economically active population numbers about 5,000,000 employed, 56 percent of whom are women. Women workers are the majority of the workforce in the agricultural and service sectors (the highest among the EU member states). The expansion of the service sector has been primarily in health care and education. Portugal has had the lowest unemployment rates among EU member states, with the overall rate never being more than 10 percent of the active population. Since joining the EU, the number of employers increased from 2.6 percent to 5.8 percent of the active population; self-employed from 16 to 19 percent; and employees from 65 to 70 percent. Twenty-six percent of the employers are women. Unemployment tends to hit younger workers in industry and transportation, women employed in domestic service, workers on short-term contracts, and poorly educated workers. Salaried workers earn only 63 percent of the EU average, and hourly workers only one-third to one-half of that earned by their EU counterparts. Despite having had the second highest growth of gross national product (GNP) per inhabitant (after Ireland) among EU member states, the above data suggest that while much has been accomplished in terms of modernizing the Portuguese economy, much remains to be done to bring Portugal's economy up to the level of the "average" EU member state.Membership in the EU has also speeded up changes in Portuguese society. Over the last 30 years, coastalization and urbanization have intensified. Fully 50 percent of Portuguese live in the coastal urban conurbations of Lisbon, Oporto, Braga, Aveiro, Coimbra, Viseu, Évora, and Faro. The Portuguese population is one of the oldest among EU member states (17.3 percent are 65 years of age or older) thanks to a considerable increase in life expectancy at birth (77.87 years for the total population, 74.6 years for men, 81.36 years for women) and one of the lowest birthrates (10.59 births/1,000) in Europe. Family size averages 2.8 persons per household, with the strict nuclear family (one or two generations) in which both parents work being typical. Common law marriages, cohabitating couples, and single-parent households are more and more common. The divorce rate has also increased. "Youth Culture" has developed. The young have their own meeting places, leisure-time activities, and nightlife (bars, clubs, and discos).All Portuguese citizens, whether they have contributed or not, have a right to an old-age pension, invalidity benefits, widowed persons' pension, as well as payments for disabilities, children, unemployment, and large families. There is a national minimum wage (€385 per month), which is low by EU standards. The rapid aging of Portugal's population has changed the ratio of contributors to pensioners to 1.7, the lowest in the EU. This has created deficits in Portugal's social security fund.The adult literacy rate is about 92 percent. Illiteracy is still found among the elderly. Although universal compulsory education up to grade 9 was achieved in 1980, only 21.2 percent of the population aged 25-64 had undergone secondary education, compared to an EU average of 65.7 percent. Portugal's higher education system currently consists of 14 state universities and 14 private universities, 15 state polytechnic institutions, one Catholic university, and one military academy. All in all, Portugal spends a greater percentage of its state budget on education than most EU member states. Despite this high level of expenditure, the troubled Portuguese education system does not perform well. Early leaving and repetition rates are among the highest among EU member states.After the Revolution of 25 April 1974, Portugal created a National Health Service, which today consists of 221 hospitals and 512 medical centers employing 33,751 doctors and 41,799 nurses. Like its education system, Portugal's medical system is inefficient. There are long waiting lists for appointments with specialists and for surgical procedures.Structural changes in Portugal's economy and society mean that social life in Portugal is not too different from that in other EU member states. A mass consumption society has been created. Televisions, telephones, refrigerators, cars, music equipment, mobile phones, and personal computers are commonplace. Sixty percent of Portuguese households possess at least one automobile, and 65 percent of Portuguese own their own home. Portuguese citizens are more aware of their legal rights than ever before. This has resulted in a trebling of the number of legal proceeding since 1960 and an eight-fold increase in the number of lawyers. In general, Portuguese society has become more permissive and secular; the Catholic Church and the armed forces are much less influential than in the past. Portugal's population is also much more culturally, religiously, and ethnically diverse, a consequence of the coming to Portugal of hundreds of thousands of immigrants, mainly from former African colonies.Portuguese are becoming more cosmopolitan and sophisticated through the impact of world media, the Internet, and the World Wide Web. A prime case in point came in the summer and early fall of 1999, with the extraordinary events in East Timor and the massive Portuguese popular responses. An internationally monitored referendum in East Timor, Portugal's former colony in the Indonesian archipelago and under Indonesian occupation from late 1975 to summer 1999, resulted in a vote of 78.5 percent for rejecting integration with Indonesia and for independence. When Indonesian prointegration gangs, aided by the Indonesian military, responded to the referendum with widespread brutality and threatened to reverse the verdict of the referendum, there was a spontaneous popular outpouring of protest in the cities and towns of Portugal. An avalanche of Portuguese e-mail fell on leaders and groups in the UN and in certain countries around the world as Portugal's diplomats, perhaps to compensate for the weak initial response to Indonesian armed aggression in 1975, called for the protection of East Timor as an independent state and for UN intervention to thwart Indonesian action. Using global communications networks, the Portuguese were able to mobilize UN and world public opinion against Indonesian actions and aided the eventual independence of East Timor on 20 May 2002.From the Revolution of 25 April 1974 until the 1990s, Portugal had a large number of political parties, one of the largest Communist parties in western Europe, frequent elections, and endemic cabinet instability. Since the 1990s, the number of political parties has been dramatically reduced and cabinet stability increased. Gradually, the Portuguese electorate has concentrated around two larger parties, the right-of-center Social Democrats (PSD) and the left-of-center Socialist (PS). In the 1980s, these two parties together garnered 65 percent of the vote and 70 percent of the seats in parliament. In 2005, these percentages had risen to 74 percent and 85 percent, respectively. In effect, Portugal is currently a two-party dominant system in which the two largest parties — PS and PSD—alternate in and out of power, not unlike the rotation of the two main political parties (the Regenerators and the Historicals) during the last decades (1850s to 1880s) of the liberal constitutional monarchy. As Portugal's democracy has consolidated, turnout rates for the eligible electorate have declined. In the 1970s, turnout was 85 percent. In Portugal's most recent parliamentary election (2005), turnout had fallen to 65 percent of the eligible electorate.Portugal has benefited greatly from membership in the EU, and whatever doubts remain about the price paid for membership, no Portuguese government in the near future can afford to sever this connection. The vast majority of Portuguese citizens see membership in the EU as a "good thing" and strongly believe that Portugal has benefited from membership. Only the Communist Party opposed membership because it reduces national sovereignty, serves the interests of capitalists not workers, and suffers from a democratic deficit. Despite the high level of support for the EU, Portuguese voters are increasingly not voting in elections for the European Parliament, however. Turnout for European Parliament elections fell from 40 percent of the eligible electorate in the 1999 elections to 38 percent in the 2004 elections.In sum, Portugal's turn toward Europe has done much to overcome its backwardness. However, despite the economic, social, and political progress made since 1986, Portugal has a long way to go before it can claim to be on a par with the level found even in Spain, much less the rest of western Europe. As Portugal struggles to move from underde-velopment, especially in the rural areas away from the coast, it must keep in mind the perils of too rapid modern development, which could damage two of its most precious assets: its scenery and environment. The growth and future prosperity of the economy will depend on the degree to which the government and the private sector will remain stewards of clean air, soil, water, and other finite resources on which the tourism industry depends and on which Portugal's world image as a unique place to visit rests. Currently, Portugal is investing heavily in renewable energy from solar, wind, and wave power in order to account for about 50 percent of its electricity needs by 2010. Portugal opened the world's largest solar power plant and the world's first commercial wave power farm in 2006.An American documentary film on Portugal produced in the 1970s described this little country as having "a Past in Search of a Future." In the years after the Revolution of 25 April 1974, it could be said that Portugal is now living in "a Present in Search of a Future." Increasingly, that future lies in Europe as an active and productive member of the EU. -
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v.to help.ayudar a alguien a hacer algo to help somebody (to) do something¿en qué puedo ayudarle? how can I help you?¿puedo ayudar? can I help?Ella asiste a todo el mundo She helps everybody.* * *1 to help, aid, assist■ ¿en qué podemos ayudarte? how can we help you?1 (apoyarse) to make use (de/con, of)* * *verbto help, aid, assist* * *1.VT (=asistir) to help, assist, aid¿me puedes ayudar con la limpieza esta tarde? — can you help me out with the cleaning this afternoon?
me ayuda muchísimo — he's a great help to me, he helps me a lot
2.See:AYUDAR Ayudar se puede traducir por help, assist y aid. ► La manera más frecuente de traducir ayudar es por help. Si help va seguido de un verbo, este puede ir en infinitivo {con} {o} {sin} to: ¿Puedes ayudarnos? Can you help (us)? Siempre le ayuda con la tarea He always helps her with her homework ¿Me puedes ayudar a preparar la cena? Can you help me (to) get dinner ready? ► Ayudar se traduce por assist en un registro bastante más formal y se construye frecuentemente en la estructura to assist somebody with something: La comadrona ayudó al médico con el parto The midwife assisted the doctor with the delivery ► Ayudar se traduce por aid en inglés formal en el contexto de asesorar o prestar ayuda a un grupo de personas necesitadas: ... los intentos de Estados Unidos de ayudar a los refugiados kurdos...... attempts by the United States to aid Kurdish refugees... Para otros usos y ejemplos ver la entrada* * *1.verbo transitivo to help¿te ayudo? — do you need any help?
2.ayudar a alguien a + inf — to help somebody (to) + inf
ayudar vi to help¿puedo ayudar en algo? — can o shall I give you a hand?, can I do anything to help?
3.ayudar a or en misa — to serve at mass
ayudarse v pron to help oneselfayudarse de or con algo: camina ayudándose de or con un bastón — he walks with the aid o help of a stick
* * *= aid, do + good, encourage, enlighten, help, provide + assistance, provide + guidance, tide over, assist, jump-start [jump start], lend + a (helping) hand, pull + Posesivo + (own) weight, give + Nombre + a hand, pull together, put + Posesivo + shoulder to the wheel, set + Posesivo + shoulder to the wheel, muck in, pitch in, chip in, succour [succor, -USA].Ex. Although others aided in the compilation of the schedules they were essentially the work of one man.Ex. You do not do the users a lot of good when you send them jumping all over the catalog simply to draw together material.Ex. A common catalogue encourages users to regard the different information carrying media as part of range of media.Ex. Librarians often work with students who possess few library skills and teachers whose assignments neither improve these skills nor enlighten the students on their research.Ex. How can we help library users to gain confidence?.Ex. Its purpose is to provide advice and on-site salvage assistance to those organisations having documentary resources that are damaged in a natural or man-made disaster.Ex. There are standards which provide guidance on the construction of thesauri.Ex. Reading aloud, in these circumstances, might be the only contact the adolescent gets with literature, tiding him over to the time when he is prepared to read for himself again.Ex. Any project which assists the use of coal and steel would be eligible.Ex. Jump-start your learning experience by participating in 1 or 2 half-day seminars that will help you come up to speed on the new vocabularies, processes and architectures underlying effective content management.Ex. In a small shop the master would lend a hand with the work, certainly as a corrector and often as a compositor as well.Ex. Sometimes one person is left with all the work because their partner doesn't pull their weight.Ex. These centres help women rebuild lives by giving them a hand up, not a handout.Ex. She tells a story of courage in which the crew and the mission control pull together to work the problem through.Ex. They've all been putting their shoulder to the wheel and it's paid off.Ex. The Bolsheviks have manfully set their shoulders to the wheel undaunted by this staggering catastrophe.Ex. All our neighbours, relatives, friends, we all mucked in and helped each other -- they were mostly all women because all the men had gone to war.Ex. It's up to everyone to pitch in and help those who find themselves lacking the most basic of necessities -- food.Ex. We're asking you to 'chip in' by investing your time and talents in your parks and your community.Ex. There are tens of thousands of hungry children in the world today and well-meant efforts are being made to succour them.----* a quien madruga, Dios le ayuda = the early bird catches the worm.* ayudar a = play + an instrumental role in.* ayudar a Alguien a recuperarse = help + Nombre + get on + Posesivo + feet.* ayudar a Alguien a salir adelante = help + Nombre + get on + Posesivo + feet.* ayudar a comprender mejor = offer + insights, improve + understanding, give + an insight into, glean + insights, provide + insight into, lend + understanding to.* ayudar a conocer mejor = advance + understanding.* ayudar a eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.* ayudar a entender mejor = lend + understanding to.* ayudar a + Infinitivo = go some (of the) way to(wards) + Gerundio.* ayudar a la causa de = help + in the cause of.* ayudar a + Nombre/Infinitivo = assist in + Nombre/Gerundio.* ayudar a pasar por = get + Nombre + through.* ayudar a superar = get + Nombre + through.* ayudar bastante a = go + a long way (towards/to/in) + Gerundio.* ayudar e instigar = aid and abet.* dispuesto a ayudar = willing, willing to help.* estar siempre dispuesto a ayudar = be always willing to assist.* que no ayuda a distinguir = nondistinctive.* utensilio para ayudar a caminar = walking aid.* * *1.verbo transitivo to help¿te ayudo? — do you need any help?
2.ayudar a alguien a + inf — to help somebody (to) + inf
ayudar vi to help¿puedo ayudar en algo? — can o shall I give you a hand?, can I do anything to help?
3.ayudar a or en misa — to serve at mass
ayudarse v pron to help oneselfayudarse de or con algo: camina ayudándose de or con un bastón — he walks with the aid o help of a stick
* * *= aid, do + good, encourage, enlighten, help, provide + assistance, provide + guidance, tide over, assist, jump-start [jump start], lend + a (helping) hand, pull + Posesivo + (own) weight, give + Nombre + a hand, pull together, put + Posesivo + shoulder to the wheel, set + Posesivo + shoulder to the wheel, muck in, pitch in, chip in, succour [succor, -USA].Ex: Although others aided in the compilation of the schedules they were essentially the work of one man.
