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61 Historical Portugal
Before Romans described western Iberia or Hispania as "Lusitania," ancient Iberians inhabited the land. Phoenician and Greek trading settlements grew up in the Tagus estuary area and nearby coasts. Beginning around 202 BCE, Romans invaded what is today southern Portugal. With Rome's defeat of Carthage, Romans proceeded to conquer and rule the western region north of the Tagus, which they named Roman "Lusitania." In the fourth century CE, as Rome's rule weakened, the area experienced yet another invasion—Germanic tribes, principally the Suevi, who eventually were Christianized. During the sixth century CE, the Suevi kingdom was superseded by yet another Germanic tribe—the Christian Visigoths.A major turning point in Portugal's history came in 711, as Muslim armies from North Africa, consisting of both Arab and Berber elements, invaded the Iberian Peninsula from across the Straits of Gibraltar. They entered what is now Portugal in 714, and proceeded to conquer most of the country except for the far north. For the next half a millennium, Islam and Muslim presence in Portugal left a significant mark upon the politics, government, language, and culture of the country.Islam, Reconquest, and Portugal Created, 714-1140The long frontier struggle between Muslim invaders and Christian communities in the north of the Iberian peninsula was called the Reconquista (Reconquest). It was during this struggle that the first dynasty of Portuguese kings (Burgundian) emerged and the independent monarchy of Portugal was established. Christian forces moved south from what is now the extreme north of Portugal and gradually defeated Muslim forces, besieging and capturing towns under Muslim sway. In the ninth century, as Christian forces slowly made their way southward, Christian elements were dominant only in the area between Minho province and the Douro River; this region became known as "territorium Portu-calense."In the 11th century, the advance of the Reconquest quickened as local Christian armies were reinforced by crusading knights from what is now France and England. Christian forces took Montemor (1034), at the Mondego River; Lamego (1058); Viseu (1058); and Coimbra (1064). In 1095, the king of Castile and Léon granted the country of "Portu-cale," what became northern Portugal, to a Burgundian count who had emigrated from France. This was the foundation of Portugal. In 1139, a descendant of this count, Afonso Henriques, proclaimed himself "King of Portugal." He was Portugal's first monarch, the "Founder," and the first of the Burgundian dynasty, which ruled until 1385.The emergence of Portugal in the 12th century as a separate monarchy in Iberia occurred before the Christian Reconquest of the peninsula. In the 1140s, the pope in Rome recognized Afonso Henriques as king of Portugal. In 1147, after a long, bloody siege, Muslim-occupied Lisbon fell to Afonso Henriques's army. Lisbon was the greatest prize of the 500-year war. Assisting this effort were English crusaders on their way to the Holy Land; the first bishop of Lisbon was an Englishman. When the Portuguese captured Faro and Silves in the Algarve province in 1248-50, the Reconquest of the extreme western portion of the Iberian peninsula was complete—significantly, more than two centuries before the Spanish crown completed the Reconquest of the eastern portion by capturing Granada in 1492.Consolidation and Independence of Burgundian Portugal, 1140-1385Two main themes of Portugal's early existence as a monarchy are the consolidation of control over the realm and the defeat of a Castil-ian threat from the east to its independence. At the end of this period came the birth of a new royal dynasty (Aviz), which prepared to carry the Christian Reconquest beyond continental Portugal across the straits of Gibraltar to North Africa. There was a variety of motives behind these developments. Portugal's independent existence was imperiled by threats from neighboring Iberian kingdoms to the north and east. Politics were dominated not only by efforts against the Muslims inPortugal (until 1250) and in nearby southern Spain (until 1492), but also by internecine warfare among the kingdoms of Castile, Léon, Aragon, and Portugal. A final comeback of Muslim forces was defeated at the battle of Salado (1340) by allied Castilian and Portuguese forces. In the emerging Kingdom of Portugal, the monarch gradually gained power over and neutralized the nobility and the Church.The historic and commonplace Portuguese saying "From Spain, neither a good wind nor a good marriage" was literally played out in diplomacy and war in the late 14th-century struggles for mastery in the peninsula. Larger, more populous Castile was pitted against smaller Portugal. Castile's Juan I intended to force a union between Castile and Portugal during this era of confusion and conflict. In late 1383, Portugal's King Fernando, the last king of the Burgundian dynasty, suddenly died prematurely at age 38, and the Master of Aviz, Portugal's most powerful nobleman, took up the cause of independence and resistance against Castile's invasion. The Master of Aviz, who became King João I of Portugal, was able to obtain foreign assistance. With the aid of English archers, Joao's armies defeated the Castilians in the crucial battle of Aljubarrota, on 14 August 1385, a victory that assured the independence of the Portuguese monarchy from its Castilian nemesis for several centuries.Aviz Dynasty and Portugal's First Overseas Empire, 1385-1580The results of the victory at Aljubarrota, much celebrated in Portugal's art and monuments, and the rise of the Aviz dynasty also helped to establish a new merchant class in Lisbon and Oporto, Portugal's second city. This group supported King João I's program of carrying the Reconquest to North Africa, since it was interested in expanding Portugal's foreign commerce and tapping into Muslim trade routes and resources in Africa. With the Reconquest against the Muslims completed in Portugal and the threat from Castile thwarted for the moment, the Aviz dynasty launched an era of overseas conquest, exploration, and trade. These efforts dominated Portugal's 15th and 16th centuries.The overseas empire and age of Discoveries began with Portugal's bold conquest in 1415 of the Moroccan city of Ceuta. One royal member of the 1415 expedition was young, 21-year-old Prince Henry, later known in history as "Prince Henry the Navigator." His part in the capture of Ceuta won Henry his knighthood and began Portugal's "Marvelous Century," during which the small kingdom was counted as a European and world power of consequence. Henry was the son of King João I and his English queen, Philippa of Lancaster, but he did not inherit the throne. Instead, he spent most of his life and his fortune, and that of the wealthy military Order of Christ, on various imperial ventures and on voyages of exploration down the African coast and into the Atlantic. While mythology has surrounded Henry's controversial role in the Discoveries, and this role has been exaggerated, there is no doubt that he played a vital part in the initiation of Portugal's first overseas empire and in encouraging exploration. He was naturally curious, had a sense of mission for Portugal, and was a strong leader. He also had wealth to expend; at least a third of the African voyages of the time were under his sponsorship. If Prince Henry himself knew little science, significant scientific advances in navigation were made in his day.What were Portugal's motives for this new imperial effort? The well-worn historical cliche of "God, Glory, and Gold" can only partly explain the motivation of a small kingdom with few natural resources and barely 1 million people, which was greatly outnumbered by the other powers it confronted. Among Portuguese objectives were the desire to exploit known North African trade routes and resources (gold, wheat, leather, weaponry, and other goods that were scarce in Iberia); the need to outflank the Muslim world in the Mediterranean by sailing around Africa, attacking Muslims en route; and the wish to ally with Christian kingdoms beyond Africa. This enterprise also involved a strategy of breaking the Venetian spice monopoly by trading directly with the East by means of discovering and exploiting a sea route around Africa to Asia. Besides the commercial motives, Portugal nurtured a strong crusading sense of Christian mission, and various classes in the kingdom saw an opportunity for fame and gain.By the time of Prince Henry's death in 1460, Portugal had gained control of the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeiras, begun to colonize the Cape Verde Islands, failed to conquer the Canary Islands from Castile, captured various cities on Morocco's coast, and explored as far as Senegal, West Africa, down the African coast. By 1488, Bar-tolomeu Dias had rounded the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa and thereby discovered the way to the Indian Ocean.Portugal's largely coastal African empire and later its fragile Asian empire brought unexpected wealth but were purchased at a high price. Costs included wars of conquest and defense against rival powers, manning the far-flung navel and trade fleets and scattered castle-fortresses, and staffing its small but fierce armies, all of which entailed a loss of skills and population to maintain a scattered empire. Always short of capital, the monarchy became indebted to bankers. There were many defeats beginning in the 16th century at the hands of the larger imperial European monarchies (Spain, France, England, and Holland) and many attacks on Portugal and its strung-out empire. Typically, there was also the conflict that arose when a tenuously held world empire that rarely if ever paid its way demanded finance and manpower Portugal itself lacked.The first 80 years of the glorious imperial era, the golden age of Portugal's imperial power and world influence, was an African phase. During 1415-88, Portuguese navigators and explorers in small ships, some of them caravelas (caravels), explored the treacherous, disease-ridden coasts of Africa from Morocco to South Africa beyond the Cape of Good Hope. By the 1470s, the Portuguese had reached the Gulf of Guinea and, in the early 1480s, what is now Angola. Bartolomeu Dias's extraordinary voyage of 1487-88 to South Africa's coast and the edge of the Indian Ocean convinced Portugal that the best route to Asia's spices and Christians lay south, around the tip of southern Africa. Between 1488 and 1495, there was a hiatus caused in part by domestic conflict in Portugal, discussion of resources available for further conquests beyond Africa in Asia, and serious questions as to Portugal's capacity to reach beyond Africa. In 1495, King Manuel and his council decided to strike for Asia, whatever the consequences. In 1497-99, Vasco da Gama, under royal orders, made the epic two-year voyage that discovered the sea route to western India (Asia), outflanked Islam and Venice, and began Portugal's Asian empire. Within 50 years, Portugal had discovered and begun the exploitation of its largest colony, Brazil, and set up forts and trading posts from the Middle East (Aden and Ormuz), India (Calicut, Goa, etc.), Malacca, and Indonesia to Macau in China.By the 1550s, parts of its largely coastal, maritime trading post empire from Morocco to the Moluccas were under siege from various hostile forces, including Muslims, Christians, and Hindi. Although Moroccan forces expelled the Portuguese from the major coastal cities by 1550, the rival European monarchies of Castile (Spain), England, France, and later Holland began to seize portions of her undermanned, outgunned maritime empire.In 1580, Phillip II of Spain, whose mother was a Portuguese princess and who had a strong claim to the Portuguese throne, invaded Portugal, claimed the throne, and assumed control over the realm and, by extension, its African, Asian, and American empires. Phillip II filled the power vacuum that appeared in Portugal following the loss of most of Portugal's army and its young, headstrong King Sebastião in a disastrous war in Morocco. Sebastiao's death in battle (1578) and the lack of a natural heir to succeed him, as well as the weak leadership of the cardinal who briefly assumed control in Lisbon, led to a crisis that Spain's strong monarch exploited. As a result, Portugal lost its independence to Spain for a period of 60 years.Portugal under Spanish Rule, 1580-1640Despite the disastrous nature of Portugal's experience under Spanish rule, "The Babylonian Captivity" gave birth to modern Portuguese nationalism, its second overseas empire, and its modern alliance system with England. Although Spain allowed Portugal's weakened empire some autonomy, Spanish rule in Portugal became increasingly burdensome and unacceptable. Spain's ambitious imperial efforts in Europe and overseas had an impact on the Portuguese as Spain made greater and greater demands on its smaller neighbor for manpower and money. Portugal's culture underwent a controversial Castilianization, while its empire became hostage to Spain's fortunes. New rival powers England, France, and Holland attacked and took parts of Spain's empire and at the same time attacked Portugal's empire, as well as the mother country.Portugal's empire bore the consequences of being attacked by Spain's bitter enemies in what was a form of world war. Portuguese losses were heavy. By 1640, Portugal had lost most of its Moroccan cities as well as Ceylon, the Moluccas, and sections of India. With this, Portugal's Asian empire was gravely weakened. Only Goa, Damão, Diu, Bombay, Timor, and Macau remained and, in Brazil, Dutch forces occupied the northeast.On 1 December 1640, long commemorated as a national holiday, Portuguese rebels led by the duke of Braganza overthrew Spanish domination and took advantage of Spanish weakness following a more serious rebellion in Catalonia. Portugal regained independence from Spain, but at a price: dependence on foreign assistance to maintain its independence in the form of the renewal of the alliance with England.Restoration and Second Empire, 1640-1822Foreign affairs and empire dominated the restoration era and aftermath, and Portugal again briefly enjoyed greater European power and prestige. The Anglo-Portuguese Alliance was renewed and strengthened in treaties of 1642, 1654, and 1661, and Portugal's independence from Spain was underwritten by English pledges and armed assistance. In a Luso-Spanish treaty of 1668, Spain recognized Portugal's independence. Portugal's alliance with England was a marriage of convenience and necessity between two monarchies with important religious, cultural, and social differences. In return for legal, diplomatic, and trade privileges, as well as the use during war and peace of Portugal's great Lisbon harbor and colonial ports for England's navy, England pledged to protect Portugal and its scattered empire from any attack. The previously cited 17th-century alliance treaties were renewed later in the Treaty of Windsor, signed in London in 1899. On at least 10 different occasions after 1640, and during the next two centuries, England was central in helping prevent or repel foreign invasions of its ally, Portugal.Portugal's second empire (1640-1822) was largely Brazil-oriented. Portuguese colonization, exploitation of wealth, and emigration focused on Portuguese America, and imperial revenues came chiefly from Brazil. Between 1670 and 1740, Portugal's royalty and nobility grew wealthier on funds derived from Brazilian gold, diamonds, sugar, tobacco, and other crops, an enterprise supported by the Atlantic slave trade and the supply of African slave labor from West Africa and Angola. Visitors today can see where much of that wealth was invested: Portugal's rich legacy of monumental architecture. Meanwhile, the African slave trade took a toll in Angola and West Africa.In continental Portugal, absolutist monarchy dominated politics and government, and there was a struggle for position and power between the monarchy and other institutions, such as the Church and nobility. King José I's chief minister, usually known in history as the marquis of Pombal (ruled 1750-77), sharply suppressed the nobility and theChurch (including the Inquisition, now a weak institution) and expelled the Jesuits. Pombal also made an effort to reduce economic dependence on England, Portugal's oldest ally. But his successes did not last much beyond his disputed time in office.Beginning in the late 18th century, the European-wide impact of the French Revolution and the rise of Napoleon placed Portugal in a vulnerable position. With the monarchy ineffectively led by an insane queen (Maria I) and her indecisive regent son (João VI), Portugal again became the focus of foreign ambition and aggression. With England unable to provide decisive assistance in time, France—with Spain's consent—invaded Portugal in 1807. As Napoleon's army under General Junot entered Lisbon meeting no resistance, Portugal's royal family fled on a British fleet to Brazil, where it remained in exile until 1821. In the meantime, Portugal's overseas empire was again under threat. There was a power vacuum as the monarch was absent, foreign armies were present, and new political notions of liberalism and constitutional monarchy were exciting various groups of citizens.Again England came to the rescue, this time in the form of the armies of the duke of Wellington. Three successive French invasions of Portugal were defeated and expelled, and Wellington succeeded in carrying the war against Napoleon across the Portuguese frontier into Spain. The presence of the English army, the new French-born liberal ideas, and the political vacuum combined to create revolutionary conditions. The French invasions and the peninsular wars, where Portuguese armed forces played a key role, marked the beginning of a new era in politics.Liberalism and Constitutional Monarchy, 1822-1910During 1807-22, foreign invasions, war, and civil strife over conflicting political ideas gravely damaged Portugal's commerce, economy, and novice industry. The next terrible blow was the loss of Brazil in 1822, the jewel in the imperial crown. Portugal's very independence seemed to be at risk. In vain, Portugal sought to resist Brazilian independence by force, but in 1825 it formally acknowledged Brazilian independence by treaty.Portugal's slow recovery from the destructive French invasions and the "war of independence" was complicated by civil strife over the form of constitutional monarchy that best suited Portugal. After struggles over these issues between 1820 and 1834, Portugal settled somewhat uncertainly into a moderate constitutional monarchy whose constitution (Charter of 1826) lent it strong political powers to exert a moderating influence between the executive and legislative branches of the government. It also featured a new upper middle class based on land ownership and commerce; a Catholic Church that, although still important, lived with reduced privileges and property; a largely African (third) empire to which Lisbon and Oporto devoted increasing spiritual and material resources, starting with the liberal imperial plans of 1836 and 1851, and continuing with the work of institutions like the Lisbon Society of Geography (established 1875); and a mass of rural peasants whose bonds to the land weakened after 1850 and who began to immigrate in increasing numbers to Brazil and North America.Chronic military intervention in national politics began in 19th-century Portugal. Such intervention, usually commencing with coups or pronunciamentos (military revolts), was a shortcut to the spoils of political office and could reflect popular discontent as well as the power of personalities. An early example of this was the 1817 golpe (coup) attempt of General Gomes Freire against British military rule in Portugal before the return of King João VI from Brazil. Except for a more stable period from 1851 to 1880, military intervention in politics, or the threat thereof, became a feature of the constitutional monarchy's political life, and it continued into the First Republic and the subsequent Estado Novo.Beginning with the Regeneration period (1851-80), Portugal experienced greater political stability and economic progress. Military intervention in politics virtually ceased; industrialization and construction of railroads, roads, and bridges proceeded; two political parties (Regenerators and Historicals) worked out a system of rotation in power; and leading intellectuals sparked a cultural revival in several fields. In 19th-century literature, there was a new golden age led by such figures as Alexandre Herculano (historian), Eça de Queirós (novelist), Almeida Garrett (playwright and essayist), Antero de Quental (poet), and Joaquim Oliveira Martins (historian and social scientist). In its third overseas empire, Portugal attempted to replace the slave trade and slavery with legitimate economic activities; to reform the administration; and to expand Portuguese holdings beyond coastal footholds deep into the African hinterlands in West, West Central, and East Africa. After 1841, to some extent, and especially after 1870, colonial affairs, combined with intense nationalism, pressures for economic profit in Africa, sentiment for national revival, and the drift of European affairs would make or break Lisbon governments.Beginning with the political crisis that arose out of the "English Ultimatum" affair of January 1890, the monarchy became discredtted and identified with the poorly functioning government, political parties splintered, and republicanism found more supporters. Portugal participated in the "Scramble for Africa," expanding its African holdings, but failed to annex territory connecting Angola and Mozambique. A growing foreign debt and state bankruptcy as of the early 1890s damaged the constitutional monarchy's reputation, despite the efforts of King Carlos in diplomacy, the renewal of the alliance in the Windsor Treaty of 1899, and the successful if bloody colonial wars in the empire (1880-97). Republicanism proclaimed that Portugal's weak economy and poor society were due to two historic institutions: the monarchy and the Catholic Church. A republic, its stalwarts claimed, would bring greater individual liberty; efficient, if more decentralized government; and a stronger colonial program while stripping the Church of its role in both society and education.As the monarchy lost support and republicans became more aggressive, violence increased in politics. King Carlos I and his heir Luís were murdered in Lisbon by anarchist-republicans on 1 February 1908. Following a military and civil insurrection and fighting between monarchist and republican forces, on 5 October 1910, King Manuel II fled Portugal and a republic was proclaimed.First Parliamentary Republic, 1910-26Portugal's first attempt at republican government was the most unstable, turbulent parliamentary republic in the history of 20th-century Western Europe. During a little under 16 years of the republic, there were 45 governments, a number of legislatures that did not complete normal terms, military coups, and only one president who completed his four-year term in office. Portuguese society was poorly prepared for this political experiment. Among the deadly legacies of the monarchy were a huge public debt; a largely rural, apolitical, and illiterate peasant population; conflict over the causes of the country's misfortunes; and lack of experience with a pluralist, democratic system.The republic had some talented leadership but lacked popular, institutional, and economic support. The 1911 republican constitution established only a limited democracy, as only a small portion of the adult male citizenry was eligible to vote. In a country where the majority was Catholic, the republic passed harshly anticlerical laws, and its institutions and supporters persecuted both the Church and its adherents. During its brief disjointed life, the First Republic drafted important reform plans in economic, social, and educational affairs; actively promoted development in the empire; and pursued a liberal, generous foreign policy. Following British requests for Portugal's assistance in World War I, Portugal entered the war on the Allied side in March 1916 and sent armies to Flanders and Portuguese Africa. Portugal's intervention in that conflict, however, was too costly in many respects, and the ultimate failure of the republic in part may be ascribed to Portugal's World War I activities.Unfortunately for the republic, its time coincided with new threats to Portugal's African possessions: World War I, social and political demands from various classes that could not be reconciled, excessive military intervention in politics, and, in particular, the worst economic and financial crisis Portugal had experienced since the 16th and 17th centuries. After the original Portuguese Republican Party (PRP, also known as the "Democrats") splintered into three warring groups in 1912, no true multiparty system emerged. The Democrats, except for only one or two elections, held an iron monopoly of electoral power, and political corruption became a major issue. As extreme right-wing dictatorships elsewhere in Europe began to take power in Italy (1922), neighboring Spain (1923), and Greece (1925), what scant popular support remained for the republic collapsed. Backed by a right-wing coalition of landowners from Alentejo, clergy, Coimbra University faculty and students, Catholic organizations, and big business, career military officers led by General Gomes da Costa executed a coup on 28 May 1926, turned out the last republican government, and established a military government.The Estado Novo (New State), 1926-74During the military phase (1926-32) of the Estado Novo, professional military officers, largely from the army, governed and administered Portugal and held key cabinet posts, but soon discovered that the military possessed no magic formula that could readily solve the problems inherited from the First Republic. Especially during the years 1926-31, the military dictatorship, even with its political repression of republican activities and institutions (military censorship of the press, political police action, and closure of the republic's rowdy parliament), was characterized by similar weaknesses: personalism and factionalism; military coups and political instability, including civil strife and loss of life; state debt and bankruptcy; and a weak economy. "Barracks parliamentarism" was not an acceptable alternative even to the "Nightmare Republic."Led by General Óscar Carmona, who had replaced and sent into exile General Gomes da Costa, the military dictatorship turned to a civilian expert in finance and economics to break the budget impasse and bring coherence to the disorganized system. Appointed minister of finance on 27 April 1928, the Coimbra University Law School professor of economics Antônio de Oliveira Salazar (1889-1970) first reformed finance, helped balance the budget, and then turned to other concerns as he garnered extraordinary governing powers. In 1930, he was appointed interim head of another key ministry (Colonies) and within a few years had become, in effect, a civilian dictator who, with the military hierarchy's support, provided the government with coherence, a program, and a set of policies.For nearly 40 years after he was appointed the first civilian prime minister in 1932, Salazar's personality dominated the government. Unlike extreme right-wing dictators elsewhere in Europe, Salazar was directly appointed by the army but was never endorsed by a popular political party, street militia, or voter base. The scholarly, reclusive former Coimbra University professor built up what became known after 1932 as the Estado Novo ("New State"), which at the time of its overthrow by another military coup in 1974, was the longest surviving authoritarian regime in Western Europe. The system of Salazar and the largely academic and technocratic ruling group he gathered in his cabinets was based on the central bureaucracy of the state, which was supported by the president of the republic—always a senior career military officer, General Óscar Carmona (1928-51), General Craveiro Lopes (1951-58), and Admiral Américo Tómaz (1958-74)—and the complicity of various institutions. These included a rubber-stamp legislature called the National Assembly (1935-74) and a political police known under various names: PVDE (1932-45), PIDE (1945-69),and DGS (1969-74). Other defenders of the Estado Novo security were paramilitary