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    adj.
    1 hard, hard-core, stiff, strong.
    2 hard, hard-boiled, hard-bitten, severe.
    3 hard, tough, difficult, rough.
    4 headstrong, unbending, obdurate.
    5 harsh, severe.
    adv.
    hard, with force.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: durar.
    * * *
    1 hard
    2 (carne) tough; (pan) stale
    3 (difícil) hard, difficult
    4 (cruel) tough, hardhearted, callous
    5 (resistente) strong, tough
    6 (obstinado) obstinate, stubborn
    1 (antiguamente) five pesetas; (moneda) five-peseta coin
    2 familiar tough guy
    1 hard
    \
    ser duro,-a de mollera to be thick, be as thick as two short planks
    ————————
    1 (antiguamente) five pesetas; (moneda) five-peseta coin
    2 familiar tough guy
    1 hard
    * * *
    1. adv. 2. (f. - dura)
    adj.
    1) hard
    * * *
    duro, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) (=resistente) [material, superficie, cama, agua] hard; [cable, alambre] stiff; [pan] hard, stale; [carne] tough; [legumbres] hard; [articulación, mecanismo] stiff; [músculo] firm, hard
    2) (=agresivo) [clima, tiempo, crítica] harsh, severe; [deporte, juego] rough; [ataque] fierce; [castigo, sentencia] severe, harsh; [carácter, actitud] tough

    fue un duro golpe para el partido — it was a severe o heavy blow to the party

    una postura dura contra la droga — a tough stance o hard line against drugs

    es muy duro con sus hijos — he's very strict o tough with his children

    hay que tener mano dura con los estudiantes — you have to be firm o strict with students, students need a firm hand

    3) (=difícil) [tarea, prueba, examen] hard

    lo tienes duro para aprobar — * it will be hard o difficult for you to pass

    ¡qué dura es la vida! — it's a hard life!

    4) * (=torpe)

    duro de mollera — dense *, dim *

    duro de oído — (=medio sordo) hard of hearing; (Mús) tone deaf

    5) Méx
    * (=borracho)
    2.
    ADV hard

    pégale o dale duro — hit him hard

    3.
    SM (=cinco pesetas) five pesetas; (=moneda) five-peseta coin

    estar sin un duro — * to be broke *

    - ¡lo que faltaba para el duro!
    - ¡y que te den dos duros!

    vender duros a tres pesetas —

    4. SM / F
    1) [en película, historia] tough character

    se hizo el duro para disimular su tristeza — he acted the tough guy o hard man in order to hide his sadness

    2) (Pol) hard-liner
    * * *
    I
    - ra adjetivo
    1) < mineral> hard; < material> hard, tough; <asiento/colchón> hard; < carne> tough; < músculo> hard; < pan> stale
    2) <luz/voz> harsh; < facciones> hard, harsh; < agua> hard
    3)
    a) (severo, riguroso) < persona> harsh, hard; <castigo/palabras> harsh, severe; <crítica/ataque> harsh; < clima> harsh; < juego> rough, hard

    estuviste or fuiste demasiado duro con él — you were too hard on him

    b) (difícil, penoso) <trabajo/vida> hard, tough

    estar duro — (Méx fam) ( poco probable) to be unlikely; ( muy difícil) to be tough

    estar duro de pelar — (fam) < problema> to be tough o hard (colloq)

    ser duro de pelar — (fam) < persona> to be a hard o tough nut to crack

    4) (Per) ( tacaño) (fam) tight (colloq), stingy (colloq)
    II
    adverbio (esp AmL) <trabajar/estudiar/llover> hard

    hable más duro — (Col, Ven) speak up!

    reírse duro — (Col, Ven) to laugh loudly

    agárrense duro — (Col, Ven) hold on tight

    duro y parejo — (AmL fam) flat out

    darle duro y parejo al trabajo — to work flat out

    III
    1) ( en España) (Hist) five-peseta coin

    estar sin un duro — (Esp fam) to be broke (colloq)

    2)
    a) (fam) ( en películas) tough guy
    b) (Pol) hardliner
    * * *
    I
    - ra adjetivo
    1) < mineral> hard; < material> hard, tough; <asiento/colchón> hard; < carne> tough; < músculo> hard; < pan> stale
    2) <luz/voz> harsh; < facciones> hard, harsh; < agua> hard
    3)
    a) (severo, riguroso) < persona> harsh, hard; <castigo/palabras> harsh, severe; <crítica/ataque> harsh; < clima> harsh; < juego> rough, hard

    estuviste or fuiste demasiado duro con él — you were too hard on him

    b) (difícil, penoso) <trabajo/vida> hard, tough

    estar duro — (Méx fam) ( poco probable) to be unlikely; ( muy difícil) to be tough

    estar duro de pelar — (fam) < problema> to be tough o hard (colloq)

    ser duro de pelar — (fam) < persona> to be a hard o tough nut to crack

    4) (Per) ( tacaño) (fam) tight (colloq), stingy (colloq)
    II
    adverbio (esp AmL) <trabajar/estudiar/llover> hard

    hable más duro — (Col, Ven) speak up!

    reírse duro — (Col, Ven) to laugh loudly

    agárrense duro — (Col, Ven) hold on tight

    duro y parejo — (AmL fam) flat out

    darle duro y parejo al trabajo — to work flat out

    III
    1) ( en España) (Hist) five-peseta coin

    estar sin un duro — (Esp fam) to be broke (colloq)

    2)
    a) (fam) ( en películas) tough guy
    b) (Pol) hardliner
    * * *
    duro1
    1 = harsh [harsher -comp., harshest -sup.], severe [severer -comp., severest -sup.], stiff [stiffer -comp., stiffest -sup.], tough [tougher -comp., toughest -sup.], flinty [flintier -comp., flintiest -sup.], hard [harder -comp., hardest -sup.], stern, rough [rougher -comp., roughest -sup.], rugged, hard-nosed, unfeeling, tough-minded, hard-line, hardy [hardier -comp., hardiest -sup.], hard-wearing, gruelling [grueling, -USA].

    Ex: In this unhappy pattern SLIS are not being singled out for especially harsh treatment.

    Ex: Obviously if it were not for the fact that such indexes also have severe limitations there would be little need to produce any other type of subject index.
    Ex: Ironically, however, the internal organisation walls librarians have built to categorise materials by format remain stiff and solid.
    Ex: As educators, then, we need to ask ourselves some very tough questions -- some to which we would rather not hear the answers.
    Ex: 'I wish she'd tell me when she asks one of my people to do something,' she added in the same flinty tone.
    Ex: The amount of stuffing in the balls was varied to suit the nature of the work; large, soft balls with weak ink were used for low-grade work; small, hard balls and strong ink for work of better quality.
    Ex: There are two good reasons for this stern rule.
    Ex: The changes for the latter group are going to be abrupt, and rough -- very revolutionary.
    Ex: The article 'Where no drive has gone before: ruggedized CD-ROM drives' provides examples of conditions where CD-ROM drives need to be particularly rugged (severe industrial conditions, severe shock and vibration conditions, and severe military conditions).
    Ex: Companies must adopt a hard-nosed attitude in judging the cost benefits of teletext.
    Ex: The discourteous, unfeeling, & degrading reception encountered by job applicants is discussed.
    Ex: Carnegie was a conservative, rigidly moralistic, and tough-minded individualist.
    Ex: Many school districts have adopted a hard-line approach to reducing unexcused absenteeism; in one such district, truancy rates were reduced 45 percent when truants and their parents were taken to court.
    Ex: These plants are often not as hardy when placed in the garden under less than hothouse conditions.
    Ex: The manufacturers of this type of artificial turf say that while the grass is soft and springy underfoot it is extremely tough and hard-wearing.
    Ex: He has become one of the first people in the world to complete a gruelling foot race involving four deserts on four different continents.
    * actuar duro = play + hardball.
    * a duras penas = with great difficulty.
    * arreglárselas a duras penas = muddle through.
    * avanzar a duras penas = flounder, grind on.
    * cara dura = impudence, effrontery, blatancy, shameless, shamelessness.
    * ciencias duras, las = hard sciences, the.
    * dar duro = pack + a wallop.
    * de línea dura = hard-line.
    * disco duro = hard disc.
    * dura realidad = fact of life, harsh reality.
    * duro como una piedra = rock-hard.
    * duro de corazón = hard-hearted.
    * duro de oído = hard-of-hearing.
    * duro despertar = rude awakening.
    * duro golpe = cruel blow.
    * duro revés = cruel blow.
    * edición en cubierta dura = hardcover.
    * edición en tapas duras = hardcover.
    * ganarse la vida a duras penas = eke out + a living, scratch (out) + a living, scrape + a living, eke out + an existence.
    * hacerse el duro = play it + cool, play + hard to get.
    * hueso duro = tough nut.
    * hueso duro de roer = uphill struggle, tough nut to crack, hard nut to crack.
    * huevo duro = hard-boiled egg.
    * la parte más dura de = brunt of, the.
    * libro impreso en pastas duras = board book.
    * madera dura = hardwood.
    * ¿mano blanda o mano dura? = the carrot vs. the stick.
    * mano blanda y mano dura = carrots and sticks.
    * mano dura = iron fist, iron hand.
    * más duro que la suela de un zapato = as tough as leather, as tough as nails, as tough as nuts, as tough as old boots, as tough as shoe leather.
    * más duro que una piedra = as tough as nuts, as tough as nails, as tough as leather, as tough as old boots, as tough as shoe leather.
    * paladar duro = hard palate.
    * pastas duras = hard cover.
    * personas que son duras de oído, las = hard of hearing, the.
    * pornografía dura = hard core pornography.
    * puro y duro = unvarnished.
    * recibir duras críticas = take + a pounding, take + a beating.
    * salir adelante a duras penas = eke out + a living, scratch (out) + a living, scrape + a living, eke out + an existence.
    * sector duro = hard sector.
    * tan duro como el pedernal = as hard as nails.
    * tan duro como la piedra = as hard as nails.
    * tan duro como la suela de un zapato = as tough as leather, as tough as nails, as tough as nuts, as tough as old boots, as tough as shoe leather.
    * tan duro como una piedra = as hard as nails, as tough as nuts, as tough as nails, as tough as leather, as tough as old boots, as tough as shoe leather.
    * tenerlo duro = not be easy.
    * tener un duro despertar = rude awakening + be in store.
    * trabajar duro = labour [labor, -USA], toil, slave away.
    * trabajo duro = hard graft, hard labour, thirsty work, hard work.

    duro2
    * dejar a Alguien sin un duro = take + Nombre + to the cleaners.
    * estar sin un duro = not have a bean.
    * faltar el canto de un duro para = by the skin of + Posesivo + teeth, come + very close to.
    * no tener un duro = not have a bean.
    * novela a duro = dime and nickel novel.
    * sin un duro = broke, down-and-out, skint, penniless.
    * * *
    duro1 -ra
    A
    1 ‹mineral› hard; ‹material› hard, tough; ‹asiento/colchón› hard; ‹carne› tough; ‹músculo› hard
    las zanahorias todavía están duras the carrots are still hard
    2 ‹pan›
    este pan está duro como una piedra this bread is rock-hard
    pan duro para rallar stale bread for making breadcrumbs
    3 (entumecido) ‹cuello/dedos› stiff
    estoy duro de frío ( fam); I'm frozen stiff
    B
    1 ‹luz/voz› harsh; ‹facciones› hard, harsh
    2 ‹agua› hard
    C
    1 (severo, riguroso) ‹persona› harsh, hard; ‹castigo/palabras› harsh, severe; ‹crítica/ataque› harsh; ‹clima› harsh
    estuviste demasiado duro con él you were too hard on him
    una postura más dura a tougher line
    los defensores de la línea dura the hardliners, those who favor a tough stance
    el equipo es famoso por su juego duro the team is notorious for its rough o hard play
    lo que hace falta aquí es una mano dura what's needed here is a firm hand
    2 (difícil, penoso) ‹trabajo/vida› hard, tough
    fue un golpe muy duro para ella it was a very hard o a terrible blow for her
    a las duras y a las maduras through thick and thin ( colloq)
    estar duro ( Méx fam) (poco probable) to be unlikely; (muy difícil) to be tough
    está duro que nos aumenten el sueldo it's unlikely that we'll get a pay rise
    estar duro de pelar ( fam); ‹problema› to be tough o hard ( colloq)
    ser duro de pelar ( fam); ‹persona› to be a hard o tough nut to crack
    3 ( fam) (torpe) dumb ( colloq)
    es duro para los idiomas he's useless at languages ( colloq)
    D ( Per) (tacaño) ( fam) tight ( colloq), stingy ( colloq)
    ( esp AmL) ‹trabajar/estudiar/llover› hard
    ¡pégale duro! hit him hard!
    ¡agárrate duro! hold on tight!
    le estamos dando duro we're working hard on it
    los periódicos le dieron duro the newspapers gave him a rough ride
    hable más duro (Col, Ven); speak up!
    estábamos riéndonos muy duro (Col, Ven); we were laughing very loudly
    agárrense duro (Col, Ven); hold on tight
    corrimos bien duro (Col, Ven); we ran really fast
    duro y parejo ( AmL fam); flat out
    A (en España) ( Hist) five-peseta coin
    estar sin un duro ( Esp fam); to be broke ( colloq)
    B
    1 ( fam) (en películas) tough guy
    2 ( Pol) hardliner
    * * *

     

    Del verbo durar: ( conjugate durar)

    duro es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    duró es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    durar    
    duro
    durar ( conjugate durar) verbo intransitivo
    a) [reunión/guerra/relación] to last;

    ◊ ¿cuánto dura la película? how long is the film?

    b) [coche/zapatos] to last

    c) (Col, Ven) See Also→ demorar a

    durarse verbo pronominal (Ven) See Also→

    duro 1 -ra adjetivo
    1 ( en general) hard;
    ‹ carne› tough;
    ‹ pan› stale;

    2 ‹luz/voz› harsh;
    ‹ facciones› hard, harsh
    3
    a) (severo, riguroso) harsh;

    ‹ juego› rough, hard;

    una postura más dura a tougher line
    b) (difícil, penoso) ‹trabajo/vida› hard, tough;


    duro 2 adverbio (esp AmL) ‹trabajar/estudiar/llover› hard;
    ‹ hablar› (Col, Ven) loudly
    duro 3 sustantivo masculino ( en España) (Hist) five-peseta coin
    durar verbo intransitivo
    1 to last
    2 (ropa, calzado) to wear well, last
    duro,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 hard: ... y también dos huevos duros,... and also two hard-boiled eggs
    2 (insensible, intransigente) harsh, hard: su mirada era dura, her look was harsh
    3 (violento, brusco) rough: aguanté una dura reprimenda, I endured a rough reprimand
    II m (moneda) five-peseta coin
    III adverbio hard
    ' duro' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bregar
    - canto
    - disco
    - dura
    - durante
    - edificación
    - golpe
    - huevo
    - larga
    - largo
    - mollera
    - oído
    - pelar
    - roer
    - sobremesa
    - suela
    - tarugo
    - aplastar
    - entrado
    - noviazgo
    - pesado
    - piedra
    - rock
    - tieso
    English:
    achieve
    - blow
    - broke
    - celebration
    - cold-hearted
    - dammit
    - disc
    - disk
    - easy
    - elbow-grease
    - empire
    - exacting
    - exertion
    - graft
    - grill
    - gristle
    - hard
    - hard disk
    - hard porn
    - hard-boiled
    - hard-core
    - harsh
    - hawkish
    - lack
    - last
    - long
    - nail
    - not
    - nougat
    - nut
    - penny
    - punishing
    - recognition
    - rough
    - rugged
    - second
    - severe
    - slog
    - stale
    - stark
    - stiff
    - sweat
    - thrive
    - toil
    - tough
    - tough-minded
    - arduous
    - boil
    - dense
    - firm
    * * *
    duro, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [objeto, material, superficie] hard;
    [carne] tough; [pan] stale;
    estas peras están todavía muy duras these pears are still hard o not ripe;
    Vulg
    ponérsele dura a alguien: se me puso dura I got a hard-on;
    estar duro como una piedra to be rock-hard;
    más dura será la caída: cuanto más famosos se hagan, más dura será la caída the more famous they get, the worse it is when they fall from popularity;
    Fam
    ser duro de mollera [estúpido] to be thick in the head;
    [testarudo] to be pigheaded; Fam
    ser duro de oído to be hard of hearing
    2. [cerradura, grifo, mecanismo] stiff;
    los cajones van un poco duros the drawers are a bit stiff
    3. [agua] hard
    4. [penoso, inclemente] [clima, invierno] harsh, severe;
    [etapa, experiencia, vida] hard, tough;
    fue un golpe muy duro para todos it was a heavy blow for everybody;
    son o [m5] corren tiempos muy duros these are hard times;
    Fam
    estar a las duras y a las maduras [sin rendirse] to be there through thick and thin;
    [sin quejarse] to take the rough with the smooth
    5. [severo, áspero] [persona, palabras, críticas] harsh, severe;
    [acciones, medidas, condena] harsh; [postura, sector] hard-line; [juego, partido] rough;
    estuvo muy duro con él he was very hard on him;
    el ala dura del partido the hard-line faction of the party;
    una entrada muy dura [de futbolista] a very hard tackle
    6. [fuerte, resistente] tough;
    un tipo duro a tough guy;
    Fam
    ser duro de pelar to be a hard nut to crack
    ♦ nm
    1. [persona] tough guy;
    [en partido político] hardliner;
    hacerse el duro to act tough
    2. Esp Antes [moneda] 5-peseta coin;
    me debes 1.000 duros you owe me 5,000 pesetas;
    5 duros [moneda] 25-peseta coin;
    estar sin un duro to be flat broke;
    Fam
    ¡lo que faltaba para el duro! that really is all we needed!;
    Fam
    que le/te/ etc [m5] den dos duros to hell with him/you/ etc
    ♦ adv
    1. [mucho] hard;
    trabajar duro to work hard
    2. Col, Ven Fam [alto] loudly;
    hablar duro to talk loudly;
    reír duro to laugh noisily
    3. Col, Ven Fam [rápido] quickly, fast;
    nadan muy duro, es imposible alcanzarlos they're very strong swimmers, it's impossible to catch them
    4. Col, Ven Fam [fuerte] hard;
    pégale duro hit him hard
    * * *
    I adj
    1 material hard; carne tough
    2 clima, fig
    harsh
    3
    :
    duro de oído fam hard of hearing;
    duro de corazón hard-hearted;
    ser duro de pelar be a tough nut to crack
    II adv hard
    III m five peseta coin
    * * *
    duro adv
    : hard
    trabajé tan duro: I worked so hard
    duro, -ra adj
    1) : hard, tough
    2) : harsh, severe
    * * *
    duro1 adj
    1. (en general) hard
    2. (carne, persona) tough
    3. (castigo, clima) harsh
    4. (pan) stale
    duro2 adv hard
    duro3 n five peseta coin

    Spanish-English dictionary > duro

  • 22 Geld

    n; -es, -er
    1. money, cash umg.; bares Geld cash; großes Geld notes, Am. auch bills; kleines Geld (small) change; hinausgeworfenes oder rausgeschmissenes Geld umg. money down the drain; schmutziges / heißes Geld fig. dirty / hot money; schnelles oder leicht verdientes Geld easy money; für billiges oder wenig / teures oder viel Geld cheaply / for a lot of money; das hab ich für teures Geld gekauft I had to pay a lot for it; das kostet ein irrsinniges Geld it costs a fortune, it costs an arm and a leg umg.; Geld und Gut money and property; Geld oder Leben! your money or your life!; etwas für sein Geld bekommen get one’s money’s worth; sein Geld unter die Leute bringen go on a spending spree, spend freely; ohne Geld dastehen (momentan kein Bargeld bei sich haben) have no money on one; (arm sein) have no money, be penniless; das geht ins Geld umg. it’ll cost you etc., that’s going to cost you etc. a pretty penny; zu Geld kommen get hold of some money; (reich werden) strike (it) rich umg., hit the jackpot umg.; (Geld erben) come into money; Geld machen umg. make money ( aus out of); das große Geld machen umg. make a lot of money; zu Geld machen turn into cash; was machst du mit dem vielen Geld? what do you do with all that money of yours?; auf seinem Geld sitzen umg., fig., pej. sit on one’s money; um Geld spielen play for money; Geld waschen umg. launder money; mit seinem Geld um sich werfen oder schmeißen umg. throw one’s money around; sein Geld wert sein be worth the money; die wollen nur dein Geld all they’re after is your money; und das alles mit meinem Geld! and I’m paying for it!; von dem bisschen Geld kann doch keiner leben how are you supposed to live on a pittance like that?; Geld spielt keine Rolle money is no object
    2. fig. in Wendungen: sie hat Geld wie Heu oder schwimmt im Geld oder stinkt vor Geld umg. she’s rolling in money ( oder it); es / er ist für Geld nicht zu haben it’s not for sale / you can’t buy him; sie ist nicht mit Geld zu bezahlen she’s worth her weight in gold; das Geld liegt auf der Straße the money’s there to be had ( oder for the taking); man findet oder ich finde etc. das Geld nicht auf der Straße money doesn’t grow on trees; das liebe Geld! money, money, money!, filthy lucre, Brit. auch bloody money!; nicht für Geld und gute Worte not for love or money; Geld allein macht nicht glücklich ( aber es beruhigt hum.) Sprichw. money isn’t everything (but it helps); Geld stinkt nicht Sprichw. money’s money, money talks; Geld regiert die Welt Sprichw. money makes the world go round; Fenster, rinnen, Tasche
    3. WIRTS. (Anlagekapital) meist Gelder money, funds; (Einlagen) deposits; es geht um die Veruntreuung von Geldern in Millionenhöhe the amounts that have been embezzled run into millions; Geld(er) auf Abruf money on call; sein Geld arbeiten lassen fig. make one’s money work (for one)
    4. FIN. (Geldkurs) buyer’s rate
    * * *
    das Geld
    money
    * * *
    Gẹld [gɛlt]
    nt -(e)s, -er
    [-dɐ]
    1) no pl (= Zahlungsmittel) money

    großes Geld — notes pl (Brit), bills pl (US)

    Geld aufnehmen — to raise money

    zu Geld machen — to sell off; Aktien to cash in

    (mit etw) Geld machen (inf) — to make money (from sth)

    um Geld spielen — to play for money

    das kostet ein (wahnsinniges) Geld (inf) — that costs a fortune or a packet (Brit inf) or a bunch (US inf)

    das habe ich für billiges Geld gekauft — I got it cheaply, I didn't pay much for it

    ich stand ohne Geld da — I was left penniless or without a penny

    in or im Geld schwimmen (inf) — to be rolling in it (inf), to be loaded (inf)

    er hat Geld wie Heu (inf) — he's got stacks of money (inf), he's filthy or stinking rich (inf)

    or zum Fenster hinauswerfen (inf) — to spend money like water (inf) or like it was going out of fashion (inf)

    hinterm Geld her sein (inf) — to be a money-grubber (Brit inf), to be money-crazy (US inf)

    sie/das ist nicht mit Geld zu bezahlen (inf) — she/that is priceless

    nicht für Geld und gute Worte (inf) — not for love nor money

    Geld allein macht nicht glücklich(, aber es beruhigt) (prov) — money isn't everything(, but it helps) (prov)

    2) pl (= Geldsummen) money

    staatliche/öffentliche Gelder — state/public funds pl or money

    3) (ST EX = Geldkurs) buying rate, bid price
    * * *
    das
    1) (money in any form: He has plenty of cash.) cash
    2) (coins or banknotes used in trading: Have you any money in your purse?; The desire for money is a cause of much unhappiness.) money
    * * *
    <-[e]s, -er>
    [ˈgɛlt, pl ˈgɛldɐ]
    nt
    1. kein pl (Zahlungsmittel) money no pl
    für \Geld ist alles zu haben money buys everything
    das ist doch hinausgeworfenes [o (fam) rausgeschmissenes] \Geld! that's a waste of money [or fam money down the drain]!
    \Geld aufnehmen to raise money
    bares \Geld wert sein to be worth cash
    gegen bares \Geld for cash
    etwas für sein \Geld bekommen to get one's money's worth
    nicht mit \Geld zu bezahlen sein (a. fig fam) to be priceless a. fig
    etw für billiges \Geld bekommen/kaufen to get/buy sth cheap
    falsches [o gefälschtes] \Geld counterfeit money
    heißes \Geld (Geld aus Kapitalflucht) hot [or flight] money, footloose funds
    ins \Geld gehen [o laufen] (fam) to cost a pretty penny fam
    großes \Geld notes pl
    das große \Geld verdienen to earn big money fam
    etw ist nicht für \Geld zu haben (fam) money cannot buy sth
    hinterm \Geld her sein (fam) to be a money-grubber
    er ist hinter ihrem \Geld her he's after her money
    kleines \Geld change
    zu \Geld kommen to get hold of some money fam
    [mit etw dat] \Geld machen (fam) to make money [from sth]
    etw zu \Geld machen (fam) to turn sth into money [or cash], to cash in sth
    schnelles \Geld (fam) easy money fam
    um \Geld spielen to play for money
    etw für teures \Geld kaufen to pay a lot [of money] for sth
    nicht mit \Geld umgehen können not to be able to handle money, to be hopeless with money fam
    mit etw dat ist \Geld zu verdienen there is money in sth
    2. kein pl (Währung) currency
    hartes \Geld hard currency
    3. meist pl (Mittel) money no pl, funds pl
    ausstehende \Gelder outstanding debts, money due, accounts receivable spec
    \Geld[er] einfrieren to freeze funds
    flüssiges \Geld liquid funds pl
    fremde \Gelder third-party [or borrowed] funds
    \Gelder veruntreuen to misappropriate funds
    \Geld zuschießen to contribute money
    4.
    ▶ \Geld allein macht nicht glücklich (prov) money isn't everything
    \Geld allein macht nicht glücklich, aber es beruhigt (hum) money isn't everything, but it helps
    ▶ das \Geld zum Fenster hinauswerfen (fam) to throw money down the drain fig fam
    ▶ nicht für \Geld und gute Worte (fam) not for love or money
    ▶ gutes Geld a lot of money
    ▶ gutes \Geld dem Schlechten nachwerfen to throw good money after bad
    ▶ \Geld wie Heu haben (fam) to have money to burn [or stacks of money] fam
    ▶ sein \Geld unter die Leute bringen to spend one's money
    ▶ \Geld regiert die Welt (prov) money makes the world go round prov
    ▶ in [o im] \Geld schwimmen (fam) to be rolling in money [or in it] fam
    ▶ \Geld stinkt nicht (prov) there's nothing wrong with money
    ▶ jdm das \Geld aus der Tasche ziehen (fam) to get money out of sb
    ▶ mit \Geld um sich werfen [o (fam) schmeißen] to throw [or fam chuck] one's money about [or around] fig
    * * *
    das; Geldes, Gelder money

    großes Geld — large denominations pl.

    kleines/bares Geld — change/cash

    das ist hinausgeworfenes Geld — that is a waste of money or (coll.) money down the drain

    ins Geld gehen — (ugs.) run away with the money (coll.)