Ex: You do not do the users a lot of good when you send them jumping all over the catalog simply to draw together material.Ex: A common catalogue encourages users to regard the different information carrying media as part of range of media.Ex: Librarians often work with students who possess few library skills and teachers whose assignments neither improve these skills nor enlighten the students on their research.Ex: How can we help library users to gain confidence?.Ex: Its purpose is to provide advice and on-site salvage assistance to those organisations having documentary resources that are damaged in a natural or man-made disaster.Ex: There are standards which provide guidance on the construction of thesauri.Ex: Reading aloud, in these circumstances, might be the only contact the adolescent gets with literature, tiding him over to the time when he is prepared to read for himself again.Ex: Any project which assists the use of coal and steel would be eligible.Ex: Jump-start your learning experience by participating in 1 or 2 half-day seminars that will help you come up to speed on the new vocabularies, processes and architectures underlying effective content management.Ex: In a small shop the master would lend a hand with the work, certainly as a corrector and often as a compositor as well.Ex: Sometimes one person is left with all the work because their partner doesn't pull their weight.Ex: These centres help women rebuild lives by giving them a hand up, not a handout.Ex: She tells a story of courage in which the crew and the mission control pull together to work the problem through.Ex: They've all been putting their shoulder to the wheel and it's paid off.Ex: The Bolsheviks have manfully set their shoulders to the wheel undaunted by this staggering catastrophe.Ex: All our neighbours, relatives, friends, we all mucked in and helped each other -- they were mostly all women because all the men had gone to war.Ex: It's up to everyone to pitch in and help those who find themselves lacking the most basic of necessities -- food.Ex: We're asking you to 'chip in' by investing your time and talents in your parks and your community.Ex: There are tens of thousands of hungry children in the world today and well-meant efforts are being made to succour them
.* a quien madruga, Dios le ayuda = the early bird catches the worm.* ayudar a = play + an instrumental role in.* ayudar a Alguien a recuperarse = help + Nombre + get on + Posesivo + feet.* ayudar a Alguien a salir adelante = help + Nombre + get on + Posesivo + feet.* ayudar a comprender mejor = offer + insights, improve + understanding, give + an insight into, glean + insights, provide + insight into, lend + understanding to.* ayudar a conocer mejor = advance + understanding.* ayudar a eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.* ayudar a entender mejor = lend + understanding to.* ayudar a + Infinitivo = go some (of the) way to(wards) + Gerundio.* ayudar a la causa de = help + in the cause of.* ayudar a + Nombre/Infinitivo = assist in + Nombre/Gerundio.* ayudar a pasar por = get + Nombre + through.* ayudar a superar = get + Nombre + through.* ayudar bastante a = go + a long way (towards/to/in) + Gerundio.* ayudar e instigar = aid and abet.* dispuesto a ayudar = willing, willing to help.* estar siempre dispuesto a ayudar = be always willing to assist.* que no ayuda a distinguir = nondistinctive.* utensilio para ayudar a caminar = walking aid.* * *ayudar [A1 ]vtto helpayudar al prójimo to help one's neighbor¿te ayudo? do you need any help?, can o shall I help you?, can o shall I give you a hand? ( colloq)vino a ayudarme unos días she came to help me out for a few daysayudar a algn CON algo to help sb WITH sthayuda a tu hermano con los deberes help your brother with his homeworkmis padres me ayudaron con los gastos de la fiesta my parents helped me (out) with the cost of the partyayudar a algn A + INF to help sb (to) + INFayúdame a poner la mesa help me (to) set the tablelo ayudé a arreglar la moto I helped him (to) fix his motorbike■ ayudarvito help¿puedo ayudar en algo? can o shall I give you a hand?, can I do anything to help?, can I help you with anything?ayudar a or en misa to serve at mass■ ayudarseto help oneselftú mismo tienes que ayudarte you've got to do something to help yourselfpara ayudarse empezó a dar clases de inglés he started giving English classes to earn a bit more moneyayudarse DE or CON algo:camina ayudándose de or con un bastón he walks with the aid o help of a stick, he walks with a stick* * *
ayudar ( conjugate ayudar) verbo transitivo
to help;
¿te ayudo? do you need any help?;
vino a ayudarme she came to help me out;
ayúdame a poner la mesa help me (to) set the table
verbo intransitivo
to help;
¿puedo ayudar en algo? can I do anything to help?
ayudar verbo transitivo to help: ¿puedes ayudarme a mover la mesa?, can you help me to move the table? ➣ Ver nota en help
' ayudar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
hacer
- imposible
- volcarse
- asistir
- condición
- dedicar
- favorecer
- mano
- mucho
- poco
- pretender
- solícito
English:
aid
- appreciate
- assist
- back
- desire
- finger
- fund
- help
- help out
- minister
- offer
- ostensible
- pitch in
- propensity
- see
- short
- talk down
- tide over
- unable
- useful
- wave aside
- anything
- do
- not
- patch
- precious
- rally
- rely
- sorry
- unhelpful
- way
- well
* * *♦ vtto help;ayudar a alguien a hacer algo to help sb (to) do sth;me ayudaron a subir el piano they helped me carry the piano up;una profesora particular le ayuda en los estudios a private tutor is helping him with his studies;necesito que me ayuden con este problema I need your help with this problem;¿en qué puedo ayudarle? how can I help you?♦ vito help;¿puedo ayudar? can I help?* * *v/t help;¿le ayudo? can I help?, would you like some help?;le ayudó a ponerse el abrigo he helped her put on her coat* * *ayudar vt: to help, to assist* * *ayudar vb to help -
13 acudir
v.1 to go.acudir a una cita/un mitin to turn up for an appointment/at a rallynadie acudió a mi llamada de auxilio no-one answered my cry for help2 to attend, to come, to turn out, to go.Nadie acudió Nobody turned out.* * *2 (presentarse) to come back3 (ir a socorrer) to help, come forward4 (recurrir) to call on, turn to* * *verbto go, come- acudir a* * *VI1) [indicando movimiento] (=ir) to go; (=venir) to comeseñor Martínez, acuda a información por favor — Mr Martínez, please go to the information desk
muchos profesores acuden cada año a nuestro congreso — every year many teachers come to o attend our conference
miles de personas acudieron al aeropuerto — thousands of people turned up at o came to the airport
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no acudió a la cita — he did not keep the appointment, he did not turn up (for the appointment)esta imagen acude a la mente de muchas personas — for many people this is the image that comes to mind
2) (=participar) to take part3) (=recurrir)•
acudir a — to turn toacudo a ustedes para quejarme sobre... — I am writing to complain about...
4) (Agr) to produce, yield* * *verbo intransitivo1) (frml) ( a lugar)acudió a la hora prevista — she came o arrived at the arranged time
acudir a algo — < cita> to turn up for something; < reunión> to attend something
los recuerdos acuden a mi mente — (liter) memories come flooding back to me
señorita Fernández, acuda al teléfono — telephone call for Miss Fernández
2) ( recurrir)* * *= call on/upon, patronise [patronize, -USA], patronage.Nota: Como cliente o usuario.Ex. It can only be a matter of time before we have in effect a complete set of MARC records to call on for details of any item we require.Ex. In the light of the continuing authoritarianism demonstrated by most librarians towards their patrons, it is small wonder that so few people patronized America's public libraries.Ex. 'Exit' is a vow, or intention, to never again patronage the offending library.----* acudir a = enlist + the cooperation of.* acudir al rescate = come to + Posesivo + rescue.* acudir en masa = flock, flock in, be out in force, come out in + force.* no acudir = stay away.* reunión a la que los padres acuden con sus bebés = lapsit.* * *verbo intransitivo1) (frml) ( a lugar)acudió a la hora prevista — she came o arrived at the arranged time
acudir a algo — < cita> to turn up for something; < reunión> to attend something
los recuerdos acuden a mi mente — (liter) memories come flooding back to me
señorita Fernández, acuda al teléfono — telephone call for Miss Fernández
2) ( recurrir)* * *= call on/upon, patronise [patronize, -USA], patronage.Nota: Como cliente o usuario.Ex: It can only be a matter of time before we have in effect a complete set of MARC records to call on for details of any item we require.
Ex: In the light of the continuing authoritarianism demonstrated by most librarians towards their patrons, it is small wonder that so few people patronized America's public libraries.Ex: 'Exit' is a vow, or intention, to never again patronage the offending library.* acudir a = enlist + the cooperation of.* acudir al rescate = come to + Posesivo + rescue.* acudir en masa = flock, flock in, be out in force, come out in + force.* no acudir = stay away.* reunión a la que los padres acuden con sus bebés = lapsit.* * *acudir [I1 ]viA ( frml)(a un lugar): nadie acudió en su ayuda nobody came to his aidno acudió a la hora prevista she did not come o arrive at the arranged timedeberá acudir en ayunas you should not eat anything before attendingmiles de personas acudieron para apoyarlo thousands of people turned out o came to support himacudir A algo:no acudió a la cita he failed to keep the appointment o ( BrE) to turn up for the appointmentno acudió a la reunión she did not attend the meetingmillones de personas acudirán hoy a las urnas millions of people will go to the polls todayla policía acudió al lugar de los hechos the police went to the scene (of events)los recuerdos acuden a mi mente ( liter); memories come flooding back to meseñorita Fernández, acuda al teléfono Miss Fernández, telephone call o telephone call for Miss FernándezB (recurrir) acudir A algn:acudió a su padre para que lo ayudara he turned o went to his father for helpantes que acudir a las armas rather than resort to the use of armsacudieron a un árbitro para intentar resolverlo they went to arbitration to try to resolve it* * *
acudir ( conjugate acudir) verbo intransitivo
1 (frml) (ir) to go;
( venir) to come;◊ nadie acudió en su ayuda nobody went/came to his aid;
acudir a algo ‹ a cita› to arrive for sth;
‹ a reunión› to attend sth;
2 ( recurrir) acudir a algn to turn to sb;
acudir verbo intransitivo
1 (ir a una cita, a un lugar) to go
(venir a una cita, a un lugar) to come, arrive
2 (prestar ayuda) to give aid, help: siempre está dispuesto a acudir en auxilio de cualquiera, he's always prepared to help anybody
3 (buscar ayuda o información) to turn to: no tengo a quién acudir, I have no one to turn to
' acudir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aparecer
- concejo
- faltar
- ir
- acto
- masa
- tribunal
English:
aid
- appointment
- break
- come
- court
- directly
- disappoint
- flock
- keep
- poll
- roll up
- turn out
- turn up
- walk up
* * *acudir vi1. [ir] to go;[venir] to come;acudir a una cita/un mitin to turn up for an appointment/at a rally;acudir en ayuda de alguien to come to sb's aid o assistance;nadie acudió a mi llamada de auxilio no one answered my cry for help;Sr. Pérez, acuda a recepción could Mr Perez please come to reception?;no es obligatorio acudir a todas las clases it isn't compulsory to attend all the classes;acudir a la mente to come to mind;acudir a las urnas to go to the polls2. [frecuentar]a este restaurante acuden muchos personajes famosos this restaurant is patronized by many celebritiessi necesitas ayuda, puedes acudir a mí if you need help you can ask me o come to me;amenazaron con acudir a la violencia they threatened to resort to violence;piensan acudir a la justicia they intend to go to court* * *v/i come;acudir a alguien turn to s.o.;acudir al médico go to the doctor;acudir a las urnas go to the polls;acudir al trabajo go to work* * *acudir vi1) : to go, to come (someplace for a specific purpose)acudió a la puerta: he went to the dooracudimos en su ayuda: we came to her aid2) : to be present, to show upacudí a la cita: I showed up for the appointment3)acudir a : to turn to, to have recourse tohay que acudir al médico: you must consult the doctor* * *acudir vb1. (ir) to go2. (recurrir a) to turn to -
14 guardián
m.guardian, guard, watchman, custodian.* * *► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 guardian, keeper, custodian* * *(f. - guardiana)noun1) guardian2) keeper* * *guardián, -anaSM / F1) (=defensor) guardian2) (=guarda) warden, keeper (EEUU); (Zool) keeper; (=vigilante) watchmanperro 1., 1)* * *- diana masculino, femeninoa) ( de edificio) (security) guardb) (protector, defensor) guardian* * *= custodian, curator, guardian, storekeeper, gatekeeper, steward, guard dog, sentinel, warden, safekeeper [sake-keeper].Ex. This article maintains that archivists as custodians of the records have an ethical obligation to support the freest possible access to public records.Ex. Altick refers to himself as 'a pursuer of truth' and to his audience of librarians as ' curators and disseminators of truth'.Ex. And so, the public library came in time to be viewed as a guardian of the people's right to know = Y así pues, la biblioteca pública con el tiempo se llegó considerar como protectora del derecho de la gente a saber.Ex. Certainly the last thing we want is that books be shut up in tastefully decorated warehouses, watched over by highly trained storekeepers whose main purpose is to see that everything is kept tidily in its place and, as far as possible, untouched by human hands -- especially the sticky-fingered hands of marauding children.Ex. Research has shown that many people get their 'updates' from someone called 'the gatekeeper'.Ex. This article explores whether the archivist is a steward for some wider amorphous body including past and future generations.Ex. A guard dog perspective is offered as a way to better understand the functioning of the mass media as an important set of communication agencies in the social system.Ex. The quintessential expression of this ideal is our amazing public library system -- for which we must specially thank all thousands of dedicated librarians throughout America whom one of my predecessors called our ' sentinels of liberty.Ex. Carers and wardens are encouraged to involve themselves in the service.Ex. Libraries find themselves frustrated in their role as safekeepers of science: how can they ensure optimal access and availability if they do not control the access systems?.* * *- diana masculino, femeninoa) ( de edificio) (security) guardb) (protector, defensor) guardian* * *= custodian, curator, guardian, storekeeper, gatekeeper, steward, guard dog, sentinel, warden, safekeeper [sake-keeper].Ex: This article maintains that archivists as custodians of the records have an ethical obligation to support the freest possible access to public records.
Ex: Altick refers to himself as 'a pursuer of truth' and to his audience of librarians as ' curators and disseminators of truth'.Ex: And so, the public library came in time to be viewed as a guardian of the people's right to know = Y así pues, la biblioteca pública con el tiempo se llegó considerar como protectora del derecho de la gente a saber.Ex: Certainly the last thing we want is that books be shut up in tastefully decorated warehouses, watched over by highly trained storekeepers whose main purpose is to see that everything is kept tidily in its place and, as far as possible, untouched by human hands -- especially the sticky-fingered hands of marauding children.Ex: Research has shown that many people get their 'updates' from someone called 'the gatekeeper'.Ex: This article explores whether the archivist is a steward for some wider amorphous body including past and future generations.Ex: A guard dog perspective is offered as a way to better understand the functioning of the mass media as an important set of communication agencies in the social system.Ex: The quintessential expression of this ideal is our amazing public library system -- for which we must specially thank all thousands of dedicated librarians throughout America whom one of my predecessors called our ' sentinels of liberty.Ex: Carers and wardens are encouraged to involve themselves in the service.Ex: Libraries find themselves frustrated in their role as safekeepers of science: how can they ensure optimal access and availability if they do not control the access systems?.* * *masculine, feminine1 (de un edificio) security guard, guard2 (protector, defensor) guardian* * *
guardián◊ - diana sustantivo masculino, femenino
guardián,-ana sustantivo masculino y femenino watchman, watchwoman
perro guardián, watchdog
' guardián' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ángel
- guarda
- guardiana
- tutor
- tutora
- perro
English:
custodian
- guard dog
- guardian
- warden
- watchdog
- guard
- watch
* * *guardián, -ana♦ adjángel guardián guardian angel♦ nm,f[de persona] guardian; [de cosa] watchman, keeper;los guardianes de la fe the keepers of the faith* * *I adj:perro guardián guard dogII m, guardiana f guard; figguardian* * *1) guarda: security guard, watchman2) : guardian, keeper3)perro guardián : watchdog* * *guardián n guardian -
15 seul
seul, e [sœl]1. adjectivea. (après le nom) [personne] ( = sans compagnie, non accompagné) alone attrib ; ( = isolé) lonely ; [objet, mot] alone attrib• être/rester seul to be/remain alone• seul avec qn/son chagrin alone with sb/one's grief• il s'est battu, seul contre tous he fought single-handedlyb. (avant le nom = unique) un seul homme/livre (et non plusieurs) one man/book ; (à l'exception de tout autre) only one man/book• le seul homme/livre the only man/book• un seul homme peut vous aider: Paul only one man can help you and that's Paul• la seule chose, c'est que ça ferme à 6 heures the only thing is that it shuts at 6• à eux seuls, ils ont bu dix bouteilles they drank ten bottles between them• à seule fin de... with the sole purpose of...• dans la seule intention de... with the sole intention of...• du seul fait que... by the very fact that...• à la seule pensée de... at the mere thought of...• se retrouver seul à seul avec qn to find o.s. alone with sb2. adverba. ( = sans compagnie) parler/rire seul to talk/laugh to oneself• vivre/travailler seul to live/work aloneb. ( = sans aide) by oneself• cette tasse ne s'est pas cassée toute seule ! this cup didn't break all by itself!3. masculine noun, feminine noun• un seul peut le faire (et non plusieurs) one man can do it ; (à l'exception de tout autre) only one man can do it* * *seule sœl adjectif1) ( sans compagnie) alone, on one's ownelle veut vous parler seul à seul or seule à seul(e) — she wants to speak to you alone ou in private
2) ( sans aide) by oneself, on one's ownje peux le faire seul — I can do it by myself ou on my own
ça va tout seul — ( c'est facile) it's really easy; ( c'est sans problèmes) things are running smoothly
3) ( unique) onlyl'espion et l'ambassadeur sont une seule et même personne — the spy and the ambassador are one and the same person
4) ( solitaire) lonely5) ( avec valeur adverbiale) only6) ( avec valeur nominale)le seul, la seule — the only one
* * *sœl seul, -e1. adj1) (sans compagnie) on one's own, aloneJe suis seul. — I am on my own.