organizations such as the National Republican Guard (GNR); the Portuguese Legion (PL); and the Portuguese Youth [Movement]. In addition to censorship of the media, theater, and books, there was political repression and a deliberate policy of depoliticization. All political parties except for the approved movement of regime loyalists, the União Nacional or (National Union), were banned.The most vigorous and more popular period of the New State was 1932-44, when the basic structures were established. Never monolithic or entirely the work of one person (Salazar), the New State was constructed with the assistance of several dozen top associates who were mainly academics from law schools, some technocrats with specialized skills, and a handful of trusted career military officers. The 1933 Constitution declared Portugal to be a "unitary, corporative Republic," and pressures to restore the monarchy were resisted. Although some of the regime's followers were fascists and pseudofascists, many more were conservative Catholics, integralists, nationalists, and monarchists of different varieties, and even some reactionary republicans. If the New State was authoritarian, it was not totalitarian and, unlike fascism in Benito Mussolini's Italy or Adolf Hitler's Germany, it usually employed the minimum of violence necessary to defeat what remained a largely fractious, incoherent opposition.With the tumultuous Second Republic and the subsequent civil war in nearby Spain, the regime felt threatened and reinforced its defenses. During what Salazar rightly perceived as a time of foreign policy crisis for Portugal (1936-45), he assumed control of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From there, he pursued four basic foreign policy objectives: supporting the Nationalist rebels of General Francisco Franco in the Spanish Civil War (1936-39) and concluding defense treaties with a triumphant Franco; ensuring that General Franco in an exhausted Spain did not enter World War II on the Axis side; maintaining Portuguese neutrality in World War II with a post-1942 tilt toward the Allies, including granting Britain and the United States use of bases in the Azores Islands; and preserving and protecting Portugal's Atlantic Islands and its extensive, if poor, overseas empire in Africa and Asia.During the middle years of the New State (1944-58), many key Salazar associates in government either died or resigned, and there was greater social unrest in the form of unprecedented strikes and clandestine Communist activities, intensified opposition, and new threatening international pressures on Portugal's overseas empire. During the earlier phase of the Cold War (1947-60), Portugal became a steadfast, if weak, member of the US-dominated North Atlantic Treaty Organization alliance and, in 1955, with American support, Portugal joined the United Nations (UN). Colonial affairs remained a central concern of the regime. As of 1939, Portugal was the third largest colonial power in the world and possessed territories in tropical Africa (Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, and São Tomé and Príncipe Islands) and the remnants of its 16th-century empire in Asia (Goa, Damão, Diu, East Timor, and Macau). Beginning in the early 1950s, following the independence of India in 1947, Portugal resisted Indian pressures to decolonize Portuguese India and used police forces to discourage internal opposition in its Asian and African colonies.The later years of the New State (1958-68) witnessed the aging of the increasingly isolated but feared Salazar and new threats both at home and overseas. Although the regime easily overcame the brief oppositionist threat from rival presidential candidate General Humberto Delgado in the spring of 1958, new developments in the African and Asian empires imperiled the authoritarian system. In February 1961, oppositionists hijacked the Portuguese ocean liner Santa Maria and, in following weeks, African insurgents in northern Angola, although they failed to expel the Portuguese, gained worldwide media attention, discredited the New State, and began the 13-year colonial war. After thwarting a dissident military coup against his continued leadership, Salazar and his ruling group mobilized military repression in Angola and attempted to develop the African colonies at a faster pace in order to ensure Portuguese control. Meanwhile, the other European colonial powers (Britain, France, Belgium, and Spain) rapidly granted political independence to their African territories.At the time of Salazar's removal from power in September 1968, following a stroke, Portugal's efforts to maintain control over its colonies appeared to be successful. President Americo Tomás appointed Dr. Marcello Caetano as Salazar's successor as prime minister. While maintaining the New State's basic structures, and continuing the regime's essential colonial policy, Caetano attempted wider reforms in colonial administration and some devolution of power from Lisbon, as well as more freedom of expression in Lisbon. Still, a great deal of the budget was devoted to supporting the wars against the insurgencies in Africa. Meanwhile in Asia, Portuguese India had fallen when the Indian army invaded in December 1961. The loss of Goa was a psychological blow to the leadership of the New State, and of the Asian empire only East Timor and Macau remained.The Caetano years (1968-74) were but a hiatus between the waning Salazar era and a new regime. There was greater political freedom and rapid economic growth (5-6 percent annually to late 1973), but Caetano's government was unable to reform the old system thoroughly and refused to consider new methods either at home or in the empire. In the end, regime change came from junior officers of the professional military who organized the Armed Forces Movement (MFA) against the Caetano government. It was this group of several hundred officers, mainly in the army and navy, which engineered a largely bloodless coup in Lisbon on 25 April 1974. Their unexpected action brought down the 48-year-old New State and made possible the eventual establishment and consolidation of democratic governance in Portugal, as well as a reorientation of the country away from the Atlantic toward Europe.Revolution of Carnations, 1974-76Following successful military operations of the Armed Forces Movement against the Caetano government, Portugal experienced what became known as the "Revolution of Carnations." It so happened that during the rainy week of the military golpe, Lisbon flower shops were featuring carnations, and the revolutionaries and their supporters adopted the red carnation as the common symbol of the event, as well as of the new freedom from dictatorship. The MFA, whose leaders at first were mostly little-known majors and captains, proclaimed a three-fold program of change for the new Portugal: democracy; decolonization of the overseas empire, after ending the colonial wars; and developing a backward economy in the spirit of opportunity and equality. During the first 24 months after the coup, there was civil strife, some anarchy, and a power struggle. With the passing of the Estado Novo, public euphoria burst forth as the new provisional military government proclaimed the freedoms of speech, press, and assembly, and abolished censorship, the political police, the Portuguese Legion, Portuguese Youth, and other New State organizations, including the National Union. Scores of political parties were born and joined the senior political party, the Portuguese Community Party (PCP), and the Socialist Party (PS), founded shortly before the coup.Portugal's Revolution of Carnations went through several phases. There was an attempt to take control by radical leftists, including the PCP and its allies. This was thwarted by moderate officers in the army, as well as by the efforts of two political parties: the PS and the Social Democrats (PPD, later PSD). The first phase was from April to September 1974. Provisional president General Antonio Spínola, whose 1974 book Portugal and the Future had helped prepare public opinion for the coup, met irresistible leftist pressures. After Spinola's efforts to avoid rapid decolonization of the African empire failed, he resigned in September 1974. During the second phase, from September 1974 to March 1975, radical military officers gained control, but a coup attempt by General Spínola and his supporters in Lisbon in March 1975 failed and Spínola fled to Spain.In the third phase of the Revolution, March-November 1975, a strong leftist reaction followed. Farm workers occupied and "nationalized" 1.1 million hectares of farmland in the Alentejo province, and radical military officers in the provisional government ordered the nationalization of Portuguese banks (foreign banks were exempted), utilities, and major industries, or about 60 percent of the economic system. There were power struggles among various political parties — a total of 50 emerged—and in the streets there was civil strife among labor, military, and law enforcement groups. A constituent assembly, elected on 25 April 1975, in Portugal's first free elections since 1926, drafted a democratic constitution. The Council of the Revolution (CR), briefly a revolutionary military watchdog committee, was entrenched as part of the government under the constitution, until a later revision. During the chaotic year of 1975, about 30 persons were killed in political frays while unstable provisional governments came and went. On 25 November 1975, moderate military forces led by Colonel Ramalho Eanes, who later was twice elected president of the republic (1976 and 1981), defeated radical, leftist military groups' revolutionary conspiracies.In the meantime, Portugal's scattered overseas empire experienced a precipitous and unprepared decolonization. One by one, the former colonies were granted and accepted independence—Guinea-Bissau (September 1974), Cape Verde Islands (July 1975), and Mozambique (July 1975). Portugal offered to turn over Macau to the People's Republic of China, but the offer was refused then and later negotiations led to the establishment of a formal decolonization or hand-over date of 1999. But in two former colonies, the process of decolonization had tragic results.In Angola, decolonization negotiations were greatly complicated by the fact that there were three rival nationalist movements in a struggle for power. The January 1975 Alvor Agreement signed by Portugal and these three parties was not effectively implemented. A bloody civil war broke out in Angola in the spring of 1975 and, when Portuguese armed forces withdrew and declared that Angola was independent on 11 November 1975, the bloodshed only increased. Meanwhile, most of the white Portuguese settlers from Angola and Mozambique fled during the course of 1975. Together with African refugees, more than 600,000 of these retornados ("returned ones") went by ship and air to Portugal and thousands more to Namibia, South Africa, Brazil, Canada, and the United States.The second major decolonization disaster was in Portugal's colony of East Timor in the Indonesian archipelago. Portugal's capacity to supervise and control a peaceful transition to independence in this isolated, neglected colony was limited by the strength of giant Indonesia, distance from Lisbon, and Portugal's revolutionary disorder and inability to defend Timor. In early December 1975, before Portugal granted formal independence and as one party, FRETILIN, unilaterally declared East Timor's independence, Indonesia's armed forces invaded, conquered, and annexed East Timor. Indonesian occupation encountered East Timorese resistance, and a heavy loss of life followed. The East Timor question remained a contentious international issue in the UN, as well as in Lisbon and Jakarta, for more than 20 years following Indonesia's invasion and annexation of the former colony of Portugal. Major changes occurred, beginning in 1998, after Indonesia underwent a political revolution and allowed a referendum in East Timor to decide that territory's political future in August 1999. Most East Timorese chose independence, but Indonesian forces resisted that verdict untilUN intervention in September 1999. Following UN rule for several years, East Timor attained full independence on 20 May 2002.Consolidation of Democracy, 1976-2000After several free elections and record voter turnouts between 25 April 1975 and June 1976, civil war was averted and Portugal's second democratic republic began to stabilize. The MFA was dissolved, the military were returned to the barracks, and increasingly elected civilians took over the government of the country. The 1976 Constitution was revised several times beginning in 1982 and 1989, in order to reempha-size the principle of free enterprise in the economy while much of the large, nationalized sector was privatized. In June 1976, General Ram-alho Eanes was elected the first constitutional president of the republic (five-year term), and he appointed socialist leader Dr. Mário Soares as prime minister of the first constitutional government.From 1976 to 1985, Portugal's new system featured a weak economy and finances, labor unrest, and administrative and political instability. The difficult consolidation of democratic governance was eased in part by the strong currency and gold reserves inherited from the Estado Novo, but Lisbon seemed unable to cope with high unemployment, new debt, the complex impact of the refugees from Africa, world recession, and the agitation of political parties. Four major parties emerged from the maelstrom of 1974-75, except for the Communist Party, all newly founded. They were, from left to right, the Communists (PCP); the Socialists (PS), who managed to dominate governments and the legislature but not win a majority in the Assembly of the Republic; the Social Democrats (PSD); and the Christian Democrats (CDS). During this period, the annual growth rate was low (l-2 percent), and the nationalized sector of the economy stagnated.Enhanced economic growth, greater political stability, and more effective central government as of 1985, and especially 1987, were due to several developments. In 1977, Portugal applied for membership in the European Economic Community (EEC), now the European Union (EU) since 1993. In January 1986, with Spain, Portugal was granted membership, and economic and financial progress in the intervening years has been significantly influenced by the comparatively large investment, loans, technology, advice, and other assistance from the EEC. Low unemployment, high annual growth rates (5 percent), and moderate inflation have also been induced by the new political and administrative stability in Lisbon. Led by Prime Minister Cavaco Silva, an economist who was trained abroad, the PSD's strong organization, management, and electoral support since 1985 have assisted in encouraging economic recovery and development. In 1985, the PSD turned the PS out of office and won the general election, although they did not have an absolute majority of assembly seats. In 1986, Mário Soares was elected president of the republic, the first civilian to hold that office since the First Republic. In the elections of 1987 and 1991, however, the PSD was returned to power with clear majorities of over 50 percent of the vote.Although the PSD received 50.4 percent of the vote in the 1991 parliamentary elections and held a 42-seat majority in the Assembly of the Republic, the party began to lose public support following media revelations regarding corruption and complaints about Prime Minister Cavaco Silva's perceived arrogant leadership style. President Mário Soares voiced criticism of the PSD's seemingly untouchable majority and described a "tyranny of the majority." Economic growth slowed down. In the parliamentary elections of 1995 and the presidential election of 1996, the PSD's dominance ended for the time being. Prime Minister Antônio Guterres came to office when the PS won the October 1995 elections, and in the subsequent presidential contest, in January 1996, socialist Jorge Sampaio, the former mayor of Lisbon, was elected president of the republic, thus defeating Cavaco Silva's bid. Young and popular, Guterres moved the PS toward the center of the political spectrum. Under Guterres, the PS won the October 1999 parliamentary elections. The PS defeated the PSD but did not manage to win a clear, working majority of seats, and this made the PS dependent upon alliances with smaller parties, including the PCP.In the local elections in December 2001, the PSD's criticism of PS's heavy public spending allowed the PSD to take control of the key cities of Lisbon, Oporto, and Coimbra. Guterres resigned, and parliamentary elections were brought forward from 2004 to March 2002. The PSD won a narrow victory with 40 percent of the votes, and Jose Durão Barroso became prime minister. Having failed to win a majority of the seats in parliament forced the PSD to govern in coalition with the right-wing Popular Party (PP) led by Paulo Portas. Durão Barroso set about reducing government spending by cutting the budgets of local authorities, freezing civil service hiring, and reviving the economy by accelerating privatization of state-owned enterprises. These measures provoked a 24-hour strike by public-sector workers. Durão Barroso reacted with vows to press ahead with budget-cutting measures and imposed a wage freeze on all employees earning more than €1,000, which affected more than one-half of Portugal's work force.In June 2004, Durão Barroso was invited by Romano Prodi to succeed him as president of the European Commission. Durão Barroso accepted and resigned the prime ministership in July. Pedro Santana Lopes, the leader of the PSD, became prime minister. Already unpopular at the time of Durão Barroso's resignation, the PSD-led government became increasingly unpopular under Santana Lopes. A month-long delay in the start of the school year and confusion over his plan to cut taxes and raise public-sector salaries, eroded confidence even more. By November, Santana Lopes's government was so unpopular that President Jorge Sampaio was obliged to dissolve parliament and hold new elections, two years ahead of schedule.Parliamentary elections were held on 20 February 2005. The PS, which had promised the electorate disciplined and transparent governance, educational reform, the alleviation of poverty, and a boost in employment, won 45 percent of the vote and the majority of the seats in parliament. The leader of the PS, José Sôcrates became prime minister on 12 March 2005. In the regularly scheduled presidential elections held on 6 January 2006, the former leader of the PSD and prime minister, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, won a narrow victory and became president on 9 March 2006. With a mass protest, public teachers' strike, and street demonstrations in March 2008, Portugal's media, educational, and social systems experienced more severe pressures. With the spreading global recession beginning in September 2008, Portugal's economic and financial systems became more troubled.Owing to its geographic location on the southwestern most edge of continental Europe, Portugal has been historically in but not of Europe. Almost from the beginning of its existence in the 12th century as an independent monarchy, Portugal turned its back on Europe and oriented itself toward the Atlantic Ocean. After carving out a Christian kingdom on the western portion of the Iberian peninsula, Portuguese kings gradually built and maintained a vast seaborne global empire that became central to the way Portugal understood its individuality as a nation-state. While the creation of this empire allows Portugal to claim an unusual number of "firsts" or distinctions in world and Western history, it also retarded Portugal's economic, social, and political development. It can be reasonably argued that the Revolution of 25 April 1974 was the most decisive event in Portugal's long history because it finally ended Portugal's oceanic mission and view of itself as an imperial power. After the 1974 Revolution, Portugal turned away from its global mission and vigorously reoriented itself toward Europe. Contemporary Portugal is now both in and of Europe.The turn toward Europe began immediately after 25 April 1974. Portugal granted independence to its African colonies in 1975. It was admitted to the European Council and took the first steps toward accession to the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1976. On 28 March 1977, the Portuguese government officially applied for EEC membership. Because of Portugal's economic and social backwardness, which would require vast sums of EEC money to overcome, negotiations for membership were long and difficult. Finally, a treaty of accession was signed on 12 June 1985. Portugal officially joined the EEC (the European Union [EU] since 1993) on 1 January 1986. Since becoming a full-fledged member of the EU, Portugal has been steadily overcoming the economic and social underdevelopment caused by its imperial past and is becoming more like the rest of Europe.Membership in the EU has speeded up the structural transformation of Portugal's economy, which actually began during the Estado Novo. Investments made by the Estado Novo in Portugal's economy began to shift employment out of the agricultural sector, which, in 1950, accounted for 50 percent of Portugal's economically active population. Today, only 10 percent of the economically active population is employed in the agricultural sector (the highest among EU member states); 30 percent in the industrial sector (also the highest among EU member states); and 60 percent in the service sector (the lowest among EU member states). The economically active population numbers about 5,000,000 employed, 56 percent of whom are women. Women workers are the majority of the workforce in the agricultural and service sectors (the highest among the EU member states). The expansion of the service sector has been primarily in health care and education. Portugal has had the lowest unemployment rates among EU member states, with the overall rate never being more than 10 percent of the active population. Since joining the EU, the number of employers increased from 2.6 percent to 5.8 percent of the active population; self-employed from 16 to 19 percent; and employees from 65 to 70 percent. Twenty-six percent of the employers are women. Unemployment tends to hit younger workers in industry and transportation, women employed in domestic service, workers on short-term contracts, and poorly educated workers. Salaried workers earn only 63 percent of the EU average, and hourly workers only one-third to one-half of that earned by their EU counterparts. Despite having had the second highest growth of gross national product (GNP) per inhabitant (after Ireland) among EU member states, the above data suggest that while much has been accomplished in terms of modernizing the Portuguese economy, much remains to be done to bring Portugal's economy up to the level of the "average" EU member state.Membership in the EU has also speeded up changes in Portuguese society. Over the last 30 years, coastalization and urbanization have intensified. Fully 50 percent of Portuguese live in the coastal urban conurbations of Lisbon, Oporto, Braga, Aveiro, Coimbra, Viseu, Évora, and Faro. The Portuguese population is one of the oldest among EU member states (17.3 percent are 65 years of age or older) thanks to a considerable increase in life expectancy at birth (77.87 years for the total population, 74.6 years for men, 81.36 years for women) and one of the lowest birthrates (10.59 births/1,000) in Europe. Family size averages 2.8 persons per household, with the strict nuclear family (one or two generations) in which both parents work being typical. Common law marriages, cohabitating couples, and single-parent households are more and more common. The divorce rate has also increased. "Youth Culture" has developed. The young have their own meeting places, leisure-time activities, and nightlife (bars, clubs, and discos).All Portuguese citizens, whether they have contributed or not, have a right to an old-age pension, invalidity benefits, widowed persons' pension, as well as payments for disabilities, children, unemployment, and large families. There is a national minimum wage (€385 per month), which is low by EU standards. The rapid aging of Portugal's population has changed the ratio of contributors to pensioners to 1.7, the lowest in the EU. This has created deficits in Portugal's social security fund.The adult literacy rate is about 92 percent. Illiteracy is still found among the elderly. Although universal compulsory education up to grade 9 was achieved in 1980, only 21.2 percent of the population aged 25-64 had undergone secondary education, compared to an EU average of 65.7 percent. Portugal's higher education system currently consists of 14 state universities and 14 private universities, 15 state polytechnic institutions, one Catholic university, and one military academy. All in all, Portugal spends a greater percentage of its state budget on education than most EU member states. Despite this high level of expenditure, the troubled Portuguese education system does not perform well. Early leaving and repetition rates are among the highest among EU member states.After the Revolution of 25 April 1974, Portugal created a National Health Service, which today consists of 221 hospitals and 512 medical centers employing 33,751 doctors and 41,799 nurses. Like its education system, Portugal's medical system is inefficient. There are long waiting lists for appointments with specialists and for surgical procedures.Structural changes in Portugal's economy and society mean that social life in Portugal is not too different from that in other EU member states. A mass consumption society has been created. Televisions, telephones, refrigerators, cars, music equipment, mobile phones, and personal computers are commonplace. Sixty percent of Portuguese households possess at least one automobile, and 65 percent of Portuguese own their own home. Portuguese citizens are more aware of their legal rights than ever before. This has resulted in a trebling of the number of legal proceeding since 1960 and an eight-fold increase in the number of lawyers. In general, Portuguese society has become more permissive and secular; the Catholic Church and the armed forces are much less influential than in the past. Portugal's population is also much more culturally, religiously, and ethnically diverse, a consequence of the coming to Portugal of hundreds of thousands of immigrants, mainly from former African colonies.Portuguese are becoming more cosmopolitan and sophisticated through the impact of world media, the Internet, and the World Wide Web. A prime case in point came in the summer and early fall of 1999, with the extraordinary events in East Timor and the massive Portuguese popular responses. An internationally monitored referendum in East Timor, Portugal's former colony in the Indonesian archipelago and under Indonesian occupation from late 1975 to summer 1999, resulted in a vote of 78.5 percent for rejecting integration with Indonesia and for independence. When Indonesian prointegration gangs, aided by the Indonesian military, responded to the referendum with widespread brutality and threatened to reverse the verdict of the referendum, there was a spontaneous popular outpouring of protest in the cities and towns of Portugal. An avalanche of Portuguese e-mail fell on leaders and groups in the UN and in certain countries around the world as Portugal's diplomats, perhaps to compensate for the weak initial response to Indonesian armed aggression in 1975, called for the protection of East Timor as an independent state and for UN intervention to thwart Indonesian action. Using global communications networks, the Portuguese were able to mobilize UN and world public opinion against Indonesian actions and aided the eventual independence of East Timor on 20 May 2002.From the Revolution of 25 April 1974 until the 1990s, Portugal had a large number of political parties, one of the largest Communist parties in western Europe, frequent elections, and endemic cabinet instability. Since the 1990s, the number of political parties has been dramatically reduced and cabinet stability increased. Gradually, the Portuguese electorate has concentrated around two larger parties, the right-of-center Social Democrats (PSD) and the left-of-center Socialist (PS). In the 1980s, these two parties together garnered 65 percent of the vote and 70 percent of the seats in parliament. In 2005, these percentages had risen to 74 percent and 85 percent, respectively. In effect, Portugal is currently a two-party dominant system in which the two largest parties — PS and PSD—alternate in and out of power, not unlike the rotation of the two main political parties (the Regenerators and the Historicals) during the last decades (1850s to 1880s) of the liberal constitutional monarchy. As Portugal's democracy has consolidated, turnout rates for the eligible electorate have declined. In the 1970s, turnout was 85 percent. In Portugal's most recent parliamentary election (2005), turnout had fallen to 65 percent of the eligible electorate.Portugal has benefited greatly from membership in the EU, and whatever doubts remain about the price paid for membership, no Portuguese government in the near future can afford to sever this connection. The vast majority of Portuguese citizens see membership in the EU as a "good thing" and strongly believe that Portugal has benefited from membership. Only the Communist Party opposed membership because it reduces national sovereignty, serves the interests of capitalists not workers, and suffers from a democratic deficit. Despite the high level of support for the EU, Portuguese voters are increasingly not voting in elections for the European Parliament, however. Turnout for European Parliament elections fell from 40 percent of the eligible electorate in the 1999 elections to 38 percent in the 2004 elections.In sum, Portugal's turn toward Europe has done much to overcome its backwardness. However, despite the economic, social, and political progress made since 1986, Portugal has a long way to go before it can claim to be on a par with the level found even in Spain, much less the rest of western Europe. As Portugal struggles to move from underde-velopment, especially in the rural areas away from the coast, it must keep in mind the perils of too rapid modern development, which could damage two of its most precious assets: its scenery and environment. The growth and future prosperity of the economy will depend on the degree to which the government and the private sector will remain stewards of clean air, soil, water, and other finite resources on which the tourism industry depends and on which Portugal's world image as a unique place to visit rests. Currently, Portugal is investing heavily in renewable energy from solar, wind, and wave power in order to account for about 50 percent of its electricity needs by 2010. Portugal opened the world's largest solar power plant and the world's first commercial wave power farm in 2006.An American documentary film on Portugal produced in the 1970s described this little country as having "a Past in Search of a Future." In the years after the Revolution of 25 April 1974, it could be said that Portugal is now living in "a Present in Search of a Future." Increasingly, that future lies in Europe as an active and productive member of the EU. -
