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1 coast to victory

coast to victory

op zijn sloffen winnen

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2 coast to victory

легко обыгрывать

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3 ♦ coast

♦ coast /kəʊst/
n.

1 costa; litorale; riviera: indented [rugged, flat] coast, costa frastagliata [aspra, piatta]; the Ligurian coast, la costa ligure; la riviera ligure; along the coast, lungo la costa; a stretch of coast, un tratto di costa; We spent Sunday at the coast, abbiamo passato la domenica al mare; off the coast, al largo (della costa)

2 (fam. USA) – the Coast, la costa del Pacifico

3 (rif. a mezzo di trasporto) percorso, discesa a motore spento; discesa a ruota libera ( in bicicletta)

● coast artillery, artiglieria da costa □ coast defence, difesa costiera □ ( marina mil.) coast defence vessel, guardacoste □ coast to coast, da costa a costa; ( USA) in tutti gli Stati Uniti, da costa a costa; coast-to-coast, (su tutto il territorio) nazionale □ (fig.) The coast is clear, via libera; nessuno (o nessun pericolo) in vista.
(to) coast /kəʊst/
A v. i.

1 (rif. a mezzo di trasporto) procedere per inerzia; (autom.) procedere a motore spento (o in folle); ( in bicicletta) andare a ruota libera

2 (fig.) procedere senza sforzo: to coast to victory, procedere senza sforzo fino alla vittoria; vincere senza sforzo

3 (fig.) continuare senza una meta precisa

4 (naut.) costeggiare; navigare lungo la costa

5 (naut.) fare cabotaggio

B v. t.

(naut.) costeggiare.

English-Italian dictionary > ♦ coast
4 coast

1. noun
Küste, die
2. intransitive verb
1) (ride) im Freilauf fahren

2) (fig.): (progress)

they are just coasting along in their work — sie tun bei der Arbeit nur das Nötigste

he coasts through every examination — er schafft jede Prüfung spielend

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[kəust] 1. noun
(the side or border of land next to the sea: The coast was very rocky.) die Küste
2. verb
(to travel downhill (in a vehicle, on a bicycle etc) without the use of any power such as the engine or pedalling: He coasted for two miles after the car ran out of petrol.) im Frei-, Leerlauf fahren

- academic.ru/13758/coastal">coastal
- coaster
- coastguard
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coast

[kəʊst, AM koʊst]

I. n Küste f

three miles off the \coast drei Meilen vor der Küste

on the east/west \coast an der Ost-/Westküste

\coast to \coast von Küste zu Küste

▶ the \coast is clear die Luft ist rein fig

II. vi dahinrollen; bicycle im Freilauf fahren; automobile im Leerlauf fahren; ship die Küste entlangfahren; ( fig) ohne Anstrengung vorankommen

to \coast down the hill den Berg hinunterrollen

to be \coasting along mühelos [o spielend] vorankommen

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[kəʊst]
1. n
Küste f, Gestade nt (poet)
at the coast — an der Küste

on the coast — am Meer

we're going to the coast — wir fahren an die Küste or ans Meer

the coast is clear (fig) — die Luft ist rein

2. vi

1) (car, cyclist in neutral) (im Leerlauf) fahren; (= cruise effortlessly) dahinrollen; (athlete) locker laufen; (US, on sled) hinunterrodeln

2) (fig)

to be coasting along — mühelos or spielend vorankommen

he was just coasting up to the exam — er steuerte ohne große Mühe aufs Examen zu

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coast [kəʊst]

A s

1. Küste f:

on the coast an der Küste;

the coast is clear fig die Luft ist rein

2. Küstenlandstrich m

3. the Coast US umg die Westküste

4. US

a) Rodelbahn f

b) (Rodel)Abfahrt f:

go for a coast rodeln gehen

B v/i

1. SCHIFF

a) die Küste entlangfahren

b) Küstenschifffahrt treiben

2. US rodeln

3. mit einem Fahrzeug (bergab) rollen, im Leerlauf (Auto) oder im Freilauf (Fahrrad) fahren

4. TECH leerlaufen (Maschine, Motor)

5. sich ohne Anstrengung (unter Ausnutzung eines Schwungs) fortbewegen:

coast to victory mühelos siegen;

coast through an examination eine Prüfung spielend bestehen

C v/t SCHIFF an der Küste entlangfahren von (oder gen)

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1. noun
Küste, die
2. intransitive verb
1) (ride) im Freilauf fahren

2) (fig.): (progress)

they are just coasting along in their work — sie tun bei der Arbeit nur das Nötigste

he coasts through every examination — er schafft jede Prüfung spielend

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n.

Küste -n f.

English-german dictionary > coast
5 coast

n. kust; strand
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v. freewheelen, met de motor in de vrijloop rijden, varen langs de kust

coast¹

[ koost] 〈 zelfstandig naamwoord〉

1 kust

→ clear clear/

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coast²

〈 werkwoord〉

1 freewheelen ⇒ met de motor in de vrijloop rijden

2 〈 voornamelijk figuurlijk〉 zonder inspanning vooruitkomen ⇒ zich (doelloos) laten voortdrijven, zich niet inspannen

♦voorbeelden:

1 the children coasted along on their bikes with the wind behind • met de wind in de rug fietsten de kinderen zonder te trappen

2 coast to victory • op zijn sloffen winnen

English-Dutch dictionary > coast
6 coast

{koust}
I. 1. морски бряг, крайбрежие
the COAST is clear прен. пътят e свободен, няма никой наоколо, няма опасност/пречки
2. спускане по инерция с велосипед/автомобил и пр. по наклон
3. ам. спускане с шейна по наклон
4. the С. ам. Тихоокеанското крайбрежие на САЩ
II. 1. мор. плавам покрай брега, каботирам
2. спускам се по инерция с велосипед/автомобил и пр. по наклон
3. ам. спускам се с шейна по наклон
4. прен. напредвам без усилие

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{koust} v 1. морски бряг, крайбрежие; the coast is clear прен. пътя(2) v 1. мор. плавам покрай брега; каботирам; 2. спускам се

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брегови; бря; крайбрежие;

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1. i. морски бряг, крайбрежие 2. ii. мор. плавам покрай брега, каботирам 3. the coast is clear прен. пътят e свободен, няма никой наоколо, няма опасност/пречки 4. the С. ам. Тихоокеанското крайбрежие на САЩ 5. ам. спускам се с шейна по наклон 6. ам. спускане с шейна по наклон 7. прен. напредвам без усилие 8. спускам се по инерция с велосипед/автомобил и пр. по наклон 9. спускане по инерция с велосипед/автомобил и пр. по наклон
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coast [koust] I. n 1. морски бряг, крайбрежие; the \coast is clear прен. пътят е свободен; to hug the \coast мор. следвам крайбрежната извивка, държа се близо до брега; ironbound \coast каменист бряг; the West \coast Калифорнийският бряг; the East \coast Източното крайбрежие на САЩ; 2. спускане по стръмен наклон с велосипед (автомобил) по инерция; 3. спускане с шейна по стръмен и заледен склон; сп. шус; II. v 1. спускам се с велосипед (автомобил) по инерция, с изключен мотор; 2. постигам нещо с лекота; the democrats are \coasting to victory in the elections лека победа очаква демократите в изборите; 3. не полагам (достатъчно) усилия, почивам на лаврите си (и с along) Charles was \coasting at school Чарлз я караше през просото в училище (не се стараеше); 4. спускам се с шейна по стръмен и заледен склон; 5. мор. плавам по крайбрежието, каботирам.

English-Bulgarian dictionary > coast
7 легко обыгрывать

coast to victory

Русско-английский спортивный словарь > легко обыгрывать
8 mühelos zum Sieg spazieren

to coast to victory

Deutsch-Englisches Wörterbuch > mühelos zum Sieg spazieren
9 ganar

v.

1 to win.

ganaron por tres a uno they won three one

Ricardo gana siempre Richard wins always.

Ricardo ganó el premio Richard won the prize.

2 to earn (sueldo, dinero).

¿cuánto ganas? how much do you earn?

María gMaría dinero Mary earns money.

3 to gain.

ganar fama to achieve fame

en tren ganas una hora you save an hour by taking the train

Ricardo ganó reconocimiento Richard gained renown.

4 to beat.

te voy a ganar I'm going to beat you

5 to reach, to make it to (llegar a) (place).

6 to take, to capture.

7 to obtain profits, to come out with profits, to win, to realize profits.

La empresa ganó The company obtained profits.

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ganar

► verbo transitivo

1 (partido, concurso, premio) to win

■ ganaron el partido they won the match

2 (dinero) to earn

■ ¿cuánto ganas al año? how much do you earn a year?

3 (conquistar) to capture

■ ganaron la ciudad a los árabes they captured the city from the Arabs

4 (alcanzar) to reach

■ ganaron la cima they reached the summit

5 (lograr) to win

■ finalmente ganaron la amistad de sus vecinos they finally won the friendship of their neighbours

► verbo intransitivo

1 (mejorar) to improve

■ ha ganado mucho con los años it has improved greatly with age

2 (cambiar favorablemente) to gain

■ ganamos con el cambio we gained with the change

► verbo pronominal ganarse

1 to earn

■ me gano mil euros al mes I earn a thousand euros a month

■ se gana bien la vida he makes a good living

2 (ser merecedor) to deserve

■ se lo han ganado they deserve it

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FRASEOLOGÍA

ganar a alguien en algo to be better than somebody at something

■ me ganas en inglés you're better at English than I am

■ ella le gana en inteligencia she's much more intelligent than he is

ganar terreno to gain ground

llevar las de ganar figurado to hold the winning card, hold all the cards

no ganar para disgustos figurado to be one thing after another

salir ganando to gain, benefit, do well out of it

ganarse la vida to earn a living, earn one's living

ganarse el pan familiar to earn one's bread and butter

¡te la vas a ganar! familiar you're going to get it!

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verb

1) to win

2) earn

3) gain

4) profit

5) make

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1. VT

1) [+ sueldo] to earn

¿cuánto ganas al mes? — how much do you earn o make a month?

ha ganado mucho dinero — she has made a lot of money

2) [+ competición, partido, premio, guerra] to win

le ganó cien euros a Rosa — he won a hundred euros from Rosa

¿quién ganó la carrera? — who won the race?

si te toca puedes ganar un millón — if you win you could get a million

ganar unas oposiciones para un puesto — to obtain a post by public examination

3) [+ contrincante] to beat

¡les ganamos! — we beat them!

ganamos al Olimpic tres a cero — we beat Olimpic three-nil

no hay quien le gane — there's nobody who can beat him, he's unbeatable

como orador no hay quien le gane o no le gana nadie — as a speaker there is no one to touch him, no one outdoes him at speaking

4) (=conseguir) [+ tiempo, peso, terreno] to gain

¿qué gano yo con todo esto? — what do I gain o get from all this?

con eso no ganas nada — that won't get you anywhere

tierras ganadas al mar — land reclaimed o won from the sea

ganar popularidad — to win o earn popularity

5) (=alcanzar) [+ objetivo] to achieve, attain

ganar la orilla — to reach the shore

ganar la orilla nadando — to swim to the shore

6) (=convencer) to win over

dejarse ganar por algo — to allow o.s. to be won over by sth

7) (=aventajar)

te gana en inteligencia — he's more intelligent than you

me gana en pericia — he has more expert knowledge than me

te gana trabajando — he's a better worker than you

8) (Mil) [+ plaza, pueblo] to take, capture

2. VI

1) [trabajando] to earn

no gano para comprar un piso — I don't earn enough to buy a flat

- no ganamos para sustos

2) [en competición, guerra] to win

ganaron por cuatro a dos — they won four-two

ganaron por 40 votos — they won by 40 votes

lo importante no es ganar — winning isn't the most important thing

nuestras ideas terminaron ganando — our ideas won out in the end

• dejarse ganar — [con trampas] to lose on purpose

se deja ganar por el niño — he lets the kid beat him

3) (=mejorar) to benefit, improve

la película ganaría mucho si se cortase — the film would greatly benefit from being cut, the film would be greatly improved if it was cut

hemos ganado con el cambio — we've greatly benefited from the change

• ha ganado mucho en salud — his health has greatly improved

su juego ha ganado en confianza — her play has become more confident

• salir ganando — to do well

saldrás ganando — you'll do well out of it

salí ganando con la venta del coche — I did well out of the sale of the car

3.

See:

ganarse

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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) < sueldo> to earn

¿cuánto ganas al mes? — how much do you earn a month?

lo único que quiere es ganar dinero — all he's interested in is making money

b) ( conseguir) to gain

no ganas nada con preocuparte — there's no point worrying (about it)

2)

a) <partido/guerra/elecciones> to win

le gané la apuesta — I won my bet with him

b) <premio/dinero> to win

3) ( adquirir) < experiencia> to gain

ganó fama y fortuna — she won fame and fortune

4)

a) ( conquistar)

ganar a alguien para algo — to win somebody over to something

lo ganó para su causa — she won him over to her cause

b) ( reclamar) to reclaim

las tierras ganadas al mar — the land that has been reclaimed from the sea

5) (liter) < meta> to attain (frml); <cumbre/orilla> to gain (liter)
2.
ganar vi

1) ( mediante el trabajo) to earn

2)

a) ( vencer) to win

que gane el mejor — may the best man win

van ganando 2 a 1 — they're winning 2-1

b)

ganarle a alguien — to beat somebody

nos ganaron por cuatro puntos — they beat us by four points

a mentiroso nadie le gana or no hay quien le gane — when it comes to lying there's noone to touch him

3) ( aventajar)

ganarle a alguien en algo: le ganas en estatura you're taller than him; me gana en todo — he beats me on every count

4)

a) ( mejorar)

el salón ha ganado mucho con estos cambios — these changes have really improved the living room

ha ganado mucho con el nuevo peinado — her new hairstyle has really done a lot for her

b) (obtener provecho, beneficiarse) to gain

ganó mucho con su estancia en Berlín — he gained a lot from o got a lot out of his stay in Berlin

salir ganando: es el único que salió ganando con el trato/en ese asunto he's the only one who did well out of the deal/who came out well in that business; al final salí ganando — in the end I came out of it better off
3.
ganarse v pron

1) (enf) ( mediante el trabajo) to earn

2) (enf) <premio/apuesta> to win

3) <afecto/confianza> to win; < persona> to win... over

supo ganarse el respeto de todos — she managed to win o earn everyone's respect

4) ( ser merecedor de) < descanso> to earn oneself

ganarse algo a pulso — to earn something

ganársela — (Esp fam)

se la va a ganar — she's going to get it o she's for it (colloq)

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= earn, conquer, win, win out, prevail, go + one better.

Ex. The article 'Women in industry: where and how they administrate' concludes that there are fewer women in management than men and they earn less.

Ex. The tools and technologies provided by the Internet enable scholars to communicate or disseminate information in ways which conquer the barriers of time and space.

Ex. Those who perform in this manner can be characterized as those who would 'rather fight than win'.

Ex. It remains to be seen which approach will win out, in the current tug-of-war.

Ex. The emphasis on title entry came from the specialized libraries, primarily the technical libraries, that were small but had the money and the power behind them to see that their view prevails.

Ex. I think Murray will go one better than Wimbledon, but will lose to Federer again in the final.

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* actuar con la intención de ganarse la admiració = play to + Nombre.

* actuar con la intención de ganarse la admiración de Alguie = play to + Nombre.

* dinero que tanto ha costado ganar = hard-earned money.

* ganar a Alguien sin apenas hacer ningún esfuerzo = beat + Nombre + hands down, win + hands down.

* ganar adeptos = gain + currency.

* ganar bastante dinero = make + good money, earn + good money.

* ganar cada vez más importancia, ir viento en popa, ir cada vez mejor = go from + strength to strength, grow from + strength to strength, go from + strength to strength.

* ganar cómodamente = beat + Nombre + hands down, win + hands down.

* ganar con dificultar = eke out.

* ganar confianza en uno mismo = gain + confidence (with/in).

* ganar cuando todo parece estar perdido = victory from the jaws of defeat.

* ganar de forma abrumadora = beat + Nombre + hands down, win + hands down.

* ganar de forma aplastante = beat + Nombre + hands down, win + hands down, win by + a landslide.

* ganar de forma arrolladora = win by + a landslide.

* ganar dinero = make + money, make + Dinero, earn + money.

* ganar el pulso = the nod + go to.

* ganar enemigos = make + enemies.

* ganar fácilmente = coast + home, coast to + victory, beat + Nombre + hands down, win + hands down.

* ganar fama = win + fame.

* ganar fuerza = gather + strength, gather + steam.

* ganar ímpetu = gather + momentum, gain + impetus, gather + strength, gather + steam, gather + pace.

* ganar importancia = grow in + importance, grow in + strength, gain + prominence, grow in + significance, gain + significance, gain in + importance.

* ganar la partida a = outmanoeuvre [outmaneuver, -USA].

* ganarle la mano a Alguien = steal + a march on.

* ganarle la partida = out-think [outthink].

* ganarle la partida a = outfox, outwit, outsmart.

* ganarle la vez a = outdo, trump.

* ganar mucho dinero = make + good money, earn + good money.

* ganar peso = put on + weight, gain + weight.

* ganar popularidad = gain in + popularity, gain + popularity, increase in + popularity.

* ganar prestigio = gain in + ascendancy.

* ganar prosélitos = proselytise [proselytize, -USA].

* ganar protagonismo = gain in + importance.

* ganar reconocimiento = gain + credit.

* ganar resistencia = grow in + stamina.

* ganarse = win over, propitiate.

* ganarse a Alguien = win + Nombre + heart.

* ganarse a la gente = win + hearts and minds.

* ganarse el apoyo = earn + support.

* ganarse el aprecio = earn + appreciation.

* ganarse el cariño = endear.

* ganarse el corazón de Alguien = win + Nombre + heart.

* ganarse el favor de = win + the favour of.

* ganarse el pan = get + Posesivo + bread, earn + Posesivo + bread, earn + Posesivo + bread and butter.

* ganarse el pan con el sudor de la frente = earn + Posesivo + daily bread with the sweat of + Posesivo + brow.

* ganarse el pan de cada día = get + Posesivo + bread, earn + Posesivo + bread, earn + Posesivo + bread and butter.

* ganarse el respeto = earn + respect.

* ganarse el sueldo = earn + Posesivo + salary.

* ganarse la confianza = earn + trust.

* ganarse la confianza de = achieve + credibility with, gain + the confidence of, win + the confidence of.

* ganarse la existencia = earn + a living, earn + Posesivo + living.

* ganarse la fama de = earn + a reputation as.

* ganarse la vida = earn + a living, make + a living, earn + income, earn + Posesivo + living, make + Posesivo + living, Verbo + for a living.

* ganarse la vida a duras penas = eke out + a living, scratch (out) + a living, scrape + a living, eke out + an existence.

* ganarse partidarios = gather + a following, win + Nombre + a following, gain + a following.

* ganarse seguidores = gather + a following, win + Nombre + a following, gain + a following.

* ganarse una reputación = achieve + reputation, secure + reputation.

* ganarse un lugar en el corazón de Alguien = win + a place in + heart.

* ganarse unos ingresos = earn + income.

* ganar sin ninguna dificultad = beat + Nombre + hands down, win + hands down.

* ganar sobradamente = beat + Nombre + hands down, win + hands down.

* ganar terreno = gain + ground, make + headway.

* ganar tiempo = win + time, buy + time, free up + time.

* ganar una batalla = win + battle.

* ganar una elección = win + election.

* ganar una guerra = win + war.

* ganar un asalto = win + round.

* ganar un buen sueldo = make + good money, earn + good money.

* ganar un premio = win + prize, win + award, earn + an award.

* ganar un título = win + title.

* ganar vigencia = gain + currency.

* haber ganado la mitad de la batalla = be half the battle.

* haber ganado sólo la mitad de la ba = be only half the battle.

* hacer que Alguien se lo gane a pulso = give + Nombre + a run for + Posesivo + money.

* intentar ganar tiempo = play for + time, temporise [temporize, -USA].

* interés por ganar dinero = profit motive.

* lo que se gana por un lado se pierde por otro = swings and roundabouts.

* lo que se pierda en una cosa se gana en la otra = what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts.

* ni ganar ni perder = break + even.

* no se ganó Zamora en una hora = Rome wasn't built in a day.

* ¡que gane el mejor! = may the best man win!, may the best man win!.

* quien nada arriesga nada gana = nothing ventured, nothing gained.

* salir ganando = make + a profit, compare + favourably, be better off, win + the day, win out, be better served by, come out on + top.

* salir sin ganar ni perder = break + even.

* se pierda o se gane = win or lose.

* tener ganada la mitad de la batalla = be half the battle.

* tener ganada sólo la mitad de la batalla = be only half the battle.

* tratar de ganar tiempo = temporise [temporize, -USA], play for + time.

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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) < sueldo> to earn

¿cuánto ganas al mes? — how much do you earn a month?

lo único que quiere es ganar dinero — all he's interested in is making money

b) ( conseguir) to gain

no ganas nada con preocuparte — there's no point worrying (about it)

2)

a) <partido/guerra/elecciones> to win

le gané la apuesta — I won my bet with him

b) <premio/dinero> to win

3) ( adquirir) < experiencia> to gain

ganó fama y fortuna — she won fame and fortune

4)

a) ( conquistar)

ganar a alguien para algo — to win somebody over to something

lo ganó para su causa — she won him over to her cause

b) ( reclamar) to reclaim

las tierras ganadas al mar — the land that has been reclaimed from the sea

5) (liter) < meta> to attain (frml); <cumbre/orilla> to gain (liter)
2.
ganar vi

1) ( mediante el trabajo) to earn

2)

a) ( vencer) to win

que gane el mejor — may the best man win

van ganando 2 a 1 — they're winning 2-1

b)

ganarle a alguien — to beat somebody

nos ganaron por cuatro puntos — they beat us by four points

a mentiroso nadie le gana or no hay quien le gane — when it comes to lying there's noone to touch him

3) ( aventajar)

ganarle a alguien en algo: le ganas en estatura you're taller than him; me gana en todo — he beats me on every count

4)

a) ( mejorar)

el salón ha ganado mucho con estos cambios — these changes have really improved the living room

ha ganado mucho con el nuevo peinado — her new hairstyle has really done a lot for her

b) (obtener provecho, beneficiarse) to gain

ganó mucho con su estancia en Berlín — he gained a lot from o got a lot out of his stay in Berlin

salir ganando: es el único que salió ganando con el trato/en ese asunto he's the only one who did well out of the deal/who came out well in that business; al final salí ganando — in the end I came out of it better off
3.
ganarse v pron

1) (enf) ( mediante el trabajo) to earn

2) (enf) <premio/apuesta> to win

3) <afecto/confianza> to win; < persona> to win... over

supo ganarse el respeto de todos — she managed to win o earn everyone's respect

4) ( ser merecedor de) < descanso> to earn oneself

ganarse algo a pulso — to earn something

ganársela — (Esp fam)

se la va a ganar — she's going to get it o she's for it (colloq)

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= earn, conquer, win, win out, prevail, go + one better.

Ex: The article 'Women in industry: where and how they administrate' concludes that there are fewer women in management than men and they earn less.

Ex: The tools and technologies provided by the Internet enable scholars to communicate or disseminate information in ways which conquer the barriers of time and space.

Ex: Those who perform in this manner can be characterized as those who would 'rather fight than win'.

Ex: It remains to be seen which approach will win out, in the current tug-of-war.

Ex: The emphasis on title entry came from the specialized libraries, primarily the technical libraries, that were small but had the money and the power behind them to see that their view prevails.

Ex: I think Murray will go one better than Wimbledon, but will lose to Federer again in the final.

* actuar con la intención de ganarse la admiració = play to + Nombre.

* actuar con la intención de ganarse la admiración de Alguie = play to + Nombre.

* dinero que tanto ha costado ganar = hard-earned money.

* ganar a Alguien sin apenas hacer ningún esfuerzo = beat + Nombre + hands down, win + hands down.

* ganar adeptos = gain + currency.

* ganar bastante dinero = make + good money, earn + good money.

* ganar cada vez más importancia, ir viento en popa, ir cada vez mejor = go from + strength to strength, grow from + strength to strength, go from + strength to strength.

* ganar cómodamente = beat + Nombre + hands down, win + hands down.

* ganar con dificultar = eke out.

* ganar confianza en uno mismo = gain + confidence (with/in).

* ganar cuando todo parece estar perdido = victory from the jaws of defeat.

* ganar de forma abrumadora = beat + Nombre + hands down, win + hands down.

* ganar de forma aplastante = beat + Nombre + hands down, win + hands down, win by + a landslide.

* ganar de forma arrolladora = win by + a landslide.

* ganar dinero = make + money, make + Dinero, earn + money.

* ganar el pulso = the nod + go to.

* ganar enemigos = make + enemies.

* ganar fácilmente = coast + home, coast to + victory, beat + Nombre + hands down, win + hands down.

* ganar fama = win + fame.

* ganar fuerza = gather + strength, gather + steam.

* ganar ímpetu = gather + momentum, gain + impetus, gather + strength, gather + steam, gather + pace.

* ganar importancia = grow in + importance, grow in + strength, gain + prominence, grow in + significance, gain + significance, gain in + importance.

* ganar la partida a = outmanoeuvre [outmaneuver, -USA].

* ganarle la mano a Alguien = steal + a march on.

* ganarle la partida = out-think [outthink].

* ganarle la partida a = outfox, outwit, outsmart.

* ganarle la vez a = outdo, trump.

* ganar mucho dinero = make + good money, earn + good money.

* ganar peso = put on + weight, gain + weight.

* ganar popularidad = gain in + popularity, gain + popularity, increase in + popularity.

* ganar prestigio = gain in + ascendancy.

* ganar prosélitos = proselytise [proselytize, -USA].

* ganar protagonismo = gain in + importance.

* ganar reconocimiento = gain + credit.

* ganar resistencia = grow in + stamina.

* ganarse = win over, propitiate.

* ganarse a Alguien = win + Nombre + heart.

* ganarse a la gente = win + hearts and minds.

* ganarse el apoyo = earn + support.

* ganarse el aprecio = earn + appreciation.

* ganarse el cariño = endear.

* ganarse el corazón de Alguien = win + Nombre + heart.

* ganarse el favor de = win + the favour of.

* ganarse el pan = get + Posesivo + bread, earn + Posesivo + bread, earn + Posesivo + bread and butter.

* ganarse el pan con el sudor de la frente = earn + Posesivo + daily bread with the sweat of + Posesivo + brow.

