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  • 4 seguir

    v.
    1 to follow.
    tú ve delante, que yo te sigo you go ahead, I'll follow o I'll go behind
    seguir algo de cerca to follow o monitor something closely (desarrollo, resultados)
    Ellos siguen la caravana They follow the convoy.
    Eso es lo que sigue That is what follows.
    2 to follow.
    me parece que nos siguen I think we're being followed
    3 to continue, to resume.
    Me sigue el dolor My pain persists.
    4 to continue, to go on.
    ¡sigue, no te pares! go o carry on, don't stop!
    aquí se baja él, yo sigo he's getting out here, I'm going on (al taxista)
    sigo trabajando en la fábrica I'm still working at the factory
    debes seguir haciéndolo you should keep on o carry on doing it
    sigo pensando que está mal I still think it's wrong
    sigue enferma/en el hospital she's still ill/in hospital
    ¿qué tal sigue la familia? how's the family getting on o keeping?
    5 to keep on, to go along, to carry on, to continue.
    María se sigue haciendo daño Mary keeps on hurting herself.
    6 to continue to be, to continue being, to keep, to keep being.
    Las chicas siguen testarudas The girls continue to be stubborn.
    7 to obey, to keep.
    Las chicas siguen las reglas The girls obey the rules.
    8 to imitate, to follow.
    Los fanáticos siguen al cantante The fans imitate the singer.
    9 to come afterwards, to come next, to come after, to come along.
    Algo bueno sigue Something good comes afterwards.
    * * *
    (e changes to i in certain persons of certain tenses; gu changes to g before a and o)
    Present Indicative
    sigo, sigues, sigue, seguimos, seguís, siguen.
    Past Indicative
    seguí, seguiste, siguió, seguimos, seguisteis, siguieron.
    Present Subjunctive
    Imperfect Subjunctive
    Future Subjunctive
    Imperative
    sigue (tú), siga (él/Vd.), sigamos (nos.), seguid (vos.), sigan (ellos/Vds.).
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=perseguir) [+ persona, pista] to follow; [+ indicio] to follow up; [+ presa] to chase, pursue

    ella llegó primero, seguida del embajador — she arrived first, followed by the ambassador

    2) (=estar atento a) [+ programa de TV] to watch, follow; [+ programa de radio] to listen to, follow; [+ proceso, progreso] to monitor, follow up; [+ satélite] to track
    3) (=hacer caso de) [+ consejo] to follow, take; [+ instrucciones, doctrina, líder] to follow
    4) [+ rumbo, dirección] to follow

    siga esta calle y al final gire a la derecha — carry on up o follow this street and turn right at the end

    • seguir su curso, el proyecto sigue su curso — the project is still on course, the project continues on (its) course

    5) (=entender) [+ razonamiento] to follow

    ¿me sigues? — are you with me?

    6) (Educ) [+ curso] to take, do
    7) † [+ mujer] to court †
    2. VI
    1) (=continuar) to go on, carry on

    ¿quieres que sigamos? — shall we go on?

    ¡siga! — (=hable) go on!, carry on; LAm (=pase) come in

    ¡síguele! — Méx go on!

    "sigue" — [en carta] P.T.O.; [en libro] continued

    2)

    • seguir adelante — [persona] to go on, carry on; [acontecimiento] to go ahead

    adelante 1)
    3) [en estado, situación] to be still

    ¿cómo sigue? — how is he?

    que siga usted bien — keep well, look after yourself

    • seguimos sin teléfono — we still haven't got a phone

    4)

    • seguir haciendo algo — to go on doing sth, carry on doing sth

    siguió mirándola — he went on o carried on looking at her

    el ordenador seguía funcionando — the computer carried on working, the computer was still working

    5) (=venir a continuación) to follow, follow on

    entre otros ejemplos destacan los que siguen — amongst other examples, the following stand out

    • seguir a algo, las horas que siguieron a la tragedia — the hours following o that followed the tragedy

    3.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) <persona/vehículo/presa> to follow

    camina muy rápido, no la puedo seguir — she walks very fast, I can't keep up with her

    el que la sigue la consigue — (fam) if at first you don't succeed, try, try again

    2) <camino/ruta>

    siga esta carretera hasta llegar al puente — go along o follow this road as far as the bridge

    3) ( en el tiempo) to follow

    seguir a algo/alguien — to follow something/somebody

    4)
    a) <instrucciones/consejo/flecha> to follow
    b) ( basarse en) <autor/teoría/método/tradición> to follow
    5)
    a) <trámite/procedimiento> to follow
    b) (Educ) < curso> to take

    estoy siguiendo un curso de fotografía — I'm doing o taking a photography course

    6)
    a) <explicaciones/profesor> to follow

    dicta demasiado rápido, no la puedo seguir — she dictates too quickly, I can't keep up

    ¿me siguen? — are you with me?

    no sigo ese programa — I don't watch that program, I'm not following that program

    2.
    seguir vi
    1)
    a) ( por un camino) to go on

    siga derecho or todo recto hasta el final de la calle — keep o go straight on to the end of the street

    seguir de largo — (AmL) to go straight past

    b)
    c) (Col, Ven) ( entrar)

    siga por favor — come in, please

    2) (en lugar, estado)

    ¿tus padres siguen en Ginebra? — are your parents still in Geneva?

    sigue soltera/tan bonita como siempre — she's still single/as pretty as ever

    si las cosas siguen así... — if things carry on like this...

    si sigue así de trabajador, llegará lejos — if he carries on working as hard as this, he'll go a long way

    3)
    a) tareas/buen tiempo/lluvia to continue; rumores to persist
    b)

    seguir + ger: sigo pensando que deberíamos haber ido I still think we ought to have gone; sigue leyendo tú you read now; seguiré haciéndolo a mi manera — I'll go on o carry on doing it my way, I shall continue to do it my way (frml)

    4)
    a) (venir después, estar contiguo)
    b) historia/poema to continue

    ¿cómo sigue la canción? — how does the song go on?

    3.
    seguirse v pron (en 3a pers)

    de esto se sigue que... — it follows from this that...

    * * *
    = accord with, adhere to, chase, conform to, espouse, fit, follow, keep to, observe, pursue, run along, stay, stick to, proceed, overlay, carry on, go ahead, soldier on, succeed, hew to, overlie, keep up, roll on.
    Ex. So while that tracing may have accorded with a rule, it violated common sense.
    Ex. Since BC adheres closely to the educational and scientific consensus, BC found most favour with libraries in educational establishments.
    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. These basic permutation rules are modified somewhat to conform to bibliographic requirements.
    Ex. Most respondents espoused the latter view as an appropriate response to IT developments to date.
    Ex. Especially if the new subject is one which upsets the previous structure of relationships, it will be difficult to fit into the existing order.
    Ex. An abstract covers all of the main points made in the original document, and usually follows the style and arrangement of the parent document.
    Ex. Obviously, once a choice of citation order has been made it must be kept to, otherwise, chaos will result.
    Ex. It is worth briefly observing a general approach to the creation of a data base.
    Ex. All effective indexes must have some common facets if only because the audience does not alter merely because the indexer chooses to pursue certain indexing practices.
    Ex. Whevener logical processes of thought are employed - that is, whenever thought for a time runs along an accepted groove - there is an opportunity for the machine.
    Ex. What is possibly less easy is to making sure that the guiding stays clean, neat and accurate.
    Ex. It might be striking to outline the instrumentalities of the future more spectacularly, rather than to stick closely to methods and elements now known.
    Ex. Before we proceed to look at the operators in detail, a couple of examples may help to make the layout clearer.
    Ex. There may be a very flexible communication system that overlays the administrative structure, or there may be a fairly rigid pattern of communication that adheres to the administrative lines of authority.
    Ex. If a child detects that no very strong value is placed on reading then he feels no compulsion to develop his own reading skill beyond the minimal, functional level we all need simply to carry on our daily lives in our print-dominated society.
    Ex. A plan for the construction and implementation phases will be drawn up, if it is decided to go ahead = Si se decide continuar, se elaborará un plan para las fases de construcción y puesta en práctica.
    Ex. Russell soldiered on in 'Principles of Mathematics', he pleaded a distinction between analysis by way of philosophical definitions and analysis by way of mathematical definitions.
    Ex. In 1964 he was promoted to Associate Director of the Processing Department where he succeeded John Cronin as Director four years later.
    Ex. The structure adopted hews to the theoretical model of the resilient organization as described by Enright.
    Ex. The disputes between islanders and outsiders overlie the deeper problem of administrative denial of indigenous lagoon rights.
    Ex. He was told to ' keep up whatever it is he was doing' because he was doing great!.
    Ex. But to make matters worse, and as the drought rolls on, it is very likely that it won't rain again until October or November.
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    * camino a seguir, el = way forward, the.
    * como siga así = at this rate.
    * como sigue = as follows.
    * debate + seguir = debate + rage.
    * difícil de seguir = heavy going.
    * el camino a seguir = the way ahead, the way to go.
    * hay que seguir adelante = the show must go on.
    * indicar el camino a seguir = point + the way forward.
    * indicar el camino a seguir para = point + the way to.
    * las cosas siguen igual = business as usual.
    * la vida + seguir = life + go on.
    * modelos a seguir = lessons learned [lessons learnt].
    * mostrar el camino a seguir = point + the way forward.
    * no saber cómo seguir = be stuck, get + stuck.
    * no seguir una norma = fall (far) short of + norm.
    * pautas a seguir = best practices, lessons learned [lessons learnt].
    * pendiente de seguir la última moda = fashion-conscious.
    * procedimiento a seguir = code of practice.
    * que sigue = ensuing.
    * que sigue una norma = compliant (with).
    * que uno sigue a su propio ritmo = self-paced, self-guided.
    * resignarse y seguir adelante = bite + the bullet.
    * seguir activo = remain + in being, remain + in place.
    * seguir adelante = go forward, forge + ahead, forge + forward, go ahead, go straight ahead, carry through, move along, move forward, press forward (with), move + forward, continue on + Posesivo + way, move on.
    * seguir adelante con = go ahead with, stick with.
    * seguir a flote = stay in + business, stay + afloat.
    * seguir al día = remain on top of.
    * seguir Algo al pie de la letra = follow + Nombre + to the letter.
    * seguir Algo a rajatabla = follow + Nombre + to the letter.
    * seguir al pie de la letra = keep + strictly to the letter.
    * seguir al pie del cañón = soldier on.
    * seguir a rajatabla = keep + strictly to the letter.
    * seguir así = keep + it up, keep up + the good work, keep up + the great work.
    * seguir avanzando = forge + ahead, forge + forward.
    * seguir caminando = continue on + Posesivo + way.
    * seguir como antes = go on + as before.
    * seguir como modelo = pattern.
    * seguir con = go on with, maintain + continuity, maintain + momentum, stick at.
    * seguir con Algo = take + Nombre + further.
    * seguir con el buen hacer = keep up + the good work, keep up + the great work.
    * seguir con el control = stay in + control.
    * seguir con el mando = stay in + control.
    * seguir con + Posesivo + vida normal = get on with + Posesivo + life.
    * seguir considerando = consider + further.
    * seguir de cerca = monitor, stay in + control, keep + track of.
    * seguir desarrollando = develop + further.
    * seguir el buen camino = keep on + the right track, keep on + the straight and narrow.
    * seguir el camino de la verdad = keep on + the straight and narrow.
    * seguir el camino más ético = take + the high ground, take + the high road.
    * seguir el debate = follow + the thread.
    * seguir el ejemplo = follow + the lead, take after.
    * seguir el ejemplo de = take + Posesivo + cue from, take + a cue from.
    * seguir el ejemplo de Alguien = take + a leaf out of + Posesivo + book, follow + Posesivo + example.
    * seguir el hilo = follow + the thread.
    * seguir el ritmo de Algo o Alguien = keep up with + pace.
    * seguir en contacto = stay + tuned.
    * seguir en contacto (con) = stay in + touch (with), keep in + touch (with).
    * seguir en existencia = remain + in being.
    * seguir en la brecha = soldier on.
    * seguir en pie = hold + Posesivo + own, hold up.
    * seguir entre los primeros = remain on top.
    * seguir enviando + Nombre = keep + Nombre + coming.
    * seguir este camino = go along + this road.
    * seguir este rumbo = proceed + along this way.
    * seguir + Gerundio = keep on + Gerundio.
    * seguir haciéndolo así = keep up + the good work.
    * seguir haciéndolo bien = keep up + the good work.
    * seguir haciendo lo mismo = business as usual.
    * seguir igual = be none the worse for wear.
    * seguir inmediatamente = fast on the heels of, on the heels of.
    * seguir inmediatamente a = come on + the heels of.
    * seguir irreconciliable con = remain + unreconciled to.
    * seguir la conversación = follow + the thread.
    * seguir la corazonada de uno = play + Posesivo + hunches.
    * seguir la corriente = go with + the flow, go along with + the flow.
    * seguir la iniciativa = follow + the lead.
    * seguir la marcha de = monitor.
    * seguir la moda = catch + the fever.
    * seguir la pista = follow up, track, follow through, shadow, track down.
    * seguir la pista a un documento = chase + item.
    * seguir la pista de = keep + track of.
    * seguir la trayectoria = follow up, follow through.
    * seguirle el juego a, seguirle la corriente a = play along with.
    * seguirle la corriente a = play along with.
    * seguir levantado = stay up.
    * seguir líneas diferentes = be on different lines.
    * seguir lo mismo = remain + the same.
    * seguir los pasos de = follow in + the footsteps of.
    * seguir malgastando el dinero = throw + good money after bad.
    * seguir opuesto a = remain + unreconciled to.
    * seguir por delante de = keep + one step ahead of.
    * seguir por el buen camino = keep out of + trouble, keep on + the right track.
    * seguir + Posesivo + pasos = follow in + Posesivo + footsteps.
    * seguir progresando = forge + ahead, forge + forward.
    * seguirse = ensue.
    * seguir siendo = remain.
    * seguir siendo + Adjetivo = remain + Adjetivo.
    * seguir siendo lo mismo = remain + the same.
    * seguir sin agraciarse con = remain + unreconciled to.
    * seguir sin haberse traducido = remain + untranslated.
    * seguir sin reconciliarse con = remain + unreconciled to.
    * seguir sin traducirse = remain + untranslated.
    * seguir tirando el dinero = throw + good money after bad.
    * seguir trabajando aceptando una limitación = work (a)round + shortcoming, work (a)round + limitation, work (a)round + constraints.
    * seguir trabajando así = keep up + the good work.
    * seguir trabajando bien = keep up + the good work.
    * seguir tratando = discuss + further.
    * seguir una dirección = follow + path, take + path.
    * seguir una escala = fall along + a continuum.
    * seguir una estrategia = take + tack.
    * seguir una filosofía = espouse + philosophy.
    * seguir una metodología = adopt + approach.
    * seguir una práctica = adopt + practice.
    * seguir una táctica = take + tack.
    * seguir una trayectoria = follow + track.
    * seguir un camino = take + path, take + direction, tread + path, walk + path.
    * seguir un camino diferente = strike out on + a different path.
    * seguir un consejo = take + advice.
    * seguir un curso de acción = follow + track.
    * seguir un método = take + approach.
    * seguir un modelo = embrace + model, conform to + image.
    * seguir unos pasos = follow + steps.
    * seguir un patrón = conform to + image.
    * seguir un principio = adopt + convention.
    * seguir un rumbo diferente = take + a different turn.
    * seguir + Verbo = still + Verbo.
    * seguir vigente = hold + Posesivo + own.
    * seguir viviendo = live on.
    * seguir vivo = live on, stay + alive.
    * siguiendo = along.
    * siguiendo un estilo indicativo = indicatively.
    * si sigue así = at this rate.
    * si todo sigue igual = all (other) things being equal.
    * tiempo + seguir su marcha inexorable = time + march on.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) <persona/vehículo/presa> to follow

    camina muy rápido, no la puedo seguir — she walks very fast, I can't keep up with her

    el que la sigue la consigue — (fam) if at first you don't succeed, try, try again

    2) <camino/ruta>

    siga esta carretera hasta llegar al puente — go along o follow this road as far as the bridge

    3) ( en el tiempo) to follow

    seguir a algo/alguien — to follow something/somebody

    4)
    a) <instrucciones/consejo/flecha> to follow
    b) ( basarse en) <autor/teoría/método/tradición> to follow
    5)
    a) <trámite/procedimiento> to follow
    b) (Educ) < curso> to take

    estoy siguiendo un curso de fotografía — I'm doing o taking a photography course

    6)
    a) <explicaciones/profesor> to follow

    dicta demasiado rápido, no la puedo seguir — she dictates too quickly, I can't keep up

    ¿me siguen? — are you with me?

    no sigo ese programa — I don't watch that program, I'm not following that program

    2.
    seguir vi
    1)
    a) ( por un camino) to go on

    siga derecho or todo recto hasta el final de la calle — keep o go straight on to the end of the street

    seguir de largo — (AmL) to go straight past

    b)
    c) (Col, Ven) ( entrar)

    siga por favor — come in, please

    2) (en lugar, estado)

    ¿tus padres siguen en Ginebra? — are your parents still in Geneva?

    sigue soltera/tan bonita como siempre — she's still single/as pretty as ever

    si las cosas siguen así... — if things carry on like this...

    si sigue así de trabajador, llegará lejos — if he carries on working as hard as this, he'll go a long way

    3)
    a) tareas/buen tiempo/lluvia to continue; rumores to persist
    b)

    seguir + ger: sigo pensando que deberíamos haber ido I still think we ought to have gone; sigue leyendo tú you read now; seguiré haciéndolo a mi manera — I'll go on o carry on doing it my way, I shall continue to do it my way (frml)

    4)
    a) (venir después, estar contiguo)
    b) historia/poema to continue

    ¿cómo sigue la canción? — how does the song go on?

    3.
    seguirse v pron (en 3a pers)

    de esto se sigue que... — it follows from this that...

    * * *
    = accord with, adhere to, chase, conform to, espouse, fit, follow, keep to, observe, pursue, run along, stay, stick to, proceed, overlay, carry on, go ahead, soldier on, succeed, hew to, overlie, keep up, roll on.

    Ex: So while that tracing may have accorded with a rule, it violated common sense.

    Ex: Since BC adheres closely to the educational and scientific consensus, BC found most favour with libraries in educational establishments.
    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: These basic permutation rules are modified somewhat to conform to bibliographic requirements.
    Ex: Most respondents espoused the latter view as an appropriate response to IT developments to date.
    Ex: Especially if the new subject is one which upsets the previous structure of relationships, it will be difficult to fit into the existing order.
    Ex: An abstract covers all of the main points made in the original document, and usually follows the style and arrangement of the parent document.
    Ex: Obviously, once a choice of citation order has been made it must be kept to, otherwise, chaos will result.
    Ex: It is worth briefly observing a general approach to the creation of a data base.
    Ex: All effective indexes must have some common facets if only because the audience does not alter merely because the indexer chooses to pursue certain indexing practices.
    Ex: Whevener logical processes of thought are employed - that is, whenever thought for a time runs along an accepted groove - there is an opportunity for the machine.
    Ex: What is possibly less easy is to making sure that the guiding stays clean, neat and accurate.
    Ex: It might be striking to outline the instrumentalities of the future more spectacularly, rather than to stick closely to methods and elements now known.
    Ex: Before we proceed to look at the operators in detail, a couple of examples may help to make the layout clearer.
    Ex: There may be a very flexible communication system that overlays the administrative structure, or there may be a fairly rigid pattern of communication that adheres to the administrative lines of authority.
    Ex: If a child detects that no very strong value is placed on reading then he feels no compulsion to develop his own reading skill beyond the minimal, functional level we all need simply to carry on our daily lives in our print-dominated society.
    Ex: A plan for the construction and implementation phases will be drawn up, if it is decided to go ahead = Si se decide continuar, se elaborará un plan para las fases de construcción y puesta en práctica.
    Ex: Russell soldiered on in 'Principles of Mathematics', he pleaded a distinction between analysis by way of philosophical definitions and analysis by way of mathematical definitions.
    Ex: In 1964 he was promoted to Associate Director of the Processing Department where he succeeded John Cronin as Director four years later.
    Ex: The structure adopted hews to the theoretical model of the resilient organization as described by Enright.
    Ex: The disputes between islanders and outsiders overlie the deeper problem of administrative denial of indigenous lagoon rights.
    Ex: He was told to ' keep up whatever it is he was doing' because he was doing great!.
    Ex: But to make matters worse, and as the drought rolls on, it is very likely that it won't rain again until October or November.
    * camino a seguir, el = way forward, the.
    * como siga así = at this rate.
    * como sigue = as follows.
    * debate + seguir = debate + rage.
    * difícil de seguir = heavy going.
    * el camino a seguir = the way ahead, the way to go.
    * hay que seguir adelante = the show must go on.
    * indicar el camino a seguir = point + the way forward.
    * indicar el camino a seguir para = point + the way to.
    * las cosas siguen igual = business as usual.
    * la vida + seguir = life + go on.
    * modelos a seguir = lessons learned [lessons learnt].
    * mostrar el camino a seguir = point + the way forward.
    * no saber cómo seguir = be stuck, get + stuck.
    * no seguir una norma = fall (far) short of + norm.
    * pautas a seguir = best practices, lessons learned [lessons learnt].
    * pendiente de seguir la última moda = fashion-conscious.
    * procedimiento a seguir = code of practice.
    * que sigue = ensuing.
    * que sigue una norma = compliant (with).
    * que uno sigue a su propio ritmo = self-paced, self-guided.
    * resignarse y seguir adelante = bite + the bullet.
    * seguir activo = remain + in being, remain + in place.
    * seguir adelante = go forward, forge + ahead, forge + forward, go ahead, go straight ahead, carry through, move along, move forward, press forward (with), move + forward, continue on + Posesivo + way, move on.
    * seguir adelante con = go ahead with, stick with.
    * seguir a flote = stay in + business, stay + afloat.
    * seguir al día = remain on top of.
    * seguir Algo al pie de la letra = follow + Nombre + to the letter.
    * seguir Algo a rajatabla = follow + Nombre + to the letter.
    * seguir al pie de la letra = keep + strictly to the letter.
    * seguir al pie del cañón = soldier on.
    * seguir a rajatabla = keep + strictly to the letter.
    * seguir así = keep + it up, keep up + the good work, keep up + the great work.
    * seguir avanzando = forge + ahead, forge + forward.
    * seguir caminando = continue on + Posesivo + way.
    * seguir como antes = go on + as before.
    * seguir como modelo = pattern.
    * seguir con = go on with, maintain + continuity, maintain + momentum, stick at.
    * seguir con Algo = take + Nombre + further.
    * seguir con el buen hacer = keep up + the good work, keep up + the great work.
    * seguir con el control = stay in + control.
    * seguir con el mando = stay in + control.
    * seguir con + Posesivo + vida normal = get on with + Posesivo + life.
    * seguir considerando = consider + further.
    * seguir de cerca = monitor, stay in + control, keep + track of.
    * seguir desarrollando = develop + further.
    * seguir el buen camino = keep on + the right track, keep on + the straight and narrow.
    * seguir el camino de la verdad = keep on + the straight and narrow.
    * seguir el camino más ético = take + the high ground, take + the high road.
    * seguir el debate = follow + the thread.
    * seguir el ejemplo = follow + the lead, take after.
    * seguir el ejemplo de = take + Posesivo + cue from, take + a cue from.
    * seguir el ejemplo de Alguien = take + a leaf out of + Posesivo + book, follow + Posesivo + example.
    * seguir el hilo = follow + the thread.
    * seguir el ritmo de Algo o Alguien = keep up with + pace.
    * seguir en contacto = stay + tuned.
    * seguir en contacto (con) = stay in + touch (with), keep in + touch (with).
    * seguir en existencia = remain + in being.
    * seguir en la brecha = soldier on.
    * seguir en pie = hold + Posesivo + own, hold up.
    * seguir entre los primeros = remain on top.
    * seguir enviando + Nombre = keep + Nombre + coming.
    * seguir este camino = go along + this road.
    * seguir este rumbo = proceed + along this way.
    * seguir + Gerundio = keep on + Gerundio.
    * seguir haciéndolo así = keep up + the good work.
    * seguir haciéndolo bien = keep up + the good work.
    * seguir haciendo lo mismo = business as usual.
    * seguir igual = be none the worse for wear.
    * seguir inmediatamente = fast on the heels of, on the heels of.
    * seguir inmediatamente a = come on + the heels of.
    * seguir irreconciliable con = remain + unreconciled to.
    * seguir la conversación = follow + the thread.
    * seguir la corazonada de uno = play + Posesivo + hunches.
    * seguir la corriente = go with + the flow, go along with + the flow.
    * seguir la iniciativa = follow + the lead.
    * seguir la marcha de = monitor.
    * seguir la moda = catch + the fever.
    * seguir la pista = follow up, track, follow through, shadow, track down.
    * seguir la pista a un documento = chase + item.
    * seguir la pista de = keep + track of.
    * seguir la trayectoria = follow up, follow through.
    * seguirle el juego a, seguirle la corriente a = play along with.
    * seguirle la corriente a = play along with.
    * seguir levantado = stay up.
    * seguir líneas diferentes = be on different lines.
    * seguir lo mismo = remain + the same.
    * seguir los pasos de = follow in + the footsteps of.
    * seguir malgastando el dinero = throw + good money after bad.
    * seguir opuesto a = remain + unreconciled to.
    * seguir por delante de = keep + one step ahead of.
    * seguir por el buen camino = keep out of + trouble, keep on + the right track.
    * seguir + Posesivo + pasos = follow in + Posesivo + footsteps.
    * seguir progresando = forge + ahead, forge + forward.
    * seguirse = ensue.
    * seguir siendo = remain.
    * seguir siendo + Adjetivo = remain + Adjetivo.
    * seguir siendo lo mismo = remain + the same.
    * seguir sin agraciarse con = remain + unreconciled to.
    * seguir sin haberse traducido = remain + untranslated.
    * seguir sin reconciliarse con = remain + unreconciled to.
    * seguir sin traducirse = remain + untranslated.
    * seguir tirando el dinero = throw + good money after bad.
    * seguir trabajando aceptando una limitación = work (a)round + shortcoming, work (a)round + limitation, work (a)round + constraints.
    * seguir trabajando así = keep up + the good work.
    * seguir trabajando bien = keep up + the good work.
    * seguir tratando = discuss + further.
    * seguir una dirección = follow + path, take + path.
    * seguir una escala = fall along + a continuum.
    * seguir una estrategia = take + tack.
    * seguir una filosofía = espouse + philosophy.
    * seguir una metodología = adopt + approach.
    * seguir una práctica = adopt + practice.
    * seguir una táctica = take + tack.
    * seguir una trayectoria = follow + track.
    * seguir un camino = take + path, take + direction, tread + path, walk + path.
    * seguir un camino diferente = strike out on + a different path.
    * seguir un consejo = take + advice.
    * seguir un curso de acción = follow + track.
    * seguir un método = take + approach.
    * seguir un modelo = embrace + model, conform to + image.
    * seguir unos pasos = follow + steps.
    * seguir un patrón = conform to + image.
    * seguir un principio = adopt + convention.
    * seguir un rumbo diferente = take + a different turn.
    * seguir + Verbo = still + Verbo.
    * seguir vigente = hold + Posesivo + own.
    * seguir viviendo = live on.
    * seguir vivo = live on, stay + alive.
    * siguiendo = along.
    * siguiendo un estilo indicativo = indicatively.
    * si sigue así = at this rate.
    * si todo sigue igual = all (other) things being equal.
    * tiempo + seguir su marcha inexorable = time + march on.