Il est seul. — He is on his own.
un homme seul (non marié) — a single man, (sans compagne) a man on his own, a man alone
une femme seule (non mariée) — a single woman, (non accompagnée) a woman on her own, a woman alone
2) (= esseulé) lonely3) (= unique)un seul... — only one..., a single...
Vous avez droit à un seul livre. — You're entitled to one book only.
Il reste une seule nectarine. — There's only one nectarine left.
Il ne reste pas une seule pomme. — There isn't a single apple left.
le seul... — the only...
C'est le seul Agatha Christie que je n'aie pas lu. — That's the only Agatha Christie I haven't read.
ce livre seul — this book alone, only this book
le seul et unique... — the sole...
à lui (tout) seul — single-handed, on his own
d'un seul coup (= soudainement) — at one blow, (= à la fois) all at once
2. adv1) [vivre, se promener, manger] alone, on one's ownvivre seul — to live alone, to live on one's own
faire qch (tout) seul — to do sth (all) by oneself, to do sth (all) on one's own
Elle est venue seule. — She came by herself.
2) (= seulement) onlySeul ce livre peut résoudre votre problème. — Only this book can solve your problem.
3. nm/fIl n'en reste pas une seule. — There isn't a single one left.
le seul; la seule — the only one
C'est la seule que je ne connaisse pas. — She's the only one I don't know.
* * *1 ( sans compagnie) alone, on one's own; toute seule all alone, all on her own; seul au monde alone in the world; vivre seul to live alone ou on one's own; elle n'aime pas rester seule she doesn't like being alone; elle est venue toute seule she came alone; elle m'a laissé seul she left me on my own; je les ai laissés tout seuls I left them all alone ou all on their own; une femme seule dans la rue a woman alone ou on her own in the street; c'est dangereux pour les femmes seules it's dangerous for women on their own; les femmes seules étaient regardées de travers single women used to be frowned upon; vous êtes seul dans la vie? are you single?; j'étais seul avec elle/contre tous/face à eux I was alone with her/against everyone else/in front of them; j'étais seul pour faire tout le travail I did all the work alone ou on my own; je préfère la rencontrer seule I'd rather meet her alone ou in private; elle veut vous parler seul à seul or seule à seul(e) she wants to speak to you alone ou in private; nous nous sommes retrouvés seul à seul we found ourselves alone together; parler/rire/chanter tout seul to talk/laugh/sing to oneself;2 ( sans aide) gén by oneself, on one's own; ( avec idée de victoire) single-handedly; je peux le faire/y aller seul I can do it/go there by myself ou on my own; elle l'a fait toute seule she did it all by herself ou all on her own; elle a remporté tous les prix/conclu le marché/mené la révolution à elle seule she single-handedly carried off all the prizes/pulled off the deal/led the revolution; le travail ne va pas se faire tout seul! the work won't get done all by itself!; (tout) seuls, les chiffres ne veulent pas dire grand-chose on their own, the figures don't mean very much; seul, je n'aurais jamais pu le faire I could never have done it alone ou by myself ou on my own; il a mangé un poulet à lui tout seul he ate a whole chicken all to himself; le papier se détache tout seul the paper comes off easily; ça va tout seul ( c'est facile) it's really easy, it's a piece of cake○; ( c'est moins pénible) it's much easier; ( c'est sans problèmes) things are running smoothly;3 ( unique) only; le seul homme/avantage/problème the only man/advantage/problem; une seule femme/façon/chaise only one woman/way/chair; un seul d'entre eux/de tous les participants only one of them/out of all the participants; la seule et unique personne/raison/chaise the one and only person/reason/chair; ils étaient les seuls Français du groupe they were the only French people in the group; les seuls élèves à avoir compris the only pupils who understood; à la seule différence/condition que the only difference/condition being that; pas un seul client/arbre/magasin not a single customer/tree/shop GB ou store US; l'espion et l'ambassadeur sont une seule et même personne the spy and the ambassador are one and the same person; d'une seule pièce in one piece; pour cette seule raison for this reason alone; dans cette seule ville in this town alone; au cours de cette seule rencontre during this meeting alone; dans le seul but de faire with the sole aim of doing; à la seule idée/pensée de faire at the very idea/thought of doing; seul de son espèce unique; seul de sa catégorie the only one in his/her category; ils ont parlé d'une seule voix they were unanimous;4 ( solitaire) lonely; c'est un homme seul he's a lonely man; elle est très seule she's very lonely; se sentir seul to feel lonely;5 ( avec valeur adverbiale) only; seules les femmes peuvent comprendre ça only women can understand that; elle seule pourrait vous le dire only she could tell you; seul un miracle pourrait la sauver only a miracle could save her; l'offre est réservée à nos seuls employés the offer is open only to our employees;6 ( avec valeur nominale) le seul, la seule the only one; les seuls, les seules the only ones; j'étais (le) seul à manger I was the only one eating; j'étais (le) seul à en manger I was the only one who ate any; j'étais le seul à aimer le spectacle I was the only one enjoying the show; j'ai été le seul à avoir aimé le spectacle I was the only one who enjoyed the show; nous étions les seuls à critiquer/rire we were the only ones to criticize/laugh; les seuls à comprendre the only ones who understood; la seule qui n'a or n'ait pas compris the only one who didn't understand; les seuls que je connaisse/en qui je peux avoir confiance the only ones I know/I can trust; c'est le seul qui nous reste it's the only one (that) we've got left; c'est la seule qui puisse t'aider she's the only one who can help you; tu n'es pas la seule! you're not the only one!; tu n'es pas la seule à penser or croire que you're not alone in thinking that; ils sont les seuls à croire que they're alone in thinking that; j'étais le seul en cravate I was the only one wearing a tie; c'est l'œuvre d'un seul it's the work of one man; il n'y en a pas un seul qui se soit levé not a single person stood up; ⇒ malheur.seul au monde ou sur la terre (all) alone in the worldseul à seul [en privé] in private, privatelyun homme seul a peu de chances de réussir [sans aucune aide] it's unlikely that anybody could succeed on their ownlaisse des pommes de terre, t'es pas tout seul! (familier) leave some potatoes, you're not the only one eating!a. [non accompagné] a man on his ownb. [célibataire] a single man, a bachelorles personnes seules ne toucheront pas l'allocation single ou unmarried people will not be eligible for the allowancec'est l'homme d'une seule passion he's a man with one overriding ou ruling passionpas un seul..., pas une seule... not one..., not a single...un seul et même..., une seule et même... one and the same...un seul et unique..., une seule et unique... only one (and one only)...la seule fois que je l'ai vue the only ou one time I saw her5. [sans autre chose]mon salaire seul ou (soutenu) mon seul salaire ne suffit pas à faire vivre ma famille my salary alone is not enough to support my familyla propriété à elle seule leur donne de quoi vivre the property alone brings in enough for them to live onseul Pierre a refusé only Pierre refused, Pierre was the only one to refuse7. (avant le nom) [simple] merela seule évocation de la scène lui donnait des frissons the mere mention of ou merely talking about the scene gave him goose pimples————————, seule [sɶl] nom masculin, nom féminin1. [personne] only one (person)je te crois mais je dois être la seule! I believe you, but thousands wouldn't!tu voudrais t'arrêter de travailler? t'es pas le seul! (familier) you'd like to stop work? you're not the only one!pas un seul (de ses camarades) n'était prêt à l'épauler not a single one (of her friends) was prepared to help her2. [animal, objet] only one -
16 number
1. noun1) ((sometimes abbreviated to no - plural nos - when written in front of a figure) a word or figure showing eg how many of something there are, or the position of something in a series etc: Seven was often considered a magic number; Answer nos 1-10 of exercise 2.) número2) (a (large) quantity or group (of people or things): He has a number of records; There were a large number of people in the room.) gran número de, grupo3) (one issue of a magazine: the autumn number.) número4) (a popular song or piece of music: He sang his most popular number.) tema
2. verb1) (to put a number on: He numbered the pages in the top corner.) numerar2) (to include: He numbered her among his closest friends.) contar3) (to come to in total: The group numbered ten.) contar•- number-plate
- his days are numbered
- without number
number1 n1. número2. número de teléfonoa number of people asked me where I had bought my hat varias personas me preguntaron dónde había comprado mi sombreronumber2 vb numerartr['nʌmbəSMALLr/SMALL]1 número■ if I give you my number, you can call me si te doy mi número, me puedes llamar■ I thought my number was on that one! ¡pensé que esa bala era para mí!■ I thought my number was up! ¡creí que me había llegado la hora!2 (on car) número de matrícula, matrícula■ did you get his number? ¿le cogiste la matrícula?3 (of magazine etc) número4 (song) tema nombre masculino5 (group) grupo6 SMALLLINGUISTICS/SMALL número■ adjectives agree with the noun in number and gender los adjetivos concuerdan con el substantivo en número y en género■ Vicky turned up in a nice little red leather number Vicky se presentó con un modelito de cuero rojo1 numerar2 (count) contar\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLa number of... varios,-as...any number of... muchísimos,-as...number one principal, más importanteto be number one ser el número uno, ser el mejorto look after number one mirar por lo suyoto have somebody's number tener calado,-a a alguien... without number un sinfín de...Number Ten el nº 10 de Downing Street: la residencia oficial del primer ministro britániconumber ['nʌmbər] vt1) count, include: contar, incluir2) : numerarnumber the pages: numera las páginas3) total: ascender a, sumarnumber n1) : número min round numbers: en números redondostelephone number: número de teléfono2)a number of : varios, unos pocos, unos cuantosn.• cantidad s.f.• cifra s.f.• entrega s.f.• guarismo s.m.• número (Matemática) s.m.v.• ascender a v.• contar v.• numerar v.• poner número a v.'nʌmbər, 'nʌmbə(r)
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1) ( digit) número m2) ( for identification) número m; ( telephone number) número de teléfonopage/room number — número de página/de habitación
her/my number is up — le/me ha llegado la hora
to do a number on somebody — (AmE sl) hacérsela* buena a alguien (fam)
to do something by the numbers — (AmE) hacer* algo como Dios manda
to have somebody's number — (esp AmE colloq) tener* calado a alguien (fam)
to look out for o after number one — pensar* ante todo en el propio interés; (before n)
3)a) (amount, quantity) número min a small number of cases — en unos pocos casos, en contados casos
on a number of occasions — en varias ocasiones, varias veces
b) ( group)among o in their number — entre ellos, en su grupo
4)a) (song, tune) número mb) (issue of magazine, journal) número mc) ( garment) (colloq) modelo m5) numbers pl (AmE colloq)b) ( results)
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a) ( assign number to) \<\<houses/pages/items\>\> numerarb) ( amount to)the spectators numbered 50,000 — había (un total de) 50.000 espectadores, el número de espectadores ascendía a 50.000
they number thousands — son miles, hay miles de ellos
c) ( count) contar*
2.
vi ( figure) figurar['nʌmbǝ(r)]1. N1) (Math) número mthink of a number, any number — piensa un número, uno cualquiera
an even/odd number — un número par/impar
to do sth by numbers or (US) by the numbers — (fig) hacer algo como es debido
lucky 1., 2), prime 4., round 1.•
painting by numbers — pintar siguiendo los números2) (=identification number) [of house, room, page] (also Telec) número m; [of car] (also: registration number) matrícula fdid you get his number? — ¿has apuntado la matrícula?
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reference number — número de referencia•
you've got the wrong number — (Telec) se ha equivocado de númeroregistration 2., serial, telephoneto have sb's number —
it's (at) number three in the charts — está tercero or es el número tres en la lista de éxitos
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number one, she's the world number one — es la campeona mundialthe number one Spanish player — el mejor jugador español, el número uno de los jugadores españoles
- look after or look out for number oneopposite 3., 3), public 1., 2)4) (=quantity, amount) número m•
a number of — (=several) variosin a large number of cases — en muchos casos, en un gran número de casos
in a small number of cases — en contados or unos pocos casos
I've had a fair/an enormous number of letters — he recibido bastantes/muchísimas cartas
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there must be any number of people in my position — debe haber gran cantidad de personas en mi situación•
they were eight/few in number — eran ocho/pocos•
to make up the numbers — hacer bultoforce 1., 1), safety 1.•
times without number — liter un sinfín de veces5) (=group)6) (=edition) número mback 6.7) (=song, act) número mand for my next number I shall sing... — ahora voy a cantar...
- do a number on sb8) * (=item of clothing) modelo m9) * (=person)she's a nice little number — está como un tren *, está más buena que el pan *
10) * (=product)11) * (=job, situation)a cushy number — un buen chollo (Sp) *
12) (Gram) número m13) Numbers (in Bible)2. VT1) (=assign number to) numerarnumbered (bank) account — cuenta f (bancaria) numerada
2) (=amount to)they number 700 — son 700, hay 700
the library numbers 30,000 books — la biblioteca cuenta con 30.000 libros
3) (=include) contar4) (=count in numbers) contar3.VI4.CPDnumber cruncher * N — (=machine) procesador m de números; (=person) encargado(-a) m / f de hacer los números *
number crunching N — cálculo m numérico
number plate N — (Brit) (Aut) matrícula f, placa f (esp LAm), chapa f (de matrícula) (S. Cone)
numbers game, numbers racket (US) N — (=lottery) lotería f; (illegal) lotería clandestina
to play the numbers game — jugar a la lotería; (fig) pej dar cifras
number theory N — teoría f numérica
* * *['nʌmbər, 'nʌmbə(r)]
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1) ( digit) número m2) ( for identification) número m; ( telephone number) número de teléfonopage/room number — número de página/de habitación
her/my number is up — le/me ha llegado la hora
to do a number on somebody — (AmE sl) hacérsela* buena a alguien (fam)
to do something by the numbers — (AmE) hacer* algo como Dios manda
to have somebody's number — (esp AmE colloq) tener* calado a alguien (fam)
to look out for o after number one — pensar* ante todo en el propio interés; (before n)
3)a) (amount, quantity) número min a small number of cases — en unos pocos casos, en contados casos
on a number of occasions — en varias ocasiones, varias veces
b) ( group)among o in their number — entre ellos, en su grupo
4)a) (song, tune) número mb) (issue of magazine, journal) número mc) ( garment) (colloq) modelo m5) numbers pl (AmE colloq)b) ( results)
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a) ( assign number to) \<\<houses/pages/items\>\> numerarb) ( amount to)the spectators numbered 50,000 — había (un total de) 50.000 espectadores, el número de espectadores ascendía a 50.000
they number thousands — son miles, hay miles de ellos
c) ( count) contar*
2.
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17 ascender
v.1 to go up, to climb.María ascendió por las escaleras Mary went up using the stairs.2 to rise, to go up.3 to be promoted.4 to promote, to ascend, to push up, to raise.La empresa ascendió a Silvia The company promoted Silvia.5 to increase, to increment.Pedro ascendió la temperatura Peter increased the temperature.Me ascendió la fiebre My fever increased.6 to be promoted to.Pedro ascendió a supervisor Peter was promoted to supervisor.* * *1 to promote1 (subir) to climb2 (de categoría) to be promoted (a, to)3 (sumar) to amount (a, to)* * *verb1) to ascend, rise2) promote3) be promoted4) amount, reach, total* * *1. VI1) (=subir) [persona] [en montaña] to climb up; [en el aire] to rise, ascend frmascendieron hasta 3.500 metros — they climbed to 3,500 metres
ascendieron por el otro lado del monte — they made their ascent on the other side of the mountain, they climbed up the other side of the mountain
el globo ascendió por los aires — the balloon rose o ascended frm into the air
ascendía por las escaleras — liter she ascended liter o climbed the steps
2) [temperatura, presión] to go up, rise3)ascender a —
a) [empleado, equipo, militar] to be promoted toascendió al cargo de presidente de la compañía — he was promoted to company president, he rose to the position of company president
el Málaga ha ascendido a primera división — Málaga have gone up to the first division, Málaga have been promoted to the first division
b) [cantidad] to amount to, come tolos beneficios ascendieron a miles de libras — the profits amounted o came to thousands of pounds
el número de heridos asciende ya a 20 — the number of wounded has now risen to o has now reached 20
¿a cuánto ascendió la factura? — how much did the bill come to?