* ganarse el pan de cada día = get + Posesivo + bread, earn + Posesivo + bread, earn + Posesivo + bread and butter.

* ganarse el respeto = earn + respect.

* ganarse el sueldo = earn + Posesivo + salary.

* ganarse la confianza = earn + trust.

* ganarse la confianza de = achieve + credibility with, gain + the confidence of, win + the confidence of.

* ganarse la existencia = earn + a living, earn + Posesivo + living.

* ganarse la fama de = earn + a reputation as.

* ganarse la vida = earn + a living, make + a living, earn + income, earn + Posesivo + living, make + Posesivo + living, Verbo + for a living.

* ganarse la vida a duras penas = eke out + a living, scratch (out) + a living, scrape + a living, eke out + an existence.

* ganarse partidarios = gather + a following, win + Nombre + a following, gain + a following.

* ganarse seguidores = gather + a following, win + Nombre + a following, gain + a following.

* ganarse una reputación = achieve + reputation, secure + reputation.

* ganarse un lugar en el corazón de Alguien = win + a place in + heart.

* ganarse unos ingresos = earn + income.

* ganar sin ninguna dificultad = beat + Nombre + hands down, win + hands down.

* ganar sobradamente = beat + Nombre + hands down, win + hands down.

* ganar terreno = gain + ground, make + headway.

* ganar tiempo = win + time, buy + time, free up + time.

* ganar una batalla = win + battle.

* ganar una elección = win + election.

* ganar una guerra = win + war.

* ganar un asalto = win + round.

* ganar un buen sueldo = make + good money, earn + good money.

* ganar un premio = win + prize, win + award, earn + an award.

* ganar un título = win + title.

* ganar vigencia = gain + currency.

* haber ganado la mitad de la batalla = be half the battle.

* haber ganado sólo la mitad de la ba = be only half the battle.

* hacer que Alguien se lo gane a pulso = give + Nombre + a run for + Posesivo + money.

* intentar ganar tiempo = play for + time, temporise [temporize, -USA].

* interés por ganar dinero = profit motive.

* lo que se gana por un lado se pierde por otro = swings and roundabouts.

* lo que se pierda en una cosa se gana en la otra = what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts.

* ni ganar ni perder = break + even.

* no se ganó Zamora en una hora = Rome wasn't built in a day.

* ¡que gane el mejor! = may the best man win!, may the best man win!.

* quien nada arriesga nada gana = nothing ventured, nothing gained.

* salir ganando = make + a profit, compare + favourably, be better off, win + the day, win out, be better served by, come out on + top.

* salir sin ganar ni perder = break + even.

* se pierda o se gane = win or lose.

* tener ganada la mitad de la batalla = be half the battle.

* tener ganada sólo la mitad de la batalla = be only half the battle.

* tratar de ganar tiempo = temporise [temporize, -USA], play for + time.

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ganar [A1 ]

vt

A

1 (mediante el trabajo) to earn

gana un buen sueldo she earns o she's on a good salary

¿cuánto ganas al mes? how much do you earn a month?

lo único que quiere es ganar dinero all he's interested in is making money

2 (conseguir) to gain

¿y qué ganas con eso? and what do you gain by (doing) that?

no ganamos nada con ponernos nerviosos getting all worked-up won't get us anywhere

B

1 ‹carrera/competición/partido› to win; ‹elecciones› to win; ‹guerra/batalla› to win; ‹juicio› to win

ganaron el campeonato they won the championship

le gané la apuesta I won my bet with him

ganarle el quién vive a algn ( Chi fam); to beat sb to it ( colloq), to get in first ( colloq)

2 (en un juego, concurso) ‹premio/dinero› to win

¿cuánto ganaste en las carreras de caballos? how much did you win on the horses?

ha ganado mucho dinero al póquer she's won a lot of money at o playing poker

C

(adquirir): ganó fama y fortuna she won fame and fortune

su partido ha ido ganando popularidad his party has been gaining in popularity

ha ganado importancia en los últimos años it has grown in importance in recent years

D

1 ‹persona› ganar a algn PARA algo to win sb over TO sth

lo ganó para su causa she won him over to her cause

2 (reclamar) to reclaim

las tierras ganadas al mar the land that has been reclaimed from the sea

E ( liter); ‹meta› to attain ( frml), to reach; ‹cumbre/frontera/orilla› to gain ( liter), to reach

■ ganar

vi

A (mediante el trabajo) to earn

apenas gana para vivir she hardly earns enough to live on

no ganar para disgustos/sustos to have nothing but trouble

B

1 (vencer) to win

que gane el mejor may the best man win

ganaron los Republicanos the Republicans won o were victorious

van ganando 2 a 1 they're winning 2-1, they're 2-1 up o ahead

2

ganarle a algn to beat sb

nos ganaron por cuatro puntos they beat us by four points

siempre que juega al ajedrez con su hijo se deja ganar she always lets her son beat her at chess, whenever she plays chess with her son she lets him win

me ha vuelto a ganar she's beaten me again

a mentiroso nadie le gana or no hay quien le gane when it comes to lying there's no one to touch him

se dejó ganar por el abatimiento he allowed his depression to get the better of him

C (aventajar) ganarle a algn EN algo:

le ganas en estatura you're taller than him

habla mejor inglés, es más guapo … la verdad es que me gana en todo he speaks better English, he's better looking … the truth is he beats me on every count

D

(mejorar, obtener provecho): ha ganado mucho con el nuevo peinado her new hairstyle has really done a lot for her

con estas modificaciones el texto ha ganado en claridad the text has become much clearer o has gained in clarity with these changes

el salón ha ganado mucho con estos cambios these changes have really improved the living room

ganó mucho con su estancia en Berlín he gained a lot from o got a lot out of his stay in Berlin

salir ganando: es el único que salió ganando de la mudanza he's the only one who benefited o gained from the move

no lo esperaba pero al final salí ganando I didn't expect to but in the end I came out of it better off o I did well out of it, I didn't expect to but I ended up better off

saldrán ganando de esta reestructuración they will benefit from o they stand to gain from this restructuring

E

( Méx fam) (dirigirse): ganar para un lugar to go off toward(s) somewhere

F

(Ur arg) (con el sexo opuesto): estás ganando con aquél/aquélla you're well in with that guy/girl over there ( colloq)

■ ganarse

v pron

A ( enf) (mediante el trabajo) to earn

se ganó mil dólares en una semana she earned (herself) a thousand dollars in one week

B ( enf) (en una rifa, un juego) to win

C ‹afecto› to win; ‹amistad/confianza› to win, gain; ‹persona› to win … over

ha sabido ganarse el respeto de todos she has managed to win o earn everyone's respect

sabe ganarse a los amigos he knows how to make friends

D

(ser merecedor de): te has ganado unas buenas vacaciones you've earned yourself a good vacation ( AmE) o ( BrE) holiday

te estás ganando una paliza you're going to get a good thrashing, you're asking for a good thrashing

ganarse algo a pulso to earn sth

el ascenso se lo ha ganado a pulso he's really worked (hard) for o he's really earned this promotion

ganársela ( Esp fam): como no te calles te la vas a ganar if you don't shut up, you're going to get it o you're for it ( colloq)

E

( Chi fam) (acercarse): se ganó muy a la orilla y se cayó he went too near the edge and fell in

gánate para acá come over here o come closer

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ganar ( conjugate ganar) verbo transitivo
1
a) ‹ sueldo› to earn;

◊ lo único que quiere es ganar dinero all he's interested in is making money

b) ‹ tiempo› to gain;

◊ ¿qué ganas con eso? what do you gain by (doing) that?

c) ( adquirir) ‹ experiencia› to gain

2 ‹partido/guerra/premio› to win;
◊ le gané la apuesta I won my bet with him

verbo intransitivo
a) ( vencer) to win;

◊ van ganando 2 a 1 they're winning 2-1;

ganarle a algn to beat sb;
nos ganaron por cuatro puntos they beat us by four points
b) ( aventajar):

◊ le ganas en estatura you're taller than him;

me gana en todo he beats me on every count;
salir ganando: salió ganando con el trato he did well out of the deal;
al final salí ganando in the end I came out of it better off
ganarse verbo pronominal
1 ( enf) ( mediante el trabajo) to earn;
◊ ganarse la vida to earn a/one's living

2 ( enf) ‹premio/apuesta› to win
3 ‹afecto/confianza› to win;
◊ se ganó el respeto de todos she won o earned everyone's respect

4 ‹ descanso› to earn oneself;
◊ te lo has ganado you've earned it, you deserve it

ganar
I verbo transitivo
1 (un salario) to earn
2 (un premio) to win
3 (superar) to beat: le gana en estatura, she is taller than him
4 (al contrincante) to beat
5 (una cima, una orilla) to reach
ganar la cumbre, to reach the peak
II verbo intransitivo
1 (vencer) to win
2 (mejorar) improve: ganó en simpatía, she became more and more charming
ganas mucho cuando sonríes, you look nicer when you smile
' ganar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
A
- actual
- baño
- contender
- flexibilizar
- llevar
- óptima
- óptimo
- peso
- probabilidad
- redoblar
- savia
- terrena
- terreno
- todavía
- chance
- expectativa
- hacer
- interés
- meta
- premio
- sensación
- tiempo
- tratar
- triunfar
- valer
English:
actual
- amateurish
- beat
- break
- bring in
- buck
- catch on
- chance
- close-run
- comfortably
- day
- default
- earn
- even
- exert
- fact
- fair
- fluke
- gain
- gain on
- gather
- get
- ground
- hand
- key
- killing
- make
- money
- one-upmanship
- optimistic
- outsider
- rig
- score
- speed
- take
- ultimate
- win
- case
- certainly
- clinch
- deliver
- expect
- height
- odds
- premium
- run
- stand
- toss
- yet

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ganar

♦ vt

1. [premio, competición] to win;

ganaron las elecciones they won the elections;

ganó un millón en la lotería he won a million on the lottery

2. [obtener] [sueldo, dinero] to earn;

gana dos millones al año she earns o she's on two million a year;

¿cuánto ganas? how much do you earn?

3. [obtener] [peso, tiempo] to gain;

ganar fama to achieve fame;

ganar importancia to grow in importance;

ganar terreno [avanzar] to gain ground;

en tren ganas una hora you save an hour by taking the train;

ganaron nuevos adeptos para la causa they won over new converts to the cause

4. [conseguir]
¿qué gano yo con eso? what's in it for me?, what do I stand to gain from that?;

llorando no ganas nada it's no use crying, crying won't change anything

5. [derrotar] to beat;

te voy a ganar I'm going to beat you;

Comp
RP Fam
ganar de mano a alguien to beat sb to it

6. [aventajar]
me gana en velocidad he's faster than me;

me gana en hermosura pero no en inteligencia she's prettier than me, but not as intelligent;
Fam
a tonto no hay quien le gane he's as thick as they come

7. [alcanzar] to reach, to make it to;

ganó la orilla a nado she made it to o gained the shore

8. [conquistar] to take, to capture;

los aliados ganaron la playa tras una dura batalla the Allies took o captured the beach after a hard battle

9. [recuperar]
han ganado terreno al desierto they have reclaimed land from the desert

♦ vi

1. [vencer] to win;

ganaron por tres a uno they won Br three one o US three to one;

ganaron por penalties they won on penalties;

ganan de cuatro puntos they're winning by four points, they're four points ahead;

no es justo, te has dejado ganar it's not fair, you let me beat you o you lost on purpose;

que gane el mejor may the best man win

2. [lograr dinero] to earn money;
Am
ganar bien to be well paid;

ganar mal not to earn very much, to be badly paid;

sólo gana para subsistir she earns only enough to live on;

Comp
Fam
no gano para disgustos o [m5] sustos I've more than enough worries o troubles

3. [mejorar] to benefit ( con from);
gana mucho con la barba he looks a lot better with a beard;

ha ganado con el cambio de trabajo he has benefited from changing jobs;

ganar en algo to gain in sth;

ha ganado en amplitud [parece mayor] it looks bigger;

hemos salido ganando con el cambio we've benefited from the change

4. Urug Fam [con hombre, mujer]
¿viste como te mira? estás ganando have you seen her looking at you? she fancies you o you're well in there

♦ See also the pronominal verb ganarse

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ganar

I v/t

1 win;

le gané cincuenta dólares I won fifty dollars off him;

ganar a alguien beat s.o.

2 mediante el trabajo earn

II v/i

1 mediante el trabajo earn

2 ( vencer) win;

ganar por dos sets a uno win (by) two sets to one

3 ( mejorar) improve;

salir ganando con algo be better off with sth

4 ( aventajar)

:

le gano en velocidad/inteligencia I’m faster/more intelligent than him o than he is

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ganar vt

1) : to win

2) : to gain

ganar tiempo: to buy time

3) : to earn

ganar dinero: to make money

4) : to acquire, to obtain

ganar vi

1) : to win

2) : to profit

salir ganando: to come out ahead

♦ See also the reflexive verb ganarse

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ganar vb

1. (un premio, concurso) to win [pt. & pp. won]

ganó el premio a la mejor actriz she won the award for best actress

¿quién ganó el torneo? who won the tournament?

2. (un sueldo) to earn

todos ganan la misma cantidad de dinero they all earn the same amount of money

¿cuánto ganas al mes? how much do you earn a month?

3. (a un contrincante) to beat [pt. beat; pp. beaten]

Bruguera ganó a Costa en tres sets Bruguera beat Costa in three sets

4. (un trabajo) to get

todos los candidatos aspiran ganar una plaza all the candidates hope to get a place

5. (superar a alguien) to be better

a mí me ganas en deportes you're better at sports than I am

ganar el pan to earn your living

ganar tiempo to save time

ganarse la vida to earn one's living

salir ganando to do well

Spanish-English dictionary > ganar
10 ganar fácilmente

v.

to win easily, to win hands down, to beat to a frazzle.

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(v.) = coast + home, coast to + victory, beat + Nombre + hands down, win + hands down

Ex. To no one's surprise, Vladimir Putin coasted home in Sunday's presidential election with 71.2 percent support.

Ex. Arnold Schwarzenegger coasted to an easy victory over Democrat Phil Angelides on Tuesday.

Ex. There is no contest in the head-to-head battle for information services supremacy and Google, with its information 'now' and 'fast', beats others hands down.

Ex. Candy, soda, pizza and other snacks compete with nutritious meals everyday with the junk food variety winning hands down every time.

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(v.) = coast + home, coast to + victory, beat + Nombre + hands down, win + hands down

Ex: To no one's surprise, Vladimir Putin coasted home in Sunday's presidential election with 71.2 percent support.

Ex: Arnold Schwarzenegger coasted to an easy victory over Democrat Phil Angelides on Tuesday.

Ex: There is no contest in the head-to-head battle for information services supremacy and Google, with its information 'now' and 'fast', beats others hands down.

Ex: Candy, soda, pizza and other snacks compete with nutritious meals everyday with the junk food variety winning hands down every time.

Spanish-English dictionary > ganar fácilmente
11 fácilmente

adv.

easily, without difficulty, readily, with ease.

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fácilmente

► adverbio

1 easily

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adv.

easily, readily

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ADV

1) (=con facilidad) easily

hago amigos fácilmente — I make friends easily

este tipo de cosas no se pueden explicar fácilmente — there's no easy o simple explanation for this type of thing, this type of thing cannot be easily explained

2) (=probablemente)

andará fácilmente por los 40 — he must be at least 40

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= easily, economy of effort, painlessly, readily, straightforwardly, effortlessly, without difficulty, with the tip of a hat, with ease.

Ex. Thus it is possible in an author sequence to view easily the works of one author.

Ex. Machines with interchangeable parts can now be constructed with great economy of effort.

Ex. Without AACR is doubtful whether computerised cataloguing would have been implemented so relatively painlessly and successfully = Sin las RCAA es dudoso que la catalogación automatizada se hubiera implementado tan fácilmente y con tanto éxito, relativamente hablando.

Ex. However, this does not in itself make the actual resources readily available.

Ex. This subject is in fact by no means as complex as many to be found in the literature of aeronautics, and the notation for it could be handled quite straightforwardly by a computer.

Ex. Talking and writing are activities that most humans learn at a relatively early age and carry out fairly effortlessly for the rest of their lives.

Ex. As it happened, the snowfall was moderate and all the rest of us worked all day and got home without difficulty.

Ex. These people have absolutely no scruples, commiting genocide with the tip of a hat.

Ex. Like a seasoned politician, Mr. Gandhi handled the students' queries with ease during the one-hour session.

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* avanzar fácilmente = coast.

* conseguir Algo fácilmente = coast.

* dejarse llevar fácilmente = be easily led.

* delatar fácilmente = be a dead giveaway.

* demasiado fácilmente = all too easily.

* fácilmente accesible = easily available.

* fácilmente accesible por = available at the fingertips of.

* fácilmente montable = rapidly deployable.

* ganar fácilmente = coast + home, coast to + victory, beat + Nombre + hands down, win + hands down.

* no darse por vencido fácilmente = not take + no for an answer.

* no desgastarse fácilmente = wear + well.

* que se desmenuza fácilmente = crumbly [crumblier -comp., crumbliest -sup.].

* que se desmigaja fácilmente = crumbly [crumblier -comp., crumbliest -sup.].

* recordar fácilmente = produce + on call.

* tener Algo fácilmente accesible = have + Nombre + at + Posesivo + fingertips.

* tener fácilmente accesible = have at + Posesivo + touch.

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= easily, economy of effort, painlessly, readily, straightforwardly, effortlessly, without difficulty, with the tip of a hat, with ease.

Ex: Thus it is possible in an author sequence to view easily the works of one author.

Ex: Machines with interchangeable parts can now be constructed with great economy of effort.

Ex: Without AACR is doubtful whether computerised cataloguing would have been implemented so relatively painlessly and successfully = Sin las RCAA es dudoso que la catalogación automatizada se hubiera implementado tan fácilmente y con tanto éxito, relativamente hablando.

Ex: However, this does not in itself make the actual resources readily available.

Ex: This subject is in fact by no means as complex as many to be found in the literature of aeronautics, and the notation for it could be handled quite straightforwardly by a computer.

Ex: Talking and writing are activities that most humans learn at a relatively early age and carry out fairly effortlessly for the rest of their lives.

Ex: As it happened, the snowfall was moderate and all the rest of us worked all day and got home without difficulty.

Ex: These people have absolutely no scruples, commiting genocide with the tip of a hat.

Ex: Like a seasoned politician, Mr. Gandhi handled the students' queries with ease during the one-hour session.

* avanzar fácilmente = coast.

* conseguir Algo fácilmente = coast.

* dejarse llevar fácilmente = be easily led.

* delatar fácilmente = be a dead giveaway.

* demasiado fácilmente = all too easily.

* fácilmente accesible = easily available.

* fácilmente accesible por = available at the fingertips of.

* fácilmente montable = rapidly deployable.

* ganar fácilmente = coast + home, coast to + victory, beat + Nombre + hands down, win + hands down.

* no darse por vencido fácilmente = not take + no for an answer.

* no desgastarse fácilmente = wear + well.

* que se desmenuza fácilmente = crumbly [crumblier -comp., crumbliest -sup.].

* que se desmigaja fácilmente = crumbly [crumblier -comp., crumbliest -sup.].

* recordar fácilmente = produce + on call.

* tener Algo fácilmente accesible = have + Nombre + at + Posesivo + fingertips.

* tener fácilmente accesible = have at + Posesivo + touch.

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fácilmente

adverb

easily

se resuelve fácilmente it is easily solved, there's an easy o a simple o a straightforward solution

se puede comprar fácilmente it can be bought easily, it is readily available

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fácilmente adverbio easily
' fácilmente' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
dejar
English:
coast
- comfortably
- easily
- open-and-shut
- quitter
- readily
- scare
- tell
- well
- ease
- lead
- other
- run

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fácilmente adv

1. [con facilidad] easily;

esto se arregla fácilmente this can be easily fixed

2. Fam [probablemente] easily;

tardará fácilmente tres meses it'll easily take three months

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fácilmente

adv easily

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fácilmente adv

: easily, readily

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fácilmente adv easily

Spanish-English dictionary > fácilmente
12 Chronology

15,000-3,000 BCE Paleolithic cultures in western Portugal.

400-200 BCE Greek and Carthaginian trade settlements on coast.

202 BCE Roman armies invade ancient Lusitania.

137 BCE Intensive Romanization of Lusitania begins.

410 CE Germanic tribes — Suevi and Visigoths—begin conquest of Roman Lusitania and Galicia.

714—16 Muslims begin conquest of Visigothic Lusitania.

1034 Christian Reconquest frontier reaches Mondego River.

1064 Christians conquer Coimbra.

1139 Burgundian Count Afonso Henriques proclaims himself king of Portugal; birth of Portugal. Battle of Ourique: Afonso Henriques defeats Muslims.

1147 With English Crusaders' help, Portuguese seize Lisbon from Muslims.

1179 Papacy formally recognizes Portugal's independence (Pope Alexander III).

1226 Campaign to reclaim Alentejo from Muslims begins.

1249 Last Muslim city (Silves) falls to Portuguese Army.

1381 Beginning of third war between Castile and Portugal.

1383 Master of Aviz, João, proclaimed regent by Lisbon populace.

1385 April: Master of Aviz, João I, proclaimed king of Portugal by Cortes of Coimbra. 14 August: Battle of Aljubarrota, Castilians defeated by royal forces, with assistance of English army.

1394 Birth of "Prince Henry the Navigator," son of King João I.

1415 Beginning of overseas expansion as Portugal captures Moroccan city of Ceuta.

1419 Discovery of Madeira Islands.

1425-28 Prince D. Pedro, older brother of Prince Henry, travels in Europe.

1427 Discovery (or rediscovery?) of Azores Islands.

1434 Prince Henry the Navigator's ships pass beyond Cape Bojador, West Africa.

1437 Disaster at Tangier, Morocco, as Portuguese fail to capture city.

1441 First African slaves from western Africa reach Portugal.

1460 Death of Prince Henry. Portuguese reach what is now Senegal, West Africa.

1470s Portuguese explore West African coast and reach what is now Ghana and Nigeria and begin colonizing islands of São Tomé and Príncipe.

1479 Treaty of Alcáçovas between kings of Portugal and Spain.

1482 Portuguese establish post at São Jorge da Mina, Gold Coast (now Ghana).

1482-83 Portuguese navigator Diogo Cão reaches mouth of Congo River and Angola.

1488 Navigator Bartolomeu Dias rounds Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, and finds route to Indian Ocean.

1492-93 Columbus's first voyage to West Indies.

1493 Columbus visits Azores and Portugal on return from first voyage; tells of discovery of New World. Treaty of Tordesillas signed between kings of Portugal and Spain: delimits spheres of conquest with line 370 leagues west of Cape Verde Islands (claimed by Portugal); Portugal's sphere to east of line includes, in effect, Brazil.

   King Manuel I and Royal Council decide to continue seeking all-water route around Africa to Asia.

   King Manuel I expels unconverted Jews from Portugal.

1497-99 Epic voyage of Vasco da Gama from Portugal around Africa to west India, successful completion of sea route to Asia project; da Gama returns to Portugal with samples of Asian spices.

1500 Bound for India, Navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral "discovers" coast of Brazil and claims it for Portugal.

1506 Anti-Jewish riots in Lisbon.

   Battle of Diu, India; Portugal's command of Indian Ocean assured for some time with Francisco de Almeida's naval victory over Egyptian and Gujerati fleets.

   Afonso de Albuquerque conquers Goa, India; beginning of Portuguese hegemony in south Asia.

   Portuguese conquest of Malacca; commerce in Spice Islands.

1519 Magellan begins circumnavigation voyage.

1536 Inquisition begins in Portugal.

1543 Portuguese merchants reach Japan.

1557 Portuguese merchants granted Chinese territory of Macau for trading factory.

1572 Luís de Camões publishes epic poem, Os Lusíadas.

1578 Battle of Alcácer-Quivir; Moroccan forces defeat army of King Sebastião of Portugal; King Sebastião dies in battle. Portuguese succession crisis.

1580 King Phillip II of Spain claims and conquers Portugal; Spanish rule of Portugal, 1580-1640.

1607-24 Dutch conquer sections of Asia and Brazil formerly held by Portugal.

1640 1 December: Portuguese revolution in Lisbon overthrows Spanish rule, restores independence. Beginning of Portugal's Braganza royal dynasty.

1654 Following Dutch invasions and conquest of parts of Brazil and Angola, Dutch expelled by force.

1661 Anglo-Portuguese Alliance treaty signed: England pledges to defend Portugal "as if it were England itself." Queen Catherine of Bra-ganza marries England's Charles II.

1668 February: In Portuguese-Spanish peace treaty, Spain recognizes independence of Portugal, thus ending 28-year War of Restoration.

1703 Methuen Treaties signed, key commercial trade agreement and defense treaty between England and Portugal.

1750 Pombal becomes chief minister of King José I.

1755 1 November: Massive Lisbon earthquake, tidal wave, and fire.

1759 Expulsion of Jesuits from Portugal and colonies.

1761 Slavery abolished in continental Portugal.

1769 Abandonment of Mazagão, Morocco, last Portuguese outpost.

1777 Pombal dismissed as chief minister by Queen Maria I, after death of José I.

1791 Portugal and United States establish full diplomatic relations.

1807 November: First Napoleonic invasion; French forces under Junot conquer Portugal. Royal family flees to colony of Brazil and remains there until 1821.

1809 Second French invasion of Portugal under General Soult.

1811 Third French invasion of Portugal under General Masséna.

1813 Following British general Wellington's military victories, French forces evacuate Portugal.

1817 Liberal, constitutional movements against absolutist monarchist rule break out in Brazil (Pernambuco) and Portugal (Lisbon, under General Gomes Freire); crushed by government. British marshal of Portugal's army, Beresford, rules Portugal.

   Liberal insurrection in army officer corps breaks out in Cadiz, Spain, and influences similar movement in Portugal's armed forces first in Oporto.

   King João VI returns from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and early draft of constitution; era of constitutional monarchy begins.

1822 7 September: João VI's son Pedro proclaims independence of

   Brazil from Portugal and is named emperor. 23 September: Constitution of 1822 ratified.

   Portugal recognizes sovereign independence of Brazil.

   King João VI dies; power struggle for throne ensues between his sons, brothers Pedro and Miguel; Pedro, emperor of Brazil, abdicates Portuguese throne in favor of his daughter, D. Maria II, too young to assume crown. By agreement, Miguel, uncle of D. Maria, is to accept constitution and rule in her stead.