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line [laɪn]ligne ⇒ 1 (a)-(c), 1 (e), 1 (j)-(o), 1 (r), 1 (v) trait ⇒ 1 (a) ride ⇒ 1 (a) rang ⇒ 1 (c) queue ⇒ 1 (c) mot ⇒ 1 (f) corde ⇒ 1 (g) tuyau ⇒ 1 (h) voie ⇒ 1 (i) frontière ⇒ 1 (p) branche ⇒ 1 (q) chaîne ⇒ 1 (s) lignée ⇒ 1 (t) border ⇒ 2 (a) régler ⇒ 2 (b) doubler ⇒ 2 (c) garnir ⇒ 2 (c), 2 (d)1 noun∎ to draw a line tracer ou tirer une ligne;∎ Sport to beat sb on the line (at the finishing line) coiffer qn au poteau;∎ to score 50 points above/below the line (in bridge) marquer 50 points d'honneur/de marche;∎ there are five lines to a stave une portée est constituée de cinq lignes;∎ his face was covered with lines son visage était plein de rides∎ light travels in a straight line la lumière se propage en ligne droite;∎ it's on a line between Houston and Dallas c'est sur la ligne qui va de Houston à Dallas;∎ the two grooves must be exactly in line les deux rainures doivent être parfaitement alignées;∎ I don't follow your line of thinking je ne suis pas ton raisonnement;∎ to be in the line of fire être dans la ligne de tir;∎ line of sight or of vision ligne f de visée;∎ let's try a different line of attack essayons une approche différente;∎ it's all in the line of duty cela fait partie de mes fonctions;∎ the problems I meet in the line of duty les problèmes auxquels je suis confronté dans l'exercice de mes fonctions;∎ to be killed in the line of duty (policeman) mourir dans l'exercice de ses fonctions; (soldier) mourir au champ d'honneur;∎ British to take the line of least resistance choisir la solution de facilité;∎ there's been a terrible mistake somewhere along the line il s'est produit une erreur grave quelque part;∎ I'll support them all along or right down the line je les soutiendrai jusqu'au bout ou sur toute la ligne;∎ the population is split along religious lines la population est divisée selon des critères religieux;∎ he reorganized the company along more rational lines il a réorganisé l'entreprise sur une base plus rationnelle;∎ we shall take action along the lines suggested nous agirons dans le sens de ce qui a été proposé;∎ another idea along the same lines une autre idée dans le même genre;∎ we seem to be thinking along the same lines il semble que nous voyions les choses de la même façon;∎ to be on the right lines être sur la bonne voie(c) (row → side by side) ligne f, rang m, rangée f; (→ one behind another) rang m, file f; American (queue) file f (d'attente), queue f;∎ a line of traffic une colonne de véhicules;∎ to fall or get into line, to form a line (people) se mettre en ligne; (children) se mettre en rang; (soldiers) former les rangs;∎ stand in line, children mettez-vous en rang, les enfants;∎ to step into line se mettre en rang;∎ a line of trees une rangée d'arbres;∎ we joined the line at the bus stop nous avons fait la queue à l'arrêt de bus;∎ they wanted to be first in line ils voulaient être les premiers dans la file d'attente;∎ figurative he's in line for promotion il est sur les rangs pour une promotion;∎ he's next in line for promotion la prochaine promotion sera pour lui;∎ he's first in line for the throne c'est l'héritier du trône;∎ to be on the line (job, reputation) être en jeu;∎ to put one's job/reputation on the line mettre son travail/sa réputation en jeu;∎ to lay one's reputation/life on the line (for sb/sth) mettre sa réputation/vie en jeu (pour qn/qch)∎ it's in/out of line with company policy c'est conforme/ce n'est pas conforme à la politique de la société;∎ it's more or less in line with what we'd expected cela correspond plus ou moins à nos prévisions;∎ to bring wages into line with inflation actualiser les salaires en fonction de l'inflation;∎ the rebels have been brought into line les rebelles ont été mis au pas;∎ to fall into line with government policy accepter la politique gouvernementale;∎ to step out of line s'écarter du droit chemin∎ new line (in dictation) à la ligne;∎ Computing a 20-line program un programme de 20 lignes;∎ School she gave me 100 lines elle m'a donné 100 lignes (à faire);∎ she quoted a line from Wordsworth elle a cité un vers de Wordsworth;∎ I only have two lines in the whole play! je n'ai que deux répliques dans toute la pièce!;∎ he forgot his lines il a oublié son texte;∎ he gave me the usual line about his wife not understanding him il m'a fait son numéro habituel comme quoi sa femme ne le comprend pas;∎ to drop sb a line envoyer un mot à qn∎ to hang the washing on the line mettre le linge à sécher, étendre le linge;∎ your clothes are out on the line tes vêtements sont sur la corde à linge∎ the train left the line le train a déraillé(j) (travel route) ligne f;∎ underground line ligne f de métro;∎ there's a new coach line to London il y a un nouveau service d'autocars pour Londres;∎ to keep the lines of communication open maintenir ouvertes les lignes de communication;∎ shipping line compagnie f de navigation(k) Electricity ligne f;∎ the power lines have been cut les lignes électriques ont été coupées;∎ the lines are still down after the gale les lignes n'ont pas été rétablies depuis la tempête;∎ the power station comes on line in June la centrale entre en service en juin(l) Telecommunications ligne f;∎ the line went dead la communication a été coupée;∎ I was on the line to Paris je téléphonais à Paris;∎ all the lines to London are busy toutes les lignes pour Londres sont occupées;∎ then a voice came on the other end of the line alors une voix a répondu à l'autre bout du fil;∎ I have Laura on the line j'ai Laura en ligne;∎ a direct line to Washington une ligne directe avec Washington;∎ hold the line ne quittez pas;∎ there's someone on the line il y a quelqu'un sur la ligne;∎ the line's very bad la communication est mauvaise;∎ she's on the other line elle est sur l'autre ligne;∎ Computing on line en ligne∎ the graceful line or lines of the new model la ligne harmonieuse du nouveau modèle;∎ can you explain the main or broad lines of the project to me? pouvez-vous m'expliquer les grandes lignes du projet?∎ they took a hard or tough line on terrorism ils ont adopté une politique de fermeté envers le terrorisme;∎ the opposition takes a harder line on this issue l'opposition a une politique plus dure sur cette question;∎ to follow or to toe the party line suivre la ligne du parti;∎ what line are you going to take? quel parti allez-vous prendre?;∎ we must take a firm line with such people il nous faut être ferme avec des gens comme ça∎ they struggled vainly to hold the line ils ont vainement tenté de maintenir leur position;∎ battle lines lignes fpl de bataille;∎ to infiltrate enemy lines infiltrer les lignes ennemies;∎ regiment/ship of the line régiment m/navire m de ligne(p) (boundary) frontière f, limite f;∎ the distant line of the horizon la ligne lointaine de l'horizon;∎ the (dividing) line between frankness and rudeness la limite entre la franchise et l'impolitesse;∎ to overstep the line dépasser la mesure;∎ the poverty line le seuil de pauvreté;∎ they crossed the state line into Nevada ils ont franchi la frontière du Nevada;∎ to cross the Line (equator) traverser l'équateur∎ she's in the same line (of work) as you elle travaille dans la même branche que toi;∎ what line (of business) are you in?, what's your line (of business)? qu'est-ce que vous faites dans la vie?;∎ if you need anything doing in the plumbing line si vous avez besoin de faire faire des travaux de plomberie;∎ that's not my line ce n'est pas mon rayon;∎ that's more in Katy's line c'est plus du domaine de Katy;∎ opera isn't really my line l'opéra n'est pas vraiment mon genre(r) (range → of products) ligne f;∎ a new line of office furniture une nouvelle ligne de meubles de bureau;∎ they produce or do an interesting line in chairs ils produisent une gamme intéressante de chaises;∎ familiar a rice pudding or something in that line un gâteau de riz ou quelque chose dans ce genre(-là)(s) (production line) chaîne f;∎ the new model will be coming off the line in May le nouveau modèle sortira de l'usine en mai(t) (lineage, ancestry) lignée f;∎ line of descent filiation f;∎ to be descended in (a) direct line from sb descendre en droite ligne de qn;∎ the Windsor line la lignée des Windsor;∎ the title is transmitted by the male line le titre se transmet par les hommes;∎ he comes from a long line of doctors il est issu d'une longue lignée de médecins∎ I'll try and get a line on what actually happened j'essaierai d'avoir des tuyaux sur ce qui s'est réellement passé;∎ the police have got a line on him la police sait des choses sur lui(a) (road, river) border;∎ the avenue is lined with trees l'avenue est bordée d'arbres;∎ crowds lined the streets la foule était ou s'était massée sur les trottoirs∎ lined with silk doublé de soie;∎ the tissue that lines the digestive tract la paroi interne de l'appareil digestif;∎ you need something to line your stomach il faut que tu avales quelque chose avant;∎ Cookery line the baking tin with pastry disposez la pâte dans le moule;∎ walls lined with books des murs tapissés de livres;∎ familiar to line one's (own) pockets s'en mettre plein les poches(d) Technology (bearing) garnir, recouvrir; (brakes) garnir; (wall, furnace) revêtir, incruster; (well) cuveler;∎ to line a shaft with metal blinder un puits;∎ the tubes are lined with plastic l'intérieur des tubes est revêtu d'une couche de plastique►► Marketing line addition ajout m à la ligne;Typography line block cliché m au trait;Computing line break saut m de ligne;line call (in tennis) décision f du juge de ligne;Computing line command ligne f de commande;Finance line of credit ligne f de crédit, ligne f de découvert;line dancing = danse de style country effectuée en rangs;Marketing line differentiation différenciation f de ligne;line drawing dessin m au trait;Sport line drive (in baseball) flèche f;Typography & Computing line end fin f de ligne;Typography & Computing line end hyphen tiret m de fin de ligne;line engraving gravure f au trait;Marketing line extension extension f de ligne;Computing line feed changement m de ligne;American line fence clôture f;Marketing line filling consolidation f de ligne;line fishing pêche f à la ligne;Typography line gauge typomètre m;Sport line judge juge m de ligne;Commerce line management organisation f hiérarchique;Commerce line manager chef m hiérarchique;line noise parasites mpl;line organization organisation f hiérarchique;Computing line printer imprimante f ligne à ligne;Computing line printout imprimé m ligne à ligne;Theatre line rehearsal lecture f collective;Telecommunications line rental abonnement m;Typography & Computing line space interligne m;∎ three line spaces un triple interligne;Typography & Computing line spacing interlignage m, espacement m de lignes;Marketing line stretching extension f de ligne;Typography & Computing line width longueur f de ligne➲ line up∎ he lined up the troops for inspection il fit aligner les hommes pour passer l'inspection(b) (bring into alignment) aligner;∎ the two grooves must be lined up exactly les deux rainures doivent être parfaitement alignées;∎ he had the pheasant lined up in his sights il avait le faisan dans sa ligne de mire∎ I've got a treat lined up for the kids j'ai préparé une surprise pour les gosses;∎ he's lined up an all-star cast for his new film la distribution de son nouveau film ne comprend que des stars;∎ have you got anyone lined up for the job? avez-vous quelqu'un en vue pour le poste?;∎ what have you got lined up for us? qu'est-ce que vous nous préparez?∎ figurative the Liberals lined up behind the government les libéraux ont apporté leur soutien au gouvernement -
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v.1 to fit (encajar) (piezas de motor).2 to adjust.Silvia ajustó el plan adecuadamente Silvia adjusted the plan adequately.Silvia ajustó las tuercas de la caldera Silvia adjusted the boiler nuts.3 to tighten.ajusta bien la tapa screw the lid on tight4 to arrange (pactar) (matrimonio).5 to fit properly, to be a good fit (venir justo).la ventana no ajusta bien the window won't close properly6 to control, to set.Mario ajustó la temperatura Mario controlled the temperature.7 to hire.* * *1 (adaptar) to adjust, regulate2 (apretar) to tighten3 (encajar) to fit, fit tight4 (acordar) to fix, agree on, set1 to fit1 (ceñirse) to fit2 (ponerse de acuerdo) to come to an agreement; (estar de acuerdo) to agree with, fit in with\ajustarse el cinturón to tighten one's belt* * *verb1) to adjust2) fit, tighten•* * *1. VT1) (Téc)a) [+ pieza, grifo] [colocando] to fit; [apretando] to tighten¿cómo se ajusta la baca al vehículo? — how does the roof rack fit onto the vehicle?
b) (=regular) [+ volumen, temperatura] to adjust, regulate; [+ asiento, retrovisor] to adjust; [+ cinturón] to tighten2) (=pactar) [+ acuerdo, trato] to reach; [+ boda] to arrange; [+ precio] to agree onya hemos ajustado el presupuesto con los albañiles — we have already agreed on the price with the builders
el precio ha quedado ajustado en 500 euros — the price has been fixed o set at 500 euros
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ajustar cuentas con algn — (lit) to settle accounts with sb; (fig) to settle one's scores with sb3) (=adaptar) to adjust (a to)4) euf (=reducir)este año hemos tenido que ajustar drásticamente el presupuesto — this year we have had to sharply reduce our budget
5) (Cos) [+ cintura, manga] to take in6) (Tip) to compose7) † [+ criado] to hire, engage2. VI1) (=encajar) to fitrellena con masilla los empalmes que no ajusten — fill the joints that don't fit together with putty
2) Ven (=agudizarse) to get worsepor el camino ajustó el aguacero — on the way, there was a sudden downpour
3.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo1)a) ( apretar) to tighten (up)b) ( regular) to adjustc) <retrovisor/asiento/cinturón de seguridad> to adjust2) ( en costura) to take in3)a) <gastos/horarios>b) <sueldo/jubilación> to adjust4) <precio/alquiler/sueldo> to fix, set5) < cuentas> ( sacar el resultado de) to balance; ( saldar) to settle2.ajustar vi to fit3.ajustarse v pron1) (refl) < cinturón de seguridad> to adjust2) piezas to fit3) (ceñirse, atenerse)ajustarse a algo: su declaración no se ajusta a la verdad his statement is not strictly true; deberá ajustarse a estas condiciones it will have to comply with these conditions; una sentencia que no se ajusta a derecho — a legally flawed verdict
* * *= adjust, calibrate, twiddle, scale, tweak, fine tune [fine-tune], muck around/about, align.Ex. The brightness can be adjusted by turning the two knobs at the lower right of the screen.Ex. The maps are calibrated to show fine distinctions within Geauga = Se calibran los mapas para mostrar pequeñas distinciones dentro de la región de Geauga.Ex. Meek took her glasses off and twiddled them as her supervisor related the following incident.Ex. To produce a statewide estimate, this framework would need to be scaled to accommodate all public libraries in a particular state.Ex. This book offers strategies for high school teachers that provide tools for creating, repairing, and tweaking all the discernible components of teaching.Ex. These statistics have been used to fine tune the system and improve response time = Se han usado estos resultados estadísticos para ajustar el funcionamiento del sistema y mejorar el tiempo de respuesta.Ex. I have looked at the book and mucked around with the database and using switches but can't see a solution.Ex. Entry words may be aligned in a centre column or in a left hand column.----* ajustar Algo a = bring + Nombre + into compliance with.* ajustar cuentas = settle + a score, settle + things, get + even.* ajustar la exposición = adjust + exposure.* ajustarse = suit, fit + snugly, suit + best.* ajustarse a = conform to, befit, align.* ajustarse a exigencias = suit + demands.* ajustarse el cinturón = tighten + Posesivo + belt, gird (up) + Posesivo + loins.* desajustar = throw out of + alignment.* que no ajusta bien = ill-fitting.* sin ajustar = unadjusted, loosely hanging, baggy [baggier -comp., baggiest -sup.], saggy [saggier -comp., saggiest -sup.].* * *1.verbo transitivo1)a) ( apretar) to tighten (up)b) ( regular) to adjustc) <retrovisor/asiento/cinturón de seguridad> to adjust2) ( en costura) to take in3)a) <gastos/horarios>b) <sueldo/jubilación> to adjust4) <precio/alquiler/sueldo> to fix, set5) < cuentas> ( sacar el resultado de) to balance; ( saldar) to settle2.ajustar vi to fit3.ajustarse v pron1) (refl) < cinturón de seguridad> to adjust2) piezas to fit3) (ceñirse, atenerse)ajustarse a algo: su declaración no se ajusta a la verdad his statement is not strictly true; deberá ajustarse a estas condiciones it will have to comply with these conditions; una sentencia que no se ajusta a derecho — a legally flawed verdict
* * *= adjust, calibrate, twiddle, scale, tweak, fine tune [fine-tune], muck around/about, align.Ex: The brightness can be adjusted by turning the two knobs at the lower right of the screen.
Ex: The maps are calibrated to show fine distinctions within Geauga = Se calibran los mapas para mostrar pequeñas distinciones dentro de la región de Geauga.Ex: Meek took her glasses off and twiddled them as her supervisor related the following incident.Ex: To produce a statewide estimate, this framework would need to be scaled to accommodate all public libraries in a particular state.Ex: This book offers strategies for high school teachers that provide tools for creating, repairing, and tweaking all the discernible components of teaching.Ex: These statistics have been used to fine tune the system and improve response time = Se han usado estos resultados estadísticos para ajustar el funcionamiento del sistema y mejorar el tiempo de respuesta.Ex: I have looked at the book and mucked around with the database and using switches but can't see a solution.Ex: Entry words may be aligned in a centre column or in a left hand column.* ajustar Algo a = bring + Nombre + into compliance with.* ajustar cuentas = settle + a score, settle + things, get + even.* ajustar la exposición = adjust + exposure.* ajustarse = suit, fit + snugly, suit + best.* ajustarse a = conform to, befit, align.* ajustarse a exigencias = suit + demands.* ajustarse el cinturón = tighten + Posesivo + belt, gird (up) + Posesivo + loins.* desajustar = throw out of + alignment.* que no ajusta bien = ill-fitting.* sin ajustar = unadjusted, loosely hanging, baggy [baggier -comp., baggiest -sup.], saggy [saggier -comp., saggiest -sup.].* * *ajustar [A1 ]vtA1 (apretar) ‹tornillo/freno› to tighten (up)2 (regular) ‹tornillo/dispositivo› to adjustajustar la entrada de agua to regulate the flow of water3 ‹retrovisor/asiento/cinturón› to adjust4 (encajar) ‹piezas› to fit5 ‹página› to make upB (en costura) to take inC1 ‹gastos/horarios› ajustar algo A algo to adapt sth TO sthtenemos que ajustar los gastos a los ingresos we have to tailor our expenditure to our income2 ‹sueldo/jubilación› to adjustles ajustan el sueldo con la inflación their wages are adjusted in line with inflationD (acordar) ‹precio/alquiler/sueldo› to fix, setajustaron el precio en 120 euros the price was fixed o set at 120 euros, they agreed on a price of 120 eurostodavía falta ajustar el alquiler we still have to reach an agreement on o agree on o fix o set the rentE ‹cuentas›1 (sacar el resultado de) to balance■ ajustarvito fitA ( refl) ‹cinturón› to adjustB (encajarse, alinearse) «piezas» to fitC (a una condición, un horario) ajustarse A algo:una distribución jerárquica que no se ajusta a las necesidades reales a hierarchical structure that does not meet real needsesta decisión no se ajusta a su política de apertura this decision is out of line with o not in keeping with their policy of opennesstenemos que ajustarnos al horario we must keep to o work within the timetableajustémonos al tema let's keep to the subjectsu declaración no se ajusta a la verdad his statement is not strictly truesiempre tengo que ajustarme a sus caprichos I always have to go along with his whimsdeberá ajustarse a las condiciones aquí descritas it will have to comply with the conditions laid down hereuna sentencia que no se ajusta a derecho a verdict which is legally flawed o which is wrong in law* * *
ajustar ( conjugate ajustar) verbo transitivo
1
2 ( en costura) to take in
3a) ‹gastos/horarios› ajustar algo a algo to adapt sth to sth
4 ( concertar) to fix, set
5 ‹ cuentas› ( sacar el resultado de) to balance;
( saldar) to settle
verbo intransitivo
to fit
ajustarse verbo pronominal
1 ( refl) ‹ cinturón de seguridad› to adjust
2 [ piezas] to fit
ajustar verbo transitivo
1 to adjust
2 (apretar) to tighten
(encajar) to fit
3 Fin (cuenta) to settle
♦ Locuciones: figurado ¡ya te ajustaré las cuentas!, I'll get even with you!
' ajustar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
adaptar
- cuenta
- regular
- poner
English:
adjust
- fit
- score
- square
- work in
- bone
* * *♦ vt1. [encajar] [piezas de motor] to fit;[puerta, ventana] to push to2. [arreglar] to adjust;el técnico ajustó la antena the engineer adjusted the aerial3. [apretar] to tighten;ajusta bien la tapa screw the lid on tight4. [poner en posición] [retrovisor, asiento] to adjust5. [pactar] [matrimonio] to arrange;[pleito] to settle; [paz] to negotiate; [precio] to fix, to agree;hemos ajustado la casa en cinco millones we have agreed a price of five million for the house6. [adaptar] to alter;el sastre ajustó el vestido the tailor altered the dress;tendrás que ajustar tus necesidades a las nuestras you'll have to adapt your needs to fit in with ours;tenemos que ajustar los gastos a los ingresos we shouldn't spend more than we earn;ajustar las pensiones al índice de inflación to index-link pensions7. [asestar] to deal, to give8. Imprenta to make up9. [reconciliar] to reconcile10. [saldar] to settle;ajustar las cuentas a alguien to settle a score with sb;¡la próxima vez que te vea ajustaremos cuentas! you'll pay for this the next time I see you!♦ vi[venir justo] to fit properly, to be a good fit;la ventana no ajusta bien the window won't close properly* * *I v/t2 precio set;ajustar(le) las cuentas a alguien fig have a settling of accounts with s.o., settle accounts with s.o.II v/i fit* * *ajustar vt1) : to adjust, to adapt2) : to take in (clothing)3) : to settle, to resolve* * *ajustar vb1. (adaptar) to adjust2. (apretar) to tighten -
64 buscar
v.1 to look.2 to look for.estoy buscando trabajo I'm looking for workse fue a buscar fortuna a América he went to seek his fortune in AmericaMaría busca su bolso Mary looks for her purse.3 to look up.Busca esa palabra en el diccionario Look up that word in the dictionary.4 to search for (computing).El detective buscó incansablemente The detective searched tirelessly.5 to push, to try the patience of (informal) (provocar).buscar bronca/camorra to look for trouble6 to pick up.voy a buscar el periódico I'm going for the paper o to get the paperir a buscar a alguien to pick somebody uppasará a buscarnos a las nueve she'll pick us up at nine7 to seek to, to attempt to, to try to, to try how to.Ese plan busca destruirnos That plan seeks to destroy us.* * *1 (gen) to look for, search for■ la policía busca un hombre de unos treinta años the police are searching for a man of about thirty2 (en lista, índice etc) to look up3 (ir a coger) to go and get, fetch■ busca un médico, ¡rápido! fetch a doctor, quick!4 (recoger) to pick up■ iré a buscarte a la estación I'll pick you up at the station, I'll meet you at the station■ a la una voy a buscar a los chicos al colegio at one o'clock I go to pick the children up from school5 (intentar conseguir) to try to achieve1 (mirar) to look\buscársela familiar to be looking for troublebuscarse la vida familiar to try and earn one's living'Se busca...' "... wanted"* * *verb1) to look for, seek2) search* * *1. VT1) (=tratar de encontrar)a) [+ persona, objeto perdido, trabajo] to look forestuvieron buscando a los montañeros — they were searching for o looking for the mountaineers
llevo meses buscando trabajo — I've been job-hunting for months, I've been looking for a job for months
el ejército busca a un comando enemigo — the army is searching for o looking for an enemy commando unit
"se busca piso" — "flat wanted"
"chico busca chica" — "boy seeks girl"
b) [en diccionario, enciclopedia] to look upc) [con la vista] to try to spot, look forlo busqué entre el público pero no lo vi — I tried to spot him o looked for him in the crowd but I didn't see him
2) (=tratar de conseguir) [+ solución] to try to findno sé lo que buscas con esa actitud — I don't know what you're aiming to o trying to achieve with that attitude
con esta novela se busca la creación de un estilo diferente — this novel attempts to o aims to create a different style
solo buscaba su dinero — he was only out for o after her money
como tienen una niña ahora van buscando la parejita — as they've got a girl they're trying for a boy now
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buscar hacer algo — to seek to do sth, try to do sthsiempre buscaba hacerlo lo mejor posible — she always sought o tried to do the best possible thing
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ir a buscar algo/a algn, ha ido a buscar una servilleta — she's gone to fetch o get a napkinve a buscar a tu madre — go and fetch o get your mother
- buscarlavino buscando pelea — he was looking for trouble o a fight, he was spoiling for a fight *
3) (=recoger) to pick up, fetch¿vais a ir a buscarme a la estación? — are you going to pick me up o fetch me from the station?
vino a buscar sus plantas — she came to pick up o fetch her plants
4) (Inform) to search5) (=preguntar por) to ask for¿quién me busca? — who is asking for me?
2.VI to lookya puedes dejar de buscar, aquí tienes las llaves — you can stop looking, here are the keys
¿has buscado bien? — have you looked properly?