2.VT [+ empleado, militar] to promotelo ascendieron a teniente — he rose o was promoted to the rank of lieutenant
* * *1.verbo intransitivo1) (frml) (subir, elevarse) temperatura/precios to rise; globo to rise, ascend (frml)2) (frml) ( cifrarse) gastos/pérdidas3) empleado/oficial to be promoted2.ascender a primera división — to go up to o be promoted to the first division
ascender vt <empleado/oficial> to promote* * *= promote, rise, climb, climb + the ladder, get + promoted, ascend.Ex. He was a descriptive cataloger at Princeton and was promoted to Acting Head Cataloger, and subsequently Head Cataloger at Princeton, the position he left before assuming his present duties at LC.Ex. If suppliers are forced out of business, there will be less software to lend and prices will rise with the lack of competition.Ex. Stanton felt a bit like someone who, after boasting that she could dive into water from a great height has climbed to the height and dares not jump, but knows that she must jump.Ex. This article describes the impact of the organizational factors which create the 'glass ceiling', inhibiting women's ability to climb the corporate ladder.Ex. But commercial businesses do this all the time: somebody sticks a neck out, and gets promoted or loses neck depending on results.Ex. As she ascended the staircase to the library director's office, she tried to fathom the reason for the imperious summons.----* ascender a = amount to + Cantidad.* ascender al trono = ascend (to) + the throne.* ascender a un cargo = rise to + position.* ascender a un puesto = rise to + position.* ascender de categoría = advance up + the scale, move up + the scale.* ascender en el trabajo = step up + the career ladder.* ascender en la propia empresa poco a poco = work + Posesivo + way up.* ascender repentinamente = shoot up.* * *1.verbo intransitivo1) (frml) (subir, elevarse) temperatura/precios to rise; globo to rise, ascend (frml)2) (frml) ( cifrarse) gastos/pérdidas3) empleado/oficial to be promoted2.ascender a primera división — to go up to o be promoted to the first division
ascender vt <empleado/oficial> to promote* * *= promote, rise, climb, climb + the ladder, get + promoted, ascend.Ex: He was a descriptive cataloger at Princeton and was promoted to Acting Head Cataloger, and subsequently Head Cataloger at Princeton, the position he left before assuming his present duties at LC.
Ex: If suppliers are forced out of business, there will be less software to lend and prices will rise with the lack of competition.Ex: Stanton felt a bit like someone who, after boasting that she could dive into water from a great height has climbed to the height and dares not jump, but knows that she must jump.Ex: This article describes the impact of the organizational factors which create the 'glass ceiling', inhibiting women's ability to climb the corporate ladder.Ex: But commercial businesses do this all the time: somebody sticks a neck out, and gets promoted or loses neck depending on results.Ex: As she ascended the staircase to the library director's office, she tried to fathom the reason for the imperious summons.* ascender a = amount to + Cantidad.* ascender al trono = ascend (to) + the throne.* ascender a un cargo = rise to + position.* ascender a un puesto = rise to + position.* ascender de categoría = advance up + the scale, move up + the scale.* ascender en el trabajo = step up + the career ladder.* ascender en la propia empresa poco a poco = work + Posesivo + way up.* ascender repentinamente = shoot up.* * *ascender [E8 ]viascendieron por la ladera oeste de la montaña they made their ascent by o they climbed the west face of the mountainascendió a los cielos ( Bib) He ascended into HeavenB ( frml) (cifrarse) «gastos/pérdidas»: ascender A algo; to amount TO sthsus deudas ascienden a un millón de dólares his debts amount to o run to o come to o add up to o total a million dollarsel número de detenidos asciende a más de 300 there have been more than 300 arrestsel número de muertos asciende ya a 48 the number of dead has now reached 48C «empleado/oficial» to be promotedha ascendido rápidamente en su carrera he has risen o advanced rapidly in his careerascender A algo:después de cuatro años ascendió a director general after four years he was promoted to o he rose to the position of general managerascendió a capitán he was promoted to the rank of captainel equipo ha ascendido a primera división the team has gone up to o has been promoted to the first divisionascender al trono to ascend the throne■ ascendervt‹empleado/oficial› to promotefue ascendido a capitán de fragata he was promoted to (the rank of) commander* * *
ascender ( conjugate ascender) verbo intransitivo
1 (frml) [temperatura/precios] to rise;
[ globo] to rise, ascend (frml);
[escalador/alpinista] to climb, to ascend (fml)
2 (frml) [gastos/pérdidas] ascender a algo to amount to sth
3 [empleado/oficial] to be promoted;
ascender al trono to ascend the throne
verbo transitivo ‹empleado/oficial› to promote
ascender
I vtr (en un puesto de trabajo) to promote
II verbo intransitivo
1 (subir) move upward
(temperatura) to rise: las pérdidas ascendieron a dos millones, the losses added up to two million
2 (al trono, a una montaña) to ascend
3 (de categoría) to be promoted
' ascender' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
proponerse
- segundón
- segundona
- subir
- subirse
- elevar
English:
add up to
- amount to
- ascend
- come to
- elevate
- graduate
- promote
- rise
- run into
- total
- upgrade
- add
- amount
- come
- debar
* * *♦ vi1. [subir] to climb, to go up;el avión ascendió rápidamente the plane climbed rapidly;ascendieron a la cima they climbed to the summit;la carretera asciende hasta el lago the road goes up to the lake;la carretera asciende hasta los 3.000 m the road climbs to 3,000 m2. [aumentar, elevarse] [precios, temperaturas] to rise, to go up3. [en empleo, deportes] to be promoted (a to);ascendió a jefe de producción he was promoted to production manager;el equipo ascendió a segunda división the team was promoted o went up to the second division;ascender al trono to ascend the throne;ascender al poder to come to power4.ascender a [totalizar] to come to;¿a cuánto asciende el total? what does the total come to?;la facturación ascendió a 5.000 millones turnover came to o totalled five billion;el número de desaparecidos asciende ya a 37 the number of missing has now reached 37♦ vtascender a alguien (a) to promote sb (to);fue ascendida al puesto de subdirectora she was promoted to the position of deputy director;lo ascendieron a coronel he was promoted to the rank of colonel* * *II v/i2 de montañero climb* * *ascender {56} vt1) : to ascend, to rise up2) : to be promotedascendió a gerente: she was promoted to manager3)ascender a : to amount to, to reachlas deudas ascienden a 20 millones de pesos: the debt amounts to 20 million pesosascender vt: to promote* * *ascender vb1. (en el trabajo) to promote / to be promoted3. (subir) to climb -
18 aunque
conj.1 even though, although (a pesar de que).tendrás que venir aunque no quieras you'll have to come, even if you don't want toaunque es caro, me lo voy a comprar although it's expensive I'm going to buy it, I'm going to buy it even though it's expensive2 although (pero).es lista, aunque un poco perezosa she's clever, although o if a little lazy* * *1 (valor concesivo) although, though; (con énfasis) even if, even though2 (valor adversativo) but■ es duro, aunque justo he's tough but fair* * *conj.although, though, even though, even if* * *CONJ although, though, even thoughes guapa aunque algo bajita — she's pretty but rather short, she's pretty even if she is on the short side
AUNQUE Aunque se puede traducir al inglés por although, though, even though o even if. ► Por regla general, cuando la cláusula introducida por aunque indica un hecho ( aunque + ((indicativo))), en inglés coloquial se traduce por though y en lenguaje más formal por although: Aunque había un montón de gente, al final pude encontrar a Carlos Though there were a lot of people there, I managed to find Carlos No esperaba eso de él, aunque entiendo por qué lo hizo I did not expect that from him, although I can understand why he did it ► Even though introduce la oración subordinada, enfatizando con más fuerza el contraste con la principal, cuando aunque va seguido de un hecho concreto, no una hipótesis, y equivale a a pesar de que: Llevaba un abrigo de piel, aunque era un día muy caluroso She wore a fur coat, even though it was a very hot day ► Si aunque tiene el sentido de incluso si ( aunque + ((subjuntivo))), se traduce por even if: Debes ir, aunque no quieras You must go, even if you don't want to Me dijo que no me lo diría, aunque lo supiera He said he wouldn't tell me even if he knew Para otros usos y ejemplos ver la entradaaunque más... — however much..., no matter how much...
* * *1) ( refiriéndose a hechos)a) (+ indicativo) althoughaunque llegué tarde conseguí entradas — although o even though I got there late I managed to get tickets
es simpático, aunque algo tímido — he's very likable, if somewhat shy
b) ( respondiendo a una objeción) (+ subjuntivo)es millonario, aunque no lo parezca — he's a millionaire though he may not look it
aunque no lo creas... — believe it or not...
2) (refiriéndose a posibilidades, hipótesis) (+ subjuntivo) even ifcómetelo, aunque no te guste — eat it, even if you don't like it
dale aunque más no sea unos pesos — (RPl) at least give him a few pesos
* * *= admittedly, albeit (that), although, but, even though, while, whilst, even when, though, if, but still, but then again.Ex. Admittedly, this relevant part of the classified file may not be the specific class he wants.Ex. Present, classical catalog designs are elaborations, albeit considerable elaborations, of these sixteenth-century developments.Ex. These are the strengths of the Journal of Common Market Studies, although even this journal has a wider remit than its title suggest.Ex. Learning takes place in one environment but is put to work in another, and the learner is left to make the transition.Ex. Their objectives are however slightly different, even though in any discussion of computerised cataloguing systems co-operative networks and centralised cataloguing are inextricably linked.Ex. While the resulting A/Z entries are not 'wrong', they tend to be clumsy.Ex. Thus some current awareness services can be purchased from external vendors, whilst others may be offered by a library or information unit to its particular group of users.Ex. On-line data banks are still expanding, as they provide unrivalled services, even when these have to be paid for by users.Ex. This is not to say, though, that in some countries the 'all' that is available to gather into a current national bibliography is only that which the ruling government approve of.Ex. Don't go to France thinking that your cherished ancient library from your 50s/60s school days remains unchanged amid the splendour of its beautiful if dingy old digs.Ex. Less well-reported but still widely collected types of use included newly registered borrowers, visits, reference questions, in-library use, and off site program attendance = Otros datos sobre los que se dio menos información aunque todas las bibliotecas los recogen eran el número de nuevos usuarios, las visitas, las preguntas de referencia, el uso dentro de la biblioteca y la asistencia a actividades organizas fuera de la biblioteca.Ex. But then again, there are thousands of such ditses out there that need mental help.----* aunque a decir verdad = Mind you.* aunque a menudo = if often.* aunque en balde = but (all) to no avail.* aunque en vano = but (all) to no avail.* aunque la mona se vista de seda, mona se queda = You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear, You can take the boy out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the boy, You can take the boy out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the boy.* aunque me fuera la vida en ello = for the life of me.* aunque no lo creas = believe it or not.* aunque no lo parezca = oddly enough, strangely enough, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange.* aunque no sea para otra cosa = if nothing else.* aunque no siempre = if not always.* aunque no sirva para otra cosa = if nothing else.* aunque parezca difícil = difficult though it may seem, difficult as it may seem.* aunque parezca extraño = strangely enough, oddly enough, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange.* aunque parezca increíble = incredibly, incredible though it may seem, incredibly enough, incredible as it may seem, although it may seem incredible.* aunque parezca mentira = amazingly enough, believe it or not, strangely enough, incredibly, incredible though it may seem, incredibly enough, incredible as it may seem, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange, although it may seem incredible.* aunque parezca raro = strangely enough, oddly enough, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange, funnily enough.* aunque parezca razo = funnily.* aunque por otro lado = but otherwise.* aunque sin ningún resultado = but (all) to no avail.* aunque sólo sea porque = if only because.* * *1) ( refiriéndose a hechos)a) (+ indicativo) althoughaunque llegué tarde conseguí entradas — although o even though I got there late I managed to get tickets
es simpático, aunque algo tímido — he's very likable, if somewhat shy
b) ( respondiendo a una objeción) (+ subjuntivo)es millonario, aunque no lo parezca — he's a millionaire though he may not look it
aunque no lo creas... — believe it or not...
2) (refiriéndose a posibilidades, hipótesis) (+ subjuntivo) even ifcómetelo, aunque no te guste — eat it, even if you don't like it
dale aunque más no sea unos pesos — (RPl) at least give him a few pesos
* * *= admittedly, albeit (that), although, but, even though, while, whilst, even when, though, if, but still, but then again.Ex: Admittedly, this relevant part of the classified file may not be the specific class he wants.