1828 Miguel takes throne and abolishes constitution. Sections of Portugal rebel against Miguelite rule.

1831 Emperor Pedro abdicates throne of Brazil and returns to Portugal to expel King Miguel from Portuguese throne.

1832-34 Civil war between absolutist King Miguel and constitutionalist Pedro, who abandons throne of Brazil to restore his young daughter Maria to throne of Portugal; Miguel's armed forces defeated by those of Pedro. Miguel leaves for exile and constitution (1826 Charter) is restored.

1834-53 Constitutional monarchy consolidated under rule of Queen Maria II, who dies in 1853.

1851-71 Regeneration period of economic development and political stability; public works projects sponsored by Minister Fontes Pereira de Melo.

1871-90 Rotativism period of alternating party governments; achieves political stability and less military intervention in politics and government. Expansion of colonial territory in tropical Africa.

   January: Following territorial dispute in central Africa, Britain delivers "Ultimatum" to Portugal demanding withdrawal of Portugal's forces from what is now Malawi and Zimbabwe. Portugal's government, humiliated in accepting demand under threat of a diplomatic break, falls. Beginning of governmental and political instability; monarchist decline and republicanism's rise.

   Anglo-Portuguese treaties signed relating to delimitation of frontiers in colonial Africa.

1899 Treaty of Windsor; renewal of Anglo-Portuguese defense and friendship alliance.

1903 Triumphal visit of King Edward VII to Portugal.

1906 Politician João Franco supported by King Carlos I in dictatorship to restore order and reform.

1908 1 February: Murder in Lisbon of King Carlos I and his heir apparent, Prince Dom Luís, by Portuguese anarchists. Eighteen-year-old King Manuel II assumes throne.

1910 3-5 October: Following republican-led military insurrection in armed forces, monarchy falls and first Portuguese republic is proclaimed. Beginning of unstable, economically troubled, parliamentary republic form of government.

   May: Violent insurrection in Lisbon overturns government of General Pimenta de Castro; nearly a thousand casualties from several days of armed combat in capital.

   March: Following Portugal's honoring ally Britain's request to confiscate German shipping in Portuguese harbors, Germany declares war on Portugal; Portugal enters World War I on Allied side.

   Portugal organizes and dispatches Portuguese Expeditionary Corps to fight on the Western Front. 9 April: Portuguese forces mauled by German offensive in Battle of Lys. Food rationing and riots in Lisbon. Portuguese military operations in Mozambique against German expedition's invasion from German East Africa. 5 December: Authoritarian, presidentialist government under Major Sidónio Pais takes power in Lisbon, following a successful military coup.

1918 11 November: Armistice brings cessation of hostilities on Western Front in World War I. Portuguese expeditionary forces stationed in Angola, Mozambique, and Flanders begin return trip to Portugal. 14 December: President Sidónio Pais assassinated. Chaotic period of ephemeral civil war ensues.

1919-21 Excessively unstable political period, including January

1919 abortive effort of Portuguese monarchists to restore Braganza dynasty to power. Republican forces prevail, but level of public violence, economic distress, and deprivation remains high.

1921 October: Political violence attains peak with murder of former prime minister and other prominent political figures in Lisbon. Sectors of armed forces and Guarda Nacional Republicana are mutinous. Year of financial and corruption scandals, including Portuguese bank note (fraud) case; military court acquits guilty military insurrectionists, and one military judge declares "the country is sick."

   28 May: Republic overthrown by military coup or pronunciamento and conspiracy among officer corps. Parliament's doors locked and parliament closed for nearly nine years to January 1935. End of parliamentary republic, Western Europe's most unstable political system in this century, beginning of the Portuguese dictatorship, after 1930 known as the Estado Novo. Officer corps assumes reins of government, initiates military censorship of the press, and suppresses opposition.

   February: Military dictatorship under General Óscar Carmona crushes failed republican armed insurrection in Oporto and Lisbon.

   April: Military dictatorship names Professor Antônio de Oliveira Salazar minister of finance, with dictatorial powers over budget, to stabilize finances and rebuild economy. Insurrectionism among military elements continues into 1931.

1930 Dr. Salazar named minister for colonies and announces balanced budgets. Salazar consolidates support by various means, including creation of official regime "movement," the National Union. Salazar engineers Colonial Act to ensure Lisbon's control of bankrupt African colonies by means of new fiscal controls and centralization of authority. July: Military dictatorship names Salazar prime minister for first time, and cabinet composition undergoes civilianization; academic colleagues and protégés plan conservative reform and rejuvenation of society, polity, and economy. Regime comes to be called the Estado Novo (New State). New State's constitution ratified by new parliament, the National Assembly; Portugal described in document as "unitary, corporative Republic" and governance influenced by Salazar's stern personality and doctrines such as integralism, Catholicism, and fiscal conservatism.

1936 Violent instability and ensuing civil war in neighboring Spain, soon internationalized by fascist and communist intervention, shake Estado Novo regime. Pseudofascist period of regime features creation of imitation Fascist institutions to defend regime from leftist threats; Portugal institutes "Portuguese Youth" and "Portuguese Legion."

1939 3 September: Prime Minister Salazar declares Portugal's neutrality in World War II. October: Anglo-Portuguese agreement grants naval and air base facilities to Britain and later to United States for Battle of the Atlantic and Normandy invasion support. Third Reich protests breach of Portugal's neutrality.

   6 June: On day of Allies' Normandy invasion, Portugal suspends mining and export of wolfram ore to both sides in war.

   8 May: Popular celebrations of Allied victory and Fascist defeat in Lisbon and Oporto coincide with Victory in Europe Day. Following managed elections for Estado Novo's National Assembly in November, regime police, renamed PIDE, with increased powers, represses opposition.

1947 Abortive military coup in central Portugal easily crushed by regime. Independence of India and initiation of Indian protests against Portuguese colonial rule in Goa and other enclaves.

1949 Portugal becomes founding member of NATO.

1951 Portugal alters constitution and renames overseas colonies "Overseas Provinces." Portugal and United States sign military base agreements for use of air and naval facilities in Azores Islands and military aid to Lisbon. President Carmona dies in office, succeeded by General Craveiro Lopes (1951-58). July: Indians occupy enclave of Portuguese India (dependency of Damão) by means of passive resistance movement. August: Indian passive resistance movement in Portuguese India repelled by Portuguese forces with loss of life. December: With U.S. backing, Portugal admitted as member of United Nations (along with Spain). Air force general Humberto Delgado, in opposition, challenges Estado Novo's hand-picked successor to Craveiro Lopes, Admiral Américo Tomás. Delgado rallies coalition of democratic, liberal, and communist opposition but loses rigged election and later flees to exile in Brazil. Portugal joins European Free Trade Association (EFTA).

   January and February: Estado Novo rocked by armed African insurrection in northern Angola, crushed by armed forces. Hijacking of Portuguese ocean liner by ally of Delgado, Captain Henrique Galvão. April: Salazar defeats attempted military coup and reshuffles cabinet with group of younger figures who seek to reform colonial rule and strengthen the regime's image abroad. 18 December: Indian army rapidly defeats Portugal's defense force in Goa, Damão, and Diu and incorporates Portugal's Indian possessions into Indian Union. January: Abortive military coup in Beja, Portugal.

1965 February: General Delgado and his Brazilian secretary murdered and secretly buried near Spanish frontier by political police, PIDE.

1968 August and September: Prime Minister Salazar, aged 79, suffers crippling stoke. President Tomás names former cabinet officer Marcello Caetano as Salazar's successor. Caetano institutes modest reforms in Portugal and overseas.

1971 Caetano government ratifies amended constitution that allows slight devolution and autonomy to overseas provinces in Africa and Asia. Right-wing loyalists oppose reforms in Portugal. 25 April: Military coup engineered by Armed Forces Movement overthrows Estado Novo and establishes provisional government emphasizing democratization, development, and decolonization. Limited resistance by loyalists. President Tomás and Premier Caetano flown to exile first in Madeira and then in Brazil. General Spínola appointed president. September: Revolution moves to left, as President Spínola, thwarted in his program, resigns.

   March: Military coup by conservative forces fails, and leftist response includes nationalization of major portion of economy. Polarization between forces and parties of left and right. 25 November: Military coup by moderate military elements thwarts leftist forces. Constituent Assembly prepares constitution. Revolution moves from left to center and then right.

   March: Constitution ratified by Assembly of the Republic. 25 April: Second general legislative election gives largest share of seats to Socialist Party (PS). Former oppositionist lawyer, Mário Soares, elected deputy and named prime minister.

1977-85 Political pendulum of democratic Portugal moves from center-left to center-right, as Social Democratic Party (PSD) increases hold on assembly and take office under Prime Minister Cavaco Silva. July

1985 elections give edge to PSD who advocate strong free-enterprise measures and revision of leftist-generated 1976 Constitution, amended modestly in 1982.

1986 January: Portugal joins European Economic Community (EEC).

1987 July: General, legislative elections for assembly give more than 50 percent to PSD led by Prime Minister Cavaco Silva. For first time, since 1974, Portugal has a working majority government.

1989 June: Following revisions of 1976 Constitution, reprivatization of economy begins, under PS government.

   January: Presidential elections, Mário Soares reelected for second term. July: General, legislative elections for assembly result in new PSD victory and majority government.

   January-July: Portugal holds presidency of the Council of the European Economic Community (EEC). December: Tariff barriers fall as fully integrated Common Market established in the EEC.

   November: Treaty of Maastricht comes into force. The EEC officially becomes the European Union (EU). Portugal is signatory with 11 other member-nations.

   October: General, legislative elections for assembly result in PS victory and naming of Prime Minister Guterres. PS replace PSD as leading political party. November: Excavations for Lisbon bank uncover ancient Phoenician, Roman, and Christian ruins.

   January: General, presidential elections; socialist Jorge Sampaio defeats PSD's Cavaco Silva and assumes presidency from Dr. Mário Soares. July: Community of Portuguese Languages Countries (CPLP) cofounded by Portugal and Brazil.

   May-September: Expo '98 held in Lisbon. Opening of Vasco da Gama Bridge across Tagus River, Europe's longest (17 kilometers/ 11 miles). June: National referendum on abortion law change defeated after low voter turnout. November: National referendum on regionaliza-tion and devolution of power defeated after another low voter turnout.

   October: General, legislative elections: PS victory over PSD lacks clear majority in parliament. Following East Timor referendum, which votes for independence and withdrawal of Indonesia, outburst of popular outrage in streets, media, and communications of Portugal approves armed intervention and administration of United Nations (and withdrawal of Indonesia) in East Timor. Portugal and Indonesia restore diplomatic relations. December: A Special Territory since 1975, Colony of Macau transferred to sovereignty of People's Republic of China.

   January-June: Portugal holds presidency of the Council of the EU; end of Discoveries Historical Commemoration Cycle (1988-2000).

   United Nations forces continue to occupy and administer former colony of East Timor, with Portugal's approval.

   January: General, presidential elections; PS president Sampaio reelected for second term. City of Oporto, "European City of Culture" for the year, hosts arts festival. December: Municipal elections: PSD defeats PS; socialist prime minister Guterres resigns; President Sampaio calls March parliamentary elections.

   1 January: Portugal enters single European Currency system. Euro currency adopted and ceases use of former national currency, the escudo. March: Parliamentary elections; PSD defeats PS and José Durão Barroso becomes prime minister. Military modernization law passed. Portugal holds chairmanship of Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).

   May: Municipal law passed permitting municipalities to reorganize in new ways.

   June: Prime Minister Durão Barroso, invited to succeed Romano Prodi as president of EU Commission, resigns. Pedro Santana Lopes becomes prime minister. European Parliament elections held. Conscription for national service in army and navy ended. Mass grave uncovered at Academy of Sciences Museum, Lisbon, revealing remains of several thousand victims of Lisbon earthquake, 1755.

   February: Parliamentary elections; PS defeats PSD, socialists win first absolute majority in parliament since 1975. José Sócrates becomes prime minister.

   January: Presidential elections; PSD candidate Aníbal Cavaco Silva elected and assumes presidency from Jorge Sampaio. Portugal's national soccer team ranked 7th out of 205 countries by international soccer association. European Union's Bologna Process in educational reform initiated in Portugal.

   July-December: Portugal holds presidency of the Council of the European Union. For reasons of economy, Portugal announces closure of many consulates, especially in France and the eastern US. Government begins official inspections of private institutions of higher education, following scandals.

2008 January: Prime Minister Sócrates announces location of new Lisbon area airport as Alcochete, on south bank of Tagus River, site of air force shooting range. February: Portuguese Army begins to receive new modern battle tanks (Leopard 2 A6). March: Mass protest of 85,000 public school (primary and secondary levels) teachers in Lisbon schools dispute recent educational policies of minister of education and prime minister.

Historical dictionary of Portugal > Chronology
13 Historical Portugal

   Before Romans described western Iberia or Hispania as "Lusitania," ancient Iberians inhabited the land. Phoenician and Greek trading settlements grew up in the Tagus estuary area and nearby coasts. Beginning around 202 BCE, Romans invaded what is today southern Portugal. With Rome's defeat of Carthage, Romans proceeded to conquer and rule the western region north of the Tagus, which they named Roman "Lusitania." In the fourth century CE, as Rome's rule weakened, the area experienced yet another invasion—Germanic tribes, principally the Suevi, who eventually were Christianized. During the sixth century CE, the Suevi kingdom was superseded by yet another Germanic tribe—the Christian Visigoths.

   A major turning point in Portugal's history came in 711, as Muslim armies from North Africa, consisting of both Arab and Berber elements, invaded the Iberian Peninsula from across the Straits of Gibraltar. They entered what is now Portugal in 714, and proceeded to conquer most of the country except for the far north. For the next half a millennium, Islam and Muslim presence in Portugal left a significant mark upon the politics, government, language, and culture of the country.

   Islam, Reconquest, and Portugal Created, 714-1140

   The long frontier struggle between Muslim invaders and Christian communities in the north of the Iberian peninsula was called the Reconquista (Reconquest). It was during this struggle that the first dynasty of Portuguese kings (Burgundian) emerged and the independent monarchy of Portugal was established. Christian forces moved south from what is now the extreme north of Portugal and gradually defeated Muslim forces, besieging and capturing towns under Muslim sway. In the ninth century, as Christian forces slowly made their way southward, Christian elements were dominant only in the area between Minho province and the Douro River; this region became known as "territorium Portu-calense."

   In the 11th century, the advance of the Reconquest quickened as local Christian armies were reinforced by crusading knights from what is now France and England. Christian forces took Montemor (1034), at the Mondego River; Lamego (1058); Viseu (1058); and Coimbra (1064). In 1095, the king of Castile and Léon granted the country of "Portu-cale," what became northern Portugal, to a Burgundian count who had emigrated from France. This was the foundation of Portugal. In 1139, a descendant of this count, Afonso Henriques, proclaimed himself "King of Portugal." He was Portugal's first monarch, the "Founder," and the first of the Burgundian dynasty, which ruled until 1385.

   The emergence of Portugal in the 12th century as a separate monarchy in Iberia occurred before the Christian Reconquest of the peninsula. In the 1140s, the pope in Rome recognized Afonso Henriques as king of Portugal. In 1147, after a long, bloody siege, Muslim-occupied Lisbon fell to Afonso Henriques's army. Lisbon was the greatest prize of the 500-year war. Assisting this effort were English crusaders on their way to the Holy Land; the first bishop of Lisbon was an Englishman. When the Portuguese captured Faro and Silves in the Algarve province in 1248-50, the Reconquest of the extreme western portion of the Iberian peninsula was complete—significantly, more than two centuries before the Spanish crown completed the Reconquest of the eastern portion by capturing Granada in 1492.

   Consolidation and Independence of Burgundian Portugal, 1140-1385

   Two main themes of Portugal's early existence as a monarchy are the consolidation of control over the realm and the defeat of a Castil-ian threat from the east to its independence. At the end of this period came the birth of a new royal dynasty (Aviz), which prepared to carry the Christian Reconquest beyond continental Portugal across the straits of Gibraltar to North Africa. There was a variety of motives behind these developments. Portugal's independent existence was imperiled by threats from neighboring Iberian kingdoms to the north and east. Politics were dominated not only by efforts against the Muslims in

   Portugal (until 1250) and in nearby southern Spain (until 1492), but also by internecine warfare among the kingdoms of Castile, Léon, Aragon, and Portugal. A final comeback of Muslim forces was defeated at the battle of Salado (1340) by allied Castilian and Portuguese forces. In the emerging Kingdom of Portugal, the monarch gradually gained power over and neutralized the nobility and the Church.

   The historic and commonplace Portuguese saying "From Spain, neither a good wind nor a good marriage" was literally played out in diplomacy and war in the late 14th-century struggles for mastery in the peninsula. Larger, more populous Castile was pitted against smaller Portugal. Castile's Juan I intended to force a union between Castile and Portugal during this era of confusion and conflict. In late 1383, Portugal's King Fernando, the last king of the Burgundian dynasty, suddenly died prematurely at age 38, and the Master of Aviz, Portugal's most powerful nobleman, took up the cause of independence and resistance against Castile's invasion. The Master of Aviz, who became King João I of Portugal, was able to obtain foreign assistance. With the aid of English archers, Joao's armies defeated the Castilians in the crucial battle of Aljubarrota, on 14 August 1385, a victory that assured the independence of the Portuguese monarchy from its Castilian nemesis for several centuries.

   Aviz Dynasty and Portugal's First Overseas Empire, 1385-1580

   The results of the victory at Aljubarrota, much celebrated in Portugal's art and monuments, and the rise of the Aviz dynasty also helped to establish a new merchant class in Lisbon and Oporto, Portugal's second city. This group supported King João I's program of carrying the Reconquest to North Africa, since it was interested in expanding Portugal's foreign commerce and tapping into Muslim trade routes and resources in Africa. With the Reconquest against the Muslims completed in Portugal and the threat from Castile thwarted for the moment, the Aviz dynasty launched an era of overseas conquest, exploration, and trade. These efforts dominated Portugal's 15th and 16th centuries.

   The overseas empire and age of Discoveries began with Portugal's bold conquest in 1415 of the Moroccan city of Ceuta. One royal member of the 1415 expedition was young, 21-year-old Prince Henry, later known in history as "Prince Henry the Navigator." His part in the capture of Ceuta won Henry his knighthood and began Portugal's "Marvelous Century," during which the small kingdom was counted as a European and world power of consequence. Henry was the son of King João I and his English queen, Philippa of Lancaster, but he did not inherit the throne. Instead, he spent most of his life and his fortune, and that of the wealthy military Order of Christ, on various imperial ventures and on voyages of exploration down the African coast and into the Atlantic. While mythology has surrounded Henry's controversial role in the Discoveries, and this role has been exaggerated, there is no doubt that he played a vital part in the initiation of Portugal's first overseas empire and in encouraging exploration. He was naturally curious, had a sense of mission for Portugal, and was a strong leader. He also had wealth to expend; at least a third of the African voyages of the time were under his sponsorship. If Prince Henry himself knew little science, significant scientific advances in navigation were made in his day.

   What were Portugal's motives for this new imperial effort? The well-worn historical cliche of "God, Glory, and Gold" can only partly explain the motivation of a small kingdom with few natural resources and barely 1 million people, which was greatly outnumbered by the other powers it confronted. Among Portuguese objectives were the desire to exploit known North African trade routes and resources (gold, wheat, leather, weaponry, and other goods that were scarce in Iberia); the need to outflank the Muslim world in the Mediterranean by sailing around Africa, attacking Muslims en route; and the wish to ally with Christian kingdoms beyond Africa. This enterprise also involved a strategy of breaking the Venetian spice monopoly by trading directly with the East by means of discovering and exploiting a sea route around Africa to Asia. Besides the commercial motives, Portugal nurtured a strong crusading sense of Christian mission, and various classes in the kingdom saw an opportunity for fame and gain.

   By the time of Prince Henry's death in 1460, Portugal had gained control of the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeiras, begun to colonize the Cape Verde Islands, failed to conquer the Canary Islands from Castile, captured various cities on Morocco's coast, and explored as far as Senegal, West Africa, down the African coast. By 1488, Bar-tolomeu Dias had rounded the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa and thereby discovered the way to the Indian Ocean.

   Portugal's largely coastal African empire and later its fragile Asian empire brought unexpected wealth but were purchased at a high price. Costs included wars of conquest and defense against rival powers, manning the far-flung navel and trade fleets and scattered castle-fortresses, and staffing its small but fierce armies, all of which entailed a loss of skills and population to maintain a scattered empire. Always short of capital, the monarchy became indebted to bankers. There were many defeats beginning in the 16th century at the hands of the larger imperial European monarchies (Spain, France, England, and Holland) and many attacks on Portugal and its strung-out empire. Typically, there was also the conflict that arose when a tenuously held world empire that rarely if ever paid its way demanded finance and manpower Portugal itself lacked.

   The first 80 years of the glorious imperial era, the golden age of Portugal's imperial power and world influence, was an African phase. During 1415-88, Portuguese navigators and explorers in small ships, some of them caravelas (caravels), explored the treacherous, disease-ridden coasts of Africa from Morocco to South Africa beyond the Cape of Good Hope. By the 1470s, the Portuguese had reached the Gulf of Guinea and, in the early 1480s, what is now Angola. Bartolomeu Dias's extraordinary voyage of 1487-88 to South Africa's coast and the edge of the Indian Ocean convinced Portugal that the best route to Asia's spices and Christians lay south, around the tip of southern Africa. Between 1488 and 1495, there was a hiatus caused in part by domestic conflict in Portugal, discussion of resources available for further conquests beyond Africa in Asia, and serious questions as to Portugal's capacity to reach beyond Africa. In 1495, King Manuel and his council decided to strike for Asia, whatever the consequences. In 1497-99, Vasco da Gama, under royal orders, made the epic two-year voyage that discovered the sea route to western India (Asia), outflanked Islam and Venice, and began Portugal's Asian empire. Within 50 years, Portugal had discovered and begun the exploitation of its largest colony, Brazil, and set up forts and trading posts from the Middle East (Aden and Ormuz), India (Calicut, Goa, etc.), Malacca, and Indonesia to Macau in China.

   By the 1550s, parts of its largely coastal, maritime trading post empire from Morocco to the Moluccas were under siege from various hostile forces, including Muslims, Christians, and Hindi. Although Moroccan forces expelled the Portuguese from the major coastal cities by 1550, the rival European monarchies of Castile (Spain), England, France, and later Holland began to seize portions of her undermanned, outgunned maritime empire.

   In 1580, Phillip II of Spain, whose mother was a Portuguese princess and who had a strong claim to the Portuguese throne, invaded Portugal, claimed the throne, and assumed control over the realm and, by extension, its African, Asian, and American empires. Phillip II filled the power vacuum that appeared in Portugal following the loss of most of Portugal's army and its young, headstrong King Sebastião in a disastrous war in Morocco. Sebastiao's death in battle (1578) and the lack of a natural heir to succeed him, as well as the weak leadership of the cardinal who briefly assumed control in Lisbon, led to a crisis that Spain's strong monarch exploited. As a result, Portugal lost its independence to Spain for a period of 60 years.

   Portugal under Spanish Rule, 1580-1640

   Despite the disastrous nature of Portugal's experience under Spanish rule, "The Babylonian Captivity" gave birth to modern Portuguese nationalism, its second overseas empire, and its modern alliance system with England. Although Spain allowed Portugal's weakened empire some autonomy, Spanish rule in Portugal became increasingly burdensome and unacceptable. Spain's ambitious imperial efforts in Europe and overseas had an impact on the Portuguese as Spain made greater and greater demands on its smaller neighbor for manpower and money. Portugal's culture underwent a controversial Castilianization, while its empire became hostage to Spain's fortunes. New rival powers England, France, and Holland attacked and took parts of Spain's empire and at the same time attacked Portugal's empire, as well as the mother country.

   Portugal's empire bore the consequences of being attacked by Spain's bitter enemies in what was a form of world war. Portuguese losses were heavy. By 1640, Portugal had lost most of its Moroccan cities as well as Ceylon, the Moluccas, and sections of India. With this, Portugal's Asian empire was gravely weakened. Only Goa, Damão, Diu, Bombay, Timor, and Macau remained and, in Brazil, Dutch forces occupied the northeast.

   On 1 December 1640, long commemorated as a national holiday, Portuguese rebels led by the duke of Braganza overthrew Spanish domination and took advantage of Spanish weakness following a more serious rebellion in Catalonia. Portugal regained independence from Spain, but at a price: dependence on foreign assistance to maintain its independence in the form of the renewal of the alliance with England.

   Restoration and Second Empire, 1640-1822

   Foreign affairs and empire dominated the restoration era and aftermath, and Portugal again briefly enjoyed greater European power and prestige. The Anglo-Portuguese Alliance was renewed and strengthened in treaties of 1642, 1654, and 1661, and Portugal's independence from Spain was underwritten by English pledges and armed assistance. In a Luso-Spanish treaty of 1668, Spain recognized Portugal's independence. Portugal's alliance with England was a marriage of convenience and necessity between two monarchies with important religious, cultural, and social differences. In return for legal, diplomatic, and trade privileges, as well as the use during war and peace of Portugal's great Lisbon harbor and colonial ports for England's navy, England pledged to protect Portugal and its scattered empire from any attack. The previously cited 17th-century alliance treaties were renewed later in the Treaty of Windsor, signed in London in 1899. On at least 10 different occasions after 1640, and during the next two centuries, England was central in helping prevent or repel foreign invasions of its ally, Portugal.

   Portugal's second empire (1640-1822) was largely Brazil-oriented. Portuguese colonization, exploitation of wealth, and emigration focused on Portuguese America, and imperial revenues came chiefly from Brazil. Between 1670 and 1740, Portugal's royalty and nobility grew wealthier on funds derived from Brazilian gold, diamonds, sugar, tobacco, and other crops, an enterprise supported by the Atlantic slave trade and the supply of African slave labor from West Africa and Angola. Visitors today can see where much of that wealth was invested: Portugal's rich legacy of monumental architecture. Meanwhile, the African slave trade took a toll in Angola and West Africa.

   In continental Portugal, absolutist monarchy dominated politics and government, and there was a struggle for position and power between the monarchy and other institutions, such as the Church and nobility. King José I's chief minister, usually known in history as the marquis of Pombal (ruled 1750-77), sharply suppressed the nobility and the

   Church (including the Inquisition, now a weak institution) and expelled the Jesuits. Pombal also made an effort to reduce economic dependence on England, Portugal's oldest ally. But his successes did not last much beyond his disputed time in office.