    * * *
    seguir [ I30 ]
    vt
    A ‹persona/vehículo› to follow; ‹presa› to follow
    sígame, por favor follow me, please
    la hizo seguir por un detective he had her followed by a detective
    camina muy rápido, no la puedo seguir she walks very fast, I can't keep up with her
    siga (a) ese coche follow that car!
    creo que nos están siguiendo I think we're being followed
    la siguió con la mirada he followed her with his eyes
    le venían siguiendo los movimientos desde hacía meses they had been watching his movements for months
    seguidos cada vez más de cerca por los japoneses with the Japanese catching up o gaining on them all the time
    la mala suerte la seguía a todas partes she was dogged by bad luck wherever she went
    el que la sigue la consigue or la mata ( fam); if at first you don't succeed, try, try again
    B ‹camino/ruta›
    siga esta carretera hasta llegar al puente go along o take o follow this road as far as the bridge
    continuamos el viaje siguiendo la costa we continued our journey following the coast
    me paré a saludarla y seguí mi camino I stopped to say hello to her and went on my way
    si se sigue este camino se pasa por Capileira if you take this route you go through Capileira
    seguimos las huellas del animal hasta el río we tracked the animal to the river
    la enfermedad sigue su curso normal the illness is taking o running its normal course
    el tour sigue la ruta de Bolívar the tour follows the route taken by Bolivar
    siguiéndole los pasos al hermano mayor, decidió estudiar medicina following in his elder brother's footsteps, he decided to study medicine
    C (en el tiempo) to follow seguir A algo/algn to follow sth/sb
    los disturbios que siguieron a la manifestación the disturbances that followed the demonstration
    el hermano que me sigue está en Asunción the brother who comes after me is in Asunción
    D
    1 ‹instrucciones/consejo› to follow
    tienes que seguir el dictamen de tu conciencia you must be guided by your conscience
    2 (basarse en) ‹autor/teoría/método› to follow
    en su clasificación sigue a Sheldon he follows Sheldon in his classification
    sus esculturas siguen el modelo clásico her sculptures are in the classical style
    sigue a Kant she's a follower of Kant's philosophy
    sigue las líneas establecidas por nuestro fundador it follows the lines laid down by our founder
    E
    1 ‹trámite/procedimiento› to follow
    va a tener que seguir un tratamiento especial/una dieta hipocalórica you will have to undergo special treatment/follow a low-calorie diet
    se seguirá contra usted el procedimiento de suspensión del permiso de conducción steps will be taken leading to the withdrawal of your driver's license
    2 ( Educ) ‹curso› to take
    estoy siguiendo un cursillo de fotografía I'm doing o taking a short photography course
    ¿qué carrera piensas seguir? what are you thinking of studying o reading?
    F
    1 ‹explicaciones/profesor› to follow
    dicta demasiado rápido, no la puedo seguir she dictates too quickly, I can't keep up
    me cuesta seguir una conversación en francés I find it hard to follow a conversation in French
    ¿me siguen? are you with me?
    2
    (permanecer atento a): no sigo ese programa I don't watch that program, I'm not following that program
    sigue atentamente el curso de los acontecimientos he's following the course of events very closely
    sigue paso a paso la vida de su ídolo she keeps track of every detail of her idol's life
    seguimos muy de cerca su desarrollo we are keeping careful track of its development, we are following its development very closely
    ■ seguir
    vi
    A
    1 (por un camino) to go on
    siga derecho or todo recto hasta el final de la calle keep o go straight on to the end of the street
    sigue por esta calle hasta el semáforo go on down this street as far as the traffic lights
    el tren sigue hasta Salto the train goes on to Salto
    desde allí hay que seguir a pie/en mula from there you have to go on on foot/by mule
    2
    seguir adelante: ¿entienden? bien, entonces sigamos adelante do you understand? good, then let's carry on
    llueve ¿regresamos? — no, sigamos adelante it's raining, shall we go back? — no, let's go on o carry on
    resolvieron seguir adelante con los planes they decided to go ahead with their plans
    3
    ( Col) (entrar): siga por favor come in, please
    B
    (en un lugar, un estado): ¿tus padres siguen en Ginebra? are your parents still in Geneva?
    espero que sigan todos bien I hope you're all keeping well
    ¿sigues con la idea de mudarte? do you still intend to move?, are you still thinking of moving?
    sigo sin entender I still don't understand
    sigue soltera/tan bonita como siempre she's still single/as pretty as ever
    si sigue así de trabajador, llegará lejos if he carries on working as hard as this, he'll go a long way
    C
    1
    «tareas/investigaciones/rumores»: siguen las investigaciones en torno al crimen investigations are continuing into the crime
    sigue el buen tiempo en todo el país the good weather is continuing throughout the country, the whole country is still enjoying good weather
    si siguen estos rumores if these rumors persist
    2 seguir + GER:
    sigo pensando que deberíamos haber ido I still think we ought to have gone
    sigue leyendo tú, Elsa you read now, Elsa
    si sigues molestando te voy a echar if you carry on being a nuisance, I'm going to send you out
    seguiré haciéndolo a mi manera I'll go on o carry on doing it my way, I shall continue to do it my way ( frml)
    D
    1
    (venir después, estar contiguo): lee lo que sigue read what follows, read what comes next
    el capítulo que sigue the next chapter
    me bajo en la parada que sigue I get off at the next stop
    sigue una hora de música clásica there follows an hour of classical music
    2 «historia/poema» to continue
    ¿cómo sigue la canción? how does the song go on?
    [ S ] sigue en la página 8 continued on page 8
    la lista definitiva ha quedado como sigue the final list is as follows
    ( en tercera persona) seguirse DE algo to follow FROM sth
    de esto se sigue que su muerte no fue accidental it follows from this that her death was not accidental
    * * *

     

    seguir ( conjugate seguir) verbo transitivo
    1 ‹persona/vehículo/presa› to follow;
    ◊ camina muy rápido, no la puedo seguir she walks very fast, I can't keep up with her

    2 ‹camino/ruta› to follow, go along;
    ◊ siga esta carretera hasta llegar al puente go along o follow this road as far as the bridge;

    la saludé y seguí mi camino I said hello to her and went on (my way);
    la enfermedad sigue su curso normal the illness is running its normal course
    3
    a) ‹instrucciones/consejo/flecha› to follow

    b) ‹autor/método/tradición/moda› to follow;


    4
    a) ‹trámite/procedimiento› to follow;

    ‹ tratamiento› to undergo
    b) (Educ) ‹ curso› to do, take

    5 ‹explicaciones/profesor› to follow;
    ◊ dicta demasiado rápido, no la puedo seguir she dictates too quickly, I can't keep up

    verbo intransitivo
    1

    siga derecho or todo recto keep o go straight on;

    seguir de largo (AmL) to go straight past
    b)


    resolvieron seguir adelante con los planes they decided to go ahead with their plans
    c) (Col, Ven) ( entrar):

    ◊ siga por favor come in, please

    2 (en lugar, estado):
    ◊ ¿tus padres siguen en Ginebra? are your parents still in Geneva?;

    espero que sigan todos bien I hope you're all keeping well;
    sigue soltera she's still single;
    si las cosas siguen así … if things carry on like this …
    3 [tareas/buen tiempo/lluvia] to continue;
    [ rumores] to persist;

    seguiré haciéndolo a mi manera I'll go on o carry on doing it my way
    4


    el capítulo que sigue the next chapter
    b) [historia/poema] to continue, go on

    seguir
    I verbo transitivo
    1 to follow: ésta es la hermana que me sigue, she's the sister who comes after me
    me sigue a todas partes, he follows me wherever I go
    me seguía con la mirada, his eyes followed me
    2 (comprender) to understand, follow: no soy capaz de seguir el argumento, I can't follow the plot
    3 (una ruta, un camino, consejo) to follow
    4 (el ritmo, la moda) to keep: no sigues el ritmo, you aren't keeping time
    5 (el rastro, las huellas) to track
    6 (una actividad) sigue un curso de informática, she's doing a computer course
    II verbo intransitivo
    1 (continuar) to keep (on), go on: seguiremos mañana, we'll continue tomorrow
    siguen casados, they are still married
    sigue tirando de la cuerda, keep (on) pulling at the rope ➣ Ver nota en continue y keep 2 (extenderse, llegar hasta) to stretch (out): los sembrados siguen hasta la ribera, the fields stretch down to the river-bank
    ' seguir' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    atorarse
    - continuar
    - escala
    - golpe
    - impulsar
    - juego
    - profesar
    - rastrear
    - ritmo
    - sino
    - suceder
    - trece
    - adelante
    - bordear
    - camino
    - cauce
    - cerca
    - línea
    - llevar
    - moda
    - paso
    - perro
    - racha
    - separar
    - siga
    - sigo
    - trazar
    - ver
    English:
    act on
    - advice
    - along
    - carry on
    - closely
    - continue
    - despite
    - ensue
    - fight on
    - follow
    - follow up
    - forge
    - get on
    - go ahead
    - go on
    - go through with
    - hope
    - hotly
    - keep
    - keep on
    - lead
    - march on
    - monitor
    - move on
    - obey
    - pick up
    - play on
    - play upon
    - practice
    - practise
    - press ahead
    - proceed
    - pursue
    - push ahead
    - push on
    - rattle on
    - reasoning
    - run on
    - send on
    - shadow
    - soldier on
    - stalk
    - stand
    - stay out
    - struggle on
    - succeed
    - tail
    - take
    - track
    - trail
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [ir detrás de, tomar la ruta de] to follow;
    tú ve delante, que yo te sigo you go ahead, I'll follow o I'll go behind;
    síganme, por favor follow me, please;
    la generación que nos sigue o [m5] que sigue a la nuestra the next generation, the generation after us;
    sigue este sendero hasta llegar a un bosque follow this path until you come to a forest;
    seguir el rastro de alguien/algo to follow sb's/sth's tracks;
    siga la flecha [en letrero] follow the arrow
    2. [perseguir] to follow;
    me parece que nos siguen I think we're being followed;
    parece que le siguen los problemas trouble seems to follow him around wherever he goes;
    el que la sigue la consigue where there's a will there's a way
    3. [estar atento a, imitar, obedecer] to follow;
    seguían con la vista la trayectoria de la bola they followed the ball with their eyes;
    no seguimos ese programa we don't follow that programme;
    seguir algo de cerca [su desarrollo, sus resultados] to follow o monitor sth closely;
    siempre sigue los dictámenes de la moda she always follows the latest fashion;
    los que siguen a Keynes followers of Keynes;
    el cuadro sigue una línea clásica the painting is classical in style;
    seguir las órdenes/instrucciones de alguien to follow sb's orders/instructions;
    sigue mi consejo y habla con ella take my advice and talk to her;
    siguiendo sus indicaciones, hemos cancelado el pedido we have cancelled the order as instructed
    4. [reanudar, continuar] to continue, to resume;
    yo seguí mi trabajo/camino I continued with my work/on my way;
    él siguió su discurso he continued o resumed his speech
    5. [comprender] [explicación, profesor, conferenciante] to follow;
    me costaba seguirle I found her hard to follow;
    ¿me sigues? do you follow?, are you with me?
    6. [mantener, someterse a] to follow;
    hay que seguir un cierto orden you have to follow o do things in a certain order;
    seguiremos el procedimiento habitual we will follow the usual procedure;
    es difícil seguirle (el ritmo), va muy deprisa it's hard to keep up with him, he goes very quickly;
    los aspirantes elegidos seguirán un proceso de formación the chosen candidates will receive o undergo training
    7. [cursar]
    sigue un curso de italiano he's doing an Italian course;
    sigue la carrera de medicina she's studying medicine
    ♦ vi
    1. [proseguir, no detenerse] to continue, to go on;
    ¡sigue, no te pares! go o carry on, don't stop!;
    aquí se baja él, yo sigo [al taxista] he's getting out here, I'm going on;
    siga con su trabajo carry on with your work;
    el sendero sigue hasta la cima the path continues o carries on to the top;
    "sigue la crisis en la bolsa de Tokio" Tokyo stock market crisis continues;
    debes seguir haciéndolo you should keep on o carry on doing it;
    ¿vas a seguir intentándolo? are you going to keep trying?;
    se seguían viendo de vez en cuando they still saw each other from time to time, they continued to see each other from time to time;
    seguir adelante (con algo) [con planes, proyectos] to go ahead (with sth)
    2. [mantenerse, permanecer]
    sigue enferma/en el hospital she's still ill/in hospital;
    ¿qué tal sigue la familia? how's the family getting on o keeping?;
    todo sigue igual everything's still the same, nothing has changed;
    sigue el buen tiempo en el sur del país the good weather in the south of the country is continuing;
    sigo trabajando en la fábrica I'm still working at the factory;
    ¿la sigues queriendo? do you still love her?;
    sigo pensando que está mal I still think it's wrong;
    sigue habiendo dudas sobre… doubts remain about…;
    ¡buen trabajo, sigue así! good work, keep it up!;
    si seguimos jugando así, ganaremos la liga if we carry on o keep playing like that, we'll win the league;
    Fam
    a seguir bien [como despedida] take care, look after yourself;
    de seguir así las cosas, si las cosas siguen así if things go on like this, the way things are going
    3. [tomar un camino]
    el resto siguió por otro camino the rest went another way;
    seguiremos hacia el este we'll go east then;
    siga todo recto go straight on;
    siga hasta el siguiente semáforo carry on till you get to the next set of traffic lights
    4. [sucederse, ir después] to follow;
    lo que sigue es una cita del Corán the following is a quotation from the Koran;
    seguir a algo to follow sth;
    la lluvia siguió a los truenos the thunder was followed by rain;
    ¿cómo sigue el chiste? how does the joke go on o continue?;
    el proceso de selección se realizará como sigue:… the selection process will be carried out as follows:…;
    sigue en la página 20 [en periódico, libro] continued on page 20
    5. Col [para dar permiso] please do;
    con permiso, ¿puedo entrar? – siga excuse me, can I come in? – please do
    * * *
    I v/t
    1 consejo, camino, moda etc follow;
    seguir a alguien follow s.o.
    :
    seguir fiel a alguien remain faithful to s.o.
    II v/i continue, carry on;
    seguir con algo continue with sth, carry on with sth;
    seguir haciendo algo go on doing sth, continue to do sth;
    sigue cometiendo los mismos errores he keeps on making the same mistakes;
    sigue enfadado conmigo he’s still angry with me;
    ¡a seguir bien! take care!, take it easy!
    * * *
    seguir {75} vt
    1) : to follow
    el sol sigue la lluvia: sunshine follows the rain
    seguiré tu consejo: I'll follow your advice
    me siguieron con la mirada: they followed me with their eyes
    2) : to go along, to keep on
    seguimos toda la carretera panamericana: we continued along the PanAmerican Highway
    siguió hablando: he kept on talking
    seguir el curso: to stay on course
    3) : to take (a course, a treatment)
    seguir vi
    1) : to go on, to keep going
    sigue adelante: keep going, carry on
    2) : to remain, to continue to be
    ¿todavía sigues aquí?: you're still here?
    sigue con vida: she's still alive
    3) : to follow, to come after
    la frase que sigue: the following sentence
    * * *
    seguir vb
    1. (en general) to follow
    3. (recorrer) to go on
    ¡sigue! No te pares go on! Don't stop!
    4. (continuar) to be still

    Spanish-English dictionary > seguir

  • 5 desbordar

    v.
    1 to overflow, to burst (cauce, ribera).
    El vaso desborda al llenarlo The glass overflows when filled.
    2 to exceed.
    3 to get past, to pass (contrario, defensa).
    4 to surpass, to go beyond.
    Esto desborda nuestras expectativas This surpasses our expectations.
    5 to cause to burst its banks.
    La tormenta desbordó el río The storm caused the river to burst its banks.
    6 to cause to brim over.
    Ricardo desbordó el vaso Richard caused the glass to brim over.
    * * *
    1 (sobrepasar) to overflow
    2 figurado (exceder) to surpass, exceed
    1 (salirse) to overflow
    1 (salirse) to overflow, flood
    2 figurado to burst
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=rebosar)
    2) (=exceder) [+ límite, previsiones] to exceed; [+ persona, tolerancia] to be beyond, be too much for
    3) [+ energía, entusiasmo] to be brimming (over) with
    4) (Mil) [+ enemigo, policía] to break through
    5) (Dep) (=aventajar) to outplay
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    b) < límites> to exceed, go beyond
    c) (Mil, Pol) to break through
    d) < persona> to overwhelm

    estoy desbordada de trabajo — I'm swamped with work

    e) <alegría/entusiasmo>
    2.
    desbordarse v pron
    a) río/canal to burst its banks
    b) vaso/cubo to overflow
    c) multitud to get out of hand, get out of control
    * * *
    = outrun [out-run], overrun [over-run].
    Ex. But he was wiry and wily, too, and he could often out-run, track, back-track, double-back, and finally dodge unseen in the subway.
    Ex. The frequency of telephone reference enquiries has overrun the ability of the reference staff to respond.
    ----
    * desbordarse = overflow.
    * río + desbordarse = river + burst its banks.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    b) < límites> to exceed, go beyond
    c) (Mil, Pol) to break through
    d) < persona> to overwhelm

    estoy desbordada de trabajo — I'm swamped with work

    e) <alegría/entusiasmo>
    2.
    desbordarse v pron
    a) río/canal to burst its banks
    b) vaso/cubo to overflow
    c) multitud to get out of hand, get out of control
    * * *
    = outrun [out-run], overrun [over-run].

    Ex: But he was wiry and wily, too, and he could often out-run, track, back-track, double-back, and finally dodge unseen in the subway.

    Ex: The frequency of telephone reference enquiries has overrun the ability of the reference staff to respond.
    * desbordarse = overflow.
    * río + desbordarse = river + burst its banks.