¡busca! — [al perro] fetch!
3.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo1) ( intentar encontrar)a) <persona/objeto> to look for; <fama/fortuna> to seek; <trabajo/apartamento/solución> to look for, try to findla policía lo está buscando — the police are looking for him, he's wanted by the police
b) (en libro, lista) to look up2)a) ( recoger) to collect, pick upvengo a buscar mis cosas — I've come to collect o pick up my things
b) ( conseguir y traer) to getfue a buscar un médico/un taxi — he went to get a doctor/a taxi
3)a) ( intentar conseguir)¿qué buscas con eso? — what are you trying to achieve by that?
buscar + inf — to try to + inf, set out to + inf
el libro busca destruir ese mito — the book sets out o tries o attempts to explode that myth
b) ( provocar) <bronca/camorra> to look for2.buscar vi to lookbusca en el cajón — look o have a look in the drawer
¿has buscado bien? — have you looked properly?
3.el que busca encuentra or busca y encontrarás — seek and ye shall find
buscarse v pron1) ( intentar encontrar) to look fordebería buscarse (a) alguien que le cuidara los niños — she should look for o find somebody to look after the children
2) < problemas>no quiero buscarme complicaciones/problemas — I don't want any trouble
tú te lo has buscado — you've brought it on yourself, it serves you right
buscársela(s) — (fam)
te la estás buscando — you're asking for trouble, you're asking for it (colloq)
* * *= chase, dig out, dig up, find, hunt, investigate, locate, look for, look out, look under, look up, probe for, prowl through, search (for), seek (after), seek out, trace, track, trawl, burrow through, woo, root out, look out for, go for, look (a)round, fish (for), track down, jockey for, search out, line up, check for, forage, perform + search.Ex. Also, in controlled indexing language data bases, there is often an assumption that a user will be prepared to chase strings of references or to consult a sometimes complex thesaurus.Ex. I would also have dug out information references to which readers can be directed who want to know more about the setting.Ex. The list of changed headings is almost literally endless if you have the patience to dig them all up.Ex. The command function ' FIND' is used to input a search term.Ex. Nonetheless, we would still not wish to hunt through the file in order to change all subdivisions of that heading.Ex. Kaiser also investigated the effect of grouping subheadings of a subject.Ex. This order suffices for a list whose purpose is to identify and locate documents, whose bibliographic details are already known.Ex. A user might start by looking for a map of London, when he really wants a map of Camden.Ex. Discovering these tales, looking out printed versions and comparing them with the oral tradition would have introduced us step by step into the rich lode of folklore.Ex. In a printed catalogue or index a user is constrained to look under the headings in the catalogue.Ex. If so, the call number of the document is looked up and displayed.Ex. No one complained about Duff to her, and she decided not to probe for discontents.Ex. A user searching for Smith's 'History as Argument' who was not sure under which subject it would be entered, would have to prowl through a huge number of cards in a card catalog to find the entry under SMITH.Ex. This access is achieved by organising the tools so that a user may search under a specific access point or heading or index term, for example, subject term, author, name, title, date.Ex. A popular book will always be sought after by public librarians.Ex. Her article urges librarians not to buy inferior biographies simply to fill gaps in their collections but to seek out the best of the genre.Ex. The author approach remains an important means of tracing a specific document.Ex. The index fields are used for tracking annual indexes.Ex. The Internet search engines, such as AltaVista and Excite, send out robots or Web crawlers to trawl the Internet and automatically index the files that they find.Ex. This article explains how to use gophers to burrow through the Internet.Ex. Rumour had it that he was being wooed by Technicomm, Inc.Ex. The article has the title ' Rooting out journals on the Net'.Ex. Panellists presented the criteria they adopted and features they looked out for when selecting a library automation system.Ex. In an exclusive conversation Gates reveals where he goes for information knowledge, insights and ideas.Ex. One has only to look around in bookshops to see how many paperbacks on show have film or TV links.Ex. The article 'Catfish ain't ugly' reviews the range of Web sites providing information about the catfish in the USA and places to go to fish for catfish.Ex. In stepping away from the genre's glamorous robberies and flashy lifestyle, this stealthy, potent movie tracks down the British gangster icon to its inevitable end.Ex. Librarians are not yet very successful in jockeying for position and power in the political world.Ex. On any one occasion there will always be children who do not want to borrow or buy, but they are still learning to live with books and how to search out the ones that interest them.Ex. The actress flaked out again and the director is trying to line up a replacement.Ex. This was important before computers were invented, when calculations were all done by hand, and also were done repeatedly to check for calculation errors.Ex. We both woke up bright and early to forage for food nearby, which was a breeze.Ex. When viewing a record, you can also display its references and perform citation searches directly from the reference display.----* buscando = in search of.* buscando como loco = in hot pursuit of.* buscar amparo = seek + shelter.* buscar apoyo = line up + support.* buscar a tientas = grope (for/toward).* buscar a través de los índices = browse.* buscar ayuda = seek + assistance, seek + help.* buscar cobijo = seek + shelter.* buscar con ahínco = look + hard.* buscar detenidamente = look + hard.* buscar el apoyo de = woo.* buscar el camino = wind + Posesivo + way.* buscar el modo de = explore + ways in which, explore + ways and means of.* buscar el origen de = trace + the origin of.* buscar el origen de la relación entre = trace + the relationship between.* buscar el peligro = court + danger, flirt with + danger.* buscar empleo = seek + employment.* buscar en = sift through, search through.* buscar en Google = google.* buscar en las posas entre las rocas de la orilla = rock-pool.* buscar en otro sitio = go + elsewhere.* buscar entre la basura = scavenge.* buscar en varios + Nombre + a la vez = search across + Nombre.* buscar información = mine + information, seek + information.* buscar interiormente = probe + Reflexivo + for.* buscar la controversia = court + controversy.* buscar la fama = grab at + a headline.* buscar la forma de = look for + ways to.* buscar la forma de + Infinitivo = develop + way of + Gerundio.* buscar la identidad de uno = trace + Posesivo + identity.* buscar la manera de = explore + ways in which, explore + ways and means of.* buscar la noticia = grab at + a headline.* buscar la oportunidad = make + an opportunity.* buscar la protección de = burrow back into.* buscarle cinco pies al gato = split + hairs.* buscarle los tres pies al gato = nitpick.* buscarle tres pies al gato = split + hairs.* buscar los servicios de = engage.* buscar material = pursue + material.* buscar oro = pan for + gold.* buscar placer = seek + pleasure.* buscar por autor y título = search by + name-title key.* buscar por título = search by + title key.* buscar por todas partes = scour + Nombre + for.* buscar por todo el mundo = search + the world (over).* buscar por todo + Nombre = search across + Nombre.* buscar problemas = ask for + trouble, court + disaster, make + trouble.* buscar razones que expliquen Algo = ascribe + reasons to.* buscar refugio = seek + shelter.* buscar satisfacción = seek + satisfaction.* buscárselo = have it + coming.* buscar simultáneamente en varios sitios = cross-search [cross search].* buscar solución = seek + solution.* buscar trabajo = seek + employment.* buscar trabajo en la calle = work + the streets.* buscar una forma de hacer Algo = develop + way + to make + Nombre, develop + way + to make + Nombre.* buscar una oportunidad = look for + an opportunity.* buscar una respuesta = pursue + answer.* buscar una solución = contrive + solution.* buscar y encontrar = match.* en busca de quimeras = in pursuit of + windmills.* encargado de buscar a los alumnos que hacen novillos = truant officer.* en el que se puede buscar = searchable.* estar siempre buscando = be on the lookout for.* hallar lo buscado = achieve + match.* mandar a buscar = send for.* no buscarle las pulgas al perro = let + sleeping dogs lie.* no poderse buscar = be unsearchable.* peinar en busca de = scour + Nombre + for.* que busca el beneficio propio = self-serving.* que se puede buscar = searchable.* respuesta + buscar = answer + lie.* saber buscar con inteligencia = be search-savvy.* * *1.verbo transitivo1) ( intentar encontrar)a) <persona/objeto> to look for; <fama/fortuna> to seek; <trabajo/apartamento/solución> to look for, try to findla policía lo está buscando — the police are looking for him, he's wanted by the police
b) (en libro, lista) to look up2)a) ( recoger) to collect, pick upvengo a buscar mis cosas — I've come to collect o pick up my things
b) ( conseguir y traer) to getfue a buscar un médico/un taxi — he went to get a doctor/a taxi
3)a) ( intentar conseguir)¿qué buscas con eso? — what are you trying to achieve by that?
buscar + inf — to try to + inf, set out to + inf
el libro busca destruir ese mito — the book sets out o tries o attempts to explode that myth
b) ( provocar) <bronca/camorra> to look for2.buscar vi to lookbusca en el cajón — look o have a look in the drawer
¿has buscado bien? — have you looked properly?
3.el que busca encuentra or busca y encontrarás — seek and ye shall find
buscarse v pron1) ( intentar encontrar) to look fordebería buscarse (a) alguien que le cuidara los niños — she should look for o find somebody to look after the children
2) < problemas>no quiero buscarme complicaciones/problemas — I don't want any trouble
tú te lo has buscado — you've brought it on yourself, it serves you right
buscársela(s) — (fam)
te la estás buscando — you're asking for trouble, you're asking for it (colloq)
* * *= chase, dig out, dig up, find, hunt, investigate, locate, look for, look out, look under, look up, probe for, prowl through, search (for), seek (after), seek out, trace, track, trawl, burrow through, woo, root out, look out for, go for, look (a)round, fish (for), track down, jockey for, search out, line up, check for, forage, perform + search.Ex: Also, in controlled indexing language data bases, there is often an assumption that a user will be prepared to chase strings of references or to consult a sometimes complex thesaurus.
Ex: I would also have dug out information references to which readers can be directed who want to know more about the setting.Ex: The list of changed headings is almost literally endless if you have the patience to dig them all up.Ex: The command function ' FIND' is used to input a search term.Ex: Nonetheless, we would still not wish to hunt through the file in order to change all subdivisions of that heading.Ex: Kaiser also investigated the effect of grouping subheadings of a subject.Ex: This order suffices for a list whose purpose is to identify and locate documents, whose bibliographic details are already known.Ex: A user might start by looking for a map of London, when he really wants a map of Camden.Ex: Discovering these tales, looking out printed versions and comparing them with the oral tradition would have introduced us step by step into the rich lode of folklore.Ex: In a printed catalogue or index a user is constrained to look under the headings in the catalogue.Ex: If so, the call number of the document is looked up and displayed.Ex: No one complained about Duff to her, and she decided not to probe for discontents.Ex: A user searching for Smith's 'History as Argument' who was not sure under which subject it would be entered, would have to prowl through a huge number of cards in a card catalog to find the entry under SMITH.Ex: This access is achieved by organising the tools so that a user may search under a specific access point or heading or index term, for example, subject term, author, name, title, date.Ex: A popular book will always be sought after by public librarians.Ex: Her article urges librarians not to buy inferior biographies simply to fill gaps in their collections but to seek out the best of the genre.Ex: The author approach remains an important means of tracing a specific document.Ex: The index fields are used for tracking annual indexes.Ex: The Internet search engines, such as AltaVista and Excite, send out robots or Web crawlers to trawl the Internet and automatically index the files that they find.Ex: This article explains how to use gophers to burrow through the Internet.Ex: Rumour had it that he was being wooed by Technicomm, Inc.Ex: The article has the title ' Rooting out journals on the Net'.Ex: Panellists presented the criteria they adopted and features they looked out for when selecting a library automation system.Ex: In an exclusive conversation Gates reveals where he goes for information knowledge, insights and ideas.Ex: One has only to look around in bookshops to see how many paperbacks on show have film or TV links.Ex: The article 'Catfish ain't ugly' reviews the range of Web sites providing information about the catfish in the USA and places to go to fish for catfish.Ex: In stepping away from the genre's glamorous robberies and flashy lifestyle, this stealthy, potent movie tracks down the British gangster icon to its inevitable end.Ex: Librarians are not yet very successful in jockeying for position and power in the political world.Ex: On any one occasion there will always be children who do not want to borrow or buy, but they are still learning to live with books and how to search out the ones that interest them.Ex: The actress flaked out again and the director is trying to line up a replacement.Ex: This was important before computers were invented, when calculations were all done by hand, and also were done repeatedly to check for calculation errors.Ex: We both woke up bright and early to forage for food nearby, which was a breeze.Ex: When viewing a record, you can also display its references and perform citation searches directly from the reference display.* buscando = in search of.* buscando como loco = in hot pursuit of.* buscar amparo = seek + shelter.* buscar apoyo = line up + support.* buscar a tientas = grope (for/toward).* buscar a través de los índices = browse.* buscar ayuda = seek + assistance, seek + help.* buscar cobijo = seek + shelter.* buscar con ahínco = look + hard.* buscar detenidamente = look + hard.* buscar el apoyo de = woo.* buscar el camino = wind + Posesivo + way.* buscar el modo de = explore + ways in which, explore + ways and means of.* buscar el origen de = trace + the origin of.* buscar el origen de la relación entre = trace + the relationship between.* buscar el peligro = court + danger, flirt with + danger.* buscar empleo = seek + employment.* buscar en = sift through, search through.* buscar en Google = google.* buscar en las posas entre las rocas de la orilla = rock-pool.* buscar en otro sitio = go + elsewhere.* buscar entre la basura = scavenge.* buscar en varios + Nombre + a la vez = search across + Nombre.* buscar información = mine + information, seek + information.* buscar interiormente = probe + Reflexivo + for.* buscar la controversia = court + controversy.* buscar la fama = grab at + a headline.* buscar la forma de = look for + ways to.* buscar la forma de + Infinitivo = develop + way of + Gerundio.* buscar la identidad de uno = trace + Posesivo + identity.* buscar la manera de = explore + ways in which, explore + ways and means of.* buscar la noticia = grab at + a headline.* buscar la oportunidad = make + an opportunity.* buscar la protección de = burrow back into.* buscarle cinco pies al gato = split + hairs.* buscarle los tres pies al gato = nitpick.* buscarle tres pies al gato = split + hairs.* buscar los servicios de = engage.* buscar material = pursue + material.* buscar oro = pan for + gold.* buscar placer = seek + pleasure.* buscar por autor y título = search by + name-title key.* buscar por título = search by + title key.* buscar por todas partes = scour + Nombre + for.* buscar por todo el mundo = search + the world (over).* buscar por todo + Nombre = search across + Nombre.* buscar problemas = ask for + trouble, court + disaster, make + trouble.* buscar razones que expliquen Algo = ascribe + reasons to.* buscar refugio = seek + shelter.* buscar satisfacción = seek + satisfaction.* buscárselo = have it + coming.* buscar simultáneamente en varios sitios = cross-search [cross search].* buscar solución = seek + solution.* buscar trabajo = seek + employment.* buscar trabajo en la calle = work + the streets.* buscar una forma de hacer Algo = develop + way + to make + Nombre, develop + way + to make + Nombre.* buscar una oportunidad = look for + an opportunity.* buscar una respuesta = pursue + answer.* buscar una solución = contrive + solution.* buscar y encontrar = match.* en busca de quimeras = in pursuit of + windmills.* encargado de buscar a los alumnos que hacen novillos = truant officer.* en el que se puede buscar = searchable.* estar siempre buscando = be on the lookout for.* hallar lo buscado = achieve + match.* mandar a buscar = send for.* no buscarle las pulgas al perro = let + sleeping dogs lie.* no poderse buscar = be unsearchable.* peinar en busca de = scour + Nombre + for.* que busca el beneficio propio = self-serving.* que se puede buscar = searchable.* respuesta + buscar = answer + lie.* saber buscar con inteligencia = be search-savvy.* * *buscar [A2 ]vt1 ‹persona/objeto› to look for; ‹fama/fortuna› to seek; ‹trabajo/apartamento› to look for, try to find; ‹solución› to look for, try to findlo he buscado en or por todas partes I've looked o searched for it everywhereno trates de buscar excusas don't try to make excusesla policía lo está buscando the police are looking for him, he's wanted by the police[ S ] se busca wantedlos hombres como él sólo buscan una cosa men like him are only after one thing ( colloq)te buscan en la portería someone is asking for you at receptionlas flores buscan la luz flowers grow towards the lightla buscaba con la mirada or los ojos he was trying to spot herestá buscando la oportunidad de vengarse he's looking for a chance to get his own back ( colloq)busca una manera más fácil de hacerlo try and find an easier way of doing it2 (en un libro, una lista) to look upbusca el número en la guía look up the number in the directoryB1 (recoger) to collect, pick upfuimos a buscarlo al aeropuerto we went to pick him up from o fetch him from o collect him from o meet him at the airportvengo a buscar mis cosas I've come to collect o pick up my things2 (conseguir y traer) to getfue a buscar un médico he went to get a doctor, he fetched a doctorsalió a buscar un taxi/el pan he went to get a taxi/the breadsube a buscarme las tijeras go up and get me o bring me o fetch me the scissorsC1(intentar conseguir): una ley que busca la igualdad de (los) sexos a law which aims to achieve sexual equality o equality between the sexes¿qué buscas con eso? what are you trying to achieve by that?tiene cuatro hijas y busca el varón ( fam); she has four girls and she's trying for a boybuscar + INF to try to + INF, set out to + INFel libro busca destruir ese mito the book sets out o tries o attempts to explode that myth2 (provocar) ‹bronca/camorra› to look forsiempre están buscando pelea they're always looking o spoiling for a fightme está buscando y me va a encontrar he's looking for trouble and he's going to get it■ buscarvito lookbusca en el cajón look o have a look in the drawer¿has buscado bien? have you looked properly?, have you had a proper look?¡busca! ¡busca! (a un perro) fetch!el que busca encuentra or busca y encontrarás seek and ye shall find■ buscarseA (intentar encontrar) to look fordebería buscarse a alguien que le cuidara los niños she should look for o find somebody to look after the childrenB ‹complicaciones/problemas›no quiero buscarme complicaciones I don't want any troubletú te lo has buscado you've brought it on yourself, it serves you rightse está buscando problemas she's asking for troublebuscársela(s) ( fam): te la estás buscando you're asking for trouble, you're asking for it ( colloq)no te quejes, la verdad es que te la buscaste don't complain, the truth is you had it coming to you o you brought it on yourself ( colloq)* * *
Multiple Entries:
buscar
buscar algo
buscar ( conjugate buscar) verbo transitivo
1
‹fama/fortuna› to seek;
2
(— en tren, a pie) I went to meet him at the airport;◊ vengo a buscar mis cosas I've come to collect o pick up my things
fue a buscar un médico/un taxi he went to get a doctor/a taxi;
¿qué buscas con eso? what are you trying to achieve by that?
verbo intransitivo
to look;◊ busca en el cajón look o have a look in the drawer
buscarse verbo pronominal
1 ( intentar encontrar) to look for
2 ‹ problemas› to ask for;◊ no quiero buscarme complicaciones/problemas I don't want any trouble;
tú te lo has buscado you've brought it on yourself, it serves you right;
buscársela(s) (fam): te la estás buscando you're asking for trouble, you're asking for it (colloq)
buscar verbo transitivo
1 to look for
2 (en la enciclopedia, en el diccionario) to look up
3 (conseguir, traer) to fetch: ve a buscar un poco de agua, go and fetch some water
4 (recoger cosas) to collect
(recoger personas) to pick up: fue a buscarme al trabajo, she picked me up from work
' buscar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acudir
- condicionamiento
- ir
- mirar
- sistema
- tienta
- aguja
- andar
- bronca
- camorra
- colocación
- pelea
- perro
- recoger
- refugio
- trabajo
- venir
English:
advertise
- collect
- dig around
- down-market
- expressly
- fetch
- fish
- forage
- fumble
- get
- go for
- hunt
- instrumental
- kerb-crawl
- look
- look for
- look out for
- look up
- meet
- needle
- pick
- pick up
- prospect
- pursue
- scout around
- search
- search for
- seek
- seek after
- spoil for
- want
- afield
- call
- collection
- court
- dig
- feel
- ferry
- go
- grope
- house
- job
- nook
- scout
- send
- trouble
- woo
* * *♦ vt1. [para encontrar] to look for, to search for;[provecho, beneficio propio, fortuna] to seek;estoy buscando trabajo I'm looking for work;la policía busca a los terroristas the police are searching o hunting for the terrorists;lo busqué, pero no lo encontré I looked o hunted for it, but I couldn't find it;¿me ayudas a buscar las llaves? can you help me to look for the keys?;se fue a buscar fortuna a América he went to seek his fortune in America;fui a buscar ayuda I went in search of help;¡ve a buscar ayuda, rápido! quick, go for help o go and find help!;es como buscar una aguja en un pajar it's like looking for a needle in a haystack;CSur Fambuscar la vuelta a algo to (try to) find a way of doing sth2. [recoger] to pick up;vino a buscar sus libros he came to pick up his books;voy a buscar el periódico I'm going for the paper o to get the paper;ir a buscar a alguien to pick sb up;ya iré yo a buscar a los niños al colegio I'll go and pick the children up from school;pasará a buscarnos a las nueve she'll pick us up at nine3. [en diccionario, índice, horario] to look up;buscaré la dirección en mi agenda I'll look up the address in my address bookno sé qué está buscando con esa actitud I don't know what he is hoping to achieve with that attitude;con estas medidas buscan reducir la inflación these measures are intended to reduce inflation, with these measures they are seeking to reduce inflation;Famése sólo busca ligar he's only after one thing5. Informát to search forno me busques, que me voy a enfadar don't push me o it, I'm about to lose my temper;♦ vito look;busqué bien pero no encontré nada I had a thorough search, but didn't find anything;buscamos por toda la casa we looked o searched throughout the house, we searched the house from top to bottom* * *v/t search for, look for;ir/venir a buscar fetch;se la estaba buscando he was asking for trouble o for it* * *buscar {72} vt1) : to look for, to seek2) : to pick up, to collect3) : to provokebuscar vi: to look, to searchbuscó en los bolsillos: he searched through his pockets* * *buscar vb1. (tratar de encontrar) to look for2. (consultar) to look up4. (traer) to fetch / to get"Se busca" "Wanted" -
65 peg
1 noun(a) (for hat, coat) patère f;∎ figurative a peg to hang an argument on un prétexte de dispute, une excuse pour se disputer(d) (for tent) piquet m(e) (in mountaineering) piton m(f) (in croquet) piquet m(g) (of barrel) fausset m, fosset m∎ she's gone down a peg (or two) in my estimation elle a baissé d'un cran dans mon estime;∎ to bring or to take sb down a peg or two rabattre le caquet à qn, remettre qn à sa place(a) (fasten → gen) attacher; (→ with dowels) cheviller; (insert → stake) enfoncer, planter; (in mountaineering) pitonner;∎ he was pegging the washing on the line il accrochait le linge à la corde avec des pinces;∎ to peg a tent fixer une tente avec des piquets∎ oil was pegged at $20 a barrel le prix du pétrole était fixé à 20 dollars le baril;∎ to peg sth to the rate of inflation indexer qch sur le taux de l'inflation;∎ countries which have pegged their currencies to the euro les pays qui ont indexé leur monnaie sur l'euro;∎ export earnings are pegged to the exchange rate le revenu des exportations varie en fonction du taux de change►► familiar peg leg (wooden leg) jambe f de bois□, pilon□ m; (artificial leg) jambe f artificielle□ ; (person) = personne qui a une jambe de bois ou une jambe artificielle∎ she pegged away at her Latin elle bûchait son latin;∎ we're pegging away at the backlog petit à petit, nous rattrapons notre retard□(fasten down) fixer ou attacher (avec des piquets);∎ he pegged the tarpaulin down il fixa la bâche au sol avec des piquets➲ peg out(a) (hang out → washing) étendre(b) (mark out with pegs) piqueter(c) (in croquet) toucher le piquet final (et se retirer de la partie) -
66 keep
ki:p
1. past tense, past participle - kept; verb1) (to have for a very long or indefinite period of time: He gave me the picture to keep.) guardar2) (not to give or throw away; to preserve: I kept the most interesting books; Can you keep a secret?) guardar3) (to (cause to) remain in a certain state or position: I keep this gun loaded; How do you keep cool in this heat?; Will you keep me informed of what happens?) mantener, conservar4) (to go on (performing or repeating a certain action): He kept walking.) continuar, seguir5) (to have in store: I always keep a tin of baked beans for emergencies.) guardar6) (to look after or care for: She keeps the garden beautifully; I think they keep hens.) tener; cuidar (un jardín); criar, dedicarse a criar (animales)7) (to remain in good condition: That meat won't keep in this heat unless you put it in the fridge.) conservar8) (to make entries in (a diary, accounts etc): She keeps a diary to remind her of her appointments; He kept the accounts for the club.) tener; llevar (al día)9) (to hold back or delay: Sorry to keep you.) retener, entretener10) (to provide food, clothes, housing for (someone): He has a wife and child to keep.) mantener11) (to act in the way demanded by: She kept her promise.) cumplir12) (to celebrate: to keep Christmas.) celebrar
2. noun(food and lodging: She gives her mother money every week for her keep; Our cat really earns her keep - she kills all the mice in the house.) sustento- keeper- keeping
- keep-fit
- keepsake
- for keeps
- in keeping with
- keep away
- keep back
- keep one's distance
- keep down
- keep one's end up
- keep from
- keep going
- keep hold of
- keep house for
- keep house
- keep in
- keep in mind
- keep it up
- keep off
- keep on
- keep oneself to oneself
- keep out
- keep out of
- keep time
- keep to
- keep something to oneself
- keep to oneself
- keep up
- keep up with the Joneses
- keep watch
keep1 n manutenciónI earn my keep by looking after the house a cambio de comida y cobijo, vigilo la casakeep2 vb1. quedarse / guardarI'm only lending it to you, you can't keep it sólo te lo dejo prestado, no te lo puedes quedar2. guardar / tener3. entretener / retener4. quedarse / permanecerkeep quiet! ¡cállate!5. mantener6. seguir / continuar7. conservarse / durardon't stop, keep talking no pares, sigue hablandotr[kiːp]1 (board) sustento, mantenimiento1 (not throw away) guardar2 (not give back) quedarse con4 (look after, save) guardar■ can you keep me a loaf of bread for Friday? ¿me guarda una barra de pan para el viernes?5 (put away, store) guardar■ where do you keep the glasses? ¿dónde guardas los vasos?6 (reserve) reservar■ what kept you? ¿cómo es que llegas tan tarde?8 (shop, hotel etc) tener, llevar9 (have in stock) tener, vender■ I'm afraid we don't keep cigars lo siento, pero no vendemos puros10 (support) mantener■ I don't know how they manage to keep a family on their wage no sé cómo pueden mantener una familia con lo que ganan11 (animals) tener■ our eggs are really fresh, we keep our own hens nuestros huevos son fresquísimos, tenemos gallinas12 (promise) cumplir13 (secret) guardar■ can you keep a secret? ¿sabes guardar un secreto?14 (appointment) acudir a, no faltar a■ please 'phone if you are unable to keep your appointment por favor, llame si no puede acudir a la visita15 (order) mantener16 (tradition) observar17 (with adj, verb, etc) mantener1 (do repeatedly) no dejar de; (do continuously) seguir, continuar■ don't keep interrupting me! ¡deja de interrumpirme!2 (stay fresh) conservarse■ this food will keep for five days in the fridge esta comida se conserva durante cinco días en la nevera■ I've got some news for you, but it'll keep till tomorrow tengo algo que decirte, pero puede esperar hasta mañana3 (continue in direction) continuar, seguir■ keep left/right circula por la izquierda/derecha4 (with adj, verb etc) quedarse, permanecer■ keep still! ¡estáte quieto!\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLfor keeps para siemprehow are you keeping? ¿cómo estás?keep it up! ¡ánimo!keep the change quédese con la vueltato keep going seguir (adelante)to keep one's head no perder la cabezato keep quiet callarse, no hacer ruidoto keep somebody company hacerle compañía a alguiento keep somebody from doing something impedir que alguien haga algoto keep something from somebody ocultar algo a alguiento keep something clean conservar algo limpio,-ato keep something to oneself no decir algo, guardar algo para síto keep oneself to oneself ser discreto,-ayou can't keep a good man down los buenos siempre salen adelante1) : cumplir (la palabra a uno), acudir a (una cita)2) observe: observar (una fiesta)3) guard: guardar, cuidar4) continue: mantenerto keep silence: mantener silencio5) support: mantener (una familia)6) raise: criar (animales)7) : llevar, escribir (un diario, etc.)8) retain: guardar, conservar, quedarse con9) store: guardar10) detain: hacer quedar, detener11) preserve: guardarto keep a secret: guardar un secretokeep vi1) : conservarse (dícese de los alimentos)2) continue: seguir, no dejarhe keeps on pestering us: no deja de molestarnos3)to keep from : abstenerse deI couldn't keep from laughing: no podía contener la risakeep n1) tower: torreón m (de un castillo), torre f del homenaje2) sustenance: manutención f, sustento m3)for keeps : para siempren.• torre del homenaje (Arquitectura) s.f.v.(§ p.,p.p.: kept) = conservar v.• cuidar v.• custodiar v.• detener v.(§pres: -tengo, -tienes...-tenemos) pret: -tuv-fut/c: -tendr-•)• guardar v.• guarecer v.• mantener v.(§pres: -tengo, -tienes...-tenemos) pret: -tuv-fut/c: -tendr-•)• permanecer v.• preservar v.• sostener v.(§pres: -tengo, -tienes...-tenemos) pret: -tuv-fut/c: -tendr-•)kiːp
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1) ( living) sustento m, manutención ffor keeps: if they win the cup again, it's theirs for keeps — si vuelven a ganar la copa, se la quedan para siempre
2) (in castle, fortress) torre f del homenaje
II
1.