   Beginning in the late 18th century, the European-wide impact of the French Revolution and the rise of Napoleon placed Portugal in a vulnerable position. With the monarchy ineffectively led by an insane queen (Maria I) and her indecisive regent son (João VI), Portugal again became the focus of foreign ambition and aggression. With England unable to provide decisive assistance in time, France—with Spain's consent—invaded Portugal in 1807. As Napoleon's army under General Junot entered Lisbon meeting no resistance, Portugal's royal family fled on a British fleet to Brazil, where it remained in exile until 1821. In the meantime, Portugal's overseas empire was again under threat. There was a power vacuum as the monarch was absent, foreign armies were present, and new political notions of liberalism and constitutional monarchy were exciting various groups of citizens.

   Again England came to the rescue, this time in the form of the armies of the duke of Wellington. Three successive French invasions of Portugal were defeated and expelled, and Wellington succeeded in carrying the war against Napoleon across the Portuguese frontier into Spain. The presence of the English army, the new French-born liberal ideas, and the political vacuum combined to create revolutionary conditions. The French invasions and the peninsular wars, where Portuguese armed forces played a key role, marked the beginning of a new era in politics.

   Liberalism and Constitutional Monarchy, 1822-1910

   During 1807-22, foreign invasions, war, and civil strife over conflicting political ideas gravely damaged Portugal's commerce, economy, and novice industry. The next terrible blow was the loss of Brazil in 1822, the jewel in the imperial crown. Portugal's very independence seemed to be at risk. In vain, Portugal sought to resist Brazilian independence by force, but in 1825 it formally acknowledged Brazilian independence by treaty.

   Portugal's slow recovery from the destructive French invasions and the "war of independence" was complicated by civil strife over the form of constitutional monarchy that best suited Portugal. After struggles over these issues between 1820 and 1834, Portugal settled somewhat uncertainly into a moderate constitutional monarchy whose constitution (Charter of 1826) lent it strong political powers to exert a moderating influence between the executive and legislative branches of the government. It also featured a new upper middle class based on land ownership and commerce; a Catholic Church that, although still important, lived with reduced privileges and property; a largely African (third) empire to which Lisbon and Oporto devoted increasing spiritual and material resources, starting with the liberal imperial plans of 1836 and 1851, and continuing with the work of institutions like the Lisbon Society of Geography (established 1875); and a mass of rural peasants whose bonds to the land weakened after 1850 and who began to immigrate in increasing numbers to Brazil and North America.

   Chronic military intervention in national politics began in 19th-century Portugal. Such intervention, usually commencing with coups or pronunciamentos (military revolts), was a shortcut to the spoils of political office and could reflect popular discontent as well as the power of personalities. An early example of this was the 1817 golpe (coup) attempt of General Gomes Freire against British military rule in Portugal before the return of King João VI from Brazil. Except for a more stable period from 1851 to 1880, military intervention in politics, or the threat thereof, became a feature of the constitutional monarchy's political life, and it continued into the First Republic and the subsequent Estado Novo.

   Beginning with the Regeneration period (1851-80), Portugal experienced greater political stability and economic progress. Military intervention in politics virtually ceased; industrialization and construction of railroads, roads, and bridges proceeded; two political parties (Regenerators and Historicals) worked out a system of rotation in power; and leading intellectuals sparked a cultural revival in several fields. In 19th-century literature, there was a new golden age led by such figures as Alexandre Herculano (historian), Eça de Queirós (novelist), Almeida Garrett (playwright and essayist), Antero de Quental (poet), and Joaquim Oliveira Martins (historian and social scientist). In its third overseas empire, Portugal attempted to replace the slave trade and slavery with legitimate economic activities; to reform the administration; and to expand Portuguese holdings beyond coastal footholds deep into the African hinterlands in West, West Central, and East Africa. After 1841, to some extent, and especially after 1870, colonial affairs, combined with intense nationalism, pressures for economic profit in Africa, sentiment for national revival, and the drift of European affairs would make or break Lisbon governments.

   Beginning with the political crisis that arose out of the "English Ultimatum" affair of January 1890, the monarchy became discredtted and identified with the poorly functioning government, political parties splintered, and republicanism found more supporters. Portugal participated in the "Scramble for Africa," expanding its African holdings, but failed to annex territory connecting Angola and Mozambique. A growing foreign debt and state bankruptcy as of the early 1890s damaged the constitutional monarchy's reputation, despite the efforts of King Carlos in diplomacy, the renewal of the alliance in the Windsor Treaty of 1899, and the successful if bloody colonial wars in the empire (1880-97). Republicanism proclaimed that Portugal's weak economy and poor society were due to two historic institutions: the monarchy and the Catholic Church. A republic, its stalwarts claimed, would bring greater individual liberty; efficient, if more decentralized government; and a stronger colonial program while stripping the Church of its role in both society and education.

   As the monarchy lost support and republicans became more aggressive, violence increased in politics. King Carlos I and his heir Luís were murdered in Lisbon by anarchist-republicans on 1 February 1908. Following a military and civil insurrection and fighting between monarchist and republican forces, on 5 October 1910, King Manuel II fled Portugal and a republic was proclaimed.

   First Parliamentary Republic, 1910-26

   Portugal's first attempt at republican government was the most unstable, turbulent parliamentary republic in the history of 20th-century Western Europe. During a little under 16 years of the republic, there were 45 governments, a number of legislatures that did not complete normal terms, military coups, and only one president who completed his four-year term in office. Portuguese society was poorly prepared for this political experiment. Among the deadly legacies of the monarchy were a huge public debt; a largely rural, apolitical, and illiterate peasant population; conflict over the causes of the country's misfortunes; and lack of experience with a pluralist, democratic system.

   The republic had some talented leadership but lacked popular, institutional, and economic support. The 1911 republican constitution established only a limited democracy, as only a small portion of the adult male citizenry was eligible to vote. In a country where the majority was Catholic, the republic passed harshly anticlerical laws, and its institutions and supporters persecuted both the Church and its adherents. During its brief disjointed life, the First Republic drafted important reform plans in economic, social, and educational affairs; actively promoted development in the empire; and pursued a liberal, generous foreign policy. Following British requests for Portugal's assistance in World War I, Portugal entered the war on the Allied side in March 1916 and sent armies to Flanders and Portuguese Africa. Portugal's intervention in that conflict, however, was too costly in many respects, and the ultimate failure of the republic in part may be ascribed to Portugal's World War I activities.

   Unfortunately for the republic, its time coincided with new threats to Portugal's African possessions: World War I, social and political demands from various classes that could not be reconciled, excessive military intervention in politics, and, in particular, the worst economic and financial crisis Portugal had experienced since the 16th and 17th centuries. After the original Portuguese Republican Party (PRP, also known as the "Democrats") splintered into three warring groups in 1912, no true multiparty system emerged. The Democrats, except for only one or two elections, held an iron monopoly of electoral power, and political corruption became a major issue. As extreme right-wing dictatorships elsewhere in Europe began to take power in Italy (1922), neighboring Spain (1923), and Greece (1925), what scant popular support remained for the republic collapsed. Backed by a right-wing coalition of landowners from Alentejo, clergy, Coimbra University faculty and students, Catholic organizations, and big business, career military officers led by General Gomes da Costa executed a coup on 28 May 1926, turned out the last republican government, and established a military government.

   The Estado Novo (New State), 1926-74

   During the military phase (1926-32) of the Estado Novo, professional military officers, largely from the army, governed and administered Portugal and held key cabinet posts, but soon discovered that the military possessed no magic formula that could readily solve the problems inherited from the First Republic. Especially during the years 1926-31, the military dictatorship, even with its political repression of republican activities and institutions (military censorship of the press, political police action, and closure of the republic's rowdy parliament), was characterized by similar weaknesses: personalism and factionalism; military coups and political instability, including civil strife and loss of life; state debt and bankruptcy; and a weak economy. "Barracks parliamentarism" was not an acceptable alternative even to the "Nightmare Republic."

   Led by General Óscar Carmona, who had replaced and sent into exile General Gomes da Costa, the military dictatorship turned to a civilian expert in finance and economics to break the budget impasse and bring coherence to the disorganized system. Appointed minister of finance on 27 April 1928, the Coimbra University Law School professor of economics Antônio de Oliveira Salazar (1889-1970) first reformed finance, helped balance the budget, and then turned to other concerns as he garnered extraordinary governing powers. In 1930, he was appointed interim head of another key ministry (Colonies) and within a few years had become, in effect, a civilian dictator who, with the military hierarchy's support, provided the government with coherence, a program, and a set of policies.

   For nearly 40 years after he was appointed the first civilian prime minister in 1932, Salazar's personality dominated the government. Unlike extreme right-wing dictators elsewhere in Europe, Salazar was directly appointed by the army but was never endorsed by a popular political party, street militia, or voter base. The scholarly, reclusive former Coimbra University professor built up what became known after 1932 as the Estado Novo ("New State"), which at the time of its overthrow by another military coup in 1974, was the longest surviving authoritarian regime in Western Europe. The system of Salazar and the largely academic and technocratic ruling group he gathered in his cabinets was based on the central bureaucracy of the state, which was supported by the president of the republic—always a senior career military officer, General Óscar Carmona (1928-51), General Craveiro Lopes (1951-58), and Admiral Américo Tómaz (1958-74)—and the complicity of various institutions. These included a rubber-stamp legislature called the National Assembly (1935-74) and a political police known under various names: PVDE (1932-45), PIDE (1945-69),

   and DGS (1969-74). Other defenders of the Estado Novo security were paramilitary organizations such as the National Republican Guard (GNR); the Portuguese Legion (PL); and the Portuguese Youth [Movement]. In addition to censorship of the media, theater, and books, there was political repression and a deliberate policy of depoliticization. All political parties except for the approved movement of regime loyalists, the União Nacional or (National Union), were banned.

   The most vigorous and more popular period of the New State was 1932-44, when the basic structures were established. Never monolithic or entirely the work of one person (Salazar), the New State was constructed with the assistance of several dozen top associates who were mainly academics from law schools, some technocrats with specialized skills, and a handful of trusted career military officers. The 1933 Constitution declared Portugal to be a "unitary, corporative Republic," and pressures to restore the monarchy were resisted. Although some of the regime's followers were fascists and pseudofascists, many more were conservative Catholics, integralists, nationalists, and monarchists of different varieties, and even some reactionary republicans. If the New State was authoritarian, it was not totalitarian and, unlike fascism in Benito Mussolini's Italy or Adolf Hitler's Germany, it usually employed the minimum of violence necessary to defeat what remained a largely fractious, incoherent opposition.

   With the tumultuous Second Republic and the subsequent civil war in nearby Spain, the regime felt threatened and reinforced its defenses. During what Salazar rightly perceived as a time of foreign policy crisis for Portugal (1936-45), he assumed control of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From there, he pursued four basic foreign policy objectives: supporting the Nationalist rebels of General Francisco Franco in the Spanish Civil War (1936-39) and concluding defense treaties with a triumphant Franco; ensuring that General Franco in an exhausted Spain did not enter World War II on the Axis side; maintaining Portuguese neutrality in World War II with a post-1942 tilt toward the Allies, including granting Britain and the United States use of bases in the Azores Islands; and preserving and protecting Portugal's Atlantic Islands and its extensive, if poor, overseas empire in Africa and Asia.

   During the middle years of the New State (1944-58), many key Salazar associates in government either died or resigned, and there was greater social unrest in the form of unprecedented strikes and clandestine Communist activities, intensified opposition, and new threatening international pressures on Portugal's overseas empire. During the earlier phase of the Cold War (1947-60), Portugal became a steadfast, if weak, member of the US-dominated North Atlantic Treaty Organization alliance and, in 1955, with American support, Portugal joined the United Nations (UN). Colonial affairs remained a central concern of the regime. As of 1939, Portugal was the third largest colonial power in the world and possessed territories in tropical Africa (Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, and São Tomé and Príncipe Islands) and the remnants of its 16th-century empire in Asia (Goa, Damão, Diu, East Timor, and Macau). Beginning in the early 1950s, following the independence of India in 1947, Portugal resisted Indian pressures to decolonize Portuguese India and used police forces to discourage internal opposition in its Asian and African colonies.

   The later years of the New State (1958-68) witnessed the aging of the increasingly isolated but feared Salazar and new threats both at home and overseas. Although the regime easily overcame the brief oppositionist threat from rival presidential candidate General Humberto Delgado in the spring of 1958, new developments in the African and Asian empires imperiled the authoritarian system. In February 1961, oppositionists hijacked the Portuguese ocean liner Santa Maria and, in following weeks, African insurgents in northern Angola, although they failed to expel the Portuguese, gained worldwide media attention, discredited the New State, and began the 13-year colonial war. After thwarting a dissident military coup against his continued leadership, Salazar and his ruling group mobilized military repression in Angola and attempted to develop the African colonies at a faster pace in order to ensure Portuguese control. Meanwhile, the other European colonial powers (Britain, France, Belgium, and Spain) rapidly granted political independence to their African territories.

   At the time of Salazar's removal from power in September 1968, following a stroke, Portugal's efforts to maintain control over its colonies appeared to be successful. President Americo Tomás appointed Dr. Marcello Caetano as Salazar's successor as prime minister. While maintaining the New State's basic structures, and continuing the regime's essential colonial policy, Caetano attempted wider reforms in colonial administration and some devolution of power from Lisbon, as well as more freedom of expression in Lisbon. Still, a great deal of the budget was devoted to supporting the wars against the insurgencies in Africa. Meanwhile in Asia, Portuguese India had fallen when the Indian army invaded in December 1961. The loss of Goa was a psychological blow to the leadership of the New State, and of the Asian empire only East Timor and Macau remained.

   The Caetano years (1968-74) were but a hiatus between the waning Salazar era and a new regime. There was greater political freedom and rapid economic growth (5-6 percent annually to late 1973), but Caetano's government was unable to reform the old system thoroughly and refused to consider new methods either at home or in the empire. In the end, regime change came from junior officers of the professional military who organized the Armed Forces Movement (MFA) against the Caetano government. It was this group of several hundred officers, mainly in the army and navy, which engineered a largely bloodless coup in Lisbon on 25 April 1974. Their unexpected action brought down the 48-year-old New State and made possible the eventual establishment and consolidation of democratic governance in Portugal, as well as a reorientation of the country away from the Atlantic toward Europe.

   Revolution of Carnations, 1974-76

   Following successful military operations of the Armed Forces Movement against the Caetano government, Portugal experienced what became known as the "Revolution of Carnations." It so happened that during the rainy week of the military golpe, Lisbon flower shops were featuring carnations, and the revolutionaries and their supporters adopted the red carnation as the common symbol of the event, as well as of the new freedom from dictatorship. The MFA, whose leaders at first were mostly little-known majors and captains, proclaimed a three-fold program of change for the new Portugal: democracy; decolonization of the overseas empire, after ending the colonial wars; and developing a backward economy in the spirit of opportunity and equality. During the first 24 months after the coup, there was civil strife, some anarchy, and a power struggle. With the passing of the Estado Novo, public euphoria burst forth as the new provisional military government proclaimed the freedoms of speech, press, and assembly, and abolished censorship, the political police, the Portuguese Legion, Portuguese Youth, and other New State organizations, including the National Union. Scores of political parties were born and joined the senior political party, the Portuguese Community Party (PCP), and the Socialist Party (PS), founded shortly before the coup.

   Portugal's Revolution of Carnations went through several phases. There was an attempt to take control by radical leftists, including the PCP and its allies. This was thwarted by moderate officers in the army, as well as by the efforts of two political parties: the PS and the Social Democrats (PPD, later PSD). The first phase was from April to September 1974. Provisional president General Antonio Spínola, whose 1974 book Portugal and the Future had helped prepare public opinion for the coup, met irresistible leftist pressures. After Spinola's efforts to avoid rapid decolonization of the African empire failed, he resigned in September 1974. During the second phase, from September 1974 to March 1975, radical military officers gained control, but a coup attempt by General Spínola and his supporters in Lisbon in March 1975 failed and Spínola fled to Spain.

   In the third phase of the Revolution, March-November 1975, a strong leftist reaction followed. Farm workers occupied and "nationalized" 1.1 million hectares of farmland in the Alentejo province, and radical military officers in the provisional government ordered the nationalization of Portuguese banks (foreign banks were exempted), utilities, and major industries, or about 60 percent of the economic system. There were power struggles among various political parties — a total of 50 emerged—and in the streets there was civil strife among labor, military, and law enforcement groups. A constituent assembly, elected on 25 April 1975, in Portugal's first free elections since 1926, drafted a democratic constitution. The Council of the Revolution (CR), briefly a revolutionary military watchdog committee, was entrenched as part of the government under the constitution, until a later revision. During the chaotic year of 1975, about 30 persons were killed in political frays while unstable provisional governments came and went. On 25 November 1975, moderate military forces led by Colonel Ramalho Eanes, who later was twice elected president of the republic (1976 and 1981), defeated radical, leftist military groups' revolutionary conspiracies.

   In the meantime, Portugal's scattered overseas empire experienced a precipitous and unprepared decolonization. One by one, the former colonies were granted and accepted independence—Guinea-Bissau (September 1974), Cape Verde Islands (July 1975), and Mozambique (July 1975). Portugal offered to turn over Macau to the People's Republic of China, but the offer was refused then and later negotiations led to the establishment of a formal decolonization or hand-over date of 1999. But in two former colonies, the process of decolonization had tragic results.

   In Angola, decolonization negotiations were greatly complicated by the fact that there were three rival nationalist movements in a struggle for power. The January 1975 Alvor Agreement signed by Portugal and these three parties was not effectively implemented. A bloody civil war broke out in Angola in the spring of 1975 and, when Portuguese armed forces withdrew and declared that Angola was independent on 11 November 1975, the bloodshed only increased. Meanwhile, most of the white Portuguese settlers from Angola and Mozambique fled during the course of 1975. Together with African refugees, more than 600,000 of these retornados ("returned ones") went by ship and air to Portugal and thousands more to Namibia, South Africa, Brazil, Canada, and the United States.

   The second major decolonization disaster was in Portugal's colony of East Timor in the Indonesian archipelago. Portugal's capacity to supervise and control a peaceful transition to independence in this isolated, neglected colony was limited by the strength of giant Indonesia, distance from Lisbon, and Portugal's revolutionary disorder and inability to defend Timor. In early December 1975, before Portugal granted formal independence and as one party, FRETILIN, unilaterally declared East Timor's independence, Indonesia's armed forces invaded, conquered, and annexed East Timor. Indonesian occupation encountered East Timorese resistance, and a heavy loss of life followed. The East Timor question remained a contentious international issue in the UN, as well as in Lisbon and Jakarta, for more than 20 years following Indonesia's invasion and annexation of the former colony of Portugal. Major changes occurred, beginning in 1998, after Indonesia underwent a political revolution and allowed a referendum in East Timor to decide that territory's political future in August 1999. Most East Timorese chose independence, but Indonesian forces resisted that verdict until

   UN intervention in September 1999. Following UN rule for several years, East Timor attained full independence on 20 May 2002.

   Consolidation of Democracy, 1976-2000

   After several free elections and record voter turnouts between 25 April 1975 and June 1976, civil war was averted and Portugal's second democratic republic began to stabilize. The MFA was dissolved, the military were returned to the barracks, and increasingly elected civilians took over the government of the country. The 1976 Constitution was revised several times beginning in 1982 and 1989, in order to reempha-size the principle of free enterprise in the economy while much of the large, nationalized sector was privatized. In June 1976, General Ram-alho Eanes was elected the first constitutional president of the republic (five-year term), and he appointed socialist leader Dr. Mário Soares as prime minister of the first constitutional government.

   From 1976 to 1985, Portugal's new system featured a weak economy and finances, labor unrest, and administrative and political instability. The difficult consolidation of democratic governance was eased in part by the strong currency and gold reserves inherited from the Estado Novo, but Lisbon seemed unable to cope with high unemployment, new debt, the complex impact of the refugees from Africa, world recession, and the agitation of political parties. Four major parties emerged from the maelstrom of 1974-75, except for the Communist Party, all newly founded. They were, from left to right, the Communists (PCP); the Socialists (PS), who managed to dominate governments and the legislature but not win a majority in the Assembly of the Republic; the Social Democrats (PSD); and the Christian Democrats (CDS). During this period, the annual growth rate was low (l-2 percent), and the nationalized sector of the economy stagnated.

   Enhanced economic growth, greater political stability, and more effective central government as of 1985, and especially 1987, were due to several developments. In 1977, Portugal applied for membership in the European Economic Community (EEC), now the European Union (EU) since 1993. In January 1986, with Spain, Portugal was granted membership, and economic and financial progress in the intervening years has been significantly influenced by the comparatively large investment, loans, technology, advice, and other assistance from the EEC. Low unemployment, high annual growth rates (5 percent), and moderate inflation have also been induced by the new political and administrative stability in Lisbon. Led by Prime Minister Cavaco Silva, an economist who was trained abroad, the PSD's strong organization, management, and electoral support since 1985 have assisted in encouraging economic recovery and development. In 1985, the PSD turned the PS out of office and won the general election, although they did not have an absolute majority of assembly seats. In 1986, Mário Soares was elected president of the republic, the first civilian to hold that office since the First Republic. In the elections of 1987 and 1991, however, the PSD was returned to power with clear majorities of over 50 percent of the vote.

   Although the PSD received 50.4 percent of the vote in the 1991 parliamentary elections and held a 42-seat majority in the Assembly of the Republic, the party began to lose public support following media revelations regarding corruption and complaints about Prime Minister Cavaco Silva's perceived arrogant leadership style. President Mário Soares voiced criticism of the PSD's seemingly untouchable majority and described a "tyranny of the majority." Economic growth slowed down. In the parliamentary elections of 1995 and the presidential election of 1996, the PSD's dominance ended for the time being. Prime Minister Antônio Guterres came to office when the PS won the October 1995 elections, and in the subsequent presidential contest, in January 1996, socialist Jorge Sampaio, the former mayor of Lisbon, was elected president of the republic, thus defeating Cavaco Silva's bid. Young and popular, Guterres moved the PS toward the center of the political spectrum. Under Guterres, the PS won the October 1999 parliamentary elections. The PS defeated the PSD but did not manage to win a clear, working majority of seats, and this made the PS dependent upon alliances with smaller parties, including the PCP.

   In the local elections in December 2001, the PSD's criticism of PS's heavy public spending allowed the PSD to take control of the key cities of Lisbon, Oporto, and Coimbra. Guterres resigned, and parliamentary elections were brought forward from 2004 to March 2002. The PSD won a narrow victory with 40 percent of the votes, and Jose Durão Barroso became prime minister. Having failed to win a majority of the seats in parliament forced the PSD to govern in coalition with the right-wing Popular Party (PP) led by Paulo Portas. Durão Barroso set about reducing government spending by cutting the budgets of local authorities, freezing civil service hiring, and reviving the economy by accelerating privatization of state-owned enterprises. These measures provoked a 24-hour strike by public-sector workers. Durão Barroso reacted with vows to press ahead with budget-cutting measures and imposed a wage freeze on all employees earning more than €1,000, which affected more than one-half of Portugal's work force.

   In June 2004, Durão Barroso was invited by Romano Prodi to succeed him as president of the European Commission. Durão Barroso accepted and resigned the prime ministership in July. Pedro Santana Lopes, the leader of the PSD, became prime minister. Already unpopular at the time of Durão Barroso's resignation, the PSD-led government became increasingly unpopular under Santana Lopes. A month-long delay in the start of the school year and confusion over his plan to cut taxes and raise public-sector salaries, eroded confidence even more. By November, Santana Lopes's government was so unpopular that President Jorge Sampaio was obliged to dissolve parliament and hold new elections, two years ahead of schedule.

   Parliamentary elections were held on 20 February 2005. The PS, which had promised the electorate disciplined and transparent governance, educational reform, the alleviation of poverty, and a boost in employment, won 45 percent of the vote and the majority of the seats in parliament. The leader of the PS, José Sôcrates became prime minister on 12 March 2005. In the regularly scheduled presidential elections held on 6 January 2006, the former leader of the PSD and prime minister, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, won a narrow victory and became president on 9 March 2006. With a mass protest, public teachers' strike, and street demonstrations in March 2008, Portugal's media, educational, and social systems experienced more severe pressures. With the spreading global recession beginning in September 2008, Portugal's economic and financial systems became more troubled.

    Contemporary Portugal

   Owing to its geographic location on the southwestern most edge of continental Europe, Portugal has been historically in but not of Europe. Almost from the beginning of its existence in the 12th century as an independent monarchy, Portugal turned its back on Europe and oriented itself toward the Atlantic Ocean. After carving out a Christian kingdom on the western portion of the Iberian peninsula, Portuguese kings gradually built and maintained a vast seaborne global empire that became central to the way Portugal understood its individuality as a nation-state. While the creation of this empire allows Portugal to claim an unusual number of "firsts" or distinctions in world and Western history, it also retarded Portugal's economic, social, and political development. It can be reasonably argued that the Revolution of 25 April 1974 was the most decisive event in Portugal's long history because it finally ended Portugal's oceanic mission and view of itself as an imperial power. After the 1974 Revolution, Portugal turned away from its global mission and vigorously reoriented itself toward Europe. Contemporary Portugal is now both in and of Europe.

   The turn toward Europe began immediately after 25 April 1974. Portugal granted independence to its African colonies in 1975. It was admitted to the European Council and took the first steps toward accession to the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1976. On 28 March 1977, the Portuguese government officially applied for EEC membership. Because of Portugal's economic and social backwardness, which would require vast sums of EEC money to overcome, negotiations for membership were long and difficult. Finally, a treaty of accession was signed on 12 June 1985. Portugal officially joined the EEC (the European Union [EU] since 1993) on 1 January 1986. Since becoming a full-fledged member of the EU, Portugal has been steadily overcoming the economic and social underdevelopment caused by its imperial past and is becoming more like the rest of Europe.