    * * *
    desbordar [A1 ]
    vt
    1
    (salirse de): el río desbordó su cauce the river flooded o overflowed, the river overflowed o burst its banks
    la fruta está desbordando el cesto the basket is brimming over with o overflowing with fruit
    la ropa casi desborda la maleta the suitcase is bursting with clothes
    2 ‹límites› to exceed, go beyond
    las pérdidas han desbordado todas las previsiones losses have exceeded all forecasts
    3 ( Mil, Pol) to break through
    desbordaron las líneas enemigas they broke through o breached the enemy lines
    los manifestantes desbordaron los controles policiales the demonstrators broke o burst through the police barriers
    4 ‹persona› to overwhelm
    se vio desbordado por los acontecimientos he found events too much for him, he was overwhelmed by events
    estoy desbordada de trabajo I'm swamped with o overloaded with o ( BrE) snowed under with work
    esta casa me desborda this house is too much for me to manage
    5 ‹alegría/entusiasmo›
    su cara desbordaba alegría her face shone with joy
    desbordaba entusiasmo she exuded o she was brimming with enthusiasm
    1 «río/canal» to flood, overflow, burst o overflow its banks
    2 «vaso/cubo» to overflow
    el vino se desbordó de la copa the wine spilled over the edge of the glass
    3 «multitud» to get out of hand o out of control
    se desbordaron los ánimos tempers flared o boiled over, things got out of hand
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    desbordar
    I verbo transitivo to overflow
    figurado to overwhelm: este tipo de situaciones me desbordan, these situations are just too much for me
    II verbo intransitivo to overflow [de, with]
    ' desbordar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    rebasar
    - rebosar
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    ♦ vt
    1. [cauce, ribera] to overflow, to burst;
    [recipiente] to brim over;
    el río desbordó el dique the river burst the flood bank;
    procura que la leche no desborde el cazo be careful not to let the milk spill over;
    la basura desbordaba los contenedores the bins were overflowing with rubbish
    2. [límites] to break through;
    los manifestantes desbordaron el cordón policial the demonstrators broke through the police cordon
    3. [previsiones, capacidad] to exceed;
    [paciencia] to push beyond the limit;
    la respuesta del público desbordó todas nuestras previsiones the public's response exceeded all our forecasts;
    la cantidad de pedidos nos desborda we can't cope with the number of orders;
    estamos desbordados de trabajo we're overwhelmed o swamped with work;
    ¡la ineptitud de este gobierno es algo que me desborda! this government's ineptitude is just beyond belief!
    4. [pasión, sentimiento] to brim with, to overflow with;
    todos desbordábamos felicidad we were all brimming with happiness;
    el artículo desborda elogios the article is overflowing with praise;
    su rostro desbordaba amor y ternura her face shone with love and tenderness
    5. [contrario, defensa] to get past, to pass;
    desbordó al portero en su salida he beat the goalkeeper as he was coming out
    ♦ vi
    desbordar de to overflow with
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    I v/t
    1 de río overflow, burst
    2 de multitud break through
    3 de acontecimiento overwhelm; fig
    exceed
    II v/i overflow
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    1) : to overflow, to spill over
    2) : to surpass, to exceed
    3) : to burst with, to brim with
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    desbordar vb to overflow

    Spanish-English dictionary > desbordar

  • 6 bändigen

    v/t
    1. (Zirkustiere etc.) tame; (Pferde) break in
    2. (Naturkräfte) harness, (bring under) control
    3. (seine Freude, Hass etc.) restrain, (bring under) control
    4. (Kinder etc.) get ( oder keep under) control; die Kinder waren nicht zu bändigen the children were uncontrollable
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    to subdue; to tame
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    bạ̈n|di|gen ['bɛndɪgn]
    vt
    (= zähmen) to tame; (= niederhalten) Menschen, Tobenden etc to (bring under) control, to subdue; (= zügeln) Leidenschaften etc to (bring under) control, to master; Wut to control; Naturgewalten to harness; Kinder to (bring under) control

    du musst lernen, dich zu bändigen — you must learn to control yourself

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    bän·di·gen
    [ˈbɛndɪgn̩]
    vt
    ▪ ein Tier \bändigen to tame an animal
    ▪ jdn \bändigen to bring sb under control, to subdue sb
    3. (geh: zügeln)
    ▪ etw \bändigen to control [or overcome] sth, to bring sth under control
    Haare \bändigen to control one's hair
    Naturgewalten \bändigen to harness the forces of nature
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    transitives Verb tame <animal, sea, river, natural forces>; control < person, anger, urge>; bring < fire> under control
    * * *
    1. (Zirkustiere etc) tame; (Pferde) break in
    2. (Naturkräfte) harness, (bring under) control
    3. (seine Freude, Hass etc) restrain, (bring under) control
    4. (Kinder etc) get ( oder keep under) control;
    die Kinder waren nicht zu bändigen the children were uncontrollable
    * * *
    transitives Verb tame <animal, sea, river, natural forces>; control <person, anger, urge>; bring < fire> under control
    * * *
    v.
    to subdue v.

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  • 7 Historical Portugal

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

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  • 8 bajo

    adj.
    1 low.
    2 short, small.
    3 low, tawdry, base.
    4 low, contemptible, lowly, base.
    5 low-lying, low-down.
    6 hushed, soft, soft-sounding.
    adv.
    1 softly, in a low voice, low.
    Let's talk low because the baby's sleep Hablemos bajo porque el niño duerme.
    2 low, in a low position, near ground level, near the floor.
    prep.
    1 under, below, beneath, underneath.
    2 under.
    3 under, under the jurisdiction of.
    m.
    1 bass.
    2 bass, double bass, bass guitar.
    3 bass singer, bass voice, bass.
    4 hem, turn-up, hemline, turnup.
    5 low lying ground.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: bajar.
    * * *
    1 (gen) low
    ■ pon la música, pero baja put the music on low
    2 (persona) short, not tall
    3 (cabeza) bowed, held low; (ojos) lowered, downcast
    4 (marea) out
    5 (despreciable) despicable, contemptible, base
    6 (territorio, río) lower
    7 (época) later
    8 (inferior) poor, low
    ————————
    1 (piso) ground floor, US first floor
    2 (de prenda) bottoms plural, US cuff
    3 MÚSICA (instrumento) bass; (contrabajo) double bass
    1 MÚSICA (músico) bass player; (cantante) bass
    2 (voz) softly, quietly, in a low voice
    1 under
    1 (planta baja) ground floor; (sótano) basement
    \
    por lo bajo (disimuladamente) on the sly 2 (en voz baja) in a low voice 3 (sin exagerar) conservatively
    bajas pasiones animal passions
    bajos fondos underworld sing
    * * *
    1. prep. 2. adv.
    1) low
    2) softly, quietly
    3. (f. - baja)
    adj.
    1) low
    4) soft
    5) base, vile
    4. noun m.
    1) bass
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    1. ADJ
    1) (=de poca altura) [objeto] low; [persona] short; [parte] lower, bottom; [tierra] low-lying; [agua] shallow

    planta baja — ground floor, first floor (EEUU)

    2) (=inclinado)
    3) (=reducido, inferior) [precios, temperaturas, frecuencia] low; [calidad] low, poor

    de baja calidad — low-quality, poor-quality

    • estar bajo de algo, estar bajo de ánimo o de moral — to be in low spirits

    estar bajo de forma (física) — to be unfit, be out of shape

    4) [sonido] faint, soft; [voz, tono] low

    hablar en voz baja — to speak quietly o in a low voice

    5) [etapa]
    6) [oro, plata] with a high level of impurities
    7) [color] (=apagado) dull; (=pálido) pale
    8) (=humilde) low, humble; [clase] lower; [condición] lowly; [barrio] poor; [tarea] menial
    9) pey (=vulgar) common, ordinary; (=mezquino) base, mean
    10)

    por lo bajo — (=a lo menos) at (the) least

    2. SM
    1) (Cos) [de vestido] hem; [de pantalones] turn-up, cuff (EEUU)
    2) [de edificio] (=piso) ground floor, first floor (EEUU)

    bajo comercial — ground-floor o (EEUU) first-floor business premises

    3) (Mús) (=instrumento) bass; (=voz) bass; (=guitarrista) bass (guitar) player, bassist
    4) pl bajos [de edificio] ground floor sing, first floor sing (EEUU); [de coche] underside; euf [del cuerpo] private parts
    5) (=hondonada) hollow
    6) (Náut) = bajío 1)
    3.
    ADV [volar] low; [tocar, cantar] quietly, softly

    hablar bajo — (=en voz baja) to speak quietly, speak softly; (=tener una voz suave) to be softly spoken, be soft spoken

    ¡más bajo, por favor! — quieter, please!

    4. PREP
    1) (=debajo de) under

    • bajo cero — below zero

    • bajo la lluvia — in the rain

    • bajo tierra — underground

    2) (=dependiente de, sometido a) under

    bajo el título de... — under the title of...

    fianza 1), juramento 1), llave 1)
    * * *
    I
    - ja adjetivo
    1) [ser] < persona> short
    2) (indicando posición, nivel)
    a) [ser] < techo> low; < tierras> low-lying
    b) [estar] <lámpara/cuadro/nivel> low
    c) ( bajado)
    3)
    a) <calificación/precio/número> low; < temperatura> low

    tiene la tensión or presión baja — he has low blood pressure

    b) <volumen/luz> low

    en voz baja — quietly, in a low voice

    4)
    5) ( grave) <tono/voz> deep, low
    6) ( vil) <acción/instinto> low, base

    caer bajo: qué bajo has caído! — how could you stoop so low!

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    II
    a) <volar/pasar> low
    b) <hablar/cantar> softly, quietly
    III
    1)
    a) ( planta baja) first (AmE) o (BrE) ground floor
    b)

    los bajos — (CS) the first (AmE) o (BrE) ground floor

    2)
    a) (de falda, vestido) hem
    b) bajos masculino plural (Auto) underside
    3) ( contrabajo) (double) bass
    IV
    a) ( debajo de) under

    bajo techo — under cover, indoors

    bajo el cielo estrellado — (liter) beneath the starry sky (liter)

    b) (expresando sujeción, dependencia) under

    bajo el título... — under the title...

    * * *
    I
    - ja adjetivo
    1) [ser] < persona> short
    2) (indicando posición, nivel)
    a) [ser] < techo> low; < tierras> low-lying
    b) [estar] <lámpara/cuadro/nivel> low
    c) ( bajado)
    3)
    a) <calificación/precio/número> low; < temperatura> low

    tiene la tensión or presión baja — he has low blood pressure

    b) <volumen/luz> low

    en voz baja — quietly, in a low voice

    4)
    5) ( grave) <tono/voz> deep, low
    6) ( vil) <acción/instinto> low, base

    caer bajo: qué bajo has caído! — how could you stoop so low!

    •
    II
    a) <volar/pasar> low
    b) <hablar/cantar> softly, quietly
    III
    1)
    a) ( planta baja) first (AmE) o (BrE) ground floor
    b)

    los bajos — (CS) the first (AmE) o (BrE) ground floor

    2)
    a) (de falda, vestido) hem
    b) bajos masculino plural (Auto) underside
    3) ( contrabajo) (double) bass
    IV
    a) ( debajo de) under

    bajo techo — under cover, indoors

    bajo el cielo estrellado — (liter) beneath the starry sky (liter)

    b) (expresando sujeción, dependencia) under

    bajo el título... — under the title...

    * * *
    bajo1
    1 = bass.

    Ex: Russian singer Vladimir Ognovenko is one of the most arresting basses on the opera scene today.

    bajo2

    Ex: The ground floor of the library contains a foyer with separate entrance to different departments.

    * bajo comercial = commercial premise.

    bajo3
    3 = low [lower -comp., lowest -sup.], lowly [lowlier -comp., lowliest -sup.], sagging, low-lying.

    Ex: Carlton Duncan discussed the difficulties built into the educational processes which led to under-performance at school and the resulting low representation in higher education and low entry into the professions.

    Ex: Such a concept came as a great surprise to many information educators who rather dismissively regarded the information qua information field of activity as being too lowly in terms of salary potential.
    Ex: It was obvious that Balzac's enthusiasm for the grant lifted his spirits up from their normal sagging state.
    Ex: With the introduction of irrigation, low-lying areas are prone to waterlogging and soil salinization.
    * a bajas temperaturas = at low temperature.
    * a bajo coste = low-cost.
    * a bajo costo = low-cost.
    * a bajo nivel = low-level.
    * a bajo precio = lower-cost, lower-cost, at a low price, on the cheap.
    * altibajos = ups and downs.
    * altos y bajos = highs and lows, peaks and valleys.
    * arma de bajo calibre = small arm.
    * baja Edad Media, la = late Middle Ages, the.
    * baja resolución = low resolution.
    * baja tecnología = low tech [low-tech].
    * baja temperatura = low temperature.
    * bajo cero = sub-zero, below-freezing.
    * bajo consumo = low power consumption.
    * bajo coste = low cost.
    * bajo en ácido = low-acid.
    * bajo en calorías = low cal, low-calorie.
    * bajo en carbohidratos = low-carb(ohydrate).
    * bajo en grasas = low fat.
    * bajo en hidratos de carbono = low-carb(ohydrate).
    * bajo precio = low cost.
    * bajo presión = under the cosh.
    * bajos ingresos = low income.
    * bajo vientre = lower abdomen.
    * barrio bajo = skid row.
    * bebida baja en alcohol = low-alcohol drink.
    * cuando la marea está baja = at low tide.
    * cultura de la clase baja = low culture.
    * de baja calidad = poor in detail, low-grade [lowgrade], low-quality, third rate [third-rate], low-end, trashy [trashier -comp., trashiest -sup.].
    * de baja intensidad = low-intensity [low intensity].
    * de baja ralea = ignoble.
    * de bajo consumo = low energy.
    * de bajo contenido en grasas = low fat.
    * de bajo crecimiento = low-growing.
    * de bajo estatus social = low-status.
    * de bajo nivel = lower-level, low-level.
    * de bajo precio = low-priced.
    * de bajo riesgo = low-risk.
    * decir en voz baja = say under + Posesivo + breath, say in + a low voice, say in + a quiet voice.
    * de la gama baja = low-end.
    * de nivel cultural bajo = lowbrow [low-brow].
    * de nivel intelectual bajo = lowbrow [low-brow].
    * de tacón bajo = low-heeled.
    * dieta baja en carbohidratos = low-carb diet.
    * dieta baja en hidratos de carbono = low-carb diet.
    * el más bajo = rock-bottom.
    * el punto más bajo = rock-bottom.
    * en su nivel más bajo = at its lowest ebb.
    * en su punto más bajo = at its lowest ebb.
    * en un nivel bajo = at a low ebb.
    * en un punto bajo = at a low ebb.
    * estar muy bajo = be way down.
    * familia de bajos ingresos = low-income family.
    * fijar precios bajos = price + low.
    * frente de bajas presiones = ridge of low pressure.
    * hablar en voz baja = whisper, speak + low.
    * marea baja = low tide.
    * más bien bajo = shortish.
    * monte bajo = undergrowth, understorey [understory, -USA], fynbos, shrubland, scrubland.
    * Países Bajos, los = Netherlands, the, Low Countries, the.
    * período bajo = dry spell.
    * período de baja actividad = dry spell.
    * persona de nivel cultural bajo = lowbrow [low-brow].
    * persona de nivel intelectual bajo = lowbrow [low-brow].
    * planta baja = ground floor.
    * que habla en voz baja = quietly spoken.
    * que vuela bajo = low-flying.
    * sistema de bajas presiones = ridge of low pressure, low pressure system.
    * temporada baja = low season.
    * tirando a bajo = shortish.
    * tirar a lo bajo = low-ball.

    bajo4

    Ex: One of the outcomes of entry under title has been the proliferation of serials titles.

    * acoger bajo la representación de Uno = bring under + Posesivo + umbrella.
    * acoger bajo la tutela de Uno = bring under + Posesivo + umbrella.
    * bajo agua = undersea, underwater.
    * bajo amenaza = under threat.
    * bajo arresto domiciliario = under house arrest.
    * bajo cero = below zero.
    * bajo ciertas circunstancias = under certain circumstances.
    * bajo ciertas condiciones = under certain conditions.
    * bajo coacción = under duress.
    * bajo el asesoramiento de = on the advice of.
    * bajo el brazo = under + Posesivo + arm.
    * bajo el cargo de = on charges of.
    * bajo el control de = under the control of.
    * bajo el emblema = under the banner.
    * bajo el manto de la noche = under the cover of darkness, under the cloak of darkness.
    * bajo el patrocinio de = under the aegis of.
    * bajo el sol = in the eye of the sun.
    * bajo el yugo de = under the yoke of.
    * bajo juramento = under oath, sworn.
    * bajo la apariencia de = in the guise of, under the guise of.
    * bajo la competencia de = under the jurisdiction of.
    * bajo la dirección de = under the supervision of.
    * bajo las garras de = under the grip of.
    * bajo la supervisión de = under the supervision of.
    * bajo la tutela = under the auspices of.
    * bajo la tutela de = under the aegis of.
    * bajo la tutela de Alguien = under + Posesivo + auspices.
    * bajo llave = under lock and key.
    * bajo los auspicios de = under the aegis of, under the auspices of.
    * bajo los auspicios de Alguien = under + Posesivo + auspices.
    * bajo los pies = underfoot.
    * bajo lupa = under the microscope.
    * bajo ninguna circunstancia = under no/any circumstances.
    * bajo ningún concepto = on no account, not on any account, under no/any circumstances.
    * bajo + Posesivo + custodia = in + Posesivo + safekeeping.
    * bajo presión = under pressure.
    * bajo reforma = under reform.
    * bajo sospecha = under suspicion.
    * bajo tierra = underground, below surface.
    * bajo un mismo techo = under one roof.
    * decretar libertad bajo fianza = remand.
    * guardar bajo llave = keep under + lock and key.
    * libertad bajo fianza = bail.
    * mantener bajo control = keep + a rein on.
    * tener Algo bajo el control de Uno = have + Nombre + at + Posesivo + command.
    * territorio bajo mandato = mandate.

    bajo5
    5 = lowdown, mean [meaner -comp., meanest -sup.].

    Ex: The board clearly didn't care if its commissioner was a lowdown, lying, corrupt and untrustworthy creep, likely because that is the nature of the entire organization.

    Ex: Whereas in most European countries during this period welfare provision continued to develop, in Australia it languished at a level which, with the exception of Japan, was the meanest of the developed countries.

    * * *
    bajo1 -ja
    A [ SER] ‹persona› short
    ese chico bajito que trabaja en el bar that short o small guy who works in the bar
    B (indicando posición, nivel)
    1 [ SER] ‹techo› low; ‹tierras› low-lying
    un vestido de talle bajo a low-waisted dress
    2 [ ESTAR] ‹lámpara/cuadro› low
    las ramas más bajas del árbol the lowest branches of the tree
    la parte baja de la estantería the bottom shelf/lower shelves of the bookcase
    el nivel de aceite está bajo the oil level is low
    ¡qué bajo está el río! isn't the river low!
    la marea está baja it's low tide, the tide is out
    3
    (bajado): la casa tenía las persianas bajas the house had the blinds down
    caminaba con la mirada baja she walked (along) looking at the ground o with her eyes lowered
    C
    1 ‹calificación/precio/número› low; ‹temperatura› low
    bajo en nicotina y alquitrán low in nicotine and tar
    una bebida baja en calorías a low-calorie drink
    tiene la tensión or presión baja he has low blood pressure, his blood pressure is low
    liquidaban todo a precios bajísimos they were selling everything off really cheap(ly)
    artículos de baja calidad poor-quality goods
    por lo bajoor ( RPl) por parte baja at least
    les va a costar 10.000 tirando or echando por lo bajo ( fam); it's going to cost them at least 10,000, it's going to cost them 10,000 easily o at (the very) least
    2 ‹volumen/luz› low
    lo dijo en voz baja he said it quietly o in a low voice
    pon la radio bajita put the radio on quietly
    3 ‹oro› below 14 karats
    (falto de): están bajos de moral they're in low spirits, their morale is low
    está baja de defensas her defenses are low
    E (grave) ‹tono/voz› deep, low
    F (vil) ‹acción/instinto› low, base
    caer bajoor en lo bajo: ha caído en lo más bajo she stooped pretty low
    ¡qué bajo has caído! how could you stoop so low?, how low can you get!
    Compuestos:
    feminine humble origins (pl)
    la bajoa Edad Media the late Middle Ages (pl)
    estoy en bajoa forma I'm in bad shape, I'm not on form, I'm feeling below par
    la bajoa forma del equipo nacional the poor form of the national team
    feminine low frequency
    feminine ( Per) garbage ( AmE) o ( BrE) refuse collection and street cleaning service
    fpl animal passions (pl)
    fpl low pressure
    feminine low technology
    de bajoa tecnología low-technology ( before n), low-tech
    masculine Low Latin
    masculine bas-relief
    mpl underworld
    el bajo vientre the lower abdomen
    1 ‹volar/pasar› low
    2 ‹hablar/cantar› softly, quietly
    canta más bajo sing more softly
    ¡habla más bajo! keep your voice down!
    A
    1 (planta baja) first ( AmE) o ( BrE) ground floor; (local) commercial premises ( on the first ( AmE) o ( BrE) ground floor of a building)
    2 los bajos mpl ( RPl) the first ( AmE) o ( BrE) ground floor
    B
    1 (de una falda, un vestido) hem; (de un pantalón) cuff ( AmE), turn-up ( BrE)
    2 bajos mpl ( Auto) underbody
    C (contrabajo) bass, double bass
    D
    ( Chi fam) (fin): darle el bajo a algn to do away with sb ( colloq), to get rid of sb
    darle el bajo a algo to polish sth off ( colloq)
    1 (debajo de) under
    corrimos a ponernos bajo techo we ran to get under cover
    ponte bajo el paraguas get under o underneath the umbrella
    tres grados bajo cero three degrees below zero
    cuando yo esté bajo tierra when I'm dead and buried
    bajo el cielo estrellado ( liter); beneath the starry sky ( liter)
    cantando bajo la lluvia singing in the rain
    2 (expresando sujeción, dependencia) under
    está bajo juramento you are under oath
    bajo Alfonso XIII under Alfonso XIII, during the reign of Alfonso XIII
    bajo su mando under his command
    bajo los efectos del alcohol under the influence of alcohol
    bajo ese punto de vista looking at it from that point of view
    bajo el título `España hoy' under the title `España hoy'
    fianza, garantía, llave2 (↑ llave (2)), etc
    * * *

     

    Del verbo bajar: ( conjugate bajar)

    bajo es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    bajó es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    bajar    
    bajo
    bajar ( conjugate bajar) verbo intransitivo
    1
    a) [ascensor/persona] ( alejándose) to go down;

    ( acercándose) to come down;
    ◊ bajo por las escaleras to go/come down the stairs;

    ya bajo I'll be right down
    b) ( apearse) bajo de algo ‹de tren/avión› to get off sth;

    ‹ de coche› to get out of sth;
    ‹de caballo/bicicleta› to get off sth
    c) (Dep) [ equipo] to go down

    2

    b) [fiebre/tensión] to go down, drop;

    [ hinchazón] to go down;
    [ temperatura] to fall, drop
    c) [precio/valor] to fall, drop;

    [ calidad] to deteriorate;
    [ popularidad] to diminish;

    verbo transitivo
    1 ‹escalera/cuesta› to go down
    2 ‹brazo/mano› to put down, lower
    3
    a) bajo algo (de algo) ‹de armario/estante› to get sth down (from sth);

    ‹ del piso de arriba› ( traer) to bring sth down (from sth);
    ( llevar) to take sth down (to sth)
    b) bajo a algn de algo ‹de mesa/caballo› to get sb off sth

    4
    a) ‹persiana/telón› to lower;

    ‹ ventanilla› to open

    5 ‹ precio› to lower;
    ‹ fiebre› to bring down;
    ‹ volumen› to turn down;
    ‹ voz› to lower
    bajarse verbo pronominal
    1 ( apearse) bajose de algo ‹de tren/autobús› to get off sth;
    ‹ de coche› to get out of sth;
    ‹de caballo/bicicleta› to get off sth;
    ‹de pared/árbol› to get down off sth
    2 ‹ pantalones› to take down;
    ‹ falda› to pull down
    bajo 1
    ◊ -ja adjetivo

    1 [ser] ‹ persona› short
    2
    a) [ser] ‹ techo› low;

    ‹ tierras› low-lying
    b) [estar] ‹lámpara/cuadro/nivel› low;


    están bajos de moral their morale is low;
    está bajo de defensas his defenses are low
    3
    a) ‹calificación/precio/temperatura› low;


    bajo en calorías low-calorie;
    de baja calidad poor-quality
    b) ‹volumen/luz› low;


    4 ( grave) ‹tono/voz› deep, low
    5 ( vil) ‹acción/instinto› low, base;

    bajo 2 adverbio
    a) ‹volar/pasar› low

    b) ‹hablar/cantar› softly, quietly;

    ◊ ¡habla más bajo! keep your voice down!