Ex: Present, classical catalog designs are elaborations, albeit considerable elaborations, of these sixteenth-century developments.Ex: These are the strengths of the Journal of Common Market Studies, although even this journal has a wider remit than its title suggest.Ex: Learning takes place in one environment but is put to work in another, and the learner is left to make the transition.Ex: Their objectives are however slightly different, even though in any discussion of computerised cataloguing systems co-operative networks and centralised cataloguing are inextricably linked.Ex: While the resulting A/Z entries are not 'wrong', they tend to be clumsy.Ex: Thus some current awareness services can be purchased from external vendors, whilst others may be offered by a library or information unit to its particular group of users.Ex: On-line data banks are still expanding, as they provide unrivalled services, even when these have to be paid for by users.Ex: This is not to say, though, that in some countries the 'all' that is available to gather into a current national bibliography is only that which the ruling government approve of.Ex: Don't go to France thinking that your cherished ancient library from your 50s/60s school days remains unchanged amid the splendour of its beautiful if dingy old digs.Ex: Less well-reported but still widely collected types of use included newly registered borrowers, visits, reference questions, in-library use, and off site program attendance = Otros datos sobre los que se dio menos información aunque todas las bibliotecas los recogen eran el número de nuevos usuarios, las visitas, las preguntas de referencia, el uso dentro de la biblioteca y la asistencia a actividades organizas fuera de la biblioteca.Ex: But then again, there are thousands of such ditses out there that need mental help.* aunque a decir verdad = Mind you.* aunque a menudo = if often.* aunque en balde = but (all) to no avail.* aunque en vano = but (all) to no avail.* aunque la mona se vista de seda, mona se queda = You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear, You can take the boy out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the boy, You can take the boy out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the boy.* aunque me fuera la vida en ello = for the life of me.* aunque no lo creas = believe it or not.* aunque no lo parezca = oddly enough, strangely enough, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange.* aunque no sea para otra cosa = if nothing else.* aunque no siempre = if not always.* aunque no sirva para otra cosa = if nothing else.* aunque parezca difícil = difficult though it may seem, difficult as it may seem.* aunque parezca extraño = strangely enough, oddly enough, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange.* aunque parezca increíble = incredibly, incredible though it may seem, incredibly enough, incredible as it may seem, although it may seem incredible.* aunque parezca mentira = amazingly enough, believe it or not, strangely enough, incredibly, incredible though it may seem, incredibly enough, incredible as it may seem, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange, although it may seem incredible.* aunque parezca raro = strangely enough, oddly enough, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange, funnily enough.* aunque parezca razo = funnily.* aunque por otro lado = but otherwise.* aunque sin ningún resultado = but (all) to no avail.* aunque sólo sea porque = if only because.* * *1 (+ indicativo) althoughaunque llegamos tarde conseguimos entradas although o even though we got there late we managed to get ticketspor lo menos antes se oía; aunque mal, se oía at least before you could hear it, not very well, but you could hear ites simpático, aunque algo tímido he's very likable, if somewhat shyle dije que sí, aunque la verdad es que no tengo ganas de ir I said yes, although o though to be quite honest I don't feel like going2 (respondiendo a una objeción) (+ subjuntivo):aunque a ti no te guste, es muy bonito you may not like it, but it's very prettyes millonario, aunque no lo parezca he's a millionaire though he may not look itaunque no lo creas sacó la mejor nota believe it or not she got the best marksB (refiriéndose a posibilidades, hipótesis) (+ subjuntivo) even ifcome lo que te sirvan, aunque no te guste eat whatever you're given, even if you don't like itmándales unas flores, aunque sea at least send them some flowersdale aunque más no sea unos pesos ( RPl); at least give him a few pesos* * *
aunque conjunción
1 ( a pesar de que)
◊ es millonario, aunque no lo parezca he's a millionaire though he may not look it;
aunque no lo creas … believe it or not …
2 (refiriéndose a posibilidades, hipótesis) (+ subjuntivo) even if;
aunque conj although, though
(incluso si) even if
aunque no te lo creas, even if you don't believe it o believe it or not
(a pesar de) even though
aunque llegamos tarde, no perdimos el tren, even though we were late, we didn't miss the train
Fíjate en estos dos sentidos de aunque:
1) a pesar de
though - más informal
although - más formal
even though - más enfático
2) incluso si, even if
' aunque' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abogada
- abogado
- apellido
- así
- comida
- cuando
- fonéticamente
- más
- mentira
- ni
- pesar
- política
- rentabilidad
- salario
- sellar
- siquiera
- toda
- todo
- creer
- parecer
English:
albeit
- alike
- although
- as
- believe
- blusher
- delicate
- devoted
- even
- further
- hate
- have
- if
- lady
- love
- oddly
- shall
- should
- tear away
- though
- while
- odds
- strangely
* * *aunque conj1. [a pesar de que] even though, although;[incluso si] even if;tendrás que venir aunque no quieras you'll have to come, even if you don't want to;aunque quisiera no podría even if I wanted to, I wouldn't be able to;aunque es caro, me lo voy a comprar although it's expensive I'm going to buy it, I'm going to buy it even though it's expensive;aunque me cae bien, no me fío de él much as I like him, I don't trust him;aunque no te lo creas llegó el primero believe it or not, he came first;aunque parezca mentira strange as it may seem, believe it or not;aunque parezca raro oddly enough, odd though it may seem;cómprale aunque sea una caja de bombones buy her something, even if it's only a box of chocolates;RPdecime la verdad aunque más no sea at least tell me the truth2. [pero] although;es lista, aunque un poco perezosa she's clever, although o if a little lazy;aquellos cuadros no están mal, aunque éstos me gustan más those paintings aren't bad, but I like these (ones) better* * *conj1 although, even though2 + subj even if* * *aunque conj1) : though, although, even if, even though2)aunque sea : at least* * *aunque conj1. (a pesar de que) although / even thoughaunque no quería, tuve que ir although I didn't want to, I had to goera simpático, aunque parecía serio even though he seemed serious, he was niceaunque sólo llevo 5 meses aquí, me siento muy a gusto although I've only lived here for 5 months, I feel very much at home2. (incluso si) even ifsale a pasear todos los días, aunque caigan chuzos de punta he goes for a walk every day even if it's pouring with rain -
19 correr
v.1 to run (persona, animal).me gusta correr todas las mañanas I like to go for a run every morning¡corre a pedir ayuda! run for help!a todo correr at full speed o peltMaría corrió hacia la casa Mary ran towards the house.El agua corre libremente Water runs free.Ellos corren riesgos They run risks.Pedro corre el programa en su computadora Peter runs the program on his...2 to drive fast.3 to flow.4 to pass, to go by (time).esta última semana ha pasado corriendo this last week has flown by5 to spread (noticia).corre el rumor de que… there's a rumor that…Los rumores corren sin tregua Rumors circulate relentlessly.6 to cover (recorrer) (una distancia).corrió los 100 metros he ran the 100 meters7 to move or pull up (mover) (mesa, silla).corre la cabeza, que no veo move your head out of the way, I can't seeRicardo corrió los muebles Richard moved the furniture.8 to run (informal) (computing) (programa, aplicación).9 to operate, to run.Los programas corren sin problema The programs run without a problem.10 to fire, to dismiss, to boot out.María corrió al jardinero Mary fired the gardener.11 to expand, to propagate, to spread.El fuego corrió por toda la selva The fire spread throughout the jungle.* * *1 (gen) to run2 (darse prisa) to rush, hurry■ ¡corre, es tarde! hurry up, it's late!3 (viento) to blow4 (agua) to flow, run5 (tiempo) to pass, fly6 (noticias) to spread, circulate7 (conductor) to drive fast8 (coche) to go fast9 (sueldo, interés) to be payable10 (puerta, ventana) to slide11 (moneda) to be legal tender1 (distancia) to cover; (país) to travel through4 (mover) to pull up, move, draw up5 (estar expuesto) to run6 (aventura) to have7 (avergonzar) to make ashamed8 (turbar) to make embarrassed2 (color, tinta) to run3 (media) to ladder4 (avergonzarse) to blush, go red5 tabú (tener orgasmo) to come\a todo correr at full speedcorrer con algo to be responsible for somethingcorrer con los gastos to foot the billcorre la voz de que... rumour has it that...correr mundo to be a globe-trottercorrer un peligro to be in dangerdejar correr algo to let something drop, let something ridedeprisa y corriendo in a hurryel mes que corre the current month* * *verb1) to run,2) rush3) flow* * *1. VI1) (=ir deprisa) [persona, animal] to run; [vehículo] to go fast¡cómo corre este coche! — this car's really fast!, this car can really go some!
no corras tanto, que hay hielo en la carretera — don't go so fast, the road's icy
•
echar a correr — to start running, break into a run2) (=darse prisa) to hurry, rush¡corre! — hurry (up)!
me voy corriendo, que sale el tren dentro de diez minutos — I must dash, the train leaves in ten minutes
llega el jefe, más vale que te vayas corriendo — the boss is coming so you'd better get out of here
•
hacer algo a todo correr — to do sth as fast as one can3) (=fluir) [agua] to run, flow; [aire] to flow; [grifo, fuente] to runcorre mucho viento — there's a strong wind blowing, it's very windy
voy a cerrar la ventana porque corre un poco de aire — I'm going to shut the window because there's a bit of a draught o draft (EEUU)
el camino corre por un paisaje pintoresco — the road runs o goes through picturesque countryside
•
correr paralelo a, una cadena montañosa que corre paralela a la costa — a chain of mountains that runs parallel to the coastla historia de los ordenadores corre paralela a los adelantos en materia de semiconductores — the history of computers runs parallel to advances in semiconductor technology
4) [tiempo]el tiempo corre — time is getting on o pressing
¡cómo corre el tiempo! — time flies!
el mes que corre — the current month, the present month
al o con el correr del tiempo — over the years
en estos o los tiempos que corren — nowadays, these days
en los tiempos que corren es difícil encontrar personas tan honradas — it's hard to find people as honest as him these days o nowadays
5) (=moverse) [rumor] to go round; [creencia] to be widespread6) (=hacerse cargo)•
correr a cargo de algn, eso corre a cargo de la empresa — the company will take care of thatla entrega del premio corrió a cargo del ministro de Cultura — the prize was presented by the Minister for Culture
•
correr con algo, correr con los gastos — to meet o bear the expensescorrer con la casa — to run the house, manage the house
7) (Econ) [sueldo] to be payable; [moneda] to be validsu sueldo correrá desde el primer día del mes — his salary will be payable from the first of the month
8)correr a o por — (=venderse) to sell at
2. VT1) (Dep) [+ distancia] to run; [+ prueba] to compete inCarl Lewis ha decidido no correr los 100 metros — Carl Lewis has decided not to run (in) o compete in the 100 metres
2) (=desplazar) [+ objeto] to move along; [+ silla] to move; [+ balanza] to tip; [+ nudo] to adjust; [+ vela] to unfurlvelo 1)3) (=hacer correr) [+ caballo] to run, race; [+ caza] to chase, pursuecorrer un toro — to run in front of and avoid being gored by a charging bull for sport
4) (=tener) [+ riesgo] to run; [+ suerte] to suffer, undergoprisano quería correr la misma suerte de su amigo — he didn't want to suffer o undergo the same fate as his friend
5) (=extender)6) (Mil) (=invadir) to raid; (=destruir) to lay waste7) (Com) to auction8) (=abochornar) to embarrass9) esp LAm * (=expulsar) to chuck out *lo corrieron de la casa con gritos y patadas — they chucked him kicking and screaming out of the house *
10)correrla — * (=ir de juerga) to live it up *
3.See:* * *1.verbo intransitivo1)a) to runbajó/subió las escaleras corriendo — she ran down/up the stairs
echó a correr — he started to run, he broke into a run
salió a todo correr — he went/came shooting out
c) (Auto, Dep) piloto/conductor to race2)a) ( apresurarse)corre, ponte los zapatos! — hurry o quick, put your shoes on!
no corras tanto que te equivocarás — don't rush it o don't do it so quickly, you'll only make mistakes
corrí a llamarte/a escribirte — I rushed to call you/write to you
b) (fam) (ir, moverse) (+ compl) vehículo/conductorcorre mucho — he drives too/very fast
esa moto corre mucho — that motorcycle is o goes really fast
3)a) (+ compl) cordillera/carretera to run; río to run, flowdejar correr algo — to let something go
c) rumorcorre el rumor de que... — there is a rumor going around that..., rumor has it that...
corrió la voz de que... — there was a rumor that...
la cremallera no corre — the zipper (AmE) o (BrE) zip is stuck
el pestillo no corre — I can't bolt/unbolt the door
4) tiempoa) (pasar, transcurrir)corría el año 1939 cuando... — it was in 1939 that...
con el correr de los años — as time went/goes by
b) ( pasar de prisa) to fly5) sueldo/alquiler to be payable6) ( hacerse cargo)2.correr con algo — < con gastos> to pay something; < con organización> to be responsible for something
correr vt1)a) (Dep) < maratón> to runcorrió los 1.500 metros — he ran the 1,500 meters
b) (Auto, Dep) <prueba/gran premio> to race in2)a) (fam) (echar, expulsar) to kick... out (colloq), to chuck... out (colloq)b) (fam) ( perseguir) to run after3)a) ( exponerse a)b) ( experimentar)4) ( mover)a) <botón/ficha/silla> to movec) (Inf) < texto> to scroll3.correrse v pron1) ( moverse)a) silla/cama to move; pieza/carga to shiftb) (fam) persona to move up o over2)a) tinta to run; rímel/maquillaje to run, smudge; (+ me/te/le etc)b) (AmL) media to ladder3) (Esp arg) ( llegar al orgasmo) to come (colloq)* * *= flow, race, running, jogging, course.Ex. At this disclosure, a flush flowed from Leforte's cheeks to her neck.Ex. These companies have been racing to define the information superhighway for themselves, and to stake a claim in what they view as the economic engine of the information age.Ex. Thus in games, manipulatory skills are often exercised and extended, as for example in games that involve running, climbing or making objects -- bows and arrows, catapults, clothes for dolls, and so on.Ex. Major risk factors for cardiovascular disease are discussed, as well as how development of coronary disease can be attenuated or arrested by a prolonged routine of jogging.Ex. The disease is called temporal arteritis because the temporal arteries, which course along the sides of the head just in front of the ears (to the temples), often become inflamed.----* con el correr del tiempo = over the years, in the process of time, with the passage of time.* corre el rumor de que = rumour has it that.* corre la voz de que = rumour has it that.* correr a cargo de = be the responsibility of.* correr a toda velocidad = sprint.* correr como alma que lleva el diablo = run for + Posesivo + life.* correr con los gastos = bear + the cost(s), pick up + the tab, pay + the piper.* correr de acá para allá = rush around.* correr de aquí para allá = rush around, run + here and there.* correr de la cuenta de Alguien = be on + Pronombre.* correr desaforadamente = run for + Posesivo + life.* correr de un sitio para otro = rush around.* correr el peligro de = be in danger (of), run + the danger of.* correr el riesgo = risk, face + the risk, chance, take + Posesivo + chances.* correr la impresión = slur + impression.* correr la voz = spread + the news, spread + the word.* correr más deprisa que = outrun [out-run].* correr mundo = see + life, see + the world.* correr peligro = be at risk.* correr que se las pela = run for + Posesivo + life.* correr ríos de tinta = spill + vast quantities of ink, a lot + be written about, much + be written about.* correrse = come.* correrse dormido = wet dream.* correrse una juerga = have + a ball, have + a great time.* correr un gran riesgo = play (for) + high stakes.* correr un riesgo = run + risk, take + risks, take + chances (on).* correr un tupido velo sobre = draw + a veil over.* correr un velo sobre las cosas = sweep + things under the rug.* corría el rumor de que = rumour had it that.* corría la voz de que = rumour had it that.* corriendo con los gastos = at + Posesivo + own expense.* de bulla y corriendo = in a rush.* dejar el agua correr = let bygones be bygones.* echar a correr = bolt, make + a bolt for, take off + running, take to + Posesivo + heels, run off.* entrar y salir corriendo = run in and out.* gastos + correr a cuenta de = bear + the cost(s).* hacer correr la voz = spread + the word, spread + the good word, pass on + the good word, spread + the news.* ir corriendo = hot-foot it to.* ir corriendo a = dash off to, run off to.* irse corriendo = dash off, shoot off.* llevar al hospital de bulla y corriendo = rush + Nombre + to hospital.* máquina de andar o correr estática = treadmill.* no correr prisa = there + be + no hurry.* salir corriendo = leg it, run off, run away, bolt, make + a bolt for, dash off, take off, shoot off, take off + running, take to + Posesivo + heels.* salir corriendo a la calle = run into + the street.* volver corriendo = scurry back.* zapatilla de correr = running shoe.* * *1.verbo intransitivo1)a) to runbajó/subió las escaleras corriendo — she ran down/up the stairs
echó a correr — he started to run, he broke into a run
salió a todo correr — he went/came shooting out
c) (Auto, Dep) piloto/conductor to race2)a) ( apresurarse)corre, ponte los zapatos! — hurry o quick, put your shoes on!
no corras tanto que te equivocarás — don't rush it o don't do it so quickly, you'll only make mistakes
corrí a llamarte/a escribirte — I rushed to call you/write to you
b) (fam) (ir, moverse) (+ compl) vehículo/conductorcorre mucho — he drives too/very fast
esa moto corre mucho — that motorcycle is o goes really fast
3)a) (+ compl) cordillera/carretera to run; río to run, flowdejar correr algo — to let something go
c) rumorcorre el rumor de que... — there is a rumor going around that..., rumor has it that...
corrió la voz de que... — there was a rumor that...
la cremallera no corre — the zipper (AmE) o (BrE) zip is stuck
el pestillo no corre — I can't bolt/unbolt the door
4) tiempoa) (pasar, transcurrir)corría el año 1939 cuando... — it was in 1939 that...
con el correr de los años — as time went/goes by
b) ( pasar de prisa) to fly5) sueldo/alquiler to be payable6) ( hacerse cargo)2.correr con algo — < con gastos> to pay something; < con organización> to be responsible for something
correr vt1)a) (Dep) < maratón> to runcorrió los 1.500 metros — he ran the 1,500 meters
b) (Auto, Dep) <prueba/gran premio> to race in2)a) (fam) (echar, expulsar) to kick... out (colloq), to chuck... out (colloq)b) (fam) ( perseguir) to run after3)a) ( exponerse a)b) ( experimentar)4) ( mover)a) <botón/ficha/silla> to movec) (Inf) < texto> to scroll3.correrse v pron1) ( moverse)a) silla/cama to move; pieza/carga to shiftb) (fam) persona to move up o over2)a) tinta to run; rímel/maquillaje to run, smudge; (+ me/te/le etc)b) (AmL) media to ladder3) (Esp arg) ( llegar al orgasmo) to come (colloq)* * *= flow, race, running, jogging, course.Ex: At this disclosure, a flush flowed from Leforte's cheeks to her neck.