(past & past p kept) transitive verb1)a) ( not throw away) \<\<receipt/ticket\>\> guardar, conservar; ( not give back) quedarse con; ( not lose) conservaryou can keep your lousy job! — (colloq) se puede guardar su porquería de trabajo!
b) (look after, reserve)2) ( store) guardarwhere do you keep the coffee? — ¿dónde guardas or tienes el café?
3) ( reserve for future use) guardar, dejar4)a) ( raise) \<\<pigs/bees\>\> criar*b) (manage, run) \<\<stall/guesthouse\>\> tener*5)a) ( support) mantener*b) ( maintain)she keeps a diary — escribe or lleva un diario
I've kept a note o record of everything — he tomado nota de todo, lo tengo todo anotado
6)a) (cause to remain, continue) mantener*to keep somebody/something + -ing: to keep somebody guessing tener* a algn en ascuas; he kept the engine running — mantuvo el motor en marcha
b) ( detain)what kept you? — ¿por qué tardaste?, ¿qué te retuvo?
they kept her in hospital — la dejaron ingresada or (CS, Méx tb) internada
7) (adhere to, fulfil) \<\<promise/vow\>\> cumplir8) (observe, celebrate) celebrar; ( Relig) guardar
2.
keep vi1) ( remain) mantenerse*to keep fit — mantenerse* en forma
to keep awake — mantenerse* despierto, no dormirse*
can't you keep quiet? — ¿no te puedes estar callado?
keep still! — estáte quieto! or quédate quieto!
2)a) ( continue) seguir*keep left/right — siga por la izquierda/derecha
to keep -ing — seguir* + ger
b) ( repeatedly)he keeps interfering — está continuamente entrometiéndose, no deja de entrometerse
I keep forgetting to bring it — nunca me acuerdo or siempre me olvido de traerlo
3)a) \<\<food\>\> conservarse (fresco)b) \<\<news/matter\>\> esperarI have something to tell you - will it keep till later? — tengo algo que decirte - ¿puede esperar a más tarde?
c) ( be in certain state of health) (colloq)how are you keeping? — ¿qué tal estás? (fam)
•Phrasal Verbs:- keep at- keep in- keep off- keep on- keep out- keep to- keep up[kiːp] (vb: pt, pp kept)1. TRANSITIVE VERBWhen keep is part of a set combination, eg to keep an appointment. to keep a promise, to keep one's seat, look up the noun.1) (=retain) [+ change, copy] quedarse con; [+ receipt] guardar; [+ business, customer, colour] conservaryou can keep the change — quédese con la vuelta or (LAm) el vuelto
is this jacket worth keeping? — ¿merece la pena guardar esta chaqueta?
he is to keep his job in spite of the incident — va a mantener or conservar el trabajo a pesar del incidente
this material will keep its colour/softness — este material conservará su color/suavidad
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to keep sth for o.s. — quedarse con algo2) (=save, put aside) guardar, reservarI'm keeping this wine in case we have visitors — voy a guardar or reservar este vino por si tenemos visitas
•
I was keeping it for you — lo guardaba para ti3) (=have ready)where do you keep the sugar? — ¿dónde guardas el azúcar?
5) (=house)the prisoners were kept in a dark room — los prisioneros estaban encerrados en una habitación oscura
6) (=detain) tenerhe was kept in hospital over night — lo tuvieron una noche en el hospital, le hicieron pasar la noche en el hospital
7) (=delay) entretenerwhat kept you? — ¿por qué te has retrasado?
8) (=have) [+ shop, hotel, house, servant] tener; [+ pigs, bees, chickens] criar9) (=stock) tener10) (=support) [+ family, mistress] mantenerto keep o.s. — mantenerse
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the extra money keeps me in beer and cigarettes — el dinero extra me da para (comprar) cerveza y cigarrillosour garden keeps us in vegetables all summer — el huerto nos da suficientes verduras para todo el verano
11) (=fulfil, observe) [+ promise, agreement, obligation] cumplir; [+ law, rule] observar; [+ appointment] acudir a, ir a; [+ feast day] observar12) (=not divulge)•
to keep sth from sb — ocultar algo a algn•
keep it to yourself * — no se lo digas a nadiebut he kept the news to himself — pero se guardó la noticia, pero no comunicó la noticia a nadie
13) (=maintain)a) [+ accounts] llevar; [+ diary] escribirb) with adjective mantener; (less formal) tenerto keep o.s. clean — no ensuciarse, mantenerse limpio
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to keep inflation as low as possible — mantener la inflación tan baja como sea posible•
to keep sth safe — guardar algo bien, guardar algo en un lugar segurofixed 1., 3), happy 1., 3), post I, 2., 4)•
the garden is well kept — el jardín está muy bien cuidadoc) + -inggo 1., 24)keep him talking while I... — entretenlo hablando mientras yo...
14) (=hold)•
to keep sb at it — obligar a algn a seguir trabajandocounsel 1., 1)•
I'll keep you to your promise — haré que cumplas tu promesa15) (=prevent)•
to keep sb from doing sth — impedir que algn haga algowhat can we do to keep it from happening again — ¿qué podemos hacer para evitar que se repita?
to keep o.s. from doing sth — contener las ganas de hacer algo, aguantarse de hacer algo *
16) (=guard, protect) † guardarGod keep you! — ¡Dios te guarde!
17)to keep o.s. to o.s. — guardar las distancias
2. INTRANSITIVE VERB1) (=remain)•
it will keep fresh for weeks — se conservará fresco durante semanasb) with preposition/adverb2)to keep doing sth —
a) (=continue) seguir haciendo algokeep smiling! * — ¡no te desanimes!
keep going! — ¡no pares!
b) (=do repeatedly) no hacer más que hacer algo3) (in directions) (=continue) seguirto keep straight on — seguir todo recto or derecho
keep due north until you come to... — siga en dirección norte hasta que llegue a...
4) (=not go off) [food] conservarse fresco, conservarse bien5) * (=wait) esperarhow are you keeping? — ¿qué tal (estás)? (Sp) *, ¿como or qué tal te va? *, ¿cómo sigues? (LAm) *, ¿qué hubo? (Mex, Chile) *
she's keeping better — está mejor, se encuentra mejor
7) (=avoid)3. NOUN1) (=livelihood, food)I got £30 a week and my keep — me daban 30 libras a la semana y comida y cama
I pay £50 a week for my keep — la pensión me cuesta 50 libras a la semana
to earn one's keep — ganarse el sustento; (fig) justificar el gasto
2) (Archit) torreón m, torre f del homenaje3) (=permanently)- keep at- keep in- keep off- keep on- keep out- keep to- keep up* * *[kiːp]
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1) ( living) sustento m, manutención ffor keeps: if they win the cup again, it's theirs for keeps — si vuelven a ganar la copa, se la quedan para siempre
2) (in castle, fortress) torre f del homenaje
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(past & past p kept) transitive verb1)a) ( not throw away) \<\<receipt/ticket\>\> guardar, conservar; ( not give back) quedarse con; ( not lose) conservaryou can keep your lousy job! — (colloq) se puede guardar su porquería de trabajo!
b) (look after, reserve)2) ( store) guardarwhere do you keep the coffee? — ¿dónde guardas or tienes el café?
3) ( reserve for future use) guardar, dejar4)a) ( raise) \<\<pigs/bees\>\> criar*b) (manage, run) \<\<stall/guesthouse\>\> tener*5)a) ( support) mantener*b) ( maintain)she keeps a diary — escribe or lleva un diario
I've kept a note o record of everything — he tomado nota de todo, lo tengo todo anotado
6)a) (cause to remain, continue) mantener*to keep somebody/something + -ing: to keep somebody guessing tener* a algn en ascuas; he kept the engine running — mantuvo el motor en marcha
b) ( detain)what kept you? — ¿por qué tardaste?, ¿qué te retuvo?
they kept her in hospital — la dejaron ingresada or (CS, Méx tb) internada
7) (adhere to, fulfil) \<\<promise/vow\>\> cumplir8) (observe, celebrate) celebrar; ( Relig) guardar
2.
keep vi1) ( remain) mantenerse*to keep fit — mantenerse* en forma
to keep awake — mantenerse* despierto, no dormirse*
can't you keep quiet? — ¿no te puedes estar callado?
keep still! — estáte quieto! or quédate quieto!
2)a) ( continue) seguir*keep left/right — siga por la izquierda/derecha
to keep -ing — seguir* + ger
b) ( repeatedly)he keeps interfering — está continuamente entrometiéndose, no deja de entrometerse
I keep forgetting to bring it — nunca me acuerdo or siempre me olvido de traerlo
3)a) \<\<food\>\> conservarse (fresco)b) \<\<news/matter\>\> esperarI have something to tell you - will it keep till later? — tengo algo que decirte - ¿puede esperar a más tarde?
c) ( be in certain state of health) (colloq)how are you keeping? — ¿qué tal estás? (fam)
•Phrasal Verbs:- keep at- keep in- keep off- keep on- keep out- keep to- keep up -
67 niveau
1. masculine nouna. level• il faut se mettre au niveau des enfants you have to put yourself on the same level as the children• le euro a atteint son niveau le plus haut depuis trois ans the euro has reached its highest point for three yearsb. [de connaissances, études] standard• les préparatifs de passage à l'euro au niveau de l'entreprise preparations at company level for adopting the euroc. ( = instrument) level ; ( = jauge) gauge2. compounds* * *pl niveaux nivo nom masculin1) ( hauteur) levelniveau de l'eau/d'huile — water/oil level
au niveau du cou — [blessures] in the neck region
2) ( étage) storey GB, story USbâtiment sur deux niveaux — two-storey GB ou two-story US building
3) ( degré) ( d'intelligence) level; ( de connaissances) standard‘niveau bac + 3’ — baccalaureate or equivalent plus 3 years' higher education
de haut niveau — [athlète] top (épith); [candidat] high-calibre [BrE] (épith)
4) ( échelon) levelau plus haut niveau — [discussion] top-level (épith)
les négociations se dérouleront au plus haut niveau — there will be negotiations at the highest level
5) Linguistique register6) ( instrument) level•Phrasal Verbs:* * *nivoniveaux pl nm1) (spatialement, d'un taux) levelLe niveau de l'eau a baissé. — The water level has gone down.
2) (= étage) level3) (qualitatif) levelCes deux enfants n'ont pas le même niveau. — These two children aren't at the same level.
au niveau de (personne, travail) — on a level with
4) [programme, enseignement] standardavoir le niveau bac + 2 — to have the baccalauréat plus 2 years' higher education
5) (= outil) level* * *1 ( hauteur) level; niveau de l'eau/d'huile water/oil level; au niveau du sol/de la chaussée at ground/street level; être de niveau to be level; mettre de niveau to make [sth] level; dix mètres au-dessus/au-dessous du niveau de la mer ten metresGB above/below sea level; être au même niveau que to be level with; arrivé au niveau du car when he drew level with the coach GB ou bus; l'eau nous arrivait au niveau des chevilles/genoux the water came up to our ankles/knees; au niveau du cou/de l'abdomen [blessures] in the neck/abdominal region; accroc au niveau du genou tear at the knee;3 ( degré) ( d'intelligence) level; ( de connaissances) standard; niveau culturel/intellectuel cultural/intellectual level; niveau d'éducation/de formation standard of education/of training; niveau bac○ baccalaureate or equivalent; ‘niveau bac + 3’ baccalaureate or equivalent plus 3 years' higher education; au-dessous du niveau exigé pour below the required standard for; niveau de production/d'inflation level of production/of inflation; d'un bon niveau of a good standard; mettre à niveau Ordinat to upgrade; mise à niveau Ordinat upgrade; remise à niveau ( d'élève) recap, refresher; remettre qn à niveau to bring sb up to the required standard; se mettre au niveau de qn to put oneself on the same level as sb; de haut niveau [équipe, athlète] top ( épith); [candidat] high-calibreGB ( épith); niveau des revenus/salaires income/wage levels (pl);4 ( échelon) level; à tous les niveaux at every level; au niveau national/européen at national/European level; au plus haut niveau [discussion, intervention] top-level ( épith); les négociations se dérouleront au plus haut niveau there will be negotiations at the highest level; au niveau de la commercialisation/des investissements controv as regards marketing/investment;5 Ling register; niveau familier/soutenu informal/formal register;6 Tech ( instrument) level.niveau (à bulle d'air) spirit level; niveau de langue Ling register; niveau à lunette theodolite; niveau de maçon mason's level; niveau de rémunération wage level; niveau social social status; niveau sonore Audio sound level; niveau de vie Écon standard of living, living standards.( pluriel masculin niveaux) [nivo] nom masculin1. [hauteur] levelfixer les étagères au même niveau que la cheminée put up the shelves level with ou on the same level as the mantelpiece3. [degré] levella natalité n'est jamais tombée à un niveau aussi bas the birth rate is at an all-time low ou at its lowest level ever4. [étape] level, stage5. [qualité] level, standardj'ai un bon niveau/un niveau moyen en russe I'm good/average at Russianles élèves sont tous du même niveau the pupils are all on a par ou on the same level6. GÉOGRAPHIE level11. [instrument] level (tube)————————au niveau locution adjectivaledans deux mois, vous serez au niveau in two months' time you'll have caught up————————au niveau locution adverbiale————————au niveau de locution prépositionnelle1. [dans l'espace]au niveau du carrefour vous tournez à droite when you come to the crossroads, turn right————————de niveau locution adjectivalela terrasse est de niveau avec le salon the terrace is (on a) level with ou on the same level as the lounge -
68 line
I 1. noun1) ((a piece of) thread, cord, rope etc: She hung the washing on the line; a fishing-rod and line.) snor, line, ledning2) (a long, narrow mark, streak or stripe: She drew straight lines across the page; a dotted/wavy line.) strek, linje3) (outline or shape especially relating to length or direction: The ship had very graceful lines; A dancer uses a mirror to improve his line.) linje4) (a groove on the skin; a wrinkle.) rynke5) (a row or group of objects or persons arranged side by side or one behind the other: The children stood in a line; a line of trees.) kø, rekke, rad6) (a short letter: I'll drop him a line.) et par linjer/ord7) (a series or group of persons which come one after the other especially in the same family: a line of kings.) rekke, slekt, ætt8) (a track or direction: He pointed out the line of the new road; a new line of research.) rute, retning9) (the railway or a single track of the railway: Passengers must cross the line by the bridge only.) jernbanespor10) (a continuous system (especially of pipes, electrical or telephone cables etc) connecting one place with another: a pipeline; a line of communication; All (telephone) lines are engaged.) kommunikasjonslinje; ledning11) (a row of written or printed words: The letter contained only three lines; a poem of sixteen lines.) linje12) (a regular service of ships, aircraft etc: a shipping line.) rute13) (a group or class (of goods for sale) or a field of activity, interest etc: This has been a very popular new line; Computers are not really my line.) vareslag, bransje14) (an arrangement of troops, especially when ready to fight: fighting in the front line.) (front)linje2. verb1) (to form lines along: Crowds lined the pavement to see the Queen.) stille opp på rekke, bringe på linje2) (to mark with lines.) merke med linjer•- lineage- linear- lined- liner- lines- linesman
- hard lines!