    ■ sustantivo masculino
    1
    a) ( planta baja) first (AmE) o (BrE) ground floor

    b)

    ◊ los bajos (CS) the first (AmE) o (BrE) ground floor

    2 ( contrabajo) (double) bass
    ■ preposición
    under;

    tres grados bajo cero three degrees below zero;
    bajo juramento under oath
    bajar
    I verbo transitivo
    1 (descender) to come o go down: bajé corriendo la cuesta, I ran downhill ➣ Ver nota en ir 2 (llevar algo abajo) to bring o get o take down: baja los disfraces del trastero, bring the costumes down from the attic
    3 (un telón) to lower
    (una persiana) to let down
    (la cabeza) to bow o lower
    4 (reducir el volumen) to turn down
    (la voz) to lower
    5 (los precios, etc) to reduce, cut
    6 (ropa, dobladillo) tengo que bajar el vestido, I've got to let the hem down
    7 Mús tienes que bajar un tono, you've got to go down a tone
    II verbo intransitivo
    1 to go o come down: bajamos al bar, we went down to the bar
    2 (apearse de un tren, un autobús) to get off
    (de un coche) to get out [de, of]: tienes que bajarte en la siguiente parada, you've got to get off at the next stop
    3 (disminuir la temperatura, los precios) to fall, drop: ha bajado su cotización en la bolsa, its share prices have dropped in the stock exchange
    bajo,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 low
    2 (de poca estatura) short: es muy bajo para jugar al baloncesto, he's a bit too short to play basketball
    3 (poco intenso) faint, soft: en este local la música está baja, the music isn't very loud here
    4 (escaso) poor: su nivel es muy bajo, his level is very low
    este queso es bajo en calorías, this cheese is low in calories
    5 Mús low
    6 fig (mezquino, vil, ruin) base, despicable: tiene muy bajos instintos, he's absolutely contemptible
    bajos fondos, the underworld
    la clase baja, the lower class
    II adverbio low: habla bajo, por favor, please speak quietly
    por lo b., (a sus espaldas, disimuladamente) on the sly: con Pedro es muy amable, pero por lo bajo echa pestes de él, she's very nice to Pedro, but she's always slagging him off behind his back
    (como mínimo) at least: ese libro cuesta cinco mil pesetas tirando por lo bajo, that book costs at least five thousand pesetas
    III sustantivo masculino
    1 Mús (instrumento, cantante, instrumentista) bass
    2 (de un edificio) ground floor
    3 (de una prenda) hem
    IV mpl Mec underneath: las piedras del camino le rozaron los bajos del coche, we scratched the bottom of the car against the stones on the road
    V preposición
    1 (lugar) under, underneath
    bajo techo, under shelter
    bajo tierra, underground
    bajo la tormenta, in the storm
    2 Pol Hist under
    bajo la dictadura, under the dictatorship 3 bajo cero, (temperatura) below zero
    4 Jur under
    bajo fianza, on bail
    bajo juramento, under oath
    bajo multa de cien mil pesetas, subject to a fine of one hundred thousand pesetas
    bajo ningún concepto, under no circumstances
    firmó la declaración bajo presión, she signed the declaration under pressure
    La traducción más común del adjetivo es low. Sin embargo, recuerda que cuando quieres describir a una persona debes usar la palabra short: Es muy bajo para su edad. He's very short for his age.

    ' bajo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    auspicio
    - baja
    - caer
    - calificar
    - caloría
    - circunstancia
    - concepto
    - confiar
    - control
    - cuerda
    - dominación
    - fianza
    - fiebre
    - guardia
    - hundida
    - hundido
    - imperio
    - ínfima
    - ínfimo
    - insolación
    - juramento
    - libertad
    - llave
    - manía
    - ministerio
    - monte
    - murmurar
    - par
    - pretexto
    - próxima
    - próximo
    - rescoldo
    - ropa
    - sarro
    - so
    - tapón
    - techo
    - tierra
    - tono
    - vigilancia
    - a
    - abrasar
    - anestesia
    - arresto
    - ático
    - bajar
    - bajío
    - chato
    - chico
    - coacción
    English:
    account
    - aloud
    - auspice
    - bail
    - bass
    - bass guitar
    - below
    - beneath
    - body
    - bottom
    - clampdown
    - complaint
    - conceal
    - condition
    - content
    - control
    - cover
    - cuff
    - custody
    - depressed
    - distraught
    - down
    - drunk driving
    - DUI
    - escrow
    - feel
    - floodlight
    - foresight
    - freezing
    - ground
    - gun
    - hand
    - honour
    - hurtle
    - in
    - keep down
    - lock away
    - low
    - low-alcohol
    - low-budget
    - low-calorie
    - low-cost
    - lower
    - Lower Egypt
    - lowest
    - microscope
    - minus
    - oath
    - observation
    - off
    * * *
    bajo, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [objeto, cifra] low;
    [persona, estatura] short;
    es más bajo que su amigo he's shorter than his friend;
    el pantano está muy bajo the water (level) in the reservoir is very low;
    tengo la tensión baja I have low blood pressure;
    tener la moral baja, estar bajo de moral to be in low o poor spirits;
    estar en baja forma to be off form;
    han mostrado una baja forma alarmante they have shown worryingly poor form, they have been worryingly off form;
    los precios más bajos de la ciudad the lowest prices in the city;
    tirando o [m5] calculando por lo bajo at least, at the minimum;
    de baja calidad poor(-quality);
    bajo en calorías low-calorie;
    bajo en nicotina low in nicotine (content)
    Elec baja frecuencia low frequency; Arte bajo relieve bas-relief; Informát baja resolución low resolution
    2. [cabeza] bowed;
    [ojos] downcast;
    paseaba con la cabeza baja she was walking with her head down
    3. [poco audible] low;
    [sonido] soft, faint;
    en voz baja softly, in a low voice;
    pon la música más baja, por favor turn the music down, please;
    por lo bajo [en voz baja] in an undertone;
    [en secreto] secretly;
    reírse por lo bajo to snicker, to snigger
    4. [grave] deep
    5. Geog lower;
    el bajo Amazonas the lower Amazon
    6. Hist lower;
    la baja Edad Media the late Middle Ages
    7. [pobre] lower-class
    los bajos fondos the underworld
    8. [vil] base
    9. [soez] coarse, vulgar;
    se dejó llevar por bajas pasiones he allowed his baser instincts to get the better of him
    10. [metal] base
    11. Perú baja policía street cleaners
    ♦ nm
    1. [dobladillo] hem;
    meter el bajo de una falda to take up a skirt
    2. [planta baja] [piso] Br ground floor flat, US first floor apartment;
    [local] Br premises on the ground floor, US premises on the first floor;
    los bajos Br the ground floor, US the first floor
    3. Mús [instrumento, cantante] bass;
    [instrumentista] bassist
    4. Mús [sonido] bass
    5. Aut
    bajos [de vehículo] underside
    6. [hondonada] hollow
    7. [banco de arena] shoal, sandbank
    ♦ adv
    1. [hablar] quietly, softly;
    ella habla más bajo que él she speaks more softly than he does;
    ¡habla más bajo, vas a despertar al bebé! keep your voice down or you'll wake the baby up!
    2. [caer] low;
    Fig
    ¡qué bajo has caído! how low you have sunk!
    3. [volar] low
    ♦ prep
    1. [debajo de] under;
    bajo su apariencia pacífica se escondía un ser agresivo beneath his calm exterior there lay an aggressive nature;
    bajo cero below zero;
    Fig
    bajo cuerda o [m5] mano secretly, in an underhand manner;
    le pagó bajo mano para conseguir lo que quería he paid her secretly to get what he wanted;
    bajo este ángulo from this angle;
    bajo la lluvia in the rain;
    bajo techo under cover;
    dormir bajo techo to sleep with a roof over one's head o indoors
    2. [sometido a]
    bajo coacción under duress;
    bajo control under control;
    bajo el régimen de Franco under Franco's regime;
    fue encarcelado bajo la acusación de… he was jailed on charges of…;
    Der
    bajo fianza on bail;
    bajo mando de under the command of;
    prohibido aparcar bajo multa de 100 euros no parking – penalty 100 euros;
    bajo observación under observation;
    bajo palabra on one's word;
    el trato se hizo bajo palabra it was a purely verbal o a gentleman's agreement;
    bajo pena de muerte on pain of death;
    bajo tratamiento médico receiving medical treatment;
    bajo la tutela de in the care of
    * * *
    I adj
    1 low;
    bajo en sal low in salt
    2 persona short
    II m
    1 MÚS bass
    2 piso first floor, Br
    ground floor; de edificio first floor apartment, Br
    ground floor flat
    3 de vestido, pantalón hem
    4
    :
    por lo bajo at least
    III adv
    1 cantar, hablar quietly, softly
    2 volar low
    IV prp under;
    tres grados bajo cero three degrees below zero;
    palabra on o under oath
    * * *
    bajo adv
    1) : down, low
    2) : softly, quietly
    habla más bajo: speak more softly
    bajo, -ja adj
    1) : low
    2) : short (of stature)
    3) : soft, faint, deep (of sounds)
    4) : lower
    el bajo Amazonas: the lower Amazon
    5) : lowered
    con la mirada baja: with lowered eyes
    6) : base, vile
    7)
    los bajos fondos : the underworld
    bajo nm
    1) : bass (musical instrument)
    2) : first floor, ground floor
    3) : hemline
    bajo prep
    : under, beneath, below
    * * *
    bajo1 adj
    1. (persona) short
    2. (muro, mueble, voz) low
    habla en voz baja she speaks in a low voice / she speaks quietly
    3. (nivel, precio, número) low
    bajo2 adv
    2. (con voz suave) quietly
    bajo3 n
    1. (planta baja) ground floor
    3. (instrumento, voz) bass
    ¿quién toca el bajo? who plays the bass?
    4. (músico) bass player
    bajo4 prep under

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  • 9 desbordarse

    1 (salirse) to overflow, flood
    2 figurado to burst
    * * *
    VPR
    1) (=rebosar)
    a) [lavabo, río] to overflow; [líquido] to overflow, spill (over)
    b)

    desbordarse fuera de — [epidemia, guerra] to spread beyond

    2) (=desatarse) [ira] to boil over
    3) (=excederse) to get carried away; pey to lose control
    * * *
    (v.) = overflow
    Ex. This article describes the impact of flooding on the Public Library of Des Moines, Iowa, when the Raccoon River overflowed in Jul 93.
    * * *
    (v.) = overflow

    Ex: This article describes the impact of flooding on the Public Library of Des Moines, Iowa, when the Raccoon River overflowed in Jul 93.

    * * *

    desbordarse ( conjugate desbordarse) verbo pronominal
    a) [río/canal] to burst its banks

    b) [vaso/cubo] to overflow


    ■desbordarse verbo reflexivo to overflow, flood
    ' desbordarse' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    salirse
    English:
    brim over
    - flood
    - overflow
    - spill over
    - boil
    - spill
    * * *
    vpr
    1. [río] to flood, to burst its banks;
    [lago, embalse] to flood, to overflow; [bañera, olla, líquido, contenido] to overflow;
    llena el vaso hasta arriba sin que se desborde fill the glass to the brim without it overflowing;
    la leche comenzó a desbordarse the milk started to spill over
    2. [pasión, sentimiento] to erupt;
    sueña que le toca la lotería y su imaginación se desborda she dreams she's won the lottery and her imagination runs away with her
    * * *
    v/r de río burst its banks, overflow; fig
    get out of control
    * * *
    vr

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  • 10 führen

    I v/t
    1. lead (nach, zu to); (geleiten) auch take, escort; zu einem Platz: auch usher; (jemandem den Weg zeigen) lead, guide; (zwangsweise) escort; an oder bei der Hand führen take s.o. by the hand; an der Leine / am Zügel führen walk on the lead / lead by the reins; Besucher in ein Zimmer führen show ( oder lead oder usher) into a room; jemanden durch die Firma / Wohnung führen show s.o. (a)round the firm (Am. company) / the apartment (Brit. auch flat); die Polizei auf jemandes Spur führen fig. put the police on s.o.’s track; was führt dich zu mir? fig. what brings you here?; meine Reise führte mich nach Spanien fig. my trip took me to Spain; Versuchung
    2. (irgendwohin gelangen lassen): jemandem die Hand führen guide s.o.’s hand (auch fig.); zum Mund führen raise to one’s lips; ein Kabel durch ein Rohr führen pass a cable through a pipe; eine Straße um einen Ort führen take a road (a)round a place, bypass a place
    3. (handhaben) handle, wield; sie führt den Ball sicher Basketball etc.: she’s got good ball control
    4. Amtsspr. (Auto, Zug etc.) drive; (Flugzeug etc.) pilot, fly; (Schiff) navigate
    5. bei oder mit sich führen have on one, carry; (Fracht, Ladung etc.) carry; Erz führen bear ( oder contain) ore; Strom führen ETECH. be live; (leiten) conduct current; der Fluss führt Sand ( mit sich) the river carries sand with it; Hochwasser
    6. (anführen) lead, head; (Leitung haben) be in charge of; MIL. auch command; (Geschäft, Haushalt etc.) manage, run; (lenkend beeinflussen) guide; eine Armee in den Kampf / zum Sieg führen lead an army into battle / to victory; in den Ruin führen (Firma etc.) lead to ruin; eine Klasse zum Abitur führen take a class through to the Abitur exam; er führt seine Mitarbeiter mit fester Hand he manages his colleagues with a firm hand; Aufsicht, geführt, Kommando, Vorsitz etc.
    7. (Gespräch, Verhandlung etc.) carry on, have; (Telefongespräch) make; (Prozess) conduct; (Buch, Liste, Protokoll etc.) keep; (Konto) manage; ein geruhsames etc. Leben führen lead ( oder live) a peaceful etc. life; sie führen eine gute Ehe they’re happily married, they have a good (husband-and-wife) relationship; etw. zu Ende führen finish s.th.; Beweis, Krieg, Regie etc.
    8. (Namen) bear, go by ( oder under) the name of; (Nummer, Wappen) have; (Flagge) carry, fly; (Titel) Person: hold; Buch etc.: have; den Titel... führen Buch: auch be entitled...
    9. (Ware) auf Lager: stock; zum Verkauf: auch sell, have; führen Sie Campingartikel? do you have ( oder sell oder stock) camping gear?; auf oder in einer Liste führen list, make a list of; ( auf oder in einer Liste) geführt werden appear on a list, be listed; als vermisst geführt werden be posted as missing
    10. (Reden, Sprache) use; ständig im Munde führen be constantly talking about; (Wendung) be constantly using
    11. fig. Feld, Schild2 1 etc.
    II v/i
    1. lead (nach, zu to); Tal, Tür etc.: auch open (into); unser Weg führte durch einen Wald / über eine Brücke our route led ( oder passed) through a wood / over a bridge
    2. beim Tanzen: lead, steer
    3. SPORT: führen über (+ Akk) (dauern) last; der Kampf führt über zehn Runden the fight is over ten rounds
    4. (führend sein) lead; SPORT auch be in the lead; mit zwei Toren führen be two goals ahead, have a two-goal lead; mit 3:1 führen be 3-1 up; mit 3:1 gegen X führen lead X by 3-1
    5. fig.: durch das Programm / den Abend führt X your guide ( oder presenter) for the program(me) / evening is X; führen zu lead to, end in; (zur Folge haben) result in; das führt zu nichts that won’t get you ( oder us etc.) anywhere; das führt zu keinem Ergebnis that won’t produce a result; das führt zu weit that’s ( oder that would be) going too far; wohin soll das noch führen? where will all this lead ( oder end up)?
    III v/refl conduct o.s.; bes. Schüler: behave (o.s.); sich gut führen behave (well)
    * * *
    (befördern) to carry;
    (herumführen) to guide;
    (leiten) to lead; to shepherd; to conduct;
    (lenken) to drive; to pilot; to steer
    * * *
    füh|ren ['fyːrən]
    1. vt
    1) (= geleiten) to take; (= vorangehen, - fahren) to lead

    eine alte Dame über die Straße fǘhren — to help an old lady over the road

    er führte uns durch das Schloss — he showed us (a)round the castle

    er führte uns durch Italien — he was our guide in Italy

    eine Klasse zum Abitur fǘhren — ≈ to see a class through to A-levels (Brit) or to their high school diploma (US)

    jdn zum (Trau)altar fǘhren — to lead sb to the altar

    2) (= leiten) Geschäft, Betrieb etc to run; Gruppe, Expedition etc to lead, to head; Schiff to captain; Armee etc to command
    3) (= in eine Situation bringen) to get (inf), to lead; (= veranlassen zu kommen/gehen) to bring/take

    der Hinweis führte die Polizei auf die Spur des Diebes — that tip put the police on the trail of the thief

    das führt uns auf das Thema... — that brings or leads us (on)to the subject...

    ein Land ins Chaos fǘhren — to reduce a country to chaos

    4) (= registriert haben) to have a record of

    wir fǘhren keinen Meier in unserer Kartei — we have no( record of a) Meier on our files

    5) (= handhaben) Pinsel, Bogen, Kamera etc to wield

    den Löffel zum Mund/das Glas an die Lippen fǘhren —

    die Hand an die Mütze fǘhren — to touch one's cap

    6) (= entlangführen) Leitung, Draht to carry
    7) (form = steuern) Kraftfahrzeug to drive; Flugzeug to fly, to pilot; Kran, Fahrstuhl to operate; Schiff to sail
    8) (= transportieren) to carry; (= haben) Autokennzeichen, Wappen, Namen to have, to bear; Titel to have; (= selbst gebrauchen) to use

    Geld/seine Papiere bei sich fǘhren (form) — to carry money/one's papers on one's person

    9) (= im Angebot haben) to stock, to carry (spec), to keep

    etw ständig im Munde fǘhren — to be always talking about sth

    2. vi
    1) (= in Führung liegen) to lead; (bei Wettkämpfen) to be in the lead, to lead

    die Mannschaft führt mit 10 Punkten Vorsprung — the team has a lead of 10 points, the team is in the lead or is leading by 10 points

    2) (= verlaufen) (Straße) to go; (Kabel, Pipeline etc) to run; (Spur) to lead

    das Rennen führt über 10 Runden/durch ganz Frankreich — the race takes place over 10 laps/covers France

    die Straße führt nach Kiel/am Rhein entlang — the road goes to Kiel/runs or goes along the Rhine

    die Brücke führt über die Elbe — the bridge crosses or spans the Elbe

    3)

    (= als Ergebnis haben) zu etw fǘhren — to lead to sth, to result in sth

    das führt zu nichts — that will come to nothing

    es führte zu dem Ergebnis, dass er entlassen wurde — it resulted in or led to his being dismissed

    das führt dazu, dass noch mehr Stellen abgebaut werden — it'll lead to or end in further staff reductions or job cuts

    wohin soll das alles nur fǘhren? — where is it all leading (us)?

    3. vr
    form = sich benehmen) to conduct oneself, to deport oneself (form)
    * * *
    1) (to turn or fork: The road bears left here.) bear
    2) (to lead or guide: We were conducted down a narrow path by the guide; He conducted the tour.) conduct
    3) (to lead to: Where does this road go?) go
    4) (to lead, direct or show the way: I don't know how to get to your house - I'll need someone to guide me; Your comments guided me in my final choice.) guide
    5) (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.) keep
    6) (to guide or direct or cause to go in a certain direction: Follow my car and I'll lead you to the motorway; She took the child by the hand and led him across the road; He was leading the horse into the stable; The sound of hammering led us to the garage; You led us to believe that we would be paid!) lead
    7) (to go or carry to a particular place or along a particular course: A small path leads through the woods.) lead
    8) ((with to) to cause or bring about a certain situation or state of affairs: The heavy rain led to serious floods.) lead
    9) (to live (a certain kind of life): She leads a pleasant existence on a Greek island.) lead
    10) (to keep a supply of for sale: Does this shop stock writing-paper?) stock
    11) ((often with around, in, out etc) to guide or lead carefully: He shepherded me through a maze of corridors.) shepherd
    12) (to lead, escort: The waiter ushered him to a table.) usher
    13) (to carry on or engage in (especially a war): The North waged war on/against the South.) wage
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    füh·ren
    [ˈfy:rən]
    I. vt
    ▪ jdn aus etw dat/in etw akk \führen to lead sb into/out of sth
    jdn in einen Raum \führen to lead [or usher] sb into a room
    ▪ jdn durch/über etw akk \führen to lead sb through/across [or over] sth
    eine alte Dame über die Straße \führen to help an old lady across [or over] the road
    ▪ jdn zu etw/jdm \führen (hinbringen) to take sb to sth/sb; (herbringen) to bring sb to sth/sb; (vorangehen) to lead sb to sth/sb
    was führt Sie zu mir? (geh) what brings you to me? form
    jdn zu seinem Platz \führen to lead [or usher] sb to their seat
    jdn zum Traualtar \führen to lead sb to the altar
    2. (umherführen, den Weg zeigen)
    ▪ jdn \führen to guide sb
    einen Blinden \führen to guide a blind person
    jdn durch ein Museum/ein Schloss/eine Stadt \führen to show sb round a museum/a castle/a town
    er führte uns durch London he was our guide in London
    ▪ jdn \führen to lead sb/sth
    eine Armee \führen to command an army
    eine Expedition/eine Gruppe/eine Mannschaft \führen to lead an expedition/a group/a team
    ▪ etw \führen to run sth
    einen Betrieb/ein Geschäft \führen to run [or manage] a company/a business
    ▪ jdn \führen to lead sb
    er führt seine Angestellten mit fester Hand he leads [or directs] his employees with a firm hand
    sie weiß die Schüler zu \führen she knows how to lead the students
    5. (bringen, lenken)
    ▪ jdn auf etw akk \führen to lead sb to sth
    der Hinweis führte die Polizei auf die Spur des Diebes the tip put the police on the trail of the thief
    das führt uns auf das Thema... that brings [or leads] us on[to] the subject...
    jdn auf Abwege \führen to lead sb astray
    etw zu Ende \führen to complete sth
    6. (laufend ergänzen)
    eine Liste/ein Verzeichnis \führen to keep a list/a register
    jdn/etw auf einer Liste/in einem Verzeichnis \führen to have a record of sb/sth on a list/in a register
    wir \führen keinen Schmidt in unserer Kartei we have no [record of a] Schmidt on our files
    8. (bewegen)
    einen Bogen [über die Saiten] \führen to wield a bow [across the strings]
    die Kamera [an etw akk] \führen to guide the camera [towards sth]; (durch Teleobjektiv) to zoom in [on sth]
    die Kamera ruhig \führen to operate the camera with a steady hand
    etw zum Mund[e] \führen to raise sth to one's mouth
    sie führte ihr Glas zum Mund she raised her glass to her lips
    einen Pinsel [über etw akk] \führen to wield a brush [over sth]
    ▪ etw durch/über etw akk \führen to lay sth through/across [or over] sth
    er führte das Satellitenkabel durch die Wand he laid [or fed] the satellite cable through the wall
    10. (geh: steuern)
    ein Flugzeug \führen to fly a plane
    ein Kraftfahrzeug/einen Zug \führen to drive a motor vehicle/a train
    einen Kran/eine Maschine \führen to operate a crane/a machine
    11. (geh: tragen)
    einen Namen \führen to go by [or form to bear] a name
    verheiratete Frauen \führen oft ihren Mädchennamen weiter married women often retain [or still go by] their maiden name
    welchen Namen wirst du nach der Hochzeit \führen? which name will you use when you're married?
    unser Mann führt den Decknamen ‚Hans‘ our man goes by the alias of ‘Hans’
    einen Titel \führen to hold [or form bear] a title
    etw im Wappen \führen to bear sth on one's coat of arms form
    12. (geh: haben)
    Gepäck bei [o mit] sich dat \führen to be carrying luggage
    seine Papiere/eine Schusswaffe bei [o mit] sich dat \führen to carry one's papers/a firearm on one, to carry around one's papers/a firearm sep
    ▪ etw \führen to stock [or spec carry] sth; (verkaufen) to sell sth
    einen Prozess/Verhandlungen \führen to conduct a case/negotiations
    II. vi
    1. (in Führung liegen) to be in the lead
    mit drei Punkten/einer halben Runde \führen to have a lead of [or to be in the lead by] three points/half a lap
    2. (verlaufen) to lead, to go
    wohin führt diese Straße/dieser Weg? where does this road/this path lead [or go] to?
    die Straße führt am Fluss entlang the road runs [or goes] along the river
    ▪ durch/über etw akk \führen Weg to lead [or go] through/over sth; Straße to lead [or go] [or run] through/over sth; Kabel, Pipeline to run through/over sth; Spuren to lead through/across sth
    die Brücke führt über den Rhein the bridge crosses [over] [or spans] the Rhine [or goes over
    ▪ zu etw dat \führen to lead to sth, to result in sth
    das führte dazu, dass er entlassen wurde this led to [or resulted in] his [or him] being dismissed
    [all] das führt [euch/uns] doch zu nichts that will [all] get you/us nowhere
    III. vr (geh: sich benehmen)
    ▪ sich akk \führen to conduct oneself form
    sich akk gut/schlecht \führen to conduct oneself well/badly [or to misbehave]
    * * *
    1.
    1) lead

    durch das Programm führt [Sie] Klaus Frank — Klaus Frank will present the programme

    2) (Kaufmannsspr.) stock, sell < goods>

    ein Orts-/Ferngespräch führen — make a local/long-distance call

    einen Prozess [gegen jemanden] führen — take legal action [against somebody]

    4) (verantwortlich leiten) manage, run <company, business, pub, etc.>; lead < party, country>; command < regiment>; chair < committee>
    5) (gelangen lassen) <journey, road> take
    6) (Amtsspr.) drive <train, motor, vehicle>; navigate < ship>; fly < aircraft>
    7) (verlaufen lassen) take <road, cable, etc.>
    8) (als Kennzeichnung, Bezeichnung haben) bear

    einen Titel/Künstlernamen führen — have a title/use a stage name

    den Titel ‘Professor’ führen — use the title of professor

    9) (angelegt haben) keep <diary, list, file>
    10) (befördern) carry
    12) (tragen)

    etwas bei od. mit sich führen — have something on one

    2.
    1) lead

    die Straße führt nach.../durch.../über... — the road leads or goes to.../goes through.../goes over...

    das würde zu weit führen — (fig.) that would be taking things too far

    2) (an der Spitze liegen) lead; be ahead

    in der Tabelle führen — be the league leaders; be at the top of the league

    3)

    zu etwas führen — (etwas bewirken) lead to something

    das führt zu nichts — (ugs.) that won't get you/us etc. anywhere (coll.)