Ex: These companies have been racing to define the information superhighway for themselves, and to stake a claim in what they view as the economic engine of the information age.Ex: Thus in games, manipulatory skills are often exercised and extended, as for example in games that involve running, climbing or making objects -- bows and arrows, catapults, clothes for dolls, and so on.Ex: Major risk factors for cardiovascular disease are discussed, as well as how development of coronary disease can be attenuated or arrested by a prolonged routine of jogging.Ex: The disease is called temporal arteritis because the temporal arteries, which course along the sides of the head just in front of the ears (to the temples), often become inflamed.* con el correr del tiempo = over the years, in the process of time, with the passage of time.* corre el rumor de que = rumour has it that.* corre la voz de que = rumour has it that.* correr a cargo de = be the responsibility of.* correr a toda velocidad = sprint.* correr como alma que lleva el diablo = run for + Posesivo + life.* correr con los gastos = bear + the cost(s), pick up + the tab, pay + the piper.* correr de acá para allá = rush around.* correr de aquí para allá = rush around, run + here and there.* correr de la cuenta de Alguien = be on + Pronombre.* correr desaforadamente = run for + Posesivo + life.* correr de un sitio para otro = rush around.* correr el peligro de = be in danger (of), run + the danger of.* correr el riesgo = risk, face + the risk, chance, take + Posesivo + chances.* correr la impresión = slur + impression.* correr la voz = spread + the news, spread + the word.* correr más deprisa que = outrun [out-run].* correr mundo = see + life, see + the world.* correr peligro = be at risk.* correr que se las pela = run for + Posesivo + life.* correr ríos de tinta = spill + vast quantities of ink, a lot + be written about, much + be written about.* correrse = come.* correrse dormido = wet dream.* correrse una juerga = have + a ball, have + a great time.* correr un gran riesgo = play (for) + high stakes.* correr un riesgo = run + risk, take + risks, take + chances (on).* correr un tupido velo sobre = draw + a veil over.* correr un velo sobre las cosas = sweep + things under the rug.* corría el rumor de que = rumour had it that.* corría la voz de que = rumour had it that.* corriendo con los gastos = at + Posesivo + own expense.* de bulla y corriendo = in a rush.* dejar el agua correr = let bygones be bygones.* echar a correr = bolt, make + a bolt for, take off + running, take to + Posesivo + heels, run off.* entrar y salir corriendo = run in and out.* gastos + correr a cuenta de = bear + the cost(s).* hacer correr la voz = spread + the word, spread + the good word, pass on + the good word, spread + the news.* ir corriendo = hot-foot it to.* ir corriendo a = dash off to, run off to.* irse corriendo = dash off, shoot off.* llevar al hospital de bulla y corriendo = rush + Nombre + to hospital.* máquina de andar o correr estática = treadmill.* no correr prisa = there + be + no hurry.* salir corriendo = leg it, run off, run away, bolt, make + a bolt for, dash off, take off, shoot off, take off + running, take to + Posesivo + heels.* salir corriendo a la calle = run into + the street.* volver corriendo = scurry back.* zapatilla de correr = running shoe.* * *correr [E1 ]viA1 to runtuve que correr para no perder el tren I had to run or I'd have missed the trainbajó las escaleras corriendo she ran down the stairslos atracadores salieron corriendo del banco the robbers ran out of the bankiba corriendo y se cayó she was running and she fell overcorrían tras el ladrón they were running after the thiefechó a correr he started to run, he broke into a runcuando lo vio corrió a su encuentro when she saw him she rushed o ran to meet hima todo correr at top speed, as fast as I/he couldsalió a todo correr he went/came shooting outcorre que te corre: se fueron, corre que te corre, para la playa they went tearing o racing off to the beachel que no corre vuela you have to be quick off the mark2 ( Dep) «atleta» to run; «caballo» to runsale a correr todas las mañanas she goes out running o jogging every morning, she goes for a run every morningcorre en la maratón he's running in the marathoncorre con una escudería italiana he races o drives for an Italian teamB1(apresurarse): llevo todo el día corriendo de un lado para otro I've been rushing around all day long, I've been on the go all day long ( colloq)¡corre, ponte los zapatos! hurry o quick, put your shoes on!no corras tanto que te equivocarás don't rush it o don't do it so quickly, you'll only make mistakesen cuanto me enteré corrí a llamarte/a escribirle as soon as I heard, I rushed to call you/write to himvino pero se fue corriendo he came but he rushed off o raced off againse fueron corriendo al hospital they rushed to the hospitalcorre mucho he drives too/very fastesa moto corre mucho that motorcycle is o goes really fastC1 (+ compl) «cordillera/carretera» to run; «río» to run, flowcorre paralela a la costa it runs parallel to the coastel río corre por un valle abrupto the river runs o flows through a steep-sided valley2 «agua» to flow, run; «sangre» to flowcorría una brisa suave there was a gentle breeze, a gentle breeze was blowingcorre mucho viento hoy it's very windy todayel champán corría como agua the champagne flowed like water3«rumor»: corre el rumor de que … there is a rumor going around that …, word o rumor has it that …corrió la voz de que se había fugado there was a rumor that she had escaped4 «polea» to runel pestillo no corre I can't bolt/unbolt the door, the bolt won't move o slideD «días/meses/años»1(pasar, transcurrir): corren tiempos difíciles these are difficult timescorría el año 1939 cuando … it was in 1939 that …con el correr de los años as time went/goes by, as years passed/passel mes que corre this month, in the current month ( frml)2 (pasar de prisa) to fly¡cómo corre el tiempo! how time flies!los días pasan corriendo the days fly by o go by in a flashE1 «sueldo/alquiler» to be payable2 (ser válido) to be validlas nuevas tarifas empezarán a correr a partir de mañana the new rates come into effect from tomorrowya sabes que esas excusas aquí no corren (CS); you know you can't get away with excuses like that here, you know excuses like that won't wash with me/us ( colloq)estos bonos ya no corren these vouchers are no longer valid3 (venderse) correr A or POR algo to sell AT o FOR sthF correr con ‹gastos› to payla empresa corrió con los gastos de la mudanza the firm paid the removal expenses o the moving expenses o met the cost of the removalel Ayuntamiento corrió con la organización del certamen the town council organized o was responsible for organizing the competition■ corrervtA1 ( Dep) ‹maratón› to runcorrió los 1.500 metros he ran the 1,500 metersBlo corrieron del pueblo they ran him out of town2 ( fam) (perseguir) to chase, run afteracaba de salir, si la corres, la alcanzas (Col, RPl); she's just gone out, if you run you'll catch her (up)C1(exponerse a): quiero estar seguro, no quiero correr riesgos I want to be sure, I don't want to take any riskscorres el riesgo de perderlo/de que te lo roben you run the risk of o you risk losing it/having it stolenaquí no corres peligro you're safe here o you're not in any danger here2(experimentar): ambos corrieron parecida suerte they both suffered a similar fatejuntos corrimos grandes aventuras we lived through o had great adventures togetherD (mover)1 ‹botón/ficha/silla› to move2 ‹cortina› to drawcorre el cerrojo bolt the door, slide the bolt across/backcorra la pesa hasta que se equilibre slide the weight along until it balances3 ( Inf) ‹texto› to scrollE ( ant); ‹territorio› to raidFles corrió balas a todos he sprayed them all with bullets■ correrse1 «pieza» to shift, move; «carga» to shiftB1 «tinta» to run; «rímel/maquillaje» (+ me/te/le etc) to run, smudge2 ( AmL) «media» to ladder, runse me corrió un punto del suéter I pulled a thread in my sweater and it ran* * *
correr ( conjugate correr) verbo intransitivo
1
◊ bajó/subió las escaleras corriendo she ran down/up the stairs;
salieron corriendo del banco they ran out of the bank;
echó a correr he started to run
2a) ( apresurarse):◊ ¡corre, ponte los zapatos! hurry o quick, put your shoes on!;
no corras tanto que te equivocarás don't do it so quickly, you'll only make mistakes ;
corrí a llamarte I rushed to call you;
me tengo que ir corriendo I have to rush off
[ conductor] to drive fast
3
[ agua] to run;
[ sangre] to flow;
b) [ rumor]:◊ corre el rumor/la voz de que … there is a rumor going around that …
4 (pasar, transcurrir):◊ corría el año 1973 cuando … it was 1973 when …;
con el correr de los años as time went/goes by;
¡cómo corre el tiempo! how time flies!
5 ( hacerse cargo) correr con algo ‹ con gastos› to pay sth;
‹ con organización› to be responsible for sth
verbo transitivo
1
2 ( exponerse a):
aquí no corres peligro you're safe here
3
‹ cortina› ( cerrar) to draw, close;
( abrir) to open, pull back;
correrse verbo pronominal
1
[pieza/carga] to shift
2
[rímel/maquillaje] to run, smudge;
correr
I verbo intransitivo
1 to run
(ir deprisa) to go fast
(al conducir) to drive fast
2 (el viento) to blow
(un río) to flow
3 (darse prisa) to hurry: corre, que no llegamos, hurry up or we'll be late
figurado corrí a hablar con él, I rushed to talk to him
4 (estar en situación de) correr peligro, to be in danger
correr prisa, to be urgent
II verbo transitivo
1 (estar expuesto a) to have
correr el riesgo, to run the risk
2 (una cortina) to draw
(un cerrojo) to close
3 (un mueble) to pull up, draw up
♦ Locuciones: corre a mi cargo, I'll take care of it
correr con los gastos, to foot the bill
' correr' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bola
- cargo
- colorada
- colorado
- echar
- liebre
- pareja
- parejo
- pestillo
- prisa
- riesgo
- tinta
- velo
- voz
- Y
- agua
- condenado
- condición
- corretear
- dejar
- desaforado
- desplazar
- peligro
- soler
- tropezar
- viento
English:
about
- afford
- bear
- charge
- danger
- dash
- draw
- gamble
- go about
- meet
- outrun
- pelt
- pound
- pour
- pull
- race
- race along
- ride
- risk
- run
- run with
- running
- rush
- rush around
- scurry
- streak
- tear along
- trickle
- unleash
- as
- budge
- caper
- cover
- flow
- fly
- go
- hell
- jog
- like
- mad
- move
- put
- shift
- slide
- smudge
- spread
- sweep
- throw
- wind
* * *♦ vi1. [persona, animal] to run;me gusta correr todas las mañanas I like to go for a run every morning;se fue corriendo he ran off o away;miles de fans corrieron al encuentro del cantante thousands of fans ran to greet o meet the singer;¡corre a pedir ayuda! run for help!;varias personas corrieron tras el asaltante several people ran after the robber;echar a correr to start running;Famcorre que se las pela she runs like the wind;Famel que no corre, vuela you've got to be on your toes o quick around here2. [apresurarse]¡corre, que vamos a perder el autobús! hurry up, we're going to miss the bus!;no corras, que te vas a equivocar don't rush yourself, or you'll make a mistake;cuando me enteré del accidente, corrí a visitarla when I heard about the accident I went to visit her as soon as I could o I rushed to visit her;estoy agotado, toda la mañana corriendo de aquí para allá I'm exhausted, I've been rushing o running around all morning;corre, que va a empezar la película quick, the film's about to start;a todo correr: hay que acabar este trabajo a todo correr we have to finish this job as quickly as possible;cuando se enteró de la noticia, vino a todo correr when she heard the news she came as quickly as she could3. [competir] [atleta, caballo] to run;[ciclista] to ride;corre con una moto japonesa he rides a Japanese motorbike;corre con un coche italiano he drives an Italian car4. [conductor] to drive fast;no corras tanto, que vamos a tener un accidente slow down o stop driving so fast, we're going to have an accidentesta moto no corre nada this motorbike can't go very fast at all6. [fluido] [río] to flow;[agua del grifo] to run;la sangre corre por las venas blood flows through the veins;7. [viento] to blow;corría una ligera brisa there was a gentle breeze, a gentle breeze was blowing8. [el tiempo, las horas] to pass, to go by;esta última semana ha pasado corriendo this last week has flown by9. [transcurrir]corría el principio de siglo cuando… it was around the turn of the century when…;en los tiempos que corren nadie tiene un trabajo seguro no one is safe in their job these days o in this day and age10. [noticia] to spread;corre el rumor de que… there's a rumour going about that…[la cuenta] to pay;la organización de la cumbre corrió a cargo de las Naciones Unidas the United Nations organized the summit, the United Nations took care of the organization of the summit;la comida corre a cargo de la empresa the meal is on the company;esta ronda corre de mi cuenta this round is on me, this is my round12. [sueldo, renta] to be payable;el alquiler corre desde principios de cada mes the rent is payable at the beginning of each month13. [venderse] to sell;este vino corre a diez euros la botella this wine sells for ten euros a bottleel nuevo sistema operativo no correrá en modelos antiguos the new operating system won't run on older models♦ vt1. [prueba, carrera] [a pie, a caballo] to run;[en coche, moto] to take part in;corrió los 100 metros he ran the 100 metres;correrá el Tour de Francia he will be riding in the Tour de France2. [mover] [mesa, silla] to move o pull up;corre la cabeza, que no veo move your head out of the way, I can't see3. [cerrar] [cortinas] to draw, to close;[llave] to turn;4. [abrir] [cortinas] to draw, to opencorrer peligro to be in danger;si dejas la caja ahí, corre el peligro de que alguien tropiece con ella if you leave the box there, (there's a danger o risk that) someone might trip over it;correr el riesgo de (hacer) algo to run the risk of (doing) sth;no quiero correr ningún riesgo I don't want to take any risks;no sabemos la suerte que correrá el proyecto we don't know what is to become of the project, we don't know what the project's fate will be;no se sabe todavía qué suerte han corrido los desaparecidos the fate of the people who are missing is still unknown6. [noticia] to spread;corrieron el rumor sobre su dimisión they spread the rumour of her resignation;correr la voz to pass it onno consigo correr este programa I can't get this program to run properly9. Com to auction, to sell at auctionlas ideas progresistas allá no corren progressive ideas don't get much of a hearing there13. Am [perseguir] to chase (after);los perros iban corriendo a la liebre the dogs chased after the hare14. Méx, Ven [funcionar] to be running;hoy no corren los trenes the trains aren't running today15. CompFamcorrerla to go out on the town;RP Famcorrer la coneja to scrimp and save* * *I v/i1 run;a todo correr at top speed2 ( apresurarse) rush3 de tiempo pass4 de agua run, flow5 fig:correr con los gastos pay the expenses;correr con algo meet the cost of sth;correr a cargo de alguien be s.o.’s responsibility, be down to s.o. fam II v/t1 run3:correr la misma suerte suffer the same fate* * *correr vi1) : to run, to race2) : to rush3) : to flowcorrer vt1) : to travel over, to cover2) : to move, to slide, to roll, to draw (curtains)3)correr un riesgo : to run a risk* * *correr vb¡corre! hurry up!3. (vehículo) to go fast¡cómo corre este coche! this car goes really fast!5. (noticia, etc) to go round6. (mover) to move7. (participar en una carrera) to compete¿correrás la carrera? will you compete in the race?correr el pestillo / correr el cerrojo to bolt the door -