- in line for
- in
- out of line with
- line up
- read between the lines II verb1) (to cover on the inside: She lined the box with newspaper.) fôre2) (to put a lining in: She lined the dress with silk.) fôre•- lined- liner- liningarbeid--------fold--------fure--------jobb--------kabel--------kante--------linje--------låt--------melodi--------rynke--------strek--------yrkeIsubst. \/laɪn\/1) linje, strek2) linje (i hånden e.l.), rynke, fure3) kontur, omriss, ytterlinje, linje4) grense5) ( samferdsel) linje, rute6) ( jernbane) linje, bane, spor7) rad, linje, rekke, fil, kø (spesielt amer.)8) line, tynt tau, snor, snøre9) line, fiskesnøre10) klessnor11) ( elektronikk eller telekommunikasjon) ledning, kabel, tråd, linje12) (TV) linje13) ( militærvesen eller sjøfart) linje17) slektsgren, linje, ledd, ætt, familie18) ( også overført) retning, kurs, linje, vei, metode, handlemåte, holdning19) fag, bransje, virksomhetsområde• what line is she in?være bankmann \/ være bankansatt20) felt, områdedet er mer innenfor mitt område \/ det interesserer meg mer22) ( britisk mål) linje (2,12 mm)adopt another line slå inn på en annen linjeall along the line ( overført) over hele linjenalong the line ( overført) på veienbring somebody into line ( overført) få noen til å tilpasse segbring something into line with bringe noe i overensstemmelse medby rule and line se ➢ rule, 1come into line tilpasse segdown the line på noens sidedraw a line trekke en grensedraw the line (at) ( overført) sette grensen (ved), si stopp (ved), si fra (ved)draw up into line stille opp på rekkedrop someone a line ( hverdagslig) skrive til noenfall into line (with) ( hverdagslig) følge, akseptere, tilpasse segflowing lines myke og elegante linjerfluff one's lines ( teaterfag) si feil replikk, glemme replikken, snuble i replikkenget a line on ( hverdagslig) få rede på, få nyss omget off the line ( jernbane) spore avgive me a line, please! ( telekommunikasjon) kan jeg få en linje?give somebody a line on something ( hverdagslig) gi noen tips om noe, informere noen om noehard line hard linjehard lines uflaks• it is hard lines to...det er bittert at...det er synd på ham \/ det er harde bud for hamhold the line against\/on holde stand mot, stanse, bremse, holde tilbakehold the line, please! ( telekommunikasjon) et øyeblikk!in a line i linje, i rett linje i køin a line with i linje medin line for for turin line with helt på linje medin that line ( overført) i den retningenin the line of duty mens man arbeiderkeep (to) one's own line gå sin egen vei, handle selvstendigknow where to draw the line ( overført) vite hvor grensen går, vite hvor langt man kan gålay it on the line snakke i klarspråk sette noe på spill legge pengene på bordetline abreast ( sjøfart) frontlinje, skytterlinjeline ahead ( sjøfart) frontlinje, skytterlinjeline engaged ( telekommunikasjon) opptattline of fire ( også overført) skuddlinjeline of incidence ( fysikk) innfallslinjeline of play ( golf) spillelinje, puttelinjeline of put ( golf) puttelinje(skolevesen, om elevstraff) setninger, linjer replikk, replikker, rolleskuespilleren hadde glemt replikkene sine ( også marriage lines) vielsesattest ansiktstrekk (amer.) tøyleron a line (with) i linje (med), i rett linje (med)on sound lines etter sunne prinsipperon the line ( om telefon) på tråden• are you still on the line?( overført) i øyehøyde i alvorlig fare, med stor risikoon the lines laid down by ( overført) etter de linjer som er trukket opp avout of line ( hverdagslig) noe upassendepay on the line betale kontantread between the lines lese mellom linjeneship of the line se ➢ ship, 1shoot a line ( slang) skryte, prøve å imponerestep into line tilpasse seg, føye seg etter andrestep\/get out of line falle ut av mønsteret, avvike gjøre noe upassendestrike out a line for oneself eller strike out a path for oneself gå sine egne veier, stake ut sin egen kurstake a high line sikte høyt opptre bestemttake a line innta en holdning, ta et standpunkttake a strong\/firm\/hard line opptre bestemt, sette hardt mot hardttake one's own line gå sin egen vei, handle selvstendigunstopped lines ( litteraturvitenskap) enjambementIIverb \/laɪn\/1) trekke linjer, trekke en linje på, linjere2) tegne konturene av, skissere3) stå i oppstilling langs, stå oppstilt langs, kante4) gjøre rynkete, fure (pannen e.l.)5) stille innline in fylle iline off merke av, markereline out linjere opp, skissere oppline through stryke overline up ordne i linje, stille opp i rekke, stille seg i kø, møte opp ( militærvesen) stille opp (på linje) ordne stille seg solidarisk risse oppIIIverb \/laɪn\/1) fore, kle innvendig, bekle, dekke2) ( hverdagslig) fylle, stappe fullline one's pocket berike seg, sko segline one's pocket at somebody's expense sko seg på andres bekostning -
69 reduce
rə'dju:s1) (to make less, smaller etc: The shop reduced its prices; The train reduced speed.) reducir2) (to lose weight by dieting: I must reduce to get into that dress.) adelgazar, perder peso3) (to drive, or put, into a particular (bad) state: The bombs reduced the city to ruins; She was so angry, she was almost reduced to tears; During the famine, many people were reduced to eating grass and leaves.) reducir (a)•- reduction
reduce vb1. reducir / disminuir2. rebajartr[rɪ'djʊːs]1 (gen) reducir, disminuir2 (price etc) rebajar\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL'Reduce speed now' "Disminuya la velocidad"to be reduced to doing something no tener más remedio que hacer algo, verse obligado,-a a hacer algoto be reduced to something verse sumido,-a en algoto reduce somebody to tears hacer llorar a alguien1) lessen: reducir, disminuir, rebajar (precios)2) demote: bajar de categoría, degradar3)to be reduced to : verse rebajado a, verse forzado a4)to reduce someone to tears : hacer llorar a alguienreduce vislim: adelgazarv.• abreviar v.• achicar v.• acortar v.• adelgazar v.• apocar v.• bajar de peso v.• cercenar v.• ceñir v.• deshinchar v.• disminuir v.• estrechar v.• limitar v.• moderar v.• rebajar v.• reducir v.rɪ'duːs, rɪ'djuːs1)a) \<\<number/amount\>\> reducir*; \<\<tension/pressure/speed\>\> disminuir*, reducir*; \<\<price/taxes/rent\>\> reducir*, rebajar; \<\<goods\>\> rebajar; \<\<pain\>\> aliviarb) \<\<photograph/image\>\> reducir*2)a) (break down, simplify)to reduce something TO something — reducir* algo a algo
b) ( Math) simplificar*to reduce something/somebody TO something — (often pass)
[rɪ'djuːs]to reduce somebody to tears — hacer* llorar a alguien
1. VT1) (=decrease) [+ number, costs, expenditure, inflation] reducir; [+ price] rebajar; (Ind) [+ output] reducir, recortar; [+ speed, heat, visibility] disminuir; [+ temperature] bajar; [+ stress, tension] reducir, disminuir; [+ pain] aliviarit reduces the risk of heart disease (by 20%) — disminuye el riesgo de enfermedades cardíacas (en un 20%)
2) (=cut price of) [+ goods] rebajar3) (=make smaller) [+ drawing] reducir; (Med) [+ swelling] bajar; (Culin) [+ sauce] reducir4) (=bring to specified state)minimumto reduce sth to ashes/rubble — reducir algo a cenizas/escombros
5) (=capture, subjugate) tomar, conquistar6) (Mil) (=demote) degradar7) (=simplify) reducir8) (Math) [+ equation, expression] reducir9) (Chem) reducir2. VI1) (=decrease) reducirse, disminuir2) (Culin) espesarse3) (=slim) adelgazar* * *[rɪ'duːs, rɪ'djuːs]1)a) \<\<number/amount\>\> reducir*; \<\<tension/pressure/speed\>\> disminuir*, reducir*; \<\<price/taxes/rent\>\> reducir*, rebajar; \<\<goods\>\> rebajar; \<\<pain\>\> aliviarb) \<\<photograph/image\>\> reducir*2)a) (break down, simplify)to reduce something TO something — reducir* algo a algo
b) ( Math) simplificar*to reduce something/somebody TO something — (often pass)
to reduce somebody to tears — hacer* llorar a alguien
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70 face
face [fas]feminine nouna. ( = visage, aspect) face• sauver/perdre la face to save/lose faceb. ( = côté) [d'objet, organe] side ; [de médaille, pièce de monnaie] obverse ; [de cube, figure] side ; (Mountaineering) face• face ! heads!c. (locutions)• se faire face [maisons] to be opposite each other► en face ( = de l'autre côté de la rue) across the street• il faut regarder la réalité en face one must face facts► en face de ( = en vis-à-vis de) opposite ; ( = en présence de) in front of• en face l'un de l'autre opposite or facing each other► de face [portrait] fullface ; [attaque] frontal• face à ces problèmes faced with such problems► face à face [lieux, objets] opposite each other ; [personnes, animaux] face to face* * *fas
1.
1) ( visage) faceà la face de quelqu'un — [proclamer, jeter] in somebody's face
les muscles/os de la face — the facial muscles/bones
2) ( côté) side3) ( aspect) side4) ( front)faire face — ( résister) to face up to things
se faire face — ( être vis-à-vis) [personnes] to face each other; [objets, maisons] to be opposite one another; ( s'affronter) to confront each other
faire face à — [maison, chambre] to face [lieu]; [personne] to face [adversaire, défi, accusation]; to cope with [exigences, dépenses]; to meet [besoin, dette]; to measure up to [concurrence]
2.
de face locution [photo] fullface (épith); [éclairage] frontalprendre une loge de face — Théâtre to take a box facing the stage
3.
en face locution
4.
en face de locution prépositive1) ( devant)en face de l'église — opposite the church GB, across from the church
ils étaient assis l'un en face de l'autre or en face l'un de l'autre — they were sitting opposite ou facing each other; trou
2) ( en présence de)3) ( comparé à) compared with
5.
face à locution prépositive1) ( devant)2) ( confronté à)••* * *fas1. nf1) (= côté) face2) (= visage) faceface contre terre — face down, fig
3) [monnaie] headsPile ou face? - Face. — Heads or tails? - Heads.
Le bus s'arrête en face de chez moi. — The bus stops opposite my house.
Elle habite en face. — She lives opposite., She lives over the road.
le trottoir d'en face — the pavement opposite, the opposite pavement
face à qch — facing sth, figfaced with sth, in the face of sth
faire face à la demande COMMERCE — to meet demand
2. adj* * *A nf1 ( visage) face; face à face face to face; (étendu) face contre terre lying face downward(s); à la face de qn [proclamer, jeter] in sb's face; les muscles/os de la face the facial muscles/bones; le côté face d'une pièce the heads side of a coin; le côté face d'une médaille the face of a medal; ⇒ pile;2 ( côté) side; la face nord/antérieure/cachée the north/front/hidden side;3 ( aspect) side; examiner un problème sous toutes ses faces to examine a problem from all sides; la face changeante du monde the changing face of the world; une question à plusieurs faces a multifaceted question; la nouvelle gare change la face du quartier the new station changes the look of the district; la face cachée de la politique the underside of politics;4 ( front) faire face ( résister) to face up to things; se faire face ( être vis-à-vis) [personnes] to face each other; [objets, maisons] to be opposite one another; ( s'affronter) to confront each other; faire face à [maison, chambre] to face [lieu]; [personne] to face [adversaire, défi, accusation]; to cope with [exigences, dépenses]; to meet [demande, besoin, dette]; to measure up to [concurrence]; faire face à l'inflation/à la sécheresse to tackle inflation/the drought;5 Imprim ( de caractère) typeface;B de face loc [photo] fullface ( épith); [éclairage] frontal; il ne peint/photographie jamais de face he never paints people/takes pictures fullface; elle est plus jolie de face she's prettier from the front; je n'ai pas pu le voir de face I couldn't see him from the front; les cyclistes avaient le vent de face the cyclists were riding into the wind; les deux voitures se sont heurtées de face the two cars collided head-on; aborder un problème de face to tackle a problem head-on; prendre une loge de face Théât to take a box facing the stage; je préfère être assis de face au cinéma I prefer to sit in the centre seats at the cinema.C en face loc il habite en face he lives opposite; les gens d'en face the people opposite; en face, on peut voir une tapisserie opposite, you see a tapestry; en face, les joueurs étaient mieux entraînés the other team was better trained; avoir le soleil en face to have the sun in one's eyes; regarder la mort en face to look death in the face; voir les choses en face to see things as they are; je leur ai dit la vérité en face I told them the truth straight out; elle n'a pas osé te le dire en face she didn't dare tell you to your face; les partis/l'équipe d'en face the opposing parties/team; le camp d'en face gén the opposite side; Pol the opposite camp.D en face de loc prép1 ( devant) en face de l'église opposite the church GB, across from the church; le couple en face de moi the couple opposite me; ils étaient assis l'un en face de l'autre or en face l'un de l'autre they were sitting opposite ou facing each other;2 ( en présence de) ne dis pas ça en face des enfants don't say that in front of the children; en face de lui, elle ne rit jamais she never laughs in his presence; en face de difficultés imprévues faced with unexpected difficulties;3 ( comparé à) compared with; en face de ton frère, il paraît timide compared with your brother, he seems shy.E face à loc prép1 ( devant) parler face aux caméras to speak facing the cameras; mon lit est face à la fenêtre my bed faces the window;2 ( confronté à) face à cette situation/à l'insuffisance de crédits in view of this situation/of the shortage of funds.face de carême sourpuss○; face de rat○ rat face ○.perdre/sauver la face to lose/save face; se voiler or couvrir or cacher la face not to face facts.[fas] nom féminin1. [visage] facearborer ou avoir une face de carême to have a long faceperdre/sauver la face to lose/to save face2. [aspect]3. [côté - d'une médaille] obverse ; [ - d'une monnaie] head, headside ; [ - d'un disque] side ; [ - d'une montagne] facela face B d'un disque the B-side ou flipside of a record5. INFORMATIQUE6. COUTURE7. (locution)faire face to face up to things, to copea. (sens propre) to stand opposite to, to faceb. [danger] to face up toc. [obligations, dépense] to meetà la face de locution prépositionnelle1. [devant]2. [publiquement]à la face du monde ou de tous openly, publicly————————de face locution adjectivale————————d'en face locution adjectivalea. [adversaires] the oppositionb. [voisins] the people opposite————————en face locution adverbiale[de front]en face de locution prépositionnellesa maison est en face de l'église his house is opposite ou faces the churchen face l'un de l'autre, l'un en face de l'autre face to face————————face à locution prépositionnelle[dans l'espace] in front offace à l'ennemi/aux médias faced with the enemy/mediaface à face locution adverbiale -
71 pull
A n1 ( tug) coup m ; one good pull and the door opened un bon coup et la porte s'est ouverte ; to give sth a pull tirer sur qch ;2 ( attraction) lit force f ; fig attrait m ; gravitational pull force gravitationnelle ; the pull of Hollywood/of the sea l'attrait d'Hollywood/de la mer ;3 ○ ( influence) influence f ; to exert a pull over sb exercer une certaine influence sur qn ; to have a lot of pull with sb avoir beaucoup d'influence sur qn ; to have the pull to do avoir le bras suffisamment long pour faire ;5 ○ ( on cigarette etc) bouffée f ; to take a pull at ou on a cigarette tirer une bouffée sur une cigarette ;7 ( snag) ( in sweater) maille f tirée ; there's a pull in my sweater il y a une maille tirée sur mon pull ;8 Print épreuve f ;9 ( prolonged effort) it was a hard pull to the summit cela a été très dur d'arriver jusqu'au sommet ; the next five kilometres will be a hard pull les cinq prochains kilomètres vont être durs.B vtr1 ( tug) tirer [chain, curtain, hair, tail] ; tirer sur [cord, rope] ; to pull the door open/shut ouvrir/fermer la porte ; to pull the sheets over one's head se cacher la tête sous les draps ; to pull a sweater over one's head ( to put it on) enfiler un pull-over ; ( to take it off) retirer un pull-over ;2 (tug, move) ( towards oneself) tirer (towards vers) ; ( by dragging) traîner [reticent person, heavy object] (along le long de) ; ( to show sth) entraîner par le bras [person] ; to pull sb by the arm/hair tirer qn par le bras/les cheveux ; to pull sb/sth through faire passer qn/qch par [hole, window] ;3 ( draw) [vehicle] tracter [caravan, trailer] ; [horse] tirer [cart, plough] ; [person] tirer [handcart, sled] ;4 (remove, extract) extraire [tooth] ; cueillir [peas, beans, flowers] ; arracher [potatoes] ; to pull sth off [small child, cat] faire tomber qch de [shelf, table] ; he pulled her attacker off her il a fait lâcher prise à son assaillant ; to pull sth out of tirer qch de [pocket, drawer] ; to pull sb out of retirer qn de [wreckage] ; sortir qn de [river] ;8 ( hold back) [rider] retenir [horse] ; to pull one's punches [boxer] retenir ses coups ; fig he didn't pull his punches il n'a pas mâché ses mots ;9 (steer, guide) to pull a boat into the bank amener une barque jusqu'à la berge ; to pull a plane out of a dive redresser un avion ;11 Print tirer [proof] ;13 ○ ( attract) attirer [audience, voters, girls, men] ;14 ( make) to pull a face faire la grimace ; to pull faces faire des grimaces ; to pull a strange expression faire une drôle de tête ○.C vi1 ( tug) tirer (at, on sur) ; to pull at sb's sleeve tirer qn par la manche ;2 ( resist restraint) [dog, horse] tirer (at, on sur) ;3 ( move) tirer ; the car pulls to the left la voiture tire à gauche ; the brakes are pulling to the left quand on freine la voiture tire à gauche ; to pull ahead of sb [athlete, rally driver] prendre de l'avance sur qn ; [company] avoir de l'avance sur [competitor] ;5 Sport [golfer, batsman] hooker ;6 ( row) ramer.pull the other one (it's got bells on) ○ ! à d'autres (mais pas à moi) ○ ! ; to be on the pull ◑ draguer ○.■ pull along:▶ pull [sth] along, pull along [sth] tirer [sled] ;▶ pull [sb] along tirer qn par le bras.■ pull apart:▶ pull apart [component, pieces] se séparer ;▶ pull [sb/sth] apart1 ( dismantle) démonter [machine, toy] ;2 ( destroy) [child] mettre en pièces [toy] ; [animal] déchiqueter [object, prey] ; I'll find the key, I don't care if I have to pull the house apart! fig je trouverai cette clé, même si je dois mettre la maison sens dessus dessous! ;4 ( separate) séparer [combattants, dogs, pages].■ pull away:1 (move away, leave) [car] démarrer ; [person] s'écarter ;2 ( become detached) [component, piece] se détacher ;3 ( open up lead) [car, horse] se détacher (from de) ;▶ pull away from [sb/sth] [car, person] s'éloigner de [person, kerb] ;▶ pull [sb/sth] away éloigner [person] ; retirer [hand] ; to pull [sth] away from sb arracher [qch] à qn [held object] ; to pull sb/sth away from éloigner qn/qch de [danger] ; écarter qn/qch de [window, wall etc].■ pull back:1 ( withdraw) [troops] se retirer (from de) ;2 ( move backwards) [car, person] reculer ;3 ( close the gap) rattraper mon/son etc retard ; she's pulling back ( in race) elle est en train de rattraper son retard ;▶ pull [sb/sth] back, pull back [sb/sth]2 ( tug back) pull the rope back hard tire fort sur la corde.■ pull down:▶ pull [sth] down, pull down [sth]1 ( demolish) démolir [building] ;▶ pull [sb/sth] down, pull down [sb/sth] ( drag down) tirer [person, object] (onto sur) ; fig entraîner [person, company] ; he'll pull you down with him il va t'entraîner avec lui.■ pull in:▶ pull in [car, bus, driver] s'arrêter ; pull in at the next service station arrêtez-vous à la prochaine station-service ; the police signalled to the motorist to pull in GB la police a fait signe à l'automobiliste de s'arrêter ; to pull in to the kerb s'arrêter le long du trottoir ;▶ pull [sb] in, pull in [sb]1 ( bring in) [police] appréhender qn ; to pull sb in for questioning appréhender qn pour l'interroger ;▶ pull [sth] in, pull in [sth]3 ( steer) [driver] arrêter.■ pull off:▶ pull off [sth], pull [sth] off2 ○ ( clinch) réussir [raid, robbery] ; conclure [deal] ; réaliser [coup, feat] ; décrocher [win, victory].■ pull out:▶ pull out1 ( emerge) [car, truck] déboîter ; I got to the platform just as the train was pulling out je suis arrivé sur le quai au moment où le train partait ; to pull out of quitter [drive, parking space, station] ;2 ( withdraw) [army, troops] se retirer ; [candidate, competitor] se retirer ; to pull out of se retirer de [negotiations, Olympics, area] ;▶ pull [sth] out, pull out [sth]2 ( take out) sortir [knife, gun, wallet, handkerchief] ;3 ( withdraw) retirer [troops, army].■ pull over:▶ pull over [motorist, car] s'arrêter (sur le côté) ;▶ pull [sb/sth] over [police] forcer [qn/qch] à se ranger sur le côté [driver, car].■ pull through:▶ pull through [accident victim] s'en tirer, s'en sortir ;▶ pull [sb/sth] through faire passer [object, person, wool] ; pull the thread through to the front faites passer le fil devant.▶ pull together faire un effort, s'y mettre ; we must all pull together il faut que tout le monde fasse un effort ou s'y mette ;▶ pull [sth] together pull the two ends of the rope together mettez la corde bout à bout ; pull the two pieces together mettez les deux morceaux l'un contre l'autre ; to pull oneself together se ressaisir, se reprendre.■ pull up:▶ pull up1 ( stop) [car, athlete] s'arrêter ;2 ( regain lost ground) [athlete, pupil] rattraper son retard ;▶ pull up [sth], pull [sth] up1 ( uproot) arracher [weeds] ;2 ( lift) lever [anchor, drawbridge] ; to pull up one's trousers/one's socks remonter son pantalon/ses chaussettes ; to pull up a chair prendre une chaise ;▶ pull [sb] up1 ( lift) hisser ; to pull sb up a cliff/out of a well hisser qn en haut d'une falaise/hors d'un puits ; to pull oneself up se hisser ;2 ( reprimand) réprimander qn ; he pulled me up for working too slowly il m'a réprimandé parce que je travaillais trop lentement ; -
72 figure
figure [ˈfɪgər]1. nouna. ( = number) chiffre m• to bring inflation down to single figures faire passer l'inflation en dessous de la barre des 10 %b. ( = diagram) figure fc. ( = shape) [of person] ligne fd. ( = human form) silhouette fe. ( = important person) personnage ma. ( = appear) figurer4. compounds• I wasn't figuring on having to do that je ne m'attendais pas à devoir faire ça► figure out separable transitive verba. ( = understand) arriver à comprendreb. ( = plan) calculer* * *['fɪgə(r)], US ['fɪgjər] 1.1) (number, amount) chiffre ma four-/six-figure sum — un montant de quatre/six chiffres
to have a head for figures —
2) ( person) personnalité f3) ( human form) gen personnage m; Art figure freclining figure — Art figure allongée
4) ( symbol)father figure — image f du père
authority figure — symbole m de l'autorité
5) ( body shape) ligne fto have a great figure — (colloq) avoir une silhouette sensationnelle (colloq)
6) ( geometric or other shape) figure f7) ( diagram) figure f2.transitive verb1) (colloq) ( suppose)to figure (that) — penser or se dire que
2) Literature ( express) symboliser3.1) ( appear) figurer (in dans)2) (colloq) ( make sense) se comprendre•Phrasal Verbs: -
73 Gewinn
Gewinn m 1. BÖRSE return; 2. FIN profit, assets, earnings, surplus; 3. FREI benefit; 4. GEN advantage, surplus, income, gain, net income; 5. RW profit, book profit, surplus; 6. STEUER emolument; 7. WIWI surplus • einen Gewinn melden RW report a profit • Gewinn bringend 1. GEN advantageous, beneficial, gainful; 2. RW profitable; 3. WIWI productive • Gewinn erwirtschaften WIWI run a surplus, generate a profit • Gewinn erzielen 1. BÖRSE move into the money; 2. RW make a profit • Gewinn machen 1. RW make a profit, make profits; 2. WIWI run a surplus • Gewinne abziehen WIWI (infrml) milk profits • Gewinne einheimsen GEN (infrml) rake in profits • Gewinne erzielen BÖRSE make gains, make a profit • Gewinne übertrafen die Vorhersagen im ersten Quartal FIN profits surpassed forecasts in the first quarter* * *m 1. < Börse> return; 2. < Finanz> assets, earnings, surplus; 3. < Frei> benefit; 4. < Geschäft> advantage, surplus, income; 5. < Rechnung> book profit, surplus; 6. < Steuer> emolument; 7. < Verwalt> earnings; 8. <Vw> surplus ■ einen Gewinn melden < Rechnung> report a profit ■ Gewinn bringend 1. < Geschäft> advantageous, beneficial, gainful; 2. < Rechnung> profitable; 3. <Vw> productive ■ Gewinn erwirtschaften <Vw> run a surplus, generate a profit ■ Gewinn erzielen 1. < Börse> move into the money; 2. < Rechnung> make a profit ■ Gewinn machen 1. < Rechnung> make a profit, make profits; 2. <Vw> run a surplus ■ Gewinne abziehen <Vw> milk profits infrml ■ Gewinne einheimsen infrml < Geschäft> rake in profits infrml ■ Gewinne erzielen < Börse> make gains, make a profit ■ Gewinne übertrafen die Vorhersagen im ersten Quartal < Finanz> profits surpassed forecasts in the first quarter* * *Gewinn
