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1 fighting

fighting

A n

1 Mil combat m (between entre) ; heavy fighting combat intense ; fighting has broken out la bataille a éclaté ;

2 gen bagarre f ; no fighting in the playground il est interdit de se battre dans la cour.

B pres p adj

1 Mil [unit, force] de combat ; fighting man soldat m ; fighting strength effectifs mpl (militaires) ;

2 ( aggressive) [talk, words] agressif/-ive ; to have a fighting spirit être combatif.

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2 fighting

fighting n combates

fighting

tr['faɪtɪŋ]

noun

1 peleas nombre femenino plural

■ I don't want any fighting in this pub no quiero peleas en este bar

■ there's been a lot of street fighting ha habido muchas peleas callejeras

adjective

1 de combate, militar

\

SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

to be in with a fighting chance / have a fighting chance tener posibilidades de ganar

fighting spirit combatividad nombre femenino

fighting

adj.

• de pelea adj.

• guerrero, -a adj.

• peleador adj.

n.

• combate s.m.

• lucha s.f.

I 'faɪtɪŋ
mass noun ( Mil) enfrentamientos mpl; (brawling, arguing) peleas fpl

II

adjective (before n)

fighting chance: to be in with o have a fighting chance tener* posibilidades de ganar; to give somebody a fighting chance darle* a alguien una oportunidad; fighting fit (colloq) en plana forma; fighting strength ( Mil) capacidad f ofensiva; fighting talk (BrE colloq): that's fighting talk! — así se habla!

['faɪtɪŋ]
1.

N (between troops, armies) enfrentamientos mpl ; (between individuals) (lit, fig) peleas fpl

he hates fighting — odia las peleas
street 2.
2.

ADJ

we still have a fighting chance of beating them — aún tenemos una buena posibilidad de vencerlos

this treatment at least gives her a fighting chance — este tratamiento le da al menos una posibilidad

3.

ADV

to be fighting fit — estar en plena forma

4.

CPD

fighting bull N — toro m de lidia

fighting cock N — gallo m de pelea

fighting dog N — perro m de pelea

fighting force N — fuerza f de combate

fighting line N — frente m de combate

fighting man N — guerrero m, soldado m

fighting spirit N — espíritu m de lucha, combatividad f

fighting strength N — número m de soldados (listos para el combate)

fighting talk N —

the Prime Minister's fighting talk at the Rome summit — las declaraciones de tono beligerante que hizo el Primer Ministro en la cumbre de Roma

this is typical fighting talk from the defending champion — esta es una típica bravuconada del actual campeón

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I ['faɪtɪŋ]
mass noun ( Mil) enfrentamientos mpl; (brawling, arguing) peleas fpl

II

adjective (before n)

fighting chance: to be in with o have a fighting chance tener* posibilidades de ganar; to give somebody a fighting chance darle* a alguien una oportunidad; fighting fit (colloq) en plana forma; fighting strength ( Mil) capacidad f ofensiva; fighting talk (BrE colloq): that's fighting talk! — así se habla!

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fighting ['faɪtɪŋ]

1 noun

(UNCOUNT) (physical) bagarre f, bagarres fpl; (verbal) dispute f, disputes fpl, bagarre f, bagarres fpl; Military combat m, combats mpl;

∎ fighting broke out between police and fans une bagarre s'est déclenchée entre la police et les fans;

∎ the fighting is now at its height on est au plus fort du combat;

∎ there has been fierce fighting in all parts of the country des combats acharnés ont eu lieu dans l'ensemble du pays;

∎ fighting is not allowed in the playground il est interdit de se bagarrer dans la cour;

∎ to be in with or to have a fighting chance avoir de bonnes chances;

∎ to be fighting fit être dans une forme éblouissante, avoir la forme olympique;

∎ fighting spirit esprit m combatif;

∎ that's fighting talk! c'est un langage offensif!

2 compound-forming noun

(forces, unit) de combat

►► fighting cock coq m de combat;

Ichthyology fighting fish poisson m combattant;

Military fighting men combattants mpl;

Boxing fighting weight poids m optimal (pour un boxeur)

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4 spirit

[΄spirit] n ոգի, հոգեկան կորով. the life of the spirit հոգեկան կյանք. unbroken spirit աննկուն հոգի. put spirit into կենդանություն տալ. spirit and letter տառ ու ոգի. (անձ, հոգի) kindred spirits հարազատ հոգիներ. the leading spirit ըն կերակ ցության ոգին (եռանդ, ոգևորու թյուն) high/bad, low spirits բարձր/վատ տրա մադրություն. keep one’s spirits չընկճվել. be out of spirits անտրամադիր լինել. have great spirits հոգով ուժեղ լինել. be in excellent/high/poor spirits գերազանց/բարձր/վատ տրամադրու թյան մեջ լինել. lack spirits կենսական ուժերը չբավարարել. fighting spirit մարտական ոգի. take smth in the wrong spirit ճիշտ/այնպես չհասկանալ. քիմ. սպիրտ spirits ալկոհոլային խմիչքներ. raw spirit մաքուր սպիրտ. a spirit lamp/ stove սպիրտայրոց. drink spirits ոգելից խմիչքներ օգտագործել

English-Armenian dictionary > spirit
5 spirit

1. noun
1) in pl. (distilled liquor) Spirituosen Pl.

2) (mental attitude) Geisteshaltung, die

in the right/wrong spirit — mit der richtigen/falschen Einstellung

take something in the wrong spirit — etwas falsch auffassen

take something in the spirit in which it is meant — etwas so auffassen, wie es gemeint ist

enter into the spirit of something — innerlich bei einer Sache [beteiligt] sein od. dabei sein

3) (courage) Mut, der

4) (vital principle, soul, inner qualities) Geist, der

in spirit — innerlich; im Geiste

be with somebody in spirit — in Gedanken od. im Geist[e] bei jemandem sein

5) (real meaning) Geist, der; Sinn, der

6) (mental tendency) Geist, der; (mood) Stimmung, die

the spirit of the age or times — der Zeitgeist

7)

high spirits — gehobene Stimmung; gute Laune

in poor or low spirits — niedergedrückt

8) (liquid obtained by distillation) Spiritus, der; (purified alcohol) reiner Alkohol
2. transitive verb
spirit away, spirit off — verschwinden lassen

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['spirit]
noun

1) (a principle or emotion which makes someone act: The spirit of kindness seems to be lacking in the world nowadays.) der Geist

2) (a person's mind, will, personality etc thought of as distinct from the body, or as remaining alive eg as a ghost when the body dies: Our great leader may be dead, but his spirit still lives on; ( also adjective) the spirit world; Evil spirits have taken possession of him.) der Geist

3) (liveliness; courage: He acted with spirit.) der Elan

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spir·it

[ˈspɪrɪt]

I. n

1. (sb's soul) Geist m

his \spirit will be with us always sein Geist wird uns immer begleiten

to be with sb in \spirit im Geiste bei jdm sein

2. (ghost) Geist m, Gespenst nt

evil \spirit böser Geist

3. (the Holy Spirit)

▪ the S\spirit der Heilige Geist

4. no pl (mood) Stimmung f

that's the \spirit das ist die richtige Einstellung

we acted in a \spirit of co-operation wir handelten im Geiste der Zusammenarbeit

the \spirit of the age der Zeitgeist

the \spirit of brotherhood/confidence/forgiveness der Geist der Brüderlichkeit/des Vertrauens/der Vergebung

the \spirit of Christmas die weihnachtliche Stimmung

fighting \spirit Kampfgeist m

party \spirit Partystimmung f

team \spirit Teamgeist m

to enter [or get into] the \spirit of sth Gefallen an etw dat finden

try to get into the \spirit of things! versuch dich in die Sachen hineinzuversetzen!

5. (mood)

▪ \spirits pl Gemütsverfassung f kein pl

her \spirits rose as she read the letter sie bekam neuen Mut, als sie den Brief las

keep your \spirits up lass den Mut nicht sinken

to be in high/low \spirits in gehobener/gedrückter Stimmung sein

to be out of \spirits schlecht gelaunt sein

to dash sb's \spirits auf jds Stimmung drücken

to lift sb's \spirits jds Stimmung heben

6. (person) Seele f

brave/generous \spirit mutige/gute Seele

the moving \spirit of sth die treibende Kraft einer S. gen

7. no pl (character) Seele f

to have a broken \spirit seelisch gebrochen sein

to be troubled in \spirit etw auf der Seele lasten haben

to be young in \spirit geistig jung geblieben sein

8. no pl (vitality) Temperament nt; of a horse Feuer nt

to perform/sing with \spirit mit Inbrunst spielen/singen

with \spirit voller Enthusiasmus; horse feurig

9. no pl (intent) Sinn m

you did not take my comment in the \spirit in which it was meant du hast meine Bemerkung nicht so aufgenommen, wie sie gemeint war

the \spirit of the law der Geist [o Sinn] des Gesetzes

10. (whisky, rum, etc.)

▪ \spirits pl Spirituosen pl

11. (alcoholic solution) Spiritus m

\spirits of turpentine Terpentinöl nt

12. CHEM Spiritus m

\spirit of ammonia Ammoniumhydroxid nt, Salmiakgeist m

\spirit of melissa Melissengeist m

13.

▶ the \spirit is willing but the flesh is weak ( saying) der Geist ist willig, aber das Fleisch ist schwach prov

II. n modifier (world) Geister-

III. vt

▪ to \spirit sb/sth away [or off] jdn/etw verschwinden lassen [o wegzaubern]

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['spIrɪt]
1. n

1) (= soul) Geist m

the life of the spirit — das Seelenleben

he was troubled in spirit (liter) — etwas lastete auf seiner Seele (geh)

I'll be with you in spirit — im Geiste werde ich bei euch sein

the spirit is willing (but the flesh is weak) — der Geist ist willig(, aber das Fleisch ist schwach)

2) (= supernatural being, ghost) Geist m

3) (= leading person of age, movement etc) Geist m; (of party, enterprise) Kopf m

4) no pl (= courage) Mut m, Schneid m; (= vitality, enthusiasm) Elan m, Schwung m

a horse with plenty of spirit — ein feuriges Pferd

to break sb's spirit —

to sing with spirit — mit Inbrunst singen

to reply with spirit — mutig antworten

to put spirit into sth — Leben in eine Sache bringen

5) (= mental attitude of country, group of people, doctrine, reform etc) Geist m; (= mood) Stimmung f

Christmas spirit (Rel) — weihnachtlicher Geist

a spirit of optimism/rebellion — eine optimistische/rebellische Stimmung

to do sth in a spirit of optimism/humility — etw voll Optimismus/voller Demut tun

in a spirit of forgiveness/revenge — aus einer vergebenden/rachsüchtigen Stimmung heraus

Christian spirit — Christlichkeit f

the spirit of the age — der Zeitgeist

he has the right spirit — er hat die richtige Einstellung

to enter into the spirit of sth —

when the spirit moves him — wenn es ihn überkommt

that's the spirit! (inf) — so ists recht! (inf)

6) no pl (= intention) Geist m

the spirit of the law — der Geist or Sinn des Gesetzes

to take sth in the right/wrong spirit — etw richtig/falsch auffassen

to take sth in the spirit in which it was intended —

the spirit in which it is done — wie es getan wird

7) pl (= state of mind) Stimmung f, Laune f; (= courage) Mut m

to be in high spirits — bester Laune sein

to be in good/low spirits — guter/schlechter Laune sein

to be out of spirits — niedergeschlagen sein

to keep up one's spirits — den Mut nicht verlieren

my spirits rose — ich bekam (neuen) Mut

her spirits fell — ihr sank der Mut

to raise or lift sb's spirits — jdn aufmuntern

to revive sb's spirits — jds Lebensgeister wiedererwecken

8) pl (= alcohol) Branntwein m, Spirituosen pl, geistige Getränke pl

9) (CHEM) Spiritus m

spirits of ammonia — Salmiakgeist m

spirit(s) of turpentine — Terpentinöl nt

2. vt

to spirit sb/sth away or off — jdn/etw verschwinden lassen or wegzaubern

to spirit sb out of a room etc — jdn aus einem Zimmer etc wegzaubern

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spirit [ˈspırıt]

A s

1. allg Geist m:

the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak der Geist ist willig, aber das Fleisch ist schwach

2. Geist m, Lebenshauch m

3. Geist m:

a) Seele f (eines Toten)

b) Gespenst n

4. Spirit (göttlicher) Geist

5. Geist m, (innere) Vorstellung:

in (the) spirit im Geiste (nicht wirklich)

6. (das) Geistige, Geist m:

the world of the spirit die geistige Welt

7. Geist m:

a) Gesinnung f, (Gemein- etc) Sinn m:

spirit of the party Parteigeist

b) Charakter m: → contradiction 1

c) Sinn m:

the spirit of the law;

that’s the spirit! umg so ist’s recht!; → enter into 4

8. meist pl Gemütsverfassung f, Stimmung f:

high spirits

a) Hochstimmung,

b) Ausgelassenheit f;

in high (low) spirits in gehobener (gedrückter) Stimmung;

keep up one’s spirits sich bei Laune halten;

as ( oder if, when) the spirit moves ( oder takes) one wenn einem danach zumute ist

9. fig Feuer n, Schwung m, Elan m, Mut m, pl auch Lebensgeister pl:

full of spirits voll Feuer, voller Schwung;

when(ever) the spirit moves me wenn es mich überkommt, wenn ich Lust dazu verspüre; → break¹ B 8

10. (Mann m von) Geist m, Kopf m

11. fig Seele f, treibende Kraft (eines Unternehmens etc)

12. the spirit of the age ( oder times) der Zeitgeist

13. CHEM

a) Spiritus m:

spirit lamp;

spirit varnish Spirituslack m

b) Destillat n, Geist m, Spiritus m:

spirit of nitrous ether PHARM Hoffmannstropfen pl;

spirit(s pl) of hartshorn Hirschhorn-, Salmiakgeist;

spirits pl of wine Weingeist; → turpentine 2

14. pl Spirituosen pl, stark alkoholische Getränke pl

15. auch pl CHEM US Alkohol m

16. Färberei: ( besonders Zinn)Beize f

B v/t

1. oft spirit up aufmuntern

2. oft spirit off wegzaubern, verschwinden lassen

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1. noun
1) in pl. (distilled liquor) Spirituosen Pl.

2) (mental attitude) Geisteshaltung, die

in the right/wrong spirit — mit der richtigen/falschen Einstellung

take something in the wrong spirit — etwas falsch auffassen

take something in the spirit in which it is meant — etwas so auffassen, wie es gemeint ist

enter into the spirit of something — innerlich bei einer Sache [beteiligt] sein od. dabei sein

3) (courage) Mut, der

4) (vital principle, soul, inner qualities) Geist, der

in spirit — innerlich; im Geiste

be with somebody in spirit — in Gedanken od. im Geist[e] bei jemandem sein

5) (real meaning) Geist, der; Sinn, der

6) (mental tendency) Geist, der; (mood) Stimmung, die

the spirit of the age or times — der Zeitgeist

7)

high spirits — gehobene Stimmung; gute Laune

in poor or low spirits — niedergedrückt

8) (liquid obtained by distillation) Spiritus, der; (purified alcohol) reiner Alkohol
2. transitive verb
spirit away, spirit off — verschwinden lassen

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n.

Elan nur sing. m.

Feuer -- n.

Geist -er m.

Gespenst -er n.

Seele -n f.

Spiritus m.

Sprit nur sing. m.