   Membership in the EU has speeded up the structural transformation of Portugal's economy, which actually began during the Estado Novo. Investments made by the Estado Novo in Portugal's economy began to shift employment out of the agricultural sector, which, in 1950, accounted for 50 percent of Portugal's economically active population. Today, only 10 percent of the economically active population is employed in the agricultural sector (the highest among EU member states); 30 percent in the industrial sector (also the highest among EU member states); and 60 percent in the service sector (the lowest among EU member states). The economically active population numbers about 5,000,000 employed, 56 percent of whom are women. Women workers are the majority of the workforce in the agricultural and service sectors (the highest among the EU member states). The expansion of the service sector has been primarily in health care and education. Portugal has had the lowest unemployment rates among EU member states, with the overall rate never being more than 10 percent of the active population. Since joining the EU, the number of employers increased from 2.6 percent to 5.8 percent of the active population; self-employed from 16 to 19 percent; and employees from 65 to 70 percent. Twenty-six percent of the employers are women. Unemployment tends to hit younger workers in industry and transportation, women employed in domestic service, workers on short-term contracts, and poorly educated workers. Salaried workers earn only 63 percent of the EU average, and hourly workers only one-third to one-half of that earned by their EU counterparts. Despite having had the second highest growth of gross national product (GNP) per inhabitant (after Ireland) among EU member states, the above data suggest that while much has been accomplished in terms of modernizing the Portuguese economy, much remains to be done to bring Portugal's economy up to the level of the "average" EU member state.

   Membership in the EU has also speeded up changes in Portuguese society. Over the last 30 years, coastalization and urbanization have intensified. Fully 50 percent of Portuguese live in the coastal urban conurbations of Lisbon, Oporto, Braga, Aveiro, Coimbra, Viseu, Évora, and Faro. The Portuguese population is one of the oldest among EU member states (17.3 percent are 65 years of age or older) thanks to a considerable increase in life expectancy at birth (77.87 years for the total population, 74.6 years for men, 81.36 years for women) and one of the lowest birthrates (10.59 births/1,000) in Europe. Family size averages 2.8 persons per household, with the strict nuclear family (one or two generations) in which both parents work being typical. Common law marriages, cohabitating couples, and single-parent households are more and more common. The divorce rate has also increased. "Youth Culture" has developed. The young have their own meeting places, leisure-time activities, and nightlife (bars, clubs, and discos).

   All Portuguese citizens, whether they have contributed or not, have a right to an old-age pension, invalidity benefits, widowed persons' pension, as well as payments for disabilities, children, unemployment, and large families. There is a national minimum wage (€385 per month), which is low by EU standards. The rapid aging of Portugal's population has changed the ratio of contributors to pensioners to 1.7, the lowest in the EU. This has created deficits in Portugal's social security fund.

   The adult literacy rate is about 92 percent. Illiteracy is still found among the elderly. Although universal compulsory education up to grade 9 was achieved in 1980, only 21.2 percent of the population aged 25-64 had undergone secondary education, compared to an EU average of 65.7 percent. Portugal's higher education system currently consists of 14 state universities and 14 private universities, 15 state polytechnic institutions, one Catholic university, and one military academy. All in all, Portugal spends a greater percentage of its state budget on education than most EU member states. Despite this high level of expenditure, the troubled Portuguese education system does not perform well. Early leaving and repetition rates are among the highest among EU member states.

   After the Revolution of 25 April 1974, Portugal created a National Health Service, which today consists of 221 hospitals and 512 medical centers employing 33,751 doctors and 41,799 nurses. Like its education system, Portugal's medical system is inefficient. There are long waiting lists for appointments with specialists and for surgical procedures.

   Structural changes in Portugal's economy and society mean that social life in Portugal is not too different from that in other EU member states. A mass consumption society has been created. Televisions, telephones, refrigerators, cars, music equipment, mobile phones, and personal computers are commonplace. Sixty percent of Portuguese households possess at least one automobile, and 65 percent of Portuguese own their own home. Portuguese citizens are more aware of their legal rights than ever before. This has resulted in a trebling of the number of legal proceeding since 1960 and an eight-fold increase in the number of lawyers. In general, Portuguese society has become more permissive and secular; the Catholic Church and the armed forces are much less influential than in the past. Portugal's population is also much more culturally, religiously, and ethnically diverse, a consequence of the coming to Portugal of hundreds of thousands of immigrants, mainly from former African colonies.

   Portuguese are becoming more cosmopolitan and sophisticated through the impact of world media, the Internet, and the World Wide Web. A prime case in point came in the summer and early fall of 1999, with the extraordinary events in East Timor and the massive Portuguese popular responses. An internationally monitored referendum in East Timor, Portugal's former colony in the Indonesian archipelago and under Indonesian occupation from late 1975 to summer 1999, resulted in a vote of 78.5 percent for rejecting integration with Indonesia and for independence. When Indonesian prointegration gangs, aided by the Indonesian military, responded to the referendum with widespread brutality and threatened to reverse the verdict of the referendum, there was a spontaneous popular outpouring of protest in the cities and towns of Portugal. An avalanche of Portuguese e-mail fell on leaders and groups in the UN and in certain countries around the world as Portugal's diplomats, perhaps to compensate for the weak initial response to Indonesian armed aggression in 1975, called for the protection of East Timor as an independent state and for UN intervention to thwart Indonesian action. Using global communications networks, the Portuguese were able to mobilize UN and world public opinion against Indonesian actions and aided the eventual independence of East Timor on 20 May 2002.

   From the Revolution of 25 April 1974 until the 1990s, Portugal had a large number of political parties, one of the largest Communist parties in western Europe, frequent elections, and endemic cabinet instability. Since the 1990s, the number of political parties has been dramatically reduced and cabinet stability increased. Gradually, the Portuguese electorate has concentrated around two larger parties, the right-of-center Social Democrats (PSD) and the left-of-center Socialist (PS). In the 1980s, these two parties together garnered 65 percent of the vote and 70 percent of the seats in parliament. In 2005, these percentages had risen to 74 percent and 85 percent, respectively. In effect, Portugal is currently a two-party dominant system in which the two largest parties — PS and PSD—alternate in and out of power, not unlike the rotation of the two main political parties (the Regenerators and the Historicals) during the last decades (1850s to 1880s) of the liberal constitutional monarchy. As Portugal's democracy has consolidated, turnout rates for the eligible electorate have declined. In the 1970s, turnout was 85 percent. In Portugal's most recent parliamentary election (2005), turnout had fallen to 65 percent of the eligible electorate.

   Portugal has benefited greatly from membership in the EU, and whatever doubts remain about the price paid for membership, no Portuguese government in the near future can afford to sever this connection. The vast majority of Portuguese citizens see membership in the EU as a "good thing" and strongly believe that Portugal has benefited from membership. Only the Communist Party opposed membership because it reduces national sovereignty, serves the interests of capitalists not workers, and suffers from a democratic deficit. Despite the high level of support for the EU, Portuguese voters are increasingly not voting in elections for the European Parliament, however. Turnout for European Parliament elections fell from 40 percent of the eligible electorate in the 1999 elections to 38 percent in the 2004 elections.

   In sum, Portugal's turn toward Europe has done much to overcome its backwardness. However, despite the economic, social, and political progress made since 1986, Portugal has a long way to go before it can claim to be on a par with the level found even in Spain, much less the rest of western Europe. As Portugal struggles to move from underde-velopment, especially in the rural areas away from the coast, it must keep in mind the perils of too rapid modern development, which could damage two of its most precious assets: its scenery and environment. The growth and future prosperity of the economy will depend on the degree to which the government and the private sector will remain stewards of clean air, soil, water, and other finite resources on which the tourism industry depends and on which Portugal's world image as a unique place to visit rests. Currently, Portugal is investing heavily in renewable energy from solar, wind, and wave power in order to account for about 50 percent of its electricity needs by 2010. Portugal opened the world's largest solar power plant and the world's first commercial wave power farm in 2006.

   An American documentary film on Portugal produced in the 1970s described this little country as having "a Past in Search of a Future." In the years after the Revolution of 25 April 1974, it could be said that Portugal is now living in "a Present in Search of a Future." Increasingly, that future lies in Europe as an active and productive member of the EU.

Historical dictionary of Portugal > Historical Portugal
14 sight

1. noun
1) (the act or power of seeing: The blind man had lost his sight in the war.) vista

2) (the area within which things can be seen by someone: The boat was within sight of land; The end of our troubles is in sight.) vista

3) (something worth seeing: She took her visitors to see the sights of London.) atracción turística

4) (a view or glimpse.) visión

5) (something seen that is unusual, ridiculous, shocking etc: She's quite a sight in that hat.) figura

6) ((on a gun etc) an apparatus to guide the eye in taking aim: Where is the sight on a rifle?) mira

2. verb
1) (to get a view of; to see suddenly: We sighted the coast as dawn broke.) observar, ver, divisar

2) (to look at (something) through the sight of a gun: He sighted his prey and pulled the trigger.) apuntar

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- sight-seeing
- sight-seer
- catch sight of
- lose sight of

sight n

1. vista

my sight is failing me está fallando la vista

2. algo... de ver

the battlefield was a terrible sight el campo de batalla era algo espantoso de ver

to catch sight of something ver algo

I just caught sight of him before he disappeared apenas lo vi y ya había desaparecido

the sights lugares de interés turístico

to see the sights hacer una visita turística

sight

tr[saɪt]

noun

1 (faculty) vista

■ his sight is failing le está fallando la vista

2 (range of vision) vista

■ don't let him out of your sight! ¡no lo pierdas de vista!

■ we waited until he was out of sight esperamos hasta que hubo desaparecido

■ get out of my sight! ¡fuera de mi vista!

3 (act of seeing, view) vista

■ it was her first sight of the countryside fue la primera vez que veía el campo

■ he faints at the sight of blood se desmaya cuando ve sangre

■ it was love at first sight fue amor a primera vista

4 (thing seen, spectacle) espectáculo

■ it was a sight to behold fue un regalo para la vista

■ it was a sorry sight fue un triste espectáculo

■ you look a sight! ¡tienes una pinta horrorosa!, ¡estás horroroso!

5 (on gun) mira

transitive verb

1 (bird, animal) observar, ver; (person) ver; (land) divisar

noun a sight

1 familiar (a great deal) mucho

■ a sight better mucho mejor

■ a sight more expensive mucho más caro

plural noun sights

1 (of city) monumentos nombre masculino plural, lugares nombre masculino plural de interés

■ we're going to see the sights vamos a hacer un recorrido turístico de la ciudad

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

in one's sights en la mira

in/within sight a la vista

in the sight of God ante Dios

out of sight SMALLAMERICAN ENGLISH/SMALL (very good) alucinante

out of sight, out of mind ojos que no ven, corazón que no siente

sight unseen sin haberlo visto antes

to be a sight for sore eyes dar gusto verlo

to catch sight of ver, divisar

to come into sight aparecer

to hate/loathe the sight of somebody no poder ni ver a alguien

to keep out of sight no dejarse ver, esconderse

to know somebody by sight conocer a alguien de vista

to lose sight of somebody/something perder a alguien/algo de vista

to raise one's sights aspirar a más, apuntar más alto

to set one's sights on something tener la mira puesta en algo

to take a sight apuntar

sight ['saɪt] vt

: ver (a una persona), divisar (la tierra, un barco)

sight n

1) : vista f (facultad)

out of sight: fuera de vista

2) : algo visto

it's a familiar sight: se ve con frecuencia

she's a sight for sore eyes: da gusto verla

3) : lugar m de interés (para turistas, etc.)

4) : mira f (de un rifle, etc.)

5) glimpse: mirada f breve

I caught sight of her: la divisé, alcancé a verla

sight (Appearance)

n.

• aspecto s.m.

n.

• brújula s.f.

• escena s.f.

• mira s.f.

• puntería s.f.

• visión s.f.

• vista s.f.

v.

• avistar v.

• visar v.

I saɪt
noun

1) u ( eyesight) vista f

to lose one's sight — perder* la vista or la visión

to have poor sight — tener* mala vista, ver* mal

2) u ( range of vision)

to come into sight — aparecer*

to lose sight of something/somebody — perder* algo/a alguien de vista

the finishing line was now in sight — ya se veía la meta

we were in sight of victory victory was within sight la victoria estaba cercana; she watched until they were out of sight los siguió con la mirada hasta que los perdió de vista; (get) out of my sight! fuera de aquí!; I daren't let him out of my sight for a second no me atrevo a dejarlo solo ni un minuto; out of sight, out of mind — ojos que no ven, corazón que no siente

3) (act of seeing, view) (no pl)

at first sight — a primera vista

it was love at first sight — fue amor a primera vista, fue un flechazo

to catch sight of something/somebody: we caught sight of them going up the mountain los vimos or los avistamos subiendo la montaña; as he opened the drawer, I caught sight of the gun cuando abrió el cajón, pude ver el revólver; to know somebody by sight conocer* a alguien de vista; to play at o by sight ( Mus) tocar* a primera vista; deserters will be shot on sight los desertores serán fusilados en el acto; I can't stand the sight of him — (colloq) no lo puedo ver (fam)

4) c

a) ( thing seen)

the sparrow is a familiar sight in our gardens — el gorrión se ve con frecuencia en nuestros jardines

it's not a pretty sight — (colloq) no es muy agradable de ver

it is/it was a sight for sore eyes — da/daba gusto verlo

b) ( of untidy or absurd appearance)

a sight — (colloq)

I look a sight! — estoy horrorosa!, qué parezco!

she looks a sight in that dress — ese vestido le queda espantoso

c) sights pl ( famous places)

to see the sights — visitar los lugares de interés

5)

a) c ( of gun) mira f

b) sights pl ( ambition)

to have something in one's sights, to have one's sights on something — tener* la mira puesta en algo

6) ( lot) (colloq)

a (far o damn) sight happier/richer — muchísimo más feliz/rico

it's a (far o damn) sight better — es muchísimo mejor

he's a sight too clever — se pasa de listo

II

transitive verb \<\<land/ship\>\> divisar, avistar; \<\<person/animal\>\> ver*

[saɪt]
1. N

1) (=eyesight) vista f

• to have good sight — tener buena vista

• I'm losing my sight — estoy perdiendo la vista

• to have poor sight — tener mala vista

• to regain one's sight — recobrar la vista

2) (=act of seeing) vista f

I can't bear the sight of blood — no aguanto la vista de la sangre

I can't stand the sight of him — no le puedo ver

• at sight — a la vista

at first sight — a primera vista

it was love at first sight — fue un flechazo

• I know her by sight — la conozco de vista

• it came into sight — apareció

• to catch sight of sth/sb — divisar algo/a algn

• to be in sight — estar a la vista (of de)

to keep sth in sight — no perder de vista algo

our goal is in sight — ya vemos la meta

we are in sight of victory — estamos a las puertas de la victoria

to find favour in sb's sight — [plan etc] ser aceptable a algn; [person] merecerse la aprobación de algn

• to lose sight of sth/sb — perder algo/a algn de vista

to lose sight of sb — (fig) perder contacto con algn

to lose sight of the fact that... — no tener presente el hecho de que...

to be lost to sight — desaparecer, perderse de vista

• to shoot on sight — disparar sin previo aviso

• to be out of sight — no estar a la vista

keep out of sight! — ¡que no te vean!

not to let sb out of one's sight — no perder a algn de vista

to drop out of sight — desaparecer

out of sight — (US) * fabuloso *

• to buy sth sight unseen — comprar algo sin verlo

• to be within sight — estar a la vista (of de)

to have sth within sight — tener algo a la vista

we were within sight of the coast — teníamos la costa a la vista

- out of sight, out of mind

3) (=spectacle) espectáculo m

it was an amazing sight — era un espectáculo asombroso

his face was a sight! — ¡había que ver su cara!; (after injury etc) ¡había que ver el estado en que quedaba su cara!

I must look a sight — debo parecer horroroso, ¿no?

doesn't she look a sight in that hat! — ¡con ese sombrero parece un espantajo!

what a sight you are! — ¡qué adefesio!

the sights — los lugares de interés turístico

to see or visit the sights of Madrid — visitar los lugares de interés turístico de Madrid, hacer turismo por Madrid

• it's not a pretty sight — no es precisamente bonito

• it's a sad sight — es una cosa triste

- it's a sight for sore eyes

4) (on gun) (often pl) mira f, alza f

in one's sights — en la línea de tiro

- lower one's sights

- raise one's sights

- set one's sights on sth/doing sth

- set one's sights too high

5) * (=a great deal)

this is a sight better than the other one — este no tiene comparación con el otro

he's a sight too clever — es demasiado listo

it's a sight dearer — es mucho más caro

2. VT

1) (Naut) [+ land] ver, divisar; [+ bird, rare animal] observar, ver; [+ person] ver

2) (=aim)

to sight a gun — apuntar un cañón (at, on a)

3.

CPD

sight draft N — letra f a la vista

sight translation N — traducción f oral or a libro abierto

* * *

I [saɪt]
noun

1) u ( eyesight) vista f

to lose one's sight — perder* la vista or la visión

to have poor sight — tener* mala vista, ver* mal

2) u ( range of vision)

to come into sight — aparecer*

to lose sight of something/somebody — perder* algo/a alguien de vista

the finishing line was now in sight — ya se veía la meta

we were in sight of victory victory was within sight la victoria estaba cercana; she watched until they were out of sight los siguió con la mirada hasta que los perdió de vista; (get) out of my sight! fuera de aquí!; I daren't let him out of my sight for a second no me atrevo a dejarlo solo ni un minuto; out of sight, out of mind — ojos que no ven, corazón que no siente

3) (act of seeing, view) (no pl)

at first sight — a primera vista

it was love at first sight — fue amor a primera vista, fue un flechazo

to catch sight of something/somebody: we caught sight of them going up the mountain los vimos or los avistamos subiendo la montaña; as he opened the drawer, I caught sight of the gun cuando abrió el cajón, pude ver el revólver; to know somebody by sight conocer* a alguien de vista; to play at o by sight ( Mus) tocar* a primera vista; deserters will be shot on sight los desertores serán fusilados en el acto; I can't stand the sight of him — (colloq) no lo puedo ver (fam)

4) c

a) ( thing seen)

the sparrow is a familiar sight in our gardens — el gorrión se ve con frecuencia en nuestros jardines

it's not a pretty sight — (colloq) no es muy agradable de ver

it is/it was a sight for sore eyes — da/daba gusto verlo

b) ( of untidy or absurd appearance)

a sight — (colloq)

I look a sight! — estoy horrorosa!, qué parezco!

she looks a sight in that dress — ese vestido le queda espantoso

c) sights pl ( famous places)

to see the sights — visitar los lugares de interés

5)

a) c ( of gun) mira f

b) sights pl ( ambition)

to have something in one's sights, to have one's sights on something — tener* la mira puesta en algo

6) ( lot) (colloq)

a (far o damn) sight happier/richer — muchísimo más feliz/rico

it's a (far o damn) sight better — es muchísimo mejor

he's a sight too clever — se pasa de listo

II

transitive verb \<\<land/ship\>\> divisar, avistar; \<\<person/animal\>\> ver*

English-spanish dictionary > sight
15 lie

I
1.
noun
(a false statement made with the intention of deceiving: It would be a lie to say I knew, because I didn't.) mentira

2. verb
(to say etc something which is not true, with the intention of deceiving: There's no point in asking her - she'll just lie about it.) mentir

- liar

II
present participle - lying; verb
1) (to be in or take a more or less flat position: She went into the bedroom and lay on the bed; The book was lying in the hall.)

2) (to be situated; to be in a particular place etc: The farm lay three miles from the sea; His interest lies in farming.) echarse, tumbarse

3) (to remain in a certain state: The shop is lying empty now.) estar (situado), encontrarse

4) ((with in) (of feelings, impressions etc) to be caused by or contained in: His charm lies in his honesty.) quedarse, permanecer

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- lie back
- lie down
- lie in
- lie in wait for
- lie in wait
- lie low
- lie with
- take lying down

lie¹ n mentira

that's a lie! ¡eso es mentira!

lie² vb echarse / tumbarse

he was lying on the ground estaba tumbado en el suelo

I'm going to lie down for a while me voy a echar un rato

El pasado de lie es lay y el participio pasado es lain; el gerundio se escribe lying

lie³ vb mentir

don't lie to me no me mientas

El gerundio de lie se escribe lying

lie

tr[laɪ]

intransitive verb (pt & pp lied, ger lying)

1 mentir

noun

1 mentira

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

to be a pack of lies / be a tissue of lies ser pura mentira

to give the lie to desmentir

to lie through one's teeth familiar mentir uno más que habla

to tell lies mentir

lie detector detector nombre masculino de mentiras

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lie

tr[laɪ]

intransitive verb (pt lay tr[leɪ], pp lain tr[leɪn], ger lying)

1 (adopt a flat position) acostarse, tumbarse; (be in a flat position) estar acostado,-a, estar tumbado,-a

2 (decision) depender ( with, de); (responsibility) ser ( with, de), corresponder ( with, a)

■ the final decision lies only with the president la decisión final sólo depende del presidente

■ we must determine where the responsibility lies hemos de determinar de quién es la responsabilidad

3 (be situated) estar (situado,-a), encontrarse

■ the monastery lies north of the city el monasterio está al norte de la ciudad

■ the problem lies mainly in his stubbornness el problema radica principalmente en su intransigencia

■ what lies behind his offer of help? ¿qué esconde tras su oferta de ayuda?

4 (be buried) yacer

5 (remain) quedarse, permanecer

■ he lay still watching the deer permaneció inmóvil mirando el ciervo

noun

1 (position) posición nombre femenino, situación nombre femenino; (direction) orientación nombre femenino

\

SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

to lie down on the job columpiarse, dormirse

to lie low estar escondido,-a

to take something lying down aceptar algo sin chistar

the lie of the land la topografía (del terreno) 2 figurative use el estado de las cosas

lie ['laɪ] vi, lay ['leɪ] ; lain ['leɪn] ; lying ['laɪɪŋ]

1) : acostarse, echarse

I lay down: me acosté

2) : estar, estar situado, encontrarse

the book lay on the table: el libro estaba en la mesa

the city lies to the south: la ciudad se encuentra al sur

3) consist: consistir

4)

to lie in : residir en

the power lies in the people: el poder reside en el pueblo

lie vi, lied ; lying ['laɪɪŋ] : mentir

lie n

1) untruth: mentira f

to tell lies: decir mentiras

2) position: posición f

lie

n.

• disposición s.f.

• embuste s.m.

• filfa s.f.

• gazapa s.f.

• infundio s.m.

• mentira s.f.

• orientación s.f.

• trola s.f.

• trufa s.f.

v.

(§ p.,p.p.: lied) (•§ p.,p.p.: lay, lain•) = echarse v.

• estar acostado v.

• estar echado v.

• estar situado v.

• mentir v.

• trufar v.

• ubicarse v.

• yacer v.

I laɪ
noun ( untruth) mentira f

that's a lie! — (eso es) mentira!

to tell lies — decir* mentiras, mentir*

to give the lie to something — desmentir* algo

II

1) intransitive verb

Sense I

2) (3rd pers sing pres lies; pres p lying; past & past p lied) ( tell untruths) mentir*

to lie one's way out of/into something — salir* de un problema/conseguir* algo a base de mentiras

Sense II

3) (3rd pers sing pres lies; pres p lying; past lay; past p lain)

a) ( lie down) echarse, acostarse*, tenderse*

b) ( be in lying position) estar* tendido, yacer* (liter)

he often lies in bed until noon — con frecuencia se queda en la cama hasta el mediodía

lie still! — quédate quieto!

I lay awake for hours — estuve horas sin poder dormir

to lie low — tratar de pasar inadvertido

c) ( be buried) yacer* (liter), estar* sepultado (frml)

here lies John Brown — aquí yacen los restos de John Brown

4) (be) \<\<object\>\> estar*

the snow lay two feet deep — la nieve tenía dos pies de espesor

the book lay open at page 304 — el libro estaba abierto en la página 304

the factory still lay idle — la fábrica seguía parada

the ship lay at anchor — el barco estaba fondeado or anclado

5)

a) ( be located) \<\<building/city\>\> encontrarse*, estar* (situado or ubicado)

a group of islands lying off the west coast — un conjunto de islas situadas cerca de la costa occidental

b) ( stretch) extenderse*

6) \<\<problem/difference\>\> radicar*, estribar, estar*; \<\<answer\>\> estar*

where do your sympathies lie? — ¿con quién simpatizas?

it's hard to see where the problem lies — es difícil ver en qué estriba or radica el problema

victory lay within his grasp — tenía la victoria al alcance de la mano

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Phrasal Verbs:

- lie about

- lie ahead

- lie around

- lie back

- lie down

- lie in

I [laɪ]
1.

N mentira f

it's a lie! — ¡(es) mentira!

to tell lies — mentir

white lie — mentira f piadosa

- give the lie to
pack 1., 3)
2.

VI mentir

3.

VT

to lie one's way out of it — salir del apuro mintiendo

4.

CPD

lie detector N — detector m de mentiras

lie-detector test N — prueba f con el detector de mentiras

II [laɪ] (pt lay) (pp lain)
1. VI

1) [person, animal] (=act) echarse, acostarse, tenderse, tumbarse; (=state) estar echado or acostado or tendido or tumbado; (in grave) yacer, estar enterrado, reposar liter

don't lie on the grass — no te eches sobre el césped

he lay where he had fallen — se quedó donde había caído

• to lie asleep/in bed — estar dormido/en la cama

• to lie dead — yacer muerto

• to lie helpless — estar tumbado sin poder ayudarse

• here lies... — aquí yace...

• to let things lie — dejar estar las cosas como están

• to lie resting — estar descansando

• to lie still — quedarse inmóvil

- lie low

2) (=be situated) [object] estar; [town, house] estar situado, encontrarse, ubicarse (LAm); (=remain) quedarse; (=stretch) extenderse

the book lay on the table — el libro estaba sobre la mesa

• our road lay along the river — nuestro camino seguía a lo largo del río

• the plain lay before us — la llanura se extendía delante de nosotros

• where does the difficulty lie? — ¿en qué consiste or radica la dificultad?

• the factory lay idle — la fábrica estaba parada

• the town lies in a valley — el pueblo está situado or ubicado en un valle

England lies in third place — Inglaterra está en tercer lugar or ocupa la tercera posición

the money is lying in the bank — el dinero sigue en el banco

• how does the land lie? — ¿cuál es el estado actual de las cosas?

• obstacles lie in the way — hay obstáculos por delante

• the problem lies in his refusal — el problema estriba en su negativa

• the snow lay half a metre deep — había medio metro de nieve

the snow did not lie — la nieve se derritió

• the book lay unopened — el libro quedaba sin abrir

• the fault lies with you — la culpa es tuya, tú eres el culpable

it lies with you to change things — te corresponde a ti cambiar las cosas

2.