    Geld stinkt nicht — (Spr.) money has no smell

    Geld regiert die Welt — (Spr.) money makes the world go round

    Geld allein macht nicht glücklich [ (scherzh.), aber es hilft] — (Spr.) money isn't everything[, but it helps]

    Geld wie Heu haben, im Geld schwimmen — be rolling in money or in it (coll.)

    nicht für Geld und gute Worte — (ugs.) not for love or money

    zu Geld kommen — get hold of [some] money

    öffentliche Gelder — public money sing. or funds

    * * *
    Geld n; -es, -er
    1. money, cash umg;
    bares Geld cash;
    großes Geld notes, US auch bills;
    kleines Geld (small) change;
    rausgeschmissenes Geld umg money down the drain;
    schmutziges/heißes Geld fig dirty/hot money;
    wenig/teures oder
    viel Geld cheaply/for a lot of money;
    das hab ich für teures Geld gekauft I had to pay a lot for it;
    das kostet ein irrsinniges Geld it costs a fortune, it costs an arm and a leg umg;
    Geld und Gut money and property;
    Geld oder Leben! your money or your life!;
    etwas für sein Geld bekommen get one’s money’s worth;
    sein Geld unter die Leute bringen go on a spending spree, spend freely;
    ohne Geld dastehen (momentan kein Bargeld bei sich haben) have no money on one; (arm sein) have no money, be penniless;
    das geht ins Geld umg it’ll cost you etc, that’s going to cost you etc a pretty penny;
    zu Geld kommen get hold of some money; (reich werden) strike (it) rich umg, hit the jackpot umg; (Geld erben) come into money;
    Geld machen umg make money (
    aus out of);
    das große Geld machen umg make a lot of money;
    zu Geld machen turn into cash;
    was machst du mit dem vielen Geld? what do you do with all that money of yours?;
    auf seinem Geld sitzen umg, fig, pej sit on one’s money;
    um Geld spielen play for money;
    Geld waschen umg launder money;
    schmeißen umg throw one’s money around;
    sein Geld wert sein be worth the money;
    die wollen nur dein Geld all they’re after is your money;
    und das alles mit meinem Geld! and I’m paying for it!;
    von dem bisschen Geld kann doch keiner leben how are you supposed to live on a pittance like that?;
    Geld spielt keine Rolle money is no object
    2. fig in Wendungen:
    stinkt vor Geld umg she’s rolling in money ( oder it);
    es/er ist für Geld nicht zu haben it’s not for sale/you can’t buy him;
    sie ist nicht mit Geld zu bezahlen she’s worth her weight in gold;
    das Geld liegt auf der Straße the money’s there to be had ( oder for the taking);
    ich finde etc
    das Geld nicht auf der Straße money doesn’t grow on trees;
    das liebe Geld! money, money, money!, filthy lucre, Br auch bloody money!;
    nicht für Geld und gute Worte not for love or money;
    aber es beruhigt hum) sprichw money isn’t everything (but it helps);
    Geld stinkt nicht sprichw money’s money, money talks;
    Geld regiert die Welt sprichw money makes the world go round; → Fenster, rinnen, Tasche
    3. WIRTSCH (Anlagekapital) meist
    Gelder money, funds; (Einlagen) deposits;
    es geht um die Veruntreuung von Geldern in Millionenhöhe the amounts that have been embezzled run into millions;
    Geld(er) auf Abruf money on call;
    sein Geld arbeiten lassen fig make one’s money work (for one)
    4. FIN (Geldkurs) buyer’s rate
    * * *
    das; Geldes, Gelder money

    kleines/bares Geld — change/cash

    das ist hinausgeworfenes Geld — that is a waste of money or (coll.) money down the drain

    ins Geld gehen — (ugs.) run away with the money (coll.)

    Geld stinkt nicht — (Spr.) money has no smell

    Geld regiert die Welt — (Spr.) money makes the world go round

    Geld allein macht nicht glücklich [ (scherzh.), aber es hilft] — (Spr.) money isn't everything[, but it helps]

    Geld wie Heu haben, im Geld schwimmen — be rolling in money or in it (coll.)

    nicht für Geld und gute Worte — (ugs.) not for love or money

    zu Geld kommen — get hold of [some] money

    öffentliche Gelder — public money sing. or funds

    * * *
    -er n.
    money n.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Geld

  • 23 basura

    f.
    1 rubbish (British), garbage, trash (United States).
    el parque estaba lleno de basura the park was full of litter
    basura orgánica organic waste
    basura radiactiva radioactive waste
    2 rubbish bin, dustbin (British), garbage or trash can (United States).
    tirar algo a la basura to throw something away
    3 rubbish (British), garbage, trash (United States).
    4 garbage, litter, rubbish, trash.
    5 shinplaster.
    * * *
    1 (cosa) rubbish, US garbage
    \
    bajar la basura / sacar la basura to put the rubbish out
    tirar a la basura to throw away
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=desechos) [en casa] rubbish, garbage (EEUU); [por el suelo] litter

    prohibido arrojar basuras (y escombros) — no dumping, no tipping

    2) (=contenedor) [en casa] dustbin, trash can (EEUU); [en la calle] litter bin, trash can (EEUU)

    tirar algo a la basura — to put o throw sth in the bin

    3) (=persona o cosa despreciable) trash, rubbish

    es una basura — * he's a shocker *, he's a rotter *

    * * *
    1)
    a) ( recipiente) garbage o trash can (AmE), dustbin (BrE)

    echar or tirar algo a la basura — to throw something in the garbage o trash (can) o dustbin

    b) ( desechos) garbage (AmE), trash (AmE), rubbish (BrE); ( en sitios públicos) litter

    la recogida de la basura — the garbage o rubbish o (frml) refuse collection

    2) (fam) ( porquería) trash (AmE colloq), rubbish (BrE colloq)
    * * *
    = rubbish, junk, litter, garbage, dross, trash, schlock, shit, hogwash, cruft, refuse.
    Ex. Science fiction may be so obviously rubbish that one is tempted to dismiss the whole product as rubbish.
    Ex. All the librarian has is a pile of useless junk which people have given to the library instead of throwing out.
    Ex. Indeed, she was delighted to forsake the urban reality of steel and glass, traffic and crime, aspirin and litter, for the sort of over-the-fence friendliness of the smaller city.
    Ex. Some individuals are satisfied with a 50% 'hit' rate because they feel they can more quickly weed out the ' garbage' than they could compile the needed bibliography by hand.
    Ex. They do have the problem, however, of being able to sort out the nuggets of literary gold from amongst the torrents of published dross.
    Ex. For one thing, the librarian cannot really understand why his clients read ' trash' or books of ephemeral value.
    Ex. Adolescents should be allowed such pleasant means of escaping reality and there's no reason why libraries can't accommodate a little schlock.
    Ex. Until your skin gets use to it, it will itch but non-scented talcum powder will help, just make sure you don't inhale any of that shit.
    Ex. The film proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that the official story is hogwash and that all the evidence points towards an inside job.
    Ex. This cruft doesn't harm the system, it merely takes up some space.
    Ex. It is the responsibility of the householder to ensure the refuse is bagged securely.
    ----
    * alcantarillado y basura = sanitation.
    * arrojar a la basura = trash.
    * basura industrial = industrial waste.
    * basura urbana = municipal waste.
    * bolsa de basura = bin liner, bin bag, rubbish bag, garbage bag.
    * buscar entre la basura = scavenge.
    * camión de la basura = garbage truck, rubbish truck, rubbish lorry, dustcart [dust cart].
    * comida basura = junk food.
    * con basura por el suelo = littered.
    * contenedor de basura = rubbish skip.
    * contenedor de la basura = dumpster.
    * correo basura = junk mail, spam, junk e-mail.
    * cubo de la basura = waste bin, trashcan [trash can], dustbin [dust bin], rubbish bin, trash bin, garbage can.
    * eliminación de basura = waste disposal.
    * mendigo que rebusca en la basura = dumpster rat.
    * persona que tira basura al suelo = litterbug, litter lout.
    * pordiosero de la basura = scavenger.
    * recogida de basura = waste collection, garbage collection, refuse removal, refuse collection.
    * sacar la basura = take out + the garbage.
    * vertedero de basura = landfill site, landfill.
    * vertedero de basuras = garbage dump.
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( recipiente) garbage o trash can (AmE), dustbin (BrE)

    echar or tirar algo a la basura — to throw something in the garbage o trash (can) o dustbin

    b) ( desechos) garbage (AmE), trash (AmE), rubbish (BrE); ( en sitios públicos) litter

    la recogida de la basura — the garbage o rubbish o (frml) refuse collection

    2) (fam) ( porquería) trash (AmE colloq), rubbish (BrE colloq)
    * * *
    = rubbish, junk, litter, garbage, dross, trash, schlock, shit, hogwash, cruft, refuse.

    Ex: Science fiction may be so obviously rubbish that one is tempted to dismiss the whole product as rubbish.

    Ex: All the librarian has is a pile of useless junk which people have given to the library instead of throwing out.
    Ex: Indeed, she was delighted to forsake the urban reality of steel and glass, traffic and crime, aspirin and litter, for the sort of over-the-fence friendliness of the smaller city.
    Ex: Some individuals are satisfied with a 50% 'hit' rate because they feel they can more quickly weed out the ' garbage' than they could compile the needed bibliography by hand.
    Ex: They do have the problem, however, of being able to sort out the nuggets of literary gold from amongst the torrents of published dross.
    Ex: For one thing, the librarian cannot really understand why his clients read ' trash' or books of ephemeral value.
    Ex: Adolescents should be allowed such pleasant means of escaping reality and there's no reason why libraries can't accommodate a little schlock.
    Ex: Until your skin gets use to it, it will itch but non-scented talcum powder will help, just make sure you don't inhale any of that shit.
    Ex: The film proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that the official story is hogwash and that all the evidence points towards an inside job.
    Ex: This cruft doesn't harm the system, it merely takes up some space.
    Ex: It is the responsibility of the householder to ensure the refuse is bagged securely.
    * alcantarillado y basura = sanitation.
    * arrojar a la basura = trash.
    * basura industrial = industrial waste.
    * basura urbana = municipal waste.
    * bolsa de basura = bin liner, bin bag, rubbish bag, garbage bag.
    * buscar entre la basura = scavenge.
    * camión de la basura = garbage truck, rubbish truck, rubbish lorry, dustcart [dust cart].
    * comida basura = junk food.
    * con basura por el suelo = littered.
    * contenedor de basura = rubbish skip.
    * contenedor de la basura = dumpster.
    * correo basura = junk mail, spam, junk e-mail.
    * cubo de la basura = waste bin, trashcan [trash can], dustbin [dust bin], rubbish bin, trash bin, garbage can.
    * eliminación de basura = waste disposal.
    * mendigo que rebusca en la basura = dumpster rat.
    * persona que tira basura al suelo = litterbug, litter lout.
    * pordiosero de la basura = scavenger.
    * recogida de basura = waste collection, garbage collection, refuse removal, refuse collection.
    * sacar la basura = take out + the garbage.
    * vertedero de basura = landfill site, landfill.
    * vertedero de basuras = garbage dump.

    * * *
    A
    1 (recipiente) garbage o trash can ( AmE), dustbin ( BrE)
    echar or tirar algo a la basura to throw sth away, to throw sth in the garbage o trash (can) o dustbin
    ¿que no sirve? ¡pues a la basura! well, if it's no use, throw it out o dump it ( AmE) o ( BrE) bin it ( colloq)
    2 (desechos) garbage ( AmE), trash ( AmE), rubbish ( BrE); (en sitios públicos) litter
    sacar la basura to take out the garbage o trash o rubbish
    dejaron el estadio lleno de basura they left litter all around the stadium
    la recogida de la basura the garbage o rubbish o ( frml) refuse collection
    hoy no pasa la basura ( fam); the garbage man doesn't come today ( AmE colloq), the dustmen don't come today ( BrE colloq)
    [ S ] prohibido arrojar basura(s) no dumping, no tipping ( BrE)
    B
    1 ( fam)
    (porquería): ese programa es una basura that program is trash ( AmE colloq), that programme is rubbish ( BrE colloq)
    ¿cómo puedes leer esa basura? how can you read trash o ( BrE) rubbish like that?
    la comida era una basura the food was lousy ( colloq)
    2 ( fam) (persona) swine ( colloq), s.o.b. ( AmE colloq)
    * * *

     

    basura sustantivo femenino
    a) ( recipiente) garbage o trash can (AmE), dustbin (BrE);

    echar or tirar algo a la basura to throw sth in the garbage o trash (can) o dustbin
    b) ( desechos) garbage (AmE), trash (AmE), rubbish (BrE);

    ( en sitios públicos) litter;
    ◊ sacar la basura to take out the garbage o trash o rubbish

    c) (fam) ( porquería) trash (AmE colloq), rubbish (BrE colloq)

    basura sustantivo femenino rubbish, US trash, garbage: bajar/sacar la basura, to put the rubbish out
    tira las sobras a la basura, throw the leftovers away
    camión de la basura, dustcart
    ' basura' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bolsa
    - caca
    - camión
    - cubo
    - desechos
    - desperdicio
    - fondón
    - fondona
    - incinerar
    - plagada
    - plagado
    - rebuscar
    - recoger
    - recogida
    - suciedad
    - verter
    - botadero
    - botar
    - bote
    - caneca
    - comida
    - ducto
    - echar
    - escarbar
    - hurgar
    - incineración
    - pala
    - pepenar
    - quemar
    - sacar
    - tacho
    - triturador
    - vertedero
    English:
    assign
    - bin
    - bin liner
    - collection
    - disposal
    - dump
    - dumping
    - dustbin
    - garbage
    - garbage can
    - garbage truck
    - junk
    - junk food
    - litter
    - put out
    - refuse
    - refuse bin
    - refuse lorry
    - responsible
    - rubbish
    - rubbish bin
    - scavenge
    - scavenger
    - stamp down
    - throw away
    - throw out
    - tip out
    - tip over
    - trash
    - trash can
    - binliner
    - blow
    - can
    - dross
    - dust
    - liner
    - pedal bin
    - scrap
    - skip
    - swing
    - throw
    * * *
    ♦ adj inv
    comida basura junk food;
    contrato basura short-term contract [with poor conditions]
    ♦ nf
    1. [desechos] Br rubbish, US garbage, trash;
    [en la calle] litter;
    no te olvides de sacar la basura don't forget Br to put the rubbish out o US to take out the garbage;
    el parque estaba lleno de basura the park was full of litter
    basura espacial space junk;
    basura orgánica organic waste;
    basura radiactiva radioactive waste
    2. [recipiente] Br rubbish bin, dustbin, US garbage o trash can;
    tirar algo a la basura to throw sth away
    3. [bazofia] Br rubbish, US garbage, trash;
    este artículo es una basura this article is Br a load of rubbish o US trash
    4. [persona] scum, filth
    * * *
    trash, Br
    rubbish;
    cubo de la basura garbage o trash can, Br rubbish bin
    * * *
    basura nf
    desechos: garbage, waste, refuse
    * * *
    basura n rubbish

    Spanish-English dictionary > basura

  • 24 descubrir

    v.
    1 to discover.
    Elsa descubrió el escondite Elsa discovered the hiding place.
    2 to unveil (destapar) (estatua, placa).
    la entrevista nos descubrió otra faceta de su personalidad the interview revealed another aspect of his character
    descubrir el pastel (figurative) to let the cat out of the bag, to give the game away
    3 to discover, to find out (enterarse de).
    descubrió que su mujer lo engañaba he discovered o found out that his wife was cheating on him
    4 to give away.
    5 to uncover, to bare, to find out.
    Elsa descubre sus brazos Elsa uncovers her arms.
    6 to disclose, to bare, to expose, to reveal.
    Teo descubrió su secreto Teo disclosed his secret.
    * * *
    (pp descubierto,-a)
    1 (gen) to discover; (petróleo, oro, minas) to find; (conspiración) to uncover; (crimen) to bring to light
    2 (revelar) to reveal
    3 (averiguar) to find out, discover
    4 (delatar) to give away
    5 (divisar) to make out, see
    6 (destapar) to uncover
    1 (la cabeza) to take off one's hat
    2 figurado (abrirse) to open one's heart (a/con, to)
    3 (en boxeo) to lower one's guard
    * * *
    verb
    1) to discover, find out
    * * *
    ( pp descubierto)
    1. VT
    1) (=encontrar) [+ tesoro, tratamiento, persona oculta] to discover, find; [+ país, deportista] to discover

    descubra Bruselas, corazón de Europa — discover Brussels, the heart of Europe

    2) (=averiguar) [+ verdad] to find out, discover

    he descubierto la causa de su malhumor — I've found out o discovered why he's in such a bad mood

    descubrió que era alérgica a las gambas — she found out o discovered she was allergic to prawns

    3) (=sacar a la luz) [+ conspiración, estafa] to uncover; [+ secreto, intenciones] to reveal

    nunca nos descubrirá sus secretos — he will never tell us his secrets, he will never reveal his secrets to us

    4) (=delatar) to give away
    5) (=destapar) [+ estatua, placa] to unveil; [+ cacerola] to take the lid off; [+ naipes] to turn over, lay up; [+ cara] to uncover

    descubrió la cara y su contrincante le asestó un derechazo en la mandíbula — he uncovered his face and his opponent landed a right on his jaw

    6) (=divisar) to make out
    7) liter (=transparentar) to reveal
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) <tierras/sustancia/fenómeno> to discover; <oro/ruinas/cadáver> to discover, find; < virus> to identify
    b) <artista/atleta> to discover
    2)
    a) (enterarse de, averiguar) <razón/solución> to discover, find out; <complot/engaño> to uncover; < fraude> to detect
    b) < persona escondida> to find, track down
    c) < culpable> find... out
    d) ( delatar) to give... away
    3)
    a) <estatua/placa> to unveil
    b) (liter) ( dejar ver) <cuerpo/forma> to reveal
    c) ( revelar) <planes/intenciones> to reveal
    2.
    descubrirse v pron
    1) (refl) ( quitarse el sombrero) to take one's hat off; < rostro> to uncover

    me descubro! — I take my hat off to you/him/them

    2) ( delatarse) to give oneself away
    * * *
    = dig up, discover, find out, unlock, spy, uncover, unearth, find, come to + light, unveil, ferret out, unfurl, lay + bare, tease apart, bare, suss (out).
    Ex. The list of changed headings is almost literally endless if you have the patience to dig them all up.
    Ex. This, in turn, depends upon users and user interests, and it may be necessary to conduct a survey to discover or update the profile of user interests.
    Ex. For example, a person can consult the system holdings files to find out whether a library in the network owns a copy of the document.
    Ex. NTIS is a key partner in unlocking the world's technology.
    Ex. She spied Asadorian in earnest converse with McSpadden.
    Ex. It requires an extraordinarily astute librarian to uncover this shortcoming at the interview stage.
    Ex. Librarians also provide some assistance with that most familiar and awkward-to-handle enquiry from library users concerning the possible value of Grandpa's old Bible or other old book unearthed in the attic during a clear-out.
    Ex. His trial came up in July 1892 and by then the city accountant had found that over $9,000 had been misappropriated.
    Ex. A further disquieting feature which came to light was the number of people who did not approach staff for help.
    Ex. Here is an institution which knows, neither rank nor wealth within its walls, which stops the ignorant peer or the ignorant monarch at its threshold, and declines to unveil to him its treasures, or to waste time upon him, and yet welcomes the workman according to his knowledge or thirst for knowledge.
    Ex. As a rule analysts are left on their own to ferret out useful and appropriate areas to be investigated.
    Ex. This volume is in fact three books shuffled together under one luscious cover, unfurling as a fantasia on technique that explores, among other things, Mau's riffs on modernism.
    Ex. The aim of this article is to lay bare the causes of this state of affairs.
    Ex. The author and his colleagues embarked on a series of studies to tease apart hereditary and environmental factors thought to be implicated in schizophrenia.
    Ex. The judge ruled that a magazine that published a photograph of a woman baring her breasts at a pig roast did not intrude on her privacy.
    Ex. He was incredulous when he sussed that the noises came from bona-fide gibbons.
    ----
    * descubrir Algo = make + a discovery.
    * descubrir el pastel = blow + the gaff, spill + the beans, let + the cat out of the bag.
    * descubrir una mina de oro = strike + gold, hit + the jackpot.
    * descubrir un secreto = spill + the beans, blow + the gaff, let + the cat out of the bag.
    * posibilidad de descubrir = discoverability.
    * sin descubrir = undiscovered.
    * volver a descubrir = rediscover.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) <tierras/sustancia/fenómeno> to discover; <oro/ruinas/cadáver> to discover, find; < virus> to identify
    b) <artista/atleta> to discover
    2)
    a) (enterarse de, averiguar) <razón/solución> to discover, find out; <complot/engaño> to uncover; < fraude> to detect
    b) < persona escondida> to find, track down
    c) < culpable> find... out
    d) ( delatar) to give... away
    3)
    a) <estatua/placa> to unveil
    b) (liter) ( dejar ver) <cuerpo/forma> to reveal
    c) ( revelar) <planes/intenciones> to reveal
    2.
    descubrirse v pron
    1) (refl) ( quitarse el sombrero) to take one's hat off; < rostro> to uncover

    me descubro! — I take my hat off to you/him/them

    2) ( delatarse) to give oneself away
    * * *
    = dig up, discover, find out, unlock, spy, uncover, unearth, find, come to + light, unveil, ferret out, unfurl, lay + bare, tease apart, bare, suss (out).

    Ex: The list of changed headings is almost literally endless if you have the patience to dig them all up.

    Ex: This, in turn, depends upon users and user interests, and it may be necessary to conduct a survey to discover or update the profile of user interests.
    Ex: For example, a person can consult the system holdings files to find out whether a library in the network owns a copy of the document.
    Ex: NTIS is a key partner in unlocking the world's technology.
    Ex: She spied Asadorian in earnest converse with McSpadden.
    Ex: It requires an extraordinarily astute librarian to uncover this shortcoming at the interview stage.
    Ex: Librarians also provide some assistance with that most familiar and awkward-to-handle enquiry from library users concerning the possible value of Grandpa's old Bible or other old book unearthed in the attic during a clear-out.
    Ex: His trial came up in July 1892 and by then the city accountant had found that over $9,000 had been misappropriated.
    Ex: A further disquieting feature which came to light was the number of people who did not approach staff for help.
    Ex: Here is an institution which knows, neither rank nor wealth within its walls, which stops the ignorant peer or the ignorant monarch at its threshold, and declines to unveil to him its treasures, or to waste time upon him, and yet welcomes the workman according to his knowledge or thirst for knowledge.
    Ex: As a rule analysts are left on their own to ferret out useful and appropriate areas to be investigated.
    Ex: This volume is in fact three books shuffled together under one luscious cover, unfurling as a fantasia on technique that explores, among other things, Mau's riffs on modernism.
    Ex: The aim of this article is to lay bare the causes of this state of affairs.
    Ex: The author and his colleagues embarked on a series of studies to tease apart hereditary and environmental factors thought to be implicated in schizophrenia.
    Ex: The judge ruled that a magazine that published a photograph of a woman baring her breasts at a pig roast did not intrude on her privacy.
    Ex: He was incredulous when he sussed that the noises came from bona-fide gibbons.
    * descubrir Algo = make + a discovery.
    * descubrir el pastel = blow + the gaff, spill + the beans, let + the cat out of the bag.
    * descubrir una mina de oro = strike + gold, hit + the jackpot.
    * descubrir un secreto = spill + the beans, blow + the gaff, let + the cat out of the bag.
    * posibilidad de descubrir = discoverability.
    * sin descubrir = undiscovered.
    * volver a descubrir = rediscover.