English-german dictionary > spirit
6 spirit

ˈspɪrɪt
1. сущ.
1) а) дух;
духовное начало;
душа б) моральная сила, дух, характер to break smb.'s spirit ≈ сломить чей-л. дух Her spirit was broken. ≈ Ее дух сломлен.
2) дух, привидение to conjure up, evoke a spirit ≈ вызывать, заклинать дух evil spirit ≈ злой дух Holy Spirit ≈ святой дух Syn: ghost
3) натура, личность, индивидуальность;
ум He is a dauntless( hardy) spirit. ≈ Он храбрый, безрассудный человек. Syn: personality
4) смысл, сущность You don't go about it in the right spirit. ≈ У вас к этому неправильный подход.
5) а) часто мн. душевный настрой, настроение, душевное состояние to be in high/good spirits ≈ быть в веселом, приподнятом настроении to dampen smb.'s spirits ≈ портить кому-л. настроение Try to keep up your spirits. ≈ Не падайте духом. to lift, raise smb.'s spirits ≈ поднимать, улучшать кому-л. настроение spirits droop, flag ≈ настроение падает, ухудшается spirits rise ≈ настроение поднимается fighting spirit ≈ боевой дух, боевой настрой partisan spirit ≈ предвзятое, пристрастное мнение;
тенденционный настрой patriotic spirit ≈ патриотический настрой rebellious spirit ≈ бунтарский дух б) спец. (проявление активно-приподнятого душевного состояния) храбрость;
воодушевление, живость to display, show spirit ≈ проявлять, демонстрировать храбрость
6) дух, мн. настроения, общая тенденция;
приверженность to catch the spirit (of the times) ≈ поймать дух (времени) civic spirit class spirit college spirit competitive spirit moving spirit school spirit scientific spirit team spirit
7) обыкн. мн. алкоголь, спирт, спиртной напиток ∙
2. гл.
1) воодушевлять, ободрять;
одобрять( часто spirit up)
2) тайно похищать( обыкн. away, spirit off) The princess was spirited off to a desert island by the evil magician. ≈ Злой волшебник тайно похитил принцессу и увез ее на необитаемый остров. душа;
дух - * and matter дух и материя - in (the) * мысленно, в душе - the world of * духовный мир, духовная жизнь - strong in * сильные духом - poor in * (библеизм) нищие духом - his * was hot within him у него в душе все кипело - he's young in * он молод душой натура, личность, индивидуальность;
ум - he is a generous * у него /это/ широкая душа - he is a bold * это человек смелого ума - one of the greatest *s of his time один из выдающихся умов своего времени человек, индивидуум - the plan appealed to some adventurous *s план понравился некоторым горячим головам моральная сила, энергия, решительность - a man of * сильный духом человек - a man of unbending * человек несгибаемой воли - the * of the troops дух войск - to break one's * сломить чей-л. дух - to infuse /to put/ * into smb. воодушевить кого-л. - I'll have * enough to go there у меня достанет храбрости /хватит духу/ пойти туда - he met the accusation with * он с достоинством /мужественно/ встретил это обвинение живость, горячность, задор - to go smth. with * горячо взяться за что-л. - he replied with * он ответил с жаром - that pup has a lot of *! какой резвый щенок! - he's full of *s он полон задора часто pl настроение, душевное состояние - animal *s жизнерадостность, бодрость - the holiday * праздничное настроение - in *s в (хорошем) настроении - to be in high *s быть в приподнятом настроении - to be out of *s быть не в духе - to revive smb.s *s поднимать чье-л. настроение, ободрять кого-л. - keep up your *s! не унывайте!, мужайтесь! дух, сущность, истинный смысл - the * of the order подлинный смысл /суть/ приказа - to obey the *, not the letter of the law действовать согласно духу, а не букве закона - the translator grasped the * of the original переводчик уловил дух оригинала тенденция, общее неправление, общий характер - * of the age дух эпохи - * of discontent дух недовольства приверженность - college * приверженность традициям колледжа умысел, цель, задняя мысль - to do smth. in a * of mischief делать что-л. со злым умыслом - these plain facts are not presented in any disparaging * эти очевидные факты излагаются без всякого намерения бросить тень на кого-л. - he acted in a * of helpfulness он действовал из желания помочь - it was undertaken in the * of fun это было совершено ради шутки восприятие;
понимание - to take smth. in the right * правильно воспринять что-л. - you don't go about it in the right * вы к этому подходите не так, как надо - I trust you will understand the above in the * in which it was written надеюсь, что вы поймете сказанное в том же духе, в каком оно было написано (религия) (the S.) Бог дух святой (тж. the Holy S.) ангел бес (тж. evil *) - possessed by *s одержимый бесами (бессмертная) душа - ancestral *s души предков - to give up /to yield up/ the * испустить дух, отдать богу душу - the abode of the *s загробный мир дух, призрак, привидение - to believe in *s верить в привидения - to raise * вызывать духов фея;
эльф - water * водяной;
русалка - forest * леший дуновение, ветерок > to show a proper /a right/ * проявить себя с хорошей стороны > that's the right *! вот молодец! > to do smth. as the * moves one делать что-л. по наитию( разговорное) тайно увести, унести, похитить( кого-л.;
обыкн. * away, * off) - he was *ed off by a policeman before we had a chance to speak to him его забрал полицейский прежде, чем нам удалось поговорить с ним оживлять;
подбадривать, придавать смелости, решительности;
воодушевлять, вдохновлять (тж. * up) - to * a person on for the attempt подбивать /воодушевлять/ кого-л. на попытку (сделать что-л.) - to * the people up to /into/ rebellion поднять народ на восстание обыкн. pl спирт - methylated *(s) денатурированный спирт, денатурат - * varnish спиртовой лак - *(s) of ammonia /of hartshorn/ нашатырный спирт - * (s) of wine винный спирт - *(s) of turpentine терпентиновое масло, скипидар обыкн. pl спиртной напиток, алкоголь - he drinks beer but no *s он пьет пиво, но не употребляет крепких напитков ( разговорное) автомобильный бензин( текстильное) красильно-отделочный раствор ~ (часто pl) настроение, душевное состояние;
to be in high (или good) spirits быть в веселом, приподнятом настроении to be in low spirits, to be out of ~s быть в подавленном настроении;
it shows a kindly spirit это показывает доброжелательное отношение to be in low spirits, to be out of ~s быть в подавленном настроении;
it shows a kindly spirit это показывает доброжелательное отношение community ~ настроение в обществе entrepreneurial ~ предприимчивость ~ храбрость;
воодушевление, живость;
to go (at smth.) with spirit энергично взяться (за что-л.) ~ дух;
духовное начало;
душа;
in (the) spirit мысленно, в душе to be in low spirits, to be out of ~s быть в подавленном настроении;
it shows a kindly spirit это показывает доброжелательное отношение to keep up (smb.'s) ~s поднимать (чье-л.) настроение, ободрять (кого-л.) ;
try to keep up your spirits не падайте духом ~ моральная сила, дух, характер;
a man of an unbending spirit несгибаемый человек, непреклонный характер ~ человек (с точки зрения душевных или нравственных качеств) ;
one of the greatest spirits of his day один из величайших умов своего времени people of ~ мужественные, храбрые люди;
to speak with spirit говорить с жаром people of ~ мужественные, храбрые люди;
to speak with spirit говорить с жаром spirit (обыкн. pl) алкоголь, спирт, спиртной напиток;
spirit of camphor камфарный спирт;
spirit(s) of wine винный спирт ~ воодушевлять, ободрять;
одобрять (часто spirit up) ~ дух, общая тенденция;
the spirit of progress дух прогресса;
the spirit of times дух времени ~ дух;
духовное начало;
душа;
in (the) spirit мысленно, в душе ~ моральная сила, дух, характер;
a man of an unbending spirit несгибаемый человек, непреклонный характер ~ (часто pl) настроение, душевное состояние;
to be in high (или good) spirits быть в веселом, приподнятом настроении ~ привидение, дух ~ сущность, смысл;
to take (smth.) in the wrong spirit неправильно толковать( что-л.) ;
you don't go about it in the right spirit у вас к этому неправильный подход ~ тайно похищать (обыкн. spirit away, spirit off) ~ храбрость;
воодушевление, живость;
to go (at smth.) with spirit энергично взяться (за что-л.) ~ человек (с точки зрения душевных или нравственных качеств) ;
one of the greatest spirits of his day один из величайших умов своего времени ~ attr. спиритический ~ attr. спиртовой;
that's the right spirit! вот молодец! spirit (обыкн. pl) алкоголь, спирт, спиртной напиток;
spirit of camphor камфарный спирт;
spirit(s) of wine винный спирт ~ дух, общая тенденция;
the spirit of progress дух прогресса;
the spirit of times дух времени ~ дух, общая тенденция;
the spirit of progress дух прогресса;
the spirit of times дух времени spirit (обыкн. pl) алкоголь, спирт, спиртной напиток;
spirit of camphor камфарный спирт;
spirit(s) of wine винный спирт ~ сущность, смысл;
to take (smth.) in the wrong spirit неправильно толковать (что-л.) ;
you don't go about it in the right spirit у вас к этому неправильный подход team ~ дух коллективизма team ~ дух товарищества ~ attr. спиртовой;
that's the right spirit! вот молодец! to keep up (smb.'s) ~s поднимать (чье-л.) настроение, ободрять (кого-л.) ;
try to keep up your spirits не падайте духом wood ~ = wood alcohol ~ сущность, смысл;
to take (smth.) in the wrong spirit неправильно толковать (что-л.) ;
you don't go about it in the right spirit у вас к этому неправильный подход

Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > spirit
7 spirit

spir·it [ʼspɪrɪt] n

1) ( sb's soul) Geist m;

his \spirit will be with us always sein Geist wird uns immer begleiten;

to be with sb in \spirit im Geiste bei jdm sein

2) ( ghost) Geist m, Gespenst nt;

evil \spirit böser Geist

3) ( the Holy Spirit)

the S\spirit der Heilige Geist

4) no pl ( mood) Stimmung f;

that's the \spirit das ist die richtige Einstellung;

we acted in a \spirit of co-operation wir handelten im Geiste der Zusammenarbeit;

the \spirit of the age der Zeitgeist;

the \spirit of brotherhood/ confidence/ forgiveness der Geist der Brüderlichkeit/des Vertrauens/der Vergebung;

the \spirit of Christmas die weihnachtliche Stimmung;

fighting \spirit Kampfgeist m;

party \spirit Partystimmung f;

team \spirit Teamgeist m;

to enter [or get into] the \spirit of sth Gefallen an etw dat finden;

try to get into the \spirit of things! versuch dich in die Sachen hineinzuversetzen!

5) ( mood)

\spirits pl Gemütsverfassung f kein pl;

her \spirits rose as she read the letter sie bekam neuen Mut, als sie den Brief las;

keep your \spirits up lass den Mut nicht sinken;

to be in high/low \spirits in gehobener/gedrückter Stimmung sein;

to be out of \spirits schlecht gelaunt sein;

to dash sb's \spirits auf jds Stimmung drücken;

to lift sb's \spirits jds Stimmung heben

6) ( person) Seele f;

brave/generous \spirit mutige/gute Seele;

the moving \spirit of sth die treibende Kraft einer S. gen

7) no pl ( character) Seele f;

to have a broken \spirit seelisch gebrochen sein;

to be troubled in \spirit etw auf der Seele lasten haben;

to be young in \spirit geistig jung geblieben sein

8) no pl ( vitality) Temperament nt; of a horse Feuer nt;

to perform/sing with \spirit mit Inbrunst spielen/singen;

with \spirit voller Enthusiasmus; horse feurig

9) no pl ( intent) Sinn m;

you did not take my comment in the \spirit in which it was meant du hast meine Bemerkung nicht so aufgenommen, wie sie gemeint war;

the \spirit of the law der Geist [o Sinn] des Gesetzes

10) (whisky, rum, etc)

\spirits pl Spirituosen fpl

11) ( alcoholic solution) Spiritus m;

\spirits of turpentine Terpentinöl nt

PHRASES:

the \spirit is willing but the flesh is weak ( is weak) der Geist ist willig, aber das Fleisch ist schwach n

modifier (world) Geister- vt

to \spirit sb/ sth away [or off] jdn/etw verschwinden lassen [o wegzaubern]

English-German students dictionary > spirit
8 spirit

'spirit
noun

1) (a principle or emotion which makes someone act: The spirit of kindness seems to be lacking in the world nowadays.) espíritu

2) (a person's mind, will, personality etc thought of as distinct from the body, or as remaining alive eg as a ghost when the body dies: Our great leader may be dead, but his spirit still lives on; (also adjective) the spirit world; Evil spirits have taken possession of him.) espíritu

3) (liveliness; courage: He acted with spirit.) valor

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- spirited
- spiritedly
- spirits
- spiritual
- spiritually
- spirit level

spirit n

1. espíritu / alma

the spirits of the dead los espíritus de los muertos

2. licor

whisky and vodka are spirits el whisky y el vodka son licores

to be in good spirits estar de buen humor

spirit

tr['spɪrɪt]

noun

1 SMALLCHEMISTRY/SMALL alcohol nombre masculino

plural noun spirits

1 (alcoholic drink) bebidas nombre femenino plural alcohólicas, licores nombre masculino plural

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

spirit lamp lámpara de alcohol

spirit level nivel nombre masculino de aire

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spirit

tr['spɪrɪt]

noun

1 (soul) espíritu nombre masculino, alma; (ghost) fantasma nombre masculino

■ his spirit lives on su espíritu perdura

■ evil spirit espíritu maligno

2 (person) ser nombre masculino, alma

■ kindred spirits almas gemelas

3 (force, vigour) vigor nombre masculino, energía; (personality) carácter nombre masculino; (courage) valor nombre masculino; (vitality, liveliness) ánimo, vitalidad nombre femenino

■ she played with great spirit jugó con gran energía

■ try as they might, they couldn't break his spirit por mucho que lo intentaran, no pudieron quebrantarle el espíritu

4 (mood, attitude) espíritu nombre masculino, humor nombre masculino

■ he approached the challenge in the right spirit abordó el reto con buen humor

■ the party spirit el espíritu festivo

5 (central quality, real or intended meaning) espíritu nombre masculino, sentido

■ the spirit of the law el espíritu de la ley

1 (mood, feelings) moral f sing, humor m sing

■ she's in good spirits está de buen humor

■ he's in high spirits está animado

■ you're in low spirits today estás deprimido hoy

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

in spirit en espíritu

that's the spirit! ¡eso es!, ¡así me gusta!

the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak las intenciones son buenas, pero la carne es débil

to enter into the spirit of things meterse en el ambiente

to raise somebody's spirits subirle la moral a alguien

the Holy Spirit el Espíritu Santo

spirit ['spɪrət] vt

to spirit away : hacer desaparecer

spirit n

1) : espíritu m

body and spirit: cuerpo y espíritu

2) ghost: espíritu m, fantasma m

3) mood: espíritu m, humor m

in the spirit of friendship: en el espíritu de amistad

to be in good spirits: estar de buen humor

4) enthusiasm, vivacity: espíritu m, ánimo m, brío m

5) spirits npl

: licores mpl

spirit

n.

• acero s.m.

• alcohol s.m.

• aliento s.m.

• alma s.f.

• bebida alcohólica s.f.

• brío s.m.

• coraje s.m.

• esfuerzo s.m.

• espectro s.m.

• espíritu s.m.

• fogosidad s.f.

• genio s.m.

• humor s.m.

• licor s.m.

• sangre s.m.

• temple s.m.

• ánimo s.m.

I 'spɪrət, 'spɪrɪt
noun

1)

a) u (life force, soul) espíritu m

the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak — a pesar de las buenas intenciones, la carne es débil

b) c ( Occult) espíritu m

2) c ( person) persona f

a free spirit — una persona a quien no preocupan los convencionalismos

3) u (vigor, courage) espíritu m, temple m

this horse/child has plenty of spirit — este caballo/esta niña tiene mucho brío

to break somebody's spirit — quebrantarle el espíritu a alguien

4) (mental attitude, mood) (no pl) espíritu m

the party/Christmas spirit — el espíritu festivo/navideño

that's the spirit! — así se hace!, así me gusta!

in a spirit of great self-sacrifice — con gran espíritu de sacrificio

she entered into the spirit of things — entró en ambiente

5) spirits pl ( emotional state)

to be in good spirits — estar* animado, tener* la moral alta

to be in high spirits — estar* muy animado or de muy buen humor

keep your spirits up — arriba ese ánimo or esos ánimos!

his spirits fell — se desanimó or se desmoralizó

6) spirits plural ( alcohol) bebidas fpl alcohólicas ( de alta graduación), licores mpl

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transitive verb

to spirit something away — hacer* desaparecer algo como por arte de magia

the prisoner was spirited away during the night — el prisionero desapareció or se esfumó durante la noche como por arte de magia

['spɪrɪt]
1. N

1) (=soul, inner force) espíritu m

• I'll be with you in spirit — estaré contigo en espíritu

young in spirit — joven de espíritu

the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak — las intenciones son buenas pero la carne es débil

2) (=ghost, supernatural being) espíritu m

evil spirit — espíritu m maligno

the spirit world — el mundo de los espíritus

3) (=courage) espíritu m ; (=liveliness) ímpetu m, energía f

• to break sb's spirit — quebrantar el espíritu a algn

• they lack spirit — les falta espíritu

• a woman of spirit — una mujer con espíritu or brío

• show some spirit! — ¡anímate!

the team soon began to show their spirit — el equipo pronto empezó a animarse

• to do sth with spirit — hacer algo con energía

to sing with spirit — cantar con brío

4) (=attitude, mood) espíritu m

• a spirit of adventure — un espíritu aventurero

• community spirit — civismo m

• they wish to solve their problems in a spirit of cooperation — quieren resolver sus problemas con espíritu de cooperación

• he refused to enter into the spirit of things — se negó a entrar en ambiente

• festive spirit — espíritu m festivo

• in a spirit of friendship — con espíritu de amistad

• generosity of spirit — bondad f de espíritu

• a spirit of optimism — un espíritu optimista

• public spirit — civismo m

• to take sth in the right/ wrong spirit — interpretar bien/mal algo

• that's the spirit! — ¡así me gusta!, ¡ánimo!
fighting 4., team 4.
5) (=essence) [of agreement, law] espíritu m

• the spirit of the age/the times — el espíritu de la época/de los tiempos

• the spirit of the law — el espíritu de la ley

6) (=person) alma f

the leading or moving spirit in the party — el alma del partido, la figura más destacada del partido

• she was a free spirit — era una persona sin convencionalismos
kindred
7) spirits

a) (=state of mind)

• to be in good spirits — tener la moral alta

• to be in high spirits — estar animadísimo, estar muy alegre

it was just a case of youthful high spirits — no fue más que una demostración típica del comportamiento impetuoso de la juventud

• I tried to keep his spirits up — intenté animarlo or darle ánimos

we kept our spirits up by singing — mantuvimos la moral alta cantando

• to lift or raise sb's spirits — levantar el ánimo or la moral a algn

• to be in low spirits — tener la moral baja, estar bajo de moral

• my spirits rose somewhat — se me levantó un poco el ánimo or la moral

b) (=alcohol) licores mpl

I keep off spirits — no bebo licores

a measure of spirits — un (vasito de) licor

spirits of wine — espíritu m de vino

8) (Chem) alcohol m

2.

