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  • 101 doubt

    1. [daʋt] n
    сомнение; нерешительность, колебание; неясность:

    no doubt - а) без сомнения; no doubt he will come - он, конечно, придёт; б) разг. очень может быть

    without /beyond/ (a) doubt, beyond /past/ (all) doubt - вне /без/ сомнения

    beyond a shadow /without a shadow/ of (a) doubt - вне всяких сомнений

    to be in doubt - а) сомневаться; I am in doubt (as to) how to proceed - я не знаю, как мне быть дальше; б) быть неясным; the issue of the battle is still in doubt - исход битвы всё ещё не ясен

    make no doubt about it - не сомневайтесь в этом; можете быть уверены в этом

    to have doubts of /as to/ smb.'s honesty - сомневаться в чьей-л. честности

    I have my doubts whether he will come - я не уверен /сомневаюсь/, что он придёт

    to have /to entertain/ grave doubts about /as to/ smth. - иметь серьёзные опасения по поводу чего-л.

    to throw /to cast/ doubt upon smth. - подвергать что-л. сомнению, брать, что-л. под сомнение

    to raise doubts - возбуждать /вызывать/ сомнения

    to resolve smb.'s doubts - разрешить чьи-л. сомнения

    it's a matter of doubt whether... - можно усомниться в том, что...

    there is no doubt of his honesty - в его честности сомневаться не приходится, его честность вне подозрений

    ♢ to give smth. the benefit of the doubt - принять на веру чьи-л. слова и т. п. ввиду отсутствия доказательств обратного

    2. [daʋt] v
    1. сомневаться; подвергать (что-л.) сомнению, быть неуверенным (в чём-л.)

    to doubt smb.'s honesty - сомневаться в чьей-л. честности

    there was no doubting his sincerity - не приходилось сомневаться в его искренности

    I doubt if this is true - не думаю, чтобы это было так

    I don't doubt (but) that he will win - я уверен /не сомневаюсь/ в его победе

    2. уст., диал.
    1) бояться, испытывать страх
    2) подозревать

    ♢ nothing doubting - ничтоже сумняшеся /сумняся/

    НБАРС > doubt

  • 102 raise

    I [reɪz]
    1) AE (pay rise) aumento m.
    2) gioc. (in poker) rilancio m.
    II 1. [reɪz]
    1) (lift) alzare [baton, barrier, curtain]; issare [ flag]; sollevare, alzare, tirare su [box, lid]; aprire [ trapdoor]; recuperare [ sunken ship]

    to raise a glass to sb. — brindare a qcn.

    to raise one's hat to sb. — togliersi il cappello o scappellarsi per salutare qcn.

    nobody raised an eyebrow at my suggestion — fig. il mio suggerimento non ha suscitato reazioni o clamore

    to raise sb. from the dead — risuscitare qcn

    2) (place upright) rizzare [ mast]; fare alzare [ patient]
    3) (increase) aumentare [price, offer, salary]; alzare [ volume]; innalzare, migliorare [ standard]; innalzare [ age limit]; alimentare [ hopes]

    to raise sb.'s awareness of sensibilizzare qcn. a; to raise one's voice (to be heard) parlare più forte; (in anger) alzare la voce; to raise the temperature — aumentare la temperatura; fig. fare salire la tensione

    4) (cause) fare nascere, suscitare [doubts, fears]; provocare [ storm of protest]

    to raise a cheer — [ speech] essere accolto con grida di approvazione

    to raise a laugh — [ joke] fare ridere

    5) (mention) sollevare [objection, problem]
    6) (breed) allevare [ livestock]; (bring up) tirare su [child, family]

    to be raised (as) an atheist — avere o ricevere un'educazione atea

    7) (find) trovare [capital, money]
    8) (form) radunare [ army]; formare [ team]
    9) (collect) riscuotere [ tax]; ottenere [ support]; raccogliere [ money]

    the money raised from the concert... — il ricavato del concerto

    10) (erect) erigere [ monument] (to sb. in onore di qcn.)
    11) (end) togliere [ ban]
    12) (contact) contattare [ person]
    13) (give)

    to raise the tone — alzare il tono; fig. alzare il livello

    to raise sb.'s spirits — sollevare il morale a qcn

    to raise the bidding — (in gambling) aumentare la posta; (at auction) fare un'offerta più alta

    16) mat.
    2.
    * * *
    [reiz] 1. verb
    1) (to move or lift to a high(er) position: Raise your right hand; Raise the flag.) alzare, innalzare
    2) (to make higher: If you paint your flat, that will raise the value of it considerably; We'll raise that wall about 20 centimetres.) aumentare, alzare
    3) (to grow (crops) or breed (animals) for food: We don't raise pigs on this farm.) allevare; coltivare
    4) (to rear, bring up (a child): She has raised a large family.) allevare, tirare su
    5) (to state (a question, objection etc which one wishes to have discussed): Has anyone in the audience any points they would like to raise?) sollevare
    6) (to collect; to gather: We'll try to raise money; The revolutionaries managed to raise a small army.) raccogliere, radunare
    7) (to cause: His remarks raised a laugh.) provocare
    8) (to cause to rise or appear: The car raised a cloud of dust.) produrre
    9) (to build (a monument etc): They've raised a statue of Robert Burns / in memory of Robert Burns.) innalzare, erigere
    10) (to give (a shout etc).) (provocare)
    11) (to make contact with by radio: I can't raise the mainland.) contattare
    2. noun
    (an increase in wages or salary: I'm going to ask the boss for a raise.) aumento
    - raise hell/Cain / the roof
    - raise someone's spirits
    * * *
    raise /reɪz/
    n.
    2 ( poker) rilancio; aumento della posta
    3 (ind. min.) fornello.
    ♦ (to) raise /reɪz/
    v. t.
    1 alzare; sollevare: to raise a weight, sollevare un peso; to raise one's eyes, alzare gli occhi; to raise one's voice, alzare la voce; (naut.) to raise anchor, alzare l'ancora; to raise one's hat, levarsi il cappello; scappellarsi; to raise st. to one's lips, portarsi qc. alla bocca; to raise sb.'s morale [spirits], sollevare il morale a (o di) q.; to raise the country, sollevare il paese
    2 aumentare; elevare: to raise retail prices, aumentare i prezzi al dettaglio; to raise real wages, aumentare i salari reali; to raise the temperature, aumentare la temperatura; to raise the standard of living, migliorare il tenore di vita
    3 raccogliere; radunare; procurarsi: to raise a sum of money, raccogliere (o procurarsi) una somma di denaro; to raise capital, raccogliere fondi; to raise an army, radunare un esercito
    4 sollevare; menzionare; evocare: to raise st. with sb., menzionare qc. a q.; to raise a question (o an issue) sollevare una questione; to raise a problem, evocare un problema; to raise an objection, sollevare (o muovere) un'obiezione; (leg.) sollevare un'eccezione; to raise memories, evocare ricordi; to raise the ghosts of the dead, evocare le anime dei morti
    5 sollevare; suscitare: to raise doubts, sollevare dubbi; to raise suspicions, destare sospetti; to raise fears, suscitare timori; to raise a laugh, suscitare una risata; to raise a disturbance, provocare una sommossa
    6 allevare; crescere: to raise a family, crescere dei figli
    7 ( USA) allevare ( animali); coltivare: to raise rabbits, allevare conigli; to raise cattle, allevare bestiame; to raise corn, coltivare il granturco
    8 erigere, innalzare: to raise a monument, erigere un monumento; to raise a wall, alzare un muro
    9 (mat.) elevare: to raise to the third power, elevare alla terza potenza
    10 ( anche mil.) levare, togliere ( un assedio, un blocco navale, un divieto, ecc.)
    11 (edil.) rialzare; soprelevare
    12 ( radio, ecc.) contattare; mettersi in contatto con
    14 (ind. tess.) garzare
    ● to raise a claim [a demand], presentare un reclamo [una richiesta] □ to raise dough, far lievitare l'impasto □ to raise one's eyebrows, inarcare le ciglia ( in atto di meraviglia o con disapprovazione) □ ( cricket: dell'arbitro) to raise one's finger, alzare l'indice sopra la testa (segnale di ‘out’) □ to raise a flag, issare una bandiera □ to raise sb. from the dead, risuscitare q. □ (mil.) to raise sb. from the ranks, promuovere q. ufficiale □ to raise one's glass to sb., brindare a q. □ to raise one's hand to sb., alzare le mani su q. □ (fam.) to raise hell (o Cain, the devil), scatenare un putiferio; sollevare un pandemonio □ (naut.) to raise land, avvistare terra □ to raise a loan, accendere un mutuo □ (fig.) to raise no eyebrows, non destare sorpresa □ to raise oneself, elevarsi (socialmente) □ to raise sb. to the peerage, elevare q. al grado di pari d'Inghilterra □ to raise a shout, lanciare un grido □ to raise the stakes, alzare la posta; rilanciare □ to raise a tax, esigere un tributo □ ( slang USA) to raise up, dare l'allarme □ to raise one's voice against sb., protestare contro q. □ ( boxe) to raise the winner's arm, sollevare il braccio del vincitore.
    * * *
    I [reɪz]
    1) AE (pay rise) aumento m.
    2) gioc. (in poker) rilancio m.
    II 1. [reɪz]
    1) (lift) alzare [baton, barrier, curtain]; issare [ flag]; sollevare, alzare, tirare su [box, lid]; aprire [ trapdoor]; recuperare [ sunken ship]

    to raise a glass to sb. — brindare a qcn.

    to raise one's hat to sb. — togliersi il cappello o scappellarsi per salutare qcn.

    nobody raised an eyebrow at my suggestion — fig. il mio suggerimento non ha suscitato reazioni o clamore

    to raise sb. from the dead — risuscitare qcn

    2) (place upright) rizzare [ mast]; fare alzare [ patient]
    3) (increase) aumentare [price, offer, salary]; alzare [ volume]; innalzare, migliorare [ standard]; innalzare [ age limit]; alimentare [ hopes]

    to raise sb.'s awareness of sensibilizzare qcn. a; to raise one's voice (to be heard) parlare più forte; (in anger) alzare la voce; to raise the temperature — aumentare la temperatura; fig. fare salire la tensione

    4) (cause) fare nascere, suscitare [doubts, fears]; provocare [ storm of protest]

    to raise a cheer — [ speech] essere accolto con grida di approvazione

    to raise a laugh — [ joke] fare ridere

    5) (mention) sollevare [objection, problem]
    6) (breed) allevare [ livestock]; (bring up) tirare su [child, family]

    to be raised (as) an atheist — avere o ricevere un'educazione atea

    7) (find) trovare [capital, money]
    8) (form) radunare [ army]; formare [ team]
    9) (collect) riscuotere [ tax]; ottenere [ support]; raccogliere [ money]

    the money raised from the concert... — il ricavato del concerto

    10) (erect) erigere [ monument] (to sb. in onore di qcn.)
    11) (end) togliere [ ban]
    12) (contact) contattare [ person]
    13) (give)

    to raise the tone — alzare il tono; fig. alzare il livello

    to raise sb.'s spirits — sollevare il morale a qcn

    to raise the bidding — (in gambling) aumentare la posta; (at auction) fare un'offerta più alta

    16) mat.
    2.

    English-Italian dictionary > raise

  • 103 lay

    I
    1. lei past tense, past participle - laid; verb
    1) (to place, set or put (down), often carefully: She laid the clothes in a drawer / on a chair; He laid down his pencil; She laid her report before the committee.) poner, colocar
    2) (to place in a lying position: She laid the baby on his back.) tender
    3) (to put in order or arrange: She went to lay the table for dinner; to lay one's plans / a trap.) preparar
    4) (to flatten: The animal laid back its ears; The wind laid the corn flat.) tender; allanar; alisar
    5) (to cause to disappear or become quiet: to lay a ghost / doubts.) calmar, aquietar
    6) ((of a bird) to produce (eggs): The hen laid four eggs; My hens are laying well.) poner
    7) (to bet: I'll lay five pounds that you don't succeed.) apostar
    •

    2. verb
    (to put, cut or arrange in layers: She had her hair layered by the hairdresser.) dividir en capas
    - lay-by
    - layout
    - laid up
    - lay aside
    - lay bare
    - lay by
    - lay down
    - lay one's hands on
    - lay hands on
    - lay in
    - lay low
    - lay off
    - lay on
    - lay out
    - lay up
    - lay waste
    II see lie II
    III lei adjective
    1) (not a member of the clergy: lay preachers.) laico
    2) (not an expert or a professional (in a particular subject): Doctors tend to use words that lay people don't understand.) lego, no profesional
    •

    IV lei noun
    (an epic poem.) romance
    lay1 vb poner
    will you lay the table? ¿quieres poner la mesa?
    lay2 vb
    she lay unconscious on the floor yacía en el suelo, inconsciente
    en el sentido de yacer, estar tumbado
    tr[leɪ]
    1 SMALLRELIGION/SMALL laico,-a, seglar
    2 (non-professional) lego,-a, no profesional
    \
    SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
    lay brother hermano lego
    lay figure maniquí
    lay preacher predicador,-ra seglar
    lay sister hermana lega
    ————————
    tr[leɪ]
    1 SMALLLITERATURE/SMALL (ballad) romance nombre masculino
    ————————
    tr[leɪ]
    1→ link=lie lie{ 2
    ————————
    tr[leɪ]
    transitive verb (pt & pp laid tr[leɪd])
    1 (gen) poner, colocar; (spread out) extender
    2 (bricks, carpet) poner; (cable, pipe) tender; (foundations, basis) echar; (bomb) colocar
    3 (prepare) preparar; (curse) lanzar
    4 (eggs) poner
    5 (bet) apostar
    6 (charge) formular
    7 taboo follar
    1 (hen) poner huevos
    \
    SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
    to be a great lay taboo ser muy bueno,-a en la cama
    to be laid low estar enfermo,-a ( with, de)
    to be laid up tener que guardar cama
    to lay claim to something hacer valer su derecho a algo
    to lay down the law dictar la ley
    to lay emphasis on something hacer hincapié en algo
    to lay it on / lay it on a bit thick familiar cargar la mano, cargar las tintas 2 (praise) hacer la pelota
    to lay one on somebody SMALLBRITISH ENGLISH/SMALL familiar hacerle una jugarreta a alguien
    to lay open to... exponer a...
    to lay something flat derribar algo
    to lay something on the line (make clear) dejar algo bien claro 2 (risk) arriesgar
    to lay the table poner la mesa
    to lay the blame on somebody echar la culpa a alguien
    to lay waste to arrasar, asolar
    the lay of the land SMALLAMERICAN ENGLISH/SMALL la topografía
    lay ['leɪ] vt, laid ['leɪd] ; laying
    1) place, put: poner, colocar
    she laid it on the table: lo puso en la mesa
    to lay eggs: poner huevos
    2) : hacer
    to lay a bet: hacer una apuesta
    3) impose: imponer
    to lay a tax: imponer un impuesto
    to lay the blame on: echarle la culpa a
    4)
    to lay out present: presentar, exponer
    he laid out his plan: presentó su proyecto
    5)
    to lay out design: diseñar (el trazado de)
    lay pp lie
    lay adj
    secular: laico, lego
    lay n
    1) : disposición f, configuración f
    the lay of the land: la configuración del terreno
    2) ballad: romance m, balada f
    adj.
    • laical adj.
    • laico, -a adj.
    • lego, -a adj.
    • seglar adj.
    n.
    • disposición s.f.
    • situación s.f.
    pret.
    (Preterito definido de "to lie")
    v.
    (§ p.,p.p.: laid) = acabar con v.
    • acostar v.
    • derribar v.
    • poner v.
    (§pres: pongo, pones...) pret: pus-
    pp: puesto
    fut/c: pondr-•)

    I leɪ
    past of lie II II

    II
    1.
    (past & past p laid) transitive verb
    1) (put, place) poner*
    2) (arrange, put down in position) \<\<bricks/carpet\>\> poner*, colocar*; \<\<cable/pipes\>\> tender*, instalar; \<\<mines\>\> sembrar*
    3) ( prepare) \<\<trap/ambush\>\> tender*; \<\<plans\>\> hacer*

    to lay the table — poner* la mesa

    4) (present, put forward)

    to lay a complaint against somebody — formular or presentar una queja contra alguien; claim I 2)

    5) ( impose)

    to lay a burden/fine on somebody — imponer* una carga sobre/una multa a alguien; see also blame II a), stress I 2) a), emphasis

    to lay somebody low: he was laid low by malaria — estuvo postrado con malaria

    7) ( Zool)

    to lay eggs — \<\<bird/reptile\>\> poner* huevos; \<\<fish/insects\>\> desovar*

    8) \<\<bet\>\> hacer*; \<\<money\>\> apostar*; odds 1)
    9) ( to have sex with) (sl)

    2.
    vi
    1) \<\<hen\>\> poner* huevos
    2) (crit) lie II II
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    Phrasal Verbs:

    III
    adjective (before n)
    a) ( secular) ( Relig) <organization/education> laico

    lay preacher — predicador, -dora m,f seglar

    the lay reader — el lector profano en la materia, el lector no especializado


    IV
    noun (sl)

    he's/she's a good lay — es muy bueno/buena en la cama (fam)


    I [leɪ]
    1. VT
    (pt, pp laid)
    1) (=place, put) poner, colocar; [+ carpet, lino] poner, extender; [+ bricks] poner, colocar; [+ pipes] (in building) instalar; [+ cable, mains, track, trap] tender; [+ foundations] echar; [+ foundation stone] colocar; [+ bomb, explosives] colocar; [+ mines] sembrar

    • I haven't laid eyes on him for years — hace años que no lo veo

    • I didn't lay a finger on it! — ¡no lo toqué!

    • I don't know where to lay my hands on... — no sé dónde echar mano a or conseguir...

    • to lay sth over or on sth — extender algo encima de algo

    2) (=prepare) [+ fire] preparar; [+ plans] hacer

    • to lay the table — (Brit) poner la mesa

    - the best laid plans
    3) (=present) [+ plan, proposal] presentar ( before a); [+ accusation, charge] hacer; [+ complaint] formular, presentar

    • to lay a claim before sb — presentar una reivindicación a algn

    • to lay the facts before sb — presentar los hechos a algn

    charge 1., 1), claim 1., 2)
    4) (=attribute) [+ blame] echar; [+ responsibility] atribuir (on a)
    5) (=flatten, suppress) [+ corn] abatir, encamar; [+ dust] matar; [+ doubts, fears] acallar; [+ ghost] conjurar
    6) (=cause to be)

    • to lay a town flat — arrasar or destruir una ciudad

    • he has been laid low with flu — la gripe lo ha tenido en cama

    • to lay o.s. open to attack/criticism — exponerse al ataque/a la crítica

    • to be laid to rest — ser enterrado

    7) [+ bet] hacer; [+ money] apostar (on a)

    I'll lay you a fiver on it! — ¡te apuesto cinco libras a que es así!

    to lay that... — apostar a que...

    odds
    8) [+ egg] [bird, reptile] poner; [fish, amphibian, insect] depositar

    it lays its eggs on/in... — [fish, amphibian, insect] deposita los huevos or desova en...

    9) ** (=have sex with) tirarse a ***, follarse a (Sp) ***
    2.
    VI [hen] poner (huevos)
    3. N
    1) [of countryside, district etc] disposición f, situación f

    the lay of the land — (US) la configuración del terreno; (fig) la situación, el estado de las cosas

    2)

    hen in lay — gallina f ponedora

    3) **
    4) *** (=act) polvo *** m
    4.
    CPD

    lay days NPL — (Comm) días mpl de detención or inactividad


    II
    [leɪ]
    PT of lie II, 1., 1)
    III [leɪ]
    1.
    ADJ (Rel) laico, lego, seglar; (=non-specialist) lego, profano, no experto
    2.
    CPD

    lay brother N — (Rel) donado m, lego m, hermano m lego

    lay person N — (Rel) lego(-a) m / f; (=non-specialist) profano(-a) m / f

    lay preacher N — predicador(a) m / f laico(-a)

    lay reader N — (Rel) persona laica encargada de conducir parte de un servicio religioso

    lay sister N — (Rel) donada f, lega f


    IV
    [leɪ]
    N (Mus, Literat) trova f, canción f
    * * *

    I [leɪ]
    past of lie II II

    II
    1.
    (past & past p laid) transitive verb
    1) (put, place) poner*
    2) (arrange, put down in position) \<\<bricks/carpet\>\> poner*, colocar*; \<\<cable/pipes\>\> tender*, instalar; \<\<mines\>\> sembrar*
    3) ( prepare) \<\<trap/ambush\>\> tender*; \<\<plans\>\> hacer*

    to lay the table — poner* la mesa

    4) (present, put forward)

    to lay a complaint against somebody — formular or presentar una queja contra alguien; claim I 2)

    5) ( impose)

    to lay a burden/fine on somebody — imponer* una carga sobre/una multa a alguien; see also blame II a), stress I 2) a), emphasis

    to lay somebody low: he was laid low by malaria — estuvo postrado con malaria

    7) ( Zool)

    to lay eggs — \<\<bird/reptile\>\> poner* huevos; \<\<fish/insects\>\> desovar*

    8) \<\<bet\>\> hacer*; \<\<money\>\> apostar*; odds 1)
    9) ( to have sex with) (sl)

    2.
    vi
    1) \<\<hen\>\> poner* huevos
    2) (crit) lie II II
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    Phrasal Verbs:

    III
    adjective (before n)
    a) ( secular) ( Relig) <organization/education> laico

    lay preacher — predicador, -dora m,f seglar

    the lay reader — el lector profano en la materia, el lector no especializado


    IV
    noun (sl)

    he's/she's a good lay — es muy bueno/buena en la cama (fam)

    English-spanish dictionary > lay

  • 104 gruñón

    adj.
    grumpy, cranky, grouchy, gruff.
    m.
    grouch, grumbler, grump, snarler.
    * * *
    1 grumbling, grumpy
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 grumbler, grouch
    * * *
    gruñón, -ona
    1.
    ADJ grumpy, grumbling
    2.
    SM / F grumbler
    * * *
    I
    - ñona adjetivo (fam) grumpy (colloq)
    II
    - ñona masculino, femenino (fam) grump (colloq), grouse (colloq)
    * * *
    = grumpy [grumpier -comp., grumpiest -sup.], cranky [crankier -comp., crankiest -sup.], curmudgeon, curmudgeonly, cantankerous, bad-tempered, crusty [crustier -comp., crustiest -sup.], irascible, crabby [crabbier -comp., crabbiest, -sup.], ornery, misery guts, grouch, sour puss, testy [testier -comp., testiest -sup.].
    Ex. That's despite grumpy comments like those of William Hartston who said it was 'surely one of the ugliest words ever to slither its way into our dictionaries'.
    Ex. For example, you already know that living in a windowless room will make you cranky and out of sorts.
    Ex. The most common problem suffered by curmudgeons turns out to be their circumscribed social life.
    Ex. Offended by the idea of an addict selling sneakers to kids, he launched into a curmudgeonly rant.
    Ex. To attain this order within the structure of chaos, Eros divided himself into two parts: Eros as amicable, social love and Eros as cantankerous, divisive discord.
    Ex. He was a brave novelist but also bad-tempered, churlish and subject to fits of rage.
    Ex. For this crusty author as well as for that young one having fun being famous is what matters = Tanto para este autor hosco como para aquel autor joven, ser famoso es lo que importa.
    Ex. He was a rag-and-bone man living with his irascible father in a junkyard with only their horse for company.
    Ex. The normally perky and intrepid Cristina is flat out crabby these days.
    Ex. My mama says that alligators are ornery because they got all them teeth and no toothbrush.
    Ex. At the other end of the scale are misery guts, who are neither happy with their job role nor their employer.
    Ex. We all have a grouch in our lives and if we wake up on the wrong side of the bed or take our daily mean pill, at the very nicest, we have been described as a ' grouch'.
    Ex. It is no fun being around you when you are being such a sour puss.
    Ex. We're assailed by doubts, mortified by our own shortcomings, surrounded by freaks, testy over silly details.
    ----
    * vieja gruñona = grumpy old woman.
    * viejo gruñón = grumpy old man, grumpy old sod.
    * * *
    I
    - ñona adjetivo (fam) grumpy (colloq)
    II
    - ñona masculino, femenino (fam) grump (colloq), grouse (colloq)
    * * *
    = grumpy [grumpier -comp., grumpiest -sup.], cranky [crankier -comp., crankiest -sup.], curmudgeon, curmudgeonly, cantankerous, bad-tempered, crusty [crustier -comp., crustiest -sup.], irascible, crabby [crabbier -comp., crabbiest, -sup.], ornery, misery guts, grouch, sour puss, testy [testier -comp., testiest -sup.].

    Ex: That's despite grumpy comments like those of William Hartston who said it was 'surely one of the ugliest words ever to slither its way into our dictionaries'.

    Ex: For example, you already know that living in a windowless room will make you cranky and out of sorts.
    Ex: The most common problem suffered by curmudgeons turns out to be their circumscribed social life.
    Ex: Offended by the idea of an addict selling sneakers to kids, he launched into a curmudgeonly rant.
    Ex: To attain this order within the structure of chaos, Eros divided himself into two parts: Eros as amicable, social love and Eros as cantankerous, divisive discord.
    Ex: He was a brave novelist but also bad-tempered, churlish and subject to fits of rage.
    Ex: For this crusty author as well as for that young one having fun being famous is what matters = Tanto para este autor hosco como para aquel autor joven, ser famoso es lo que importa.
    Ex: He was a rag-and-bone man living with his irascible father in a junkyard with only their horse for company.
    Ex: The normally perky and intrepid Cristina is flat out crabby these days.
    Ex: My mama says that alligators are ornery because they got all them teeth and no toothbrush.
    Ex: At the other end of the scale are misery guts, who are neither happy with their job role nor their employer.
    Ex: We all have a grouch in our lives and if we wake up on the wrong side of the bed or take our daily mean pill, at the very nicest, we have been described as a ' grouch'.
    Ex: It is no fun being around you when you are being such a sour puss.
    Ex: We're assailed by doubts, mortified by our own shortcomings, surrounded by freaks, testy over silly details.
    * vieja gruñona = grumpy old woman.
    * viejo gruñón = grumpy old man, grumpy old sod.