    * * *
    vt
    A
    1 ‹tierras/sustancia/fenómeno› to discover; ‹oro/ruinas/cadáver› to discover, find
    en los análisis han descubierto unos anticuerpos extraños the tests have revealed o ( BrE) shown up the presence of unusual antibodies
    todavía no se ha descubierto el virus causante de la enfermedad the virus responsible for causing the disease has not yet been identified
    durante mi investigación descubrí este expediente in the course of my research I discovered o unearthed this dossier
    he descubierto un restaurante fabuloso cerca de aquí I've discovered a wonderful restaurant nearby
    2 ‹artista/atleta› to discover
    B
    1 (enterarse de, averiguar) to discover, find out
    descubrió que lo habían engañado he discovered o found out that he had been tricked
    aún no se han descubierto las causas del accidente the causes of the accident have not yet been established
    el complot fue descubierto a tiempo the plot was uncovered in time
    descubrieron el fraude cuando ya era demasiado tarde the fraud was detected when it was already too late
    en momentos como éstos descubres quiénes son los verdaderos amigos it's at times like these that you find out who your real friends are
    2 ‹persona escondida› to find, track down
    3 ‹culpable› find … out
    no dijo nada por miedo a que lo descubrieran he said nothing for fear that he might be found out
    4 (delatar) to give … away
    la carta los descubrió the letter gave them away
    estamos preparando una fiesta para Pilar, no nos descubras we're arranging a party for Pilar, so don't give the game away
    C
    1 ‹estatua/placa› to unveil
    2 ( liter) (dejar ver) ‹cuerpo/forma› to reveal
    3 (revelar) ‹planes/intenciones› to reveal
    A ( refl) (quitarse el sombrero) to take one's hat off; ‹rostro› to uncover
    se descubrió el brazo para enseñar las cicatrices he pulled up his sleeve to show the scars
    ¡me descubro! I take my hat off to you/him/them
    B (delatarse) to give oneself away
    * * *

     

    descubrir ( conjugate descubrir) verbo transitivo
    1 ‹tierras/oro/artista› to discover
    2
    a) (enterarse de, averiguar) ‹razón/solución› to discover, find out;

    ‹complot/engaño› to uncover;
    ‹ fraude› to detect

    c) ‹ culpable› find … out

    d) ( delatar) to give … away

    3
    a) ‹estatua/placa› to unveil

    b) ( revelar) ‹planes/intenciones› to reveal

    descubrir verbo transitivo
    1 (algo oculto o ignorado) to discover
    (un plan secreto) to uncover
    (oro, petróleo, etc) to find
    2 (algo tapado) to uncover, (una placa conmemorativa) to unveil
    3 (enterarse) to find out: descubrió que no era hija de su padre, she found out that she wasn't her father's daughter
    4 (revelar, manifestar) to give away
    ' descubrir' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    adivinar
    - delatar
    - desvelar
    - encontrarse
    - hallar
    - instigación
    - sacar
    - coger
    - destapar
    - encontrar
    English:
    bare
    - bean
    - call
    - detect
    - dig out
    - discover
    - expose
    - find
    - find out
    - search out
    - see
    - show up
    - smell out
    - strike
    - uncover
    - unveil
    - cat
    - divine
    - ferret
    - rediscover
    - spot
    - spy
    - trace
    - unearth
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [hallar] to discover;
    [petróleo] to strike, to find; [oro, plutonio] to find; [nuevas tierras, artista, novedad científica] to discover;
    no han descubierto la causa de su enfermedad they haven't discovered the cause of his illness;
    callejeando descubrimos un bar irlandés we came across an Irish bar as we wandered about the streets;
    la policía descubrió al secuestrador the police found the kidnapper;
    Fam Hum
    ¡has descubierto América! you've reinvented the wheel
    2. [destapar] [estatua, placa] to unveil;
    [complot, parte del cuerpo] to uncover; [cualidades, defectos] to reveal;
    los periodistas descubrieron un caso de estafa the reporters uncovered a case of fraud;
    la entrevista nos descubrió otra faceta de su personalidad the interview revealed another aspect of his character;
    descubrir el pastel to let the cat out of the bag, to give the game away
    3. [enterarse de] to discover, to find out;
    ¿qué has conseguido descubrir? what have you managed to find out?;
    descubrió que su mujer lo engañaba he discovered o found out that his wife was cheating on him
    4. [vislumbrar] to spot, to spy
    5. [delatar] to give away;
    una indiscreción la descubrió an indiscreet remark gave her away
    * * *
    <part descubierto> v/t
    1 territorio, cura etc discover
    2 ( averiguar) discover, find out
    3 poner de manifiesto uncover, reveal; estatua unveil
    * * *
    descubrir {2} vt
    1) hallar: to discover, to find out
    2) revelar: to uncover, to reveal
    * * *
    1. (encontrar, hallar) to discover
    2. (averiguar, enterarse) to find out [pt. & pp. found]

    Spanish-English dictionary > descubrir

  • 25 millonario

    adj.
    worth millions.
    m.
    millionaire, wealthy person, millionnaire.
    * * *
    1 millionaire
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (hombre) millionaire; (mujer) millionairess
    * * *
    (f. - millonaria)
    noun
    * * *
    millonario, -a
    SM / F millionaire/millionairess
    * * *
    I
    - ria adjetivo
    II
    - ria masculino, femenino millionaire
    * * *
    Ex. A matchmaking boat cruise open only to male millionaires and 'good-looking and desirable' women is slated to set sail later this month.
    ----
    * hacerse millonario = strike + it rich, strike + gold, hit + the jackpot.
    * * *
    I
    - ria adjetivo
    II
    - ria masculino, femenino millionaire
    * * *

    Ex: A matchmaking boat cruise open only to male millionaires and 'good-looking and desirable' women is slated to set sail later this month.

    * hacerse millonario = strike + it rich, strike + gold, hit + the jackpot.

    * * *
    es millonario he's a millionaire
    premios millonarios prizes worth millions
    masculine, feminine
    millionaire
    * * *

    millonario
    ◊ - ria adjetivo: es millonario he's a millionaire

    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    millionaire
    millonario,-a adjetivo & sustantivo masculino y femenino millionaire

    ' millonario' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    millonaria
    - aunque
    - cazar
    English:
    millionaire
    * * *
    millonario, -a
    ♦ adj
    un premio millonario a prize worth millions;
    pérdidas millonarias losses running into millions
    ♦ nm,f
    millionaire, f millionairess
    * * *
    I adj millionaire atr ;
    un yate millonario a yacht that cost millions
    II m, millonaria f millionaire
    * * *
    : millionaire
    * * *
    millonario n millionaire

    Spanish-English dictionary > millonario

  • 26 rico

    adj.
    1 rich, wealthy, well-off, moneyed.
    2 delicious, tasty.
    3 pleasing.
    m.
    1 rich person, rich.
    2 Rico.
    * * *
    1 (acaudalado) rich, wealthy
    3 (sabroso) tasty, delicious
    4 (tierra) rich, fertile
    5 (excelente) rich, excellent
    6 familiar (bonito) lovely, adorable
    7 familiar (tratamiento - hombre) mate, US man; (- mujer) love, US sweetheart
    ■ mira rico, no me tomes el pelo look mate, don't pull my leg
    ■ ¿qué tal, rica? how are you doing, love?
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 rich person
    1 the rich
    \
    hacerse rico,-a to get rich
    nuevo,-a rico,-a nouveau riche
    * * *
    (f. - rica)
    adj.
    1) rich
    * * *
    rico, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) (=adinerado) rich, wealthy
    2) [suelo] rich

    rico de o en — rich in

    3) (=valioso) valuable, precious; (=lujoso) luxurious, sumptuous, valuable; [tela] fine, rich, sumptuous
    4) (=sabroso) delicious, tasty
    5) * (=bonito) cute, lovely
    [en oración directa]

    ¡rico! — darling!

    ¡oye, rico! — hey, watch it! *

    ¡que no, rico! — Esp no way, mate! *

    ¡qué rico es el pequeño! — isn't he a lovely baby!

    ¡qué rico! — iró (isn't that just) great!

    2.
    * * *
    I
    - ca adjetivo
    1) <persona/país> rich, wealthy
    2)
    a) < tierra> rich; < vegetación> lush; <lenguaje/historia> rich
    b) ( abundante)
    3)
    a) < comida> good, nice
    b) (esp CS) < perfume> nice, lovely
    4) (fam) ( mono) <niño/chica> lovely, cute

    es muy rica de cara — (CS) she has a very pretty o a lovely face

    5) (AmL exc RPl) ( agradable) lovely, wonderful

    ¿te vas a Acapulco? ay, qué rico! — you're off to Acapulco? how lovely!

    II
    - ca masculino, femenino
    1) (m) rich o wealthy man; (f) rich o wealthy woman

    los ricos — rich people, the rich

    2) ( como apelativo) (fam & iró) sweetie (colloq & iro), honey (colloq & iro)
    * * *
    = affluent, rich [richer -comp., richest -sup.], wealthy [wealthier -comp., wealthiest -sup.], luscious, tasty [tastier -comp., tastiest -sup.].
    Ex. It is easy to predict that a majority of either large or affluent libraries in this country will employ some form of catalog under machine control in the foreseeable future.
    Ex. So, in practice, instead of exploiting the rich coordination of natural language, most systems ignore these links between concepts and resort to picking words from text at random.
    Ex. Today's sophisticated media provide clear advantages to wealthy, well-established interest groups.
    Ex. This volume is in fact three books shuffled together under one luscious cover, unfurling as a fantasia on technique that explores, among other things, Mau's riffs on modernism.
    Ex. Some tasty ready-made sarnies you can buy in shops are so full of salt they should have a health warning, says a group of experts.
    ----
    * aprendizaje rico en conocimiento = knowledge-rich learning.
    * barrio de los ricos = upper town.
    * casarse con alguien rico = marry into + money, marry + a fortune, marry + money.
    * hacer más rico = add + richness to.
    * hacerse rico = strike + it rich, strike + gold, hit + the jackpot.
    * hazte rico pronto = get-rich-quick.
    * Puerto Rico = Puerto Rico.
    * rico en almidón = starchy [starchier -comp., starchiest -sup.], starchy [starchier -comp., starchiest -sup.].
    * rico en contenido = content-rich.
    * rico en contenido temático = subject-rich.
    * rico en féculas = starchy [starchier -comp., starchiest -sup.].
    * rico en fibras = high-fibre.
    * rico en grasa = fat-rich.
    * rico en hidratos de carbono = starchy [starchier -comp., starchiest -sup.].
    * rico en información = information-rich, info-rich.
    * rico en mensajes = message-rich.
    * rico en nutrientes = nutrient-rich.
    * rico en óxido = oxidised [oxidized, -USA].
    * rico en proteínas = high protein.
    * rico en recursos = resource-rich.
    * rico en TI = IT-rich.
    * ricos = haves.
    * ricos en información = information haves.
    * ricos en información, los = information-rich, the.
    * ricos, los = better off, the.
    * ricos y los pobres, los = haves and the have-nots, the.
    * ser rico en = be rich in.
    * ser rico en contenido = be rich in content.
    * superricos, los = super rich, the.
    * * *
    I
    - ca adjetivo
    1) <persona/país> rich, wealthy
    2)
    a) < tierra> rich; < vegetación> lush; <lenguaje/historia> rich
    b) ( abundante)
    3)
    a) < comida> good, nice
    b) (esp CS) < perfume> nice, lovely
    4) (fam) ( mono) <niño/chica> lovely, cute

    es muy rica de cara — (CS) she has a very pretty o a lovely face

    5) (AmL exc RPl) ( agradable) lovely, wonderful

    ¿te vas a Acapulco? ay, qué rico! — you're off to Acapulco? how lovely!

    II
    - ca masculino, femenino
    1) (m) rich o wealthy man; (f) rich o wealthy woman

    los ricos — rich people, the rich

    2) ( como apelativo) (fam & iró) sweetie (colloq & iro), honey (colloq & iro)
    * * *
    = affluent, rich [richer -comp., richest -sup.], wealthy [wealthier -comp., wealthiest -sup.], luscious, tasty [tastier -comp., tastiest -sup.].

    Ex: It is easy to predict that a majority of either large or affluent libraries in this country will employ some form of catalog under machine control in the foreseeable future.

    Ex: So, in practice, instead of exploiting the rich coordination of natural language, most systems ignore these links between concepts and resort to picking words from text at random.
    Ex: Today's sophisticated media provide clear advantages to wealthy, well-established interest groups.
    Ex: This volume is in fact three books shuffled together under one luscious cover, unfurling as a fantasia on technique that explores, among other things, Mau's riffs on modernism.
    Ex: Some tasty ready-made sarnies you can buy in shops are so full of salt they should have a health warning, says a group of experts.
    * aprendizaje rico en conocimiento = knowledge-rich learning.
    * barrio de los ricos = upper town.
    * casarse con alguien rico = marry into + money, marry + a fortune, marry + money.
    * hacer más rico = add + richness to.
    * hacerse rico = strike + it rich, strike + gold, hit + the jackpot.
    * hazte rico pronto = get-rich-quick.
    * Puerto Rico = Puerto Rico.
    * rico en almidón = starchy [starchier -comp., starchiest -sup.], starchy [starchier -comp., starchiest -sup.].
    * rico en contenido = content-rich.
    * rico en contenido temático = subject-rich.
    * rico en féculas = starchy [starchier -comp., starchiest -sup.].
    * rico en fibras = high-fibre.
    * rico en grasa = fat-rich.
    * rico en hidratos de carbono = starchy [starchier -comp., starchiest -sup.].
    * rico en información = information-rich, info-rich.
    * rico en mensajes = message-rich.
    * rico en nutrientes = nutrient-rich.
    * rico en óxido = oxidised [oxidized, -USA].
    * rico en proteínas = high protein.
    * rico en recursos = resource-rich.
    * rico en TI = IT-rich.
    * ricos = haves.
    * ricos en información = information haves.
    * ricos en información, los = information-rich, the.
    * ricos, los = better off, the.
    * ricos y los pobres, los = haves and the have-nots, the.
    * ser rico en = be rich in.
    * ser rico en contenido = be rich in content.
    * superricos, los = super rich, the.

    * * *
    rico1 -ca
    A ‹persona/país› rich, wealthy
    B
    1 ‹tierra› rich; ‹vegetación› lush; ‹lenguaje/historia› rich
    una dieta rica en vitaminas a diet rich in vitamins, a vitamin-rich diet
    3 ( gen delante del n) (magnífico) ‹telas/tapices› rich, sumptuous
    C
    1 ‹comida› good, nice
    ¡esto está riquísimo! this is o tastes delicious!
    con nueces queda más rico it's nicer with nuts
    2 ( esp RPl) ‹perfume› nice, lovely
    ¡qué rico olor tiene! what a lovely smell!, it smells lovely!
    D ( fam) (mono) ‹niño/chica› lovely, cute
    ¡qué niño más rico! what a lovely o sweet o cute child
    está muy rica con ese vestido she looks cute o lovely in that dress
    es muy rica de cara ( RPl); she has a very pretty o a lovely face
    ¡qué rica está tu vecina! your neighbor's gorgeous o hot stuff ( colloq)
    E ( AmL exc RPl) (agradable) lovely, wonderful
    ¡qué rico estar en la playa ahora! wouldn't it be wonderful o just great to be on the beach now!
    ¿te vas a Acapulco? ¡ay, qué rico! you're off to Acapulco? how lovely!
    ¡qué rica! así salgo yo perdiendo oh, that's great o charming! that way I lose out ( iro)
    rico2 -ca
    masculine, feminine
    A ( masculine) rich o wealthy man; ( feminine) rich o wealthy woman
    un rico no tiene estos problemas rich people don't have these problems
    los ricos rich people, the rich
    los pocos ricos que conozco the few rich o wealthy people I know
    B (como apelativo) ( fam iró); sweetie ( colloq iro), honey ( colloq iro), sunshine ( BrE colloq iro)
    * * *

     

    rico
    ◊ -ca adjetivo

    1
    a) ‹persona/país› rich, wealthy

    b) ‹ tierra› rich;

    ‹ vegetación› lush;
    ‹lenguaje/historia› rich;
    rico EN algo rich in sth
    2
    a) ‹ comida› good, nice;

    ◊ ¡esto está riquísimo! this is delicious!

    b) (esp CS) ‹ perfume› nice, lovely;

    ◊ ¡qué rico olor tiene! what a lovely smell!

    c) (fam) ( mono) ‹niño/chica› lovely, cute

    d) (AmL exc RPl) ( agradable) lovely, wonderful

    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    a) (m) rich o wealthy man;

    (f) rich o wealthy woman;

    b) ( como apelativo) (fam & iró) sweetie (colloq & iro), honey (colloq & iro)

    rico,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 (suntuoso) sumptuous: se puso un rico vestido, she put on a gorgeous dress
    2 (acaudalado) wealthy: es un hombre rico, he's a rich man
    3 (sabroso) delicious
    4 (un niño, bebé, una mascota) lovely, adorable
    5 (tierra, sustancia) rich: es un alimento rico en proteínas, it's a high-protein food
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino rich o wealthy person
    los ricos, the wealthy
    ' rico' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    buena
    - bueno
    - frotar
    - frotarse
    - poderosa
    - poderoso
    - rica
    - enriquecer
    - nuevo
    - ojalá
    - Puerto Rico
    English:
    abundant
    - affluent
    - cute
    - even
    - full-bodied
    - get-rich-quick
    - loaded
    - luscious
    - me
    - nice
    - off
    - opulent
    - Puerto Rico
    - rich
    - sweet
    - wealthy
    - wish
    - eventful
    - high
    - nouveau riche
    - only
    - PR
    - report
    - vivid
    * * *
    rico, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [adinerado] rich;
    un país rico a rich country
    2. [abundante] rich (en in);
    una dieta rica en proteínas a protein-rich diet, a diet rich in proteins;
    esta región es rica en recursos naturales this region is rich in natural resources
    3. [fértil] fertile, rich
    4. [sabroso] delicious;
    la sopa está muy rica the soup is really delicious;
    ¡qué rico! this is delicious!
    5. [simpático] cute;
    ¡qué perrito tan rico! what a cute little dog!
    6. [bello, de calidad] [telas, tapices, vocabulario] rich
    7. Am salvo RP [agradable] lovely;
    ¡qué clima más rico hace aquí! the climate here is lovely!
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [adinerado] rich person;
    los ricos the rich;
    los nuevos ricos the nouveaux riches
    2. Fam [apelativo]
    ¡oye, rico! hey, sunshine!;
    ¿por qué no te callas, rico? shut up, you!
    ♦ adv
    Am salvo RP [bien] well;
    qué rico toca el piano she plays the piano so well;
    qué rico se está aquí en la playa it's lovely here on the beach
    * * *
    I adj
    1 rich;
    rico en vitaminas rich in vitamins
    2 comida delicious
    3 fam
    niño cute fam
    II m rich man;
    nuevo rico nouveau riche
    * * *
    rico, -ca adj
    1) : rich, wealthy
    2) : fertile
    3) : luxurious, valuable
    4) : delicious
    5) : adorable, lovely
    6) : great, wonderful
    rico, -ca n
    : rich person
    * * *
    rico1 adj
    1. (en general) rich
    2. (comida) delicious
    3. (niño) sweet
    ¡qué niña más rica! what a sweet little girl!
    rico2 n
    1. (hombre) rich man [pl. men]
    2. (mujer) rich woman [pl. women]

    Spanish-English dictionary > rico

  • 27 suerte

    f.
    1 luck (fortuna).
    estar de suerte to be in luck
    por suerte luckily
    probar suerte to try one's luck
    ¡qué suerte! that was lucky!
    ¡qué suerte que traje el paraguas! how lucky that I brought my umbrella!
    tener mala suerte to be unlucky
    tener la suerte de espaldas to be having a run of bad luck
    2 chance.
    tocar o caer en suerte a alguien to fall to somebody's lot
    la suerte está echada the die is cast
    3 fate (destino).
    tentar a la suerte to tempt fate
    4 good luck, stroke of luck, piece of luck.
    5 lot.
    6 trick, stunt.
    7 sort.
    Una extraña suerte de plantas A strange sort of plants.
    * * *
    1 (fortuna) luck, fortune
    2 (azar) chance
    3 (destino) destiny, fate
    4 (estado, condición) lot, situation
    5 formal (tipo) sort, kind, type
    6 (en tauromaquia) manoeuvre (US maneuver) in a bullfight
    \
    ¡buena suerte! / ¡suerte! good luck!
    de otra suerte otherwise
    estar de suerte / estar de mala suerte to be in luck / be out of luck
    la suerte está echada the die is cast
    por suerte fortunately
    probar suerte to try one's luck
    ¡que tengas suerte! good luck!
    tener suerte to be lucky
    tener una suerte loca familiar to have the luck of the devil
    tentar la suerte figurado to tempt fate
    traer (buena) suerte / traer mala suerte to be lucky, bring good luck / be unlucky, bring bad luck
    * * *
    noun f.
    1) luck, fortune, chance
    2) fate, lot
    3) kind, sort
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=fortuna) luck

    ¡suerte!, ¡buena suerte! — good luck!

    • dar suerte — to bring good luck

    • día de suerte — lucky day

    • mala suerte — bad luck

    ¡siempre tengo tan mala suerte con los hombres! — I'm always so unlucky with men!, I always have such bad luck with men!

    ¡qué mala suerte! — how unlucky!, what bad luck!

    • por suerte — luckily, fortunately

    • probar suerte — to try one's luck

    • tener suerte — to be lucky

    ¡que tengas suerte! — good luck!, the best of luck!

    tuvo la suerte de que el autobús saliera con retraso — he was lucky that the bus left late, luckily for him his bus left late

    • tentar a la suerte — to try one's luck

    • traer suerte — to be lucky, bring good luck

    trae mala suerte — it's bad luck, it's unlucky

    golpe
    2) (=destino) fate

    quiso la suerte que pasara por allí un médico — as luck o fate would have it a doctor was passing by

    • correr la misma suerte que algn — to suffer the same fate as sb

    • mejorar la suerte de algn — to improve sb's lot

    • tentar a la suerte — to tempt fate

    3) (=azar) chance

    lo echaron a suertes — [con cerillas, papeletas] they drew lots; [con moneda] they tossed (a coin)

    caerle o tocarle en suerte a algn —

    al equipo español le tocó en suerte enfrentarse a Turquía — as chance had it, the Spanish team were drawn to play against Turkey

    ¡vaya marido que me ha tocado en suerte! — what a husband I ended up with!

    4) (=clase) sort, kind
    5) frm (=modo)

    • de esta suerte — in this way

    • de suerte que — in such a way that

    6) (Taur) stage of the bullfight

    suerte de banderillas — the second stage of a bullfight, in which the "banderillas" are stuck into the bull's back

    suerte de capa — stage of a bullfight where passes are made with the cape

    suerte de varas — opening stage of a bullfight where the bull is weakened with the picador's lance

    suerte suprema — final stage of a bullfight

    * * *
    1)
    a) ( azar) chance

    me cayó or tocó en suerte — it fell to my lot (frml o hum)

    echar algo a suertes — ( con monedas) to toss for something; ( con pajitas) to draw straws for something

    la suerte está echada — (fr hecha) the die is cast

    b) ( fortuna) luck

    buena/mala suerte — good/bad luck

    tiene la suerte de vivir en una casa grande — she is lucky o fortunate enough to live in a big house

    número/hombre de suerte — lucky number/man

    por suerte no estaba sola — luckily o fortunately I wasn't alone

    traer or dar mala suerte — to bring bad luck

    c) ( destino) fate

    tentar a la suerte — to tempt fate o providence

    2) (tipo, clase) sort, kind

    vino toda suerte de gente — all sorts o kinds of people came

    de (tal) suerte que — (frml) so that

    * * *
    = fate, fortune, lot, luck, sort, good fortune, fluke, stroke of luck.
    Ex. The future importance of pre-coordinate indexing depends upon the fate of printed indexes.
    Ex. These institutions have become so intertwined that the fortunes of one are inextricably linked to the fortunes of the other -- for good or for ill.
    Ex. This article reports on the 9th weekend school organised by the Branch and Mobile Libraries Group of the Library Association the theme of which was 'Improving your lot'.
    Ex. In such conditions it is a matter of pure luck if the reader hits the bull's eye at the first shot.
    Ex. Italic founts, which lacked small capitals, generally had about the same total number of sorts as roman.
    Ex. There is an element of good fortune involved in being in the right place at the right time and it is essential to take the best advantage of whatever opportunities arise.
    Ex. This correlation between Blacks and low socio-economic status Whites is neither an artifact of methodology nor a sampling fluke.
    Ex. And in his still beating heart, he knew that his recovery was a miracle: a gift from God, a stroke of luck.
    ----
    * acabarse la (buena) suerte = run out of + luck, luck + run out.
    * amuleto de la suerte = good luck charm.
    * buena suerte = good luck!, good luck.
    * ¡buena suerte! = break a leg!.
    * dejar Algo a la suerte = leave + Nombre + to chance.
    * dejar a + Posesivo + suerte = strand.
    * desear a Algo o Alguien toda la suerte del mundo = wish + Nombre + every success.
    * desear mucha suerte a Alguien = wish + Nombre + the (very) best of luck.
    * desear suerte = cross + Posesivo + fingers.
    * desear suerte a Alguien = wish + Nombre + luck.
    * de suerte = by a fluke, by a stroke of (good) luck, by chance, by luck.
    * echar a suerte = draw + lots.
    * echar suertes = draw + lots.
    * encontrar suerte = be in for a good thing, come in for + a good thing, be into a good thing.
    * estar de suerte = be in luck.
    * galleta de la suerte = fortune cookie.
    * golpe de mala suerte = stroke of misfortune.
    * golpe de suerte = stroke of luck.
    * la suerte + cambiar = the tide + turn.
    * la suerte estaba echada = the die was cast, the die had been cast.
    * mala suerte = misfortune, mischance, bad luck, tough luck, losing streak.
    * mejorar la suerte = improve + the lot.
    * mejorar + Posesivo + suerte = improve + Posesivo + lot.
    * mucha suerte = best of luck.
    * no estar de suerte = be out of luck.
    * no tener suerte = be out of luck.
    * pero no hubo suerte = but no dice.
    * pero sin suerte = but no dice.
    * persona que le desea suerte a otra = well-wisher.
    * por la mala suerte = by ill luck, by bad luck, by ill fate.
    * por mala suerte = by ill luck, by bad luck, by a stroke of bad luck, by ill fate.
    * por si + tener + suerte = on spec.
    * por suerte = luckily, fortunately, happily.
    * por suerte o por desgracia = for better or (for) worse, by luck or misfortune.
    * probar suerte = have + a go, give + it a shot, give + Nombre + a try, have + a stab at, take + a stab at, make + a stab at, take + Posesivo + chances, try + Posesivo + luck, give + it a whirl, give + it a try, take + the dip, take + a long shot.
    * quedarse sin suerte = run out of + luck, luck + run out.
    * ¡Qué suerte! = What luck!.
    * racha de buena suerte = winning streak.
    * racha de mala suerte = losing streak.
    * sin suerte = but no dice.
    * ¡suerte! = break a leg!.
    * suerte del principiante, la = beginner's luck.
    * la suerte está echada = the die is cast.
    * tener suerte = be lucky, count + Posesivo + blessings, get + lucky, strike + gold, hit + the jackpot, strike + lucky, be in for a good thing, come in for + a good thing, be into a good thing, be in luck.
    * tentar la suerte = dance with + the devil, take + Posesivo + chances.
    * terminarse la (buena) suerte = run out of + luck, luck + run out.
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( azar) chance

    me cayó or tocó en suerte — it fell to my lot (frml o hum)

    echar algo a suertes — ( con monedas) to toss for something; ( con pajitas) to draw straws for something

    la suerte está echada — (fr hecha) the die is cast

    b) ( fortuna) luck

    buena/mala suerte — good/bad luck

    tiene la suerte de vivir en una casa grande — she is lucky o fortunate enough to live in a big house

    número/hombre de suerte — lucky number/man

    por suerte no estaba sola — luckily o fortunately I wasn't alone

    traer or dar mala suerte — to bring bad luck

    c) ( destino) fate

    tentar a la suerte — to tempt fate o providence

    2) (tipo, clase) sort, kind

    vino toda suerte de gente — all sorts o kinds of people came

    de (tal) suerte que — (frml) so that

    * * *
    = fate, fortune, lot, luck, sort, good fortune, fluke, stroke of luck.