VT (=take)

to spirit sth away — llevarse algo como por arte de magia, hacer desaparecer algo

he was spirited out of the country — lo sacaron del país clandestinamente or de forma clandestina

3.

CPD

spirit duplicator N — copiadora f al alcohol

spirit gum N — cola f de maquillaje

spirit lamp N — lamparilla f de alcohol

spirit level N — nivel m de burbuja

spirit stove N — infernillo m de alcohol

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I ['spɪrət, 'spɪrɪt]
noun

1)

a) u (life force, soul) espíritu m

the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak — a pesar de las buenas intenciones, la carne es débil

b) c ( Occult) espíritu m

2) c ( person) persona f

a free spirit — una persona a quien no preocupan los convencionalismos

3) u (vigor, courage) espíritu m, temple m

this horse/child has plenty of spirit — este caballo/esta niña tiene mucho brío

to break somebody's spirit — quebrantarle el espíritu a alguien

4) (mental attitude, mood) (no pl) espíritu m

the party/Christmas spirit — el espíritu festivo/navideño

that's the spirit! — así se hace!, así me gusta!

in a spirit of great self-sacrifice — con gran espíritu de sacrificio

she entered into the spirit of things — entró en ambiente

5) spirits pl ( emotional state)

to be in good spirits — estar* animado, tener* la moral alta

to be in high spirits — estar* muy animado or de muy buen humor

keep your spirits up — arriba ese ánimo or esos ánimos!

his spirits fell — se desanimó or se desmoralizó

6) spirits plural ( alcohol) bebidas fpl alcohólicas ( de alta graduación), licores mpl

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transitive verb

to spirit something away — hacer* desaparecer algo como por arte de magia

the prisoner was spirited away during the night — el prisionero desapareció or se esfumó durante la noche como por arte de magia

English-spanish dictionary > spirit
9 fight

1. past tense, past participle - fought; verb
1) (to act against (someone or something) with physical violence: The two boys are fighting over (= because of) some money they found.) pelear (se), luchar

2) (to resist strongly; to take strong action to prevent: to fight a fire; We must fight against any attempt to deprive us of our freedom.) luchar, combatir

3) (to quarrel: His parents were always fighting.) pelear (se), discutir

2. noun
1) (an act of physical violence between people, countries etc: There was a fight going on in the street.) pelea

2) (a struggle; action involving effort: the fight for freedom of speech; the fight against disease.) lucha

3) (the will or strength to resist: There was no fight left in him.) combatividad

4) (a boxing-match.) combate

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- fighter
- fight back
- fight it out
- fight off
- fight one's way
- fight shy of
- put up a good fight

fight¹ n lucha / pelea

there was a fight hubo una pelea

fight² vb

1. luchar

our soldiers are fighting the enemy nuestros soldados luchan contra el enemigo

2. pelearse

two boys were fighting dos chicos se peleaban

to fight a battle librar una batalla

El pasado y participio pasado de fight es fought

fight

tr[faɪt]

noun

1 (struggle) lucha

■ the fight for Barcelona la lucha por Barcelona

■ the fight against poverty la lucha contra la pobreza

2 (physical violence) pelea; (quarrel) riña; (argument) disputa

■ the police broke up the fight la policía disolvió la pelea

3 (boxing) combate nombre masculino

4 (resistance) combatividad nombre femenino, ánimo

■ he had plenty of fight left in him aún le quedaba mucho ánimo

intransitive verb (pt & pp fought tr[fɔːt])

1 (quarrel) pelear(se) (about/over, por), discutir (about/over, por)

■ they're always fighting about money siempre discuten por dinero

■ it's not worth fighting over no vale la pena discutir por eso

2 (in boxing) pelear ( against, contra)

3 (with physical violence) pelearse ( with, con) ( against, contra), luchar ( with, con) ( against, contra)

■ he's always fighting with the other children siempre se está peleando con los otros niños

4 figurative use luchar ( for, por) ( against, contra), combatir

■ fight for human rights luchar por los derechos humanos

transitive verb

1 (bull) lidiar

2 (engage in - battle) librar; (- war) hacer; (- election) presentarse a

3 (with physical violence) pelearse, luchar

■ fight the enemy luchar contra el enemigo

■ they were fighting some kids from another school se peleaban con unos chicos de otro colegio

4 figurative use (strive to overcome, prevent) luchar, combatir

■ fight racism combatir el racismo

■ fight drug trafficking luchar contra el narcotráfico

5 SMALLLAW/SMALL recurrir contra

6 (fire) apagar, combatir

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

to fight a case SMALLLAW/SMALL defenderse contra un cargo

to fight it out decidirlo, resolverlo

to fight one's way through lograr abrirse paso

to fight for one's life luchar por la vida

to fight like a tiger luchar como un jabato

to fight a losing battle luchar por una causa perdida

to fight shy of something/somebody evitar algo/a alguien

to fight to the finish luchar hasta el final

to pick a fight with somebody meterse con alguien

to put up a fight oponer resistencia

fight ['faɪt] v, fought ['fɔt] ; fighting vi

: luchar, combatir, pelear

fight vt

: luchar contra, combatir contra

fight n

1) combat: lucha f, pelea f, combate m

2) match: pelea f, combate m (en boxeo)

3) quarrel: disputa f, pelea f, pleito m

fight

n.

• batalla s.f.

• combate s.m.

• cuchillada s.f.

• guerra s.f.

• lid s.f.

• lidia s.f.

• lucha s.f.

• marimorena s.f.

• pelea s.f.

• pendencia s.f.

• pugna s.f.

• rija s.f.

• riña s.f.

• ruptura s.f.

• sarracina s.f.

v.

(§ p.,p.p.: fought) = batallar v.

• batir v.

• bregar v.

• combatir v.

• disputar v.

• guerrear v.

• lidiar v.

• luchar v.

• militar v.

• pelear v.

• pugnar v.

• reñir v.

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1. faɪt
(past & past p fought) intransitive verb

a) \<\<army/country\>\> luchar, combatir; \<\<person\>\> pelear, luchar; \<\<animal\>\> luchar

to fight AGAINST somebody/something — luchar contra alguien/algo

to fight FOR somebody/something — \<\<for country/cause\>\> luchar por alguien/algo; \<\<for aim/policy\>\> luchar por conseguir or lograr algo

she was fighting for her life — se debatía entre la vida y la muerte

to go down fighting — luchar hasta el final

he had to fight for breath — le costaba muchísimo respirar

to fight shy of something: he tends to fight shy of emotional commitments — tiende a eludir or evitar los compromisos afectivos

b) ( quarrel)

to fight OVER/ABOUT something — pelearse por algo

c) fighting pres p <troops/units> de combate

2.

vt

1)

a) \<\<army/country\>\> luchar or combatir contra

if you want it, you'll have to fight me for it — si lo quieres vas a tener que vértelas conmigo

Frazier fought Ali for the world title — Frazier peleó contra Ali or se enfrentó a Ali por el título mundial

I had to fight my way into the hall — tuve que abrirme camino or paso a la fuerza para entrar en la sala

b) ( oppose) \<\<fire/disease\>\> combatir; \<\<measure/proposal\>\> combatir, oponerse* a

we'll fight them all the way — no les vamos a dar cuartel

2)

a) ( conduct)

to fight a battle — librar una batalla

they fought a long war against the rebels — lucharon contra los rebeldes durante largo tiempo

b) ( contest) \<\<election\>\> presentarse a

we intend to fight the case — ( Law) pensamos llevar el caso a los tribunales (or defendernos etc)

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Phrasal Verbs:

- fight back

- fight down

- fight off

- fight on

- fight out

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noun

1) c

a) ( between persons) pelea f; (between armies, companies) lucha f, contienda f

to put up a good fight — ofrecer* or oponer* resistencia

they're looking for a fight — están buscando camorra or bronca

b) ( boxing match) pelea f, combate m

2) c

a) ( struggle) lucha f

b) ( quarrel) pelea f

3) u ( fighting spirit)

he was still full of fight — aún seguía con ganas de pelear

there's no fight left in him — no le quedan ánimos para luchar

[faɪt] (vb: pt, pp fought)
1. N

1) (between individuals)

a) (physical, verbal) pelea f ( over por)

• to have a fight with sb — pelearse con algn, tener una pelea con algn

• to look for a fight — (physical) buscar pelea; (verbal) querer pelearse

I'm not looking for a fight over this issue — no quiero pelearme por este asunto
pick 2., 1)
b) (Boxing) combate m, pelea f

2) (Mil) (between armies) lucha f, contienda f

3) (=struggle, campaign) lucha f ( for por) ( against contra)

the fight for justice/against inflation — la lucha por la justicia/contra la inflación

he won't give up without a fight — no se rendirá sin luchar antes

• if he tries to sack me he'll have a fight on his hands — si intenta despedirme le va a costar lo suyo

4) (=fighting spirit) ánimo m de lucha

there was no fight left in him — ya no le quedaba ánimo de lucha, ya no tenía ánimo para luchar

we still had a lot of fight in us — todavía nos quedaba mucho ánimo para luchar

• to show (some) fight — mostrarse dispuesto a pelear

5) (=resistance)

• police believe the victim put up a fight — la policía cree que la víctima opuso resistencia

they beat us but we put up a good fight — nos vencieron pero nos defendimos bien

2. VT

1) (Mil) [+ enemy] luchar contra, combatir contra; (Boxing) [+ opponent] pelear contra, luchar contra

• to fight a battle — (Mil) librar una batalla; (fig) luchar

I've had to fight quite a battle to get as far as this — he tenido que luchar mucho para llegar hasta aquí

I don't ask you to fight my battles for me — no te pido que libres mis batallas

• to fight a duel — batirse en duelo

• to fight sb for sth, he fought the council for the right to build on his land — se enfrentó al ayuntamiento por el derecho a edificar en sus tierras

I'd like to fight him for the title — me gustaría luchar or pelear contra él por el título

• to fight one's way through a crowd — abrirse paso a la fuerza entre una multitud

2) (=combat) [+ fire] combatir; [+ poverty, inflation, crime] combatir, luchar contra; [+ proposal] oponerse a

• I've made up my mind so don't try and fight me on it — lo he decidido, así que no intentes oponerte

• I had to fight the urge to giggle — tuve que esforzarme para no reír, tuve que contener las ganas de reír

3) (=try to win) [+ campaign] tomar parte en; [+ election] presentarse a

• he says he'll fight the case all the way to the Supreme Court — dice que si es necesario llevará el caso hasta el Tribunal Supremo

he fought his case in various courts for ten years — defendió su causa en varios tribunales durante diez años

• he's decided to fight the seat for a third time — (Pol) ha decidido presentarse por tercera vez como candidato para el escaño

3. VI

1) (=do battle) [troops, countries] luchar, combatir ( against contra); [person, animal] pelear; (Boxing) luchar, pelear

did you fight in the war? — ¿luchó usted en la guerra?, ¿tomó usted parte en la guerra?

the boys were fighting in the street — los chicos estaban peleándose en la calle

• they'll fight to the death — lucharán a muerte

• I fought for my country — luché por mi país

• the dogs were fighting over a bone — los perros estaban peleando por un hueso

2) (=quarrel) discutir, pelear(se) ( with con)

• they usually fight about or over who pays the bills — suelen discutir or pelear(se) por quién paga las facturas

3) (=struggle) luchar ( for por) ( against contra)

• to fight against disease/crime — luchar contra la enfermedad/el crimen

she was fighting against sleep — luchaba contra el sueño

• to fight for sth/sb — luchar por algo/algn

he was fighting for his life — estaba luchando por su vida

he was fighting for breath — le faltaba la respiración, respiraba con enorme dificultad

- go down fighting

- fight shy of

- fight back

- fight down

- fight off

- fight on

- fight out

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I
1. [faɪt]
(past & past p fought) intransitive verb

a) \<\<army/country\>\> luchar, combatir; \<\<person\>\> pelear, luchar; \<\<animal\>\> luchar

to fight AGAINST somebody/something — luchar contra alguien/algo

to fight FOR somebody/something — \<\<for country/cause\>\> luchar por alguien/algo; \<\<for aim/policy\>\> luchar por conseguir or lograr algo

she was fighting for her life — se debatía entre la vida y la muerte

to go down fighting — luchar hasta el final

he had to fight for breath — le costaba muchísimo respirar

to fight shy of something: he tends to fight shy of emotional commitments — tiende a eludir or evitar los compromisos afectivos

b) ( quarrel)

to fight OVER/ABOUT something — pelearse por algo

c) fighting pres p <troops/units> de combate

2.

vt

1)

a) \<\<army/country\>\> luchar or combatir contra

if you want it, you'll have to fight me for it — si lo quieres vas a tener que vértelas conmigo

Frazier fought Ali for the world title — Frazier peleó contra Ali or se enfrentó a Ali por el título mundial

I had to fight my way into the hall — tuve que abrirme camino or paso a la fuerza para entrar en la sala

b) ( oppose) \<\<fire/disease\>\> combatir; \<\<measure/proposal\>\> combatir, oponerse* a

we'll fight them all the way — no les vamos a dar cuartel

2)

a) ( conduct)

to fight a battle — librar una batalla

they fought a long war against the rebels — lucharon contra los rebeldes durante largo tiempo

b) ( contest) \<\<election\>\> presentarse a

we intend to fight the case — ( Law) pensamos llevar el caso a los tribunales (or defendernos etc)

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Phrasal Verbs:

- fight back

- fight down

- fight off

- fight on

- fight out

II

noun

1) c

a) ( between persons) pelea f; (between armies, companies) lucha f, contienda f

to put up a good fight — ofrecer* or oponer* resistencia

they're looking for a fight — están buscando camorra or bronca

b) ( boxing match) pelea f, combate m

2) c

a) ( struggle) lucha f

b) ( quarrel) pelea f

3) u ( fighting spirit)

he was still full of fight — aún seguía con ganas de pelear

there's no fight left in him — no le quedan ánimos para luchar

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1. intransitive verb,
fought

1) (lit. or fig.) kämpfen; (with fists) sich schlagen

fight shy of somebody/something — jemandem/einer Sache aus dem Weg gehen

2) (squabble) [sich] streiten, [sich] zanken ( about wegen)
2. transitive verb,
fought

1) (in battle)

fight somebody/something — gegen jemanden/etwas kämpfen; (using fists)

fight somebody — sich mit jemandem schlagen; [Boxer:] gegen jemanden boxen

2) (seek to overcome) bekämpfen; (resist)

fight somebody/something — gegen jemanden/etwas ankämpfen

3)

fight a battle — einen Kampf austragen

be fighting a losing battle — (fig.) auf verlorenem Posten stehen od. kämpfen

4) führen [Kampagne]; kandidieren bei [Wahl]

5)

fight one's way — sich (Dat.) den Weg freikämpfen; (fig.) sich (Dat.) seinen Weg bahnen

fight one's way to the top — (fig.) sich an die Spitze kämpfen
3. noun
1) Kampf, der ( for um); (brawl) Schlägerei, die

make a fight of it, put up a fight — sich wehren; (fig.) sich zur Wehr setzen

give in without a fight — (fig.) klein beigeben

2) (squabble) Streit, der

they are always having fights — zwischen ihnen gibt es dauernd Streit

3) (ability to fight) Kampffähigkeit, die; (appetite for fighting) Kampfgeist, der

all the fight had gone out of him — (fig.) sein Kampfgeist war erloschen

Phrasal Verbs:

- academic.ru/119957/fight_against">fight against

- fight back

- fight down

- fight for

- fight off

- fight out

- fight over

- fight with

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1. past tense, past participle - fought; verb
1) (to act against (someone or something) with physical violence: The two boys are fighting over (= because of) some money they found.) kämpfen

2) (to resist strongly; to take strong action to prevent: to fight a fire; We must fight against any attempt to deprive us of our freedom.) (be)kämpfen

3) (to quarrel: His parents were always fighting.) streiten
2. noun
1) (an act of physical violence between people, countries etc: There was a fight going on in the street.) der Kampf

2) (a struggle; action involving effort: the fight for freedom of speech; the fight against disease.) der Kampf

3) (the will or strength to resist: There was no fight left in him.) der Kampfwille

4) (a boxing-match.) der Boxkampf

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- fighter
- fight back
- fight it out
- fight off
- fight one's way
- fight shy of
- put up a good fight
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fight

[faɪt]

I. n

1. (violent combat) Kampf m (against/for gegen/um + akk); (brawl) Rauferei f; (involving fists) Schlägerei f

to give up without a \fight kampflos aufgeben

2. BOXING Kampf m, Fight m

3. MIL Gefecht nt ( against gegen + akk)

4. (struggle, resistance) Kampf m (against/for gegen/um + akk)

5. (quarrel) Streit

to have a \fight on one's hands Ärger am Hals haben fam

6. no pl (inclination) Kampfgeist m

to knock [or take] the \fight out of sb jdm seinen Kampfgeist nehmen

to show some \fight (defend oneself) Widerstand leisten, sich akk zur Wehr setzen; (show appetite for fighting) Kampfgeist demonstrieren, sich akk kampflustig zeigen

7.