    * * *
    ( fam); grumpy ( colloq)
    masculine, feminine
    ( fam); grump ( colloq), grouch ( colloq), misery ( BrE colloq), moaner ( BrE colloq)
    * * *

    gruñón
    ◊ - ñona adjetivo (fam) grumpy (colloq)

    gruñón,-ona adjetivo grumpy

    ' gruñón' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    gruñona
    English:
    grouch
    - grouchy
    - grump
    - grumpy
    - nag
    - nagging
    * * *
    gruñón, -ona Fam
    ♦ adj
    grumpy
    ♦ nm,f
    old grump
    * * *
    I adj fam
    grumpy
    II m, gruñona f fam
    grouch fam
    * * *
    gruñón, - ñona adj, mpl gruñones fam : grumpy, crabby
    gruñón, - ñona n, mpl gruñones fam : grumpy person, nag
    * * *
    gruñón1 adj grumpy [comp. grumpier; superl. grumpiest]
    gruñón2 n moaner

    Spanish-English dictionary > gruñón

  • 105 lay

    I adjective
    1) (Relig.) laikal; Laien[bruder, -schwester, -predigt]
    2) (inexpert) laienhaft
    II 1. transitive verb,
    1) legen, [ver]legen [Teppichboden, Rohr, Gleis, Steine, Kabel, Leitung]; legen [Parkett, Fliesen, Fundament]; anlegen [Straße, Gehsteig]; see also academic.ru/33430/hand">hand 1. 1)
    2) (fig.)

    lay one's plans/ideas before somebody — jemandem seine Pläne/Vorstellungen unterbreiten; see also blame 2.; open 1. 4)

    3) (impose) auferlegen [Verantwortung, Verpflichtung] (on Dat.)
    4) (wager)

    I'll lay you five to one that... — ich wette mit dir fünf zu eins, dass...

    lay a wager on something — eine Wette auf etwas (Akk.) abschließen; auf etwas (Akk.) wetten

    5) (prepare)

    lay the table — den Tisch decken

    lay the breakfast things — den Frühstückstisch decken

    6) (Biol.) legen [Ei]
    7) (devise) schmieden [Plan]; bannen [Geist, Gespenst]
    8) (sl.): (copulate with)

    lay a woman — eine Frau vernaschen od. aufs Kreuz legen (salopp)

    2. noun
    (sl.): (sexual partner)

    she's a good/an easy lay — sie ist gut im Bett/steigt mit jedem ins Bett (ugs.)

    Phrasal Verbs:
    III
    see lie II 2.
    * * *
    I 1. [lei] past tense, past participle - laid; verb
    1) (to place, set or put (down), often carefully: She laid the clothes in a drawer / on a chair; He laid down his pencil; She laid her report before the committee.) legen
    2) (to place in a lying position: She laid the baby on his back.) legen
    3) (to put in order or arrange: She went to lay the table for dinner; to lay one's plans / a trap.) decken, herrichten
    4) (to flatten: The animal laid back its ears; The wind laid the corn flat.) (an)legen
    5) (to cause to disappear or become quiet: to lay a ghost / doubts.) bannen
    6) ((of a bird) to produce( eggs): The hen laid four eggs; My hens are laying well.) legen
    7) (to bet: I'll lay five pounds that you don't succeed.) wetten
    •
    2. verb
    (to put, cut or arrange in layers: She had her hair layered by the hairdresser.) legen
    - layabout
    - lay-by
    - layout
    - laid up
    - lay aside
    - lay bare
    - lay by
    - lay down
    - lay one's hands on
    - lay hands on
    - lay in
    - lay low
    - lay off
    - lay on
    - lay out
    - lay up
    - lay waste     II see lie II III [lei] adjective
    1) (not a member of the clergy: lay preachers.) Laien-...
    2) (not an expert or a professional (in a particular subject): Doctors tend to use words that lay people don't understand.) laienhaft
    •
    IV [lei] noun
    (an epic poem.)
    * * *
    lay1
    [leɪ]
    adj attr, inv
    1. (not professional) laienhaft
    to the \lay mind für den Laien
    in \lay terms laienhaft
    2. (not clergy) weltlich, Laien-
    \lay preacher Laienprediger m
    lay2
    [leɪ]
    lay3
    [leɪ]
    I. n
    1. (general appearance) Lage f
    the \lay of the land ( fig) die Lage
    to ascertain [or spy out] the \lay of the land die Lage sondieren
    2. (layer) Lage f, Schicht f
    3. (fam!: sexual intercourse) Nummer f derb
    to be an easy \lay leicht zu haben sein fam
    to be a good \lay gut im Bett sein fam
    4. (period for producing eggs) Legezeit f
    ▪ to be in \lay Legezeit haben
    II. vt
    <laid, laid>
    1. (spread)
    ▪ to \lay sth on [or over] sth etw auf etw akk legen [o über etw akk breiten]
    she laid newspaper over the floor sie deckte den Fußboden mit Zeitungen ab
    ▪ to \lay sth somewhere etw irgendwohin legen
    he laid his arm along the back of the sofa er legte seinen Arm auf den Sofarücken
    \lay your coats on the bed legt eure Mäntel auf dem Bett ab
    to \lay the blame on sb ( fig) jdn für etw akk verantwortlich machen
    to \lay emphasis [or stress] on sth etw betonen
    ▪ to \lay sth etw verlegen
    to \lay bricks mauern
    to \lay a cable/carpet ein Kabel/einen Teppich verlegen
    to \lay the foundations of a building das Fundament für ein Gebäude legen
    to \lay the foundations [or basis] for sth ( fig) das Fundament zu etw dat legen
    to \lay plaster Verputz auftragen
    ▪ to \lay sth etw herrichten; bomb, fire etw legen; the table decken
    to \lay plans Pläne schmieden
    to \lay a trail eine Spur legen
    to \lay a trap [for sb] [jdm] eine Falle stellen
    5. (render)
    to \lay sth bare [or flat] etw offenlegen
    to \lay sb bare [or flat] jdn bloßstellen
    to \lay sb low BOXING ( dated) jdn außer Gefecht setzen
    to \lay sb/sth open to an attack/to criticism jdn/etw einem Angriff/der Kritik aussetzen
    to \lay sb/sth open to ridicule jdn/etw der Lächerlichkeit preisgeben
    to \lay waste the land das Land verwüsten
    6. (deposit)
    to \lay an egg ein Ei legen
    ▪ to \lay sth etw setzen [o verwetten]
    to \lay an amount on sth einen Geldbetrag auf etw akk setzen
    to \lay a bet on sth auf etw akk wetten
    to \lay sb ten to one that... mit jdm zehn zu eins darum wetten, dass...
    to \lay one's life/shirt on sth sein Leben/letztes Hemd auf etw akk verwetten
    8. (present)
    ▪ to \lay sth before sb jdm etw vorlegen, etw vor jdn bringen
    to \lay one's case before sb/sth jdm/etw sein Anliegen unterbreiten
    9. (assert)
    to \lay a charge against sb gegen jdn Anklage erheben
    to \lay claim to sth auf etw akk Anspruch erheben
    10. CARDS
    to \lay an ace/a queen ein Ass/eine Königin legen
    ▪ to \lay sb jdn umlegen sl [o derb aufs Kreuz legen]
    to get laid flachgelegt werden sl
    12.
    ▶ to \lay sth at sb's door esp BRIT, AUS jdn für etw akk verantwortlich machen
    ▶ to \lay sb's fears to rest jds Ängste zerstreuen
    ▶ to \lay [so much as] a finger [or hand] on sb jdn [auch nur] berühren
    ▶ to \lay a ghost einen [bösen] Geist beschwören [o bannen]
    ▶ to \lay the ghosts of the past Vergangenheitsbewältigung betreiben
    ▶ to \lay hands on sb Hand an jdn legen
    ▶ to \lay one's hands on sth einer S. gen habhaft werden geh
    I'll see if I can \lay my hands on a copy for you ich schau mal, ob ich eine Kopie für dich ergattern kann fam
    ▶ to \lay sth on the line etw riskieren [o aufs Spiel setzen]
    ▶ to \lay it on the line for sb ( fam) es jdm klipp und klar sagen fam
    ▶ to \lay it [or sth] on [a bit thick [or with a trowel]] etwas übertreiben [o fam zu dick auftragen]
    ▶ to \lay sb to rest ( euph) jdn zur letzten Ruhe betten euph geh
    ▶ to \lay sb's fears/suspicions to rest jdn beschwichtigen
    ▶ to \lay sth on the table (present for discussion) etw auf den Tisch [o fam aufs Tapet] bringen; AM (suspend discussion of) etw aufschieben
    III. vi
    <laid, laid>
    hen [Eier] legen
    * * *
    I [leɪ]
    n (LITER, MUS)
    Ballade f, Lied nt II
    adj
    Laien-

    lay opinion — die öffentliche Meinung, die Öffentlichkeit

    III pret See: of lie IV vb: pret, ptp laid
    1. n
    1) Lage f → land
    See:
    → land
    2) (sl)

    that's the best lay I ever had — das war die beste Nummer, die ich je gemacht habe (inf)

    2. vt
    1) (= place, put) legen (sth on sth etw auf etw acc); wreath niederlegen

    I never laid a hand on him — ich habe ihn überhaupt nicht angefasst, ich habe ihm überhaupt nichts getan

    he took all the money he could lay his hands on — er nahm alles Geld, das ihm in die Finger kam (inf)

    2) bricks, foundations, track legen; concrete gießen; cable, mains, pipes verlegen; road bauen, anlegen; carpet, lino (ver)legen
    3) (= prepare) fire herrichten; (esp Brit) table decken; mines, ambush legen; trap aufstellen; plans schmieden

    to lay the table for breakfast/lunch (esp Brit) — den Frühstücks-/Mittagstisch decken

    4) (non-material things) burden auferlegen (on sb jdm)

    to lay the blame for sth on sb/sth — jdm/einer Sache die Schuld an etw (dat) geben

    to lay responsibility for sth on sb —

    the stress which he lays on it — der Nachdruck, den er darauf legt

    5) (= bring forward) complaint vorbringen (before bei); accusation erheben

    he laid out his case before them — er trug ihnen seinen Fall vor

    6) dust binden; ghost austreiben; fear zerstreuen; doubts beseitigen
    See:
    → low
    7) eggs (hen) legen; (fish, insects) ablegen
    8) bet abschließen; money setzen

    I lay you a fiver on it! —

    I'll lay you that... — ich wette mit dir, dass...

    I'll lay you anything... — ich gehe mit dir jede Wette ein...

    9) (sl)

    he just wants to get laid — er will nur bumsen (inf)

    3. vi
    (hen) legen
    * * *
    lay1 [leı]
    A s
    1. ( besonders geografische) Lage:
    the lay of the land fig bes US die Lage (der Dinge)
    2. Schicht f, Lage f
    3. Schlag m (beim Tauwerk)
    4. Plan m
    5. umg Job m, Beschäftigung f, Tätigkeit f
    6. US
    a) Preis m
    b) (Verkaufs)Bedingungen pl
    7. sl
    a) she’s an easy lay die ist leicht zu haben, die geht mit jedem ins Bett;
    she’s a good lay sie ist gut im Bett
    b) Nummer f vulg (Geschlechtsverkehr):
    have a lay eine Nummer machen oder schieben vulg
    B v/t prät und pperf laid [leıd]
    1. legen:
    lay bricks mauern;
    lay a bridge eine Brücke schlagen;
    lay a cable ein Kabel (ver)legen;
    lay a carpet einen Teppich verlegen;
    lay troops Truppen einquartieren oder in Quartier legen (on bei);
    lay a wreath einen Kranz niederlegen (at an dat); → Verbindungen mit den entsprechenden Substantiven
    2. Eier legen: → egg1 A 1
    3. fig legen, setzen:
    lay an ambush einen Hinterhalt legen;
    lay one’s hopes on seine Hoffnungen setzen auf (akk);
    lay an offside trap SPORT eine Abseitsfalle aufbauen;
    the scene is laid in Rome der Schauplatz oder Ort der Handlung ist Rom, das Stück etc spielt in Rom;
    lay the whip to sb’s back obs jemanden auspeitschen; → stress B 1
    4. (her)richten, anordnen, den Tisch decken:
    lay the fire das Feuer (im Kamin) anlegen;
    lay lunch den Tisch zum Mittagessen decken; → place A 1
    5. belegen, auslegen ( beide:
    with mit):
    6. Farbe etc auftragen
    7. (before) vorlegen (dat), bringen (vor akk):
    lay one’s case before a commission
    8. geltend machen, erheben, vorbringen: → claim C 1, information 7 b
    9. einen Schaden etc festsetzen (at auf akk)
    10. eine Schuld etc zuschreiben, zur Last legen ( beide:
    to dat)
    11. a) eine Steuer auferlegen (on dat)
    b) eine Strafe, ein Embargo etc verhängen (on über akk)
    12. einen Plan schmieden, ersinnen
    13. a) etwas wetten
    b) setzen auf (akk)
    14. niederwerfen, -strecken, zu Boden strecken
    15. Getreide etc zu Boden drücken, umlegen (Wind etc)
    16. die Wogen etc glätten, beruhigen, besänftigen:
    the wind is laid der Wind hat sich gelegt
    17. Staub löschen
    18. einen Geist bannen, beschwören:
    lay the ghosts of the past fig Vergangenheitsbewältigung betreiben
    19. einen Stoff etc glätten, glatt pressen
    20. SCHIFF Kurs nehmen auf (akk), ansteuern
    21. MIL ein Geschütz richten
    22. sl eine Frau aufs Kreuz legen (mit einer Frau schlafen)
    C v/i
    1. (Eier) legen
    2. wetten
    3. lay about one (wild) um sich schlagen ( with mit);
    lay into sb über jemanden herfallen (auch mit Worten)
    4. lay to (energisch) an eine Sache rangehen umg
    5. lay for sl jemandem auflauern
    6. lay off umg
    a) jemanden, etwas in Ruhe lassen
    b) aufhören mit:
    lay off it! hör auf (damit)!
    7. sl liegen
    lay2 [leı] prät von lie2
    lay3 [leı] adj Laien…:
    a) REL weltlich
    b) laienhaft, nicht fachmännisch:
    to the lay mind für den Laien(verstand); → vicar 1
    lay4 [leı] s poet Lied n, Weise f
    * * *
    I adjective
    1) (Relig.) laikal; Laien[bruder, -schwester, -predigt]
    2) (inexpert) laienhaft
    II 1. transitive verb,
    1) legen, [ver]legen [Teppichboden, Rohr, Gleis, Steine, Kabel, Leitung]; legen [Parkett, Fliesen, Fundament]; anlegen [Straße, Gehsteig]; see also hand 1. 1)
    2) (fig.)

    lay one's plans/ideas before somebody — jemandem seine Pläne/Vorstellungen unterbreiten; see also blame 2.; open 1. 4)

    3) (impose) auferlegen [Verantwortung, Verpflichtung] (on Dat.)

    I'll lay you five to one that... — ich wette mit dir fünf zu eins, dass...

    lay a wager on something — eine Wette auf etwas (Akk.) abschließen; auf etwas (Akk.) wetten

    6) (Biol.) legen [Ei]
    7) (devise) schmieden [Plan]; bannen [Geist, Gespenst]
    8) (sl.): (copulate with)

    lay a woman — eine Frau vernaschen od. aufs Kreuz legen (salopp)

    2. noun
    (sl.): (sexual partner)

    she's a good/an easy lay — sie ist gut im Bett/steigt mit jedem ins Bett (ugs.)

    Phrasal Verbs:
    III
    see lie II 2.
    * * *
    v.
    (§ p.,p.p.: laid)
    = legen v.
    setzen v.
    stellen v.

    English-german dictionary > lay

  • 106 return

    rə'tə:n
    1. verb
    1) (to come or go back: He returns home tomorrow; He returned to London from Paris yesterday; The pain has returned.) volver, regresar
    2) (to give, send, put etc (something) back where it came from: He returned the book to its shelf; Don't forget to return the books you borrowed.) devolver
    3) (I'll return to this topic in a minute.) volver
    4) (to do (something) which has been done to oneself: She hit him and he returned the blow; He said how nice it was to see her again, and she returned the compliment.) devolver
    5) ((of voters) to elect (someone) to Parliament.) elegir
    6) ((of a jury) to give (a verdict): The jury returned a verdict of not guilty.) pronunciar, declarar
    7) ((in tennis etc) to hit (a ball) back to one's opponent: She returned his serve.) devolver

    2. noun
    1) (the act of returning: On our return, we found the house had been burgled; (also adjective) a return journey.) vuelta, regreso
    2) (especially in United Kingdom, a round-trip ticket, a return ticket: Do you want a single or a return?) billete de ida y vuelta
    •
    - return match
    - return ticket
    - by return of post
    - by return
    - in return for
    - in return
    - many happy returns of the day
    - many happy returns
    return1 n
    1. vuelta / regreso
    2. billete de ida y vuelta
    a return to Brighton, please un billete de ida y vuelta a Brighton, por favor
    many happy returns of the day! ¡feliz cumpleaños!
    return2 vb
    1. volver / regresar
    2. devolver
    have you returned the money she lent you? ¿le has devuelto el dinero que te prestó?
    tr[rɪ'tɜːn]
    1 (coming or going back) vuelta, regreso
    ■ on his return, he found the safe empty a su regreso, encontró la caja vacía
    3 SMALLSPORT/SMALL (of ball) devolución nombre femenino; (of service) resto
    5 (on keyboard) retorno
    6 (profit) beneficio
    7 (ticket) billete nombre masculino de ida y vuelta
    1 (come back, go back) volver, regresar
    2 (reappear) reaparecer
    1 (give back) devolver
    ■ have you returned your room key? ¿ha devuelto la llave de su habitación?
    2 SMALLSPORT/SMALL (ball) devolver; (serve) restar
    3 SMALLPOLITICS/SMALL (elect) elegir
    4 (verdict) pronunciar
    5 (interest) producir
    1 resultados nombre masculino plural electorales
    \
    SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
    by return of post a vuelta de correo
    in return for a cambio de
    many happy returns (of the day)! ¡feliz cumpleaños!
    return to sender devuélvase al remitente
    return match partido de vuelta
    return ticket billete nombre masculino de ida y vuelta
    return [ri'tərn] vi
    1) : volver, regresar
    to return home: regresar a casa
    2) reappear: reaparecer, resurgir
    3) answer: responder
    return vt
    1) replace, restore: devolver, volver (a poner), restituir
    to return something to its place: volver a poner algo en su lugar
    2) yield: producir, redituar, rendir
    3) repay: pagar, devolver
    to return a compliment: devolver un cumplido
    return adj
    : de vuelta
    1) returning: regreso m, vuelta f, retorno m
    2) or tax return : declaración f de impuestos
    3) yield: rédito m, rendimiento m, ganancia f
    4) returns npl
    data, results: resultados mpl, datos mpl
    adj.
    • de vuelta adj.
    n.
    • devolución s.f.
    • reaparición s.f.
    • regreso s.m.
    • renta s.f.
    • restitución s.f.
    • retorno s.m.
    • rédito s.m.
    • torna s.f.
    • tornada s.f.
    • volver s.m.
    • vuelta s.f.
    v.
    • devolver v.
    • regresar v.
    • restituir v.
    • retornar v.
    • tornar v.
    • volver v.

    I
    1. rɪ'tɜːrn, rɪ'tɜːn
    a) ( go back)

    to return (TO something) — ( to a place) volver* or regresar (a algo); (to former activity, state) volver* (a algo)

    to return to what we were saying earlier,... — volviendo a lo que decíamos anteriormente,...

    b) ( reappear) \<\<symptom\>\> volver* a aparecer, presentarse de nuevo; \<\<doubts/suspicions\>\> resurgir*

    2.
    vt
    1)
    a) ( give back) devolver*, regresar (AmL exc CS), restituir* (frml)
    b) ( reciprocate) \<\<affection\>\> corresponder a; \<\<blow/favor\>\> devolver*; \<\<greeting\>\> devolver*, corresponder a

    to return somebody's call — devolverle* la llamada a alguien

    c) ( Sport) \<\<ball\>\> devolver*
    2) ( Law) \<\<verdict\>\> emitir
    3) ( Govt) \<\<candidate\>\> ( re-elect) reelegir*; ( elect) (BrE) elegir*

    II
    1) u
    a) ( to place) regreso m, vuelta f, retorno m (frml o liter)

    on his return — a su regreso, a su vuelta

    b) (to former activity, state) vuelta f, retorno m
    c) ( reappearance) reaparición f

    many happy returns of the day! — feliz cumpleaños!, que cumplas muchos más!

    2) u c ( to owner) devolución f, regreso m (AmL); ( of thing bought) devolución f

    by return (of post) — (BrE) a vuelta de correo

    4) u c ( profit)
    5) c
    a) ( tax return) declaración f (de la renta or de impuestos)
    b) returns pl ( data) datos mpl; ( figures) cifras fpl
    6) c ( Sport) devolución f
    7) c ( ticket) (BrE) boleto m or (Esp) billete m or (Col) tiquete m de ida y vuelta, boleto m de viaje redondo (Méx)

    III
    adjective (before n)
    a) <journey/flight> de vuelta, de regreso; <ticket/fare> (BrE) de ida y vuelta, de viaje redondo (Méx)

    by return mail — (AmE) a vuelta de correo

    b) ( Sport) de vuelta
    [rɪ'tɜːn]
    1. N
    1) (=going/coming back) vuelta f, regreso m

    the return home — la vuelta or el regreso a casa

    the return to school — la vuelta or el regreso al colegio

    he advocates a return to Victorian values — aboga por una vuelta or un regreso a los valores victorianos

    their return to power — su vuelta or retorno al poder

    many happy returns (of the day)! — ¡feliz cumpleaños!, ¡felicidades!

    on my return — a mi vuelta, a mi regreso

    by return (of) post or (US) by return mail — a vuelta de correo

    point 1., 5)
    2) (=reappearance) [of symptoms, pain] reaparición f ; [of doubts, fears] resurgimiento m

    there was no return of the symptoms — los síntomas no volvieron a aparecer, los síntomas no reaparecieron

    3) (=giving back) [of thing taken away] devolución f, restitución f frm; [of thing borrowed] devolución f ; (Comm) [of merchandise] devolución f ; [of money] reembolso m, devolución f

    they are demanding the return of their lands — exigen la devolución or frm la restitución de sus tierras

    sale
    4) (=thing returned) (Comm) (=merchandise) devolución f ; (=theatre, concert ticket) devolución f, entrada f devuelta; (=library book) libro m devuelto

    it's sold out but you might get a return on the night — se han agotado las localidades, pero puede que consiga una entrada devuelta or una devolución la misma noche de la función

    5) (Econ) (=profit) ganancia f ; (from investments, shares) rendimiento m
    diminishing, rate I, 1., 4)
    6) (=reward, exchange)
    7) returns (=figures) estadísticas fpl ( for de); (=election results) resultados mpl (del escrutinio)

    early returns show Dos Santos with 52% of the vote — los primeros resultados del escrutinio muestran que Dos Santos tiene un 52% de los votos

    tax 3.
    8) (=answer) (in surveys) respuesta f, declaración f
    9) (Parl) [of member] (=election) elección f ; (=reelection) reelección f
    10) (also: return ticket) billete m de ida y vuelta, billete m redondo (Mex); day
    11) (Sport) devolución f

    return of serve or service — devolución f del servicio or saque, resto m

    12) = return key
    13) = carriage return
    2. VT
    1) (=give back) [+ item] devolver, regresar (LAm), restituir frm; [+ favour, sb's visit, telephone call, blow] devolver; [+ kindness, love] corresponder a; [+ greeting, look, gaze] devolver, responder a

    to return fire — (Mil) devolver el fuego, responder a los disparos

    2) (=put back) volver a colocar
    3) (Sport) [+ ball] devolver; (Tennis) devolver, restar; (Bridge) [+ suit of cards] devolver
    4) (=declare) [+ income, details] declarar

    to return a verdict — emitir or pronunciar un veredicto, emitir un fallo

    they returned a verdict of guilty/not guilty — lo declararon culpable/inocente

    5) (Pol) (=elect) elegir, votar a; (=reelect) reelegir
    6) (Econ) [+ profit, income] reportar, rendir
    7) (=reply) responder, contestar
    3. VI
    1) (=go/come back) volver, regresar

    he left home, never to return — se marchó de casa, para no volver or regresar jamás

    to return home — volver or regresar a casa

    to return to — [+ place] volver or regresar a; [+ activity, state] volver a

    I returned to my hotel — volví or regresé a mi hotel

    to return to what we were talking about,... — volviendo al asunto del que estábamos hablando,...