    Ex: The future importance of pre-coordinate indexing depends upon the fate of printed indexes.

    Ex: These institutions have become so intertwined that the fortunes of one are inextricably linked to the fortunes of the other -- for good or for ill.
    Ex: This article reports on the 9th weekend school organised by the Branch and Mobile Libraries Group of the Library Association the theme of which was 'Improving your lot'.
    Ex: In such conditions it is a matter of pure luck if the reader hits the bull's eye at the first shot.
    Ex: Italic founts, which lacked small capitals, generally had about the same total number of sorts as roman.
    Ex: There is an element of good fortune involved in being in the right place at the right time and it is essential to take the best advantage of whatever opportunities arise.
    Ex: This correlation between Blacks and low socio-economic status Whites is neither an artifact of methodology nor a sampling fluke.
    Ex: And in his still beating heart, he knew that his recovery was a miracle: a gift from God, a stroke of luck.
    * acabarse la (buena) suerte = run out of + luck, luck + run out.
    * amuleto de la suerte = good luck charm.
    * buena suerte = good luck!, good luck.
    * ¡buena suerte! = break a leg!.
    * dejar Algo a la suerte = leave + Nombre + to chance.
    * dejar a + Posesivo + suerte = strand.
    * desear a Algo o Alguien toda la suerte del mundo = wish + Nombre + every success.
    * desear mucha suerte a Alguien = wish + Nombre + the (very) best of luck.
    * desear suerte = cross + Posesivo + fingers.
    * desear suerte a Alguien = wish + Nombre + luck.
    * de suerte = by a fluke, by a stroke of (good) luck, by chance, by luck.
    * echar a suerte = draw + lots.
    * echar suertes = draw + lots.
    * encontrar suerte = be in for a good thing, come in for + a good thing, be into a good thing.
    * estar de suerte = be in luck.
    * galleta de la suerte = fortune cookie.
    * golpe de mala suerte = stroke of misfortune.
    * golpe de suerte = stroke of luck.
    * la suerte + cambiar = the tide + turn.
    * la suerte estaba echada = the die was cast, the die had been cast.
    * mala suerte = misfortune, mischance, bad luck, tough luck, losing streak.
    * mejorar la suerte = improve + the lot.
    * mejorar + Posesivo + suerte = improve + Posesivo + lot.
    * mucha suerte = best of luck.
    * nadie esta contento con su suerte = the grass is (always) greener on the other side (of the fence).
    * no estar de suerte = be out of luck.
    * no tener suerte = be out of luck.
    * pero no hubo suerte = but no dice.
    * pero sin suerte = but no dice.
    * persona que le desea suerte a otra = well-wisher.
    * por la mala suerte = by ill luck, by bad luck, by ill fate.
    * por mala suerte = by ill luck, by bad luck, by a stroke of bad luck, by ill fate.
    * por si + tener + suerte = on spec.
    * por suerte = luckily, fortunately, happily.
    * por suerte o por desgracia = for better or (for) worse, by luck or misfortune.
    * probar suerte = have + a go, give + it a shot, give + Nombre + a try, have + a stab at, take + a stab at, make + a stab at, take + Posesivo + chances, try + Posesivo + luck, give + it a whirl, give + it a try, take + the dip, take + a long shot.
    * quedarse sin suerte = run out of + luck, luck + run out.
    * ¡Qué suerte! = What luck!.
    * racha de buena suerte = winning streak.
    * racha de mala suerte = losing streak.
    * sin suerte = but no dice.
    * ¡suerte! = break a leg!.
    * suerte del principiante, la = beginner's luck.
    * la suerte está echada = the die is cast.
    * tener suerte = be lucky, count + Posesivo + blessings, get + lucky, strike + gold, hit + the jackpot, strike + lucky, be in for a good thing, come in for + a good thing, be into a good thing, be in luck.
    * tentar la suerte = dance with + the devil, take + Posesivo + chances.
    * terminarse la (buena) suerte = run out of + luck, luck + run out.

    * * *
    A
    1 (azar) chance
    lo deja todo en manos de la suerte he leaves everything to chance
    me cayó or tocó en suerte it fell to my lot ( frmlor hum)
    echar algo a suertes or ( AmL) a la suerte (con una moneda) to toss for sth; (con pajitas) to draw straws for sth
    echar a suertes or ( AmL) echar a la suerte to toss a coin
    la suerte está echada ( fr hecha); the die is cast
    2 (fortuna) luck
    buena/mala suerte good/bad luck
    ha sido una suerte que vinieras it was lucky you came
    ¡qué suerte tienes! you're so lucky!
    tiene la suerte de vivir en una casa grande she is lucky o fortunate enough to live in a big house
    estamos de suerte we're in luck
    número/hombre de suerte lucky number/man
    tienes una suerte loca you're incredibly lucky
    por suerte no estaba sola luckily o fortunately I wasn't alone
    con suerte termino hoy with a bit of luck I'll finish today
    buena suerte, que te salga todo bien good luck, I hope it all works out well for you
    probar suerte to try one's luck
    suerte, valor y al toro the very best of luck to you
    traer or dar mala suerte to bring bad luck
    trae mala suerte pasar por debajo de una escalera it's bad luck to walk under ladders
    3 (destino) fate
    no desafíes a la suerte don't tempt fate o providence
    quiso la suerte que nos volviéramos a encontrar en París as fate would have it we met up again in Paris
    B (tipo, clase) sort, kind
    vino toda suerte de gente all sorts o kinds of people came
    Compuestos:
    second phase of a bullfight during which the banderillas are stuck in the bull's neck
    ● suerte de varas or picas
    first phase of a bullfight during which the picador weakens the bull with his lance
    * * *

     

    suerte sustantivo femenino
    a) ( fortuna) luck;

    ◊ buena/mala suerte good/bad luck;

    ha sido una suerte que vinieras it was lucky you came;
    ¡qué mala suerte! how unlucky!;
    ¡qué suerte tienes! you're so lucky!;
    no tengo suerte I'm not a lucky person;
    hombre de suerte lucky man;
    por suerte no estaba sola luckily o fortunately I wasn't alone;
    ¡(que tengas) buena suerte! good luck!;
    probar suerte to try one's luck;
    traer or dar mala suerte to bring bad luck
    b) ( azar) chance;



    ( con pajitas) to draw straws for sth

    suerte sustantivo femenino
    1 (fortuna) luck: es un hombre de suerte, he's a lucky man
    tuviste mala suerte, you were unlucky
    por suerte, fortunately o luckily
    2 (casualidad, azar) chance: depende de la suerte, it depends on chance
    3 (sino, destino) fate, destiny: nadie sabe cuál será su suerte, nobody knows what's going to come of her
    4 frml (tipo, género, clase, especie) sort, type: es una suerte de, it's a kind of
    5 Taur (lance de la lidia) el torero inició la suerte de matar, the bull-fighter got ready to kill the bull
    ♦ Locuciones: la suerte está echada, the die is cast
    echar a suertes, to draw lots
    probar suerte, to try one's luck
    tentar (a) la suerte, to tempt fate
    ' suerte' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abandonar
    - afortunada
    - afortunado
    - azar
    - batatazo
    - camelarse
    - cara
    - desafortunada
    - desafortunado
    - desear
    - desgracia
    - desgraciada
    - desgraciado
    - felizmente
    - fortuna
    - golpe
    - increíble
    - informal
    - negra
    - negro
    - pata
    - perseguir
    - qué
    - salar
    - salada
    - salado
    - sombra
    - traer
    - ventura
    - augurio
    - buenaventura
    - dicha
    - leche
    - loco
    - malo
    - perro
    - racha
    - todo
    English:
    bad
    - be
    - beginner
    - break
    - bugger
    - chance
    - devil
    - die
    - fortunate
    - fortune
    - fortune cookie
    - happily
    - hard luck
    - hopefully
    - horseshoe
    - least
    - lot
    - luck
    - luckily
    - lucky
    - mercy
    - number
    - push
    - run
    - science
    - sheer
    - sink
    - some
    - somebody
    - stack
    - streak
    - stroke
    - tempt
    - tough
    - try
    - unfortunate
    - unlucky
    - wish
    - best
    - fate
    - finger
    - grass
    - hard
    - hold
    - jinx
    - jolly
    - manner
    - sorry
    - strand
    - that
    * * *
    suerte nf
    1. [azar] chance;
    echar o [m5] tirar algo Esp [m5] a suertes o Am [m5] a la suerte to draw lots for sth;
    la suerte está echada the die is cast
    2. [fortuna] luck;
    te deseo buena suerte I wish you good luck;
    es una suerte que estés aquí it's lucky you're here;
    estar de suerte to be in luck;
    ¡qué suerte! that was lucky!;
    ¡qué suerte tuviste! you were so lucky!;
    ¡qué suerte que traje el paraguas! how lucky that I brought my umbrella!;
    por suerte luckily;
    probar suerte to try one's luck;
    tener (buena) suerte to be lucky;
    tiene la suerte de vivir cerca de la playa he's lucky enough to live near the beach;
    tener mala suerte to be unlucky;
    tuve muy mala suerte con las preguntas que me tocaron I was very unlucky with the questions that came up;
    tener la suerte de espaldas to be having a run of bad luck;
    tentar a la suerte to tempt fate;
    tocar o [m5] caer en suerte a alguien to fall to sb's lot;
    me ha tocado o [m5] caído en suerte ser el primero fate decreed that I should be the first one
    la suerte del principiante beginner's luck
    3. [destino] fate;
    abandonaron el barco a su suerte they abandoned the boat to its fate
    4. [clase]
    toda suerte de all manner of;
    conocí a toda suerte de personas I met all sorts of people;
    ser una suerte de… to be a kind o sort of…
    5. [manera] manner, fashion;
    de suerte que in such a way that
    6. Taurom = any of the three stages (“tercios”) of a bullfight
    7. Perú [billete de lotería] lottery ticket
    * * *
    f
    1 luck;
    ¡suerte! good luck!;
    buena suerte good luck;
    mala suerte bad luck;
    tener una suerte loca be o get incredibly lucky;
    probar suerte try one’s luck;
    por suerte luckily
    2 ( azar)
    :
    caer o
    echar a suertes toss for, draw lots for;
    la suerte está echada the die is cast
    3 ( destino)
    :
    dejar a alguien a su suerte leave s.o. to their fate
    4
    :
    toda suerte de all kinds of;
    de suerte que so that
    * * *
    suerte nf
    1) fortuna: luck, fortune
    tener suerte: to be lucky
    por suerte: luckily
    2) destino: fate, destiny, lot
    3) clase, género: sort, kind
    toda suerte de cosas: all kinds of things
    * * *
    1. (fortuna) luck
    ¡suerte para tu examen! good luck with your exam!
    ¡qué suerte! how lucky!
    2. (destino) destiny / fate
    dar suerte / traer suerte to bring (good) luck

    Spanish-English dictionary > suerte

  • 28 काञ्चन


    kāñcana
    n. gold Naigh. I, 2 Mn. Yājñ. Nal. Suṡr. Hit. ;

    money, wealth, property W. ;
    the filament of the lotus L. ;
    (mf (ī)n.) golden, made orﾠ consisting of gold MBh. R. Mn. Megh. Ṡak. BhP. ;
    m. N. of several edible plants (Mesua ferrea L. ;
    Michelia Champaca L. ;
    Ficus glomerata L. ;
    Bauhinia variegata L. ;
    Datura fastuosa L. ;
    Rottleria tinctoria L.);
    a covenant binding for the whole life Kām. (= Hit.);
    a particular form of temple Hcat. ;
    N. of the fifth Buddha L. ;
    N. of a son of Nārāyaṇa (author of the play Dhanañjayavijaya);
    N. of a prince (cf. kāñcana-prabha);
    (ī) f. turmeric L. ;
    a kind of Asclepias ( svarṇakshīrī) L. ;
    a plant akin to the Premna spinosa L. ;
    a kind af yellow pigment
    - काञ्चनकदली
    - काञ्चनकन्दर
    - काञ्चनकान्ति
    - काञ्चनकारिणी
    - काञ्चनक्षीरी
    - काञ्चनगर्भ
    - काञ्चनगिरि
    - काञ्चनगैरिक
    - काञ्चनचय
    - काञ्चनदंष्ट्र
    - काञ्चनपुर
    - काञ्चनपुरी
    - काञ्चनपुष्पक
    - काञ्चनपुष्पी
    - काञ्चनप्रभ
    - काञ्चनभू
    - काञ्चनभूषा
    - काञ्चनमय
    - काञ्चनमाला
    - काञ्चनरुचि
    - काञ्चनवप्र
    - काञ्चनवर्मन्
    - काञ्चनवेग
    - काञ्चनशृङ्ग
    - काञ्चनशृङ्गिन्
    - काञ्चनसंधि
    - काञ्चनसंनिभ
    - काञ्चनाक्ष
    - काञ्चनाङ्ग
    - काञ्चनाङ्गदिन्
    - काञ्चनाचल
    - काञ्चनाचार्य
    - काञ्चनाद्रि
    - काञ्चनाभा
    - काञ्चनाभिधानसंधि
    - काञ्चनाह्व
    - काञ्चनेषुधि

    Sanskrit-English dictionary > काञ्चन

  • 29 боевик

    1) General subject: armed insurgent, feature (в кино), gunman, hit, militant (Chechen militant), smash hit, smash-hit, soldier, thriller, warrior, actioner (то же, что и action film или action movie, только короче), chiller, guerilla (участник негосударственного военного/террористического формирования)
    2) Colloquial: sock, sockeroo
    3) Military: element, hit man, muscleman (ЦРУ), operative, strong-arm (ЦРУ), assailant
    4) Mining: live primer
    6) Gold mining: booster, primer

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > боевик

  • 30 legare

    tie
    persona tie up
    ( collegare) link
    fig di lavoro tie down
    * * *
    legare1 v.tr.
    1 to tie (up), to bind*; (assicurare con fune ecc.) to fasten, to tie: legare un pacco, to tie up a parcel; il guardiano fu legato e imbavagliato, the caretaker was gagged and his hands and feet were tied; legare i capelli con un nastro, to tie one's hair with a ribbon; il cane fu legato all'albero, the dog was fastened to the tree; il ragazzo legò la barca al molo, the boy fastened the boat to the jetty; legare strettamente, to bind fast // pazzo da legare, stark raving mad // legare la lingua a qlcu., to tie s.o.'s tongue // legare qlcu. mani e piedi, to tie s.o. hand and foot
    2 (fig.) to bind*, to link, to tie, to unite: sono legati da intima amicizia, they are bound (o linked) by a close friendship; essere molto legato alla moglie, to be very close to one's wife; essere legato da affetto a qlcu., to be bound to s.o. by affection
    3 (libro) to bind*: legare un libro in pelle, to bind a book in leather
    4 (incastonare) to set*, to mount: legare un diamante in oro, to set (o to mount) a diamond in gold
    5 (med.) to ligate, to tie up: legare un'arteria, to ligate an artery
    6 (connettere) to connect, to link up: legare un'idea con un'altra, to connect one idea with another
    7 (mus.) to tie: legare due o più note, to tie two or more notes
    8 (metall.) to alloy
    9 (mar.) to bend*, to reeve, to seize, to tie together
    10 (chim.) to bind
    11 (cuc.) (rendere denso) to thicken
    12 (fam.) (allappare) i frutti acerbi legano i denti, sour fruit draws your mouth
    ◆ v. intr.
    1 (andare d'accordo) to get* on well (with s.o.), to hit* it off; (fam.) to click: i due ragazzi legano bene, the two children get on well together (o hit it off)
    2 (star bene insieme) to go* (well), to fit in (well): la tappezzeria non lega con le tende, the wallpaper does not go well with the curtains
    3 (aver connessione) to be connected: quest'episodio non lega col resto della storia, this episode is not connected with the rest of the story
    4 (cuc.) (amalgamarsi) to thicken: la salsa non lega senza l'uovo, the sauce does not thicken without an egg
    5 (metall.) to alloy (with sthg.).
    ◘ legarsi v.rifl. to bind* oneself (to s.o., to sthg.): legare d'amicizia con qlcu., to make friends (o to form a friendship) with s.o.; legare in matrimonio, to get married; legare con una promessa a qlcu., to be bound to s.o. by a promise
    ◆ v.rifl.rec. to be united: sono legati da un profondo senso di solidarietà, a deep sense of solidarity unites them.
    legare2 v.tr. (dir.) to bequeath, to legate: legare i propri beni a qlcu., to bequeath one's property to s.o.
    * * *
    [le'ɡare]
    1. vt
    1) (gen) to bind, tie (up), (Tip: libro) to bind
    2) (persone: unire) to bind (together), unite, (vincolare) to bind
    3) (connettere) to connect, link up
    4) (Culin : ingredienti, salsa) to bind, (arrosto, pollo) to truss
    2. vi (aus avere)
    1) (persone) to get on
    2) (metalli) to alloy
    3) Culin to bind
    3. vr (legarsi)
    1) fig
    * * *
    I 1. [le'gare]
    verbo transitivo
    1) (avvolgere) to bind*, to tie, to rope [persona, mani, piedi]; to tie (back) [ capelli]

    legare qcn. mani e piedi — to bind o tie sb. hand and foot

    2) (fissare) to fasten, to tie [ corda] (a to); to tie (up) [ pacco]; (con una catena) to chain (up) [persona, animale, bicicletta] (a to); (con cinghie) to strap down [paziente, prigioniero]
    3) fig. (unire) to bind*, to tie
    4) fig. (vincolare) to bind*, to tie

    legare qcn. con una promessa — to bind sb. by a promise

    5) fig. (connettere) to link, to connect [idee, avvenimenti] (a to)
    6) (per chiudere) to tie [ sacco]; to do* up, to tie up [ lacci]
    7) gastr. to bind*, to thicken [ salsa]
    8) mus. to tie [ note]
    9) metall. to alloy [ metalli]
    2.
    verbo intransitivo (aus. avere)
    1) metall. to alloy

    legare con qcn. — to make friends o to hit it off with sb.

    legare facilmente — to be a good mixer, to make friends easily

    3.
    verbo pronominale legarsi
    1) (avere una relazione con) to bind* oneself (a to), to get* involved (a with)
    2) (vincolarsi) to bind* oneself
    3) (allacciarsi) to tie [ lacci]; (annodarsi) to tie [ capelli]
    ••

    matto o pazzo da legare — raving lunatic o as mad as a March hare

    II [le'gare]
    verbo transitivo dir. to bequeath [ beni mobili]; to devise [ beni immobili]
    * * *
    legare1
    /le'gare/ [1]
     1 (avvolgere) to bind*, to tie, to rope [persona, mani, piedi]; to tie (back) [ capelli]; legare qcn. mani e piedi to bind o tie sb. hand and foot
     2 (fissare) to fasten, to tie [ corda] (a to); to tie (up) [ pacco]; (con una catena) to chain (up) [persona, animale, bicicletta] (a to); (con cinghie) to strap down [paziente, prigioniero]
     3 fig. (unire) to bind*, to tie; l'amore che lo lega a lei the love that binds him to her
     4 fig. (vincolare) to bind*, to tie; legare qcn. con una promessa to bind sb. by a promise
     5 fig. (connettere) to link, to connect [idee, avvenimenti] (a to)
     6 (per chiudere) to tie [ sacco]; to do* up, to tie up [ lacci]
     7 gastr. to bind*, to thicken [ salsa]
     8 mus. to tie [ note]
     9 metall. to alloy [ metalli]
     (aus. avere)
     1 metall. to alloy
     2 fig. (stringere amicizia) legare con qcn. to make friends o to hit it off with sb.; legare facilmente to be a good mixer, to make friends easily
    III legarsi verbo pronominale
     1 (avere una relazione con) to bind* oneself (a to), to get* involved (a with)
     2 (vincolarsi) to bind* oneself
     3 (allacciarsi) to tie [ lacci]; (annodarsi) to tie [ capelli]
    questa me la lego al dito! I won't forget that! matto o pazzo da legare raving lunatic o as mad as a March hare.
    ————————
    legare2
    /le'gare/ [1]
    dir. to bequeath [ beni mobili]; to devise [ beni immobili].

    Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > legare

  • 31 mine

    I.
    mine1 [min]
    feminine noun
    ( = physionomie) expression
    • ... dit-il, la mine réjouie... he said with a cheerful expression on his face
    • tu as bonne mine maintenant ! now you look a complete idiot!
    il est venu nous demander comment ça marchait, mine de rien he came and asked us all casually (inf) how things were going
    • mine de rien, ça nous a coûté 1 500 € believe it or not it cost us 1,500 euros
    II.
    mine2 [min]
    1. feminine noun
       a. ( = gisement) mine
       b. ( = source) [de renseignements] mine
       c. [de crayon] lead
       d. ( = explosif) mine
    * * *
    min
    1.
    1) ( expression) expression; ( aspect) look

    faire triste mine — to have a gloomy expression, to look gloomy

    elle nous a dit, mine de rien (colloq), que — she told us, casually, that

    il est doué, mine de rien — (colloq) it may not be obvious, but he's very clever

    2) ( apparence)

    avoir mauvaise mine, avoir une sale (colloq) or petite mine — to look a bit off-colour [BrE]

    avoir bonne mine — [personne] to look well; [tarte, rôti] to look appetizing

    j'aurais bonne mine! — iron I would look really stupid!

    3) ( pour dessiner) lead

    crayon à mine dure/grasse — hard/soft pencil

    4) ( gisement) mine

    mine d'or — lit, fig gold mine

    5) ( source) source

    mine d'informations — fig mine of information

    6) Armée mine

    2.
    mines nom féminin pluriel ( minauderies) simpering [U]
    Phrasal Verbs:
    ••

    ne pas payer de mine — (colloq) not to look anything special (colloq)

    * * *
    min
    1. nf
    1) (= physionomie) expression, look

    Elle avait une mine fatiguée. — She was looking tired.

    avoir bonne mine > [personne] — to look well, ironique to look an utter idiot

    Tu as bonne mine. — You look well.

    Il a mauvaise mine. — He doesn't look well.

    Elle a fait mine de le croire. — She pretended to believe him.

    2) (apparence) [personne] appearance

    Il ne faut pas juger les gens d'après leur mine. — You shouldn't judge people by their appearance.

    3) [crayon] lead
    4) (= gisement, exploitation) mine

    mine à ciel ouvert — opencast Grande-Bretagne mine, open-air USA mine

    5) (= explosif) mine

    mine de rien; Mine de rien, il est vraiment efficace. — You wouldn't think so but he's really efficient.

    Elle a réussi mine de rien à le faire parler de lui. — Somehow or other she got him to talk about himself.

    Il s'est installé, mine de rien, et il a tout réorganisé. — He settled in, cool as you please, and ended up reorganizing everything.

    2. mines nfpl
    péjoratif simpering
    * * *
    A nf
    1 ( expression) expression; ( aspect) look; avoir la mine boudeuse to have a sulky expression, to look sulky; faire triste mine to have a gloomy expression, to look gloomy; tu en fais une mine! why are you looking like that?; ne fais pas cette mine! don't look like that!; sous sa mine aimable, c'est quelqu'un de très dur beneath his/her pleasant exterior, he/she is very hard; juger les gens sur leur mine to judge people by appearances; faire mine d'accepter/de ne pas comprendre to pretend to accept/not to understand; faire mine de partir/frapper to make as if to go/to hit; elle nous a dit, mine de rien○, que she told us, casually, that; il est doué, mine de rien○ it may not be obvious, but he's very clever; mine de rien○, elle arrive toujours à ses fins without being obvious about it, she always gets her way; elle a raison, mine de rien○ she's right, you know;
    2 ( apparence) avoir mauvaise mine to look a bit off-colourGB; avoir une sale○ or petite mine to look a bit off-colourGB; avoir une mine resplendissante to be glowing with health; avoir une mine de papier mâché to look washed out; avoir bonne mine [personne] to look well; [tarte, rôti] to look appetizing; j'aurais bonne mine! iron I would look really stupid!;
    3 ( pour dessiner) lead; crayon à mine dure/grasse hard/soft pencil;
    4 Mines gén mine; ( de charbon) gén colliery GB, mine; ( puits) pit GB, mine; mine à ciel ouvert opencast mine; travailler à la mine to be a miner, to work in a mine; l 'exploitation des mines mining; une région de mines a coal-mining area; mine d'or lit, fig gold mine;
    5 ( source) source; mine d'informations fig mine of information; une mine d'adresses utiles a source of useful addresses;
    6 Mil mine; sauter sur une mine to be blown up by a mine; mine terrestre land mine; mine antichar/antipersonnel antitank/antipersonnel mine.
    B mines nfpl
    1 ( minauderies) simpering ¢; faire des mines to simper;
    2 Admin les Mines official body responsible for regulating weights and measures and changes made to motor vehicles; ⇒ école.
    mine de crayon lead; mine de plomb graphite ¢.
    ne pas payer de mine○ not to look anything special○.
    [min] nom féminin
    1. [apparence] appearance, exterior
    faire mine de: elle fit mine de raccrocher, puis se ravisa she made as if to hang up, then changed her mind
    mine de rien (familier) : mine de rien, ça finit par coûter cher it may not seem much but when you add it all up, it's expensive
    mine de rien, elle était furieuse although ou though she didn't show it, she was furious
    2. [teint]
    tu as bonne mine, avec ta veste à l'envers! (figuré & ironique) you look great with your jacket on inside out!
    [visage, contenance] look, countenance (littéraire)
    avoir une mine réjouie to beam, to be beaming
    faire grise ou triste ou piètre mine to pull (UK) ou to make a long face
    [installations - de surface] pithead ; [ - en sous-sol] pit
    mine de charbon ou de houille coal mine
    une mine d'or (sens propre & figuré) a gold mine
    4. [source importante]
    une mine de a mine ou source of
    5. [d'un crayon] lead
    crayon à mine grasse/dure soft/hard pencil
    mine de plomb graphite ou black lead
    6. MILITAIRE [galerie] mine, gallery, sap
    [explosif] mine
    mine aérienne/sous-marine/terrestre aerial/submarine/land mine
    7. [explosif]
    ————————
    mines nom féminin pluriel
    1. [manières]
    il m'énerve à toujours faire des mines he irritates me, always simpering around
    2. GÉOGRAPHIE mining area, mines
    a. ADMINISTRATION ≃ the Department of Transport (UK), ≃ the Department of the Interior (US)

    Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > mine

  • 32 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.