▶ \fight or flight! friss oder stirb! fam

▶ to put up a [good] \fight sich akk [tapfer] zur Wehr setzen

to put up a \fight about sth sich akk gegen etw akk wehren

II. vi

<fought, fought>

1. (combat violently) kämpfen

the children were \fighting in the playground die Kinder rauften sich auf dem Spielplatz

to \fight like cats and dogs wie Hund und Katze sein

▪ to \fight against/for sth/sb gegen/für etw/jdn kämpfen

▪ to \fight with each other miteinander kämpfen

2. (wage war) kämpfen

to \fight to the death auf Leben und Tod kämpfen

to \fight to the bitter end bis zum bitteren Ende kämpfen

to \fight to the finish bis zum Schluss [o letzten Augenblick] kämpfen

▪ to \fight on weiterkämpfen, den Kampf fortsetzen

▪ to \fight against/for sb/sth gegen/für jdn/etw kämpfen

to \fight for the winning side für die Sieger kämpfen

▪ to \fight with sb (battle against) gegen jdn kämpfen; (battle on same side) an jds Seite kämpfen

3. (quarrel) sich akk streiten

▪ to \fight about sb/sth sich akk über jdn/etw [o wegen einer Person/einer S. gen] streiten

▪ to \fight over sth/sb sich akk um etw/jdn streiten

4. (struggle) kämpfen

to \fight at [or in] an election bei einer Wahl kandidieren

to \fight to clear one's name um seinen guten Ruf kämpfen

▪ to \fight against sth gegen etw akk [an]kämpfen, etw bekämpfen

▪ to \fight against sb gegen jdn [an]kämpfen

▪ to \fight for sth um etw akk kämpfen

to \fight for breath nach Luft ringen

to \fight for a cause für eine Sache kämpfen

to \fight for life um sein Leben kämpfen

5. BOXING boxen

▪ to \fight against sb gegen jdn boxen

III. vt

<fought, fought>

1. (wage war)

▪ to \fight sb/sth gegen jdn/etw kämpfen

to \fight a delaying action den Feind im Kampf hinhalten

to \fight a battle eine Schlacht schlagen

to \fight a duel ein Duell austragen, sich akk duellieren

2. ( dated: manoeuvre)

to \fight ships/troops Schiffe/Truppen kommandieren

3. (struggle to extinguish)

to \fight a fire ein Feuer bekämpfen, gegen ein Feuer ankämpfen

4. (strive to win)

to \fight an action einen Prozess durchkämpfen

to \fight a case in [or through] the courts einen Fall vor Gericht durchfechten; (strive to beat)

▪ to \fight sb for sth gegen jdn wegen einer S. gen einen Prozess führen

5. (struggle against, resist)

▪ to \fight sth etw bekämpfen, gegen etw akk [an]kämpfen

to \fight crime das Verbrechen bekämpfen

to \fight a disease gegen eine Krankheit ankämpfen

▪ to \fight sb gegen jdn [an]kämpfen

6. (in boxing)

▪ to \fight sb gegen jdn boxen

7. (battle)

to \fight one's way [out of sth] sich dat den Weg [aus etw dat] freikämpfen

to \fight one's way through the crowd sich dat einen Weg durch die Menge bahnen

to \fight one's way to the top sich akk an die Spitze kämpfen

8.

▶ to not be able to \fight one's way out of a brown paper bag absolut bescheuert sein fam

▶ to \fight one's corner BRIT seinen Standpunkt verfechten

▶ to \fight fire with fire mit den gleichen Waffen kämpfen

▶ to \fight a losing battle auf verlorenem Posten kämpfen

▶ to \fight shy of sb/sth jdm/etw aus dem Weg gehen

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[faɪt] vb: pret, ptp fought
1. n

1) (lit, fig) Kampf m; (= fist fight, scrap) Rauferei f, Prügelei f, Schlägerei f; (MIL) Gefecht nt; (= argument, row) Streit m

to have a fight with sb — sich mit jdm schlagen

to give sb a fight (lit, fig) — jdm einen Kampf liefern

to put up a fight (lit, fig) — sich zur Wehr setzen

to put up a good fight (lit, fig) — sich tapfer zur Wehr setzen, sich tapfer schlagen

do you want a fight? — willst du was?, du willst dich wohl mit mir anlegen?

if he wants a fight, then... (lit, fig) — wenn er Streit sucht, dann...

a politician who enjoys a good fight — ein streitlustiger Politiker

he won't give in without a fight —

in the fight against disease — im Kampf gegen die Krankheit

the fight for survival — der Kampf ums Überleben

he lost his fight for life —

the big fight (Boxing) — der große Kampf

2) (= fighting spirit) Kampfgeist m

there was no fight left in him — sein Kampfgeist war erloschen

to show fight — Kampfgeist zeigen

2. vi
kämpfen; (= have punch-up etc) raufen, sich prügeln, sich schlagen; (= argue with wife etc) sich streiten or zanken
the dogs were fighting over a bone — die Hunde rauften um einen Knochen

to fight against disease — Krankheiten bekämpfen

to fight for sb/sth — um jdn/etw kämpfen

to fight for what one believes in — für seine Überzeugungen eintreten or streiten

to fight for one's life — um sein Leben kämpfen

to fight for breath — nach Atem ringen

to go down fighting — sich nicht kampflos ergeben

to fight shy of sth — einer Sache (dat) aus dem Weg gehen

I've always fought shy of claiming that... — ich habe immer bewusst vermieden, zu behaupten...

3. vt

1) person kämpfen mit or gegen; (= have punch-up with) sich schlagen mit, sich prügeln mit; (in battle) kämpfen mit, sich (dat) ein Gefecht nt liefern mit

I'll fight him on that one — dazu nehme ich es mit ihm auf

you can't fight the whole company — du kannst es nicht mit der ganzen Firma aufnehmen

2) fire, disease, cuts, policy, crime, inflation bekämpfen; decision ankämpfen gegen; corruption angehen gegen

there's no point in fighting it, you can't win — es hat keinen Zweck, dagegen anzukämpfen, es ist aussichtslos

she fought the urge to giggle — sie versuchte, sich das Kichern zu verkneifen

3)

to fight a duel — ein Duell nt austragen, sich duellieren

to fight pitched battles — sich (dat) offene Gefechte liefern

to fight political battles — politische Kämpfe austragen

to fight an action (Jur) — einen Prozess durchkämpfen or durchfechten

to fight one's way through the crowd — sich durch die Menge kämpfen

See:

→ also battle

4) (MIL, NAUT: control in battle) army, ships kommandieren

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fight [faıt]

A s

1. Kampf m:

a) MIL Gefecht n

b) Konflikt m, Streit m

c) Ringen n ( for um):

give sth up without a fight etwas kampflos aufgeben;

lose the fight over den Kampf verlieren um;

make (a) fight (for sth) (um etwas) kämpfen;

put up a (good) fight einen (guten) Kampf liefern, sich tapfer schlagen;

fight against drugs Drogenbekämpfung f;

the fight against unemployment der Kampf gegen die Arbeitslosigkeit

2. Boxen: Kampf m, Fight m:

fight record Kampfrekord m

3. Schlägerei f, Rauferei f:

have a fight (with) → C 3

4. Kampffähigkeit f, Kampf(es)lust f:

show fight

a) sich zur Wehr setzen,

b) kampflustig sein;

there was no fight left in him er war kampfmüde oder umg fertig;

he still had a lot of fight in him er war noch lange nicht geschlagen

B v/t prät und pperf fought [fɔːt]

1. jemanden, etwas bekämpfen, bekriegen, kämpfen gegen

2. einen Krieg, einen Prozess führen, eine Schlacht schlagen oder austragen, eine Sache ausfechten:

fight it out es (untereinander) ausfechten; → battle Bes Redew, duel A, losing A 3

3. etwas verfechten, sich einsetzen für

4. kämpfen gegen oder mit, sich schlagen mit, SPORT auch boxen gegen jemanden:

fight back ( oder down) seine Enttäuschung, Tränen etc unterdrücken;

fight off jemanden, etwas abwehren, einen Vertreter etc abwimmeln umg;

fight off a cold

a) gegen eine Erkältung ankämpfen,

b) eine Erkältung bekämpfen; → windmill A 1

5. raufen oder sich prügeln mit

6. erkämpfen:

fight one’s way

a) sich durchkämpfen ( through durch) (a. fig),

b) fig seinen Weg machen, sich durchschlagen;

fight one’s way to sth sich etwas erkämpfen

7. Hunde etc kämpfen lassen, zum Kampf an- oder aufstacheln

8. Truppen, Geschütze etc kommandieren, (im Kampf) führen

C v/i

1. kämpfen ( with oder against mit oder gegen; for um):

fight against sth gegen etwas ankämpfen;

fight back sich zur Wehr setzen oder wehren, zurückschlagen; → go down 2, shy¹ A 3, A 5

2. SPORT boxen

3. sich raufen oder schlagen oder prügeln ( with mit)

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1. intransitive verb,
fought

1) (lit. or fig.) kämpfen; (with fists) sich schlagen

fight shy of somebody/something — jemandem/einer Sache aus dem Weg gehen

2) (squabble) [sich] streiten, [sich] zanken ( about wegen)
2. transitive verb,
fought

1) (in battle)

fight somebody/something — gegen jemanden/etwas kämpfen; (using fists)

fight somebody — sich mit jemandem schlagen; [Boxer:] gegen jemanden boxen

2) (seek to overcome) bekämpfen; (resist)

fight somebody/something — gegen jemanden/etwas ankämpfen

3)

fight a battle — einen Kampf austragen

be fighting a losing battle — (fig.) auf verlorenem Posten stehen od. kämpfen

4) führen [Kampagne]; kandidieren bei [Wahl]

5)

fight one's way — sich (Dat.) den Weg freikämpfen; (fig.) sich (Dat.) seinen Weg bahnen

fight one's way to the top — (fig.) sich an die Spitze kämpfen
3. noun
1) Kampf, der ( for um); (brawl) Schlägerei, die

make a fight of it, put up a fight — sich wehren; (fig.) sich zur Wehr setzen

give in without a fight — (fig.) klein beigeben

2) (squabble) Streit, der

they are always having fights — zwischen ihnen gibt es dauernd Streit

3) (ability to fight) Kampffähigkeit, die; (appetite for fighting) Kampfgeist, der

all the fight had gone out of him — (fig.) sein Kampfgeist war erloschen

Phrasal Verbs:

- fight against

- fight back

- fight down

- fight for

- fight off

- fight out

- fight over

- fight with

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n.

Kampf ¨-e m.

Schlacht -en f.

Streit -e m. (battle) one's way through expr.

sich durchboxen v. v.

(§ p.,p.p.: fought)

= kämpfen v.

sich streiten v.

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fight [faɪt]

bagarre ⇒ 1 (a) dispute ⇒ 1 (a) combativité ⇒ 1 (b) se battre contre ⇒ 2 se battre ⇒ 3 combattre ⇒ 3 se disputer ⇒ 3

(pt & pp fought [fɔ:t])

1 noun

(a) (physical) bagarre f; (verbal) dispute f; (of army, boxer) combat m, affrontement m; (against disease, poverty etc) lutte f, combat m;

∎ the fight for life la lutte pour la vie;

∎ her fight against cancer sa lutte contre le cancer;

∎ the fight for the leadership of the party la lutte pour la tête du parti;

∎ do you want a fight? tu veux te battre?;

∎ he enjoys a good fight (physical) il aime la bagarre ou les bagarres; (verbal) il aime les disputes; (boxing match) il aime les bons combats de boxe;

∎ to have or to get into a fight with sb (physical) se battre avec qn; (verbal) se disputer avec qn;

∎ they are always having fights ils sont toujours en train de se bagarrer ou se disputer;

∎ you've been in a fight again tu t'es encore battu ou bagarré;

∎ to pick a fight (with sb) chercher la bagarre (avec qn);

∎ are you trying to pick a fight (with me)? tu me provoques?, tu cherches la bagarre?;

∎ a fight to the death une lutte à mort;

∎ are you going to the fight? (boxing match) est-ce que tu vas voir le combat?;

∎ to put up a (good) fight (bien) se défendre;

∎ the boxer put up a great fight le boxeur s'est défendu avec acharnement;

∎ to make a fight of it se défendre avec acharnement;

∎ to give in without (putting up) a fight capituler sans (opposer de) résistance;

∎ he realized he would have a fight on his hands il s'est rendu compte qu'il allait devoir lutter

(b) (fighting spirit) combativité f;

∎ there's not much fight left in him il a perdu beaucoup de sa combativité;

∎ he still has a lot of fight left in him il n'a pas dit son dernier mot;

∎ the news of the defeat took all the fight out of us la nouvelle de la défaite nous a fait perdre tout cœur à nous battre ou nous a enlevé le courage de nous battre;

∎ to show fight montrer de la combativité, ne pas se laisser faire

2 transitive verb

(person, animal) se battre contre; (boxer) combattre (contre), se battre contre; (match) disputer; (disease, terrorism, fire etc) lutter contre, combattre; (new measure, decision) combattre; (illness, temptation) lutter contre;

∎ to fight a duel se battre en duel;

∎ to fight a battle livrer (une) bataille;

∎ figurative I'm not going to fight your battles for you c'est à toi de te débrouiller;

∎ to fight a court case (lawyer) défendre une cause; (plaintiff, defendant) être en procès;

∎ to fight an election (politician) se présenter à une élection;

∎ British to fight an election campaign mener une campagne électorale;

∎ British John Brown is fighting Smithtown for the Tories John Brown se présente à Smithtown pour les conservateurs;

∎ I'll fight you for it on réglera ça par une bagarre;

∎ I'll fight you for custody je me battrai contre toi pour obtenir la garde des enfants;

∎ to fight a losing battle (against sth) livrer une bataille perdue d'avance (contre qch);

∎ Religion to fight the good fight combattre pour la bonne cause;

∎ she fought the urge to laugh elle essayait de réprimer une forte envie de rire;

∎ don't fight it (pain, emotion) n'essaie pas de lutter;

∎ you've got to fight it il faut que tu te battes;

∎ to fight sb/a newspaper in court emmener qn/un journal devant les tribunaux, faire un procès à qn/à un journal;

∎ to fight one's way through the crowd/the undergrowth se frayer un passage à travers la foule/les broussailles;

∎ to fight one's way to the top of one's profession se battre pour atteindre le sommet de sa profession;

∎ he fought his way back to power c'est en luttant qu'il est revenu au pouvoir

3 intransitive verb

(physically → person, soldier) se battre; (→ boxer) combattre; (→ two boxers) s'affronter; (verbally) se disputer; (against disease, injustice, sleep etc) lutter;

∎ to fight against the enemy combattre l'ennemi;

∎ to fight to the death/the last se battre à mort/jusqu'à la fin;

∎ he fought in the war il a fait la guerre;

∎ Military he fought in Russia il s'est battu en Russie;

∎ they were fighting with each other (physically) ils étaient en train de se battre; (verbally) ils étaient en train de se disputer;

∎ they were fighting over some islands/who would sleep where ils se battaient pour des îles/pour décider qui allait dormir où;

∎ they were always fighting over or about money ils se disputaient toujours pour des problèmes d'argent;

∎ the children were fighting over the last biscuit les enfants se disputaient (pour avoir) le dernier biscuit;

∎ to fight for one's country se battre pour sa patrie;

∎ to fight for one's rights/to clear one's name lutter pour ses droits/pour prouver son innocence;

∎ they fought for the leadership of the party ils se sont disputé la direction du parti;

∎ he fought for breath il se débattait ou il luttait pour respirer;

∎ to fight for one's life (ill person) lutter contre la mort; figurative (in race, competition) se battre avec la dernière énergie, se démener;

∎ to go down fighting se battre jusqu'au bout;

∎ to fight shy of doing sth tout faire pour éviter de faire qch;

∎ to fight shy of sb éviter qn

►► the fight game la boxe

➲ fight back

1 intransitive verb

(in physical or verbal dispute) se défendre, riposter; (in boxing, football match) se reprendre; (in race) revenir

2 separable transitive verb

(tears) refouler; (despair, fear, laughter) réprimer

➲ fight down separable transitive verb

(passion, resistance) vaincre; (impulse, urge) réprimer

➲ fight off separable transitive verb

(attack, enemy, advances) repousser; (sleep) combattre; (disease) résister à;

∎ she has to fight men off (has a lot of admirers) elle a des admirateurs à la pelle ou à ne plus savoir qu'en faire

➲ fight on intransitive verb

continuer le combat

➲ fight out separable transitive verb

∎ just leave them to fight it out laisse-les se bagarrer et régler cela entre eux

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[faɪt] fought vb: pt, pp
1. n

Mil combattimento, lotta, Boxing incontro, (between 2 persons) lite f, (brawl) zuffa, rissa, (fighting spirit) combattività