    3.

    sich gut/schlecht führen — conduct oneself or behave well/badly

    * * *
    A. v/t
    1. lead (
    nach, zu to); (geleiten) auch take, escort; zu einem Platz: auch usher; (jemandem den Weg zeigen) lead, guide; (zwangsweise) escort;
    an oder
    bei der Hand führen take sb by the hand;
    an der Leine/am Zügel führen walk on the lead/lead by the reins;
    in ein Zimmer führen show ( oder lead oder usher) into a room;
    jemanden durch die Firma/Wohnung führen show sb (a)round the firm (US company)/the apartment (Br auch flat);
    die Polizei auf jemandes Spur führen fig put the police on sb’s track;
    was führt dich zu mir? fig what brings you here?;
    meine Reise führte mich nach Spanien fig my trip took me to Spain; → Versuchung
    2. (irgendwohin gelangen lassen):
    jemandem die Hand führen guide sb’s hand (auch fig);
    zum Mund führen raise to one’s lips;
    ein Kabel durch ein Rohr führen pass a cable through a pipe;
    eine Straße um einen Ort führen take a road (a)round a place, bypass a place
    3. (handhaben) handle, wield;
    sie führt den Ball sicher Basketball etc: she’s got good ball control
    4. ADMIN (Auto, Zug etc) drive; (Flugzeug etc) pilot, fly; (Schiff) navigate
    5.
    mit sich führen have on one, carry; (Fracht, Ladung etc) carry;
    Erz führen bear ( oder contain) ore;
    Strom führen ELEK be live; (leiten) conduct current;
    der Fluss führt Sand (mit sich) the river carries sand with it; → Hochwasser
    6. (anführen) lead, head; (Leitung haben) be in charge of; MIL auch command; (Geschäft, Haushalt etc) manage, run; (lenkend beeinflussen) guide;
    eine Armee in den Kampf/zum Sieg führen lead an army into battle/to victory;
    in den Ruin führen (Firma etc) lead to ruin;
    eine Klasse zum Abitur führen take a class through to the Abitur exam;
    er führt seine Mitarbeiter mit fester Hand he manages his colleagues with a firm hand; → Aufsicht, geführt, Kommando, Vorsitz etc
    7. (Gespräch, Verhandlung etc) carry on, have; (Telefongespräch) make; (Prozess) conduct; (Buch, Liste, Protokoll etc) keep; (Konto) manage;
    Leben führen lead ( oder live) a peaceful etc life;
    sie führen eine gute Ehe they’re happily married, they have a good (husband-and-wife) relationship;
    etwas zu Ende führen finish sth; → Beweis, Krieg, Regie etc
    8. (Namen) bear, go by ( oder under) the name of; (Nummer, Wappen) have; (Flagge) carry, fly; (Titel) Person: hold; Buch etc: have;
    den Titel … führen Buch: auch be entitled …
    9. (Ware) auf Lager: stock; zum Verkauf: auch sell, have;
    führen Sie Campingartikel? do you have ( oder sell oder stock) camping gear?;
    in einer Liste führen list, make a list of;
    (
    geführt werden appear on a list, be listed;
    als vermisst geführt werden be posted as missing
    10. (Reden, Sprache) use;
    ständig im Munde führen be constantly talking about; (Wendung) be constantly using
    11. fig → Feld, Schild2 1 etc
    B. v/i
    1. lead (
    nach, zu to); Tal, Tür etc: auch open (into);
    unser Weg führte durch einen Wald/über eine Brücke our route led ( oder passed) through a wood/over a bridge
    2. beim Tanzen: lead, steer
    3. SPORT:
    führen über (+akk) (dauern) last;
    der Kampf führt über zehn Runden the fight is over ten rounds
    4. (führend sein) lead; SPORT auch be in the lead;
    mit zwei Toren führen be two goals ahead, have a two-goal lead;
    mit 3:1 führen be 3-1 up;
    mit 3:1 gegen X führen lead X by 3-1
    5. fig:
    durch das Programm/den Abend führt X your guide ( oder presenter) for the program(me)/evening is X;
    führen zu lead to, end in; (zur Folge haben) result in;
    das führt zu nichts that won’t get you ( oder us etc) anywhere;
    das führt zu keinem Ergebnis that won’t produce a result;
    das führt zu weit that’s ( oder that would be) going too far;
    wohin soll das noch führen? where will all this lead ( oder end up)?
    C. v/r conduct o.s.; besonders Schüler: behave (o.s.);
    sich gut führen behave (well)
    * * *
    1.
    1) lead

    durch das Programm führt [Sie] Klaus Frank — Klaus Frank will present the programme

    2) (Kaufmannsspr.) stock, sell < goods>

    ein Orts-/Ferngespräch führen — make a local/long-distance call

    einen Prozess [gegen jemanden] führen — take legal action [against somebody]

    4) (verantwortlich leiten) manage, run <company, business, pub, etc.>; lead <party, country>; command < regiment>; chair < committee>
    5) (gelangen lassen) <journey, road> take
    6) (Amtsspr.) drive <train, motor, vehicle>; navigate < ship>; fly < aircraft>
    7) (verlaufen lassen) take <road, cable, etc.>
    8) (als Kennzeichnung, Bezeichnung haben) bear

    einen Titel/Künstlernamen führen — have a title/use a stage name

    den Titel ‘Professor’ führen — use the title of professor

    9) (angelegt haben) keep <diary, list, file>
    10) (befördern) carry

    etwas bei od. mit sich führen — have something on one

    2.
    1) lead

    die Straße führt nach.../durch.../über... — the road leads or goes to.../goes through.../goes over...

    das würde zu weit führen — (fig.) that would be taking things too far

    2) (an der Spitze liegen) lead; be ahead

    in der Tabelle führen — be the league leaders; be at the top of the league

    3)

    zu etwas führen — (etwas bewirken) lead to something

    das führt zu nichts — (ugs.) that won't get you/us etc. anywhere (coll.)

    3.

    sich gut/schlecht führen — conduct oneself or behave well/badly

    * * *
    v.
    to conduct v.
    to go v.
    (§ p.,p.p.: went, gone)
    to guide v.
    to lead v.
    (§ p.,p.p.: led)
    to steer v.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > führen

  • 11 nad

    Ⅰ praep. 1. (powyżej) over, above
    - nad kimś/czymś [znajdować się] over a. above sb/sth
    - nad głównym wejściem over a. above the main entrance
    - łuna nad miastem a glow over the city
    - 1500 metrów nad poziomem morza 1,500 metres above sea level
    - miał siniak nad lewym okiem he had a bruise over a. above his left eye
    - mieszkali nad sklepem they lived over a. above the shop
    - rano nad miastem przeszła burza a storm broke over the city in the morning
    - tumany kurzu unosiły się nad drogą clouds of dust rose over the road
    - piłka przeleciała wysoko nad poprzeczką the ball went high over the bar
    - pochylić się nad kimś/czymś to lean a. bend over sb/sth
    - pochyliła się nad kołyską she leaned a. bent over the cot
    - pochylali się nad mapą they were bending over a map
    - nad coś [kierować się] over a. above sth
    - balon wzbił się nad chmury the balloon soared up above the clouds
    - myśliwce nadleciały nad miasto fighter planes flew over the city
    2. (w pobliżu) nad Wisłą/Bałtykiem on the Vistula/the Baltic
    - Wiedeń leży nad Dunajem Vienna lies on the Danube
    - kupili dom nad jeziorem they bought a house on a. by a lake
    - opalali się nad rzeką they were sunbathing by the river
    - spacer nad brzegiem rzeki/Sekwany a walk along a. by the riverside/along the Seine
    - nad coś [kierować się] to sth
    - pojechać nad morze to go to the seaside
    - pójść na spacer nad jezioro to take a walk to the lake
    - wycieczka nad Wigry a trip to Lake Wigry
    3. (wskazuje na podporządkowanie) over
    - być a. stać nad kimś to be over sb
    - nad sobą miał dyrektora finansowego above him he had the financial director
    - kontrola nad czymś control over a. of sth
    - mieć nadzór nad czymś to supervise sth, to have control over sth
    - sprawować władzę nad czymś to exercise authority a. power over sth
    - przewaga nad kimś/czymś superiority a. the advantage over sb/sth
    4. (wskazuje na temat) on, about (czymś sth)
    - dyskusja nad budżetem discussion on a. about the budget
    - dyskutowali nad projektem uchwały they were discussing the (draft) bill
    - praca nad czymś work on a. at sth
    - pracować nad planami budynku to work on the design of a building
    - rozmyślać nad czymś to ponder on a. over sth
    - medytować nad czymś to meditate on a. upon sth
    - siedzieć nad książką to pore over a book
    - ślęczeć nad lekcjami to slog away at one’s homework pot.
    5. (z określeniami wyrażającymi uczucia) at, for, over
    - ich zachwyt nad jego obrazami their delight over his paintings
    - użalić się nad kimś to feel sorry for sb, to pity sb
    - użalać się nad sobą a. nad własnym losem to feel sorry for oneself pot., pejor.; to bemoan one’s lot książk., żart.
    - znęcać się nad kimś to torment sb
    - zlituj się nade mną/nad nim have mercy on me/him
    6. (tuż przed) (just) before
    - nad ranem/wieczorem (just) before dawn a. daybreak/dusk a. nightfall
    7. książk. (bardziej niż) than
    - nic straszniejszego nad wojnę nothing more terrible than war
    - cóż piękniejszego nad miłość what can be more beautiful than love?
    - kochać kogoś nad życie to love sb more than life itself
    - nad wszystkie rozrywki uwielbiał kino of all pastimes he adored the cinema more than anything else
    - praca nad siły superhuman work
    - poeta nad poetami a towering poet
    - przebój nad przeboje an all-time hit
    - skandal nad skandale a scandal to end all scandals
    - łotr nad łotrami an arch-villain; a consummate villain książk.
    - nade wszystko above all (else), more than anything (else)
    - nade wszystko cenił spokój he valued peace and quiet more than anything a. above all else
    - była sławna, bogata, a nade wszystko urodziwa she was famous, rich, and, above all, good-looking
    Ⅱ nad- w wyrazach złożonych (wskazujące na wyższy stopień) nadkomisarz chief superintendent GB
    - nadczułość hypersensitivity
    * * *
    prep

    (kierunek) nad morze/rzekę — to the seaside/river

    * * *
    prep.
    + Ins.
    1. (= powyżej, ponad) above, over; nad głową (= w górze) overhead.
    2. (= na brzegu l. krawędzi, blisko) nad (samą) granicą at the (very) border, near the border; nad grobem at the graveside; przen. (= blisko śmierci) at death's door, with one foot in the grave; nad morzem at the seaside, on the sea; nad rzeką/jeziorem on the river/lake; Waszyngton leży nad Potomakiem Washington lies l. is located on the Potomac River; nad przepaścią t. przen. on the edge of a precipice; nad ranem in the early morning.
    3. (przedmiot uwagi l. kontroli) litować się nad kimś feel pity for sb; (= okazywać komuś miłosierdzie) have l. take pity on sb; mieć przewagę nad kimś have the advantage on l. over sb, have the upper hand over sb; opieka nad dziećmi child care; pastwić się nad kimś torment sb; płakać nad czymś cry over sth; rozpaczać nad kimś/czymś lament for sb/sth; sprawować władzę nad kimś/czymś rule sb/sth; form. have/hold dominion over sb/sth; stracić panowanie nad sobą lose one's temper; pot. blow one's top, blow a gasket, hit the ceiling.
    4. (temat rozważań l. dyskusji) debata nad ustawą/wnioskiem debate on a bill/motion; zastanawiać się nad czymś consider sth, pause over sth.
    5. (cel badań l. wysiłków) pracować nad czymś work on sth.
    6. lit. (podkreślenie wyjątkowości; często z archaiczną formą narzędnika) mistrz nad mistrzami l. nad mistrze master of l. over masters; Pieśń nad Pieśniami Bibl. the Song of Songs.
    prep.
    + Acc.
    1. ( cel w przestrzeni) over, above; nad głowę above one's head; (= w górę) up; nad miasto over the town l. city.
    2. (= na brzeg) nad jezioro/morze/rzekę to the lake/sea/river.
    3. lit. ( porównanie lub wybór) than, above; cenić coś nad życie value sth above life; cóż jest (lepszego) nad wino? what (is) better than wine?; nade wszystko above all.

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

  • 12 profundo

    adj.
    1 deep, profound, deepwater, abysmal.
    2 deep, profound, deep-felt, intense.
    3 deep, difficult to understand, abstruse, profound.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: profundar.
    * * *
    1 (gen) deep
    2 (tristeza, dolor) intense
    3 (cambio, transformación) profound, total
    4 (pensamiento, persona) profound, deep
    * * *
    (f. - profunda)
    adj.
    1) deep
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=hondo) deep

    tener 20cm de profundo — to be 20cm deep, be 20cm in depth

    ¿cuánto tiene de profundo? — how deep is it?

    2) (=intenso) [suspiro, voz, respiración] deep; [nota] low, deep; [sueño] deep, sound; [misterio, pensador] profound

    estaban inmersos en una profunda oscuridad — liter they were enveloped by a profound darkness liter

    3)

    en el Sussex profundo — in deepest Sussex, deep in Sussex

    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) <herida/pozo/raíz> deep
    b) < pensamiento> profound, deep; <respeto/desprecio> profound; < lazos> strong; < desengaño> grave, terrible
    c) < misterio> profound; < silencio> deep, profound
    d) <voz/suspiro> deep
    e) < sueño> deep, sound
    * * *
    = deep [deeper -comp., deepest -sup.], heavy [heavier -comp., heaviest -sup.], profound, thoroughgoing, cogent, abysmal.
    Ex. The world's largest processing department's plans and policies are always of deep interest.
    Ex. There was a heavy and prolonged silence as Datto scrambled through his mind, trying to recollect the details of the event that had apparently trigerred this violent reaction.
    Ex. Surely these new resources will have a profound impact upon newspapers, magazines, technical journals and even books.
    Ex. The project was not an end but merely a step along the road to more thoroughgoing bibliographic control.
    Ex. Children's librarians must plan to meet children's needs, and must be able to articulate the philosophy of children's library services in cogent terms.
    Ex. The major problem encountered in encouraging young adults to use public libraries is the abysmal lack of specialist young adult librarians = El principal problema que se encuentra para es incentivar a los jóvenes a usar las bibliotecas públicas es la enorme falta de bibliotecarios especialistas en temas relacionados con los adolescentes.
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    * agua poco profunda = shallow water.
    * aguas poco profundas = shallows.
    * consecuencia profunda = profound effect.
    * con un profundo sentimiento de culpa = guilt-ridden.
    * de aguas profundas = deep-sea.
    * DSIS (Sistema de Indización de Estructura Profunda) = DISI (Deep Structure Indexing System).
    * efecto profundo = profound effect.
    * en lo más profundo de la noche = in the dead of night.
    * herir en lo más profundo = cut to + the heart of, cut to + the quick.
    * más profundo = innermost.
    * meditación profunda = deep meditation.
    * profundo efecto = profound effect.
    * profundo respeto = obeisance.
    * relajación profunda = deep relaxation.
    * respirar profundo = take + a deep breath.
    * Sistema de Indización de Estructura Profunda (DSIS) = Deep Structure Indexing System (DSIS).
    * sueño profundo = deep slumber, deep sleep, sound night's sleep.
    * trombosis venosa profunda = deep vein thrombosis.
    * web profunda, la = deep Web, the.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) <herida/pozo/raíz> deep
    b) < pensamiento> profound, deep; <respeto/desprecio> profound; < lazos> strong; < desengaño> grave, terrible
    c) < misterio> profound; < silencio> deep, profound
    d) <voz/suspiro> deep
    e) < sueño> deep, sound
    * * *
    = deep [deeper -comp., deepest -sup.], heavy [heavier -comp., heaviest -sup.], profound, thoroughgoing, cogent, abysmal.

    Ex: The world's largest processing department's plans and policies are always of deep interest.

    Ex: There was a heavy and prolonged silence as Datto scrambled through his mind, trying to recollect the details of the event that had apparently trigerred this violent reaction.
    Ex: Surely these new resources will have a profound impact upon newspapers, magazines, technical journals and even books.
    Ex: The project was not an end but merely a step along the road to more thoroughgoing bibliographic control.
    Ex: Children's librarians must plan to meet children's needs, and must be able to articulate the philosophy of children's library services in cogent terms.
    Ex: The major problem encountered in encouraging young adults to use public libraries is the abysmal lack of specialist young adult librarians = El principal problema que se encuentra para es incentivar a los jóvenes a usar las bibliotecas públicas es la enorme falta de bibliotecarios especialistas en temas relacionados con los adolescentes.
    * agua poco profunda = shallow water.
    * aguas poco profundas = shallows.
    * consecuencia profunda = profound effect.
    * con un profundo sentimiento de culpa = guilt-ridden.
    * de aguas profundas = deep-sea.
    * DSIS (Sistema de Indización de Estructura Profunda) = DISI (Deep Structure Indexing System).
    * efecto profundo = profound effect.
    * en lo más profundo de la noche = in the dead of night.
    * herir en lo más profundo = cut to + the heart of, cut to + the quick.
    * más profundo = innermost.
    * meditación profunda = deep meditation.
    * profundo efecto = profound effect.
    * profundo respeto = obeisance.
    * relajación profunda = deep relaxation.
    * respirar profundo = take + a deep breath.
    * Sistema de Indización de Estructura Profunda (DSIS) = Deep Structure Indexing System (DSIS).
    * sueño profundo = deep slumber, deep sleep, sound night's sleep.
    * trombosis venosa profunda = deep vein thrombosis.
    * web profunda, la = deep Web, the.

    * * *
    1 ‹herida› deep; ‹pozo/raíz› deep
    un hoyo profundo a deep hole
    un río poco profundo a shallow river
    una tradición con profundas raíces a deeply-rooted tradition
    la guerra dejó una huella profunda en su carácter the war left a deep impression on him
    lo siento en lo más profundo de mi alma I'm deeply sorry, I'm truly sorry
    2 ‹pensamiento› profound, deep; ‹respeto/desprecio› profound
    mis conocimientos de la materia no son muy profundos I don't have an in-depth knowledge of the subject, my knowledge of the subject isn't very profound
    los lazos profundos que nos unen the strong ties which bind us
    sentía por él un profundo desprecio she felt a profound o deep-seated contempt for him
    hemos sufrido un profundo desengaño we have suffered a grave o terrible disappointment
    3 ‹misterio› profound; ‹silencio› deep, profound
    en la profunda oscuridad de la noche ( liter); in the depths of the night ( liter)
    4 ‹voz› deep
    5 ‹sueño› deep, sound; ‹suspiro› deep
    * * *

     

    profundo
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    a) ‹herida/pozo/raíz› deep;



    ‹respeto/desprecio› profound;
    ‹ lazos› strong;
    ‹ desengaño› grave, terrible
    c) ‹ misterio› profound;

    ‹ silencio› deep, profound
    d) ‹voz/suspiro› deep

    e) ‹ sueño› deep, sound

    profundo,-a adjetivo
    1 (cavidad, recipiente) deep: una herida muy profunda, a deep wound
    2 (idea, sensación) profound, deep: sintió una profunda decepción, he was deeply disappointed
    3 (relaciones, amor) strong: un profundo sentimiento de culpa, a deep sense of guilt
    4 (conocimientos) in-depth
    ' profundo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abisal
    - amplia
    - amplio
    - dominio
    - honda
    - hondo
    - íntima
    - íntimo
    - profunda
    - abismo
    - barranca
    - contrabajo
    - escote
    - ser
    English:
    deep
    - deepen
    - depth
    - gash
    - hatred
    - inherent
    - intimate
    - keen
    - profound
    - quick
    - remorse
    - shallow
    - thick
    - thorough
    - wok
    - yawning
    - acute
    - heavy
    * * *
    profundo, -a adj
    1. [mar, lago, río] deep;
    [hoyo, raíces, herida] deep;
    navegaban por aguas profundas they were sailing in deep waters;
    es un lago muy poco profundo it's a very shallow lake;
    Fig
    la España profunda = backward, traditional Spain
    2. [habitación, sala] deep
    3. [respeto, admiración, tristeza] profound, deep;
    [alegría, dolor] intense; [sueño] deep
    4. [voz] deep
    5. [mirada] deep and meaningful
    6. [libro, idea, pensamiento] profound
    7. Gram [estructura] deep
    * * *
    adj cavidad deep; pensamiento, persona profound, deep
    * * *
    profundo, -da adj
    1) hondo: deep
    2) : profound
    * * *
    profundo adj deep