    Historical dictionary of Portugal > Historical Portugal

  • 33 залегать

    3) Military: field (под огнем), go to ground (под огнем), hit the ground, hit the ground (под огнем)
    4) General subject: залегать под углом (...) градусов (to dip at (...) degrees)
    5) Mining: be deposited
    6) Metallurgy: occur (о руде)

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > залегать

  • 34 находить

    1) General subject: come across, detect, grub, hit, peck out, search out, see, sniff (обыкн. sniff out), strike, take, tap (ресурсы и т.п.), think, trace, track down (напр, the Internet is making it easier to track down the best financial deals), be seized with, find, happen to have, hit on, hit upon, not to at loss, retrieve
    2) Engineering: locate
    3) Mathematics: determine, get, search, solve for
    4) Jargon: hook
    5) Business: disclose, discover
    6) Network technologies: retrieval
    7) Quality control: dig (напр. неисправность), work
    8) leg.N.P. arrive at a conclusion, conclude, consider, deem, hold
    9) Makarov: recover, retrieve (данные), sniff, sniff out, work out, find out
    10) Gold mining: identify

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > находить

  • 35 lotería

    f.
    lottery, drawing, lotto, raffle.
    * * *
    1 lottery
    \
    tocarle la lotería a uno (uso literal) to win a prize in the lottery 2 (uso figurado) to strike it lucky
    lotería primitiva ≈ National Lottery
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *

    le cayó o le tocó la lotería, se sacó la lotería — LAm (=ganar) he won the big prize in the lottery; (fig) he struck lucky

    lotería primitiva — weekly state-run lottery

    LOTERÍA There are two state-run lotteries in Spain: the Lotería Primitiva and the Lotería Nacional, with money raised going directly to the government. The Primitiva, which is weekly, is similar to the British National Lottery in that players choose six numbers, including a bonus number (complementario), out of a total of 49. There are also several other similar draws each week, for which players can buy a multiple-draw ticket called a bono-loto. The Lotería Nacional works differently: people buy numbered tickets, which, if their number comes up, will entitle them to a share in the prize money with others who have the same numbered ticket. Whole numbers are quite costly, so people tend to buy either décimos or smaller participaciones. Several dozen prizes are won in each of the ordinary weekly draws, sorteos ordinarios. Every year there are also a number of sorteos extraordinarios, the most famous being the Christmas draw, or sorteo de Navidad, and the sorteo del Niño at the Epiphany.
    See:
    * * *
    femenino lottery

    con ese trabajo le tocó or (AmL) se sacó la lotería — she really struck lucky with that job

    •• Cultural note:
    A Spanish state-run lottery founded in 1812. There is an "ordinary" draw on Thursdays and "special" and "extraordinary" draws, offering bigger prizes. The biggest are El Gordo, drawn before Christmas, and El Niño, drawn at Epiphany. You can buy a complete ticket or a participación de lotería, worth one tenth of a ticket. It is common to buy participaciones collectively. Prize money is shared among the co-owners of the ticket. Other lotteries are the bonoloto, Lotería Primitiva, and the ONCE
    A Spanish state lottery founded in 1985. It works like the bonoloto: players mark six numbers on a ticket containing 49 numbers and win the main prize if all their numbers come up in the draw. There are "ordinary" draws on Thursdays and Saturdays, and a draw for a larger prize on the last Sunday of each month, known as El Gordo, or El Gordo de la Primitiva
    * * *
    = lottery, drawing, lucky dip, lucky draw.
    Ex. Public libraries in Georgia have received funds from the state lottery for the installation of computerized library systems.
    Ex. It will be a small gathering in which we will have hors d'oeuvres as well as a prize in which the winner will be chosen by a random drawing.
    Ex. The article 'Ephemera and art libraries: archive or lucky dip' argues that ephemera are valuable for the historical perspectives, social insights and visual stimuli they can generate.
    Ex. Spend more than $100 and you will qualify to take part in a lucky draw where you stand the chance to win $2000 cash.
    ----
    * acertante de la lotería = lottery winner.
    * billete de lotería = lottery ticket.
    * boleto de lotería = lottery ticket.
    * ganador de la lotería = lottery winner.
    * sorteo de la lotería = lottery draw.
    * tocar la lotería = win + the lottery.
    * una lotería = hit (and/or) miss.
    * * *
    femenino lottery

    con ese trabajo le tocó or (AmL) se sacó la lotería — she really struck lucky with that job

    •• Cultural note:
    A Spanish state-run lottery founded in 1812. There is an "ordinary" draw on Thursdays and "special" and "extraordinary" draws, offering bigger prizes. The biggest are El Gordo, drawn before Christmas, and El Niño, drawn at Epiphany. You can buy a complete ticket or a participación de lotería, worth one tenth of a ticket. It is common to buy participaciones collectively. Prize money is shared among the co-owners of the ticket. Other lotteries are the bonoloto, Lotería Primitiva, and the ONCE
    A Spanish state lottery founded in 1985. It works like the bonoloto: players mark six numbers on a ticket containing 49 numbers and win the main prize if all their numbers come up in the draw. There are "ordinary" draws on Thursdays and Saturdays, and a draw for a larger prize on the last Sunday of each month, known as El Gordo, or El Gordo de la Primitiva
    * * *
    = lottery, drawing, lucky dip, lucky draw.

    Ex: Public libraries in Georgia have received funds from the state lottery for the installation of computerized library systems.

    Ex: It will be a small gathering in which we will have hors d'oeuvres as well as a prize in which the winner will be chosen by a random drawing.
    Ex: The article 'Ephemera and art libraries: archive or lucky dip' argues that ephemera are valuable for the historical perspectives, social insights and visual stimuli they can generate.
    Ex: Spend more than $100 and you will qualify to take part in a lucky draw where you stand the chance to win $2000 cash.
    * acertante de la lotería = lottery winner.
    * billete de lotería = lottery ticket.
    * boleto de lotería = lottery ticket.
    * ganador de la lotería = lottery winner.
    * sorteo de la lotería = lottery draw.
    * tocar la lotería = win + the lottery.
    * una lotería = hit (and/or) miss.

    * * *
    Lotería Nacional (↑ lotería a1)
    1 (sorteo) lottery
    juega a la lotería todas las semanas she plays ( AmE) o ( BrE) does the lottery every week
    les tocó or ganaron or ( AmL) se sacaron la lotería they won the lottery
    con ese maridito le tocó or ( AmL) se sacó la lotería she really struck lucky o gold with that husband of hers
    comprarse un coche de segunda mano es una lotería buying a secondhand car is a lottery o a bit of a gamble
    2 (juego casero) lotto, housey-housey ( BrE)
    Compuestos:
    instant lottery, scratch-card lottery
    (en Esp) state lottery Lotería Primitiva or Loto (↑ lotería aa1)
    * * *

    lotería sustantivo femenino
    lottery;
    me tocó or me gané la lotería I won the lottery
    lotería sustantivo femenino lottery: si nos tocase la lotería..., if we won the lottery...
    ' lotería' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bote
    - cobrar
    - décima
    - décimo
    - día
    - extracción
    - ganarse
    - gorda
    - gordo
    - loto
    - número
    - participación
    - pellizco
    - reintegro
    - billete
    - boleto
    - cachito
    - cupón
    - entero
    - guacho
    - no
    - pleno
    - polla
    English:
    lottery
    - lottery ticket
    - lotto
    - scratch card
    - sweepstake
    - ticket
    - winning
    - scratch
    * * *
    1. [sorteo] lottery;
    jugar a la lotería to play the lottery;
    le tocó la lotería, Am [m5] se sacó la lotería she won the lottery;
    también Irónico
    con esa novia que tiene le ha tocado o Am [m5] se sacó la lotería he's really hit the jackpot with that girlfriend of his;
    es una lotería [es aleatorio] it's a lottery
    Lotería Nacional = state-run lottery in which prizes are allocated to randomly chosen five-figure numbers; Esp lotería primitiva weekly state-run lottery, Br ≈ National Lottery
    2. [tienda] = place selling lottery tickets
    3. [juego de mesa] lotto
    * * *
    f lottery;
    tocó la lotería he won the lottery
    * * *
    : lottery
    * * *
    lotería n lottery [pl. lotteries]
    ¿juegas a la lotería? do you do the lottery?

    Spanish-English dictionary > lotería

  • 36 KOMA

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    I)
    (kem; kom or kvam, kómum or kvamúm; kominn), v.
    1) to come (litlu síðarr kómu Finnar aptr heim);
    2) to come, arrive (bréf kómu frá Skúla jarli);
    kom svá, at (it came to pass, that) Bárði var heitit meyjunni;
    3) with dat. of the object, to make to come, to take, bring, carry, etc.;
    hann skyldi koma Þór í Geirröðargarða, he should make Th. come to G.;
    hann kom Þórhaddi heilum yfir ána, he brought Th. safe across the river;
    koma e-m í hel, to put one to death;
    koma e-m til falls, to make one fall;
    koma e-m í sætt við e-n, to reconcile one with another;
    koma sér vel hjá e-m, to bring oneself into favour with, be agreeable to (þeir kómu sér vel við alla);
    koma e-u til leiðar (til vegar), to effect, bring about;
    koma orðum við e-n, to speak with a person (hann gørði sik svá reiðan, at ekki mátti orðum við hann koma);
    4) with preps.:
    koma e-u af sér, to get rid of (allt mun ek til vinna at koma af mér yðvarri reiði);
    koma e-u af, to abolish (Þvi hafði eigi orðit af komitmeði öllu);
    koma at e-m, to come upon one (kómu þessir at honum fyrir Sjólandi með tveim skipum);
    koma at hendi, to happen (mikill vandi er kominn at hendi);
    impers., Gunnarr játaði því, en þá er at kom, vildi hann eigi, G. agreed to it, but when it came to the point he would not;
    koma at e-u, to come at, regain, recover (koma at hamri);
    koma sér at e-u, to bring oneself to (Þ. kom sér ekki at því);
    koma á e-t, to come on, hit (höggit kom á lærit);
    koma e-u á, to bring about, effect (máttu þeir øngum flutningum á koma);
    koma kristni (dat.) á England, to christianize E.;
    koma fram, to come forth, appear, emerge (sigldi E. suðr með landi ok kom fram í Danmörk); to be produced, brought forward (nú mun pat fram koma sem ek sagða);
    koma e-u fram, to bring about, effect (koma fram hefndum);
    koma fyrir e-t, to be an equivalent for (fyrir víg Hjartar skyldi koma víg Kols);
    allt mun koma fyrir eitt, it will all come to the same;
    koma fyrir ekki, to come to naught, be of no avail;
    e-m þykkir fyrir ván komit, at, one thinks it past all hope, that;
    koma e-u fyrir, to destroy (hann kom hverjum hesti fyrir);
    koma í e-t, to come into, enter;
    koma niðr, to come down;
    hann reyndi eptir, hvar G. væri niðr kominn, what had become of G.;
    kom þar niðr tal hennar, at hon sagði honum, hversu, the end of her talk was, that she told him how koma;
    koma hart niðr, to pay dearly for it (ek hafða illa til gört, enda kom ek hart niðr);
    koma saman, to come together, gather (er saman kom liðit); to agree;
    þat kom saman (or ásamt) með þeim, they agreed on it;
    impers., kom þeim vel saman (ásamt), they agreed well;
    koma e-u saman, to bring about, effect;
    koma saman sættum með e-m, to reconcile them;
    koma til e-s, to come to a person or place (jarlinn kom með allan her sinn til Dyflinnar);
    koma till ríkis, to come to, or succeed to, the throne;
    koma til e-s, to cause: þat kemr til þess, at, the reason is, that; to help, avail: koma til lítils, to come to little, be of small avail (= koma fyrir lítit); to concern: þetta mál kemr ekki til þín, this quarrel is no business of thine; þat er til mín kemr, so far as I am concerned; to mean, signify (Þ. kvezk skilja, hvar orð hans kómu til); to be of value: sverð þat, er til kom mörk gulls, that was worth a ‘mark’ of gold; mikit þykkir til e-s koma, one is much thought of, is thought to be of great importance;
    koma til, to be born;
    koma e-m undan, to help one to escape;
    koma undir e-n, to come unto one;
    ef undir oss skal koma kjörit, if we are to choose;
    koma e-m undir, to get one down, overcome one;
    koma upp, to come up;
    tungl kemr upp, the moon rises;
    eldr kom upp, fire broke out;
    kom þá upp af tali þeirra, at, the end of their talk was, that; to come out, become known (kom þat þá upp, at hann hafði beðit hennar);
    koma e-u upp, to open (kerling tekr hörpuna ok vildi upp koma);
    hann mátti lengi eigi orði upp koma, it was long before he could utter a word;
    koma við e-t, to touch (komit var við hurðina);
    þeir kómu við sker, they struck on a reef;
    hann kemr við margar sögur, he appears in many sagas; to be added to (koma þær nætr við hinar fyrri);
    koma við, to fit, be convenient, suit;
    koma e-u við, to employ, make use of (ek mátta eigi boganum við koma); hann kom því við (he brought about), at engi skyldi fara með vápn; urðu þeir at flýja sem því kómu við, all fled that could;
    koma sér við, to bring about, effect, be able to do (ek mun veita þér slíkt lið sem ek má mér við koma); to behave (hversu hann kom sér við í þessum málum);
    koma yfir, to pass over (hvert kveld, er yfir kom);
    5) refl., komast;
    * * *
    pres. sing. kem, kemr, kemr; an older form komr is used constantly in very old and good vellum MSS., as the Kb. of Sæm.; and even spelt keomr or ceomr (in Eluc., Greg., etc.); reflex. komsk, 2nd pers. kømztu ( pervenis), Sdm. 10: pret. kom, kom-k, I came, Skm. 18: 2nd pers. komt, 17, mod. komst: the pret. plur. varies, kvámu being the oldest form; kvómu, often in the MSS.; kómu, as it is still pronounced in the west of Icel.; the usual and latest form is komu, with a short vowel; the spelling of the MSS. cannot always be ascertained, as the word is usually written kumu or qumu: pret. subj. kvæmi and kꝍmi (kæmi): imperat. kom, kom-ðú, proncd, kondu, come thou! pret. infin. kómu ( venisse), Fms. i. 224 (in a verse), Geisli 62:—with suff. neg., pres. kmr-at or kømr-að, Akv. 11, Grág. ii. 141, Gkv. 3. 8; pret. kom-a, kom-að, came not, Ls. 56, Þorf. Karl. (in a verse), Þd. 18; 2nd pers. komtaðu ( non venisti), Am. 99; subj. kømi-a ( non veniret), Gs. 10: reflex., pres. kømsk-at, Grág. ii. 180; pret. komsk-at ( could not come), Am. 3:—a middle form, pres. 1st pers. komum-k (komumsk), Ó. H. 140, 214, Skm. 10, 11; subj. pres. komimk, Ó. H. 85; pret. kømomc, Hbl. 33 (Bugge); part. pass. kominn, see Gramm. p. xix. The preterite forms kvam and kvaminn, used in the Edition of the Sturl. and in a few other mod. Editions without warrant in the MSS., are due to the fact that the Edition of Sturl. was published from a transcript now in the Advocates’ Library in Edinburgh, made by the learned priest Eyjolf á Völlum (died A. D. 1745), who used this spelling: in prehistoric times, before the age of writing, it may be assumed for certain that this verb had a v throughout, as in Gothic: [Ulf. qiman, i. e. qwiman, = ἔρχεσθαι; A. S. cuman; Engl. come; O. H. G. queman; Germ. kommen; Dutch komen; Dan. komme; Swed. komma; Lat. venio, qs. gvenio; the Ormul. spells cumenn, indicating a long root vowel; cp. North. E. coom.]
    A. To come; sá þeirra sem fyrr kæmi, Fms. ix. 373; konungr kom norðr til Túnsbergs, 375; kómu Finnar heim, i. 9; þeir mágar kómu ór hjúkólfi, Sturl. ii. 124; kömr hann á konungs fund, Fms. ix. 221; þá vóru þeir norðan komnir, 308; hér er nú komin ær ein kollótt, Sturl. i. 159, passim.
    2. to become, arrive; bréf kómu frá Skúla jarli, Fms. ix. 375; ef svá síðarliga kömr skip til hlunns, Sks. 28; en er vár kom, Eg. 167; koma at máli við e-n, to have an interview, talk with one, 467; konungi kom njósn, Fms. vii. 57; þá komu honum þau tíðendi, i. 37; þetta kom allt fyrir Ingimar, vii. 114; kom honum þat (it came to him, he got it) fyrir útan fé, en engum kom fyrr, x. 394; hvat sem á bak kemr, whatsoever may befall, Nj. 193; koma e-m at haldi, or í hald, to avail oneself, 192, Fms. x. 413; koma at gagni, to ‘come in useful,’ be of use, Nj. 264; koma at úvörum, to come at unawares, Ld. 132; koma e-m fyrir úvart, id., Fms. xi. 290; koma á úvart, Nj. 236; koma í þörf = koma í gagn, Fms. vii. 14; hvar kom kapp þitt þá? Bs. i. 18; mál koma í dóm, to be brought up for judgment, Fms. vii. 115; líðr vetrinn, kemr þar ( that time comes) er menn fara til Gulaþings, Eg. 340; var þá svá komit, at allir menn vóru sofa farnir, 376; kom svá ( it came to pass) at Bárði var heitið meyjunni, 26; svá kemr, kemr þar, at, it comes to pass. Fb. i. 174, ii. 48, 68; láta koma, to let come, put; síðan létu þeir koma eld í spánuna, Fms. xi. 34.
    3. in greeting; kom heill, welcome! kom heill ok sæll, frændi! Nj. 175: mod. komdu (kondu) sæll! komið þér sælir!
    II. with prepp.; koma á, to hit; ef á kömr, Grág. ii. 7:—koma at, to come to, arrive, happen; láttu at því koma, let it be so, Dropl. 24; kom þat mjök optliga at honum, of sickness, Fms. vii. 150; kom at þeim svefnhöfgi, sleep came upon them, Nj. 104; koma at hendi, to happen; mikill vandi er kominn at hendi, 177, Hom. 80; koma at e-u, to come at, regain, recover; koma at hamri, Þkv. 32:—koma fram, to come forth, appear, stund var í milli er þeir sá framstafninn ok inn eptri kom fram, Fms. ii. 304; engin kom önnur vistin fram, Eg. 549; nú eru öll sóknar-gögn fram komin, Nj. 143: to emerge, hann kom fram í Danmörk, Hkr. i. 210, 277, Ísl. ii. 232, Eg. 23, Landn. 134, Orkn. 152: to arrive, sendimenn fóru ok fram kómu, Fms. xi. 27; reifa mál þau fyrst er fyrst eru fram komin, each in its turn, Grág. i. 64: to be fulfilled, happen, því er á þínum dögum mun fram koma, Ld. 132; nú mun þat fram komit sem ek sagða, Eg. 283; kom nú fram spásagan Gests, Ld. 286; öll þessi merki kómu fram ok fylldusk, Stj. 444; aldrei skal maðr arf taka eptir þann mann er hann vegr, eðr ræðr bana fram kominn, whom he has slain, or whose death he has devised with effect, Grág. ii. 113; staðar-prýði flest fram komin, Bs. i. 146; vera langt fram kominn, mod. áfram kominn, to be ‘in extremis,’ at the point of death, 644; er sú frásögn eigi langt fram komin, this story comes from not far off, i. e. it is derived from first, not second hand, Fms. viii. 5:—koma fyrir, to come as payment, tvau hundrað skyldu koma fyrir víg Snorra (of weregild), Sturl. ii. 158; henni kvaðsk aldri hefnt þykkja Kjartans, nema Bolli kæmi fyrir, Ld. 240; allt mun koma fyrir eitt, it will come to the same, Lv. 11, Nj. 91, Fms. i. 208; koma fyrir ekki, to come to naught, be of no avail, Ísl. ii. 215, Fms. vi. 5:—koma í, to enter, come in, a fisherman’s term; koma í drátt, to hook a fish; at í komi með ykkr Þorbrandssonum, that ye and the Th. come to loggerheads, Eb. 80:—koma með, to come with a thing, to bring; kondu með það, fetch it!—koma til, to come to; vera kann at eigi spillisk þótt ek koma til, Eg. 506; nú er rétt lögruðning til ykkar komin, Nj. 236; koma til ríkis, to come to a kingdom, Eg. 268; þeir létu til hans koma um alla héraðs-stjórn, Fs. 44: to befall, kom svá til efnis, it so happened, Mar.; þeim hlutum sem hafinu kunni opt til at koma, Stj. 105, Sks. 323: to mean, signify, en hvar kom þat til er hann sagði, Ó. H. 87; ef þat kom til annars, en þess er hann mælti, id.: to cause, hygg ek at meir komi þar til lítilmennska, Eb. 172; konungr spurði hvat til bæri úgleði hans, hann kvað koma til mislyndi sína, Fms. vi. 355, Fb. ii. 80, Band. 29 new Ed.: to concern, þetta mál er eigi kom síðr til yðvar en vár, Fms. vii. 130; þetta mál kemr ekki til þín, Nj. 227; þat er kemr til Knúts, Fms. v. 24; þat er til mín kemr, so far as I am concerned, iv. 194; hann kvað þetta mál ekki til sín koma, vi. 100; þeir eru orðmargir ok láta hvervetna til sín koma, meddle in all things, 655 xi. 2: to belong to, skulu þeir gjalda hinum slíka jörð sem til þeirra kemr, proportionally, Jb. 195; kemr þat til vár er lögin kunnum, Nj. 149; sú sök er tylptar-kviðr kömr til, Grág. i. 20; tylptar-kviðar á jafnan á þingi at kveðja, þar sem hann kömr til saka, ii. 37; þá er komit til þessa gjalds ( it is due), er menn koma í akkeris-sát, 408: to help, avail, koma til lítils, to come to little, be of small avail, Nj. 149, Fms. vi. 211; at göra litla fésekt, veit ek eigi hvat til annars kemr, I am not aware what else will do, I believe that will meet the case best, Band. 36 new Ed.; koma til, to ‘come to,’ of a person in a swoon, etc.; veit ek eigi til hvers koma mun sú tiltekja Fb. i. 177, Fms. xi. 103; hvar til þessi svör skulu koma, i. 3; það kemr til, it will all come right; kom þar til með kóngum tveim, two kings came to a quarrel, Skíða R. 48: to be of value, importance, authority, þótti allt meira til hans koma, Fas. i. 16; hvart sem til hans kæmi meira eðr minna, Fms. xi. 76; sverð þat er til kom hálf mörk gulls, Ld. 32; svá fémikill at til kómu tuttugu merkr gulls, Fms. xi. 85; mér þykir lítið til hans koma, I think little of him:—koma saman, to come together, live together, marry, K. Á. 134: to agree, þat kom saman með þeim, they agreed on it, Dropl. 9, Gísl. 41; kom þat ásamt með þeim, id., Fb. i. 168; koma vel ásamt, to agree well, Nj. 25:—koma undir e-n, to come unto one, ef undir oss bræðr skal koma kjörit, if we are to choose, Nj. 192; öll lögmæt skil þau er undir mik koma á þessu þingi, 239: to depend on, það er mikit undir komið, at …, be of importance:—koma upp, to come up, break out; kom þá upp grátr fyrir henni, she burst into tears, Fms. ix. 477; er lúðrar kvæði við, ok herblástr kæmi upp, v. 74; er seiðlætin kómu upp, Ld. 152; eldr kom upp, fire came up, Ölk. 35, (hence elds-uppkoma, an upcome of fire, an eruption); ef nokkut kemr síðan sannara upp, Fms. vii. 121: þá kom þat upp at hann hafði beðit hennar, Eg. 587; kom þat upp af tali þeirra, at …, Fms. vii. 282; þat kom upp ( it ended so) at hverr skyldi vera vin annars, i. 58: to turn up, ek ætla mér góðan kost hvárn sem upp kemr, Eg. 715; mun nú hamingjan skipta hverr upp kemr, 418; at sakar görðisk eða upp kæmi, Grág. i. 27; skaut til Guðs sínu máli, ok bað hann láta þat upp koma er hann sæi at bazt gegni, Ó. H. 195, Stj. 385:—koma við, to touch, hit; sé eigi komið við, if it is not touched, Grág. ii. 65; komit var við hurðina, Fas. i. 30; at þeir skyldi koma við torfuna, Ld. 60; hefi ek aldrei svá reitt vápn at manni, at eigi hafi við komit, Nj. 185; hann kemr við margar sögur, he comes up, appears in many Sagas, Ld. 334; koma þeir allir við þessa sögu síðan, Nj. 30; sem ek kom við (as I mentioned, touched upon) í morgin, Fms. ii. 142; er mestr er, ok úskapligast komi við, Ld. 118: to fit, þat kemr lítt við, ‘tis not meet, it won’t do, Lv. 20; mun ek gefa þér tveggja dægra byr þann er bezt kemr við, Fas. iii. 619: koma við, to land, call; þeir vóru komnir við Ísland, Eg. 128; þeir kómu við Hernar, Nj. 4; þeir kómu suðr við Katanes, 127; þeir kómu við sker ( struck on a skerry) ok brutu stýri sín, Fms. ix. 164; hann hafði komit við hval, he had struck against a whale, Sturl. ii. 164; hence in mod. usage, koma við, to call, make a short stay, also on land: to be added to, tekr heldr at grána gamanit ok koma kveðlingar við, i. 21; koma þær nætr við inar fyrri, Rb. 58; þá koma enn ellefu nætr við, 22:—koma yfir, to overcome, pass over; íss er yfir kömr, Hm. 81; hvert kveld er yfir kom, Finnb. 230; hryggleikr kom yfir, 623. 57; at sá dagr myndi ekki yfir koma, Sks. 111.
    B. With the dat. of the object, to make to come, put, bring, carry; páfa þess, er Kristni (dat.) kom á England, who Christianised England, Íb. 14; koma mönnum til réttrar trúar, Fms. i. 146; koma orðum við e-n, to speak to a person; görðisk hann styggr svá at fáir menn máttu orðum við hann koma, i. e. that no one could come to words with him, Eg. 3; hann görði sik svá reiðan, at ekki mátti orðum við hann koma, Fms. i. 83, xi. 293; koma vélræðum við e-n, to plan against one, Eg. 49; koma flugu í munn e-m, Nj. 64, 68; þú skalt ekki láta í skorta at koma þeim í (málit) með þér, 271; hann skyldi koma Þór í Geirröðar-garða, make Thor come to G., Edda 60; hann kom Þorhaddi heilum yfir ána, he brought Th. safe across the river, Þorst. Síðu H. 181; koma kaupi, to bring about a bargain, Gþl. 415; koma e-m í hel, to put one to death, Anal. 233; koma e-m til falls, to make one fall, Edda 34; koma e-m í sætt, Fs. 9; mun ek koma þér í sætt við konung, Eg. 227; hann kom sér í mikla kærleika við jarlinn, Nj. 268; koma sér í þjónustu, Fs. 84; koma sér vel, to put oneself in favour, be engaging; ek hefi komit mér vel hjá meyjum, Kormak; þeir komu sér vel við alla, Fas. iii. 529, Fs. 96, Nj. 66; koma sér ílla, to make oneself hated; það kemr sér ílla, it is ill seen, unpleasant; as also, það kemr sér vel, a thing is agreeable, acceptable; koma e-u til leiðar, to effect, make, Nj. 250, Eb. 118; koma e-u til vegar, id., Ld. 320; koma tölu á, to put, count on, count, number, Anal. 217; koma friði, sættum á, to bring peace, agreement about: hann kom þeim á flótta, he put them to flight, Fms. vii. 235; tóku þar allt er þeir kómu höndum á, all they could catch, ix. 473; koma e-m ór eldi, Fb. i. 300; tók hann merkit ok kom því (put it, hid it) í millum klæða sinna, Nj. 274: Gunnarr kom þangat at þeim örunum, 115; allt þat er bitið var ok blóði kom út á, where it was bitten so as to make blood flow, Fms. vii. 187.
    II. with prepp.; koma e-u fram, to effect; koma fram ferð, máli, Nj. 102; til lítils þætti þat koma, en enginn kvæmi sínu máli fram þótt til alþingis væri stefnt, 149, Fb. ii. 90; þat skal aldri verða at hann komi þessu fram, Eg. 765; ef ek kem hefndum fram, Ld. 262; koma fram lögum við e-n. Eg. 722:—koma e-u á, to bring about, introduce:—koma e-u af, to abolish; þó fékk hann því ekki af komit, Bs. i. 165; koma e-u af sér, to get rid of, Fs. 96, Eb. 40, 41:—koma e-u fyrir, to arrange; koma e-m fyrir, to get a place for one; hann kom honum fyrir í skóla: to destroy (fyrir-koma), hann kom hverjum hesti fyrir, Glúm. 356:—koma e-u upp, to open; áðr ek kom henni upp, before I could open it, Fms. iii. 74; kerling tekr hörpuna ok vildi upp koma ( open), nú fær hón upp komit hörpunni, Fas. i. 233; hann mátti lengi eigi orði upp koma fyrir harmi, it was long before he could speak, utter a word, Fms. vi. 234; sá svarar er mátti máli upp koma, vii. 288:—koma e-m undir, to overthrow one, get one down; varð at kenna afls-munar áðr hann kæmi honum undir, Eb. 172:—koma e-m undan, to make one escape. Fms. vii. 265, 623. 18:—ek ætla at koma mér útan, I think to go abroad, Nj. 261:—koma e-u við, to bring about, effect, to be able to do; ek mun veita þér slíkt sem ek má mér við koma, as I can, Nj.; þú munt öðru koma við en gabba oss, Anal. 77; hann kom því við ( brought about) at engi skyldi fara með vápn, Fms. vii. 240; ef váttum kvæmi við, in a case where witnesses were at hand, Íb. 12; liðit flýði allt þat er því kom við, all that could fled, Eg. 529; Guðmundr hafði almanna-lof hversu hann kom sér við ( how he behaved) þessum málum, Nj. 251; komi þeir til er því koma við, who can, Gþl. 371; menn skyldi tala hljótt ef því kæmi við, Sturl. iii. 147; ef því kemr við, if it is possible, Gþl. 429; urðu þeir at flýja sem því kómu við, Fb. ii. 187; ekki mun oss þetta duga, at hann komi boganum við, Nj. 96.
    C. Reflex. komask, to come to the end, get through, reach, Lat. pervenire; the difference between the active and reflex. is seen from such phrases as, hann kemr ef hann kemst, he will come if he can; or, eg komst ekki á stað, I could not get off; eg komst ekki fyrir íllviðri, I could not come for bad weather; or, to come into a certain state, with the notion of chance, hap, komask í lífs háska, to come into danger of life; komask í skipreika, to be shipwrecked, and the like; Þorfinnr kom öngu hljóði í lúðrinn, ok komsk eigi upp blástrinn, Fms. ix. 30; komask á fætr, to get on one’s legs, Eg. 748; hann komsk við svá búit í ríki sitt, Hkr. i. 76; meina honum vötn eða veðr svá at hann má ekki komask til þess staðar, Grág. i. 496; hann komsk með sundi til lands, Eg. 261; kómusk sauðirnir upp á fjallit fyrir þeim, Nj. 27; ef Gunnarr færi eigi utan ok mætti hann komask, 111; ef maðr byrgir mann inni í húsi, svá at hann má eigi út komask, so that he cannot get out, Grág. ii. 110; en allt fólk flýði með allt lausa-fé er með fékk komisk, with all the property they could carry with them, Fms. i. 153; ek komumk vel annar-staðar út, þótt hér gangi eigi, Nj. 202; komask á milli manna, to get oneself among people, intrude oneself, 168; komsk hann í mestu kærleika við konung, Eg. 12; komask at orði, to come by a word, to express oneself; einsog hann að orði komsk, passim.
    II. with prepp.; komast á, to get into use; það komst á:—komask af, to get off, escape, save one’s life; hann bað menn duga svá at af kæmisk skipit, Fms. x. 98; tveir druknuðu, en hinir kómusk af:—komask at e-u, to get at a thing, procure; mörgum manns-öldrum síðarr komsk at bók þeirri Theodosius, Niðrst. 10; Hrani gat komisk at trúnaði margra ríkra manna, Fms. iv. 62; þú hefir at þessum peningum vel komisk, ‘tis money well gotten, i. 256; eigi skaltú ílla at komask, thou shall not get it unfairly, vii. 124:—komast eptir, to enquire into, get information of:—komask fyrir, to prevent, come in another’s way:—koma hjá e-u, to evade, pass by, escape doing:—komast til e-s, to come towards, and metaph. to have time for a thing, ek komst ekki til þess, I have no time; eg komst ekki til að fara:—komask undan, to escape; allt þat lið er undan komsk, Eg. 261; ekki manns barn komsk undan, Fms. xi. 387; komask undan á flótta, Eg. 11:—komask við, to be able; komusk þeir ekki í fyrstu við atlöguna, Fms. vii. 264; ef hann vill refsa údáða-mönnum, ok má þó við komask, N. G. L. i. 123; brenn allt ok bæl, sem þú mátt við komask, Fær. 64; ef ek viðr of kœmimk, Hbl. 33; þá er ek komumk við, Eg. 319; komask við veðri, to get abroad, Rd. 252; hann lét þat ekki við veðri komask, Fms. vii. 165: to be touched (við-kvæmni), hann komsk við mjök ok felldi tár, iii. 57; eða hann komisk við ( repent) ok hverfi aptr at íllsku sinni, Greg. 41; þá komsk mjök við inn válaði, svá at hann matti eigi lengi orði upp koma fyrir harmi, Fms. vi. 234; þá komsk hón við ákaflega mjök, Clem. 32; með við komnu hjarta, with a touched heart, Bs. i. 561, Karl. 166:—komask yfir e-t, to overcome, get hold of; er hann komsk yfir fét, Bárð. 175.
    D. Part. kominn, in special phrases; inn komni maðr, a new comer, stranger, Gullþ. 47; at kominn, arrived; hinn aðkomni maðr, a guest; at kominn, just come to, on the brink of; kominn at andláti, at dauða, to be at the last gasp; var at komit, at …, it was on the point of happening, that …, Str. 8; vóru þeir mjök at komnir ( much exhausted) svá magrir vóru þeir, Fas. iii. 571:—heill kominn, hail! Blas. 42; vel kominn, welcome! vertu vel kominn! ver með oss vel kominn, Þiðr. 319, Fs. 158; hann bað þá vera vel komna, passim; so also, það er vel komið, ‘it is welcome,’ i. e. with great pleasure, granting a favour:—placed, ertu maðr sannorðr ok kominn nær frétt, Nj. 175; Pétri var svá nær komit, P. was so closely pursued, Fms. ix. 48; ok nú eigi allfjarri yðr komit, xi. 123; svá vel er sá uppsát komin, at …, ix. 368: situated, hann (the hospital) er kominn á fjall upp, is situated on a fell, Symb. 18; útsker þat er komit af þjóðleið, Eg. 369: metaph., vel, ílla kominn, well placed, in good, bad estate; ek þykjumk hér vel kominn; hann var vel til náms kominn, he was in a good place for learning, Bs. i. 153; þat fé er ílla komit er fólgit er í jörðu, Grett. 39 new Ed.; mér þykkir son minn hvergi betr kominn, methinks my son is nowhere better off, in better hands, Fms. vi. 5; lítt ertú nú kominn, Njarð. 376; þykkjumk ek hér vel kominn með þér, Nj. 258:—kominn af, or frá e-m, come of, descended from, Landn., Eb., passim:—kominn á sik vel, in a good state, accomplished, Orkn. 202; hverjum manni betr á sik kominn, Ld. 110; kominn á sik manna bezt, Ísl. ii. 203: vera á legg kominn, to be grown up, Fms. xi. 186; vera svá aldrs kominn, to be of such an age, Fs. 4, 13, Sturl. iii. 100, Fms. xi. 56; hér er allvel á komit, it suits well enough, Bs. i. 531: hann sagði henni hvar þá var komit, how matters stood, Nj. 271, Fms. ii. 152; hann undi vel við þar sem komit var, as it stood, in statu quo, Nj. 22; Sveinn segir honum sem komit var þessu máli, Fms. ii. 159; at svá komnu, as matters stand, Bs. i. 317; málum várum er komit í únýtt efni, Nj. 164, 190:—vera kominn til e-s, to be entitled to, have due to one; ef hann fengi þat er hann var eigi til kominn, Fms. x. 7; þeir er til einskis eru komnir, ix. 248; fá þeir margir af yðr sæmd mikla er til minna eru komnir, en hann, Eg. 111; þeim til sæmdar er til þess er kominn, Sks. 311, rétt komnir til konungdóms, rétt kominn til Noregs, right heir to the kingdom, to Norway, Fms. ix. 332; lézk Sigvaldi nú kominn til ráða við Astríði, xi. 104: fit for, entitled to, hann þótti vel til kominn at vera konungr yfir Danmörk, i. 65: shapen, þetta mál er svá til komit, vii. 130; sagðisk hann eigi verr til manns kominn en Sturla bróðir hans, Sturl.; eigi þóttusk þeir til minna vera komnir fyrir ættar sakir, entitled to less, Eb. 17.
    II. part. pres. komandi, a new comer, stranger, Fbr. 168, Stj. 525: one to come, future generations, verandum ok viðr-komendum, N. G. L. i. 121; allir menn verandi ok eptir-komandi, D. I. i. 3; komendr, pl. guests, comers.