    2) (=reappear) [symptoms] volver a aparecer, reaparecer; [doubts, fears, suspicions] volver a surgir, resurgir
    3) (Jur) revertir (to a)

    on my father's death the farm returned to my brother — al morir mi padre, la granja revirtió a mi hermano

    4.
    CPD [journey, flight] de regreso, de vuelta

    return address N — señas fpl del remitente

    return fare N — billete m de ida y vuelta, billete m redondo (Mex)

    return flight N — (Brit) (=journey back) (vuelo m de) vuelta f ; (=two-way journey) (vuelo m de) ida y vuelta f

    return game N — = return match

    return journey N — (Brit) (=journey back) (viaje m de) vuelta f ; (=two-way journey) (viaje m de) ida y vuelta f

    return key N — (Comput) tecla f de retorno

    return match N — (Brit) (Sport) partido m de vuelta

    return ticket N — (Brit) billete m de ida y vuelta or (Mex) redondo

    return trip N — (=journey back) (viaje m de) vuelta f ; (=two-way journey) (viaje m de) ida y vuelta f

    return visit N — (=repeat visit) nueva visita f

    * * *

    I
    1. [rɪ'tɜːrn, rɪ'tɜːn]
    a) ( go back)

    to return (TO something) — ( to a place) volver* or regresar (a algo); (to former activity, state) volver* (a algo)

    to return to what we were saying earlier,... — volviendo a lo que decíamos anteriormente,...

    b) ( reappear) \<\<symptom\>\> volver* a aparecer, presentarse de nuevo; \<\<doubts/suspicions\>\> resurgir*

    2.
    vt
    1)
    a) ( give back) devolver*, regresar (AmL exc CS), restituir* (frml)
    b) ( reciprocate) \<\<affection\>\> corresponder a; \<\<blow/favor\>\> devolver*; \<\<greeting\>\> devolver*, corresponder a

    to return somebody's call — devolverle* la llamada a alguien

    c) ( Sport) \<\<ball\>\> devolver*
    2) ( Law) \<\<verdict\>\> emitir
    3) ( Govt) \<\<candidate\>\> ( re-elect) reelegir*; ( elect) (BrE) elegir*

    II
    1) u
    a) ( to place) regreso m, vuelta f, retorno m (frml o liter)

    on his return — a su regreso, a su vuelta

    b) (to former activity, state) vuelta f, retorno m
    c) ( reappearance) reaparición f

    many happy returns of the day! — feliz cumpleaños!, que cumplas muchos más!

    2) u c ( to owner) devolución f, regreso m (AmL); ( of thing bought) devolución f

    by return (of post) — (BrE) a vuelta de correo

    4) u c ( profit)
    5) c
    a) ( tax return) declaración f (de la renta or de impuestos)
    b) returns pl ( data) datos mpl; ( figures) cifras fpl
    6) c ( Sport) devolución f
    7) c ( ticket) (BrE) boleto m or (Esp) billete m or (Col) tiquete m de ida y vuelta, boleto m de viaje redondo (Méx)

    III
    adjective (before n)
    a) <journey/flight> de vuelta, de regreso; <ticket/fare> (BrE) de ida y vuelta, de viaje redondo (Méx)

    by return mail — (AmE) a vuelta de correo

    b) ( Sport) de vuelta

    English-spanish dictionary > return

  • 107 raise

    raise [reɪz]
    augmentation ⇒ 1 (a) lever ⇒ 2 (a), 2 (e), 2 (f), 2 (n) soulever ⇒ 2 (a), 2 (k) remonter ⇒ 2 (a), 2 (c) relever ⇒ 2 (a), 2 (b) augmenter ⇒ 2 (b) élever ⇒ 2 (c), 2 (d), 2 (i), 2 (j), 2 (l), 2 (r)
    1 noun
    (a) American (pay increase) augmentation f (de salaire);
    ∎ to get a raise être augmenté, avoir une augmentation
    (b) Cards (in bridge) enchère f; (in poker) relance f
    (a) (lift, move upwards → gen) lever; (→ burden, lid) soulever; (→ veil) relever; (→ weight) lever, soulever; (→ blind) remonter; (→ flag) hisser; (→ sunken ship) renflouer;
    ∎ to raise one's head (from lowered position) lever la tête; (hold erect) dresser la tête;
    ∎ she didn't raise her eyes from her book elle n'a pas levé les yeux de son livre;
    ∎ he tried to raise himself from the sofa il essaya de se lever du canapé;
    ∎ she raised herself to her full height elle se dressa de toute sa hauteur;
    ∎ to raise a patient to a sitting position soulever un malade pour l'asseoir;
    ∎ to raise one's glass (to sb) lever son verre (à la santé de qn);
    ∎ to raise one's glass to one's lips porter son verre à ses lèvres;
    ∎ to raise one's fist to sb menacer qn du poing;
    ∎ to raise sb's hackles hérisser qn;
    ∎ to raise one's hand to sb lever la main sur qn;
    ∎ to raise one's hat to sb soulever son chapeau pour saluer qn; figurative tirer son chapeau à qn;
    ∎ to raise a cloud of dust soulever un nuage de poussière;
    ∎ Military & figurative to raise one's sights viser plus haut
    (b) (increase → offer, price, tax, salaries) augmenter; (→ interest rates) relever; (→ temperature, tension) faire monter; (→ volume) augmenter;
    ∎ the speed limit has been raised to 150 km/h la limitation de vitesse est passée à 150 km/h;
    ∎ the age limit has been raised to 18 la limite d'âge a été repoussée à 18 ans;
    ∎ to raise the school-leaving age prolonger la scolarité;
    ∎ to raise a credit limit déplafonner un crédit;
    ∎ to raise the ceiling on wage increases augmenter le plafond des salaires;
    ∎ to raise production to a maximum porter la production au maximum;
    ∎ to raise the stakes faire monter les enjeux;
    ∎ to raise the pass mark élever le niveau requis;
    ∎ to raise (the level of) a wall rehausser ou surélever un mur;
    ∎ to raise the level of the ground rehausser le niveau du sol;
    ∎ to raise one's voice (speak more loudly) élever la voix; (speak in anger) hausser le ton;
    ∎ no one raised their voice (to answer or to speak) personne ne souffla mot
    (c) (boost, improve) remonter, élever;
    ∎ to raise standards (of education, morality) élever le niveau; (of cleanliness, safety) améliorer les conditions;
    ∎ to raise the standard of living améliorer le niveau de vie;
    ∎ our aim is to raise overall standards notre but est d'élever le niveau global;
    ∎ to raise sb's spirits remonter le moral à qn;
    ∎ to raise sb's hopes donner des espoirs à qn;
    ∎ to raise the tone or the level of the conversation élever le niveau de la conversation
    (d) (promote) élever, promouvoir;
    ∎ Military & figurative to raise sb from the ranks promouvoir qn;
    ∎ raised to the rank of colonel élevé au rang de colonel;
    ∎ the Queen raised him to the peerage la reine l'éleva à la pairie
    (e) (collect together → support) réunir; (→ army) lever;
    ∎ we have raised over a million signatures nous avons recueilli plus d'un million de signatures
    (f) (obtain → money) trouver, obtenir; (→ capital) mobiliser, procurer; (→ taxes) lever;
    ∎ he wanted a new motorbike but couldn't raise the money il voulait une moto neuve mais il n'a pas pu trouver l'argent nécessaire;
    ∎ we have to raise $10,000 by Friday il faut que nous trouvions 10 000 dollars d'ici vendredi;
    ∎ to raise funds (for) (for charity) collecter des fonds (pour ou au profit de); (for business, government programme) se procurer des fonds (pour ou au profit de);
    ∎ to raise a loan (on) (of government) émettre ou lancer un emprunt (sur); (of individual) faire un emprunt (sur)
    (g) (make, produce)
    ∎ they raised a cheer when she came in ils ont poussé des bravos quand elle est entrée;
    ∎ he managed to raise a smile when he saw us il a réussi à sourire en nous voyant
    (h) (cause as reaction → laugh, welt, blister, rebellion) provoquer;
    ∎ his jokes didn't even raise a smile ses plaisanteries n'ont même pas fait sourire;
    ∎ to raise a storm of laughter/protest déclencher ou soulever une tempête de rires/de protestations
    (i) (rear → children, family) élever
    (j) (breed → livestock) élever; (grow → crops) cultiver
    (k) (introduce, bring up → point, subject, question) soulever; (→ doubts) soulever, susciter;
    ∎ she raised several objections elle souleva plusieurs objections;
    ∎ this might raise doubts as to his competence ça pourrait soulever ou susciter des doutes quant à ses compétences;
    ∎ his attitude raises certain questions son attitude pose ou soulève certaines questions;
    ∎ his attitude raises questions about his loyalty son attitude remet en question sa loyauté
    (l) (erect) élever, ériger;
    ∎ to raise a statue to sb élever une statue à qn
    (m) (resuscitate) ressusciter; (evoke → spirit) évoquer;
    ∎ they were making enough noise to raise the dead ils faisaient un bruit à réveiller les morts
    (n) (end → ban, embargo, siege) lever
    (o) (contact) contacter;
    ∎ the radio officer was trying to raise Boston le radio essayait de contacter Boston
    (p) (in bridge) monter sur; (in poker) relancer;
    ∎ I'll raise you £5 je relance de 5 livres
    (q) Cookery (dough, bread) faire lever
    (r) Mathematics élever;
    ∎ to raise a number to the power of n élever un nombre à la puissance n
    ∎ to raise land arriver en vue de terre
    (t) (cheque) faire
    (in bridge) monter, enchérir; (in poker) relancer
    ∎ to raise oneself up se soulever;
    ∎ she raised herself up onto the chair elle se hissa sur la chaise

    Un panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > raise

  • 108 caber

    v.
    1 to fit.
    caber por to go through
    caben cinco personas there is room for five people
    no cabía ni un alfiler the place was packed out
    no me cabe en el dedo it won't fit (on) my finger
    no quiero postre, no me cabe nada más I don't want a dessert, I couldn't eat another thing, I've no room left for a dessert
    2 to be possible (ser posible).
    cabe la posibilidad de que no pueda venir (it is possible that) he might not come
    cabe destacar que… it's worth pointing out that…
    cabe preguntarse si… one might ask whether…
    3 to fit in.
    Ese grupo enorme de turistas cupo That huge group of tourists fit in.
    4 to be pertinent to, to be possible to.
    Cabe decir que eso no es así It's pertinent to say that this is not so.
    5 to have room for.
    Me cabe la cama pequeña solamente I have room for the small bed only.
    6 to be room for, to be enough room for, to be enough space for.
    Caben tres camas más There is room for three more beds.
    * * *
    Present Indicative
    quepo, cabes, cabe, cabemos, cabéis, caben.
    Past Indicative
    Future Indicative
    Conditional
    Present Subjunctive
    Imperfect Subjunctive
    Future Subjunctive
    Imperative
    cabe (tú), quepa (él/Vd.), quepamos (nos.), cabed (vos.), quepan (ellos/Vds.).
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    VI
    1) (=haber espacio para) to fit (en into)

    en este baúl no cabe — it won't fit in o go into this trunk, there's no room for it in this trunk

    ¿cabe alguien más? — is there room for anyone else?

    ¿cabemos todos? — is there room for us all?

    no cabe en sí de contento o gozo — he's beside himself with joy, he's over the moon

    2) (=tener cabida)
    3)

    • caber por — to go through

    4) (Mat)
    5) [ser posible]
    a) [+ explicación] to be possible

    la única explicación que cabe es que... — the only possible explanation is that...

    todo cabe en ese chico — that boy is capable of anything, nothing would surprise me from that boy

    b) + infin

    la persona más generosa que cabe imaginar — the most generous person you could imagine, the most generous person imaginable

    cabe preguntar si... — one might o could ask whether...

    c)

    • dentro de lo que cabe — under the circumstances

    nos llevamos bastante bien, dentro de lo que cabe — we get on quite well, under the circumstances o considering

    • no cabe duda de que... — there is o can be no doubt that...

    • no cabe más que, no cabe más que esperar a ver lo que pasa — we can only wait o all we can do is wait o the only thing for it is to wait and see what happens

    • cabe la posibilidad de que..., ¿no cabe la posibilidad de que usted haya sido utilizada? — is it not possible that you might have been used?

    el flash no resulta aconsejable, puesto que cabe la posibilidad de asustar a los animales — it's best not to use a flash as it is liable to frighten the animals

    • si cabe, a mí me parece que es aún mejor, si cabe — I think it's even better, if that's possible

    ahora está más amable, si cabe — she's even friendlier now

    mejoraremos, si cabe, el servicio posventa — we will improve our after-sales service, wherever possible

    6) (=corresponder)

    me cabe el honor/la satisfacción de presentarles (a)... — I have the honour/it gives me great pleasure to introduce...

    me cupo el privilegio de... — I had the privilege of...

    le cupieron 120 dólares — his share was 120 dollars, he got 120 dollars (as his share)

    suerte 1)
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo
    1)
    a) ( en un lugar) to fit

    caber en algo: no cabe en la caja it won't fit in the box; en esta botella caben diez litros this bottle holds ten liters; ¿cabe otro en el coche? is there room for one more in the car?; no caber en sí: no cabía en sí de alegría — she was beside herself with joy

    b) ( pasar) to fit, go
    c) falda/zapatos (+ me/te/le etc) to fit
    2) (en 3a pers) (frml) ( ser posible)

    no cabe duda de que... — there is no doubt that...

    este es mejor, no cabe duda — this one is better, without a doubt

    sólo me cabe una solución: renunciar — I have no option but to resign

    es, si cabe, aún mejor — it is even better, if such a thing is possible

    caber + inf: cabe suponer que ha habido un error it is possible that there has been a mistake; cabría decir que... it could be said that...; una de las épocas más sangrientas que cabe imaginar one of the bloodiest eras imaginable; cabe esperar que... it is to be hoped that...; cabría cuestionarse si... we should ask ourselves whether...; cabe mencionar que... it is worth mentioning that...; dentro de lo que cabe — all things considered

    3) (frml) ( corresponder) (+ me/te/le etc)

    le cupo la satisfacción de... — he had the satisfaction of...

    4) (Mat)
    * * *
    ----
    * caber en = fit in/into.
    * caber en la cabeza = get + Posesivo + head around, wrap + Posesivo + head around.
    * como cabe esperar = unsurprisingly, as one might expect, as expected.
    * como cabía esperar = as expected.
    * como cabría esperar = as might be expected, as one might expect.
    * como cabría suponer = as might be expected.
    * dentro de lo que cabe = under the circumstances, all in all.
    * donde cabe mucho también cabe poco = what holds a lot will hold a little.
    * no caber en sí de alegría = thrill + Nombre + to bits, be chuffed to bits, be tickled pink.
    * no caber ni un alfiler = no room to swing a cat.
    * según cabe presumir = presumably.
    * según cabe suponer = supposedly, allegedly.
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo
    1)
    a) ( en un lugar) to fit

    caber en algo: no cabe en la caja it won't fit in the box; en esta botella caben diez litros this bottle holds ten liters; ¿cabe otro en el coche? is there room for one more in the car?; no caber en sí: no cabía en sí de alegría — she was beside herself with joy

    b) ( pasar) to fit, go
    c) falda/zapatos (+ me/te/le etc) to fit
    2) (en 3a pers) (frml) ( ser posible)

    no cabe duda de que... — there is no doubt that...

    este es mejor, no cabe duda — this one is better, without a doubt

    sólo me cabe una solución: renunciar — I have no option but to resign

    es, si cabe, aún mejor — it is even better, if such a thing is possible

    caber + inf: cabe suponer que ha habido un error it is possible that there has been a mistake; cabría decir que... it could be said that...; una de las épocas más sangrientas que cabe imaginar one of the bloodiest eras imaginable; cabe esperar que... it is to be hoped that...; cabría cuestionarse si... we should ask ourselves whether...; cabe mencionar que... it is worth mentioning that...; dentro de lo que cabe — all things considered

    3) (frml) ( corresponder) (+ me/te/le etc)

    le cupo la satisfacción de... — he had the satisfaction of...

    4) (Mat)
    * * *
    * caber en = fit in/into.
    * caber en la cabeza = get + Posesivo + head around, wrap + Posesivo + head around.
    * como cabe esperar = unsurprisingly, as one might expect, as expected.
    * como cabía esperar = as expected.
    * como cabría esperar = as might be expected, as one might expect.
    * como cabría suponer = as might be expected.
    * dentro de lo que cabe = under the circumstances, all in all.
    * donde cabe mucho también cabe poco = what holds a lot will hold a little.
    * no caber en sí de alegría = thrill + Nombre + to bits, be chuffed to bits, be tickled pink.
    * no caber ni un alfiler = no room to swing a cat.
    * según cabe presumir = presumably.
    * según cabe suponer = supposedly, allegedly.
    * * *
    caber [ E15 ]
    vi
    A
    1 (en un lugar) to fit
    esto aquí no cabe this won't fit o go (in) here
    no cabemos los cuatro there isn't room for all four of us
    caber EN algo:
    en esta botella caben diez litros this bottle holds ten liters
    no me cabe nada más en el estómago I couldn't fit in o eat o manage another thing
    ¿cabe otro en el coche? is there room for one more in the car?, can you fit o get one more in the car?
    no caber en sí: no cabía en sí de alegría she was beside herself with joy, she was over the moon
    2 (pasar) to fit, go caber POR algo:
    este piano no cabe por la puerta this piano won't fit o go through the door
    yo por ahí no quepo I'll never get o fit through there
    3 «falda/zapatos» (+ me/te/le etc) to fit
    estos pantalones ya no me caben I can't get into these trousers any more, these trousers don't fit me any more
    (ser posible): cabe la posibilidad de que haya perdido el tren he might/may have missed the train
    sólo me cabe una solución: renunciar I have no option but to resign, there's only one option open to me, I'll have to resign
    no me cupo más que decirle la verdad I had no alternative but to tell him the truth
    es, si cabe, aún mejor que las anteriores it is even better than the previous ones, if such a thing is possible
    caber + INF:
    cabe suponer que ha habido un error en el diagnóstico it is possible that there has been a mistake in the diagnosis
    cabría decir que … it could be said that …
    fue una de las épocas más sangrientas que cabe imaginar it was one of the bloodiest eras imaginable
    no cabe pensar que no estuviera enterado there's no question that he didn't know
    cabe esperar que … it is to be hoped that …
    cabría cuestionarse si es la persona adecuada we need to o we should ask ourselves whether he is the right person
    cabe mencionar que … it is worth mentioning that …
    dentro de lo que cabe: dentro de lo que cabe hemos tenido suerte all things considered, we've been lucky o we've been lucky, considering
    C ( frml) (corresponder) (+ me/te/le etc):
    me cabe el honor de presentar a … it is a great honor for me to introduce …
    le cupo la satisfacción de quedar entre los finalistas he had the satisfaction of being amongst the finalists
    el papel que le cabe a la mujer en la sociedad actual the role of women in society today
    D ( Mat):
    2 entre 3 no cabe 3 into 2 won't o doesn't go
    ¿cuántas veces cabe 5 en 25? how many 5's are there in 25?, how many times does 5 go into 25?
    * * *

     

    caber ( conjugate caber) verbo intransitivo
    1


    no cabemos los cuatro there isn't room for all four of us;
    en esta botella caben diez litros this bottle holds ten liters;
    no caber en sí de alegría to be beside oneself with joy
    b) ( pasar) to fit, go;

    caber por algo to go through sth
    c) [falda/zapatos] to fit;


    2 (en 3a pers) (frml) ( ser posible):

    no cabe duda de que … there is no doubt that …;
    cabría decir que … it could be said that …;
    es, si cabe, aún mejor it is even better, if such a thing is possible;
    dentro de lo que cabe all things considered
    3 (Mat):

    caber verbo intransitivo
    1 (poder entrar) to fit: no cabe por la ventana, it won't go through the window
    no sé si cabrán los tres, I don't known if there is room for all three of them
    2 (en un recipiente) to hold: en esta botellla caben dos litros, this bottle holds two litres
    (vestimenta) estos zapatos ya no me caben, these shoes don't fit me anymore
    3 (en 3.ª persona) (ser posible, existir) cabe que vayamos el viernes, it's possible that we'll go on Friday
    no nos cabe duda alguna, we have no doubts
    ♦ Locuciones: no me cabe en la cabeza, I can't understand it
    no está mal, dentro de lo que cabe, it isn't bad, under the circumstances
    Andy no cabía en sí de gozo, Andy was beside himself with joy
    ' caber' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    coger
    - cabrá
    - cabría
    - cupe
    - cupiera
    - cupimos
    - gozo
    - pasar
    - quepa
    - quepo
    English:
    fit
    - fit into
    - go
    - go in
    - squash in
    * * *
    caber vi
    1. [entrar, pasar] to fit (en in o into);
    los libros no caben en la estantería the books won't fit on the bookshelves o in the bookcase;
    caben cinco personas there is room for five people;
    ¿cuánta gente cabe en este estadio? how many people can this stadium hold?;
    el vino no cabrá en ese vaso that glass won't hold the wine, that glass is too small for the wine;
    no me cabe en el dedo it won't fit (on) my finger;
    no quiero postre, no me cabe nada más I don't want a dessert, I couldn't eat another thing;
    esta falda ya no me cabe I can't get into this skirt any more;
    caber por to go through;
    el armario no cabe por la puerta the wardrobe won't go through the door;
    no cabía ni un alfiler the place was packed out;
    no caberle a alguien en la cabeza: no me cabe en la cabeza que se haya ido sin llamar I simply can't understand her leaving without calling;
    no caber en sí de alegría to be beside oneself with joy
    2. [en divisiones]
    nueve entre tres caben a tres three into nine goes three (times);
    tres entre cinco no caben five into three won't go
    3. [ser posible] to be possible;
    cabe la posibilidad de que no pueda venir (it is possible that) he might not come;
    sólo cabe una solución, aplazar la conferencia there is only one solution (available to us), to postpone the conference;
    cabe añadir que… one might add that…;
    cabe decir… it is possible to say…;
    cabe destacar que… it's worth pointing out that…;
    cabe esperar que… it is to be hoped that…;
    cabe mencionar que… it's worth mentioning that…, it should be mentioned that…;
    cabe preguntarse si… one might ask whether…;
    cabe recordar que… it should be remembered that…;
    el nuevo modelo todavía es mejor, si cabe the new model is even better, difficult though it may be to imagine;
    sus declaraciones han añadido más tensión, si cabe, a la situación his remarks have made the situation more tense, if that were possible;
    dentro de lo que cabe [en cierto modo] up to a point, to some extent;
    dentro de lo que cabe, no nos ha ido tan mal all things considered, it didn't go that badly for us
    4. [corresponder]
    caber a alguien to be sb's duty o honour, to fall to sb;
    me cupo a mí darle las noticias it fell to me to give him the news;
    me cabe la satisfacción de ser el que anuncie el resultado it is my honour to announce the result, I am delighted to have the honour of announcing the result
    * * *
    v/i
    1 fit;
    ya no me cabe el vestido the dress doesn’t fit me anymore
    2 en un sitio
    :
    caben tres litros it holds three liters o Br litres;
    cabemos todos there’s room for all of us;
    aquí no cabe nadie más there’s no room here for anyone else;
    no me cabe en la cabeza I just don’t understand, I just can’t get my head around it;
    de gozo be beside o.s. with joy
    :
    no cabe duda fig there’s no doubt;
    cabe preguntarse si I wonder if;
    no cabe/cabe esperar que … there’s no hope that…/it is to be hoped that …;
    si cabe if that’s possible
    * * *
    caber {12} vi
    1) : to fit, to go
    no sé si cabremos todos en el coche: I don't know if we'll all fit in the car
    2) : to be possible
    no cabe duda alguna: there's no doubt about it
    cabe que llegue mañana: he may come tomorrow
    * * *
    caber vb
    1. to fit [pt. & pp. fitted]
    2. to go through
    no cabe duda de que... there is no doubt that...
    no me cabe en la cabeza que... I can't believe that...

    Spanish-English dictionary > caber

  • 109 plantear

    v.
    me planteó sus preocupaciones he put his concerns to me, he raised his concerns with me
    2 to propose (proponer) (solución, posibilidad).
    plantean una solución radical al cambio climático they are proposing a radical solution to climate change
    3 to put forward, to discuss, to raise, to present.
    María aventuró una sugerencia Mary ventured a suggestion.
    4 to propose to.
    * * *
    1 (pregunta) to pose, raise; (cuestión) to raise; (acuerdo) to suggest
    2 (problema, dificultad) to cause, give rise to
    3 (trazar un plan) to plan, outline
    4 MATEMÁTICAS (problema) to formulate
    1 to consider
    * * *
    verb
    •
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=exponer)
    a) [+ situación, problema] to bring up, raise

    plantéaselo todo tal como es — explain o put the situation to him exactly as it is

    planteado el problema en estos términos... — with the problem expressed o put in these terms...

    b) (Mat) [+ ecuación, problema] to set out
    2) (=proponer) [+ cambio, posibilidad] to suggest
    3) (=causar) [+ problema] to pose, create
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) (Mat) < problema> to set out
    b) ( exponer)
    2) (causar, provocar) <problemas/dificultades> to create, cause
    2.
    plantearse v pron
    1) ( considerar) <problema/posibilidad> to think about, consider
    2) ( presentarse) problema/posibilidad to arise

    se me planteó una disyuntiva — I came up against o I was faced with a dilemma

    * * *
    = pose, articulate, posit, put forward, put forth.
    Ex. This illustrates the puzzle that differential policies pose for users.
    Ex. From time to time librarians do catch a fleeting glimpse of how others see them when some journalist or academic does articulate this widespread phobia.
    Ex. We can choose to turn our backs on these principles with fatuous arguments which posit their anachronism and the nonexistent intelligence of computing machinery.
    Ex. One of the key recommendations put forward in the programme was the confirmation of the responsibility of the national bibliographic agency for establishing the authoritative form of name for its country's.
    Ex. Relevant cultural policy issues are explored, and recommendations are put forth for enhancing Canadian cultural sovereignty through book publishing.
    ----
    * plantear a la luz de = discuss + in the light of.
    * plantear dificultad = pose + difficulty.
    * plantear dificultades = raise + difficulties.
    * plantear dudas = raise + doubts.
    * plantear la necesidad = articulate + the need.
    * plantear la posibilidad = raise + possibility.
    * plantear la posibilidad de = discuss + the possibility of.
    * plantearle a Alguien una cuestión = put before + Nombre + an issue.
    * plantearse = conceptualise [conceptualize, -USA], flirt, teeter + on the edge of.
    * plantearse dudas = have + second thoughts.
    * plantearse un objetivo = adopt + goal.
    * plantear una cuestión = bring forth + issue, issue + arise, pose + question, raise + argument, raise + issue, raise + point, open up + issue.
    * plantear una idea = raise + idea.
    * plantear una posibilidad = pose + possibility.
    * plantear una probabilidad = pose + possibility.
    * plantear un desafío = pose + challenge.
    * plantear un problema = pose + dilemma, pose + problem, raise + question, raise + concern, raise + issue, raise + problem, articulate + problem.
    * plantear un reto = pose + challenge.
    * problema + plantearse = problem + come with.
    * volver a plantearse = reconceive of.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) (Mat) < problema> to set out
    b) ( exponer)
    2) (causar, provocar) <problemas/dificultades> to create, cause
    2.
    plantearse v pron
    1) ( considerar) <problema/posibilidad> to think about, consider
    2) ( presentarse) problema/posibilidad to arise

    se me planteó una disyuntiva — I came up against o I was faced with a dilemma

    * * *
    = pose, articulate, posit, put forward, put forth.