    Spanish-English dictionary > profundo

  • 13 система

    complex, chain, installation, method, repertoire вчт., repertory, structure, system
    * * *
    систе́ма ж.
    system
    дубли́ровать систе́му — duplicate a system
    отла́живать систе́му — tune up a system
    систе́ма функциони́рует норма́льно киб. — the system is well-behaved
    авари́йная систе́ма ав. — emergency system
    систе́ма авари́йного покида́ния ( самолёта) — escape system
    автомати́ческая систе́ма — automatic system
    систе́ма автомати́ческого регули́рования [САР] — automatic-control system of the regulator(y) type
    систе́ма автомати́ческого регули́рования, де́йствующая по отклоне́нию — error-actuated control system
    систе́ма автомати́ческого регули́рования, за́мкнутая — closed-loop control system
    систе́ма автомати́ческого регули́рования, и́мпульсная — sampling control system
    систе́ма автомати́ческого регули́рования, многоё́мкостная — multicapacity control system
    систе́ма автомати́ческого регули́рования, многоко́нтурная — multiloop control system
    систе́ма автомати́ческого регули́рования, многоме́рная — multivariable control system
    систе́ма автомати́ческого регули́рования, програ́ммная — time-pattern control system
    систе́ма автомати́ческого регули́рования, разо́мкнутая — open-loop control system
    систе́ма автомати́ческого регули́рования следя́щего ти́па — servo-operation control system
    систе́ма автомати́ческого регули́рования со случа́йными возде́йствиями, и́мпульсная — random-input sampled-data system
    систе́ма автомати́ческого регули́рования со стабилиза́цией (проце́сса) — regulator-operation control system
    систе́ма автомати́ческого управле́ния [САУ] — automatic-control system
    систе́ма автомати́ческого управле́ния, цифрова́я — digital control system
    систе́ма автоподстро́йки частоты́ [АПЧ] — AFC system
    систе́ма АПЧ захва́тывает частоту́ — the AFC system locks on to the (desired) frequency
    систе́ма АПЧ осуществля́ет по́иск частоты́ — the AFC system searches for the (desired) frequency
    систе́ма автоподстро́йки частоты́, фа́зовая [ФАПЧ] — phase-lock loop, PLL
    агрега́тная, унифици́рованная систе́ма ( советская система пневматических средств автоматики) — standard-module pneumatic instrumentation system
    адапти́вная систе́ма — adaptive system
    апериоди́ческая систе́ма — critically damped system
    асинхро́нная систе́ма — asynchronous system
    астати́ческая систе́ма — zero-constant-error system
    астати́ческая систе́ма второ́го поря́дка — Type 2 [zero-velocity-error] system
    астати́ческая систе́ма пе́рвого поря́дка — Type 1 [zero-position-error] system
    систе́ма без резерви́рования — non-redundant system
    систе́ма блокиро́вки ( радиационной установки) — interlock system
    систе́ма ва́ла ( в допусках и посадках) — the basic shaft system
    вентиляцио́нная систе́ма — ventilation system
    вентиляцио́нная, вытяжна́я систе́ма — exhaust ventilation system
    взаи́мные систе́мы — mutual systems
    систе́ма водоснабже́ния — water(-supply) system
    систе́ма водоснабже́ния, оборо́тная — circulating [closed-circuit] water system
    систе́ма водоснабже́ния, прямото́чная — once-through [run-of-river cooling] system
    систе́ма возду́шного отопле́ния — warm-air heating system
    систе́ма воспроизведе́ния ( записи) — reproduction system
    систе́ма впры́ска двс. — injection system
    систе́ма впры́ска, предка́мерная двс. — antechamber system of injection
    систе́ма впу́ска двс. — induction [intake] system
    систе́ма вы́борки вчт. — selection system
    вытяжна́я систе́ма — exhaust system
    вычисли́тельная систе́ма — computer [computing] system
    вычисли́тельная, многома́шинная систе́ма — multicomputer system
    систе́ма генера́тор — дви́гатель — Ward-Leonard speed-control system
    гибри́дная систе́ма — hybrid system
    систе́ма громкоговоря́щей свя́зи — public-address [personnel-address, PA] system
    грузова́я систе́ма мор. — cargo (handling) system
    двухкомпоне́нтная систе́ма хим. — two-component [binary] system
    двухни́точная систе́ма тепл. — two-flow system
    двухпроводна́я систе́ма эл. — two-wire system
    двухэлектро́дная систе́ма ( электроннооптического преобразователя) — self-focusing (diod) system
    диспе́рсная систе́ма — disperse system
    диссипати́вная систе́ма — dissipative system
    систе́ма дистанцио́нного управле́ния — remote control system
    диффере́нтная систе́ма мор. — trim system
    дифференциа́льная систе́ма тлф. — hybrid set
    систе́ма дождева́ния — sprinkling system
    систе́ма до́пусков — tolerance system
    систе́ма до́пусков, двусторо́нняя [симметри́чная], преде́льная — bilateral system of tolerances
    систе́ма до́пусков и поса́док — system [classification] of fits and tolerances
    систе́ма до́пусков, односторо́нняя [асимметри́чная], преде́льная — unilateral system of tolerances
    систе́ма дрена́жа ( топливных баков) ав. — vent system
    систе́ма едини́ц — system of units
    систе́ма едини́ц, междунаро́дная [СИ] — international system of units, SI
    систе́ма едини́ц МКГСС уст. — MKGSS [metre-kilogram(me)-force-second ] system (of units)
    систе́ма едини́ц МКС — MKS [metre-kilogram(me)-second ] system (of units)
    систе́ма едини́ц МКСА — MKSA [metre-kilogram(me)-mass-second-ampere ] system (of units), absolute practical system of units
    систе́ма едини́ц МКСГ — MKSG [metre-kilogram(me)-force-second-kelvin ] system (of units)
    систе́ма едини́ц МСС — MSC [metre-second-candela] system (of units)
    систе́ма едини́ц МТС — MTS [metre-ton-second] system (of units)
    систе́мы едини́ц СГС — CGS [centimetre-gram(me)-second ] systems (of units)
    систе́ма едини́ц, техни́ческая — engineer's system of units
    же́зловая систе́ма ж.-д. — staff system
    систе́ма жизнеобеспе́чения косм. — life-support (and survival) system
    систе́ма жизнеобеспе́чения, автоно́мная — back-pack life-support system
    систе́ма зажига́ния — ignition system
    систе́ма зажига́ния, полупроводнико́вая — transistor(ized) ignition system
    систе́ма зажига́ния, электро́нная — electronic ignition system
    систе́ма заземле́ния — earth [ground] network
    замедля́ющая систе́ма — ( в электровакуумных устройствах СВЧ) slow-wave structure; ( волноводная) slow-wave guide; ( коаксиальная) wave delay line
    замедля́ющая, встре́чно-стержнева́я систе́ма — interdigital [interdigitated] slow-wave structure
    замедля́ющая, гребе́нчатая систе́ма — vane-line slow-wave structure, finned slow-wave guide
    замедля́ющая, спира́льная систе́ма — helical slow-wave structure
    за́мкнутая систе́ма — closed system
    систе́ма за́писи вчт. — writing system
    запомина́ющая систе́ма вчт. — storage system
    систе́ма затопле́ния мор. — flood(ing) system
    систе́ма захо́да на поса́дку по кома́ндам с земли́ ав. — ground-controlled-approach [GCA] system
    зачи́стная систе́ма ( танкера) — stripping system
    систе́ма зерка́л Фабри́—Перо́ — Fabry-Perot [FP] mirror system
    зерка́льно-ли́нзовая систе́ма ( в микроскопе) — catadioptric system
    систе́ма золоудале́ния — ash-handling system
    систе́ма зо́льников кож. — lime yard, lime round
    изоли́рованная систе́ма — isolated system
    систе́ма индивидуа́льного вы́зова свз. — paging system
    инерциа́льная систе́ма — inertial system
    информацио́нная систе́ма — information system
    информацио́нно-поиско́вая систе́ма — information retrieval system
    исхо́дная систе́ма — prototype [original] system
    канализацио́нная систе́ма — sewer(age) system
    канализацио́нная, общесплавна́я систе́ма — combined sewer(age) system
    канализацио́нная, разде́льная систе́ма — separate sewer(age) system
    систе́ма коди́рования — coding system
    колеба́тельная систе́ма — (преим. механическая) vibratory [vibrating] system; ( немеханическая) oscillatory [resonant] system
    колеба́тельная, многорезона́торная систе́ма ( магнетрона) — multiple-cavity resonator
    колориметри́ческая трёхцве́тная систе́ма — three-colour photometric system
    систе́ма кома́нд ЭВМ — instruction set of a computer, computer instruction set
    систе́ма координа́т — coordinate system
    свя́зывать систе́му координа́т с … — tie in a coordinate system with …, tie coordinate system to …
    систе́ма координа́т, инерциа́льная — inertial frame
    систе́ма координа́т, лаборато́рная — laboratory coordinate system, laboratory frame of reference
    систе́ма координа́т, ле́вая — left-handed coordinate system
    систе́ма координа́т, ме́стная — local (coordinate) system
    систе́ма координа́т, поко́ящаяся — rest (coordinate) system
    систе́ма координа́т, пото́чная аргд. — (relative) wind coordinate system
    систе́ма координа́т, пра́вая — right-handed coordinate system
    систе́ма координа́т, свя́занная с дви́жущимся те́лом — body axes (coordinate) system
    систе́ма координа́т, свя́занная с Землё́й — fixed-in-the-earth (coordinate) system
    систе́ма корре́кции гироско́па — gyro monitor, (long-term) reference
    систе́ма корре́кции гироско́па, магни́тная — magnetic gyro monitor, magnetic reference
    систе́ма корре́кции гироско́па, ма́ятниковая — gravity gyro monitor, gravity reference
    систе́ма криволине́йных координа́т — curvilinear coordinate system
    курсова́я систе́ма ав. — directional heading [waiting] system
    ли́тниковая систе́ма — gating [pouring gate] system
    магни́тная систе́ма — magnetic system
    систе́ма ма́ссового обслу́живания — queueing [waiting] system
    систе́ма ма́ссового обслу́живания, сме́шанная — combined loss-delay queueing [waiting] system
    систе́ма ма́ссового обслу́живания с ожида́нием — delay queueing [waiting] system
    систе́ма ма́ссового обслу́живания с отка́зами — congestion queueing [waiting] system
    систе́ма ма́ссового обслу́живания с поте́рями — loss-type queueing [waiting] system
    мени́сковая систе́ма — meniscus [Maksutov] system
    систе́ма мер, метри́ческая — metric system
    систе́ма мер, типогра́фская — point system
    механи́ческая систе́ма — mechanical system
    механи́ческая, несвобо́дная систе́ма — constrained material system
    систе́ма мно́гих тел — many-body system
    многокана́льная систе́ма свз. — multichannel system
    многокомпоне́нтная систе́ма — multicomponent system
    многоме́рная систе́ма — multivariable system
    модели́руемая систе́ма — prototype system
    мо́дульная систе́ма — modular system
    мультипле́ксная систе́ма — multiplex system
    систе́ма набо́ра ( корпуса судна) — framing system
    систе́ма набо́ра, кле́тчатая — cellular framing system
    систе́ма набо́ра, попере́чная — transverse framing system
    систе́ма набо́ра, продо́льная — longitudinal framing system
    систе́ма набо́ра, сме́шанная — mixed framing system
    систе́ма навига́ции — navigation system
    систе́ма навига́ции, автоно́мная — self-contained navigation system
    систе́ма навига́ции, гиперболи́ческая — hyperbolic navigation system
    систе́ма навига́ции, дальноме́рная — rho-rho [ - ] navigation system
    систе́ма навига́ции, дальноме́рно-угломе́рная — rho-theta [ - ] navigation system
    систе́ма навига́ции, кругова́я — rho-rho [ - ] navigation system
    систе́ма навига́ции, ра́зностно-дальноме́рная [РДНС] — hyperbolic navigation system
    систе́ма навига́ции, угломе́рная — theta-theta [ - ] navigation system
    систе́ма на стру́йных элеме́нтах, логи́ческая — fluid logic system
    систе́ма нумера́ции тлф. — numbering scheme
    систе́ма обду́ва стё́кол авто, автмт. — demister
    систе́ма обнаруже́ния оши́бок ( в передаче данных) свз. — error detection system
    систе́ма обогре́ва стё́кол авто, ав. — defroster
    систе́ма обозначе́ний — notation, symbolism
    систе́ма обозначе́ний Междунаро́дного нау́чного радиообъедине́ния — URSI symbol system
    систе́ма обозначе́ния про́бы, кара́тная — carat test sign system
    систе́ма обозначе́ния про́бы, метри́ческая — metric test sign system
    обора́чивающая систе́ма опт. — erecting [inversion (optical)] system
    обора́чивающая, при́зменная систе́ма опт. — prism-erecting (optical) system
    систе́ма обрабо́тки да́нных — data processing [dp] system
    систе́ма обрабо́тки да́нных в реа́льном масшта́бе вре́мени — real time data processing system
    систе́ма обрабо́тки да́нных, операти́вная — on-line data processing system
    систе́ма обрабо́тки отхо́дов — waste treatment system
    систе́ма объё́много пожаротуше́ния мор. — fire-smothering system
    одноотка́зная систе́ма — fall-safe system
    опти́ческая систе́ма — optical system, optical train
    опти́ческая, зерка́льно-ли́нзовая систе́ма — catadioptric system
    систе́ма ориента́ции ав. — attitude control system
    ороси́тельная систе́ма — irrigation system, irrigation project
    систе́ма ороше́ния мор. — sprinkling system
    систе́ма освеще́ния — lighting (system)
    осуши́тельная систе́ма мор. — drain(age) system
    систе́ма отбо́ра во́здуха от компре́ссора — compressor air-bleed system
    систе́ма отве́рстия ( в допусках и посадках) — the basic hole system
    отклоня́ющая систе́ма ( в ЭЛТ) — deflecting system, deflection yoke
    отклоня́ющая, ка́дровая систе́ма — vertical (deflection) yoke
    отклоня́ющая, магни́тная систе́ма — magnetic (deflection) yoke
    отклоня́ющая, стро́чная систе́ма — horizontal [line] (deflection) yoke
    систе́ма относи́тельных едини́ц — per-unit system
    отопи́тельная систе́ма — heating system
    отопи́тельная систе́ма с разво́дкой све́рху — down-feed heating system
    отопи́тельная систе́ма с разво́дкой сни́зу — up-feed heating system
    систе́ма отсчё́та — frame of reference, (reference) frame, reference system
    систе́ма отсчё́та, инерциа́льная — inertial frame of reference
    систе́ма охлажде́ния — cooling system
    систе́ма охлажде́ния, возду́шная — air-cooling system
    систе́ма охлажде́ния, жи́дкостная — liquid-cooling system
    систе́ма охлажде́ния, испари́тельная — evaporative cooling system
    систе́ма охлажде́ния, каска́дная — cascade refrigeration system
    систе́ма охлажде́ния непосре́дственным испаре́нием холоди́льного аге́нта — direct expansion system
    систе́ма охлажде́ния, пане́льная — panel cooling system
    систе́ма охлажде́ния, рассо́льная, двухтемперату́рная — dual-temperature brine refrigeration system
    систе́ма охлажде́ния, рассо́льная, закры́тая — closed brine cooling system
    систе́ма охлажде́ния, рассо́льная, с испаре́нием — brine spray cooling system
    систе́ма охлажде́ния с теплозащи́тной руба́шкой — jacketed cooling system
    систе́ма очи́стки воды́ — water purification system
    систе́ма па́мяти — memory [storage] system
    систе́ма парашю́та, подвесна́я — parachute harness
    систе́ма переда́чи да́нных — data transmission system
    систе́ма переда́чи да́нных с обра́тной свя́зью — information feedback data transmission system
    систе́ма переда́чи да́нных с коммута́цией сообще́ний и промежу́точным хране́нием — store-and-forward data network
    систе́ма переда́чи да́нных с реша́ющей обра́тной свя́зью — decision feedback data transmission system
    систе́ма переда́чи и́мпульсов набо́ра, шле́йфная тлф. — loop dialling system
    систе́ма переда́чи на одно́й боково́й полосе́ и пода́вленной несу́щей — single-sideband suppressed-carrier [SSB-SC] system
    систе́ма переда́чи на одно́й боково́й полосе́ с осла́бленной несу́щей — single-sideband reduced carrier [SSB-RC] system
    систе́ма пита́ния двс. — fuel system
    систе́ма пита́ния котла́ — boiler-feed piping system
    систе́ма питьево́й воды́ мор. — drinking-water [portable-water] system
    систе́ма пода́чи то́плива, вытесни́тельная — pressure feeding system
    систе́ма пода́чи то́плива самотё́ком — gravity feeding system
    систе́ма пода́чи то́плива, турбонасо́сная — turbopump feeding system
    подви́жная систе́ма ( измерительного прибора) — moving element (movement не рекомендован соответствующими стандартами)
    систе́ма пожа́рной сигнализа́ции — fire-alarm system
    систе́ма пожаротуше́нения — fire-extinguishing system
    систе́ма поса́дки — landing system
    систе́ма поса́дки по прибо́рам — instrument landing system (сокращение ILS относится к международной системе, советская система обозначается СП — instrument landing system)
    систе́ма проду́вки авто — scavenging system
    противообледени́тельная систе́ма ав. — ( для предотвращения образования льда) anti-icing [ice protection] system; ( для удаления образовавшегося льда) de-icing system
    противопожа́рная систе́ма — fire-extinguishing system
    противото́чная систе́ма — counter-current flow system
    систе́ма прямо́го перено́са ( электроннооптического преобразователя) — proximity focused system
    прямото́чная систе́ма — direct-flow system
    систе́ма прямоуго́льных координа́т — Cartesian [rectangular] coordinate system
    систе́ма, рабо́тающая в и́стинном масшта́бе вре́мени — real-time system
    радиолокацио́нная, втори́чная систе́ма УВД — ( для работы внутри СССР) SSR system; ( отвечающая нормам ИКАО) ICAO SSR system
    радиолокацио́нная систе́ма с электро́нным скани́рованием — electronic scanning radar system, ESRS
    радиомая́чная систе́ма — radio range
    радиомая́чная, многокана́льная систе́ма — multitrack radio range
    систе́ма радионавига́ции — radio-navigation system (см. тж. система навигации)
    развё́ртывающая систе́ма тлв. — scanning system
    систе́ма разрабо́тки — mining system, method of mining
    распредели́тельная систе́ма — distribution system
    регенерати́вная систе́ма тепл. — feed heating system
    резерви́рованная систе́ма — redundant system
    систе́ма ремне́й, подвесна́я ( респиратора) — harness
    систе́ма ру́бок лес. — cutting system
    самонастра́ивающаяся систе́ма — self-adjusting system
    самообуча́ющаяся систе́ма киб. — learning system
    самоорганизу́ющаяся систе́ма — self-organizing system
    самоприспоса́бливающаяся систе́ма киб. — adaptive system
    самоуравнове́шивающаяся систе́ма — self-balancing system
    самоусоверше́нствующаяся систе́ма — evolutionary system
    санита́рная систе́ма мор. — sanitary system
    систе́ма свя́зи — communication system
    сопряга́ть систе́му свя́зи, напр. с ЭВМ — interface a communication network with, e. g., a computer
    уплотня́ть систе́му свя́зи телегра́фными кана́лами — multiplex telegraph channels on a communication link
    систе́ма свя́зи, асинхро́нная — asyncronous communication system
    систе́ма свя́зи, двои́чная — binary communication system
    систе́ма свя́зи, многокана́льная — multi-channel communication system
    систе́ма свя́зи на метео́рных вспы́шках — meteor burst [meteor-scatter] communication system
    систе́ма свя́зи, разветвлё́нная — deployed communication system
    систе́ма свя́зи с испо́льзованием да́льнего тропосфе́рного рассе́яния — troposcatter communication system
    систе́ма свя́зи с испо́льзованием ионосфе́рного рассе́яния — ionoscatter communication system
    систе́ма свя́зи с переспро́сом — ARQ communication system
    систе́ма свя́зи, уплотнё́нная — multiplex communication system
    систе́ма свя́зи, уплотнё́нная, с временны́м разделе́нием сигна́лов — time division multiplex [TDM] communication system
    систе́ма свя́зи, уплотнё́нная, с разделе́нием по ко́дам — code-division multiplex(ing) communication system
    систе́ма свя́зи, уплотнё́нная, с часто́тным разделе́нием сигна́лов — frequency division multiplex [FDM] communication system
    сельси́нная систе́ма — synchro system
    сельси́нная систе́ма в индика́торном режи́ме — synchro-repeater [direct-transmission synchro] system
    сельси́нная систе́ма в трансформа́торном режи́ме — synchro-detector [control-transformer synchro] system
    сельси́нная, двухотсчё́тная систе́ма — two-speed [coarse-fine] synchro system
    сельси́нная, дифференциа́льная систе́ма — differential synchro system
    сельси́нная, одноотсчё́тная систе́ма — singlespeed synchro system
    систе́ма сил — force system
    систе́ма синхрониза́ции — timing [synchronizing] mechanism
    синхро́нная систе́ма — synchronous system
    следя́щая систе́ма — servo (system)
    следя́щая, позицио́нная систе́ма — positional servo (system)
    следя́щая систе́ма с не́сколькими входны́ми возде́йствиями — multi-input servo (system)
    следя́щая систе́ма с предваре́нием — predictor servo (system)
    систе́ма слеже́ния — tracking system
    систе́ма слеже́ния по да́льности — range tracking system
    систе́ма слеже́ния по ско́рости измене́ния да́льности — range rate tracking system
    систе́ма сма́зки — lubrication (system)
    систе́ма сма́зки, принуди́тельная — force(-feed) lubrication (system)
    систе́ма сма́зки, разбры́згивающая — splash lubrication (system)
    сма́зочная систе́ма — lubrication (system)
    систе́ма с мно́гими переме́нными — multivariable system
    систе́ма сниже́ния шу́ма — noise reduction system
    систе́ма с обра́тной свя́зью — feedback system
    Со́лнечная систе́ма — solar system
    систе́ма сопровожде́ния — tracking system
    систе́ма со свобо́дными пове́рхностями — unbounded system
    систе́ма с пара́метрами, изменя́ющимися во вре́мени — time variable [time-variant] system
    систе́ма с постоя́нным резерви́рованием — parallel-redundant system
    систе́ма с разделе́нием вре́мени — time-sharing system
    систе́ма с распределё́нными пара́метрами — distributed parameter system
    систе́ма с самоизменя́ющейся структу́рой — self-structuring system
    систе́ма с сосредото́ченными пара́метрами — lumped-parameter [lumped-constant] system
    стати́ческая систе́ма — киб. constant-error system; ( в следящих системах) type O servo system
    систе́ма, стати́чески неопредели́мая мех. — statically indeterminate system
    систе́ма, стати́чески определи́мая мех. — statically determinate system
    систе́ма стира́ния ( записи) — erasing system
    стохасти́ческая систе́ма — stochastic system
    сто́чная систе́ма мор. — deck drain system
    судова́я систе́ма — ship system
    систе́ма с фикси́рованными грани́цами — bounded system
    систе́ма счисле́ния — number(ing) system, notation
    систе́ма счисле́ния, восьмери́чная — octal number system, octonary notation
    систе́ма счисле́ния, двенадцатери́чная — duodecimal number system, duodecimal notation
    систе́ма счисле́ния, двои́чная — binary system, binary notation
    систе́ма счисле́ния, двои́чно-десяти́чная — binary-coded decimal system, binary-coded decimal [BCD] notation
    систе́ма счисле́ния, девятери́чная — nine number system
    систе́ма счисле́ния, десяти́чная — decimal number system, decimal notation
    систе́ма счисле́ния, непозицио́нная — non-positional notation
    систе́ма счисле́ния, позицио́нная — positional number notation
    систе́ма счисле́ния пути́, возду́шно-до́плеровская навиг. — airborne Doppler navigator
    систе́ма счисле́ния, трои́чная — ternary number system, ternary notation
    систе́ма счисле́ния, шестнадцатери́чная — hexadecimal number system, hexadecimal notation
    телевизио́нная светокла́панная систе́ма — light-modulator [light-modulating] television system
    телегра́фная многокра́тная систе́ма ( с временным распределением) — time-division multiplex (transmission), time division telegraph system
    телеметри́ческая систе́ма — telemetering system
    телеметри́ческая, промы́шленная систе́ма — industrial telemetering system
    телеметри́ческая, то́ковая систе́ма — current-type telemeter
    телеметри́ческая, часто́тная систе́ма — frequency-type telemeter
    телефо́нная, автомати́ческая систе́ма — dial telephone system
    телефо́нная систе́ма с ручны́м обслу́живанием — manual-switchboard telephone system
    термодинами́ческая систе́ма — thermodynamic system
    техни́ческая систе́ма (в отличие от естественных, математических и т. п.) — engineering system
    систе́ма тона́льного телеграфи́рования — voice-frequency multichannel system
    то́пливная систе́ма — fuel system
    то́пливная систе́ма с пода́чей само́тёком — gravity fuel system
    тормозна́я систе́ма ( автомобиля) — brake system
    трёхкомпоне́нтная систе́ма — ternary [three-component] system
    трёхпроводна́я систе́ма эл. — three-wire system
    трёхфа́зная систе́ма эл. — three-phase system
    трёхфа́зная систе́ма с глухозаземлё́нной нейтра́лью эл. — solidly-earthed-neutral three-phase system
    трёхфа́зная, симметри́чная систе́ма эл. — symmetrical three-phase system
    трёхфа́зная систе́ма с незаземлё́нной нейтра́лью эл. — isolated-neutral three-phase system
    трю́мная систе́ма мор. — bilge system
    систе́ма тяг — linkage
    тя́го-дутьева́я систе́ма — draught system
    систе́ма УВД — air traffic control [ATC] system
    систе́ма управле́ния — control system
    систе́ма управле́ния, автомати́ческая — automatic control system
    систе́ма управле́ния без па́мяти — combinational (control) system
    систе́ма управле́ния возду́шным движе́нием — air traffic control [ATC] system
    систе́ма управле́ния произво́дством [предприя́тием], автоматизи́рованная [АСУП] — management information system, MIS
    систе́ма управле́ния с вычисли́тельной маши́ной — computer control system
    систе́ма управле́ния с па́мятью — sequential (control) system
    систе́ма управле́ния с предсказа́нием — predictor control system
    систе́ма управле́ния технологи́ческим проце́ссом, автоматизи́рованная [АСУТП] — (automatic) process control system
    систе́ма управле́ния, цифрова́я — digital control system
    управля́емая систе́ма ( объект управления) — controlled system, controlled plant
    управля́ющая систе́ма ( часть системы управления) — controlling (sub-)system
    упру́гая систе́ма ( гравиметра) — elastic system
    систе́ма уравне́ний — set [system] of equations, set of simultaneous equations
    систе́ма уравне́ния объё́ма ( ядерного реактора) — pressurizing system
    уравнове́шенная систе́ма — balanced system
    усто́йчивая систе́ма — stable system
    фа́новая систе́ма мор. — flushing [sewage-disposal] system
    систе́ма физи́ческих величи́н — system of physical quantities
    хи́мико-технологи́ческая систе́ма — chemical engineering system
    хими́ческая систе́ма — chemical system
    систе́ма ЦБ-АТС тлф. — dial system
    систе́ма цветно́го телеви́дения, совмести́мая — compatible colour-television system
    систе́ма це́нтра масс — centre-of-mass [centre-of-gravity, centre-of-momentum] system
    систе́ма цифрово́го управле́ния ( не путать с числовы́м управле́нием) — digital control system (not to be confused with numeric control system)
    систе́ма «челове́к — маши́на» — man-machine system
    шарни́рная систе́ма — hinged system
    шарни́рно-стержнева́я систе́ма — hinged-rod system
    шпре́нгельная систе́ма — strutted [truss] system
    систе́ма эксплуата́ции телефо́нной свя́зи, заказна́я — delay operation
    систе́ма эксплуата́ции телефо́нной свя́зи, ско́рая — demand working, telephone traffic on the demand basis
    экстрема́льная систе́ма — extremal system
    систе́ма электро́дов ЭЛТ — CRT electrode structure
    электроже́зловая систе́ма ж.-д. — (electric) token system
    электрохими́ческая систе́ма — electrochemical system
    электрохими́ческая, необрати́мая систе́ма — irreversible electrochemical system
    электрохими́ческая, обрати́мая систе́ма — reversible electrochemical system
    электроэнергети́ческая систе́ма — electric power system
    систе́ма элеме́нтов Менделе́ева, периоди́ческая — Mendeleeff's [Mendeleev's, periodic] law, periodic system, periodic table
    систе́ма элеме́нтов ЦВМ — computer building-block range
    энергети́ческая систе́ма — power system
    энергети́ческая, еди́ная систе́ма — power grid
    энергети́ческая, объединё́нная систе́ма — interconnected power system