20 mundo
m.1 world.es un actor conocido en todo el mundo he's a world-famous actorha vendido miles de discos en todo el mundo she has sold thousands of records worldwide o all over the worldseres de otro mundo creatures from another planetel Nuevo mundo the New Worldel otro mundo the next world, the hereafterel Tercer mundo the Third Worlddesde que el mundo es mundo since the dawn of timeel mundo es un pañuelo it's a small worldmedio mundo half the world, a lot of peopleno es cosa o nada del otro mundo it's nothing specialpor nada del mundo not for (all) the worldse le cayó el mundo encima his world fell aparttodo el mundo everyone, everybodytraer al mundo to give birth tovenir al mundo to come into the world, to be bornel mundo del espectáculo show business2 worldly-wisdom.* * *1 world■ el mundo del cine the cinema, the world of cinema3 (baúl) trunk\caérsele/venírsele a alguien el mundo encima to see one's world turned upside downcorrer/ver mundo to see placesdesde que el mundo es mundo since the beginning of timeel mundo es un pañuelo it's a small worldhacer un mundo de algo to make a big fuss over somethingmedio mundo figurado absolutely everybodyno ser nada del otro mundo to be nothing to write home aboutponerse el mundo por montera not to care what people thinkpor nada del mundo not for all the worldser una mujer/un hombre de mundo to be a woman/man of the worldtener mundo to know the ways of the worldtraer al mundo to bring into the worldvenir al mundo to come into the worldel fin del mundo the end of the worldel Nuevo Mundo the New Worldel otro mundo the hereafterel Tercer Mundo the Third World* * *noun m.* * *SM1) (=lo creado) worldartistas de todo el mundo exponen sus obras — artists from all over the world are exhibiting their work
es conocido en todo el mundo — he is known throughout the world o the world over
•
el Nuevo Mundo — the New World•
el otro mundo — the next world, the hereafter•
el Tercer Mundo — the Third Worldhombre 1., 1)•
el Viejo Mundo — the Old World2) (=humanidad)•
medio mundo — almost everybody•
todo el mundo — everyone, everybody3) (=ámbito) worlden el mundo de las ideas — in the world o realm of ideas
4) (=vida mundana) world5)- por esos mundos de Diosno lo cambiaría por nada del mundo — I wouldn't change it for anything in the world o for all the world
ponerse el mundo por montera —
se cansó de trabajar en una oficina, se puso el mundo por montera y se hizo artista — he grew tired of working in an office, so he threw caution to the wind and became an artist
se puso el mundo por montera y se fue a vivir al campo — he decided to go and live in the country and damn the consequences
- venir al mundo- ver mundocomer 3.6)• un mundo (=mucho) —
no debemos hacer un mundo de sus comentarios — there's no need to blow her comments out of proportion, we shouldn't read too much into her comments
* * *1) (el universo, la Tierra)comerse el mundo: parece que se va a comer el mundo he looks as if he could take on the world; correr mundo to get around; del otro mundo: no es nada del otro mundo he's/it's nothing special o (colloq) he's/it's nothing to write home about; desde que el mundo es mundo since time began, since time immemorial (liter); el mundo es un pañuelo it's a small world; hundirse or venirse abajo el mundo: por eso no se va a hundir el mundo it's not the end of the world; pensé que el mundo se me venía abajo I thought my world was falling apart; partir de este mundo (euf) to depart this life o world (euph); por nada del or en el mundo: yo no me lo pierdo por nada del mundo I wouldn't miss it for the world; no lo vendería por nada en el mundo I wouldn't sell it for anything in the world o (colloq) for all the tea in China; ponerse el mundo por montera to scorn the world and its ways; qué pequeño or chico es el mundo! it's a small world!; tal y como vino al mundo stark naked, as naked as the day he/she was born; traer a alguien/venir al mundo to bring somebody/come into the world; ver mundo — to see the world
2) (planeta, universo) planet, worldél vive en otro mundo — he's on another planet o in another world
por esos mundos de Dios — here, there and everywhere
3)a) (porción de la realidad, de lo concebible) worldb) ( de actividad humana) worldel mundo de los negocios/la droga — the business/drugs world
4) ( gente)5)un mundo — (mucho, muchos)
un mundo de gente — crowds o hordes of people
6)a) ( vida material)b) ( experiencia)tienen or han visto mucho mundo — they've been around
* * *= scene, world.Ex. A recent inexpensive introduction to the microcomputer scene, the Sinclair QL, uses a 32 bit processor (the Motorola 680008) and offers 128K RAM expandable to 640K.Ex. Together they constitute the world's largest data base.----* abarcar el mundo = span + the globe.* abrirse camino en el mundo = make + Posesivo + way in the world.* afectar al mundo = span + the globe.* ajeno al mundo = unwordly.* al otro lado del mundo = half way (a)round the world.* buscar por todo el mundo = search + the world (over).* campeonato del mundo = world cup.* causar sensación en el mundo = make + a big noise in the world.* cautivar al mundo = make + a big noise in the world.* como si se acabara el mundo = like there's no tomorrow.* como si se fuese a acabar el mundo = like there's no tomorrow.* con ansias de conquistar el mundo = world-conquering.* con la mejor voluntad del mundo = in good faith.* conocer (el) mundo = travel around + the world.* correr mundo = see + life, see + the world.* cubrir el mundo = span + the globe.* culo del mundo, el = back of beyond, the.* cultura del mundo impreso = print culture.* dar todo el oro del mundo = give + Posesivo + right arm.* dedicar todo el esfuerzo del mundo a = put + Posesivo + heart into.* del mundo real = real-world.* de otro mundo = unworldly.* desde que el mundo es mundo = from the beginning of time, since the beginning of time, since time began.* desear a Algo o Alguien toda la suerte del mundo = wish + Nombre + every success.* deseoso de conquistar el mundo = world-conquering.* de todas las partes del mundo = from all over the world, from all over the globe, from every part of the world.* de todo el mundo = world over, the, around the world, across the globe, from (all) around the world, throughout the world, around the globe, from (all) around the globe, all over the globe, from across the world, across the world, around the planet, the world over.* dueño del mundo, el = cock-of-the-walk.* el dinero mueve al mundo = money makes the world go (a)round.* el fin del mundo = the ends of the earth.* el mundo de las noticias = newsmaking.* el mundo en la palma de la mano = the world in the palm of + Posesivo + hand.* el mundo está a sus pies = the world is + Posesivo + oyster.* el mundo es un pañuelo = it's a small world.* en el culo del mundo = in the arse of nowhere.* en el mundo = on the face of the earth, on the world stage.* en el mundo antiguo = in antiquity.* en el mundo entero = all over the world, worldwide [world-wide], all around the world, throughout the world, around the planet, the world over.* en el mundo nos rodea = out there.* en todo el mundo = worldwide [world-wide], world over, the, around the world, all around the world, all over the world, across the globe, throughout the world, around the globe, across the world, around the planet, the world over, in the whole world.* en un mundo ideal = in an ideal world.* en un mundo perfecto = in a perfect world.* envidia del mundo, la = world's envy, the.* experiencia del mundo = worldliness.* experiencia del mundo real = real-world training.* famoso en el mundo entero = world-renowned, world-renown.* famoso en todo el mundo = world-famous [world famous], world-renowned, world-renown.* Fomento de la Biblioteconomía en el Tercer Mundo (ALP) = Advancement of Librarianship in the Third World (ALP).* formación en el mundo real = real-world training.* haber recorrido mucho mundo = be well-travelled.* hasta el fin del mundo = until the end of the world.* hombre que tiene mucho mundo = a man of the world.* incluir a todo el mundo = inclusivity.* inclusión en el mundo de las redes = e-inclusion.* inclusión en el mundo electrónico = e-inclusion.* la mano que mece la cuna gobierna el mundo = the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world, the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.* la mayoría del mundo = the majority of the world, most people, the majority of the people.* maravilla del mundo = wonder of the world.* mujer que tiene mucho mundo = a woman of the world.* mundo académico = academe, academia.* mundo académico, el = academic, the, academic world, the, world of academia, the.* mundo analógico, el = analog world, the.* mundo árabe, el = Arab world, the.* mundo científico, el = scholarly community, the, scientific world, the.* mundo clásico, el = classical world, the.* mundo comercial, el = commercial world, the.* mundo cotidiano = lifeworld [life world].* mundo de fantasía = fantasy world, world of fancy.* mundo de habla inglesa, el = English-speaking world, the.* mundo de la ciencia, el = world of science, the, scientific world, the.* mundo de la documentación, el = information world, the.* mundo de la empresa = business world.* mundo de la empresa, el = corporate world, the.* mundo de la fantasía, el = world of make-believe, the, land of make-believe, the.* mundo de la información, el = information world, the, information business, the, infosphere, the.* mundo de la letra impresa, el = print world, the.* mundo de la mafia, el = criminal scene, the, criminal world, the.* mundo de la moda, el = fashion world, the, world of fashion, the.* mundo de la música, el = music world, the.* mundo de la música popular, el = Tin Pan Alley.* mundo del arte, el = art world, the.* mundo de las bibliotecas, el = library world, the.* mundo de las drogas = drug culture.* mundo de las empresas = business environment.* mundo de las letras, el = world of letters, the.* mundo del comercio del libro = book-trade life.* mundo del espectáculo, el = show business.* mundo del hampa = criminal underworld.* mundo del hampa, el = criminal scene, the, criminal world, the.* mundo del libro, el = book world, the.* mundo de los medios de comunicación, el = mediascape, the.* mundo de los negocios = business world, business environment.* mundo del papel impreso, el = paper world, the.* mundo desarrollado, el = developed world, the.* mundo digital, el = digital world, the.* mundo, el = globe, the.* mundo electrónico, el = electronic world, the.* mundo empresarial = business world, business environment.* mundo empresarial, el = corporate world, the.* mundo exterior, el = outside world, the.* mundo fantástico = fantasy world.* mundo feliz = brave new world.* mundo + girar en torno a = enterprise + revolve on.* mundo ideal, el = ideal world, the.* mundo imaginado = imaginary world, imagined world.* mundo imaginario = imaginary world, imagined world.* mundo impreso, el = print world, the.* mundo industrializado, el = industrialised world, the.* mundo islámico, el = Islamic world, the.* mundo laboral = job market, working world.* mundo material = material world.* mundo moderno = modern world, modernised world.* mundo occidental, el = western world, the, West, the, Occident, the.* mundo real, el = real world, the.* mundos aparte = worlds apart, like chalk and cheese, like apples and oranges.* mundos opuestos = like oil and water.* mundo utópico perverso = dystopia.* navegar por el mundo = roam + the seven seas.* ningún + Nombre + del mundo = all + Nombre + in the world.* Nuevo Mundo, el = New World, the.* país del tercer mundo = third world country.* por nada del mundo = for the life of me.* por todo el mundo = worldwide [world-wide], around the world, across the globe, around the globe, across the world, around the planet, the world over.* recorrer el mundo = travel around + the world.* salvar el mundo = save + the world.* ser dos mundos completamente distintos = be poles apart.* ser el culo del mundo = be the pits.* ser la última persona del mundo que + Infinitivo = be one of the last people in the world to + Infinitivo.* Siete Maravillas del Mundo, las = Seven Wonders of the World, the.* surcar los siete mares = sail + the seven seas.* tener éxito en el mundo = succeed in + the world.* tener lo mejor de ambos mundos = have + the best of both worlds.* tener lo mejor de los dos mundos = have + the best of both worlds.* tercer mundo, el = third world, the.* todas las razones del mundo = every reason.* todo el mundo = all and sundry, every Tom, Dick and Harry, everybody, each and everyone.* todo el mundo debe tener acceso a la información = access for all.* triunfar en el mundo = succeed in + the world.* una mujer de mundo = a woman of the world.* un hombre de mundo = a man of the world.* un mundo aparte = a world apart, a breed apart.* usuario del mundo de los negocios = business user.* venir al mundo = come into + the world.* ventana al mundo = window on/to the world.* ver el mundo desde una perspectiva diferente = see + the world in a different light.* ver mundo = see + life, see + the world.* viajar por el mundo = travel around + the world.* vida del mundo literario = literary life.* Viejo Mundo, el = Old World, the.* visión del mundo = world view [worldview/world-view].* vivir en otro mundo = live in + cloud cuckoo land.* vivir en un mundo aparte = inhabit + a world of + Posesivo + own.* vivir mundo = see + life, see + the world.* * *1) (el universo, la Tierra)comerse el mundo: parece que se va a comer el mundo he looks as if he could take on the world; correr mundo to get around; del otro mundo: no es nada del otro mundo he's/it's nothing special o (colloq) he's/it's nothing to write home about; desde que el mundo es mundo since time began, since time immemorial (liter); el mundo es un pañuelo it's a small world; hundirse or venirse abajo el mundo: por eso no se va a hundir el mundo it's not the end of the world; pensé que el mundo se me venía abajo I thought my world was falling apart; partir de este mundo (euf) to depart this life o world (euph); por nada del or en el mundo: yo no me lo pierdo por nada del mundo I wouldn't miss it for the world; no lo vendería por nada en el mundo I wouldn't sell it for anything in the world o (colloq) for all the tea in China; ponerse el mundo por montera to scorn the world and its ways; qué pequeño or chico es el mundo! it's a small world!; tal y como vino al mundo stark naked, as naked as the day he/she was born; traer a alguien/venir al mundo to bring somebody/come into the world; ver mundo — to see the world
2) (planeta, universo) planet, worldél vive en otro mundo — he's on another planet o in another world
por esos mundos de Dios — here, there and everywhere
3)a) (porción de la realidad, de lo concebible) worldb) ( de actividad humana) worldel mundo de los negocios/la droga — the business/drugs world
4) ( gente)5)un mundo — (mucho, muchos)
un mundo de gente — crowds o hordes of people
6)a) ( vida material)b) ( experiencia)tienen or han visto mucho mundo — they've been around
* * *el mundo(n.) = globe, theEx: South Asia must make efforts to reach other parts of the globe in order to make the information age truly viable.
= scene, world.Ex: A recent inexpensive introduction to the microcomputer scene, the Sinclair QL, uses a 32 bit processor (the Motorola 680008) and offers 128K RAM expandable to 640K.