(struggle, campaign) fight (for/against) — lotta (a favore di/contro)

(argument) fight (over) — disputa (su)

Muhammad Ali's last fight — l'ultimo incontro di Muhammad Ali

there was a fight in the pub — c'è stata una rissa al pub

to have a fight with sb — (quarrel, struggle) avere una lite con qn, litigare con qn

she had a fight with her best friend — ha litigato con la sua migliore amica

to put up a good fight — battersi or difendersi bene

there was no fight left in him — aveva perduto la sua combattività

the fight against cancer — la lotta contro il cancro

2. vt

(Mil: enemy, battle) combattere, (fire, disease, proposals) lottare contro, combattere, (Law: case) difendere

she has fought racism all her life — ha lottato per tutta la vita contro il razzismo

to fight a duel — battersi in duello

to fight one's way through a crowd/across a room — farsi strada a fatica tra la folla/attraverso una stanza

3. vi

(person) azzuffarsi, (animal) battersi

(troops, countries) to fight (against) — combattere (contro)

(quarrel) to fight (with sb) — litigare (con qn), fig

to fight (for/against) — lottare (per/contro)

the fans started fighting — i tifosi hanno cominciato ad azzuffarsi

the demonstrators fought with the police — i dimostranti si sono scontrati con la polizia

to fight for one's life — lottare per la (propria) vita

let us fight for peace — lottiamo per la pace

they fight sometimes, but they're good friends — a volte litigano ma sono buoni amici

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- fight back

- fight down

- fight off

- fight on

- fight out

English-Italian dictionary > fight *****
13 lack

1. noun
Mangel, der (of an + Dat.)

lack of self-consciousness — Unbefangenheit, die

lack of work — Arbeitsmangel, der

there is no lack of it [for them] — es fehlt [ihnen] nicht daran

for lack of something — aus Mangel an etwas (Dat.)

for lack of time — aus Zeitmangel
2. transitive verb
somebody/something lacks something — jemandem/einer Sache fehlt es an etwas (Dat.)

somebody lacks the ability to do something — jemandem fehlt die Fähigkeit, etwas zu tun

what he lacks is... — woran es ihm fehlt, ist...

lack content — inhaltsarm sein
3. intransitive verb
I lack for nothing — mir fehlt es an nichts

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[læk] 1. verb
(to have too little or none of: He lacked the courage to join the army.) fehlen
2. noun
(the state of not having any or enough: our lack of money.) der Mangel

- academic.ru/115310/be_lacking">be lacking

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lack

[læk]

I. n no pl Mangel m (of an + dat)

if he fails it won't be through \lack of effort wenn er scheitert, dann nicht, weil er sich nicht bemüht hätte

\lack of confidence/judgement mangelndes Selbstvertrauen/Urteilsvermögen

\lack of funds fehlende Geldmittel

\lack of money/supplies Geld-/Vorratsmangel m

\lack of sleep/time Schlaf-/Zeitmangel m

II. vt

▪ to \lack sth etw nicht haben

what we \lack in this house is... was uns in diesem Haus fehlt, ist...

to \lack the energy to do sth nicht die Energie haben, etw zu tun

I \lack the energy that's required for this job mir fehlt die notwendige Kraft für diesen Job

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[lk]
1. n
Mangel m
for or through lack of sth — aus Mangel an etw (dat)

they failed for or through lack of support — sie scheiterten, weil es ihnen an Unterstützung fehlte or mangelte

though it wasn't for lack of trying — nicht, dass er sich/ich mich etc nicht bemüht hätte

there was a complete lack of interest — es bestand überhaupt kein Interesse

such was their lack of confidence that... — sie hatten so wenig Selbstbewusstsein, dass...

lack of water/time — Wasser-/Zeitmangel m

there is no lack of money in that family — in dieser Familie fehlt es nicht an Geld

there was no lack of applicants — es bestand kein Mangel an Bewerbern, es fehlte nicht an Bewerbern

2. vt

they lack the necessary equipment/talent — es fehlt ihnen an der notwendigen Ausrüstung/am richtigen Talent

we lack time — uns fehlt die nötige Zeit

3. vi

1)

to be lacking — fehlen

is sadly lacking — mit seinem Sinn für Humor ist es nicht weit her

innovation has been sadly lacking throughout the project — es fehlte leider während des ganzen Projektes an Innovationen

2)

he is lacking in confidence — ihm fehlt es an Selbstvertrauen

he is completely lacking in any sort of decency — er besitzt überhaupt keinen Anstand

or humor (US) — ich vermisse an ihr den Humor

I find him lacking in intelligence — ich finde, er ist nicht besonders intelligent

3)

he lacked for nothing — es fehlte ihm an nichts

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lack [læk]

A s Mangel m (of an dat):

for lack of mangels (gen);

there was no lack of es fehlte nicht an (dat);

water is the chief lack hauptsächlich fehlt es an Wasser;

lack of discipline Disziplinlosigkeit f;

lack of experience fehlende oder mangelnde Routine;

lack of interest Desinteresse n, Interesselosigkeit f;

lack of leadership mangelnde Führungsqualitäten pl;

lack of motivation Motivationslosigkeit f;

lack of sleep fehlender Schlaf, Schlafmangel;

lack of self-confidence mangelndes Selbstvertrauen;

for ( oder through) lack of time aus Zeitmangel;

lack of understanding mangelndes Verständnis; → appetite 2, concentration 1 c, consideration 3 evidence A 2

B v/t

1. nicht haben, Mangel haben oder leiden an (dat):

we lack coal es fehlt uns an Kohle;

I lack words with which to express it mir fehlen die Worte, um es auszudrücken;

the film lacks suspense dem Film fehlt es an Spannung

2. es fehlen lassen an (dat)

C v/i

1. a) (nur im ppr) fehlen:

wine was not lacking an Wein fehlte es nicht

b) lack in Mangel haben oder leiden an (dat):

he is lacking in courage ihm fehlt der Mut, er hat keinen Mut;

what he lacked in experience he made up in fighting spirit SPORT seine fehlende Routine machte er durch Kampfgeist wett

2. lack for nothing von allem genug haben:

he lacks for nothing auch es fehlt ihm an nichts

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1. noun
Mangel, der (of an + Dat.)

lack of self-consciousness — Unbefangenheit, die

lack of work — Arbeitsmangel, der

there is no lack of it [for them] — es fehlt [ihnen] nicht daran

for lack of something — aus Mangel an etwas (Dat.)

for lack of time — aus Zeitmangel
2. transitive verb
somebody/something lacks something — jemandem/einer Sache fehlt es an etwas (Dat.)

somebody lacks the ability to do something — jemandem fehlt die Fähigkeit, etwas zu tun

what he lacks is... — woran es ihm fehlt, ist...

lack content — inhaltsarm sein
3. intransitive verb
I lack for nothing — mir fehlt es an nichts

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(of) n.

Fehlen (von) n.

Mangel -¨ (an) m. v.

ermangeln v.

fehlen v.

English-german dictionary > lack
14 fight

I [faɪt]
nome

1) (struggle) lotta f. ( for per; to do per fare)

to keep up the fight — proseguire o continuare la lotta

to put up a fight against — opporre resistenza o resistere a, lottare contro

2) (outbreak of fighting) (between civilians) rissa f., zuffa f. ( over per); mil. combattimento m., battaglia f. ( for per); (between animals) combattimento m.

to get into o have a fight with sb. — battersi o fare a pugni con qcn

3) (in boxing) incontro m.

4) (argument) lite f., litigio m. ( over per)

to have a fight with sb. — litigare con qcn

5) (combative spirit) combattività f.
II 1. [faɪt]
verbo transitivo (pass., p.pass. fought)

1) lottare contro, combattere contro [disease, opponent, emotion, proposal]; lottare contro [ fire]; combattere [ war]

to fight one's way through — farsi largo a fatica o con la forza tra [ crowd]

to fight sb. — sport battersi contro qcn

2) pol. [ candidate] contendere [ seat]

fight an election — sostenere una battaglia elettorale

3) dir. intentare, fare [ cause]; difendere [ case]
2.
verbo intransitivo (pass., p.pass. fought)

1) lottare, combattere ( for per; against contro; to do per fare)

to fight for breath — cercare disperatamente di non soffocare

2) (squabble) litigare, bisticciare ( over per)

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- fight back

- fight down

- fight off

- fight on

- fight out

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to fight the good fight — battersi per una buona causa

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1. past tense, past participle - fought; verb
1) (to act against (someone or something) with physical violence: The two boys are fighting over (= because of) some money they found.) lottare, battersi

2) (to resist strongly; to take strong action to prevent: to fight a fire; We must fight against any attempt to deprive us of our freedom.) lottare, combattere

3) (to quarrel: His parents were always fighting.) litigare
2. noun
1) (an act of physical violence between people, countries etc: There was a fight going on in the street.) lotta, battaglia

2) (a struggle; action involving effort: the fight for freedom of speech; the fight against disease.) lotta

3) (the will or strength to resist: There was no fight left in him.) combattività

4) (a boxing-match.) combattimento

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- fighter
- fight back
- fight it out
- fight off
- fight one's way
- fight shy of
- put up a good fight
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I [faɪt]
nome

1) (struggle) lotta f. ( for per; to do per fare)

to keep up the fight — proseguire o continuare la lotta

to put up a fight against — opporre resistenza o resistere a, lottare contro

2) (outbreak of fighting) (between civilians) rissa f., zuffa f. ( over per); mil. combattimento m., battaglia f. ( for per); (between animals) combattimento m.

to get into o have a fight with sb. — battersi o fare a pugni con qcn

3) (in boxing) incontro m.

4) (argument) lite f., litigio m. ( over per)

to have a fight with sb. — litigare con qcn

5) (combative spirit) combattività f.
II 1. [faɪt]
verbo transitivo (pass., p.pass. fought)

1) lottare contro, combattere contro [disease, opponent, emotion, proposal]; lottare contro [ fire]; combattere [ war]

to fight one's way through — farsi largo a fatica o con la forza tra [ crowd]

to fight sb. — sport battersi contro qcn

2) pol. [ candidate] contendere [ seat]

fight an election — sostenere una battaglia elettorale

3) dir. intentare, fare [ cause]; difendere [ case]
2.
verbo intransitivo (pass., p.pass. fought)

1) lottare, combattere ( for per; against contro; to do per fare)

to fight for breath — cercare disperatamente di non soffocare

2) (squabble) litigare, bisticciare ( over per)

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- fight back

- fight down

- fight off

- fight on

- fight out

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to fight the good fight — battersi per una buona causa

English-Italian dictionary > fight
15 fight

fight [faɪt]

(verb: preterite, past participle fought)

1. noun

a. ( = punch-up) bagarre (inf) f ; ( = battle) combat m, bataille f ; (Boxing) combat m ; (against disease, poverty) lutte f ; ( = quarrel) dispute f

• to have a fight with sb se battre avec qn ; ( = argue) se disputer avec qn

• he put up a good fight il s'est bien défendu

• we won't go down without a fight nous n'abandonnerons pas sans nous être battus

b. ( = spirit) there was no fight left in him il n'avait plus envie de lutter

2. intransitive verb

[person, animal] se battre ; (for rights, against disease) lutter ; ( = quarrel) se disputer

• the dogs were fighting over a bone les chiens se disputaient un os

• to fight against disease lutter contre la maladie

• to fight for sb se battre pour qn

• to fight for one's life lutter contre la mort

3. transitive verb

combattre ; [+ person] se battre avec

• we're fighting a losing battle c'est un combat perdu d'avance

• to fight a campaign (Politics) mener une campagne

• we shall fight this decision all the way nous combattrons cette décision jusqu'au bout

► fight back

1. intransitive verb

(against attacker) rendre les coups ; (Sport) se reprendre

2. separable transitive verb

[+ tears] refouler

► fight off separable transitive verb

[+ attack] repousser

• she fought off her attackers elle a repoussé ses agresseurs

► fight on intransitive verb continuer le combat

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[faɪt] 1.
noun

1) fig ( struggle) lutte f ( against contre; for pour; to do pour faire)

to keep up the fight — continuer le combat

to put up a fight — se défendre ( against contre)

2) ( outbreak of fighting) ( between civilians) bagarre f ( between entre; over pour); Military bataille f ( between entre; for pour); (between animals, in boxing) combat m ( between entre)

to get into ou have a fight with somebody — se bagarrer contre or avec quelqu'un

3) ( argument) dispute f ( over au sujet de; with avec)

to have a fight with somebody — se disputer avec quelqu'un

4) ( combative spirit) ( physical) envie f de se battre; ( psychological) envie f de lutter
2.
transitive verb (prét, pp fought)

1) lit se battre contre [person]; fig lutter contre [disease, evil, opponent, emotion, proposal]; combattre [fire]; mener [campaign, war] ( against contre)

to fight one's way through — se frayer un passage dans [crowd]

2) Politics [candidate] disputer [seat, election]

3) Law défendre [case, cause]
3.
intransitive verb (prét, pp fought)

1) fig ( campaign) lutter

2) lit, Military se battre

to fight for breath — suffoquer

3) ( squabble) se quereller ( over à propos de)

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Phrasal Verbs:

- fight back

- fight off

- fight on

- fight out

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to fight the good fight — se battre pour la bonne cause

English-French dictionary > fight
16 break

break [breɪk]

casser ⇒ 1 (a), 1 (c) briser ⇒ 1 (a), 1 (i), 1 (j) fracturer ⇒ 1 (b) enfoncer ⇒ 1 (e) violer, enfreindre ⇒ 1 (f) rompre ⇒ 1 (h) couper ⇒ 1 (h) ruiner ⇒ 1 (k) amortir ⇒ 1 (l) se casser ⇒ 2 (a) se briser ⇒ 2 (a) se fracturer ⇒ 2 (b) cassure, brisure ⇒ 3 (a) fissure, fente ⇒ 3 (b) ouverture ⇒ 3 (c) interruption ⇒ 3 (d) pause ⇒ 3 (e) évasion ⇒ 3 (f) chance ⇒ 3 (g) changement ⇒ 3 (h)

(pt broke [brəʊk], pp broken ['brəʊkn])

1 transitive verb

(a) (split into pieces → glass, furniture) casser, briser; (→ branch, lace, string, egg, toy) casser;

∎ break the stick in two cassez le bâton en deux;

∎ to break sth into pieces mettre qch en morceaux;

∎ to get broken se casser;

∎ to break a safe forcer un coffre-fort;

∎ Religion to break bread (priest) administrer la communion; (congregation) recevoir la communion;

∎ figurative to break bread with sb partager le repas de qn;

∎ figurative to break sb's heart briser le cœur à qn;

∎ Ross broke her heart Ross lui a brisé le cœur;

∎ it breaks my heart to see her unhappy ça me brise le cœur de la voir malheureuse;

∎ figurative to break the ice rompre ou briser la glace

(b) Medicine (fracture) casser, fracturer;

∎ to break one's leg se casser ou se fracturer la jambe;

∎ to break one's neck se casser ou se rompre le cou;

∎ the fall broke his back la chute lui a brisé les reins;

∎ familiar figurative to break one's back s'échiner;

∎ familiar figurative they broke their backs trying to get the job done ils se sont éreintés à finir le travail;

∎ familiar we've broken the back of the job nous avons fait le plus gros du travail;

∎ familiar I'll break his neck if I catch him doing it again! je lui tords le cou si je le reprends à faire ça!;

∎ familiar figurative break a leg! merde! (pour souhaiter bonne chance)

(c) (render inoperable → appliance, machine) casser;

∎ you've broken the TV tu as cassé la télé

(d) (cut surface of → ground) entamer; (→ skin) écorcher; Law (seals → illegally) briser; (legally) lever;

∎ the seal on the coffee jar was broken le pot de café avait été ouvert;

∎ the skin isn't broken la peau n'est pas écorchée;

∎ to break new or fresh ground innover, faire œuvre de pionnier;

∎ scientists are breaking new or fresh ground in cancer research les savants font une percée dans la recherche contre le cancer

(e) (force a way through) enfoncer;

∎ the river broke its banks la rivière est sortie de son lit;

∎ to break the sound barrier franchir le mur du son;

∎ to break surface (diver, whale) remonter à la surface; Nautical (submarine) faire surface

(f) Law (violate → law, rule) violer, enfreindre; (→ speed limit) dépasser; (→ agreement, treaty) violer; (→ contract) rompre; (→ promise) manquer à; Religion (→ commandment) désobéir à; (→ Sabbath) ne pas respecter;

∎ she broke her appointment with them elle a annulé son rendez-vous avec eux;

∎ he broke his word to her il a manqué à la parole qu'il lui avait donnée;

∎ Law to break parole = commettre un délit qui entraîne la révocation de la mise en liberté conditionnelle;

∎ Military to break bounds violer la consigne

(g) (escape from, leave suddenly) Law

∎ to break jail s'évader (de prison);

∎ to break camp lever le camp;

∎ to break cover (animal) être débusqué; (person) sortir à découvert

(h) (interrupt → fast, monotony, spell) rompre; Electricity (→ circuit, current) couper; Typography (→ word, page) couper;

∎ we broke our journey at Brussels nous avons fait une étape à Bruxelles;

∎ a cry broke the silence un cri a déchiré ou percé le silence;

∎ the plain was broken only by an occasional small settlement la plaine n'était interrompue que par de rares petits hameaux;

∎ Military to break step rompre le pas

(i) (put an end to → strike) briser; (→ uprising) mater;

∎ the new offer broke the deadlock la nouvelle proposition a permis de sortir de l'impasse;

∎ he's tried to stop smoking but he can't break the habit il a essayé d'arrêter de fumer mais il n'arrive pas à se débarrasser ou se défaire de l'habitude;

∎ to break sb of a habit corriger ou guérir qn d'une habitude;

∎ to break oneself of a habit se corriger ou se défaire d'une habitude

(j) (wear down, destroy → enemy) détruire; (→ person, will, courage, resistance) briser; (→ witness) réfuter; (→ health) abîmer; (→ alibi) écarter;

∎ torture did not break him or his spirit il a résisté à la torture;

∎ this scandal could break them ce scandale pourrait signer leur perte;

∎ the experience will either make or break him l'expérience lui sera ou salutaire ou fatale

(k) (bankrupt) ruiner;

∎ her new business will either make or break her sa nouvelle affaire la rendra riche ou la ruinera;

∎ to break the bank (exhaust funds) faire sauter la banque;

∎ humorous buying a book won't break the bank! acheter un livre ne te/nous/ etc ruinera pas!