    Русско-английский политехнический словарь > система

  • 14 Flussregulierung

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    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Flussregulierung

  • 15 यम _yama

    यम a. [यम्-घञ्]
    1 Twin, twinborn.
    -2 Coupled.
    -मः 1 Restraining, controlling, curbing; यमो राजा धार्मिकाणां मान्धातः परमेश्वरः Mb.12.91.42.
    -2 Control, restraint.
    -3 Self control.
    -4 Any great moral or religious duty or observance (opp. नियम); तप्तं यमेन नियमेन तपो$मुनैव N.13.16; यमनियमकृशीकृतस्थिराङ्गः Ki.1. 1. (यम and नियम are thus distinguished:-- शरीरसाधनापेक्षं नित्यं यत् कर्म तद् यमः । नियमस्तु स यत् कर्म नित्यमागन्तुसाधनम् ॥ Ak.2.49; See Malli. on Śi.13.23 and Ki.1.1 also. The yamas are usually said to be ten, but, their names are given differently by different writers; e. g. ब्रह्मचर्यं दया क्षान्तिर्दानं सत्यमकल्कता । अहिंसा$स्तेयमाधुर्ये दमश्चेति यमाः स्मृताः ॥ Y.3.312; or आनृशंस्यं दया सत्यमहिंसा क्षान्तिरार्जवम् । प्रीतिः प्रसादो माधुर्यं मार्दवं च यमा दश ॥ sometimes only five yamas are mentioned:-- अहिंसा सत्यवचनं ब्रह्मचर्यमकल्कता । अस्तेयमिति पञ्चैते यमाख्यानि व्रतानि च ॥).
    -5 The first of the eight aṅgas. or means of attaining Yoga; the eight aṅgas are:-- यमनियमासनप्राणायामप्रत्याहारधारणाध्यानसमाधयो$- ष्टाङ्गानि; Śāndilya Up.1.1.2.
    -6 The god of death, death personified, regarded as a son of the sun; he presides over the पितृs and rules the spirits of the dead; दत्ताभये त्वयि यमादपि दण्डधारे U.2.11.
    -7 A twin; धर्मात्मजं प्रति यमौ च (i. e. नकुलसहदेवौ) कथैव नास्ति Ve.2.25; यमयो- श्चैव गर्भेषु जन्मतो ज्येष्ठता मता Ms.9.126.
    -8 One of a pair or couple, a fellow.
    -9 N. of Saturn.
    -1 A crow.
    -11 A symbolical expression for the number 'two'.
    -12 Ved. A rein, bridle; पृष्ठे सदो नसोर्यमः Ṛv.5. 61.2.
    -13 Ved. A driver, charioteer; अग्निं रथानां यमम् Ṛv.8.13.1.
    -14 N. of a deity who chastises beings for their misdeeds; यमं कालं च मृत्युं च स्वर्गं संपूज्य चार्हतः Mb.12.2.3.
    -मम् 1 A pair or couple.
    -2 (In gram.) The twin letter of any consonant.
    -3 Pitch of the voice.
    -मी N. of the river Yamunā.
    -मौ (m. du.)
    1 Twins; कथं त्वमेतौ धृतिसंयमौ यमौ Ki.1. 36.
    -2 N. of the Aśvins; यमौ यमोपमौ चैव ददौ दानान्यनेकशः Mb.14.61.38.
    -3 Nakula and Sahadeva; भीमार्जुनयमा- श्चापि तद्युक्तं प्रतिपेदिरे Mb.3.6.14. ˚मैथुनौ twins of different sex.
    -Comp. -अनुगः, -अनुचरः a servant or attendant of Yama.
    -अनुजा N. of the river Yamunā मघोनि वर्षत्य- सकृद् यमानुजा Bhāg.1.3.51.
    -अन्तकः an epithet of
    1 Śiva.
    -2 of Yama.
    -अरिः, -घ्नः, -रिपुः &c. N. of Viṣṇu.
    -ईशम् the Nakṣatra Bharaṇī.
    -किङ्करः a messenger of death.
    -कीटः 1 a wood-louse.
    -2 an earth-worm.
    -कीलः N. of Viṣṇu.
    -कोटिः, -टी N. of a mythical town to the east of Laṅkā लङ्का कुमध्ये यमकोटिरस्याः Siddhāntaśiromaṇi.
    -घण्टः N. of an astrological Yoga (this is inauspicious).
    -जः a. twin-born, twin; यमजौ चापि भद्रं ते नैतदन्यत्र विद्यते Mb.3.14.19; भ्रातरौ आवां यमजौ U.6;4; also यमजात-जातक.
    -दंष्ट्रा 'Yama's tooth', the jaws of death. (
    -ष्ट्राः pl.) the last eight days of the month Aśvina and the whole of Kārtika (regarded as a period of general sickness).
    -दिश् f. the south.
    -दूतः, -दूतकः 1 a messenger of death.
    -2 a crow.
    -दूतिका tamarind.
    -देवता the as- terism Bharaṇī.
    -द्रुमः Bombax Heptaphyllum (Mar. सांवरी).
    -द्वितीया the second day in the bright half of Kārtika when sisters entertain their brothers (Mar. भाऊबीज); cf. भ्रातृद्वितीया.
    -धानी the abode of Yama; नरः संसारान्ते विशति यमधानीजवनिकाम् Bh.3.112.
    -धारः a kind of double-edged weapon.
    -पटः, -पट्टिका a piece of cloth on which Yama with his attendants and the punishments of hell are represented (Mar. यमपुरी); याव- देतद् गृहं प्रविश्य यमपटं दर्शयन्न् गीतानि गायामि Mu.1.18/19.
    -पदम् a repeated word.
    -पाशः the noose of Yama.
    -पुरुषः Yama's servant or minister.
    -प्रियः the fig tree.
    -भगिनी N. of the river Yamunā.
    -यातना the tortures inflicted by Yama upon sinners after death, (the word is sometimes used to denote horrible tortures', 'ex- treme pain').
    -रथः a buffalo.
    -राज् m. Yama, the god of death.
    -वाहनः = यमरथः q. v.
    -व्रतम् 1 an ob- servance or vow made to Yama.
    -2 an impartial punishment (as given by Yama); यथा यमः प्रियद्वेष्यौ प्राप्ते काले नियच्छति । तथा राज्ञा नियन्तव्याः प्रजास्तद् हि यमव्रतम् ॥ Ms.9. 37.
    -शासनः the lord Śiva; यशो यदीयं यमशासनालय-क्षमाधर- स्पर्धनमाचचार सः Rām. Ch.2.12; (यमशासनालयः = हिमा- लयः).
    -श्रायम् the abode of Yama; यात यूयं यमश्रायं दिशं नायेन दक्षिणाम् Bk.7.36.
    -सभा the tribunal of Yama.
    -सूर्यम् a building with two halls, one facing the west and the other facing the north.
    -स्वसृ f.
    1 N. of the river Yamunā; क्षणमिव पुलिने यमस्वसुस्ताम् Bhāg.3.4.27.
    -2 N. of Durgā.

    Sanskrit-English dictionary > यम _yama

  • 16 regular

    adj.
    1 regular (uniforme).
    Tiene ritmo regular It has a repetitive rhythm.
    Ricardo es un cliente regular Richard is a frequent customer.
    Su rutina es regular His routine is regular.
    2 average, fair (mediocre).
    María es una estudiante regular Mary is an average student.
    3 normal, usual (normal).
    por lo regular as a rule, generally
    4 fairly good, not bad, not too bad not too good, fairly decent.
    El pastel estuvo regular The cake was so-so.
    adv.
    lleva unos días regular, tiene un poco de fiebre she's been so-so the last few days, she's got a bit of a temperature
    ¿qué tal el concierto? — regular how was the concert? — nothing special
    f. & m.
    regular customer.
    Ricardo es un regular de la tienda Richard is a regular customer in the store.
    m.
    regular (military).
    v.
    to control, to regulate.
    la normativa regula estos casos the regulations govern these cases
    Elsa regula las actividades Elsa regulates the activities.
    Elsa regula el agua caliente Elsa regulates the hot water.
    * * *
    1 (gen) regular
    2 familiar (pasable) so-so, average, not bad
    ■ ¿qué tal la película? - regular what's the film like? - nothing special
    1 (gen) to regulate
    2 (ajustar) to adjust
    * * *
    1. adj.
    2) fair
    2. verb
    * * *
    I
    ADJ
    1) (=normal) normal, usual
    2) (=común) ordinary

    por lo regular — as a rule, generally

    3) (=uniforme) regular
    4) (=mediano) medium, average

    de tamaño regular — medium-sized, average-sized

    5) (=no muy bueno) so-so, not too bad

    -¿qué tal la fiesta? -regular — "what was the party like?" - "it was O.K. o all right o not too bad"

    -¿qué tal estás? -regular — "how are you?" - "so-so o all right o can't complain"

    6) (Rel, Mil) regular
    II
    VT
    1) (=ajustar) to regulate, control; [ley] to govern; [+ tráfico, precio] to control
    2) (Mec) to adjust, regulate; [+ reloj] to put right; [+ despertador] to set
    3) Méx (=calcular) to calculate
    * * *
    I
    1)
    a) <ritmo/movimiento> regular
    b) < verbo> regular
    c) (Mat) regular
    2)

    por lo regular — (loc adv) as a (general) rule

    3)

    ¿qué tal te va? - regular — how's it going? - so-so

    ¿qué tal la película? - regular — how was the movie? - nothing special

    b) ( de tamaño) medium-sized, middling
    II
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) <espejo/asiento> to adjust
    b) <caudal/temperatura/velocidad> to regulate, control
    2) ley/norma to regulate
    III
    * * *
    = even, moderate, regular, regulate, routine, steady [steadier -comp., steadiest -sup.], standing order, recurring, line + Profesión, standing, habitual.
    Ex. An unvarying level of illumination, heating, cooling, ventilation and acoustics will give the even type of environment needed in an academic library.
    Ex. In his efforts to broaden the tax base, Groome has been actively courting industry - with some moderate success.
    Ex. Book form was generally regarded as too inflexible for library catalogues, especially where the catalogue required regular updating to cater for continuing and gradual expansion of the collection.
    Ex. Built into each operator are sets of instructions to the computer which regulate where the term must appear in the printed entries generated from the string, typefaces, and necessary punctuation.
    Ex. They were a kind of localized office for the city government and would take on routine tasks like receiving license applications, although main function was to provide information.
    Ex. Susan Blanch is a fairly steady customer, taking only fiction books.
    Ex. A dynamic information centre has to satisfy 2 types of enquiry -- single requests for information and enquiries on standing order -- each contributing to and shaping the information network.
    Ex. After the probationary period, performance evaluations are administered on a recurring basis.
    Ex. In larger libraries, line librarians are also likely to be MLS graduates.
    Ex. A standing reproach to all librarians is the non-user.
    Ex. A new study confirms that male gender, obesity, and weight gain are key determinants of habitual snoring in the adult population.
    ----
    * campo petrolífero de producción regular = marginal field.
    * de forma regular = regularly.
    * de un modo regular = on an ongoing basis, on a continuing basis.
    * de venta regular = steady-selling.
    * ejército regular, el = regular army, the.
    * * *
    I
    1)
    a) <ritmo/movimiento> regular
    b) < verbo> regular
    c) (Mat) regular
    2)

    por lo regular — (loc adv) as a (general) rule

    3)

    ¿qué tal te va? - regular — how's it going? - so-so

    ¿qué tal la película? - regular — how was the movie? - nothing special

    b) ( de tamaño) medium-sized, middling
    II
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) <espejo/asiento> to adjust
    b) <caudal/temperatura/velocidad> to regulate, control
    2) ley/norma to regulate
    III
    * * *
    = even, moderate, regular, regulate, routine, steady [steadier -comp., steadiest -sup.], standing order, recurring, line + Profesión, standing, habitual.

    Ex: An unvarying level of illumination, heating, cooling, ventilation and acoustics will give the even type of environment needed in an academic library.

    Ex: In his efforts to broaden the tax base, Groome has been actively courting industry - with some moderate success.
    Ex: Book form was generally regarded as too inflexible for library catalogues, especially where the catalogue required regular updating to cater for continuing and gradual expansion of the collection.
    Ex: Built into each operator are sets of instructions to the computer which regulate where the term must appear in the printed entries generated from the string, typefaces, and necessary punctuation.
    Ex: They were a kind of localized office for the city government and would take on routine tasks like receiving license applications, although main function was to provide information.
    Ex: Susan Blanch is a fairly steady customer, taking only fiction books.
    Ex: A dynamic information centre has to satisfy 2 types of enquiry -- single requests for information and enquiries on standing order -- each contributing to and shaping the information network.
    Ex: After the probationary period, performance evaluations are administered on a recurring basis.
    Ex: In larger libraries, line librarians are also likely to be MLS graduates.
    Ex: A standing reproach to all librarians is the non-user.
    Ex: A new study confirms that male gender, obesity, and weight gain are key determinants of habitual snoring in the adult population.
    * campo petrolífero de producción regular = marginal field.
    * de forma regular = regularly.
    * de un modo regular = on an ongoing basis, on a continuing basis.
    * de venta regular = steady-selling.
    * ejército regular, el = regular army, the.

    * * *
    A
    1 (uniforme) ‹ritmo/movimiento› regular
    a intervalos regulares at regular intervals
    la asistencia regular a clase regular attendance at class
    tiene el pulso regular her pulse is regular
    2 ‹verbo› regular
    3 ( Mat) regular
    polígono regular regular polygon
    B (normal) regular, ordinary
    viajé en un vuelo regular I traveled* on a normal o scheduled flight
    iban vestidos con el uniforme regular they were wearing their ordinary uniform
    C
    por lo regular ( loc adv) as a (general) rule
    por lo regular, no trabaja los sábados he doesn't work on Saturdays as a rule, he doesn't usually work on Saturdays
    D
    1
    (no muy bien): ¿qué tal van los estudios? — regular how's school going? — so-so
    ¿qué tal la película? — regular how was the movie? — nothing special o nothing to write home about
    su trabajo está bastante regularcillo the work he produces is pretty run-of-the-mill
    2 (mediano) medium-sized, middling
    regular2 [A1 ]
    vt
    A
    1 (ajustar) ‹espejo/asiento› to adjust
    2 ‹caudal› to regulate, control; ‹temperatura/velocidad› to regulate, control
    B «ley/norma» to regulate
    las leyes que regulan la industria the laws regulating the industry
    fair
    * * *

     

    regular 1 adjetivo
    1 ( en general) regular
    2

    ◊ ¿qué tal te va? — regular how's it going? — so-so;

    ¿qué tal la película? — regular how was the movie? — nothing special

    ■ sustantivo masculino ( calificación) fair
    regular 2 ( conjugate regular) verbo transitivo
    1
    a) ‹espejo/asiento› to adjust

    b) ‹caudal/temperatura/velocidad› to regulate, control

    2 [ley/norma] to regulate
    regular
    I adjetivo
    1 regular
    un ejército regular, a regular army
    2 (metódico, sin alteraciones) la marcha regular de los acontecimientos, the orderly progress of events
    3 (habitual) regular
    4 (mediano) average, regular
    (mediocre) average
    II adverbio so-so
    III verbo transitivo
    1 (organizar, someter a normas) to regulate, control
    2 (ajustar) to adjust
    ' regular' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    ahorcarse
    - asidua
    - asiduo
    - bribón
    - bribona
    - dosificar
    - habitual
    - milicia
    - once
    - parroquiana
    - parroquiano
    - periodicidad
    - roce
    - vuelo
    - café
    - cliente
    - controlar
    - fijo
    - gasolina
    - graduación
    - graduar
    - normal
    - ordinario
    English:
    adjust
    - average
    - control
    - lie
    - moderate
    - much
    - regular
    - regular army
    - regulate
    - scheduled flight
    - second-class
    - so-so
    - spot-check
    - steady
    - assure
    - casual
    - clock
    - even
    - flier
    - routine
    - scheduled
    - second
    - shuttle
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [uniforme] regular;
    de un modo regular regularly;
    hay un servicio de autobús regular a la capital there is a regular bus service to the capital
    2. [mediocre] average;
    una actuación regular an undistinguished o a rather average performance
    3. [normal] normal, usual;
    [de tamaño] medium;
    por lo regular as a rule, generally
    4. Gram regular
    5. Geom regular
    6. Rel regular
    ♦ nm
    Mil regular
    ♦ adv
    [no muy bien] so-so;
    lleva unos días regular, tiene un poco de fiebre she's been so-so the last few days, she's got a bit of a temperature;
    me encuentro regular I feel a bit under the weather;
    ¿qué tal el concierto? – regular how was the concert? – so-so o nothing special
    regular2 vt
    1. [actividad, economía] to regulate;
    la normativa regula estos casos the regulations govern these cases
    2. [mecanismo] to adjust;
    [temperatura] to regulate, to control; [tráfico] to control;
    las presas regulan el cauce del río the dams regulate the flow of the river
    * * *
    1 adj
    1 sin variar regular
    2 ( común) ordinary
    3 ( habitual) regular, normal
    4 (no muy bien) so-so
    2 v/t TÉC regulate; temperatura control, regulate
    * * *
    : to regulate, to control
    regular adj
    1) : regular
    2) : fair, OK, so-so
    3) : medium, average
    4)
    por lo regular : in general, generally
    * * *
    regular1 adj
    1. (en general) regular
    2. (mediocre) average / poor
    regular2 adv all right
    regular3 vb to regulate

    Spanish-English dictionary > regular

  • 17 regulacja

    -i; -e; gen pl -i; f
    ( normowanie) control; (należności, rachunków) settlement; (zegarka, przyrządu) (re)adjustment

    regulacja cen/płac — price/wage control

    * * *
    f.
    1. (= normowanie) control; regulacja należności/rachunków settlement of one's dues/bills; regulacja cen/płac price/pay control; regulacja urodzin birth control.
    2. (= nastawianie przyrządu) tuning, adjustment; regulacja automatyczna automatic control; regulacja ręczna manual control; regulacja zdalna remote control; regulacja siły głosu volume control; regulacja rzek river engineering.