Ex: Together they constitute the world's largest data base.* abarcar el mundo = span + the globe.* abrirse camino en el mundo = make + Posesivo + way in the world.* afectar al mundo = span + the globe.* ajeno al mundo = unwordly.* al otro lado del mundo = half way (a)round the world.* buscar por todo el mundo = search + the world (over).* campeonato del mundo = world cup.* causar sensación en el mundo = make + a big noise in the world.* cautivar al mundo = make + a big noise in the world.* como si se acabara el mundo = like there's no tomorrow.* como si se fuese a acabar el mundo = like there's no tomorrow.* con ansias de conquistar el mundo = world-conquering.* con la mejor voluntad del mundo = in good faith.* conocer (el) mundo = travel around + the world.* correr mundo = see + life, see + the world.* cubrir el mundo = span + the globe.* culo del mundo, el = back of beyond, the.* cultura del mundo impreso = print culture.* dar todo el oro del mundo = give + Posesivo + right arm.* dedicar todo el esfuerzo del mundo a = put + Posesivo + heart into.* del mundo real = real-world.* de otro mundo = unworldly.* desde que el mundo es mundo = from the beginning of time, since the beginning of time, since time began.* desear a Algo o Alguien toda la suerte del mundo = wish + Nombre + every success.* deseoso de conquistar el mundo = world-conquering.* de todas las partes del mundo = from all over the world, from all over the globe, from every part of the world.* de todo el mundo = world over, the, around the world, across the globe, from (all) around the world, throughout the world, around the globe, from (all) around the globe, all over the globe, from across the world, across the world, around the planet, the world over.* dueño del mundo, el = cock-of-the-walk.* el dinero mueve al mundo = money makes the world go (a)round.* el fin del mundo = the ends of the earth.* el mundo de las noticias = newsmaking.* el mundo en la palma de la mano = the world in the palm of + Posesivo + hand.* el mundo está a sus pies = the world is + Posesivo + oyster.* el mundo es un pañuelo = it's a small world.* en el culo del mundo = in the arse of nowhere.* en el mundo = on the face of the earth, on the world stage.* en el mundo antiguo = in antiquity.* en el mundo entero = all over the world, worldwide [world-wide], all around the world, throughout the world, around the planet, the world over.* en el mundo nos rodea = out there.* en todo el mundo = worldwide [world-wide], world over, the, around the world, all around the world, all over the world, across the globe, throughout the world, around the globe, across the world, around the planet, the world over, in the whole world.* en un mundo ideal = in an ideal world.* en un mundo perfecto = in a perfect world.* envidia del mundo, la = world's envy, the.* experiencia del mundo = worldliness.* experiencia del mundo real = real-world training.* famoso en el mundo entero = world-renowned, world-renown.* famoso en todo el mundo = world-famous [world famous], world-renowned, world-renown.* Fomento de la Biblioteconomía en el Tercer Mundo (ALP) = Advancement of Librarianship in the Third World (ALP).* formación en el mundo real = real-world training.* haber recorrido mucho mundo = be well-travelled.* hasta el fin del mundo = until the end of the world.* hombre que tiene mucho mundo = a man of the world.* incluir a todo el mundo = inclusivity.* inclusión en el mundo de las redes = e-inclusion.* inclusión en el mundo electrónico = e-inclusion.* la mano que mece la cuna gobierna el mundo = the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world, the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.* la mayoría del mundo = the majority of the world, most people, the majority of the people.* maravilla del mundo = wonder of the world.* mujer que tiene mucho mundo = a woman of the world.* mundo académico = academe, academia.* mundo académico, el = academic, the, academic world, the, world of academia, the.* mundo analógico, el = analog world, the.* mundo árabe, el = Arab world, the.* mundo científico, el = scholarly community, the, scientific world, the.* mundo clásico, el = classical world, the.* mundo comercial, el = commercial world, the.* mundo cotidiano = lifeworld [life world].* mundo de fantasía = fantasy world, world of fancy.* mundo de habla inglesa, el = English-speaking world, the.* mundo de la ciencia, el = world of science, the, scientific world, the.* mundo de la documentación, el = information world, the.* mundo de la empresa = business world.* mundo de la empresa, el = corporate world, the.* mundo de la fantasía, el = world of make-believe, the, land of make-believe, the.* mundo de la información, el = information world, the, information business, the, infosphere, the.* mundo de la letra impresa, el = print world, the.* mundo de la mafia, el = criminal scene, the, criminal world, the.* mundo de la moda, el = fashion world, the, world of fashion, the.* mundo de la música, el = music world, the.* mundo de la música popular, el = Tin Pan Alley.* mundo del arte, el = art world, the.* mundo de las bibliotecas, el = library world, the.* mundo de las drogas = drug culture.* mundo de las empresas = business environment.* mundo de las letras, el = world of letters, the.* mundo del comercio del libro = book-trade life.* mundo del espectáculo, el = show business.* mundo del hampa = criminal underworld.* mundo del hampa, el = criminal scene, the, criminal world, the.* mundo del libro, el = book world, the.* mundo de los medios de comunicación, el = mediascape, the.* mundo de los negocios = business world, business environment.* mundo del papel impreso, el = paper world, the.* mundo desarrollado, el = developed world, the.* mundo digital, el = digital world, the.* mundo, el = globe, the.* mundo electrónico, el = electronic world, the.* mundo empresarial = business world, business environment.* mundo empresarial, el = corporate world, the.* mundo exterior, el = outside world, the.* mundo fantástico = fantasy world.* mundo feliz = brave new world.* mundo + girar en torno a = enterprise + revolve on.* mundo ideal, el = ideal world, the.* mundo imaginado = imaginary world, imagined world.* mundo imaginario = imaginary world, imagined world.* mundo impreso, el = print world, the.* mundo industrializado, el = industrialised world, the.* mundo islámico, el = Islamic world, the.* mundo laboral = job market, working world.* mundo material = material world.* mundo moderno = modern world, modernised world.* mundo occidental, el = western world, the, West, the, Occident, the.* mundo real, el = real world, the.* mundos aparte = worlds apart, like chalk and cheese, like apples and oranges.* mundos opuestos = like oil and water.* mundo utópico perverso = dystopia.* navegar por el mundo = roam + the seven seas.* ningún + Nombre + del mundo = all + Nombre + in the world.* Nuevo Mundo, el = New World, the.* país del tercer mundo = third world country.* por nada del mundo = for the life of me.* por todo el mundo = worldwide [world-wide], around the world, across the globe, around the globe, across the world, around the planet, the world over.* recorrer el mundo = travel around + the world.* salvar el mundo = save + the world.* ser dos mundos completamente distintos = be poles apart.* ser el culo del mundo = be the pits.* ser la última persona del mundo que + Infinitivo = be one of the last people in the world to + Infinitivo.* Siete Maravillas del Mundo, las = Seven Wonders of the World, the.* surcar los siete mares = sail + the seven seas.* tener éxito en el mundo = succeed in + the world.* tener lo mejor de ambos mundos = have + the best of both worlds.* tener lo mejor de los dos mundos = have + the best of both worlds.* tercer mundo, el = third world, the.* todas las razones del mundo = every reason.* todo el mundo = all and sundry, every Tom, Dick and Harry, everybody, each and everyone.* todo el mundo debe tener acceso a la información = access for all.* triunfar en el mundo = succeed in + the world.* una mujer de mundo = a woman of the world.* un hombre de mundo = a man of the world.* un mundo aparte = a world apart, a breed apart.* usuario del mundo de los negocios = business user.* venir al mundo = come into + the world.* ventana al mundo = window on/to the world.* ver el mundo desde una perspectiva diferente = see + the world in a different light.* ver mundo = see + life, see + the world.* viajar por el mundo = travel around + the world.* vida del mundo literario = literary life.* Viejo Mundo, el = Old World, the.* visión del mundo = world view [worldview/world-view].* vivir en otro mundo = live in + cloud cuckoo land.* vivir en un mundo aparte = inhabit + a world of + Posesivo + own.* vivir mundo = see + life, see + the world.* * *A(el universo, la Tierra): el mundo the worldtodas las naciones del mundo all the nations of the worldartistas venidos de todo el mundo artists from all over the worlduno de los mejores del mundo one of the best in the worldme parece lo más normal del mundo it seems perfectly normal to menadie se preocupa por los problemas ajenos y así anda el mundo nobody worries about other people's problems, and that's why the world is in the state it's insi todos fueran como tú ¿cómo estaría el mundo? if everyone was like you, where would we be?soñar con un mundo mejor to dream of a better worldcomerse el mundo: parece que se va a comer el mundo he looks as if he could take on the worldcorrer mundo to get arounddel otro mundo: el libro no está mal, pero tampoco es nada del otro mundo the book isn't bad, but it's nothing special o ( colloq) nothing to shout aboutel novio no es nada del otro mundo her boyfriend's nothing special o ( colloq) nothing to write home abouthablaba del lugar como si fuera algo del otro mundo he made it out to be the most fabulous placedesde que el mundo es mundo since time began, since time immemorial ( liter)el mundo es un pañuelo it's a small worldhundirse or venirse abajo el mundo: no te preocupes, por eso no se va a hundir el mundo don't worry, it's not the end of the worldpensé que el mundo se me venía abajo I thought my world was falling apart o the bottom was falling out of my worldponerse el mundo por montera to scorn the world and its wayspor nada del or en el mundo: no lo vendería por nada del or en el mundo I wouldn't sell it for anything in the world o ( colloq) for all the tea in Chinayo no me lo pierdo por nada del or en el mundo I wouldn't miss it for the worldpor nada del mundo quiso venir there was no way he'd comepor nada del mundo voy a repetir lo que me dijo nothing would induce me to repeat what he told me¡qué pequeño or chico es el mundo! it's a small world!tal y como vino al mundo stark naked, as naked as the day he/she was borntraer a algn al mundo to bring sb into the world, give birth to sbvenir al mundo to come into the world, be bornver mundo to see the worlda beber y a tragar, que el mundo se va a acabar eat, drink and be merry (for tomorrow we die)B (planeta, universo) planet, worldseres de otros mundos beings from other worlds o planetsno se entera de nada, él vive en otro mundo he hasn't a clue what's going on, he's on another planet o in another world¿no lo sabías? ¿pero tú en qué mundo vives? didn't you know? where have you been hiding o where have you been? ( colloq)por esos mundos de Dios here, there and everywhere, all over the placeC1 (porción de la realidad, de lo concebible) worldel mundo vegetal the plant worldel mundo animal the animal world o kingdomel mundo sobrenatural the realm of the supernaturalel mundo científico/capitalista/árabe the scientific/capitalist/Arab world2 (de actividad humana) worldel mundo de las letras/de las artes the world of letters/of the artsel mundillo del espectáculo showbusinessel mundo artístico the artistic worldel mundo de los negocios/la droga the business/drugs worldD(gente): lo sabe todo el mundo everybody o everyone knows itel mundo entero está pendiente de sus declaraciones the whole world awaits his statementfue y se lo contó a medio mundo he went and told just about everybodyEun mundo (mucho, muchos): tengo un mundo de cosas que hacer I've got masses o hundreds of things to dohabía un mundo de gente en la plaza there were crowds o hordes of people in the squarede tu opinión a la mía hay un mundo our opinions are worlds aparthay un mundo entre viajar en primera y viajar en clase turista there's a world of difference between traveling first class and tourist classcualquier problema se le hace un mundo he blows the slightest thing out of all proportionF1(vida material): el mundo the worldlos placeres del mundo worldly pleasuresdejar el mundo to renounce the world, to take holy orderscuando vuelvas al mundo when you go back to the outside world2(experiencia): tienen or han visto mucho mundo they've seen a lot of life, they've been arounduna mujer que tiene mucho mundo a woman of the world* * *
mundo sustantivo masculino
1 ( en general) world;
el mejor del mundo the best in the world;
me parece lo más normal del mundo it seems perfectly normal to me;
es conocido en todo el mundo he is known worldwide;
el mundo árabe the Arab world;
el mundo de la droga the drugs world;
el mundo del espectáculo showbusiness;
todo el mundo lo sabe everybody knows it;
el mundo es un pañuelo it's a small world;
por nada del or en el mundo: yo no me lo pierdo por nada del mundo I wouldn't miss it for the world;
no lo vendería por nada en el mundo I wouldn't sell it for anything in the world o (colloq) for all the tea in China;
traer a algn/venir al mundo to bring sb/come into the world;
ver mundo to see the world
2 (planeta, universo) planet, world;◊ él vive en otro mundo he's on another planet o in another world
mundo sustantivo masculino
1 world
el mundo de la farándula, the show-business world
2 (seres humanos) todo el mundo, everybody
3 (experiencia) tener mucho mundo, to be a man/woman of the world
♦ Locuciones: caérsele/ venírsele el mundo encima, to be overwhelmed
nada del otro mundo, nothing special
por nada del mundo, not for all the world
ver mundo, to travel around
' mundo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
comparable
- consagración
- de
- desconectarse
- islámico
- más
- miss
- nada
- ni
- ombligo
- oro
- prioritaria
- prioritario
- proclamarse
- recorrer
- solidaria
- solidario
- tenerse
- tercer
- terráquea
- terráqueo
- toda
- todo
- tramoya
- universal
- valle
- venir
- voz
- vuelta
- actual
- aislado
- campeón
- clásico
- comercio
- conocer
- desquiciado
- emotivo
- entero
- espectáculo
- exterior
- fantasía
- globo
- interior
- natural
- naturalidad
- negocio
- parejo
- superpoblado
- tercero
- volver
English:
advanced
- agreement
- airport
- Armageddon
- around
- astronomical
- autonomous
- awe-inspiring
- best
- brink
- cat
- circle
- cloud cuckoo land
- cocoon
- common
- concerned
- cruise
- densely
- deny
- earth
- enunciate
- everybody
- everyone
- exist
- flash
- flirt
- globe trotting
- high
- home
- hot
- knowledge
- large
- male-dominated
- man
- manufacturer
- Miss World
- navigate
- never-never land
- over
- publishing
- quarrel
- revolve
- save
- sought-after
- sundry
- Third World
- ultimately
- wander
- wing
- world
* * *mundo nm1.el mundo [la Tierra, el universo] the world;el récord/campeón del mundo the world record/champion;el mejor/mayor del mundo the best/biggest in the world;es un actor conocido en todo el mundo he's a world-famous actor;ha vendido miles de discos en todo el mundo she has sold thousands of records worldwide o all over the world;seres de otro mundo creatures from another world;el mundo árabe/desarrollado the Arab/developed world;traer un niño al mundo to bring a child into the world;venir al mundo to come into the world, to be born;se le cayó el mundo encima his world fell apart;comerse el mundo: vino a la ciudad a comerse el mundo when he came to the city he was ready to take on the world;¡hay que ver cómo está el mundo! what is the world coming to!;desde que el mundo es mundo since the dawn of time;Euf Anticuadoecharse al mundo [prostituirse] to go on the streets;el mundo es un pañuelo it's a small world;el mundo anda al revés the world has been turned on its head;hacer un mundo de cualquier cosa o [m5] de algo sin importancia to make a mountain out of a molehill;todo se le hace un mundo she makes heavy weather out of everything;el otro mundo the next world, the hereafter;irse al otro mundo to pass away;mandar a alguien al otro mundo to kill sb;no es nada del otro mundo it's nothing special;Famse pone el mundo por montera she doesn't o couldn't give two hoots what people think;por esos mundos de Dios: están de viaje por esos mundos de Dios they're travelling around (all over the place);como nada en el mundo: querer a alguien como a nada en el mundo to love sb more than anything else in the world;por nada del mundo: no me lo perdería por nada del mundo I wouldn't miss it for (all) the world o for anything;tenemos todo el tiempo del mundo we have all the time in the world;se le vino el mundo encima his world fell apart;vivir en otro mundo to live in a world of one's own2. [la civilización] world;el mundo precolombino pre-Columbian civilizationsel Mundo Antiguo the Old World3. [ámbito, actividad] world;el mundo animal the animal kingdom o world;el mundo rural the countryside, the country;el mundo de los negocios/de las artes the business/art world;el mundo del espectáculo show business;no vayas por ahí contándoselo a todo el mundo don't go around telling everyone;pago mis impuestos como todo el mundo I pay my taxes the same as everyone else6. [experiencia]un hombre/una mujer de mundo a man/woman of the world;correr mundo to see life;tener (mucho) mundo to be worldly-wise, to know the ways of the world;ver mundo to see life* * *m world;el Nuevo Mundo the New World;el Tercer Mundo the Third World;el otro mundo the next world;nada del otro mundo nothing out of the ordinary;todo el mundo everybody, everyone;medio mundo just about everybody;tiene mucho mundo he’s seen life;correr over mundo see the world;traer a alguien al mundo bring s.o. into the world, give birth to s.o;venir al mundo come into the world, be born;desde que el mundo es mundo since time immemorial;por nada del mundo not for anything in the world;se le hundió el mundo, se le vino ocayó el mundo encima his/her world fell apart* * *mundo nm1) : world2)todo el mundo : everyone, everybody* * *mundo n worldtodo el mundo everybody / everyone
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