(l) (soften → fall) amortir, adoucir;

∎ we planted a row of trees to break the wind nous avons planté une rangée d'arbres pour couper le vent

(m) (reveal, tell) annoncer, révéler;

∎ break it to her gently annonce-le lui avec ménagement

(n) (beat, improve on) battre;

∎ to break a record battre un record;

∎ the golfer broke 90 le golfeur a dépassé le score de 90

(o) (solve → code) déchiffrer

(p) Sport

∎ to break sb's service (in tennis) prendre le service de qn;

∎ Hingis was broken in the fifth game Hingis a perdu son service dans le cinquième jeu

(q) (divide into parts → collection) dépareiller; (→ bank note) entamer;

∎ can you break a £10 note? pouvez-vous faire de la monnaie sur un billet de 10 livres?

(r) (horse) dresser

(s) Military (demote) casser

(t) Nautical (flag) déferler

(u) euphemism

∎ to break wind lâcher un vent

2 intransitive verb

(a) (split into pieces → glass, furniture) se casser, se briser; (→ branch, stick) se casser, se rompre; (→ lace, string, egg, toy) se casser;

∎ to break apart se casser ou se briser (en morceaux);

∎ the plate broke in two l'assiette s'est cassée en deux;

∎ to break into pieces se casser en morceaux;

∎ figurative her heart broke elle a eu le cœur brisé

(b) Medicine (fracture → bone, limb) se fracturer;

∎ is the bone broken? y a-t-il une fracture?;

∎ humorous any bones broken? rien de cassé?

(c) (become inoperable → lock, tool) casser; (→ machine) tomber en panne;

∎ the dishwasher broke last week le lave-vaisselle est tombé en panne la semaine dernière

(d) (disperse → clouds) se disperser, se dissiper; Military (→ troops) rompre les rangs; (→ ranks) se rompre

(e) (escape)

∎ to break free se libérer;

∎ the ship broke loose from its moorings le bateau a rompu ses amarres

(f) (fail → health, person, spirit) se détériorer;

∎ the witness broke under questioning le témoin a craqué au cours de l'interrogatoire;

∎ she or her spirit did not break elle ne s'est pas laissée abattre;

∎ their courage finally broke leur courage a fini par les abandonner

(g) (take a break) faire une pause;

∎ let's break for coffee arrêtons-nous pour prendre un café

(h) (arise suddenly → day) se lever, poindre; (→ dawn) poindre; Press & Television (→ news) être annoncé; (→ scandal, war) éclater

(i) (move suddenly) se précipiter, foncer

(j) (weather) changer; (storm) éclater

(k) (voice → of boy) muer; (→ with emotion) se briser;

∎ she was so upset that her voice kept breaking elle était tellement bouleversée que sa voix se brisait

(l) (wave) déferler;

∎ the sea was breaking against the rocks les vagues se brisaient sur les rochers

(m) Obstetrics

∎ her waters have broken elle a perdu les eaux

(n) American familiar (happen) se passer^□, arriver^□ ;

∎ to break right/badly bien/mal se passer

(o) Linguistics (vowel) se diphtonguer

(p) Sport (boxers) se dégager;

∎ break! break!, stop!

(q) Sport (ball) dévier

(r) Sport (in billiards, snooker, pool) donner l'acquit

(s) (idiom)

∎ to break even (gen) s'y retrouver; Finance rentrer dans ses frais

3 noun

(a) (in china, glass) cassure f, brisure f; (in wood) cassure f, rupture f; Medicine (in bone, limb) fracture f; figurative (with friend, group) rupture f; (in marriage) séparation f;

∎ a clean break (in object) une cassure nette; Medicine (in bone) une fracture simple;

∎ the break with her husband was a painful experience ça a été très pénible pour elle quand elle s'est séparée de son mari;

∎ her break with the party in 1968 sa rupture avec le parti en 1968;

∎ to make a clean break with the past rompre avec le passé

(b) (crack) fissure f, fente f

(c) (gap → in hedge, wall) trouée f, ouverture f; Geology (→ in rock) faille f; (→ in line) interruption f, rupture f; Typography (→ in word) césure f; (→ in pagination) fin f de page;

∎ a break in the clouds une éclaircie

(d) (interruption → in conversation) interruption f, pause f; (→ in payment) interruption f, suspension f; (→ in trip) arrêt m; (→ in production) suspension f, rupture f; (→ in series) interruption f; Literature & Music pause f; (in jazz) break m;

∎ guitar break (in rock) (courte) improvisation f de guitare;

∎ Electricity a break in the circuit une coupure de courant;

∎ Radio a break for commercials, a (commercial) break un intermède de publicité; Television un écran publicitaire, une page de publicité;

∎ Television a break in transmission une interruption des programmes (due à un incident technique)

(e) (rest) pause f; (holiday) vacances fpl; British School récréation f;

∎ let's take a break on fait une pause?;

∎ we worked all morning without a break nous avons travaillé toute la matinée sans nous arrêter;

∎ he drove for three hours without a break il a conduit trois heures de suite;

∎ you need a break (short rest) tu as besoin de faire une pause; (holiday) tu as besoin de vacances;

∎ an hour's break for lunch une heure de pause pour le déjeuner;

∎ lunch break pause f de midi;

∎ do you get a lunch break? tu as une pause à midi?;

∎ a weekend in the country makes a pleasant break un week-end à la campagne fait du bien;

∎ familiar give me a break! (don't talk nonsense) dis pas n'importe quoi!; (stop nagging) fiche-moi la paix!

(f) (escape) évasion f, fuite f;

∎ Law jail break évasion f (de prison);

∎ she made a break for the woods elle s'est élancée vers le bois;

∎ to make a break for it prendre la fuite

(g) familiar (opportunity) chance^□ f; (luck) (coup m de) veine f;

∎ you get all the breaks! tu en as du pot!;

∎ to have a lucky break avoir de la veine;

∎ to have a bad break manquer de veine;

∎ this could be your big break ça pourrait être la chance de ta vie;

∎ she's never had an even break in her life rien n'a jamais été facile dans sa vie;

∎ give him a break donne-lui une chance; (he won't do it again) donne-lui une seconde chance

(h) (change) changement m;

∎ a break in the weather un changement de temps;

∎ the decision signalled a break with tradition la décision marquait une rupture avec la tradition

(i) (carriage) break m

(j) literary

∎ at break of day au point du jour, à l'aube

(k) Sport

∎ to have a service break or a break (of serve) (in tennis) avoir une rupture de service (de l'adversaire);

∎ to have two break points (in tennis) avoir deux balles de break;

∎ he made a 70 break (in snooker, pool etc) il a fait une série de 70

►► Computing break character caractère m d'interruption;

Computing break key touche f d'interruption

➲ break away

1 intransitive verb

(a) (move away) se détacher; (escape) s'évader;

∎ I broke away from the crowd je me suis éloigné de la foule;

∎ he broke away from her grasp il s'est dégagé de son étreinte

(b) (end association with) rompre; (province → from State) se séparer;

∎ a group of MPs broke away from the party un groupe de députés a quitté le parti;

∎ as a band they have broken away from traditional jazz leur groupe a (complètement) rompu avec le jazz traditionnel

(c) Sport (in racing, cycling) s'échapper, se détacher du peloton

2 separable transitive verb

détacher;

∎ they broke all the fittings away from the walls ils ont décroché toutes les appliques des murs

➲ break back intransitive verb

(in tennis) = gagner le service de son adversaire après avoir perdu son propre service

➲ break down

1 intransitive verb

(a) (vehicle, machine) tomber en panne;

∎ the car has broken down la voiture est en panne

(b) (fail → health) se détériorer; (→ authority) disparaître; (→ argument, system, resistance) s'effondrer; (→ negotiations, relations, plan) échouer;

∎ radio communications broke down le contact radio a été coupé;

∎ their marriage is breaking down leur mariage se désagrège

(c) (lose one's composure) s'effondrer;

∎ to break down in tears fondre en larmes

(d) (divide) se diviser;

∎ the report breaks down into three parts le rapport comprend ou est composé de trois parties

(e) Chemistry se décomposer;

∎ to break down into sth se décomposer en qch

2 separable transitive verb

(a) (destroy → barrier) démolir, abattre; (→ door) enfoncer; figurative (→ resistance) briser;

∎ we must break down old prejudices il faut mettre fin aux vieux préjugés

(b) (analyse → idea, statistics) analyser; (→ reasons) décomposer; (→ account, figures, expenses) décomposer, ventiler; (→ bill, estimate) détailler; (→ substance) décomposer;

∎ the problem can be broken down into three parts le problème peut se décomposer en trois parties

➲ break forth intransitive verb

literary (light) jaillir; (storm, buds) éclater; (blossom) s'épanouir subitement

➲ break in

1 separable transitive verb

(a) (train → person) former; (→ horse) dresser;

∎ a month should be enough to break you in to the job un mois devrait suffire pour vous faire ou vous habituer au métier

(b) (clothing) porter (pour user);

∎ I want to break these shoes in je veux que ces chaussures se fassent

(c) (knock down → door) enfoncer

2 intransitive verb

(a) Law (burglar) entrer par effraction

(b) (speaker) interrompre;

∎ to break in on sb/sth interrompre qn/qch

➲ break into inseparable transitive verb

(a) (of burglar) entrer par effraction dans; (drawer) forcer;

∎ they broke into the safe ils ont fracturé ou forcé le coffre-fort;

∎ they've been broken into three times ils se sont fait cambrioler trois fois

(b) (begin suddenly)

∎ the audience broke into applause le public s'est mis à applaudir;

∎ to break into a run/sprint se mettre à courir/à sprinter;

∎ the horse broke into a gallop le cheval a pris le galop

(c) (conversation) interrompre

(d) (start to spend → savings) entamer;

∎ I don't want to break into a £20 note je ne veux pas entamer un billet de 20 livres

(e) Commerce (market) percer sur;

∎ the firm has broken into the Japanese market l'entreprise a percé sur le marché japonais

➲ break off

1 intransitive verb

(a) (separate) se détacher, se casser;

∎ a branch has broken off une branche s'est détachée (de l'arbre)

(b) (stop) s'arrêter brusquement;

∎ he broke off in mid-sentence il s'est arrêté au milieu d'une phrase;

∎ they broke off from work (for rest) ils ont fait une pause; (for day) ils ont cessé le travail;

∎ to break off for ten minutes prendre dix minutes de pause;

∎ to break off for lunch s'arrêter pour déjeuner

(c) (end relationship) rompre;

∎ she's broken off with him elle a rompu avec lui

2 separable transitive verb

(a) (separate) détacher, casser;

∎ to break sth off sth casser ou détacher qch de qch

(b) (end → agreement, relationship) rompre;

∎ they've broken off their engagement ils ont rompu leurs fiançailles;

∎ to break it off (with sb) rompre (avec qn);

∎ Italy had broken off diplomatic relations with Libya l'Italie avait rompu ses relations diplomatiques avec la Libye

➲ break open separable transitive verb

(door) enfoncer; (lock, safe, till) forcer; familiar (bottle of wine etc) ouvrir^□, déboucher^□ ;

∎ to break a desk open ouvrir un bureau en forçant la serrure

➲ break out

1 intransitive verb

(a) (begin → war, storm) éclater; (→ disease, fire) se déclarer; (→ fight) se déclencher

(b) (become covered)

∎ to break out in spots or in a rash avoir une éruption de boutons;

∎ to break out in a sweat se mettre à transpirer;

∎ she broke out in a cold sweat elle s'est mise à avoir des sueurs froides

(c) (escape) s'échapper;

∎ to break out from or of prison s'évader (de prison);

∎ we have to break out of this vicious circle il faut que nous sortions de ce cercle vicieux

2 separable transitive verb

(bottle, champagne) ouvrir

➲ break through

1 inseparable transitive verb

(sun) percer;

∎ I broke through the crowd je me suis frayé un chemin à travers la foule;

∎ the troops broke through enemy lines les troupes ont enfoncé les lignes ennemies;

∎ she eventually broke through his reserve elle a fini par le faire sortir de sa réserve

2 intransitive verb

percer; figurative & Military faire une percée;

∎ figurative his hidden feelings tend to break through in his writing ses sentiments cachés tendent à transparaître ou percer dans ses écrits

➲ break up

1 separable transitive verb

(a) (divide up → rocks) briser, morceler; Law (→ property) morceler; (→ soil) ameublir; (→ bread, cake) partager;

∎ she broke the loaf up into four pieces elle a rompu ou partagé la miche en quatre;

∎ illustrations break up the text le texte est aéré par des illustrations

(b) (destroy → house) démolir; (→ road) défoncer

(c) (end → fight, party) mettre fin à, arrêter; Commerce & Law (→ conglomerate, trust) scinder, diviser; Commerce (→ company) scinder; Politics (→ coalition) briser, rompre; Administration (→ organization) dissoudre; (→ empire) démembrer; (→ family) séparer;

∎ his drinking broke up their marriage le fait qu'il buvait a brisé ou détruit leur mariage

(d) (disperse → crowd) disperser;

∎ break it up! (people fighting or arguing) arrêtez!; (said by policeman) circulez!

(e) familiar (distress) bouleverser, retourner;

∎ the news really broke her up la nouvelle l'a complètement bouleversée

(f) American familiar (amuse)

∎ her stories really break me up! ses histoires me font bien marrer!

2 intransitive verb

(a) (split into pieces → road, system) se désagréger; (→ ice) craquer, se fissurer; (→ ship) se disloquer;

∎ the ship broke up on the rocks le navire s'est disloqué sur les rochers

(b) (come to an end → meeting, party) se terminer, prendre fin; (→ partnership) cesser, prendre fin; (→ talks, negotiations) cesser;

∎ when the meeting broke up à l'issue ou à la fin de la réunion;

∎ their marriage broke up leur mariage n'a pas marché

(c) (boyfriend, girlfriend) rompre;

∎ she broke up with her boyfriend elle a rompu avec son petit ami;

∎ they've broken up ils se sont séparés

(d) (disperse → clouds) se disperser; (→ group) se disperser; (→ friends) se quitter, se séparer

(e) British School

∎ we break up for Christmas on the 22nd les vacances de Noël commencent le 22;

∎ when do we break up? quand est-ce qu'on est en vacances?

(f) (lose one's composure) s'effondrer

(g) American familiar (laugh) se tordre de rire

➲ break with inseparable transitive verb

(a) (end association with → person, organization) rompre avec;

∎ the defeat caused many people to break with the party la défaite a poussé beaucoup de gens à rompre avec le parti

(b) (depart from → belief, values) rompre avec;

∎ she broke with tradition by getting married away from her village elle a rompu avec la tradition en ne se mariant pas dans son village

Un panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > break
17 level

1.
['levl]noun

1) Höhe, die; (storey) Etage, die; (fig.): (steady state) Niveau, das; (fig.): (basis) Ebene, die

the water rose to the level of the doorstep — das Wasser stieg bis zur Türschwelle

be on a level [with somebody/something] — sich auf gleicher od. einer Höhe [mit jemandem/etwas] befinden; (fig.) auf dem gleichen Niveau sein [wie jmd./etwas]

on the level — (fig. coll.) ehrlich

find one's level — (fig.) seinen Platz finden

2) (height)

at waist/rooftop etc. level — in Taillen-/Dachhöhe usw.