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

  • 18 carretera

    f.
    road.
    carretera comarcal minor road
    * * *
    1 road
    \
    carretera nacional A road, main road
    carretera de acceso approach road
    * * *
    noun f.
    road, highway
    * * *
    SF road, highway ( esp EEUU)

    la carretera entre Barcelona y Sitges — the Barcelona-Sitges road, the road between Barcelona and Sitges

    • de carretera, bar de carretera — roadside bar

    accidente de carretera — road accident, traffic accident

    • por carretera, un viaje por carretera — a road journey, a journey by road

    carretera comarcal — local road, ≈ B road

    carretera de circunvalación — bypass, ring road, beltway (EEUU)

    carretera de cuota — Méx toll road

    carretera nacional — ≈ A road, ≈ state highway (EEUU)

    * * *
    femenino road
    * * *
    = highway, road, lane, thoroughfare, roadway, carriageway.
    Ex. Having entered the next state and a highway off the turnpike, he was amazed by the extraordinary flatness of the land, especially in contrast to the hilly terrain he had grown up with back home.
    Ex. Use of Woolston Library has declined slightly: the area is isolated by the River Itchen, a busy main road, and a natural escarpment.
    Ex. The title of the article is 'Changing lanes on the information superhighway: academic libraries and the Internet'.
    Ex. Information kiosks are located in public thoroughfares, shopping malls, airports and railway stations.
    Ex. As Klaus's acute observations are unhampered by romantic ideals, his eye catches the plastic trash by the roadway as well as the colors of moss on the landing strip.
    Ex. Otherwise, national speed limit on carriageways with no centre reservation is 60mph.
    ----
    * accidente de carretera = road accident.
    * accidente mortal de carretera = fatal road accident.
    * al borde de la carretera = at the roadside.
    * animal víctima de la carretera = road kill [roadkill].
    * arreglo en carretera = roadside repairs.
    * auxilio en carretera = roadside assistance.
    * borde de la carretera = roadside.
    * borde de la carretera ajardinado = parkway strip.
    * camión que esparce sal en las carreteras = gritter.
    * carretera de circunvalación = bypass, ring road.
    * carretera de doble calzada = dual carriageway.
    * carretera de doble carril = dual carriageway.
    * carretera elevada = causeway.
    * carretera principal = major road.
    * carretera rural = country road.
    * carretera secundaria = minor road, back road.
    * circulación por carretera = road traffic.
    * construcción de carreteras = road construction.
    * control de carretera = road check, roadside check, roadblock.
    * cruzar la carretera por un sitio no autorizado = jaywalking, jaywalk.
    * despejar la carretera = clear + route.
    * estado de las carreteras = traffic report, road conditions.
    * informe sobre el estado general de las carreteras = road report.
    * mapa de carreteras = road map [roadmap].
    * margen de la carretera = roadside verge.
    * mediana de la carretera = road median, centre reservation, median, median strip.
    * parapeto de la carretera = road bank.
    * persona que cruza la carretera por un sitio no autorizado = jaywalker.
    * red arterial de carreteras = road network.
    * red de carreteras = road network.
    * reparación en carretera = roadside repairs.
    * salirse de la carretera = go off + the road.
    * seguridad en (la) carretera = driving safety, road safety.
    * señal de carretera = road sign.
    * señalización de carreteras = road signage.
    * transporte por carretera = road transport, road haulage.
    * víctima de la carretera = road casualty.
    * * *
    femenino road
    * * *
    = highway, road, lane, thoroughfare, roadway, carriageway.

    Ex: Having entered the next state and a highway off the turnpike, he was amazed by the extraordinary flatness of the land, especially in contrast to the hilly terrain he had grown up with back home.

    Ex: Use of Woolston Library has declined slightly: the area is isolated by the River Itchen, a busy main road, and a natural escarpment.
    Ex: The title of the article is 'Changing lanes on the information superhighway: academic libraries and the Internet'.
    Ex: Information kiosks are located in public thoroughfares, shopping malls, airports and railway stations.
    Ex: As Klaus's acute observations are unhampered by romantic ideals, his eye catches the plastic trash by the roadway as well as the colors of moss on the landing strip.
    Ex: Otherwise, national speed limit on carriageways with no centre reservation is 60mph.
    * accidente de carretera = road accident.
    * accidente mortal de carretera = fatal road accident.
    * al borde de la carretera = at the roadside.
    * animal víctima de la carretera = road kill [roadkill].
    * arreglo en carretera = roadside repairs.
    * auxilio en carretera = roadside assistance.
    * borde de la carretera = roadside.
    * borde de la carretera ajardinado = parkway strip.
    * camión que esparce sal en las carreteras = gritter.
    * carretera de circunvalación = bypass, ring road.
    * carretera de doble calzada = dual carriageway.
    * carretera de doble carril = dual carriageway.
    * carretera elevada = causeway.
    * carretera principal = major road.
    * carretera rural = country road.
    * carretera secundaria = minor road, back road.
    * circulación por carretera = road traffic.
    * construcción de carreteras = road construction.
    * control de carretera = road check, roadside check, roadblock.
    * cruzar la carretera por un sitio no autorizado = jaywalking, jaywalk.
    * despejar la carretera = clear + route.
    * estado de las carreteras = traffic report, road conditions.
    * informe sobre el estado general de las carreteras = road report.
    * mapa de carreteras = road map [roadmap].
    * margen de la carretera = roadside verge.
    * mediana de la carretera = road median, centre reservation, median, median strip.
    * parapeto de la carretera = road bank.
    * persona que cruza la carretera por un sitio no autorizado = jaywalker.
    * red arterial de carreteras = road network.
    * red de carreteras = road network.
    * reparación en carretera = roadside repairs.
    * salirse de la carretera = go off + the road.
    * seguridad en (la) carretera = driving safety, road safety.
    * señal de carretera = road sign.
    * señalización de carreteras = road signage.
    * transporte por carretera = road transport, road haulage.
    * víctima de la carretera = road casualty.

    * * *
    road
    carretera de acceso access road
    la carretera de Burgos the Burgos road
    fuimos por carretera we went by road
    Compuestos:
    secondary road, ≈ B-road ( in UK)
    bypass, beltway ( AmE), ring road ( BrE)
    divided highway ( AmE), dual carriageway ( BrE)
    main road
    ≈ highway ( in US), ≈ A-road ( in UK)
    * * *

     

    carretera sustantivo femenino
    road;

    carretera nacional ≈ highway ( in US), ≈ A-road ( in UK)
    carretera sustantivo femenino road
    carretera comarcal/nacional, GB B/A road

    ' carretera' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    A
    - arcén
    - arteria
    - bache
    - bifurcación
    - caída
    - caído
    - caravana
    - cerrarse
    - cortada
    - cortado
    - ctra.
    - cuota
    - curva
    - desembocar
    - desviación
    - dominguera
    - dominguero
    - esquivar
    - estrechamiento
    - firme
    - ir
    - impracticable
    - mitad
    - mojón
    - moribunda
    - moribundo
    - obra
    - pavimento
    - recta
    - ronda
    - rótulo
    - señalizar
    - serpentear
    - suelo
    - tomar
    - tortuosa
    - tortuosidad
    - tortuoso
    - transitada
    - transitado
    - trazado
    - abrir
    - ampliación
    - ampliar
    - ancho
    - aparcamiento
    - asistencia
    - atravesado
    - auxilio
    English:
    access road
    - accident
    - B road
    - bend
    - blowout
    - branch
    - bump
    - bumpy
    - by-road
    - bypass
    - clear
    - climb
    - corner
    - course
    - curve
    - dip
    - directly
    - dirt road
    - ditch
    - diversion
    - divide
    - embankment
    - extend
    - fork
    - from
    - go
    - grip
    - high road
    - highway
    - hole
    - impassable
    - join
    - lead
    - lead off from
    - lighten
    - line
    - loop
    - main
    - maintain
    - minor
    - motel
    - narrow
    - other
    - pothole
    - pull off
    - ramp
    - road
    - roadblock
    - roadside
    - route
    * * *
    road;
    por carretera by road;
    carretera de circunvalación Br ring road, US beltway;
    carretera comarcal minor road;
    carretera costera coast road;
    Méx carretera de cuota toll road;
    carretera general main road;
    carretera litoral coast road;
    carretera nacional Br ≈ A road, US ≈ state highway;
    carretera de peaje toll road;
    carretera secundaria minor road, side road;
    carretera troncal Br trunk road, US highway
    * * *
    f highway, (main) road
    * * *
    : highway, road
    carretera de peaje: turnpike
    * * *
    carretera n road

    Spanish-English dictionary > carretera

  • 19 madre

    f.
    1 mother.
    es madre de tres niños she's a mother of three
    Alicia va a ser madre Alicia's going to have a baby
    madre adoptiva foster mother
    madre de alquiler surrogate mother
    madre biológica natural mother
    la madre patria the motherland
    madre política mother-in-law
    madre soltera single mother
    2 bed.
    * * *
    1 mother
    2 (causa) root
    3 (monja) sister
    \
    ahí está la madre del cordero familiar that's where the trouble lies
    ciento y la madre familiar the world and his wife, US everyone and his brother
    de puta madre tabú brilliant, fucking brilliant
    ¡la madre que te parió! tabú (hombre) you bastard! 2 (mujer) you bitch!
    ¡madre mía! familiar good heavens!
    salirse de madre familiar (río) to burst its banks 2 (persona) to lose control
    ¡tu madre! tabú up yours!
    futura madre mother-to-be
    madre adoptiva adoptive mother
    madre alquilada / madre de alquiler surrogate mother
    madre de leche wet nurse
    madre patria one's motherland
    madre política mother-in-law
    madre soltera single mother
    madre superiora mother superior
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    1. SF
    1) (=pariente) mother

    su señora madre — esp Méx your mother

    ¡madre mía! — good heavens!

    ¡madre de Dios! — good heavens!

    la Madre Patria — the Mother Country, the Old Country

    madre soltera — single mother, unmarried mother

    2) (Rel) [en convento] mother; [en asilo] matron
    3)
    - ¡me cago en la madre que te parió!

    no tener madre —

    él no tiene madre — * he's a real swine *

    esto no tiene madre — * this is the limit

    puto
    4) (=origen) origin, cradle
    5) [de río] bed

    salirse de madre — [río] to burst its banks; [persona] to lose all self-control; [proceso] to go beyond its normal limits

    6) [de vino] dregs pl, sediment
    7) (Agr) (=acequia) main channel, main irrigation ditch; (=alcantarilla) main sewer
    8) [en juegos] home
    9) (Anat) womb
    10) And dead skin, scab
    11) ** queer **, fag (EEUU) **
    2. ADJ
    1) (=de origen)

    lengua madre — (Ling) parent language

    2)

    la cuestión madre — the chief problem, the central problem

    3) LAm
    *

    una regañada madre — a real telling-off *, one hell of a telling-off **

    * * *
    I
    adjetivo invariable (Chi fam) great (colloq)
    II
    1)
    a) ( pariente) mother

    estar hasta la madre de algo — (Méx fam) to be fed up to the back teeth of something

    mentarle la madre a alguien — to insult somebody (by referring to his/her mother)

    no tener madre — (Méx fam) to be shameless

    ser un/una madre para algo — (Chi fam) to be brilliant at something

    madre mía! or mi madre! — (my) goodness!, (good) heavens!

    la madre que te parió! — (fam: en algunas regiones vulg) you jerk! (colloq), you bastard! (sl)

    tu madre! — (vulg) screw you! (vulg), up yours! (BrE sl)

    chinga (a) tu madre! — (Méx vulg) screw o fuck you! (vulg)

    me vale madres — (Méx vulg) I don't give a damn (colloq) o (vulg) shit

    c) (Relig) mother
    2)
    a) ( cauce)
    b) (Esp) ( sedimento) lees (pl), sediment
    * * *
    = mother, mama.
    Ex. Under WOMEN -- EMPLOYMENT, for instance, are listed works on the health and safety hazards of employment, the wages of employment, the problems of mothers, married and/or single women and employment, and so on.
    Ex. My mama says that alligators are ornery because they got all them teeth and no toothbrush.
    ----
    * amor de madre = mother love.
    * Asociación de Madres y Padres de Alumnos (AMPA) = Parent-Teacher Association (PTA).
    * célula madre = stem cell.
    * célula madre adulta = adult stem cell.
    * célula madre embrionaria = embryonic stem cell.
    * célula madre hematopoyética = haematopoietic stem cell.
    * de puta madre = fantastic, wicked, swell, the dog's bollocks, the bee's knees, the cat's meow, the cat's pyjamas, the cat's whiskers, badass.
    * día de la madre, el = Mother's Day, Mothering Sunday.
    * madre adoptiva = foster mother, adoptive mother.
    * madre biológica = biological mother.
    * madre de alquiler = surrogate mother.
    * madre de nacimiento = birth mother.
    * madre en período de lactancia = nursing mother.
    * ¡Madre mía! = Good heavens!.
    * madre natural = birth mother.
    * madre naturaleza, la = Mother Nature.
    * madre o padre adoptivo = foster parent.
    * madre o padre biológico = biological parent.
    * madre o padre de nacimiento = birth parent.
    * madre o padre natural = birth parent.
    * madre or padre adoptivo = adoptive parent.
    * madre patria = motherland.
    * madre primeriza = new mother.
    * madre que se dedica a sus hijos = practising mother.
    * madres de alquiler = surrogacy.
    * madre soltera = unmarried mother, single mom, single mother.
    * madre superiora = abbess, Mother Superior.
    * madre tierra, la = mother earth.
    * madre trabajadora = working mother.
    * placa madre = motherboard.
    * planta madre = rootstock.
    * roca madre = bedrock.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo invariable (Chi fam) great (colloq)
    II
    1)
    a) ( pariente) mother

    estar hasta la madre de algo — (Méx fam) to be fed up to the back teeth of something

    mentarle la madre a alguien — to insult somebody (by referring to his/her mother)

    no tener madre — (Méx fam) to be shameless

    ser un/una madre para algo — (Chi fam) to be brilliant at something

    madre mía! or mi madre! — (my) goodness!, (good) heavens!

    la madre que te parió! — (fam: en algunas regiones vulg) you jerk! (colloq), you bastard! (sl)

    tu madre! — (vulg) screw you! (vulg), up yours! (BrE sl)

    chinga (a) tu madre! — (Méx vulg) screw o fuck you! (vulg)

    me vale madres — (Méx vulg) I don't give a damn (colloq) o (vulg) shit

    c) (Relig) mother
    2)
    a) ( cauce)
    b) (Esp) ( sedimento) lees (pl), sediment
    * * *
    = mother, mama.

    Ex: Under WOMEN -- EMPLOYMENT, for instance, are listed works on the health and safety hazards of employment, the wages of employment, the problems of mothers, married and/or single women and employment, and so on.

    Ex: My mama says that alligators are ornery because they got all them teeth and no toothbrush.
    * amor de madre = mother love.
    * Asociación de Madres y Padres de Alumnos (AMPA) = Parent-Teacher Association (PTA).
    * célula madre = stem cell.
    * célula madre adulta = adult stem cell.
    * célula madre embrionaria = embryonic stem cell.
    * célula madre hematopoyética = haematopoietic stem cell.
    * de puta madre = fantastic, wicked, swell, the dog's bollocks, the bee's knees, the cat's meow, the cat's pyjamas, the cat's whiskers, badass.
    * día de la madre, el = Mother's Day, Mothering Sunday.
    * madre adoptiva = foster mother, adoptive mother.
    * madre biológica = biological mother.
    * madre de alquiler = surrogate mother.
    * madre de nacimiento = birth mother.
    * madre en período de lactancia = nursing mother.
    * ¡Madre mía! = Good heavens!.
    * madre natural = birth mother.
    * madre naturaleza, la = Mother Nature.
    * madre o padre adoptivo = foster parent.
    * madre o padre biológico = biological parent.
    * madre o padre de nacimiento = birth parent.
    * madre o padre natural = birth parent.
    * madre or padre adoptivo = adoptive parent.
    * madre patria = motherland.
    * madre primeriza = new mother.
    * madre que se dedica a sus hijos = practising mother.
    * madres de alquiler = surrogacy.
    * madre soltera = unmarried mother, single mom, single mother.
    * madre superiora = abbess, Mother Superior.
    * madre tierra, la = mother earth.
    * madre trabajadora = working mother.
    * placa madre = motherboard.
    * planta madre = rootstock.
    * roca madre = bedrock.

    * * *
    ( Chi fam) great ( colloq), terrific ( colloq)
    A
    1 (pariente) mother
    madre de todos los vicios mother of all vices
    ahí está or ésa es la madre del cordero that's the root of the problem, that's the crux of the matter
    estar hasta la madre de algo ( Méx fam); to be fed up to the back teeth of sth
    mentarle or ( Chi) sacarle la madre a algn to insult sb (by referring to his/her mother)
    ser un/una madre para algo ( Chi fam); to be brilliant at sth, be a wizard o whiz at sth ( colloq)
    2
    (en exclamaciones): ¡madre mía! or ¡mi madre! (my) goodness!, good heavens!, heavens!
    ¡madre mía! ¡qué tarde se ha hecho! goodness! look how late it is!
    ¡la madre que te parió! or te trajo al mundo! (fam: en algunas regiones vulg); you jerk! ( colloq), you bastard! (sl)
    ¡tu madre! ( vulg); screw you! ( vulg), up yours! ( BrE sl)
    ¡chinga (a) tu madre! ( Méx vulg); fuck off! ( vulg), screw o fuck you! ( vulg)
    me vale madres ( Méx vulg); I don't give a damn ( colloq), I don't give a shit o fuck ( vulg)
    ver tb puto1 (↑ puto (1))
    3 ( Relig) mother
    la madre Soledad Mother Soledad
    Compuestos:
    surrogate mother
    biological mother
    surrogate mother
    mother
    ( Méx) spider plant
    mother-in-law
    single o unmarried mother
    Mother Superior
    surrogate mother
    B
    1
    (cauce): el río se salió de madre the river burst its banks
    todo se salió de madre everything got out of hand
    2 ( Esp) (sedimento) lees (pl), sediment
    * * *

     

    madre sustantivo femenino
    mother;

    madre de familia mother;
    madre política mother-in-law;
    madre soltera single o unmarried mother;
    madre superiora Mother Superior;
    ¡madre mía! or ¡mi madre! (my) goodness!, (good) heavens!;
    me vale madres (Méx vulg) I don't give a damn (colloq) o (vulg) shit;
    salirse de madre [ río] to burst its banks;

    [ situación] to get out of hand
    madre
    I sustantivo femenino
    1 mother: fue madre a los veinte años, she was a mother at twenty
    madre adoptiva, adoptive mother
    madre soltera, unmarried mother
    2 (origen) root, mother: la pereza es la madre de la pobreza, laziness is the origin of poverty
    4 (de río) bed
    II exclamación ¡madre mía, qué tarde es!, good heavens, it's really late!
    ♦ Locuciones: familiar la madre del cordero, the crux of the matter
    salirse de madre: Pepe se salió de madre, Pepe went too far
    el concierto se salió de madre, the concert turned wild
    ' madre' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abandonada
    - abandonado
    - abismo
    - ablandar
    - abrazarse
    - adoptiva
    - adoptivo
    - algo
    - ánimo
    - ascendiente
    - calor
    - ciento
    - con
    - cumplir
    - desmejorada
    - desmejorado
    - desnaturalizar
    - día
    - disgustar
    - ejemplo
    - encargar
    - entenderse
    - envidiar
    - estar
    - estancada
    - estancado
    - franquicia
    - hablar
    - la
    - malmeter
    - marioneta
    - martirizar
    - mayor
    - mentar
    - negación
    - origen
    - padre
    - preguntar
    - profesar
    - progenitor
    - progenitora
    - recado
    - recordar
    - reverenda
    - reverendo
    - solera
    - soltera
    - soltero
    - tal
    - tirar
    English:
    adjust
    - after
    - aloud
    - apron
    - assign
    - belong
    - best
    - boy
    - consent
    - disappoint
    - down-home
    - exact
    - fetch
    - frown
    - hip
    - hit out
    - infrequent
    - its
    - like
    - likeness
    - look
    - miss
    - mother
    - mother-to-be
    - overhear
    - parent
    - pretence
    - pretense
    - pride
    - prone
    - single parent
    - surrogate mother
    - talk
    - uncle
    - working mother
    - doting
    - fucking
    - her
    - his
    - introduce
    - my
    - name
    - our
    - parenthood
    - queen
    - remember
    - single
    - surrogate
    - their
    - wish
    * * *
    madre nf
    1. [mujer] mother;
    es madre de tres niños she's a mother of three;
    Alicia va a ser madre Alicia's going to have a baby;
    Fam
    ¡madre mía!, ¡mi madre! Jesus!, Christ!;
    Fam
    ¡madre mía, cómo llueve! Jesus o Christ, it's pouring down!;
    Fam
    ¡mi madre! ¿y ahora qué vamos a hacer? oh my God, what are we going to do now?
    madre adoptiva foster mother;
    madre de alquiler surrogate mother;
    madre biológica natural mother;
    la madre naturaleza Mother Nature;
    la madre patria the motherland;
    Am [España] Spain;
    madre política mother-in-law;
    madre soltera single mother;
    la madre tierra earth mother
    2. [hembra] mother;
    la madre cuida de los cachorros the mother looks after the pups
    3. [religiosa] mother;
    la madre Teresa Mother Teresa
    madre superiora mother superior
    4. [origen] source;
    la pobreza extrema es la madre de todos los males de la región extreme poverty is the source of all the region's problems
    5. [cauce] bed;
    salirse de madre [río] to burst its banks;
    [persona] to go too far
    6. Comp
    Fam
    eran ciento y la madre everybody and his dog o the world and his wife was there;
    Fam
    ser la madre del cordero to be at the very root of the problem;
    Méx Fam
    dar a alguien en la madre to kick sb's head in;
    Méx Fam
    de a madre: estoy aburrido de a madre I'm fed up to the back teeth;
    su casa está sucia de a madre her house is a tip o pigsty;
    me cae de a madre I hate his guts;
    Méx Fam
    echar madres to swear, Br to eff and blind;
    Méx muy Fam
    ¡en la madre! Br bloody hell!, US goddamn!;
    Méx Fam
    estar hasta la madre [lleno] to be jam-packed;
    Méx Fam
    ir hecho madre to bomb along;
    Fam
    nombrar o [m5] mentar la madre a alguien = to insult someone by referring to their mother;
    Méx Fam
    ni madre: no oye ni madre she can't hear a damn thing;
    Méx Fam
    ¡ni madres! no way!;
    Am muy Fam
    no tener madre to be a shameless bastard;
    muy Fam
    ¡la madre que te parió! you bastard!;
    Esp Fam
    ¡viva la madre que te parió! [en concierto, corrida de toros] we love you!;
    Méx Fam
    estar de poca madre to be great o fantastic;
    Méx Fam
    ser de poca madre to be great o fantastic;
    Méx Fam
    tener poca madre to be a swine;
    Méx Fam
    ser a toda madre to be a really great o nice person;
    Fam
    ser una madre para alguien to be like a mother to sb;
    Fam
    ser una madre haciendo algo Chile [bueno] to be a whizz at sth;
    RP [malo] to be useless at sth; Méx muy Fam
    me vale madre I couldn't give a damn o Br a toss
    * * *
    I f mother;
    dar en la madre a alguien Méx fam hit s.o. where it hurts;
    sacar a alguien de madre fam insult s.o. (by saying rude things about his/ her mother);
    salirse de madre de un río burst its banks; fig fam get out of hand;
    esa es la madre del cordero that’s the trouble, that’s the problem;
    de puta madre vulg fucking fantastic vulg ;
    ¡madre mía! good heavens!;
    ¡me vale madre! Méx vulg I don’t give a fuck! vulg
    II adj Méx, C.Am. fam
    great fam, fantastic fam
    * * *
    madre nf
    1) : mother
    2)
    madre política : mother-in-law
    3)
    la Madre Patria : the mother country (said of Spain)
    * * *
    madre n mother
    ¡madre mía! good heavens!

    Spanish-English dictionary > madre

  • 20 Flussregulierung

    Flussregulierung f 1. WSB correction of a river, improvement of the river channel, regulation of a river, river improvement, river realignment, river training, river training work, watercourse regulation (Flussbauarbeiten); 2. WSB river control (Wasserstandssteuerung)

    Deutsch-Englisch Fachwörterbuch Architektur und Bauwesen > Flussregulierung

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