profit, gain, gainings, getting, increment, cleanup (US sl.), (Einkünfte) emolument, spoil, (Erfolg) benefit, (Ertrag) receipts, proceeds, return, yield, produce, avails (US), (Ertrag aus Grund und Boden) issue, (gute Gelegenheit) catch, bargain, market, (aus Gewerbebetrieb) profit, earnings, gain, (Gewinnspanne) [profit] margin, (Kursgewinn) increase, advance, gains, (Nutzen) advantage, account, fruit, (Spekulation) gain, (Überschuss) surplus;
• auf Gewinn gerichtet with a view to profit, for pecuniary benefit, profitmaking, commercial;
• nicht auf Gewinn gerichtet non-commercial, non-profit[-making];
• auf gemeinschaftlichen Gewinn und Verlust gerichtet on joint profit and loss;
• mit Gewinn at a profit, profitably;
• ohne Gewinn profitless, unprofitable;
• abgeführter Gewinn amount surrendered;
• an konzernfremde Gesellschaften abgeführter Gewinn (Bilanz) mandatory profit distributions under agreement;
• an Händler abgegebener Gewinn pass-over profit (US);
• abgezweigter Gewinn profit set aside;
• abrechnungspflichtiger Gewinn profit subject to accounting;
• im Rechnungsabschnitt angefallener Gewinn accounting profit;
• im Geschäft wieder angelegter Gewinn retained earnings (US), earnings ploughed (Br.) (plowed, US) back;
• angemessener Gewinn fair return (profit), reasonable return;
• angesammelte Gewinne accumulated profits;
• rapid ansteigende Gewinne soaring profits;
• auffallende Gewinne striking gains;
• auf die Abteilungen aufgeschlüsselter Gewinn departmental profit;
• ausgeschüttete Gewinne distributed profits;
• nicht ausgeschüttete Gewinne undivided (unappropriated, US) profits, retained earnings (US);
• noch nicht ausgeschüttete Gewinne accumulated profits;
• ausgewiesener Gewinn reported profit;
• ausgezahlter Gewinn (Versicherung) bonus in cash;
• ausschüttungsfähiger Gewinn distributable earnings, unappropriated earned surplus (US);
• außerordentliche Gewinne non-recurring profits;
• beachtlicher Gewinn substantial gain;
• steuerlich bereinigter (berichtigter) Gewinn adjusted profit;
• auf Neubewertung beruhender Gewinn appreciated surplus;
• besteuerungsfähiger Gewinn taxable gain;
• betriebsbedingter Gewinn operating profit;
• betrügerische Gewinne fraudulent gains;
• buchmäßiger Gewinn book profit;
• dicker Gewinn fat profit;
• echter Gewinn actual profit;
• ehrliche Gewinne honest profits;
• einbehaltene Gewinne retained earnings (US);
• einmaliger Gewinn banner profit;
• einmalige Gewinne one-time (banner) gains, banner profits;
• entgangener Gewinn ceasing (lost) profit, ceasing gain;
• nicht entnommener Gewinn retained income (earnings, profit) (US), unwithdrawn (non-drawn, undistributed, paid-in, US) profit, profit ploughed (plowed, US) back;
• im Liquidationszeitraum entstandene Gewinne profits arising during a winding-up;
• ergaunerter Gewinn plunder (sl.);
• erhebliche Gewinne (Börse) substantial gain;
• erhoffter Gewinn anticipated profit;
• erwarteter (zu erwartender) Gewinn prospective (anticipated) profit, lucrative interest;
• aus Arbeit zu erwirtschaftender Gewinn profit derivable from work;
• erzielter Gewinn realized (secured) profit, profit made;
• beim Autoverkauf erzielter Gewinn profit on sale of a motor car;
• an der Börse erzielte Gewinne profits on exchange;
• durch Fremdkapitaleinsatz erzielter Gewinn return earned with use of borrowed funds;
• leicht erzielter Gewinn (Börse) velvet (US);
• im ersten Quartal erzielter Gewinn first-quarter profit;
• tatsächlich erzielter Gewinn actual profit;
• in Übersee erzielte Gewinne overseas gains;
• eventueller Gewinn contingent profit;
• früherer Gewinn past earnings;
• gelegentliche Gewinne casual profits;
• geringer Gewinn small profit;
• gewerblicher Gewinn operating (industrial, commercial) profit;
• glänzende Gewinne booming profits;
• glatter Gewinn clear profit;
• unerwartet hoher Gewinn bonanza (US);
• imaginärer Gewinn expected profit;
• inflationsbedingter Gewinn inflation-generated profit;
• zur Ausschüttung kommender Gewinn distributable profit;
• körperschaftssteuerpflichtige Gewinne profits chargeable to corporation tax;
• laufender Gewinn current earnings;
• mäßiger Gewinn light (slight) profit;
• mitgenommener Gewinn realized profit;
• müheloser Gewinn easy profit;
• optimaler Gewinn optimum profit;
• realisierter Gewinn realized profit (revenue);
• nicht realisierter Gewinn unrealized profit;
• noch nicht realisierter Gewinn contingent (paper, US) profit;
• unrealisierter rechnerischer Gewinn paper profit;
• reiner Gewinn net profit (avails, US);
• rückständige Gewinne back profits;
• schwindende Gewinne shrivel(l)ing profits;
• sicherer Gewinn certain percentage;
• stattlicher Gewinn handsome profit;
• für die Aktionäre zur Verfügung stehender Gewinn profit attributable to shareholders (Br.) (stockholders, US);
• stehen gebliebener Gewinn jackpot, profit left;
• stehen gelassener Gewinn retained (US) (unrealized, left) profit, retained income (US), profit ploughed (Br.) (plowed, US) back;
• zur Ausschüttung zur Verfügung stehender Gewinn distributable earnings, unappropriated earned surplus (US);
• steigender Gewinn growing profit;
• steuerpflichtiger Gewinn attributable profit before taxation, taxable (chargeable, assessable) profit, chargeable gain;
• tatsächlicher Gewinn actual profit;
• thesaurierter Gewinn accumulated (unappropriated, US) profit, profit retained (US), retained earnings (profit, surplus, US, income), accumulated earnings;
• überschießender (überschüssiger) Gewinn excess profit, surplus income (profit);
• unausgeschütteter Gewinn undistributed (undivided) profits, retained earnings;
• unerlaubte Gewinne illicit profits;
• unerwarteter Gewinn windfall profit;
• unlautere Gewinne sordid gains;
• unrealisierte Gewinne paper profits;
• unrechtmäßiger Gewinn illegal profit;
• der Steuerpflicht unterliegende Gewinne profits brought within the charge of tax, chargeable gains;
• der Körperschaftssteuer unterworfene Gewinne profits chargeable to corporation tax;
• unverteilter Gewinn unappropriated [earned, US] surplus, undistributed (non-distributed) net profit (Br.), undivided profit;
• veranlagungspflichtiger Gewinn chargeable gain, profit brought within the charge of tax;
• verfügbarer Gewinn available profit;
• für die Dividendenausschüttung verfügbarer Gewinn unappropriated profit (US), unappropriated earned surplus (US);
• nach Rückstellung auf Rücklagekonto verfügbarer Gewinn net surplus (US);
• verkürzter Gewinn shave-off profit;
• versteckter Gewinn hidden (secret) profit;
• zu versteuernder Gewinn taxable profit (earnings);
• dieses Jahr zu versteuernder Gewinn gain taxable this year;
• versteuerter Gewinn taxed profit, profit after tax;
• verteilbarer Gewinn available profit;
• zu verteilender Gewinn distributable earnings;
• verteilter Gewinn appropriated surplus;
• nicht verteilter (verwertbarer) Gewinn accumulated profit, unappropriated [earned, US] surplus, surplus earnings (US);
• nicht verwendete Gewinne unapplied profits;
• vorgetragener Gewinn profit carried forward;
• vorweggenommener Gewinn anticipated bonus, deferred profit;
• wesentliche Gewinne material gains;
• den Rücklagen zugewiesene (zugeführte) Gewinne (Bilanz) appropriated earnings (US), earned surplus (US), profit retained and added to reserve;
• gesetzlich zugerechneter Gewinn profit appendant;
• vertraglich zugerechneter Gewinn profit appurtenant;
• zurechenbarer Gewinn (Einkommensteuer) attributable profit;
• zusätzlicher Gewinn extra profit;
• nicht zweckgebundener Gewinn available (disposable) surplus;
• einbehaltene Gewinne und Abschreibungen retained cashflow;
• Gewinne nach Abzug von Steuern after-tax earnings (profit);
• Gewinn vor Abzug von Steuern pretax profit (earnings), earnings (profit) before tax;
• Gewinn je Aktie earnings per share (stock, US);
• Gewinn vor Berücksichtigung der Steuern pretax profit;
• Gewinn aus Beteiligungen investment profit, profit due from participation;
• Gewinn aus Buchwerterhöhungen appreciated surplus, surplus of appreciation;
• Gewinn aus Devisengeschäften gain from exchange operations;
• Gewinn vor Fusionierung profit prior to consolidation;
• Gewinne im Geschäftsjahr (Versicherung) underwriting (insurance) profits;
• Gewinne aus einem nicht genehmigten Gewerbe unlawful profits;
• Gewinn aus Gewerbebetrieb business profit;
• Gewinn aus der Hauptbetriebstätigkeit operating profit;
• Gewinn bei Kalkulation zu Marktpreisen nach Abzug fälliger Steuern current cost profit after deducting taxation payable;
• Gewinn aus Kapitalanlagen income from capital investment;
• Gewinn je Kapitaleinheit profitability ratio (US);
• Gewinne aus Monopolen (Bilanz) profits from patents and secret processes (Br.), monopoly profits (US);
• Gewinn aus Neubewertung reappraisal surplus;
• Gewinn aus Prägung von Scheidemünzen minor coinage profit fund (US);
• Gewinn nach Steuern profit after taxes;
• kleine Gewinne, große Umsätze small profits, quick returns;
• Gewinn aus Veräußerungen sales profit;
• Gewinne aus dem Verkauf von Anlagegütern profits on the sale of fixed assets;
• Gewinn und Verlust profit and loss account, losings and winnings;
• Gewinn vor Vornahme von Abschreibungen profit before depreciation;
• Gewinn nach Vortrag (Bilanz) profit balance;
• Gewinne aus Wertpapieranlagen income from securities, investment income;
• Gewinn abwerfend paying, remunerative;
• Gewinn bringend profitable, gainful, lucrative, profit-producing (-making), remunerative, revenue- (profit-) earning, pay[ing], payable, advantageous;
• Gewinn abführen to surrender a profit;
• seinen Gewinn vom Wettbüro abholen to collect one’s winnings from the betting shop;
• mit Gewinn abschließen to show a profit;
• Transaktion mit Gewinn abschließen to make a profit out of a transaction;
• Gewinne abschöpfen to siphon off (cream away) profits;
• Gewinn abwerfen to leave (bring in, render, yield, return) profit, to leave a margin, to be profitable, to pay;
• angemessenen Gewinn abwerfen to yield a fair profit, to bring an adequate return;
• Gewinne aktivieren to capitalize profits;
• Gewinn bringend anlegen to invest advantageously (one’s money to good account);
• mit Gewinn arbeiten to operate (run) at a profit, to operate in the black (coll.), to be on a profitable basis, to work with good result;
• wieder mit Gewinn arbeiten to be back in the black (US coll.);
• Gewinne aufschlüsseln (verhältnismäßig aufteilen, anteilmäßig aufteilen) to prorate profits (US);
• Gewinn untereinander aufteilen to split the profit;
• Gewinn aufweisen to show profit;
• keinerlei Gewinne aufweisen to show a nil balance on its profits;
• seine Gewinne aufzehren to eat up (improve away) one’s profits;
• Gewinn und Verlust durchschnittlich ausgleichen to give and take, to average;
• Gewinn ausschütten to distribute a surplus, to divide profits;
• Gewinne nachteilig beeinflussen to hurt profits;
• Gewinn beschneiden to trim profits;
• j. am Gewinn beteiligen to give s. o. a share in the profits;
• mit Gewinn betreiben to be on a profitable basis, to operate profitably, to be in the black (US coll.);
• Bergwerk mit Gewinn betreiben to work a mine at a profit;
• Gewinn [ein]bringen to be profitable, to show profit, to pay, to bring in, to [yield a handsome] profit;
• Gewinne einkalkulieren to compute profits;
• Gewinn einstreichen to reap a profit, to sweep the board;
• gewaltige Gewinne einstreichen to make huge profits;
• unberechtigten Gewinn einstreichen to pocket a profit;
• unerlaubte Gewinne einstreichen to make illicit profits;
• Gewinn entnehmen to draw the profits;
• Gewinn nicht entnehmen und im Geschäft wieder anlegen to plough (plow, US) back earnings into business;
• Gewinn ermitteln to determine profit;
• Gewinn erzielen to realize (operate at, make, secure, draw) a profit, to come out of the red (US coll.);
• angemessenen Gewinn erzielen to turn a healthy profit;
• anständige Gewinne erzielen to make fair profits;
• 10 Pfund Gewinn erzielen to be ten pounds to the good;
• Gewinn feststellen to ascertain (determine) the profit;
• Anteil am Gewinn haben to have a share in the profit;
• reinen Gewinn ergeben haben to have netted;
• bisher noch keinen Gewinn gemacht haben to have produced zero profit to date;
• seine Gewinne niedrig halten to hold down profits;
• mit einem Gewinn herauskommen (Lotterie) to win a prize;
• Gewinne hochschrauben to kick up earnings;
• Gewinn kassieren to lock in the profit;
• dicke Gewinne kassieren to mop profits;
• lukrative Gewinne buchungstechnisch in Steueroasen anfallen lassen to book most of one’s lucrative business through tax havens;
• Gewinne machen to make profits;
• Gewinn mitnehmen to take profits, to pick up bargains;
• Gewinne realizieren (Börse) to reap (realize, take) profits, to cash in;
• mit Gewinn rechnen to look to profit;
• Gewinne scheffeln to rake in profits;
• am Gewinn beteiligt sein to have an interest in the profits, to share in profits;
• ganzen Gewinn aufs Spiel setzen to play on the velvet (US);
• Gewinn teilen to share gains, to pool profits, to cut (US sl.);
• am Gewinn teilnehmen to partake of the profits;
• Gewinn thesaurieren to retain the profit;
• Gewinn und Verlust zu gleichen Teilen tragen to go shares;
• Gewinne transferieren to repatriate (remit) profits;
• sich von jem. ohne Gewinn und Verlust trennen to break even with s. o.;
• mit Gewinn verkaufen to sell to advantage (at a profit), (Wertpapiere) to sell at a premium;
• Gewinn verrechnen to appropriate profits;
• mit späteren Gewinnen verrechnen to carry forward long-term losses (US);
• Gewinn mit einem Verlust verrechnen to set off a gain against a loss;
• Gewinne verschleiern to conceal profits;
• Gewinn verteilen to divide (distribute) the profits (proceeds);
• Gewinn unter die Angestellten verteilen to allocate the profit among the employees;
• thesaurierte Gewinne für Investitionen verwenden to retain profits for expansion;
• Gewinne verzeichnen to post profits, to post (record) gains;
• kleine Gewinne verzeichnen to register (show) small gains;
• große Gewinne vorweisen to exhibit large profits;
• mit einem Gewinn winken to hold forth hopes of profit;
• Gewinn mit etw. erzielen wollen to do s. th. for profit;
• schnell Gewinn machen wollen to be out for quick killing (fam.);
• großen Gewinn zeitigen to result in a large profit;
• Gewinn ziehen aus to take advantage of, to benefit from;
• einen großen Gewinn aus etw. ziehen to thrive on s. th.;
• Gewinn aus einem Geschäft ziehen to make a profit on a transaction;
• keinen bedeutenden Gewinn aus etw. ziehen to extract no unusual profit from s. th.;
• Gewinne steuerlich zurechnen to allocate (attribute) profits;
• Gewinnabfall profit drop, skid in profits;
• Gewinnabführung surrender of profits, profit transfer;
• Gewinnabführungssteuer excess-profits tax (US);
• Gewinnabführungsvertrag surrender-of-profits agreement;
• Gewinnabnahme fall in profits. -
74 over
'əuvə
1. preposition1) (higher than; above in position, number, authority etc: Hang that picture over the fireplace; He's over 90 years old.) sobre, encima de; más de2) (from one side to another, on or above the top of; on the other side of: He jumped over the gate; She fell over the cat; My friend lives over the street.) sobre, encima; al otro lado de3) (covering: He put his handkerchief over his face.) sobre4) (across: You find people like him all over the world.) por(todo)5) (about: a quarrel over money.) por, por motivos de, sobre6) (by means of: He spoke to her over the telephone.) por7) (during: Over the years, she grew to hate her husband.) durante, a través de, a lo largo de8) (while having etc: He fell asleep over his dinner.) durante
2. adverb1) (higher, moving etc above: The plane flew over about an hour ago.)2) (used to show movement, change of position: He rolled over on his back; He turned over the page.)3) (across: He went over and spoke to them.)4) (downwards: He fell over.)5) (higher in number etc: for people aged twenty and over.)6) (remaining: There are two cakes for each of us, and two over.)7) (through from beginning to end, carefully: Read it over; Talk it over between you.)
3. adjective(finished: The affair is over now.) por encima
4. noun((in cricket) a certain number of balls bowled from one end of the wicket: He bowled thirty overs in the match.) serie de seis lanzamientos
5. as part of a word1) (too (much), as in overdo.) demasiado, extra, exceso de2) (in a higher position, as in overhead.) por encima (de)3) (covering, as in overcoat.) sobre4) (down from an upright position, as in overturn.) hacia abajo5) (completely, as in overcome.) completamente•- over all
- over and done with
over1 adv1. a casawhy don't you come over to see us? ¿por qué no vienes a casa a vernos?2. acabado3. de sobraare there any strawberries over? ¿sobran fresas?over2 prep1. encima de / sobre2. más depeople over 65 las personas de más de 65 años / los mayores de 65 añostr['əʊvəSMALLr/SMALL]■ over here/there aquí/allí■ why don't you come over to dinner? ¿por qué no vienes a cenar a casa?5 (everywhere, throughout) en todas partes6 (again) otra vez■ over and over (again) repetidas veces, una y otra vez7 (remaining) sobrante■ are there any strawberries (left) over? ¿sobran fresas?, ¿quedan fresas?■ did you have any money over? ¿te sobró algún dinero?8 (too much) de más10 SMALLRADIO/SMALL (finished) corto■ over and out! ¡corto y fuera!1 (above, higher than) encima de2 (covering, on top of) sobre, encima de3 (across) sobre; (on the other side of) al otro lado de4 (during) durante5 (throughout) por6 (by the agency of) por7 (more than) más de8 (about) por9 (recovered from) recuperado,-a de10 (indicating control) sobre; (superior) por encima de1 (ended) acabado,-a, terminado,-a\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLover and above además deto be over and done with haber acabadoover ['o:vər] advhe flew over to London: voló a Londrescome on over!: ¡ven acá!the show ran 10 minutes over: el espectáculo terminó 10 minutos de tarde3) above, overhead: por encima4) again: otra vez, de nuevoover and over: una y otra vezto start over: volver a empezar5)all over everywhere: por todas partes6)to fall over : caerse7)to turn over : poner boca abajo, voltearover adj1) higher, upper: superior2) remaining: sobrante, que sobra3) ended: terminado, acabadothe work is over: el trabajo está terminadoover prep1) above: encima de, arriba de, sobreover the fireplace: encima de la chimeneathe hawk flew over the hills: el halcón voló sobre los cerros2) : más deover $50: más de $503) along: por, sobreto glide over the ice: deslizarse sobre el hielothey showed me over the house: me mostraron la casa5) across: por encima de, sobrehe jumped over the ditch: saltó por encima de la zanja6) upon: sobrea cape over my shoulders: una capa sobre los hombros7) on: porto speak over the telephone: hablar por teléfono8) during: en, duranteover the past 25 years: durante los últimos 25 años9) because of: porthey fought over the money: se pelearon por el dineroexpr.• cambio expr.adj.• concluido, -a adj.adv.• al otro lado adv.• encima adv.• encima de adv.• por encima adv.prep.• durante prep.• encima de prep.• más de prep.• por prep.• sobre prep.
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1) preposition2) ( across)to sling something over one's shoulder — colgarse* algo del hombro
they live over the road — (BrE) viven en frente
3)a) ( above) encima dethe portrait hangs over the fireplace — el retrato está colgado encima de or (AmL tb) arriba de la chimenea
b) ( Math) sobre4) (covering, on)5)a) (through, all around)to show somebody over a building/an estate — mostrarle* or (esp Esp) enseñarle un edificio/una finca a alguien
b) (referring to experiences, illnesses)is she over her measles yet? — ¿ya se ha repuesto del sarampión?
6) (during, in the course of)over the past/next few years — en or durante los últimos/próximos años
spread (out) over a six-week period — a lo largo de seis semanas, en un plazo de seis semanas
7) ( by the medium of) por8) (about, on account of)9) all overa) ( over entire surface of)to be all over somebody — (colloq) ( defeat heavily) darle* una paliza a alguien (fam); ( be demonstrative toward)
b) ( throughout)10)a) ( more than) más deb)over and above — ( in addition to) además de
11)a) ( senior to) por encima deb) ( indicating superiority) sobreto have control over somebody/something — tener* control sobre alguien/algo
12) ( in comparison to)sales are up 20% over last year — las ventas han aumentado un 20% con respecto al año pasado
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['ǝʊvǝ(r)] When over is the second element in a phrasal verb, eg come over, go over, start over, turn over, look up the verb.1. ADVERB1) (=across) por encima, por arriba (LAm)2) (=here, there)With prepositions and adverbs [over] is usually not translated•
they're over from Canada for the summer — han venido desde Canadá a pasar el veranohow long have you lived over here? — ¿cuánto tiempo llevas viviendo aquí?
•
he's over in the States at the moment — en este momento está en Estados Unidosover in the States, people reacted differently — (allí) en Estados Unidos la gente reaccionó de otra manera
•
it's over on the other side of town — está al otro lado de la ciudadhow long were you over there? — ¿cuánto tiempo estuviste allí?
•
the baby crawled over to its mother — el bebé gateó hacia su madreover to you! — (to speak) ¡te paso la palabra!
so now it's over to you — (to decide) así que ahora te toca a ti decidir
•
it happened all over again — volvió a ocurrir, ocurrió otra vez•
over and over (again) — repetidas veces, una y otra vez•
several times over — varias veces seguidas4) (US) (=again) otra vezto do sth over — volver a hacer algo, hacer algo otra vez
5) (=remaining)there are three (left) over — sobran or quedan tres
is there any cake left over? — ¿queda or sobra (algo de) pastel?
when they've paid the bills there's nothing (left) over for luxuries — después de pagar las facturas no les sobra or queda nada para caprichos
6) (=more)•
sums of £50,000 and over — cantidades iguales or superiores a 50.000 libras7) (Telec)over! — ¡cambio!
over and out! — ¡cambio y corto!
•
over against — (lit) contra; (fig) frente a•
the (whole) world over — en or por todo el mundo, en el mundo entero2. PREPOSITION1) (indicating position) (=situated above) encima de, arriba de (LAm); (=across) por encima de, por arriba de (LAm)•
pour some sauce over it — échale un poco de salsa por encima•
I put a blanket over her — le eché una manta por encimaall 3., 2), head 1., 1), hill 1.•
to spread a sheet over sth — extender una sábana sobre or por encima de algo2) (=superior to)3) (=on the other side of)4) (=more than) más dean increase of 5% over last year — un aumento del 5 por ciento respecto al año pasado
•
spending has gone up by 7% over and above inflation — el gasto ha aumentado un 7% por encima de la inflaciónyes, but over and above that, we must... — sí, pero además de eso, debemos...
well II, 1., 2), a)over and above the fact that... — además de que...
5) (=during) duranteover the winter — durante or en el invierno
why don't we discuss it over dinner? — ¿por qué no vamos a cenar y lo hablamos?
how long will you be over it? — ¿cuánto tiempo te va a llevar?
lingerhe took or spent hours over the preparations — dedicó muchas horas a los preparativos
6) (=because of) por7) (=about) sobrethe two sides disagreed over how much should be spent — ambas partes discrepaban sobre cuánto debería gastarse
8) (=recovered from)he's not over that yet — (illness) todavía no se ha repuesto de aquello; (shock) todavía no se ha repuesto de or sobrepuesto a aquello
she's over it now — (illness) se ha repuesto de eso ya
it'll take her years to get over it — (shock) tardará años en sobreponerse
I hope you'll soon be over your cold — espero que se te pase pronto el resfriado, espero que te repongas pronto del resfriado
I heard it over the radio — lo escuché or oí por la radio
10) (=contrasted with)3.ADJECTIVE (=finished)when or after the war is over, we'll go... — cuando (se) acabe la guerra, nos iremos...
I'll be happy when the exams are over — seré feliz cuando (se) hayan acabado or terminado los exámenes
•
it's all over — se acabó•
I'll be glad when it's all over and done with — estaré contento cuando todo (se) haya acabado or terminadoto get sth over and done with: if we've got to tell her, best get it over and done with — si tenemos que decírselo, cuanto antes (lo hagamos) mejor
4.NOUN (Cricket) serie f de seis lanzamientos* * *
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1) preposition2) ( across)to sling something over one's shoulder — colgarse* algo del hombro
they live over the road — (BrE) viven en frente
3)a) ( above) encima dethe portrait hangs over the fireplace — el retrato está colgado encima de or (AmL tb) arriba de la chimenea
b) ( Math) sobre4) (covering, on)5)a) (through, all around)to show somebody over a building/an estate — mostrarle* or (esp Esp) enseñarle un edificio/una finca a alguien
b) (referring to experiences, illnesses)is she over her measles yet? — ¿ya se ha repuesto del sarampión?