N [of ball] posición f

• the lie of the land — (Geog) la configuración del terreno; (fig) el estado de las cosas

- lie about

- lie back

- lie behind

- lie down

- lie in

- lie over

- lie to

- lie up

* * *

I [laɪ]
noun ( untruth) mentira f

that's a lie! — (eso es) mentira!

to tell lies — decir* mentiras, mentir*

to give the lie to something — desmentir* algo

II

1) intransitive verb

Sense I

2) (3rd pers sing pres lies; pres p lying; past & past p lied) ( tell untruths) mentir*

to lie one's way out of/into something — salir* de un problema/conseguir* algo a base de mentiras

Sense II

3) (3rd pers sing pres lies; pres p lying; past lay; past p lain)

a) ( lie down) echarse, acostarse*, tenderse*

b) ( be in lying position) estar* tendido, yacer* (liter)

he often lies in bed until noon — con frecuencia se queda en la cama hasta el mediodía

lie still! — quédate quieto!

I lay awake for hours — estuve horas sin poder dormir

to lie low — tratar de pasar inadvertido

c) ( be buried) yacer* (liter), estar* sepultado (frml)

here lies John Brown — aquí yacen los restos de John Brown

4) (be) \<\<object\>\> estar*

the snow lay two feet deep — la nieve tenía dos pies de espesor

the book lay open at page 304 — el libro estaba abierto en la página 304

the factory still lay idle — la fábrica seguía parada

the ship lay at anchor — el barco estaba fondeado or anclado

5)

a) ( be located) \<\<building/city\>\> encontrarse*, estar* (situado or ubicado)

a group of islands lying off the west coast — un conjunto de islas situadas cerca de la costa occidental

b) ( stretch) extenderse*

6) \<\<problem/difference\>\> radicar*, estribar, estar*; \<\<answer\>\> estar*

where do your sympathies lie? — ¿con quién simpatizas?

it's hard to see where the problem lies — es difícil ver en qué estriba or radica el problema

victory lay within his grasp — tenía la victoria al alcance de la mano

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Phrasal Verbs:

- lie about

- lie ahead

- lie around

- lie back

- lie down

- lie in

English-spanish dictionary > lie
16 sight

1. noun
1) (faculty) Sehvermögen, das

loss of sight — Verlust des Sehvermögens

second sight — das Zweite Gesicht

near sight — see academic.ru/66874/short_sight">short sight

by sight — mit dem Gesichtssinn od. den Augen

know somebody by sight — jemanden vom Sehen kennen; see also long sight; short sight

2) (act of seeing) Anblick, der

at [the] sight of somebody/blood — bei jemandes Anblick/beim Anblick von Blut

catch sight of somebody/something — (lit. or fig.) jemanden/etwas erblicken

lose sight of somebody/something — (lit. or fig.) jemanden/etwas aus dem Auge od. den Augen verlieren

play something at sight — etwas vom Blatt spielen

shoot somebody at or on sight — jemanden gleich [bei seinem Erscheinen] erschießen

at first sight — auf den ersten Blick

love at first sight — Liebe auf den ersten Blick

3) (spectacle) Anblick, der

be a sorry sight — einen traurigen Anblick od. ein trauriges Bild bieten

it is a sight to see or to behold or worth seeing — das muss man gesehen haben

a sight for sore eyes — eine Augenweide

be/look a [real] sight — (coll.) (amusing) [vollkommen] unmöglich aussehen (ugs.); (horrible) böse od. schlimm aussehen

4) in pl. (noteworthy features) Sehenswürdigkeiten Pl.

see the sights — sich (Dat.) die Sehenswürdigkeiten ansehen

5) (range) Sichtweite, die

in sight — (lit. or fig.) in Sicht

come into sight — in Sicht kommen

keep somebody/something in sight — (lit. or fig.) jemanden/etwas im Auge behalten

within or in sight of somebody/something — (able to see) in jemandes Sichtweite (Dat.) /in Sichtweite einer Sache

out of somebody's sight — außerhalb jemandes Sichtweite

be out of sight — außer Sicht sein; (coll.): (be excellent) wahnsinnig sein (ugs.)

keep or stay out of [somebody's] sight — sich [von jemandem] nicht sehen lassen

keep somebody/something out of sight — jemanden/etwas niemanden sehen lassen

keep something/somebody out of somebody's sight — jemanden etwas/jemanden nicht sehen lassen

not let somebody/something out of one's sight — jemanden/etwas nicht aus den Augen lassen

out of sight, out of mind — (prov.) aus den Augen, aus dem Sinn

6) (device for aiming) Visier, das

sights — Visiervorrichtung, die

set/have [set] one's sights on something — (fig.) etwas anpeilen

set one's sights [too] high — (fig.) seine Ziele [zu] hoch stecken

lower/raise one's sights — (fig.) zurückstecken/sich (Dat.) ein höheres Ziel setzen
2. transitive verb
sichten [Land, Schiff, Flugzeug, Wrack]; sehen [Entflohenen, Vermissten]; antreffen [seltenes Tier, seltene Pflanze]

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1. noun
1) (the act or power of seeing: The blind man had lost his sight in the war.) das Sehvermögen

2) (the area within which things can be seen by someone: The boat was within sight of land; The end of our troubles is in sight.) die Sicht(-weite)

3) (something worth seeing: She took her visitors to see the sights of London.) die Sehenswürdigkeit

4) (a view or glimpse.) der Blick

5) (something seen that is unusual, ridiculous, shocking etc: She's quite a sight in that hat.) der Anblick

6) ((on a gun etc) an apparatus to guide the eye in taking aim: Where is the sight on a rifle?) das Visier
2. verb
1) (to get a view of; to see suddenly: We sighted the coast as dawn broke.) sichten

2) (to look at (something) through the sight of a gun: He sighted his prey and pulled the trigger.) anvisieren

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- sight-seeing
- sight-seer
- catch sight of
- lose sight of
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sight

[saɪt]

I. n

1. no pl (ability to see)

[sense of] \sight Sehvermögen nt; (strength of vision) Sehleistung f, Sehkraft f

he's got very good \sight er sieht sehr gut

his \sight is deteriorating seine Sehkraft lässt nach

to improve sb's \sight jds Sehleistung verbessern

to lose one's \sight das Sehvermögen verlieren

2. no pl (visual access) Sicht f; (visual range) Sichtweite f, Sicht f

don't let the baby out of your \sight behalte das Baby im Auge

land in \sight! Land in Sicht!

get out of my \sight! ( fam) geh mir aus den Augen!

to be in/come into \sight in Sichtweite sein/kommen

to disappear from \sight außer Sichtweite verschwinden

to keep \sight of sth etw im Auge behalten

to lose \sight of sth/sb ( also fig) etw aus den Augen verlieren a. fig

out of \sight außer [o nicht in] Sichtweite

to keep out of \sight sich akk nicht sehen lassen

to put sth out of \sight etw wegräumen [o verstecken

3. no pl ( fig) Sicht f

in the \sight of God/the law vor Gott/dem Gesetz

a house within \sight of the mountains ein Haus mit Blick auf die Berge

4. no pl (act of seeing) Anblick m

they can't stand the \sight of each other sie können einander nicht ertragen

she faints at the \sight of blood sie wird beim Anblick von Blut ohnmächtig

at first \sight auf den ersten Blick

love at first \sight Liebe f auf den ersten Blick

to catch \sight of sb/sth jdn/etw erblicken

if I ever catch \sight of you again... wenn du mir noch einmal unter die Augen kommst,...

to do sth on \sight etw sofort tun

to hate [or loathe] /be sick of the \sight of sb/sth den Anblick einer Person/einer S. gen hassen/nicht mehr ertragen

to know sb by \sight jdn vom Sehen her kennen

to play [music] at [or from] \sight [Musik] vom Blatt spielen

5. no pl (image, spectacle) Anblick m

to not be a pretty \sight kein angenehmer Anblick sein

to be [or look] a \sight ( fam: ridiculous) lächerlich aussehen; (terrible) furchtbar aussehen

to be a \sight to behold (beautiful) ein herrlicher Anblick sein; (funny) ein Bild [o Anblick] für die Götter sein a. hum fam

6. no pl ( form: inspection) of a document, contract Einsicht f (of in + akk)

to request \sight of the papers Einsicht in die Unterlagen verlangen

7. (attractions)

▪ \sights pl Sehenswürdigkeiten pl

the \sights and sounds of London alle Sehenswürdigkeiten von London

8. (on a gun) Visier nt, Visiereinrichtung f

to line up the \sights das Visier ausrichten

9. no pl ( fam: a lot)

▪ a \sight deutlich, um einiges

food is a darn \sight more expensive than it used to be Essen ist um einiges teurer, als es früher war

he's a \sight better than he was yesterday er ist heute deutlich besser als gestern

10.

▶ to lower one's \sights seine Ziele zurückschrauben

▶ out of \sight, out of mind ( prov) aus den Augen, aus dem Sinn prov

▶ to be out of \sight (beyond what's possible) außerhalb des Möglichen sein [o liegen]; ( fam: excellent) spitze [o toll] sein fam

the price of the house is out of \sight der Preis für das Haus ist unbezahlbar

the group's new record is out of \sight! die neue Platte der Gruppe ist der Wahnsinn! fam

▶ to be a \sight for sore eyes ( fam: welcome sigh) ein willkommener Anblick sein; (attractive) eine [wahre] Augenweide sein

▶ second \sight das zweite Gesicht

she's got the \sight sie hat das zweite Gesicht

▶ to set one's \sights on sth sich dat etw zum Ziel machen

▶ \sight unseen ungesehen, unbesehen SCHWEIZ

I never buy anything \sight unseen ich kaufe niemals etwas ungesehen

▶ to be within [or in] \sight of sth kurz vor etw dat stehen

II. vt

1. (see)

to \sight land/a criminal Land/einen Kriminellen sichten

2.

to \sight a gun ein Gewehr mit einem Visier versehen

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[saɪt]
1. n

1) (= faculty) Sehvermögen nt

the gift of sight — die Gabe des Sehens

long/short sight — Weit-/Kurzsichtigkeit f

to have long/short sight — weit-/kurzsichtig sein

to lose/regain one's sight — sein Augenlicht verlieren/wiedergewinnen

he has very good sight — er sieht sehr gut

sight is the most valuable sense — das Auge ist das wertvollste Sinnesorgan

2)

(= glimpse, seeing) it was my first sight of Paris — das war das Erste, was ich von Paris gesehen habe

to hate sb at first sight or on sight — jdn vom ersten Augenblick an nicht leiden können

at first sight I hated him, but then... —

at first sight it seemed easy — auf den ersten Blick erschien es einfach

to shoot at or on sight — sofort schießen

he played the music by sight — er hat vom Blatt gespielt

love at first sight —

at the sight of the police they ran away — als sie die Polizei sahen, rannten sie weg

to know sb by sight — jdn vom Sehen kennen

to catch sight of sb/sth — jdn/etw entdecken or erblicken

if I catch sight of you round here again... — wenn du mir hier noch einmal unter die Augen kommst,...

don't let me catch sight of you with her again —

to get a sight of sb/sth we had a glorious sight of the mountains — jdn/etw zu sehen or zu Gesicht bekommen wir hatten einen herrlichen Blick auf die Berge

to lose sight of sb/sth (lit, fig) — jdn/etw aus den Augen verlieren

don't lose sight of the fact that... — Sie dürfen nicht außer Acht lassen, dass...

See:

→ second sight

3) (= sth seen) Anblick m

the sight of blood/her makes me sick — wenn ich Blut/sie sehe, wird mir übel

that is the most beautiful sight I've ever seen — das ist das Schönste, was ich je gesehen habe

I hate or can't bear the sight of him/his greasy hair — ich kann ihn/seine fettigen Haare (einfach) nicht ausstehen

to be a sight to see or behold — ein herrlicher Anblick sein; (funny) ein Bild or Anblick für die Götter sein (inf)

what a horrible sight! — das sieht ja furchtbar aus!

it was a sight for sore eyes — es war eine wahre Augenweide

you're a sight for sore eyes — es ist schön, dich zu sehen

4) (inf)

to be or look a sight (funny) — zum Schreien aussehen (inf); (horrible) fürchterlich aussehen

he looks a sight — der sieht vielleicht aus

what a sight you are! — wie siehst du denn aus!

5) (= range of vision) Sicht f

to be in or within sight —

land in sight! — Land in Sicht!

our goal is in sight — unser Ziel ist in greifbare Nähe gerückt

we are in sight of victory — unser Sieg liegt in greifbarer Nähe

we came in sight of the coast — die Küste kam in Sicht

at last we were in sight of land — endlich war Land in Sicht

to keep sb in sight — jdn im Auge behalten

to keep out of sight — sich verborgen halten

to keep sb/sth out of sight — jdn/etw nicht sehen lassen

keep out of my sight! — lass dich bloß bei mir nicht mehr sehen or blicken

to be out of or lost to sight — nicht mehr zu sehen sein, außer Sicht sein

the minute I was out of sight of the school — sobald ich von der Schule aus nicht mehr zu sehen war

when he's out of our sight —

somewhere out of sight a cat was mewing — irgendwo miaute eine (unsichtbare) Katze

don't let the children out of your sight — lass die Kinder nicht aus den Augen

darling, I'll never let you out of my sight again — Schatz, ich lasse dich nie mehr fort

she dropped out of sight after her first movie — nach ihrem ersten Film geriet sie in Vergessenheit

to be lost to sight — nicht mehr zu sehen sein

out of sight, out of mind (Prov) — aus den Augen, aus dem Sinn (Prov)

6) (COMM)

payable at sight — zahlbar bei Sicht

30 days' sight — 30 Tage nach Sicht

sight unseen — unbesehen, ohne Besicht (form)

we need to have sight of the document first — das Dokument muss uns (dat) zuerst vorliegen

7) (fig

= opinion) in sb's sight — in jds Augen (dat)

in the sight of God — vor Gott

8) usu pl (of city etc) Sehenswürdigkeit f

to see the sights of a town etc — eine Stadt etc besichtigen

9) (on telescope etc) Visiereinrichtung f; (on gun) Visier nt

to set one's sights too high (fig) — seine Ziele zu hoch stecken

to lower one's sights (fig) — seine Ansprüche herabsetzen or herunterschrauben

to set one's sights on sth (fig) — ein Auge auf etw (acc) werfen

to have sb/sth in or within one's sights (fig) — jdn/etw im Fadenkreuz haben

10)

(= aim, observation) to take a sight with a gun etc at sth — etw mit einem Gewehr etc anvisieren

11) (inf)

not by a long sight — bei Weitem nicht

a sight better/cheaper — einiges besser/billiger

he's a damn sight cleverer than you think — er ist ein ganzes Ende gescheiter als du meinst (inf)

12) (inf)

out of sight — sagenhaft (sl), der Wahnsinn (inf)

2. vt

1) (= see) sichten (ALSO MIL); person ausmachen

2) gun (= provide with sights) mit Visier versehen; (= adjust sights) richten

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sight [saıt]

A s

1. Sehvermögen n, -kraft f, Auge(nlicht) n:

good sight gute Augen;

long (near) sight Weit-(Kurz)sichtigkeit f;

have second sight das Zweite Gesicht haben;

lose one’s sight das Augenlicht verlieren

2. (An)Blick m, Sicht f:

at ( oder on) sight auf Anhieb, beim ersten Anblick, sofort;

shoot sb at sight jemanden sofort oder ohne Warnung niederschießen;

at the sight of beim Anblick (gen);

my heart sank at the sight of him als ich ihn sah;

at first sight auf den ersten Blick;

play (sing, translate) at sight vom Blatt spielen (singen, übersetzen);

catch sight of erblicken;

know by sight vom Sehen kennen;

lose sight of

a) aus den Augen verlieren (a. fig),

b) fig etwas übersehen;

she can’t bear ( oder stand) the sight of blood sie kann kein Blut sehen

3. fig Auge n:

in my sight in meinen Augen;

in the sight of God vor Gott;

find favo(u)r in sb’s sight Gnade vor jemandes Augen finden

4. Sicht(weite) f:

(with)in sight

a) in Sicht(weite),

b) fig in Sicht;

within sight of the victory den Sieg (dicht) vor Augen;

out of sight außer Sicht;

out of sight, out of mind (Sprichwort) aus den Augen, aus dem Sinn;

there’s no end in sight ein Ende ist nicht abzusehen;

be nowhere in sight nirgends zu sehen sein;

come in sight in Sicht kommen;

(get) out of my sight! geh mir aus den Augen!;

put out of sight

a) wegtun,

b) umg Essen wegputzen;

remain out of sight nach wie vor nicht in Sicht sein

5. WIRTSCH Sicht f:

payable at sight bei Sicht fällig;

bill (payable) at sight Sichtwechsel m;

30 days (after) sight 30 Tage (nach) Sicht;

bill (payable) after sight Nachsichtwechsel m;

buy sth sight unseen etwas unbesehen kaufen

6. Anblick m:

a sorry sight;

you’re sight for sore eyes umg

a) schön, dich wieder mal zu sehen

b) dich gibt’s ja auch noch!;

be ( oder look) a sight umg verboten oder zum Abschießen aussehen;

I did look a sight umg ich sah vielleicht aus;

what a sight you are! umg wie siehst du denn aus!; → god 1

7. Sehenswürdigkeit f:

his roses were a sight to see seine Rosen waren eine Sehenswürdigkeit;

see the sights of a town die Sehenswürdigkeiten einer Stadt besichtigen

8. umg Menge f, Masse f, Haufen m (Geld etc):

a long sight better zehnmal besser;

not by a long sight bei Weitem nicht

9. ASTRON, JAGD, MIL, TECH Visier(einrichtung) n(f):

take (a careful) sight (genau) (an)visieren oder zielen;

have in one’s sights, have one’s sights set on im Visier haben (a. fig);

lower one’s sights fig Abstriche machen, zurückstecken;

raise one’s sights fig höhere Ziele anstreben;

set one’s sights on sth fig etwas ins Auge fassen;

set one’s sights a bit higher sich etwas höhere Ziele stecken; → full sight

10. ASTRON, SCHIFF (mit Winkelinstrument gemessene oder bestimmte) Höhe (eines Gestirns)

B v/t

1. sichten, erblicken

2. MIL

a) anvisieren ( auch ASTRON, SCHIFF)

b) das Geschütz richten

c) eine Waffe etc mit einem Visier versehen

3. WIRTSCH einen Wechsel präsentieren

C v/i zielen, visieren

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1. noun
1) (faculty) Sehvermögen, das

loss of sight — Verlust des Sehvermögens

second sight — das Zweite Gesicht

near sight — see short sight

by sight — mit dem Gesichtssinn od. den Augen

know somebody by sight — jemanden vom Sehen kennen; see also long sight; short sight

2) (act of seeing) Anblick, der

at [the] sight of somebody/blood — bei jemandes Anblick/beim Anblick von Blut

catch sight of somebody/something — (lit. or fig.) jemanden/etwas erblicken

lose sight of somebody/something — (lit. or fig.) jemanden/etwas aus dem Auge od. den Augen verlieren

play something at sight — etwas vom Blatt spielen

shoot somebody at or on sight — jemanden gleich [bei seinem Erscheinen] erschießen

at first sight — auf den ersten Blick

love at first sight — Liebe auf den ersten Blick

3) (spectacle) Anblick, der

be a sorry sight — einen traurigen Anblick od. ein trauriges Bild bieten

it is a sight to see or to behold or worth seeing — das muss man gesehen haben

a sight for sore eyes — eine Augenweide

be/look a [real] sight — (coll.) (amusing) [vollkommen] unmöglich aussehen (ugs.); (horrible) böse od. schlimm aussehen

4) in pl. (noteworthy features) Sehenswürdigkeiten Pl.

see the sights — sich (Dat.) die Sehenswürdigkeiten ansehen

5) (range) Sichtweite, die

in sight — (lit. or fig.) in Sicht

come into sight — in Sicht kommen

keep somebody/something in sight — (lit. or fig.) jemanden/etwas im Auge behalten

within or in sight of somebody/something — (able to see) in jemandes Sichtweite (Dat.) /in Sichtweite einer Sache

out of somebody's sight — außerhalb jemandes Sichtweite

be out of sight — außer Sicht sein; (coll.): (be excellent) wahnsinnig sein (ugs.)

keep or stay out of [somebody's] sight — sich [von jemandem] nicht sehen lassen

keep somebody/something out of sight — jemanden/etwas niemanden sehen lassen

keep something/somebody out of somebody's sight — jemanden etwas/jemanden nicht sehen lassen

not let somebody/something out of one's sight — jemanden/etwas nicht aus den Augen lassen

out of sight, out of mind — (prov.) aus den Augen, aus dem Sinn

6) (device for aiming) Visier, das

sights — Visiervorrichtung, die

set/have [set] one's sights on something — (fig.) etwas anpeilen

set one's sights [too] high — (fig.) seine Ziele [zu] hoch stecken

lower/raise one's sights — (fig.) zurückstecken/sich (Dat.) ein höheres Ziel setzen
2. transitive verb
sichten [Land, Schiff, Flugzeug, Wrack]; sehen [Entflohenen, Vermissten]; antreffen [seltenes Tier, seltene Pflanze]

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n.

Anblick -e m.

Sehkraft -¨e f.

Sehvermögen n. v.

sichten v.

English-german dictionary > sight
17 clear

1. a ясный, светлый

clear day — ясный день

clear aim — ясная цель

a clear head — ясный ум

amply clear — абсолютно ясно

clear weather — ясная погода

clear as day — ясно как день

2. a чистый, прозрачный

clear water of the lake — чистая вода озера

clear ice — чистый лёд

clear copy — чистая копия

clear water — чистая вода

clear skin — чистая кожа

clear fuel — чистое топливо

3. a зеркальный

4. a отчётливый, ясный

clear outline — ясное очертание

clear sight — хорошее зрение

clear definition — ясное определение

everything is not clear — не всё ясно

clear conception — ясное представление

clear terms — ясные, определённые условия

a clear base for action — ясный план действий

5. a звонкий, отчётливый, чистый

clear tone — чистый звук

clear round — чистая черева

clear profit — чистая прибыль

clear days — чистые, полные дни

clear hawse — чистые якорные цепи

clear conscience — чистая совесть

6. a отчётливый, внятный; чёткий

his delivery was clear and distinct — он говорил внятно и отчётливо

clear speech — отчётливый выговор

7. a ясный, понятный; не вызывающий сомнений

clear conclusion — ясный вывод

a clear case of murder — явное убийство

to make a clear statement — высказаться ясно и определённо

to have a clear idea — иметь ясное представление

it is clear to me what he is driving at — мне понятно, к чему он клонит

clear air turbulence — турбулентность в ясном небе

couched in clear terms — облечённый в ясные слова

to be in the clear — быть вне подозрений

clear of suspicion — вне подозрений

clear cut — четкий; ясно выраженный

8. a светлый, ясный, логический

clear intellect — ясный ум

clear l sound — светлый оттенок звука l

clear sweet water — светлые промои

clear perception — ясное понимание

perfectly clear — совершенно ясно

clear idea — ясное представление

9. a свободный, незанятый; беспрепятственный

clear passage — свободный проход

clear line — свободный путь; свободный перегон

clear opening — свободное сечение

rotate clear — свободно вращаться

rotated clear — свободно вращался

rotating clear — свободное вращение

clear area — свободная область; чистый участок

10. a чистый; здоровый

clear conscience — чистая совесть

clean clear coated: ?? — чистое и четкое изображение "СЗ"

11. a полный, целый; весь

clear month — целый месяц

all clear button — кнопка "все очистить"

12. a абсолютный, совершенный, полный

a clear victory — полная победа

13. a тех. незадевающий; свободно проходящий

clear of — свободный от

clear band — свободная площадь

clear hand — свободная площадь

clear channel — свободный канал

14. a клер, нешифрованный текст

in clear — клером, в незашифрованном виде, открытым текстом

the coast is clear — путь свободен, препятствий нет

all clear signal — сигнал отбоя

clear as day — ясно как день

clear text — открытый текст

in the clear — открытым текстом

clear message — сообщение открытым текстом

message in clear — сообщение открытым текстом

sent a message in clear — послал донесение открытым текстом

15. adv ясно

clear meat soup — мясной бульон

clear utterance — ясная дикция

16. adv эмоц. -усил. совсем, совершенно; целиком; начисто

three feet clear — целых три фута

17. adv в стороне от

to steer clear — избегать, сторониться

clear runway status — состояние готовности ВПП к полетам

18. adv спорт. чисто

clear abreast — чисто в стороне

19. v очищать

thunder has cleared the air — после грозы воздух стал чистым

20. v очищаться, становиться ясным, чистым; делаться прозрачным

the sky is clearing — небо очищается от туч

clear solution — прозрачный раствор

perfectly clear eyes — прозрачные глаза

brilliantly clear wine — прозрачное вино

clear plaque — прозрачное стерильное пятно

clear stick — прозрачный косметический карандаш

21. v объяснить, разъяснить, пролить свет

clear spacing — расстояние в свету

width in the clear — ширина в свету

clear opening height — высота в свету

measurement in the clear — размер в свету

clear bar spacing — расстояние в свету между стержнями

22. v освобождать, очищать; убирать, устранять препятствия

to clear the stones from the road — убрать с дороги камни

to clear the snow from the walk — очистить дорожку от снега

to clear a way — освободить дорогу

to clear the way — открыть путь

to clear the way for future action — расчистить путь для дальнейших действий

to clear the ground — расчистить участок земли

land cleared for cultivation — земля, расчищенная для посева

clear the track open — освобождать путь для движения

failing to clear — столкновение с препятствием

clear the obstacle — преодолевать препятствие

failed to clear — столкнулся с препятствием

fail to clear — сталкиваться с препятствием

23. v оправдывать; очищать от подозрений

to clear oneself of a charge — оправдаться

to clear off — очищать, соскребать

24. v взять, преодолеть препятствие

to clear a hedge — перемахнуть через изгородь

to clear the hurdle — преодолеть препятствие

clear the coast — устранять препятствия

25. v едва не задеть, избежать

to clear an iceberg at sea — избежать столкновения с айсбергом

he is clear of all bad intentions — у него нет дурных намерений

26. v воен. вывозить, эвакуировать

to clear casualties — эвакуировать раненых

clear stores — вывозить грузы

clear the port — вывозить грузы с территории порта

clear of casualties — эвакуировать раненых и пораженных

27. v распутывать

to clear a hawser — распутать трос

28. v разгружать

to clear a ship of her cargo — разгрузить корабль

29. v заплатить долг, произвести расчёт; оплатить

this sum will clear all his debts — эта сумма покроет все его долги

clear debts — покрывать долги

clear the account — оплатить счет

clear of debt — не обременённый долгами

clear value — стоимость имущества после очистки долгов

30. v банк. производить клиринг чеков или векселей; производить расчёт по векселям или чекам через расчётную палату