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    b) (Med) disk*
    c) (Auto, Mec)

    frenos de disco — disk* brakes

    d) ( del teléfono) dial
    3)
    a) ( señal de tráfico) (road) sign
    b) ( semáforo) (Ferr) signal; (Auto) traffic light
    II
    femenino (fam) ( discoteca) disco
    * * *
    = disc [disk], diskette, gramophone record, record, sound disc, phonodisc, puck, platter.
    Ex. Chapter 6 covers discs, tapes, piano rolls and sound recordings on film.
    Ex. The message asks you to confirm that you want to delete the 'current record' from the diskette.
    Ex. The majority of this schedule is devoted to various 'physical forms': globes and relief maps, gramophone records, tapes, etc.
    Ex. For example, the child doing a project about birds will require books to give him background information, a record or cassette to let him hear a bird-song, and a film to help him to appreciate bird flight.
    Ex. The library may have music scores, books on music, sound discs and sound tapes, to mention but a few of the possible media.
    Ex. For instance, a change has been introduced from phonodisc and phonotape to sound recording, a term more easily understood by the public.
    Ex. But goal-scorers don't give up the puck that easily -- especially in the offensive zone.
    Ex. Hard drives typically have several platters which are mounted on the same spindle.
    ----
    * basado en discos ópticos = optical disc based.
    * base de datos en disco óptico = optical disc database.
    * cabeza lectora de disco = disc reading head.
    * cola de discos = disc queue.
    * colección de discos = record collection.
    * coleccionista de discos = discologist.
    * controladora de disco duro = hard disc controller board.
    * deterioro de los discos = disc rot.
    * directorio del disco = diskette directory.
    * disco actualizado = current disc.
    * disco analógico = analog disc.
    * disco CD-ROM = CD-ROM disc.
    * disco compacto (CD) = compact disc (CD).
    * disco con información = data diskette, data disk.
    * disco de almacenamiento óptico = optical storage disc.
    * disco de archivo = archival disc.
    * disco de cera = wax disc.
    * disco de demostración = demonstration disc.
    * disco de larga duración = long-play record.
    * disco de larga duración (LP) = LP (long play record).
    * disco de ordenador = computer disc.
    * disco de salida = output diskette.
    * disco de sectores blandos = soft sectored disc.
    * disco de stop = stop sign.
    * disco de vinilo = vinyl record.
    * disco digital = digital disc.
    * disco duro = hard disc, hard drive.
    * disco fijo = fixed disc.
    * disco flexible = diskette, floppy disc, floppy diskette.
    * disco floppy = floppy diskette, floppy disc.
    * disco índice = index disc.
    * disco láser = laser disc.
    * disco magnético = magnetic disc.
    * disco óptico = optical disc [optical disk], videodisc [video disc].
    * disco óptico de ordenador = computer optical disc.
    * disco óptico digital = optical digital disc.
    * disco óptico WORM = WORM optical disk.
    * disco sencillo = single.
    * disco sonoro = phonograph record, phonographic record, audio disc.
    * disco Winchester = Winchester disc.
    * edición en disco compacto = cd edition, compact disc edition.
    * en disco = ondisc.
    * espacio de almacenamiento en disco = drive storage space.
    * espacio en disco = disc space.
    * fichero en disco = disc file.
    * freno de disco = disc brake.
    * funda de disco = record sleeve.
    * funda de un disco = record cover.
    * guardar una búsqueda en disco = save + Posesivo + search + to disc.
    * hernia de disco = spinal disc herniation, slipped disc, disc herniation.
    * insertar disco en disquetera = load + disc into drive.
    * lector de disco óptico WORM = WORM optical disc drive.
    * lector de discos ópticos = optical disc drive.
    * lista de discos más vendidos, la = charts, the.
    * máquina de discos = jukebox.
    * memoria en disco = disc memory.
    * orden de funcionamiento del disco = disc operating command.
    * paquete de discos = disc pack.
    * pasar registros a disco = transfer + records + to disc.
    * Programa Piloto sobre Discos Opticos = Optical Disc Pilot Program.
    * sistema de discos ópticos = optical disc system.
    * sistema operativo de disco = Disc Operating System (DOS).
    * sobre disco = ondisc.
    * tecnología de discos ópticos = optical disc technology.
    * tienda de discos = record shop, record store.
    * unidad de disco = disc drive [disk drive], record deck.
    * videodisco = videodisc [video disc].
    * * *
    I
    1)
    a) (Audio) record, disc (colloq)

    parecer un disco rayado — (fam) to be like a worn-out gramophone record (colloq)

    b) (Inf) disk
    2)
    a) (Dep) discus
    b) (Med) disk*
    c) (Auto, Mec)

    frenos de disco — disk* brakes

    d) ( del teléfono) dial
    3)
    a) ( señal de tráfico) (road) sign
    b) ( semáforo) (Ferr) signal; (Auto) traffic light
    II
    femenino (fam) ( discoteca) disco
    * * *
    = disc [disk], diskette, gramophone record, record, sound disc, phonodisc, puck, platter.

    Ex: Chapter 6 covers discs, tapes, piano rolls and sound recordings on film.

    Ex: The message asks you to confirm that you want to delete the 'current record' from the diskette.
    Ex: The majority of this schedule is devoted to various 'physical forms': globes and relief maps, gramophone records, tapes, etc.
    Ex: For example, the child doing a project about birds will require books to give him background information, a record or cassette to let him hear a bird-song, and a film to help him to appreciate bird flight.
    Ex: The library may have music scores, books on music, sound discs and sound tapes, to mention but a few of the possible media.
    Ex: For instance, a change has been introduced from phonodisc and phonotape to sound recording, a term more easily understood by the public.
    Ex: But goal-scorers don't give up the puck that easily -- especially in the offensive zone.
    Ex: Hard drives typically have several platters which are mounted on the same spindle.
    * basado en discos ópticos = optical disc based.
    * base de datos en disco óptico = optical disc database.
    * cabeza lectora de disco = disc reading head.
    * cola de discos = disc queue.
    * colección de discos = record collection.
    * coleccionista de discos = discologist.
    * controladora de disco duro = hard disc controller board.
    * deterioro de los discos = disc rot.
    * directorio del disco = diskette directory.
    * disco actualizado = current disc.
    * disco analógico = analog disc.
    * disco CD-ROM = CD-ROM disc.
    * disco compacto (CD) = compact disc (CD).
    * disco con información = data diskette, data disk.
    * disco de almacenamiento óptico = optical storage disc.
    * disco de archivo = archival disc.
    * disco de cera = wax disc.
    * disco de demostración = demonstration disc.
    * disco de larga duración = long-play record.
    * disco de larga duración (LP) = LP (long play record).
    * disco de ordenador = computer disc.
    * disco de salida = output diskette.
    * disco de sectores blandos = soft sectored disc.
    * disco de stop = stop sign.
    * disco de vinilo = vinyl record.
    * disco digital = digital disc.
    * disco duro = hard disc, hard drive.
    * disco fijo = fixed disc.
    * disco flexible = diskette, floppy disc, floppy diskette.
    * disco floppy = floppy diskette, floppy disc.
    * disco índice = index disc.
    * disco láser = laser disc.
    * disco magnético = magnetic disc.
    * disco óptico = optical disc [optical disk], videodisc [video disc].
    * disco óptico de ordenador = computer optical disc.
    * disco óptico digital = optical digital disc.
    * disco óptico WORM = WORM optical disk.
    * disco sencillo = single.
    * disco sonoro = phonograph record, phonographic record, audio disc.
    * disco Winchester = Winchester disc.
    * edición en disco compacto = cd edition, compact disc edition.
    * en disco = ondisc.
    * espacio de almacenamiento en disco = drive storage space.
    * espacio en disco = disc space.
    * fichero en disco = disc file.
    * freno de disco = disc brake.
    * funda de disco = record sleeve.
    * funda de un disco = record cover.
    * guardar una búsqueda en disco = save + Posesivo + search + to disc.
    * hernia de disco = spinal disc herniation, slipped disc, disc herniation.
    * insertar disco en disquetera = load + disc into drive.
    * lector de disco óptico WORM = WORM optical disc drive.
    * lector de discos ópticos = optical disc drive.
    * lista de discos más vendidos, la = charts, the.
    * máquina de discos = jukebox.
    * memoria en disco = disc memory.
    * orden de funcionamiento del disco = disc operating command.
    * paquete de discos = disc pack.
    * pasar registros a disco = transfer + records + to disc.
    * Programa Piloto sobre Discos Opticos = Optical Disc Pilot Program.
    * sistema de discos ópticos = optical disc system.
    * sistema operativo de disco = Disc Operating System (DOS).
    * sobre disco = ondisc.
    * tecnología de discos ópticos = optical disc technology.
    * tienda de discos = record shop, record store.
    * unidad de disco = disc drive [disk drive], record deck.
    * videodisco = videodisc [video disc].

    * * *
    A
    1 ( Audio) record, disk, disc ( esp BrE colloq)
    grabar un disco to make o cut a record o disk
    poner un disco to put on a record
    cambiar de or el disco ( fam); to change the subject
    parecer un disco rayado ( fam); to be like a worn-out gramophone record ( colloq)
    2 ( Inf) disk
    Compuestos:
    bar (with music, where one can dance)
    (disco) CD, compact disc; (aparato) compact disc player
    compact disc interactive
    boot disk
    album, LP
    ● disco de oro/platino
    gold/platinum disc
    ● disco de video or ( Esp) vídeo digital
    digital versatile disc, DVD
    hard disk
    fixed disk
    ● disco flexible or floppy
    floppy disk
    laser disc
    master disc
    video disk
    hard disk
    single
    digital versatile disc, DVD
    (CS) flying saucer
    B
    1 ( Dep) discus
    lanzamiento de disco the discus, throwing the discus
    2 ( Med) disk*
    3 ( Auto, Mec):
    frenos de disco disk* brakes
    C
    1 (señal de tráfico) sign, road sign
    2 (semáforo) ( Ferr) signal; ( Auto) traffic light
    * * *

    Del verbo discar: ( conjugate discar)

    disco es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    discó es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    discar    
    disco
    discar ( conjugate discar) verbo transitivo/intransitivo (AmL) to dial
    disco sustantivo masculino
    1
    a) (Audio) record;


    poner un disco to put on a record;
    disco compacto CD, compact disc;
    disco de larga duración album, LP;
    disco volador (CS) flying saucer
    b) (Inf) disk;


    disco flexible or floppy floppy disk
    2
    a) (Dep) discus

    b) (Anat) disk( conjugate disk);

    (Auto, Mec) disk

    3 ( señal de tráfico) (road) sign
    disco sustantivo masculino
    1 disc, US disk
    2 Mús record
    disco compacto, compact disc
    3 Inform disk
    disco duro, hard disk
    disco óptico, optical disk
    4 Anat disc
    5 Dep discus
    6 familiar traffic light
    ' disco' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    boîte
    - cara
    - carátula
    - cariño
    - compacta
    - compacto
    - digitalmente
    - discotequera
    - discotequero
    - editar
    - ficha
    - forzuda
    - forzudo
    - hernia
    - lanzamiento
    - portada
    - producción
    - rayar
    - resurgimiento
    - salir
    - sencilla
    - sencillo
    - surco
    - vuelta
    - álbum
    - año
    - combarse
    - compact disc
    - duración
    - enrollar
    - funda
    - girar
    - lanzador
    - poner
    - presentar
    - que
    - repetido
    - sacar
    - stop
    - tapa
    - tejo
    - unidad
    - voltear
    English:
    badge
    - CD
    - compact disc
    - cut
    - dial
    - disc
    - disc brakes
    - disco
    - disco music
    - discus
    - disk
    - DOS
    - flip side
    - gold disc
    - groove
    - hard disk
    - make
    - making
    - play
    - plug
    - puck
    - record
    - release
    - side
    - single
    - sleeve
    - title track
    - track
    - warehouse
    - compact
    - discotheque
    - hard
    - long
    - out
    - slipped disc
    * * *
    ♦ nm
    1. [de música] record;
    un disco de boleros/de música de cámara an album of boleros/chamber music;
    van a grabar otro disco they're going to record another album;
    pasamos la tarde poniendo discos we spent the afternoon listening to records;
    Fam
    ser como o [m5] parecer un disco rayado to go on like a broken o cracked record;
    Fam
    ¡cambia de disco, que ya aburres! give it a rest for heaven's sake, you're going on like a cracked record!
    disco compacto compact disc;
    disco de larga duración LP, long-playing record;
    disco de oro gold disc;
    disco de platino platinum disc;
    disco recopilatorio compilation album;
    2. Informát disk
    disco de alta densidad high-density disk;
    disco de arranque start-up disk;
    disco compacto compact disc;
    disco compacto interactivo interactive compact disc;
    disco de destino destination disk;
    disco de doble densidad double-density disk;
    disco duro hard disk;
    disco duro externo external hard disk;
    disco duro extraíble removable hard disk;
    disco flexible floppy disk;
    disco maestro master disk;
    disco magnético magnetic disk;
    disco óptico optical disk;
    disco RAM RAM disk;
    disco removible removable disk;
    disco rígido hard disk;
    disco del sistema system disk;
    disco virtual virtual disk
    3. [semáforo] (traffic) light;
    el disco se puso en rojo/verde the lights turned to red/green;
    saltarse un disco en rojo to jump a red light
    4. [de teléfono] dial
    5. [prueba atlética, objeto que se lanza] discus;
    lanzamiento de disco (throwing) the discus;
    6. [en hockey sobre hielo] puck
    7. Anat disc;
    una hernia de disco a slipped disc, Espec a herniated disc
    8. Astron disc;
    el disco solar/lunar solar/lunar disc
    9. Geom disc
    ♦ nf
    Fam [discoteca] club
    disco2 adj inv
    Fam Mús [de discoteca] disco;
    la música disco disco (music);
    el sonido disco de los setenta the seventies disco sound
    * * *
    m
    1 disk, Br
    disc
    2 DEP discus
    3 MÚS record;
    cambiar de disco fig fam change the record
    4 ( discoteca) disco
    * * *
    disco nm
    1) : phonograph record
    2) : disc, disk
    disco compacto: compact disc
    3) : discus
    * * *
    1. (de música) record
    3. (en deporte) discus
    disco compacto compact disc / CD

    Spanish-English dictionary > disco

  • 38 mina1

    1 = lode, mine, treasure trove, coal mine.
    Ex. Discovering these tales, looking out printed versions and comparing them with the oral tradition would have introduced us step by step into the rich lode of folklore.
    Ex. The cases provide a rich mine of role-playing material.
    Ex. By meeting authors cold print takes on a human voice; wadges of paper covered with words turn into treasure troves full of interest.
    Ex. Ponies have been used for riding, transport, work on crofts and in coal mines, domestic service, and in show business.
    ----
    * descubrir una mina de oro = strike + gold, hit + the jackpot.
    * ingeniería de minas = mining engineering.
    * ingeniero de minas = mining engineer.
    * mina de carbón = coal mine.
    * mina de mar = sea mine.
    * mina de oro = goldmine [gold mine], gold mine.
    * mina marina = sea mine.
    * minas de sal = saltworks.
    * mina terrestre = land mine.
    * pozo de mina = mine shaft.
    * una mina de = a treasure trove of.
    * una mina de información = a mine of information.
    * una mina inagotable de = a treasure house of.