6) (during, in the course of)over the past/next few years — en or durante los últimos/próximos años
spread (out) over a six-week period — a lo largo de seis semanas, en un plazo de seis semanas
7) ( by the medium of) por8) (about, on account of)9) all overa) ( over entire surface of)to be all over somebody — (colloq) ( defeat heavily) darle* una paliza a alguien (fam); ( be demonstrative toward)
b) ( throughout)10)a) ( more than) más deb)over and above — ( in addition to) además de
11)a) ( senior to) por encima deb) ( indicating superiority) sobreto have control over somebody/something — tener* control sobre alguien/algo
12) ( in comparison to)sales are up 20% over last year — las ventas han aumentado un 20% con respecto al año pasado
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75 briser
briser [bʀize]➭ TABLE 11. transitive verb2. reflexive verb* * *bʀize
1.
1) ( rompre) to break [objet, jambe]2) ( interrompre) to break [rythme, élan]; to stop [tentative, attaque, ascension]; to break down [résistance]; to crush [révolte]; [travailleur] to break [grève]; [police] to stop [grève]3) ( mettre fin à) to break [silence, monopole]; to break down [tabou]; to shatter [rêve, idylle]4) ( détruire) to destroy [pays, structure]; to break [personne]; to wreck [carrièe, vie]; to shatter [image]l'émotion lui brisait la voix — his/her voice was breaking with emotion
5) ( épuiser) to shatter [personne]
2.
se briser verbe pronominal1) ( se rompre) [vitre, os] to break; [vague] to break (sur, contre against)2) ( s'interrompre) [rêve] to be shattered3) ( s'altérer) [voix] to break* * *bʀize vt1) (= casser) [vase, liens] to break2) [carrière, réputation] to ruin, to wreck3) (personne) [maladie, soucis, peine] to break* * *briser verb table: aimerA vtr1 ( rompre) to break [objet, jambe];2 ( interrompre) to break [rythme, volonté, élan]; to stop [tentative, attaque, ascension, inflation]; to break down [résistance]; to crush [révolte]; [travailleur] to break [grève]; [police] to stop [grève];3 ( mettre fin à) to break [silence, monopole, accord, isolement]; to break down [tabou]; to bring [sth] to an end [influence]; to shatter [rêve, idylle];4 ( détruire) to destroy [pays, organisation, structure]; to break [personne]; to wreck [carrière]; to shatter [image]; cette épreuve a brisé sa vie/ses espoirs this experience has wrecked his/her life/his/her hopes; l'émotion lui brisait la voix his/her voice was breaking with emotion;5 ( épuiser) to shatter [personne].B se briser vpr1 ( se rompre) [vitre, os] to break; [vague] to break (sur, contre against); mes arguments se sont brisés contre son entêtement fig my arguments were useless in the face of his stubbornness;2 ( s'interrompre) [élan] to break; [rêve] to be shattered;3 ( s'altérer) [voix] to break; quand il en parle, sa voix se brise when he talks about it, his voice breaks; son cœur se brise devant tant de pauvreté all this poverty is breaking his/her heart.il nous les brise◑ he's bugging us◑.[brize] verbe transitif1. [mettre en pièces - verre, assiette] to break, to smash ; [ - vitre] to break, to shatter, to smash ; [ - motte de terre] to break up (separable)3. [défaire - réputation, carrière] to wreck, to ruin ; [ - résistance, rébellion] to crush, to quell ; [ - contrat] to break ; [ - grève] to break (up)briser un mariage/une amitié/une famille to break up a marriage/friendship/family4. [soumettre] to break5. [épuiser - suj: soucis, chagrin] to break, to crush ; [ - suj: exercice, voyage] to exhaust, to tire out (separable)————————briser avec verbe plus préposition[ami, tradition] to break with————————se briser verbe pronominal intransitif3. [déferler - mer] to break4. [échouer - attaque, assaut] to fail -
76 low
1. n самый низкий уровень2. n обыкн. низина3. n метеор. область низкого барометрического давления; циклон4. n карт. младший козырь5. n фоска6. n спорт. самый маленький счёт7. n авт. первая, низшая скоростьon a low level — на низком уровне; в низших инстанциях
8. a низкий, невысокийlow frequency — радио, низкая частота
low cover — подрост, нижний ярус
9. a низкий, низменныйtrees growing in low, shady places — деревья, растущие в низких тенистых местах
10. a низкий, ниже обычного или желаемого уровняlow level of employment — низкий уровень занятости, большая безработица
low tide — отлив, малая вода
to get low — понижаться, падать
11. a открытый12. a тихий, негромкий13. a низкого происхождения, низкого социального положенияall sorts of people, high and low — всякие люди, люди разных классов
low area — циклон, область низкого давления
low level i/o — ввод - вывод низкого уровня
14. a невысокоразвитый, стоящий на низкой ступени цивилизацииlow tribes — племена, стоящие на низкой ступени развития
straddle over low bar — перемах ноги врозь над н.ж.
15. a биол. низшийlow quality — низкое качество; низший сорт
16. a вульгарный, грубый; низкий; невоспитанныйlow manners — плохие манеры; вульгарные манеры
low fellow — невоспитанный человек, хам
17. a низкий, подлыйlow cunning — коварство; изворотливость
18. a слабый, пониженный, небольшойlow volume — небольшой обьем; небольшой
19. a слабый, подавленный20. a подавленный, униженныйto bring low — подавлять, угнетать; унижать
21. a плохой, неблагоприятный22. a скудный, недостаточный; непитательный; истощённый, исчерпанныйoil is in low supply — нефти не хватает; нефть поступает в недостаточном количестве
23. a церк. принадлежащие к низкой церквиtoo low — слишком низко; слишком низкий
24. adv низкоto bow low — низко кланяться; отвесить низкий поклон
I hope I shall never fall as low as that — я надеюсь, что никогда не паду так низко
25. adv тихо, негромко26. adv на низких нотах27. adv дёшево, по дешёвой ценеto buy low — покупать дёшево, купить по дешёвке
28. adv скудно; бедно, в бедностиto live low — жить в бедности, скудно питаться
rear lying support hang on low bar — вис лежа сзади на н.ж.
front lying support hang on low bar — вис лежа на н.ж.
29. adv слабо30. adv поздно, недавно31. n мычание32. v мычатьСинонимический ряд:1. cheap (adj.) cheap; economical; inexpensive; low cost; low-cost; low-priced; popular; reasonable; uncostly; undear2. coarse (adj.) coarse; crass; crude; gross; incult; inelegant; raw; rough; rude; uncouth; uncultivated; uncultured; unpolished; unrefined; vulgar3. deep (adj.) bass; deep; low-pitched4. downcast (adj.) bad; blue; cast down; chapfallen; crestfallen; dejected; depressed; disconsolate; dispirited; doleful; down; downcast; downhearted; down-in-the-mouth; downthrown; droopy; dull; gloomy; heartsick; heartsore; heavy-hearted; hipped; low-spirited; melancholic; melancholy; miserable; moody; mopey; sad; saddened; soul-sick; spiritless; sunk; unhappy; woebegone5. flat (adj.) flat; level; squat; stumpy6. humble (adj.) humble; insignificant; paltry; unimportant7. ignoble (adj.) baseborn; ignoble; lowborn; meek; plain; plebeian; unennobled; unwashed8. mean (adj.) abhorrent; abject; base; contemptible; degraded; despicable; detestable; disgraceful; disgusting; dishonorable; dishonourable; disreputable; filthy; foul; loathsome; low-down; lowly; mean; menial; nasty; obnoxious; odious; reprehensible; repugnant; rotten; servile; shabby; sordid; sorry; squalid; ugly; unbecoming; undignified; vile; wretched9. poor (adj.) beggared; broke; destitute; dirt poor; fortuneless; impecunious; impoverished; indigent; necessitous; needy; penurious; poor; poverty-stricken; stone-broke; stony; strapped; unprosperous10. prone (adj.) dead; prone; prostrate; supine11. small (adj.) inferior; lesser; lower; minor; minor-league; nether; petty; secondary; small; subjacent; under12. soft (adj.) gentle; hushed; low-key; muffled; quiet; soft; subdued13. subaverage (adj.) subaverage; subnormal14. unwell (adj.) ailing; dying; exhausted; expiring; feeble; indisposed; off-color; offish; poorly; sickly; sinking; underly; unwell; weak15. bellow (verb) bellow16. cheaply (other) cheaply; inexpensivelyАнтонимический ряд:admirable; blatant; considerable; deafening; decent; elated; elevated; eminent; estimable; exalted; excited; exorbitant; happy; healthy; loud; substantial; tall -
77 Zinsen
Zinsen mpl BANK, BÖRSE, FIN, RW, WIWI interest, int. • auf Zinsen borgen BANK borrow at interest • Zinsen abwerfen FIN bear interest, yield interest • Zinsen auflaufen lassen BANK accrue interest • Zinsen berechnen BANK charge interest • Zinsen bringen FIN bear interest, yield interest • Zinsen tragen in Höhe von RW bear an interest of* * *mpl <Bank, Börse, Finanz, Rechnung, Vw> interest (int.) ■ auf Zinsen borgen < Bank> borrow at interest ■ Zinsen abwerfen < Finanz> bear interest, yield interest ■ Zinsen auflaufen lassen < Bank> accrue interest ■ Zinsen berechnen < Bank> charge interest ■ Zinsen bringen < Finanz> bear interest, yield interest ■ Zinsen tragen in Höhe von < Rechnung> bear an interest of* * *Zinsen
interest[s], use money (sl.), (Bilanz) interest charges;
• abzüglich Zinsen less interest;
• auf Zinsen on interest;
• auf Zinsen ausgeliehen out at interest;
• franko Zinsen without interest, no interest charged, flat;
• mit Zinsen plus interest;
• ohne Zinsen ex interest, flat;
• zu gesetzlichen Zinsen at legal interest;
• zu niedrigen Zinsen at a low rate of interest;
• ablösliche Zinsen redeemable interest;
• steuerlich abzugsfähige Zinsen protected interest;
• anfallende Zinsen accruing interest;
• angefallene Zinsen accrued (accumulated) interest;
• einem Konto angelastete Zinsen interest debited to an account;
• angelaufene Zinsen interest accrued;
• aufgelaufene [noch nicht fällige] Zinsen accrued interest;
• aufgelaufene [und fällige] Zinsen accumulated interest;
• ausstehende Zinsen interest receivable (US);
• auf der Basis von 360 Tagen berechnete Zinsen ordinary interest (US);
• auf der Basis von 365 (360) Tagen berechnete Zinsen exact (ordinary) interest (US);
• innerhalb des Konzerns berechnete Zinsen intercompany interests;
• Kosten gerade deckende Zinsen compensatory interest;
• einfache Zinsen simple interest;
• eingekommene Zinsen interest paid;
• entstandene, noch nicht fällige Zinsen (Bilanz) accrued interest payable (US);
• entstehende Zinsen accruing interest;
• erhaltene Zinsen interest received;
• erhöhte Zinsen increased interest;
• fällige Zinsen interest payable (due), outstanding interest;
• monatlich fällige Zinsen monthly interest;
• fällig werdende Zinsen accruing (accrual of) interest;
• feste Zinsen fixed interest;
• zum Kapital geschlagene Zinsen capitalized interest;
• gesetzliche Zinsen statutory interest, legal interest rate;
• gestaffelte Zinsen equated (graduated) interest;
• gegenseitig in Rechnung gestellte Zinsen reciprocal interest;
• gestundete Zinsen deferred interest;
• [jährlich] gezahlte Zinsen [yearly] interest paid;
• zulasten des Kapitals gezahlte Zinsen interest paid out of the capital;
• gleitende Zinsen sliding rate of interest;
• gutgeschriebene Zinsen credited interest;
• halbjährliche Zinsen semi-annual interest;
• hohe Zinsen dear money, high interest;
• jährliche Zinsen annual interest, interest per annum;
• kalkulatorische Zinsen imputed interest;
• landesübliche Zinsen customary rate of interest;
• laufende Zinsen current (running) interest;
• niedrige Zinsen low interest;
• reine Zinsen true interest;
• rückständige Zinsen back (unpaid, overdue) interests, arrears of interest, interest in arrears;
• satzungsgemäße Zinsen statutory interest;
• steuerfreie Zinsen tax-free interest;
• transitorische Zinsen deferred interest;
• überfällige Zinsen past-due interest;
• überhöhte Zinsen exorbitant interest;
• übliche Zinsen interest as usual;
• variable Zinsen variable interest;
• vereinbarte Zinsen conventional interest;
• vertraglich vereinbarte (ausgehandelte) Zinsen stipulated interest;
• vorteilhafte Zinsen lucrative interests (US);
• vorweggenommene Zinsen anticipated interest;
• zurechenbare Zinsen imputed interest;
• Kapital und Zinsen principal and interest;
• Zinsen und zinsähnliche Aufwendungen interest and similar expenses;
• Zinsen auf ein Bankguthaben bank-deposit interest;
• gezahlte Zinsen auf Bausparverträge building society interest received;
• Zinsen aus Buchforderungen accrued accounts receivable (US);
• Zinsen in Form von festverzinslichen Schuldverschreibungen funding debenture interest (Br.);
• Zinsen auf ausgeliehene Geldbeträge interest on money lent;
• Zinsen aus Kapitalanlagen interest on investments;
• Zinsen aus Kontokorrenten interest on fluctuating overdrafts;
• Zinsen für langfristige Kredite long-term interest rates;
• Zinsen von einem Postsparkassenbuch post-office savings-bank interest (Br.);
• Zinsenzum Satz von 4% interest at the rate of 4 per cent;
• Zinsen von Sparguthaben interest on deposits with a trustee savings bank;
• Zinsen auf gewährte Vorschüsse (Bilanz) interest on advances credited;
• Zinsen abwerfen to yield (draw) interest;
• Zinsen angleichen (anpassen) to adjust interest rates;
• Zinsen der Inflation anpassen to adjust the interest for inflation;
• sein Geld auf Zinsen ausleihen to loan on (put out) one’s money at interest;
• Zinsen ausrechnen to cast (work out, compute) interest;
• Zinsen belasten to charge interest;
• 9% Zinsen berechnen to charge 9 per cent interest;
• Zinsen vierteljährlich berechnen to compound interest quarterly;
• Zinsen bei Fälligkeit bezahlen to keep down interest;
• 9,5% Zinsen für einen Kredit bezahlen to pay 9,5 per cent interest on a loan;
• Zinsen laufend bezahlen to pay interest when due;
• 5% Zinsen [ein]bringen to bring in (yield) interest of 5 per cent;
• Zinsen erheben to charge interest;
• Zinsen errechnen to ascertain (work out, compute) interest;
• 6% Zinsen gewähren to grant an interest of 6 per cent;
• von den Zinsen seines Vermögens leben to live on the interest received from one’s capital;
• Zinsen zum Kapital schlagen (kapitalisieren) to capitalize interest;
• auf Zinsen ausgeliehen sein to be out at interest;
• Zinsen senken to reduce the interest rate;
• Zinsen [gegenseitig] in Rechnung stellen to charge interest [on both sides];
• Zinsen tragen to yield interest;
• 5% Zinsen tragen to bear interest at the rate (carry an interest) of 5 per cent;
• Zinsen vergüten to allow interest;
• hohe Zinsen zahlen to pay high interest rates;
• hohe Zinsen zahlen müssen to sit at a high interest;
• Zinsenaufstellung Zinsenaufstellung, Zinsenberechnung, Zinsenbelastungstatement of interest, interest statement;
• Zinsenberechnung Zinsenaufstellung, Zinsenberechnung, Zinsenbelastungstatement of interest, interest statement;
• Zinsenbelastung Zinsenaufstellung, Zinsenberechnung, Zinsenbelastungstatement of interest, interest statement;
• Zinsendienst payment of interest, interest expenditure;
• Zinsendienst wieder aufnehmen to resume the service of a loan;
• Zinsendienst einer Anleihe durchführen to service a loan. -
78 program
1. nto administer a program — выполнять / осуществлять программу
to apply a program — использовать / применять программу
to approve a program — утверждать / одобрять программу
to carry out a program — выполнять / осуществлять программу
to contribute to a program — способствовать выполнению программы; вносить вклад в программу
to expand / to extend a program — расширять программу
to lay out a program — излагать / намечать программу
to map out a program — намечать / составлять программу
to outline a program — излагать / намечать программу
to profess a program — придерживаться программы; отстаивать программу
to set out a program — излагать / намечать программу
to slash a program — урезать ассигнования на какую-л. программу
to unfreeze one's nuclear program — размораживать свою ядерную программу
- action-oriented programto water down one's program — ослаблять свою программу
- activated program
- ad hoc program
- advanced technical training programs
- aerospace program
- agrarian program
- agrarian reform program
- aid program
- all-embracing program
- alternative program
- ambitious program
- anti-inflation program
- anti-marine pollution programs
- armament program
- assistance program
- atomic energy program
- atoms-for-peace program
- austerity program
- ballot-counting program
- bilateral program
- black programs
- broad program
- broad-ranging program
- budget program
- categorical assistance program
- civil nuclear program
- civil nuclear-power program
- clear-cut program
- coherent program
- component program
- comprehensive program
- compromise program
- concerted program
- concrete program
- consolidated program
- constructive program
- coordinator of a program
- country programs
- crash program
- daily program of sittings
- detailed program
- development program
- diminution in a program
- disarmament program
- disease control programs
- domestic assaults on a program
- dormant program
- draft program
- economic development program
- economic recovery program
- economic reform program
- election program
- energy program
- established program
- European Recovery Program
- execution of a program
- expanded program
- export promotion program
- family planning program
- famine relief program
- feasible program
- feed-back program
- fellowship program
- field programs
- fiscal program
- flight program
- follow-on program
- follow-up program
- food program
- foreign policy program
- general democratic program
- global program
- government program
- halt to the program
- health program
- home-policy program
- housing program
- implementation of a program
- industrial development program
- innovative program
- in-plant training program
- integrated program
- interdisciplinary program of research
- intergovernmental program
- investment promotion program
- job-training program
- joint program
- land reform program
- large-scale program
- live program
- long-range program
- long-term program
- major program
- manned program
- marine program
- massive program
- maximum program
- medium-term programs
- militant program
- military-political program
- military-space programs
- minimum program
- modernization program
- monitoring and evaluating programs
- multilateral aid program
- national program
- nation-wide program
- natural resources development program
- negotiating program
- nondefense program
- non-nuclear defense program
- nuclear program
- nuclear test program
- nuclear-power program
- nuclear-weapons program
- operational program
- optional program
- party program
- Peace Program
- peaceful program
- performance of a program
- phased program
- pilot program
- political program
- population program
- power program
- price support program
- priority program
- privatization program
- production program
- program aimed at smth
- program for economic cooperation
- program for peace and international cooperation
- program has begun its most difficult period
- program has raised objections
- program of action
- program of activities
- program of consolidation
- program of general and complete disarmament
- program of gradual change
- program of measures
- program of militarization
- program of national rebirth
- program of research
- program of revival
- program of work
- promotion program
- public investment program
- public program
- reconstruction program
- recovery program
- reform program
- regional program
- regular program
- rehabilitation program
- research program
- resettlement program
- restructured program
- retraining program
- revised program
- revision of a program
- rural development program
- safeguards program
- safety standards program
- scientific program
- social program
- social welfare program
- sound program
- space exploration program
- space program
- special-purpose program
- Star Wars program
- Strategic Defense Initiative Program
- study program
- systematic assessment of the relevance, adequacy, progress, efficiency, effectiveness and impact of a program
- target program
- technical aid program
- terrorism reward program
- tough program
- training program
- unconstructive program
- under the program
- unemployment insurance program
- UNEP
- United Nations Environment Program
- utopian program
- vast program
- viable program
- war program
- wasteful program
- welfare program
- well-balanced program
- well-planned program
- well-thought-out program
- wide-ranging program
- work program
- world food program
- youth exchange program 2. vсоставлять программу, разрабатывать программу; программировать -
79 спра
вж. спирам* * *спра̀,спѝрам гл.1. прех. stop (да c ger.); put an end to; bring to a stop/stand/standstill; ( задържам) hold up; stay; ( възпирам) check, hold back/in/up, restrain, withhold, stem; ( преча на) hinder, impede, check, trammel; ( преустановявам) cease, discontinue, leave off, suspend, разг. axe; ( прекъсвам) break off; ( кон, кола) pull up; ( електричество, телефон и пр.) cut off; временно \спра съдебно разпореждане юр. suspend proceedings; не можеш да го спреш there’s no stopping him; \спра бойни действия воен. cease hostilities; \спра вестник ( временно) suspend a newspaper, ( постоянно) suppress a newspaper; \спра дейността си suspend o.’s activities, (за предприятие) close down; \спра инфлация икон. curb inflation; \спра надпреварата във въоръжаването stop/curb the armament drive/race; \спра настъплението hold back/check the advance; \спра някого да извърши нещо prevent/keep s.o. from doing s.th.; \спра поглед върху rest o.’s gaze on; fix o.’s eyes on; \спра развитието на болест stay the progress of a disease; спрете (да говорите)! stop talking! (грубо) shut up! ще спрете ли да се биете give over fighting, will you;2. непрех. stop, come to a halt/stand/stop/standstill; cease; pause; (за превозно средство) pull/draw up; (за часовник) stop, run down; водата спря the water has been cut off; \спра неочаквано (за кон) jib; (на пристанище) call (at); ( внезапно) break off, come to a sudden/abrupt stop; stop short/dead; (не мога да продължа) break down; токът спря there is a power cut, the power is cut off;3. ( отсядам) put up, stay (в at);\спра се stop; ( въздържам се) check/restrain o.s., hold in; не се \спра пред нищо stop/stick at nothing; go to any length(s); няма нищо, на което да се спре погледът there is nothing to catch the eye; \спра се да си поема дъх pause for breath; \спра се на ( избирам) fix on, pitch on; • все трябва да спрем някъде (да сложим граница) we must draw the line somewhere.* * *вж. спирам -
80 level
1) ( horizontal) horizontal, waagrecht;( flat) eben;the picture isn't \level das Bild hängt nicht gerade;\level ground ebenes Gelände\level with sth auf gleicher Höhe mit etw dat;the unions are fighting to keep wages \level with inflation ( fig) die Gewerkschaften kämpfen um die Angleichung der Löhne und Gehälter an die Inflationsrate( in competition) punktegleich;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 mit jdm/etw gleichziehen, jdn/etw einholena \level cupful of flour eine Tasse [voll] Mehl;a \level spoonful of sugar ein gestrichener Löffel Zucker5) ( calm) ruhig;to keep a \level head einen kühlen [o klaren] Kopf bewahren;to give sb a \level look jdn mit festem Blick ansehen;in a \level tone ohne die Stimme zu heben;in a \level voice mit fester StimmePHRASES: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 nat eye \level in Augenhöhe;above sea \level über dem Meeresspiegel;water \level Pegelstand m, Wasserstand mground \level Erdgeschoss nt;at [or on] \level four im vierten Stockinflation 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 mat government[al] \level auf Regierungsebene;at a higher/lower \level auf höherer/niedrigerer Ebene;your explanation must be at a \level that the children can understand du musst es so erklären, dass die Kinder dich verstehen;advanced/intermediate \level fortgeschrittenes/mittleres Niveau;( school) Ober-/Mittelstufe f;to reach a high \level ein hohes Niveau erreichen;intellectual \level geistiges Niveau;to bring sth down to sb's \level etw auf jds Niveau nt bringen;to take sth to a higher \level etw verbessern [o auf ein höheres Niveau bringen];at a deeper/on another \level auf einer tieferen Ebene/nach einer anderen Lesart;on a serious \level ernsthaft7) ( standard of behaviour)I would never sink to the \level of taking bribes ich würde nie so tief sinken und mich bestechen lassenon the \level ebenerdigPHRASES:to be on a \level [with sb/sth] (Brit, Aus) ( at same height) [mit jdm/etw] auf derselben Höhe sein;( in same position) gleich gut sein [wie jd/etw];to be on the \level ehrlich [o aufrichtig] sein;this offer is on the \level dies ist ein faires Angebot;to find your own \level ( fam) seinen Platz in der Welt finden ( fam) vt <( Brit) - ll- or ( Am usu) - l->1) ( make flat)to \level wood Holz schmirgeln2) ( make equal)to \level the score den Ausgleich erzielen3) ( point)to \level the pistol/ rifle at sb die Pistole/das Gewehr auf jdn richten;to \level accusations/ charges/ criticism against [or at] sb ( fig) jdn anschuldigen/beschuldigen/kritisieren
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