    Ex: This illustrates the puzzle that differential policies pose for users.

    Ex: From time to time librarians do catch a fleeting glimpse of how others see them when some journalist or academic does articulate this widespread phobia.
    Ex: We can choose to turn our backs on these principles with fatuous arguments which posit their anachronism and the nonexistent intelligence of computing machinery.
    Ex: One of the key recommendations put forward in the programme was the confirmation of the responsibility of the national bibliographic agency for establishing the authoritative form of name for its country's.
    Ex: Relevant cultural policy issues are explored, and recommendations are put forth for enhancing Canadian cultural sovereignty through book publishing.
    * plantear a la luz de = discuss + in the light of.
    * plantear dificultad = pose + difficulty.
    * plantear dificultades = raise + difficulties.
    * plantear dudas = raise + doubts.
    * plantear la necesidad = articulate + the need.
    * plantear la posibilidad = raise + possibility.
    * plantear la posibilidad de = discuss + the possibility of.
    * plantearle a Alguien una cuestión = put before + Nombre + an issue.
    * plantearse = conceptualise [conceptualize, -USA], flirt, teeter + on the edge of.
    * plantearse dudas = have + second thoughts.
    * plantearse un objetivo = adopt + goal.
    * plantear una cuestión = bring forth + issue, issue + arise, pose + question, raise + argument, raise + issue, raise + point, open up + issue.
    * plantear una idea = raise + idea.
    * plantear una posibilidad = pose + possibility.
    * plantear una probabilidad = pose + possibility.
    * plantear un desafío = pose + challenge.
    * plantear un problema = pose + dilemma, pose + problem, raise + question, raise + concern, raise + issue, raise + problem, articulate + problem.
    * plantear un reto = pose + challenge.
    * problema + plantearse = problem + come with.
    * volver a plantearse = reconceive of.

    * * *
    plantear [A1 ]
    vt
    A
    1 ( Mat) ‹problema› to set out
    2
    (exponer): plantéale las cosas tal como son tell him o explain to him exactly how things stand
    me planteó la situación de la siguiente manera he explained o put the situation to me in the following way
    planteó la necesidad de una reestructuración total she expressed the need for a total restructuring
    las reivindicaciones que plantearon the demands which they put forward o made
    le plantearé la cuestión a mi jefe I will raise the question with my boss, I will bring it up with my boss
    nos plantearon dos opciones they presented us with o gave us two options
    le planteé la posibilidad de ir de vacaciones a Grecia I suggested going to Greece on vacation
    B (causar, provocar) ‹problemas/dificultades› to create, cause
    su dimisión planteó graves problemas his resignation created o caused serious problems
    esto plantea situaciones cómicas this gives rise to o creates comic situations
    C ‹enfrentamiento/debate› to engage in
    A (considerar) ‹problema/posibilidad› to think about, consider
    ¿te has planteado lo que harás cuando termines de estudiar? have you thought about o considered what you'll do when you finish your studies?
    nunca me había planteado esa posibilidad I had never considered that possibility
    B (presentarse) «problema/posibilidades» to arise
    se nos ha planteado un nuevo problema a new problem has arisen o has come up, we have encountered o come across a new problem
    se me planteó la siguiente disyuntiva I came up against o I was faced with the following dilemma
    se le planteó la necesidad de abandonar el país he found he had to leave the country, he was faced with a situation in which he had to leave the country
    * * *

     

    plantear ( conjugate plantear) verbo transitivo
    1
    a) ‹teoría/razones› to set out

    b) ( exponer) ‹tema/pregunta› to raise;


    plantearle algo a algn to raise sth with sb;
    le plantearé la cuestión a mi jefe I'll raise the matter with my boss;
    nos plantearon dos opciones they presented us with o gave us two options;
    le planteé la posibilidad de ir a Grecia I suggested going to Greece
    2 ‹problemas/dificultades› to pose
    plantearse verbo pronominal
    1 ( considerar) ‹problema/posibilidad› to think about, consider
    2 ( presentarse) [problema/posibilidad] to arise
    plantear verbo transitivo
    1 (una duda, un problema) to pose, raise
    2 (hacer una sugerencia) to suggest, propose
    3 (causar) to create, cause
    ' plantear' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abordar
    English:
    bring up
    - pose
    - present
    - propound
    - raise
    - state
    - point
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [formular] [problema matemático] to set out
    2. [exponer] [reivindicación] to put forward;
    [dificultad, duda, cuestión] to raise;
    me planteó sus preocupaciones he put his concerns to me, he raised his concerns with me
    3. [proponer] [solución, posibilidad] to propose;
    plantean una solución radical al cambio climático they are proposing a radical solution to climate change;
    nos plantearon la posibilidad de abandonar they asked us to consider the possibility of withdrawing
    4. [presentar] [problema] to pose
    * * *
    v/t
    1 dificultad, problema pose, create
    2 cuestión raise
    * * *
    1) : to set forth, to bring up, to suggest
    2) : to establish, to set up
    3) : to create, to pose (a problem)
    * * *
    1. (ocasionar) to cause / to create
    2. (presentar) to raise

    Spanish-English dictionary > plantear

  • 110 mettere

    put
    vestito put on
    motore (fine-)tune
    mettere in moto start (up)
    mettere al sicuro put away safely
    mettere su casa set up house
    mettiamo che let's assume that
    * * *
    mettere v.tr.
    1 to put*; (collocare, disporre) to place, to set*; (posare, deporre) to lay* (down), to put* (down): mise i libri sullo scaffale, he put the books on the shelf; metterò la nuova poltrona in camera mia, I'll put the new armchair in my bedroom; metti la firma a questa lettera, put your signature to this letter; metti questa scatola sulla tavola, put this box on the table; mise il denaro in tasca, he put the money in his pocket; mise tutti i giocattoli davanti al suo amico, he placed (o set) all his toys in front of his friend
    2 (infondere) to inspire; (produrre, causare) to cause; to make*: l'idea di vederlo mi mette gioia, the idea of seeing him makes me very happy; questo tempo mi mette tristezza, this weather makes me sad; mettere fame, sete, to make (s.o.) hungry, thirsty; mettere paura a qlcu., to scare (o to frighten) s.o.; mettere soggezione (a qlcu.), to make (s.o.) uneasy; mettere terrore (a qlcu.), to terrify (s.o.)
    3 (emettere) to put* forth: quel ragazzo sta mettendo i baffi, that boy is growing a moustache; mettere un dente, to cut a tooth; mettere i denti, to teethe; mettere le foglie, to grow (o to put forth) leaves; mettere radici, to put down roots (anche fig.)
    4 (impiegare) to take*: quanto tempo ci hai messo a farlo?, how long did it take you to do it?
    5 (investire) to put*; (scommettere, puntare) to bet*: ho messo 10 sterline su Golden Cloud, I bet (o put) ten pounds on Golden Cloud; ci ha messo tutti i suoi risparmi, he put all his savings in it
    6 (indossare) to put* on; (portare) to wear*; mettiti l'abito azzurro, put on the blue dress; che cosa ti metterai al matrimonio?, what are you going to wear for the wedding?
    7 (non com.) (ridurre, rendere) to turn: mettere in francese, to translate into French; mettere in versi, to turn into verse
    8 (far pagare) to charge: quanto ti hanno messo per vitto e alloggio?, how much did they charge you for board and lodgings?
    9 (ammettere) to suppose: mettiamo che abbia ragione, (let us) suppose he is right
    10 (paragonare) to compare: non vorrai mettere la mia casa con la tua, you can't compare your house with mine; la sua è molto più bella, neanche da mettere, (fam.) hers is much nicer, there is no comparison
    11 (installare) to lay* on, to put* in: ti hanno messo il telefono?, have they put in (o installed) the telephone?; domani verranno a mettere il gas, tomorrow they are coming to lay on the gas; non hanno ancora messo lo scaldabagno, they haven't installed the water heater yet
    ◆ v. intr. (sboccare) to lead* (to sthg.); (sfociare) to flow (into sthg.).
    ◘ mettersi v.rifl. o intr.pron.
    1 to put* oneself; to place oneself: mi sono messo in una situazione imbarazzante, I have got (myself) into an awkward position; si mise vicino a sua moglie, he placed himself near his wife; mettere a sedere, to sit down; mettere a tavola, to sit down at the table // mettiti nei miei panni, put yourself in my shoes // mettere a capo di qlco., to assume control of sthg. // mettere a letto, (ammalarsi) to take to one's bed // mettere a proprio agio, in libertà, to make oneself at home (o comfortable) // mettere d'accordo su qlco., to come to an agreement about sthg. // mettere in contatto con qlcu., to get in touch with s.o. // mettere in mostra, to draw attention to oneself // (comm.) mettere in società con qlcu., to form a (o to go into) partnership with s.o. // mettere in urto con qlcu., to fall out with s.o. // mettere sotto, (accingersi a un lavoro di buona lena) to get down to it
    2 (incominciare) to begin*, to start, to set* to (sthg.): si mise a lavorare, he started working; è ora di mettere a lavorare, it's time to get down to work; si mise a piovere, it began to rain; mettere in cammino, in viaggio, to set out (o off o forth)
    3 (diventare) to become*, to turn: la situazione si mette male, the situation is taking a turn for the worse; il tempo si mette al bello, the weather turned out fine; mettere in sospetto, to become suspicious
    4 (indossare) to wear*, to put* on (sthg.): non occorre mettere in abito da sera, you don't need to wear evening dress.
    ◆ FRASEOLOGIA: mettere a, to put to; mettere a bottega, to apprentice; mettere a confronto, to confront (o to compare); mettere a dieta, to put on a diet; mettere a disposizione di qlcu., to put at s.o.'s disposal; mettere a frutto, to invest; (ottica) mettere a fuoco, to focus; mettere agli atti, to file away; mettere a grano un campo, to plant a field with corn; mettere al bando, to ban; mettere al corrente qlcu. di qlco., to inform s.o. of (o to acquaint s.o. with) sthg.; mettere alla gogna, to pillory; mettere a letto, to put to bed; mettere alla porta qlcu., to show s.o. the door (o to turn s.o. out); mettere alla prova, to test (o to put to a test); mettere alla tortura, to torture; mettere all'incanto, all'asta, to put up for auction; mettere all'indice, to put on the Index; mettere al sicuro, to put into a safe place (o to preserve); mettere al trotto, to put into a trot; mettere a morte, to put to death; mettere a parte qlcu. di qlco., to tell s.o. sthg.; mettere a posto qlco., to put sthg. in its proper place, (aggiustare) to repair (o to adjust) sthg.: mettere le cose a posto, (fig.) to put things right; mettere a posto qlcu., (trovargli lavoro) to find a job for s.o., (dargli una lezione) to put s.o. in his place: ti metto a posto io!, I'll fix you!; mettere a profitto qlco., to turn sthg. to account: mettere a profitto un consiglio, to profit by advice; mettere a punto, to get ready, (un motore) to tune up; mettere a sacco, to sack; mettere a soqquadro, to turn upside-down (o to turn topsy-turvy) // mettere in, to put in (to): mettere in atto, to put into action; mettere in cantiere qlco., to begin work on sthg.; mettere in carta, to write down; mettere in chiaro qlco., to make sthg. clear; mettere in commercio, to put on sale; mettere in conto qlco. a qlcu., to put sthg. on s.o.'s account; mettere in dubbio, in forse qlco., to cast doubt on (o to question o to doubt) sthg.: non lo metto in dubbio, I don't doubt it; mettere in fila, to line up; mettere in fuga, to put to flight; mettere in funzione una macchina, to start a machine; mettere in giro, in piazza, to spread (o to broadcast); mettere in grado qlcu. di fare qlco., to enable s.o. to do sthg.; mettere nei guai qlcu., to land s.o. in a mess; mettere in guardia qlcu., to put s.o. on his guard; mettere in libertà, to set free; mettere in luce, in rilievo qlco., (fig.) to emphasize (o to stress o to highlight) sthg.; (tip.) mettere in macchina, to print; mettere qlco. in mano di qlcu., to put sthg. in s.o.'s hands; (mecc.) mettere in moto, in marcia, to start; mettere in musica, to set to music; (rad.) mettere in onda, to broadcast; mettere in opera, to start up (o to set running); mettere in ordine, to put (o to set) in order; mettere in pericolo, to endanger; mettere in pratica, to put into practice; mettere in prigione, to put in prison (o to imprison); mettere in salvo, to save; (teatr.) mettere in scena, to produce; mettere in tacere, to keep secret; mettere in vendita, to put on sale: mettere in vendita una casa, to put a house up for sale; mettere nel sacco, to fool (o to deceive) // mettersi in mente, in testa di fare qlco., to get (o to take) it into one's head to do sthg.: si mise in mente che la colpa fosse mia, he got it into his head that it was my fault; si mise in mente una strana idea, he got a strange idea into his head; si mise in testa di farlo, he took it into his head to do it // mettere su, to put on: mettere su arie, to put on airs; mettere su casa, to set up house; mettere su ciccia, (fam.) to put on weight; mettere su la minestra, (fam.) to put the soup on; mettere su un negozio, to set up a shop; mettere su i punti, (a maglia) to cast on stitches; mettere su qlcu. contro un altro, to set (o to incite) s.o. against another // mettere le ali ai piedi di qlcu., to lend wings to s.o.'s heels // mettere avanti, indietro un orologio, to put a watch forward, back // mettere il bastone tra le ruote, to put a spoke in s.o.'s wheel // mettere il carro davanti ai buoi, to put the cart before the horse // mettere qlcu. con le spalle al muro, alle strette, to get s.o. with his back to the wall // mettere da parte, to put (o to set o to lay) aside: ha messo da parte molto denaro, he has put a good bit of money aside // mettere dentro, (in prigione) to put inside // mettere disaccordo tra due persone, to set two people against each other // mettere fine a qlco., to put an end to sthg. // mettere fuoco a qlco., to set fire to sthg. (o to set sthg. on fire) // mettere fuori combattimento qlcu., (boxe) to knock s.o. out // mettere insieme, to put together, (raccogliere) to gather (o to collect) // mettere le mani addosso a qlcu., to lay hands on s.o., (molestare una donna) to touch s.o. up // mettere le mani su qlco., to lay one's hands on (o to take) sthg. // non credo che ci abbia messo mano, I do not think he has had a hand in it; mettere mano alla spada, to clap one's hand to one's sword // mettere il naso, il becco in qlco., to stick one's nose into sthg. // mettere nome a qlcu., to call (o to name) s.o.: gli ho messo nome Giovanni, I've named him John // mettere gli occhi addosso a qlcu., to set eyes on s.o. // mettere per iscritto, to put in writing // mettere piede in un posto, to set foot in a place // mettere una pulce nell'orecchio a qlcu., to sow doubts in s.o.'s mind // mettere i puntini sugli i, to dot one's i's // mettere sotto i piedi qlcu., to humiliate (o to trample on) s.o. // mettere sul lastrico qlcu., to turn s.o. out into the street, (fig.) to ruin s.o. // mettere tavola, to lay the table // mettere tempo in mezzo, to gain time // mettere la testa a partito, a posto, to settle down // mettere una tassa, to levy a tax.
    * * *
    1. ['mettere]
    vb irreg vt
    1) (porre) to put

    gli ha messo una mano sulla spalla — he put o laid a hand on his shoulder

    mettere qc diritto — to put o set sth straight

    quando si mette una cosa in testa... — when he gets an idea into his head...

    2)

    (infondere) mettere fame/allegria/malinconia a qn — to make sb (feel) hungry/happy/sad

    3)

    mettersi — (abito: indossare) to put on, (portare) to wear

    non metto più quelle scarpe — I've stopped wearing those shoes, I don't wear those shoes any more

    4) (installare: telefono, gas, finestre) to put in, (acqua) to lay on
    5) (sveglia, allarme) to set
    6)

    (supporre) mettiamo che... — let's suppose o say that...

    7)

    metterci; metterci molta cura/molto tempo — to take a lot of care/a lot of time

    8)

    (fraseologia) mettere a confronto — to compare

    mettere in conto — (somma ecc) to put on account

    mettere dentro qn — (fam : imprigionare) to put sb inside

    mettere in giro — (pettegolezzi, voci) to spread

    mettere insieme — (gen) to put together, (organizzare: spettacolo, gruppo) to organize, get together, (soldi) to save

    mettere in luce — (problemi, errori) to show up, highlight

    mettere sotto — (sopraffare) to get the better of

    mettere a tacere qn/qc — to keep sb/sth quiet

    1) to put o.s.

    non metterti là — (seduto) don't sit there, (in piedi) don't stand there

    mettersi a letto — to go to bed, (malato) to take to one's bed

    2)

    (vestirsi) mettersi in costume — to put on one's swimming things

    3)

    (in gruppo) mettersi in società — to set up in business

    si sono messi insieme — (coppia) they've started going out together Brit o dating Am

    3. vip (mettersi)
    1)

    (incominciare) mettersi a fare qc — to start to do sth

    mettersi a piangere/ridere — to start crying/laughing, start o begin to cry/laugh

    2)

    (prendere un andamento) si mette al bello — (tempo) the weather's turning fine

    mettersi bene/male — (faccenda) to turn out well/badly

    * * *
    ['mettere] 1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) (collocare, porre) to put*, to place, to set* [ oggetto]

    mettere giù (il ricevitore) — to hang up, to put down the receiver, to ring off BE

    2) (indossare) to put* on, to wear* [abito, gioiello]; to put* on [crema, rossetto]
    3) (porre in una situazione, in uno stato)

    mettere qcn. di buonumore, di cattivo umore — to put sb. in a good, bad mood

    mettere qcn. contro qcn. altro — to play sb. off against sb.

    mettere qcn. a dieta — to put sb. on a diet

    mettere in fuga qcn. — to put sb. to flight

    mettere qcs. in vendita — to put sth. up o offer sth. for sale

    4) (classificare) to put*, to rank

    tra gli scrittori, lo metto al primo posto — I rank him the best writer of all

    mettere i bambini, la sicurezza davanti a tutto — to put children, safety first

    5) (appendere, attaccare) to put* up, to post up [poster, manifesto]
    6) mus. telev. to play, to put* on [disco, cassetta, CD]
    7) (installare) to put* in [riscaldamento, telefono]; to lay* on BE [luce, gas]; to put* in, to fit* [doccia, mensola]

    mettere avanti, indietro l'orologio — to put forward, back the clock

    9) (scrivere, inserire) to put* in [parola, virgola]
    10) (rendere, volgere)
    11) (aggiungere) to add, to put* [ ingrediente]
    12) (dedicare) to put* (in) [energia, impegno]
    14) (investire, spendere) to put* [ denaro] (in into)
    15) colloq. (fare pagare)

    a quanto mette le patate? — what price have you put on the potatoes? what are you asking for potatoes?

    16) (imporre) to put* (on), to impose [ tassa]
    17) (infondere, provocare) to cause, to inspire

    mettere paura a qcn. — to frighten sb., to give sb. a scare

    mettere allegria — to cheer, to delight

    mettere sete, fame a qcn. — to make sb. thirsty, hungry

    mettere la retromarcia — to go into reverse, to put the car into reverse

    19) colloq. (confrontare) to compare
    20) colloq. (supporre) to suppose, to assume

    mettiamo il caso che... — let's assume that...

    mettere su un negozio — to set up o start up shop; (ingrassare)

    mettere su peso, chili — to put on weight, kilos; (sul fornello)

    mettere su il caffè — colloq. to put the coffee on; (allestire)

    mettere sotto qcn. — (investire) to run over o down sb.; (fare lavorare) to work sb. hard

    2.
    verbo intransitivo (aus. avere) colloq. (regolare)
    3.
    verbo pronominale mettersi
    1) (collocarsi) to put* oneself

    - rsi in ginocchio — to go o get down on one's knees, to kneel

    - rsi a letto — to go to bed, to take to one's bed

    3) (indossare) to put* on, to wear* [abito, gioiello]; to put* on [crema, rossetto]

    - rsi in maschera — to put on o wear fancy dress

    -rsi a studiare inglese, a giocare a tennis — to take up English, tennis

    - rsi a cantare — to burst into song, to burst out singing

    5) (porsi in una situazione, in uno stato)

    -rsi contro qcn. — to set oneself against sb

    6) colloq.

    - rsi insieme — [soci, amici] to team up; [ innamorati] to pair off

    ••

    come la mettiamo? — (di fronte a difficoltà) so where do we go from here? (per chiedere una spiegazione) what have you got to say for yourself?

    - rsi sotto — (impegnarsi) to set to

    * * *
    mettere
    /'mettere/ [60]
     1 (collocare, porre) to put*, to place, to set* [ oggetto]; mettere i piatti in tavola to put the plates on the table; mettere una tovaglia to put on a tablecloth; ti ho messo le lenzuola pulite I've changed the sheets for you; mettere i piedi sul tavolo to put one's feet on the table; mettere le mani in tasca to put one's hands in one's pockets; mettere la biancheria ad asciugare to put the washing out to dry; mettere un annuncio sul giornale to place an advertisement in the paper; mettere giù (il ricevitore) to hang up, to put down the receiver, to ring off BE
     2 (indossare) to put* on, to wear* [abito, gioiello]; to put* on [crema, rossetto]; non metto mai il cappello I never wear a hat; metti la sciarpa! put your scarf on!
     3 (porre in una situazione, in uno stato) mettere qcn. di buonumore, di cattivo umore to put sb. in a good, bad mood; mettere qcn. contro qcn. altro to play sb. off against sb.; mettere qcn. a dieta to put sb. on a diet; mettere alla prova to put to the test; mettere in dubbio to question; mettere in fuga qcn. to put sb. to flight; mettere in libertà to set free; mettere qcs. in vendita to put sth. up o offer sth. for sale
     4 (classificare) to put*, to rank; tra gli scrittori, lo metto al primo posto I rank him the best writer of all; mettere i bambini, la sicurezza davanti a tutto to put children, safety first
     5 (appendere, attaccare) to put* up, to post up [poster, manifesto]
     6 mus. telev. to play, to put* on [disco, cassetta, CD]; mettere un po' di musica to play music
     7 (installare) to put* in [riscaldamento, telefono]; to lay* on BE [luce, gas]; to put* in, to fit* [doccia, mensola]; fare mettere il telefono to have a telephone put in; mettere la moquette to lay a carpet
     8 (puntare) mettere la sveglia alle sette to set the alarm for 7 am; mettere avanti, indietro l'orologio to put forward, back the clock
     9 (scrivere, inserire) to put* in [parola, virgola]; metta una firma qui sign here
     10 (rendere, volgere) mettere in versi to put into verse; mettere in musica to set to music
     11 (aggiungere) to add, to put* [ ingrediente]
     12 (dedicare) to put* (in) [energia, impegno]; mettercela tutta to try one's hardest o best to do; mettici più impegno! try harder!
     13 (impiegare) non metterci tanto don't be long; ci ho messo due ore it took me two hours; ci hanno messo molto a decidere they've been a long time making up their minds; ce ne hai messo di tempo! you took a long time!
     14 (investire, spendere) to put* [ denaro] (in into)
     15 colloq. (fare pagare) a quanto mette le patate? what price have you put on the potatoes? what are you asking for potatoes?
     16 (imporre) to put* (on), to impose [ tassa]
     17 (infondere, provocare) to cause, to inspire; mettere paura a qcn. to frighten sb., to give sb. a scare; mettere allegria to cheer, to delight; mettere sete, fame a qcn. to make sb. thirsty, hungry
     18 (azionare) mettere la retromarcia to go into reverse, to put the car into reverse; mettere la seconda to shift into second gear AE; mettere gli anabbaglianti to dip one's headlights BE
     19 colloq. (confrontare) to compare; vuoi mettere questo ristorante con quella bettola? how can you compare this restaurant with that greasy spoon? vuoi mettere? there's no comparison!
     20 colloq. (supporre) to suppose, to assume; mettiamo il caso che... let's assume that...; mettiamo che sia vero suppose (that) it's true
     21 mettere su (dare inizio) mettere su famiglia to start a family; mettere su casa to set up home o house; mettere su un negozio to set up o start up shop; (ingrassare) mettere su peso, chili to put on weight, kilos; (sul fornello) mettere su il caffè colloq. to put the coffee on; (allestire) mettere su uno spettacolo to put on o stage a show
     22 mettere sotto mettere sotto qcn. (investire) to run over o down sb.; (fare lavorare) to work sb. hard
     (aus. avere) colloq. (regolare) mettere sul terzo (canale) to switch to channel 3
    III mettersi verbo pronominale
     1 (collocarsi) to put* oneself; - rsi in un angolo to place oneself in a corner; - rsi in piedi to stand up; - rsi in ginocchio to go o get down on one's knees, to kneel; - rsi a letto to go to bed, to take to one's bed; mettiti seduto sit down there; - rsi a tavola to sit down to dinner o to a meal
     2 (infilarsi) - rsi le mani in tasca to put one's hands in one's pockets; - rsi una caramella in bocca to pop a sweet in(to) one's mouth
     3 (indossare) to put* on, to wear* [abito, gioiello]; to put* on [crema, rossetto]; che cosa ti metti stasera? what are you wearing tonight? non ho niente da mettermi I haven't got a thing to wear; - rsi in pigiama to get into one's pyjamas; - rsi in maschera to put on o wear fancy dress
     4 (cominciare) -rsi a studiare inglese, a giocare a tennis to take up English, tennis; - rsi a bere to take to the bottle; - rsi a cantare to burst into song, to burst out singing; - rsi a correre to break into a run; si è messo a nevicare it started to snow o snowing
     5 (porsi in una situazione, in uno stato) - rsi dalla parte del torto to put oneself in the wrong; - rsi nei guai to get into trouble; - rsi in salvo to flee to safety; - rsi in viaggio to go on a journey; -rsi contro qcn. to set oneself against sb.
     6 colloq. - rsi insieme [soci, amici] to team up; [ innamorati] to pair off
     7 (evolversi) le cose si mettono male per noi things are looking black for us; dipende da come si mettono le cose it depends how things turn out; il tempo si è messo al bello the weather is set fair
    come la mettiamo? (di fronte a difficoltà) so where do we go from here? (per chiedere una spiegazione) what have you got to say for yourself? - rsi sotto (impegnarsi) to set to.

    Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > mettere

  • 111 kommen

    kom·men <kam, gekommen> [ʼkɔmən]
    vi sein
    1) ( eintreffen) to come, to arrive;
    ich bin gerade ge\kommen I just arrived [or got here];
    ich komme schon! I'm coming!;
    sie \kommen morgen aus Berlin they're arriving [or coming] from Berlin tomorrow;
    der Zug kommt aus Paris the train is coming from Paris;
    da kommt Anne/ der Bus there's Anne/the bus;
    der Bus müsste jeden Augenblick \kommen the bus is due any minute;
    ich komme um vier und hole Sie ab I'll come and fetch you at four;
    der Wind kommt von Osten/ von der See the wind is blowing [or coming] from the East/off the sea;
    sie kam in Begleitung ihres Mannes she was accompanied by her husband;
    ich bin ge\kommen, um zu helfen I've come [or I'm here] to help;
    du kommst wie gerufen! you've come just at the right moment!;
    wann soll das Baby \kommen? when's the baby due?;
    das Baby kam am 1. Mai the baby arrived [or was born] on the 1 May;
    zurzeit \kommen laufend Anfragen zur neuen Software we keep receiving queries about the new software at the moment;
    seine Antwort kam zögernd his answer was hesitant, he answered hesitantly;
    jede Hilfe kam zu spät help came [or arrived] too late;
    früh/ pünktlich/ rechtzeitig/spät \kommen to arrive early/on time [or punctually] /in time/late;
    als Erster/Letzter \kommen to be the first/last to arrive, to arrive first/last;
    angereist \kommen to arrive;
    angefahren/ angeflogen/angerannt \kommen to arrive by car/by plane/at a run;
    sie kamen gestern aus Rom angefahren/ angeflogen they drove up/flew in from Rome yesterday;
    mit dem Auto/Fahrrad \kommen to come by car/bike, to drive/cycle;
    zu Fuß \kommen to come on foot, to walk
    2) ( gelangen)
    irgendwohin \kommen to get [or reach] somewhere;
    kommt man hier zum Bahnhof? is this the way to the station?;
    wie komme ich von hier zum Bahnhof? how do I get to the station from here?;
    zu Fuß kommt man am schnellsten dahin the quickest way [to get] there is to walk;
    sie kommt kaum noch aus dem Haus she hardly gets out of the house these days;
    nach Hause \kommen to come [or get] home;
    unter's Messer \kommen ( hum) to have an operation;
    [sicher] ans Ufer \kommen to [safely] reach the bank;
    ans Ziel \kommen to reach the finishing [or (Am) finish] line
    3) ( sich begeben) to come;
    kommst du mit uns ins Kino? are you coming to the cinema with us?;
    meine Kollegin kommt sofort zu Ihnen my colleague will be with you [or be along] immediately;
    nach London/England \kommen to come to London/England;
    nach draußen/ oben/unten \kommen to come outside/upstairs/downstairs
    4) ( passieren)
    durch/ über etw akk /einen Ort \kommen to pass [or come] through sth/a place
    zu etw \kommen Kongress, Party, Training to come to [or ( form) attend] sth
    6) ( besuchen)
    zu jdm \kommen to visit sb, to come and see [or visit] sb;
    ich komme gerne einmal zu Ihnen I'd be delighted to visit you sometime;
    komm doch mal, ich würde mich sehr freuen! [come and] stop by sometime, I'd love to see you!
    irgendwoher \kommen to come [or be] [or hail] from somewhere;
    sie kommt aus New York/ Australien she's [or she comes]; [or she hails] from New York/Australia, she's a New Yorker/an Australian
    8) (folgen, an der Reihe sein) to come;
    wer kommt [jetzt]? whose turn [or go] is it?;
    nach etw \kommen to come after [or follow] sth;
    die Schule kommt kurz nach der Kreuzung the school is just after the crossroads;
    nach/vor jdm \kommen to come after/before sb;
    an die Reihe \kommen to be sb's turn [or go];
    ich komme zuerst [an die Reihe] I'm first, it's my turn [or go] first;
    zuerst [o als Erster] / als Nächster/ zuletzt [o als Letzter] \kommen to come first/next/last;
    noch \kommen to be still [or yet] to come;
    da wird noch mehr Ärger \kommen there'll be more trouble yet;
    das Schlimmste kommt noch the worst is yet to come
    ins Gefängnis/Krankenhaus \kommen to go to prison/into hospital;
    vor Gericht \kommen Fall to come to court; Mensch to come [or appear] before the court;
    in die Schule/Lehre \kommen to start school/an apprenticeship
    zu etw \kommen to achieve sth;
    wie komme ich zu dieser Ehre? (iron, hum) to what do I owe this honour?;
    zu der Erkenntnis \kommen, dass... to realize [or come to the realization] that...;
    zu Geld \kommen to come into money;
    zu Kräften \kommen to gain strength;
    zu Ruhm \kommen to achieve [or win] fame;
    zu sich \kommen to come to, to regain consciousness;
    [wieder] zu sich selbst \kommen to get out of one's head, to come back to [or find] oneself again;
    an jdn/etw \kommen to get hold of sb/sth;
    wie bist du an das viele Geld ge\kommen? how did you get hold of [or come by] all that money?; s. a. Besinnung, Ruhe
    um etw \kommen to lose sth;
    ums Leben \kommen to lose one's life, to be killed, to die
    12) ( erreichen) to reach;
    auf den 2. Platz \kommen to reach 2nd place, to come [in] 2nd
    13) ( gebracht werden) to come;
    kam Post für mich? was there any post for me?
    14) (veranlassen, dass jd kommt)
    den Arzt/ Klempner/ein Taxi \kommen lassen to send for [or call] the doctor/plumber/a taxi
    15) ( hingehören) to go, to belong;
    die Tasse kommt dahin the cup belongs there
    16) ( herannahen) to approach;
    (eintreten, geschehen) to come about, to happen;
    heute kommt noch ein Gewitter there'll be a thunderstorm today;
    der Winter kommt mit Riesenschritten winter is fast approaching;
    der Termin kommt etwas ungelegen the meeting comes at a somewhat inconvenient time;
    das habe ich schon lange \kommen sehen! I saw that coming a long time ago;
    das kam doch anders als erwartet it/that turned out [or happened] differently than expected;
    es kam eins zum anderen one thing led to another;
    und so kam es, dass... and that's why/how..., and that's how it came about [or happened] that...;
    wie kommt es, dass...? how is it that...?, how come...?;
    es musste ja so \kommen it/that was bound to happen;
    es hätte viel schlimmer \kommen können it could have been much worse;
    es zu etw \kommen lassen zum Streit to let it come to sth;
    so weit \kommen, dass... to get to the stage [or point] where...;
    so weit kommt es noch! ( iron) ( fam) that'll be the day! ( fam)
    komme, was da wolle come what may;
    was auch immer \kommen mag whatever happens;
    wie's kommt so kommt's whatever happens happens;
    zu etw \kommen to happen;
    zum Prozess \kommen to come to trial;
    [wieder] im K\kommen sein to be[come] fashionable again
    17) ( in Erscheinung treten) Pflanzen to come on [or along];
    die ersten Tomaten \kommen schon the first tomatoes are appearing
    über jdn \kommen Gefühl to come over sb;
    eine gewaltige Traurigkeit kam über mich I was overcome by a tremendous sadness;
    es kam einfach so über mich it just came over me
    jdm \kommen die Tränen sb is overcome by tears, sb starts to cry;
    jdm \kommen Zweifel, ob... sb is beset [or overcome] by doubts [or sb doubts] whether...
    in etw \kommen to get into sth;
    wir kamen plötzlich ins Schleudern we suddenly started to skid;
    in Fahrt [o Schwung] \kommen to get going;
    in Gefahr/Not \kommen to get into danger/difficulty;
    in Sicherheit \kommen to get to safety;
    in Verlegenheit \kommen to get [or become] embarrassed; s. a. Stillstand
    21) ( sich verhalten) to be;
    so lasse ich mir nicht \kommen! I won't have [or stand for] that!;
    so kommst du mir nicht! don't you take that line with me!;
    jdm frech \kommen to be cheeky to sb
    jdm mit etw \kommen to start telling sb about sth;
    komm' mir nicht schon wieder damit! don't give me [or start] that again!;
    da kann [o könnte] ja jeder \kommen ( fam) anyone could say that;
    der soll nur \kommen! ( fam) just let him try!
    23) ( seinen Grund haben) to come from;
    wie kommt es, dass... how come..., how is it that [that]...;
    daher kommt es, dass... that's why...;
    das kommt davon! ( fam) it's your own fault!;
    das kommt davon, dass/weil... that's because...;
    das kommt davon, wenn... that's what happens when...
    auf etw akk \kommen to remember sth, to recall sth;
    ich komme beim besten Willen nicht darauf I just can't seem to remember [or recall] it
    jdm \kommen to think of, to occur;
    jdm kommt der Gedanke, dass... it occurs to sb that...;
    na, das kommt dir aber früh! ( iron) why didn't that occur to you sooner?
    an etw akk \kommen to get hold of sth;
    wie bist du an das Geld ge\kommen? where did you get the money?
    hinter etw akk \kommen Pläne to find out sth sep, to get to the bottom of sth;
    hinter ein Geheimnis \kommen to uncover [or sep find out] a secret;
    dahinter \kommen, dass/ was/ wer/wie... ( fam) to find out that/what/who/how...;
    wie kommst du darauf? what gives you that idea?, what makes you think that?; s. a. Schlich, Spur
    28) film, radio, tv ( gesendet werden) to be on;
    was kommt heute im Fernsehen? what's on [television] tonight?;
    als Nächstes \kommen die Nachrichten the news is [on] next
    zu etw \kommen to get around to doing sth;
    ich komme zu nichts mehr! I don't have time for anything else!
    auf jdn/ etw akk \kommen to be allotted to sb/sth;
    auf jeden Studenten kamen drei Studentinnen for every male student there were three female students, the ratio of female to male students was 3:1
    nach jdm \kommen to take after sb
    32) (fam: kosten) to cost;
    die Reparatur kam sehr teuer the repairs cost a lot [of money];
    auf etw \kommen akk to come to sth
    unter ein Auto/einen Lastwagen \kommen to be knocked down by a car/lorry [or (Am) truck];
    unter die Räder \kommen to get knocked [or run] down [or run over];
    auf etw akk zu sprechen \kommen to get [a]round to [talking about] sth;
    jetzt, wo wir auf das Thema Gehaltserhöhung zu sprechen \kommen,... now that we're on [or we've got round to] the subject of payrises...;
    ich werde gleich darauf \kommen I'll come [or get] to that in a moment;
    auf einen Punkt/eine Angelegenheit \kommen to broach [or get onto] a point/matter
    an etw akk \kommen to reach sth
    36) (sl: Orgasmus haben) to come ( fam)
    komm, sei nicht so enttäuscht come on, don't be so disappointed;
    komm, lass uns gehen! come on [or hurry up], let's go!;
    komm, komm, werd nicht frech! now now, don't get cheeky!;
    ach komm! ( fam) come on!
    WENDUNGEN:
    erstens kommt es anders und zweitens als man denkt ( und zweitens als man denkt) ( fam) things never turn out the way you expect;
    zu kurz \kommen to come off badly, to get a raw deal;
    komm' ich heut' nicht, komm' ich morgen (' nicht, komm' ich morgen) you'll see me when you see me;
    wer zuerst kommt, mahlt zuerst (kommt, mahlt zuerst) first come, first served;
    auf jdn/etw nichts \kommen lassen ( fam) to not hear a [bad] word said against sb; s. a. achtzig, halten, nahe, Zeit
    vi impers sein
    es kommt jd sb is coming;
    es kommt jetzt der berühmte Magier Obrikanus! and now the famous magician, Obrikanus!;
    es scheint keiner mehr zu \kommen nobody else seems to be coming
    2) ( beginnen)
    es kommt etw sth is coming;
    es kommt auch mal wieder schöneres Wetter the weather will turn nice again
    3) (sl: Orgasmus haben) to come;
    vt sein (fam: kosten)
    jdn etw \kommen to cost sb sth;
    die Reparatur kam mich sehr teuer I paid a lot [of money] for the repairs, the repairs cost a lot [of money]

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch für Studenten > kommen

  • 112 doubt

    [daut] 1. гл.
    1) сомневаться, быть неуверенным (в чём-л.), считать маловероятным

    I never doubted that she would come. — Я всегда был уверен, что она придёт.

    'Do you think England will win?' - 'I doubt it.' — "Как ты думаешь, англичане выиграют?" - "Сомневаюсь."

    2) сомневаться, не доверять, не верить
    Syn:
    3) уст. бояться, страшиться
    Syn:
    fear 2.
    4) уст. подозревать
    Syn:
    2. сущ.
    сомнение, колебание, нерешительность; неопределённость, неясность

    gnawing / nagging doubts — мучительные сомнения

    deep / serious / strong doubts — глубокие сомнения

    reasonable doubts about smth. — законные сомнения (по поводу чего-л.)

    to dispel / resolve doubts — рассеивать сомнения

    to express / voice (a) doubt — выражать сомнения

    to feel / entertain / harbor doubts about smth. — сомневаться по поводу чего-л.

    to make / have doubt — сомневаться

    to make no doubt — не сомневаться; быть уверенным

    doubts appear / arise — сомнения появляются, возникают

    without (a) doubt, no doubt — несомненно, без сомнения

    beyond / without a shadow of a doubt — без тени сомнения

    There were still some lingering doubts in my mind. — У меня ещё оставались некоторые сомнения.

    Syn:
    Ant:
    ••

    to give smb. the benefit of the doubt — поверить кому-л. на слово

    Англо-русский современный словарь > doubt

  • 113 private

    1. adjective
    1) (of, for, or belonging to, one person or group, not to the general public: The headmaster lives in a private apartment in the school; in my private (=personal) opinion; This information is to be kept strictly private; You shouldn't listen to private conversations.) privado
    2) (having no public or official position or rank: It is your duty as a private citizen to report this matter to the police.) particular

    2. noun
    (in the army, an ordinary soldier, not an officer.) soldado raso
    - privately
    - private enterprise
    - private means
    - in private
    private adj privado / particular
    tr['praɪvət]
    1 (own, for own use - property, house, class) particular; (- letter, income) personal
    2 (confidential) privado,-a, confidencial
    3 (not state-controlled) privado,-a; (school) privado,-a, de pago
    4 (not official) privado,-a, personal
    5 (person) reservado,-a
    1 SMALLMILITARY/SMALL soldado raso
    \
    SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
    in private (privately) en privado 2 (undisturbed, alone) en la intimidad
    private ['praɪvət] adj
    1) personal: privado, particular
    private property: propiedad privada
    2) independent: privado, independiente
    private studies: estudios privados
    3) secret: secreto
    4) secluded: aislado, privado
    ♦ privately adv
    : soldado m raso
    adj.
    • confidencial adj.
    • excusado, -a adj.
    • particular adj.
    • privado, -a adj.
    • privativo, -a adj.
    • reservado, -a adj.
    • secreto, -a adj.
    • soldado (raso) adj.
    • íntimo, -a adj.

    I 'praɪvət, 'praɪvɪt
    1)
    a) ( confidential) < conversation> privado; < matter> privado, confidencial; < letter> personal
    b)

    in private: she told me in private me lo dijo confidencialmente or en confianza; can we talk in private? ¿podemos hablar en privado?; what you do in private is your own affair — lo que hagas en la intimidad or en tu vida privada es cosa tuya

    2)

    private view — ( Art) vernissage m

    private hearing — ( Law) vista f a puerta cerrada

    private — privado; ( on envelope) personal

    b) (for own use, in own possession) <road/lesson/secretary> particular; < income> personal

    a gentleman of private means — (frml) un señor que vive de las rentas

    3)
    a) ( not official) <visit/correspondence> privado
    b) ( unconnected to the state) < school> privado, particular, de pago (Esp); < ward> reservado; < patient> particular

    to be in private practice — ( Med) ejercer* la medicina privada; ( in US) ( Law) ocuparse de asuntos civiles

    4)
    a) <thoughts/doubts> íntimo

    it's a private joke — es un chiste que los dos entendemos/entienden

    b) < person> reservado

    II
    1) ( rank) soldado mf raso
    2) privates pl ( genitals) (colloq & euph) partes fpl pudendas (euf & hum), intimidades fpl (euf & hum)
    ['praɪvɪt]
    1. ADJ
    1) (=not public) [conversation, visit, land, matter] privado; [letter, reason, opinion] personal; [language] secreto; [thoughts, grief, fantasy] íntimo

    it was a private wedding, the wedding was private — la boda se celebró en la intimidad

    private — (on door) privado; (on envelope) confidencial

    private fishing — coto m de pesca

    private parking — aparcamiento m or (LAm) estacionamiento m privado

    • it's a silly private joke of ours — es un chiste tonto que solo nosotras entendemos

    • to keep sth private — [+ beliefs] no hablar de algo; [+ opinions, views, doubts] guardarse algo, reservarse algo

    • I've always tried to keep my private life private — [famous person] siempre he intentado mantener mi vida privada alejada de la mirada del público; [ordinary person] siempre he intentado mantener mi vida privada fuera del alcance de los demás

    • to be in private ownership — ser propiedad privada

    • he's a very private person — es una persona muy reservada

    strictly
    2) (=own, individual) [car, house, lesson, room] particular; [bank account] personal

    76 bedrooms, all with private bathrooms — 76 habitaciones, cada una con su baño particular

    • in a or one's private capacity — a título personal

    • for private use — para el uso personal

    3) (=independent) [medicine, education, finance] privado; [school] privado, particular; [patient, tutor, teacher] particular

    a private hospital — una clínica (privada), un hospital privado or particular

    to go private — [patient] ir por lo privado; [dentist, doctor] establecerse de forma privada; [company] dejar de cotizar en bolsa

    4) (=secluded) [place] retirado

    is there somewhere we can be private? — ¿hay algún sitio donde podamos hablar en privado?

    2. N
    1) (Mil) soldado mf raso

    Private Jones! — ¡Jones!

    2)

    • in private: could I talk to you in private? — ¿te puedo hablar en privado?

    I have been told in private that... — me han dicho confidencialmente or en confianza que...

    3) privates * euph, hum partes fpl pudendas
    3.
    CPD

    private citizen N — (Jur) particular mf

    private company N — empresa f privada, compañía f privada

    private detective N — detective mf privado(-a)

    private enterprise N — (=industry) el sector privado; (=initiative) la iniciativa privada

    new employment laws which will hamper private enterprise — nuevas leyes fpl laborales que van a dificultar el crecimiento del sector privado

    private enterprise economy N — economía f capitalista, economía f de mercado

    private equity fund N — fondo que invierte en compañías privadas que no cotizan en bolsa

    private eye N — (US) * detective mf privado(-a)

    private finance initiative N — (Brit) plan de incentivos y potenciación de la iniciativa privada en el sector público

    private health care N — servicio m médico privado

    private health insurance N — seguro m médico privado

    private hearing N — (Jur) vista f a puertas cerradas

    private hotel N — hotel m privado

    private individual N — (Jur) particular mf

    private investigator N — investigador(a) m / f privado(-a)

    private law N — derecho m privado

    private life N — vida f privada

    private line N — (Telec) línea f particular

    private member, Private Member N — (Brit) (Parl) diputado(-a) m / f sin responsabilidades de gobierno

    Private Member's Bill N — proyecto de ley presentado por un diputado a título personal

    private parts NPL — euph, hum partes fpl pudendas

    private patient N — paciente mf privado(-a)

    private pension N — pensión f personal

    private pension plan N — plan m de pensiones personal

    private pension scheme N — = private pension plan

    private practice N — (Med) consulta f privada

    to be in private practice — (Med) ejercer la medicina de forma privada

    private property N — propiedad f privada

    private property rights NPL — derechos mpl de propiedad

    private prosecution N — (Jur) demanda f civil

    private school N — escuela f privada, escuela f particular

    private secretary N — secretario(-a) m / f particular

    private soldier N — soldado mf raso

    private study N — (Brit) estudio m personal

    private tuition N — clases fpl particulares

    private view, private viewing N — visita f privada (a una exposición)

    * * *

    I ['praɪvət, 'praɪvɪt]
    1)
    a) ( confidential) < conversation> privado; < matter> privado, confidencial; < letter> personal
    b)

    in private: she told me in private me lo dijo confidencialmente or en confianza; can we talk in private? ¿podemos hablar en privado?; what you do in private is your own affair — lo que hagas en la intimidad or en tu vida privada es cosa tuya

    2)

    private view — ( Art) vernissage m

    private hearing — ( Law) vista f a puerta cerrada

    private — privado; ( on envelope) personal

    b) (for own use, in own possession) <road/lesson/secretary> particular; < income> personal

    a gentleman of private means — (frml) un señor que vive de las rentas

    3)
    a) ( not official) <visit/correspondence> privado
    b) ( unconnected to the state) < school> privado, particular, de pago (Esp); < ward> reservado; < patient> particular

    to be in private practice — ( Med) ejercer* la medicina privada; ( in US) ( Law) ocuparse de asuntos civiles

    4)
    a) <thoughts/doubts> íntimo

    it's a private joke — es un chiste que los dos entendemos/entienden

    b) < person> reservado

    II
    1) ( rank) soldado mf raso
    2) privates pl ( genitals) (colloq & euph) partes fpl pudendas (euf & hum), intimidades fpl (euf & hum)