    Spanish-English dictionary > mina1

  • 39 valer

    intj.
    that's enough.
    m.
    worth, value.
    v.
    1 to cost (costar) (price).
    ¿cuánto vale? how much does it cost?, how much is it?
    este cuadro vale mucho dinero this painting is worth a lot of money
    2 to earn.
    su generosidad le valió el afecto de todos her generosity earned her everyone's affection
    esta victoria puede valerles el campeonato this win may be enough for them to take the championship
    aquello nos valió muchos disgustos that cost us a lot of trouble
    Su obra le valió un gran premio Her work earned her a great reward.
    3 to deserve.
    esta noticia bien vale una celebración this news deserves a celebration
    4 to be good (tener valor, merecer aprecio) (persona, obra).
    la obra vale poco/no vale (nada) the play isn't up to much/is no good at all
    hacer valer algo to assert something (derechos, autoridad)
    hacerse valer to show one's worth
    5 to be valid (ser válido) (documento, norma).
    6 to be worth, to cost.
    7 to be of value, to be valuable.
    * * *
    Present Indicative
    valgo, vales, vale, valemos, valéis, valen.
    Future Indicative
    Conditional
    Present Subjunctive
    Imperative
    vale (tú), valga (él/Vd.), valgamos (nos.), valed (vos.), valgan (ellos/Vds.).
    * * *
    verb
    •
    * * *
    Para la frase valer la pena, ver la otra entrada.
    1. VERBO TRANSITIVO
    1) (=costar) to cost

    solo el vuelo ya vale 8.000 euros — the flight alone costs 8,000 euros

    ¿cuánto vale?, ¿qué vale? — how much is it?, how much does it cost?

    2) (=tener un valor de) to be worth
    - no vale un higo o un pimiento
    - vale lo que pesa en oro
    3) (=ser causa de) [+ premio] to win; [+ críticas, amenazas] to earn
    4) (Mat) (=equivaler a) to equal
    5) (=proteger)

    ¡válgame (Dios)! — oh, my God!, God help me!

    2. VERBO INTRANSITIVO
    1) (=costar)

    ¿vale mucho? — is it very expensive?

    2) (=tener valía)

    vale mucho como intérprete — he's an excellent o first-rate interpreter

    • hacer valer, hizo valer su derecho al veto — he exercised his veto

    • hacerse valer — to assert o.s.

    • valer por — (=equivaler a) to be worth

    cada cupón vale por un paquete de azúcar — each coupon is worth o can be exchanged for one bag of sugar

    3) (=servir)
    a) [herramienta, objeto] to be useful

    • eso no vale — that's no good o use

    ya no me vale — it's no good o use to me now

    este destornillador no me vale porque es pequeño — this screwdriver is no good to me, it's too small

    • valer para algo, es viejo, pero vale para la lluvia — it's old, but it'll do for when it rains

    b) [ropa]
    c) [situación]
    d) [persona]

    • no vales para nada — you're hopeless o useless, you're a dead loss *

    4) (=ser válido) [documento] to be valid; [moneda, billete] to be legal tender

    está un poco chiflado, valga la expresión — he's a bit cracked, for want of a better way of putting it

    ¡no hay... que valga! —

    -¡pero querido! -¡no hay querido que valga! — "but darling!" - "don't darling me!" *

    pero I, 2., 2), redundancia
    5)

    • más vale, más vale así — it's better this way

    - mañana te devuelvo el dinero -más te vale — "I'll give you the money back tomorrow" - "you'd better!"

    más vale que me vaya — I'd o I had better go

    más vale que te lleves el abrigo — you'd o you had better take your coat

    6) ( Esp) (=ser suficiente) to be enough

    vale ya, que habéis estado gritando toda la tarde — that's enough! you've been shouting all afternoon

    ¡vale, vale!, no me eches más azúcar — OK! that's enough! don't put any more sugar in

    -¿subo más la persiana? -no, así ya vale — "shall I put the blind up a bit more?" - "no, it's OK like that"

    7) * (=estar permitido) to be allowed

    -¿puedo darle con la mano? -no, eso no vale — "can I hit it with my hand?" - "no, that's not allowed"

    no vale empujar — no pushing!, pushing's not allowed

    -le han dado el trabajo al hijo del jefe -¡pues, eso no vale! — "they've given the job to the boss's son" - "that's not on!" *o"they can't do that!"

    8) vale
    ( Esp) * (=de acuerdo) all right, OK *

    -¿vamos a tomar algo? -¡vale! — "shall we go for a drink?" - "OK!" o"all right!"

    pásate por mi casa esta tarde, ¿vale? — drop by my house this afternoon, OK?

    vale que discutan, pero que se peguen es imperdonable — having an argument is one thing but hitting each other is another matter entirely o is inexcusable

    9)
    - me vale madre o sombrilla
    3.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) ( tener un valor de) to be worth; ( costar) to cost

    ¿cuánto valen? — how much are they?, what do they cost?

    si x vale 8 ¿cuánto vale y? — if x is 8, what is the value of y?

    ¿cuánto vale un dólar en pesos? — how many pesos are there to the dollar?

    2) (+ me/te/le etc)
    a) ( ganar)
    b) ( causar)
    2.
    valer vi
    1)
    a) (+ compl) ( tener cierto valor) to be worth; ( costar) to cost

    vale más, pero es mejor — it costs more but it's better

    b) ( equivaler)

    hacer valer algo — < derecho> to assert, enforce

    hizo valer su autoridad — he used o imposed his authority

    3) ( servir)

    ésta no vale, es muy ancha — this one's no good, it's too wide

    no valer para algo — to be useless o no good at something

    valer de algo — (+ me/te/le etc)

    4) vale (Esp fam)

    valer! — sure, fine, OK!

    ¿valer? — OK?, all right?

    que llegues tarde una vez valer, pero... — being late once is one thing, but...

    b) ( basta)

    ¿valer así? — is that OK o enough?

    ya valer ¿no? — don't you think that's enough?

    5)

    más vale: más vale que no se entere she'd better not find out; más vale así it's better that way; (+ me/te/le etc) más te vale ir you'd better go; dijo que vendría - más le vale! he said he'd come - he'd better!; más vale prevenir que curar — better safe than sorry

    6)
    a) ( ser válido) entrada/pasaporte to be valid; jugada/partido to count

    valga la comparación — if you know o see what I mean

    ... y valga la expresión —... for want o lack of a better expression

    eso no vale, estás haciendo trampa — that's not fair, you're cheating

    7) (Méx fam)
    a) ( no importar) (+ me/te/le etc)
    b) ( no tener valor) to be useless o no good (colloq)
    3.
    valerse v pron
    1) ( servirse)

    valerse de algo/alguien — to use something/somebody

    se valió de sus apellidos para conseguirlo — he took advantage of o used the family name to obtain it

    2) anciano/enfermo

    valerse solo or por sí mismo — to look after oneself

    3) (estar permitido, ser correcto)
    * * *
    = be worth, cost, do.
    Nota: Verbo irregular: pasado did, participio done.
    Ex. As an inveterate user of the British Museum Library he was able to confirm that 'a library is not worth anything without a catalogue'.
    Ex. The Mansell pre-1956 imprint catalog, in 604 volumes, is being edited at the rate of 20,000 entries a week, and is costing $1 million per year to edit.
    Ex. It needs a name, and, to coin one at random, 'memex' will do.
    ----
    * enterarse (de) lo que vale un peine = get + the rough edge of + Posesivo + tongue.
    * hacer valer = vindicate.
    * hacer valer sus derechos = assert + Posesivo + rights.
    * hacer valer una idea = enforce + idea.
    * lo que vale para tí también vale para mí = what's good for the goose is good for the gander, what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
    * más vale malo conocido que bueno por conocer = better the devil you know (than the devil you don't).
    * más vale pájaro en mano que ciento volando = a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
    * más vale prevenir que curar = a stitch in time saves nine, better (to be) safe than sorry.
    * más vale que + Subjuntivo = might + as well + Verbo.
    * más vale tarde que nunca = better late than never.
    * no haber pero que valer = not take + no for an answer.
    * no valer gran cosa = be no great shakes.
    * no valer la pena = be no good.
    * que vale la pena = worthwhile.
    * todo vale = no holds barred.
    * una imagen vale más que mil palabras = a picture is worth more than ten thousand words.
    * una imagen vale mil palabras = every picture tells a story.
    * vale la mitad = half the price.
    * vale más vale prevenir que curar = a stitch in time saves nine.
    * valer el oro y el moro = cost + the earth, cost + an arm and a leg, cost + a pretty penny.
    * valer la pena = be not for nothing, be worth it, be worthwhile, be worth + the effort, be worth + Posesivo + time.
    * valer la pena + Infinitivo = be worth + Gerundio, be worth + Gerundio.
    * valer la pena leer Algo = repay + reading.
    * valerle la pena a Uno = be worth + Posesivo + while.
    * valer una fortuna = cost + a fortune.
    * valer un dineral = cost + an arm and a leg, cost + a fortune.
    * valer un montón = cost + a bundle.
    * valer un ojo de la cara = cost + the earth, cost + an arm and a leg, cost + a pretty penny, cost + a fortune.
    * valer un riñón = cost + an arm and a leg, cost + the earth, cost + a fortune.
    * ¡Válgame Dios! = goodness gracious.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) ( tener un valor de) to be worth; ( costar) to cost

    ¿cuánto valen? — how much are they?, what do they cost?

    si x vale 8 ¿cuánto vale y? — if x is 8, what is the value of y?

    ¿cuánto vale un dólar en pesos? — how many pesos are there to the dollar?

    2) (+ me/te/le etc)
    a) ( ganar)
    b) ( causar)
    2.
    valer vi
    1)
    a) (+ compl) ( tener cierto valor) to be worth; ( costar) to cost

    vale más, pero es mejor — it costs more but it's better

    b) ( equivaler)

    hacer valer algo — < derecho> to assert, enforce

    hizo valer su autoridad — he used o imposed his authority

    3) ( servir)

    ésta no vale, es muy ancha — this one's no good, it's too wide

    no valer para algo — to be useless o no good at something

    valer de algo — (+ me/te/le etc)

    4) vale (Esp fam)

    valer! — sure, fine, OK!

    ¿valer? — OK?, all right?

    que llegues tarde una vez valer, pero... — being late once is one thing, but...

    b) ( basta)

    ¿valer así? — is that OK o enough?

    ya valer ¿no? — don't you think that's enough?

    5)

    más vale: más vale que no se entere she'd better not find out; más vale así it's better that way; (+ me/te/le etc) más te vale ir you'd better go; dijo que vendría - más le vale! he said he'd come - he'd better!; más vale prevenir que curar — better safe than sorry

    6)
    a) ( ser válido) entrada/pasaporte to be valid; jugada/partido to count

    valga la comparación — if you know o see what I mean

    ... y valga la expresión —... for want o lack of a better expression

    eso no vale, estás haciendo trampa — that's not fair, you're cheating

    7) (Méx fam)
    a) ( no importar) (+ me/te/le etc)
    b) ( no tener valor) to be useless o no good (colloq)
    3.
    valerse v pron
    1) ( servirse)

    valerse de algo/alguien — to use something/somebody

    se valió de sus apellidos para conseguirlo — he took advantage of o used the family name to obtain it

    2) anciano/enfermo

    valerse solo or por sí mismo — to look after oneself

    3) (estar permitido, ser correcto)
    * * *
    = be worth, cost, do.
    Nota: Verbo irregular: pasado did, participio done.

    Ex: As an inveterate user of the British Museum Library he was able to confirm that 'a library is not worth anything without a catalogue'.

    Ex: The Mansell pre-1956 imprint catalog, in 604 volumes, is being edited at the rate of 20,000 entries a week, and is costing $1 million per year to edit.
    Ex: It needs a name, and, to coin one at random, 'memex' will do.
    * enterarse (de) lo que vale un peine = get + the rough edge of + Posesivo + tongue.
    * hacer valer = vindicate.
    * hacer valer sus derechos = assert + Posesivo + rights.
    * hacer valer una idea = enforce + idea.
    * lo que vale para tí también vale para mí = what's good for the goose is good for the gander, what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
    * más vale malo conocido que bueno por conocer = better the devil you know (than the devil you don't).
    * más vale pájaro en mano que ciento volando = a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
    * más vale prevenir que curar = a stitch in time saves nine, better (to be) safe than sorry.
    * más vale que + Subjuntivo = might + as well + Verbo.
    * más vale tarde que nunca = better late than never.
    * no haber pero que valer = not take + no for an answer.
    * no valer gran cosa = be no great shakes.
    * no valer la pena = be no good.
    * que vale la pena = worthwhile.
    * todo vale = no holds barred.
    * una imagen vale más que mil palabras = a picture is worth more than ten thousand words.
    * una imagen vale mil palabras = every picture tells a story.
    * vale la mitad = half the price.
    * vale más vale prevenir que curar = a stitch in time saves nine.
    * valer el oro y el moro = cost + the earth, cost + an arm and a leg, cost + a pretty penny.
    * valer la pena = be not for nothing, be worth it, be worthwhile, be worth + the effort, be worth + Posesivo + time.
    * valer la pena + Infinitivo = be worth + Gerundio, be worth + Gerundio.
    * valer la pena leer Algo = repay + reading.
    * valerle la pena a Uno = be worth + Posesivo + while.
    * valer una fortuna = cost + a fortune.
    * valer un dineral = cost + an arm and a leg, cost + a fortune.
    * valer un montón = cost + a bundle.
    * valer un ojo de la cara = cost + the earth, cost + an arm and a leg, cost + a pretty penny, cost + a fortune.
    * valer un riñón = cost + an arm and a leg, cost + the earth, cost + a fortune.
    * ¡Válgame Dios! = goodness gracious.

    * * *
    valer [ E28 ]
    vt
    A
    1 (tener un valor de) to be worth; (costar) to cost
    no vale mucho dinero it isn't worth much
    ¿cuánto or ( crit) qué valen esas copas? how much are those wineglasses?, what do those wineglasses cost?
    pide $2.000 por el cuadro — pues no los vale she wants $2,000 for the picture — well, it's not worth that
    valer algo lo que pesa (en oro) ( fam); to be worth its weight in gold ( colloq)
    ese chico vale lo que pesa (en oro) that kid's worth his weight in gold
    2
    (equivaler a): si x vale 8 ¿cuánto vale y? if x is 8, what is the value of y?
    ¿cuánto vale un dólar en pesos? how much is a dollar worth in pesos?, how many pesos are there to the dollar?
    B (+ me/te/le etc)
    (ganar): le valió una bofetada it earned him a slap in the face
    esta obra le valió el premio nacional de literatura this play earned o won her the national literature prize
    C
    (causar): aquellas declaraciones le valieron un gran disgusto that statement brought him a lot of trouble o caused a lot of trouble for him
    ■ valer
    vi
    A
    1 (+ compl) (tener cierto valor) to be worth; (costar) to cost
    es de bisutería, vale muy poco it's costume jewelry, it's worth very little
    vale más caro pero es mejor it costs more o it's more expensive but it's better
    2 (equivaler) valer POR algo to be worth sth
    cada cupón vale por un regalo each voucher is worth a gift o can be exchanged for a gift
    las fichas negras valen por 50 pesos y las rojas por 100 the black chips are worth 50 pesos and the red ones 100
    B
    (tener valor no material): ha demostrado que vale he has shown his worth o how good he is
    es buena persona pero como profesor no vale nada he's a nice guy but as a teacher he's useless o he's a dead loss ( colloq)
    vales tanto como él you're as good as he is
    no valgo nada para el I mean nothing to him
    ella es preciosa pero él no vale nada she's very pretty but he's not much to look at o not very good-looking
    para esos fanáticos la vida no vale nada those fanatics place no value at all on life, life has no value for those fanatics
    su última novela no vale gran cosa her latest novel isn't much good o ( colloq) isn't up to much
    hacerse valer to assert oneself
    aprende a hacerte valer learn to be more assertive o to assert yourself o ( colloq) to stick up for yourself
    hacer valer algo: las minorías tienen que hacer valer sus derechos minorities must assert o enforce their rights
    hizo valer su autoridad he used o imposed his authority
    más vale un `toma' que dos `te daré' a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
    C
    1
    (servir): ésta no vale, es muy ancha this one's no good o no use, it's too wide
    valer PARA algo:
    no valgo para el deporte I'm useless o no use o no good at sport
    ¡no vales para nada! you're completely useless
    (+ me/te/le etc): no le valió de nada protestar protesting got him nowhere, his protests were to no avail
    sus consejos me han valido de mucho her advice has been very useful o valuable to me
    2
    ( Esp fam) «ropa/zapatos» (+ me/te/le etc): este abrigo ya no le vale this coat is no use to him any more
    los zapatos todavía le valen her shoes are still OK
    D vale ( Esp fam)
    ¿nos encontramos en la cafetería? — ¡valer! shall we meet in the cafeteria? sure o fine o OK!
    paso a buscarte a las ocho, ¿valer? I'll pick you up at eight, OK o all right?
    voy a llegar un poco más tarde — valer, no te preocupes I'll be a bit late — all right o OK, don't worry
    que llegues tarde una vez valer, pero tres días seguidos … being late once is one thing, but three days in a row …
    2
    (basta): ¿valer así o quieres más? is that OK o enough or do you want some more?
    ¡valer, valer, que no me quiero emborrachar! hey, that's enough o plenty! I don't want to get drunk!
    ya valer, ¿no? lleváis media hora discutiendo don't you think that's enough? you've been arguing for half an hour
    E
    más vale: más vale que no se entere she'd better not find out
    más vale que hagas lo que te dice you'd better do as he says
    se van a divorciar — más vale así they're getting divorced — it's better that way o it's the best thing for them
    (+ me/te/le etc): más te vale terminar a tiempo you'd better finish in time
    dijo que vendría temprano — ¡más le vale! he said he'd be here early — he'd better be!
    más vale prevenir que curar or ( Méx) lamentar prevention is better than cure
    F
    1 (ser válido) «billete/pasaporte/carné» to be valid
    ese pase no vale, está caducado that pass isn't valid o is no good, it's out of date
    las entradas valen para toda la semana the tickets are valid for the whole week, the tickets can be used throughout the week
    esta partida no vale, me ha visto las cartas this game doesn't count, he's seen my cards
    lo que le dije a él también vale para ti what I told him goes for you too
    no hay excusa que valga I don't want to hear o I won't accept any excuses
    he tomado la decisión y no hay discusión que valga I've made my decision and I don't want any arguments
    valga la comparación if you know o see what I mean
    se comporta como un `nuevo millonario', valga la expresión he behaves like some sort of `nouveau millionaire', for want o lack of a better expression
    2
    (estar permitido): eso no vale, estás haciendo trampa that's not fair, you're cheating
    no vale mirar you mustn't look, you're not allowed to look
    G
    1
    ( Méx fam) (no importar) (+ me/te/le etc): a mí eso me vale I don't give a damn about that ( colloq), I couldn't o ( AmE) I could care less about that ( colloq)
    eso me vale gorro or ( vulg) madres or ( vulg) una chingada I don't give a damn ( colloq) o ( vulg) a shit
    2 ( Méx fam) (no tener valor) to be useless o no good ( colloq)
    saben mucha teoría pero a la hora de la hora valen they know plenty of theoretical stuff but when it comes to the crunch they're useless o no good
    se las da de muy muy pero la neta es que vale gorro or ( vulg) madres he likes to make out he's really something but the truth is he's useless o (sl) he's crap
    3
    ( Méx fam) (estropearse) «coche/aparato»: mi coche ya valió my car's had it ( colloq)
    A (servirse) valerse DE algo/algn to use sth/sb
    se valió de sus apellidos para conseguir el crédito he took advantage of o used the family name to get the loan
    se vale de mentiras para lograr lo que quiere she lies to get what she wants
    se valía de un bastón para andar he used a stick to help him walk
    B
    «anciano/enfermo»: ya no se vale solo or no puede valerse por sí mismo he can't take care of o look after himself any more, he can't manage o cope on his own any more
    C
    (AmC, Méx, Ven) (estar permitido, ser correcto): no se vale golpear abajo del cinturón hitting below the belt is not allowed
    ¡no se vale! that's not fair!
    * * *

     

    valer ( conjugate valer) verbo transitivo
    1 ( tener un valor de) to be worth;
    ( costar) to cost;

    2 (+ me/te/le etc) ( ganar):
    ◊ esta obra le valió un premio this play earned o won her a prize

    verbo intransitivo
    1 (+ compl) ( tener cierto valor) to be worth;
    ( costar) to cost;
    ◊ vale más, pero es mejor it costs more but it's better;

    cada cupón vale por un regalo each voucher is worth a gift
    2 ( tener valor no material):

    como profesor no vale (nada) as a teacher he's useless;
    vales tanto como él you're as good as he is;
    hacerse valer to assert oneself;
    hacer valer algo ‹ derecho› to assert o enforce sth
    3 ( servir):
    ◊ esta no vale, es muy ancha this one's no good, it's too wide;

    no le valió de nada protestar protesting got him nowhere;
    no valer para algo to be useless o no good at sth
    4
    ◊ vale (Esp fam)


    ◊ ¿a las ocho? — ¡vale! at eight o'clock? — sure o fine o OK?;

    ¿vale? OK?, all right?
    b) ( basta):

    ◊ ¿valer así? is that OK o enough?