очищать от пошлин; выполнять таможенные формальности

to clear inward — производить таможенную очистку по приходу

clear the horse — перепрыгать через гимнастического коня

clear support in astride — упор углом ноги врозь

clear a mine — проделывать проходы в минном поле

31. v ком. получать чистую прибыль

the firm cleared ?300 000 — фирма получила триста тысяч фунтов стерлингов чистой прибыли

a hundred pounds clear profit — сто фунтов чистой прибыли

32. v распродавать, устраивать распродажи

to clear goods — распродавать товары

clear goods — распродавать товары

33. v дать допуск к секретной работе

clear off — закончить недоделанную работу

clear side — бескостный свиной бок

clear varnish — бесцветный лак

clear lacquer — бесцветный лак

34. v спорт. отбить

to clear a corner — отбить угловой в поле

35. v спец. осветлять; очищать

36. v тел. разъединять

clear down — разъединять

to clear down — разъединять

37. v амер. согласовать

you must clear your plan with the headquarters — насчёт своего плана вы должны договориться с руководством

38. v расшифровывать, декодировать

to clear the coast — расчистить путь, устранить препятствия

Синонимический ряд:

1. apparent (adj.) apparent; evident; explicit; indisputable; manifest; noticeable; obvious; open-and-shut; openhanded; palpable; patent; plain; sharp; straightforward; unambiguous; unequivocal; univocal; unmistakable; unsubtle

2. bare (adj.) bare; devoid; empty; stark; vacant; vacuous; void

3. bright (adj.) bright; brilliant; crystal-clear; crystalline; limpid; lucid; pellucid; see-through; translucent; transparent

4. certain (adj.) alert; assured; certain; convinced; discerning; keen; positive; strong; sure; unconfused

5. clear-cut (adj.) clear-cut; crystal; lucent; luculent; luminous; perspicuous; tralucent; translucid; transpicuous; unblurred

6. decided (adj.) decided; definite; pronounced; unquestionable

7. distinct (adj.) articulate; comprehensible; conspicuous; distinct; intelligible; legible; perceptible; visible

8. fair (adj.) calm; clarion; cloudless; fair; fine; pacific; pleasant; quiet; rainless; serene; sunny; sunshine; sunshining; sunshiny; unclouded; undarkened; untroubled

9. free (adj.) disengaged; free; limitless; open; unencumbered; unfastened; unfettered; unhampered; unhindered; unimpeded; unobstructed

10. innocent (adj.) absolved; acquitted; excused; exonerated; innocent; irreproachable; not guilty; vindicated

11. unblemished (adj.) clean; immaculate; pure; smooth; spotless; unblemished; undefiled; unsullied

12. unbroken (adj.) faultless; flawless; unbroken; unmarked

13. unimpeded (adj.) open; unimpeded; unobstructed

14. absolve (verb) absolve; acquit; disculpate; exculpate; excuse; exonerate; pardon; resolve; vindicate

15. approve (verb) approve; authorize; sanction

16. brighten (verb) break up; brighten; expose; lighten

17. burn off (verb) burn off

18. clarify (verb) clarify; clear up; elucidate; explain; illuminate; illustrate

19. clean (verb) clean; police; spruce; straighten; tidy

20. cleanse (verb) blank out; cleanse; erase; expurgate; purge; purify; wash; wipe clean

21. clear off (verb) clear off; discharge; liquidate; pay up; quit; satisfy; settle; square

22. extricate (verb) clear away; cut away; discumber; disembarrass; disembroil; disencumber; disengage; disentangle; disentwine; extricate; remove obstructions; unentangle; unscramble; untangle; untie; untwine

23. free (verb) clean out; drain; empty; evacuate; flush; free; open; unblock; vacate; void

24. hurdle (verb) go over; hurdle; jump over; leap; negotiate; over; overleap; surmount; vault

25. liberate (verb) emancipate; let go; liberate; set free; set loose; unchain; unfetter

26. make (verb) clean up; gain; make; net; profit; realize

27. pass (verb) carry; pass

28. pay (verb) bring in; draw; earn; gross; pay; produce; realise; repay; return; yield

29. remove (verb) abolish; annihilate; blot out; eradicate; exterminate; extinguish; obliterate; remove; root out; rub out; snuff out; stamp out; uproot; wipe out

30. rid (verb) lose; release; relieve; rid; shake; shake off; throw off; unburden

31. vanish (verb) disappear; evanesce; evanish; evaporate; fade; vanish

32. well (other) afond; altogether; completely; entirely; fully; perfectly; quite; right; roundly; thoroughly; utterly; well; wholly

Антонимический ряд:

accuse; ambiguous; befoul; clog; cloudy; condemned; confined; confused; contaminate; culpable; dark; deny; dim; disturbed; doubtful; dubious; embarrass; encumber; inaudible; lose; murky; obscure; obstruct; obstructed

English-Russian base dictionary > clear
18 place

pleis
1. noun
1) (a particular spot or area: a quiet place in the country; I spent my holiday in various different places.) sitio, lugar

2) (an empty space: There's a place for your books on this shelf.) sitio

3) (an area or building with a particular purpose: a market-place.) lugar, sitio, local

4) (a seat (in a theatre, train, at a table etc): He went to his place and sat down.) sitio, asiento

5) (a position in an order, series, queue etc: She got the first place in the competition; I lost my place in the queue.) lugar, puesto

6) (a person's position or level of importance in society etc: You must keep your secretary in her place.) sitio

7) (a point in the text of a book etc: The wind was blowing the pages of my book and I kept losing my place.) página, punto

8) (duty or right: It's not my place to tell him he's wrong.) función, papel, deber, obligación

9) (a job or position in a team, organization etc: He's got a place in the team; He's hoping for a place on the staff.) puesto, trabajo

10) (house; home: Come over to my place.) casa

11) ((often abbreviated to Pl. when written) a word used in the names of certain roads, streets or squares.) plaza

12) (a number or one of a series of numbers following a decimal point: Make the answer correct to four decimal places.) punto/espacio decimal

2. verb
1) (to put: He placed it on the table; He was placed in command of the army.) colocar, poner, situar

2) (to remember who a person is: I know I've seen her before, but I can't quite place her.) situar, recordar, identificar

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- place-name
- go places
- in the first
- second place
- in place
- in place of
- out of place
- put oneself in someone else's place
- put someone in his place
- put in his place
- take place
- take the place of

place¹ n

1. lugar / sitio

we visited lots of places visitamos muchos sitios

2. sitio / plaza / asiento

there are two free places over there allí hay dos sitios libres

3. casa

he's got a little place on the coast tiene una casita en la costa

in place of en vez de

to take place tener lugar / ocurrir / celebrarse

where did the battle take place? ¿dónde tuvo lugar la batalla?

place² vb poner / colocar

he placed the gun on the table puso la pistola en la mesa

to place an order hacer un pedido

El gerundio de place se escribe placing

place

tr[pleɪs]

noun

1 (particular position, part) lugar nombre masculino, sitio

■ we visited lots of different places fuimos a muchos sitios diferentes

■ this looks like the place me parece que es aquí

2 (proper position) lugar nombre masculino, sitio; (suitable place) lugar nombre masculino adecuado, sitio adecuado

■ put the book back in its place devuelve el libro a su sitio

■ this isn't the place to discuss business éste no es el lugar más indicado para hablar de negocios

3 (building) lugar nombre masculino, sitio; (home) casa, piso

■ let's go to my place vamos a mi casa

4 (in book) página

■ I've lost my place he perdido la página

5 (seat) asiento, sitio; (at table) cubierto

■ can you save my place? ¿me guardas el sitio?

■ everybody go back to their places todo el mundo a su sitio

6 (position, role, rank) lugar nombre masculino; (duty) obligación nombre femenino

■ there will always be a place for you here siempre habrá un lugar para ti aquí

■ if I were in your place yo en tu lugar

■ it's not my place to tell you what to do yo no soy quién para decirte lo que tienes que hacer

7 (in race, contest) puesto, lugar nombre masculino, posición nombre femenino; (in queue) turno

■ our horse finished in last place nuestro caballo llegó el último

8 (job) puesto; (at university, on course) plaza; (on team) puesto

transitive verb

1 (put - gen) poner; (- carefully) colocar

■ she placed the vase on the shelf puso el florero en el estante

2 (find home, job for) colocar

3 (rank, class) poner, situar

4 (remember - face, person) recordar; (- tune, accent) identificar

■ I recognize his face, but I can't quite place him me suena su cara, pero no sé de qué

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

all over the place por todas partes, por todos lados

a place in the sun una posición destacada

in place en su sitio

in place of somebody / in somebody's place en el lugar de alguien

in the first place... en primer lugar...

out of place fuera de lugar

there's no place like home no hay nada como estar en casa

to be placed first «(second etc)» ocupar el primer (segundo etc) puesto, llegar el primero (segundo etc)

to change places with somebody cambiar de sitio con alguien

to fall into place / fit into place / slot into place encajar, cuadrar

■ things are beginning to fall into place las cosas empiezan a cuadrar

to have friends in high places tener amigos influyentes

to give place to something dar paso a algo

to go from place to place ir de un lugar a otro, ir de un sitio a otro, ir de un lado a otro

to go places llegar lejos

to hold something in place sujetar algo

to know one's place saber el lugar que le corresponde a uno

to place a bet hacer una apuesta

to place an order hacer un pedido

to place one's trust in somebody depositar su confianza en alguien

to put oneself in somebody's place ponerse en el lugar de alguien

to put somebody in his place poner a alguien en su sitio

to take place tener lugar

to take second place pasar a un segundo plano

to take the place of ocupar el sitio de, reemplazar, sustituir

decimal place SMALLMATHEMATICS/SMALL punto decimal

place of birth lugar nombre masculino de nacimiento

place of residence domicilio

place of worship lugar nombre masculino de culto

place mat individual nombre masculino

place name topónimo

place ['pleɪs] vt, placed ; placing

1) put, set: poner, colocar

2) situate: situar, ubicar, emplazar

to be well placed: estar bien situado

to place in a job: colocar en un trabajo

3) identify, recall: identificar, ubicar, recordar

I can't place him: no lo ubico

4)

to place an order : hacer un pedido

place n

1) space: sitio m, lugar m

there's no place to sit: no hay sitio para sentarse

2) location, spot: lugar m, sitio m, parte f

place of work: lugar de trabajo

our summer place: nuestra casa de verano

all over the place: por todas partes

3) rank: lugar m, puesto m

he took first place: ganó el primer lugar

4) position: lugar m

everything in its place: todo en su debido lugar

to feel out of place: sentirse fuera de lugar

5) seat: asiento m, cubierto m (a la mesa)

6) job: puesto m

7) role: papel m, lugar m

to change places: cambiarse los papeles

8)

to take place : tener lugar

9)

to take the place of : sustituir a

place (Computing)

n.

• ubicación (Informática) s.f.

n.

• empleo s.m.

• encargo s.m.

• local s.m.

• lugar s.m.

• paraje s.m.

• plaza s.f.

• puesto s.m.

• recinto s.m.

• sitio s.m.

v.

• asentar v.

• colocar v.

• emplazar v.

• fijar v.

• instalar v.

• localizar v.

• meter v.

• poner v.

(§pres: pongo, pones...) pret: pus-

pp: puesto

fut/c: pondr-•)

• situar v.

• ubicar v.

I pleɪs
noun

1)

a) c (spot, position, area) lugar m, sitio m

she was in the right place at the right time and got the job — tuvo la suerte de estar allí en el momento oportuno y le dieron el trabajo

there's no place like home — no hay nada como estar en casa

from place to place — de un lugar or un sitio or un lado a otro

this is no place for a dog — éste no es un lugar apropiado para tener un perro

there's a time and (a) place for everything — todo a su debido tiempo y en su debido lugar

to have friends in high places — tener* amigos influyentes

all over the place — por todas partes, por todos lados

to fall into place — aclararse

to go places: this boy will go places — este chico va a llegar lejos

b) ( specific location) lugar m

place of birth — lugar de nacimiento

c) (in phrases)

in place: when the new accounting system is in place cuando se haya implementado el nuevo sistema de contabilidad; to hold something in place sujetar algo; out of place: modern furniture would look out of place in this room quedaría mal or no resultaría apropiado poner muebles modernos en esta habitación; I felt very out of place there — me sentí totalmente fuera de lugar allí

d) u ( locality) lugar m

2) c

a) (building, shop, restaurant etc) sitio m, lugar m

the hotel was a depressing place — el hotel era deprimente

they've moved to a bigger place — se han mudado a un local (or a una casa) más grande

there's a good pizza place nearby — hay una buena pizzería cerca

b) ( home) casa f

my place — mi casa

we went back to Jim's place — después fuimos a (la) casa de Jim or (AmL tb) fuimos donde Jim or (RPl tb) a lo de Jim

3) c

a) (position, role) lugar m

if I were in your place — yo en tu lugar, yo que tú

it's not my place to interfere — yo no soy quién para meterme

I wouldn't change places with her for anything — no me cambiaría por ella por nada

nobody can ever take your place — nadie podrá jamás ocupar tu lugar or reemplazarte

to know one's place — (dated or hum) saber* el lugar que le corresponde a uno

to put somebody in her/his place — poner* a algn en su lugar

b)

in place of — (as prep) en lugar de

c)

to take place — ( occur) \<\<meeting/concert/wedding\>\> tener* lugar

we don't know what took place that night — no sabemos qué ocurrió or qué sucedió aquella noche

4) c

a) ( seat)

save me a place — guárdame un asiento or un sitio

the hall has places for 500 people — la sala tiene capacidad or cabida para 500 personas

b) ( at table) cubierto m

to lay/set a place for somebody — poner* un cubierto para algn

5) c (in contest, league) puesto m, lugar m

he took first place — obtuvo el primer puesto or lugar

your social life will have to take second place — tu vida social va a tener que pasar a un segundo plano

6) c (in book, script, sequence)

you've made me lose my place — me has hecho perder la página (or la línea etc) por donde iba

the audience laughed in all the right places — el público se rió cuando había que reírse

7) c

a) ( job) puesto m

to fill a place — cubrir* una vacante

b) (BrE Educ) plaza f

c) ( on team) puesto m

8) ( in argument) lugar m

in the first/second place — en primer/segundo lugar

II

transitive verb

1) (put, position) \<\<object\>\> poner*; (carefully, precisely) colocar*; \<\<guards/sentries\>\> poner*, apostar*, colocar*

how are you placed (for) next week? — ¿cómo estás de tiempo la semana que viene?

to place one's confidence o trust in somebody/something — depositar su (or mi etc) confianza en alguien/algo

2)

a) (in hierarchy, league, race)

national security should be placed above everything else — la seguridad nacional debería ponerse por encima de todo

this victory places her among the top three — este triunfo la sitúa entre las tres primeras

the team is currently placed fourth — actualmente el equipo ocupa el cuarto puesto or lugar

b) ( in horseracing)

to be placed — llegar* placé or colocado ( en segundo o tercer lugar)

3)

a) (find a home, job for) colocar*

they placed her with a Boston firm — la colocaron or le encontraron trabajo en una empresa de Boston

b) \<\<advertisement\>\> poner*; \<\<phone call\>\> pedir*; \<\<goods/merchandise\>\> colocar*

we placed an order with Acme Corp — hicimos un pedido a Acme Corp

4) ( identify) \<\<tune\>\> identificar*, ubicar* (AmL)

her face is familiar, but I can't quite place her — su cara me resulta conocida pero no sé de dónde or (AmL tb) pero no la ubico

5) ( direct carefully) \<\<ball/shot\>\> colocar*

[pleɪs]
1. N

1) (gen) lugar m, sitio m

this is the place — este es el lugar, aquí es

we came to a place where... — llegamos a un lugar donde...

• the furniture was all over the place — los muebles estaban todos manga por hombro

we're all over the place — tenemos un lío que no nos aclaramos

• in another or some other place — en otra parte

• any place will do — cualquier lugar vale or sirve

• it all began to fall into place — todo empezó a tener sentido

• when the new law/system is in place — cuando la nueva ley/el nuevo sistema entre en vigor

a blue suit, worn in places — un traje azul, raído a retazos

the snow was a metre deep in places — había tramos or trozos en que la nieve cubría un metro

• this is no place for you — este no es sitio para ti

there was no place to hide — no había donde esconderse

• to run in place — (US) correr en parada

• it must be some place else — (US) estará en otra parte

• a place in the sun — (fig) una posición envidiable

2) (specific) lugar m

• place of amusement — lugar m de diversión

• place of birth — lugar m de nacimiento

• place of business — [of employment] lugar m de trabajo; (=office) oficina f, despacho m ; (=shop) comercio m

• place of refuge — refugio m, asilo m

• place of residence — domicilio m, residencia f

• place of worship — templo m, lugar m de culto

3) (=town, area) lugar m, sitio m

it's a small place — es un pueblo pequeño

• to go places — (US) (=travel) viajar, conocer mundo

he's going places * — (fig) llegará lejos

we like to go places at weekends — durante los fines de semana nos gusta salir de excursión

• from place to place — de un sitio a otro

he drifted from place to place, from job to job — iba de un sitio a otro, de trabajo en trabajo

4) (=house) casa f ; (=building) sitio m

his place in the country — su casa de campo

they have a new place now — tienen una nueva casa ya

we were at Peter's place — estuvimos en casa de Pedro, estuvimos donde Pedro *

come to our place — ven (a visitarnos) a casa

my place or yours? — ¿en mi casa o en la tuya?

I helped him out when he had no place to go — yo le eché una mano cuando no tenía donde ir

there's a new pizza place in town — han abierto un sitio de pizzas en el centro

I must be mad, working in this place — debo de estar loca para trabajar en este sitio or lugar

5) (in street names) plaza f

6) (=proper or natural place) sitio m, lugar m

does this have a place? — ¿tiene esto un sitio determinado?

this isn't the place to discuss politics — no es el lugar más indicado para hablar de política

• his troops were in place — sus tropas estaban en su sitio

he checked that his tie was in place — comprobó que llevaba bien puesta or colocada la corbata

the final arrangements are now in place — ya se han ultimado los preparativos que faltaban

everything in its place — cada cosa en su lugar

to hold sth in place — sujetar algo en su lugar

to put sth back in its place — devolver algo a su sitio

• to be out of place — estar fuera de lugar

it looks out of place here — aquí parece que está fuera de (su) lugar

that remark was quite out of place — aquella observación estaba fuera de lugar

I feel rather out of place here — me siento como que estoy de más aquí, aquí me siento un poco fuera de lugar

• to laugh in or at the right place — reírse en el momento oportuno

7) (in book) página f

• to find/ lose one's place — encontrar/perder la página

• to mark one's place — poner una marca (de por dónde se va) en un libro

8) (=seat) asiento m ; (in cinema, theatre) localidad f ; (at table) cubierto m ; (in queue) turno m ; (in school, university, on trip) plaza f ; (in team) puesto m

are there any places left? — ¿quedan plazas?

is this place taken? — ¿está ocupado este asiento?

he managed to keep his place in the team — logró conservar su puesto en el equipo

a university place — una plaza en la universidad

• to change places with sb — cambiar de sitio con algn

• to give place to — dar paso a

• to lay an extra place for sb — poner otro cubierto para algn

• to lose one's place — (in queue) perder su turno

9) (=job, vacancy) puesto m

his uncle found him a place in the firm — su tío le buscó un puesto en la compañía

places for 500 workers — 500 puestos de trabajo

to seek a place in publishing — buscarse una colocación or un puesto en una casa editorial

10) (=position) lugar m

it is not my place to do it — no me toca a mí hacerlo

put yourself in my place — ponte en mi lugar

if I were in your place — yo en tu lugar, yo que tú

your place is to obey orders — lo tuyo es obedecer órdenes

• I wouldn't mind changing places with her! — ¡no me importaría estar en su lugar!

• friends in high places — amigos mpl bien situados

• to know one's place — saber cuál es su lugar

• racism has no place here — aquí no hay sitio para el racismo

• she occupies a special place in the heart of the British people — ocupa un rincón especial en el corazón del pueblo británico

• to take the place of sth/sb — sustituir or suplir algo/a algn

nobody could ever take his place — nadie sería capaz de sustituirlo

I was unable to go so Sheila took my place — yo no pude ir, así que Sheila lo hizo por mí

11) (in series, rank) posición f, lugar m

• to work sth out to three places of decimals — calcular algo hasta las milésimas or hasta con tres decimales

• Madrid won, with Bilbao in second place — ganó Madrid, con Bilbao en segunda posición or segundo lugar

• she took second place in the race/Latin exam — quedó la segunda en la carrera/el examen de Latín

he didn't like having to take second place to his wife in public — delante de la gente no le gustaba quedar en un segundo plano detrás de su mujer

for her, money takes second place to job satisfaction — para ella un trabajo gratificante va antes que el dinero

- put sb in his place

12) (other phrases)

• in the first/ second place — en primer/segundo lugar

• in place of — en lugar de, en vez de

• to take place — tener lugar

the marriage will not now take place — ahora la boda no se celebrará, ahora no habrá boda

there are great changes taking place — están ocurriendo or se están produciendo grandes cambios

2. VT

1) (=put) (gen) poner; (more precisely) colocar

she placed the dish on the table — puso el plato en la mesa

place the mask over your nose and mouth — colóquese la mascarilla sobre la nariz y la boca

to place a matter in sb's hands — dejar un asunto en manos de algn

the drought is placing heavy demands on the water supply — la sequía está poniendo en serios apuros al suministro de agua

his job places heavy demands on him — su trabajo le exige mucho

unemployment places a great strain on families — el desempleo somete a las familias a una fuerte presión

2) (=give, attribute) [+ blame] echar (on a); [+ responsibility] achacar (on a); [+ importance] dar, otorgar more frm (on a)

• I had no qualms about placing my confidence in him — no tenía ningún reparo en depositar mi confianza en él

• they place too much emphasis on paper qualifications — le dan demasiada importancia a los títulos

• we should place no trust in that — no hay que fiarse de eso

3) (=situate) situar, ubicar

the house is well placed — la casa está bien situada

we are better placed than a month ago — estamos en mejor situación que hace un mes

he is well placed to see it all — está en una buena posición para observarlo todo

we are well placed to attack — estamos en una buena posición para atacar

how are you placed for money? — ¿qué tal andas de dinero?

4) (Comm) [+ order] hacer; [+ goods] colocar; (Econ) [+ money, funds] colocar, invertir

goods that are difficult to place — mercancías fpl que no encuentran salida

to place an advert in a paper — poner un anuncio en un periódico

to place a contract for machinery with a French firm — firmar un contrato con una compañía francesa para adquirir unas máquinas

to place an order (for sth) (with sb) — hacer un pedido (de algo) (a algn)
bet 3., 1)
5) (=find employment for) [agency] encontrar un puesto a, colocar; [employer] ofrecer empleo a, colocar; (=find home for) colocar

the child was placed with a loving family — el niño fue (enviado) a vivir con una familia muy cariñosa

6) (of series, rank) colocar, clasificar

to be placed — (in horse race) llegar colocado

they are currently placed second in the league — actualmente ocupan el segundo lugar de la clasificación

Vigo is well placed in the League — Vigo tiene un buen puesto en la Liga

she was placed in the top group for maths — en matemáticas la colocaron en el grupo de los mejores

7) (=recall, identify) recordar; (=recognize) reconocer; (=identify) identificar, ubicar (LAm)

I can't place her — no recuerdo de dónde la conozco, no la ubico (LAm)

3.

VI
(US) (in race, competition)
to place second — quedar segundo, quedar en segundo lugar

4.