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  • 114 settle

    'setl
    1) (to place in a position of rest or comfort: I settled myself in the armchair.) instalar, colocar
    2) (to come to rest: Dust had settled on the books.) asentarse
    3) (to soothe: I gave him a pill to settle his nerves.) calmar
    4) (to go and live: Many Scots settled in New Zealand.) instalarse, establecerse
    5) (to reach a decision or agreement: Have you settled with the builders when they are to start work?; The dispute between management and employees is still not settled.) acordar, decidir, fijar
    6) (to pay (a bill).) pagar, saldar la cuenta
    •
    - settler
    - settle down
    - settle in
    - settle on
    - settle up
    settle vb
    1. establecerse
    2. resolver / decidir
    3. posarse
    to settle a bill saldar una cuenta / pagar una cuenta
    tr['setəl]
    ————————
    tr['setəl]
    1 (establish) instalar, colocar; (make comfortable) poner cómodo,-a, acomodar
    2 (decide on, fix) acordar, decidir, fijar
    ■ that settles it! ¡ya está!, ¡se acabó!
    3 (sort out - problem, dispute) resolver, solucionar; (- differences) resolver, arreglar; (- score) arreglar, ajustar
    4 (calm - nerves) calmar; (- stomach) asentar; (- weather) arreglar, asentar
    5 (pay - debt) pagar; (- account) saldar, liquidar
    6 (colonize) colonizar, poblar
    1 (make one's home in) establecerse, afincarse, instalarse
    2 (make oneself comfortable) ponerse cómodo,-a ( into, en), acomodarse ( into, en)
    3 (bird, fly, etc) posarse; (dust) asentarse; (snow) cuajar; (cloud, fog) caer
    4 (sediment, dregs) precipitarse, depositarse; (liquid) asentarse, clarificarse; (earth, ground) asentarse
    5 (calm down - person) calmarse, tranquilizarse; (- weather) serenarse
    6 (pay) pagar, saldar la cuenta, saldar la deuda
    7 SMALLLAW/SMALL resolver
    8 figurative use (silence, stillness, etc) caer
    settle ['sɛt̬əl] v, settled ; settling vi
    1) alight, land: posarse (dícese de las aves), depositarse (dícese del polvo)
    2) sink: asentarse (dícese de los edificios)
    he settled into the chair: se arrellanó en la silla
    3) : instalarse (en una casa), establecerse (en una ciudad o región)
    4)
    to settle down : calmarse, tranquilizarse
    settle down!: ¡tranquilízate!, ¡cálmate!
    5)
    to settle down : sentar cabeza, hacerse sensato
    to marry and settle down: casarse y sentar cabeza
    settle vt
    1) arrange, decide: fijar, decidir, acordar (planes, etc.)
    2) resolve: resolver, solucionar
    to settle an argument: resolver una discusión
    3) pay: pagar
    to settle an account: saldar una cuenta
    4) calm: calmar (los nervios), asentar (el estómago)
    5) colonize: colonizar
    6)
    to settle oneself : acomodarse, hacerse cómodo
    n.
    • banco largo s.m.
    v.
    • calmar v.
    • colocar v.
    • colonizar v.
    • establecer v.
    • liquidar v.
    • poblar v.
    • posar v.
    • radicarse v.
    • resolver v.
    • sedimentar v.
    • serenar v.
    • situar v.
    • sosegar v.
    • transigir v.
    'setḷ
    1.
    1)
    a) \<\<price/terms/time\>\> acordar*, fijar

    it's all been settled, we're going to Miami — ya está (todo) decidido or arreglado, nos vamos a Miami

    that's settled then, we'll meet at seven — bueno, pues entonces ya está, nos vemos a las siete

    that settles it: I never want to see him again — ya no me cabe duda: no lo quiero volver a ver

    b) ( resolve) \<\<dispute/problem\>\> resolver*, solucionar
    c) ( put an end to) \<\<foolishness/nonsense\>\> (colloq) acabar con
    2) \<\<bill/account\>\> pagar*; \<\<debt\>\> saldar, liquidar
    3) \<\<country/region\>\> colonizar*, poblar*
    4) ( make comfortable) \<\<patient/child\>\> poner* cómodo
    5) ( make calm) \<\<child\>\> calmar; \<\<doubts\>\> disipar; \<\<stomach\>\> asentar*

    2.
    vi
    1) ( come to live) establecerse*, afincarse*

    they settled in Iowa — se establecieron or se afincaron en Iowa

    2) ( become calm) \<\<person\>\> tranquilizarse*, calmarse
    3)
    a) ( make oneself comfortable) ponerse* cómodo

    I settled deeper into the armchair — me arrellané or me puse cómodo en el sillón

    b) \<\<bird\>\> posarse
    4)
    a) \<\<dust\>\> asentarse*; \<\<snow\>\> cuajar
    b) ( sink) \<\<soil/foundations\>\> asentarse*; \<\<sediment\>\> depositarse, precipitarse
    5)
    a) ( pay) saldar la cuenta (or la deuda etc), pagar*
    b) ( Law)

    to settle out of court — resolver* una disputa extrajudicialmente, transar extrajudicialmente (AmL)

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    Phrasal Verbs:

    I ['setl]
    1. VT
    1) (=resolve) [+ dispute, problem] resolver

    to settle a case or claim out of court — llegar a un acuerdo sin recurrir a los tribunales

    settle it among yourselves! — ¡arregladlo entre vosotros!

    that settles it! - you're not going — ¡no hay más que hablar! or ¡pues ya está! - tú te quedas

    2) (=make comfortable) [+ person] poner cómodo, acomodar

    to settle an invalid for the night — poner cómodo or acomodar a un enfermo para que duerma (por la noche)

    to get (sb) settled: I'd just got the baby settled when... — acababa de acostar al bebé cuando...

    to settle o.s. — ponerse cómodo, acomodarse

    she settled herself at the desk — se puso cómoda or se acomodó delante de la mesa

    3) (=place) [+ object] colocar; [+ gaze] posar
    4) (=colonize) [+ land] colonizar
    5) (=calm) [+ nerves] calmar, sosegar; [+ doubts] disipar, desvanecer; [+ stomach] asentar
    6) (=pay) [+ bill] pagar; [+ debt] saldar, liquidar
    7) (=put in order) [+ affairs] poner en orden
    8) * (=deal with) [+ person]
    9) (Jur) asignar
    2. VI
    1) (=establish o.s.) (in a house) instalarse; (in a country) establecerse; [first settlers] establecerse
    2) (=come to rest) [bird, insect] posarse; [dust] asentarse; [snow] cuajar
    3) (=sink) [sediment] depositarse; [building] asentarse
    4) (=separate) [liquid] reposar
    5) (=get comfortable) (in chair) arrellanarse; (in new job, routine) adaptarse, establecerse

    I couldn't settle to anything — no me podía concentrar en nada, no lograba ponerme a hacer nada

    6) (=calm down) [weather] estabilizarse, asentarse; [conditions, situation] volver a la normalidad, normalizarse; [nerves] calmarse; dust 1., 1)
    7) (=reach an agreement) llegar a un acuerdo or arreglo

    they settled with us for £12,000 — lo arreglamos extrajudicialmente y nos pagaron 12.000 libras

    8) (=pay)

    I'll settle with you on Friday — te pagaré el viernes, ajustaremos cuentas el viernes


    II
    ['setl]
    N banco m, escaño m (a veces con baúl debajo)
    * * *
    ['setḷ]
    1.
    1)
    a) \<\<price/terms/time\>\> acordar*, fijar

    it's all been settled, we're going to Miami — ya está (todo) decidido or arreglado, nos vamos a Miami

    that's settled then, we'll meet at seven — bueno, pues entonces ya está, nos vemos a las siete

    that settles it: I never want to see him again — ya no me cabe duda: no lo quiero volver a ver

    b) ( resolve) \<\<dispute/problem\>\> resolver*, solucionar
    c) ( put an end to) \<\<foolishness/nonsense\>\> (colloq) acabar con
    2) \<\<bill/account\>\> pagar*; \<\<debt\>\> saldar, liquidar
    3) \<\<country/region\>\> colonizar*, poblar*
    4) ( make comfortable) \<\<patient/child\>\> poner* cómodo
    5) ( make calm) \<\<child\>\> calmar; \<\<doubts\>\> disipar; \<\<stomach\>\> asentar*

    2.
    vi
    1) ( come to live) establecerse*, afincarse*

    they settled in Iowa — se establecieron or se afincaron en Iowa

    2) ( become calm) \<\<person\>\> tranquilizarse*, calmarse
    3)
    a) ( make oneself comfortable) ponerse* cómodo

    I settled deeper into the armchair — me arrellané or me puse cómodo en el sillón

    b) \<\<bird\>\> posarse
    4)
    a) \<\<dust\>\> asentarse*; \<\<snow\>\> cuajar
    b) ( sink) \<\<soil/foundations\>\> asentarse*; \<\<sediment\>\> depositarse, precipitarse
    5)
    a) ( pay) saldar la cuenta (or la deuda etc), pagar*
    b) ( Law)

    to settle out of court — resolver* una disputa extrajudicialmente, transar extrajudicialmente (AmL)

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    Phrasal Verbs:

    English-spanish dictionary > settle

  • 115 clear

    1. adjective
    1) klar; rein [Haut, Teint]
    2) (distinct) scharf [Bild, Foto, Umriss]; deutlich [Abbild]; klar [Ton]; klar verständlich [Wort]
    3) (obvious, unambiguous) klar [Aussage, Vorteil, Vorsprung, Mehrheit, Sieg, Fall]

    make oneself clear — sich deutlich od. klar [genug] ausdrücken

    make it clear [to somebody] that... — [jemandem] klar und deutlich sagen, dass...

    4) (free) frei; (Horse-riding) fehlerfrei [Runde]

    be clear of suspicion — nicht unter Verdacht stehen

    we're in the clear — (free of suspicion) auf uns fällt kein Verdacht; (free of trouble) wir haben es geschafft

    three clear days/lines — drei volle od. volle drei Tage/Zeilen

    6) (open, unobstructed) frei

    keep something clear — (not block) etwas frei halten

    all clear — (one will not be detected) die Luft ist rein (ugs.); see also academic.ru/94374/all-clear">all-clear

    the way is [now] clear [for somebody] to do something — (fig.) es steht [jemandem] nichts [mehr] im Wege, etwas zu tun

    7) (discerning) klar

    keep a clear head — einen klaren od. kühlen Kopf bewahren

    be clear [on or about something] — sich (Dat.) [über etwas (Akk.)] im klaren sein

    2. adverb

    keep clear of something/somebody — etwas/jemanden meiden

    ‘keep clear’ — (don't approach) "Vorsicht [Zug usw.]"

    please stand or keep clear of the door — bitte von der Tür zurücktreten

    the driver was pulled clear of the wreckage — man zog den Fahrer aus dem Wrack seines Wagens

    3. transitive verb
    1) (make clear) klären [Flüssigkeit]

    clear the air — lüften; (fig.) die Atmosphäre reinigen

    2) (free from obstruction) räumen [Straße]; abräumen [Regal, Schreibtisch]; freimachen [Abfluss, Kanal]

    clear the streets of snow — den Schnee von den Straßen räumen

    clear a space for somebody/something — für jemanden/etwas Platz machen

    clear one's throat — sich räuspern; see also deck 1. 1); way 1. 6)

    3) (make empty) räumen; leeren [Briefkasten]
    4) (remove) wegräumen; beheben [Verstopfung]
    5) (pass over without touching) nehmen [Hindernis]; überspringen [Latte]
    6) (show to be innocent) freisprechen

    clear oneself — seine Unschuld beweisen

    7) (declare fit to have secret information) für unbedenklich erklären
    8) (get permission for)

    clear something with somebody — etwas von jemandem genehmigen lassen; (give permission for)

    clear a plane for take-off/landing — einem Flugzeug Start-/Landeerlaubnis erteilen

    9) (at customs)
    10) (pay off) begleichen [Schuld]
    4. intransitive verb
    1) (become clear) klar werden; sich klären; [Wetter, Himmel:] sich aufheitern; (fig.) [Gesicht:] sich aufhellen
    2) (disperse) [Nebel:] sich verziehen
    Phrasal Verbs:
    * * *
    [kliə] 1. adjective
    1) (easy to see through; transparent: clear glass.) klar
    2) (free from mist or cloud: Isn't the sky clear!) klar
    3) (easy to see, hear or understand: a clear explanation; The details on that photograph are very clear.) deutlich
    4) (free from difficulty or obstacles: a clear road ahead.) frei
    5) (free from guilt etc: a clear conscience.) rein
    6) (free from doubt etc: Are you quite clear about what I mean?) sicher
    7) ((often with of) without (risk of) being touched, caught etc: Is the ship clear of the rocks? clear of danger.) frei
    8) ((often with of) free: clear of debt; clear of all infection.) frei
    2. verb
    1) (to make or become free from obstacles etc: He cleared the table; I cleared my throat; He cleared the path of debris.) reinigen
    2) ((often with of) to prove the innocence of; to declare to be innocent: He was cleared of all charges.) freisprechen
    3) ((of the sky etc) to become bright, free from cloud etc.) sich aufklären
    4) (to get over or past something without touching it: He cleared the jump easily.) knapp vorbeikommen
    •
    - clearance
    - clearing
    - clearly
    - clearness
    - clear-cut
    - clearway
    - clear off
    - clear out
    - clear up
    - in the clear
    * * *
    [klɪəʳ, AM klɪr]
    1. (understandable) definition, description, message klar; explanation, description also verständlich; (definite) impression, similarity eindeutig; (distinct) statement, stage klar, deutlich; signs deutlich
    he wasn't very \clear er hat sich nicht sonderlich klar ausgedrückt
    \clear instructions klare Anweisungen
    to have \clear memories of sth ( fig) sich akk deutlich an etw akk erinnern können
    a \clear picture ein scharfes Bild
    to have a \clear perception of sth klare Vorstellungen von etw dat haben
    to have a \clear understanding of sth ein klares Verständnis einer Sache haben
    to make oneself \clear sich akk deutlich [o klar] ausdrücken
    as \clear as a bell glockenhell, glockenrein
    [as] \clear as day eindeutig, unmissverständlich
    2. (obvious) klar, sicher
    is that \clear? ist das klar?
    it's \clear [to me] that... es ist [mir] klar, dass...
    they have made it \clear that... sie haben es unmissverständlich klargemacht, dass...
    Richard isn't at all \clear about what... Richard ist sich nicht im Mindesten darüber im Klaren, was...
    it's not \clear whether... es ist nicht klar, ob...
    he's a \clear favourite er ist ein klarer Favorit
    he's got a \clear lead er führt eindeutig
    a \clear case of... ein klarer Fall von...
    a \clear majority eine klare Mehrheit
    ▪ to be \clear that... sich dat sicher sein, dass...
    ▪ to be \clear about sth sich dat über etw akk im Klaren sein
    to get \clear about sth sich dat über etw akk klarwerden
    to make one's position \clear seine Haltung deutlich machen
    to make oneself \clear [to sb] sich akk [jdm] verständlich machen
    to make sth \clear [to sb] etw [jdm gegenüber] klar zum Ausdruck bringen
    do I make myself \clear? habe ich mich klar ausgedrückt?
    as \clear as day sonnenklar
    3. usu attr (unconfused) klar
    to keep a \clear head einen klaren Kopf bewahren
    a \clear thinker jd, der klar denken kann
    ▪ to be \clear of sth:
    she's \clear of all suspicion sie ist frei von jeglichem Verdacht; (guilt-free)
    to have a \clear conscience ein reines Gewissen haben
    5. (unobstructed) passage, path frei; throat unbelegt; (complete) ganz, voll; ( fig)
    could you see your way \clear to lending me some money? könntest du mir eventuell etwas Geld leihen?
    a \clear view ein freier Blick, eine ungehinderte Aussicht
    6. (transparent) glass durchsichtig; water, soup klar
    as \clear as crystal kristallklar
    that's as \clear as mud da blickt man gar nicht durch
    7. (pure)
    \clear complexion/skin reiner Teint/reine Haut
    a \clear sound ein klarer Ton
    8. (bright, shining) of colours, eyes leuchtend
    9. (of weather, atmosphere) sky, day, night, air klar
    \clear weather heiteres Wetter
    10. inv (net) rein, netto
    a \clear profit ein Reingewinn m
    \clear jump fehlerfreier Sprung
    12. inv (away from)
    the gate must be \clear of the ground das Tor darf den Boden nicht berühren
    ... one wheel \clear of the ground... ein Rad ragte in die Luft
    wait till we're \clear of the main road... warte, bis wir die Hauptstraße verlassen haben
    to keep [or stay] [or steer] \clear of sb/sth sich akk von jdm/etw fernhalten
    13.
    ▶ all \clear die Luft ist rein
    ▶ the coast is \clear die Luft ist rein fam
    ▶ out of a \clear sky aus heiterem Himmel
    II. NOUN
    ▪ to be in the \clear außer Verdacht sein
    III. ADVERB
    he jumped two centimetres \clear of the bar er sprang mit einem Abstand von zwei Zentimetern über die Leiste
    please move \clear of the edge of the platform bitte von der Bahnsteigkante zurücktreten
    make sure you park \clear of the kerb pass auf, dass du nicht zu nah am Randstein parkst
    stand \clear of the doors (in underground) bitte zurückbleiben; (at train station) Türe schließen selbsttätig — Vorsicht bei der Abfahrt
    to steer \clear of sth NAUT um etw herumsteuern
    to steer \clear of sb jdn meiden
    to steer \clear of a place um etw einen großen Bogen machen
    to stand \clear [of sth] (by moving to the side) zur Seite gehen; (by moving back) zurückbleiben; (remain in a distance) von etw dat entfernt bleiben
    to be thrown \clear of sth aus etw dat herausgeschleudert werden
    to get \clear of sth etw hinter sich dat lassen
    to be \clear of sth etw hinter sich dat gelassen haben
    to see \clear klar sehen
    loud and \clear klar und deutlich
    they got \clear away sie haben sich aus dem Staub gemacht
    ▪ to \clear sth etw klären
    2. (remove confusion)
    to \clear one's head einen klaren Kopf bekommen
    ▪ to \clear sth etw beseitigen; land, snow etw räumen
    to \clear the road die Straße frei machen [o räumen]
    ▪ to \clear sth from [or off] sth etw von etw dat wegräumen
    to \clear one's throat sich akk räuspern
    to \clear the way for sb to do sth es jdm ermöglichen, etw zu tun
    4. (remove blemish)
    ▪ to \clear sth etw reinigen
    to \clear the air (remove dirt) die Luft reinigen; (remove bad feeling) die Atmosphäre reinigen
    ▪ to \clear sth (of things) etw ausräumen
    they \cleared the building in 3 minutes sie räumten das Gebäude in 3 Minuten
    to \clear the table den Tisch abräumen
    6. (acquit)
    to \clear sb of charges LAW jdn freisprechen
    to \clear sb of a crime LAW jdn eines Verbrechens freisprechen
    to \clear sb's name jds Namen reinwaschen
    7. (complete work)
    ▪ to \clear sth etw erledigen
    8. FIN
    Bill \clears $200 a week Bill macht 200 Dollar die Woche fam
    to \clear a cheque einen Scheck freigeben, bestätigen, dass ein Scheck gedeckt ist
    to \clear one's debts seine Schulden begleichen
    to \clear a certain sum eine bestimmte Summe freigeben geh
    ▪ to \clear sth über etw akk springen
    10. (approve)
    you'll have to \clear that with the boss das müssen Sie mit dem Chef klären
    11. (give official permission)
    ▪ to \clear sth etw genehmigen
    to \clear a plane for take-off ein Flugzeug zum Start freigeben
    ▪ to \clear sth with sb etw mit jdm abklären
    ▪ to \clear sb to do sth jdm genehmigen, etw zu tun
    to \clear customs Zollformalitäten erledigen
    12. (in football)
    to \clear the ball klären
    to \clear the ball with one's head mit einem Kopfball klären
    13.
    ▶ to \clear the decks ( fam) klar Schiff machen fam
    1. (delete) löschen
    2. (become transparent) sich akk klären
    3. (become free of blemish) sich akk reinigen
    4. (weather) sich akk [auf]klären
    it's \clearing up es klart auf, es wird klar; fog, smoke sich akk auflösen; (go, disappear)
    ▪ to \clear [away] verschwinden
    5. FIN einen Scheck freigeben
    * * *
    clear [klıə(r)]
    A adj (adv → clearly)
    1. klar, hell (Augen, Licht, Tag etc):
    (as) clear as mud umg klar wie Kloßbrühe
    2. a) klar, durchsichtig, rein: → crystal A 1, varnish A 2
    b) deutlich, scharf (Foto, Konturen etc)
    3. klar, heiter (Himmel, Wetter): → sky A 1
    4. rein, flecken-, makellos (Haut etc)
    5. klar, rein, hell (Stimme): → bell1 A 1
    6. fig klar, hell, scharf:
    a clear head ein klarer oder heller Kopf
    7. klar, unvermischt:
    clear soup GASTR klare Suppe
    8. Funk etc: unverschlüsselt:
    clear text → C 1
    9. übersichtlich, klar (Design etc)
    10. klar, verständlich, deutlich:
    make sth clear (to sb) (jemandem) etwas klarmachen oder verständlich machen;
    make it clear that … klipp und klar sagen, dass …;
    make o.s. clear sich deutlich oder klar (genug) ausdrücken
    11. klar, offensichtlich:
    a clear victory SPORT etc ein klarer Sieg;
    gain a clear win over SPORT etc jemanden klar schlagen;
    have a clear lead SPORT etc klar in Führung liegen;
    be clear about sich im Klaren sein über (akk);
    for no clear reason ohne ersichtlichen Grund
    12. klar:
    a) sicher
    b) in Ordnung:
    all clear alles klar; die Luft ist rein umg
    13. frei (of von), unbehindert, offen:
    clear road freie Straße;
    clear of snow schneefrei;
    put sb clear SPORT jemanden freispielen; → coast A 1
    14. (of) frei (von Schulden etc), unbelastet (von):
    clear of debt schuldenfrei;
    clear title einwandfreier Rechtstitel;
    a clear conscience ein reines Gewissen
    15. WIRTSCH netto, Netto…, Rein…:
    clear gain ( oder profit) Reingewinn m;
    clear loss Nettoverlust m, reiner Verlust
    16. glatt, voll, ganz:
    a clear 10 minutes volle 10 Minuten
    17. TECH licht (Höhe etc)
    B adv
    1. hell, klar
    2. klar, deutlich:
    3. umg völlig, ganz, glatt:
    jump clear over the fence glatt über den Zaun springen
    4. frei, los, weg ( alle:
    of von):
    keep clear of sich fernhalten von, meiden (akk);
    be clear of sth etwas los sein;
    get clear of loskommen von;
    finish well clear of SPORT etc mit klarem oder deutlichem Vorsprung gewinnen vor (dat);
    jump clear wegspringen, sich durch einen Sprung retten;
    see one’s way clear freie Bahn haben; → stand B 6, steer1 B 1
    5. go clear (Springreiten) fehlerfrei oder ohne Abwurf bleiben
    C s
    1. freier Raum:
    a) frei, SPORT frei stehend,
    b) fig aus der Sache heraus, besonders vom Verdacht gereinigt
    2. Funk etc: Klartext m:
    in the clear im Klartext
    D v/t
    1. oft clear away wegräumen, -schaffen ( beide:
    from von), das Geschirr abräumen:
    he cleared the thoughts from his mind er verscheuchte die Gedanken
    2. eine Straße etc frei machen, einen Saal etc, WIRTSCH auch ein (Waren)Lager räumen: → head Bes Redew
    3. den Tisch abräumen, abdecken: → table A 2
    4. Land, einen Wald roden
    5. reinigen, säubern:
    clear one’s throat sich räuspern; → air1 A 1, atmosphere 5
    6. leeren, entladen
    7. Schulden tilgen, bezahlen, bereinigen
    8. von Schulden befreien
    9. WIRTSCH
    a) einen Scheck einlösen
    b) einen Scheck etc durch ein Clearinghaus verrechnen lassen
    c) als Reingewinn erzielen
    10. frei-, lossprechen:
    clear o.s. (sb) of a crime sich (jemanden) vom Verdacht eines Verbrechens reinigen;
    clear one’s conscience sein Gewissen entlasten;
    clear one’s name seinen Namen reinwaschen
    11. → clear up A 2
    12. allg abfertigen, besonders SCHIFF
    a) Waren deklarieren, verzollen
    b) das Schiff ausklarieren
    c) aus dem Hafen auslaufen
    d) die Ladung löschen
    e) von der Küste freikommen:
    clear the decks (for action) das Schiff gefechtsklar machen, fig sich bereit oder fertig machen
    13. a) ein Hindernis (glatt) nehmen, über eine Hecke etc setzen: → hurdle A 1
    b) SPORT die Latte, eine Höhe überspringen
    14. (knapp oder heil) vorbeikommen an (dat):
    15. clear the ball SPORT klären
    E v/i
    1. sich klären (Wein etc), klar oder hell werden
    2. aufklaren, sich aufhellen (Wetter)
    3. oft clear away sich verziehen (Nebel etc)
    4. WIRTSCH, SCHIFF
    a) die Zollformalitäten erledigen
    b) ausklarieren, den Hafen nach Erledigung der Zollformalitäten verlassen
    5. Fußball etc: klären ( for a corner zur Ecke)
    * * *
    1. adjective
    1) klar; rein [Haut, Teint]
    2) (distinct) scharf [Bild, Foto, Umriss]; deutlich [Abbild]; klar [Ton]; klar verständlich [Wort]
    3) (obvious, unambiguous) klar [Aussage, Vorteil, Vorsprung, Mehrheit, Sieg, Fall]

    make oneself clear — sich deutlich od. klar [genug] ausdrücken

    make it clear [to somebody] that... — [jemandem] klar und deutlich sagen, dass...

    4) (free) frei; (Horse-riding) fehlerfrei [Runde]

    we're in the clear — (free of suspicion) auf uns fällt kein Verdacht; (free of trouble) wir haben es geschafft

    three clear days/lines — drei volle od. volle drei Tage/Zeilen

    6) (open, unobstructed) frei

    keep something clear — (not block) etwas frei halten

    all clear — (one will not be detected) die Luft ist rein (ugs.); see also all-clear

    the way is [now] clear [for somebody] to do something — (fig.) es steht [jemandem] nichts [mehr] im Wege, etwas zu tun

    7) (discerning) klar

    keep a clear head — einen klaren od. kühlen Kopf bewahren

    8) (certain, confident)

    be clear [on or about something] — sich (Dat.) [über etwas (Akk.)] im klaren sein

    2. adverb

    keep clear of something/somebody — etwas/jemanden meiden

    ‘keep clear’ — (don't approach) "Vorsicht [Zug usw.]"

    please stand or keep clear of the door — bitte von der Tür zurücktreten

    3. transitive verb
    1) (make clear) klären [Flüssigkeit]

    clear the air — lüften; (fig.) die Atmosphäre reinigen

    2) (free from obstruction) räumen [Straße]; abräumen [Regal, Schreibtisch]; freimachen [Abfluss, Kanal]

    clear a space for somebody/something — für jemanden/etwas Platz machen

    clear one's throat — sich räuspern; see also deck 1. 1); way 1. 6)

    3) (make empty) räumen; leeren [Briefkasten]
    4) (remove) wegräumen; beheben [Verstopfung]
    5) (pass over without touching) nehmen [Hindernis]; überspringen [Latte]
    6) (show to be innocent) freisprechen
    7) (declare fit to have secret information) für unbedenklich erklären

    clear something with somebody — etwas von jemandem genehmigen lassen; (give permission for)

    clear a plane for take-off/landing — einem Flugzeug Start-/Landeerlaubnis erteilen

    10) (pay off) begleichen [Schuld]
    4. intransitive verb
    1) (become clear) klar werden; sich klären; [Wetter, Himmel:] sich aufheitern; (fig.) [Gesicht:] sich aufhellen
    2) (disperse) [Nebel:] sich verziehen
    Phrasal Verbs:
    * * *
    adj.
    deutlich adj.
    eindeutig adj.
    frei adj.
    heiter adj.
    hell adj.
    klar adj.
    übersichtlich (Kurve) adj.
    übersichtlich (klar dargestellt) adj. v.
    aufhellen v.
    aufräumen v.
    klären v.
    löschen v.
    reinigen v.
    roden (Land) v.
    räumen v.