3) (relative amount)

sugar/alcohol level — [Blut]zucker-/Alkoholspiegel, der

noise level — Geräuschpegel, der

4) (social, moral, or intellectual plane) Niveau, das; (degree of achievement etc.) Grad, der (of an + Dat.)

talks at the highest level [of government] — Gespräche auf höchster [Regierungs]ebene

5) (of computer game) Level, der

6) (instrument to test horizontal) Wasserwaage, die
2. adjective
1) waagerecht; flach [Land]; eben [Boden, Land]

a level spoonful of flour — ein gestrichener Löffel Mehl

the picture is not level — das Bild hängt nicht gerade

2) (on a level)

be level [with something/somebody] — auf gleicher Höhe [mit etwas/jemandem] sein; (fig.) [mit etwas/jemandem] gleichauf liegen

the two pictures are not level — die beiden Bilder hängen nicht gleich hoch

draw/keep level with a rival — mit einem Gegner gleichziehen/auf gleicher Höhe bleiben

3) (fig.): (steady, even) ausgeglichen [Leben, Temperament]; ausgewogen [Stil]

keep a level head — einen kühlen Kopf bewahren

4)

do one's level best — (coll.) sein Möglichstes tun
3. transitive verb,
(Brit.) - ll-

1) (make

level 2 a —) ebnen

2) (aim) richten [Blick, Gewehr, Rakete] (at, against auf + Akk.); (fig.) richten [Kritik usw.] (at, against gegen); erheben [Anklage, Vorwurf] (at, against gegen)

3) (raze) dem Erdboden gleichmachen [Stadt, Gebäude]

Phrasal Verbs:

- academic.ru/42629/level_off">level off

- level out

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['levl] 1. noun
1) (height, position, strength, rank etc: The level of the river rose; a high level of intelligence.) das Niveau

2) (a horizontal division or floor: the third level of the multi-storey car park.) das Stockwerk

3) (a kind of instrument for showing whether a surface is level: a spirit level.) die Wasserwaage

4) (a flat, smooth surface or piece of land: It was difficult running uphill but he could run fast on the level.) ebene Fläche
2. adjective
1) (flat, even, smooth or horizontal: a level surface; a level spoonful (= an amount which just fills the spoon to the top of the sides).) eben

2) (of the same height, standard etc: The top of the kitchen sink is level with the window-sill; The scores of the two teams are level.) gleich

3) (steady, even and not rising or falling much: a calm, level voice.) gleichmäßig
3. verb
1) (to make flat, smooth or horizontal: He levelled the soil.) ebnen

2) (to make equal: His goal levelled the scores of the two teams.) gleichmachen

3) ((usually with at) to aim (a gun etc): He levelled his pistol at the target.) richten

4) (to pull down: The bulldozer levelled the block of flats.) dem Erdboden gleichmachen

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- levelness
- level crossing
- level-headed
- do one's level best
- level off
- level out
- on a level with
- on the level
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lev·el

[ˈlev^əl]

I. adj

1. (horizontal) horizontal, waag(e)recht

the picture isn't \level das Bild hängt nicht gerade

2. (flat) eben

\level ground ebenes Gelände

3. pred (at an equal height)

▪ to be \level [with sth] auf gleicher Höhe [mit etw dat sein]

the amounts in both glasses were \level [with each other] beide Gläser waren gleich voll

the lamps are not \level [with each other] die Lampen hängen nicht gleich hoch [o nicht auf gleicher Höhe

4. (abreast)

to keep \level with sth mit etw dat mithalten

last year production could not keep \level with demand im letzten Jahr konnte die Produktion nicht die Nachfrage decken

to keep sth \level with sth etw auf dem gleichen Niveau wie etw dat halten

the unions are fighting to keep wages \level with inflation die Gewerkschaften kämpfen um die Angleichung der Löhne und Gehälter an die Inflationsrate

5. pred esp BRIT, AUS (in a race) gleichauf; (equal in points) punktegleich; (equal in standard) gleich gut

the scores were \level at half time zur Halbzeit stand es unentschieden

the two students are about \level in ability die beiden Studenten sind etwa gleich gut

to draw \level with sb/sth jdn/etw einholen

6. attr (to the edge) gestrichen

a \level cupful of flour eine Tasse [voll] Mehl

a \level spoonful of sugar ein gestrichener Löffel Zucker

7. (calm) voice ruhig; look fest

to give sb a \level look jdn mit festem Blick ansehen

in a \level tone ohne die Stimme zu heben

to keep a \level head einen kühlen [o klaren] Kopf bewahren

in a \level voice mit ruhiger Stimme

8.

▶ to do one's \level best sein Möglichstes [o alles Menschenmögliche] tun

▶ to start on a \level playing field gleiche [Start]bedingungen [o Voraussetzungen] haben

II. n

1. (quantity) Niveau nt; (height) Höhe f

at eye \level in Augenhöhe

oil \level AUTO Ölstand m

above/below sea \level über/unter dem Meeresspiegel

water \level Pegelstand m, Wasserstand m

to be on a \level [with sb/sth] BRIT, AUS [mit jdm/etw] auf gleicher Höhe sein

2. (extent) Ausmaß nt

inflation is going to rise 2% from its present \level die Inflationsrate wird [gegenüber dem derzeitigen Stand] um 2 % steigen

\level of alcohol abuse Ausmaß nt des Alkoholmissbrauchs

low-/high-\level radiation niedrige/hohe Strahlung

sugar \level in the blood Blutzuckerspiegel m

\level of customer satisfaction Zufriedenheitswert m

\level of motivation Motivationsgrad m

\level of productivity Leistungsniveau nt

\level of taxation Steuerniveau nt

3. (storey) Stockwerk nt

ground \level Erdgeschoss nt, Parterre nt SCHWEIZ

at [or on] \level four im vierten Stock

4. no pl (rank) Ebene f

at government[al] \level auf Regierungsebene

at a higher/lower \level auf höherer/niedrigerer Ebene

at the local/national/regional \level auf kommunaler/nationaler/regionaler Ebene

5. (standard, stage, proficiency) Niveau nt

your explanation must be at a \level that the children can understand du musst es so erklären, dass die Kinder dich verstehen

\level of training Ausbildungsstand m

advanced/intermediate \level fortgeschrittenes/mittleres Niveau; SCH Ober-/Mittelstufe f

to reach a high \level ein hohes Niveau erreichen

to take sth to a higher \level etw verbessern [o auf ein höheres Niveau bringen]

to be on a \level [with sb/sth] BRIT, AUS gleich gut sein [wie jd/etw]

to bring sth down to sb's \level etw auf jds Niveau bringen

6. (social, intellectual, moral) Niveau nt

intellectual \level geistiges Niveau

to sink to sb's \level sich akk auf jds Niveau hinabbegeben

I would never sink to the \level of taking bribes ich würde nie so tief sinken und mich bestechen lassen

7. (perspective, meaning) Ebene f

at a deeper \level auf einer tieferen Ebene

on a moral/practical/another \level aus moralischer/praktischer/anderer Sicht

on a personal \level auf persönlicher Ebene

on a serious \level ernsthaft

8. BRIT (flat land)

on the \level ebenerdig

9. esp AM (spirit level) Wasserwaage f

10. TELEC Pegel m

11.

▶ to find one's own \level seinen Platz in der Welt finden

▶ to be on the \level ( fam) ehrlich [o aufrichtig] sein

this offer is on the \level dies ist ein faires Angebot

III. vt

< BRIT - ll- or AM usu -l->

1.

▪ to \level sth (flatten) ground etw [ein]ebnen [o planieren]; wood etw [ab]schmirgeln; (raze) building, town etw dem Erdboden gleichmachen

to \level sth to the ground etw dem Erdboden gleichmachen

2. (equal)

to \level the match/score den Ausgleich erzielen

3. (direct)

to \level a pistol/rifle at sb eine Pistole/ein Gewehr auf jdn richten; ( fig)

to \level accusations/charges against [or at] sb Beschuldigungen/Anklage gegen jdn erheben

to \level criticism against [or at] sb an jdm Kritik üben

we don't understand the criticism \levelled at the government wir verstehen die Kritik an der Regierung nicht

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['levl]
1. adj

1) (= flat) ground, surface, floor eben; spoonful gestrichen

try to keep the boat level — versuchen Sie, das Boot waagerecht zu halten

the glider maintained a level course — das Segelflugzeug behielt die gleiche Flughöhe bei

2) (= at the same height) auf gleicher Höhe (with mit); (= parallel) parallel (with zu)

the bedroom is level with the ground — das Schlafzimmer liegt ebenerdig or zu ebener Erde

3) (= equal) gleichauf; (fig) gleich gut

the two runners are absolutely or dead level — die beiden Läufer liegen or sind genau auf gleicher Höhe

Jones was almost level with the winner — Jones kam fast auf gleiche Höhe mit dem Sieger

the two teams are level in the league — die beiden Mannschaften haben den gleichen Tabellenstand

level race — Kopf-an-Kopf-Rennen nt

4) (= steady) tone of voice ruhig; (= well-balanced) ausgeglichen; judgement abgewogen, ausgewogen; head kühl

to have/keep a level head — einen kühlen Kopf haben/bewahren

5)

I'll do my level best (Brit) — ich werde mein Möglichstes tun

2. adv

level with — in Höhe (+gen)

it should lie level with... —

the pipe runs level with the ground (= parallel) — das Rohr verläuft zu ebener Erde das Rohr verläuft parallel zum Boden

they're running absolutely level — sie laufen auf genau gleicher Höhe

the value of the shares stayed level for some time — der Wert der Aktien blieb für einige Zeit gleich

to draw level with sb — jdn einholen, mit jdm gleichziehen; (in league etc)

the two runners drew level on the last lap — in der letzten Runde zogen die beiden Läufer gleich

3. n

1) (= instrument) Wasserwaage f

2) (= altitude) Höhe f

on a level (with) — auf gleicher Höhe (mit)

water always finds its own level — Wasser kehrt immer in die Waagerechte zurück

at eye level — in Augenhöhe

the trees were very tall, almost at roof level — die Bäume waren sehr hoch, sie reichten fast bis zum Dach

to be on a level with the roof — in Dachhöhe sein

3) (= flat place) ebene Fläche, ebenes Stück

4) (= storey) Etage f, Stockwerk nt

the house is on four levels — das Haus hat vier Etagen

5) (= position on scale) Ebene f; (social, intellectual etc) Niveau nt

they're on a different level — sie haben ein unterschiedliches Niveau

to descend or come down to that level — auf ein so tiefes Niveau absinken

he expects everyone to come down to his level — er erwartet von jedem, dass er sich auf sein Niveau herabbegibt

she tried to go beyond her natural level of ability — sie versuchte, ihre natürlichen Grenzen zu überschreiten

to be on a level with — auf gleichem Niveau sein wie

they are on a level as far as salaries are concerned — sie bekommen das gleiche Gehalt

he tried to raise the level of the conversation — er versuchte, der Unterhaltung etwas mehr Niveau zu geben

if profit stays at the same level — wenn sich der Gewinn auf dem gleichen Stand hält

the pound has been left to find its own level — der Pfundkurs wurde freigegeben, um seinen natürlichen Stand zu erreichen

the rising level of inflation —

he maintains his high level of excellence — er hält sein äußerst hohes Niveau

a high level of intelligence — ein hoher Intelligenzgrad

a high level of interest — sehr großes Interesse

a high level of support —

a high level of civilization the very high level of production — eine hohe Kulturstufe das hohe Produktionsniveau

the higher levels of academic research — die höheren Stufen der wissenschaftlichen Forschung

the talks were held at a very high level — die Gespräche fanden auf hoher Ebene statt

a low level of sales — ein sehr geringer Absatz

he reduces everything to the commercial level — er reduziert alles auf eine rein kommerzielle Basis

on an intellectual level —

on the moral level — aus moralischer Sicht

on a purely personal level — rein persönlich, auf rein persönlicher Ebene

6)

(= amount, degree) a high level of hydrogen — ein hoher Wasserstoffanteil

the level of alcohol in the blood — der Alkoholspiegel im Blut

level of consciousness — Bewusstseinsebene f

cholesterol level — Cholesterinspiegel m

the level of violence — das Ausmaß der Gewalttätigkeit

7)

I guess you're on the level — du bist wohl schon in Ordnung (inf)

is he on the level? — meint er es ehrlich?

to be on the level with sb — jdm gegenüber ehrlich or aufrichtig sein

4. vt

1) ground, site etc einebnen, planieren; building abreißen; town dem Erdboden gleichmachen

to level sth to the ground — etw dem Erdboden gleichmachen

2) blow versetzen, verpassen (inf) (at sb jdm); weapon richten (at auf +acc); accusation erheben (at gegen); remark richten (at gegen); criticism üben (at an +dat)

to level a charge against sb — Anklage gegen jdn erheben, jdn anklagen

3) (SPORT)

to level the match — den Ausgleich erzielen

to level the score — gleichziehen

5. vi (inf)

to level with sb — jdm keinen Quatsch or Scheiß erzählen (inf)

I'll level with you — ich werd ehrlich mit dir sein

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level [ˈlevl]

A s

1. TECH Libelle f, Wasserwaage f

2. TECH, Landvermessung:

a) Nivellierinstrument n

b) Höhen-, Niveaumessung f

3. Ebene f ( auch GEOG), ebene Fläche

4. Horizontalebene f, Horizontale f, Waag(e)rechte f

5. Höhe f ( auch GEOG), (Wasser- etc) Spiegel m, (-)Stand m, (-)Pegel m:

level of sound Geräuschpegel, Tonstärke f;

be on a level with

a) auf gleicher Höhe sein mit,

b) genauso hoch sein wie ( → A 6);

on the level umg in Ordnung, ehrlich, anständig

6. fig (auch geistiges) Niveau, Level m, Stand m, Grad m, Stufe f:

level of employment Beschäftigungsstand;

high level of technical skill hohes technisches Niveau;

level of performance SPORT Leistungsstand, -niveau;

low production level niedriger Produktionsstand;

have fallen to the lowest level seinen niedrigsten Stand erreicht haben;

put o.s. on the level of others sich auf das Niveau anderer Leute begeben;

sink to the level of cut-throat practices auf das Niveau von Halsabschneidern absinken;

find one’s (own) level seinen Platz finden (an den man gehört);

be on a ( oder an equal) level with auf dem gleichen Niveau oder auf der gleichen Stufe stehen wie, jemandem ebenbürtig sein ( → A 5);

keep sth at its present level etwas auf seinem gegenwärtigen Stand halten

7. (politische etc) Ebene:

at government level auf Regierungsebene;

a conference on the highest level eine Konferenz auf höchster Ebene;

on a ministerial level auf Ministerebene

8. Bergbau:

a) Sohle f

b) Sohlenstrecke f

B adj (adv levelly)

1. eben (Straße etc):

one level teaspoonful of salt ein gestrichener Teelöffel Salz;

level playing field gleiche Chancen pl für alle, Chancengleichheit f

2. waag(e)recht, horizontal

3. gleich (auch fig):

level crossing Br schienengleicher (Bahn)Übergang;

it was level pegging between them SPORT etc Br umg sie lagen gleichauf;

it was a level position (besonders Fußball) es war gleiche Höhe;

be level on points SPORT etc punktgleich sein;

be level with

a) auf gleicher Höhe sein mit,

b) genauso hoch sein wie,

c) fig auf dem gleichen Niveau oder auf der gleichen Stufe stehen wie;

make level with the ground dem Erdboden gleichmachen;

draw level SPORT ausgleichen;

draw level with sb jemanden einholen

4. a) gleichmäßig:

level stress LING schwebende Betonung

b) ausgeglichen (Rennen etc)

5. do one’s level best sein Möglichstes tun

6. gleichbleibend (Temperatur etc)

7. vernünftig

8. ruhig:

have (keep) a level head einen kühlen Kopf haben (bewahren), sich nicht aus der Ruhe bringen lassen;

give sb a level look jemanden ruhig oder fest anschauen

C v/t prät und pperf -eled, besonders Br -elled

1. a) auch level off (ein)ebnen, planieren

b) auch level to ( oder with) the ground eine Stadt etc dem Erdboden gleichmachen

2. jemanden zu Boden schlagen

3. auch level off ( oder out) fig

a) gleichmachen, nivellieren:

level matters ( oder the score) SPORT ausgleichen, den Gleichstand herstellen oder erzielen

b) Unterschiede beseitigen, ausgleichen

4. a) eine Waffe richten, das Gewehr anlegen ( beide:

at auf akk):

level one’s rifle at sb auf jemanden anlegen

b) fig (at, against) Anschuldigungen erheben (gegen), Kritik üben (an dat):

his criticism was level(l)led against me seine Kritik richtete sich gegen mich

5. Landvermessung: nivellieren

D v/i

1. die Waffe richten, (das Gewehr) anlegen ( beide:

at auf akk)

2. level with umg offen reden mit, ehrlich sein zu

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1.
['levl]noun

1) Höhe, die; (storey) Etage, die; (fig.): (steady state) Niveau, das; (fig.): (basis) Ebene, die

the water rose to the level of the doorstep — das Wasser stieg bis zur Türschwelle

be on a level [with somebody/something] — sich auf gleicher od. einer Höhe [mit jemandem/etwas] befinden; (fig.) auf dem gleichen Niveau sein [wie jmd./etwas]

on the level — (fig. coll.) ehrlich

find one's level — (fig.) seinen Platz finden

2) (height)

at waist/rooftop etc. level — in Taillen-/Dachhöhe usw.