CPD

place card N — tarjeta que indica el lugar de alguien en la mesa

place kick N — (Rugby) puntapié m colocado; (Ftbl) tiro m libre

place mat N — bajoplato m, salvamanteles m inv individual

place name N — topónimo m
place names (as study, in general) toponimia f
the place names of Aragon — la toponimia aragonesa

place setting N — cubierto m

* * *

I [pleɪs]
noun

1)

a) c (spot, position, area) lugar m, sitio m

she was in the right place at the right time and got the job — tuvo la suerte de estar allí en el momento oportuno y le dieron el trabajo

there's no place like home — no hay nada como estar en casa

from place to place — de un lugar or un sitio or un lado a otro

this is no place for a dog — éste no es un lugar apropiado para tener un perro

there's a time and (a) place for everything — todo a su debido tiempo y en su debido lugar

to have friends in high places — tener* amigos influyentes

all over the place — por todas partes, por todos lados

to fall into place — aclararse

to go places: this boy will go places — este chico va a llegar lejos

b) ( specific location) lugar m

place of birth — lugar de nacimiento

c) (in phrases)

in place: when the new accounting system is in place cuando se haya implementado el nuevo sistema de contabilidad; to hold something in place sujetar algo; out of place: modern furniture would look out of place in this room quedaría mal or no resultaría apropiado poner muebles modernos en esta habitación; I felt very out of place there — me sentí totalmente fuera de lugar allí

d) u ( locality) lugar m

2) c

a) (building, shop, restaurant etc) sitio m, lugar m

the hotel was a depressing place — el hotel era deprimente

they've moved to a bigger place — se han mudado a un local (or a una casa) más grande

there's a good pizza place nearby — hay una buena pizzería cerca

b) ( home) casa f

my place — mi casa

we went back to Jim's place — después fuimos a (la) casa de Jim or (AmL tb) fuimos donde Jim or (RPl tb) a lo de Jim

3) c

a) (position, role) lugar m

if I were in your place — yo en tu lugar, yo que tú

it's not my place to interfere — yo no soy quién para meterme

I wouldn't change places with her for anything — no me cambiaría por ella por nada

nobody can ever take your place — nadie podrá jamás ocupar tu lugar or reemplazarte

to know one's place — (dated or hum) saber* el lugar que le corresponde a uno

to put somebody in her/his place — poner* a algn en su lugar

b)

in place of — (as prep) en lugar de

c)

to take place — ( occur) \<\<meeting/concert/wedding\>\> tener* lugar

we don't know what took place that night — no sabemos qué ocurrió or qué sucedió aquella noche

4) c

a) ( seat)

save me a place — guárdame un asiento or un sitio

the hall has places for 500 people — la sala tiene capacidad or cabida para 500 personas

b) ( at table) cubierto m

to lay/set a place for somebody — poner* un cubierto para algn

5) c (in contest, league) puesto m, lugar m

he took first place — obtuvo el primer puesto or lugar

your social life will have to take second place — tu vida social va a tener que pasar a un segundo plano

6) c (in book, script, sequence)

you've made me lose my place — me has hecho perder la página (or la línea etc) por donde iba

the audience laughed in all the right places — el público se rió cuando había que reírse

7) c

a) ( job) puesto m

to fill a place — cubrir* una vacante

b) (BrE Educ) plaza f

c) ( on team) puesto m

8) ( in argument) lugar m

in the first/second place — en primer/segundo lugar

II

transitive verb

1) (put, position) \<\<object\>\> poner*; (carefully, precisely) colocar*; \<\<guards/sentries\>\> poner*, apostar*, colocar*

how are you placed (for) next week? — ¿cómo estás de tiempo la semana que viene?

to place one's confidence o trust in somebody/something — depositar su (or mi etc) confianza en alguien/algo

2)

a) (in hierarchy, league, race)

national security should be placed above everything else — la seguridad nacional debería ponerse por encima de todo

this victory places her among the top three — este triunfo la sitúa entre las tres primeras

the team is currently placed fourth — actualmente el equipo ocupa el cuarto puesto or lugar

b) ( in horseracing)

to be placed — llegar* placé or colocado ( en segundo o tercer lugar)

3)

a) (find a home, job for) colocar*

they placed her with a Boston firm — la colocaron or le encontraron trabajo en una empresa de Boston

b) \<\<advertisement\>\> poner*; \<\<phone call\>\> pedir*; \<\<goods/merchandise\>\> colocar*

we placed an order with Acme Corp — hicimos un pedido a Acme Corp

4) ( identify) \<\<tune\>\> identificar*, ubicar* (AmL)

her face is familiar, but I can't quite place her — su cara me resulta conocida pero no sé de dónde or (AmL tb) pero no la ubico

5) ( direct carefully) \<\<ball/shot\>\> colocar*

English-spanish dictionary > place
19 ship

ʃip
1. noun
1) (a large boat: The ship sank and all the passengers and crew were drowned.) barco, buque, navío, embarcación

2) (any of certain types of transport that fly: a spaceship.) nave

2. verb
(to send or transport by ship: The books were shipped to Australia.) enviar, mandar, transportar

- shipment
- shipper
- shipping
- ship-broker
- shipbuilder
- shipbuilding
- shipowner
- shipshape
- shipwreck
3. verb
We were shipwrecked off the coast of Africa.) naufragar

- shipyard
- ship water

ship n barco / buque

ship

tr[ʃɪp]

noun

1 (gen) barco, buque nombre masculino, navío, embarcación nombre femenino

2 familiar dated (aircraft, spacecraft) nave nombre femenino

transitive verb (pt & pp shipped, ger shipping)

1 (send - gen) enviar, mandar; (- by ship) enviar por barco, mandar por barco, transportar (en barco); (carry) transportar

■ we had our luggage shipped to England mandamos nuestro equipaje a Inglaterra por barco

2 (take on board) embarcar, traer a bordo

\

SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

like ships that pass in the night como extraños

on board ship a bordo

when one's ship comes home cuando lleguen las vacas gordas, cuando toque la lotería

to abandon ship / jump ship abandonar el barco

to ship oars levantar los remos

to ship water hacer agua

passenger ship buque nombre masculino de pasajeros

ship's company tripulación nombre femenino

ship ['ʃɪp] vt, shipped ; shipping

1) load: embarcar (en un barco)

2) send: transportar (en barco), enviar

to ship by air: enviar por avión

ship n

1) : barco m, buque m

2) spaceship

ship

n.

• aeronave s.f.

• bajel s.m.

• barco s.m.

• buque s.m.

• carena s.f.

• embarcación s.f.

• leño s.m.

• nao s.m.

• nave s.f.

• navío s.m.

• tripulación s.f.

v.

• despachar v.

• embarcar v.

• enviar v.

• mandar v.

• remesar v.

• transportar v.

I ʃɪp
noun barco m, buque m, embarcación f (frml)

a sailing ship — un velero

a passenger ship — un barco or un buque de pasajeros

on board ship — a bordo

to abandon ship — abandonar el barco

like ships that pass in the night — como extraños

to run a tight ship — ser* muy eficiente

II

- pp- transitive verb

a) ( send by sea) enviar* or mandar por barco

b) ( send) enviar*, despachar

Phrasal Verbs:

- ship off

- ship out

[ʃɪp]
1. N

1) (=sea-going vessel) (gen) barco m ; (for carrying cargo) (also Mil) buque m, navío m

Her or His Majesty's Ship Victory — el buque or navío Victory de la Marina Real Británica

• to abandon ship — abandonar el barco

• on board ship — a bordo

• by ship — en barco, por barco

• the good ship Beagle — el buque Beagle, el Beagle

• to jump ship — abandonar el barco, desertar

• to take ship for — embarcarse para

- when my ship comes in

- ships that pass in the night

- the ship of the desert

2) (=aircraft, spacecraft) nave f

2. VT

1) (=transport) enviar, consignar

• to ship sth/sb in — traer algo/a algn

• to ship sth/sb off — (lit) enviar algo/a algn

he shipped all his sons off to boarding school * — (fig) mandó a todos sus hijos a un internado

• to ship sth/sb out — enviar algo/a algn

a new engine had to be shipped out to them — hubo que enviarles un nuevo motor

2) (Naut)

• we are shipping water — estamos haciendo agua, nos está entrando agua

3) [+ oars] desarmar

3.

CPD

ship broker N — agente mf marítimo(-a)

ship canal N — canal m de navegación

ship chandler, ship's chandler N — proveedor m de efectos navales, abastecedor m de buques

ship's company N — tripulación f

ship's doctor N — médico m de a bordo

ship's manifest N — manifiesto m del buque

ship-to-shore radio N — radio f de barco a costa

* * *

I [ʃɪp]
noun barco m, buque m, embarcación f (frml)

a sailing ship — un velero

a passenger ship — un barco or un buque de pasajeros

on board ship — a bordo

to abandon ship — abandonar el barco

like ships that pass in the night — como extraños

to run a tight ship — ser* muy eficiente

II

- pp- transitive verb

a) ( send by sea) enviar* or mandar por barco

b) ( send) enviar*, despachar

Phrasal Verbs:

- ship off

- ship out

English-spanish dictionary > ship
20 clear

klɪə
1. прил.
1) а) светлый, ясный, безоблачный( о небе) a clear day ≈ ясный, безоблачный день The day dawned with a clear sky. ≈ День наступал ясный, безоблачный. clear white ≈ чистый белый clear brown ≈ светло коричневый Syn: cloudless, unclouded б) прозрачный The water in the bay was clear as glass. ≈ Вода в заливе была прозрачной, как стекло. Syn: transparent, lucid, translucent, crystalline
1., pellucid, diaphanous в) яркий, блестящий;
чистый (особ. о коже без прыщей, морщин и т. п.) a dark-coloured coat with clear buttons ≈ темное пальто с яркими пуговицами a clear light ≈ яркий свет clear fire ≈ яркий огонь( без дыма) Her complexion was clear, but quite olive. ≈ Кожа на лице у нее была чистой, но с желтоватым оттенком. Syn: lustrous, bright
1., brilliant
2., radiant
1., luminous
2) о восприятии, распознавании а) четкий, отчетливый, ясно видимый Syn: well-marked, sharp
1. б) ясно слышный, звонкий, отчетливый The singing was loud and clear. ≈ Пение было громким и отчетливым. Syn: audible, articulate
1. в) ясный, понятный, недвусмысленный( о словах, значениях и т. п.) to make clear the meaning of the question ≈ прояснить смысл вопроса If I have made myself clear, you will understand my original meaning. ≈ Если мне удалось ясно выразиться, вы поймете подлинное значение моей мысли. in clear Syn: perspicuous, definite, intelligible, unmistakable, transparent ∙ Syn: distinct Ant: foggy, unclear, unintelligible, blurred, confused, doubtful
3) а) четкий, ясный, логический;
проницательный( о мнении, понятии, представлении, памяти, уме) a clear remembrance of Bill Foster's crimes ≈ четкие воспоминания о преступлениях Билла Фостера This problem requires clear thinking. ≈ Для решение этой проблемы требуется ясная голова. Syn: keen I, sharp б) очевидный, явный, не вызывающий сомнений In the midst of the unreality, it became clear that one man at least was serious. ≈ Среди всей этой нереальности стало очевидным, что, по крайней мере, один человек был серьезен. Syn: evident, plain I
1.
4) убежденный, уверенный, не сомневающийся I am not quite clear about the date. ≈ Я не очень уверен относительно даты. As to the necessity of including Ireland in its scope he was clear. ≈ Что касалось включения Ирландии в эти границы, то тут он не колебался. Syn: positive
1., convinced, confident
1., certain
1., determined
5) о моральных качествах ясный, прямой, простодушный;
чистый, непорочный, невинный a clear conscience ≈ чистая совесть Syn: unsophisticated, guileless, pure, innocent
2., unspotted
6) свободный;
свободный, беспрепятственный( о проходе, дороге и т. п.), свободный (от долгов, подозрений) The path was clear. ≈ Дорога была свободна. Is the sea clear of ice yet? ≈ Море уже свободно ото льда? You are now clear of suspicion. ≈ Вы свободны от подозрений. clear day ≈ свободный, незанятый день all clear all clear signal clear of debts get away clear keep clear of Syn: free
1., unobstructed, unimpeded
7) полный, целый;
абсолютный, неограниченный a clear month ≈ целый месяц Syn: absolute
1., complete
1., entire
1., sheer I
1.
8) амер.;
сл. чистый, без примеси, 'настоящий' solid silver, the clear thing, and no mistake ≈ сплошное серебро, настоящая вещь, без дураков
2. нареч.
1) ясно, четко, отчетливо;
громко, внятно, членораздельно The message came over the wireless loud and clear. ≈ Сообщение, переданное по радио, прозвучало громко и отчетливо. to see one's way clear ≈ не иметь затруднений Syn: clearly, distinctly, plainly, audibly
2) совсем, совершенно;
полностью (тж. несколько усиливает знач. наречий away, off, through при глаголах) The jogger ran clear to the end of the island. ≈ Бегун добежал до самого конца острова. three feet clear ≈ целых три фута Syn: entirely, wholly, completely ∙ clear of
3. гл.
1) а) очищать;
осветлять;
делать прозрачным to clear the water by filtering ≈ очистить воду с помощью фильтров б) очищаться;
проясняться;
становиться прозрачным The skies finally cleared. ≈ Погода наконец прояснилась. ∙ Syn: brighten, lighten I
2) а) оправдывать, снимать подозрение в чем-л. (of) The boy was cleared of the charge of stealing. ≈ С мальчика сняли обвинение в краже. A surprise witness cleared him of the crime. ≈ Удивленный свидетель снял с него подозрение в совершении преступления. to clear one's name ≈ восстановить свое честное имя clear the skirts of Syn: exculpate, exonerate, absolve, acquit, vindicate б) рассеивать( сомнения, подозрения) ;
подтверждать надежность( кого-л. при приеме на секретную работу) to clear for top-secret work ≈ допускать на сверхсекретную работу Dr. Graham might require access to restricted information, and so he had to be cleared. ≈ Доктору Грэхему может понадобиться конфиденциальная информация, поэтому он должен получить допуск.
3) прояснять, разъяснять, объяснять, истолковывать to clear up the mystery ≈ прояснить тайну Syn: enlighten, explain, elucidate
4) а) расчищать, прочищать;
освобождать, очищать от чего-л., кого-л. (of) to clear the dishes ≈ убирать посуду со стола to clear the table ≈ убирать со стола The snowplows cleared the streets. ≈ Снегоочистители очистили улицы. He cleared his throat, and was silent awhile. ≈ Он прочистил горло и немного помолчал. Machines have cleared the way for progress. ≈ Машины расчистили путь прогресса. to clear the air ≈ разрядить атмосферу;
положить конец недоразумениям Will you help me clear the garden of these stones? ≈ Поможешь мне убрать из сада эти камни. We must clear the area of enemy soldiers as soon as possible. ≈ Нам нужно очистить район от врага как можно скорее. clear the way clear the decks for action clear one's mind of Syn: unblock, clean
2., free
3., unstop, empty
3., rid, clean
4. ;
remove
2., free
3. б) спорт отбивать, выбивать (мяч) из штрафной площадки
5) а) одобрять, разрешать Syn: authorize б) успешно пройти( какие-л. инстанции) ;
получить одобрение The bill cleared the legislature. ≈ Законопроект получил одобрение законодательных органов.
6) а) урегулировать финансовые обязательства, производить рассчет;
заплатить долг to clear an account ≈ рассчитаться clear one's expenses б) банк. осуществлять клиринг чеков или векселей
7) уплачивать пошлину;
очищать (товары) от пошлин
8) распродавать товар по сниженным ценам great reductions in order to clear ≈ большая скидка с целью распродажи
9) получать чистый доход Syn: net II
3.
10) избежать, не задеть;
преодолеть препятствие to clear the fence ≈ перескочить через барьер This horse can clear 5 feet. ≈ Эта лошадь берет барьер в 5 футов.
11) эвакуировать
12) разгружать to clear a ship ≈ разгрузить судно ∙ clear away clear off clear out clear up clear with ясный, светлый;
- * day ясный день;
- * sky чистое небо чистый, прозрачный;
- * water of the lake чистая вода озера;
- * glass прозрачное стекло зеркальный( о поверхности) отчетливый, ясный;
- * outline ясное очертание;
- * sight хорошее зрение;
- * reflection in the water ясное отражение в воде;
- * view хорошая видимость звонкий, отчетливый, чистый (о звуке) ;
- * tone чистый звук;
- * voices of the children звонкие детские голоса отчетливый, внятный, четкий;
- his delivery was * and distinct он говорил внятно и отчетливо ясный, понятный;
не вызывающий сомнений;
- * conclusion ясный вывод;
- a * case of murder явное убийство;
- to make a * statement высказаться ясно и определенно;
- to have a * idea иметь ясное представление;
- it is * to me what he is driving at (разговорное) мне понятно, к чему он клонит;
- I am not * on the point мне этот вопрос не ясен;
- I am not * about... я не уверен, что... светлый, ясный, логический (об уме) ;
- * intellect ясный ум;
- * head светлая голова свободный, незанятый;
беспрепятственный;
- * passage свободный проход;
- * line (железнодорожное) свободный путь;
свободный перегон;
- * opening( техническое) просвет;
свободное сечение;
- * way (морское) фарватер;
- next week is *, let's meet then будущая неделя у меня не занята, давай тогда и встретимся (телефония) свободный, незанятый (о линии) чистый;
здоровый;
- * conscience чистая совесть;
- * skin чистая кожа( без прыщей и т. п.) (of) свободный от чего-либо;
- * of debt не обремененный долгами;
- * of suspicion вне подозрений;
- he is * of all bad intentions у него нет дурных намерений;
- roads * of traffic закрытая для движения дорога;
- * of strays (радиотехника) свободный от атмосферных помех;
- we are * of danger now мы сейчас вне опасности полный, целый;
весь;
- * month целый месяц чистый (о доходе и т. п.) ;
- a hundred pounds * profit сто фунтов чистой прибыли;
- I get a * $50 a week я получаю 50 долларов в неделю чистыми абсолютный, совершенный, полный;
- a * victory полная победа;
- he obtained a * majority он получил явное большинство голосов( техническое) незадевающий;
свободно проходящий (фонетика) светлый;
- * I sound светлый оттенок звука I в грам. знач. сущ. клер, нешифрованный текст;
- in * клером, в незашифрованном виде, открытым текстом > to be in the * быть вне подозрений, снять с себя обвинение;
> the coast is * путь свободен, препятствий нет;
> all * путь свободен;
(военное) противник не обнаружен;
> all * signal сигнал отбоя после тревоги;
> (as) * as day ясно, как день;
> (as) * as two and two make four ясно как дважды два четыре;
> (as) * as a bell ясно слышный, отчетливый ясно (эмоционально-усилительно) совсем, совершенно;
целиком;
начисто;
- three feet * целых три фута (of) в стороне от чего-либо;
- to steer * (of) избегать, сторониться;
- keep * of pickpockets! остерегайтесь воров!;
- keep * of the traffic! соблюдайте осторожность при переходе улиц (спортивное) чисто;
- (to be) * abreast( быть) чисто в стороне (о яхте в соревновании) > to see one's way * to do smth. не видеть препятствий к чему-либо;
> to get * away удрать, не оставив следов;
отделаться;
разделаться;
выйти сухим из воды;
> to get * of отделаться;
разделаться;
удрать не оставив следов > to keep * of smth. держаться вдали от чего-либо, сторониться чего-либо очищать;
- thunder has *ed the air после грозы воздух стал чистым;
- to * the table убирать со стола очищаться, становиться ясным, чистым;
делаться прозрачным;
- the sky is *ing небо очищается от туч;
- the weather is *ing погода проясняется;
- the wine will * if the sediment is allowed to settle вино становится прозрачным, если дать ему отстояться объяснить, разъяснить, пролить свет;
- to * one's meaning разъяснить смысл своих слов;
- to * smb. in regard to a matter разъяснить кому-либо вопрос освобождать, очищать;
убирать, устранять препятствия;
- to * the stones from the road убрать с дороги камни - to * a way освободить дорогу;
- to * the way открыть путь;
- to * the way for future action расчистить путь для дальнейших действий;
- to * the ground расчистить участок земли под пашню;
- land *ed for cultivation земля, расчищенная для посева;
- to * the room of people освободить комнату от людей;
- * the way! разойдитесь!, освободите дорогу!;
посторонись!, берегись!;
- to * one's mind of doubts отбросить сомнения оправдывать;
очищать от подозрений;
- to * one's character восстановить свою репутацию;
- to * oneself of a charge оправдаться взять, преодолеть препятствие;
- to * a hedge перемахнуть через изгородь;
- to * the hurdle (спортивное) преодолеть препятствие;
- to * the bar (спортивное) брать высоту;
- he *ed the bar at six feet (спортивное) он взял высоту в шесть футов едва не задеть, избежать;
- to * an iceberg at sea еле-еле избежать столкновения с айсбергом;
- our bus just managed to * the truck наш автобус едва не столкнулся с грузовиком;
- a tree with branches that barely * the roof дерево, ветки которого почти касаются крыши (военное) вывозить, эвакуировать;
- to * casualties эвакуировать раненых;
- to * the enemy очистить от противника (район и т. п.) распутывать( веревку и т. п.) - to * a hawser распутать трос разгружать;
- to * a ship of her cargo разгрузить корабль заплатить долг, произвести расчет;
оплатить расходы и т. п.;
- this sum will * all his debts эта сумма покроет все его долги;
- to * an encumbered estate очистить имение от долгов (банковское) производить клиринг чеков или векселей;
производить расчет по векселям или чекам через расчетную палату (коммерческое) очищать товары, груз от пошлин;
выполнять таможенные формальности;
- to * a ship at the custom-house произвести очистку судна на таможне (коммерческое) получать чистую прибыль;
- the firm *ed 300 000 фирма получила триста тысяч чистой прибыли распродавать, устраивать распродажи;
- to * goods распродавать товары дать допуск к (совершенно) секретной работе( спортивное) отбить( мяч и т. п.) - to * a corner отбить угловой в поле;
- to * the puck выбить шайбу из зоны защиты (специальное) осветлять;
очищать (телефония) разъединять абонентов (with) (американизм) согласовать с кем-либо;
- you must * your plan with the headquarters насчет своего плана вы должны договориться с руководством расшифровывать, декодировать > to * an examinator paper ответить на все вопросы по экзаменационному билету;
> to * the coast расчистить путь, устранить препятствия;
> to * one's throat откашляться;
> to * the decks( морское) приготовиться к бою;
приготовиться к действиям;
> to * the air разрядить атмосферу, устранить недоразумения;
> to * the skirts of smb. смыть позорное пятно с кого-либо;
восстановить чью-либо репутацию;
> to * a score расквитаться all ~ отбой( после тревоги) ;
all clear signal сигнал отбоя all ~ воен. противник не обнаружен all ~ путь свободен all ~ отбой (после тревоги) ;
all clear signal сигнал отбоя clear гасить ~ не задеть, проехать или перескочить через барьер, не задев его;
to clear an obstacle взять препятствие;
this horse can clear 5 feet эта лошадь берет барьер в 5 футов ~ необремененный, свободный от чего-либо ~ объяснять ~ оправдывать ~ освобождать, очищать ~ осуществлять клиринг векселей ~ осуществлять клиринг чеков ~ отчетливый ~ очищать(ся) ;
расчищать;
to clear the air разрядить атмосферу;
положить конец недоразумениям;
to clear the dishes убирать посуду со стола;
to clear the table убирать со стола ~ очищать ~ очищать от пошлин, уплачивать пошлины ~ очищать от пошлин ~ получать чистую прибыль ~ торг. получать чистую прибыль ~ понятный, ясный, недвусмысленный ~ понятный ~ прозрачный ~ производить расчет ~ проходить мимо, миновать ~ проясняться ~ пустой ~ разъяснять ~ распродавать (товар) ;
great reductions in order to clear большая скидка с целью распродажи ~ распродавать ~ торг. распродавать товары по сниженным ценам ~ рассеивать (сомнения, подозрения) ~ сброшенный ~ свободный;
clear passage свободный проход ~ свободный ~ совсем, целиком (тж. несколько усиливает знач. наречий away, off, through при глаголах) ;
three feet clear целых три фута ~ становиться прозрачным (о вине) ~ уплачивать пошлины, очищать от пошлин ~ вчт. устанавливать в исходное состояние ~ устранять препятствия ~ целый, полный;
a clear month целый месяц ~ чистый (о весе, доходе или о совести) ~ чистый ~ эвакуировать ~ ясно;
to see one's way clear не иметь затруднений ~ ясно слышный, отчетливый ~ ясный, явный, очевидный ~ ясный (об уме) ;
to get away clear отделаться ~ ясный, светлый;
clear sky безоблачное небо ~ ясный ~ не задеть, проехать или перескочить через барьер, не задев его;
to clear an obstacle взять препятствие;
this horse can clear 5 feet эта лошадь берет барьер в 5 футов ~ away рассеивать (сомнения) ~ away рассеиваться( о тумане, облаках) ~ away убирать со стола ~ down вчт. разъединить ~ down вчт. разъединять ~ from suspicion вне подозрений ~ line ж.-д. свободный перегон (между станциями) ~ целый, полный;
a clear month целый месяц ~ of debts свободный от долгов ~ of suspicion отводить подозрения ~ off отделываться( от чего-л.) ~ off проясняться (о погоде) ~ off разг. убираться;
just clear off at once! убирайтесь немедленно! to ~ the way подготовить почву;
to clear one's expenses покрыть свои расходы ~ out внезапно уехать, уйти ~ out вычищать ~ out очищать ~ out разг. разорять ~ out stocks освобождать склады ~ свободный;
clear passage свободный проход ~ ясный, светлый;
clear sky безоблачное небо ~ очищать(ся) ;
расчищать;
to clear the air разрядить атмосферу;
положить конец недоразумениям;
to clear the dishes убирать посуду со стола;
to clear the table убирать со стола to ~ the skirts (of smb.) смыть позорное пятно (с кого-л.) ;
восстановить (чью-л.) репутацию;
to clear the decks (for action) мор. приготовиться к бою (перен. к действиям) deck: on ~ амер. готовый к действиям;
to clear the decks (for action) мор. приготовиться к бою;
перен. приготовиться к действиям ~ очищать(ся) ;
расчищать;
to clear the air разрядить атмосферу;
положить конец недоразумениям;
to clear the dishes убирать посуду со стола;
to clear the table убирать со стола to ~ the skirts (of smb.) смыть позорное пятно (с кого-л.) ;
восстановить (чью-л.) репутацию;
to clear the decks (for action) мор. приготовиться к бою (перен. к действиям) ~ очищать(ся) ;
расчищать;
to clear the air разрядить атмосферу;
положить конец недоразумениям;
to clear the dishes убирать посуду со стола;
to clear the table убирать со стола to ~ the way подготовить почву;
to clear one's expenses покрыть свои расходы ~ up выяснять ~ up приводить в порядок ~ up раскрывать ~ ясный (об уме) ;
to get away clear отделаться ~ распродавать (товар) ;
great reductions in order to clear большая скидка с целью распродажи in ~ тех. в свету in ~ открытым текстом, в незашифрованном виде ~ off разг. убираться;
just clear off at once! убирайтесь немедленно! to keep ~ (of smb.) остерегаться, избегать ( кого-л.) ~ ясно;
to see one's way clear не иметь затруднений ~ не задеть, проехать или перескочить через барьер, не задев его;
to clear an obstacle взять препятствие;
this horse can clear 5 feet эта лошадь берет барьер в 5 футов ~ совсем, целиком (тж. несколько усиливает знач. наречий away, off, through при глаголах) ;
three feet clear целых три фута up выяснять;
распутывать (дело) up прибирать, убирать up проясняться ( о погоде) up: up prep вверх по, по направлению к( источнику, центру, столице и т. п.) ;
up the river вверх по реке;
up the hill в гору;
up the steps вверх по лестнице ~ prep вдоль по;
вглубь;
up the street по улице;
to travel up (the) country ехать вглубь страны ~ вздорожание ~ спорт. впереди;
he is two points up он на два очка впереди своего противника ~ разг. вскакивать ~ идущий, поднимающийся вверх ~ поезд, автобус и т. п., идущий в Лондон, в большой город или на север ~ prep к северу, в северном направлении ~ направляющийся в крупный центр или на север (особ. о поезде) ;
up train поезд, идущий в Лондон или большой город ~ повышающийся ~ разг. поднимать;
повышать (цены) ~ подъем ~ prep против (течения, ветра и т. п.) ;
up the wind против ветра;
to row up the stream грести против течения ~ указывает на близость или сходство: he is up to his father as a scientist как ученый он не уступает своему отцу ~ указывает на истечение срока, завершение или результат действия: Parliament is up сессия парламента закрылась ~ указывает на нахождение наверху или на более высокое положение наверху;
выше;
high up in the air высоко в небе или в воздухе ~ указывает на переход из горизонтального положения в вертикальное или от состояния покоя к деятельности: he is up он встал ~ указывает на подъем наверх, вверх;
he went up он пошел наверх;
up and down вверх и вниз;
взад и вперед ;
hands up! руки вверх! ~ указывает на приближение: a boy came up подошел мальчик ~ указывает на совершение действия: something is up что-то происходит;
что-то затевается;
what's up? в чем дело?, что случилось? ~ указывает на увеличение, повышение в цене, в чине, в значении и т. п. выше;
the corn is up хлеб подорожал;
age 12 up от 12 лет и старше ~ успех ~ шипучий( о напитках) up: ~ там и сям;
см. тж. up

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