    English-german dictionary > clear

  • 116 set

    1. I
    1) the sun is setting солнце садится /заходит/
    2) his power has begun to set его могущество /власть/ слабеет; his star has set его звезда закатилась; his glory has set его слава померкла
    3) cement has set цемент схватился /затвердел/; the glue did not set клей не засох; the jelly has set желе застыло; blood (the white of the egg, etc.) set кровь и т.д. свернулась; the milk set молоко свернулось /створожилось/; all his muscles set все его мускулы напряглись; his face set его лицо-окаменело /застыло/
    4) young trees set молодые деревца принялись; the blossoms were abundant but they failed to set цветение было бурным, но плоды не завязались
    2. II
    1) set at some time the sun sets early (late, etc.) солнце заходит рано и т.д.; set in some manner the sun sets slowly солнце медленно садится
    3) set at some time the jelly hasn't set yet желе еще не застыло; set in some manner cement (mortar, glue, etc.) sets quickly цемент и т.д. быстро застывает /схватывается/; her hair sets easily ее волосы легко укладывать, у нее послушные волосы; his lips set stubbornly его губы упрямо сжались; his teeth set stubbornly он упрямо стиснул зубы
    3. III
    1) set smth. set a broken bone (dislocated joints, etc.) вправить кость и т.д.; set one's hair укладывать волосы; set the table накрывать на стол; set the stage расставлять декорации; set the scene подготовить обстановку; set the sails а) ставить паруса; б) отправляться в плавание; set a piano настраивать пианино; set a palette подготавливать палитру; set a razor править бритву; set a saw разводить пилу; set a clock (the hands of the watch, the alarm-clock) поставить часы; set the focus of a microscope настроить микроскоп; set a map ориентировать карту
    2) set smb., smth. set guards /sentries, watches/ расставлять часовых /караульных и т.п./; set the guard (the pickets) выставлять караул (пикеты)
    3) set smth. set the wedding day (the time, a date, a price, etc.) назначать день свадьбы и т.д.; set a fine устанавливать размер штрафа; set the course разработать /выработать/ курс; set standards (limits, a time-limit, boundaries, etc.) устанавливать нормы и т.д.; set requirements определять / вырабатывать/ требования; set a punishment наложить взыскание
    4) set smth. set an examination-paper (questions, problems, etc.) составлять письменную экзаменационную работу и т.д.; set a new style (a tone) задавать новый стиль (тон); set the fashion вводить моду; set a new model (a pattern) внедрять новый образец (покрой); set the расе задавать темп; set a record устанавливать рекорд; set a precedent создавать прецедент; set a good (bad) example подавать хороший (дурной) пример
    5) set smth. set a trap (a snare) поставить капкан (силки); set an ambush устроить засаду
    4. IV
    1) set smth. somewhere set the books back положить /поставить/ книги на место; set the chairs back отодвигать стулья; set back one's shoulders расправить плечи; the dog set its ears back собака прижала уши; set the clock (one's watch, the alarm, the hand of the watch, etc.) back one hour перевести часы /отвести часы/ на один час назад; set one's watch forward one hour поставить /перевести/ часы на один час вперед; set a house well (some distance /some way/, a fair distance, etc.) back from the road (from the street, etc.) построить /поставить/ дом вдали и т.д. от дороги и т.д.; set the book (one's knitting, the newspaper, etc.) aside отложить в сторону /отодвинуть/ книгу и т.A; set down one's load (one's suitcase, a box, etc.) опустить свой груз и т.д. (на землю)-, set the tray down поставить (на стол и т.я.) поднос; set the chair upright поднять стул; set smb. somewhere set the dogs apart растащить [дерущихся] собак; set the children apart отделять /изолировать/ детей
    2) set smb., smth. in some direction the current set them (the boat, the ship, etc.) northward (seawards, etc.) течением их и т.д. понесло к северу и т.д.
    5. V
    set smb. smth.
    1) set the boys (the students, the employees, etc.) a difficult job (an easy task, a difficult problem, the job of cleaning the yard, etc.) (заплавать мальчикам и т.д. трудную работу и т.д., set oneself a difficult task ставить перед бабой трудную задачу; set him a sum задавать ему арифметическую задачу; set one's son a goal поставить перед своим сыном цель
    2) set the children (the younger boys, youngsters, other people, etc.) a good example подавать детям и т.д. хороший пример; set smb. smth. to do smth. set smb. a standard /a pattern/ to follow служить для кого-л. образцом, которому надо следовать
    6. VI
    set smth., smb. in some state
    1) set the window (the door, the gates, etc.) open открывать /оставлять открытым/ окно и т.д.; set the door ajar приоткрывать дверь, оставить дверь полуоткрытой; set one's hat (one's tie, one's skirt, etc.) straight поправить шляпу и т.д., надеть шляпу и т.д. как следует; set the prisoners (the bird, etc.) free освобождать /выпускать на свободу, на волю/ узников и т.д.; set the dog loose спускать собаку (с цепи, с поводка и т.п.); a good night's rest will set you right за ночь вы отдохнете и снова будете хорошо себя чувствовать; why didn't you set the boy right? почему же вы не поправили мальчика?; I can soon set that right я могу это быстро уладить или исправить; set errors right исправлять ошибки; it would set him (myself) right in their eyes это оправдает его (меня) в их глазах; set things /matters/ straight /right/ уладить дела; set things ready приводить все в готовность; set smb.'s curiosity agog возбуждать чье-л. любопытство
    7. VII
    1) set smb. to do smth. set the men to chop wood (the men to saw wood, the boys to dig a field, the pupils to work at their algebra, the girl to shell peas, the pupils to sing, etc.) заставлять рабочих колоть дрова и т.д.; I set him to work at mowing the lawn я велел ему /дал ему задание/ постричь газон; я вменил ему в обязанность подстригать газон; whom did you set to do this? кому вы поручили это сделать?; I set myself to study the problem я решил взяться за изучение этого вопроса; he set himself to finish the job by the end of May он твердо решил /поставил себе целью/ закончить работу к концу мая
    2) set smth. to do smth. set a machine (a device, a mechanism, etc.) to work приводить в действие /завалять. запускать/ машину и т.д.; set the alarm clock to wake us at seven заводить будильник, чтобы он поднял нас в семь часов, поставить будильник на семь часов
    3) set smth. to do smth. set a pattern to be followed подавать пример; создавать пример для подражания
    8. VIII
    set smb., smth. doing smth. set everybody (the company, people, me, etc.) thinking (singing, running, etc.) заставить всех и т.д. (при)задуматься и т.д.; set smb. talking а) заставить кого-л. говорить, разговорить кого-л.; I set him talking about the new invention (about the discovery, about marriage, etc.) я навел его на разговор о новом изобретении и т.д.; б) дать кому-л. пищу для разговоров; this incident set people talking этот случай /инцидент/ вызвал всякие пересуды; my jokes set the whole table (the company, the audience, the boys, etc.) laughing мой шутки смешили всех за столом и т.д.; set them wondering вызвать у них удивление; the smoke set her coughing от дыма она закашлялась; who has set the dog barking? кто там прошел?, почему лает собака?; set tongues wagging вызывать толки /пересуды/, давать пищу для сплетен; the news set my heart beating эта новость заставила мое сердце забиться; it's time we set the machinery (the machine, the engine, etc.) going пора запустить механизм и т.д. /привести механизм и т.д. в действие/; when anybody entered the device set the bell ringing когда кто-нибудь входил, срабатывало устройство и звонок начинал звонить; а strong wind set the bells ringing от сильного ветра колокола зазвонили; set a top spinning запускать волчок; а false step will set stones rolling один неверный шаг set и камни покатятся вниз; set a plan going начать осуществление плана; we must set things going надо начинать действовать
    9. XI
    1) be set in (near, round, on, etc.) smth. her house is set well back in the garden (near the road, some way back from the street, on a hill, etc.) ее дом стоит а глубине сада и т.д.; а town (a country-seat, a village, etc.) is set in a woodland (on an island, north of /from/ London, etc.) город и т.д. расположен в лесистой местности и т.д.; а boundary stone is set between two fields поля разделяет межевой камень; а balcony is set round the house вокруг дома идет балкон; the second act (the scene, the play, etc.) is set in ancient Rome (in a street, in Paris, etc.) действие второго акта и т.д. происходит в древнем Риме и т.д.; а screen is set in a wall экран вделан /вмонтирован/ в стену; there was a little door set in a wall в стене была маленькая дверка; а ruby (a diamond, etc.) was set in a buckle (in a gold ring, in an earring, etc.) в пряжку и т.д. был вделан /вставлен/ рубин и т.д.; а ruby is set in gold рубин в золотой оправе /оправлен золотом/; his blue eyes are set deep in a white face на его бледном лице глубоко посажены голубые глаза; the young plants should be set at intervals of six inches эти молодые растения надо сажать на расстоянии шести дюймов [друг от друга]; be set with smth. the coast is set with modem resorts на побережье раскинулось множество современных курортов; the tops of the wall were set with broken glass верхний край стены был утыкан битым стеклом; the room is set with tables and chairs комната заставлена столами и стульями; tables were set with little sprays of blue flowers столы были украшены маленькими букетиками синих цветов: the field was set with daisies поле было усеяно маргаритками; the sky was set with stars небо было усыпано звездами; а bracelet (a ring, a crown, a sword-handle, a valuable ornament, etc.) was set with diamonds (with jewels, with gems, with rubies, with pearls, with precious stones, etc.) браслет и т.д. был украшен /усыпан/ бриллиантами и т.д.; а gold ring set with two fine pearls золотое кольцо с двумя большими жемчужинами
    3) be set on smth., smb. he (his mind, his heart) was set on it ему этого очень хотелось; his heart was set on her a) он любил лишь ее; б) все его помыслы были связаны с ней; be set on doing smth. be set on going to the stage (on coming here again, etc.) твердо решить пойти на сцену и т.д.; be set on going to the sea окончательно решить стать моряком; be set on having a motor bike (on winning, on finding him, etc.) поставить своей целью приобрести мотоцикл и т.д.; be set against smth.,smb. he is set against all reforms (against having electric light in the house, against this marriage, against the trip, etc.) он решительно [настроен] против всяких реформ и т.д.; he is set against her он и слышать о ней не хочет; be set against doing smth. he was violently set against meeting her он упорно отказывался встретиться /от встречи/ с ней /противился встрече с ней/
    4) be set on by smb. she was set on by robbers (by a lot of roughs in the dark, by a dog, etc.) на нее напали грабители и т.д.
    5) be set the table is set стол накрыт; the sails are set паруса подняты; be set for smb., smth. the table is set for six стол накрыт на шесть человек /персон/; the table is set for dinner (for lunch, etc.) стол накрыт к обеду и т.д.; be set in some state slaves (prisoners, hostages, etc.) were set free /at liberty/ рабы и т.д. были освобождены /отпущены на волю/; this must be set in order a) это надо привести в порядок; б) это надо разместить /разложить/ по порядку; the motor was set in motion включили мотор
    6) be set at some time the mortar is already set цемент уже схватился /затвердел/; the jelly is not set yet желе еще не застыло; has the type for the book been set yet? эту книгу уже набрали?; it was all set now теперь все было готово /подготовлено/; be set in some manner his lips (his jaws, his teeth) were firmly set in an effort to control himself он плотно сжал губы (челюсти, зубы), пытаясь овладеть собой; his mind and character are completely set он вполне сформировался /сложился/ как личность; be set to do smth. be set to go there быть готовым пойти туда; two pumps (machines, wheels, etc.) were set to work два насоса и т.д. были включены /приведены в действие/; be set for smth. be set for the talk (for the meeting, for the game, for the journey, etc.) быть готовым к разговору и т.д.; the scene is set for the tragedy (for the drama, for the climax, etc.) события (в книге, в пьесе и т.п.) подводят /подготавливают/ (читателя, зрителя и т.п.) к трагедии и т.д.; he was all set for a brilliant career у него были все задатки для блестящей карьеры
    7) be set over smb. he was set over people ему была дана власть над людьми; he was set over his rivals его ставили выше его соперников
    8) be set against smth. one's expenses must be set against the amount received расходы следует соразмерить с доходами; the advantages must be set against the disadvantages надо учесть все плюсы и минусы; against these gains must be set the loss of prestige оценивая эти выгоды, нельзя забывать об ущербе в связи с потерей престижа; it's no good when theory is set against practice плохо, когда теорию противопоставляют практике; when one language is set against another... когда один язык сравнивают /сопоставляют/ с другим...
    9) be set for some time the examination (the voting, his departure, etc.) is set for today (for May 2, etc.) экзамен и т.д. назначен на сегодня и т.д., the party is all set for Monday at my place решено вечеринку провести в понедельник у меня; the time and date of the meeting have not yet been set дата и время собрания еще не установлены; be set by smth., smb. rules (standards, terms, fees, etc.) are set by a committee (by the law, by the headmaster, etc.) правила и т.д. устанавливаются комиссией и т.д.
    10) be set the list of questions is set список вопросов /вопросник/ составлен; be set for smth. what subjects have been set for the examination next year? какие предметы включены в экзамен на будущий год? || be set to music быть положенным на музыку
    11) be set in smth. the editorial was set in boldface type передовая была набрана жирным шрифтом
    10. XII
    have smth. set we have everything set у нас все готово /подготовлено/; the ship has her sails set корабль поднял паруса; have a place set for a guest поставить прибор для гостя
    11. XIII
    set to do smth. set to dig the garden (to write letters, etc.) начать вскапывать сад и т.д.; the engineers set to repair the bridge инженеры приступили к ремонту моста
    12. XVI
    1) set behind (in, on, etc.) smth. the sun sets behind the western range of mountains солнце садится за горной грядой на западе; the sun sets in the sea солнце садится в море; the sun never sets on our country над нашей страной никогда не заходит солнце; set at (in) smth. the sun sets at five o'clock (in the evening, etc.) солнце заходит в пять часов и т.д.
    2) set against (to, from, etc.) smth. set against the wind (against the current) двигаться, направляться (идти, плыть и т.п.) против ветра (против течения); set against the tide идти против прилива; the wind sets from the south (from the west, from the north-east, etc.) ветер дует с юга и т.д.: the current sets to the west (to the south, through the channel, through the straits, etc.) течение идет на запад и т.д.; the tide has set in his favour ему начинает везти
    3) set against (with) smth., smb. public opinion is setting against this proposal (against this plan, against his visit, against him, etc.) общественное мнение складывается не в пользу этого предложения и т.д.; circumstances were setting with our plan (with him, etc.) обстоятельства складывались благоприятно для осуществления нашего плана и т.д.
    4) set about (upon, on, to) smth. set about the study of mineralogy (about the composition, about it, about one's washing, about one's work, etc.) приниматься /браться/ за изучение минералогии и т.д.; I don't know how to set about this job не знаю, как приступить /как подступиться/ к этой работе; they set upon the task unwillingly они неохотно взялись за выполнение этой задачи; set to work in earnest, set seriously to work серьезно браться за работу; set to work on the problem приняться за работу над этой проблемой; set to work on one's studies начать заниматься, приняться за учение
    5) set up (on) smb. set upon the enemy атаковать противника; а gang of ruffians set on him на него напала шайка хулиганов; they set upon him with blows они набросились на него с кулаками; they set upon us with arguments они обрушились на нас со своими доводами; set about /at/ smb. coll. set about the boys (about the stranger, about the supporters of the other team, at the bully, etc.) набрасываться /налетать, наскакивать/ на мальчишек и т.д.; they set about each other at once они сразу же сцепились друг с другом /начали колошматить друг друга/; I'd set about you myself if I could я бы сам отколотил тебя, если бы мог; I'd set about him with a stick (with the butt of the spade, etc.) if we have any trouble если что [не так], я стукну его палкой и т.д.
    6) set in smth. cement soon sets in dry weather (in the cold, in the sun, etc.) в сухую погоду /когда сухо,/ и т.д. цемент быстро затвердевает /застывает/
    13. XVII
    set about (to) doing smth. set about getting dinner ready (about tidying up the room, about doing one's lessons, about stamp-collecting, late.) приниматься за обед /за приготовление обеда/ и т.д.; I must. set about my packing мне надо [начать] укладываться; he asked me how lie should set about learning German он спросил меня, с чего ему начать изучение немецкого языка; set to arguing (to fighting, to quarrelling. etc.) начинать /приниматься/ спорить и т.д.; they set to packing они стали упаковываться
    14. XXI1
    1) set smth., smb. on (at, against, in, before, for, etc.) smth., smb. set dishes (a lamp, one's glass, etc.) on the table поставить тарелки и т.д. на стол; set a place for the guest поставить прибор для гостя; set food and drink (wine and nuts, meat, a dish, etc.) before guests (before travellers, etc.) поставить еду и напитки и т.д. перед гостями и т.д.; set a table by the window (an armchair before a desk, a floor-lamp beside an armchair, etc.) поставить стол у окна и т.д.; set chairs around (at) a table расставлять стулья вокруг (у) стола; set a ladder (a bicycle, a stick, etc.) against a wall прислонить /приставить/ лестницу и т.д. к стене; set one's hand on smb.'s shoulder положить руку кому-л. на плечо; set a hand against the door опереться рукой о дверь; set smb. on his feet поставить кого-л. на ноги
    2) set smth., smb. in (by, on, upon, etc.) smth. set things in their place again вернуть /положить/ вещи на место; set flowers in the water (in a vase, etc.) поставить цветы в воду и т.д.; set glass in a window вставлять стекло в окно; set lamps in 'walls вделывать светильники в стены; set one's foot in the stirrup вставить ногу в стремя; set the stake in the ground вкопать столб в землю; set a pearl (a jewel, a diamond, etc.) in gold оправлять жемчужину и т.д. в золото; set smb. by the fire усадить кого-л. у огня: set a child in a high chair посадить ребенка ка высокий стул; set smb. in the dock посадить кого-л. на скамью подсудимых; set a wheel on an axle насадить колесо на ось: set a hen on eggs, set eggs under a hen посадить курицу на яйца; set a boy on horseback подсадить мальчика на лошадь; set smb. on the pedestal поставить /возвести/ кого-л. на пьедестал; set troops on shore высадить войска [на берег]; set one's foot oil a step поставить ногу на ступеньку; set foot on shore ступить на берег; I'll never set foot on your threshold я никогда не переступлю порог вашего дома; set a crown on his head возложить на него корону; set a king on the throne посадить короля на трон; set a kiss upon smb.'s hand приложиться к чьей-л. руке; set smth. with smth. set the top of the wall with broken glass утыкать верхнюю часть стены битым стеклом; set this bed with tulips (with geraniums, etc.) засадить эту клумбу тюльпанами и т.д. || set eyes on smb., smth. увидеть кого-л что-л., I never set eyes on him before today до сегодняшнего дня я его в глаза не видел; that child wants everything he sets his eyes on этому ребенку вынь, да положь все, что он видит
    3) set smth. to smth. set a glass (a trumpet, etc.) to one's lips, set one's lips to a glass (to a trumpet, etc.) подносить стакан и т.д. к губам /ко рту/; set a match (a lighter) to a cigarette (to old papers, to a fire, etc.) подносить спичку (зажигалку) к сигарете и т.д.; set one's shoulder to the door налечь плечом на дверь; set spurs to a horse пришпорить лошадь
    4) set smb. across smth. set him across the river переправлять его через реку /на другой берег/; set a child across the street перевести ребенка на другую сторону улицы /через улицу/; set smth. by smth. set a ship by the compass вести корабль по компасу; set smth. against (to ward(s), to) smth. set the boat against the wind (against the current) направлять лодку против ветра и т.д.; set one's course to the south направляться на юг; set one's face toward the east (toward home, towards the sun, etc.) повернуться лицом к востоку и т.д.; set smb. after (at, on, etc.) smb., smth. set the police (detectives, etc.) after /on the track of/ the criminal (on her, after the spies, etc.) направлять полицию и т.д. по следу преступника и т.д.; set the boys on the wrong (right) track направлять мальчишек по ложному (по правильному) следу; set a dog at a hare (at a fox, at a bull, at his heels, etc.) пустить собаку по следу зайца и т.д.; set dogs on a stranger (on a trespasser, on thieves, etc.) спустить собак на незнакомца и т.д. || set sail for India отплывать /направляться/ в Индию
    5) set smb. against (on, to, etc.) smb., smth. set people against each other (a friend against another, everyone against him, etc.) настраивать людей друг против друга и т.д.; he is trying to set you against me он старается восстановить вас против меня; set oneself against the proposal (against the scheme, against the decision, against his nomination, against him, etc.) был настроенным /выступать/ против этого предложения и т.д.; set the crowd on acts of violence (the crew to mutiny, soldiers to violence, people to robbery, etc.) подстрекать толпу на совершение актов насилия /к насилию/ и т.д.; set smth. against smth. set one thing against another противопоставлять одно другому; set one language against another сопоставлять /сравнивать/ один язык с другим; set smth. on smth. set one's heart /one's mind/ on the trip твердо настроиться на эту поездку; set one's heart on a new dress (on a new car, etc.) жаждать /очень хотеть/ купить новое платье и т.д.; he set his thoughts on the plan все его помыслы направлены на осуществление этого плана || set him at odds with his friends рассорить его с друзьями
    6) set smb., smth. to smth. set the class (the boys, him, etc.) to work (to a task, to sums, to dictation, etc.) засадить класс и т.д. за работу и т.д.; set one's mind /one's wits/ to a question (to a task, to a job, etc.) сосредоточиться на каком-л. вопросе и т.д.; you won't find the work difficult if only you set your mind to it если вы серьезно возьметесь за дело, работа не покажется вам трудной; set one's hand to the work (to the task, to the plough, etc.) взяться за работу и т.д.; he set himself resolutely to the task он решительно взялся за выполнение задачи; set а реп to' paper начать писать, взяться за перо; set smth. before smb. set a task (an object) before him поставить перед ним задачу
    7) set smth., smb. т (on, at, to) smth. set one's affairs (one's papers, one's house, a room, etc.) in order /to rights/ приводить свои дела и т.д. в порядок; set a machine in motion запустить машину; set the project in motion начинать работу над объектом; set the machinery of the government in motion приводить государственную машину в движение; set a chain reaction in motion вызвать цепную реакцию; his jokes set the audience (the table, the whole room, etc.) in a roar от его шуток вся аудитория и т.д. покатывалась со смеху; set smb. on his guard настораживать кого-л.; set smb. (smb.'s guests, the boy, smb.'s mind, etc.) at ease успокаивать кого-л. и т.д.; he set the girl at ease с ним девушке стало легко /девушка почувствовала себя свободно/; а host should try and set his guests at ease хозяин должен стараться, чтобы его гости чувствовали себя свободно /как дома/: now you may set your mind at ease теперь вы можете перестать волноваться /не волноваться/; set a question (the affair, the matter, etc.) at rest разрешить /урегулировать/ вопрос и т.д.; that sets all my doubts at rest это рассеивает все мои сомнения; set prisoners at liberty освобождать заключенных
    8) set smth. for smth. set the table for dinner (for five people, for two, etc.) накрыть стол к обеду и т.д.; set the stage for the next scene in a play подготовить сцену для следующей картины [в пьесе]; set the scene for talks подготовить условия /создать благоприятную обстановку/ для переговоров; set smth. by smth. set one's watch by the radio timesignal (by the town clock, by the clock in the library, by mine, etc.) ставить /сверять/ часы по радиосигналу и т.д.; set smth. to (for, at) smth. set the clock (the hands of the clock) to the correct time (to the proper hour of the day, etc.) точно поставить часы и т.д.; set the alarm for 5 o'clock (the camera lens to infinity, a thermostat at 70°, etc.) поставить будильник на пять часов и т.д.
    9) set smb., smth. at (in, он, etc.) smth. set a guard (a sentry, etc.) at the door (at the gate, at the corner of the street, in the nearest village, on the hill, etc.) поставить сторожа /часового/ и т.д. у дверей и т.д.; set pickets around the camp выставлять дозорных вокруг лагеря
    10) set smb., smth. over (before, among, etc.) smb., smth. set him over others (a supervisor over the new workers, etc.) назначать его начальником над остальными и т.д.; set Vergil before Homer отдавать предпочтение Вергилию перед Гомером, ставить Вергилия выше Гомера; set the author among the greatest writers of today (the painter among the best artists of the world, the team among the strongest teams of Europe, etc.) считать автора одним из крупнейших писателей современности и т.д.; set duty before pleasure ставить долг выше удовольствий /на первое место/; set honesty above everything (diamonds above rubies, etc.) ценить честность превыше всего и т.д., his intelligence (his talent, his character, etc.) sets him apart from others (from ordinary people, from the normal run of people, etc.) его ум и т.д. выделяют его среди других и т.д.; her bright red hair sets her apart from her sisters из всех сестер у нее одной были ярко-рыжие волосы
    11) set smth. at smth. set the price (the value of the canvas, etc.) at t 1000 оценить / назначить, определить цену/ и т.д. в тысячу фунтов; set bail at i 500 установить сумму залога в пятьсот фунтов; set neatness at a high value очень ценить аккуратность, придавать большое значение опрятности; set smth. for smth. set a time for a meeting назначать время собрания; set the rules for a contest вырабатывать правила состязания; set the lesson for tomorrow задавать урок на завтра; set smth. to /for /smth. set limits to smb.'s power (to his extravagance, to his demands, etc.) ограничивать чью-л. власть и т.д., устанавливать предел чьей-л. власти и т.д.; he sets no limit to his ambition его честолюбие не знает предела; set a time-limit for examination установить продолжительность экзамена; set a time-limit for debates установить регламент для выступления в прениях; set a record for the mile устанавливать рекорд в беге на одну милю; set an end to it положить этому конец; set smth. on smth., smb. set a high value on life (on punctuality, etc.) высоко ценить жизнь и т.д.; set a punishment on smb. налагать наказание на кого-л., определять кому-л. меру наказания; set a price on smb.'s head /on smb.'s life/ назначить награду за чью-л. голову /за чью-л. жизнь/; set smth. at some time set the death of the man at midnight установить, что смерть этого человека наступила в полночь || set much store by smth. придавать большее значение чему-л.; set much store by social position (by daily exercise, by what the neighbours say, by the opinion of people like him, etc.) придавать большое значение общественному положению и т.д.
    12) set smth. for (in, to, etc.) smth. set papers for the examination составлять экзаменационные работы; set new questions (problems, etc.) in an examination подготовить новые вопросы и т.д. для экзамена; set the words (this poem, etc.) to music положить эти слова и т.д. на музыку; set new words to an old tune сочинить новые слова на старый мотив; set Othello to music а) написать музыку к "Отелло"; б) написать /сочинить/ оперу "Отелло"; set a piece of music for the violin переложить музыкальное произведение для скрипки
    13) set smth. before smb. set a plan (facts, one's theory, one's proposals, etc.) before the council (before the chief, before experts, etc.) изложить совету /представить на рассмотрение совета/ и т.д. план и т.д.
    14) set smth. to smth. set one's name /one's signature, one's hand/ to a document подписать документ; set a seal to the decree скрепить указ печатью; set smth. on smth. set a veto on smth. накладывать запрет на что-л.
    15) set smth. on (in) smth., smb. set one's life on a chance рисковать жизнью в надежде на удачу; set one's future on a chance строить планы на будущее в расчете на счастливое стечение обстоятельств; set hopes on a chance (on him, on his uncle, etc.) надеяться /возлагать надежды/ на случай и т.д.
    16) set smth. for smb. set a snare for a fox поставить капкан на лису; set poison for rats разложить отраву для крыс
    17) set smth. for smth. set milk for cheese ставить молоко на творог, створаживать молоко
    18) || set fire to a house (to a barn, etc.) поджигать дом и т.д.; set the woods (a woodpile, etc.) on fire поджигать лес и т.д.
    15. XXII
    1) set smth. on doing smth. set one's heart /one's hopes, one's mind, one's thoughts/ on becoming an engineer (on going with us, on going abroad, etc.) очень хотеть /стремиться/ стать инженером и т.д.; I set my heart on going today я решил ехать сегодня; he sets his hopes on getting on in life он очень надеется преуспеть в жизни /добиться в жизни успеха/; if he once sets his mind on doing something it takes a lot to dissuade him если он настроился на что-либо, его очень трудно отговорить
    2) set smb. to doing smth. set him to woodchopping поставить его на колку дров, заставить его колоть дрова; set her to thinking заставить ее задуматься; set a child to crying довести ребенка до слез; he set himself to amusing me он изо всех сил старался развлечь меня
    16. XXIV1
    set smth. as smth. set education (money, revenge, etc.) as one's goal /as one's aim, as one's object, as one's purpose, as one's task/ поставить себе целью получить образование в т.д.