3) (relative amount)

sugar/alcohol level — [Blut]zucker-/Alkoholspiegel, der

noise level — Geräuschpegel, der

4) (social, moral, or intellectual plane) Niveau, das; (degree of achievement etc.) Grad, der (of an + Dat.)

talks at the highest level [of government] — Gespräche auf höchster [Regierungs]ebene

5) (of computer game) Level, der

6) (instrument to test horizontal) Wasserwaage, die
2. adjective
1) waagerecht; flach [Land]; eben [Boden, Land]

a level spoonful of flour — ein gestrichener Löffel Mehl

the picture is not level — das Bild hängt nicht gerade

2) (on a level)

be level [with something/somebody] — auf gleicher Höhe [mit etwas/jemandem] sein; (fig.) [mit etwas/jemandem] gleichauf liegen

the two pictures are not level — die beiden Bilder hängen nicht gleich hoch

draw/keep level with a rival — mit einem Gegner gleichziehen/auf gleicher Höhe bleiben

3) (fig.): (steady, even) ausgeglichen [Leben, Temperament]; ausgewogen [Stil]

keep a level head — einen kühlen Kopf bewahren

4)

do one's level best — (coll.) sein Möglichstes tun
3. transitive verb,
(Brit.) - ll-

1) (make

level 2 a —) ebnen

2) (aim) richten [Blick, Gewehr, Rakete] (at, against auf + Akk.); (fig.) richten [Kritik usw.] (at, against gegen); erheben [Anklage, Vorwurf] (at, against gegen)

3) (raze) dem Erdboden gleichmachen [Stadt, Gebäude]

Phrasal Verbs:

- level off

- level out

* * *

adj.

ausgeglichen (Sport) adj.

eben adj.

gleichmäßig adj.

waagerecht adj. n.

Ebene -n f.

Höhe -n f.

Level -- n.

Niveau -s n.

Pegel -- (Wasser-) m.

Pegel -- n.

Pegelstand m.

Schwellwert m.

Stand ¨-e m.

Stufe -n f. v.

Unterschiede beseitigen ausdr.

ausgleichen v.

ebnen v.

einebnen v.

gleichmachen v.

nivellieren v.

planieren v.

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18 break

break

A n

1 ( fracture) fracture f ;

2 ( crack) (in plate, plank, surface) fêlure f ;

3 ( gap) (in fence, wall) brèche f ; (in row, line) espace m ; (in circuit, chain, sequence) rupture f ; (in conversation, match) pause f ; ( in performance) entracte m ; (in traffic, procession) trou m, espace m ; a break in the clouds une éclaircie ; a break in transmission une interruption dans la retransmission ;

4 Radio, TV ( also commercial break) page f de publicité ; we're going to take a break now tout de suite, une page de publicité ;

5 ( pause) gen pause f ; Sch récréation f ; to take a break faire une pause ; I walked/worked for six hours without a break j'ai marché/travaillé pendant six heures sans m'arrêter ; to have a break from work arrêter de travailler ; to take ou have a break from working/driving ne plus travailler/conduire pendant un temps ; to take ou have a break from nursing/teaching arrêter le métier d'infirmière/d'enseignant pendant un temps ; I often give her a break from looking after the kids je m'occupe souvent des enfants pour qu'elle se repose ; give us a break ○ ! fiche-nous la paix ○ ! ;

6 ( holiday) vacances fpl ; the Christmas break les vacances de Noël ; a weekend break in Milan un week-end à Milan ;

7 fig ( departure) rupture f (with avec) ; a break with tradition/the past une rupture avec la tradition/le passé ; it's time to make a ou the break ( from family) il est temps de voler de ses propres ailes ; ( from job) il est temps de passer à autre chose ;

8 ○ ( opportunity) chance f ; her big break came in 1973 1973 a été l'année de sa veine ○ ; he gave me a break il m'a donné ma chance ; a lucky break un coup de veine ○ ; a bad break des déboires mpl ; to give sb an even break donner sa chance à qn ;

9 ( dawn) at the break of day au lever du jour, à l'aube f ;

10 ( escape bid) to make a break for it ○ ( from prison) se faire la belle ○ ; to make a break for the door/the trees se précipiter vers la porte/les arbres ;

11 Print line break fin f d'alinéa ; page break changement m de page ; paragraph break fin f de paragraphe ;

12 ( in tennis) ( also service break) break m ;

13 (in snooker, pool) ( first shot) it's your break c'est à toi de casser ; ( series of shots) to make a 50 point break marquer une série de 50 points ;

14 Mus ( in jazz) break m.

B vtr ( prét broke ; pp broken)

1 ( damage) casser [chair, eggs, rope, stick, toy] ; casser, briser [glass, plate, window] ; casser [machine] ; to break a tooth/a nail/a bone se casser une dent/un ongle/un os ; to break one's leg/arm se casser la jambe/le bras ; to break one's back lit se casser la colonne vertébrale ; I nearly broke my back moving the piano fig j'ai failli me briser les reins en déplaçant le piano ; to break one's neck lit avoir une rupture des vertèbres cervicales ; somebody is going to break their neck on those steps fig quelqu'un va se casser la figure sur ces marches ○ ; she broke the bottle over his head elle lui a cassé la bouteille sur la tête ;

2 (split, rupture) briser [seal] ; couper [sentence, word] ; the skin is not broken il n'y a pas de plaie ; not a ripple broke the surface of the water pas une ride ne troublait la surface de l'eau ; to break surface [diver, submarine] remonter à la surface ; the river broke its banks la rivière a débordé ;

3 ( interrupt) [person] rompre [silence] ; [shout, siren] déchirer [silence] ; couper [circuit, current] ; rompre [monotony, spell] ; rompre [ties, links] (with avec) ; to break one's silence sortir de son silence (on à propos de) ; to break sb's concentration déconcentrer qn ; we broke our journey in Milan nous avons fait un arrêt à Milan ; the tower breaks the line of the roof/of the horizon la tour rompt la ligne du toit/de l'horizon ; to break step rompre le pas ;

4 ( disobey) enfreindre [law] ; ne pas respecter [embargo, blockade, conditions, terms] ; violer [treaty] ; désobéir à [commandment, rule] ; briser [strike] ; rompre [vow] ; manquer [appointment] ; he broke his word/promise il a manqué à sa parole/promesse ;

5 (exceed, surpass) dépasser [speed limit, bounds] ; battre [record, opponent] ; franchir [speed barrier] ; briser [class barrier] ;

6 ( lessen the impact of) couper [wind] ; [branches] freiner [fall] ; [hay] amortir [fall] ;

7 fig ( destroy) [troops] briser [rebellion] ; briser [person, resistance, determination, will] ; to break sb's spirit saper le moral de qn ; to break sb's hold over sb débarrasser qn de l'emprise de qn ; discussions which aim to break this deadlock des discussions qui visent à nous sortir de cette impasse ; to break a habit se défaire d'une habitude ;

8 ( ruin) ruiner [person] ; this contract will make or break the company ( financially) ce contrat fera la fortune ou la ruine de l'entreprise ; this decision will make or break me ( personally) cette décision sera mon salut ou ma perte ;

9 Equit débourrer [young horse] ;

10 ( in tennis) to break sb's serve faire le break ;

11 Mil casser [officer] ;

12 ( decipher) déchiffrer [cipher, code] ;

13 ( leave) to break camp lever le camp ;

14 ( announce) annoncer [news] ; révéler [truth] ; to break the news to sb apprendre la nouvelle à qn ; break it to her gently annonce-lui la nouvelle avec douceur.

C vi ( prét broke ; pp broken)

1 ( be damaged) [branch, chair, egg, handle, tooth, string] se casser ; [plate, glass, window] se briser ; [arm, bone, leg] se fracturer ; [bag] se déchirer ; china breaks easily la porcelaine se casse facilement ; the vase broke in two/into a thousand pieces le vase s'est brisé en deux/en mille morceaux ; the sound of breaking glass le bruit de verre brisé ;

2 ( separate) [clouds] se disperser ; [waves] se briser (against contre ; on, over sur) ;

3 Sport [boxers] se séparer ; ‘break! ’ ( referee 's command) ‘break!’ ;

4 ( stop for a rest) faire une pause ;

5 ( change) [good weather] se gâter ; [drought, heatwave] cesser ; [luck] tourner ;

6 ( begin) [day] se lever ; [storm] éclater ; [scandal, news story] éclater ;

7 ( discontinue) to break with sb rompre les relations avec qn ; to break with a party/the church quitter un parti/l'église ; to break with tradition/convention rompre avec la tradition/les conventions ;

8 ( weaken) their spirit never broke leur moral n'a jamais faibli ; to break under torture/interrogation céder sous la torture/l'interrogation ;

9 ( change tone) [boy's voice] muer ; her voice breaks on the high notes sa voix s'éraille dans les aigus ; in a voice breaking with emotion d 'une voix brisée par l'émotion ;

10 (in snooker, pool) casser.

Phrasal verbs

■ break away:

▶ break away

1 ( become detached) [island, shell] se détacher (from de) ; to break away from [group, person] rompre avec [family, party, organization] ; [state] se séparer de [union] ; [animal] se détacher de [herd] ; [boat] rompre [moorings] ;

2 ( escape) échapper (from à) ;

3 Sport [runner, cyclist] se détacher (from de) ;

▶ break away [sth], break [sth] away enlever [outer shell, casing].

■ break down:

▶ break down

1 ( stop functioning) [car, elevator, machine] tomber en panne ; we broke down on the main street nous sommes tombés en panne sur la grand-rue ;

2 ( collapse) fig [alliance, coalition] éclater ; [negotiations] échouer ; [contact, communication] cesser ; [law and order] se dégrader ; [argument] ne pas tenir debout ; [system] s'effondrer ; [person] s'effondrer, craquer ; he broke down under the strain il a craqué sous la pression ;

3 ( cry) fondre en larmes ;

4 ( be classified) [cost findings, statistics] se décomposer (into en) ; the cost of the repair breaks down as follows le prix de la réparation se décompose ainsi ;

5 ( decompose) [compound] se décomposer (en into) ;

6 ( confess) ( under interrogation) céder ;

▶ break [sth] down, break down [sth]

1 ( demolish) lit enfoncer [door] ; démolir [fence, wall] ; fig faire tomber [barriers] ; vaincre [opposition, resistance, shyness] ;

2 ( analyse) ventiler [budget, cost, expenses, statistics] ; décomposer [word] (into en) ; décomposer [data, findings] (into par) ; décomposer [argument] ;

3 ( cause to decompose) décomposer [compound, gas] (into en) ; [enzyme, catalyst] dissoudre [protein, starch] ; [gastric juices] dissoudre [food].

■ break even Fin rentrer dans ses frais.

■ break forth littér [sun, water] jaillir (from de).

■ break free:

▶ break free [prisoner] s'évader ; to break free of se couper de [family] ; échapper à [captor].

■ break in

1 ( enter forcibly) [thief] entrer (par effraction) ; [police] entrer de force ; the burglar broke in through a window le cambrioleur est entré par une fenêtre ;

2 ( interrupt) interrompre ; ‘I don't want to go,’ he broke in ‘je ne veux pas y aller,’ a-t-il interrompu ; to break in on sb/sth interrompre qn/qch ;

▶ break [sth] in débourrer [young horse] ; assouplir [shoe] ; to break in one's glasses s'habituer à ses lunettes ;

▶ break [sb] in accoutumer [qn] au travail [recruit, newcomer] ; to break sb in gently donner le temps à qn de s'accoutumer au travail.

■ break into:

▶ break into [sth]

1 ( enter by force) entrer dans [qch] (par effraction) [building] ; forcer la portière de [car] ; forcer [safe, till] ; her car was broken into sa voiture a été cambriolée ;

2 ( start to use) entamer [new packet, new bottle, banknote, savings] ;

3 ( encroach on) empiéter sur [leisure time, working day] ; couper [morning, day] ;

4 ( begin to do) to break into song/cheers se mettre à chanter/acclamer ; to break into peals of laughter éclater de rire ; to break into a run/gallop se mettre à courir/au galop ;

5 ( make headway) [company] s'implanter sur [market] ; [person] s'introduire dans [job market] ; [person] percer dans [show business].

■ break loose [dog, horse] s'échapper (from de).

■ break off:

▶ break off

1 ( snap off) [end, mast, tip] se casser ; [handle, piece] se détacher ;

2 ( stop speaking) s'interrompre ; she broke off to answer the phone elle s'est interrompue pour répondre au téléphone ;

3 ( pause) faire une pause, s'arrêter ;

▶ break off [sth], break [sth] off

1 ( snap) casser [branch, piece, segment, mast] ;

2 ( terminate) rompre [engagement, relationship, contact, negotiations, ties] ; interrompre [conversation] ; they decided to break it off (relationship, engagement) ils ont décidé de rompre ; to break off doing arrêter de faire.

■ break out:

▶ break out

1 ( erupt) [epidemic, fire] se déclarer ; [fight, panic, riot, storm] éclater ; [rash] apparaître ; to break out in a rash ou in spots [person] avoir une éruption de boutons ; [face] se couvrir de boutons ; to break out in a sweat se mettre à transpirer ;

2 ( escape) [prisoner] s'évader ; to break out of s'échapper de [cage, prison] ; sortir de [routine, vicious circle] ; se libérer de [chains, straitjacket].

■ break through:

▶ break through [army] faire une percée ;

▶ break through [sth] percer [defences, reserve] ; franchir [barrier, cordon] ; se frayer un passage à travers [crowd] ; traverser [mur] ; [sun] percer [clouds].

■ break up:

▶ break up

1 ( disintegrate) lit [wreck] se désagréger ; fig [empire] s'effondrer ; [alliance] éclater ; [group, family, couple] se séparer ; their marriage/relationship is breaking up leur mariage/relation va mal ;

2 ( disperse) [crowd] se disperser ; [cloud, slick] se disperser ; [meeting] se terminer ;

3 GB Sch schools break up on Friday les cours finissent vendredi ; we break up for Christmas on Tuesday pour Noël, nous finissons mardi ;

▶ break [sth] up, break up [sth] ( split up) disperser [demonstrators] ; démanteler [spy ring, drugs ring] ; séparer [team, couple] ; désunir [family] ; briser [alliance, marriage] ; démembrer [empire] ; diviser [sentence, word] (into en) ; morceler [land] ; [diagrams] aérer [text] ; mettre fin à [party, fight, demonstration] ; break it up! ( stop fighting) ça suffit maintenant!

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19 fight

fight

A n

1 fig ( struggle) lutte f (against contre ; for pour ; to do pour faire) ; the fight for survival la lutte pour la survie ; the fight for life le combat contre la mort ; to keep up the fight continuer le combat ; to put up a fight se défendre (against contre) ; a fight to the death lit, fig une lutte à mort ;

2 ( outbreak of fighting) ( between civilians) bagarre f (between entre ; over pour) ; Mil bataille f (between entre ; for pour) ; ( between animals) combat m (between entre) ; to get into ou have a fight with sb se bagarrer contre or avec qn ; to start a fight provoquer une bagarre (with contre or avec) ;

3 ( in boxing) combat m (between entre) ; to win/lose a fight gagner/perdre un combat ; a straight fight (between) un combat loyal (entre) also fig ;

4 ( argument) dispute f (over au sujet de ; with avec) ; to have a fight with sb se disputer avec qn ;

5 ( combative spirit) ( physical) envie f de se battre ; ( psychological) envie f de lutter ; there was no fight left in her elle n'avait plus envie de lutter.

B vtr ( prét, pp fought)

1 gen, fig lutter contre [disease, evil, opponent, emotion, problem, proposal, tendency] ; combattre [fire] ; mener [campaign, war] (against contre) ; to fight one's way through se frayer un passage dans [crowd] ; négocier [difficulties, obstacles] ; to fight sb lit, Sport se battre contre qn ; fig lutter contre qn ; to fight each other se battre ;

2 Pol [candidate] disputer [seat, election] ; [candidates] se disputer [seat, election] ;

3 Jur défendre [case, cause].

C vi ( prét, pp fought)

1 fig ( campaign) lutter (for pour ; against contre ; to do pour faire) ; to fight hard lutter ferme ;

2 lit, Mil se battre (against contre ; with avec) ; to fight for one's country se battre pour sa patrie ; to fight in a battle combattre dans une bataille ; to fight for one's life lutter pour la vie ; to fight for breath suffoquer ; to stand and fight résister ; to go down fighting lit mourir au combat ; fig lutter jusqu'à la mort ; to fight over se disputer [land, possessions] ;

3 ( squabble) se quereller (over à propos de).

Idiom

to fight the good fight se battre pour la bonne cause.

Phrasal verbs

■ fight back:

▶ fight back (physically, tactically) se défendre (against contre) ; ( emotionally) ne pas se laisser faire ;

▶ fight back [sth] ravaler [tears] ; refréner [fear, anger].

■ fight down:

▶ fight down [sth] refréner [emotion].

■ fight off:

▶ fight off [sth], fight [sth] off lit se libérer de [attacker] ; vaincre [troops] ; repousser [attack] ;

▶ fight off [sth] fig lutter contre [illness, despair] ; rejeter [challenge, criticism, proposal, takeover bid].

■ fight on poursuivre la lutte.

■ fight out:

▶ fight out [sth], fight [sth] out se battre pour régler [differences etc] ; leave them to fight it out laissez-les régler cela entre eux.

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20 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.

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