    5
    ◊ más vale: más vale así it's better that way;

    más te vale ir you'd better go
    6
    a) ( ser válido) [entrada/pasaporte] to be valid;

    [jugada/partido] to count

    ◊ eso no vale, estás haciendo trampa that's not fair, you're cheating;

    no vale mirar you're not allowed to look
    7 (Méx fam)


    b) ( no tener valor) to be useless o no good (colloq)



    valerse verbo pronominal
    1 ( servirse) valerse de algo/algn to use sth/sb
    2 [anciano/enfermo]:

    3 (estar permitido, ser correcto):

    ¡no se vale! that's not fair!
    valer
    I verbo transitivo
    1 (tener precio, costar) to cost
    2 (tener valor) to be worth ➣ Ver nota en worth
    3 (ser causa o motivo de) to earn: el suspenso le valió una reprimenda, he was told off for failing
    4 (merecer) to be worth: vale la pena leerlo, it is worth reading
    II verbo intransitivo
    1 (ser meritorio) es una mujer que vale mucho, she is a fine woman
    2 (ser útil, capaz) vale para rastrillar hojas, it is used to rake up leaves
    no vale para estudiar, he is no good at studying
    de nada vale quejarse, it is useless to complain
    3 (ropa, zapatos) to fit: ya no me vale, it doesn't fit me anymore
    ' valer' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    pena
    - potosí
    - riñón
    - significar
    - real
    - valdré
    - vale
    - valga
    English:
    assert
    - fit
    - pay off
    - stake
    - stand
    - worth
    - enforce
    - pay
    - stick
    - worthless
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [costar] [precio] to cost;
    [tener un valor de] to be worth;
    ¿cuánto vale? how much does it cost?, how much is it?;
    ¿cuántos pesos vale un dólar?, ¿cuánto vale un dólar en pesos? how many pesos are there to the dollar?;
    este cuadro vale mucho dinero this painting is worth a lot of money;
    valer su peso en oro to be worth its/his/ etc weight in gold
    2. [suponer] to earn;
    su generosidad le valió el afecto de todos her generosity earned her everyone's affection;
    esta victoria puede valerles el campeonato this win may be enough for them to take the championship;
    aquello nos valió muchos disgustos that cost us a lot of trouble
    3. [merecer] to deserve;
    esta noticia bien vale una celebración this news calls for a celebration
    4. [en exclamaciones]
    ¡válgame Dios! good God o heavens!
    ♦ vi
    1. [tener valor, merecer aprecio] [persona, película, obra] to be good;
    él era el que más valía en el equipo he was the most valuable member of the team;
    ha demostrado que vale he's shown his worth;
    el muchacho vale mucho the lad's very good;
    su mujer vale más que él his wife's worth more than him;
    la obra vale poco/no vale nada the play isn't worth much o Br isn't up to much/is no good at all;
    hacer valer algo [derechos, autoridad, poder] to assert sth;
    el equipo local hizo valer su superioridad the home team made its superiority count;
    hacerse valer to show one's worth
    2. [servir]
    eso aún vale you can still use that;
    tíralo, ya no vale throw it away, it's no use any more;
    ¿te vale este martillo/este sobre? is this hammer/this envelope any use to you?;
    valer de algo: sus consejos me valieron de mucho her advice proved of great value o use to me;
    de nada le valdrán o [m5] no le valdrán de nada sus artimañas all his tricks will be no good o of no use to him;
    de nada vale insistir o [m5] que insistamos there's no point (in) insisting, it's no use insisting;
    ¿de qué vale contratar un seguro si no cubre estos casos? what's the use of o the point in taking out an insurance policy if it doesn't cover cases like these?;
    valer para algo [objeto, instrumento, aparato] to be for sth;
    [persona, trabajador] to be good at sth;
    ¿para qué vale? [cosa] what's it for?;
    no vale para nada he's/she's/it's useless;
    yo no valgo para mentir I'm useless o no good at telling lies
    3. [ser válido] [documento, carnet, argumentos, norma] to be valid;
    [respuesta] to be correct;
    eso no vale [en juegos] that's not allowed;
    no me valen esas razones I don't consider those reasons to be acceptable o valid;
    esta moneda ya no vale this coin is no longer legal tender;
    vale el gol the goal stands;
    vale la canasta the basket still counts;
    no vale el gol/la canasta the goal/basket has been disallowed;
    esta carrera vale para el campeonato del mundo this race counts towards the world championship;
    valga la expresión if you'll pardon the expression;
    valga la redundancia if you'll forgive me for using two words that sound so similar in the same sentence;
    no hay … que valga: no hay disculpa que valga there are no excuses
    4. [equivaler]
    vale por 1.000 pesos it's worth 1,000 pesos;
    vale por una camiseta de regalo it can be exchanged for a free T-shirt
    5. Esp [ser la talla] to be the right size, to fit;
    ya no me vale la falda the skirt doesn't fit me any more
    6. Méx Fam [no importar] to be irrelevant;
    lo que él piense me vale I couldn't care less what he thinks
    7.
    más vale: más vale que te calles/vayas it would be better if you shut up/left;
    más vale que no trate de engañarnos he'd better not try to cheat us;
    la llamaré – ¡más te vale! I'll call her – you'd better!;
    más vale tarde que nunca better late than never
    ♦ nm
    Formal worth, value
    * * *
    I v/t
    1 be worth
    2 ( costar) cost
    II v/i
    1 de billete, carné be valid
    2 ( estar permitido) be allowed
    :
    vale mucho it’s worth a lot
    4 ( servir) be of use;
    no valer para algo be no good at sth;
    no valer para nada de objeto be useless;
    sus consejos me valieron de mucho his advice was very useful to me
    5 ( costar)
    :
    ¿cuánto vale? how much is it?;
    vale más caro it’s more expensive
    6 ( emplear)
    :
    el presidente hizo valer su voto de calidad para … the president used his casting vote to …
    7
    :
    más vale … it’s better to …;
    más te vale … amenaza you’d better …; consejo you’d be better to …
    8
    :
    ¡vale! okay, sure;
    ¿vale? okay?; ( amenaza) got it?;
    ¡eso no vale! that’s not fair!;
    ¡vale ya!, ¡ya vale! that’s enough!
    * * *
    valer {84} vt
    1) : to be worth
    valen una fortuna: they're worth a fortune
    no vale protestar: there's no point in protesting
    valer la pena: to be worth the trouble
    2) : to cost
    ¿cuánto vale?: how much does it cost?
    3) : to earn, to gain
    le valió una reprimenda: it earned him a reprimand
    4) : to protect, to aid
    ¡válgame Dios!: God help me!
    5) : to be equal to
    valer vi
    1) : to have value
    sus consejos no valen para nada: his advice is worthless
    2) : to be valid, to count
    ¡eso no vale!: that doesn't count!
    3)
    hacerse valer : to assert oneself
    4)
    más vale : it's better
    más vale que te vayas: you'd better go
    * * *
    valer vb
    1. (costar) to cost [pt. & pp. cost]
    ¿cuánto vale este libro? how much does this book cost?
    2. (tener el valor) to be worth
    3. (ganar) to earn
    4. (servir) to do / to be useful
    5. (tener cualidades) to be good
    esa película no vale nada that film is no good / that film is useless
    6. (ser válido) to be valid
    7. (ser permitido) to be allowed

    Spanish-English dictionary > valer

  • 40 BÚA

    (bý; bjó, bjoggum or bjuggum; búinn), v.
    1) to prepare, make ready;
    búa mál á hendr e-m, to take out a summons against one, be in a lawsuit;
    2) to dress, attire, adorn, ornament;
    bjó hón hana sem hón kunni bezt, she dressed her as well as she could;
    sá þeir konur vel búnar, well dressed;
    búa beð, rekkju, to make a bed;
    búa öndvegi, hús, to make a high seat, adorn a house (for a feast);
    öll umgjörðin var búin gulli ok silfri, adorned (mounted) with gold and silver;
    vápn búit mjök, much ornamented;
    3) to fix one’s abode in a place, = byggja( þegar munu jötnar Ásgarð búa);
    4) to deal with, to treat;
    þeir bjuggu búi sem þeim líkaði, they treated it as they liked, viz. recklessly;
    Haraldr bjó heldr úsparliga kornum Sveins, used S.’s stores rather unsparingly;
    5) to live, dwell (búa í tjöldum);
    þeir bjuggu þar um nóttina, they stayed there during the night;
    sá maðr bjó á skipi (had his berth) næst Haraldi;
    6) to have a household (cattle, sheep, and milk);
    meðan þú vilt búa, as long as thou will keep house;
    búa á or at, with the name of the place added in dat., to live at or in (hann bjó á Velli; Gunnar bjó at Hlíðarenda);
    búa í skapi, brjósti e-m, to be, dwell in one’s mind (eigi býr þér lítit í skapi);
    sýnandi þá hjartaliga gleði, er í brjósti býr, that fills the breast;
    8) to behave, conduct onself (bjuggu þeir þar fremr úfriðliga);
    9) with preps.:
    búa af e-u, to lose;
    láta e-n af baugum búa, to let him be deprived of his riches;
    búa at e-u, to treat, = búa e-u (cf. 4);
    þeir höfðu spurt hvern veg Þórólfr hafði búit at herbergjum þeirra, how Th. had treated their premises;
    búa e-t fyrir, to prepare (þeir hlutir, er guð hefir fyrir búit sínum ástvinum);
    búa fyrir, to be present (hann ætlar, at Selþórir muni fyrir búa í hverju holti);
    búa hjá konu, to lie with a woman;
    búa í e-u, to be at the bottom of, = búa undir e-u (en í þessu vináttumerki bjuggu enn fleiri hlutir);
    búa með e-m or e-rri, to cohabit with;
    búa með konu, to lie with;
    búa saman, to live together (as husband and wife, as friends); to have a common household (ef menn búa saman);
    búa e-t til, to prepare, take the preparatory steps in a case (búa sök, mál, vígsmál til, cf. 1);
    búa til veizlu, to prepare for a feast;
    búa um e-n, to make one’s bed (var búit um þá Þórodd á seti ok lögðust þeir til svefns);
    Þórólfr lét setja upp skip sitt ok um búa, he had his ship laid up and fenced round;
    kváðu nú Guðrúnu eiga at búa um rauða skör Bolla, said that G. would have to dress B.’s (her husband’s) bloody head;
    búa um andvirki, to fence and thatch hayricks;
    at búa svá um, at aldri mátti vökna, to pack it up so that it could not get wet;
    búa svá um, at (with subj.), to arrange it so, that;
    búa eigi um heilt við e-n, to be plotting something against one;
    búa um nökkurn skoll, to brood over some mischief (deceit);
    búa um grun, to be suspicious;
    búa um hverfan hug, to be fickleminded;
    gott er um öruggt at búa, to be in a safe position;
    búa undir e-u, to be subject to, suffer, endure (hart mun þykkja undir at búa);
    eiga undir slíkum ofsa at búa, to have to put up with such insolence; to be the (hidden) reason of, to be at the bottom of (þat bjó þar undir, at hann vildi taka ríkit undir sik);
    þér vitið gørst, hvat yðr býr undir (what reason you have) at girnast eina útlenda mey;
    sárt býr þú nú við mik, Þóra, thou treatest me sorely;
    búa við e-t, to enjoy (þú býr við eilífa ást ok bíðr eilífra ömbuna); to submit to, put up with;
    ok mun eigi við þat mega búa, it will be too hard to bide;
    búa yfir e-u, to hide, conceal;
    framhlutr ormsins býr yfir eitri, is venomous;
    lítill búkr býr yfir miklu viti, little body holds mickle wit;
    búa yfir brögðum, flærð ok vélum, to brood over tricks, falsehood, and deceit;
    10) refl., búast.
    * * *
    pret. sing. bjó, 2nd pers. bjótt, mod. bjóst; plur. bjoggu, bjöggu, and mod. bjuggu, or even buggu; sup. búit, búið, and (rarely) contr. búð; part. búinn; pret. subj. bjöggi, mod. byggi or bjyggi; pres. sing. indic. bý; pl. búm, mod. búum: reflex. forms býsk or býst, bjósk or bjóst, bjöggusk, búisk, etc.: poët. forms with suffixed negative bjó-at, Skv. 3. 39: an obsolete pret. bjoggi = bjó, Fms. ix. 440 (in a verse); bjöggisk = bjósk, Hom. 118. [Búa is originally a reduplicated and contracted verb answering to Goth. búan, of which the pret. may have been baibau: by bûan Ulf. renders Gr. οικειν, κατοικειν; Hel. bûan = habitare; Germ. bauen; Swed. and Dan. bo. The Icel. distinguishes between the strong neut. and originally redupl. verb búa, and the transit. and weak byggja, q. v.: búa seems to be kindred to Gr. φύω, εφυσα (cp. Sansk. bhû, bhavâmi, Lat. fui); byggja to Lat. făcio, cp. Swed.-Dan. bygga, Scot. and North. E. to ‘big,’ i. e. to build; cp. Lat. aedificare, nidificare: again, the coincidence in sense with the Gr. οικος, οικειν, Lat. vicus, is no less striking, cp. the references s. v. bú above. Búa, as a root word, is one of the most interesting words in the Scandin. tongues; bú, bær, bygg, bygð, byggja, etc., all belong to this family: it survives in the North. E. word to ‘big,’ in the Germ. bauen ( to till), and possibly (v. above) in the auxiliary verb ‘to be.’]
    A. NEUTER, to live, abide, dwell, = Gr. οικειν, Lat. habitare; sú synd sem í mér býr, Rom. vii. 17, 20; í mér, þat er í mínu holdi, býr ekki gott, 18; hann sem býr í ljósinu, 1 Tim. vi. 16; fyrir Heilagan Anda sem í oss býr, 2 Tim. i. 14; Látið Christs orð ríkulega búa meðal yðar, Col. iii. 16; þá trú … sem áðr fyr bjó í þinni ömmu Loide, 2 Tim. i. 5; þat hit góða sem í oss býr, 14; hann sem býr í ljósinu, þar einginn kann til að komast, 1 Tim. vi. 16; hence íbúð, living in, etc.; in many of those passages some Edd. of N. T. use byggja, but búa suits better: of a temporary abode, hann bjó í tjöldum, he abode in tents, Fms. x. 413.
    2. a naut. term; þeir bjuggu þar um nóttina, they stayed, cast anchor during the night, Fms. vii. 3: on board ship, to have one’s berth, sá maðr bjó á skipi næst Haraldi er hét Loðinn, 166; engi maðr skyldi búa á þessu skipi yngri en tvítugr, x. 321.
    3. to live together as man and wife; henni hagar að b. við hann, 1 Cor. vii. 12; hagar honum hjá henni að b., 13; b. með húsfrú sinni, Stj. 47; b. við; Helgi prestr bjó við konu þá, er Þórdís hét (of concubinage), Sturl. i. 141; but búa saman, of wedded life, K. Á. 134.
    4. b. fyrir, to be present in the place: at Selþórir muni fyrir b. í hverju holti, Fms. iv. 260: recipr., sjór ok skúgr bjoggusk í grend, Skálda 202, Baruch.
    5. esp. (v. bú) to have a household, cattle, sheep, and milk; hence búandi, bóndi, bær, and bú; búa við málnytu ( milk), ok hafa kýr ok ær at búi, Nj. 236, Grág. i. 168, 335; b. búi (dat.), 153, K. Þ. K. 90; búa búi sínu, to ‘big ane’s ain biggin,’ have one’s own homestead.
    β. absol., meðan þú vilt b., so long as thou wilt keep bouse, Hrafn. 9; b. vel, illa, to be a good (bad) housekeeper; vænt er að kunna vel að búa, Bb. 3. 1; Salomon kóngur kunni að b., 100; fara að b., to begin housekeeping, 2. 6; b. á jörðu, to keep a farm, gefa þeim óðul sín er á bjoggu, Fms. i. 21.
    γ. búa á …, at …, i …, with the name of the place added, to live at or in a place; hann bjó á Velli (the farm) á Rangárvöllum (the county), Nj. 1; Höskuldr bjó á Höskuldstöðum, 2: hann bjó at Varmalæk, 22; hann bjó undir Felli, 16; Gunnarr bjó at Hlíðarenda, 29; Njáll bjó at Bergþórshváli, 30, 38, 147, 162, 164, 173, 174, 213, Landn. 39–41, and in numberless passages; Eb., Ld., Eg., Sturl., Bs., Ísl. ii, etc. (very freq.): also b. í brjósti, skapi, huga e-m, to be, dwell in one’s mind, with the notion of rooted conviction or determination, þess hins mikla áhuga, er þér býr í brjósti, Fms. iv. 80; því er mér hefir lengi í skapi búit, 78; ekki muntu leynask fyrir mér, veit ek hvat í býr skapinu, Lv. 16.
    II. metaph. and with prepp.; b. um e-t, or b. yfir e-u, almost in an uncanny sense, to brood over hidden schemes, designs, resentment, or the like; búa um hverfan hug, to be of a fickle mind, Skv. 3. 39; b. eigi um heilt, to brood over something against one, to be insincere, Fms. xi. 365; b. um skoll, to brood over some deceit, id.; b. um grun, to be suspicious, ii. 87: in good sense, b. um eitt lunderni, to be of one mind, Jb. 17; b. um þrek, hug, to have a bold heart, Lex. Poët.: b. í or undir e-u, to be at the bottom of a thing; en í þessu vináttu merki bjoggu enn fleiri hlutir, Ó. H. 125; mart býr í þokunni (a proverb), many things bide in the mist; en þat b. mest undir ferð Áka, at …, Fms. xi. 45; þóttusk eigi vita hvat undir myndi b., Nj. 62: b. yfir e-u, to brood over something, conceal; (ormrinn) bjó yfir eitri, i. e. the snake was venomous, Fms. vi. 351: the saying, lítill búkr býr yfir miklu viti, little bulk hides mickle wit, Al.; b. yfir flærð ok vélum, to brood over falsehood and deceit, id.; b. yfir brögðum, Fas. i. 290: b. undir, við e-t, to live under or with a thing, to bide, put up with; eiga undir slíkum ofsa at b., to have to put up with such insolence, Fms. xi. 248; at hart mun þykkja undir at b., Nj. 90, 101; ok mun eigi við þat mega b., i. e. it will be too hard to bide, 164; því at bændr máttu eigi við hitt b., Fms. xi. 224.
    III. in a half active sense; b. at e-u, or b. e-u (with dat.), to treat; þeir höfðu spurt hvern veg Þórólfr hafði búit at herbergjum þeirra, how Th. had used their premises, Eg. 85; þeir bjoggu búi sem þeim líkaði (where with dat.), i. e. they treated it recklessly, Bs. i. 544; Haraldr jarl fór til bús Sveins, ok bjó þá heldr úspakliga kornum hans, Orkn. 424 (in all passages in bad sense): búa vel saman, to live well together, be friendly, Fms. xi. 312; hence sam-búð, living together; b. við e-n, to treat one so and so; sárt býr þú við mik, Þóra, thou treatest me sorely, vii. 203.
    B. ACTIVE, to make ready: the sense and form here reminds one of the Gr. ποιειν: [this sense is much used in Old Engl., esp. the part. bone, boon, or boun, ready, (‘boun to go,’ Chaucer, etc.); in later Engl. ‘boun’ was corrupted into ‘bound,’ in such naut. phrases as bound for a port, etc.: from this part, the ballad writers formed a fresh verb, to boun, ‘busk ye, boun ye;’ ‘busk’ is a remnant of the old reflex, búask, see Dasent, Burnt Njal, pref. xvi. note, and cp. below III.]
    I. to make ready, ‘boun,’ for a journey; b. ferð, för sína; and as a naut. term, b. skip, to make ready for sea; bjoggu þeir ferð sína, Fms. ix. 453; en er þeir vóru búnir, Nj. 122; ok vóru þá mjök brott búnir, they were ‘boun’ for sea, Fms. vii. 101; bjó hann skip sitt, Nj. 128; en skip er brotið, svá at eigi er í för búanda á því sumri, i. e. ship unfit to go to sea, Grág. i. 92; b. sik til göngu, to be ‘boun’ for a walk, Ld. 46; b. sik at keyra, to make one ready for …, Nj. 91.
    β. as a law term, b. sök, mál, or adding til, b. til sök, mál á hendr e-m, to take out a summons against one, begin a lawsuit; b. mál í dóm, of the preliminaries to a lawsuit, hence málatilbúningr, in numberless cases in the Grágás and Sagas.
    γ. generally to prepare, make; b. smyrsl, to make ointments, Rb. 82.
    2. = Old Engl. to boun, i. e. to dress, equip; b. sik, to dress; svá búinn, so dressed, Fms. xi. 272; hence búningr, dress (freq.); vel búinn, well-dressed, Nj. 3, Ísl. ii. 434; spari-búinn, in holiday dress; illa búinn, ill-dressed; síðan bjó hon hana sem hon kunni, she dressed her as well as she could, Finnb. 258; b. beð, rekkjur, to make a bed, Eg. 236; b. upp hvílur, id., Nj. 168; b. öndvegi, hús, to make a high seat, dress a house for a feast, 175, (hús-búnaðr, hús-búningr, tapestry); búa borð, to dress the table, (borð búnaðr, table-service); b. stofu, Fms. iv. 75.
    β. búa til veizlu, to make ‘boun’ ( prepare) for a feast, Eg. 38, Fms. vii. 307; b. til seyðis, to make the fire ‘boun’ for cooking, Nj. 199; b. til vetrsetu, to make ‘boun’ for a winter abode, Fms. x. 42; til-búa, and fyrir-b., to prepare; eg fer héðan að til-b. yðr stað, John xiv. 3; eignizt það ríki sem yðr var til-búið frá upphafi veraldar, Matth. xxv. 34.
    γ. b. um e-t, in mod. use with the notion of packing up, to make into a bundle, of parcels, letters, etc.; hence um-búningr and um-búðir, a packing, packing-cover; b. um rúm, hvílu, to make a bed; búa um e-n, to make one’s bed; var búið um þá Þórodd í seti, ok lögðusk þeir til svefns, Th.’s bed was made on the benches, and they went to sleep, Ó. H. 153; skaltú nú sjá hvar vit leggumk niðr, ok hversu ek bý um okkr (of the dying Njal), Nj. 701; er mér sagt at hann hafi illa um búit, of a dead body, 51; þeir höfðu (svá) um sik búit ( they had covered themselves so) at þá mátti eigi sjá, 261; kváðu nú Guðrúnu eiga at búa um rauða skör Bolla, said that G. would have to comb B.’s (her husband’s) bloody head, Ld. 244; búa svá um at aldri mátti vökna, pack it up so that it cannot get wet, Fms. vii. 225; Þórólfr lét setja upp skip ok um búa, he had the ship laid up and fenced it round (for the winter), Eg. 199; b. um andvirki, to fence and thatch bay-ricks, Grág. ii. 335: metaph. to manage, preserve a thing, Fms. ix. 52; aumlega búinn, in a piteous state, Hom. 115.
    3. to ornament, esp. with metals or artificial work of any kind, of clothes laced with gold; kyrtill hlaðbúinn, Ísl. ii. 434, Nj. 48, Vm. 129: of gloves, B. K. 84: of a belt with stones or artificial work, Fms. xi. 271: of a drinking-horn, D. N. (Fr.); but esp. of a weapon, sword, or the like, enamelled with gold or silver (gull-búinn, silfr-búinn); búin gulli ok silfri, Fms. i. 15; búinn knífr, xi. 271; vápn búit mjök, much ornamented, ii. 255, iv. 77, 130, Eb. 226, 228.
    β. part., búinn at e-u, or vel búinn, metaph. endowed with, well endowed; at flestum í þróttum vel búinn, Nj. 61, Fms. x. 295; at auð vel búinn, wealthy, 410; vel búinn at hreysti ok allri atgörvi, Eg. 82; bezt at viti búinn, Fms. xi. 51.
    II. particular use of the part. pass, ‘boun,’ ready, willing; margir munu búnir at kaupa, ready, willing to buy, Fms. vi. 218; hann kvaðsk þess fyrir löngu búinn, Ld. 66, Fms. iii. 123; nefna vátta at þeir eru búnir ( ready) at leysa kvið þann af hendi, Grág. i. 54; vóru allir til þess búnir, Fms. xi. 360: compar., engir menn sýna sik búnari ( more willing) til liðveizlu, Sturl. i. 103: the allit. phrase, vera boðinn og búinn til e-s, vide bjóða VI: denoting fitted, adapted, ek em gamall, ok lítt b. at ( little fit to) hefna sona minna, Nj. 200; þótt ek sé verr til b. en hann fyrir vanheilsu sakir, Fms. vii. 275; eiga við búið (mod. vera við búinn), to keep oneself ready, to be on one’s guard, Bs. i. 537.
    2. on the point of doing, about to do so and so; hann var búinn til falls, he was just about to tumble, Fms. x. 314; en áðr þeir kómu var búið til hins mesta váða, ix. 444, v. l.
    β. neut. búið is used almost adverbially, on the point of, just about to; ok búið við skipbroti, Ísl. ii. 245; búið við váða miklum, Fms. ix. 310; sagði at þá var búit við geig mikinn með þeim feðgum, Eg. 158: this is rare and obsolete in mod. usage; and the Icel. now say, liggja við mér lá við að detta, where an old writer would have said, ek var búinn at detta; the sense would else be ambiguous, as búinn, vera búinn, in mod. usage means to have done; ég er búinn að eta, I have done eating; vera búinn að e-u (a work, business of any kind), to have done with it; also absol., eg er búinn, I have done; thus e. g. vera b. að kaupa, fyrir löngu b., b. at græða, leysa, etc., in mod. sense means to have done, done long ago; only by adding prepp. við, til (vera við búinn, til búinn) the part. resumes its old sense: on the other hand, búinn in the sense of having done hardly ever occurs in old writers.
    γ. búð (búið) is even used adverbially = may be, may happen; with subj. with or without ‘at,’ búð, svá sé til ætlað, may be, it will come so to happen, Nj. 114; búð, dragi til þess sem vera vill, 185; búð, eigi fari fjarri því sem þú gazt til, id., Ed. Johns. 508, note c; búð, svá þykki sem ek grípa gulli við þá, 9, note 3; búð, eigi hendi hann slík úgipta annat sinn, 42; búð, ek láta annars víti at varnaði verða, 106; búð, vér þurfim enn hlífanna, Sturl. ii. 137 (vellum MSS.; um ríð, Ed., quite without sense), cp. also Eb. 27 new Ed.: in mod. usage it is freq. to say, það er búið, vel búið, albúið, etc., it is likely, most likely that …
    δ. svá búit, adverbially, and proncd. as if one word, as matters stand, or even temp. at present, as yet; eigi mun hlýða svá búit, i. e. it will not do ‘so done,’ i. e. something else must be done, Eg. 507; eigi munu þér fá at unnit svá búið, i. e. not as yet, Fms. vii. 270; stendr þar nú svá búit (i. e. unchanged), um hríð, xi. 81; en berjask eigi svo búit, not fight as yet, Nj. 229; segja Eyjólfi til svá búins, they tell Eyolf the state of things, viz. that nothing had been done, Gísl. 41; þeir skildu við svá búit; þeir lögðu frá við svá búið, implying ‘vain effort,’ Germ. ‘unverrichteter Sache,’ Ísl. ii, Hkr. i. 340: at svá búnu, adverbially, as yet, at present; hann kvaðsk eigi fýsask til Íslands at svá búnu, Nj. 123, Fms. xi. 131; þenna draum segjum vér engum manni at svá búnu, this dream we will not tell to anybody as yet, Nj. 212; en at svá búnu tjár ekki, Fas. i. 364.
    III. reflex. to ‘boun’ or ‘busk’ oneself, make oneself ready, equip oneself; gengu menn þá á skip sín, ok bjoggusk sem hvatligast, Fms. v. 15: adding the infinitive of a verb as predicate, bjósk hann at fara norðr til Þrandheims, Eg. 18; or ellipt., where búask thus denotes the act itself, nú býsk hann út til Íslands, i. e. he ‘busked’ him to go …, Nj. 10; bjoggusk þeir fóstbræðr í hernað, they went on a free-booting trip, Landn. 31; seg Agli at þeir búisk þaðan fimmtán, 94: or adding another verb denoting the act, in the same tense, bjósk Haraldr konungr úr Þrándheimi með skipaliði, ok fór suðr á Mæri, he ‘busked’ him … and went south, Eg. 7; the journey added in gen., búask ferðar sinnar, Fms. i. 3; búask menn ferða sinna, Ld. 177.
    β. denoting intention, hidden or not put into action; fór sá kurr, at Skúli byggisk á land upp, Fms. ix. 483.
    2. to prepare for a thing; búask við boði, veizlu, etc., Nj. 10, Korm. 10; b. (vel, kristilega) við dauða sínum, andláti sínu, (eccl.) to prepare for one’s death, Fs. 80, Bs. i. 74; búask við vetri, to provide for the winter, get store in, Fms. xi. 415; b. við úfriði, vii. 23.
    β. to be on one’s guard, take steps to prevent a thing; nú ríða hér úvinir þínir at þér; skaltu svá við búask, i. e. be sure of that, make up thy mind, Nj. 264; bústu svá við, skal hann kveða, at …, Grág. ii. 244.
    γ. such phrases as, búask um = búa um sik, to make one’s own bed, encamp, make oneself comfortable, Nj. 259; tjölduðu búðir ok bjöggusk vel um, 219; var hörð veðrátta, svá at ekki mátti úti um búask, Fms. x. 13. Ld. 348; in the last passage the verb is deponent.
    3. metaph., b. við e-u, to expect, freq. in mod. usage; in phrases, það er ekki við að búast, it cannot be expected; búast við e-m, to expect a guest, or the like.
    β. to intend, think about; eg býst við að koma, I hope to come; eg bjóst aldrei við því, I never hoped for that, it never entered my mind, and in numberless cases.
    4. passive (very rare and not classical); um kveldit er matr bjósk = er m. var búinn, Fms. ix. 364.

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