    English-Russian dictionary of verb phrases > set

  • 117 clear

    [klɪə] 1. прил.
    1) светлый, ясный; безоблачный ( о небе)

    a clear day — ясный, безоблачный день

    a clear night — ясная, звёздная ночь

    The day dawned with a clear sky. — День наступал ясный, безоблачный.

    Syn:

    The water in the bay was clear as glass. — Вода в заливе была прозрачной, как стекло.

    Syn:
    3) чёткий, отчётливый
    Syn:
    4) звонкий, отчётливый

    The singing was loud and clear. — Пение было громким и звонким.

    Syn:
    5) ясный, понятный, недвусмысленный

    If I have made myself clear, you will understand my original meaning. — Если мне удалось ясно выразиться, вы поймёте, что я имел в виду.

    Syn:
    Ant:
    6) чёткий, ясный, логический

    This problem requires clear thinking. — Для решения этой проблемы требуется ясная голова.

    Syn:
    7) очевидный, явный, не вызывающий сомнений

    In the midst of the unreality, it became clear that one man at least was serious. — Среди всех этих фантастических событий стало очевидным, что, по крайней мере, один человек был серьёзен.

    Syn:
    evident, plain I 1.
    8) убеждённый, уверенный, не сомневающийся

    I am not quite clear about the date. — Я не очень уверен относительно даты.

    Syn:
    9) простодушный; чистый, непорочный
    Syn:
    10) свободный, незанятый; беспрепятственный

    The path was clear. — Дорога была свободна.

    11) чистый; здоровый

    Her complexion was clear, but quite olive. — Кожа на лице у неё была чистой, но с желтоватым оттенком.

    12) яркий, блестящий
    Syn:
    13) свободный (от чего-л.); необременённый (чем-л.)
    Syn:
    14) полный, целый; абсолютный, неограниченный
    Syn:
    absolute 1., complete 1., entire 1., sheer I 1.
    15) амер.; разг. чистый, без примеси, настоящий

    solid silver, the clear thing, and no mistake — сплошное серебро, настоящая вещь, без дураков

    ••
    - all clear
    - all clear signal
    - get away clear
    - keep clear of smb.     2. нареч.
    1) ясно, чётко, отчётливо

    The message came over the wireless loud and clear. — Сообщение, переданное по радио, прозвучало громко и отчётливо.

    Syn:
    2) совсем, совершенно; полностью

    The jogger ran clear to the end of the island. — Бегун добежал до самого конца острова.

    Syn:
    3) ( clear of) в стороне, на расстоянии от (чего-л.)

    He jumped three inches clear of the bar. — Он прыгнул в трёх дюймах от планки.

    ••

    to see one's way clear to do smth. — не видеть препятствий (к осуществлению чего-л.)

    3. гл.
    1)
    а) очищать; осветлять; делать прозрачным
    б) очищаться; проясняться; становиться прозрачным

    The skies finally cleared. — Небо наконец прояснилось.

    Syn:
    2) = clear away / off рассеяться ( о тумане), разъясниться ( о погоде)

    The fog cleared. — Туман рассеялся.

    In the afternoon, the mist cleared off and the rest of the day was fine. — После полудня туман рассеялся, и в оставшуюся часть дня была хорошая погода.

    3) = clear away / off расчищать, прочищать; освобождать, очищать

    to clear (away) the dishes / the table — убирать (посуду) со стола

    Please help your mother to clear away. — Пожалуйста, помоги маме убрать со стола.

    The snowplows cleared the streets. — Снегоуборочные машины расчистили улицы.

    He cleared his throat, and was silent awhile. — Он прочистил горло и немного помолчал.

    Machines have cleared the way for progress. — Машины расчистили дорогу, теперь можно двигаться вперёд.

    We must clear the area of enemy soldiers as soon as possible. — Нам нужно очистить район от врага как можно скорее.

    Syn:
    unblock, clean 2., remove 2., free 3.
    4) = clear away / up удалить, устранить
    5) = clear away / up

    This book has cleared my doubts. — Эта книга рассеяла мои сомнения.

    When he read the letter, his doubts cleared away. — Когда он прочёл письмо, его сомнения окончательно рассеялись.

    6) прояснять, разъяснять, объяснять, истолковывать
    Syn:
    7) оправдывать, снимать подозрение

    The boy was cleared of the charge of stealing. — С мальчика сняли обвинение в краже.

    A surprise witness cleared him of the crime. — Неожиданный свидетель снял с него подозрение в совершении преступления.

    Syn:
    8) подтверждать надёжность (кого-л. при приёме на секретную работу)

    Dr. Graham might require access to restricted information, and so he had to be cleared. — Доктору Грэхему, возможно, придётся работать с конфиденциальной информацией, поэтому он должен получить допуск.

    9) спорт. отбивать, выбивать ( мяч) из штрафной площадки
    10)
    а) одобрять, разрешать
    Syn:
    б) успешно пройти (какие-л. инстанции); получить одобрение

    The bill cleared the legislature. — Законопроект получил одобрение законодательных органов.

    11) = clear off урегулировать финансовые обязательства, произвести расчёт; заплатить долг

    I'm glad I've cleared off the money I owed my mother. — Я рад, что вернул матери все долги.

    12) фин. осуществлять клиринг чеков или векселей
    13) уплачивать пошлину; очищать ( товары) от пошлин
    14) = clear off распродавать товар по сниженным ценам

    The shop decided to clear off the summer clothes when the new winter fashions arrived. — Когда поступила новая зимняя одежда, в магазине решили устроить распродажу летней.

    Syn:
    net II 3.

    This horse can clear 5 feet. — Эта лошадь берёт барьер в 5 футов.

    19) ( clear with) согласовывать (что-л. с кем-л.)

    Clear this with the boss. — Согласуй это с шефом.

    •
    - clear out
    - clear up
    ••
    - clear the skirts of smb.
    - clear the air
    - clear the way
    - clear the decks for action
    - clear one's mind of smth.

    Англо-русский современный словарь > clear

  • 118 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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    1 (centre of thought, feelings) esprit m, tête f ; a healthy mind un esprit sain ; peace of mind tranquillité d'esprit ; it's all in the mind c'est tout dans la tête ○ ; to cross sb's mind venir à l'esprit de qn ; it never crossed my mind that… ça ne m'est jamais venu à l'esprit que…, ça ne m'a jamais effleuré l'esprit que… ; what was in the judge's mind? qu'est-ce que le juge avait en tête? ; at the back of my mind I had my doubts au fond de moi j'avais des doutes ; my mind was full of suspicion j'avais des soupçons sur tout ; that's a load ou weight off my mind ça me soulage beaucoup ; to be clear in one's mind about/that… être sûr de/que… ; to build up an image in one's mind of sb/sth se faire une image de qn/qch ; to feel easy in one's mind about sth se sentir rassuré quant à qch ; to have something on one's mind être préoccupé ; to set one's mind on doing sth décider de faire qch ; to set sb's mind at rest rassurer qn ; nothing could be further from my mind loin de moi cette pensée ;
    2 ( brain) esprit m, intelligence f ; with the mind of a two-year-old avec l'intelligence d'un enfant de deux ans ; to have a very good mind être très intelligent ; he has a fine legal mind c'est un brillant juriste ; the right calibre of mind for the job les qualités intellectuelles pour cet emploi ; it's a case of mind over matter c'est la victoire de l'esprit sur la matière ;
    3 ( way of thinking) esprit m ; to have a logical/analytic mind avoir l'esprit logique/d'analyse ; the criminal mind l'esprit criminel ; to read sb's mind lire dans les pensées de qn ;
    4 ( opinion) avis m ; to be of one mind être du même avis ; to my mind ○ à mon avis ; to make up one's mind about/to do se décider à propos de/à faire ; my mind's made up je suis décidé ; to change one's mind about sth changer d'avis sur qch ; I've changed my mind about him-he's really quite nice j'ai changé d'avis à son sujet-en fait il est assez gentil ; to keep an open mind about sth ne pas avoir de préjugés sur qch ; to know one's own mind avoir des idées bien à soi ; to speak one's mind dire ce qu'on a à dire ;
    5 ( attention) esprit m ; sorry, my mind is elsewhere pardon, j'ai l'esprit ailleurs ; to let one's mind wander laisser son esprit s'égarer ; to concentrate ou keep one's mind on sth se concentrer sur ; to give ou put one's mind to sth accorder son attention à qch ; she can work very fast when she puts her mind to it elle peut travailler très vite quand elle se concentre ; to take sb's mind off sth distraire qn de qch ; to turn one's mind to sth se mettre à penser à qch ;
    6 ( memory) esprit m ; to come to mind venir à l'esprit ; I can't get him out of my mind je n'arrive pas à l'oublier ; try to put it out of your mind essaie de ne plus y penser ; my mind's a blank j'ai un trou de mémoire ; it went right ou clean ou completely out of my mind cela m'est complètement sorti de la tête ; to bring sth to mind rappeler qch à qn ; to call sth to mind se remémorer qch ;
    7 ( sanity) raison f ; her mind is going elle n'a plus toute sa raison ; are you out of your mind ○ ? tu es fou/folle ○ ? ; I was going out of my mind with worry j'étais fou/folle d'inquiétude ; nobody in their right mind would do such a thing quelqu'un de normal ne ferait jamais cela ; to be of sound mind† Jur jouir de toutes ses facultés mentales ;
    8 ( person as intellectual) esprit m ; all the great minds of the 17th century tous les grands esprits du dix-septième siècle.
    B in mind adv phr I bought it with you in mind je l'ai acheté en pensant à toi ; I have something in mind for this evening j'ai une idée pour ce soir ; with holidays/the future in mind en prévision des vacances/de l'avenir ; with this in mind,… avec cette idée en tête,… ; what kind of present did you have in mind? est-ce que vous avez une idée du genre de cadeau que vous voulez offrir? ; to have it in mind to do sth avoir l'intention de faire qch ; to put sb in mind of sb/sth rappeler qn/qch à qn.
    C vtr
    1 ( pay attention to) faire attention à [hazard] ; surveiller [manners, language] ; mind what the teacher tells you fais attention à ce que le professeur te dit ; mind your head/the step attention à la tête/à la marche ; mind you don't drink/he doesn't drink fais attention à ne pas boire/à ce qu'il ne boive pas ; don't mind them! ne fais pas attention à eux! ; carry on, don't mind me gen continuez, ne faites pas attention à moi ; iron allez-y, ne vous gênez pas! ; mind how you go GB faites bien attention à vous ; it's a secret, mind ○ c'est un secret, n'oublie pas ; mind you ○ , it won't be easy remarque, ce ne sera pas facile ;
    2 ( object to) I don' t mind the cold/her husband le froid/son mari ne me dérange pas ; I don't mind cats, but I prefer dogs je n'ai rien contre les chats, mais je préfère les chiens ; I don't mind having a try ça ne me dérangerait pas d'essayer ; ‘do you mind if I bring him?’-‘no, I don't mind’ ‘est-ce que ça te dérange si je viens avec lui?’-‘bien sûr que non’ ; ‘do you want to go today or tomorrow?’-‘I don't mind’ ‘tu veux y aller aujourd'hui ou demain?’-‘ça m'est égal’ ; they were late, not that I minded, but still… ils étaient en retard, non que cela m'ait dérangé, mais tout de même… ; I don't mind who comes peut venir qui veut ; she doesn't mind where he sleeps/when he turns up hum pour elle, il peut dormir où il veut/arriver quand il veut ; will they mind us being late? est-ce qu'ils seront fâchés si nous sommes en retard? ; would you mind keeping my seat for me/opening the window? est-ce que ça vous ennuierait de garder ma place/d'ouvrir la fenêtre? ; would you mind accompanying me to the station? ( said by policeman) je vous demanderai de bien vouloir me suivre au commissariat ; I don't mind telling you, I was frightened je peux te dire que j'ai eu peur ; I think you were a bit rude, if you don't mind my saying so pour être franc, je trouve que tu as été un peu impoli ; if you don't mind my asking… si ce n'est pas une question indiscrète… ; ‘like a cigarette?’-‘don't mind if I do’ ○ ‘une cigarette?’-‘c'est pas de refus’ ○ ; I wouldn't mind a glass of wine je prendrais volontiers un verre de vin ; if you don't mind si cela ne vous fait rien also iron ;
    3 ( care) se soucier de ; he minds what you think of him il se soucie de ce que tu penses de lui ; do you mind! iron non mais! ; never mind ( don't worry) ne t'en fais pas ; ( it doesn't matter) peu importe ; never you mind ○ ! ( don't worry) ne t'en fais pas ; ( to nosy person) cela ne te regarde pas ○ ! ; never mind all that now laissons tomber tout cela pour l'instant ; never mind who/what/when etc… peu importe qui/ce que/quand etc… ; never mind complaining… GB ce n'est pas la peine de te plaindre… ; he can't afford an apartment, never mind a big house il ne peut pas se permettre un appartement encore moins une grande maison ;
    4 ( look after) s'occuper de [animal, children] ; tenir [shop].
    great minds think alike les grands esprits se rencontrent ; if you've a mind to si le cœur vous en dit ; to see sth in one's mind's eye imaginer qch ; mind your own business ○ ! occupe-toi de tes affaires ○ ! ; I gave him a piece of my mind ○ ! je lui ai dit ma façon de penser! ; to have a good mind ou half a mind to do GB avoir bien envie de faire ; to have a mind of one's own savoir ce qu'on veut ; to have no mind to do ne pas avoir le cœur de faire ; to be bored out of one's mind s'ennuyer à mourir ; travel broadens the mind les voyages enrichissent l'esprit ; ⇒ two.
    ■ mind out faire attention ; mind out or you'll fall fais attention à ne pas tomber ; mind out of the way ○ ! dégage ○ !

    Big English-French dictionary > mind

  • 120 aussprechen

    (unreg., trennb., hat -ge-)
    I v/t
    1. (Laut) pronounce; (Wort, Satz) auch say; (un)deutlich: auch articulate, enunciate; nicht ausgesprochen werden LING. (stummer Laut) be silent ( oder mute); weitS. remain unspoken; stimmhaft ausgesprochen werden be voiced
    2. (äußern) express, utter; (Meinung, Zweifel) auch: voice; JUR. (Urteil) pronounce, pass; (Scheidung) grant; jemandem seine Anerkennung / sein Beileid oder Mitgefühl aussprechen express one’s respect for / sympathy to s.o.; der Regierung das Vertrauen / Misstrauen aussprechen PARL. pass a vote of confidence / no confidence in the government
    II v/refl
    1. (sich äußern) express one’s views ( über + Akk on); sich anerkennend oder lobend über jemanden aussprechen speak highly of s.o.; sich aussprechen für / gegen speak out ( oder come out oder declare o.s.) in favo(u)r of / against; für/gegen Plan etc. auch support / reject
    2. (sein Herz ausschütten) unbosom o.s.; unload o.s. umg.; sich ( mit jemandem) aussprechen zur Klärung eines Problems: have it out (with s.o.); sie haben sich über alles ausgesprochen they had everything ( oder it all) out; sprich dich nur aus! get it off your chest, speak your mind; spit it out umg.; ausgesprochen
    3. sich leicht / schwer aussprechen be easy / hard to pronounce
    III vt/i finish (speaking); lass ihn doch aussprechen! let him finish
    * * *
    to utter; to vocalize; to pronounce
    * * *
    aus|spre|chen sep
    1. vt
    Wort, Urteil etc to pronounce; Scheidung to grant; (= zu Ende sprechen) Satz to finish; (= äußern) to express (jdm to sb); Verdächtigung to voice; Warnung to give, to deliver

    jdm ein Lob áússprechen — to give sb a word of praise

    der Regierung sein Vertrauen áússprechen — to pass a vote of confidence in the government

    2. vr
    1) (Partner) to talk things out; (= sein Herz ausschütten, seine Meinung sagen) to say what's on one's mind

    áússprechen — to have a talk with sb (about sth)

    sich für/gegen etw áússprechen — to declare or pronounce oneself in favour (Brit) or favor (US) of/against sth, to come out in favour (Brit) or favor (US) of/against sth

    sich entschieden gegen Doping áússprechen — to take a firm anti-doping line

    2) (Wort) to be pronounced

    dieses Wort spricht sich leicht/schwer aus — this word is easy/difficult to pronounce

    3. vi
    (= zu Ende sprechen) to finish (speaking)
    See:
    → auch ausgesprochen
    * * *
    1) (to pronounce clearly and distinctly: He carefully enunciated each syllable of the word.) enunciate
    2) (to speak (words or sounds, especially in a certain way): He pronounced my name wrongly; The `b' in `lamb' and the `k' in `knob' are not pronounced.) pronounce
    3) ((of a jury) to give (a verdict): The jury returned a verdict of not guilty.) return
    4) (to tell or make known (one's thoughts, the truth etc): I always speak my mind.) speak
    * * *
    aus|spre·chen
    I. vt
    ▪ etw \aussprechen to pronounce sth
    wie spricht man das [Wort] aus? how do you pronounce [or say] that [word]?
    ▪ etw \aussprechen to express sth
    kaum hatte er den Satz ausgesprochen,... he had barely finished the sentence...
    ein Lob \aussprechen to give a word of praise
    eine Warnung \aussprechen to issue [or give] a warning
    einen Zweifel [an etw dat] \aussprechen to express doubts [in sth]
    ▪ jdm etw \aussprechen to express sth to sb
    das Parlament sprach der Regierung das Vertrauen aus parliament passed a vote of confidence in the government
    4. JUR
    eine Scheidung \aussprechen to grant a divorce
    eine Strafe \aussprechen to give out a punishment
    ein Urteil \aussprechen to pronounce [a] sentence
    II. vr
    ▪ sich akk \aussprechen
    1. (sein Herz ausschütten) to talk things over, to have a talk, to say what's on one's mind
    2. (Stellung nehmen) to voice one's opinion
    ▪ sich akk für/gegen jdn/etw \aussprechen to voice one's support for/opposition against sb/sth
    3. (sich äußern) to speak one's mind
    sich akk anerkennend/lobend über jdn/etw \aussprechen to speak highly about sb/sth
    4. LING to be pronounced
    dieses Wort spricht sich leicht/schwer aus this word is easy/difficult to pronounce
    wie spricht sich der Name aus? how do you pronounce the name?
    III. vi to finish [speaking]
    haben Sie jetzt endlich ausgesprochen? have you quite finished?
    * * *
    1.
    unregelmäßiges transitives Verb
    2) (ausdrücken) express; voice <suspicion, request>; grant < divorce>

    der Regierung das Vertrauen aussprechen — pass a vote of confidence in the government

    2.
    1) (ausgesprochen werden) be pronounced

    sich lobend/missbilligend über jemanden/etwas aussprechen — speak highly/disapprovingly of somebody/something

    er hat sich nicht näher darüber ausgesprochen — he did not say anything further about it

    sich für jemanden/etwas aussprechen — declare or pronounce oneself in favour of somebody/something

    sich gegen jemanden/etwas aussprechen — declare or pronounce oneself against somebody/something

    3) (offen sprechen) say what's on one's mind

    sich mit od. bei jemandem aussprechen — have a heart-to-heart talk with somebody

    4) (Strittiges klären) have it out, talk things out ( mit with)
    3.
    unregelmäßiges intransitives Verb finish [speaking]
    * * *
    aussprechen (irr, trennb, hat -ge-)
    A. v/t
    1. (Laut) pronounce; (Wort, Satz) auch say; (un)deutlich: auch articulate, enunciate;
    nicht ausgesprochen werden LING (stummer Laut) be silent ( oder mute); weitS. remain unspoken;
    2. (äußern) express, utter; (Meinung, Zweifel) auch: voice; JUR (Urteil) pronounce, pass; (Scheidung) grant;
    jemandem seine Anerkennung/sein Beileid oder
    Mitgefühl aussprechen express one’s respect for/sympathy to sb;
    der Regierung das Vertrauen/Misstrauen aussprechen PARL pass a vote of confidence/no confidence in the government
    B. v/r
    1. (sich äußern) express one’s views (
    über +akk on);
    sich aussprechen für/gegen speak out ( oder come out oder declare o.s.) in favo(u)r of/against; für/gegen Plan etc auch support/reject
    2. (sein Herz ausschütten) unbosom o.s.; unload o.s. umg;
    sich (mit jemandem) aussprechen zur Klärung eines Problems: have it out (with sb);
    sie haben sich über alles ausgesprochen they had everything ( oder it all) out;
    sprich dich nur aus! get it off your chest, speak your mind; spit it out umg; → ausgesprochen
    3.
    sich leicht/schwer aussprechen be easy/hard to pronounce
    C. v/t & v/i finish (speaking);
    lass ihn doch aussprechen! let him finish
    * * *
    1.
    unregelmäßiges transitives Verb
    2) (ausdrücken) express; voice <suspicion, request>; grant < divorce>
    2.
    1) (ausgesprochen werden) be pronounced

    sich lobend/missbilligend über jemanden/etwas aussprechen — speak highly/disapprovingly of somebody/something

    sich für jemanden/etwas aussprechen — declare or pronounce oneself in favour of somebody/something

    sich gegen jemanden/etwas aussprechen — declare or pronounce oneself against somebody/something

    3) (offen sprechen) say what's on one's mind

    sich mit od. bei jemandem aussprechen — have a heart-to-heart talk with somebody

    4) (Strittiges klären) have it out, talk things out ( mit with)
    3.
    unregelmäßiges intransitives Verb finish [speaking]
    * * *
    v.
    to pronounce v.
    to vocalise (UK) v.
    to vocalize (US) v.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > aussprechen

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